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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORT). OREGON. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1938. m EAT CHICKEN VIEW STEERS AT LAKE CREEK MEET 4-H Club Fair and Fat Stock Sale Opens Thursday Grange Exhibits Please. Many Med ford people were among the 400 or more who enjoyed the chicken dinner and observed the ex hibits at the Lake Creek Orange hall yesterday. Following the dinner, O. A. Gates announced the 4-H livestock fair and fat stock sale which la to be held In Medford, Thursday and Friday, Twenty head of baby beef whlift will be In Medford for the fair wern on display by the Lake Creek boyr and girls. Two of the beef club mem bers, Merton Bradshaw .and Louis Watch, demonstrated to the crowd the mixing of feeds and fitting of beef animals for the show ring. All of the members entered In the show manship contest with C. D. Conrad county club agent acting as judge. No places were given In the con test, but several points were brought out by Conrnd on the correct way of showing beef animals. 4-H achievement pins were pre tented to all members of the three Lake Creek clubs for completing their work this year. The clubs each com pleting 100 per cent were the clothing club led by Mrs. Myrtle Charley, the health club led by Mrs. Beth Zun dell, and the beef club led by Floyd Charley. A very creditable exhibit of farm crops which were grown In the com munity was on display and Included nearly all kinds of forages, cereals, and garden produce. A display of handsome, silver mounted bridles and spurs and an exhibit of mounted specimens of rep tiles, squirrels and birds added In terest and variety to the exhibit. L Trial was resumed today of the circuit court action testing the con stitutionality of the state law em powering officials to remove diseased trees from orchard. Judge H. D. Norton was presiding. The suit was filed by Tom L. Tay lor, Central Point orchsrdlRt, who seek a restraining order prohibiting the removal of treea. Brief Review of European Crisis By the Associated Press) LONDON Britain and France ap prove letting Hitler absorb Czecho slovakia's Sudeten areas In deal to save Europe's peace. " PRAOUE Cabinet studies proposal to hand over Sudeten areas to Ger many amid Increasing nation-wide resentment. BERLIN Nasi -con trolled press halls annexation, of Sudetenland as virtually accomplished. PARIS French government, behind plan to dismember ita Czechoslovak ally, halt military preparations. ROME Mussolini plans second world-wide broadcast; bis stand to be with Hitler In event of war. 8ELB, Germany Sudeten Oerman "free corps" mobilizes 40.000 armed men on Czechoslovak frontier. CHRASTAVA, near German -Czecho slovak frontier Thousand of Czech oslovak soldier are massed In form idable fortifications In readiness against war. ' GENEVA Spanish government minister blames France, Britain for Czechoslovak crisis. GOLF BALL HITS Morris B. Leonard, manager of the Leonard Electric company, waa pain fully Injured on the Rogue Valley golf course Sunday afternoon, when he was struck In the forehead by a ball driven by D. M. Boyd. X-ray picture of the Injury were being taken this afternoon, although It was not helloved It would prove serious. The peculiar accident occurred on the fifth hole. Leonard was stand ing to the right and about 12 Ipet from Boyd as the latter hit his ball. Apparently, the ball waa struck by the extreme toe of the club, for It shot off at a right angle and struck Leonard squarely in the fore head. The Injured man was not knocked unconscious. Boyd and Leonard were members of a threesome, the other player be ing Morris Leonard, Jr. Two rile In Crash LODI, Calif., Sept. 19. P) Ocorpc Noel, 3D, Lodl newspaper employe was dead and Ward Smith, 38. Lodl airplane pilot. Injured today from an air show crash at the Lodl grape and wine festival. Dolores Ray Honored By Roosevelt Pupils The first student body meeting of the year waa held In the auditorium of Roosevelt school Friday afternoon at which time the following officers were elected for the coming semester: president, Dolores Ray; vice president. Betty Key: seeretsry, Martha Robin son: yell leader, Joan Franklin. The 8-B boys gave a resume of the atory of the forming of the con stitution. These were extracts from recent history lessons. Following .this they led the school In the salute to the flag. At thla same assembly, Mra. Hun saker presented the writing certifi cates that were won at the close of the spring semester. Closing time for fro Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1 :80 p m. QUARTET HELD BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR CRIME WAVE Two Ex-Convicts and Girl Companions Held . for Cabin, Store- and .'Auto .Thefts. A long serle of home, store and automobile burglaries and thefts was believed definitely solved today with the arrest of two men and two girls, It was announced by the sheriff office. The two men were to be arraigned on burglary charges and the girls will probably be returned to Eugene for a morals delinquency Investiga tion, Deputy Sheriff William Oren bemer said. The four, held today in county jail, were listed as James S. Ham mond, 34. of Bristol, Me., James Rhoten, 38. of Gold Hill, Susie Jane Howell, 14, and Hazel Bradley, 30, both of Eugene. The four were arrested at their hideouts In Illinois valley after some clever detective work by the sheriff's office uncovered clues leading to the coup. Large quantltlea of loot were found at tho hideout. Grenbemer said. A load of It was brought to the sher iff's office yesterday and two, more load were to be brought In today by Sheri.'l Syd I. Brown and State Police Sgt. 1j. W. Howard, .who also were to search the hills for additional loot, Grenbemer related. For weeks the sheriff's office had been Investigating a series of bur glaries. Deputy Sheriff Herb Moore produced the first substantial clue last Thursday when he became aus picious of switched license plates on a car under hi observation. It waa the switching of plates that finally led to the lair, Grenbemer stated. The four arrived hero from Eugene about July 1 and established a camp on Foots creek, Grenbemer 'related, coming In a car bought In Eugene with a down payment. They moved to Thompson creek, then to .Forest creek and finally to the Illinois val ley, leaving robberies behind them In each Instance, Grenbemer stated. They are accused of stealing four automobiles which they stripped to sell tho parts and of burglarizing the Borland home near the Snma Valley store, the O'Brien home near the Applegate store, the Shoemaker ranch home on Kane creek, the Lewis brothers cabin on Forest creek and the Hammer store at Selma. Other robberies also were committed, Oren- bemer said. "We are positive we have cleared all the robberies of country homes and stores since July 1," Grenbemer declared. "Hammond ha confessed to all the burglaries on which we have definite evidence." Hammond cleared the girls of com- THE HUNGRIEST MOMENT ...IN A BOY'S LIFE IS RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL I Tn pllelty In the burglaries, the deputy sheriff stated. Rhoten and the Bradley girl were arrested In a cabin In Illinois valley Saturday night, being surprised In their sleep. Hammond and the How ell girl were arrested Sunday morn ing in hill camp among the brush. Hammond was released from the Oregon- state penitentiary last March so after serving 16 months for bur. glsry, Orenbemer said. Rhoten was released from the prison In 1936 after serving ten years for armed burglary, the deputy sheriff aald. Both men, he added, are also wanted In Eugene on charge of contributing to tne delinquency of the two girls, The men were armed when arr rested, Orenbemer said. That's When He Wants A Tasty Slice of Beck's Bread With His Favorite Spread BBCK'8 bread supplies the energy It take t run a strong, active body. It maintain! this energy between meals. And children love It. And during the fifteen years, between the ages of three and eighteen, a boys muerles Increase orer 400'i in weight. A FOURTH of this can come from bread. For BBCrVS bread furnishes rnoTEiNS needed to OHOW on . the valuable . . to REPAIR tired, worn out tissues . . . and to develop Impor tant organs. BECK'S Bread helps to fight fatlgus and to develop strong, sound bodies. According to leading authorities, bread Is an almost Ideal combination of body-bullding pro. teln and energy-giving carbohydrate. It Is easily digested by children and sustains needed energy during the hours between meals. As a matter of fact, no other common food except sugar la MORE QUICKLY digested than bread. It leaves no waste nothing to harm or upset young di gestive syatems. Because BECKS bread provldea so much energy for action and so many other element, for growth. It can well make up at least ONE FOl'RTH of the food children eat. There la no BETTER or CHEAPER way of giving growing children the things their bodies need In greatest amounts: a good source- of food energy and protein. TRIPLE "T" and DE LUXE BREAD BELL FILES SUIT FOR AUTO CRASH Robert K. Bell, 5, of Eagle Point Is plaintiff In a suit on file In circuit court In which he seeks 110,000 gen eral and $500 speclsl damages from Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sullivan of Chllo- quln aa the result of an automobile accident August 10. v . The complaint alleges that while Bell waa walking across, the Sams Valley road to fill the radiator of his truck with water from an Irrigation ditch, he was struck down by the oumvan car, operated by Mrs. Sulli van, sen suffered compound com minuted fractures of the tibia and fibula bones In both legs and as a result was permanently crippled or impaired, tne complaint alleges. me accident happened on the Sams VsUey road a mile east of the crater Lake highway. The firm of Roberts & McAllister Is counsel for' the plaintiff. Medford's annual national catfish derby Is described In the current Is sue of The Sporting Goods Dealer wnicn goes to sports and hardware stores all over the country. The article la Illustrated, the pho tographs showing Queen, Jewel Deter and. her attendants, association offi cials, crowd scenes and residents of Medford and Grants Psss among the spectators. The artlole explains the operation of the catfish derby and tells of the success of the first two derbies In southern Oregon. The story was written by L. O. Fox. under his pen name. Closing time for Too Late to Clsa- lfy Ada Is 1 :30 p. m. Si CUT FIRE FOR DEER (Continued from Page One ) Butte .country, around Anderson Butte, at the head of Qlade and Yayc creek, along Elliott Creek ridge, it the head of Cougar creek end ?n Steve fork. "Improved forest camps that are conveniently placed In the deer coun try ere Wrangle Gap on the Ashland peak loop drive, Yake Creek up the creek from lte junction with the Lit tie Applegate and Cook and Ore on In California. "In the Union Creek district deer have been reported in the follow ing places: Anderson mountain; Jack son creek and Yellow Jacket camp. all of which can be reached only by hiking or horseback; Henderson mountain country. Fourbit mountain. Rabbit Ears, Abbott Butte and But ler Butte are accessible by automobile. "In thm Lake O Woods district deer have been seen around Brown mountain. Brush mountain and Cox Butte. The Brown mountain country is accessible from the South Butte camp; the Poleridge camp on the Deadwood road Is near Cox Butte; and for Brush mountain. Mcon Prai rie or Fredenberg Springs camps can be used. In the Butte Falls district deer have been seen In both high and low elevations. Forest camps are widely distributed In this district and camp fire permits are required at most all camps. "One fire last week spread In the dry grass and brush area over 60C acre in one afternaon be careful with your cigarettes and campflres." bounced along almost Impassable roads. Vincent separated from his -son -In law, H. M. Martin of Palo Alto nd Carl Lundgren of Alemeda. When h- failed to return to the camp they started a search and discovered his body. The altitude was believed to have contributed to Vincent's death The death brought the casualties to three in Mcdoo- county where th- season opened Friday. BAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 19. UP) Merger of tho Southern Oregon Ous company, the California Utilities company, the Needles Oas and Elec tric company and the Weaverville Electric company, now separate sub sidiaries of a holding company, wis proposed In a petition filed with the California railroad commission to day. The petition said the proposed merger was in line with federal hold ing company act and that eventual elimination of the holding concern, the Republic Electric Power corpora tion, was contemplated. The four companies would merge under the name of tho California Pacific Util ities company. Southern Oregon Oas company serves Ashland, Grants Pass. Rosa burg. Klamath Falls and Medford in southern Oregon. Howard District CITY POLICE SAY Marlon Erwin Johnson. 30, of Hen derson. N. C an enrollee .of CCO Camp Wineglass, was lodged in the county Jail early Sunday morning following his arrest by city police upon the complaint by C. L. Baynea of Route 9. Grant Pass, who alleged Johnson had slugged him over the head and robbed him of 9100. John son was to be arraigned In Justice court this afternoon on a charge of assault and robbery, city police said. Johnson allegedly confessed to city police that he struck Bayne in the head, knocking him down, and then stole his wallet. When arrested at the corner of Front and Main streets at 1:30 a. m. Sunday, Johnson had 76.79 in his possession, police stated. According to Johnson's alleged con fession, he Joined the CCC in Hen derson, N. C April 13, 1038, and was sent to Camp Prescott, being trans ferred to Camp Wineglass last July. He told police he hitch-hiked into Medford Saturday morning, and met Bayne Saturday night at a local dance. Baynes, Johnson and G. W. McLean of Grant Pas, a friend of Baynes', drank several glasses of beer, the alleged confession stated.. The asserted attack occurred in the alley back of the Safeway store on Sixth street. Bayne told police he was slugged on the head with some thing hard. ' and that he felt hi wallet being taken out of hi pocket while he was lying on the ground. Johnson allegedly confessed that he took the wallet, and after extricating the money, threw the purse away. City police were Informed by Baynes of the asserted attack, and a search was Instituted for Johnson, Baynes riding in one police car and McLean In another. Johnson waa arrested when McLean Identified him among three CCO enrolleea standing on the corner at Front and Main streets. The two other CCC boys were released when oh.iaon absolved them of being mixed up In the as serted attack. BETTE DAVIS SAYS THERE IS A RIFT HOLLYWOOD. Calif., Sept. 19. (AP) Screen Star Bette Davis ad mitted today she and her husband, Harmon O. Kelson, agent and former band leader, were having domestic difficulties. "There Is no use denying report of a rift," she said. "I am not the coy type that tries to hide what 1 true. However, I hope sincerely there will be no separation. Just now. I don't believe there will be. Pine Trimmer Ends Load 50c Sou. Oregon Sugar Pine Co. CENTRAL POINT Two Hunters lle KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 19. ffl) Oregon sportsmen prepared to open the deer season at dawn tomorrow with two hunters one a woman dead In week-end tragedies a few miles soutn or the state line in Mo doc county, Calif. Mrs. Barbara Thompson, 35. wife of a Malln farmer, died en route to the Lava Beds, Calif., CCC camp Satur day, the victim of a companion's izun. W. O. Vincent of Santa Rosa. Calif.. succumbed to a heart attack severnl miles from his camp. John Stewart of Malln, who was hunting with Mr. and Mrs. Thomp son, mistook the woman's white sweater for the buck he had wound ed. He fired and the bullet struck Mrs. Thompson In the abdomen. Fellow hunters carried her on an improvised stretcher over a moun tain trail and through the roueh Lava Beds country to a truck. She died several hours leter as the crtr HOWARD. Sept. 17. Howard P. T.A. met at the school September 16 at 2:30 p. m. The meeting was opened by the president, Sally Puhl. Bertha McGonagle sang a solo and Paulino Miller played two accordlan solos. A panel discussion of new standards for family living, was led by the program chairman. Mrs. C. C. Sater, assisted by Mesdames Arthur Brown. Joo Crawford. Bud Stammen and Paul Gerber. The P.-T.A. voted to sponsor the tuberculosis tests lu the school and to raise at least 30 dollars for X-ray. This meeting was also a reception for the teachers. Each teacher and officer of the P. T. A . were gl von a lovely corsa ge. Dainty refreshments were served by Mrs. M. J. Swing and Mrs. Golden, assisted by the seventh and eighth grade mothers. 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