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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. JULY 31. 1933 FIREFIGHTERS PAY EUGENE FIREMAN ON RED CAP FIRE BRINGS PROTEST Medford men employed to tight the roaring Red Cap flr on tha Klamath national forest In northern California were generally dlaaatlalled with tbe condltlona under which thejr worked the rat of pay and an aeaerted lack of organisation, spokesmen for the workmen declared yesterday. About 300 men went to the fire lines from here, being dispatched to Orleans, Cal. Most of them were back home yesterday. Edgar K. Squire of 809 South New town street said he waa employed July 31 and worked about a week. He stated that the men were told orally at the state employment office here they would be paid 26 cents an hour for travel time up to eight hours, 3fi cents an hour while work ing and overtime for hours In excess of 13. Actually, however, the men were paid 2S cents an hour and received no overtime pay although sometimes they worked as many as 18 hours a day, Mr. Squire said. Ksrl I Janouch. supervisor of the Rogue River national forest, said that before being employed all the men hired here were given written con tracts to algn clearly specifying that the rate of pay would be 2i cents an hour plus board. Mr. Janouch aald he doubted that the day's wont ever ex ceeded 13 hours. - The rate of pay In region 6 (Cali fornia; la 35 cents an hour and In region 8 (Oregon and Washington) 35 centa an hour, Mr. Janouch explained. He added that for the type of work Involved the pay was email. While Mr. Janouch made no refer ence to the matter, It Is generally known the forest service has had to reduce flre-flghtlng pay to dlscoursge Incendiarism. In the psst California has had a great deal of trouble and NJURED IN FALL O. h. Cruaon, M. of Bugana, Southern Pacific railroad company fireman, waa aerloualy Injured yea tenia y afternoon about 5:16 when be slipped from the top of hie locomo tlre'a water tender and fell 16 feet to the road-bed. Tbe accident oc curred when a southbound freight train waa preparing to take on water at the water tank near Morton ' Milling company on West Jackaon boulcTard. Cruson la eonftned In Sacred Heart hospital with hla left ahoulder brok en, a aevere head injury, a crushed left cheat, a laceration of the left ear and a black and swollen left eye. Hla attending physician, while ad mitting he waa seriously Injured. stated his condition was satisfactory, and that apparently no serious Inter nal Injuriea nor skull fracture were evident. He waa conscious late last night, the physician reported. The freight train had stopped and Cruson wm climbing from the loco motive cab to the top of the water tender when he slipped. A hobo. tiding on top of a box car, saw him fall but could give no reason why he did so. The train crew didn't disturb Cm- son after the accident, but let him lie and telephoned for the Perl am bulance, which rushed him to the hospital. SISKIYOU JAIL Police authorities of southern Ore gon and northern California were searching yesterday for four men. who shortly after midnight Friday pned the lever cages open, manlpu- Its forests have suffered tremendously lftted the outer doors and escaped from Incendiary fires. I ,nm the Siskiyou county Jail at When the men were employed here ifeka, Cal MAIL-TRIB STORY QUIETS iuuuhl aim rtnouiiHL i 'i Chief of Police Clatoui MeCredle and Walter A. Cormany, business mansger of the Elka band heaved slgha of relief Saturdsy with the so lution of e. problem which hsd long pestered tliem. Prolonged and en masse auto horn honking has. since time Immemorial. followed completion of each number by the band on concert nights In the city park. While the bandsmen realized the cacophony waa Intended aa applause, they didn't really rel ish It. Naturally, after finishing a difficult rendition, wltli the dulcet sound of the Instruments dying away In the soft evening bree?e, It was hard to have the ear Immediately assailed by a medley of massed auto horns. It sort of riddled the musical rapport, so to apesk. Residents In the vicinity of the psrk dldnt like the autolsts' racket either. In fact guests at the adjacent Med ford hotel, coming In for a night's rest after a long day's drive on the highway, strenuously object ed. Bpt how to let the drivers know sll th, objections was a puzzle. It be ing obviously Impossible to contact esch of the scores of parked cars and request no horn tooting. Final- ly Mansger Cormany bethought him self of the Mall Tribune. He told a newsman of the problem. A little story appeared In Thursday's Issue Friday night the band plsyed There were hundreds of listeners sested about the park and the usual large number of cars present. One autolst honked his horn once. Appsrently not "everyone In Souui era Oregon reads the Mall Tribune. At lesst one doesn't. they were told they would need tj take no supplies but when they got to the fire csmp they found a short sge of blanket, there being only one for some of the flre-flghters and none for others. Mr. Squire said. Aa a re sult, he declared, the men, after fighting the fire all day, had to sit up around a camp fire all night to keep warm. The nights were cold, he related, there being spots of snow In the bills. Mr. Jsnouch said that he did not know under what conditions the men worked but that It would not be sur prising if sufficient bedding could not be taken through Immediately to the fire camps. "Wlien a forest fire occurs, we are la-e dwltli an emergency and our lust duty la to get manpower to the liru lines," Mr. Janouch explained. "We try to take good care of the men not only aa a matter of principle but Bound for a week's stay at the an nual "Beaver Boys' State." at Hill Military Academy In Portland, ten I Medford boys were scheduled to leave also aa a matter of efficiency. If th, ! 8:30 this morning. With 500 other According to a teletype report re ceived here by the state police, the escsped prlaonera are Robert R Ott, 19; Gilbert A. Farmer. 31: Burred Barandum, 18; and Henry Williams. 33. The qusrtet were confined In Jail on felony charges, the teletype mes sage stated. TO BEAVER MEET men are not taken care of properly, they cannot work to the beat advan tage. So It la a matter or common sense as well as humanltarlanUm to take care of the workers comfort. "I'll readily acknowledge, however, that It la not inconceivable that sometime the forest service adminis tration cannot move supplies up to the fire csmp fast enough to keep pace with tbe movement of men. Our army la tbe beat organised body In tbe world for handling buge num . bera of men but sometimes even the army cannot keep supplies moving with the men. "To Infer that the foreat service Is careless or negligent In handling or earing for It men la to Intimate something that simply lant true " Mr. Squire aald that the food fur nished the men waa good when they got It but that the food supplies were dropped from airplanes and some times the pilots missed the mark and the food wa lost in inaccessible ran- ; yocs. Much of the food also was smashed beyond use In the drop, he added. To make matter worse, Mr. Squire said, one day a big bear appeared Just aa food waa dropped from a plane. The oe&r, he asserted, grabbed a quarter of beef and ran Jff with It. Thereafter whenever a plane cam overhead the bear appeared on the scene and a race ensued between the foresters and the bruin, he declared. If the bear got there first, tbe men went without food, if th men got there first, the bear went without food. Mr. Jsnouch smiled when told the bear story. "The men sent from Medford were all good worker and I know exactly what they rent through. Mr. Jim ouch said. "I've been through the same thing many times in fighting forest fires and I'm ready at any boys from throughout the state, the local youths will set up their own city, county and state government snd live a self-governing citizens for the camp period, to gain exper ience In the democratic system. The plan la made possible through sponsorship of public-spin ted organ isations and Individuals. Sponsors here Include Lions club. Rotary club. Klwanla club. Active club. Elks lodge. Odd Fellows, Hance H. CI eland. Med ford Post American Legion and Amer ican Legion Aulllary. William Schoenfeld, dean of agri culture at Oregon State college In Corvsllls and director of experiment stations, will be guest speaker at a Grange meeting Tuesday evening at 8 In the Orange hall at Eagle Point. All valley Grangers are urged to attend this session aa Mr. Sehoen Old 'a address will be of Interest to all. The public Is also Invited to at tend. An additional program will be of fered at the meeting. Burt Moore and Howard Hallett will present solos and Mary Harntsh and Barbara Smith will be heard In a vocwl duet. Here Yesterday Arba Ager of Ash land waa a Medford visitor yesterday afternoon. tee Here for Sojourn Nlon Tucker, San Francisco publisher, arrived here yesterday afternoon by United Maln llner to sojourn at his sumer home, Rogue Roost. To Police School Lieut. Alonxo Dunn and Privates Paul Williams and Al fltoehr of the state police left here yesterday morning for Camp Clatsop where they will attend the 10-day school for Oregon's state policemen Special Stop A southbound United Matnllner made a special stop yes terday forenoon at Medford munic ipal airport to discharge Herbert Plelsr, hacker, a passenger from Port land. School Ends Soon Summer school of Cornell university, Ithaca, N. T., will close on August 13. Among those attending the session Is Mabel C. Mack. Jackson county home demon stration agent. Bone Broken Emll Zwan. me chanic at the Rogue River national forest warehouse on Mc Andrew road. suffered a broken bone In his left foot yesterday morning and will be confined to hla home for about a month. The bone waa broken when he dropped a truck engine on his foot. He resides at 534 Edward street. To Lecture Here The Rt. Rev. Charles Hampton, well-known theo sophlcal lecturer, will speak at 8 p. m. on August 4 and 5 at 220 North Oak dale avenue. Subjects for the two lectures will be: "How Past Lives Are Remembered" and "How Thought and Emotion Create and Cure Disease." The public Is invited to the lectures. Driver Tests In addition to the usual Saturday service, examination of applicant for licenses or perm Its to operate cars will be held here Wednesday and Thursday this week. Examiners will be In council cham bers on the top floor of city ha"" fnm 8 to 5 on both days. Applicants ae asked to report between those hours. Examinations will be held as usual next Saturday but as many appli cants as possible are requested to report Wednesday or Thursday to avoid the Saturday rush. Tonsils Excised- Carol Ol boons of 412 North Ivy street underwent a tonsllectomy In the Osteopathic hos pital Saturday morning. Lodge To Meet Kntzhta of Pythias will convene Monday evening at 8 at tbe lodge hall. A regular session will be In order. t Medical Meeting The Jackson Coun ty Medical society will meet In the Llthla hotel at Ashland Wednesday, August 3 at 8 p. m. Nebraska Picnic Annual Nebraska plcnle will be held In Llthla park In Ashland next Sunday, August 7. Picnic dinner will be served at 1:30 and a program will follow. A large attendance la expected. i To Canada Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lemery of Rose borough addition left yesterday by motorcar to vaca tion for a week In Canada. They will return August 8. On Motor Trip Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith and children. Donald and La- Rue, are leaving today for Cedar Rapids. Iowa, where thev will visit relative. They plan to return to their home at 103 Jeannette street In two week. Obyes Move Mr. and Mr. H. C. Obye and family moved yesterday from 17 Glenn Oak Court to 22 Glen oaic court. Mr. Obye la assistant supervisor of the Rogue River na tional forest. a Seeks Water G. K. PlPerce. Med ford. ha filed an application with the state engineer in Salem to appro priate 250 acre feet of water from springs at the hed of Dry creek. Rogue river tributary, for irrigation purposes In Jackson county, the As sociated Press reported yesterday. Known Here Major Howard C. Prenc'.t, passenger on the Hawaiian Clipper, waa well known by a score or more of Medford men Interested In aviation and airport development Visitors Here Mr. and Mrs. Omar Thorns of Loa Angela were over night guesta In Medford last night. They were en route to Crater and Diamond lakes by motorcar. Have Guests Dr. and Mrs. Sher man L. Divine have aa week-end guesta at the manse. 27 Ross Court, Mrs. Harry Wayne Blass and son Lee of Sacramento. They will be accom panied home on Monday by Mr. Lee Wayne Bla&a' and son Sherman who have been visiting her parent during the past month. I i Shark Burnt A shack In Berrydale outside the city limits was destroyed by fire late Friday night. Unoccupied, it wa owned by a man named Reea of Klamath Fall. Lacking water fa cilities, city firemen were unable to combat the blaze though they kept adjacent house sprinkled by using garden hoses. A chemical wagon crew was sent to the fire. Attend Markets Adinne Steward of Adrlenne's store, Mrs. E. T. Burel- son of Burelsons ready-to-wear store and Charlea Adair of M. M depart ment score were among Medford merchant leaving yesterday for San Francisco to attend fashion market to purchase fall and winter wearing apparel for their shops here. Mrs. Ethel wyn B. Hoffman, owner of the women's store of the same name, will go to San Francisco also to attend market. For the past two weeks. Mrs. Hoffmann has been at tending Loa Angeles markets. STATE TOUR PLAN OF TO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL DRIVE The membership drive for the Ore gon Shakespearean Festival. August 5 to 13. continued Saturday with number of new member added to the list. The Medford committee, headed by Mrs. H. Chandler Egan. had el ready passed last year's total and the Ashland committee, wltii Mrs. H. M. Scht'Jlng aa chairman, was reported to have Its last year's receipts. The campaign will continue until Wednesday at which time the reserv ed seat wtU be available for ex chance at Prultfs Music and Radio center In Medford and at the cham ber of commerce In Ashland. The latest members of the festival association include Mr. and Mrs. Al fred S. V. Carpenter, Mr. and Mra. Oeorge M. Roberts. Mr.' and Mrs. Gain Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bsu telle, A. Orln Schenck. Mr. and Mra. A. Evan Reame. Earl S. Tumy, Frank Newi:all. Miss Helen Hlnck. , , Miss Vera Humphrey. Marshall- Smlth-Leonard. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brown. Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Rlddell. Mr. and Mrs. John Swem, Mis Lur Lynch.' Dr. and Mrs. J a me Hayes, Frank Hull, Mrs. George B. Caned and Mr. and Mra. Olen Arnsplger. WHEAT PROSPECTS IN NATION LESS CHICAGO. July 30. flV-The first ol the August private crop reports of Chicago experts today Indicated a redtictl:n In total United States wheat production prospects during Juiy and an improvement In the corn outlook. Mrs. E. H. tiler, a widely recognised authority, estimated total wheat pro ducti:n at 910.000.000 bushela com pared v:iii: the government July 1 forecast cf 967.000.000 and her esti mate a month ago of 929.000.000. Winter wheat production was placed at 669.000.000 bushels compared with the government's 715,000,000; spring wheat at 241,000.000 against 252,000, 000; corn 2.532.000,000 against 3, 482.000.000: oats 1,058.000.000 against 1.094.000.000; rye 53,000,000 agalnrt 51.000.000: barley 257.000,000 against 239,000.000. The Peruvian Central railway, from Callao to Huancayo, Is tbe highest standard gauge railroad In the wor!d and at one point reaches an altitude of 15.665 feet nearly three mllei. COHVALLIS. July 30. ivpi War ren Reld. manager of the Oregon State College Alumni association, will start August 1 on a to'ir of most of the counties to contact alumni. This will be his first extensive trip since his appointment last spring. Eeld's first stop will be Jn Salem, from whence he will go to Portland. McMlnnvllle. Tollamook and Astoria. Senior . . ... """" " lar' Poland a' Z'S"1: 1" tOU'h"" Towntend Speaker W. A. Sumner representative of the national de. periodic calls at Medford municipal airport. Attendant at most of the conferences of the Northwest Aviation Roscburg. Marshfleld, Grants Pass, Medford and K'.amath Palls. After stopping at Bend August 16 he will continue to John Day. Ontario. Bok- take part In the meeting scheduled for Medford September 16 and 17. He gave a talk at the Boise. Idaho, conference of which A. H. Banwell. manager of the .l.jVm r-n,.... pertinent of the Townsend organl-; chamber of Commerce, wa, general ration, spoke on "The Recovery Plan rhnirmn and Its Objective" at the entertain- ; ment of Townsend club No. 2 Friday fsPSSBBBBsmHawssBBssvBBBBKasiBBBBBBBBssBiBBBi Planning Council, he wa expected to er. La Grande. Enterprise, Pendleton. Heppner. Arlington. The Dalles and Hood River, reaching there August 27. It hss been estimated that state I legislatures cosi eacn lamuy in tne United States about 35 cents a year. YOU BET! The &r 4 KIDDIES PREFER M ice CREAM CrgurdNus of the weather, SNIIir.R'S ICE CREAM Alnas makes a lilt with the rhllilren . . , Moin and lad. tool Smooth and velvety in VOl'B favorite flavors Almond Toffep. Hau.il.an Delight, Straw berry. Chocolate, Mnpte Nut nnd Vanilla! SNIDER DAIRY & PRODUCE CO. ALL LOCAL FIRES For the first time since lightning sei orr a series of forest fires on July is. everything was reported under control on Doll, state and Rogue riv er national forests here yesterday. The state was maintaining patrols on some of the burned areas but no further trouble was anticipated. Hesc waa to be accorded some of the for est personnel over the week-end. Veterans cf Foreign Wars and Dis abled American Veterans will hold a Joint picnic In Ashtnnd's Uthla park today, with each veteran and his family asked to bring a picnic back et and table service. Coffee and lem onade will be fumtshed. Fratura of the plcnle will be a soft ball frame between the two organ Imttons. to be played In the after noon. There will lw -be framee and races for children thrmicf'out the dar. with suitable prlres awsrdfd winners. FORES! SABOTAGE BIRTHS Born, to Mr. and Mrs. r. B. Sales, of Phoenix, a daughter. Julr 38. Mother and baby are reported doing nicely. Born July 29 at osteopathic clinic ! to Mr. and Mra. L. A. Zlmmerle nt time 10 go mrougn tne aame win ; Ashland, a baby boy weighing w uui riiiiiiiV pounds 3 OUnCSS. forest nres Is an emergency duty and we have to endure hardHhlpa In fac ing emergencies. The forest service, however, tries at all times to reduce the hardships to a minimum." Born to Mr. snd Mrs. K. U Richard son of Central Point at Osteopathic clinic July aa, a baby girl weighing 7 pounds IS ounces. VANCOUVER. July SO. up. Th; British Columbia government todoy ottered a reward of ,1.000 to any one giving Information leading to con viction of persons guilty of sabotage in connection with the giant Vsn couver Ijlsnd fire. Attorney Oeneral Gordon Wlsmer announced here to day. "We are satisfied there was sab otage." the attorney general ssld. Hon. .Wlsmer also announced a re ward of ,350 for Information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone guilty of incendiarism In the fire area. rire hose waa reported knifed and pumps made useless when sugar was put in ti e gasoline In the fire rone 10 days ao while fire fighters were battling to save the fishing resort of rbea Landing and other property. Puerto Rlco'a tourist traffic In creased more than 300 percent In the first two months of 1938 over the corresponding period of last year. night. Jewell Deter was awarded first prize by unanimous vote of the audi- i ence. Howard Hall receiving second prlre. Ada Stacy won the guessing contest. The Rev. D. E. Millard sang ! j a song of his own composition. t ... To Give Tfsta Congressman James ; W. Mott was quoted at Portland by the Associated Press yesterday aa say ing that the civil service commission has been asked to hold a preliminary qualifying examination on October 8 for a vacancy allotted to Oregon at each of the government service acad emies. West Point and Annapolis. Men dealrlng to take the examina tion should write Mott at hla office, 338 Oregon building. Salem, not later than September 1. Candidates for Annapolis muet be between the ages of 16 and 20 and for West Point 17 and 32 years. . To Translate Book Capt. WlUard C. Bush's book "Pahang" la to be translated Into Swedish for ctrcula- tlon In Sweden, the author stated yesterday. Captain Bush, former Med- j ford resident who haa been here on j a vlalt and lecture tour, received a letter from his publisher, the Mac Mlllan company, saying the Swedish Publishing company had asked for the translation rights and the author stated he had given his consent. Hutchinson and company, Ltd., of London had a&ked for the publishing rights In England . Cup tain Bush said he had been Informed by the Mac- Mlllan company. Captain Buh now resides In Salem. . Hog Killed A car driven by Fred C. Sander of Route 3 struck a hog on the Pacific highway south of Phoenix Ftidvr evening, killing It Instantly, according to a report on file In city police station. Ownership of the animal was not determined. Prancla P. Salter of Prospect and Ernest Akin of Murphy drove cars involved in a minor collision on Red Blanket road near Prospect rtlday morning; cars operated by Jesse W. run of Gold Hill and Nellie M. Mad den of Ashland collided with minor damage at Eighth and Bartlett streets Friday afternoon: and machines driv en by Josephine Porter of Route 1 and J. H. Helman of Ashland were involved In a minor accident on Klns highway Friday morning, re ports on file In city police station said yesterday. 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