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KLAN GRAND JURY
Last wcrk ended the loganberry and
raspberry rece'pts at the cannery
and in about two weeks the black
berries are expected. The new can
nery at Cushman la rapidly nearing
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FINISHES HEARING m
Ion. The boiler and canning
ery1 are now being- Installed
!1 be in readiness to receive
the first coast blackberries, says
Mr. Holt. The new fruit packing
j piant at Creswell has also beencom-
pitted-
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Report at Medford Likely to
Be Made .Today.
Bis; Ranch Be Drained. '
Completion of the drainage sys-
I tern on the Laird dairy ranch west
of Langlois. Or., will require several
more months of work. Six hundred
lods of main and lateral ditches
mrt v info Floras creek near the
TWO strangers WARNED !bf"'h- Th" 00-cr wl" b!
KIROI'KAN DtSCKR STARS OS
- ! HIPPODROME BILL.
New Prices Effective August 1st
"CitlM-nV Committee" MakM
Statement Said to Be Directed
to Pair of Kleagle.
TTTE MORNING OR EG ONI AN, WEDNESDAY, ACCTTST 2. 1923
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MEPTORD, Or.. Aug, 1. Special.)
After remaining In executive ses
sion all afternoon the special frrand
Jury niakir.it an investigation of
alleged Ku Klux Kian activities in
Jackson county, adjourned until
o c'.oek. tomorrow morr.lr.it. The
Jury report probably will be sub
mitted some time tomorrow.
A dozen witnesses were called
before the Jury this morning when
It met In the Jacksonville court
house, where the remainder of its
work wlil be done. None of the
witnesses remained in the Jury room
ftr any ltre.it length of time and
It Is presumed that each was called
for the purpose of clearing up points
developed during; the six-day hear
ing.
'aaty Jace Ultaraa.
Amcr.c the witnesses called today
were County Juitge tiardner. J.
Ha!e. Arthur Burr and Hank John
son, the last three victims of the
r. 'eht riders; I'at Iailey. deputy
state same warden: Charles Harr
son. Sledford insurance agent : Carl
Beebe. taxicab driver; Roy Wilson.
a cement worker: and Hurry Loft-
ana, all of Medford.
Immediately after returning from
lunch the Jnry began secret con
Sideratlon of the evidence. Shortly
before i o'clock the bailiff was In
structed to call ex-County Judge
loovelle. presumably for Inform
tion concerning Hank Johnson, on
ct the victims.
Judge Touvelle rrmalred In the
S iry room for about IS minutes,
after which the door waa locked and
discussion resumed. At I '30 o'clock
the jury filed out. announcing It
decision to adjourn until 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
Adnaaaltlosi la (.1 Yea.
The only word received from mem
bers of thn Jury was a courteous ad
monition directed to newspapermen
not to speculate on the action of the
Jury unti. a report was filed with
Circut Judge CaltUns.
A check with Sheriff Terrlll's of
fice shows that all of the witnesses
subpenaed to appear before the
grand Jury testified ex.-ept two
Joe J. McMahon. state '.raffle of
t cer. who is said to be In Salem,
and Paul Wright, reported to be In
the I'mpqua Iivide country on busi
ness pertaining to a mln in which
he is said to be Interested.
Tom Wcrd. special agtnt of the
department of Justice, left Medford
last night for Portland an Assistant
Attorney-General Tlljeqvist. who
has handled the Investigation, left
late tonight for Portland. District
Attorney Moore, who has been aid
ing Mr. Tlljeqvist, waa left In charge
until the Jury reports to Judge
Calkins.
Ktatrmeat la InsH.
a Members of the "citizens- com
mittee." organized to combat the
klan and to aid Sheriff Terrill In
retaining his office against the re
call brought against him. today Is
sued a statement In one of the
Medford papers suggesting that
"two strangers" leave the city. The
two strangers mentioned In the
statement were two kleagles. It la
understood, who have been In south
ern Oregon with headnuart In
Medford for five or six months. The
statement, which is an expression
of appreciation to the voters for
upnort of Sheriff Terrill. concludes
with the following significant state
ment: ' Yourindorsement of the sheriffs
office may well be Interpreted by
other county officers as a sugges
tion to them that they cease their
Interference with the sheriff s duties
and dismiss from the service of the
county the highly paid trouble
makers whose energies have been
chiefly directed in a puerile attempt
to undermine and discredit the
sheriff.
".May we also suggest that your
verdict should serve as a notice to
the two -strangers- who have shown
so much rancor, distrust and hatred
that their methods have at least
become visible to the majority and
that opportunity for them to render
service to this community lies in
one direction, in a sudden, volun
tary and continued absence from
the county." .
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Rita Rasa,
One of the cleverest acts on the
bill at the Hippodrome this week
is that of the Komi duo. of which
Kita Roma Is a member. Mile.
Roma, a European dancer who
has been In this country only a
short while, hss never been on
this coast before.
The act Mile. Roma and her
companion present is on of the
few opening acta on a vaudeville
bill which has ever won the honor
of "topping the show,- the high
est distinction that can be ac
corded any attraction. This oc
curs at the conclusion of their
Russian skaters' dance, an exhibi
tion In which the movement of a
skater are reproduced with abso
lute fidelity in dance. The music
for the act was all arranged by
Dave Roma, Mile. Roma's partner.
subdivided into tracts of 40 and (0
acres, which means the addition of
IS or 20 families to the population
of the district and a sensible in
crease in volume of dairy products.
Gold Beach Reporter.
trswsfrry Rrrerd Claimed.
Carl P. Staeger of Dryad. Wash.,
r'aims a prize strawberry record,
from a quarter acre Mr. Staeger
slates he marketed 290 gallons, or
tearly 100 crates, of strawberries
cf the Marshall variety. He sold
practically all of them locally and
did not furnish containers. He real
ized tl.ii a crate. He used the
sprinkling system, which prolonged
the crop, and has Just finished pick
ing. Chehaiis Bee-Nugget.
Manpla ta Have w Hotel.'
Excavation work, has begun for
two-story fireproof hotel at Mauptn,
nuco county, to be burnt of con
crete brick being made in The
Dalles. The Maupin Times says the
tuilding will be ready for occupancy
ia three months.
Sixty Carloads of Honey
Annual Oregon Output.
State Has 100.000 foloales
Bee., slaya Authority.
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FISH STATIONS SOUGHT
Game Commission to Hunt Sites
for Egg-Taking.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) Slate egg-taking stations for
cut-throat trout are sought along
this section of the coast by the state
game commission, which sent out
M. L. Ryckman, field superintend
ent for the commission. The state
Is completing one such station on
Myrtle creek, in the southern part
of Coos county, where a dam is
being constructed, together with
ponds and other necessary ad
juncts.
The next inspection of a district
ror a station will be made this week
ly Mr. Ryckman and District Game
Warden Fish, of Powers, who will
co to the Smith River Falls, on
smith . river, in western Douglas
county. A station established near
Templeton. on an Inlet to Ten-Mile
lake, last spring proed a failure, as
the water overflowed the ponds and
i e leased the trout.
or what would
a good -sized freight
conservative estimate of
OrXTT carloads.
K- amount to
train, is
the honey produced each year in the
estate, according to C. A. Pcullen.
specialist in bee culture at the Ore
gon Agricultural college.
The state -now has 100.000 colonies
of bees managed by nearly 10 000
bee keepers. The largest honey pro
ducing sections in the state are the
Irrigated districts in eastern Oregon.
Umatilla and Malheur counties
leading. With 300. lino acres under
Irrigation and 1.2O0.0O0 more which
It is possible to Irrigate. Oregon Is
able to furnish pasturage for many
more colonies than she now has.
Klve acres are considered sufficient
pasturage for one colony.
The ci.ar, water-white honey, the
best gr.de. is made from the nectar
of alfalfa, sweet clover, alsike and
white clover and fireweed blossoms.
It Is this grade that is produced In
eastern Oregon. From 15 to 20 car
loads are produced in these leading
counties, some large producers sell
ing as much as one or two carloads.
Cattle Salpmeata Heavy.
With a supply of cattle for market
seiriom greater than at the present
me. ouyers will be active until fall
sending out shipments for it will
not be profitable, the Baker Demo
crat asserts, for growers to hold
longer than they can dispose of
them on account of the likelihood of
lay pricea being prohibitive to feed.
Last winter took up all the surplus
stacks In Baker county and while
the crop this year has been normal
or even better, still growers feel
that with the larger number of cat
tiie on hand there is an uncertainty
regarding the supply of hay avail
able for winter feeding.
I-aae Pear Crest SOO.OOO Funmd.
The Lane county pear crop is re
torted to be looking very good and
Manager J. o. Holt estimates at
ieast 600.000 pounds will be received
at the Eugene Fruit Orowers asso
c:atlon cannery. This Is practically
the amount received at the cannery
last year, says the Eugene Guard.
Mail Swamps Postal Clerk.
MARSHF1KLP. Or, Aug. 1.
(Special.) Marshfield people who
send out heavy mails have swamped
the mail clerk on the morning pas
senger train leaving here at 10:40,
and It frequently occurs that as
many as 450 letters are posted at
this station outside the regular mail
bags. Many business men find it
convenient, as do their stenog
raphers. to reply to letters In the
morning and then mall them on the
train. This gives thera an hour
longer, nearly, than if letters were
dropped in the postofflce. An ap
peal has been made, to the people
of Marshfield to place all the let
ters possible in the postofflce.
I oar?r -He II Kerry Busy.
KELSO, Wash., Aug. 1. (Special.)
Sunday 602 automobiles were
transported from Kelso to Rainier,
Or., by the Long-Bell ferry, which
has been doing a constantly in
creasing business ever since serv
ice was Inaugurated, this being the
largest single day's travel. The
ferry rate one way for autos Is but
75 cents, which is lower than the
Kalama ferry rate, and by crossing
from Kelso to Rainier the autolst
has pavement from Rainier to
Goble instead of the rough road
from Kelso to Kalama.
New School Building Begun.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Aug. 1.
(Special.) The school board of the
Langlois consolidated district has
begun a new building to house pu
pils from the Langlois, Hare and
Flores creek communities. The
board, to give the students plenty
of campus room, bought an eight
acre tract. It is hoped the build
ing will be finished so that school
may be opened October 1.
Runaway Boy Caught.
A LEANT, Or.. Aug.l. (Special.)
A story of Aunt Jermlna and Cncle
Kbenexer failed to get Benjamin Leo
Ediror, 13, of Portland, past Al
bany's veteran marshal, Johivnie L.
Catlln. today. The boy confessed to
running away from his home In
Portland, raying that he was on his
way to "Los Angeles to see the
world."
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
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NewFallSuits
MEN who get real
enjoyment out
of their clothes buy
Fall Suits early. A
large number of early , ,
Fall models are now in
our cabinets and on
display. There's a rich
ness of fabric, style and
color you'll enjoy.
Price" range starts at
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co.
Fifth at Alder
Amount of
Models New Prices Old Prices Reduction
Light Six Chassis.... 785.00 $ 875.00 $ 90.00
Touring. 975.00 1045.00 70.00
Roadster 975.00 1045,00 70.00
Coupe 1225.00 1375.00 50.00
. Sedan........ 1550.00 1750.00 200.00
Special Six Chassis..... V.. $1000.00 $1200.00' $200.00
2-passenger 1250.00 1425.00 175.00
4-passenger 1275.00 1475.00 200.00
Touring ...1275.00 1475.00 200.00
Coupe 1875.00 2150:00 275.00
Sedan..,.. ......,2050.00 2350,00 300.00
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Big Six Chassis ......$1300.00 $1500.00 $200.00
Touring......... 1650.00 1785.00 135.00
Speedster 1785.00 1985.00 200.00
Coupe.:. 2275.00 2500.00 , 225.00
Sedan 2475.00 2700.00 225.00
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LICENSE HEME TODAY
RIM CHARGES TO BE AIRED
BEFORE COUNCIL.
Cism on the part of several members
of the commission was the reason.
His action Is believed to be the out
come of an unsuccessful attempt of
t no u.-w. xt. & M. to show that
the police department is not giving
the railroad company the protection
tne latter desires during the pres
ent strike.
Revocation of Business Permits
AV11I Be Considered by City
Commissioners. -
Hearings on recommendations of
Mayor Baker ami Chief of Police
Jenkins that licenses of three men
be revoked following conviction on
liquor charges in municipal court
will be hed before the city com
missioners this afternoon.
John Sorenson. conducting the
flewty hotel. Burnside street,
was convicted July 28 in municipal
court of maintaining a liquor nui
sance, selling liquor and possessing
liquor. On the maintainance count
he was fined (200 and on the selling
count received a sentence of ten
days In jail.
Ben Adler, who runs a second
hand clothing store, tailor and re
pair shop at 211 Third street, was
convicted of having 11 pints of
moonshine liquor in his place of
Kelso Teachers Selected.
KELSO. Wash., Aug. 1. (Special.)
The faculty for the Kelso schools
has been selected for the coming
year. School will begin September
11. The staff la as follows: Lee F.
Jones, superintendent; W. J. Mat
ters, high school principal; Win
field Gillard, science and coach of
athletics; A. L. Chapman, manual
training; Margarite Turner, com
mercial; Ruth Hoarier, history; Lorna
Campion, French: Laura Rarkin
Kngllsh: Lucile Emmons, music-
rteien aioreiand, domestic science;
Ruth E. Green. Latin and mathe
matics; Mary E. Hawkes, English;
Gordon Speck, principal junior high;
Byrdie Watson, geography; Clara
Bets, history: Ruth Lineberry; Verl
Bardwell. principal Catlin school;
Edna Parsell, principal Wallace
school; Lucia Jenkins, principal
Washington building; Leonore Clem
mer. Mildred Tremalne, Mary Jacobs
Laura Smith, Lulu Rakestraw'
business. He was said to have ad-J Gladys Stauffer. Ruth Sanhel, Anna
PRICES QUOTED ARE- E.-O B FACTORY
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The Studebaker Corporation of America
STUDEBAKER BUILDING, TENTH AND GLISAN STS. .
RETAIL SALESROOM SERVICE DEPARTMENT
THIS IS A STUDEBAKER YEAR
mltted that this wall the second
offense. A fine of 1125 was levied
against him July 27.
Some liquor and a serving glass
hidden in a stove were evidences of
liquor law violations presented
gainst Marko Kuliacha, 62 North
Third street, where he conducts a
soft drink establishment. M. Ni
cotlsch. in charge of the place, was
fined $75 for alleged maintenance
of a liquor nuisance. This was said
to have been the second offense for
this establishment.
Eleven Indictments Returned.
LA GRANDE. Or., Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) The Union county grand
jury, which just ended Its session,
found 11 true bills. Five of the
persons are in custody. Basil O.
Gray, charged with stealing cattle.
running. them Into Umatilla county
and there butchering them and sell
ing the meat, pleaded guilty. Joe
Williams and Joe Brown, negroes.
were indicted jointly for larceny In
store. W. A. Hartman was In
dicted on a charge of assault with
dangerous weapon
Jackson and
teachers.
Klein Oxford, grade
Railway Survey Under Way.
KELSO, Wash., Aug. 1. (Special.)
The Long-Bell Lumber company
has a large crew of engineers en
gaged In making a tentative sur
vey for a route for their logging
railway westward from Vader,
where a large part of their timber
land lies. The party Is in charge
of E. A. Connort
Xew Building Progressing.
KELSO. Wash.. Aug. 1. (Special.)
Rapid headway is being made in
the construction of the new Mott-
man building. The walls and roof
have been erected and completion or
the Interior is under way. The
lower floor will be one of the finest
Btore rooms in the northwest, and
Emil Mottman of Olympia will op
erate a modern store there alter
September' 1. The upper floor will
ba finished into modern apartments.
Spokane August 3 or 4 to go over
the project proper, D. A. Scott, di
rector of conservation and develop
ment, was notified today. The party
is now in Montana. Director Scott
and Ivan E. Goodner, chief engineer,
will meet them in Spokane. '
Bridge Traffic Curtailed.
KELSO, Wash., Aug. 1. (Special.)
Because of the heavy travel over
the Kelso bridge, particularly so
since the Long-Bell ferry began op
eration to Rainier, Or., the Cowlitz
county commissioners have limited
travel over the bridge. No load in
excess of two tons is allowed, and
autos must not -exceed eight miles
an hour nor trucks four miles. Sat
urday 1226 cars crossed the bridge
in 12 hours, and Sunday the travel
exceeded 1500 cars. Two special of
ficers have been detailed to the
bridge and are on duty at all times.
Irrigation Probe Begun.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) Preliminary investigation of
the Columbia basin project by
Frank C. Goodwin, 'assistant secre
tary of the Interior, is proceeding
rapidly, and Mr. Goodwin, with
Marvin Chase, supervisor of hy
draulics In this state, will be In
Ma.ons to Give Picnic.
KALAMA. Wash.. Aug. 1. (Spe
ciaL) Kalama's city park will be
the scene of 'the annual Masonic
Cowilts county picnic, to be held
August 6. Besides a fine basket
dinner there are to be speeches,
baseball game and other sports.
Chier Resignation Surprise.
LA GRANDE, Or, Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) Members of the city commis
sion were surprised when Roy
Flexer, chief of police, handed in
his resignation last Saturday,
charelng that unwarranted criti-
Special Railroad
Rates to Portland
Amwrwt Srd to Ansrant ttth.
Return limit August 15th.
YOU ARE I.W1TED TO MAKE
New Perkins
Hotel
VOrit HFADQUARTF.RS
Ouring Bayers Week.
Rates for room with private bath
$1.50 up. Moderate price restaurant
serving excellent food operated in
connection.
Great Northern Railway
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TED
A number of the Great Northern Railway company's regular
employes having" left its service, it is necessary to hire men
to fill their places.
Machinists ........... . . . . i 70 cents per hour
Boilermakers 70 Vj cents per hour
Blacksmiths 70 cents per hour
Stationary engineers 57 cents per hour1
Stationary firemen ....... 47 cents per hour
Sheet metal and other work- 70 cents per hour
ers in (his, line 70 cents per hour
Freight car repairers 63 cents per hour
Car inspectors 63 cents per hour
To replace men now on strike against the decision of the
Ui S. Labor Board, at wages and conditions prescribed and
effective July 1, 1922. Apply
MAURICE P. CODD.
214 Chamber of Commerce Bldg, Stark and Fourth '
Armistice to Be Celebrated.
LA GRANDE, Or., Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) The county council of Amer
ican Legion posts of Union county
has decided to celebrate Armistice
day in La Grande as guests of
American Legion post No. 43 of La
Grande. All ex-service men will be
in uniform for the occasion, and this
will be the biggest celebration of
the kind ever put on here.
Ctierry Fly in Washington.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) The unexpected appearawce
of the cherry fly in several sections
of this state has aroused anxiety
among officials of the state depart
ment of agriculture, who are tak
ing every means to stamp out the
menace before it gains hold on the
orchards, it was said today. A con
siderable quantity of fruit shipped
in from other states has been seized
and destroyed by department agents,
who found in, one consignment prac
tically every cherry of those of
fered for sale infected by the worm.
The prestige of Oregonian want
ads has been attained not merely by
The Oregonian's large circulation,
but by the fact that all its readers
are interested in Oregonian want ads.
Girls! Girls!!
Save Your Hair
With Cuticura
Softs and fllsstmairt to e Tear Ta.nrlrnff nr! ttehintr. 2S&
each. Sam pi fraecrf OatUqra. Dpx. M4lrUn,fcva.
DEMITS
Ibotf iGcfce Gum
Stops
Toothache
Instantly
Cleanses the cavity?
Jtoes not spill or dnj up
like liquids.,
X Swell
Affair".
Men
Northern Pacific Railway Company Will Employ Men at Rates
Prescribed by the United States Railroad Labor Board as Follows:
MACHINISTS 70 cents per hour
BLACKSMITHS 70 cents per hour
SHEET METAL WORKERS 70 cents per hour
ELECTRICIANS 70' cents per hour
STATIONARY ENGINEERS Various Rates.
STATIONARY FIREMEN Various Rates.
BOILERMAKERS 70 to 70 y2 cents per hour
PASSENGER CAR MEN 70 cents per hour
FREIGHT CARMEN v. 63 cents per hour
HELPERS, ALL CLASSES 47 cents per hour
Mechanics and helpers are allowed time and one-half for time
worked in excess of eight hours per day. Strike conditions pre
vail Young men who desire to learn these trades will be employed
and . given an opportunity to do so.
A strike now exists on the Northern Pacific Ry.
Apply to Any Roundhouse or Shops or Superintendent
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
AT TACOMA, WASH. ,