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VOL. XI., No. 222.
TUI RHDAY. AUGI OT II, 11*21.
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5,139 CARLOADS
OF APPLES IS
Dr. (»eoyge T. Harding Marrie* Mis*
.Alice Beverone, a Nurse tn the
Doctor's Off lie
Viglili) Da»hes of Minali ( raft From
Atlantic C'oaal Line Bejond the
Power of Officers
Father Heslin, Missing Since Night ot August 2, Lay In
Waahlngton. Aug 11.—(1. N. 8.) i
Sand of Salada Beach, 20 Miles South of San
Liquor smuggling I* now the reali
prohibition problem, No single phase'
Francisco -Reward Hunter Under Suspicion
of whiskey law enforcement rivalli
By W. H. Atkins
FROM HTATK
84» Per Cent Crop of Pears l.tpwlcd,
Itidian Prune» 78 Per Cent,
Southern Appi«-“ Gnin
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smuggling It* present danger and'
the potential menace it hold* tor en-|
Ban Francisco, Aug, 11.— (A. P.»
forcement over the United States *re
■The body of Father Patrick E. Hes-
recognized. Dry official* are alarmed
lln, Colma priest, who disappeared
over it. tut they are over no other on the night of August 2 when a
angle ot the Volstead law puzzle.
.¡stranger called and asked him to ad-
for efficient
.
The cost of upkeep l_.
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minister the sacrament to a dying
sea patrol, a* a part of the prohlbl-i
relative, was found burled at the bot
lion unit of the treasury, would In
tom of a sand cliff at Salada Beach,
volve probably 3-' noo.Ooo a year at!
20 miles south of San Francisco.
the lowest calculation The present)
There la a bullet hole through the
policy of the budget bureau favor* at
heart, and another through the bead.
drastic cutting of fund* already al-|
William A. Hightower, the discov
lowed by congress for dry law work;
erer of the grave, who notified the
rather than any new proposal In-;
police, la being held pending an In
volvlng heavier outlay* of public.
vestigation. Hightower claims that
funds
the clue was given him by Dolly
Portland. Aug II
I».)
tlrnat»* of the bureau of market* snd
crop estimate*. Indicate a production
thia year of 5,139 car load* of com
mercial apple*. 8.000 ton* ot |w*arn
and 31,610,000 pound* of dried
prune«. •
lA*t year'« apple crop wa* 3.250 i
Smuggler» Grow Hohler
car load*, in the Willamette valley I Treasury official* believe that not| Mason, who said she met an Intoxi
I more than one out of every 1,000; cated foreigner who made broken
the unfavorable condition* during
<
the blossoming period were blamed smuggler* are caught coming Into the revelations to her and expressed hla
for the light apple crop, except in ; United State* The smuggler* are, hatred of the Catholic church.
Union and f.anr count!««. which show known to be entering cove* and In-1 Acting on the information. Higb-
an Increase
let*, with their valuable cargoes, *111
Pear* will yield from 60 to 7 5 per along the coast*
Smuggler* are
cent of last year's crop, and prune* growing bolder on the Canadian and
will also be belo«* normal
An in-1 Mexican borders. Smuggling opera-1
cre<t*« in the pmpqua valley apple I lion* on the boundaries and coast* Organizathm Start<xl anil Building
crop la Indicated, with i>ear* at 50 : ha'« grown upon an amazing scale,
1» Ordered for Fall
per cent and Italian prunes 75 per a* the bootleg Importers have grad-'
1
eent of a normal crop.
u*lly become wise to the lack of po
The Merlin Community club has
The Southern Oregon apple crop I lice opposition
been or gau I zed and a building is to
will be from 25 to 50 per cent abovej
Threv-Mlle-Lhnlt Traffic
be erected al once. The structure
last year, with pear* at 55 to 60 pet
Liquor «hip* have a legal right to, will be two atorle* high, with a store
cent of last year's crop.
bring liquor stocks close up to the) on the lower floor and a dance floor
In Hood River, 10 to 20 per cent three mile limit off American shore*. I on the upper. The capital stock of
more apples are expected, ot a better They cannot be «topped or question-! the organization is to be 33000,
quality, and pears will produce 50 ed. aa long a* they do not enter It Is expected that the building
per cent of last year's crop, 1'matll-j American port*, Large acboners now. will be ready for use by Thanksgiv
la report* a fine apple crop, Herrn I»- am being used by bootleg com bina-I ing.
ton «uttered front Union promlsc* lions for this purpose, Bootleg pro-1. The building will be 60 by 100
am excellent Wasco show* a shrink moters maintain fleets of the speed-lfeet. the dance floor to be 40 by 55
age. Baker will give an average lest motor boats, built to lran*|>ort) feet, A stage and dressing rooms
yield of good quality. Malheur prom- heavy load* These motor boat fleet* win also be provided on the upper
lees 200 cars.
are darting nightly out from the At-| floor. The lot has been purchased
lantlc coast to the position of their and is 50 by 100 feet, being Just op-
liquor sources anchored at sea to polite the depot. The store is to be
take In loads and race with them in-; rented by 1» W Mitchell Jr. The
to unfrequented inlets, there to be community club will hold dances and
met by truck caravans to t rann port entertainments in the building regu
Nhanglutl Jnternatlon il Homes Rifled the wet stores Inland
larly during the winter.
By ”< iip Pixtol" Burglars
Prohibition officials know these
Officer* in the new enterprise are
tricks of the bootleg importer*. but.T. W. Barber, president; W. B Lind
Shanghai, Aug. 11—(A. Pl- confess themselves powerless. Occa-lsay. vice-president; D. W. Mitchell,
Hale of toy pistol* In the Interna slonal detection of a liquor ship la sec ret ary-treasurer; Roas Crow and
tional settlement of Shanghai ha* reported by customs or coast guard Frank Thompson, directors
been «topped by the police to check authorities. But these detections are
armed robberlen by Chinese
Isolated and exceptional. They re
in Investigating attack* on Chinese veal no reliable safeguard against
household* the Shanghai police di*-1 the continued heavy flow of foreign
covered that intruder*, unable to pur-! liquors for the American market,'
chase arms, had equipped themselves; possibly for many year* to come.
Ixstiutrd Wood Will Accept Position
with toy piatola manufactured to re
of Governor Gemerai
•cmble automatic revolver* and had JAPANESE MILITARISTS ARE
found them sufficient to terrorize
BLAMED FOR TROUBLE
Washington, Aug. 11.—(A. P.)—
their victim*.
Honolulu, T. H. Aug. 11.—(A.
It
was authoritatively stated that
P.)--Foolish poilciee ot Japanese
bureaucrat* and militarist* hkve led General Leonard Wood has been
to a general misunderstanding of the selected by the president for the gov
Japanese people as a whole, accord ernor general of the Philippines and
that he will accept.
ing to Professor G Muko, prominent
(ioirmmi'nt Employes Ender Full educator of Japan. He leads a move
Mrs. Harry Newell and two young
Pay Would Seek New Positions
ment to substitute -Roman letter* for
the Japanese idlographs
Professor sons of Berkeley, Cal., former reel-
Vienna. Aug. 11.—(A. P.)—The Muko wa* hero recently on hl* way dents of Grants Pass, are visiting
retrenchment and economy commis home to Japan from the United Mrs. Newell's mother, Mrs. Geo.
Bancroft. They will be here another
sion of business men appointed by State*.
the government some months ago has
“We Japanese must change our week or 10 days.
submitted Its first report. Its moat attlude toward* the Far Eastern
interesting feature Is a plan for de countries," Prof, Muko said. "We
creasing the number of government must return Shantung to China and
employes.
we will do it. 1 hope.”
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It purposes gradually to select men
in group* from various departments "YELLOW PERIL" REAL MENACE Discovery of »aghi Foot Block Will
and give them full pay for a certain
Ilan* Much Roman History
period to enable them to find new
positions or make themselves sal f-
Paris, Aug. 11.—(A. P.)—Dr. A.
London, Aug. 11.—(A. P.)—A dis
supporting, The government also is F. I-egedre, a French writer on Chi covery which, it Is claimed, will form
urged to establish an employment nese and Asiatic subjects gained from one of the fundamental sources for
bureau.
25 years of travel and observation in a history of the Roman Empire under
the Far East, warns the world In his Augustus has been made recently by
latest work that “Asia is at the Ollverlo, an Italian savant in Cyrene,
white man's doors.
900,000,000 the ancient Greek colory In Africa,
strong." The biggest cloud on the founded In the seventh century.
horizon of the future, he says. Is the
A Moring Post correspondent, writ
American Roy Scouta Number Morr “yellow peril.”
ing from Cyrene, says that excava
Than Aconta In Rest of World
The white race. Dr. Legendre says, tions at Bengasi— the ancient Bere
"lost face,” aa the Oriental puts it, nice which stood In the midst of the
Now York, Aug. 11.— (A. P.) — when Japan defeated Russia. During Gardens of the Hesperides near the
Membership of the Boy Scouts of the great war he writes. Japan mul mouth of the river I-etho—have re
America, one of whoso mottoes Is "do tiplied her resources and saved her sulted in the unearthing of a block
at least one good deed every day,” strength while Europe lost 20,000,- of marble eight feet long, one face
has now reached 529,119. This Is 000 men and today suffers depres of whiqh bears a flawless Groek in
said to be larger than the total mem sing, Intellectual, moral and eco scription of over 10(J lines; the trans
bership of scouts In the rest of the nomic debility. Great Britain, the lation of a letter from Augustus on
world.
author holds, errftd In supporting the government and administration
The .membership of other countries Japan through her "marriage of rea of justice in Cyrenaica, giving a won
affiliated
with the International son” with the Pacific Empire, an al derful Insight Into the financial and
Scout Bureau at Ijondon is 460,099 liance "now proving so embarras judicial conditions of the country at
The British Empire has 324,700.
sing. ”
that time.
INSCRIPTION FOUND
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Monroe, Mich , Aug. 11.—(A. P.) (.ONTRAt TING FIRM MEMBERS
—President Harding's father, Dr.
GO OVER THE GROUND OF
George T. Harding, 7«, married Miss
THE NEW SURVEY
Alice Severens, 52, a nurse In the
doctor’s office in Marion for many
years.
tower claims he succeeded in local- ; PKPKW IAT1ON OF BULGARIAN
Ing the grave. He pondered three1
Ct RRENCY CACHES ANXIETY
days and finally decided to tell Arch-
bishop Edward J Hanna, but eneoun-
Sofia, Aug. 11.— (A. P.) —Steady I
tered a newspaper reporter at the depreciation ot the Bulgarian lev* ia
bishop's residence who took him to' causing anxiety in state circles and
the police.
the government has taken coercive
Hanna had offered 35.000 reward pteaaurea to stop all speculation tn
for Heslln, dead or alive The arch-t
arch exchange Heavy fine* and even jail
Work will start Immediately on
bishop bad received two letters de-1 sentence* will be imposed on any on the construction of the highway to
manding ransom, which he consider-) dealing In exchange without having the caves, is the word brought to the
ed hoaxes
the payment of some foreign bill in I city by Tom J. White and Joe I^eahy,
members of the contracting firm,
view.
San Francisco, Aug 1!.—(A P.)
The Bulgarian leva before the war which was awarded the contract. The
—A search of Hightower’s room re was worth about the same as the gentlemen returned last night from
vealed a rifle, pieces of blood stain French franc or about five to the i a trip over the route to be taken and
ed burlap, and clipping* from local American dollar. During the war were greatly impressed by the scenic
papers showing the reward for the the dollar at one time had a purchase attractions along the road.
They
priest’s return
value of 80 or 90 leva* "nd now an have made arrangements to have a
Hightower Is a baker, and came. American dollar is worth 125 leva*. * tew men sent out to start in the con-
from I^emay, Utah
All the big banks have expressed ‘ struction of the camps and to get
their
desire to collaborate with the* ready tor the crews.
BABE Bl TH ONCE .MORE HIT
There will be a force of 250 to 300
government in an effort to check the
PILL.—MORES FORTY THIRD
fall ot the leva but it seem* that no i men at work before the end of next
week, says Mr. White. Eight camp«
remedy has yet been found.
Philadelphia, Aug. 11.—(A. P.)—
are to be established along the route
Babe Ruth today knocked out his 43 (AMERICAN AND CANADIAN
and work trill be carried on simnl-
homer.
PORT OFFICIALS TO MEET taneously, givlng assurance that the
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work will be completed within the
Seattle. Wash. Aug. 11.—(A. P.) time limit set. The date set for the
—Port officials and waterway men completion of the work by Mr. White
from the United States and Canada is December 1, or the 15th of that
■ .....
will gather here October 11 to 14 tor month at the latest. He declares that
Invitation» to the IHsarnuunent Meet the tenth annual convention ot the he is going to give a good road over
ing Kent Today by Washington
merican Association of Port Author the mountains. All the local labor
ities. On adjournment delegates are possible will be used on the work.
Washington. Aug. 11.—(A. P.)— invited to attend a tour day meeting
The scenic attractions along the
The formal invitations to the disar 6f the Pacific Coast Association of new highway will be better than etth-
mament and Far Eastern conference Port Authorities at Vancouver. B. C.| er the Rainier National park or the
in Washington on November 11, were )
Glacier National park, says Mr.
sent today to Britain, France. Italy. OPERATION RESTORES SIGHT
White. His firm has road contract*
Japan and China.
AFTER « YEARS LN DARKNESS in the two parks. Care is to be tak
en. he says, not to destroy the trees
Puyallup, Wash., Aug. 11.—(A. along the right-of-way, which is to
I P.)—When Mrs. Rosalie La Plante I be cleared from 40 to 50 feet wide.
! of Puyallup was able to see for the The road goes through some ot the
first time in eight years recently, the best timber in Southern Oregon and
Situation Rumored Grave—Dr Va ' first thing she exclaimed was, “Oh, over some rough mountains, where
the road will have to cut into the
lera** Reply Accn>ted----Kept Dark this kimona is lavender.”
Mrs. La Plante's sight was restored mountains. The maximum grade will
Ixvndon. Aug. 11.—(A
P.)—A when surgeons removed • growth be 6 per cent.
She immediately
Reuter's dispatch from Paris says from her eyes,
that IJoyd George will return to Eng asked that all her clothing be
land Friday owing to the Irish sit brought to her so she could see the
uation which Is rumored to mean a colors.
grave crisis
FORMAL CONFERENCE BIOS SENT
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CONCERT IN PARK TOMORROW
CAMP LEWIS GUARDSMEN ARE
Eight Selections in ITograni to Be
STRANGERS TO ARMY BEAN
Given by the Woodmen Band
P.)—De
lain don. Aug. 11.—(A.
Valera's reply to the proposals of the
British government for an Irish peace
have been handed to Austin Cham
berlain. government leader, The pa-
pers were delivered at noon todav.
The tenor of the reply Is withheld,
The cabinet will consider the note
and may not divulge it for days. •
Camp Lewis, Wash., Aug. 11.— (A
P.)—Recruits are asking regarding
the fate of the army bean, storied
piece de resistance of army posts In
the past. National guardsmen in
Washington, who have been in en
campment here this summer report
they did not find beans on the menu
once.
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Poor Showing tn ls*aguc Reason for
Deeire to Scrap Players
Portland. Ore.. Aug. 11.—(A. P.)
—-Hope that the Portland team of
the Pacific Coast league, all season in
last place, would be sold, was ex-1
pressed here recently by Walter Mc-
Credie, manager.
McCredle declared that during hi*
26 years in baseball, the Beaver club;
thia year was the only team he ever
played with or managed that never
had a fighting chance.
University of Oregon Admits Gretch
en llmirns With Verace of IM1.T
University of Oregon. Eugene, Aug.
11.— (Special)—Among the students
who have presented high averages In
their college entrance subjects at
the office of the registrar of the Uni
versity of Oregon is Gretchen Clem
ens, a graduate of the Grants Pass
high school She made an average
of 90.7 in her high school work. Miss
Clemens has been admitted to fresh
man standing 1« the university.
Scholarship among the applicants
for admlaaloh into the freshman class
this year are unusually high, accord
ing to Carlton E Spencer, registrar.
Washington, Aug. 11.—(A. P.)—
The McNary agricultural relief bill
with all amendments was favorably
reported by the house banking com
mittee. Early action is urged.
The program for the concert to
morrow night in Riverside park will
consist of numbers not played at pre
vious concerts. The W. O. W. band
has been practicing regularly and the
popularity of the entertainments is
evidenced by the large crowds that
turn out.
The program will be as follows,
with a few possible changes;
"Salutation,” march.
"Darktown Dancin’ School."
“Visions.” trio.
“Standard Bearer,” march.
"Alita," (Wild Flower).
“Rocked in the Cradle of ths
Deep,” baritone solo, played by J.
R. Higgenbotham
“Ask the Rose." waits.
“Stars and Stripes
Forever,”
march.
Washington. Aug. 11.—(A. P.)—
The American valuation principle!
for the assessing of tariff duties, in I
Dreeses Wear Titles Similar to Those
a modified form, was accepted by
of Racing Horses
the senate finance committee today.
New York. Aug. 11.—(A. P.)—
Mrs. T. H. Coke, of Downey, Cal.,
Designating gowns with names as
spent Wednesday in the city.
bizarre as thoee given race horse«
Is the latest trade device of fashion
able New York dressmakers
PORTLIND MARKETS
This was revealed when a large
Choice steers ............. 36.00 © |6 50 firm brought suit for 311,306 against
Hogs, prime light. 312.50 © 313.00 a wealthy man for raiment purchased
.•sheep, best valley....86.50 »3 37.75 by his wife but alleged to be etili un-
East mountain lambs 36 00 © 36.50 paid for.
"I-ady Fair.” "I'll Say 8he Does."
Prime lambs ............. ..35.25 © 35.75
Eggs. Buying price ........................ 27c and “Patches” were the way three
Egg*, fancy selects ......
34c gowns were itemized. A snappy lit-
Butter, extra cube« ___
37c tie dress went down on the list aa
Butter, print« ........................
62c “Country Mouse.” while two street
Wheat .......................... 31 05 © 31.13 suits were charged up aa "Bobby**
and “Reggie ”
By way of paradox, an evening
Portland, Aug. 11.—(A. P.)—Cat
was
christened "Morning
tle. steady; hogs, alow; sheep, slow; gown
Glory.”
all unchanged.