WEATiIER FORECAST: Rain, no change
.SHOP EARL Y-r-OaJr-i6 .hopping, days
remain before Christmas. Do your shop
ping early and- avoid the' rath.t ?. You jwill
find a new delight in this early- shopping
and also, you'll bring happiness to the
merchants and the post office clerks.
In temperature:1" strong southerly winds, i
mmm
v., :. . , , .. . x,- fr
gales on oe cobih . uecumms west inu
northwest. ;Maxtmum;yesterday,'5; mini
mum. 44; river,' 8.8; rainfall, ,39tf atmos-4 1.
BhfrMdf;wta: northwest, j ' J
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NTY-SIXTH YEAB
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY "HORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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PUN MEET
IS
to sirsn
BEET
Corvallis Men Interested .in
Campaign and So Work
i in Benton -County
DRIVE FOR 1-000 ACRES
Ilea! of Department of Ajcricnl
ljre of Portland Thamber of
t.'onimerce Attend Assem
blies .and Speak
Asa beginning in the campaign
toward obtaining, 1000 acres , of
sugar beets, the Salem chamber of
commerce la scheduling a series of
meetings in towns throughout the
coiintv. The first of these will be
held at Aumstille, in Hein hall,
Monday evening, November J, t
x o'clock. ; :" 7 ' I
Kenneth Miller, head of the ag
ricultural department of the Port
land chamberpot commerce, will
address the meeting, which' was
scheduled through the cooperation
of the Aumsyiile ccrmmunity club.
Members of the club and farmers
from the AumsTiiie
. xpected to be present- ,
Mr. Miller Will tell of the Utah
Idaho Hugar company's offer to
back" the ugar beet industry in
thin district, and will present con
tracts to be signed by the farm
rs who are Interested.
E T Pierctf, president of the
Aumsville community club, will
ii reside at the meeting.
The second meeting of the se
rin will be held Tuesday evening.
November 30. . at' the .tar heater
in fetWton. iThe Stayton commun
ity club, of hich "W. Weddle fs
president, is deeply interested In
suaar beets, and has engaged the
t hearer for the meeting.
T. Miller will be present and
wiffixDlain the Utah-Idaho com
riffO-s offer in' detail. A Jarge
number of farmers In the south
ern part of the county . are Inter
ested f in sugar beets,' so Mr. Miller
will mv contracts to be signed
Meetings will be "held later In
the week afWoodburn.'.Hnbbard,
and probablyVjit Xurora. 'The lo
cal chamber of commerce expects
to have an engagement ior wr.
Miller each evening during the
week.
The Portland chamber .of com
merce. whicji Js also nahlfest,ing
mtjch interest in the sugar bett
lKssibilities f Or " the ."Willamette
valley, is arranging for meetings
to be held in Potlc, .Yamhill, and
Washington counties.
The Corvallis chamber of com
merce is also showing interest,
several members attended the sug
ar beet meeting held in the local
iiamber of commeTcaaditorium
last Monday nfghf; It will arrange
for meetings In Linn" county.
DALLAS PREPARES
f 6 r beeIceEpers
STATE (XNVKXTIOX XKXT
) K EK T DRAW VISITORH
Ttu-ee llanueA .Pjonaed: Moving;
lirt tires to hhow' 1M
j i ,' 1
Dallas Is making great prepar
ations to entertain the bekeepers
.f pie state next week, Thursday
Friday and Saturday. There will
le deleKatea.from;Washington;and
atiforniaras welras froth all over
Oregon. The delegates from east
ern Oregon will'cdme a day early,
in order to look over .Salem for
a day. t Is expected Itftat there
will be at least 300 delegates, to
say nothing of . local ' i visitors.
Kveryboily in Marlon county Is in
vited, with their, families. They
will be welcome , at all banquets
and at all sessions. The banquet
will ie at the Methodlst'church,
and they will.be followed by con
certs. Visitors are, asked to reg
ister with the Dallas Chamber of
Commerce.. ; ' '
There are to be three banquets,
one by the Dallas peqplejon Thurs
day "evening; one "byHbe Polk
' ounty Beekeepers .association on
Friday evening,' each at'l o'clock,
and one at "noon on -Saturday .by
the neonle of Indenendence. Got-
,,W.or Pierce is expected to bepres-
Vat the banquet on Friday eve-
"i and Governor-elect aatter
!-dR expected' to e present at
up meetings. -
Some of the highest bee author
Hies in the . country jrl ,e .pres-.
ent. and there "is "tol a moving
Picture showing the Jlfe.andwprk
nil'i..LI'.:'l..V. k ,!. i
TOWN APPEALS FOR AID
REBEL FORCES REPORTED Hp
HAVE pSUIUfUSV
MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Nov.23
-.(AP)-L6car authorities at tbe
town ot El' Gallo navte appealed
for" the' aid of TJnited9tates mar
ines to restore order In ihe dis
trict' wiiere depredations are be
ing committed by rebel forces who
ACREAGE
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WOMAN RECITES
it
STORY OF LIFE
Balk of Day's Kridence Concerned
Inriirnts of Physician's
Lat Illnrss
TILLAMOOK, Or.. Nor. 23.
(AP) Halting her testimony fre
quently "while she wiped tears from
her' face, Mrs. Eva N. McGee, ac
ensed of murdering her hMsband,
Dr. W. G. McGee, former Kehalem
physician, today took the' witness
stand in her own defense, in a
move to nullify the allegations of
the state that she administered
poison to the doctor, resulting in
his death. ' ."
' The bulk of the day's testimony
concerned! the incidents of the
physician's fatal illness and death,
as well as the burial arrangements.
Considerable interest centered
aroUnd'the application of Dr. Mc
Gee for change of beneficiaries- for
two'insurance policies, which was
entered as 'evidence 'by the state
and which, according to the testi
mony of JUrs. Florence Alsop.
nurse and defense witness, was
signed by the doctor with herself
as witness, August 16, the day be
fore his death and six days after
he first suffered from convulsions.
The convulsions,' the prosecution
declares, were symptoms of the
poisoning.
Mrs. McGee, in her testimony
gave a recital of her life, describ
ed her home life, and related in
detail her version of her husband's
fatal illness. She declared there
never was any trouble between
Dr. McGee and herself; that theirs
was' a life of " harmony," end
throughout her testimony she con
tinually referred to ' him as
"Daddy." She referred frequent
ly to their "honeymoon trips,"
trips that she and her husband
took to many parts of the state.
Numerous witnesses were called
to testify to the congenial home
life of the couple.
Mrs. McGee testified about her
first purchase of poison for cats
which, because of Dr. McGee's ob
jections, sbe later threw In the
stove. He 1 objected to the pur
chase of the poison, she said, .be
cause he did not want her "to be
spreading her name on public
books' and because of danger to
children- who might be playing
where the poison was placed.' She
attempted , to buy another poison
the second time, she said, but add
ed that the druggist induced her
to purchase the same as she had
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"PEEPING TQM" CAUGHT
FOl'XD OX PAIIED LADDER
IOOKIXG JXTO-.ROOM
A "Peeping Tom," who does the
thing in style, was found last
night, by Ideal police officers, they
allege, when John Olafson was
arrested on a charge of window
peeping. Olafson had prepared a
ladder six feet long, with the top
ends of both aides well padded.
4 He was found on the top of
this ladder, which was leaned
against the side of a local room
ing house, engaged in peering
through an open ' window. When
questioned at police headquarters
as to his motives, his only answer
was "nothing." ; '
A flashlight was found in Olaf
Bon's pocket, giving rise to the
suspicion that he may have been
bent on'htirglarixing tne piac.
AIR MAIL FORCED DOWN
' ... -. i- v.,
PILOT UNABLE TO MAKE ANY
HEADWAY AGAINST HTiiitJi
' HEDDING, Cal.. Nov. 23. De
spite the fact that he had .maneu
vered his plane to an aiHue
tTiree miles, Art StathUck. mail
pilot, was forced to put back here
anrt send the mail bags on' to.
Portland by train arter naming
with the storm surrents over Mt.
Shasta for more' than two hours
today. . .
The gale reacneo sucn ior
that twice the plane was tossed
upside down. Starbuck was pouna
from concora to Meuiuru u a
regular lap of the mall air service
between San; Francisco ana -ori-land'.
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PLAN.ES JIEP.QRT SREED
PANAMA FLIGHT SHIPS COM
MVNICATE WITH .AV1
WASHINGTON. Tot. 23 (By
APiFlrst direct communication
from the navy's PN-10. Panama
flight plane, was received oy tne
riavy department shortly after
midnight. The position given in
dicating that they nan averagea
a speed of 74 knots since leaving
Hampton Roaas. me r.viu
1 reported passing 9 5 ' miles east
of Cape Canaveral. Fla., at mid
night, and gave its position
hour and '20 minutes later asi30
miles east of Jupiter -inlet.
MAN jTKEN JROM CLIFF
BOAT SEES COAT DISPLAYED
" AS DISTRESS SIGNAIi
j ; . "
. AVALbN, Santa Catallna Island,
Cal., Nor. 13. f AP) Raymond
1 Pasadena, marooned
for three days on a ledge of a clin
300 feet above the sea, was'res
id fodav after a boat had seen
his frantic signals .with JUs coat
FULL-ODHEI
TILIIED
i- i--.'"g t - Jl'
Counsel for Government
Outlines Case of Alleged ,
Oil Conspiracy
DEFENDANTS LIVES TOLD
One Hundred .Thousand Dollar
Money Transaction Between
Secretary and Oil Man
Given Two Versions
WASHINGTON. Nov. 23 (AP)
Occasional flashes of oratory by
opposing counsel served to lift out
of the hum-drum the second day
Of the trial here of, Albert H. Fall
and Edward L. Doheny on charges
of conspiracy to loot the naval oil
reserves In Elk Hills. Cal. '
For five hours counsel for the
government and the defense drew
pictures of the 65 year old former
cabinet officer and the 11 year old
multi-millionaire oil man that
were in as sharp a contrast as the
vigor and the fire of the presen
tation, i
Addressing the "jury calmly and
dispassionately, Owen J. Roberts
required fjUst an hour to outline
the case, as the government ex
pects to present it by oral testi
mony and. a great raft of official
aocuments, the identification of
which began before court recessed
untjl tomorrow.
Frank' J. Hogan. counsel for Do
heny, traced the history of all of
the transactions involved in the
oil leases and contracts step by
step, spending four hours in a vig
orous and at times impassioned
statement of what the defense
contends the evidence will prove.
r Instead of a $100,000 bribe giv
en to Albert B. Fall, as the gov
ernment represented him, Doheny
was described by Hogan as a patri
otic citizen Who acted in the na
tional Interest, when he. r en Hired
his company to -enter f ato i e con
tract for the Pearl Harbor naval
storage. -
Fall was declared to be a man
who had given his life in the pub
lic service and one who through
out all of the oil reserve negotia
tions acted In the best' interenf
of the country and enly .with and
by the consent of Secretary Den-
by and other high officials of the
navy department.
The $100,000 transaction be
tween Doheny and Fall loomed
large in the statement .of both
counsel. Roberts said the loan
was mad3 after negotiations had
been opened between Fall and Do-
neny for tne reari rtartwr con
tract and that, when the senate
oil committee found out that Fall
(Continued OB pr 2.)
STATE GAME BODY
SUBMITS REPORTS
ELEVEN HUNDRED COXVICT
JIOXS FOR VIOLATIONS
Commission Receives 938,532 in
Fines During the Two
Year Perk!
Expenditures of the state game
commission during the biennium
ending September 30 of this year
aggregated $698,045.43, or ap
proximately' $35,740 more than
the receipts during the same
period preceding. The receipts for
the biennium amounted to $733.-;
T89.03. There was on hand in
the commission's balance at the
beginning of the biennium $35,
S64.95, which was reduced to
$221.35 on "September 30.
; Receipts of the commission in
cluded approximately $653,594
from hunting and angling licensed
and $18,395 collected in fines.
There were 1229 arrests for
game violations during the bien
nium. with 1102 convictions and
46 jail sentences imposed by the
courts. The fines totaled $38S32.
Forty-eight of the persons arrest
ed were dismissed and 103 were
found not guilty. 1 '
Thirty-five arrests "were made
for violations of the fish laws wjth
fines imposed in the amount of
$1788.70.
The biennial report of the game
commission was received at the
executive department yesterday.
It later will bet referred to the
legislature, which convenes here
early in January.
The report dealt at some length
with relation to the operations of
the cornmrssion, and contained a
summary showing the various
species of fish and game liberated
during the two-year period.
FIREMAN KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
LIVES OF HUNDRED PASSEN
GERS ENDANGERED
Rock Avalanche Comes Down
Upon Continental Limited
on Curve
PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 23
(AP) R
T ,R,Pttiir...iiranian otfcfotq a TTnglinpogeiJ 1 by the courts
Union Pacific train No. 26. the
Continental Limited, was crush
ed to death a half mile east of
Cayuse shortly after midnight
when the locomotive ran into a
rock slide, derailing the engine
and tender, a combination bag
gage and express car and throw
ing the forward trucks of the
smoking car off the track.
Rettig was caught between the
engine and the tender as they
buckled and was .released only
after" wrecking crews and hoists
from both La Grande and Rieth
had puUed the engine and tender
apart.
Lives of more than a hundred
passengers and members of the
crew were endangered. Had the
locomotive turned to the right af-
(Continued on page 2.)
WAITING FOR SANTA CLAUS!
SANTA PLANNING
REAL CHRISTMAS
RErXDEER AND EVERYTHING
HERE FIRST OF DECEMBER .
Plan to Have Worries Over Early
So That AH May Enjoy
The' Season
"Oregon's Merriest Christmas."
Oregon earliest Christmas, too;
at least, the earliest Santa Claus
first week in December. Santa
and his reindeer. Bunder and
BHUen.
A reindeer rug isn't much bet
ter than a plain every-day deer
skin rug; deer hair isn't a fur,
soft aad fine and tough, but a
brittle, rather harsh stuff that
breaks rather than bends. It loses
luster, too, and it's the punkest
kind of a covering, for beauty.
But do you know that hunters
find. a sled, or a toboggan, shod
with deerskin with the hair on.
about the sleekest thing ever was
to drag over the snow? It sheds
snow as if there wasn't any snow
there." You never saw a picture of
a deer with his coat snowed over,
did you? You never will, for the
snow floats off as it-would off of
a hot teakettle.
You'll see some of this reindeer
coat when you see Santa Claus and
his team. You'll want to remem
ber that, even if the reindeer isn't
very big. and if he doesn't fight,
and if his horns are. the most curi
ous horns in all Nature more
curious even than the rhinoceros
or the unicorn, and his feet look
like snowshoes and his coat is a
poor rug, he's built for living
where most other animals would
starve. He fits into the Arctic
waste, like you'd pour mush into
a bowl or mim into your own
( Continued on pe 3.)
UNSERVED FINES
ALWAYS PAYABLE
JUSTICE BEAN GIVES OPINION
ON MURPHY CASE
preme Court Hands Down Num
erous Other Opinions in Law
Session
A Derson sent to iail to serve
may obtain his release at any time
upon payment of the unserved
portion of such fine computed on
the basis Of $2 for each day serv
ed; according tp an opinion hand
ed down by the state supreme
court here yesterday.
The opinion was written by Jus
tice Bean in habeas corpus pro-
ceedings filed by Ivan Murphy of
Linn county. Murphy pleaded
guilty ih the justice court of Linn
county to maintaining a nuisance
and was sentenced to pay a fine of
$500 and costs in the amount of
$5. In default of the payment of
the fine the court held that he
should be imprisoned in the coun
ty jail of Linn county for a period
of 250 days.
Murphy served 102 days in jail
(Continued on page 8.)
WILLIE TELLS
E0!) MINISTER
Defendant in Murder Trial
"Denies Knowing Any
thing About Case
FINGER EXPERTS HEARD
Witness Admits Owning Revolver
of HammerlesH Type, But
Claims It Has Not Been
Usetl for Years
SOMERVILLE. N. J.. Nov. 23.
(AP) Willie Stevens told a Som
erset county Jury today that he
had "absolutely nothing at all' to
do with the murder of Mrs. Elea
nor R. Mills and the Rev. Edward
W. Hall, and knows "nothing at
all" about it.
The defendant, on trial with
his brother, Henry, and his sister,
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, on a
charge of murdering Mrs. Aiills,
told his story on direct examina
tion in 25 minutes and had been
cross-examined for 55 minutes,
when court adjourned for the day
He will resume the witness stand
tomorrow.
The defendant testified in his
own behalf in the afternoon, after
all the previous testimony of the
day had been concerned with a
calling card of the Rev. Mr. Hall,
introduced in evidence by the state
experts, bears the imprint of the
left Index finger of Willie Stevens.
A trio of defense finger print
experts testified that the imprint
on the card was not that of the
defendant.
Willie Stevens quickly denied
he was in or near 2rtrth Plainfield
the night of the slaying of hi:;
brother-in-law and Mrs. Mills, as
was testified to by two state wit
nesses. He said he had never
worn a derby hat, had never suf
fered from epilepsy, and did not
wear a old. WAtcbciuicacter Istics
of the man described In the testi
mony linking the defendant with
North Plainfield. He said that
he knew Mrs. Mills "very slightly,"
and that his relations with Mr.
Hall were "very cordial."
The witness gave his answers
in an emphatic voice, but during
his direct examination showed ex
traordinary vigor, only when he
told of what he described as a "se
vere grilling" by detectives when
he - declared the investigators
"cursed me, and- did everything
(Continued on pafa 2.)
PRISON GIFTS LIMITED
WARDEN LILLIE TAKES STEPS
AGAINST DRUGS
Christmas gifts for convicts in
the Oregon state penitentiary this
year will be confined to socks.
underwear, handkerchiefs and
money, according to announce
ment made here yesterday by War
den Lime. It was the practice in
previous years to allow prisoners
to receive candies, tobaccos and
other luxuries. ;
Warden Lillie explained that
this was dangerous in that some
of the candies received . atl the
prison were found to -have con
tained small quantities of mor
phine and other drugs.
It- also Is probable that the
annual winter minstrel show
staged In tbe prison auditorium in
previous years would be aban
doned. FOUR PERSONS INJURED
CARS COLLIDE ON PACIFIC
HIGHWAY NORTH OF SALEM
Four persons received minor
injuries in an accident on the Pa
cific highway 14 miles north of
Salem, according to a report
turned in at local police head
quarters yesterday afternoon. L.
M. v Phillips received a strained
back, his wife a broken collarbone.
and Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Morse re
ceived severe bruises.
. - The car in which they were riding,-
driven by ; Phillips, was going
north on ,the Pacific highway
when a car driven by W, J. Zinn
turned in from a side road, just in
front of them. The two cars
struck and the Phillips machine
was knocked . into the ditch and
wrecked.
EX-EMPEROR IMPROVES
WILLIAM ABLE TO GET OUT
OF BED AT DOORN
DOORN, Holland, Nor. 23.
(AP). Former Emperor William
of Germany, who was confined to
his bed over . the week-end from
the effects of a cold, was able to
get np at noon today.
Rheumatic pains from which he
was suffering had abated and he
was believed fully oat of danger.
His illness was attributed to his
tramping about the rain-soaked
grounds of Doom House before
he hadjully recovered from & cold
of a week age. ' , What is variously
described a rheumatism or aa at
lack vt Jujapaso' .resulted. - v
A Thanksgiving
Thought
Editor "Statesman:'
Of course yon have all been
reading the advertisement of
the Lutx greenhouse about the
"Mums" appearing in The
Statesman, but maybe you did
not . know that the Lutx green
bouse was the old Graber
greenhouse, on D' street about
a block east of the S. P. rail
road track, which makes it
about three blocks east of Parr
rish school. If you should he
snorting along in an automo
bile even then you might miss
it as it sets back a little from
the street. If you love chrysan
themums and want to make
your wife or sweetheart or
mother or friend supremely
happy, take her out there to
pick out the .flower she likes
best for Thanksgiving, and If
you just want to surprise her.
why I should say' just select a
"Chrysolora" chrysanthemum.
They are large and golden and
will keep from now until
Christmas. I should think. Cer
tainly they will last until long
after Thanksgiving, and go now
before cutting has made too big
a gap In the greenhouse. Inci
dentally, stop and see the little
evergreen trees that Leo
Gronke (the coming Burbank
of Oregon) has started from
cuttings, contrary to all pre
conceived ideas.
GREENHOUSE "FAN"
(The writer of the above,
though she will probably not
thank the editor for disclosing
her identity, is Ella McMunn.
Numerous Statesman readers
would no doubt be glad to hear
more of the coming Burbank of
Oregon, and information Is so
licited. Ed.)
SCHOOL DISTRICT
BUDGET FAVORED
TWO ELECTRICAL WORK BEDS
SUBMITTED TO BOARD
Appreciation Expressed for Co
operation in. Suppressing
. Dry Rot
.Two bids were submitted for
the electrical work on the new
Leslie junior high school at the
school board meeting last night,
by Emerick. Inc., of Portland, and
Phillip Brownell ot Salem. Con
sideration of the bids was post
poned until samples submitted by
both firms are examined by an
expert in Portland. The report on
them will be made at a special
meeting of the board called for
next Friday night.
Emerick's bid was for $3387
and Brownell's for $3800. The
samples they -submitted will be
taken to Portland by James &
Bartholomew, architects lor the
new building.
- The architects were also in
structed to obtain definite figures
on the cost of adding 40 square
feet additional on each half of the
basement of the new school. The
board is considering such an ad
dition .because the cost of the
whole school will be somewhat
(Continued on page 2.)
POWER RIGHTS SOUGHT
APPLICATIONS TOTAL 00,000
WATER HORSEPOWER
Applications for the develop
ment of three water powers were
filed in the state engineer's de
partment here yesterday by O. C.
Hockey, consulting engineer with
headquarters in Portland. -
In one application Mr. Hockley
seeks permission to appropriate
500 second feet of water from the
Siletx river, near Otter Rock, Lin
coin county, for the development
of 2500 horsepower. Another ap
plication also requests authority
to appropriate 500 second feet of
water from the Siletz river for the
development of 18.000 horse
power. .
Mr. Hockley also seeks to ap
propriate 1100 second feet of wa
ter from the Metolius river in Jef
ferson county for the development
of 47.500 horsepower.
- Tbe proposed development con
templates the construction of can
a is, pipe lines and other dlstrlbu
tion facilities.
ANNUAL BEING RUSHED
FIRST SECTION .EXPECTED: ON
PRESS DECEMBER 1
Orders for advertising space In
the Year-End edition of the Ore
gon Statesman are coming in much
faster than was anticipated, at the
time tbe edition was announced
a iweek .ago, and. very. shortly we
will be able to announce the dates
on which various sections' of the
paper will go to press. Under
present plans the first section to
be printed will be devoted to the
automotive Industry of Salem.
This Is planned because of the
nature of. the advertising that will
be used In this section, as well as
the stories that are now being
written, : and because"; of . the - fact
that copy from dealers in the auto
mptlve and its associate industries
is coming to this office -.faster .than
in? any other ot .the local commer
cial lines. It is now thought that
this section can be sent to the
presses shortly after December I.
IXC
LI Id
FACES CRISIS
State Department Makes
Public .Hitherto Secret,:
Correspondence
0IU LANDS IMPERILED
Southern Neighbor Warned, Be
tween Linen, That Diplomatic -
Relation Will Be Emlan-' j
gered by Action '."'-, "8
"WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. (AP)
Smouldering disputes with Mexico
over application of her new .laws
to American oil and. mining inter- .
ests are drawing, to a showdown.
On January 1. foreign oil. and
land owners in Mexico must agree
not to seek diplomatic protection
of their home governments -for
their holdings, or, by; the new laws
they must forfeit them to the Mex
ican government.
-'It is not' expected that the for
eign companies will do that and it
Is not expected that the Calles gov
ernment v will recede from Us de
mands. -
Without comment, the state de
partment published, today the
hitherto , secret correspondence
witb the Mexican government on.
the subject. ;Tbe Calles -government
bluntly' takes the .position
that Mexico is passing to a new
ownership system of nationaliza-1
tion of natural resource which. '
requires" that old rights adjust
themselves to new principles,- "in
the- general interests of the na
tion." - . : - - , ; ,-.
The American, government. ' In .
brief, takes the position that with
out the .assurances, given in 1923,
that tha new government. In Mex
ico - wouldi. respect ' foreign1 rights'
and property, recognition Jby the
United States, never would have
been- extended t 1
As a possible key' td what lnay "
happen if the Calles government
persists in its course, the ' refer
ences to recognition may furnish
a clue. One form of action" be
tween governments in such cases
is tbe withdrawal of an ambas
sador. - - - . , i .
It would not be unprecedented
if Ambassador .Sheffield, enroute
today from Cuba to Vera Crux on
his .way to Mexico City, were re '
called. . Such a step is short of a
break, in diplomatic relations,
which only is accomplished by th
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CHAMPOEG ROAD
WELL GRAVELLED
OLD TOWN 'VERY AMBITIOUS,
HAD 61 J1LOCKS PLOTTED
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53,000 People Visited Historical
Spot Since January 1, :
1926 " " .
CHAMPOEG, -Nov. 21.- One
thousand loads- ot gravel have
been placed by Marion - county
upon the .3000 feet of road leading
from the. park to the market road.
Cars can now come in : in safety.
Five hundred mere loads, will, be
placed. - Tbe. Dayton dredge t is
taking the gravel from the Wil
lamette opposite the Memorial
building. Seven teams and. 15
men are working. The read looks
so well that) strangers are deceiv
ed, and nightly cars - find their
way-to the end believing it to be
the main highway,; and one night
this week a car reached the wa
ter's edge and was In the Willam
ette river. Four men were two
hours getting it back to the road.
J.JB, Kelly,, of Portland, is put
ting 16 loads ot logs daily, into the
river at the end of Napoleon ave
nue xf the old town. ' -
, Town Had 61 Blocks
It may be' of interest to know
that the old town plat of Cham
poeg contained 61 blocks and that
the old Champoeg Masonic hall
stood on the corner of Napoleon
avenue, and Montcalm street. That
Ed Dupruls' stage station stood at
the east end of De Graase street.
Ed Dupuls, as an Inducement to
people io : patronize his line, ad
vertised In big black letters:
'"Through By Daylight, Champoeg
to .Salem." . County Commissioner
Jim Smith .drove .uown tfrom Sa-
(ContintuMl cere 4- 1
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