THE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEM, OREGON
FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST 12,102? .
.10 NORTHWEST
OUTLINED HERE
Companies Talcing State
Owned Property Offer
$1000 in Settlement
HIGHER ESTIMATE MADE
i r - n
Charge Hurled that Figure is In
spired by Company Owning Own
Properties with Intent to In-
Jure Others ;
Ba,ttld lines for a new sand, and
grarel war in the northwest be
tween firms taking sand from
public. property In the rivers and
those' owninc their own proper
ties, were, marked out Thursday
at a meeting here of land depart
ment officials of Oregon an-1
Washington, called to consider
the amount of royalties seren
Oregon sand 'and grarel firms
shoold pay for sand taken from
the Columbia river in the last six
yean.: "The meeting was a con
tinuation of a similar session held
in Portland two weeks ago.
Attorney John F. Logan, repre
senting; the seven companies, pre
sented their offer to pay $1000 in
full settlement of the amount, as
a solution to te;prpblem of est!-.
mating, the value of the-and re
moved. ; ,
Compromise Suggested
Kir. Logan said that from his
Investigations he had reached the
conclusion that Ir wnnld he diffi
cult to, determine the amount of
sand, that had been taken from
la Columbia river and the exact
locations from which It was re
covered. ' He suggested that the
land department official consid
er the offer of the operators.
win the slate clean aa it related
to the past, and protect the future
Interests of the two states by ad-
noting some definite royalty on
all sand removed from the Colum
bia river
Amount Huse. Claimed
The; sensation of the meeting
was a renort bv Fred G. Butchel.
Portland statistician, who alleged
tha his Investigations indicated
that based on royalty of 10 cens
eer cubic vaird. there was due the
stale ofOrea6n and Washington
11C2.87S.20 for sand removed
from the' Columbia river
He-said that of this amount
there was owing- the state of Ore
gon' approximately $81,439.30,
Mr. Butchel said Je based this
conclusion on information obtain
ed from sand and' gravel . operat
ors and data on. file in the state
land, department.
Alleges Figures "Inspired
Attorney Loean ridiculed the
report snbmltted by Mr. Butchel
which he indicated was inspired
bvthtt Ross 1,'lcnd Sand and"Grav
.el company, which owns its own
. properties and pays no'rovaltyto
the, state. .
. JaV Bowerman. attorney for t"
Ross' Island Sand and Gravel
coinpa'ny. admitted that Mr. But
cheljhad beeii employed Cry the
Rosa-Island concern to. make cer
tain investigations and prepare a
-renelrt.' . , . f "
Attorney O'Reilly, representing
one.f the largest sand and grav
el enener in Portland, said he
resented the report submitted by
r.tiBuchtel. and considered it an
Inaujt. .;. j.,- ( .
. Tnv discussing f ry royalty that
mav- be demanded in the future
on sand taken the Colombia
rlvp-one. operator declared that
It jkiild not exerted three cent
perlcubic, yard.
HeaH (that In adopting a
higher royalty the land rtepart
roent,jf Oregon and Washington
would endanrr the future of the
independent operators who are
compelled to compete with a con
rem which ha its own iand am'
- rravei nroprMe end piys noth
ing '-to the ttate..
- Attorney W!n rad It ptair
that in not poylntr any royalty U
the states of Washington and Ore--ron..on
pand tiVen from the C
InrrfMa river, the o?erstoTs ' had
not socketed the amount of ant
royalty5 that might hav b?en c
r.esscdj but had passed the bene
fit of the redaction In operating
expense on to th consumer,
l , Before jnv, defin'te dec'ion !
anj(isqra uj iub woq utfpari-
menf officials the sand and grave?
operators will ciemand , anothe
meeting for .the purpose of analy
zing' and replying , to the report
presented by Mr, Buchtel. Wash
ington officials, at the meeting
here today, included , C. V. Savid
re, state' land commissioner, and
M. IJ. Wight, assistant attorney
.West Coast
Greater Movie Season
' i FIRST OF THE :.
' , , BIO 4 .
VBEAU GESTE"
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' One Week Starting '
. k Friday, Ansust 19
.Orcrron Theatre
SACC0 OUTLOOK MUCH
BRIGHTER THAN BEFORE
f (Coatlaad from pt I.) I V
of exceptions allowed by Judge
Sanderson to his denial of a writ
of error.
Should their decision be favor
able, the case would go back to
a single justice for a hearing on
the merits, with a possibility that
it might again reach the full
bench.
Meanwhile Judge ; Thayer, su
perior court justice who presided
at the trial, late today opened a
tecond avenue to the supreme
court when, at his home in Wor
cester, he allowed defense ex
ceptions to. his rulings of lack of
jurisdiction on motions.-for a new
trial, as well as to denials of a
stay of execution and revocation
of sentence.
Vanzetti today drank coffee at
two meal times wnile Sacco. whose
hunger strike now has entered its
26th day, replied. to the urgings of
the prison physlcion with: "No,
that ismy stite of mind, I will
not eat."
Gnard precautions were re
laxed in part today as the atmos
phere of the case took on an easier
tone, though strict watch was
at strategic points. Municipal
courts meted out fines of five
dollars to 35 persons who "saun
tered and loitered" in front of the
state house yesterday and placed
the case of another demonstrator
oa file.
FLYERS DECIDE DELAY
RACE UNTIL TUESDAY
(CoattsoMi frrm pc 1.)
was ordered late today to discard
his 47 five gallon tank plan for
carrying a reserve supply of gaso
line. A large substitute tank can
not be constructed iefore Tues
day, so it was certain that he
would agree. He could not be
located tonight. Previously he
had expressed a willingness to
postpone.
Must lie Unanimous
"It seems certain that the race
will be postponed by a 'gentle
men's agreement' among the pi
lots." said Lieutenant Ben Wyatt
as he came from a meeting at
which the pilots were discussing
the proposition. Wyatt is in
charge of navigation tests.
The agreement must be unani
mous however, and MaJor Livings
ton Irving, who had refused to
sign, earlier in the evening, sajd,
"get in touch with my backer,"
when the question of postpone
ment was put to him over the
telephone.
A crash at the San Francisco
bay approach to the airport here
today sent the plane of Captain
James L. Griffin, crashing into
the shallow waters e-f the bay.
The occupants of the machine
were uninjured but the plane was
wrecked.
Two other entrants withdrew
because they were unable to ob
tain satisfactory planes.
The pilots, navigators and me
chanics in charge of the nine
planes on the field today were
working with all possible speed
to complete work on the machines
before the starting hour tomor
row. There was but one plane, that
of Major Irving's that had been
put through all of the tests cov
ering efficiency of navigators,
their .instruments, of motors and
adaptability of the crafts them
selves. All. excepting today's late
comers had been put through the
theoretical navigation tests. Ma
jor Irving was he only flier satis
factorily to pass the practical nav
igation test. Irv:ng p:anhed to
pilot and pro t his course hinTSelf,
despite official objection to one
man doing both.
The planes Oklahoma. Dallas
Spirit and City of Peoria were in
spected this afternoon and declar
ed in perfect mechanical condi
tion. They were being prepared
for the navigation tests. The last
two named planes arrived at the
airport today.
Armenia reports an earthquake.
The Turkish masacre crop will be
short in consequence. Dallas
News.
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Krauses Peanut ij
V Squares J
Regular S5c a lb;
po?lal for Saturday only
25c lb. J
2 lbs. for 43c
Only at
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Drug Store
J , Penslar ) Store 1
i 135 No. ; Commercial St.
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Capitol Theatre !
Headlining the Association vau
deville bill today at Bligh's Capi
tol is "Doc" Taylor's Tune Shop
with Gladys Blair In "Fun : in a
Dentist's Office." A dentiafn of
fice would be the last place in the
world in which to look for amuse
ment.' -Groans and walls are the
usual sounds emanating from a
tooth extractor office. In pre
senting "Fun in a Dentist's Of
fice" Doc Taylor and his company
reverse the procednre by extract
ing tunes instead of teeth. The
result is a musical skit embellish
ed -with dancing and comedy. Doc
Taylor as the "Tune Extractor'
and pretty little Gladys Blair as
theoffice nurse provide the songs
and dances. Mr. Taylor joins
with his three male patients in
forming- a saxophone quartette.
In addition to doing: some difficult
eccentric and Russian toe dane
Inx Miss Blair features a snappy
Black Bottom dance. This act is
an ideal combination for enter
tainment purposes In as much as
It combines a plentltude of comedy
with exceptional singing and dan
cine. Alphonso and Company present
marionettes and hey go through a
regular vaudeville show, reduced
proportionally. There Is no com
plexion of the hackneyed Punch
human puppets disport themselves
in a manner that speaks of the ar
tistic talents of their creators of
those folk who pull wires.
Joe Rolley and Lucille Ogden
are clever comedian with a line
of humorous conversations, music
and dancing. Rolley is a darky
attendant who rolls his white pa
tron alone the board walk at
Palm Beach. Their chatter is de
lightful, original and amusing.
Joe Rolley furnishes a Jazzy har
monica solo and an eccentric
dance. Rolley used to do this act
with Ed Gallagher of tlallagher
and Shean fame.
Pejfgy Vincent, the dainty little
singer, is a distributor of micro
bes, but her brand of germs will
be"ah aid to health rather than a
detriment for they are laughing
microbes. There is a special sur
prise feature introduced during
Miss Vincent's performance that
will appeal to any mortal having
the least sense of humor.
An acrobat may possess great
strength and still lack that fines
se of hand to hand balancing.
These feats are accomplished with
an ease that belies the strength
necessary to perform them, a co
ordination of muscles and skill. A
posing exhibition of muscular
strength is also displayed. On the
screen the Capitol will offer "The
Wronar Mr. Wright "
Elsinore Tlieater
The Elsinore screen is the proud
possessor of a first rate melo
drama this week. "Blind Al
leys" presents a new departure for
Tom Meighan bn-pne In which he
wins new honors. As the title
suggests. "Blind Alleys" tells the
tale of two people, how they be
come separated and then, after
vainly walking thru various
"blind alleys" finally find them
selves reunited after all seems
lost.
Frank Tuttle's latest Paramount
production starts with a colorful
Cuban wedding. Handsome young
TODAY
3 Shows
Plenty of Time to See the Last
5 BIG TIME
Bender & Knapp Alphonso & Co.
"Exponents of Strength
and agility" "A Novelty in Figures"
; "Dec" Taylor and his Tune Extractors
' Joe Rolley Peggy Vincent
"At Palm Beh" . Songs Stories
Viola Vercler Holman Y
Capitol Orchestra
On the
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A terrible mixup In th corset business and a'sor
geous new Idea in Imlie,,' lingerie help rupid In
the funniest lovo affair you're ever seen. 1
I G HT5 i OF! THD
Dan KIrby and ;his beautiful
sweetheart, Maria, are being unit
ed in the well .known bonds of
matrimony. Dan has triumphed
over Julio Lachados. The happy
couple arrive in NVw York and
catastrophes start falling in their
(oath.
An accident causes Dan to drop
out of Maria's life and in the in
terval she almost loses her mind
Finally, she gets a clue as" to his
whereabouts and sets out only
to become Involved with a gang
of thieves who promptly hie her
away to an empty shack. Dan
leaves bis hospital room. loses
.consciousness and wakes up In a
shady boarding house
Oh, and that justs'starts'to tell
of the thrills in store. As an ex
ample of entertaining melodrama.
Author Owen Davis has created a
winner la "Blind Alleys." Greta
Nissen is the bride and Svelyn
Brent the mysterious "other wom
an." Oregon Theater
Syd Chaplin, star or Warner
Bros.' production of "The Better
Ole," which comes to the Oregon
Theater today, has sco'red the hit
of his career in this new picture,
which waas adapted by Chas. I
Reisner and Parryl Francis Zan
uck from Bruce Bairnsfather's
world-famous cartoons and play.
The locale of the picture is a
part of the British front in France
during the World War. The reg
iment has been relieved from front
line duty on the eve of an unex
pected German attack, and has
marched into the little French vil
lage anticipating a good rest
some fun and plenty to eat.
After several days some of
them try their hands at amateur
theatrf als which Include a horse
in the town hall. Old Bill and his
nal. A If. are drafted for the horse
The preparations and presentation
of the play are funny enough, but
that is lost the beginning. When
the Germans suddenly advance
and capture the town, not leaving
the retiring British tlml to help
their friends out of the horse and
hey find themselves in fhls mas
querade, within the German Hnes.
Then the fun really begins.
GROWER PACKER PLAN
RESOLVED AT MEETING
(Continued from page 1)
Rush Clark, prune grower, Oak
land, Ore.; M. J. Newhouse,
manager of the North Pacific Co
operative Prune exchange, Port
land; W. H. Wood, manager of
the ; Washington Grower Pack
ing corporation, Vancouver;
Charles Dick, Mason Ehrman and
company, Portland; W. H. Brew
er, Rosenberg Bros., and company,
Portland; W. G. Fisher. California
Packing corporation, Salem; and
Fred Drager, Drager Fruit, com
pany, Salem.
A sub-committee consisting of
Henry Crawford, W. G. Fisher and
W. H. Wood was appointed to
work with A. A. Hampson, at
torney, to draw the contract.
"This action" Is unanimous,"
Mr. Crawford said, "in spite of the
"fact that the Parker plan has
fallen down in California. The
committee feels there are so many
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things to be accomplished by or
ganisation here in Oregon that it
m tist con tinue " to push this
grwwer-paeker plan, regardless of
the California situation."
California growers and packers
are uncertain what they will do
now, according to a . telephone
message obtained from San Jose
today by the committee of nine.
Quality of the Oregon prunes
will be improved, standardization
will be effected and markets will
be developed by the organization
this territory, the committee' of
nine asserted.
Oregon prunes are selling just
now at price's slightly above those
.'or California prunes. Usually,
Oregon prunes sell at a cent jess
i pound although last year's dif
ferential, according to R. H. Kipp,
manager ot the marketing depart
ment of the Portland chamber of
commerce, was less than that.
A member of to committee of
nine today obtained from San
Francisco current prices on Cali
fornia prunes fob dock, packed in
25' pound boxes as follows: 6c
for 30-40S-, 5c for 40-50s. 5c
for 50-60S. and 4c for 60-70s.
Growers usually receive two cents
less than each of these prices. It
was pointed out by Kenneth Mill
er,, secretary of the committee
that if Oregon growers, are again
forced to take the one cent differ
ential, Oregon growers will - re
ceive 2 c for 40-508, which is
the average size of .this year's
prunes. Last year Oregon growers
received 3 to 4c for 50-60s,
which was last year's, average
size.
FIRE'S ADVANCE HALTS
WHEN RAINFALL BEGINS
(Continued from page 1)
forest was under control and low
banks of clouds drifted into the
Deschutes country and lessened
fire hazards.
The rain broke one of the long
est hot weather periods in the his
tory of the Portland weather bu
reau. Further intermittent show
ers were predicted for tomorrow
with unsettled weather predicted
for Saturday. The rainfall of
today extended over western
Washington and northwestern
Oregon, the government weather
bureau here said, with traces of
precipitation as far east as Yaki
ma, Wash.
RETURNS FROM EAST
- SILVERTON, Ore., Aug. 10.
(Special:) W. L. Cunningham
returned from Ohio where he was
called by the illness of his par
ents, both of whom died before he
returned to Silverton. Mr. Cun
ningham's sister returned to Sil
yerton with him" for a visit.
LEGARDS OX VACATION
SILVERTON, Ore., Aug. 10.
(Special.) Mr. and Mrs. Otto Le
gard are vacationing at Seaside.
Mr. Legard is a partner in ' the
Silverton Woolen Mills store.
REV. H. FOSS CALLED
' SILVERTON, Ore., Aug. 10.
(Special.) The Rev. H. Foss of
Bellingham, Wash., will serve
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STARTING
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ANOTHER BIG HIT COMEDY
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Matinees and Avoid
the Evening Crowds
"BEAUGESTE"
First of the M
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Starts Thursday, Aug.
Sallys
The reason most wive are tngry when
their husband talk in their sleep is that
they don't talk distinctly enough.
Trinity congregation at Silverton,
accprding to word received" here
this morning. Mr. Foss will come
to Silverton-the first part of Octo
ber. ; Until then substitute pas
tors will speak each Sunday
morning.
CREESE CABINET REIGNS
ATHENS. Greece, Aug. 11
(AP) The cabinet resigned to
day owing to the' opposition of
Minister of the Interior P. E.
Tsaldaris to financial measures
advocated by Finance Minster Ka
fandars. j r
West Coat
Greater Movie Season
FIRST OF THE
BIG 4
"BEAUGESTE"
One Week Starting
Friday, August 19
Oregon Theatre
2005 N. Capitol. Phone 520
. Today
"WHAT EVERY GIRL
SHOULD KNOW
Starring
PATSY RUTH MILLER
DON'T MISS THIS ONE
COMEDY . WEEKLY
Always-25e . 7 - Children 10c
BIG DOUBLE BILL
Saturday Only
George O'Hara, in 'Timid Ter
ror," and Pete Morrison in
k"West of Arizona."
Sunday Only
Gene Stratton Porter's last
Novel-
"The Magic Garden" with
Margaret Morris and -Raymond
Keane
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A Delicious Blast of Low Down Fobl
ingypu will Bawl with Gleet a
mot -A jTornado of
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TOD Ay AND TOMORROW
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L"e . if6 ' Uned to the Hectic Tempo
or a Dig City. v
Thomas Meighan
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A Mermaid Comedy of
hot love, hot hate and
hot t a male.
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Coming Sunday . '
On the Stage Fanchon-Marco
On the Stage- Fanchon-Marco's
Most Daring and Beautiful Creation
"SCREENS". IDEA .
- ADOLPH MENJOU IN
"EVENING CLOTHES"
WEST COAST GREATER MO VIE 'SEA
SON STARTS AUGUST IO
WATCH FOR THE BIG ONES COMING
TO THE ELSINORE AND OREGON'
Elsinore
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Laughter
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, v .. Cross Roads , of
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Beauty and
v Thrills. ;
"BLIND ALLEYS" will
open your eyes to an en
tirely new and different
Tom Meighan and lead
you through reel upon
reel of glorious enter-
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tainment.-
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.Matinees and , Avoid
the Evening Crowds.
WEST COAST GREATER
MOVIE SEASON STARTS
' ' .AUG. 19
Watch for the Bis Ones
Coming to the
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