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CITY FIRE LOSS
$7,571 IN 1941
mm told
Annual Report Shows 63.5
Cents Per Capita One
Death, 4 Injuries Caused.
Total fir Ion last year wi
$7,571 or 83-112 cents per capi
ta, it wai ihown in the annual
report tiled with the city coun
cil but night by Chief Roy El
liott.
ThU compare with $1,388.04
or 13 cents per capita In 1940,
lowest In the state and lowest
on record here. A series of fires
early in the year ruined the
. chance of equaling the 1940 rec
ord, though the outcome for the
entire year was considered high'
ly satisfactory.
Evincing an interest In inspec
tion service, Councilman James
C. Collins asked Chief Elliott if
two of the three fires caused by
electric wiring last year were
not in places under construction
and the chief replied that he
thought such was the case. Chief
Elliott added, however, that he
would not be able to give details
without checking his records
Mr. Collins' question seemed to
Indicate a curiosity about how
electric wiring (ires could occur
In places being constructed.
One Death
Estimated value of the prop
erty involved in fires last year
was riven in the report as $868,
000.87, Insurance carried on the
property amounting to $694,124.
On death and four injuries
were caused by fire in 1941, the
report said. It showed that the
chief made I9S personal inspec
tions of buildings and other pro
perty during the year and had
on hazard removed. All schools
were Inspected and fire drills
held at each.
Last year the department re
sponded to 172 alarms. Included
were 43 chimney fires, ten pub
He buildings, three apartments,
IS residences, nine cars, a barn,
four cases of children playing
with matches, ten rubbish and
22 grass blazes, a garage, three
cases of fires from electric wir
ing, three from electric motors,
one from an electric heater, two
from gas water heaters, one
from fireerackers, one trom hot
ashes and one from hot grease.
The report thanked the public
lor its cooperation.
REGULATOR TROUBLE
MAKES LIGHT FLICK
Trouble In a regulator at a
local California-Oregon Power
company sub-station caused
electric lights In the downtown
section to flicker on and off for
about three minutes at 5 p. m.
yesterday. The trouble was soon
remedied and uninterrupted
power service resumed.
Population of Hong Kong,
not counting military person
nel, totals 1.050,256 but with
out the Chinese refugees, It is
only about 730,000.
A bullet case can be made
by a lipstick case company but
the bullet case has to be more
carefully put together.
You trust its
Brothers Seeking lo
Share Dad's Estate
With Ignored Sister
Roseburg, Ore., Jan. 7 (IP)
In an unusual court action, In
which two brothers are seeking
to give away part of their in
heritance to a sister who early
In life Incurred the displeasure
of their father and was cut off
with a small part of his estate,
as distributed by his will, was
being heard in circuit court here
today,
Charles G. and Cyrus Hedden,
two of the four beneficiaries of
the will of their father, the late
John Hedden, pioneer Scotts
burg merchant, are seeking a
court order breaking the will
and dividing the estate of ap
proximately $85,000, into five
equal parts.
The late Mr. Hedden's will
bequeaths only $300 to a daugh
ter, Mrs. June Sachenberger,
who was estranged from her
father many years ago, and di
rects that the balance of the
estate be divided equally be
tween a second daughter, Miss
Emma Hedden; the two sons,
and an adopted daughter, Fanny
Loralne Goldson, a daughter of
Mrs. Sachenberger.
T BIKE TAG
Bicycle license plate number
one will adorn the vehicle of
Venita Gardner, 9, of 223 South
Front street during the coming
year. The little girl drew the
coveted number from the box
this morning as bike owners
streamed into city police station
to obtain their 1942 licenses.
Reese Baughman o f 524
Plum street, mailman, drew
number 2, and Vern Cannon,
city hall Janitor, was lucky
enough to get number 3. Num
bers 1 to 100 were to be drawn,
the latter numeral already hav
ing gone to Robert Webster, 12
of 422 South Riverside avenue
Up to 1:30 this afternoon 07
numbers had been drawn from
the box.
All bicycles In the city must
be licensed by city police.
MARIAN E. STANCLIFFE
OF PHOENIX PASSES
Marian E. Stancliffe, well-
known resident of Phoenix, Ore.,
passed away at Sunland, Calif.,
this morning after a brief ill
ness. A complete obituary will
be published later. Perl Funeral
Home is in charge.
NEW GOYA
Washington (UP) Newly
added to the Francisco Goya col
lection of the National Gallery
of Art here Is a painting by that
Spanish artist of a contemporary
of his, Don Bartolome Surcda.
According-to the 'gallery, the
painting Illustrates a phase of
the artist's development not for
merly shown in the collection.
A popular theory about the
Christmas star Is that It may
have been a configuration of
the three planets Mars, Jupiter
and Saturn; this triple arrange
ment happens once every 800
years.
quality
MEDFORD MAIL
LOSSJHRAINS
City and County Officials
And Chamber Commerce
Officers To Sign Letter.
Formal protest against discon
tinuing the two Southern Paci
fic trains linking southern Ore
gon and California was to be
signed today by city and county
officials and chamber of com
merce officers and dispatched
Immediately to the interstate
commerce commission and the
Oregon state public utilities
commission.
The protest, voted at meet
ing of the officials and commu
nity leaders In the Hotel Med
ford yesterday afternoon, also
petitions the interstate com
merce commission to issue an
order desisting the Southern
Pacific company from carrying
out its Intention to drop its only
two remaining southern Oregon
California trains January 12
unless "it shall appear to the
interstate commerce commission
that such discontinuance is ne
cessary as a matter of military
necessity."
Many To Sign
The document embodying the
protest was to be signed by the
mayors of Medford, Ashland
and Grants Pass, the judges of
Jackson and Josephine counties
and the presidents of the cham
bers of commerce in Medford,
Ashland and Grants Pass. Be
cause of the shortness of time
before the Southern Pacific
company's effective date in dis
continuing the trains, the inter
state commerce commission was
to be notified of the protest by
telegraph with notice that the
signed document was en route
by mail.
The gist of the protest was
embodied in a motion introduced
at yesterday's meeting by
George M. Roberts after Claude
E. Peterson, assistant to the vice
president at the company's San
Francisco office, informed the
group that discontinuance of the
two trains was based on the
necessity of utilizing equipment
and employes for military pur
poses. Rawles Moore, however,
asserted that he could not be
lieve that the military emerg
ency was so acute that any ef
fective help could be provided
by the couple of old locomotives
and the few dilapidated passen
ger cars comprising the two
train.
Promise Return
Mr. Peterson said the trains
would be restored as "soon as
the present emergency Is over."
H. B. Murphy asked about ship
ments of fruit next year but Mr.
Peterson said that he could not
look so far ahead, that every
thing depended upon war condi
tions at the time. He added,
however, that he could not
fancy the present military bur
den on the Southern Pacific
continuing more than three
months.
Mr. Peterson pointed out that
Workers, In factory and office, know thai a much needed
pause, now and then, needs refreshment, too. With Ice-cold
Coca-Cola near at hand, it's easy to turn to refreshment .
taste-good, feel-good refreshment . . . without turning from work.
Mora work, and better work follows the pause that nfnsht.
lOllllt UHBIS AUTNOIIIT Of THI COCHCOl COMPANY IT
COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF MEDFORD
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.
arrangements had been made
for bus service connecting south
ern Oregon and northern Cali
fornia communities with Klam
ath Falls division trains at
Dunsmuir, Cal. In reply to a
question by Postmaster Frank
DeSouza, he stated that trucks
would transport mall when the
two trains are discontinued. Gus
Newbury, when told there were
four trains daily each way at
Klamath Falls, wanted to know
why one of those trains could
not be routed through Medford.
There was no reply but Mr.
Peterson previously had said
there already had been much
curtailment of passenger train
service elsewhere and more was
in prospect.
CAPTAIN NIELSEN
TO RESIDE HERE
Captain Lester Nielsen, with
his wife and two sons, Brice and
Douglas, returned to Medford
this week from Taft, Calif.,
where Captain Nielsen has been
serving as provost marshall at
the air corps basic flying school.
Captain Nielsen, a reserve of
ficer In the air corps, was called
to active duty last August 1. In
October he went to Hoff Gen
eral hospital in Santa Barbara,
Calif., for observation and treat
ment, and there it was found he
was suffering from a disqualify-
I ing kidney condition. On Nov
i ember 23 a board of medical of
Ificers found Captain Nielsen in
capacitated for military service
and he was retired because of
physical disability.
Although expressing his keen
disappointment in being forced
to leave the service at this time.
Captain Nielsen said he was glad
to return to Medford and greet
his friends.
Captain Nielsen will resume
his duties as manager of the Big
Y market immediately, he said.
Returning with the Nielsen's
for an extended visit was Mrs.
Nielsen's mother, Mrs. Josie
Hazen of Sacramento. The Niel
sen's will make their home at
39 Summitt avenue.
"TODAY'S SPECIAL"
Roseville, Cal. (UP) A used
car dealer here was surprised to
discover that the shiny new
automobile he had displayed on
his "Today's Special" platform
wasn't there when he looked for
it. With the surrounding busi
ness district Jammed with pedes
trians a bold thief merely step
ped in and drove the car away.
Formosa is the oldest colony
of Japan and probably the most
useful economically.
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE-
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Bed in tht Mormnf Rarin' to G
Th Utot tboold poor t plots of MW Me
Into your bowtrU ovary day. If this bit It
not ftowinf frwljr, jrour food mar not dt
foot. It may juat decay In the) bowel. The a
(a bloat up your stomach. You got eon
atlpatcd. Yon tM sour, sunk and tho world
looks punk.
It Uku those rood, old Carter' Little
Llw Pills to st Unas I pint of bil flow.
In freely to make you feci "up and up."
Hot parkas today. Tak a directed.
Effective in making bil flow freely. Ask
for Cartsr's UtUs Llvr Pills. 10 sad 264,
OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1942.
AUTOIST INJURED
WHEN CAR DIVES
OFF FT. BANK
William Ziegler, 37, Elliott
Creek Dweller, Owes Life
To Passing Motorists.
Trapped in his car wiiich
skidded on slippery Swayne
grade and plunged over a 40
foot embankment on the Unn r
Applegate road 22 miles from
Jacksonville late Tuesday morn
ing, William Ziegler, 37, who
resides on Elliott creek, owes
his life to two passing motorists
who extricated, him from the
wreckage by tearing a hole in
the top of his automobile.
Ziegler was confined in Com
munity hospital tcay with a
broken arm, between the shoul
der and elbow, and severe,
bruises.
According to Lee Port, dis
trict ranger at the Star ranger
station who employs Ziegler
every summer, the latter was
driving his two-door sedan
toward Jacksonville when the
accident occurred. Steep, crook
ed Swayne grade was covered
with ice, and in attempting to
negotiate a curve Ziegler lost
control of his car and it skidded
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off the road and lodged against
some logs 40 feet below the
highway. Port said he learped.
Driver Trapped
Ziegler, Port said, was trap
ped and cramped in the car in
such a way as to be unable to
reach the ignition switch to turn
off the motor. The engine con
tinued to run. Port said, until
all the water was used up In the
radiator, most of it having
leaked out through a hole
caused by the crash.
Mrs. Edith Crow and Guy
Watkins, both of Copper, no
ticed the wrecked car as th.y
drove by, and immediately went
to Ziegler'a aid. Port stated.
Unable to open either door, they
finally ripped hole in the top
of the car and pulled Ziegler to
safety Just as the motor, run
ning without water, was about
to catch on fire, Port said.
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