fEDFORT) M ATT, TRTBTTNT,, MTDFOItU. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1936.
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PITTSBURGH (UP) Abandoned
coal mines are proving a menace to
Pittsburgh and other western Pennsyl
vania towns, some of which owe their
very existence to the now worthless
workings.
These mines are now under sur
veillance of works progress adminis
tration authorities, In Pennsylvania.
Property damage caused by these un
derground liabilities runs high. And
In some Instances even houses are
destroyed or made uninhabitable for
those persons unfortunate enough to
dwell In the abandoned area.
Many of the pits are afire. And they
, smoulder for years far underground,
usually sending columns of steam and
smoke out of small vents In the sur
face. Occasionally miniature erup
tions destroy houses and damage
streets.
Sulphurous waters flow from some
of them, polluting streams in the le
gion and killing fish.
The most dangerous type Is that
In which fire Is smouldering. The fire
eats gradually through coal seams
until It reaches a point near the sur
face. Sometimes live coals will set fire
to a dwelling or damage a water
main. Often, however, the ground
caves In, destroying whatever hap
pens to be standing on It.
Approximately 2,103 men will be
given a year's work in 31 counties In
the bituminous region to check the
ravages of the abandoned mines. The
work will be sponsored by the works
progress administration.
Officials emphasize that the work
will not only be that of putting out
mine fires, but also to stop pollution
of streams throughout western Penn
sylvania. The mines to be sealed have
not been chosen. Releases must first
be obtained from their owners.
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CACHE IN PRISON
SAN QUENTTN PRISON. Calif..
Feb. 14. (UP) A cleverly concealed
cache In a photographic room of
San Quentln prison today revealed
the source of prison-made counter
felt $10 bills.
Secret service agents found hidden.
In the ceiling of the room the
plates from which the spurious cur
rency was manufactured by prison
ers assigned to engraving and pho
tographic duties.
A bundle of the counterfeit notes
also was found In the cache, for
which authorities had been search
ing since the arrest of Dan Wilson,
paroled convict, earlier In the week
Two other ex-convicts also were
held in the case.
150 Perish In fire.
TIENTSIN, China. Feb. 14. &)
Firemen removed 150 bodies from the
ruins of slum district' houses de
stroyed In a fire today. They said
they believed many score more bodies
were burned in the debris. The blaze
left 1,300 persona without shelter.
Klamath Pair to Wed.
RENO, Nov.. Feb. 14. ;p Marriage
license: John W. Crosslin, 31, and
Miriam E. Orubb, 25, both Klamath
Falls, Ore.
About 40 per cent of Germany's
motor fuel Is obtained from agricul
tural products, chiefly potatoes.
Oirlal "Mimzy" Perfume is as fresh
as aprlng. Young's Drug Store. Main
and 5 Central.
Meteorological Report
February 14. 1936.
Forecast!.
Medford snd Tlclnltj: Ocaslonsl
rain tonight and Saturday; not much
change In temperature.
Oregon: Occasional rain mat and
now east portion tonight and Sat
urday: slightly warmer In north and
east portions tonight.
Local Data.
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest, 46: lowest. 30.
Total monthly precipitation, 38
Inch. Deficiency for the month, 81
Inch.
Tout precipitation since September
1. 1035. 13.04 Inches. Excess for the
season. 3.63 Inches.
Relative humidity st 5 p. m. yes
terday, 69; 8 a. m. today, 100.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:07 s. m.
Sunset tomorrow, 6:44 p. m.
Observations Taken at 5 a. h.
120 Meridian Time.
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MED FORD 68
New York 36
Omaha . 14
Phoenix 68
Portland 38
Reno ..... 60
Roseburg -. -.
Salt Lake 44
San Francisco 68
Seattle 30
Spokane 6
Walla Walla 10
Washington, D.O. 33
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ANCIENT CASTLES
IN GREAT
Fl
LONDON (UP) The long years of
decay and dissolution are ending for
the great country estates of Great
Britain, and feudal castles no longer
are "white elephants" to their own
ers. People are buying the gaunt old
places and spending large sums on
their improvement. Many of the buy
era are Americans and South Amer
icans, eagerly bidding for the anclea.
domains of Britain's barons.
Numerous castles and - country
places sold recently have moated
granges and ere set In tree-lined
parks.
One would-be buyer of a historic
country place said he Is ready to pay
$200,000 spot cash but has search
ed for five months In vain.
"Everybody aeema to have Just sold
the ones I have wanted," he said.
In numerous cases the owners of
these old castles handed down from
generation to generation of old fam
ilies are unable to dispose of them
because they were given to their an
cestors by the Crown and cannot be
sold. They must be handed on to
each eldest son.
Schools, hospitals and country
clubs now occupy many of these old
places. For Instance, Stowe, one-time
palace of the Dukes of Buckingham.
is boys' school. Betty Abbey, with
Its parapets and stone towers remi
niscent of medieval times, Is a school
for girls.
Comment
on the
Day's News
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By FRANK JENKINS
ERE la a question that often
arises: "How much game do
hunters kill?"
Those meek and long-ufferlng wives
who clesn and cook what their hus
bands bring home win sigh wearily
at times and answer: 'Too much,"
whereas those wives who have to
make budget ends meet will reply un
hesitatingly: "Too darned little In
proportion to what It costs."
Cynical friends will put In : "Not as
much as they CLAIM to."
DOWN in California, they have a
quaint Spanish custom that re
quires the hunter to put down on his
license everything that falls to his
gun during the year, so that when
the 13 months are up the statisticians
csn get busy and figure up whst hap
pened. (Whether the hunter takes slong a
secretary to keep telly, or does the Job
himself, Is left to his own discretion.
At lesst, they hsven't come yet to the
point of assigning one game warden
take the shooter's word),
tak ethe shooter's word).
At any rate, they get It into the
books.
AT THE end of 1936. Joe E. Hunter,
chief of game refuges for the
California fish and game commission,
selected 10.000 licenses from those
returned by hunters, picking them at
random from over the state so as to
get a fair showing, and counted up
the kill.
The totala are Interesting. Here
they are:
Deer
Bear
Rabbits
Ducks
Qeese
Pheasants
Doves
Pigeons
Quail
. 3.113
84
. 48.833
. 43,783
, 3,406
. 3.339
. 65,865
. 7,080
. 78.864
. 3,413
Coyotes
At first glance, that looks like an
awful lot of game to fall before the
hunters' guns stirring the thought
that In a little while, at this rate, the
game will all be gone.
But It must be remembered that
10.000 hunters are a lot of hunters.
The average per hunter Isn't so great.
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TAKE the case of quail, for ex
ample. -According
to these figures, nearly
80.000 quail were- bagged by these 10.-
000 shooters, but when you start do- i
Ing arithmetic you discover thst this
was only about EIOHT quail per nun- '
ter, for the whole season. ,
Thst doesn't look so big. j
m
THESE figures bring home the fact
that limits are Important for It 1
atanda to reason that each hunter
dldnt kill his average of eight quail
or four ducks. Some hunters killed a
lot more end others a lot less in
cluding those who get skunked.
If limits permitted, the kill would
probatly run Into rather stsggerlng
totala. Even aa It is, figures from
these 10.000 licenses show that it
takes a lot of game to keep ALL the
hunters going.
THE figures here quoted were sup- ;
plied the writer by Tom Stanley, !
secretary of the Shasta-Cascade Won
derland association, whose business It
Is to bring outdoor people with money 1
to spend Into the Wonderland coun- !
ties. Probably the thought In his j
mind was that If we're going to have '
hunting and fishing for our paying'
visitors, we re going to have to be !
careful with our resources.
Silver coins worth five mllrels
(about 30 cents) and nickel coins
worth 300 rels( about 3 cents) will
make their appearance in Brazil soon
under a bill approved by the finance
committee of the chamber of deputies.
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