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OIL FIELD IN DANGER
WHEN FIRE BREAKS OUT
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I.'itig Bench, Calif., July 5.
— < A. P )- A Hpeitaculur fire
destroyed two derricks und
Ihreutened the entire Hlgnul
hill ol! field today.
It was
controlled by daring efforts of
Held worker» and Hie l.ong
Beach Hr«« department.
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POLICIES ARE
TO BE TALKED
BÏ REALTORS
Piti SIDEXT
GETS
OX
Gateway to the Oregon Caves
Till ItSDVY. JI I,Y 5, |l>2:«
GIRL LEAVES SPOUSE
PICKED BY RELATIVES
Chicago, July 5. -U. X. fl )
While relatives and friends
of Josephine Barone were pre
paring to celebrate her recent
mnrriuge to her cousin, Hain
Kclatta, the girl fled to officials
of the juvenile court and asked
protection. Site said she was
an American gifl, wanted to ex
ercise h"-r right to marry whom
she chose and was tired of be
ing kidnapped by relatives who
insisted upon carrying out the
Italian custom of picking a hus-
band for her. The last time,
she said, her brother, James,
and his wife carried her off to
Kentucky und compelled her to
go through a civil ceremony
with Heiatta, then brought her
back homo pending a rellgiou.i
ceremony. She escaped and
took refuge iji a police station.
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W HOI.E NUMBER 3.VI2.
RAIN WORTH MILLIONS
IS FALLING ON COAST
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KOI NDS XX ITH < II VMI’loN
SLUGGER
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Defender.
♦ Other 12 Were Won by
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Rts k'sl—I row<1 Is Small
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Heattie. July 5.—(A. P.-
Rain today from th*» Columbia
river to the Strait of Juan de
Fuca, was worth several million
Hons of dollars in allaying for
es'. fires, freshening pastures
and invigorating berries and
garden crops.
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UNION
PA4 TITC
PAHMENGER
GRAVE DIGGER BURI EM
WHICH CARRIED HARDING
OVER .l.tMHi DECEDENT*
DEMOLISH ED
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Albany, N. Y., July 5. (I. X. 8.»
Auburn, X. Y.. July — (I. X. 3.1
4',yi»«l«-». Ncvenlh sons and sooth
Jacob O. I-ee. 71, has buried more
sayers are forbidden to ply th«-ir
than 3.000 persons in the 54 years
trade In this State ufier September
he has been digging graves. He pre-
I, by a new law which the lust la-g-
pared for the interment of the first
XX'ieatlies Piatisi on Resting Places Islutur« passed.
All forms of for
man electrocuted, hundreds of crim Pinned in Cab and Mralded—4MIters
of lour Itcgion Vl«*n Murdited
tune telling weather forecasting ex
Are Injurrtl—Hevernl Tramps
inals who died in Auburn prison and
It» I. XX . XX . In Itili»
cepted nr<< punishable by u fine of
Arc Thought Demi
l*on Czolgosz. executed for killing
*2.’>0, or -lx months' Imprisonment,
President McKinley. In an adjoining
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lot He the remains of such famous
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Tacoma, July 5
(A. Pi
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Decisions of far teaching Import-
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Shelby, Mont., July 5 — (A. P.j— men as William H. Seward, purchas
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Tacoma. Wash.. July 5.— (A. I’.)
dent Harding arrived at I o o'clock EMERMON HOUGH M XI>E
Jack Dempsey is today still the
pt nee and policies that will affect
er of Alaska; Congressman Sereno K. —The monster Union Pacific loco-
M»VV LITERATI RE M XBKs ■ western realtors individually will lie USTRIA NOW IMIN»RTH
today, «-tiding Ills overland trip to em
champion heavyweight fighter, hav Payne and others.
motive, Xo. 3219. which on July
bark for Maska The drizzle did not
SOUTH A.XIEKIt XX BEEF ing won the d ' isioii yesterday af
i laid down at. Hie Northwest Realty
Iowa City. Iowa, July 5.—(I. X. ! XMsoclatlon's Annual Convention in
dampen the euthusiu-in of the crowds
4th drew President Harding's spe-
ter 15 round.) of real fighting. He
following hl» uddress at the stadium 8.1
A paradox Is revealed In the col Portlund July 18-21 according to ad
Vienna. July 5. (I. X. F.i — An retained his title against Tommy
cial train into Portland, is a wreck
Th«' party I» to board the transport lege iis'ord of Emerson Hough, auth vices just received by P. B. Herman, indication of steady improvement in Gibbons, challenger, who remained
just outside Tacoma today. One of
or und •newspaperman, who died re president of the Grunts Pass Realty Austrian Internal conditions is evi in the fight until the last moment,
Henderson ut 2 o'clock.
the trainmen is dead, another is ser
cently at Evanston. 111. While most Board.
denced by the fact that an enterpris although apparently shaken and Ib-fweeii 1200 and IffOO People At
iously injured and four or five pas
('• ntrulla. Wash . July 5
(A IT) of hl» marks hovered lu the rarefied I
groggy,
About
25,000
tans
saw
the
ing firm of cattle dealers has begun
tend Event on Fourth
The pr<-sid<-tlt stopped Ills train her«- atmosphere of #8.99 and 100 tier' Two of the most important matter» to Import live cattle from Argentina battle in the arena which had been
sengers are slightly injured, with
long enough tlii* morning to allow cent, his lowest descended to 88— that will come to the attention of the for butchering. The first shipment buiit for 40.000. The total receipts
the possibility that one or more
«realtors will revolve ubout Hie pro
Williams celebrated the Fourth,
him to visit the two <•« metrrh-s -where and it was In literature.
of 78 shorthorns arrived in good from the fight were *201.485.
tramps
are dead as a result of the
posed multiple lifting system and
he laid wreath« on the graves of the
The challenger, to the astonish celebrated in grand style, and there Union Pacific Owl train from Port
shape despite a rough sea journey.
discussion
of
means
of
max
Ing
the
were
hundreds
of
visitors
assisting,
four American la-glon men killed by
The imported cattle yielded 20 per ment of the 25,000 spectators in the ;
realty license law- more effective.
the total attendance being from land running into a land sli<T£ at"
ill«- Industrial Workers of th<- World
cent more meat than homebred stock, sun-baked arena on the edge of this ;
Salmon Beach at 4:47 a. m. today.
in
a
letter
Just
received
by
Mr.
I oil-boom town, was on his feef. still I 1200 to 1500 people. The events
on Armistice day, 1919.
the butchers declared.
Edward Roddey, engineer, of Se
Herman from <larry Beckwith, presi
j righting, at the end of his scheduled started off with a parade of float» attle. was killed. W. Watson, fire
Io dent of the Portland Realty Board, it
for
which
prizes
were
offered.
The
15 rounds heavyweight champion-j
man, of Seattle, was badly scalded,
was stated that the Portland board
ship battle today with Jack Demp first prize was won by the Women's and J. W. Pyncheon. conductor, suf
gorm ix eights mt xvv
' has already adopU-il the multipl«' llst-
Improvement
club,
second
by
Balti
WITH MIKE DEHNT«» sey, when almost everybody expected j
The Grant» Pass hall club broke ! Ing system under which a property
more school and third by Lone Pine fered scratches when the Owl train,
I him to be knocked out in six
«•ven
In
the
two
games
played
during
or
l
Benton Harbor Mich., July 5. <1.
listed with one member of a realty
school. Then came the program in which left Portland at 11:15 last
K«-lso. Wash., July 5.- iHpeiial) — I i »even rounds.
X F. > The long-haired, long-beard- . the Ashland celebration. The first . board is Immediately put on sale
the community hall which was pack night, ran into a land slide just be
Dempsey, the champion, was
Bennett
<«l liasebull team of the House of f wu» tuken from Ashland on July 3 I through all other members. Under Joe Gorman, of Grants Pass and'
ed. even standing room being at a fore reaching the Nelson
overwhelming favorite to win liy
j
by
u
»core
of
4-2.
after
the
game
hat!
Mike
Depinto,
Seattle,
fought
six
David has l«-ft on Its annual tour,
premium. The program consisted of tunnel. The train was crowded with
the plan adopted In Portland , how-
The second lever, ««ach member has the privilege round» to a draw at Kelso’s Fourth of knockout early in the battle.
“Salute to the Flag’’ by children, persons en route to Tacoma for the
Post ponement of the Michigan I gone for 12 canton.
I
was
dropped
to
Weed
Weffneaday
by
Referee
Jimmy
Dougherty
July
athletic
tournament
yesterday.;
audience joining in singing America, festivities in honor of the president
State probe Into the moral affair» of
of either continuing to follow the ex
th«« colony until September 11 to give , | a wore of 8-6, th«' ecore having see- clusive listing system or join in the Frcddl» Anderson, Vancouver, was Philadelphia awarded Dempsey the j an address by Henry Norton of WU- who arrived this morning. Roddey
No awarded decision over mysterious I dvcision when the gong clanged end- liams_ flag drin by g(x glrIg Kath. was pinned in his cab and scalded to
the authorities lime to look for . sawed back un<! forth several times ¡multiple group as he desires.
death. The first baggage car was
"King 'Benjamin Purnell, who fled during the games. Both game» were I real estate man who is not a member Billy Smith, Jr., scoring a knockout ing the 15th round, but Gibbons.: ]Pi.n Lemmon. Alberta Bigelow,
demolished
and the first coach
good
contest*
and
large
crowds
who
did
not
get
a
cent
for
fighting
1
In
third
round.
Blanche
House.
Bessie
House.
Eloise
when thing» got too hot. has made
I of the realty board can take advan-
the champion, left the ring with a! Jordan and Meleta Carter, and wrecked. It caught fire but the
the tour possible. Previously the ball were out to witness them. Wednes itage of the list nor will any realtor
moral victory. It was the first time | 1 "Young America," speaking parts passengers managed to escape.
player». Important members of the day's attendance being especially be accepted unless he subscribes to
I
that
any fighter had managed to I by Walter House. George Lgivell,
heavy.
colony, had been ordered to remain
| the National Association's strict code!
Th«' Ashland hunch pitched Barn I of «'theca wheih are designed top ro- |
■ face Dempsey and still be on his Earl Cougie and Victor Sparlin. The
here as possible witnesses,
I feet at the finish since he became parts were well taken, the training
ham, who has kept the locals gueas-
tect the buying public from any seni-
' ing on numerous occa»lons. Ernest I balance of »harp practices.
Pn'shlt'nt flays Ste«,l Chief» Working I«hampion.
being done by Mrs. M. B. Carter.
Pruitt heaved for Grants Pass and i
Gibbons has a reputation made in |
On Problem
After the program was the basket
pitched a good clean game. Pruitt
Tighter provisions governing the
S6 fights of never having been dinner spread on tables in the big
Pentii» Take Illg Jump Over I’nsl I won his own game in the 12th when j operations of the real estate license j
Three Men Killed and Two Injured
Tacoma. July 5.—( V PJ- The knocked off his feet. That reputa grove.
| ha landed on one for two bases, | ¡laws likewise will be discussed with President made public here today
Few Year»
In Accident
tion is still good. Dempsey had him
There were sports and a ball game
i chiming Jimmy Blevins and
Dro- I the Idea of further eliminating ir- correspondence between himself and dizzy and weary probably half a in which Provolt won over Williams
Chicago, July 5. ( A. 1’. I -Thirty- j letto over the home plate with the 1 responsibles from the profession. The the directors of the American Ironl dozen times, but failed to knock with a score of 3 to 0. The horse
I law which compels every real estate and Steel Institute, and in a state
five persons were killed und more I winning scores.
Vancouver, Wash., July 5.— (A.
him out.
shoe pitching contest did not de
than loo were Injure«! In accidents
Hitting was a little more promis- Iman to take out a license with tile I ment incorporat«»«l as part of his ad
The fight had an entirely different ’ velop. The refreshment stand which P.)—Three men were killed and two
attributed to Fourth of July celebra cou» Wednesday, with Weed getting state was originated by th«1 realtors dress here, said "a large majority of
ending than any of the spectators was stocked with 50 gallons of ice injured when an automobile plunged
tions throuahoirt the country, mark I ten hits und Grants I’ns» securing and Is doing a wonderful work, it Is steel manufactur«>rs have undertaken expected. Even the enthusiastic cream, dozens and dozens of bottles through the railing of a bridge across
It I» felt in some quarters.' to abolish the 12-hour day in the
ing an upward trend In Independence nine. Weed's hits were bunched said.
Gibbons protagonists, shouting en of soda pop. as well as other cele the East Fork of the l*wis River at
and counted for run», while the lo 1 however, that the' lines are not yet « American steel Industry at the earli
day casualtli-M which hud been on
couragement to their fighter, had | bration items, did a rushing bus Heisson. 21 miles north-east of Van
decrease for many years since th«'' cals wer«' unable to convert a» many drawn sufficiently tight, and dele est moment that the additional labor not the slightest idea he would last iness.
couver early today.
The dead, all
safe and suae Fourth Idea took effect.' into counters. Youngman und Nich gates to the convention may be called ■ required shall be available."
In the evening there was a carni- of Yacolt, are Mike Schilling, 60, con
more than seven or eight rounds. In
upon to figure out means for stricter
ols pitcheil for the locals.
fact, it was the consensus that four) val with side shows n’everything. tractor; Frank Diegel. 45, timekeep
Th«> next game will be played Sun ' enforcement.
or five rounds would find Tommy on | including the wild man of Grayback. er for the Clark County Timber com
day on the local diamond, the West-
the snake charmer, the hula hula pany at Yacolt, and Jack Marshall,
President P. ®. Herman is r.otify-
the floor. knocked out.
< rn Bloomer Girls furni»hlng the Ing local realtors who plan on at-
dancers, pigmies. "It," tame croco- timber worker, railroad engineer,
a
master
itoxer,
and
con-
;
Tommy
De» Moine», July 5. ( X. i’. l — The opposition.
The visiting team
is tending the convention to make hot«'l
and Canadian overseas veteran. The
stantly on the lookout for the knock- I dile. fortune teller, etc.
Christian Endeavor trustees today said to lie exceedingly strong and Is
The celebration was sponsored injured, who probably will recover,
reservations immediately. Tourist Natioual ('onventioii May Re H.l.I out blow, danced and hop-stepped I
selected Portland. Oregon, for the expected to give the local» a close trav«>l coupled with another big con
I hiring Winter
Williams are: Thomas Peterson. 30, and Oli
ariAind the ring, occasionally slip and carried out by the
next convention.
I >ut tie.
vention in Portland will overcrowd
ping a right or left to Dempsey's Women's Improvement club, and ver Perry, 30. The automobile fell
Chicago, July 5.— (A. P.)—The
15 feet, turning completely over.
the larger hotel» anil it is either a
face and then eluding danger by was a success in every way.
case of reserve now and be sure or national convention of the Federated clinching or stepping backward.
j take chance« on Inferior aecomoda- Fartner-I-abor party will be held next
Toward the last Gibbons seemed
! lions later. In thia connection the December or January to nominate to be fading fast and repeatedly
Portland realtors have secure«! guar- presidential nnd other candidates for went into clinches with the cham
I an tees thut no advance in rates will the 1924 election it the report of the I pion. In the last round it appeared
organization committee ia adopted by j
, lie made.
that his defenses were falling and
the delegates representing tile groups,
many expected Dempsey to adminis
The
entertainment
features
this
Berlin. July 5.—(A. P. 1 ■Interna-1 tragedies which have grown out of
meeting here with the national Far-
ter the expected knockout,
year will be radically different and mer-Labor convention.
non nnd
tlonal match-makers, the m«-n
nudi ! many international marriages recent-
Mexicali. I-ower California, July volves combat with terrific heat in
champion, seeing the condition
will be designed to entertain both I
ly.
Titles
which
carry
with
them
women who used to do a thriving'
— (A. P.)—'Bids for the construe- j the summer season, death dealing
t Continued ou Page Two J
num and women jointly, instead of|
bankrupt estate» are apparently at u
PORTLAND MARKETS
business marrying off titles nnd high
lion of 150 miles of railroad through sand storms, miserable chill in other
great discount. The uncertainty of
portions of the year, and at all times
GEORGE MAXWELL
social ixisitioA to wealthy plehlans,
MRS.
M.
CAMPBELL
Lower California by the National
titjes to baronial possessions makes
Choice steers
»7.75 if *8.35
absence of water or living thing upon
have been hard hit by th«« war and
Railways of Mexico will be opened
ambitious mothers hesitate.
They
Hogs prime light ....... *8.2-5 St i *8.50
which to subsist, except at the shores
the resultunt flnlncial distress, Mar-
¡July 1, according to an announce
have seen to many penniless prince»
Choice lambs
»10.50 4i> *11.00
of the gulf, where water fowl, fish,
rlage among humbler folks all over
ment of Jose I. Lugo, military gov
and count» and barons rattling about
Medium lambs .... »9.50 4? *10.50
and shell fish abound.
Europe bus Increased under the dla
ernor
of the northern district of Low
Paris and other European capitals,
Eggs, select
2 4c I ® 29c
In addition to opening up farming
tress, hut not so with the leaders of
er 'California.
trying to market their family tree.
Eggs, firsts .......................... 24c « 25c
lands, government officials state, the
fashion.
But the professional matchmakers
The construction of this railroad, construction of this railroad will
Butter, extra cubes
37c 4? 3 8c
June, the month of weddings. has have not given up hope and are still
government officials state, will make make possible the development of a
Butter, prints
. 4 2c
not prodifeed the large number of active. Vienna has a number of such
available more than 2,000,000 acres wonderful area of mineral lands, rich
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Wheat, soft wlilto ...............
society weddings which alway» char matrimonial agents who are hard at
of farming lands, particularly adapt in surface showing of gold and silver;
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Wheat, hard winter ............
acterized the month In pre-war days. work, and with the revival Of Vienna
ed to cotton, for which water can be heretofore too isolated to permit of
Wheat, western red
»1.00
This Is especially noticeable In cell which has come about as the result
obtained from the abundant flow of profitable operation.
It will also
trill Europe. Fashionable churches, of foreign assistance, their opportu-
the Colorado River. A total of *2,- bring within the reach of rail trans
Portland, July 5. — (A. P.)—Cat
hotels, cafes, dressmaking shops, nitles ate improvlng. Vienna's old
000,000 has been made available fof portation several million acres which
tle and hogs steady, lambs undertone
jewelryshops and flower-shops do not gaiety is coming back,
the work, and an additional *2,000.- have been passed upon by geologists
Its fashions
weak. Butter steady.
show the old-time June activity.
attract foreign women, and music
000 has been set aside in the treas of the Mexican government as po
Foreign tourliltH are not visiting lovers flock to its opera. Tourists
ury of the northern district of I-owei tential oil bearing lands, carrying
the usual stage smoker the first day
central Europe 111 large numbers, and who visit Italy also go to Austria In
California for future work.
will be opened with a reception, a
live oil seepage, structure, and Oil
the resident» of central Europ«- are lnrge numbers.
dunce and a vaudeville entertainment
This pioneering railroad construc sands yielding petroleum at surface
not traveling abroad. The romance»
In «Berlin commercial matchmak
In which will appear actors of nation
tion. according to Mexican officials, tests.
which used to begin on ocean trips ers are «having a harder time
The
al reputation.
is the biggest piece of constructive • The control of all potential and
are fewer and fewer. American and decline In travel and upset political
On Friday afternoon. July 20, an
work since the United States buiit its unoccupied oil lands in Mexico has
W B
English women with comfortable for conditions work against them to a
Immense salmon barbeque will be
Alaskan railroad.
The conditions been vested in the Xational Railways
tunes are not wandering about a> greater degree than In any of the
staged in a gri-at outdoor park on the
contended with are equal In hard of Mexico by the «.Mexican govern
they did In old times. Travol Is not other Kuropean capitals, and the
famous Columbia River Highway.
ships and opposition from nature, ment. on the grounds, according to
so inviting as it used to be, and fam failure of war hatred» to pass away
Mrs. Margaret Campbell of
Indications are that the convention
hut at extremes in their variety. an official published notice, of af
York,
the
only
woman
who
is
engaged
George
Maxwell,
wall-known
ilies from the land» of good exchange makes It difficult to do anything with
will he one of the largest in the as-
Cold,
snows, and the conquering ol fording adequate fuel supplies for all
apparently have little desire to ex principale who were enemies in the Yorker, has been Indicted In connection soclatloji's history and one of the in deep sea salvage operations as a
mountain fastnesses prevailed in th< at the needs at the railroad lines in
regular
business.
with
a
widespread
"potson
pen"
plot.
pose their daughters to the sort of great struggle.
most interesting,
north. This southern operation in- .Mexico.
SOLDIERS’ GRAVES DECORATED
STRICTER LAWS ARE WANTED
GIBBONS HAD THREE ROUNDS
ENGINEER RODOEY IS KILLED
WILLIAMS FOLKS CELEBRATE
THIRTY-FIVE KILLED JULY 4
AUTO GOES THROUGH BRIDGE