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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1935.
No. 117.
N&ys J HEARING DELAYED t BUSINESS TRFIS te. f MINER SI IFFOIMSl h I SFWABF DISPOSAL
Bmkd ON PAROLE PACT ETl TOLD AUTHORS By ..fTI, 1 AS RESCUE NEARS USv CONTRACT LETTING
SrFMsLW3 I W - . ADDIS ABABA. Rumor of J&pan- ioV " S
liliM UNTIL THURSDAY PROF. N. H. COMISH ESSSS IN G. PASS REGION EXPECTED FRIDAY
&3iIKllJjliiJ T?",;; ol Harlem." begin drilling troopt. faf.
By PAI L .MAM.ON
(Copyright. I!:t5, hv Paul Mallnn)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Secretary
Roper's business advisory council has
neen conncientiauy preparing anotner
nice cinaer ior
President Roose
velt's eye. It 1b
a report on the
Qutley coal bill,
which, the Insid
ers relate, at
tempts to burn
that measure to
a small clinker.
This report pre
dicts that the
bill would boost
coal prices even
nim-A then coal
PAUL MAIXON
Annrtitnr nrtnonents contend.
Readers with long memories will re
call that this Is the council of busi
ness men, designated with a fanfare
last year to keep Mr. Roosevelt ad
vised about the business viewpoint.
80 far It has been advising him
mostly not to do what he Is doing
Exceptions were Its favorable report
on the social security legislation and
a. memo suggesting continuance of
the NRA for two years.
President Roosevelt has solved this
cinder situation so far by donning
blinkers. He lets all the council's
unfavorable reports (utility bill, etc.)
fly past into a receptable he calls a
departmental filing place, but which
might also be called a waste basket.
Only the favorable. reports are made
public.
Thus, It is hardly probable that the
council's views on the coal proposal
will get into print. At least not be
fore congress acts.
Tonnrtnir the council may be easier
for the president this time than be
fore. It has suffered about seven
resignations since Its utility bill re
port was . referred to some depart
mental grave digger.
However, a few of the remaining
members have formulated some, new
Ideas about publicity which may up
4 set the usual burial procedure this
time. They have decided that they
can make public their reports if they
want to. Also, they are threatening
to want to.
The president has been mulling
over an idea of calling Industrialists
and labor leaders together here this
fall. He has In mind possibilities of
an unofficial agreement to continue
the major features of the NRA on a
permanent basis.
The suggestion for such a confer
ence was dropped to two labor lead
ers who recently called at the White
House. They were highly pleased.
The genius behind tho Patton cigar
box flurry seems to have been Con
gressman Blanton, who Is known
among his pals as the greatest de
tective (amateur) In congress. He
Mage-managed much of the affair,
first by Introducing to senate lnves-
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SPANKED BY STRIKERS
DALLAS, Aug. 7. (AP) Four wo
men were stripped naked and then
panked here today by strfklng wo
men garment workers in riots In
front of two dress manufacturing
plants.
Four policemen and two women
were injured.
Forty policemen, called to the
plant, two blocks apart, arrested 27
women and three men.
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SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Rex GUimky putting a gleam on :
the shoes of one of the touring Nip- .
ponese. and talking away to the Ori
ental as though that young msn
could understand htm.
An out-of-town coo peeking with
suspicious into the Medford Nat'l
Bank, as workmen were busy with an
air-hammer on the floor. He said he
thought someone was robbing the
place.
Bill Carle of Lake Creek finding to
his surprise that to multiply by five
the number 10.204 081 .632.6S3.0dl.244.
H97.959.183 673.49 .387 .755 all VOU have
to do in to move the last five in
frrnt of the firrt I. and there you are.
Gm Arnl figuratively pacing the
ground, along with Virg S-vanson. for
another crack at Coqutlte. which thy
will get Sunday. It was on Arnle's hit
that Virg scored, but the umpire
didn't allow It. lart week.
Fred Colvig exhibiting a stomach
and chet about the cior of a p?.p!rr
rracJ-.e bepf-steak display a? a result
cf a dive Into too shallow water.
if
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Inability of Former Parole
Officer's Attorney to. Be
Present Causes Postpone
ment in Justice Court
SALEM. Ore.. Aug. 7. (AP) The
preliminary hearing on Information
charging Dan' Kellaher with "agree
ing to receive a bribe" was continued
here today until tomorrow afternoon
at 9 o'clock, after bond was filed
with Justice of the Peace Miller B.
Ha yd en.
The 93000 ball, set for the appear
ance of Kellaher, was fmntshed by
Joe Schnitzer and Prank Hochfeldt.
bail bond brokers of Portland. They
appeared at 2:30 p. m. today to post
the cash bond and stated Kellaher
had retained J. R. Murphy of Port
land as defense counsel.
The case was continued one day to
permit Murphy to appear here for
Kellaher. He was unablet to be here
today.
PORTLAND. Aug. 7. AP) J-Dan
Kellahar, former state parole officer,
declared he "had nothing to say to
day" in connection with his arrest
on a charge that he agreed to ac
cept a bribe.
"I'll Just keep perfectly quiet,"
he said. "When the time comes to
talk I will have plenty to say."
Kellaher has been charged with
agreeing, while still parole officer,
to take $50,000 from Llewellyn A.
Banks, prison inmate, for working
for Banks' release.
SALEM, Aug. 7. ( AP) Dan Kella
her. former chief parole officer at
the state penitentiary, was free on
his own recognizance until 3 p. m.
today following his arrest yesterday
on information filed with Justice 01
the Peace Miller Haydcn charging
him with "agreeing to receive a
bribe."
The information was filed by Dis
trict Attorney W. H. Trindle shortly
after 3 p. m. yesterday. Less than
u hour later Kellaher was arrested
here by Lieutenant Walter Lansing
of the state police and taken to
Hayden's office, where he plead In
nocent to the charge.
Time to Decide.
Hayden set his ball at (3000 and ;
gave the ex-parole officer until a
p. m. today to decide whether he
would ask for a preliminary hearing
in Justice court or would waive the
hearing and be bound over to the
grand Jury. He was then released.
Appearing before Justice Hayden
with Kellaher was M. Clifford Moynl
han, Salem attorney, who witnessed
the alleged contract between Kella
her and L. A. Banks, life-termer at
the penitentiary, wherein the former
was to receive $50,000 If successful in
freeing the former Medford pub
lisher from prison. A photostatic
copy of the agreement was produced
by Ralph Moody, deputy attorney
general, at a hearing on the Banks
case last week.
Carson Refuses Aid.
After his appearance in court Kel
laher asked John Cat ion, former dis
trict attorney, to represent him In
the case, but Carson said last night
he had declined.
The Information filed by Trindle
read:
"Dan Kellaher, being then and
there an executive officer of the
state of Oregon, state parole officer,
did then and there unlawfully, felon
iously and corruptly accept a prom
ise to htm in the sum of a. so ,oou,
which said promise was then and
there made by one Llewellyn A.
Banks, with the understanding that
he. the said Dan Kellaher, acting in
his official cnpaclty. would secure
the release of the said Llewellyn A.
Banks from the Oregon state peni
tentiary." Officials said the information waa
filed under a section of the Oregon
law which provided, on conviction, a
sentence of not more than 15 years'
Imprisonment, nor less than five.
Income Shares
Maryland Funding, bid IS.54; asked
17.89.
Quarterly Income Shares, b:d 1 37;
Wife And 2 Dogs
Eat Up Relief Is
Plaint Of Negro
KANSAS CITT. Kas.. Aug. 6. ,V
A tall nec-o. sprawling his le.n
lrs on the Wyandotte county
courthouse strps. ffave his oxn
version of the '"relief ultuailon."
"All Is got at home is a wife
an' two does." he drawled while
iltt'.r among several hundred
"strikers" protesting a work relief
cut.
'"Fast she feeds herw'f. Tiicn
:-.e feed the dcs. After that
thr a!n't nuthin' W: for me."
Dressed In civilian clothes. Hen
ry "Midget" Fernekct above),
at one time aentenced to hang fof
murder, calmly walked out of Joliet,
III., prison where he waa serving
a sentence for a bank robbery. (As
sociated Presa Photo)
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FIRST HALF YEAR
Out standing warrant Indebtedness
of Jackson county during the period
from January l to June 30, Is $13.
641.41 less than for 1934, according to
the semi-annual report of the county
clerk's office.
On January 3, the outstanding war
rants totalled $219,413.63. On June 30
last. It totalled $206,777.19.
The reduction is attributed to an
increase In tax collections and de
crease in expenditures, though the de
crease came in the face of an Increase
of approximately $1000 per month In
old age pension payments.
A better financial condition for
the county Is also shown with all the
county funds within the budget at
the turn of the half-year, with the
exception, of those concerned with
relief.
Relief expenditures in the county
for the first six months of 1935,
amounted to $40,389.88. Relief ex
penditures for the next three months,
ore expected to "ease off due to sea
sonal employment and less sickness.
Relief expenditures by funds, for
the first six months were.
Hospitalization $ 8.449.09
Old age pensions 12,464.42
Widows pensions
Miscellaneous relief
Indigent relief -
Burials ..
Drugs -
4.433.53
6.714.34
7.603.44
356.50
1,124.35
SEATTLE. Aug. 7. I7P Wiley Post
and Will Rogers, airplane cronies,
hopped from Ren ton airport, 12 miles
south of here, at 9:18 a. m. today,
presumably for Juneau, Alaska.
Mrs. Post made a last-minute de
cision not to fly with them. as the
trip "may be too strenuous."
Ahead of Post and hia "hitch-hiking"
passenger. along the northern
British Columbia coast and over
southeastern Alaska, was rainy wea
ther, the observer at Boeing field
weather station said.
"The trip may be rather strenu
ous," Mrs. Post told airport attend
ants. "I expect to Join Wiley, how
ever, within a few day, going by
boat."
-Tto Alaska boats, the Aleutian and
the Yukon, sail on Friday for Alaska,
with Juneau one of their first Alaska
points.
GOLO SUIT BAN
DEFENDED. FLAYED
WAS HI NOT ON, Aug. 7. f AP) Leg
islation to prevent holders of gov
ernment gold clause obligations from
filing damage suits after six months
was defended as -logical and Inevi
table" In the senate today and de
nounced as "Immoral and unjust."
Chairman Fletcher of the banking
committee, which decided to permit
suits for Mx months after the ar
mlnlstration had asked a flat ban
sea Inst them, said the bill was a
"logical, natural. Inevitable conse
quence" of the nation's monetary pol
icy. Senator Adams D.. Colo I. calling
the proposal "immoral and unjust."
averted "the government. If It owes
an obligation, should perform It."
wtS WnteH Fnnnnmict. Writ fiKicie.bcii.ve appointment of Prof. Mn- fliirtk Halo. 4.Q Donr! Whfln . "!' 'f
Noted Economist-Writ ei
Speaks at Morning Ses
sion of Convention Ben
Field, Author, Also Heard
Professor N. H. Cornish of Univer
sity of Oregon gave the opening ad
dress this morning at the convention
of the League of Western Writers In
session at the Methodist church here.
Speaking on "Trends In Business,"
which also la the title of a book on
political economy written by Prof.
Cornish, the author stressed particu
larly the need of legalized price
maintenance, and gave as arguments
in favor of such relationship between
manufacturer, retailer, and whole
salers Its tendency to raise the qual
ity of commodity, to Improve dealer
cooperation, to destroy unfair dis
crimination that now exists, and to
destroy some unfair business prac
tices. "Competition 1b the death of
trade, contrary to popular opinion."
the speaker said, and stated that co
operation Is the life of trade.
ben Meld Speaks
' Ben Field of Los Angeles, noted
author and travel -editor, who Just
returned from a trip to New York
by Panama and Havana, gave an In
spiring address on "Viewpoints In
Literature," and made a strong ap
peal to his audience to hold their
standard of writing to a higher spir-
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HURLEY TESTIFIES
TO
Fl
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. (AP) A
turbulent session of the senate lobby
committee today produced testimony
that the law firm of Patrick J. Hur
ley. Hoover sercetary of war. received
$100,000 In the last three years from
the Associated Oas and Electric Sys
tem.
In marked contrast to the violent
clashes between the dapper former
cabinet officer and committee mem
bers, Joseph P. Tumulty, former sec
retary to President Wilson, then told
calmly of fees received the last two
years which totalled $109,700.
This Included $33,500 from utility
companies for assistance In their
fight against the Wheeler-Rayburn
holding company bill, Tumulay said
adding his work was "not lobbying
but advisory."
At the conclusion of the hearing,
Chairman Black said the committee
had mailed questionnaires to tele
graph offices In 60 cities about tele
grams sent to congressmen on the
Wheeler-Rayburn bill.
Replies from 10 cities he said show
ed 14.782 telegrams had been sent on
the bill and all but three were filed
and paid for by representatives of the
utility companies.
Explaining he represented Associa
ted shareholders. Hurley asserted:
"I've never taken a case from any
one that was Incompatible with the
public welfare and tbe.ce sharehold
ers have a constitutional right to my
services."
During one of the frequent alter
cations with committee members, the
outspoken Hurley shouted:
"Oh. yes, you gentlemen are all
prosecutors."
Frequently he accused committee
men of "putting words In my mouth"
and at one point Inquired sarcastic
ally why he was not asked If he had
quit beating his wife.
"I am a gold fish In a bowl." he
shouted another time. "You can see
me from any angle."
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TOSEMrTE. Ca!.. Auj. 7. (fi,
Two hikers trapped on the precipit
ous face of Yoaemlte's famous Half
Dome m-ere reached 07 rangers this
miming.
De-Tlsion was reached to lower them
from the rocky led 3 In.tead of
hoisttng.'.them. No report on their
condition was immediately available
The hikers, trapped yesterday when
they attempted a short cut. are M:s
Elizabeth Lorlmer, 23. of Chloopee.
Mass, and Robert Pate. 35 of Ingle-
TOd. Cal.
Rangers said it -nould t.ike sevful
Hours to complete the rescue.
GENEVA. League of Nation cir
cles believe appointment of Prof. Man
ley o. Hudson. Harvard, to Italo
Ethloplan conciliation commission
possible.
ROME Populace demonstrates In
favor of new mobtllzatiou; more po
tential officers summoned.
ADDIS ABABA. Emperor givea as
surance of foreigners' s&fety In Ethi
opia.
PARIS. Feud In Halle Selassie's
own family reported threatening to
split Ethiopia.
LONDON. Ramsay MacDonald be
comes acting prime minister as lead
la yielded to France for tri -power
talks.
BY JUDGE NORTON
The arrest yesterday at Salem of
former State Parole Officer Dan Kel
laher. on a charge of "attempting to
accept a bribe", in the efforts of L. A.
Banks, former local agitator to pro
cure a pardon from a life term for
murder, recalled the interchange last
winter between Circuit Judge H. D.
Norton, and Kellaher, In which the
court commented from the bench:
"It looks like a new chief parole of
ficer Is needed at the penitentiary."
Kellaher promptly retorted. In ef
fect, that Jackson county needed a
new Judge, In a public statement and
letter.
Judge Norton waa praised by sev
eral Salem citizens for his comment.
The controversy grew out of the
Glenn Stringer case. Stringer Is now
serving three and one-half years in
the state prison for admitted partici
pation In IS burglaries In this city.
Including the robbery of Mann's de
partment store.
Stringer's record. Introduced at the
time of sentence, showed that he had
twice been paroled, his second con
viction under state law. not entitling
him to parole. The court mildly re
buked the state parole board for
"easy paroles," and made the obser
vation that the state needed a new
chief parole officer.
At the Banks trial Investigation
and pardon hearing last Friday, It
was brought out that the murderer
and Kellaher, had assertcdly entered
Into a signed contract, whereby Kel
laher was to bo paid $50,000, for ne
gotlatlng freedom for Banks.
ABANDONED HOUSE
IS TRAGEDY SCENE
PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 7. (AP)
Coroner Allen Folsom ordered an in
quest tonight Into the death of Roy
Hamm, 20, Portland youth whose
beaten body was found in an aban
doned ranch house near Meacham last
night.
Hamm'a head was bashed in and
his body waa dumped Into the cellar
under a bedroom and bed clothes
thrown over him.
Hamm left Portland July 26 for
Pocatello, Idaho, driving a truck load
ed with household goods. Blood
spattered on the walla in the bed
room and much spilled on the floor
had been partially cleaned up.
A hitch hiker or a maniac was
sought by the police, who were check
ing fingerprints found on two small
fruit Jars which bad contained lem
onade. BASEBALL
American.
(First game) R. H.
New York 12
Boston 6 9
Broaca and Jongens; Grove and
Ferret I.
(Second game) R. H.
New York 6 10
Boston 4 9
Gomez. Malone and Dickey;
Perrell,
rcll.
Walberg, Wilson and R. Fer-
(First game) R H. E.
Chicago 3 9 0
Cl'veisnd - 3 11 0
Flwher. Jones and Sewell; Hudllr,
and Phillips.
Philadelphia at Wathington (2),
postponed; wet grounds.
National.
R. H. E
6 14 0
0 9 3
I Pittsburgh
Chicago
Biant-on and Padden: Fiencb, Ko-
aaUk, &boun and ODca,
Curtis Hale, 49, Dead When
Taken Out of Tunnel ZXA
Hours After Cave-in
Talked With Diggers
GRANTS PASS. Aug. 7. (ypi Buried
live while rescuers attempted to dig
him from the tomb of a caved -In
mine on Miners' creek. Curtis Hale.
49, was suffocated and taken out Ay2
hours later Tuesday night dead.
He could talk with the men dig
ging him out until the last minutes.
when oxygen dwindled. His last
words hea rd be fore he 1 a psed Into
unconsciousness were, "Shove f ast,
bovs."
Hale was buried In the Black
pocket mine, 20 miles southeast of
here, which lie operated with Carl
Branch, when a tunnel caved In at
3:45 Tuesday afternoon.
Hale hod a premonition of his dan
ger. Shortly before the oave-ln he
turned to his partner, pointed to
loose sand, and said, "I wish I were
out of here." Branch went out for a
few minutes, but Hale remained and
was caught.
The mine extends Into a hillside.
drops down a pit vertically for 40
feet, levels off 30 feet, and then as
cend on an Incline of 25 feet. Here
Hale was trapped.
Men dug feverishly for hours, hear
ing and talking to the doomed man.
New slides blocked their work. At
7:15 the body was recovered.
Dr. R. G. Wilbur of Oranta Pass
said there were no marks on the body
and that death apparently was caus
ed by suffocation In the tunnel 10
feet wide. Hale was a bachelor.
There are no known relatives.
County Coroner Virgil E. Hull has
brought the body to Grants Pass.
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SPEED NECESSARY
IN CAPITOL PLANS
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 7. (AP)
Unless the state of Oregon, acting
through the legislature, grants .final
authority, completes plana and ap
proves contracts for the new state
capltol by October 1. there is doubt a
45 per cent federal grant for the
structure will be available.
This waa the word brought here
today by Col. Horatio B Hackett, 1
slstant administrator of the PWA.
An application for the 46 per cent
grant for the building, describe as
"very tentative," has been forwarded
to Washington.
Colonel Hackett said speed and
definite action are necessary in con
nection with the application for the
capltol grant, as well as for all other
PWA projects for which applications
nave been filed.
MITCmiTOCK
T
W ASH rNGTON, Aug. 7. (p The
alleged sale by Charles E. Mitchell
former chairman of the National City
bank of New York, of stock to hia
wife, to establish a loss for Income
purposes, was held fraudulent today
by the board of tax appeals.
The board also ruled a payment
received from the management fund
of the National City company to be
taxable Income, and held Mitchell to
have acted fraudulently in failing to
report it.
On the other hand, hia sale and
repurchase of stock In the Anaconda
Copper Mining company were held to
be bona ride, and the loss sustained
to be deductible.
H.E.C.T0
CORVALLIS. Ore., Aug. 7. (API
Affiliation with the Associated Rural
Women of the World was voted by
delegates to the Oregon Home Eco
nomics Extension council at its clos- ,
ing aeaelnn here late yesterdsy.
The council recommended organiza
tion of a National Home Economics
Extension council and established a
scholarship fund to anslst atudents
interested In home economics exten
sion work.
Fifty women from 12'countles took
part In the conference.
F. L. Ballard, vice-director of the
'extension work, explained plana to
; expand the service as hoon as fvinda
l expected from the national govern
ment are avallabla-
Robert Miller (above) la belno
sought by police In connection with
the holdup slaying In Dunsmuir,
Calif., of Police Chief F. R. "Jack"
Daw. whose burial was the Incident
which touched off the lynching of
Miller's confessed partner. Clyde L.
Johnson. (Associated Presa Photo)
NEW DEAL LOSES
TO
E
(By the Associated Press.)
The new deal suffered a defeat In
Rhode Island yesterday when voters
in the first congressional district
elected a Republican to fill a vacant
seat in the national house of repre
sentatives previously occupied i
Democrat.
With Roosevelt policies directly at
Issue. Charles F. Risk, a former Judge,
was swept to victory by a margin of
more than 10,000 votes over demo
cratic State Treasurer Antonio Prince.
Risk had campaigned on a platform
of "repudiate the Roosevelt adminis
tration." Old Order Upset.
Central Falls, R. I., went Repub
lican for the first time In a score of
years. Pawtuckct elected a Repub
lican state representative In a dis
trict normally overwhelmingly Demo
cratic. Newport chose Its first Re
publican mayor In almost two dec
ades. (Continued
rage Pour)
WOMEN JAILED ON
CAR THEFT CLAIM
Mrs. Dorothy Osborne. 22-year-old
Oklahoma woman, Is In the county
Jail, being held for the federal grand
Jury In Portland on a charge of vio
lation of tho Dyer act, for trans
porting a stolen Ford truck, belong
ing to Joseph Stevens of Talent,
across the stnte line. .
She was arrested In Ashland by city
police Monday night, after she had
allegedly driven Stevens' car to that
city from Hilt, Cat., while he stop
ped there on business. Stevens wan
giving the woman a ride In his truck,
from Hornbrook north.
.
PROGRAM 10 START
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 7. (AP Au
thorization for the state highway
commission to proceed with the ad
vertising program provided by an ap
propriation of $25,000 by the 1035
legislature was issued by the board
of control here today.
Immediate expenditure of $2175 for
printing 60,000 booklets advertising
the scenic beauty along Oregon's
highwayst waa ordered. The request
was made by R, H. Euldock, state
highway engineer.
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G. Pass Merchant
Stumped By Bid
To Style Review
ORANTS PASS. Aug. 7. (P) A
Grants Pass merchant may not at
tend a preview of fall merchandise
by a San Francisco firm because
he can't figure out whether in
itials on the lower left-hand cor
ner of the engraved "formal" In
vitation mean another new deal
agency or something Emily Post
forgot.
"W. S. R." has the merchant
scratching his head. Etiquette
books tn the local library give no
clue, unabridged distlonaries fall
to solve the problem, and a call
iftO miles to a Portland society
editor left the mystery unsolved.
City Council Informed PWA
Officials See No Reason
9 for Delay Entire $120,
" 000 Available at Once
K. V. Hall, resident engineer for the
city's new sewage dtapoMl plant, who
appeared before a regular meeting of
the "city council last night, announc
ed that he has received a telephone
call from Portland that PWA officials
"see no reason" why the contract for
construction of the plant cannot be
let Immediately. A letter confirming
the telephone conversation Is ex
pected to arrive within the next threa
days, and with the view of awarding
the contract, the council adjourned
until Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Several points regarding the re
vised loan and grant agreement were
aired at a recent conference with
PWA representstlvea at Portland. Hill
stated. Present were C. C. Hockley,
state PWA engineer, his assistant, and
Ed 0. Kelly, formerly of this city,
who la PWA legal adviser for Oregon,
No Rate Chance Needed.
The first point brought up at the
conference was whether or not th
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LOGGING TRESTLE
BURNING DELAYS
OPENING OF MILL
Destruction by fire of undeter
mined origin Monday night of
Medford Logging railroad trestle,
five miles west of Butte Falls, 460
feet tn length and 70 feet high at
Its loftiest point, will delay open
ing or the Medford Corporation
(Owen-Oregon) sawmill in this city
until about September 15, Manager
James H. Owen reported today. It
was planned to start cutting lum
ber September 1 or thereabouts.
Insurance adjusters are today sur
veying the loss, and Manager Owen
hopes for a speedy adjustment to
enable operation plans to continue.
The fire necessitated laying oft
for a week or ten days of part ot
the saw and bucking crew, which
started Monday in the woods near
Butte Falls.
Rebuilding of the destroyed tres
tle the longest on the logging rail
road will start as soon as the in
surance loss Is adjusted. No esti
mate of the loss was announced.
The cause of the fire is unknown,
but Manager Owen this morning at
tributed it to a carelessly thrown
cigarette.
The placing of the sawmill and
other department machinery In order.
win not be delayed by the blaze.
Manager Owen aald, nor the repairs
on other sections of the railroad.
As soon as possible the logging
crews In the Butte Falls area, will
be restored to a full quota, to fur
nish logs for the sawmill and haul
ing of them over the road, Owen
stated today.
SAN FRAN-CISCO, Aug. 5.
Folks live down around Los
Anttclcs way. Got to come to
town every once in awhile. We
got tli'o numbers down there
but San Francisco has got the
class. This town is going
through a "wild orgy" of
bridge building. You know how
a town is when it decides to
pave. Well, San Francisco in
that way with bridges. You
daresen't leave a few buckets
of water out over night or
somebody will build a bridge
over it by morning.
San Diego has done so well
( with her fine fair this summer
that this town is going to hold
one. When folks' minds turn to
' fairs and expositions, why it's
I a sign of better times.
Yours,
SAYS'