AMERICAN AIRMEN
LAND IN GERMANY
LINDBERGH TO GET
OFFICIAL WELCOME
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
C h am b erlain in B ellanca P lane
B reaks All Non-Stop D is
tance Records.
N a tio n a l C ap ita l P lans W a rm
Reception to r Fam ous
A viato r.
B rie f Resum e of H appenings of
the W eek C ollected fo r*
O ur R ead ers.
Oiling operations have started on
the Old Oregon T rail highw ay from
Pendleton to La G rande by the state
highw ay d epartm ent and all traffic is
being detoured over the Duff grade
betw een P endleton and Mission.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. W alker, prom in
en t pioneers and resid en ts of the Cot
tage Grove section for more than >;<»
years, w ere both seriously injured In
an autom obile accident when th eir car
skidded on the Pacific highway.
Berlin.—For th e second tim e in lit
W ashington, D C.—Rested by a long
The 22d annual convention of the
Lane county has 15.054 registered
tle more than a fortnight an American
sea voyage on th e cruiser Memphis,
Oregon B ankers' association was held
voters, according to C ounty Clerk Dil
airplane has (panned (he vast A tlantic
after his strenuous two w eeks in Eu
in G earhart last week.
lard, who checked up th e registration
and landed safely on the European
rope. C aptain C harles A. Lindbei'gh
The sum m er Im provem ent program books a fte r they closed a few days
c o n tin en t
will find upon his arrival here at noon
a t Springfield includes the laying of ago for the special election Ju n e 28.
The non atop flight of the Bellanca
next S aturday a fast-m oving program
m ore than two m iles of concrete side
Of the to tal num ber registered. 8435
monoplane Columbia, piloted by C lar
In connection with bis official wel
walks.
a re men and 5619 are women, the rec
ence D. Chamberlin with C harles A
come by P resident Coolidge on behalf
The larg est senior class in th e h is ords show.
Levine as hts companion, ended at
of the American people.
tory of The Dalles high school, num
Elsleben. Saxony. lit) miles southw est
T here will he th e reception of the
T he d irecto rate of the Apple Grow
bering 111 stu d en ts, was graduated
of Berlin, at 5 o'clock Monday m orn
hero of th e New York-to-Parls flight
e rs’ association m ade te n tativ e plans
last week.
ing (m idnight New York daylight sav
a t the presid en t's w harf at the navy
for construction of a p lant for rem ov
D rillers at th e new city well a t The ing spray residue from fruit. It is
ing tim e), when the iuel supply was
yard, a long autom obile ride over
Dalles have reached a d epth of 740 proposed to erect the building on the
exhausted.
P ennsylvania avenue, p art of it with
feet and are planning to sink th e shaft Union Pacific tra c k s in Hood River.
Taking to th e a ir again, the filers
a long m ilitary escort, the president's
Frederic E. Lee of the University of
made a brave attem pt to reach Beilin,
welcome at the W ashington m onu Maryland, appointed American finan to the 1000-foot level.
T he plant will have a capacity of 5000
hut apparently hist their way In the
ment grounds, his decoration with the ciai trade commissioner at the United
B etw een 150 and 175 delegates from boxes a day.
cloud hanks and adverse winds en
distinguished flying cross, an o th er States Embassy in London.
coast and dow n-river com m unities at
S en ato r Joe E. Dunne and R epre
countered during the morning, and
m otor ride to the tem porary W hite
tended the Roosevelt highw ay m eeting sen tativ e J. O. Bailey of M ultnom ah
came down at last In a m arshy field
House, a cabinet dinner, a visit to the
in P ortland last Monday.
county and W. J. H erw ig, secretary of
a t the village of Klinge, near K ottbus
M innesota society reception a t the
V eterans of foreign w ars from 13 th e N ational N arcotic association,
Grant B. Miller of Willard, Ohio,
Brandenburg. 70 miles sou th east of
W illard hotel and finally en tertain
of the 16 Oregon posts w ere repre w ere appointed as m em bers of the
who succeeded Rush D. Simmons as
the capital.
ment by the National P ress club.
sented a t th e annual sta te encam p sta te n arcotic com m ission authorized
chief of post office inspectors.
In alighting, the propeller hit the
On Sunday Lindbergh will slip back
m ent held in McM innville la s t week under a resolution adopted a t th e lust
ground, the wheels of the Columbia
Into his role of private citizen and
The state land dep artm en t turned session of the legislature.
settled Into the m arshy ground and
will find tim e to be with his m other,
Olympia,
W
ash.—G
overnor
Roland
over
to the sta te tre a su re r in May a
T he D alles plant of the Libby, Mc
further progress was Impossible The
Mrs. C harles L. Lindbergh, his Inspir
H. H artley accepted the resignations to tal of *78,779.42, according to George Neil & Libby cannery will open for
plane had traveled 120 miles from
ation an d 'en co u rag em en t in his g reat
of all three m em bers of the sta te fish G. Brown, clerk of th e s ta te land the season next week using new equip
Elsleben and. If headed In the right
I adventure, who also is to be the guest
eries board.
board.
m ent installed during the w inter that
direction, would have landed at Berlin
of the president and Mrs. Coolidge at
At the sam e tim e he suspended the
will speed up production considerably,
C
onstruction
of
an
*120,000
logging
The fliers failed to achieve their
the tem porary W hite House during
board's order No. 18, which provided road which will lead from Algoma ten it was announced. The cannery will
New O rleans.—H aving engulfed ap h er stay In W ashington.
goal, Berlin, but they established a
drastic regulations of purse seine fish m iles into a heavily tim bered a re a In open on straw b erries largely purchas
new long-distance sustained flight rec proxim ately 10.000 Square miles, or
Army airm en who have distinguish
ord, having covered 3800 m iles from tw o-thlrds of the alluvial lands of ed them selves during w ar and peace ing, generally in conform ance with the cen tral K lam ath was announced last ed from Hood R iver valley.
Roosevelt field, New York, to Els Louisiana, the M ississippi valley flood have been invited by S ecretary Davis regulations enforced in A laska by the week.
Virgil L earned, 11-year-old son ot
federal governm ent.
slowly drained Into the gulf of Mexico
leben.
to particip ate in the reception to be
A grow er-packer plan of m arketing Mr. and Mrs. C. A, L earned, is in a
The order has never gone Into effect
Starting from Roosevelt field at with fulling stages everyw here except given here next Saturday In honor
for the northw est prune in d u stry was serious condition in a M edford hospi
because of lack of official publication.
6:05 a. m. Saturday they had been In in the south part.
of Captain C harles A. Lindbergh.
unanim ously adopted by th e state tal from severe burns suffered when a
It was passed two m onths ago by S tate
A lake more than 225 m iles long
th e air 42 hours when forced to land
prune convention held In C orvallis re spray rig engine caught on fire and
R epresentative Edw ard A. Sim s of cently.
at Elsleben, as compared with 3354 and ranging from 50 to 100 miles wide
the gasoline tan k exploded on the
Port Townsend and E. P. Blake of
for CaptrJn Lindbergh's 3610 mile lies over th e lowlands along th e w est
L earned orchard ranch on the C rater
The
Marlon
and
Yam
hill
county
Seattle, with C aptain H aivy Ramwell
flight from New York to Burls a little side of the M ississippi river and
Lake
highw ay, n ear Medford.
of E verett, the third m em ber ot the courts aw arded the co n tract for re
through the level basin of the Atcha-
over two weeks ago.
The
N estucca Im provem ent associa
building
the
N
ew
berg
bridge
over
the
board, dissenting.
falaya river.
tion held a picnic a t Blaine G range
As ridges of land em erged from th e
P urse seiners declared th a t the or W illam ette riv er to the C lackam as
C onstruction company. The bid was hall, May 29. The purpose of th e
flood with recession of w aters to the
Peking.—All B ritish resid en ts of der would have forced virtual suspen *25,760.
m eeting was to bring to g eth er people
north a g reat exodus began. Joyful Peking who live outside the legation sion of th eir operations.
Governor
The 34th annual com m encem ent ol of Beaver, Blaine, Silver Falls, C arl
refugees, glad th at they can go back q u arter of the city are "strongly ad H artley said th a t when he appoints a
ton and Yamhill who are Interested in
to the homes from which they were vised” to send the women and children new board the m em bers will be per the Medford high school was held last
the proposed N estucca route as a
driven by the racing w aters, prepared of th eir households out of the city. sons who have no direct In terest In week and the larg est g raduating class
sh
o rte r road betw een P ortland and
in
M
edford’s
history,
92
m
em
bers,
re
St. Paul, Minn.—The board of di to set sail on the receding sea to be This w arning Is contained In a circu the fishing industry.
Tillam ook.
ceived th eir diplom as,
rectors at a meeting here approved In th eir houses and ready to plant lar sent out by the BrRIsh legation,
A proposed am endm ent to the S ea
plans of the G reat N orthern railroad crops as quickly as they can get into which also advises all B ritish m ales
A large delegation of Oregon dairy
W IF E OF C A LLES D IE S
side city c h a rte r to authorize the
to complete work already started on the fields.
m
en
is
expected
to
atten
d
"G
uernsey
living outside the legation q u arter to
the Bend, Or., to Klamath Fulls, Or.,
A general exodus back to the farm s p repare to w ithdraw Into it at a mo Mexico's First Lady Succumbs to G aities” annual gath erin g of state w ater com m ission to issue *25,000 in
extension of the Oregon T runk line.
Is In sight in the Bayou des Glaises m ent’s notice.
G uernsey breeders to be held In As bonds for construction of a pipe line
Heart Attack in Los Angeles.
along the w est side of the Necanicum
The N orthern Pacific, joint ow ners section. The Inhabitants hope to get
to
ria Ju n e 9, 10 and 11.
This p art of the previously an
Los Angeles, Cal.—Señora N atalia
riv er and m aintenance of the present
with the Great N orthern of the Ore feedstuffs and food crops In the nounced schedule of evacuation cor
The
frost
d
an
g
er
season
of
the
Calles, wife of P resid en t C alles of
system w as defeated a t a special elec
gon Trunk line, declined to participate ground In tim e to assu re a harvest.
responds with the announcem ent of Mexico, died In a hospital h ere from Rogue riv er valley was officially de
tion by five votes. The count was 97
In the project Ht a m eeting of direc
the arrival of the N ationalist forces a h eart a ttack suffered five days a fter clared a t an end la st S aturday, as the
for, 102 against.
tors In New York
at the Lung-Hai railway.
la te st fro st ever recorded th ere was
a m ajor operation.
SHO
RT
N
EW
S
NUGGETS
Lease of I ho G reat N orthern to a
F irst-half taxes in the am ount of 22,-
Some B ritish women and children
S eñora Calles, who cam e h ere two on May 28 several years ago.
proposed unified company to be
233,140.06 have been rem itted to the
D etroit has been selected as the are leaving the city and the British weeks ago, a fte r attending the m ar
V irginia H astings,
19-months-old
formed in event of <cna<o.datlon with 192S convention city of the N orthern subjects rem aining behind are prepar
state tre a s u re r by the various O regon
riage of her daughter, S eñorita E rnes d aughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H a st
the N orthern Buitllu, was approved Baptists.
ing to e n te r the legation when sum tina, to Thom as Arnold Robinson of ings, was suffocated when fire de counties, according to a statem ent pre
by the directors.
King George of England celebrated moned. Many of them a re sending New York, at N ogales, Ariz., had been stroyed the ranch home of the family pared by the treasu ry departm ent
It was Indicated at the m eeting th at his 62<l birthday quietly at Bucking th eir valuables to the legation quarter
T here a re eight counties which have
progressing favorably from th e o pera 20 m iles so u th east of The Dalles.
both the Great N orthern ami N orthern ham palace Saturday.
not yet com pleted th e ir rem ittances
o r to T ientsin, w here the B ritish au tion.
The state board of control approved T here was due the sta te in first-half
Pacific would approve formally of the
R obert McKIni, 50, pioneer film ac thorities are arran g in g storage for
the organization of an association in taxes the am ount of *2.613,103.62.
proposed unification plan.
tor, died at a Hollywood hospital fol them .
Averescu Regime Ends in Rumania. Salem to include the superintendents
The approval of the plan by the lowing a stroke of paralysis three
Bids for grading an eight mile sec
B ucharest.—The A verescu m inistry, of the various sta te institutions. M eet
G reat N orthern board wns the first weeks ago, while m aking a personal
tion of the W apinitia sp u r of th o
COO LIDG E V IE W S
FLE E TS which has been in power In Rumania ings will be held m onthly and quar Mount Hood highw ay in W asco coun
action taken concerning the plan of appearance In Salt Lake City.
since March 30, 1926, has resigned and terly.
leasing the two roads to a proposed
ty w ere opened by the U nited S tate*
Gllhert H. Hitchcock, Omaha news N aval P ageant Staged at Gateway to P rin ce B arbu Stirbey, ad m in istrato r
unified company, by eith er the G reat paper publisher, and ex-United S tates
P u re tin is being ex tracted from thf bureau of public roads. T he bid of F.
A
tlantic.
of
th
e
royal
dom
ains,
hns
been
re
N orthern or N orthern Pacific.
rocks near Gold Hill, In the Rogut L. Brown of Boardm an, for 251.108,
senator from N ebraska, and Miss
Norfolk, Va.—P resid ent Coolidge, as quested by King Ferdinand to form a
M artha H arris, m em ber of a family commander-in-chief, review ed the na national union m inistry. The selection riv er valley. T h at th e w hite m etal Is was low est. T here yet rem ains about
socially prom inent In Memphis, were tio n 's sea arm ada, th e combined At of P rince Stirbey, who as a tru sted tin has been atte ste d by assay ers In six m iles of the spur to be graded, the
IDAHO BANK ROBBED
San Francisco, D enver and other co n tract for which will be le t next
m arried In Memphis.
lantic and Pacific fleets, from the friend of Queen Marie and a brother-
Two Cashiers and a Minister A re
year probably.
Two prelim inary perm its for con bridge of th e Mayflower, when he in-law of Ionel B ratlano, was In the places.
Locked in Vault.
S tate S enator M cNary will be one
A sm okers' code which would pro
struction of power projects In the T o ll- watched the guardians of th e coun n atu re of a political bombshell.
Rathdrum , Idaho.— Between *8.000 gass national forest of A laska have try 's far flung coast line steam slowly
of the principal speakers a t th e W il hibit sm oking while a person is in
and t i l l , quo was obtained, according to been g ranted by the federal power
lam ette valley C hautauqua session at motion in a forest has been p artly
past him down the C hesapeake bay to
Big Nugget Found Near Helena.
estim ates of bank officials by two un commission. In both instances the
G ladstone park Friday, July 15, which w orked out by forest service officials
th e sea, th e ir heavy guns rolling out
Helena. Mont. — A gold nugget
m asked robbers who com m itted a power would he used In the m anufac
a continual thunderous boom of salute. w eighing 57 ounces, valued a t 21026, is G range day. H is subject will be in session a t Bates, n ear Bend. U nder
daylight holdup of the Rathdrum S tate ture of wood pulp.
F arm Relief.”
th e proposed code, persons will not *,
It was the most elab orate review In w as taken out at the head of Nevada
bank here, and escaped with a confed
R hea Luper, s ta te engineer for foui sm oke while walking, driving or rid
th e country’s history. By ones and creek n ear Stem ple by F red Mead,
erate In an automobile.
years, was re-elected to the office by ing. The theory advanced was th a t
Favorable Report Made on Idaho Tract tw os—for some of th e sm aller craft
v eteran prospector and A rth u r Woods,
The men entered th e bank and lock
th e s ta te reclam ation comm ission. Mr sm okers will put out all lighted m ater
W ashington, D. C.—An additional went by In couples—they paraded a rep o rt stated.
ed II E Finch and Miss K H Eplln,
L uper will serve as secretary of the ial while standing still.
75.000 acres of land adjacent to the past, 98 of them , flags flying, bands
assistan t cashiers. In a vault. Rev.
Action which m ay eventually lead
reclam ation comm ission, in addition
P ayette river In Idaho was held to be playing, officers and crew In resplen
Kansas Lifts Cigarette Ban.
C. F. Madsen entered during the rob
to sta te engineer.
to changing the nam e of the Dalles-
Irrigable In a report made public by dent d ress uniform s, standing proudly
Topeka, Kan.—Sale of cig arettes
bery and he too was locked up.
P ortland's nine high schools wili Callfornia highw ay was taken recently
th e Interior departm ent, based on an at attention as they passed th eir com-
and cig arette papers, forbidden in K an
Scooping up all the money In sight,
mander-in-chi«f.
g raduate the larg est class in th e ir his by directors of the Bend cham ber of
Investigation by engineers.
More
sas for nearly 20 years, becam e au
th e pair fled In an autom obile bear
tory th is June. The graduation list comm erce, who w ent on record as fa
For more than tw o hours they
than too.000 acres In the river basin
thorlzed when a law repealing the
ing the license num ber of a Pomeroy,
already are under Irrigation. Before passed—b attleships, destroyers, sule s ta te ’s anti cig arette sta tu te went Into will total 1267. Of these 553 are boys voring a new name for the north-south
Wash., resident. Presum ably the car
and 714 are girls. The Ju n e class oi route through central Oregon. Nam es
there can be any decided Increase In m arlnes. a ircraft carriers, auxiliary effect.
had been stolen.
tentatively considered a re th e F re
1926 had 1187 m em bers.
the Irrigated area, however, the re vessels, all th e units of m odern sea
mont trail, the C ascade highw ay and
port declared storage m ust be pro w arfare.
W
hile
the
apple
and
p
ear
crop
of
T H E MARKETS.
Suits Against Columbia Span Lost.
the Dallea-Bend-Klamath highway.
vided.
th
e
neighboring
d
istrict
was
not
af
P ortland.
W ashington, D C The United
Marlon county filed a d em u rrer to
Four Dead in Tampa Jail Raid.
W heat—B. B. bluestem , 21.57; hard fected by th e April cold w eather the altern ativ e w rit of m andam us In
S lates suprem e court dism issed ap
Tam pa, F la.—Four dead, th ree oth w hite, 2152; federation 21 46; soft George C ham berlain. M osier grower,
Rescued
from
Well
After
72
Hours.
peals In two suit brought by M cPher
proceedings brought by th e sta te to
M artinet, Cal Fred W alters, 6S. I ers In a serious condition and more white, w estern white, 21.47; hard win reported th a t the cherry crop will be
son B rothers company to prevent eon
recover a p art of the county's sh are
than a score wounded m arked the ter, 21.43; northern spring, 21.45; only 10 per cent of normal.
was
rescued
here
from
the
bottom
of
!
dem natlon of laud for construction of
of the Oregon & C alifornia railroad
th
ree
nights
of
rioting
th
at
culm
inated
w estern red. 21.40.
It will require 40.000 loaves of bread
n bridge across the Columbia river In a 40-foot well w here he had been I
Frant land tax refund.
T he case
when national guardsm en answ ered
H ay — Alfalfa. 220.50021; valley 12.000 pounds of m eats. 4000 pounds
W ashington nt the Douglas Okanogan standing up to his neck In w ater for
three days and nights. W allers was ' !‘h ‘” 8 fTOn’ H ‘ '■°w'1 ,n ,he vlcini,Y >f tim othy, 220 0 20.60; eastern Oregon of beans. 2500 pounds of coffee and against Marlon county involves ap
county line The M cPherson company
proxim ately *41.000. The outcom e of
the county Jail with m achine gun fire. tim othy. *2202250.
30,000 doxen eggs to feed the 3000
operate a ferry across the river and brought to a hospital, w here physi
the state's suit against Marlon county
The mob attem p ted to rem ove Levins,
B
u
tte
rfa
t—39tjc.
m
em
bers
of
th
e
Oregon
National
cians
said
he
was
th
reaten
ed
with
two suits were brought against the
Is being w atched closely In that It will
confessed slay er of five, from the
E g g s- Ranch. 19if 20c.
G uard during the annual encam pm ent
Douglas and Okanogan county super double pneumonia.
affect the grant land tax refund to 17
county Jail.
at Camp Clatsop beginning June 15
C attle— S teers, good. *909.76.
ior courts and the Okanogan Douglas
other counties in Oregon. The aggre
H ogs—Medium to choice, 29.50® The encam pm ent will continue for 15
Inter-County Bridge company. The fer Lindsey Loses High Court Appeal.
gate
U i refund to the 18 land g ra n t
Spokane Air Derby P rizes Listed
10 50.
days. The total cost of the encam p
ry company lost In state suprem e
W ashington, D C Ben It. Lindsey,
counties in Oregon involves more than
Spokane. W ash —C ash prizes, total
m
ent.
Including
compensation
to
the
Sheep—Lam
bs,
medium
to
choice,
court and th e two defendants moved form erly Juvenile Judge at Denver,
26,000.000, of which am ount the sta te
ing 228.250. besides a silver trophy for 28.50 011.
guardsm en, will be 1115.000.
for dism issal of the United S tales su Colo, was refused a suprem e court
claims more than *1.350,000.
the first enclosed cabin cru iser to ar
Seattle.
Hood River s new high school audi
prem e court appeal.
review of the Judgment of th e C olor rive here, w ere announced by the con-
The m eadow lark Is the w inner in
W heat -S oft white, w estern white, tort urn was dedicated last week, when
ado
suprem
e
court
holding
th
at
he
. . .
, .
I te st com m ittee of the national a ir
the Oregon state bird contest, receiv
Estates Give State «1,491 During May had been defeat..,I at th e November, derby from New York city to Spokane 21 45; hard w inter. 21 43; w estern red, com m encem ent exercises were held
21.42; n orthern spring. 2144; B. B. there for the class of 1927. *0 boys and ing more votes than all of Its oppon
Olympia, W ash — Inheritance tax 1924, elections by Royal R. Graham.
next Septem ber.
dark n orthern spring. 21 57.
54 girls, the largest ever graduated by ents combined. An unofficial estim ate
Collections from 117 estates during
H ay—Alfalfa. 225; tim othy, P. 9 , p ^ )* <h001 The DeW a<,dttor,uin seats made by those in charge of th e con
May netted the state 241 591 48. while Medford Man H eads W sst Point Class
D'Autremont to Face Court Again.
test gave the m eadow lark 40.000 votes
222
6 escheats brought In 23547 46 making
West Point, N Y Hana W Molmer
Medford. — The re-trlal of Hugh
B utter—Cream ery. 42c,
Thom as M Miller. 88. bailiff of th , out of 75.000 caat.
to tal for the m onth of *46.134 94, as of Medford, O r. will head the West
D 'A utrem ont. alleged Siskiyou tunnel
Crews from th e sta te highw ay de
Eggs Ranch. 19® 22c.
C latkam aa county circuit court for 57
shown by the report of the Inheritance Point class of 1927, which graduates bandit slayer, charged with the m ur
partm
ent are m aking the final survey
C attle— Steers, choice. 88.7609.50,
years, has retired, and E P. Carter
and escheats division of the sta te tax 203 cadets as second lieu ten an ts In d er of C harles O. Johnson. Southern
for grading work which will sta rt on
Hogs— Prim e. 210 90010 90.
of
G
ladstone
was
appointed
to
take
commission. T h ere were 560 new the arm y Ju n e 14. Cadet Homer leads Pacific brakem sn, started Monday
Spokane.
over the duties. Mr Miller was the the 12-mile uncom pleted stretch of the
estate cases reported during the the class with a total of 2757.05 points morning In circuit court a t Jackson
C attle—S teers, good. 28.75 0 9.26.
Mdest bailiff m Oregon In appointive Pendleton-John Day highway betw een
month.
uut of a possible 2975.
ville.
the Lasinka ranch and Teal tunn al
ear vies.
H ogs—Good, *10.1501046.
w iutn the next two weeks.
WASHINGTON FISH
BOARD RESIGNS
FLOOD REFUGEES
RETURN TO HOMES
ALIEN WOMEN IN
PEKING NOW UNSAFE
GREAT NORTHERN
APPROVES BEND LINE