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DOUGLAS COUNTY
Bum
"fhe End ot the
nit Homeseeker's Trail"
Consolidation ol Th Evening News and
The Roseburg Review
DOUGLAS COUNTY
ns$X i 0e8 , Published tor,
F ftiM ..." ot the People . .
VOL. XXVIII NO. 63 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1927.
VOL. XVIII NO. 128 OF THE EVENINU NEWq
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Takes Trip Over Highway
to Bogus Creek and
Is Enthused.
PLEDGES HIS SUPPORT
Declares That North Ump
qua Project to Be One
of Finest in State
of Oregon.
Pledging his support in the fight
(o secure sufficient funds i from
thu United Stales government to
complete the North Umpqua high
way from Steamboat to tho con
necting road at Big Cnmas, which
leads into Diamond lake. Senator
Fred Stehver, speaking before the
. Chamber ot Commerce forum
luncheon at noon today was ac
corded vigorous applause by the
citizens of ' Roseburg. These
cheering words, coming from the
junior senator from Oregon, was
the first real assurance that the
Oregon delegation will regard the
North Umpqua road project as one
of the major programs for tho
mate of Oregon and tho audience
today let it be known to Senator
Steiwer that they, will appreciate
nil ho can do in. behalf 6f Douglas
county.
' 1 Beauty Unsurpassed
"After viewing those deep can
yons of the North Umpqua on my
trip up the road this morning and'
,' looking down from the great
' hulghts into those limpid pools and
rushing' waters ot that great, little
river, 1 am deeply impressed by
tho , scenic grandeur of ths-. road,
and the possibilities resulting from
the completion of the project,"
said Senator Steiwer, "I assure
you lliat I will do all within my
power to secure funds for the roud
and assist you in building a stand
ard highway to Diamond lake."
Likes North Umpqua -Speaking
further, Senator Stei
wer said, "I have seen mauy of the
, scenic spots of the Pacific coast
but thoro are few to equal the
North Umpqua country. I was de
lighted with what I saw there tills
morning. Heaven has given the
great county of Douglas a great
natural nsset in the wilderness and
loveliness of the outdoors and we
cannot stress too much the im
portance of selling this great scenic
wonderland to the visitors. Oregon
cannot cling alone to minerals, soil
or timber for future prosperity. It
is lime for this great state to re
estimate the tilings placed here at
our disposal and among the things
to bo considered, I believe there
are two of great importance. First,
is tho development of the hvdro
electrlc Power aniVThv secmid. tn
(Continuedon page 6.)
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HENCE HUE
TAKES LIVES OF
IS
(Associated Prrn Leased Wire.;
ItOSTON, Mass., June 22. Four
deaths resulted from a fire which
destroyed the four-story brick
and stone residence of William
Shearer, vice-president of the
1'ulne Furniture Co., on Ray State
Road, In tire back bay district ear
. ly today. ..... .
The dead: ' '
Janet Shearer, J9, daughter of
Mr. Shearer.
Hetty Howes. 16, daughter of
Henry Howes of Boston.
Alice Scott, 32. house maid.
Helen McLaughlin, cook.
Mrs. Annie Dickson, a govern
ess, was rescued by firemen while
clinging to the coping of au ad
joining house.
The two girls and the cook were
burned to death. Alice Scott was
killed when she jumped from a
fourth story window to the pave
ment. The fire started in the base
ment from an electric iron which
nail been left on a shelf. '
Mr. Shearer had gone aboard his
yacht last night for a cruise and
Miss Howe. a. friend, had come to
spend the night with . Miss
Shearer.
BY.SEN
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Senator Visits
FRED W. STEIWER
Junior United States Senator
from Oregon Is today's guest of the
Roseburg Chamber of Commerce.
This morning he was taken on his
first trip up the North Umpqua
river and at .noon he delivered a
speech 'at the forum luncheon.
U. S. STANDS BY
RATIO SET FOR
Principles Reaffirmed as
" Geneva Reports Point '
: to Disagreement.
MINIMUM IS REACHED
Japan Opposes ,5-5-3 Plan
But Shows Willingness
to Compromise on:
;' ' , ' New Basis. '
(Associated Press I.ead Wile.)
WASHINGTON, June 22 The
Slate Department exterted itself
today to make clear that the
American proposals rresented at
the Geneva arms- conference re
presented the best' thought of the
administration at this time, and
that bringing Oe usual conces
sions of compromise on detail, the
plan should be maintained as the
basis for any final agreement..
Despite impressions cabled from
Geneva that naval limitation pro
posals put forth by the three pow
ers in the conference there were
so widely divergent as to afford
little margin for immediate com
mon discussion, the department
today clung to its optimism - that
an eventual agreement would be
reached. Hope was held that the
American proposal for extension
of the 6-6-3 principle of auxiliary
craft would be accepted virtually
intuct.
U. S. Minimum Given
The American proposal had the
careful consideration of President
Coolidge as well as the Btate and
navy department and was held; to
represent this country's minimum
nnval requirements. Therelre,
It was emphasized that It could not
readily be scrapped to affect a
foreign substitute offering less
In the way of naval' protection.
The British counter proposals
which would revise features of tho
Washington treaty concerning
ships and aircraft uarrlers it was
believed In some quarters hero,
would not be pressed to the point
of endangering the conference.
The Bame view wan taken of the
Japanese proposal to maintain the
status quo in auxiliary naval
strength.
Japan Opposes Ratio
GENEVA, Switzerland. June 22.
Hugh S. Gibson, chief American
iieinimtp. held a private conversa
tion with Admiral Viscount Salto
and Viscount Ishli of Japan today
on the problems raised by the big
divergencies between Ihe Ameri
can. Hrllisn ana Japanese navai
limitations projects.
The Japanese delegates told
Mr. Gibson It was difficult )o dis
cuss limitation of auxiliary naval
' vessels in terms of ratio, but as
Istired him that Japan earnestly
desired to reach an agreement and
believed one could be achieved If
all the factors in the situations of
the various nations were taken Into
(Continued on page 4.)
IR
HOUSEWIVES
CITY EN JO YIUSED TO
GI1I1KING
CLASSiPRISON
Armory Packed Today for
Second Session of Free
School.
NEW RECIPES GIVEN
News-Review's Free Cook
ing School Highly Praised
by Women Who Were
Present Tuesday.
The second day ot the News-Review's
free electric cooking school
opened this afternoon with a big
attendance. Yesterday '. nearly
every chair in tho armory audi
torium was filled and several hun
dred women left the building at
4 o'clock delighted with the ses
sion they had just attended and
praising very highly the work of
Mrs. Sexton, whoso personality
charmed all of 'those in the large
audience. Mrs. Sexton, gave a
number of recipes of a nature that
may be used in any home to pro
vide variety for the menu, it being
the aim in the school now in pro
gress to devote the greater part
of the time to new ways of pre
paring the more common floods
or .providing new paBtry. recipes.
Iii the lecture which was given in
connection with the demonstration
Mrs. Sexton gave ', many hints
which will he of great aid to house
wives in their kitchen work In the
future. .'
Today's atendance was consider
ably larger that that of1 Tuesday
and those who came after 1:30
o'clock, at which time, the Concert,
given through the courtesy of Oil's
Music Store, was begin found all
of the front seats well filled. '
These .musical concerts i which
precede each lecture, are very en
tertafuiug and have added much to
the event.. The attractiveness of
the stage, which was made more
beautiful through flowers furnish
ed by The Fern florists, also makes
the school more enjoyable.
Mra.-Sexton in. her work today
continued along the Bame general
(Continued on page two.)
Dorothy Mackaye Facing Two Less
Counts as Result of Court Ruling
(Associated Press leased Wire)
....LOS ANGELES, June 22. Dor
othy Mackaye of. tho stage scored
a signal victory todny in her trial
on charges of conspiring to con
ceal facts concerning the death of
her actor husband, Ray Raymond,
in Hollywood last April, when
Judge Charle:! Burnell on motion
of defense dismissed 'one of two
felony-' counts against her !
The count thrown" out of court
accused, the actress of being an
accessory after the. fact, In the ni
leged promulgation of , 4 donsplr
acy with Dr.. W. J. Sullivan, who
attended Raymond, to make It ap
pear as though the actor died of
natural causes. J lie state in con
victing Paul Kelly, screen juve
nile, of manslaughter for Ray
mond's death, held that tho actor
died from a subdural hemorrhage
caused by blows struck by Kelly in
a fist fight over Miss Mackaye's
affections two days previously.
Miss Mackaye still Is charged
with compounding a felony in con
nection with alleged efforts to
conceal the facts In her husband's
death. The' state restod its case
looay, aucr conipieuiig remuiiR ui t
a transcript or miss Aincsayes
testimony at Kelly's trial.
When tho motion to strike out
was granted and tho other motions
to delete certain testimony denied
the defense opened Ub case by
placing on the stand Mrs. Margaret
McSweeney. attendant In Dr. Sul
livan's Hollywood office. She
testified that after Raymond's
death the actreBs and her chum.
Helen Wilkinson, came to the of
fice In a highly nervous condition. I
Later she overhead a conversa
tion between tho physician and
Miss Mackaye, in which Ihe for- j
mer demanded payment or his
$500 for treating Raymond. The
conversation, she said, indicated
a thoroughly professional attitude
on the part of Dr. Sullivan. slclan, whoso trial Is set for June
This testimony was Introduced .27.
apparently for the purpose of dls- George Sergei, Hollywood em
Droving state allegstlon that, collu- batmer, followed on the stand. Ho
slon existed tietween the two.
The $500 fee for two day's treat-
ment was made the principal basis
of similar charges against Ihe phy-
DF HUNGER CURE 5
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Kansas , Penitentiary Head
Awaits Surrender of i
. 328 Convicts. .
BARRICADED IN MINE
1 4 Guards to Suffer With
Captors ; ; Riot Starts ', j
When Cigarettes i
Are Refused.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.) i
LANSING, Kansas, June 22
The state penitentiary authorities
today ordered the "hunger cure"
treatment continued for the 32S
convicts who barricaded them
selves" "in the prison coal mine
shortly before noon yesterday as a
protest against refusal ot a ci
garette Issue.
While .officiate expressed regret
that the 14 guards held In 'the 'mine
hy the strikers would also suffer
from hunger, they ' scouted fears
of relatives that the guards would
be Injured' or . molested in any
way.
A search of the cell house where
300 nriBoncrs started a riot Iml
night was made this morning-WhUo.
the men Were at breakrast. No
weapons of any sort were found, i
Discovery. of, several sharpened
files in possession of.Jleaders of
Hip, riot .caused JJeputy, Warden
R. H. Hudspeth to investigate the
possibility of plans i for further
demonstrations.
Five more convicts identified as
leaders' of the riot were ordered
into solitary : confinement on. a
bread and water diet along with
nine, others , subjected to this
punishment last night.
, ., , in uii,,i.. , i saved ntmseit ny swimming nve
As the mutineers neared the ond.miies to shore when the seaplane
ot their 24 hours of self-imprison- j tl)0 three WCTe flying from Seattle
ment in the mine, Hudspeth gave j , Sf, rjeK0 , crashed Into Uie
no indication that overiures oi any
kind would b made to them.
"They'll: come' out when they
ari hnnsrrvr enough." . he told
guards.' .Apparently: inspired
(Continued on page two.)
by
DOROTHY MACKAYE
isald Raymond's body was cared
- for in the customary manner
without special Instructions
j any one.
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Mad Bull Wihs
Marathon and
. ; $1,000 Prize
; . (Associated Press Letsed Wire.)'
GRANTS PASS, Ore., June 22.
Flying Cloud, Knrnok runner in
the Redwood, highway marathon,
from Sun Francisco to Grants Pass,
Ore., crossed the finishing line at
8:40 a. m. t . t ; , . ;
Flying Cloud was the second In
dian to finish the long grind. Mud
Bull, another. Karook, came in ut
12:18 a. 'm. to clinch the $1,000
first priae. i : . i ' ; ;
' Stopping frequently for rest. Me
llka and Fighting 'Stag are report
ed to he determined' to finish and
are., running close together about
ten miles; from thelr'goal. Melika
is the only one of .the three Zunl
Indians that started at 'San Fran
cisco mighlly less thnn eight duys
ago who Is still In the running.
The other two, his younger com
panions Chochee and: Falcon, are
accompanying the 65-year-old New
Mexican Indian in1 their trainer's
car.' - . . . f '
Mad Bull, tho winner, completed
the 480-mlle .run from San Fran
cisco In seven days, 12 hours and
31 minutes, the race having Btarted
Tuesday, flune 14.
Mud Bull was still in bed at a
late hour this morning. He was
sleeping off tho weariness which
was apparent when 'he' stumbled
across the line shortly after mid
night mid fell In tho arms of wait
ing Cavemen; who had sponsored
the Karook entries in the race.
. 1 SAFE
Lieutenant T. G. Fisher' Is
' 1 Able' to Reach Shore in ,
Life Belt; Fate of . ; .
Others Unknown.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
LAGUNA ' BEACH,' Calif.,1 June
22. Two men are missing,' hut
may still be floating alive' on ; tho
ocean, while a third man, the pilot,
ocean off this Orange county beach
town late lust night.
Lieutenant Commander William
B.'Huctor. naval officer attached to
i forces stationed at San Diego and
Charles Robblns, believed to Have
been a civilian passenger: whose
home Isint.Snn Diego,. ore the, two
missing.' ' ; . f . , ; r )
Lieutenant Thomas G. Fisher,
also of navul forces at San 'JJIego,
proved tile strongest of the trio,
all of whom wore life belts when
the nlnne dipped beneath a heavy
fnir and struck the sea. reached the
beach shortly beforo midnight Inst
night. '
-Foa Belt Encountered
The plane, which made Its last
stop before the crash at Crescent
City; Calif. , ran Into the fog belt
about 8:15 I), m. lust night. Lieu
tenant Fisher" said he dropped al-,
tltudo In an oifnrl to skim the oc
ean beloiV the tog line. He mis
calculated, however, and the ship
nosed Into tno Sea, sinking within
five minutes.
The- three men agreed to slick
together and struck out for land.
Aftor pulling together for about
an hour, Robblns became separat
ed In the choppy sea and the two
officers Btruck off alone. They
kept oloso to each other until
about 31 o'clock, when Lieutenant
Haclor appeared unable to, keep
the pace and after a while was
separated from the pilot.
' After searching about and yoll
ing for his compnnlon. Lieutenant
Fisher continued on alone. An all
! night struggle through tho Beas
brought him to lad about b:.iu
o'clock this morning, three miles
nortli of here.
He walked to a camp where
several men and children became
frightened and refused to aid him,
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he came to Ihe camp of Robert
Itobert
I'ryon, who took him into Lnguna-: ' " ' .Judge In hear the trial of the
Beahn. From there be sent word I n, financier, A. R. Marline, twins, hut did not know who It
ot the accident to headquarters at! 1,1,1,1 planes would be tho most would be, or the dnln of the trial.
San Diego. "luxurious In Ihe country, costing The county authorities, previous to
Lieutenant Klsher expressed be-1 f2K,.00 each. this legal move, had planned on
lief that tho two men might still They will have porter and dining holding Ihe trial In August, nnd hud
be afloat. A seaplane from San service, a wash room, nnd will discussed Ibis phase with all con
Diego and scores of craft -of all (ravel at inn miles an hour. Pas-! corned.
kinds searched ihe waters In Iho'sengers, sitting lu coniforlnhlo Sheriff Jennings, who called and
hope of finding the two men. , chairs "will bo able to get up nml talked to the three do Autremont
. , o . t walk around." Marline said. The hrnflicra llils tnnmlno. il- i
Mrs. I'e Carter, formerly Doro-
thy Vcntch, is vlsillng here for
short lime with her mother, Mrs.
Anna Vealrh before leaving for
Everett, Wash., to make her home.
Mi- f'urtrr whs lu .nmlnw.H I.V
the Western Union Telegraph corn-
pauy, and who has been serving
as manager of the office at Baker
has been promoted to the mana-
jgershlp of the Lverett oflicc.
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE
RECOMMENDED BY JURY
'i : 1
! i Convicted!
HUGH DE AUTREMONT
FLEE TO Sit;
i 3 OF 35
f i i'
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
HUNTSVILLE, texas., Juno 22.
Three pf (he 35 convicts who es
caped from Hie Ferguson . camp
near Madlsonvllle, were reported
enptured by officials nt the atnte
prison here today. Thev said they
anticipated little difficulty in
rounding up the rest ot tho fugi
tives: ' .' .;' ' ! . .;
I The remaining convlctH nro :sur-
rnunded in the densely ; wooded
Trinity Itlvor valley ' near their
camp. 1 ' : '
Tile men sawed through their
bunkhouse and ran to a highway,
whore: they started toward a ferry
on the Trinity River, a short dis
tance northeast of the farm.
Guards hastily took up positions
near the ferry and the fugitives
were: turned southward boforo
they could cross' the river.
" Dogs were then turned loose and
aided In chasing J illie men- Into
thlckefe along tho' river bank. Tho
section through which the chase , The. first meeting will probably bo
led Is a' virtual, swamp with mud ! Krldny ovenlng when they are ink
several Inches deep. It Is lmpnB-.en north, Hugh to Sulem, and Ray
sable In many places to anything nml Roy to Portland, whore they
except men on foot. ' , I will be held In tho Multnomah
Prison offlcluls declared tho emmtv lull, nendliii; the dlsnosltlon
dogs would be able to trail tho
prisoners and Hint with the guards
and volunteers available It was
only a question of starving the fu
gitives into surrender.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, June 22. -
Air
travel dc luxe from here to Chi
cngo in seven and a half hours and
to Miami in ten today was held out
as a probability within rour
months.
(1 ussope M. Bellunca, designer oul yesterday evening, filed an at
of tho monoplane. Columbia, In rtdavlt or prejudice, on statutory
which ( hamboidln ami Levlne ,.,, Klllnat circlt. judge c
lM B) , contract w
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Ith a young
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j porter will ho Ihe second member
if (tie crew anil will probably aid
Hm navigator pilot as me' lianicinn j They feared the other thing. Tin
am! radio operator. twins see hope lu Ihe verdict, thai
Maittue prodlcted hourly service Hugh got a life sentence."
to Chicago and thrice dally Bervlre' The mother, wife and brother of
to Miami within two years. At, Marvin Seng, one of die slain
least one trip per day nt a fare trainmen, who came from their
sllghfly below one and a half tlmeslhnme In Dniismiilr, Calif., to ntlend
tho regular railway rure Is content-1 the trial, had no comment to make
plated at the start. i I upon the outcomo ot the trial, ox-
UERDiGT AND THE AGREEWIENT ON
PENALTY REACHED IN LESS THAN
HALF HOUR
ONE BALLO
Defense, While Claiming Victory, Declares ; Intention
of Appealing to Supreme Court Hugh Exhibits t
No Concern Roy and Ray Plead Not Guilty;
Will Be Tried in Another County.: ,
! : ; (Associated Press Leased WIro.) . -
' MEDFORD, Ore.,: June 22. Hugh De Autremont, , 24,
Siskiyou tunnel bandit slayer, found guilty by a jury in the cir
cuit court late yesterday afternoon of the murder of Charles O.
(Coyle) Johnson, during an attempted train robbery on Octo
ber 11, 1923, with a recommendation of life imprisonment, will
be sentenced Friday morning at ten oclcjck by Circuit Judge
C; M. Thpmasj and will be taken t,o, the state prison,: Friday, by
Sheriff' Jennings, Under the Oregon law a,:life sentence recom
mended by the jury is mandatory upon the court. : '!
The jury was out one hour and 24 minutes and took two
ballots. The first: was unanimous for conviction. !The second
was unanimous for the recommendation for life imprisonment.
M. J. Kearney of Central Point, retired orchardist,. was selected
as foreman., ,The actual deliberations of the jury, according to
court attaches, occupied less thnn 30 minutes. ;The . delay was
qcpasionqd in. bringing the exhibits into the jury room
&nnU3i 4'd. . I ' " ' '
Accordtug to 'Fred 'L. Smltli, ot
Kiigene, Oregon, chief counsel for
the dofonse,. -an appeal will .be
made to the state supreme court.
Paul .do Autremont, father (if Hugh,
of Eugene, after the verdict,. said:
"Don't get the Idea we have quit
fighting."
This morning. Hugh was visited
In tho county Jull by his Imollior,
whp also called upon ,hpl' other
sons,' charged with tho Bame crime
-THA'.y.und, Roy, .the twins. ...
Twins Say Not Guilty
Sheriff 'Jennings this morning
wont to the cells of tho twins to
tell them ot thd'Bonlence meted to
their brother. Ho reported Roy In
a talkative and Jovial mood, and
Ray glum and moroBO. Hugh,
conl'lnod in another section of the
jail,, was "tho same as usual," and
nccopted In a philosophical man
ner the decision of the jury, lie
has not seen'his twin brothers.
I of their . cases. Yesterday thoy
were- arraigned and eutorcd pleas
ot not guilty to five Indictments,
charging murder in the first de
gree and train robbery.
United Slates District Attorney
George Neuner of Portland, special
prosecutor, Atlornoy John A. Col
lier of Portland, and Fred L. Smith,
o'f Eugene, defense counsol, left
this morning for lliolr homes.
Tho postal inspectors, depart
ment of Justice agents and South
ern Pacific agents who Have been
here during the progress of the
; trial, wilt leave today, with the ex
' ception of those who will travel
with tho three brothers to -Sulem
land Portlnnd.
Court attaches wero busy today
j ro-assembllng the mass ot exhibits
I Introduced hy tho stnte, all - of
I which will be used In the trials of
(Ray and Roy.
I Next Trial Elsewhere
Fred L. Smith, of Eugene, chief
.. counsel for Hugh, who has been
retained by his father as counsel
r. tl.n -ttl!.. ll.n I..-.. ...nn
-.r ,1. wu
Juilen T10mn BH, nils morn-
lug that he would call In a new
' think they are pretty well satisfied
wllh the way Ihlnrs turned out
T
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cept that thoy tvoro satisfied.
The defense attorneys regarded
tho verdict as a victory. "Consid
ering what we wore up against,
the decision is a distinct victory
for tho defense," said Attorney
John A. Collier. "We saved the
hoy's neck." Hugh's legal aides
declared that ' the capture of the
twins in Ohio "Just afl the enso.
got started, hurt our case."
Public opinion in this city hold
that it -was a just verdict, on it,
case built entirely on ctrcumstnn-'
tial ovldence. There is .stilt a
strong sentlmoht In this section,
however, that the full story of the
tragedy has not been told. ...
' The trial' lasted 10 days, over
100 witnesses were cnlled, and was
the ' bitterest fought case In the
history ot Southern Oregon juris
prudence. SUSIE LEWIS, WELL
KNOWN RESIDENT,
DIES YESTERDAY
Suslo Frances Lewis, a woll
known resident of this city, pass
ed away at her homo 851 . West
Moshor street, yesterday evening.
She was a native , of Douglas
county, being born May 27, 1800
at Brockway. Practically all of
her life was spent in Roseburg, .
whero she ninde many friends who
are grieved to learn of nor death.
She Is survived by one brother,
C. P. Lewis, mother brother, I.afe
Lewis, having passed away a few
years ago.
She was a member of the Rose
hurg Rebekah lodge, and the mem
bers of thut ordor wilt he In charge
of-the burial services nt the ceme
tery. ; The funeral will bo Thursday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from tho
Rosi'hurg Undertaking Chapel,
Rev. Frank Matthews, pastor of the
local Baptist church officiating.
Interment will take place lu the
Masonic cemetery. Arrangements
are In charge of M. E. Hitter, fun
eral director of the Roseburg Un
dertaking company.
PEAR GROWERS OF
CALIFORNIA SET
1928 CROP PRICE
(AsseelsIM Press f.esseil Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jnna 22"
The California Pear Growers asso.
I elation yesterday fixed the prices
j for this year's pear crop at $44 a
ton for grade No. 1 pears, nnd
S2S.50 a ton for grade No. 2.
The price for this year's pears,
according to Frank Swell, presi
dent of the association, is 10 per
ronl higher lhan last year, show
ing Increased soundness In. the
market. Last year's low prices
was (he result of over production,
he said.
"The now price Is not unusually
hlRh for Oallfornla pears," said
Swett. "In 1S25 they went as high
as J75 a ton nnd two years ngo
they were $55.