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BEDFORD, -OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1936.
No. 125.
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The Weather
Forecast: Fair tonight and to
morrow; slightly cooler to
morrow. Temperature
Hlghebt yesterday -... 93
Lowest this morning - AT
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By Paul Mallon
Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mallon
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. President
Roosevelt scooped his diplomats com
pletely when he decided the Spanish
crisis was so critical he would have
to cut short his
drought trip.
His la. da In
charge of this
end of the Span
ish show had not
heard cf any
thing going
happen In Spain
between Septem
ber 3 and 11
which would re
quire Mr. Roose
velt's presence at
his desk.
You would
think, In a situation Ukht that, they
would run around and try to find
out what was up, or, at least, put on
their gravest faces. All they did was
to alt around and laugh.
The Spanish crisis was so dire two
week ago that State Secretary Hun
decided to take a vacation. It cent de
velopments nave been so alarming
that, upon the day the president made
hit announcement, Mr. Hull's office
aald the secretary planned to remain
away another week, lolling .in the
beautiful hills of western Virginia,
Likewise, modern communications
methods keep the president Just about
as well Informed In mid-ocean, or at
Hyde park, as In the White House.
Wired and wireless telephones are
kept constantly open. In the Ethio
pian crisis, ho made his major move,
tn the form of the arms embargo,
from a battleship in the Pacific. Ear
lier, he made nia historic statement,
, bmaking up the unsatisfactory Lon
don economic conference, from
yacht in the Atlantic.
Observers closest to the diplomatic
Inside also agree that Under-Sccre
tary Phillips will probably bundle any
Spanish crisis no matter where
Messrs. Roosevelt and Hull are. He
has been handling It right along.
The rumors now current that the
president has Information indicating
genera European crisis early in
September, therefore, do not appear to
be Justified.
The way the lads at the helm sire
up the situation Is this:
Mussolini might be madman enough
(Continued on Page Twelve )
10 EXPLAIN GRADING
A demonstration of Bosc pear grad
lng will be given at 10:30 tomorrow
morning at plant 4 of the Pinnacle
Packing company, it was announced
today by the Rogue River Valley Traf.
flc association. All growers and ship
pers are Invited to attend.
The demonstration will be given
by A. R. Beck man, federal fruit in
spector at flan Jose. Cal. He will show
how Bosc grading la done In Calif or
nta under the No. 1 grade system
which differs from that used here.
GRACE M00RE HAZY ON
BREED OF HER CHICKENS
NEW YORK. Aug. 21. (UP)Grace
Moore arrived from Europe today and
said she told the king of Denmark
that she, got one cent a pound more
for her chickens than did Maurice
Chevalier who had a farm next door
cn the Riviera. Asked what type of
chickens she owns, the opera and
movie star said: "I don't know
they've got little ruffles around their
r.ecks.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Wayne "Iron Man" White exhibit
ing the half of a split finger nail,
maintaining he'd pulled the other
sector out with a pair of pliers, i
gruesome operation which the re
porter once watched Iron Man per
form.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Oldham of San
Francisco and New York, after sum
mering at a summer lodge on the
river, looking longingly at a movie
pala -;and admitting they'd go there
if only to see Tarz.in. the wonder
home, rather than looking at more
river.
Prank Rectoi. returned from a trip
to Idshco. wondering what would
happen to anyone who ren over a ktd
in Parma, that state, dwpite the warn
ing sign "Speed Limit 12 miles: W
Love Our Children.-
Walter Rowley getting stuck U't a
dinner check, and taking his .letting
with very good grace.
G. 0. P.
MEET RIVAL
SEPT. 1ST
Governors Iowa, Nebraska,
Missouri and Oklahoma
Also Invited to Parley On
Drought Relief Program
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 21. (AP)
Gov. Alf M. Landon said today he
would accept President Roosevelt'
Invitation to a drought conference at
Des Moines. la., September 1.
As his train pulled out of Omaha
after an overnight stop, the Repub
lican nominee was advised of Prcsl
dent Roosevelt's announcement.
"As I said before." Landon told
newsmen. "I will accept."
It will be the second meeting be
tween Mr. Roosevelt and the Kansau.
Landon attended an oil conference In
Washington In 1933.
HYDE PARK, N. Y Aug. 21. ( AP)
President Roosevelt today dispatch
ed an Invitation to Governor Landon
of Kansas, . Republican presidential
candidate, and the governors of Iowa,
Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma, to
meet blm September 1 at Des Moines
for one of a series of drought con
ferences. Similarly worded Invitations went
to 11 other governors for conferences
at other points. Senators of the states
concerned also were asked to attend.
The president will leave Washington
about midnight next Tuesday and re
turn to Hyde Park Saturday morning.
September 5.
Blfiinnrrk Date First.
The first conference will be held
at Bismarck, N. D., the night of
(Continued on Page Three )
AllflETIN
SAYS OFFICIAL DENIAL
OF REVOLUTION REPORT
LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 21. (AP)
Government officials tonight de
scribed reports abroad of a revolution
In Portugal as "totally unfounded."
They said nothing whatsoever had
occurred to Justify the report.
Commander Jayme Athlas, general
secretary to the president, said presi
dent Oscar Carmona was "quite well
and happy."
LONDON, Aug. 21. (AP) Reports
that a revolution had broken out In
Portugal and that President Oscar
Carmona had been killed are tin'
founded, a dispatch from Lisbon de
clared today.
The country was quiet, according
to the dispatch, which apparently
had not been censored.
The earlier message from the capt
tal also reported that a French
newspaper correspondent had been ar
rested for sending alleged tendentious
news about Portugal from the
country.
O I bra 1 tar. Paris and London made
futile effort to establish communl
cation with the country. It had been
Impossible to telephone Portugal for
10 days.
The Lisbon radio station, which
ordinarily broadcast frequent bul.
letlns on the civil war In neighbor'
ing Spain, was silent throughout the
night.
KLAMATH MAY INSTALL
SIGNALS FOR TRAFFIC
SALEM. Aug. 21. (Pi The city of
Klamath Falls asked the state h!gh-
wny department today to conduct i
traffic count In that city to deerm
Ine where auomatlc traffic signals
should be located. The department
announced It would comply with the
request.
A similar request had been received
from city of Salem official.
Landon Tells Nebraskans
Vital Issues Are at Stake
By OUVIII MARTIN
AWK-Iated Press Maff Writer
OMAHA. Neb., Aug. 21 (AP) Gov.
Alf M. Landon told Nebraska Re
publicans today that Americana "do
not want government to Jeopardize
our birthright of freedom or mort
gage that equality of opportunity
towards which we are striving."
What is wanted, the party presi
dential nominee said In a brief ad
dress . prepared for delivery at a
breakfast conference, la that "gov
ernment do it full ahar In protect
ing us and helping us to meet our
necessities.'
Resuming his cross-country stump
ing trip to eastern states, he then
1 headed for Iowa on a schedule call
ing for seven platform appearance
England Follows Germany in
LANDON SNATCHES A HOLIDAY
: F -t- C rv'
k,jsaa x&M&n rmniniwiinii. -maB tl
Gov. Alf M. Landon returned to Colorado to rest and work on cam.
paign (peaches. He Is shown as he was greeted on his arrival at Den
ver by Elmer Abbey (right), secretary of the Republican committee.
(Associated Press Photo
MOTORIST'S
BY HURLED
Mrs. J. N. Marsh of Mcdford Is
lying In the Ashland Community hos
pital today;, her left anterior Jugular
vein severed and her throat laid open
by flying glass, Injuries received when
a chiink of watermelon rind was
hurled through the windshield of the
car she was driving south near Tal
ent last evening. Five other drivers
reported to Btate pollco that water- I
melon rind had been thrown at their
tars, -In the four -mile stretch be
tween Ashland and Talent from a
passing machine.
Police are working feverishly today
in an effort to run down the sev
eral persona believed to have been
riding In the attacking car. All six
victims varied In their descriptions
of the auto. The only thing they all
agreed .upon -was- the fact. that the
car was a sedan or a coach. Police
have no other clues, and to date
have co suspects.
Mrs, Marsh was driving south on
the Pacific highway, About a mile
and a half south of Talent, at about
5:30, a piece of rind was hurled at
her Dodge pick-up from a speeding
northbound machine. The mlssle hit
directly in front of the driver and
tore a gap 10 Inches long and five
Inches high from the glass. Jagged
bits flew directly back at Mrs.
Marsh's throat but mainly missed a
passenger tn the pickup. Mrs. Bertie
H, Cody of 832 West Twelfth street.
Medford.
With blood spouting from her torn
throat, the wounded woman managed
to bring the car to a halt at the
bide of the road without crashing.
She leaped from the car and ran
wildly along the highway for almost
200 feet before she collapsed, bleed
lng profusely. Mrs. Cody ran to her
assistance, and the Rev. Leonard
Weston, pastor of the Full Oospel
church In Medford. leaped from a
JEANETTE MacDONALD
TO WED GENE RAYMOND
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 21. (UP)
The film colony today acquired a
new romance with the announce
ment that Jo a net tc Mac Donald, sing
ing screen star, and Gene Raymond,
blonde actor, wilt be married "within
d few weeks."
Time and place of the wedding was
In that state and three In Illinois
during the second day of his trip.
Landon rel terated declarations
made yesterday In Informal platform
talks In Colorado and Nebraska that
"good government" was a major Issue
of the presidential campaign.
"Vital issues are at stake Issues
that concern every American family
and every American home." the Kan
aan said.
"That Is why their discussion
should arouse the deepest Interest
In cities and towns, at the cross roads
and on the farms. As the American
people Inform themselves and make
up their own minds the election will
be decided. All of us will cheerfully
accept the verdict of the great Jury
of the peoplo.'
THROAT CUT
MELON RIND
passing car and rushed to give her
ftraValrt. ; l- ' '"
. She was taken to. the Ashland, hos
pital In an ambulance from that
city. An examination by Dr. Woods
showed that, besides the severed Jug
ular Vein she was suffering from two
deep gashes on the throat, one lac
erating the thyroid gland on both
sides. There was aUo a deep gash on
her left arm. She was unconscious
when received at the hospital, with
no perceptible pulse.'
An emergency blood transfusion
was administered, and an hour after
she was received site showed signs
of rallying. She was reported slightly
Improved this morning, with a good
chance of recovery.
Franklin Clark. 310 North Bartlett
atrect, Medford, was one of the others
who reported a watermelon rind at
tack against him, A. O. Ford, Con
solidated Truck Hue driver, also re
ported a similar experience, and Dale
O'Hara of Ashland was' the fourth
victim. The names of two others was
not learned.
Four of the attacks occurred be
fore the one against Mrs, Marsh, and
one was reported as having happen-
od later, or further north on the
highway. In all of the cases except
the Marsh one, the missies did no
damage other than- denting fenders,
splashing against the cowling or tops,
or splattering into the radiators.
One victim reported that he be
lieved five young men, between the
ages of 20 and 25, and one girl, were
passengers In the assault car. State
potlce. on the chance that persons
of such description, possibly under
the Influence of liquor, may have
purchased a watermelon at a road'
side stand or other store are tracing
ail possible leads today, and will re
main doing so until all leads are ex
hausted. '
4 H CLUB WILL TRY
J
A livestock Judging contest will be
held In the form of a tour. Saturday.
August 33, beginning at 0:00 a. m.
The 4-H club members will meet at
the L. J. Freeman ranch near Centrsl
Point where dairy cattle will be Judg
ed. The group will also Judge at the
following ranches: L. A. Salade, sheep;
Tom Morrison, beef cattle; C. F.
Smith, hogs.
The two clubs scoring highest wl'.!
represent Jackson county at the State
Fair and Pacific International Live
stock Expoaitlon.
FERRELL FINED $1000
FOR WALKING OFF FIELD
NEW YORK. Aug. 21. (AP) Man
ager Joe Cronln of the Boston Red
Sox'flned Pitcher Wes Ferrell 11.000
and suspended htm Indefinitely to
ds? for wslklng off the diamond
during the sixth Inning of the game
with the New York Yankeee.
ROOSEVELT WITHHOLDS
FIRE UNTIL IN OCTOBER
HYDB PARK. N. V., Aug. 21. (AP)
President Roosevelt said today he
would not make nny political
speerhes before October In hi cam
paign for reelection.
ii
LEADERS INDICTED
AS
National Chief of Hooded
Order Among Men Named
by Detroit Grand Jury
Will Fight Extradition
LIMA, O., Aug. 21 . ( AP) Virgil
P. Kf finger, named by Prcscutor Dun
can McCrea of Detroit aa national
chieftain of the Black legion, said to
day that he would fight extradition
to Michigan to face an Indictment
charging criminal syndicalism.
Informed that he had been Indict
ed with 21 others today, Effinger
laughed and said he was not sure he
knew the definition of the charge.
Effinger, who has denied any con
nection with the legion, once said,
however, it had more than 6,000,000
members.
DETROIT, Aug. 21. (AP) VtrRll
P. Effinger, of Lima, Ohio, described
by Prosecuting Attorney Duncan C.
McQrea a the national head of the
Black legion, waa Indicted with 21
others today on charges of criminal
syndicalism In connection with ac
tivities of the hooded order.
The Indictment were returned by
Circuit Judge James E. Chenot, con
ducting a state grand Jury investiga
tion. The Indictment accused Effin
ger and the others with advocating
or teaching "crime, aabotage, violence
or other forma of terrorism . as a
means of accomplishing Industrial
political reform."
Conspiracy Also Charged
Maximum penalty Is 10 years lm
urlsonment and 16,000. fine under
the atatuto proper, a conspiracy
charge Included In the indictment
(Continued on Page Three.)
FEU'S WIFE CARRIES
APPEAL FOR RELEASE
E
SALEM, Aug. 31. -Appeal of the
habeas corpus proceeding filed by
Electa Pehl to obtain the uncondi
tional release of her husband, Bar) H.
Fehl, from the state penitentiary, was
In the state supreme court today.
Fehl. ex-Jackson county Judge, waa
recently conditionally paroled fiom
the prison after serving two years and
four months of hla maximum four
year term for ballot theft.
Judge McMahan in Marlon county
circuit court held against the plain
tiff in the habeas corpua proceeding.
The complaint charged that Pehl
had served his maximum term, less
good behavior credits and waa en
titled to unconditional release, In ac
cord with the common practice of re
leslng prisoners under the Oregon In
determinate sentence law.
Judge McMahan held there was no
authority for such automatic release
without a parole or pardon by the
governor. His decision upheld an opin
ion previously written by Ralph E.
Moody, assistant attorney general, at
the request of Governor Martin.
The habeas corpus proceeding was
filed by Mrs. Fehl subsequently to
her husband's release from the prison
under conditional parole. The condi
tion provided that Fehl should not
return to Jackaon county until hta
four-year term had. expired.
ELKS BAND PLAYS
IN PARK TONIGHT
The third open-air band concert
of the year, and the first for the
mid-summer season, will be pre
sented by the popular Elks band
In city park starting at 8 o'clock
thla evening. The public has been
Invited free of charge to listen to
the wide range of pieces.
F. Wilson Walt, director of the 36
piece organization, announced today
that the first number of the evening
will be a march. Crimson Flush, by
Alexander. Others will be a walte.
Dolores, by Walteuful; march, Pyro
llte, Allen; Watermelon Dance, Rob
erta; the selection. Her Soldier Boy,
by Romberg; Bonus's march, "Thun
oerer, and the Btar Spangled Ban
ner as the concluding number.
The band stand la located In such
a spot that It will be possible for
many to park their cars on (he
nreets around the park and listen to
the concert from there,
TWO FOUND ALIVE
ARE TAKEN FROM
CAVED -IN SHAFT
Remaining Two Died Soon
After Entombment Last
Tuesday Crowd Cheers
Wildly As Rescue Made
MOBERXjY, O.. Aug. ai. (AP)
The first of four men trapped since
Tucaday aftrnoon In a coal mine
near here was brought out alive by
rescue crews at 2:40 p. m. today. The
fate of the othor three was not Im
mediately learned.
A second man of the four who
woro burled by a cave-In last Tues
day was carried out alive a few min
utes Inter.
Dr. Jesse Maddox, Randolph coun
ty coroner, coming out of the mine,
announced:
"A. V. McCann la alive and In good
shapo.
"Demmer 8exton la alive and In
bad shape.
"Both Edward Stoner, Jr., and
George T. Dameron, negro, are dead
and apparently have been dead for a
long time."
McCann Out First
; McCann, 60 and unmarried, was
the first to be brought to the surface
by the rescue crews. The crowd set
up a wild cheering as he emerged
from the narrow ahaft and was rush
ed to an ambulance. The car sped
toward a Mobcrly hospital, three
miles distant.
Beaton, with Stoner part owneKot
the mine, waa In a aerlous condition,
but Dr. Maddox did not elaborate on
hla statement.
"Thla la one of the saddest things
1 ever went through," said Coroner
Maddox. '
"My son, a doctor, went down Into
the mlno with me. We found the
men In a room. One man, McCann,
came out In perfect ahape. He tells
us one of the men died two hours
alter they were hemmed In.
APPLEGATE RANCHER,
II1
Daniel M. Pearce, 62, well known
Applegate rancher, died In a Port
land hospital Wednesday after an
operation. He went to Portland for
surgical treatment two weeks ago. He
underwent a major operation and waa
progressing satisfactorily when a sec
ond and minor operation waa per
formed. He failed to rally from the
tecond operation.
Funeral services will be held at
the perl chapel at 8 :30 tomorrow
afternoon. Interment will take place
In the Log Town cemetery near
Ruch.
Mr. Peanw was born at Sterling on
December 10, 1884. He resided In
Jackson county all his life and was
prominently known throughout the
valley. He operated a stock ranch
on Thompson creek.
He was a member of the Seventh
Day Adventlat church and was known
as a faithful Christian, esteemed by
all who knew him,
Mr. pearce Is survived by bis wife
Pearl, and three children: Edollne
and Edsel, twins, and Donald Keith.
Also surviving are a slater, Orace V.
Pearce of Klamath Falls, and three
brothers, Floyd of Eagle Point and
Paul and George of Jacksonville.
Bodies of Giant Sloths
Found Intact in Cavern
PASADENA, Calif,, Aug. 21. yp)
The anomaly of entering the cave of
a prehistoric animal and finding it so
unchanged through the ages that lta
long-dead inhabitant! apparently had
perished but recently waa described
today by Dr. Chester Stock.
Dr. Stock, California Institute of
Technology professor, waa one of three
scientists who examined the remains
of two giant sloths found In a cave In
Arizona's lower Grand Canyon,
"ft waa like entering the cave two
or three weeks after the animals
died," aald Dr. Stock.
Extremely arid climatic conditions
mummified the a.otlu so not only the
skeletons, but hair, claws and even
paru of the Internal organ were pre
served. The sloths lumbered over the North
American continent In pleistocene
time. 10,000 year ago and more. The
Warning Spain
BASEBALL
American
R. H. E.
Boston .............. . 14 1
New York . 4 8 0
W. Ferrell, Russell, Walberg and B.
Perrell; Pearson and Dlckoy.
R. H. E.
Cincinnati
Chicago
Hallahsn, Schoot
Lee and Hartnett.
. 3 8 1
.. 7 10 3
Lombardl;
American.
R. H. E.
Washington 2 7 1
Philadelphia 3 7 1
Newsom and Bolton; Llsenbee and
Hayes.
R. H. K.
Chicago h 6 11 0
Detroit 8 10 1
Dietrich, Cain, Brown and So we II;
Rowe, Lawson, Sorrell and Cochrane,
Hayworth.
TF
PAMPLONA, Spain (By courier
to French frontier), Aug. 21.
(AP) The "big push' on Madrid
waa launched by the rebel north
ern army at dawn today.
Military headquarters at Pam
plona said three rebel columns
atop the Gtiadarrama mountains
northwest of the loyalist cnpltnl
had opened their long-awaited
drive.
(Copyright, 1030, by the Associated
Press)
REBEL HEADQUARTERS, Burgos,
Spain, Aug. 31, The one-eyed found
er of the Spanish Legion, General Mi
lan Astray, reviewed 2,000 taasol
capped fascist followers today, and
ordered them to march on the Somo
Sierra mountain front tomorrow.
That front la In the Quadarrama
range north of Madrid.
The youthful "Falangistae," com
posed of the fascist troops of Jose
Prlmo De. Rivera, aon of the late
dictator, and others, were well equip
ped and well disciplined..
Rebel leaders said they numbered
unly 2fi ,000 in mid-July, but now
there were 200,000 In the northern
provinces alone.
They Include many pretty young
girls, dressed as men,
The general staff, aecretarlea and
clerka of Oeneral Emlllo Mola, the
northern commander, were quitting
the city In a caravan of automobiles.
Southern rebel columns, advancing
on Madrid from Seville and Oranda
were reported to have effected a
Junction at Loja, west of Granada,
Rebel leaders aald the troops met
''enthusiastic manifestations" along
the way, establishing full communl
cation for the first time between the
two cities in the south and the
armies In the field.
A fresh Moroccan battalion, mean-
(Continued on page Three.)
Col. Wm. Mercer
Passes, Aged 90
SALEM, Aug. 21. (AP) Col, Wll
Ham O. D. Mercer, prominently
known Oregon resident, died here
this morning. He waa 90 years of age.
Col. Mercer held the honor of
serving the longest period In the state
legislature aa assistant sergeant-at-arms
In the house of representatives.
He waa Identified with various
orders of the Maaonlo lodge and was
active In affalra of the Eugene poet,
G. A, R. He came here from Cottage
Grove In Ine county.
process of preservation was almost aa
effective aa the freezing of the re
mains tt extinct mammoth tn the
northern glaciers, ,
Dr. Stock aald the find, announced
yesterday by the national park service,
li an Important paleontotogtcal dis
covery. "The finding of the usually destruc
tible portion of the anatomy give
us a complete picture of the living
animal," he explained.
The cave In which the remain were
discovered by OCO worker I In lime
stone and located about 4000 feet be
low the rim of the Grand Canyon near
Pierce Ferry.
Near the care were found human
remain, but Dr. Stock aald their an
tlqulty was not definitely determined
and whether they Indicated the exist
ence of human beings contemporary
with the giant sloth la an open question.
THREATENED FOR
All British Craft to Be Pro
tected From Interference
Action Independent of
Reich Warning, Is Word
U. S. to Hold Aloof.
WASHINGTON, Aug. St. (TV
Hope for an early termination ol
Qostllltles In Spain was coupled
soday by the United Statos gov
irnment with a re-aftlrmatlon of
determination to remain "acrupu
loualy" aloof from the blttor rev
olutionary struggle there.
These expressions were set forth
in a note dispatched last night by
Acting Secretary of state Wil
liam Phllllpa to J. Rlchltnd, Uru
guayan minister to Washington,
rejecting Urugtiay'a proposal that
the natlona of the Americas Join
In a move to mediate the Spanish
crisis.
MADRID. Aug. 21. (AD The
Spanish government, patiently
anlous to avoid International
complications from the civil war,
refused comment today on warn
Ings from llerlln and London
that the rights of foreign ships
must be respected.
"We hare nothing whatever Ut '
say," a high official of the atat
department asserted.
By Roger D. Greene '
Associated Press Foreign Staff
LONDON, Aug. at. (AP) Great
Britain, adopting a policy almlla to
that of Germany, today announced
"stern measures" would be takes
against any Interference with her
ahlpplng In Spanish watera.
Authoritative quarters ssld In tba
event a British ship was tired upon.
It would return three warning shots
shesd of the offending craft and
then, "we shall aim."
The Madrid government, these
(Continued on Page Three.)
T
MAR5HFIELD. Aug. 31. (API
Herbert Hoover laughed, today over
report that he was returning to the
vocation of mining engineer.
Interviewed over his breakfast cof
fee the former President declared he
would take- an active part In the
presidential campaign which, he said,
would begin In September, stating
that August waa a quiet month for
politics.
. The Hoovers, accompanied by Mr,
and Mrs. W. C. Van Antwerp, of Palo
Alto, Calif., left this morning for a
short vacation Journey through Ore
gon. They will probably continue to
Eugene today, then over the Cascades
to Bend and south to California, per
hapa fishing en route.
The Itinerary, Hoover said, waa be
ing "act by the women."
Income Shares
Maryland Fund, bid 8.80; asked
10.80.
quarterly Income, bid 1.73; asked
1.80.
Chamber Mystery
Ended by Hussong
It's A S ol pu gid
The mystery bug on exhibit at
the Jackaon County chamber of
commerce was Identified today by
Prof. B. M. Hussong aa a aolpugld,
one of the arachnlda closely re
lated to the spider, scorpion, tick
and mite. It was lta resemblance
to both a spider and a scorpion
that baffled attaches of the
chamber.
Solpuglda are modest creatures
and do not present themselves to
publlo view If they can possibly
help It, ssld Prof. Hussong, teach
er of biology at Medford high
uhool. They are very Intelligent,
he added significantly.
The creatures emerge only at
night when they prey upon al
most any kind of small animal
life, Prof, Hussong stated. They
are sometimes cslled "sun spiders"
and "vlncgarones." he related.
They are absolutely harmless, he
.leclnred.