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DOUGLAS CPU NTY
An Independent Newspaper, Published fop
the Best Interests cf the People
Consolidation of The Evening Newt and
The Roseburg Review
VOL. XXX NO. 98 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1929.
VOL. XX NO. 178 OF THE EVENING NEWS
By FRANK JENKINS
1-VH. A. H. NORTON, niailo tills
Interesting statement In a
public address delivered yester
day: "In Korea the prevailing reli
gion has been Confucianism, which
Is a form of ancestor worship. An
cestor worship stresses the per
fection of those who have gone be
fore. Thus it discourages pro
gress, for if what your grandfather
did was perfect the way to achieve
perfection is to follow exactly In
your grandfather's footsteps."
Think of that the next time you
are inclined to be Impatient be
cause your children do not show
duo veneration for your ideas.
IT IS the way of the younger
generation to be critical of the
older generation. Taken by and
large, it Is a good way.
Whatever progress has been
achieved in this world has been
achieved because the younger gen
eration has not been satisfied with
the way the older generation did
things.
yOUR great-grandfather cut hla
grain with a cradle and thresh
ed it with a flail, and was pretty
well satisfied with his equipment.
His son, however, wunted some
thing better, so the self rake was
developed. 111b son's son, still Im
patient with the old ways, devel
oped the self binder and the
threshing machine, and now you,
if you are a farmer, aro using a
combine, or thinking of using one.
If each generation had regarded
preceding generations as perfect,
we should still be harvesting grain
with a cradle and threshing it with
a flail.
yj'OU read the other day that a
German passenger liner broke
nil records for speed ill crossing
the Atlantic and returning. There
by hangs a tale.
At the end of the war, all Ger
man merchant tonnage that had
not hoen sunk was transferred to
the allied countries. Germany was
thus left without a merchant mar
ine. Now she is building a new mer
thniil marine, and because It Is all
new It is all modern. The mer
rhant fleets of other nations are
partly new, partly obsolescent and
partly obsolete. With all new
lijips. Germany enjoys an obvious
advantage.
Thus, you see, a seeming misfor
tune is turned into a real advant
age, for in this modern world su
premacy goes to the most effi
cient contender.
ITKRE is an interesting example
of that fact:
In the recent tariff hearings in
congress, Henry Ford asserted
that he favors complete removal of
all duties on automobiles, and
heads of other automobile con
cerns intimated that they would
not tear such a policy.
That Is to say, American auto
mobile factories have become ao
efficient that they do noL fear the
competition of other countries. In
spite of higher wages and higher
standards of living here.
Here Is the moral: if you would
be successful, BE EFFICIENT.
nPEXAS, which is big. believes In
doing things in a big way. So
Texas proposes to vote this year
on a highway bond issue of $225,
000,000. Oklahoma is planning a high
way bond issue of at least $100,
000,000, and Georgia is pushing an
issue of $75,000,000. Iowa, which
voted an Issue of $100,000,000 last
year which was held unconstitu
tional by the courts, Is planning to
vote again this year.
J"vni':00N, which began building
roads on a big scale 12 years
ago, merely saw more quickly
than others what was coming, and
had the foresight and the courage
to go ahead.
If we can retain this same fore
Bight and this same courage, and
apply them Intelligently to the
problems of the future, there fs no
limit to what Oregon can accom
plish In the next generation or so.
Tf ERE Is something that in all
probability you do not know:
It Is against the law In Oregon to
rapture a coyote pup and raise It
In captivity.
With the reasons why U Is Ille
gal to raise coyotes In captivity in
thin state we are not here con
cerned. The point which Is souirht
to be emphasized Is that not one
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R00E0 TO FILL
FOUR DAYS AT
OAKLAND TRACK
Outlaw Horses and Indians
Arrive Today ' to Join
in Big, Annual
Attraction.
Some of West's Famous
Riders Coming to Show
Ability Movie Stars
to Be Present.
Cowboys and cowgirls, known
throughout the entire West for
their ability and daring, are to be
present for the Unipqua Hound
up to be held at Oakland starting
Saturday, according to Modoc John
nie Fa Weigh, the adopted Yakima,
who is managing the affair, and
who was in Koseburg today com
pleting several of the arrange
ments. Farlelgh's string of bucking
outlaws arrived in Oakland today
and these wild horses will furnish
plenty of material for the riders.
Indians are also on the way and
will arrive tonight or tomorrow to
participate in the riding and rac
ing and in the Indian pageant.
Mr. Farleigh received word this
morning that Frances Annie Law
rence, the 10-year-old singing
cowgirl, will be present to parti
cipate in the rodeo. The little girl
has attracted a great deal of at
tention in southern California by
her wonderful voice and has enter
tained thousands of people, has ap
peared before the microphone and
movies and has sung before gov
ernors of several states, including
Governor Patterson of Oregon.
Famous Riders Coming
Dr. E. C. Bennett, president of
the Ukiah Rodeo association tele
graphed today that he will arrive
in Oakland Thursday and will act
as one of the judges of the buck
ing contest. Many of the best
known riders of the Ukiah district
are coming to the Oakland rodeo
Mr. Bennett stated.
Claude Newman, manager of Fu
lops store at Klamath Falls will be
another of the judges.
Mr. Farleigh announces that some
of the best known riders and fea
ture rodeo attractions of the Pa
cific coast are to be presented at
Oakland.
A. G. Shriver of Susanville, Calif.,
(Continued on page 5)
COAL MINE FIRE
SPREADS BENEATH
PORTION OF CITY
(Awu.Hntcv Pn'M l.eii'd Wire)
POTTSVILLE, Pa... Aug. 13.
With thrco additional explosions
shortly after midnight spreading
the flames over an area 250 feet
long a heavily marshaled fire
fighting force continued today to
battle a fire in the Primrose vein
of the Sherman Coal company
here.
Twenty-five miners were at work
when a series of four explosions
started a fire In a gas pocket last
night and escaped through the air
breach in an intersecting gang
way. But four men, members of
a rescue party, were severely
burned.
The fire quickly spread through
the vein of soft anthracite which
runs beneath the southern end of
the city and was Btubbornly resist
ing the efforts of more than 100
mine employes, city firemen ami
emergency assistance from Miners
ville collieries.
Karly today the fire continued
to gain headway, the fire fighters
being unable to reach the seat of
the blaze, which had spread to
timbering and toppings. The fire
swept workings are 700 feet below
Schuylkill avenue and Boone nnd
Bannen streets and no danger to
the houses above Is expected.
MURDER REPORT
FOLLOWS ALLEGED
SUICIDE OF NURSE
MANILA. Aug. 13. Manila au
thorities reported today that Esther
Ionise Klein, 35, a nurse at the
I'nited States naval hospital at
Cavite. who was found dead In a
house on the outskirts of the city,
evidently had committed suicide.
An investigation was started after
the death, which occurred AugUKt 5.
Police said no evidence of murder
had been found.
WASHINGTON. Aue. 1.1. Rear
Admiral Charles E. Riggs, navy
surgeon general, announced today
he had ordered an investigation of
the death of Miss Esther Louise
Klein, a navy nurse stationed in the
Philippines, upon the basis of un
official reports reaching Washing
ton that she had been strangled.
Red Tape And Official Vigil
Defeat 2 American Women's
Plan To Scale Mount Ararat
(Associated Press Leased Wire)
MOSCOW, U. S. S. R.. Aug. 13. Misa Mary Van
Rensselaer Cogswell, New York society girl, has arrived here
temporarily penniless and in borrowed clothing after a series
of adventures in which she tilted with European officialdom and
red tape with true American abandon. With her was Mrs. Mabel
In gal Is, also of New York, who had shared most of the adven
tures. The climax came when Miss Cogswell was thrown into
a jail as a spy.
At the start of the recently con
cluded American tour of the Soviet
union, M iss Cogswell gained a
small niche In the hall of fame by
being the first person ever to pass
openly the frontiers of the union
without a Russian visa. She had
started without going through this
formality rather than miss the
tour and succeeded in wheedling
entry out of border officials.
Both women left the delegation
at Tiflls, Georgia, and made their
way into Armenia with the inten
tion of becoming the first of their
sex to climb Mount Ararat, a 7,000
foot peak that few men have suc
ceeded In surmounting. They
were saved their strength, how
ever, by the flat refusal of both
Turkish and Persian governments
to permit them to try it.
They then attempted to make
their way through the Ossetlan
mountains. In the main Caucasian
U.S. AGENT FOUi
(Awoo'atcd Preu Leawd Wire)
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 13. An
Intensive search was being staged
by federal officers today for the
automobile in which Paul E. Rey
nolds, 31, special agent of the De
partment of Justice, was last seen
alive five days ago, in an effort to
find a clue concerning his slayers.
Reynolds' body was found float
ing in an irrigation canal several
miles north of here yesterday, a
bullet wound In his heart. Friends
said the special agent, who had
headquarters at El Paso. Texas,
had signified his intention of go
ing to Albuquerque, N. M., late
Friday night.
At an automobile agency where
he rented the car, Reynolds had
said he was going for a "little
swim," and that he "would return
in a few hours." The management
of the concern said they had given
his delayed absence no thought,
since he often rented machines
and kept them for several days.
Authorities here said they were
unable to throw any light on Rey
nolds' slaying as the case he was
wrrklng on at the time of his dis
appearance was not considered to
be of a dangerous nature. It was
pointed out, however, that ho had
been instrumental in apprehending
narcotic smuggling along the bor
der recently.
Some significance was placed In
the fact that a brief case, which
was believed to have contained
valuable evidence concerning a
large liquor and narcotic smug
gling ring he suspected was oper
atine at the Mexican boundary,
was also reported missing, along
with a pistol he was known to
hove carried.
Reynolds, who was a graduate of
Idaho university, practiced law In
Boise several years. A widow and a
child three years of age survive.
BODY OF BRITISH
COLLEGE TEACHER
FOUND IN THAMES
WINDSOR, England. Aug. 13.
The body of Hugh MacNaghten.
vice provost of Eton college and
widely known as a classical scholar,
wns recovered today floating in the
Thnmes near Clewer, after Mac
Naghten had been missing since
Saturday.
MacNaghten had been staying
with his sister at Etonian country
club and Saturday went for a stroll
sfler dinner. He was last seen on
the club lawn leading down to the
River Thames.
The body was found fiftv yards
below the steps of the Etonian
country club where Mr. MacNagh
ten was last seen. Friends said the
vice provost had been depressed
and worried over the number of
Etonians who lost their lives In
the war. among them many of his
nunlls. He also had been deeply
grieved at the death of a sister
three years ago.
A. C. WILLIAMS RE-NAMED
, ON FARM LOAN BOARD
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13-Itc-anpointmcnt
of Albert C. Wlllfams
of Texas as a member of the fed
eral farm loan board was announc
ed today by President Hoover.
Williams has served on the fed
eral farm loan board for a number
of years. His renomination will
ben sent to the senate after It
convenes this month.
-3
range in sou i hern Russia,
horseback but were arrested by
the political police In Kutias for
taking photographs without per
mission.' They were detained two
hours until the police established
that they were members of the
American party.
Enter Taxi Business
Their horses being exhausted
after a 50-hour journey the wo
men hired a motorbus for $75 to
take them to Vladikavas. To off
set this expense they picked pas
sengers on the way and collected
$55 in fares. Miss Cogswell acted
as conductor and Mrs. Ingalls as
chauffeur.
The only real tragedy of their
odyssey came when they were
journeying to Moscow on the reg
ular railroad train from Vladika
vas. Miss Cogswell's passport,
jewels and several hundred dollars
in currency were stolen.
THIEVES ARRESTEDx
(Associated Pren Leiwd Wire)
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 13.
Palnfe-d hy the supposed victims
as a daring daylight holdup in
which they were "taken for a
ride" and forced to hand over
3080 box office receipts of . the
Hippodrome theatre to two gun
men, the details of a flimsy hoax
were under investigation today,
following asserted confession by
both principals.
The men, J. A. C-resena, assist
ant manager of the theatre, and C.
H. Heggs, former theatre actor and
later a sign painter for the Hippo
drome, succumbed to several
hours relentless questioning and
led the way to the hiding place of
their loot.
Packed In two large sacks, the
stolen money, representing the
week-end receipts of the downtown
playhouse, was found beneath a
loose board in Begg's garage.
A few hours after the asserted
holdup nnd afler the men had
undergone preliminary interroga
tion and been released, they went
to the Reggs home, where the ac
tor had cached the sacks In an ash
can between two garages, and
changed the hiding place, jiellev
Ing the garage offered greater se
curity against discovery.
Instead of being kidnaped and
taken to a spot near Mammy's
Shack, a madhouse, by the two
thugs, the men's confession reveal
ed they had hired, a taxJcnb and
paid $200 to the driver' to "keep
his mouth shut," after conveying
them from the city to their des
tination. The driver, Henry McEveigh,
was being detained by police last
night as a material witness, but au
thorities are convinced he had no
knowledge of the holdup hoax.
TURKEY GROWERS
MEET IN ANNUAL
SESSION TODAY
The annual meeting of the Doug
las County Turkey Growers asso
ciation was held at Oakland today
with a large attendance of the
members. The meeting started at
10:30 o'clock with an address of
welcome by R. D. Ilridges, mayor
of Oakland. Prior to that hour, the
districting committee met to out
line the districts which are formed
according to menibprshlp. The re
sponse to Mayor Bridges address
was made by McKlnley Hunting
ton, president of the association,
and this was followed by a vocal
duet by Juaulta Pinkston and Her
nice Mahoney.
Dr. W. T. Johnson, poultry path
ologist from the state college,
spoke at 11:10 o'clock on "Turkey
Diseases." after which a basket
dinner was held at noon.
The afternoon program consisted
of an address by Paul V. Maris, dl
rector of O. S. C. extension ser
vice, the report of the association
manager. Herbert Beyers, and the
election of officers, which was
staled as the concluding matter of
business at 3 o'clock this after
noon. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Imgan (tve
Marie Ingle of Hollywood) spent
a real rest and fishing trip be
tween pictures at picturesque
Idleyld park. They appreciated
very much the fine treatment ac
corded them by the management.
FISTS USED AT
COUNCIL MEET
IN NEW ORLEANS
Fight Starts When Street
Car Strikers Petition
for Revocation of
Ban of Jitneys.
Police Reserves Called to
Restore Order; Second
Storming Checked
With Bombs.
(Anoclated Preu Lcaied Wire)
NEW OliLKANS, Auk. 13.
Open fighting broke out In the city
council chamber this morning
when a union labor committee pre
sented a petition signed by thou
sands of persons, usklng that the
ordinance placing a ban on jit
neys in the Btreet car strike be
revoked.
The fight started over remarks
made to a policeman who directed
tear bombs at a mob that stoned
street cars last night near u nmss
meeting. of union sympathizers.
The policeman fired several
shots in the corridor floor and c.
boy bystander was hit in the foot.
Members of the commission
council were jostled about and
furniRhed targeta for fist blows on
the jaw.
Police reserves restored order.
After the mob had been quelled
scores continued to mill about the
corridors and several hundred who
collected on the outside attempted
a second storming of the building
but were driven off by police with
tear bombs.
3 Persons Wounded -
At least three persons were shot
but not dangerously wounded dur
ing the mob action. The clly hall
was stormed, members of the
commission slugged and a dozen
policemen overpowered before the
howling and hissing demonstrators
could be forced from the build
ing. The meeting heenme such a wild
demonstration that acting Mayor
Walnisley adjourned the session.
The council members were then
set upon and struck with fists be
fore the police wero able to res
cue them.
Forced from the building hun
dreds of men nnd women were re
pulsed In another attempt to storm
the city hull. The rioters then
made sporadic attempts nt wreck
ing street cars and slugging non
union operators.
Police Captain Beaten
During the pandemonium of
shouts, booes. fist flaying and
shots In the building a dozen po
licemen were assaulted by the
mob.
Captain Henry Nelson of the
Police department was set upon
and stamped anil beaten about the
head before oilier of I leers could
stop the mob action.
Willi the clly commissioners
snrcly In their offices. Detective
Fred Williams jumped on a count
er in the corridor with levelled
guns and succeeded In quieting the
enraged crowd for n time. Miss
Ida Selfers. a school teacher,
mounted a plairorm anil addressed
the rioters in a calm voice and
persuaded many to leave the
(Continued on page 3)
FATHER SECURES
WARRANT FOR HIS
SON'S ARREST
A complaint charsing assault
and battery was filed today hy H.
S. Mode of Kellogg against his son,
Ebon Mode. According to the
statement made by ihn father his
son became very angry while the
two were on the porch of the home
last night, and the younger man
attacked his fnllier, choking him
and pushing him off the porch,
causing serious bruises and a bad
ly wrenched hip. A warrant for
the son s arrest was issued.
MAN IN WRECKED
CAR IMMEDIATELY
FLEES AND WHY
fAwrialnl Vrem Jaiwvl Win)
PORTLAND, Aug. 13. When
Inez Folkenbery crashed the au
tomobile she whs driving Into a
speeding coupe this morning and
overturned it she whs relieved
to see that the driver w not
badly hurt.
She knew be wasn't because
lie jumped and took to his heels.
Traffic investigators called to
the scene found that four sac ks
of sugar, six cases of empty bot
tles, one case of compressed
yeast and 15 gallons of coal oil
had been spilled front the coupe.
Police were checking up on
the licence today.
Game Wart inds Lots of
Deer in Douglas, Including
Some Who "Savvy" English
Deer will be more plentiful in Douglas county during the
coming deer season than in any
Walker, local deputy game warden, who has just completed a
10-day trip through the Umpqun national forest. Mr, Walker
went through to Diamond lake over the E-mile trail by way of
Twin lakes, and returned through the Fish creek desert, making
an inspection trip regarding game conditions.
"Although I have been through
that county many times before,'
Mr. Walker said, "1 have never
seen bo many deer, nor so much
signs. We saw many bucks, while
tracks in the roads and trails in
dicate that the woods are full of
game. There is a large crop of
fawns nearly every doe that wo
saw had twin fawns with her."
Mr. Walker was accompanied on
the trip by ills sou. Hob, and the
latter is quite convinced that deer
fully understand what people are
talking about.
A big buck came down into their
camp one night during the trip and
started uoslug around for scraps of
food. A flashlight whs turned on
him, hut did not disturb him a
particle. Then Mr. M'ulkor yelled
at the buck, hut the animnl only
trotted away a low feet nnd then
camo buck. Again Mr. Walker yell
ed nt the deer, but with little ef
fect. "He knows you're a game war
den and won't shoot him," Hob told
RIVERA'S REGIME
(Asnontatftl I'rcu luiml Wire)
MAimil), Aug. 13. A manifesto
to the Spanish people strongly at
tacking Premier Prlmo de Itivera
was Issued by Hie general labor
union in session hero after the
convention had refused to accept
the government's Invitation to send
rive representatives to the national
assembly.
The vote was overwhelming
against accepting the government's
invitation. Observers attach much
political significance to the labor
union's nction. Thu manifesto op
poses and severely criticises the
proposed new Spanish constitution.
"The Spanish people, thirsting
for liberty and Justice, will not be
deceived by false promises of so
cial reforms in the new constitu
tion," the manifesto declares.
The Spanish working classes are
becoming stronger and better or
ganized constantly, says the docu
ment, and will not forget "our goal
Is socialization of the country's re
sources. We asplro to free demo
cratic republican government."
The manlfosto says the new con
stitution gives excessive and arbi
trary powers to tho king.
It says "every SpaniHh constitu
tion had been bad, but this is the
worst of all."
"Under tho new constitution the
government can at any time annul
the few liberties Jt still gives the
country," says tho manifesto.
"There never has been conceived a
more complicated and impractical
system of great absolutism than
conceived hy this new const It u
llon." SOLVE ABANDONED
FLIVVER PROBLEM,
APPEAL TO FORD
f Amok-IhIi'iI I'n-n l.-iM-l Win-)
NEW YOHK, Aug. 13. Henry
Ford, as the man most responsible,
bus been asked by Itorough presi
dent Harvey of Queens to help
solve (he problem of disposing of
abandoned cars. Professing to see
a situation which In lime will lax
the resources of the nation for Its
elimination, Mr. I lurvcy requested
Mr. Ford to lend his automol Ive
genius to abaMng the nuisance of
streets and vacant lots littered
with discarded automobiles, u
large proportion his own product.
"We have yet to find an effec
tive method to combat this Frank
enstein monster." Mr. Harvey
wrote. "You have personal knnttl
edge of the conditions caused in
most of the nation's towns itnd
cities by the promiscuous dis
carding of old cars.
"As the most profollc producer
or automotive equipment in (he
world I think your company should
hear a large part of the responsi
bility for the elimination of the
abandoned ear problem."
HOTEL AT MYRTLE
CREEK TAKEN OVER
BY J. S. WEAVER
Mrs. J. H. Weaver of Myrtle
Creek has taken over the Mvrtle
Creek hotel. The former owners,
Mr. and Mrs. Chapln. aro going to
Salem lo live. Mrs. Weaver Is well
known by the traveling puhlii
having been In the hotel business
In Myrtle Creek a few years ago,
recent year, according to Ed
his rather.
"All right," Ed said, "we'll find
out."
In a few minutes the deer was
back.
"(iet out of hero, we're poach
ers," Ed shouted.
Like a shot the buck' tore off
through the brush.
Hob tried the same stunt him
self the next day. An old doe
stood out on a point above the trail
as the two passed below. Hob yell
ed and shouted, but the old doe
placidly continued to look on.
"You better move, we've got a
rifle and are going In shoot you."
Hob called out, and immediately
the doe ducked Into the brush.
"I guess Ihey understand nil
right," Hob declared.
Mr. Walker states that there
will not only ho lots of deer but
Mint groiiHo are also very plentiful
In the national forest, and will af
ford good hunting during the sea
son. Delinquent personal tax for the
years 192tt and 1927 is coming in
very satisfactorily, according- to
County Judge S. Hamilton.
Judge Hamilton recently appointed
fths. u. C. Alley as special tax col
lector to handle (he delinquent per
sonal taxes for these two years,
and during the past three months,
according to the report submitted
today, S10.7K7.4S has been collect
ed.
The county court a few years
ago started a special effort to col
lect these taxes, which had
amounted to a very lage sum, due
to the luck of enforcement of the
collection provisions of the tax
law. The taxes on the rolls prior
to 1 HUG were turned over to u spe
cial collector, who worked on a
commission basis, and who brought
In a large sum of money that was
due tho county.
Judne Hamilton, however,
Ihought (hat the amount outstand
ing each year justified the ap
pointment of a collector to work
on a salary rather than commis
sion, and appointed Mrs. Alley to
this work. The rolls for 192(1 and
1927 carried delinquencies amount
ing (o about $-10,000. Tho court
struck off SS.000 In adopting an or
der relating to tho taxes to be
paid by banks, leaving about. $32,
hou to ho collected. The report
filed with the court today shows
that $lu,7H7.48 of the amount has
been secured at a cost of about 4
per cent for collection.
II Is expected that a large por
tion of the tax due will be paid
within the next few days, as some
of the larger debtors aro endeav
oring to raise finances to retire
the tax while the court Is remit
ting penalty and Interest.
The court a short time ago
adopted an order eliminating pen
alty and Interest until November
1. There Is now a case in the su
preme court, however, that may re
sult in a decision that the court
has no right to remove this penal
ty, and in such case the order must
be rescinded. Until tho case is de
cided, however, the order stands
and collections are being made
without penalty and Interest being
charged, and many taxpayers are
endeavoring to get (he claims set
tled before the supremo court de
cision is handed down.
LOCOMOTIVE ENDS
ENDURANCE TRIP
LASTING 25 DAYS
MwnrUtM Vit-m nvt Wirol
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 13.--St
Louis and San Francisco locomo
tive No. world'a endu
ranee record holder, today ended a
ii day, 7X mile run here ultli the
engine still reported in good condi
tion. The old record was :." f miles.
Engine No. 4113 was fired In the
local yards .Inly 1!), and that even
ing left on a regular freight run for
HlrmliiKham. Ala., the fire never
was drawn, the boilers washed, or
repairs tir.de ditrine the 25 day 4
the locomotive pulled frelirht cars
between Kansas City and Itlimtng
ham.
Engine No. 4111 is a standard
Ilalduln Mik idoo tvpe tiieuin huo
moMve weighing GBO.000 pounds.
Hurlng the endurance run tne en
gine consumed l.SfiO.onrt gallons of
water and 95 tons of coal. It pull
ed 13,780,719 gross tons of freight.
WINDS HDD
TO FIRE SHEEP
Old Blazes Fanned to New
Activity and Hundreds
of Fresh Ones Are
Eating Timber.
Rain Is Only Hope Where
Thousands of Men Have
Failed ; One Fighter
Killed by Snag.
The two forest fires In this coun
ty, one near I.eoim and the other
on Tom Kolly creek near Etkton,
were brought under control last
night, and the situation today was
greatly Improved. The progress of
the Ieonii fire was halted last
night, while the fire near Klkton
was brought under control during
the afternoon. Both were in old
burns nnd did but little tlnmnMe.
although they covered about 300
acres each.
The humidity yesterday was a
great help, as there was much
more moisture In tho air than dur
ing the previous two days, the
weather bureau reporting a hu
midity reading of 3t per cent at
the evening observation yesterday.
Fred Snuthwlclt, of the Douglas
flro patrol, went to the Tom Kolly
creek fire this morning to aid in
the protection of that area.
O. C. Houser. central dispatcher
of the Umpqun forest, reported this
morning that there have been no
more fires In the government re
serve nnd that all Indications are
favorable. Visibility was reported
to bo somewhat Improved.
f AmopIhIoiI Vrpui t.ouicl Wire)
SPOKANK, Wash., Aug. 3. Per
feet forest flro conditions caused
hy high winds and low humidity
today had urgod old slumbering'
fires Into roaring activity and had
started hundreds of new blazes
throughout the northwest.
In Canada. Washington. Oregon.
Idaho and Montana mnjor confla
grations were eating rapidly
through thousands of acres oC
merchantable timber, causing loss-
s which may run into millions ot
dollars, nnd forest officials were
unable to predict when the thou
sands of men fighting the blnzea
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TEX RANKIN WINS
GOAL IN HOP DOWN
COASTAL AIR LANE
( ,tfifili'l I'n-M I'unrd Wire)
RAN I)IE(it), Calif.. Aug. 13.
fee Rankin, who yesterday flew
ilown over the entire Pacific coast
section of the United States in a
non-stop rilght In a little tour-cylinder
plane which he had named
Three Flags because of the fact
that he was to start In British Co
lumbia, fly over the United States
and land on Mexican territory,
planned early today to begin his
trip back north at about noon. He
said he would stop at Los Ange
Ich and then go on to his home In
Portland In easy stages.
As far as could be learned here,
flankfii Is the first flier to take off
In Canaila and land In Mexico in a
non-stop flkht. although two army
aviators. Captain Lowell Smith and
Lieut. John Paul Itlchter, flew
from bonier lo border in 1923.
They started and landed In Ameri
can territory, however, and flew a
plane with a 4oo horsepower en
gine. Their plane, was refueled
twice In the flight. Kankin's en
gine is a four-cylinder air cooled
one, developing between 80 and 90
horsepower. Flying the air mail
route from the north, he estimated
he covered at least 1,350 miles.
This would mean ho averaged
around IS miles to the gallon of
gasoline, despite his H)0-mtle-au-hour
pace.
AMUSEMENT PARK
ACCIDENT FATAL
TOMAN AND GIRL
(Awh fated I'rrM l,tnirI WirO
ST. LOI'IH. Aug. 13. A 15-year-old
girl and a man, 23, were in
stantly killed In an amusement
park here Inst night when they
were thrown from a car on a roller
coaster as It made a turn at thn
top of an Incline, 40 feet above
Rround. Two employes of the de
vice were arrested for the coroner.
The girl, Helen lrockmeyer, was
thrown to the inside, her body
landing on a lower track. The man
was tosseA to the outside, his
death being caused by a broken
neck.
The two employes held were
James L. Schacklett, the brake
man, and Maynard Rhoemake the
engineer who erected the device
and was In charge of Its operation.
The coaster was only opened last
Saturday.
IN NORTHWEST