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T h e : M o n m o u t h H e r a LD > o • Vol. X V — - Moonshiner Murders Government Officers \ M onm outh, Polk C o u n ty , O re g o n , F rid ay , S e p te m b e r 8, 1922 • P- No. 1 T h e r e is N o L an d L ike O r e g o n an d O n ly O n e W illa m e tte V a lle y half, but did not regain conscious ness. As Warren started to leave the scene Holden, who was standing a short distance away, opened fire with his pistol, but it was not known for some time whether or not he had hit Warren. Sheriff John W. Orr of Polk county, who knew nothing of the federal officers, intended visit to this county, was notified immediate ly after the shooting, and with Deputy Oliver Chase went to Grand Ronde at once. He found Warren in bed at the home of his father with a bullet wound in his hip. Orr arrested Warren und brought him to the hospital in this city, where he is being held under guard. His wound is not consider ed serious. Coroner R. L. Chapman held an inquest early Sunday morning over the bodies of Price and Todd, later bringing the bodies to Dallas. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict that both men came to their deaths at the hands of Warren. Petite was not arrested by the Polk county officers as he was not considered implicated. Glen H. Pi ice of Multnomah station and Grover C. Todd of Woodburn, federal prohibition agents, were shot ard killed on the streets of Grand Ronde, the new town in northern Polk county, about midnight Saturday night. Phillip Warren, Indian, an alleg ed bootlegger, is under arrest and faces a charge of murder. Warren was shot and slightly wounded in the left.hip by E. W. Holden, depu ty sheriff of Tillamook county. Price, Todd, E. L. Marshall and J. S. Kenyon, officers working from the office of Federal Prohibition Director Linville at Portland, had been operating in Tillamook county. They arrived at Grand Ronde short ly before midnight, accompanied by Holden, a man named Perry and Robert Marshall, driver of their car. The party intended spending the night there. E. L. Marshall went to the ho tel, while the other officers started looking for a couple of bootleggers that had been reported to them. They shortly encountered Henry Ray Chute has traded his home Petite and Warren, Indians in at the corner of Mill and Hay ter whose possession they claim they streets, Dallas to L. D. Brown for found a small amount of moonshine. 20 acres of farm land near Oak Both men were placed under arrest Grove. There are no improvements and put in the automobile. A fight on the land secured by Mr. Chute. then started during which both The deal was closed during the prisoners escaped. early part of this week. Petite, who is about 60 and heavy, soon was overtaken, but Warren The annual picnic of the em outdistanced the officers. He is ployees of the Miller stores was said to have gone to the home of held Labor day in the Miller store his fath er,• John Warren, a short building in Salem. The day distance from the town, where / he threatened rain and the big store obtained a 30-30 rifle and returntd building made a most comfortable to town. place for the occasion. About two He was first seen when he enter hundred employees, relatives and ed the restaurant and inquired for friends were present, As a part of the officers, declaring, it is claimed, the afternoon program Proffessor his intention of killing them. He Dubac of the Agricultural college encountered the men near the rail- j made an address on trade conditions road crossing on the main street of and possibilities in South America. the town. Price attempted to take the rifle away from Warren and in Attorney B. F. Swope is to main the scuffle it was discharged be tain an office in Dallas, instead of tween their feet. Warren jerked in Independence in connection with away from Price, who ran around an office in Monmouth as was pub the car. Warren fired through the lished in the Herald last week. He car, hitting Price in the chest, kil is to take possession of the Chesebro ling him instantly. residence September 15. The Just at that time Todd, who ap - 1 Swopes have a large group of ac parently had hidden under the c a r.1 quaintances in Polk county and are crawled out almost at Warren's highly regarded by all. They will feet. The Indian fired from the receive a hearty wt Icome to our hip while standing over Todd, the midst. In Dallas Mr. Swope is to bullet passing through the officers share a suite of office rooms with head. He lived for an hour and a Attorney L. D. Brown. DESERTED Rumored, Reported Transformation of Concocted, Collected Civilian to Soldier Del T. Harman of Elkins was one of the young men of Oregon to take the White course in the Citizen’s Military Training Camp at Ft. Worden, Washington this past sum mer. Last year he took the Red course at Camp Lewis. The White course is under the Coast Artillery corps. The young soldier sends us the following account of his exper iences this season. He went by train, via Independence and Port land and notes the signs of prosper ity along the way. “ North of Portland for nearly thirty miles is marsh after marsh; tide water and back water from the Columbia river at high tide. Thru all this distance the track is on a fill some te n o r twelve feet high. After leaving this district a consid erable amount of grain is seen and then there is a rise of altitude and timber lands are on either side of you. Among these mountains are many valleys, in each of these is a town, some large, but most of them Alfred Moullet, a logger employ small, and everv one boasting of a ed at Camp 1 at Valsetz, lost his sawmill. The two largest towns life by an accident last week. He along this route are Centralia and was felling a tree when it broke Tacoma, the latter having about one unexpectedly and a piece of the hundred five thousand population. tree struck him in the breast, kill “ From Tacoma to Seattle the ing him instantly. The accident rocky nature of the soil permits of occurred August 29. He was taken very little farming except in the to Valsetz and from there to Inde valleys. There are a number of pendence where Undertaker Keeney cattle ranches and some gardening. took charge of the remains. Bur The main occupation however,, is ial was at Stay ton, August 31. lumbering. Moullet was’a resident of Salem “ At 6:30 P. M. the train pulled and is survived by a widow and into the Great Northern Depot at three children. Seattle. This depot is a beautiful structure, the inside being inlaid W. Wynn Johnson died Friday at with granite upheld by doric style his home in Dallas, Oregon. Some pillars. time ago he suffered a stroke of “ After reaching the depot a walk apoplexy, but was thought to be of five blocks is necessary to take recovering when a serious turn one to the Coleman docks. At came several days ago. twelve o’clock P. M. the Sol Due From 1898 to 1906 he was in tourist boat left for Fort.Worden, charge of The Portland Telegram's arriving there at three o’clock in advertising department. Before the morning. going to Portland, Wynn Johnson “ On the morning of July 27 I had been employed in the business had my first view of camp. The offices of newspapers in Chicago and cantonments are about a hundred New York. After growing weary feet above sea level. Between the of the hard grind of metropolitan cantonments and the sea is a rocky newspaper life, he purchased a prominence some four hundred feet prune ranch near Dallas and moved high ard containing about ten ceres to Polk county about ten years ago. of comparatively flat surface. On He is survived by his widow, this mountain the batteries are Martha Williams Johnson, and two located. sons. Dr. Leslie Johnson of Marsh “ The coast defense of Puget field and Sidney Johnson of Tacoma. Sound is divided among three forts; S. R. Smith is visiting with a Fort Worden, the largest. Flaglar daughter in Forest Grove. and Casey. These forts are located in a right triangle and efficiently command the entrance to Puget Sound, leaving out of consideration the protection rendered bv mine fields, which are laid out in time of war. “The daily routine is more easily understood in form of an outline, so will give it in as few words as pos sible., 6:15 A. M. First call for reveille 6:45 Calisthenics or exerc’ses 7:00 Chow, the army name for meals 7:45 Infantry drill 9:00 Topography and map making 10:15 Lectures on subjects per taining to the army 12:00 Chow 12:45 P. M. Company adminis tration 2:0« Artillery drill 3:15 War game (a miniature rep resentation of Puget Sound in relief used In planning the coast defenses) 4:15 Recreation period for games, etc. 5:C0 Rest and retd 6:00 Chow 9:00 Lights out. (This is a bugle call) 11:00 Bugle, call to quarters “ Besides this regular routine we have had one trip out in the country 1 --V T T X in an army truck, and a boat trip For the 'first time in the history of the Oregon fruit industry pears are being dried this season in com mercial quantities at the drying plant of the Oregon Growers asso ciation located at Dallas. The dried fruit will be shipped Jto eastern markets for selling. It was decid ed to dry pears in large quantities as a result of the prolonged rail road strike which made a great risk in shipping a perishable fruit for any long distance, and by the drying process the fruit may be preserved for an indefinite period as well as saving on freight rates on the decreased weight of the fruit. Pears of the first quallity are being canned while only the poorer grades are being put through the dryer. A small amount of apples has been received by the association but no apple canning has been start ed as yet, as only a few early va rieties have been harvested. to Diamond Point where the U. S. quarantine station is situated. “The purpose of the Citizens’ Military Training camps is to qual ify physically and mentally fit citizens to commissioned orticers rank in the regular army. The Red course makes ones 1st class private, the White course qualifies one as non commissioned officer, and the Blue course, if successfully complet ed, qualifies one for a commissioned officeis job.’’ Real Estate Changes Mrs. Martha Moreland, who so|d her farm to J. B. Stump last week, bought another one this week. This is the Stewart place northeast of the tile yard. It consists of five acres and a good house and barn. The house is equipped with lights and water. Consideration was $3,000. G. T. Boothby engineered the deal. The Kurre house on Main street in which John Webber is now living was sold Wednesday to W. J. Mel- linger of St. Helens. Consideration $1500. G. T. Boothby made the deal. School Prelim inaries Principal L. L. Gooding will be in his office in the high school build ing from 2 to 4 o’clock each after noon except Saturdays from now until the opening of high school, September 25, for the purpose of registering students and advising with students and parents concern ing the work for the coming year. It is desired that all who expect to enter high school the coming year should arrange to start at the very beginning as a late start is a decid ed handicap to the student and often leads to discouragement and some times results in the student either failing or dropping out of school entirely. ----- ^ j ^ Room s fo r Four Local Grange Hears Call to Countv Fair The Monmouth Grange has ap pointed committees to arrange for a booth products show at the Polk County Fair, October 5, 6 and 7. All of its enterprising, loyal, patri otic members are on duty—boosting! That meens you! Boost! for your own calling and county and help win the $60 prize by contrib uting something to help fill up and make an attractive booth. Grains, grass es, vegetables, canned and fresh fruits, nuts, flowers, needlework and varied natural ornamentations. Report by letter right away giving full list, or in person, not later than September 9, to the Grange secretary. Miss Maggie Butler. M any M elons Mrs. W. C. Cochrane of Julietta, Idaho is visiting with her sister, Mrs. S. R. Smith. Julietta is near Lewistown and is fortunately locat ed for cherries and vegetables. Mrs. Cochrane’s son sold $3,000 worth of watermelons from 8 acres last year. He sent out two truck loads a day as long as the season lasted. . The Ju 'ietta melons are famous for their quality. Her son has five acres of tomatoes and five of muskmelons. The tomatoes are sold to a cannery. Maxwell Bowersox left Tuesday for Walla Walla where he plans to attend Whitman college and study for the ministry. On Sundays he will supply the pulpits of three Congregational mission churches. Cost of feeding insects in Ore gon for one year is estimated at $2,000,000. This loss, much of which is preventable, would build 480 miles of paved highway in Or egon each year. The progreasive farmers, who plow the ground well, who use good seed, and follow out the recommendations of the experi ment stations, are not the heavy losers. Those who use poor scad, are careless in plowing, and leave debris piled in fields are the unsuc cessful farmers and lose heavily in the long run from failure to take a little time and trouble to keep their farms in condition. Through the generosity of J. W. Pember four deserving students are to be helped on their way through Normal this neott year. Mr. Pem ber has had two rooms fitted up in his basement, for student use. In addition to free rent the students are to have heat furnished and the use of a range. President Landers, who expresses the appreciation of the Normal for this courtesy, is at Cal Youngs well known stockmrn present selecting the students who of Lane county, recently fed out 8 are to be favored. m 9 m shoats for market on a grain alona Big C om m unity Sale ration, reports an irvestigator. Farmers of Elkins are preparing They made a 65 pound gain each in for a community sale of live stock 49 days. It required but 365 pounds •<nd machinery which is to take of grain to make lOOjpounds of in place on the Elkins school grpunds crease in weight. The coat per Thursday, September 21. It is to pound gain was 51 cents. The pigs be an all day sale, starting at 10 wer^ a choice lot of Poland Chinas o’clock with free lunch at noon and were thrifty, which accounts Further particulars will appear in for the good showing made. the Herald next week. A. E. Attention is called to the import Tetherow, H. W. Harman, and E. ance of handling live stock with A Tedrow are the committee in care on the way to market. Bruised charge and they have listed a fine meat caused by injury to the animal bunch of stuff for sale. If the auc creates a heavy loss to the producers tion turns out as well as it promises each year. These bruises are caused to at present it will be nade an j by horns, poorly constructed car annual event. doors,sharp cornered gateposta, pike Monmouth has several delega poles, clubs, whips, etc., all of tions among the hop pickers in the which can be avoided by a litt'e yards near Independence. careful forethought. ----------------------- ------------ — Â Ju n io r W hite House At W ashington vice-presidents, aceord- This smactore is to be the oftriil r been fur ■ng to Washington reports. VKc-pcesodents have nnhed with qnartrrs ■ Mrs. Calvin Cool id ge ls said to have already inspected this home hid) is now neargif completion.