fEDFOKD rXTE TRTBrTE. rEDFOTtD, tVREGO". FRIDAY. 'NttTJCTr 15. lfir.5.
PA'GF FIVE
IN SOll PACIFIC
Rich in Verdure, Pleasant
Climate Handsome Na
tives Are Friendly
Life and Property Safe
WASHINGTON. D. C Spl.) 8. O.
S. signals from an American sailing
chip In distress near the Society
Island recently directed attention
. to this lonely mid-Pacific archl-
pelago. whose beat known inhabited
' island Is Tahiti. I
"Tahiti lies far from the feverish
activities of modern Industrial life." !
says a bulletin from the Washing
ton, D. C, headquarters of the Na
tional Georgraphlc society. "It is
more than 3000 miles from Australia.
3600 miles from San Francisco, 4500
miles from the Panama canal, 6000
miles from Asia. By the old trade
routes via the Suez canal and Aus
tralia It Is nearly as far from New
York as all these distances com
bined, but the Panama canal re
duces this to 6500 nautical miles, a
saving of 10.000 miles.
"Ever since its discovery tn 1607,
Tahiti has been famed aa an iso
lated Jewel, rich In verdure, blest,
with a pleasant, healthful climate,
and inhabited by friendly people of
handsome physique.
Oreen Gem Set in Coral Rinjr.
"Tahiti is an extraordinary work
of creation a fertile cinder from
volcanic pits, perhaps, or a fragment
of a sunken continent. It Is indeed
a steepled fm of wondrous green
within a teeming coral ring. Here
the eye Is delighted by leafy luxur
iance, stretching from palm-fringed
beach to loftiest mountain crest; by
k trm brilliant colors of land and sea;
by the high physical standards of
the natives, both men and women.
The ear is soothed by the wash of
an inner sea; by the flow of gentle
streams.
"Overshadowing all are the moun
tains. Mighty slabs rise high above a
valley. A peak with a triangular sum
mit shoots thousands of feet up
ward. Beyond, lofty columns hun
dreds of feet thick, stand tn solitary
grandeur; another turn and a shaft
cuts the sky with an edge like an
enormous knife an edge to which
tree, shrub, fern and vine cling.
"Tahiti is not an abode of savages.
It still has primitive life, but of
barbarism It has none. Life and
property are safe; compulsory educa
tion quickens the mind of the youth
ful: and the church, the religious
press, and contact with the Cau
casian broaden, in a limited way, the
Intellect of the adults.
Small Craft Meet Liners.
"Sloping up gradually from the
capital, Papeete, evergreen hills, scar
red here and there by barren red
and gray clay, extend miles inland,
whero they overlook the Pautaua
and Punaruu valleys. They are broken
into almost innumerable canyons
and gullies all over their surface.
"As the steamer draws near the
shore many small craft the pic
turesque outrigger canoe, the broad
beamed fruit-boat, and the noisy
gasoline schooner He at anchor or
move about the lakelike harbor.
"At the copra-scented dock hun
dreds of Tahitiana and scattered
pairs and groups of Americans and
Europeans are on hand. It is a mixed
throng. There are aa many colore
and shades of complexion as there
are of dress, and some of the na
tive women move with queenly grace.
Their dark hair, crowned tn some
cases with a wreath of the tiare, the
flower of love and friendship, hangs
low on their backs.
"The most animated moment of
the town's daily life begins shortly
after its 7061 Inhabitants awaken.
The site of this activity la the mar
ket square. Sunday la the chief mar
ket day of the week. At that time
neatly dressed men and women from
many parts of Tahiti aswmble at
the market half an hour before the
opening bell clangs Its signal.
"On the previous day and night,
boat loads of feis (a type of banana)
and oranges are laid outside the mar.
ket building in preparation for the
morning rush, and tn the Sabbath
dawn strings of fish, and wagons,
filled with farm products, are hur
ried to the stands. The scen'j Is en
llvenlne; the crowd Is friendly and
pay. There meet comrades and rela
tives who have long been separated;
there white and brown elbow each
other In neighborly fashion.
"Within thirty minutes after the
Meteorological Report
March 15. 1935
Forecasts
Medford and vicinity: Pair tonipht
and Saturday with frost or freezing
temperature' tonight.
Oregon: Generally fair tonicht and
Saturday but unsettled northwest
portion; frost or freezing tempera
ture south and east portion tonight.
Temperature a year" ago today:
Highest, 77; lowest, 38.
Total monthly precipitation, o 59
inch; deficiency for the month. 0 23
Inch. Total precipitation since Sep
tember 1, 1934, 12.96 inches; dcfl
fiency for the season, 0.37 inch.
Relative humidity at 5 p. m. yes
terday. 86 per cent; 6 a. m. today, 87
per cent.
Sunrise tomorrow, 6:21 a. m.
Sunset tomorrow, 6:18 p. m.
Observation Taken at 5 A, M.,
l'jnth Meridian Time
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Boise ........... 68 34
Boston .......... 40 ....
Chicago 48 42
Denver ............... 78 ....
Eureka ......... 60 38
Helena 66 26
Los Angeles ........ 72 58
MEDFORD 44 34
New York 40 28
Omaha 74 68
Phoenix 76 52
Portland .............. 50 40
Reno 62 28
Roseburg 46 38
Salt Lake City .... 70 32
San Francisco .... 68 46
Seattle 48 40
Spokane 50 32
Walla Walla 56 36
Washington, D.C. 46 ....
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first customer Is served the fish
benches are stripped, and the butch
ers, bakers, and vegetable men have
parted with more than half their
stock. In an hour the market Is sold
out and almost deserted."
In an accident last night on the
corner of Fir and Third street. John
Snider, high school senior, collided
with a car driven by Leon Croucher
of Clark street. Mr. Croucher was
accompanied by his wife. Beulah
Croucher. Mrs. Croucher. taken to
the hospital, was released today.
Snider, who blamed wet pavement
for the accident, is suffering from
severe nervous shock, but received
no bodily Injuries. A charge of viola
tion of the basic rule was lodged,
with a hearing set for Saturday.
Be correctly corseted tn
an Artist Model by
Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann.
VAGUE BOUNDARY
Agreement in 1897 for Fron
tier About 180 Miles From
Coast Trouble Basis
Oil Discovery Adds Fire
WASHINGTON. D. C. (Spl. An
indefinite boundary line is causing
Ethiopia and Italian Soma 1 Hand no
little trouble these days, in 1897
Ethiopia and Italy agreed that the
frontier line was to be maintained
"about 180 miles from the coast."
Tribesmen of eastern Ethiopia In
recent years have been tempted to
wander across so vague a line, and
the Italians have pushed road build
ing Into questionable territory. The
discovery of oil in the region has
not helped matters. Efforts are being
made to patch up the affair by the
establishment of a neutral sone be
tween the two countries.
"Ethiopia is surrounded by Euro
pean interests." says a bulletin from
Washington. D. C, headquarters of
the National Geographic society. "On
the west and south are Anglo-Egyptian
Sudan. Uganda, and Kenya; on
the southeast. Italian Somaliland;
and on the northeast British Somali
land. French Somaliland, and the
Italian colony of Eritrea.
King Descended From Solomon.
"Trouble with Italy has arisen
before. Forty years ago the Italian
kingdom, then new, tried to establish
a protectorate over the African em
pire: but the invading army was de
feated and Italy was forced to sign
a convention with King Menelik,
recognizing Ethiopian Independence-
"Ethiopia is one of the oldest
Christian nations tn the world. The
church, which la closely allted to
the Coptic church of Egypt, traces
its history to the fourth century,
A.v D. Halle Selassie I. who was
crowned emperor In 1930. Is 134th
tn a line of Christian rulers. He also
claims direct descent from the first
King Menelik, who according to le
gend, was a son of Solomon and the
Queen of Sheba. In fact, one of his
many Imperial titles Is 'Conquering
Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
"Races of Africa and Asia mingle
In Ethiopia. True Ethiopians are
not Negroes, but a H aim t tic -Semi tic
type. This Is the ruling cIrss, and
comprises perhapa one-third of the
total population. The other two
thirds is predominantly Moslem and
Negro.
French Port Gateway to Empire.
"Ethiopia haa not always been an
Inland empire. At one time her power
extended acrosa the Red Sea to the
Arabian province of Yemen, and at
another period there was an Ethio
pian dynasty in Egypt. For many
centuries now geography has iso
lated her from the rest of the
world. There Is only one Important
entrance to the country along the
railroad that runs from the port of
Djibouti. French Somaliland to Addis
Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The
railroad, completed in 1917, runs two
trains a week, covering the 486 miles
tn three days. In dry weather there
is sometimes an "express" which
makes the trip tn 36 hour.
"The total road mileage In this
country of 350.000 square miles is
only about 2600 miles, of which 65
are paved, 1150 earth and gravel, and
the rest dirt trails. Transport is
chiefly by mule, pack horse, donkey,
and camel.
"Coffee, tvory and leopard skins
head the list of experts. Ethiopia is
the home of coffee. Arab travelers
found it growing in the province of
Kafa and transplanted it to Arabia.
Later it was reintroduced tn culti
vate form In the Harar district.
Vast forests of the wild variety still
grow unused In the province which
gave It Its name.
"Ninety per cent of Ethiopia lies
6000 feet above sea level. Over a
vast plateau rise huge mountain
ranges with peaks that reach 14.000
and 15.000 feet. Fringing the high
lands that are the real Ethiopia is
a circle of low hot borderland the
Somali desert In the east, where the
trouble with Italy has occurred, the
malarial Junglea of the upper Nile
on the west, the swamps of Danakll
to the north, and in the south a
chain of salty lakes that drain into
Lake Rudolf. It Is In the high coun
try that Ethiopia's wealth is hidden
unexplored mineral resources, end
less rich plains where the finest
quality of grain and livestock may
be raised, cool mountain air, hot
sun, and abundnnt rains.
"The rains, which last from June
to September, have carved the to
pography of the country and en
riched Egypt tn the proceas. The
mighty rivers of the empire, flooded
by rain, have cut for themselves
great channels thousands of feet
deep. Through one of these gorges
the Blue Nile, which rises In Lake
Tana, flows first east, then south,
then west, to Join the White Nile
at Khartoum. In flood time it car
ries away mountains of soil to build
fields in Egypt.
"Another great rtver is the Awash,
which rises near Addis Ababa, and
flows northeast through the wild,
unknown country of the Danakll
trlbea. For years the fate of the
A want nas been a mystery, for it
never reaches the sea, and explorers
have not dared to trace it Into Dana
kll territory. Recently, however, an
Englishman reported that he had
tracked tt to the French Somaliland
border where it disappears tn salty
Lake Abhebad."
HEALTH ASSOCIATION
Jackson County Health Association
will have a bi-monthly meeting
Thursday. March ai. at a o'clock at
the courthouse auditorium. Dr. A. F.
Walter Kresse. Dr. Dwtght H. Plnd
ley, both of Medford, and Dr. Harvey
Woods ot Ashland will be the speak
ers. The Gold Hill and Phoenix ladles
will serve tea. Everyone is invited who
la Interested In child health.
FOR COPCO TAX
The California Oregon Power com
pany today remitted to the tax col
lection department of the sheriffs
office $.10,666.74 in payment of its
first qusrter taxes. The total prop
erty tax to be paid in 1935 by Copco
it 122.666 94. one of the two largest
tn the county. The payment today
covers only the state, county, ctty.
school and district taxes tn Jackson
county and does not Include other
state and federal taxes. The property
tax of Copco In Oregon this year to
tals $349,113.13, of which 45.6 per
cent U diverted to educational pur
poses. The sum is approximately 30
per cent of Copco's gross retail earn
ings In this state. In addition there
Is a federal excise tax on electricity.
Other large remittances this week
by Jackson county corporations In
clude the Southern Pacific, the Pa
cific Telephone &, Telegraph, the
Home Telephone, the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph.
Today Is the final day for the pay
ment of quarterly taxes without In
terest. A near rush waa under way
at the sheriff's office with heavy mail
receipt of tax payments.
The recent action of the state legis
lature in its closing days tn passing
a bill removing interest payments on
delinquent taxes for 1930 and 1931
resulted In an ebb of delinquent
tax payments, according to Sheriff
Brown, for these years. In many In
stances the Interest amount to $75
or $100. representing a substantial
saving to the taxpayers. The law
has aroused considerable comment and
upstate predictions say It may be ve
toed by the governor when presented
for his signature. The law becomes
effective in 00 days.
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Slim of Spring.
CHICAGO, March 15. (UP A sure
ein of spring turned up today In an
order from Police Commissioner James
P. Allman. He instructed police cap
tains to keep bicycle riders off sidewalks.
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DEATH PLANNED EARLY
IN WEEK BY OFFICIALS
An inquest Into the death of Joe
Louis, a week ago on Lake creek, when
dynamite waa exploded, either by ac
cident or suicidal design, will be held
early next week, according to Dis
trict Attorney Oeoree A. Coddins. The
district attorney will confer with Cor
oner Frank Perl today, on a date.
State police investigation of the
blast, produced one significant bit of
evidence tending to support the sui
cide theory. A lock on the tool cheM.,
containing dynamite, had been
wrenched loose. The twisted lock was
found in the explosion area. Explosive-
experts hold that the dynamite
could not be exploded save by use
of the caps. It U the theory that
Louis procured the caps, placed then
on the boxes of dynamite, and tlu-n
hit them with a rock. The resultant
blast was terrific, knocking cattle
down a quarter of a mile away, but
failed to explode 1600 pounds of dyn
amite stored nearby for road con
struction use by Contractor Id p.
Webber.
There is also little doubt that tha
victim was Louis. Seven or eight resi
dents of the district Identified Louts,
and he was the only stranger in the
area. He was given food and shelter
by several. Hi presence at a time of
year when strangers are few. also
caused him to be closely observed
by residents.
No information has been received
relative to kin of the dead man. who
, is thought to have been known on
jthe Klamath Indian reservation.
SPEEDERS WILL VIEW
REMAINS OF VICTIMS
CIHCAno. Marcn 15. (IIP) Auto,
mobile speeders who appear before
Traffic 'Judne Outknecht Saturoa;
will ba loaded: Into a patrol wagon
and taken to the county more where
bodies or automobile victims will be
pointed out to them.
Guaranteed To Relieve
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NEW EMll.AND DISTILI-KUS, Inc.
CLINTON, MASS.
Gold Announcement
Victor Harbaugh licensed by the Federal Government to
buy scrap-gold, wishes to announce that he will be located
in the business section here starting Monday, March 18.
Paying $35.00 a pure-ounce for gold less the cost of hand
ling. Those who have in their possession rings, chains, watch
cases, gold teeth, spectacle frames, gold-filled or gold-plated
articles would do well to see Mr. Harbaugh and dispose of
such articles while the price is high.
There la at Irart S10.000.00 of Scrap Gold In the Mdlfonl DIMrlot
Government License No. S-12-383
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