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BOMB KILLS 4 IN FAMILY ROW Sheriff AI Cotter of Yreka, Calif., points to spot
where Wilbur Smith,, 47, blew himself and three members of his family to pieces with
a home-made dynamite bomb, but failed in his real purpose to "get" his wife. Killed
, with Smith were his son, Ted, 16; daughter, Charlotte Sturges, 20, and his son-in-law,
Douglas Sturges, 24. Smith's wife, Clare, with whom he wanted to get even for
having him jailed for beating her, was in the house at the time of the blast and escaped
injury. Note blood-spatted auto at right
APPLEGATE-JACKSONVILLE
Tools Reported Stolen
By HELGA MITCHELL
Applegate - Jacksonville
iTheft of S3 00 worth of special
ized power tools has been re
ported to police by E. H. Fos
sen, upper Applegate dairy man.
IThe tools were taken several
days ago from a cottage. Fossen
was building on his property.
Fossen said the thieves spent
considerable time in unbolting
j three quarter horse power
motor from a power saw, and
that tools of lesser value were
left untouched.
;. Thursday night a robbery was
attempted at Sunnyside service
station at Ruch when windows
in two front doors were broken.
A few weeks ago two inebri
ates stopped at the Jack O'Brien
and Leon Offenbachers homes
.at 3:30 a.m. and asked for gaso
line. The man at the O'Brien
home picked up a kitten at the
jloor, and when O'Brien pro
tested, the visitor drew a aun.
He said he bad been "cat" hunt
ing. ! A group of local people who
$pent a fv days in Portland
Salem, and other upstate points
last week were Mrs. Lyal iftrd
nd daughter, Bonnie, and son,
Billy; and Mrs. Henry Stuemke
and nephew and niece, Buffie
and Malinda Martindale, of Po
ir.oa, Calif., who have spent the
summer here.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Childers,
accompanied by his mother, Mrs.
W. A. Childers of Jacksonville,
went to Crater and Diamond
iakes recently.
2 Joan Cantrall, 3-year-old
jiaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan
JCantrall, suffered a broken col
4ar bone recently when she fell
irom the handle bars of a
licycle.
Mr. and Mrs. Harland Clarke
Of Eugene are parents of an 8
"pound daughter, Megan Port,
iorn July 29.Both are formerly
of the Applegate. and Mrs. Clark
the former Miss Francis Port.
. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Haskins
'of Medf ord are spending the
"Week at their cottage here. Fol
lowing a year's leave of absence
from teaching, during which
"lUrs. Haskins, with her husband,
Visited Europe, she will teach
again this term, being on the
Staff of the Roosevelt school in
Medford. where she will teach
iixth grade social studies.
! Mr. and Mrs. Robert Webb
nd son, Dave, are spending a
week vacationing at Redmond
ind Elk lake. Mr. and Mrs.
Tebb were accompanied on the
Jrip by Miss Martha Dahl, niece
jof Webb, who is returning to her
4iome in Redmond after spend
ing the summer here.
Approximately 275 people
Jtvere registered at the Apple
jate valley 4-H pre-fair held at
Ruch early this month, and 4-H
clubs throughout the county
vere well represented. Local
4-H leaders and members would
like to extend their apprecia
tionv to the following business
lirms of the county who donated
prizes.
Monarch Feed and Seed: Pa
cific Feed and Seed. Hubbard
tVTav, Hubbard Brothers. Med
ford Feed and Seed, Rexall
rharmacy. Surge Dairy Supply,
lorton Milling company, Fish
r Feed and Seed. Big Y Feed
and Seed. Dunham's, Jackson
ville Lumber company, Cole
rian Hardware, Grange Co-op,
iledford Meat, and Alexander
Hardware. Trophys were given
fcv Hunter and Best. Riverside
Market, Sunnyside service sta
tion Straw and hay was donated
j,y Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Can
trail. . .
i Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Davis and
family en route from a Naval
aviaUon base in Maryland to a
Station in Hawaii, visited brief
ly at the home of Mr. Davis
brother, Rex Davis, recently.
. John Person . of Burbank,
oCalif, who is visiting his grand
mother, Mrs. John Gore, in Med
ford, spent Tuesday night with
friends ip this community.
Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilford Pearson have included
Mrs. Pearson's brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
R. Nichols of Healdsburg, Calif.,
and Mrs. Pearson's niece and
family, Mr. and Mrs. G. E.
Brown of Danville, Calif., and
Mrs. Grace L. Nichols of Palo
Alto, who were en route to
British Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson have
been confined to their home for
a short time1 the former having
undergone minor surgery 'at
Sacred hospital, and Mrs. Pear
son having suffered a minor leg
injury when she fell.
Local 4-H club members and
their leaders are working to get
exhibits completed for the coun
ty fair next week, but some have
taken time out for fun on field
trips.
Boys of the Ruch Roadsters
tractor club, with their leader,
Gail BuMington, had an over
night camping trip to Cresent
City and Fort Dick last week
end. Those making the trip wore
Donald Snopl, Brad Gettling,
Byron Palmer, Gearry Fossen,
Bobby Ziegler and Garry Silva.
The Ruch sheep club accom
panied by their leader and fa
mily, Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Tweedy, spent a day at Jackson
Hot springs recently. Girls mak
ing the trip were Madge Barker,
Lona Buffignton, Mary Anne
Cantrall, and Madge Nelson.
Several members of the Beef
club, with their leaders, Armin
Richter, attended an angus show
at Grants Pass recently, taking
their anicals for use in judging.
Those attending were Byron
Palmer, Garry Sylvia, and Wil
liam Dahl.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale McMullen
and children of Cottage Grove
were over night guests of Mc
Mullen's aunt, Mrs. Sophia
Straube, Saturday. Additional
guests on Saturday were Mrs.
McMullen's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. O. Sanden of Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Norris
of Eugene have returned to their
home after spending a short
time with Mrs. Norris' sister,
Mrs. Leon Offenbacher.
A.'tensrei fkiF.tw-UBalE
Mr. and Mrs. William Barker
left Tuesday on a short business
trip to Seattle. Previous to this
trip, Mr. and Mrs. Barker, ac
companied by their four chil
dren spent several days at Cres
ent City and Brookings.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'Brien
and grandson, Terry Langley,
left Friday for Portland to visit
Mr. and Mrs. Donald O'Brien.
In Albany they planned to be
guests of Mrs. O'Brien's brother,
Terry Langley.
Miss Joy Dahl has rteurned to
her home here following sur
gery in a Portland hospital.
Rural Reflection: Mrs. Anne
Hancock was noted devoting an
afternoon to boating on Squaw
lake recently, the while remin
iscing about boat rides when she
lived in Maine, and at the same
time thinking she ought to be a
reporter, considering her con
tinuous curiosity as to what
makes the boat motor run and
how was Squaw lake formed.
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
Wednesday. August 14, 1937
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SUI CLUB
(fll NEWS
Phoenix 4-H Club
The Phoenix 4-H club meeting
was held at the Allen Harris
home, Aug. 7. Allen Harris dem
onstrated how to fill out a rec
ord book and Eddie Meaker
talked about the care of a calf
before and after it is taken to
the fair.
It was also discussed what
color to, paint the show boxes
and the buckets.
The meeting was adjourned
and refreshments were served.
Scott E. Holmes,
Reporter.
Gasoline Prices
Decline in Portland
Portland HP) A drop of near
ly three cents per gallon in the
retail price of regular gasoline
here since last week was report
ed today.
Most Portland area stations
were selling regular gasoline at
29.9 cents, compared to a mark
of 32.6 cents a week ago.
For several months there has
been some price-cutting on gaso
line in various highly competi
tive retailing districts but none
on a city-wide basis.
Operators said the price drop
was being absorbed by suppliers,
although there has been no for
mal announcement of a drop in
price to distributors.
O&C Counties Earn
$9,805,664 in 1957
Wactiintnn (in Thp 18 west
ern Oregon counties with O and
C lands within their borders
earned $9,805,664 in fiscal 19o7,
arrordine to Interior Secretary
Fred A. Seaton.
The receipts from timber sales
ranged in amount from Lincoln
county's S35.000 to Douglas
county's $2,462,202. The total
was reduced by the $4,495,000
niinttpri Viv the counties for con
struction and maintenance of ac
cess roads. The federal govern
ment's share was nearly five mil
lion dollars.
Bulk of the funds went to the
four counties of Douglas, Jack
son, Lane and Josephine, in that
order.
Medford Coupe Are
Parents of Twin Girls
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bates, 845
Bennett rd., Medford, are par
ents of twin girls born this morn
ing at Sacred Heart hospital. The
girls weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz., and
7 lbs. 2 oz.
Bates will teach physical edu
cation at Hedrick Junior High
school this fall. Mrs. Bates was
former freshman English teacher
and librarian at Crater High
school.
The Bates have one other
child, Cheryl Ann, 23 months.
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Convenient Parking
Bill Would Require
Congress' Approval
Of Grange Purchase
Washington, D. C. Rep.
Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.), has
introduced legislation which
would prohibit government ag
encies to acquire or use the Na
tional Grange headquarters site
without specific congressional
approval.
In essence, the legislation, if
approved, would restore to the
National Grange title to the buil
ding and property. Condemna
tion proceedings against the
Grange by the General Services
administration have been com
pleted and the government
agency says it has title to the
building.
The Grange was given a
year's grace earlier this session
when Sen. Warren Magnuson of
Washington amended the Inde
pendent Offices appropriation
act to read that no government
building be erected in the block
where the Grange building
stands until July 1, 1958. Gen
eral Services says the National
Grange building in downtown
Washington, D.C., is needed to
provide space for the new buil
ding. Property Not Needed
Investigation into the mat
ter by Representative Porter in
dicates that thte Grange prop
erty is not needed for the actual
government structure and would
instead, be used for garden
space.
Emphasizing that he has noth
ing against landscaping in gen
eral, the Oregon lawmaker not
ed that "garden space at $100
per square foot seems like a
needless expenditure of govern
ment money." He referred to
the fact that the government
has offered the National Grange
of the Patrons of Husbandry
$360,000 for the building when
GSA filed its declaration of tak
ing. Grange officials point out
that they could not replace the
building for that sum nor could
they find an equally adequate
location. The building is located
a block from the White House.
The national headquarters
building was purchased in the
early 1940's from the Brookings
Institute. Funds were raised by
Grange members in more than
7,000 subordinate Granges in
the United States.
Several Offices
Currently, the National i
Grange Building houses several ,
other offices, including the Na-1
tional Council of Farmer Coop- j
eratives, the American Institute
of Cooperatives, National Agri
cultural Research, Inc., Farm
Roads Foundations and Wash
ington offices for more than 30
farm publications.
Porter said there was no doubt
in his mind that the building
served the public and especially
the American farmer.
Native Oregonon
Succumbs in Hawaii
Honolulu (IP James L. Coke,
a native Oregonian who was a
territorial and federal judge in
Hawaii, died here Monday.
Judge Coke was born in
Marshfield, Ore. (now Coos Bay)
in 1875 and was a graduate of
the University of Oregon law
school. He practiced law in
Marshfield for two years before
moving to Honolulu.
SPEEDS TO JAIL
South Haven, Mich. (in Mo-
trist Wayne Flickenger learned
the hard way that haste makes
waste. After being given a ticket
for speeding. Flickenger sped
away again. This time, he was
jailed.
ALL IN
THE EAR
What you see mthis girl's
ear is Sonotone's new hear
ing aid complete. ' IT'S
WORN ENTIRELY IN
THE EAR - no cord, no
extra "button." Weighs only
half an ounce.
Women's hairdos hide i
completely. On ' men, this
amazing hearing aid is
barely noticeable from any.
angle. .
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Letters and telegrams urging
Representative Porter to take
action to save the Grange head
quarters have come from the
Granges and Grange members
throughout the Fourth Congres
sional district. The Congressman
checked with Grange officials
Wednesday, Aug. 20, in refer
ence to his bill. He was told that
legislation he proposed would
be welcomed by them.
Floor Amendment
Before actual legislation was
filed, it was believed by mem
bers of Congress that a floor
amendment to the Lease Pur
chase act might do the trick.
However, this week it became
evident that this legislation was
being held up in the House of
Representatives Rules commit
tee and would not come before
members before the session end
ed. Representative Porter had
asked GSA officials on June 6
why there was any need for
the government to purchase the
Grange property if the actual
land was not needed for the
building.
He received this reply from
Fred S. Poorman, acting com
missioner, public buildings ser
vice of GSA: "Consideration
was given to excepting the Na
tional Grange property from the
area to be acquired, but it's our
judgment that the acquisition of
this property was necessary to
provide a proper site for the
new building."
roorman saia tne site was
needed to provide appropriate
spacing between the buildings.
The Grange home is flanked on
both the west and the north by
the historic Decatur house which
will not be torn down.
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Saved From Vater
Vancouver, B. C. ffl Two
dentists from Portland. Ore.,
were saved from drowning Tues
day when their amphibious plane
capsized on Takla lake in a re
mote section of northern British
Columbia.
Rescued were Dr. Charles Fin
nell and Dr. William C. Waind.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lynch,
Yakima, Wash., who were op
erating a pleasure boat on the
lake, saved the men when they
came upon them, still clinging
to the plane floats.
A gust of wind swept the light
aircraft over, Finnell said, as he
was preparing to take off.
Worker Dies in Fall .
Off Interstate Bridge
Portland OPl The first fa
tality at construction of the new
Interstate bridge between Port
land and Vancouver, Wash., was
reported today when Herbert
Smith, 53, Portland, died of in
juries suffered in a fall.
Smith and another man fell
into a Columbia river slough.
Witnesses said Smith fell when
a section of scaffolding broke
striking a barge before going
into the water.
He was working on a section
of the bridge which is to cross
the slough on the Oregon, side
of the Columbia river.
Ernest Markwell, 42, Sandy.
who was working with Smith,
also plunged into the water out
escaped injury.
SUMMER FROSTBITE
Memphis, Tenn. ItPl It was
in the high 70's here Tuesday,
but 43-year-old Arthur Corter of
Monette, Ark., suffered frost
bite. Corter acidentally opened
the valve on a container of icy
propane gas and froze his left
hand.
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Columbia River Police
Patrol Boat Planned
Portland !IPI Commission
ers of Multnomah county Tues
day directed Sheriff Francis
Lambert to draw up specifica
tions for a Columbia river police
patrol boat because of the in
creasing use of the river for
swimming and boating.
"Squirreling" by some boat
operators, Lambert said, had
caused complaints of some resi
dents along the river.
New York (ffl Ross A.
Doyle, 53, veteran newspaper
reporter, editor and public re
lations consultant, died Tuesday
after a long illness.
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Portland Zoo io
Loan Animals to Fair
Salem More than 240 live
animals, loaned by the Portland
zoo will be exhibited at the Ore
gon State fair in Salem, Aug. 31
through Sept. 7, according to Dr.
Frank B. Queen, president of the
Portland Zoological society. .
Displayed wil be both large
wild and domestic animals as
well as the smaller tamer ani
mals. Revenues received from the
exhibit will be shared with the
city in return for the use of the
animals, zoo officials said.
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