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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1927)
DMYmKnm TfiatSgletn, With: Irrigation, Alfalfa anal SuggrBeefis, Will Become a Great Live Stock Center The Circulation nf This Tssni Hf TiB StXtheni Ta 19 071 iAni MAaHii irf KnTemla '? Tiiri i Trrffth VTermtnrii Weather. Forecast: Fair; moderate tem perature; humidity about normal; moderate northwest winds; maximum 'temperature yesterday ?S; minimum 57; river minus 2 feet; atmosphere clear; wip.4 west. The fellow -ho nsH to sneak around the; courthouse .on -Saturday night and swipe a lew blankets from the rigs . hitched there now has a couple of sons who go out every Saturday 'night " and hold up two or three iimng stations. SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, J927 tRICE FIVE CENTS iO TIE PART IN FINAL EVENT AT PLAYGROUND Proficiency Shown in Field and Swimming Events; Prizes Awarded NEED MORE EQUIPMENT AVork. Financed by Civic Organiza tions this Year; Campaign to be Blade for Municipal Support Hereafter Over four hundred children took part yesterday at the 13th street playground in the carnival which marked the closing of the summer activities ot the Salem playgrounds, after what' has un doubtedly been the most success ful year of the work since it was started in this city.' Children of all ages and sizes were there, nearly all tanned and alert from the summer's activi ties which have been carried on daily, by the 13th street and Lin coln school play grounds, under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, assisted by Maxie Lang ford; and a number of other vol unteer helpers. Proficiency Shown Yesterday's carnival brought out the best which the summer has produced. Outstanding among the winners in the boy's events was IS year old Oliver Smith.' of 1283 X. 15th street, who took first pTaee In his weight class in the bicycle race, the 25 yard 1 swim, and the underwater swim, as well as taking part In the winning team in the three legged race. Young Smith is in the first year of high school this year, and shows considerable promise, riayground Director An derson saysin a number of track events, due to his summer play- (Continued on page 2.) MEXICO BANDITS WOUND STUDENT POMONA COLLECTK CJIKti ON ti:aix victim of kebels Vice Consul t Mazatlan Protests to Mexican Authorities iu Nayarit WASHINGTON. AUG. 24. (AP) Mexican bandits "iserioii ly wounded" Miss Florence Au dsrsou. au American, iu an attack yesterday on a train 15 kilometers boui.li of Acaponeta, Mexico, the slate department was advised to day by J. VVinsor Ives, vice consul at Mazatlan. Miss Anderson was the only American injured out ot a party of 11 although Ives, placed the nnmher of dead and wounded as high as 15. Several hundred men partici pated jn the holdup,' which took placo at 4 a. ni., and mora than 40 shots were fired, Ives reported. After the attack tho train proceed k! to Mazatlan and Miss Ander son was taken to a hospital. A wp&ndwas found upon her lert side and an operation was deemed necessary. ' No advices have been received as to its out come. "Ives said Miss Anderson was returning to Los Aneeles from Mexico ' City." where she had at tended summer lectures at the Mexican National university. lie advised the state department that lie bad made vigorous rep resentations' to the governor and military authorities in tho stap of Nayarlf. In which the attack occurred. LOS ANGELES. AUG. 24. CAP) "Florence M. . Anderson, Pomona, junior college teacher, seriously -.wounded by a bullet from a rebel band which attack ed' the trai on which she was re tArnlns Irora Mexico City. Iivd to Low Anseles. ' ! 'f ' Jlr cousin, Mrs. Jean Garrison, said she had received ,a- telegram from the Mexican authorities in Mazatlan sent in care of tho local Mexican pnuf to the effect that Mfss'1 Anderson' ,was seriously wounded and was being taken care of in & hospital. "" "' ' : Miss Anderson left here with a .parly of 22- students several months ago for Mexico City to at tend a nammer course la a unWer- fill &m''JZ'':: MACHINERY FIRM TO LOCATE HERE SII'I'LV l"). CUMING TakN Ixa.s on I'art r ItuiMinj; lU-iiig Kri-ctcd by Valley Motor Co. Tho opening of another busi ness firm in Salem was promised yesterday, with the announcement that the Loggers and Contractors Machinery company, with main of fices in Portland, had signed a lease for part of the new building being constructed on Center street between Commercial and Liberty Ly the Valley Motor company. This firm already has a branch office in Eugene, and has been looking over -sites in Salem for some time, to find a suitable lo cation here. It expects to begin business here on the completion of the building, about October 1. The Loggers and Contractors Machinery company is agent for all kinds of logging suppliles, con tractors' equipment, and is also the northwest dealer tor Holt and Best caterpillar tractors. The Salem office will handle a full line of their equipment, so that parts and equipment may be sup plied on short notice. The building in which the com pany has leased a part was plan ned originally for the Goff Motor company, handling the Hudson Essex cars. This motor agency was taken over, however, by the New ton Motor company, former Chev rolet dealers, leaving the new building open for further lease. The space taken by the new company will be a quarter of the building, taking up half of the front, and extending half way to the rear, with a floor space of 42x50. Plans for the remain der of the building have not yet been announced. Architect's plans for the new building to be occupied by the Valley Motor company, at the cor ner of Center and Liberty, are expected to be completed by Sep tember 1, according to William Phillips, of the motor company. Morris L. Whitehouse. of Port land, is drawing the plans. 2,000 QUARTS TAKEN Supply Base of Home Marie Beer Said Found in Portland PORTLAND, Aug. 24. ( AP) Two thousand quart bottles of home made beer were discovered and confiscated, four persons ar rested and a veritable supply base for the fluid was closed tonight, the only clue leading to the coup being one lone bottle of the bev erage, reposing in a tub of water in which also lay a 100 pound cake of ice. Officers said they gained the impression that an apartment next to the one, in a west side distiict, in which the cache was found, was used as a serving room, for wMle there, they added to their collec tion, five serving pitchers and two cartons which they thought had been recently emptied of pretzels. CITIZENSHIP COURT SOON Applicants for Naturalization Noti fied to Appear Examination of applicants for naturalization will be conducted in Salem September 2 and 3. ac cording to a letter received by County Clerk U. G. Boyer, as clerk of the circuit court, from W. W. Wiggins, acting district director of naturalization under the Unit ed States department of labor. An examination, probably from the district naturalization office, 512 New PostofBice building, Portland, will be in Salem those two days, and applicants have been notified to present them selves all through the day on Fri day, commencing at 9 a. m. and also Saturday morning, Septem ber 3. 1,133 FIRES REPORTED Cloudy WeailMT and High Humid ity Bring Improvement PORTLAND, A ng. 24. (AP)--One thousand, one hundred thirty three fires have beet Wported In the forests of Oregon - and Wash ington since the beginning of .the season. 189 of which have occur red within the last 10 days. : T During the! entire season 31,000 acres have been burned oyer, 28, 00 acres In Coltrmbia .forests. ' Cloudy weather 'and high humid ity of the past few days have im proved fthe situation along .ail fronts, and rains in Mount Baker national Xorcst have made control FIND NO TRACE OF LOST SHIPS OlilMEI Searct Around Scene of Mysterious Green Flares Proves Fruitless NAVY MAY GIVE UP HUNT Charts of Pacific Ocean Clu-cked for Possible rm'KTt'l Areas; If None Found Will Call in j Ships Tonight j HONOLULU. AUG. 2 4. (AP) The navy's search of Hawaiian waters continued intensively to day by its numerous surface and flying boats, but still there was no trace of the two Dole flight planes and their five occupants who have been missing for a week. Nor wa.s there any word of Captain William P. Erwin and Navigator A. H. Eichwaldt, whose SOS from the plane Dallas Spirit was heard Friday night 600 milei off the 'California coast while" they wero seking their missing comrades. Martin Jensen, who finished second in the Dole flight race last Wednesday, returned today from the island of Hawaii, with nothing to report of the mysterious green flare reported seen Monday night hlsh up on the slopes of the lofty mountain Manna Kea, which had aroused some hope that the lost aviators might be signalling. In hte plane, the Aloha, he circled the great mountain. The commandant of the four teenth naval district here. Rear Admiral John D. McDonald, re ceived a radiogram from Wasu- (Continued on page S.) CAL CREATES ANXIETY FihhiiiK so (;)(mI on Luke Yellow stone Gets Home Late YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. Aug. 2 4. (AP) Presi dent Coolidge spent nearly seven hours on Lake Yellowstone today, returning just after nightfall with eight fine trout in his fishing creel. The president reached shore shortly after S o'clock and wearily made his way to the hotel where he smiled in return to the ap plause of the guests who had shared some of the anxiety of the official party at the lateness of hit? return. ' STEP LIVELY j . . j2 - u'r- - GETS ONLY 525 FOR DOLE RAGE ALOHA NAVIGATOR TAKES JOB FOR EXPERIENCE ONLY Pilot Martin Jensen of 2nd Prize Winner Will Keep Entire $10,000 HONOLULU, Aug. 24. (AP) The Star -Bulletin learned today that Captain Paul Schluter of San Francisco, navigator of the mono plane Aloha which won $10,000 as second prize for Pilot Martin Jen sen in the Dole flight race, had re ceived from Jensen only $25 in cash and the promise of a ticket to the mainland. This was discovered when Schluter appealed to friends to cash a personal check, since he was entirely without funds. Jen sen explained that Schluter took the navigator position merely for erperience, receiving no cash com pensation. . . Passage has been engaged by Jensen, Mrs. Jensen and Schluter on the liner City of Los Angeles, which will sail Sunday for Los Angeles. Pilot Arthur C. Goebel. whose plane finished first in the Dole rate, previously had announced that he expected to share the $25, 000 fcrize with naval Lieut. W. V. Davis, his navigator. Goebel gave Davis a check for $7500, which he estimated was half of the $15, 000 he cleared of the prize. Goe bel and Davis sailed today for San I Francisco on the liner Manoa, which is expected to arrive in six days. PRIZE WINNERS ON TRIP Hoys and (iirls Who Scored High in Club Projects Leave The two boys and two girls who scored highest in all boys' and girls' club projects at the 192U state fair, left here Wednesday by automobile for Crater Lake Park where they will be entertained for a week by Richard W. Price, man ager of the Crater Lake Inn. The boys and girls selected to make the trip are Roy Harms of Canby, Oscar Mikesell of Ilermis tou, Ruth Foster of Portland and Lois Bailey of Eugene. Harms specialized in sheep while Mike sell specialized in Duroc hogs. Miss Foster and Miss Bailey specialized in home-making. The boys and girls will pass to night in Medford where they will be met by Mr. and Mrs. Price. They also will be joined there by H. C. Seymour, state club leader with headquarters at Corvallis. Mrs. w. A. Pettit of Salem is chaperon. The party also includ es Mrs. Seymour. THE BIG PARADE ANGERED WOMEN BITE DEPUTIES ROTTEN EGGS USED IN FIGHT . WITH NON-UNION MEN Opening of Ohio Coal Mines on Open Shoo- Basis Inspires Attack MARTINS FERRY. Ohio, Aug. 24. (AP) Between 50 and 75 women took up the union fight against opening of coal mines n a non-union basis here today and at tacked a group of 15 non-union workers enroute to the Florence mine, under guard of Sheriff Clyde C. Hardesty and eight deputies. The women swooned down on the group of 23 men, pelted them with eggs, and stones, engaged in a hand-to-hand scuffle with them and even did some biting, accord ing to officers.' Three of the .women, Josephine Holewick, Catherine Niska. and Margaret Luhoski, are in jail as a result of the attack and the men are suffering minor injuries, in cluding one serious bite, suffered byiJEi deputy sheriff. The rest of themob fled when Hardesty and the deputies charged with cudgels and gave chase. When Sheriff Hardesty attempt ed to usher a 250 pound woman into an automobile, she turned on him. Two deputies rushed to Hardesty's assistance and among them they were able to convey her tr, the jail. Several more arrests are expected. After the mob had been dis persed the 15 non-union men were taken to he Florence mine where they began work putting the new bunk houses in order for the ex pected influx of non-union men when an attempt is made to open the mine. Following filing of suit against the county commissioners today by Emery E. Brewer, non-union mini er, for 'injury suffered when he was assaulted on August 2, by union sympathizers at least ten other suits are expected to be filed. Brewer charges the commis sioners with failure to give ade quate protection. He asks 11000. EUGENE GETS RAIL SHOP Building for Locomotive Repair to Cost Nearly 8217,000 EUGENE. Aug. 24. (AP) Construction of a machine shop for the repair of locomotives and to cost approximately $217,000 will bo started by the Southern Pacific company in its terminal yards here as soon as bids can be received and contracts let, it was announced to day by E. L. King, superintendent of the Oregon lines. The superin tendent also announced the im mediate construction of store houses to cost $20,000 and addi tional trackage. GREEN PRUNES BEING S TO EAST COAST Five Cars Despatched In a Day; Two from Salem, Three from Yamhill HEAVY OUTPUT PLANNED Brooks Will Begin Packing To morrow; ltoyal Ann Cherries and Pears in Good Demand, Other Fruit Slow Green prunes are already roll ing in car lots to the big eastern markets from Salem and other points in the valley, though' the time when the canning of prunes will commence is three weeks away. Roy Hurst, for Dennv & Co.. started the packing of prunes here on Tuesday. Five cars went out of the valley yesterdav. two from Salem and three from Yam hill Danney & Co. are also op erating at Vancouver. Wash. They expect to send out at least 150 cars, the la-git, ereen prune deal vet. excepting the ' one of tbre6 years ago by this firm, when they sent out 300 cars. Last year . they sent 100. r Young & Wells are shipping prunes from Forest Grove. O.-E. Brooks will begin packing pruhes tomorrow, at the Pacific Fruit and Produce company plant. Th Deoney prunes are going mostly in four basket crates and faced lues: the crates containing 21 pounds and the lugs 16 pounds. (Continued on pae 8.) -V " 1 " J1 " " " ' . ... C00LDGE SENDS REPLY Rejcrets Inability to Visit Oregon on Present Trip West President Coolidge, in a letter received at the executive depart ment here Wednesday, said he was compelled to decline the in-, vitation extended by Governor Pattetson and other state officials, to Tisit Oregon at the conclusion of his sojourn in Yellowstone Park The letter was. signed by Everett Sanders, secretary to the president. A similar letter was received by the Salem chamber of commerce. It read : "Gentlemen The President greatly appreciates the kind and cordial invitation of the Salem Chamber of Commerce to visit Oregon and wishes he might ac cept, but unfortunately he finds it impossible to take so long a trip at this time. "Very truly yours, "Everett Sanders, "Secretary to the President." CITY MAY PROVIDE SHIP Portland Asked to Purchase Plane to Carry Will Rogers PORTLAND, Aug. 24. (AP)' Proposal that funds be provided for a high speed plane to carry Tex Rankin; Portland aviator, and Will Rogers, cowboy humorist, in the 'New York"-pbkane class "A? derby next month, was placed be fore directors of the chamber of commerce today. The matter waa referred to the aviation committee. Under the proposal, the plane, a Waco, would be powered by one of ' ihe famous Wright whirlwind air-cooled motors, and would be named the "City of Portland." - Rankin has approached Rodg ers 'oh the subject of accompany ing him in the race and the humor ist has tentaively consented, pro viding his health permits.' ,v - SHOW COMMERCE NEEDS Facts About Oregon Presented; to House Committee Members " PORTLAND. Aug: 24. (AP) Facts concerning what Portland pnd Oregon, need in the way of aids to commerce were presented to a dozen members of the United States house' of representatives from widely separated states, at a dinner in . the chamber ot com merce room tonight. - 'The representatives, most of wnom are members of the commit tee on" Irrigation and reclamation end au of whom spent last week viewing the site of the Colombia Basin project made the trip down the Columbia river from Vancou ver and op the 'Willamette 'to SALEM PIONEER DIES IN SOUTH MRS. T. M. PATTjOX PASSES AT AGE OF 83 Once Instructor at Willttmctte University; Several Rela- lives Here . 7 Word was received yesterday from Redlands,' Cat., announcing the sudden passing of the age of S5 of Mrs. T. M. F. Patton, a for mer prominent pioneer resident of Salem.' ' ' Mrs. Patton came to Oregon In the early sixties, taught in the Portland public schools for a few years, then came to Salem to'teach in Willamette university. -;v She was married in 1874 to Jo seph Holman, who started the first linseed oil mills ii Salem where the Kay woolen mill now stands. Mr. Holman passed away in the late seventies. She married T. M. F. Patton in 1889. He died In 1891. Mrs. Patton moved in 1893 -to Redlands, where she made her home, devoting her life to church and charitable work. The funeral services will be held in Redlands from St. Paul's Epis copal church, of which she was a life long devoted member. Besides her sister and brother who live in Los Angeles, the fol lowing relatives survive: Step grandchildren, Joseph H. Albert, Mrs. George F. Rogers, Harry Al bert of Salem, and Mrs. Fred Wig gins of Toppenish; stepsons, E. Cooke Patton and Hal D. Patton of Salem and stepdaughter, Mrs. J. D. McCully of Joseph. HEARING. MAY BE TODAY Question of Extending Willos' "J. ' Time to be Argued Arguments of attorneys on the petition for a stay of execution of James W'illos, ponvict, until such time as 'he has been exam ined by a sanity commission, prob ably will be heard by Judge Percy Kelly of the Marion county cir cuit court today. The hearing will be held at Albany. The application for a stay of execution in the Willos case was filed by Bradley Ewers, Portland attorney, and was supported by two affidavits alleging that the convict is insane. One of these affidavits was signed by Mr. Ewers, while the other was signed by a brother of Willos. Willos was to have been hanged in the state penitentiary here last Friday for the part he played in the slaying of Milton Holman and John Sweeney, guards, during a break at the institution in August, 1925. The execution was stayed by. Governor Patterson pending disposal of the legal proceeding. The reprieve issued by the govern or expires at midnight Friday of this week. F4LJ.S IN RIVER, DROWNS Mother of 'Pete'Brto, Hoquiam Coach, Water ' Victim " "; " ABERDEEN, WASH., Aug. 24. (AP) The body of Mrs. Bessie Barto, mother "oj Harold (Pete) Barto, former University football star, and" lately: Hoquiam high school coach, was iound today in the Little' 'Hoquiam river. ' . " She" disappeared ' Sunday " even ing when she went for a. walk. About 20 0 men spent .Tuesday searching .'the woods nprth " of town. ' Blood ..hounds traced her to" the edge 'of' the ,riyer, where she ; is belle ved. to' have stumbled in the; darkness! falling' in 'and drowning' ' ' '"' . """ ' ' c . . . . . - --x - t : ; ... . y. . : BIG MILL THREATENED Fue House at Booth-Kelley Com- pany 'of Springfield Barns EUGENE. Aug. 25. (AP) The fuel house of the Booth'Kel lev miri'at Snrinsrfield: four' m)l from here, caught fire this morn ing shortly after midnight and the building ws practically, demol ished before the , flames were brought under control.' ' ; i As the morning was calm and conditions for ,fire? fightlna: ex tremely ,f a vprable. it was said by firemen that- little danger of the flames spreading to tthe big mill was" possible.' " ; - ; . '' ' . , G Thia.cpupon and five : dents iwill admit children under 15 years pf age to , -.., . THE STATESMAN'S MATINEE 5'-i ' At the.-' . , ; ..QRPG.ON THEATER bn Thursday riocm to see "Chang'. Come Early. mmm I! 111105 MlfJ GOUfJTV Annual -Tour of Northwest , Associatigh Attended Vy 150; Here Today GOOD DEMAND REPORTED Filbert Men Cannot Fill. All Or ders at Hand at X'rlce Agrcitl Upon; Problems of In duality Studied About J50 nut growers repres enting all sections of the Willam ette valley, will arrive In Salem at noon v today, participating ' in the annual field tour of the West ern Nut Growers association. They will eat luncheon here, , but no special gathering is ' planned, on account of the busy schedule that is ahead for the afternoon. The "group, 'which gathered at Dallas Wednesday ' morning . and visited plantings ' in that vicinity and around 'Monmouth, Is accom panied by Professor. Lang and Schuster of OAC. Professor Schus ter is also secretary !of the stato nut grower's association. " r ; Methods liscussed ' ? From Dallas the growers went to the Laird Woods filbert plant ing inspecting the results of top working, and - also visited Mrs. Hammers 16 year - old Fran quette and Mayette walnut trees; Dr. Powell's 20 year old walnuts and filberts, viewing the. results of pollination with Hall's Giant, top working walnuts, and jerowd Ing; trees.-1-;- s After luncheon at Monmouth, they went to Ira Powell's 20 year old plantings of walnuts and filberts, viewing the results of interplanting the-two varieties as compared to not interplanting. ' Good Results Shown .On"e of the outstanding orchards, visited was . that of John Stump which was veiwed next. Trec'i top worked to . Frnquettes pro duced on this place one of tha, heaviest crops ever seen in th Willamette valley. The reiativ merits of young and old walnut and filbert; trees, wide planting (Continued on pace 4) 1! PLANS ORDERED ON TB HOSPITAL FIRST UNIT MAY BE STARTED) THIS YEAR . ' ' '" Appropriation.. 3Iade by Klettloti to be Kxpendcd, lleinain - ' ' der to Walt " ' land architects, have been em ployed by the state hoard of con trol to prepare plans and specif k cations for the new eastern Ore gon tuberculosis hospital to be erected at The Dalles. The plant was authorized - by - the voters at the election last November. , The architects were instructed to prepare plans for a ?40 bed hospital, but the. first ; unit wiJl be limited, to 40 beds. The. cost of the first unit was estimated al approximately $10Q,000 which I the amount pf money voted by the people at the special election. An additional 9120,000 appro priated by the 1927 legislature for construction aod maintenance pur poses will not be expended until such time as the state's finances are in a more satisfactory con dition. . ' It was expected that construc tion work : would get under , way late this year. . "''.:',' ; The board of control accepted the bid of . Johannesen'& Villa of Portland for the construction of a cement and brick warehouse at the Oregon Employment Institu-t tion for the blind in Portland. The-bid waa in the amount of 19. 950. The. warehouse will be Used for 'the bleaching plant and for storage purposes.