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Highest yesterday 88
Lowest this morning 67
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TRIBUNE
Full Associated Press
Full 4 i Preil
Thirty-Third Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1938.
No. 95.
ALT
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The,
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
' - and
Robert Kintner
Copyright 1UH7, by The
North American News
paper Alliance. Inc.
CHANDLER CONFIDKST
WINNING NOMINATION
KENTUCKY GOVKBNOR
IGNORES F. R. ACTION
CROWDS SEEM TO I.IKE
HOLY ROLLER TACTICS
INSISTS HE'LL GET 1
"ONE-CALM'S", VOTE
GEORGETOWN. K, July 12.
Oovernor Albert Benjamin "Happy"
Chandler, the man the president
came to Kentucky to destroy, is a
political holy roller, religiously con
vinced that. In the month or ho
before primary day,' he can set the
whole state to ipeafclng with
tongues. The wise money here Is
heavily on Chandler's opponent, the
pompous senate majority leader.
Alben W. Barkley, who seeks re
election under the new deal banner.
But, with a holy roller in the race,
predictions are silly.
In the fly-specked, tobbaco-stained
court house of this little county
town In the heart of the blue grass
region, your correspondents watch
ed the honorable Happy make his
answer to the president's ringing
endorsement of Barkley.
Most of the audience of a thou
sand or so were plain people
storekeepers, small farmers and ten
ants, work-worn women and swarm
ing children. Before .them. Chandler,
a short, energetic, youngish man,
with the appearance of a' natty
small town druggist. Jumped and
shouted, cracked jokes, called on his
Creator, and belauded, himself until
he streamed with sweat and all but
panted for breath. If you don't like
extroverts. Chandler would send you
shuddering Into a dark closet, but
they seem to admire extroverts in
Kentucky. The people went wild over ;
hun. - .
It wasn't so much what he said,
but how he said It. His answer to
the president was simple. He Ignored
the presidential preference for Bark- i
ley and harped on the nice things
the president said about him "He
says he'e my friend, and I've made
a good governor, and I'll make &
good senator, and that's enough for
me," he bellowed.
It seemed to be enough for the
audience, too, for they answered, a
clap for every bellow. ,They roared
with laughter when he declared he
"couldn't ride the president's coat
tail because he's got one man riding
his coat-tall already, and I figure
(Continued on Page Six.)
E.O.
ADJUST GRIEVANCES
The conference committee of the
I.E.U., and the Medford Corporation
(Owen-Oregon Lumber company) met
Monday nigtit, In what James H.
Owen, general manager of the lum-
her plant described as a "backfire
chat."
All grievances of both employes
and employers, were satisfactorily
adjusted for all concerned. General
Manager Owen said. The grievances
were not made public.
The sawmill, the largest In Jack
eon county. Is operating under an
I.E.U. agreement, and employs ap
proximately 300 Workers.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUTE REPORTERS
Policeman Walter (Sharkey) Rein
king looking a trine embarrassed as
he led a troublesome moo - cow
through the city streets to the hooee
Row, he threatening dire acts of
violence If the march got to this
pillar of playfulness. -
Phil Whltlock still being kidded
about his July 4th fishing trip when
he got marooned on a rock off
Crescent City and had to ait for
seren hours while the tide receded.
Walter Leverette doing a disap
pearing act while Shakespearean fes
tival workers hunted for him high
and low to find out about an office
he promised them.
Police toot Lorenzo (Hap) Dunn
accusing Vern Canon of destroying
the evidence of a Democratic confab
In the city hall. Vern apparently not
rrll.hlng the Job, but feeling It bis
duty to id the party.
HUGHES HALF WAY
T
6,696 Mies Covered in
Three Hops Yakutsk,
Siberia, Next Stop
Far - Ahead of Record
NEW YORK, July 12. (AP)
. Howard Hughes uhinncd to take
off at approximately 5:40 p.m.,
E.S.T., from Omsk. Siberia, to
Yakutsk on another fnr eastern
lop of his worhl-cirrllng flight,
flight headquarters here was ad
vised late today.
MOSCOW. July 12. (P) Howard
Hughes landed his big silvery mono
plane at 9 p. m. tonight (l p. m..
E.S.T.) at Omsk, Siberia, approximate
halfway point of his round-the-world
flight.
At Omsk. Hughes had covered 6,696
miles of his projected 14.709-mile
globe-girdling course and had com
pleted three of the intended six legs
of his Journey.
The American flier and his four
companions covered the l.yso-mile
distance from Moscow In seven hours
and 35 minutes.
When he left Moscow. Hughes in
dicated that Yakutsk, Siberia, 2.X77
miles northeast of Omsk, would be
his next halting place. As soon as
he landed refueling of his plane be
gan. . Ahead of Record.
Forty-two hours 40 minutes out of
New Sork, Hughes waa well ahead of
the round-the-world record of the
late yiley Post.
(Post did not stop at Omrk. but
he took slightly over 69 hours to
reach Novosibirsk, 600 miles farther
east.) ....... . -
.Hughes and his four companions
took off in their sleek silver mono
plane from Moscow's central airport
at 1:26 p. m. (5:25 a. m., E.S.T.) two
hours and 12 minutes after they ar
rived from Paris.
They completed the Paris-Moscow
flight of 1,541 miles In 7 hours and
49 minutes, bringing their plane down
at 11:13 a. m. (3:13 a. m., EJS.T.)
The fliers, unshaven and their hair
tousled, looked tired as they stepped
from the plane, but were In grand
humor, signing autographs for fans
who crowded around them.
Shirt Tall Out.
Hughes was so preoccupied with
problems of the flight that l e appar
ently did not notice that his shirt
tail was out. He wore a brown felt
hat and a light gray suit.
e eageny scanned air maps
orougnt out for him by Soviet air.
port officials, waving aside all offers
of food and drink as his companions
ate a lunch of fried eggs, cold ham
and salami served with beer and ice
water In the airport dining room.
Reports of good weather were re
ceived from points along the Siber
ian route as far as the Berin? straits.
separating Russian territory from
Alaska.
Soviet authorities provided maps
showing airdromes and emergency
landing places.
Hughes and his comrades got off
irom Moscow only after one unsuc
cessful attempt, which was defeated
by a change In the direction of the
wind. But they finally cleared the
field with a heavy fuel load.
Amazed at .Moscow.
Asked by a Russian announcer to
tell about-his flight. Hughes said
In a broadcast over the NBO network:
"There Isn't a great deal to tell
about.
"Thla la certainly a magnificent
city we flew over. We were amazed
at the fine airport here. It Is right
in town and not pushed out in the
country.
"I have nothing but praise to offer
ror the way we have been treated."
Hughes' radio engineer. Richard
Stoddart, expressed the same senti
ments.
Hughes was already 17 hours and
17 minutes ahead of the time made
by the late Wiley Post, whov world
girdling mark of seven days, 18 hours
and 49 minutes the multi-millionaire
hopes to beat by almost three davs.
Post, whose total elapsed time
when he reached Moscow was 60
hours and 10 minutes, maintained
an average speed of only 10148. He
was slowed up, however, by stop
overs en route at Berlin and Koe
nlgsberg. Smooth Flight.
Hughes said the night from Paris
was smooth but at high altitude.
Stoddart explained they encountered
icing conditions over Prance com
pelling them to climb to 15.000 feet.
"We were using oxygen tanks part of
the time," he said.
Representatives of the American
embassy and Alexander Troyunovsky,
the Soviet ambassador to Washing
ton, who la home on leave, were In
the crowd that watched the silver
ship glide to, a perfect landing out
of the cloudless summer sky.
A crowd of spectators Jammed the
dining room and watched while the
filers tried to snatch a quick lunch.
Roosevelt Praises Buckley on Tour
' ;)'
President Roosevelt (above), made his first speech on his rross-country tour at Marietta. Ohio, In
which he had words of praise for Senator Robert Buckley. The president addressed the crowd gathered
In celebration of the I50th anniversary of the settlement of the Northwest Territory. The president's travel
will Include a visit In fan Francisco, Yosemlte national park, Los Angeles and an IUcgo.
DISCIPLES OF HITLER .
GET SPEEDY JUSTICE
IN NEW YORK COURT
RIVERHBAD, N. Y., July 111. (AP)-
After -.deliberating leas . than - two
minutes, a Suffolk county Jury to
day convicted all six defendants and
the German -American Settlement
league on charges of violating the
state civil rights law.
Judge L, Barron Hill Immediately
sentenced the defendants, officers
and directors of the league, to near
maximum penalties.
He also stated that he would re
quest the district attorney's office to
prepare minutes of the trial to for
ward to "the proper federal author
ities" in Washington.
Judge Hill - characterized certain
phases of testimony and actions of
the defendants at the trial as "amaz
ing," referring to the statement of
one of the defendants who gave the
Nazi salute to the American flag
and when asked If that was the
American salute replied :
"No, but It will bal"
Judge Hill sentenced Ernest Muel
ler, of Brooklyn, president of the
league, to serve one year In toe
county Jail and fined him (500.
The other five defendants also
were fined $500 and sentenced to one
year in Jail, but the jail sentences
were suspended pending good beha,v
ior. F.D.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 13. (AP)
Oklahoma Democrats, urged by
President Roosevelt to nominate lib
eral candidates, wrote their answer
on ballots In today's primary.
When ttie votes are counted Mr.
Roosevelt will be able to check the
effect of the pat on the back he
gave Senator Elmer Thomas, seeking
a third term.
The election was the first test at
the polls since the president started
his western tour through states
where administration senators are up
for renomtnatlon. He also has en
dorsed Senators Barkley of Kentucky,
the Democratic leader, Bulkley of
Ohio and Caraway of Arkansas.
A record approaching 600,000 Dem
ocratic votes was forecast because of
Intense Interest In the senatorial
and gubernatorial races. In which
Mr. Roosevelt took a hand.
Hoosier Demos Renominate
Sen. Van Nuys in Love Feast
INDIANAPOLIS. July 12. (AP) A
"love feasting" Indiana Democratic
convention today renominated by
acclamation Senator Frederick Van
Nuys, opponent of President Roose
velt's court end government reorgan
ization bills, who at one time had
threatened to seek re-election as an
Independent.
Naming of Van Nuys, estranged
until last week from the party's state
organization headed by Governor M.
Clifford Townsend, was only a form
ality. The way for Van Nuy's renomina
tton was cleared I. week ago last
sighi wiiea Oovernor Townsend in
BASEBALL
National
New York 6 14 ft
Brooklyn 13 19 0
Schumacher, Brown, Ldirman and
Mancuso; Posedel, Hamlin, and Shea.
Pittsburgh 14 17 1
Chicago 6 11 1
... Kllnger, Brandt, Sewell anfl Todd;
Carle ton. Root, Logan, Russell, French
and p'Dea, Hartnett. --"
American,
Chicago 8 9
rnuaaeipnia o
Stratum and Schlueter; Kelson,
Williams, Potter and F. Hayes.
First game: R. H. E.
St. Louts ...... 3 8 1
New York - 7 10 1
Hlldebrand, Cox and Sullivan; Ruf
fing and Dickey.
Second game: R. H. E,
St. Louis 5 7 2
New York - 10 0 0
H. Mills, Links and Heath; Hadlcy,
Murphy and Dickey.
Detroit at Boston postponed (wet
grounds).
IRISHlNlJOY
ANNUAL BATTLE
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, July
12. (AP) The observance of the
248th anniversary of the Battle of
the Boyne when Dutch-born Wll
liam III decisively defeated James
IT, was started today by a fierce
new battle that left many cracked
heads.
Police swinging clubs fought- a
large group which marched Into
Magi". era, Londonderry county, from
surrounding districts and tried to
remove orange arches erected for the
celebration. The - crowd responded
with hatchets and Iron bars.
Three policemen were taken to
hospitals with severe wounds.
The Battle of the Beyne. fought
July 12, 1690, preserved England for
Protestantism and serves today as a
symbol of northern Ireland's deter
mination to maintain Its Independ
ence and pledge allegiance only to
King George VI of Great Britain.
Bad Luck Follows Good
FRUITLAND, Idaho, July 12. (AP)
Only a few days after he had been
notified of a promotion, O. P. Davis,
90, Union Paclflo railroad station
agent here, slipped beneath the
wheels of a train today and both his
legs were severed below the knees.
Physicians said he probably would
recover.
vited fclm to become a candidate
before the convention. The . senator
accepted. Then all obstacles In Van
Nuys path were removed by the
withdrawal of other candidates.
Last year Oovernor Townaend had
declared Indiana Democrats would
not support for re-election "those
public servants who have not been
loval to the president."
Paul V. McNutt, whose White
House ambitions were a factor In
bringing about the truce between
the "regular" organization and Van
Nuys, received the convention's en
dorsement for the 1040 presidential
nomlaatloj-
FEHL LOSES BATTLE
FOR RELEASE FROM
SALEM, . July 12. (fp) Earl H,
Fhl former county Judge -In Jackson
county, lost his fight In supreme
court today to be released from the
Oregon state hospital.
The high court ruled that Fehl,
who was released from the pentten
'tlary last year after serving a four
year sentence for ballot theft, was
committed legally by Circuit Judge
H. D. Norton.
Fehl contended that a Jury should
have sat at his Insanity hearing,
but the court ruled that a Jury was
unnecessary.
"Whenever the defendant has. In
the Judgment of the superintendent
of the state hospital, recovered from
his unfortunate mental condition, he
will, without doubt, be discharged,!'
the court said.
Fehl was committed last December
20 on a complaint filed by Fred W.
Kelly of Medford on November 6.
Other opinions today were:
H. B. Scutt vs. J. A. Troch and
others, appellants. Appeal from Jack
son county. Suit to reform a writ
ten Instrument. Opinion by Justice
Belt. Judge H. D. Norton reversed.
STAY EXECUTION
MIAMI, Fla.. July 22. (AP) The
electrocution of Franklin Pierce Mc-
Call for the kidnaping of Jam,es
Bailey Cash, Jr., was stayed today.
Circuit Judge H. F. Atkinson
granted McCatl's counsel, C. A.
Avrlett, a writ of error permitting
an appeal to the state supreme
court. The writ Is returnable Octo
ber 31. The execution, scheduled the
week of July 28, is automatically
stayed.
The state's "Lindbergh law" pro
vides death for violation unless e
Jury should recommend life Im
prisonment. Judge Atkinson conduct
ed McCall's trial without a Jury and
the death sentence was considered
mandatory.
Get More Earwigs
To Spread Death
Second shipment of 5000 parasit
ized earwigs was received here to
day .rom the city of Portland, and
will be distributed Immediately In
sections plagued by the non-paraslt-
lzed variety.
Medford has ordered 75,000 of the
parasitized earwigs to combat th
pests here. They are being shipped
In tin cans about every 10 days, and
distributed in various parts of the
city.
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SEABURY DRIVEN OUT
BY RESIDENCE BLAZE
NEW YORK, July 12 7P) Former
Judge Samuel Seabury was driven to
the street early today by fire In his
five-story recldence In mid town Man
hattan.
The 63-year-old attorney and foe
of Tammany hall and his chauffeur.
John Mooney, ran upstairs to Inves
tigate but were CrWen ba-k by a
bunt of smoke on the fourth floor i
T,
DECLARED GUILTY
OP TAXJVASION
Board of Appeals Finds
Financiers Used Taper
Transactions' In Effort
To Avoid Income Levies.
WASHINGTON, July 12. (AP)
The United States board of tax ap
peals found today that Pierre 8.
DuPont and John J. Rankob had at
tempted to ovade more than 11,000,
000 of Income tuxes by "paper trans
actions" In securities,
Tho exact amount of additional
tnxoR rtiin on their 1029 Income.
was left by the board to be de
termined later, but attorneys esti
mated Raskob might bo held to owe
about $1,000,000 and DuPont about
$600,000.
DuPont. a large contributor to
Republican campaign funds In 1036,
Is chairman of the board of direc
tors of E. I. DuPont de Nemours
and comnanv. Rnskoh un nlinlrmnn
of the Democratic national com
mittee and campolgn manager for
Alfred E. Smith In 1928, but turned
against Roosevelt and with Smith
promoted the Liberty league In op
position to Roosevelt.
Sold To Each Other
- Affpl t.h 1090 ntnrlr muTlrar rM.Vi
DuPont and Raskob sold about
ft4.5OO.000 of uncurl Mp tv. Mnh nfhr
at prices far below what they had
paio ror tnem. Eventually they re
sold the securities to each other
so each wound up with his orig
inal holdings; they claimed deduc
tions from their Income tax for the
losses Indicated by the difference
bfitwn tha nrlolnnl vain f
securities and the prices at which
the securities were sold.
The board said. "When . summed
up, our whole -question Is one as
w wncmer cne transactions consid
ered are such as the statutes as
to deductible losses Intended and
contemplated, or were paper trans
actions to escape tax liability.
"The matter before us here re
quired examination in the light of
thft nrrtlnoro anflnna
of mert, guided by criteria of reas
onable human behaviour In business
transactions."
- - Too Improbable
"SO Viewed, thnv ricmnn.fi-nt. In
OUr Onlnlon. thn rnmnlxt lmn.nu.
billty of the asse iterations of peti
tioner that the sales were bona
nae, real, free from agreement to
reacquire. In spite of the result
the COm Die te return tn nrlolnnl
ershlp. Such a result would conceiv-
nw.jr uc wnnout aesign, nut such a
thing would be entirely too remark
able for belief. (
"Men dO not PnnriUl. thomaalnu
and accomplish the end as did these
HAibivs wwara eacn other, and at
tain an end so mivnttTnf
their fortunes, without a common
unaerstanaing. This design was too
complete to be without designer.
"The record before us beans Its
transparency, and though the re
spondent (government) had, contrary
wj tne usual situation, the harden of
proof because Of havtmr mluri
Issue after proceeding was filed, In
our opinion that burden was abund
antly met.
To reach a different conclusion
would require us to be blind to fact
and to place a premium on Ingen
uity, rather than bona fides."
The decision was written by Rich
ard L. Disney. Ten members of the
board approved Disney's opinion,
three concurred In the decision with
out approving the opinion, and three
dissented.
PENDLETON. July 12, (AP) L.
J. Tiber, master of the National
Grange, will speak to a public meet
ing here Friday night, July IB. The
meeting is sponsored by the Uma
tilla Pomona Orange.
Democracy That Works
Is Objective, Says F. R.
ABOARD PRESIDENT ROOSE
VELT'S TRAIN ENROUTE TO BAN
FRANCISCO, July 12, (AP) Presi
dent Roosevelt asserted today that
"We want democracy to work.1 .
"That la our chief objective," the
president told a erowd estimated by
police at more the.! 15,000, In e brief
rear platform address from his spe
cial train at Pueblo, Colo.
"We don't want to copy otier
forms of government," he said. "Ours
Is good enough for us."
The preside! t avoided reference to
Colorado'a Democratic senatorial pri
mary, making no mention either of
Senator Alva B. Adams or hla pri
mary rival, Judge Benjamin C.
Hllllard. '.
Mr. Roosevelt devoted much of
his Pueblo talk to describing the
government's efforts tswtird conser
vation of nstursl resources, and de
scribed the government aa "a com
mon meeting groins," lot the its tea
Ice Industry To
Expend Huge Sum
For Advertising
CHICAGO, July 12. yp Hur
ley Huat, advertising director for
the National Association of Ice
Industries, today said a 10, 000,
000 advertising campaign, repre
senting the Ice Industry's bid for
business recovery, has been ap
proved and was planned for 1039,
1040 and 1041.
The announcement followed a
two-day meeting of 180 execu
tives of the largest ice companies
In the country.
Huat said the bulk of the 10,
000,000 would be spent principally
for newspaper advertising and
760,000 spent annually In nation
al magazine and radio advertising.
TAKES OWN LIFE
Climaxing a bitter quarrel with his
wife. Frank Mitchell. 48. of box 110,
route 2, committed suicide yester
day about 3:30 o'clock by firing a
bullet from a ,38-caltbre revolver Into
his head, according to state police
and Deputy Coroner Herb Brown.
The tragedy occurred In the back
yard of the Mitchell residence on the
old Pacific highway at the Intersec
tion of Midway road. -
State police and District Attorney
Frank J. Newman planned to talk
with Mrs. Mitchell this afternoon,
but It was believed there would be
no Inquest. Mrs. Mitchell was con
fined, in a hysterical condition, at
the home of her parents. Mr, and
Mrs. W. S. Hare of Central Point. She
was in no condition to be question
ed yesterday and last night.
Mitchell, according to Deputy Cor
oner Brown, stepped oft the back
porch of the house, where be and
his wife bad been In severe dispute,
and shot himself above the right
ear, the bullet traveling through his
head end coming out above the -left
ear. He was killed Instantly, the
deputy coroner stated.
The suicide culminated a long ser
ies of quarrels between Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell, Deputy Coroner Brown said
neighbors told him, and carried out
Mitchell's oft-repeated threat to kill
himself. In the altercation Immed
iately preceding the shooting,
Mitchell knocked his wife down sev
eral times, Deputy Coroner Brown
stated. There were bruises on her
face, he said.
Charles T, Stocks of box 112, a
next-door neighbor, told state police
he heard Mrs. Mitchell scream, then
hoard the shot. He started toward
the Mitchell residence as Mrs.
Mitchell's father,' W. S. Hare and her
brother, Gordon Hare, both of Cen
tral Point, drove Into the front yard
of the house, state police said.
Mr. Hare, Gordon and Mr. Stocks
discovered Mitchell laying on the
ground near the back porch, with his
wife on her knees on the poroh
screaming wildly and attempting to
open the door Into the house, Deputy
Coroner Brown said be learned.
Dr. Charles T. Sweeney, whose
home Is directly opposite the
Mitchell residence, was ce'led and he
telephoned for the Perl ambulance.
Hysterical and unable to talk, Mrs.
Mitchell was taken to the home of
her parents In Central Point.
The Mitchell's had one daughter,
Nelda, 11, who was on a swimming
party with other children when the
tragedy happened.
Dr. Sweeney said that Mitchell had
been highly nervous and not well for
several months, and that he ha!
been giving him a tonic and nerve
ease in an attempt to remedy the
condition.
Mitchell left no other close sur
vivors except (lis wife, Dorothy, and
his daughter, Nelda, Funeral arrange
ments, In charge of the Perl fun
eral home, will be announced to
morrow.
In adjustments of their differences,
particularly those Involving water.
Hit only mention of Colorado
official came when he said, discuss
ing Interstate water problems: '
"Your governor and I tiare talked
about them."
Tha president said the average per
son In the oast thlnka the Arkan
sas river Is a creek and are surprised
when he tells them the people of
Pueblo wore nearly wiped out in
1031.
"That river It not the problem of
Just one state." .
Te president said he always talks
about the Arkansas as a good ex
ample of a, watershed and such wa
tersheds' various needs.
Gov. Teller Ammons of Colorado
who Is unopposed for renomlnatlon.
stood on the train platform behind
the president with Senators Adams
and Ed O. Johnson and Represen
tative John A. Martin of Pueblo, til
Colorado Democrats
SUGAR BEET SEED
PROSPECTIVE CROP
IN MEDFORD AREA
Farmers Invited To Talent
Experiment Station Fri
day For Information
Would Contract Acreage.
Sugar beet seeds today became a
new prospective crop for Jackson
county with a large organisation
ready to contract 300 acres at a price
stipulated In advance.
With Jackson county Ideally suited
to the growing of sugar beet seeds.
It Is estimated from experimental
oropa that yields per acra will run
$225 or bettor. The organization In
tereated In procuring stable supply
of tho seeds will furnish the seeds
for planting, provide expert advice on
cultivation and supervise production.
Farmers Invited '
To hear a complete explanation of -the
proposition, all farmers of tha
Rogue river valley were today Invited
to attend a meeting at the aouthern
Oregon experimental station near
Talent at 2 p. m. Friday.
Experiments conducted by Prof F.
C. Relmer at tha Talent station show,
that the Rogue valley la peculiarly
adapted to the auccessfut production
of beet sugar seeds. The experiment
were started two years ago and tha
second crop of seeds will be ready
for harvesting within the next two
weeks. It so happened that tha past
two yeara provided aevere tests for
sugar beet seed cultivation. Prof.
Ralmcr pointed out. The first winter
waa extremely cold and the past win
ter waa extremely mild, these wea
ther extremes providing an accurst
gauge that ordinarily can be estab
lished only over a span of years,
v., - Planted In September ..... .
Sugar beets for seeds are planted'
In September and harveated tha fol
lowing July, production thus requir
ing parts of two years. To product
aeeds the beeta pass through dor
mant period which la provided by
winter. The winter temperature must
be cold enough to chill the beets but
not cold enough to kill them. Prof.
Relmer explained.
Because of this, only a relatively
few sections of the United States are
aulted to the growing of sugar beet
seeds and. the Rogue valley has been
found to be one of them, the pro
feeor related. The difficulty of rais
ing the seeds la Illustrated by ex
periments conducted In southern
California, he said. There the tern
(Continued on Page Ten.)
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EYE BRITES' PLEA
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. July 1J.
(AP) Gov, Prank P. Merrlam an
nounced today he had referred the
application of the Brlte brothers for
a commutation of their death sen
tence to life Imprisonment to the
pardon advisory board.
The board recommended against
tiie commutation a few months ago.
Since then the governor sent the
application to the state aupreme
court and received from It a recom
mendation favoring the executive
clemenoy.
The Siskiyou county slayers are at
Folsom prison under sentence to .be
hanged July 22. They were convicted
of first degree murder for the kill
ing of three members of a posse
which went to their mountain camp
late at night to arrest ttiem on a
misdemeanor oharge.
IS
BITTEN BY RATTLER
Cecil MoOlnty of Jacksonville Is
confined In the Sacred Heart hospital,
the result of having been bitten by a
rattlesnake.
Yesterday, McOlnty was cutting
wood In the Jacksonville hills in -heavy
brush when he felt t stinging
sensation on his right foot snd then
heard the buzx of the rattlesnake. The
reptile bit McOlnty through an open
ing In his shoe.
The attending physician stated to
day that McOlnty will be able to
leave the hospital soon as his foot
has responded satisfactorily to treat
ment, OHIO SURGEON NAMED
NATIONAL ELKS CHIEF
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 13.
(IP) Dr. Edward James Mccormick,
TnmAn Ahln aiirroon. Was elected
grand exalted ruler of the Benevo
lent and Protective order oi six to
day, to succeed Major Charles Spen
cer Bart, Mew Ior-
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