Jacksonville post., August 21, 1915, Image 1

Oregon H storied Society
City Hail
JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY,
V0L. IX.
STORM ON GULF COAST.
WORK OF THE YEAR
RAILROAD GRANT LANDS.
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OREGON, AUGUST 21,'1915
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW'
HOOPER ESCAPES
FROM JAIL
NO.16
MOB KILLS LEO FRANK
Is Taken From Prison And
Galveston And Score Of From United States Forest Ser­ Governor Will Call Meeting To Manufaclures, Enterprises and
Hanged Near Home Of
Improvements Providing
Noted Highwayman Ties
Consider The 0. & C. Land
vice, United States Depart­
Lesser Towns Swept By
Mary Phagan.
Payrolls and Promot­
Sheriff Smith, Drives
Problem.
ment of Agriculture,
Hurricane. Over 100
ing Development
Out Of Town. Of-
Portland, Oregon
Dead. Property
Marietta, Ga., Aug. 17. —Leo M.
Governor Withycombe has decided on I
Frank, serving a life term for the mur
of Oregon
fleers
Search
the
salient
features
of
his
plan
for
the
Loss Millions
der of Mary Phagan, the Atlanta fact­
Figures just compiled by the Forest selection of the delegates to the con­
ory girl, and who was taken from the
Without
ference,
to
be
held
here
in
the
near
of Dollars
Service, covering its work in Oregon
Wapato li ke has 100 acre flax crop
prison farm last night, was lynched 100
and Washington tor the fiscal year end­ future to consi der the Oregon & Cali- | coming on.
Avail
miles east of there today by the armed
fornia railroad land grant problem, and ,
ing June 30, 1915, show, among other
things, that the Service has built 90
miles of road, 426 miles of trail, ana
625 miles of telephone line, besides er­
ecting 12 bridges and 30 lockout sti*
tions.
The detailed figures give th e Oregon
forests 85 miles of road, 566 miles of
trail, and 625 miles of telephone line,
5 bridges, and 2' lookouts; while to the
Washington forests have been added
5 miles of road, 159 miles of trail,, 170
miles of telephone, 7 bridges and three
lookouts, lhe bridges represent only
structures costing over $100. Small
bridges over culverts and the like are
ranked as uart of the road. For ad­
ministrative purposes the Service has
built in Oregon 24 cabins, 8 barns, 20
miles of pastur fence, and developed 10
springs; and in Washington it has built
12 cabins and 1 barn, built 10 miles of
pasture fence, and developed 9 springs.
The rangers haye dona a large part
of the labor necessary in making these
improvements.
It is the policy of the Service to dev­
elop communication as fast as funds
W ill permit,not only because roads and
trails and telephones mean better pro­
tection for the forest wealth which the
government is guarding, but because
these means of communication make
the Nat:onal Forests more accessible
to the general public. To 'late in Ore­
gon and Washington, over 4000 miles
each of trail and telephone have been
ouilt, and 101 bridges and 55 lookouts
have been erected. Of the bridges, 7
are of the snspension type.
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party which took him. He was hanged
Organized la’ or at Portland at Port-'
land continues 'o fight permanont high 1
to a tree.
John Austin Hooper, said to be a pa- | Frank was brought I'M) miles fr m
way construction as conducted by Mult
rolled convict from the state prison at the prison farm to a point alm >st with-
nomah county.
| Folsom, Cal., suspected with having i i” sight of the former home of Mary
Portland is moving for a city manag­ robbed the bank at Rogue River, a I
er in p'ace of i s * ou-tick e me-and-l'll , -
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re at Hornbrook, , —
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number of | Phagan. No shots were fired.
tickie*you comm ss on.
1 other robberies, and who was held In j Franks body, barefooted, and clad only
in prison trousers and shirt, was found
Roth Grocery Co., Salem, will erect the jail at Grants Pass on a charge of at 8:30 o'clock this morning. It was
holding up and robbing the Southern '
$20,000, brickbuilding, two story
believed he was lynched about day­
Portland—Willamette Iron and Steel
____ Pacific depot at that place, escaped j light-
Wor :s employing day and night shifts. from
iai> with,
fellow prisoner
Several automobiles, well loaded left
named Colinge, early Sunday morning.
Supt. Campbell has returned from
here in the direction of Milledgeville
It seems that Sheriff Smith entered last night. After the returu of some
Coos Bay and says that trains will be
the jail ; b ut nine o’clock Sunday mor of the machines today, officers started
running there by May 1.
n og with breakfast for the prisoners, out on the road which they believed the
Waldo Copper Co. shipped first car­
unlocking the doors of the cells in automobile.! had traveled. '1 hey had
load of ore over new railroad to Grants
which they Were confined, in order that gone only two miles when they saw the
Pass.
Pacific highway to be paved from dor when the man Colinge grappled |
from the road.
Tolo to Central Point.
the sheriff around the waist pinning I
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Last legislature enacted 53 game laws his arms to his bony, Hooper then dis­
—great industry, this legislating
armed the sheriff and threw him into , No End Of The War In Sigh'.
Holland contracts for 100,000 boxes a t empty cell and locked the door. ;
They relieved the officer of money—80 j
Hood River apples 1916 crop.
The allies are meeting a most stub-
St. Helens—Columbia River Cannery cents, his gun and some tobacco, and
leisurely leaving the jail encountered a ’ born resistance • on the Bosphorus,
running steady on vegetables.
m in driving a horse attached to a bag-' gti|] we 8Uspect that the feelirg in
Donald will improve l<>.000 feet of
xy- Taking possession of the rig they j England is that Constantinople must be
streets.
drove to the outskirts of the town, 1 taken, no matter what the cost may
Manufacture of peppermint oil in Linn where they sep-rate I, Hooper telling
be, for until it is neither Egypt, the
county under way.
Colinge that he would meet him later Suez canal, nor India is safe.
MiHersburg will vote on erecting $’’, 0'1.
Egypt is filled with Mohammedans, in
000 school house Aug. 2.
Colinge was arrested about half an t India there seventy millions of them;
i
Albany- Site selected for $1,500,000 hour after the escape, but the officers 1 it is clear that if the war continues un­
paper mill at Albany.
were unable to find any trace of Hoop­ ! til all tl ese forces are combined and
Those who hold the office of public er, who was next hear 1 of near Rogue 8|la|| have learned their power, nothing
defender, the office sought to be foist- River whete about nine oclock Sunday ¡rl southern Asia or northern Africa
ered on taxpayers for cities and cuun- evening he halted E. Kroh of Grants will be safe against them. And Germ­
Paes, and by threats backed by a gun any has stretched a railroad from the
ties, naturally defend it publicly
Yamhill county has oiled fifty miles compelled Mr. Kroh to convey him in Mediterranean as far into Asia as an­
his auto to a point this side of Rogue cient Mesopotamia and should a peace
of main highway for $1,500.
River; here Hooper alighted with the be patched up before Constantinople is
Governor Will Probe Lynching Motorcycles Records Made
Gold Hill—Rogue River Public Ser­
remark that he had about forty miles taken and a clear way made for Rus­
resume
vice
Corporation
preparing
to
Of Frank.
At Tacoma Races.
to travel and believed that he would sian ships out from the Black sea, the
work on plant here.
walk the balance of the war.
situation will be a constant menace to
Contract awarded to Clark & Henry
both Great Britain and Russia. 1 his
Sheriff
Smith
phoned
to
the
sheriff
’
s
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Fitzgerald, Ga., Aug. 17.—Governor
Const. Co. for paving of Alder street, office at this place, a short time after is so manifest th,-t it is not impossible
Tacoma. Wash., Aug. 16—New worlds
N. E. Harris, who came here today to records in the 100, 200 and 300 mile ev­
or
$32,
at Eugene, for $1.73 ber cu. ft.
the escape, asking for assistance in try that the next great drive of the Germ­
attend the annual reunion of the Con- ents were made yesterday on the Taco­ Battleships Go To Vera Cruz. 915. Pavement to be 24 ft. wide, 5 in j
ing to round up the desperaio, and ans may be to secure a hold on tie
fe lerate veterans, announced that he ma Speedway association lattice track,
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cone base, 2 in. bituulthic wearing sur-j Sheriff Singler accompanied by Jailor Balkan states and try to raise the si< ge
would return to Atlanta tonight to aid i by Earl Armstrong of San Francisco.
Washington, Aug. 16.—Secretary face.
Wilson left in an autom ibile across the on the Bosphorous. As the war devel-
the prison commission in an investiga-' He won the 300 mile race on an Indian Daniels has ordered the battleships
The first mile of hard-surface! road
Applegate valley opes, the difficulty of estimating when
tion of the lynching of Leo M. Frank. ' in three hours, 45 minutes, 29.2 sec­ New Hampshire and Lousiana, now in built in Coos county and a $370,000 bond hill and through the did not find any it will close, grows greater and great­
to Grants Pass, but
I
“The people are entitled to all the' onds. His average was 79.84 miles. the Gulf of Mexico, to proceed to Ver.i issue is proposed.
er. Unless a pestilence comes, or the
trace of the missing man.
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facts in the case,” said the governor, His average for 100 miles was 81 41 Cruz. This course has gene rally been
Hood River plans county flower plan­
o’clock at night p-ople i'l desperation rise up and dem
At
about
eleveh
“and I propose to see that they shall miles an hour, and for 200 miles, 82.81 expected, but n >t until today was it ting campaign.
Sheriff Singler was again called and and peace, it is clear that there will be
miles an hour.
have them.”
acknowledged at the navy department.
Halfway —Water bond issue of $20,- asked to assist in patrolling the Pacific no cessation until “the fiery hosts, now
Highway, it being supposed that Hoop rolling on the foe, shall be mouldering
000 voted on Aug. 16.
cold and low.Goodwins Weekly.
Baker will put streamer lights on its er was m iking for the south where he
is
said
to
have
friends.
Mr.
Singler
principal streets.
Medford is promised a $600,000 sugar drove to the bridge near Ashland,
where a vigilant watch of several hours Curry County Sla\er
factory in time for the 1916 crop.
discovered no signs of the culprit.
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Marshfield—The Courtney mill which
Not Yet Found
7F-
has been idle for some time has been
reconstructed and made ready for cut­
Youth On I)eer Hunting
Marshfield, Ore., Aug. 17. Sheriff
ting lumber. At the present time the
Bailey of Curry county, with a deputy
owners are negotiating for a contract
Trip Shoots Himself
and a posse of eight men, have been
for 5,000 reidv-to erect houses.
searching all night, but without sue-
By Accident.
Linn county clover seed industry
ces, tor R. B. Neff who killed A. J.
yielding 8 bushels to the acre.
Wittman at Lakeport Sunday, and at­
The forestry generously allows peo­
Albany. Ore., Aug. 16. — Fred Layton tempted to kill Charles Walker, a
ple to build summer homes in the for­ 19 years old, son of A. G. Layton, who
school teacher. The people of the
est reserves It is doubtful if any but lives lwo miles north of Albany, accid­
neighborhood are terrorized fearing an
people of wealth car afford the luxury. ently shot himself yesterday while
attack, as it is thought that Neff is in­
Eugene Municipal water commis­ hunting d«*er in the mountains near Al­ sane as the result of brooding over the
sion would raise rates for water used | sea. The youth and his father had fear of losing some monev because he
by the city to keep rates down for con­ gone to the Alsea on a motorcycle and went security for the school. Il is re­
sumers.
in company with other hunters had ported that there was some trouble a-
East Portland getting new bank and gore up Alder creed on the west side bout the school funds. There was no
business men’s club buildings.
of Mary's peak. Layton was last seen reason for killing Wittman except that
Woodburn will vote on $10,000 bond standing on a loif, and it appears that Neff believed him to be a sympathizer
his gun slipped and was discharged, the with Charles Walker, whom Neff blam
i isue for high school.
Mossbacks are litigating proposed bullet entering the lower part of the ed for the trouble, It is thought that
abdomen ranging up through the body Neff will put up a fight before he will
union high school at Holly.
and penetrating the lungs.
submit to capture, and in his evident
Corvalis—C. E. Hout erects 2-story
Several men were soon at his «ide, insane state it is feared that there will
brick, 50x1 (X).
and with an improvised stretcher car- be further bloodshed.
ried the injured man four miles to
Miners Week At Fait.
camp. He died shortly before reach­
ing camp. An inquest was held to de­ Many Horses Spipped
termine whether the shot was from
Al! mining men and miners of Oreg some other gun or his own. The body
To European War Zone
on will be interested in the fact that was taken to Corvallis last night. Ab­
dnring the last of September a ’’Min­ out 2t> hunters, who were in thesectii n
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Eugene, Ore., Aug. 18.-Three car­
ers Week” will draw thousands to the i where the accident occurred, gave up
loads of horses, all said to be for use
exposition. Some of the largest met* their trip and returned home
by Furopean countries in the war, have
connected with th*> mining Industry are
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be n »hipped out of Eugo te during the
back of the idea and are co-operating
with the officials here in the effort to Rosebwg H infers Kill Deer On p st two d.y. Frank De Lay. who
h s been buying horses here all stun­
interest both the big and the lit.le fel |
ner for Walcott, Beers and Gr- nt of
low in the states of Idaho, Nevada,
Opening Day.
Kansas City, Mo , shipped a c ir load
Washington, Oregon and California.
on Moi day and an .ther cat load yester­
Thu details of the program will be
Jacksonville, Ore.
lhe Pioneer Store
Roseburg, Aug. 16 Nearly 100 dee day. This firm is said to be bu< mg
forvhcom ng as soon as possible and it
is already certain that the week wdl f*dl ye* terday, the first day of the deer foi the Br ill.- h government. J. N.Cobb
have very much of greatest interest to season in Douglas coun’y, as trophies of ihi t city shipped a carload of the
I those interested in any wav with tak­ of the chase. Probably 400 hunters nimals to Portland Monday and it is
ing from the earth the wonderful combed the woods So far as heard no said that they will be reshipped ft "tn
stores of riches with which nature has accident occurred. Hunters reported there to the east to be conveyed either
endowed the mountains and valleys of the woods as filled with underbrush to the Fiench or the Brit sh govern-
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i this great country.
and very dry.
A hurricane swept the gulf coast
Monday flooding Galveston and many
smaller Texan towns, doing much dam­
age to property aud destroying a num­
ber of lives.
Latest reports from the stricken dis­
trict place the number of lives lost at
fiver 100, dstrihuted as follows: Virgin­
ia Point,30; Texas City, 18; Galveston,
14; Morgan’s Point, 11; Hitchcock, 7;
La Porte, 7: Port Arthur, 7; Lynch­
burg, 3, Sylvan Beach, 3; Seabrook, 3;
Houston, 2, with a number of places
yet to hear from. The first reports
placed the loss of life at Galveston at
over 500 but later accounts deny this.
The property loss is varionsly estim­
ated at from twenty-five to thirty mil­
lion dollars, the estimates being in
many instances vague, but in othera
fairly accurate. Galveston suffered
the heaviest property loss, the damage
being estimated at fifteen million dol­
lars. Besides the losses enumerated
there is a heavy loss to cotton growers
in the storm belt, reports stating that
fully 25% of the crop in central Texas
was ruined. Only the sea wall, which
has been erected since the storm of
1900, saved Galveston from extinction:
the government record showing that
the storm was greater than the one
which caused such a loss of life fifteen
years ago. The record shows that the
wind rose to 92 miles an hour, eight
miles more than the record in 1900,
and the waters of the gulf encroached
three miles inland from its high water
mark of the previous storm
it is said that it will provide that dele­
gates be appointed by the county courts
and the leading commercial, civic and
labor organizations of the state. For­
mal announcement of the plan will be
made as soon as all the details are
worked out; within a few days.
The Governor has been anxious to
evolve a plan which would give fair
representation to the conference, and
after weeks of consideration it was fin­
ally decided, it is said, 'hat the fairest
represennation would be obtained by '
allowing the county courts and the var
ions leading organizations in the
t..-.,
state to name the delegates. The plan *
contemplates that each shall name a 1
certain number of delegates. They
will ba advised ofthe plan and the num
ber of delegates they are to appoint bv
mail.
The conference will consider ways
and means of protecting the states in­
terest in the land. The United States
supreme court in a recent decision is­
sued an order restraining the company
from further sales of the land under
the grant until congress could legislate
on the subject, and the object of the
conference will be to decide upon a
plan which will protect the state’s in­
terest, and aid the Oregon delegatiou
in having congress adopt it. Under
the grant the railroad was to sell the
land to settiers at $2.50 an acre, and
the government favors a classification
of the lands for sale, and a division of
the surplus over this sum among three
funds —the school fund, the road fund
and tne irrigation fund. In a general
way he several months ago announced
his plan, and will submit it in a more
complete manner to the conference, it
is said. It was submitted to the mem­
bers of the legislature, and the major­
ity of them approved it.
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