Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 29, 1936, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextirEDFOTJD MAIL TRTBUXE, MEDFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY". SEPTEMBER 29. 1936. PAGE NIJS'K T 10 REPLACEMENT MARSHPIELD. Sept. 39. (AP) There was a will to begin Immediate rebuilding In Bandon today, but the tern question of finance troubled oxecutlves of the ruined city. The city administration was con fronted by the perplexing problems fc.of debts, bonds and taxes, but the general spirit of the hard-hit com munity was voiced by Mayor Ed Capps when he said: "We don't know how we'll meet our debts, but we'll get organized somehow." l The municipal power lines were de Latroyed. but the power plant at Wll flow Creek was unharmed. The water r avstem was seriously damaged, but the reservoir still stood. Records at the city hall and the fire station were burned. The city dock, valued at $25,000. went up in smoke. A million feet of lumber, be lieved owned by the Moore lumber company, was on the dock at the time of the fire. "My company had $300,000 Insur ance here,'" one Bandon agent de clared. Estimates by adjusters Indicated that probably 30 per cent of the actual loss was covered by insurance. E AT FAIR GROUND Members of the -H livestock clubs will exhibit tomorrow, September 30, at the Jackson county fairgrounds, according to J. E. Albough, county club agent. The fair will be open to the DUbllo between 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. The exhibits coming from various sections of Jackson county will con sist of baby beef, pigs, dairy cattle, sheep, poultry, rabbits and crop proj ects. The record books muBt accom pany each exhibit, showing the cost and receipts of each Individual project. Following the local fair, two truck loads of the fat livestock will be taken to the Pacific International Livestock show which opens In Port land October 3. This livestock will be exhibited at Portland In the gen eral 4-H classes In which the north west states will be competing. 1. j. Allen, assistant state club leader of Corvallls will be present at the local fair to Judge the livestock. U. OF 0. STUDENTS CUT LUG COSTS UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, Eugene, Sept. 29. (Spl.) Cooperative living organizations which enable students to attend school at a cost of about A20 per month for board and room, have expanded on the campus of the University of Oregon this fall until approximately 100 men and women will take part In these projects, It was announced by Karl W. onthank. dean of personnel. Last year 25 men, under the lead ership of Howard Ohmart, Portland, organized a group which took over a former fraternity house. The plan was an Immense success, was quickly copied by a group of 35 women stu dents who took over a large house. This fall a .second house for men. Which will have a membership of from 40 to 60, has already opened at Fourteenth and Alder streets. The girls' group has expanded to Include an "annex" In a nearby house that will accommodate about 15. GOVERNOR URGES STATE OBSERVE LOYALTY DAYS SA1XM, Sept 29. (AP) Governor Martin urged people of Oregon today to Join In the nation-wide observ ance of "spiritual and moral .ecov ery that Is progressing throu$nout the land." digesting they attend church SaturCay or Sunday. October 3 and 4, designated as loyalty days. "It 1 Important In times like these that the spiritual welfare of the people should keep pace with that of the more material and economic character." "Plioollli" Pheasant. PORTLAND. Sept. 29. P Miss Eunice Sargent, atenographer, got a pheasant without moving out of her office. The bird tried to fly In a window at the U. S. courthouse and was killed. Miss Sargent received a cut arm and the government put up 5.18 for a new window. Checks Ready. McMINNVILLE. Sept. 29. (JT) Checks from the government for the purchase of farms In the Yamhill county resettlement project are In the hands of Lotus L. Lar.gley, spe cial Justice attorney at Portland. Tho checks, amounting to a3S0.99a.38. will not be released until positive clearing of titles to the properties. Closing time fur Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. When Fire Raked Forests And Town fi f skIi is 11 Ah t it it I I T.vph-al Kcnu (iitmiv; on tlio furi:!i, fire fruni in soul lnvestern lirPRO II, IVIiere 1 lie rilUIH'S UOMroJI'll nun don. Damage from the holocaust ran Into minimis. Lower! Twisted wreckage of a business block in Han don. .. P. Photos). GRADE TEACHERS ELECT OFFICERS Jackson County Primary Teachera' council held Its first meeting of the year at the courthouse Saturday. Of ficers elected . for the comlnR year were: President, Mrs. Mae B. Richard son, of the Central Point schools; vice -president, Miss June Rudd, of the Howard school; secretary-treasurer, Miss Marie Prescott, of the Phoenix schools. Plans for the coming year were discussed and It was decided to make an Intense study of children's litera ture. The following committee wa. se lected to outline the work of the council for the coming yenr : Mrs. Mae B. R.lchardson, Mrs. Una B. Inch, Miss Helen Klnsey, Miss Eunice Ha ger, Miss Marjorie Gregory, Miss Wll ma Connor and Miss Frnnces Fitz gerald. Next meeting will be held Saturday, October 24 and all primary teachers are urged to keep that time In mind. RAGING TEXAS RIVERS ASSESSED FINE Kenneth M. Pasmore, 30, a high school youth, charged with driving an auto on tho Pacific highway with four people in the front seat, was fined 55 and costs by Justice of ths Peace Colemnn yesterday. Paamore plead guilty. The offense occurred on the Pacific highway last Friday while Pasmore was en route to a football game, Ezra McCracken of Oakland, Calif., charged with violation of the basic speed law, pleaded guilty and was fined $5 and cost. He wna arrested by the stole police on the Pacific highway. Harold r. White of Gran to Pass was fined 85 and coBts for driving an auto with Improper license plates, and Ireland G. Miller was assessed $1 and costo for driving a truck with no renr red light. Prisoners Fight Fire. PORTLAND. Sspt. 29. p It's an ill wind that blows nobody good, and two prisoners in the city Jail proved it. Municipal Judge Julius Cohn freed them from Jail terms to fight fires In the Marshfteld ara. CCC MEN ENTRAIN FOR EAST HOMES Discharged CCC enrollees from southern Oregon and northern Cali fornia camps bonrded a special train out of Med ford this morning for Pt, Ijaeven worth, aKs., where they will be formally discharged. In command of the train was First Lieut. Gilbert B. Matthews of Cnmp Orleans, agisted by Lieut. Eric O. Johnson, medical officer from Camp Clear Lake, and Lieut. James J. Make of Camp Bit kum. A contingent of 26 men from Camp Steamboat boarded the train at Rose burg. Embarking in Medford wero 32 men from Camp Cltwquet; 16 from Camp Wimer; 2fi from Appleate; and 60 from Camp Clear Lake, Calif. Ap proximately 135 more enrollees will be picked up at Redding. Calif. Replacements of these men are ex pected early In October and will all be drawn from the Ft, Leavenworth srta. The group leaving this morn ing was one of a series of several to be discharged this fall, with replace ments to come principally from the middle-west, Use Mail mnnnf! wanr ads AT Miss Or Cox who waa In II :i no la. expected to g to Washington, D. C. Sept. 10 for the Daughters of Union Veterans' convention, Miss Cox, prin cipal of Lincoln school, Is D. U. V. president for tho state of Oregon. Mrs. Joe File Re 1 is acting principal until Miss Cox'a return. October I. Miss Clare Gumelius has returned to her duties after a vacation since luat January. MIas Gumelius made a very interesting trip by auto around the United States. She went by the southern route to Florida, north ward to Washington, D. C., New York, East on, Niagara Falls, Canada, visit ing friends and relativea and many points of interest. She haa many In teresting things to tell her classes. Mrs. Margaret Russell spent her va cation In San Jose with her husband and daughter. Sho reports a very pleasant vacation. Mrs. Heinen la a new teacher at Lincoln school, taking Mrs. Eunice Smlth'a place. The latter la now teaching in tho Washington school. Mrs. Ethel Chaataln spent the sum mer in San Francisco. She .attended the S. F. State college receiving her A.B, Degree. She enjoyed her work there, also tho vacation with friends in the city. She also visited In Port land. Mrs. Crane spent three weeks at Santa Cruz at the Miss Swoope's Summer school. Mlsa Ora Tucker spent a vary nice vacation at Salem and Klamath Falls with friends and relatives. Mlsa Abbott spent her vacation with frionds and relatives In Klam ath Falls and Newport, Slie also at tended the National Teachers' con vention in Portland laat June. Mtss Frelda Schneider attended the N. E. A. also. She spent some time with her parents and relativea near Fortland. PORTLAND Sept. 3D. (AP) Twnty-five Oxonians of various distinction have been given places in the 1030-37 edition of Who's Who In America, They Include: Walter Rodford, educator, Ash and; Harvey G. Townsend, philosophy, Eueno; Harvey E. Inlow, educator. La Grande; R-obert w. Ruhl, pub lisher, Medforti; James U. Campbell, ludfie, Percy R. Kelly, Judga, and Thomaa E. Rllea, army officer, all of Salem. ASTORIA COIN FIRST SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9. (AP) The first contribution to the Red Croaa fund to aid Oregon fire suf ferers, a $550 draft from An tori a, was announced here today by A. L, Scha ler, area manager, Bchafer also said the fund had been raised from 100.000 to $130,000 because of the extent of relief needed. A crew of trained workers was to leave for Marshfleld to assist J. A. Richards, In charge there. Tar Tracks Tnken Up. PORTLAND. Sept. 29. -OP) Citi zens of Portland saw street car tracks laid years ago begin to disappear to day aa crewa act to work paving 27 miles of strceta on which car lines are being abandoned In favor of electrified buses. WACO, Texas, Sept. 28. (&) Hun i dreds of lowland families dropped rehabilitation work and fled for their I lives again today whep centrtal Textis rivers raged again after last year's ! disastrous floods. ; Property loss, estimated at 5.000, 000 after last week's floods, rnpldlv , climbed into additional millions, but ; loss of life was held to n minimum j Four deaths had been attributed to ! autumnal rains and record overflows. I 4 Fire Controlled. OREGON CITY. Sept. 29. tJp) Forest and brush fires In the Squaw Mountain Timber company holdings near Estacada and in the Cllton dis trict were controlled Monday arter noon by crewa composed of 125 fire fighters. , About 1000 acres were burned over In the tlmher firm's holdings and several farm homes were threatened at Colton. Oae Mail Tribune want ads it&JkW X n H mi W 13 SIM SWAM K mw5wr i .f2r 6 fr't V 1 V t GREEN .PINE- Slabs Select Quality Per Load in Two Load Lot Medford Fuel Co. Tel. r,ji 1122 N. Crnlnil MAKE way for the new beauty of StudeboVcr's gleaming "winged victory" radiator grille and louver 1 1 Make way for tho love ' liest interiori you've ever seen in automobiles. Make way for new operating economy that promises to surpass the official AAA records set by the Studebaker Dictators and Presidents of last year I rDCCfF,VESTUDEBAKER rnLCi PRESIDENT SEDANS for the best forecasts of the Presidential election. Tune in Studebaker Champions Monday night N.B.C. for details, SANDERSON MOTOR CO. 8TUDEBAKER SALES AND SERVICE 207 So. Riverside Phone 1385 ' ITiifflrirnfiaTHsWassaffTlaTCsss WOP.10'1 HIST CARS WITH DUAL ICONOMY Of 'RAM Oil ClIANIR AND AUTOMATIC OVIRDRIVt NIW UNDfRSlUNO RIAR AXUS ROOMY INTIRIORI CHAIR HIIOHT SIATS WORLD'S IAROIST LUOOAOI CAPACITY WORLD'S FIRST CARS WITH 1UILT IN WARM-AIR DIFROSTIRS WORLD'S IASIIST CLOSINO DOORS WORLD'S ONLY CARS WITH AUTOMATIC Hill HOIDIR WORLD'S STRONOIST, SA'UT, AU-STIIl SODIIS pening Boulder Dam f 1 i ,s P II HailHiM.i-iB'MIIJIiiiiHHii I ' w sij pmiawi.w.wi imsHi w 1 SPE SARDINE CREEK FIRE DESTROYS HOME. BARN ON IVAN SMITH FARM 8ARDINB CRETEK. Sept. 99. Spl.) Owlnff to the screen blowing off the exhaust pipe of Jack Smlth'a tractor Saturday afternoon, sparks from the exhaust started a grass fire which, owing to a high wind, noon spread rapidly. Berore help could bo had the home of Mr. and Mrs Ivan Smith, which they were Just moving Into, was totally destroyed, including his barn and winter feed for his stock. The fire then spread at a rapid rate Across the creek to the John Smith place where, by strenu ous work and with the aid of some CCC men who arrived In the evening. the buildings were saved. Then the fire divided, spreading up both forks of the creek and aLso back of the J. U. Smith place over the mountain and on to the Sam Valley side. Owing to the lack of men to help, and the wind blowing In every direc tion, the fire has been hard to con trol. The families of John Smith. Rita Kendall and Henry Paulson moved out to safety. The situation seems some better today, although all danger is not over yet. EXPOSITION TO MARK COMPLETION OF DAM PORTLAND, Sept. 29. (Ft A Btart toward creation of an Industrial and electrical exposition commemorating the completion of Bonneville dam 3cveral years hence was made today. A group of 400 representatives of 125 civic organizations meeting last night authorized Mayor Joseph Car sou to shape plans for tho exposition. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads is 1:30 p. m. This picture was taken at the mo- ' ment President Roosevelt pressed i tho "button" to start tho Boulder : Dam power plant In operation after ! ho had addressed the World Power : Conference at Washington. (Asso ciated Press Photo) High School News by STUDENT REPORTERS By Mary Wallace Tho first Olrls' League mooting or tho semester was called to older fifth period Monday afternoon by the president, Delia Mae Dale. After welcoming the new girls she Introduced the advisor, Mtas Carroll, and her assistants. Miss Spurgeon and Mlsa Phillips, who made short tallks. Officers for this year are as fol lows: Vice-president, Muriel Stocks; secretary, Josephine Bullls; and treas urer, Helen Latham. Election of class representatives oc cupied tho remainder of tho period. Those elected aa class representatives are: Seniors, Maxlno Quyor end Doris Southwlck; Juniors, Catharine Conroy and Edith Hodgklna; and sophomores, Barbara Dorila and Jeanne McCoy, Call Duck Is a small breed of do mestic duck bred mainly for show purposes. CEAL! Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday COMPLETE OTOR TUNE-UP REGULAR S2.95 SPECIAL $L4 S HERE'S WHAT WE DO- 1. Clean and inapeot 6. Oheok distributor Plugs 6. Chock Ignition point) 2. Chock 0 ana rat or 7 check coil charging rato 3. Reset gaps on spark 8- Tighten battery hold- plugs down damps 4. Clean battery and in- 9. 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We'll back the Orchard Modol Twenty -Two to handle a 300-gallon powor take-off sprayer anywhere in your orchards any time to your comploto satisfaction. To handle largest spraying jobs under the most difficult conditions, the new Diesel RD4 or "Tractor Fuel" Thirty offer you remarkable advantages. Ask us for the proof that a "Caterpillar" Tractor will' do your spraying and all your other Jobs on time, in loss time, and for less money, HUBBARD-WRAY CO. 29 N. Riverside Phone 203 3 .JJMVIIIIII MIUS fca iiJin'ir si.. i imtmk m Wi i ninli.rti,1! f