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Success to Roseburg's Revived Sewer Project. Let's Put the "us" in "Must and Beat the Anti-Stream Pollution Bill Scheduled for the Next Legislature.
WEATHER
IllRhest temperature yesterday G2
lowest temperature lost night 39
Precipitation (or 24 hours 13
Preclp. since first ot month. t9
Preclp. from Sept. 1. 1935 21.6K
F.cesB since Sept. 1. 1935 in
Partly Cloudy; Colder.
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HURT IN BATCH
OFIRMES
Most of Victims Trapped
by Fires, Including One
n During Dance Party
in Restaurant.
By the Associated Press
Twenty-nix deaths and 71 Injur
ed, many of them seriously, were
listed today as the result of four
fires end an explosion.
A fire that turned a merry-making
throng in a New Yoric restau
rant into a fear-maddened moh left
five dead and 41 Injured before it
was brought under control today.
At Lakewood, N. J., the official
count of deaths resulting from the
burning of the Victoria mansion ho
tel was Increased today to 15. At
least 20 other persons were Injur
ed In the blaze yesterday.
Four members of the Paul Poe
lart family died In flames that con
sumed their farm home at Jack
son, Minn.
Two workmen were killed and
seven others injured In an explo
sion that wrecked a portion of a
tunnel being dug for a new sewer,
In Chicago last night.
Three nuns were burned as fire
fwept a convent at Montreal.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. (API
Fire that swept through a crowded
mid-Manhattan Chinese restaurant
terrorizing more than 150 persons,
left five dead and 41 Injured today
before firemen brought the blaze
under control.
Several of the Injured were in
such serious- condition -they were
not expected to recover.
Three men and two women per-
(Continued on page 6)
ECONOMIC STATUS
OF 0. S. HELD
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. (AP)
Harper Sibley, president of the
chamber of commerce of the Unit
ed States, said today the economic
condition of the nation, "despite
the disturbing factors" of govern
ment, Is at the highest level in the
lust five years.
"It Is a pleasure," Fibley said.
In addressing the Line Underwrit
ers' Association of New York City,
"to be able to point to some new
high records in business."
"More shoes were turned out
Inst year than In any earlier year.
More wool went into manufacture
than in any other peace-time year.
We can conclude that the 128.000,
000 people now in the United
States were better shod and bel
ter clothed than for many a year."
The steel industry, at the end of
1935, Sibley said, had returned to
employment at pre-de press ion vol
ume with wage rates "as high as
were ever paid In peace time."
"The energies which have been
awakened." he said, "practically
assure us that we shall not In the
spring and summer lose any of the
progress we have made. We shall
hold our own."
Editorials on the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
11 ERE is a question that
often
1 K
arises:
How much do hunt
era kill?"
' Those meek and long-suffering
wives who clean and cook what
their husbands bring home will
sigh wearily at times and answer:
"Too much," whereas those wives
who have to make budget ends
meet will reply unhesitatingly:
"Too darned little In proportion to
what It costs."
Cynical friends will put In: "Not
as much as they CLAIM to."
r0VN In California, they have
a quaint Spanish custom
which requires the hunter to' put
down on his license anything that
falls to his gun during the year, so
that when the 12 months are up
the statisticians can get busy and
figure up what happened.
(Whether the hunter takes along
a secretary to keep tally, or does
the job himself, Is left to his own
discretion. . At least, they haven't
come yet to the point of assigning
one game warden to each hunter,
Block-Tackle
Used in Latest
Arthritis Cure
CHICAOO, Feb. 13. (AP)
Modern medlolne took a page from
the medieval torture books today
and rigged up a block and tackle
to stretch the necks of arthritis
victims.
The strange instrument was de
scribed in the journal of the
American Medical association as a
head harness and rope and pulley
arrangement by which patients
were lifted Into the air.
Cures in five cases of severe
shoulder and arm pains were
claimed by Dr. Samuel S. Han
nig, of Boston, the inventor.
The pains were due to arthritis
of the neck, a disease nr. Hunfllg
said elderly people often miscall
"neuritis."
The t ream tent In nil his cases
were identical with that of "10. S.,"
a 43-year-old merchant who was
seated, the harness attached to his
head, and the block nml tnckle
culled into play until his body
swung free of the chair.
"While suspended In this posi
tion,' Dr. Hunflig said, "the pa
tient indicated the desire to be
lowered by snapping his fingers,
since the apparatus made It Im
possible for him to speak. When
the apparatus was released he
slated that, while he was suspend
ed. the pain disappeared com
nlotely. He also volunteered the
information that as he was low
ered . . . the pain returned."
Repetition of the treatment.
tat ion of the head, and application
of heat on the neck completed the
cure.
FUGUE SOLDIERS
Luriseck and Carper Must
Face Kidnaping Charge
Under Federal Law.
PORTLAND, Ore;, Feb. 13 (AP)
Carl C. Donaugh, United States
attorney, issued a complaint to
day charging two captured es
capes from the military jail at Van
couver Barracks, Wash., with kid
naping and conspiracy to kidnap.
The Lindbergh law was invoked
against Frank Luriseck. Jr., and
Everett Carper, Vancouver sol
diers captured in Salem today by
city and state police.
The pair allegedly kidnaped An
drew Keyzers in Vancouver after
their escape February 10, and forc
ed him to drive them southward
in his taxicab.
He slowed the car In a trnfflc
jam on the Pacific highway near
Canhy and jumped out. They pro
ceeded southward. The cab was
found at Silver Creek falls.
Numerous charges could be
brought against the soldiers, court
attaches pointed out.
Besides the Lindbergh law
charges, other federal charges
could be for theft or a government
automatic pistol and for violation
of the Dyer act in transporting a
stolen automobile over state lines.
Armed robbery for seizing the
cab, and assault on the driver with
a dangerous weapon are other pos
sible charges.
so far preferring to take the shoot
er's word.)
At any rate, they get It Into the
books.
AT THE end of 1!W5, Joe E.
for. the California fish nnd game
commission, selected 10.000 li
censes from those returned by
hunters, picking them nt random
from over the state so as to get
a fair showing, and counted up the
kill.
The totals are Interesting. Jtere
they are:
Deer .'. 3,112
Bear 34
Rabbits 48.932
Ducks 43,792
(ieese 3.406
Pheasants : 2,239
Doves 65.865
Pigeons 7.080
Quail 79.864
Coyotes 2.412
AT FIRST glance, that looks
like an awful lot of game to
(Continued on page 4.)
OREGON PRISL1N
PAPER EVOKES
District Attorney Codding
of Jackson Objects to
'Menace' of Editor
De Autremont.
MEDFORD, Ore., Feb. 13 (AP)
-Objections to the general circu
lation of "Shadows," state prison
publication, edited by Hugh De
Autremont, serving a life term for
his confessed part in the Siskiyou
tunnel attempted truln robbery and
quadruple murders of l.t years ago,
have been filed by District Attorney
(leorge A. Codding of Jackson coun
ty, with the state parole board.
E. M. Duffy, state parole officer,
has advised the district attorney,
in reply lo his protest, that the
state parole board has no jurisdic
tion over the publication, but Us
control rests with the warden.
"Menace" Aliened
District Attorney Codding In his
letter holds the publication "is
distinct menace" and urges that
its circulation be confined to peni
tentiary walls.
The Codding letter further says:
"I have talked with numerous
peace officers and judges, and each
of them has offered severe crm
clsms of the plan to allow prison
inmates the privileges they enjoy
through the publication.
"It offers nn opportunity for In
mates to get messages to the out
side world that might result in
serious difficulties."
The letter was written by Dist
rict Attorney Codding on February
6, when in a parole board report
Jackson county prisoners, a;
card was enclosed soliciting sup-
scriptions to "Shadows."
Hugh De Autremont, editor of
the nrison magazine, was sentenc
ed with his twin brothers, Ray nnd
Rov De Autremont, to lite terms
in state prison for their confessed
parts in the Siskiyou tunnel at
tempted robbery, that was climax
ed by the slaying of four South-
(Continued on page 6)
PROHIBITION RALLY
Ml
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13.
(AP) A stnte convention will be
held here February 17 to revive
the prohibition parly in Oregon,
W. Morris Heacock, state chair
man, said today.
Edward E. Illnke, Chicago, na
tional chairman of the party, will
be the principal speaker at the
session to open at the Y. M. C. A.
at 10 a. m.
"We feel that both the major
political parties have deserted us
and we virtually are disfranchised
in many ways," I lea cock said.
"The purposes of this convention
are to place the prohibition party
on the ballot In the state of Ore
gon; to elect a state committee;
to provide for county organization;
to adopt a platform, ami to nom
inate prohibition presidential elec
tors and a state ticket.
"There is great need of increas
ed activity on the part of 'prohi
bitionists in Oregon . . .
"We are now confronting the Im
portant campaign year of 1936, and
there are many things to be done."
DOUGLAS LOGS CUT .
FOR FLOOD CONTROL
Three to four carloads of log
piling nre being shipped out of
lioseburg daily by the Dougherty
Lumber company of Cottage Grove
and the Parker I.::mber company
of Eugene. Cars are being loaded
on the North Roseburg spur, and
In the south part of town, near the
Douglas Ice and storage plant.
The logs are being cut and peel
ed in the Melrose and Dixonville
dlstricis and are being trucked to
Rosehurg for loading.
The piling is lining purchased by
the federal government for flood
control work In Nebraska and Mis
souri. CHILD SWALLOWS
POISON TABLETS
GRANTS PASS, Feb. 13. Little
Phyllis Taylor. 2. of O'Brien, was
tn Josephine General hospital to
day in a serious condltloa after
swallowing poison tablets.
Attendants ditl not know how
she obtained the tablets nor how
many she had eaten.
COMPLAINTS
L PJkHTY'
LEADERS BUSY
Reoublican Speakers Swat
New Deal as Roosevelt
Supporters Strive
for Delegates.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. f AP)
Henry P. Fletcher, republican
national chairman, said today he
had "heard talk" about a coalition
cabinet If tho new denl is defeated
In November. He declined to dis
cuss the subject.
While political oratory In honor
of Abraham Lincoln subsffled,
Fletcher met Willi renorters in
press conference. Questions about
cabinet plans were induced by a
welcome extended last night by
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
in New York to cooperation
from "Jeffersontnn democrats":
not alone in the campaign, he said.
but in the council chamber after
next November's victory is won."
In the democratic fold, plans to
enter Roosevelt delegates in im
portant primaries appeared to be
expanding. Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Wisconsin and New Jersey were
named among the states where
thee tactics will be pursued.
The aim annarently would be
two-fold. Rolling up of goodly
numbers behind administration
delegates might be counted on to
ha ve some psychological effect,
and nt the same time preclude
possible difficulties If the question
of new denl support were left out
of the precouventlon considera
tions. ...
Charles West, undersecretary of
the Interior, had already told Ohio
democrats "we intend to see that
Roosevelt delegates" are seated if
credentials contests develop at
Philadelphia.
Fletcher told reporters In his of
fice "Jim Farley and those fellows
will have to stnrt It, If there is to
be a 'dirtv campaign." y
Bia Fund Wanted
"How's the "money coming In?'
the O. O. P. chairman wis asked.
Pretty well," he replied. "The
committee intends to raise just as
big a campaign fund as we can
get. No matter how large It Is, It
won't be as big as the other fel
Iowb will have."
The committee has about $200.-
000, and plaiiB a "pay-as-you-go
campaign, Fletcher explained, with
ixnenses no larger than contribu
tions.
He Indicated the committee
would continue its attempts to oh
(Continued on page 6)
s
The county relief committee Is
badly In need of shoes and clothing
for distribution to needy clients,
Franklyn Voyt, relief manager, re
imrts. Due to the limited budget, the
relief agency has no funds avail
able with which to provide cloth
ing, and many clients are suffering
from the lack of shoes and gar
ments. Persons who have clothing or
shoes suitable for wear but which
have for some reason been cast
off are asked to leave the same at
the relief warehouse, 439 North
Jackson street, or phone the relief
office No. 136, and arrangement
will be made to call for the con
tribution. FROM THE HEADLINES
-By the Deacon -
" Would-be Suicide Declares Almee
Called Her 8ao Names"
Almee Semple Mcpherson Is Ihe
sort of a person who often "mokes"
the front page. She's always dra
matic, thou eh 0mcwhat t-rratlrt,
and seems just cut out for the
stage.
The press of the nation showed
great agitation, when she suddenly
vanished from sight: ft was great
ly perplexed and, I'd say. some
what vexed, when she walked from
the desert, all right. Many stories
were told, some bad and some bold
of where she had bided her time;
but the truth of the case Is a thing
we can't trace and wouldn't fit In
to this rhymg.
tlut this I maintain, from Cali
fornia to Maine, and from Canada
clear to the south, there Isn't a
person, like Almee Mcpherson,
who's name Is In everyone's
mouth.
CAMPAIGNING
Oddities Gleaned
From Day's News
-' Perfect Bridge Hand
SEATTLK. Feb. 13. (Al') Mrs.
U. R.- Bright celebrated her birth
day -by drawing a perfect bridge
hand-H3 hearts. She made a
grand slam, redoubled, for a 2,340-
noint tntal but did not win any
thing. She said they were play
ing "for fun."
Aot Interruption
DALLAS. Tex.. Feb. 13. (AP)
A three-alarm fire broke up n
meeting of the Dallas fire preven
tion council.
Fire Marshal L. M. Funk and
Chief Sidney Hnnsen dashed from
the speakers' table to fight the
flames, then returned to plan n
fire prevention school.
Wolves Near Chicago
CttrCAGO, Feb. IB. (AP)
Wolves, apparently driven south
bv severe cold, camped almost on
Chicago s doorsten. In adjoining
Lake county the situation was such
hut the board of supervisors an
nounced a $12 bounty would he
id for each one slain. Frank
Calzavnra collected first. He found
one in his chicken coop.
Death Waves Last
SUPERIOR, Ariz.. Feb. 13. (AP)
Seventeen-year-old Marjorle Stoll
waved to her parents as she roar
ed past them on a highway she
on a motorcycle and they In the
family car.
"Let's catch up with her," said
the mother.
The Stolls pursued and soon over
took the motorcycle. They found
It crumpled in a ditch. Mnrjorie
was dead.
IT
URGED IN SENATE
Reversed Tariff Benefits
on Crop Exports Asked
as Farm Aid Plan.
The export debenture plan of
farm aid was proponed as an
amendment to the soil conservation-subsidy
bill In the senate to
day by Senator Connolly (I)., Tex.)
who said ft was essential to give
"reversed" tariff benefits to ex
porters of surplus crops.
Connally took the floor shortly
after Attorney General Cummin gs
said the justice department had
studied the constitutional powers
of congress over the courts
issue raised by some after AAA's
nvalidation but insisted the
survey was "a mere matter of rou-1
tine." I
'The farmer doesn't receive the
benefit of the tariff." the Texan I
said, "and on the other hand be
pays a tnrtff nn that which he
buys. This particular pl..n Is sim
ply a reversal of the tariff ll
gives the farmer a bounty nn his
exports whereas the manufacturer
gels a tariff on Imports."
A vote on the amendment was
not expected before tomorrow,
leaders had agreed to defer final
action on all controversial substi
tutes and additions until tomorrow
when a dehate-limftallnn may lead
to a vote on the AAA replacement
bill Itseir.
The debenture plan has support
ers In both democratic and repub
lican ranks, but administration
leaders say It will not he adopted.
It passed the senate twice In 1SI29,
but was defeated In the house.
The Connally amendment pro
vides for issuance by the treasury
to farm exporters of debenture cer
tificates equal to half the tariff
on imports of the same com mod I
ties shipped out.
BENNETT SHIFTED TO
COOS BY OIL CO.
W. O. Tlennett. district manager
of the Ollmore Oil company, re
ceived notice this morning of his
transfer in a similar capacity to
the Marshffeld station. Mr. and
Mrs. Hennett will leave Friday for
Marshfleld. where he will take ov
er his new duties the first of the
week.
The C. A. Perkins Distributing
company Is taking over the distri
bution of Gil more produrts In
Douglas county, and A. W. Smith,
formerly of Kugene, will have
charge of Ihe local branch.
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MRS. JAMES RICKS
DIES AT MEDFORD
Mrs. James F. Kicks of Medford.
former resident of Hoseburg, died
at Medford this morning following
a major operation, according to
word received here. She Is surviv
ed by a son, and a sister, Mrs.
Mnnle I. Perry, of Medford.
HOOVER RAKES
DEAL AT
G. 0. P. MEET
Confusion Besets Country,
Balanced Budget, Stable
Money Needed, Says
Ex-President.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13.
(AP) Former President Herbert
Hoover's possible role in the com
ing political campaign remained In
doubt today, hut the IsKiie nn
which he hopes the republican party
will wage a victorious campaign
for leadership stood out sharply
the new deal.
Tho former president, In n vigor
ous and scathing attack on the
present administration last night,
strongly assailed President Roose
velt's recent addreBB, charged
waste and extravagance, declared
the budget to ho "tho worst un
balanced In . history nnd appar
ently set at rest reports that pro
posals to alter the constitution
night provide conflicting planus
in tlie opposing major parties.
The declaration that "a balanced
budget and a stablo currency would
put more men to worn man tne
whole WPA" brought prolonged
applause from tho 1.000 guests at
the Lincoln day banquet nt which
Hoover was the principal speaker.
Many of his verbal barbs provoked
laughter.
The president stnted a mnntn
ago that tno issue ueiore us is
the 'right of the nverage mnn nnd
woman to lead a finer, Better, ami
hannler life.'" the former execu
tive declared.
. , New Deal Is Issue.
'That is an objective to which
we all agree. That Is tho ideal of
Americans since it was first men
tinned In the declaration of Inde
pendence. Thnt Ib not Ihe Issue.
The issue l the new denl methods
and object Ives which are destroy
ing this very thing.
In referring to tho constitution,
(Continued on page 6t
BATTLING FOR LIFE
.WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 (AP)
Sorrelurv Swnnsnn of the navy
who Is ill of pleurisy at the naval
hOHpllul, was said nt 11 n. in., to
be In "a serious hut not nopeiesH
condition."
Secretary Swnnson, who has been
111 since February r, when ho frac
tured a fill In a fall at ills home.
Is In the same bulldlllK with Colonel
l.onis Howe, the president's secre
tary, who also is 111.
Hospital nfflolulH said Mrs. iswan-
snn tills mornliiK summoned H. C.
Swnnson, brother of tho 74-year-oid
secretary of tho navy, from his
home al Imnvllle, Vn.
Pleurisy developed yesterday in
his left lung, on the snine side that
Ihe rib was fractured. Attendants
said this was not an unusual de
velopment in such enses except
that it was delayed so long after
Ihe injury.
Swanaon's age was a factor that
caused some worry.
TWO SEEK CONGRESS
AS TOWNSENDERS
SAI.KM. Feb. 13 (API Two
candidates for representative in
consress from tho second conmes
slnnal district (eastern Oreuon)
died their (leclarallons of candi
dacy In Ihe slate department to
day. These were Clarence Hudlngton
Phillips. Hums, republican, and V
S. Howard. Madras, democrat. Ilolli
advocated the Townsend old agi1
pension plan.
J. Morrow, Portland, filed to
day for delegate to the national
ilcmnernllc convention. Ills cam
nalKii slocnn rend:
"Roosevelt, first, Inst and nil Ihe
time,"
I., (i. Knclish, Toledo, filed for
Ihe nomlnnllon of district attorney
of Lincoln counly. lie Is a repuh
llcan.
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MRS. COOLIDGE ON
JOURNEY TO EUROPE
NKW YORK. Feb. 13. (AP)
Mrs. Calvin Coolhlge sailed for Hii
ro pe last midnight on the liner
firemen, her plans cloaked In si
lence. Mrs. R. J. Adams, of Northamp
ton, Mass., a close friend and
Mrs. Adams' daughter, Jane, sail
ed with her.
Disappearance of
Army Ship Captain
Launches Inquiry
sWV"V
A board of Inquiry at San
FranclBco is trying to solve the
mystery of the disappearance of
Edgar M. McClellan, above cap
tain of the U. S. army transport
Republic, who was last seen In
nightclothes at 5 a. m. on the
bridge as his vessel came through
the Golden Gate, Theories are
divided between foul play and
suicide. The latter Is supported
by the prevalence on the trans
port of a "death" atmosphere,
occasioned by the presence
thereon of the ashes of six army
filers killed in an air collision
while "bombing" the active vol
cano of Mhuna Loa recently, and
also the casket! containing the
remains of the famed "Apostle
of the Lepers," Father Damton.
BY KIR FLASHES
Letters Announce Reception
of Local Broadcast as
Far East as N. Y.
Further proof of tho distance at
tained by the News-Review's radio
station. Klt.NIt, Is afforded by let
tors received from listeners who
heard the monitor test made be
tween 1 and a. m.. February 8,
Letters, announcing reception
have been received from New
York, Kansas, Michigan, Wiscon
sin, British Columbia and numer
ous other points.
.1. W. Krauner, Wllliamsvllln, N,
Y., and Don W. Reynolds, New-
burgh, N. Y., were tho most dis
tant listeners.
'I am located about 7 miles
norlheaKt of lluffalo, N. Y" Mr.
Mrauiier writes to Station KUNH.
"I am pleased to say that of the
coast stations, KltNIt was easily
the loudest. Your tone quality was
above crUditm. It was on par with
that of other modern stations and
far too good to show defects no
ticeable to the ordinary ear. Modu
lation and carrier wave were of
equally fine standards.
"One hundred watts at your ills-
(Continued on page 6)
Eating Crow Becomes Reality, as
Well as Delight, to Oklahomans
TUI-SA, Okla., Feb. 13. (API
Fastidious Tulsa diners have de
veloped a tasle for roast crow
ami it may mean the end for the
black robber of the corn rows.
Because believes Dr. T. W.
Stalling, a coin-hater as a table
delicacy Hie field pt will rise to
the dignity of n game bird. As
a game bird unprotected he will
become extinct.
And Tulsa suddenly Is enthusias
tic over crow meat. Hospitals and
schools are experimenting in crow
cookery, housewives have pro
claimed tho bird a choice morsel
and there Is a market price on his
head.
Butchers have small hoys out
scouring the fields for crows at
tl.fio a dozen.
The whole Idea belongs to Dr.
Slal lings, former county health
superintendent.
For years he watched the farm
ers' losing war against the crop
spoiling crows. Finally he decid
ed the best way out was to cat
the birds.
Ho experimented first on news
papermen. Served them a banquet,
TOLL ABROAD I
REACHES 1 33
S
Most of Cold Leaves U. S.f
but Fresh Blast Is Due ,
From Canada; Small
Towns in Want. .
(Fly the Associated Press)
Storms brought a heavy losa of
life and considerable property dam
age to the northern half of the?
world today.
Icy gales killed 1S3 persons in
Europe and Asia Minor hi threo
lays.
New anow drifts piled up as tho
weather moderated from the
Rockies to the Atlantic. Transpor
tation, already disputed in some
sections, was further hampered.
The United States suffered less
from severe weather than the rest
of the northern hemisphere. Snow
nnd rain covered 80 per cent of
the country, washing out all but a "
trace of the cold of the last month.
Temperatures went above normal
over most of the country from the
Rockies to the eastern coast.
More cold was on the way from
Canada, however, the weather bur-
u at Chicago said, and at 7 a.
. today the mercury stood at 32
below zero at Havre, Mont., and 30
below at Devil's Lake, N. D,
11 Towns Isolated
Eleven towns remained Isolated
In South Dakota, and airplane ex
peditions were considered as a
means of freeing them Roads be
gan drifting shut In Wisconsin.
Des Moines and Cedar Itaultis.
la., set up coal administrations to
ration depleted fuel supplies after
Governor CJyde L,. Herring .au
thorized mayors of Iowa communi
ties to Helze coal If necessary to
prevent hoarding and supply emer
gencies.
A freezing mist covered streeta
and highways with Ice at Kansas
(Continued on page 6)
T
IN BURK LODGE
IIISIIOP, Calif.. Feb. 13. (AP)
Three younit children of the Hoy
R. Pitts family of Los Annelea
were burned to death early today
at Crest view lodge, 70 miles north
of here, when their cabin cnught
flro from n faulty flue and was de
stroyed. Tho victims were Roy Jr., 9;
itllu, li, and ltnbort, 3.
Pitts, an employee of tho Los
AiiKeles Water and Power depart
ment, was uway from home, work
ing a nlKht shift on tne Mono
basin project, at .the time of the
(lie. Ills wife strugKled barefoot
and In her night clothing through
four-feet of biiow and got help to
the cuhln, ton late.
Forrest Wilson dived Into the
flnmlng cabin nnd brought out
young Robert, but the baby was
already dead.
Wilson was aerlously burned
about the arm and thigh. He la
tho son of Clarence Wilson, from
Long Heach, owner of the lodge, .
which hafl about 41) cabins.
Mrs. PlttB was a victim of expo
sure and shock. - -
heard them say they liked It, then
told them they had dined on crow.
He followed with another trial din
ner, then sent his Idea up agulnst
Its supreme test.
Housewives, a domestic scienco
teacher, a dean of hospital nurses
and Mayor T. A. Peniil's wife ato
crow. They were enthusiastic.
Mrs. A. C. O'Brien, the nurse,
said she would propose the Idea to
her dietician. Miss Maud Firth,
the domestic science teacher, will
opn a closs in crow cooking.
"There is no reason why crow
shouldn't be good food." said Dr.
Stalllngs. "I have investigated tho
bird's feeding habits nnd found it
cleaner than you wouldn't believe
It chickens.
"It's Just a silly Idea that they
aren't good to eat.
"Take wolves. Tho principal
Item on a wolf's diet Is rabbit. So
we put a bounty on wolves so the
rabbits ran multiply and eat up
crops.
"So It goes with crows. We let
them eat our crops. Rut when
people start eating them wo won't
have to worry anymore about Mr.
Crow." . i i. i 1 , )
SNOW