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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR.
, .SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9,1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
I CREEK IS DRAGGED FOR
MYSTERY SURROUNDING
PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN
AIR MAIL TRUCK ROBBED;'
HEAT PROSTRATION IS
i! RESULT OF HOT SPELL
STSTE FJII1 PLfliS
BODY OF BAN DON YOUTH
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BANDITS LOST IN CROWD
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DELIVERY TRrCK FORCED TO
CTRD JX DARING lIOLDCP
IVIlt BE WW
if
mus.
NEfiRLY COMPLETED
INTOXICANTED, , DRESSER I VP
HOWARD OHMAN CAUSES EX-
1IARRV CRAXE TAKEN
AND NO PLACK TO GO
! crrErK5TT at m hool
FROM AVTO AT BROOKS .
SCIIIS III EOufJTY
COST ft. ilil
mm
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i Nearly 12,000 Enrolled Is
Shown m Annual Keport
.of Mrs, Fulkerson
f Attempt Made to Denude Self In
r Jail; Stopped by Acting Po
lice Matron I
!
MORE BOYS THAN GIRLS
Mystery shrouds the identity of
a young woman who early yester
day afternoon was brought to po
lice headquarters, dead drunk by
two tourists who claimed to have
found her several miles north of
tire Tear In Grade and High
T i&hool Approximately .".
j..f PCTVent
Vj Daily Average Attendance for En- jsalem on the Pacific highway
fwhen she narrowly escaped In
jury by staggering In" front of
their car. No "mark of identiflca
tion was found upon her person
and police were unable -to 'learn
from where Una had come air bv
A lOtaiDl lias ooys ana girisi wnat circumstances shA fell Unto
attend the schools of. Marion coun-lne condition in which Ehe was
ty, according to the annual report I found.
iut-u yt-Hieruay airs. -,m- v-
frT "L? Uboat 25 years' of age. was violent-
are boys and 5780 are girls. There
are 9005 children In the grade
schools of the county, and 2733 in
high school. The average daily
ly drunk when brought . to the
station and remained in that con
dition throughout the day, singing
and shouting In her cell and at
one time ; attempting to tear off
"l"""""c , " -1 her clothes. At nine o'clock) last
schools was approximately. 05 per t bad not t regained
cent for the vear' - t A; t . I - ...
uer cairn sumcieniiy to aia oiri-
Millionaire Denounces Mary
Spas as.rmposter.'Adop- j
vtion Repudiated
GIRL i ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Death Attempt Frustrated When
.Bottle of Poison Is Knocked
From Lip of Hysterical j
Girl
j:
j Run Away j From Stale Insti
tution Is the Conclusion
T Iteacfaod by Of fleers
cent for the year.
The report was finished -In rec
ord time this vear. and has been
Worked on for the last four weeks.
It will be forwarded to the super
intendent of pubftc fostTuetlon' fhi--L-.n-.-i
- i ..t.(t
W -Lf. r'TIIf thrlde into Salem failed to re
efing all departments .of sch6of fiBV . .
eers 4n establishing her identity
or to answer questions regarding
her past. '
, 'A -suit case; which she
was
carry -at the time tourists gave her
work are included In the report.
var any ciue ;to ner name- or
hnrna Cs vlAlnnr .AIA aha' Avk a ts
School, expenses for the astl d . . that officer,! held
year, includ -both, f to be possible "Cthat f a drag1 had
7r -'AV';":ibeeii--eiren to her as weir as II
J." . . ilJ " ..- nor- Sh as fairly Well dressed
..oVX ca-. " ( i ' whcn Ehe apeared at the station.
33J.60.50 from the county trea- Po,ice fa,leq0 note tQe nameil oI
..Vi . . . ' v " , I the tourists who brought her to
.IV 7, ' r , the station; they declared. H
fund netted 31.'47S to- the trea- J1 lt night .and -alter more
sury. and tate and federal tund9 ?iLhour of ueat,onInK Mr
for" vocational edusathraal brought Nora 5Whe, acting J chief police
in $3,432.71. Other sources 7 oti matTon. aeclared that she haj
revenue include 1789.82 from the I learnett the ideutlty of the strange
tuition Tor pupils below high "6"k -v , j.u
schooF grades 165.777 received aters yesterday attetnoon but
from high school tuition, and $22.- filmed to make public lurther
859 from the sale of bonds. information. The woman -became
Total receipts amount to $t,- dnk of her own volition it is de-
004.733 . Outstanding warrants is- clared and police have ascertained
dnrtn.. tw' rhooi vMr foU details of the circumstances
NEW YORK, Aug. 8.f-(By As
sociated Press 1 . E dward W.
Browning, millionaire i real estate
operator, tonight completely repu
diated V Mary Louise ; Spas, the
"modern i3derella.M ; whom he
adopted tSls week. After a con
ference withr Queens ' county : au
thorities, Mrl Drowning and his
attorney, Francis Dale.; said steps
would I ho taken to prevent Mary
Louise from; making j any claim
upon Mr. Browning's fortune. ;
j After , the; conference, Mary
Louise, who,' earlier In the day,
bad attempted to take her life by
drinking poison, was placed in the
home ; of a family approved ; by
District Attorney Newcombe f of
Queens county and-Commissioner
of Public Welfare Coler. j The
name of the. family was not made
public. Mr. Browning said one Of
his business associates,; Robert H
Dunnett, would care for her in his
Brooklyn home.. ' !
"I will not only take such' legal
proceedings as will be necessary to
make the adoption proceeding null
and void," iMr. Browning said
"but I will prevent Mary Louise
from sharing; in any way in pos
sible property rights." , . i
Although the girl left the meet
ing ; with . Mr. . Browning, there
were no exchanges of words be
tween them ) and . she was quickly
taken away to ; her ! temporary
i After 24 hours of search on the
theory -that) Howard Ohman, es
cape from the state training school
for boys, had been drowned in a
ereek near (the school, authorities
late . yesterday j discovered what
Is believed to be certaia proof that
the lad escaped and is headed in
the direction of his home in Ban
don. Discovering 1ft : the brush
some distance from the swimming
hole of a handkerchief, a packet
of letters and a pencil, identified
as his property, are responsible
for, this later - theory.
Ohman was swimming with a
group of 22 boys who compose
Eight Ponclies of Valuable Papers
Stolen in First Airplane
Man Robbery ; .
the kitchen
at the school and who were en-
amount to $197,429, leaving a
total of $249,072.26. ;
; The amount of bonded Indebt
edness trr Mtrldir ctrantyicbool
property Is .placed at $ 5 8 4,4 3 5.
The amount of ' outs(anJiTi war
rants Is . $87,383.- The total in
debtedness, including other minor
amounts, is $651,847. an extreme
ly low figure 'for' this county., The
estimated j value1 of school houses
and grounds owned by the county
which account, for her presence on
the Pacific highway several miles
north vf Salem in a dead drunk,
condition., r ; -j, r t r j
HOOVER VISITS COOLlDGfc
COAL . STRIKE AT XAVT
PLANS SUBJECT OF TALKS :
; ' (Continued n pf. 2) ' ;
WATER MEETING T.10NDAY
and dining room force
joying the sport in' the creek at
the bottom of the training school
hill under the supervision of the
carpenter s t the school' when he
disappeared.
Two boys saw Ohman disappear
into the brush and notified the
supervisor,! who immediately be
gan a search. Tracks near the
creek Indicate the possibility that
the lad ha re-entered the water.
and the fact that Ohman at one
time suffered from infantile par
alysis and had physical deformi
ties lent plausibility to the drown
ing hypothesis. '
' Thirty boys from the school
were called to aid in the task of
dragging t ie creek bed which was
done thoroughly without discovery
of a body. Ohman has been rest
less for several days to return to
his home in Bandon, Superlnten
dent Gilbert declared last night.
and it is I now believed that he
escaped with that Intention. lie
has run away from the school once
before, to jreturn of his own voli
tion the next morning, and school
officials are expecting his return
from this escapade before morn-
ing. ! :.-;. .
Ohman lis described as having
light complexion, blue eyes and
light hair
SWAMPSCOTT. Mass , Ang. 8.
(By Associated -Press.)- Secre-
)
is set at $1,159,645, with fechool I Hoover, oming here today
furniture and apparatus further
valued at $146,831. Insurance on
school houses and property is
placed at $788,901.
' A total of 453 teachers are em
ployed in the Marion .county
schools. Of this number, 69 are
men and 384 are women. In. the
high schools there are 160 teach-
ostensibly to j Invite president
Coolidge to a jubilee celebration
in San Francisco next month, dis
cussed the' anthracite situation
with' him, went ' Over with' him a
proposition for commercial i oper
ation of v the navy's big airship,
the Los Angeles, and gave him a
glowing report as to business and
industrial conditions. ' Later he
fir, ri t wKnm 1A B1A mAn txw A f n
the' S. cthe f? "
293 teachers are men. The aver
age number of days taught during
the year is 170. with an average
dally attendance tof 7039 The ag
gregate days' 'attendance daring
the year was $1,192,274 for the
.livf18' "5'906 rthT,;bjeVt.'the7did dls-
nign scnoois. r f , cuss the situation briefly im-
, " Thre are 127 organized school mediately after the cabinet officer
i districts in Marlon county, only arrived at the summer White
'I ; ' twoof which are not in operation. I House,
er to the Boston hayy yard.
Despite announcements at White
Court that the president' had no
intention of talking to' the com
merce department head about the
hard eoal wage controversy? and
did not fexpect Mri ' 'HoOver to
APPRAISED VALVE OF WATER
i ri Pi.tVT is nir:irr I'T J-!-
I Plant hate been completed for (
the publkr meeting tailed for the
Chamber ' of Commerce r. rooms
Monday, night' by Mayer Giesy. in
Order to arrive at: a. conclusion as
how best and -most economically
an appraisal of the Salem Water
company's plant can be made. .
'. Before any further step is taken
toward Insuring an adequate and
satisfactory supply o water for
the city the city must first acquire
the water company plant. When
figures are ) available i the matter
can then be placed' before the peo
ple for a vote. , , j ' '
; Efforts are being made to place
the water question before the peo
ple at a special election, probably
October 20, when chatter amend
ments are up for consideration.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 8.
(By the Associated Press.) By
crowding a United j States mail
truck to the curb here late today,
six men in an automobile held up
the truck driver, transferred eight
pouches of air. mall just received
from the east and. escaped into
the traffic of Market street.
The robbery it believed to be
the first of air mail since the
transportation of mail by airplanes
was Instituted. " j
Two registered pouches. are be
lieved to have been among the
eight. Postoffice j officials at
tempted to minimize the probable
loss In the robbery but newspa
pers here tonight declared they
had information from semi-official
sources that the value of the mall
contained in the westbound
pouches that arrived here tonight
was exceptionally high.
The license number of the car
used in the holdup was obtained
but a check revealed the plates
had been stolen. M. M. Rieger,
driver of the mail, truck, was
questioned at length by inspectors
but released tonight. It was
learned that he was a new driver
and making his first trip with the
mail.
The holdup took place while the
truck was en route to the ferry
postoffice from the air mail field.
Forcing the truck into the curb.
five of the bandits covered the
driver with guns and transferred
the pouches into their car.
Officials eaid that the speed
with which the men operated and
the smoothness with which their
plans were carried out indicated
that the holdup had been carefully
planned.
A street ear passed while the
Entire Nation Scoured for
Man Believed Perpetrat
or of Death Hoax
PROSECUTOR DOUBTFUL
Mercwrv fteachr (M Saturday;
ij i Famous Dry Spell Record .
' Shattered Today
DUtrlrt Attorney Not Convinced
..Body Is Not That of ,
Schwartz; Invertlga
tion Is Made
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MARTINEZ. Cal.. Aug. 8. (By
Associated Press.) While , the
nation-wide search for Charles
Henry Schwartt, missing Walnut
Creek chemist, continued today.
authorities of Contra Costa coun
ty and the bay district devoted
themselves to Hinchlng the iden
tity of the m whose charred
body was found on the night of
July 30 in the partly burned plant
of the Pacific Cellulose company
as that of Gilbert Warren Barbe.
itinerant laborer and self-styled
evangelist.
While three persons have ex
pressed themselves as positive In
their identification of the body as
that of Barbe. district attorney A.
B. Tinning of Contra Costa coun
ty said today he was not inclined
to accept the Identification as con
clusive. "
"On the contrary," said Thin
ning. "I have some doube as to
whether the body Is that of some
man other than Schwartz. Con
fidential Identification which can
not be made public at this time
has further clouded the issue." '
The three who have positively
identified the body aa that of
Barbe are Cecil Barker, Placer
ville undertaker and close friend
of Barbe; C. S. Morrill, head of
the state bureau of criminal Iden
tification and Hart Schraeder. Jr
i :
The first heat prostration of the
year occurred Saturday when Mrs.
Dairy Crane was overcome and
removed from the Crane automo
bile at Brooks and brought to the
tity early in the evening by the
polden ambulance service.
I- Mrs. Crane, with her husband.
liad returned from a two weeks'
vacation -in southwestern Oregon
and motored on to Portland Fri
day, returning to Salem yesterday.
he was taken home and reports
ast night were to the effect that
er condition was not serious and
hat she was resting easily.- Nei
fher Mr.. Crane, managing -editor
bf the Capital Journal! nor their
daughter, Barbara, were affected
by the heat. 1
j Within two degrees of the hot
test August day on record the
mercury came to rest at 96 d
(trees late. Saturday, standing at
93 degrees at S o'clock.
Saturday was the third hottest
day this year. June 24 being the
hottest with 100 degrees. ' The
following day saw but a drop of
One degree in the temperature.
The hottest ever reached in Aug
ust is 98 degrees while the record
for all time is 102 degrees, estab
lished during a July.
With every Indication that It Is
never going to rain any more, the
longest dry spell on record Is anti
cipated today? with the passage of
57- rainless days. This figure was
established in 1883. according to
records. "
Sixty-Fourth ' Annual Everit
Will Be Banner txposi-.
tion It Is Indicated
superintendents;back
Only -One Change la Noted ThJ
Season; County Displays Will
. n be Representative of all
, CoBinannitles )'
PARKPLACE BRIDGE BUY handwriting expert who declared
tne uncompleted portion oi a lei-
He is five feet tall.
weighs 104 pounds, and his right
leg is three inches shorter than
school from Bandon on February
A 20 of thI4 year.
TOTAL OF 121,603 VEHICLES
ON ROAD JULY IS
five die at crossing
GOWANDA, N. Y., Aug. 8.
(By Associated Press.) Five men
were killed at a railroad crossing
near here) today when a Buffalo-!
bound Erie passenger train struck
ah automobile in which state high
way workers were returning from
Work because of rain. ' ' , ' -' '
WAGE
INCREASE ASKED
SEATLp, : Aug. 8 Wage in
creases aggregating more than
$500,000 annually were asked of
the city tfjday by employees Of
the municipal street railway. ;
Parkplace bridge with 5258 ve
hicles, was. the business section of
the virions highways in the state
according to the count taken be
tween 6 o'clock In the morning
and 10 o'clock at night on July
16. when 1 2 1,6 9 5 vehicles of all
kinds were counted by the state
highway department. Parkplace
bridge is located j on the Pacific
highway a few miles north of Ore
gon City.
Of the total number of vehicles,
Oregon cars lead with 73,479,
with cars from other states sec
ond with 34,617. There were 6181
light and 3883 heavy trucks, 863
horsedrawn and 672 motorcycle
vehicles counted, j
A count north of Riekreaii"ou
the Salem-Dallas highway showed
1036 Vehicles with ' 843 south of
the junction. " j
SILVERTON, Ore., Aug. 8.
(Special.) The hottest day of the
year so far at Silverton was ex
perienced Saturday when the ther
mometer tipped a little over '100
degrees. ' I
f-
THE KINDEST CUT OF ALL!
Inr these j. districts, 145 school
(Contiawd a psas 8)
FRENCH TROOPS ARRIVE'
SITUATION ON RIFFIAN BOR-
. " DEfl SAID TMPftAVRTt
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FEZ, 'Aug. . - ( By Associated
Press. ) The situation In Morocco
is inuch Improved, from a mili
tary viewpoint; It was said today
in official circles. The French
reinforcements recently arrived
have made themselves felt, and
French troops along the Ouergha te,e8ted i Mmm.rU. ,nniMll,
front are in . a much better po- which would like to Uke over the
anion today than when the rebel afrshjp f0r
transportation of pas
drive began. , sengers and freight between New
!, The French military command york and Chicago, and perhaps
t iuiv(auvB4aii Aua-ei-s.nmr i Cties farther west
m re dc i , ieaaer, is getting . less
Later Mr. Hoover made this
brief statement to newspaper men:
v "The president's view is that
industry should settle its own la
bor relations and therefore! he is
hopeful that the anthracite indus
try win find its own solution' of
its problems." ' j." ':'''' i ' "-.'"'..
The ' proposal for operation of
the Los Angeles was laid before
the president and Mr. ;Hooyer by
John Hays ' Hammond, Jr., young
millionaire Inventor; Herbert Sat-
terlee of New I York, a son-in-law
of J. P. Morgan, and Fred S. Har-
desty of Washington, who are in-
eonfident and becomina Irritable
He is .reported to be exercising re
prisals on his ;own followers for
falling to break the French lines.
One chieftain was imprisoned for
alleged timidity of his forces.
'The French and Spanish are
atill undecided as to the publica
tion of the peace terms decided
j upon at Madrid, as they fear Abd
; el-Krim will !take as 'evidence of
weakness any farther efforts on
their part to get the peace terms
FOREIGN BCTUAL , PERMITTED
NEW BRITAIN. Conn.. Aug. 8.
-(By Associated Press.) For
the second lime in history an Am
erlcan Jew will be buried in,Pales4-
tine. The body of Louis Gans,
f o under : of the New BrRaTii Zion
ist f organization is to be : taken
from Its restinj: place in this city
and sent to, Jerusalem forf burial
X'
among the. remains of the ancient
officially ; before . him , and they ralers of the Kingdom, lot 'David.
" vuuaDiv -awan runner ae-i - .
.elopments. The feeling to of-1 -2 DIE; JETV3S-lITJi;T-INClXASII
ncial circles bow Is that the Rlf
tiah leader will ward off all of
ficial peace ' parleys, hoping ,to
hoTd 6ut on th Ouergha front tla
tll Uhe ' mlddle' of nptnfi hori
FULTON, Ky Aug.- 8Two
ran were Skilled and five injured,
two seriously, early tonight" when
a itrain of the H. W. Nelson con-
rain. Is expected to come' to his 1 struction company, T including SO
aid, giving him all winter to push cars - plunged through , a trestle
His1 propaganda, if a military rde-1 and crashed ;tnto tatlaa afx
Cision Is not reached sooner. - miles east of Fulton..
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ter found nesr the charred body
and another letter written by
Barbe to Barker were .written by
the same person. :
In an effort to trace Barbe's
movements -after-he left Los Ga
toj, where on July 18 be wrote
the letter .which Barker produced
Sheriff R.' R. Veale . of Contra
Costa county spent today at San
Jose and Los Gatos.
Late today Sheriff Veale tele
phoned the Information that be
had succeeded in locating two per
sons who said they had seen Bar
be in the vicinity of ; Lo Gatos
subsequent to July 18. One was
Marshal II. O. Baird of Los Ga
tos and the other was John Gar
rett, who said Barbe spent several
days with him last fall in his cab
In near Los Gatos and had called
on him during July of this year.
The ' partially burned letter
found near the charred body in
the ruins of the cellulose plant
was dated May 24. 1925. "in the
Big Trees, Santa Crux, Cal."
Why this letter was not mailed
authorities have been unable to
determine. The receipt by Barker
of a 'letter from Barbe written
BOARD VOTES FOR CORPS
LEGION DRT3IMERS COMPETE
FOR 910OO PRIZES
Plans for the 64th annual Ore
gon state fair, now Bearing com
pletion, forecast another success
ful. year for the Teat institution.
Everyone in the organization, from
officials to department heads. Is
working arduously this inmnir in
a concerted -effort to make the
fair this neason eclipse any that
has gone before. The opening
date has been set for September
28. i
With the exception of R. C.
Fowler of Medford. aH the super
intendents of departments remain
the same as last year, and' In some
instances heads of the various di
visions are returning to positions
held through many years. The
Medford man. formerly farm man
ager of the W. E. Ayer stock farm
at Carlton, now county club lead
er for Jackson county, will super
intend the department of dairy .
cattle. .J. E. Flnnicum of Dayton
will again head the division tor
beef cattle.-
Edward Shearer of Est a cadi.
superintendent of the poultry de
partment, has been with the state
fair longer than any other super
intendent, entering now upon his
11th year. William Schulmerich
of Hillsboro. superintendent of the
horticultural and agricultural de
partments, is second, with a term
of ten years to, his credit.
Others who are coming back
to old departments this fall are:.
Thomas W. Bruak. Salem, host 3
C. M.. Nelson. Corvallls. sheep; U.
A. Scnllen. Corrailis, bees and
honey; L. B. Ziemer. Portland
dairy and dairy products; Mrs
U. G. Smith. Gresham. art; Mrs
At a meeting of the state fair
board yesterday, $1000 to prises
waa innrnnrlifrH tar tha. lnt
can Lerlon dm rnm. tyiJW. Munr Salem, ttxtftt;?.ltey
tion whioh win ha tt ii wA.noIds, Corvallls, horses, and G
day. the opening day of the fair
It is declared that not less than
seven drum and drill corns will
participate in the event. The Sa
lem Legtoa has undertaken to
sell sufficient tickets to cover the
amount voted by the fair board.
The excellent drilling and cosr
turning of the Legion corps let
the fair executives to vote the ap
propriation. Wherever they ap
pear in competition, enthusiastic
receptions are given.
Another feature for this year's
fair will be International club day.
A beautiful silver trophy cup will
be awarded to either the Klwanls.
Rotary or Lions club having the
largest registration for that day
Members of each, club will register
at the fair and the totals will be
determined in the evening.
(Continued an pag S)
MINERS TRAPPED BY FIRE
TWO. MEN NEAR DEATH WHEN
BLAZE CLOSES TUNNEL
WALLACE, 'Idaho. Aug. 8.
(By Associated Press) Two men,
Vic Peila and Frank Carlson, both
of Wallace, narrowly escaped
death by suffocation today when
a forest blaze of Lake Gulch, two
miles west of here, set fire to
portal of a mine tunnel in which
they were working. The beat was
so Intense it was over an hour be
fore fire fighters were able to
enter the mine to rescue the two
men who were working 1.000 fee
underground. The fire, of na
known origin, destroyed a cabin
on the dump of the Wallace group
mining company, property and
spread to thick timber on a near
by hillside, and for a time threat
enttl .destruction of the surface
workings of the Galena '.Mining
company. The fire tonight 'was
under control. I .- ' .
The fire, which .Friday threat
ened the two small towns of Tatt
and Saltese. Mont.. . was beyond
the control of nearly 250 fire
I fighters tonight and great danger
to the town still exists. The Chi
cago. Milwaukee And St. Paul rail
road is reported to have 200 men
guarding its power lines near TafL
Forty men asleep in a fire fight
Ing camp at the head of Pine
creek were forced to flee for their
j lives when thr 'flames destroyed
the camp this morning. Fires in
the north lore, can atry were being
held on.'the outskirts of a hi
whlte'ptne belt, 'reports 'tonight
i indicated." ' .-. ' . ' -
CAR REGISTRATION GAINS
HIGH RECORD IS ESTAB
LISHED DURING MONTH
Registration of passenger ve
hicles for July this year sets a new
high figure for the month accord
ing to a statement prepared by
Sam A. Kozer. secretary of state.
Plates were Issued tor 14.612 ve
hicles of this type in comparison
Ith'13.074 In 1924; 13.266 In
1923; .12.642 in 1922 and 7025
in 1921.
Registrations from January 1
to July 31 are 180, 720 against
162,721 for the same period last
year and 136.740 In July. 1923.
There were 109.299 registered In
1921. Trucks registered -for the
period are 14.954 against 13,402
last year. Motorcycles and deal
ers registrations are decreasing.
the report shows.
Fees received this year amount
to $5,036,126.23 igalnst $4,552,-
997.96 for the same period last
year. The figure this year Is more
than double the amount collected
In 1921. which was $2,231,11 $.50.
.The 14.613 registrations last
month are 6756 old and 7857 new
ones. There were 762 .reglstra
tion of trucks and 723 new regis
trations. -
W." Morrow, Portland, rabbits.
'Exhibits thU year will be draw
from the four corners of the state,
with county agents expressing new-
enthusiasm because of the ruling
going Into effect this fall .that
county displays shsll be represen
tative of the various sections rath
er than entered and arranged up
on a competitive basis.
The dairy department will feat
ure an exhibit of dairy project
this year, .second, to none aver
made at the state fair. This will
be due largely to the but ter mak
ers' con vena ion to be held in Port
land shortly, when makers of but
ter and cheese from all parts of
the country will be in attendance.
Little need be said to forecast
the livestock and agricultural feat-
Iures. For years the Oregon state
fair has been universally recog
nised as one of the lesding live
stock and agricultural exposition.
in the country.
Flax, the mot conspicuous pro
duct in the state at this time, will
be shown in a large and compre
hensive exhibit to be put 'on by
the state penitentiary. Not only
the fiber but the finished product
PLANE RECORD IS MADE
French .flyers ket endur
ance AND .DISTANCE MARK
CHABTRES. France. Aug. 8.
(By The Associated Press). The
French aviators. Dronhra and Lan
dry, landed at the airdrome here
today at 6:42 a. m. this mornlag
arter having covered . 4400 kilo
meters tia 45 hours 11 mlautes 69
seconds, creating a new world's
nonstop record both for duration
and distance.
(Ctiaa4 Vf )
BRYAN WILL IS FILED
FUNDS PROVIDED FOTt RELIG
IOUS SCHOOL FOR ROYS
, v -j -.. .".
MIAMI. Fla Aug. 8. (Bf As
sociated Press.) Written by him
self shortly before be departed
for his last earthly battle the
Scopes trial the will of the late '
William Jennings Bryan, filed
here today In Dade county pro
bate coart, provided for the f?eds
of his entire family and in addi
tion perpetuated 'his fight in the
cause of religion by setting aside
fun,ds for Tsriouj churches and
for, a school for boys, under the
supervision of -some evangelical
chureh. . " .
Full ': of characteristic Bryan
phases and idealisms, the last tes
tament of the great commoner
placed those close to him first in
the distribution of his worldly
possessions but only a little ahead
of the principles which he preach
ed by voice and pen. -" r ,
lMary Baird Bryan. tls wifo.
It was provided, should receive alt
household furnishings snd otbr
personal belongings In addition l
oae-thlrd title or the entire re
late. Next in his final logal docu
ment vtre named his two firzjtlj
ttra and son. Huth Bryaa.OWcn.
Grace Bryan Hargreaves and Wil
liam J. Bryan. Jr.. who are to -receive
one-fourth each of -the re
maining two-thirds of the t:tto.
, The other fourth of the ren;iln.
der is divided .among di rant
atlvee and the funds for "the e:i-"
twining of the spiritual with t-a
IntellectuaL"