WASHINGTON ROAD
ENGINEER iS JAILED
E fforts will be m ade by the Oregon
state fish comm ission to wipe out this
EDW AR D E. S P A FFO R D
D W IG H T MORROWJ
year moat of the deficit of $25,000
which faces th e organization.
The contract for sidew alks, curbing,
I gutters and paving of five blocks in
Hum es Held in Contem pt ot
L a w m a k e rs and O thers at
B rie f R esum e of H appenings of j the business d istrict of N yssa, was
aw arded to th e Acme C onstruction
C ourt fo r W ithholding
W o rk on D e ta ils of Re-
ffs W eek C ollected fo r
company.
R ecords.
¡lie f M e a s u re .
O ur R ead ers.
La G rande Is p reparing for the
twenty-second annual convention of
the Oregon Congress of P aren ts and
Olympia, W ash. — Sam uel Humes,
W ashington, D. C.—F arm relief leg.
P o rtla n d ’s annual Comm unity Chest
Teachers, which will open th ere T ues
state highw ay engineer, w as ta k e n tc
lslatlon is being explored in the ad
cam paign is scheduled for November
day, October 25,. and continue through
the T hurston county jail by Sherifl
m inistration, in congress and outside
1 I 23.
Friday, O ctober 28.
Claude Havens, following the filing ol
of g overnm ental circles in the hope
More than 400 Marion county teach
A pproxim ately 102 blocks of pave
a state suprem e court decision hold
th at an acceptable and practical ineas-
ers gath ered in Salem last week for
m ent were laid in Salem during the
ure can be w orked out at the coming
ing
him
in
contem
pt
of
court.
th eir annual institute.
presen t year, according to a report
The court ruled th a t H um es must
session of th e house and senate.
P ontifical high m ass was celebrated j prepared by W alter Lowe, stre e t com
stay in jail until such tim e as he shall
S ecretary Ja rd in e and others in the
a t the dedication of the new St. Mary’s m issioner. The pavem ent was laid by
deliver the m inutes and o th er books
ad m in istratio n a re giving the subj-ct
Roman C atholic church in Eugene last th e municipal plant.
of record seized by th e d ep artm en t of
close atte n tio n and P resident Cool
week.
Deposits in P ortland banks to tal
efficiency for auditing purposes after
idge has been Informed that ex Sec
C arbon monoxide gas from an un 1165,997,790, according to rep o rts pre
W ebster Hoover, form er sta te highway
re ta ry N agle of the com m erce depart
ventilated gas h eater caused the death pared in response to a call for sta te
comm issioner, w as discharged and
m ent is a m em ber ot an unofficial
of Ross Orison, 19, of Pendleton, last m ents as of O ctober 10. T his is $6.- 1
Humes appointed io his place.
com m ittee which is working out a
405,232 more th an the to tal for June
week.
The court's decision precludes exer
suggested d ra ft of a bill.
cise of the governor’s pardoning pow
F arm relief has been th e foremost
The budget for th e city ol North 30, th e date of th e last call.
Dw ight M orrow of New Jersey, for
su b ject in the conversations among
Poisoned bait has been sp read over tw elve years a mem ber of the firm of er. it was said.
Bend, to extend over 1928, calls for
It is the first tim e in 38 y ears ol
sen ate republicans from the western
$72,325, 870.025 of which m ust be an area of five m iles betw een Sheri , J. P. Morgan & Co., and a classmate
- / z
i
ag ricu ltu ral sta te s and it was dis
dan and W illa m in a to end destruction
President Coolidge in A m h e rn , h a. statehood th a t a sta te officer diso
raised by taxation.
Edward E. Spafford of New Y o rk,
H. H. Tomlinson, 72, dean of U pper ot sheep by coyotes. N early $1000 been appointed ambassador to Mexico. beyed th e court and was held for con who was unanim ously elected national closed th a t th ese sen ato rs, making up
tem pt. The case opened S eptem ber 6
now only a sm all group variously re-
Valley pioneers, who settled in Hood worth of anim als have been killed and
com mander of the Am erican Legion
when the court called on H um es tc
ferred to as progressives and insurg
River 47 years ago, died at th e Hood some turkeys preyed upon.
at the convention in Paris.
deliver the records. On Septem ber
ents, would invite all others from the
Oregon C ity’s fifth ann u al corn
R iver hospital last week.
20 H um es was cited for contem pt
w estern s ta te s to lend th eir aid in an
The state highw ay com m ission’s show, sponsored by the Bank of Com
The case w as h eard before th e su
attem p ted solution of th e problem.
merce,
when
m
em
bers
of
th
e
boys’
road report, issued recently, reports
preme court O ctober 7. L aw yers for
Some of th e sen ato rs participating
the W apinltia cut-off road leading from and g irls’ clubs and o th er young peo
Humes contended it w as physically
In the conferences are hopeful that
ple
of
C
lackam
as
county
In
terested
in
the Mount Hood loop highway closed.
impossible to deliver the records be
an ag reem ent can be reached on a
corn grow ing will display th e ir prod
W ashington, D. C.—A lbert B. Fall,
The deficit in the general fund of
bill which will be acceptable to the
ucts, will be held S aturday, O ctober form er secretary of the interior, and cause th ey w ere held in a safe by
the state October 8 was 8685,367.69, as
A. R. G ardner, d irecto r of efficiency
farm ers as well as to the adminis
22.
H arry Sinclair, oil m illionaire and
against $373,662.74 O ctober 1, accord
H orta, Island of Fayal, Azores.—A tratio n . T hey concede th a t the Me-
G overnor H artley ordered the in
Five
ducks,
"flying
In
close
form
a
sportsm an, w ent on tria l M onday In vestlgation May 3 and the findings story of th e heroism of R uth E lder,
ing to a statem en t issued by the state
N ary-H augen bill as such, with its
tion,” reports th e keeper of th e N orth the D istrict of Colum bia suprem e
treasu rer.
showed alleged irreg u la rities In the relatin g bow she pleaded with h er re s equalization fee, is a closed issue, but
Head light station, n ear Seaside, court for conspiracy to defraud the
Special irrigation specialists from
handling of highw ay funds.
It was cuers to have h er com panion, George they hope to work out from that
crashed through th e glass on th e w est governm ent out of Its T eapot Dome
all over Oregon gath ered In P rineville
charged th a t m ore than $70,000 of road H aldem an, taken from th e Icy w aters m easure one th a t can be enacted
side of the big illum ination Sunday naval oil reserve.
last week to take p art in the seventh
money had been sp en t w ithout audit of the ocean before rescuing her, was into law and afford a large measure
morning. T h at afternoon th ey formed
The battle prom ises to develop into lng or accounting.
told by m em bers of the crew of the of relief and aid to the farm ers.
annual session of the Oregon Irrig a
the piece de resistan ce for the keep one of the m ost spectacular govern
tion congress.
t - ■ >•
In ordering the a rre st of Humes, D utch ta n k e r B arendrecht, which
As yet th e discussions of desirable
e r’s dinner.
m ent trials of the la st decade. It Is however, the court em phasized that brought the crew of th e A m erican
featu res have reached only the most
Onion grow ers in the Brooks section
Governor P atterso n , S ecretary of expected to last from four to six the main issue at this tim e was com Girl to land safely.
are anticipating a crop th is season of
gen eral stages, but the talk now ap
S tate Kozer, S tate T reasu rer Kay, weeks.
W hen the A m erican Girl descended p ears to be directed at two principal
pliance with a court order.
400 cars. Sacking and shipping has
m em bers of the sta te board of control,
U pw ards of 150 w itnesses have been
onto th e tum ultuous sea beside the ite m s—tak in g up the slack between
been g reatly retard ed by the unusual
and Dr. G. C. B ellinger, head of the called by both sides and an e x tra jury
B arendrecht, 360 m iles from land, Miss w hat th e farm er gets and what the
ly wet w eather.
Salem tuberculosis hospital, were In panel will be pressed Into service to
E lder and H aldem an clam bered onto consum er pays for agricultural prod
The public schools of P ortland are The Dalles la st week, inspecting the enable a jury—which may Include wo
the w ings of th e land plane. The crew ucts. and creation of a board to ad
doing more In the in terests of fire pre site of the new tu berculosis hospital men under new D istrict of Columbia
of the B arendrecht, under orders of m in ister a federal revolving fund.
vention than the schools of any city to be erected there.
reg u latio n s—to be chosen.
C aptain Goos, launched a ship's boat.
In the country, according to City Com
It will be th e th ird of the big crim
By m eans of ropes the two aviators
Judge R obert L. Morrow of P ortland
m issioner Bigelow.
W ashington, D. C. — T he French m anaged to get into th e boat.
was elected grand chancellor com inal tria ls grow ing out of the fam ous
The N ewport cham ber of commerce m ander of the K nights of Pythias, Ore naval oil scandals. The governm ent compromise proposal in the ta riff dis
Miss E lder and H aldem an said th eir
served bear m eat to its m em bers for gon domain, and the K nights of Py has been com pletely victorious in the crim ination dispute w ith th is govern plane developed a defective oil line re
T hursday luncheon. W hen bear m eat thias and P ythian S isters brought th eir civil phase of the litigation and somo m ent was found to carry a rldet ducing the pressu re to five pounds.
Is served about tw ice as many mem annual convention to a close at The of th e reserves affected have been which may prevent com plete accept T his was not sufficient p ressure to
bers and guests attend.
force into th e m otor enough oil to keep
ance hy th e U nited S tates.
Dalles last week a fte r selecting Salem retu rn ed to the navy.
Los A ngeles, Cal.—O rganized labor
A. C. Schoonover, C. B. Stroup and as the 1928 convention city.
A ccording to the F rench note, de It from running hot. T h eir fear th a t closed Its ann u al congress here with
H erm an H untinan, all of Florence, are
Fifty-eight cars of celery w ere ship ALASKA E LE C TIO N S C A N N ED cided by the state departm ent, France they would not be able to fly 360 m iles a d eterm ination to p articip ate active
dead as the resu lt of an autom obile ped from Brooks last week, and by
will postpone the discrim inatory ta r with th e ir m otor in th is condition was ly, but not as a part, in the national
accident last week n ear Beck, on the th e close of this week a to tal of 350 Dan Sutherland, Alaska Delegate,, Ac iff ra te s as dem anded and re tu rn tern given as th e ir reason for landing be political cam apign of 1928.
Florence Eugene highway.
porarily to the rate in effect before side the B arendrecht.
cused by Defeated Candidate.
cars will be on th e way or delivered
The final adm onition of William
The fliers, while they w ere unsuc G reen, president of the A m erican Fed
W ashington, D. C.—E xpenditures In S eptem ber 6, except w here th ese are
Coos county this year will produce to various eastern , no rth ern and south
about 160.000 bushels of potatoes, it ern points, all of it raised on th e re the 1926 cam paign in A laska for the low er than the new m inim um ratee cessful in th e ir attem p t to reach P aris, eration of Labor, In bringing the 47th
was sta te d ’ by H arvey S. Hale, Coos claimed Lake Lablsh land by th e La election of a congressional delegate on G erm an goods, but F rance w ants which would have m ade Miss E lder annual convention of the organization
county agricultural agent. The 1927 blsh Meadows Celery union, composed to W ashington are being investigated in retu rn assurances th a t th e United the first woman to fly across the A t to an end, w as th a t each mem ber do
S ta te s will low er certain American lantic, established a long distance his sh are in the big political year.
hy th e d ep artm en t of Justice.
crop Is exceptionally heavy.
of about 40 grow ers.
it was said a t the d ep artm en t that ta riff ra te s and lessen sa n ita ry r e over-w ater record.
One thousand sacks of potatoes run
D uring its ten days of session the
V ictor C. Folletiius, general m anager
ning from 100 to 120 pounds a sack of th e Apple G row ers’ asso ciatio n of one of its in v estig ato rs Is out in Alas strlctio n s w hich F ran ce p ro tests as
convention declared against commun
were dug from nine acres by Newton Hood River, has received notice from ka Investigating com plaints th a t the prohibitory.
ism and fascism ; favored modification
B R IE F G EN ER A L N E W S
An agreem ent depends on French
M iller of McMinnville. They were S ecretary Phillips, R ochester, N. Y„ co rru p t practices act was violated dur
of the V olstead a c t to perm it sale of
w illingness to accept as adequate the
ing th e cam paign.
A fter 17 hours under a well cave-in, "w holesom e b eer” ; condem ned the
m arketed at 1'4 cen ts a pound.
of the In tern atio n al Apple S hippers'
W hile no definite announcem ent governm ent’s prom ise to investigate 52 feet below the surface, Lloyd Low equity court in issuing injunctions in
Lake Lablsh grow ers rep o rt th at association, th a t he has been appoint
was made, it us understood one com th e ra te s and re strictio n s and tc er, 36. DeKalb, Mo., farm er, is expected labor disputes, and took action on nu
more than 15 per cent of the oil was ed chairm an of th e local com m ittee
plaint was made by T hom as M arquant, change them if such changes a re ju s to recover.
m erous m easures concerning Immigra
lost by the wet w eath er In the m int to arran g e for celebration of Apple
th e d efeated candidate, who charged rifled under the A m erican law.
Sale of a New York sto rk exchange tion and o th e r problem s construed to
fields. The anticipated 55.000 pounds week, O ctober 30 to N ovem ber 6.
th a t Dan A. S u therland, his victorious
seat has been arranged at $270.000, a be relativ e to th e problem s of trade
from th at section will not be realized
Apple grow ers of th e mid-Columbia opponent, had spent more than $5000
new- high record and an advance of unions.
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T eachers employed in th e Salem have taken full advantage of th e past allowed under the law.
$5000 over the previous sale.
public schools who refuse to subm it sev eral days of sunshine and It was
B razil’s Coast Reached from A frica by
The board of directors of the G reat
to a physical exam ination will be dis estim ated th a t 80 per cent of th e sea Soviet Aide Snubs Paris by Getaway
W IT H H O L D LOAN CHANGES
Costes and Le Brix.
N
orthern
railroad has authorized con
charged. according to announcem ent so n 's tonnage had been picked. Stor- | P aris.—D isregarding all diplomatic
Rio de Janeiro.—D leudonne Costes struction of 180 miles extension of
President Coolidge W ill Keep His
made by George Hug. superintendent. age space o t Hood River packing ] custom , C hristian Rakowsky. recalled and L ieutenant Lebrix, F rench avi
lines In M ontana a t a cost of $2,000,-
Policy on Foreign Deals.
The 1928 show of the Pacific North plants Is crow ded with lug boxes of Soviet am b assador to F rance, Sunday ators. arrived at P ort N atal. Brazil, 000.
fruit
and
the
cleansing
and
packing
of
W
ashington.
D. C.—P resid en t Cool
w est Dahlia G rowers association will
took French leave of P aris. W ithout com pleting the flight from St. Louis
D isapproval of the application of
idge contem plates no present change
be held In Tacoma, It was announced apples will continue for several weeks. p resen tin g le tte rs of recall or paying Senegal.
the city of San F rancisco for perm is
Motor vehicle reg istratio n s for Sep any of the usual diplom atic visits to
at the close of the 1927 show In P o rt
W hen the fliers landed th ey com sion to build a bridge across San in the sta te d ep artm en t policy of ex
tem
b
er
th
is
y
ear
ag
g
reg
ated
3707,
land Inst week. It will be held in
P resid en t Doumergue, P rem ier Poin pleted the first flight made from the F rancisco bay north of H u n ter’s Point tending or w ithholding its consent to
bringing th e to tal reg istratio n for the care and Foreign M inister Briand,
Septem ber.
m ainland of Africa to the m ainland ol was announced by the w ar departm ent. loans by A m erican bankers to foreign
first nine m onths of the y ear up to th e am bassador secretly left the Rus South America.
governm ents, although he recently
O. T. M cW horter, ag ricu ltu ral agent
Mayor John L. Duvall of Indianapo
237,441. Of th ese 217.528 w ere for sian em hassy with his fam ily at 6
for W ashington county, h as been ap
T he flight across the South A tlantic lis was sentenced to 30 days im pris considered abandonm ent of the prac
passen g er ears and 19.913 for trucks. a. m. bound for Berlin.
pointed head of th e w alnut, filbert
was made in very good tim e, the onm ent. fined $1000 and disbarred tice.
T his show s an increase of 13.677 reg
T his was sta te d officially a t the
and prune division for th e Pacific la
French aviators traveling the 2,125 from public office for four years for
istratio n s over th e eorrespondlng peri
W hite H ouse In connection with the
Grand Jury Indicts Young H ill.
tern atio n al P roducts show in Portlund,
m iles in about 22 hours.
violating
the
corrupt
practices
act
dur
od in 1926. and 3307 over the to tal reg
sta te m e n t issued by S enator Glass,
O ttaw a, III.—H arry Hill was indicted
N ovem ber 29.
A lthough th e ir s ta rt and m ost ol ing the 1925 campaign.
istratio n for 1926.
dem ocrat, V irginia, assailing the poli
by th e LaSalle county grand ju ry on a the flight was fine, the aviators said
Bend faced a future of w hiskers and
P o rtlan d 's population Is 337,042, ac
cy as unauthorized and opening the
long hair, as a resu lt of a general cording to a statem en t released by the | charge ot m urdering his m other, Mrs. d isa ste r th reatened them when they O’Conner to Head Governm ent Fleet.
field both for possible scandal at
walkout by journeym an b arb ers caused , recently organized cen tral sta tistical Eliza Hill. Young Hill was raptured w ere alm ost to th eir goal.
W ashington. D. C —R eturn of the home and difficulties in the conduit
“ W hen we were near the mainland,
by m aster b arb ers reducing prices of | bureau of the C ham ber of Commerce, ! in S eattle a fte r several w eeks’ search.
fleet corporation to the d irect m an of foreign relations.
we noticed th at som ething had gone
h aircu ts for women and children from i operating through th e In d u stries de- I
agem ent of th e shipping board, to g eth
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T he president feels that th e advis
wrong with the propeller,’’ C ostes said
75 to 50 cents.
[ p artm ent. T he statem en t, covering ■
er with reorganization w h l.h places ory contact of the state departm ent
Portland
"F
o
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a
tim
e
we
thought
we
would
be
T h e Mercy hospital of Eugene hns cities w ith a population of 100,000 or J
W h eat—Bluestem . $1.28; hard white, forced down, but the m otor and the control of governm ent owned lines in w ith A m erican han k ers in such mat-
been sold to the Eugene Bible u n iv er more In th e Pacific Coast states, is
soft white, w estern white. $1.254; propeller held out and we continued.’ the hands of T. V. O C onnor, chairm an ' ters should be m aintained, as drastic
sity. according to announcem ent by based on the ratio of total population
of the board, was ordered at a special regulatory law s passed by congress
hard w inter, $1 26; federation. $1.26;
th e S isters of M ercy of th e Roman to school population, which in P o rt
no rth ern spring, $1 24t$; w estern red Seventeen Killed on W ay to Dance m eeting of the shipping board. To m ight prove em b arrassin g to the con
Catholic church. The consideration land is placed at 56.666.
put a single executive at the head of duct of foreign affairs. He also takes
$1 24.
Indianapolis. Ind.—S eventeen per
Is said to have been $50,000.
W ith the no rth w estern Italian dried
H ay — Alfalfa. $16.60® 17; valley sons, five of them women, were killed the corporation, the board elected the view th a t the p-oeedure Is au
A lthough no new cases of infuntile prune output shortened by rain to a ' tim othy, $16.50® 17; eastern Oregon
O'Connor, president of the fleet cor thorized by th e constitutional provi
when th e autom obile tra ile r in which
paralysis have developed In the city . total of not to exceed 40.000.000 tim othy. $20.
poration and chairm an of the board of sion placing the conduct of foreign
they were riding to a pre-Hallow een i
directors.
of Medford or Jackson county for a I pounds, no large am ount rem ains to he
B u tterfat—45c.
affairs in th e hands of th e chief ex
barn dance wag sm ashed to pieces b>
week or m ore, at a conference of city J sold. A good volume of business was
Eggs Ranch. 37® 4,o.
ecutive.
a M uneie-to-tndianapolis interurban I
health and school officials it was de done before the crop was grown, the
C a ttle S teers, good. <8.75®9.
car at the edge of the city. F ive oth Albanian M inister Killed at Prague.
cided to continue indefinitely the pre trad e then believing there would be a
H ogs—Medium to choice. $10.00® ers were so seriously hurt they may
Prague. C zechoslovakia. — T sena Bryan's Daughter to P.un fo r Cong'-ess
cautionary q u aran tin e estab lish ed in I norm al production. The sales aggre 11.25.
die About 50 w ere in the party. The ! Hey' nt*w,y appointed A lbanian minls-
T allahassee. F la.-R uth Bryan Owen,
Medford tw o w eeks ago, which con gated about 80,000,000 pounds, which
Lam bs — Medium to choice, $10 50 men w ere m em bers of the drill team
_____,e r t0 (’« ‘Clio-Slovakia, was a ssassin of Miami, will e n te r the race for con
fines youths under 16 to th eir home ’ leaves only 10.000,000 pounds In the 11.26.
i l i the
S ahara G rotto of the Masonic ate<* here ^-v an Albanian student, Ag- gress from the fourth d istrict, accord
- hands ot packers and grow ers.
prem ises.
Seattle.
order._______________________________ iviabh Bebi, while he was dining a t ing to advices received here. Mrs.
The first carload of grapes from
W ork on the m arket roads thro u g h
W h eat—Soft w hite, w estern white,
his hotel. Bebi was arrested im m edi Owens, who is a d au g h ter of the late
out Yamhill county has been held up Josephine county was shipped from hard w inter, n o rth ern spring. $1.26'..; Propoae Rehabilitation of Irrigation ately. He calm ly adm itted his in ten
W. J. Bryan, ran in 1926 for th e demo
for a week, according to C om m issioner ■ G rants P ass last week. The car was w estern red. $1 25 4 ; B. B. bluestem,
Salem , Or.—Reorganization and re tion to kill T sena because he said cratic nom ination cam paign against
Saw yer, because of th e heavy rainfall. composed of tokavs and m alagas and $1 29 4 ; dark n o rth ern spring. $1.4i- financing under state supervision T sena wished to betray A lbania to
C ongressm an W. J. Sears. He has rep
Rock cru sh ers have been unable to was the first of 16 cars to be shipped dark hard w inter. $1 37.
probably will be the m eans of saving Czecho-Slovakla.
resented the d istrict since he was
Hay — Alfalfa. $25; timothy. $28; and m aking profitable a num ber ol
work and g raders also have suspended th is season. The grapes a re of exeel-
elected to the sixty-fourth congress.
| lent quality th is year.
P S.. $22.
operation.
th e m ost backw ard irrigation districts M ain Shansi Arm y Reported Crushed.
B u tte rfa t— 50c.
S treet car service In Fugene ceased
A nnouncem ent was m ade recently
lb e a stern and central Oregon, ac
P e k in —The main Shansi arm ies Lower F ruit R ate Delayed by I. C. C.
E g g a—Ranch, 45c.
th at th e W est C oast People's Hydro- at m idnight S aturday. It was an
cording to Governor P atterso n and which have been driving on Pekin
W ashington. D. C.—T he in terstate
C attle— S teers, choice. $850® 9.
E lectric corporation would sta rt con nounced hy th e Southern Pacific c o b -
other m em bers of the state board cd have been crushed, but scattered
com m erce com m ission has ordered a
More m otor busses w ere put I Hogs Prime. $11 15® 11 25.
stru ctio n soon on th e rebuilding of pany
control. _
board r*>,urn«‘d here bands are still in the field, some w ith
30-day delay In m aking effective it»
Spokane.
the main service lines serving the bus on Sunday m orning and the old street
after Inspecting several irrigation in 20 miles of Pekin, w ill northern
C
attle—S
teers
good
$8
50®9t>0.
Iness section of Toledo with electric cars will be sent to the Brooklyn shops
projects and attending the annual Ir forces at th eir heels, a spokesm an for order reducing freight ra te s on Cali
fornia deciduous fruit destined lor
H ag s Good. $10 50010.7$.
in Portland tor disposal.
power and lights.
rlgation congress at Prineville.
the n orthern alliance said.
i eastern markets.
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
FALL AND SINCLAIR ON
TRIAL IN HIGH GODRT
PLANS ARE BEING LAID
FOR FARM LEGISLATION
AMERICAN GIRL LOST
BUT CREW RESCUED
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