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GRASTH PAHH, JOHEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON.
WHOLE NUMBER all»
HATURDAY FEBRUARY », 1021.
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Portland. Feb. 9.— (A. P.) —
♦ Mike Dundee, of Hock Island,
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OREGON BANK ItllSOUIU'EH
4N>MI*ARE WELL WITH U. H.
AGRKT'LTI'RAL t'ONFEBKNi'E TO
Halem, Feb. 9. — Oregon has
BE HELD AT COl ltTHOI HE
3417.87 of bankable resources per
IN GRANTS PAHS
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COUNTY COMMITTEES NAMED
Men ReprésentaiIve Of Vuriouo Farm
Industrie« Arc Placed on Differ
ent Committees
capita an compared with 14117.14 for
tho entire United States, according
to a statement compiled by Frank C.
Bramwell, state superintendent of
banks.
"A general survey of banking con
ditions
throughout the United
States,” nays the statement, "would
Indicate that Oregon maintains a
very happy and substantial position.
Based upon tho last official census,
the population of the state of Oregon
was 783^89. On December 31,
1923, there were 27k banks doing
business in thl« state, which repre
sents on« banking institution for ev
ery 3817 Inhabitants. Tho aggre
gate resources of all banks at the
close of the year 1923 were the sum
of 9327,362,376.08, and based upon
tho population above indicated, dis
closed that we have 8417.87 of
bankable resources for the entire
Ignited States.
Plana for thu coming agricultural
conference, to bn held in Juaophlne
county February 21 and 22, took
rather definite form lnat evening at
a mooting of the general committee
held In the county agent's office at
the courthouse. Thle committee of
farmers decided that It would lie
much better to put In a little longer
hours on the two days than to extend
the conference to a third day.
The general plane aro for an as
sembly ot all Interested parties nt
9:10 a. tn. on Thursday, February
31st, at which time tho general
plan of tho conference will bo ex Oil <'om panics 4'onsplrcil to Get
plained and tho results of the state
Lease for Sinclair, Is Claim
wide conference at Corvallis explain
ed to the entire group. Some addi
Washington. Feb. 9.—(A. P.) —
tional time will be taken to review Tho charge that
F. Sinclair. E. L.
statlstlca regarding the actuul condi Doheny and tho Standard Oil Allied
tions relating to Josephine county companies conspired to assurn the
agriculture, and the conference will award of tho Teapot Dome Naval Oil
then divide itself Into various groups loaso to Sinclair, was made before
to consider their problems.
These tho senate oil committee today by
various groups will have available Frederick G. Bonflls, publisher of
extension specialists ot the various the Denver Post.
departments of tho agricultural col
lege, who will have previously gath
Mr, and Mrs. G. W. Ring, of Mur
ered many facta relating to thut par phy, were among the visitors in
ticular group. Th» meeting will ad Granta Pass today,
journ for tho afternoon around 4
o'clock and then the same groups will lowing commlttno working upon
meet to completo tholr work the fol each:
lowing morning These reports will
General—C. E. Niles, chairman;
be brought Into the general confer J. L. Stanbrough, W. H. Leonard.
ence tho afternoon ot the 22nd.
Sam H. Baker. Roy K. Hackett, O.
On tho last evening of tho confer 8. Blanchard. W. W. Canby.
ence there will bo a big banquet at . Dairy—J. F. Webster, ; Roscoe
which time business mon and farm Howard, Roy Lathrop, A. L. Bind
ers, as woll as Important men from gett, C. C. Brown, Billy Carl, W H
ovor tho state, will attend and dls- Leonard.
cuss the events of the day.
Crops—C. E. Niles, George Well«.
The purpose of the agricultural Banks Newcomb, E. M. Hughes, W.
conference is to draw up a definite M. Williams.
and well defined program for agri-1
Poultry—M. J. Foster, Lester
cultural development In Josephine Sparlln, J. Rigel, Karl Hammer-
county based upon the present farm- , bacher, Alva Hammond.
era conception of tho problem. This I Tree Fruits—W. W. Canby. Noel
will be used as a basis for lator land Davis, W. T. Reed, Douglas Wood. C.
settlement, all concerned recognlxing Elsmann, Raymond Lathrop.
the fact that succossful land settle-1 Small Fruits nnd Vegetable! J. C.
ment In the future depends entirely Calhoun, Forbes Fosberry, John
upon tho success of the farmers al Schmidt. N. A. House, Will Scoville,
Arthur.IIammbn.
ready in the county.
Various groups will study prob
Grapes—L. W. Carson, J. L. Stan-
lems relating particularly to produc brough, E. L. Churcldll. F. N. Lati-
tion and marketing of those products, mor. Mr. Neilson, Ted Cramer. f
and H is felt that if all enter Into
Club Work—E. W. Hughes. W. B.
^thls conference with the proper en Lindsay, A. M. Simons, M. J. Foster.
thusiasm a great deal of good will be
Livestock W. B. Lindsay, Clin
tho result. The work will l>o divid ton Cook. Fred Litchen, R. I*. George,
ed Into eight groups with the fol- Jack Fulk, Rollfe Carls.
Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 9.— (A.
P.)—Prospectors, miners and trap
pers will be taken into the Arctic
Circle by dirigible next summer, If
a company, whose representatives
now are In Intorlor Alaska, carrios
out announced plans.
Those organizing the project say
they believe the dirigible will prove
a solution for the placer operator,
who finds the long slow routes of
waterways and dog trails n serious
problem In tlmo and financing. The
"farthest north" trappers are con
fronted with the same difficulty.
The first airship will ply, accord
ing to the announcement, between
Fairbanks, the Chandelar and Koyo-
kuk. It is planned eventually to ex
tend the service to other districts.
If dirigible transportation Is thus
Installed, the traveler may reach the
Arctic Circle within eight, day« after
sailing from Seattle.
He would
travel by boat six days, landing in
Anchorage, then by train 24 hours to
Fairbanks, whence he would be
whisked through the nlr for the last
and hardest lap of the journey.
With the passing of many of the
famous old placer camps somo of the
Yukon, the prospector has pressed
over northwnrd. Into the shadow of
the Polar wilderness. However, the
promising fields within the Arctic
Circle often require hydraulic opera
tions, and, even when a "pay discov
ery" has been made, it is a matter of
weoks, somotlmos months, to got a
force of minors and the equipment
over the snow and ice trails Into the
remote sections.
The company’s representatives de
clare they can carry two tons of men
and equipment into tho Arctic in a
few hours, at a coHt of about one-
fourth that entailed by dog-sled
transportation.
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The dirlglblo also may be used to
take summer tourists for visits to
"tho Arctic silencss."
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Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 9.— (I. N.
8.)—A sense of danger, Insis
tent through the feeling of
weakness, saved the life of
George Mlnick, of this city, who
awoke about 3 o'clock one
morning and found himself
near death from asphyxiation In
a gas-filled room, according to
physicians.
Mlnick had gone to bed with
out completely shutting off the
gas jet in his bedroom.
He
said he awoke with a sensation
of choking; his breath came in
gasps. Despite his weak and
drowsy condition, he screamed.
Neighbors rushed to his assist
ance, and his life was saved
through the operation of a pul
motor.
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♦ of a fire early today which ♦
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♦ bakery. The cause is unknown.
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CHARGE OF KILLING CARL
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MINKLEIt
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Aggressor in Quurrel
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SELF-DEFENSE PLEA ENTERED
Canyon City, Feb. 9.—(A. P.)—
Claud« Amos stood acquitted today
of the charge of second degree mur
der for killing Carl Minkler, who
was shot to deuth on November 3 at
Monument, Grant county. Amos en
tered a plea of self defense and the
jury returned a verdict after hearing
the evidence to the effect that Mink
ler had been attentive to Amos' wife,
causing a separation which was
patched up and was the aggressor in
the quarrel in which he was slain.
The jury returned a verdict late yes-
terduy after a four days’ trial, at
tended by big crowds, as both Amos
and Minkler were prominent men of
the community.
Big Hlcp Taken In Direction of the
Southern On-gon Championship
The Grants Pass high school debat
ers Friday night took a long step in
the direction of the Southern Oregon
championship by defeating both Med
ford teams by two to one decisions.
The negative team debated the Med
ford affirmative at the local high
school on the question: Resolved,
that the cabinet plan of state govern
ment should be adopted In Oregon.
The Granta Pass affirmative travel
ed to Medford. On the next debate,
which is two weeks away and will be
between Grants Pass and Ashland,
the local negative will travel, Ash-
land aijd Phoenix debated Friday
night but the results have not yet
been heard.
The negative team was composed
of Carl Oestrich and Leona Currier
while the affirmative was composed
of LaVerne Batman and Fern Bunch.
The debates were full of Interest, al
though attended by a rather small
number of people.
F. G. Phelps, secretary of the Cop
co company, and Mrs. Phelps were
down from Medford yesterday to at
tend the funeral services for Roy
Jordan.
Joe Cass, of Klamath Falls, re
turned to that city this morning af
ter several days here on business.
HANS WEICHSEL
Hsns Welchsel, consulting engineer
of the Wagner Electrio corporation of
St. Louie, whoee name euddenly ap
peared all over the United Statea
when the National Electric Light as-
eoclatlon made publlo the aucceeaful
Invention of a now electric motor
known ae the Fynn-Welcheel motor.
Thle motor will save, through the
utilization of Idle current, a hundred
million dollars a year In operating
costs and a billion or more In capital
Inveetment.
PART OF JEWELRY IS FOUND
New York, Feb. 9.—(A. P.)—The
CALEB DESTROY SITE SELECTED
mystery
of the murder of Louise
RUT
FOR
(¡HAVE
BY BERNHA
HMALL WHITE WORM
KU INH MAH-JONGG SETS
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 9.—(A. P.)
—A small white worm, whose nat-
ural instlncts are to bore into wood,
has been discovered in mah-jongg
sets after several thousands of dol-
lars* worth of damage has been
wrought, according to Dean J. (Hans
com, of this city, general passenger
agent of the Admiral-Oriental line.
"There is a small white worm at
work throughout the country des
troying mah-jongg sets”, declared
Hanscom, "On separating a few of
the pieces in both the bone and ivory
sets the work of this worm, as well
as the insect itself, was disclosed.
Owners of sets should use camphor
balls to prevent destruction by this
worm.”
TROUBLE DEVELOPS OUT OF
WHOLESALE RAIDS AT
HERRIN
CONSTABLE KILLED IN FIGHT
Friction Occasioned When Alleged
Members of Ku Klux Klan Sturt
Against Bootleggers
Herrin, Ill., Feb. 9—(A. P.)—
This town, the scene of the miners’
Lawson, Mannequin and actress, in
rtots of 1922, was taken over by tho
Paris, Feb. 9.' I—(A. P.)—Sarah a fashionable apartment here, deep
state troops today as a result of a
ened
today
when
detectives
found
a
Bernhardt desired her remains to be
near riot last night between the wets
taken to her summer home on an part of her jewels in a shop where
and drys, in which a constable was
she
left
them
to
be
repaired,
The
island off the Brittany coast for bur
killed and a deputy sheriff wounded.
police
said,
however,
that
the
mur
ial In a rock that she had chosen for
The trouble was the recutt of whole
derers
got
a
large
quantity
of
valu-
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her tomb.
sale dry raids when have been con
It is fortunate that the actress' in able jewelry. Miss Lawson, with a
ducted recently bv reputed members
tention was not carried out, for the towel stuffed in her mouth, and her
Fair Crowd Greets Collegians at of the Ku Klux Klan, led by S. Glen
hands
and
feet
bound,
was
found
recent tidal wave and storm which
Young, a paid employe of the Klan.
Their Program at High School
devastated the French coast tore the dead yesterday. Two uncouth stran
The meeting of the Knights of the
gers
entered
the
apartment
yesterday
rocks which Bhe had selected from
with
a
package.
Detectives
believed
The Willamette University Glee Flaming Circle, an anti-Klan organ
their place, and strewed them along
they
posed
as
bootleggers.
The
po
club
Friday night entertained a fair ization, was in session when the
the sea shore.
lice learned that Gerhardt M. Dahl, ly large audience at the high school crowd stormed the hall. The shoot
chairman of the executive committee in their concert, presented under the ing followed. A gun battle raged
of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit auspices of the high school student last night at the hospital to which
Corporation, interested in Miss Law- body. The numbers were all appre the wounded deputy was taken.
Conductor Killed When Man Starts son, frequently visited the apart- ciated and encores were asked for
ment.
every number.
Shooting Without Warning
An incidental solo, "Wreck of the
Julie Plante" by Lloyd Thompson "Scotty" Thompson Jumps From
Los Angeles, Feb. 9.—(A. P.)—
supported by the Glee club, was the
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The conductor was killed and a j
Train in Southern California
brakeman and passenger wounded Director« of Irrigation District Bet first number of the program. Albert
, Warren then played a cornet solo,
88.541 for Lauds Not in District
today on th« Union Pacific train,
Longview, Wash., Feb. 9.— (A.
"La Paloma” and was forced to re P.)—"Scotty” Thompson, being tak
westbound, when W. H. Barnett, of
The board of directors of the turn for encores. Lloyd Walti, the en to Spokane to stand trial, escaped
Caldwell, (Idaho, without warning,
began shootii’« ,a the forward end Grants Pass Irrigation district at a reader and impersonator, gave two1 from a United States marshal In
of the day joach as the train was meeting Friday established the rate numbers during the evening, these ■ southern California today by jump-
pulling out of Barstow, east of here. for the season for service of irriga- being "Dust of the Road" and an im . ing from a car window near Ridge
I tion water to tracts that can not be personation, showing Judas Iscariot field.
| included within the district at 88.50. talking to a man who was attempt
The rate covers residence property of ing to fleece a young boy of 33,000.
; city lots of less than an acre, the Both of these selections were given
I same rate applying where several lots in excellent style. The Glee Club se-
included several negro McKenzie Bill Meets Stiff Resistance
are Included in one service but not lec.ions
aggregating more than an acre. The spiritual numbers which took espe
in Minority Report
district Is not reaching into the iity cially well. Two numbers wh'A
in competition with the local wa went over exceptionaUy well were a
Washington, Feb. 9.—(A. P.)—
(By William L. Daley
ter company, but there are many in series of Scotch soVifSiby Joe Nee, in The McKenzie bill, authorizing the
National Editorial (Association
stances where irrigation water can Scotch costume, and “T^ejted Cham
Washington, Fel*. 9. — (Political be supplied to home owners, aDd ber Dream,” a Chines® Q^era selec acceptance of Henry Ford's offer for
the government’s war time project at
warfare has reached a stage where these the district has been glad to tion, by Fa Fa Sze. Other" solo num
Muscle Shoals. Alabama, was em
it is difficult to compare and digest serve, having received considerable bers for the evening were' “Toiiimy
phatically opposed in the minority
the claims atpl counterclaims of revenue from this source. Under the Lad" by Edward Warren and "Untie
report submitted today by members
various partisans. The sensational law, lands that have been subdivid Rome” by Lloyd Thompson. 'A piano
af the house military committee.
developments of the week have ap ed into residence lots of less than solo was given by Byron Arnold,
parently revived prejudices founded one acre in size can not be included | pianist for the club.
"Where My
on party systems. The testimony ad within the district, and it is to meet I Caravan Has Rested,” a selection by
duced before a Senate committee and this situation that a flat annual rate the Willamette Octette, received
the subsequent cancellation action is made for them. The rate for much applause. The program was Train Hits Truck on Which Milwau
tn the Teapot (Dome oil lease case lands within the district is $5 per ended with two glee club numbers,
kee Boys Were Riding
has centered the attention of the na acre for 1924.
“Jolly Students” and "Ode to Wil
tion on Washington affairs. The
There has also been some demand lamette.”
Milwaukee, Feb. 9.—(A. P.)—Six
spectacle is not inspiring but it has for the purchase of water for acre-
After the concert the Willamette
aroused, and will undoubtedly hold age outside the district, and covered University alumni in the city gave a newsboys and Arnold Voigt, 26, su
the public interest for many months. this point also in the action Friday, reception at the Methodist church for pervisor for the Milwaukee Journal,
The unanimous vote in the Senate the resolution as adopted reading as the members of the glee club. Light were killed last night when a Chica
on the Walsh resolution annuling follows:
refreshments were served during the go & Northwestern passenger train
the naval reserve oil leases, indicat , “Resolved, that the rate for town evening. The boys left today for hit the Journal truck on which the
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ed the bi-partisan character of the
boys were returning from a party.
Ashland.
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proceedings. However, it is evident
that the strong play for partisan ad
LADY HOWARD
vantage which has developed lately,
will continue. Both parties are de
sirous that there should be a vigor
ous prosecution of those criminally
liable. With the passage of the lease
cancellation measures in Congress,
action is now directed against the
London, Feb. 9.—(I. N. S.)—Miss is It,' they asked, ‘that I have no
Secretary of the Navy Denby and
Dorothy
Jewson. one of the eight vote?’ They are old enough to bring
Attorney General Daugherty. Demo
women
members
of parliament, has children into the world and to be
cratic leaders are demanding their
announced she will attempt to have responsible for them, and their query
resignations on the ground of In
the electoral law changed to make is an unanswerable one.
competency, but there is no talk -of
"Although the woman of 31 Is as
the voting age of women 21 instead
impeachment.
capable of voting as a man of that
of
30,
as
It
is
at
present.
The testimony of Edward L. Do-
age, some 5,000,000 women between
Although the (British parliament
heny, the California oil producer,
the ages of 21 and 30 are disfran
has more women members than any chised. Among them are not only
has proven damaging to all political
other national legislative body, the young mothers, but women earning
parties. It Is said in many quarters
law will require a great deal of al their living in factory and office and
that his statement concerning the
tering before absolute political equal bound to obey the laws in which they
employment of William Gibbs Mc
ity of the sexes is achieved, Miss have no say.
Adoo as special counsel to Influence
relations with Mexico, will seriously
Jewson declares.
‘VAgafn, there Is no equality in the
affect the latter’s candidacy for
Under the present law a woman present franchise law for men and
Democratic nomination. Mr. Mc
must be 30 years old before she can women over 80. Men can qualify
Adoo's friends have been quick to
exercise the voting franchise, where after six months* residence, but wo
point out the weakness of this con
as a man may vote at 21. Miss Jew men must be the occupiers of the
tention. One high Government of
son declared the law unfair, showing premises in which they resid* b —or
ficial has stated that the scandal
discrimination in favor of the males. the wives of such occupiers, Thus
to otl leases will leave Its mark
"During the whole of the last large bodies of working women, in
all political parties for at least
campaign,” Miss Jewson said, "there cluding those who occupy furnished
years. Ho holds that confidence
was nothing more pathetic than the: rooms, nurses, domestic and hotel
public officials has been lessened
Lady Howard la the wife of 8lr attitude of the young women. When servants, governesses and others are
this extent. It Is difficult to mea Eime Howard, who has bean appoint canvassers called at their homes they altogether disfranchised. lAt loast
I
sure the influence of this affair. ed British ambassador to Washington. often came to the doors with little 1,500,000 womo i over 30 are de
Shs Is accounted a brilliant hostess.
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ones clinging to their skirts. 'Why prive! of the vote in this way.
WILLAMETTE CONCERT GOOD
THREE SHOT ON U. P. TRAIN
PRISONER ESCAPES GUARD
BOARD SETS WATER RATE
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