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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBTJyE, MEDPOttD, Oft BOON, FftrDTT. .TTjyE 23. 1937. SCAN LOSS FROM Former Dust Bowl Residents Get Taste of Oregon Mist No Report of Flood Conditions Is Received PORTLAND, June 25. P) Clear titles the past Xew days may hava wiped away the moisture of which much waa said and written the paat three weeks for many Oregon resi dents, but growers and farmers, both those who aufered crop lossea and those who gained by the downpour, long will remember June of 1037 when rain fell continuously for 10 daya. Those whose fruits and crops were damaged started taking toll of the losses, small wheat growers expressed pleasure and good prospects along with livestock men. but In the cities residents already have started worry ing about sprinkling lawns again. Over Entire State. The unprecedented season's rains, which the Portland weather bureau Announced covered the entire state. crashing records la virtually section, proved more than twice heavy as the June aversge. Two years ago many residents of the dust bowl regions of the middle west left their drouth crusted farme and started trekking to the Pacific coast. With such news from out west those whom they left behind perhaps may turn envious eyes toward the green bUla and valleys where ' their former neighbors now ruide. Rain fell continuously from June 8 to June 33, inclusive, the weather bureau reported, en one week It averaged from two Inches In the Dry lake country district to 0 40 lnchos along the southwestern Oregon coast. In some places In normally dry cen tral Oregon as much as three Inches waa recorded during the last three weeks. At Port Orford In 48 hours a half-foot of water was emptied by the heavy clouds. Willamette Deluged. In Portland and the Willamette valley, where the normal June rain fall Is around one and a half Inches, nearly four Inches of moisture was recorded during the 18-day period While various sections reported damage to fruit and various other craps, theTe have been no reports of flood conditions. Fishermen may have bad luck this week-end because of swollen and roily streams, but even the fish will bite again with fair weather the next couple of days, the state game commission reported Estimates of cherry losses in the mld-Columbta region ran as high 90 percent of the crop, but with the hope much can be salvaged for bar rellng.: To offset this, cherry crops In the Rogue river valley were dam aged but slightly, giving growers there Recipe for Refreshment A REFRIGERATOR .locked with ScMite in "Slelnle" Brown Bottle. In the recipe for wholesome, delicious healthful refresh inenl. SchliU! ia brewed of the world's finest ingredients to the peak of perfection . . . under Precise Enrvme Control. Wl-i.. nd summer its goodness never varies. Enjoy Schllta today in the new, handy-to-atore "Steinie" Brown Bottles. (You don't hart to culHvaf a Uuu for Schlltm. 1 You lih, Hfnfim aequatntanaa ...and nmr aftmr. J JOS. SCHUTZ BREWING COMPANY, MILWAl'KEE,WISCONSIN 0m I liter, am. im iJmwri, THANKS. FOLKS. One of elrht picket whose arrest caused the "labor holiday" at Lansing. Mich., Mrs. Lester Washburn is snown as sne tnaniea demonstrator aiier ner release, iter nusoana (center) is a labor leader. an even batter outlook than last year when the fruit waa damaged by frost. Wheat Benefitted. Wheat farmer welcomed the mol ture and other small grains were ma terially benefitted. Winter wheat was somewhat damaged and corn was delayed. In the haying sections there was losa, and pear blight In the fruit sections waa advanced. Strawberry crop were hard hit, re aultlng at many placea in twice the price on the market. Tomatoes suf fered somewhat from the rain. The Willamette valley district reported a 4000-ton loaa In cherries. Among the bright spot are the pastures and unlrrlgated meadows which leaped ahead, while livestock made sizeable gain. The weatherman ssys, however, that summer has arrived at last. STEVEN HOLEMAN TAKEN BY DEATH Steven D. Holeman, 78, resident near Phoenix for the past 10 years, passed away there at 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Mr. Koleman ws born in Bourbon County, Kansas, January 90, 1859. He leaves a son and a daughter, Mrs, Carrell Hust of Phoenix and R. A. Holeman of Klamath Palls. A brother resides In Oklahoma. funeral services In csss of Conger funeral parlor will be held at the Presbyterian church In Phoenix at s o'clock Saturday with the Rev. Ed ward P. MeFarland officiating. In terment will be In the Phoenix cemetery. WILL STAGE BIKE Mormon Conclave la Set For Sunday In IQQF Hall Here A southern Oregon conference of sll Mormon mlselonsrle In this dis trict will be held In the I. O. O. P. hall at 8 p. m. Sunday, It waa an nounced today by Irvine MUlgate, president. The public la Invited. Mr. MUlgate also announced that he had been released from duty In southern Oregon and would return to his home In Salt Lake City after two yeara' work In thla district. He will continue with his missionary work there. Louis Coulan of Salt Lake City has been appointed to succeed Mr. Mill- gate, the letter said. Mr. coulan Is former secretary of the Northwest State mission. He will begin his new duties at once. ' Quadruplet goat were born recent ly at the home of Bob Jones, near Enid. Ok In. Tomorrow Is the day the day of the big bike parade. Dozens of boys and girls, men and women will go rolling down the streets of Medford In a parade which will honor the return of bicycling to a place among the favorite American aports. The bike and their riders wilt be all dressed up In competition for the prizes awarded by the Montgomery Ward store for the best decorated bikes. A peek behind the scenes has shown that there will be a great variety among the "floata." a variety a wide a the imagination of the participant. It will be fun to take part and fun to watch. Mayor Geo. Porter, Councilman Fred Erlckaon and Wm. H. Pluhrer, southern Oregon baker, have an nounced that they have sharpened up their wits and their appreciation of beauty and originality In prepar ation tor awarding the prize. All that remalna now is the ectusl start of the parade which takes place at Eighth and Central street at 10 a. m. The route of the parade Is South Central to Sixth, left to Ivy street, left to Main street, end right io Bomn central avenue. Mr. Brown, Ward manager, extend ed an Invitation to all those riding In the parade and to all onlookers to visit the Ward store before or after the evervt to see the new bikes of fered at a special "parade sale." WINDS OUST HEAT CHICAGO, June SJ. (API cool Ing winds that routed temperatures In the upper nineties and hundreds afforded a measure of relief to the neat stricken mid-continent today. At least M desths were attributed directly to the scorching weather. were (cores of prostrations. Weather bureau records listed Con cordia, Kans., with 10S degrees aa the nation hottest spot yesterday. Shenandoah, Iowa, reported an unof ficial mark of 107. Other maximum temperatures In- eluded: Dallas, lcr; Phoenix. 102: Salt St. Marie, Mich, Little Rock, Ark, Kansae City, Omaha and Wichita Km., 100. Pot-holes which may have served ss bsth tubs for Nuchus Indiana year ago have been found In Yose mite national park. cJaue mote for Less Money on Your 1 07 Vnflnn coin Nc TITAKE this vacation the best you've ever had po in Chevrolet! You'll travel more savlv in Qicvrolet, for it's the only low priced car that combines such fea tures as Perfected Hydraulic I'rakes, a fSew All-Nlcnt, All-Si Body and Shock proof M erring. 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Word received hv mtMtM natml tharltles from LAI Anml ulH ETv and Mrs. Baxter, using Judge Baiter's car, nao anven east and Judge Bax ter had gone north to Portland to meet them on their return trip. wooasmen did not say why the LTfJfJ Uinniftn. Ii nr. Mr1iDruva kim. dredS Of Years Old. fall frnnntln sometime from suddenly rising sap' irani weaaenea earth around the roots or from old age. TL TO RELIEFPAYROLLS (Continued from Pag One.) CAR HITS MOWER NEAR GOLD HILL Slla Fleming, 60. of route I, Gold Hill, received painful bruise Thurs day morning when a car driven by ramon wong or Seattle struck a mow- Ing machine upon which Fleming waa riding about five miles south ol Oold Hill on the Pacific highway, ac cording to a report In city police sta tion. Fleming, the report atated, was rid ing In the seat of the mowing ma chine which was pulled by a team or norses, snd was knocked to the pave ment when the auto driven by Wong crashed into the mschlne from the rear. The horses also received bruises, the report said. Fleming ws not seriously Injured. and received no hospital treatment, reaentatlve Raybum (D.t Tea.) gave assurance that the White House would rescind tbe order. PWA offlclale, rejoicing over the action, declared -we can go ahead now." Legislation now before bouse and senate conferees extends PWA for two more years and permits the use of around 2O0.OOO,00O for grunts. Under the revoked order the amount of a grant was equal to the amount of wsges paid to workers on the project certified for relief, plus 16 percent of such amount so paid by the PWA. In no Instance could a grant be In excess of 46 percent of the cost of the project but, be oause of a reported shortage of skilled labor on relief, sponsors claimed their actual ijrant would never approach the 46 percent figure. INDIAN MORALS CASE UNDERWAY IN COURT Selection of a lurv In fh fHi . Eldon Miller. Klamath Indian charg ed with contributing to the delin quency of a minor Ashland girl, was underway today in circuit court. The case was ezneeteri tt K .... today. Miller Is represented by Attor ney Victor A. Tengwald and George A. Codding. Butter pries during the summer months are expected to average the highest for the season in the past 6 years with the possible exception of 1936. Baby chicks hatched before June will have plenty of time to become producers and catch the good egg market between October and February. Cheaper poison mixture amd a more sclentlfle knowledge of grass hopper feeding habits will help Okla homa farmers combat the grasshopper thla year. Stat figure show tke average teacher in small Florida high schools ha taught five yeara a compared with an 8'i average for those In large hih school. SEATTLE, June 35. (API Mrs. D. W. Stromberg, wire of a Roseburg, Ore., doctor, and her son, Billy. 3, were at the home Dr. Carl w. Strom berg here today undergoing treatment forleg fractures, suffered in an auto mobile accident near Roseburg. They were brought to a hospital here yesterday and then transferred to the Sesttle doctor's home. Dr. D. W. Stromberg, also Injured when the sutomoblle plunged down i 450-foot embankment when a rain weakened roadedge gave way, was tsken to San Francisco for treatment of serious leg hurts. TO SAN QUENTTN, Calif.. June 23 (AP) Tom Mooney, California's most talked of convict, has been promoted from peeling potatoes to growing them. Captain of the Yard Ralph New as signed Mooney a Job as gardener after he returned from the San Francisco county jail because his potato peel lng job was filled. Mooney was In San Francisco for year during his habeas corpus ap peal for freedom from life sentence in connection with the bombing of the 1910 preparedness day parsde In which ten people were killed. SHOTS HALT FLIGHT YOUNG AUTO THIEVES THE DALLES, June 33. (AP) Two shots through the rear of a car roar ing along the highway at 90 miles an hour resulted In the arrest of three Portland youths near M osier last Ight. States officer Charles URen took the boys into custody after a wild chase and recovered an automobile stolen from a South Dakota tourist t Portland. The boys gave their names as Nor man Whlley. 16. Ralph Earl Rumey. 8, and Robert Bruce Tigert, 16. Loulf Brrguet. French aircraft cn- Ineer, estimates tlt the capacity of Russia's military airplane factor ies is 6.000 machines a year. The first natural gas discovered In thla country was probably a "burning sprlnsj' mentioned by George Wasti ng ton on his visit to Kanawa valUv. West Vtrslnla. Gas Spells Relieved Otorf E. Rfiodii, R-i. Aumivillt. Ort; "I Bavi h4 mo p!!i cautM by so on my tomacii. Old ihtrakte Iron Tome bat aivea m rrtt relief ni hit Rfipixi any central health." Cctrapltttoa 0iy4 MtM Ruts steusoec. 171! tv Miraet St.. 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