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About Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1927)
OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST B u tter produced by the Lower Co lum bia Co-operative Dairy association, with head q u arters in A storia, took two first prizes and one second in the Tw enty-first N ational Dairy Exposi tion a t Memphis, Tenn. E. T. M E R E D IT H B rie f Resum e of H appenings of the W eek C ollected fo r O ur R eaders. N ewt Madden, prom inent tu rk ey grow er of th e H erm iston region of U m atilla county, was elected p erm a nent directo r of th e tu rk ey m arketing j situation a t a m eeting atten d ed by 1 about 60 grow ers la s t week. Snow plow« placed on (he McKenzie The rem aining assets of the F irst j highw ay last week have cleared the road of enow although ground along N ational bank of Bandon have been ! tran sferred to th e Coos Bay N ational { th e highw ay la still covered. Investm ent com pany and p rep aratio n s Velmo Sylvester. 23. of Clackam as, are now under way tow ard m aking died Sunday from Injuries received the final dividend to creditors. several days ago In h er home when T here w ere 937 accidents rep o rted I sh e fell over backw ards in a chair. to th e sta te in d u strial accident com- ) D ata compiled by C ounty A ssessor m ission during th e week ending Octo- { Boley show th e 1927 assessed valua b er 20, according to a re p o rt Issued ) tio n fo r W ashington county as $24,- by the sta te in d u strial accid en t com- : 264.020 com pared w ith 124,610,540 for mission. No fatalities w ere reported, j 1926. Damage to th e w alnut crop of Yam Im m ediate construction of telephone hill county is being lessened by th e ! lines connecting R eedsport and the rem oval of scores of silv er squirrels, | Umpqua riv er coast guard station was accom plished by the forces of Ira N. authorized by C aptain P. M. C lark last G abrielson, lead er In Oregon of rodent • week. control for th e U nited S tates biologi Mrs. Daniel Pearson, 72 years old, cal survey. A re c e n t p o r tr a it o f E. T . M e re d ith W'as probably fatally burned a t N orth F ifteen persons w ere killed and 387 of Io w a, fo rm e r s e c re ta ry o f a g ric u l Pow der last week when gasoline she Injured in m otor vehicle accidents in w as using in cleaning a com fort ex Oregon in S eptem ber, according to a ture, w ho is m en tio n ed as a p o s s ib ility COOLIDGE AGAINST FESS'S DRAFT ROY A. YOUNG EQUALIZATION FEE BONE OF CONTENTION W e s te rn S e n a to rs S eem to be D iv id e d on V ie w s of the Q uestion. P res id en t D is p lea se d W ith Re- election Boom of Ohio S en a to r. W ashington, D. C. — S en ato r Fess, W ashington, D. C .^-D iscussions both republican of Ohio, said a fte r a W hite | a t th e W hite H ouse and in the ranks House call, th a t P resid en t Coolidge is of w estern republican senators, failed displeased with the reelection boom I to throw m uch light on a solution to being conducted in his behalf by some I th e vexing farm relief problem, an republican leaders, and th a t in a talk j o u tstan d in g issue in republican party gave the im pression he would not con circles. sent to be drafted by th e republican | P re sid e n t Coolidge w ent over the national convention next year. farm relief question with Senator Bor F ess intim ated th a t the president I ah of Idaho, one of th e leaders of the had protested against th e se n a to r's J new ly-organized group of republican frequent public rem ark s to the effect sen ato rs from th e w est, and at the th at Mr. Coolidge would be th e re- ] W hite H ouse it w as said that Mr. publican nom inee in 1928 by virtue Coolidge hoped for som e sound legis of a draft. lation a t th is session, but th a t he was The disclosure of S enator F ess th a t , not prepared to discuss any new pro he had received a W hite House scold- I gram . Ing for his prediction th a t P resid en t j T he con tro v ersial equalization fee Coolidge would be d rafted by the re provision of th e vetoed McNary Hau publicans next y ear was the chief topic | gen bill seem s to be the stumbling of conversation of the president's Roy A . Y o u n g of M in n e a p o lis , w ho block of an ag reem en t am ong western callers. Most of them how ever did w as appointed a m em ber of the federal republicans. All feel certain that the . . _ . _ i ^o r th e D e m o c ra tic P re s id e n tia l nom- not desire to be brought openly into reserve board by P resid en t Coolidge ploded. p resid en t has not m odified his opposi report prepared by T. A. R affety, chief I ¡nation the m atter. It developed th a t o th e r ad- , to succeed D. R. C rissenger, resigned tion to it. La G rande was selected w ithout op inspector for th e s ta te autom obile de- | m inistration leaders in addition to position for next y e a r’s convention of partm ent. T h ere w ere 2474 accidents T his point developed sharp differ S enator F ess have had it made clea r | th e state federation of labor, which in the month. ences also am ong th e w estern sena to them by the president th a t he does adjourned Its m eeting in Corvallis last to rs who had planned a m eeting with Completion of arran g em en ts for the not wish to be considered a candidate. Friday. a hope of reconciling th eir views on construction of a five-story $200,000 | Those who have talked with him rep th is provision. S e n ato r Borah has 06032980 Ed E negren of Coos riv e r made his hotel in B aker was announced last resent the president as concerned over served notice th a t he is opposed to it, second trip to Coquille in 36 years re week. C onstruction will com m ence as the doubt expressed by som e regarding and while S en ato r B rookhart of Iowa, cently. He has lived all th a t tim e on soon as possession of th e ground Is Olympia, W ash. — W ith a total of his Rapid City statem ent. W ashington, D. C.—A conciliatory a m em ber of th e group, was prepared A. C. Rogers' ranch, 27 m iles from secured. T he building is to be com 980 fires in th e sta te outside of n a reply to the F rench note In the tariff also to abandon th is point in a new Coquille. pleted by Ju n e 1. tional forests, as against 1151 last discrim ination dispute has been m ade plan, S en ato rs Nye and F razier of E lm er Antln, 18, stu d en t a t the Seed potato grow ers took m uch in year, to tal forest fire loss w as only by the sta te departm ent. N orth D akota and S enator Norris of K nappa-Svenson Union high school te re st in the six th annual U m atilla The note pledges the United S tates N ebraska announced that they were east of A storia, w as in stan tly killed county potato show held a t Wei ton $76,340 for 1927 as against $240,476, governm ent to re-exam ine for possible not ready to give up the equalization when a w ater tan k exploded in the last week. E xhibits were la rg e r and as shown by th e re p o rt of S ta te F o r est Supervisor George C. Joy, ju s t revision certain A m erican ta riff rates fee as a m eans of raisin g funds to school yard. b e tte r th an a t any previous show. com pleted. , . and sa n ita ry em bargoes p ro tested by m eet the cost of m ark et surplus crops. Fire, sw eeping from th e proscenium More space was devoted to single farm W ashington, D. C — A new safety F rance as prohibitory. Division of th e loss gives tim ber T hey would listen to a substitute, they a t the top of the stage to the balcony, displays th an ever before. But ft points out th a t th is govern- said, but added th a t an adequate sub killed $6375; logs destroyed $27,930; record for railroads, m ade during th e p ractically destroyed the W hiteside The te n tativ e budget of Coquille city logging equipm ent destroyed $31,018, first six m onths of 1927, was an- m ent, under the law, cannot g u arantee th e a te r in Corvallis, w ith an estim ated expenditures for 1928, as draw n up and losses to se ttle rs and o th ers $10,- nounced by the A m erican R ailw ay as- ln advance, as desired by F rance re- s titu te had not been put forward. loss of $50,000. by the budget com m ittee, calls for 017. sociation. D uring th a t en tire period duction of the protested ra te s and lift- L ightning accounted for 219 fires, only two p assengers out of the mil- lug Of th e em bargoes. More than $20,000,000 was spent last $1364.15 more th an was budgeted In y ear to run the city of Portland. The 1927, or a total budget for th e y ear of an unusually large proportion, while lions carried on tra in s were killed In , n , he ln te rest of a tem porary agree- d ep artm en t of com m erce says so in $21,685.84, of which am ount $18,965.84 sm okers a re blam ed for 156; railro ad s train accidents, which com pares w ith | m ent, the U nited S tates has receded a com pilation of financial statistics Is to be raised by taxation. 102; cam pers 91; brush burning 64; 22 fatalities in the sam e field during frOm Its original dem and for immedi- for m unicipalities. All com m ercial chicken y ards w ere incendiarism 65; berry pickers 43; the first half of 1926, 52 in the six a te concession of all F rench ta riff dis- of 1925 and 23 in 1924. An issue of $45,000 in Bend school banished from M edford la s t week, donkey engines 19; logging locomo- m onths S eattle.—T he Jury in the second ~ ! crim ination a g ain st A m erican goods notes, bearing 6*4 p er cent Interest, when the city council passed an ordi- ' lives 14; o th er lum bering operations r. f “? , . 8" . « T *nJUrieS dUring the and now dem ands elim ination of new- O lm sted conspiracy tria l in federal w as sold last week to the C entral Ore nance lim iting any citizen from keep- ■ 36; while 155 a re ascribed to m lscel first half of 1927, how ever, failed to discrim inations applied under th e court freed 25 of the defendants and gon bank of Rend a t p ar w ith a pre ing more than 50 chickens and provid- laneous causes. set so good a record. The association S eptem ber 6 law. leaving to negotla- convicted 15. Ing th a t all chicken pens m ust be at mium of $191.80. hweH ! n “ "lb er Pa ssengers so In- tions for a p erm anent com m ercial The testim ony of A lfred M. Hub „ L ’ , com pares w ith , re a ty th e prior discrim ination. L ester McAnlsh, 31, was killed last least 30 feet from neighboring prop- bard, dry agent, who accused various L IN D Y E N D S TOUR erty. 66 injured during the sam e period in But, despite the more conciliatory public officers of accepting bribes, week east of Allcel, when a shotgun Oregon City will soon have a new R eaches N ew Y o r k A fte r Jo urney m en,h charge penetrated his chest as he was r ,o « * f‘rSt ' U ! tone ° f th e F rench and A m erican note was disreg ard ed by th e jury. craw ling through brush n ear a river, bus line operating betw een the down ° exchanges for a tem porary tariff A ro u n d U n ite d S tates. T hose found not guilty w ere Captain In quest of ducks. town business section to the M ountain M itchell Field, N. Y.—Colonel Cbas. , ag reem ent, observers here see no in- E. L. H edges of th e S eattle police de F ranklin F. Korell, republican, was View district, it was announced by A. Lindbergh sw ung down out of the N E W V E TE R A N S PAY PLAN dieations th a t the two governm ents p a rtm e n t; S heriff W illiam Gookins of elected represtSitatlve for th e third City M anager J. L. F ranzen, who is a ir Sunday, com pleting a 22,350 mile ar6 n e a re r to a reconciliation of the Island county; all m em bers of the congressional d istrict of Oregon, in a preparing a franchise. A. R inkes of to u r of the country, in his S p irit oi D irector H ines C onsiders Idea of j A m erican equality (m ost favored na- coast g u ard ; D eputy S heriff Ray Mur special election held in M ultnomah W illam ette is to establish th e line by St. Louis, ju st one m inute ahead ol Coupon Books. tio n ) principle v ersus the F ren ch re- phy; W ilbur E. Dow. S eattle customs N ovem ber 1. W ashington, D. C.—The v eteran s of | ciprocity dem and in a p erm anent com- b ro k er; all of the h arb o r patrolm en county la s t week. his schedule time. W aldport’s last " b e tte r ro a d ” elec He greeted questions as to his fu A m erican w-ars are b e tte r cared for m ercial treaty , w ith the exception of Roy Mills, and W. J. Bowren Jr., L akeside rancher on Ten Mile lake, brought in four male tion, which carried by more th an two ture plans with a sm ile and a shake than those of any country In the various tugboat cap ta in s im plicated world, D irector H ines of th e v eteran s by H u b b ard ’s testim ony. coyote hides to the county clerk at to one, will have to be repeated, ow of th e head. B R IE F G E N ER A L N E W S "I haven't any," he said, and his ex bureau declared a fte r a call on P re si Coquille la st week, receiving $72 boun ing to an e rro r in the m an n er the Those found guilty w ere P eter Dahl, election was called and conducted. pression indicated his pleasure a t once d ent Coolidge. H e gave the president ty from Coos county. Judge B eatty, chief justice of Idaho Mike Goldash, Lou Guilliam , Benny L ittle doubt Is held locally but th at m ore being a free agent, with no fixed a detailed rep o rt of his visit w ith the Clark Richardson, 74, Maupin ran ch w hen it w as a territo ry , and United G oldsm ith. E dw ard G raham , Kenneth It will carry again along with th e new schedule driving him on dally. A m erican Legion in F rance. Mr. H ines S ta te s d istric t judge la te r ln the state L. Johnston, George K earns, Gus Kone- er, was killed and his b ro th er George proposed ch arter. "W here can we see you tom orrow ?’' said he had under consideration the of Idaho, died a t his home in Los An man, S tanley McClusky, F red M. Mey of P ortland was injured when th eir N early 1000 head of fat ste e rs were a re p o rte r asked. adoption of th e F rench system of pay geles. ers, LeRoy Mills, E rn e st M. Poth, Chris auto upset on th e Ochoco highw ay 20 shipped in one day recently from Sen \\ hy, I don't believe th a t’s going ing com pensation to world w ar v eter The m iles east of Prineville. A governm ent brand will shortly be Skrondahl and Dave T rotsky. eca, on the high plain of G rant county, to be necessary," he replied. “I fee! ans under which coupon books a re is applied to all cases of fruit and veg nam es of all of these men have been T he pow er and light p lan t owned a spot which a few years ago w as one th a t I have won the right to drop out sued w hich may be presented a t post- etables exported from Italy for the byw ords in th e liquor traffic of Puget and operated by th e Peoples W est of th e bleakest, coldest and m ost iso of the public view for a while.” offices or national banks for paym ent foreign m arket as a g u arantee of th eir Sound for several years. C oast H ydro-Electric corporation at periodically. lated In the U nited S tates, says Sey quality. Florence will be moved to Cushman, m our Jones, sta te m ark et agent, in N o rth e rn R a ilro a d M e rg e r H e a r in g On D ieudonne C ostes and L ieutenant th re e m iles distant, soon. IN D IA N S W IL L PR O TEST his weekly bulletin. M inneapolis, Minn. — The govern N oted E d u c a to rs A tte n d s S ta te M e et. Joseph Le Brix arrived in Buenos One hundred three-year-old holly Longview , W ash.—S peakers at the A ires in a Nungesser-Coll, com pleting S ta te Im po ses F is h in g L a w s T h a t Six of th e biggest tim b ers ever m en t’s hearing of evidence on the a p tre e s have been presented to the uni brought to th e city of C ottage Grove plication of the G reat N orthern and W ashington E ducational association a flight of m ore than 6000 m iles from C h a fe C o w litz T r ib e . v ersity of Oregon at Eugene to form arrived over th e Oregon Pacific & the N orthern P acific railroads for au convention h ere O ctober 26. 27 and 28 P aris to the coast of A frica and then C hehalis, W ash.-A m eeting has been a m em orial hedge to th e late presi E astern railw ay for use as strin g ers th o rlty to consolidate th e ir properties will include some of the nation's m ost across the South A tlantic to South called to be held in C hehalis October d ent, P rince L. Campbell. In th e co nstruction of a bridge at the as a new corporation was opened here noted educators, including L. D. Coff America. 31 of m em bers of the U pper Cowütz T he plant of the Oregon City Foun Anderson & Middleton mill, L atham . i M°n<lay The nam e of the proposed man. p resid en t of th e U niversity of F. Handley-Page, noted B ritish a ir Indian trib e of w hich John Ike is chief. d ry compnny. one of th e oldest indus The stick s a re 90 feet in length and consolidated system would be the M innesota; W illiam Lowe Bryan, plane designer, has developed an au P urpose of the g ath erin g is to formu trie s In the city, was destroyed .by splendidly proportioned. I G reat N orthern P acific railroad. president of Indiana u n iversity; Ralph tom atic device which he a sserts will late an organized p ro test against the fire of undeterm ined origin last week W. Sw etm an, president of H um bolt prevent planes going Into uncontrolled P etitio n s h av e been filed w ith th e j ' ------------------ ~------ hunting and fishing regulations that Loss was placed a t $55,000. Lane county d istric t boundary board 173 Eb8* L*id ln • • M«ny Days, S tate T each ers' college, A rcata, Cal., spin, m ost fatal of all a ir hazards, have been Imposed on the Indians as Final figures on enrollm ent on the for th e consolidation of a num ber of , ° m a h a , Neb. — Norfolk, world's and E. O. Sisson, professor of philos which causes about 50 per cent "of all being co n trary to ag reem en ts m ade cam pus of the U niversity of Oregon school d istricts in Lane county. D avis cham pion egg laying hen, clim bed to ophy, Reed College, P ortland, Or. airplane accidents. originally w ith them by G overnor Ste a t Eugene, and a t th e m edical school and T h u rsto n seek to become one dis- ; ber roost S aturday w ithout laying the Colonel W illiam B. Mellah, 75, a vens In the early days. in P ortland, to tal 3069, it is announced trict, and Union, L iberty and L aurel usua' eKK of the day and her record P a ris T r ip A bando ned by V e te ra n s . world figure in M asonic circles and T he Indians a re chafing under the by Earl M. P allett, reg istrar. Home, ln th e Ju n ctio n City section, j now stan d s at 173 eggs In as many K ansas City, K an.—-The national ex one of the best known Masons in the license and license fee restriction. O regon’s d eer hunting season, which are asking to be united. j consecutive days. e c u ti v e council of th e V eterans of U nited S tates, died at his home In They feel th at by previous right of sta rte d S eptem ber 10, officially catue Foreign W ars, m eeting here, voted to I C incinnati. Colonel Melish becam e - O regon's prune crop has sufficient- ! — --------------- possession the regulations are not |<ir to a close last week. O fficials a t the ly d istin ct dem and from th a t of Cali- j TH E M ARKETS abandon the proposed pilgrim age to 33d degree Mason when he was 33 to them . Lewis C astom a of CInnebar sta te gam e com m ission characterized fornia, and th e crop h ere is so sh o rt i P aris next year. T he nation-w ide Tears old. He was the youngest man P o rtla n d th e season as th e m ost successful in this y ear th a t packers a re already pro \ \ h eat—Big Bend bluestem $1.21; cam paign to send the w ar m others of 0Te<" to receive th a t high honor in is president of th e council. Sam Eyley of N esika vice-president, P e te r Thom history. ratin g th eir o rd ers for certain sizes, hard white, federation, soft white A m erica to visit the cem eteries of th e j <h« northern jurisdiction of the United as of route 2, C hehalis, secretary. The Til T aylor sta tu e will be com and it is predicted th a t the Oregon w estern white, hard w inter, $1 18; soldier dead In F rance, at th e ex- States. pleted by Ju ly 1 of n ext year and will crop will be sold before the 1928 crop n o rth ern spring, w estern red, $1 16 pense of the federal governm ent next --------------------- —— H a w a iia n D e b a te rs D e fe a t U . of O. be unveiled at th e Pendleton Round-up comes on, p ackers reported. H ay — Alfalfa. $1650© 17; valley spring, was indorsed by F rank T. Stra- E arthquake Shock Lasts Whole H our H onolulu.—U niversity of Hawaii de in Septem ber, according to an an Berkeley, C a l.- A severe earthquake The board of reg en ts of sta te nor tim othy. $16 5O®17; eastern Oregon yor, com m ander-ln-chlef of the vet- b aters defeated the team from the Uni nouncem ent made recen tly by Chas. mal schools authorized th e building tim othy, $20. of m ore than an hour's duration versity of O regon here. The decision H. Marsh. B utterfat 46c. com m ittee to proceed with th e land recorded on the seism ograph a t the Eggs Ranch. $7© 46c. M a rc o n i L a u d s B eam R adio S ystem . I U niversity of C alifornia Monday. The was by vote of th e audience. The de W ith th e re-oiling of a sh o rt section scaping of the grounds for the E astern bate was on th e su b ject: "Resolved, C attle—S teers, good. $ 9 0 9 35. of sta te highway betw een Echo and Oregon norm al school in I-a Grande. W ashington, D. C.—The beam sys - Quake started at 8:05 a. m and « a . that e x tra - te rrito ria lity in China Hogs Medium to choice, $1006© tem of radio P endleton finished, all re-oiling work N othing was said a t the m eeting In transm ission is the basis ..............— • -- approxim ately 1500 miles distan t from tb 's y ear in the La G rande division is Salem recently as to when actual 11 50. for all fu tu re w ireless im provem ents, Berkeley, according to P rofessor Je rry should be abolished forthw ith.” I .a in bs — Medium to choice, $10.50 in the opinion of W illiam Marconi, Byerly, seism ologist. com pleted, according to state highway building op eratio n s would get under P o in d e x te r W ill S eek S en a te Seat. 117». d e p artm en t officials. here as one of Italy's rep resen tativ es way. Spokane, W ash.—Miles Poindexter S eattle. at th e International radio conference C a n a d ia n G ra in Records B ro ken . More th an 75 per re n t of th e stu D isposition of th e rem ainder of the W heat Soft w hite, w estern white, Upon its perfection, he believes, will of Spokane, am b assad o r to Pern, an d en ts of th e U niversity of Oregon are money received by Douglaa county i . . ... _ -----■ W innipeg.— B reaking all previoua nounced his candidacy for the repub . naru w inter, n o rth ern tp r ln r n in. depend to a large extent the develop m em bers of some church, or have a from the governm ent a as its sh are of . .. ,. ' * ’ records, a total of 4.356.000 bushels of church preference, it was announced the Gregon and C alifornia land gran t 1 w estern red. $1 19; bluestem , $1.25; m ent of such widely different wire- grain was weighed Into th e elevators lican nom ination for U nited S tates dark n o rth ern spring, $ 1 3 8 4 ; dark lets applications as Photographic of the Canadian Pacific railw ay in sen ato r here. He said he would resign In E ugene by Rev H. W. Davis, direc tax refund was made at R oseburg by hard w inter, $1 33*4. hla am bassadorship and e n te r the cam transm ission and radio telephony to r of U nited C hristian work on the the county court. Of th e sum orig one day The previoua record was paign next March. H ay — Alfalfa. $25; tim othy jjg- cam pus. Inally received. $450.000 In round fig made in 1925. when 3.559.000 bushels P. 8 . $23. B leachers Crash at Gridiron Game Huge m asses of Jetlyfish have been ures was apportioned to various school were hauled to elevators on November B u tte rfa t—50c. O ne F a m ily R u n t M ill 108 Y ears. Richm ond. V a -F o rty -e lg h t person, 20 w ashed upon th e north beach of tbs and road funds som e tim e ago. leaving Eggs Ranch, 46c. D exter. M aine.—A survey of the U m pqua riv er w ithin th e past week a balance of $1.022,147 unexpended. w ere Injured sufficiently to be ,.k e n C a b l e — S tee rs, choice. $ 9 6 9.40. to hospitals and a num ber, estim ated S chools a t G ra n ts Pass to Reopen. woolen m ills of th e country has T he m ass of jellyfish is 20 feet In The co u rt has gone on record as H ug s P rim e . I H . 4 0 O H 50. brought to light th a t the Amos Ab from 16 to 10. were less severly hurt w idth and about 2 feet In depth and stressin g the need of a new courthouse G ran . Paas O r -O ran ts P . . . , chools bot W oolen com pany here has been Spokane. when a section of wooden bleacher, extends sev eral yards along the ocean and Jail and now ap p ro p riates $200.u09 »111 open October 31. following the Cattle—Steers, good. $l$O 0*og. operating for 108 years. It has been collapsed al a football game here, frontage. tor th eir construction. closing for more than a m onth because run over th at long span of years by H o g e Good, $10 60010.7|. throw ing to« persons to the ground of infantile paralysis. WASHINGTON FIRE LOSS SHOWS DECREASE NEW TARIFF NOTE NEW SAFETY RECORD MADE BY RAILROADS 15 CONVICTED IN SEATTLE BOOZE CASE the sam e fa m ily .