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THE GOLD HILL NEWS, THURSDAY. JUNE 9, 1932
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
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Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
ol Our Readers.
THE M ARKET*
Portland
Wheat — Big Bend blnestem. hard
winter, 6ly{c; soft white and western
white, 6*% c; bard winter, northern
spring and western red, 66%c.
H ay—Buying prices, f. o. b Port
land; Alfalfa, Yakima, *14.
Butterfat—Pound 13015c.
Riga- Ranch, 18014c.
Hogs—Good to choice, *3.90 0 4.10.
Cattle—Choice steers, 360006.60
Lambs— Spring, *4.00 0 4.60,
Seattle
Wheat—Soft whits, western white
hard winter, 6tc; western red, 65c;
northern spring, 67c; bluestem, 47c
Eggs—Ranch, 16018c.
Butterfat—Pound 16c.
Hogs—Good to choice, 3404.20.
Cattle— Choice steers, *606.60.
Bheep— 8pring lambs, *404.60.
Spokane
1—President Moaclckl of Poland reviewing (be troops In Warsaw ■( the huge celebration of Poland'« birthday
2— hr. A. Hit ling. In charge of the agricultural department of the Chicago World'« Fair of 1088, driving a team of oxer
in the ground breaking ceremonlea for the Agricultural building on Northern laland. 8—Dr, John F. ( ondon ( Jafele I
leaving the grand Jury room In New fo rk where he told of hl« part In the search for the kidnaped and murdered Lind
bergh baby.
“Aeronautics” for the Commerce Building
Cattle —Steers, good, *6.0006.50.
Hogs—Good to choice. *3.6503.76.
Lumtw—Good to choice, *4.00 0 4.60.
J. A. Lehrer, W alla Walla, waa
unconscious last week near Heppner,
tils car had rolled off the grade.
Fire believed due to spontaneous
combustion caused considerable dam-
age to three business houses at Co
quille.
R. W. Price, manager of Crater Lako
lodge ar.d resort, announced that the
resort opened for tourists June 4. The
lodge will be opened July 1.
More than 6000 persons, moat of
them near starvation, were at work
In the berry fields near Banks after
weeks of cloudy weather delayed their
start
F. A. Thompson was killed and four
others were Injured when two auto
mobiles collided on Pacific highway
between Harrisburg and Junction
City.
Tbl« pediment for the new *17,000,01X1 Department of Commerce building In Washington waa designed by Haig
Patlglan, sculptor. The design represents the genius of aviation whose arm» are being fastened to a conventional wing
«« he Is about to «oar. Figure« on either side of the central group are shown bearing aeronautical accessories and th*
eagle« at each corner suggest flight as well as hatching new flyers.
BIG LEAGUES EYE HIM
Amelia Earhart Flies Ocean Alone
J. C. W rig h t pioneer rancher of
Klamath county, has been seriously
Injured by a bull, which gored and
trampled him In the barnyard of the
Wright ranch. W right Is 75 years of
age.
Ratn. snow and hail fell at Cascade
Summit recently. The snow melted
es soon aa It fell. Several fishermen
attempted the trip to Gold lake, but
only two of the men succeeded In mak
ing the trip.
A dead coyote killed In Curry coun
ty ' has been worth *26 in bounty In
the past, but the county has about
decided that It la through paying that
amount for "bootlegged" coyote pelts
from other places.
Gale Sharp, 20, son of F. M. Sharp
of W ilhoit Springs, was killed at the
Eastern & Western logging camp 25
miles south of Molalla when hla foot
caught in a switch frog while he was
braking a log car.
Growers of the Upper M ill Creek,
Rowena and Mosier districts have ap
pealed to housewives of The Dalles
to use locally grown strawberries in
preference to outside berrtee of poor
er quality and lower price.
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Someone unidentified placed 10 or
15 sticks of dynamite In a cabin used
by Jack Course, a woodcutter, on the
Vanderxanden place near North Plains
and reduced It to kindling. No one
was In the cabin at the time.
Charley Devens, member of a social
ly prominent Boston family and pitch
ing ace of the Harvard university
team, who may make hla entrance Into
professional baseball at the end of the
•nrrent season and sign with one of
the New York clubs. Iteports have It
that both clubs are after Charley's gig-
asture, but the youngster refuses to
romment until after graduation.
BUILT OF COBBLES
New photograph of Mrs. Amelia Karhart Putnam who flew from Harboi
Grace, N. F„ to Culmore, Ireland, near Londonderry, the first woman to makt
a solo flight across the Atlantic ocean. Her goal was Parts but the exhaust
manifold of her plane burned out and her motor was straining, so aha tandec
In Ireland.
Raising the Assuan Dam in Egypt
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This new stone lighthouse at the
Sun Francisco yacht harbor, looking
like the old Itonian watch towers, was
built entirely of eobhleaiones that were
removed from the city streeta In Sun
Francisco's progrnm of aiding the un
employed and beautifying the city.
The great dam across the Nile at Assuan. M l miles south of Cairo, U
now being heightened over 21» feet us one of the first steps In a glgnnilc Irrl
gallon project promulgated hy the Egyptian government for the cultivation ol
7,0tX),(X)O acres of soil now lying barren for a part or all of the year.
The Umpqua River highway district
la rapidly paying off Its bond debt
W. A. Lovelace, chairman of the board
of trustees, canceled *6800 of bonds
recently. Thia leaves only *18,456
unpaid of the issue of *110,000.
The last large group of state high
way Jobs to be let this year w ill ba
awarded at the meeting of the Ore
gon highway commission in Portland
June 23, Instead of June 9. It waa an
nounced by H. B. Glauayer, secretary
of the commission.
Construction of a fish ladder near
the power bouse at Gold Ray dam, on
Rogue river, to take care of tbs sal
mon that crowd up ths spillway, will
soon begin. Ths ladder will be con-
etructed out of funds provided by the
California-Oregon Power company.
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Formation of a co-operative, profit-
sharing plan between James H. Owen.
general manager ol the Owen-Oregon
Lumber company ot Medford, and ex-
logging camp workers, whereby a
small unit of workers started opera-
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tlona last week, was announced rs- -
cently.
Eulalona chapter. Daughters of the
American Revolution, of Klamath
Falls, dedicated two bronxe markers
on Memorial day to the Scon chin cem
etery near Beatty. One marker was
placed at the grave of Wlnema, hero
ine of the Modoc war, and the other
at the grave ot Chief Bconchln.
When members of the Linn county
court audited bills tor the primary
election they started discussing means
of reducing the cost of balloting,
Elimination of several voting pre-
clncts through consolidation was
agreed to as the most feasible method
of bringing down election expenses.
Spinach by the ton has been packed
In the Ray-Mating cannery at H ills
boro under the special qulck-freexlng
process which has had the organise-
tlon employing as many as 480 women
for sorting the leaves. Running on
a two shift basis, the cannery has
also been busy putting up asparagus
at night.
Remaining assets of the First Na
tional bank of Bend were offered at
public sale June 4 by Receiver Hall.
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The notice of sale lists bills receiv
able to the amount of *400,413. To
date the bank haa paid 44 per cent
in dividends on deposits.
It waa
closed In April, 1927, with approxi
mately *1,000.000 In deposits.
ALL hat, lean and genial face, alar
apangled frock coat and striped
trousers, fam iliar symbol of the whole
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United States: what one person would
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be so bold as to claim to bave been
the original Uncle Sami Yet II* Troy,
, N. Y„ there was recently erected a
' monument to Just such a person, one
Uamuel Wlleon, who flourished In the
' meat necking business at the time of
the Ws. of 1812 and became the name
sake of a whole nation quits by acci
dent.
In 1812 Elbert Anderson of New
Jersey secured a contract to furnish
j “2,(XM1 barrels of prime pork and 300
i barrels of prime beef In full bound
barrel* of white oak" for troops sta
Samuel Wilson,
| tioned at Albany.
more familiarly “Unde Sain.” was ap
j pointed to see that thia meat met
specifications
and
was
properly
! packed. Every barrel thus approved
| be had stamped “U. 8.— E. A.." stand
i ing for United States and Elbert An
. derson. «The story goes that one of bis
own employees, when asked what the
j Initials stood for, replied. “Uncle Sam.
Uncle Sam Wilson. He owns near all
[ about here, and he's feeding the
army.” The questioner thought the
story a good one. spread It, and thus
nicknamed a nation!
The city council of Reedsport haa
unanimously voted to enforce strictly
the ordinance fixing charges for water
and regulating the collection therefor.
For several years the council has been
lenient and has permitted many water
users to work out their water tax.
As a result revenues have shrunk and
the city faces a serious situation.
Prospectors In the Mule Creek dis
trict, down the Rogue from Grants
Pass, believe they have uncovered the
mother lode of the great “golden
sone" district of the mid-Rogue area.
The discovery haa been kept quiet for
several weeks but a miniature “gold
rush” Is on. The main lode Is said
to vary from 70 to 400 feet In width.
W illiam Jesse Doughty, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W illiam T . Doughty, waa
killed by a falling tree on his farm
a mile east of Bay City. Mr. Doughty,
in comnany with a neighbor named
Posy, was felling a tree on hla place
and due to a high wind the tree did
not fall In the direction It was ex
pected to.
Twins from goose eggs! That Is the
report from Bandon which relates the
experience of E. C. Cochran of Two
Mile, a district south ot Bandon. Mr.
Cochran was reported to have set a
goose on five eggs, which he saw on
various occasions and never was there
but the five eggs. On May 17 four
eggs had hatched and one tailed to
produce anything. In the nest were
seven goslings.
There are approximately 15,000
heads of families and 600 single men
In the Portland district who are with
out employment, Charles A. Gram,
state labor commissioner, reported.
Gram said that In addition to these
Idle men many transients were pass
ing through Portland in quest of em
ployment. McMinnville reported 100
unemployed men. Hillsboro reported
250 unemployed, while Corvallis esti
mated its idle ruen at 600. In the
Salem district 3500 men and women
were said to be seeking work. Al
bany reported 750 without work, Eu
gene 1000 men. La Grande 705 men,
Medford 300 men, Roseburg 900 men.
James Pappidimos, Astoria cafe
man, was grieviously cutting fine
steaks out ot the largest salmon
caught on the Columbia river this
season. Happy when he was given
an opportunity to buy the giant
Junior Johnston, 8, was drowned chlnook, ha became chagrined when
In the Chenowlth district, near The Informed that he would without doubt
Dalles, when he fell from a raft in an have received the 10-dollar American
old reservoir. W ilber Peterson, 8, who Legion prixe tor the biggest salmon,
also fell Into the reservoir, was held besides his price per pound had he
above water by Dan Peterson, 12, and turned the "big fellow" in the con
test for the biggest fish to display be
saved when help arrived.
One of the greatest centers of straw fore the visiting legion navies from
berry experimental work was opened the Portland convention In Septem
for public inspection at Oregon State ber. The biggest chlnook entered In
college June 3. Growers had an op I the Legion contest to date weighs 65
portunity to view many developments pounds. The winner last year scaled
In cultural and variety experiments 75 pounds, three pounds less than the
salmon bought by Pappidimos.
as carried on for many years.
The first summer session at Bend's
Junior high school with pupils paying
for the cost of the course w ill be of
fered this year. Those taking the
course will be eligible to enter high
school in the fall Instead of at mid
year.
A fountain honoring the memory of
W illiam Berrlan, for many years man
ager of the Butte Falls hatchery, in
Jackson county, has been erected on
the hatchery grounds for the use of
visitors and campers along the Rogue
river.
U N C L E SAM
Construction work on the new *50.-
000 hotel at the Oregon c a ve s^ m o v-
lng along as fast as Contracror Gua
Llum with a large crew of carpenters
and helpers can progress. Contract
ors promise a completed building by
July 15.
Jackson county’s new courthouse
will be officially dedicated early In
August. Plans for the ceremony are
now under way. I t will be one ot the
finest courthouses In the state. AU sec
tions of the county will take part la
the dedication.
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BLAC K M A R IA
OR many years It was not the
'bine chariot” that carried disturb
ers of the peace and petty felons off
to Jail; police raided dives and gam-
' bling Joints, but they didn't bundle
1 their captives où In a “cage on
; wheels." Instead, they sent for the
i “Black Maria." and thus paid dubious
1 honor to one of the most un Boston-
like of our early Bostonians
In old Colonial days a negress
named Marla Lee kept a prosperous
sailor's boarding house In Boston. Sfcs
: was a woman of gigantic stature and
prodigious strength, and used them to
good advantage in maintaining quiet
and order not only In her own estab
lishment but all up and down the wa
ter front—and this in a day when
ships carried canvas and sallormen
ashore were wont to be a roistering
and liberty-taking lo t Such was her
repute for instilling awe and obedi
ence Into the hearts of the lawless
that the police authorities frequently
enlisted her aid In making arrests.
It la said that she once, single-handed,
herded Into the lockup three trembling
sailors, lately bold and swaggering
seamen on a too-rlotous shore leave.
Finally, so often did the strong arm
of the law lean for assistance on the
stronger arm of Marla Lee that to
"send for Black Maria" became
synonymous with “send for help In
getting this disorderly person to Jail” ;
and the name “Black Maria” 'thus
! passed to the police wagon or patron
to which It has stuck until the gang
ster and racketeer have coined for
them new terms more In keeping with
the modern scene.
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SHERLOCK HOLMES
HERLOCK HOLMES, unique among
the detectives of literature from
the wily Lecoq of Gaboriau. our first
detective story writer, to Philo Vance,
has perhaps attained that distinction
from the very fact that he was only
part fiction.
When Conan Doyle, creator of the
character as we know him, was a
medical student at Edinburgh univer
sity, he became a pupil and friend of
Dr. Joseph Bell, then professor at the
university, later member of the med
ical staff of the Royal Infirmary of
Edinburgh.
Doctor Bell gained hla
drat fame as a diagnostician; through
methods of acute observation of detail
and keen analysis, be solved mysteries
of disease that had baffled all others.
Latei be applied similar methods to
crimes that chanced to come to his at
tention. and gained such a reputation
for solving cases that he was fre
quently called In by the crown pros
ecutors and even by Scotlnnd Yard to
aid In unraveling their most Intricate
mysteries.
Doyle, who often meutloned hla
debt to Doctor Bell, described hla
“sharp, piercing eyes, eagle nose and
striking features," and his habit of
holding his hands before him. fingers
together, when observing a client, and
of making decisions only after ob
serving every Insignificant detail, a
method fnmlllar to every admirer of
Sherlock Holmes.
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W estern N e w sp aper U n io n .)
Parisian L ife Changing
Paris Is said to be becoming a city
of suburbs Instead of a haven for cos
mopolitans, latest estimates showing
thnt every week day nearly 1.000.000
persona travel to and from the city on
2,122 trains and thousands on street
cars.
800 Gilt Statues
In the Temple of the Five Hundred
Arrhats, In Canton, China, stand 500
gilt statues. One of them la supposed
to represent Marco Polo, the famous
Venetian traveler of the Fourteenth
century, who, completely transformed
Into a Chinese. Is now worshiped as
* Chin*»«*» «mint.