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And when they bad sua; an hymn, they weat out into the Liount of OliTes. .Matthew 25: 2 THE PITILESS FLOOD The eyes of the nation and of the world are turned in symDathv to the work of the liitiW flood tat loosn through I the breaking of the St. Francis dam, pouring an avalanche of water through the San Fiancisquito canyon, snuffing out the lives of perhaps 1000 or more set tiers' in their homes in the darkness of the night Without warning. It is a great pity that such a toil of death is necessary to warn the builders of such works against faulty construction: or such must be the conclusion concerning the cause. The 1 nau ui tuw-icic v txs nut ctiiuiiutcu in aucii a iiiiiiiier as be safe. It is a story that makes, one feel faint in thoughts of how puny is man in the hands of the elements. It is generally agreed that it is high time for making the beginnings for the centenary celebration of the coming of the missionaries, in 1934. Chicago is preparing now for the .celebration of the one hundredth centenary of the founding u ; city; Whose beginnings idiryjr fcnndred million atory to the grtjat event. The occasion of the 1934 centenary celebration in Salem is a greater one. Here wili be celebrated the founding of an empire; the placing of the whole Pacific northwest under There are to be strenuous of the Salem municipal camp ing people here are protesting public convenience, it be made better and more beautiful an outstanding advertisement for the progress of our city! All right. Let everybody be heard. AVTHCf M? SON'S SWEETrkACTS. CjONFESSQNS OFA Fenton. a periodical drunkard, has! jast' obtained her first job as a w i j i mt . , typist in the office of Armitage ic Son. Her father continually harpsi M a nnn T.tti rfa m At hor fetw o t a I I ran away with a man who hadher father had not yet arrived, fj more money than he. and insists stie took off the precious frock f every woman has her price. and put on her bungalow apron. ion i David Kenmore. who has known poverty, and who also works for Armitage & Son. The second day in the office she becomes acquainted with Hjr Andrews, who cherishes a cret fondness for David In the girls' rest room Emily gives what she terms the "low down on the new Btenog." Claire Stanhope champions Lynda. After work that evening Emily Intro i daces Lynda to the "bunch." She Is made to feel uncomfortable. Later she meets David. He "Ulkes her Uo & restaurant, and I loans ner money, ana wonaersjie oniy way or telling the time wrry be s never kissed her. Lynda gives David her note for aseney he's loaned her. NQWjOO OaLWITJI TIJE STORY' wiliSht had deepened into dark ; T -;J..f V, ' :fMftt ?e- She started to light the gas Chapter 8 i : i ? -A Letter' from Dad ; -AVTD took the note from Lyn- Irf Vda and carefully put it in his I V 111 f 1 J A ltk , V. . o m ' UuilViUt uu n ivu k lie oaiuc seriousness wrote out a check on he bank where a few months be fore he had opened his first ac count when he found his father ; helping himself to an occasional Ulli or inu, nun u uc uau uiuuru under his linens in the bureau drawer. .The whole transaction amused htm very much. .'He never expected to bring this note forward for payment, but knew Lynda would be insulted if be told her so. However, he did not question its legality any more than she did. and both felt im- 'maiiulr imnnrtant whn the trans- i AWivu o . 11 11V. u -"You learned at, school. Lyn." he said, "how to endorse a check. Put your name on the back of this little paper and I'll go with "you tomorrow noon and cash it." , "I also learned not to endorse checks before going to the bank, iand thin It it is lost no one can icah It but me," returned Lynda, slyly. "Attn girl," said David. "She already a regular little business woman. "I'm glad you think so, dear. &n4 I want you to know I am more and 'more grateful for ev- rv thing you've done for. me. If Ut hadn't been for the thought of yon. I'd never have been able to get through this day. i just ae- termined to keep on being myseir, and not try to be like them, after beard those girls in the office talk. Yon like me to be myself. liou'tyoo DavieT" 1 ow t dLyntfi-dear ' . Wi? romw back from l vt -trip.-! shall have eome- t y -say to yott." : tT"An(TT and I shall be glad to hear It," ahe answered, without pae toaen of coquetry.: lot try to make David understand bat she did not know what ne tneant. MBnt ; now, l must get 'inn before Dad Keta .there. I li you in the morning-." i In a sodden lit or shyness i.yn la almost ran down the street. fifteft she had dropped the check f aside her waist, and solemnly Vyfo David's hand. For Just a percent XTtbeynda,pd. Statesman !Ulph H Ki'ii t. Advertiitsr Mr Uj F Stifr - - Supr;t4B W U. Htuirwi. (iimUM M"tM E. A Rhot'S Livestock Uiur W. t". Csr - - Pa;iry I4r ASSOCIATED P&ES5 catti is ts nJ ! VS. 31st St : C efs. lrvi--t Bid Crcs.!at: jb Offic -SM J I. 192 not drink henceforth of this fruit of crink u new with you ir. my hatntr - 30. 1 ' u ... reach back to 1833. That city dollars on city beautification, the Stars and Stripes. objections to the abandonment grounds. Some forward look that instead of giving up this he had alwavk notfreH i. - become a soft, white thing like a piece of living velvet which he wanted to hold against his cheek. After she got home, she found the k"Chen she found a t,e riour and one eS- With this, ancl a little baking powder, she mixed some pancakes. There a Em-Jst,li enough coffee for a cup. This se-:w13 maue in the percolator which David had given her for Christ-! "i. men wniie waiting for her iaiaer. sne started to sweep and dust his room, opening the win dows wide, for it was foul with the smell of sour liauor and rant j tobacco. How Jong she waited she did not know, for the old clock in the 'church steeple down the street w She must have been so busy she did not notice when it last tolled the hour, for the earlv summer tn her father's room, and anw note hanging to the gas Jet. A premonition of tragedy set her trembling, even before she opened it. Then she read: "My dear little girl: "You may not think that what I call you at the beginning of this letter is true, but it is. When I am John Fenton, you are the thing I love best on earth. In deed, you are the only thing I have to love; but when I am what I was last night, I'm Just plain brute. "Because I must confess It I am a slave to drink, and because I love you. I'm going to leave. Don't feel grieved about it, as I've beed thinking it over for a long time. I'm not going to saddle you any longer with such a hopeless thing and take the best years of your life. I lost my Job the day before you graduated and you know the rest. "Some day. dear child, if fate Is better to me than she has been. and I get on my feet, I'll come back, and make a great confession to you. "Bad and selfish as I am. wouldn't leave if I didn't know you'd get along better without me. I am leaving you twenty-five dol lars, which will get your food un til your first payday. "I am deeding the house over to you. You'll find the deed In the upper drawer of the bureau In your room. All you have to do Is to sign It. The lot will be quite valuable some day, and I've al ways managed to pay the taxes on it, with ail my craving for drink "Tell David all about it He's all right. In spite of what I said. If you need help, go to him. "YOUR LOVING, BUT WORTH LESS, DAD." . Lynda read the note over and over again, as people always do when they cannot at first grasp bad news; then, when she fully realized what ber father bad done, she threw herself face downward on the bed and., through tears and sobs, begged him to come back. She accused herself of not being kinder to him when he had one of bis "spells." (To be Continued.) Reaii the Classified Ads THE OREGON STATESMAN SALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 14, 1928 MISS IK TUB ADOPTS 1 University of Washington Co-ed Prepares To Mar ry Maharaja tAP)Miss Nancr Miller of Seat- tie or as she wili henceforth be . v ov .,,.. unL.4 hersAf to marry the ex-maharajab of Indore by becoming a conrert to, the Hindu religion. The rnnTcrdoa rites were oer- fornied without any obserTable: ination group have outlasted more hindrances or objections such as! colorful but also more erratic nY Lai been thensiu possible. Therei- Heeney holds a decision orer ,: a v i- i -Riko hnt Jahnnr hait beaten Pa ct co ii a 11 r i a a it; uiueruig ui Indians and sonie Europeans to"'. e aeieaiea nuuni witness ih- Tites. and the bride-! Tom" aa wet a9 Sharkey, who . i s i. heM the Ve-ar Zealander to a. draw. eieil. axiougu hiuhuuj liiiyrtrsa - , .i . . i ' 1 1 :i i j . t- i li.ii ( ( -. r : ' ' ! i rii uai. i ill- iv preserved her composure and 1 tveen them, both are the shock if po5ieioa. absorbing type. everlating aggrea,- licr face n?traved the strain ofiiTe aEd difficult to beat, .ho r.tu, trri.., Ki k. Neither stands out a a real , ,.n vi i ,v::hreat to Tunnev's crown. On the i ccLiaiijr tiuu1. cauiv wueu uv as tailed upon to renounce the;olner Dana u ia oe exiremeiy faith of her fathers and solemnly i difficult for Gentleman Gene to swear adhesion during the remain- Put either Tom or Johnny on the dr of her life to the Hindu creed, All is now ready for the sol-!method or handling tne rougn ana einnizatioa of her wedding to the tumble boys by fighting the late former maharajah which is set for! IIarry GTet 8mething like five Saturday. j times. When interviewed after thecer-i fonnii th Htes less an nrdenl th an . 7 7 r . . . ue naa exDeciea. sne exmainea that the name she had adopted. Devi Sharmista, was that of a fa mous queen of Indian history 10 centuries before Christ. She said she would retain the Indian dress as long as she stayed in India. For the rites Miss Miller was dressed in a blue green brocade with a gold saree covering her head. She wore no Jewels except a necklace of blue glass beads with red grass bangles. Hindu maidens, some of them wearing elaborate diamond rings, walked around the sacrificial fire barefooted at one stage of the cere mony and then squatted on the floor Indian fashion opposite six priests who chanted Sanskrit uymns and Mantras from the Ve da, the hojy book of Hinduism. All of this while other priests tended the holy fire and sprinkled holy water on their fair skinned ronvert. signifying her purifica tion. Each time this was done Miss Miller nodded acceptance of the purging. She wa3 assisted by two ladies of the Holkar family, while Hindu gentlemen sitting next to her ex plained the meaning of each pro cess of the ceremony. A conspic uous figure throughout was Miss Millers grandmother sitting be hind her. j At the conclusion of the rites as her purification was attested by ..f er.ana J?"ered ber bits of lutuauui meat. no earoo onrl v, cocoanut meat. The saree and bod ice were taken from a tray and placed about her, signifying that the ceremony was completed. The assembled priests and wise men blessed her amidst cries of "Hindu dharma ki Jai" meaning "God bless the Hindu religion." While returning after the cere mony a committee of the depress es udsses met tne new convert ana maae an address of welcome, declaring that seventy million de- pressed people suffering from un- ioia iniquities and sorrnwa lnnto lo her as the usher of a new era f equality for the Hindu fold. L KINGMAN. Arizona. March 13. (AP). Arthur Newton, the great British long distance run ner, showed his heels to the rest of the field today to win the tenth lap of the coast to coast marathon. He covered the 28.8 mile stretch from Oatman. Ariz., to his city in 4 hours, 3 minutes. Already leader in total elapsed time, the lanky entrant from Rhodesia, South Africa, boosted his advantage heavily again today. His total time for the 345.7 miles covered since the race got under way at Los Angeles March 4 was 53 hours 32 minutes. Paul Simpson of Charlotte. N. C, was second to complete today's stretch. His time was four hours. 10 minutes, giving him a total elapsed time of 74 hours, 56 min utes, 59 seconds. Simpson led the field at the 18 mile mark, but relinquished it shortly after as Newton's steady pace carried him to the fore. CLEAR OUT OF II BY A LAX J. GOULD Associated Press Sports Editor NEW YORK. Mar. 13. "(AP)- If it accomplished nothing else the victory of Johnny Risko, the big rough and tumble man, over Jack Sharkey has settled two hotly dis puted points to the satisfaction of most of the eagle-eyed experts: (1) That Sharkey no longer can "take it." lending color to the long persistent view that the Bos ton sailor can be put down as an other victim of Jack' Dempsey s vicious body punching: and (2) that if there has been any under cover scheme to boost Sharkey In to a heavyweight championship match with Gene Tunney it has fallen completely to pieces. Pew fistic points have been more rigorously debated than these two over the past year. There were those who insisted Sharkey should have been given the decision over Dempsey on a foul ; while others wagged a knowing head and pro claimed that the Boston sailor was "cinch" to meet Tunney, elimin ations to the contrary notwith standing. .uiuuj .1111C1 HO. IU SUB UAUtl.1 ft W S Hlf r ' , II I m LlSflSl LEADING MAUN jura Both groups of -wise onei" now seem. like Sharkey to bar taken it on in chin. At the moment nothing appears more conclusive than that Sharker is thoroughly and indisputably eliminated. He has. had two big chances to re-establish himself as a contender and muffed both. Lacking though they may be in some of the colorful requisites of championship challengers, Johnny Risko and Tom Heeney now stand unquestionably at the topVofithe elimination heap. Unless ""Jack Dempsey yields to Tex Rickard's persuasion and changes bis mind . - - - i ia a j- Heeney now stand unquestionably Ut the top the elimination i heap. ' Lnless Jack Dempsey yields to Tex Rickards persuasion and; changes bis mind about a tome-j Rirto and Heeney demand first consideration. nfee Paggers oi ms ciim- - i av-. i " There isn't mnrh to choose be - - ; j floor. But Tunney mastered the ' A XVlVyVIVkJ JJ t PORTLAND MAN PORTLAND. March 13. (AP Joe Marcus, Portland light weight, won a clean cut ten round decision over Tommy Cello, San Francisco, in the main event of a boxing program here tonight. Cel lo while a flashy fighter was credited with only the third and ninth rounds by newspapermen. Marcus experienced little difficul ty in evading Cello's blows In the six round semi final Tommy O'Conneil of Everett, Wash., and Tommy Seaman, Port land, battled to a draw. Each weighed 116 pounds. In the other scheduled six round event Teddy Fox. Salem. 126 pounder, scored a knockout in the. second round over Young Villa. Portland. It was a slashing, hard punching battle while it lasted. George Hval, Portland and Jim my Wilde. Winnipeg, fought four rounds to a draw at 145 pounds. Earl Stulte, Tillamook, won a decision over Bllry Watson, Eure ka, Cal.. in the four round curtain raiser. Each weighed 140 pounds. 7500 Visit Bishop's Store Because of Statesman Ad Sevenyt-five hundred people vis ited Bishop's clothing store last night, according to a count kept by employes. All this came about through an advertisement carried in the Statesman Tuesday morn ing, concerning the store s dis play in connection with the spring opening, and an announcement that a Pendleton blanket would be given away on a free drawing. The blanket was won by Mrs. Clarence Townsend, 1540 D street. A feature of the store's display was the omdernistic art arrange ment of the show windows, and the ensemble wardrobe for men exhibited. The windows were dreaaed bv Hal Hart, decorator who recently came here from the east. RECOVER EIGHT BODIES Find -Corpses of Members of Crew After Flood raises uver NEWHALL. Cal.. Mar. 13. (AP) The bodies of eight of the 175 workmen employed by the Southern California Edison com pany, and camped near the dam have been recovered and identi fied. -o I Bits For Breakf nat On the way S The Silver Creek Falls national park. S S In the room of the senate com mittees on agriculture and forest ry, there hang 10 beautiful pic tures of Silver Creek falls, taken within three miles. They are pho tographs, beautifully colored. 14 by 18 inches In size. ' Senator McNary writes the Sa lem chamber of commerce that the photos are attracting a great deal of favorable comment. They will help to put over the project for the national park. S S This should be accomplished, if possible, before the 193 4 centenary celebration ot the coming oi tnelWith the other, and ran to the missionaries S And the 3300,000 Champoeg! memorial building ought to be ready by 1934. And the Champoeg highway between Fortland and Salem. : s And there must be a story writ ten of the coming of the mission aries, to be acted out In the great pageant of 1934; to be repeated every four or five years, and per haps every year. Here is work ahead for Salem; for the pioneers ot the Oregon country; for -Wil lamette university, and - for the great Methodist church wherever It is represented In Ihe whole world. MELLON RECITES HIS FORMER EXPLANATION (Continue from pir 1-) he declined to accept on those terms the $50,000 in bonds sent him by Hays because he did not want to make a contribution tnat would appear to be something it was not.' .;:""' He knew the bonds came from Sinclair, he said bat did not sus pect any connection between the contribution and Sinclair's lease of Teapot Dome. Mr. Butler, In the same way. refused to accept a s noo couinmeat of bonds eren though he did not know, he said, that Sinclair was the origin al source. Both Mellon and Butler were approached by Hays late la ia si after the Teapot Dome In quiry began but before it derelop- ed into a national scanaai. Mr. Mellon in bis testimony re iterated what he said In a com munication to Senator Walsh, dem ocrat, Montana, the committee prosecutor, late Saturday after the committee had found a rather mysterious memorandum written by the late John T. Pratt, of New York City and bearing the names of Weeks, "Andy." Butler and Dn Pont. r-siot icu CI VCD UPflnQ tllUUOnruiuiiiun-w TOWARD THIS COUNTRYi&arch for relatives and friends lUllHiiu iinw www -j xhronrhont that triD from t (Conticaei from P l- isumed to carry the adventurous on their tierilous journey. While there is some uncertainty attached to the identity of Cap tain Hinchliffe's partner because of the unceremonious nature of the start, he is thought to be Gord- friend of Ilinchliffe with whom he on kTSUVSa - ... . ; ! has heen recently associatea i " Woman's Name Mentionea Some speculation was aroused by the recent report that the Hon orable Elsie Mackay, noted sports-pltcned .nt0 the maeistrom and m-nman and dauehter of Lord i " " the inrnrane. nroDosea iu American ingnt wun jv"""baby aa the water crushed her Hinchliffe and this was enlivened ; nome but a swir,ing b.;now tore because eltorts to learn oi ""ithe infant from her grasp and it whereabouts toaay were reuuncuWas swept to deata An older at the family residence. Hinchliffe who announced iasi:awav week that he intended to make a j c. II. Hunck. 80 vears old. long distance flight to India before !8ieeping in his home a' mie and trying tne aangerous iranawuwv. venture, left even His wite wnn- out definite information or nis,round nimseif struggling in the purpose. Airs. Mincniure ioiu me Associated Press that she knew her husband had planned an Am - erican flight for some time but he had not informed her of the date of the start. She received notifi cation in the course of the day from her husband's associate, that Hinchliffe vras off on the Atlantic flight. In sleepless anxiety Mrs. Hinch liffe reclined tonight close to a telephone, awaiting a hopeful re port of her daring husband's bold attempt. Fuel Load Large The Stinson plane "Adventure" which Captain Hinchliffe is pilot ing, left the Cranwell airdrome at 8:40 a. m. It was loaded with fuel for a long Journey 3,000 miles or more, and it required a run of the full length of the field, more than a mile, before the plane took the air. Then in a strong westerly breexe it sped in the direction of Ireland. Much mystery has been at tached to the preparations which Captain Hinchliffe has been mak ing recently to establish a nonstop record and to fly the Atlantic from 'east to west, a feat never yet suc cessfully performed. The distance between Cranwell and Halifax. N. S.. is approxim ately 2,000 miles, well within the range of the 3.000 miles fuel sup ply which Hinchliffe's plane. "The Adventure," carries. A direct flight to New York from Cramwell would be about 3.000 miles which would leave little margin of fuel in the event of head winds or other delay. Flyer's History Picturesque Captain Hinchliffe. who is one of the picturesque airmen in Great Britain, acted as pilto for Charles A. Levine while the latter was in Europe last summer with his transatlantic monoplane Columbia. Hinchliffe and Levine abandoned the idea of making a flight to the United State-, and started a long distance trip to India which ended in Vienna and Levine and the cap tain eventually made a trip to Italy where the Columbia met with an accident. Hinchliffe or "Hinch" as his fellow aviators call him, lost an eye during the world war but has seven? enemy planes logged to his credit in war department files. He is known as a "storm -iazrd," flying much by natural instinct and the saying is in British avia tion cricles that he could just about fly to Paris, Amsterdam or Colgone with his good eye shut if It were necessary. He is tall, slender and smooth shaven. He has more than 8,000 flying hours to his credit. GRAPHIC STORY ABOUT FLOOD TOLD BY MANY (Continued from pf 1.) , y j rider into a high eucalyptus trees. Several houses on the river side of Fillmore were carried away while orchards almost a half mile wide were cleaned away leaving scarcely a twij,. Youth Saves Sisters 'iAnd that little Pete Labara," laughed rscotty." "He hollered to his folks to run but they said the noise was just the wind. Pete, sixteen years old he is. grabbed his ten year old sister with one hand and his 12 year old sister hills. Stayed there all night, he did- ha, ha without a stitch of An Old Recipe to Darken Hair By JANICE RANDALL Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly com pounded, brings back the natural color and lustre to the hair when faded, streaked or gray. Years sgo the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home, which is massy and troublesome. ; Nowadays we simply ask atany drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound." You win get a large bottle of this old-time recipelmproved by the addition of other ingredients, for only 75 cents. Everybody uses this prepara tion now, because no one can possibly tell that yott darkened your hair, as it does it so naturally and evenly You dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, tak ing one small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair disappears, and after another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully dark, thick aod glossy and you look years younger. clothing la. bat aaTed the two kids. Pete, the old man and bis wife are .nd rood neighbor they were too." t ii.d tt be dragged from "Seotty" Gordon that be himself) bad brared the waters, wnen ne answered the call wltn otner nui neighbors this morning and brought ashore eight bodies. Women's Arms -Empty And the women rows of them sitting at the doorways of impro vised morgues, some of them with steps of children at their sides, others with oh, so pitifully empty arms! Tra weren't men IOIKS in those groups and no one wondered why. Men were absent from the mbrsrne watch, for those who were ,t d d w re joining In I in lae Throughout that trip from val ley's end to Talley's end not a weeping woman was seen. A Mex inn woman with a babe in her arms sat stunned beside the peach trees' brave bloom on the sharp banks of that terrible yellow-red scar through the valley that wid ened from the San Franciscquito canyon. DAM BREAK TOLL MORE THAN 1000, ESTIMATE torn apart. Mrs. Anna Holzcloth seized her child already had been carried a nalf beiow the dam elt tne wall3 shattered about him and torrent. He caught a bit of . wreckage and held on, then grew j weaker and was on the verge of collapse when a voice shouted to him in the darkness and a strong hand drew him to a substantial plank. It was one of his sons and the pair were saved. Two other sons were lcet. Watchman Real Hero Out of the disaster rose a hero who paid with his life for his courage. He was E. Locke, watchman at the Southern Cali fornia Edison power "switching station." Survivors from -the camp told of Locke running from cabin to ca bin, from tent to tent, warning the workers to flee. Soores. of these were able to save them selves but Locke died. Red Cross stations were opened at Newhall and other points to care for refugees while hundreds of police and deputy sheriff were rushed from Los Angeles to aid in the search for bodies and in po licing the stricken region. Far beneath an airplane in which an Associated Press staff correspondent viewed the ruin, the broken dam looked like a child's toy. Looking down through the wisps of clouds it was easy to imagine that a caprice of the gods bad tumbled the huge thing of concrete and steel into a mass of disintegrated slabs and boulders and laid waste a swath of fertile soil a score of miles in length. Rescue Work Pushed Already thousands of men and automobiles, trucks and ambu lances were scurrying about the edges of the huge mangled thing of concrete like ants who scamper crazily about when one kicks over their carefully built hills. Black gleaming beetles of auto mobiles, their arrogance and self Importance apparent, were dash ing about on the few roada that remained open. Where a few hours ago were millions of gallons of water was now a muddy-bottomed empty canyon. Where once was a dam, proud in its resisting sertngth, now gawked pillars of concrete. A region where once scores of carefully built homes, represent ing the work and savings of little families for years, was now a ter- slush. slime and mud. As the fly- rain of faintly gleaming saffron ers looked at the gaping hole where the dam stood they could see the trail of death and blasted hope, the mouth of the canyon gaped like that of a colossal dra gon that had just spat devasta tion upon valley of contented people. Caused By Defects The first report from the scene of disaster early this morning eaid that an earthquake had wrecked the dam but no temblors were reported elsewhere. Later an inspection of the wrecked structure indicated that seepage through the hill to which the west j 4 IF , ... United States Nati . M Mrs. A, M. Rumeey. postmU-I tress at Saugus. declared tonlgnt that for the past 10 days ranch ers living in the shadow of the St. Francis dam had "talked of noth ing else" bat reported leaks In h structure and the possibility of the very disaster that wrecked their homes and wiped out tneir families today. In its wake the torrent left property damage variously esti mated tonight at from 110.000, 000 to $30,000,000. Fred T. Beatty, member of the board of supervisors of Los An gelea county, inspecting the site of the collapsed SL Francis dam :oday, picked up a piece of con crete and declared that he had crumbled it between his fingers. Beatty said: "Yes. it came from the dam. but judgment must not be passed jntil a competent board of engi neers has conducted a searching investigation and has reported to Governor Young." Supporting Mrs. Rumsey's state ment of rumored leaks in the great wall that until last night held back 38.000 acre feet of wa- 'ter for the summer supply )f the city of Los Angeles, were reports obtained by investigating officers from motorists who had driven through the canyon late Monday. Leaks Told About One automobile driver, accord ing to the investigators, stated that while driving up the canyon road with his wife and family he saw an unusual quantity of mud dy water coursing through the or dinarily dry stream bed. The autoiet, said the officers, drove up to the dam expecting to see the water coming over the spillway, but found none flowing. Driving closer he said he noticed that the water behind the buttress was within three feet of the top and that the spillway gates ap parently were closed, although there was a good stream running down the canyon. Farther along the road the au toiet reported, he found a gang of workmen drilling holes appar ently in preparation for dynamite blasts to blow off the shoulder of a hill not more than 200 feet from the dam. Recklessness Hinted "And it was then," the officers reported the autoist as saying, "I remarked to my wife that it look ed like a pretty heavy charge to set off so close to the dam. We were in the hills until nearly 7 o'clock in the evening, and I am certain the blast was not set off until that hour for we undoubt edly would have heard it." Facing serious danger of an outbreak of typhoid fever in the stricken area. County Health Of ficer Pomeroy announced tonight that every precaution is being taken to cope with the situation. A water surrey has been started to locate adequate sources of pure drinking water. In addition coun ty health officers established an emergency commissary for flood victims' and relief workers, serv ing them with hot coffee and sandwiches. Whole Town Carried Away At Santa Paula, approximately 20 miles from the destroyed dam, the south end of the town, com prising, the Mexican quarter was carried away. This section ordin arily housed between 600 and 1,000 persons. The undertaking parlors are filled with bodies. In Fillmore, Santa Paula and Moore Park morei wing of the dam was ancnorea had allowed it to bulge and crash; then the east wing followed, and only the central portion remained while the great cataract poured through the breach to blot put life in San Franclsquito canyon. Fpah Recalled - vie StLtiAftBURfrlaRYllilUOW- BECKE & 189 x. nigh YOU WISH - a uviiai xuilU Y - wrry ir an unmarried daughter it can be .nh,' ' Agreement betweS nd the Trust Division of thU bsak. And 'e -will h li. A discuss the detail, with you-ta confidence. T le tadi The Bank That Service Bunt than 90 bodies of flood have been recovered. The body of tbe proprietor the Mclntyre service station Castian Junction was found Fillmore, about 15 miles awav Nurses were rushed from s. Paula to Fillmore where n was not a single one availab? , i t . . i i - . The Santa Paula school h in the center of Santa Paul,-: v converted into a Red Cro . tion where food and clothintr supplied to refugees and a!. 100 cases of minor Injuri. s ir ed. Most of the injured members of parties enga? ; covering bodies who had cr- ; on nails and jagged ro k. Ten bridges are washed v thl region, including th- f span In Ventura county, th.i Bardsdale. Howard Durley. undr of Ventura county, estinia bodies to be recovered in county alone would agirr 200. Around Satlcoy great p r: of the highway have been ia away and heavy damaz-'.-- ! been wrought to the citrus t-r. '. POLITICS GIVEN MORE INTEREST THAN IN 1921 (Contlnned fro, 3. mail to the various ro ;-. clerks, statements liptire th.' -eral national, state and db-r . fices for which candidates will ',. selected by the republican ;. : democratic parties at th prln...: election. The county clerks, undr -:: law, shall prepare printed no'i containing the various nati'T,.,' state, district and county offi,. for which nominations are to ! made in theirrespective couti'r These notices must be prepar . not less than 30 days prior to ti, primary election. Two of th-'-notices shall be sent to each ju ! and clerk of election in ea h jhv cinct. The notices must be po. .! Drink Water If Kidneys Bother Take a Tablespoonful of 8alts If Back Pains or Bladder Is Irritated Flush your kidneys by drinkir.g a quart of water each day, also uke salts occasionally, says a noted au thority, who tells us that too much rich food forms acids which almost paralyze the kidneys in their efforts to expel it from the blood. They become sluggish and weaken; then you may suffer with a dull misery in the kid ney region, (harp pains in the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather isbad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the channels often get sore and irritated, obliging you to seek relief two or three, times during the night To help neutralize these irritating acids ; to help cleanse the kidneys and flush off the body's urinous waste, g?t four ounces of lad Salts from ary pharmacy here. Take a tablespoont-jl in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days, and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juke, combined with lithia. ani has been used for years to help flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys ; also to neutralize the acids jn the system ; they no longer irritate thus often re lieving bladder weakness. Jad Salt? is inexpensive; cannot in jure and makes a delightful efferves cent lithia-water driqk. HENDRICKS Telephone 161 onal Bank