MFDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFOltr OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1934.
Scorned Thistle Harvested
For Drought Area Cattle
In Oregon. There Is an excellent d.
mand reported from the midwest sod
Atlantic coast.
1
WEEK
work security and health Insurance.
"Then Is pressing necessity for
further appropriations for public
works. . . .
"I am herewith submitting to you
six questions which I hope you will
snswer and return to me as soon ss
possible. ...
"If replies are not received within
a reasonable time It will be consid
ered that you are opposed to all the
legislation urged by the American
Federation of Labor and our members
will be so Informed."
Boss of Ship Says
'Someone Set Fire
When bees were first brought to
this country the Indiana called them
"white men'e files."
PROFIT BY NEW
PRICE FOR
Phone 64's We'll nam away four
refuse Oltj dsnitsry Service
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PORTLAND, Sept. 30. (AP) An
unusually steady and early demand
for Oregon prunes was shown In an
Independent survey of the crop com
To quickly allay skin
pleted today. Prices are advancing
itnidiiuns w nuns,
and a further upward sw!n$ later In r
Swedish And Belgian Com
merce Status Eyed By
State Department Draft
ing Reciprocal Agreements
Pledges
Broad
Of Support For
depend on soorhing
J. O. Holton. Mississippi's com.
mlasloner of agriculture, estimates
that state's agricultural crops will
be valued at ai50.000.ooo this season
60 per cent more than last year.
the season Is considered possible.
With the exception of Oermany
and Italy which remain pretty well
Legislative Pro
gram Being Requested Of
Candidates By Federation
out of the picture, practically all
prune buying sections are purchasing
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By H. C. IH'NTKR
(Pacific Northwest Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. OP)
With the tate department Intent
upon building the United State world
commerce to the
1920 level through
reciprocity trea
ties, an Increase
of millions of
dollars in the
trade between the
pacific Northwest
and Sweden and
Belgium would
be possible If the
program la suc
cess. Trade between
this country and
Sweden lias fallen
to almost one-
m c huMTtk , third of Its value
of 1020 while the Belgium - United
SUtes commerce was down but slight
ly less. In 1929 the United States ex
ported to Sweden goods valued at
58.703,601 and in 1933 this trade hid
declined to a value of only I IS, 397, -580.
Belgium Imports from the States;
amounted to $1 14.854.403 in 1929 and
but $43,207,566 Inst year.
Decline Noted.
There was a somewhat smaller de
cline In exports from those countries
to the United States over the period
the goods from Sweden amounting to
52,985,698 in 1920 and but 30.972.
309 in 1933. From Belgium came
goods valued at i74.047.843 In 1920
and 123.163,235 In 1933.
Products of the state of Washing
ton. Oregon, Idaho and Utah sent to
thooe nations showed a proportionate
decline, the export of fish, wheat,
furs, boxed and barreled apples, saw
ed timber and other lumber, flour
fruit and copper dropping In value
from $23,130,125 in 1020 to M.350.
944 last year.
Northwest Profit Peon.
While all of such export to the
two European nations naturally did
not come from those four states, it
was pointed out that in case of rapid
increase in business In those com
modities, the Pacific Northwest should
profit conJiidTably. Figure were not
obtainable to show Just what portions
of those export came from any par
ticular arra.
The state department haa Invited
written teinti.te concerning ex
port and Imports of all article to
the two countries. Written state
ments for Beittlum will be received
until October 22 and Oct. 29 ha been
Mt aside for oral presentation of views
on the subject. Written statement j
nn Swedish trade will be received un- I
til October 29. with oral statements
to be presented November A.
This may look like a good hay er0r but It Isn't. It's Russian thistle,
which farmers In the vicinity of Columbia, Brown county, 8. !., and other
drought areas are harvesting to feed their starving stork.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Stacks of
weeds are like money In tha bank this
year for drought-hit farmers In the
tr.lddle west.
The Russian thistle, a prickly bush
that never rated better than a snarl
from farmers In normal years, Is get
ting more attention now In some lo
calities than a farm crop. Am a mat
ter of fact, in those places the thistle
la the only crop.
On his own Initiative, the dirt
farmer started to pull or cut the
thistles for preservation In stacks and
silos.
Then came word from agricultural
experts that the thistles actually were
good fodder. If nothing better offered.
and would nearly equal straw In feed
ing value. Thjtr protein content, like
that of all vegetation grown In
drought, Is 'airly high. The Nebraska
agricultural college advises they
should be supplemented with a pro
Win concentrate, like any hay.
Hundreda of stacks of thistles dot
the landscape In central Nebraska,
extension service workers from the
college say, and others a; being put
up. Cut green, before they develop
horns, the prickly thistle does not
bother csttte.
For the last three years the thistles,
g owing where all cultivated crops
e, have been saved In parts of the
F t and Nebraska. Farmers on
tl-e arid slopes have become adept it
beating the drought.
ASSOCIATED OIL
OFFICIALS VISIT
E
Pears Yesterday
CHICAOO, Sept. 19. ( AP) Pear
auction: Six cars California, 3 Illi
nois, 0 Oregon, 2 Washington arrived:
30 cars on track, ona sold. Oregon
Bsrtletts. 00 boxes fancy, a3.3033.SJ;
average 13.77,
STATE TO MAKE BIG
SALEM. Sept. 20. (AP) On the
first of October, State Treasurer Ru
ins C. Hoi man will pay 1037,500 prin
cipal and $599,535 Interest on Oregon
state highway bonds totaling
804.350. It was announced here today.
in addition the treasurer will pay
500.000 principal and $500,010 Inter
est on world war veterans state aid
commission bond totaling $25X75,
000. The.e principal payments will re
duce the total bonded Indebtedness
of the state to !MJ.64V0I0. as com
pared to ttJ3.335.710, on October 1.
1038.
Major officials of the Associated Oil
company, headed by William F. Hum-1 WJW 2.1
phrey, president, were here yesterday
on a coast wide Inspection of Asso
ciated properties. They stopped In
Med ford for a conference with Carrol
Hays, local agent of the company.
Mr, Humphrey was accompanied by
O. R. Brown, assistant to the presi
dent; B. I. Graves, vice-president in
charge of sales; p. B. Allan, domestic
sales manager; R- H. Cook, district
sales manager, and H. V. Keffner, dis
trict sales u per visor.
Mr. Humphrey, who recently re
turned from an extended trip through
out the east, reported that nowhere
did he find business conditions bet
ter nor the outlook more hopeful
than on the Pacific coast.
"The Associated OH company 1
confident that business conditions on
the pacific coast will continue to im
prove." Mr. Humphrey said. "We are
backing thl belief with a program
calling for the expenditure of 13 50 .000
In construction of new service sta
tions, and the expenditure of addi
tional hundred of thousands of dol
lars for the development and adver
tising of Associated product.
"Sales of automobile and petrole
um product are showing an increase
as a direct result of Improvement In
farm price and more stable employ
met conditions. Most Important, how
ever, 1 the general feeling of confi
dence one finds everywhere through
out the western states."
After thf.tr visit here, the Associated
officials continued their trip by automobile.
NEW YORK. Sept. 19. ( AP Pear
auction: Eighteen cars arrived; one
Oregon. 3 California unloaded; 30 cars
on track.
Oregon Bartletts: 040 boxes fancy.
average $2.85.
California Bartletts: 603 boxes, 91.15
$ 9.30, average 2-S5.
Boac: 080 boxes, $1.10$ 3.35, average
$3.00.
WOMAN WED HERE
ASKS RENO DIVORCE
FROM AN AIRPLANE
S2.220.703 FOR RUM;J;
CA7.AVX, France. Sept. 20. (API
France famous "76" has been suc
cessfully fired from an airplane.
Five shells were fired from one of
i the artillery piece mounted In a
!huge bombing plane yesterday.
It was the first test night for the
"artillery plane." Afterward It was
asserted that the firing waa accom
plished without dangerous shock or
t brat Ion.
OLYMP1A, Wash Sept. 30. (UP)
Washington liquor sales, since Incep
tion of the state liquor board, totaled
sa.3120.703. it wo announced today.
Auut set a new record for sales,
with MVM8 Income from wines and
hard liquor. Chews Income since In
ception. Including beer ta. license
and permit revenue reached $3,939,-W7.
BAKKR, Sept. 30 ( AP Phillip A.
MoCallum, Baker abstractor, died
Tuesday nltfht at hi home, appar
ently of heart trouble. Mr. McCal
lum. who we born in Virginia City.
Mont., March 10. 1883. practiced law
In Council, Ida., for several years be
fore moving to Baker in 1018.
RENO. Nev.. Sept. 30. (AP) Di
vorce suits filed here included:
Alma Stone vs. Blrgel E. Stone of
Portland. Ore., care of Blue Moon
cafe; married Medford, Ore., October
18, 1021; desertion.
An Increase of 91 per cent In the
number of visitors to General Grant
national park In California this year
brought the number of visitors to
nearly 4,000,000.
California state fish and game offi
cials have established by court tie.
tlon that each dove ha a value of $5
4
The eastern shoreline of Qreat Salt
Lake has receded three miles and the
level of the lake Is 39 Inches below trie
record law mark set In December,
1905.
Alpha Hodklns invites her friends
to call at Adrlennea Beauty Salon
Permanent, $3.75, $5 and up. Phone
577.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. (AP)
Pledge of support for a broad legis
lative program at the next congress.
Including a 80-hour week and a-
0-hour day, are being requested of
all candidates for the senate and
house a the price of support by the
American Federation of Labor.
This represents a change of policy
by the federation In It political
activities, officials said. Previously It
haa supported or opposed candidates
on the basts of their records already
made.
Questionnaire Rent
William Green, president of the
federation, haa sent a questionnaire
to all the candidates who have been
nominated In primaries. Others will
be sent out as the primaries are held.
It asks for a "yes" or "no" answer
to the following questions:
"Will you vote for the extension
of the national recovery act and re
tain therein section 7-A, providing
for the right to organize and bargain
collectively; the prohibition of child
labor and the elimination of unfair
trade practices?
"Will ycu support social Justice
legislation providing for old age pen
sions, unemployment lnsuiir.:. work
security and health protection?
"Will you vote for a measure pro
viding that all codes under the nat
ional recovery act should contain a
30-hour week and a 6-hour day?
lob Insurance Wanted
"Will you support legislation aim- j
liar to the Wagner-Lewis bill Intro
duced In. the last session of congress
providing for unemployment Insur
ance? "Will you support legislation sim
ilar to the Wagner-Con nery labor
disputes bill with amendment draft
ed and supported by the American
Federation of Labor? (This bill,
among other things, would outlaw
employer dominated company un
ions), "Will you support legislation pro
viding adequate appropriations nec
essary for a public works program
as a partial remedy for unemploy
ment and for relief of dependent un
Chief Officer "William F. Warm,
(above), master of the liner Morrc
Castle aa fira brought death to more
than 100 of ita passengers, told the
government inquiry In New York he
suspected the blaze waa aet by an
Ineendlarlst "Someone aet It," he
testified. (Associated Presi Photo)
employed workers and their families?"
In an accompanying letter. Green
said:
"We are receiving requests from
every congressional district In the
United States senate and house of
represents tlvea on measures of In
terest to labor.
'The American Federation of Labor
therefore, has prepared a number of
questions which are being submitted
to all candidates.
NBA Benefit Seen
"The national recovery act has
been of great benefit and Its exten
sion Is necessary. It should retain,
however, section 7-A, providing for
the right to organize and bargain
collectively; the prohibition of child
labor, and the extension of unfair
trade practices.
"We believe that all codes should
contain a clause establishing the
6-hcur day and 6-day week.
"Then there will be a social Justice
legislative program presented to con-,
grew which will provide for old age j
pensions, unemployment Insurance, '
Chet Leonard
Announces to Southern Oregon Motorists, that
FRED
UNDERWOOD
Well Known and Long Ex
perienced Service Man Is
Now Associated with Jack
Hughes in the Operation of
v -4 f
Station No. 2 Sixth and Grape Sts.
It ts gratlfrlng to me to announce the addition of Fred I'nderwood to our organization. Mr.
1'nderwood has established an enviable personal reputation for capable, courteous wvtce nnd
his many friends will welcome the announcement that he will now be one of the operator!
of our Sixth and Grape 8treU Station . . . C. Chet Leonard.
Chet Leonard's Super Service
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Pncifio Const. Bohemian Club is brew
ed in Suokane from imported malt and
hops which give It the flavor you like.
HALF GAL. BOTTLES
Of full strength Bohemian Draught
Beer now available at the popular
Bohemian Club.
Per Glass Only 5c
BOHEMIAN CLUB
S. Fir St.
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