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VOL. XXVII. NO. 59 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW SATURDAY. JANUARY 24. 1 925.
VOL. XII. NO. 270 OP THE EVENING NEWS
ECLIPSE OF SULEIO
iraEnTINTERtWISL
luri DATA
SCIENTISTS SECURE ML
dirigibles Used for Observations and Photographs of
corona taken Conditions Were Ideal
According to Reports From
the Airships.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
Dreams of astronomers of seeing a total eclipse of the
sun under ideal conditions were realized today in New York
and New England.
In Michigan and Ontario and at Niagara Falls, how
ever, clouds and low visibility frustrated scientific tests.
Especially in New York City, witnessing its first total
eclipse in JJ9 years, was the spectacle magnificent. When the
j ui miamgni at ui a. m. was accom
pamed by the beautiful wo-hr f tk. .1
thusiasm, watchers on skyscrapers and hilltops applauded and
Excellent scientific observations wm marls V j
Til" .'n5.-.Clenhstl Comeil and Ya,c' aImo ' the center of
the totality area and also aboard the navy dirigible, Los Angeles,
sky ship named for Los Angeles hovered over the island of
" l ' , "7 ana .tent word DV radio through the heavens
that the results of its trip were excellent.
First reports of the results of scientific tests concerned the
radio. At Yerkes observatory Iron Mountain, Michigan, a
'aThT?8" "lvolum and clarity of the radio was noted.
At Waterbury, Conn., a marked departure from direction of
the lone wave was apparent. The Radio Corporation of
America in New York reported that its tests showed that a
short wave length follows the sun and that static is not entirely
a local condition.
The eclipse averaged four seconds later than astrono
mers had calculated. It was five seconds behind schedule at
Cornell, three seconds at Vassar, and five seconds at Yale.
Scientific observations were characterized as the most suc-
HmnfeVerimad1 bf ?r- E- E- Free' who hcaded Pay ' East
Hampton, Long Isalnd.
The weather bureau
m the temperature. A drop of two degrees was reported at
Shadow bands were noted at Yale one minute before and
rfTv 1 1''.' ,0tah,y- Jupiter' Mercury nd Venus were
clear at Yale but no comet was seen.
ell rIm"? ' &Tx mje! UP, air an armv PIan Mitch-
''rf,1'1",?1''.!00!;-'""" of the racing shadow.
,'" onuuiu urvriop priecilYi Thfl frfal
PORTLAND COUPLE HURT
4)
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lee. of
Portland, were injured this
morning. Just before twelve
o'clock, when their car skid-
ded on the slippery pave-
ment about fifteen miles
south of the city and turned
turtle in the ditch. W. H.
Brooks, a tourist from On net) A
county California, who had been
visiting In Myrtle Creek, was
on his way to Roseburg at the
time of the accident, and arrlv-
ed at the scene shortly after
the car went over and brought
the Injured parties to this, cliv
Mm. 1a-c was suffering consid-
ernbly from the severe shock
and was carried into th h'o..
w pnai. nor injuries which con-
slst of numerous bruises are
not of a serious nature. Mr.
Lee was cut unon the fnro.
head. Dr. E. B. Stewart a
called and attended the In-
juries.
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OUTLAWING WAR:!
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s EXCITING GAME
Participation in World Court
Necessary Says Presi
dent in Talk Today.
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(AMot-litat Pre Jim4 Wirt.)
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 2
The congressional dlsputo
over post office employes'
salaries has had Its effect
on the highwaymen of Los
Angeles, according to the
police, whoso records today
Include the stranee exnerl-
enco of E. J. McOormlck, a
mall carrier. Mccormick
was overtaken on a dark!
, street by a prosperous-look-
Ine gunman who forced hlra I .oral Team Outclassed hv
-j
FROM ROSEBURG
MAINTAINS SECURITY
Responsibility to End War
I3 National One and All
Agencies Must Join
in Promoting Plans.
...Lh..!,...),!,. - 1 ri-iuise msieu 10.
feet clrcie of darkness JM mtotnlffioJt OCOBd" 88 8cien,,8t8
diameter with a rim of flashing: ,, i,.ht -,,, A
75-nillewind from the nnrth ul ""M during which I
encountered as this plane took ,2"" . rrescented
off When It reached lw "ceilinir" I ove a f"n,nslle Pattern on
of hlrtC: 16.000 .TS ovL ftSL " fields, .roadways and the
keeosie the alr.hln-. .h i 8"!"8 .OI "("ngs.
recorded 18 degrees above zero.
During the period of totality the
fliers reported, when the moon's
rellected circle of darkncHS was
rushing along beneath them, sur
rounded by ordinary daylight, the
mercury dropped to 20 degrees be
low zero.
"Awful, inspiring, tremendous,
grand, beautiful," were some of the
adjectives the airmen used in de
scribing their experience.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 24
Tho total eclipse of the sun was
successfully photographed at the
Yale observatory, every thing
working to perfection, according
to a program, according to the
Yale astronomors.
The features of the heavenly
spectacle were clearly visible. )
Professor Ernst Hrown of the
Yale observatory, said that total-1
ity was four seconds late on the 1
average, totality was 5 seconds
Bally beads, dancing like drops
of liquid to topaz stmng on a
sparkling thread, hung in the sky
for Just a moment before the
eclipse became tolal. As they
flickered out the shadow bands
flared forth weirdly, heralding the
(Continued on nge 1
CAkocIiW Pnm Uawd wire.)
POUTLANd, Ore., Jan. 24.
Colonel Sylvester C. Sim-
mons, 84, a pioneer of 1854.
who came to Oregon with his
parents from Missouri in an
ox team, died here tmlav a
For 26 years he has been
custodian of the city hall.
-He went to school at
Bethel institute In Polk conn-
ty. In 1859 he married .Inlln A
A. Burford. herself a pioneer
of 1852. Three years later
he was drawn to the eo1,i a
fields at Salmon PJver. Idaho.
9 out Defore long became a
stage driver.
For some years he drove
stages In the employ of the
w uregon stage comnanv nml
H. W. Corhett. part of tho
time on the night run be-
tween Albany and Eugene .
From this job he went In-
to the trucking business in
Portland at which he cottln-
ued until appointed custodian
of the city hall.
He Is survived by his son,
C. C. Simmons, and two
daughters. Mrs. I. B. Piddle Itlon which saw
of Roseburg and Mrs. Manuel
Zlegler of Portland. Mrs.
Simmons died about five
years ago. e
The flag on the city hall was
been placed at half mast.
Funeral arrangements are to
be made later.
.
Mrs. Riddle, daughter of
Mr. Simmons, left last night
at 11 o'clock upon receipt of
word that her father's condi-
tlon was not Improving, and
is In Portland today. Mr.
Kiddle will leave tonight to
attend the funeral services.
PASS SUPPLY BILL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The
nnnual army supply hill carrying
t332.180.000 was passed today by
the senate.
bills that are to furnish tho is
sues will have been introduced.
The fish, game and port meas-
late at Ithaca, three seconds late!'"'9 scheduled for Introduction
at Poughkeepsle, and 6 seconds ("ie time prior to next Saturday.
Important Legislation Is .Up
for Passage by Solons During
Next Week; Fights Predicted
(Aoci.tl rn Lut wiro.) MtT 0f the session of 1923. Briefly.
STATE HOUSB. Salem. Ore.. 1 these recommendations nrire the
Jan. 24. By the end of the coming creation of office of slate director
week the setting will be pretty 1 of land reclamation, plnclng the
well fixed for the big grappling J attorney general's office at call of
matches of the legislative aes-i'e director; placing the state en
sion's latter days, and most of the ,Kn,cr under the reclamation dl-
These will provide that appoint
ment of members of the fish ana
game commissions and the port of
rector as Tar as engineering data
Is concerned, giving the director
authority to employ district man
agers, that districts asking state
aid sunply data relative to pro
ductive and nonlrrlgablo area,
empowering stale officials to re
quire minimum of 30 percent of
(Amrctat! Prtm Ltejed Wlrv.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. The
administration's stand In favor of
American participation In the
world court was reaffirmed today
by President Cnolldire In an ad
dress delivered at the White
House to delegates attending the
natlnnnl conference on the cause
and cure of war.
This step, the president char
acterized as the next move that
should be taken by the United
States toward outlawing war.
lie suggested also that the na
tion and the world should "turn
the light of more Information and
better understanding upon tho
problems of diplomacy."
Meantime, the president declar
ed, the United Slates should In
the Interest of peace continue its
readiness to associate itself with
whntever measures necessary to
maintain security, but should
avoid the danger of a "super-government."
"If the lesson of this last and
greatest war shall be lost, then In
deed will this experience have
been almost In vain," BRld Mr.
coniidgo. "it Is for the genera-
and survived to
devise measures of prevention. If
we fall in this, we shall deserve
all the disaster which will surely
be visited upon us because of our
failure. Every organized move
ment to keep alive the realization
of war's destructlveness serves a
helpful purpose."
The responsibility to end war
was described by the president as
a national responsibility.
"That question must be answer
ed by us Americans for our
selves," he continued. "There may
he temptation at times to Inquire
whether others have played their
part, but our responsibility Is for
ourselves alone, for doing the
part that falls to us because
our place in the world.
I believe that, just as the arm
ament conference was a timely
and convincing co-operatlnn on
the political side, so the Dawes
plan was a similarly timely and ef
fective effort for rehabilitation
on the economic side.
I believe that the next step
to hold up his hands. When
he began to search his vie-
tim, however, the man saw
ho woro a mall carrier's
uniform. "Oh." he said, in
tones of deepest sympathy,
"you'ro a mail carrier?"
putting his .pistol Dacc i
his pocket he walked away
without taking a cent.
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan.
24. Vigorous protest against
the establishment of tho propos
ed game refuge in Klamath and
Jackson counties was voiced by
Riamatn county sportsmen at a
mass meeting here last night.
Following the general meeting,
the Klamath Sportnmen's Asso
ciation with but one dissenting
vote, urged that the bill now be
fore the legislature be defeated
at this session.
A petition signed by approxim
ately 750 of the leading sports
men or tnis section will be for
warded to the legislature, pro-,
testing against the game refuge
Hard Fighting Visitors
From South.
PASSING IS POOR
Roseburg Boys Show Weak
ness in Passing and Fol
lowing Up Shots
Girls' Team Wins.
COOLIOGE TAKES A
WHACK AT SHIEKS
.
Anrt.tl r-iwa Lacd Win.) 4
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.
President Coolldge doesn't
think much of the prevailing
styles In college student ap-
4 pare), particularly the wide
4 flowing trouser legs and sua-
4i penderless waistlines. e
4 Three niembera of the e
American Whig Club of
Prflnceton called on Mr.
4 Coolldge today to ask him to
speuk before their society,
and when they had presented
the matter, the president in-
quired of them If they wore
suspenders.
They admitted they didn't
and Mr. Coolldge told them
thut when hlfl son came home 4
from Mercersburg Academy 4
4 similarly arrayed be prompt- 4
ly advised blm to get some
suspenders and hitch up bis
trousers a notch or two.
: nniWIUIITTFF flf
UUIIIIIII I I LL Ull
SCHOOL SITE
IS DISCHARGED
.2 CENTS PER LOAF
4 ' (AMockttd Prns Land Win.)
i4 BOSTON, Jan. 24. Bread
at two cents a loaf went on
,4 sale In Itnstnn torinv. linked A
Roseburg freBn at tho Fort 8trong buk-
Tl
(Anoriatcd Pnm r.Mpd Wir.)
I)NDON, Jan. 24. The favored
political topic of the possibility of
former Premier Asqulth becoming
a peer Is revived today by the
Daily Exjjress, which prints a re
port that the liberal leader has
decided to accept the honor. If
this prove true the paper says. It
understands that the title Earl of
Oxford will he revived for him.
The tllle heeamn extinct In 1853
with the sixth Earl, descendant of
the famous Tory statesman, Rol
ert Harley.
The Roseburg high school bas
ketball team was defeated by
the Ashland basketeers by a
score of 23 to 10 in a hard
fought game last night. Both
teams "ought at top speed dur
ing the entire contest, but the
Inexperience of the
piayers, coupiea witn an appar- ery, Boston, It was sold in 16
ent overanxlousness in the first j ounce loaves at the army
half, gave Ashland a good lead, a, quartermaster sale stores.
The game started off In whirl-! The price, according to the
wind fashion. Roseburg foughtjO quartermaster department Is
hard to get the jump, but in their what It costs to make the
endeavors to start the scoring, bread.
constantly overshot the basket.'
Ashland annexed the first twoj )
baskets before Roseburg scored.
Marske, Ashland forward, proved
an able marksman, and dropped
In qulrft shots with remarkable
acuracy.
The first quarter ended with
Roseburg on the small end of
a 7 to 4 score.
In the second quarter Rose
burg rallied, and annexed two
1eautlful field goals. Perrln
blocked an Ashland play which
with remarkable smoothness, was
working down the field for - a
basket, and then he and Jost
INJURED BY BANDIT
VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. 24 An
armed stranger entered the Prior
of I Street branch of the Bank of Mon
treal here today, occasioned a
shooting In which Teller C. E.
Draper wounded Bookkeeper K. E.
Elated In a leg and went away
afoot with $1200 of the Institutions
money In his pocket.
Draper handed the Intruder the
money when the latter threaten
ed to kill the manager of the In-
(Aaoctitrd Pro Uwd Wire.)
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan.
After a week of eomparative-
.Kb i. , J..... . t" .Z . ' took a sudden drop in Klamath
Selecting Grounds for New
School Building in Hands
of School Board.
TWO IN THE OFFERING
Eleven Acres in West Rosei
burg and Present High
School Grounds, In
cluding Elks Island.
and colder weather.
winch we may well take is bv wav .stitullon. T. Tt. H James if nrnn.
of participation In the permanent er did not stop shooting and start
tiununuen on page fi. ) paying.
GIRL WITO SLW MOTHER REMORSEFUE.
late at New Haven.
The experiment of chanlng an
cranh and e?enhon III Z iPnrtland commission be "taken I nl in a district asking aid to be
I' Professed Hrown .aid " " governor and vest-1 f"r " 8 ?, 'lttl" '
CPi.Ar2'r-l "" "ld- led In the legislature. A canvass ' lfctory to director requiring
" c"n"'uon" .7" of the members of both house, , J engineering establishment of
ClVrhu, clouds' took on 'byeuC,m,l T TT ZX'Zl?
1 n ith veto of the governor If the "'"us o ue n"iu in noejance un-
colors. Some prom nences were . " . til determination is
i fish and game bills pass and reach " nermmaiion is reached
The corona appeared to be of 'the executive. Possibly the same 1 hp'hpr Jra nage needed, re
the minimum tvM the nrofessor mv be e rp'atl to the port I mission of all interest, bonds or
the minimum t)pe, the professor 1 payments now due the state, re.
, , . , . i tv. ...- v.. K, ' : P1! of Interest guarantee In state
It would be several days, Pro- The governor has been ap- constitution.
iesso urown siaten, Dcrore tne re- illun,n' mtn ,,w,,v,ni ui in
sults of the observations and the IP1"1" on these measures. The
scientific success of the photo-1 nature of this proposal has not
graphs Is determined. been divulged. Feeling over the
It wl'l be several weeks before three pending measures. Is a trifle
It will be determine whether any- j chaotic at present and introduc
tion or the bills tr they attempted
to take all his present authority
from the governor, will be the slg-
snn'a !nal for counter measures to place
phfn- ;the appointive poer for all thre
01 tne
discovered.
pass
thing new has be
the professor said
Not a cloud screened the
Ing of the moon before the
disc, and all the attendant
omenx Bally beads, the shadow icommlttees In the hands
band, and the pearly corona, werejstate board of control,
observed by thousands who filled Among other Important leglsla
trets and house tops In the tion to be Introduced the coming
northern section of the metropolis. Iweek will be several Irrigation
.Mercury. Jupiter nd Venus bills, of particular inport will be a
wer as clearlv visible as at ;brsce of measures designed prl
nlght. Oreen. itold and scarlet rol- marlly to relieve the Warm
ors splashed the horlion, adding ISpHngs project,
to the grand spectacle. Bearing significantly on rec-
The corona of the sun was per- lamatlon on Oregon Is the set of
feci. recommendations filed Thursday
The shadow of the total eclipse In the senate by Senator twvis and
stole across the snow covered icomlng from the special commit
landscape visible about two min-'te. appointed bv Governor Pierce
Utes before and after the totality.
I The program or the ner. six
: days Includes the power meas
ures that are to be introduct' by
Senator Joseph.
I The fight looms In the house In
the next few days over the
Banks license revocation appeal
bill which has passed the senate.
During the last week the Inves
tigation of the prohibition depart
ment has the renter of Interest.
I A strike at the prohibition de-
Ipartment is contained In the
North bill which would deprive
the department of Its 25 percent
share of proceeds from fines and
turn all of the funds over to the
county treasurers.
I One of the big measures of the
season so far was that Introduc
ed In the senate yesterday bv a
large number of eastern Oregon
members of both houses which
would appropriate f.1oo,fino as a
tunn to furnish seed wheat to
farmcYs whose winter wheat cmns
jto study th, subject, under author )nare bvea (r0I, lh
Hi ;3R T ;'-TSv
sc:u.-:..s,'-i J .-'- . -.1
1
close of the ouarter Robert nile.ilr.,
Roseburg forward, tossed a long
shot from the center of the floor.
In the meantime the Ashland
short passes were being made
with telling effect, and the vlsi
tors hod brought their score up
by four points, so that the frame
ended 1 1 to 8.
Ashlnnd profited by the brief
session between halves and came
hark stronger than ever. The
Roseburg team was soon loft
hopelessly behind, and annexed
only one point on a free throw
In the third and fourth quarters.
ferrin at guard played an
outstanding game for Roseburg,
nnd only bis ability In breaking
up Ashland's well timed plays
prevented a more serious defeat,
.lost also played a good guard
ing game and was good on floor
work, but was poor on his pas-
(Continued on pate 2.)
light snow began
falling late this morning. Local
predictions were for more snow
!
BEND, Ore.. Jan. 24. A light
annwfnlt l.v nn t V. n nHn..nJ , 1. 1
R'"UUU ,h. . j,.k, t. ..ll
morning, but was melting fasti L:r"y""
As a final climax to the delibera
tions of the school site committee,
which has had the location for a
new school building1 under con
sideration for the past several
weeks, a vote was taken at the
meeting held last evening on two
distinct locations that had been pro
posed, one in West Roseburg and
the other the present high school
grounds.
The vote stood: For the Wost
Roseburg ground 26.
For adding the new building to
the present high school 13.
A majority of thirty votes was
required to carry either site, there
fore neither of the two sites were
selected.
A motion was then made to dis
solve the committee of forty-flv
representative citizens and place
the matter In the hands of the lo
cal school board for final disposi
tion. This action met with the ap
proval of the majority of the com
mittee and it was discharged from
further service.
The school board will now take
the responsibility of selecting the
much talked of site. They have at
tended each committee meeting
and are familiar with the subject
from every angle and It is sincere
ly hoped their decision, whatever
It may bo, will meet with general
approval and dismiss the matter
from further consideration. What
Is best for the public schools ot
having disappeared entirely on
downtown pavements at 8 o'
clock. Snow began falling again
about 10 o'clock.
unaccompanied by wind
PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 24.
A heavy snowfall commenced
falling in Pendleton at 7:45 this
morning. It rained heavily last
night and with the ground wet
and warm, the snow was melting
almost as fast as it fell.
To Visit In Portland
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Nichols, of
this city, are spending a few davs
in i-oruanu visiting with menus.
Republicans Shut Off Talks
About Nomination of Stone for
Supreme Court; Democrats Riled
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. Repub
lican leaders invoked the senate
rules today to shut off an Incipient
discusr.lon in the opening of Attor
ney General Stone's nomination to
the supreme court.
When Senator lleflln. democrat.
Alabama, one of those who have
advocated further investigation of
the matter, sought to speak. Sena
tor Curtis of Kansas, the republi
can leader, made a point of order
that such a question could be dis
cussed only In executive session.
ate had decided to postpone con
sideration of the nomination until
next Monday Renator lleflln agreed
to let the matter go over until
that time.
There was no public announce
ment of what had occurred In the
executive session, but HeMIn an
nounced later that ho would press
his effort to have the discussion on
the nomination In the open.
At the end of almost an hour ihe
- .' m unr uf ami
the senate proceeded with remlar
President Cummins upheld the I hnulm...
objection but Senator lleflln con- u i understood Senator Walsh
tended that he wanted to correct democrat, Montana, brought up the
a statement in the New York World i nronosed new indictment .nin..
sldered by the board and due ac
tion taken at an early date.
A committee consisting of Clay
The snow wis ?"br- IM7. "? "r
.,, nun, n rju,uit-u fl L .lit- IIUIl
meeting of the committee to look
into the site question and bring be
fore the general committee con
crete details of various sites pro
posed, had their report ready and It
was placed before the gathering.
One renort dealt with the Bellows-Casey
tract. Including the Wal
lace property, one with the Bellows
properly alone, the other taking In
100 feet of the Casey sgrove and
Bellows land, and the present hlgo
school site.
The committee hsd taken up the
sites separately and in each in
stance the approximate cost of the
land and improvements were spe
cified. The members made no
recommendations regarding the dif
ferent parcels of land In West
Roseburg embodied In their report,
hut had they done so would prob
ably confined It to the Bellows
tract alone which seemed the most
logical purchase of all the West
Roseburg property visited. Mr. Bel.
lows had offered his land at 1730
per acre, a most reasonabe price
admitted by all, and the total cost
of this site was summed up by the
committee as follows:
11 acres at $7!0 per acre $8,250
Paving Chanmsn streets l.RSS
Extending Paving Corey Ave. 2,200
Sewer Improvements 240
Draining ground . 560
Ithat he was opposing Stone's con
flrmation because he was an attor
ney for J. Pierpont Morgan.
Wllh Renator Overman, demo
crat. North Carolina, Senator llef
lln said, he opposed Mr. Stone only
because of his arguments before
the supreme court in the Ownbey
case, which Involved a litigation af
fecting the Morgan estate.
"That's right." said Senator
Overman.
Senator Watson, republican In
diana, objected to further observa
tions of that kind, but Senator
I Iteed, democrat, Missouri, took up
I the argument of the other side and
President Cummins ruled that Sen
ator Henllne could answer the
newspaper story.
Objection again was raised, how-
jever, and then the La Kollette In-j
I surgents and some others, includ
ing Senator Bora'h, republican. Ida
ho Joined with tho democrats In an
'effort to go Into executive sesnion.
This was explained as a move to
I avoid technicalities. It being plan-
Senator Wheeler, democrat, Mon
tana In the discussion. The gener
al opinion was expressed, how
ever, that this should be consider
ed separately from the nomination
of Mr. Stone.
TRIED TO BEAT UP
1 EDITOR; FAILED
Toinl
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Dorothy Elllngson, sixteen-year-old Ban FYanclsro girl, who slew
ber mother when the latter reproved her for gay parties, confessed th
crime without showing any emotion. She showed no remorse antil a
picture ot aer mother was sbowa bar b tbs Coroner.
(AwocUtM PrM LnH Wire.)
PARIS, Jan. 24. The once popu
lar pastime of beating up the edi
tor was tried unsuccessfully by
the son of the militant communist
Itappoport last night on Camille
Aytuard, director of the conserva
tive newspaper l,a Liberie, M.
Aymard, after receiving a blow on
the chin took his assailants cane
ned to open the doors later so the from him and handed him over 10
discussion could go on In "open1 the police, but refused to press
executive session." I charges sgainst him.
The motion to close the doors The elder Itappoport Is ssld to
carried. 37 to 3. I have been h'ghlv amused over the
After It had been pointed out by ' article to which his son took of
a number of senators that the sen-1 tense. 1
Ullllilng the present high school
site In this city, which has been
discussed and clnlmed to be a more
economical way of dlsnoslng of the
question, the committee had also
gone Into this matter thoroughlv.
Realizing that It was the opinion
of many members of the committee
that an athletic field should be had
In conjunction with the school site
the sub-committee hsd Investigat
ed the cost of a temporary and also
permsnent hrldire to the Elks'
Island. A permanent structure was
estimated at I 000 and a tempo
rary hrldce at .150. It was express
ed that the Elks would turn over
the land ss sn athletic field nnd
play ground with the understanding
that the upkeep be borne by tho
district or students. Their report
was ss folows:
Purchase of Wlllett property $9,000
Estimated cost permanent
bridge (1.000
Total 117.000
If a temporary bridge waB con
structed the foreeofng total would
be reduced to 19.350.
Other pronerty had been Investi
gated, Incltidlnr a part of the Casey
holdings, but the two outstanding
features of the committee's report
were as stated above. The Casey
land, owing to Improvementa and
(Continued on page I.)