Better Housing Campaign Starts Monday in Jackson County
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AWARDED
Pulitzer Prize
FOE 1934
Tweuty-ninth Year
.MKDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2S, 1933.
No. 2W.
B.T PALL MALLON
(Copyright, 1035, by Paul Million
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 One busi
ness which the new deal has in
advertently restored to prosperity Is
the legal busi
ness. Tou could
not drop a writ
ot habeas corpus
out of any down
town building
here these days
without hitting
one or more law
yers on the head.
The town la
swarming with
two classes of
t'nem, one Inside
the new deal,
trying to legal
PAUL MALLON
ize it. and the other outside, trying
to (.legalize it.
No one. not even the Justice de
partment, has charted the boom in
the legal Industry, or has any defl
nlte idea of the scope of it.
J Without saying anything. Attorney
General Cummings began to look
Into the problem recently when he
saw cases-mounting on federal court
dockets faster than prohibition cases
ever did. The unpublished result of
his Inquiry showed that 27.804 civil
and criminal cases Involving the va
rious new deal agencies, (NRA. AAA,
rwA. etc..) were pcnt"S tne
end of December.
If President Roosevelt Is the new
deal quarterback, this court phase
of . the legal boom has made Mr.
Cummings a roving fullback. He has
become the main secondary defense.
To keep up with the onslaught, he
Is quietly establishing a private new
statistical system to keep tab month
by month on how the new deal Is
faring In the courts. In the past
such figures were collected only at
annual Intervals.
The a'marlng figure for December
represents an Increase In the past
six months of 2000 criminal cases
hut a slight decrease In civil cases,
it does not. Include cases under
federal bankruptcy laws,, .which si
J ways average over 10.000 pending at
a time.
Thl Is the underlying reason why
Mr. Roosevelt said In his NRA mes
sage to ongTess that some quicker
method of handling eniurcc
ment cases should be found. A cease
nH desist procedure Is what he
h( In mind to replace criminal
prosecutions.
While the NRA cases represent the
largest batch, no phase of the new
deal la being omitted, even alcohol
tax prosecutions. Tou may doubt It
If you will, but S1.000 arrests have
been made under this law since re
peal and additional cases are piling
up at the rate of several hundred
weekly.
One explanation ts that the deal
la new and that this la the testing
stsge. The courts furnish the legal
testing ground.
There have bern many sub rot
rumors lately that the White House
la growing cold to the holding com
panlea bill. There Is nothing In them.
The peculiar white House position
on the bill la the same as It was on
the stock market hill. The president
will appear unconcerned about It
publicly. but will push It hard pri
vately. This technique permits him
to avoid complications.
Two separate clans of business lob
hvlsts are assembling on the Q. T.
for separate big pushes on congress,
One is the utility group, which Is
planning what appears to be a hope'
less assault on the holding company
bill.
The other Is the air mall crowd,
which Is exuding righteous Indigna
tion over the latest trick played on
them by the post office department.
It seems they all agreed with Mr.
Roosevelt to put air mall contracts
under a revitalized interstate com
merce commission which would make
them non-polltlcal.
Imagine their chagrin when the
bill to do It waa proposed in congress
a few days ago. carrying a provision
authorizing the postmaster general
to consolidate lines at any time and
designate primary routes. By this
consolidating and redesignating de
vice, the unfoollsh Mr. Farley may
take away lines from those who have
and give them to those who have
not.
TVA-ers have fcwvn brajxinjr fiat
thev sre not worrying soout the ad
ver Grubb devln'.on in AJabsma, oe
Miur the supreme court set a prece
dent In their favor :n an old Bou'.der
dam case.
The brwglne got so loud recently
that Interested new ileal :awvers dust
ed olf the Bouldrr dam esses ar.d
lked Into them. They learned tint
he Boulder dim else probably wis
not applicable because the court ap
proved It on the crourd that the
Ue of pow wholesale, not retell.
x incidents! to flood control, nar
a,t!on and lrr!lon TM it enf.-e-Ir
different fro the "ysrdstint"
p..r-';'p of the Teuwsee valley au
thor:!;'. A finer ne
heme worked
Idea in lobbvint J
ut .n Arirons. T.ie
house of Arusonss ut les-sUU.c
'ht4 parsed nd tv a-na:e ! r.w
ronl.de:. rj: l 5-11 to eero t.x.l-f.aK
Oocuiiued 00 Paste rhreej
St.
I I'
TO HEIMFENSE
Thousands Crowd Hall to
Hear Wife and Lawyer:
. Admission Charged and
Offerings Total $2000
Ransom Bills Appear
NEW YORK, Feb. 38. (AP)
Although federal agents professed
Ignorance of the matter, the
American Airlines, Inc., has con
firmed reporta that some of the
Lindbergh ransom money was
passed at Its east Boston airport.
The aviation company said it
had turned over to the federal
authorities a list of all passengers
In and out of Boston from last
Saturday to Monday, since It did
not know on what trip the money
had been passed.
It Is said two 110 bills were
Identified as ransom money.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8. (AP) Bruno
Hauptmann's defense fund was richer
today by more than 2000. the con
tribution of thousands of wildly en
thusiastic Germans who stormed a
rally In his behalf.
Their donation will be added to
the 15.000 previously raised to ap
peal the carpenter's conviction on a
charge of killing the Lindbergh baby,
who was stolen from his crib three
years ago tomorrow.
The little country court room where
Hauptmann stood trial was no more
Jammed to the point of auffocatlon
than was the Yorkvllle Casino last
night. Police estimated the crowd as
high a 5000. with 3000 more milling
outside. " v
Wife Crowd Center
Officers had to protect Mrs. Anna
Hauptmann, wife of the condemned
man, from women who pressed around
her as she made her way to the plat
form. Reinforcements had their hands
full clearing a path so that she and
Edward J. Reilly. defense attorney,
could leave after the rally.
My husband as well aa I have sym
pathy for those who suffer,". Mrs.
Hauptmann said. "We are aorry a
crime like this has been committed
because we- ourselves have a child
which we love.
"We beg God that the kidnaper of
the Lindbergh baby will be found."
Injustice Claimed
"A great Injustice has been done."
said Rellly.
"The man who Is guilty should be
hung, drawn and quartered. But that
man Is not Bruno Richard Haupt
mann. "Somewhere In the United States,
scoffing at the law enforcement au
thorities. Is the real kidnaper.
"Fortunately," tho lawyer declared,
"there Is a higher tribunal where '6
Judgea will pass on his case." .
The rally was held In Yorkvllle.
center of New York's German-born
population, which In 1030 totaled
more than 237.000.
Each person admitted was chargpd
26 cents and a box two fect square
was piled almost a foot deep with
contributions, some of them S20 bills.
LAMSON JURY SECURED
AFTER 8-DAY BATTLE
SAN JOSE. Cal.. Feb. ' 28. (p.
Afu?r eight days of haggling, the
state and defense agreed today on a
Jury of eight men and four women
to try David A. Imson a second time
on charges of muruerlng his wife
Allene. In their home on the Stan
ford campus May 30 1933.
SON OF EX-KAISER
HAS HEART TROUBLE
OOSLAR. Germany. Feb. 28 (API
August Wilhelm. son of the former
Oermsn kaiser, waa taken to a hos
pital today suffering from a heart
attack. He was atrlcken while mo
toring to Blamkenburg. Physicians
said the former princes condition
was not serious.
Mayor Asks Cooperation
In Housing Act Campaign
In connection with the campaign I this worthy and vital movement,
whirr, will onen here Monday to se- de Possible by the National Houa-
curf! for Jackson county a portion of
the benefits available through the
Nstlonal Housing act. Mayor George
j porter odfty issued the following
proclamation: ! self repaid many tlmca In personal.
The National Housing act. through ' as well as community benefits. Your
the federal housing amntnlstratlon. ! participation In the B?tter Housing
has made It possible for the owners ; program means better business, bct
of property to: ter sirroundlngs and better llrtng
Better the living -ondlttons of his for ev.ry dtlren of this community.
fAmily
Stimulate employment !
Improve the appearance of his
prorerty. adding to the civic pride of
his cltv and neighborhood.
rrutcct ami Increase the value of
hn Investments , of the relfare of your community, j
I The Better Housing program U now state en( nation. i
being launched In Medford. and the The cooperation of Medford citl-i
Rogue River valley through a cam- 7ens hai jern asked and we must not1
pslgn sponsored by the Jackson Isil to dc our part In this lmportsnt :
County c hamber of Commerce, pur-' project wmch a vital part of the I
poe of - turn Is to stimulate rriir t.stionsl recovery program! :
alterations and Improvements to, GEORGE PORTER.
homes and business properties. Is
Replaces Woman
Fred Hunt (above) replaced Mrs.
George A. Water as warden of the
Oklahoma reformatory at Granite
following the escape of 32 convicti.
Mra. Wateri wn elated for remov
al before the break. (Associated
Press Photo)
BE
ON REPAIR LOANS
A spring campaign under the na
tional housing act in Jackson county
will definitely get' under way next
Monday morning, It was announced
by B. E. Harder, county chairman.
Headquarters have been established
at tho Jackson County Chamber ot I
Commerce with a man In charge of '
the office.
As a part of this campaign, solici
tors employed by the SERA will
make a house to house canvass
starting Monday morning to explain
the various provisions of the act.
This system has been used in many
cities in Orceon and has been
found very eUcetive in acquainting
property ownera with information on
the first clause of the act, relating
to remodeling, rebuilding and mod
ernizing.
The solicitors will not only ne m
position to explain what can be
done under the act. but win oe
equipped with full information rela
tive to financing, rue government
has made provision that those who
wish to make improvements can bor
row money at the rate of $5 per
hundred dollar loan, annually, and
many such loans have been made
in Medford through the various
banking Institutions since last fall.
While of course the purpose of
the act ts to provide that borrowers
mav obtain money at a reasonable
rate of interest over a long term
period to make Improvements, its
primary objective ts to put people
to work by encouraging renewea ac
tivity in the building trade. It is
known fact that under normal con
ditions over four million men are
employed 1 n the bul Id 1 n g trades
throughout the United mates, wnere-
(Continued on Page Eight)
AT
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. (API
Three tanks of oxygen were taken at
3:45 p. m- Into the residence of Jus
tice Oliver Wendell Holmes, where
he lay seriously 111.
"The Justice is 111 and at his age
all illness is serious." was all his die-
tor Thomas A. Claytor would nay. j
Around the supreme court, where
Mr. Holmes server 29 yeara until his
retirement In January. 1932. It was
unaerniwa nr ki.uv.
I bronchial pneumonia.
with
.,rrr- tH.t .vV Tl-r Of
Ma pr(Jp(.r.v act lt once. Every prop.
my ownfr Who puts men to work
; and creates a demand for building
; materials and services will find htm-
I When you are approached by fir Id
men Tho are making a survey of
needed modernlrstlon In conjunction
with Tie National Housing act. greet
lhm courteously and provide the In-
forms'Hn thry seen in the Interest
Mayor of Medjord.
WILEY POST SAYS(
SOMEONE PLACED
FIL!NGSJNM0T0R
Sabotage Blamed by Pilot
for Failure of Sub-Stratosphere
Flight Landing
of Plane Made Difficult
KANSAS C1TV, Mo., Feb. 38. (P)
Wiley Post charged today that near
ly two pounds of steel filings and
powdered emery were placed In the
engine of his airplane, probably at
the Instigation of "another pilot," to
cause the failure of hts recent pro
jected substratosphere flight across
the continent.
Post, here en route to New York,
did not name the pilot, but said he
had enough evidence of the alleged
sabotage to convince him the foreign
matter was placed In the engine of
the Winnie Mae deliberately.
Made Engine Overheat
. The Ok la noma n said the substances
caused the engine to overheat dan
gerously after he had been In the air
less than SO minutes. He made s,
forced landing with full load of
gasoline and without landing gear In
the bed of Muroc dry lake in Cali
fornia. "Laboratory tests disclosed the
presence of the emery and filings In
the oil," Post said, referring to an
Investigation now under way In Los
Angeles. "I began to suspect some
thing was wrong soon after I got off
the ground at Los Angeles, because
the engine waa hotter than It ever
(Continued on Page Elgbt)
KLAIVjATH RELIEF
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KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 28. (AF)
The Klamath county relief office
will be closed tomorrow unless the
regular federal appropriation from the
atate relief committee arrives from
Portland, according to Phyllis Hart
zog; director.
The budget has been averaging
about 130,000 a month but now there
sre no funds on hand, Miss Hartzog
said.
The situation was sttrlbuted to the
relief legislation Jam at Washington.
Medford relief officials, when In
formed of the situation In Klamath
county, said they had received no In
formation that would Indicate any
change In the distribution of funds
or procedure In the state relief pro
gram. B RITI SHrTOTEAVE
V A LETT A. Malta. Feb. 28. (AP)
A rumor that British citizens would
be evacuated from Ethiopia rushed
through Malta tonight as H. M. S.
Royal Sovereign took on proviMons
of medical stores and equipment
preparatory to sailing.
The Mediterranean fleet sailed this
morning for combined exercises, leav
ing behind the Royal Sovereign and
H. M. 8. Despatch. It was believed
the two ships would sail for some
unspecified destination without Join
ing the rest of the fleet.
Whether that destination really
wan Ethiopia waa not confirmed.
OF
GOING TO TENNESSEE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 -(API-Army
orders issued by the var de
partment Wednesday IncluOd:
Major Robert F. Dark, now on duty
with the CCC, Medford, Ore., de
tailed to duty with the organised re
serves, Knoxvllle, Tenn.
Bend Wife Admits
I 'JMUVUIllf I i UOlUlU
I Bend. Ore . Feb. 28.- r Mrs
' Alice Estellc Sage. M, vas held in
I the Deschutes county JaU today on a
charge of assault with a dangerous l
weapon In connection with an attac't
on her husbsnd. Merle D. Sage, last
Sunday night at Redmond.
Captain Vayne M. Ourdane of stsie
police, said Mrs. Rage signed a con
fession that she fired s shotgun st
; Sage as he sat In nls living room
; The motive for the shooting waa not
! revealed. Mra. 8ge waived grer.d Jury
examlpstlon.
HAWKS PLANS FLIGHT
PANAMA FRIDAY
I U rAhlAriflA rnlUM I
NEWARK. N. J., reb. (AP(
prank Hawks, speed flier, will fly to
pansms tomorrow, he said todsy at
Newark airport, ss he prepared to
move hi. low-wlng Northrop Oimma
cabin plane to noyd Bennt field.
I New York.
Student Pacifis Z
of Nation to c
In 1'Hour
te
NEW YORK, reb. V A
nation-wide one-hr xe of
students opposed t id fas
cism has been cat .prll 13.
Spokesmen fot Columbia
university antl-wai rommlttee.
which announced the call, said
they expected at laest 100.000 col
lege st ude n ta and 30 .000 high
school pupils to participate. Near
ly 100 Institutions will be repre
sented, the committee said, with
presidents and deans leading the
protest ants at some colleges.
Endorsement of the strike has
been given, spokesmen added, by
the National Council of Methodist
Youth, with 1.000.000 members:
the mtddte Atlantic division of
the lnter-semnlary movement, the
Student League of Industrial Dem
ocracy and the National Students'
league.
DAUGHTER BEATEN
BY REOS IS CLAIM
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 28. (AP)
Major Albert M. Jones, chief of the
Intelligence unit of the army's ninth
corps area, today denied published
reports that his 80-year-old daugh
ter, Barbara, had been attacked and
beaten In a communist campaign of
violence against officers in the Ssn
Francisco Presidio.
The story, a carried In the Exam
iner today, Mid the attack occurred
on a dim street at the army post
after major Jones had received letters
threatening kidnaping or harm to his
daughter unless he halted his activ
ity against communltsts cm the mil
itary reservation.
The paper said Capt. Warren J.
Clear, the major's assistant, and a
member of a third officer's family,
asserted I y a woman, were also way
laid and beaten. Captain Clear de
clined to affirm or deny the story.
"Any statement will have to come
from Major Jones," he said. "I can
not say anything unless he directs
me to.M !
The newspaper said the attacks and
the alleged communist terror reign are
under investigation by the depart
ment of Justice, and that a report
has been forwarded to the army high
command at Washington, D, C.
GOLDlLLTAVING
PORTLAND, Feb. 28. (AP) A
proposal that the $10,000,000 Job of
reconstructing the Pacific highway
between Cottage Grove and the Cali
fornia line be made a special federal
project was made to the state high
way commission here today by dele
gatlona from Roseburg, Grants Pass
and Ashland. .
They urged that this work be
undertaken oit the same basis as
that proposed for reconstruction of
the Columbia highway between Cas
cade Locks and Bonneville.
The commission opened bids on
1 highway projects today. Projects
and the low bidder include:
Jackson county Widening and
paving Gold Hill section. Pacific
highway. Mountain State Construc
tion company, Eugene, $21,266.
FOR CRATER PARK
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 (8pl.)
Provision for $57,800 for maintenance
of Crater Lake national park la pro
vided In the appropratton bill of the
Interior department reported to the
house yesterday. The bill also au
thor! Ms $250,000 for repayment to
counties In the Oregon -California
land grant, providing sufficient reve
nues are derive from sale of It-nd
and timber. Thli means no change
In the situation and counties wilt not
receive money In lieu of taxes unless
money comes In. The Item Is not an
spproprlatlon from the general tresa
ury. 4
IN S. F. BAY: 1
SAN FRANCI8CO. Feb. St. (API
Cosswaln Benjamin Mathews. 3J.
United States navy, formerly of
Stockton, Calif., waa killed today In
the burning of a fto-foot motor
launch which caught fire while a reg
ular trip between Yerba Buens Island
and the Key route Oakland pier.
Twelve civilians and sli other nary
men aboard the launch were rescued.
None were seriously hurt.
The cause of the fire was not Im
mediately determined, but It was be
lieved a backfire set off the gasoline
tank.
POLICE, F
PENSION BOOST
L0SESIN HOUSEi
Bill Before Legislature for
Five Weeks Finally Killed
Autoist Liability In
surance Bill Is Favored
SALEM, reb, 38. (AP)--The pro
posal to Increase the pension fund for
I policemen and firemen In cities where
: civil service waa in operation by tax
ing insurance premiums two per cent
waa killed by the house of the Oregon
legislature today by a vote of 34 to 25.
The bill, which has been before the
session for five weeks, and several
times In and out of committee, came
Up for vote today under special order
and waa argued for two hours.
Without a negative vote the senate
in the meantime passed senate bill
359, Introduced by Senator Dean
Walker, which provide that all offi
cial legal business of the state shall
be performed by or under the direc
tion of the attorney general.
Legal work coming under the Juris
diction of district attorneys would be
excluded from provisions of the bill.
Only two negative votes were cast
against Senator Allan Bynon's bill re
quiring proof of financial responsibil
ity by owners 'and operators of motor
vehicles. The measure as passed would
apply only to drivers who, after pas
sage of the act, should be convicted
of breaking the motor vehicle laws.
Such persons then would be required
to either take out liability Insurance,
glvo proof of their financial responsi
bility or put up a (suitable bond be
fore being permitted to drive again.
Two controversial - measures, one
providing for the establishment of a
public ferry across the Columbia river
(Continued on Page Three)
SALEM, Feb. 28. fp) Savings to
rate payers In the public utilities di
vision of $357,489, to grain rate pay
ers $325,000, gasoline rate -payers
$1,000,000 and others under the rati
road division of $380,000 were report
ed by Public Commissioner Charles
M. Thomas on his final clay in thu
office today.
The report was made to Governor
Oharlee H. Martin Thomas ended
his four year term. Frank O. Mc-
Coltoch of Baker will succeed him
to that office tomorrow.
In leaving hts office, Commissioner
Thomas declared ne wished success
to McCotloch and has offered hts
sen-Ices In any manner to the new
commissioner if It was desired. The
past two days the two men have been
working together. Thomas acquaint
ing McColloch with the business of
the department.
Thomas stated he would either lo
cate In Portland or remain In Salem
to open law office In either city.
He stated his present plans were
to practice in the capital city.
TO
WASHINGTON, Feb. 38. ( AP)
Food prices. Secretary Wallace says,
probably will climb 11 per cent dur
ing the first of 1035 even If there Is
no recurrence of drought.
The agrlcultuarl department head
made this prediction late yesterday
at a preaa conference. Just previ
ously. the weather bureau had re
ported continued dry weather In
large portions of five states which
were affected by last summer s
drought.
Though Dr. Mordecst Exeklel, eco
nomic adviser to Wallace, said most
of the Increases were due to drought.
Wallace said, "I think the AAA bad
fomethlng to do with It."
A l Smith Scores Ickes
For Attitude on Moses
NEW YORK. reb. 28 .TP, The re
cent sllenoe of former Governor Al
fred E. Smith toward the Roosevelt
administration was oroken tody 07
s denunciatory ststoment leveled at
SacreUry Ickes for implied "polltlcl"
use of PWA suthor.ty here
Smith spoke In behalf of his long
time friend snd polltlcsl protege.
Roaert Moses, who now ts city park
commissioner snd v.hrjrman of the
Trihorough bridge authority
He termed "nsrrcw. political snd
vindictive" Secretary Ickea' demand
for Moses resignation from one or
the other of his Jobs under threat f
withholding further PWA funds to
couple i the gigantic 143 000.000
Trlborough bridge, which Is 10 link
'Hex Charm' Victim
rJr
Authorities of Williamsport, FVi.
laid eiaht-months-old James Leroy
Fritz (above) would recover from
knife wounds allegedly inflicted by
hie five-year.old brother. John Fritz,
Jr.. in a "hex charm" ceremony to
drive away an "evil spell' hovering
near ames. The child's parents
were present, according to police
records. (Associated Press Photos)
BY FL000 WATER
Fl
HONOLULU, Feb. 28. (fl) Floods
sweeping Oahu Island cUhned a fifth
life here early today when sn ex
plosion killed a Japanese woman and
Injured six other persons.
Flood waters oauoed the explosion
of a gas main late last night, fatally
injuring Mrs. Nobu Yoehlkawa, 45.
critically Injuring three others and
less seriously kurtlng three more.
Previously four persons were drown
ed and four others reported missing
when rivers were sent on a rampage
by a sudden cloudburst which cli
maxed more than three days of ratn.
Two hundred and fifty National
Guardsmen patrolled tho downtown,
river area of Honolulu today to pre
vent looting of deserted stores and
homes.
Wrecking crews and merchants be
gan cleaning up wreckage as the rains
abated and flood waters started re
ceding from streets which were Im
passable rivers last night.
Traffic was still diverted In many
sections and danger signals were hung
on two washed out bridges within
the city.
Flooded streams drowned four per
sons In the village uf Walawa. Four
others were reported missing Along
River street In Honolulu's pictures
que Chinatown. Others fled from
their homes In this section wlien
firemen and volunteers swam through
water ten feet deep to warn them
thrr lives were In dancr.
Automobiles were submerged by
the torrents which poured down tne
city's treets. Fire squads were ke:it
busy answering rescue calls from per
sons trapped In homes or automobiles
Kallhl bridge was carried away, power
lines were short circuited, telephone
tinea disrupted. Several outlying Til
lages were Isolated.
SEVEN INDICTED
BY GRAND J
Indictments against seven persons
were returned this afternoon by tne
grand Jury. Everett H. Brayton, lore
man. as follows:
Rosier P. Carroll, service station
employee. Involuntary manslaughter.
as the result ot the death of June
Rose Hansen. 13. from Injuries sus
talned In an auto crash on West
Main street rebrusry 19.
Julian Dally, two counts, Ralph
Tremalne. three counts, and Olenn
Stringer, two counts, burglary not
In a dwelling. The true bills grew
out of a series of burglaries In this
cltv about a year ago.
Mvrtle Sloan was Indicted for
forgery, Joe Woodcock for unlawful
sale and transportation, and o.
Bough for non-support.
Manhattan, Queens snd the Bronx
Last fall Moses isn for govern v
on the Republican ticket end con
ducted a aharp campaign agalnit
Oovernor Herbert Lehman. Democrat
Later, Ickes announced no furthe.
bridge funds would be forthcoming
until Moses quit one of his Jobs ss
a qualification for administering
PWA money.
"I csnnot believs " ssld Smith
"thai the president would be a psrty
to the Ickes order which Is narrow,
polltlcsl snd vindictive: which breaks
a binding contract, snd has no basis
In cound public policy, and I do .tot
believe that any national aaini
tratlon can afford to withhold need
sd relief funds from New York
to enforce sues sn order.
STORAGE PLANT
TO.
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Medford Ice & Storage Will
Have Facilities for 100,
000 Additional Boxes of
Valley Fruit This Year
At an approximate cost of $35,000,
the Medford Ice and Cold Storage
company has started work on the re
modeling of the huge Ice storage
room at their plant on South Fir
street, to convert lt Into a four-story
pre-cooling unit. The room, capable
of holding 10.000 tons of tee. Is the
largest of Its kind In the northwest,
but due to the fact that refrigerator
cars now carry more fruit with the
same amount of Ice as In the pasta
the call for Ice Is diminishing, while
at the same time, more and more
fruit shippers are calling for pre
cooling. A few years ago, according to M.
M. Morris, manager of the company,
most of the local fruit was stored In
the east. The method then used here
waa to put the fruit Into a room
where the temperature was held at
30 degrees, and after 18 days, the
fruit temperature was down to the
same level.
With modern pre-cooling equip
ment, the fruit Is now put Into s
room where an Icy blast from huge
fans dropa the temperature to the
required 30 degrees In only 72 hours.
Tho Medford company now has stor
age space for approximately 600 cars
of fruit, or will have when the new
100,000 box unit Is completed. This
will be In about 00 days, Morris said.
Thirty men will be busy on the pro
ject until Its completion.
One third of all the local fruit,
Morris stated. Is now stored In local
plants. This keeps that fruit In bet
ter condition, and consequently
brings a better price for the product
on the eastern markets. Over half of
the expense of pre-cooling Is for la
bor In handling the fruit, he said,
and this adds tremendously to the
local payroll. With facilities for stor
ing 1100 cars of fruit In this vicinity,'
Instead of diverting the money to
other sections, Medford people are
directly benefited, he pointed out.
In the company's storage rooms
now are about 175 carloads of fruit.
80 carloads of which are apples.
SLATED MARCH 25
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2J. (API-
Charged In s federal Indictment with
manipulation of park bureau funds
snd a conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment, E. O. Sollnsky, former su
perintendent of Crater Lake national
park,, will go on trial In federal court
here March 20.
The trial originally had been set
for March 11, but Fedoral judge Fee
yeaterday set the date over upon mo
tion of Oeotge Neuner. one of Solln
sky's attorneys. The government did
not object to the postponement.
Bandit Hamilton
Reported Hemmed
TERRELL. Texas, Feb. 38. (AP)
Terrell officers were Informed this
afternoon thst the death-house fugi
tive, Raymond Hamilton, had been
surrounded In the wild country near
Peeltown. SS miles south of Terrell.
All available officers, taking with
them a machine gun. rushed to the
aid of other officers reported at the
scene.
WILL .
ROGERS
"jqys;
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Feb. 27.
Whs down last niylit witli
Clinrlif! Chaplin lislenini; to our
friiMitl, Will Durante, the philo
sopher, deliate on world econo
mies. Charlie has made a study
of that. He is the ureatest
economist in the world.
Every nation lias lost its ex
port trade, yet stop and think
of it: Chaplin manufactures the
only article in the world that
hasn't depreciated. The world
is his market the same as before
depression, hut he has never h t
the supply equal the demand.
While all tho world's big indus
trialists were greedy, Charlie
never went in for mass produc
tion. Seems odd that a comedian
can do what governments arn
not smart enough to do.