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SEVEKT-SIXTH YEAR i . - ' - , , SALEM. OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 1, 1926 Ir 7 PRICE FIVE CENTS
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otltlillWOI : "rcgon UTaU 1MU Wins
; nnnpq m pi av PrMsc; 35 Horsea Enter
UUill U I U I Lfll I
Crack American Leg i b n
, Musical Units to Compete
- . for Honors Today
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PPEAR AT FAIR -TWICE
Competition Set for 4 o'clock;
DHa t Hone Show Also;
vr Attendance Assures ;
i Financial Snccesa
Oregon cities will take part In the
vdrom corps competition this after-.
noon -at 4 o'clock at the - fair
grounds In celebration of Ameri
can: Legion day at ther state fair.
In the Teninc the drnm corps
.will hold a massed drill at the
torse showy according to vc Mc
Kenxie, local American r Legion
post commander.. ' f
. -" The cities to-be represented by
dram corps are MeMlnnTlile, Port
land, LaGrande, Bend. Roseburg.
Cottage SroTe, .Eugene, fc Pendle
ton, Hood Rirer. Medford, Sheri
dan and Salem. - - , - - ,
i 'Arrangements for the American
A Legion's participation in the fair
li are being handled by the fair
v 1 board this year, Instead of by the
' Jleglon itself, according to Mr. Mc
ieMi.. .
1 TVhen the Portland American
uruu corps arriyea in sa
jrietn this morninfg at. 10 o'clock
- its uarucipsiion in iae nrnra
rps competition, it will have a
lor guard of marines. v accord-
is to a statement made last nieht
17 Sergeant F. EL Karnes, recruit
Jg sergeant here ' for the marine
carps.'1 i-
A party of 37. including Royal
osarians' of Portland and "high
illroad officials arrived at the
airgrounds station on a special
regon Electric,- Spokane. Port
end St Seattle train and officially
represented- the City, of Roses at
fair, yesterday. The Cherrian
ve: jODiea xne lsitors 'ana' con
ducted them on a tour of the fair
rounds where the party witness-
, ed the races, ;r....-:L---v
Spokani8,r Portwnd & seatUe
railroad - compacy representatives
Uroller; ,R. W. plckard, genea
freight agent; R. H. Crozier. gen
eral passenger agent; O. E. Vo
tw, superintendent; John Dick
son. superiniendeut of motive
power; Elmo Edwards, purchas
lg agert; W. C. Smith, tax
atT Charler! Whitfield, super
iatendent of maintenance: Georre
Cji Williams, assistant general pas
fienger agent; J. M. Ballingall, as-
istant general freight agent; L.
. Knowton, traveling, passenger
sent; J. H. Brady, t rave line
llgbt agehtjrW. WStarkey. as-
sxtant engineer; u. u. Ketcnum,
clief clerk to the president and
Frank Biaga, assistant purchasing
aient.
fcW. P. Powers, traveling agent
for the C. B. & Q. - accompanied
the party. '
" The guests had luncheon at the
l&rion hotel and returned to
Portland late in the afternoon
after visiting the fair
A total of 40.S00 persons view
ei the fair on Wednesday, Salem
lay, according r to figures given
out by Mrs, Ella S. Wilson, fair)
5 'fa
i - noara secretary yeBteraay. M nere
I ere 31,850 paid acTmiasIons that
I brought SIS.274 . into the fair
treasury.
Financial success of the fair is
assured by this large attendance,
aceordin r t Mrs. Wilson. Rece ipts
for the first three days of the fair
exceed receipts for the first three
toys last year by 13,915. and
tuaranteea that the fair .will
reak even financially. at least.
All money taken in afterward is
irofit. .
R. R. Ryan, 80. Salem civil war
jsreteran, and Clara Ayers. fifi. both
J of Minnesota, were married yes
V terday in front. of the OAR cabin
before an audld nee of hundreds.
; LfT. james! or inia euy reaa
ine service.: ,
OFFICERS FINE WOMAp
Caroline vtejuls fails to
DECLARE FOUR GOWNS
NEW YORK. Sept. 30. (AP.)
-Caroline Wells, the writer, was
lined 1 4 50' by the customs author
ities for failure to declare four
gowns which she brought from
Paris yesterday,' it was learned to
night. - The gowns were appraiser
at only, $225.U-""
(I Just brought ltt few dresi-
nd of mine told me it was un-
trecessary to declare inem yoa
t, know how. wpmenare. t
In private life . the author Is
- Mrs. Had win ' Houghton. She
i Uvea In this city with ner E hua
fcand. Since 189. she has ,writta
raore than 40 books, some of them
volumes of poems for ehuiren.
f ' - -
OLYMPIA, Sept. 30,-(AP)
SThe sUte capitol ' commission
warded contracts - aggregating
av. . t . ..'.,
ISsI4,S00 today for furniture and
) f'llnr. f r iha na CATlitnl hnild-
Threfc Day Drivinff Contc
it
taking Lead, WhUe
Single
By AUpRED BUNCH
A threecUy driving coritest opened last night in the ring
with'R. C. fifcrCroskey of Gkrfield, Wash., making the initial
score. y . r '
Aaron M. 'Frank, prominent Portland fancier, won the
$250 stake in th? single harness event. The ladies' cup went
to Miss Flora Jane McBrid4 of Portland, while Dr. and Mrs.
Julias H. Held woi the Corinthian with Topsy Sinclair.
Portland day at the stajte fair brought an audience into
im ! t I the stadium which filled to ca
COUNTY HERD EXHIBITS!
FIND COMPETITION KEEN
INTEREST HIGH AS ANI
MALS ARE GROUPED
E. B. Fltts, Who Advocated C6n
, test. Roles .as Judge
Over Display
There is one time at the fair
when the breeders of eaeh eouity
drop the. competitive spirit aind
combine against a common coim
petitor. .. - -I 1
That is, when the judging for
the so called "county hejrd" is
started.
This prize is most desired by
the breeders of the different
ties. This exhibit consists
coun
of 10
head, a certain number of
both
sexes and the various ages and no
one owner is allowed to enter
more than two animals. f
This class has been shown at
the Oregon state fair for the past
five years. ; It was first Inspired
by E. B. Fitts, then one if the
extension professors at OAC, and
finally it was regularly estab
lished as one of the knOortant
Masses at m iair ,
Professor Fitts was the Official
that passed judgment oh the
county herds yesterday.
In the Jersey classes there were
entries from the following) coun
ties: Clackamas, Polk, Yamhill,
Tillamook, ' and Multnomah; in
the Holsteln class, the, entries were
Marlon. Washington and Clacka
mas; In Guernseys, Clackamas and
Columbia, winning in the' order
given. Marlon. county had planned
on having ; an entry butywhen it
came time td show and their en
tries were cheeked up $t was
found that they were short! a four
year old epw that was necessary
to complete the requirements and
they did not enter the competi
tion. However, a number! of the
leading animals In the Individual
class were owned by Marion coun
ty breeders. I
HOFF SUT IS EXPLAINED
BREACH GP CONTRACT CAUSE
OF COURT ACTION
LQS ANGELES, Sept. ."0.
(AP.)---The ordering of Charles
Hoff, Norwegian pole j vanlter,
from thlaxountry by the Immigra
tion authorities -because ;his time
permit Is up. has nothing what
ever to dOvWtth the suit Hoff filed
here yesterday against the AAU
for $100,000, Hoff told the Asso
ciated Press tody. J
"1 filed this suit simply because
the AAU failed to pay my ex
penses as they promised,, and
forced me Into professionalism to
support myself," ho aid. "Also
because they suspended me with
out reason." V
VETERANS GIVEN
COMMISSION APPROVES 134
APPLICATIONS HERE
4 The world war veterans state
aid commission yesterday .ap
proved 134 soldiers loans, involv
ing $317,000. Applications of 150
other veterans for loans were also
approved. The number" of loans
approved is the largest at any one
meeting in several years .
The total number of loans made
under the state bonus act is now
8136, With a total amount of $1,
897,525. Many veterans have com
pleted buyiag lots and hence are
eligible fori loans, according to
Major W.: P. Simpson, secretary,
so the number of applications
made recently is quite large.
T
BOY CRUSHED TO DEATH
BUS CARRYING SCHOOL CHIL
DREN OVERTURNS
MODESTO, Cal.. Sept. 30.
(AP) RoyiMerrihew, 12, waa
crushed to death and five other
children were injured when a bus
bearing 40 students backed into a
gulley and j overturned i on the
Orange Blossom grade near Oak
dale today. ; . v
ROBBED AS HOUSE BURNS
SAFE HAULED A WAX AS OWN
ERS WATCH EARLY FIRE
CLARKSTON," Wash.; Sept. 30.
APl.-r-Whfle.t;itisens tumbled
out' of i bed ttoi watch a beautiful
residence burn at 13 o'clock this
morning, burglars; broke into a
drug store here and. carted away,
a safe weighing 20 0 pounds and
containing $100 in cash and seme
ti valuable Japeg, t
Opens With R. C. McCorskey
iron M. Frank Wins $250
arness Event
pacity
Listed among the preliminaries
was a parade by 85 show horses
In the ring; an "Old Oregon Trail
Episode"; and vocal numbers by
KJi88 Era Robert, soloists with
the Salem Cbsrrtan band. .
To R. C. MeCroskey of Garfield,
Wash., went the first blue ribbon
'for honors in the first showing in
the three-night driving competi
tion. The 'Portland' Damascus
Milk company; which won first
prizes three nights In succession
in the show ring failed to surpass
when driving ability alone was
considered. They were awarded
second place last night. George
W. Mills of St. John, Wash., made
third.
Excluding an entries but five
and these professional -the light
harness roadster competition for
the $250 Btake was a stirring con
test. Aaron M. Frank, for the
second time during, the week, cap
tured first. On Tuesday Mar
guerite won the honor for her
master, while on Thursday the
judges, proclaimed another cham
pion in the Frank string Patty
Miller.
A roadster from the Olympic
Riding and Driving club scored
second, for the stake; Teddy,
owned by W. M. Kerron of Gar
den Home, third ; 'while Mrs. C.
Edward Grelle's Shlkara was re
duced to last place. .
Polo ponies were introduced
onto the tanbark for the first
time last night. A Portland horse,
Matt McDougall's Gypsy Queen,
qualified for -the blue emblem,
while the second and third awards
went to OAC ponies.
RuztOn aad Seaton Septimus
rwho won the $250 stake for their
owner, J. D. Farrell of Seattle, on
(Continued on pan 2.)
TRAIN STRIKES SEDAN
PARENTS KILLED, TWO CHIL
DREN ARE MISSING
FRIENDSHIP, N. Y Sept. 30.
(AP) Two persons were killed
and ft Is believed one or two
chUdren ' also met death in the
Genesee river when a freight train
cn the Erie railroad struck a se
dan tonight at Belvidere crossing,
between here and Belmont.
The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
A. Judson, 229 East Madison
street, Sandusky, Ohio.
Police were searching for the
bodies of the children, believed to
have been with Mr. and Mrs. Jud
son. Children's clothes were
found strewn along the tracks In
the wreckage. '
TJFW BUILDING
ASKED AT Fl
Increased. Livestock Display
Facilities Urged by Pure
Bred Group.
MORE JUDGES REQUESTED
Awards Should Be Complete By
Wednesday Is Claim in Reso
lations Commending Fair
Board's Work
About 150 members of the Ore
gon Pure Bred Livestock associa
tion and their friends banqueted
at Mrs. Olmsted's restaurant at
the fair grounds last night. This
is an annual affair and is looked
forward to by the members.4 12d
Schoel, Albany, president of . the
association, presided. O. M. Plnm
mer acted as toastmaster. The
meeting took on more the appear
ance of Ja political gathering than
one dedicated to more and better
livestock.
The principal speakers were
Governor Pierce, Robert N. Stan
field and I. L. Patterson. Each
was well received and made in
teresting talks. The resolutions
committee presented the follow
ing resolutions which were
adopted:
UWe 'of the Oregon Purebred
Livestock association, do hereby
express our appreciation of the
good work done by the members
of the state fair board in planning
and executing this most successful
fair now drawing to a close and
especially do we realize the effec
tive work of the secretary, Mrs.
Ella Schultr Wilson.
"Each year shows a greater In
terest in the boys' and girls' club
work. Each year brings out a
better class of livestock in these
classes. Each year shows the boys
and girls have been better trained
In their work. We fully realise
that . the future of the livestock
industry is in the hands of thlse
juvenile exhibitors. We appreci
ate the splendid work that f has
( Oomtinnsd n pee 2.)
HOUSE BURNS TO GROUND
PROPERTY IS COMPLETE LOSS,
DIRECTIONS SCANT
Fire yesterday afternoon com
pletely destroyed . the two-story
residence of Mrs. P. S. Bock, in
Salem Heights, just outside the
city limits. The origin of the blaxe
is unknown. Loss is partially cov
ered by $4000 Insurance, it is re
ported. :
The fire department here re
ceived an alarm that took them
to the Salem Heights store, but
did no,t give the location of the
house. They couldn't find it. so re
turned just in time to get another
alarm.
Officer Warren Edwards" was
sent to investigate and found the
flames shooting from the roof. A
little' furniture was ' saved, but
aside from that the house was a
total loss, he states.
SOMEBODY ELSE WHO LIVES IN
CONVICTS WILL BE HANGED
HERE ON NOVEMBER
Trial "Unfair," Conviction Due to
Press Comments They
Tell Judge
Ellsworth Kelley and James
Wlllos, convicts, yesterday were
resentenced by Judge Percy Kelley
of the Marion county circuit court
to be hanged in the execution
chamber of the Oregon state peni
tentiary on Friday, November 5.
Kelley and Wlllos were con
victed of first-degree murder in
connection with the slaying ef
Milton Holman and John Sweeney,
guards, during a break at the
prison here in August. 1925. They
originally were sentenced to be
hanged on January 8 of this year
but later appealed their cases to
the state supreme court.
Will R. King of Portland, at
torney for Kelley and Willos, con
tended that under the statutes his
clients could J not be executed
legally until such time as their
present terms in the penitentiary
expired. He also alleged that the
jury was prejudiced against- Kel
ley and Willos lor the reason that
they were brought into court at
tired in prison clothing, and were
guarded closely by penitentiary
officials.
Willos told Judge Kelly that he
had not received a fair and im
partial trial, and denounced his
attorney for waiving the right of
separate trials. Willos said he was
not consulted by Judge King, and
that he had no knowledge that he
was to be tried jointly with Kelley
untipa few days before the trial.
Kelley attributed his conviction
to the1 "underground work" of po
litical hirelings and influence of
the Portland newspapers.
Judge King indicated that he
would make application to have
the cases appealed to the United
States supreme court.
MANY FALL CANDIDATES
03
DISTRICT, 11 STATE OF
FICES TO BE FILLED
Voters at the general election
in November will fill a total of 11
state offices,. 95 district offices
and pass on 19 measures of state
wide effect This was set out in a
statement issued by the secretary
of state here yesterday.
Fifteen members of the senate
are to be elected for full terms of
four years, while the 21st district
comprised of Union and Wallowa
counties will elect a senator to fill
a vacancy. The full complement' of
60 members of the lower house of
the legislature will be elected at
the November contest.
' In addition to state, county and
district offices there will be
selected at the November election
seven trustees of the Salmon
River-Grand Ronde Highway Im
provement district. The district in
cludes parts of Lincoln, Polk, Til
lamook and Yamhill counties.
FLOODS THREATEN FARMS
FORT SMITH. Ark., Sept. 30.
(AP) Threatened floods tonight
were driving farmers in the Ar
kansas and Poteau river bottoms
to seek safety on higher levels
with livestock and equipment.
A SHOE
TRESSES DROP
TO HELP AIEE
Evangelist Takes Hair Down
to Prove "Switch Dis
guise Is False
BASE MOTIVE 'ABSURD'
Miss Emma Schaeffer, State's Wit
ness, Reveals Previous
Knowledge of Mys
terious Toughs
HALL OF JUSTICE. Los Ange
les, Sept. 30. (AP.) Aimee
Semple McPherson took down her
mass of bronze colored hair in
the court room here today and
demonstrated that no part of it
was false.
The demonstration was made
voluntarily after Deputy District
Attorney E. J. Dsnnison had ques
tioned Miss Emma Schaeffer, Mrs.
McPherson's secretary, as to
whether, the evangelist wore
switches.
Reading of the transcript of
Mrs. McPherson's testimony be
fore the grand jury revealed that
the evangelist had requested per
mission to make a statement af
ter District Attorney Asa Keyes
had questioned her before the
body. She said she realized that
her story appeared unusual and
that she knew that various mo
tives for a possible deliberate dis
appearance had been advanced.
Among these she mentioned "bas-
( Continued on page 2.) j j
CITIZENS JOIN MAN HUNT
FOCR ROBBERS ESCAPE IN
CAR WITH LARGE SUM
NEW ROCKFORD, ; N. D., Sept.
SO. (AP) Cititens deserted
their business places and homes
to join with officers in trailing
four robbers who today hold up
and robbed the First National
bank of New Rockford escaping
in a motor car with between $50,
000 and $60,000. Part of the loot
is in registered bends. The posso
formed and started in pursuit a
few minutes after the robbery oc
curred. The automobile has a Minnesota
license plato. All towns in the
vicinity of New Rockford were
notified and highway patrols were
established along every thorough
fare leading from New Rockford.
While one man sat at the wheel
of a motor car in front of the bank
the other three ertered, drew pis
tols and forced eight customers
into a corner and four bank em
ployes into a vault. They attempt
ed, but failed, , to lock the cash
ier, two assistants and a book
keeper in the Vault. -
YOUNG VETERAN ENROLL
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON GETS
WORLD WAR MASCOT
EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 30.
(AP) Maurice Packer, mascot In
Company P of the 162nd infan
try, AEF, .during the world war,
the youngest member in the Amer
ican leglon'by six years, has en
rolled as a freshman in the Uni
versity of Oregon for this term
Packer Is but 19 years old and
is registered fronfSalem.
Running away from hts home
dnring the latter part of the war.
Packer, then a tboy of ten, was
first adopted by the 162nd and
later by the Sixth cavalry in
France. At 12 years, the lad was
an -enlisted private and upon his
return to America was discharged
at Camp Lewis, along with other
members of his company.
EIGHT MEN ARRESTED
POSTAL INSPECTORS BELIEVE
STAMP THIEVES HELD
NEW YORK, Sept. 30. (AT.)
The arrest (Of eight men here
and up-state Is believed by postal
inspectors to have broken up a
gang that, lnj eight months has
robbed banks -and postofflces in
New York, Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania of more than a mil
lion dollars.
Four of the men were arrested
at the Cedarhurst Inn. West Sand
Lake, near Troy, by postal inspec
tors. Three were arr?sted hero
and the eighth was arrested in his
home at Delmar.
Postal Inspector Charles H.
Clarahan. who directed the inves
tigation that, led to the arrests.
Raid the eight were suspected of
theft of a "half million" in stamps
in various cities, and also of post
office and bank robberies in three
rtates. - "V
PROFITS REPORTED LOW
BLALOCK DISTRICT WILL NET
$3 TO $4 PKB TON
WALLA. WALLA. Wash., Sept.
30. -(AP)' -Prune growers of the
Blalock district; are finding they
will net but $3,or $4; atoa-for
their frnrt thteyeafi". Theretarns
leas freight are about' $10, but
the cost ot picking and packing
&f S$ S2JJ tha nej returgSt
BURNING SHIP RACES
FIRE SEEN 14 MILES AWAY
AS SHIP SAILS TO RESCUE
NORFOLK, ya., Sept. 30.
(AP) The American steamer
New Britain is afire . of f the
Georgia coast and is speeding
toward Savannah, the steamer
Firmore reported by radio to
night. The Firmore said she was
then 14 miles from the New.
Britain and that flames were
visible afcove the hatches. The
message added that the Fir-,
more was crowding on all
steam to keep as close to the
burning ship as possible in its
dash toward Savannah.
The New Britain, a vessel of
6,174 tons gross, has a crew of
39. She left New York Septem
ber 2 6 with a general cargo for
San Francisco and other west
coast ports. She is chartered
by the Williams Steamship line.
BRAMWELL TO APPEAL
SALEM OFFICE RULING
OFFICE MUST BE MOVED
HERE, SAYS SKIPWORTH
'Law Is Supreme for AH" Court
Holds, Reviewing Facts
in Case
.There is no law in the state of
Oregon which authorizes the su
perintendent of banks to main
tain his principal office in the city
of Portland, according to an opin
ion handed down here yesterday
by Judge G. F. Sklpworth Of Lane
county in mandamus proceedings
brought by George Putnam, Salem
newspaper publisher, to compel
the state superintendent of banks
to maintain his principal office in
Salem.
"The evidence showed." read
the opinion, "that the defendant
how occupies as an office one
room in the capitol building in the
city of Salem. In this room is a
desk. The defendant employs in
this office one clerk or stenogra
pher. She has no authority to open
mail received by the defendant at
this office but she redirects such
mail to the deendant to his Port
land office.
"The defendant occasionally
visits the Salem office. The de
fendant has established offices in
Portland which he claims to be
branch offices. It appears from
the evidence that the defendant,
his chief clerk ' and chief deputy
occupy the Portland offices which
comprise four rooms In the Henry
building. Very little of . the bank
ing business under the supervision
of the defendant is transacted in
(Continued on para 4.)
STILL FOUND BY POLICE
MRS, F. J. JENKINS, IN JAIL,
FACES CHARGE
Mrs. F. S; Jenkins was arrest
ed yesterday afternoon by Deputy
Sheriff -Rojr Bremmer and Officer
Warren Edwards, charged with
possession of a still, and was
lodged in the "county jail. The
still was found in the basement of
a house she had rented on the riv
er road just north of Salem, and
has a capacity of about 20 gallons.
According to the story she Is
said to have told local police,
Mrs. Jenkins bought the still in
Portland for $35 a few days ago
and-brought it to Salem. She
rented the- house through a real
estate broker. Wednesday the
owner of the house, who did not
yet known it had been rented,
brought another party to look it
over. '
He went m and found the still
just set up and ready to operate,
so he- reported the matter to lo-J
cal police. When they searched
the house they found besides the
still several barrels, three burners,
and nearly 10 gallons of corn
mash.
FINANCIAL DEAL CLOSED
TRANSACTION ONE OF LARG-
EST IN SEVERAL YEARS
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 30.
(AP) All the assets of the Ladd
Estate" company and the Oregon
Iron & Steel company, amounting
to approximately $5,000,000 or
moreare being acquired by Fred
erick H. Strong and Paul C. Mur
phy of Portland. The deal has
been closed except as to the final
details, which will be disposed of
tomorrow, it was learned tonight.
The transaction Is one of the
largest in years and Involves hold
ings in Washington and Califor
nia, as well as in Oregon.
SNAKE CHARMER IS HELD
5 r 1
MINTO GOES THROUGH POC
KETS, REPTILE MISSING
J. W. Bellamy, snake charmer
with the Browning shows at the
fairgrounds, got. drunk. yesterday
and is said to' have stolen a
snake. lie wandered at large
about ahe grounds until arrested
and was brought to the city police
station. Frank Minto, chief lot
police, volunteered to go through
his pockets, in spite of the ; pos
sibility of a snake being in them,
but found no snake. Bellamly was
locked In the city Jail. The snake
la still at large, but it is' said no
one need be worriodi as it is only a
alt$J 3S SbouJ 122 iSP&'H
Local Stations to Retail Pet
rol for Twenty and Half v
I Cents Today
EFFECTIVE IN 3 STATES
Public Benefits from Four Cent
Drop While Dealers Will Be
Allowed Closer 1 Margin
of Profit
Gasoline prices in Salem will
fall four cents today in service
stations serving this community
it was learned last night from, lo
cal distributors of several of the
oil' companies operating here.
Whilo some of the companies had
received no word of the scheduled
drjop It was expected that orders
loWerjng the price would be re
ceived here this morning. . '
The retail price today will be
twenty and a halt cents. The for
mer" price prevailing was twenty
four and a half cents a gallon.
IWhlile the price to the public
is four cents lower, in most cases,
the price to the dealer has been
cut onfy three cents; giving them
a j profit of three cents a gallon
Instead of four cents as formerly.
S. "H." Starr,', local manager . of
the Shell company, received word
last night of the scheduled drop
in price. He was at the company
booth at the fair grounds when
the telegram reached him.
Hugh McCammon, local man
ager of the Associated Oil com
pany, received word of the price
cut last night and said that it
would be effective in all their sta
tions today. j
j While no, official word of th
pfrice cut- in Standard Oil servlc
stations was available it was un
derstood fro mUnofficial sourcet
that the new price would be ef
fective in all their stations thtsi
morning, . . '. r . ,
! W. El Speck, of the General Pe
troleum company, had received nd
word of the price cut but said thai
If the iHrtce-drop was "widespread
according "to the dispatches that,
he would probably receive a tele
gram early this morning, as he
understood the! Portland otflcle
had already received the price cut
order. " ' ; --.::' .
f H. E, OUver, local Union oil
company manager, said late last
night that no word of the gasoline
price cut had -been received by the
local office but that preliminary
telegrams o the 'contemplated cut
had been received and that offi
cial word was' expected this morn
ing. 1
PORTLAND Ore., Sept. 30.
(AP) The price slashing war
whic bhas been going on in Cali
fornia among the leading gasoline '
companies- has reached Portland,
with" the result that the gasoline .
sold at least five of the big com
panies Associated, General. Shell
Standard and Union- may be ob
tained at service stations tomor
row, at- 10 cents, a reduction of
4 cents a gallon. -; : ." I
Officials of the Union Oil com
pany and of the Shell company of
California, said tonight that ihe
reductions already were In etfecK
Those of the Standard Oil rrfa
pany and the Associated OH Jfom
pany declared they would be in
effect tomorrpw morning, and of
ficials oL theGefieral Petrqleum
company, although stating I that
they, had pot yet received authori
zation from headquarters declared
they would jcut likewise to compe
titive prices tomorrow. " J
"SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 30.
(AP)Thej large distributors of
gasoline today more than met the
price cut of three cents a gallon.
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FRIDAY -
AT THE STATE FAIR
Booster tad Amcrlcsa Xtgio
Pay.
. , i i - j. ,. - Morning . : ... ;
8:30 Concert fey Fif n4 - Trtin
corps of Grand Amx, t tho
Republic. , J ..
9:80- Judeinff of county xiibito in
Arn cultural pavilion. I
10:00 Goneert by Slem ConcVrt
band nkr dire Uoa jot (Hear
Sieetnaauner. . .
10:30 Canainff and eooktnf dmni
atrationa in educational build-
- in' - - - - "
11:00 Arriral of America k Lesion
drnm rorpa. '
11:30 Addre in art riepWrtmant in
edncatianal boildinsi
. ' .. Afternoon. r j
1:00 Concert b Fife n4 Drum
. ! corps ' Grand Antny C R
pnbliff in front of Adnuniatra
- j tion buildinx- -
1:30 JUeea on Lone Oak track, lea-
turiag: . . f -
i 8:20 trot. 3 beate ..1000
2:23 pace, 8 heats L S1000
. : Claiming, 5 furlonjt S 250
: Claiming, farlonga S 250
' Claiming. 7 furlong f 250
- 2:30 Announcement off awarda In
I Boy' and Girla telnb depart-
' menta. - J '
:00 Jr'rea attraetiooa emd demon-
- - I , ataratioea on fairffrounai.
iWf-;t;Bveaiar J :.
iSO Concert in new boras abow
" j- a lad i Din by Calent Conrert
' ' band under direction of Oscar
Steelbammec
1:00 Horae abow la bono abow ata
- diomi :. ' '
S:00 Cafniral 'attractions on' White
, . Way. ; , j ..
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