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miJ SWM' v a M ri fa Vt U Li hi Li U v. w- v-- w LJ J . ' w Wf m Wpp fit ot OREGON TT CCtlLwl Cloudy. probably tWwA X.T?.?r-' ii "to-- 4n rirer. 4.3. uwaB, aimoepnere, clear . rfrf I 1S. -''" Yl I I J : ys 'v. ! ll 1 ! At V Or' fjT ys.A . The triue function of advertising is to serve tha t wind. I ri- y 4. t I I V. U' v y- w L .f f V JKFSJ -w VW VV I An4nv.ki I SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR j SALEM. OREGON. WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 29. 1925 I PRICE FIVE CJTD SMALL YIELDS PREDICTED IfJ FRESH FRUITS Situation in District Is Most Deplorable in Years De clares S. H. Van Trump, County Inspector HIGHLAND ORCHARDS IN BETTER CONDITION Real Damage , Done During Winter; Prunes, Cherries and Berries Hard Hit Declaring that the fruit situa tion ia this territory is in the worst condition he has ever wit nessed, . S. H. Van Trump, county fruit inspector, predicted I' the shQrteBt crops on record... . "There will be practically no Italian prunes in the county," Mr. Van Trump etated. "Some petitea are to be teen, although to all pur poses there will be no prune crop this year at air." The cherries in most all localities' are blasted. In one large orchard I investigated, we took fiTe large branches from a Royal Anne tree, and found one cherry. , "In the highlands, conditions are some what better, due to the protection offered. Old prune growers declare that they cannot see anything in the way of a crop this year. In Polk county, condi tions seem to be slightly better. Cold Winter Cause According to Mr. Van Trump, the spring weather has had noth ing to do with the crop shortage. The real damage was done in De cember and January, he declared. The' trees were soft at the time, aad due to the rather warm , wea ther, the sap had risen In the trunks and. branches. When the cold snap struck, the trees were , blasted. , ... ;.i ft. "Cherries in the Salem region seem to be in fair condition," Van Trump stated. "I do not know how the situation is in the hill district." and the Roeedale section has not yet been visited. Pears are very spotted, with all indica tions of an extremely short crop The blooms were -excellent, but sow nearly all of them are black looking as if they had been seared with a torch. "There will not be over a 15 per cent crop of loganberries, and the raspberries were badly injured, while the usually h,ardy blackcap was hard hit by the freeze. Straw berries, and gooseberries seemed to bear the cold weather best of all, and are the only crops prom ising results. Prunes Hit Hardest "Peaches seem to be fairly good. as Tar as the early varieties are concerned. The late free-stones are very bad. In the hill region the returns look promising. It is hard to tell how the wal nut crop will be. At any rate the returns will be much less than last year. The catkins that opened good seem to be falling off pre maturely. Filbert are hard to jndge in advance although a short crop is expected." Mr. Van Trump stated: th'it In visiting a three-year old orchard of petite prunes, he found at least 20 per cent of the trees in a dying condition. i FlilL TRIBUTE . GILBERT Body Lies in State at First Methodist Church; Fun eral at 2:30 O'clock Leading representatives of the Methodist Episcopal church In "regon are expected In Salem to T for, the funeral of Dr. K. E. uubert, former superintendent of tne Salem district and since last "etober pastor of the First Metho oist church at Medford. Among nese are Bishop Shepherd, the "binet of the Oregon conference, Lf- Avison, former pastor of the " Methodist church here, who J" deliver the funeral sermon. !1,ter ministers will serve as Pail-bearers with the cabinet and representatives of Willamette uni Isuy and the Kimball School of ineotogy aB honorary palt-bearers. , the remains will artlve in' the vujr from Medfnrri at a- A fi ; V.?anie(I br Mrs- Gilberts a P Mendel, and (daughter Ista. Til BR w " ujoinpr. ReK Howard Gil - Th v wife 0 Oakland, Cal. FirJ'v111 lle 1 state at the ovr tMethdlst ctinTth from 10 anrt rTLce8' Various ministers SL:"4 f the family will win h! : ih0.v0r uatds. " Interment ' is n T ia e City View cemetery 18 the aDU'l Plot ; with arranse- V (OtaMass sa-rsgs 2 ' '" " ' ' ii ' -' ' - - - . - . . - - - - - ii i . Great Britain to Former Gold; Importance Vast LONDON, April 28. (By The Associated Press). Great Britain has returned to the gold standard. This announcement was made by Winston Spencer Churchill, chan cellor of the exchequer. In what is considered j the moat Important budget statement of modern times. The restoration of the gold stand ard! datjing from today, is put Into effect by a special license to the Back of; England to exp,ort bullion which f iUi operate' pending .; for mal! lapsing December 31 next of the! 1820 act prohibiting ! the ex port of gold bullion. Chancellor Churchill faced a crowded house of commons,: his audience befitting the great occa sion! and including ho ' less than eight former chancellors. ; Apart from its leading feature, i the re turn to gold, the budget was of vasf Importance for it contained something I for .: all classes six pence prr the income tax on eafns d incomes tinder 1,000 sterling " for the ' middle alleviation In the super the wealthy and ' a big of Contributory insurance working class which next pounas classes; tax I for scheme for ;the yeaf will give the widows of in sured men 10 shillings weekly for lifej with five shillings weekly for COURT UPHOLDS , q i 5' RIGHT Selling of Soft-Drinks Held Privilege; Portland Loses Its Case f Portland's efforts to bar aliens from operating soft drink estab lishtnentB violates ; the : United States nd Oregon constitutions, according to an opinion handed down by the supreme court Tues day! by justice Bennett, who holds thai aliens are entitled to ! the same treatment accorded to native born citizens. The opinion reverses-Judge Tazwell of the Mult nomah Icounty circuit court. ) "Thei-e Is no doubt, : the opin- ion lreads, ''but that within reas onable limits in the exercise of the police power, the state or its duly authorised : subordinate I govern mental iagencies may regulate any business that is or may be oper ated In! a manner ' hurtful to: the general! peace and good order of the community and may make reasonable classifications of 1 the persons! permitted to engage In such operation. : :;;-.;.; ; "Taking, j however, 1 the , equal rjofectfon feature of the .4th amendment to the national ; con stitution and the terms of section 31 bt article one of our own state constitution, respecting the privil ege! of! white , foreigners; who re side! here. It is plain that In re sped to persons proposing to en gage in! an otherwise lawful occu- I : icContlnnd oa pE 6) v. I j : SUITE FE Till ! j .- ' ; i Engineer of Fast Passenger Tn ! I l'll. f MIX i, deiievea Miiea vvnen . . Cars Leave Rails j SbRRENTO, Cal., April 28. Santa Fe passenger train Noi 76, southbound to San Diegoj was de railed ob a curve at the foot of a steep grade approximately one and one-half miles from here about 10 o'clock tonight. Engineer War boyl is Relieved to have been kill ed. I A ireman wast removed trom the wreckage badly, hurt. No pas sengers: were killed. ! : The engine, baggage car i and two! coaches of the five-car train left! the! track; Warboys body Is believed-to pinned under the ovelturped engine. His fireman wasf removed to a hospital at La Jolla. Six injured passengers are a waiting the arrival of a relief trait frbm San Diego. The extent of theirs injuries has not been de termined. : i ? ' D F ; . D SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.. April 2$.-f-A ! wrecking ? train i latej to night left San Bernardino for the scene ot the Santa. Fe wreck near Sorrento. :: : . " : ' John jWarboys, engineer, report ed killed, was one of the veteran engineers ot the Santa Fe. He en tered the servic on January 20, 1838. ill resided at Los Angeles. Ills son:, W. 11. Warboys of . San Dercarcjino, also a -Santa Fe en gineer, iwas avmember of the crew of ihe iwrecker, ,A special "train with physicians and officials: was replrte j to have left Los Angeles far jthe' wreck. "jV .UJTie-llremaa -reported Injured is A. N. 3Vclr of L03 Angeles. r ' i ' - . Returns Standard of the eldest child and three shillings for each other child under the age of 14 and also eventually old age pensions payable at 65 years, in stead of 70 as now and without any test as to means. ; Another - Important ' announce ment by the British chancellor was that American credits were being arranged to the amount of not less than $300,000,000, but these would be used only if and when required. The chancellor's explanations and comments on the country's fi nancial standing were more Inter esting. Alluding to the fact that this year's expenditure exceeded the budget estimate by more than 9,000,000 pounds, which he char acterized as "very "disappointing." he remarked that general elections had robbed the treasury of the opportunity of making a searching examination of expenditur thus In dicating that he favored still fur ther retrenchment in the public services, although 'there is a gen eral opinion that rock bottom has been reached at an annual expen diture of approximately 800,000. 000 pounds. Mr. Churchill also admitted (Coutinatd on ps S) STATE CBUIIL TD PROSECUTE Robert E. Crow to Head List in Murder Trial of William Shepherd CHICAGO, April 28. State's L Attorney Robert E. Crowe, Indi cated today that he will lead the prosecution of William D. Shep herd, indicaed for the murder of his. millionaire wafTT, William N. ilcClintock, when trial of the case starts Maj 18.; He will assign As sistant State's Attorney Gorman and Prosecutors Sharbaro, Savage and Marshall to ; assist him, , he said.. Ono or more new witnesses will be heard by the coroner's jury before complete inquests over the bodies of young STcClintock and his mother, Mrs.- Emma Nelson McClintock, and Dr. Oscar Olso in connection with the Shepherd case, Coroner Oscar Wolff an nounced tonight. He did not make public the names of the witnesses, but said they would be presented in time for1 the jury to complete Its work by Thursday night. Lffil HIKGTO BE HELD in STATE Senator Stanfield Announces Method to Study Conser ' vation of Land CinCAGO, April 28.Robert N. Stanfield of Oregon, chairman of the public: lands- committee of the United States senate, announc ed here tonight that the commit tee expects to hold public hear ings in the 11 public land states to study the administration and conservation of both the reserved and unreserved portions' of the public domain. The hearings, he said, will start some time in June In Arizona and then will adjourn until the middle of August when they will be resumed in Montana. During the following -'six weeks, hearings will also be held In Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Cal ifornia, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The hearings will close about the first of October. Preliminary hearings have already been held In' Washington with the various departments and bureaus interest ed in expressing their views. The interior department and the bu reau of forestry t will "probably have representatives present 'at the hearings to be held In the western states.; !-. ;r",;v ' Chairman StanfieJd said that most of . the agricultural 1nds f the public domain have been dis posed of and that the next ques tion iskwhat will be done with the grazing lands - and the' mineral lands. The bureau of forestry at present is in charge of the reserv ed portion of the public domain. It is toper, he said, Tlat an ex pression will be gained' from the people in the states affected that will result in the passage of ade quate laws providing for the ar minlstration of the public domain and for conservation ot its for ests. ' ' : SERVICE HELD mm DOUBT Airplanes Are Declared to be Utmost Importance in Re connaissance and Scout- ing Duty DEFENSE TESTS PROVE LAND FORCE NEEDS AID Patrol Planes First to pi?ht Enemy; Bombers Active I in Battle HONOLULU, April 28.-r(By The Associated Press) The value of the airplane in scouting' and reconnaissance duty was proved in the "battle" of Oahu of the joint army and navy maneuvers just concluded. In the opinion of the chief umpires, Admiral Robert E. Coon tz and Major General JObn L. Hines. j as expressed in official communiques issued - from f their office. . . i , ' Poaltloas Are Revealed The maneuvers were featured by extensive and spectacular air craft activity, mostly limited, how ever, to scouting duty. JThe -official statements do not reveal any case of a: battleship being - de stroyed, the "black" patrol air planes, after sighting the enemy, confining their efforts mostly; to preventing landing parties 1 irom the vessels reaching the shore. 4 Defence Is Made ! f Thel,"black" patrol I airplanes Were the first to sight the "blue" fleet and established contact on the night of April 25. When dis covered, the Wyoming, flagship of the scouting fleet, fourj cruisers and 18 destroyers were j anchored off the Island of Molokai. Four "black" airplanes landed on i Molo kai, resisted the attempt of ' the Shawmnt, tender for the aircraft forces of the attacking I fleet, to land a . fosce . on . the island of Lanal. captured the flying greund there. The -"black" forces GiMnexi the Shawmnt was sunk; which contention was upheld by the um pires. ; . . j Bombers Active! j Two "black" bombers encoun tered the destroyer Lawrence soon after contact with the opposing force was established and; attacked from an altitude of 1,000 feet. They also attacked the "blue" sub marine S-8 from an altitude of 2,000 feet. The umpires' state ment 6ays the bombers' attack on the Lawrence was unsuccessful. The airplanes catapulted from the decks of the dreadnoughts or launched from the aircraft carrier Langley succeeded in rbrtnging down" one "black seaplane. UNDER Discussion Student Body Sentirhent, in Spite of buccesstuliYear, 1 Against Plan ', Edgar Tibbets is of the opinion that the Student', council Ot the Associated student body) Is not in favor of the students paying part of Coach Huntington's salary, ac cording to his statement before the Salem school board last night. His opinion was made before the matter had been presented to the Associated student body, he de clared, i ... - . j 1 Following the statement of Tib bets, Superintendent George W. Hug, brought out the record of the past year and showed that the success, in athjletic was due to the ability of the present coachi. Har mony, he said had reigned this year; Which was not true of the regimes of former coaches, j Tibbets admitted he ihad ap pealed before .the school board without securing the opinion of the student body on the matter. ; The matter of electing Coach Huntington is to be taken up by Superintendent Hug With the students during the week and a decision " reached. " " j ' Coach Huntington has decided to be with the student-body for the coming year and much senti ment . ia expressed for him, it is stated.' - - - Thermometer Registers 81 Degrees? Record Set With 5 a maximum temperature of SI decrees yesterday, Salem ex-, perlenced - the warmest weather of the year. Due to the 'fact that the heat was rather extemporane ous and wa3 not prepared for, it was regarded as more severe than U3ual. ; v " " " ! J : - Two or three of the more opti mistic citizens were'seen! hurrying along in a more, or less; self-conscious manner under straw hats. According to the weather man, all Indications point to a contin uation of the warm weather, with good prospects for a further: In- 0 ll'S SW j crease ig l?meraturej SUE CUT STAY liJ OFFICE, SI German Ministry Announce Does Not Require Change Decision; Constitution After Election HINDENBURG AND LUTHER HOLD OFFICIAL MEETING Both Men Declared to Agree on Matters of Greatest Importance BERLIN, April 28. (By AsbO- elated Press.) -The German cab inet held a meeting tonight and after listening to a report by Chan cellor Luther on his conference to day with Presldenl-et&ct yon Hlh denburg, agreed unanimously to remain in office. This decision was arrived at on the ground that there was nothing in the (German constitution which required the resignation of the cabinet on the occasion of an election of a new president. '.. i ' Greetings Delivered Dr. Luther today carried the German government's official greetings and felicitations : to Field Marshal Von Hindenburg who was visiting at Gross! Schwul per. They discussed the inaugura tion program and political matters under current .debate lu jthe cab inet and Dr. Luther then; hurried back to Berlin to make his report. At the conclusion of the. cabinet meeting tonight which was attend ed by all the' ministers at present In Berlin it was said that Field Marshal "Von Hindenburg; and Dr. Luther are In ; full accord on all questions they discussed, j ' ? ' ' Retention Snggestfd In Reichtag circles there is a very definite Impression that, the presenrgovernment will not be In terfered with ; by President Von Hindenburg and that he formally will request It to reman In office in its present makeup, notwith standing the fact that It contains one democratic and one centrist member. Such procedure .would, in the opinion of political leaders, Indicate a desire on the part of Chancellor Luther and foreign minister Stresemann to retain the good will or neutrality j of both those parties In the reichstag thus Insuring the present government a safe working majority and; the nec essary Immunity from the after math of the election. j Sleeting Scheduled ; Dr. Luther will address a meet ing of German industrialists to morrow. He Will refer to the significance of the presidential election In its bearing on internal and: foreign issues. This will be In lieu of a government statement j In the reichstag and will be intended to placate - the impatience manifest abroad over Von H'ndenburg's victory. . 1 , Despite the apprehension reflect ed In the foreign preaa commerit on the election, government eir. cles are taking a calm view of the post-election situation apparently convinced that the nationalist leaders who espoused the candi dacy of Von Hindenburg j win de sist from indulging in political ex cesses which might terminate In a preliminary criss and rvet .three Wemar parties which back Dr. Marx into a strong 'oppositional factor on the floor of-the reichs tag. i ETTE STUB DESTROYS TIMBER First Fire of Season ' Is Re ported From" Josephine ) ;' County Tuesday ( . The first forest fire of the sea son occurring- on lands coming under the jurisdiction of the state forester, was reported Tuesday morning from Josephine! county. The district Warden reports that the fire was caused from i a cigar ette' thrown from an auto. Due to the prompt' work of the ward ens, it was confined to one-fourth of an acre.; The weather bureau at Portland has .been sending out telegraphic. forecasts of - bad fire weather the, past, few days, but a wire this morning states that some relief may be expected tomorrow. It is Interesting to note that it was Just a year ago that the large, fire occurred on the Salmonberry in Tillamook county, where 6000 acres were burned over before it wsa brought tjnd. control CIGl Big Distillery Raided in Mt. Angel District; Men and In what Is said to have been the largest prohibition raid ever conducted ia the state of Oregon, four men were captured and a giant distillery seized Tuesday. ' The plant was located one and one-half miles southeast of Mount Angel, on the Walker farm. The men arrested are Joe Walker, said to be the owner of the still, John Andrews, Henry Johnson and L. S. Dickson,', . ; In the raid 4500 gallons of masn- Were seized, together with 110 one gallon jugs of whiskey, 400 full pint bottles of the fin ished product, 720 empty one gal lon Jugs, and hundreds of pint flasks, 10 gallons of whiskey in kegs, 16 sacks of sugar and 34 sacks of corn meal. Some idea of the magnitude of the plant can be formed from the 16 huge wooden vats used in the fermentation process. : Each of these contained between 250 and 300 gallons of mash. The still was of, doable con struction, doing away with the necessity of running the product through a second time. The. main tank was of 250, gallon capacity, and when the moonshine had been turned out of this, it was. auto matically transferred to a second AUTO WilSHAPS PROVE SERIOUS Astoria People Seriously Hurt When Car Runs Wild; Man Dies ASTORIA, Ore., April 28. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Murphy of Fern hill were seriously , injured here today when '-the automobile in which ; they were riding ran wild on the steep Eighth street hill and rolled over three times. Mrs. Murphy was h dried from the car and her husband was pinned be neath the wrecked machine. .The couple were taken to the hospital here. . . :-; : STEVENSON, Wash., April 2. Robert Snodgrass of Portland was killed when a, truck he was driving struck a heavy boulder and .Pluhged 1,000 feet into the Little White Salmon river on a hill at Cook, In Skamania county todays The body wa found near the river bank. . The truck was .heavily loaded and toppled -over an embankment when a large rock was struck. . YAKIMA. Wash., April 28. Two men on a motorcycle crashed through a railing on a bridge over the Taklma river near here early this morning, plunged 15 feet Into the river and escaped with minor bruises. They , failed to complete a sharp turn leading from the In land Empire highway on to the bridge. SEATTLE, April 28. John Dal ton, 14 year old eon of Dr. M. T. Dalton, Seattle phyBlclan, today was awarded a verdict of $10,000 for damages received when he was struck by a delivery truck March 14, 1924. George F. Zegenfuss was driving the truck when it ran over a bicycle rid den by young Dalton. f.,r,,'4.,.;fii'.,,i. :i Russliwis EM II. S. FORCES 25 Former Subjects of Rus sian Crown Enroll in Seat tle National Guard SEATTLE, April 28. For the first time In the history of the national guard of the United States, a nnlt,' composed entirely of former officers of another army was mustered j into service" with impressive ceremonies here to- night when 25 former officers of the old Imperial Russian army be came members of Battery C. 146th field artillery, Washington nation al $uard. , Lieutenant General Alexander Elshln,' commander of the 20th Russian corps during the world war in Gallcia, five colonelsTseven lieutenant-colonels and four navy lieutenants were among the -recruits. . ' Colonel Harry G. Winson wel comed the Russians who were eft listed by Lieutenant John M- Stod dard of Seattle, as the first pla toon of the battery commanded by Captain Cyril StutfieI3; a former English veteran of the Boer war. ; Regimental standards which the chit carried in France, were pa raded before the body br,the reg inental cotitia'aicr. Col. WInsor. TLa sanSardj were blessed by the Liquor Seized 45 gallon still for final processing. A three-horsepower steam boiler was used to operate the still and to heat the vats to aid fermenta tion. ' The raid was conducted iby Roy Brummer. Marlon Couhtv deputy 'sheriff, arid Harry Barker, A. C. Smith and A. cnristensea, ieaerai operatives. A tip received through Sheriff Bower's office was acted on immediately. The distillery is believed to have been in operation for about two months. It is said that all the materials and supplies for the plant were sent from Portland, and. that all the finished product was returned to the same city at night by auto mobile. As far as can be learned, there was no local distribution. The Still was located about 100 yards , from the road, and was housed In a granary and feed mill which had stood there for some time. In connection with the plant, a grain chopper was oper ated. : - ' 1 : 1 - I - . The four men were ! lodged in the county Jail last night afcd com plaints will proDably : bO made against them this morning. The warrant for search was issued through Brazier C. Small, justice of the peace. ' IS EXPLAINED Cooperation Between i Public Schools and County Pro gram Is Being Sought Official ..recognizance !;of , the Marlon county health demonstra tion was given last night; by the Salem school board, following the Offer of Dr. Walter H. BrOwn, di rector, wio briefly outlined the three major objectives of ! the 'or ganization here. - The. off ef was to establish official relationship be tween the Salem school officials and the. Marlon county - health demonstraUMa-whlch is to operate heref during the next five years The tirst objective is the build ing up of a medical supervision of the school children of the dis trict which will extend the pres ent medical service th&T is offered at present. The plan as outlined Is to supplement the i work that is being done by Dr. Rosa and to make It more effective" by furn ishing medical supervision to the school children. - : It was explained that the offer was made on a voluntary basis, which necessitated the full ap proval of the parents Of ifehildren to, undergo the medical supervis ion.- Medical supervision will necessi tate the division of the city and county Into districts and sufficient nurses will be supplied by the health demonstration which will allow a nurse for three school buildings in the city. This will allow for the control of communi cable diseases more efficiently. There will also be added an in structor to the teaching staff of the school. Who will conduct health education -classes. Special training hat been given to the worker, Miss Anne Simpson, at Columbia university. j This service will not ji inyolv the appropriation, of money by the school board, the 1 whole being conducted by the officials of the Marion county health demonstra tlon. Snowbound Pass Not (Yet Cleared; Plows Jammed - - v r ; - YAKIMA, April 28.Seventy eight inches of solidly packed snow has disabled rotary plows of the state highway department clearing Shoqualmie pass, it was reported here today, f Ai plow reached the summit from the west and worked half a mile down the eastern slope, before being dis abled. The east side machine has been laid up for repairs. DAK DEDICATED TO CHILD IfilTI Governor Proclaims j Friday . May 1, As Child Health ' n Day in State : Friday. May, 1, U. proclaimed "Child Health Day'-' in Oregon by Governor Pierce, who stresses the point that opon posterity depends the future of the nation": t "The health of the child sholji be the prime consideration of the parent and the teacher and the concern of the state and the na tion," the proclamation reads. "In order to bring this vital matter more directly to the attention of our people and in the hope of de veloping a healthier-hat j icr finer Acclo-Cascn rate, I f r'sli HEALTH IRK DALLAS BEGinS IRK 00 FLAX OUOTHiMEi ... Canvass District for Sub scriptions to Premising Enterprise SALEM tlUOTA 13 WELU , ,t ON WAY TO REACH GUAi. Pledges . and SubscripUa Reach $200,000 tlark; Success Earned Workers are hard at the task of securing subscriptions tor Jtbe $300,000 quota for Salem, towards the erection of a $640,000 linen mill In ' this city. Already the pledges and subscriptions have reached over $200,000 and the workers anticipate 'going over; the top with a bang. I - : Members of the committee are not slowing down on the job, but are putting more pep into their work. Tuesday's workers were in the field from the start of the business day until the finish, and from the unconfirmed reports, a surprise is to be sprung at the Thursday : meeting at - the Saltm chamber of commerce. Enthnsiasitt Spreading : Workers have been In the out lying cities and bring back very favorable reports. Enthusiasts ii keen among the people outside of Salem and favorable reports art expected soon. Tuesday T. M. Hicks, presiieit of the Salem chamber of contntrci and John H. ilcNary Wer at C :i verton where they appearel t fore, a v noon-day luncheon, Othei gatherings are ta be held at ClU ferent cities near Ealem finrlr j thi text few Cays The MArion-Polk "county tal tors hate postponed their re ; Uf meeting Thursdiy hocn ia Order to meet with the conihltUensa it their tneetlng. Etery tLiltzt I i promised to bring In a inbsci. . tlon and from indication they irs to cnake a good showing. Aire? the organization has tied sl t . ; ly $1 0,000 &n4 have gona ac.r j 109 per cent strong. He at Dailii A well attended and Jnteffcfc!:a$ meeting" was held at Dallas night undef tfce directioh tot Ah 9 chainber Of cdmiriefbe, which wis attended by several business men of this city. The interest shown was demonstrated by the numbed of Questions that were asked by the people present. Robert 1 Crawford, superintend ent of the state flax industry, de scribed the growing of flax and the methods of cultivation. Other speakers followed on the progrsri . and described, various .phases of tha flax ahdlliien Jn'duatry in re lation to the. Willamette valley v Col. W.rB Bartrant related the benefits to be derited by the new mill coming t'O the d!strlct. T. U. Hicks, president of the chamber ot commerce,; Charles R. - preheard, local business man, told of the benefits to be derived by the f trxn er and the business man by tha cultivation of flax and the manu facture. of linens. The Dallas people appointed a committee to take up the subscrip tion list, toward filling the quot for Dallas. Senator I. L. Patter son was selected as chairman. CJOLFE RDDZS ON COUKSI1 VICTORIA, B. C. April 2 8. Jack Savannah, photoserapher c! Victoria, collapsed on No. 1 gree of the Upland golf course ter today and died before medical ai : Was summoned. TUESDAY JNAVASHHIGTOri The German election contlr.uf to be a subject for serious thou si in Washington. - Natal official declared in?: ant lessons would result frc: . t Hawaiian maneuvers. Reorganization of the ire '..i tlon unit was Initiated by ant Secretary Andrews. , England's return to a go!i I was hailed by the treasury t reconstruction . step of fir- t i portance, i The Acadny of f-cicsr -tlrnod Its eessloas trith t! 1 stein theory of relatlviiy a I subject of discussion. ' Official rp the perTc:!: i cf a new 1 If .....