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Weston Leader VOLUME 43 WESTON, OHEGON', FIUDAY. JULY 30, 1920 NUMBER 9 ESCAPING PRISONERS KiU OREGON SHERIFF ',", T. 0. Taylor of Umatilla Coun ty Loses Ufa In Fight With Fugitives r!"tiHun, dr. T. D, Taylor, sheriff of I'niRtllla enmity. waa ehot thro'iali thi breast end fatally wounded Hun day afternoon when ill of seven pris oner confine In lh county Jull made thlr eecepe Hhrrirf Taylor died four boura later. The prlaonera In III Jail break were: Nail Hart. Indian, M'd I!, held In Jail after a duel with Taylor and Deputy Mierlff Marin In the hllla near llelth laat week, and who faced charges ot irr,;l Isrrcnr and attempt to kill; Jim Owena. Indian, aged 29. caught lib Hart; Jack halhle, II year old. bald on robbery eharg: Albert Llnd gren, alleged check reUrr; Itlrhard Patterson and Lewi Anderson, beld on badcheck rhariaa. All of tham war ,ai!tlng grand jury action, The prlaonera flrat overpowered Jake Marin, deputy ehrrlff. who had tntered rail to bring tha prtaonnra their dinner, and then led by Hart, tha Indian, they made their way to tha aherirra office and began a aarcb for una and ammunition. Hart evidently obtained a rlfla which be loaded and. accompanied by ' two of tha other prlaonera. left Tay lor'a office. Taylor and Uuy Wyrlek. friend, wero Jutt entering lh aherlffa office baa tbey aaw Owena and Patteraon rummaging the drawer In tha eearco for ammonltlon. They ruahed the prlaonera and Taylor threw Owena down. Wyrlek overpowered ratter eon. Then Hart entered the office with the loaded rifle and ahot Taylor. Immediately after they obtained tho una the prlaonera fled from the building. They then made their way to tha O V. It. N. railway tracka where thee boarded an eaetbound freight train. The fugltlvea rode the train for four ullee. getting off at Mission ela tion. From there they fled Into the timber. One of the escaped men, Albert Llndgren. alleged check raiser, wa captured near Cayus Monday morn ing, He waa asleep when the posse men deaceuded on him and put up no fight Mndgren la believed to have had no hand In the actual killing, although he told offlcera that the plot waa hatched several dayi ago. The fact that be left the other and played a lone band, clean, at leaat, of killing, la felt to be the aole reaaon why be cttme back to Pendleton alive. little further In hi effort to appro hcml thent than he ever made to cap ture nny man, goes without saying, the ilniil sheriff wa ever ready assist other officii- lii their work, ami that he waa popular with them la aliown by the proaence of many of them in the hunt now under way. Tho full description of the five Jail breaker, who are atill at large, and for whom offirera are acouring the country, haa been aent out from Pen illi'ton, ao that everyone may bucome reasonably familiar with the Identi fication point of the escaped crimi nal. The description follow: Hart. Nell Hart; age 29; height fivo fwt nine; weight 135; brown hiiir, blue gray eye, dark complcctv, half breed Indian; wearing corduroy panla, blue thirt rut off at sleeve, Mark shoes, bare headed. Owen. Jim UwefT; aged 22, look about 29; dark brown hair, dark piercing brown eye, weight 105; medium dark complexion; wearing yellow khaki pant, blue ahirt cut off at sleeves. Rathie. Jack Rathie; age 22, five foot eight; weight IBS, medium complected, brown hair; wearing blue bib over all, light colored ahirt and think he had cap. I'atlerion DE Doing Ills Bit II JiSM 4t OVER THE! HILL" to join the nun already there. Later, Omar Stephen took Chance Roger, Or. Smith and C. E. McFadden over. They were ihortly followed by Tom Johnaon, Tom Booher and other. . (It la reported here thi morning that one of the escaped prisoners, supposed from the description given to be Hathle, held up the More at Gibbon late lat night, and about 3 o'clock thi morning appeared at the old Doll Read place on Wild Home mountain. A pose left Athena this morning for the mountain. The Reed place i directly north of Cib bon, on the mala road leading east to the. head of Ryan grade, and la about one mile thia aide of the Kyaa grade road leading southeast to the Uma tilla river.) The hot weather ha cauied a he gira to the mountain, and next week will aee many familie encamped at the various resorts. An Athena col ony at Camp McDougal will be com posed of Mrs. Radtke and children, Mr. Henry Doll and Miss Lucinda, Mrs. Boyd and several others who will join them later. Mrs. B. B. Richards and Roland will go aoon. Mrs. M. W. Hansell and children expect to camp OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. western Born, to Mr. and Mr. II. A. Bar- old friends and neighbors of Athena McDougaL Guy Cronk left early rett, on July 2S, 1920, a daughter. In her deep sorrow and affliction. yesterday morning witn ma nig irucn II. H. Hill waa taken very seriously Bud Mclntyre wa severely ahock- kden with tho outflt toT the cmPcra- ill Tuesday night and has been in a ed by lightning lost week in Sherman Alex Mclntyre began harvesting critical condition. Mr. Hill arrived county, where he ia employed on a wheat on tho Weidert place northwest Richard Patterson; five foot nine; yeiterday mornlrig from the coaat wheat ranch. While In the act of clos- of Athena Monday. The grain it. about 22; weight 135; medium com- Miss Ada Do Kreec left Thursday ing a gate lightning struck near the threshing out well and the machine is plection, slightly roman nose, brown morning for Walla Walla to pcnd the young man, and he wa in a dared running steadily. The yield is not re sult, leather leggfn. brown cap, bow remainder of her vacation with condition for some time afterward. ported. Others are starting up, and tie. friends. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McArthur left by next week harvest operations will Anderson Robert Beckham suffered a bady Wednesday morning for their home be under way. The yield of grain is Lewis Anderson; about same do- burned hand thia week, when the en- in J'ortland, after several weeks' visit not worrying Athena farmers for a acriptlon as Patterson but no leggins. gin, he was operating backfired. Burn. here. Mr. McArthur has almost re- good crop is assured. It is different - inr ga( covered his hsnd, the result covered from his serious illness of a with the price, and the declining mar- IIIPV DRIIRFQ Dill CTRIbrr beln" that he WM l':"P:itt' 'or couple of weeks ago. ket quotations are being closely JUKI rnUOr.9 KAIL dim nr. worK B portion of the week. Sunday posses of armed men from watched. Aunt Ann Taylor arrived home Athena scoured the Umatilla river Harold liaynie, who is a delegate Tuesday evening following the funer- and adjacent territory for the escaped frcm Athena-Weston Post, American .1 nf K.r mn In Pamlh-tnn. Mr. Tav. tail breakers. Tuesday, when the re- Lezion. to the state convention of the Chicago Sixty-four railroad offlcera lor wM vUitinif in porti,nd at the port came that'two of the men had Legion at Astoria, left for the seaport time of the tragedy and. was attended been located in Squaw Creek canyon, town yesterday. Mr. Haynie will visit home by her niece, Mrs. James Potts. Fay Le Grow, W. S. Ferguson, Ma- friend in the Wilamette valley before She haa the heartfelt sympathy of her rion Hansell and Ben Oaks went over returning. Railroad Officer and Union Leaders to Testify. Labor and union Icadeta were tubpenaed to appear before the federal grand Jury In connection with a probe of the un authorised wnlkout of railroad worker hero In April. Among those for whom subpens were Issued were John Orunau, preal dent of the Chicago Yardmen'a asso ciation, and II. K. Kaddlng, head of tha United Englnemen's association. These two organisations were formed at the time of the April walkouia. Other Included were R. J. P rocks, Portland, Or; Ira K. Thomns, Salt iJike City, and C. 8. Christopher, su perintendent of terminals of the Chi cago, Milwaukee 8t Paul road. The city treasurer of Salem n-poee total of tti.Hl In the city treasury. The water aupply of Koaeburg was shown to be chemically pure when In. apected. Portland has been made headquarters for the Democratic na tional committee. Rev. J. Groachupf, formerly of Spo kane, has been Installed a paator of the Lutheran church at Baker. ' The fund being eubacribed at Co qullle for a new Methodist church haa already paased the $8000 goal. 'Thirty-eight portable school build ing are to be constructed Immediate ly for use of the Portland schools. C. F. Hart wig of Bend claims that be can lure electricity sufficient to develop 50,000 horsepower from the air. The Gale tract of 10 acres adjoining the University of Oregon campus at Eugene has been sold to the univer sity. Miss Celia Gavin, city attorney of The Dalles, bo been appointed a mem ber of the Democratic state - central committee. The U. S. S. Birmingham and division of six destroyers paid a visit to Astoria during the American Le gion convention. Permanent headquarters of the American Legion's Pacific coast com; tnlttee to combat radicalism have been,. established -in Portland. Work has been begun on the three' story fruit packing plant of the Ore gon Growers' association at Myrtle Creek In Douglas county. St. Helens shows a growth from 741 llHfalHh(Z In 1910 to 2220 la 1980, aadaUkaai - cording to the census figures. I G O 0 1) NEWS t for Buyers in the Walla Walla Country. I Davis-leaser's ANNUAL AUGUST RED TAG SALE Jinks Taylor ts Sheriff W. R. (Jink) Taylor of Athena haa been appointed heriff by the Earthquake Shook Wakea Loa Angeles Los Angolea. A sharp earthquake ahock wok Loa Angelea at 4:11 Mon lay morning. Reports tH the telephone and telegraph companies and to fire and police departments Indicated It ap parently waa felt chiefly at Lo Angelea and In a lessor degree at Ingle wood and Redondo beach, the former about twenty-two mile distant, both to a aouthweaterly direction. Immediately following the first 4 hotels and dwelling. i i fin ,1,. iu..i, .nn..lnn. w shock thora waa a wild exodus from unexpired ivnn m nin oroiner in Taylor, lie has assumed the dutlca of the office and is now directing the manhunt from the county court house. A reward of $6000 has been offered for the capture of the criminals. One thousand dollar ia offered by the city of Pendleton for the capture, dead or alive of Nell Hart, Jim Owen and Jack Rathie, STARTS MONDAY, AUGUST 2. STORE CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAY, JULY 31. A Selling Event of interest to every person in this large district Low Prices and Big Savings will prevail to an extent that will surprise and de light the buyer of home furnishings. DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, under present price conditions- your money will X purchase more at this sale than ever before in our Store history. WatlX f There's a reason for everything. The reasons for this sale and the low prices are threefold: Navy Department Commandaera Oil. San FrancUco. Cal. The navy car ried out Its threat to elxe fuel oil from four California oil companies which bad refused to sell at the price of $1.73 a barrel fixed by the navy. Tho county court has Six destroyers, with a total capacity ? X X ? ? T ? X i T t t T ? t t ? t t First Davis-Kaser's Annual August Sale is an event looked forward to by V thousands throughout this section an established feature of our business. ? T ? Second In the face of steadily rising prices in all lines, scarcity of merchan dise, and difficulty in securing deliveries, we have purchased freely while we could obtain goods at prices that would permit us to hold our usual Au-o-iisr. Snip and enve rrenuine values. f Third and Most Important We need ready cash to meet our bills. Our stock V is larger than ever in our historv. In order to secure price concessions Y -mm I I . A r An A - 1 . . . . . . n , , u .1 3 . . . A nHUAH A J .rtr-Vt nn1 v-. n f ini'ca Vl Q TV1 trt At C A oiiereu a rewara 01 uuuu as ionows. or aooui ouu.uvu naiioua, were loaaea y UU incoc J;UUUS WtJ Ui Z iulgcu lJ pv vaoit uuu iiiuoi 01 vjv hivhvj w- v." $1000 for Hart, $1000 for Owona, at the Associated oil company plant Thus we take this ODDortunitv to make our August Sale a Cash Raising evpnt; we offer as an inducement to pay cash, goods at prices that would not be possible otherwise. V Our Ralps mpan Komethin(?: like all crood thiners. thev do not happen every a -lnv RTTTwriPn wa An have a Sale it means genuine reductions made POS- Y t water company of, Roseburg, Vva , sv w "v "v - - - o l i aVas sible by careful preparation and a large volume of business m a short pen- f Josephine and omt wunti , - . r r ghow decreases, according to UU vi uiuc. OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE TVia entire Store is filled with fresh new coods of Kieh Quality. Prepare to Y Save by making your purchases during August Come prepared to buy free T ly because prices will not be lower and we feel safe on predicting they will REMEMBER THIS IS A CASH RAISING SALE f UK US AMU AUAbn $500 for Rathie and $500 each for Pe terson and Anderson, with $1500 ad ditional for tha capture and convic tion of the man who shot Sheriff Tay lor. Many officers from all over the state, including detoctives from Port land's police force have been on the hore uuder protest, after naval offic ial had declared their right lo take the fuel. Qretks Take Adrlanople. London. Tha Greek have occupied Adrlanople, according to an announce- Matt maila I n th A thaanai Mawttirtkvtaet ground, seeking the hiding place of M- totmMM t0 tJ, KxchlMlg, Tela- fk rrttriinala. Varlnna rlima hitVa been followed in an effort to capture r'ph comPnJr- tho outlaw, but none have resulted in success, to dato. There in no doubt but that Utr and Owens will be captured, but in all probability they will bo taken at a distance from the scene of the mur der, unlets they are in hiding In the foothills and being supplied with food by confederates. Squaw Creek and Birch creek dis ' trlct have boon covered by officers heading posse this week, but no traco of tho men has developed. Clues have been followed and every sort of ru mor run down. - Armed men have gone out from Athena twice ilnco tho tragedy, on rumors that the escape had been seen or their trail had been struck. Every peace officer In tho North west has Owens and Y ? X t Y ? ? ? 1 A The state fish commission made an Investigation of property near Rose burg with a view to selecting a site for an exclusive trout hatchery. With the coming of the baying sea son, the Bend lumber mills are losing many employes who are leaving for work on Oregon and Idaho ranches. Portland railway officials report there Js some Improvement In supply of cars for loading lumber and other products from the Pacific northwest. Nearly one hundred young people representing Presbyterian churches throughout Oregon have met in Al bany to attend the summer conference, ' The city of Hood River haa let a contract for the construction of a com bined city hall and firemen's head quarters at an estimated cost of $33, 174. Manufacturers and public service Corporations In the Portland district use sawmill refuse for fuel to a great er extent than any other section of the United States. The BuehneT Lumber company at North Bend ha begun construction of a monster smokestack. It will be of concrete 110 feet high with a diameter of 10 feet at the top. The orchard of George Webb at The Dalles, one of the finest In the entire state, has been leased to Japanese in terests. Thia orchard consists ot about 6S0 acres of bearing fruit The Roseburg city council unani mously voted to fight the new rate granted by the Public service com mission to the Douglas County Light Tho contest of the will of the lata Henry L. Plttock. founder of the Port land Oregonlan, who accumulated a fortune that reachea nearly $8,000,000, will be carried to the Oregon atat supreme court by Mrs. Caroline P. Leadbetter, daughter of 'Plttock. B. W. Kern of Portland la In the Benton county jail awaiting a grand jury Investigation on the charge ot grand larceny. Kern Is charged with having stolen $1055.61 from the Amer ican Railway Express company, for whom he waa a railway messenger. Prominent residents of southern Oregon have petitioned Governor 01 cott o extend executive clemency to W. E. Butler, under a penitentiary sentence for the killing of McDonald Y X X T X ? t T X t Y SAVING SALE FOR YOU; so bring your purse or check book. Sale Prices will prevail only in Cash transactions. PAY CASH AND SAVE. ALL GOODS PLAINLY MARKED-READ THE RED TAGS EVERYTHING IN OUR LARGE STOCK is included except a few lines of contract goods. Vina Furniture Tlmrs. Draneries and Linoleums Leather Goods Stoves and Ranges (except Monarchs) Baby Carriages and Go Carts Pianos and Y Music Crockery and Glassware Art Objects Kitchenware of all kinds. THE DAVIS-KASER COMPANY 10-20 W. Alder Street . Walla Walla, Wash. t ? ? Y Y t ? ? Y ? Y ? Y ? Y a de.crlption of Hart and Stewart In J"on county. It Is JT .w Salem contractor. i that they will go just a claimed that ha acted in self defenae. counties both census report. Josephine county, 7655, de crease of 191J or 20 per cent: Grant county, 6496, decrease ot 111 or t per cent. Attorney-General Brown haa sub mitted to the state land board a pro posal to transfer what are known a Hyde-Benson lands from the United -States government to the state ot Oregon. Recent rains have damaged consid erable hay In Lincoln county, but the loss is more than offset by the In creased yield ot later crops. A bumper -crop of berries and potatoes is now assured. Property owners in Brownsville who have property abutting on Main street and Spalding avenue in the dUtrict which the city council proposed to pave have tiled tno petitions asking -tne circuit court to grant Injunctions against the contract entered Into be-' tween the council and L. E. Herold,