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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1938)
PATTE TFIT WEDFOTTi SrATIJ TnTBTTNMEDTOT?T. OTTGO'JC. "nTDSDY. OCTOBEI? 12. 1938. MAN-CAUSED FIRES ON ROGUE FOREST Wan-eaused flrM on th Rogue niter national forest Increased more than 100 per rent In the 1S38 season net tha 1937 total, a tabulation Is ' sued by Medford headquartera today ihowed. Tha flgurea were releaaed today to eenter attention on Firs Prevention Week which li now being observed throughout the country. The In crease In man -canard forest fires the past season demonstrates again that th public must ever remain vigilant, that there can be no let-down In th effort to stamp out preventable fins, headquarters emphasized. Every one of the man-caused fires could have been prevented with ordinary precaution. It wsa pointed out. Largest and most serious fire on the Rogue River national forest this year waa man-caused, 'the records show. It was caused by a careless smoker who Ignorantly dlscsrded a llfhted match or cigarette despite th years that have been devoted to educational effort to end such dan gerous practices, headquarters pointed out. This firs occurred near the end of. the season In the Trail sector and burned over 1100 acres. It threatened several homesteads, hun dreds of men and heavy equipment fought tha blase all afternoon and night and only th fortuitous arrival of rain the following day averted what might have been a catastrophe. The fire was raging on the even ing of September IT and was visible for miles along Crater Lake highway. II .was witnessed by the delegates to the Northwest Aviation Planning Council conference while they wero attending a dinner at Rogue Rlvor lodge near Trail. The delegates were Impressed by the destructive force of . a forest fire. The following tabulation shows the comparison between the 1938 and 1937 record of man-caused fires: , 1938 1937 Smokers ID 0 Campers - 6 8 incendiary 8 0 Other , ,,. 1 5 Total 81 14 Total acres burned by man-caussd flrea this year numbered 1 174 aa com- BUYI1G A HEW . IAY FOR rw THE LOW COST WAY WITH A 1 III CASlul nui LR Any Urn tic It II It Ml UV.k or POItlllWII O F.H B.'ST tj 4-i ' r "-tir.ru m oiirp ny niir nerrtai remedy, V testrd trr thousands of jrars. I lilnev -11 ,ou ,r"r' n" nutter ulial jou ar f"yHV H "'III ou oas It to innr.eir to use !hl . 4 W retain )onr health. I'han's herns ha He rrllrird at oiire health tu thousand, of people Constipation, Momarlt Trouble, Rheumatism, Hay .'ever, rlrrtv Children's lied netting, (lall Stones. Hun llnan Condition. Sinus Trouble, t'rostat Trouble, Asthma. Influenra, female Trouble, pile., Chronlr Couth, llllh lllood Pressure, Arthritis. Colitis, Nervousness, Appendicitis, Tonsllltls, Kriema, lllood Disorder, Heart, l.lver, hlilnrit Lungs, lllood, I'rlnary Disorder. I're consultation. CHAN & CHAN CHINESE MEDICINE CO. Open dnily 10 a.m. to 12; 1 p.m. to 0. 235 E. Main St. pared with 82 last year. Largest maneauMd fire last year, caused by a camper, burned 'over 49 acres. Total number of fires, both msn caused and llghtnlng-eaused, waa 130 In 1988 as sgalnst 87 In 1937. Total acreage burned over In 1938 was 1388 as compared with 113 In 1937. "When you consider thst smoker fires Increased almost three-fold this year, that camper fires almost dou bled and that Incendiarism increased, It Is well for us all to pause during Plre Prevention Week and make a sol emn resolution to do all we can to put an end to this wanton destruc tton." a statement from forest head quartera said. OAK GROVE SETS IVAL Th third annual Oak Grove grade school carnival will be held In the building Thursday evening, starting at 7:30 o'clock, with the public cor dially Invited to attend. There will be no door charge. All proceeds from the carnival will be used (or the benefit of the school cafeteria and various rooms. Included on the program will be an acrobatic act by a group of physi cal education students directed by Lyle Undley. There will also be booths of all varieties and deaci.p tlons. In charge of students, and nu merous games. 1 ROOSEVELT TALK President Roosevelt's broadcast on the "Mobilisation for Human Needs" Friday evening will be carried by KMED. Time of the broadcast here will be 7 to 7:30 p.m. Meantime the annual Community Chest campaign here was continuing. The quota has not yet been pro cured and a renewed effort was being made to accomplish the soal by the end of this week, headquarter? announced. PLAN EXPANSION E WASHINGTON. Oct. 12. (AP) The United State Intends to ex pand Its national defense program next year despite an apparent relax ation of tension In Europe. President Roosevelt disclosed this policy yesterday when he told ro portors It would be necessary to In crease the defense budget In order to provide $150,000,000 for new war ship construction. Navy officials said recently they expected to start work next year on two more battleships, four cruisers, eight destroyers and six or eight submarines. All these were authorized In the $1,000,000,000 expansion pro gram approved by the 1938 congress. The Increase suggested by the president would swell defense appro priations to nearly $1,500,000,000. more than twice aa much as the army-navy budget of a decade ago. Tha figure would set a new high for the period since 1930 when defense cost $1,744,000,000. Obituary A. M. Sutton. A. M. Sutton, long-time cssldent of Jackson county, died In his home at Jacksonville yesterday afternoon. He was 80 years old. He had been an invalid since 1921, Mr. Sutton was born on May 1. 1858. in Oil City. Pa. He engaged in the oil business in Pennsylvania until he came west In 1893. Mr. Sutton wns married to Alter Byers In Chleora. Pa., on July 27. 1880. Ht came In 1893 to A.hlnnd where he resided for 13 yesrs. After a residence -In Klamath Fatls he moved In 1925 to Jacksonville where he had since resided. He was a rancher until he retired from active business yesrs ago. Mr. Sutton 1 survived by his wlfv a brother, L- B. Sutton of Butler, Pa., and a number of nieces nt nephews In both the ea.it and the west. Funeral services will he held In the Dodge rhapel at Ahlnnd at 2:30 Thursday. Interment will be mailc in the Mountain View cemetery. ELKS TO INSTALL ' TRUSTEE FLiEGEL Medford lodge of elks trill hold their regular lodse session Thursday night. rialted Ruler Lantls especially In- I , vltes every Elk to attend. Installa Iton of J. P. Fllegel as trustee to (til the unexpired term of Waller J. Olnuclield will be held 4 I Use Mall Tribune Want Ad. ; ARTHRITIS tiv our hrrhal remedy, tried and herb. "Ill are alfllited opportunll hate restored Why not )ou? lo you haw ;as. EIRE PREVENTION DRILLS EVACUATE SCHOOLS QUICKLY Efficiency of city schools was praised today by Chief Roy Elliott following the holding of drills as part of Fire Prevention Week. Tm proud of the schools and ap preciative of the cooperation the fire department receives from the super intendent, tha principals and the teachers," Chief Elliott said. "Parents need have no worry about their chil dren getting out of school buildings quickly and safely In case of fire. The children are well organized and fully realize their responsibilities and duties. The schools have a splendid system for .rapid evacuation." The fire drills were held In all the city schools yesterday. The chief supervlned the drills, with Fireman James McNeil assisting as time keeper. The following tabulation gives the time In which each school waa completely evacuated: School Enrollment Emptied In Washington 380 53!i seconds Senior high ........ 700 88 seconds Roosevelt 315 43 seconds Junior high 735 62 seconds Lincoln .............. 345 42 seconds Jackson ............ 300 49 seconds St. Mary's .......... Ifl2 43 seconds During the day B, L. Barry gave a 10-mtnute talk on ilre prevention at each school. He emphasized the danger of following the trucks to fires and advised the children espec ially not to follow the fire trucks on bicycles. In the same connection Chief Elliott asked the public not to fol low the fire trucks In automobiles and especially not to pnrk cars near the scene or a fire. Cars parked near the scene are liable to block the firemen In laying second and third lines of hose, he said. Drills are held regularly In the schools d tiring the year and the stu dents nre thoroughly organized. At Junior high school, for Instance. Dick Morrow Is fire chief and other pupils have definite duties to perform when the flro alarm rings, such as man ning the hose racks and laying the hose lines as soon as the school Is emptied, the chief related. At the Junior high school exercises yester day Chief Dick Morrow opened the meeting and Introduced Chief Elliott. Chief Elliott todny expressed his thanka to E. H. Hedrlck, superin tendent, the principals and the teachera for their cooperation. lYlSlDFOR ILLA EDIFICE PENDLETON. Ore., Oct. 12. f AP) Greatest obstacle to the building of a 300.000 Umatilla county court house here appeared removed today with declaration by District Attorney A. C. Mclntyro that petitions pre sented Monday, purportedly asking an election on the Issue, are with out effect, slnre they did not follow form required by Oregon lsw. In his opinion, the county court is authorized by law to go ahead with building plans. Since today la a holiday no action was expected by the county court before tomorrow. The structure, to be built on the grounds of the half-century old courthouw now in use, irould be financed by a PWA grant of $135,000. approximately 1 45.000 to be raised by issuing deficiency warrants against delinquent county taxes, and the remaining 920.000 through a special tax. S. LAW HALT McMINNVILLE. Oct. 13. (fp Rain and delay in right-of-way ncco tlatlons threatened to damage Wll Thursday Only! SLIPS A sensational value for Thursday ouly. Mann's first Blue Ribbon special offers a regular $1.00 Rayon TaffcU Slip for just 68c. A lovely em broidered design slip in Tea Rose shade; sized 32 to 43 and either bias or 4 -gore style. Main aisle. Watch for Our lamstt rlrer revetment construction at Grand Island today. While the Yamhill countr court sought an easement to send repair trucks across C. R. Smiths prop erty, the. river rose against the gov ernment's unfinished harrier. Con tractors were forced to ceas hauling rock when two bridges were burned. County Judge Wllllsm O. Powell said he had offered ISO for an easir roent, sddlng thai the bridge repairs would have been completed except for this delay. The only other way of getting across the shallow west channel Is by wsdlng or boat. AGAIN IN TOILS PORTLAND, Oct; 12. yp) Lester Lee Satterwhlte, 44, already Indicted for manslaughter and convicted of reckless driving In separate traffic cases, was arrested last night by Detective Sergeant John Schum and charged with operating an automo bile without a .permit. The grand Jury Indicted Satter whlte In connection with the death i of Elmer S. Bell, his companion, In a collision on the Oregon City super highway last May. Qlen R. Metsker, driver of the other car arfd counsel for Mrs. Agnes Joan Ledford, who was convicted of poisoning two step daughters, waa seriously Injured. Satterwhlte was convicted of reck less driving on Auguts 30. His oper ator's license was permanelty revoked He paid a $25 fine and served five days In the city Jail. Schum, who said he found a half empty bottle of liquor In the car, stated Satterwhlte was Jailed under $100 ball. IS FOR NEEDY FAMILY Salvation Army this afternoon is sued a call for a mattress for the Llnhart family who lo&t everything In a fire that destroyed their trailer house home last Friday. The mattress was said to be the only pressing need at the moment. If anyone has a mattress to donate, the Salvation Army wilt call for It, said Capt. Reginald H. Vincent. Sal vation Army telephone is 356. A home on Mc Andrews road has been provided the family by the Jackson county relief committee. Other welfare agencies have been assisting. To avoid confusion and duplication. It was suggested thst persons who care to contribute to the family first call the relief committee at 524 to ascertain what really is needed. ' Chicago Subway Okayed. WASHINGTON. Oct. 13. (TPj Sec retary Ickes recommended to Presi dent Roosevelt todny he approve an $18,000,000 PWA grant to Chicago to start construction of a 938.OOO.U00 subway project In the Loop district. Logger Hurled, Hurt ASTORIA, Oct. 12. (AP) Hurled from a 14-foot springboard by a broken limb. Fred Aho, 24, Astoria logger, was fatally injured yesterdny while falling spruce at the Crown Willamette's Seaside plant. Irrigation Project, WASHINGTON. Oct. 12. The Public Works administration gave 92.500.000 to the reclamation bureau today to finance construction of the Tucumcarl irrigation project In New Mexico. Saved From Sea ASTORIA. Ore., Oct. 12 (API Struggling against racing sess at the mouth of the Columbia river with a broken rudder and a dead motor, the troller Boneda reached port last night under tow of the coast guard lifeboat Triumph. Walnut Crop Hums. McMINNVILLE. Oct. 12. Pi A fire at the H. O. Coburn prune and nut drier plant at Dayton last night destroyed a 93300 building and 20 tons of nuts valued at 98800. Caue of the blare was not Immediate!; established. Use Msll Tribune Want Ads. BLUE RIBBON SPECIAL Next B. R. Special 68c POWER PROGRAMS IN COAL COUNTRY CALLED 'SUICIDE' L ATLANTIC CUT, N. J., Oct. 13 t Af ueveiopment or nyaro-eieciric power In a country with adequate coal reserves waa termed "suicidal folly" today by A. M. Bee be. general superintendent of the Rochester (N. T.) Oas tSe Electric corporation. He told 3000 utility executives at tending the American Oas associa tion's annual convention that water power programs were all right for countries like Canada and Sweden, but "In our country, where unem ployment is the greatest problem and diffused purchasing power the greatest need, such a development Is a modern Frankenstein." The United States hss enough coal to last 4000 years, he observed, and a ton of water has to fall a mile to produce enough energy to equal a pound of coal. Water power pro vides no Jobs for miners, railroad men and truckers, he added. During - the prosperous years be tween 1923 and 1929. he said, i.?:ty per cent of the country's fuel cnergv came from coal, but now only 45 per cent comes from that source. Oil now supplies 30 per cent of the energy, Beebee continued, and pres ent reservoirs will bo exhausted 12 or 13 yesrs hence. He stated thst if every creek In the country were harnessed for water power it would supply only 27 per cent of the country's energy needs. ana every ton of coal displaced by water power or petroleum costs a man a day's work. Quartette to Give Request Numbers The Long Quartette will respond to special requests at the Church of the Nazarene tonight as evangelistic services continue. The sermon -topic tonight will N "Heaven"; tomorrow night, "The Jus tice of God." and Friday night, "Mod ern Youth Betrayals." last night the evangelist -pastor, the Rev. Fred M. Weatherford. gave a sermon on the topic: "Stop, Look and Listen.' Plan Power Survey. WASHINGTON. Oct. 12. OP) PWA Administrator Harold L. Ickes allotted 200,000 today to finance a national defense power study by the war de partment. Mann's r sr -.sx Z3 L 4 SM ' OF WEST HELD HOPE OF FARM PEOPLE RENO. Ner., Oct. 13. P Speak ing on the subject of "Havoc or Homes," John C. Page, federal com missioner of reclamation, today told members of the National Reclamation association 60,000 farm families havt come from the "dust bowl" to the west, "seeking tnelr fortunes anew, victims of a new and tragic problem." This number of "destitute fam ilies' 'along with an estimated 55.000 other families who have come from the great plains states presents a problem to which only a long range reclamation program will be a solu tion, he said. More than 500 persons were prwffnt for today's session of the three-dsy convention,' which opened here yes terday. Discussions at the meetings are expected to lead to recommendations to the next congress for reclamation legislation. Including a proposal a new law be adopted governing re payment of federal funds expended on projects. Page's address was the principal one at today's session, although sev eral other prominent speakers were on the program. Only Six Acres In .... Mt. Hood Area Burn PORTLAND. Ocf 12. (JF The Mt. Hood national forest, major rec reational center for the Portland area, lost only six acres In forest fires this year. A. O. Waha, supervisor, announced today. Flames damaged approximately 169 acres of private land In the vicinity. Waha said the' loss 'was exception ally light considering 1,000.000-acre area and the long dry season. 4 PWA Project Stnrted ASTORIA. Ore., Oct. 12. (AP) The PWA started work yesterday on two coast guard station improvement projects, to cost more than $70,000 at Point Adams and Cape Disap pointment. v 4 llllools Hiver Lses. GRANTS PASS. Oct. 13. Jpi Soil conservation cervices a'nnounced to day that the Illinois river valley in southwestern Josephine county has been ruled eligible for water utiliza tion projects. 28th Anniversary Sale Now in ml MAMA'S F FACES CZECHS IN BORDER DISPUTE BUDAPEST., Oct. 11. (AP) Caehoslovalt and Hungarian troops eMabllshed fighting positions 350 feet apart today, awaiting tha out come of deadlocked diplomatic ne gotiations on Hungarian demands for Csechoslovak territory. Th. linM were established after yesterday's occupation of two Czecho slovak frontier towns, Ipolysag and Satoralja ujneiy, oy tne nunnsnsi. forces. Th oecuDatlon wss a "symbolic overture." Hungsrlsns said, to re covery of thojsends or square miiee from Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak troops st Ipolysag withdrew three-fourths of a mile to the north of the town and started nnm ,n rile trenches In potato fields and surrounding forests. Hungarian infsntry louowea uiv, establishing positions at close range. Hungarian heavy artillery was In fir ing position. There was concern nere tnat Czechoslovak soldiers, angered by territorial looses to Germany, would prefer to fight against any new con cessions. Hungarian-Czechoslovak negotiators 1" V V af wuca a our omaiii oruaacasi g j "I tymT'fewi Most people who wear plates or bridges suffer from a special kind of bad breath. Dentists call Inden ture breath." , You won't know if you have lt but it can spoil your happiness. Friends will shudder-people avoid you I And the worst of it Is that ordinary brushing cannot prevent it. Neither will mouth washes. For the odor comes from a mucin- scum that col lects on plates and bridges. This THURSDAY FRIDAY and SATURDAY Every year during our Anniversary sale we break into print with an unusual Fur Coat Sale. But this year our sale's importance magnified by the style elegance and fastidious quality of every fur garment in this great three day sale. If you are at all interested in the purchase of a new fur coat we urge you to come in at once! La pans and Sable Coneys ; $4950 On Sale Fo Squirrel Locke ; $9950 Caraculs And Russian Weasel Other Beautiful Coats in Mink . . . Muskrat . . . Caracul . . .Chinese Weasel . . . Pony . . . Kid Caracul ...Squirrel and Skunk Chubby at $ 1 1 5.00 and up. QUALITY FURS SECOND meatlng at Komtrsm, on th froa. tier, mat for thru hours today an then recessed until tomorrow. Hues msps wars carried Into tha confer ence hall, which observer Inter, preted ss a tlgn negotiations would not be broken off as bsd been feared In some quartera. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. 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