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Tractor Burns
In Straw Fire
Grain Field r and Baler at
Thomas Farm Saved
After Struggle
JEFFERSON The ringing of
h fir bell Tuesdav afternoon at
J: 45 6'clock, called a crowd of
men to the scene of the lire on
the Thomas, farm. John DeWall
was baling straw in the inn
1 IU a a at nt tnwn
when a spar from the tractor
Ignited -the straw stack, and in
short time some straw that had
hen baled -and the stubble field
were ablate. As there was no
water available for fire figbtlng.
water was hauled out, and with
wet sacks the men were aDie to
extinguish the fire before it got
into a grain field. Mr. DeWall was
able to - save his baler, but his
tractor burnea.
MandaT afternoon a bis logging
truck and trailer oyerturned on
the Scio road. Just across Greens
bridge. A combine was on the
highway going toward Scio, and
a Mr. Smith driving his truck to
ward Jefferson, In passing got off
the road too far. overturning
both truck and trailer. The man
jumped clear of the cab and es
caped being injured.
Plan Mink Shed
At the meeting of the city
council, a communication irom
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Jacob in re
gard to erecting a shed for rais-
-i ing mink, was read and tne coun
cil roted to grant them a permit
. to build a shed 14 by 0 by 5
feet; and a storeroom 8 by 12
by 7 feet on their property at the
toot of Ferry street.
Permits were granted to R. W.
Stewart to move a building and
one to Jake Meng for erecting a
, dwelling in the south part of
town.
A motion carried that the city
treasurer set aside 1100 surplus
water fund, for. redemption of
bond.
A bill for an ordinance repeal
ing the ordinance granting the
Mountain States Power company a
franchise' for light and power was
read, and after the usual proced
ure, was passed. An ordinance re
pealing obsolete ordinances was
read and adopted. The following
citizens were appointed as ' the
budget committee to meet 'with
the council at tne bepiemDer
meetings Dr. J. O. Van Winkle,
J. H. Koland. K. S. Thurston, W.
B. McClain, Dave Burnett and L.
X. Shields.
Game Violations
Charged to 1368
PORTLAND, Aug. 17-(iiP)-The
state game department said to
cay 1368 arrests were made in
the year ending June 30, 1938,
inr vinlatinna of came law.
Heaviest arrests 271 Per-
ons were for illegal possession
sf deer. Angling without licenses
caused 233 persons to be taken
into custody, while hunting with
out licenses added 121 others.
Tillamook county ranked first
In the number arrested with 135
taken into custody. Lane was
vecond with 126, resulting in
JUS convictions, lines o; x,suv
vith $537 suspended, 51 paroles
or provisions of sentence and
live Imprisonments for full or
I art terms.
Marion county had only 33 ar
rests, 31 convictions, tines of
9685 with $370 suspended and
17 violators paroled or suspend
ed. Only two persona served jail
terms. .
Eugene Firm Wins
Court House Job
ALBANY Only one Linn coun
ty firm offered a bid for con
struction of the basement of the
tew Linn county courthouse, It
was found when the county court
-completed t- opening of the
Aids late Tuesday.
Stein Brothers of Eugene were
low bidders and as a result the
contract goes to them. Their bid
-was $10,950. This is $4,050 nn
cr the $15,000 estimate of the
Architects.
Only 12 bids were submitted,
aalthough it was expected that at
least 11 contractors w o a 1 d sub
mit bids.
. Work on the basement is to
start Immediately following the
normal awarding of the contract
:y the court.
US, Great Britain to Use Pacilic Islands Jointly
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In a history-making arrangement, the United States and Great Britain recently agreed to set up a re
gime La the South Pacific Island of Canton and Enderbnry for Joint nse as an international aviation and
communication bases. The islands, for years Uninhabited dots in the Sooth Seas, have grown to be
vital in development of transpacific airway transportation, and both the United States and Britain
claim them. Canton and Kiku rbary Island are thirty-two miles apart and 1,850 miles southeast of
Honolulu. Tboto shows a scene on Canton Island during a recent eclipse expedition. Both countries
flags fly over the disputed islands. (IIX).. t - -
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Three Day Program Planned lor
I Perry monnmest at Pwt
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High government officials and governors of several
states will gather at Put-In-Bay to participate in
the three-day celebration, Sept. 9-11, marking' the
! 125th anniversary of Commodore Perry's victory
In the battle of Lake Erie. Secretary of Interior
Harold Zckes will speak al dedication of the Perry
monument as a national park. Other events In-
Group Has Outing
At Cascadia Camp
Young People's Gathering
Well Attended ; Garden j
Club Elects Heads
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LEBANON The Presbyterian
young people's conference held
over .the weekend at Long Bow
camn above Cascadia was attend
ed by 21 young people and eight
adults including Dr. Elfrid of Sa
lem, naturalist, astronomer and
botanist, who had charge of the
hikes one taking them to Roos
ter rock, i
On Sunday the dinner group
numbered 64, with Dr. Q. Breen
of Albany conducting the services.
At the meeting of the Garden
club Monday night officers for the
year were elected.1 President, Mae
Kegester; vice-president, Lucille
Lin demand secretary, Laura Old
ham; treasurer, Freda Shemanek.
Garden j problems were dis
cussed and the club accepted an
invitation to a tea at the Shedd
home at Shedd Thursday night,
'.Exchange Pulpits
Rev. F. Claude Stephens of the
local Church of Christ will ex
change pulpits Sunday with Rev.
Nelson of Burley, Idaho.
' Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Gill and sons.
Warren and Rockne, spent the
weekend; at Tamarack, a summer
camp near Sisters owned and op
erated by their daughter, Donna,
and Miss 'Lucille Murphy of Al
bany. .They attended the horse
show and Warren stayed for the
closing of the camp for the year.
Lebanon members of the Bilyeu
clan attended the annual reunion
at Bryant park, Albany, Sunday
when 200 members were present.
The Bilyeus of Lebanon and vi
cinity are descendants from seven
brothers who migrated from Mis
souri as . pioneers and all reared
large families.
Called to Tacoma
Robert Hay den, one of the edi
tors of the Lebanon Express, was
called to Tacoma Tuesday by the
death of his father. E. M. Hay
den, prominent resident of that
city. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Hayden. f i
M. D. Davis, - realtor, ' reports
the sale of Mrs. Bertha Buntin's
residence on Park street to Ross
O'Brien: W. W Lackey's 15-acre
farm southeast of Lebanon to
Grant E. Mitsch of Brownsville;
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fljgahlp
Luther Keith's residence on Dodge
street to Marguerite Stryker; Os
car Grisham's lot on East Grant
street to Leslie Wertx.
Ed Kellenberger has men at
work on the unfinished duplex
house onWestGrant street, re
cently purchased from A. F.
Bahrke. ! '
Travelers Visit
Mrs. Mamie Mossbolder with
her daughter, Mrs. Estella Roach
of Los Ao&elea, stopped on a cross
country trip for a visit with her
brother, Joel C. Mayer.
There were 50 in attendance
at the garden supper party of
chapter V, PEO at the E. L. Clark
home Friday evening. A social
period followed,
Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Reeves left
Wednesday for San Francisco
where Mrs. Reeves will visit and
he will continue to Ogden, Utah,
on business.
The service station being erect
ed by J. M. Donaca on j Second
and Grant streets is nearing com
pletion and will be occupied ; by
Smith and Pierce September 1.
Dr. J. G. Gill has received word
of the death of his brother-in-law,
Ross Hibler, in Seattle Sunday
morning. Mr. Hibler was well
known in this section as he was
a merchant in Scio many years
and since leaving that locality be
came a wholesale grocer in
Seattle.
; Mr. and Mrs. Joel C. Mayer
have returned f r o m a vacation
trip in Alaska. Mrs. Mayer at
tended the regional convention of
garden j clubs in Seattle. They
went as far north as Bennett lake,
The young people's sewing
circle of the Assembly of God met
Tuesday to sew , for . a welfare
mission In Kentucky, supervised
by Mrs. Amelia Noah, here on a
furlough. She spoke to the circle
1n aa1
Frank Ditehen Is
Called; Long HI
NORTH HOWELL Frank Dit
ehen, who has been ill for over a
year, died at his home In this dis
trict about noon Wednesday, Aug.
17. He is survived by the widow.
Rose Schmidt Dit chert: three
daughters, Mrs. Dean Schaap,
Mrs. Arthur Devries and Miss
Freda Ditehen; - and five sons,
Frank, Peter, Carl, Joe and Reu
ben at home.' ?
Funeral services will be an
nounced later through Ekman's
at Silverton.
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Tht OUEVJON STATESMAN, Salera,
Perry Jubilee
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dude a parade, regatta, pageant and banquet. Con
gressman Dow Harter'ttf Akron, Is chairman
of the congressional commission arranging affairs.
The Niagara, used by Perry as a flagship after his ,
original flagship was sunk, is now at anchor at Erie,
Pa. but may be reconditioned and brought to Put
in-Bay for the observance.
Dodge fadow Says
Boat Is to Blame
LITTLE CURRENT, Ont., Aug.
17-(Canadian Press)-Mrs. Dan
iel Dodge, widow of the heir to
the motor car fortune who drown
ed in Georgian bay Monday after
a dynamite explosion, said today
she believed her husband was
thrown overboard by, the lurching
boat. t
(The attorney general's de
partment in Toronto K announced
that the death of the 21-year-old
Dodge would be Investigated. An
Inspector from the criminal inves
tigation branch will be sent to at
tend the inquest when the body is
recovered, it was said.)
A bride of 13 days at the time
of the fatal accident, Mrs. Dodge
said she had told her husband
two hours before the explosion
and tragic speedboat ride to a
hospital,, that she would, never
ride in the boat again.
Paper Purchased
At Cottage Grove
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore., Aug.
ll-VPy-Stile of the Cottage Grove
Sentinel by Leonard S. Goddard
and A. W. Shofstall to W. C. Mar
tin, former co-publisher of the
Artesia, N. M.. Advocate, was an
nounced Tuesday.
Goddard, associate Justice of
the supreme court of the Philip
pines until establishment . of the
commonwealth, said he would re
turn to law practice in southern
California or New Mexico. Shof
stall and other staff members
will remain under the new pub
lisher.
Talbot CE Croup
Picnic Enjoyable
TALBOT- A group of the Tal
bot Christian Endeavor members
enjoyed a picnic and wiener roast
on the Santiam river ' recently.
Swimming was the main diversion
of the evening. ..
Hop picking has started in the
Dave ... Terhune yard, . formerly
known as the Johnson yard. The
hops are fair considering the dry
season.
Salem Gets Wet,
But not all Wet
Salem got another slight taste
of rain yesterday, after a dry sum
mer but the amount, although it
was enough to clear the air, settle
the dust and .distress a few coat
less citizens, was hardly .enough
to measure. -
The weather bureau at the air
port found in its precipitation
guage "approximately one-twen
tieth of an inch' of rainwater.
7-Year-Old Dies
By Fatal .Mistake
MARSHFIELD, Aug. 17-PW
The seven-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Helmer J. Farmer was
burned fatally today when he
mistook gasoline for kerosene and
lit a lamp while playing in his
yard. . His mother heard his
screams .but before she could
extinguish the flames by wrapping
him in a blanket he was fatally
burned.
Six Girls Struck
ByXightning Bolt
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17-OPr-
Six girls, s to 15 years old, were
struck down by lightning during
a storm today. Norma Yates, 15,
of Baltimore, was treated at a
hospital for shock. The other
five. . all negroes, were felled
while piaylng under a tree. Phy
sicians said none was -critically
hurt, ' . . ' . .
Oregon, Thursday Morninjr, Angust 18, 1938
Realty Deals at
Jefferson Noted
R. T. Weavil and B. Red
i mond Buy Property; to
Build Barn
JEFFERSON R. T. Weavll
has purchased the small bouse on
the Martxell property on the cem
etery hill, and is moving it on an
acre of land one and one half
miles northwest of Jefferson. The
Weavil family have been living in
what is known as .the ; Clement
house on Second street.
B. M. Redmond, local dairy
man, has purchased a small tract
In .northeast Jefferson from Clar
ence Davis. The six room house on
the place ; is a new. one, not yet
completed on the inside. .. Red
mond plans to build a barn on the
place, for his dairy cows. '
: Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. . Dan Korb are Mr. Korb's
brother, Robert Korb and son.
Boyd of Burr Oak, Kansas, and
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Hunter of Twin
Falls, Idaho. The Hunter's are
former neighbors of - the Korb
family, in Kansas; and are enjoy
ing a vacation in the western
states. They will return home by
way of California. Sunday the
group, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Barker, of . Salem,
spent the day at the' coast,
- From Michigan
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Taf t and
daughter Dorothea and Beatrice.
Stewart of .Dearborn, Mich., are
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Wright and family.
They came by way of the south
ern route, visiting Grand Canyon
and Boulder dam, coming north
over the coast route. They will
return home by way of Salt Lake,
visiting relatives in South Dako
ta. Mr. Taft is a teacher of man
ual training in the Detroit, Mich
igan schools. Mrs. Taft and Mrs.
Wright are sisters.
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. John
Wright and sons, Harold and Lee
Wright and their guests from Mi
chigan, and Mr. and Mrs. Irvine
Wright and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Nygren enjoyed a pic
nic at Silver Creek Falls.
Miss Myrtle Myers who leased
the Nancy Miller property across
from the Methodist church, some
time ago, moved her h jsehold
goods Monday from Brownsville,
where she has been living for rev
eral years. Miss Myers is a sister
of Mrs. Fred Wied.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wilson
are the parents of a seven pound,
14 ounce daughter born Monday
morning, August 15. at the Al
bany General hospital. This ii
their first child, and she has been
named Anne Marie. Mrs. Wilson
will be remembered an Mrrlna
i Thurston.
Infamous Poison
Murderer Is Dead
TAUNTON, Mass., Aug. 11-JP
-Jane Toppan, 81, often referred
to as "one of the most infamous
poisoners of the world," died to
day in Taunton state hospital,
where she had been an inmate
for more than 36 years.
Arrested when she was 45,
Miss Toppan confessed killing
"at least loo persons," includ
ing Capt. Abner Toppan and his
wife, a Lowell couple who took
her in as an Infant from a Bos
ton foundling institution.
She was acquitted of murder
in a Barnstable county court be
cause oi innerited Insanity but
was committed June 24, .1902, to
me m . a state hospital.
Herbert Parker, attorney ren
eral at the time, testified she had
killed many of her friends and
on two occasions wiped out en
ure families.
Served Her Right
Is What We Say
EI, PASO, Texas, Ang. 17-(JFy-Mrs.
Juana Vargas, 26, was
brought to City-County hospi
tal today for treatment to a
lacerated finger.
She told Policemen McClel
lan and Dnchene she cut her
self on a razor blade while rnm
maglng In her husband's pants
pockets as be slept. .
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Robert Wadlow, tallest man In the world. Is pictured shortly after he
arrived in San Francisco on a visit. The 20 year old youth Is 8 feet
8H inches tall and weighs 480 pounds. In order to make him com
fortable, two beds were moved end to end and all chandeliers in
his rooms were tied to the ceiling. Robert graduated from high
school and attended Shnrtleff College for one year. His home Is In
Alton, 111. He has two sisters and two brothers, all normal size.
His mother is 5 feet 4 inches and weighs only 140 pounds. Photo
shows Robert receiving a message from Dorsey Cross at a San Fran-
- Cisco hotel. Cross Is a nonnal-sized man. Note how Robert towers
above the transom of the door. (UN).
Post Expedition
Hunts Lost Plane
BARROW, Alaska, Aug. 17-jP)
-A new search was under way to
night for the Russian .trans-polar
plane that vanished mysteriously
In the arctic a year ago last
Saturday.
Taking advantage of favorable
we ther and ice conditions.
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O'Connor to Lash
FDR on Airwaves
Friends Say Irishman not
to 'Pull Punches' in
Retaliating Talk
WASHINGTON", Aug. 17-(P)-.
Rep. John J. O'Connor, the pug
nacious New York Irishman who
got a -political tongue-lashing
from President RooBevelt, ar
ranged today to answer the chief
executive pi a nation-wide radio
speech tomorrow night.
Friends here said they did not
expect O'Connor to pull any
punches. Neither did Mr. Roose
velt yesterday, when he put the
congressman and Senator Millard
E.' Tydings of "Maryland on the
administration's "purge list"
alongside Senator Walter George
of Georgia.
Each of the three legislators
has opposed some of the presi
dent's proposals; each lias a pri
mary fight on his bands from a
"100 per cent new dealer."
O'Connor will speak from New
York at 7:45 p.m., eastern stan
dard time (CU3). He said yes
terday he accepted the president's
challenge. Tydings had no im
mediate comment.
George, who was put on the
purge list last week, received
today the support of an officer
of .the national grange for his
renominatlon campaign.
Green to Manage
Hotel in Wheeler
MILL CITY Mr. and Mrs.
John Green, former managers of
the Rada hotel, have leased a
restaurant in Wheeler, where they
will move. Miss Claude Lavine
has gone to Wheeler to be with
the Greens.
Curtis Thomas of Seattle spent
the weekend at the home of bis
uncle, M. S. Purson in Mill City.
Members and friends of Santi
am Rebekah lodge enjoyed a pic
nic at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Witt. A pleasant evening
was spent with games. Mr. Witt
which were shown to guests.
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