Roseburg news-review., June 08, 1927, Page 1, Image 1

GAe Weather
Highest temperature yesterday -.7 6
Lowest temperature last night....56
Forecast for southwest Oregon)
Showers and thunder storms to
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Claims Law Provides tor
School Fund All Districts Will Benefit if
Contention Upheld Will Leave Little
for Bond Retirement,
A tost claim, which If upheld
will completely change all plans
for distribution of the O. aud C.
tax refund and will leave nothing
for the payment of bonded in
debtedness, has been Initiated by
the Roseburg school district. The
claim affects every ' school dis
trict In the land grunt counties of
the state of Oregon, aud in the
event the matter should get into
the courts and the contention of
the school districts should be up
held the entire million and a half
dollars received by the county will
have to be apportioned out to the
various funds for which taxes are
collected, .leaving only a very
small sura for bond retirement. :
The claim introduced by the
school districts is almost Identical
with that brought by the state of
Oregon against Marion county
and the action of the courts on
the state's claim will largely affect
the school district case.
Tile entire contention centers
mound the interpretation of the
last paragraph of the O. and C. re
iuuu mil wmcn passed the last
congress. This paragraph reads as
. .... , , . Court Denies Claim
All moneys paid and received The claim of the schoel district
under the provisions of this act by for its share of the fund was pre-
any county shall bo' prorated, ap-. sented to the county court by the
portioned, and paid to the stute, Roseburg school directors with At-
couiity, port d stricts, school dis- torney B. L. Eddy appearing as
ti-IctH, road districts; und other legal representative. The court af-
civll subdivisions of the county in ter hearing the argument of the
the same proportion as the taxeB district's attorney, took the mntter
assessed, levied, and collected by under advisement for a short time
the county for the year covered by and then denied the claim.
Biich payment; are apportioned and it Is the : court's contention that
; paid,, so the state, county, and the money to be prorated is only
vacli .QivU subdivision will receive; the .special tax money voted by
the same amount as though , the , the districts in. which grant lands
, Wonejr.had been paid by a taxpay- .are situated. , Many ! school and
er ror each year. . , . .road districts in which i there are
Each- year the assessor in pre- grant lands, have been voting spe-
paring the assessment computes cial taxes for road and school pur-
a levy for, each of several funds. poses year after year. Because
I'or Instance there Is . the, state the grant lauds paid no taxes an
tax, the general county tux, road extra burden was imposed upon
: "!' ,t0? sclioc-1 tax, high the taxpayers' of those particular
M?,Ti. tuIt 0? .""""J' tax. districts and it is the understand-
market road tax, ind gent soldiers ing ot the cbiirity court that these
,',TLiew SJL lmt,a.,levj: ls,.cT- B"oclal toes in such districts are
L, ,,f . f ' f "T,88 ,""J V1B 10 be 1"U'' but that the remainder
'olal makes up the levy for ot the fund is to go to the general
?MMym8 fdKBtaw ',u,'',0se8' ,t0 county fund to be expended as the
wh eh must be added the special, court may decide, which, in Doug
insinct taxes. i las county, the court has declared,
School Fund Involved ! will be for the retirement of road
Under the slate law the county bonds and other bonded indebted-
Is required to levy a tax of $10 per ness.
. capita school population. School The court maintains that the
population is based upon the num- O. and C. money was paid by the
ber, ot children of school age in government for remedial purposes,
each district, the ages being from The showing was made before
!-4 to 21 years. Each district is re- congress that the withdrawal of
quired to take a census and from the lands from taxation had work-
those reports, turned in to the ed a hardship upon the taxpayers,
county school superintendent, the through the fact that previous to
total school population of the the withdrawal the counties had
county is determined. The nsses- bonded themselves heavily for
Bor then levies a tax In the sum road construction purposes and
ot $10 per capita, and this money, that the revesting of the lands
as it is collected, Is prorated to left the burden of bond payment
the districts on a basis of their upon a much smaller amount of
own school population. Through property aud Increased the load
this system the -districts receive upon the taxpayers. It ivas on the
money to operate their schoolB basis of this showing that the
and If more Is needed a special (Continued on page 3.)
Record Strawberry Production
In Oregon This Year; All Other
Fruit Crops Will Be Decreased
(Associated Tret Loiicd W!r.)
PORTLAND, Ore.. June - 8
With the exception of strawberries
the 3927 production of Oregon's
principal fruit crops promises to
be much lighter than last year,
says F. h.' kent, agricultural sta
tistician. United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. A very heavy
set last season, with a very dry
growing period - and considerable
winter, and - spring icold .weather !
damage, are contributing factors
to the lower 1927 prospects1.
Apples: Indications are that
the 1927 crop wllL be 0 to 65 per
cent of Inst year. j ;
Hood . River growers estimate
their probable production at 60
to 60 per . cent of last year, and
Rogue River Js- estimated at about
00 per cent . 1
Milton-tYeewater reports some
Anrll freeze damage, particularly
of Delicious
Pears: Rosue River district Is
credited with 2.175 of the 2S94 cars
shipped In 1926. About 1 500 cars
are in prospect for 1927. Else-
where the 'crop Is expected to run i pects are nenerally favorable. With I of utah declared today after a con
somewhat Heritor than last year, j favorable weather for picking dur. ferPnce wiln jir(.t,ent Coolldno.
hence the 1927 state crop Is ex-lns the next few weeks, the total Upon cavlnK TTie White House,
pected to be right around 2,000 production should exceed last tne 0tan BC.nator represented the
cars. , year by 25 to 40 per cent. I president a being convinced of
I'runes: rouowing: ine very
heavy crop of 1926, prune trees
generally appear to have set a
much lighter crop this year.
While the orchards In some lo
calities have a very good prospect.
in other localities the set Is very
light, and moro or less "spotted."
i .
Apportionment to Common
levy must be provided. Because
of delinquencies In tax payments
the districts sometimes do not re
ceive the full amount of the com
mon school levy, and Roseburg
district has approximately 40,000
still due from the county covering
the past ten years.
It Is the contention of the school
district that the last paragraph of
the bill requires the county to di
vide the money received from the
government among the various
lunds for which taxes are levied
and that the common school fund
must be Included. This is the
same claim as is made by the
state of Oregon In its effort to col
lect a share of Marlon county's re
ceipts. - i' . -
If the courts hold that this;
claim is legally correct, then the
county court must split the money
among the various funds, leaving
a very, small amount to be used
for bond retirement Every school
district In the county would then
receive a per cent of the::common
school fund, based, on the school
population! ot each : district for the
years covered by the tax payment.
I Generally speaking, the prospect
appears 10 oe lor auout bu per
cent of last year's production, or
around 50,000,000 pounds of dried
prunes for the Pacific northwest
(including Clark county, Washing
ton.) With the light set, sizes
should be larger than last year.
The fresh prune shipping sec
tions, of the eastern part of the
state suffered considerable April
freeze damage, and production Is
not expected to exceed 60 to 70
per cent of last year.
Cherries: MIlton-Freewater and
The Dalles cherry orchards were
hard hit by the, late April freeze.
Throughout western' Oregon the
set Is generally lteht, numerous
growers reporting only 10 to 20 per
cent of ft normal prospect. It Is
t doubtful if the state crop, on the
whole, will average 25 per cent
of normal.
Berries-: Strawberries give
promise of a record crop. Acreage
has been considerably increased ,
over the last year, and yield pros-
ixppaiiurmci, ouv- ..v-..
the neavy yieia 01 iasi year id
greatly reduced number of bearing
canes.
Raspberries show the results of
considerable winter . injury and
I a production of 70 to 75 per cent
'pf last year now seems probable,
:
, (Jknoclitnl Vrru Uuti Wire.)
SALEM, One., June 8.
Clifford , Drown, wool dealer
and nattonul committeeman
for the American Legion from
Oregon, wttB accidentally
drowned today while on a
trip to Alaska, according to a
telegram received from Mrs.
Brown. Deluils were not giv-
( en In the telegram, which
stated mat no nuu oeen acci- w
dentally drowned and that
the Body nad not been recover-
1 ed. Brown Is known through
the state for his activity In
American Legion affulrs and
as a hop and wool buyer. The
Browns were on a tour with
friends from the east.
Clifford Brown, mentioned
In the above dispatch, Is the
host to the party with whom
Dr. and Mrs. IS. a. Stewart
of this city are traveling to e
Alaska. Cliff . Brown is a
close personal friend of Dr.
and Mrs. Stewart and Is prob-
ably one of the bewt known
American Legion workers In
this city, having visited here
upon numerous occasions. e
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Dr. Vining, President of
State Chamber of Com
merce. Makes Fine Talk.
Nations meeting
Pan - American ' Congress
Brings Out 1 Work of
I , Americans in Stabil-
' ' .izing Conditions. '.
' ' "The uncrowned king1 of today,
upon whose shoulders reals the
weight of the . grenteHt problems
and the economic stability of trie
world, is the American buslnoss
man," said Dr. 'Irving R.; Vlning,
president of the ; Oregon State
Chamber of . Commerce speaking
before the forum luncheon at noon
today Dr. , Vlning In one of his
finest talks ever made In this city,
gave his listeners an Insight on the
true purpose of the Pan-Amerfcan
meeting in, Washington, D. C.,
which herecently attended. "There
is nothing altruistic about It' he
said, "but there you see the keen
est business minds of America
gathered around a table to discuss
and offer solutions to our South
American neighbors for their great
problems.
In speaking of the great work be
ing done by the business men of
the United States, Dr. Vlning said
that the real good coining out of
such a congress of pan-American
nations is the increasing of the
buying power of those nations.
"We must begin to temper our na
tionalism with Internationalism,"
he said. "Red tape, trade bar
riers, lack of coordination and
understanding must ne eliminated.
We must, as a nation, go into
these countries to assist them. The
business mind Is the only hope of
civilization."
He spoke of the collapse of the
nitrate industry in Chile as an ex
ample of what Is being accom
plished. During the war, the Unit
ed States found it necessary to
manufacture a Bynthetlc nitrate.
Formerly the shipments of nitrate
from Chile had been so great that
that country was free of all taxes.
When this change in condition was
brought about the country wbb on
the verge of bankruptcy and Dr.
Vlning stated that the representa
tives of Chile were the very ob
jects of despair when they appear
ed before the Pan-American meet
ing. The American business mind
began to function, as Is always the
case, and soon a solution was of
(Continued on paee 3.)
COOLIDGE AGREES
TO EXTRA SESSION,
REED SMOOT SAYS
fAtMc!tJ PrM, Ualed Wire.)
wifiiuNnTnv .inn Jt rnn-
..- - in t raitA mm sneclal
L - .i nrtnhor. Rmntnr Smnnt
lne wisuom oi me session. 4
, xi,e senator is a member of the
senat finance committee which
i bandies tax legislation, added that
there "Is no doubt about" the call
.hclne Issued so that congress could
.BPt a running start on Its leglslv
hire program. t ( .,',
BUSINESS
IN
1
in
.. !.
Patterson Issues Order . to
University of Oregon
and the O. A. C.
HARMONY IS PLEDGED
Rivalry Between Schools
Should Be Confined to 1
Athletics, View of f
the Governor. ;
(Amwlnlpfl Proas U-aml wire.) l
' SALEM, Ore., June 8 Harmoni
ous cooperation between the Uni
versity of Oregon and Oregon Agri
cultural College, Instead of rivalry
will henceforth be the order If re
solutions adopted at a Joint meet
ing of the boards of regents ot the
two Institutions yesterday are
made effective.!
The meeting .was held in the of
fice of Governor Patterson at his
call, and waB attended by nearly
all members of the two boards and
by the presidents of the two In
stitutions. - '
It will become the policy of the
two Institutions to cooperate for
the welfare of the student in mat
ters of scholarship and he welfare
of the people of the state econom
ically. This Is to be brought about
mainly thru a join organization of
the two boards, of which the gov
ernor will be chairman. Secretary
ot State Kozer will be secretnry
of the joint organization. Meetings
are to be held in October and
March of each year, aHernatlnjt
'between. the university -and the cot-;
"-'K"- ' ' '.v1; ' ; r;.U
1 ; Patterson's Edict, . !
Governor Patterson" told the two
boards that rivalry, between the
two Institutions should bo confined
sti;lcty to athletics;, . ,, !
"In nil other matters," he said,
"the best. Interests of the student,
the state as a whole, -and the tax
payer, should be considered first.
Uy adopting a poliov of cooperation
anil mutual good will we can hope
to elevate: our -courses at the
schools;: and promote a feeling of
better- sportsmanship t and more
i.horough. understanding among the
rgenLp, the faculties, the' student
bodies and -the alumni. Rivalry
between -these two schools hi'3
bnPii known to exist, ;and while the
presidents and 'the board of re
gcuti -arc perhap3 not fostevini;
and encourngiug - It, no definite
steps have heretofore been t'ken
with the object In viry of eliminat
ing It."
Each of the Institutions, it was
sold, will aid the other In publicity
and will endeavor to see that the
requirements of the student are
best served ' at the Institution he
seeks to enter before he Is permit
ted to matriculate.
The meeting was held behind
closed doors, newspapor men be
ing barred. ' ;
Pledge of Cooperation
The following resolutions were
adopted:
"Our two state Institutions of
higher learning, the University of
Oregon and the Oregon Agricul
tural College, ' belong In common
to the people of the state. Each of
these Institutions . was. establish
ed and has been maintained to ren
der educational service and con
duct research In different fields,
whlcho from time to time have
been defined by rulings of the
board of higher curricula.
"Since both these Institutions
serve the people of the state. It
Ir clearly to the best interests of
their joint stockholders that there
be the most complete understanil
(Contlnued on page 6.)
WALLA WALLA AND
IDAHO PRUNE MEN
UNITE ON MARKET
f Awm-IhIihI I'm Irfvl Wire.)
WALLA WALLA, Wash., June
8. Prune, growers of the: Walla
Walla and southern Idaho districts
have affected a marketing organ
ization for better handling of the
fresh fruit crop. It was announced
by local men who have returned
from liolse where the meeting
wan held.
J. H. McPlrney of Boise Is presi
dent: Bruce Shangle, Milton, vloe
president, and Frank Shields. Wal
la Walla, secretary treasurer. Wal
la Walla will be headquarters.
Presidents and secretaries of
four organizlalons will comprise
the board which wilt meet four
times a year. The organizations
involved are the Shippers Traffic
association of this district; the
Blue Mountain Prune Growers Co
operative; the shippers traffic as
sociation of Southern Idaho and
the Southern Idaho Prune Grow
ers' association.
President Von Hindenburg
Presents Photo and His
Congratulations.
PEOPLE CRY "HOCH"
Stars and Stripes Wave in
t Berlin Business Zone
for Chamberlin
'" and Levine.
(Araoelntwl PreM leased Wire.) .;. -
BERLIN, June 8. Germany's
veteran' president, J Field Marshal
Von Hindenburg, received Cham
berlin and Levine at the executive
mansion today and congratulated
them ou their achievement in
spanning the Atlantic by air: from
New York to Germauy. ;
The interview, which was of a
cordial nature, lasted eighteen
minutes. President , Von Hinden
burg handed each of his visitors ra
fine framed aulugruph - portrait of
himself.
After questioning the Americans
as to the details of their .flight, he
expressed the hope that it would
contribute to bringing the Ameri
can and German peoples In closer
communion. 1 .
Crowd Yells "Hoch" i r
Chamberlin and Levine were ac
companied to the presidential
residence by the American am
bassador, Dr. Jacob Gould Sohur
man. A crowd massed outside in
the Wllhelmstrasse gave them a
rousing volley of -"hocliB" upon
their entrance and exit, while a
paJV ot Btalue-ltke BentrlOff, in field
gray aud steel helmets, standing
on either side tof the .door saluted
and clicked heels in' the, most ap
proved Prussian 'style;' ,. -.
Ambassador Schunnah ' was ' In
top hat and 'ceremonial' morning
garb, but the aviators were in the
only clothes they brought with
them those they wore ou their
great flight.' ' ' :.K
They arrived in a downpour, but
left in brilliant sunshilie, giving
the waiting platoon of photo
graphers their Innings. - The ani
on as ad or was slightly annoyed ut
the cameramen's persistence anil
finally shouted an energetic "let's
go boys!" or its equivalent in
German, and the car, whirled, the
trio back to the embassy. .'.' i "
The majordomo of . the presi
dent's household, in full uniform,
with ivory-headed cane and cock
ed hat under his arm,, said fare
well from the top of the stops. -
, Stars and Stripes Wave - , i
The embassy today brought out a
new American flag in honor of its
guests a banner of bucIi ample
proportions as to dominate the en
tire Wilhelmplatz. .' ,
The Stars and Stripes were dis
played all about the business sec
tion of Hciiin, often In clusters
with the "German national colors
'and the Prussian state flag. Sel
dom has such decoration been
seen for an occasion other than a
national fete day.
Crowds remained In front of
the embassy, braving occasional
severe showers to get a look at
the aviators, every appearance of
whom evoked shouts which could
be heard blocks away.
Chamberlin Is anxious 'to go to
Moscow to study the 'state com
mercial aviation of Russia, but
told inquirers: "The onlv official
invitation we have received waalou"!'-
that of the Austrian government.
We would like very much to go to
Vienna, but are not sure yet
whether we can accept. We are in
the hands of Ambassador Schur
nian." Future Plane Deferred
BERLIN, June 8. Clarence
Chamberlin reiterated this after
noon that he had not decided on
his future plans,
"An American consort turn has
offered me 1U0,000 If I would fly
back to Inn United States." he
said, "hut naturally I can only be
(Continued on page 6.)
BOMBS INJURE 26
PERSONS IN RUSSIA
(AwK-inffil f'n-M tw Wire.)
' MOSCOW, June 8.Twenty-slx
persons were seriously Injured
when two bombs were thrown In
a business club at Leningrad last
night while a meeting of members
of the debating section of the
communist party was in progress.
It was learned today. The , pre
mises were ball I y damaged.
The bombs were thrown by two
strangers who entered the hall
quickly one after another, hurled
the bombs and then rushed out,
firing revolvers an they ran. The,
explonlons took place almost im
mediately. The building was siir
orunded by militia noon after and
as a result the fire was, extin
guished. '
San Francisco
Flight Prize
Attracts Thirty Aviators
; f. IP-lt "I I'p-w 1-cti-d .Win-.)
! ;SAN IFKANCISCO, uue 8.
With nn estimated 3D fliers , unof
ficially entered In the Sun Francisco-Honolulu
flight and Los An
geles interests preparing for a
flight to the Hawaiian Islands to
antedate . the hop-off here, the
thoughts of Callfornlans were
turning skyward today with an in
tensity like that with which Queen
isubella must have followed the
perparatlons of the adventurer
Columbus for his first voyage to
ward America.
A public subscription campaign
to raise ?50,000 as prizes for the
San Francisco-Honolulu flight,
opened here yesterday.
- The announcement of plaiiB to
start a Pacific flight In advance of
the one proposed by Sun Francisco
was mnde last night by Major
Grant E. Dodge of Los Angeles.
Ei TO DIE 01
SALEM, Ore., June 8 Oovornor
Patterson said today that he will
not interfere with the execution of
John Butcliek, , of Portland, i who is
under, sentence to bo hiinged at the
state lionltentlary Friday morn
ing for the murder ot his- wife,
Elizabeth Butohek., , . . . . . -''Two
specially appointed com.
missions pnssod on Butchek's
mental condition. During the time
o fhis trial In Portland he was ex
amined by Drs. S. B. Josephl, J.
Allen Gilbert and' William House
and was pronounced Bane. '
, Recently nt the request of Gov
ernor Patterson Butchek was ex
amined by Drs, R. H, J,ee. Steluer,
U F. Orirnth and J, C. Evans, of
the state hospital foir the Insane.
This c'ominlssloh found him Inflict
ed with, a t'orm-of .chronic ilnsnnlty
and suffering from a delusion, but
also fouiul him to he liluhi and cap
uhlo of distinguishing between
right n'nd wrong. In condition,
the nllenlsts held, he might copi.
mlt an act' of violence, even niur
dor, although, realizing the prob
able consequence's of the act, , '
Thn governor was influenced In
his , decision not, to commute the
sentence, lie indicated, by the fact
that' the average .time served in
prison by men. sentenced to life
is Iobs than eight- years, due to the
fact that the parole or pardoning
power frequently Interfores- with
the -sentence. - " 1 ' . ' '
BOY SCOUTS ARE
MAKING PLANS FOR V
SUMMER OUTINGS
Registrations for the Three Sis
ters Hoy Scout Camp will be
closed Friday, June 10. By Unit
time the full limit of 25 will be
signed up and ready to go the fol
lowing Friday. As fast as the boys
register, lists of supplies are given
them to aid them in their .prepara
tion. All scouts In this camp cook
for themselves.
A new radldn set'hns been com
pleted by Mr. Taylor of the Ump
qua battery station and Scout Deri
wnrd Johnson which will be taken'
to nil scout camps. This set has
a clear tone and plenty of volume
and will add much toward perfect
morale in camp. Mr. Taylor Is
vory much Interested In Boy Scout
work and each year has done some
thing of value for the boys at
This, of course, holds true
with a lot of RoHeburg men who
have responded wholehenrtdely for
both tho Scouts and the Campflre
Girls.
Registrations are now being re
ceived for the Wolf Creek camp
which will begin July 7lh. The
earlier a boy signs up 'for camp,
the better his selection of his own
campsite at camp. A diving tower
Is to be built at WoR creek which
will ha thirty feet high. Spring
boards will be placed at throe feet
above water level, ten feet above,
and one f the top. The life guard
lowr will bo placed at the center
of the swimming hole nnd rafts
will bo placed at convenient places
for jafetv, , .
AUSTRIA INVITES
CHAMBERLIN AND HE
DECIDES TO ACCEPT
WASHINGTON, June 8
Clnrencn I). CliHmhi-rlln, who
with Charles Levin1 rrnwHed
the Atlantic from New Vork
to Germany, has accented nn
Invitation of thn A"sfr!an gov-
eniment lo visit Vlr-nna. Am-
liaoador Srhurman nt Rortin
lodav notified the state do-
nartmnt. The pmhansndnr
nd that Chamberlin nrobab-
lv would leave Berlin for
Vlnna Rundv bnt did not
add whether the aviator would
fly his nlrplAne to that city.
- Honolulu
Of $50,000
He said a group of southern Cali
fornia, (lunnclers and sportsmen
were backing the venture. Ho de
clined to reveal their plans.
The official entry list for the
San Francisco-Honolulu flight will
open only after the contest commit
teo of the Sun Francisco chapter
of the National ' Aeronautic associ
ation has formulated the rules.
Dispatches from Flint, Michigan
yesterday, announced that Augle
Feddlur, Michigan aviator, would
enter the flight with a giant stau
dard monoplane, and would carry
Miss Mildred Porun, 21, a school
teacher from Flint, as a passen
ger. The dispatches said they
would hop off as soon as the
weather permitted, but flight of
ficials thought that if thoy did
make the attempt, they probably
would wait until the orflciul flight
opened und compete for the prize,
expected to total J7B.000.
Tl
T
Tower 1,300 Feet High for
.300-Mile Beacon Plan
U of Former Head of : ':'
Ship Board. .
. . (Apoolutctl -Pi-cm Loaicd Wire.)
CHICAGO, June 8 A monument
to Charles Lindbergh in the form
of the, world's highest tower top
which would he a million caudle
power beacon visible 300 miles
nway, hua bsou proposed for Chi
cago by Edward JI.- Hurley, formor
chairman of the -United States
shipping Board. . ' '.,,
''.The "lower -would -bo, "modelled"
nfterthe Eiffel .tower, which IB IM4
font high, hut would be nearly 400
feet higher; : It would bo'a beacon
for .'airmen. ' ; : - 1 . 1 ' ' ,
' Tho proposed structtu'ty would
cost several million dollars, Mr.
Hurley said ' In. a letter to Mayor
William' Hale ThoinpBop.. , , ,i
' , "Ulndy" Half Way Home ,
1 V U. S. MEMPHIS, . tBy Wire
less, to The Associated ' Press,)
June 8 .Journeying, 'homeward
from Ills triumphal welcome In
Paris; Brussels' and London, Col
onel Lindbergh hits pasBed the halt
way, mark. The crulso;.' was less
than 1,600 miles oft the Virginia
.Capos today,-, making steady ' pro
gress at 221 ItnotB.
Last night -Colonol Lindbergh
was the dinner guest of Captnln
Ltutkey along with the Hhlp's de
partmental bonds. Sovornl ves
sels havo been sighted by tho Mom
phis the lust tow hours, the latest
ot them being tho Bremen, east
ward hound. The liremon enmo
out of her course to suluto the
distinguished- , passenger. Thoro
were three blasts of the Dremon's
whlsllo, nnd then tho captain ra
dioed his good wishes to Lind
bergh. Rejects Trust Fund Idea
WASHINGTON, Juno K. A. pro
posal of several friends .of Charles
A. Lindbergh to create a trust
fund tho Jnconio from which
would be placed nt tho disposal of
the aviator aud his mothor during
their lives, bus boon rejected by
Lindbergh.
This was disclosed today at the
war department where It w-ns sahi
Secretary of War Davis had been
requested to serve ns head of a
committee, to receive popular sub
scriptions to mako up tho fund.
Tho proposal was placed bofore
the secretary by l.ouiB K. Liggett
of Boston and Joseph W. Wear
and George ilrooko of Philadel
phia. The secretary conferred with
Hurry Knight, representing , the
St. Louis sponsors of Lindbergh's
flight, who Is understood to havo
expressed doubt that ' Lindbergh
would accept the gift. Tho offer
was cabled to the aviator In Lon
don, nnd he replied expressing his
appreciation but declining the of
fer. CRESCENT LAKE
HARRIMAN RAILWAY
LINE IS DEMANDED
WASHINGTON, Juno 8. A de
mand that rail road operating fn
Oregon be required Immediately to
construct a new eiwt aud west
line through the center of tho
state from Hurriman to Crescent
Lake, a point on tho Southern Pa
cific in tho interior, wan placed bo
fore the Interstate Commerce
Commission today by the Public
Service Commission ,of that state.
The stato commission asked
that some one of the Oregon rail
roads, or some group of them be
ordered to undertake the exten
sion, on tho ground that Oregon
business Interests required the
service which such a lino could
render.
PORTLAND
HAHD
hit w m
Precipitation Heaviest in
27 Years; 4 Cars Struck :
by Lightning.
WATER TIES TRAFFIC
Eastern ,: Oregon Districta
Lashed ' by Electrical ,
Storms; No Damage !
in West Area, i
(Aaiofllalfl l'rijid Li'iui'i' Wire.)
PORTLAND, Or.., June 8.
Suddenly swooping down upon the
oity, about tlx o'clock- last night, a
heavy.rain and windstorm, accom
panied by thunder and lightning,
halted trafflo, flooded basements
and did considerable minor dam.
ago about the city. The precipita
tion In forty minutes; was 1.16
inches, which had been exceeded
only once in forty years. That wae
on August 8, 1900 when 1.25
inchei of rain fell within an hour.
Two Mount Scott and one Haw
thorne avenue ear. were crippled
by lightning on Hawthorne avenue
and a Rose City car wae .truck b
lightning on 8ndy Boulevard. No
person wa. hurt. Water blocked
trafflo on several street, by rising)
above tho curb, two or three feet,
Many basements In the downtown
and the residence districts were
flooded. , ' . ,
Lane Fruit Held Back :. '
EUGENE, Ore.,' June , 8 Tho
heaviest day's rainfall since June
1923, struck Engenp yesterday and
last night. Total precipitation for
tho.. 24-hour jKirlod.-WHH ifi of ,.nu
'inch'. ; v . v 1 '
'The'- riiin :was' generally bene
ficial, though it proved a handicap
to 1 'orchaidlsts and strawberry
grdWdrs. ' : ' ',' '. '' ,i ;
'' Eastern Oregon Swept' 1
' PENDLETON, Ore,',' Julie 8-H
Pendleton aiid' the surrounding re.
'glan experienced atreal, old-fashioned
electrical storm luBt night be
tween 7:30 , and, 10 o'clock. . A
downpour of rain during the early
evening nnd this morning meamu-.
ed .70 of an Inch. The electrical
Mtorm seemed to center in the Blue
AJountnln region. . Only , a mild
wind, accompanied tho rain.
'LA GRANDE, Ore., June 8.
Ln Grande experienced one of thd,,
renvlest thunderstorms1 in' several
yours just nftor midnight, accom
panied with a fall ot .89 inches of
rain. No reports ot damage have
been rocolvod but miniature floods
resulted In Boveral parts of the
city whore the storm Bewers wnro
uiinhlu to carry off the water as
rapidly as It foil.
Rogue Valley Benefitted ;
OHANTS PASS, June 8. Llaht
showers fell ln the Rogue Valley
surrounding Grunts Pass late yes
turday, continuing for several
hours. It wub of groat benefit to
crops outBldu the irrigation tllp-
trlct. . .. .
Baker County Lashed .
BAKKlt, Ore., Juno 8. A sevo.ro
aluctiical storm accompanied by
heavy wind and ; drenching rnlii
swept this district shortly . after
midnight. Tho rainfall totaled .01
Inch. Telephone connections to
Itlchlnnd and Canyon- Clly were
broken temporarily. Damngo to
roai'B nnd bridges wns reported In
various parts of the country. . ,
'Dr. A. C. Sooly, who has been
spending tho past several days at
Tncomu attending a national meet
ing of eye, car, nose, ami throat
specialists, Is expected homo to
night. LOGGER KILLED
BY FALLING TREE
Vern Pike, 22-yenr old log-
gor employed by the Hagen
Mill company nt (lleudnle,
was Instantly killed this
' morning when ho was struck
by a falling tree. The young
) man wns engaged at his cus-
tomary duties when ho wan'e
struck by the tree, hlB skull
4 being crushed. Tho body was
taken to (llendalo and Cor-
oner Killer called to mako an
investigation. The young man
ei was horn near Ulendnln e
whore his father and several
brothers reside.