MID HAPPENINGS
Of CURRENT WEEK
PROPOSE AIRCRAFT BUREAU
Connecticut Senator Confer* With Mr.
Coolidge. Who Favor« Plan.
BIG POWEB PLANT [ STATE NEWS
IN BRI
SOON 10 RISE t
Salem.
Governor Pierce ha* nn-
Swampscott, Mass. Establishment
uouncvd
the
appointment of a com
I of a bureau of air navigation In the de-
mittee to conduct an Investigation of
! partment of commerce to foster com
|S the circumstances attending the re
aviation was proposed to Pres
Brief Resume Most Important mercial
cent break at the Oregon state peni
ident Coolidge Monday by Senator
tentiary.
Bingham, republican, of Connecticut.
Daily News Items.
Senator Bingham has pu»t complet-
HarrUburgI The Pacific highway
ed an inspection trip of air stations
was thrown open through town Satur-
on the Pacific coast and in Alaska and
•w irt
innnnrnJay Thia la the last piece of the Har-
he declares that it is time for the gov
Hsburg Junction City sector, recently
ernment to aid in the development of
paved by George W. Read of Eugene.
.aviation. He frowned upon a request
.... .
to lie opened.
' for use of the airship Loa Angeles in
Scio. Ed Hawker, district game
Eventa olNoted People. (snrmmsiU transcontinental commercial aviation Oregon-California t oacern Reveal* In-
warden, arrested E. J. Holland Sat-
Because of Its limited speed, he said,
tent of Gigantic Enterprise
ruday for killing grouse and pheasant»
the Los Angeles could not compete
Site Chosen at Marmot.
out of season. He was brought be
Thing» Worth Knowing.
successfully with express trains,
fore justice of the peace here, who fIn-
whereas it might be successful in
cd him $50 and costs.
transportation over water. He sug
Portland. — Contemplated construc
Regulations to enforce the United gested that this airship be used be-
Salem Members of the state Irri
States-Canadian treaty were agreed tween Honolulu and the Pacific coast tion of a $20.000.000 hydro-electric gation securities commission, with the
upon Saturday by representatives of as an experiment in commercial work. plant on the Sandy and Salmon rivers
exception of Rhea Luper, state engi
In the plan he will propose to the
the two governments. They will be
was
announced
Saturday
by
Herman
neer. returned here Saturday after In
next congress Senator Bingham would j
announced later.
have the department of commerce es . Kolberg of Los Angeles and Portland, ■pecting a number of irrigation pro
One of the men who participated in tablish lighthouses on land for the general manager of the Oregon-Call- jects in central Oregon.
the assassination of Liu Chung-Hoi. guidance of airplanes, and he would furnia hydro-electric company, with
Harrisburg — Harrisburg will have
finance minister of the Canton gov set up a government inspection serv- offices in the Woodlark building.
between 15 and 20 blocks of new ce
ment sidewalks as th«’ result of an
ernment, was killed by guards while ice for all commercial airplanes.
Highlights of the projected enter adjourned meeting of the city council
Senator Bingham reported that the
fleeing from the scene and another
president looked with favor upon the prise were outlined by Mr. Kolberg as Wednesday night. Both sides of the
wounded. The remainder escaped.
suggestion and was anxious that the follows:
Pacific highway the entire distance
A dozen persons were injured and :
government aid in the development of
The company within two weeks within the city limits will be laid.
several houses blown down when a
commercial aviation by every means
will reincorporate with capital of $20,-
Ashland With the opening of the
tornado struck Seabrook, a bay shore
possible except through direct subsidy.
tomato canning season, the local can
town near Houston, Tex. early Sun
000,000.
President Coolidge began another
ners was forced to work two »hlfts to
day. Several of the Injured suffered
Construction will commence within
week of vacation Monday, with indica-
handle the record tomato crop which
broken bones and every ambulance in
tions that it will be perhaps the most three months upon the first plant, to they will pack at the1 local plant. The
the city has been sent to the scene.
quiet he has enjoyed since his arrival be located on the Sandy river near tomatoes, blackberry and pear packs
Eamon de Valera and the republic here late in June. He plans to con-
Marmot, 38 miles from Portland, and are taxing the plant to its full capar-
an party executive committee have is tinue his practice of conferring from
ity.
sued notice to party electors to ab time to time with high government to cost over $10.000,000.
Klamath Falls. The first Issue of
Completion of this plant Is anticipat
stain from voting or taking part in officials and congressional leaders,
the Malin Progress, weekly newspa-
the Free State elections in September. but few appointments have been made ed within 18 months.
per. was off the press Friday under
At that time 19 members of the sen for this week and it is likely to be
Upon completion of the Marmot
management of the farmers of
the
ate are to be elected.
comparatively free of engagements.
plant construction of a second plant
Klamath irrigation district. The
Thus
far
there
have
been
no
in
Two trainmen were killed, 15 pas
will be started, to be located on the newspaper will be the official organ
sengers were seriously injured and 75 dications as to when the president
Salmon river near Welches, and upon of the farmers and water users of
will
return
to
Washington,
although
others received minor hurts late Fri
the completion of that a third plant
Klamath county.
day when two “panoramic special” there is a strong possibility that he
St.
Helens.
Mary K. McBride, wife
will
remain
here
until
after
Labor
day.
will be erected on the Salmon river
trains of the Denver & Rio Grande
The impending tie-up of anthracite near the Linney creek reservoir, the of Thomas A. McBride, chief justice
■Western railroad crashed near the
of the Oregon supreme court, died In
little mountain station of Granite, mines, scheduled for next week as a two to cost an additional $10.000,000.
the hospital here at 6:30 o'clock Sun
result
of
the
failure
of
operators
and
Power
from
the
plants
largely
will
Colo.
miners to agree on a new wage scale, be used by new industries, establish day morning. She had been ill for
Dr. Henry C. Taylor, chief of the is not likely to have any effect upon
ment of which is practically assured. several months with a malady which
bureau of agricultural economics of Mr. Coolidge's vacation plans. It is
Mr
Mr. Kolberg said that the enterprise two operations failed to relieve.
the agriculture department, has re understood he does not consider that
had ample financial backing from in McBride was at the bedside.
signed at the request of Secretary Jar suspension of operations would in any
Pendleton. — Prices received for
terests in Chicago. New York and San
dine. Thomas P. Cooper, dean of the way necessitate his return to the cap-
Francisco; that there would be no honey produced this year have been
agricultural college of the University ital, as he is determined, for the pres-
stock for sale, but that there would the lowest since the beginning of the
of Kentucky, has been chosen to suc ent at least, to maintain a hands-off be a bond issue before construction! war. according to J. Skovbo. Hermle-
ceed him.
policy.
on the first plant started. He did not ton, the largest honey producer In the
Two marines of the special detail divulge the interests backing the en- ¡state. Prospects all season have been
to
some
wreckage,
a
brass
Attached
plate has been washed ashore at assigned to guard the summer White terprise, or the industries which it is for a record flow, and these prospects
Porthcagl, Glamorgan. Wales, which House were found asleep at their said will come to Portland when the ¡aided In bearing the price, he said.
plant is ready to furnish power.
Pendleton.—Facts about livestock
belonged to the American coast guard posts of duty early this morning.
"I will say, however,” he declared. J raising and how to Judge cows, pigs
cutter Tampa. The Tampa, with heavy
"that none of the persons Interested and chickens were related to mem
loss of life, was sunk by a German 61 FAMILIES MADE
HOMELESS BY FIRE in this enterprise Is interested In any' bers of the Umatilla County Bankers'
submarine in British waters Septem
association at Freewater when the
ber, 1918.
Montreal.—Fire late Monday night, other power company.'
The Oregon-California Hyrdo-Elec- monthly session of the bankers was
Biz Alex, the Liard river Indian leveled an entire block of houses here,
trie company was incorporated in Ore- held. Stock Judging teams from Herm-
charged with murder in the “witch rendering homeless 61 families. Start
gon more than a year ago with Samuel1 Iston. Pilot Rock ami Freewater, and
ing
at
about
11
o'clock
the
flames
craft” case, was found guilty of man
Connell, president; Herman Kolberg,; Fred Benfiton. county agent, were
raged
with
great
violence
under
an
ex-
slaughter by a jury in assize court at
vice-president and general manager,1 special guests of the association.
Prince Rupert, B. C-, late Thursday. tremely heavy wind and were aided
and Sydney B. Vincent, secretary and
sufficient
water
pres-
also
by
lack
of
With wheat harvest
Pendleton.
The jury deliberated one hour and
treasurer.
sure
to
combat
them.
practically
completed,
one of the odd
five minutes. Sentence was not pro
Last fall a contract for the engineer est records ever made In this county
At 2 o’clock the firemen consider-
nounced.
ed the fire under control, although a ing of the project was entered Into seems assured. The record is that
A new word, kilocycle, gradually is three-story dwelling house was still with the Sessions Engineering com- in a whole harvest season, which has
taking the place of the word wave burning fiercely. Most of the resi pany of Chicago. Work was started been
been veI
very dry. not a single fire in
length in the vocabulary of radio fans. dents whose houses were destroyed immediately and surveys and maps J stan(]ing wheat has been reported.
The department of commerce explain were asleep when the fire began and have been completed. Officials said According to insurance firms the rec-
ed in a statement that certain advan were compelled to make their escape that nearly $500,000 had been spent In 1 ord has never been duplicated in the
tages had been found in the new term, scantily attired.
preliminary work.
memory of those now in business.
which means frequency or the number
Thus far the casualties have been
Baker, The feasabillty of the estab-
of waves a second.
Bryan Memorial Urged.
confined to firemen, some of whom
llshment of co-operative commission
A reassuring note of hope for the were overcome by smoke and cut by
The Philadelphia firms in the stock yards of Portland.
Philadelphia.
stabilization of economic and social falling glass. One woman suffered a Record Monday took the initiative in Seattle and Spokane, with the object
conditions in Germany is sounded by broken arm when a hose cart was forming a committee to finance and J of improving the orderly process of
General von Hindenburg, president of driven through a plate glass window erect a national memorial to William marketing, was decided on at a meet-
the German republic, in a message into a cigar store..
Jennings Bryan. The Record solicits, ing of the executive committee of the
given to American business men
the support of citizens and newspapers Oregon Cattle and Horse Raisers as-
Guards Asleep, Charge.
through Merle Thorpe, editor of the
throughout the nation and names as sociation held here. F. A. Phillips,
Nation’s Business, and made public
Swampscott, Mass. — An investiga the prospective chairman of the com- president of the association, presided.
Sunday.
Josephus Daniels, publisher of:
..
. , K„,
tion to determine whether two ma mittee
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Albany.—New school buildings In
Iver N. Larson, brother of Victor rines on guard at the summer White the Raleigh News and Observer, secre-'
rural districts in Linn county this
F. Larson, owner and publisher of the House went to sleep on duty Saturday tary of the navy in President Wilson's
. „
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. । year number nine and the total cost of
Chicago Daily News, who died Wed night is under way. It was ordered cab net and firm friend of the great—
....
.
.
«or
the . buildings
was approximately
$25,-
nesday expressed confidence that it Monday by Captain Adolphus An commoner.
„, 000. Last year but one new building
was Mr. Lawson’s wish “that the Chi drews, commander of the Mayflower,
The Record says: Mr. Bryan will
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7
was completed. Seven one-room school
cago Daily News should continue who is in charge of the marine corps (be remembered, without any formal houses, ranging in cost from $2000 to
along its present lines, thus represent detail here. Lieutenant J. E. Wright reminder of his accomplishments, for $2500, and two gymnasiums, one cost
ing his Ideal of a popular independent reported that a private on one of the his influence on the lives of his lel ing $3000 and the Other $10,000, were
newspaper.”
four posts was asleep and that a cor- low men. for his long, ardent and un- completed this year anti will be put
a napJ tiring defense of the rights of the
Many rescuing parties are scouring poral had left his post to take
into service this fall.
common pteople.1
the Japanese Alps, where hundreds of
Salem. There were a total of 771
Sea Tosses 3 In Plane.
amateur mountaineers are in danger.
accidents
in Oregon Industries report
Budapest, Hungary.—With 5 min-
The climbers have been stormbound
Lieutenant J.
ed to the state industrial accident
Vancouver, B. C.
since Friday and there was a terrific Allen Hull'of the royal Canadian airto Bay ««***• before ^eir commission during the week ending
storm Monday. Two persons have forces and two passengers tossed for,death, Mitzi Lederer and her husband, August 20, according to a report pre-
been found dead, while scores of be 30 hours on Milbanke sound, 350 miles Gustav, choking with anguish and ¡pared here. Of the accidents reported
numbed
mountaineers are being northwest of here, before they were blinded by tears, were unable to say «23 were subject to the provisions of
rescued Sunday by the steamer Yukon. (a single word. They had been con- the compensation act. 113 were from
brought down.
The plane, which was patrolling victed of the murder of Franz Kudelka, firms and corporations that have re
John Klassin, University of Chicago
1 Oy de-¡who
’I’- . ” »• * was visiting the couple in Buda- jected the lAw, and five were from
student and son of a wealthy Mankato, the air to detect fish poachers,
Kan., rancher, is dead and Archie Car scended on account of en gine trouble.1 pest. "You have 5 minutes,” the judge public utility corporations not entitled
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"Four-three-two-one, and no to state protection.
Lui, 21, was under
uudci wicol
-Ka Alim wirelessed that a heavy sea pre- said,
lini,
arrest vluugcd
charged with
more time to bld each other good-
having slugged Klassin when the lat- vented him from rising.
Eugene.— George M. Swinehart has
bye.” The man and wife were imme- filed suit In circuit court here against
ter accosted his sweetheart, Inez Par
diately executed.
Dorothy Found Guilty-
ise. James R. Mitcham, also a stu
the Standard Oil company and
Charles Bussey, one of Its truck driv
dent, from Fort Worth, Tex., was
San Francisco, Cal.—Dorothy Elling
Blast Toll Reaches 50.
ers at Cottage Grove, for $25,000 gen
beaten in the fight.
son, 17-year-old confessed matricide,
Three tentative proposals have been was found guilty of manslaughter by. Newport, R. I. Death had claimed oral damages ami $533.65 special dam
received by the fleet corporation for a superior court jury Saturday night. 50 lives in the boiler explosion on ages on account of the death of his
purchase of the American Republic’s The jury retired at 10:10 A. M, to de- the excursion steamer Mackinac up wife, Mrs. Margaret Swinehart. Her
freight line and the Pan-American pas- liberate on a verdict. The young de 'to early Saturday night, when Sarah death Is alleged Io have been caused
.______ took
___ ' the — verdict
am«.
senger-cargo line, both of .. which , run'fendant
calmly. She Powers, 15, of Central Falls, R. I., suc- by injuries when the truck struck her
to the east coast of South America, was chewing gum when the jurors en- cumbed to burns. Earlier in the day on a street at Cottage Grove, April
An additional propdbal has been re- tered. Manslaughter carries a penalty death ended the suffering of James 20, this year. It is alleged that the
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reived for the purchase of the Pan- of from one to ten years, eligible for Henderson and ' Charles
Koeford. All truck was being driven at reckless
American line alone.
j parole after one year.
j | were patients in the naval hospital, ¡speed.
T]
SCHOOL DAIJS
j A
$20,000,000 Expenditure
Promised.
COMPILED FOR YOU
MARKET IS ASSURED
1PHO SAID
Ah. what would th» world b« to us.
If th« children w«r« no mor«?
Wr should dread th«* d«««rt behind U»
Worw than th« dark before
"Tht multitude it al-
HOT WEATHER DISHES
Wentworth Dillon, tuoni
W HEN
curl of Roacummon, Uttered the»«
day w hen hot dishes do
O N not n warm
a;Oral to the palate, It 1* re
words, he well knew and appreciate«
the limited ability of a multitude o
mob to make nn accurate judgment
He lived nt the time « Imrie* 11 was II
power In Englund, and lie saw tin
multitude first acclaim royalty. In th«
person of Charles' father, then «1»
nounce It ami execute their king, t>
welcome the regime of Oliver from
well. And. finally. In- saw the multi
tude turn agnlu to royalty and outd<
It self In un attempt to show tbelr af
faction for the new monarch, Charlei
n
Roscommon, a* be Is liest known
was one of the favorites at the cour
of Charles II. where hl* learning nn<
brilliant conversational powers wot
him many staunch friends among th«
Isolde*. It I* a rather strange tblni
that this man who was such n frlem
of the king should nt the same tlnu
have been described as “the only mora
writer” during the reign of Charles.
The reign of this monarch was note«
for the dlasolutenesa and licentious
ness of those In control, and how II
happened that u muis <>f Roscommon'«
character, writing ns he did. did not
offend some of the dissolute courtiers
If not the king himself. Is not known
The fact remains, however, that hi
continued In the good graces of th«
king nnd hl* court until death.
Roscommon 1» known ns a mln»»
poet. He bus left little to accord hint
a high place among the writers of lilt
hind, and yet many of his Haying* anf
lilts of philosophy, such a* that quoted
above, have be«-n handed down tkrougt
the years. He wus born In ltk'13 ant!
died In 1G&3.
Little of Ilie work of Roscommon
has survived. Ills two best known ef
forts, probably, are nn "Essay on th«
Translation of Verse” and n "Trans
latlon of Horace's Art of Poetry.“—
Wayne !• McMurray.
freshing to serve some of the cooling
jellied dishes.
Chicken Is the favorite summer meat
and mar le prepared in many dltTereut
ways to vary the Mmene**.
Chicken In Aspic.
Wash and clean n four pound chick
en and put In a kettle with two quarts
of water (boiling), one sliced onion,
one-half cupful of diced celery, or one-
eighth teaMpoonful of celery seed, it
sprig or two of parsley, a bit of buy
leaf, one small carrot diced, two teu-
spoonfuls of salt, and one quarter of
a teuspoonful of pepper. Cook slowly
until very tender. Set away to cool;
remove the chicken and *klm off all
the fat from the top of the liquor.
Heat the liquor, »’’ling two egg
whites and shells to larlfy, one-half
teaspoonful of «alt. one quarter tea-
spoonful of papri a, one eighth tea
spoonful of nutm< ■ and the juice of
half a lemon. Ami three tablespoon-
fuls of granulat-'il gelatin which ha*
bom soaked In three quarters of a
cupful of cold water; stir until the
gelatin Is dlssolvtsl. then strain
through a double cheesecloth. Mold
as for any meat loaf, adding aspara
gus tips, cooked egg, canned pimen
tos or stuffed olive* for color.
A quick nsplc may be made with
beef extract or bouillon cub«-», one
tenspoonful to each cup, or one rube.
Attractive Jellies may be made of
tomato juice. This 1» nice for tlsh
mold.
Maryland Hors d’Oeuvre.
Spread rounds of buttered toast
with minced muslirooms slewed in a
little butter or cream, tin this place
n spoonful of diced chicken moistened
with white sauce, nnd top with half
a stuffed egg garnished with n whirl
of mayonnaise. Thl* makes n nice
luncheon di*h which may he extended
to serve many.
IS IT MILTON?
American Miltons have the sat
T HE
isfaction nt believing that they are
collateral descendants of Jolin Milton,
the Immortal author of "Paradise
Lost.” At least such may bi- their
claim if they nre descended from the
Milton family early established ut
Halifax, N. C.
The tradition Is that the ancestor of
these Miltons was Judge Christopher
Milton, a brother of the poet. A de
scendant of hl* was Jolin Milton, who
was born in Englund and came to the
United States In 1734, settling In North
Carolina.
Hi* son, John Milton. born In Hali
fax «munty, North Carolina. In 1740,
wns secretary of state of Georgia after
the Revolution, nnd received two vote*
from the Georgia electors for first
President of the United States. He mar
ried Hannah Spencer and by her had a
son, Homer Virgil Milton, an officer
In the War of 1812. He was known
as General Milton.
General Milton had n son John Mil
ton, born In 1807, who was governor of
Florida. Governor Milton had a son.
William Henry Milton, n distinguished
jurist, and his son, William Hall, born
in 1864, was a distinguished surveyor
general.
CA.SE—There Is nn Anglo Norman
word "cas" or chance from which this
name Is probably derived.
ASHLEY—From the name of par
ishes in Staffordshire, Wilts, Cam
bridge nnd other En.JIsh counties,
((£ by McClur* Nbw«i>up<-r Hyn.HcMl*.)
wayt in the wrong."
<5© by O««rw« Matthew
(>
cans along with the birthday» of Wash
Ington nnd Lincoln. For we have owe«.'
a th-bt to Lafayett«1 and France fol
our freedom. Which we have never for
gotten nnd which w<- tire Ju t beginning
to repay. Pershing, nt Hie tomb ol
this great 1 rem-hman, snld simply
"Lafayette, we nre here” and expressed
the feeling of all America.
Marl«' Joseph Paul Yves Roch fill
bert Du Motler, Marquis de Lafayette
was bom In Auvergne, France, Septem
ber 6, 1757. At thlrt«‘cn he was left an
orphan with a princely fortune; at six
teen he married n young girl from one
of th«> country's most noted families;
nt nineteen, he wanted to help America
fight for freedom.
He enme to America first with a few
comrades, enlisted ns a volunteer with
out pay, but was made a major general
He proved his value us u commundet
ut once. He was obliged to return to
France for six months, really as a
champion of America at the court of
Louis XVL He returned, used bls own
money to provide for his men, and took
n distinguished part all through our
Revolution.
ills history, after that, Is almost the
history of France. He worked for the
liberty of his own country, but tried tn
stop the frenzy of the revolting people
who threw French polities Into such a
chaotic state towards the end of the
century. He even suffered five years’
imprisonment, In spite of America'«
pleas for him. After alternate |»rlods
• if political activity and of quiet lie
died In Purls, In 1834.
(0« by G«ory« Matthew Akou)