K RAILROADS GET the Pacific coast, will furnish mu sic and there will bo a number of "stunts' by special performere be fore Gerernor Young calls the ' Moses will speak for about ten minutes - and trill present .the nominee who will break the sil ence he has maintained On politi cal Issues since ' his nomination and giro hia interpretation ot the platform adopted at ansas City, and dealing witKh farm relief. prohibition and lions. many other qvrts New York to China in FouiDays-Over the Arctic Xo Xo-Hlt Games In 1027 No -no-hit games were pitched by. American League pitchers d or ing. the 1927. season. Charley Ruffing got a one-hit contest. rast assemblage to order and pre sents Senator George H.. Moses of New Hampshire, chairman of the notification committee. Itoarings Drawing To Close - In Portland Grain Rate Controversy Farmers of Middle West Want Inland Water Trans-, portation, Word HOQVEB HEilRS DR1 920 ISSUES DPI COURT PEKING i I ' " . "'X - - PORTLAND.' Ore., Aug. CAP) The , railroad took tbelr tarn at : the interstate commerce commission hearing on grain rates fis&arday and opened their.. ease gainst the demand of the public aorrlce commission of Oregon for SO per cent reduction la the gen aral lerel of rates. The plea of the Oregon commission and support tec farm organizations has caused aaaatderable alarm among the ear stars and they hare prepared an elaborate ease in defense which was; prefaced today with referen ces to the Hocb-Smith resolutions. - These resolutions, under auth ority of whieh a series of hear tags hare been held throughout Ike country, specified that " the lowest possible lawful rates should hm esUbllshed on agricultural pro mts to relieve "existing" farm depression. ", -T ' m ::f I -Lawful- and 'exlstinc". are Ote two words which the carriers stressed In opening their . case. Lawful.", they Insist, means that railroads are entitled to the 5 3-4 or cent return allowed by the gwrernment and emphasis was laid on this point at today's hear ts "Existing," they-maintained. ' refers to farm depression existing ta 1125 when the Hoch-Simth res tatlon was adopted. - mm- use The Oregon Electric railroad tea requested permission of the public serriee ' commission to abandon its . line ., between West Weodbarn and-Woodburn. Trains ware discontinued on the road several months ago. Bus service later was established between Trust Woodbum - and Woodburn, at this also has been discontin ued because of : insufficient pa tronage. . "The Oregon,,-Pacific and East em Railroad company , has filed application with the interstate commerce commission for a cer tificate of publie necessity and csBTenience authorising the. oper ation of a line of railroad owned by the Anderson and Middleton - Lsnnber company. The line is leas than two miles in length and la located in Linn county. ;. The Southern Pacific company has requested permission to lease certain railroad equipment and ls ane and guarantee $4,815,000 principal of Southern Pacific trast certificates. FcUStcnd of Wheat Below Expectations, tldthes Crest Finis Within two years, says Yllhjal- mur - 8tef ansson- Inset) r famous arctic -explorer., the. airmail will be flying . .orer, the gret frozen wastes, from New. York to Peking. Here is the map of .the route Stef ansson - says. ' he. has. outlined - for "persons now engaged in planning such a serriee. - - Hie particular route has nerer been' trareled, but he predicts a trial trip within - a short time. Thus, with Peking but four; days away from New York, ho hellers that -hundreds of plane owners will be dropping In on the Orient within a ; rery few r years. His route"- is' as follows-New York to Cochrane, Ont. It. Churchill, Hudson Bay; It. Rae on Great Blare Lake; It.' Norma, on the Mackenzie rirer; FL Yukon Alaska; Nome, Alaska;, thence orer to miles of ocean to Anadyr and Okhotsk; In Siberia, where the Trans-Siberian railroad is met. Then to Peking by way of Vladl- rostok. - ' Barely Easterner Who J Missed Olympics Here LAKE LABISH. Aug. (.(Spe cial. sua McMunn, the news paper woman accompanied by her another,' ;- Mrs. Susan ' McMunn. apent Thursday at Silrerton at tending the summer gathering of the Marion county Veterans' asso ciation. Ella McMunn's father. taa late Judge McMunn was a Cal ifornia . volunteer of 1840. The Frank Matthes threshing suae bin eworked last week In Mission Bottom. Much of the fall aewn grain is not as heavy as ex pected, while the spring sown train, although late, is quite sat isfactory. A., number of beginners are aagerlr looking forward to the v opening- of Perkins-Maple wood aetooL There will be one class of . the. kindergarten else who hare acrer before entered, school. , : ' Roy Perkins is employed contin uously by the highway commis sion; - ; - Mrs. P. M. Brown' who has been Che guest of her daughter here for aeme tlm has gone to Seattle for m: rew aays ana from that point will return to her Portland home. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sims of Los Angeles are making j their thlr teenth tour of the wtSt coast. Thejr enjoy the trip 'from Los An geles to Vancourer. B. C. and de clare that Oregon has the choicest scenery . of the whole Journey. . Mr. Stms formerly was a minis ter, but now derotes his time largely to lecturing on . the sub JecU of evolution and; modernism in the churches, and In fact will giro some lectures while here In Salem. - s ; . Mr. Sims stated yesterday that atr Portland he , and Mrs. Sims were strongly advised to go south by way of the West side highway. The detour bogey waaj used to try to make them miss the capital city, but they were not persuaded. Cities and businessmen on . the west side road apparently are do ing t eir utmost to divert the traf fic stream orer their! route, and Mr. Sims, who considers the east side route superior, feels that east slders should also get out and ad vertise. . 1 A sedan from New York Cltyi which stopped recently at the Sa lem municipal camp ground carried an interesting group. The leader of the party was a teacher in the New Utrecht high school, famed orer the whole country for its track teams. Sol j Forth, an other member of the party, barely missed getting a place on the United States Olympic teom. He Is a member of the Metropolitan athletic club, and is a champion broad lumper and hurdler. He Is a student at New York university. The whole party ! is for Al Smith, and has been Interested to observe the political sentiment evident' on: the way, across the country. They . feel that Mr. Smith is a fine. - gentleman, Ma friend- to all mea- and to animals. and. they are-, hoping for his elec tion in November. i . They liked the Columbia rirer highway, and were well pleased with the west In general. In some places they; felt that westerners did not : like New Yorkers, .and thought them exceptionally "fresh." bat they liked their re ception in Salem rery much, and stayed here a day longer than they originally Intended. THRESHERS BUSY UTS WOOD Ml IIOIDS i ' ..... ... .. I ..-.. ur, end Uts. i nek -, Z ' cf Roseide Hosts FcrFczzly Dinner ROSEDALE. Aug. Special) -A family dinner was held Sun-, ay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Trick. Special guests were Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Trick. Miss VrinM Trtalr an A Ttarnav TriV nt Garstalra, Alberta. Canana. T. 13. Tries u going to canaaa with his brother. J. D. Trick and fmally who hare been rlslUng at Che Trick home and at the home f Mrs. F. L. Scott, of Liberty. -Miss Mildred Cannoy has gone ta the coast. h ;Mlss. Lola Cookr is rlslUng her annt. Mrs. Krebs of West Ttm- Ormal Trick - la attending the league institute at Falls City. Last week It was reported that Br. and Mrs. Willard Campbell, a&d children Lenore and Margaret kad roue to the , coast, but bo- cause, of a change in their plans Chey were unaole to go. 5 ZeUa Stnith c'Zcna - - Has Gctst Frczi Sclezx 2ENA, Aug. 5, (SpeclaL) Hiss Jessie Smith left Friday, to visit' with friends and relatives In Oregon City and Portland.:9. Her mall brother, Ronald, who has been flatting ta Oregon City, will return with her. . - Couth Cottage street, Salem, Is a Louse guest at the home of her friend, Sella Smith, of Zena. , Front Roweburg--3. 1 A. Sanf ord cf Roseburg arrived In Salem yes terday, and is registered at the r'lrion, About 70 members of the Wood clan met in their second annual reunion at Towers grove near Al bany Sunday. August 5. The fol lowing officers were elected, for the ensuing year: Walter Wood of Portland, president; George Wood Eugene,, rice-president; Nan Pet tyjohn, Salem, secretary-treasurer; After a bountiful lunch, Hiram Wood of Independence; aud Abner Wood of Albany were selected to lead two opposing baseball teams. Roll call showed that represen tatives of 17 fraternal societies and several ex-serrlco; men were present.-' -i-- i.4-1U'4-;-v.::.:..:,, The Rlrerslde park, Salem, was selected'as the next meeting place. to occur the first Sunday In - Aug ust, -lllt.-f:,: K Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wood and son Sam and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. .Wood and daugh ter Margaret of Albany; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wood and baby - tot Banning. Calif.; Mr.' and Mrs. El mer Wood and : daughter Arleta and Mr. and Mrs. George Mont gomery of. Brooks, Mm Janie Dix- on ' and granddaughter Minnie Height, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Moses. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Dixon and sons Eldon and Walter, Mrs. ' Carrie Wood and daughter Ruth and Mrs. Sam mle Wood of Corrallis; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Holland and son Raymond. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Wood and soft Virgil and Mr. and Mrs. George ;W. Wood "and i son Roscoe. of Eugene; k Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Wood : of - Independence; Mr. ! and Mrs. Preston i Wood and children, Bessie. Noel and Homer of Monmouth; Mr. and; Mrs. W. L. Wood and family, Mr, and Mrs. Walter E. Wood and daughter Barbara Jane and Jack Stelner of Portland; ' Mr; and' 'Mrs. Roy Blere and Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wood of Rlckreall and Mrs. Mable Wood and daughter Bemlce; c Mr and Mrs. Harry Creasy, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wood, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hartman, Mr. . and Mrs. B. T. Wood and daughter Inez. - Mrs. Belle Steele and Mr. and-Mrs. W. C Pettyjohn of Salem. Try to Sell Kiztbdl '" Plenty cf Chendcds Resident at Kimball School of Theology report that not Infre quently salesmen . for Various chemical manufacturing : firms stop to sell them supplies. The salesmen hare not. read the sign orer the door carefully, and hare read Tecnology" from the word "Theology" - which la actually there. - --.-' r.y . Use Statesman classifieds. They bring results. , . i- - " ROBERTS, Aug. I. (Special) Threshing in the neighborhood has been going . on for v sereral days. Mlnch and Hecklnger are now on the Rhoten farm with their outfit. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Gray and daughter Elisabeth of Bend, spent Wednesday night with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. George Hig-Cios. Mr. and Mrs. C D. Query and Mr. and Mrs. 8. CV Davenport re turned last week from an looting at the coast. They spent most-of their .time at Wallport and T ach ats and report good fishing. . - Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hamsberger of Salem risited relatives here Sunday. t Mr. and Mrs. Forest Edwards, Jack Edwards, June and ; Leroy Edwards, Dorothy and Roy Rice were at the coast most of last week. ".- Visit From Salem ! Mrs. Ida Nlles and Miss JSussie Nlles of Salem" were rlsitors one day last week with Mrs. I Alice Coolidge. ... Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mclntlre' and son from Moline, I1L, were guests of Mrs. p. Asher recently. Mrs. Elisabeth Lamb spent Mon day with Mrs. Alice Coolidge. Julia Query Is spending a few weeks in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. M. . S. Babbitt from Turner were rlsitors with Mr. and Mrs. Salchenburg Monday. Guest at Higgfngs Home - -Mr. and Mrs. George Gilliam of Roseburg spent the week-end vis iting Mr. and Mrs. George Hlg- gins. H ------f':yt:. Ererett Pasley has traded for property near Eddyrille. Edna Tone of Tillamook, la ris- ltlng with her sister,' Mrs. Leonard Zlelkle, . - - r Mrs. H. B. Carpenter is spend ing this week nt the Falls City In stitute. While there Mrs. Carpen ter will be ehaperone for the Ep worth League delegates., from Ja son Lee church of Salem, i . Mrs. J. B. Parktr, of Salem has been suffering from a serere at tack of rheumatism. - Her many friends In this neighborhood ex tend their sympathy. - - : . Walter Bowman of Washington Is spending a few weeks with his father, G. L. Bowman. J. P. Bressler la : still confined to hU bed, but is a little better. PEBSftlPETU JT BEAVER MID 'BEAVER ISLAND, Aug. f. (Special) The strawberry peach u already ripening- in this section, and by August: It the Crawford peaches will be ready. - ThatUs whatM. H DeCrerlL who .wfth Bert Whlttaker assists In manag ing the ltl acres of the Bearer Island fruit farm, told the corre spondent Sunday. The fruit farm ta - a fourth mile south from Wheatland ferry. A Sunday motor trip to Bearer Island is worth the time of any motorist. Through the white dean sand, between rows of peach trees bending with golden fruit, past the ranch house Is a delightful ride. The lake which la said to cover some 10 acres, is formed by back water from the Willamette. Here two boats lazily rock and rowing ?n the quiet water trailing a line for bass is a favorite sport. A herd of sheep and a flock of mallard wild ducks add to the pieturesque ness of the spot. : .. 'This land is -owned By the na tional hospital association consist ing of eight physicians who lire In Portland, the manager said. There are 100 pear trees on these grounds. Yes, these are walnuts and well loaded and thrifty they are.: No, there are no aphlds On them; nothing but', nuts of the highest quality. We axe gradually rumoring the peaches from this treat orchard -to giro room for the walnuts to develop fully. They are planted alternately; thus we make orer the orchard. We expect four tons of walnuts from these trees and to harvest 1,000 pounds of fll berta from our planting. . "Yes, wo hare hops and will be gin picking early hops Aug. 15 unusual weather conditions hare caused all of our peaches to ripen at once, so we will hare a big rush and a short one. We sell rine peaches here about as fast as we can hand them out, but the wal nuts and- filberts find, a world market." Mrs. Jesse GUkie Visiting Relatives . Jn Zena This Week ZENA. Aug. . (Special) Mrs. Jesse Gllkle, formerly Miss Mildred Frakes of Zena, and her two sons, Jesse and James, are ris ltlng at the home of her cousin. Jesse Walling and family.! Later la the week Mrs. Gllkle Intends to visit her undo and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Walling and i their daughter. Miss eQr trade, who la a guest at theliome of her parents. Miss Walling la a teacher at Wash- Ungton high school In- Portland.. "Among those from Zena who took short racationa at aummer resorts last week were Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Crawford and children Hilda and Frank. Jr., who were guests during the week end at the summer cottage of Mr. and Mrs. William McCall at West Lake. r Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Hunt and children Helen, and Kenneth, and Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Lewis, All of Zena, motored i to Jetarts Thursday where they will spend the week. Mrs. Hunt of West Sa lem, stepmother of Walter B. Hunt., accompanied them as far as Tillamook where she will visit her dauitttr and I&"j. - All Shepherd Fapuly ; Meets Together Here; First Time Since 1908 For the first time in 20 years. all members of the Shepherd fam ily, comprised of six boys and one girl, met together at one - time when they enjoyed a family re union at the Salem- fairgrounds Sunday. Reunions are an. annual affair with ' therShenherd elan. though ' nerer before hare they been marked by the attendance of all the children. ' : . .. Attending . . from -If cMlnnrille were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shep herd, Glen M. Khtyon," and Duane 8hepherd. Others .. present' were: Mr. and Mrs. William Shepherd and their children Vera, Reat C, ana Ray R., or wuiamlna. Mr. and Mrs. James Shepherd . and Ray mond. : and Bobby : of -proaser. Wash.; Mr. and Mrs, John Shep herd and DarreU of 8do; Mr. and Mrs. Dare Shepherd and, Ilene of Monitor: Mr. and Mrs. Lou Wal lace and Kenneth. Homer and Ar dia of Molaua; Mr. and Mrs. Al- nn Shepherd and Evelm. Kleth oi west Lyn; Mr. and Mrs. L. W. wager ana Adoiph and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Harnlsch of Jefferson. Mario Steelman of Molalla and Raymond South of Portland were guests at the reunion . 4 . STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL Aug. I-(AP) Inland waterway derelopment la ox. mora interest to the farmers of the west than other phases of farm aid, Herbert Hoorer was told today by JJwight Daris, Secretary of War, who gare the Republican nominee a reassur ing report - of -conditions - aa.-ho found them during. . his journey across the continent: .' The farmers see that their big need now la for a cheap transpor tation outlet for their products," ; he -said,'- adding- that they knew Hoorer always-had been' a leading adrocate of water ways develop ment;, particularly the Great Lakes to the Atlantic outlet. .; tTThe - war eecretary ' expressed the . opinion -that there would, not be much deflection from the. Re publican majorities in. the farm states. He also predicted . a re publican victory in: Missouri. - .Booad of Coaf ereaces Spending his day in a round of conferences' with party leaders and" others. Herbert - Hoorer ' de- elded today that affairs of the campaign would not . permit of realising his desire to rlsit the Sierras in central California be fore the delivery of his acceptance address next Saturday. ,. I Those who called to aeo the Re publican - presidential candidate dttnethavday included William H." Crocker, Republican . national commltteemaa for California, Da vid Kahn. president of the Califor nia grape growers association, and Mathew Brush and Carl Den nut. of Boston,' -both dose personal friends of President Coolidge. Associate Justice Harlan F. stone ot the ' united states su preme court, and Mrs. 8tone are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hoorer for sereral days. During the forenoon the nominee accompanied the Jus tice to the war library of Stan ford university which has become the mecca for historians the world, orer because of the rast store i of . Information bearing ! on the great struggle and its after math' which the library contains. Predicts Victory r Dwight Davis, secretary of war who Is on his way to inspect the army i post at Honolulu, also call ed at the Hoorer home, taking up a number of subjects with the nominee. Including Mississippi rirer flood control, aviation and olitles Daris predicted a clean cut victory for Hoorer in Norem her. 1 . -.. - Between conferences : the Re publican candidate ' Is giving thought to the address which ; he Is to deliver at his birth place at West Branch, Iowa, while he la re turning to Washington late this month. He soon will begin Its preparation and expects to hare it completed before he leares Palo Alto by special train on August 14 or 15. The first stop en route will be at Los Angeles,' where . a home coming celebration will be held. It is uncertain now how loner Mr. Hoorer will spend in that city. He has been asked to remain at least orer night, but the present indi cations are that his schedule will not permit of so long a stop. One Set Speech At Los Angeles Hoover's special train will be transferred from the Southern Pacific lines to the Santa Fe orer which it will rnOre to Chi cago by way of Albuquerque, N. M. Kansas City and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ! While the speech at West Branch will be the only 'set 'one. the nominee will make a number of rear-end-platform talks and during this trip the Inhibition against discussion of political is sues will be removed. Workmen today put the finish ing touches on the special , stands erected at the University stadium for the notification ceremonies and the job of decorating these as well as portions of , the bowl will be started within va day or two. ! The committee . on arrangements ! is working- out an ' elaborate pro gram to hold the attention of the early arrivals until the notifica tion ceremonies actually get un der way at 4 p. m. The Shrlnere' baud from Los Angeles, a famous organization on Fire Destroys Kcsnd ; Bern, Stock, Greats SILVERTON, Aug. 0. (Spe cial). a cow, two heifers, 18 loads of hay, 600 bushels of oats. 150 bushels- of wheat and the barn itself were destroyed here Sunday afternoon when a fire, ap parently started by .children; start ed in, the Harvey . 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