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THE WEATHER
Highest temperature yosleitlay -17
Lowest temperature last niIU 37
Precipitation for 24 hours 01
Precip. since first of month .7S
ProHp. from Sept. 1, VXiC 2.00
Deficiency since Sept. 1, llliitj 'J. 93
Considerable Rain.
VERDICT
Thorn mny bo onn by tomor
row In Ooio'b suit for compensa
tion from Jackson county over
thn O. & '. tax return! bill. The
NKWS-llEVIKW will be first
with the venlfct news hero.
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
VOL. XL
NO. 122 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW-
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 1, 1936.
VOL. XXVI NO. 202 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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SAN SALVADOR QUAKE LEVELS SAN VICENTE; 209 KILLED
VILLAGES NEAR
STRICKEN CITY
ALSO SUFFER
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Horror Grows as Volcano!
Spews Lava; Death Toll
May Increase Willi
Later Reports.
(By the Associated Pross)
SAN SALVADOR, Ki Salvador,
Dee. 21. (AP) Officials express
ed fears today of a mounting death
loll In the devastating earth
quake will eh razed almost all San
Vicente and Itilled at leust 200 per
sons over the week-end.
1'ersons arriving in San Salva
dor from the stricken provicial
capital told stories of wholesale
ruin, oj shattered buildings and
tinnies, ami of rescuers dicing out
Boine 200 hodles in the first few
bours i&er the quake.
How high the deaths would
reach no one would estimate, hut
government officials dispatched
nil relief available to the area.
Telephone and telegraph lines
Were ripped down by the quakes
11 ml information could be hud only
from those who fled iulaud fioi
the scene.
The quake, which first struck
the Bleeping city of San Vicente
Saturday night, crashed In build
tugs and shook the earth in vill
ages nearby, eyewitnesses said.
Refugees, with their families and
household belongings fled alond
rural roads trying to reach safety
from the ever menacing volcano
Santa Hita, southeast of San Vi
cente which some refugees said
owas erupting?
Epidemicseared O
Adding to the lears of molten
lava pouring from the volcano over
theQrecked city wasthe specter
of epidemics. Much of San Vi
cente's supply of drinking' water
' was poisoned by sulphur appnrent-
( Continued on page 6)
MADRID, Dec. 21. (AP) Insur
gent artillery batteries opened
fresh bombardment of Madrid to-
day. fonihrapnel shells falling
to the ceiiti$ 5f tie? capital,
; in
e,ip
One fascist shell struck nar the
telephone building, Spain's tallest
commegdal structure.
Socialist troops moved Into
strong positions in the western
rulmrban sectors, consolidating
hotly-fousht viU:M.v on the fascist
left flank.
The Spanish defenders strength
pned their linen for 12 miles along
(lie strategic Ki Encmi'IuI highway
to the snow-uippcu Ouadarrama
l mountains.
The fascists were repulsed with
beuvy losses In two charges,
launched simultaneously against
the northwestern first line of de
fense, the government reported.
Editorials on the Day's News
Hy THANK JENKINS
'T,IIE Duke of Windsor, snffer
ing from a severe headache,
receives six thousand letters from
feminine admirers npphiudlng his
romantic, gesture In giving i()tlie
Ilrltlsh throne for the woman he
loves.
ry the
writers.
six thousand letter
some eight hundred
craved Jobs preferably secretar
ial Jobs v-hidi would keep them
ise to the Duke's romantic per
son, ocra o
(The . reason, perhaps, that
since he did It once ho MICIIT do
it again.)
The same 6.000 letters Included
hot opportunities to buy 220
castles, most of them hfiglng to
Impoverished nobles in various
parts of Europe.
NO WONDER the duke got a
headache.
H
KHE Is an Interesting story
CLOSE HOME:
Working up toward the summit
Thrust Into Shadow of the Gallows
John (left) and Coke Brite,
brothers, face the mandatory
death penalty as the result of
their first degree murder convic
tion at Yreka, Calif.
MOTORIST, AFOOT,
KILLED BY ANOTHER
SALiJSM, Deo. 21.--(AP) David
DukkIii. 41; West Salem, was in
stantly kilk9 Saturday night five
milest west of here on the Dallas-
Salem highway. He was struck by
a car driven by Uearhardt Diehn,
also of Salem.
Duggin, driving toward Uallns,
ran his car Into the .ditch, und
while a passing motorist was at
tempting to pall the car back outo.
the highway, Duggi:; stepped into
the path of the Diehn car.
State police Indicated that Diehn
was not at fault and no arrest was
nade.
ALBERT C. WILSON
OF YONCALLA DIES
Albert C. Wilson, 71, a resident
of Douglas county for almost a life
time and lately of Yoncalla, died in
Salem, Saturday after a long ill
ness. He is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. Luella Hluebnrt, Yakima,
Wash., and Mrs. Hattle Cole,
Grants Pass, Ore. The body has
been brought to the Douglas Fun
eral home and services will by
held in the Yoncalla cemetery at
111 a. Wednosdav.
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FIVE CHILDREN SEE
AUTO KILL FATHER
KLAMATH FALLS. Dec. 21
CAP) William Moryer. fill, or
Maupin. died almost iV-dautly af
ter be was struck down by a pass
ingOcnr when he stopped to wipe
frost from the windshield of bis
auto Saturday night. The accident
occurred on The Dalles-California
highway about 25 miles north of
here. 1
Moravec's five children, en route
with their father to California for
Christmas, nessed the accident.
of Hayden inounlarrr the other day,
a crew tAVeyerhauesor men saw
ed the top from a large fir. The
gash of the saw exposed a fault,
presumably made by fire, and line
Ing this fault to arrive at a guess
as lo Its age, theyWound a cavity
made by rotting wood, nnd In this
ea(fj was n bird's neBt nnd seven
eggs.
The fire had scarred the side of
the tree, and in this scar the wood
rotted and left a hole. In Ibis hole,
the bird built her nest and laid
her egs. Hut something evident
ly happened to the little bird
bride. Either she lost her life In
one of the Innumerable tragedies
of the forest, or became frighten
ed away.
AT AN'V rate, the eggs remain
ed In tho nest, nnd the hole
was closed over hy the growth of
the tree. fhe Weyerhsueer men,
Judging by the rings In the wood,
estimated that all this happened
at least a hundred years ago.
(Continued on page 4.)
IH FIRST DEGREE
Counsel to Continue Fight
irt Effort to Keep Pair
From Gallows.
YrtEKA. Calif., Doc. 21. (AP)
Counsel for JoV.l and Cuke Ill-He.
nonilemnet1. lo death by n jury for
killing three men at Horse creek,
today prepared to carry, tho ease
to the ,-tato supreme , court.
Hoi-aco l-rye, H;icrununto attor
ney, saiil He will move lor u new
trial as the first step tcwards ap
peal when the mountain brothers
appear before Superior Judge Lnl
trcll for sentence tomorrow.
The jury, in a Saturday night
verdict, convicted tho llrites of
muideril'g Deputy Sheriff Martin
Lauge, Constable Joseph Clark and
Fred Seaborn, vnciuioner. August
30. The first decree murder convic
tion, without recommendation,
made fie death penalty ninmiu-
to"'- . . . . ,
Frye indicated f o oasis oi nis
appeal will he the contention that
the Ilritfs. who cbincd I hoy wore
attacked and resisted in self-de-feme,
did not obtain u fair trial
The attorney contended lynch
ins threats, heard onnnly before
tho llrites surrendered at their
mountain hideout lo Mstrlct Atlor
ney James Davis, indicated biaB on
the part of the community.
UniR-e. Chilli and Seal:orn wore
killed vhilo attempting -" urrest
(ho llrites on an n: s:'.h!t .warrant
sworn to bv Charles Halter, a
muj-ntain neighbor.
LEGISLATIVE AID IN
WEED WAR SOUGHT
COnVAT.T.Iff, Dec. 21. (API
Eighteen Oregon counlles decided
the weed control problem was too
big for individual action and call
nil for legislative nld to check ti
menace costing the slate a million
and a half dollars annually.
E.- K. Jackmnn, crop specialist,
said noxious perennial weeds cov
ered 70,000 acres. Q
The conference, enlled by Ttny
Gill, state grange master, will re
commend the legislature prepare
laws to exclude contaminated
seeds from other stnles and Im
prove soed qualities in Oregon.
WOMAN IS CHAMP
CHICKEN EATER
PASADKNA, Calif., Dep. 21
(AP) Mrs. Kdna Mho Potter, Los
Antreles housewife. added la
pounds to her weight at a single
meal, but she won the county
rhicken eating championship by
doing it.
Using a two-handed, harmonica
style technique, Mrs. Potter out
chewed four men contestants.
"Really, It watj nothing." she de
clared as she Inid down the last
of 20 dmmtffl from KI three-
pound masters:
Her husband, rinude A,
Ir manager of the show
Potter.
which
sponsored the contest.
FORTUNE FOUND IN a
HOVEL OF RECLUSE
KLAMATH FALLS. DfC. 21
(APiG- County health officers
hrouglit Valentine Heruhard from
j his hovel near Chllnquin to a Klnm
uth Falls hospital Iz-'.t :;eek. Ema
ciated, irrational, nernhaid died
last night.
In bis clothing nnd hidden nbout
the hut, the health officers found
nie than $15,000 In casn, gold
ceWficatei nnd bank deposit slips.
F
AID ACE LIMI
ED
Necessary Additional Tax
Shouldn't Be Thrust on
Counties, Meeting
Here Declares.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21Q
(AP) Officers of the retire
ment compensation league, or
ganized in November, said to
day a measure calling for re
duction of the old-age assist
ance limit from 70 to 65 years
would . be presented to the
state legislature.
The league's program also
contemplates removing all pen
sion burden from the counties
and exempting from taxation
the first S750 valuation on
homes and farms occupied by
their owners. '
Action to reduce the age limit
for eligibility to old age assist
ance should he withheld until
some plan is devised to rnise the
additional funds required by some
means other than direct taxation,
representatives of southern Oregon
counties declared here Saturday. 0
Meeting in a district conlerence,
county court officers and legislat
ors from Jackson. Josephine, Dong-
tmi and Coos counties authorized
irresolution, directed to the state
legislature and expressing tneir
views on the age limitation matter.
t was contended that existing
requirements for old age assist
ance already impose an oppressive
burden on taxpayers. A lowering
of the age limitation, to meet pro
visions of the federal' social se
curity act. it was held, should he
iceomnamed by some plan w men
would raise the additional funds
by some means other than taxes
he levied upon counties and
collected by them.
The present age limJt tor assist-
nice eligibility In Oregon Is 70.
That of the federal security net
Is 115.
Ask Lew Limit Removal
The grojin also recommended an
amendment to the state market
(Continued from page 1)
POPE TO BROADCAST
DESPITE ORDERS
VATICAN CITV, Rec. 21. (AP)
Pope Plus announced bis inten
tion today of broadcasting a Christ
mas message to the world Thurs
day to "prove we are still alive."
The broadcast w-lll be made at
12:30 p. m. (11:30 n. m., E. S. T.)
through n microphone set up in the
pope's study adjoining his bedroom
where he has been confined with
circulatory congustinn and fever.
His actions' wc-ro contrary to
medical orders lor absolute quiet
arter the pontiff suffered a faint
ing spell as he lay In bed yester-
iy- O
OY FINDS PISTOL
AND KILLS HIMSELF
KLAMAT IIFALLS, Dec. 21
(API Three-year-old Itlchard
Young of Hpraguo I'.iver, who toy
ed Willi a loaded pistol, died yes
terday from u bullet wound in
his abdomen.
The yoiiiigslcjD had been left by
his mother at a friend's house.
Playing alone in a hcdrnnni. be
found the pistol, cocked It, held
it against bis slolunch and fired.
d2y the Wau
SHOPPNG
DAYS LEFT
WSTtETOE
AND
HOLLY
W?EATHS
Christies;
m
GO
DISAPPROV
lip
VALUATION OF PEACE DRAFT
1 PROPERTY IN TENDERED I
! OREGON DROPS
Decrease of 35 Million
Is
Contributed Chiefly by
Utilities and County
Totals Generally.
SALEM. Dec. 21. (AP) The as
sessed valuation of Oregon proper
ty for 19:1(1 showed a decrease of
$:i.ri,000,000 as compared to the
valuations set by the county hoards
anil stato tax commission a year
ago, tabulations released hernOiy
(lie commission revenieti.
Hut whllo county valuutlnns as a
whole and utility valuations show
ed material drops, nn Increase was
noted In farm property and equip
ment, 111 general merchandise, in
household goods, livestock, and en
gines and machinery during the
past yenr.
Property valuations Qlliln coun
ties, exclusive of utilities nnd rail
roads, were set nl $73(1.381.750 com
pared to $7(11. 120,731 In 1035. I
Illlllly valuations, established hy
tho stale lux eommiVsion, wore
given at $273,209,382" as compared
to $283,733,287 in 1935. Tho valua
tions wore sot for tux levying pur-
noses.
' Aircraft comnauies, with -valua
tions of $120,000, were listed for
Jlio first, itmo this year. "
Other utility valuations for 1030
compared with those in 1935 fol
low:
Electric companion. 193(1 valua
tion S92 0O1.1S9.96; 1935 valuation
$03,288,273.20.
Electric and street rallwav com
panies, 19.K1 vnluntloM R.050.4Gfi:
1935 val.KfTion S5.1S5.1OO.00.
Car cohvumles 10't! vnluntion
$2,831.430 85; 1935 valuation $;
851.327.70.
Steam rpllrond conoanles. mi'o'i
station nii't den"li. 103(1 valuation
$122,052,310; 1935 valltulimi $127
7?!if2',0.
Water and ens enmpnntes, 193(1
vnluallnn $17,028,521; 1035 valua
tion $10,270,777.
Tolegrnnh eomnonles. 1930 vain
ntlon $2,370,11(1.17; 1935 valullon
S2.333.099.80.
Telenhnliojenninnnies. liKiii valua
tion $30.ll!i,799.10; 1935 valuation
(Continued on pace !
"GIFT" BABY CISE
ST. LOTUS, llec. 21 (AP)
Mrs. Nellie Tipton Milench. 44-
year-old former society matron nnd
Hlster of a state supreme courL
judKC, and three olhers convicted
wilh her In another episode of
Missouri's lotiff drawn "Rift of Clod"
bohy scandal, pinned their hopes
today nn an appeal to escape pos
sible 2r-ver prison sentences.
Wilh little show of emotion, the
nlpninrous key fieuro in five sen
sational trials wltiiin the past 14
months said sharp"', "if the worst
cone's to the worst.'! can take It."
Mrs. Mucrich. her husband. Dr.
I.mlwlt; O. Mueuch: Wilfred Jones,
nn attorney, nnd Mrs. Helen Per-
rover, n frieuiLwore found Ruilty
nf mall frnndbJ3 federal court
tere Sundny. 'rh novernment
chained they imcd the iiialls In
an effort In extort unspecified sums
of money from Or. Marsh PHznntn.
weallhy bachelor physician, oy
flupfnt nun into believing be was
Iho fathei'O'f n ('''fid Mrs. Mueuch
clamed she had born.
The defendants face maximum
nennlty of five years in prison ojhI
fines of 51.000 on each of rfve
counts. Federal .Tiidirn CJeorpe II.
Moore nave th'-m until midweek to
file a motion for a new trial.
AUTO-RIKE CRASH
fXTAL TO YOUTH
r.UANTS PASS, liee. 21. (AP)
Frank Cnffelt. H, Inlnred in a
blrycle-flUtomnliUe rollinlnn lapt
Monday, filed here Sunday.
Zclinn Oden I'oole nf Pellfnc
linm. Wash., faces a clinrne filed
ceverril diivn nvo recens ilriv
lnr. nrftfpn-f.fi by rttf' boy's father,
'inward f'ofrt'lt, of Murphy road,
She pleaded not RlliltV.
An accident re nor t filed bv
tnmes Poole said the side of the
'Mote car struck the boy when the
Poole car passed nnother Junt
Houtli of the city limits.
DOEK STRIKE
First Formal Offer Comes
From Union of Sailors;
Hiring Issue Still
Hard Obstacle.
RAN FRANCISCO Dec. 21.
CAP) fteproflentntivns of Bailors
nnd offshore ship operators today
offered a tentatively approved
aureement n tho hoped-for key to
penee In the Pacific eoast cnrllltuo
strfko.
Tho proposed settlement for the
sailors In the first formally pre
sented lo nny of the seven slrlk
Ins unions sinco they walked out
i3 days ano.
noth Harry Lumlohorc, head of
the Sailors X'nlon of the Pacific,
and Thomas CI. Plant of tho shtp
o w n e r s committee expressed
hopes the barriers to 'full settle
ment of the plrlko wero finally
broken.
Thn sailors want to show Iho
other unions tho way homo." Bald
lamdeberir. ns he prepared to seek
membership anproval nossinlv at
reRular meetings at tho various
ports tonight.
Plant inferred tho settlement
Plan, also Initiated by T. B. WIIhoii
of the'Alnska opGratorn, is already
nsitiiioti full support bv offshore
shlnowners when ho said:
"It is our earnest hope that this
tentative ngreoment will bo
eentnhle to the members of the
Snllo'-s Union of the PacMn. nnd
that H will pavQthe way toiWd a
torf ront roiil roversy."
HWta Issue Sticks
Asp'itn'U p)cretary of Tnbor
'Mwird F, Mrfirndy eon (timed ef
forts ut what he teamed "(he
I on i'ti n nut to ernek" the 1o-
"mm) of Itf'onsod denk officers for
iiruiK t"'oference lo union mem
bers. This Issue hus blocked pre
vious neiroHaiinim )h both tho
ofrlw'n nun const wUo plilnownes,
Plant made no rnfnrenen to tm
dork officers In his aunotincemenf
nut, hold oul hnnt) or rtnolher nencn
si on in a m'osne'i'ive nKre'nent
with t'te Murine Fl'-nninn, Oilers
Wuterlenders nnd Wipers associa
tion.
N'one of fhofto 'nvolved In the
peace efforts would predict when
(Continued on paRO fl)
f
Ifend In lurli
while skalliiK
stiffe.ed In n
week no re
fall
ed In the death at Mercy hospital
here, late Saturday, of .lames Hob-
ert Cluster, 111. son of Mr. nnd
Mrs. Clarence Cluster of Dlllard
Horn lu Portland. Dec. 2. 1920. he
had been a resident of Douglas
county for lfi years, and wrh
sophomore In HoseburL' senior
liiKti school. ' y
Surviving, besides the parents,
are two sisters and two brothers,
Mrs. Albeit Hailey, West Fir. Ore-
eon ; Mrs. Kuiery Thrush, Camas
Valley; Daniel n. Tluster, Sco
poose. Oreiron. and Jack K, Clus
ter. Dlllard.
Services will he held In the
chapel of the Douelns Funeral
Wiie at 10 a, m. Tuesday, U
Qitfnn P. While nf Dlllard officii.!
liiK. Inter;nei will he In the Wil
li is Creek cemetery.
Advent of Winter
Uver-Uue Kains
Aft'T the autu'ii't p:ifon out
did ltrJJ fn pnivldfmr record
warm ; dry weather, winter
started tnd'.iy with n prospect
of mnkliiK un for delnvnd rein
rail. The solstice, mat king tho
shortest day of tho ynr, nc
curred at 4:40 p. m. todav, the
nfflclal time for the l;r siinltiK
nf the winter s"Hnn. nccordliiK
to D, P". Ma'Kiuf, fn c'uaieo nf
the Imal office of the !?. S.
we t) r bureau.
Indications, the weMher bu
reau rennrlH.V' that l'-e record
Iry spell brci"en broken, and
that considerable amount of
rain In in slht for the next few
days.
Death Summons
S. Dakota Senator
Peter Norbeck, above, ,United
States senator and first native
born governor of South Dakota,
who died Sunday at the age of
66.
OF SO, DAKOTA DIES
Business Career Begun as
Well Driller; State Now
in Political Mess.
PRDFIET.n. S. n ' Dec. 21
CAP) Tho death of United
Slates Senator Peter Norbeck. tiff,
who rose from penniless youth to
become tho Tlrst. naMve-born gov
ernor nnd senator of his stato, in
tensified Dolfttcnl complications In
South Dakota today.
rhe republican senator (tied at
his borne hero yesterdny of a heart
disease compllcaimi by n ennner-
out condition of tho toir'to and
jaw.
Prominently montloned as a pos
sible successor was Governor
rhonins Ilerrv. democrat, who will ,
etlro from offlcn In two weeks.
Oovernor P.erry, oslted whether
he planned to roalfin from office
and have himself appointed to fill
Senator Norbeck s unexpired term,
declined to comment.
Dieut. Gov. Kobort Peterson,
democrnt. who would become kov
ernor If Merry resigned, was him
self rendv to reslKn today. He was
arrested Saturday on an enibozzlo-
ment charge, and federal deposit
insurance officials said there wan
S17CI.0U0 shorlaKe In tho First
National bank of Centervlllo, of
which he wns president. 1ltn attor
ney said 'Peterson's roslRnatlnn
would he handed lo tho stato leg
islature nl a special session today.
.eslie Jensen, republican, who
(Continued on nairn fl
J. H. HOGAN SELLS
CIGAR STORE HERE
J. H. Horiiii has cold his cigar
slore on Cass street to his son,
Herbert Ilogan. of Oakland, Ore.,
JUKI v
(Tfie
1 will re-enter the Soutborn Pa-
service as a paHseiwor train
brakemnu, For an Indefinite time,
the store will be tnntmged bv the
purchaser's uncle, W. S. Hojrnu,
who sold his stock ranch at Ued
hill, near Yoncalla, last September.
FLASHES OF ODEGOR EVENTS
Bandon Fire Loss Fixed
COQI'ITXK. Ore.. Dee. 21.
(AP) The Coos County Firemen's
association estimated the loss In
the fire whleh destroyed Hnndon
Sept. 2fl at Jl.r.dO.OW). The asno
cbillon'H report listed nine fires In
Maudon since that dule most of
them In tents, with a loss of
$2un.
Q o
5 Years for Homicide
PORTLAND, Dec. 21 CAP)
Judire Wilson of The Dalles sent
enced Klmer Johnson, 27. to five
years In the slate penitentiary
and ordered htm to pay a $l'tO fine.
A vrirrult court jury convicted him
of Mouslaugbterjrki the death of
WlKfevm H. WhltVn truck driver,
hut recommended leniency.
White died after n street fight.
lo Teach at Linfield
McMs'VILLF, Ore. Dee. 21.
CAP) Dr. .1. It. Itianton, professor
of CJreek at the University of Okla
homa, will become professor of
Itlble and religious education at
Linfield eolleRe Feb. 1. lie will suc
ceed Dr. Ituymond It. Culver, who
resinned to take the presidency of
Francis Shlmcr cnltego In Illinois.
LIVERMORE
HAiD FEARED
Twisted Wreckage Oi
Transport Found In
Idaho Area South
Of Wallace.
Hunt for Lost Western Air,
Express Plane in Utah
Still Futile; $1,000
Reward Offered.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 21.
(AP) The twisted wreckage
of the huge Northwt Air
line's tralnsport plane, which
disappeared into the darkness
of north1 Idaho last Friday
morning, was found today on
Cemetery ridge south of. Wal
lace, Idaho, In mountainous
country.
Lieut. Byron Cooper, Wash
ington national guard pilot who
found the ship, said It was not
possible Qhat either Pilot Jo
seph LIvermore or Co-Pllot Ar
thur A. Hald, the ship's on!
' occupants, were alive.
The hip Lockheod Rloctra. twln
oimined plnne must have, crashed
into the mountnln Hide at terrific
nnced. The two metal wines wero
nbout 200 feet below tho fusilngo,
which was in a clearing.
A. It. MensliiR. Northwest Air
lines division superintendent ntf .
Spokane, went to- KolIOrfiV Idaho,
Immediately to organize a rescue
party, which must wo on snow
shoes Into the mountainous and ,
Isolated country, lly mid-afternoon.
It was believod, the party can
reach the ship. , -
From reports received from for
est workers and others. It Is be
lieved the plane, carrying mall
from St. Paul to Spokane, crashed
(Continued on pace 6)
S. DEALS OF
John Samuol noals. 77, well
known resident of Cnnyonvlllo,
died nt bis home Saturday after a
short illness. Ho was horn lit
Desvensworth, Ind., Aug. 10, 1S59,
nnd for tho past fourteen years baft
been a resident of Cnnyonvlllo. Ho
was a resident of Douglas county
for tho pnst 41 yenrs. Ho was mar
ried In Teavenworth to MIsb Etta
Azalea P.oso, who survives him. Ho
also leaves the following sous and
daughters: Mrs. Clara Weaver,
Days Creek: Mrs. SteUa Tullock,
San .Tone. Calif.; Mrs. Fronn Miller,
MaiTbfield; Mrs. Mlsle Shields,
Wolf Creek, Ore.: Mrs. I.ydln. Mov
er and Mrs. Gladys Cain, Cnnvon
vll'e: vVrohio Deals. Montana; Knl
lev Tleals. Orovllle. Calif Car!,
Cltrion nnd Luke Kealn, Canyon-
vllle. Services will he hold hi the
Masonic comet ory nl. Cainonvlllo,
Tnesdav at 2 p. in.. Miss Wnnllev,
officiating. Arrangements are in
charge of the Douglas Funeral
home.
Coos Mill to Reopen
NORTH P.KND, Ore.. Dec. 21.
CAP) Jobs fr 75 inoyipened up
on Coos bay today Will nn an
nouncement by JnmcB Lyons, man
ager of the Kmplre Lumber com
pany a Kmplre, that the former1
W. T. Culver mill on tho water
frou. road to Marshfleld would Uo
ready for opei ntlon by Jan. 1.
Non-Political ,im Cited
ALMANV, Ore., Dee. 21. CAP)
William Smith. Portland sports
man, told the Santlam Fish nnd
Came Protective association that
the 13.17 stato legislature would bo
nsked to "take the state came com
mission out of polltlcs"0aud elim
inate stream pollution.
Schramm Buys Into Bank
COItVALLIS, Dec. 21. (AP) A.
A. Srhinmni, former state super
tutendent of banks, purchased a'
part Interest nnd became nctlvo
vice-president of the First Nation
nl bank of Corvnllls, firm officials
announced.
Schramm formerly was cashlct1
of the Corvallts State bank, now;
merged with the First NatlouuL,
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