Gf)Q Weather
Highest temperature yesterday.... 92
Lowest temperature last night. ...61
Forecast for southwest Oregon:
Generally fair tonight and Sunday,
cooler Sunday.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
SEBUM
"I
"rc End of the ; .
Hqmeseeker's Trail" '
'Consolidation of The Evening Newt and
The Roieburg Review
DOUGLAS COUNTV
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VOL. XXVIII NO. 79 OF ROSEBURG REVIEV
ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY, JULY 23. 1927.
VOL. XVIII NO. 153 OF THE EVENING NEW9
K
UMPDUA
RIVER
TO. BE SPAIEQ
AT SGOTTSBURG
Government, County and
Road District Expected
to Unite in Project.
TO BE STARTED SOON
Hope to Have Money Avail
able in Time to Get Piers
Built During Low
Water.
i
Construction of a bridge over the
TJmpo.ua river at Scottuburg to re
place ihe cxfsling ferry, is a pro-
juel which may be uudertuken this
year. V A. Lovelace, a trustee of
Umpqua, Koail Improvement Dis
trict, was in Rom-burg yesterday,
and met with County Judge Quine
lor an informal discussion of the
plan, which now looks as if it can
be successfully handled this year.
The super road district has ap
proximately $35,uu0 available to ap
ply towards the construction of
this bridge. Air. Lovelace has
been conferring with forest serv
ice officials and it is believed that
the government, through the for
est service; will appropriate $55,
000 for cooperation in building the
bridge. The county court is be-
' iug nuked to divert $35,000 to add
to the fund, which will be suffi
cient to erect the structure.
The government assisted in the
building . of the Umpqua highway
from Scotlsburg to Jleedsport, one
or the finest pieces of road on the
Pacific coast. The construction of;
t I he bridge is a part of. the work on
. that seel Ion' of, road,' ' and -conse-
; VUonUy. tho.giqrnment is interest
ed in its' early construction.. Be
fore any fiirfjier development work
tan be done on the .Llmpqua. tyigh-
; Ivay, It is thought advisable o, get(
Ihe bridge, built, sp that the con-'
, ..unction wjll be 'the next ' step to
' be undertaken. .' ,
With the help which it is be
lieved the government will give at
;': this lime. It is felt that the oppor
tunity is one which should not be
neglected.' The county and the dis
trict together would have $70,000
to which would be added the $55,
000 to be appropriated by the gjov-,
eminent,' making a cooperative
' fund sufficient lo build a very. sub-,
slaulial bridge and .one .that will
meet all trarfic needs for- many
years to come. . . .
. , . County Agreeable '
County .ludxe Quine stated that
he -believes the county court will
.be-willing to eter into the prop
osliion, an the opportunity to build
4 with government cooperation is
one that cannot be ; overlooked.
While the county has no money
available at the present time, it is
V (Continued from page 4,)
V. S. PATTERSON
DIES AT PORTLAND
THIS Hi
V. S. Patterson, for many years
a resldi'lil of Roseburg, passed
away this morning at Portland af
ter a long Illness. He had been a
resident of Koscburg since 1881)
when he came to Oregon and en
gaged in the painting and paper
hanging business, which trade he
followed until ill health caused his
retirement several jnonths ago.
He was born at Lansing, Iowa,
in !Sq2 and spent his early life
as a sailor, being associated with
his father in coastal trade along
the Atlantic. He had a very event
, fttl life, while engaged in that
work, being shlpwwrecked three
times. He later engaged In freight
. ing on the Erie canal. From New
York tile family moved to Rotch
' ester, Minnesota, where Mr. - Pat
terson was married June 1. 1876
to tClfzabeth Radabaugh, who sur
vives him. They moved to Rose
burg In 1SS9 and made their home
here continuously after that time.
A few weeks ago Mr. Patterson
was taken to Portland for medical
treatment, but hlH condition failed
to improve and he passed . away
this morning.
He Is survived by the widow
and two daughters, Mrs. Charles
ti. Stanton of Roseburg and Mrs.
I.. W. Mvrlok of Portland. He also
' leaves six grandchildren and two
brothers, F. F. Patterson of Rose
burg and Eugene Patterson of
'Portland.
The body Is to be brought to
v, Roseburg and funeral services will
" . be held Monday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at the Rosehurg I'mlertak
ing Parlors with Interment in the
I. O. O. F. cemetery. . ' J
EARL BENEDICT
BUYS CURRY TRACT
FOR SHEEP RANCH
An Important real estate
A deul was uonsumated this
morning when Earl Henedlct,
a well known resident of
this city, purchased a 500-
acre tract from the Curry
estaie. The property is dl-
rectly south of the Rosehurg
Country Club glf course on
the right hand side of the
county road. It is a very de-
Hirable piece of groud, parti-
cularly for stock raising pur
poses. Mr. Benedict plans
to improve the property and
stock it with sheep at once.
The deal was negotiated by
tho W. A. Bogard agency.
K. 0, DOES IT
AFFECT RULING
Referee's Verdict Sharkey
Fairly Beaten Stands
With Commission '
NO OPINIONS CHANGE
Dempsey's Manager Asked
for Indelible Lines on'
Waists to Preclude
False Claims.
(Associated Press I,easot! Wire) .
NEW YORK, July 23. Jack
Tleiripaey and Jack Sharkey today
were tar from the scene of their
ijieetorufule,'! buttle . ofj -'Jjlmrsday
jngiiL, turner in uuilie or on me
way there, but a self-appointed
jury of countless fans still was
l.wtr.l It, .11,.
over ;the duestlon1 of' whether the
blow that gave Dempsey a ,knock-'
uui victory was lair or IOU1.
Carefully. (avoiding Pennsylvania,
rnero he Is, wanted on a charge of
elbowing a woman spectator at the
Dempsey-Tunney fight last fall,
Dempsey was homeward bound for
Los Angeles and a brief rest after
the victory, bo believes he fairly
won. He visited his wife's : rela
tives at Wilmington, Dei., then re
sumed his trip.
Sharkey, back home lu Boston
after, motoring from here with Ills
wife, was positive he would have
won but for a blow . he' declares
was below tho belt just before he
went down for the count in the
seventh round of the Yankee Stad
ium iray.
Opinion appeared as evenly di
vided as it was on the probable
outcome before the fight, but the
oinciai verdict that the blow was
fair stood unshaken above the
storm of argument. The state box
ing commission, which never has
reversed a decision of an official,
stood squarely behind Jack O'Sul
livan, the -vetei'au 'referee who
couuieu annrney out, and even
Sharkey's manager held no hope of
a reversal ay appear to the com
mlsiun.
Referee's Statement
O'SuIllvan himself said, "there
is no question about a punch on
onaraey s leg in the seventh round
by . Dempsey's . right. It was a
sweeping blow which glanced off
me leg and It was followed bv
Dempsey's left to the solar plexus,
which was the blow which started
the finish.. .
"Before the solar plexus blow
was delivered and nfler the right
landed on Sharkey's left leg, I
stepped in, saying 'watch your
puncnes, jacK, tnen realizing
there wero two Jacks, I said, 'I
mean ou. Dempsey.' Then Demp
sey hit the solar plexus blow.
Sharkey, dropped his right hand
and Dempsey hit him with his left
on the Jaw.
"I do not regard the blow Shar
key received on the leg as suf
ficient cause for disqualification.
They are delivered quite regularly
in the excitement of competition,
and are not harmful. They merit
simply a warning to remind the de
liverer that he is hitting danger
ously foul. The punches do not
incapacitate the recipient."
Foula Were Feared
Moth sides in the dispute admit
ted Dempsey's attack was aimed
for Sharkey's mid riff and It was
recalled that Dempsey's manager,
Leo Flynn, before the fight asked
the boxing commission to make an
Indeliblble mark about the boxers'
waist to prevent a false claim of a
foul. This request was denlod with
the statement that "competent
officials will be provided to handle
any situation that may arise."
"I am going to have the referee
especially cautioned to watch par
ticularly for fouls." Flynn was
quoted the day before the fight as
saying In an Interview with Benny
Leonard, "and also to watch just
as particularly blows that are not
(Continued on page 4.)
OVER
Rim
STILLMAN
AND
FAMILY
STORM
Boy Smashes Religious and
Social Barriers to Get
His Sweetheart.
PAIR FLEES IN AUTO
Mamma Stillman, Angry at
Girl's Kin, Ousts Them
From Gift Home and
Closes Purse,
(Aswelnti'd I'rt-M Leased Wirt1)
NEW YORK. July 23. The New
York Daily News today In a copy
right dispatch from Grande Anse,
Que., says a quarrel between the
Stillman nnd Wilson families re
sulted in Uud Stillman 'kidnaping'
Lena Wilson, his 18-year-old north
woods sweetheart, and taking her
to his mother's camp for -their mar
riage next Tuesday.
Prior to the kidnaping, says the
Dally News, Bud had announced
his . intention to plunge into the
woods and stay there for months,
while his bride-to-be tearfully in
sisted sue would go to Montreal to
become a manicurist. The quarrel
is reported due to religious and so
cial barriers raised by the Wilson
family, farmers, and the matter
was only settled when Bud literal
ly kidnaped the hysterical Lena
and carried her In a battered car
over 30 miles of forest trails 'to
his mother's camp.
, Religious Agreement.
; First, says the Daily News, Bud
signed a document "agreeing that
the marriage should beljy Catholic
ritual and that nny children' of
the union 'should he resre'dm the
Catholic faith1. In return, he;receiv
ed from Lena's motliei her written
consent which is riecessary under
Quebec laws for the marriage of a
minor daughter. ' '
But none of Miss Wilson's, rela
tives, says the dispatch,' will be
permitted to attend the wedding
and a gown,-brought from New
"York for oiie of Lena's six sisters
to wear as bridesmaid, now awaits
a wearer of somewhat similar size.
Mrs. : James A.1 Stillman, Bud's
mother. Is reported to have order
ed the Wilsons frotn the house at
La Tuque which she presented to
her soii when his engagement was
announced, and also has advised
storekeepers In Montreal, Latua
que and Grandmere that the Wil-"
sons are to receive no more credit
in her name.
"They nro prlmPlve people,' Mrs.
Stillman is quoted as saying, "and
the only tilings they understand
are primitive actions. Very well,
(Continued from page S.)
The Actual Knockout! Sharkey Drops' to Floor!
I it r
The-knockout in the Demp.ey-Sharkey
cally shows Dempsey, on the right,
his face for the knockout that ended
O'Sullivan Is holding Dempsey back
Washington Statue and Ford Store
in Buenos Aires Bombed as Latest
Sacco-Vanzetti Penalty Protest
(Aworiatwl I'rew I-eawl Wire)
BUENOS A1HES, July 23. The
United States embassy and con
sulate and American banks were
being closely guarded today as ft
consequence of the explosion of a
bomb at the statue of George
Washington at H o'clock last night,
and of another about an hour la
ter in front of the Ford automo
bile agency. The outrages are at
tributed by the police to aeco
Vanzettl sympathisers and an ac
tive investigation is under way.
There were no casualties.
The large stone block : forming
the base of the monument, which
was presented to Argentina by the
American colony on the occasion
of the Argentine centennial, were
badly shattered but the Washing
ton figure was not damaged. A
nearby tree was destroyed.
A numcipal agent guarding the
Palermo G a rd ens, In . which the
AUTOMOBILE THIEF
DRAWS FIVE YEARS
ON McNEIL ISLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., July 23 Five
years lu McNeil Island penitentiary
a limit sentence, was today im
posed by Federal Judge Robert S.
Bean upon Frank Peters, 37, when
he pleaded guilty today to federal
Charges of transporting stolen cars
from one state to another. '
With Leslie Barton and Mrs.
Myrna Mcintosh, Peters had en
gaged in the trafficking of stolen
cars stealing them in Washing
ton, driving them to Portland, and
selling them' here.
Barton two weeks ago was sen
tenced to serve two years in Mc
Neil prison for his part In the auto
mobile theft. Leniency was shown
in the case of the woman, who was
given a sentence of three months
in the county jaii. . , , . a
Peters, according to Deputy
United States District Attorney
Francis E. Marsh, had passed over
$3,000 w.orth of bad checks in San
Francisco and Los Angeles.
COOLIDGE GETS WORKOUT ,1
t BEHIND WAGON WHEEll'
; . ., , , . ( i ',r
t ' t fAMoclntod'Proaa Leasi-d Wire) '
MYSTIC, S. D.; July '23. Presi
dent 'Coolidge pulled off his- 'doat
and in his shirt sleeves climbed
over a steep and rocky mountain
trail today to reach the summer
lodge of " Sam McKelviey former
governor of Nebrhska, deep in the
Black Hills woods. A lumber wag
on with spring -seats upholstered
with only bright Indian blankets
met the President and "Mrs.. Cool-:
idge-'when their train pulled into
Mystic, a mountain settlement of
about a dozen houses, and with
cameras clicking on all sides they,
climbed aboard and started on the
two-mile pull up a steep hill
side. . . -
Soon, however, the horses tired
from the hard drag and the presi
dent left the wagon and walked be
hind it. A warm sun beat down on
him, and. he took off his coat.
As the wagon jumbled over a
particularly rock hill, Mr. Coolidge
placed his shoulder to the rear of
the wagon and pushed so hard that
his shirt and suspenders began to
show below his vest. Mrs. Coolidge
remained in the wagon and laughed
battle. This NEA Service, Inc.,
after delivery of t he blow that sent
- ;rfgW9H. '
the elimination b attle for heavyweight championship honors. Referee
until the count Is under way.
(monument is located, said he saw
'an automobile speeding away as
Uhe explosion occurred,
An investigation by the police
jof the Ford agency, situated in the
'et'Mral part of the city, showed
that two bombs had been set, but
'only one of them exploded. This
'shuttered Boverul show windows
and damaged an automobile on ex
hibition while the wnlls of neigh
boring buildings were pierced by
small bullets with which the bomb
apparently was loaded.
The explosion at the George
Washington monument was so vio
lent that huge blocks from the
stone pedestal, aomo of them three
feet thick, were hurled fifteen
yards or more.
ly The United StateB embassy,
'cmtHiilnte. hiinkH nnd other AmerU
'can establishments are being close
ly watched as a precautiou against
other such attempts, .
NO INCREASE IN
HIGHWAY MONEY
McNARY STATES
(AhsooIuUhI PreMi Leuaed Wiro)
PORTLAND, Ore., July' 23.
Oregon will not be able to get
larger federal aid appropriations
tor its highways because there
won't be additional money to get,
United; States Senator Charles L.
McNary told members . of the
Roosevelt Highway association to
day. He declared the various states
will be fortunate to continue get
ting as: (large federal Bums for
roads as are now being granted.
Highway Commissioner Van Du-
zer declared the state was push
! ing the Roosevelt, highway as rap
idly as possible, saying (that it was
; even gelling more than, might be
termed Us share. By this fall, he
! said, the road will be completed
! between Astoria and Newport and
i from lteedsport to the California
! line.- .:..) - .
j. "We "expect to let this fall the
contracts for improving the high
jway from Newsport to Waldport
and from Gardiner to Lake Tach
linlch," Mr. Van Duzer said. i i - :
i Seventy miles of work will bo
needed-on-the Roosevelt highway
after the work now under contract
is completed, It was said. This will
cost, some $6,500,000 Including
bridges, or $1,000,000 without- them.
It is hoped to complete the ; work
i.wilhln four, years. , t
j ."A torrlllc -drive, growing strong
: er, every year, is being made on
,tbe congressional appropriations
for highways," Senator McNary
Lsaid. "The big eastern states are
against it and it Is only by vory
j hard work that we are able to
: keep the highway assistance ' go
ing.:' - i
100 DEGREES HITS SALEM
SALEM, Ore., July 23.-Hcat
records for the summer were-broken
here Friday when tho mercury
reached 100 degrees in Its upward
scramble. - Cool breezes until I'tto
!in the afternoon lessened the ef
ifects of the heat to some extent.
'Another high record appears to be
Ion the wny with a temperature of
88 decrees at 10 a. m.
heartily while tho bumpy drive
j jerked her from one sldo to the
other.
V.3. "2. .?; 4J' ..'5
NEA
telephoto to New. Review graphi
Sharkey first to his knees and then
LEGION
NAMES
GEORGE D. LOVE
AS DEPT. HEAD
Veterans at La Grande Also
Choose Portland for
1928 Meeting.
AUXILIARY ELECTS
Drum Corps Contest Won
by Salem in Field of 1 0 ;
..' National Shriner
Head Visits.
(Auoclated Prou I .on sod Wire)
LA GRANDE, Ore., July 23.
George D. Love of Eugene was this
afternoon unanimously elected
state commander of the American
Legion. '
Portland was chosen as the 1928
convention city.
The Legion auxiliary elected
Mrs. Rose Wilcox, of Antelope, de
partment president and Mrs. Ma
bel: Mclnturff of Marshfleld, was
j re-elected secretary for a fifth conv
BCUUUYU IWrill, HUB. JUBBIU ivcuy Ul
Baker, was elected vice president
nnd Mrs. Cleland of Salem, hls
tori an. Din trie t 'commit tee women
were selected as follows: District
one, Mrs. Verona Nelson, of New-
berg; district two, Mrs. Del Sheas-
ley, of Hermiston ; district three,
Mrs. Nell Coats of Albany.
Salem Corps Wins
Nearby towns nnd cities aro ex
pected to swell the out-of-town pop
ulation of La Grande this after
noon In around 6,000, augmenting
the nearly 3.G0Q , legionnaires and
auxiliary visitors for the final fea
tures of tho convention the par
ade, public , wedding, golf , tourna
ment and pyrotechnic drama.' :
Yesterday , afternoon , under- a
broiling sun that sent tho mercury
climbing to !H1 degrees, r 10. i drum
corpti contested for i ( annual ,, hon
ors, Salem . emerging victorious
with 02 1-3 points. Bend was sec
ond with 88 7-21 and Portland third
with 87i. Other corps stood as
follows: Eugcno Sfia, Hood Itlver
83 '1-6: Cottage Grovo. 74 5-6; Med-
toru 'in; coos Bay by in: I'cndie
ton 00 G-8; McMlnnvlllo 583.
Baker and Dayton, Wash., par
aded but. did not enter the contest.
The La Grande auxiliary team was
given an ovation when it uncork
ed,, fancy maneuvers lo music by
the Sheridan , Legion band. . Ap
proximately 4,000 witnessed ; the
contests. , . -
In the evening a dozen princess
es vied for the convention queen
ship, Miss Shorldan winning the
coveted honor..,. MIhs Bend was
runner up and Miss La Grande
third. '
Noise and , Fun Rule City
As the convention ncars an end.
legionnaires. aro unanimous In de
claring the "battle of '27" to bo
the fiercest fought since the World
(Continued on page 8.)
T
Mrs. Dave Beck and Daugh
. ter Perhaps Fatally
Hurt When Car
Goes Over Grade.
Mrs. Dave Heck of Rlilillo, anil
her 14-yeur-old daughter, Jennlo,
were Injured, perhaps ritlully,
shortly before noon today when the
car In which tho family wns koIiik
to tho coast went over the grade
on tho Coos liny highway near
Hock Creek. Mrs. llock'B skull wan
fractured and her face torn almost
completely awny. The daughter's
back was broken. The Injured part
ies wore taken to tbo hospital at
Myrtle Point, where, is was stated
that they had only a possible
chance for recovery. Tho young
girl will probably be crippled for
life If she lives, It wus stated. Mr.
Hock and three moro of tho child
ren, who wore In the ear escaped
with minor Injuries.
The (Jritalls of the ur.cldnnt wore
nut learned hero, oilier than that
the car rolled down tho grade and
Into the river. A call was sent to
Myrtle Point and Rosehurg for an
ambulance and M. K. Itllter end
Dr. Wade wont out from here, but
prior to their arrival Ihe Injured
persons wore moved to the Myrtle
Point hospital. According to a long
distance call from there Mrs. Beck
has b fractured skull and a broken
nose, while her face Is badly torn.
The young daughter has a broken
back, a deep scalp wound and a
bruised side.
Income Tax To
Be On Ballot
Again In 1928
i (AMoclstal Prm Ltsied Wlrej. .
SALEM, Ore.. July 23 Income
tux(8ontlnient Ih uot dead In Ore
ou nothwlllistandliig the outcome
of the bihcIiiI election of June 28.
Today the Slate Income Tux
league, of which H. H. Stullurd, of
Portland Ih president and Ueorgo
Bylander. secretary, filed petition
forms with the aecretary of state
Vor an Inttlnilve Income tux bill to
lie voted on In 1928 If the petitions
ure successlul. The forms ure not
correct and will bo returnod by the
secretnry of state with the request;
that they be put lu proper form.
Stullard and Ilylniuler are also be
hind the proposed Initiative meas
ure for a flat itulomoulle license
foe of $3.
The. rates proposed In the now
state Income tax bill are:
First Sl.OOO, 2 per cent: 52,000,
3 per cent; 53,000, 4 pop cent:
54,000, 6 per cent: 55,000, 6 per
cent; $0,000, 7 percent; 7,000, 8
percent; 58,000, 9 per cent; $9,000,
10 percent: over 59,000, 20 per cent.
rcxemptloim are, ior a sinKie
num. 53,000; married 55,000; de
pendents 5100 each..
The tax would be paynnie in
1929 on IneomoB of, 1928. , . ;
THOUSANDS SEE
LATE RULER ON
EVE OF BURIAL
Rumanian Capitol Filled
' With Visitors to Bier
of Ferdinand.
MARIE LAUDS WORTH
Widowed Queen Not Placed
on, Regency; Deserted
i Wife of Carol in
. Leading Role.
(AuocUted TrcM Luod Win.)
BUCHAREST, Itumanla, July 23.
More thnn 25Or0QO lUimanlanB
have honored their .dead king by
filing pant hit blor in Cotrocen!
Palace. PoasantH and townfolks
from outlying places continued to
arrive in the capital today by all
aorta of conveyances and before
Kerdlnand'H body la laid to rest
Sunday In the royal mausoleum at
Curtca do Arges, many more thous
ands will have gazed upon I no roa
turus of the "father" as the JUt
mauiami choose lo call him.
Queen 'Marie, receiving tho cor
respondent, told of Kordlnand'u
longing to see America. "It was tho
king's ardent wIhIi to visit Amorl
ca hofore he died, she said, "but
now it is too lute."
There wero tears In the queen's
eyes when sho referred to Ferdi
nand as " a great king, a good man
and tho klndcHt of husbands. Ills
simplicity, humility and greatness
of heart endeared him to every
body, ills whole life was one sac
rifice." She asked that the correspondent
convey lo her friends in America
her sincere appreciation for the
many touching messages of gym pa-
they that have come to her.
Future King New Six
The bny king, Michael, was
brought in by Princess Helen, his
mother. The blonde haired, blue-
eyed youngster seemed unable In
his chlldiHli innocence to realize
his grandfather, who only lately
had presented him with an Ameri
can tt'ddy bear and toys, was dead,
nnd that, although less than six
years old, he had Inherited his
mantle and would wear the golden
crown of grwitir Itumanla and con
trol the destinies of 15,000,000 per
sons. "Don't cry, grandfather will come
hack to us," said tho little fellow
In perfect Kngllsh to tho queen,
who was quite overcome by his
baby-like reassurance.
The moHt pathetic figure In the
room was Princess Helen, who, af
ter suffering from tho Ignominy of
desertion by her husband, Carol,
of her father-in-law, to whom she
was deeply attached.
Ferdinand, whone generosity and
sympathy were proverbial, had
supported Princess Helen and her
eh Ud ever since Carol eloped with
Mine, hupeseu.
Marl Almost Ignored
With the r;il I ii re of Queen Marie
lo obtain a plftce on the Ruman
ian regency, Prlncens Helen has
suddenly loomed into prominence.
She Is given much space In the
newspapers, while Queen Marie Is
seldom mentioned.
Marie Is already referred to by
(Continued on page 8.)
mm
OF FATALITY AT
KLAMATH FALLS
Torrid Weather Felt Oyer
the Entire State, Re
port Show. '
MERCURY 92 HERE
Campers Urged to Use Ex
treme Care in Forests
as Hazard Is
Increasing.
-St i
Rising temperuturo nnd lower
humidity greatly Increased the '
forest fire hazards lu Douglas
county yesterday ' and today, .
warnings being Issued by oresc
protection organisations to camp 1
ers urging extreme care to prevent
fire while In tbe woods. The heat
is driving resldeuts to tbe woods :
over the week end, and the forest '
Ore crews, are looking for busy,
days unless cure is taken by the '
campers to! prevent camp 'fires i
from spreading or in coreruiiy ex
tinguishing cigarettes or pipe ;
ashes. v
Yesterday the temperature readi
ed 92 degrees. Whlllei this was not.
the hottest day ;o'f nlie i season. a I i
day In early June having .reached
94 degrees, yet the heat was quite -oppressive.
The mercury today , .
started a rapid climb, although it
was thought possible that rollet
would come before night. ' . .
Reports show the heat wave to ;i
be genoral all over the state, with-
many points considerably highev
than Iloseburg. 1 : V
Fatality In Klamath
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore,, July ;
23. Klamath Falls basked under
a hot' sun that brought the mer
cury climbing lo 92 degrees by.
nild-aftornoon yesterday and ltidi-,
cations this morning were tbat
this witrk would be reached agalh.
today, with local forecasters prom
ising relief by tonight and tomor
row.' ' " ' . ,. .
Charles Foster, .u, a logger em
ployed by the Big Lakes Lumber
company near Spraguo rjver, col
lapsod whilo at work yesterday and
died before medical ' attention
could roach lilra. Ho is believed to
have been a victim 'of the heat, al
though a post-morten examination
has not yet been made.
New Mark at Eugene -EUGENE,
Ore., July 23. Eu- '
gene thermometers bit the 95 de
gree mark yesterday, ' a sudden
climb of more than seven degrees,
for a new 1927 heat record. The
day wns not ns sultry, however, 'as.
on Thiirsdny whon the mercury,
roglatercd 88. - :
Today bids fair to exceed yester
day In tomporaturo. - k '
Eastern Oregon Hot , ,
LA CIIIANDU, Ore., July 23. X
week of nbnve'90 woather continu
ed yesterday when Ihe mercury .
cllnibcd; lo a ninxlmum - of ,96 '
above, the socond warmest 'day aZ ;
.the your, Indications are that to
day will bo equally us warm. I,,;
I'KNDLETON, July 23. The
mercury stood at 95 here yester
day. Thursday It registered 99.
Rogue Valley Over 100 .. '
GRANTS PASS, July 23.Mer
cury was rising here today and In
dications nrn that the high point
of lot degroes reached yesterday
may be passed this afternoon. Yes
tnrduy was the hottest day of the
prcsont season, the temperature
being four degrees higher than
any previous day.
MEDFORD, Ore.. July 23. Willi
the mercury reaching 100 yester
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CLOUDBURSTS IN
EASTERN STATES
TIE UP TRAFFIC
r.-MH-luli-i I'n-M l-fiiM-il WlrO
. NKW YOltK, July 2,1
Short lived hut terrific down-
peui'tf, accompanied by elec
4 Irlral disturbances, swept
Ihru many norlhcastern stales
today d IK turning rail traffic,
flooding Htreetn and causing
cnriHldcrsljlp damage
Philadelphia and Harris-
burg, where in a few minutes
Ihe rainfall exceeded an Inch,
reported the greatest Incon-
venlence due to flooded
streets and stalled traffic.
In iVi'W York cloudbursts
4 loosed wafer in torrents in
4 parts of the city, although
Ihe greatest trouble was ex-
p-Tlene-pd out Hide the metro
4 pol I tan district. Trains were
4 delayed on l.on Island and
lu West Chester county. Ib
Pennsylvania landslides de- (
layeri trains between Harris
4 burg and Buffalo, and several
bridges wero washed out on
rtie Husiiuehanna River.