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PAGE SIX MEDFOTCD MATT, TRIBUNE. 'MEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY.- AUGUST -5. 1938. APPLEGATE DIE BTO APPLEQATB, Aug. 8. (6pl COO boys from Georgia went scur rying to their lookers with bright flint knives Wednesday after uncart ti- Sng an Indian grave wille excavating drain near tho river nt Star ranger vtatlon. James W. Hayea la the pomeasor of black flint knife, beautifully fleck- d with white, measuring about foot In length, which he Immediate' Jy had apportunlty to sell, but he refused. An additional half a knlfo was found of red flint dotted -with fray. A good sized section of skull was discovered, In addition to smeller portions of bones, two believed to be from an arm and leg. As the boys dug Jn the sand and gravel, a portion of Hie soil caved In, after which they discovered the relic: at a dcpih 18 Inches. Ranger Lee Port and Al bert Young of the office force are losing sleep In pondering over how the Indian was killed. . The ranger recalled a story of In dlan beads which probably remain today In the hiding place In which lie left toem In his native state of Oklahoma. As youngsters, Mr. Port and, his friends bedecked themselves In beads which they dug from an Indian grave, and when someone told them the Indians would scalp them if sought thus adorned, quickly remov moved, their beads andetaolnstrdlu ed their beads and hid them. Whllo tho forestry force in the vol ley Is thinking of the red men, tho lookout boys on the mountain tops continue to receive visitors from scat tered sections. Sunday visitors at Anderson Butte were Mr. and Mrs Bert Bomerson of Ashland, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Aver Jo and son Harry of Med ford, and Gerald Hopkins from Lincoln, Nebraska. Wm. Altkcn of Mcdford was An overnlRiit guest Sat-: urclay, and Blmerl Jarvl, fire chief Of the Rogue River national forest was a visitor earlier In the week, A new lookout Is In charge at Dutchman's Peak, Robert Oowell. for mer Junior foreman from Camp Ap plegate, who succeeds Wm. Altkcn ai the mountain post. Recent guests there Include John and George Crol aan and Charles E. Gabriel of Salem, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sanders and son Howard, Jr., from Hollywood; Dorothy Claypool from Beverly Hills; Llll am Helm from Jacksonville; and J. C. Wagner from Dividend Bar, Twenty-one visitors registered 6un day. All J. Sandoz at Mt. Ashland re porta 30 visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Crump at Gin Hi bar lookout had a number of visit ers Including the former's niece, Miss Betty Ewlng and fattier, D, L. Swing of Oakland, S. O, Chestnut and three ohtldren of Forest creek, Mr. and Mrs. Zugene Tower of the local ranger station and their guest, Miss Jean Deeds of Oakland, and Mrs. Edith in or lite of Portland, who accompan ied Mr. and Mrs. HaroM Crump to vie lookout. William Williams ahd Bob Slaglo f Talent enjoyed breakfast with Herbert Pennlngs at Wagner Butte Tuesday morning. J, K. Fox end Miss Ruth Fox of Portland were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Fox at sturgts guard station. Among those utilising McKee bridge forost oamp during the week end were Misses Eleanor Doom be, Marilyn Chrlstlleb, Kay Bergstrom, EUiolmae Thompson, and Helen Dunn of Ashland. Bill Myers of Medford, and Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Wods worth of Ashland and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Traley of Alameda, Cal. Harold Reed, proprietor of a nearby store, has been appointed caretaker of McKee Bridge camp and Beaver Sulphur camp ground. James Winning ham was t;ent re eently as foreman to the Ohetco river fire. COOPERAGE PLANT BURNS )N NORTHEAST PORTLAND PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 5. (AP) A spectacular fire visible for miles last night destroyed the Pacific coop erage plant and several small adjoin ing buildings In a northwest Portland Industrial district. The blare caused damage tenta tively estimated at 50,000. Two firemen, J. F. Scott and M. E. Mndloff. suffered minor Injuries while fighting It. 1605 SECURITY CLAIMS IN OREGON RECORD BOOK PORTLAND. Aug. B (AP) A total of 1R05 social security claims have been pnld slnre the program began In Oregon and the average payment during June was 94199, James E. Teebles, manager of the Portland of fice, revealed yesterday. He said there were 33A.07S holder of social security cards In the state on June 30. Five Youths Die in Automobile Blaze -a s V V 5- The fire-twisted wreckage of thin automobile wen tlie pyre Tuesday for five M-hoolhovs. burned to death when they were splattered with gusollne following a craMi Into a culvert on the Old Oregon Trail near Union. They were Identified as Burton Bushman. IS, hi, brother, ronton, 1, John Foley, 17, l Roy roster. It, and Robert Myrlrk, 13. Clinton Bushman wan a Condon high school student. All other,, with the exception of Myrlrk, were Mdranrte high iichool students. (A. p. Photo,.) Meteorological Report Augu" 6. 1038 Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Pair tonight and Saturday: little change In tem perature. Oregon: Pair tonight and Batur day, but considerable cloud, or fog on the coast, little change in tern pcroture; light to modornte north west wind off the coast. l,ocnl imta Temperaturo a yoar ago today: Highest, 83; lowest, 88. Total monthly precipitation, none. Deflcleney for the month, none. Total precipitation since Septem ber 1, 1037, 25 Inches. Bxccas for the season, 7.10 Inches, Relative humidity at p.m. yes- torday, 17 per cent; 8 a. m. today, 63 per cent, Tomorrow: sunrise, 0:00 a.m. Sun- net, 7:34 p.m. Observations Taken at 5 a. m., 120 Meridian Time. 5? h 3 S H g city- a H S F n ml 04 B0 Clear ,.. 00 78 Cloudy 88 88 P.Cdy. ..... 06 83 Clear 88 83 Cloudy 88 80 Clear 03 .84 Cloudy 80 86 Clear ... 88 74 .03 Cloudy 00 76 Clear .....100 88 .40 Cloudy H-4..tu 83 66 Clear 04 60 Clear 00 68 Clear 03 66 Clear 78 64 Cloudy 00 64 Cloudy 88 80 Clear 04 73 1.6 Rain , 06 66 Clear !ITY WATERLESS WHEN PIPE BURSTS Boise .. Boston Chicago Denver Kureka Helena .......... Los Angeles MEDFORD . New York ... Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno Roseburg Salt Lake ....... San Franc I (wo . Seattle Spokane Washington, D.O Yakima G. The Presbytery of southwest Ore gon met In Grants Pass Thursday In an adjourned meeting. Rev. Her man 8. Richard, moderator,, made a report upon the situation at Rose burg. The Presbytery voted unani mously to dissolve the pastoral re lation between the Roseburg Pres byterian church and Rev. Wm. O. Faucette as of August 4. Rev. E. Iverson of Medford was appointed moderntor of the church and Rev. Hugh T. Mitch el more of Bnndon was appointed to preach there August 7 and declare the pulpit vacant. Encouraging reports were given on building the church and manse at Ban don, Sutherlln reported the com pete loss of their church building! In the recent fire and their deal re to rebuild at once. Sixteen ministers and four elders were present. The next stated meeting of Pres bytery will be held In the Jackon vllJe Presbyterian church October 4. i The percentage of arreate of people Under 31 years of age Is Increasing In London. BOY HANGED FOR WALLA WALLA, Aug. 8. (API Stanley Knapp. 30 year old convicted slayer, died on the gallows early to day with a plea the life of hla com panion In crime, Herbert Allen, 31, be spared. Allen faces execution August 16. Knapp made his plea for Allen In a final written statement before he walked calm and sober faced Into the execution chamber of the state peni tentiary at 13:08 a. m. The trap was sprung a minute later and prison doctors pronounced him dead at 13:30.30. "I hope the authorities will spare Herbert," hla statement said "as fny brother and I have paid the supreme penalty." Knapp and bis brother, Leroy, 23. were captured In Sacramento and Eureka, Calif., respectively, a month aftar W. M. Walker, a customer, was killed In the robbery ot the security Stat bank In Spokane. Leroy was sentenced to be banged with hit brother but died July 8 In a Spokane hospital from wounds re ceived In an attempted break from the Spokane county jail. Weather Northern California: ralr tonight and Saturday, but fog on ti,o connt. little change in tpmpt-rnture: n.o:Vr ate northwest wind off the coest, Sunday fair. Oregon: Pair tonight and Saturday, but considerable cloudiness or fny nn coast and sounds, little change In temperature, light to moderate north. west wind off the coast. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ada la 1 :30 p. m. MAIMED KILLER E LA GRANDE. Ore.. Aug. 8. (API The crippled coyote of the Dry Creek region has opened the throat of her laM sheep. Orvllle Pfefferkora of Summervllle shot her yesterday and rid the hills of northeast Union county of the most pertinacious and contemptuous varmint that ever outguessed a sheep dog. For two years the aheepmen and farmers tried without success to shoot the marauder but ahe seemed to have an Immunity to rifle slugs. She atepped In a trap once and clawed herself loose losing all toes except the dewelaw on one rear foot. The print of the crippled foot iden tified her aa the killer of around to sheep. She ot 36 of Mike Roycea' and a bunch of Clem McKlnnla' and 40 of L. V. Carlson's. She waa purely a killer ahe rarely at any of the meat. i Pfefferkorn didn't know he had shot the orlppled predator until he examined the carcaa and discovered the toe-less hind foot. BIG PILCHARD HAULS FOR COLUMBIA PLANTS ASTORIA. Ors., Aug. 8. (fl Rich pilchard catches, the biggest Is many Instances since the discovery of schools four years ago. gave the Col umbia river industry a dominant po sition In the northwest today. Three reduction plants at Warren ton processed 800 tons. Hie record for a day's take. One vessel returned with 177 tons, the season's largest haul, and another with 100 tons. Several fishing boats en route from California have been delayed by rough seas. GUILTY MURDER CHICAGO, Aug. 6. (UP) Robert Nixon, slender 18-year-old negro, was found guilty of the brlck-tlay- Ing of Mrs. Florence Johnson, wife of a city fireman, last night by a criminal court Jury and sentenced to die in the electrto chair. Criminal Court Judge John Lewe deferred the sentence, however, until Nixon's counsel could make a mo tion for a new trial. The Jury deliberated 1 hour and 20 minutes before reaching Its ver dict. The Jury verdict convicted Nixon of only one of the five slaving to which police said he had confessed. They included: The killing of a young student nurse, Anne Kuchta. In the Chicago hoapltal on August 20, 1037. She wan beaten with a brick. The double-slaying of Mrs. Edna Word en and her daughter, Mar guerite, 12, in their Los Angeles, Cal., apartment on April 4. 1097. They were clubbed to death with a brick. I HIGH POINT, H. C, Aug. o.(UP) This city of 50.000 was without water today after a 34-lneh main carrying water from the Deep river filtering plant collapsed under the weight of hundreds of tons of earth. The con dition waa described as "desperate," City Engineer J. L. Perkins could not estimate when the water supply would be turned on again. A lfl-lnch main, only other pipe, collapsed Sun day under weight of earth thrown up by excavations for a railroad sys tem, and engineers have been unable to repair It. The water main, which carried ater from the filtering plant to the heart of the city, parallels a railroad most of the way. Dirt was piled over the mains to a depth of 80 feet In some places, Perkins said, when the new line was built. Dirt from excavation of a new freight depot added to the difficulties. Had Pour Wings. SUPERIOR, wis. p A ducklirvs with four legs, four wings, two tails nd one head was discovered here by Mrs. Theresa Klndel. 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