OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
B rie f Resum e of Happenings of
the W eek C ollected fo r
O ur Readers.
Fred Floater, Jr., 14, of 8t. Helens,
was shot fatally while on a hunting
expedition with th ree oth er boys.
The shooting took place about a mile
from St. Helen* In a wooded section
where th e boy* had gone, with a .30-
.80 rifle, to hunt cougar.
OUT BY HIGH WATER
OREGON TRUCK LOAD
LIMITATION UPHELD
Seven S ta te s B ordering on the
L o w e r M ississip p i R iv e r
S u ffe r.
United S ta te s S u p rem e C o u rt
Rules A g a in st Auto
Lines.
C j MMANDER BYRD
R epresentatives of the Marlon and
Yamhill courts held a conference In
Salem recently and decided to proceed |
with the rem odeling of the Newberg
bridge during the present year. The
cost was estim ated at 830,000, which
will be borne equally by the two coun
ties.
St. Louis. — Twenty-five thousand
W ashington, D. C.—T he O regon law
The mala mill of the Coo» Bay
flood refugees in seven states, driven
of 1921, under which th e sta te high
L um ber company announced th at op
from th eir homes by the raging wa
way com m ission re stric te d th e use of
•ration* In the main mill would he on
ters of the M ississippi and o th er
certain highw ays by solid tire tru ck s,
a five-day schedule.
stream s below here, are receiving
and reduced to 16,500 pounds th e load
Claude V. Davis, 48, is dead of in
Fall-sown wheat la In good condi
sh elter under ten ts, according to fig
th ey would be perm itted to c a rry a t
ternal
Injuries
suffered
last
Thursday
tion generally in Oregon, but w eather
ures compiled by the A m erican Red
certain seasons, was su stain ed by th e
conditions have prevented much seed when his team of horses ran away
Cross of this city.
suprem e court.
near
Roseburg.
Mr.
Davis
bad
been
ing of spring grain.
Of this num ber approxim ately 15,-
W hen th e suit, brought by M orris
loading wood on a steep hillside when
McKenzie P ass Is now burled under one of the reins broke, frightening the
000 are in Illinois, M issouri and Ar-
& L ow ther and o th er tru ck in g com
from seven to 12 feet of snow for a horses. They bolted, throwing him
kan-as and about 10,000 in K entucky,
panies, w as before th e court la s t Oc
distance of 23 m iles over the sum mit, from th e wagon, which passed over
Tennessee, M ississippi and Louisiana.
tober, it w as dism issed as moot, upon
according to recent reports.
Increasing the burden on th e weak
his body.
show ing th a t the o rd e r com plained
Fire losses In Oregon, exclusive of
ened levees, the M issouri riv er began
of had expired. W hen th e o rd e r w as
For the purpose of ascertaining the
P ortland, during March, aggregated
to swell and will keep the F a th e r of
renew ed last w inter, th e com panies
sentim ent of the people tow ard the
|188.86», according to a report pre
W aters on the rise for another day or
obtained from the suprem e court an
proposal to consolidate Oregon City.
pared by the state fire m arshal.
two.
Pickard, chief of the radio o rd er re in sta tin g the appeal and re
W est Linn. Gladstone, Parkplace.
At points w here breaks have occur service of the Department of Agricul opening the controversy.
The new state highway steel bridge Canemah and Clackamas H eights into
red in levees in M issouri, Illinois and ture, who has been named acting sec
over the John Day river at th e Old
T he com panies contended th a t th e
single municipality, there is a pos
A rkansas the stream s will spread and retary of the new radio commission. com m ission had illegally reduced th e
Oregon T rail highway crossing near sibility of a trial ballot being taken
The Dalles hds been opened to traffic. by mall In the several communities
add new acreage to th e wide areas
m axim um load the leg islatu re p erm it
Commander Byrd, hero of the flight already Inundated.
ted upon the Colum bia R iver highw ay
A report of the th ree Baker banks concerned.
and o th er governm ent-aided highw ays,
shows resources am ounting to 34,876,-
Garland Ganger, 10, lies In a Pendle- ! over the North Po,e' who w" inJured . The situation still is , alarm
A , ing below
and th a t th e o rd er co n stitu ted an ille
741.87 and deposits of 83,878,784.82, a ton hospital with hla left hand prac ' when th e trans-A tlantic airplane, the here in Missouri and A rkansas, par-
ticularly where levees have given
gal burden upon in te rs ta te com m erce.
gain of 887,462.33 In less than three tically blown off and his right eye America, turned over in landing.
away. Red C ross headquarters for
months.
The sta te described th e o rd er as In
injured to such an extent that he may
the southw estern d istrict here has re
tended to preserve the highw ays from
The C latskanie telephone company lose th e sight, following the explo
ceived many appeals for help and hun
has asked the public service commls sion of a dynamite cap, ten miles
W ashington, D. C.—A fter a confer dam age during th e w inter m onths.
dreds of ten ts for the hom eless have
slon for perm ission to Increase its west of Pendleton. His hand was
ence with P resid en t Coolidge a t the
been sent stricken areas.
ra te s In the city of C latskanie, effec blown off with the exception of the
W hite H ouse, S en ato r Fess, republi
The United S tates arm y is supply
tlve May 1.
little finger.
can, Ohio, declared negotiations would
ing the ten ts and the Red C ross is
be conducted d u ring the sum m er be
Since th e beginning of the system In
Coos county's share In the recent
handling th eir distribution, th e rail
W
ashington,
D.
C.—The
radio
com
1320 to the present date, the Yamhill disposition of land grant moneys made
tw een re p resen tativ es of agricultural
roads carrying them free of charge.
in terests from all parts of the country
•ounty court has spent a total of by the governm ent to Oregon and Cal mission has decided to use the "big
The walls, w hich bold back the Mis
8438,380.84 on th e various m arket ifornia under the Staofield act of 1325 stick,'’ If necessary, to enforce broad
in the hope of d rafting a farm relief
sissippi, have crum bled under the
New York.—A general a g ricu ltu ral
road* in th at county.
bill which the ad m in istratio n could
la 3603,708 38, It was announced by casting statio n s into line on wave
flood pressure in several places, inun support.
depression ex ists and calls for con
lengths,
In
o
rd
er
to
accom
m
odate
ex
Sprague river, sm all lum bering com the county treasurer. A check for
dating thousands of acres of land and
sid eratio n as a n ational econom ic
The president would n ev er approve
m unlty 40 miles east of Klamath Falls, th at am ount has been received and istin g broadcasters.
C hairm an Bullard gave notice th a t many towns. On the am ount ot w ater a m easure containing th e equalization uuestion, says a p relim inary rep o rt of
was In a fever of excitem ent as the the money Is being assigned to the
all of the approxim ately 750 statio n s flowing through these breaks will de fee to be levied on basic crops to th e business m en's com m ission on ag
resu lt of discovery of placer deposits various county funds.
now operating could be accom m odat pend the seriousness of th e situation handle th e surplus, Mr. F ess said. riculture, w hich will publish its com
of gold and platinum.
Portland has grown from a popula
plete findings th is sum m er.
ed under th e "big stick ” program , but at other points.
Such a fee w as provided in the Me-
Struck In the face by a golf club in tion of 347,781 to 354,000 in the pust
Collapse of the river wall a t E ast
"T he evidence which has been giv
he expressed som e doubt as to the
Nary-H augen bill, which Mr. Coolidge
the hands of a boy she was teaching year, according to the estim ate accom
en is p ractically unanim ous upon th e
possibility of Issuing licenses for the Prairie, M ississippi county, Missouri, vetoed during the last congress.
the rudim ents of the game, Mrs. Helen panying the new Issue of t’he R. L.
flooded the tow n with four feet of
fact of depression, but is varied and
300 pending applications.
S en ato r F ess predicted th a t the so
Copeland Kilgore, Culver, Jefferson Polk & Co. city directory. Just off the
The satu ratio n point in broadcasting water. T hree hundred fam ilies were lution of the farm problem would be a t tim es co n trad icto ry both as to ita
county teacher, lost her left eye.
press. This, say the publishers, is a
statio n s has been reached on the At driven from th e ir homes.
a bill based on low ra te governm ent cause and rem edies,” said C harles N a.
A heavy hail storm In Clackamas conservative estim ate, despite the lantic and Pacific coast. A dm iral Bul
gal, chairm an, in announcing conclu
loans to co-operate
organizations,
county last week slightly damaged fact th at the 1320 federal census gave lard declared, and future expansion in
sion of nation-w ide h earin g s by th e
which
would
be
em
pow
ered
to
buy
the
the cherry and peach crop, hut the P ortland only 268,288 people.
com m ission, w hich w ere begun la s t
the num ber of statio n s m ust be re
surplus crops and hold them for prof
•ppl« blossoms, which are not far
Miners, assay ers and chemist* of stricted to th e interior. New licenses
Jan u ary . "T hose who have been con
itable prices to the producer.
enough advanced, were not Injured.
central Oregon who have heard much for these points may be allowed, he
sulted p ractically agree th a t th e coun
H e expressed th e hope th a t C hair
recent weeks about the "m ystery added.
The director* nt the Jackson County
man M cNary of th e sen ate agriculture try 's h eritag e of fertile land is b eing
F air association have set th e date« of m etal" of the G rants P ass country,
"W e can and will tak e care of ex
com m ittee would continue to tak e th e Im paired and th a t for som e, if n o t
Mineola, N. Y.—B ert A costa and
the fair earlier this year, August 31 w atched this white m etal chill into isting statio n s. T hey will follow our
leadership in farm legislation and th a t m any, years we have been living on
and Septem ber 1 to 3, In hopes of get large buttons when It was melted program ,” he said, a fte r he had called Clarence D. C ham berlin, civilian avia he would ag ree to m anage a m easure c u r agricultural cap ital.”
ting b atter w eather than In th e past. from rocks brought to Bend front the at the W hite House to report to P re s tors, landed after setting a new record th at called for n eith er an equalization
“Some rural sections of the co u n try
Ixtuls W eber, who ha* a ranch at Golden Cross mine of Gold Hill, owned ident Coolidge th a t he was on the job. for endurance Dying by rem aining In fee nor a subsidy. Mr. M cNary re a re v irtually ban k ru p t as com m unities
"W e may have to use the big stick to the air for 51 hours 12 m inutes.
Long P rairie In Tillamook county, has prluclpally by Bend residents.
cently announced th a t he would d raft and are for the tim e carried by th e
The record-breaking perform ance
The Hawley Pulp & P ap er Mill whip some of these stations into line,
a cow th at gave birth last week to a
a bill w hich he hoped Mr. Coolidge m ore prosperous urban a re a s of th e
eclipsed by six hours the previous could support.
s ta te in which they a re located.” N a
calf with two bodies and eight leg* company will enlarge Its p lant at but they have got to get th ere.”
,
world's record of 45 hours 11 m inutes
gel added. “ Even the m ost efficien t
but only one head. It lived only a Oregon City to a new capacity of 200
and 59 seconds.
farm ers seem of recen t years to have
tons of paper a day. The presen t ca
short time.
SHO RT N E W S NUGGETS
COAST G ETS NAVY JOBS
By the tim e of the landing the
done little b e tte r than hold th e ir own
At a recen t m eeting of the Lincoln pactty is 120 tong a day. Ground will
Daston Leroux, fam ous au th o r of crowd had swelled to thousands and Bremerton and Mare Island Yards to by cutting th e ir expenditures below
county court contracts were aw arded be broken May 1 on the project and
was held In check by ropes stretched
th e ir accustom ed stan d ard .”
to Curry & H am ar of Toledo for the It will he completed Jan u ary 1, 1328, detective stories, died at Nice. France.
Build One Cruiser Each.
alont, the runw ay and by police re
The com m ission was form ed la s t
a
t
a
cost
of
31,500,000,
according
to
Joseph
W
alker,
68,
p
resident
of
the
conatructlon of bridges across Crab,
W ashington, D. C.—The M are is
serves called out when the throng be
N ovem ber by the N ational In d u stria l
B urk and C ascads creeks in the south announcem ent m ade recently by Wil Chicago & Alton railroad, died at his
land.
Cal.,
and
the
B
rem
erton,
W
ash,
came unm anageable.
lard P. Hawley 8r. and his aon.
C onference board and the C h am b er
home in New York.
end of the county.
Seven gallons of gasoline an hour navy yards will each build one of the of Com m erce of the U nited S tates.
A
few
days
ago
a
large
oil
barge
A 3-cent gasoline tax was accepted
Schools at Richland and Newbridge,
six
10,000-ton
cru
isers
for
which
bids
were used In the flight.
In Baker county, which were closed which was tied up at the oil station by th e Iowa house of representatives
T he la st 10 gallons lasted for 2 were recently opened at th e navy de
of
the
Pacific
Spruce
corporation
at
by
a
vote
of
61
to
35.
partm ent.
AL S M IT H A N S W E R S Q U E R IE S
for some tim e because of an epidemic
hours
and 12 m inutes, and observers
William Sanborn, a ir mall pilot for
of scarlet fever, have been reopened. Toledo becam e fouled during the night
The rem aining four cru isers will be
on
the
field
felt
sure
th
a
t
the
fliers
All public m eetinge Were called off and the following low tides stranded Ihe V arney lines to the N orthw est, had rem ained in the a ir until the tank built, one by th e B ethlehem Ship New York G overnor Sees No C onflict
her, causing h er to tip sideways ami was found dead in his fallen plane
Between C hurch and S tate.
during the epidemic.
building corporation of Quincy, Mass.,
was absolutely dry.
spill Into the bay some 50o barrels of n ear King Hill, Idaho.
Boston, Mass.—G overnor Sm ith o f
one
by
the
A
m
erican
Brown
Boveri
Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Underwood cele
As soon as the plane landed the
black oil, causing a loss of approxi
A ppropriation of 3500.000 to pur
E lectrical corporation of Camden,' N New York, in a le tte r to the A tlan tic
brated th e ir 64th wedding anniversary
m ately 31000. Some fear is expressed chase a building In W ashington to cheering crowd broke through police J., and two by th e Newport News, Va. Monthly, declared th a t he recognized
la st W ednesday at th eir home In Du
lines
and
sw
arm
ed
about
the
record-
th a t It may result in th e loss ot clam house th e C anadian legation, was
no pow er In th e Roman C atholic
Shipbuilding & Drydock company.
fur. They came to W asco county In
beds along the shore.
voted by th e C anadian house of com breaking plane and the tw o aviators.
church to in terfe re with th e operation
1877 ami settled at Dufur, where they
M arriage In Oregon is losing ground mons.
of th e constitution of th e U nited
Elk Hills Bids Refused.
took up a hom estead.
C O M M A N D E R BYRD INJURED
In th e coolest with divorce, a report
W ashington, D. C.—Bids of th e Un S tates o r th e enforcem ent of th e law »
Clatsop county will celebrate the
by the departm ent of commerce. Arrest of Canadian Bring* Protest.
ion Oil company, California, S tandard of the land.
annual Scotch Broom festival near
W ashington, D. C., authorised for pub
Vancouver, B. C —T he a rre st of Three Companions in Spill at End of Oil com pany of California, and the
T he governor, a Rom an C atholic
A storia on May 24 thia year, a t th at
Test Flight.
lication. shows. In 132« there were
G eneral P etroleum corporation for ex and potential candidate for th e presi
tim e paying trib u te to the shrub 7088 m arriages and 3086 divorces In F rank Parsons, rep resen tativ e of the
H ashrouck H eights. N. J. — Com
Montreal Bonding company, In San
change of crude oil and gas products dency, w rote th e le tte r to th e m aga-
which banka th e Clatsop plains region
the state, according to figures which Francisco, on a charge of being im pli m ander Richard E. Byrd and L ieuten from th e Elk H ills naval reserve in xine In reply to an open le tte r, pub
with gold each spring
ant
Floyd
B
ennett,
heroes
of
last
th e governm ent has assem bled from cated In a million dollar liquor deal
C alifornia for fuel oil were rejected lished in the m onthly last m onth b y
W hile oiling a chain on a caterpillar state and federal bureaus. M arriages intended to defraud th e United S tates year's flight over the north pole, and
by the navy departm ent.
The ex C harles C. M arshall, New York law yer
at Arlington. Bert Kune, th e driver, increased 14 per cent In 1926 over in connection w ith th e V olstead act. ! L ieutenant G. O. Novllle, m echanic,
change propositions offered in th e and E piscopalian, who asked him a
caught hla clothes In the m achinery 1925 and divorces 6 9 per cent.
has caused much indignation in this w ere injured at the T eterboro airport th ree proposals, th e d ep artm en t an num ber of questions seeking to define
H is clothing was com pletely torn
A telegram rescinding the order to city. Mr. P arsons Is a prom inent fi when the trans-A tlantic airplane, the nounced. w ere not considered adv an his views on the relation of th e C ath
from hla body, one arm broken In
tran sfer the Southern Pacific passen nancial man and at no time, It was America, turned over in landing. An tageous to the navy.
olic church to th e state. Mr. M arshall
th ree places and hla cheat crushed In
ger term inal from Roseburg to Eugene said, has he been associated with the thony Fokker, Dutch airplane design
lias been described as an au th o rity on
er,
the
fourth
man
in
the
plane,
was
Governor P atterso n announced the was received In Roseburg last
eek | liquor export companies, his firm be
canon law.
T H E M ARKETS.
not
injured.
selection of J. K W eatherford of Al from William Sproule, president of ing only a bonding concern.
P ortland.
At the H ackensack hospital, w here
bany. H J. E lliott of Perrydale, Polk the Southern Pacific lines. The order
W heat—Big Bend bluestem . 31.38; Churches Gain 489.556 During Y ear.
the
men
were
taken.
It
was
announced
county, and Judge J. Fred Yates ot checked the preparations of passen
Court Rule* A gainst Commission.
B. S. B aart, 21.35; soft white, w estern
New York. N. Y.—A gain of 489,558
th at Bennett and Novllle were severe
Corvallis, ns member* of the board of ger trainm en who were m aking plana
W ashington, D. C.—The suprem e
white. 31.32; hard w inter, w estern red, com m unicants of all religious faith»
regent* of Oregon A gricultural college. to rem ove to Eugene im m ediately fol court has ruled against the federal ly injured, and Byrd only slightly.
3130; n o rth ern spring. 31.33.
and sects in the U nited S tates In 1928
B ennett suffered a broken leg. bro
Veda Miller, 8 year-old d au g h ter of lowing the putting In operation of the trad e comm ission in its effort to ob
H ay—Alfalfa. 318018.50 to n ; valley was reported in a census com pleted
ken
artn.
several
broken
ribs
and
a
Leslie Miller of Slleta, was seriously new schedule, effective on April IT.
tain financial reports of corporations
tim othy. 318018.50; e a stern Oregon by Dr. H. K. Carroll, for the C hristian
broken collar bone.
burned last Sunday when sp ark s from
tim othy, 321® 21.50.
Member* of th e state highway com In conducting "high cost of living” In
H erald. T he to ta l num ber of com
Novllle had a possible fractu re of
a burned-off fern area flew some 16 mission held a m eeting at Falls City vestigations ordered by congress The
B u tte rfa t—43c.
m unicants was given as 47.550.902, of
the
pelvis
and
severe
internal
Injur
feet through the air, catching In the recently and considered the boundar court's opinion was given in the com
E ggs—Ranch. 19 0 24c.
whom 16.808,171 a re Roman C atholics,
child's clothing and enveloping her In ies for the proposed Falla-CIty-Valsetz m ission's appeal from D istrict of Co ies. H is condition was serious.
Cheese— Tillam ook, trip lets. 25%c; “.968,288 are M ethodists. 8.670.895 a re
Byrd
had
a
broken
left
w
rist.
flames.
load. 26%c per lb.
highw ay im provem ent d istrict organ- lum bia courts in the C laire Furnace
B aptlsjs, 2.610,716 P resb y terian s and
A rheck for 31.069.840 50, Lane lied recently under an act of the 1925 company case, which has been pend
C attle—S teers, good, 3975010.60.
588,279 L utherans.
Tornado
Toll
Mounts
to
Sixty-One.
county's share In the Oregon A Call legislature. The d istrict propose* to ) ing since March 21. 1923. The deci
H ogs—Medium to choice, 310012.
Rock
Springs.
Texas.
—
S
ix
ty
o
n
e
foruia land g ran t tax refund, waa re construct a cutoff highway to the j sion was based on technical grounds.
Sheep—Lam bs, medium to choice
Oregon Auto Toll 13 in March.
dead was Rock S prings' toll from the 31201S.
cetved recently by G race Schlska coast. The road would be 25 mile*
Salem, Or.—T hirteen persons w ere
devastating
tornado
which
leveled
the
•ounty treasu rer. The cherk was the In length and would reduce m aterially !
Chiang S ets Up New Rule.
S eattle.
killed and 292 persons w ere Injured
town. Some of th e approxim ately 170
largest ever to be presented a t e Lane the distance betw een W llam ette val
W heat—Soft w hite, w estern white, in 2030 -motor vehicle accidents re
Shanghai, China.—Form ation of a
Injured persons taken to San Antonio
county bank.
31.34H; hard, w inter. 31.33%; w estern ported to th e sta te traffic d e p a rtm e n t
ley point* and Taft.
governm ent at Nanking by General
hospitals were still in critical condi
red, 3133; northern spring. 31.35; Big during March.
No
Patrons of the Southern Pacific
Bond* of th s sta te of Oregon and Chiang Kai-Shek was reported.
tion and it Is feared d eaths from in
Bend bluestem . 3139% ; Big Bend
company at Selo end C rabtree have Ita num erous subdivision* now out details were given In th e m eager dis-
juries will Increase the toll. L ittle
dark northern spring. 31.37; Big Bend Severe Quake Jar* Alaska Radio Base
filed with the public service cotnmla standing total th s stupendous sum of ' patches received, but It Is understood
hope Is held out for the decovery of
dark hard w inter. 31 36.
•Ion a protest against the proposed 3202.398.369 61, according to a report J th a t Canton. Shanghai and Nanking
Cordova, A laska.—A severe e a rth
13. Damage was estim ated a t 3500.000.
H ey Alfalfa, 325; timothy, p s
action of the railroad corporation In complied by S tate T reasu rer T. B i men figure largely in Its composition.
quake. lasting 30 seconds. Jarred the-
322.
elim inating dally round trip service Kay. In addition to th e bonds there
U nited S ta te s naval radio statio n at
Steel Corporation to Increase Stock.
ou the Shelburn branch.
B utter—Cream ery. 45c.
Girl Jum p* Over 17 Feet.
• re county, school d istrict, city snd
Kodiak, according to rep o rts received
Hoboken, N J —Stockholders of the
Mr* G. T. O ertlnger of Dallas. C other w arrants outstanding aggregat
Eggs—Ranch. 25® 28c.
Eureka. C a l— Miss E ita Cartw right. United S tates Steel corporation, at the
here.
C. Colt of P ortlaed and William Me ing 310.173,704 46. making a total debt Humboldt S tate T each ers' college stu
H ogs—Good. 312.15012.25.
annual m eeting of the corporation
Kinney of Baker were reappointed b> of 3213.572.063 99
C attle— Steers, choice, 39 25 010.
A* an offset to dent. Jumped 17 feet 4 inches In the here, approved the proposed increase
Rites Held for Washington Judge.
G overnor P atterson as regent* of the thia debt, th ere ere assets. Including broad Jump, tak in g th a t event in a
Cheese — Cream bricks, 2 5026c;
in
capitalisation
by
voting
to
issue
Olympia, W ash.— F uneral rites w ere
U niversity of Oregon. They will serve sinking funds, amounting to 889.386, field m eet ag ain st the men students
triplets. 26c; loaf. 36c.
2.033.210 shares of new common stock,
held h ere in the m arble foyer of th e
(or term* ot 18 year*. T heir present 11101. reducing the net debt to 3171,- of the college and b ettering the na
Spokane.
to he distributed ss a 40 per cent divi
Tem ple of Ju stice to r Judge J. B.
terms «spire April It.
H ogs—Good. 311 85012.
»36.061 98.
tional m ark for women by four inches. dend to preeent shareholders.
Bridges, who died la P ortland la s t
Cattle— Steers, good, 38.76 Q *M .
week.
NEW FARMERS' RILL
WILL BE PREPARED
TO CLEAR THE AIR
WITH BIG STICK
DEPRESSION EXISTS
IN AGRICULTURE
AMERICAN FLIERS
BREAK AIR RECORD