PRESIDENT COOLIDGE PAYS VISIT TO CUBA Chief E xecu tive Attends the Opening of P an-A m erican Congress. REV. Z . T. P H IL L IP S OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Records of the P ortland postoffice ! for 1927 showed 78,766,890 pieces of mall w ere put through the canceling m achines there, according to John M. | Jones, P ortland postm aster. T his is I an increase of 4,031,755 over 1926. HENRY L. S TIM S O N B rief Resum e of H appenings of the W eek Collected for O ur Readers. Comm emorating the arrival of the | Cerro Gardo the first steam ship to j enter Tillamook bay harbor to load ' lumber for shipm ent direct to a for- [ { sign m arket about 75 of the leading i The total of new construction In La business men of Tillam iok and Gari- ; Grande during 1927 was >873,660. This baldi assem bled a t the W hitney inn last week. Is the largest figure In the city's his­ P ortland has 75,425 boys and girls I tory. I between th e ages of 4 and 20 years, j Albany's rainfall during 1927 was 44.97 Inches, six inches above normal, shows the school census. Just com­ pleted. This enum eration will form j I according to F. M. French, governm ent ' the basis for P ortland's apportionm ent w eather observer. of the sta te school tax in m aking the More than 100 fox breeders of Ore- 1929 budget, >10 being allowed for ; gon were in Salem last week attend- i each child. ing the annual convention of the Ore­ i R eport of W. G. Ide, m anager of the gon Fcx B reeders’ association. and settlem ent d epartm ent of the For the first tim e In ten years, no Oregon state cham ber of com m erce children were burned a t Christmas- and the P ortland cham ber of com­ tre e celebrations, Fred W. Roberts, merce, shows th a t 63 new farm fam i­ Portland fire m arshal, announced re ­ lies settled in Oregon during Decem­ cently. ber, representing a total investm ent Jam es T. Jenkins, a dairym an of of >234,000. Rev. Dr. Z. T. Phillips, recotor of H enry L. Stimson of New Y ork, who Bandon, shipped 17 cars of cattle to i Oregon corporations paid approxi­ the EPi®c°P a* Church of the Epiphany was appointed governor of the Philip- California In 1926 and sold 12 in 1927. in Washington, who was elected chap* m ately >325,000 less In federal lncomo He Is building up a dairy herd of 2000 taxes la st year despite th e increase in pines, to succeed th e late Gen. Leon- lain of the United States senate. ard Wood. cattle. th eir tax rate under the revenue law GENERAL LEJEUNE TO VISIT NICARAGUA C o m m an d er of M a rin e s to P e r­ s o n a lly S ize Up the S itu a tio n . W ashington, D. C.—At a good will W ashington, D. C. — M arine rein­ am bassador extraordinary. P resident forcem ents recently ordered to N icar­ started on a trip to H avana agua will be led to th a t strife-torn which he hopes will dem onstrate the little republic by th e ir comm ander-in- friendly feeling of the United S tates chief, M ajor-General John A. L ejeune. for all the republics of the w estern H e plans to spend tw o w eeks sizing up hemisphere. the situation there. The Immediate purpose of th e Jour­ A roused by rep o rts of casualties ney, the first outside of the United am ong the m arines In th e ir efforts S tates for Mr. Coolidge since he be­ to run to e a rth th e outlaw general, came president, is to make the open­ A ugustlno Sandino, and a t word re­ ing address of the Pan-American con ceived by th e navy d ep artm en t from gross. In the background, however, m arine officers in N icaragua th a t two Is the desire to Im press upon the m arine d ese rte rs w ere train in g San- representatives of the more than 2(1 dino’s men. G eneral L ejeune, him self nations who will g reet him th at th e an old cam paigner, announced unex­ United S tates holds no Im perialistic pectedly th a t he would em bark for designs In Its relationship with the Corinto. countries south of the Rio Grande. In addition to two members of his G eneral L ejeune's sudden decision cabinet .Secretaries Kellogg and WU- to look Into the N icaraguan situation bur the president will be surrounded p8ri,onally wa8 n° ‘ expected to involve at H avana by a delegation o f men any change in orders to Brigadier-Gen­ whose nam es have for years been eral Logan Feland, w ho has been In­ A class of 510 candidates was initi­ of 1926, according to the prelim inary well known in American public life. stru cted to assum e com m and in N icar­ ated by the Salem lodge of E lks last ' rep o rt on incom e sta tistic s for the The delegation, which will represent agua. G eneral Feland, who was at the Monday night as the culm ination of a calendar year 1926 issued by the treas- th e United S tates a t the sessions of head of the m arine forces when they two m onths’ intensive drive for new ury departm ent. th e congress a fter Mr. Coolidge has retu rn ed to th a t country a year ago members. left, will be headed by Charles Evans but la te r was relieved, was ordered "Old Dobbin,” whose days of utility Hughes. back to the battle zone a fter word had Oregon m otorists will be perm itted are rapidly draw ing to a close, is com ­ The two secretaries and Mrs. W ashington, D. C —Federal prohi­ to drive autom obiles bearing 1927 li­ ing to a sad end in K lam ath county. been received of the recen t clashes W ashington, D. C. — S ecretary of H ughes accompanied Mr. Coolidge, bition officiala see no reason why a cense plates until January 16, accord- T housands of horses, running wild on with Bandlno and th eir resulting cas­ also H enry P. Fletcher, am bassador hard boiled revenue raider should be Ing to ten tativ e arrangem ents an- th e range, are being caught and sold A griculture Jard in e announced a revi­ ualties. Sim ultaneously 1000 m arines sion of the E uropean corn borer quar­ to Italy; Jam es Brown Scott, an auth­ an Intellectual giant to properly hold . nounced recently, ordered to N icaragua to reinforce to the B utte Packing com pany of Mon­ an tin e effective Jan u ary 1, 1928. which I were ¿h”e u"ÔÔ airZady* th e « ority on international law ; Ray Lyman his Job and for this reason they have An organization has been form ed In tana. T hey will be butchered and m akes extensive additions to the areas W ilbur, president of Leland Stanford appealed to the civil service commls- j j ackson and Josephine counties to 8oId 38 cheap m eat in Europe. W hile Marine officers here, includ­ regulated on account of this pest. The university, and Morgan J. O'Brien, a m e n t ^ n d e r Uw 'h V h ^ , nra tMh.He<,U‘T ing G eneral Lejeune, were Inclined to beaU“ ,y the Paeiflc highway from H ' H ' McDowell, pro p rieto r of the new ly q uarantined territo ry , in which form er federal Judge of New York, all m inlstratnr« «„a L . ’, Gr“ t8 Pa88 t0 Ashland by Planting Mack M arie lodge a t N orth Beach. infestations w ere discovered during doubt report th a t deserters were as­ m em bers of the delegation. inlnistrators and agents m ust qualify trees and flowers. sisting Sandino, It was adm itted th a t was fatally shot n e a r Booth on Silt- the sum m er and fall of this year, con- in accordance with the reorganization . . . ... , ., some of the m arines who have "gone The Douglas county turkey crop of coos lak ® la st Sunday, when a shotgun J i ° r n6hlPS Ve™ ont’ over the hill," are still at large. law passed a t the last session of con­ MORE S H E E P D E S IR ED 1927 was the larg est for m any seasons, th e hands of L. M. K im m el of Rose- w estern M assachusetts, New York, gress. From one source came the rep o rt The "flunks” have averaged high, a total of 17 carloads being shipped burg w as accidentally discharged. T he New Jersey, P ennsylvania, Ohio, In­ th a t two m en had been captured by Plans Made to Increase Flocks of two m en, lifelong friends w ere shoot­ diana and Michigan. out of the county for the Thanksgiving It was said, and even five of the ad­ 8outhweet Washington. Sandino while attem pting to re a c h ing ducks when th e accident hap­ and C hristinas trade. T he corn borer la now known to Olympia, Wash.—T entative arrange. m inistrators. th e field colonels of the ilie H onduran border and forced, under pened. exist in 13 states, nam ely, M assachu­ P lans subm itted by the county clerk m ente were made a t a conference dry forces, have failed to m eet th e re­ penalty of death, to act as d rillm asters In crease In assessed valuation of setts, New H am pshire, Maine, Rhode and tacticians. here to purchase and distribute at quirem ents of the commission. The of Clatsop county for a bridge over least 5000 sheep to farm ers of south­ fatalities for the agents have been Lewis and Clark river, 7>/£ m iles south K lam ath Falls coupled w ith economy Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New The recent battles have shown, of­ w estern Washington In the early particularly heavy In the south, w here of A storia, were approved by th e w ar of various m unicipal levying boards York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, ficial reports have said, a notable Im­ has resu lted In a m aterial reduction W est V irginia, Ohio, M ichigan and they have run as high as 85 p er cent. d epartm ent last week. spring. provem ent in the morale and tactic« in 1928 taxes. Tfte m illage ra te is 58 Indiana. "T he situation is terrib le,’’ one ad­ The conference was attended by of the Sandino forces. The receipts of th e M edford post- The products affected by th e revi­ bankers and delegates from chambers m in istrato r complained to th e W ash­ office last m onth which w ere >10- mills, as com pared w ith 70.8 m ills last of commerce. It was the outgrowth ington officials. "It Is m ore Im portant 205.66, showed an Increase of 12.3 per year. A ssessed valuation of the city sion are corn, broom corn, sorghum s of a m eeting held In Chehalic a month for an agent to be able to sm ash a cent over th e receipts of December, lias Increased from >7,061,036.13 to and Sudan grass. Inspection and certi­ >8,326,012.75. fication are required for the Interstate ago, at which plans were laid for the bootleg Joint than It Is to spell 'idio­ 1926, which were >9083.47. Textbooks adopted by the sta te te x t­ m ovem ent of clean shelled corn and stim ulation of the wool industry west syncrasy.' ” Election of officers and the adop­ of the Cascades. book com m ission for use in the public clean seed of broom corn to uninfested tion of a 1928 program will be taken The shipm ent of cornstalks At the Chehalis m eeting it was VETERA NS F IL E TOO LATE j up a t th e ann u al m eeting of the schools of Oregon cannot be used le­ districts. and ears to uninfested territo ry is pro gally for a period In excess of six pointed out th at 600,000 sheep are W ashington, D. C.—For the fourth | Clackam as County Jersey C attle club years, according to an opinion pre­ hibited. being run In w estern Oregon, while D epartm ent Unable to Consider 25,000 tim e the senate approved and sen t to a t Oregon City next week. pared by the attorney-general recent­ only 23,000 sheep are being run west Delayed Applications. th e house the constitutional am end­ D eposits of P o rtlan d ’s 24 com m er­ ly. The opinion was sought by C harles of the m ountains in W ashington. The B R IE F G ENERAL NEW S m ent of Senator Norris, republican, W ashington, D. C.—In the deluge of cial banking Institutions on December bankers and cham bers are endeavor­ last m inute applications from world A. H oward, sta te superintendent of ~ . Nebraska, to prevent "lam e duck” ses­ v « t « r n n > f ,• ii i 31 am ounted to >165,498,072, reflecting public Instruction. T he public debt was reduced >1,038,- sions of congress, a fter general elec­ ing to finance farm ers who wish to w w s ar r veteran» for adJUHteil compensa* „ . , • »•«»* tlon the ,1 I.n „ r .„ - v u J a Katn of 0 .6,4.453 over the >161,823,- run small flocks. The city of Medford had an enviable 312,882 during the last year, represent­ tions. tlon, th e dead line for which was 619 reported in D ecem ber 31, 1926. record during the last year in th e m at­ ing a reduction of >8.560,349,197 since reached at m idnight Jan u ary 1, ap­ The vote on adoption was 65 to 6, 1919, when It reached its peak of >26 - Senators Bingham, C onnecticut; Dale .INSULL BEFORE C O M M ITTE E proxim ately 26,000 applications came | H alf again as much m oney was te r of fires and com paratively little 596,701,648. taken In by th e city of McMinnville fire loss, according to the annual re- too late and cannot be considered. and Greene, Vermont, and S ackett, Admits He Contributed >237,925 to A wave of feeling against William Kentucky, republicans; and Bleaso, The figures show th at approxim ate­ in 1926 for fines as in 1927, according Port subm itted by F ire Chief Roy El- _____ lllin o li Prim ary. ly 400,000 v eterans entitled to ad ju st­ to Judge Shirley. The sum reached Ilott. T he fire d epartm ent answ ered E. H ickm an among prisoners in the South Carolina, and King, U tah, demo- W ashington, D. C.—Sam uel Insull, ed com pensation have never been >1764 50 In 1926, and only >1054.50 this 150 alarm s of fire and the to tal fire Los Angeles county jail prompted Jail- crats, voting against it. year. loss w as only >69.971.89. on w hich >68,- ers to keep the confessed slayer of J The am endm ent would fix Jan u ary m ulti millionaire Chicago public utili­ heard from. Marian P ark er constantly behind bar 2 of each year as the m eeting tim e ties official, appearing a t his own re­ The total num ber of applications re­ Mrs. Jean K. P o rte r of Condon, 261.89 of insurance was paid. ( for congress w ithout lim itation or re- quest In an effort to purge him self of ceived am ount to 3,247,468. T he outbound cargo m ovem ent for red cell doors. school su p erintendent of Gilliam coun­ Announcemen th at Jacob O, Schur i >ard to long and short sessions and contem pt, told the senate slush fund ty. was elected president of the State the P ortland d istrict during 1927 has com m ittee th at hla total contributions Divers Prepare for Raising 8-4. Association of C ounty School Super­ am ounted to 2,669,319 tons, valued a t m an' Amerlcan am bassador to Ger- would set Jan u ary 15 of the year a fter in the Illinois prim ary election In 1926 Provincetow n. Mass.—Divers assign­ intendents at th e annual convention >133,141,330, and in 1926 It w as 2,655,- j m anF’ bas raised >280,000 in American , election as th e day for the p resident 132 tons with a value of >134,599,159 | circIes tor tbe U niversity of Heldel- ' and vice-president taking office in- am ounted to >237,925. ed to the 8-4 salvage fleet, aided by last week. The inbound m ovem ent for last year berg has Produced much enthusiasm 8»ead of March 4. U nder the proposal, Of this amount >135.000 was given nearly Ideal w eather conditions. Sun­ As the resu lt of activities carried was 2,398,980 tons w ith a value of j ln the Oerinan press. to the cauipalgu fund of Frank L. day succeeded In m aking w hat la re ­ m em bers of congress who had been on by the sh eriff's office in th e en­ Smith, who was nom inated and elected garded as extraordinarily rapid pro­ >145.691,691, and in 1926 it was 2,290,- | C urtain J. K err and three m em bers defeated would not pass on legislation, forcem ent of th e prohibition law in on the republican ticket and then de­ gress in preparing the sunken sub­ of the crew of the m otorshlp Noble as they may do a t present. C lackam as county, Sheriff Mass has 889 tons valued a t >141,293,756. nied the oath of office by the senate m arine for raising. Although 12 div­ T he m ost costly and stubborn fire - 10,875 collected pending a fu rth er hearing before the ers worked In the engine and control in fines during 1927. in Tillam ook in years caused damage ed on Escalante reef off the west coast DREAM LOCATES BODY committee. com partm ents, no additional bodies estim ated at >80,000 last week when of Vancouver Island. Two others of Fire believed to have originated were found, th e total num ber recover i the Masonic building was burned so the crew of six were rescued and Dennis Webb Recovered From Bav bv from spontaneous com bustion destroy­ Rome Welcomes Afghan Rulers. I v z . — l . y y ed thus far rem aining at 17. ancouver. I badly fear is expressed th a t the upper brought to Vancouver. North Bend Youth. ed a warehouse and second hand store Rome - The einlr of A fghanistan. Nearly 10.000 seats will be available I floor and walls may fall a t any time. M arshfield, Or. — Body of Dennis In th e h eart of the downtown business Amanulluh Khan, and his queen a r­ F rank L. Smith Challenges Senate. for spectators a t the republican - ------ na Webb of Abilene Tex., who was drown- d istrict In Salem last week resulting The fire lasted five hours and four rived in the llallan capital on th eir Tn8M CUy “ e l t ** hefe W' th h ' 8 Wlfe 8eTeral firem en were overcom e by th e heavy J u “ It was W ashington, I). C. — Senator-elect first visit to Europe and received an Frank U Sm ith, of Illinois, refused to In a loss estim ated a t >100,000. une it , as estim ated when seating ago when he drove off the North Bend smoke, which ham pered fire fighting H arry Lloyd W olfgram , 13. was kill ! efforts. en th u siastic welcome For the first subm it to trial by the senate primary P ans were gone over by th e commit- | dock In hts automobile, was recovered tim e on record an Afghan queen ap­ election Investigation com m ittee. He ed last week when he stuck his hand j P ostal savings In Oregon for the peared in public unveiled in response challenged the Jurisdiction of the com In a rotary clothes dryer at St. Mary's ( fiscal year ended June 30 totaled >2, pected to be located soon. It is be­ to cheers of a vast crowd which g ath ­ m lttee over th is application for a seal hospital. His arm was torn off. The 607,882, according to John M Jones man of the republican national com­ lieved Webb lost his way in a dense youth's body was throw n against the ered before the (Julrlnal palace, where in the United S tates senate. mittee. fog. The W ebbs came to M arshfield steel fram e of the machine, breaking t,O8tma8' " ’ \ h° ha8 J» « they will be official guests The queen m ____ ; celved a copy of the departm ent an- from Roseburg, Intending to go to his neck was revealed as a tail, ivory-skinned T H E M ARKCT8 I nual report. This is an increase of Marvin H u gh ltt, Railroad Man Dies. Bandon to locate. beauty. She wore a sm art black Albany Is the only m unicipal cor­ Portland >394.630 over the previous year, th° Chicago.—Marvin H ughltt Sr., whose Rudy W hitlock, N orth Bend youth E uropean dress and carried a great W heat— Big Bend bluestem . >140; poration ln Linn county which will , report shows. T here were 6422 de­ span ol service to railroading in the who found the body ln the bay, said bouquet of red ruses hard white, >136; federation, soft have a lower city tax this year than positors for the year and the govern­ middle west stretched back 65 years, he had a dream about th e drow ned w hite and w estern white. >1 28; hard last year, according to County A sses­ m ent paid >36,617 in Interest. j died here a fte r a paralytic stroke. He couple and ln It had a vision reveal- Union Pacific W reck Engineer Dies. w inter. >1.24; northern spring, >1.26; sor G rant From an. Albany's city levy Fifty women In a crowd Jammed in 90 y e ,ra old' UnUI h,B death the Ing to him the location of the body. Portland. O r —C harles F Theobald, w estern red. >1.23. w ill be 55.7 mills. I,ast year it « a s i ! front of the Hub, a departm ent store ve,<“ran had a Part ‘n the direction of engineer on one of the locom otives of 56.5 mills. Hay — Alfalfa. >1S®18.6O; valley Senate Close* Mexican Quix. ; In M arshfield, which had advertised a the Chicago & N orthw estern railroad, th e Union Pacific passenger train W ith the prison population up tc tim othy. >180 18 50; eastern Oregon ; sale, were plunged Into a depression , with whose destines he had been coo- j W ashington, D. C.—The Inquiry In­ w recked in Oneonta gorge last week, tim othy. >20 50(721. 635, th e highest In the history of the I one day last week when the sidewalk nected 56 D>ars. 28 as president. to the Mexican docum ents published in died at St. Vinoenj s hospital here. Institution, the Jails filled B utterfat 6 1 6 56c J , tth meB le»dln> “ > an indented entrance col ' ------------------- ------- H earst new spapers was closed by the The d eath of Mr. Theohlad was the Eggs Ranch. 30(1370. awaUln« trial and only three bunks lapsed. The women fell In a heap a Oregon In s titu tio n * in Good Condition. special senate com m ittee a fter Miguel second resulting from the wreck. Fred C attle—Steers, good. >10 75® 11.75 left in the en tire institution, the hous­ distance of about three feet but only Avila, who obtained the docum ents, C. W arlike, firem an, dying shortly _ Salem. Or.—B arring any em ervenr» ing problem at the state penitentiary Hogs Medium to choice. >S®10. wa8 injured enough to require which would require financial relief adm itted they were forgeries on th é a fter th e wreck. Miss Lillian Carnes, Lam bs — Medium to choice. >11® a t Salem hag reached most serious medical care. ______. state Institutions, relief. stren g th of reports of handw riting ex­ About xnn sou ___________ women were f - u all of Oregon's a passen g er Injured in the wreck, was 1150. proportions, according to H enry Mey — . with w aiting to get Into the store when the .. reported recovering. the possible exception of the Old Sol­ perts. Avila, when asked who forged ere. superintendent. Seattle. j collapse occurred. diers' home, will complete the cur­ the documents, said he did not know. W heat Soft white, w estern white. Two large eagles, in m ortal combat Governor to Appoint Constables. Compilations by lum berm en and log­ rent biennium without creating a de­ > 1 2 S ii; hard w inter. >125; w estern over th e carcass of a Jackrabbit, met Los Angeles Physician Indicted. ging concerns estim ate that In lumber, ficit or calling upon the state erner Salem . Or. — A ppointm ent of con­ red, >1 24; n o rth ern spring. >1 28; blue death at Pendleton when they were stab les to fill vacancies in th s; office j logs and poles. Coos bay shipped dur­ gency board for assistance. Los Angeles, C a l—Dr. C harles M. stem . >1 42; d ark n o rth ern spring. electrocuted on high power tension throughout th e state is now ves'ed lu >1.47; dark hard winter. >1.41. ing 1927 approxim ately 300.000,000 feet McMillan. 67, was Indicted by the lines, according to the mute evidence th e governor, according to A ttorney C h< |r county grand Jury for th e m urder of Hay — Alfalfa. >26, tim othy, >26; found by linemen patrolling the wires of forest products. Thia Is a sm aller Boy S la y e r P . y , P , „ « , t y G eneral Van W inkle am ount than was shipped In 1926 by P. 8., 622. following the recent storm. Columbus, o.-A 17 year old boy I Mrs Amelia Appleby, widow of a j about 25.000.000 feet. llu lte rfa t S4c. »he youngest »layer ever electrocuted w ealthy Chicago inventor. The wo­ M r and M rs J. J. Hembree of Is» >4,281,716 P ro vid ed fo r A ir S ta tio n s The Baker W hite Pine Lum ber com­ Eggs Ranch, 26c. by Ohio, paid with fait h f , m , he elec. man s body was found in a sack in San fa y e tte celebrated th e ir 50th w edding W ashington, D. C. E xpenditure ol pany has Just Installed a new belt for C attle Steers, choice, >11 25® 11.76 anniversary last week at their home, trie chair at Ohio penitentiary for kill- I Fernando valley n e a r here. >4,281.716 for new construction at Its main drive from th e power plant Hogs Prim e. >9 75® 10. surrounded by 30 of their relatives of the local mill a t a cost of >4000 • ng a mother and her 5 year old ton i arm y air statio n s would be authortaed House Approves 8-4 Inquiry. Spokane. The youth w a. n oy<1 Hew,tu who and friends Mr. and Mrs. Hembree It Is 160 feet long. 38 Inches wide and under the J sales hill, reported by th« C attle S teers, good. >10® 10 M. Washington. D. C.— Investigation ol •lew Mrs. Fred Brown and her son were both born n ear L afayette ami \ of an inch thick. It contains many house m ilitary com m ittee. Hoge- Good, >9 60 O 9 60. lived th ere most ot their Uvea Fred J r , at th eir Conneaut, O., home the sinking of the subm arine S-4, as thicknesses of leather. last February. proposed by P resident Coolidge, was approved by the house. DRY AGENTS FAIL IN CIVIL SERVICE TESTS EXTEND QUARANTINE AGAINST CORN BORER LAME DUCK' BILL APPROVED BY SENATE f