' 19 AGED EX-SOLDIERS SWELL RELIEF FUND loose last night and this morning two lads of Bay City, Or., one 19 years old, and the other 20, were lodged In jail charged with robbing the large logging camp of the Whit ney comDanv at Idavllle. Or., while CROP VALUES DOWN T5 I deputy sheriffs were searching for cracksmen who blew the safe or the Anderson Brothers at Nehalem. The cracksmen were believed to be rm: older criminals, as the work seemed to have been done by experts. Jesse Some Needy Family Will Have Real Christmas. Lee Reynolds and Walter Lee Brown, were said to have confessed robbing the logging -camp. ThelrJoot was Shrinkage Enormous Despite Phenomenal Output. Christmas smile mostly foodstuffs, a large part ot which has been recovered. Anderson Brothers conduct a ga rage and transportation business at Nehalem, Or. Discovery of the eafe- MOTHER OF 3 IN WANT WHEAT OUTPUT SURPRISE Diowing was . not msne until tnis THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1920 B back his $125 Will Buy rndervrear and Stockings for Children; "Widow Asks Nothing for Herself. CIVIL, WAR VETERANS ADD $25 TO RELIEF FUND, The Oregonlan will receive contributions for the relief fund of the public welfare bureau and acknowledge them daily. The money will be turned over at once to the bureau. Previously acknowledged . $459.00 - . n . - , r QCAA umner pusi ftuas, v---rv- " " " Louis Gerlinger Sr 10 !!2 Margaret Heaman 6.00 5.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 laen Mrs. Kppiner . . . Mrs Hughes .. A friend ...... Cash Total ....... .$430.00 A veteran of the Civil war, now an efficer in post No. 12 of the Grand Army of the Republic visited The Oregonian yesterday to present in per son the contribution of his fellow sol diers for the relief fund for Port land's needy families. "We can't do much," he said, "but we do want to do all we can for these poor families." Gifts from those who feel thus keenly the necessity of helping oth ers are swelling gradually the fund planned to fill the winter stockings of some of Portland's needy families. Daily instances of privation and of pitiful struggles against a series oS misfortunes are brought to the atten tion of the public welfare workers. Each family is visited in person so that its real needs may be ascertained. A typical family is case No. 10. A widow with three children, is try ing to shoulder the support of her family, although she is weak herself and hardly able to care- for her tiny house. The father died last spring and during his long illness the mother wore herself out caring for him. Befbre illness came the family had been getting along very well. The mother was suddenly faced with the dren unaided and with the added cares ' of financial worries in the form of detbts for her husband's illness. She does all the work she can get, but she is not strong and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She wants to take upon herself the task of caring for her children herself, but she is not able. The oldest boy helps with the housework and all three try to do all they can for their mother, but they are not old enough to work. They are all unusually bright children. School suits, underwear, stockings and shoes are the principal needs of the little boys. A total of $125 wili be needed to buy necessary clothing for them. GRAPPLERS ARE SOUGHT JOE RIEG PREPARING FOR NEXT WRESTLING SHOW. Bennie Reubens and Ted Thye May Headline Xext Card to Be Staged Here. Jo Rieg, local sportsman and pro moter, was so well pleased with the reception given his opening' wres tling show held at the armory last Friday night that he intends to stage another in the near future. Rieg has not decided upon a definite date as he is waiting for the local boxing commission to set the time for its last show of the month. For his top bout Rieg has two prospective matches in sight. One Is to bring Bennie Reubens of Chica go here as an opponent for Ted Thye, and the other is to feature Jean O'Connor, Canadian heavyweight, and Sam Clapham, in the headline act. Reubens went to the front in the amateur ranks when he won the. Na tional Amateur Athletic union title In 1915 in San Francisco defeating George McCarthy in a spectacular match. Since then Reubens has de serted the ranks of the amateurs. Against the professional grapplers he has more than held his own and Is considered a worthy opponent for Thye. If this match does not go through then in all probability the fans will see O'Connor pitted against Clapham. O'Connor appeared on the card Fri day night and despite the fact that his opponent, A. K. McClain of Eu gene did not offer a great deal of opposition there was- enough to the bout to show that. O'Connor has the roods. O'Connor has expressed a willing ness to cross arms with any one at his weight in the country and pre fers someone with a good reputation Clapham has all of this and a little more. With one of theoe matches as the feature attraction the rest of the card will be rounded out with local mat men. MOONSHINE MASH TAKEN Isolated Cove on Columbia River Is Location of Still. HOOD' RIVER. Or.. Dec 14. (Spe cial.) Sheriff Johnson accompanied bv Deputy Sloat and County Road master Nichols today raided an iso lated cove on the Columbia near Cas- cade locks, confiscating 14 barrels of corn nvish. The barrels, an oil stove ami other paraphernalia were brought be re. The officers learned of the activity Cf the moonshiners aL ut a month ago. and since have had the cove under observation. The illicit manu facturers, however, grew alarmed and apparently permanently abandoned their mash. Their distilling apparat us had been removed. Water for the outfit was pumped by underground pipe from the river, and pits had been dug for refuse. The mash ob tained by officers it is said, would have made 150 gallons of corn whisky. ROBBERS DYNAMITE SAFE Two Roys Are' Meld for Alleged Robbery at Xehalem. TILLAMOOK, Or., Dec. 14. Spc-ciai-i JJja.ciimea A&d, robbers broka DAXCER SAYS ARE BEING OLD STEPS REVIVED. II axel Keelry. Dancing has come into lt own throughout the United States since prohibition has been In vogue, and It has nuW perseded the cocktail route with the tired business man, according- to Hazel Keeley, wno, with Arthur Stuart, is creating a decided sensation at Pantages this week. Miss Keeley, a wonderful dancer in her own right, de clares that the only trouble, with the professional exponent3 of the dance is that they can't get enough new steps. Many of the old dances have been re vived to take care of the short age and new ones are being added every day. morning. Only a small amount of silver change was obtained. No clew has been found to the cracksmen. LOT AUCTION FINISHED $350,000 OBTAINED FOR 300 TRACTS IX LAIRELHCRST. Building Era Is Predicted as One Result of Big Sale or Res- idence Property. "Within 60 days there will be be tween 50 and !'X) excavations under y for basements of new homes in Laurelhurst," predicted Paul C Mur phy, of the Laurelnurst company, last night. The auction sale of lota In this tract closed yesterday afternoon in the ballroom of the Multnomah hotel. About 300 lots were auctioned off during the sale for an aggregate of approximately $350,000. It was be lieved that had the auction been held in the big tent on the tract, as orig inally planned, the rece'pts would have been at least 10 per cent greater. A wild storm blew down the tent twice. "We are well satisfied with the auction, under the circumstances,' stated Mr. Murphy. "We demon .. t - V - $ i ?83f " - v i !: : t ' "Nt y oi$ - ; .-it I -f' ' - ' h ft t ...,. tu " ""Mits value this year H"'. we iiveu up 10 every promise. There will be a large num ber of resales. Dozens of people have come to our office since the auction trying to learn from us' the names and addresses of people who bid suc cessfully on lots in which the in quirers were particularly interested. There may be a hundred such resales. "It means that there will be in creased activity in building, for a great many of the purchasers bought to build. One man bought a lot Mon day afternoon and was in to see me today with beautiful plans for a $12,000 home. A string of people have been in here discussing their plans for building. Another thing an auction does Is to focus the attention of - people on real estate. People have been buying automobiles and high-priced muscial instruments, and there has not been much of a sale in lots. The bargain prices of lots in the auction has started people thinking of lots and homes, which means that the auction will have a good effect on the realty market. I have etudied auctions for the past three years and have discov ered that following an auction there always renewed interest In real estate. G1TY BARRICADES STREETS FIVE EXITS OX WATERIER O XT CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. Failure of Property Owners to Make Repairs to Driveways Causes Action. Barricades yesterday were erected on Front street, at Washington, Alder, Yamh-'ll. Salmon and Taylor streets, under orders issued by City Commis sioner Barbur,- In charge of the de partment of public works. The street ends leading to the waterfront were closed, according to Commissioner Barbur, because property owners re fused to place the driveways in safe condition. Under the orders no vehicles will be allowed to enter the driveways until the property owners have complied with the orders made by the city to repair them. It is claimed by Commissioner Bar bur that effort has been made to have these driveways repaired since last April, and that inspection of the driveways proved that they were in an unsafe condition. The inspection, he said, showed that the posts sup porting the driveways had rotted and might break under ordinary traffic strain. Department Asks for $1,678,648. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 An appro priation of $1,678,648 was asked of congress today by the department of Justice to meet deficiencies expected to arise during the current fiscal year. Attorney-General Palmer said SnOA.000 of this sum would be nodded "for the detection and prosecution of I craua." . i Abandoned Acreage Less Than Was Expected Corn Acre Yield Only Once Before Exceeded. WASHINGTON. Dee. 14. (By the Associated Press.) Shrinkage of val ues of the country's farm crops has placed their total worth this year at almost $5,000,000,000 less than last year, although the 1920 harvest was one of the most abundant in the na tion's history with half a dozen crops breaking records. The Important farm crops, which comprise about 90 per cent of the total, wftre valued this year at $9,148. 519.000 by the department of agricul ture today in its final estimates. Last year these crops were valued at $14,087,995,000. Acreage devoted to the important crops also decreased. the total being 851.062,409 this year, as compared with 356,162,112 last year. Crop Extraordinary One. "The extraordinary character of the harvest, which proved to be one of the most abundant in the country's history, notwithstanding beginnings aoout as unpromising as ever known. is emphasized by the December re visions of estimates," the department said in a statement commenting on today's report. "The final outcome of the 1920 wheat harvest, winter and spring combined, is now estimated at 789,878.000 bushels, compared with 934. 265, 000 bushels in 1919, this being an Increase over the earlier estimates for 1920 of 39.230,000 bushels. The 190 acreage abandoned from winter-killing was less than was ex pected and indicated by the very bad and unpromising conditions on May 1. and the increasingly favorable char acter of the later season permitted much wheat then considered hopeless to develop and come to harvest. "The reports of increase over ear lier expectations of winter wheat pro duced came from almost every im portant winter wheat state. The greatest gain. 13,000,000, Is in Kan sas, the leading producer of winter wheat. In that state the increase was helped by an area of over 1,000.000 acres of volunteer wheat sprouted from shattered grain in the autumn of 1919, which despite its unpromis ing beginning and doubtful prospects in the spring of 1920, came finally to harvest. 1 "In general. It appears that the re duction in crop acreage In 1920 below 1919 is less than was thought and re ported at the beginning of the crop season. Notwithstanding the early unfavorable conditions for farm work, the efforts of the farmers to seed their fields, assisted by favoring days that came late in the planting period, resulted in plantings greater than were anticipated. Early Estimates Exceeded. Increases in almost every crop were reported in the revised production figures, as compared with the pre liminary estimates announced in No vember. Corn, with a record crop, shows an increase of about 33,000,000 bushels;' winter wheat an increase of almost 48.OCO.000 ibushels; spring wheat a decrease of r. 000, 000 bushels; oats an increase of almost 70,000.000 bushels; barley Increased almost 11,000,000 bushels; potatoes increased 9,000,000 bushels, and tobacco In creased 32,000,000 pounds. The yield of corn per acre set a" record with an average production of 30.9 bushels. Only once before haa the average yield per acre exceeded 30 bushels and that was in 1906 when 3ft 3 hiiKhels was made. I While the corn crop Is a record one value cms year is i,t6Z,ooo,nno ... ,h ,st vear-, croD. whinh smaller by 374.000,000 bushels. The price being paid to farmers for corn on December 1 waa announced by the department' as 67.7 cents a bushel as compared witn ji.a a year ago, Final estimates of crop production, and value for this year were an nounced as follows: Bushels. Corn 8,232.367.000 Wlntnr -wheat.. R80.513.000 Sprlna wheat. . 2U0.3K5.000 Oats 1.524.G55.009 Barley 202,024.000 Rye 6M.318.000 Buckwheat .... 13,789,000 Flaxseed 10.900,000 Rice 53.710,000 Potatoes 430.4.".0O0 Sweet potatoes. 112,368.000 Hav, bales 10S.2.'!3.0OO Tobacco, lb. . .1.5O8.0:i4,00O Cotton, bales. . 12.987.ooo Cotton seed.... 5,778,000 Bert BUBar, lbs.2,219,20O,0OO Cane sugar, lbs. 372,000.000 Sorfihum. gals. 43.S76.0O0 Peanuts 35.960,000 Beans 8,075,000 Apples, bbls... 240.646,000 Peaches 43,697.000 Oranges, boxes. 27,200,000 Vain $2.89,721.000 8U6.741.000 273.4B.r,000 719,782,000 142,031,000 8S,C(l,000 17,797.000 19,413,000 B3.S37.000 6OO.974.0ll0 126.620.000 1.801U-62.0O0 29S.0Ot,0O0 07 4.5SO.OOO 100,237,000 - 46.13S.000 48.829,000 27,114,000 271,984.000 91.862,000 O.l.'O.OuO FARMERS" WEEK BEGINS Sessions Open In Eugene Chamber of Commerce With Good Crowd EUGENE, Or., Dec. 14. (Special.) Many farmers of Lane county Inter ested in general agriculture gathered at the chamber of commerce here to day for the irst sessions of farmers' week. W. S. Carpenter, extension specialist at the Oregon Agricultural college, demonstrated In his address and by exhibits that no part of the Willamette valley was better adapted to the growing of corn than Lane county, and his talk abounded with Information as to the improvement o seed corn and the increase of its pro duction. He also spoke on identifica tion of potato diseases and had an ln teresting exhibit of diseased tubers. I. N. Gabrlelson, assistant biologist at the college. In charge of roden control, gave the farmers valuable in formation as to methods of eradicat ing the gray diggers. In the women section. Miss Lassie Lane, special is in nutrition, and Miss Jessie Biles sewing specialist at the college, gave demonstrations. C. J. Hurd, state county agent lead er, who was In attendance at th meetings, said the first day's session were the best of any farmers' week meetings he has attended. Chamber of Commerce Elects. ROSEBURG, Or, Deo. 14. (Special. -At a meeting of the directors of th chamber of commerce last night th entire list of officers who have served the chamber for the past year were re-elected. These consisted of George Nenner Jr, president; Irvin Bruno, vice-president; A. C. Marsters, treas urer and C. S. Heinline, secretary. The officers have begun outlining some very important work for the coming year for the upbuilding of Roseburg and the county at large. It was also decided at last night's meeting to send delegates to the Oregon state cham ber of commerce gathering at Port laud. Decenxbar 2S and 23, Combination Set Silver-plated AutoStrop Rmwor; pca ahmving bruh mncf mhavini soap in milvmr plmt&d tubes; twelve bledea end eelected leather strop , specially prepared. 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One letter from Hutcnart advised his sales man ager that the company would be un able to quote prices until a conference had been held with California and Washington manufacturers, and eX' pressed the opinion that "an under standing snouid be arrived at" re garding the territory in' which the Beveral cement companies were to control the market. Mr: Moore testi fied that a subsequent meeting, held in San Francisco, resulted in an agreement. He declared that he was removed as sales manager because he sent an agent to Washington, aolicit- tng orders in defiance of the terrlto rial allotment secretly agreed upon.. Co-defendants in the case are R. P. Butchart, president, and Clark Moore, who succeeded Aman Moore as sales manager. The company on erates" a mill at Oswego and has offices in this city. It is believed that the government will rest it case tomorrow or .Friday. Assessment Work Exempted. KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec 14. Judge Robert W. Jennings today handed down a decision that Con gressional resolutions of 1817 ex empting assessment work on mining claims in the United States, aleo ap plied to Alaskan mining promxties. An 'CiifeL 1- Combination Set Gold-plated AutoStrop Razor? special shaving brush and shaving soap in gold-plated tubes; removable beveled plate mirror; twelve . bl adorn and selected leather strop, specially prepared. In black, leather case. Thirteen and m Bali Dollar 1 v ""g1 tcrStrop Razor razor and stropping device combined saves constant blade expense The decision disposes of a disputed point which has reached the propor tions of a politicaf Issue in Uie territory- m t i MARSHAL SHOT BY YGG Auburn, Wash., Official, Surprises Safe-Crackers at Work. SEATTLE, Wish, Dec 14. City Marshall MeCumber of Auburn. -near here, was shot and seriously wounded by one of two men he surprised in the act of blowing a safe in the warehouse of the Hodge Grain com pany at Auburn today. The men fled in the direction of Taconva. Deputy sheriffs took up the chase and latter bloodhounds were placed on the trail. MeCumber was taken to a hospital at ' Jvent, Wash., where it waa said he probably would recover. Balloon Reported in Lake. C-LOVERSV1LLE. N. T., Dec 14. A balloon, believed to be the craft which left the Rockaway naval air station Monday, passed over Wells, Hamilton county, at 8:30 o'clock last night and was reported to have crashed Into the side of Fork moun tain, about three miles northeast of the city, but the report proved untrue. The craft was later reported to have fallen into Saranac lake. ' Sheriff-Elect Seriously 111. VANCOUVER, Wash, Dec 14. (Special.) William A. Thompson, sheriff-elect, the only democrat elected on the county ticket at the November election, is seriously ill with sciatic rheumatism and is not improving as well as it was hoped he would. He may be taken to the hot springs tomorrow with a hope of benefiting his condition. 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Standard Set Sifrmr-pImtGti AutoSfrop Paort tmvlr bladvm mnd aeiaetedP t(iier itrop, ipecjalr pr.parod. In moft lorn t her caw. elvt lined. Casa conu in blckg mmroon, red, green or blue, ftra Dollurm received here today announced the ar rival at the Panama canal zone of the armored cruiser Frederick from Hampton Roads, to become the flag ship of Rear-Admiral J. L. Jayne, commander of the supply train. Pa cific fleet. This was the first vessel to reach the canal to taKe part in the inter-fleet maneuvers to be held starting January 18. Corporation Articles Filed. SALEM, Or.." Dec 14. .(Special.) The Kilpatrick -Collins Water Users' association has filed articles In the state corporation department. The capital stock is $500. and the members of the association are; Bert J. Smith, H. K. Luse, , Guy McGreer, C. G. Linchan, W. A. Currie and J. J. Knox. Lima & Co., with headquarters in Portland, have been incorporated by A. Lima, Tony Valpe and Leonard Danna. The capital stock la $15,000. Ex-Convict Accused by Woman. SALEM, Or., Dec. 14. (Special.) George Aschenbrenner, ex-convict. will go on trial here irriday on a serious charge preferred by his doughter-in-law, Mrs. Mary Aschen brenner. Aschenbrenner also was ac- The strongest compli ment ever paid to SCOTTS EMULSION the vain attempts at IS imitation. Those who take cod-liver oil at its best, take Scott's Emulsion. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield. N . J (0-40 I At Sts Best day cused of beating his son-in-law, but the jury in this case failed to reach an agreement. Aschenbrenner has served two terms in the penitentiary which he admitted when called to tes tify in his own behalf in the attack case. 50 Teachers Take Tests. SALEM. Or., Dec 14. (Special.) More than 50 teachers from variou parts of Marion county will assemble here tomorrow to take examinations for state certificates. The examina tions will be in charge or Mrs. W..A. Smith, Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson and Mrs. Cora Reld. California Lawyer Comes Here.. SALEM, Or.. Dec. 14. (Special.) 5IDRED YEARS AGO HE STILL FEELS FIRE "I Can Recommend Tanlac From the Bottom of My Heart," Declares Spo kane Resident. Tes. sir, I car recommend Tanlac from the bottom V.i my heart, for It set me right two years ago and I am still feeling fine," said Paul Hovig. 200 East First avenue. Tpokane, Wash., recently. - "For two years I bad suffered from a severe case of stomach trouble, lum bago and rheumatism. After meals I had such pains in the pit of my stom ach I could hardly stand it, and some times got so bad off I just had to lie down. "My stomach was In such a bad condition I had to diet myself all the time, couldn't eat anything but lit tle light foods, and even these caused so much suffering I could scarcely en dure it. I constantly ielt bloated and stuffed up. 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"I just suffered agony from lum bago when I stooped over, and my arms and knees. In fact, all my joints, hurt eo badly from rheumatism at times I could scarcely go, and my arms wero often so achey and stiff X couldn't raise my hands to comb my hair. "Well, I kept reading about Tanlao, I was living in Portland then, and finally decided to try it, and it cer tainly was a lucky decision. "Why, it was almost no time after I started taking it until I waa much improved, and four bottles put me in, fine health Just Hke I am now. Oth ers, of course, may take the kind of medicine they want, but I'll take Tan lac for mine every time." Tanlac is sold in Portland by th Owl Drug Co. Adv. . i