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ROSEBURG, OREGON. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 14 OF THE EVENING NEWS
KIDNAPER
N
MURDERER
IS
ASYLUM INMATE
Father Had Promised to Be
Responsible When Son
. ' Was Given Freedom.
SLAYING IS ADMITTED
Wrong Child Stolen, Then
' Shot to Death After
Killing of Negro
to Obtain Auto.
(Asuriatrd PrrM Lrmd Win.) ''
MONT CLAIR, N. J.. Sep. 8. In
dictment against Harrison Noel, al
leged slayer of six-year-old Mary
Daly and Kayniond Tierce, negro
taxicab driver, may. be asked to
morrow of the Essex county grand
Jury, Acting Prosecutor IVAloia an
nounced today.
The prosecutor said today that
Noel's case would proceed with the
assumption that he is sane. Mean
while, the Essex county board of
freeholders prepared for a meet
ing today at Overbeck hospital for
tho Insane to Investigate Noel's
record there1. The Investigation
will determine. It' wag announced,
whether anyone Is to be held re
sponsible for the release of Noel,
who was committed to Overbick
early this year and Is said to have
walked out June 29.
Noel is listed at the hospital as
an "eloped patient." It was said
he went to Now York where he
was picked up and sent to Belle
vue hospital. He was released
from the latter institution, officials
there said, on tha promise of his
father to bo resnonsfble for him..
Noel, who Is 20 years of age and
a member of a prominent fnmlly,
yesterday pleaded guilty to kidnap
ping the Daly child and Inter told
the police he shot her to death. He
pleaded not guilty to the charge of
murdering Pierce.
In an earlier confession Noel
said that he had killed Pi "roe In
order to obtain an automobile for
the kidnaping. In West Patterson
he still faces a charge of atrocious
assault anil batterv brought bv
John Sandin, the chauffeur wound
ed by Noel as the latter fled with
tho child in the car taken from
Pierce. v
Noel had Intended to kl!nnp the
niece of a wealthy banker and took
the Daly child by mistake. He did
not learn of his error nntll he tel
ephoned to the banker's house af
ter his flight, demanding a ransom
of $4,000. First reports of the af
fair said that the murder and kid
naping had been done by a negro.
ITI
The handicap tournament and f
rlul occasion at the Country Club
yesterday wan one of the most en
joyable events since the club was
organized. Nearly two hundred
members and Mends were present,
and all were greatly pleased with
the day's entertainment.
The tournament started at 9:30
a. m., eighteen holes belnn played.
Dr. Shoemaker won first prize, a
a-olf club presented by Zlffler and
Fee, and W. O. Broadway took sec
ond place, being presented with a
half dozen (to If balls. Thirteen
prraduated prizes were awarded.
The handicaps provided each play
er with an ual chance for the
prizes.
During the day the Udfes enjoyed
ranis, with picnic lunches belna
served In the club house at noon
and In the evening.
Late In the .evening and during
I he early part of the night dancing
was enjoyed, music being furnished
by W. E. Ott;
It la planned to make these
tournaments and social events a
regular thing In the future.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Cuiley left
for Ashland on Saturday noon and
fpent the week end at that place.
On their return they brought hack
their son, Donald, who has been
p'tidfnff his vacation on his
grandfather's farm.
" o
Mrs. C. II. Davlea. owner of the
Vogue Millinery, has moved to her
new quarters, formerly occupied
by th a!"p. and ! complet
ing the arrangemtnt of her fall
millinery stock In the store. Mrs.
M. Saul, owner of the Hat Shop,
recently sold out her business
here to move away from Rose-burg.
v
MEFAND
0 KILLED
a. "e XCIDENT
(kmo m Lcunl Win.)
MARSH. ilD, Ore.. Sep.
8. E. P. Elllngsen. sheriff of
Coos county,, died last night
from Injuries" suffered in an
automobile accident late Sun-
day in which his father-in-
law, J. B. Sweet or oanuon, w
was killed. ,The automobile
in which hey were riding
turned over six times after
leaving the road when an at-
tempt waa .made to turn out
for another car near Ariiona
Inn in Curry county. A heavy
rain waa falling at the time of
the accident
EXTENSION OF
GRAZING
AREA
OREGON'S NEED
U. S. Public Lands Board
Receives Arguments
at State Hearing.
TWELVE KILLED
IN CLOUDBURST
AT WENATCHEE
Damage Reaches $500,000,
Over Half on Apple
Crop Alone.
BIG ACREAGE SWEPT
Debris Being Searched for
Bodies of Four Persons
Missing Railroad
Tracks Cleared.
STANFIELD PRESIDES
.
Government's Unreserved
Domain Over Thirteen
Million Acres and
- Use Is Desired.
Mwnrlsr-d Pttm T-i1 Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Sep. 8 What
to do for the best Interests of the
state, national government and the
people, with 13.420,221 acrea of un
reserved government land within
the boundaries of Oregon was the
matter before a sub-committee of
the United States public lands
-ommittee, which opened a public
hearing here today with Senator
Robert N. Stanfield, acting as
chairman.
"At present there Is no law
whereby the government can lease
the unreserved public lands for
grazing purposes," said Stanfield.
"Much of It Is used for grazing, but
the government gets nothing for It.
Only mineral lands on It can be
taken, or timber sold, but it Is us
'tally good for little else save graz
ing. "It is to gather data for the sen
ate to use in discussing a grazing
bill that will he presented at the
next session of congress that these
hearings are being held In the
west. There is no reason whv the
federal government shouldn't be
receiving returns for the use of the
while domains.
W. S. Rover, district Inspector
'or the department of the interior
for Oregon, Washington and North
ern Idaho, was before the commlt
ee a greater nsrt of todsv's hear
ing. He stated there are 13.420.221
s.eres of unreserved federal lands
In Oregon that cannot b leased for
Trszlng but which are being used
for that purpose to a great extent.
"In manv cases tracts of this
'and have been enclosed by ranch
ers." said Boyer. "but this is
against the law although it works
an improvement on ie land."
There are only 1.209. 3S5 acres of
'inreserved lands in Washington,
he said, and only something over
100 000 in Northern Idaho.
Mover favors a law that will per
mit these lands to be leased for
trazlng purposes If the owners of
msll adjoining tracts shall be pro
jected. He thinks this land should
snnraised, then offered for sale,
the adjoining owners to be favored
'n these sales.
Area Leasa Favored
"Do you think a leasing act
would bette- protect the small
'nd owners?" asked Senator Stsn-l-ld.
who. with Senator Ralph H.
'-ameron. of Arizona, are conduct
ing the Portland hearing.
-"'Yes. If certain provisions are
-nsde for his protection," replied
(lover.
"Do yon favor sn area lease or
s. per head lease?"
"An area lease."
Mover told the senators, he
thought a law should be passed al
'owing present homestead owners
'o purchase adlacent puhllc lands
'n 320 or 640 acre tracts Instead of
onlr ISO acres or less as the pre
sent law permits.
"If this was done. It would great
ly aid in getting a lot of land now
lmost a waste on the a'ste rolls,"
th district Inspector said.
He staled that the cutting of ap
propriations br tha last congress
greatly Impaired the usefulness of
the work of the land sections of
the Interior department.
Of the public domain remaining
In Oreeon In the nnrerred tracts,
most If It la mountains or arid
land that cannot b used unless
water la p oo It. Boyer said.
"Thn this unreserved lind la
almost worthless for nomesteadlng
(Continued on pace I.)
( AssocUtsd Pros Lostd Win.)
WENATCHEE. Wash.. Sept. 8.
Workers continued their afforta
today to uncover bodies of vie
tims. believed to be buried under
the debris of the cloudburst which
swept West WenaUhee late Sat
urday, taking a known toll of 12
Uvea and causing damage estim
ated at $500,000.
Four persona are atill missing.
A force of 150 workers baa
been added to the crews that
have been digging into the debris.
Steam shovels, cranes and der
ricks have apeeded up tile task.
Two objectives are being cen
tered upon today, one a pile of
rubbish which accumulated near
the Great Northern railroad
roundhouse and the other a pile
of debris against a string of
freight cars.
Most of the bodies have been
found near the roundhouse and
one haa been found by the freight
cars. Another search is being
made along the bars and shallow
places of the Columbia river. The
main line of the Great Northern
has been cleared and tralna are
again running on acheduled time.
Approximately 600 car8 of ap
ples have been damaged ten to
100 per cent, according to George
E. Harter, district horticultural
Inspector, who, with E. Solomon
of the Independent Fruit Shippers
company, has made a complete
survey. The damaged fruit covers
an area of between 600 and 600
acres, mostly in East Wenntchee.
A large section of Delicious ap
ples, owing to lateness of the sea
son, will not recover even to mnke
n fourth grade applet It wo Mut
ed. The loss in money will be
beiveen 2200.000 and $400,000
to the fruit section alone. Many
of the hailpecked Delicious will
have to find a market by having
a tpecial grade and aomti of lite
apples will not even be salable.
W. C. T. U. Leader Slain
By Unknown Murderer on
Eve County Convention
(AmxMti Pre LMd Win.)
VINTON. Iowa. Sept. 8.t-Mx.
C. B. Cook, president of the Hen-
ton county W. C. T. I!., waa anoj
to death in her home lat night
by an unidentified assailant.
Friends expressed the belief she
waa the victim or a bootlegger or
rum runner, as she had been ac
tive In furnishing Information
leading to the arrest of many I
liquor law violators. i
A bullet, fired through a win-
dow on the first floor of ber home
as she sat sewing about 11:30
o'clock, ended Mrs. Cook's . life
an hour and a half after It passed
through her left arm and side!
Wilbur NaUs Mitchell's Charge
on Shenandoah Trip Search of
Pacific for Cost Plane Goes On
(AndiM rna lal Kki.1 ' l Wilbur Nails Ona Charge
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8. Colo- WASHINGTON. Sept. S. Sec re
net William Mitchell's latest critic- tary Wilbur today replied Indirectly
ism of the administration's air sr-, to one charge made by Colonel Wll-
She died without regaining cons
ciousness. The county .convention of the
W. C. T. V. wus to have opened
today with Mrs. Cook, aa the pre
siding officer.
An inquest Is being held this
morning and while no official
opinion as to the probable motive
for the shooting has been ex
pressed, the woman's acquaint
ances believe that her anil-liquor
activities were responsible. Mrs.
Cook not only waa prominent In
the prohibition movement In this
couutry, but waa well known for
her actlvitiea along thla line In
other parta of the atate. -
vice policy waa referred today to
the Inspector-general of the army
for investigation and report.
The action of the war depart-
liam Mitchell in his attack on the
navy and army air servlcea.
The secretary said the Shenan
doah had not been sent on her
ment will not be determined until j western trip in an effort to make
this report haa been received, up for failure of the Polar flight
Should grounds be found for dis- and the Hawaiian flight. A west-
elplinary action. Acting Secretary ern voyage had been planned some
Davia then will decide whether
court martial proceedings shall b
initiated.
Mitchell Now Advisee.4
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.; Sep. 8.
Colonel William Mitchell, deposed
assistant air chief, now eighth
corps area air officer, broke hia at
lence of three days again here tl
months ago, he said, before the Ha
waiian flight waa arranged, and
about the same time that the Arc
tic expedition was agreed upon.
Pacific Search Continues
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8. The
navy will continue Its search for
the missing plane PN-8, lOHt near
Hawaii, as long as there Is the
day, issuing a formal atatement In ! slightest hope of finding its crew.
which he recommended creation by
the next congress of an aeronau
tic bureau undea a secretary of
air and auggested plana for the
bureau'a operation,
Secretary Wilbur made thla state
ment today after reviewing re
ports from the west coats and the-
searching fleet, detailing the futile
efforts to find Commander Kodgera
He saya that the entire national , and his crew.
defense should be consolidated un-j The navy not only wants to find
der one head who would be held the men, but falling that. It wants
responsible, but that the depart- to find the aeaplane to determine
ment should be divided into three possible what caused the accl-
sectlon under suD-secreianes.'.'nent,
armv. navv and air.
Major-General Helmlck. the, inspector-general,
presumably . will
Ships engaged in the search have
been ordered to go over again the
territory covered and to spread out
call upon Colonel Mitchell for the i to mcUde new areas. The Pacific
facta. On receipt of a statement nm novr approaching Hawaii has
been ordered to spread out fan-
shape as It neara tho islands in or
der to overlook a greater area.
from the colonel that he did make
the charges against army and navy
offlcera contained in Ihe state
ment Issued at San Antonio Satur
day, General Helmlck will be In a CREENVIM.E. Ohio, Sept. 8
position to formulate his recom-. impressive funeral services, at
mendations. 'tended by distinguished citizens of
The action of Major-C.eneral Ohio. -were held at St. Clair me
Hlnes, the chief of staff, in refer- mortal hall here this afternoon
ring the matter to General Hel- Uor znrhary Ijinsdowne, comman
mick is in line with routine pro- der of the ill-fated Shenandoah,
cedure. who died with 13 members of his
MajorGeneralJohn A. Hull, judenlcrew when the dirigible crashed
advocate general of the army, prob-i near Ava, Ohio. Thursday,
ably also will be consulted. It si- AM i,hines was suspended for
peara probable that aeveral days,n noIlr ,, ,h(. tnw0 folk crowd
will elaspe before there Is a final prt lne na along before the ser
decision. j vices opened. In a last tribute to
The war department maintained j Greenville's illiislrous citizen. Mrs.
complete silence except for an- Elizabeth I-ansdowne, mother of
nouncement that the Mitchell case I the dead commander, attended the
had been referred to General Hel-1 last riles with members of her
mlck. family and Intimate friends.
f.tMxr-Utr.1 preM lanl Wiry.)
8AI.EM. Ore.. Sep. 8. W. II.
I.loyd, former convict in the Ore
gon state prison who is alleged to
!have shot and killed C. I. Raun, ln
j dependence taxi driver, on a lone
ly road nine miles south of that
j city on the night of September 1
and stole the latter'a automobile,
j waived formal hearing when he
jWaa arraigned before Justtc" of
the Peace R. W. Raker, at Inde
pendence, this morning and was
bound over to the Polk county
grand Jury without bond.
A special session of the grand
Jury to consider the case will pro
bably be held next week at Pallas.
I Lloyd was taken to Independence
!from the Multnomah county Jail
for the arraignment secretly, and
'his scheduled appearance there
iwas known only to the authorities.
J Immediately after the hearing, he
waa rushed back to Portland by au
tomobile. Fear that If the people
of Independence had known of
'Lloyd's appearance there, they
I would have made an effort to take
Uhe law Into their own hands
tprompted the secrecy surrounding
the arraignment.
Due to the defects of the Polk
county Jail at Dallas and the
strong public feeling against him.
Lloyd will be kept In the Portland
jjall until the time for his trial,
f Lloyd haa confessed to killing
Maun, giving as his reason his de
'slre to secure the tail driver's car
that he might visit his parents
! near Springfield.
! On his war bark to Portland
I Lloyd was tsken to Dallas, where
he ate lunch. During his meal, he
'was asked by a newspaper report
iter. whether or not ha intended to
'repudiate his alleged confeaslon.
"I don't know thst I have made
a confession yet," Lloyd replied.
BANK PRESIDENT'S
FORTUNE FAILS TO
SAVE INSTITUTION
( Aa-wlitfd Prm Ltiw. Wire )
OLYM7MA, Wash., 8p. 8. Ow
ing to difficulties grow) riff out of
poor crop conditions and Inability
to realize upon frozen assets, offi
cials of the .Slate Hank of Pasro
today turned over their bank to (he
division of banking for liquidation,
supervisor of banking Harry (.
Johnson Informed the Associated
Preaa over the lonn distance tele
phone this morning from Pasco.
Deposit liability amounts to ap
proximately $380,000, Supervisor
Johnson said. The bank waa or
ganized in April, 19HS, and the cap
ital stock was Hated at $.".0,000 with
$10,000 surplus at the time of tin)
last call atatement.
MONEY WANTED TO
PROTECT FEDERAL
TIMBER IN OREGON
INFORMATION
security pact to ,iiruiv mm nr.
PRECEDE NEW PLAN ln h IlU I 0 H I J lit
FOR DISARMAMENT! I' Llil I Willi Ul t
ON SCHOOLS IS
GIVEN PARENTS
City Superintendent Ar
range Data for Aid of
Pupil and Patron.
TEXT BOOKS NAMED
(Aaaorlattd Pim Usanl Win.)
8 W AM PSCOTT. Sen. 8. Still
hopeful that conditions soon will
be propitloua for the calling of an
other disarmament conference.
President Coolidge la concerned
chiefly with having a conference
held that glvea promise of results
and does not care particularly
where It is held or who calls It.
Comment waa withheld at the
While House today on the an
nounced intention of Premier Paill
leve of France to urge the league
of Nations to sponsor another con
ference as soon as the security pro
blem is settled.
President Coolidge takea the po
sition that It would be advisable
for him to discuss this possibility,
although It waa made clear that he
does not want the United Statea to
interfere in any way with action by
European nations.
List of Materials Required
for Each Grade Work
for High School
Pupils Wanted.
SAI.KM Ore., Sep. 8. The need
of a congp'sslonal appropriation of
about $26,0110 a year of protection
! against fire of timbered govern
ment lands In Oregon will be placed
I before Ihe public lands committee
of the United SlateB Senate In
.Portland today by Lynn 1. Crone-
miller, deputy state forester. Fed
leral lands on which there Is stand
ing timber In this stale total about
' 975.00 acres. Not all of it is mer
chantable tlmb"r.
W. 8. Smith who haa been quite
III at the Umpqtia hotel for several
days, Is reported to be considerably
Improved and Is leaving for his
home at Glide today.
SPICE OF THE NEWS
PLEASE PAGE VALENTINO
PARIS "W really love but onc," aaid Rent Vivian). Stephsne
Lauzanne haa recalled thtse words of the great French orator in telling
how hia health began to fail from the time of hia wife'a death. Vivian!
died Sunday.
THOMAS HARDY YIELDS TO MODERNITY
LONDON Thomaa Hardy, who for 30 yeara refused to permit hie
"Tea of the D'Ubervilles" to be produced on the stage, la to tee the
first production tonight.
WHEN LIFE IS DEAR
STILLWATER, Minn, Three Civil War veterane, with a last toast,
disbanded a club formed 20 years ago with a gift of wine to be drunk
by the laet survivor to departed nembire.
DARK MEAT DISPORTS FOR HONORS
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Cel. Mildred Boyd won what Is believed
to be the flret negro bathing beauty contest on the Pacific.
Vestibule Jackson emerged winner In the Juvenile class. George
Godfrey, although not a contestant, was given an ovation when intro
duced aa the "next heavyweight boxing champion of the world "
KEEP SLEEVES OUT OF GRAY
.TUCSON, Arit Whether the .Southern Pacific railroad can re
quire a male paasenger to wear hie coat while being eerved In the
dining car will toe passed on by the Arizona corporation commiesion.
T. L. Wooding, a -steward, refused to allow Nearly Pennington of Tuc
son to din In a new $4.M shirt and no coat Nealy wrote to the com-
miaaion.
To aid atudenta and n a rents In
planning for thla year's school
work fit. Superintendent M. S.
Hamm haa apent a great deal of
time In compiling a great deal o(
Interesting and instructive data.
Thla Information follows:
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1925-26.
First Semester.
September 14-18 Registration of
hlah school students.
September 21 Recitations be
gin.
October 30 First term enda,
November 11 Armistice Pay.
November 20 Visitation !ay.
November 26 and 27 Thanks
giving holidays.
December 11 Second term ends.
December 24-January 3 Christ
mas holidays.
January 25-29 Examinations.
January 29 Third term and first
semester end.
8econd Seme iter.
March 12 Fourth term ends.
April 23 Fifth term ends.
April 23 Visitation day.
May Vjl-June 3 Examinations.
June 4 Sixth term and second
semester end.
June 4 fommencement.
GRADE SCHOOLS.
Section 439 of the Oregon State
School Code, provides thai, every
parent or guardian having control
of any child or children between
and including the agea of nine and
fifteen years, shall be required to
send such child or children to
school during the time It la In ses
sion and for the failure of comply
ing with this act on the part of any
narent or guardian he shall be lia
ble of a fine of not less than $5.00
nor more than $25.00 or by Impri
sonment in Jail not less than two
nor more than ten days.
All persons of school age whose
parents or guardians are registered
voters In school district No. 4.
Douslaa county, Oregon, are en
titled to attend the public schools
free of charge. Those who live
outside of District No. 4 may be
admitted to the Rosehurg grade
schools upon the payment In ad
vance of. each semester's tuition,
prior to September 21, 1925, and
January 3. 192ft. to the school
clerk, at (he rate of 122.50 per
semester.
Pupils permanently withdrawing
from school for unavoidable causes
shall have refunded to them the
tuition which would have been
necessary for Ihe remainder of the
semester or year.
New rlnssea in the lowest grade
of Ihe primary department shall bn
formed at the Rose and llenson
schools at Ihe beginning of 'each
semester. No pupil commencing
Ihe work of Ihe first year shall en
ter school dfirlng any semester la
ter than the second Friday. Any
pupil becoming six years of ane
prior In November 1st, may enter
the Fall class while any pupil be
rimlng six years of aire prior to
June 1st may enter the second
semester beginning class, provided
there Is room for tho laller pupils.
II class pupils living west of the
railroad tracks shall attend school
'at the Fiillerton building. A class
pupils shall attend the Rose
school. VupUs In all grade who
live on the Hinjlh side of Washing
ton street and south of this street
land east of the railroad tracks
I Khali attend school at the Rose
jhulMlng. Pupils living on the
(north side of Washington street,
land north from this street and east
iof the raH'osd tracks shall attend
I school al the It non building. Pu
(plls on or nar these boundary lim
its may be transferred from one
! school to another If any grade be
I comes congested.
I Kach pupil shall be furnished by
his parents with hooks and other
materials needed In the grade to
! which he belongs. A pupil should
consult his teacher before purchas
ing supplies.
TEXT BOOKS.
The following text bonks are
lined bv grade pupils. Other sup
plies should not be purchased un-
jtll afier school ocna; such as
tcrayolas, tablets, pencils, pens,
I theme paper, art hooka, etc. Ink
lis furnished free hr the district.
and no other Ink should be brought
to school.
I First Grade n" New TV-aeon
Primer. F.leon Primer, Palmer's
Wiling lessons Primary, Crartv
U-onunueq on peg i.
PRUNE PICKING
STARTS SOUTH
HALF COUNTY
Rain Over Week End Force
Grower to Hurry Plans
for Harvest.
DRIERS ARE STARTED
Indications Are That Large
Part of Crop Has Been
Sold to Packers for
Fair Price.
YESTERDAY SET
A NEW REGQRO
Heaviest Precipitation Ever
Recorded in September
for 20-Minute Period,
LIGHTNING STRIKES
Cupola on Mt. Hood Looks
out Station Destroyed by
Bolt; Wet Roads Stall -Many
Tourists.
Roselturg and surrounding; com
munltiea yesterday experienced
the heaviest rainfall ever known
in September for a 20 mlnnto
period according to Win. Bell,
local meteorologist. Yesterday's,
rainfall was also near tha record
for the heaviest precipitation for
any one day in September, but
fell .04 of an inch of reaching;
that mark. . .
During the 20-minute period
yesterday, from 2:65 to 3:16 p.
m., the rainfall as recorded at the
local weather bureau station was
approximately .70 of an Inch,
During the entire day the preci
pitation amounted to 1.12 Inches,
The normal tor the months I
1.04 inches, ao that the month la
already in excess, the total re
corded rainfall being 1.53 Inches.
The heaviest daily precipitation
ever recorded In September, oc
curred on September It, 1914,
when the total waa 1.16 Inchea.
Thla, however, waa scattered out
over a 24-hour period, while yes
terdays rain came within a very
short space of time.
' Prone harvest started today In
the southern part of the county,
hastened considerably liy the
hiavy ruins of the week end. The
tendency of prunes to develop
brown rot following warm ralna
has forced the growers to hurry
the ripened fruit Into the driers,
and no time Is being lost In get
ting picking started. Most of Ihe
growers had not expected to start
the harvest until the last of the
week, but hurry-up calls for
pickers were sounded Sunday and
Mnndity, and today picking is In
pronress throughout practically
all of the southern part of the
county, which Is usually a week
or ten days ahead of the northern
half.
Indlcatlona are that the county
will produce about aix million
pounds of prunes, slightly less
than a half crop, this year. The
sites, however, are running hig
her than usual, so that the grow
ers anticipate good returns.
One peculiar fact noted this
year is that the Krench and Ital
ian varieties are ripening togo
tiier, while itsuully the Krench
prunes are from one to two weeks
parller. The fact that the two
varieties are ripening simultane
ously is disrupting plans of grow
ers somewhat, and is resulting in
some difficulties In orchards and
driers.
A large part of the Douglas
County crop has already been
sold. Packers have been nuito
vigorous in their buying campaign
and growers have been selling at
Ihe prices offered. Prices are
quoted at ii cents base on petl
tes and fi centa base on Italians.
Moth the Kiddle and Myrtle Creek
pools are understood to have been
contracted.
Several driers, are now In
operation in the Myrtle Creek vi
cinity. Thla district is usually
earlier than other sections In dry
ing, but by the middle or last of
the week It Is anticipated that
there will be a large number of
the driers around Kiddle, Myrtle
Creek, Canyonvlllo and Winston
going full hlsst. while those III
Ihe northern half of the county
will start soon also.
Orchard labor Is being procur
ed In most instances with little
effort. The Jobs are being tsken
quite rapidly as offered, and al
though growers were forced to
send out emergency rails for help
In their orchards, the places were
filled quickly. It will not be ne
cesary to Import any large num
ber of laborers for work either In
orchards or In the driers.
JACK WOODS WINS
FROM COOS BAY MAN
In what Is termed as the great
est wrestling bout ever staged In
Marshficld, Snilor Jack Woods
Hcorcd a victory over Tom Kay In
that citv in the evening of l.abor
Day. Nearly lino persons witness
ed the combat. Itsy look the first
full with a leg split In 21 minutes.
iW(hmIs rspiurrd ihe second fall In
19 minutes with his favorite h4i.
the wlnglock, and won the third
'and deciding fall In 26 minutes
'with a toe hold.
I In the prellmlnsry contest, Char
les Davis, MarshMeld niatman, rte-
jf..ated Chet 8tll-s of Portland In
two straight falls.
- '- Holt Mirtfce I .
POItTI.AND, Ore., Sept. ft.
Lightning struck and shattered
the cupola of the Mount- Hood
forest lookout station In the storm
that awept Portland and sur
rounding country lata yesterday.
Fred gchmelllng, lookout on duty,
happened to be down below the
cupola at the time of the crash,
and escaped Injury. -
Lightning, thunder, hall and
rain came to Portland all at once
about six o'clock last night, flood,
ed the streets, stopped street care
and deluged thousands of return
lug holiday vacationists.
The weather bureau measured
.30 of an inch which fell In fif
teen minutes. The total precipi
tation .or the day ending at, five
a. m. this morning waa .71 of aa
inch. Street cars on several linea
were stopped when their motors
were put out of commission! '.by
lightning. No other damage frpui
lightning was reported here.i
Accident Near fHnitoclc.k'
KI'UKNK, Ore., 8ept. 8. After
drenching rains of yesterday, and
last night. Kugene awoke twdae
to rind skies somewhat lighter,
though there waa some Indication
of further showers later In tha
day. -
Hop picking is being held J p t
the rain, and It la checking p;uh
picking as well aa the prune arop
this year Is practically negligible,
however. It 1 not expected to do
much damage there.
A number of automobiles of
Willamette Valley people, -who
Journeyed to Florence, on , the
coast, for Labor Day, were' ma
rooned on the road between Flo
rence and the roast range ot
mountains yesterday. A scant few
cars with chalus made the return
trip, and some of the car owners
came home on the train, plan,
nlng to go back for their ma
chines later.
Others laid over for the day,
hoping for drier roads today.
One serious automobile 'acci
dent was reported yesterday. The
rar of I). L. Kngland of Dorena
lert the road near Comstock, when
one of the front tires of the ma
chine blew out and Ihe driver
lost control. The car was wreck
ed, and Kngland suffered a bro
ken roller bone, bruises snd pos
sible other injuries. His two sons,
who were with him In the car,
were not hurt. -
DROWSY GUARD IS
REINSTATED AT PEN
SALEM, Ore.. Sept. s. Joe
Weaver, who was discharged as
a guard at the state penitentiary
several months ago, when he wa
found sleeping on duty In Iho
prison yard, haa been re-instated
on the payroll and Is now employ
ed as a guard at the prison. It
hecsme known hero this sfter
nonn. ' a renlt of the dismissals by
Wsrde-i Dalrymple of guanls who
testified agslns: his administra
tion before the coroners' Jury In
vestigation the Murray-Keller-Villus
break of August 12. there
are now only three guards at the
prison whose services dales bark
prior to the present administra
tion. In all there are 22 guards
employed regularly.