ese; Flying North Over Salem; Inform Old Timers That the Storm Is Over; the Weather Is Clearing Up Jim in Time for Easier
A Rush to Start Needed Building, Blossom Day, Marbles and Baseballs, Are Some Other Things That Will Be Noted Soon Now
Weather forecast: Generally fair; frosts
la the interior; moderate to fresh north
west winds. Maximum temperature yes
terday 52. minimum 38. river 13.5. rain
fall .83. atmosphere clear, wind west.
One of our British visitor?, who says
that there are apparently no tndolent peo
ple in the United States, evidently did not
happen to see a sidewalk committee watch
ing a steam shovel. Boston Transcript.
SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
SALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING,-APRIL 4, 1928
PRICE FIVE CEXTS
STORM AT SEA
ABATES
IE OUT GALE
2 Fishing Craft Still Missing
As Worst of Rough
Weather Passes
Nice Weather's Arrived
Geese Seen FJlying North
Old Timers Skeptical of Official Reports, But Testimony of
Feathered Tribe Taken At Face Value; Instinct of
Migratory Birds Infallible; Bureau Agrees
COAST GUARD ASSISTING
Cutter Halda Tows Helen R. Ster
ling Toward Safety; Starving
Crew Holds Schooner off
Colombia
s -
ASTORIA. April 3. (AP).
Her sails in tatters, rigging wreck
ed and her stolid, timbered sides
scarred from a bitter, racking bat
tle with the elements, the four
masted schooner K. V. Kruse
reached quarantine here late to
night. 114 days out of Adelaide,
Australia. A tug had towed her
in from a precarious position out
side the harbor bar.
It was a fearful trip, the sea
men told reporters.
Ill luck started in mid-ocean. A
Russian sailor the men could not
remember his name was lost
overboard in a sudden squall.
As the Kruse neared the Pacific
seaboard she was caught squarely
by a gale. She attempted to run
before the storm, was driven out
to sea, attempted again to reach
chelter in Coos bay and again
forced to put about. 1
Discourtesy Recounted
For three weeks the 14 men and
Captain Ash subsisted on the most
meager rations. During the past
week their food consisted almost
entirely of eight pounds of rice, in
tended originally for the skipper's
parrot.
, In the storm while off Coos bay
the schooner hailed a passing tan-
ker, , unidentified tonight. -.w,
A signal was wnippea i me
Kruee masthead. "We are short
From the tanker came the
words: "That is very appetizing."
"We are unable to cross Coos
bay," a second signal flew from
the schooner.
"That's too bad."
The tanker signalled this and
continued on her course.
All spare wood aboard the ship
was burned in order to obtain
warmth for the half starved, ran.
The end of the storm is at hand.
This conclusion is based entirely on the fact that geese
were seen flying north late yesterday, an indication more
relied upon by old timers acquainted with the vicissitudes
of Oregon ciimate than the most exact reckoning of any
weather bureau official.
It was about 5:45 yesterday afternoon when the first dele
gation of geese was distinctly seen and heard, flying above
the Polk county hills and heading straight north.
The storm should have run its
VALLEY LEAGUE
TO ALTER SKED
GAME WITH KUGKXE HERE
WILL OPEN SEASON
Lineup After Second Week to be
Changed; too Many Succes
sive Trips
(Continued on pte 8.)
"GRIEST POSTAGE
BILL CRITICIZED
Changes which are in prospect
ror the Willamette Valley baseball
league schedule will have no ef
fect on the opening day game in
Salem, which will be played here
April 15 against Eugene, it was
indicated by officials of the Salem
club yesterday afternoon.
The principal change proposed
is that of switching the game be
tween Albany and Bend on the
same date, to Bend; partly be
cause Albany's ball park will not
ie in condition for fast play at
that date, and partly because
Bend's original request to be on
..he road the first two games,
made it impossible to arrange a
iat'efactory schedule.
Following Monday night's meet
ing at Eugene in which Manager
Leo Edwards of the Salem Sena
tors pointed out the schedule's
weak points, league of flcials Tues
day got in touch with Bend and
obtained its agreement to . the
l ihaiigeBead- had not sent a, rep
resentative tdthi "meeting.
As a result, another league
meeting will be necessary before
he Beason opens, and it will prob
ably be held at Albany next Tues-
iay night.
The first week's play will be
changed only in switching the Al-
oany-Bend game to Bend, but the
next Sunday, April 22. Salem will
play at Albany. The schedule wih
oe revised completely beginning
with the third week.
Th. original schedule was
ihclved principally for the reason
that it put Salem on the road four
out of five succecsive Sundays,
and had Wendling playing away
from home three Sundays in a
row.
SENATE TIES
UP IRK UPON
APPROPRIATION
Upper Branch of Congress
Receives Measure from
Lower House.
TOO MUCH CUT OPPOSED
PASSES HOUSE; MENACE TO
MAIL ORDER LIBRARIES
Will Make Book Service to Coun
try People Prohibitive,
Declared
"W" Governor Patterson and 'Other
state officials Tuesday sent tele-
grams to Oregon's delegation in
congress protesting against the so-
called Grlest bill which has passed
the house. '
Under the Griest bill some costs
are lowered, but the cost on books
sent from free libraries to patrons
is doubled. The present rate on
these books Is five cents for the
first pound and one cent for each
additional pound. The proposed
rate under the Grlest bill is three
cents for the first pound and two
cents for each additional pound
Miss Cornelia Marvin, state li
brarian, in a statement given out
here Tuesday said:
"There are practically no ship
ments from libraries of less than
one pound and a half. It, therefore,
Increases from one to two cents a
A IhA ost of each honk ma.il-
Led to country patrons of libraries,
HT and on books mailed from the
f-fw116 1Ibrary t0 Its 800 branches
feTiand depository stations throughout
the state,
i. "The county unit has offered
" the only solution of book supply
for country people . In Oregon
' one-third of the- population de
; pends on the state library, having
f neither county nor local libraries.
"The postage charges are bur
densome now; under this act. they
; would be prohibitive. Commercial
interests are having postage charge
es lowered. Country people will
Buffer the burden of an increase
which doubles the present cost.
s "Seaator McNary Is interesting
himself; Senator Stciwer Is from
r ' """ . ... . ,
cellent county imrary uu wu un
doubted! refuse to see that II
brary crippled. t
I "Xh people of the press of Ore-
' ton will unite to save their library
service. The mailorder library sys-
tem firstjoriginated in Oregon, ana
SOW It IS one Ol laa largest, la im
United States." .- ,c "-
course, everybody had agreed un
animously, but nobody could tell
for certain whether it had done
so or not. Where human ingen
uity falls, however, the instinct of
geese Is Infallible. Such is the
tradition that has grown up
through years of observation of
the habits of these migratory
birds.
All day yesterday the weather
seemed to be trying to reform its
habits, and succeeded except for
spasmodic periods when tremend
ous showers or hailstorms swept
the city and surrounding country
Total precipitation for the 24 hour
period ending at 7 o'clock last
night amounted to .S3 inches, an
unusually high mark even for
stormy weather, yet the hours be
tween showers were so bright that
the local weather observer turned
in a report of "clear" when he
compiled his daily statistics early
in the evening.
Incidentally, the weather bur
eau at Portland last night issued
the prediction that weather today
would be "generally fair."
Winds, which had come from
the south almost continually since
the middle of March, when the
storm began, yesterday had veered
around and were coming from the
west. The prediction for today is
that they will come from the
northwest, which usually means
clear weather.
BOOTLEGGERS ARRESTED
Secretary Mellon Issues Warning
That Reduction Should Xot
Be Allowed to Pass $182,
000,000 Mark
Two Sentenced; Tommy MrMahon
Jumps Rail, Announced
HICKMAN GETS 30 DAYS
Both Sides Given Time to File
Briefs Upon Appeal
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 3.
(AP) Both the prosecution and
attorneys for William Edward
Hickman, sentenced to death for
Che murder of Marian Parker in
Los Angeles, were given 30 days
to file briefs when Hickman's ap
peal opened today before the state
iupreme court here.
Defense counsel announced the
appeal would be based on conten
tion that the new California in
sanity law is unconstitutional for
the 'following three reasons:
First, because it takes away the
right of the jury to determine the
degree of guilt of the defendant,
and also robs the jury of its right
to prescribe the penalty.
Second, that the age-old proce
dure is reversed, in that the law
takes away from the Cefendant the
right to be considered innocent
until proven guilty. Instead forcing
him to prove himself insane.
Third, that the law takes away
the defendant's right to a trial on
the true issues of the case, and
.ries him Instead for an extrane
ous matter.
Activities against local bootleg
gers were numerous yesterday.
Two were Jailed and a third for
feited ball for non-appearance In
Justice court to answer a charge
of bootlegging.
Tommy McMahon, well known
in local circles, was first cited to
appear Monday at 10 a. m. in jus
tice court. Failing to appear, his
trial was postponed 24 hours. At
10 o'clock yesterday morning he
was still missing, however, and
Justice of the Peace Brazier Small
ordered $400 ball money forfeit
ed. Gus Crate was sentenced to
serve 60 days in Jail and pay a
fine of $100 as punishment for
hie bootlegging activities. Harry
Townsend was fined $100 on
similar charge. Failing to pay his
fine, Townsend was committed to
the county jail.
WASHINGTON, April 3. (AP)
Faced with a warning from
Secretary Mellon that tax reduc
tion must be limited probably to
$182,000,000 and not more than
$201,000,000, the senate finance
committee started work today
with some apprehension on the
$290,000,000 measure passed b
the house.
The $182,000,000 limit must be
adhered to, Mr. Mellon said.
flood control legislation is enact
ed. It has already passed the sen
ate by unanimous vote and soon
will be acted on by the house
Before going to the senate, be
laid the treasury position before
President Coolldge, who agreed
that $190,000,000 was the out
side limit of reduction which the
administration would sanction.
Income Taxes Continue
Income tax collections and
other government receipts will
hold up next year, on the basis of
present Indications, the secretary
informed the committee, but in
creased expenditures necessitate a
paring down of the original limi
tation of $225,000,000 set by the
treasury last fall.
Chairman Smoot of the commit
tee, leader of the republicans who
have a slim majority in the tax
light, accepted the figures and
went a step-farther than Mr. Mel
lon to point out that his program
did not take Into account pros
pective appropriations involved in
farm relief and Boulder canyon
dam legislation.
Flood Control Up
Mr. Mellon said that without
flood control legislation which
probably will require a $30,000.-
000 appropriation for next year.
a total slash of $201,000,000 was
possible but there seemed no
SENATOR McNARY
DOES NOT "SEEK"
SALEM MAX XOT CANDIDATE
FOR VICE PRESIDEXT
Requests Campaign In This State
be- Abandoned; Apprecia
tion Expressed
(Continued on page 8.)
PIE EATING INDICATIVE
Best Indication of Character, Pres
ident Doney Quotes
RICKEY SCHOOL FAVORED
Building Proposal Carried by Xar
row Margin; Cost $5000
-By a vote of 38 to 32 taxpayers
in the Rickey school district yes
terday authorized construction of
a new $5000 school building to
Jake the place of the present one
which was built 61 years ago and
was for a number of years assert-
sd to be the best In Marion coun
ty. The old building will be torn
J own and the new one put up on
the same site. The new plant will
Have two rooms and will be ready
for use next fall.
The site is located on the old
Rickey homestead, for which the
school district is named.
SAY LEON TR0TZKY SHOT
Paris Newspapers Announced Un
verified Report
PARIS, Apr. 3. (AP) The
Paris Herald tomorrow will say
that Leon Trotzky, deposed Rus
sian leader was shot in the back
by an Armenian supporter of Jo
seph Stalin four days ago In a re
mote section of Turkestan.
The paper says ti reports of
the shooting reached Paris by wire
and that Trotsky's condition was
stated to be desperate. Soviet au
thorities are making strenuous ef
forts to prevent the news from
getting out.
The paper does, not specify
where the reports, came from nor
by whom they were received and
the heading of the story calls
them "unauthentlcated."
The Herald's story was not con
firmed by any other source-- 1
How do you eat pie?
He who starts with the outer
rim crust and eats steadily to
ward the center, is resolute and
determined, but not cautious
enough to ber entrusted with re
sponsible duties.
He who lifts the crust and in
fe'pects the contents before start
ing to eat, is a dilettante who
probably wears gloves nearly all
the time, and is supported by a
widowed mother.
He who eats out to the rim
crust and then leaves it, is lacking
in perseverance.
But he who eats from the point
out, including the rim crust, with
gusto, and then looks around ex
pectantly for more, is normal and
logical in his - makeup; "he gets
the job."
All this was revealed by Dr.
Carl G. Doney, president of Wil
lamette university, in a chapel ad
dress Tuesday, although he did
not claim the statements as hie
own observation, but as the con
clusions of a man who always in
vited a man to dine with him be
fore employing him, and who de
clared that the manner of eating
pie was the surest indication ol
character.
PORTLAND, Apr. 3. (AP)
A Washington, D. C, dispatch to
the Oregonlan says - Senator
Charles McNary has asked that hie
friends in Oregon who are seeking
to place his name on the primary
ballot for vice president, abandon
their efforts.
Excerpts from the dispatch fol
low:
"Shunning the now shopworn
'I do not choose' made famous by
President Coolidge, Senator Me
Nary, In a telegram to John L
Day, chairman of the Multnomah
county, republican central com
mittee, saidjr do not Beek; in
deed, I would not accept the po
sition If It were within my grasp.'
"This definite statement is ex
pected to remove him from con
sideration as a vice presidential
candidate by party leaders as well
as in the state of Oregon.
"The full text of Senator Mc
Xary's telegram today was as fol
lows: 'Am advised that petition
are being circulated to place my
name on the primary ballot for
vice president. I appreciate sin
cerely the movement. I do not
seek; indeed, I would not accept
the position if It were within my
grasp. Please permit me to leave
the field to those who are actual
candidates. This can be done by
abandonment of further efforts
and this I aak be done.' "
PROTEST IDE
NO
X
FARM LAD HELD SLAYER
Bound Over to Grand Jury
Charge of Murder
on
CLEVELAND, Apr. 3. (AP)
Roy Grootgoed, 20 year old farmer
boy was held to the grand jury on
charges of murder tonight after
his alleged confession that he
struck Alice Leonard, Mayfield
Heights school girl with his auto
mobile on the night of January 28
and left) her to die In a "frozen
swamp ground.
The body of the 15 year old girl
with the head crushed was found
last night by boys playing In the
Mayfield high school yard, adjoin
ing the swamp. The discovery end
ed an intensive search of nearly
three months.
Grootgoed was arrested on in
formation supplied by newspaper
reporters. They learned that the
youth had been involved In an au-
omoblle accident on the night of
January 28 near the Mayfield high
chool where Alice had gone to a
basketball game. In the garage at
his home they found torn parts of
coat, identified as belonging to
the girl.
In his alleged confession the
outh said his automobile had been
forced off the road by another ma
chine in which four Intoxicated
men were riding. He said he could
not avoid striking Mice.
Notes Sent Cabinet Mem
bers But Hoover Only
One To Take Action
HOOVER STRONG
WISCONSIN VOTE
CLOSE CONTEST DKVEMVPS 1)K
SPITE WITHDRAWAL
LETTER GIVEN TO FALL
Present Head of Commerce De
partment Communicated With
Secretary of Interior, Sen
ate Committee Finds
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3. (AP)
ome interesting disclosures of
events following the lease of Tea
pot Dome were made today before
the senate oil committee, which
reopened Its hearings for an hour
and a half, but no new light was
shed on the missing Continental
Trading company bonds.
Former Senator Irvine L. Len
root. of Wisconsin, revealed that
Will H. Hays, one time postmast
er general, had visited him here
late in 1923 to discuss the statue
of Albert B. Fall about the time
Lenroot, then chairman of the oil
committee, and Senator Smooc of
Utah, a member, had called on the
former interior secretary ,to urge
him to tell all in the oil Investiga
tion.
Birch Helms, a New York bank
er, but a Texas oil operator when
reapot Dome was leased to Harry
F. Sinclair on April 7. 1922. dis-
lceed that he had protested to
President Harding and three of hi
cabinet officers the late John V.
Weeks, Harry M. Daugherty and
Herbert Hoover against the
lease, but without avail.
Deception Alleged
Helms said he had protested be
cause his company the Texas Pa
ciflc Coal and Oil company had
30ught an opponent to bid for the
Although Not Officially in Run
ning. Secretary ' Couinierce
Gets Many Votes
MILWAUKEE. Wic. Apr. 3 -
(AP) A very close contest for
control of the state's delegation
;to the republican national conven
tion between the two opposing fac
tions within the party loomed to
night as returns poured in from
the strongholds ot both.
The outcome of the fight for
9
foufeseats in the convention as
delegates at large was much in
doubt upon the basis of return:
from 349 precincts out of 2746.
Senator Robert M. LaFollette, pro
gressive, who with his running
mates is pledged to Senator Norris
of Nebraska, led the field.
Governor At" Smith of New
Yorki appeared assured of tht
state's entire delegation of 2 6 del
egates to the democratic national
convention as his champions had a
wide lead in the delegate at Iargt
fight over candidates pledged to
Senator Thomas J. Walsh, a nativt
of Wisconsin.
LWSHOli
SEVERE STRAIN
IN PUBLIC EYE
uesperate Attempts Made
To Find Seclusion and
Avoid Attention
HIDES HIGH UP IN CLOUDS
Norris Leads at Start
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Apr. 3.
(AP) Eighteen precincts out oi
2,746 in Wisconsin republican
presidential preference prlmar;
gives: Republican: Dawes 2;
Hoover SI; Lowden 4; Norrlt
538.
(Continued on page 8)
BOXING SCANDAL LOOMS
Payrolls and Expenses of Com
mission Padded, Charge
LAMP0RTS TAKE PERMIT
513,000 Structure Planned On
High North of State
A building permit was issued to
Lamport Brothers yesterday morn
ing for the construction of a new
concrete building to be located on
High etreet, between State and
Court streets. The estimated cost
of the new structure Is about
$13,000. It will be a two story
building, with five store spaces
available on the first floor, and
one large compartment upstairs
which will be used by Stiff Fur
niture compan. Work will start
as soon as possible.
The former Lamport building
which was located on this lot was
destroyed by fire January 2. Since
that time the charred framework
has been cleared away and every
thing is now in readiness for the
instruction of the new building
AS SECRETARY HOOVER WOULD APPEAR JN 1929
spy sjA , p?
PORTLAND, April 3. (AP)
Walter B. Honeyman, who at one
time served as chairman of thp
Portland boxing commission, to
lay charged that payrolls and ex
penses of the commission were be
ing "padded," that the commis
sion's boxing cards were operated
for the benefit of those who drew
salaries from them and not for the
benefit of the public treasury, and
hat many expenses might be
eliminated. Profits from the box
ng commission go into the city'i
emergency fund and are appro
prlated by the city council to var
ious charitable organizations.
In a letter to the city council to
day Honeyman said: "If at any
time I can lend any assistanceby
appearing before you personally
do not hesitate to call upon me as
I assure you I have only the one
thought in mind and that is to
eliminate the expense and the raid
upon the treasury of the boxing
commission."
FESS KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Senator Who Insists Coolidge Will
Run, .Selected
KANSAS CITY. Apr. 3. (AP)
Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio,
one of the stalwarts of the Coo
lldge administration, today was
chosen to sound the party key
note as temporary chairman at the
republican national convention
here In June.
Announcement of the selection
of Fess by unanimous vote of the
sub-committee on arrangements
of the republican national com
mittee was made late today by
William M. Butler of Massachu
setts, national chairman.
Butler would not discuss if hat
went on behind the closed doors
at the sub-committee's session but
it was understood that the Ohio
senator's name was presented by
the national chairman, who war
requested, by the committee mem
bers to name his choice.
COLUMBUS. Apr. S (AP).
The Ohio republican delegate can
didates which were formally
pledged to the late Senator Frank
B. Willis as first choice for tht
presidential nomination will gc
Into the primary April 24, unin
structed as to first choice.
This decision was reached abou
midnight 4y the candidates for
the delegates and alternates aftei
i five hour conference followlni
the funeral of Senator Willis a
Delaware.
Grinning Good Hutiior Gune a
Crowds' Plaudit Continue;
ljer rrrous an Cameras
Pointed at lli;u
Al Carrie New York
ALBANY, Apr. 3. (AP) Or
ganization candidates on the basis-
of incomplete returns appeared to
have won decisive victories in tin
three ? republican and two demo
cratic contests which marked New
York . state's primary election to
day, thus Insuring the sending of a
lelegation to the democratic con
vention solidly pledged to the
nomination of Governor Al Smith
ind of an unpledged delegation tc
the republican convention.
(Continued on pfr 8.)
MRS. COOLIDGE ESCAPES
Wife of President Narrowly Misses
Live Klectrlc Wire
NORTHAMPTON. Mass.. A4. J
3. (AP). Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
who came here a week ago to be
near her mother, Mrs. Lemira
Goodhue, who is ill at the Dickin
son hospital, walked unwittingly
Into danger today. While cross
ing Main street the president's
wife passed within two feet of a
live trolley wire which lay along
the pavement.
The incident occurred while
Mrs. Coolldge with her friend,
Mrs. R. B. Hills of Northampton,
was on a shopping tour prior to
the first of two visits to the hos
pital to see her mother. A steam
shovel! which wae being moved
away from a baaement excava
tion had knocked down a trolley
wire and this was in the way as
the party crossed the street.
A secret service man escorting
Mrs. Coolidge stepped over the ob
struction, a bare copper wire car
rying 550 volts direct current.
Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs. Hills pass
ed close by. It was not until la
ter that Mrs. Coolidge learned of
the danger.
SANTA BARBARA. Cal.. Apr. X,
(AP) Colonel Charles Lind
bergh who hopped off from a ere
this morning for-an unannounced
Jestlnatlon, merely used higlt
clouds lu a little game of hide-and-seek
and an hour later ba4
'anded at a ' previously select ew
pot near the estate at which h tm
Uaying during hU Santa Barbara
.islt.
According to Harry F. Guggen
"leim of the Guggenheim Founda
tion for the Advancement of Avia
tion, LinaDergh bad made an early.
morning trip to the spot where a
planned to land an.l himself se
lected a little clearing as a sn5
ible point to come down after Ma
nove to slip publicity pursuit.
In taking off shortly before
noon today the flier rapidly galfd.
iltitude and disappeared in tb
clouds bank. From thn on It
was an easy matter for him to
nake his descent and return t
:he home of Mrs. Harry F. Knight.
Long RC8t Planned
He will remain hero indefinite
'y, Guggenheim said.
.During the morning Lindbergh,
i tall, obviously tired youth, liad
vorked on his plane. He displayed
upne of the grinning iod humor
hat had characterized his appear-
nces during his nation wide tuar
ollowing the Atlantic flight.
Every time a news camera
licked while he wjrkd on' bin
)lane he Jumped.
"I was with him while yo
were taking pictures if him." a)d
Karle Ovlngton. pioneer filer, np-
5n wrjose private air field Lind
ergh had parked hU plane ovrr
ilght. "Every time you fellows took a
Picture he said something i.jf
vould have burned yo'i up If ron
'iad heard It. But. he didn't iim
tny bad words. Not Llndv."
UIAN ACCUSED OF ARSON
Quebec Mao Said One Who Set
Fire to Catholic Plants
USES BIBLE FOR MODEL
John Ersklne Speaks Before Large
Crowd at Corvallla
Here is a new photo of Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, snapped while leaving- a cabinet meet
inc at the White House. Hoorer supporters hope this may bea familiar pose fa 1029. - ' . - '
CORVALLIS, Ore.. Apr. 3.
(AP) John Erskine, author of
The Private Life of Helen of
Troy," and similar novels, told a
large audience on Oregon State
Agricultural college campus last
night that he models his stories
on the order of those In the Old
Testament.
Bible writers, he said, were no.t
afraid to raise questions they were
unable to answer, nor to show
wea$ spots of strongest charact
ers. Men learn about life from
art., he said, hence art should be
QUEBEC, Que., April 3. (AP)
-Arthur Antonio Bedard of Que
bec was arraigned today on
charges of arson in connection
with disastrous fires at the Ho
spice St. Charles and St. Bergh
mans academy on December. 15
and 16. He pleaded not guilty and
was remanded without bail.
Thirty eight lives were lost in the
St, Charles fire.
REPORTS CLOSE ESCAPE
Rancher Get Away Before Land
slide Takes Place)
MARSHFIELD. Ore.. Apr. 3. ,
(AP) -Buried to the shoulders la
a .
"a slide on the Sixes river road.
Marian ; Zumwalt, Curry county
rancher, escaped death today by
working his way down the moun
tainside. Just as he freed himself
near the edge of the river another
slide covered the place where he
had been. , T-e rersona were
buried place In
1890. ).'.'-
NINE TELEPHONE
CQMR&r:iESr JOIN
EIGHT Ji&J&tQW pOLL.
merger i.wamfiiTlc
w
orpoiations In ThU Stale and la
Washington Affected Uy
New Transaction
PORTLAND, April 3 (AP)
Merger of nine large Independeat
telephone companies la Oreges
and Washington into one company
was announced today through fne
offices of Pierce, Fair and com
pany. Pacific coast investment
bankers. The new organizat !
will Involve approximately eight
millions of dollars of property.
The new company will take ovet
the physical properties of the fol
lowing companies which have pre
viously operated with headquart
ers in the cities named:
Coos and Curry Telephone com
pany, Marshfield, Ore.: Orecoe
Telephone company, Marshfield.
Ore.; Puget Sound Telephone
company, Everett. Wash.; Klam
ath Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, Chiloquin, Ore.; Home la-
dependent Telephone company. La
Grande. Ore.: Richmond Bear a
Telephone company. Richmond
Beach, Wash.; Lewis River Tele
phone company, Woodland, Was.,
Camas Telephone company. Cast
as, Wash.; Montesano Telephoae'
company, Montesano, Wash.
The new company will serve ap
proximately 3 5.000 customer.
rendering local long distance sad
telegraph service Mcughout the
territories served Ir 'i coniuasle
Involved.
The Oregon Telephone compaav
operates seven independent tele
phone companies in t!io vicinity of
Portland; Ccos and Curry Tele
phone company serves westera
Douglas county. Coos and Curry
counties In southwestern Oregon, '
Del Norte and part of Humboldt
county In northwestern California.
The Puget - Sound Telephoae
company, headed by W. N. Winter,
verves an area in the vicinity ef
Everett, Wash.. Including Sa- -homish,
Island, Skagit and parts
of King and Whatcom eount!ear
with 1? exchanges with a total of
more than 1 f,000 customers. TW'
Home- Independent Telepbew .
company of La Grande "serve
true to life.
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