PAIIR TWELVE
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1929
WINS $450,000
HEART BALM FOR
PROMISE BREACH
Detroit, (AV-Unleu a new trial
.to granted by Judge Homer Fergu
on a Judgment against John H.
Culle for (450,000 will be entered
after 20 days in favor of Miss Ber
tha Cleavenger, in accordance
with the jury's verdict in her
1730,000 breach of promise suit.
The verdict against Castle, who
is 37 years old and la a wealthy
real estate operator, is believed to
have established a new high figure
in a breach of promise case. Judge
Ferguson expressed the opinion
that the award doubles the largest
previous one. He referred to the
1225,000 verdict In the O'Brien
Manning case in New York, which
was subsequently reduced by the
court to $125,000.
Eight women and four men com
prised the jury which made the
award to the 43-year-old woman
who met Castle when she operated
a rooming house and he was a
worked in the Ford Motor com
pany factory. The six weeks of
testimony in the trial revealed
long association which began one
fall day in 1927, when Castle, com
ing from Evansville, Ind., sought a
room at the woman's house.
Miss Cleavenger said the two be
came engaged within six weeks and
that she loaned Castle tiSOO which
he used In climbing the ladder of
success. He admitted receiving $1,
0O0 which he said he repaid.
Castle, who had been taking
correspondence course in Salesman-J
ship, began selling automobiles and
real estate "on the side'' and In
the course of a few years was a
big operator, a partner of the late
John Ford, brother of the automo
bile magnate.
HIGH WATER TAKES
WHITE FIR SUPPLY
Jtfferson Kenneth Ford of the
Ford Lumber company was trans
acting business In town Thursday.
He reports the loss or M or 90 thou
sand white fir logs, that broke loose
from their lines in the Willamette
river near Sidney, during the recent
high water.
Just before noon Thursday the
Santlam river reached the highest
water mark of the season, that of
14 feet, and then started to fall.
Friday morning the river stood a
little above the S-foot mark sj
was stlU failing.
ARTICHOKES DO
BEST IN OREGON
TESTS REVEAL
VALUABLE LEATHER
BELT IS MUTILATED
Independence Someone entered
the premises of the sand and gravel
company Wednesday night and de
stroyed a large 24 -Inch belt costing
several hundred dollars to replace,
by cutting out a strip about four
Inches wide and two feet long from
Its side. It entailed quite a loss to
the company as It required two men
to remove It from the donkey, and
prepare It for shipment to Portland
where the necessary repairs will be
made.
McMANAMY CHAIKMAV
Washington (jP) Frank McMan
amy, was elected chairman of the
Interstate commerce commission
for 1030 succeeding Commissioner
Ernest I. Lewis. The chairmanship
rotates from year to year.
INCORPORATION PLANNED
Sclo George C. Miller, presi
dent, and Earl Phillips, secretary
of the Scio Mutual Telephone com
pany have begun the formality of
having the company Incorpornt en.
Corvallls Oregon Artichoke grow
ers this year have produced more
tonnage from their 30 acres of scat
tered test plantings than the entire
yield of the 241 acres grown near
the California plant, is the word
just brought here by B. H. Wiegand,
head of the horticultural products
division, who has Just returned from
Santa Rosa where he spent a month
as plant superintendent for the
Pabst Dietary Products, Inc.
Superiority of the Oregon product
was not confined to yield alone,
says Professor Wiegand, as the tu
bers are larger and apparently more
mature than those grown In the
south, making possible striking sav
ings In plant operation.
"It took 175 workers a full eight
hour day to prepare enough of the
California artichokes to run the
plant 23 hours," said Wiegand, "while
the same crew in four hours pre
pared enough Oregon tubers to run
the plant 28 hours. With the south
ern tubers there was 14.7 per cent
trimming waste and 90 per cent of
the product went into soup stock,
the cheapest form, while with the
Oregon product the trimming waste
was but 6.2 per cent and only 1 per
cent went into soup stock."
The California yields were so
much lower than expected that
practically all the Oregon tonnage
Is being shipped to the Santa Rosa
plant for processing. Drouth doubt-,
less curtailed the yields there to
some extent, believes Professor
Wiegand, but the ' natural condi
tions are evidently far less favor
able than here In the north.
Naturally the Pabst company Is
pleased with the Oregon showing.
Professor Wiegand found, but there
will be ro wholesale contracting for
acreage for the next year, as the In
dustry cannot expand faster than
the markets for these specialized
food products are established. Some
expansion Is assured, however, and
t .ere Is strong possibility of estab
lishing a processing plant in this
state.
EXTEND BRIDGE TIME
Washington. (LP) A bill extend
ing for four months the term al
lowed for construction of a bridge
connecting Longview. Wash., and
Rainier, Oregon, was passed Friday
by the house. It now goes to the
president.
PRISON WELFARE
LEAGUE BLAMED
FOR AUBURN RIOT
Albany, N. Y. IJPh-Colonel George
E. Chandler's recommendation for
the abolition of the Auburn prison
ers' mutual welfare league was be
fore oovemor Roosevelt Friday,
backed by the colonel's auertlon
that the league was "controlled" by
plotting criminals and created a
reign of terror which caused two
riots at that Institution.
Colonel Chandler acted as Mr.
Roosevelt's personal investigator in
an intensive study of the December
11 riot.
'Desperate characters have ob
tained control of the welfare league
and have held responsible positions
In the league," said Chandler. "This
has given them freedom and they
have gone about the yard, through
out the corridors and have used
their league room at any and all
times, even well Into the night.
"In fact we have a statement
from a guard at the gate that night
tier nignt ne has looked through
the window of this room at gam
bling going on with money on the
table and drinks of what character
he did not know but surmised.
"Prisoners have cat-called at the
guards and have used vile and
abusive language to them, defied
their authority and when put in
the cells by the guards have been
let out through the league officials
Immediately to laugh at the guards.
"ieague members have taken
prisoners out of the line as they
were marching and have ordered
them Into the league room and here
the league members themselves
have, behind closed doors, beaten up
prisoners so that they had to be
taken to the hospital. In fact a
veritable reign of terror had ob
tained In this prison through the
machinations of the criminals in
control of the league."
here to live in the early spring. Ms
physician ordered a complete rest
for several weeks yet.
EGGLESTONS RETURNING .
BUverton Mrs. H. J. Eggleston
arrived from Paradise, Mont., Fri
day noon and .will visit with her
daughter, Mrs. William DeLangh,
until Eggleston arrives, which will
be some time next week. The Eg- j
glestons left here about a year icq
for Montana where Eggleston has
been employed by the Portland ,
Bridge company.
PHONE WORK PUSHED
Sclo Mountain States crews have
made notable Improvements on :
lines In this vicinity during the last
week. Much of the work was done .
in the Jordan region. !
Ramp are receiving congratulations of an 14 pound baby boy on De-1 In Salem, and has been named Vlr- will be remembered as Mist Georgia
from their friends upon the arrival I cember It at the Bungalow hospital I tus tvrwood Ramp. Mrs. Ramp I Epley before her marriage.
RAMPS HAVE SON
Brooks Mr. and Mrs.
Sanitary
Rat Room
Wholesome end clesn as home facili
ties art the rtit rooms and Uvstorici
of the freatV. D. System. To protect
your hlth,to bicrasse yur comfort,
rigid lurvciNancc is mmUrd,ln co
operation with local health officers.
SHELL GASOUNI AMD OIL
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CHANSLOa LYON ACCESSORIES
VAN FLEET- DURKEUNC
DUVAI.L 18 BACK
Independence D. M. Duvall has
returned from The Dalles, where
he was recovering from a serious
operation. He Is very much Im
proved in health and expects to
spent Christmas with a daughter In
Spokane, Wash., and will return
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