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t ( PAGE EIGHT The OREGON STATESMAN, Salca Oregon, Tcesday Mornin?, February 21, 1931 hiker and Risk to Open Mesi&yweigk& Season m Mzcm w i eiio SLIGHT IRGII 1 Past Victory Recalled bu " -Johnny in Good Shape; . "Pa" is Optimistic By ALAN COULD . MIAMI, Fla. Feb. 23. (AP) Under the same old palms, but with the breezes . somewhat leas balmy and the customers consid erably less' agitated, . tbo 1931 outdoor ' heavyweight fight pre lude; will i be played tomorrow night' to the accompaniment of a sockfest between Mickey Walker, the theoretical ; middleweight champion, with big ambitions, and Johnny Risko, the Cleveland ' nlowbor. '' . Walker, spotting Rlsko about 25 pounds, will enter the . ring for the 10-round feature match a favorite repeat the vietory be scored oyer Johnny In -Detroit. The odds. however. were - . no more" than 0 to 5 in Mickey's fa vor, due to the determination Riako has manifested in his traininr as well as his habit of sDrinxinc .upsets. As a warning of more serious affairs to come. W. I. (Young) Stribling, - the pride of Georgia, and Max Schmeling the young German holder of the world's fceawwelrht title, are slated to offer three rounds each of exhi ' bition stuff, for the benefit of the . customers and as ballyhoo for their championship fight some where in the north this June. Expect Attendance Of Around SO.OOO These are the main attraction of the show promoted by 'Pa Stribling. energetic parent of the American heavyweight title chal lender. . Unless the prediction of rain fa fulfilled and upsets calcula tions. Promoter Stribling expects the Madison Square Garden , arena, on tb outskirts of Miami. . to .be occupied by about 30,000 customers, and the "gate" to reach $60,000 at prices of 12 to, $5. The advance sale, today, Stribling said, passed 120,000. I If the weather Interferes the show will be? set back until Wed nesday night. The preliminaries consisting of five six-rounders, are booked to start at 8 p. m., eastern time, and the main go at 10 o'clock. Talk of interference by "New York interests" seeking to have the Walker-Rlsko card called off. were ; ridiculed today by Strib ling. He denied there was the slightest connection between his organization and the Madison Square Garden corporation, as has been rumored. II BAKERS WIN Two bowling- teams. Cherry City Bakers and H. L Stiff com pany, took 3 to defeats at the hands of Raymond Machine shop and Salem Retail Bakers, respec tively, in statesman league at Winter garden last night. In the third match. Day and Nile pin topplers won - two' games from Chevrolet. Shopmen. . -Bill- Yarnell's high game of 233 and above average series of . C23 pins were especially the cause for Raymond j Machine's wins. The three games taken by Salem Retail Bakers were more closely contested throughout. H. L. Stiff's Joat out by seven points in the" first, 10, In the second and ; but two in the third canto. .Day and Niles rolled high team - series with 2331 total pins' chalk ed up. ... Summary: . - KATHOKD MACHISE CO. : V . 31 a 174 33 623 Jeakin - 123 - 117 130 J 39 VUyi 133 119 117 "1 388 Mealiancy 144 16S SOS SIS Jaeglcr - 111 . 163 134 408 Touts 727 75S 820 2303 CHM1T CITT 1AIES8 4S 48 48 144 Heyea . 15 124 113 395 rrieaee ..-, -.13 115 108 371 Hert- lg 5 18 883 ln - 9 TU4 119 - 839 Law Scot 111 , 117 117 843 Tetal 682 23 672 1977 , BAXE1C XSTAXL BaKZXS " 20 20- -20 Brrthelta 180 1S7 Ranford ii 18L 157' Kaki, 138 140 123 Gerald 105 139 145 KMteU .181 181 - iaa 60 443 456 401 389 554 Totals .667 841 -794 2303 h. x STirr ruKKmiKE co. Rnbinsea i 138 ,316 198 552 Ohoer 105 139 145 389 Riekft'ts , 148 170 145 f 463 Tower " 140 123 - 368 T.Ti.., 184: 168 m jn Total 60. 831 793 2JS5 -- "DAY AS9 KTXES i - 13 54 it. Pouiia-JL.. -147 -189 143 A. - Nilta 111 : 12 115- -R. Nilaa - 173. .147 151 I Hcnesway 149 188 ,168 Sharkey I.. . .194 145 123 V 78 478 6 471 505 481 Total .786 807 763 2331 ' MeXAT CHETXOLET 8H0PMTU Frank. Wttaall 12 ISO 146 438 WilMta - .. 136 185, 174 495 E.' Nile , -145 123 129 36 AViMl 128 226 484 Ltcr ; 126 143 8S5 ToUl .684 711 823 2188 Track Squad of YyM. I Gather: Wednesday Night t ' - -" f Members of the local T. M. a ; A. who are Interested in track ar- orged by Bob Boardman, physical uirecior of toe city .association, to attend a preliminary meeting of si track squad, at Jthe-association, Wednesday night T - . Meets will probably be arrang ed with Ltnfield college. Alha&y college, Portland T."M A. and Jloamoath. ' Dolled Up . : . r 'i- ; . . :. .... , i .. , j r j May be hit hard to rrcognize la civvies, bat this Is Uie great . Henry Jones, who'll peel that collar and necktie and tangle with Wildcat McCanu on the mat at tbo armory Thursday : night. . -. - , : ILDCHTU'CB Wildcat McCann is working out dally at the Club gymnasium at 3 o'clock la preparation. lor ms wrestling -match here Thursday night against Henry Jones of Pro- vo, Utah. : ; McCann Is planning to be In his best condition when he enters the ring Thursday night to meet the grappler who made such short work of Wllkins here last Friday. McCann Is one of the hardiest and strongest wrestlers in: his weight and Is ready to nip Jones' inva sion of the Willamette valley. Jonea is an old favorite with the Salem fans and appeared here last Friday in excellent shape. Jones is working hard in prac tice and Intends to teach McCann a few new things about the game. He is clever and speedy , and it will be trick snares which he will employ to trap the Wildcat. T WILLAMETTE POOR With the call for track aspirants t Willamette, only three letter- men are returning as a nucleus for the 1931 track team. Frank Van Dyke, J?ercy Carpen ter and Don Faber are the letter men who will again carry the Wil lamette colors on the field. ; van Dyke is a distance man and ap pears la the mile and two mile events. Van Dyke is a two-year let term an and is a dependable) man. Carpenter is good for 12 or IS points In most of the dual meets. Percy puts. the shot, throws. the discuss and hurls the javelin. Car penter is also a two-year letter man. Faber : does the running broad jump and also pole vaults. In spite of a bad leg last spring. Faber beat his previous mark at pole vaulting and with his leg In good shape this year is expected to add much to the height of his vaulting. . What la needed most on the track team Is sprinters, according to ."Les" Sparks. A number of freshmen are turning oat. and middle distance men can be whip ped Into shape. But sprinters are born, and if a man does not have it naturally, there is not much chance of developing speed enough for it. However, some of the new men may. show enough to . bolster up the team's chances consider ably. - A Wisconsin legislative com mittee room bears this legend: 'Lincoln's Gettysburg speech was delivered in about three min utes." O i i out r TRACK WATCH AND SHIVER -, - ,ky ,A- ' J - .V V-ii..:iko:. ..:. :.- v :;-' ::-';.'-:; ' ' i - -. -- . V "Ti'.:'-'4-" i ' ' .- This Is . what aoectatars did al Meriden, Xonn., when" boys of -the-polar Bear Quh liTedin' I W their name, broke the ice and, dived Into the chilly water fre FISHERMEN TO State Champions out After Revenge for Their Only Defeat This Year This week "Holly" Huntington is preparing the ' Salem : high hoopsters for an Invasion of the Astoria Fishermen Friday night. Although the Fishermen were defeated 34 to 23 at Astorfa ear lier in the' season, Huntington Is not lettinr his : men take the gazne lightly. Astoria teams are famed for . their fight and the team this year keeps going Its hardest for a full game. At the finish of the game played in the Fishermen's town, both , teams were so urea that they ; could hardly walk off the floor. 5 Astoria Is still : In the lead in - district nine of .the state division and It is unlikely that anything can now stop, tne Fisnermen from coming- to the state tourna ment. Of the 11 tournaments In ' the past. - Astoria has ' been, here for 10. Last year the Fishermen took the state championship and Salem high was the first team in i two seasons to hand them a de feat. Salem was the runner-up in the tournament last year and the local boys are now .waiting for another chance to humble the an cient foe. 1 Locals Rank High. In State Standing Salem high Is still undefeated In the high school - class and is picked as one of the strongest bidders for 'state championship this year. Against Chemawa last Friday night, the red and black proved, that it could maintain a fast pace during an entire game. It was also pleasing to local I fans to note that the regulars and subs work well Interchange ably. Siegmund and Graber alter nated at center as usual and each was able to go his hardest while in. Foreman also traded off with Bone at forward and proved te be- just as adept at hitting the basket, j ROT STOVER IB . 4 - j. , IDAHO 00e DERBY ASHTON. Idaho. Feb. 23. (AP) Roy Stover of McCalL Idaho, mushed his string of sev en Gordon Setters aird : Fox hounds to a victory in the annual American dog derby here today to set a new course record. -He covered the 25 miles over an ex cellent track, in one hour, 63 minutes, 42 seconds. Stover won the Tahoe derby tt ir nA wo a mannA In tlit. year's 50-mile derby in . Ogden: canyon. Warren, Cordington of Ashton, Idaho, was second In to day's running of the Washing" ton's birthday classic, finishing in 1:54:61. He also broke the course record of 1:55:35, which was set In 192C by Bin Trade's string. -I . Thula Geelan, winner of I this year's Tahoe derby and since the death last summer of "Whistlin Lyd" Hutchinson, the only wom an entrant In today's race, had to be content with sixth place. Her dogs "covered the course in .'two hours, and three minutes. ; Turner Hoopers: Lose Two Tilts . TURNER; Feb. 23.-r-An entbus-. lastle and fair slsed crowd attend- ed. the basketball games at Tur ner gym Friday night. The Turner high school boys played the Gates team, losing 35-27. 1 The girls' team lost to Gervais, 14-11. The remaining two games will be play ed away from Turner. O a bndge. The temperature at the time waa 16 above zero. It -was necessary for- the boys to hew through 14 inches- of lee befrrs they eeuld make the Are- - ' tisv-aaasv-r- ,- (The ; V f ' -5ii ETERNAL : f ' fcf1 ' I MAGINATION rules the world is an epigram attributed to Napoleon and a popular vote of the fans (anciently and quite appropriately called "the fancy" in England) probably would elect Jack Dempsey heavyweight charo- !ion of the world, despite those unney defeats and his Ion; re tirement from the ring:. Yep, most of the fancy -till fancy the magnetic Dempsejr as the so-called "man-killer" of yore. Jack's spell is even greater than that of Jim Jeffries when he came bade after five years of ease to , 255. dei, iW b ZCZl -onnwa, then in his fistic prime. TEXAS FB LAREDO. ' Tex " Feb. 22 (AP) George Godfrey, Phila delphia,' negro, ' knocked out Dick Russell in the first round of their scheduled 20 round heavyweight fight here today. r The fight' was m part of this five-day observance of Washington's birthday. Godfrey weighed 244 and Russell' 240. Godfrey began landing . heavy punches to the head .and body af ter the start and quickly had Russell groggy. A short, power ful right to the jaw ended the fight. Russell started with a rush at the opening bell. but. cooled quick ly. He failed to laud a single blow. Russell was carded as RIcardo Rosel and champion. of Spain. Thirty-five hundred spectators booed the performance.-. - - SiLEM WRESTLERS IN DISTRICT MEET Salem T. M. C. A. plans . to send six of Its ' best wrestlers to the district 4 meet , in Portland, Saturday night. The meet is scheduled to commence at 7:15 o'clock. " " XC Salem Is one of four or five different cities whose Y. M. C. A. organizations are sending men. The winners of .this meet will go to - Everett, Washington, March 14, where the best wrest lers from the" northwest "" will meet for. the northwest cham pionships. Those who are going from' Sa lem are " S. " Grieg, 118-pound class; i'Rpy Mink, 135-pound class; Don Hendrie, 126-pound class; i C. - Thomas, 145-pound class; C. Smith, 175-pound class; and R. Phllpott," ..It 0-pound class. Church Hoopers . To Face Camera -i Members' of the church league of .b&ske.t ball will meet at the Y. M. C. A." in uniforms at 7 o'clock ionlght; for their pictures. .This Is the picture .that was postponed from - Friday : night. ' Managers and captains arerespbnsible for their teams appearances. - . i " WIXS SWIM EJIBIJEM r : Miss Jean Anunsen, daughter of Fred Anunsen, 1110 . North Capitol street, won her honors for Red Cross Junior Life Earing, last I week ia the Y, M. C. A. pool. She 3500 G VS 1 Fancy -s Favorite By HARDIN BURNLEY M .1 "T..f,--.;...s . .. -.."r. ' ' S) ltlk Ktag reatam SraVKSM. Iaa. Oreat Snul (right Dempsey is unlikely to meet Jeffs fate. In the first place he's prospering: as a' touring referee and his ever growing interest in boxing promotion is addiiig stead ily to the fortune he made in. the nag during the million dollar gate era of, say, Coolidge and Rfckard. Then, too, Jack Is an intelligent chap who realizes that time has taken much of the drive from his legs and exacted other of the usual tolls. He keeps in excellent condi tion for a civilian of 86 years but a championship fighting physique probably would be beyond his hardest and best training' efforts. Se, unless Jack toes broke in the rather near future fans never I ' In a dispatch - relating that Chlloqaln high defeated Med ford high at basketball xtartllng news In Itself we read: "Nich ols, Luttrell. Phillips, Murray and Nelson starred, for the .win-! nersV " With a ; buneh :.'of sf ara like that, we'd ' Imagine they might win. t One consolation aboot the legislature's hajtging. on this way; it delays the . evil ' day when its laws go into effect. - Guess the Four Mart -Brothers live In Newberg now. Anyway that was our ; conclusion from the conversation of the foursome ahead of 'us on a miniature golf course Sunday night. ) If they weren't the Marx . boys then Groucho et al have some compe tition coming up. . Great Inspire' tion," . conversation likej that Is. After 'absorbing all those wise cracks we clicked throughwith a dodo. " ' . . " -i ' " ! '. . There are' some ' compensa-; - tlons for this life of . travail . but "the greatest of these" as far m w are concerned is for . our aim mater to win a cham pionship in a major sport and nick "Whitmaa in the same fell . swoop. So .jadge for; yourself : whether or not we're i more or leee contented with . 'existence "Just .now. : j : ' . As for the -Bearcats Using one game : to Whitman it's tre mendously steady,; .basketball teamthat can go through a sea son.undefeated. j Xast weekend there were only four jr unbeaten college teams in the.country a d the J list-may be smaller now. Even at that, it included no team that had played a representative schedule among schools of its class. . Basketball is an uncertain game. . Yon may say the element of ; chance Is . rather high, i We haven't much belief in chance, even when we see the s ball spin away down Into the basket ' and then pop? eat again but the ele ments of condition - and nervous balance and morals are higher In basketball - than r in any ; other games . unless ; they - be j. golf and tennis. . - ' - ; j ' ' So " hurray for ! another , , champioBship, whether Eugene -'-. likee it or not. By the. wai, why hasn't the " Cniverslty of Oregon, met Willamette ta baa-. ketbaU this aeasoa? L .K- will be entitled to wear the offi cial Life gavin g. emblem for J an-, tors' on her jrimmfng suit. ' - wacnrw.' ; - again will see his scuffling feet, beetling brow and battle scowl be fore the gong is sounded. Hell keep on gracing; the ring as a ref eree and, despite certain critics, he's good in that role. How the fans miss Dempsey tearing into, say, Primo Camera I Imagine 195-pound Jack roann from his comer with steel fists riveting the huge body and heavy Jaws of that colossal 265-pound talianir It would be another Dempsey-Firpo epic!!! . How "01' Will"" (as friends af- lecuonateiy call Jack) must mourn the difference of a few years that makes such a thriller all but im possible now! CaerTiakt. MO. Klag retara Syndicate, tea, . Job" Exchanges Bill is Passed ;:- At Washington . WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (AP) Overriding an administration substitute ' proposal by .an over whelming majority,- the house to day passed the vagner bill to establish a national system of em ployment exchanges. ' ; The substitute proposel of Sec retary Doak was rejected by a teller rote of, 142 to a 4.. The house approved tne original senate bin. the last of a three-point employ ment program sponsored by sena tor Wagner, democrat. New York. The other measures became law recently. --r ' . v ' .". v The proposal to provide" employ ment exchanges supported Jointly by state and federal governments. now goes back to" the senate for composure of minor; differences. BOWLS-rSOULS o o 7 rhe .Bev. G. Lansing Seymour; of Proctor, Vt has bowled a perfect J score of 300 for the second" time within a , year, " In 20 balls r he 1 scored 25 strikes. If the reverend gentleman can knock bacluliding sheen back into the fold like ht topples the nins. Procter must be a fine place ta which te live. ' . . " . ' DESOTOS LOSE AT C0MLL1S Still in Second Place but Eugene Gains Notch by Blanking Albany ; Willamette VaUey Leagwe - W. L. Pet. HeiUg, Eugene .....14 7 .667 Desotos. Salem ... ..10 11 .476 VnrAst. Albanv ... 8 12 ".429 Chrvslers. Corvallis . 9 12 t2T Losing a hard fought second game after winning the first canto j by a good margin proved disas trous for Salem DeSotos, Wiliam- I ette valley league bowlers, in the I matches at Corvallis Sunday. The locals won the first round 9 5 0 to 893 but lost the last two to Cor vallis Chryslers. 946 to 983 and 887 to 947. Heillg Theatre pin- men from Eugene blanked the Fords of Albany 3 to 0. Hall rolled high game for the DeSotos, 21 f" and ' scored third best series at 608 total pins. Al- ! ten followed Hall In game count.! with 214. -- r- Highest team ' game recorded this season was ; chalked up by the Heillg theatre men at 1106. I Hellg also set up high league ser ies iw iae aay, zZ. - summary: - , i - DESOTOS Salam lAUes - 183 ,.314.161 " 557 Hamenway 207 .176. 158 549 EiMBbrand , - ion fit 155 . 523 Barr . ,, ,. - 18L 169 197 547 H.ll " ?i 60S ToUl ..950 946 887 ' 2783 CHSYSXXK CorraUl I Dr. Joaeph .188 181 281 i Crawford ;.151 190 157 erreainr 168 . 176 181 60 498 525 VcDaaielS ' , 219 177 562 , Woodman . .214 223 201 688 ToUU -.893 983' 047 ' S823 1 HXHJQ THKATXB Enrenei Mann 182 214 177 M. Heniler 183 80S 301 Crabill I Kndicott i Blaney Total 983 1106 2923 rOBD Albany 1 Collin Bonwell 181 209 167 . 567 125 192 153 470 ' Gilchriit Caranagie , 147 17S 505 .197 190 218 0 T. Henxler 18 174 200 560 Totals .879 .902 811 3702 E CREATES S WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. (AP) Congested court dockets led the nouse today to pass bills to create fire new, federal district Judgeships, to make permanent 17 others now temporary and to csiaDiisu noiner circuit couri seat. - . . . One of the measures for the appointment of - two ' permanent ! additional judges for the north era Illinois district now goes to the president. The others await action by the senate. The house also approved the Graham bill to make : permanent a fourth. Judgeship foj.the ninth uituu wui i ui , aivi wu iua west coast. , For New York state, the house allowed, six judges, . five In the southern and one in -the eastern district,. Two of the southern district positions are . to. tie .new. while the others are temporary. and . would; be made permanent. The. eastern district judgeship also would be new. , Tne outers made permanent were two for Massachusetts and wiv eca mr ixzw- ersey: wesi - ern . PennsylvanlaporthernTex-. as, eastern Michigan, eastern and western Missouri,' northern " Ohio; southern California, Arizona, Minnesota, southern - Iowa - and South Dakota. HG UPON 10TH AMEDiyiEfsTF LOOMS WASHINGTON, Feb. 23(AP) -The supreme court will return i tomorrow, from a three weeks va cation with a decision .pending on tne validity of the- 18th amend ment'";? ' :'-;;. ; ' - ; -: its opinion - in the govern ment's appeal from, the decision of Judge William Clark" of New Jersey,, who held the amendment was improperly ratified, may be j nanaed down during the day. Another . important i case IrS which a . decision may come to morrow is . the appeal ef four large oil companies from a lower ; court ruling they were violating the Sherman law. through patents license agreements. The companies involved are the Standard . of Indiana and New Jersey,- the Texas company and Gasoline Products Ine.- Racing Measure Is Back at Post For New Start Starters for the racing ! bill which, would, permit parl-mutuel betting, sounded the- gong again at the starting post when! the going, looked bad, and sent the bill to 'the livestock committee paddock for. a fresh training per iod before being put . In for the final derby. ' The Jockeying has been so the bill may get the post at the break-away 1 in . hopes it, may come under the wire, a win ner. : So far the. track? has loekexl too. muddy vandr the - sponsors1 hare waited for more favorable skies." - ' . -. 214 180 17 S00 188 184 934 HOUS NEW RS 3 Winter. TeU J714R. " " Radio Proara ms Tneaday, Fobroary 34 KOW 620 TZe. Portland :80-r-IerotIonI services. T:80 NB0. -8 :00 Portland Broakast club. :0 Oookinr aekool. ' JOfOO Color Harmon r Talk. NEC. , 1 I 10:30 Mairaaiao ( Uio Air, NBC. 11:80 Jalia Uaya. 11:45 Violin reeitaL ' . 18:00 NBU orehertra. 18:15 Wotrn k'ana aad Home, KE0. 1 :00 Town erier. 2:00 Matineo tim. KBO. 8:00 Black and Ciold room, KB C. .8:80 Who's Behind the Name. KBO, 8:45 Black and Gold room. KB C. 4:15 Voter aerviee. XBO. 4:30 Orcan aad piano. 5 iOO Paul Whitman, NBC. 5i45 Talk. Ixmi K. Poynt. 6:80 BC. 8:00 Amo a Andy. 9:80 Memory Lane. NBC. 10:30 Havana Night. 11:00 Ben Enaia' Oreron Trail Blazer. 12:00 Del liilne'a orcheatra.. JTEX 11 SO Kc. Portland 8:00 Townf' clock. 7:15 Morning1 aerenade, new a. 7:45 Family Altar honr. 8:30 Organ concert, NB3. 9:00 Derotienftl aerrice. KBS. 10:15 Mnaiw . 11 14 5 The Profeaaor. 12:30 Mid-day Mol-ale, KBS. . . 1:00 Marry Motorist. . 1:15 Dental Lee tare. NBS, i t :00 Mardi ' Gra. NBS. :00 Tnne Chaaer. 8:80 Rmilia Ham. S45 owaeaitiar. . 4:00 Export ( Waliathon. 4:15 Hi-8teppra. NBA. , 4:45 Da Collin. 8:00 Salem Hoar. - 8:15 Snmmary. of lgilatnre. -.; 8:80 On and Aagn. 9:00 CatboUe Troth Society lectar. 9:15 Venetian) Ensemble, - NBS. ' 10:00 flonshin program,- NBS. 11:15 Vi Meyer' orchestra, NBS. ; I 12:00 The Midnight Bevelera. - : SOAO 650 Kc CorrallU ; 12:00 Farm program. 4:00 Aronnd the campn. - 9 :S0 Homemaker hoar.. ' S:80 Farm program. . - " .. ' T:80 Ponltry hbandry court. KANSAS CITY. Feb. 23 (AP) Mrs. Myrtle A. Bennett, 35, alleged to have shot her bus band. John G. Bennett, after a quarrel over a bridge game, went: jjn trial here today for murder. Modishly garbed and pale, but apparently calm, she sat near her attorney, silver-haired James A. Reed; former United States sena tor, while James R. Page, county prosecutor, told the court tne state would not seek the death penalty. .7 Outwardly Impassive, Mrs. Ben nett heard repeated the charge that she shot and killed her hus band in their apartment the night of Sept. 29, 1929. Senator Reed was on his feet quickly when the prosecutor ask ed the jurymen If they could be as fair and Impartial trying a woman as a man. "Sex has noth ing to do with It," be objected, but the objection was overruled and the. questioning continued. - The story of the killing, as orig inally related to police by Mr. and Mrs. Charlesf M. Hoffman, part ners of the Bennetts in the game which ended ' tragically, concern ed bid In spades ' by Bennett, il-to-do perfume salesman. which his wife raised two, points to four spades. An argument be gan when Bennett failed to make the bid, Bennett slapped his wife, she retorted with ."only a " cur would strike hit wife in front of guests." Bennett, threatened to leave her and she .obtained a re volver and thot him. l ri rr'tt 1 0372 lie tllli IS 1 ; -n . . . , lftlri '"'tsjeDOrt , , - m - - From -Hospital . aaaaaaaNaa PORTLAND, Ore . Feb. 23. Samuel Hill, builder of railroads and of . 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