- Accident Insurance
;.; Vacation' time to travel
time. lares tlxte The Ore
gon Statesman' Travel Ac
cident - Insurance Policy,
fJ.OO per year.
MS
; THE WEATHER
Fair today and Thursday,
normal temperature; Max.
Temp. Tuesday 81, Mln. 89,
Ter feet, clear, norther
ly winds.
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FOUNDED 1831
EltJUTY-l'IItST YE All
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, August 5, 1931
F1IIGES
GUITS PASS;
When Youngsters Make Believe;
PIB01 ID
Giant Fires -
LirJDBERGHSON
raftteD
. : ; Scenes At Annual Dress-UpDaty
Are Sighted ;
.From Plane
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IIS FLEE
. A!I: Avaflable nich? Fighting
- (J. Blazer Which ;! Advances
i' I' Hear City Limits :
: Deaths :of two; are Feared;
: : Seen Surrounded ' by
. : v1 Leaping Flames
GRANTS PASS, Ore.", -Aug. 4
API Cranta Pass listened to
night to the menacing crackle of
a forest fire tint has been march
Ins steadily toward the city since
s: .last Sunday.'1.; Y'-'"Y
' - Apparently under control . ear
lier la the day, the fire tonight
appeared only .to hare gathered
renewed energy daring the re-
: spite, v .'' --, -r':.
, Residents on - the slopes of
..Mount Sexton, jusf outside the
-city limits, had fled from their
J. homes tonight. Erery available
Tolunteet fireman had been sent
'to the danger zone with Instruc
tions to begin back-firing and to-
. night these fires were beginning
to crawl toward the mountain to
meet the aggressor. State fire
fighters were ordered to devote
- their energies 'to help those in
' the. path of the flames and to re
move all livestock from the dls-
trict. . .. : ... . r -; "
No attempt was made tonight
to meet the fire on its front. For
est service ' officials ' considered
- such action ; suicidal In , view of
the strong wind. ' ..
Several Buildings -Already
- Destroyed .
, Several - barns, two dwellings
and a number of other buildings
already' have been, consumed by
. the fire. Fifteen acres of grain
... have been - burned."" I f,l " -
Little fear was felt for the
safety of property wltlln the city
but city authorities asked proper
ty owners to keep an eye out for
roof fires kindled by ! flying -em-.
'hers. - ' . :
No loss of life, has been report
ed but some concern-was felt for
the safety of a man. and boy who
were observed trying. to save
their mountain .cabin a short time
. before the"flamesr racing"" "from
tree to tree, completely enveloped
that area, Chris Hindered, C9. a
farmer, fled before the fire and
collapsed when he reached safe
' (Turn to page 2, coU )
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RIOT IS PATROLLED
CHICAGO. Aug. 4. (AP)
Public officials, negro leaders and
police pooled their efforts today
to prevent a recurrence of the
rioting which cost three lives and
many Injuries in the south side
negro belt last night. U
Armed, squad ears cruised,
through .the, district, breaking up
all large' gatherings. , :
" Negro leaders, sociologists and
representatives of the city admin
istration; agreed that the riot was
the result of communist agitation
and not racial troubles; sought to
strike at the roots of discontent
by providing food and shelter for
those unable to find work.-
EXPLOSION FIRST
EUGENE. Ore., An gust 4 -
(AP) The Blachly cheese factory
and creamery was completely de
stroyed by ire which started with
"an .explosion of unknown origin
here tonight. No -damage estimate
was available.
The Blachly volunteer tire de
partment rushed to the scene and
prevented, the blaze' front spread
ing to nearby -stores, warehouses
and garages. The firemen were
unable, however, to check the fac-
tory fire.- i - "X
EL 0. Post, owner of the cream
ery, was In' Eugene. at. the. time
and could not be reached late to
night, tit' was believed the plant
was partly covered; by insurance.
'FAMILIES LOCATE
" PORTLAND, Ore.. Aagust 4
(AP) Figures released to
day by the Oregon state chant
l bor of commerce Raid 44 fanii
I lies located In Oregon in July
and Invested a total of 110-2-.
-
The report said that aa a re
sult of the chamber's JandT act
tlenient' activities' 829 familiea
had located In Orego since the
first of the year. These settlers
the report said, invested ' it,
V 752.5 la the state. In . Jnly
aloue 1,721 acres of land were "
pfirrfiased, the report said, v
GRAND JURY CALLED V
ROSEBDRG, Ore., August 4
i (AP)--Dlstrict; - Attorney ' tJ uy
'Cordon ansoonced today a special
session of the Douglas county
grand Jury will be called for Aug
ust 12 to consider the case of Ce
cil Beckley,' accused of killing his
' wife. Alma Beckley, and his step
daughter, Margaret Clutter. They
were slain July t. -
SCEf
0 T
1
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I
Here are seven of the C7 children
anecy or cosranies 10 oompet ac ui annual dress-up day beld at
the 14th street playground last Friday afternoon. Top, left; Br
nlce Stroud, cowgirl. Right, Helen Zink, pioneer mother, third
prize; Barbara Causey, gypsy; Evelyn Hawley, Irish girl. Lower
left: Dorothy Baiker, Bo-peep. Right t Solon Piper Schinkle, cat;
Valerie Karr, Japanese girt.
COM IS WIS
LE6DHIDE
State Officers Will Arrive
Today7 Convention tdr
. Openjon Jhursday; ;Z
CORVALLIS, Ore.. Aug. 4-
(APJ StreeU in this dty were
gay with; flags and bunting to
night as final preparations were
being made. for the entertainment
of the-thousands or visitors ex
pected here Thursday, Friday and
Saturdav f or the 1 2th annual
convention of the Oregon depart'
ment of the American Legion.
The final i meeting of the con
ventlon commission, held here to
day with State Adjutant Carl R.
Moser. Portland, attending, show
ed everything "was In readiness
tor 'the -convention.
- State officers of the legion and
of the auxiliary will arrive here
late Wednesday for preliminary
meetings prior to the regular ses
sion : beginning Thursday morn
ing. -"1 I- i
National Chief-'' ;"T.-.:r':-l.'" "
ViU Be There - "'"
' More ' than usual- Interest has
been aroused ' In - the convention
this year because for . the first
time in the history of the Oregon
department of the legion, the na
tional commander will attend the
convention, i Commander s Ralph
(Turn to page t, col.-l)
Cheese. Factory Burns .
- Settlers Coming Here :
Beckley Case Looming a
."-To Sentence Kingsley'
After shooting the woman and
girl Beckley : inflicted serious
wounds upon himself. He was In
a Klamath Falls hospital for sev
eral weeks and now is in jail here.
ACTION FORECAST
MEDFORD, Ore., August 4
(AP) Circuit Judge H. D. Nor
ton said today James E. Kingsley,
convicted slayer, of Sam G. Pres
cott. .Ashland police .officer, .will
be re-sentenced within the next
two weeks. " $ - ..: U - r.
' Kingsley was sentenced to hang
after his conviction here -last
spring but an appeal to the su
preme . court 1 stayed : execution . of
the sentence. " The supreme court
last week upheld his conviction.
' Kingsley shot andikllled Pres
cott last spring when the traffic
patrolman stopped -him to ques
tion him about the automobile he
was driving, f The machine - had
been stolen, i : .
GIBXDROWXS
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Aug
ust 4 (AP) Dolores Ozanne,
12, drowned In upper Klamath
lake Monday: night-when a canoe
in which she was riding with her
stepfather, George O.. Turner, ov
erturned. I j
"TOVT.V RELOCATED - .
THE DALLES,-, August 4
(AP) The ;ittle, town of Millers
on the Columbia rlrer highway
has been moved .to. a new location
to 'OisiVff- way for- the re?onstrac
tlon of the Old Oregon -Trails . ;
The "town? consisted of a two-
story hollow tile building and ce
ment block tourist cabins. Tht
store was moved Intact but the
cabins were knocked ." down and
rebuilt. The state bore the cost of
the removal, t - - - - -
WT f i
- vf- ' v
I-.
who dressed xtptn a colorful, wide
HELP FOB JOBLESS
HI
State-Wide Committee to
Plan Winter Work is!
Planned by Meier
- . .r- --.If - i
Some action looking to unem
ployment relief during the coming
winter probably will be taken
here today by Governor Meier, ae-
coramg to announcement made at
the executive department. The
first step in the program will be
that of appointing a state-wide
committee representative of the
3C counties.
"The time has arrived". Gov
ernor Meier said, "when some ac
tion should be taken toward re-
lelving the unemployment sltua
tlon. With a local committee
functioning In each county in the
state I .believe a substantial pro
gram can be worked ant. It will
be a gigantic task, but it Is my
opinion that Oregon is ; great
enough to care for its own peo
ple." .
- Governor Meier's plan calls-for
the appointment "ef at least three
men in each county," who will
work .with other citizens in com
piling data to be presented to the
(Turn to page 2, col. 8)
RAGING IN OREGOn
BEND. Ore.. Aug. 4 (AP)
Twenty-five men were sent today
to fight a fire in the Dry creek
district of the Ochoco forest. The
fire was said to have burned over
400 acres on a - five-mile front.
Other reports said , a 2000-acre
fire was burning in the Slntlam
forest.
PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 4
(AP) A 200-acre forest fire .in
the Blue mountains southeast of
here was . reported under control
today. It waa the largest fire of
the season in that district. ;
MEDFORD.: Ore., Aug. 4
(AP) Two fires. both of which
burned over several thousand
acres, were under control la this
district " today. s . , r . 1
Authorities today launched a
probe to determine the cause; of
numerous.; fires which .have oc
curred in the west part - of the
city. . Several recent fires are
believed to hare been incendiary.
' a r 'i ii i i i . '"
Teaching Staff
At High School
Remains Intact
For the first time In several
years, there is no prospect of any
cnanges in me personnel of the
teaching- staff at Salem hi h
school this year, ; Principal Fred
Wolf reported : yesterday. All of
the 54 f instructors - have eontract-
ed to remain for the coming year.
won gave two reasons rot this
change from other years; He" be
lieves teachers are losing a 'sort
of sroving -spirit, characteristic of
the early west. In the eastern
states It Is not - unusual to" find
that the majority of the Instruc
tors in a- school have held the
same position for 40 or Be years..
The depression Is another factor
. BE DISCUSSED
FOREST FIRES ARE
in the situation, he says.
ME
Hit
At Latest Reports Delayed
At i Khabarovsk: due to ;V
Unsafe Weather
Already 29 . Hours Late .
in
; Comparison ' to Post,
- . Gatty Schedule . .
TOKYO. 'Aug.- 4. (AP)- The
American aviators. Clrde Panr-
born and Hugh Herndon, were be-'
leved tonight to have lost their
race around the world to lower
the record of eight days. 15 hours
and 51 minutes set a month ago
by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty,
fellow countrymen. -
Whether Pangborn and Hern
don were flying over the 2400
miles of .dangerous overseas night
to Nome, Alaska, or were held at
Khabarovsk, .eastern ' Siberia, ; by
bad weather was uncertain as the
hours dragged by and communica
tion with Khabarovsk failed.
But after flying 2250 miles
from New York in a brave attempt
to lower the record, the aviators
at 2 p. m. (4 "a. m. P.S.T.) were
29 hours and 10 minutes behind
Post and Getty's departure time
from - Khabarovsk. With a slower
plane . than ' their r rivals' ' the
chances of Pangborn and Hern
don to beat the record were con
sidered negligible. '
Determined to
Keep Up Effort
The fliers, however, expressed
determination : to continue their
air voyage to New York. A wing of
their plane had been repaired af
ter being damaged on arrival at
2:20 p. m. yesterday following a
perilous flight of 2 SO aalles from
Chita. Siberia, through rain and
for that hid the Khingan moon
tains from .view and made their
landing safely a combination of
good luck and excellent naviga
tion. ' " tr - - "
" Refreshed by sleep after their
forced halt, Herndon and Pang-
born at latest accounts anxiously
surveyed the skies in their eager
ness to soar from the muddy fieia
out over the water to Nome, but
reports from the Okhotsk and
Bering 'seas -were unfavorable In
that -area of storm and fog.
, Ahead lay 5750 miles to their
starting point In New York. With
fair weather they hoped to cut. the
distance at 100 miles an hour.
OHIHUGI
KILLED BY NEGRO
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Aug. 4.-
(AP) A Birmingham society girl
was fatally shot, and two other
girls, both prominent -here, were
wounded tonight as they were fir
ed on by a negro who had held
them captive for more than four
hours in a wooded - section - near
the exclusive Mountain Brook res
idential section.
; .The dead girl was Augusta Wil
liams. The wounded are her sis
ter. Nell Williams, shot In the
right arm. and Jennie Wood, shot
in the spine. The letter's condition
was reported as serious.
Augusta Williams died In e lo
cal hospital shortly after ' the
shooting. Her father. Clark Wil
liams, Is a prominent Birmingham
attorney. - -'
Nell Williams told police she
and her sister and Miss Wood
were driving along- the highway
this -afternoon when a negro
Jumped on the running board of
their car and ordered them to
drive Into the woods. The negro
kept them captive for about 'four
hours, she said, and then began
insulting them. -
When she jumped at him and
attempted to get away, he started
firing, she said. Later she made
her- way. to a nearby home and
summoned police.
SEPAL I WEO
AS TRAINS CRASH
PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 4
(AP) Several persons were in
jured, . none seriously, when the
Portland bound Estacada passen
ger train drove head-on into the
rear end f a freight train near
here tonight. ,
Mrs. Alma Glesy. 51, suffered
a possible fractured shoulder and
leg Injuries and J. V. Mackey.
train express messenger, received
laceration and bruises on - his
arms and legs. Others suffered
minor bruises. An express car
loaded with . berries was badly
damaged and the berries ruined.
Officials of the, Portland Elec
tric Power company, .operators of
the. train, said. they. had. not de
termined the cause of-the crash.-
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PostofficeAt
Yachats Robbed
WALDPORT Ore.. August 4
(AP) Loot totaling $320 . was
obtained last sight by robbers who
plundered the Yachats postofflce
and an adjoining confectionery
store operated by Postmaster
Mitchell..,..
LEWISTON, Ida. "Aug. -'4;
(AP) Nick Mainer; noted ' Spo
kane ' "aviator. said 'today two
mighty Area of Mat least ! 20.0 ft
acrea were hlaslar thron-n n-
tral Idaho forests In" territory ac
cessible only by airplane.
Mamer .reported "the. entire
country, seems on fire' around the
Salmon -river.! He returned, hare
after heavy smoke made It im
possible for his tri-motored plane
to carry a' dozen flghteraalnto
the Isolated region. J
The flames which made central
Idaho a roaring furnace spurted
from a starting point In .Cham
berlain basin across from Salmon
riverv". , ."
.The pilot made a second at
tempt to dash through the smoke
to land a crew of fighters, but
had to; detour far to the' south
and put his. eindersmudged plane
down at Chamberlain basin.
"It was. one. of the toughest
flights of my life," Mamer said
when he returned, here and pre
pared for - anotherr dash . before
dark into the smoke 'stifled area
with more, men. " .
INDUSTRIES HE
If! RATE PHOTEST
Method : of, presentation at
; Hearing in Portland
Is Outlined Here
Virtually all of Oregon's Indus
tries will join in protesting
against the proposed 15, per cent
increase in railroad freight rates.
at the hearing of the application
which will open in Portland Aug
ust 12. The hearing will be held
under the direction of the Inter
state commerce commission and
will continue for three days.
This was determined here Tues
day when groups representing 27
industries in Oregon conferred
with C. M. Thomas, publie util
ities . commissioner, with relation
to the order In which the witnes
ses .at the hearing" would be intro
duced. :
V In order to expedite the Intro
duction of. testimony It was
agreed that most of the data to
be offered would be reduced to
writing and read at the hearing.
Commissioner Thomas will have
charge of presenting . the testi
mony. Night Sessions '
To Be Requested . '
The interstate commerce com
mission will be . asked to ' hold
night sessions, so that none of the
witnesses will be deprived of an
opportunity to testify.
Reports submitted at Tuesday's
conference indicated that rapid
progress is being made in prepar
ing the case for the shippers.
Members of the Washington
public service commission will ar
rive here today to confer with
Commissioner Thomas In connec
tion with the ease. Washington
shippers also will be heard at the
Portland hearing. -
It originally was announced
that" all of the interstate com
merce hearings would be held In
Washington, but this plan later
was abandoned. Under present
plans at 'least two hearings will
be held oh the pacific coast.
M'KENZIE IS BELD
1 MORALS
E
Jack McKenrle, about 20 years
of age, was lodged last night in
the county jail, unable to" furnish
22,000 bail, necessitated when he
pleaded guilty late - Tuesday be
fore Justice Miller B. Hayden to
the charge of doing an act causing
a minor to become delinquent.
Hayden turned McKensie over to
the circuit court for sentence.- Mc
Kensie had no attorney and indi
cated he desired none.
For three days the sheriffs of
fice here has had a,' warrant for
McKensie's arrest after-the moth
er of four girls be caused tot be de
linquent swore out a warrant for
his arrest. He Is a service station
operator at Donald but could not
be located there ' when' officers
first sought him. .(
The girl who first complained
to her mother about McKenzle's
acts Is about 10 years of age. Her
three companions are about the
same age. They are said to have
been'fntlmldated by1 . threats Tf
punishment on McKenzle's part if
they, told their motiers of his
misconduct." l -
... ' 1 .
Mattress Fire
IsOut Quickly
Amid feathers flying In all di
rections,-- city -firemen, yesterday
morning', carried, a burning, mat
tress out of a house at 1587 North
Winter street, and doused a pail
of water on it to put out the
blaze. -v A- defective ' electric pad
caused all .the trouble. - . - v -
V3 - ' . ...
DISCOVER SULPHUR
THE DALLES. August 4
Discovery of heavy deposits of
sulphur on Mt. Adams was re
ported here today by prospectors.
They said the veins are from 20
to 70 feet thiekv ...... ...
CHARG
NORTH
Take off for -Akjayik; Tl 15
- J.1iles From Baker Lake
; f Over-atJ Lands" : '
May. Stop at Copper Mine
Inside VArctic 'Circle;
J - Navigation Praised
BAKER LAKE." N. W. TT. Aug.
4 (AP) (By wireless to Chur
chill) Beginning a daring 1,115
mile dash across" the most treach
erous of Canada's bad lands. Col
onel, and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh took orf at C:35 p. m. (E.
SJT.) today for Aklavlk.
(The Lindberghs had spent the
entire day checking ' over their
plane.'
Considerable confusion had
been caused over the variously
reported routes which the Lind
berghs would pursue from here
to Aklavlk.
iBefore they ' left the' United
States they said they would plot
a, northerly course direct -from
here to. Aklavlk. Later at about
the time some; Canadian aviators
expreesed - apprehension over the
safety of such a route it was said
the - Lindberghs would - travel In
a more southerly -direction- by
way of Hunter Bay, Fort Norman
and up the "MacKenzle . river to
Aklavlk.
Announce Possible
Copper Mine Stop
t Contrary to all previous infor
mation, it was . announced . just
before the take oft that if weath
er permitted .a single jump would
be made to Aklavlk.
f "However we may atop at Cop
per Mine," said Col. Lindbergh!
Col. Lindbergh's announcement
that they would go by Copper
Mine which; lies on the direct
northerly course at the bead of
Copper Mine river, 100 miles in
side the Arctic circle, came as a
complete surprise.
The Lindberghs will have the
benefit of the unusually long per
iod of daylight in this territory
durjng the summer season. .
, Upon their arrival here yes
terday at S p. m., (E. :S. T.) -
hours and 15 minutes after tak
ing off from Churchill, the Lind
berghs were applauded by this
trading post's dozen white set
tlers for their navigating ability.
They made the 375-mile jump'
with ease despite the fact their
compasses were swinging widely
due to the proximity of the mag.
netle pole.
STRONG 1W FOR
0.S.ISF
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. (AP)
-A navy second- to none, effi
cient, well balanced and capable
of ready war-time expansion to
day was pronounced the objective
of America's sea forces. -
This was contained in a state
ment of policy," the first of the
Hoover administration,- signed by
Secretary Adams and Issued in
poster form to all branches of the
naval establishment. It superseded
one Issued- in 19 2 S by Secretary
Curtis D.' Wilbur.-
The new -declaration advocated
maintenance of a fleet of all
classes of fighting ships built up
continuously to the limits of the
London treaty and maintained at
that level by a replacement pro
gram. .
Outlining ."fundamental naval
policy." it said, "The navy should
be -maintained . in sufficient
strength to support the national
policies - and commerce and - to
guard the continental and over
seas possessions or tne unuea
States." With a slight change of
wording, this waa a reiteration of
statement made in Wilburs
enunciation of policy v. ,,,
TO
n
Dress-up Day: at Lincoln
Playground
Dress-up day at. the Lincoln
playground ' yesterday -- proved
rreat 'snort for the , participants.
and a trial for the Judges About
150 children in gay and amusing
MMtiimM m lined us and
marched before the judges stand
at 2 o'clock. The choosing of then
winners was far from easy for tne
ndM. who were Mrs. I. Clara
and Miss Sophie M.i Adams. Mrs.
Tom Wolgamott assisted Mrs.
Nelson, playground supervisor. In
arranging; the children for their
parade.-'" v - -.
ti wlnnina first place were
given 50 points toward a letter,
second place 25 points, and all
children " entering ; were given 10
points. In-addlUon to the poInU
which each entrant was given they
were all-treated to a sack of Kar
melkorn through the courtesy of
the Karmelkorn confectionery, f - -
Prize winners were: Most det
er costume, boys. Billy Phillips,
first; Junior Mason, second; girls,
Virginia Mason, : first; Marjorie
McCalllster, second.
Funnist costume., boys. Jack
Nelson, first; girts, Catherine
Godley, first. -
ictoFy.;
flilMIOIl HOPE
SEEK IfJ POBMO
Price set Tentatively
- $2.17; Violations
' : Of law Charged
at
PORTLAND, Ore. Aug. 4.
(AP) High hope that Portland's
milk war was about to terminate
with an armistice was expressed
here tonight after adjournment ot
a 10-hour, conference between
Mayor George L Baker's fact
finding" committee and represen
tatives of the producers and dis
tributors. ' ; 1
The committee !members said
their suggestions that the - price
paid to producers be set tentative
ly at $2.17 a hundred pounds
and that an arbitration commis
sion be named seemed to have
found favor with the warring fac
tions.! A' complete agreement , was
not reached, however, and "the
conference adjourned until 1 p. m
Wednesday. j
-The milk war broke here last
Saturday after Portland distribu
tors refused to subscribe to an
agreement worked out by repre
sentatives of their organization
and of the Dairy Co-operative as
sociation, under which the dairy
men were to receive 22.10 a hun
dred pounds. Previous to. that
agreement the price' situation had
been chaotic .
Commission of
Three Proposed
' The - arbitration ,! commission
suggested would consist of three
. (Torn to page 2. coL 8)
GRE1ERVHIT0
MEET HERE TODAY
Twenty-five creamery operators
from np and down the valley are
expected here today ; for the an
nual convention of the Oregon
Creamerr Ooerators t association.
The meeting start? at 11 a. m. at
the 'chamber of commerce today.
One of the features of the meet
ing will be the making' ot plans
for this year's exhibit at the state
fair. The present exhibit quar
ters are said to be too small and
arrangements are to be made for
additional space. f -
Max Gehlhar. state agricultural
director, made It plain yesterday
that the meeting of the creamery
operators has no connection. with
the present milk war..
P.- M. - Brandt - is president ox
the group which meets here to
day and G. W. Wllster is aecrer
tary. Both" men reside in Uoi
vallls. F."G. Deckebach, . Salem.
is treasurer. - .
Public Market
To Be Erected
KafourynStates
A new farmers' public, market
Is to be opened in the. near future
on the norlheast corner of Mar
ion and .High, streets,' announced
Leo Kafoury Tuesday. The mar
ket will be 'open on all sides and
will contain stalls and tables for
displays. The space in the build
in g will be leased for from 15
cents . a day up and any - type of
produce or any articles may be
offered. to the public.
Kafoury staUi that work on
the new building will be hurried
as fast as possible so that the
market can be in operation at the
earliest possible time,;
Huge Success
- Yoangest costumers. boys. Bun
ny - Mason ; girls, Mary - Lou Mc
Kay, f -
- .Those receiving honorable men
tion for their costumes were: Al
da Spicer. Flavla Downs. Jean
Bates. Shirley McKay, Virgiland
Darrell Mason, Douglas McKay,
Charles Gabriel, Mary East and
Margaret Sehon. -
Those in costume were: Flavia
Downs, Chinese lady;.Jere Sim
mons,: Gypsy; Joan Simmons, Ar
abian; Bill Phillips, I cannibal:
Shirley- McKay, midget -man;
Elaina Murray, Gypsy; Catherine
Godley, clown; Jean Bates, old
fashioned lady; Tommy Jaskoskl,
Indian; ; Mary - Jo Geiser, Du tch
boy; ;Maybell Hyland, Dutch girl;
Virgil Mason, soldier; Daryl Ma
son, . soldier ; Junior Mason, cow
boy; Mildred Mason, Gypsy;- Virr
glnia Mason, pirate; Shirley Speer;
society belle; Alda Speer. Quaker
mother; Lila Murray, shepherd
ess; Dorothy . Graham, pirate;
Bunny; Mason, witch;, Eva Crink
law, Dutch girl; Shirley Crone mil
ler, . Chinese; Margaret Sehon.
page; - Virginia Mason. Martha
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Report oii Progri3 in;
vMilk war is Madi !
- -' At Meeting
Legal EfFort to Slop
Supply of Holdout v.
Ii Suggested ;
Salem members of the " dairy
ooperaUve at a meeting last
night at the chamber of t com
merce rooms Toted down sagges
tions of arbitrating the milk war
and declared themselves ready to
fight to the finish. r
. R. W. CUrk, vice-president of
the cooperative, presided and re
ported progress. Locally four
out of the five distributors have
signed the contract. In Portland"
ten have signed and eight, in
cluding, the powerful Carnation
company, are standing out.
Witfi the local victory nearly
In sight, local members were dis
posed to fight through and win
the. acceptance of their contract
by . the one distributor holding
out, rather than reopen the oues
tlqn to arbitration.
Everything was quiet in" the
Salem sector yesterday. Curly's
trucks were not molested and
supplied him with enough milk to
meet his plant needs.- All milk
now being distributed bears the
grade A pasteuiized-aabel, and IS
eligible to that grade, according
to reports from the health de
partment which i has charge of
milk Inspection. Inspector Blink
horn has been guarding the label
ing to s se that milk complies with
provisions of the city ordinance. -Claim
-Sentiment
Is With Dairymen
' At the meeting of dairymen
last night. Vice President Clark
reported that sentiment among .
the. public throughout the city
was friendly to , the producing
group- Jle said a board meeting
would take place this morning in
Portland where proposals ef ar
bitration would be considered.
While no predictions have been
made as to the prorress ef the
strike here, it is not improbable
that members of supporters ef
the striking group -will seek to
stop supplies, of milk going to
the lone distributor holding out
crurn to page 2, col. 1)
IMDiy FIRES -
CAUSE BIG DAMAGE
SPOKANE. August 4 (AP)
Incendiary fires roared over
northwest forests tonight, driving
hundreds of persons from their
homes. - ' f
Major Evan Kelly, regional for
ester, said the Priest river fire in
theKaniksu national forest of 14-
ahoj spewing flames on a front ef
20 miles was "without a doubt of
an 'incendiary nature.'
The giant Deer creek confla
gration In the Pend O'Rellle and
Kootenai forests, he said, waa alse
started - deliberately by persona
skilled in the craft of the timber
lands. Foresters further down la Id
aho reported firebugs set a score
of other blazes.
About 200 fires seared their
way steadily through. timberlands
of North Idaho, western Montana
and eastern 'Washington. Smoke
hid the countryside, making ae
tual count of their number and
extent Impossible.
The little hamlet of Forest, Id
aho, was threatened wlth"a extrac
tion last night as a tire crawled
up the sides of Craig mountain,
oa which It perches; Its sixty IB-
habitants, men, women and call
dren. fought all night and halted
it within a few -hundred feet f
the town today., - .-,
EDISOI! IS BETTER:
TAKES SHORT RIDE
WEST ORANGE, N. J.. Aug.
(AP) Thomas A. Edison was1
so far recovered from his recent
collapse late today that his physi
cians permitted him to take St
half hour auto ride through ate
estate, ".y --. :
Smiling like a boy let out to
play, the 34-year-old Inventor
walked unassisted to the open
touring ear- : j
He waa accompanied by Mrs.
Edison and his son, Charles. .
An., hour ..and half; after- Mr. :
Edison returned from his- drive.
Dr.- Hubert S. Howe Issued the
following-bulletin: .:r;-
This e afternoon . Mr. - Edison.
felt. so. much improved that ha.
insisted on taking a-short drive.
"Other than this, this after
noon occasioned no mar sea
change la hla condition.
"His Improvement during the
past 43 hours has been so rapid
it will -of necessity be slower
from now on."