BYRD FORCED DOWN ON FRENCH COAST PRO F. C. F. SHAW GREATEST TREASURY SURFLUS IN HISTORY C O M M ANDER BYRD Much of E xcess W ill be S pent B efore N ext C ongress C onvenes. Blinding Fog P rev e n ts L a n d ­ ing the 'A m e ric a ” in P a ris . OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST B rie f Resum e of H appenings of the W eek C ollected fo r O ur R ead ers. T he L ost lake highw ay Is open to traffic and cam ping places around the scenic spot w ere crow ded over th e holidays. A c a r of blng ch erries sen t to New York from Milton last week, brought th e highest price on record. F ifteen- pound lugs brought »5.25 each, and th e c ar was w orth about »6000. Grow­ e rs a re expected to n et 25 cents a pound. O nly five c a rs of ch erries w ere grow n In th a t d istric t this year. Pari».— B attered by storm and en­ W ashington, D. C. — The treasu ry Indications point to erection of a veloped in endless, blinding fog, with Bond Issues aggregating approxi­ i surplus for the fiscal y ear which end­ federal building in Oregon City w ithin compass oat of order and out of gaso­ ed Ju n e 30, was »635.809,921 70, the th e next two years, according to R ep­ m ately »900,000 w ere approved by sub­ line. the giant trans-A tlantic mono­ sta n tia l m ajo rities by th e voters of g reatest in history. resen tativ e Hawley. plane of Commander Richard E. Byrd T otal ord in ary receip ts for the year An im proved m ail service betw een Salem In th e re cen t election. T he dropped like a wounded gull into the were »4.129,394.441.10, and the cost of A shland and K lam ath Falls w ill be bond issues passed Include one for sea at Ver-Snr-Mer on the coast of j o perating th e governm ent chargeable sta rte d A ugust 1, according to the A sh­ »500,000 for a new sew er sy stem ; Norn ndy 175 miles west of Its tra n s­ »350,000 fo r construction of new ag ain st such receip ts was »3,493,584,- land postm aster. oceanic goal. 519.40. bridges, and $40,000 for th e purchase The P ortland d istric t U nited S tates N< ’ until virtually the last drop of T his p articu lar surplus will have of an in cin erato r to replace th e city land office, w hich w as established at dump. gasoline was gone did th e A m erican been d issipated, how ever, before con- Oregon City 72 years ago, passed out argosy give up Its determ ined grop­ gress m eets to d raft a new tax bill, A delegation of U m atilla Indians o f existence last week. ing In the im penetrable fog for the and any reduction m ust be based on called on G overnor P a tte rso n to pro­ landing field at Le Bourget. A fter The Santiam P a ss highw ay betw een estim ates of th e surplus for the cur­ te s t ag ain st th e tak in g of additional more than 40 hours In the air, the end th e C ascadia ra n g e r sta tio n and Fish re n t year. land from th e U m atilla reserv atio n for of the h eart breaking suspense came. lake has been ordered closed by the Of the to tal excess, »611,000,000 a l­ th e purpose of w idening the Old Ore­ The g reat plane which had leaped Linn county court and th e forestry ready has been applied to retire m en t gon T rail. T he delegations was head­ Prof. C. F. Shaw of the University with such power from the runw ay at service. of th e public debt, th e tre a su ry an ­ ed by G ilbert M inthorn. The Indians Roosevelt field, struck violently in of California, who was appointed to nounced. P a rt of the rem aining »24,- L. M. Baldwin, Hood R iver co n trac­ a re dissatisfied w ith the price se t upon shallow w ater, tore the wheels from represent the United States at the 000,800 has been carried over as an tor, w as aw arded a co n tract for con­ th e land through condem nation pro­ the fuselage, plunged out 200 yards First International Congress of Soil increase in th e net balance in the gen­ stru ctio n o t a cleaning and packing ceedings. off th e beach and then sank to the top Science in Washington. eral fund, and will be used for debt p lant for the Hood R iver A pple Grow­ Commander Richard E. Byrd, who E very county in Oregon except of Its wings in the booming surf. reirem en t purposes. ers' association. was forced to land the airship "Amer­ th ree, 21 o th er sta te s and four foreign It was then th a t Comm ander B yrd’s ••More th an one-half of the surplus W, H. F itzgerald of P ortland w as ica” on the coast of France In the painstaking foresight came into play, countries a re rep resen ted am ong th e of »635,000,000 is due to receipts on appointed by G overnor P a tte rso n as trans-Aatlantic flight to Paris. and the rubber Ute raft th at he had j 602 adult stu d en ts reg istered in th e account of disposal of capital assets, a m em ber of the sta te in d u strial acci­ been so careful to te s t before hopping sum m er session of th e Oregon A gricul­ back tax collections in excess of tax d en t com m ission to succeed W illiam off proved Its service. tu ra l college, a rep o rt from E. B, Le­ refunds and o th er item s of a .fa s t dis- A. M arshall, who resigned recently. Clinging to th eir now helpless ship, mon, reg istrar, showed. W ith th e Jun­ ' appearing o r non-recurring ch aracter,” F ire destroyed th e O’Neil sto re at io r sum m er session stu d en ts th e to ta l th e four American airm en succeeded O ttaw a, Canada. — The Diamond j A cting S ecretary Mills said. “It will Tum alo, eight m iles w est of Bend, is 1117 as com pared w ith 1008 a t th e In launching th eir raft, and, m anning Jubilee of the C onfederation of Can be app aren t, th erefore, th a t w ithout T uesday night. F lam es reduced the corresponding tim e last year. It, rowed quickly to shore. ada was ap p ro p riately celebrated th ese special and non-recurring item s building to w reckage w ithin 30 m in­ throughout th e Dominion from Ju ly 1 which ag g reg ate »370,000,000, th e su r­ All fishw heel o p erato rs on th e up­ Geneva. — T he tim e for abolishing u tes a fte r the fire w as discovered. to 3. It is sixty y ears since Canada plus would have been about »265,000,- p e r Colum bia w ere ordered to sh u t R ejection a t the re c e n t election in down as a re su lt of the dissolving of becam e a united self-governing coun­ 000, of which a considerable part is subm arines as engines of naval w ar­ try. P rio r to July 1, 1867, Canada was to be attrib u ted to decrease in expendi­ fare apparently has not yet arrived, Jack so n county qf the one-mill tax th e tem porary injunction re stra in in g a num ber of sp arsely settled prov­ tu res, some of which rep resen t a post­ for the naval ex p erts of the tri p artite levy to ere c t new fair buildings and th e sta te from enforcing the legisla­ naval conference failed to follow th e com plete several old ones m ay prevent tive act banning fish wheels from th a t inces with scarcely any knowledge of ponem ent ra th e r than actu al savings. or com m unication w ith one another. Total o rd in ary receip ts showed an American suggestion, m ade on the holding of a fair th is y ear a t Medford. section of th e stream . M. T. Hoy, a c t­ P aris.—Commander Richard E. Byrd At the Diamond Jubilee celebrations Increase over the preceding y ear of opening day of the conference, th at Two persons are dead and a th ird is ing m a ste r fish w arden, called on all and his three companions on th e trans- which were held in every city, town, »167,000,000. The principal item s of the United S tates would be willing to suffering seriously from burns as a th e o p erato rs. T here are about 3» A tlantic flight of the giant monoplane ham let and village, speakers em pha­ increase w ere custom s receipts, »26,- consider abolishing the subm arine if re su lt of an explosion of a five-gallon w heels belonging to d ifferen t firms. America, when they arrived In Paris, sized th at for much longer than sixty 000,000 in tern al revenue receipts, »32,- such action w ere made universal. can of kerosene In the hands of Oscar Jo h n Tapp, v eteran h u ck leb e rry received a trem endous ovation from a years th e bond of friendship betw een 000,000; foreign repaym ents, »11.000,- It is understood, how ever, th a t the Johnsrud, 27, of McCoy m ill, 25 m iles p ick er of Hood River, a fte r a survey huge crowd th a t filled the St. L azare Canada and h er n earest and larg est 000; on account of railroads, $53,000,- experts agreed upon th e five-inch gun e a st of Eugene. of th e berry tra c ts in the G reen P o in t railroad station. neighbor, th e U nited S tates, has 000; from federal farm loan bonds and as the largest cannon for subm arines. Betw een 200 and 250 soil scien tists and M ount D efiance sections, rep o rted The great crowd filled th e station grown stro n g er w ith the passage of o th er securities. »29,000,000 and m is­ The B ritish delegates proposed from all over the world will m ake th a t Indications point to a negligible alm ost to the bursting point and over­ time. The rem arkable developm ent cellaneous receipts. creating two categories of subm arines, th e ir only stop In O regon a t C orvallis yield th is y ear on the low er a ltitu d e s. flowed into every nearby street. th at has taken place in Canada since Incom e tax receip ts ag g regate »2,- one with a m aximum size of 600 tons, So dense was the throng th a t Com­ 1867 was also a featu re of the public 225,000,000, com pared with $1,982,000,- and the other w ith a m axim um of 1600 Ju ly 9 when they are scheduled to a r­ "T h e sh o rt crop is largely due.” said riv e on a special tra in now on a tra n s ­ Mr. Tapp, "to the ravages of sheep m ander Byrd and his companions, af­ addresses. 000 in 1926 and as ag ain st treasu ry tons, with an age lim it of 15 years. co ntinental tour. th a t have been grazed for th e p a st te r a short reception upon th eir a r­ The A m ericans a re reported to favor estim ate of »2,190,000,000. S h atterin g all previous records, the several years in the huckleberry fields, rival on the station platform , had to a higher maximum size than 1600 tons, C O M B IN E LAND O F F IC E S fight th eir way to waiting autom obiles on account of the paucity of A m erican Libby, McNeil & L ibby can n ery at and to fro st.” while the crowd cheered wildly and Roseburg Has 2,250,000 Acres Under The 1926 fru it pack In Oregon ex­ naval bases. It also is said th a t the T he D alles processed 14 >4 to n s ol threw flowers In th eir path. Japanese suggested m aking the age straw b erries in four and a half hours ceeded 3,000,000 cases and w as th e New Arrangement. in one afternoon last week. T he daily la rg e st In history, according to a re­ The trem endous enthusiasm was not lim it for subm arines 12 years. Roseburg, Or.—C onsolidation of the average was 29*4 tons. confined to Paris, and every station p o rt released in Salem recently. The Roseburg and P ortland d istrict United along the line from Caen, w here the C en tral Oregon fa rm ers predict a 1926 pack exceeded the 1925 pack by S tates land offices has been com plet­ S HO RT N E W S NUGGETS American aviators went from Ver-Sur- ed here. All governm ent land In O re­ bum per w heat crop th is year. The 1.124,283 cases. The loganberry pack W alla W alla, W ash. — T he largest Mer, was Jammed with people when grain around M adras and C ulver is for 1926 aggregated 694,767 cases, w heat crop In muny y ears is predicted W allace O. W oods of K ansas has gon w est of the C ascade m ountains Is th e train passed. now handled through the Roseburg of­ by grain men here. C arl Roe, district been appointed re g iste r of the tre a s­ expected to average 30 bushels an ch erries 389,335 cases, pears 540,993 acre. R ecent rain s m ade a record cases, prunes 373,038 cases and apples fice. which Is the th ird largest In the m anager of th e K err, Gifford Grain ury by P resid en t Coolidge. 420,357 cases. In every line but plum s Spokane citizens have raised »60,- yield alm ost a certain ty . AVIATIO N MAKING GOOD U nited S tates from th e standpoint of company, estim ates th a t 5,000,000 C ollections of the O regon custom s th e re w as an Increase in the pack fo r revenue, being exceeded only by of­ bushels will be h arv ested In this 000 to finance th e big air derby plan­ Oakland-to-Honolulu Flight Climax of fices located In oil-hearing districts. county, 6.000,000 In U m atilla. 2,000,000 ned for th a t city for S eptem ber 14-20. d istrict for th e y ear ending last T h u rs­ 1926. Year's Developments. W ith a total volume of constru ction Mickey W alker knocked out Tomm y day topped an o th e r new high m ark, The local office now has julrsdictlon each In G arfield and Colum bia, and 1,- Yonkers, N. Y. Describing the Call over more th an 1,000,000 acres of 000,000 in F ranklin. Milligan, pride of Scotland, in the am ounting to »1,613,515, while for the valued a t »2,316,145 recorded for the fornia Hawaii flight as a fitting climax hom estead land and more than 1,250,- T urnover In farm m achinery indi­ ten th round of th eir 20-round bout for y ear ending June 30, 1926, they were first 29 days of June. P ortland h a a of the first year's progress. A ssistant 000 acres of Oregon and California cates exceptional activ ity not dupli­ th e m iddlew eight cham pionship of the »1,258,161, and th a t w as a record. m aintained a substantial Increase fo r Secretary of W ar Davison, In charge tim ber land. cated since th e w ar buying. Sales run world in London. A storia held a loggers' Jubilee July the first half of this year com pared of aeronautics, outlined the arm y's pro­ A m erican m arines a re being sen t to 2 to 4. Log-bucking, rolling, cable w ith the sam e period of last year. F o r As the tim ber Is rem oved the tra c ts uniform ly through W alla W alla. Day gram for the second 12 month period will be throw n open to entry. ton and C olum bia counties, Poniroy recap tu re the San Aldino gold m ines splicing, tra c k laying, line pulling, the six m onths period ju st past. P o rt­ of its five-year aviation developm ent An increase In th e office force has d ealers rep o rtin g 35 com bine har- in N icaragua, owned by an A merican, calk-shoe races and Intercam p boxing land has achieved a total of »20.073,- plan In an address before th e R otary been requested by H. A. Canaday, reg ­ v esters and 25 binding m achines apld. C harles Butler, following bandit seiz­ w ere featured. H undreds of loggers 020 w orth of new construction, au club here. with harrow s and plows. Sale price of ure of th e property, according to state particip ated in th e various stunts. against »1 ,,257,075 for th e first six ister and receiver. Praising the flight of L ieutenants com bines av erag es »3000. d ep artm en t N icaraguan advices. W hen th e election board of W est m onths of 1926, a gain of nearly »3,- Maitland and H egenberger, Mr. Davl S tarbuck and Fields, n o rth east, In In d u strial E ngland heaved a vast precinct of Hood R iver opened the 000,000. Apple Crops to Bring Good Price, son said: "T he courage and skill Hood River, Or.—W ith apple yields dicate from 40 to 50 bushels to the sight of relief recen tly when it was polls a t the F ran k to n school th ey dis­ F ire originating in th e H otel Oregon shown by the two pilots typify the in all com m ercial sections of th e n a­ acre In m any places. announced th a t th e num ber of unem ­ covered th a t vandals had entered the last week, destroyed that place. P o la r spirit of the arm y air corps, while tion showing a heavy falling off this This to tal of 16,000,000 bushels for j ployed had dropped below th e million building and had stolen th e telephone B ear pool hail, Redmond Cleaning the efficient perform ance of the plane season, indications point to profitable this section will be g re a te r th an any m ark for the first tim e since th e be­ in stru m en t and electric lighting fix W orks and across the stre e t destroyed points to the high standard set for prices for the Pacific N orthw est's ap­ in 10 years, say grain men. ginning of the general strik e early tures. the Hotel Redmond, Hotel Redmond army aircraft." last year. ple crop. The opening price of Grav- Grill, Redmond Land and Loan com­ The first of a series of d istrict m eet­ With the new fiscal year startin g , enstelns has already been set at »2 to Crop rep o rts from m ost of the w heat pany, th e county ag en t's office. Mag­ U. S. R E L IN Q U IS H E S AIR M AIL grow »21,891,000 will be available, he de­ »2.25 per box. ing sections are optim istic and it ings, called for discussion of plans for nolia shop, Ben’s confectiorery, H iw ay com m unity packing houses and the clared, for continuation of the avia­ Western Route Passes to Boeing Air­ is possible the Pacific northw est will th eater, H otel Annex and D eschutes tion development. th is y ear have its g reatest yield. Grain rem oval of spray residue, was held in Pow er and L ight com pany's office. plane Company, Industrial Survey W ork to be Begun. Hood R iver last week by the Apple In reviewing the progress of the W ashington, D. C.—T he postoffice men art1 talking of a 100.000,000-bushel Most of the buildings w ere coverefi b y Seattle, W ash. — P relim in ary work past year, the assistan t secretary suld on an Industrial survey of th e states d ep artm en t’s notable contribution to w heat crop for Oregon, W ashington G row ers' association a t the Oak Grove insurance. school house. the war-lime wooden training planes of W ashington, Oregon, Idaho and flying, th e w estern half of the tra n s­ and n o rth ern Idaho. O nly four m easures on th e s ta te The Sycan w hite wolf, w hich has for reserve and national guard flying Montana will be starteil at once by continental a ir mall from C hicago to ballot in the special election w ere ap­ ranged for 12 years In L ake county would be com pletely replaced with the United S tates bureau of foreign San Francisco, over which pilots daily Judge Lindsey Put off Famous Bench. proved, and these were the m ost in­ modem equipm ent by September 1. Denver, Colo. — Ben B. L indsey's and has killed »15,000 w orth of horses, and dom estic com m erce, according to fly over the Rocky m ountains, has consequential of the lot. E very m eas­ sheep and o th er livestock In his ca­ been turned over to p rivate operation long career as Judge of the D enver Shlrl H. Blalock, d istrict m anager. ure dealing with taxes or expenditure reer. was trapped la st M onday by El­ Nanking Prepared to Make Amende. a fte r nearly seven y ears of govern- [ juvenile court, which he founded a of money was voted down. The net m er W illiam s, of th e U nited S tates Shanghai. The Nanking, or m oder­ m ent service. q u arter of a century ago and made T H E M ARKETS. resu lt of th e election has been closing ate nationalist regim e in China Is will The relin q u ish m en t of th e servtce to fam ous throughout the world, w as in- biological survey. Portland. the N estucca river to com m ercial fish­ th e Boetng A irplane com pany of Se- | terru p te d when a court order official- Ing to accept responsibility and m ake S tanford W arren, infant son of Mr. W heat - Big Bend bluestem and hard ing; adopting a m easure to p rev en t reparations for dam ages suffered by white, »1.39; federation, soft white and : attle. W ash , Ju n e 30. m arked the first ly ousted him. in line with the Colo­ and Mrs. H. W. Frink, N eskowin, was votes being sworn in on election day; Americana during the Nanking dis w estern w hite, »137; h ard w inter, 1 step in the consum m ation of th e de- rado suprem e co u rt's decision last win­ sm othered to death last week when a perm itting persons charged w ith crim e orders ot March 24. C. C. Wu. m inister »134; no rth ern spring. »1.36; w estern , p artm en t's plan to place Its transcon- te r th a t he w as illegally elected In rubber bib he was w earing w as draw s to plead guilty w ithout w aiting to be of foreign atfuirs for (he N anking gov over his face. He had been left alon« ! tln en tal a ir mail In the hands of pri­ 1924. red. »1.33. indicted, and expunging from the con­ for a few m inutes by th e m other. Thi em inen t fold Burton K. W heeler, Uni­ Hay — Alfalfa, »20.50021; valley vate com m ercial aviation com panies, stitution a dead-letter section which Bill Tilden Loses to Frenchman. ted S ta te , senator from Montana, who tim othy, »20020.50; eastern Oregon j The e a stern division of th e a ir mail baby sucked the thin ru b b er tissu« prohibits negroes from voting. M ost into its m outh and nostrils. la studying conditions in China. W im bledon, England. — Snatching from Chicago to New York will be tim othy, »220 22.50. im portant of all the m easures on th e . turned over to th e N ational Air Trans- victory out ot th e very Jaws of defeat, Ilu tterfat 39t4r. W heat exports from P ortland dur­ ballot was the proposed sta te Income Fokke- Plant Plane to Fly 72 Hours. H enri Cochet, one ot F rance's "T hree ing th e cereal year ending Thursday | port, Inc., of Chicago on July 31. Eggs Ranch, 19022c. tax. which was defeated by over 19,- New York An airplane capable of The Boeing com pany is operating a M usketeers” of tennis, w rote ten n is totaled 26,711.217 bushels valued at C attle S teers, good. »9 25 0 1 ". 000 Eighteen counties out of the 36 flying 72 houra and which he Intima! Hogs Medium to choice. »8,50® fleet of 21 planes of its own m ake, suf h isto ry when he defeated W illiam T. »36.210.937, according to figures tabu | in the state voted for the tax. T hey ed will be used In the proposed Seattle- 10 35. fleient to tran sp o rt tw o passengers T ilden, the A m erican ace, a fte r one of lated from M erchants' Exchange rec­ Toklo flight, la being built by Anth th e g re a te st uphill b attles ev er stag ­ ords. T his is far above the total of I were Benton, Clackam as, Crook, Gil­ Lam bs medium to choice. »10.600 and the mail cargo. liam. Hood River. Lane. Lincoln. L inn, ony F ”kker, he announced F okker 13 ed on the W im bledon cham pionship 17.269.538 bushels valued at »25,691,- Malheur. Polk. Sherm an, U m atilla, built both the "B ird of P arad ise," ten n is courts. Day Cities Welcome Aviators. »54 for th e cereal year ending June Union. Wallowa, W asco, W ashington, Seattle. flown to Honolulu by M aitland and 30. 1926. San F rancisco.—San F rancisco and W heat Soft w hite or w estern white, W heeler and Yamhill. H egenberger. and the "A m erica" in »1.44; hard w inter, »1 43; w estern red , O akland are prep arin g an elaborate Hawaii Needs Famous Plane. Mrs. Ruby H agman was proclaim ed Mrs J. H. Myers of Lakeside, n e a r W ashington. D. C. — L ieutenants which llyrd and his com panions flew and no rth ern spring. »1 42; Btg Bend ' welcome for L ieu ten an ts M aitland and th e m odern "Mrs. Jiggs" recently at N orth Bend, was injured fatally when to Europe. bluestem , »153, Btg Bend dark n o rth ­ H egenberger, pilots of the btg arm y M aitland and H egenberger will not the annual central Oregon trl-county . - i * large tree fell on her. A fter watch- ern spring (1 52; Big Bend d ark hard I Fokker m onoplane on th e virgin voy­ fly back to th e U nited S tates, and the picnic when she won the rolling pin ing the cutting and wedging o f Th e Byrd Allowed 3477 Miles. age to Hawaii. The filers will retu rn plane with which they reach H awaii contest by hurling the household wea w inter. »1 49 S‘DK of th e tree she started for safety. W ithout W ashington. I). C. Com m ander will be left th e re for inter-island fly­ Hay Alfalfa, »25; tim othy, P. 8 , I to San Francisco hay July 12. pon 120 feet. She claimed fhe central w arning the tre e toppled over th e Richard E Byrd was credited In fig ing. the w ar dep artm en t decided. »21 Oregon championship. wedges and crashed upon her. urea compiled by th e geological aurvey Saplro Suit Retrial Set for September Ilu tterfat 4»«. The G reat Southern R ailroad com- In one of the lightest voles in th e with covering a distance of 3177 miles, Detroit Mich F ederal Judge Fred Pacific Coaat Ale T raffic Increases. | pany operating between The Dalles Eggs Ranch, 17H 021>4c San F rancisco.—Pacific coast pas­ the a ir line distance betw een Roose­ M Raymond set S eptem ber 12 as a C a ttle S te e rs , choice, »9 0 9.76. j and Friend, has notified the public history of W asco county a local m eas­ velt field. N p w York, and Ver-Sur Mer. ten tativ e d ate for the re tria l of Aaron senger a ir line traffic haa increased I service commission that It will reissue ure calling for th e voting of »32.000 Ilo g s P rim e. »10 5 0 0 10 60. Franca. L indbergh covered 3610 m iles Sapiro's »1.000,000 libel su it against m ore than 60O0 per cent since Jan u a ry the sam e reduced rates on grain ship­ 1 year for two years, the money to be Spokana. and Cham berlin and Levine 3906 H enry Ford and the D earborn Inde­ 1, A. K. H um phries, an official of the m ents for the season 1927-1928 that used In the erection of a p erm an en t C attle Steera. good. »8 5009. j county fair ground In The Dullee, w as miles. Pacific Air T ransport, declared here. pendent, H ugs Good, (9 6 0 0 9.75. ware effective last season. 'varw helm ingly defeated, 1269 to 483, CANADIANS OBSERVE DIAMOND JUBILEE SUBMARINE SEEMS DESTINED TO STAY AIRMEN RECEIVE GREAT OVATION EXPERTS PREDICT HUGE WHEAT CROP