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ALLTHENEWSTODAY HER . 43 BUR BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE l1 . . sa .nfco'lder to- DOUGLAS COU NTY The Evening New and The Roteburj Review. An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Beit Interests of the People, ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW MONDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1924. VOL. XII. NO. 238 OF THE EVENING NEWS GSifflNEWS-KEVIEW iBSM v 1 I ..-.Mixtion of tt HOD lb ,.JDSy 'ntf:,;alrlnm and Packed Galleries Hear V Euloty Delivered by Dr. Alderman, Cia University Head Verdict of Posterity Will Be Just. UMfi vice, for the war president held n-. i;;. today in the chamber of the In its round of house of representatives. render nonui , iu uiuad mm, Woodrow Wil-1 daunted advocate of those hopes, I the scapegoat of a world col- I the house of lapse," Dr. Alderman Bald, "is to la the setting Ivlsit upon him injustice so services, with cruel that it must perish of us Alderman, i own reason. Alma Hater, Speaklne in the place where Virginia, pro- Wilson delivered the address that rostrum, from carried his country into the sident revived i world conflict, the University of istom of dellv- Virginia president declared he i message to could not envisage Wilson as a tulogy of his failure as he came back from eraents. 'the Paris peace conference bear- late, political i lug the covenant of the League and present, ( or iauons, ana me juipeneci late chief ex- treaty of Versailles. euests made "I envisage him rather as a lor which all victor and conqueror as he re- and galleries turned to America," he said. A vast un- "Untouched by sordldness or had been re-'dishonor, unsurpassed in moral dements lor; devotion and offering to his I ceremony country leadership in the broad lin of stations, i eat and worthiest cause In all Ige and his 'the story of human struggle for Burt justices, la better life." I of foreign Dr. Alderman said it was not Ibers of Wil- for him to undertake the task of ihigh officers apportioning "with nice justice I navy were the responsibility for the caul lg with mem-idron of heat and sweltered ven- t and house to om" of deadlock and indecision man who(0f partisanship and passion, in towering ca-i which for weary months this Ihlu distant largest question of modern fcapltol. times boiled and bubbles, ceremony was, "Other ages will make that jrlf !he great solemn appraisement," he added, feridence that,"j may be permitted the reflec It. us halls ;tion that something less of mal lae machinery ce i the hearts of his enemies, stilled. In and something more of compro Bieiiibers and mlse in his own heart, and tent business something more of political pi. Half past genius and firm purpose In the' i' V open" hpas of those who kept the (leading to the faith, and there might have been those accorded another world. (sat within the, -it t8 commonly said that the ! historic rank of Woodrow Wilson and house i wrapped up In the destiny of ene a little the covenant: that if if fniu hl r, the time of rank wln be mpreIy thnt of one Jiwrs of the moro ra(Haiit spirit whose reach t, recessing to exceeded his graap and if it suc (hamber. The cecd, 1,1. -I..- i ,.,,. selected to cure. I find tne formula too L ., !n ln ""id automatic for the forces Bortly before una i,i. 1. . . 1 r , I "Apotheosis and immortality KI f , th9 our Pr f'esh. so foredoomed to Jhe speakers the iniquity of earthy oblivion, V n' T Dut "ureiy the fame of Woodrow ,f" ' !' "J .unson does not rest upon an In--Montgomery, strument the orderly growth of mse. Intro- ivi,i. .1 . tarmm ... 1, iniu 1111m useiuiness may tZ J , .3 chanKO its structure and modify Id 'i,h Vi, 1,5 forra as t0 eause 4 f become i V pv t lnT a"ther and even better instru- r J. J. ment. If rfonptKlo unnn on in- senate, conquerable Idea, so greatly con d to ad-!,',Vrd "I? Se.' '0r,h' . that 14 rlt mri iu riw iniu near- if h?u.s! " "" tiner form and his fame 1 -v,. uu mi,st (!row wl(h ,t Int(J wnatever OFF IN FEEDER; (Auoclattl rrm LmifJ Wire.) PENDLKTON, Ore., Dec. 15. A transient laborer nnnieri West about B3 years of age, died hub morning ar. i.cno as a result or Injuries sustained when he was carried Into the feeder of a nay chopper which was being op erated by John Coin, on Meudow view ranch, owned by Will Reeves. , uotn reel or tne man were severed Just below the knees by the rapidly revolving knives ln the chopper before the machine could be stopped. He was re moved as quickly as possible to the office of Dr. Dorn la Echo, but death came within a few minutes. The accident's victim had been In Echo only a short time. and it was not known Bhortly af ternoon today wnetner he has any relatives living near here. An inquest Into the circum stances of his death got under way shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon. 0 REEDSPORT MAW GJVEfll REPRIEVE Gale Walker, Janitor of the high sciool at Iteedsport, convicted of giving liquor to students of -the high school where he was employ ed, has been granted a reprieve by Governor Pierce, and has been re leased from the county Jail where he has been confined. Walker entered a plea of guilty, when arraigned before Justice of the Peace Wallace Benson at Iteedsport, and was fined 1250 and given tiu days in Jail. He was brought to Koseburg by Deputy Sheriff Grubbe and had served about 10 days of his sentence when the reprieve was granted. Mr. Walker's friends at Hoedsport in terceded with the governor in his behalf, end hnd the young man re leased from the jail. He was given his freedom Saturday night, when Judge Benson telephoned Sheriff Stntnier, announcing the fact that the reprieve had been granted. HIGHT CASE IN "EXPERT" STAGE III LOSS OF GREAT LEADER Thousands Visit Train For Last View of Beloved Samuel Gompers. LOWLY PAY TRIBUTE Pathetic Scenes Marking Journey From Texaj 'Attest Grief of Followers. RIDKS rXIVHTtEl) ov toWC.VIVIIKK AKTKIt TIIA1X 111 IS HIS AI TO (AanrUIn) ITra LraarJ Wirt.) OI.AHE, Kan., Dec. 15. CliiiKing to the cowcatcher of the California Limited, fast Santa Fe passenger train, which had struck squarely in the middle of the sedan in which he was riding. Jesse Woollard, llntlie, rode uninjured sev- eral hundred yards, whon the train stonned south of here yesterday. Cranston Llntecum. a salesman, who was demon- strating the car, was thrown to one side and escaped with broken leg. TI10 car was scattered In small pieces 200 yards along the right of way. S. DEFENSES fiancee shoots IWILL BE AMPLE WHIPPING LOVER ' "I wormed he ful, of .'larparet Wil. F. P 6 Jbu9y ,llls!('rnnK. lm.nrtn-i Ir jn.nh i) ; . """ cam'oguing tne faults or more. were" v w .Wilson' DoKm"tist and fcremnnv I," herml'. rhetorician and pacifist, r nis ecocrnrrl. tn... j N Mrs. YrV. n.,dnf'pr were some of the t Is abrmrf ""'"tr coinages or his more civil f aoroad, an,, restrained enemies. Well, he Jiullii.e hrnti,. " faults. Some of them land s.0,, " "r,B Protective devices to con- hen he r7. T"'? ph.Jsl'Hl "trength and oth- from ih. ' , ' ""' ."f" nHlP in me inv e 9 Pulses in his blood; but Inhlhi- (Amnriatrd PrpM tpnnod Wfr. AIT. VERNON. III.. Dec. 15. As the trial of Lawrence M. Hight and Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, alleged plotters, who are charg ed with the death by poison of Mrs. Anna Hlght. bis wife, and Wilford Sweetin. miner, hus band of Mrs. Sweetin, entered ! upon the second week, the prose- j cutlon was ready to meet expert I testimony with more expert test-1 lmony, Indicatfhg a battle of evi- j dence with physicians holding the witness stand. Admitting the possibility of! Hlght's mental condition being unlike a normal man's, the pro-1 secution said it would move to i have this allegation dismissed, I asserting that no criminal law in the state of Illinois would rec ognize It as Insanity. Prior to recess Friday, the trial had tended to throw light on the relations said to have ex isted between the deposed pastor and Mrs. Sweetin. Neighbors of the two from Una, III., had told of village gossip linking the names of Hlght and Mrs. Sweetin before and after her husband's death. t joined Mr re. "'u 01 prme ana courage, nog th I., hiBh ambltlon are such as! f Kr.,i,i, ' "a,l0,,s '"a to forget and for-' 'T VIce-PreM. f l"' and eVen to ,ovo anl "icr- fcarshalf- , ,,h: Ptcrlty 1, Tncurlous about f, is 'on , .," n'lnnr fa""9 ' 't heroes., PPiomitio n,i, "J" ro''n,r'men lo not tattle F M"Adno h. "'n::, Washington's blazing pro-' J M-A, ;, a" ,v ' Monmouth, but see his 1 hi, ir., hi.i ; "Kur riding Into the "i Mr wil. ba,t,e 1'eneath the tat- m'-'-r no!M l rS. ' aK of 8 nation he a " I the Th j ,)r""t ,nt0 the world. " of the rued! coin-. dln,0t ab0t LI"" - ..... ui cnmDanlons. nr " taste In anectodes or his cun- LANE CEDAR SOLD FOR $80 AN ACRE (Aiwoclatrd TreM Leair Wire.) ElGENE. Ore., Dec. 15. Purchase of 120 acres of timber in the Cedar Creek district of the Harbor Investment Company of Washington stato, represent ing the Anderson and Middleton company, which has a mill at Cottage Grove, was announced here today. The purchase price of the tract was not announced, hut the revenue stamps en the deed filed indicated that it was over 1100,000. ATTKND HKIMO.V at Ti, ;;- w mrr Vt .; ,. " !" Po'llics; but thev rend 'n the h ' on, whl,fi i other er,rv 7f'1 pr,Pni whlcn h'" "t- HID UlfKIIL n to order .:; correcting his mistakes "f WB.'Jw;,S "f v"en hl humility as a h ? nl,,n t0 "rve out co-rre.. . J. :'.r'r of hi" use. And so ! . ' ' "e with Woodrn u-it.n. 'Mint. n thr' lnjr persnerilvo nf .1,- me year luw rvrr't. a tow. cc,,;.'" mbitlon to serve his iKtorr n , ' J"' intense as Crom. " It Was not MT tnr VI n '"rtt to f r ,or"- The pride r. ,r,H . . ZB th more ren Inl rnm.i. i " human. Z 0 1 he w'""g to rnlrer.r ;ndi"h;h"",,, I" luster world, I Joint lnl Tl"Te ,he vage al "rii" ser. Tnto ,h. i''n.ml, w111 hrlvri, I 10 ,he Insignificance of Hor-' The fourth annual reunion of the Eugene Consistory No. 2. Ancient Accepted Scottish Hite of Free masonry for the southern jurisdic tion, was held In Eugene Valley on Dec. 11, 12 and 13. Among those who attended from Roseburg were Lloyd H. Iavls, Dr. E. V. Hoover, Glenn Eddings and rr. M. E. Cooper. The 32nd degree was con ferred upon Lloyd Davis, Dr. Hoover and Dr. Cooper. ace Oreely's editorial against Lincoln's policies, or the futility of the early pamphleteers against Thomas Jefferson as Iconoclast and anti-Christ, and his mere detractors will them elves either attain a repellant fame as detractors of greatness or else they will pass out of memory.1 " ST. LOUIS. Dec. 15. The train bearing the body of the late Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of La bor, to Washington and New York, arrived in St. Louis from San Antonio, Texas, this morn ing. At Parsons, Kansas, the train was 35 minutes late having been delayed by the great crowds which wished to see the dead la bor leader. A vast concourse, composed of persons In all walks of life, greeted the train as it pulled In to the Union Station here. The coffin was taken from Its silk cloaked catafalque and trans ferred to another observation coach attached to a Baltimore and Ohio train for Washington. This train is due to depart from St. Louis at 12:05 p. m. today. The time and exact place for holding the final funeral rites for Mr. Gompers had not been def- nitely determined by executive council members aboard whon the train reached here. This was to be determined at a meet ing of officials in the traveling party to be held here this morning. All members of the party were In good health on arrival, but all were very much fatigued. Frank Morrison, seeretnry of the federation, upon whose should ers has for the time devolved the work of chief executive of the organization, together with James Duncan, Matthew Woll and Martin F. Ryan, vice-president and John E. Giles, Chester M. Wright, Thomas McQunde, William D. Mahor, C. Rob erts. Edward J. Tracy, Joseph Lynch, all officials, besides their duties of planning for the funer al, have received and escorted through the funernl car almost 100,000 persons since the coffin left the undertaking parlor in San Antonio. The women of the party, the secretaries to the of ficials, also have been constant ly on duty. Miss Mathilda May, V 11. yii iew 1 ui n. ill I . iiuinuttin nurse, ann ansa riorence 1;. Throne, his secretary, have tak en to themselves the care and nr rencement of the flowers, which, growing In volume at every sta tion, filled the compartment where the body lay, covered the casket and finally were hung from the celling and on the walls. " - At high noon and dead of night, the floral tributes, ex pressing the sentiments of the workers, both high and low, came forth in an unending stream. There were three outstanding incidents on the trip northward, which beside the crowds, touch ed the hearts of Mr. Gompers' comrades most. One was the little band which played a soft dirge at Austin. Texas, In the quiet of the night. This was the first stop out of San Antonio. A little croup tit faithful followers huddled at thi step of the funeral car as th muted tones seemed to envelope the dead and caress him as ho sllrred bv on his way home. Then there was the Indian chieftain, In tribal blanket and stalwart mien, who uttered the Indian prayer for the dead at a little station Just over the Tex as border In Oklahoma, asking the Great Chief above to be kind to the white chief In the happy hunting grounds. Then very early In the m orn Ing, came two old Irish women at St. Charles, Missouri. Day light had not yet opened the eyes of most of the party on board when these two old wom en knocked at the door of the funeral car. They had not flo-nr their rough hands held only coarse handkerchiefs as they viewed the remains of the man thev called "Sam." His Mends held the thottcbt that laboring people of New York should be given opportunity to see their dead leader a last time, and for this reason It was thought he should lie In state In New York from Wednesday after noon until Thursday morning. , T Last Saturday the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce tele- graphed to the Oregon sena- tors an endorsement of Presl- dt lit Kerr of tho Oregon Agrl- cultural College as a member of President Coolldge's Agrl- s cultural commission. An an- swer was received today from Senator McNary, who st.:ted that the endorsement had been delivered to President Cool- idge. The commission will meet In January, it is stated in the message, and at present it is not known whether or not there will be an Increase in the personnel. 4 PIERCE PREMATURE IN REMOVING ROSS (AaaorlatcJ Prc I.um1 Wire.) SALEM, Ore., Dec. 15. At- torney General Van Winkle ruled today that Governor Pierce's dismissal of Thomas Koss from the olflce of state l'iHh coiuinislHoiicr could not botomo effective until a hearing is granted and the. reason for his removal shown. s Cool idge Deplores Unjust Criticism of Nation's Army and Navy. CONFIDENCE IS ASKED Competition With Other Powers Discarded in Favor of Ratio Agreement. (AMOcUtrd rrcM Leued Win.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. President Coolldge Is giving his personnl attention to tho ques tion of national defense, which recently has become a subject of widespread agitation, and he hopes the country will have con fidence that its defenses on land and sen and In the air, will be adequately cared for. Reports of negligence and In efficiency In the maintenance of the navy and . other branches of the nation's defense forces have caused some concern at tho White House, but the president does not believe Buch reports will be accepted as correct by the American people. He Is satisfied that the government Is proceed ing with army, navy and air programs to the full extent of congressional appropriations and that tho budget figures on which appropriations for next year are to be based refloct fairly the needs of the situation. So far as the Washington arm treaty Is concerned, Mr. Coolldgo believes the United States Is following out tho five power agreement to the letter and he likewise Is con vinced after a study of all the confidential Information avail able that tho treaty provisions are being followed by all tho oilier signatories. The president Is not nppro- henslve of tho real stato of mind throughout tho country on tho question of national defense. He has expressed regret, however, that there is a tendency ln some quarters to measure Amorlcan efforts at preparedness by what other powers nre doing, rather thnn by the yardstick of Ameri can national requirements. Competitive nrmnments, In tho opinion of the chief executivo' are a thing of the past. Ho do-1 sires, therefore, to throw the! weight of his influence agnlnst' any possibility that the national defenses of this country shall stand on a competitive bnHis with those of nny other nation, even In tho minds of the people. 1 Ho believes tliut competitive rAmoclntM l'riw !.riar1 Wlr. .ATLANTA. On., Dec. 1 5. N. I. Cash la In a local hospital suffering with a pistol wound and his fiancee. Miss Rosabelle Jones of Fcrnwood has a scalp Injury, as a result of an alleged attempt by two rpen to flog Cash Saturday night, De Kalb authorities disclosed early today. Cash told authorities he was at tho residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. Cullom, discussing with Miss Jones tholr approaching mar riage when he was startled with tho Bound of axes battering ln tho front door. Several other persons were In tho snmo room, he said, and they all ran to the front of the house as tho two men, who previously had flogged Cash, according to his statement. entered and began shooting. The women In tho party were terrified and most of them ran Into the kitchen, Cash said. The fourth or fifth bullet hit Cash in the shouldor. he said, and adding that as he fell to the floor Miss Jones grasped his pistol and shot both the assailants, llefore she fired however, one of the men hit her over the head with a- bottle Cash stated. The two men staggered from the house leaving a trail of blood Cash told the officers they had come with the avowed purpose of ngnln flogging him. Sheriff McCurdy slated two men in an Atlanta hospital, suf fering with wounds ln the ab domen, are under suspicion ln connection with the Cash case. No warrants have been issued, he added, but officers are Investigating. SNOW SFMJJHG ALL OVER STATE Weather Department Fore casts Snow and Cold Winds for Few Days. COLD IS EXPECTED E Drop in Temperature Pre dicted Nearly All Towns in State Report First Heavy Storm. "Snow and colder with stronff northerly winds for the next two or three days," was tho special weather report received this morn Ing by Weather Observer William rtcjl. The report from the San Francisco office comes simultane ously with reports from all sec tions of tho state announcing the approach of a severe winter storm heralded by driving rain am. snow. During the past few days Rose burg has been having foggy nights and mornlngB, with a few hours of sunshine In the afternoon, and last night the dense fog gave prom ice of a repetition, but this morn ing as the fog lifted it revealed an overcast sky and within a short time rain commenced falling, and by noon the storm was disagree able. The rain soon became mixed with snow, and the higher peaks about the city were tipped with snow. Indications are that a heavy snow will fall tonight. Children to Sell Seals Today la the last rtav of the sale of Christmas f als from th" booths st various points about th" eitv. Starting tomorrow, and until De- pftm h. Ilk lha null. Will ho In charge of the school children. I (AMnclatci Tri-M Lrawil Wire) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Oregon's appeal in the case In VOlVing Its COIlimilsory millllO irmnnunl, worn imnin thr. rnn school law was advanced today trlbutlng causes of the world by the supremo court und will bo war, and he regards the whole argued February 21. theory of competitive naval building in particular as having PORTLAND, Dec. 15. The pone Into the discard at tho Oregon school law case was tnk- Washington conference . en to the Supreme Court after The present effort In congress Federal Judtes Gilbert, Wolver- and elsewhere to impress upon ton and llean, sitting enbanc as the public a need for further nn a District Court, had decided tho Val armaments, and for a gen law was unconstitutional. Pri overhauling of the entire na- State officials were tho formal val establishment, has been the appellants. subect of numerous conferences The law, passed by vote of tho between Mr. Coolldge anil his people, was attacked separately advisers. Ho takes no stock in by Hills Military Academy and a statements that tho navy Is Catholic order which conducts grossly Inefficient, but ho desires several private schools in the that whatever short-comings state, but tho cases were combiii-j there are be corrected and that ed by the court where argu-;tho nation be prepared at all nients wero heard. j times up to tho limits of its nec- The law according to the com- essllies. plalnants practically confiscate j Ho will continue to study the their property by requiring their situation in the light of nil the students In lower grades to at- facts available, both at home and, tend schools during part of the from abroad, and It is his hope j 9 year. ithat in the meantime, neither the .. o . press nor the public will form SCHOOI RDARDWIII hasty conclusions or readily dls T.rJvIjAThw'credlt the administration's assnr MEET TOMORROW ance that It is dealing with tho . Isltuatlon In an adequate manner. The school board will hold lis! regular meeting tomorrow, nt ' QfMON OF FAMOl J.S "nun unio 11 is prooaoin tnnc plans will be mad" for the sale! of the bonds recently authorized 1 by tho voters for the construe-! fA-i.tt frm i.m-i Who lion of a new school hulldinir. 1 NEW YORK, Dec. 15. Hiram The board is nlo considering tho Paulding. Vir mnny years one of matter of a site, and has In mind the foremost manufacturers of the appointment of a committee cider In the United Slates and a of 40 men nml women Interested grandson of John Paulding, the In school afTairs to select the lo- American revolutionary soldier, cation for a new building. It is who. with two others raptured prohahlo that there will be some Ma)or Andre near Tarrytown In discussion 0:1 this proposition, al- IST'l. died Saturday at his homo fliough the actual appointments at Huntington. Long Island, will probably not be mado until He was h 7 years of age. a later date. A committee Is al-1 He was the youngest-son or ready to make a report In tho Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding, near future. il'niii-d States navy, who. when a 1 midshipmen; won a voto of I'Myi K DKCOIt.lTIONS .thanks and a sword from ron- 1 gress for his part ln the battlo Hudson's Electric Store hns of Lake Champlaln in 1M4. been dresHPd In a most attrac-. Hi., holiday attire. In front of KX-l'ltollI AGFNTS TO PKX tho store entrance Mr. Hudson has constructed a marquee of M.-io.l frr t.1 wirO evergreen, ml-tletoo and Christ- KANSAS CITY. Dee. 15. mas bells. Colored lights en- Four former federal prohibition l ance the beauty of tho decora- oirents convicted of conspiracy Hons at night, and much atten- and graft today wero sentenced Hon has been attracted by the to two years In the federal penl pleasiiig db.play. itentlary and fined $2,000 each. The Roseburg land office today conducted a sale of moro than seventy million feet of government owned timber, lying ln Lane, Douglas, Coos and Josephine coun ties, which netted approximately $124,000. The land from which the timber Is being sold Is nearly all O. and C. grant, wllh one smnll section of Coos Day Wagon road; grant land In the lot. The largest tract disposed of Is locnled on tho Lane and Douglas county border, southwest of Cot tage Grove, nnd was purchased by J. H. Chambers of Cottage Crove.j This tract contained 5fi million feet of timber, nnd sold for $81, 600. Frnnk Pou!lno of Mnrshfleld bought two million feet of timber In Coos county, paying $7,444.86. A tract containing two nnd a half million feet went to Elmer Spalding of Grants Pass for $7, 835.64. Henrv Fischer of Monroe, paid $S.7!t8.81 for five million feet of timber. J. S. Mnglndry, of Eugene, pur chased eleven million feet of tim-1 ber ln Lane county for $1?. 058. 01. WELL KNOWN DILLARD COUPLE MARRIED TODAY A. C Green, of Dillnnl, and Miss Geraldlne Davison, also of that place, were quletlv married this af ternoon at the A. K. William 1 home In West Hoscburg. The ceremony, which w-ns performed by County Judge Q11I110 was witnessed bv the Immediate relatives and friends of the contracting parlies. The hnt'Py collide b ft this afternoon for I.os Angeles to spend their honeymoon. Mr. Green Is a machinist at the lo cal roundhouse. They will make their home In Itoseburg upon their return to the city. PORTLAND, Deo. 15. Ushered ln by a sharp north wind with driving rain, a snow storm began hare about 7:00 a. m .today and a white blanket quickly covered the ground. The enow continued to fall throughout the morning hours. The forecast was for snow all day, with dropping temperature. In tho downtown section, '! streets this morning wore covered with deep slush.. PENDLETON, Dec. 15. Fairly" clear, warm weather has been Pendleton's portion along the weather line for a week. Last night was tho coldest for several days, ,but tho mercury dropped Just below tho freezing point. It la warm today with fleecy clouds in tho sky. MEDFORD, Ore., Dec. 15. With the barometer fulling fast tho lo cal weather bureau predicts the lifting tonight of tho dense fog which has enveloped the Rogue Itlver valley tho last three days, and rain or snow for tomorrow. The minimum temperature today was 27 and one half above which Is seven degrees higher than the minimum for this winter. EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 15. A cold rain began falling hero this morn lug at 10 o'clock, followed a halt hour later by a heavy driving snowfall. YKI.K.V 1V OI'F.Y SALKM, Ore., Dec. 15. Tho first snow of thu year began fall ing here shortly after 8:00 o'clock and within an hour, the ground was covered to a depth of mora than un inch. The snow Is moist and unless the temperalure drops is not ex pected to last. REND. Ore. Oec. 15. Clear skies, wann sunshine and a tem perature well ub'.ive tho freezing point describes weather conditions in Ilend for the last week. The last traccB of snow which fell December sixth disappeared In tho path of a chlnook wind last Wednesday. PAULDINGS DIES The Yreka Inn, the new hotel constructed at Yreka. California, by W. J Weaver and his broth er L. L. Weaver, has been opened and Is eiijoing a flno patron age. The weather at Yreka Is1 reported to be quite cold, around ten nbove zero, nnd ns the new hotel Is f,ie only steam heated hotel in tiie city its warmth is greatly appreciated. The formal opening will not take place for a few i;ivs. ns the finishing tduchea have not yet 1 n made In the b.liby. but when this is done the hotel will be opened with a big bull ami bnnqnet. L. L. Weaver Is manager of the Inn, nnd Nick Ward, until recently chief eh rk at the Umpqu.i Hotel In this cltv. Is ni'sNtan mat. alter1 and head clerk. Praise of the new hosti b-rv te already bel-ur brought to Koseburg by persons w-ho hme etifoyed its hospitality, luring the few days it has beei opened to the trav.'ltinr public, j KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dee. 15 A sllkht relief from tho coll weatiier of the past week, was no ed here today. The Bky Is partly overcast but there Is no Immediate Indications of eltb'T snow or storms. ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 15. Linn county saw Its first snow of tlm season at 9:30 o'clock this morn lug. The flakes melted as they fell upon ground soaked by th heavy rains that preceded them by an hour. LONO VIEW, Wash., Dec. 1". A mantle of snow covered Cowllta county tmlay. The snowfall start, ed at 5 a. 111. lly S a. m.. according to the government reading here, an Inch and a half hail fallen. Kalniii reported slightly more than two inches. Divorce Case Heard The divorce uit of Georire Noah nralnst M:tccie Nonb. was heard In the circuit court tlits afternoon. Cruel mil inhuman treatment is alleged. POltTI.VND. Per. 15 Managers of logging rumps In western Ore gon ami southwestern Washington reported today th ' 1 -rations gen erally would bo f (b d on ac count of the snow .m until tha (Continued on page stx)