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CALLED BY DEATH;
FIOMNEER
Survivor of Lost Immigrant
Train of 1853 Supcumbs
in 87th Year at Home of
Daughter; Noted Rancher
John N. Hockersmlth, Jackson
county resident for the past 71 years
and survivor of the lost Immigrant
train of 1853, died yesterday noon at
, the home of his daughter. Mrs. L. A.
Rose, 429 South Front street. He
was in his 87th year. He was a
tired farmer and stockman.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
Perl chapel. The Rev. D. B. Millard
will officiate. Interment will be In
the Medford I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Mr. Hockersmlth Is survived by four
children) Mrs. L. A. Rose, Mrs. Alice
Turpi n, Charles Hockersmlth and Ivan
Hockersmlth; a sister, Mrs. H. H. Tay
lor: and six grandchildren, all of
whom reside here.
Born In Iowa. -
Mr. Hockersmlth was born In Davis
county, Iowa, on December 37, 1849.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson
Hockersmlth, left Iowa by Immigrant
train In 1853 when John was four
years old. After many privations the
family reached Eugene and eventually
penetrated through the primitive
country to southern Oregon.
With his brothers and sisters. John
Hockersmlth attended publlo schools
in Jackson county. On April 18, 1876,
he was united In marriage to Viola
Stewart, Two children were born of
the union, both of whom are dead
His wife died In 1878. in 1880 he
was married to Rebecca Stewart, sis
ter of his first wife. Five children
were born of the union.
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Phone 184 Franqnett at 14th
Mr. Hockersmlth and his parents
were members of that stalwart band
of pioneers who set out to cross the
great plains and mountains In the
face of overwhelming odds. After
many hazardous experiences, fraught
with grief, the party was rescued Just
as starvation seemed certain doom.
Told by Mother.
John was too young to remember
most of the experiences of the lost
Immigrant train, but the thrilling
tale of the brave Journey was re
counted many times by his mother as
she reared her son to young man
hood. , Thus his young memory of
the momentous Journey was refreshed
until it left an indelible Impression.
In an Interview a few years ago.
Mr. Hockersmlth recalled the long,
tedious, dangerous trek across the
plains and through the foreboding
mountain passes. The Immigrant
band, he related, wandered aimlessly
through the sagebrush of eastern Ore
gon In search of the luscious country
farther west until aid was brought.
Just prior to starvation, from the
three homes that then comprised
Eugene.
The wandering, half-sick, half-
delirious band had lived on "Immi
grant beef" alone until scouts had
carried news of Its plight to Eugene,
Mr. Hockersmlth recounted. Immi
grant beef, he explained, was oxen
laken from the train when there was
nothing else left to eat.
No Medford Then.
.."You see," he said, "the band tried
to take the cut-off to Lane county,
sot lost in eastern Oregon and was
wm to perishing when some of the
men too- the trail ana found Eugene.
Enlisting help, they returned with
pack train and food.
"AU I remember myself la that
e crossed the plains. Tne est of
ie story my mother told me. We
drossed the McKenzle river 37 times
getting into Eugone. We had to hitch
the oxen behind the wagons to let
them down to the river. Indians
were very numerous but peaceful
Someone had to stand guard at night
but we didn't have to fight, except
i.galnst nature and starvation.
"There wasn't any Medford when
'we arrived here," Mr. Hockersmlth
continued, "but there was a Jackson-
,ville, and a roaring one. It doesn't
seem like the same town today. I
remember when you could see $20
gold pieces piled a foot high on the
bar. . Gambling was wide open and
anyone with money was permitted to
play. But for all that there wasn't
so much boozing then as there Is now
and dances were decorous and very
enjoyable. I went to lota of them."
- Mr. Hockersmlth used to ride after
stock but he once confessed he was
rot "much of a buckaroo." He set
tled down to farming and stock rais
ing and became one of the most
prominent agriculturists in the Rogue
river valley.
Pine Shipments
Advance In Week
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 28. (AP)
New business slumped sharply, while
shipments and production forged
ahead In the week ending August 23.
compared to the previous week, the
Western Pine association said today
In a survey of the industry.
Orders, totaling 71.543.000 feet.
were nearly 8,000,000 feet under the
preceding week, while shipments at
73.454,000 feet were nearly 7,000.000
feet above the previous week, and
production, at 85.326.000 feet, was up
more than 6,000.000 feet.
Meteorological Report
August 38, 1026
Forecasts
Medford and vicinity: Fair tonight
and Saturday; warmer tonight; cooler
Saturday,
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest, 99; lowest, 66.
Total monthly precipitation, none;
deficiency for the month, 0.30 of an
Inch. Total precipitation since Sep
tember 1, 1935, 21.34 inches. Excess
for the season, 8.24 Inches.
Relative humidity at 5 p. m. yes
terday, 12 per cent; 6 a. m. today,
64 per cent.
Sunrise tomorrow, 5:33 a. m.
Sunset tomorrow, 6:50 p. m.
Observations Taken at 5 A. M.,
130th Meridian Time
I ill II
Sh S S
So ?H BE
r p r
Boise 102 54 .... Clear
Boston ........ 73 54 .... Clear
Chicago - 76 70 .50 Cloudy
Denver . 74 68 T, Cloudy
Eureka 58 .... u
Helena 76 48 Clear
Los Angelea ... 84 64 ,. Cloudy
MEDFORD 86 53 .... Clear
New York .. 74 58 .... Clear
Omaha 100 66 .48 Cloudy
Phoenix 102 84 .... Cloudy
Portland 90 64 P. Cdy.
Reno .... 84 53 .... Clear
Roscburg ' 98 64 . Clear
Salt Lake City .... 80 48 .. Clear
San Francisco 63 64 .... Cloudy
Seattle .. 78 60 Clear
Spokane . 84 60 , Clear
Walla Walla 88 60 .... Clear
Washington. D.C. 78 68 .04 Cloudy
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RECORD IS SEEN
AT CRATER LAKE
CRATER LAKE. ( Spl .) Travel for
the current season has reached the
135,000 mark, continuing an 80 per
cent Increase over 1935, with all In
dications a new attendance record
will be set In 1936. The present fig
ure exceeds all season totals since
1931 and is ahead of 1931 travel foi
this time of the year.
California from day to day during
the summer is 50 per cent ahead ot
Oregon in first entry cars and has a
substantial lead over Oregon for the
total number of cars arriving. Travel
from middle western and eastern
states is remaining consistent, with
New York, New Jersey, Illinois and
Pennsylvania particularly well rep
resented. By entrances, August 19, travel
figures were: South, 14,851 cars, 48,-
953 persons: west, 15.980 cars. 51,631
persons; east, 4105 cars, 12,459 per
sons; north, 5527 cars, 18.055 persons.
Average Sunday attendance Is 3t30Q
and on week days, 1600.
All park concessions and govern
ment services are in complete oper
ation, including guided field trips,
boat excursions, lodge, dining room,
cafeteria, cabins, store, postofflce,
transportation and campground fa
cilities. Approach roads from Klamath
Falls. Medford, Bend and Diamond
Lake are in good condition. Out
side of some construction, which
causes no Inconvenience to motor
ists, the rim road, a portion of which
is now hard surfaced, Is open to
traffic.
Over 2500 persons have visited the
Watchman observation station on the
first high point on the west rim of
the lake, 2000 feet above the water.
This Is a substantial Increase over
1935.
The observation station, which also
serves as a fire lookout, provides a
complete panorama of the lake and
thousands of acres of forest lands
as far as the eye can cee. It Is
reached as a result of a 15-mlnute
walk from the rim road, and is es
pecially popular with sunset visitors.
The beauty ot the end of a moun
tain day la unsurpassed from this
vantage point, especially when the
sky la cloud -flecked.
Catcher Recuperating
Closing time tor Too Late to Clas
sify Ads la 1:30 p. m.
Bill DoLancey, star catcher for the
St, Loul, Cardinals last year, la
gradually regaining his health In
the sunshine at Phoenix, Arli. De
Lancey was brought to Arizona on
a stretcher last winter. (Associated
Press Photo
OF
CORVALLIS. Ore.. Aug. 38. (AP)
Mrs. Clark P, Terwllllger, a cottage
matron at the W. C. T. U. home three
miles east of here, was Instantly kill
ed last night when struck by a car.
Mrs. Terwllllger, believed to be about
60. was hit when she stepped from
behind a bus from which ,sho had
Just alighted. The accident occurred
in front of the home on the Albany
Corvaltls highway.
Vern J. Peek, Salem, Identified by
police as driver of the car, was not
held and It was not known whether
or not there would be an inquest.
FOR PERSONAL LOANS OF ALL
KINDS. W. E. Thomas. 45 S. Central.
BY
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PORTLAND WILL VOTE
E DISPOSAL
with word from Hong Kong to
Shanghai that a band of 18 notorious
pirates had been seen.
Those outlaws, it was believed, were
members of the band that attacked
the luxurious British steamer Tung-
chow February 1, 1935, with 75 school
children aboard.
A Russian guard, part of the per
manent patrol ships maintained in
the China seas, and a member of the
crew wexo killed in the fighting as
the brigands looted that ship.
Svstematlrally Looted
For three days the ship and pas
sengers members of the China In
land Mission were held Incommuni
cado white the pirates systematically
gathered their loot. Efforts to reach
the ship by radio were futile.
The pirate painted the funnel to
wipe out Identifying marks and also
painted the Japanese name Toa Maru
on the Tungshow's sides. When the
raid was virtually completed, a Brit
ish airplane discovered the ship and
the plrats hastily fled while the
child passengers cheered.
The looting of the British steamer
Shuntlen off the Shantung coast,
however, was probably the most dar
ing and wholesale pillage In the re
cent history of Chinese shipping.
The ship, new on the China coast
and the pride of the fleet, left
Tientsin for Shantung ports and
Shanghai in June, 1934.
Off the Shantung coast, near the
mouth of the Yellow river, 43 pirates
who had boarded the craft at Tlctnsin
In the guise of passengers, easily took
over the boat. With unlimited arms,
they held the passengers and crew
at bay while they steered for a cove
where confederates waited.
There they ransacked the ship and
passengers, chose likely prospects for
ransom and escaped up the Yellow
river with six British, 20 Chinese and
a Japanese prisoner.
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 28. (AP)
Commissioner Bean's pay-as-you-go
sewage disposal plan was placed on
the ballot yesterday by the city coun
cil.
The plan, which calls for a 10-year
construction protrram to be financed
by sewer isers, involves an expendi
ture of about t5.000.000. Average
cost to water users will be about 23
cents a month.
It was estimated that the new plan
would cost about $4,000,000 less than
the 28-year program adopted in 1933,
calling for Issuance of $6,000,000
worth of bonds.
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