Morning Oregonian., September 04, 1916, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 191C.
FRAUD IS CHARGED
F. G. Matheson Held Follow
ing Lane Land Deals.
SEVERAL FARMERS LOSE
Titles to Texas Tracts Are Said to
Have Proved to Be Bogus After
Oregon Farms "Were Disposed
Of to Third Parties.
EUGENE. Or., Sept. 3. (Special.)
F. Or. Matheson, wanted In Lane County
for alleged fraudulent real estate
transactions, and who Is said to have
defrauded Orcgron farmers out of title
to lands valued at between $30,000 and
$40,000, was arrested In Oakland. Cal.,
today, according- to a telegram re
ceived by Sheriff Parker.
Andrew Bossen, who says he grave
Matheson title to a farm valued at
J9000 and some personal property for a
worthless abstract of title to Texas
land. Is the complainant. He Is but
one of Ma-theson's alleged victims.
Aocording to Mr. Bossen's complaint,
Matheson sold the personal property
received from Mr. Bossen In Lane
County, and later disposed of the Bos
ben land to a resident of California.
Whether or not he sold this land for
cash is not known here.
Another Lane County accuser of
Matheson is A. C. Denhel. of Pleasant
Hill, who charges he traded property
worth between J9000 and $10,000 for
Texas land. Title to this land also is
said to have passed from Matheson to
a third party.
According to information received by
District Attorney Devers, Matheson ob
tained title to 800 acres of Linn County
land from a man named Martin, at
Brownsville. Martin also gave a note
for $2800 in connection with the trans
action. District Attorney Devers said that he
understood that Matheson was just
about to complete a deal at Roseburg
and had completed one recently at
Med ford.
The Texas land Involved Is a part
of an old Mexican grant, the owners
of which, in letters to District Attorney
Devers, say fiat they do not know
Matheson, that the land has never been
sold and that he has no Interest therein.
PIONEERS CLOSE .REUNION
Early Settlers Camp Near Scene of
Many Indian Battles.
ROSEBXTRG.- Or., Sept. 8. (Special.)
After a three days session the an
nual pioneers' reunion, which has been
held in Douglas County for many years,
closed last night.
This year's reunion was held In
Camas Valley, and within a short dis
tance of where a number of the early
Indian battles were fought. The pro
gramme Included baeket dinners, ad
dresses by prominent local speakers,
campfires and nightly dances.
Among those who addressed the pio
neers 'Were: Rev. J. K. Howard, of
Mendale; Binger Hermann, and J. W.
Hamilton, of Roseburg. and J. O. Day,
ot Olalla. There were people at the
reunion from Curry and Coos counties.
ALBANY'S MARKET OPENS
City Supplies Fund to Grange for
Operating Expenses.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. S. (Special.)
Albany's publlo market opened Sat
urday. Most of the booths for those
Felling vegetables and farm produce
were filled and one of the booths for
meat dealers was occupied.
The new market is being conducted
tinder the supervision of . the Linn
. County Pomona Grange and Is operated
through permission of the city author
ities. The city furnished an appropria
tion to defray most of the expenses of
Installing the market. Archie C. Miller
Is market master.
The booths for the market stand on
the east side of Ellsworth, street. Just
south of Secoond street.
ALBANY WOMAN IS DEAD
Mrs. Carrie Melvina. Golns Survived
by Husband and 8 Children.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 8. (Special.)
Mrs. Carrie Melvlna Golns, resident of
Albany for 22 years and wife of John
H. Golns, for many years an- employe
of the Albany postofflce, died this
morning at St. Mary's Hospital.
Mrs. Goins was 48 years old and a
daughter of James A. Perry, and was
born at Solo, Or. Soon after marriage
in 1894 she came with her husband to
Albany and had lived there ever since.
She was a member of the local lodge
,of Rebekahs and Degree of Honor. She
Is survived by her husband and eight
children, also four brothers and four
sisters.
JAPAN IS BUILDING SHIPS
One Company Has Under Way Ves
sels of Total Tonnage of 82,000.
SEATTLE. Sept. 8. Captain Some.
kawa, of the Osaka Shoshen Kaisha
liner Chicago Maru, which arrived from
Oriental ports today, said that his com
pa. y now nas under construction a
total steamer tonnage of about 82,000,
the list including 12 vessels; two of
10.000 tons each, six of 7000 tons and
two of 6000, with a pair of smaller
eteamers.
Some of these steamers will be added
to the Seattle run, he believes, and
should a contemplated change be in
augurated several will be placed on
a direct run to Europe next year.
WOMAN INMATE BLAMED
Yife of ex-State Employe Files Suit
for Divorce.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.)
Dora C. Towery has filed a divorce suit
In the Circuit Court against James P.
Towery, charging that her husband
became infatuated with a woman in
mate of one of the state Institutions
where he was employed.
Mrs. Towery avers her spouse squan
dered money on the woman named, un
known to the officials of the Institution
until August 26, when Towery was dis
charged. The Towerys were married
In Arkansas in 1881.
Lebanon Burglars Plead Guilty.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.)
Fafred Scheman and Louis Price, of
Thomas, pleaded guilty In the State
Circuit Court here Saturday on a charge
of burglary. They were Indicted for
stealing bacon and hams from the
smoke-house of L. W. Densmore, near
Lebanon. Price was sentenced to an
indeterminate term of from two to five
years and paroled..
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TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Majestlo Charlie Chaplin, "The
Count"; June Caprice, "Little
Miss Happiness."
Sunset Douglas Fairbanks In
"Habit of Happiness"; Charles
Murray, "Bath House Blunder."
ECelllg Ince war spectacle, "Clv-
lllzatlon."
Peoples -Fannie "Ward, "Each
Pearl a Tear."
Pickf ord Mabel Taliaferro, in
"God's Half Acre"
Columbia Bessie Barrlscale and
Charles Ray, "Home"; "Never
Again."
T & D Ethel Clayton, "Husband
and Wife"; "The Tarantula";
Blllie Burke, "Gloria's Ro
mance." Peoples.
FArsiia WAKLi, star or Tne
Cheat" and other strong Para
mount features, has never been
seen to better advantage than In "Each
Pearl a Tear," a dramatio story of
love, conspiracy and the stock market,
which opened a four-day run at the
Peoples Theater yesterday. The pho
toplay, which has to do with a young
girl who is led to believe by an un
scrupulous millionaire that she has lost
a valuable string of pearls, and must
work for him to repay the loss, gives
Miss Ward an opportunity to wear sev- ,
eral of those new gowns purchased In
New York on her recent trip from
Southern California.
The star plays the role or uiane
Wl iston, beautiful daughter of Roger
Winston, confidential secretary to Lor-
illard. millionaire broker, who is at
tracted to the srirl. He buys a wonder
ful string of pearls, and has her wear
them Et a charity tableaux. The girl
thoughtlessly takes them home and
then sends her 6ed father with them
to Lorillard. The haste results in an
attack of paralysis, and Lorillard
places the pearls in his Bafe. He then
tells the girl that he nas never re
ceived them. Warned that a sudden
shock will cau-?e the death or Winston,
Lorillard causes a scene which results
in an effort to tell the truth and the
old man dies. Thn Diane, to repay
the debt, goes to work for Lorillard.
Clarke. Lorillard's young secretary.
is in love with Diane, and Is discharged
when he declares his feeling. Clarke
determine.- to moke money to cancel
Diane's debt and plunges In the marnet.
The broker smashes the stocks Clarke Is
interested In. but Diane, who finds the
necklace, pawns the jewels, and with
the money swings the market towards
her lover and ruins Lorillard, the man
who brought about the death of her
father. The scenes in the broker's of
fice are realistic and dramatic.
Jack Dean. Miss Ward's husband.
plays the lover role, while Charles
Clary handles well the part of the un
scrupulous millionaire-broker.
Paramount Fictographs, magazine or
the screen, introduces a number of new
topics of timely interest, as well as
further pictured lectures on better
babies.
Columbia.
Has the sudden accession of wealth
gone to your head? Or perhaps the
more permanent possession of riches
has affected you likewise? If so your
complacency is due for a rude Jarring
at the Columbia Theater, where Bessie
Barrlscale. Charles Ray and Louise
Glaum are Interpreting a clever com
edy-satire. "Home." It is the most
thoroughly enjoyable film Manager
Myrick has presented to the Portland
public in miy weeks.
The story deals with a girl with a
mission. Bessie Wheaton's mission is
to so mirror the folly, snobbishness and
cynicism of the memberss of her newly
rich family that they recover their
equilibrium. So well does she succeed
that grave fears are entertained for
her future, and she nearly loses a
sweetheart, but Bessie Wheaton Is
"more foolish than her brother," "more
snobbish than her mother" and "more
insulting than her dad."
Bessie comes home to find that every
member of the family Is Insufferably
affected by their new wealth and posi
tion. Brother is Infatuated with an
actress, mother and sister are queens
of snobbery and sis Is angling for a
worthless count, while dad is so op
pressed by it all that he Is a grouchy
cynic, with not a good word for wife
or children.
So the girl plunges into the work of
regeneration. She makes of the actress
an intimate, affects her clothing and
actions, and so shames the brother that
he turns from his loved one In dis
gust. Bessie then wins the count from
her sister, and the impecunious one Is
soon sent begging. Finally the family
become concerned about the girl's be
havior, hold a council of war and take
her to task for her misdeeds. Then
the reformer turns on her assailants,
and at the end of her tirade all are
very repentant and meek. Bessie runs
away, but is captured by her author
lover, and the drama ends with a Bar
rlscale kiss, something not often seen
on the screen.
"Never Again," a Triangle two-reel
comedy, with Willie Collier as star,
presents the comedian as a doer of
mighty deeds In his sleep. The way
he defends his loved one from invad
ing warriors of an earlier existence Is
more than amusing; it's really funny.
A colored Pathe scenic of Ghent, Bel
gium, completes the programme.
Plckford.
Mabel Taliaferro gives an artistically
pathetic Interpretation of the slavery
role and at the same time one apart
from the hackeneyed screen asylum
down-trodden worker. In "God's Half
Acre," a most pleasing picture on ex
hibition at the Pickford Theater. Miss
Taliaferro's Blossom Is a role created
by her. the touches of pathos with
which she supplies the part being some
of the most excellent and unusual
things in the drama. Special interest
is added by the appearance of many
scenes from a home for the aged and
a home for children.
Henry Norman, a novelist, goes to
Rainbow's End, home for the aged, to
get local color for a story. He meets
Blossom, and in her discovers the cen
tral figure for his novel. Blossom,
who has never known the companion
ship afforded by any one her own age
falls in love with Norman. Then he
tells her of his wife. The wife in the
meantime has been openly receiving
the advances of Westley, and on the
night of "her husband's return, elopes
with the "friend." They meet with
an automobile accident and both are j
killed. Norman loses sight of Blos
som, turned away from Rainbow End
because of her friendship for the au
thor. The girl goes to God's Half
Acre, a home for children, and there
ministers to the little ones. A fresh
air party takes her and her charges
into the woods, on property adjoining
that of Norman. A meeting with his
boy, in which Blossom protects the
youngster, brings the two together.
Thus the "little old-young girl" of
Norman's story becomes the "little
young-young girl" of life. Many of the
scenes are beautiful, there is plenty
of suspense and the rainstorm scene,
responsible for the automobile accident.
Is excellent.
"A Pirate Bold" is the name of the
latest Musty 8uffer comedy. In which
Harry Watson, Jr., is presented in a
hilarious Kleins one-reeler. Musty's
dream of pirate wealth leads him to
dig In the middle of a street, and this
paves the way to Jail.
Sunset.
Douglas Fairbanks, that stellar pur
veyor of sunshine the man who routs
gloom is at his old antics again. "The
Habit of Happiness," a flve-reeler of
pure delight, furnishes fandom with
Fairbanks stunrs humorous and ath
letic at the Sunset Theater. Add to
this that rich Keystoner, "A Bathhouse
Blunder," with Charles Murray, the
chap with the concave face, and va
rious other Mack Sennett luminaries,
and you have a bill dominated by the
spirit of smiles. Paramount Ficto
graphs and a Bray Cartoon comedy,
with Colonel Heeza Liar up to his old
tricks, form the Paramount contribu
tion to the programme.
Fairbanks Is a new-fangled medico,
a professor of the school of happiness,
in the present Triangle comedy-drama.
Tiring of the mad society whirl and
convinced that his Intended Is not the
mate o hla dreams, young Wiggins Is
ready to throw up the sponge. Dad Is
satisfied that his offspring should do
something revolutionery, for he does
not consider son and his performances
a matter of pride to the Wiggins clan.
So the young chap of the perpetual
grin begins his mission of distributing
sunshine and producing happiness,
gathering together a prize collection
of derelicts upon which to exercise his
skill. He succeeds so admirably that
he attracts attention from the "higher-
ups," and Is chosen to minister to a
grouchy old millionaire.
The rich chap proves Impervious to
the Wiggins blandishments, but his
pretty niece succumbs, as do the serv-
uiis. aiter a Jong siege. It takes a
gang or thugs, subjugated by the Wig
gins strdng-arm, to Jar the old man's
race rrom its frame of perpetual gloom.
The reconciliation between Wie-e-lns
Br., and Wiggins. Jr.. with the winning
of a wealthy bride by the ne"er-do-well
son. brings a splendid story to a
lilting iinaie.
Bathing girls. In attire which would
arrront tne authorities of those Knnth
ern anromia beaches. Charles Murray
and other Keystone funsters make "A
tsamnouso Blunder" a comedy all enjoy.
Majestic.
Those who have been worrying about
the decline of their comedy favorite.
Charley Chaplin, need "gloom" no
more. For Charlie is with us in "The
Count," a vehicle which ranks with the
best he has ever produced, and easily
tops his Mutual offerings.
Charlie Is back in his old business
familiar baggy trousers, tight cutaway
coat, dinky derby, tiny mustache, slen
der cane, and celebrated brogans. This
two-reeler will delight his thousands
of admirers, for the fun Is fast and
furious and Charlie introduces some
original and hilarious stunts.
Charlie is an assistant in a clothes
pressing establishment conducted by
Brio Campbell, and we see him meas
uring Edna Purvlance for a suit. His
ideas are unique, and in. order to Ht a
GET THE HABIT
Go to the
SUNSET
Regularly and Today
Sure See
DOUGLAS
FAIRBANKS
in
THE' HABIT OF
HAPPINESS
and
The Big Keystone
COMEDY
BATH HOUSE
BLUNDER
Also
Pictographs
Admission 10c
customer he thinks It necessary to take
mouth, ear and feet measurements.
Campbell finds an Invitation, extend
ed to a Icount, for a ball, decides to
impersonate that worthy, and accepts
the Invitation. Charlie's sweetheart is
a cook In Edna's house, the scene of the
entertainment, and while visiting the
cook Charlie-hides in a dumb-waiter, is
carried to the main floor, and Into
mass of complications. Confronted by
Campbell, Charlie poses as the count
and introduces the boss as his secre
tary. He is lionized and becomes the
hero of the night. Much of the best
fun Is furnished by Charlie's water
melon eating, and Campbell's tussle
with soup and spaghetti. The arrival
of the real count brings things to i
climax, the police struggling unsuc
cessfully to "pinch" the imposter.
"Little Miss Happiness," the second
Fox picture starring little June Ca
price. Is a charming story, with unusu
ally refreshing atmosphere. Lucy Is a
yeast girl, living with Grandma White,
a character splendidly portrayed by
aged Sara Alexander. The girl, who
loves children, adopts a baby, claims it
as ner own, ana as a resuii ui uio outiii
dal loses her sweetheart. Finally the
skies are cleared and little Lucy and
her lover (Harry Hilliard) are happy in
each other's arms.
Heilig.
"Civilization," the latest and most
ambitious achievement fn the cinema
field, a powerful preachment, or appeal,
to human souls for peace by showing
the atrocities of war, opened the third
week .of Its Heilig engagement yes
terday.
With the possible exception of "The
Birth of a Nation," no picture has ere
ated so much discussion as has "Civil
ization." With its prologue of lUring
actors, eleven reels of spectacular and
tense action, and artistically powerful
musical accompaniment, "Civilization"
is big, even staggering. Most of all, it
counts because of its theme, which is
big enough and great enough to fur
nish material for thought for this and
all the other nations for many days to
come. It Is an eye-opener for those
who want the truth, a revelation for
those who have never felt the suffer
ings of others, and a glorious forerun
ner of that peace which many feel is
sure to come when the world really
opens Its eyes to the fact that its peo
ple are civilized, not barbarians.
One player feature of "Civilization
is the presence In the cast of the old
est actress in the movies, and also the
youngest. Mrs. Anna Perry, aged 89
years, and Baby Lillian Read, aged 2 hi
years, are the players in question. Mrs.
Perry is the oldest inhabitant of Ocean
Park, Cal., and for years has posed for
prominent artists. A painting by Jules
Thibeau, entitled "Age," was exhibited
at the recent Panama Exposition. She
had two sons playing in "Civilization,"
and when she visited the studio Thomas
H. Ince persuaded her to Join the actor
corps of the production.
So successful was Baby Lillian in
the picture that she has been signed
at a large salary to play In a series or
children's pictures to be produced by
Ince. The contract Is said to be for 20
years, and makes her, for her age, the
highest-price star In the business.
TAD
The T & D Theater offers Its most
ambitious programme this week, with
three features, two of them flve-reel-ers,
presenting a galaxy of stars of the
silent and speaking stage. In "Hus
band and Wife," "The Tarantula." and
"Gloria's Romance,", the list of stellar
players Includes Ethel Clayton, Blllie
Burke. Edith Storey, Holbrook Bllnn,
Antonio Moreno, Montagu Love, Henry
Kolker and little Madge Evans.
"Husband and Wife." a World plc
turlzatlon of the Grace George stage
success of that name, is the headliner
on the bill, Ethel Clayton and Hol
brook Bllnn co-starring in a photo
drama of much intensity. Business,
speculation and social ambition furnish
the themes, an extravagant wife almost
sending a bank cashier to prison.
In "The Tarantula," a novelty In that
the man pays and the woman goes
free, Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno
are featured. Miss Storey plays the
role of a Cuban girl, whose wrongs at
the hands of a young American, and
her consequent murder of him, make
up the central Incidents of this rather
melodramatic but forceful and satisfy
ing drama.
Chapter XVII of "Gloria's Romance,"
entitled. "The Telltale Envelope." final
ly opens the eyes of Gloria Stafford
(Bllie Burke) to a part of the past of
her murdered lover. Freneau. Gloria,
who has Just captured the murderer.
Trask. gets possession of an envelope
containing letters written by Freneau
to her sister-in-law, Lois. Judge Free
man, father of Lois, assists Trask to
escape, and Gloria Is Informed that per
haps her brother David, and not Trask
was the murderer of Freneau. Billie
Burke Is as charming as ever In this
chapter, the two reels being full of
"Burklsms."
Film Flickers.
Thomas Holding.' who for the past
year has been appearing in leading
parts for Famous Players, has been
engaged to co-star with Kathlyn Will
lams at the Morosco Pallas studios for
the Paramount programme. Immediate
ly after signing the agreement in New
York City Mr. Holding left for Los
Angeles studios of his new associates.
As a photoplayer Mr. Holding has
gained a large following in this coun
try since his motion picture debut In
"The Eeternal City" a little over a
year ago. As leading man for Pau
line Frederick and Marie Doro he ap
peared in various Famous Players' suc
cesses, including "Sold," "The White
Pearl," "Bella Donna." "Lydia Gilmore"
and "The Moment Before."
Clara Kimball Young, now heading
her own company, when three months
old filled a baby part on the stage in
the same play as her mother.
Because of the imminence of a gen-
"GOD'S
HALF
ACRE"
Featuring
Mabel Taliaferro
A Metro Picture in Six
start to
Musty Suffer
Comedy
Even If You Don't Want to YOU HAVE to Laugh.
PICKFORD
eral railroad strike arrangements for
the establishment of an aeroplane serv
ice to supply motion picture exhibitors
throughout the .United States have
been completed by William Fox.
House Peters and Gail Kane will be
seen shortly in "The Velvet Paw."
which Is a political story of great im
portance Just now, touchinng as it does
on the child labor problem, which has
been taking up the attention of our
legislators in Washington for the past
few weeks. Both Mr. Peters and Miss
Kane have been prominent In recent
releases on World Film programme,
but this is by far their best work.
m
Here's the lineup for an all-star
Keystone quartet: Fred Mace, Charles
Murray, Harry Gr'bbon and Mack
Swain. And they all sing.
The press agents are working over
time on these Farnum fish yarns. Here
is William, of Fox, with a 146-pounder.
and along comes Dustin, of Pallas
Paramount, with one weighing some
thing like 176 pounds. "Dusty" is shown
In picture with his catch. But for that
matter anyone can have the same
style of photograph made at those Cal
ifornia tourist studios.
For more than two years Irene Fen
wlck, the popular Metro star, has en
tertained hopes and an ambition to be
starred in a feature production dealing
with aviation. She wants, among other
things, to fly over New York. Miss Fen
wick was the first woman to fly from
London to Paris in an aeroplane and
she declares It Is the sport of kings.
Enid Markey In a scene recently pro
duced had to fry some bacon and eggs
for Frank Ivecnan, who played oppo
site her in the picture. After learning
this fact a facetious trade Journalist
published the report that It was said
at Keenan s home the night following
that he might be up and around in a
week. But we don't believe a word of
It. Enid must be able to cook better
than that.
Lillian Walker, Vitagraph. used to
get our number as telephone operator,
but we got hers when she did end dan
cing In "The Follies of 1910."
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world over.
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PEOPLES
"Where You Always Find a Good Show"
Another Triumph
FANNIE WARD
m
"Each Pearl
Your neighbor has seen it yesterday. Be
sure and see it today.
Paramount
catch a
Parts, Interesting From
.finish
HINDOO THIEVES CAUGHT
ROOMING-HOUSE KEEPER ROBBED
AS ME SLEEPS IX CHAIR.
Detectives Order Men to Strip and Kind
Money In Pocket and Hidden
In Shoeit.
While Mrs. May Dotson slumbered in
a chair yesterday morning. In the rooming-house
which she conducts at 223
Pine street, Mike Ran and Moy John,
both Hindoos, took $26.75 from her
person.
"It's time to pay the rent," one of
the thieves is reported to have said, as
he took Mrs. Dotson's purse. The wit
ness thought nothing of the transac
tion until the landlady awoke and pro
claimed her loss.
' City Detectives Craddock, Smith and
Joseph Morak went to the rooming
house and arrested Ran and John. Both
denied their guilt. They were searched,
and Mrs. Dotson's purse, with $10.75,
was in Ran's pocket.
The detectives ordered the two sus
pects to strip off their clothing. A
dollar bill and two to gold pieces were
in the bottom of Moy John's shoes.
They had also given John Golllck, ot
166 North Tenth street, $5 to keep for
them.
Both are in the City Jail, charged
with larceny. Ran maintains that Mrs.
Dotson voluntarily gave him the purse
and crocheted vanity bag, in which the
money was kept.
v Two Accidents of Week Are Fatal.
SALEM, Or.
Two fatalities
State Industrie
for the week e
ter Fields. La
, Sept. 3. (Special.)
were reported to the
1 Accident Commission
ndlng August 31. Wal
Grande. a railroad em-
ploye. and Ha
painter, were
accidents was
week and 238
to ti terms
rold Smiley, a Corvallis
killed. A total of 299
reported during the
of these were subject
of the workmen's com-
native sweetness of whole
the zest of malted barley,
food unparalleled for flavor and nourishment.
Ready to eat, easy to digest, delicious
iwts
is an ideal daily ration for workers in
human endeavor.
There's a Reason"
a Tear"
Pictogrraph. See how they
man-eating shark. Also
THORN, SCHOLL AND
HENKEL,
Famous Musicians.
TODAY,
TOMORROW,
WEDNESDAY
pen.oatlon act. Sawmills furnished the
largest number of any Industry, 64.
PRUNE CROP IS LARGE
Driers Ira Roseburg District to Bo
Crowded to Capacity.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Sept. 3. (Special.)
Practically every prune drier in
Douglas County will be in full operation
by Tuesday night, according to reports
received in Roseburg today. The prune
crop is much heavier this year than
previously and it is said the driers will
be crowded to their capacity to hande
the crop. In the Winston vicinity, a
few miles south of ltoseburg, three
new driers have been constructed dur
ing the past few months and are ready
for operation These driers have a
combined daily capacity of ' 30,00')
pound?.
J. II. Booth, local banker, reports
that he will have approximately 160,000
pounds of prunes to market from his
orchards. Picking began early this
week. Men acquainted with operating
driers are now in much demand. Sev
eral buyers have been in the field here
the past few weeks and practically all
of the prunes have been contracted for
at prices exceeding 6 cents.
Cove Schools Open September 11.
COVE. Or.. Sept. 3. (Special.) Cove
public school will open September 11
for the 1916-17 term. The pupils are
generally engaged In the berry fields
at this time. AH vacancies In the
grades are now filled satisfactorily, and
an unusually large attendance from
the outside is looked for. Judging from
last term's report. The school clerk.
Miss Mae Stearns, has returned from a
two months' vacation at Salem.
Major Luce, of Iiozcman. Dies.
BOZEMAN. Mont.. Sept. 3. Mayor
John A. Luce, of Bozeman. candidate
for Congress at the recent primary,
prominent in law and politics for many
years in Montana, died suddenly here
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