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vol. xxvii. no. 73 of ro -view ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW
ENTOIINT f?fc$ IN church must for- IWILLIAMS
APT m mi fi mi I
KENTUCKY CAVE BEING PROBED ftiwMBj
AS RESCUE WORK IS CONTINUED
"Skeets" Miller, Young Reporter, Who Was First
Enter Cave and Talk With Imprisoned Man
Tells Straightforward Story Positive
Man Is Held by Rock
(AntocUttd Pri LiftJ wire.)
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 10.
Another amplifier test convinced
experimenters that Floyd Collins
still breathed in his Sand Cave
prison, ltespiration Is about 14
or 15 times a minute, it wag in
dicated. The shaft directed to the na
tural tomb of Floyd Collins in
Sand Cave had reached a depth
of 40J feet shortly before 2 p. m.
today.
Thirty nine feet of that distance
has been timbered on all four
sides. Drilling has reached the
7C foot level without indications
thnt blasting will be necessary.
(AMOclfttat Pre LeuM Wirt.)
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 10.
The Military Court of Inquiry In
vestigating circumstances sur
rounding the imprisonment and
rescue work of Floyd -Collins in
Sand Cave adjourned Bhortly af
ter noon till 3 p. m., after hear
ing two witnesses. More testl
monew was in prospect when the
session was resumed.
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 9.
William B. Miller, reporter for
the Louisville Courier-Journal
was the first witness summoned
befori the military court of in
quiry today. "Skeets" Miller was
one of the leading rescuers and
mado repeated trips into Sand
Cave in the efforts to free Floyd
Collins before the cave passage
way was blocked by slides and a
rising of the floor.
No announcement had been
Siade as to who would be called
as witnesses in the military in-
:r,.L'KTn, 'j" .c""rc.'ea
rue efforts at' Sand ' Cave"' Brig!
dier-tieneral H. II. Dennhardt.
commander of the national
guardsmen, was In charge of the
court I
, . ;
I arrived in Cave City, about 9 t
oclock on the morning of 1 - ebru -
ary 3, said Miller In opening his
story. "I met Homer and Marsh-
all Collins, brothers of the en
tombed man, Floyd Collins. They
came up out of the cave entrance
and Homer said he had seen his
brother.
"I went down In the hole with
Columbus Doyel, who directed the
way. He stopped at a narrow pas
sace where it was too hard for
him to get through and I proceed
ed farther .worming my way down
on ray stomach.
"I went down through the pns
Sflge headfirst until, without real
izing It I was risht on top of
Floyd. I had becun calling when
about ten feet from him and re-
celvlng only a grunt for an ans -
wer.
"Defore I realized It I had slln-
ped down the chute. All I could
see was Floyd s bean covered witn WOuld go away and leave him." ! proposes rate advances estimated man of the farmers-toconsumers SAN 1'F.HMO. Feb. 10 A total of
oil cloth, which was wet." Miller then described conditions I to yield $61,000,000 as against an league, who said it would protect 592 observers, including 61 news-
Miller was asked whether at ; inslde the cave where rocks were expected Increase outgo of $68,- (those now actively depriving the papermen and three news reel
this time he had received any In- ! continuously falling front the ceil- 000,000 in salaries. .farmers "of their Just dues." photographers, will be permitted to
formation from persons who had j jne down into the passage. It is a substitute for the meas- I "The measure would so strenglh- accompany the I'nlted Slates bat-
already been In to see Collins. He i Miner was asked whether on his "re passed recently by the senate en the oppressive powers." con- tie fleet on its forthcoming suin
sl.l he ha been told that Collins j Iast trip into tie cave Floyd Col- wJirh ,ne house declined to con- : trolling farm prices, that the farm mer cruise, it was announced
naa Dcen hatnrciay evening ami hi-
so thst John c.erald had beep dig-
ting around the prisoner.
"Oh you nnd the stone are hurt-1
Ing me." were the first words Mil- I
er heard from Coll'ns. he said.
This came when he slipped down
the chute onto the prisoner. He .
lifleri the cover from Collins face
and Collins asked him to put It j
back to protect him from the fall
of dripping water.
At this po-nt. Miner was rskcu
to describe in detail conditions at :
the point where Collins was
found. '
"There are. said Miller, "no ,
pools cf water but a constant seep
age I was unable to see his feet, i
I i ould see as far down as his
net but could not tell how much !
of his body was covered below ,
that pol .it. A large stone arches i
over his breast with only about
two Inches clearance, i just gni , j ao not ihink the man
my band under the stone and over , moved."
his chest. I carried a flashlight I . no ynu ,hnk ,horP wn, anoth
but was unable to see beneath this fr wav out .rom tnil p0nl or ,),(
stone. Floyd said he was cold. I ithP prisoner had been away?"
believer ll Is colder Inside the cave
than ou's'ile. In addition the seep
ing water wets anyone who goes
In. musing them to feel cold.
"On this, my first trip. I re-
mnlneil nenr Collins about half an ,
hour. I believed the case to be
hopeless from whst I saw and re
turned to the surface.
"My next trip was made shout
5:30 o'clork thst rftemoon. Hom
er Co!linr a brother of Floyd,
went In f!rst. I was second and
Lieutenant Robert Bunion. Louis
ville fire department' was third.
Th"re were others birk of Itt:r-
don but l ao not know now many j
to
or who they were.
"Homer had two sandwiches
and I believe some coffee. Homer
went down and I heard him talk
ing with Floyd. Floyd called him
by name and I could hear Floyd
eat the sandwiches. Floyd's
nerves were badly shot and when
Homer tried to put on him a harn
ess be had taken to try to pull
him out. Floyd begged his brother
not to make such an effort for fear
his leg might be pulled off.
"Floyd's head was pointing to
ward the entrance and he seemed
to be In a seml-reclinlng position,
apparently on his left side.
"The entombed man told me his
ti-iL wi was l-uiikui unu m vitriuuM
times that his toes and left heel
were held fast. At one time I man
aged to get as far down as his
knee cap.
"When I placed tho electric
light near him I was able to get
a view of the conditions of rock
behind him but could not see any
opening.
"Collins told me be went there
before and found a cavern that
was
very beautiful and eight feet:"8-" ORK. Feb. If. Heavy fog
.deep," Miller said.
"I tried to get him
to tell me
about the possibility of another en -
trance but several of the times I
talked to him he told me there
was no other entrance except the
one he came In and that he had
tried to find some way out of the
cavern and was forced to come
out through the place where . he i
Bt tatuBi.u
"Monday night he seemed to be
In a stupor and wanted to be left
alone. Tuesday he said 'I am at
Imyselt and feel better.' '
,' requested to describe
Passage from the en trance to
Collins He said, that the d rectlon
Kp"'-ally to right and down
but after he entered the cave and
subsequently he lost his sense of
direction and he was unable to
tl, which wav ,nfi rave ied
ABkp(1 lf he ha1 nm,,e a ,rip
, ,h ... -Hlh r.ernhl Miller
i testified that C.erald led one crowd
of rescue workers and he led the
other and that they had been in
the cave at the same time.
He was asked If there had been
any rock loosened In the cave and
answered that workmen attempted
to enlarge the squeeze and had re
moved portions of rock and dirt.
Miller described the first cave
In as being four foot toward the
entrance from Collins and the last
oave-ln twelve feet from nim.
"My last trip and talk with Col
lins was Wednesday morning.
l.nld the witness. "I calif d to him
iBm he told me he was hungry and
; tnat ni9 foot was free,
I Unwnver thlo tlirf not sntiml like
lthe truth, that Is that he was free,
because I believe he was afraid we
j;n9 was there, he answered "yes.-
nnd said he made seven trips into 1
ihe. cave and that Collins was
there each time,
General Denhnrdt asked Miller:
ea there any doubt In your mind
itnat there is a man In the cave?"
"There Is a man there who ans-
er9 t0 tm, nam0 0f Floyd.'
"y0u have heard rumors that
there is no one there. Do you
think there is any foundation for
such renort?"
-j nave npar(j such rumors Indi-
rectly, but the man in the cave is
not the type of person to my mind
who Is an actor. On all my trips
I found the position of the body I
unchanged. The action of the I
prisoner was such as would indi
cate he was suffering from ner
vous strain and from some pain.'
Was there anything to Indicate
a frame up for any reason?'
"No.1
Asked concerning the origin of
thes.e rumors. Miller said they
were mostly from persons he be
lieved not closely In touch with
tnP situation. Miller was aske
whether he had seen anything to
Justify an Associated Press report
of rumors that there waa no pris
oner in the rave. j
Miller answered that h" was fi- ,
mil ar with the report only as he i
had seen it published In his paper.
He said that there were factions
apparently verv eager to get the
prisoner out and that there
was
IContlnuea on peg '
(A wUted Tnm Lrued Win.)
ST. LOl'IS, Feb. 10. The mod
ern church must "break through
the accumulated theological debris
and the creedal entanglements and
paraphernalia of the centuries and
move in to a larger and richer field
of Christian service," Dr. M. P.
Durns, of Philadelphia, correspond
ing secretary of the board of home
! missions and church extension of
the Methodist Kpiscopal church
declared in an address prepared for
delivery today at the council of
cities.
"Illiteracy in any neighborhood is
a finger of disgrace pointing direct
ly at the church," Dr.' Burns said.
T
(AMOcUttd Vnm Lrued Wlr..)
PES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 10.
An unidentified negro was shot to
death when he and three other
men attempted to hold up4he bank
at Bonneville, Iowa, today, accord
ing to Information received here.
Two of his companions were
.,,k. ,.,1,11- .1.- .t . ,
ought-while the oilier escaped
which yesrerday caused a series of
eievateu railroad accidents result -
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l"J"Z .t'V.. fT"',? V.
1 iiiv t,uj 1 itiinu vn muu , rum riiiL'u, uwiitpt'u me. rerun. -
alid sea was delayed. mondatlonB were- based qii views
Three boats from Fait IUver, widely held by farmers and fol
Masa., and Providence, It. I., with lowed testimony of authorities on
several hundred passengers reach
ed their berlha nearly '24 hours
late.
Thousands of commuters
delayed. Servirt on some
lines was discontinued.
were.,
ferry
KELLY POSTAL PAY
(AMOclattd Pr
Wire.)
WASHINGTON,
Feb. 10 The
Kelly poBtal pay and rate increase
bill was passed today by the
houi-e and sent to the senate.
The bill was approved after
less than two hours debate under
rules requiring a two-thirds vote
for passage and barring amend-
iments from the floor.
Final action was without a roll
call, Speaker Oillett holding that
on the viva voce vote more than
two thirds of the house members
present supported the bill.
Carrying the same pay increase
as provided in the bill vetoed by
i-resineni oomige. me measure
proposes rate advances estimated
!""" - '""n mi n in-
,.rmge u. nouses s exclusive
, right to initiate revenue legists-
i lion.
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1-WP coyuMy-. sand ' , 1 1
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BILL
IS ASSAILED BI
ITS OPPONENTS
Senator McNary Says Ore
gon Prune Growers
Assn. Is on Rocks.
CITED AS ONE CASE
Chairman of the Farmer-to-Consumer
League De
. livers Vigorous
Onslaught.
(AMOclftted Pre Lrd Wire.)
vVASHINCSTOV, Feb. 10.
While methods of carrying its re
commendations into effect were
being assailed today before a
house committee, members of
President Coolldge's agricultural
conference, appeared before the
senate committee to explain their
suggestions.
11. F. Yoakum, chairman of the
farmer-to-consumer league occu
pied the stand before the bouse
agricultural committee and' he
delivered a vigorous onslaught
against the Williams bill, deslgn-
ed to carry out recommendations
of the conference, at the
Dime
time urging the Gurtis-ARwell
measure for a system of co-opera-
itlve marketing agencies. '
',. 8enl"e ?omm"'-
W' .M' Jnru"lp' ,a "ember of the
agriculture.
'It Is time for the farmers to
vet behind some nlan and ston
fighting each other," he declared-, I
adding that "the recommenda
tions will relieve agriculture and
will make a start toward perma
nent farm relief."
Senator McNary, republican.
Oregon, challenged the statement
of the witness that the Oregon
Prune throwers Association was
an examplo of successful co-oper-I
ative marketing, he asserted he
i was one of the largest prune
I growers InMho west and head of
I one of the biggest co-operative
! organizations, and ns a matter of
! fact, the Oregon Prune (Jrowers
Association is now on the rocks.
because they tried to spread out
too far.
Senator Harrison, democrat,
Mississippi, questioned the wit
ness on the source of the Inform
ation thnt led to such drastic re
commendations for the revision of
the protective tariff.
He declared he was prepared
to fight any expansion of the
tariff.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 The
Williams bill designed to carrv
out the recommendations of th'
president's agricultural comrni
slon was assailed today before
tne house agricultural rommls-
slon before D. F. Yoakum, chair
' man of the farmers-toconsiiniers
era would be left the choice of
iing their farms through fore
closure or riesi-ritn ih v,
(Continued on pnee 3.)'
Kentucky Cave Disaster
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1
TCESDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1925.
1 WEMTHY BREWER
WOUNDED BY GI
(Aaorktnl Prm Lnri WU.l
NFAV YORK, Feb. 10. C hris (1.
llnpfel, sou of John C. (5. lltipfel.
miltiiinuirn brewer today was re
covering from two bullet wounds
In the head Inflicted by a woman
,io shot him down last night.
Mrs. Kossara Spanaljowitch,
whom police iil. ril if i. i as n sis
ter to Dr. Millisoff, Serbian ambas
sador to France, and who was ar
rested, is being held. She denied
that she had fired the shots and
;Mupfel.told police at the hospital
jthat he could not identity bis as
sailunt. CIUCAtiO, Feb. 10. Wheat
prices plunged down nearly tl
cents a bushel today within hard
ly more thun an hour. The May
delivery went as low ns $1.85 lt-8
as compared with $1.90 ii-8 to
$1.91 at yesterday's finish.
Selling was active and general,
and tho market was without any
adequate support.
(AarvUled prm Lo1 Wire.)
CHESTER. Pa., Feb. 10. Four
men nnd two women were killed
and another woman seriously in
jured today, when a locomotive
on the Pennsylvania railroad
struck a motor truck and motor
car at a grade crossing in Marcus
Hook, near here. ,
ii si
(Aiwvtatnf I'rrM Wire.)
T A CO. MA, Wash., Feb. lfl.Hwo
men arrested in Seattle early this
morning are in the Taeomu city
Jail bHiig 1m M for InveMttmitinn in
connection with the holdup of Na
tional Hank of Taconia employes
Saturday and the slaying of Harry
H. Schmidt, agency manager. The
arrest of a third man companion
of the two already held, was ex
pected momentarily.
The two men now In custody are
Charley Kinney, 21, and (iuy Kuth
erford, 23.
Police refuse to divulge their ev
idence against the men.
TO FOLLOW FLEET
aboard the Tlagshlp California last
night. Five hundred enlisted men of
iu .,.i ,, ni i i.c...i
In this total.
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SUFFERING
AT VALE SAY.S
REPORTS TODAY
Neighbors Giving -Assistance
to Flood-Stricken
City Danger Past.
CARCASSES BURNED
Will Prevent Pestilence by
Precautionary Measures
in Disposing of
Dead Animals.
(AMocUtcd Vrtm Uawd Win.) ,
VALE. Ore., Feb. 10. No one
is suffering from lack of food or L
shelter in the flooded district sur
rounding Vale, as neighbors of
the flood sufferers havo given as
sistance. It was reported here,
when a meeting of city and cham
ber of commerce officinln was
held late yesterday. Representa
tives of Ontario were present and
said they would send their mayor,
W. H. Doollttle. to iirfslst farmers
!of Vale and the dffTrlct west of
here to obtain state relief.
The county court has ordered
that carcasses of all dead animals
ho burled, and purchased twenty
five barrels of llmo to he lined
In preserving snnltary conditions.
This amount of lime mny not be
sufficient. County Judge Noo
said, as the carcasses west of
Vale are spread over a distance
of four or five miles.
Only some jagged edges of con
crete in all that remain- of tho
ttrngirh dam. whloli watt wnsled
out. causing tho flood: the center
of the dam being washed down
to bedrock, according to Percy
Purvis, on his return from tho
slto of the 12fi foot structure.
He reported that thV Warm
springs ranch, five mUes down
I from liullv Creek, was gone. All
I the buildings, even the stone
house, were washed level to tho
! ground. All tho ditches were ,so
I filled wtlh mud nnd debris thnt
Inn trace could he found of tho
former ranch.
The rnilrond bridge two miles
went of Vale Is expected to l,n
' ready for trains tomorrow. About
two miles of the track washed
I out has been repaired.
What the Legislature
Is Doing
l'.IIKV HILL HKi.NLK.
(AMnrLtrri Pr.l InNl' WlrM
STATKIIOt'SR, Salem. Oregon,
I.Vh ID Cnvnnm. VVnller l
Pierce has signed Senator F.ddy
l.lll nnnirilni lli.it children mav
he excused from school up to 12 u
minutes a week to attend ,ay
...1.....1. ..r ,..n,.i. i.mmrfinn
and Senator Dunn's hill authorls-
i i.,.,.r.i. i n,ro.ia of t;itnl
educational Institutions to accept
(lunations.
The covernnr late yenlerdny v-
toed liouH.. bill 111 Inlrndin-ed by
o T l,nl.llt (f
wh too keeping In that It pro-
vlded for tuberculoni.1 innpertlnn
of all Block In Lltiti and not Mm-
iply pure bred and valley dairy
'aninuiN. The governor expretei
Mho opinion thnt there wan no
! tiereHHity In the law npplvlng to
1 beef raitle ranging In the fluKcadn
i mountains, thereby working an
'unnecessary handlrap on stock
men. !!mie bill 217, Introduced by
the committee on education plac
ing the Ktiine requirements upon
teacher from ot her states who
am certificated In Orejron ns are
placed in Oregon, passed the
senate yesterday.
With Senator Hare, who led the.
fight Tor the minority report, nd
Senator Hanks who led the fight
for the majority report, mrreelng
that tho consolblat Ion lnuo la
"bunk", the majority report re
lative to the appoint meiit of a
ctolh!atlnn ronimltotlon which
will report to the next sen-Ion of
the legislature was adopted by the
fenato yesterday, the house yes
lerlay afternoon killed house hill
!! providing fir an ef feci ive
state wide dog Iberialng law,
l ight On H. -filing fli ft.
STATKUOI'SK Salem, onnn,
Vfh. 12.Chnrgcs, direct and Indi
rect, that the alopathlc school of
doctor was atteuiplfng to stran
gle other groups engaged In tho
bfrillne arts were voiced by the
nat uropat lis. osioopat hs. chiro
practors, gymnastic director nnd
others in a meeting before the
ho uce revision of laws committee
lnt night on lion- hill 3M.
Th opponents of the bill do-
(Contlnued on p.ig( -Isht)
VOL. XII. NO.
FLIERS IRE KILLED
SAN' ANTONIO, Tex.. Feb. 10
Major I.eo Wright of Lyons, lnd.,
and Lieutenant Arthur L. Foste-,
whose parents live at Weler, Tex.,
were killed and their bodies burn
ed in an airplane crash near
Urooks field today.
.(HwrUtM Pirn IraMd WirO
ST. LOIS, Feb. 10. Joseph
Williams. B0. negro messenger for
the State Hank of Wellston. n BUb-
urb, was held up on a street car
here today, beaten anil robbed of
$7,600. Tho three robbers escap
ed. COL MERCER TO
lAancUtH Prm Lund Win.)
STATU HOUSE, Salem, Ore.,
Colonel W. O. 1. Mercer, chaplain
of the state senate will address a
joint meeting of the senate and
house in the hall of representa
tives on Lincoln's' birthday,
Thursday. Feb. 21. In 1861 when
President Lincoln sat on a lounge
In the White House throughout
ihe night talking to soldiers and
representative men of tho nation,
Coolnel Mercer was present on
that occasion nnd will describe
the quaint humor nnd other char
acteristics displayed by Lincoln at
that time.
E
Dr. Ceorge K Hourk. chairman of
the educntlon cnmmlttee of the
Iloseburg Klwanls Club, had charge
of the program today or trie organi-1 trM alBO of Margnfiei,, competed
nation. He gave a very Interesting for 40.aPre tract ot ralroad land
talk to the members concerning a ,n Co0H roantY containing consld-.
graph showing Hint business com I-, praMp port Orford cedar. This tract
tlons of, the country progress lnWRS t-lnnlly purchased by the Adlo
cycles. lr. llouck had a chart pre-1 8,PrKnr, for $1,300.
pared for each member of the club . ,i vm.i- -
which clearly outlined the theme , Jh jrJh l' h
. a i ie,i,-uiin. .n,i 40-acre tract of Waeon road grant
his ,'k I,wa";-7y'n",7l ?:in Coos county which finally sold
from It one gleaned that the next ' r.ihortin
two years. 1!2D and 1926. would be'" vC,nR,ntf tbS irtoa '
prosperous one. If past statistics j M5rrlle Polnt- ,or ,67S-
could be counted upon. "Hrlt" Ilrlt- The biggest sale was made to
ton. county I!oy Scout leader. gave;iennis mcuanny or Aiarsnneitr.
a short talk about the hlwanls
srout camp on the banks of the
South Pmnnua, a short distance
from Roseburg. Ho said the site
was Ideal for a scout camp and.
commended the club for securing It.
Stewart O'lHl spoke In behalf of
tho Snlvatloji Army, urging Ihe Ki
wanlnns to support It financially.
Ho said the army would be apt to
lannmion ... " " "'"7" .
I support was given. The ministerial
; "... .... I""1
pcoi.ie or rue '"hemlock 50 cents per thousand, red
work of the organization so that ... . .. . .,
fu"'ls rn be more easily obtained.
President Harding presented the.
i mailer of the Klwanls Club reserv-j
i1" "'"'If '" Hoseburg public,
liiirarv ror noons to ne uonaien Dy w. a. iveiace, or Keeuspori,
the Kiwan'ens. At Ihe next meet-! was in the cltv todRy. Mr. Love
Ing each KiwRtilan will bring ajlnce is a merchant at Reedsport
y"'"n,,I from pr,V.".T "braiJ
'7 ' ' ' . ...
1 ,,r,h KIR",Hn vJn
I mh year to
jnneir.
city library,
present one.
the Klwanla
1 ii wir
ITATlRISIlIMIfi. Tn.. Feb. 10.
Philadelphia Is the principal city
In the T'nitrd Htnt.n for Iho manu-
facture vf illegal drink from de-
natured nhohol nnd I'llOhurg is
a center for illegal beer. (Jovernor
TMtirliot toM the v neral nKsenildy
today In a mexsate nnking enact
ment of a bill for regulation of
dlsl llb ries and biewerlen.
If the bill in pi'ssed, the gover
nor said, the sources of Illegal
drink In Pennsylvania ran and
will be dried tip. I" It Is defeate,
he preilictd. flagrant violations of
tne law will connnue, and tne
law breaker will, bv lis defeat
bo en-oMriiire-1 to still greater law
lessness "Tlin eneml's of law enforce
ment will trv t make It uppear
that to d '-ft j.t this Mil will hrlrrg
neref the d.tv of light wine and
beer." he naid. "Kven If such a
j day could -vcr come. It could do
284 OF THE EVENING NEWS
L
OFFICE SELLS
Over Twelve Million Feet
of Timber in Coos and
Lane Disposed Of.
SALE NETS $32,000
Considerable Competition
Shown in Bids for Sec
tions Containing
. Stands of Cedar.
The Hoseburg land office today
conducted a sale of approximately
twelve million feet of timber, which
netted slightly in excess of 132,000.
Tfcls sale attracted the most inter
est of any small sale In recent
years and there was considerable
competitive Diuiling, a ractor wnicn
has been lacking in all of the sales
conducted In the office recently.
Competition arose in the sale of the
tracts containing Port Orford cedar
and these tracts brought a great
deal more than the appraised valu
ation as fixed by the , government.
One tract waa raised from $760 to
11,300 and another from 11,300 to
S1.575.
A11 of the timber offered Ilea In
Cans and Lane counties, and Is
made up from O. and C. and Wagon
grant lands. Several tracts offered
for sale were left unsold as no bid
ders were present who desired the
property.
Omer . Houghtallng, of Bridge,
bought 40 aeres of O. and C. grant
timber in Coos county, paying S2,.
825.24.
Mr. Hoiightallng' and Tlni'6thjf"john
Sullivan of Myrtle Point, where
competitive bidders for 40 acres of
O. and C. timber In Coos, county,
which Mr. Sullivan finally procured
for $1,550.
W. J. and A. R. Addlesnerger of
Mafwjpll anj mn, R. 0rh(,
who bought 80 acres of Wagon
road grant lands, for $16,350.
Tho Dexter Lumber company
bought 68 acres of O. and 0. grant
land In Lane county for $1,108.19.
Carl E. Fisher, of Eugene pro
cured 40 acres In Lane county for
$1,567.87.
The government prices on timber,
or the minimum bid whieh the
! mvsrntiiral would accept was red
, . , .,.,.i
ROSEBURG
AND
TIBER TRACTS
thei"r " 75 2 60 n,,r 'housand.
port Orford Cedar $7 per thousand.
cedar $2 per thousand, white fir
50 cents per thousand.
w. A. Lovelace In City
I anf ";tfled beforo the grand jnrr
i regarding tho robbery of hid
More. Wm. and" Charlea Foster awi
under arrest and are being held In
Jail charged with thin crime.
,s,
E
nothing of th sort. If modlflca-
tlon of the Volstead Act, si ever
tf bo possible, this much Is clear:
It never even bo considered
until tho law Is fully enforced,
This Is not a question of light
winn and beer. It In not a quest-
(ion of unadulterated liquor of
any sort. It Is a question of stop
:plng tho flood of poison drink
I noured out over the state and a
I flood of crime, misfortune, disease
and death which ruins and kills
lour own people by the thousands
nnd flow In an evil stream from
Pennsylvania Into other states as
iwit'
( Wntslnlns' ht nnl-nn K,i.
Donor (s made out of denatured
nlcohol. either completely or npe-
iciricniiv natured. the xorernor
ssld thnt In the two yearn ending
.lime 30. l!23. the amount of
srwclflcally denatured alcohol nro-
diieed In Philadelphia Increased
from less than SOO.000 gallon to
more than 6,000,000 gallons.