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. F R E N C H M E N FLY ALAN TIC 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 ­ T H E M A R K E T S 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 r 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 TARIFF AGREEMENT BARRED BY RIDER LABOR UNION MEN TO ENTER POLITICS