THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
VIEWING BODY OF VILLA
whirl root, at riti:\< iii
hi un rAKMN ioli. u.
nils iitmimnix
INEXPERIENCED
itoi H
(IN
SWIMMERS
Ito» K. Johnson Onl> Other l'rnmt
NNItli Exception «»( Simili Girl«.
Help of N ii Avuti
Tin* Itoituc liter ilnImotl its first
»Icll in h of tli«« n w I min ing wiisoii
I im I h )' w lion Miss J it I In A lilt* mol
Nllwx Edllli IxHoin N<*ulx*rt were
tlmwnetl while km I iiiiii I iik hi lite
NN lillc Rixk**. Tin* acclili'iil imur-
I't'tl n< 2:30 <■*« locli mol, iilthongli
help Mils suiiiiiioiiim I nt onct*« at
tempts to revive tin* two girls mch '
of no nvull. Til»') got into file wlilrl-
| hmi I ni tin- NV lilt<- lti«ki rnplils «ml
were tlrnggi'il under l>> I lie suillon.
Tin' two Kirin were swimming ut
tin* beach with Roy E. John non. Minn
Neubert Hwum out too fur unil when
sin felt tin- «trong auction »creamed
for help. Minn Able, bring th» l>e»t
swimmer of the party, started t i go
to her a»sixtnn«*e Mr. Johnson, an
Inexperienced swimmer, called her
buck and tried to take uu Inflated
tire to the drowning girl.
Mixa
Able, meanwhile, hud decided to try
to l»< of aaalalunce and was also
drawn into the whirl. With the ex
ception of u few amall girla, the
three were alone and no other as-
Hlatiincn Van obtainable.
A little
girl by the name of Wheeler at
tempted to rescue Mlns Neubert tint
wan not able to lie of iiaalatunce al
though she cauKht hold of the larger
girl several times. She waa sucked
under with Mixa Neubert aeveral
times but finally managed to get
buck to shore, ulthough It looked ut
times m if xhe, too, might drown.
The men working at the rock
crusher Just below the
A O. ('.
bridge rushed to the aaalatance of
the girla us soon na they learned of
tile accident. Minx Neubert wua
pulled from the water ulaiilt 10 min
utes lifter xhe went under but Mixa
Able remained in the water for a
halt hour. Mr. Johnaon phoned
from Camp Handy for I>r. Lough-
ridge Immedlulely but ull efforts at
resuscitation were unavailing.
There Is n deep holo at the Willie
Itockx, which tire located about a
half mile above the city. A whirl
pool makes this an exceedingly dun-
geroux place, over half a dozen peo
ple already having lost their lives
there, the greater part of the deaths
coming to swimmers.
TOM NSIIII’ DOMI "NN N
III YING AMI HELLING
Hartford City. Ind., July 21.—(I.
N. 8.) —The Harrison Township
Farm Bureau, located at Montpelier,
will soon have one of the most com
plete cooperative stores In the state.
Both buying and selling will be done.
The bureau has purchased a building
and Is now making repairs upon It.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Choice steers
$7.50 (ii> $8.00
Hogs, prime light
$9.00 fit' $9.25
Choice Innihs
$10.50 4C $11.00
Medium lambs
$9.60 4i> $10.50
Choice valley lambs $10 4i’ $10.50
Eggs, selects
27c 4l> 28c
Eggs, firsts
25c if 26c
Butter, extra cubes — 37c if 38c
Butter, prints
42c
Wheat, soft white
$1.01
Wheat, hard white
$1.04
Wheat, western red
9 8c
Portland, Ore., July 21.— (A. P.)
Livestock, eggs and butter, steady.
SCIENCE SHOWS CROPS I
REGULATED BY LIGHT
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J’arrnl, (Mexico, July 21.—
< A. I’.) — Thousand«, today
vloweil the body of Francisco
Villa, slain yesterday from
umbush. Villa's secretary, Tril
lo, was also killed by seven as
sassins. The first reports that
Trillo killed Villa were Inior-
reel.
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!x>ndon, July 21
(Í. «V F.)
Hr Irne« will noon be ahlw to
control fruit erupn. and straw-
berries ut t'hrixtmaalid«* may
not be an unknown thing, if a
discovery of two Ixindou fruit
merchants materializes
It has been ascertained by
them tliut thef rulting and flow
ering of plants is controlled by
the length of the period of day
light, and that only when this
period is exactly right do flow
ers and fruit appear.
Based on this «Recovery, a
great many experiments were
carried out under 'artificial
sunlight.” which gives results
similar to genuine sunlight, Re
sultx obtained have given rise
to the belief that it will be !H>X-
sible under this system to pro-
duce flowers and fruit at any
season of the year.
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JACOBS IS ACQUIRED
IN MANN MURDER CASE
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♦ MANY FARMERS SPEND DAY
ENJOYING SPORTS AND Ml ML
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t Al. PROGR IM
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■Dr. Txtuls L. Jacobs, charged ♦
♦ with the murder of Mias Frit- ♦
zie Mann, a dancer, last Janu- ♦
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♦ here today.
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MEN NY ANTED IN NAVY
IIE.NRING WANTED Tit EM» THAT
FOR OFFICER TRAINING
GRAIN RATES AGAIN HF. ES
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TABLISHED
Portland, Ore., July 21.—(Spe-
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clal I—Continued shortage of officers
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In the navy has led officials ot the
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Laredo, Tex., JuJy 21.— (1. N. 8.1
navy
department to make special ef-
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American school teachers are go
forts to increase the number ot en-
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I ing to Mexico to work.
Bated men for entrance to the naval
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NVIthln tin* lust two days nearly
♦ • Promises Pfvcd Road to 4 oast in academy and for graduation from
HHMl
Farmers
of
Snake
Rlvrr
Ter
a hundred young American women
them as officers, stated Lieutenant
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Five Year*
Yen —Day Ends With
Five
ritory Fib* Petition With Inter-
have passed through Laredo on their
Commander Daniel E. Barbey. naval
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Dance
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at
Fair
Grounds
Mate 4 ’oiiinirrci* < 'oiiiinissioti
way to Mexlco City to attend the
recruiting representative for the
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summer session of the t'nlv«*rslly of
Portland district.
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Mexico, The majority of them are
The law authorizes the appoint
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Grangers
of
Josephine
county
Olympia, Wash., July 21.— (A. ♦
teachers ot Spanish, or those deslr-
♦ made merry all day yesterday at ment annually of one hundred en
oux ot li*urnlng that language.
P. )—A petition for a rehearing In ♦
♦ I Riverside park at their annual pic listed men to the naval academy and
Many of them stated they expect the grain rate differential case to
nic*. The farmers started arriving all commanding officers of ships are
to remain In Mexico .is scltool the end that u parity In grain and
early in the morning and before being urged to form classes under
teachers.
competent instructors to prepare any
time for the picnic dinner at noon,
class rates ruay be restored between
applicants who have the necessary
south of Snake River territory und IjirRr Delegation Come* to Hirer- a*bout 400 were assembled. Sports, qualifications.
music and a talk by Governor Wal
Puget Hound cities and Portland,
«*!<!<• fur (•rt-to-grtlirr
ter M. Pierce occupied the greater
wus entered today by the state de
part of the day. with a second picnic
partment of public works, setting
Vehicle Traffic Over
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Quite a large delegation of the! dinner _ in ____
the evening
the
forth 10 reasons. A petition to this Ashland lodge of Brotherhood of | weekly band concert of the Grants
Mudi During
Oconto. Wis., July 21.—<1. N. S.)
effect, bearing the names of 1.000 Railway Mail Clerks, an Internation- | Pass concert band.
—
Alfred Nelson. 40. prosperous
Vehicle tnifYlc over the Taclfic farmers in the Snake River terri al organization, motored to Grants ; jn the forenoon a musical pro- farmer, of this community, was al
Pass Friday evening and held a get- grani was ____
given, . with
__ orchestra and most instantly killed when his ap
Highway jumped from 737 vehicles tory wax filed with the interstate
to gether meeting al Riverside perk voca| .elections being rendered. The pendix burst after a plow handle
In 1922 to 1978 in 1923. Both fig commerce commission a few days
They had asked the Medford and i audience joined in several numbers, struck him in the side. Physicians
ures were taken for the middle of ago.
also the Grants Pass lodge to meet ■ Following this, the tables were cov- who examined him said he had be« n
July nnd are taken to demonstrate
Among the reasons advanced by wlth them but for some reason ered with the food provided by the suffering from chronic appendicitis
_ members
-
'grange
and •- everybody sat for many years, although be was un
tb« rapid growth of the tourist traf- the department is the increasing neither of these were tvpresent**d. l_
After the meeting they retired to ' down to a huge meal, In the tug aware of his ailment.
fir. The cenxux wax taken Thurs- dissatisfaction of producers in the
day ut the junction ot the Crescent locality effe«ted; that two years of the Acme cafe for dinner after which ■ of war which immediately preceded
[ the meal, the Rogue River and
City and .Pacific highways between experience with the differential has there were some very interesting Fruitdale granges found that each
demonstrated its failure to produce talks by various members of the
the hours of 6 and 10, making a the results anticipated: that rail lodge. Several of the members were 'organization was a match for the
total of almost 124 cars every hour. roads are not in competition; that a accompanied by their wives. Those 'other and as the event was a tie. the Only Three Industrial Workers En
In 1921 the traffic past the same parity existed for all other parts of present were: Miss Lenore Morgan. , prizes were distributed to the two.
tered Port Arthur During Week
point waa 741 machines.
the Inland Empire; that there are no Miss Ruth York. Mr. and Mrs.
Governor Pierce spent the entire
On Thursday 68! cars panned over comparative markets; that other Ralph W. Clapp. Mr. and Mrs. A. V. day at the ¡»ark getting acquainted
Port Arthur. Tex.. July JI.— (A.
the 4’reiicent City road at the Junc rail adjustments would lie required Hood. Elizabeth Edwards. A. T. Ed | with the farmers, He spoke at 2 P.)—The invasion of Port Arthur by
tion. As tlie report from the O'Brien north of the Snake river; that the wards. Harold J. Carrington. Mr. and o'clock to a large audience, the the Industrial Workers of the World
school was not received, the num Puget Sound buyers have withdrawn Mrs. A. N. Humphrey. Francis Hum stores having closed in Grants Passwo a|| outward appearances has be«n
her of tourists cannot be aacer- ■ their agencies south of the Snake; phrey. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stidham. ito allow the employes and the em-lca||ej off outside of the three of
tallied. Isist 'ear 004 cars passed that Portland is handling more grain Earl Constable, Mrs. C. M. Con- {plovers to hear what the governor1 the advance guard who arrived early
the same point and the year before than all of the Puget Sound cities, stable. W. L. Lamport. J. G. Bibly, ! had to say. He spoke chiefly on in the week. None of the army ha«
377. At Wolf Creek, 823 cars and that when Portland storage fa Mr. and Mrs. Phil A. Wolcott. Mr. taxation problems but also dwelt to come.
paesed on the Pacific highway, cilities are at capacity, the territory and Mrs. E. R. Harris. Edward P. I some extent on the building of the
these being through cars for the south of the Snake river is without Spencer, R. G. Stein, Eva H. Achert. ' Redwood highway to Crescent City.
1 He declared that this highway would
and A. M. Arnold.
most part. Of these cars, 226 were a market.
Oregon cars and 583 non-resident.
President Will Not 4 all Special Ses-
Of the cars that passed over the
Mion of 4 'ongress
Pacific highway south of town, 894
cars bore Oregon licenses and 850
Aboard the Transport Henderson.
had non-resident licenses. Fifty-one
July 21.— (A. P.)—President Hard-
horso-dgawn vehicles passed. The
ing has no intention of calling con
huavient traffic was between 5 and
Editors «if State Make Trip NN itli H ihh I River Post of American Legion—Report Big Time—Several
gress
into a session in advance ot
6 o'clock for all pointx and all man
Hundnxl Present—Trip up Io Summit Full of Events
the
regular
meeting in December,
ner of traffic, There were 78 cars
according tq members of his partv
that turned off to the Redwood
who reflect his views. They say the
highway from the Pacific highway
By A. E. Voorliic«
hosts at a sumptuous banquet at the tew feet from the outdoor kitchen. president feels there is little or no
without ootilnff * on In to Grants
Country newspaper men from all Columbia Gorge hotel, the famous ! sacks and sacks of potatoes, several need for the immediate assembling
Pass.
parts of the state gathered at Hood tourist hotel located a mile or tw<»| ij hundred loaves of bread, and like of congress and furthermore that
i quantities ot other supplies. The leaders in congress and the public
River last Friday, some of them with from the city.
Saturday morning an early start supplier, together with personal bag genernlly believe the country is bene-
the sole 'purpose of talking shop,
others with the Idea of seeing the was made for the American Legion! gage made up over 70 loads for pack fitting by the current recess.
Hood Hlver valley and still others camp on the slopes of 'Mount Hood, horses. There were four meals at
Plan To Finance Fumiers Successful lured by the prorpect of scaling the some driving their own cars, others the camp, besides a lunch issued to be paved in five years, through the
Says Federation
• automobile license fees and the
heights of Oregon’s monarch nioun- going in passenger trucks nearly the climbers.
At the camp we were guests of the money collected from the state gaso
tain. Hood. . None were disappointed, all of them dressed in hiking togs to
Chicago, July 21. ('A. P.) The There wax i variety for all. The make the two mile hike from the Hood River American l«eglon. which line tax. (He also recommended that
American Farm 'Bureau Federation newspaper men hold two meetings end of the road to the camp, for the has taken as its job the conducting the farmers back the income tax
announced today that Information each year, a I spring meeting with the final session of the editorial meet-, of an annual .Mount Hood climb, to measure at the election this fall as
popularize this natural beauty‘sec it meant less tax burden for the far-
from Kansas City indicated its plan University i of Oregon School of Jour- ing.
This two mile hike, over a dusty tion, and to secure federal aid for mer. IHe promised, while here, that
for the storage of 200,000,000 bush nalixm at Eugene, .which is strictly
els of wheat on farms nnd financing buxines«, and the mid-summer meet pack trail, ail up grade, in the hot the building of an auto road to he would be here one day during the
It. with money borrowed under the ing, which is more of a pleasure sun was a test which might in a Cooper spur, 8,000 feet elevation, Josephine County Fair in Septem
new intermediate credit act lx al-'jaunt, although much 'business Is measure preimre one for the more from which a wonderful view of the ber.
strenuous trip of the following day. surrounding country may be had
Following the governor’s talk,
ready working out. Offerings of taken up at this meeting.
■Hood River had been looking for At any rute, it waa a hard trip to and from which point a start for the sports occupied the afternoon. Foot
wheat "to arrive” have begun to
ward to entertaining the newspaper those unaccustomed to hiking and real assent of Hood may 4>e made, and swimming races were held and
fall off.
people and they had made ample signs of extreme fatigue were no-1 In the afternoon, gathered about prizes, donated by merchants ot
preparations, but much of the possi ticeable on the faces and In the ac-jon a sloping bank facing the Sand Grants Pass. were given the winners.
I canyon, through which ran the ice A baseball game. between the
ble value of the visit was nearly tions of many.
Dinner In camp was a novelty for'ccld waters from the melting snows Grants Pass locals and the team
missed by the action of a local traf
fic officer who tagged the machines many, but no dinner ever tasted so | of Mt. llixid. the newspaper men from the Standard Oil company, was
F. H. Harrett, of Spnkiiiic, is Named of the visiting editors which had good as this one. following the hot. held their concluding meeting, elect played at the hall park. The game
President for Next Year
been parked In front of the hall in dry. dusty hike on the two mile up ed officers and voted to meet at resulted In a 9-3 victory for the
which the meetings were held. 'Rep- grade. Each one was given an army Tillamook in 1924, although other locals. The sports committee stat-
Portland, July 21— (A. P.l—F. resentatlves <*f the local papers heard mess Ikit and taught how to hold cities were active in their efforts to pg that thanks are due to the locals
S. 'Barrett, of iS.Mikane, was elected of the action and they gathered in their plates for convenience and ease | secure the convention. Incidentally through the manager. A. C. iHoff-
today ns president of the Northwest the lags and took them to the local in operation. Each person was giv- I learned that Grlints Pass as a con- 'man. and to the Standard Oil play
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generous helping „
of ____
Hood ltiv- vention city Is gaining fame, with ers for helping to provide entertain
Real Estate Aseociatlon. John H.' Judge who simply tore them up. thus en
er's logan berry Jam, flieat. potatoes.' the Caves as an alluring side trip, i ment for the day.
M&rlels, of Porilantl, Is vice pretri- closing an embarraslng Incident,
In the evening the band concert
dent for Oregon, W. A. Barnes, of | 'Hood River people gave the visit- bread and butter crackers, vegetable The newspaper people could prob
Tacoraa, vice president for Washing- ors glimpses of the orchards 'which soup, and coifee. And if they want ably be Induced to come to Southern was enjoyed, after which the farmers
attended the dance at the fair
ton. L. ft. Weeks, of LaGrande, II.' have done so much to advertise Ore ed more there was plenty. A glance Oregon in 1925.
lx*gion members, in tbelr talk to grounds pavilion. Tha concessions
®. Walters, of Corvallis and Harold go«, showed, them Rhe 'big power at the stores waa illuminating. There
Jnnck, of Portland, are direcitors for dam and irrigation system, the were 60 gallons of jam, eight or ten the editors gathered about a camp and dance netted the grangers over
Oregon, Yakima gels th«* next con-' packing plants and other Industries, cases of eggs, many hams, two quar fire, in the evening, pointed out the $50 after all expenses for the day
had been paid.
TTonttnued on Page Three t
vention
'and at the close of a busy day were ters of 'beef packed in the snow a
TEN REASONS ARE SET FORTH
GOVERNOR PIERCE IS SPEAKER
ASHLAND PEOPLE HAVE PICNIC
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC INCREASES
INVASION OF WOBBLIES OFF
HARDING REFUSES TO SCARE
Editor Describes Climb to Top of Mt. Hood
WHEAT STORAGE WORKS OUT
REAL ESTATE HEAD ELECTED
ORIOLE GOLD
MINE IS SOLD
AI.MEDA PROPERTY IH TAKEN
ONER TUDAY RY Ititi
INTERESTS
HARRY SORDY PUT IN CHARGE
Names of Purchasers Not Revealeil
But Stat«*inent .Mailt* That Work
NN ill Start Immediately
One of the biggest mining deals
completed recently in Josephine
county was closed this morning when
the Oriole gold mine at Almeda. was
transferred to certain Alaskan min
ing interests. The mine was purch
ased in the name of Harry Hardy.
Galice mining man, but it is well un
derstood that he has (big interests
behind him. the identity of which
has not been disclosed. Mr. Sordy,
a mining man of wide experience,
will have active charge over the pro
perty and will start operations im
mediately. looking toward the open
ing up of the large ore bodies which
are known to be in the mine.
At present it will be impossible to
do any actual mining as the property
has been held i»t> by litigation since
1909. The tunnels have begun to
cave and rettmberihg wfll be neces
sary. only a small crew being able
to start on this work. The mining
men purchased the mine on the repu
tation of Mr. Sordy and on the rec
ords of the past achievements of the
(Continued on Page 1)
MEDFORD PLANNING PAGEANT
Operatic Affair Given Next Week at
Jackson Fair Grounds
All arrangements are now com
pleted for the Rogjue River Valley
Pageant, to be given the evenings of
July 26-27th, on the Fair Grounds at
Medford. A company of 200 and a
large orchestra has been assern' letl
and has been in rehearsal for several
weeks past and even at this earjy
date the performance is ready to go
on. A crew of men have been work
ing on the otit-door stage for some
time, and are transforming the
ground in front of the grandstand
into a regular fairy land. Of course
the trees and shrubery will be set
the last thing so they will not look
wilted the two nights of the per
formance. A large fountain 18 feet
high is being built in the back-center
of the back ground. The fairy castle
on the left, and a clump of flowering
trees on the right.
The dancers. 75 in number, are
under the direction of Miss Helen
Rudolph, a professional ballet mis
tress of unusual ability. This per
formance is not alone a Medford af
fair. performers from all parts of
the valley are taking part. The sale
of seats has already commenced and
indications are that the fair asso-
cition will have to build additional
seats to accommodate the crowd.
Seats can be reserved by mall or wife
at the Chamber of Commerce, Med
ford.
BASEBALL SCORES
National
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
10
6
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Pittsburgh
Boston ......
Chicago .........
Philadelphia
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Amrrkun
Heston
Chicago
2
5
14
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17
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