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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKD, OR EG ON", WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1934.
IMMIGRANTS AND
ill
( Capital Invited to Take Ad
vantage Cheap Power
Oregon Promises Curb
of Land Racketeering
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8. AP)
A program designed to bring large In
dustries to the Pacific northwest,
where they may take full advantage
of enormous hydro-electrio power fci
cilitie and cheap electricity, la on!y
one of the plain developed at a con
ference of the northwest regional
planning commission yesterday.
H. V. Carpenter, dean of engineer
ing at Washington State college and
chairman of the planning commis
sion's power commission, was today
preparing to appoint committee mem
bers to study a number of projects.
Separate committees will report on
use of power In pumping water for
Irrigation; study of metals, wood pro
ducts and chemicals with view or
bringing such Industries to the north
west as heavy power users; acquisi
tion of land for industrial sites and
their control near plants; ascertain
from private and municipal utilities
on what basis power can be sold to
distributing agencies; study possibil
ities of home heating as a market
for electric power.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8. (AP)
Oregon will welcome mid-western set
tlers with open arms.
That was the gene nil expression
from a meeting here Tuesday, spon
sored by the Oregon state chamber of
commerce, which heard John W. Haw
of St. Paul, Minn., a member of the
department of the Interior's special
reclamation committee, predict a sns
tslned Immigration movement to this
at ate.
Many of the mid-west drought
states' residents already have moved
lrto the Oregon country.
The committee which met here yea
tertlay agreed to seek additional fed
eral settlers' Aid for the nor thwci:t
states; to catalog all Oregon lands
In Improved agricultural areas offer
Ing existing and potential aett'.e
mint opportunities; to give sympo
the tic audience to settlers whether
they have money to Invest or not,
and to attempt to protect Inventors
from "land racketeers."
Various chambers of commerce In
Oregon will be asked to contribute
to the cost of the work outlined, and
an appeal will be made to the legis
lature for state aid.
Meteorological Report
Forecasts
Medford and vicinity: Cloudy to
night and Thursday. Not much
change in temperature.
Oregon: Generally cloudy tonight
and Thursday. Occasional rain north
west portion and on coast. Slightly
warmer east portion tonight.
Temperature a year ago today :
Highest, 04; lowest, 48.
Total monthly precipitation, .03 of
an Inch; reflclency for the month,
.04 of an Inch. Total precipitation
since September 1, 1034, .33 of an
inch; deficiency for the season,
of an Inch.
Relative humidity at 6 p. m. yes
terday, 80 per cent; 8 a. m. today,
04 per cent.
Sunrise tomorrow, 8:11 a. m.
Sunset tomorrow, 8:48 p. m.
Observations Taken at 8 A. M.,
120th Meridian Time
Bv
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Bol . 73 38 .... Clear
Boaton 68 4fl .... Clear
Denver 78 48 T Cloudy
Eureka ........ 02 SO .04 Foggy
Helena 64 48 .08 Cloudy
Loa Angelei . 80 60 Cloudy
MEDFORD 65 39 .02 Clear
New York 6 80 .... Clear
Omaha 82 .... Clear
Phoenix .100 68 .... Clear
Portland 64 48 .02 Cloudy
Reno - 70 38 .... Clear
Roaeburg 64 46 M Cloudy
Bait iJiko City .... 82 44 T Clear
Hun Franclaco .... 66 68 .... Cloudy
Seattle 68 62 .16 Cloudy
Spokane . 64 46 .... Cloudy
Walla Walla 64 64 .. Cloudy
Waahlngton. DC 46 .... Clear
IEWAIILE
ROME, Oa., Oct. 8. A force of
800 state troops early today broke
picket lines of striking stove foundry
men for the first time since July 31,
and officials of four plants said they
planned to resume operations Imme
diately. Tli ere was no disorder.
Adjutant-Oeneral Llndley Camp waa
at the head of the national guards
men as the throe-mile Ions truck
caravan moved Into the city and sta
tioned themselves at the four plants.
Arriving first at the Rome Stove
and Raryte company, the general or
dered pickets guarded, but later per
mitted them to disperse. He ssld five
pickets would be permitted at each
plant.
Ous Latham, chairman of the strike
committee here, was among those In
the picket Hue which the troops scat
tered at the Rome Store company.
Latham aald:
Vo are going to keep the line.
We axe going to treat them boys
(the guardsmen) rlht, and we want
to be treated N5ht by them.
We asked for money and didn't get
It. and the International Moulders'
union, the mounters and common la
bor unions ordered us out. We In
tend to stand up for our rights."
There was good-natured banter be
tween the picket and troops.
The plants where troops are sta
tioned are: Rome Stove and Riuiga
company, Hanks Stove and Rane
oompany. Southern co-operative
Foundry. Standard Stove and Rane
company.
PRAISED BY HEAD
OREGON LEAGUE
A boost for Medford and Us plan
ning commission was contained In a
letter to the city attorney, Prank P.
Parrell, which was read before the
meeting of the city council last even
Ing.
Herman Kehrll, executive secretary
of the League of Oregon Cities, wrote
as follows:
"I want to thank you very much
for arranging the meeting with the
city council and the city planning
commission. The Medford meetlnfc
was the beat meeting we had on the
entire trip from our standpoint. We
feel that we received a number of
very valuable suggestions, especially
on the planning program.
"After meeting with the planning
commissions of a, number of cities
as we did on this trip, I am convinced
more than ever that the Medford city
planning commission has accom
plished more than any other plan
ning commission In the entire state.
It was a real privilege for us to meet
with your officials, and I want to
thank you for making the arrange
ments."
Only matters of minor Importance
rame before the council, with Ralph
Stevenson absent because of tllnesi.
and O. C. Darby and 8. A. Kroschel
also absent.
Reports were read, Including the
eluding the statement of the city
Judge that 8167.80 had been Uken In
during the month of September. The
council voted to supply the 8100 nec
essary for the transportation and care
or Bobby Robinson, Injured here In
August when knocked down by a
fire hose. The youth had one leg 1
amputated as a result of the accident.
Measures were also passed renew i
Ing the lenses of the Shell and Stan- !
durd Oil gasoline companies, at the
Medford municipal airport. Two or
dinances were also passed giving the
mayor and city recorder, also any ,
other officers necessary, the power to
execute certain Instruments In con i
nertlon with the sewage system to:
be constructed here. j
The report of the streets and ronds
committee waa submitted, and Mayor
Oeorgo Porter read a letter from the !
Oregon Fire Chiefs' association. I
City Recorder Moae Alford an- 1
nounced Tuesday. Octaber 30, as the
date set for the first budget hear- ,
Ing.
IT GRANGE
MEET AT CENTRAL
(By Gertrude Haalc)
Most of the Grangers of the county
are looking forward with Interest to
the state -district conference meet
which wtl) be held at the Central
Pont Orange hall on Saturday, Octo
ber 6, In an all-day meeting.
A basket dinner will be served at
noon and all families are requested
to bring a basket the same as when
we hold Pomona Orange. A few are
requested to bring cream.
The separate group meetings of the
masters, lecturers, secretaries and
standing committees such as the ag
ricultural, legislation and H. K. C.r
will be at 10:18 a. m. All Grangers,
whether officers or members of these
committees or not, are Invited to at
tend any of these conference groups.
Any Orangera can find something of
Interest In any of these group meet
ings and, since election time Is near,
you may be an officer or member of
one of these Important committees
another year and the knowledge
gleaned here will be of value to you.
Dinner will be served at noon.
The Program P. M. ,
For the afternoon and evening aes-
lon the program Is as follows:
1:40 Group singing, led by Miss Ger
trude Skow of O. 8. C.
3:00 "The Grange In Legislation," by
Ray W. Olll. state master.
3:30 "Balanced Lecturers' Programs,"
Mrs. Alice Ooff, state lecturer.
2:40 "Why Granges Go Dormant,"
Miss Bertha J. Peck, state sec
retary. 3 :00 "Grange Co-operative Efforts,"
George A. Pal miter, executive
committee.
3:20 "Grange Procedure and Parlia
mentary Law," Albert Slaugh
ter, economic lecturer.
3:40 "Women's Work In the Orange."
Mrs. George Palm Iter, State- H.
E. O.
4:00 Recreation or singing, led by
Mlas Gertrude Skow,
4:10 "Keeping Up Grange Interest."
by Arthur Brown, district dep
xi ty.
4 :30 "Co-operation Between Grange
and County Agents," by R. G
Fowler.
4:80 "Grange Fire Insurance," by of
ficer from association.
8:08 Reports on Granges by county
deputies.
8:35 Grange Bulletin, by Geo. Cor
son of Bulletin.
8:38 Reports on condition of Grange
work, by Pomona masters.
6.00 Dinner.
:30 All participate in organized rec
reation suited to Grange work,
led by Miss Skow.
8:30 Officers seating drill contest.
slon better than any other organized
group and we believe this, for, while
Individual Granges may have lost a
few members, the membership of the
stats and nation has made a steady
Increase In members. There are more
than a million Orange members In
the United States now, sn organized
power working for the betterment of
the agricultural people and the
masses. Be sure to come to the con
ference.
4.
PLANS FIXED FOR
CASCADE-SHASTA
CONVENTION HERE
(Continued from page one.)
A 88 first prize and a 82.50 second
prl7 will be awarded to seating drill
con tenants.
A special prize will be offered for
full attendance of Grange officers.
Any Orange which registers all of ItB
officers, except In case of Illness or
absence from the county. Attend
ance of master, lecturer and secretary
Is required at both afternoon and
evening sessions. These must register
before 3 p. m. All other officers may
register then or at 7:30 p. m. All
members of the executive committee
are Inclifded In the officers. Substi
tutes permitted only In case of seri
ous Illness or absence from the
county.
Every Interested Granger will want
to attend every meeting part of the
session possible, and we believe that
If 78 per cent of the Oranges of the
county attended there would be a
great revival of Grange spirit and
consequent renewed activities. The
Orange has the reputation of having
withstood the rigors of the depres
scheduled for 10 a. m., at the Cra-
terlan theater on Saturday is open to
the public and the program so far
outlined promlser to be exceptionally
good. Don Huckabee will plsy a group
of numbers on the organ, and James
Stevens, local baritone will render
two songs. The first half hour of the
meeting will be broadcast over KMZD
and will be devoted to a brief resume
of the accomplishments of the Won
derland association during the past
13 months. At the conclusion of this
meeting the magna colored talking
film "8us-Tl-Ka," will again be
shown. W. A. Gates will preside over
the general assembly and a short mes
sage is expected from Bert Hall, as
soctatlon president. Children under
18 years of age must be accompanied
by parents for this meeting.
Various luncheons by the many
groups which comprise the organiza
tion will take place on Saturday and
at i' o'clock the various units will
conduct their business. These units
comprkte chambers of commerce,
boards of supervisors and county
courts, hotel and resort owners, news
paper publishers, garages, auto camps
and service -itattons. sportsmen, rec
reational and transportation. Anyone
Interested In any of these particular
groups Is extended a cordial Invita
tion to attend so that the program
outlined by them for the ensuing
year shall be as comprehensive
possible.
Other meetings will be held later
In the afternoon and at 7 o clock the
annua Shasta-Caacadlan tanquet will
be held at the Hotel MedMrd. Many
men prominent In civil atd pubic
life In California will be present at
this meeting and the names of the
speakers will be announced upor the
arrival of Mr. Stanley. At Reda'ng,
last year, over three hundred people
attended the annual banquet and it
Is confidently expected that an equal
number will be present on Saturday
evening here. Following the banquet
a dance will take place In the dining
room.
On Sunday a golf tournament has
been planned by Larry Schade and
It Is hoped that many of the visitors
will avail themselves the opportunity
to play on the beautiful Rogue Valley
Golf course. For those visitors who
do not play golf, a trip to Crater lake
has been arranged.
"This Is the first time In the three
years' existence of the Wonderland
association that Its convention has
been held outside of California,"
state 1 Mr. Gates this morning. "And
we sincerely hope that our local citi
zens will take an Interest In the va
rious meetings. Medford has bene
fitted tremendously through the pub
licity and advertising of the organi
sation and a continuance of this good
work will undoubtedly bring a larger
number of tourists here In the fu
ture."
Complete details regarding the time !
and place of all meetings and other!
Information pertinent to the conven
tion will be announced within a day ;
or so.
CITY DEPARTMENT
IRK REPORT
TO
Larry Schade of the streets and
roads committee of the city, last night
read the work report to the city
council, which was submitted by Fred
W. Scheffel, cly superintendent.
The report showed work done by
the various city departments during
the month of September and was as
follows:
Alleys: Swept alleys In business dis
trict once each week.
Airport: We furnished the paint to
repaint the army'a new quarters. The
labor was done by the army men.
Mr. Rogers la Installing the park
way cable for boundary lights on the
end of the cross runway. A tem
porary Installation was made last
spring for these lights; this Installa
tion Is now permanent.
Repainted floor In waiting room.
Parks and playgrounds: Work on
the Palm Fountain was started by the
Oregon Granite Co. We staked the
location and established the grades.
Buildings: Installed new treads for
the stairs at the old city hall, re
painted the hall and stairway.
Installed concrete well for ventila
tion of building In sidewalk for Bates
Bros, barber shop, to be paid for by
them.
Streets: The street grader operated
6 days during the month.
Reconditioned the gutters on Cen
tral avenue and Main street In the
business district.
The street sweeper swept 409 miles
of paving, picking up 103 loads of
sweepings.
Oiled Dakota avenue for school dis
trict, north side of high school.
Completed the excavation for Ho
gan and Owen driveways at East Main
street curve.
Four men were busy 6 daya patch
ing bad holes In pavement.
Cut tall grass on Hamilton frcm
7. 11th to Dakota avenue.
8ewers: Answered 0 calls for main
sewer stoppages. Constructed new
manhole In main sewer on South
Newtown, street between W. 13th and
W. 14th street.
Sidewalks: Repaired 80 feet of side,
walk North Front street, consolidated
lot 0, block 26, original town.
Street and traffic signs : 50 new
street signs were Installed.
Traffic signs were painted once
during the month.
We are confronted with young men
destroying our new algns. Replace
ments were necessary at the following
streets: W. 10th and King: Beatty
and Edwards; Jackson and Central.
A new cast Iron slow traffic button
was Installed at 11th and Central.
New stop sign at Crater lake and
Minnesota avenue.
Di linage: Installed 30 feet of 18
lnch concrete culvert pipe on W. 10th
street, between Hamilton and Wash-1
Ington streets.
Installed 24 feet 6-lnch concrete
culvert pipe at Jeanette and 8th
street.
State emergency reller work:
Fifteen men were busy cleaning out
Crooked creek from the Pacific high
way south, 30 st.itlons.
Five men completed the rock work
on spring for Present Memorial park;
also constructed two rock ovens for
picnic grounds.
Thirty men were employed on the
Bear creek flood control work.
The following Is the status of these
projects:
Allotted Exp. Balance
Crooked
Creek 8 648 8 404.10 8 13-90
Prescott
Memorial
Park 17.370 8.808.54 7,561.47
Bear Crk.
flood
control 14.457 8.583.47 4.873.53
Work on the Prescott Memorial park
project has been discontinued, due to
lack of funds for transportation and
workmen compensation.
IS TURKEY INCREASE
IN STATE NOTED
PORTLAND, Oct. 8. An in
crease in production of turkeys in
Oregon this year Is suggested by j
survey suggest the ides of dlatrlbu
Although there Is a alight decrease
reported from central Oregon, a suf
ficient Increase In southeastern Oru
gon points. In the Portland sector
and in the mid-Wi Harnett valley Is
expected to reflect an actual gain of
nearly 20 per cent In the entire state.
Although there has yet been no
formal opening price on dressed tur
keys for the Thanksgiving trade, the
survey suggests the Ideas of dts trtbu-
tor range from 18 to 20 cents s
pound for No. 1 birds at country
shipping points.
The quality of 1934 turkeys In Ore
gon is declared to be the best aver
age known In many years.
PLACERVILLE SUFFERS
FIRE, BUSINESS AREA
PLACERVILLE, Cel.. Oct. 3.-WF)
A 8100,000 fire wiped out an entire
block In the Georgetown business dis
trict yesterday, the structures burned
Including two stores, a meat market
two restaurants, a liquor store, &
rooming house, the telephone office
and the pos toff Ice.
No personal Injuries were reported.
and plans Immediately were started
for rebuilding.
The fire started In the liquor store.
TAX VALUATION
FOR 1935 PLACED
AT
Rabbit,
Foxes
Bni (hives)
S45
149
1.231
335
U0
818
$24,602,040
Total valuation of taXAbl prop
erty In Jackson oounty for this year
upon which the 1938 taxes will be
based has been fixed by te assessor's
office at 824.802.640. This Is a de
crease of 898.130 over last year when
the valuation wa fixed at 834,700,
870. A portion of the small decline
la due to the county taking over
considerable land.
The county valuation In 1928 the
year before the depression was fixed
at 828,124.720.
Tillable land valuation for next
year Is placed at 85.789,410. Last
year It was 85,239.970. City and town
lata are placed at 84.873.650. In
1934 the appraisal was 84.435.930.
Logging railroad valuation this year
Is fixed at 8153,250. Last year It was
8138,250.
Valuation of farm Implements, bug- ;
glee, wagons, carriages and autos thtsi
year Is listed at 8156,450. Last year
It wah 8168,480.
Thee valuation does not Include
corporations, whose valuations are
fixed by the state tax commission.
Soldier exemption for 1935 Is placed
at 8141.490. Last year It was 847.230.
Domestic animals of all kinds ex
cept sheep show an Increase over last
year. May will be amazed to learn
that there are 31 dogs In Jackson
county of sufficient value to be listed.
Last year there were 12.
Numerical listing of other domes
tic animals for the two years arc:
1935 1934
Horses - 3.192
Cattle (stock) 17.249
Cattle (dairy) . 7,773
Goats , 1,457
BIRTHS
Word ha been received here of
the birth September 29 of a daugh
ter to Mr. and Mrs. E. Q. Hunt of
Callstoga, Cal. The little miss
wlghed 6t,j Mounds, and has been
named Shirley Wall Hunt. Mrs. Hunt
will be remembered here a Rosa
mond Wall.
GL'NS Repaired and Cleaned, ex
pert work. Medford Cycle. 38 N. Fir.
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Poultry .... 14.444
Sheep 10.751
3.059
16.844
7.211
1.453
14.788
12.637
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"TCcomus plenty," writes to
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irge, high-priced truck
were suited to our business."
The countrywide swing
to the new Ford V-8 Truck
hy users of "Big equipment"
is one of the most convinc
ing endorsements i truck
his erer had. It is evidence
you should look into regard
less of what your trucking
problem may be.
The new Ford V-8 actu
ally meets 90f of all truck
ing requirements. Get the
tacts yourself from haulers in
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tlm section. '"Power enough
foralmotanvloaH.""Makct
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on hilli." "No t.-ouMe with
brakes or clutcit." That't
what these local lord-users
will tell you.
This sounds like high
priced trucking. But w
want you to check cost-sheel
figures for gas. oil, repairs,
replacements. They show
that the new Ford V-8 one
of the lowest cost trucks
you can huy actuallv oper.
ales at a lower ton. mile cos?
than a "4"!
AUTHORIZED
FORD DEALERS
C. E. GATES AUTO COMPANY
MEDFORD, OREGON