- • ' s. NEVADA TREASURER ALLEGED TO BE SHORT PRAIRIE STATES ARE SWEPT BY TWISTERS AL JENNINGS JOHN K. DAVIS Many Persons Killed and Prop erty Damage Will Pass $2.000.000. OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Official opening of the O regon caves has been se t for Sunday. May 16. A shovel has been a t work all w inter widening th e caves highw ay and th e sta te highw ay d epartm ent baa planed the road in excellent condition. A pproval by th e sta te se c u ritie s com m ission of a plan to co n stru ct an 18-inch steel syphon across B ear creek waa requested by th e T alent irrig atio n d istrict in a le tte r received a t th e of fices of th e s ta te engineer in Salem . St. Louis, Mo.—At least 50 persona The s ta te land dep artm en t during R> eo , Nev. T hree of N evada’« best T he R eedsport fisherm en of th e I were kilted, more than 100 injured and A pril paid over to th e sta te treasu rer U m pqua riv e r a re an ticip atin g one of known citizens spent Sunday in jail, property dam aged more than *2,000,- tw o of them looking from th eir cell the sum of »117.692.77. the m ost prosperous shad seaso n s ot 000 by tornadoes and cyclonic winds, window out across the main stre e t of A school budget of *54.350 w as ap several years. A pproxim ately 150 accom panied by downpours in some th e capitol to the state house, form er proved a t a m eeting of tax p ay e rs at fisherm en w ith th e ir boats and n e ts sections, th a t lashed the m iddle w est ly scene of th eir employment a t Car- a re aw aiting May 10, th e opening day. C ottage Grove last week. and southw est over th e week end. son City. They are Ed Malley, state T he R ainier cannery sta rte d opera O rganization of th e L um bernjens Texas was h ardest hit, w ith 25 treasu rer; George A. Cole, ex state tions last T uesday and it is announced N ational bank of Bend, succeeding d eaths and a half hundred injured re controller, and 11. C. Clapp, ex-caahler th a t it will ru n steadily throughout th e F irst N ational bank w hich re c e n t ported from tornadoes th a t struck of the Carson Valley bank. The three ly closed its doors, w as announced in the season. G arland and Nevada. a re charged with embezzlem ent. Building perm its calling for con Bend la s t week. T he Shevlin Hixon In M issouri th e tornado toll had The men are involved in one of the stru ctio n w orth *125.800 w ere issued com pany subscribed 51 per cent of th e reached 14 dead and an undeterm ined m ost clever schemes, according to in in L a G rande during April, bringing *100,000 capital stock now fully in. num ber of Injured. vestigators, possible to devise. 4 th e y ear’s to ta l to *671,005. K ansas, w here a tornado sw ept four F or 61 y ears E lijah D avidson, 78- Through th eir alleged m achinations counties S aturday night, rep o rted 10 E lm er W atson, 33, w as killed In year-old pioneer of Jasep h in e county they are alleged to have embezzled Al Jennings, former Oklahoma out dead. In Iowa a woman w as drow ned IkS— Wl sta n tly when stru ck by a rigging and discoverer of th e O regon caves, *516,322.16 from the state or the bank. 4 when h er m otor car was sw ept into law, who has been elected mayor of ebain while w orking a t th e B rix Log has tended his tra p line in th e m oun It Is not decided which will be the a ditch. ta in s surrounding W illiam C reek val Crescent City, Cal. ging company, n ear H olbrook. ultim ate loser. T w isters raged Sunday n ig h t In ley, n ear G ran ts P ass. L ast w eek he S everal hundred m em bers of the A feature of the operations with central, south and e a stern M issouri. John K. Davis, American consul, O rder of De Molay w ere in Salem last d em onstrated th a t he still re ta in s h is which the men are charged was th at T hey struck a t or n ear Auxvasse, New who was rescued with his fam ily and week from all p a rts of th e sta te , a t shooting eye," fo r he brought down all th e alleged transactions were of Bloomfield, C arrington, Eldon and other A m ericans in the recent fight- ten d in g th e annual sta te convention. a huge eig h t foot cougar w ith one a nature th at they would not be d is Mexico, with a high wind a t St. Louis ¡„B at Nanking, China. shot. covered by a bank exam iner or quali C harles Steed, 65, son of a pioneer Loss of life was heaviest at Eldon, W ork w as sta rte d la st w eek on th e fied accountant until som ething broke O regon fam ily, died a t The D alles hos w ith six reported dead. Five w ere oiling of T he D alles-C alifornia high the combination. T hat occurred when pital last week from spotted fever, be M ontesano, W ash. — Two inform a killed in the Auxvasse-New Bloom- I ^ Clapp was discharged as cashier of lieved to have sta rte d from a tick w ay betw een Bend and Lava butte, a tions charging W. J. P atterso n , ex field-Carrington area, two n ear Mexico d istan ce of ten m iles. From th e b u tte the Carson Valley bank. His dis bite. In Callaway and A udrian counties and section, the oiling crew s will be moved charge had no bearing on th e case, m anager and cashier of the now in John C. V eatch of P o rtlan d w as re solvent H ayes & H ayes bank of one at St. Louis. to the B end-S isters highw ay, w here a it was authoritatively stated. appointed a m em ber of th e Oregon G reatest p roperty dam age in K an light coat of oil Is to be applied. Oil A large sum passed through th e C ar Aberdeen with receiving money on sta te fish com m ission la st week. He sas was a t H utchinson, w here the ing of T he D alles-C alifom la highw ay W ashington, D. C. — The sta te de son Valley bank each year. All col deposit in an insolvent bank were fil has served on th e com m ission since tornado sw ept through an industrial partm ent advised the B ritish govern in Jefferso n county has been com lections for taxes, fees and other ed in superior court here by Prosecute d istrict and a poorer residential sec m ent th at the U nited S tates regards 1924. pleted. item s are paid by check, sen t through Ing A ttorney A. M. Wade. A w arran t tion, causing dam age estim ated at R eceipts a t th e E ugene postoffice the recent e f respondence betw een tho mail as a rule. The universal con was issued and bail set a t *2500 in The tirs t ph easan ts of th e 1927 sea m ore than $1,000,000. S ecretary Mellon and P resident Hib- in April th is y ear gained 14 p er cent son w ere hatched In P endleton la s t fidence accorded Malley and the bank each case by Judge Campbell. It is High winds, rain and hailstorm s ex over those of the sam e period last ben of Princeton university on war Is declared to b are been the basis for expected th a t P atterso n will be a r tended from blizzard sw ept n o rth ern debts as a “purely dom estic discus year, according to D. E. L oren, post week a t th e e a ste rn O regon s ta te tho transactions, under which alleged rested im mediately. gam e farm , and 4500 eggss a re u n d er Penalty for the offense charged In Rocky Mountain states to th e Dako sion and does not desire to engage in m aster. ly fictitious cashier's checks were hens and will h atch in the next few tas. N ebraska and Iowa. The disturb T rapshooters from all p a rts of the w eeks. An additional 1000 p h e a sa n t case of conviction is im prisonm ent in any formal diplom atic exchanges on placed in the state treasury. ance reached its clim ax n ear N orth the subject.’’ n o rth w est w ere in a tten d an ce a t H ills eggs will be placed under incubation The men were arrested on a com the p enitentiary for not more than ten years or a fine of not m ore than P latte, Neb., w here a tornado razed The views of the W ashington gov boro to p articip ate in th e ann u al O re Im m ediately. T he hatching of wild plaint sworn by Governor Ilalzar. buildings, but no one was know n to ernm ent was contained in a note gon trap sh o o tin g cham pionship tourn *10,000. tu rk ey s h as been successful and it is P atterson has been the outstanding have been killed or seriously injured transm itted to the B ritish embassy. am ent la s t week. expected a large num ber will be re financial figure of G rays harbor for It was in reply to a note handed the T he steadily lessening band of Ore leased this year. many years and has been active in departm ent by the B ritish charge d’ gon pioneers g ath ered a t the sta te R etu rn s on th e state-w ide election most of the Industrial and comm ercial affaires, acting in the absence from sh rin e a t Cham poeg, on th e W iliam being conducted by th e school children developm ent. W ashington of A m bassador Howard, e tte riv e r in Marion county, in annual of th e s ta te in the selection of a s ta te which challenged the accuracy of a com m em oration of F o u n d ers’ day. bird would Indicate th a t the m eadow Olympia, W ash.—Difficulties of the statem ent by Mr. Mellon th a t G reat REFUGEES TOTAL 338.0C0 More th a n 300,000 year-old tro u t lark w as leading th e other e n tries a state highway com m ittee were brought B ritain's debt paym ents to the United w ere p lanted by th e O regon s ta te m erry race. Although in certain sec P ortland, Or. — Im petus w as given to the state suprem e court in a man Number Expected to Pass 350,000 S tates would not co n stitu te a d rain on gam e com m ission during A pril, says tions th e bluebird leads, with the v ar- - th e m ovem ent having as its objective dam us action instituted by the at British economic resources. Very Shortly. th e m onthly re p o rt of M att L. R yck ied th ru sh carry in g some of the ru ra l Issuance by the in te rsta te com m erce torney-general against Roland H. The statem en t of the treasu ry sec man, su p erin ten d e n t of hatcheries. Memphis, Tenn.—Flood sufferers re comm ission of an o rder to th e Union precincts, th e popularity of the m ead H artley, as governor of the state and ceiving aid from th e Red Cross in the retary was a p art of a le tte r w ritten Glen Bowen, 34, Silverton, ex-service ow lark In the more populated sections Pacific system to construct water- ex-officio mem ber of the highway seven sta te s affected by th e d isas by him to Dr. Hibben in reply to the m akes th is songster a favorite in th e committee, and Hamuel J. Humes, as trous M ississippi valley inundations, grade rail connection between H om e contention of m em bers of the P rin ce man, w as kflled in stan tly on the high w ay a m ile w est of S ilverton when he race. stead, Or., and Lewiston, Idaho. sta te highway engineer, requiring numbered 338.000 with the Louisiana ton and Colum bia university faculties stepped from behind a parked c ar into Officials of Idaho and W ashington At a board m eeting of the Multno them to return to C. W. Clausen, chair figures still incomplete. th a t there should be a revision of the the p ath of an approaching autom o mah County F air association in G resh- and civic delegations from those man of the highway comm ittee, or to debt settlem ents. New evacuations are going forward bile. am last week, th e co n tract for th e allow access to books, records, docu In th e face of rising w aters along sev states and Oregon, m et at the P o rt W ork w as com pleted la s t w eek by new fair building was let to S teel & m ents, papers, minute books and un eral rivers in south central Lousiana land C ham ber of Comm erce and per London.—E xpressing g reat m isgiv opened bids of highway contractors and the list of the needy is expected fected an organization which will, it ing because of the divergence of opin C ra te r national forest em ployes in the Davis, contractors of P ortland, w ho Is contem plated, in stitu te a new ac which they are charged with wrong to reach 350,000 soon. ion and estran g em en t of sentim ent Im naha d is tric t n e a r P ro sp ect w here were the low est bidders. T h eir bid tion w ith the federal comm ission re fully having in th eir possession or grow ing up In regard to the w ar debts, 500 a cres of burned-over land was was *12,985. The stru c tu re will be a The to tal of vaccinations for ty questing th e rail extension. under th eir control. the R rltish governm ent, in a note to p lanted w ith 2-year«old Douglas fir club building for the boys' and g irls’ phoid reached 119,000 persons, with Public service com m issions of the club exhibits and dom estic science Tho respondents were notified that those for smnilpox 108,000. the United S tates, challenged the ac trees. th ree Pacific northw est sta te s will be work. It will be 70x100 feet, of con Friday, May 20, at 10 A. M„ "or as R alph R ussell, 23, w as killed in curacy of the sta te m e n t M arch 17 by requested to fath er the complaint be stan tly n ear C ushm an last w eek, when crete and tile construction, with stu c Soon th ereafter as counsel could be Andrew W. Mellon, se c retary of the Ten Dead in K ansas Tornado. fore th e In terstate com m erce commis heard," was set for the application for U nited S ta te s treasu ry , th at G reat a dead tre e fell and stru c k him on co finish and cem ent floor. H utchinson, Kan,—Ten are known sion. A full m onth's delay in tro u egg the perem ptory writ of m andate. B ritain ’s debt paym ents to the U nited th e head. H e was em ployed by the to be dead and probably a hundred W ashington and Idaho commissions The action was based on affidavits S tates will not co n stitu te a drain on D uncan Slough L um ber com pany as taking operations has been experi or m ore are injured as a result of the have agreed to co o p erate. A special enced by the hatchery dep artm en t o f of W G. Potts, sta te treasu rer, and logger. B ritish economic resources. tornadoes which sw ept northeastw ard com m ittee was nam ed to wait upon the state game commission, according C. W. Clausen, state auditor, ex of Carl Greve, P ortland, w as elected through Barbe, Kingm an, Reno and the Oregon com m ission and request its ficlo m em bers of the com m ittee, alleg p resid en t of the Oregon Jew elers’ as to the report for April Just Issued by McPherson counties last week. Prob participation. SHORT NEWS NUGGETS ing that m inutes of the highway com sociation, w hich held its 20th annual M att L. Ryckman. su p erin ten d e n t. ably 800 residences along the path of Tw enty-nine persons, 11 of them m ittee m eeting on May 3 at which A congressional delegation will convention in C orvallis la s t week. Heavy snow and ice are held respon the tw isters were damaged. Many of officials of W ashington ami Muho, George T. McCoy was elected secre m ake a w eek’s tour of inspection of P ortland was chosen as the 1928 con sible. As yet th e Ice has not broken them were com pletely demolished cam e to P ortland for the meeting. tary and C. W. Clausen chairm an, and up on Diamond lake, the best source th e flooded area of the M ississippi vention city. while an enorm ous am ount of dam bids of firms seeking co ntracts for valley beginning May 29. Mrs. Mabel Steele E ndrup of H alf for rainbow tro u t eggs in the sta te , age was done otherw ise. state highway work to be awarded OWYHEE IS FAVORED H erb ert F. Lemp, m ayor of Boise. way, B aker county, died from injuries but preparations a re being m ade to on that day, were carried away. Idaho, and crack polo player, died received in an autom obile accident rush the work once the ice is gone. Canadian Farmers Mostly Owners. Plan Outlined at Conference Subject from head in ju ries suffered in a prac Altorney-Generul Dunliur and As L um ber shipm ents and orders con when the m achine plunged over a 12- to Approval by Mr. Work. O ttaw a, Ont. — More than 86 per sfstan t A ttorney General Donley will tice polo game. foot em bankm ent on the Baker- Cornu tinue well above th e level of produc Portland, O re.—Colonization of the rep resen t th e highway com m ittee in cent of ail the farm s in Canada are T he A m erican Legion will have ex copia highw ay. tion, according to the report of 72 owned outrig h t by those who live on 80,000 acres of th e Owyhee reclam a clusive use of th e lin er L eviathan to the suprem e court action. mills by th e W est Coast L um berm en's Dr. T hurston L araw ay. form erly a them, according to a bulletin Issued tion project in Oregon will be under carry its m em bers to th e P aris con association, for th e week ended A pril en by th e governm ent, providing vention m xt Septem ber, if it can se physician a t V ernonia, has been ap 30. Production during the week to ta le d SET UP NEW WHEAT BUREAU by th e dominion bureau of statistics. tak land ow ners will agree to the term s cure enough passengers by Ju n e 10 pointed Douglas county health officer 71,977.124 feet of lum ber, against 62,- succeeding Dr. R ichard Thompson. U. S. A id e in C hina Found Em bezzler stip u lated by the governm ent. A t to Justify the trip. International Conference Takes Step Miss H elen Atwood of Salem is the 456044 feet produced during the pre tractin g se ttle rs will not cos the Shanghai.—Lcnoard llu sa r, form er D enver was officially aw arded the new county nurse. of Importance. vious week. New business or o rd e rs land ow ners a penny and by placing Jam es Gordon B ennett balloon races received am ounted to 76.699,151 feet, K ansas City. — Tho International U nited S tates d istrict atto rn ey in A shland clinched the w estern O re wheat pool conference a( its closing China, was found guilty of embezzle th e sale under control of the govern- for 1927. The in tern atio n al event, gon debating cham pionship a t W arren against 78,011.872 feet for th e w eek ment and despoliation of govern nt -nt I m ent all suspicion of speculation in w ith e n tra n ts from the U nited S tates, ending April 23. S hipm ents of lu m b er session here voted to establish a per values by ow ners will he elim inated. Belgium, Germ any, F rance, Italy. E ng ton by w inning a unanim ous decision for the week reported on am ounted to m anent in ternational bureau of co pm perty. The w inner will T hus one of th e big handicaps to m ak land and Sw itzerland, will be staged over W arrenton. 87,369,292 feet, as com pared w ith operative m arketing Io act as a clear m eet the eastern Oregon cham pion ing reclam ation pro jects successful S eptem ber 10. THE MARKETS. shipm ents of 89,714,250 feet for th e ing house for statistical Information will he surm ounted, th an k s to the ef P o rtla n d . T h irty w arships, rep resen tin g eight ship team for the state title. previous week. and the developm ent of plans. fo rts of Uncle Sam. A fter a shutdown of a year and a W heat Big Bend bluestem , *151; nations and m anned by 8687 officers D elegates considered the establish The state board of higher cu rricu la Such was th e proposal made by Dr. and men exclusive of m arines, are half the A nderson & Middleton camp m ent of this bureau the first slep to hard while, *1.49; federation, soft has approved th e addition of th re e Elwood Mead, United S tates commis a t Culp creek will again be in opera stationed at Shatighal at present, ac ward world co o rd in atio n in pool wheat white, w estern white and northern m ajor curricula to th e college courses spring, *1.44; hard w inter. *1.42; sioner of reclam ation, to a delegation cording to th e N orth C hina H erald. tion w ithin a few days and trainloads sidling. to be offered next year. The board of Owyhee land ow ners at a meeting T his force Is supplem ented by 16.000 of logs will be coming to th e com w estern red. *1.41. C. H. Burnell. W innipeg, chairm an also added 17 new courses, expanded l l a y - Alfalfa. »20020 60; valley here. Dr. Mead explained th at the land troi pa guarding the- boundaries pany's m ill in C ottage Grove. of the Conference, urged th e United 15 more and discontinued o r consoli proposition is subject, of course, to of th e International settlem ent. The W estern F ish L ift company, dated 15 o th ers in approving recom P lates co o p erativ es to sign 60 per tim othy, »180 18.50; eastern Oregon approval of S ecretary Work of the de tim othy, *21022. P ortland, has been granted perm ission mended changes In instructional work. cent of the wheat production as soon partm en t of th e interior, his chief. B u tte rfa t—40c. Corporate Bank Holdings Sanctioned. by the sta te fish comm ission to install as possible. M ajor curricula in agricultural engi Eggs Ranch. 19022c. W ashington. D. C.—C o rp o rate hold an autom atic fish elevator a t th e Ore neering, lum ber m anufacture, and re a l Hudson Maxim Is Taken by Death. ings of N ational hank stock by state gon City falls, th e work to be done C attle- Steers, good. *9 254110 16. California Japanese Schools Win. e state are the new ones approved by Hogs — Mi lium to choice, *9004) H optacong, N. J.—H udson Maxim, banking in stitu tio n s has been sanc under th e supervision of Hugh C i the board, though only the last nam ed . J Sacram ento, Cal. — R estrictions 10 85. who Invented sm okeless powder, the tioned by the tre asu ry because it does Mitchell, superintendent of hatcheries required the addition of im p o rtan t against private foreign language Sheep—Lam bs, medium to choice, Maxim silencer, d etonating fuses for not come under the bun of the na T he new elevator is to be installed now courses. All of these cu rricu la schools. Imposed by the sta te legis *11013. arm or plated p rojectiles and other de tional bank act. J. M. M cIntosh, con w ithout cost to the comm ission and ; are found in the le t ti n g colleges in lature in 1921. were held Io he in ilo- S eattle. vices which have contributed to the tro ller of the currency, declared in will not Interfere with the fish way this country though this is th eir firs t lation of the constitution of the United W heat - Soft white, w estern w hite ho rro rs of w ar and violent death, died answ ering a com plaint of Chairm an now In use a t the falls. introduction into th is state. S tates, In an opinion handed down liy no rth ern spring, >1.46; hard winter, peacefully in his bed recently, a t the M cFadden of th e house banking and The Oregon A gricultural college A ttorney G eneral W ebb. Approx! *1 46; w estern red. *1 * 4 Vi; Big Bend j age of 74 years. Maxim was tho vic- B erry grow ers In th e vicinity of currency com m ittee th a t such ow ner rifle team , which has jnst finished its tnalsly jtoo schools. Involving 50o Canby report th a t frost early In th e hlucstem . *t 53; Big Bend dark north ! tim of anaem ia. ship was a "vicious form of chain season, cut) turned in a record of vie* teachers, are affected by the attorney ern spring *1 49; Big Bend dark hard I ------------------------------ banking.’’ He had requested th e con tories In 23 m atches out of 29 fired. season did some dam age to th e blos general’s opinion. Fully three- w inter. *1.48. Smallpox Shows Gain in United States tro ller to prevent fu rth er developm ent M atches were scheduled w ith team s soms and th a t th e straw b erry crop is fo u rth s ot these a re Jap an ese schools likely to be very light this season. Hay Alfalfa, *25; tim othy. P. S , New York T h e AmeNc. n Associa of thia practice. all over th e U nited State«, which were The Eugene F ruit G row ers' associa MS. tion for Medical P ro gress announced recorded by telegraph. Canada Allows Motor Tourist 90 Days tion, w h i'h annually cans m any tons B utter Cream ery. 42c, th a t th e United S tates for the year Eugene Meyer Heads Farm Loan. Oregon now has 41 accredited high O ttaw a, Ont Regulations extend Eggs Ranch, 23ft26c. 1926 reported m ore cases ot smnilpox Washington, D. C. Eugene Meyer school«, according to the list received, of strin g beans, has announced to th e Ing to 9« days tho period for which grow ers th a t none but beans grow n C a ttle ste e rs, choice. *9 5 0 0 1 0 26 th an any oth er country outside of and his colleagues on the war finance following the recent m eeting in Spo m otor to u rists insy rem ain In Canada on irrigated land will h e re a fte r be ac H ogs Good. *10 501( 10 60. Asia, although th e percentage was corporation w ere nam ed by President kane of the N orthwest Association ol w ithout deposit of cash bonds have cepted, according to F. E Price, ex Spokana. less than that of 1925. Only two states. Coolidge as m em bers of the federal 8« »ndary and High Schools, by E F been placed in effect by the Canadian C attle S te e rs, good. *8 75419 50. tension specialist In irrigation and Rlfode Island and Vermont, w ere en farm loan board. Reorganixatlon of C a r le n , “ • » custom s depart incut. drainage a t the Oregon A gricultural H ogs -Good. *10 3 0010 50. tirely free from the disease last year. 'h a t agency will be effected. Three of State's Well Known Citizens Charged With Embezzlement. Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collectetflor Our Readers. S- ABERDEEN BANKER MUST FACE CHARGES TO MELLON LETTER HIGHWAY CHAIRMAN SUES FUR RECORDS INDORSE IDAHO NORTH ANO SOOTH RAIL LINE com m is».on on a c c re d itin g . i colloge.