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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1927)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 22, 1927 EVERGREEN EVER IS'F RflKEF AVIITE Because It Will Furnish Filles For More Pies Than Any Other Berry fix f 4 A A can of Evergreen blackberries fVurni8h filler for more pies than a similar sized can of any other berry grown. For this rea son, it will always meet with the favor of a large number of pie bakers, believes Clayton C Long, extension specialist in horticulture t the Oregon Agricultural col ege. who adds that it is holding a rather prominent place in the small fruit industry in Oregon, and probably always wilL "Oregon already holds a very prominent place among the berry growing and canning states, with RAIL MYSTERX GROWS;! $10,000 CHECrCPOSTED (Ctiaed from 1) v He Is satisfied . with j the . yes eat survey of the highway. : As a solu tion to the dilemma the .explained that his clients would be agree able to a common user agreement of the one line. Biggs evidently is not agreeable to each an ar- rangeemnt, desiring rather to con struct his own line along the low er side of the state highway. CASE SHOWS FOX HARD f0R POLICE TO CATCH records of his past demonstrate to the pursuing j officers that the luarry has brains In plenty. In school his clafa standing was high, he was a leading debater. He was above the average in athletics because be "made' the basketball team of an organization in his for mer, home town, Kansas City. He 1 i i had musical ability sufficient to the acreage in 1927 estimated tolplay in theater orchestras and hls- have reached the 15,000 mark, ltronlc talent enough to carry roles said Mr. Long. "The state holds in amateur theatricals. Deserted , a very prominent place in the can- ning of blackberries, as 343.000 rases of this berry were packed in Oregon last year. Washington is the only other state in the" Union approaching Oregon in blackberry ,oduction. The two states com bined can two-thirds- of the total pack of the United States. In round numbers, Oregon canned more than one million cases of small fruit last year, in addition to the tonnage used as fresh fruit here and shipped out of the state either fresh or cold packed In bar-itls. "Production of Evergreen black berries has grown rather rapidly in the last few years. Apparently production right now is equal to demand. The Evergreen black berry is not a high priced berry, but is one that can be produced rather cheaply. Yields run from two to four or more tons per acre. Oregon and Washington alone canned about 880,000 cases of Kvergreen blackberries last year. This is a material increase over any previous year's pack and re sulted in a slight over-supplying of our market. "A large percentage of the ev ergrcen blackberries canned in this state are wild berries and the growers must compete with thi3 cheaper, lower quality product. The berry right now is undoubted ly meeting with less favor with some of the pie trade due probably to the large seeds and the blue color of the berries which has a tendency to stain the lips and teeth of the pie eater. On the other hand, a can of evergreen blackberries will furnish filler for . Ce pie than a similar sized can Tfr2?-y other berry" grown. For this reason it will" always meet with the favor of a large number of pie bakers. It will always hold a rather prominent place In the small fruit indusrty of Oregon, from present Indications." IPS her away from her studies at mid-day. ! ' I : His luck, the police believed, has played a big part In his es cape s far bat; they add It cannot hold forever. -; Two factors according to detec tives on the ease will lead to his arrest if he Is taken alive. One Is his fingerprints, made In police records here when he was arrest ed for forgery last summer, . His fingerprints led to the automobile which he used, identified the apartment In which he lived, pinned on him, say his hunters. the ransom and death messages sent to the Parker home and are expected eventually to convict him. - ' Then there Is the blood money taken from the victim's father. The police declare that no young man with 11500 in . his pofkets will resist forever the temptation to spend some of it, even realiz ing the danger; and when he does the band of justice will reach for his shoulder. ny nis tamer ne nas maae nis way In the -world since he was a young boy. 1 The cool calculating nerve the young man who kidnaped Mar ian Parker, sent her banker-fa tLer a series of telegrams and letters that finally brought forth the $1500 ransom, and 'then delivered her mutilated remains to him in the heart of a closely-built residen tial district at 8 o'clock on a Sat urday niht is demonstrated by these very acts. Hickman's personality on which all his acquaintences here lay era- jphasie, 13 declared to be ingratiat ing ana pleasing- it was suf ficient to impress a trained school official and obtain possession of the little girl without a single written word to authorize his tak- FRESH ANGLES ADD NEW IMPETUS TO MAN HUNT (Continued from page 1) ably made last Saturday. It was of Saturday night that the kidnaper delivered the dismembered body to Marian's father. Perry M. Par ker, and received S 1500 in re turn. Newspapers Check Up Moreover, Welsh and Police Commissioner Thorpe discovered that pieces of newspapers found in the apartment were the missing parts of those found wrapped about the little girl's torso at the time It was left in a gutter by the slayer. County Chemist Abernathy to day made an analysis of the candy found in the apartment. This on the theory that the killer may have given Marian poison or a sleeping potion concealed In the choclates. Chemical examination of parts Of the girl's body was also underway today In the effort to find whether or not she had been poisoned or drugged by her captor. Detectives yesterday took com plete, lengthy statements from all employes and the management of the apartment house. In an effort to find further leads wherewith to direct their hunt for the accus ed "fox." Previously the police had found two witnesses who said they had seen "Evans" and another, carry ing bundles from the apartment Saturday night. The other man held open the door of the auto mobile in which Evans deposited the burdens. Clothing Identified Another development was the discovery of tailors and dry clean era' markings in Hjekman'e cloth ing by his Sunset boulevard tailor ing shop. The latter is located not far from the Bellevue Arms apart ments where Hickman lived. The tailor described the blue suit and gray overcoat which Hickman was known to have worn as having been sent him by the youth known ae Evans and returned to Evans' apartment at the Bellevue Arms between December 5 and 10. The inserted markings were "R-53" and the number "276." These H v SPECIAL ! Women's Felt Slippers 98 c Y markings were broadcast In police information late today, ' ' -' Cognizance -of the possible Im portance of Marian's missing shoes and stockings was taken by the po lice late today. A hnndred city firemen who were released to aid In the manhunt were thrown Into the residence district about Ely slan park to search for the shoes and stockings. Houses Ransacked Every vacant house In the vicin ity of the park, where ' the dis membered limbs of the girl were found also was ordered searched by the .firemen. Detective Chief Cline explained that the finding of the shoes and stockings, or oth er clues In the section might pos itively locate the scene of the mur der and mutilation. Announcement was made that the manhunt would be extended to Arizona and New Mexico tomor row by two detectives being sent there by airplane. Cline said they were to flood the two states with photographs and descriptions of Hickman, and organize systematic searches in the principal cities. No Drugs Found This evening the county cbemfet reported that no trace of either chloroform or ether had been found in the slain girl's lungs. He declared his chemical analysis of the breathing organs furnished no indication that the girl had been put to sleep by anaesthetics be fore she was murdered. After a microscopic examination of Hickman's former apartments. the police announced that the en tire absence of any fingerprints of the slain girl forced them to the conclusion she was dead or drugged beyond movement when she was brought into the rooms. They declared that had she been alive or able to move about some tell tale fingerprint would have been left as evidence of her pres ence there. a (HI LISTED 8ANTIAM SUNDAY SCHOOL. DISTRICT TO MEET SOON TURNER, Dec. 21. (Special) The program committee of the Santiam Sunday school district have nearly completed all details of the program for the next quar terly convention. This convention will be held at the Christian church of Aunrjvllle on January 8. The theme rnosen for the con vention is "Tie Bible's Place in Tour Life and Home." The main outline of the program Is as fol lows: 10:00, song service; 10:20, devotional. Rev. Confer. Turner Christian church; 10:36, lesson study period; 11:20 address Rev. E. K. Bailey; Basket -lunch at noon; 1:30, song service; 1:50, devotional. Rev. Shaw, Stayton Christian church f 2:10, business meeting; 2:30, address; T. A. Al len, American Sunday School un ion; 3:10, address; Rev. M. A. Groves; Turner M. E. church. Each Sunday school is expected to furnish a special number. All Sunday school folks and friends are invited to attend, and bring well filled lunch baskets. FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE The house In which Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Merrick have been living, was burned to the ground Saturday MMb- End a cold quickly and avoid complications, HILL'S Cascara -Bromide-Quinine knocks a cold in24 hours because it does the four things necessary at one time.' Stop tbe cold, checks the lever, opens the bowels, tones ttae system. That's tne neipyon Mud. n t am f . n morning. It. was the property ot " Mr. and Mrs. J. D, Walling of' ' Lincoln. 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