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(AP) Forty-three miners were returned to the?r:homea.tonighi after a successful ftve clay's, battle to release them from their under ground prison in tne u. i'abst iron mine where they were' trapped last Friday. ,. , . . The first man to come out of the . mine shaft was greeted by. the jrfs cheers of thousands, the ringing w of bells and blowing of whistles. mlners as they were brought up one. They went immediately to the mine rescue cat -where they were examined. 'The first roan, out of the shaft was caught alone 'on the 13th level bv , the cave-in. He was ... ; brought all the -: way from the I tn level, - through - thousands IVlVet of tunnels and shafts by ais wiciiuna . oi me mining company forces. . . ; .Ten thousand-persons, jammed the vicinity of the. mine shaft to night. Scores were drawn' from many miles by word that the fes cue was effected. . Automobiles llssd Ihajtaxiu for groat tlhrtaTices Xrom the mine. . - T Mining company officials sent i the imprisoned men toj. their homes in adtomobilesln the com pany of their wives and children, who eagerly pressed , against the guard ropes near the shaft as they came to the surface. . t - Tea tor ligbt?greeted rescue rZfken who crossed a shaky. 30- . trtnt "fSLt wallr" tw? turn t wot -i rfTihe prison of the men. The. min- A&crs reported they had subsided on Crch bark tea which they made in, their, lunch buckets over the fire of their miners', lamps. ' Sirens and horns of the ,town sounded the hopeful note which thousands have awaited for since I noon last Friday,' when a cage dropped in a shaft, loosening tons tof rocks and eanth, killing three men outright and trapping the . 45 miners on' the eighth Jevel of the mine almost a half mile from t me surface. ,s - - Shortly before noon miners and Sescue workers from Chicago rorked their way up to the eighth evel from another level almost j mfle-irom the earth's surface .and found, ladders extending, tc the .eighth level in fair condition. . They, threw rails and power .Unas across a 30-foot chasm, and with Uhe daring of tight-rope walkers, kipped across to the hole of ira ; prisoned men, to be greeted by iTqm Trewartha. a .sturdy i mine Iboss, who reported all iirlnf. Rescue workers tapped a signal cn an Iron pJpe shortly before they reached the men and received a rignilin reply. f . ? Qeortrp IfaWi. aaafstani: Hirer. ilM of safety ot. the .Pullman! com Pny of Chicago., who -formerly worked here and who volunteer ior rescue worK,.waa tha.nrst to osa. the Vcat rwalk." and was greeted by Trewartha, who grasped his hand. ' . iil. : . "How are you?';, Hawes asked. "We are all b Jc. .prtyrthree men all right. We lived on tea mad; from birch bark." - - 1 Wmiajiii.iL" -asm maMrjm.sm.mmU!Vm tfflTinnmitTj PERFECTLY SIMPLE!! WXD FAIR VISITOR! AVT FIND HIS CAR i t; J "MX- "ncer. can, you tea mes i fpqr- l -. 4 ; J ui mm J 1 if V 1 parked my car." a Port-I t V J yUn v,sitr asked the officers ' MhliS? ,f".lr gate yesterday. f!i I "Well." the bluecoat renlied.l I" am from PorUand too, but I i sour car might be up on the! I north side of the ground where! I there are some seventy acres 1 I where cars can be parked, or itl gmlgnt be over toward town f& many cars we parked,! it on the other.. hand, It mayg be over on the east where there s Iar?Svreral thousand cars.", S I lander replied. Vit I waa where 1 gmy car was I would knew where I iLKbat n 18 J m here, s Eebut where am I?" . g Record Attendance of Season Seen as 1926 Horse Show nour ishes Toward Successful Completion of Six . Night Programs . -r By AUDRED BUNCH Horace Stewart, popular, young Salem jockey, carried awayr. the silver cup in the competion for the best gentleman rider at the horse show last night. Young Stewart won over five competitors in a stiff contest, in which sportsmanship was the only accepted essential. . With practically every seat in the big stadium taken long before the first horses appeared in the ring, Salem night at the horse show broke all attendance records for the week. Shikara resumed her former record and won her usual REPUBLICANS CONDEMN STAN FIELD CAMPAIGN MARIOX. COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE HOLDS RAUY Patterson, Stciwer, Seymour Jones and Walter ;.Tooze Are Speakers A resolution . condemning the action of .Robert; N. Stanfield in violating 'his-primary-pledge by announcing, .his. candidacy.,.! or . re- I election to the United States sen ate.. was unanimously adopted at ft meeting ,ofthe ;Marion county republican central committee yes terday morning at the state fair grounds.,- I. L. 1 Patterson, the party's . candidate for governor, and . Fred , Steiwer, , candidate for senator, were present. 4 ju'r. Steiwer made a brief talk in which he reviewed political con ditions all over the state and pre- aictea a, sweeping . repuDiican vic tory in the comings election. He was already acquainted with most of the committeemen, having been reared in this county. .Mr. Patterson, said he had not been 'making, a more active cam paign because, he had been stay ing at home to tend to his farm work, and that he would give the state's business the same careful attention he gave his farm, in case he is elected. The committee pledged its en tire support to Mr. Steiwer in his 'campaign for the senate. Short talks were , made by 'Sey mour Jones, and Walter L. Tooze Sr. A considerable number of per MUcr f present- including 4 0" committeemen . and- numerous county candidates and officials. classestget'Under way ' . ... - -V . STUDENTS ASRED TO ATTEND, REGISTER; LATER Classes in the ; new Salem branch of the. University of Ore gon extension division have start ed, the first having been held Monday niht under Professor Karl Douglass. : , i The next meetings will be on .Thursday and Friday nights, it was stated. All classes, are held In. the Salem high school. Art and health education are the topics for different lectures on Thursday evening. Friday will be the courses in English and psychology, ormal registration is not necessary for admittance to Classes. Salem citizens who are planning to enroll should attend their courses this week, and' then register at the high school on Saturday, October 2, from 9 a. m. tt'3 p. m. A satisfactory number have al ready enrolled and the extension division Is pleased with the ready response of Salem students. BREEDERS' CLUB ELECTS ED SCfrOEL OF ALRANY NEW HEAD OF ASSOCIATION Ed Schoel of Albany was elected president pf the Oregon Pure Bred Livestock association for the com ing year at a meeting held at the fair grounds last night. The as sociation will hold its annual ban quet tonight, at one of the restau rants on. the, fairgrounds. Other4 Officers elected were F. E." Lynn df Perrydale first rice pres dent; C. .P.KIzer oX Harrisburg, second vice president; N. C Maris of Portland., secretary; Ed Cary of CarltOnr F. A. Doerfler of Sil verton, Dave , Riddell of Mon mouth, R. WIIogg of Salem and C. P. Kizer of .Harrisburg, execu tive committee; G. -H. Dammeier of Portland; Carle Abr am s and F. W. Durbin of Salem, - legislative committee, and . A. Rboten of Salem. O- J. Thompson of Macleay and R. W. Hogg of Salem, resolu tions oznmlttee.;'.'5-.i''. -.i':-' SALEM HUNTERS RETURN FIND LEY AND RHODES SHOOT , TWO POINT BUCK. '.. M. . C. . Flndley ; and . Victor Rhodes who left last Friday on a deer hunting trip on the . upper UmPQ.ua and who, expected to re turn last Tuesday telephoned from Roseburg last night that they had killed a two point buck and were returning to Salem by stage.They left here; on av motorcycle and ft is assumed that: they: were unable to get, the - machine oat of the mountains. ';Th.4-CftUt relieved relatives of the men .here :who were beginning to worry trer.tliejr continued absence. ; ' , r.. ' re Crowded Stadiiiih blue ribbon last night. Nannette, owned by Aaron M. Frank, again ranked first in the ladies' three-gaited " saddle horse group. With the record crowd of the season filling , the stadium, seats to capacity, and with the introduc tion of - a combination f ive-gaited event; the substitution of six-in-hand teams for four-in-hand; a game of musical . chairs ; and the awarding of the gentlemen's cup as new features, the 1926 horse show nourished last night toward a successful culmination. For the third night 'in succes sion Portland Damascus. Milk com pany horses placed ''first in the draft horse competition. R. , C. MCCroskey of -Garfield, Washing ton, rated second, while third and f onrth awards went to Burge of Albany and Moss, Leadbetter and Hudson of La Grande. Aaron M. Frank of Portland. .who experienced unusual success on Tuesday, received the first award in the three-gaited saddle horse event again last night when Nannette, the second night run ning, cantered- away with the blue. Mrs. L. W. Mason of Gar den. Home -placed second -with AUegra, while a horse from the Leroy Fields stables, Portland, was third. J. D. Farrell of Seattle, Union Pacific magnate, captured first place last night in the $250 heavy harness stake. Oswald West of Portland followed with second honor and Mrs. Ellery W. Stone (Helen West) of Oakland. Cali fornia, was third. Ruxton and (Continued on pre. .8.) TRAILWILLCONTINUE DAUGHERTY ATTORNEY GIVES ARGUMENTS TO COURT . NEW YORK, Sept, 29. (AP). The conspiracy- trial of- Harry I. Daugherty and . Thomas W. illller, halted to permit Judge Attack to listen behind closed door 8 to lengthy arguments of defense counsel for dismissal, wUI resume tomorrow. The dismissal motions were denied today and an announcement was made that Judge Mack had decided the case must go on. The scene of the trial was trans ferred to the judge's chambers in the Woolworth building from open court, as soon as United States Attorney Buckner rested his case yesterday afterpoon. The jury was sent home, the defendants left, and only judge and counsel were permitted .to attend the .private hearing. S TURK IT 1 v T ' .. i i iiniw ni i in m " ii ii i wwiijiiiwumiiiiuw mmimii i ER URGES ITIMUTES "Era Has Come When Nal ural Resources Must Be Developed' He Says .i 40,000,000 Increase in Population Forecast in Next 23 Years, RaU Rates Now at Minimum OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 29. (APf The United States has reached the stage where it must consider the development of its water re sources as a whole and should proceed at once with a great na tional plan of construction, Her bert Hoover, . secretary .of com-' merce, told leaders of the Mis souri river project at conference here today. "We have reached a new era in development where we can form national policies for full use of our streams and lakes,"- he said. "Water is our. greatest undevel oped resource; and now that we have the capital we I should go ahead: with that development. , '"We must take a large vision, must consider each drainage sys tem squarely, organize the first step at once, proceed with the en gineering projects which are cer tain, and prepare to enter a na tional construction program such as we would have now if we had not been compelled to participate in the world war. I believe we would be negligent if we do not undertake this great develop- (Oontinued on pace 7.) fisi:jui:nii:i:!:iiii:uii:iiii;iiii!iiiuiiim!wii!.ii;!:a;i:!iit.ni iims; iiiriaaui m:;3g September List High 1 8266,450 IS Rni.DLVG TO-i I TAL; '25 RECORD FALLS Building permits issued during! iSeDtember. ud to last nieht. to-B 1 tiled $266,450, according tof 1 statistics gathered in the office I of the city recorder. This is I an increase of $153,400 over the amount issued in September I last year, which was only $113,-1 I050- , .. . Thgre"wer e" " 38 permits ' tof erect new dwellings, totaling g I$113,650, which is in itself more than the amount for Sep- itember, 3 925; four permits tog Baiter and repair buildings, to-f Staling $2800; one to erect an lapartment house for $75,000: g gone to erect a concrete building g ffor $10,000; one to erect a con-g gcrete garage for $10,000, and I Uone for a tile addition for $55,-P 000. i j The biggest increase was ing g number of dwellings, there be-g-ing 38 this September and onlyS 1 24 in September, 1925. g M Building permits for August, g 11926, totaled $192,280. y. In September, 1924, amount g Pof building permits issued wasy only $107,230. so that the in-d g crease between 1925 and 19261 B was far larger than that be- twee n 1924 and 1925. THE LOUDEST SPEAKER YET BOY SAVED FROM FIRE WHEN CAR TURNS OVER REX. GARRISON OF WOODRURN HAS NARROW ESCAPE Pinned Under Auto. Is Saved When Friends Pry Him Away From Flame WOODBURN, Or., Sept. 29. (Special) Rex Garrison of Wood burn narrowly escaped death by fire when the car in which he was riding struck oil on the Pacific highway near Brooks, skidded turned over in the ditch, pinning him under the front seat and then burst' into names, yesterday af ternoon. Companions managed to get him from under the overturned car before fire had reached him and he was taken to his home suf fering from injuries to the leg, chest and back. He is a Wood- burn high school student. The car was completely demolished. E. E. Parker, instructor in the agricultural department of the high school was returning from the state fair with four students and one other person having spent the afternoon inspecting exhibits When approaching BTooks, . at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon his car ran into oil and he, was unable to prevent 'Its' overturning in the ditch. Other, occupants es caped, but found Garrison caught under the front seat. Fire besan to rtee from, the car, and. only the quick action of other passengers prevented the youth Irom being burned to death, it is stated. Frank Thompson of Needy, also an occupant of the car, is at his home, believed to be Buffering from a broken rib. Frank Buttoi J field, Carl Pardey and WU1 Far mer of Woodburn were other pas sengers, escaping uninjured. CAPTAIN SPONG PASSES VETERAN RIVERMAN AND EARLY PIONEER DIES . Captain A. J. Spong, well known riverman, early pioneer and until recently owner of "Spong s Land ing," died at his Salem home late last night. Few men in the his tory of the Willamette river have been better known among early steamboat men. - He is survived by one sister. Catherine Rhodes, of saiem; one brother, Jt M. Spong, of Salem, and one daughter, Mrs. Nellie O Shepard, of Portland. Funeral announcements will be made later, by the Webb Funeral parlors. AUTO CRASH KILLS ONE DRIVER TRIES TO AVOID HIT TING ANOTHER CAR ARLINGTON,' Ore.. Sept. 29.- (AP). Lincoln .Meadows, Walla Walla, was killed in an automo bile accident near here today when a car in which he was riding turned over and pinned him under it. J. W. Reeves, also of Walla Walla, driver of the machine, was not seriously hurt. The accident occurred when Reeves attempted to avoid, hitting another car, said to have been on the wrong aide of the highway. The driver of the other machine did not stop. SKIT:. REYES Attorney Declares Two Who Testified Were Trailed on Departure SERMON HINTS WRATH 'God Bless You, Sir. . You Have Cleared An Honest Christian Worker," Should Have Been Attitude LOS ANGELES. Sept. 29. (AP) Charging that two of the principal state witnesses had been followed - to and from the hall of justice, District. Attorney Keyes tonight Issued orders to his offic ers to arrest and jail any person attempting to tamper "frith or in timidate witnesses. At the same time it became known that the apartment of Mrs. Sielaff where she has been awaiting the call to the witness standi probably tomor row, was under guard tonight. In her sermon ' tonight at An gelas temple, Mrs. McPherson read a statement which she previously had given to newspapers, in which she scored the prosecution for ob jecting to the hearing of the testi mony of England, the Carmel mar shal. "I should have thought today," read the statement in part, "that Mr. Ennison from the district at torney's -office would have jumped Up and thrown his arms around the city marshal and said: 'God bless you, sir, I am so glad that you are able to testify that the woman you saw so frequently in Carmel at the Benedict cottage at a distance of not more than eight feet was not Mrs. McPherson.. " 'The district attorney's office always did want to believe her in nocent. We love to believe every body good and would be sorry, to see so brave and well known a Christian worker fall in the esti mation of the people. " LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29. (AP) r Augkst -Engladr-try marshal and tax collector of Car mel, Cal., testified here today In municipal court that Aimee Sem ple" McPherson, whom he viewed in court, was not the woman who sojourned at the Benedict cottage in Carmel for 10 days after May 19, during which time the state charges she was the companion of Kenneth G. Ormiston, her former radio operator at Angelus temple here. England's testimony, taken out of order on special request of the defense in the preliminary hear ing of the evangelist in charges of criminal conspiracy, was to the effect that he had seen the man and woman outside the cottage about May 21, and he was "posi tive" it, was not the evangelist he had seen. After prolonged objection " by the state's attorneys that the plac ing of England on the stand was the. result of an effort of W. I. Gilbert, chief of the evangelist's' counsel, to produce evidence which "Mrs. McPherson could chant over the radio tonight,"' the Carmel marshal was excused. A motion to strike his evidence out of the records; wasoverruled by the court. ' . , , During the heated -ami bitter argument between. Gilbert and E. J. Dennison, deputy djstrtct attor ney over 'admissibility of the evi dence at this time, Gilbert charg ed that the grand jury testimony transcript - disclosed that Keyesf nau uuuueu iuc ciaugcuoii uc- fore the jurors. Judge Samuel R. Blake took the (Continued on pax 7.) EUGENE COUPLE INJURED CAR OVERTURNS ON PACIFIC HIGHWAY NEAR BROOKS Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pape of Eugene are. lying In ft local: hos pital with serious injuries as the result of their car overturning on the Pacific highway two miles north of Brooks late' Tuesday nighCMrs. Pape has a deep cut on her forehead and may also bo suffering from -a- broken back, it was reported at the hospital. Mr. Pape has ft deep cut on his face.. What caused the car to run -Into the ditch is unknown,' as neither person could give a coherent ac count' of the accident., The car was completely overturned and one wheel knocked off.. , Passing mo torists saw it In the ditch and brought tho Pa pes to a local hos- pitau-; - tr . ,. CYCLONE HITS COLUMBIA PLANTATIONS AT SANTA BIAB- , TA SUFFER DAMAGE y BUENA"' VENTURA, Colombia, Sept. 29. (AP) -Telegraphic ad ices received here state that great destruction .was caused at Santa i Marta to banana plantations by a cyclone. , The United' Fruit com pany plantation -was reported to nave-suffered heavily; . - - The town of Cienaga. suffered damage from floods caused by the tern - - - 1 Halts Court Session S J : 4 - -j- r- ...--: ...- - . .-..-::- -. -a - I "A rs. Minnie. . K"emmeox f Evangelist's mother retires dur ing reading of protracted grand jury testimony. FOUR SQUARE PASTOR HAS WARRANT ISSUED AIM EE'S DISCIPLE CLAIMS HE WAS ATTACKED Trouble Started Last Summer When Revival Meetings Were Held ROSEBURG, Or., Sept. 29. (AP) -A warrant was issued here today for the arrest of Lawrence Boyle, charged with assault and battery and threats upon the life of Rev. A. M. Shaffer, pastor of the "Four Square Gospel church and mayor of Canyonville. Boyle according to Rev. Mr. Shaffer's statements, attacked him late last night, kicking and striking him and later throwing some object which hit him in the back. The trouble,' tt waa claimed, was the result of meetings held at Canyonville daring the summer Rev. Shaffer was holding revival meetings. 'In ft tent, and, upon hearing rumors that an attempt would be made to break up the meeting, organizedthe men.oJLh.is congregation into & protective force. On the final night of the revival a party of young men, led. it was alleged, by Lawrence Boyle, entered the tent and were met by the preacher who ordered them to take seats. When Boyle, it is said, persist ed In pushing by, a free-for-all fight ensued in which the preach er was reported to have unlimber ed a blackjack which he wielded in an effective manner. The church forces finally were victorious" and after the fight, it was found that one of the invading force. Archie Dubell, ,had been stabbed in the back. Several of the men were arrested at that time and the case was in vestigated, evidence being obtain ed to be placed before the coming session of the grand jury. Since the riot Boyle, according to the declaration of Rev. Shaffer, has been insulting and threaten ing, finally calling out threats in ft loud voice on the main street of Canyonville. STEIWER SPEAKS HERE OREGON NEED S- ROTABIAN ; SPIRIT, HE DECLARES . .... Oregon : should be the' foremost ranking instead of the third state on the coast, . according to Fred erick Steiwer. republican candi date for United States senator, who addressed the Salem Rotary club at its noon luncheon in the hotel Marion yesterday. Mr. Stei wer is a member of the Rotary club at Pendleton, where he lives. The optimism and enthusiasm that characterizes the Rotarian spirit, is what, the state needs, he thinks. : The state will go ahead faster with this spirit, he believes; The Oregon and California tax refund bill puts Oregon in the position of appearing to accept favors ' from the federal govern ment, he declared, when Instead the state Is really entitled to de mand .support for the domain in its Dounaaries. FIREWORKS CAUSE PANIC EXPLOSION AT LOS ANGELES FAIR ' 1N4 URES MAN " POMONA,1 Cal., Sept. 29 (AP) One. man was seriously injured, the, bandstand 'and radio broad cast plant were' wrecked, and deb ris scattered- ever tho fairground when $10,000 worth of firecrack ers exploded at the -Los Angeles county fair grounds here today. : ' The blast created ft panic among the spectators. .' Fires broke out in several tents but were quickly extinguished; f -; , ; REDMONPiBANKEfc QUITS BEND, Ore., Sept 29. (AP) John Dixon of Oakville, Washing-1 ton, has purchased the stock' of Guy Dobson in . the First National bank at. Redmond,' Deschutes county, and at a special meeting of . the board of. directors this morning was elected president to Euccecd tk PobgoUi . ' : . PORTLAND DAY All Attendance Records Fall as 35,000 Persons Piss. Through Gate's " 2 ROSARIANS HERE TODAY 28,500 Paid Admissions Recorded As State Fair's Biggest Day in History, Pavilioa - Presented Attendance records for single day, at the. Oregon' State fair, now in its. sixty fifth., .year, were shattered yesterday, when approximate-. ly 35.000 persons .passed . through its gates. Joining in celebration of".; Salem , and Governor's day. . -'" J..','. Of these 28,500 represent-; ed paid 4 admissions the T re- : matnder consisting of exhibi tors and ; officials ; enjoying press, privileges. . .. J r -Attendance 'on Tuesday,: it was: stated last night, . was the largest for any Tuesday in the fair's history. The city of Salem, yesterday was , deserted throughout -the morning and afternoon, as school children and business men, -joint ing in- the celebration of ; Gover nor's Day and Salem Day, filed through the gates Into the talr- grounds. ; - t 7 - With the breaking of all previ ous attendance records at the state fair, old timers last night let their memories wander back to fairs of 40 years ago, whenMhe displays were housed in a few' old wooden unpalnted buildings with no ' sidewalks . about, so- that the grounds were literally a mudhole when it rained. Crowds were small In those early days and little support was' given by the state. The old. OSA society bore most of the burden of supporting the affair. . ... ,Thexlair-egar togrow rapidTP- about 15 or 20 years ago, when, ' under the regime of Frank Welch, as secretary, stock barns and other needed structures were built, The"," present, office building is due to tho efforts of Mr. Welch. - One of the biggest things In -causing the growth" of the fair was, the building of the stadium and race track, about 15 years ago. , In the early days of racing there, no restrictions were placed on' gambling and 1 the betting privi leges were sold. . Saloon privileges were also sold' and drunken men and women " were a common sight at the races.1 One big liquor dispensary was di rectly under the grandstand. " '' The advent of automobiles and good -roads -brings large crowds of people from the nearby rcoun- try. who were forced to stay home -in days gone by, when the only" ; " means of travel were by horse or ' , wagon over muddy highways.' : ' Early In the morning the heavy attendance had: made itself felt, c With booths, exhibits' andr-dis-- plays almost. hidden by the mass : of . humanity gathered around them, while sidewalks and Aisles: w were crowded." ' " j. t V-Dedication of the new automo bile pavilion by Governor Pierce; was, the feature of the morning i"'1 program," his presentation being ' accepted by A. C Marsters. presl-1 v dent of the state fair board. Ar- " rival of the Eugene Radiators, ac companied by Miss Althea Hen dricksj chosen to crown the "win- ' THURSDAY -AT THE STATE FAIR g ' September 30k. :s v . . g -. y roitlaac, .O. -A."- X. an XUu i4 g g Sp-niBa-AsMricaa Wm Tttuui Day g "-:,-; vXm-m -'. ji g.r I 8:30 Concert Isy . Fife Iram S g ' corps of Grand. Array f te 1 . . RpabUc.. S , 9 :30 JodRlnr f eonatr x-ibiU ia S ' -g . . JiricUJ-l pvilijr ,r. -cy a 1 10:00 Concert by Stlen Cnmti' g band ndr dirorUoa f Okcar 3 y Steelhmmr. , , , H ,1 g 10:30 Canning' roeking1 iftnoa- t U- atralioiia ia dqcstieoal build- ii - U- , . ins- -. - . .".'.i.:'.' m 8 11:00 ArrWal of special trains from i !; : Portland arryi Boyal . Ho- r g . aariaas - and other rsaUs , g.r '.'.-... iioaav ., -.4.-. . -. 1:00 Concert hf . Vitm - aad . Drum g eorpe f Grand Army R- public in froat ot Adaitailtra- f,- ' tioa b-ildiar. - : ' r? . 1:30 Raeea on Lone Oak track, fee- n ' . tarinc: r t.- ;.'..- '4 . - . fl 1 , : t trot, 3 In 5 -.?20OO 1 , ,, a:l pa. 3 aeal two A t 3-year-oW !, bU10Oi) j . ; Portland kaadirap. lmi$ 6n.-ri ; . Booeier' pnrvr, S tar XOO ; ' i. raternity pure,S fiirS 2oon 2:30 Announcement ( award in ' -ioT aad Girls' -dab depart- ; ' t , .i"-;''-. aaestaiV-V : s- ' " ' 1 4:00 Tiee aitracttena ead demon- ?J -- i atrana a . airxrouads. . ? . 7:30 O&ettt i Ui mtnr 'fcjorse ' show i . ata-iam ', by &aViai. Concert 1 ' ,. '. ' band under direction of Oscr I V " oteyuiamiBer. . . . - ; , y 8 ;0O-i-FTorse abov inXorse sbow:F- : . ': - i'dinro. '',., ' ; -.!..' 8:0o---r,irBiTal-attrmcUoB on ; - Way. ' . . g 8:00 A nnnal banquet ef Orc--n - rTireoreo t.iTp.M(rik - a- - . .. -3 J tioa.-. . . .. - . - V It.