THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1026
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Salem Must
Declare
"Other States Swamped Delegates With Literature, We Had
Only 500 Pamphlets, But the Loganberry Juice
Went Fast," They Declare
7&lem and the rest of the north-west
will hare to, advertise more
to,-compete with California and
other states, according to Harry
Scott, Frank Neer. C. V. Giese,
ahd Newell Williams, who re
tained late last night from the
Lions club convention held in
San Francisco and Hollywood last
, week." They arrived .swathed in
overcoat and two day old whis
ker, stating that parts of "Sunny
CaHtornla" in July are not al
ways as surtny as they are claimed,
hence' the" overcoats.
J'tVoyrd have done any busi--.netnah
in Salem good to be
titrc and find out what those peo
ple do In the line of advertising."
bald the' returning delegates. "All
the 'otter clubs had tons of liter
ature, and, worked like beavers to
advertise; their home 'states."
The Salem delegates had 500
pamphlets 'on Oregon, but said
they didn't go far when it came
to distributing: them among the
1000- or more people who attended-
the convention, coming
from all parts or the United
States and Canada.
Gallons and- gallons of logan
berry Juice, were dispensed by the;
local' delegates. They served'
1&0D fallons while at San Fran-'
SENATOR CUMMINGS IS
VICTIM HEART ATTACK
pfijr 1.)
ren, Cummin-? nrd Thnmn- t'm
KOr4&nd ,'-H;tl ;-ial.l:.!i, AiLtii
Cummins Rawson.
Senator Cummins' farewell ad
drees to the constituency which
he .represented for 4 9 years wa3
delivered over the radio at the
close of his campaign for re-election
last Jane. His last public ad
dress' was in the senate a few days
earlier during the debate on the
farm relief question.
Senator Cummins' death may
necessitate the election of two
United States senators in the No
vember election in this state, one
to 'fill his unexpired term which
ends March 4 next. The republi
ca'ahd democratic committees
may be convened within a few
dajfr to nominate candidates for
the short term.
The unexpired term also may
be filled by gubernatorial appoint
ment and" some political authori
1 1 wt Mf ciare it probable that Gov
erporlfaVjmllLwill appoint a sue
eeo owing to the-short rcmain
iK'ino;bcfor.ttHv. n expires
WarcU.i .(--' lHanimill
is.f- 4 Attended
6rs.
ma long lccis-
. wf -Senator Cummins
. o ihan "nine months. His
- would have expired next
rsrh i, as a result of his defeat
jth: recent Iowa republican
Jrlniaries. '
. With tho state seething with
discontent over the failure of con
gress; to enact farm relief legislation-
along lines favored by corn
tltagrlculturlsts, he was opposed
ln 'the primaries by Smith W.
Brpokbart, a progressive, who en-iS-
terrd the ' race after he had lost
his "eat in the senate to Daniel
F. rStck. democrat, after a bitter
contest and a close vote.
Senator Cummins, although re
garded in late years as one of the
conservative leaders in 'congress
anda supporter of Coolidge poli
cies' ?ra me out for the Haugen-Mc2ary-;prlce'
stabilisation bill.
hlcb, -WS, opposed by the admin
istration, but this failed to win
Lint enough support from the far
mers to : overcome the voting
fctfctogf IT mustered by Brook hart.
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Returning Lions
Cisco and 250 more at Hollywood,
in the few days they were there.
The juice went over big. they
say, as delegates swarmed the
booth to get some of the cooling
liquid.
The main .conventio n was at
San Francisco from July 19 to
24. When it was over they went
to Hollywood, where they danced
with movie queens, according to
C. F. Giese. Frank Neer denied
this report emphatically, saying
that he had a good time without
bothering with side issues.
All delegates reported a fine
time, saying that the people in
Hollywood and San Francisco
showed them all the hospitality
that could be expected.
The party travelled In Mr.
Giese's car. which he drove both
ways. Other members of the
party refused to give him much
credit for this feat, saying the
only reason he did it all was that
he wouldn't trust any one else.
They all admitted he was a good
driver, however.
Miss Florence Pope, of the Sa
lem chamber of commerce, helped
the party serve loganberry juice
at the convention. They report
that she will remain two or three
days in Oakland before returning
to Salem.
and ho went down to a crushing
defeat.
Failure to obtain renomination,
ronpJrd With infirmities of age and
I. is close application to senatorial
'iix ' lri;v,l i-v hj, frfc-,-!s
" o.iti- li.... : tw i 1 1... luvu jilj"
tor's death.
During the recent session he
served as chairman of the judic
iary committee. Senator Watson
of Indiana taking over the chair
manship of the interstate com
merce committee on which he re
tained membership as the ranking
republican.
PAI L SMITH'S. N. Y.. July 30.
(By Asociated Press.) Word
or the death of Senator Cummins
of Iowa was received with ex
pressions of sorrow at the sum
mer White House.
President Coolidge was notified
soon after he reached White Pine
camp from the executive office?
late in the day. but made no for
mal comment.
Only a few minutes before word
was received of the death, a tele
gram had been sent from the ex
ecutive offices addressed to Mr.
Cummins on an executive-matter.
Fair Dates Are Set for
September 16 Until 18
SILVERTON. Ore.. July 3 0.
(Special). Fair dates for the
Silverton community fair have
been set and every effort is. being
made by the various committees
to make it the greatest fair ever
held here. September 16, 17 and
18 are the chosen dates.
Brother of Silverton
Woman Reported Dead
SILVERTON, Ore., July 30.
(Special). Word received here
Thursday of this week stated that
Peter Nelson, a brother of Mrs.
W. C. Larson of Silverton. dropped
dead on the street of his home
town, Tescot. Kansas, Thursday
morning; Mrs. Larson is spend
ing the week at Rockaway and
will not return to her home until
late Saturday night or Sunday.
Sandy Grading of last stretch
of Mount Hood Loop highway.
nearly completed.
d Tire
30x32 Standard Cord $7.85
30x312 Premier Cord 8.95
30x352 Premier Giant Cord 9.70
31x4 Premier Giant Oversize
Cord 14.95
32x4 Premier Giant Oversize
Cord 16.55
Premier Balloon
29x4.40 Premier Full Size $ 11 .20
.30x4.75 Premier Full Size 15.00
5.25 Premier Full S:i 18.20
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HUEB
M TWO PICNICS
Aumsville Home Coming Is
Week From Sunday,: Bon
ney Clan Tomorrow
The seventh annual --eunion
and picnic of the Bonney clan will
meet at the state fair grounds to
morrow at 10: CO. Former meet
ings have been at "Woodburn.
where the ancestors of the fain
settled in pioneer times. Mrs.
Althea Strang, Woodburn, is the
secretary.
The sixth annual home coming
of the Aumsville Pioneer associa
tion will be held in the Swank
grove on Sunday, August 8th.
There will be a basket dinner and
old time reunion.
Sherm Swank is president, and
M. Mauffe Boone secretary-treasurer.
0RMIST0N SAYS NOTE
WILL CLEAR MYSTERY
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the man identified as Orniiston,
resembled the Angelus temple
evangelist, who disappeared at
Santa Monica May 18,: the day
before the pair appeared at Car
mel. Mr-?. Mcpherson issued a na
tionwide -appeal to Orniiston to
come forward to clear her name
immediately after the Carmel dis
closures. Today, prior to the an
nouncement o fthe receipt of the
telegram from Chirago. one of
Mrs. McPherson's attorneys de
ihd h-p hHovpr! the rndio
operator was implicated in the al
leged kidnaping of tho evangelist.
"I am loathe to believe that
Mr. Ormiston had any part in the
plot to kidnap Sister McPherson,"
said Mrs. Kennedy in miking pub
lie the telegram. "I believe that
this telegram sounds more like
Ormiston than any of; the mes
sages which have purported to
come from him."
LOS ANOELKS. July! 30. (By
Associated Press.) The investi
gation of the mysterious disap
pearance last May of Aimee
Semple McPherson and her re
appearance in Mexico I June 23.
flashed back to Arizona tonight
with the report that the evangel
ist had been identified las a wom
an seen at Lowell. Ari., hotel on
June 18. The new Witness, an
Arizona mining man was said to
have visited the Angelus temple
recently and identified Mrs. Mc
Pherson a-? the woman who reg
istered at the hotel June 18 and
checked out the following day.
She was accompanied by another
woman, according to the mining
man.
Other developments ) in the of
ficial investigation today were
said to include the discovery of
additional handwriting specimens,
from the cottage at !Carmel-by-the-Sea
which was occupied for
ten days by a man and woman
identified as Kenneth! G. Orniis
ton, former Angelus temple radio
operator and a woman. Officials
refused to comment on this phase
of the case. j :
The handwriting already In the
hands of officials had consisted
of two pieces of paper upon which
grocery lists had ben wyitten.
New complications In the Carmel
phase of the investigation were
added by a telegram received by
District Attorney Asa; Keyes to
day from San Francisco signed
with the name "Belle Owen"
which read:
"It wa.s my sister, r.ot Almee.'
who was with OrmistoU at Carmel.
My sister Is on the way from th
east as rapidly as she possibly can
come."
Immediate check on the San
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Francisco sending office showed
tiat the sender! "Belle Owen" was
known at the 1 hotel from which
the telegram was sent and the
sender's address proved to be that
of the Fiokwijk Stage company.
No employee of the stage company
could be found who knew "Belle
Owen."
After the receipt or the teler
gram, Keyes left his office hur
riedly and Captain of Detectives
Cline and Joe Ryan, deputy dis
trict attorney in charge of the in
vestigation went into conference.
Tiie officials refused to comment
on the telegram.
Another misjve bearing on the
! Carmel angle ivas received by
Mrs. McPherson, Mrs. Minnie
Kennedy, her mother disclosed.
She said the evangelist had re
ceived a letted signed "the real
Mclntyre" who volunteered to
come to Los Angeles and to "tell
of his escapade" if he was assured
no action would be taken against
him. This letter was said also to
have come from the neighborhood
of San Francisco.
"Mclutire" or "Mclntyre" (both
spellings having been used) was
the name given by the man who
is sand to have been identified as
Ormiston. ',
Finger print experts, who pre
viously announced that the prints
on a spice can taken from the
Carmel cottage were too blurred
to be of any advantage tonight
announced that they were going
over several books found in the
house leaf by leaf.
Mrs. McPherson appeared at th
office of the district attorney to
day and accepted service of a sub
poena ordering her to appear br
lore the grand jury when it re
opens its inquiry Tuesday to de
termine whether perjury was com
mitted by any witness at the pre
vious investigation into the kid
napng story of the evasgelist.
Summoned with her in tie new
ii.vectis-ntion of the jury are 22
witnesses from Carmel iad Iaif
Angelep.
A new turn in the defense of
tfc evanf list's kidnaping story
came today when one cf her at
torneys. Roland R. Wnoley. re
turning from Carmel where he
had been making in vpst igat ion?
in her behalf.' declared that he
believed that "Ormiston was im
plicated in the kldnapng."
Falls City Contracts let for
constructing sidewalks in front of
the high school.
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Swedish Star Establishes
New- World Mark for Dis
tance of Half Mile !
PHILADELPHIA. July 3 0.
t By Associated Press. One
world's record was shattered and
another established in the nation
al AAI' swimming cha m pionsh ips
in tho Sesqui-centenial pool today.
Arne Borg. Illinois AC. Swedish
sta who yesterday broke the
half mile mark, continued his re
ccrd breaking performance today
b' clipping 4 7 3-." seconds from
the mile mark in the outstanding
performance of the meet. He
swam the mile in 21:4" 2-5.
Walter Spcnre. Brooklyn Cen
tral YMCA. set a new record when
be negotiated the 330 yard med
I?y swim in 2.05 2.5 .55; Walter
Lauffer. Cincinnati, finished se
cond, five yards behind the win
ner.
Pete De Jardins of Miami. Fla..
present national outdoor and In
door fancy diving champion, re
tained his championship in tb
10 foot patform diving tests on
scoring the highest point total
ever made in a national cham
pionship. Marine 011 Cruise
Three 1. S. marines from Sa
f m and vicinity are now cruising
about the Pacific and visiting ports
along the west coast, while serv
ing aboard the I. S. S. West Vir
ginia, according to official reports
t marine corps headquarters here
from the naval base at San Diego,
Cal. They are Dalles E. Smith,
son of Oscar J. Smith. 1715 North
Vberty street 1 John M. Woodfuff.
;cn of Mrs. Stella M. Moses, rural
route 2. Salem, and Boyd L. Ktcv
ns. son of Byron d. Stevens of
Scotts .Mills, all of whom joinod
ti e marine corps at Salem within
the last few weeks.
Villi Cleave Reunion
Fifty-four descendants of Tho.-.
and Harriet Van Cleave, pioneers
:f 1S66, answered roll-call at the
fourth reunion held at the state
fair grounds July 2f.. At the bus
iness meeting, which was ludd al
ter the basket dinner, J. A. Van
MASHED BY BORE
Cleave, presiifent: La Vern Van
Cleave, vice president, and Till
man Van Cleave, secretary treas
urer, were re-elected to serve an
other year. Frank Van Cleave
as elected historian to serve in
c'ehnitely. It was agreed to hold
the next meeting on Labor day,
1927.
''.unions (irowers
Apple growers should use no
more lead arsenate spray this year
it they expect to market their crop
according to a statement by L. W.
Wello, of Young & Wells, if more
arsenate is used the apples will
not be able to pass the govern
ment chemical tests. requircd for
shipment. An oil spray should be
used in case more spraying is re
quired to kill codling moth, ac
cording to Mr. Wells.
White Men Have Prolific
Gardens in Arctic Circle
TANANA, Alaska. fAP.t Ice
and snow with dreary wastes of
frozen ground through which ice
blocked streams move sluggishly
the popular conception of the
arctic circle -are not always what
the visitor sees in part of Alaska
that maps designate as being in
the frigid zone.
Bewildering a sit might be to
one whose knowledge of the
Northland has been gotten from
movies portraying fur-hooderl
Eskimo mushing over snow crusts j
when it is summer everywhere!
else, the visitor to the Koytikuk j
river region would find ; from j
May to September, prolific gar- j
dens cultivated by white men. !
There within the arctic circb-j
are long days of sunshine dur-'
ing June, July and August, in-
eluding a full month ending July!
7 in which the sun never sets and i
from the middle of May to the
coming of frosts in September
vegetation grows luxuriantlv.
Silverton to Portland
Staae Line Will Stari
SILVERTON. Ore.. July ;!0.
f Special. I Silverton is to have a
new stage line between Portland
nnd Silverton. The new line will
begin ore-rations this week-end
und-er the management of the
Pacific Transfer company which
also operates the Silverton-Port-
land truck line. The new stage
line will lie known us the Silver-
ton Transit stages.
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Conditions in Oregon. Declar
ed Worse; Prineviae For
ests Destroyed
PORTLAND, July 30. (By As
sociated Press.) The peneral for
est fire situation in Ongon took u
slight turn for the wirse tod? y,
judging from reports leceiyed by
Portland forest service officials.
Continued high temperature, low
humidity and high win is hane led
to inability to control old fires
and have been caused for several
new blazes. j
From the Wallowajforest, east
ern Oregon, com.es the report of
a fire in the northern woods cov
ering 80 acres. At last advices
available the fire on the K. P.
Timber company's lands. Clatsop
county, reported yesterday had
burned no green timber.
In the Ochoco ; forest. near
f'rineville. Or.. 1700 acres, mostly
of yellow pine with dense re-production,
have been burned with
?12.ooo damage. In the Malheur
forest. .John Day district. 260
acres with S1600 damage have!
been burned.
Near Lakeview, Or.i 5,000 acres
in the national forest and 2500
su-res in private lands have burned
fifty million feet of yellow pine.-
Falls City-Silverton to
Play BallJon"Sunday
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SILVERTON. Ore.. July 30.
( Special. ) The first game with
an out of town opronent to be
played by a Silverton baseball
team this year will be that of Sun
day when the Silver Falls night
shift will meet the Mill City nine.
The game will be piayed 011 the
Silver Falls diamond an dthe man
agement has made arrangements
whereby families will be admitted
for a small charge.,
Hood River Contract awarded
for paving on State and Columbia
streets. $S3,!)40.
BUICIC WILL
BECOMING
CRITICS
FLOODS SAID SUBSIDING
BETW'EEX SO AND 40O Vic
TIMS JAKEJi BY STREAM
TOKVO, Jul$30. (By AP.'k
Terrific floods in Niigata prciv. j
ture on the west coast of the nujn ,
island of Japan, which have claim". 't
ed between 200 and 400 Tlctim f
rrbsided today, .reports" froTw. .1
affected territory said. lJ
work is progressing satisfactfti ill
The Shipano river, the main at
lery of the flood waters, brolc
through its embankments in 2j
places and washed out 7! bridge
destroying 25,000 acres of grav
ing rice.
BREWERY IS GUARDED
KKAR .TRAPS PLACKD tljoi xt
1L.LIC1T.DIST1LLI "li
SEATTLE, July 30. 1 Hy .s.
ciated Press.) Federal l'rtjh;i,i
tion Agents reported here iinti,t
that they found a large brewery
surrounded by bear traps in w.hhU
20 miles northeast of Seattle. 1:.
Evans, a wood cutter of Duval!,
Wash., was arrested as a dry law
violator.
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