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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1928)
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SEVENTX-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS mm .UHKELGBME TOUR I GROUP TONIGHT Caravan of Chambers of Commerce and Hotel Men To Arrive In City BANQUET PLANNED HERE Mayor and Presidents of Service Clubs Among Speakers; "Good Will" Only Message Visit ors Bring Representatives of chambers oi commerce and managers of lead ing hotels in southwest Washing ton cities will be entertained in Salem this afternoon and evening in connection with their friend ship tour into Oregon. They will arrive in the city about 4 or 4:30 o'clock in the aft ernoonl and will firet call on Gov ernor Patterson. They will make headquarters at the Marion hotel while in Salem. Banquet This Evening This evening at 6:30 in the hotel dining room, the visitor" will be welcomed at a banquet with the Salem chamber of com merce and Cherrians, of whom ihere are expected to be 100 in attendance. Mayor T. A. Livesley will offi cially welcome the visitors. Presi dent George F. Vick of the chani--r of commerce will preside, and Kred Thieisen, vice president, will represent the chamber in welcom ing the Washington men. other addresses of welcome will he made by Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner. president of the Rotary club; Charle3 Wiper, president of the Kiwanis club; Merrill D. Ohjlng president of the Lions club, and William McGllchrist, Jr., president of the Salem Realty board. "Good Will" Message The meeting will then be turned over to the visitors. It haa been announced that ""g56d "will If their oaly message, ami-nojL any - discussion of ttte Longvlew bridge it other controversial matter. TwpntT Cherrians In uniforir will act as a reception committee, it has been announced. It Is ex pected that about 100 local men will attend the banquet. The southwest Wa6hingtor group assembled at Vancouver Monday morning and spent last hieht In Portland, where they were tendered a banquet by the Portland -chamber of commerce and the Portland Hotel Men's as sociation. Some of the men In the party are: Carl E. Morck, Aberaeen, president of Southwest Washing ton Hotel Men's association: C. W. Mumaw, Aberdeen, chairman the Washington state chamber's agrl (Continued on pC 3) RICKEY DISTRICT DIVISION SOUGHT LOCATION OP NEW BUILDING CAUSES DISAGREEMENT ome of Residents Seek Separa tion Because of Distance to School Petitions seeking to form a new school district out of a portion of the preeent Rickey district were yesterday filed at the office of County School Superintendent Fulkerson. The petition seeks to include in the'new district only the west side of the present Rickey territory. Hearing on the proposed change will be held by the boundary h'.ard April 6, at 1 o'clock In the county court room, Mrs. Fulker- soar eaid late yesterday. Recently the citizens of the dis trict cast a straw vote for unani mous support of a new, two-story ffhool building at Rickey, and a m -howl meeting has been called for April 3 to authorize the conetruc t ion of the new building on tht pre.-ent side. .ince the unofficial sanction of the new two-story structure, con siderable disagreement as to Its location has been expressed, par ticularly by thoee who disfavor the present site on grounds .that it is not at the center of popula tion for the district. ' The petitions filed for the new district protest approval of thai present site for tais reason,' al though it ia admittedly the center of the district. PAROLE VIOLATOR BACK ale Tolnter Returned After Term At Reno Prison Dale Pointer, who escaped from the state penitentiary here in 1923 was returned to the Institution Sunday from Reno, Nevada, where he served a short term for soma trivial offense. Pointer ia classi fied as a parole violator. Pointer, was first received at the prison In 1921 from Jefferson county for larceny. He was parol ed Mar 1.-1A22. H mtnrnikf tn th penitentlarr Anril i . t9ti. toJnort estate, benef iclariea of which serve a term of one year for WESTERN DAIRY PLANT TO RISE LEASE TAKEN, HURLEY AND YOUXG TO BUILD Strncture Will be Alongside New Fail-mount Dairy, South Commercial Culminating a long eeries oi negotiations, officials of the West ern Dairy Products company, man ufacturers and distributors or the new Sunfreze ice cream, at their general offices in Seattle, Wash ington, yesterday evidenced tnelr faith in the future of Salem by signing a fifteen year lease for a building to be erected for them on South Commercial street on property Immediately adjoining the Falrmount Dairy. This property was recently acquired from H. R. Page by Alton D. Hurley, manager of the Falf mount dairy and Donald A. Young, prominent Salem attorney. Hur ley and Young will construct the building and lease the property as a joint enterprise. It is under stood that gross rentals called for under the terms of the lease will be In excess of $40,000. The building is to be first class in every respect, strictly fireproof reinforced concrete being used en tirely throughout the structure which will be 162 feet in length with a frontage of 50 feet on Sonth Commercial street. Metal lath and cement plaster will be used throughout the fac tory portion of the interior which will be covered with a white washable enamel thus affecting the last word in modern sanita tion. Modern refrigeration machinery and equipment will be augmented by an Ice storage room capable of accommodating 500 tons of ice The front of the building is to be fiuished in white stucco similar tc that of the Fairmouut Dairy building. Liberal provisions have been made for skylights in the building so that all factory operations wil! be conducted under the most san itary conditions possible. Plan: .iud specifications were prepared by Thomas & Mercier of Portland who were instructed to make ev- ary possible provision with respect to the sanitation and efficiency features of the new plant. It Is stated that the plant when completed will represent an In vestment of about S 50.000 and (Continued on page 3) . PRALL, GANS ON PAROLE Check Charges Suspended; Assault Story Not Sustained Bad check charges against Henry Prall. 17. and Forrest loans. 16. half brothers, were sus penaea yesteraay Dy Mrs. ixona White, county Juvenile' officer and both boys paroled to relatives Henry Prall was paroled to a grandmother living near Caldwell Idaho, and will leave for that city within a few days, it was an nounced. Forrest Gans was paroled to hi? father living near Shaw and bar already returned. "He's on pa role." said Mrs. White late yes terday. "and If he doesn't make good he goes down to the boy's training school." Meanwhile the boys charge - against Joe Stefan! for alleged as sault and battery have completely blown up. it was indicated in Jus tice court yesterday following a hearing before Justice of the Peace Brazier Small. Stefan! ap peared yesterday morning and was released when he deposited $2 T bail.' Later In the day the case was dismissed entirely and his money returned to him. STUDENT BADLY INJURED George Van Natta In Hospital With Both Legs Broken Both legs broken and suffering from severe lacerations and bruises on his head and body, George Van Natta. Willamette un iversity law senior, liee in a hos pital at Oregon City, the victim of a collision between his motor cycle and a motor stage on a hill near there. Although the accident occurred nearly a week ago. Van! Natta is still unconscious most or the time. It Is reported by frater nity brothers who have vieited him. Van Natta was blinded by the rain and did not see the bus un til it was too late to pass it, he explained to the visitors. He Is a member of the Epsllon Delta Mu fratrenlty. His home la In St Helens. LAMP0RTS WILL BUILD Two Story t.xmcreco nwuniro Panned on High Street Five store rooms on High street between State and Court will .he provided through the construction of the new Lamport building which will replace the Btructure burned "Uat , winter, according to plana which were announced here Monday. - F. 8. Lamport stated that the building will - be two storiea In height, of concrete with ft stdeco and plate glasa front The entire building will be leased by the H. L. Stiff Furniture company,' but some of the first floor rooms will be sublet. - ,: . -' ' ' Work will start about April 2. , The building Is expected to cost approximately 125,0000. It will be the property of the Lam Iar-lare F 8. nd Merrill Lamport of FIERCE STORM STATE Violent Gale Causes Heavy Losses,. Particularly Along Coast Line RAINS DELUGE THIS CITY Over Inch of Moisture Falls Dur ing 24 Hour Period Ending At 7 o'clock Last Night, Report Shows , Unless the weather in this vicin ity changes radically during the coming five days March will cer tainly go out like a Hon. This observation was made here last night on the basis of weather bureau reports fixing rainfall dur ing the past 24 hours at one and seven hundredths inches. Precipi tation during the past week has amounted to 2.86 Inches. This is more than two thirds of the norm al rainfall for March here, normal being fixed at 3.94 inches. Total precipitation so far this month has reached a total of 6.04 inches. The official forecast given out last ntght was rov- more rain to- (Continurd on pace 3) CLAIMS WILL0S INSANE Another Examination of Prisoner Asked By Physician Dr. Thomas Ross of Portland, on behalf of friends of the Willos family, yesterday conducted an ex amination of James Willos, who is -cheduled to be hanged in the state penitentiary here Friday, April 13. Willos was sentenced to death for the part he played in the slay ing of two guards during a break at the penitentiary inAugust, 1925. In a lengthy statement prepared by-JivAojltfteg0d that Willos is feeble minded, and that the crime charged against him was the result of unbearable conditions in the penitentiary during the Pierce ldminlstration. Governor Patterson Indicated Monday that he would not inter fere In the Willos case. Willos has taken up Christian Science, according to prison offi cials. Ellsworth Kelley, who is to be hanged with Willos, was describ ed by prison officials as being "nervous and high strung." Roth K11pv nni Wlllna ara un der death watch. The special1 guards will be retained until the hour of the execution. We Adopt Prohibition SWEEPS DAMAGE GREAT gfeE . We Spend Billions on Battleships and Military upkeep to Protect Ourselves from Foreign Invasion " But Do Absolutely Nothing About a MenacjThat Takes MoreXivcs Annually Than Our Entire Losses in the World War , ; , FLOOD REPORTED OVER CALIFORNIA OXE LIFE LOST AND LARGE -- SECTION THREATENED City of Sacramento Near Path of Water; Outskirts Already Inundated OROVILLE, Cal., Mar. 26. (AP) Oroville, located at the south of the Feather river can yon, on the rim of the Sacramento valley, tonight was drenched by flood waters from the river which overran Its banks backing up into the west end of the city. More than 50 families were rescued from the flooded area and two men marooned late tonight were await ing rescuers. The levee, protecting the main section of Oroville, was reported leaking in many places and the riv - er was rising at the rate of one foot an hour. A force of workmen was out attempting to repair the leaky spots. SACRAMENTO. Cal., Mar. 26. (API Rain fallina- here this afternoon Increased the fears of hundreds of homeless in inundated North Sacramento that their dwell ings would be totally immersed by the flood. The United States weather bureau however, announc ed late today that the Feather, Yu ba and American rivers were re ceding and that the flood waters would probably not rise again un less a storm of unusual intensity breaks tonight. The city of Sacra mento proper lies behind high le vees and it is only suburbs to the north and east that are under wa ter from five to 15 feet deep. The waters might rise another five feet before Sacramento would be en dangered in the opinion of city of ficials. In the meantime the problem of feeding and housing homeless of the communities to the north is being undertaken. Grocers of the flooded area are using rowboats to deliver food to marooned residents a'Mn sro ctfll lllncrinn. thai. homes. An appeal has been made (Continued on page 3) MAXWELL LOSES POINT Petition Not Adequate, Rogers Re ports to Zoning Board plication of Charles Maxwell for a zone change permitting him to op erate a barbecue establishment on North Capitol street be denied, was voted by the city planning and zoning commission at last night's meeting. The recommendation will be passed on to the city coun cil for final action. y Although Mr. Maxwell had pre sented a petition for this change which was said to have carried signatures representing over 50 per cent of the affected property, the report of City Engineer Hugh Rogers indicated that some of the signatures did not represent bona fide owners of property, and that therefore the petition was insuf - ficient. THE GREAT HUMAN PUZZLE Laws to Save Oar Country from the Curse of Liquor MORMON CHURCH ACTIVE IN CITY MEETING TO BE HELD IN SA LEM TOMORROW EVE Bishop of This MlHsionary Field to Be Present; Many Will Attend The church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day. Saints (Mormon) is doing intensive work in this field. It Is said that up to a year ago there were not more than 30 members of that church in and about Salem, while there are over 100 now. The following meeting notice -has been handed to The Statesman: "Coming to Salem this week is William R. Sloan of Portland, to speak for the Latter Day Saint or Mormon church, as It is better , known, "In a business way, Mr. Sloan is widely known. For 10 years past he has been associated with lead ing men of this county. In 192 he waa vice president of a nation al organization and last year would have stood at its head, but he de clined to accept a call from the church to come Into the northwest and take charge of all activities "The public may hear this speak er on Wednesday, March 28, in the auditorium of the new Nelson building on Chemeketa street just off Liberty. The hour Is 8 p. m. Al are welcome to attend. No collec tlon will be taken." Many Missionaries The national organization refer red to In the above notice is th national hardware men's associa tion. There will be present at the Sa lem meeting tomorrow night si 8 to 19 missionaries who are work ing in this section; to take part ra the meeting. There will be sev eral more with the party of Pres ident Sloan, who has .the title o traveling bishop. In charge of the Latter Day Saint activities in all the Pacific northwest. The Mormons have two church 6!fn0d. uuuio, aiiu itvw uicuiuciB ill lual city. They have churches at Hood River, Kelso and Vancouver, and 10,000 members In all the terri tory presided over by Bishop Sloan A Large Field Bishop Sloan directs the work over a wide field. It Is called the ton,, northern Idaho, western Mon (Continued on pja 8) 200 FAMILIES HOMELESS Waters Innndate Section in Vicin lty of Marysvllle MARYSVILLE. Cal., Mar. 26; (AP) Two hundred families were rendered homeless tonight when the Feather river overran Its banks at Alicia, three miles couth 3f Marysvllle. A number of work men wno naa been engaged .a strengthening the levee wert rorced to flee when the river went out of bounds. The new flood area Is in orchard county. 1 WRECKS E Residence of Circuit Judge Swanson Also Attacked By Gangsters DAMAGE GREAT, STATED Members of Congress in Ciiy at Time Having Come From Washington to Attend Fun eral in Underworld CHICAGO, Mar. 26 (AP) The home of United States Sen ator Charles S. Deneen at 61st street and Normal avenue was bombed tonight. Less than 15 minutes later a bomb was exploded at the Bran don avenue home of Circuit Judge John Swanson, Deneen candidate for state's attorney against Crowe. The bomb struck the front of the house, damaging it badly, the report to Englewood police said. No one was injured. Whether Senator Deneen was home was not known. He was In Chicago today for the funeral of Diamond Joe Esposlto, the 25th ward Italian leader who was a candidate for word committeeman under the banner of the Deneen republican faction. Police ascribed the bombing t political warfare. The bombing was. tne fifth since the first of the year involving per sons of high olitlcal connections It was the first, however, directed against any persons openly oppos ing tne city administration. Judge Swanson was driving the car into his garage when the bomb exploded, wrecking the porch of tne house and shattering windows wnereas tne bomb at Senator De neen's home was "powder pine apple," that used at Judge Swan son's was dynamite. Mate s - Attorney- Robert E Crowe, whose renomination Judge bwanson is opposing, said: I understand the homes of Senator Deneer and Judge Swan son have been bombed tonleht Appparently the Deneen crowd has Just started Its campaign to elect a discredited county ticket reallz ing that they are hopelessly de teatea. They are resorting to desperate means to fool the pub lic. "The same persons who planted these bombs are responsible for 3ome previous bombings. VESSEL SENDS OUT SOS British Oil Carrier in Distress Sat urday, Worst Feared SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 26. (AP) From an undetermined! po sition m tne broad Pacific ocean the British oil carrier British Bus ar sent an urgent call for heln at 45 a. m. Saturday, said reports received here today by the United Statee naval radio and the Mackay Kadlo services. The British Hus ear is believed to have a crew of forty. In response, three naval vessels sped . from the Pearl Harbor sta tion near Honolulu Sunday morn- ng, headed for a place 400 miles southwest of the Hawaiian group, whence it was thought the call might have come. The warships the mine layers Burns and Lud low and the mine sweeper Whlp- poorwill, had orders to search a radius of 125 miles. BIG INITIATION TONIGHT Class of ISO to be Inducted Into Legion; Public Invited Thls evening at the armory. Capital Post No. 9, American Le gion, will welcome all citizens who are interested in its affairs. at a monster initiation program at which 150 new members will be formally accepted. The session will open 'at 8 'clock with the regular post meeting, .this feature too being open to the public on this partic ular occasion. Later Mayor T. A. Livesley will speak, and also George E. Lots of Eugene, state (-commander of the legion, and oth er state officers including Irl S. McSherry, vice-commander; Carl R. Moser, adjutant; and VJc Mac Kenxle, national executive com mitteeman. ' The final event on the program will be the initiation ceremony. GUS MOSER FILES AGAIN Portland State Senator to Ron; 10 Tears' Experience . . . Gus C. Moser, state senator for Multnomah county for the-past 16 years, Monday tiled with' the see retary of state here his declaration of candidacy .for. reelection. .- Mr. Moeer la republican. - He served as president of the senate during the 1929 session.' . - Fred W. Stadter of .Portland has. filed for the republican nom ination tor judge of the circuit court for -department No. 1, Mult nomah county. ;: t. p, i Ross Farnham, democrat, would serve as district attorney of Des CHICAGO I OF US SENATOR chutes county. Mr. Farnham is a republican. - ' -V X;-,'' 9 ' " Z BAPTIST COUNCIL SUBMITS REPORT REV. PAYNE'S STATUS AS MIN ISTER THREATEN ED Findings of Meeting Here On March 5 Made Public For First Time " Unless the Baptist church in Sa lem recognizes the ex-parte coun cil called by 161 members some time ago to investigate conditions in the church, and follows the sug gestions which.it makes, the coun cil will recommend to the Oregon Baptist State Ministers association that It withhold endorsement of Robert Lee Payne as a Baptist minister in good standing until he establishes his standing before that body, according to a state ment given out by the cbuncil fol lowing a meeting here Monday. The statement relates the re cent situation with respect to Mr. Payne's tenure as acting pastor of the local church, and gives out for the first time the findings of it previous meeting here March 5, as fojlows: "We are fully convinced, after an examination of voluminous written evidence, that the charges against Mr. Payne are so serious, that fairness, to all parties con cerned in the local situation and to the denomination at large, de mands that we recommend as fol lows: "Fifrst. that the First Baptist church of Salem Immediately call a representative council of minis ters and laymen for the purpose of considering the evidence that may be submitted on both sides of the matter in controversy. "Second, that this ex parte council adjourn to the call of the chair pending action by the Salem church, pursuant to the above rec ommendation. W. E. Henry. Moderator. W. P. Osgood. Clerk." The report made Monday adds "Inasmuch as the Salem church refused to receive the report of the council at a regular business meeting March 8, 1928, through our committee, the church council reconvened on March 26 and after listening to additional evidence to talling 4 2 letters., from laymen, deacons, pastors who had follow ed Payneatate. secretaries, college and 'seminary professors, and schoolmates, and lhat we re-affirm our previous recommenda tion to the church, that in case the Salem church again refuses to hear and follow the suggestions of the council we recommend to the Oregon Baptist State Ministers as sociation that they withhold en dorsement of Roberk Lee Payne as a Baptist minister In good stand ing until he establishes his stand ing before that body, and we further recommend that the find ings of the council be given to the press." The report declares that a min ority party In a serious church trouble has a legal right to call an ex parte council, and that such procedure Is in accord with uni formly accepted Baptist church policy. It states that five ministers and 10 laymen from Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, McMlnnville and Oregon City comprised the council. . Annual Meeting Tonight The annual meeting of the First Baptist church of Salem will be held at the church tonight, be ginning at 7:30. At this meeting all officers of the church will be elected. It Is anticipated that this will be a lively meeting. REWARD FINALLY GIVEN Sergeant Peck of U. S. Army Gets DeAutremont Money MEDFORD, Ore.. Mar. 28.- AP) The district attorney's of fice here announced today that the reward for the capture of Hugh DeAutremont. now serving a life sentence in Oregon state prison for the holdup of a South ern Pacific train in the Siskiyou tunnel, and for the killing of members of the train crew, has been paid to Sergeant Peck who served with the youth In the army In the Philippines. Peck is said to have given offi cers the Information that led to DeAutremont 'a arrest. The re ward amounted to $5,300 the dis trict attorney said. The reward for' furnishing in formation leading to the arrest of Ray and Roy DeAutremont, who confessed Joint responsibility for the crime, la yet unplaced. The list of claimants has, been reduced to 21. It Is said. The original list consisted of sixty residents of Steuhenvllle and Hanging, Rock. Ohio, where the twins were ar rested. L0W0EN GETS BACKING Mlasoorians Support Illinois Maaj Hoover Turned Down ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. . Mar,- 2 1. (AP) -A strong, onq.ixaliriea'-res- oiotion maorsiag Iran u. uvo en, former' governor of Illinois, for the republican presidential nomin ation, was adopted by the republi can state convention here late to day by more - than a" two-to one vote. Seven ' delegates at large ,were ehosea.,: ;.y &it'2 K Force! of Lowden; la majority and control,' ; demonstrated ', their strength by overwhelmingly de feating an amendment . fey - Ray mond 0. Barsetl of Kansas City, a delegate favoring .Herbert Hoover aa the Dart nMntnM: tn . trtV Lowden's ? name from the. resolo- SECRET FLIGHT UNITED STAJES I Two German Flyers Elude Authorities At Home and Hop To Dublin PLANS CAREFULLY LAW Baron Von Huenefeld Heads -UVot in Company With Art hwr Splndler, Crack Wartime Are, as Mechanic DUBLIN, Ireland, Mar. 26 '. (AP)- "We had to struggle against head winds on our 1Util from Berlin but our machine 'be haved splendidly." This sentence comprised the en tire statement tonight of Captain Herman Koehl who niloted the Bremen from Tempelhofer stir drome near Berlin to Baldonnel airpdrome, near Dublin. , He decided not to say anything at all about his piano ror a' hop across the Atlantic. He and 4xta companions were very tired, hav ing been up all night Sunday pre paring for the flight. BERLIN. Mar. 26 (AP) -Eluding vigilance" of both the Lufthansa and aerial police, Caj taio Herman Koehl, Baron vun Huenefeld, sponsor of the fligJtu, and Arthur Splndler, a warvia--tor. as mechanic, took off shortly, after 8 o'clock this morning from Tempelhofer airdrome on-an at tempt to span the Atlantic with New York as the final objective. Ireland Safely Reached The single motored plane Bre men, carrying the fliers reached the Raldonnel airdrome In Ireland this evening and thus the first leg of the long air Journey from- Ger many to America has- been ac complished. . Captain Koehl took off from th- airdrome iovUtter eererysr"itt ine race or the opposition of Gr-, man aviation circles, especially op posed to the flight was Larthana," the national organization with which he had been identified. -end which reiterated Its contention that the east to west crossing was" possible only with a triple mo tored hydroairplane. ' Koehl u ceeded in disguising ns Intent lone so well that . he was enabled to make a fortnight's preparation for the flight without his Intention being discovered. - . . .. Daily Plight Made , For a number of days Koehl has been flying six or seven hours daily, ostensibly to test the motor and Instruments of the old Bra men, with which he attempted to fly to America last year. Jlia real purpose, however, was not to (Continued on pg f) ROUTH HONORED BY 1928 .CL'-2t chosen .as rr:" , I - f " -r , 01" C Second: Toujrz- ."cst7ciior Aged 10,' Oldest ' Ci'' ' Admits ;i 25... Jack Routh . will participate to the commencement exercises wf the class of 1928 as a representa tive of that body, according to the outcome of, the election held lor, that purpose yesterday. That the choice of the class was almost evenly divided between the . two boys, both prominent debat ers, whom the class had previously nominated for the honor is shown in the fact that a single. vote de cided the election. A total of 1GS seniors made deposits In, the bal lot ox, with the count ' showing 85 of these for Routh and 84 lor his opponent MIIq Ross. - A-tie" for scholarship honors be-. tweTnAnnabeiTooxer Lucile liar land and Minnie Heseman auto matically entitles tnese three girla 1 to give one number of the - three provided on the. commencement -program by the students, J. C. Nelson, principal, announced last week. .-, v : The last; class participant will be chosen'at-the teachers'- meet ing next Monday. The faculty choice -nsnallr. falls : to a boy or : girl who can present a musical number. . ; , v "-'Principal Kelson has assumed the role of statistician for the class and since it was determined last "Wednesday that 259 . seniors are in line for diplomas, he has dis covered gome , interesting things ' about this membership. j. Research Monday revealed ThaC the youngest pupil In the class will be only 16 years and 3 months old when the diplomas are gran ted June 1. " .Youngest honors go to a girl, by name Mildred Ma ges. The male member of the class1: who has seen -the fewest years Is Glen Savage, who wlU be one month older than Miss Magea on Jane L . Added impstua to the "baek'to the farm", movement may: . result from the principal's disclosure, that- the f youngest boy aa4 i girl are both from the country. MiM Magees home i In the Crooked Finger ectoor district, No. J7, Al- uwjgh during her attendance t 4n ant stays wua .tioa. ter. ford. , - - - - - 1 (CoUaud u pt(i 8) 3