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Tribune Section Second MEDFO I Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SKi'TKMBKU 13, 1035. No. 149. Eight Pages wav in? kif n i v r .T,---x x ALASKA COLONISTS CHEERFUL AS NEW HOMES ARE BUILT Prospect of Good Winter Shelters for Matanuskans Before Winter's Advent Crops Do Fairly Well MATANUSKA CROPS GROWING FAST P.E.0.E a former supreme president of P. i E. O. Discussing the history of the or- , gauli-Jit Ion's revolvin; 'und by which student loans have c".,n inn do im:e 1908. Mrs. R. J. Raney ot Chicago said more than 5,000 sirls md bc j,i ! aaslted toward a higher education, I and that loan losses amovinted to ' less than one-half of one per cent. Waitress to Actress Mrs. Ranry Is chairman of the board of trustees in charg of i,h loan fund. TO LARGE THRONG; GiRLS' BAND A HIT First of- Amateur Enter tainers Heard in Contest Show Closes Saturday Night in Sparta Building The village of Jak in western Hun gary has an eleventh century Domin ican convent whose church Is reputed to bo ono of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture In that country. FOR SAFETY ON 'S &VW ACM E & sZcu PALMER, Alaska, Sopt. 13. (UP) M&t&nuska valley's midwest colonists were more cheerful than In months today, as prospects for all obtaining good shelters before winter Improved. Crews of transient workers aided colonists and native Alaska carpen ters In rushing the work. Fifty houses were completed, with 85 more under construction. Houses are yet to be started for 34 families of the government's experimental colony. Twenty-eight families drew 40-acre tracts of land that contained liveable cabins. The new houses, on the whole, were better than the families had been accustomed to in Minnesota. Wiscon sin and Michigan. Some are built of peeled logs, some of lumber. To Have Power riant At the community center the pow er plant, eventually to supply elec tricity to all the homes, a warehouse and a trading post are nearlng com pletion. Wet weather, forerunner of north ern winter, has hampered work dur ing the latter part of the summer. Dirt roads have become troughs of deep, sticky mud, making difficult transportation of lumber and other supplies. School opened at Matanuska for children from camp 8 of the colony, nd at Wasilla for children from camps 2. and 7, and at Matanuska there were more children than seats. Colony Manager Don L. Irwin said temporary schools would be built Butte camp, Palmei camp and camps 8 and 6 for this winter. Until build ings are completed, teachers will su pervise home work for the young sters. Next year, It was hoped, a large, modern central school will serve the entire valley. Poor roads made it Impossible this term. Some high school students are staying In An chorage to attend school. Fairly Good Crops The ei-mldwestern farmers were encouraged by first grops of hay and grain grown on cleared land of the valley. Much of It exceeded the yields to which they were accustomed. Measurements by Irwin showed broomgrass that attained a height of 84 Inches, sweet clover 90 inches, winter rye 87 Inches, hulless barley 1 with six-Inch heads. Alsike clover SO, wild peas 36, Swedish oats 45. climax oats 36. timothy 42. Siberian wheat 36. native hay 18. Potatoes yielded equal to the best ef Wisconsin and Minnesota, and quality was good. Other vegetables varied. Garden peas yielded well and were of high quality, but frost killed the colonists' string beans before they matured. It also destroyed the sweet corn, tomatoes and melons, which seldom mature In this latitude. Root vegetables did well. Women canned from the large community gardens for use during the winter; msny families also were able to raise small private gaidrns. F SACRAMENTO. Sept. 13. iVTl-E. J. Treeae. chief of the Raymond. Wash., fire department, was .electsd presl- dent of the Pacific Coast AssoclnMon of Fire Chiefs at the closing business session Thursday of the 42nd annunl convention. Chief L. B. Canfleld of Beverly Hill, was chosen first vice-president and Chief Walter S. Knight of Salt Lk? City was elected second vice-president. Chief Ed Steinhauer of Redding, former Chief Jay W. Stevens of San Francisco and former Chief Charles Smith, also of San Francisco, were re-elected treasurer, secretay and as sistant secretary, respectively. The next convention city will be Seattle. Don Irwin (left), head of the agriculture division In the federal government's colonization project in the Matanuska Valley of Alaska, and Rex Beach, author, display some of the crops which have been cultivated In the project this summer. The colonists are growing crops for their own use. (Associated Press Photo) IES NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13. (AP) Mrs. A. C. Broussard, sister of Carl Austin Weiss. Jr.. Htiey Long's asnsstn. said today sho knew "nothing, abso lutely nothing!" of a charge that her brother had drawn lots., and lost, to determine who should eliminate the T-mitRlana political dictator. The charge was made by Earl Chrlstenbcrry, Senator's Long's sec- J retary. "We are as much In the dark as we ever were," Mrs. Broussard said. The family or the spectacled, ser ious minded Baton Rouge eye and ear specialist who, after shooting Long, was mowed down by Long's bodyguards, could give no explanation of his net. SAUERKRAUT FESTIVAL DRAWS 25,000 EATERS PORRESTON. 111., Sept. 13. (UP) This village's population was In creased today by 25.000 .sauerkraut eaters who came for the annual sauerkraut festival. They ate free frankfurters, sauerkraut, rolls and coffee. Helen Sens, if), was chosen "sauerkraut queen." During the first seven months of 1P35, business and residential con struction in Norfolk. Va.. was great er than the combined totals of 1933 and 1934. The Radio Dealer' Show was ac corded a, bit: send-off last evening, when displays were presented the public in the Sparta building. Main and Riverside. The three-clay show continues this evening and oaturday with the finals in the amateur con test scheduled for appearance Sat'.ir day at 7:30. The Harmony Honeys, local girls band, appeared In new musicians' uniforms and made a real hit with the visiting throngs. W. F. Qulsen bcrry, ns master of ceremonies, drew many a laugh as he Introduced the competing amateurs In the popular contest to determine the best ama teur vocalist end instrumentalist In southern Oregon. The committee In charge of the amateur opportunity contest ha an nounced that entries will be accept ed up until 7 o'clock this evening, If applicants will report at that hour to the KM ED studios. Cash prizes totaling $60 will be awarded by Mr. QuLsonberrv follow ing announcement of the Judges' de cision on Saturday night. Radio dealers of Med ford have Joined together to present the blfi show, and in addition to the enter tainment features, the display in cludes exhibits from the fml line of 1938 radio sets, special visual elec trical displays and a host of Ppeciil demonstrations. The radio commit tee has also placed some moilcrn doc- ' 15-YEAR SENTENCE FOR BREAD THEFT OLYMPJA. Wash., EScpt. 13. (UP) The story of Les Mlserables and Jean Caljean was recalled today when Andrew Sturgess. 38. of Vancouver, Wash., was sentenced to 15 years tn state prison for stealing a piece of bread and butter. Sturgess admitted entering the house of Mark Drake. Twin Ontes, Wash., taking a piece of bread, some; butter and a kitchen knife to spread : It with. Because he served a term in Monroe reformatory 20 years ago. Judge John M. Wilson was prevented from giving Sturgess a suspended sentence for second degree burglary. A new Wash ington law requires imposition of the maximum sentence for every crime. The parole ooarrl will have authority to reduce the prison term. EAT AT THE Diamond Cafe 11: Fast nth St. Wlicre delicious American dishes and all types of Chinese foods arc featured (,i"i,'3,4 Stop here after an evening of dancing. Open daily 6 to 12 On Sat. 6 a. m. to Sunday 3 a. m. X2L ( Virginia Lee Porter, 21, was em ployed as a waitress at a San Diego, Calif., exposition cafe when she placed second In a beauty contest. She did such a good job of under studying in a film made at the fair that officials interested themselves -. . f,.cjrt?ff pre3S YELLOWSTONE PARK, Wye. ?p.. 13. -UP) Picturing the present day "highway slahtcr" m a greater menace than war, Mrs. Ola BaNrork Miller of Des Moines, la , enlistei the' national membership of P. E. O for an Active part In safeguarding the nation's thoroughfares. Women of America, ahe ald. spank ing to the national convention of the order at Mommoth lodRe, should be come thoroughly safety conscious, forcing the "reckles driver from the highway throvh an aroisd public sentiment." Mrs. Miller, former member of the Iowa executive council and orlgiintor of the Iowa highway safety patrol, is orating effects throughout the "-parte building where the show Is being conducted. RUNNELLS, PULLMAN EXECUTIVE, PASSES SANTA BARBARA. Collf.. Sept. 13. (AP) Clive Runnelts. 47, vice presi dent of the Pullman Company, died at his Monteclto home today after a long Illness. He was graduated from Harvard university In the class of 1900. Surviving are his widow and two 'sons. 4 The Blue Coat hospital of Liver pool was established in 17Q8 for or phans and fatherless children born within the borough. THE MEDFORD IRON WORKS nov'imi:r nf.w owNKRSinr J. F. GLATH, Mgr. Foundry mid Machine Shop, Saw mill Contractor and Mine Machin ery ItcpalHing. Hits North Central Street Telephone 40 MEDFORD VETERINARY HOSPITAL 15 years experience In large nd 101841 animal practice 225 N Riverside. Phone 3G9 CALIPODNIA HEWING ASSOCIAIIOH la. Pra.ilit.. I., A.,.l.( anMnnim TT n rv n VI! 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