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