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LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER.
VOL. 86
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1934.
PRICE: ON STREETS 8c NEWS STANDS Bo
NO. 140
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illY IS
WINNER; COUNT
IS UNOFFICIAL
Margin of 31 Votes Held
In Complete iauy
Over District
THREE ARE ELECTED
Returns Fail to cnange
Other Results in
Balloting
By SID KING
i. ... of the closest political races
,v witnessed in Oregon, Carl E.
Wimberlr appeared to have defeated
Judse B. L. Eddy by a scant margin
ol 31 votes on the non-partisan ballot
the second judicial uistrici in we
May primary election.
1'nofficinl returns from all counties
in this district, precincts all complete,
lire Judse O. F. Skipworth 22,281.
Junes T. Brand. 21,730, Wimberly
14.9S1. and Eddy 14,'Jou. uounties
in tbe district are Benton, Coos, Car
ry, Douglas, Lane and Lincoln.
Lane i-avors tony
rnnfflcisl count of the Lane county
rote on the judicial ballot showed
Eddy had a lead of 67 votes over
Wimberly. Lane gate Brand 7,013.
Eddv 4.041. Skipwortn 8.SHU, ana
Wimberly 4.S74. Following Is a tab
ulation of the vote in the counties
comprising this judicial district:
Skipworth Brand Wimberly Eddy
Bmton 341S 31,17 177 XMV
Douglas 373
Cons....:i!W
P,Sn.1
7IM3
HfiS
4028
2S1S
4S74
1137
440
2010
204(1
40(11
110S
415
I Line ...W.m
Uoroln 1'in
Curry .. 52
lffotil. 222S1 21730 , 14081 "14050
Ouofficial tnbulatlon of Lane coun
ty's rote revealed no changes in the
results as announced previously. The
flffirial connting board started work
Monday and official results will be
announced in the near future. The
board is composed of Mrs. Margaret
Rapp, Manning Leonard and Mrs.
Mabel Henry with C. H. Sedgwick
and J. E. Murphy, justices of the
peace, observing.
Following is the unofficial tabula
tion of Lane's W precincts:
96 LANE PRECINCTS
Republican Primary
I Conjress ,
Pevers 1S17
Molt 4770
I Governor-
Brown 10S3
Panne 224S
Holrnnn 1220
SEE JUDGES' RACE STORY
PAGE 2
WEATHER NEWS
The minimum temnernture Monday
Ivaa only five degrees above freezing,
i very low point for this time of the
I war. The weather man savs it will be
mer. The forecast:
I UREGON. Fair tonight and Tuesday
"armer tn,,;ni. nn.i .
iTuesday: cooler southwest nnrtion
I Tuesday: moderate north and north
's"! wind offshore.
LOCAL STATISTICS: Minimum
I'-mperature .Monday. 37 degrees.
I-uuaram temperature Sunday, 07 rlc
". Willamette river, minus. 1 foot.
1 :M from nnnhwet.
SIUSLAW Tinrc. n-......i. t,:.i.
n" ' :4ft ! m-: low, 1:03 a. m..
'" P- m. Wednesday, high. 7:46
'' 5:'J." n m Inm. 1.111 . r 1
If- m. Thnrstlay. high, 8:56 a. in..
p. m.; low, 3;09 ,., o.0 p- m.
Green Apples - Not Just
By MARIAN LOWRY
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( 'pic for this week's forum con-
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offered
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'o a medium oven for
Chicago Clears Way Debris 0"
Of Fire To Start Rebuildii
Watchman Is Found In 1
CHICAGO, May 21 M) The charred body of a man was found
In the ruins of Chicago's stockyards today as crews of workers grop
ed through the derbis of Saturday's JS.000,000 fire preparing the way
for rebuilders.
Through acres of hot ashes. Into heaps of bricks, skeletons of old
landmarks and twisted steel girders the explorers dug, hunting valued
documents and property that might have survived the holocaust, and
hoping the loss of human life would not grow. ,
The one known victim was Isacc Means, 60 year old watchman
who discovered the first flames in the cattle pens near the Forty
Third street viaduct. The charred body was found less than two
blocks from the point where Means shouted to other workers: "It's a
fire." So quickly did the blaze spread on the wings of a brisk south
west wind, that Means was overtaken and burned to death before
he could make his way out of the labyrinth of livestock corrals. One
other death was attributed indirectly to the disaster, that of Walter
Burnfield, 33, who dropped dead of excitement as he watched the
flames.
LANE COUNTY GOAL
Mass Dry Meeting Seeks to
Get Issue on Ballot
In November
A resolution, to get out petitions
immediately for enlisting signatures
to place on the November ballot , a
measure providing for local option in
Lane county as regards the liquor
situation, was passed at the county
mass dry meeting held Sunday even
ing in the First Christian church.
At tbe same time, the assembled
crowd, in tbe same resolution, com
mended the state liquor commission
on its steps taken to support tbe law.
The group urged that the commission
continue its work and go even farther
in prohibiting all advertising in news
papers and magazines, the same as
was done in radio advertising in
Oregon.
- Concentration on temperance edu
cation was urged further in the
resolution, too.
The meeting place was filled for
tbe program. During the afternoon
conferences were held on various top
ics with H. R. Goold, city school su
perintendent; George H. McMorran,
chairman of the state liquor commis
sion; l'rof. Charles G. Howard, pro
fessor of the University of Oregon
law school; l'rof. Calvin Crumbaker,
of the University of Oregon school of
education leading the studies of var
ious topics assigned.
At 7:30 o'clock in the evening the
mass meeting was held with Dr. H.
J. Maulbetseu ond Charles Haffke of
the Anti-Liquor league speaking on
some of the problems of the liquor
situation. The meeting was sponsored
by the Eugene Ministerial associa
tion. Tbe Sunday resolution follows:
"We. citizens of Lane county as
sembled In conference to consider tbe
liquor problem, desire to record cer
tain convictions and to initiate a course
of action. Therefore, Be It Resolved:
"1. Thnt no legislation can alter
the fact that alcohol exerts upon the
human organism a powerful toxic
effect which too often rcUta in
mental, physical, and moral degener
acy. "2. Thnt total abstinence is the
only satisfactory course of action with
reference to alcoholic liquor, whether
for tbe individual or the social group.
"3. That we call upon the homes,
the schools, tbe churches, and all
other educational agencies of our
county to redouble their efforts for
scientific temperance education, with
out which all other efforts for the
solution of the liquor problem are
foredoomed to failure.
"4. That we stand ready to sup
port in every possible way our local
Inw enforcement agencies the sheriff,
the district attorney, the chief of
police, and their deputies In tbe en-
SEE LOCAL OPTION STORY
PAflE 9
Apples Asked In Recipes
50 minutes. When cool take from
pan. This does not need to be iced,
unless desired as it is delicious served
plain. Mrs. Atwood Foster, 1031 Jef
ferson, Cottage Grove.
Honay and Peanut Butter
Sandwiches
Mix equal parts of strained honey
and peanut butter. Use for filling
for sandwiches. Especially good with
wholewheat bread. Mrs. R. R. Ram
sey. 2223 Alder street. Eurene.
Black Walnut Honey Wafers
2 eggs. 1 square bitter chocolate
(Baker'), H crip brown sugar, H
cup strained honey, teaspoon salt,
'j teaspoon soda, 2-3 cup flour, 1
teaspoon lemon juice, 1 cup chopped
black walnuts.
Beat tbe eggs, add the chocolate
(meltedl, sugar, honey, and other in
gredients. Drop by teaspoons on
greased tins, at least two Inches
apart, and bake 8 to 10 minutes In
lib 1 t. baking These wafers keep well if put in an
SEE HOUSEWIVES' STORY
PAGE 2
is
The great packing plant of Swift.
Armour, Morris, Wilson were never
endangered as the hot breeze fanned
the fire eastward and away from the
big processing houses, flanking the
acres of open pens on tbe west.
These packers, little affected by
the blaae. were operating today and
even the banks that were reduced to
ruins announced business as usunl in
temporury quarters.
Trading on the country's leading
livestock exchange started a little
late, but the morning arrivals of live
stock were only slightly fewer than
was anticipated in Saturday's official
estimates. The estimated receipts of
hogs, put at 20,(hki in advance, were
reduced to 20,(KP0: cattle receipts
dropped from an estimate of 15,000
to 12.000 and sheep their pens un
touched by fire dropped from 14,000
to 5.000.
The. Red Cross said it had treated
1,100 persons for injuries during the
feverish battle to check the spread of
the flames, but less than a dozen were
hurt seriously.
Chief sufferers were the cluster of
buildings nt the Hulsted street en
trance to the yards, including the
(lid Livestock Inn. the Exchange
building, the great exposition hall
where annual livestock shows have
attracted thousands, the Drovers
Daily Journnl building, the two banks
and a numbers of shops, homes and
tenement houses lying on the fringe
Just east of Hnlsted street.
The cause of the blaze was unde
termined. Some investigators, in
cluding O, T. Henkle. general man
ager of the stock yards, sold they
were convinced the conflagration had
its origin in a carelessly tossed cig
arette. Henkie said he did not believe there
was any truth to reports that the
holocaust was the outgrowth of labor
troubles.
PWA To Give
More Money
For Bridges
SALEM, Ore., My 21. OJ.R) The
public works mlminiAtrntion has
agreed to lonn ndilitional funds to
romplpte construction of the five
Const highn-ny bridge and will np
provo contrnrtH for the Coon Buy
nnd Ymjiiinft Itny bridge next Thurs
day, Joseph iUorers, highwny com
mission attorney, wns notified todny.
The telegrnm wns Pent by C. (J.
Hockley, regional engineer for the
PWA, from Wellington, D. C. It
read:
"PWA will approve contracts two
bridges Thursday. Hove secured ten
tative approval additional funds,
confirmation later."
A lonn of $.". 102.000 was granted
originally by the PWA to construct
the bridges. The sum, HO per cent as
an outright grant nnd 70 es a long
time loa n. wa n ha xed on mat eria I
costs as of Inst September,
Mounting material prires have in
creased the cost to a point where It
is eipected another $4O0.0(i0 will
be neressnry to complete construc
tion. ever said.
PWA officials bare taken cognis
ance of rising costs. They informed
Hockley, according to the wire, that
the Oregon highway commission could
proceed with the advertising of re
maining bids and that sufficient funds
"would be forthcoming.'
Junior Chamber
To Meet Tuesday
The regular meeting of the Jonior
chamber of commerce will be held at
(I:.10 p. m. Tuesday at McCrady's cafe.
Plans for the group's trip to Leb
anon for the strawberry festival on
Friday. June 1. will be made at the
meeting. The marching organization
of the Junior chamber in going to
Lebanon.
Herman HoW of the local airport is
to give an illustrated talk Tuesday
evening on air travel.
JAPS KILLED IN RAID
TOKYO. - Mny 21. OP) Eleven
Japanese, including five cboottay.
were reported to have IWn killed
when 100 Chinese Irregulars raided
morlel Japanese settlement in Man
rhtikuo. The report, contained in
dispatch fmm Hinking (Changchun,,
capital of Mnnrhuknn, to Rmo f Jap
anse newa agency . said the attack
fk plsee at lke Chir.po. northeat
of Taobua ip Eastern Kirin province.
CLOSED SHOP'
TURNED 01
BY EMPLOYERS
Waterfront . Strike Stays
At Impasse; Farley
Is Continued
SHIPS QUIT HARBOR
Truckers Battle Police
Trying to Move
Foodstuffs
PORTLAND, Ore., May 21. 0W
R. , Kaskett, spokesman of em
ployea in the general longshoremen's
strike negotiations at San Francisco,
was today advised by Portland water
front employes that they have agreed
to four major points in the attempts
to settte the waterfront strike.
The employers rejected the union's
proposal that "closed shop' 'operation
le established, and opposed assign
ment of workers by the union. They
agreed to collective bargaining with
representatives of the longshoremen
and to arbitration on wages and hours.
Ships Quit Port
Shipping men here generally believ
ed the stand takenlocally would be
rejected by officials of the Interna
tional Longshoremen's association at
the San Francisco con f erf nee.
Two ships left the port over tbe
week-end, neither having loaded any
cargo since the strike started, 13 days
ago.
In reply to Information from the
Yakima, Wash., chamber of commerce
that fruit growers there will suffer
"an irreparable loss' because of in
ability to get shipments of fruit spray
off the steamer Charles R. McCor
mick. idle here, the. J.. U A, tele-,
graphed that it would tnnke efforts to
get the spray unloaded and shipped
to Yakima today.
TRUCKERS, POLICE BATTLE
MINNEAPOLIS, May 21. (U.P3
Striking truck drivers, fought police
in a desperate hand-to-band battle
todny for control of the city's mar
kets. More than 25 policemen and
strikers were wounded.
Police succeeded in repulsing the
drivers, who withdrew to await the
arrival of re-enforcements. The strik
ers sought to stop the movement of
trucks containing perishnble foods.
An appeal by the truck drivers for
assistance from other unions brought
a vote of &5.000 building trade union
members to strike at 5 p. m. today.
A general cessation of business activ
ity was feared.
Representatives of other unions
called meetings for late today to dis
cus plana for a general strike. Truck
drivers who attempted to run tbe
blocknde with farm produce were
beaten and their produce dumped.
SERA Sewing Work
Will Be Started
Here On Tuesday
Final word of the approval of the
Eugene sewing project was received
by E. M.Drew, county manager of the
SERA, Monday morning and it is ex
pected that the ten women, including
a forewomnn, will start their work
Tuesday. The women will do sew
itig for the Red Cross and transient
relief bureau and will be employed
for a period of eight weeks.
Tentative arrangements had been
made Mondny for the use of rooms
in the Hrtmpton building at tbe cor
ner of Sixth avenue and Willamette
st reet, owned by F. L. Cha mbers.
Many of the rooms, on the second
floor of the building, recently occu
pied by the CCC headquarters, are
vacant and are convenient for this
preject. t
Electoral College
Abolition Downed
WASHINGTON, May 21. U.R
The senate today rejected the Notris
constitutional amendment providing
for popular election of the president
of the t'nlted States and abolition of
the electoral college.
The vote was 42 for amendment to
24 against, two-thirds majority be
ing necessary for approval of a con
stitutional amendment.
Sen. George W. Norris, (U., Neb.),
changed hia rote from aye to no In
order to more for reconsideration
later.
Silver Message Is
Expected Tuesday
WASHINGTON. May 21. OP
Submission of President RooMTelt's
liver message to congress was post
poned today until tomorrow for s
final checkup on details with treasury
aides.
Mr. Roosevelt nd ready message
endorsed tbe mandatory proposal to
make silver a definite part of the
metallic base for American currency.
$8,000,000 FIRE
; :::--:':'':::''::;'" E: " : 1
An air view of the fire aweeplna the Union Stock Yards and
Saturday, when a score of Urge
etrueturea were destroyed. Thousands of cattle were killed, and one
been lost. It was the greatest fire
mated at eight million dollars.
GATHER FOR MEET
Concert by Orchestra and
Chorus Monday Night
Open to Public
' Music teachers from all sections
of the state gathered at the school
of music Mondny for the opening
sessions of the nineteenth unuunl
convention of the Oregon Music
Teachers' Association. Ifusiuess ses
sions, concerts, symposiums and study
classes will mnke up a busy program
for Monday and Tuesday. Over lot)
teachers attended the noon luncheon
Mondny, and another group wns ex
pected to arrive during the after
noon. A return to the older, more stable
types of music, particularly folk
music, and tbe development of the
child's imagination rather than ap
pealing to sentiment was urged by
Dr. C. V. Hnyer, president of the
University of Oregon, in his address
of welcome. Modern "jnxz" tunes,
which are "popular" for a couple of
weeks, then disappear or give wny
to another audi "popular" tune,
were cited by Dr. Boyer as a much
inferior type of music. Children will
respond to the better type If It is ex
plained to them, he declared, and If
an nt tempt is mnde to arouse, the
child's appreciation.
The attitude of people in rural
and small communities toward music
is amazing, it wns declared by Mrs.
Anne Ianbury Berk, of the univer
sity school of music, who talked on
"Developments In Public School Mu
sic." Not only Is n ken appreciation
easily nrotised, hut these people will
willingly take part in music, and
will show a great deal of genuine
talent. An example of this cited wan
SEE MUSIC MEET STORY
PAGE 2
Election Officials
Are Pafd $3582.30
Election officials at the primaries
In Lane county last Friday will re
ceive a total of frWN2.30 as pay fnr
their work, and rental amounting to
approximately $.VKJ will be paid (o
owners of buildings where the voting
took place In the different precincts.
County Treasurer Grace Schtsks
Monday sent out fl.V) checks to pny
the election fffriala. Cash was avail
able for this purpose and the checks
re cashable at any tfme. The
cfpients will not have to wait for
their money as they would If war
rants were issued.
BOOST AIRMAIL
WASHINGTON. May 21. P
The postoffice department is going to
tart an intensive advertising cam
psign to boom use of the airmail.
Marllee Branch, second assistant
postmaster general, said today the
drive would start May 21 with post
ers, newspaper publicity mid ontory
The cost is to b limited to "lets
tbin $100,000,'
SWEEPS CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE!
buildings, packing houses and factories, and several hundred smaller
in Chicago since the city was
Forces Mass
For Big Fight
In Gran Chaco
BVENOS AIRES, Mny 2t. (U.W
Every mnn. gun, nnd airplane at tYie
commnnd of Bolivian nnd Paraguayan
generuls wns massed todny along the
Pilcomnyo river for a finish fight in
the Gran Chaco war.
A series of skirmishes, fiercely
fought, marked a week'a preparation
hi the jungle battle area.
The defense ministry at Asuncion
announced heavy fighting wna in prog
ress in the Cnniada sector, where the
Pnrngunynns were In a strong posi
tion. Other sectors reported scat
tered engagements.
The bent troops remaining after
two yenrs of bloody fighting thnt hns
cost 4."i.000 lives are nwaiting a xero
hour, to be named by Paraguay.,
Then will come the most Important
bnttli of the wnr. The prizo In Fort
BnlHvnn.
It is held by Bolivian forces. It
is tbe Inst Bolivnn bulwark against
the Pnrngunynn push townrd the rich
Villa Montcs oilfields.
Bomb Intended For
Balkans Explodes
In U. S. Postoffice
WASHINGTON, Mny 21. OP) A
bomb which inspectors sny wns des
tined for the Bnlknns exploded In the
postoffice dend letter office todny,
shattering a clerk's bnnd and slightly
injuring a negro me!nger.'
It was concealed In a hollowed-out
look, and went off when the volume
wns opened by Myrton L. Genung.
Gcnung was In too critical n con
dition afterwards to tell what hap
pened. II e specialized I n Improperly
wrapped or addressed parcels ad
dressed to foreign countries from
Maryland. Delaware. West Virginia.
Virginia, North Carolina and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
W. H, Jnr-kson, the messenger, cut
by flying glass from Genung's tn hie
top. snid he wns bending over another
table when the explosion occurred. He
looked up to see Gnung, dared, stum
bling about with blood streaming from
bis hand.
Aaron Frank Gets
15-Pound Dolly
Aaron Krsnk of the Meier and
Prnnk company of Portland Sunday
caught a huge Dolly Varden trout In
the M'KenrJe river In the vicinity of
the Thomson resort and took the
trophy home to Portland that evening.
The fish weighed about 1ft pounds.
Mr. Frank acdnmpanied a party of
San Francisco merchants on this fish
ing trip and the men from that city
are reported to have had fine lurk.
They made their head'junrlera at the
Thomson place.
MANCHUKUO RECOGNIZED
' SAV SALVADOR, El Salvador,
May 2L flJ.m-The- Sftlvad"renn re
public has recognized the empire of
Mtncbukuo, it wsa announced today.
neighboring buildings In Chicago
human lite wae Known to nave
razed In 1871, and damage It est!
HERE MOTHER YEAR
Northwest Christian College
Name of Unified
Institutions
Northwest Christian college has
been selected as the nnme for the
merged Eugene Bible college and Spo
kane university, which have operated
here together the past year under the
nnme of the Eugene Bible college.
The school will continue In Eugene
nnother yenr, it Is announced from
the office of Linden G. Lenvitt, acting
cha nrcllor, I he permanent locat ion
hnving not been settled na yet. Tbe
two have been Incorporated . under
the new nnme. the Northwest Chris
tian college.
In announcing the program for (he
school, the bonrd in charge makes the
following statement reg.irding the
policies of the institution:
"1. It is a college committed to
the one great tank of training young
people for the work of pnstors, evan
gelists, missionaries, directors of rein
gious education and other types of
Christian service. This college will
not sponsor any orgnninntion or auxil
iary within the church. It Is, bow
ever, in sympathy with the work of
the entire brotherhood.
2. The faculty personnel selected
must ronilftt of tho:;e who believe in
the Inspirit tion of the sacred scrip
tures, the diety of Christ, the divine
origin of the chun-b, and the obliga
tion resting upon us to enrry out the
spirit of the great commission. The
fnculty personnel selected must be In
sympathy with the policy of North
west Chrlstinn college and if any ad
justment Is necessary to hnrttmnize
SEE COMBINED SCHOOLS STORY
PAGE 2
Pests Swell Crop
Done By
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ,
Drought, aided by grasshoppers;
and chinch bugs, spread further de
struction through the grain belt to
day, Increasing crop losses to es
high aa 8ft per cent In some sections. I
Many farmers prayed yesterday In
churches for rain. Some rains came,1
but they w ere too light to bring
much relief. More liberal showers
were forecast.
Even Ideal weather, snid agricul
tural experts, could not now afford
any materfnl relief in much nf the
midwest.
Nebraska farmers reported all
crops In the central part of the
state, including onts, hay, and other
small grains, have been cut to -40
per cent. Tbe strawberry crop has
been severely damaged and chinch
bug damage is the worst In the
region's fnrmlng history.
Indisnn's liny crop Is cut .V) per
cent and wheat and oats are severely
dnmnged. Corn Is germinating slowly.
Dust storm have blown awav larse
COMBINED SCHOOLS
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WTiCKEO
Johnson and Richberg Art
Held Resentful of
Criticism
SECOND REPORT DUD
Government Support 01
Monopoly Shown,
Says Darrow
WASHINGTON. May 21. (4M
The national recovery review boar
in a three page statement today as
sailed the criticism on its report madaj
by Mi A officials, promised ft second
report before the end of the weeM
nnd challenged Nil A to answer thn(
one.
The second report, the board head
ed by Clarence Darrow said, covered
industries "in which conditions arfl
even worse than in those that severed
Mr. Richberg a vision."
Tbe reference wns to Donald W
Richberg. general NHA counsel, wba
charged Darrow'a unit with abuse of
public confidence In having ao eon
ducted Itself as to develop only evU
dence in support of already fixej
views. ,
End Thought Near
Meanwhile, It was indicated at the)
White House thnt President Roosej
velt expected the Darrow board td
wind up its work soon. Nothing wai
said aa to how the president looketj
upon Hugh S. Johnson's recommends
tion that the board be abolished M
once.
There had been no hint of upplt
mental statement such as given ouf
hy the Darrow board today. .
It read In part:
"The, monopolists and profiteer
that were uncovered by the review
board'a report had their Innings to
day and with their attorneys, paid
and unpaid, filled the air with tneitj
clamors.
Small Business Hurt
"When they pause to take brettbj
SEE NRA CHALLENGE STORY
PAGE 2
4
Pat and Clifford Reagan, local pro
frssional wrestlers, who were arrestett
a few days ago on a charge of assault
and battery upon Gerald Scberer of
the Scherer Motor company, waived
examination in the justice court Mon
day and were both bound over by
fudge Dan Johnston. Pat Reagan In
out on $ir00 bnil, but Clifford was
still in jail Mondny afternoon having
been unable to furnish a bnnd.
The Reagan brothers beat Scherer
severely on the street, the troubln
arising over a bill alleged due the
motor company. Scherer Is still con
fined to the Pacific hospital with an
Injury to hia head, hut is reported to
be Improving steadily.
The grand jury baa been called to
meet Monday, May 2S, to consider
these cbspb and a number of others
and Circuit Judge Skipworth wilt set
case for trial June 4, it was an
nounced Mondny,
The case of Nnncy Towers against
Chnrles LeRoy Towers, a contested
divorce suit, wns tried before Judge
Skipworth Monday and the testimony
was expected to be finished some time
In the afternoon.
Damage
Midwest Drought
parts of the onion and mint crops.
The fruit crop In the southwestern
region in periled. Timber and grass
is dying, and small insects and tim
ber fires are adding to the damage
With 'hay and pastures most af
flicted, crops thronghout Wisconsin
are menaced. No spring planting has
been done In several sections. Corn
is suffering.
EASTERN OREGON HIT
PENDLETON, Ore.. .May 21. 0P
A fifty per cent wheat crop for
eastern Oregon unlesa weather con
ditions change is predicted by J. W,
Maloney. collector of internal reve
nue and former wheat farmer of
Pendleton. The present condition was
ascribed to the fact that wheat went
through the winter without the usual '
molsure.
A below normal crop was seen fnr
T'matilla county nnd unless condi
tions change soon, the yield was ex
pected to be arouud four mtllios
bushels.
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