Demurrer Quashes
Indictment in
Manslaughter Case
Circuit Judge C. E. Howell,
John Day, has sustained a de
murrer to an indictment charg
ing Allen E. Gebhard, Medlord,
with negligent manslaughter, ac
cording to Edward C. Kelly, at
torney for Gebhard. The case
was to have gone to trial today
in Enterprise.
Kelly said the judge's ruling
has the effect of quashing the
indictment, and whether or not
a new indictment will be pre
sented to the grand jury is up to
the district attorney of Wallowa
county.
The indictment was the second
brought in the case. The first
was also thrown out by the judge
then presiding on the case.
Fatal Accident
The charge arose from a hunt
ing accident last December,
The charge arose from a hunt
ing accident last December,
when Reed Wade, 35, Lostine,
was shot and fatally injured by
Gebhard when the two men
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First Ashland Band
Concert of Year Set
Ashland, June 14. The first
city band concert of the season
will be held tomorrow at 8 p.m.
by the Ashland Municipal band
in the Butler Memorial Band
shell, Lithia park.
Charles W. Cook, Medford,
former army band leader;, is di
rector of the band for the second
season. Due to his absence from
the city this week, the concert
Thursday will be directed by
Clarence Wiggins, instrumental
music director of Ashlands
chools.
The group is larger in number
this year, with many of the play
ers from Medford. The band
shell has been improved by in
stallation of a new public address
system.
On the program are "March
were members of separate elk
hunting parties in the wild Wal
lowa mountains in the upper
Grande Ronde country.
Circuit Judge Homer Watts,
Pendleton, was presiding judge
in the matter until his injury in
an auto accident Memorial day.
After that Judge Howell, a new
ly appointed judge, was named
to the case by the supreme court.
Attorney S. H. Burleigh, La
Grande, is associated with Kelly
in the case.
Ralph Edwards' Show
Switches to Columbia
Hollywood, June 14 U.R
The Columbia Broadcasting sys
tem chalked up a victory today
in its talent war with the Na
tional Broadcasting company.
Quizmaster Ralph Edwards an
nounced that beginning in Sep
tember his "Truth or Conse
quences" radio show would be
heard over CBS. Edwards had
been with NBC for 10 years.
The switch involved a report
ed $1 million.
Edwards said he also was
changing sponsors because his
current one, Proctor and Gam
ble, wanted the quiz show only
for television. The program now
will be sponsored on radio and
television by Philip Morris Cigarettes.
TO EVACUATE BASE
Copenhagen, Denmark, June
14. (U.R) The newspaper Ber
lingske Tidende said today Unit
ed States forces will evacuate at
least one of four air bases on
Greenland as soon as the ice sit
uation improves.
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Field Day Sidled
At Experiment
Station Friday
Friday, June 23, is the date set
for the second annual field day
to be held at the southern Ore
gon branch of the Oregon agri
cultural experiment station. At
that time the public will be given
its yearly chance to view the ex
perimental work being conduct
ed at the station in developing
new strains of crops for local
farms and in studying problems
faced by southern Oregon s agri
cultural industry.
In addition to the regular staff
of the station, consisting of H.
H. White, agronomist in charge
of crops research; E. S. Degman,
superintendent, and L. G. Gent
ner, entomologist, a number of
specialists from Oregon State
college will be present to explain
the work under way and to ans
wer questions from visitors rela
tive to forage, seed, cereal, corn,
fertilizer and insect and weed
control problems.
To Discuss Forag
H. A. Schoth, senior agrono
mist for the department of agri
culture, stationed at Corvallis,
will be present to discuss forage
plants from the viewpoint of seed
production, hay, farm pasture
and range uses. He has had 35
years experience with forage
problems of Oregon and is recog
nized as one of the leading
authorities in the United States.
He is largely responsible for de
velopment and introduction of
alta fescue, now the number one
forage grass in the northwest.
Dr. D. D. Hill, head of the
farm crops department at OSC,
who has a number of new var
ieties of cereals to his credit,
will be present to discuss the
cereal work underway here.
WMd Control
Virgil Freed from the experi
ment station at Corvallis, well
known authority on chemical
weed control, will be here to ex
plain problems of weed control.
Attendance at the annual field
days has been increasing each
year and more than a thousand
visitors are expected next week.
Guided tours will begin at B a.m.
Salem Prison Inmates
Tearing Down Wall
Salem, Ore., June 14 (U.R)
State prison inmates are tearing
down the prison wall, but don't
worry about it. There's a new,
25-foot-high wall outside the old
wall.
Warden George Alexander
said today the new concrete wall
has been completed and that
guards have moved into the new
observation towers. The wall
circles nearly seven acres of
prison land and the new towers
give guards an unobstructed
view of the property.
Prisoners were tearing down
the old wall and cleaning off the
brick for sale to private builders.
Former Resident Here
Dies in California
Mrs. Manora Lewis, SI, a for
mer resident of Medford, died
yesterday in Oakland, Cal., it
was learned here today. She
was a member of Reames chap
ter OES.
Survivors include her mother,
Mrs. Walter Anderson, Sunel,
Cal., and two children, Mrs.
Jeanette Hoppe and Reginald
Fifer, both of Oakland. Funeral
services will be held Friday from
the Grant D. Miller mortuary in
Oakland.
Interim Tax Group
Hearings Completed
Oregon City, Ore., June 14
(U.R) State Senator Howard Bel
ton, Canby, said today hearings
of the interim tax committee
have been completed, except for
possibly one or two at Portland
and Salem.
B e 1 1 o n Is chairman of the
group. He said the committee
held 18 hearings throughout the
state to study local reactions to
the state's fiscal policies and to
inform voters of those policies.
MARRIAGE BROKER
Tokyo, Japan, June 14 (U.R)
Former Prince Asaakira Kuni,
bother-in-law of Emperor Hiro
hito, who lost his title under the
new constitution, became a mar
riage broker today. He said he
needs the money. His "seiwa
matching club" will arrange
marriage ceremonies for a $1.25
fee.
Wedn.idsy. June 14, 1930
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