To Keep Down Taxes, Avoid Forest Fires. Burned Timber Means Lost Taxes to be Made Up by Other Property. Keep Your Record Clear of Carelessness.
THE WEATHER
llumlillly 5 p. in. yaatertluy 27
HlKliefU temperature yesiHrtluy 92
Lowest temperature last nlslu 58
J'reclpiiuttuu for 24 bourn 0
Predp. from Sept. 1, 193G....35.18
Kxichb sinre Sept. 1, 1935 2.47
Fair; not so warm Wednesday.
POLITICAL VOLLEY
Will li fired In I.unilon's no
reptnnpo upeech Thurmlay nlKlit.
You'll get the iletiitlH In . your
home-city dully, ulong with oilier
pollticul clevelnpmeutH. Keep
poaied through the NEV'SItb'
VIKW. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
VOL. XXXIX NO. 302 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 21. 1936.
VOL. XXVI NO. 72 OF THE EVENING NEWS
cD
mm teas mw
Editorials
' on the
Day's News,
Ry FRANK JENKINS
QENATOK CARTER GLASS, of
Virginiu, a Democrat, criticis
ing the New Deal in a speech de
livered in his home state, says:'
"The President made the mis
lake of taking all the power that
rung rests was willing to Rive him.
H Is the CONGRESS tbut should
be blamed for abjectly surrender
ing its own constitutional functions
und delegating them to the Presi
dent of the United States and to
various minor executive officials."
nriiAT la
took all
to say, the President
all that congrs would
give liim and congress GAVE TOO
MUCH. Therefore congreas li more
to be blamed than the President,
for It Is human nature to TAKE
WHAT IS GIVEN.
JOR example:
If you have something to sell
nml somebody comes along and of
fers you a great deal more than it
can possibly bo worth, what do
fou do?
Why, if you are a hormol per
ion. you ACCEPT THE OFFER, of
lourse.
In the same way. President
Roosevelt has taken everything
I hat congress has been willing to
HIVE him.
pONGRESRr since the Now Deal
began, has given to the Presl-
dent more money-' ami' .power than
any one man should he allowed to
possess In a country such as this.
For that mistake, as Senator Glass
says, congress is to be blamed. .
1IERE Is the moral:
At the election this fall we
fPnnttnnM on once 4
HIS LIFE ! LEAP
SHANGHAI, July 21. (AP)
The military career of Orville M.
Johnson, I2, ended today when he
Jumped or fell from the fourth floor
of a hotel. Johnson, who was a na
tive of Salem, Ore., was killed in
a stantly.
Police said a note addressed to
his wife, "Mrs. Orville Johnson, San
Juan Royal, Philippine Islands," in
dicated he planned to kill himself.
Friends at Manila said he com
mented there, prior to leaving July
15 for the United States to visit hi
mother, that he might not return.
He was an officer in the Philippine
army.
Officers paid his note ended
with the words, "forgive me for
having brought this upon you.'
Johnson -was scheduled to leave
for the United States today. He en
tered the Philippine constabulary
in If'l and later served as superin
tendent of the Flamiio military
academy. He nlfo was once provin
cial governor of Lanoa.
His widow. Mary, formerly of Vir
ginia, is in Manila.
FLASHES OF OREGON EVENTS
SALEM, July 21. (AP) Ef
forts by city firemen with an In
balalor failed tn revive Floyd
Lanft.ston. 30. county truck driver,
v ho collapsed on the courthou.se
steps late yesterday.
Lanustou is survived by his wi
dow and a son.
KLAMATH FALLS, July 21.
(AP) W. F. I-engelier, diversity
nf California chemist, gave Kla
math Falls water a clean bill of
health and snid "the complete ab
sence of colon bacilli Indicates per
fectly, snfp water for use for
drinking purposes." The report
squelched discussion concerning
the water's possible part in minor
illnesses.
PORTLAND. July 21. (AP)
Federal Judge Fee ruled that Har
vey Reck, Jackson county miner,
must make his formal complaint
more definite in suing Tom Mix for
$10,000 damages. Heck alleged
Mix roped him instead of a horse
In a Mmlford exhibition May S and
that he was seriously Injured as a
result.
Mayor
GLARKSAYS I
1' TO NEWLY
VOTED PERMIT
Council Favors Findley's
Request, 4-2, but Mayor
Holds Roseburg Has
Enough Parlors.
An emphatic ultimatum that he
would not approve any applications
for retail beer licences which
would increase the number of tav
erns In Roseburg was given the
city council last night by Mayor C.
. Clark. The mayors declaration!
followed the council's action- by a I
1 to 2 vote in granting a license !
to LeVere Find ley to open a beer I
dispensary In connection with a i
resuurant he plans to operate In !
the Fostsr and Agee building on ,
Stephens street.
Councilmen took the position
that the place of business had for
merly been licensed, although iP
has been closed for several months,
and that it was, therefore, entitled
to permission to operate. ...
Mayor Clark stated that he defi
nitely opposed adding to the num
ber of taverns, that Roseburg is
amply supplied with dispensaries
and that he would personally re-
ruse to give his approval to new
applications which would add to
the number of beer tav.eriiH In the'
city.
Rapp Favors Halt
Wallace Rapp, trustee ,for the
Food and-Beverage .-Dispensers of
Douglas vcounty, appeared before
the council and staled that the or
ganization he represents does not
oppose the granting of a license to
Findley, in view of the fact that
the place of business had once be
fore been licensed, but It was urg
ed that no further applications be
granted.
Al Lunsford, until recently in
business in Myrtle Creek, also ap
peared and declared that in view
of 4he action taken on the Findley
license, he would submit an appli
cation for a new license and would
demand approvul. Lunsford bore
recommendations from the city
council of Myrtle Creek.
Findley's application was receiv
ed two weeks ago by the council
and was referred to the committee
on licenses. The committee report
ed last night it had thoroughly in
vestigated the matter and that It
was found Findley comes to the
city with fine recommendations
for character and business ability.
In view of the fact that the place
of business had been licensed In
(Continued on page 6)
DRUNKEN DRIVER
LOSES LICENSE
Manforti McCultorh. realdi-nt of
Creen, was fined J100 and Riven a
30-day suspended Jnll Rentence.
when he entered a plea of KUllty to
a clmrKe of drunken driving. The
arrest was made Sunday by the city
police, and MrCulloch appeared
lato yesterday for arraignment he
fore H. I,. Whinule. actine cllv re
corder. Upon1 payment of the fine
the 30-day jail sentence was sus
pended during good behavior. His
j license to drive an automobile was
revoked for a period of one-year.
KLAMATH FALLS. July 21.
(AP) Two sportsmen here, S. J.
('null and Howard Strode, w ill pro
vide Oregon with a new outdoor
pastime next year bull frog hunt
ing. From' Sacramento, they brought
giant frogs, which they planted In
the Iost river and the Tule
marshes of lower Klamath lake.
Some of the frogs measured more
than IS inches from head to feet.
PORTLAND. July 21. (AP)
District Judge Fred L. Olson start
ed a single-handed campaign
against speeders today by sentenc
ing Harry Emslle to 30 days In jail
for driving on a boulevard at 60
miles an hour.
EniFlie pleaded he could not go
to Jail because he was supporting
four persons.
"I would rather have the pub
lic support these four people than
for It to bv necessary to support
some widow and her children
whose husband and father had
been killed by a reckless motor
1st," the Judge replied.
i
Firm on Beer
Landon's Secretary
Her experience for 14 years as
secretary to former Vice Presi
dent Charles Curtis won for Lola
Williams, above, a job as secre
tary to her fellow-Kansan, Gov.
Alfred M. Landon, republican
presidential, nominee.-
T
.PORTLAND, July 21. fAP) It
appeared to be builda sewagedjs
dtsposal plant' "or else," so far aB
Portland was concerned today.
The city received definite orders
to "cease dumping Its raw sewage
Into the Willamette river and Co
lumbia slough" from Dr. Frederick
Strieker, state health officer, who
said "If this Is not done the case
will be referred to the attorney
general for action."
Dr. Strieker cited a law ruling
dumping of sewage a misdemeanor.
The warning came on the eve of
a city council discussion of the Is
suing of $ti,000,000 In bonds for
such a plant. The bonds recently
Were declared legal by the state su
preme court. Intitial plans called
for federal participation In the pro
ject, estimuted to cost $10,000,000.
Dr. Strieker's threat brought an
invitation from Mayor Joseph Car
son to carry It out. Carson said the
law was "hardly any reason for him
to suggest how the city should con
duct its fiscal policy."
The mayor sent a telegram to the
governor, saying:
"On behalf of the city govern
ment, we are calling on the gover
nor and board of control to Inform
the city council whether Dr. Striek
er represents the sentiments of the
governor and the board. If he does
we should like direct action from
the governor and the board and If
not we ask would he attend to his
own business."
SALEM PONDERS
ANTI-NOISE LAWS
SALEM, July 21. (AP) War on
all types of noises, Sunday shoe
shining, and dealings by merchants
evening and Sundays, opened in of
ficial quarters here last night when
three ordinances were presented to
the city council for action.
The anti-noise ordinance, direct
ed not only against automobiles,
but barking dogs and other com mo-
Kent near hospitals and churched
and would carry a maximum penal-
tfons as well, would be more amp
ly or Sr. 00 Hue and six months Im
prlHonment, The store closing ordinance pro
hibiting business after 6 and 7 p. in-
evenings and on Sundays had the
support of many merchants, while
the bootblacks organized and seek
to prevent any Sunday shining.
The council will cunsider the
measures further.
YOUTH MOVEMENT
DECRIED BY FLYNN
PORTLAND, July 21. (AP)
A critical attnek upon the new
deal by Edward F. Flynn. HI. Paul
executive of ihe flreat 'Northern
raflroud, brought the nssertlAn
that "yon and your children for
generations to come will be living
in a house of bonduge."
Addressing a chamber of com
merce forum here, Flynn express
ed disfavor toward the administra
tion's youth movement, saying It
smacker of "something un-American"
and corresponded in name to
activities in Russia, Germany and
Italy.
Sj
,T(
I EN
WALKS OUT"
Crusader Informs Prober
None of His Business; V
Contempt Citation , V
Returns Him. i 1
CLEVELAND, July 21.
(AP) Dr. Francis E. Town
send, who walked out of a de
position hearing on the Town
send plan today, was stopped
a few hours later In east Cleve
land by a deputy sheriff on a
citation for contempt of court, J
and was returned to Cleveland.
Dr. Townsend then agreed to
resume the hearing in common
pleas court.
CLEVELAND, July 21. (AP)
Dr. Francis E. Townsend walked
out of a deposition hearing on the
Townsend plan today, telling Hen-,
jamin F. Sacharow, attorney con
ducting the hearing, "it's none of
your business.
Sacharow was tatting positions
in a suit he filed today in behalf
of the Rev. Alfred J. Wright of
Cleveland, deposed Townsend re
gional leader. He had asked Dr.
Townsend concerning advertise
ments for pills, appearing tu a
weekly Townsend publication.
As Dr. Townsend left the attor
ney's office, his attorney, Sheri
dan Downey, asserted "It's another
walkout."; -'"''-
Wright's suit named Dr. Town
send and other officers of the
Townsend organization as plain
tiffs, and asked removal of Dr.
Townsend and trustees of Old Age
Revolving Pensions, Ltd., an ac
counting for more than $1,000,00 in
the organization's funds, and ap
pointment of new trustees and a
receiver.
Sacharow threatened to have
Dr. Townsend cited for contempt
by common pleas court If the pen
sion leader did not return today.
Dr. Townsend said he Intended
to go to Erie. Pa., to keep a speak
ing engagement tonight
To Stump For Lemke
The Dr. .Townsend-Rev. Gerald
Smith-Father Coughlin triumvirate
will start its stumping tour for
(Continued on page 6)
STRIKE HITS TWO
VANCOUVER, Wash., Judy 21.
(AP) A strike called by the work
ers alliance here In a protest
against wages resulted today In a
walkout of 116 men from two WPA
projects employing 14S relief work
ers. Walter Schwarz, resident WPA
engineer, said:
"If they want to walk out, they
can. 1 presume, if they wunt to
work, the work is there for them
if they want to picket, they can do
so, so long as they do it peacefully
and do not interfere with those on
the Job.
About 10 of those In the walkout
are leaders. The rest want to work
but they are afraid."
The strike follows a recent ad
justment of the wage scale In Chirk
county. Strikers demanded a wage
equal to that prevailing among em
ployed labor in the county, or Hbout
fill cents an hour. Other members
suld they would not ask an in
crease tn the S'lf) a month heiim
paid by the WPA hut would seek a
reduction of hours.
Some leaders asserted that when
the wage scale for the WPA was
set, representatives of labor were
not consulted, although farmers
and business men were Interview
ed. "1 am acting under certain regu
lations," said Sr-hwarz. "and I am l
taking orders fiom 1he IxjiiKvleu
headquarters." i
WILLIAM HUNTING
GETS BROKEN LEG
William Hunting of RosehurK. 1
employed In a logging camp at !
Powers, suflered a compound leir !
fracturp Sunday, according to word
received here yesterday evening.
Details of the accident wnrf not
learned. He was removed lo the
North Rend hospital. His wife, em
ployed at Hie office or Dr. H. It.
Nerbas, left for North Rend taut
night.
IN SUIT QUIZ
License
HEATSGQURGE
STARTS ANEW
IN ARID AREA
lowers Cease, Mercury
Climbs Up; Flames Raze
Forests; Texas Fair
Hit By Storm.
CHICAGO, July 21. (AP)
Temperatures rose over most of
the corn belt today with cessation
of showers which broke the heat
wave and, to an extent, loosened
the grip of the drought.
Forecaster J. R. Lloyd predict
ed no rain of consequence toduy or
tomorrow in the drought area.
Forest fires blazed In Montana,
upper Michigan and in Cuuada.
The worst wind and thunder
storm in years lashed central
northwest Texas last night, caus
ing property damage' estimated at
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Whipped by a 65 mile wind, the
storm poured torrential rain over
a 200-mile wide strip. Property
damage at Dallas was estimated at
$200,000, half of which was to the
Texas centennial, exposition.
At Tishomingo, Okla., 4.21 Inches
of ruin fell in three hours.
Addltlonul'deaths In Nebraska
and Oklahoma, where for the most
part the heat continued unabated,
boosted the nation's total since
July 1 to at least 4,576.
Scattered rains brought soma rn
ifet to" parts of, rol'orado, Wyoni
ing and western Nebraska, where
temperatures ranged In the nine
ties yesterday while states to the
east enjoyed a respite from the
heat.
Lloyd predicted temperatures
close to the 100 mark for today.
A renewal of unfavorable weath
er prospects, with comparatively
small supplies on hand, cuiued a
fresh rush of speculative buying in
the Chicago corn pit. Coin futuies
soared in some cases to the full
four cents a bushel rise, the maxl-
(Continued on page 6)
LONOVIEW, July 21. (AP)
The body of an attractive appear
ing young woman, victim of an ille
gal operation, recovered from the
waters of the Lewis river near
Woodland city limits June 26, was
tentatively Identified last night as
Mrs. Alice Sudora Knowlcs, 22, of
Grand Coulee.
Mrs. Ruth E. Anderson, operutor
of a photographic gallery In Pros
ser,' made the identification at
Sheriff H. T. O'Rrlen's office In
Kelso. She is the mother of Mrs.
Knuwles.
Mrs. Kuowles, according to her
mother, has been missing from
Grand Couletf since June 2K Mrs.
Anderson said her daughter was
wed January 25 tp a Harry A. John
son, automomie salesman, al
though already married to Ernest
L. Knowles, now on naval duty in
China.
The sheriff said Mrs. Anderson
told htm her daughter was antici
pating the birth of a child within
five months and had contemplat
ed an illegal operation, surh us re
sulted In the death of the "mystery-
woman."
$300,000 Umpqua
Jetly Proposition
Gets Dern's O. K.
WASHINGTON. J;iy 21.--(AP
The proposal to allot
f.ioo.ooo toward construction of
the smith Jetly at the mouth nf
the I'mpqim river on Ihe Ore
gon coust won the appitivn! of
Secretary of War Dern toduy.
The amount wss made avatlnhle
under the I If M 5 rivers und har
bors act.
Approval was made contin
gent on asKiiranco from local in
terests that they would under
take improvement and main
tenance of the river channel
across the bay. Dent said the
Port of Vmpqiia had agreed tn
undertake the improvement stipulated.
Limit
TO ENTERTAIN
Murder of World War Vet
by Drinking Party Told
By "Triggerman" in
Another Killing.
DETROIT, July 21. (AP) Pro
secutor Duucau C. McCrea an
nounced toduy that Dayton Dean,
confessed Hlack Legion "trigger
man" In the slaying May .12 of
Charles A. Poole, had told of Sx
new killing In which members of
the terrorist organization shot a
negro to death "just for the hell
of it" May 25, 193R, near Plnck
ney, Mich:
The victim. Dean said, was Si
las Coleman, 43, a World war vet
eran. He was lured to a desolate
spot on the pretext he was to
collect wages due him. Dean told
McCrea. and shot down for the
entertainment of a lllack Legion
drinking party.
McCrea said he would ask war
rants today charging five men
with kidnaping Colemnn from his
home here.
The men Dean accused of parti
cipating In the Blaying are Harvey
Davis, Jack Ruuuerman and Ervln
D. Lee, who arc held for trial for
the Poole slaying; Charles Rouse,
awaiting trial -us an accessory aft
er the fact In the Poole" cubb; and
James Roy Lorenco, who was re-
-taasrtiV uftr - auostioninsiUrt the
Poolo slaying.
For Amusement
In a formal statoment to Mc
Crea, Dean said Coleman wns kill
ed because Dean's superior In the
lilack Legion said he wanted ' to
(Continued on page 6)
Bert Simmons, resident of the
Cunyonvllle district, was placed
under arrest today on a charge of
assault and battery as the result
of an luvestlpatlon into an alleged
battle Sunday between Simmons
and Ijcslle Ellis, a neighbor, ac
cording to a report from the sher
iff's office. Ellis is in the hospital
here with a fractured Jaw, blacken
ed eyes and severe face and body
bruises.
Simmons, who swore out a com
plaint ngjiinst Ellis, charging the
latter with assault with a danger
ous weapon, was unscathed tu the
fight, according to Deputy Sher
iff Clifford Thornton, Investigating
officer.
The stories told by the two prin
cipals, the deputy sherlf said, fail
to correspond in. Important details,
and the matter will probably be
left to the giand Jury.
Ellis, the officer reported, claim
ed he was endeavoring to remove
personal property from bis farm
which was recently sold for taxes.
and was attacked by Simmons
when he refused to remove his au
lomobile from the farm.
Simmons, on the other hand
claimed, according tn the officer
report, that Ellis objected to his
presence on the properly and at
tacked htm with a handle pulled
i from a pickaxe.
.Simmons furnished ball In the
sum of r(l0 and was released from
custody. Ellis Is still In Ihe hos.
pftal.
38 OREGON "CONS"
GET WAR BONUSES
; SAI.K.M. July 21. i API The!
: federal government pn( to
world war veti-raus at Ihe slate
penitentiary, the amounts ranging
fiom $ 1 1 h to $l.5ii2 being distribut
ed union if :is men, the penitentiary
i officials Informed Governor Martin
! today.
: In addition to the :ts who rerelv
led bonuses which will he kept by
'Hie warden to. lhelr credit, there
are H other veterans who either
did not rerelve a bonus or did not
(serve more thnn 00 dayn durine the
war. Six other prlsoners'served lu
he SpanfHh Ammican war. The
laigest bonus went to ft MfMermer.
I Of thone who served under Ihe
j American flrttf. 10 are now servlriK
life sentences for murder, while 8
were sentenced to 20 years, eight
to 1! years and eleven to 10 year-terms.
BLACK LEG DN
Arthur Priaulx
PORTLAND, July 21. (AP)
Arthur Prumlx of Chiloquln, re
publican statu central committee
chairman, won re-elaction yoBter
day by a lure majority of I'J votes
in a cioseu caucus or county com-1
mltteemen. Other votes went to ,
Charles Sprague, Salem, 5; Jumes
Rodman, Eugene. 3; Dean Walker,
Independence, 3; Walter Tooze,
Portland, 2; Henry McKinuuy,
Raker 1.
Lars Illadlne, McMlnnvllle pub-1
Usher and formerly internal revo-1
nuo collector for Iowa, was elected
secretary. Lloyd Smith, Portland,
was re-elected treasurer.
' EUGENE, (m.; July 21 (AP)
A WPA worker who found his $11
a month salary was Insufficient to
feed and house his wife and six
children, wns residing on a park
ing strip in Eugene today while
city and county offlcluls pondered
the question of his eviction, or
dered by his landlord late yester
day. The worker. Mllo Casleel, al
legedly has not paid his rent for
11 months and yesterday his evic
tion was ordered by his landlord,
George Chapman. vCasteel, employ
ed on a WPA project on the uni
versity campus, told offlcluls that
of his monthly salury, $10 was
to go for the rent, leaving an nv-
erago of H cents each for the
feeding of each member of the
family. Finding he could not do
this, he let the root go to remain
on good terms with the grocer
with the result that last night he
found himself on the parking strip
with no money and no place. to go.
Mrs. Castoel ami the six children
made thc:!!ie,"es ps comfortable as
possible1 while Casteel mounted
guard over his meager possessions.
Disposal or his case puzzled offi
cials today, Casteel meanwhtln de
claring ho planned to "stick It out"
on the parking strip till something
happened.
JERROLD OWEN
GOES TO HOSPITAL
SALEM, July 21. ( AP) Jerrold
Owen, ft.erelary to the world war
veterans state aid commission,
went to a Salem hospital this week,
immediately upon his return from
a California trip, f.ufferlit;; ear
trouble. .
Hospital attendants slated he
was being kept there in au effort
to ward off a possible mastoid op
eiatlon. TRAIN HITS AUTO,
WOMAN LITTLE HURT
OREGON CITY.- July 21. ( AP)
Struck by a train und carried 1C0
feel, Mrs. William G. Gooding, Au
rora, escaped from he automobile
wlih a slighl hip Injury. The ma
chine stalled on a crossing near
here.
Major Party Leaders Profess No
Concern Over Lemke's Candidacy
WASHINGTON, July 21. (AP)
Major party leaders, tu the midst
or campaiKU preparations, today
professed lo see no weakening of
their party lines as a result of Rep
resent at I vp, William Lemke s
Ion party presidential drive.
uu -
Democratic Chairman Jnines A.
Farley described as "loo foolish to
be wort by of comment," a state
ment by Rev. Charles E. Coughlin
that Ihe union parly would elect
a majority In the house.
Rcprcnentatlve Joseph W. Mar -
tin Jr., republican campaign man -
ftger In the east, declared Iindon
would lose few votes to Lemke.
TAKEN: Git
RULERS FLEE
Planes Rake Streets Near
U. S. Embassy; Malaga
Falls, Morocco in
Rebel Hands.
,)
ny the Associated Press)
Thousauds of Spanish lnsur
gents, striking in the wake of a
machine gun attack by low-flying
airplunes, surged over the Rasque
provinces of Navarro and Cuipuz
coa Tuesday night (Spanish time)
to wrest northern control from loy
al leftist forces.
Cusuultles In the two provinces.
Including the city of San Sebas
tian, where defenders were raked
with aerial fire, were reported at
50 or more.
The United States summer eju-
bassy is ut San Sebastian and Am-
bassador Claude G. Rowers was
,.,., i reawipnce there as re-
cently as Sunday.
Peasants and workers, heavily
armed, marched under the bnnner
of the ruling popular front against
( entrenched rebels in several cities
while pWillim militiamen threw
protoctlvo circle around Madrid.
In a sharp clash between Pam-
loiia rebels and -government forces
near tho French frontier, 24 Span
ish carahlneros and an undetermin
ed number of rightists were re
ported slain. i
At least 300 dead wore reported .
from fighting In llarcelonu, bomb
ed by government pluncs.
Throughout the country, the left
ist government declared peasants -and
workors were flocking to aid
federal fighters.
- - Rebel Threatens Navy ; f
The five days of warfare iri;SponV
Ish Morocco, where the uprising
started in Melilln, and on the
SpaulHh mainland today, engulfed
naval detachments.
Gen. Francisco Franco, rebel
leader, In a reported ultimatum
threatened loyal warships with
aerial bombardment unless they
surrendered or eft tho interna
tional harbor at Tangier.
The government rushed flvo
columns of a defensive army to-
(Continued on pugo Ci
GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 21.
--(AP) A family reunion and
picnic ended Monday in the
drowning of four persons, three of
the vlctlnifl losing their lives whllu ,
attempting to effect roscues.
The dead: Glen Van Koten, 48,
Sliums; Mrs. Glen Van Koten, 38,.
Siiums; Thomas Heal, 42, Conrad;
Thomas Heal Jr., 11, Conrad,
Sheriff Guy Palagl said surviv
ors told him a story to this effect:
.Thomas Heal Jr., stepped Into
deep water and as ho went dowu
clutched t he neck of one of his
sinters. Heal Sr., rescued tho girl
hut drowned trying to reach tho
son. '
Van Koten. across tho stream,
went to rescue Heal and his son,
but he, too, disappeared In the wa
ter. Mrs. Van Koten plunged In
to the river to aid her husband und
was also drowned.
The Ileal and Van Koten fam
ilies enjoyed a picnic ut the Van
Koten home a mile from the river,
:tn miles west of Grout Falls, and
later went to tho stream to swim.
Mrs. Van Koten was a sister of
Ileal, science instructor in the Con
rad high school.
Glen Vun Koten, drowned at.
Great Falls, Mont., was tt brother
of Mrs. O. J. Rand of Roseburg,
and of George Van Koten of Rose
burg and Klamath Falls.
Any union party effect In tho
ant, he said, would be to "maku
Ihe stales doubly sure for us."
Completion of lindon's 3.r00.
word acceptance speech centered
. attention for the time being upon
I'opeka and Ihe opening of the re
publican standard bearer's drive.
While there was no definite, word
regarding the futhject mat ter of
Ihe address, observers looked for
mplutsls on such problems as ng-
i ilculture, relief, employment, fi"
(nance, tariff, monopoly and thn
j constitution. The address will ha
I
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