Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 25, 1937, Page 6, Image 6

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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
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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.
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SOUTH OF EUREKA
(Continued xrom rage One.)
were unable to escape the flames
which consumed the wreckage.
Woodsmen cut the tree apart, re
moved the victims and cleared the
highway.
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.
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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
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health."
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WASHINGTON. Jun aa adi
8nator Borah (R Idaho) aald today
he had ooncellsd his scheduled rsdlo
speech on the steel strlk tomorrow
night only because he was too busy.
He said he exDected to mair
address some time next week.
A straight, well-strung fence and a
trim well-fed steer should be a much
a source of artistic pride as a flower
garden or photograph, says one farm
expert.
FBEE SEW
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State Police Around the Corner
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