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VOL. XXVI
NO. 235 OP ROSEBURO REVIEW.
ROSEBURG, OREGON. MONDAY. AUGUST 24. 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 134 OF THE EVENING NEWS
DEATH CEILS
IT Tlih,
NOW HC
ONV
Recapture of Murray' Two
Pals on Sunday Leaves
Finale for Gallows.
Items You May
Have Missed on
Your Vacation
KELLY'S NERVE GONE
On Verge of Collapse, Says
He Did Not Participate
in Shooting Willos,
Also Denies.
(Awlated Pm. Uued Wire.)
SALEM, Ore., Auk. 24. There Is
a striking contrast In the demeanor
of the three slayer convicts, Tom
Murray, Ellsworth Kelly and James
Willos, who shot their way out of
tho Oregon penitentiary on the
evening of August 12. and who
were returned to the prison Sat
urday and Sunday.
His capture without the firing of
a shot, and the two nights and days
he has spent in solitary confine
ment In a death cell since his re
turn to tht big house have done
nothing to break the spirit of Mur
ray, and prlBon officials said thlB
morning, he Is apparently resigned
4o the fact that he will likely hang
for the slaying of James Sweeney
end Milt Holman, guards. Murray
has not yet displayed even a trace
of nervousness, say the guards who
have watched over him constantly
since his return.
Not so with Willos and Kelly,
particularly the latter, who has tak
fn every opportunity to plead his
Innocence of any shooting. His first
statement as he re-entered the
doors of the prison yesterday
were:
"I never fired any of the shots.
I had nothing at all to do with tho
shooting."
Kelly is so nervous, prison of
ficials look for him to collap.ie
completely at any time.
Willos, who with Kelley was cap
tured Saturday in eastern Well
ington by Deputy Sheriffs If.
Christofferson. Pete Rexford and
George K, Jackson and Constable
Ed Gloss, all of Portland, showet
more composure and bravado then
his companion, but was visibly af
fected by the prospect of hanging.
He, too, protested fcanocence of
any capital offense.
The convicts, who with Tom Mur
ray shot their way out of the uie-
DIETR AM SHALL. Bavaria
Von Hindenburg, 78, get up at
tO every day and walks four
through forest.
"NNA Former Prince Jo-
j C Prussia, la leading a
.td here, while his cousin, th
wX-Kaiicr, ' Is tawing wood at
Doom.
LENINGRAD Great quanti
ties of jewels have been found
In the house the Czar'a tailor
used to live In.
ROME Mussolini becomes
godfather to 2S0 children all at
one.
BUENOS AIRES Prlno of
Wales battle aenorita at th
races with violet.
WORCESTOR, Mass. A fugi
tive bandit I disguising himself
at a flapper.
ASHBURNHAM, Mass. The
town ha no police; all three
are auspended with the chief
when he is caught In raid on
gamblers.
HOBOKEN, N. J. Firemen,
attracted by hriek of "Oh
Lord" find parrot yelling near
his prostrate mistress.
PHILADELPHIA Lyman
Ford makes a half-mile para
chute Jump from a plane, lands
safely on top of a motor truck,
Is knocked off and break leg In
a ten-foot drop.
POMPTON LAKES, N. J.
Holy Rollra object to mixed
bathing by other campers.
NEW YORK Hope Hampton,
youthful star of the films, is to
be a mother-in-law. Yvonne
Brulatour .daughter of her hue
band, is to marry.
ROAD MEETING
ANDFICNIGHELD
AT
SGOTTSBURG
Communities Gather to
Discuss Advantages of
Umpqua Highway.
RAIN DETERRENT
Roseburg Chamber of Com
merce Informed Picnic
Postponed Because
of Bad Weather.
Raln materially affected the In
tercommunity picnic held at
Scottsburg yesterday for the pur
pose of considering the comple
tion of the Umpqua highway. It
had been expected that all Inter
ested communities would be well
Pierce's Committee Begins !
Investigation Leading to
a Stronger Penitentiary
(Aaorlatrd Trtm Lwed WirO i tend into contributing causes of
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 24. Colo- 1 1 he. break as well as general con
nel C. G. Thomson, manager of dltions. They Intimated that rec
Crater Lake National Park, nam- 'ninniendation. for alterations and
ed by Governor Pierce on his improvements at the prison would
committee to Investigate condl- be contained In their report.
Hons at the state penitentiary, i The committee spent the entire
this afternoon announced that he day at tnp priSOn inspecting the
had declined to serve on the com, plant an1 interviewing employees
mission. Colonel Thomason had Hd pri.oners. They said they had
nothing to say regarding his re- 0 of how ,OI)l woul() ,aK(,
fusal to serve. ,hpm to complete their work.
Jefferson Myers, one of the other ; Warden Nalrymple has an
two members of the committee, pounced that 'Work will begin In
when Interviewed over the tele- the near future on the construction
phono from the penitentiary thl of a guard tower over the front
afternoon said that the committee Pl(te. n which w be housed the
would continue with Its Investlga- prison arstnM. The tower will
Hon as though Colonel Thomson command a full view of the front
had not declined to serve. of the prison. A auard stationed In
i that position would have been able
SALEM. Ore., Aug. 24. The full to head off both of the sensational
and complete Investigation of con-'escapes In which Tom Murray,
ditions at the Oregon state prison, 'Ellsworth Ke ley snd Wert "Ore
promised by Governor Pierce with Ron" Jones figured In Ihe last year
the appointment of Colonel C. O. and a half.
Thomson, superintendent of Crater I The warden has also announced
Lake National Park: Brigadier that the steps leading to guard
General George A. White, adjutant towfrs No. 1 and No. 7 from the
of the Oregon National Guard, and front yard are to be removed and
Jefferson Mvers, former state entrance to these posts will only
treasurer, started here this morn- he possible from outside the yard,
ing. The Inquiry was occasioned lit was up the steos of tower No.
by the recent prison break. :1 that Murray. Kelly snd Willos
Stating that no limitations nan mane ineir why out oi me iu m
emeu I'uiiiiiiumi ie wuum un wpii " . . , . . u
represented, but because of the been placed upon them by the gov- ter shooting the guards on that
TAKING LIVES DF
heavy rains on Saturday and Sun
day, the attendance was far less
than had been anticipated. The sec
retary of the Roseburg Chamber of
Commerce called up Reedsport by
telephone early Sunday morning
and was Informed that the picnic
had been postponed, and conse
quently the Roseburg delegation
did not attend. Only one car wan
present from Reedsport. It is to be
hoped that some meeting can be
nrnnr menihers of tne invesuKBi- posi,
ing committee this morning Raid i Installation of an alarm siren. In
that their probe would be all-em-;rase of future breaks la being ser
braclnir in Its scope, and would ex- Inn-Ov considered, the warden sold.
PAROLE VIOLATOR
FROM NEW JERSEY
WANTS TO GO BACK!
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 24. Edward i
PUGET SOUND LINK
ST. PAUL RAILROAD
SUED BY UNCLE SAM
tAmorlntnl Vrcm laMxJ WlrtO
CHICAGO. Aug. 24. A foreelos-
PETITION!
LOIR FARES IN
PORTLAND LOST
State Commisiion Decides
Against Contention of
Housewives Council.
FULL ANALYSIS MADE
Present Rates Reasonable,
Municipal Ownership
Would Not Lessen
Cost Burden,
i Killed Outright at . Fort
Grant, 1 5 Others Are in
Hospital Defective
Shell Blamed.
ROCK FORD, Ills., Aug. 24. ,
Six soldiers are reported dead and
between 20 and 30 Injured, many
seriously, by the bursting of a
howitzer in the Eighth infantry
I negro) regiment area at Camp
Grant this afternoon. The Iden
tified dead:
Captain Oseeolla Browning,
commanding the howitzer compa
ny, eighth Infantry. Corporal
Henry Williams.
Privates Hen Anderson, Her
bert Durant and Delmaa Camp
bell, all of Chicago. I nconfirm-
gon penitentiary at Salem August ,d rumors place the total death
12 were captured shortly after i u an n,Kh , 14.
o clock In the afternoon while eat- Fifteen of the injured men have
ing lunch and resting at the head .i,.Hv hnon nnd in iinrlcforn
ot Rock Creek canyon. 10 mili-s j hospitals. .The accident occurred
east of Goldendale on the nickte
ton road.
They were surrounded before
they were aware of the proximity
of the officers of the law. They
surrendered, under the cover of Igo. one of the Injured, died soon
rifles of the posse, without put'ing : after he was taken to a hospital,
up any resistance. I Increasing the known death list
Put In Death Cell. I to seven.
Their homecoming was in sharp i "
contrast to the return of Murray
Just after noon Saturday when au
tomobllfs containing a hundred or
more curious pt-ople were cluster
ed about the gale and the warden's
office was crowded with officers,
reporters and photographers.
Accompanied by their four cap
tors in an automobile, Willos and
Kelley were returned to the prison
yesterday morning just after 10:30
o'clock. The warden, a handful of
his subordinates and two news
papermen were the only onfa to
greet them. Neither had more than
a few words to say and they wrre
"dressed In" at ence and placed In
solitary cells In the north end of
the cell house that are reserved
for condemned men.
Their cells, like Murray's are
double locked and covered with
scref ns to prevent any one passing
anything Into them. Day and night
a guard passes back and forth be
fore them.
Between Murray- and Willos are
two vacant cells, and another un
occupied cell separates Willos and
Kelley.
All three of the men have eaten
well and slept well, Deputy War
den Lllley reports.
While they contemplate and
brood over the eveata of their Im
mediate past and future, District
Attorney John Carson and his as
sistant, Lyle J. Page, are devoting
their fntlre time to weaving a
chain of evidence in support of the
three indictments of first degree
murder that wl I be asked of the
Marlon county grand jury when It
convenes here in special session.
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
How exhaustive will be the Inquiry
of the grand Jurors, Carson was
koi.i in ,i, ,,,.. Ht nr.wiiii.mi ?7 whn riaimi that he Is lire suit against the Chicago, Mil
fnvnrahie conditions B this mat- a narole violator from Newark. N. 1 waukee and Puget Sound Railroad
ter is one of great importance to I J., walked Into Salem police head-1 company, subsldlnry of tho Chlra
all communities in Douglas county ! quarters Sunday night and gave o, Milwaukee and St. Paul Hail
and the southern part of the Wil- himself up. declaring that he wish-:y company, now In receivership,
lamette valley, and concerted ac-!ed to return and "clear myself." ! " fi'vi in federal district court
tion should be taken to push the! He told police that he had been today.
completion of the road. arrested at Newark for non-sup- Approval of Federal Judge WJ1-
Cottaee Grove Drain Vonealla P", but had been re'eased wlthlprson was asked today hv the re
Flkton Scottabu'rg ad Reedsport' !he understanding that he would ' reivers of the Chicago. Milwaukee
wn nn tthllnly''' 5 "ontn and nd St. Paul railroad for payment
were represented at tne picnic in, e. , J7500ftn in,HrMt dllP September
spite of the Inclemency of the wnI 111 n"1 'J";;8 '"e "'" ....,.. ,. ,.
weather. The Reedsport delegation " Newark police have been no iried J a held by the
was limited to the occupanfs of M telegraph and pending their re-H'niled Slates treasury. ,
one car. as the one machine was-P V Williams will be held In the .
all that could make the trip overjoy J h-""; , lo j LUMBER MILL FIRE
the road in Its wet condition. waive extradition. TUDrATTMCTnufM
Through the misunderstanding the, . ." , 1 tlKCA 1 CNi lUWD
Roseburg delegation, which would : 7 PLOTTERS DIE ON I .
have included representatives of, PAIIflWS ATTilRtl COT.I'MHIA. S. C Aug. 24 Fire
starting in a lumber mill has
the Chamber of Commerce and the
county court, was not present at
all.
Considerable enthusiasm was
CAIRO. Egypt. Aug. 24 The'
, .nin....,!. Ai..,,..,n scvn men principally concerned
spread to nearby residences in the
town of Saluda and Is threatening
to destroy the town, where there
Is a lack of water owing to a long
was held. both before and after the
picnic proper. I"'"' """"r "', i The Columbia department dls-
The road considered Is from !?nd governor-general of the Sudan, i palrht.rt a fire truck and equipment
Drain to Reedsport. following the I""1 tho extreme penalty fori,,, ,,, n fn(ln ,hB ,.
l'mpqua river for a greater part of r a7 wn'..n n,'Zra UT " ", 1' I "
HUM WllU'Il tVVVVV9VVVVWWj)4B
I
cori'i.K shot ix ai'to.
I
HASTINGS. Neb., Aug. 24.
The bodies of Clnrence
Yager, 30, and Mrs. Ijif.
retire lllrd. both of Mailings,
' were found huddled down In
an auto about one mile east
s of here this morning. Conn-
! ty-Atlorney Walter M. Crow
raid he was convinced they
were shot to death.
l'mpqua river for a 'greater part of ,hP,ir r.t whl".h ''i"te',
.k. in r ,h. ,.! h.. satlon last November
been graded, but It needs a great uch '"-reaching pical con
deal of work in the way of gravel-' p"'i'nces. t
Ing and surfacing, together Willi the ! T.n"y, w,'r' 1pnt ' h c"""ld
construction of bridges. So far the 1 y" "''"V "ml w'r' hnged at for
county has constructed the road y flvp ml"u,T "'-"sis he hoi. -with
practically no assistance. The 'nf f black f ag each time non
government has aided in some de- fln the crowds outside he .rl
gree. but the state highway ,.om.!on walls that the trap had falKn.
Iii Snttirtlii
) R. S. W'ppkly and O. Voft;ly,
'of Myrtl I'nint. npent Saturday
mi riiiium in nun vtij tmiiiiits, j
wmi iriv-ntin.
M
lsl oii Via man U'ara inmnlotlnir
their mornlnR'fl firing on the minion has persiHtently iKnored th
Camp Grant range. A defective ! r"d and has refused all help or
shell Is blamed for the tragedy. ! aitJ-.
Charlie Wright, negro. China- wnny argumenis were aivance
10 sunw in imporiance or ine rau
among them being that an a com-j
mercial route It aH of utmost 1m-,
iwrtanre. aince ft linked aeveral i
communltien now more or lew out
of touch with each other, despite ;
tneir proximity; tnat 11 was tne
shortest route from the Pacific!
highway to the coast, but 52 miles t
long; that It had tho best grade of J
any such route. At present there
J is one long climb on the road, a
j climb marked by a plank road, but
hip pian is 10 uinKc um in nuiiif (
earlier day work of the Southern!
Pacific, which at one time started j
to build a line through to the coast j
along the same route, complete al
tunnel commenced by the railway
and thus remove the grade. Kivlng turpr wa arrt??ted by detectives
practically a tidewater route all the , . . . . . . .
y.Ry jlonay, ana Is sold to have ad-
One also heard that this route j milled to them that he is the
would Involve the least cost of any blue marked, blue-robed phnn-
Clarence Harrow, Chicago attorney I proposed to he constructed to link toiii bandit", who on August H,
and Scopes defense counsel in the, the Pacific highway and the coast ih , d rohnflf1 .miJoveo- f
Fiipmi t T.nnUI.a ovnlnf Inn trial th.r .KA..M ...oh . rUl. mr-imo It . "H,D mna "n 1 employees Ol
declared last night in an address, would be available in defense.
Tnst Knnatnra atal1 that whon
tourist traffic starts up the Rm.se- " "m..j. - .,,. .....
Cat's Tongue
Restores Hair
On Bald Head
NEW YORK, Aug. 24. Licks
by the tongu of a cat have
grown hair on tho one bald
pato of Rudolph Althana, 60
yar-old rotirod druggiet of Eait
Elm hurst, h says.
For yaara ho applied various
preparation! designed to pro
mote hirsute activity, but nons
worked. A few months ago his
cat. Mike, started licking the
shiny head when Aithans took
his afternoon nap. Eventually
he began to lick when Aithans
was awake.
Now his head Is covered with
a growth a quarter of an inch
long. "If wero younger," Ai
thans says, Ml would buy a tame
lion and train him to do what
Mike does."
DEVELOPMENT
Tl
POWER PLANNED
California Oregon Power
Company Ha Three
Projects in Mind.
PREPARE ESTIMATES
TO BE PERSECUTED
rAoHatH f'rM Win.)
DENVER. Colo., Aug. 24 The j
fight on evolution Is a step back to
the civilization of the middle ages,
BY DETECTIVES. TUfiilS OUT TO BE
T OF IKTING COMPANY
DAYTON, Ohio. Auk. 24.
' Kred Nlchol, payton manurac-
in the Grace Community church
here.
"We have started back on the
road to medieval aaes when men
the North Dayton branch of the
I Dayton Havings Hank and Trust
hih.. fr. ,h ,,,, ,1.i.,Pll'' announced this inornlnr.
er. thPn nlr.llv l,l Nlchol l president
were drawn and quartered because, to cross over from the coast to the
they did not agree with the accept- head of the Willamette valley. And
ed precepts concerning the exist-! they say that Cottaae Grove la the
ence of thlnns." Mr. Darrow said. hP, of t(,p Willamette valley and
"There Is large and financially! ,nPrp(nrp thH routo anolli,i be at
powerful group In this country who, (his point,
are laylna plana for campaign toi Th(, roa',j prpnf , qutP
ias i.'KixMiiun i.m.i.im in ne from Praln , Srottsbura. There,
will make It a criminal offense to 'tt n Z Tm Xr by k,J me' h """", I. The frightened employe, of the
teach in the public school, anv f" " 8 "D"u J v!rM hnd. .bank fl.e men and two girl. In-
rinclrlnn concerning the origin of I ' . I ne clew wnirn en lo Mcwn Cluinng Miss liammei. ine anopi-
anTthln. whkh I, contrary lo tne W'T "I" bP",0, arrest wa. the presence of hi. led daughter of Ihe manufacturer
nruil pinna fnunil In ( haa hrw.W tt
'Hood. The fPi-ry Is ul mainly to , Sfjop)(,rt daughter. Miss Helen iplead'-d with the robber for mer-
transiKjrt milk cans at prew. Mammet. an employe nf the jry. He th'n locked only a grat
Bronery ls abundant along th,bnnk. at the time of the holdup. ;lng of the vault, walked Into the
route, typical Oregon' scenery. Methods employed hf the rnb'ier directors' room, near the vault,
mountains, forests and streams. ( were so weird that until Ihe de- counted the money and left.
Rpeechmaktng at the picnic was ter t Ives started lnvetigat(:ig the1 Nlchol's place nf hti nines Is
limited to very brief moments. Nlchol clew they had no informs- j arrnsa the street from the bank.
Joseph Lyons, who. with his daiiKh-'tion on which to base their in- Another feature of Nlchol's sr-
nnt Drenared to say. but he experts ment of $3,000,000 in preferred i ter. was the only one to make the veMigatlnna. 'rest is the fart that while Miss
their deliberations to extend over stock snd declaration of the regular j )ourny from Reedsport. was lhe U hlle the "phanton bandit" was llamniet furnished the kev which
thre or four dsvs. - (quarterly dividend of SI-75 pr principal spsker. He declared that being sought by police In autoslmade it possible to unravel the
U3th their report the trial Judge share on common stock marked j already $6inVhm) had been spent on land by an officer of Mr-r'onk imyatery. un did not know that
will be asked to set the date of , the meeting of directors of thejthe road, some of It federal money, j Field In an airplane. Nirhol told her fowler-father as under bus-
of a I oral
manufacturing concern bearing
his name. He told detectives tlnit
he had turned rolibcr because of
financial difficulties. He said he
was rompcllerl to raUn money;
that hr conceived the Idea of rob
bing the bank and purchased the
hlue material of which his rnhe
and mask were made and the
through the country surrounding
I Jay ton.
His purpose, he said, was to
throw his pursuers oTf hi trail.
Then, according to his confession,
he proceeded back to "Dayton In
his auto, drove to hi home,
greeted his wire and cncealed (he
plunder.
Mr. Nlchol had no Intimation
that her ..UisMinrt was under sur
velllancfl until Inspector Yendes
and the d t ec 1 1 v es bp a re h ed the
Nichol home today and found the
hidden money. The loot was con
cealed In Nic hoi's bdroom.
Il took only lillU of high de
nomination.. A feature of the robbery was
the robber's t hreat. lo close the
seven employes In the huge vault
on the msln floor of the Insti
tution. chiHe the door upon them
and leave them to their fate.
doctrines found
Genesis.
In the book of
COCA COLA BUSINESS GOOD.
ATLANTA, fig., Aug. 24 fletlre- j Joseph Lyons, who. with his dstiKh-Uion
their trial ss early as possible. jco t tola company here today.
'Jor.tlnued on pag S )
how he was driving aimlessly 'plclon,
(Awnrlatnl Vrtm Ixturd Win.)
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 24. The
complaint of the Housewives Coun
cil of Portland, attacking the rea
sonable nesa of existing street rail
way tares of tho Portland Electric
Power company, was dismissed in
an order of the public service com
mission Saturday. The order was
accompanied by an elaborate anal
ysis of the testimony introduced at
the hearing In Portland June 23
and 24.
The petition of H. I. Wagnon,
Sr.,' that the commission recom
mend municipal ownership of the
Portland street car lines as ihe so
lution to the high fit riff, was denied
In the order which declared that
"certain burdens now Imposed on
the car riders would undoubtedly
he transferred to the taxpayers
generally, but It la doubted If the
actual cost of the service could be
materially reduced."
"We are unable to find any evi
dence to support the allegation nf
the complainant that the manage
ment of the defendant utility Is ex
travsgane or Inefficient." declares
the finding of the commission. An
analysis has been made nf the
street railway service In Port'and,
and the following tabulation shows
the allocation of the cost of serv
ice to each average passenrer car
ried during the year of 1924:-
"Malntenanre or way and struc
tures. .52 of a cent; maintenance of
equipment .50; wneen of motormen
and conductors, 2.75: wages of car
house employes .19; superintend
ence of transportation .19; other
transportation expenses .17; power
.19: traffic .03; wages of general
efficers .0.5; wases of general of
fices clerka .11; law expenses .01;
re'lef department expenses .02 In
juries and damages, .24; Insuranee
.01; stationery and printing .05;
miscellaneous general expenses
.; general office supplies and ex
pense .03; hrldee rentals .15; de
preciation .57: taxes 1.03; operat
ing income 1.04. Average fare col
lected 7 51.
Wafica Not excessive.
"It appears that out of the av
erage fare collected nf 7.51 cents
p'r passenger. 2 75 cents Is paid as
wagi s to nmtnrnwn and conduct
ors. Salaries on wages of general
officers are fir 1924 one-twenllelh
of a rent per average passenger,
fare snd law expenses do not ap
pear lo be extravagant." and It
would be In such Items that extrav
SKanre would be expected If sny
were In be found. While It do-s
appar that the wages paid to mo-
itornnn. conductors, and other sim
ilar emplovea may be slightly
above ihe level of wages pah) for
slml ar service In certain oiher
seetinns of Ihe country, we can
find no fault with this, and cer
tainly we cannot say that the
wsgis pxld are excessive,
"The plaintiff introduced testi
mony showing comparisons nf
fares charged b the Portland
street railway system and other
street railway systems, municipal
ity operated and otherwise in s
small number of cities In the
t'nlted Htates. Hince only 4 sninll
number of cities were used in com
parison, and In mnnv Instances the
exsct conditions surrounding oper
ation In those cities were not avail
able, the evidence submitted could
not be considered to be controlling.
Account System O. K.
"It Is alleged that the accounts
and reports of the defendant are
kept In a misleading manner and
show fictitious results and that un
due financial burdens are placed
upon the street railway lines hv
reason of arbitrary and unjusti
fied apportionment nf expenses ss
between various activities and
operations nf Ihe company. An ex
amination of the records and ac
counts of the defendant discloses
that thy are kept in accord with
the classification of accounts as
prescribed by this commission and
Ihe Interstate commerce commis
sion. A careful check hv this com
mission's staff did not disclose any
Instance of unreasonable appor
tionment nf eipenses ss shown In
the various activities of the com
pany. "While It Is alleged that the
amount of money set snide by the
defendant for depreciation Is exces
sive. It appears that there Is being
set aside only the amount hereto
(Contlnued on pace C )
1IKI FV Wll'IJi TKSNM
CHAMPION TlllltU TIMK
(AmolaftHl Yrm lar4 Wire.)
FOIIKST HILLS. K. Y.,
Aug. 24. Mise Helen Wills
won the national women's
tennis title for the third suc
cessive year, when she con
quered Miss Cathleen Mc
Kane, of England, today In
a thrilling three-set n.atch
3-6, 6-0, 6-2.
BIG TOLL OF LIFE
Engineers Now Working on
Data and Information to
Lay Before Directors
in Near Future. ' "
Auto and Airplane Wrecks,
Drownings, Fires and
Trains Cause 26
Fatalities.
Power development on the North
l'mpqua may materialize within
the next two year, according to T.
H. Ne.a, manager of the Umpqua
Division of The California Oregon
Power Company. The company now
haa three development projects up
(nr consideration, and lta engineer.!
are preparing the nece.Bary figure
nnd Information to pre.ent to the
director, for their consideration
and final decision.
One of these project Is a Pro
pect. where the company now has
a large plant, another la In the
Klamath Division and the third la
on the North l'mpqua. Engineers
are now completing their surveyu
on the first two. and will probably
spend the winter preparing figures
and estimates on the North Umn-
I Qua Drniect.
It Ib proposed to dam the North
Umpqua at a point near the na
tional foreat boundary, the river
narrowing down at that point, so
that it la possible to obtain excel
lent result, at a minimum cost.
The proposed dam would be over
200 feet In height and would bark
up the water, of the river a. far
aa Steamboat Creek, a distance of
about 10 mile.. At nogu. Creek,
where the North ITmpqua road now
tAMnrlat PrfM Iniwh) WIpM
CHICAGO. Ang. 24. Twenty-six
pi-rsuns were killed and many oth-jcuus, the water would be 80 feet
era were injured throughout the I deep, forming a beautiful lake,
country in week-end acrldenta I The power romps ny haa filed on
ranging from automobile collisions lower rite, along the river. In
to flying mishaps. Seven autnmo-
bilista were killed: five person,
were drowned, five silrcnmbed to
violence, while six others were fa
tally hurt In train, storm, fire and
iMtinch accidents.
The automobile toll for the entire
week In nine middle western states
was H7. Captain H. I. Iloey, 32, of
Spokane, Wash., wa. killed by a
machine at Columbus, Oa.
Captain Frajer Hale, of Ihe army
air service, and hi. mechanic. Pri
vate Karl C. Norrls, were killed at
White Sulphur Springs. W. Va.,
when the machine of the airplane
exploded shortly after they had
hopped off for Washington, while
Joe Ijirhateele. 2n. of (Irand Knplds,
Mic h., fyll 2011 feet lo his death
while doing ''airplane stunts" with
a flying circus.
E
UKNI. Ore., Auk. 24. The fVn-
Ural Oregon I'ress, afternoon dally,
ihas been sold to J. K. Shehnn. Har
old A. Moore and J. W. Jones of
iKuicene, it was announced today.
J She! I on, who has other business
i Interests In Kugene, will rontlmie
to make his home in that city,
i while Monro and J nes will active
ly manage the paper, the form r In
charge of the editorial department
and the latter In rhargt of business
and advertising.
Shelton was puhllfthrr and editor
of Ihe Kimt n Imlly (iuard for
I nine years, whl'e Mmire and Jones
were connected with the same pub
Jlfrattfin for several years. Jones
tof late has b"-n field representa
tive for the Oregon State Motor
laHsoclatlon, while Moore has been
iwlih the Morning Register, Kit-(g'-nc.
New officers of the company
iare: KhHtnn, president; Moore,
J vice-president ; Jones, secretary
I treasurer.
Dsn W. Ktone, editor for the last
year, has no definite plans for the
future. (ii-orae Itmhester. busi
ness manager for the sanip period,
Is moving lo Southern California.
eluding he entire stream from be
low Kock Creek almost to the
source, and Is making a carer u I
study of the power possibilities of
the river.
The chief factor against the
North Vmpqua project Is the handi
cap offered by transportation fac
ilities. The other two locations
are closer to railroads and with
good roads affording a means - of
transporting machinery and equip
ment. The road up the North
l'mpqua at present makes It diffi
cult to get in the heavy machinery
which will be meded for such de
velopment as the company pro
poses. However, should the outlook for
power consumption in the northern
part of tho state warrant the Im
mediate construction of the addi
tional unit, It Is probable that the
North I'mpqu project would bele
termlned upon. If the company
should secure a contract for the
delivery of a great quantity of pow
er at Vorlland, or elsewhere Hn
the northern part of the state, 'It
would be the company's policy ,to
develop Its power at the nearest
mini In nnlu.. tn .vnl.l
, , , t n..Mi wmj ilMUlf
I mission InftM. and thtn lh Vnrth
l'mpqua plant would be decided
upon without question.
The improvement of the road
leading into the forest, will doubt
less be a very Important factor In
the final decision by the officers of
the company. If the road Is devel
oped lo a point w here there will be
little difficulty In trucking In the
heavy machinery and supplies, the
power company will doubtless take
that fact Into consideration.
The action on one of the three
power propositions will doubtless
come within the nest two years,
Mr. Ness says, as the company's
policy Is to keep Its facilities' for
supplying power far ahead of the
demand, so that Industrial devel
opment can be encouraged In every
j community In w hich the company
operates.
FLORIDA LAND ROW
SUIT IS STARTED
MEDFORD HOLDS TWO
AUTO THEFT CHARGE
( A an ' tn Vrrm Utwd Wtr.)
MAIITO, Kla., Aug. 24. First
steps towards determining the
ownerships of disputed property
on Marco Island were taken here
today when Captain "lilm" !an
lels, a resident for fifty-one years,
was arrested by nine deputy sher
iffs whn ho attempted to start
construction of a house on what he
claims to be government land open
for homestrm! rights.
M:iKORI, Oro.. Aug. 21. Ells
and Herman Warner, brothers, of
'Portland, are hld by federal au-
jthorttlcs here charged with the
'theft of an anntomobUe in Port-
PROHIBITION NET MAKES
DIG HAUL IN SAVANNAH
MawwUtM Vrrm tsird Wlr.)
SAVANNAH. Oa.. Aug. 24
Twenty-1aht persona had been ar-
land Ausust 19, which they drove rested this afternoon as the result
to California. The two boys wre of a drive begun early today by
arrested by local traffic officers federal prohibition agents and th
yesterday wht. returning from total was expected to be Increased
California. to eighty before nightfall.