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PAGE TÜRKE WEDNESDAY, MUST INSPECT British P olo PÏayers Fear H itchcock Echo Of Famous D’Autremont * BERRY PLANTS ' Murder Trial Found In Poem ‘ . . . - — Not he, the Brave; Not Sidney Bates, whose code is duty well Cepsoes Siskiyou tunnel holdup and( murder, for which the three performed! rf D*Autrrmont brothers are serving Ilf» term« In the penitentiary nt Pretends to act, but leaves all set; no car can move. He holds the Knlem, was written by A. D. Porter, 818 Granite street: Strawberry growers who plan on shipping young planta for sale should note the fcHowing extract from the Horticultural laws of Oregon, says L. P. Wilcox, coun ty agent: > “Any firm, person or corpora tion,, growing strawberry plants for sale for propagation purposes In Oregon shall, not less than six weeks previo^i to the time plan ned for removal of the plants In tended for sale, make application In writing to the horticulture commissioner' of his district for the Inspection of the field giving such facts regardng location and acreage as shall be stipulated by the president of the Oregon State Board of Horticulture. "All strawberry fields and their surroundings from which plants aro'to be sold shall be Inspected by a duly authorized inspector of the Oregon State Board of Horti culture. Any fields found Infest ed or In, or adjacent to, an area likely to be inflated by the straw berry root-weevils, which in the judgment of the Inspector Is or is likely to he a source of contamin ation through the disposal of i trawberry plants for propagation The British Army-ftWbdls polo team think they can win the chal purposes, shall be quarantined, lenge cup at Meadow Brook next month If they smother Tommy and no plants may he used for Hitchcock. No 2 An the United 8tates team, when the two teams sale or propagation from said meet. 80 they have planned their game accordingly— to smother quarantined fields. Weevil-free Hitchcock! This young man. regarded ay the greatest polo playas fields shall be issuel a certificate tat this age, will carry the load e< the Americans’ attack. of Inspection, copies of w h I c h shall accompany each shipment of plants and be displayed in a conspicuous place on each package or bundle. “No common carrier shall ac cept for transportation any crate, the backfield combination is not 1/y Charitas* É. Ahrens bundle or pscksge of strawberry tlnlted Press 8taff Correspondent much better than that of last sea plants for transportation except sop. Experience will mark t h e CLEVELAND. Ohio., Sept. 2 where same Is accompanied by the — (IP)— The battle for football su only difference. certificate o f inspection duly cer premacy In the Western Confer From the poper strength of the tified and correct.” Big Ten. which is not always ence will be fought this year with ^Requests for such inspection Michigan, last year’s champions, fair way of comparison, the teams should be addressed to the Coun far out of the running, if the early should finish in the following ol ty Agent's office, Medford, Ore guesses of the experts carry any der: Minnesota; Purdue; North gon, western, Michigan, Ohio State, import. - ' Predictions of the downfall of aqd Chicago, with the rest trail Michigan, last year the New York ing. Yankees of football, are based mainly on the fact that Benny Friedman, the Babe Ruth of this gridiron team, has graduated tution, and with, mainstays of last season’s pupil* of Coach Fielding trol in. Family and “Hurry. Up” Yost. In turning their back on Mlch- BOSTON, Sept. 27. — (LB — INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 27. gan. the experts have turned to When officials of the Boston and -—(LP)— Mayor John L. Duvall, of Indianapolis, convicted of vio Minnesota as u likely winner of Maine railroad decided to aban lating -the corrupt practices act, the 1927 title. Minnesota last don the conventional black and has mate a brilliant coup d’etat season was barely edged, out of a paint two of their locomotives by appointing his wife as city win In Its annual game with the colors, they little realised they Wolverines, and this year will go were starting a controversy which controller and thereby assuring into the season with its 1926 line was to involve historians, college himself that the mayor’s chair up practically intact. professors and artists. will remain at home. Michigan on the other hand has But such a controversy has de Should her husband resign or lost Ft-iedman, one ot the greatest veloped over the railroad’s choice be ousted from office— either of field generals and passers of all which is probable— Mrs. Dnvalt time, who now Is captaining the of blue and buff as color repre would become the first - woman Cleveland professional team. Cap sentations of the uniforms worn mayor of Indianapolis. tain Benny Oosterbaan of the by the Minute Men. The locomotives selected tor This city -Is the political center Wolverines, Friendman’s mate» in of Indiana, the politick' of which the passing game developed, by coatings of blue and buff were to the long has been under Investiga “Hurry Uta” Yost, accordingly these a t t a c h e d tion. The last two governors of will have to find someone to road's crack trains which pass the slate, including Ed Jackson, throw the passes made famous by dally through those historic fields present governor» have been In Friedman. Bo Molenda, another where the Minute Men battled dicted and Warren T. McCray, his Important cog In the Michigan the British a century and a half predecessor recently returned machine- aleo has passed out of ago. The state of Massachusetts, from Atlanta penitentiary, where the picture with Friedman, to he served three years and four gether with three others of the Sons of the Revolution, and the New England Council had long months for using the malls to last year’s eleven. Some favoC likeswlse is being looked upon bine and buff as defraud. Ohio the uniform colors of the*M in Editorial demand has been cast upon Northwestern, Wisconsin, ute Men, hat the current diverg made upon Duvall to resign. He State and Purdue. has said he will remain in office they say, will be foroed to build ence of opinion has revealed that until forced out, but the appoint an entirely new team and even the first official color combina ment of his wlfp to the position with Olepn Thlstlewalte, n e w tion of the Continental forces from which she can 'become coach Imported from Northwest was blue and white. After various authorities had majror is interpreted as indicative ern. will find the football sailing exceedingly tough. Illinois Isn't expressed their views, railroad of Duvall's intentions. Mrs. Duvall promised she entirely overooked in the early official announced that blue and predictions, but it is passed by buff had been chosen to typify would give >at least half of each with the comment. “ Bob Zuppke the Minute Men only after ex day to her, new job. She said is too hard to figure In the early she would continue to fake haustlve research, and - Indicated season.” - ‘ < - charge of her household for the the locomotive would continue Alonso Stagg will have 11 let rest of the day. to sport that combination of col ter men back at Chicago and the ore. popular guess is that his team Michigan Doped To Lose Grid .Supremacy Of Western Leagues Chinese Actor Leaves Estate NEW YORK, Sept. 28.— (LP)— The will of, Benjamin Tsang, Chi nese aetpr, with two stage names, was filed in Surrogates’ court Tuesday^ leaving his estate to two slaters of New York and S a n Francisco. Tsang, who executed his will on the day of his death last Septem ber IS In New York, declared he “was an actor who had appeared all over the country.” He left 83,000 outright to Jackson A. Robertson, of Berkeley, Cal. The actor was also known .* as Ben Nee One and Benjamin One Wan. He lived In San Francisco mest of his life. Russian Soviet agents buy 452 blooded Oregon sheep for export to Rpssla may creep into the select circle and press Minnesota for t h e championship. Iowa Is given passing rrtentlon, while Pat Page and his hoosiers at Indiana are practically Ignored as contenders. Pardas seéms to be the dark- horse o f ’ the conference. Coach Jim Phelan, according to early predictions, w ill h ate 20 letter men back on hie eleven Including Cotton” Wilcox, who has been c-ne of the most feared backfield men In the Big Ten. Should Pur due qpme Into its own this year and win a title, It will be a com pliment to Coach Phelan w h o almost lonehanded has built a football machine fsom practically green material. • Coach Jack Wllce of Ohi^ State Isn’t predicting any champion ships for his charges bnt believes he »as the nucleus for an eleven which will offer' stiff competition for any team It meets. The line admittedly needs bolstering, while Knows that his life Is on the brink of dim Eternity’s strange shore. What does be do, when told again to turn on steam add puM' the train 4 The following graphic story, rather uniquely written, of the Betray his trust and lose his might? Give up and 1st the (jght be Id f? County Agent Will A u ist ” in Aiding Strawberry Grower» CONVICT MAYOR APPOINTS WIFE two men ernely done, wantonly Grey-headed Bate killed, What Color DM “Minute Men” Of Revolution WeSr One thorough spray with bor- deaux mixture 4-4-50 in late' summer has proved an effective protection in Oregon tor red raspberry and loganberry plant ings against various fnngl cane- in g cane spots, spur blight ,and “gray hark” of all aorta, reports the experiment station. I t the canes go into the wet period well coated more vigorous fruiting wood is assured tor the nett year. The best ram is none too good for the Oregon sheep raiser, says the extension specialist after observing practices throughout the state.' An extra 85 Jn cost may mean an -extra Iv e pounds on every lamb he sires. THE ENGINE BELL Passenger train Number HHi-teen. snorting up Siskiyou’s grade. , s long Stops at the tunnel portal dark,— Morp Thirteen, superstitious folk W ill remind you; coincidence whtcb le repeated ev’ry day Through ev’ry year, and so not strange. Cast aside Superstition’s yoke! > t« ,t Here at the summit Engineer Bates tests his brakes, usual thing. Glances a: fir clad mountains bright, quiet raid-day, beauty and light. Life to him sweet, as youra or mine— open« the throttle, casual act. Turns to the fireman, “All right, Seng?’’ then to the road directs his sight. » • "The automatic engine was ringing." That bell, rings oai That bell! Notice It! The locomotive bell!- Skirting the hill, then nosing fa, over the switch points, slowly now, Testipg the air,— so on each tri®.—«ainlng momentum for the plunge Into the dark, and then down grade; big steaming engine,— Bates In control.— Palace cars rolling behind, steddily pulled, no jerk nor lunge,, WooSen are there and children,too; enjoy their ride and latagh and talk. Look down to Stieiynan peak, and np to the flower'd slopes, eat . sweets or read: - Trusting their lives to Bates ahead, a common engineer ai work, Watching machine, and rails fo front,— just common duty, usual deed. “The automatic engine bell was ringing." That bell rings on! That bell! Hear you it? The locomotive bell? tra(n. * * “The automatic engine bell was ringing.” That bell rings on! That hell! Do you hear : The locomotive bell? ■. S T U D E N T IN S ___ ■ , RACE BATTLE Transfer of Colored 8tw> dent» Gauses Student Strike . GARY, Ind., Sept. 28.—<LB— Striking students at Emerson The bandits shout, “We’ve lost onr all! Agree to shoot poor Seng high school drew recruits flrbtak those who answered the school right there. “Come, bump him o ff!" Then Bates Is dead! But the train stands, bell tot^ty, and In* the afternoon passengers safe; more than 80Q . white stqdenta Stands at the head of that long steep, where loosened band would i were on* strike protesting the hurl them down; Stands, though the bandits wring their hands; stands though they transfer of twenty-four negroes swear, and rave, and chafe, to their school. No human eye perceived those men, that unsklll deed which came The strikers assembled In the to naught But blood, aud woe for widowed women, children fatherless and school yard this morning and di robbed. \ rected jeers and jibes at those “ I will repay," salth the Lord; God who hears the widow’s plain who started for the building. tive cry. Warned away by teachers, they Be sure your sin will find you out: God was not mocked when I assembled In East Side Park, a children sobbed. * a “The automatic engine bell was ringing," said one robber boy; tew blocks away and héld “ We shot the brakeman— never will forget hl« face— to me ’tls meeting. Officers were elected, hell! and an organization formed. “That bell rang on! That bell! Oh! It was ringing all the time, Mayor Floyd E. Williams has “Thai dam bell! Still 1 hear It ring, sdtnetlmes, that warning engine called a conference of civic edu bell!" cational leaders for this after noon and speakers for the strik- 4 ing student body may be asked » to attend. Need Protection From Headlights As <»•> train slows to try the air, two small men dodge and dart along, . < STOCKHOLM — (LP) — A new And reach the tender-side, and one .grasps the hand-rail and swings aboard; # . kind of eyeblasses to protect The other stumbles, drops a gun. Is fflv’n a hand by the first one, drivers of automobiles against And Just crawls up In nick of time; both breathless, purpose most glaring headlights has been in untow’rd. , . , What purpose theirs? Not far away,-a mile or so, at the south end vented by a Stockholm eye spec- Of that same tunnel, smoking cigarettes, waits one wlio^»-i«.-jUlwXf J ia lls t, Dr. Carl O'. Bostrom.v who Hir. nerves on edge, his mind a whirl of hateful, nfisdlrected Is also chief medical officer of thoughts. •, ■ “ Ho had been reading Darwin, Huxlqy, Schoepenhauer, and all that the Swedish Navy. The glass Itself is not new, • stuff." "The automatic engine TielV was ringing.” being the German made Hallauer That bell rings on! That bell! Do you hear glaqs No. 66 which eliminates the The locomotive bell? Irritations caused in the human eye by certain sharp rays, but . The Bible this man thought a anyth, and named the Name" of Christ in vain, >» Dr. Bostrom’s Idea consists In Sad comment on ouf “modern” disbelief, lack of One Standard pure: graduafly shading this greenish- For if great God had not revealed His Way and Truth and Life In yellow-gray glass Into ordinary fact. clear glass at the lower half of Each koul would set his own w ill first,-—The Devil take the hindmost, the lenses so that by slightly So planned that man and built h ls jjfe that evolution worked its bending the head when meeting way, a glaring head light, the driver Degrading him who had no God; and .brought his brothers downward, can protect himself and at th t too: a j Learned from their youth to shoot their neighbors’ cattle on the same time have uninterrupted range, " vision for ordinary driving. To disobey their father's word, nor honest labor like to do. Dr. Bostrom’s original Idea “The automatic engine bell was ringing.” was to protect the eyes of avia That bell rings oh! That belj! Steadily! tors and commanders of naval ** The locomotive bell! destroyers both against the sun “ If we could rob the malls we would not have to work," was what and hostile search lights. they said: Thought— “We are better than you are; we have Colt’s automatic guns;’’ I “ Sick of our life: tired of It il l ; We didn’t care;” for “our ideas You can never tell how to bet “Of fair play twisted.” But “W . waited still Io live.” So their tale on a champion bout until the runs. , . -I Their plan not wiser^-blow Up fto cT?/search out the loot and fllfcn gokg sounds at the end of the last round. — Roseburg News- retreat: Admire the bandits bold and br; re! ’’One thing we have, too much Review. > of guts;'* ' ‘j “Those who hate us we hat in turn; no sissy hoys are we, but take “Just what wo want; the other g vs are under-dogs, are silly mutts.” "The automatic engine bell'was ringing:” That bell rings' yet! That bell! Hear yon It? The locomotive bell! Ah! The 111 fated train goes rn, and from the wholesome day Is shut. Then in that smoke and reek of dark those two men creeping, mischief bent! Above the roar and din and clrnk, Bates hears the startling shout. “Hands up?” And turning, sees through murk obequre, muzzle of gun and eyes Intent. ! • Train robbers these, though almost lads! Hard faced and grim, pitiless eyed. Threatening death unless Bates halts the engine at the tunnel vent. He knows well youth is bold and rash nor understands the cost of life. And some have not the fear of God. the Judgment sure and evident. “The automatic engine bell was ringing,” That bell rings on! That belf! Steadily! The locomrtlve bell! Farm Hints Detailed Information on the. cost of production of all types1 of hay in practically every sec tion of Oregon has been com piled through two years study on 3G6 farms- made by H. E Selby of the department of farm Ancestors of Police Chief Mc management of the experiment Credie of Medford may hara Station. This Investigation car been rivals of Charles Paddock, ried out under the provisions of famous sprinter, when they pass the federal Purnell fund is recog ed through the heather of Scot nized as the most extensive study land, but McCredie was only of forage crop costs ever made. second best in a footrace with A summary of the results of a 17-year-old youth he arrested the first two years work show the Tuesday noon. The boy broke average cost of alfalfa hay pro- away from the chief and sprint duet Ion to be 87.99 ,» ton for ed away, pulling away -from his the state, varying between $6.55 pursuer, until the chief sounded tor the Baker-Union region to an alarm and a bystander stop 89.11 for the Willamette valley. ped the boy and held him until In the Willamette valley clover the chief arrived. The boy was hay cost 87.38 a ton to produce given a reprimand and warned when seeded with grain, and the straight and narrow path was 810.32 when seeded alone. Vetch the proper one to tread— bat the and oats cost 810.29, wheat hay chief advised him not to use so 88.77, corn silage 87.72* vetch much speed silage 84.40, Bnd kale 88.75 a* ton. In all cases cash expenses, SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TIDINGS labor and overhead were con sidered. The study covered farms in Malheur, Baker, Union. Crook. or h ea d a ch e— rub the forehead Deschutes, Klamath, Josephine, I m Jackson and eight Willamette I » . — m elt and inhale the vapore valley counties. A progress re port has been prepared and will be mailed free on reqnest Medford Chief Loses Footrace MEURALGIA Satisfactory Printing Sid Bates, nnarmed, thinks quickly'how he may perhaps outwit these men. If given time; applies the brakes. The grinding wheels sullenly locked, ‘ ’ Responded swift to hissing air. pow’r immense to thrill his soul. For the last time. His a«ys are past, the signal set, right of way blocked. z Do Bates and Seng feel that sad premonition known to some near Regardless of what kind of printing you may death? What are brave men’s thoughts when brought face to face with danger to their lives? These guarded two were ordered down, while Mail-clerk Daugherty was called. ( i And an Infernal machine brought, dynamite such as tears and rives. “The automatic engine bell was ringing.” That bell rings on! That bell! Do you hear * The locomotive bell? , LETTERHEADS, STATEMENTS, ENVELOPES, BOOKLETS, OR WHAT NOT, The mail clerk looks from out his car and catches glimpse of holdup nen; Amidst the mark he dodges back, just as a shot-gun’s aimed at him; Slams the door shut and locks It fast— the Peoples’ Guardian of the Malls. "Come out cf there,” the robbers yell; echoes the timbered tunnel dim. " If you would shuffle mall Again for Uncle Sam, come out of that!" An instant’s pause, then scuffling feet; engine crasv driven, helpless folk. Come, burry! Faster! Theje’s no time! Demons are here and hell with them. I knew ’twould kill him !” Theta— the— BLAST! Pillar of fire and vapor of smoke! “The automatic engine btall was ringing.” That bell rings on! That Jtell! Hear that belli The locomotive bell! 1 - < « THE TIDINGS PRINT SHOP can handle it quickly and to your entire satisfaction at reasonable price. “Get I* the cab, yo«l Pull her out!” command* a boy with livid face, Presents hie gun, and Bates Is forced,— having seen murder done,— aboard; le made to spin the driving wheels,— cunningly spun, with car brakes jammed. Then one goes beck to cut the train behind the mall ear, splintered, shored. , . There he meets Johnson, railroad brakeman, with fuses lighted, • sends him Ahead, through pall of choking gas, on to his agonising death. 8b»t through the stdmaeh with bnekehot, horrible pain; then killed by bell,— Wounded, defenseless, gasping, “W ait a minute, boys,” with his last , brrajh , * “The automatic engine bell Was ringing.” That bell rings on! That belli Hear you It? « W • V • V ■ Phone • § * * • AÑD WE WIÉL BE GLAD TO CALL The locomotive bell! •’< Corvallis— pld war-time wood sy barracks at Agricultural Col ft can’t be done; the car stick» fast! No man can enter In that hell lege will give w a / to milllon- Where the mail clerk lies in hie blood. “Make that dam engine try dollar housing plan. once more!” /