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PAftE TWELVE ' MEDFOTJD MAIL" TBTBWE. IfEBFOHD. O'REGO'N'. STTSDAY. JULY 11, 1937 WHITE PINE SALE L ' An experimental of white pine might be the tart of tn Important timber Industry In the Rogue river national forest, It wai stated yester day by Karl L. Janouch, forest super visor. r Forest headquarters have called for aealed bids on 3,000,000 board feet of white pine In a tract seven miles above Union Creek on the Diamond Lake highway. The timber eitends on both sides of the highway but no cut ting will be permitted near the road so as to preserve existing scenic val ues, Mr. Janouch said. The bids are to be opened In the supervisor's of fice here on July 23. This will be the first sale or white pine on the Rogue forest and the highest price ever paid for Rogue forest timber la being asked. The call for bids provided that the minimum price acceptable Is $7.70 a thousand board feet. "If It Is found commercially feas ible to transport the logs, or rough lumber from the area to Med ford, this sale will undoubtedly be the be ginning of en Important timber In dustry In this part of the state," Mr. Janouch said. ' White pine Is much In demand all over the United States and in foreign markets and extensive surveys Indicate there are 450,000,000 board feet of this timber on the Rogue river national forest. Much de pends on the practicability of haul ing the timber In this experimental sale to Medford, the area being about 70 miles distant." White pine Is used principally for pattern work and it la still utilized to some extent for a high type of home Interior finish, Mr. Janouch ex plained. The timber on the Rogue river na tional forest la the highest quality white pine In the United States, the supervisor declared. Tttnbermen and forest - offlcera familiar with other qualities are of the opinion that In outward appearance the Rogue white timber Is equal to the best In Idaho and superior to the Idaho average, he aald, 'adding that Idaho white pine has been rated the country's finest. Largest white pine tree tn the area offered for sale measures OS Inchea tn diameter and 11 logs, or 178-Jeet, In length, Mr. Janouch aald. The trees ( be added, will produce moro logs that will manufacture Into clean lumber than la usually found In white pine stands. Bliton To Take Life Easy After LongCopco Service C. M. BREWER BUYS C. A. DEVOE One of the largest farm transac tion In rtcent yeara was consum mated yesterday when C. A. DeVoe transferred his large ranch between Medford and Jacksonville to C. M. Brewer, president of the California Oregon Power company. The Dal&y Bodge farm on Rosa Lane waa ac quired by Mr. Brewer some moutlia go. The DeVoe ranch la situated half i. mile off the Jacksonville highway about four miles southwest of Med ford. - It comprises 103 acres and la a completely Improved rnnch with a even-room residence and numerous accessory buildings. With the farm went a herd of dairy cattle, horses, chickens and all equipment and Im plements. In addition to dairying, the farm has been devoted to the production of grain and alfalfa. Mr. and Mrs. DeVoe had occupied the farm since 1937. They have mov ed to one of their town properties, 1137 West Main street. . In telling of the sale, Mr. DeVoe said he made the transaction so thtt he' might devoto all hla time to his several Medford properties. The ranch transaction, he said, was handled by Brown & White nf whose real estate department Clinton Spencer la man ager. It la understood that Mr. Brewer plans to operate the farm, with Roy Tompkins . as superintendent. Mr. Tompkins, formerly superintendent uf the Riviera plantation, and his fam ily have taken up residence at the ranch home. A. 0. Bliton, long time and widely known resident of this city and county, after 30 years of service with the California Oregon Power company was retired effective July 1, on a monthly pension. It was a voluntary action by the power concern, as a re ward for long and loyal labor. During his extended service with the utility, Bliton was employed In a clerical capacity, that brought him In almost dally contact with patrons of the company and hundreds of con gratulations and commendations have come to both him and his employers. Bliton has been a resident of this city since 1893. In January 1803, he established the Medford Mall, a week ly paper, and later It was made a dally paper. In 1000, It was purchased by the Medford Tribune, then pub lished by George Putnam, and became what Is now the Medford Matl Tri bune. Before coming to Medford, Bliton published newspapers at Wheatland, North Dakota, and for one and a half years at Plorenoe, Oregon. In his busy and colorful career, Bliton has also occupied federal posi tions. He was postmaster at Wheat land and In his early Medford days was United States commissioner at a time when a large volume of timber business passed through the local office. As a result of one week's woiTc In the commissioner's office he sent the land, office 910,140. BU ton's age Is a personal secret, and he declines to divulge It. He holds "a man Is no older than ho thinks he -- ' 1 PEAR WEEK PLAN (Continued rrum Page One ) Photo Courtesy Orcgonlsn. A. H. Hilton Is years don't count." The first week of retirement found him "at a loss for something to do," he states. He has kept busy so far doing odd Jobs around his home and yard on West Fourth street. Mr. and Mrs. Bliton have three grown chil dren, two daughters and a son. FIELDS FREED IN L TO INJURED CYCLIST GAINS STEADILY Marked progress waa reported yes terday In the condition of young Her- ! bcrt Dyng, 13-yenr-oM victim of bicycle-automobile crash lait Tuoa day afternoon, who la rccclrlnit treat ment at the Community hospital for a fractured skull and other Injurlea. The attending physician stated the youth la very much better and now considered out of danger. X-ray pic ture, were to be taken today to de termine other poulble Injurlea. i Tha lad waa unconscious from the time of the accident until Friday morning. E. M. Wallln of Ashland was the driver of the delivery truck which collided with young Djnge as he was riding hla wheel near the Plna Cone ' Inn. ! Local Elks Leave For Denver, Colo. B. L. Sanderson, exalted ruler ol the Medford Elka and Joe Burgess, esquire, left by auto Friday morning for Denver. Colo , to attend tha na tional Elka convention. j They are making the trip In a n I Btudabaker and they eapect to be ! away about two weeks. i A reconciliation haa been effected In the family of William J. Fields, who waa acquitted last June 10 for the slaying of Marvin M. Mow, whom he ahot In the Jacksonville, home of hla estranged wife. Plelda told the Mall Tribune yes terday he would take up residence with hla wife and young children again In the near future. He la now residing with a daughter In the Ap plegate. Flelda came to the Rogue River national forest headquarters In the federal building here yesterday to apply for work. Ha aald he returned to Jackson county a week ago from Orland, Cal., whither he went artel his trial, to live with hla son-in-law and daughter by a former marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Don Silver, who stood by the 09-year-old defondnnt nftcr the shooting and testified In his be half, plelda stated he could not stand the heat of Orland. At the trial the state called Mrs. Fields aa a witness but she waa not permitted to testify against her hus band. Pour of their young sons, how ever, testified for the state. Fields yesterday was accompanied by bis son Delmar. 17, ono of the boys who turned against their rather at the trial. Delmnr came to forest headquarters to give his version of an automobile accident he witnessed, one of the machines Involved belong ing to the forest service. DR. LEE HOI IS UNIVERSITY CLUB OPENS TOMORROW University flub a long established Institution of the city will resume Monday in Ita new quarters at 13.1 Bast Main street, upstairs over Leon ard's cafe. Lunch will be served Monday for tlie first time In the new place, under the direction of R. Moru, stewnrd for more than US years. Lawn more, service, tail and del Ideal Bike flhty ,8ft9 411 B. Main Sale was announced yesterday of the residence at 1302 East Main street by Dr. Robert E. Lee to Karl L. Ja nouch, supervisor of the Rogue river national forest. It Is a two-story rock dwelling of rustic design, the top exterior being finished In red wood. It contains eight rooms and two baths and has full basement with a two-car garage In the basement. The home was built three years ago and Is modern throughout. Mr. and Mrs, Janouch plan to take occupancy about July 20. Dr. and Mrs. Lee will move to their new home on the Old Stage road. The Lee's new country residence Is situated nenr the Top Side orchard. It Is of log exterior with a Monterey Interior. It Is a story and a half high nnd contnlna ten rooms. Beamed and knotty pine ceilings In the living and dining rooms empha sise tli Monterey atmosphere. Plas ter finish Is used In the other rooms There Is a large fireplace faced with petrified wood. The fireplace chim ney Is built on the outside of the house, extending from the ground up and carrying out the general feel ing of the design. Tlie roof Is con-, atructed of cedar shakes. Puncheon floors also contribute to the general design of the home. Modern conven iences arc modified to harmonize with the decorative scheme. A atnble for riding horses Is to bo added to the estate later. IS SLIGHTLY BETTER James Stevena. widely-known Med ford resident who Is seriously 111 at Ma home, S37 West Tenth street, was reported slightly Improved last night by the attending phyetclan. Although there Is no Indication the turn for the better Is permanent, the development led to hopes of his re rovrry by scores of friends who have been much concerned over his grave condition or the past week. Stevens, former opera singer, Is known In music circles throughout the country. the unified sdvertlslng ano promo tional campaign for the consumption of the fruit during national pear week, Mr. Gates said. At the same time, the Oregon Washington Pear Bureau will take an active part In the advertising and promotional campaign and to thta end the executive committee author-, (red Roy Webster, the bureau's east ern representative In New York, to make contact with the Chicago hcad- quartera of the grocers- association to make out a unified program so that all Interested organization will harmonize their efforts. Maguzlnes to Aid Mr. Gates stated that it would be possible to tie In national pear week with severs! country-wide rsdlo pro grams. At the same time, he added, national and state grocers' associa tions will feature home economics articles stressing such things as pear recipes "This Is going to be worth at least a million dollars In advertising to the peer Industry." said Mr. Reter. "We have sever had national pear week before but we know what can be done by observing what haa been accomplished for other commodities. During national apple week, for ex ample, there Is a tremendous In crease In sales. Besides, the advertis ing during natlonai pear week will be of permanent value In making con sumers pear-conscious. We are all very enthusiastic and 'are Indeed grateful to Mr. Gates for proposing and working for national pear week through the National Retail Grocers' association." $30,000 Budget Voted The executive committee of the Oregon - Washington Pear Bureau which held business sessions here all day Friday, tentatively approved a budget of aso.000. Thla. Mr. Reter said, will provide for the largest ad vertising and promotional campaign for the sale of late Pacific coast pears ever before attempted by the bureau The tentative fall promotion cam paign Includes newspaper, rndlo and subway card advertising In the large eastern cities. The scope of the bureau will prob ably be widened to Include CaiiiornM growers as a result of Friday s meet ings, Mr. Reter related. A delega tion from California attended the Friday sessions to discuss expansion of the bureau to Include the thrc coast states and the executive com mittee voted to recommend the ex pansion to the board of trustees. Mr. Reter Raid It seemed reason ably certain that the trustees would approve Inclusion of the California Interests. In such an event tho name of ths bureau would be changed to Include California, he said. ' Permits .More Promotion If the expansion nlan inaLcrlalln-a Mr. Reter related, about 0 per cent of the Paclfla coast winter pear In dustry would be Included In the bu reau. The proposed enlargement, he added, would permit the bureau to conduct a much greater advertising no promotional program. In addition to local members of the bureau, the meetings here Friday were attended by B. R. Pooley. man ager of the American Fruit Growers Inc., at Hood River, and president of the Oregon-Washington Pear Bureau Scott F. Aiken, president of the Hood River Apple Growers' associa tion and bureau treasurer; Prof Heury Hartman. horticulturist at Orcgou State college nnd bureau con sultant: William H. Horsely. man ager or the Iirrard advertising agency In Seattle and bureau secretary: Roy Webster, the bureau s New York man ager; and O. A. Nahstoll. Portland representative of the department of agriculture. Attending from California were II. B. Murphy, manager of the Plscer vlllc Fruit Growers' association: Lee Vecrkamp, vice - president of the Placervlile asaocatlon: Howard An edrson, of San Jose; Walter Brown, of Santa Clara, president of the Peer Growers' Protwtlve lengtle: Dr. W. A. Rantrs secretary of the Placervlile es sodtlon: R. C. Ssmsel of Sacramento, field representative of the A, A. A.: and C. F. Toombs, director of the Placervlile association. ESPEE SPEEDS UP FREIGHT SERVICE Through their district freight and passenger agent, A. A. Rosenbaum. the Southern Pacific announces fast pick up and delivery service for less than carload merchandise shipments be tween metropolitan- areas and: fcey distributing points, effective July 15. San Francisco bay cities and Sacra mento will be given overnight service to southern Oregon Ashland, Med ford. Grants Pass and Klamath Falls. This fast service will put merchan dise from San Francisco, Oakland, and other east bay points, and Sac ramento Into Ashland at 8:45 a. m.. Medford 10 a. m.. Grants Pxss at noon, and Klamath Falls at 10:45 a. m. on the first day after, shipment, cutting a full day from the present merchandise service to these points. This expedited service will also short en the time of eastern shipments at least forty-eight hours. With this, as with other recent merchandise freight service Improve ments made by Southern Pacific, way bills will be telegraphed In order to get them to destination in time to make the freight available on arrival of the cars. BAFFLES POLICE State police were Investigating yes terday the mystery of an abandoned 1931 Nosh sedan, discovered Friday while they and the aherlff's office were searching the dense brush along the Crater Lake highway near the Jackson-Klamath county line for a reported new sedan containing a dead man. The car was parked about 15 feet off the highway a few feet from the county line In Klamath rounty. It waa headed north, toward Crater Lake. Two gallons of gasoline were In the tank. Its tires were all pumped up, and It waa In good condition, siate police reported. It was locked up when the officers Investigated. The car had stood In the same lo cation for five or six days, forest service employes told the state police and sheriff's office. Tee Crater Lake lodge atage driver also reported to city police yesterday that he had no ticed the machine the past seversl days. The sedan, according to state po lice, was registered to Ed Servlen. box S51 Chlloquln. Ore. The registration ship was found In a fold of ths top. after the Investigators nad opened the car door. State police were at tempting to get In touch with Ser vlen yesterday. The oar was discovered as state police snd the sheriff's office were Investigating a report allegedly com ing from an Indian woman at Klam ath Agency that ah had seen a car with a dead man In the ba.?k seat In the brush along the highway. The Indian woman, according to state po lice, reported she discovered the car and dead man Friday .drove to Klamath Agency and reported It. the agency. In turn, telephoning the atate po lice office In Klamath Falls. Klam ath Falls then telephoned the Med ford office, and at noon Friday, two state police officers and Sheriff 8yd I. Brown started searching for the machine and purported corpse. According to state police, car tracks were discovered on an abandoned road near the county line. It ap peared as If the car had circled a log across the road, headed up a steep bank to turn around, and had then been driven back the way It came. The road where the tracks were discovered waa entirely con cealed from the main highway. But the abandoned Nash sedan was clear ly visible from the highway. The In dian woman's report stated that the car she saw with the dead man In It was quite a distance from the highway and could not be seen from It. v PACK TRAIN OFF I FOR CRATER LAKE GOVERNMENT CAMP, July 10. (AP) The flrat pack train of tour lsts this season la on Its way over the crest of the Cascsdes to Crater lake via the Skyline trail. Tat tlmberllne horse trail around Mt. Hood being still blocked with snow the group wss routed by Stan ley Myers of Parkdale around ths lower Hood trail from Cloud Cap Inn to Government camp where "finals" were arranged at Battle Axe Inn for the 3O0-mlle horseback Jaunt. Another party will return from Crater lake, leaving August 1. 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