Tribune
Section
Second
MEDFO
I Thirtieth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SKi'TKMBKU 13, 1035.
No. 149.
Eight
Pages
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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
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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
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John Cupp's Business Interests in the
East Demand Immediate Attention
This Means A Quick Disposal of His
Presh E Ndie$
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Get your monry'i worth in
trery PORTER Product be
cause it' made with 100
Grade" A" Durum Semolina
. . . the heart of the finest
wheat grown.
Imhl on iadt "A" itmo-
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grade "A" culler.
CDCC Mull 1 lbl u Port'r.
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