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PAGE EIGHT afEDFOTlD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IT, 193. TOLL OF Corn and Wheat Suffer Drastic Reduction During Height of Dry and Torrid Weather Current Summer WASHINGTON. Bept. 11. (JT) Drouth severe toll waa indicated to day by the department of agriculture, September crop report showing the In dicated corn crop to be 1,484.002,000 bushel and wheat production 493 388,000 bushels. A month ago corn production was Indicated as 1,007,108,000 bushels after drastic decline In prospects dur ing July as a result of the drouth and extremely high temperatures, which reduced probable production by al most one quarter from the previous month's Indication. The 1027-31 av erage production was 3,010,307,000 bushels. Wheat Hope Decline. The Indicated wheat crop compares with 490,000,000 bushels as forecast a month ago, fi27.087.000 bushels pro duced last year, and 880,3.19.000 bush- els, the average for the five yearn 1937-81, Spring wheat production Is tndl eated as 93,703,000 bushels, as against 90.438,000 bushels a month ago and 178,370.000 bushels produced last year, Durum wheat production, Included In the spring wheat total, waa lndl cated as 0,081,000 bushels, compared with 6.551,000 bushels a month ago, and 10,109.000 bushels last year. Other spring wheat production is Indicated as 86.082,000 bushels, com pared with 83.887,000 bushels a month ago, and 100.381,000 bushels last year. Oats t'nder Average. Production of oats Is Indies ,d as 845,870.000 bushels, against 045,345. 000 bushels a month ago. and 731.524, 000 bushels lrst year, and 1.186.956, 000 bushels, the 1027-31 average. Production of other crops as indi cated by their September 1 condi tion, with comparative figures for the production indicated a month ago and for last year's crop, follow: Barley, 123,000,000 bushels, compnr d with 119.000,000 a month ago and 157,000.000 last yesr. Buckwheat, 7,100,000 bushels; 6, 100,000 and 7,800,000. Flaxseed, 5.300.000 bushels; 5,300, 000 and 8,800,000. Hay (tame), 50,700,000 tons; 49, 000.000 and 00.000,000. Beans (dry edible), 9,100,000 bales of 100 lbs.; 0.200,000 and 12.300,000. Apples, 112,000.000 bushels, 111.000, 0O0 and 143,000,000. Peaches, 48,700, 000 bushels; 4fl.400.000 and 44.000, 000. drapes, 1, 600,000 tons; 1,880,000 and 1,010.000. Potatoes, 337,000.000 bushels; 327,000,000 and 320,000,000. Sugar beets, 7,470,000 tons; 0,800,000 and 11.030.000. Broom corn, 28.000 tons; 25.300 and 31.800. Hops, 35.-1 900.000; 35,300.000 and 30.500.000. The condition of the various crops on September 1 and on that date a , year ago was reported as follows: Corn, 43.5 per cent of a normal, compared with 01.0; all spring wheat. 82. 1 and 50.2; durum wheat. 24 5 and 441.3: other spring wheat, 32 8 and 80.7; oats. 39 3 and 48 3; barley. 40 2 and 47.0; buckwheat, 73 1 and 12 8: flaxseed, 35.1 and 41.8; hay (tame), 45.1 and 07.3; pasture, 43.1 and 89.5; beans (dry edible), 55 5 and 07.0; soy brans, 70 0 and 68 4; cowpeas, 64.7 and 03.7: apples, 43.7 and 54 1: peaches, 52.1 and 50.9; pears, 02.4 and 5A3; grapes, 01.5 and 03 7; pecans, 40.5 and 61.7; potatoes, 01.9 and 69 1; sugar beets. 69 8 and 83 4; brown corn. 85 0 and 64.8; hops, 70.3 and 90.3. The condition on September 1 and Indicated production of Important crops by principal producing states follow: Durum m-heat: Minnesota, 60 and 954.000; North nokota. 23 and 4.604, 000: South Dakota. 13 and S48.000; j Montana, 30 and 175,000. ! All other spring wheat: Minnesota. ! 50 and 10. 458.000; North Dakota, 17 and 18.650,000; South Dakota, 30 and j 3.748.000; Montana. 84 and 17,808,-' 000; Idaho, 75 and 11,004,000; Wash-i in (i ton, 71 and 14.205,000; Oregon, 59 nd 3,333,000. Potatoes: Maine, P8 and 40.500.000; New York, 74 and 34.720,000; Penn sylvania, 79 and 23,100,000; Michigan. 60 and 32.050,000; Wlsolnaln, 70 and 33.736.000; Minnesota, 60 and 23,380. 000; Nebraska, 30 and 6,700,000; Ida ho. 85 and 19.610.000; Colorado, 3H and fl.835,000- North ItakotA, 30 and 7,393.000; WahinRton( 71 and 7,040.. 000; California. 84 and 7.790,000. 4- Apollo Piano Studio. l'J N. Holly, Modern, European conservatory meth ods. Harmony. Beginners and ad vanced. Private lewons. LEAVES SERVICE AFTER 27 YEARS After over 37 years of faithful serv ice, Senior Ranger John S. Dribble has retired from the U. 8. forest service. Mr. and Mrs. Cribble and their daughter Catherine returned recently to their home, 130 Kenwood avenue, after a six weeks' auto trip through Oregon and Washington, where they visited many old friends and rela tives. Mr. Cribble started work under the first supervisor on the Siskiyou forest. In June, 1907, helping to cruise tim ber near the headwaters of the Co qullle river. His work has been of vast and varied kinds and he has worked with many other men and on six or eight different forests. During the winter of 1907-08 he was in Curry county for about three months examining timber and brush lands. At that time there was no highway; many rivers were forded or ferried. Th mail carrier swam his team across Pistol river. One day In December the rig tipped oyer and a load of Christmas presents went to sea. A very poor, deep-rutted, muddy wagon road traversed the county ap proximately where the Coast highway Is now, with Its Imposing white con crete bridges spanning streams and canyons. Walking was the popular mode of traveling then. At that time: there was not a foot of railroad or telegraph line; not a bake -shop, butcher shop (nor service station) in Curry county. It was said game laws didn't enter the county. It was a paradise for secluded vaca tions. At that time the four-horses- and -wagon stsge left Myrtle Point in I the evening, reaching Remote at 0 o'clock next morning If all went well. Horses were changed at Camas Val ley, reached at noon, where other horses were supplied. Ollala was the evening station, where a fresh team was put to the grind. Roseburg, 02 miles from Myrtle Point, was reached about midnight. Last week Mr. Qrlb ble drove from Myrtle Point to Rose burg in two hours. In March, 1008. Mr. Cribble re turned to Orsnta pass from a cruis ing trip in Eden valley, where it had snowed four feet In four dsys. A few days later he came to Medford, where he helped to open the office of the Manama national forest In the Jack son County Bank building. The forest was made up of parts of the Klamath, Siskiyou and Cascade South forests. Much of 1900, 1910 and 1911 was spent In examining and reporting on homesteads and other claims within the national forests of Washington and Oregon. Conditions of all claims had to be reported before final proof could bo made. Newspapers and public Senti ment were extremely bitter during those early days, and Mr. Orlbble came in for more than his share of harsh criticism. However, fair and impar tial dealings with the public finally brought about an entirely changed sentiment, and many bitter claimants cflmo to him later and expressed con fidence and satisfaction In his truth ful and unbiased treatment of their cases. In 1910. Mr. Grlbble had charge of the forest fires which threatened to destroy the Ashland watershed, if not the city Itself. Finally, with the co operation of a number of good eltl eens the stores wore closed and the people turned out and fought fire. Tho flre-spreadlng crews were cslled In; the city put up 500 upon which Mr. Orlbble drew warrants and paid off undesirables in order to get rid of them at once. With the loyal help of Ashland citi zens and 00 soldiers the fires were soon stopped. Mr. Orlbble recalls many changes and Improvements In forest fire detection and suppression.; The old pack-horse or the man-backpack trips are largely replaced by air planes and auto. Roads now tra verse many formerly almost impene trable mountain areas. Public senti ment has also vastly Improved to ward forest protection and fire pre vention. Yet, he observes, man's carelessness or wilfully criminal de structlveness still causes most fires. In 1913-14, he did land classifica tion work on the Sluslaw forest. Over 1.100 applications were made for home steads. In olng over much of the same country In 1031-33, while doing forest resource survey work, he saw scores of deserted cabins, fragments of clothing, children's toys, etc. mute evidence of where families had work ed hard trying to make a home, out which waa finally abandoned as brush and ferns recaptured their little gar den spots. Mr. arlbble's last work In he serv ice was in charge of a Port Orford cedar timber sale on the east fork of the Coqullle river. He notes that it is of Interest that his first and last forest service work was on the Coqullle river, and only a few miles apart. Mr. Orlbble has always been an untiring and ardent forest officer and public servant, and best wishes for his future endeavors are extended by his many friends. LEAKY ROOFS Don't wait for the first rain . . . Repair your roof NOW. Carload Cedar Shingles Just Arrived Complete Stock Composition Shingles Pine Shingles Mineral Surfaced Roofing Porter Lumber Co. "Builders' Bmciut of Information" SOI South Fir Street B FEEL PROSPERITY During the first six months of this year new business written by Royal Neighbors of America, fraternal in surance society, Increased $0,964,020 or 110 per cent over tho amount for the same period In 1033, acordlng to Information received today by Mar gery Person, recorder of Mistletoe camp No. 4713, located In Medford. The business increase was announced from the supreme offices of the so ciety In Rock Island, 111. Prom January 1 to July 1, 1034, new Insurance written by the society amounted to 12,807,795, while In the first six months of 1933 the total was $5,843,778. Between January 1 and July 1, 1934. the society obtained 25,113 new mem bers, whereas the corresponding peri od a year ago showed 0,674 per mem bers. The new membership for the last six months Is composed of 8.705 adults and 16,587 Juveniles, and be tween January 1 and July 1, 1033, the division was 4,618 adults and 5,058 Juveniles. "This Increase In new business," Miss Erna M. Barthel of Rock Island, supreme recorder, said today, "Indi cates to the supreme officers of the society that there is an Improvement In economic conditions throughout the country. The new business waa written in the 45 states In which the society operates and makes the total membership of the organization ap proximate 600.000. "Royal Neighbors of America also encountered another sign of better times in the first six months of 1934. In this period the number of mem bers temporarily suspended was 37 per cent less than the number for the same period In 1933, while the pro portion of suspended members, who were reinstated in the first six months of 1934, was 20 per cent above that in the corresponding period of 1933." STOLEN SPARKPLUGS ! GET TRANSIENT IN BAP, ASHLAND, Sept. 1 1. fSpl.) Hoo James, 50, a transient from Med for.-' waa arrested today by Chief of Pollc. Tr.lent after he had attempted to scl a new box of sparkplugs to several dealers In Ashland. The plugs had allegedly been stolen from Llttroll Parts compnny of Modford. Clilrf Tulent was called by one ot the dealers, who gave him a descrip tion of the "bogy" salesman. Med ford police were notified, and they cme and got their prisoner. CITY CHILDREN SHOULD TAKE PRE SCHOOL TEST Parents with children below the school age who wish to have them enter school this fall, should make arrangements immediately with Mrs. Blanche Canode for pre-school tests, the city school superintendent's of fice, announced yesterdsy. This aeries of tests is In no way connected with the tests being given at the county school superintendent's office. The same types of examina tions will be given in both groups, however. Parents may telephone Mrs. Canode at 1673-L. AIR SPED ACE TAKES f I Roseoe Turner of Los Angeles, well known aviator, passed over Medford yesterdsy afternoon flying a specially built Boeing 247 from Seattle to Los Angeles, having had the ship made to order at the factory. Turner will use the new ptane In the London, England-Melbourne, Aus tralia, air races this fall, accord'ng to officials at the Medford airport. The Boeing 247 la the same type of plane in regular use through Med ford on United Airlines airmail and passenger service. 4 Use Mall Tribune want ads. FIRE SQUAD SETS According to Karl Jan ouch, super visor of Rogue River rational forest, a record was set when 39 men from Star Ranger station "got away" in 30 seconds on a forest fire Sunday night on the Big Applegata road, one mile above Neal creek. Lee Port, district ranger, was In charge of the craw, wblch left the ranger station with full equipment Just half a minute after the blaze was reported. The fire, which covered five acres before being suppressed, was of un known origin. Dwight Phlpps, district tire warden, stated today that the grass and brush fire in Sams Valley Sunday afternoon was Incendiary. The blaze was sup pressed by 12 men from the stt.te fire patrol, after burning over from 25 to 30 acres. SKUNK PROMENADES ON GRANTS PASS STREET GRAN rS PASS. Sept. 11. (Spl.) A skunk erasing Sixth street near MODERN WOMEN CbM&ar tea Dismcimi liian J IU.li are cfltcuvo. ntablandBT.OiilckRtll.l. fcMW til druMisu lor over , jycar. Aw tot startled Mrs. W. B. Akin ol this city Sunday evening. Dm Mall Tribune want ads NOTICE GLADIOLUS GROWERS It haa come to the notice or the Gladtolua Association that some Gladiolus hate not bloomed out, or hate Killed. If your gladiolus have not done as well as the; should we will Inspect your garden and try and help jou solie rour prob lems. Yours for better Glad blooms. Phone 1093. No obli gation. Gladiolus Association """N 'I it At Mann's Wednesday, September 12th, 1934. M -' fx Jt lies II - I l- I vlm It 1 if AsHtiM -i f f ' 7 Hail! i A new season of beauty is with us, in.which Fashion points her finger t -: , ,. to the new dignity, greater brilliance, and exciting versatility. ' By day, slender arid restrained we hoist our necklines high about our throats, wrap our clothes to fit as though ws were born in them, and scatter belts, buckles and high - to - heaven collars with a lavish band. f,-' By night,, we sheathe ourselves in met al or get besprinkled with scintillating pellets from head to foot, as though a plane on high discharged glimmering confetti over our heads, shoulders, and down to our very toes. Night and day, we revel in newly stim ulating colors and gracious lines: and the selective beauty which marks our clothes shall also distinguish our homes and the families which we call ) vNVkoJW X - v 1 slvifv lie- t V J l . .
