"l PEE? Air Religious Services at Wijloon Park Start Today for the Summer; Excellent Speakers Secured
Packors HaveToreed on Allotments, and Cooperation of Prun lbweVs" Furt
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WEATHER FORECAST: Fair; rising
' temperature; humidity below normal;
gentle, variable wind In the Inte
rior; moderate northwesterly in the
northwest maximum temperature yester
day 82; minimum 54; river minus 1; at
mosphere clear; wind northwest.
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'BVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
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WILL DEVELOP
Weyerhauser Perfects Plans
Jor Greatest Enterprise in
! '" Northwest
RAILWAY GIVES IMPETUS
Huge Haw Mill, i Sash and Door
Factory, Veneer Plant, Units
f ' ' in Program for Exploita
" :' jtlon of Timber
i PORTLAND, Ore., July 9. (A)
The Morning Oregonlan. in an
article signed $y Harold VM. Sims,
tomorrow will say:
V- "The i "Weyerhaeuser Timber
"company will proceed immediate
ly with Its plans for the develop
ment at Klamath Falls of what, it
Is believed, will be the largest
timber manufacturing enterprise
In the northwest.
VPlana have already been com
pleted for the. beginning of the
I engineering work necessary to lay
out 'the various plant units which
i. wllll be erected on the Weyer-
haeuser's mill site two miles
; south' of Klamath Falls."
Construction Soon
This work and the designing of
the plant units to be erected first
will be far enough along, the ar
ticle reads., so that it is believed
i actual- construction will be under
j way before the end of the present
i year.;; . .
' , "Construction work, once be
sruta." the traper says, will be push
ed with all the dispatch consistent
.with economical construction.
' "Assurances substantially to
ihj-i effect were obtained Saturday
htfVia Ore onian from George S
of Tacomal vice president
tuiV general manager, of the Wey-
l rhaeuser Ttmher: company. Mr.
I Long has been associated with the
" wewsrrhaenser Interests for 26
year. , fci 1
. Log Rallwafs Planned
fn formation Is also In the
bnnrl of the writer of the article.
" he says, confirming rumors that
the building of some ' 15 to 20
miles of logging railway will be
'necessary to begin,. logging of the
300.000 acres of high quality pine
j timber constituting the Weyerr
haeuser holdings-in the Klamath
basin. "
.i. 'The, pine resources of the
- Klamath basin are said to consti
tute the largest remaining stand
of pine in the United States." the
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RAIL OFFICIALS
: SAY CROPS GOOD
COOLIDGE HEARS REPOUT ON
1- , MID WEST PROSPECTS
Railroads Massing Forces to Hove
! Bumper Yield; Business
1 ' Accelerated-
RAPID CITY, S. D.. July 9.
fAPl A xroun of railroad offi
! cials called. at the Summer White
House today during a regular in
spection of their properties in this
territory, and gave President Cool
idge a highly encouraging report
on middles-western crop proslfects.
. . Railroads are massing their
forces .for the movement of a
bumoer croD. they told Mr. Cool
idge. which In their opinion, will
break all records. If unforeseen
contingencies i f all to intervene.
- they considered that ? business
i would be accelerated generally
Ynt thev added that while business
is "not so brisk now, no artificial
; stimulation or legislation was nec
Ms to aid it. holding Its own.
, The officials were Hale Holden,
president, and Charles E. Perkins,
general manager of the Chicago,
Tturllnrton and Quiney. and How
ard Elliott, chairman of the board
or tha Northern Pacific railroad
. m The enthusiast! reports on
erds conditions was listened to
a ttentatively by the president who
vt with his guests for a halt
) t.ir on tha front porch of the
j The party was -: silent on the
' proposal for .' a merger of the
nrt Northern and the Northern
TaHfic- an application tor which
- has been filed with the interstate
commerce commission-;
ti rnnMAzm nassed a aniet day,
- It did not come down from the
hills to Mis desk In the Raldp City
"htirn school, but walked, around
- anmttier white House nreserra
and spent considerable time'oni
tha spacious front porch of the
' tame ,Iodge, "reading, - resting and
BUMPER WHEAT
YIELD FORESEEN
NORTHWEST CHOP PLACED
AT 110,000,000 BUSHELS
Central ami Eastern Oregon Yields
Expected to Break All
Records
PORTLAND. Or.. July 9.
(AP) The Pacific northwest
will harvest a wheat crop of well
over .100.000,000 bushels, it is in
dicated from numerous reports re
ceived from representative areas.
Grain men in close touch with
the situation have made estimates
which average approximately 110,
000,000 bushels for the 'territory
tributary to Portland and other
north Pacific coast markets, in
cluding Oregon,' Washington and
northern Idaho. Southern Idaho
wheat is usually marketed in the
southwestern sections.
The 1927 crop in this territory
will net the farmers close to $130,-
000,000 the figure based on the
present market price of new crop
wheat.
Most favorable reports are com
ing from regions that have not, in
recent years, produced well. In
the Big Bend country of Washing
ton, there will be yields of 30 to
40 bushels to the acre on some
land, it is estimated. In previous
years a yield of 18 bushels was
considered a good average.
Approximately 12,000,000 bush
els will be harvested in Whitman
county the banner producer of the
northwest. Lincoln county ex
pects to have more than 5,000,000
bushels, and Walla Walla the same
quantity. Gains of from 20 to 25
per cent over last year's output
is represented by the figures.
In Oregon there will be wheat
yields never before surpassed, re
ports indicate. Pendleton advices
point to a 6,000,000 crop for Uma
tilla county. Around Freewater
farmers are figuring acre yields
of from 35 to 45 bushels. Central
Oregon has the best condition in
many years, with a record acreage
to be harvested.
The largest crop heretofore
grown In Oregon, Washington and
northern Idaho, -wa-JO,O0O,OO
bu&hels, that of 1923. This year's
ltp is expected to break all rec-
i-ds.
NEW PROHI HEAD VISITS
George Alexander. Confers With
Governor, Studies Duties
George Alexander, who will
succeed W. S. Levens as state pro
hibition commissioner after July
15. was in Salem today conferring
with Govefnor Patterson and go
ing over some of the details con
nected with the work of the de
partment with Commissioner
who upon notification that he was
being ousted as commissioner in
vited Alexander to spend several
days in his office familiarizing
himself with the work.
FORMER GOVERNOR HERE
Ren Olcott, Now Resident of Red-
lands, Cal., Visits Friends
Ben W. Olcott. former governor
of Oregon, who is in Oregon for a
couple of weeks on business, spent
several hours today paying nis re
spects to Governor Patterson and
other state officials and renewing
acquaintance with his scores of
friends in the capital city.
filcott. who is now a resident of
Redlands, Cal., says that he is anx
ious again to become a resident of
Oregon and expects to return to
this state as Boon as the healtb ot
his son will permit.
KIWANIS OFFICER DUE
George French, From Internal ion-
. al Office, to Address
Frsnnh. renresentative of
the KIwanis international head
quarters at Chicago, will be the
speaker at next Tuesday's mncn
eon of the Salem Kiwanis club
H came to Oregon primarily to
the Dallas cfub's charter,
and local Kiwanians who attenaea
the rhirtor nifi-ht meeting there
- i . . . . ,
report that he is an able speaker,
thoronrhlv versed InUhe tenets
and principles of Kiwanis, and it is
expected that his aodress nere win
be along those lines. i
JUNE FIRE LOSS $301,332
Redmond Business Section pisas
ter Accounts for Over Mall
The monthly report of Claire A.
Lee. state Insurance cdmtnissioner;
shows a total of 61 fires In Ore-
rnn nnulde of Portland during
June with, losses aggregating
$301,132 nearly one-half of which
Was accounted for In the destruc
tion or a : hotel, confectionery.
! theater, nool hall and other build
Ings at Redmdnd entailing a loss
.estimated at $150,000. "
REED'SATTAGK
FAILS TO Mi
Anti-Saloon League Execu
tive Committee Turns
Doyvn Proclamation
NON-ENFORCEMENT PLEA
Senatorial Investigation Commit
tee Responsible for Move, Says
Counsel for New York
Dry Interests.
NEW YORK, July 9. (AP).
The New York American, in a
copyrighted article, says that a
proposal to issue a proclamation
charging President Coolidge pub
licly with misfeasance and malfea
sance in office, was debated and
voted upon by the executive com
mittee of the Anti-Saloon League
in Chicago, November 8, 1925. The
proposition was defeated four to
five, after a lengthy debate.
Members of the committee vot
irg for issuance of a proclamation
embodying the charges, according
to the American, were: Arthur J.
Davis, superintendent of the New
York Anti-Saloon League; L.
Breck Musgrove, Alabama million
aire; superintendent Laugh baum
of the Oklahoma Anti-Saloon Lea
gue, and W. M. Fosgrave, of Mas
sachusetts. President Opposes.
Those voting against the propo
sition were: A. H. Briggs, superin
tendent of the league in Californ
ia; H. B Carre, of Tennessee; Su
perintendent Homer Tope, of
Pennsylvania; Superintendent Shu
maker, of Indiana, and Bishop
Thomas Nicholson, then president
of the league.
The proclamation, which was
drawn up, read in part:
"There have been presented to
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YOUNG GIRL DROWNED
Taroma Girl Loses Life in Lake
Before Eyes of Mother
TACOMA, July 9. (AP) Be
fore the horrified eyes of her
mother and sister, Vivian Nelson,
15, of this city, was drowned this
afternoon in Spanaway lake near
Tacoma.
Picnickers on shore rowed to
her rescue, bui sue sank before
they could reach her. Her body
was recovered ;iS0 minutes later
but efforts at resuscitation were
futile.
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY
OPEN AIR RELIGIOUS SERVICES
START TODAY AT WILLSON PARK
The first of the series of open air religious services to be
held in Willson' park each Sunday afternoon during July and
August under the Joint auspices of the Y. M. C. A. and local
churches, begins this afternoon at 3:30.
The main speaker for the afternoon will be Dr. Carl G.
Doney, president of Willamette university, who will speak on
the subject "What is the Value of Religion?"
Dr. Doney has been a speaker at the summer open air meet
ings every summer for the past seven years, and has given the
opening address six of those seven summers. Salem audiences
have come to look forward to his address as one of the outstand
ing features of ench series of meetings.
The meeting will be presided over by Paul B. Wallace. The
services will open with a song service led by William Wright, at
which the audience will be asked to join in singing some of the
old, familiar hymns.
Special music will be furnished by a quartette consisting of
William Wright, Ronald Craven, Manning Bross and Donald
Edmundson.
The services in past years have been well attended each
Sunday, with interest growing from one time-'to the next. It is
expected that at least 500 people will be present today, taking
advantage! of this opportunity to take part In a worship service
in the cool shade of the park, where the breezes linger even on
the hottest days.
Prominent speakers are being secured .for the succeeding
Sunday services, and those in charge expect this year's series
of meetings to be more successful than any of the previous ones.
L
PRUNE GROWERS
WORK OUT PACT
ORKJI.VAL COOPERATION PLAN
AMENDMENTS APPROVED
Committee Fully Empowered to
Sign up Necessary Ninety
Per Cent
CORVALLIS. July 9. (AP)
Another step was taken here to
day in the furtherance of plans
for a grower-packer agreement in
the marketing of prunes. The con
vention of 100 growers, which
met here six weeks ago, today met
in a second session, and approved
amendments to the original plan
submitted by the organization
working on the organization de
tails. An allotment agreement was
reached late last night at a time
when it appeared that even the
committee would be. unable to re
port agreement, due largely to the
inability of the packers to agree
on an allocation of tonnage as
provided in the original plan.
The entire reports of the five
divisions of the previous session
are embodied in the plan adopted
today. The only changes are in
the organization plan affecting
the manner of federating the
present independent growers, the
length of initial contract and the
exact division of sales service as
between the private packers and
the cooperatives.
The amended plans were adopt-
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ANOTHER TEN GALLON HAT
MORNING, JULY 10, 1927
TRAIN HITS CAR
THREE INJURED
AITTO THROWN MANY YARDS
IN CROSSING CRASH
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McRay and
Wilbur Newton Hurt,
Woman Seriously
Three people were injured, one
perhaps seriously, last night
about 9:30, when an Oregon Elec
tric train struck a car in which
they were riding on North Fourth
street.
Those injured were Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. McRay, 1925 N. Fourth
street, and Wilbur Newton, sailor
on leave,' who Is visiting the Mc
Ray home.
Mrs. McRay was said to be suf
fering with pelvic Injuries, and
in a serious condition, at the Sa
lem hospital, where the party was
taken in an ambulance. Newton
was also detained at, the hospital,
where he was said to have in
juries to his leg, and bad cuts
about the face. Mr. Newton, who
received slight cuts and bruises,
went home after being given first
aid at the hospital.
The accident is said to have oc-
kcurred When the car in which the
party was riding, driven by New
ton, tried to cross in front of the
Oregon Electric train. The car
was thrown for some distance and
was badly smashed.
CHIROPRACTORS
NEW PRESIDENT
Dr. Harvey W. Beal of Inde
pendence Vice President of
Association1
20TH CONVENTION ENDS
Portland Chosen for 1928 Conven
tion After Heated Contest;
Home of New Executive
Nearly Gets Call
The twentieth annual conven
tion of the Oregon Chiropractic
association closed yesterday after
noon, with the choice of officers
for the coming year, and the place
of meeting for the next conven
tion. Dr. H. A. Reynolds, of Prine
vllle, retiring, vice president, was
elected to the presidency to suc
ceed Dr. -Roy A. Peebles, of Port
land. Dr. Harvey W. Beal, of In
dependence, was chosen as vice
president. Dr. Etta H. Breach, of
Portland, was elected to succeed
herself in the office of secretary
treasurer, and Dr. Hans Peterson,
of Portland, will serve as chaplain
for the association.
Portland Next Year
After a heated contest, Portland
was chosen for the next year's
meeting place, with the narrow
margin of two votes over Prine
Ule. Yesterday's session was neces
sarily a busy one, since an address
had been held over from the pre
vious day because ot lack of time
then, and all the committee re
ports had to be made, besides the
business of elections.
In the morning the session got
under way with the report of the
resolutions comnUtteerv hich- con
sisted of Dr. George Simon, Eu
gene; Dr. J. A. Beemer, Astoria,
Dr. A. , R. Hedges, Medford, and
Dr. W. Boyd Whyte. Pendleton.
Hospitality Liked
The resolutions, among other
things of a more technical nature,
expressed the thanks of the asso
ciation for the hospitality of Sa
lem as a convention city, and es
pecially for the kindness of the
Salem Chamber, of Commerce in
giving their rooms as headquar
ters. Dr. Evan G. Houseman, osteo
pathic physician of Portland, gave
an able address on "Mechanical
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PICKING GOOSE LEGAL?
Hoi ley Woman Wants to Blake
Sure; Laws Too Cumulative
If there is any law on the stat
ute books of the state of Oregon
which forbid one picking one's
own goose for one's own use Mrs.
Frank Rice ot Holley,.Or., would
like to know about it, and has
written Governor Patterson for
light on the question.
Mrs. Rice writes that she plans
to pick a few geese for their own"
down but what with the legisla
tures makiag a lot of new rules
and regulations every year or so
she does not care to take any
chances on violating the law and
so wants to know if it is safe to
go ahead with her plans.
CAMPAIGN COST $6,229
, , j .
Greater Oregon Association Lists
Totals of Expenditures
The greater Oregon association
in campaign f expense statements
filed with Secretary of State Ko
ter today, accounts for the expen
diture of 14,104.84 in its fight
against1 the assessment equalisa
tion measure in the recent spe
cial election and $2125 In Its fight
against the proposed income tax.
' - The association was responsible
for the referendum of the assess
ment 'equalization measure 'and
led the fight against the income
tax. ' ..
BAfJDITS i CAR LOOTED
Automobile ' Used ' In Tacoxna
f470O Robbery Found In Park.
i TACOMA, July (AP).
With two bullet boles through the
side,; and' the. whole inner spat
tered with' blood, the automobile
used by fonr-. bandltsy In making
their escapfe after holding up" and
robbing four Tacoma Railway and
Power company employes of f4700
last Tuesday morning, was found
today . near an outlying city park
SAXONY DELUGE
CES BIG TOLL
HUNDRED FIFTY. LOSE 11YES
IN RAINSTORM FLOOD.
Stricken Area - Indndes Famous
Tourist District Along
Elbe River.
DRESDEN, Saxony, July 9.
(AP). Fully 150 persons have
lost their lives in a great rainstorm
flood In Saxony, which, without
warning, swept in a wave seven
feet high .and threw towns and vil
lages in the affected area into
chaos in less than three miuutes.
The property damage today was
estimated at about $2,800,000.
The bodies of hundreds of cattle
drowned in the flood were report
ed to be menacing the health of
the population in the inundated
regions. .
The stricken areas include two
valleys in the favorite tourist dis
trict along the lbe and its tribu
taries, the Mueglitz and Gottleuba
rivers, in the so-called Saxon Alps.
Rail traffic was completely par
alysed throughout the area and
telephone communication was be
ing re-established today only with
great difficulty. The disaster came
so swliftly, it was impossible for
many of the victims to take refuge
on their house tops or to take
other means of escape.
The surrounding country fro
several days had been under a low
causing a rainfall which gorged
pressure atmospheric blanket,
the river Elbe and its tributaries
to overflowing
It is estimated that it will take
eight months before dams can be
rebuilt to allow resumption of rail
way service. The onrush of water
was so powerful that roadbeds
were 'washed away in many places,
so deeply that the tracks at a dis
tance seemed strung in the air.
Heart-rending scenes were en-
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AUTO LICENSES GAINING
11,059 More Vehicles Registered
by July 1 Than Year Ago
Motor vehicle registrations In
Oregon for the first six months of
1927 show an increase of 11,059
over the figures for the same per-,
iod in 1926, according to a state
ment compiled by Secretary, of
State Kozer.
Registration fees for the six
month period this year are given
as S5, 989, 005.28 as compared to
$5,578,890.59 for the six months
of 1926, a gain of $410,114.69.
The report shows that there
were 197,265 automobiles and
16,735 trucks registered the first
six months of this year as com
pared to 187,965 automobiles and
14,97 trucks In the first half ot
1926.
104 ARRESTED IN JUNE
Monthly Report of Prohibition
Commissioner Filed
One hundred and four arrests
for violations of the liquor laws
were participated in by agents of
the state prohibition department
in June according to a report filed
with Governor Patterson Saturday
by W. S. Levens, state prohibition
commissioner.
The report shows that fina ag
gregating $7535 and jail sentences
aggregating 430 days were impos
ed against liquor law violators
during the month. 8229 gallons of
mash and 712 gallons of liquor
were seized and seven stills and
one automobile were confiscated.
BAPTISTS OPEN SCHOOL
Fandamentalists In Possession of
University First Time
DES MOINES, la.. July 9. (A
PJ- In possession of a university
for the. first time In the many
years of Its existence, the . Bap
tists Bible Union of North Araer
lea, a -fundamentalist organiza
tion, will reopen Des Moines uni
versity here In September, The
faculty, is to be composed exclu
sively of . men and women' who
have subscribed to IS articles ot
fundamentalist faith. . Approxi
mately twenty members of last
year's faculty have resigned.
METHODIST PASTOR HURT
Portland Minister Badly Cut in
; : Automobile Accident--, --.
- PORTLAND, Orei july
lAPj Rev. A." H. Thompson, pas
tor of the ;;Epw6ftn Methodist
Episcopal church here, : was ent
about the head ad neck, when he
waa ; thrown through tlMr wind
shield of an automobile in a colli
sion; -here - todayj'VHe was not
consld ered seriously injured. .Rev.
Mr., Thompson, only a week ago,
had left a hospital, where he un
derwent an operation.; :
PRICE - FIVE. CENTS ,
I Hf!GUii!D
ST BREAK
UPCOL'FEREIE
7
Limitation Problem Provides
Motif for Hectic Sessipn
at Parley j
AMERICANS CRITICIZED
Hugh Gibson Offers to Withdraw
From Meet When Cecil Ex
claims: "This is Nonsense"
Apology Made . i ' i
GENEVA, July 9.4-(Ap)The
tri-partite naval conference al
most broke up today. Reliable In
formation concerning the happen
ings at a secret session of the ex
ecutive committee ?tls "morning,
has it that Lord Cecil went so far
In the course of the tumultuous
discussion of the cruiser problem
as to bang his fist on the table
and exclaim: "This is perfect non-
Lord Cecil Apologizes
Lord Cecil exploded In this af
ter Rear Admiral Hilary, P Jones.
of the American delegation, had
quietly delivered an .explanation
of the American proposal concern
ing cruisers. Hugh S. Gibson,
head of the delegation, who al
ready had listened to a reproach
made at an . earlier session by
Cecil, is understood to have risen
to his feet at this point, and to
have declared with firmness that
unless Lord Cecil withdrew this
remark, Mr. Gibson would be
it. - . :
American . eaid v n reasonable
An earlier incident of the hec
tic session was furnished also By
Lord Cecil, who is reported to
have asserted with some heat that
the Americans were always unrea
sonable, because they - always
wanted to have their way.
VIce-Admlral Field of the Brit
ish delegation, also is understood
to have contributed to the discord
between "the high " conflict In
parties, when, after the deliver
of an American argument, that'
cruisers necessarily must be measW
ored by total f tonnage, he ex
claimed: ,,"Tetal tonnage? Why,"
it means nothing more to the av
erage mind In mere gallons!"
Such were the outstanding Inci
dents of the meeting, which only
served to increase the conviction
among the participants and ob
servers that things , were l going
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DREW ANSWERS
CURTAIN CALL
"DEAN OF ACTORS" BITS AF
TER LONG ILLNESS
Physicians Marvel at Thespian's
Remarkable Will Power '
' and Vitality
SAN FRANCISCO, Jaly 19.
(AP) John Drew answered life's
curtain call today. . .
John Drew, to whom Americans
Paid tribute-as " the dean of ac
tors," died at a hospital here to
day after a courageous thirty
nine day fight against arthritis,
rheumatic fever and septic poisons
that gradually sapped his vitality.
He was conscious through it all,
to within an hour of his death,
and his passing' was described as
"painless, as In sleep."
v Brief, simple services were held
In the ; secluded "little ? Cypress
Lawn crematory - chapel here, a
few hours after Mr. Drew's death,
because, It was explained, Mrs.
Louise ; . Devereaux. the actor's
daughter, was on the verge of col
lapse, after her long vigil at the
bedside of her father.
' The services were attended only
by the three relatives, who were
with Air, Drew, when death came.
Mrs. Deveraux, her husband. Jack
DeverAnr" And John R&rrvmore. of
Hollywood, the actor's nephew.
A short message of tribute and
condolence waa given by Dr. Web
ster W. Jennings, of the St. Luke's
Episcopal church of San Francis
co. - ' .' ' ' '
After the services, the body was
cremated and the ashes will ba
taken to New York by Mr. and
Mrs. ; Deveraux, early next week.
Three memorial services will bo
held, and a'cryftj .la Philadelphia,
will be the final resting place ot
the urn.' ' . ' ' ----- ;--
This Is but another act. and, I
am playing my part Mr. Drew
said daring the early stages of bis
Illness. - 'Now. doctor, I wouKl
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Jookin out over tne counirysiae.
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