PACE TTTO
5f"EDFOT?D MATL TRTBTjyE, rFDFORD, OTfTttOX. SUNDAY. JULY 4. 1937
FLIER'S
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Describing Salmon Fishing in the Willamette River, Plus a Sketch of Conditions There
EYED IN CLINICS
REFLE
MONTH OF JUNE
BY
AIRCRAFT CARRIER
ORDERED TO SEEK
IVIISSINGAVIATORS
(Continued tram page One.)
On hundred and eighty-five chll
dren and Infants were examined at
p re-school clinics held during the past
month throughout the county, Dr.
C. X. Drummond, county health of
fleer, stated yesterday. This la the
largest number ever to take advau
tags of' the clinics, the physician
pointed out. '
Ten clinics were arranged by the
county health unit and the Parent
Teacher association. Examinations
were conducted by Dr. Drummond
and county nurses. The clinics will
be continued this month, ten being
scheduled.
In a series of clinics to be held
this week, free diphtheria immunisa
tion will be furnished by the 40 et a
American Legion organization. This
week's clinics are: Eagle Point school,
July 0; Lone Pine school. July 7;
Phoenix Presbyterian church, July 8.
All clinics will be held from 1:30
until 3:30 p. m. and will be In charge
of Dr. Drummond and Blanche
Friable.
Although statistics of last month's
examinations are not completed as
yet. Dr. Drummond estimated thai
00 percent of the children needed
corrective treatment. Approximately
40 percent, he said, had defective
teeth and numerous other ailments
and defects uncovered by the exam
ination!.
The clinics are held to enable par
ents or guardians to discover any
111 health on the part of children
in time to start treatment before
youngsters enter school. The change
from a home to school environment
la believed to but an added strain
on the child's physical equipment
and any defect handicaps adjust'
ment.
TAKEN BY DEATH
Bessie May Northern ft, wife of Har
vey Northcraft, resident of Medford
since October, 1931. passed away at
a local hospital early Saturday morn
ing, after a short Illness.
Mrs. Northcraft was born at Port
land, Ore., June 33, 1H01. She spent
her early life In Portland, and was
united In marriage to Mr. Northcraft
at Olalla. Ore.. October 5, 1013. They
lived In northern Oregon until 1823,
when they moved to Los Angeles,
Cal., coming here six years ago.
There are many friends who will
be grieved to learn of her sudden
passing.
She leaves to mourn her departure,
besides her husband, four sons. Her
bert L., Millard C Martin K . and
John Harvey; also three sisters. Mrs.
Zllpha Fisher of Wend ling, Ore., Mrs.
Hester Lawrence of Olalla, Ore., and
Mrs. I pa belle Busby of Fairbanks,
Alaska; three brothers, Oeorge
C roue her of Olalla, Ore., and Prank
and Henry Croucher of Medford.
Christian Science services will be
held at the Perl Funeral Home Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, with In
terment In Ten Mile cemetery near
Roseburg. Ore.
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Cunwhale to gunwhale, the boats were anchored over every favorable eddy
TTili newapapar la co-operating; with
tha Oregon fllato Motor aaaoclatloo
and The Oregonlan In preaentinx a
eeriea of motor crulaea under the title,
"Motor Crulalnr for Fun." It la hoped
thereby to etlmulate travel in tha Pa.
ciric northwest. The following article
haa been condenecd from a full pege
article appearlnc Id The Orefonlu
on May SS.
BY HERBERT 8. LAMPMAN
Staff Wriur, Tha oraioolaa
Tha atrangaat aalmoB flihing in
tha world Ilea right at Portland',
civic back door. Here the fisher
man doesn't row a boat frantically
over miles of water nor gallop
spiritedly across acres of slippery,
devilish boulders. He simply maneu
vers bis craft to a suitable location
and anchors; be assembles his
trolling tackle, cocks his feet In
dolently on the thwart and awaits
subsequent developments.
Gulls wheel Insolently above and
the thunder of the Willamette river
falls at Oregon City becomes
drowsy obbligato to the piscatorial
sympnony.
At least that's the way The Ore-
gonian-Oregon BtAte Motor associa
tion travel party found It.
Aforementioned party arrived at
the state police dock promptly at
t a. At. Here was round Martin
Christiansen, pilot and proud pos
sessor of a new launch built sev
eral weeks ago by the Oregon state
fish commlesion for the express
purpose or patrolling the river be
tween the mouth of the Clackamas
and the falls.
Patrol Stop Nettln
It seems that certain of the
citizenry Insist upon netting the
saimon-uirested waters immediate
ly below the barrier and that such
a patrol is necessary to dampen
their ardor. Also upon moonless
nignu tney inhabit the twin flah
ways across the falls and snag vast
boatloads of struggling chlnooks
in the dark.
The morning was brassy and
windless when we set forth. Tackle,
; bountifully sunolled bv Guv D,
; Jones of the Pacific Fishing Tackle
company, rattled musically in the
stern as the propeller shot a white
ahnrt out into the river.
The salmon were In the river
vast silver salmon of the coveted
spring run, that enter the Colum
bia river with the spring rains and
move steadily upstream toward the
spawning beds where they were
born. The Willamette river below
the falls had held Uie run of sev
eral weeks, because for some in
explicable reason these fish had
not started to use the rambling
concrete flshways across the bel
lowing falls.
Gunwale to gunwale, the boats
were anchored over every favor-you may look for a 8. or 7-year-.course of a stream without a single
able eddy. The stern of each boat old flan. strike, even though fish are to be
was decorated by one and some- Thtse gtow u,,,,. prodigious1 en rolling and leaping on every
times two eager individuals who , ire simply because they have re- ide of the boat,
time ti"t?Z th''.nwoUl50i.u.fhrl'i?aln,d in ocean- Because they! Then, for some reason that an.
tin .cp.vuui.ive urgim. ui saimon oecomes definitely In-
uji again, haven t develoned thev stjiv with:l,r,.t,H in taii. t, .u-i-
One Man Hooks Fleh mother ocean until they do. After ardor in the matter of such Inves-
We watched for several mlnuteeth"r Pa"nl" thev . die eaten tlgation reaches a proper height,
before is Theard th T brltiT. cil' !L.blrl.';:,Water ianeu' that fishermen y -they would hit a
"Fish on!" IT I h h "ur" urc t-iomeapin. i ney are Deuigerent,
Far down the line of boats a rod in the ascent of thi. nMii- nirm mir that n.n..i - .:.u...
bent to the surface and a paunchy How do these fish find their pi.h sr,,n u i,
man stood up In a swaying boat. way back to the same beds from ' ," " omen
His line cut thin white traceries whence they sprang? No man J1""' ,i!n have been taken In
In the turgid water. His face was j knows. Yet back they come bright Columbia with their stomachs
tense. For a full 15 minutes we of flank and burning with strength fu" of """ yt they do not feed
watched until the salmon broke i It is then that the angler takes " enterinS fresh water. They
water beside the boat. The river them from the yellow stream. are Intent only upon reaching their
literally exploded. Someone lunged I We rigged up heavy rods linen spawning: grounds in the McKeniie,
downward with a gaff and the : llnea. nlnno wire i.riP. the upper Willamette or another of
lithe silver body glinted dully as I propeller spoons. From the lender !it numerous tributaries.
it was drawn into the skiff. I swivels we attached a good 10 1 Icthyologista say that they some-
"About 20 pounds," said the pilot jounces of lead. .times take smelt simply because
of the patrol boat as he let In thai they are angered at the small, silver
clutch and headed the craft to- Must ot to Bottom (glittering of those cousins of theirs
ward midstream. "You got to get down to the bot- "',0 upstream-bound to the spawn-
A 20-pounder isn't by any means! torn if you want to connect with'ing
a big Chinook. The average forj'em," advised Christiansen. He' They're tackle-smashing, paunch
the Columbia basin Is something kicked the craft into trolling speed 1 bellied holy terrors. One never
like 33 pounds. The world's record and we paid out line into the cur- knows when a strike Is at hand.
Chinook, taken in Alaskan waters.1 rent. and the casual angler had better
scaled over 100, and only two or I Funny thing about the salmon hang onto his rod as tightly as ever
Uiree years ago a 90-pounder was he won't hit a spoon because he's: he clutched a pay check. One good
taken at Astoria. hungry. He hits it because he's sore (strike, delivered when the angler
as a boiled owl. He seems to resent (is half aaleep, and a rod will jump
the glitterinz contrivance that from his hands into the river.
These big fellows, however, are! dances along a few inches above! The Chinook of the Willamette
comparatively rare. They are, in. the dark bottom of the river. lis world famous as a fighter. He
the main, T-year-old fish. Thei Unfortunately for the fisherman. 'hasn't the brilliance of tht iiv...
average Chinook enters fresh water .the big fish doesn't resent th.i spoon side, because he doesn't leap and
to spawn in his fourth year. He all the time. For hours on end, as: gyrate across the surface. He is
may run anywhere from IS to 5iwe can testify, one can di-ag a bullishly powerful and given to
pounds. Whenever a giant is taken I pound of such hardware along thei seeking the bottom, where he as-
"doggo" attitude.
Big Fish Rare
i T- - a
1im lai
i:
The Oregon state fish commission's new launch
sumea
Pumping a 20 or 30 pound fish
from the black, ancient river bot
tom is a "job of work."
Attracts Many Sportsmen
But it's exhilarating, exciting
work labor that draws men and
women from ail over the state and
covers the likely spots on the swirl
ing Willamette with literally hun-.,
dreo's of fishing boats.
On a recent Sunday the state
police force tallied a total of some
4000 fishermen who carried horn
with thm over 200 salmon prob
ably morfl than two tons of firm red
fish to be served in crisp slices for
dinner or placed in glass jars for
later use.
And like most forms of angling,
it's a caste-leveler, this salmon
trolling. In adjacent boats, engaged
in friendly conversation or relating
experiences of previous "runs," may
be a WPA worker on temporary
"vacation," . a prominent business
man from Portland or aome other
nearby city and a eineham-clad
housewife.
equatorial region and was forced to
turn back.
Itasca In Lone Search
' The coast guard cutter Itasca car
ried on the search alone In the
Howland region where Miss Earnart
and her navigator, Fred J. Noonan.
presumably came down yesterday a
few miles short of their tiny goal.
By mid -afternoon It reported It
bad scanned 3,000 square miles ol
ocean without having sighted or
heard from the missing fliers.
Recurring reports of SOS calls be
lng heard from the helpless Ear-
hart plane raised the hopes of rel
a Uvea and friends but some of the
leaders in the search expressed In
creasing pessimism over the possl
bill ties of success.
Confusion and overlapping reports
of distress calls made It difficult
to sift them down to definite in
formation but authorities were op
enly skeptical about some of them
Storm Handicaps Plane
One of these turned out to be
radio signals from the Itasca her
self. '
Although the weather In the vi
cinity of Howland Island was re
ported In no wise unusual, word of
the high altitude storm caused naval
authorities here to dispatch four
surface vessels along the route ol
the returning rescue plane to guide
it to a safe landing.
The Itasca, which had temporar
ily abandoned the hunt and return
ed to Howland Island to serve as
base for larger operations, im
mediately began combing the area
about Howland Island where Miss
Earhart Is believed to have come
down.
HELP ADDED FOR
T
Two spotted mites have been ob
served In some orchards and they are
expected to make their appearance
In other orchards soon, according to
L. a. Centner, entomologist of the
Southern Oregon Experiment station
and C. B. Cordy, assistant county
agent.
This pest feeda on the under sur
face of the leaves turning the portion
of the leaf between the veins to a
brown color, the veins themselves are
not discolored.
Orowers should be on the lookout
for these ml tea and as soon as the
leaves begin to ehow Injury the trees
should be thoroughly sprayed with
I'Ji gallons medlun) orllght medium
summer oil emulsion In 100 gallons of
water. Lead areeute la not advised
In combination with this spray.
LONDON (UP) Miss Janet Bond.
31, has invented for herself a new
Job which msy be Important In the
event of war. She Is head of the
newly formed canned foods advisory
bureau and the first "tinned foods
consultant" In Oreitt Britain.
Eugene Neon Sign Co.
owners and operators of the
TRI-STATE NEON
SIGN COMPANY
409 East Main
WILL BE
Open For Business
TUESDAY
at Temporary Location
412 E. MAIN STREET
Just Across the Street
Rail Names Impresalre
LONDON (UP) One of the five
new locomotives being built for the
London and Northeastern Railway
company's trains la to be called the
"Dominion or Canada." The others
are to be nsmed for Australia, New
Zealand. South Africa and India.
Cow Held As Security
MOUNT CARilEL, 111. (UP) Po
lice held John Hockgetgcr's cow a
prisoner in the city hsll here for
several hours until Hockgelper psld
a 15 fine to cover damans Inflicted
on a neighbor's garden when the
cow escaped from a prn.
Infant Tskes Wild Dire
OOOSE CHEEK, Tex. (UP) In an
auto collision. Ray Herndon, two, was
hurled through the windshield of his
mother's car, catapulted along the
hood, over the radiator and da&hed
against the fender of the other ma
chine and was uninjured.
Because of the continntrCT a.
lanche of new .and renewal applica
tions for 1937-39 aUto driver licenses,
sdded service for assisting the nuhiic
Will be maintained rfAllo at. UaHfnrrf
city hall to July 17, Ward McReyn-
unia, auive examiner, announced yesterday.
The staff here vtrAv fvitr
of more than 300 applications in ad
dition to rendering the usual service
Of COndUCtlrif WTittn PMmln.Mnne
and road tests for. prospective driv
ers, Mr. McReynolds said.
The examiner counseled the public
to delay no longer the renewal of
ariver licenses. After July 17. he
warned, the usual schedule will be
resumed, with the examiner and his
staff being at city hall here only on
Saturdays.
SUCCEEDS WALLY-
Mrs. Norma Reese Johnson,
widow of a Detroit manufac
turer, and Commander Ear)
Wlnfield Spencer, V. S. N., were
licensed to wed at Los Angeles.
Spencer was the first husband of
the Duchess of iVindsor.
(Continued irom rfe one.)
GATES RETURNS
Fl
E
William A. Gates, co-proprietor of
the Grocetria ma:keU, returned home
Friday night from Boston where he
attended the annual convention of
the National Retail Grocers associ
ation. He was met and accompanied
home from Portland by Mrs. Gate
and their daughter Mary Anne, who
had been vacationing in the north.
While In the east, Mr. Gates also
attended a meeting of the Independ
ent Fruit Distributors council In Bar
Harbor. Me. In addition he partici
pated in round-table discussions at a
separate meeting of large market op
erators In Boston.
Mr. Gates also made a study of
food merchandising methods in a
number of mid -western cities.
ON C1P0BELL0 ISLE
CAMPOBELLO ISLAND. N. B., July
3. (Jp Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.,
! and his bride, the former Ethel Du
! Pont, arrived here early tonight.
Capt. Franklin Calder. caretaker of
President Roosevelt's summer home
on the Island, announced they had
arrived, but refused to give any fur
ther information.
The honeymooners boarded a ferry
which was held for them at Lubec.
then went directly to the president's
summer home.
Thieves Hunted
MARTINEZ, Cal. (UP) police
sought several men who were selling
horsehair hatbands and watch fobs
on the street. Thev wr utwts.
of cutting off 18 Inches of the tail
vi ri waicners- horse while the
animal was at a hitching stand.
Approximately 3,300,000 quart 01
asilk and cream and 3.000.000 dozen
egga are consumed annually in Amer
ican dining cars.
Phone M3. Well haul away your
"e'use. City Unitary Service
guard, the navy, the newspapers and
wire associations, asking zor any
thing new regarding the plight of
Miss Earhart and htr navigator, Fred
l. Noonan.
Word that Los Angeles amateur ra
dio operators had picked up SOfi sig
nals from Miss Earhart brought from
Putnam the exclamation:
-Thank God, they are alive 1"
Later he was Inclined to doubt that
any mainland amateur operators had.
Intercepted any messages from hit
wife and Noonan but he still held
stoutly to his belief the round-the-
world fliers were alive and would pull
through.
Putnam seemed cheered after a
long distance telephone talk with
Paul Mantis, former technical advisor
for Miss Earhart, now stationed at
Burbank. Cal.
Mantz told him that If th plan
landed In reasonably calm water It
could remain afloat Indefinitely. Ha
expressed the belief that Miss Ear
hart had landed with her gear re
tracted. The sealed, empty tanks in
the fuselage and wings would keep
the ship buoyant for an Indefinite
length of time, he believed.
Putnam expureesed concern for
Mrs. Mary Noonan. wife of Fred
Noonan, navigator of Amelia's plane.
"Poor woman," he said, "I must
call her after a bit. It must be awfully
hard on her I"
Mrs. Noonan collapsed earlier tn
the day but recovered when Putnam
told her signals from the plane were
being picked up by Los Angeles ama
teur radio operators.
Mrs. Noonan, a beauty shop oper
ator In Oakland, married her flyer
husband three months ago tn a sur
prise elopement to Yuma. Arizona.
Mrs. Noonan was under a doctor's
care at her home tonight.
Base Coins Melted
LONDON (UP) Base coins which,
If genuine, would be worth $4,000,
have been taken In at the ticket
offices of the Great Western railway
over a period of several years. When
melted down and sold the metal,
weighing about 100 pounds, brought
45.
The bag limit on certain rare spe
cies of South African game Is one
animal In th himter's lifetime.
Ore and Bullion
Purchased
Licensed by Sut ol CillionU
WILD B E R G BROS.
SMELTING AC REFINING CO.
OSVet: 742 Muiuc St., San Fnndac
Plant: South Sn Fruvciteo
Know Their Pond
PASADENA. Cal. (UP Frogs, like
cats, always come back. George
Howell took eight frogs from his
pond, tied Identifying strings around
their legs, distributed them for
miles around, but in a few days they
were all back in his fish pond.
Exports of American product to
Japan, valued at $204,000,000 in 1936,
exceed the total of our sales to all
other far eastern countries combined.
GLASSES
Dr. R. M. Hood. Optometrist
Sparta Bldg. Tel. 288-R
Main and Riverside, Medford, Ore.
Skillful Service Reasonable prices
Open Evenings by Appointment
Thunder, the loudest common
noise, has never been heard unmls- i
takably more than about 20 miles j
from the flnsh. j
Insist On Delicious
Lost River
BUTTER
CONGRATULATIONS
to
ROY ELLIOTT
AND HIS EFFICIENT
Medford Fire Department
They did a marvelous job in saving the Sparta Bldg., and in checking what
started to be the worst fire Medford has ever had. We were fortunate as
neither our show room or service department wns damaged.
We Are Doing Business As Usual,
with two carloads of new car delivered yesterday
Rogue River Chevrolet
Office and Snlesroom Service Dept. Used Car Lot
Sparta Bldg. 32 North Riverside 234 N. Riverside, Foot of 4th St.
THE
DOMESTIC LAUNDRY
AND
ZORIC CLEANERS
ANNOUNCE THAT
CUSTOMERS ARE BEING
SERVED AS USUAL
Same Phone 166
ALL LOSSES
WILL BE 1PAHH2)
Customers with loss in Fire please bring your claims
to Temporary Office in Rogue River Chevrolet Sales
room located at the corner of Main and Riverside.