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