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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
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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.
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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.
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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- ;
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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.
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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
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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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here Thursday. August 4 at 8:00
o'clock.
Mr. Ollbert. only 38 year old. Is
known as a dynamic speaker. Hie
book "Crucifying Christ in Our
College." written with collaboration
of students of four state univer
sities, has been termed by critics
aa one of the moat sensational of
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