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. Xhe Guard's Circulation is Home Circulation in Lane County That is why it is Valuable to Home Advertisers City News ho'me EDITION THE WEATHER, Oregon: Unsettled tonight ltd Saturday; probably local rtlns; cooler In the Interior Saturday; Irmb eou'h shifting t, west and northwest winds. Temperature today: Minimum, 34 degrees. Maximum Thurs day, 62. Precipitation today, tone. Stage of river, 3 feot. Direction of wind, southeast. Listain Lecture Tonight -Any person who loves the Mc- iKfDiie nver mum., . a,.u. Iifif if tf Iai'5 t0 a,lcD(1 tnc '"u" 'mini lecture by Trofeesor K. T. IHodte Ot me gcoiusj. ucimriuieni oi ,it university, nt the chamber of ,(nmerce tonight," says Xelaon V. Macduff, supervisor of the Cascade Intro"1 forest. And any person I .bo has not traveled in this region n it to himself to sain on idea of i beauty." For the territory cover- the slides to be shown in connec tion with the .lecture are equal in Muty to any used by Frank ltrnncb itfey, it is stated. The lecture will on the Three Sisters, and is open 10 the public. Half of the finest p'.c inres token along the trip from Mt. Hood to Crater Inko were found to be in the Three Sisters region, and these will be used toDight. The lecture, 11 eipectcd to be extremely inter filing to vacationists and persons, in terested in the geology of the nioun uins. It has been suggested that i'rofessor Hodge give this lecture trer the Oregonian rnd'o station in crder to reach a much larger audi tare. Girl Reserves Leave Nine young women from Kugene, Iiccompanifd by Miss Minnibel Ileid of the faculty of Eugene h'gh school. if ft tins morning for Vancouver, I Wash., to attend the mid-winter con ference for Girl Reserves. This or- IfiDization has not been as actiyj. in the city during the past year as it fhould be, according to locai leaders I is the work, and it is believed the con ference will add stimulus to the work I of organizations. With the formation of a Boy Scout council it is believed bit the girls of the city will want to '.rep pace with the boys. Eugene b'gh school will be represented by Margaret Edinunson, Kathryn ISeelye, Dorothy Kuowles, ' Grace r'ennell, Mclba Yokum, Muizie Burdick and Marian Gray. Helen ey is n dele Kate from University high. Miss Ed nuDson is scheduled' for a toast at the banquet' nnd'AIiss Seolya will up-I hear on the program for n short talk. Stage Schedule to Change Operation of the Eugene to Khun ,,k i.n . i- i i- i . I ith tails stage line on a daylight schedule, effective within the next 10 days, is announced by Richard Shepherd of the Terminal hotel. 1'nder the new time table the stages ill leave Eugene nt S o'clock in the morning and arrive at Klamath Kails jO o'clock in the evening. Re turning the bus leaves Klnmath Fulls it 7:45 o'clock lu the moruimt. arriv al in Portland nt night. The Cnli- mia stage line will be routed by nay of Redwood, Oil., tinder arrange ments now being made by the offi cials. Mr. Shepherd says. This is ilirourh the new connecting link, giv- the lines a through route by way of Crescent o'ty and Eureka. Offi ffrs of the stage are now in Sacra mento, C'al., planning the change, and ;ke nrw time table will probably be ffectiv? about May 1. it is stated. Employment Is Brisk A hundrpd and eighteen persons wind employment though the assist tice of (he t'nited States employ ment office in Eugene last week, no rrding to the report conipiled today Trank Ifc Armitage. nuperintend- f the office. Of this number 107 er men and 11 women. Mill work rkimrt the largest number of lnhor- 'r. 44 men being snt to various mill Orations in the county, including rh Western Lumher company Ht w'"fir, and the mill nt ReedFport. ( Inifirarion of the persons em P,f,J"d is ns follows: Men: Farm s; hop grubbers, 8; carpen tr. 12; rnctin) workers, 10; com- mnn laborers, logging ramp workers, f milt hinds, 44; truck drirers, 2 i outers 2; engineers. : watchmen. (Continued on page fire) I jz:. '-- : . 'i 7QJJ ' " " , , -rt:-:---: : ;. ; 1 -" . , ... . ., ,, - rr . . . - tqixu-s news today EUGEXE, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1923 today's news toiuy KO. 69 ifff 1 i 1 1 a if m "m a n b m gmmmm n PRIMES CAUSE DAMAGE OFSUOMOO Ranchers Forced to Fleo From Homes; no Los3 Of Life Given Larger Fires Believed to Have Subsided Owing To Sudden Calm VALENTINE. Neh., March 27. UP) A definite check up of the ra vages of the prairie fires which have been raging over North Central Ne braska and across the line in the vicinity of the Rosebud Indian reser vation in South Dakota, since la,t Wednrdny showed that no lives were lost, no towns were destroyed, b it that property damage amounting to approximately $1,000,000 was caused. FIRES UNDER CONTROL VALENTINE, Neb., March 27. UP) After causing au estimated loss of $1,000,000 or more to hay lands and ranchers property, virtually all of the prairie fires which have rav aged North Central Nebraska and the southern section of South Du kotnr were extinguished early today according lo a survey made this noon. No loss of life was sustained as fur as known, although many ranchers were forced to flee before the flame?. Several smaller fires are known to be present northwest of here but ranchers reported they were being ... . extinguished rapidly without conoid erable loss. Schoolhouse Burns. Earlier reports that a school teach er nud two children were burned to death in, a Bchool limine near here, were found to be groundless, the sur vey showed. The closest call the fire made was when it gutted a scbool liouse six miles southwest of Crook ston, which is several miles west of here. The teacher in id 12 pupils saw the flames nitproa'b.ng and were taken to safety about one hour before the stnulure was destroyed. Cloze CO Miles Wide IUndiers this tnorn'ng reported thr.t the fire had buintd over an area nf 200 miles to in some plnces, SO miles w de. The damage to the bay In ltd. it is estimated, amounts to at leat $1 nn acre. It is the general view here th.it the (Continued on paze seven) WASHINGTON. Mareh 27.- -Senator Rurton K. Wheeler nf Mon tana, (i-'rdnn Campbell and Kdwin S. Rof-th were indicted here torlny by t feder.il grand . jury on conspirarv chargrs. Mr. Campbell i n oil land operator in Montana. Mr. Rr-oth ia a former olicitor of the interior drpartment. The Indirtment the neernid re turned ngrfinst Whefler and Campbell, they having been indicted in Montana on rhf-rge involving allegation that Mr. WhclT improperly rpreented Campbell before a government depart ment. The n-w indietmenta were baed on eharg relating to the aemring of oil land permits in M'-oum. and relat to transactinnf ll"g"d to have taken place while Hooth was in the interior dpartment. Affr a telephone conference with Senator WaWh. an counsel for Wheel er, Cnited State Iittri Attorney Gordon atmounred be would fix bail t SlXiO in the raKe oi er . Hnator Walh indicated hi -..H renort to tbe district attorney' office tomorrow in oH-r ,n con.ply with bail req-iireant !.oth and Campbell will br rnn.tted , arrange bad in the cit.ea here they reiide. DOROTHY ELLINGSON ON TRIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO COURT here is ihe scene of the -Jazz Girl's" fiaht for freedom, the 0.0U rtroom of Superior Judge Harold Louderback In San Francisco, where Dorothy Elllngson; 16-year-old alayer of her own mother) la now Jon trial. Flgurea In the case are as follows: (1) Sylvester McAfee and (2), Alexander Mooslln, attorneys for the girt; (3) Dorothy?. $l llngson: (4) William Mumhy of the District Attorney's office and (5), Harmon D. Sklllen, assistant district attorney, conducting the prosecution. ' II S-AI.EM, Ore., March 27. W. W. Cavrnrsp. ln:tMl Stairs iitrvryur rcd- a..1 f..r (Wnn.in hn. nntimv.fi nn flD- ... . . i i v . i nliration of the state laml board for tide lo 2.1.(101) acres of land in the beI of Warner lake in Lake county, acconlinrf to information rereived ti ,l:iy by Atlorney General Van Winkle. If the rcfommpmlatii n of the sur veyor general Is affirmed by the com inisHoiier of the land office, of which there i believed to lie no do"'.t, title to Ihe land will pans from the -eminent to the state. The land hi" beeu valued nt $10 an acre and i iid to be fertile anil particularly adapted to hay growing. If the tat sets title the bind will pr baldy b put on mile, acror.'inz t , (i. (!. Itpiwn, . of the mate land b"rd. PENH. Or?., Marrh 27. Th? Brooks Scanlr-n Lumber coripany yesterday precntrd 1726 acr of logged off lands nar tlm city ilimita to thfl Rpnd Golf club for n golf rourao. Tho dopfl 'aa Uignrd by Dr. T. F. Ilronha, nf ! Minneapolis, president of the 'company, who wan In Bond on an ! Inspection trip. ' ! M. J. Sranlon, vicpresldont of hon In Ftond Inst thi romrany, mid the nffor of n Rolf fall . iho r-luh momhi-rs toll-: ruin i" ! i ihom !! rould have any si'" i they doslreil on (ha company s lodsc (I off land. I Tli aito finally choson by tho ; 'committee. i lasted nlona; The j ! Dallos rallfornla highway about aj mlle from the south city limits .(fords hat is cnnsioerpii sn unusually Cascades. goffd Tlew of tho nr. Drooks, with his son. narry n neral manaRer of the rr,j oncratlon. and (lenrna A. p.rtiens. eeneral sales manager of Minneapolis left here nisht for Portland. last Lord Rawlinson Dies at Delhi Pi;l.III. March 'J". Oneral Wd .fnrnnder in-cllirf of th? Bht.'.h force, in Irulis. d,.d tonight. Eugene Chamber is Asked To Assist in Observance Of National Forest Week IJeqneiting that the Kugene cham ber of commerce and other civic or gnnizatior.! uf this city participate in tho observance of American Forest week, April 27 to May 3, a communi cation has been received from the K'rp(Eon state chamber by tho ' local chamber. The following is the fommunica' tion: ''You nre requested t take charge of American Forest Week in your locality. This is a nntional campaign against carelessness with fire in the forest. It is backed by the chamber of commerce of the I'nited Ktuten, as well as other representative or ganizations. "To be succeRsful, the campaign must have nsgresKive local leader ship. This you are equipped to give. Much credit will accrue' to your or Breach of Promise Suit may be Filed Against Dennistoun PARIS, March 27. A suit for breach of promise and defamation of character against lieutenant Colonel ;.-n Dennistoun, defendant In th" sen sational London trial just ended will be filed in London soon by an Ameri can woman who now Is in the I'nited Statrs, It was announced today by Oudley Field Malone, who will n p recent the plaintiff. Mr. Mab.ne deelnred that the evl dnee would include hunlrl fM I.ikth in Colonel ifnnitoiin' haii'l. manv of Kliirh ronlsin hinhiy lrliK" .n.in lo I.silr Carnsrvnu." I.ndj : Carnarvon is Colonrl Irnniloun prM,t w,ff. -ih letters to have lieen written over erahle periml of time. Jiea Market are eniil s roniti'I- Suffers Break WINMPK'i. Mao . Msrch lit.- f ' Wheat plunjfd it 8-Nc hmliel on. (lit Winmpn grain ec,ine t-iU;-. ihe lsy delivery go ng to II .5li.. Cue rnmetit invetigntiun of Irnd ing io Chicago partly blsi I. CM1CA(J. March -'7. Wheat uf. fereJ a sharp breuk in price lodiy. t'ersistant aelliiig to stop 1 .tmt on :be part of the holding of future de-jnL(. fll vhii Mountain, in ti n i.oMli i;vry (ontrsrm t-ok place, in M.iy . wriJt hrtr Sitmr. an I another lo en,! oelivry in particular and qu tatiorn j jj,, IMM n( Kanaka Nik in the Koiili) oo that moLih dro,.p-d to fl -',i, an, vt. Knrl frertiod of ad.iit uiutl 1 .veroigb, f.ll of Vc . bus.eL fx -fv" ganization ns n result off totch leader ship. Forest fire prevention fa a business problem. It fa a problem of vital importance to Oregon nnd must be solved by biiKinesa organizations. "We suggest that you tnkc steps to form a local American Forest Week committee at once and get them to work. Your committee should be made up of local representatives of Itotary, Kiwnuis, American I.egion, Hoy Scouts, . school superintendents nnd other prominent civic leaders. It Hhould be headed ,by a live member of your organization who can get re sults. The American Forent Week execu tive committee for Oregon, on which the Oregon state chamber Is repres ented, will send you mors detail"! suggestions for your cooperation. Flense ndvie then, ns to your plans." Veteran Undergoes 88th Operation at Washington Hospital WAIXA WAI.l.A, Wash.. -.March 27. John Lonnroth of Worcester, Mass., underwent his Mh Mirgicnl op eration in a local tiotpital here yes terday, lynnroth nm wounded dor ! ing the w 'rid war. both leg being ' mangled nnd Irs ba-k broken. Some of the mst famous urgeon in th j Cni'ed Stiiea have worked on his j case in endeavoring to rv b.s Iftnbs. ! i aemrding to I,onnroth. Amputations ' hn e ,vt performed until onty sfunips r-nisin. i linnroih Brrii'l hr w,tlj ; 'rom ('nl'fnrnia, drivina slnnr in ! otrinlly rani rurii,! aulomnlillr. II" plana to driif mm a. ooo si h in well eri'tugh to again be on the road- Native Eskimos of Alaska Will Gain Vocational School WASHINGTON. March Piunn r ,n.irueti.n f Uifee bit) dinn fnrro the nmb-us of (he first indui trial -vocational s liool s)stm ffr ni tie Ktdituio and fiKlun of Alaska wf re outlined today fy the ii.terior departineiit. The (hre sti u lure ill im bid tw to nft f-'0HH each st Kklmlna. ! in central Alak.i, n'-ar Anediraf. I cbo"Ia is co!.ttmpUt"U t t s - L' T SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. iA) A jury of nine men nnd three women wan chosen today to deter mine the fato of -ltJ-yenr old Itorothy KtlfngNon, charged with murder for killing her mother in the bedroom of their limine Inst .Tanuary after a quar rel over the girl's mac) pursuit of pleasure. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. (A1) Imrothy F.llingson, the I'l yenr old "Jii7.z girl," on trial for murder for shooting her mother after a quar rel over purl lea nnd J")' rides, col lapsed in th" courtroom today after the session hnd been adj"iirned fr the noon recrna. The girl bad borne i.p calmly dur ing the morning. .lust before adjourn ment her attorneva, question ng i pro- sfiective juror bad used thene phrases: "Anna Kllingson, the dead woman," "the snnlty of the girl on trial," and "the p'tFsibllity that she did not shoot this woman but lied about ft and con feased to shield someone elte." The girl spejned to braro hernelf. She bit her lip as if fighting hick the awon that crept over her. With the court at renea and the crowd stream ng out she tr'e,1 for ihe back -entrance, but crumpled into the arms of tw policemen. UU.H CALLED AHli'Migb Ifineinfe often is celled the instrument nf thaught, a wise man has raid that It is really the nutriment of thought -the atmos phere in which Moonlit lives. It fa a tried, 1 1 m a necessary to the a'tilty if our mental potters at the aid is to our lungs, Word" are also known ss brain food. It has hen said iba' every new term espreming a fn-t not previously ' kn wn becomes to m if ll foml for 111" ! miri.1 ilint nhiorlts it. Tu think new (thought, new wordx ere cslUd fif. j Like food for th body, words are j food fr the mind (be brain. j Then how important it Is lo learn ' new words, so ss l bae new ideas, j study of words begets wisdom, j power, rnergy. 'I be .New Cu-versitii's i ipirtjonary dl supply one. with ikw ' w.irds for many )rrs. Oi a t"ly ! tiilb the toup 'ti' sod fed ur inifid. ' We all neeil lot-re word to properly , 1 rtpreci mir though, S. PETTTONSFOB EMM Central and Southern Ore gon Line3 Proposed by 0. C, and E. Head Construction Work Would Amount to Approxi mately $4,500,000 SPOKANE, Wash., .March 27. UP) Announcement that nn application has been filed with the interstate com- ! me roe commission for a certificate of public conveniences nnd necessity for the construction of l-lH mile of new railroad In Ceutrnl and Southern Ore gon was made- here last night by Rob ert K. Strahorn, president of the Oregon, California nnd Kaatern rail way. Mr. Strahorn announced that appli cation for the extension of the liuea of tho railroad wai made on March 10 following a meeting of the board of directors of the railway held In Portland. He said the estimated coat of the construction will be a pur ox I mntely $1,500,000. Lines Proposed Application wna made for tha con struction of tho following Knei: From Ihe Sprngue river terminus uf tho road hi tt general northerly direction to Silver l.ako, Oregon, a distance of ftt milci. Thli U a part of tho inn In linea from Klamath Falls to Rend, Ore, From Mile Post No. 43 on the (tame line lu a northeasterly direction to a point on Williamson river, a distance of IT) miles. From the Sprsgue river terminus in a general iout beast erly direction to Ijikevlew, Oregon, n distance nf (!." milea. Early Extension planned Mr. Htrnhorn snid that early exten sion of the lines is phmnrd and Hint beginning of construction now ownits only the grouting of necessary rights. "Survey a were completed on the right of way obtained on tho Silver Lake line several yenm ago and such (Continued on puge seven) z BE SESSIONS TOPIC Preliminary plans for a city jsonlng program fnr Kng"ue, which hss been urged by the Fugene chamber o( com merce and other local organizations, will be illncUKurd nt a meeting of rep-reo-ntntlvea of several local organiza tion called for this evening nt 7 I nV,ork M t(), fwtmn nf pfmm(l.r t f rmmrep It. Is planntd later to have a gn eral meeting ith representatives of other organizations at which time son i dt'frnit steps will b taken toward (bis sibility that objective with the pos - a permanent civic com- mitlee appointed by the city will be : planned, ' Tb following named represents'; lives have been asked If) attend thM meeting tonight: K. I-. Chambers.! ) rbaitibe'r of ivmimerce; Carl . Wash- . i burne, itotary dub; N. . Nelson -' V. M '. A ; W. K. Newell, Kiwnnis Hub; Krn'-t Ludlow, Lion; tieorge' , K. Loe, American l.cgitu; Major K. , It. Parks. W. ti. Griffin. Lane County i 'redit association; It. A. Md 'ully, ; l"tig-nc Itealty boaid. ' BANK IS R08BE0 i HiliT WOlCni, Te March -7. jTwo men held up the Polytechnic State Itnnk her-- today and rsiaped jw.th beiwcei ."i.iHmi and 7,kj in 'currency. 'Ihe cnhir was Imln-d in thw vault, MR. MORROW APPOINTED WASHINGTON. Mstn-Ii -'7.- Kur tnr tiovcnior Moriuw uf the Panuum I ami I sou u lolay uiipoiuted by Pre d'-nt CuomU- a Aiwi rit aii uh-ui-brr uf tb 'lmy.UA An. lyuutiJavy i-oliiuiiSalt'O ARGUMENTS IF: STATE VOICED BEFORE I, G.C. W. P. EUia, Attorney For Oregon Public Service Commission, Speaks Commissioner Esch Puts in Question of Need of Transportation WASHINGTON, March 27. UF) Argument upon the contention of the state of Oregon that railroads serving it should be required to construct ex tensive mileage through its central nnd eastern portions was presented tmlay before tho Interstate commerce commission. W. I. Kllli, attorney for the Ore gon public service commission ex plained the demand of the state that a new cross-line of railroad running from east to west through Its south tary Intercita required the north and south extensions should be built. He declnred the interstate commerce com mission had the power to enforce suca a requirement. Control Is Charged. "The Southern Pacific controls transportation lu ball of Oregon und. the Union Pacific controls It 'in tha . other half." Mr. Kills replied. "It is that situation which we seek to have met, by Ibis implication,'' , ' Mr, KlIifAisued That national mill tary interests require dtbe north nn.l south construction through the state enst of the Cascade range. Commit loner Ksh asked if there were not I ml iu ii rrscnntinii under federal con trol which might need the trannportii tlon in the territory anil the attorn named several. representatives Present. Vai'loiis other representatives f intennts in the territory are to be heard. Including A. C. Spencer for the Vnion Pacific and H. C, Pry for tho Southern Pacific. Preliminary proceeding before t!u com mi union have resulted in the r port by its examiner that the ii'"W construction should ho on rred nrd that the ronnuisi"n's powep will en able (t to enforce orders n;;iiust railroad. . Mr. Doy Speak . Mr. I ley dcrlarcd that it was nought to enforce the enlist rurttou of 1 10 miles of imin line (nun Kirk to tak- - ridge, of Jnn-j mile (mm Crane to j Odell nnd l'.t) miles of brnn-hes nt an estiiiiJited cost of approximately i ?:;.'. 7 -.OiKi. Little of this rnnstruc ' tion would le entailed ui'oo the South ' ern Par fic, he siid. but the peUioO (Continued cm pa two) Patrolman Accepts Service of Warrant ptiHTI.ANP. Ore., March 27. IM $nr nisnchard. patrolman, tolay repted errice of a warrant charKinl ! assault ' d Iwttery resulting irmn m attack lie i. alleged to have ma.le upot Pavid Ffintkea Jr., in a r.i:n wtitiSl warn mad by mistake on the KMiIk' home Saturday. Mrs attorney, .ViUou, It. Klfpper. a-'Ved that arraignment b m:ide Tuesday. Klpper said he wculd appal to the civil service bmd in an attempt to overturn Mayor Baker's .discharge oMtlancfcard from the pw'ic force. 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