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J- ; ; , service We guarantee our carrier ' service. If your paper does not arrive 'by 6:80, call 9101 and a copy trill be de livered at once.. . WEATHER Fair today and Friday, moderate temperatare; Max. Temp. Wednesday 51, Mia. ST, rata .01, rlTer 12.T. northwest wind. EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, Jajinary 21, 1932 No. 231f - i FOUNDED 1031 EN AUTO GIASH 7 New Appraisal R Waiter Plant Valuation REVISED TOTAL TSs5 Reduced $170,000 From old Figure due to Lowered Conslruption Cost Partly Completed Filter is Also Left out Entirely In new Computation The value of the Salem plant of the Oregon-Washington water Service company is $695,000, an nnrftls&l made bv Baar Sc. Cun ningham, Portland engineers, as of December 1- 1931, declares in a report made late yesterday to the utilities committee of the Sa lem city council and filed, with City Recorder Poulsen. The revised valuation Is $170. 000 less than the valuation made as of August 31, 1930. Salient reasons for the marked reduction in value given by the engineers lie in the fact that material and labor costs have fallen markedly in the 15-month interval, as well as to the failure of the engineers j in the new valuation to assess any value to the incompleted filter plant now under construction here. A Bum of $41,557 appraised as the value of the incomplete filter plant in 1930 is stricken from the totals in the report-made yes terday, the engineers declaring the construction of a filter plant In conjunction with an intake on Mlnto's island "would be an en gineering and economic mistake." Appraisal Based on Replacement Cost- The new appraisal, like the one of Auitust 31. 1930, bases its con elusions on cost of reproduction with a reasonable allowance for (Turn to page 12, col. 1) Cell Doors Not Best Type But Won't Give Trouble, is Verdict Convicts may get out at Certain Times but are Still Inside Sell Block and Outer Wall; Nothing to be Done About it now Bv C. A. SPRAGUE mm maior trouble with the new cell doors installed In the Ji new cell block at the state prison is the selection oi the wmntr atvlp. of enuinment. This decision was maae montns "O -y 1 r- . . , i . 11 Ji. ago by the reorganized Doara oi control, ax me insisicuuw oi ijrOvemor meier. me actual juu wu, j -f Portland snnpars to be a fairlv satisfactory piece of work. - - . .. . -A Tne aenciencies waicu ihuw uy in the operation oi tne aoors are CELL DOOR DEFECT Will BE REMEDIED Deploring "Underhand' Activity of Hoss IRON LEADS STATE GRANGE Federal Men To Eye Milk War, Request PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20 (AP) Two federal agencies were asked today to Intervene la the Portland retail milk controversy. Alleging that the Carnation I Milk company is trying to "create Reports 223 Increase; big J SS&ST Pomona Meeting Held, n i Chemawa is Host below-cost prices, Herbert L. Swett, attorney for Independent distributors, appealed to the fed eral trade commission representa tive in Seattle and to John Lord HuM and Roy Hewitt Talk m jr'TVS At SeSSIOnS! Officer law violations, at Washington, D dne to the substitution oi swinging door type for a sliding door type. The latter was recom mended by Henry Meyers, former superintendent, and approved by State Treasurer Kay ana secre tary of State Hal E. Hoss. The death of Kay and appointment of TTolman rave Gov. Meier control 60Vem0r Makes Statement of the board; Meyers resigned jf tiirom me prison, uu: aiu got the job of putting in me ceii fronts. rnmnared with the system in the old cell block, where Governor Meier, upon being ad- aoora have Individual locks. vised that a demonstration of as- the new By8tem is an lmprove- serted defects in tne new ceii ment in this respect only, tbat in doors at the state prison had been case of jjre tne cen doors may be made, issued tne ionowmg ior- open6d m0re quickly. However as mal statement: this cell block is entirely fire-safe. Mv attention has Just been thft h-Tftr(1 in this respect is not called to the fact that a demon- ag great a9 in the old part of the stration or me womms ui iuo twi nrison Staff Installed CHEMAWA, Jan. SO Marlon county, with 22S new members, leads the state In gains In mem bership, S. H. Edwards, deputy I HEADS ALL PIONEERS PROMINENT II) E N PLANS TOIDNBOAS "Tl sS aTT Vesuvius is 3 AT UN MM - Heard Again Mrs. Henry Siegmund, Mrs - front Carl Onrl Phn jl I iiuiir w j emu viii la NAPLES, Italy, Jan. (Thursday) (AP) Inhabitants of Naples were aroused from their beds late last night by Giebler Victims Salem-Oregon City Stretch' Improvement - is First General Objective S? SS!T Two Others Badly Infuredl Light car Passing one Reduced License Fee Plan Approved Only if Other Revenue Provided Endorsement of immediate con struction on the Oregon City-Sa-lem section of the Pacific high way and then request for consid er to Investigate the situation Swett charged the Carnation company transgressed the terms of the Sherman anti-trust and Clayton acts. This most recent development In Portland milk distribution had state master, told Pomona grange I inception yesterday when the eration next in line of widening members in au-aay session nere invTi- . rtamaiirns eomian oi xne Doiue-necK m me tsisnyous today, with Chemawa grange asl.n cnri at anhnidiariM of from Ashland to the California host. About 250 persons attended, tne carnation company, filed with Mn vre the outstanding accom- wun memDers irom wona tioweu, iaa citr auditor a schedule reduc- v'""uui i mo vum Silverton, Ankeny Hills, Union lng vTl'cea 2 6nt8 a quart to stQres tuittee of the Oregon Pacific High urn, surprise, wuoauura, ow'' I and 1 cent to homes. vlua, volcano of restless and dis astrous history. Rumbling sounds continued to come from the volcanic aeptns periodically for iwo hours after the first explosion at 11:19 p. m. Then they ceased. The fright of the people sub sided and they returned to their beds. But they were still cur ious as to why the volcano's cra ter, which always has been illu minated at night by Internal fires, had gone dark. An observatory, military police barracks, a convent, a Funicular railroad and a hotel situated on the -volcano's side were so strong ly shaken by the earthquake that they "danced," said reports re ceived here. The fact that they remained upright was attributed to their quake-proof construction. Truck Hits Another Heary Siegmund of Start, brought to Salem General hos pital here yesterday eveaiag after he suffered critical tft Juries 1b aa automobile collf skm near Turner, at 1 o'clock this morning still was la a crit ical condition, attendants re ported. Frank Fery of Stay ton, ml injured in the crash, at mid night was in good condition for recovery, attendants at the Staytoa hospital, where he waft taken, announced. His injuries consisted of fractured Jaw, rof. larbone and ribs and facial cuts. HERD COMPANY ASSETS REPORTED Realizable assets of the insol vent Archerd implement company are estimated 5699 and unse cured liabilities at $81,932 in a preliminary report filed late yes terday by H. O. White, appointed receiver for the firm October 29, 1931. Charles Archerd, owner and manager of the concern, is ex pected here this week for arraign ment on the Indictment of issuing false warehouse receipts. A large shrinkage in book val ues and realizable values of as sets Is reported by "White. Ac- Counts receivable on the books at 129.893 will shrink to ?29Z3 White estimates. Notes - receivable on the books of $36,487 have a llouldatine value of $1117: Mer chandise is listed at $2190 and can be sold for $344 while ma chinery listed on the books of the company for $8669 can be sold for 11200. White estimates. Assets listed at $47,139 have been nledeed to secure secured 11 abilities of $38,188, these assets ebnalstinz of notes of a book vai 'ue of $10,997, stocks and bonds 111.550 and equities in - farm lands ot $24,292. The receiver is uncertain whether these .items will cover the liabilities they se- Unsecured accounts due from the eomnanv are listed at $31,544 (rain and seed shortages at $19, 420 and notes at 130,950. doors in the new cell block at the penitentiary was staged at noon today by Secretary of State moss without the knowledge of the oth er members of the board of con trol. During this demonstration a convict specially equipped with an iron bar managed to Jimmy one of the cell bars while the locks were in neutral. The locks are in neutral only while the prisoners are entering or leaving their cells under guard. "The defect revealed at Mr. Hoss's demonstration was called to the attention of the members of the board ot control last week, and while it is not a serious one, the possibility of a specially equipped prisoner operating un der .the eyes of the guards being a remote one, nevertheless King Brothers agreed to remedy It and are now -at work on the equipment necessary to do this, all of which will be done before payment Is authorized. (Turn to page 10, col. S) Nothing left to do But Pay for Job These are the conclusions ar rived at by the writer following an inspection in company with other newspapermen and prison officials and Secretary Hoss, of th workings of the new front. While the doors are not what the people of Oregon had a right to (Turn to page 10, col. 6) SC R R BULK HAS SERIOUS OLE ton, Aurora, Monitor, Buttevllle, Scotta Mills, Fairfield. Red Hills, Salem and Macleay. Charles C. Hulet, state master. gave the main address on "Or ganization and Roy Hewitt of Salem talked on law enforcement. Marie Flint McCall. state lecturer, told about her trip to Madison, Wise, national grange meeting. Pomona Officer Group Installed Pomona officers, elected re cently, were installed by Ellen O. Lambert and her team. L. S. Lam bert Stay ton, is county master; Daisy Bump, North Howell, lec turer; Anna Hadley, Silverton Hills, secretary: and 8. H. Van Trump, Salem, treasurer. The following committees were appointed: home economics, Mrs. W. R. Dallas, chairman, Salem; Mrs. O. W. Humphreys, Union Hill; Mrs. F. Oddie, North How ell; agricultural committee, O. F. Larson, chairman, Woodburn; E. L. Emmons, Ankeny; Fred Mc Call, Chemawa; J. B. Stalker, Sil verton; finance committee, L. Q. Welsner, chairman, North How ell: W. E. Savage, Chemawa; BANKRUPTCY LAWS AMENDMENT ASKED way association, in dinner session at Woodburn last night preceding the state-wide road mass meeting at the armory there. Motion for immediate construc tion on the Oregon CIty-Salem widening program was put by A. C. Marsters of Roseburg, and was readily accepted by the executive committee. The committee also went on record aa favorine a five-year con- Vaarancy Ordinance for bad stmction and modernization pro- bneCK raSSerS UlUWieu on record as opposed to any legis MA,nj;i MoAtinrt nation wnicn wouia lena 10 r- Credlt Meeting duc. the r,resent income of the state highway department. Discussion of amendments pro- Reduced License posed for the federal bankruptcy Fee Not Favored law and resolutions endorsing Discussion on the Income re- those suggested by the National duetlbn cerftered on mbves for a Retail Credit association and aim- reduced license fee, and Indicated ilar groups were among the mat- this reduction would be favored ters considered at the Salem Re- only on condition an increased tail Credit association meeting at J gas tax take up the loss in license the Gray Belle last night. The fees. session was a special occasion at which employers were guests. About 50 persons attended. Copies of resolutions on the bankruptcy amendment will be forwarded to Oregon congress- WORK PROMOTION PLEDGES GUI Total is $89,838 as Half Of City Covered by Job Solicitors Mrs. B. F. Ball, Fairrieia; legis- men. latlTa committee. A. A. Geer, Attention of employers present The executive committee em powered the president. Ed Bailey of Eugene, to appoint a commit tee ot three to work with other highway association in the state on matters of policy. The commit tee will be announced later. Chief business of interest to . Lives of three persons, long time and prominent residents ef the Stayton vicinity, were snuffed out and two others were critically injured, in an automobile tragedy four miles south of Turner on the road toward Marion, Wednesday afternoon about 5:40 o'clock. The dead: Mrs. Henry Siegruund, 54. Mrs. Frank Fery, 45. Chris Giebler, 70. The injured: Henry Siegmund, 55, brought to the Salem General hospital suf fering from a fractured skull, broken arm and shoulder and in ternal bleeding. Frank Fery, 45, taken to Stay ton hospital. Injuries serious and not thoroughly diagnosed. Henry Siegmund is a brother of County Judge John C. Sicg-mund. Apparently Fail to 1 ns IW! Ill ASSAULT CASE DALLAS, Jan. 20 (Special) In the case of Dr. F. A. Elliott vs. Dr. O. G. McConnell,- an assault and battery charge,' the Jury to day found for McConnell. The case grew out of fistic battle over misunderstanding of a small of fice bill. Harry O. Godsey, found guilty of larceny, will be sentenced by the circuit Judge Tuesday. Lawrence Elliott was sentenced to a year in the penitentiary for petty larceny and was paroled to his brother-in-law, George Lux, on condition tnat ne reimburse for gasoline stolen, with 30 days. Bert Willey was sentenced to 90 days in the county 'jail for larceny of livestock. Hearing of the state's case against Orville Hill, charged with larceny in a dwelling, got under way today. Cafeteria and Cigar Store be appointed m ue near future. ' ...... , . . The state grange will meet at SH- bSCape Willi Llllllieu Uerton in June and It Is expecteu n,m. Km Cmnla that tne Marion county omceii Damage oy smoke m b Mked to But on the aegree work. A committee consisting of For the third time in two years p.. A nweenev. chairman, Daisy the Schrelber building, housing Bump and Anna Hadley was ap- ue siaie caieiena anu 1 pointed to make tne necessary ar- clgar store, next to the Masonic ranzements. building, caught fire about 9:30 next pom0na meeting will o'clock last nignt. uuy nremen. be held at stayton Aprjl 20. laying in inroe unco a chemical hose, succeeaea in stopping the flames before they did more than burn along tne ceiling and west partition of the furnace room under the cafe teria. R. D- Counts and C. C. Van Vleet, attendants at the cigar store discovered the fire after they smelled smoke and went to the basement to investigate. Morris Klorfein, proprietor of the cafeteria, was unable to esti mate the loss. Wiring was short circuited, an electric motor ruined by water and chairs and fruit cans stored in the basement scorched. Harry Hutton, fire chief, could not ascertain the origin of the fire. The fire two years ago dam aged the cafeteria and - cigar store to the amount of over $7000. chairman, Silverton; Seymour was called to need of their coop-j this section was accomplished at Jones, Salem; R. A. Esson, North Howell. A visiting committee win (Turn to page 10, col. 4) HS EF SENT TO S ORCES iN the meetlne of the directors The mass meeting following at St. Luke's community hall, at tended by about 200 men, brought to light various views on a build ing program and ended almost abruptly after little more than an hour with the motion that all highway groups in the state seek from the highway commission definite building program, and that the various highway groups (Turn to page 12, col. 4) With five canvass days remain ing, pledges for the Work Promo tion plan yr-terday reached a to tal of $S9,S38. The four teams which reported obtained $12,528 In pled?" . It is estimated that over half of the city has been cov ered in the canvass. wniie jJWi m F Truck Coming Jobs i considered a worthwhile 1 , .. accomplishment, the workers are hopin x to double that figure by January 27, the date set by the expoutiye committee and team captains yesterday noon at the close of solicitation. Teams which have covered their districts are assisting their co-workers. The prediction was made that today would see the $100,000 ! mark reached. Actual employment resulting from the campaign will amount to more than the sums pledged, it is believed, as building (Turn to page 10, col. 4) Federal Grading Rules Approved For Oregon Use TOYKO, Jan. 21. (Thursday) (AP) A Japanese airplane carrier, a cruiser and four de- Bll UJ B "OlO WiUCiW a j I m office today to proceed to Shang- MOre ArreSIS in tense situation between Japanese! iTTllTIC CheCKtlD the Sasebo naval station also were ordered held in readiness. I VAULT JOB URGED TO WORKLESS Paul B. Wallace and R. D. Sla ter of the Salem Work Promotion committee yesterday conferred m 4 wuiuin jousa vvuavaaw MZInf flU PnllCP I with Governor Meier to urge con j - - structlon of a $25,000 fireproof TOKYO, Jan. 21. (Thursday) PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20 Ar'""J"Z' '""I (AP) Federal grading rules lor reiLe'lfu "i"1'' VT. virtually all vegetables and ber- diet which reconvened today, ries were approved for Oregon that Japan had no territorial de products at i meeting held here s,n M"eh"la-fBdlrafM for today by the state department of A brief life was indicated for - . . naHiam ant itn fan Imnoria 1 flA, agriculture and attenaea oy "1"V "I ".,77. ' 7Za growers, county agents and others. OnlT in regard to asparagus a m a m V m n mm vAiAm man A A A TYlO group approved a grade similar Policy of ex-Premier Wakatsukl's to that now in use in washing . ..m.n) f tnM1 vault, authorized by the 1931 leg Arrests and payment of Un I Tv. tlon campaign vc vror inn vorth pared several months ago, but o . tni tft .ton? finances caused ' the construction t k TTf crcrsftTi Cttlom fulllnr tA io DO aoanuuueu. lk A. Aa&vu, w.vu., -" . . . . . . . The five victims of the tragedy were in GSebler's touring car, oa their way home from the Pomona grange meeting at Chemawa. It has not been learned definitely who was driving, though It was presumed that Giebler was at the wheel, since it was his ear. They attempted to pass a truck driven by H. C. Edwards, alse going south, driver of the touring car apparently falling to see a sec ond truck, driven by Irving V, Hedges and laden with eordwood, coming from the opposite direc tion. Lacking room to get back on its own side of the road, the light machine crashed head-on into Hedges' truck and was practically demolished. It twisted to the right and the rear end also struck Ed wards' truck according to state officers, though the coroner was Informed to the contrary. Alternat ing to avoid participating in the crash, Edwards drove far out late the ditch oa his right. Two of Victims KlDed Instantly Mrs. Fery and Giebler were killed instantly ' and Mrs. Sieg mund died before medical aid (Turn to page 10, coL 6 tenaea oy r . ,. .-, nn drrrer'a license-I uovernor Meier saia issi nignt agricultural ere e diss olving the diet expected ft0 'J? p Latour75te togonl that he will postpone decision un- late in the afternoon ct hi ill! hJT t er his eastern trip. While in . Finance Minister TakashI at- pity, tpeeding, !. pau, mo- I tacked the financial and economic ton. Kay Woolen Mills Pays Common Stock Dividend Black ot Dallas Seeks Choice as Party Delegate Boy Scouts Are Handed Awards At Honor Court government, attributing the pres ent depression to ex-Mlnister ot Finance Inoue's removal of the embargo of gold. Krt tir nwon Citr. soeed- the east he will confer with Sena Ing, $5.00 ball; Richard Nelson, r Mcwary reiauvo io ianu ibv 241 North Cottage street, speed- money iiuic, uu , LZ ing around corner and no drivers acceesiDie, new csyiuu m license. constructed. r n wMWr. s2x Brooks Meier aiso siaiea m ne De- avenue, pleaded guilty In munle- lieved it possible to fireproof the lpal eourt to a charge or railing i present Duemem mv ieai cu to stop and was fined $z.5t. 'me vaun project. Forty-two Marion and Boy Scouts from Polk counties re- Payment to Vets jn ieruncazes r, r, sm toi Favored in Vote UX-umpire umceis rue Demw iei to Indictment o- The Kay Woolen Mllla paid IU tint dividend on common atock In upwards of a decade here yes terday when directors voted a six per cent payment for the year of 1931 to all common stock hold ers. There are 1000 shares of par value $100 stock outstand Ing. ' " 1921 started as a very unlet year and heavy operating in..a ware sustained in the first tv. hiitnMi lmnroved de- lUUUlHO, ; " ' . . - -xa.a- ftr Jnlr and the mm ... vr.t onstanUV busy. Buy- ir. 4rrsrnlar and hand to mouth 'but Jobbers and retailers tmrsA TcniaHnr of stocks Impera tive and this faet accounted for nf f ira' were all reelected at ih nnnal meeUng held . Tue- i Th are: A. N. Bush, pres- mdtiM j v Weatherford of Al bany, vice-president; K. H. Fick-Aftrtarr-tjreasurar: Ercel sKay, manager. Lynne M. Black, ot Dallas, 1 Wednesday tiled with the secre tary of state his nominating pe-J Directors reelected at the an nual meeting were A. N. Bush, Itition as a delegate from the first J. K. Weatherford, K. H. Pick- congressional district to the demo- ens, Ercel Kay, O. P. Coshow. leratic national convention to be hM In Chlcira Jnne 27 The directors also agreed oponl m. .loran reads:' the construction "of a new office! "Franklin D. Roosevelt, coura- Duiiamg mis year 10 replace uie seous leadership, progressive gov- was constructed la the 570's be fore the present mill was built. The new structure will be 50 by 70 feet in size, two stories In height and ot concrete. The front ot the new building will be used by tbe store conducted by the woolen mills. For several years this store has tarnished an Cash payment of veterans' ad- ceived awards at the honor court Justed service certificates was fa- held at the eounty courthouse vored in a vote taken at last here last night Troops from Sa- night's meeting of the Salem lem. Silverton, and Falls City ehapter of the Disabled Veterans, were represented. The certificates, on which half has A. C. Haag. retiring president been paid, would ordinarily fall of Cascade area, presided la place dne la 1941. nf Jndr tt fx. Belt, state su- After the short business session. preme eourt Justice. Officers of the disabled veterans were hosts the court were: T. C. All former officers of the Em pire Holding corporation were ar raigned la circuit court nere ai 1:30 p. m. Wednesday enargea I with devising a scheme to defraud in the sale of the company's se- McManan ernment and Honest policies." Boloff Freed as Rehearing Pends clerk; Loren Benjamin, bugler; Wallace Sprague, bailiff. rarities. Judge L. H. Roake, I to the women of the auxiliary and 1 heard each man present a demur- other veterans tor a dance and card party. Entertainment and dance music was furnished by the Kiltie band. Miss Frances Fields sang during the Intermissions. PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 20 outlet for mill samples and par-l(AP) Ben Boloff, 38, convicted foreclose delinquent tax liens on ii.i trnnA wblch hereto-1 mors uma m. jemr ku an "line ureal tsouinern nurow, fore had to be sold to Jobbers.- I criminal syndicalism charge, was railroad valued at about $500,- The payroll of the mill for released on his own recognizance 1931 was slightly more than today by Circuit Judge W. A. Ek $100 000, officers of the com- wall pending a second petition nanr announced.- One hundred for a rehearing of his case now and ten men and women are reg- on tile with the Oregon supreme ularly employed at the plant, 'court. - r rer to the indictments which pre cluded them from -making a for mal plea. Persons named in the Indictments and here for arraign ment yesterday were Oliver P. Coshow, former state supreme court Justice; Jay H. Stockman, L H. Fetty, Frank Keller, Jr., and Wilson TL Adams. The. demurrers charged gener ally that the indictment, as re- T.-w MAit-,i& Dr.nTwiMoiit At I turned DT u non counij i tli rlnarrflan. Tin lid In " and TjOan I rrand iury. does not substantially npiifinn - in Tnrtind who is I conform to the code. Specific ob- 000. The acUon was filed by T. Under Iwo years penitentiary sen- Jections to the Indictment, ioi- Foreclosure on Rail Line AskedMoItzner Fles Appeal Notice THE DALLES. Ore., Jan. 10 (AP) Wasco county filed suit in circuit court here today to V. Gallowav. district attorney. - Itence for unlawfully loaning The railroad extends from The I money oi a nuuaingana ioau sw- Dalles to south of Friend. It is 1 sodatlonwlthoat security, wea- operated by John Melmrich oflnesday tiled hoUce of appeal to The Dalles. Ithe state supreme toaru low: - ' - ; That It does not state acts eon stltutlsc an offense . In ordinary ,nd concise lanruace. That it Is uncertain and Indef inite as to the crime charged. That it charges more than one trim in one form only. That the defendants are charged with more than one crime in the Indictment. John H. Carson, district attor ney, and Frank Lonergan, repre sen ting - Keller, engaged in lengthy argument as to whether the defendants should he arraign ed severally after tbe Indictment had been read, to them Jointly. It finally was agreed by the attor neys that the defendants wouia consider themselves arraigned both severally and Jointly. Dis trict Attorney Carson Indicated that there was no disposition on his part to prevent separate trials In ease they were desired. The overt act charged the al leged carrying out of a scheme to defraud C T. Brixey of Gervals, through the sale of stock In the holdinz- corporation. .. Judge McMahan announced that (Turn to page 10, col. 8) Partial Joining Oi Churches is Anglicans? Plan LONDON. Jan. 20 (AP) The upper house of the convoca tion ot Canterbury took what the archbishop described, as a "histor ical step" today by adopting unan imously a resolution proposing intercommunion between . the Church ot England and the "Old Catholic" churches of Europe. . .The archbishop. In presenting the resolution for a vote, made ft dear he looked upon it as a first step la the establishment of ' great world organisation or ehurches, each maintaining- its in dividual Independence, but all united by a "definite unity or structure In faith and order." Stockman Rides 10 Miles After Leg Fractured NTSSA, Ore Jan. 29 -(AP) Walter Bowden, stockman ef the Jordan valley country, rode ten s miles on horseback to a ranch after he broke his leg in a fall on aa Icy rock. The accident, reported here to day, occurred Tuesday. After the fall he made splints ot willows, strapped them to his leg with his belt and crawled np a cliff te where his horse was tied. From there he rode to the C a. Jink les ranch. Eighteen hours elapsed before a physician could be brought t set his leg. - - - ;