OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
A thorough liftin g of th e Salem po
lice d ep artm en t and a shakeup on
grounds of gross carelessness among
officers of the dep artm en t will be
m ade by Paul Johnson, chairm an of
the police com m ittee of the city conn-
N ELSO N T. JOHNSON
B rief Resum e of H appenings of «*»•
The report of the county treasu rer
the W eek C ollected fo r
E. B. Sappington, which was com plet
ed Monday, shows W ashington county
O ur R ead ers.
AMERICAN LEGION
CONVENES IN PARIS
SEN ATO R C APPER
G eneral P ershing and His
Doughboys Are W a rm ly
W elcom ed by French.
M'ADOO NOT TO BE
CANDIDATE IN 1928
R esponds to R equest That He
Announce H is S tand on
C a n d id a c y .
free of bonded indebtedness. T he re
port, compiled for S tate T reasu rer
The annual reunion of th e Hood Kay. is for the fiscal year ending Au
P aris.—G eneral P ersh in g and h is
W ashington. D. C.—W illiam Gibbs
R iver Pioneer association was held g u st 31.
doughboys are back in F rance again,
McAdoo, whose p residential campaign
Saturday.
and the a ir of P aris Is filled with lilt
w as w recked in th e titan ic struggle
A nother candidate for th e title of
ing w artim e tunes. “M adelon” and
The new $175,000 Hood R iver high
w ith the forces of A lfred E. .Sm ith at
cham pion corn grow er of Jackson
“ Over T here,’’ and thoughts of F rench
school will be form ally dedicated F ri couny Is J. 8. Vandorfy of O rchard
M adison S quare garden three years
people have turned back to rem em
day afternoon, Septem ber 23.
ago, announced th a t he would not en
Home district, who brought a stalk of
brancea of those days of 1917 when
te r the race for the dem ocratic nomin
In the opinion of A ttorney G eneral the field corn m easuring 13 feet into
Europe m ade the acquaintance of the
ation in 1928.
Van Winkle, the city of Bandon m ust th e cham ber of com m erce from his
Yank in uniform.
T here w as im m ediate speculation
pay a tax on its hydro-electric system . ranch n ear Medford.
This tim e Yank—30,000 of him, they
am ong p a rty lead ers as to the prob
All the schools of K lam ath county
How a m otorist stopped his car to
gay—is in “c its” and th ere isn ’t a
able effect of his announcem ent on
Will rem ain closed Indefinitely in an pursue a deer, caught the anim al
man in all Europe to p revent him as
th e fo rtu n es of G overnor Sm ith and
effort to check the spread of Infantile
barehanded" and sat on It until a
he goes about the job of seeing F rance
o thers. M any of them read in the
paralysis.
farm er cam e along and len t him a
as a civilian.
sta te m e n t an invitatio n to the New
Schools throughout Yamhill county ham m er with which to kill the quarry,
All P aris has caught the carnival
York governor to w ithdraw , also, but.
are fast preparing for the opening Is the story being told am ong Eugene
spirit th a t th is second A m erican ex-
few of them thought he would do so.
days, which vary through the Mondays sportsm en last week.
p iditionary force has brought and the
G overnor Sm ith him self declined to
of Septem ber.
O peration of the Bohemia L um ber
whole country took a holiday Monday
m ake any com m ent, as did his friends
A
recent
p
o
rtrait
of
United
States
Two persons are dead and an o th er com pany, a sh o rt distance south of
when A m erican legionnaires paraded
here.
Senator A rth u r Capper of Kansas.
Is In a serious condition as th e resu lt C ottage Grove, will be resum ed Mon
Mr. McAdoo’s decision was com
Nelson T . Johnson, who has been through th e capital before opening
of hopyard accidents in the Salem vi day, Septem ber 26. T his p lant was
m unicated to G eorge F. Milton, pub
appointed assistant secretary of state. th eir convention on soil they helped
closed down during th e sum m er for
cinity last week.
save ten short years ago.
lish er of the C hattanooga, Tenn.,
Twenty thousand men of the A m eri
The w inter cam paign ag ain st coy lack of w ater to operate its flume.
News, in a le tte r se n t in response to
can Legion who fought for F rance,
otes In K lam ath county, in which pol Seventy-five men will be employed.
a req u est from Mr. Milton he an
and m any of th e ir womenfolk, m arch
John I,. Rand has succeeded th e late
Son is spread, has opened in th e east
nounce his candidacy.
ed in a g reat parade under the Arc de
George II. B urnett as chief ju stice of
ern part of th e county.
D eclaring th is his “chief concern"
Triomphe, and in hom age to th e un
Oregon’s five state owned moose in the Oregon state suprem e court, the
w as the "suprem acy of dem ocratic
Geneva.—The Dominion of Canada principles and progressive policies,"
known soldier, placed red, w hite and
the Siltooos lake d istrict are m aking clerk of the court announced. U nder
was elected to one of the non-perma- Mr. McAdoo said th a t “perhaps 1 can
blue flowers around, his grave.
th eir annual raids on gardens and o r th e rules of the court, the office of
P aris.—The F ranch reply to th e
The procession of A m ericans, re n ent sea ts on the council of the do m ore to advance th ese objects as
chief ju stice will now alte rn a te be
chards of the Ada vicinity.
A m erican rep resen tatio n s concerning
♦
turning in peace to th e stre e ts w here League of N ations.
tw een Ju stice Rand and Ju stice Thom
a p riv ate citizen than as a candidate
Dairymen and poultry raisers of the
th e new F rench ta riff ra te s proposes
O ther n ations elected to non-perm a for th e presidency.”
they had once m arched in the grim
as A. McBride.
Hood River valley m et a t L ibrary ball
to accord A m erican com m odities a 50
The Jackson county products show p er cent reduction of the general ta r days of w ar, sta rte d from the Place n en t seats w ere Cuba and Finland.
I p refer to stan d aside," he added,
last Saturday to discuss plans for o r
The election of C anada to th e coun “in o rd er th at th e field may be left
d'lena, moved through th e A rce de
ganizing a co-operative buying society. opened its doors last T hursday with a iff now effective, to hold during nego
good exhibit of livestock, farm prod tiatio n s for a com m ercial tre a ty be Triom phe and then down the Cham ps cil m arked th e elevation of th e first clear, so far as I can clea r it, for the
A Port Orford cedar tree from Coos
Elysees to th e P alace de la Concorde, of the independent B ritish dom inions
county will rep resen t the state of O re ucts and school work done by clubs. tw een France and the U nited S tates. w here the m archers w ere review ed to m em bership in the superior govern developm ent of a leadership th a t can
T his year, due to lack of funds, no
m ore effectively gain th ese ends.
Since the general tariff is four
gon in the national mem orial grove
county fair could be held, but th e tim es the minim um rate, A m erican by F ran ce’s tw o g re a te st soldiers, ing body of the league.
I shall not, th erefo re, be a candi
in Golden Gate park, San Francisco.
G reat B ritain, as an em pire, holds d ate for th e dem ocratic presidential
granges of the d istrict voted to spon products th u s would have to pay tw ice M arshals Foch and Joffre, and A m eri
One of the most Interesting exhibits sor an exhibition.
ca's w ar leader, G eneral John J. one of the p erm anent sea ts on the nom ination in 1928.”
th a t assessed on im ports from Ger Pershing.
at the Josephine county fair was the
league council, to g eth er w ith F rance,
The
sta
te
prohibition
dep
artm
en
t
many
and
o
th
er
countries
with
which
three-room house furnished by th e
Italy, G erm any and Japan.
A
gainst
th
e
colorful
background
women of the county a t a cost of only p articipated in 93 a rre sts for liquor F rance has com m ercial treaties.
provided
by
the
F
rench
governm
ent,
T he non-perm anent m em bers a re
law violations during August, accord
F rance asks th e U nited S tates for
»27.
the ninth annual convention of the elected annually. T here a re nine non
ing to a report filed in th e executive reciprocity in th e com plete segise of
During the rainfall year which dep artm en t by George Alexander, state
A m erican Legion got off to a whop perm anent m em bers of the council.
th e word as the only acceptable basis
F orty-nine of the 56 nations which
ping s ta rt M onday m orning.
Closed Septem ber 1, Newport received prohibition com m issioner. Fines im
for a tariff tre a ty betw een the two
hold m em bership in the league par
73.13 Inches of precipitation, 5.71 posed aggregated $5000 and jail sen
countries.
ticipated in the voting. C anada re
Inches more than h er average allot tences 1140 days.
In a note replying to A m erican rep
W ashington, D. C.—A ugust m erchan
m ent.
ceived the sm allest affirm ativ e vote
th e
new
On and a fte r Jan u ary 1, 1928, all resen tatio n s concerning
of any of the th ree n ations elected dise exports of the U nited S tates were
One of the most rem arkable hay
ow ners of m otor vehicles m ust carry F rench tariff schedule, the F rench for
valued by the com m erce departm ent
Cuba received 40 affirm ativ e votes
crops ever harvested in Yamhill coun
in th e ir cars certificates of re g istra eign office set forth the F rench con
a t »375,000,000, w hile Im ports were
F inland 33, and C anada 26.
ty was that of George H. Finney of
tion Issued by the state d e p a rtm e n t ception of reciprocity as the condi
set at »371,000,000, leaving a favorable
Sheridan, whose 375 acres produced
T his is required under a law enacted tions for en terin g upon fruitful nego
balance of »4,000,000.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-—D espite th eir H IN D E N B U R G
65o tons.
D E N IE S G U ILT
at th e last legislative session. Con tiation of a ta riff treaty.
F o r the sam e m onth la st year ex
rapidly
thinning
ran
k
s
and
the
w
eight
A fire of undeterm ined origin de tain ers for the certificates will be fur
The im pression in both F rench and
ports
am ounted to »384,449.000 and im
stroyed a group of buildings outBide nished by the state w ithout cost to A m erican circles w as th a t the note of advancing years, m em bers of the President o f Republic Declares Ger ports »336.477,000. Both exports and
Grand
Army
of
the
Republic
voted
in
m
any’s
Hands
A
re
Clean.
th e main business district of Salem the m otor vehicle owners.
sim ply was th e first step in opening
im ports last m onth gained over July,
th e ir annual encam pm ent th a t th e
last week, with loss variously estim at
T annenburg, E ast P ru ssia.—U nveil the form er Increasing »33,000,000 and
Dividends from th e defunct T illa w hat are likely to be prolonged treaty tim e has not come for the relinquish-
ing a m onum ent in com m em oration of the la tte r, »52,000,000.
ed at »50,000.
mook County bank were d istributed negotiations.
m ent of th e ir duties In the yearly ob- th e famPUS battIe of T ann en b erg in
Lee C. Rogers, city engineer of Sea am ong the depositors of the com m er
Gold exports in A ugust reached »1,-
servance of M emorial day.
A ugust, 1914 P resid en t Von H inden
side, was instantly killed and W. A. cial and savings d ep artm en ts of the
524,000 as ag ain st $3,803,000 in July.
B R IE F G ENER AL N E W S
A proposal to delegate the leading ' burg, wbo was victorious in th a t bat
H attrem was seriously Injured in an bank recently. This is the first divi
Incom e shipm ents, how ever, exceeded
role in annual M emorial day services
autom obile accident a mile south of dend to be distributed by th e state
Cannda will pay off in O ctober in to the m em bers of the A m erican Le tie, delivered a speech repudiating the outgoing by $6,353,000, totaling
G erm any’s w ar guilt
St. Helens last week.
»7,877,000 la st m onth, as ag ain st $10,-
banking dep artm en t since th e bank cash the »100,000,000 loan m aturing in gion and the veteran s of m ore recen t
It was in self-defense and w ith a 738,000 in July.
This week will see the completion was declared Insolvent, and closed by New York, according to advices from w ars was defeated a fte r several of
pure conscience, he declared, th a t th e
th e m inister of finance.
S liver exports topped im ports in
of the 600-foot tunnel under the slido th e banking dep artm en t March 19.
the gray-haired veteran s had favored sw ord was unsheathed by G erm any.
An
estate
of
»100,000,
of
which
»70,-
A ugust by »1,101.000, am ounting to »5,-
on th e Roosevelt highway between
A rrangem ents were made last T h u rs
tu rning over th eir honored place.
At any m om ent he was' ready to prove
Marshfield and Coquille, by the state day for eight ‘‘echo’’ conferences to 000 is in personul property, was left
E lridge R. Hawk of Sacram ento, this fact before im partial judges, he 590,000 as against $6.650.000 In July.
by
M
ajor-General
L
eonard
Wood,
gov
Im ports totaled »4,489,000 and com
highway departm ent.
be held in Oregon cities as an after-
Cal., w as elected com m ander in chief said.
pared with $4,288,000 In July.
The Southw estern Oregon Produc m ath to a three-day evangelistic con ern o r general of the P hilippines, when of the G rand Army of the Republic at
T he speech was the m ost significant
ers' association, formed in Coos coun vention held a t Eugene recently. Cities he died recently.
the annual encam pm ent here T h u rs form al u tteran ce the field m arsh al has
Rodman
W
anam
aker,
New
York
ty for the purpose of raising broccoli, In which the m eetidgs will be held are
day. H is election was m ade unani- made since his accession to the presi C RO SBY W IN S COW BOY TITLE
has offered a prize of »5 for a nam e Albany, Salem, K lam ath Falls, Med m erchant, carries $7.500.000 insurance mous when all of the candidates with
dency. H is w ords w ere spoken am id a
for the local product.
W in n e r Presented W ith
Roosevelt
ford, Roseburg, N orth Bend, Dallas on his life, the larg est am ount carried drew in his favor when he le.l In the
spectacular setting, surrounded by w ar
by
any
A
m
erican,
according
to
a
sur-
balloting
but
did
not
have
a
m
ajority,
Tro ph y at Pendleton Round-Up.
Announcem ent was made recently and Bandon.
T be m ortality ra te nm ong t he vet. com rades, including G eneral Luden
P endleton, Or. — Bob C rosby was
of pluns for im m ediate construction
The W hite House pool hall and con vey made public.
D
eaths
from
su
n
stro
k
e
and
heat
ex
,
ran
s Is about 12,000 a year. Com- dorff and Field M arshal Von Macken proclaim ed the w orld's cham pion cow
of a »50,000 sawmill by the Milton Box fectionery, built years ago when Cas
sen,
governm
ent
leaders
and
dep
u
ta
company at Milton, on a ten acre tra c t cade Locks was a bustling town, with haustlon during the middle west hot mander-in-Chief F rank A. W alsh said tions of w ar veterans, ag ain st a back boy for the second tim e a t the Pen
adjoining Its present plant.
large crew s working th ere budding the spell last week w ere placed at 18 In and the G. A. R. will have disappeared ground of old arm y b attle flags and dleton Round-Up grounds as one of the
( hicago, which seem ed to have been alm ost entirely w ithin th ree years. He
final ev en ts of th e 18th annual Wild
regim ental colors.
W hile driving his autom obile down locks, was burned in a sp ectacu lar fire
hardest hit. Four persons died in St re iterated his statem en t of a few days
W est classic.
Mlnam hill M. R. Chenoweth collided late T hursday night. G overnm ent em Louis from the heat and a few deaths
Ry w inning highest honors at the
w ith a bear. Before it recovered from ployes on th e locks stretch ed hose and d irectly or indirectly due to the high ago th a t “while two of us are left we F lier M eets D eath in W reckage Trap.
C heyenne F ro n tier Days he outdid his
the shock of collision Chenoweth pick saved th e town, which was seriously tem p eratu re w ere reported elsewhere. will stick to g eth er.”
San Diego, Cal —J. K. K ruger, avia
The pension com m ittee was in stru ct
n e arest com petitor. Dick Shelton, for
ed up a large rock and killed the bear. th reatened.
"A voluntary universal arb itratio n " ed to m ake efforts for the raising of tion pilot In the U nited S tates fleet
11>> honor a t Pendleton by only a few
The
new
half
mile
track
at
th
e
state
L ast Friday the Linn county fair
pack, introduced In the league of na the pensions of widows of veteran s a ir service, m et death by drow ning points.
board acted as host to all the school fair plant at Salem was tu rn ed over to tions assem bly com m ission on dis
m ore th an 65 years of ago to »50 a when the torpedo plane he w as pilot
Je sse L aw rence won th e northw est
children of Linn county at the annual the sta te fair board last week. The arm am en t by Dr. F rid tjo f N ansen of m onth.
ing fell into San Diego bay.
bucking cham pionship.
Joe B ryant
track
will
be
used
for
the
first
tim
e
fair In Albany, which was voted by pa
Norway, created trem endous interest
was seKmd and Fred H uggins third.
tro n s to be one of th e best ever held. at th is y ear’s fair. The sta te now has as concrete developm ent of a move
Strahorn Sells O. C. & E. Interest. C rlts in g e r Quits as Reserve Governor.
Bob A skings w as declared w orld’s
The new Southern Pacific bus serv both a mile and a half-mile track. It m ent to outlaw war. The pact would
W ashington. D. C — The resignation cham pion bucker, with Phil Yoder sec
Spokane.—R obert E. S trahorn, capi
was
said
th
at
the
new
track
would
ex
ice will retu rn to the sta te of Oregon
m ake w ar betw een signatories im pos
ta list and builder of the Oregon, Cali of Daniel R. C rlssinger as governor of ond and W alter H eacock third. In
annual m ileage tax es aggregating »16.- pedite th e races and at the sam e tim e sible by provision for settlem en t of all
fornia & E astern railroad, announced the federal reserve board was an the Round-Up Derby event, first hon
600, according to announcem ent made give th e sp ectato rs a b etter view of questions by arb itratio n .
ors w ent to D usty Dick, ridden by
the horses.
he had sold his half in te re st in th at nounced by S ecretary Mellon.
a t the offices of the public service
Jesse Farrow .
line
to the Q reat N orthern. The pur
C anning of vegetables on a dim m er-
commission.
Land Flying Takes 10 Lives.
THE MARKETS.
chase price was reported to be »900,-
Plainfield. N. J. — Seven persons
Tom atoes are ripening well In the citl scale will be tried out in Salem
000
and
th
at
of
other
property
sold
Nevada Ex-O fficials Get Prison Term .
Grand Island d istrict, considering the th is y ear for the first time, according were killed and five Injured whqjj a to be »600.000. but S trahorn declined
Portland.
to
announcem
ent
made
recently.
The
C arson City, Nev. — F orm er S tate
F
okker
airplane
crashed
In
an
apple
cloudy w eather. G rowers are d esir
M h eat— Rig Rend blueatem , »1.24;
to nam e the exact sums. Sale of the
ous of sunny w eather to speed ripen Paulus cannery will put up a large orchard n ear New M arket. The m a In terest in the railroad places ow ner hard w hite, »1.23; federation, $1.24*6; T reasu rer Ed Malley and Form er S tate
ing in sufficient am ount to keep can q u an tity of carrots, parsnips, beets and chine was owned by the Reynolds air ship in the road jointly In the hands of soft w hite and w estern white, $1.22; C ontroller George Cole w ere each sen
o th er Vegetables. Officials of the cor ways and it set out from H adley field
n eries running steadily.
hard w inter, $1.23; n o rth ern spring, tenced to spend from five to 15 years
portion said the pack probably would with its load of passengers seeking th e S outhern Pacific and the Great
in the sta te prison as a resu lt of th eir
E. E. G ervais of Marshfield killed exceed 15,000 rases.
N orthern. O peration will be Joint and $1.24; w estern red. »1.20.
th eir first thrill in the air.
conviction on charges of em bezzling a
H
ay
—
Alfalfa,
»16.50017;
valley
a th re e p o ln te d buck with a bow and
neutral. S trahorn said
D espite the oft repeated estim ates
tim othy. »16.50 0 17; eastern OregoD half million dollars of sta te funds.
arrow at a distance of 45 paces He
Lindy Gets »95.000 Royalties on “ W e"
Both declared th eir innnocence as sen
of
som
e
of
th
e
leading
cran
b
erry
in
tim othy. »20.
Used a 70-pound yew bow made by
Cabinet Members Favor Long Flights.
te
re
sts
th
a
t
th
is
season's
crop
in
Ore
New
York,
N.
Y.—T
he
New
York
tence was passed, and notice of ap
B
u
tte
rfa
t—45c.
him self. The arrow p en etrated the
W ashington. I). C. Air secretaries
peal was given.
gon and W ashington Is going to be a Evening Post says th at Colonel
E ggs— Ranch, 29036c.
d e e r’s neck and shoulder 20 inches.
record breaker, latest p rivate survey C harles A. Lindbergh s book "W e" has of the arm y, navy and comm erce de
C
attle—
S
teers,
good.
»9
0
9.75.
The reg istratio n of to u rists and oth
fails to confirm such reports. The already netted him »95,000 in royalties. p artm en t decided against all m easures
452 Sheep Bought by Soviet Agents.
Hogs— Medium to choice, »10 0 0 0
er out of the state autom obiles at the
latest Idea of the crop from independ The publishers said that sales of “ We" to curb pioneer lo n g d istan ce flying 12.00.
P ortland, Or.—A fter several days in
Medford branch of the Oregon S tate
ent sources Is for a ra th e r good pro would pass the 190,000 m ark over the through legislation. While recogniz
Lam bs — Medium to choice, »10 50 the Pacific northw est, with Portland
M otor association shows an Increase
ing the hazards of such flights, the
duction but no records a re likely to week end.
011.50.
as h ead q u arters, the R ussian sheep
Of 800 th is year over the correspond be broken.
com m ittee is saiisfled public sen ti
Seattle.
buying comm ission, rep resen tin g the
ing tx rto d of last year, th e total reg
H undreds of pounds of honey have Dry O fficers Must be Above Suspicion. m ent will discourage all enterprises
W heat — Soft w hite, hard w inter, U nited Soviet S tates, has purchased
istratio n s being above 10,000 so far
undertaken
by
Incom
petent
personnel
W ashington, I». C.— W ith oral testa
been taken from betw een the walls of
»1.24'y; w estern red. »1.21)6; n o rth 452 purebread sheep, according to an
th is year.
the C arroll Miller firm residence, six virtually com pleted, the civil service or in unw orthy t |U.; iuenL
ern spring »1.271«; bluestem . »1.28; announcem ent m ads when th e commis
comm
ission
has
announced
th
a
t
the
Shortly before the city of Portland m iles north of Coburg.
Bees had
dark northern spring, » 1 2 8 )6 ; dark sion left for Chicago.
Will offer for sale »1.000.000 w orth of been w orking there for a num ber of next slep In th e exam ination of appli Washburn-Crosby Company Buys M ill.
hard w inter. »1.34 >6.
w ater bonds for the construction of years, according to the ow ners of the cants for the ad m in istrativ e positions
P ortland, Or.—The W ashburn-C ros
H a y -A lfa lfa , »25; tim othy $28; Around Globe G lrdlers Abandon Flight
In
the
prohibition
service
would
be
a
th e Dear Creek dam. City Auditor house It was derided to rem ove them
by com pany, one of the largest flour P. 8 , 22.
Toklo.—F orm al announcem ent th a t
Punk has issued a statem en t of the and in o rd er to do so It was necessary c h aracter Investigation.
m illing firms of Minneapolis, is enter-
E u tte r—Cream ery. 45c.
W illiam S. Brock and E dw ard F.
financial condition of the city, show
ir g actively into th, flour business of
to rem ove the p laster on the wall from
Eggs— Rar. th . 39041c,
Schlee had ebandoned th e ir proposed
Ing th at the total bonded debt now is celling to floor. Almost th e en tire Lindsey W ould Practice in California the Pacific n o r th « .- t. The companv
Ca tie St. rs. choice, » 9 0
Loa A ngeles, C al. -Ju d g e Ben Lind has Just completed the purchase of the I
flight across the P acific via th e Mid
(43,407.224 79. about half of which is space betw een the walls was filled
H ,;s —C "O•!, »11 50011.75.
way islands and Honolulu w rs made by
paid from taxes and the other half Is with honeycomb. One section of the sey. noted Denver jurist, filed applies plant and buslnes- f th Pasco Flour I
Spokane.
the agent rep resen tin g th e Li rs. The
paid fr >n revenues o r front assess
comb tak en out was m ore than four tlon In the district court of ap p eal, for M ils com panv gt Pasco W ash., from
C at: .i— S t’"re. good, »8 7.0- 9.0C.
adm ission to the C alifornia bar.
effort to fly around the world, he said,
B u n ts ag ain st property benefited.
and a h alt feet long.
the ow uers, ,M W. H unt and E. Franx
'• »11.50 012.10. '
il g
had been abandoned.
CANADA GIVEN SEAT
ON LEAGUE COUNCIL
FRANCE SEEKS NEW
COMMERCIAL PACT
AUGUST U. S. EXPORTS
PASS THE IMPORTS
GRAND ARMY NOT TO
RELINQUISH DUTIES