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.-a PAGE FIVE J innu niiniiTA ibiivii i uiiv 1:111 iii: mii in i uui auuuio nun MASTER RESCUED IN GOOD SHAPE Eastern Oregon Livestock Pass Winter Well De spite Severe Cold Feed lots tn central and east ern Oregon are in good condition, according to Dr. W. H. Lytle, state Tcterinarian, who returned here Saturday after two weeks spent east of the Cascade moun tains investigating the livestock situation. "The past winter was the long est and coldest in 30 years," said Dr. Lytle. "Below zero weather was experienced in Harney" coun ty for 47 days. Throughou tthe ch grans country the best tra dition of the range was observed. Large operators with a surplus of hay assisted the smaller produc ers and carried them through the winter. "A peculiar situation now ex ists in the Willamette valley. In the early winter the farmers were shipping their hay out at 20 per ton. They are now buying it back at 30 a ton and there is hardly enough to go around. Other States Found Wore Severely Hit "Some of our neighboring range states are not so fortunate. Wyoming was forced to expend nearly the entire worth of its animals in wintering them, and near tho close of the winter suf fered a serious storm loss. "Outside of a relatively heavy old ewe loss both in the Willam ette valley and in eastern Oregon, the livestock raisers fared well. The aggregate will not exceed the customary 10 per 'cent, sheep loss for the year. The winter lamb ing has been satisfactory al though not up to normal. Oregon is now nearly up to Its full quota of sheep, but cattle are still 20 per cent short. Foot and Mouth Disease Eradicated "The cattle situation looks good, especially since the recent foot and mouth disease outbreak in California has been eradicated. The recent experience with gar bage containing South American meats Infecting hogs shows that there is danger south of the eouator jjrj'l our export commis sion probably will not sanction the early importation of South American meats. "Range horse production re mains a riddle. There are now 700,000 tractors on farms and 19,500,000 horses and mules. Wheat must sell above the dollar mark or there must be continuous heavy yields to warrant the pur chase of tractors. Through pony coat and chicken feed factories the range Is being freed from the wild horse population Horses can go twice as far as cattle for water and denude the range of bunch grass before the snow falls and make available water for winter grazing. Sheep Scab and Other Threats Are Averted "Oregon's livestock so free from disease present time. Sheep scab has not appeared for three years and foot rot, somewhat prevalent a year ago, has been eradicated. Tuber culosis in Oregon range animals is practically unknown. Glanders in horses has been eradicated throuch testing and the interven tion of the gas propelled vehicle which keeps them at home and free from disease exposure con tacts. "Ia all, the Oregon livestock producer has fared well with only light storm losses, enough feed, and freedom from disease ChiltJ Disappears This is nine-year-old Edmund Cox, of Kent, O., who disappeared shortly after he was dismissed from his afternoon class at school Fear that he had been struck by a passing automobile, or kidnaped, was felt by town officials since he never had been inclined to run tway from home. never as at was the BED MEN'S GROUP HAS ME EH HE nrnved Order of Red Men and the Degree of Pocahontas met Friday night following the regular meet lnr of the Santiam tribe of Red Men, to farther plans for the com ing Great Council session tt the 9J Men of Oregon, which will be held in the chamber of com merce rooms at Salem July -21 and 27. The committees were organised as follows: publicity. F. P. Row ley, chairman with brothers E. A. Rosenhaam, A. A. Dean, Sisters Ines Holbrook and J. W. Shaller. This committee will meet at the homo of E. A. Rosenbaum, 1470 Chemeketa street, Thursday, April I. Other committees are: banquet. Sister Rosenbanm, chair- with Sltra Alhrfrht Krt- sencTark and Harold. . The re ception committee consists ot sis ter Holbrook, chairman, with Sla ters 8haller and Holbrook, Broth era 'Myers,- Rosenbanm, Shaller, Olal Harold and Alex Harold. The next aseeting of the joint commit tee will be held at the heme of E. T. Jfertson Thursday, April If. Other separate committees will be appointed as the need arises. Folowiag the meeting of the committee Friday" night, the. de gree team being organized by the Degree of Pocahontas met tor practice. It is .practicing to com. pete In the competitive drill which will be. held during, the Great. Council session. .. " ' Women Mob Poet F6r Marriage Viqw BUDAPEST, H angary. April 1 1. (AP) The Hungarian Poet Lo- rant was mobbed by angry women In one of the most fashionable elabe of the city, when a lecture he attempted to extol the. Ttrtnee t trial marriages. He was thrown Bt , " t-.."V--'fs- The - women - shouted -denials that any wonld be found hi the country to enter this form of mar ringew -.1-. J PRATT, Knnn., April 15- (AP) E. B. Radadt, 17, Of DaUaa. Tex- fell 1500 fwt to his death here tonight when his. parachute rope broke.;. Radaek was profes sional parachnto jamper. Rich Boys Quit First Profs Find "Why students leave college," was one of the topics of discus sion at the recent convention of the Inland Empire teachers' asso. elation, reported Dean F. M. Erick son of Willamette university. The discussion brought out the fact that more students wh'o have too much money leave school before graduation than students who have too Jittle. One of the speakers at the con vention was F. J. Kelly, who has recently been made president of the University of Idaho.- Dr. Cub- berly of the department of educa tion at Stanford university was also a prominent speaker. Dean Erickson plans to attend a convention this week which will consider the problems of reform ing the courses of study of the freshman and sophomore years of college work. This convention of college officers will be held in Seattle on Thursday and Friday in conjunction with a meeting of the association of collegiate registrars. CHEWELAH, Wash., April 15. (AP) Four Boy Scouts, their scoutmaster and his elder-brother were returned safely home today, after clinging all Friday night to a cliff staring down at the dark death that had claimed the life of the seventh member ot the party. Harold Steffanson, 12. was fa tally hurt when be fell down the precipice. The four other youths and their two adult advisers were marooned, adhering like flies to the side of the mountain, when they attempted to recover his body. At midnight, they were rescued by a party of 150 men who let a rope down the 300 foot cliff to them. The scoutmaster, Don Hutchinson, and his brother, Paul Hutchinson, 23, suffered slightly from exposure but the other boys were unhurt. - The names of the lads are Pat Hayee, Cbandos Pal mer, Robert Nurse and William Else-man. The ages averaged 12. The courage of Paul Hutchinson, a former University of Idaho foot ball star, who lashed himself to the cliff and called out word of encouragement to the others, probably averted further tragedy. The lads had started out yes terday to scale some cliffs about 1000 feet above the town. Young Steffenaon stepped into a patch of loose dirt, and slipping from the grasp ot the scout master, plunged over. His body spattered at the foot of the cliff. , The Hutchlnsons took the other boys to a safer ledge, then went down until they could go no fur ther. Neither could they go back. Paul, feeling his arms growing numb, took a half hitch around a Jutting rock with his belt, then leaned out and called cheerfully to his younger brother, six feet farther up the canyon wall and to the four boys still farther up the cliff. "He told me that if I fell he would catch me," Don Hutchinson told an Associated Press represen tative. I didn't get nervous, ex actly, but I got very cold. Paul kept his head all through It, and helped to comfort the boys above ua. , They became frightened when it got dark." HMilY P Ring PLANS BATHE The last sectional . Federated Community clubs meeting of Mar ion county before the talent con tests in Salem May, 28, will be held in Silverton April, 23. Tues day evening at 6:45. A wonderful program has been prepared aud the Silverton 4 L band will greet the visitors. It is hoped that at least 500 people from the differ ent sections of Marion county will attend. The principal spaker of the eve ning will be Irving Vining of the Ashland chamber of commerce and past president of the state chamber of commerce. He will be introduced by B. E. filsson. pres ident of the Salem chamber of commerce. Other speakers will in clude W. O. Ide and E. O. Harlan of the state chamber, and Charles Sprague of the Oregon Statesman. The president of the Silverton chamber of commerce will wel come the guests and Mayor East man will speak in behalf of the city. Dr. P. O. Riley of Hubbard will preside. Every community in Marion county is asked to send represen tatives to this meeting. Traffic Officer Runs His Razor In Reverse, Said SAN FRANCISCO, April 15. (AP) Andrew Miller, traffic of ficer, offered to give his comrades at the police station a demonstra tion of a "new fangled" electric razor today.. He was adjuged some thing of a hero by his brother of ficers, who were curious hut skep tical When Miller emerged from the wash room, they counted 24 cuts on his face. "I must have, started the thing In reverse." he declared, as his friends led him to the hospital. Motorists killed 20,000 pedes trians last year. Pedestrians did not kill a single motorist. It looks to be too one-sided. Crane American. Rebel General to Quit Revolution MEXICO CITY, April 15 (AP) President Portes Gil was Inform ed tonight by the Mexican consul at Nogales that rebel General Leopoldo Rebatte, with an army consisting of most of the insurg ents in the state of Sonora, de sired to surrender. THIS COUPON Good for one free picture to any child between ages of 2 to 11 years whose birthday is in the month of April Children Most be Accompanied by Parent Not good after April 30, 1929 Kennell-Ellis Studios 429 Oregon Bldg. Tel. 951 HHKU The first meeting ef the new woman's service group, the Zonta club, since organization was per fected last week will be held Tues day noon at the Spa. 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