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Newspaper Page TextLstejhe Waterjfcnds Tomorrow and Stop ' Drinking Filtered Sewage From the Willamette River City News THE WEATHER ..-iv winds. Tompora. fMi.v: Hilmi. 48 f- Monday, 66. d.lt.tlM "'W .01 of an Option ( ""' ut,,ea,it- chanaes " .. l.,.V" schedule 1 v....n..Kuitnath Falls stage VQL- 68 today's news TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY EVEN'IXG. A PHIL 14. 1925 PD irr . on strkkts 3c: on trains T7? i l ; i AN1, xpxV-s stands nr. NU 0,1 ba v A Y.i IIS ill -41 A n r : : il . ... . tr M -u .art. tomorrow morning, an Richard Shenard, manager 'rieroinal ""' Th8 ,tag' Wi" j",.,, !e.v. Kugene at S o'clock 1 . .n. R o'clock in the ;,tij(. ItenirniD the bus leaves . ...n. 7:4.1 o'clock in the V, sad rescue - W' ,! l'nrt and l in toe vtu.u - - ...docknes' morning. A summer . ,,,, nnrrl fur the Lgp IS ' " r,,t.,e to Portland. Th.. stage UrU Wt Euset-- at 0:30 o'clock Ud 1U B.acciuriu - - acts, arrmug ... ,dk P. -Jnouncemeni oi ItfwMspleton staiJ line starting Ution Wednesday a. i""" L'i. Ths stage will make one trip L,, karim Mapleton -' i o clock 4, morning, arriving in i-.useu 11:10 o'clock. Ueturning the bus i !ei Eugene at 2 o'clock, arriv- ta Mapleton at 5:43 o'clock p. m., ., Mtmitting western i-ane counij sAKl approximately three hours DiiiM for transaction of busi ly Slops will be made at Swiss , Stats hatchery, Triangle Lake, Eiilr. Franklin junction and June- City. - ; III Work to Start fork on . 15-mile trail from the 'ekiu to Smith river near Scotts- Iri ifl the Siuslsw national forest i be started soon, announces H. Skfllir, supervisor of the forest. tu ii the largest trail project in the bmt planned for the season, and ri require the largest part of the kajBtr to complete, he says. A look- u boose will be built this .vear on .Taint's peak, reports Mr. Shelley. Eiii house will be occupied by J. V. i.tumfjord, who held the Cum un' peak post last year, and who ii spent the winter attending medi- ttoil.fe in Portland. Last summer ramped out the entire summer on kit kuClop. Lookouts will be stationed' p ike Siunlaw this summer at the ilirsi points: Jit. llebo, Taole ponuin, Prairie utountnin, I'uni- pH'i peak,, Horunn Xose peak,' Itn'i mountain and Elk's peak. L A. C. Club to Picnic Hrabm of the Line county O. A. cab will hold a picnic party at ite Thunda; even ng, it is nn "Md by Charles .M. Kmcry, presi- Mof thecliib. The meeting will be eelfbrition of the memorial build- in: orire recently conducted in Lane tr, at wbich the county's quota wi the building was exceeded. ; t"J will leave in outo trucks ehamber of Commerce buil.1. NI o'clock p. m., according to Emery. M"i ts Mart- of th, American I.ccinn. ekers of the Udies' Auxiliary et to meet toniiht f .. r' of commerce at 7:Kn nVi.i, Pes Ueorje E. Love, chairman . "'iitM on the "N'igM in " """"mment. The purpose "eeiing i. t0 mL. i. f. tyl the srmorj: fr he . r"" "eordint to M, r . '.. letter. infrmiD( mtm - mat ha "ur. Today's the Day the Old Baseball Lid's Pried Open Fi UP EFFORT TO FUllIiT Refusal of Socialists to Col laborate is Given As Reason Conditions as Laid Down Considered to b8 ' Incompatible TARIS, April 14. (P) M, Tain, leve, upon leaving Tresident Doumer gue, said he had accepted in principle the president's invitation to form new cabnet, but had asked for 12 hours delay before making a definite reply in order to consult with hi. po. litical friends. M. Tainleve will see President Doumergue again at 11 a. m. tomorrow. 1 ave been made frlnttd- b" eopr of ,h rtpublicatif,n "Heart of n. ., . m . ""'' outdoor." 'ieeh.fflb tod,. . . , . , "J'.ofth, hookle, wU c ' "'"Hbution to th. naa"- The booklet en,. 1 number of views of :r iiui it.. V """iion on it. ' acl resources. rt Ibii.ii. t7 t i """ted thi : I.. , iu,s on :,r "ork o ,o offui. Kb . tata. 1 , .. aim t PARIS, April 14. U?) Ex-Prem- ! ier Brinnd shortly after six o'clock this evening definitely decided to abandon the attempt to form a cab inct in succession to the Herriot ministry. 51, Briand announced his determi nation not to form a ministry to the socialist republican group, to which he belongs, basing it on the refusal of the socialists to collaborate and the conditions they wished to exact In return for support. He considered the conditions, incompatible with his conception of the role of premier. Follows Uncertainty Brinnd's refusal of the task Presi dent Ioumergue had requested him to perform came after a period of un certointy in which it was at first reported his declination hod been de cided upon one then that he would try to form combination without socialists before Riving a final an swer to the executive. The socialist action with regard to taking part in a Briand government was definite was reached by the na tional council of the party by the unanimous vote. It did not preclude. however, their participation in a min istry formed by the premier accept able to them, it was stated. Conditions Disliked They apparently were willing to support a cabinet headed by Briand without entering into it but found the ex-premier unwilling to accept this support iind.-r the conditions they namd: Fair Return on ,,' Sale of - Crops 'Seems Lacking Ef Mi ill ia Klamath ! to wit . ' Solo artists Jor the presentation of "Creation" by the Eugene Oratorio society here next month have been selected, according to sunouncement today of George H. MrMorrsn. presl dent. Two orrists will come from Las Angeles nnd one from Portland and Ihene selections are from among the beot of nrntnriral tilent of the Pa cific ennst, it is, said. William Pilcher, tenor, and Cinie Christopn, baritone, are from Los An jIes and Jane Burni Albert, soprano, is from Portland. Mr. UrMorran states that thse'arrist were chosen for the leading parti in the cat of "Creation" owing to their ability along specialized lines of musical training V The oratorio presented in Eugene will be practically eomplfted as there will he but very few parts omitted.! Mr. MrMorran states. Ai the oratorio retires conaideraMe time; . SALEM, Ore., April 14. Bert (Oregon) Jones, who, on March 28, 1024, escaped from the Oregon state penitentiary by going over the wall with five other prisoners, is under arrest at Sacramento, (nl according to information received by Warden Dairy tuple today from the Cal'fornia state bureau of identification ot Sacramento. Jones is held in the Saeramento county juil on a 30-day sentence for petty larceny. The identification ap pears to be certain.- Jones was one of six prisoners who made one of the most daring escapes in the history of he Oregon prison. The f-ther five were Tom Murray, Joe .la-kson, William Johnson, C'Hve Weekly nnd Ellsworth Kelly. After a posse hunt that lasted many days the other five mn were captured and re turned to the prison. Jones narrowly escaped capture near Jefferson while h,e end Murray were together follow ing their escape. Some of the possemen sighted both men and began to shoot at them when they refused to stop. The shots caus ed Murray to give up, but Jones kept going. Ab-.ut a week aso a presf dispatch stated that Jones was believed to be located in JoBephiue county, where h was thought to be living disguised as a hunchback and waring a false beard. The informstion received here today did not state when he was ar rested in Socramento. WASHINGTON, April 14 Th' farmers' national council estimntrd in a statement tcday that American far men realized on the sale of their crops last year $3, 14 4, 000.000 less than a fair return for their labor would have given them. Department of agriculture figures on the value of the crop and live stock production for the year were cited as ' showing that the average farm family received for its labor $071.03. The total "deficit" was fig ured on a basis of $1500 as a fair average return for such labor. Prince of Wales Is Given Send-off Federal Land has Pests of Rodents To arrange for the poisoning of rodents on a piece of government land near Spencer creok, O. S. Fletcher, I.ane county agricultural agent, has taken up the matter with Ira N. Gabrielson, leader of rodent control work in Oregon for the bureau of biological survey. This federal land is open for homesteaders and tbe llau. prrsent m C t it hit twirti thm MststAm -t trout , .. ... '""""-ai organizations to offer only f certain, parts of the entire score, but i this will n'.t he th . y" ! diction here, the president annunes. iS, nxiiiii.. ! Excellent nrrr ;. : H w w,n bfl; the traloing of the cast under the di- JHto' ,l' '"'rnortn! r"('tinn f John Stark Evan, of the ort Hjrnette i Srhonl of m"s- f the I nirersity of necesslutea a large j county agent believes that it should be cleared of the gray diggers, not only to benefit futur owners, but the farmers In that district who hare cleared th'ir own land of the pests but are unable to stop the migration from th unpoif-oned area, Mr. Fletcher said. BOARD MEMBERS NAMED SAIjKM, Ore., April 14. The state i(l ana f.ugene music lovers w ill board of control today reappointed the I,"ar talented and finished pre- II. II. Witherspoon of F.tgin and A. ; sentatlon May 13 and 10, Mr. McMur- i C. Allen of Medford as members of j "n stales. ' tne fUte board of horticulture. ACCRA. OOU COAST, West Af rica, April 14. UP) The Prince of Wales on board the battle cruiser Repulse, left here today for Nigeria. He was given a great send-off by the local inhabitants and the native chiefs. Huge crowds were assembled along side the highways at strategic points on the prince's route to the pier. where he emharked. The chiefs with their retinues had the best positions for seeing the royal visitor. . The prince walked the last hun dred yards to the dock, where he boarded a launch for the Repulse. A heavy swell was running and scores of surf boats, half submerged in the rough water, bobbed up and down, off shore, their occupants yelling greetings to the departing guests.! Hundreds of natives waded waist deep I into the water and. lining up as though on parade watched the launch leave the qua for the battle cruiser. TEAMS OF MAJORS Ul LI I ULHUUia HI ill HfiK PATHOL BASE HERETO HAV E FOUR PLA DETROIT, April 14. Karl Sheely, firxt baseman with the Chicago White Sox smashed out the first home run of the 1025 major league season to day. He drove the ball over the left field fence in the second inning of the Detroit-Chicago opener. No one was on base. Leonard was the pitching victim. RECORD CROWDS OUT CHICAGO. April 14. OP) Bright, sunny weather, with just n touch of the chill of spring, brought record- breaking crowds out today for the opening game of the major league season. It fin Johnson, president of the American league, viewing the Tiger opener nt Detroit, nnd President Hey dler of the National league, estimated that approximately 1"5,000 spectators jammed the parks in the eight chit1 to view their favorites In action. The weather was fair throughout both leagues. Three Fliers to Each Plane Will Comprise Person nel, is Word Reserve Pilots to be Used On Patrol Duty For First Time Four planes will be stationed ot the Eugene aviation field for the forest fire patrol base which will be estab lished in the near future under pro visions of the law appropriating $50, 000 for this work during the coming year, according to word received from Senator McNary. This special appro priation for the air service for pro tection of the forests of the Pacific northwest arid northern California was made through the efforts of Sen ator McNary. The Kugene chamber of commerce backed the plan of again having the Kugene base established. Auhnugh it was recently announced that this city had been selected for a patrol station the details of the or ganisation were not given. The final report is that the four planes will ench havo a personnel of three fliers, making n total of 12 for the nir unit here in addition to n number of me ehariiea. '.' ... v - , ' - vvV . , . The plans and aviation erjuipmcnf will be provided by the war depart ment and arrangements for the' care, ovei'hnulinrvtnd repair are being mnde. It is announcpd that the reserve corps of the air ervicn will provide the aviators on patrol duty. This ia the first time since Mil- establishment jf the air forest patrol five years ngi that reserve pilots were assigned to the work. Five air bases ore to be established on the Pacific coast. One at Eugene, one ot either Vancouver barrack i. Wash., or Camp Lewis, two in Cali fornia and one in northern Idaho, Woman Catches Burglar; He's . Her Fourth One OAKLAND, Cal, April 14 Henry Valentine, 23, was making his way out of ft room in the Central hotel with several articles of Jewelry in his pockets yesterday. Hearing a noise in the room of Miss Maria Rchuler at an hour when the tenant was or dinarily not at home, Mrs. Anna M.ver, the proprietor, investigated.. She found Valentine ransacking the room and gave battle. ' "He struggled a little she said, later, "but I told him if he made any more fuss I would smash his fice. lie then stopped fussing. Mrs. Myer turned Valentine over to the police. "I'm getting nsed to catching burg lars," she said. "I've coptured three of them. This is my fourth." POOLE GETS HOMER PHILADELPHIA, April I L Mil ler, right fieller,of the Athletirs, hit a home run in th ventb inning of t'day'a game with Ronton. It was fol lowed s moment Inter by another ov-r (Continued on png.- two) Appointments of Officials Approved SPRINGFIELD, April 14, fSper ia1 Appointments of George Val lier, chief of police in Springfield, Jess Kmitson, fire chief, and C Steinhauer, traffic policeman, re cently made by Mayor G. G. Hunb nisn, were affirmed by the council st a meeting last evening in the city ball. The council alto voted to have M. J. McKIin be acting mayor In the absence of Mayor Uushmsn in Cali fornia, Mayor and Mrs. Irishman left this morning on a motor trip south, to be gone for two weeks. A petition from property owners along Mill street asking thst the con templsted paring be done on Mill street Instead of Second street, wss read, but action deferred until the next meeting. Royal Arch Masons Of Oregon Elect At State Meeting PORTLAND, Ore., April II. John II. Kolloek of Portland was elected grand high priest of the Grand Chapter of Itoj al Arch Masons to surcrd Wayne Standard of Mrowim ville. Ore., at the business session here yesterday of the 05lh annual Oregon ronelnve. f ther officers elected were: O. E. Suafford, Oregon City, deputy grand high priest; Frank H. Haillie, Portland, grand king; Thomas Kiiiiuis, Woodlnirn, Ore., grnnd scribe; Frank J. Miller, Al bany, (Ire., grand treasurer; D. It. Cheney, Forest Grove, t re., grnnd secretory; George Walton, Klamath Falls. Ore., grand orator; K. North up, McMinnville, Ore., grand chaplain; Herbert Tom-y, McMinnivi,!, Ore,, grand captain; Milton L. Myers. Sal em, Ore., grand royal arrh captain; D. B. Steward, Corvallis, Ore., rnnd master ow the third veil; Carl W. Evert sen, Marsh field, Ore., grand master of the firt veil; Lloyd Srott, Portland, grand sentinel. Many Pupils Will Take Examination With the sending to Snlem today of the brief in the ease brought to en join the city of Eugene from Issuing bonds for $500,000 for the erection of a new auditorium the case will be ready for trial this week. II, K. Slut tory, local oltoroey, who represents W. T. Campbell, who brought the suit against the city, fifed 'the-brief today. The brief of O. H, Foster and L. K. Bean, representing the cily of Eugene and the Cniversity of Oregon regents, also named us defendants, was sent some time ago. When the cuse fs call ed by the sjipreme court the local at torneys will be notified und they will appear before I lie statu tribuuitl. Although no time has been set for the rase before the stato court, locl attorneys state that as It is now ready for trial that it may be called in the very near future. SCORES FLEE WHEN VALLEY S INUNDATED Troopers Ride Down to Give Warnings to Ranchers In Lowlands ; After a visit ot more than a week j to various sawmill plants of the' northwest, particularly in the Paget J Pound distrfet A. C. Dixon, general manager, and Edgar Martin, civil en i gineer, of the Hooth-KMI Lumber1 company have returned here. Mr. ' Dixon stales that the mills In the j north are srill n the fourday a wek basis owing to the rmidiiinn of the lumber market. Although there j ha,ve been no plans made as yet there is a possibility that the Booth-Kelly I plants may resume a five-day srbed j ule in the near future, Mr. Dixon in ferred. Mr. Martin who has eharge of the laying out of the Bnoth-KHly plant and rail lines inspeet-d several properties In the north in note rneth t ods that may be adopted at the Lane mills, Mr. Dixon states. About l-'OO Lan couuty pupil have already been listed to take the annual eighth grade examinations to h heid in I.nm county May I I and l,p, Thurs dty and Friday, a reading to n nounrrtnent t'd.ty at the office of E. J. Moore, c'Minly superintendent of sr honls. It is experted that about I li' N I pupil will ! 'ligilde for the annual tests this year, Judging by th- adtan-e j n-ports sent nv nwiiprs in a large number nf district. Mr. .Moore fnid. POLES UNLOADED SPUINGFIKLD, Apr 1. i Spe cial). A number of poles have been unloaded in Springfield for use in re pairing tht telephone ine for the I'nited States forest service. The pole are being set rmii Kutltnell corners n eat. Tiie line extends from Kugene on up to alove Ab Ken sie Bridge, and connects wish the ranger stations in the inoutHsios. I'hat there Is now almost no unem ployment on the west coast, and that in a few districts there Is even a shortage nf some kinds of skilled helii, is Indicated by reports from IL em ployment service cf fires in various northwestern rities received at -1L headharters in Eugene today. Labor deuiiuid and supply appear to b? nearer 's balance than at any tiuie since early lsst fall, In addition to j common laborers the unemployed now I in the larger centers are for the moM I pirt men who are reeking some spo ! cial sort of work, the reports nay. ) Ivibor turnover, both east and went of t he Cascades, has shown a more j than seasonal increase. Pine sswmills1 of the Inland Empire are becoming' more art i ve and skilled mill help there is unite generally employed. Experienced logei a are beeoming , .irirce in Portland, This is due to thj fact t bat m;iny men hive takrn point in other Industries. La dor turnover in! boh equips end mils is much higher' than it has been at any time (his yetr. ' There Is a shortage of some kinds of sawmill help. M it f the iioeinp!ojw4 now in P'o-thnd are seeking some spe- j cial fort of work. j Lane Agent Plans j Meeting on Coast: On his first trip to Ada and adjacj ent territory, O. H. FlMelif'r. Lane i county agricultural agent, leaves for the cobs Saturday, April H nnd will , speak at a meeting of the Ada (irange j Sunday, April 10, according to an-j nounct'tnent today. Mr. Fletcher will! remain over in that district Monday and hopes to get acquainted with fanners in that itiitneillste area. It ; is possible that other informal meet- J Ings uill be arranged, the county agent states. The new county agent, who aumfd his position here Febru ' ary I, is planning to rover all dis trie's of the county during the spring ' and Kumiuf 1 More Than 5,000 Aoro3 Ara Reported to bo Under Raging Flood DETROIT, Mich., April 14. (P) Score, of families In tb. valley of tho Huron rirer between Flat Rock ami Lake Erie were driven from their homra early today when the dam ot the power plant of the Ford Motor company at Flat Rock burst and re leased millions of gallons .of watur Into the valley. The break In the Ford company dam followed the crumbling of the earth embnnkmcnls that flunk tho new De troit Edison company dnm at French Landing, several milea above Flat Rock yesterday, Tho impounding water of the alx mile artificial lake ru.lied through the break. Earth Washed Away. The dam Is 32 f.;ot high and built partly of concrete nnd portly of earth. Knijinccra PMimati'd today tlmt already (I,(KKI,IUK) cubic feet of earth have been wahhed mvay, whilo th. river today la paling Into tho remain ing earth work, anil engineer, believe inure will lie wi'it'oii. The maw power million of the Kill- son company wna to have have been opened Jliiy J. Tlie cost wna $7,10,0110. Mure limn 5(Mll) ncrea lire reporl d miller wnler, which Is rrmrled tu bo 111 feet deep in miuie places anil steuU ily rising. Inhabitants Warned. The valley', lull ilillnnta were wan ed nf the flood by iruopcra fr he soiilh Itiiekwood sliilion cf the MiiU Ignn .tiilo police, who started nlonst the river to muse persona living iifiirby as auon nn guiiriln at the dim had telephoned the station of tho trouble. So rapidly did the water r'-e that the officers were soon forced to take to boats, going thus from h. u.oi to house with tln-ir warning, fmyiti scores of families ro Mifcly (id send ing tho men nhend In I'oiiiiirinik'eri'J boats to aid in the rescue work. No lives have li-r ,.st, so far its could bo lenined, nltlioiixli muny houses, built below the level of th dam, were inuuthitcd. Valley Under Water. Reports from various places nloitj the seven miles from Flat Koi-k to Luke Krie indicate Hut the entire (Continued on pige three) Vole t he Water Bonds There are a number of im portant projects represented in the bond proposals to he. voted on in Kugene tomorrow, but the one of the greatest outstanding Importance, is thst represented by the water bonds. Itoth water bonds proposals ought to t-nrry, IIFCAFSK the ginal source of city water supply un der our prenrnt water project has failed completely and we are now lining Wiltumotfc river water. ItKCAT'SF th wells which were the source of supply can nut be restored, and if they rO'il'I, they would be inade quate for the city's great growth. ItK'At"SK our prenent m1 tem of wntf-r reservoirs and i;mm has become coin pie tely outgrown and inadequate and its augment at ion is urgently necesfiary to the serving of many of our people with water. HFCAi:Si; if the M.Kenxie water bonds and the city serv ice bonds shall be carried wo shall be assured nf nn adequate supply for good water for all districts of the city for years to come.