EIGHT
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG. OREGON.
MONDAY. MAY 13 1929.
j
News Note: "Thomas A Edison Looking for a Bright Young
I Man to Carry on His Work. "
Lowering of Time Made by
Lindbergh One Purpose
of Venture Start
Within I 0 Days.
NEW YOUK, .May 13. Ki'ttlllB
themselves u echeilule or 30 hours
in whii:h to leueh J'mls, three
French fliers hope to Koar away
from Uoosevelt Held, I,. 1., wilhin
ten days In a 1iuk single luoluieil
monoiilone. If HiieeenHliil (he sir
ridei-H, Hene I.efevre, Ameno I.oltl,
Jr., and Jean Ari.sallant, would bet
ter by three hours the standing rec
ord established In by Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh.
'i'h-j monoplane, a Ilernard. pow
ered with a B'liJ horsepower Ills
l:ino Suizu engine, lias been at
Roosevelt field undergoing a tun
ing up lor the pasl week. All is
now ready for the flight, i.ottii
said, the capability tests of the
plane huviii been made in France
prior to Its being brought to this
country on the Leviathan last week
by Ijfevre.
The flight will be over the great
circle route. Le Rourget field is t tic
objective. The plane lias a cruising
speed of 130 miles per hour and
can be accelerated to 110.
In estimating the lime needed as
30 hours. Lotti said, no allowance
was made for a tall w ind. This If I
encountered, would appreciably
lower the time.
"We hope lo start after May 19
which Is next Sunday," Lotti said.
"It la our Intention to take advan
tage of the favorable conditions
expected to prevail immediately b
fore and after the new moon which
Is due on the 25th.
"Our primary purpose is to show
the trans-Atlantic rlir.ht can be
done by a French plane and a
French crew."
Lottl Is 31 years of age and tin?
son ot the proprietor of the Hotel
l.oltl in Purls. Assailant Is M, us Is
Lefevre.
At present It Is planned that As
sailant take the controls on the
take off but during the trip all
three, will manage the huge ship.
Lot 1 1 declared. The plane will
carry 1150 gallons of gasoline,
enough to keep It aloft for 35 houis.
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HOSPITALITY WINS HEARTS
OF MAJOR AND MRS. L. MOTT
Enjoyuble Recreution in North Umpcrtin Rcciun Inspires
Communication Descriptive of Vnrious Hhnscs Of
Daily Life in and Out of Log Cabin; Quail
and Pheasants Become Lady's Friends.
AREAS IN THREE
STATES SWEPT
BY HIGH WATER
you coax or swear at them.
Ity the time supper was on the
table, the inside of my mind look
ed exactly like the Inside of that
slove just black soot and smoke,
ami the smoke oozed out in words
that might read all right, hut thai,
in being spoken cloaked them
selves in tones that no publisher
could print and get by the censor.
"You are camping and fishing.
nut I am pioneering ranching-
(Contlnuod from page 1.)
In this section, will be inflicted on
bottom farm lands.
Spring river and oilier btrcntus
went out of their banks In south
west Missouri last night following
2-1 hours of heavy rainfall.
At Fort Scott homos were flooded
late yesterday by the Marmatou
liver. Many lamllll'S took refuge III
railway depots and other buildings
thrown open to Ihein, where they
upent last night.
Arizona Forest Swept
NO(1AI,i;h), Ariz., May 13. After
billing over more than 15,0110 acres
the greatest forest liro In Ihe his
tory of this section of Arizona to
day was believed lo have burned
Itself Intu the control or 100 wcHiy
men who had fought the blaze on
nn ever-widening front lor six days.
Cowboys rode before the tiru
driving herds of lerrllied cattle
down suu-haked slopes ahead of
llanies which licked al scrub oak
on a ten mile front. Fanned by u
high wind the blaze In places trav
eled as last as it prairie rire, Jump
ing canyons and fire breaks In the
l'alagoliiti mountains.
IluildliiKs and equipment of min
ing properties were consumed,
while miners fled to llenshaw,
small nulling village near here,
where the blaze was diverted u few
miles from the town. Miners' fami
lies were rushed from the village,
many of tliem taking Ihelr belong
ings wilh them.
Carbide Lamp the Cause
The conliagraliou starled when
n miner stumbled and dropped bis i i.esltaie . ,.,i, ,.
carbide lamp In dry grass. The I m.n-klv i n ,.,,' V.
blaze eulckly spread over grazing : 1., "V
Frances Hewitt Molt, wife of Major Lawrence Molt, U. S. I " r,",' l''1' do his share
resident game warden, i. running her famous husband a close j "
race in the writing game. While Mrs. Mott has been writing fea-1 clean fish, cut wood and carry wa
ture articles for only a short time, her efforts have been marked! l'i'- ' have done all but clean Un
well much success. Incidentally she has been uiving Roseburir! l"ll:,y! 1 !lll'sa you want your
and Douglas county some wonderful publicity, "behind your
backs, as she snys.
Radio station KNa each morning
at lo o'clock lias a half hour per
iod known as the 10 o'clock family,
conducted b Ldillo Albright, start
announcer, in w nlcti u group of be
tween fitly and sixty thousand
listeners participate. The program
is designed to Interest housewives,
shut-ins, and all who are able to
listen In at that hour, and the pro
gram proves one or ihe most popu
lar radio features in. southern Cali
tornla. Major and Mih. Molt for n num
ber ot years conducted the radio
station at Calulina island, and have
a large radio following of their
own, so Hint when Mrs. Mott con
tiihulos lo Ihe 10 o'clock family
program, her letters are eagerly
iiwalted. Mrs. Mott Is writing one
letter each week lor this program
while spending the summer in Ore
gon and Is giving this section
some excellent publicity.
In her first letter, written April
22. shortly nor their arrival, Mrs.
Mott proved herself it real liillior
niau; and she told all about tile
ruin and mist and cold weather,
so that part or the letter is not go
ing to ho published. Hut .Mrs. Moll
Is lorglven all because or Ihe won
ileiiul way In which she describes
Oregon hospitality.
Hospitality Captivates
"We are happy as lw'6 ' people
can possibly In.." she says, "ami I
It is all due to the unheard i.r
hospilallly of these blessed people
up here. Honestly, we are fast
gelling lo the point wheie we
wish so
niado, that Is Just above us ubout
an eighth of u mile. They are
built ot logs one big room and ,,i nie man' i ti.,.ii
summer spoiled, you get i.usv an I
cultivate that rancher spirit. Wood
and water lu the substance of that
spirit!"
"tleo, Lassie, what nre you :ro-
ng to do? ltulll everything tig.-.t
wiih everything in loom for the
couilort ot their owners for a slay
of u night or
lu
such a good Utile sport! You v.
always been so proud or your b'.'
spring, or for longer periods lu the
summer time when It Is warmer
than it is now. They were not
built ror living In when sluing lias
but begun and winter la si ill a stub
born Inhabitant of the land.
Yes, Miss April lold us a mar
velous yarn about spring's being
hero to slay. Hhe assured us thai
winter had linen completely routed
and Ihal her genial invitation lo
get out of a n. ce, warm hoiel. and
down Id Hie Thunderer's banks,
was an honest promise or her hav
ing taken possession or the laud.
Two days of sunshine, uud we mov-
eu our uags anil Daggagu lo say
nothing of fishing paraphernalia.
wlnler or K western girl. And here yoii
are, the very tlist day In camp
ies. Ami it is just because I;
am a western girl, that 1 know
something about what men are sup-!
PommI to do when Ihey sluri. j
ranching. Wood, water and wlp-!
ing ll.e dishes are part of their i
daily work around Ihe house. 1
pre, or to wipe my own dishes,
thanks. I In I the wood and water
annul!"
And so ended the first r; mid of
adjustment to new conditions -Willi
promises as deep as con
science mid a very pale und"r
Hiniiiling ol what II all means lo
gel along without running wal j
gas, electriclly, vacuum sweener
out here. Kile stayed with us Ihe and all the rest ot the mighty good
day we moved nail all during the "lings l luit make a man connoii-
lan diuio the moutitalu timber. The
red glow ot the burning forests
was vlsable at night lor more thau
fifly miles.
The blaze rinally was halted Ity
the combined etlors of fire right
ers, shining winds and the topo
graphy or the country. 1'nless the
wind changed today rangers hoped
to beat out the embers along the
fringes ot the blackened sides ot
ralomas canyon.
burg hosts and hostesses.
.Mrs. Melt's second letter writ
ten since Ihey look up their camp
at Ihe llul.ar place on the limy
ranch, must have run hIh-iI a great
deal ot pleasure and iovn,i. ...
i in
morning or Ihe next tiny Friday
then along came Saturday and
winter! Ouch! Many ntichcs!
Willi a big lireplace al one end
of this twenty by thirty loom; a
big wood range al the ether; a
pile or logs ror the fireplace, hut
nary a stick lor the range, I had
my run while ihe men went tl.ih
Ing. oh yes. It takes more than a
"in lain ami a snow blown wind
able In his city home
Ihe ne si uay it rained sume I
mine anil was decidedly colder. '
Hut that did not phase the lisle j
erineu! They set off before day-j
ligiil lor a pool way up Ihe liver i
and liirgnl that there were two'
pails to till wiih water and tint
one a i in I ii I or wood was not ciioukIi
lo get me tliri,ui.ii the day.
Maojor Mott kissed Ille ennil. I
bye -a very sleepy larewell on niv I
to keep a tlsb inad male Horn lisii-1 I'"" for I was still deep down
inn i mid a alee, warm storm
all stowed away In my mini i,..
Major Mint and his fishing iriend,
guide and philosopher, when itiev
should return, shouting lustily lorl1""1 H was peace until I got up'
iter the covers or our bed Hull i-j I
out on (he pinch. j
"There is wood and water to-'
day. lor 'o,l. dear." he assured me I
One artlllul ..r wood, one Inn I.e. i.r
I water and two chunks of woed in
: trout or ihe tin p:ace. I looked ai j
lllle collection. Scratched niv chin, i
Then seialclied 1 1 A 1 I Inside my!
nun nurai uut laughing. I
"POOR EVIDENCE"
WINS KE-TR1AL FOR
KLAMATH INDIAN
SAN KHAM'ISCO. May 13. -Confessions
obtained "llmiugh the ex
ertion of Improper influences" were
held to be "poor evidence" by (he
United States circuit court here
today in a decision granting Or
ville Ilavls, Klamath Indian, cou
vicled in Mcd(ord, Ore., or mur
der, a new trial.
FOOIl.
Hut what could a poor girl do.
when Ihey brought limne a great
big shiny Chinook salmon? Noth
ing b'.ll nut the Inn.. i- ti
members or lb.' KNX 10 o'clock '""'I make a grand uud el..ii,,iiu ' head
n.iu.ij. ..us. ..Hilt snvs- i I'll, in 1 1 ng auillellce ill heixeir ICI. w la s I he use' V,. .......
In e.iinp by in,. s,,, ()t ,m, I dm manage, however, to voice 1 "'''' ;1 si;k purse out ot a sow's
i'hundeier-otherwise known as I " ''" ' complaint In this wise- ''"' Nor can I make a good ratu h-1
the 1'inp.iua. j "I have loin;d a new name lor ' '''' ',:' '"' a .lier and poel ! I ll
Hear Kddie, Alice ami Ihe Ten ni'sil ." chop my own wood-and he dene1
O'clock Family : "A new name? Whal 's the mat-' w 11 h il " 1'osl.h s. it is migiitv line ;
y the heading or this Icltcr you ,,'r 'Lassie"."' limn Major "'V',V'M' and - t'eolidge ilo.s it so
will know that we are In camp, j -M" " jwhy not 1? . j
and a perfectly imely camp It is, "Lovely. In Hollywood. Hut as' ' eail liear some one ask "Whit
too! Located in a grove of pines. I " we are in camp 1 am to ! this time?" Kasv.
lira ami yes. oodles Pr poison oak! ! Known as W. W." He was u.-iiig the entire siiuug-l
As Steiliiig Young, who is now! 1,1 much as this was the title ! '"ml ot the camp riving IncuTe
...in .is. siis. .Mil so good!" Hut l " """ ii we called Calalina Is
then, like everything in nature up- j '""d's king when we lived n Av i
on w hich man lias nhu-eil hi. I hul. Major .Mmi i.,i,.,.i .,
'most wonderful butter. Y'ou know,1
you of the older generation bel'or-i
the days of eream seperators and
creamei-y-manufaiiured butter, just
the kind I mean. The cream comp.1
off the big milk pans In sheets
all wrinkled up and thick cuoipsh
to cut with a knife. Then It is
left to sour and is churned lu the
old-fashioned way. I had a brown
crock full of It. And how those
good friends of ours waded Into
It. Hot biscuits made It disappear
as if by magic. Then they all
wanted to know where I got it.
Here they are living right in
ftoseburg and all eating manufac
tured butler and 1, Just come, bad
already lound the butler of my
childhood memories and the
cream that pours onto one's mush
in chunks! Y'es, we get butter,
cream and mik from Red's moth- 1
er. We go nine miles to get it.
but it is worm eveiy inch of the,
w ay.
Iio 1 hear a modern creamery
person mention germs? Well, what
of il? When people are as happy
as we aie In spite of missing
get the best of all the supposedly
wood and water our -bodies will
bad germs in man's mental crea
tion; Ii.-sides, we're not creating
mental germs to destroy us. We're
camping and fishing; sleeping out
or doors and defying winter's hang
over of cold and rain. We are let
ting dear old .Mother Nature temp
er us lo her vagaries of w ind and '
rain and sunshine. We will re
turn to the city's exotic lite, new
creatures with our powers of re
sistance added unto and running '.
over!
Sunday, about two o'clock Sterl
ing Young arrived. So many of i
you will remember him the lad ,
w ho used to play the violin ror you
over K. K. W. O. Another wild 1
and empty fisherman. And it is
my job to keep the three of them
tilled with food! At least, twice
each day 1 must fill them up.
Lunch and dinner breakfast Is
another story. If they will insist
upon geuing up in the middle ol
the night and go fishing. Ihey can
jolly well gel their own breakfast '
no matter what kind of u mess they
ieave lor me to clean up! I don't '
care, lu lad, I don t care for any
ihiiig in Ihe world except to make
thee two males of mine happy! If. ;
in my success at making them 1
happy, 1 succeed in passing some
of thai happiness ou lo others,
then, indeed, is my cup of Joy lull
and running over. .
The.-:o two aie a F.ort or happi
ness laboratory with nie. 1 study
and work in their lives and what
ever good results 1 obtain, like
every worth-while experlm6nter, 1
pass the knowledge gained along
to my s.sters who are likewise try
ing to make their husbands and
sons happy. Kor to me, this Is wo-
man's reason for being. To make
men happ.. ; to build them into i
strong, active world rorcs which
is the only outcome of the life ol ;
it happy man.
If every woman saw the truth
about herseir that she Is tho soul
and spirit or the man of her choice;
and then worked hard at her job or
keeping herseir his soul and spirit,
the divorce problem would dlsap
liear from off the luce or the earth.
Today is glorious! Clear, clean
and hiight with sunlight. The same
sort ol a day Hint brought us into
this wonderful camp. The three
males were oil' inr the upper pools,
al three this morning and 1 am
alone.
Hut not entirely alone. Already
the birds, a pair of (trail iind a
cock pheasant and his demure
wlte, have found out that I am
generous Willi the leH-overs from
our meals. 1 share all such wiih
whatever wild ihlng may be In
the neighborhood. Kin-h morning
I have lain In my oul-ol-doors bed
and watched my new-l'oiiiul friends
pick up the rood 1 have put out ru:
Ihem. Al rirst, they moved away
when I moved or made the least
sound. Hul this morning, they did
not budge w hen I rose and dressed.
It was cold dressing out there on
Ihe porch, but these little friends
of nilue were so liileresllng that
I could not have them. They were
still there when I throw out the
breakfast leavings.
I hail another guest. A house
guest that made nie lots of work
for a coujile or days. A wee mouse.
Hut Major Molt stepped on him.
And I have no work produeiu;
guenl now. Poor mouse. He was
mil very well arnualtitod Willi Ihe
weight or a man's root. And. In the
daik. when the man was siiiiiihlin!:
around trying to find a match to
Mailt the lamp, the Utile animal
got under that font with lis two
hundred pounds of "overhead"!
Knd of mouse.
And end of this week's letter. Oh.
how f wish you all could be here
to enjoy ihe things we are find
ing that make for happiness net
the least of which Is tile lenrniuir
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'OREGON BOOTS" USED AT
STATE TRAINING SCHOOL
( A a Ifil I'rt'M Luascd Wire)
SALHM, Ore., May 13. The
stale board of control blinked tts
eyes In aurpiiHe Saturday when a
bill came in (or l(i "Oregon bootti"
purchased by W. H. Baillfe, the
new superintendent of tlie state
IrainiiiK school for boys. ' ,
The Oregon boot is a very heavy
lion that in famous in the criminal
annals of the United States. Un
til a few years nno it was used at
the slate penitentiary as a leg iron
on Incorrigible prisoners, parti
cularly when beinR transported, it
has never been used at (he train
inn school.
liaillie recently did away with
strap punishment ot the school and
substituted hard labor.
-o-
I turns New Hotel Welcome for
mally opened recently.
lo Inuch when fishermen
the wood and water. -
foiKi
thought of evil and harm, this
... I siartled.
oui pniMtwi onk uuvoa its ,.af fl,ij;n haUs the hit; Idea?"
of brilliant hue so that one caul "Wood and w.uer." J:m j ,,
lake heed and beware tr i:JlilL,,,'l a bmarl urln ! ..,,.
t these heart hivukhi.'
DavJn, charged In his
sling.
Alter a week
almost -of rahi
i-d.
ItMlMt -ill
appeal i and Oirgun mlKtH, tiu-snu rame out 1,h,M,t "ing weed and water I
from the retleial district court and dried tin the roudt to tht u.
conviction, lhat he had been fore-j could K't ur Caddie liuss etf tne
ed to wiineH.1 the official exaintna-1 paved highways and into iho!
tlon of tho body of Lawrence wm)da. New -found and nlreitdv
Walker, another Indian, wh.un he , very dear friends, bad proffered!
was charged with clubbing lo death ! um their camp. Ji js just six'
in January, 1 !"S. miles from Itoseburg and the I mp I
The strain of being compelled to iua thunders along right at tliei
observe the ghastly sight resulted uom unor
i nai w ill never ,p
sat huddled over ihe
Coals in tne fiiepkiee.
move towards eiih r
Mrs Moft
Hul th,
sinolden in.
making u
woodpile or rlv
"How ahum supper !,ase
"W. V Whet, goi ti,,.,,,
K't f"d but Hot Iteroie!"
I-Old: Will, lied
In Ills breakdown and subsequent All the Iloseburg people who,,M,s'' have
confession, Walker asserted. t'n make the grade, have these1 uu Winl '-"i" supper.
Judges Hud kin and Plot rich re-! river camps where thev come for ! w !l,,'r atll Ket the
I sup
et ihem
You get the
w 111 til "
manded the case to tho lower court j weekends and upon any other' 111,1 W-Her was all right. The
ror a new trial, wnne juuge nays uiai iemi themselves to hid!-1 1 '""merer makes u business ,
bert "dissented. day making. Konunate people! "I'ply t e uiee-t, eetde.i. anil so.:
O j So far. every blessed one of them "5f 'T I have epe, tmetited
nave put their camps at our dls-' 1111 '"r 1,1 ll,v vt-ii' iiiit the
weo.l that M.iio.' Mott i.t-..t.i.
John Alexander of fillde. was
hiisiuesr. visitor in this cily today.
posal. Should we make up
He found the
You know.
easle-it to en
the smooth.
round
Mr. Alexander Is a member of the Il,lml to sample every one of
Itt..,. It. ..t...-..u nl id nil. In Mieiii. Oil HI HOT L'Ot lili'lf tji
Pnttimnniiv Fair and states that Hollywood for a year! So far. vr,l,nl,j :' ran be broken with one 1 n''
-rr-Ptleiit nrnereas in helnir made ! flV 'o of them.- thin one i bll,w r,or" the v. The kind that 1 vid
on the plans Cor that event.
l r the i:et dav--mid wtselv
fiaiiiing from filtering into ihj
attiay of wouis and attempted
etiiu ation on my part.
Saturday. Sutmay, Mondav -mulling
but rain ai:d cold - and
tisll. Oil. yes, while 1 chopped
wood ami kept myself warm and
tlie citok siove working. Major .Mott
anil lied sietllhed llie warv i.h
anil b rou l: hi home some beauties.
Oh. n. list not Itilgrl lo 1. ,,
"t the biii;hie.st sort in this tahi
logue of new expet iences.
ihuisday evening, the end of the
pertect Apiil day lhat lured us out
of the hotel and ihio camp, also
j lured tellers to Ihe river banks.
: Kuihteeil jolly people uaiheted aj
the l.orkuood's camp for supper.
W l:at a met i y llnie w e had! Kaeh
woman provided something for oi:r
!-'' meal and the men sumihed
the wood and water- and w ashe I
wiped the dishes! We. bejn
en o visi'on, ie.'e not asked
I'li.o.. aii Hut s-iueoae i'...--:'.f(
ihe hut !er and. our e .:iiijt !.,
u- but an eighth of a mile futth.
'U the nver. my hostejj nsked
If 1 bai enough butter to ,u
ith them. It so happ. 'in d
and that of another friend we bar WWIl t b,,I o matter bow much ,Il;t 1 did have. And. oh. it is
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