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Temperatures
Highest yesterday XI
Lowest yesterday , 40
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Thirty-Second Year
BEDFORD. OREGON, SUXPAY. OCTOBER 10, 1937
No, 173.
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By H. R. Baukhage
Copyright 1937, by The
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paper Alliance, Inc.
"QUARANTINE" PLAN FOR
AGGRESSORS WOULD HIT U. S.
. .'
Id PER CENT OF OUR TRADE
WITH JAPAN, GERMANY, ITALY
.
NIPPON BEST CUSTOMER
AFTER BRITAIN. CANADA '
.
SILK MERCHANTS, COTTON
EXPORTERS MOST CONCERNED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. With the
chancelleries ol Burope thumbing
their dictionaries and consulting
crystal, gazers to find out what the
president means by a "quarantine"
of aggressors, the cold-blooded calcu
lators are working their pencils to
figure ; out what . a real, . man-sire
economic quarantine would cost.;
' These ' unemotional statisticians
aren't attempting to prove that our
national attitude would be decided
on a dollars and cents basis. They
merely are assaying what the sacri
fice would be If world trade were
temporarily Interrupted, and which
Industries would have to bear the
brunt of it.
If America were to take part In a
move that would cut trade relatione
with the three nations Inferentlally
placed by the president in the "non
pesos loving" claw Japan, Germany
and Italy It would be quite a blow
to our pocketbooks. In the first
seven months of 1937 theet tbre
countries turned over $300,000,000 to.
us, which represented 18 per cent of
our foreign trade, !. , 4'. '
On the other side of the ledger, we
bought from Germany, Italy and
Japan goods worth 309,000,000 in the
same period.
Japan, moat likely the Immediate
object of an embargo if such a step
were taken. Is the most Important of
the three when. It cornea to foreign
trade. She buya more -of our goods,
normally, than - anybody but Great
Britain and Canada, and we buy
more of her products than from any
one but Canada,
Recently, of course, Japan has had
to- restrict her purchases because of
her war expenses, and the sooner she
quits fighting, the sooner business,
as far as she Is concerned, will be
"stabilized," aa Secretary Roper put
It.
The two groups most Interested In
each other's business In Nippon and
the United Statea are, respectively,
the raw silk merchanta and the cot
ton exporters. Our trade balance be
tween those two products Just about
balances. In 1036. Japan sold us
I8S.000.000 worth of raw silk: she
bought over aga.ooo.ooo worth of
cotton from us,
. Our next most Important export
to Japan are used in war crude oil,
Iron, tin and steel scrap. She bought
nearly S15.000.000 in oil In 193" and
approximately the same amount of
scrap.
To stop cotton ahlpmenta would
bring a bowl from the aunny south
that would even drown the walla of
the ladles If their silk stockings were
cut off. Already the southerners
have felt the weight of Japan's re
stricted cotton buying. It Is report
ed she bought- for storage and Is
pretty well supplied.
England might step into the breach
there, however, for, if she recaptured
some of the Japanese trade In cotton
goods, sbe might use more of our
rsw staple.
To stop buying silk from Japan,
however, would be a terrific blow
to th Island empire. It Is her chief
export, the backlog of ber finances
To lose America's trade, where a
silken shank la as much the require
ment aa a powdered nose, would do
more to produce a revolution among
the Japanese people than all the agi
tators Moscow could muster.
Meanwhile, to Interfere with the
stocking manufacturers' business
here would throw a wrench Into the
whole machinery of recovery.
Oa the other hand, despite the
doleful warnings of the statisticians.
It Is only fair to say that, whatever
the cost ot quarantine, unless it
failed to keep us out of a war. It
would be cheaper than getting into
one. And It Is hard to believe that
American women would Insist on
sheathing their calves In silk at the
price of having their sons wind theirs
with ollve-drsb lyings.
W hslen Rertxnft
KKW YORK, Oct. . (AP) Orover
A. Wbslen e reeiened ea chairman
of the board of Schenley Products
corporation and has been elected
president of the World's Pair corpo
ration on a full-time basis. Mortimer
K. Btirkner. chairman of th evrcu
tire committee, announced todaj.
HIGH COURT HELD
RFAFIY FOR RIIIINR
S.IIVI I VII llVklllU l
SUITS
Alabaman Still Secretive
Right To Judicial Seat
Under .Legal Fire An
nouncement Monday.
: WASHINGTON, Oct. . . (AP)
There were ' strong Indications to
night the supreme court decided this
afternoon whether to permit further
proceedings on two challenges ot 1
Justice Hugo I. Black's title to his
position on 'the tribunal.
This ' belief among legal experts
wm bolstered by the fact Black
emerged from & secret conference
of the justices long before the meet
ing was over. This indicated he ex
cused himself while his colleagues
discussed his eligibility to serve on
the bench.
If an agreement was reached, an
announcement will be made Monday.-
; Two conferences were held earlier
Ln the week. Black remained at both
until the end.
Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes, who began bis Judicial career-
27 years ago tomorrow, presided
orer this afternoon's meeting.
The Justices completed action on
approximately 300 petitions filed
during the four-month summer re
cess. They included litigation Involving
to some extent six Roosevelt admin
istration laws.
Black, i who took his seat last
Monday, still remained secretive
about his goings and comings and
his office continued to reject tele
phone calls.
s Challengers of his right to sit
on the bench were Albert lvltt.
former federal Judge In the Virgin
Islands, and Patrick Henry Kelly.
Boston attorney. - -
They contended the retirement of
Justice Willis Van Devanter, whom
Black succeeded, did not create a
vacancy and that he must resign
before Black could be legally ap
pointed. Van. tevanter still Is sub
ject to duty on lower courts.
In addition. Levitt argued Black
was constitutionally Ineligible be
cause he was a member of the sen
ate which boosted the "emoluments'
of 'Justices by permitting them to
retire at full pay -after becoming 70
and serving 10 years.
Speculation was widespread In the
capital as -to whether the new Jus
tice had discussed, or planned to
discuss, this question with Presi
dent Roosevelt,
ARREST FACED BY
E
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 9. (AP
Harold B. Dahl, American aviator who
won freedom from e. death sentence
through his wife's plea for mercy to
Spanish Rebel LeJ Francisco Franco,
will . be arrested If he seta foot on
American soli. Detective Lieutenants
Bert -Jones and R. R. Coppage said
today.
Dahl, who la expected to be freed
from a prison ln Spain In a few
days, is wanted by Los Angeles police
on three counts of forgery and on
a charge 6f violating a parole.
WINDSORS READY
FOR BERLIN TRIP
PARIS, Oct. 9. (Pr The Duke and
Duchess of Windsor spent their last
afternoon ln Paris writing last min
ute notes to friends before their
scheduled departure Sunday for Ger
many. After their 14-day trip, the Wind
sors plan to return to Paris, leaving
again for the United States. '
The duchess will be accompanied
by her secretary and four maids, the
duke by bis secretary and bodyguard
on the trip to Berlin.
BULLETIN
EURZKA, Calif, Oct. f API
Humboldt Stat college opened Its
football season with a 94 to 0 vic
tory -over Southern Oregon Normal
school here tonight.
Humboldt pushed over two touch
downs In the first period, one In tr.e
second and two more ln the fourth.
ncet-tooted rarl Menewesther.Col
orado halfback, led the attack with
bullet-like paiaea and dazzling runs.
Southern Oregon Normal threat
ened to score In th third wiien they
resched the two-ysrd line. Hum
boldt's defenses tightened and took
the ball on downs. Hudson was the
itsndout for the loeer. Hn o-vard
dssh In the third quarter opened t:-e
Oregon team's only scoring threat.
Staters
Protest High Meat Prices HARVEST BOUNTY
fr7l- 'iJ PROMISES TO CUT
Gpr mmm in food
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Demanfllni a 10 perrent reduction
the Consumers- league In New York picketed parking plnnts. Mean
while, fiOO koshpr meet Oinri were closed. Picket are ahnwtl en duly.
ITALY'S REFUSAL
TO JOIN PARLEY
CREATESCRISIS
British - French Move On
Spanish Intervention Held
Evasive Diplomats
'Regret.'
LONDON. Oct. 9. fp Italy reject
ed tonight the Anglo-French bid to
a three-power conference to dlacuss
the issue of Italian volunteers fight
ing ln Spain.
The action confronted Oreat Brit
ain and France with what informed
sources celled decisions of "utmost
gravity.
Replying to the Jo'.nt Invitation In
which the two countries proposed the
conference, Italy refined ln a note to
enter any talks unlew Germany Is
Invited and attends.
She suggested that Intervention
problems should continue to be dealt
with by the 37-natlon non-intervention
committee which has Its head
quarters In London,
Officials here and In Parle express
ed their "regret" at the action and
declared the reply "was not reaMur
lng as to Italy's real plans."
(In Parts. French Foreign Minister
Tvon Delbos said: "We must act;
(He made it clear that "we" refer
red to the French government but
also that the two nations were acting
In complete accord.
(Just what was meant by "act" was
left for the British and Fronch cab
inets to decide).
L
iTEJpATIC
OAKLAND. Cel.. Ot. 0 f UTM
William Milburn. 3". bought a re
volver today to kill his swethesri.
Miss Margaret Col bum, clerk In a
magazine stand who had broken off
her engagement to him. But rte
didn't have the heart to shoot her.
he told Oakland police wien he gave
hlmalf up after first threatening
Ml Colb'irn with the gwn, snd thn
I throwing tt on the floor at her feet.
in Major Upset,
0. ' K n iir s-r
In meat prices, women members of
PRESIDENT TALKS
Special Session And Inter
national Situation To Be
Discussed In Broadcast.
WASHINGTON, Oct. (pt -pres
ident Roosevelt will make another of
hie radio talks to the nation Tues
day night, which will give him
chance to talk about the need for a
special session of congress.
High on the list of likely speaking
topics, too, was the International situ
ation. A brief announcement of the pres
Identlsl plans came late today from
the White House. It gave no Inkling
of what ho planned to talk about be
yond saying he had a report he want
ed to make to the country following
his recent western trip.
Later the Columbia Broadcasting
system announced the "fireside chat"
had been scheduled for 6:30 to 7 p,
m. (PST), and thnt the president
would speak from the White House.
Slnse his return to Washington, he
has talked with Secretary Wallace and
others closely associated with the
preparation of new farm legislation.
AlreRdy he had asld haste would be
needed If a new farm bill were to be
passed and the needed machinery set
up to make It effective for next year's
'crops. Secretary Wallace has strongly
arivnrnted a special session.
The top guesses as to the principal
topic of tho speech tonight were that
the president would say his swing
through the west snd his talks with
people there had convinced him of
the need for a special session.
rrt tire f'heiked
. SANTA PAULA. Calif .. Oct. 0. (AP
A forest and brush fire that swept
over an ent'.matcd 10.000 acre In
this region was put out during the
nlKht and fire fitrhtera tortAj i
mated damage at S7A.000-
LOS ANORLES. Oct, 9 John
R. Roland, Sr., who was left 100 lo
the will of his daughter, Ruth Roland
star of the allnt film serials Is con
teslln It probate, contending she
was of tin ou nd mind and was unduly
Influenced.
COSTS
New Deal Has Answer To
Housewives Protest-
Meat Prices Increase
Past Year.
WASHINGTON, Oct. (p Ad
ministration loaders found two fa
vorable trends today In their search
for an answer to give angry house
wives, mayors and governors who are
demanding tho federal government do
something about the high cost of liv
ing.
They said the larger crops harvest
ed this year already had pushed down
the prices of several Important food
Items, and eventually would reduce
meat prices.
Their charts showed the farmer waa
getting a larger share of the dollar
spent for food than he bad been get
ting.
Advisors of Secretary Wallace, who
kept a constant check on retail, mar
ket and farm prices, oald- retail foods
recently bad been about 30 per cent
above the depression low point, but
were still about 30 per cent under
the 1029 peak.
They said the average family now
pays S8.60 for a baskot of food that
cost $8.40 a year ago. During the de
pression this same amount of food
cost only $0.67, but It was $10.90 in
1999. V ; ' . '
Government data on retail meat
price Indicated theso recently wore
from 30 to 40 per cent higher then
last year and from 60 to 7o per cent
above the depression low.
Economists said fresh vegetables
and fruits had been cheaper most of
this year than last, and that these
reductions had partially offset higher
meat costs In the, total food bill.
Bumper crops of potatoes and apples
have led these food price declines.
They estimated at recent prices the
average laboring man's Jamlly needed
$3.19 to purchase a year's supply of
the 68 principal foods. This compared
with 1343 last year and $416 In 1939.
Food costs have risen steadily since
the low of $264 ln 1033. The econom
ists said the average family spent
$295 In 1934 and $331 ln 1935.
At the same time, they said, tho
farmer's share of tho average dollar
spent for food had Increased from 35
cents In 1933 to 44 cents last month.
PERISH IN FIRE
SAN MATEO, Cel.. Oct. 9-UP)
Fire starting ln a hay pile swept
through the Gymkhana club stables
hero tonight.
An undetermined number of blood
ed horses were reported burned to
deatb.
The stabes house between 46 and
60 saddle, polo and show animals
owned by socially prominent residents
of San Francisco and the San Fran
cisco peninsula.
Stable attaches tried desperately to
lead the horses from the blazing
stables. Many of the animals, how
ever, It was reported, broke loose and
rushed back Into the burning struc
ture. FIRST LADY BACK
IN WHITE HOUSE
WASHINOTON, Oct. . P Mrs.
Pranklln noosevelt waa hack In the
White House today after a well re
corded -off the record" vacation.
She Ignored a Monday birth anni
versary In the belief "the more you
forget your birthdays aa you grow
older, the younger you atay." Instead
of a celebration, she arranged a press
conference, the first with Washing
ton reporters since esrly July.
ntorm Mils nrer.ll
RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil, Oct. .
(API Sixteen persons were known
today to hare been killed and ai-ores
injured by a violent wlndetorm wbich
wrecked the town of Santa Marls
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Hoover to Talk
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. . JT) For
mer President Herbert Hoover will be
a apeaker November U at dedication
exercises of the new Maxwell school
of cltlrenshlp at Syracuse university,
officials of the university announced
today.
Defeat
FRISCO HEIRESS
AT GRANTS PASS
Front Page Figure Of Year
nyu iviarneu in oui prise;
Ceremony Then Flees.
GRANTS PASS. Get. 9. (p) Pur
sued by the publicity which she
sought to avoid, Ann Cooper Hewitt,
23, San Francisco heiress who was
the central figure in a sterilization
suit last year, left here today with
her husband of a few hours, Ronald
McMillan Gay, 32, Oakland, Cel., gar
age foreman.
The wedding ceremony was per
formed yesterday afternoon In the
chambers of County Judge Grant W.
Mathews In the presence of two
women friends. The Judge waived the
customary three-day notice.
Neither Judge Mathews nor County
Clerk F. L, Coon, who Issued the
license, was aware of the couple's
Identity.
Daughter of the late Peter Cooper
Hewitt, rich Inventor, Miss Hewitt's
name was splashed on the nation's
front pages last year when she filed
suit agalnt her mother. Mrs. Maryon
Cooper Hewitt, for $600,000, charging
she had been tricked Into submitting
to a sterilization operation.
The suit still pends, but two phy
sicians were acquitted of mayhem
charges when they testified the sur
gery was performed because Mlas Hew
itt waa "feeble-minded" and 'dan
gerously oversexed."
Besieged at a hotel here this morn
lng by reporters and photographers.
the couple dented their Identity when
found st breakfast. They escaped to
their room but later consented to
pose for pictures If no "unusual"
shots were taken.
Mrs. Pauline P. Rodrlguo, who sign
ed - their marrlago application, said
Miss Hewitt's trousseau had been
completed "for over a year."
The couple left hero ln a car with
an "Oregon guest" sticker bearing
Miss Hewitt's name.
Mrs. Gay volunteered Information
that the wedding trip was to last
only "a couple of daya."
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PEACE APPEALS
COME AHEAD OF
BOYCOTT PLANS
WASHINGTON. Oct. B. p) The
United States and other nine-power
treaty algnatorlea will exhaust every
effort at their forthcoming confer
ence to restore peace ln the Orient
by the voluntary consent of both
China and Japan before considering
possible compulsory measurea.
This seemed assured tonight If the
participating nations adopt a League
of Nations suggestion that the con
ference endeavor to stop Japan's ag
gression In China "by agreement
prior to "examining other possibil
ities."
Authoritative quarters Interpreted
this ss a recommendation the nine-
power oonference concentrate pri
marily on conciliatory efforts aimed
at bringing about an agreement be
tween Japan and China to end their
undeclared war and seek a pesceable
settlement of their difficulties.
And they predicted this objective
will bo the first subject for consid
eration on the conference agenda.
Should such an outline be followed,
It would have the effect of project
ing Into the Indefinite future any
decision on a possible boycott or
other punitive action against the
Nipponese empire.
CHILD DENIED TO
OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 9. (API
The fight. of Mrs. Leslie Hatfield of
Rweberg. Ore., for custody of tne
10-year-old daughter she gave up
more than eight years ago will oe
carried to the state supreme court,
her attorney, John Knahey, aald today
District Judge George H. Olddlngs
denied Mrs. Hstfteld writ of hsbaen
corpus when she sought to obtain
her d slighter from Mr, and Mrs.
Marshall Hands, Choctaw. Okla., farm
couple. Olddlngs held the earn the
couple had given the child estab
lisned s superior right.
Huskies
Virginia Women 39
With Broken Neck
Bears Child, No. 19
ALEXANDRIA. Vs., Oct. 0. JP)
Mrs. Myrtle Arrlngton, 39, who
broke her neck last Sunday and
gave birth to her t9th child
Thursday, was happily convales
cent today.
Patting the healthy eight-pound
10-ounce daughter, Mrs. Arrlng
ton smiled when doctors told her
she probably wiH get well. She
said she was glad the baby's name
Nadlne Oenevleve had bean de
cided. "I've had so many children."
she said, "I'd almost run out of
names."
Mrs. Arrlngton, wife of a rail
road worker for 91 years, was In
jured ln an automobile accident.
Fourteen of her children are liv
ing. Nation's Most Important
Fete Takes Precedence
Over War's Grimness,
SHAN OH AI, Oct. 10. (Sunday)
(AP) While a million youthful sol
diers under Chinese Generalissimo
Ohlang Kai-Shek and a quarter of
a million of Japanese Emperor Hl-
rohito's warriors were squarred off
today on all fronts, the rest of China
observed the nation's most Important
holiday the "double tenth.
The anniversary on the tenth day
of the tenth month marks the revo
lution which re.-MHed In the creation
of the Chinese republic.
The celebration, subdued because
of the grave national crisis, came as
there was a comparative lull ln the
fighting at Shanghai, due to torrents
of rain.
Despite a lessening In activities
slong some hsttlefronts. the Japanese
advanced along the Tientsin Pukow
railway, carrying the war well Into
Shantung province as the Invaders
pressed southward to Techow.
Reports received at Pol ping said
Japanese forces opened a drive yes
terday against Chinese lines along
the Hutoso river ln an effort to reach
Shlhchlachuang, Hopeh province.
Toung and old throughout the
nation solemnly pledged redoubled
efforts to prevent Japan from ex
tending her domains toward China
tn observances ot "Independence day."
(A Domel (Japanese) news agency
report from Tokyo aald the Italian
Ambassador G lac In to Aurltl there as
sured Japan of Italy's approval of
Japanese measures ln China and that
Italy "will never spare general sup
port to China."
(In Rome an official said the
Italian government viewed develop
ments In the orient with "complete
comprehension of the alms of the
Japanese.")
F
Northern California: Pair flunday;
cooler near the coast Sunday; gentle
northerly wind off coast.
Oregon: Pair Sunday, with some
cloudiness and foga In west portion;
little change In temperature; gentle
changeable wind off coast.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. . (API
Outlook far western states, for per
iod October ll-lo. Inclusive: Con
siderable cloudiness with showers In
Psclflc northwest aftr Monday and
probably In northern California and
the northern plateau about the mid
dle of the week; wanner over pla
teau first of week but cooler gen
erslly middle and latter part.
ON AGE AID, OFF
TT. A MATH PALLS. Oct. .()
Governor Charlea H. Martin Indicated
here today he would not call spe
cial session of th legislature to re
vise the state old-age pension set-up
Addressing a publlo luncheon' meet
ing, the governor denied that the
state was niggardly In dealing with
those In need of assistance, pointing
out that a ,;5, 000,000 biennial fund
baa been set up for th purpose,
6 to 3
GRAY'S HEAVE TO
Washington's Title Hopes
Crimped, After Field Goal
Lead Most Of Game'
Fumble Costly. ji
. i
SEATTLE. Oct. .AP1 A lyninta '
of guys named Joe put a crimp la
mo uiiHmpionsnip nones of the TJnU
veralty of Washington todov when
Joe Gray and Joe Wendllck worked
a short pass that gave Oregon Stat
college a "laat-mlnut" S to s victory
over the Huskies In one of the majof
upemva uj mis griairon day.
Seventeen thousand partisan Wash.
ington fans couldn't believe thel
eyes when they saw their undefeated '
wnaningion team, defending cham.
plons In the Paclflo Coast conference,
give up the victory touchdown, th
first scored against the Huskies In
three games this season.
A rumble, the bugaboo of tha Or.
gon State Beavers In their first twej
game defeats, gave the warriors of
uomcn ion miner the chance the
were looking tor late In the last
period and they went to town tm
a hurry.
Captain Waskowlti of Washtngtoa
pulled th blooper after making
nice run of a punt return. Th ball
slipped away when he was tackle
hard and Center Orr recovered fe
Oregon Stat on the Washington 3T.
Mercer and Kolberg plunged to
five and Gray, the "gray ghost,"
whipped a pass to Wendllck to reach)
the Washington 38.
After waatlng three more shot M
vain. Gray risked everything on
long heave to Robert Reed. The toat
dldn't com close to Reed but New.
ton, Washington quarerback. wax)
charged with Interfering, and th
Beavers gained new life on the Wash
ington six-yard line.
Oray dashed to the left for on
yard then hurled a world aeries pitch
to the corner of the end cone tha
Wendllck hauled down aa he fea
across the flag-marker for the victor
score.
Hutchlns' kick from placemen
boomed low Into a mob of players-
but then It wasn't needed.
By catching th touchdown paaa,
Wendllck redeemed himself In grand
style for the fumble he made In th
second period which enabled Wash
Ington to collect Its field goal.
Wendllck'a error cam after ha ha)
caught a pass from Oray, and Waa.
kowlta pounced on the bait on tha
O. S. C. 26.
Miller rushed Into the game and
Thompson, sophomore fullback, cam
to tha rescue and booted a field goal
from placement from - th 13-yard
Una. Th ball waa partially deflected
by a Beaver man but managed ts
get over the bar.
With Washington keeping th
Beavers busy In their territory most
of tha time, the Huskies twice charg
ing to the Oregon Stat two-yard lln
In the first half, the three-point lead,
loomed bigger than ever aa tha gam
progressed, but the battle lasted
little too long for tha Huskies.
tn th first period Washington
marched 47 H yards to the O. 8. O.
two-yard atrlpa when Fullback Jam
failed to gain on fourth down.
Again In the second quarter th
Huskies came back with a rush oa
70 yards to the asm two-yard point,
where a fumble by Halfback John,
ston on the third down cost them
a possible score. John Wstta, Beaver
tackle, recovered the fumbl and
Duncan punted out of danger.
Oregon State pounded Into Wash.
Ington territory but never doe t
(Oontlnued on Pag 8U.)
CITY NAMED FOR
PUBLISHERS' MEET
PORTLAND, Oct. 8. (API Th
executive committee of th Oregon
Newspaper Publishers' association,
meeting here, voted to hold the ISSS
association convention at Medford.
with dates to be set later. Invitation
were also received from Lakevlew,
Albany and Marahfleld.
gerlra Service.
The fifth game of th world
wrles between the New York Ol
ants and Yankees will be describ
ed play by play over th Mall
rrlbune'a publlo address system In
front ot the newspaper office on
North fir atrct today (Sunday)
ntnrtlng at 10:45 a. m., Medford
time.