Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948, August 05, 1925, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Roseburg news-review., August 05, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1925)

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.6 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextFAIR; CONTINUED WARM Consolidation ol The Evening Newt and Tho Rouburg Review t( DOUGOQS COUNTY J3 An Independent Nswepapar, Published for tho Boat InUroaU of tha People. V 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED fZl SERVICE WORLD'S NEWS TCTiY VOL. XXVI NO. 2!9 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 5. 1925. VOL. XIII NO. 11 OF THE EVENING NEWS FOREST FIRES ARE REPORTED TO BE SERIOUS &r. ' V CL'O. ANDERS START " W'aO referendum 'ys, NAL PROHI LAW ! V7 0 I 'o !. 1 tHtrJ Wire.) S) Warning Issued by Weather Bureau of Danger Today and Tomorrow. 8A.-5. '? ,Aug. . 5 S-eklng Mon of the Volstead Jretron Pro- hibilloD Re. - Jun Corpor- atlon has filea article of In- corporation. The purpose la to promote a law for a referen- dum on the national and mate prohibition act. and to advise voters of the stale and nation as to tho evil effects of the 18th amendment. There are ! no assets nor propfrty and ! the sole revenue is donations. Incorporators are C. W. Ster- ling. W, D. McMUutr. T. H. Compte, Frank Schegel anil John C. Shlllock, all of Port- land. PRUNE MEN TO MEETING MILL IS BURNED - Machinery and Equipment of Mill Near Glendale Burned Today; Many Fires Reported. FOREST FIRE SITUATION. Vaughan Harold Mill at Glendale destroyed by fire at noon today, with loss of aoproximately $10,000. Incendiary fire burning on Nlc kle mountain near mines east of Riddle. Fire covering 40 acres. Two bad fires on Lane-Doualas line, threatening valuable, Douglas county timber. Fifteen acre fir burning on Brush Creek'near Elkton. New fire starting on Middle Creek east of Riddle. Weaher Bureau issues warning of extremely low humidity for next few days, creating grave f- dangr. Campers ani tourii warnH to use extreme care with campfires, matches, pipe, ashes, cigarettes nd cigars. With fire springinn up all over the countv, with the lookouts blanketed In smoke, and the weMh rr bureau lsrfnq waminos of a -rooninq humidity, th eforest tire situation assumed grave propor tions here today. "For G sake tell the peoolA to be careful with matches and camp fires." was the aooeal made by Suoervlsinq Warden Hsrvev Brown to the News-Review thU af. te'noon. as hi telephone rno time after time with report of an- in creasingly serious condition. At 1 o'clock today three serious fims were burning In the rountv. ard a rawmtll near Cfendale was renorted in a?be. while fires In neighboring county were menac Ino. Two Incenrtlarv flrs wore burn ing this morning. on1 of fifteen tm oq Hush Creek, located near Flkton. This fire in locet-d In sn old burn, and Is dofri Mtt'e dam age, but If not controlled will soon reach valuable timber. A larre crew in on the tUt. and It is be lieved tht It t bin? siicespfu'lv eombatted. The othe- Incendiary blaze la located on Nick moun tain east of Piddle. This fire started last night at 8 o'clock, and covers over 40 acres. It Is In th mining district and threatens val uable pronerty. A new fire wasreported at 12:40 p. m. today on Middle Creek east of Rldd'e. It la In good tim ber. A crew of men immediately left for the scene, and until thev report this evening the magnitude of the conflagration cannot be de termined. A serious nitration exists near the boundary between Douglas and Lane county, in the London district. Two ires are burning there, one of more than 100 acres In extent, while the other one, two mites away, is smaller, but la a large and dangerous fire. They are both in the Lane county dis trict, hut It is feared that they will reach the line, as they are only a short distance from the boundary, and appear to be gain ing headway. A renort from Glandate at 1:30 this afternoon contained the nws of the destruction of the Vaughn Harold mill, on Qufne's Crek. The mill, which had a capacity of between fifteen and twenty thous and feet. It raught Ire before noon today, and the entire plant, machinery, buildings and a con stderable quantity of lumber ware destroyed. The Ins will probably run around $10,00. The fire sit nut Ion on the na tional forest is not so serious at present. Ranger O. C. Hon nr. central dispatcher, reported that there are no fires burning on the forest now. but the lookouts are instructed to be on the alert, as the conditions are right for the starting and spread of fires. The lookouts are greatly handi capped by smoke, he reports. The atmosphere Is so thick with smoke, that their vision Is ex tremely limited, and It is a diffi cult mat'er to spot small fires, so that they are apt to gain good headway be ore beingdlscovered. Yesterdav and today have been extremely low in humidity, and unless there Is a shift In the mind, whklf 1 not expected, to morrow will be even wor?e. the wea'her bureau reports. As a result of this condition people going to the forests are urged to use extreme care with fire. Camp fires should be care (CoDUuueO. on page three). E SIEZED Officers Capture Biggest Importer of Drugs in Middle West in An Oriental Den. (Aaorlatad mm Lnurd Wlr.) CHICAGO, Auk. S. A fortune In narcotics, found in an apart ment which had all the fixtures of an Oriental drug den, was seized by federal agents last night. They arrested Kitty Gil- hooley. who, with her husband. Willie, they charged with carry ing on a wholesale traffic that would handle nothing less than 1500 sales. The value of the drugs confiscated was. variously estimated between $141,000 and 1250.000 with an additional 110. 000 worth of pipes and weighing and measuring requisites. Pat Roche, ace of the "pedal intelligence unit of the internal revenue department, who led the raid, said the woman had been the biggest importer of drugs In the middle west and could supply any amount on short notice. Pour men were arrested as ped dlers and search was started for twenty more. During the fort night the government men watch ed the den. they said. .more than 100 nationally known underworld characters visited it. The contraband seised which Roche thought represented only a ten days' supply Included: 74.700 grains of morphine, valued at $1 a grain. 37,500 grains of cocaine, $1 a grain. 100 pounds of gum opium, Si 75 a pound. 75 pounds of cooked opium, 1200 a pound. COOLIE HOPES COAL MINERS CAN . UJIufEMENT SWAMP8COTT. Mass.. Aug. 5. Concerned but not alarmed over the break between anthracite operators and miners In their wage scale negotiations. Presi dent Coolidge kept close tab on the situation today without Indl I eating what action. If any, the ; government would take If suspen sion of mining operations on Sep 1 1 ember 1 becomes a certainty. Indications are that the presi dent sees no necessity for Imme Idlate action on the part of the ! administration. He Is still hope j f nt that an agreement on wages still will be reached. THURSDAY P. MRS. COOLIDGE IS SWIMMING PUPIL (AMnrtatH Prw WlrM SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.. Aug. 8. Finding the waters of an ocean swimming pool near White Court to her liking, Mrs. Coolidge Is learning to be a real swimmer. t'nder the tutelage of Miss Mary Hernan, of West Medford, Mass., an expert swimmer, who la spending the summer on the north shore, the wife of the pre sident today went through the elementary stages of the side stroke which she Is attempting to master. Co-Operative Organization Along Lines Recently Pro posed Is Expected. Son Kills Father and Dumps Body Into Well; Officers at First Fooled by Falsehood TRUSTY ESCAPES FROM OREGON PEN OAKLAND MEN ACT Complete Incorporation for Purpose, of Packing and Bargaining Prune Crops of Members. Definite steps looking toward the organization of the prune growers of the Roseburg vicinity into an association, to work for the collective packing and bar gaining of the prune crops of the members, are expected .to - be taken at the meeting to be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the City Hall. The Oakland growers have already or ganized, with T. 11. Garrison, F. Fortln and A. L. Mallery as In corporators the name of the or ganization being the ITmpqua Co operative Prune Growers. This organization Is the out growth of the campaign being fostered by the Portland Chamber of Commerce, meetings having been held throughout the county, only a short time ago. by R. II. Kipp and Kenneth Miller of the marketing department. It la the belief of the Portlnnd Chamber of Commerce that the prune Industry, Id order to show a aultable profit, must be placed on a co-operative basis. Growers should operate their own coopera tively bargain and sell their pro tlvel ybargln and sell their pro duce, and cooperate In every re spect In the handling of their own fruit. It Is contended. Statistics have been presented showing comparative costs thru the present method and the pro posed cooperative system, and the basis for organization has been outlined. Growers In practically every locality have met the proposition with favor, considering the co operative basis as proposed by the marketing department of the Pbrt- land chamber of commerce to be satisfactory. The local Chamber of Com merce has been quite active In furthering the organization effort. and has arranged for the meet ing to be held tomorrow after noon. Mr. Miller has wired that he will be present, to advise and aid in any possible way. It is expected that preliminary action will be taken to perfect an asso ciation and to Incorporate for fu ture activity of a cooperative nature. (AMncUtrd Pna Win.) LINCOLN, Neb:. Aug. 5 Adolph S. Smetak. 22 yean old farmer youth, was being held at the Ne braska state penitentiary here to day pending probable charges of first degree murder. Smetak. j county officers say, confessed last. night that he bad killed his father, John Smetak. 67, and had thrown the body In a well on the farm on which they lived near Wahoo. The body was found by county officers Tuesday afternoon and placed In a tool house in the Wa hoo cemetery awaiting burial. Late last night, however, the building was mysteriously fired and the bo dy waa burned almost beyond rec ognition. The elder Smetak dlsappared last March 12 and the aon told farmer neighbors that be had gone to Europe. Neighbors and county tuthorltlea accepted the explana tion temporarily, but later began to doubt the story, especially as they suld they previously had com plaints from the boy's father that "he was afraid" of his son. Tuesday, the county attorney, sheriff aud several other county officials came to the Smetak farm with a liquor aearch warrant and found the decomposed body of the elder Smetak in a well on the farm. Confronted with the body, he waa accused of the murder and con fessed, the county attorney aald, that he and his father had quarrel ed and that he had struck his fath er on the head with a hammer and then dumped the body In the well. He was rusnei to the state peni tentiary here for safe keeping as feeling is said to be strong at Wahoo. 1 GRANGE FLOWER in ON AUGUST 8 The Drain Orange flower show for August will be held In the Drain park pavilion Saturday, Au gust 8. To accommodate people living out of town the entry clerk will receive flowers ua late aa one o'clock. Mr. Howard Church, of Roseburg, noted floriculturist, is giving a dis cussion at 2:00 on growing Chrys anthemums. Hia remarks are not based on theory, as he has grown some of the finest specimens ever exhibited in the Northwest. Mr. Church will allow a short time at the close of his discourse for ans wering questions. The Judges chosen for this show are Mrs. Henry Hedrlck, Mrs. Jake Sawyers and Miss Minnie AYiUo'n. Light refreshments will te serv ed from one to four. COTOURRI ARRESTS GOLD HILL YOUTH (AnncliitMl Pm. Lwd Wir.) MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. B.How ard E. Dorn, 20 years old, was ar rested at Gold Hill today by Chief Special Officer M. M. Cotturri of the Southern Pacific, on a charge of breaking Into a trunk In the Southern Pacific station at that city and stealing women's apparel. Dorn was held tor hearing under $500 bail. BYRD NOMINEE IN VIRGINIA CONTEST BARLEY AND WHEAT SHOWINGS ARE O. K. (Aoorl.tnl Prn. Lmtri Wirt.) PORTLAND, Aug. B.Wlth tht harvest well advanced and con siderable threshing already done, wheat yields are proving all that was expected, says the weekly crop report Issued here today. Reports coming in from sections where threshing Is completed show an avtrage well around 25 bushels to the acre. Barley yields, too. are good In the principal producing sections, although there-are some fields of both wheat and barley that are poor. The hot weather during the past week has caused rapid ripening but the continued dry weather has facilitated harvesting and thresh ing. Corn Is doing well where ir rigated, but unirrlgated fields need rain. - Pastures are dry and the grass badly burnt. SHIP SINKS: CREW SOMEWHERE AT SEA (AwnHitf-a Pn-M Iawd Wlf.) RICHMOND, Va.. Aug. 5.Harry Flood Byrd, of Winchester, was nominated for governor by the democrats of Virginia, In complete returns from yesterday's primary giving him a majority over G. Wal ter Mapp, of Accomac, estimated at between thirty and forty thous and. ' ' Mr. Byrd Is 38 years of age, one of the youngest men ever to re ceive the gubernatorial nomination.' 5 KILLED. OTHERS OF A BRICK HOUSE (AMTJclltHl Ptms Lswd Win.) KANSAS CITV. Mo., Aug. S. Firemen digging today In a twisted mass of rubbish and debris recov ered two bodies, bringing the total to five persons who lost their lives In the collapse of a three-story brick rooming house yesterday. Near.y a dozen persona were In jured. The building waa being remodel ed Into a cabaret. The weakened condition of the walls and sup port due to the alteration, la be lieved to have caused the two up per floors to cave in. The second and third floors of the structure were occupied by tenants. PC INSURED IN IRQ RE E AIDE, THEORY Unknown Who Answered His Advertisement Likely Charred Corpse. EVIDENCE IS STRONG Brumfieldian " Chemist, Insured for $100,000, Sought by Police ' of Berkeley. CARS COLLIDE IN FOG; 10 INJURED CHICAGO, Aug. B. Two street cars -collided In a fog on a single truck line on the far south side and only a few miles from the Indiana state line, resulting In injury to ten persons, two per haps fatally. The crash was head on, neither motorman being able to see the others car until too late to stop. BODY MAY BE THAT OF A RUM RUNNER f Amrlatf1 Prrat LMawd Wln.) PORTLAND, Aug. 5 Police to- day advanced a theory that the man whose headless body was found Monday night In the Colum bia river near here may have been a rum runner slain and mutilated by bootleggers or hl-Jackers. An autopsy proved that the man was murdered, as no water waa found In his lungs, said Deputy Coro ner Bennett Qulbrandson. The only distinguishing marks found by a careful examination of the body were a wart on the In side of the rirst Joint of left In dex finger, and a one Inch long scar of the Inside of the left wrist. Outside Meddlers Scored, Christian Faith is Upheld By Governor of Tennessee WEST PALM BEACH. Fla., Aug. 5. A wireless message was re ceived this afternoon by the Palm Beach Radio Corporation that the Spanfrh schooner (Jabrfel Palmer has runk off the Bahama Islands. The messare was broadcast .by an unidentified vessel, giving warning to other ship to be on the lookout for the crew of the sunken ship. SALEM, Ore., Aug. B. Floyd Hall, a tnity at th state prison, escaped last nleht while he was t work n th nriion lawn. H was ern about 730 but was missing at the H o'clock count. He was re ceived at the prison September 2. 11922. from Umatilla county to serve slv years on a charge of as sault with Intent to H I. He was recommended for conditional par don December 4 last FALL ON MOUNTAIN KILLS PORTLANDER JACKSON. Wyo., Anr. B. Theodore Teepl. of Portland. Oregon, was killed hv a fall down Grnnd Teton mountain near here today. He was descending from the top of the peak which he had climbed witA a group of compan ions. Rescue parties late today had been unable to extricate his body, which had dropped over a cliff onto small ledge. BATTLE CHEEK. Mich., Aug. 5. Governor Austin Peay of Tennes see, in a statement here today, an nounced that the State of Trunin see will employ counsel from this time forward and combat every question that can be raised on ap peal of the John T. Scopes case. ! "What the effr ct of the evo u (Hon trial at Dayton will have In the long run. Is for the future," the I governor said. "Surely It will cause a more wldespresl Investiga tion of the whole theory of evolu itlon that wl.l go a long way to j clarify the atmosphere. I "The reckl"ss teaching of a sub ject which has been clarified on .until now and until being uncor rected and undigested, has been j steadily making agnostics and un bf-lievrrs among our youth in shocking numbers. I "(Jura from the beginning has bfn a Christian nation. Its doom is sealed and Its descent towsrd oblivion will btan whenever we embrace infidelity and agnosticism las a people. "The strry writers and sensation i mongers who crowded Dayton dur ing the trial as if they were having !a Roman holiday, made great soott jof It and some of thm were bltter 'ly unlust and unkind to the peo ple whose hospluillty they accept jed, and of whose noble qualities they knew little or nothing. The 'fsct Is they were among a clear ' aeelng and thinking people who have no superiors In natural Intel ligence and excellent qua'itles In the world." "The people of Tennessee," Gov ernor Pcay said, "know that evo- , lutlon la and In the very nature of i things, must always remsln a spec illation and a theory. They be- lleved that the Bible Is the reveal ed and Inspired word of the Crea tor of all things and are unwilling , for their children to be taught the contrary." ! The ro'-ernor said that there Is I no federal question in the Hcoprs . case. I "Tennessee Is sovereign state j and except as forbidden hv the f'-deral constitution, has absolute and exc'uslve authority to regul late Its lo'-sl concerns and to em ! ploy its police powers without snr f'rferei Interference." he said, i "Wiethe, the law. when properly ! construed, prohibits in our schools the Ih'ory of evolution, remains to ' be seen. It certainly prohibits Its ' tearhtne a a fsct. No state shnn'd ' permit thst. In anv event Tennes see would not presume tn regulate the schools and methods of Instruc tion In other statea and beyond treating with meddlers from else- where who undertake to tell her I how to run her own achools, she will give them no attention." (AYriattd Prea Lned Win.) MARTINEZ. Cal., . Aug. B. Search of a safety deposit box be longing to Charles Henry Schwartz, chemist of the Pacific Cel ulose company, for whom a warrant of murder has been Issued In connection with the explosion In the laboratory of the plant. which led to the finding of an un identified body In the partially de stroyed room, revealed today that Schwartz had left two unsigned wills. Both documents bearing recent date left all of his property to his wife or to their children In the event that ahe remarried. Th search failed to disclose any fofmula for the manufacture of silk .which Schwarti waa aupposed to nave perfected. Efforts to Identify the body, first thought by the police to have been that of the chemist, aa that of an Itinerant laborer believed to have come from New York, continued. The polio theory now la that this laborer answered an advertisement In a San Francisco newspaper and went to Walnut Creek to aeek em ployment at the factory only to be come the victim of a murder plot to collect Insurance carried by Schwartz. ' Attorney E. S. Bell, re presenting Mrs. Schwartz, aaid to day that she Is still confident that the dead man is her husband. MARTINEZ, Cal., Aug. 8. An unidentified workman from New York Citv was tentatively accented by authorities today as the murder victim whose charred body waa found in the laboratory of the Pa cific Cellulose company lust week, after an explosion and fire aa the result of which Char'ea Henry Hchwartz. Berkeley chemist, la be ing sought on a warrant charging murder. Evidence gathered yesterday re vealed that Schwartz, who at the time of the explosion waa believed to have met hia death, had adver tised for a helper about the plant expecting a man from New York, pectlng a man from New York. I Working upon this theory. Sher iff R. R. Veale and Dlstrict-Attor-'ney A. B. Tinning, hoped to es tablish the Identity of the dead I man, whose body waa burnf d be yound recognition, and aolve the case which Is believed to be an In surance hoax plot. Hchwartz carried Insurance -oil-clew in excess of $100,000, payable to hia wife snd the Cellulose com pany In which Mrs. Schwartz waa heavily Interested. The re-appearance yesterday of .toe Rodriguez, Portuguese farm hand, who had been virtual y sc Icepted aa the desd victim, left the i Investigators with few clues upon j which to work. I A description of the man from Vew York wss given officlala bv Theodore Benldls, who lived near Walnut Creek, where the plant was located, snd tallied c oselv with that of the dead man In regard to both siature and clothing, pieces of which were found In the labor atory where the crime took place. Henldls said he picked up the workman In hia automobile near Walnut creek. Th- man ssld he waa on his way to the "silk plant." to answer an advertisement for wnek. This occurred a few davs hefnre the exp'oslon, Benldla de clared. Pieces of a blanket In which the victim was believed to hare been wrapm-d. after his dsth. wss Identified bv Renldls as a part of the one csrrled hr the workman. The warrant for Hchwartz'a ar rest wss Issued yesterday after five d.v. of Investigation, which revealed conclusively thst the deed msn hsd been murdered and the corpse wss not thst of the chemist. Mrs. Hchwsrtz. however, remains nnchsnsed In her ststements tht he bndr Is that of her husband. Permission to hurr the remain has been repeatedly denied her and 'he bodr now resta In the Han Francisco morgue. COUNTY COURT MEETS TODAY IN REGULAR - MONTHLY 8E88ION The county court met this morning In Ita regular term, the greater part cf the day be- lng apent In auditing the usual accumulation of bills. Tomorrow Is road day, and several delegations are ex- pected In. A delegation from Tyee la expected to appear to secure the services of the county court- In arbitrating a school district boundary dls- pute. Aa boundary changes can be made only once each year, the court cannot make a change at thla time, but it Is hoped that a settlement be- tween the factlona can be reached. As there are only a few matters of Importance to come before the court at this time. It ta expected that the term will be abort Consider- able road work la now In pro- s gress. and reports will be re- celved from the various jobs. SCOn SANE SAY State Taking Inning in Resisting Attempts to Save Life Of ' Murderer. (AMOcUtej Pm. Lcuet Win.) CHICAGO. Aug. S William Wal lace, a jail officer who guarded Russell Scott In the death room, testifying for the prosecution in Scott's sanity, healing today, said he found the pildnner "as sane aa anyone could bj under the ctrcum- slunces." The court ordered the quallfca tlons stricken from tht lecord on the ground that a laymat. Is not competent to qualify ills observa tions of a person nanny. Four other Jnilera tea-'fled that they believed Scon was vane. Assistant State's Attorney Har ry N. Prltzker hat. a list of fifty Jallora ready to tewtlfy, tout Judge David limited him to 10 lay w It witnesses and five alienists. lh probably another day a jury will consider nhe;ier Russell Scott Is sane and should be hung or mentally detl-lei.l ani there fore Immune ficm the execution of the death sentence, from which he twice narrowly ha aescaped. The defense alienists hare fin ished their testimony that he suf fers from delusions, paranoic de mentia and la not oriented to bis surroundings In Jail. Evidence aa to hia mental con dition haa been limited to matters tending to establish development since February 14 last, when be was sentenced to die. This restriction. Imposed by Judge Joseph B. David, waa made when attorneys for Scott sought to bring out by testimony that he had an hereditary baais for mental dis orders and that circumstances at tending hia birth were unusual. The nroterred testimony - of Mrs. inula Scott ,hla mother, waa held Incompetent. , o CASE IS SET BY Mrs. Cyril Stevens, arrested yesterdsy charged with being In toxicated on a public highway, today entered a plea of not guilty In the Justice court, and furnish ed bail In the sum of $50. Hall for Lord Paxton of Sutherlin, charged with driving a car while intoxicated, was fixed at 1400. Ills physician, however, declares that It will be same time before he will be aMj to appear In court, as he was quite beglly In jured In the accident which oc curred near Yonralla Sunday, when his car, In which he and Mra. Btevens, together with Wil liam OHstrap and Arthur Rldge way, were riding turned turtle. It Is understood that ha expects to fight the charge of intoxica tion. WILL GET F1.1 DATA FOR USE AT CO EIH Extension Specialist Here to Gather Information for Coming Meeting. ". BE HELD IN NOVEMBER Complete Census to Be Made of Agriculture in County and Program' J Developed. . DAUGHTER ITALY'S PREMIER HEROINE Toorlno Northwest Coast- Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ashton and son. of Shelton. Nebraska, visited In this citv Isst nleht. The Ash- tons are friends of W. J, Weaver, having known him when Mr. Wea ver made his home at Shelton. Mr. and Mra. Ashton are making a tour of the northwest by auto. I f AawlatM rrta lH Wlr.) i CATTOUCA. Italy. Aug. II tol !da. the fifteen-year o'd dsughter of j Premier Mussolini, saved the life of a girl awlmmer durlne the se. 'vere storm which swept this coast yesterday evening. The premier's daushter reached the helpless girl and supported her ; until a life guard boat arrved. Af ter the rrscue the heroine dlsnn ipeared Immediately, escaping fnni an enthusiastic demonstration by I vacation crowds. W. L. Kadderly and Win. P. Mul ligan, of the Oregon: Agricultural college, arrived In Roseburg last night, and remained here today ta start preliminary work on the coun ty agricultural conference to be held In Roaeburg during the month of November of thla year. The firat ateps for the 'confer ence were taken In meeting on June 20, at which time R. A. Bu- aenbark waa appointed as general county chairman, and the various projects to be considered were out lined. Tha actual preparations are) now under way, and Mr. Mulligan will apend tha enaulng two weeka working In the county securing the necessary statistics and informa tion for the coming conference. The county conference Idea or iginated at the Oregon Agricultural college In January of 1924. At that time the extension serv ice called together a group of rep resentative men and women from all parta of the state. Previously the department bad gathered a great mass of statistical Informa tion pertaining to agriculture, In Oregon. The conference waa attended by . over 600 delegates Including farm ers, merchant, bankers, railroad representatives, commercial secre taries, end professional men, being the most representative body ever brought together for the considera tion of agricultural problems. The data gathered by the exten sion service waa presented, and from the Information, through care ful atudy, complete reports were formulated, covering all of -the principal commercial crops of the state. These reports were then printed la bulletin form, together with the recommendations of the Committees and these formulate a basic program for the development of the agricultural Industry of the state. At this state conference the val ue of the work waa ao keenly, ap preciated, that It waa propose. to hold a like conference In .each county of the atate, and fourteen such surveys and conferences have already been held. ... . Aa Douglas county haa already advanced ao far In Its work ttong this line, the first conference for the present year la to be held In Roseburg, followed by similar, meetings In Coos, Columbia. '. and Morrow counties. Aa a reault of the work Under taken by the Oregon Agricultural college, other atatea are adopting the plan, which waa original In tills state. The U. 8. Chamber of Commerce haa likewise followed ' the lead of Oregon, Ita regional conferences, such as the one . re cently held In Portland. -following out the Idea of the atate college, only linking up the agricultural problems with the commercial work of the nation. In the county conferences - the work becomes of a more definite and specific nature. A county gen eral chairman is appointed, who In thla county la R. A. Buaenbark. I Several projects, covering the com ' merial cropa and baste agricultural ; products are then outlined. For the ; coming conference the projects I will Include horticulture, livestock, farm crops, dairying, poultry, vegetable growing, fishing, fores , try and lumbering. C. A. Brand la ! chairman of the committee on ; horticulture: C. L. Beckley live stock: O. W. Burt, poultry: and Carl Neal, forestry. Other chairmen are yet to be named. The chairmen will call together I the various representative men en gaged In each of the respective In- duatrles, and a preliminary con I ference will be held by each of I these groups, taking up matters re I latlng atrlctly to their own project, j They will consider the statlslcal uata wnicn win oe rornisnea them by the college, and with such In- I formation aa may be obtained cov ering Douglaa county, will formu late a program, which will Include , not only a census aa regards the county, but will also take In recotn mendatlons for future action. The general conference will be divided Into sections, and those I Interested In any definite Industry j will Join the committee In consid ering the preliminary report. At the I general gathering a final report will be prepared, which will take Into consideration the national, atate (Continued on Page S) . .