FORFEITURE OF N. P.
GRANT LANDS URGED
W idening of the Caves highw ay out
of G rants P ass is to be sta rte d imme
MYRON C. TAYLOR
diately, equipm ent having arrived for
the work. T his work was started
y ear ago and will be com pleted by the
opening of to u rist season.
A tto rn ey G en era l A d vises C on
A fruit-picking device, modeled a fter
B
rief
Resum
e
of
H
appenings
of
Adopts La F ollette Resolution
the blood vein system of the hum an
g re ss to Repossess S ix
the W eek Collected for
Requiring R etirem ent A fter
body, which is claimed to increase the
M illio n A cres.
speed of th e picker 50 per cent, has
Our Readers.
Second Term .
peen Invented and perfected by Dr,
C. A. B ueckler of Medford.
W ashington, D. C.—Ruling th a t the
Salem 's new (300,000 public m arket
W ashington, D. C.—The sen ate went
W hile clim bing a stairw ay to his
governm ent through legislative and
was formally opened la st week.
on record, 56 to 26, In favor of the
room In Bend Monday night, Joseph
Judicial action has th e rig h t to re
retirem ent of the president« "after
T he W estern Douglas County Fire C. C arter, 71, lo st his balance and
possess about 6,000,000 acres of land
th eir «econd term .”
P atrol association was form ed at plunged head first to th e floor below,
In
th e northw est from th e N orthern
By this vote the resolution of Sen
M arshfield recently.
suffering a fractured skull. H e was
Pacific Railroad com pany. A ttorney
ato r La Follette, republican, Wiscon
The q uarterly In stitu te of Columbia an old pioneer of th e county.
G eneral S argent subm itted a re p o rt to
■In, declaring this precedent estab
J county teachers was held a t the John
H erb ert H enne, 13, son of Mr. and
congress in response to a jo in t reso
lished by W ashington and other pres
i Gumm school In SL H elens la s t Sat- Mrs. A rt H enne, living east of Salem,
lution adopted a t the la st session.
idents had become ‘‘a p art of our re
j nrday.
shot his rig h t eye out with, an arrow
W hile it is held by the governm ent
publican system of governm ent,” was
la
st T hursday evening. The boy was
th a t this large acreage should be re
F ru it grow ers of th e Sherwood dis
approved a fter four days of debate
turned by the railroad, the N orthern
tric t held a m eeting last S aturday to experim enting w ith a new bow, which
revolving about Its application to
Pacific contends th a t It should be
form
an organization for th eir m utual he had ju s t m ade, when it “backfired,”
P resident Coolidge.
th e arrow piercing the rig h t eye.
aw arded 3,750,000 acres In addition to
1 assistance.
An attem p t by Senator Fess to word
th a t now held. T his claim is s e t up
A bright outlook for B aker county
the resolution to apply only to second
The Union county court. In regular
under the original land g rants.
"elective" term s was overwhelmingly
session last week, authorized the ex was seen a t the annual m eeting of the
Myron C. Taylor, who succeeded the
Miss Maud Roydon, noted English
The rep o rt involves property w orth
rejected, 73 to 5.
penditure of (8281 for m aintenance of B aker county cham ber of comm erce,
attended by 400 persons, In B aker re late Elbert H. Gary as chairman of m any million dollars.
S enator C urtis of K ansas, the re preacher, came to America to lecture. m arket roads during 1928.
cently, Im provem ent In th e livestock the finance committee of the United
G rants totaling 44,000,000 acres were
publican leader and an avowed can Her engagement in Chicago was can*
The M arshfield city council raised
m ade to the N orthern Pacific railroad
didate for the republican nomination, celed, presumably because she some* I the infantile paralysis quarantine last and sheep in d u stry and b e tte r farm States Steel corporation.
ing generally contribute to the good
in 1864 and 1870, th e tra c ts ranging
voted with 17 other republicans, most times smoke».
week when a convened m eeting was
feeling.
from Lake S uperior to P uget Sound.
ly from the west, the lone farmer-
i Informed th e danger had passed.
T he governm ent claim s th a t the
labor senator, and 37 dem ocrats In
Value of exports from the Oregon
The state B aptist convention will
railroad com pany should tu rn back ap
support* of th e resolution.
custom s d istrict during 1927 was
I meet In Eugene in Ju ly and the advi
Senator Gillett, republican, Massa
proxim ately 5,000,000 of th e 44,000,000-
placed a t (78,724,565, a gain of >302,-
sory com m ittee of th e F irst B aptist
chusetts, was on of the group sup
acre g ran t because it had absorbed
627 com pared w ith 1926, and im port
church already is m aking plans to en
porting the resolution, while Senator
land belonging to th e fo rest reserv es,
values of (14,343,115 rep resen ted an
tertain.
W alsh, dem ocrat, of th at state, voted
Increase of >623,080 over the 1926 pe
W ashington, D. C,—The navy de Indian reserv atio n s and m ineral de
W ashington, D. C.—S ecretary Hoov
The sta te fo rester rep orts th a t Co riod, new high m arks being estab partm en t has been told, In reports posits.
against the resolution. Senator Dill
of W ashington voted for the resolu er became an avowed candidate for lum bia county during the last forest lished for both.
The railroad com pany claim s th a t
from N icaragua, th a t A ugustino San-
tion, and Senators McNary and Stel- the republican presidential nom ina fire season suffered th e g reatest Joss
P lans a re under way to establish a dino, rebel chief, is In flight to Hon th e governm ent should cede It an ad
wer of Oregon and Junes of W ashing tion when he gave formal perm ission of any county In th e state, th e total course in banking in th e Eugene pub duras.
ditional 3,750,000 acres w hich it w as
for his Ohio supporters to en ter his being (81,467.
ton against it.
A m essage from officers In Nica entitled to under the original grant.
lic schools, it was announced. The
name in the Ohio prim ary.
Drilling has been resum ed a t the city council of parent-teacher associa ragua, given to the senate foreign re
“The U nited S tates, by virtue of
In his first campaign statem en t, L eeper Dome oil well w est of S uther
tions Is sponsoring the movement. lations com m ittee by S ecretary W il the reserved rig h t to add to, a lter,
which took the form of a le tte r to lin and It Is understood the work will
The course, if established, will be In bur, declared Sandino was practically am end o r repeal the g ra n t,” the opin
Thad H. Brown, chairm an of the Ohio continue until the hole has reached
cooperation w ith the E ugene banks out of am m unition and "in so far as ion added, ‘‘has the right to rev est in
H oover for P resid en t” com m ittee, the th e 4000-foot level.
N icaragua is concerned, he is finished itself and repossess all or any p a rt of
and the clearing house association.
secretary declared him self bound “to
and is sim ply try in g to escape."
th e granted lands rem cining in th e
E llis Dement, form erly m ayor of
Oregon
is
destined
to
become
the
carry forward th e principles of the Myrtle Point, w as re-elected president
ow
nership of the com pany, having due
“Indication
is,
from
latest
reports,"
largest linen yarn producing region
W ashington, D. C.—P resident Cool republican party and th e g reat ob of th e Coos and C urry F air association
th e m essage read, “th a t Sandino in regard for th e rig h ts of th e com pany.
In
the
world,
according
to
M
artin
idge's proposed five-year naval build jectives of P resident Coolidge’s poli a t the annual directo rs' m eeting held
Faw cett of New York city. Mr. Faw tends to reach northern coast of H on The pow er to a lter, am end o r rep eal
ing program, together with construc cies.”
In M yrtle P oint last Saturday.
cett
made this statem en t a fter a care duras. T here Is am ple evidence th a t the gran tin g acts re s ts only in th e
He Indicated his Intention to refrain
tion already authorized and under
W
ith
a
rep
resen
tativ
e
gathering
of
ful
Investigation
of the local flax In all the rifles th a t Sandino has w ere congress.”
way, would cost a grand total of >4,- from personal cam paigning in the pre
Oregon
editors,
th
e
ten
th
annual
O
re
dustry and the quality of th e finished procured in N icaragua from men who
176,426,000, according to an official convention prim aries, and to retain
failed to turn them in. Sandino's am
gon
N
ew
spaper
conference
was
held
product.
navy departm ent estim ate subm itted his official post a t the head of the
m unition is practically gone."
a
t
th
e
school
of
journalism
of
the
A high power radio station will be
to the house naval affairs committee. commerce departm ent.
On the basis of this m essage, C hair
established In M arshfield w ithin 30
The le tte r signaled the beginning of U niversity of Oregon last week.
Seventy-one new ships would be laid
m
an
Borah of the com m ittee declared
J. Lewis, Corvallis attorney, has days. T his was announced by Mrs.
sharp contest for the Ohio delega
down In five year, beginning in 1029,
th a t "If this is correct, the outlook is
I
been
appointed
by
Governor
P
atterso
n
Thelm
a
Cullen
of
Eugene.
Mrs.
Cul
tion
to
th
e
republican
national
con
and would be completed by 1937. 1 he
very good.”
expenditure would be spread over nlue vention, since th e H oover cam paign a m em ber of th e state parole board. len and H. H. H anseth will move the
All data relatin g to A m erican in ter
W ashington, D. C.—R egular tran s-
years from 1929 to 1937. These enor will face the already indicated opposi He will succeed W. L. Jackson of Al apparatus now a t Eugene to th e new
vention In N icaragua were placed be A tlantic mail and p assenger service
bany,
whose
term
expired
recently.
nine-story
Marshfield
hotel
building,
mous figures of the navy bear out the tion of S enator W illis of Ohio, repub
fore the com m ittee by S ecretary Wil by dirigible airships will be In stitu ted
An order to create a Marion county nearing completion.
contention of naval com m ittee mem lican, an o th er announced candidate.
b u r and a staff of naval and m arine w ithin th ree m onths w ith the co-oper
V ictor C. Follenius, general m ana
law library was Issued by the county
bers th at th e program would cost far
officers at th e com m ittee hearing.
ation and approval of the A m erican
court recently. T his is being done ger, announced th a t the Hood River
more than th e (800,000,000 estim ate
FRANK S M IT H R E A P P O IN TE D under
It showed th a t 12 A m ericans and governm ent, S ecretary H oover said,
th e authorization of a law Apple Growers' association will make
originally subm itted.
156 N icaraguans have been killed in announcing the conclusion of con
The total figure Is made up of an SenatorElect Recently Barred, Is passed a t the last legislative session. a cash distribution of >160,000 on the
since m arines w ent to th at country.
ferences with rep resen tativ es of B rit
annual outlay of approxim ately >147,-
Again Named by Governor.
P ersons In charge of the defunct 1927 apple and pear pools th e la tter
ish Interests who a re responsible fo r
part
of
the
month.
The
co-operative
000,000 for th e new program over the
Springfield, 111,— F rank L. Smith, Lane County S tate bank a t Florence
the enterprise.
B R IE F GENERAL NEW S
nine-year period plus a regular main senator-elect of Illinois, whoso seat state th a t savings deposits will be association In D ecember forw arded to
The dirigible R-100. now under con
tenance appropriation each year which was declared vacant by the United paid in full and com m ercial depositors m em bers checks aggregating >225,000
struction in England, designed to c ar
Thom
as
A.
Edison,
the
noted
inven
and
January
distribution
reached
will run between (300,000,000 and S tates senate, h as handed his resig may receive 80 pep- cent of their
tor, celebrated his 81st birthday Sat ry 100 passengers and ten tons of m ail,
>150,000.
>350,000,000.
nation to Governor Small, the gover claims.
is. to inaugurate the new a ir se rv ice
The S tandard Oil company has an urday.
The >4,176,426,000 Includes airplanes nor im m ediately reappointing him to
A sam ple census of farm crops In
cm
a ten tativ e schedule th a t will con
The
republican
presidential
political
and aviation personnel necessary to fill th e unexpired term and issuing a 35 rep resen tativ e school districts of nounced th a t it would s ta rt work at
man the five aircraft carriers and 25 proclam ation for a special senatorial L ane county has been taken prelim once to erect a >20,000 sm udging oil field was fu rth er broadened with the sume 48 hours on h e r w estw ard voy
tank In Medford to be available for announcem ent th a t Jam es E. W atson, ages and 38 hours on the return.
cruisers provided In the program. A prim ary and election.
inary to the farm economic conference
The A m erican governm ent will lend
Indiana senator, would be a candidate.
total of 1490 new planes would be
The governors' proclam ation said to be held In E ugene th e last of the use before the opening of th e frost
The right of Jam es M. Beck to re the R-100 th e use of the naval a ir sta
season. The establishm ent of the
necessary. An Increase of 20,000 men the special senatorial prim ary would week.
plant will lessen the hazard of or tain his seat as a republican rep re tion m ooring m ast and equipm ent a t
would be required to man th e new bo held on April 10, the date for the
The Tillamook county court has au chard heating by providing an ade sentative from Pennsylvania was up L akehurst, N. J .
N egotiations a re
ehlps.
reg u lar April prim ary, and th a t the thorized the construction of a new
held by a house elections com m ittee now under way w ith the postoffice
quate
supply
of
fuel
oil
during
the
special senatorial election would be draw bridge over the Tillam ook river
by a vote of 6 to 3.
dep artm en t by which the a ir liner will
held In November In connection with west of Tillamook. The work will be sm udging season.
BU SSES SPAN NATION
be given a special mail contract a t a
The
United
States
Lawn
T
ennis
as
R
ushing
into
a
burning
house
at
th e regular election.
done by th e county, startin g immedi Mount P leasant, n ear Oregon City, on sociation's annual ranking of sta rs prem ium rate of postage, as the land
Pickwick and Greyhound Concern«
Sm ith Issued a 1400-word statem en t ately.
Sunday, 14-year-old Grace Olson res showed William T. Tilden II still at airplane mall services now receive.
U nite In T ranscontinental Route.
In connection with his resignation, de- j
The Hood R iver city council has cued her chum. Bessie Olson, 13-year- the head of the list, with F rancis T.
New York, N. Y.—The first tra n s d a rin g he would en ter the special prl- I
authorized the stre e t com m ittee to old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H unter occupying second place.
IO D IN E S A LE S R E S TR IC TE D
continental bus route In th e United m ary to test the will of the people of
obtain an option on acreage in P ara Olson, from her sick bed, while flames
Dieudonne Costs and Joseph Le
S tates, stretching fi^in the Pacific Illinois against th e action of th e ,
dise farm , Just w est of town, which were rapidly eating th eir way to the Brix, French good will filers, whose Drug It Said to Be New Source of
coast to Philadelphia and ultim ately United S tates senate, which debarred \
may be developed la te r as a municipal room. The m other of the sick girl 22,000-mile course has led them over
Bootleg Alcohol.
coming to New York, has been com him.
airport.
had fainted with excitem ent a t a safe four continents during the last four
W ashington, D. C.—O rders placing
pleted. The bus line, operating more
m onths, landed in New York S atur certain restriction on the sale of
Because he drove off the municipal distance from the fire.
than 400 busses over 50,000 miles of
Hickman Found Sane by Jury.
E ffective February 15, the load limit day.
dock a t N orth Bend, w hich was un
Iodine, which has developed Into a
this country and linking more than
Ig>s Angeles, Cal.—Eight men and protected by any b arrier, his car drop on th e Old Oregon Trail between Ba
new source of bootleg alcohol, w ere
1000 cities, tow ns and comm unities,
>ur wmen, some elderly, some middle- ping Into 30 feet of w ater, Roy His« ker and La Grande will be 6500 German Arbitration Pact Planned.
Issued by the prohibition bureau
resulted from the m erger of the Pick aged. th e Jury holding the fate of
W ashington, D. C.—- An arb itra tio n
The regulation, issued by Commis
wick corporation and the Greyhound W illiam Edward Hickman, confessed of Albany is suing the city for >5906 30 pounds, It Is announced by the depart
dam ages.
m ent officers of the state highway tre a ty sim ilar to th a t recently signed sioner Doran and app ioved by Secre
bus system.
slayer of Martan P arker, stripped his
Im m ediate construction of the north commission a t La Grande. On the by France and the U nited S tates will tary Mellon, provides that orders for
F are on a tran scontinental bus trip cloak of asserted insanity from him
, m o n th
Jetty
of the Umpqua riv er is made sam e day a load limit of 10,000 pounds be offered G erm any by this govern l o d i n i ;n "
Is said to be a trifle m ore than one- and branded him a m urderer. Two
third of existing rati rates.
Stop verdicts were rendered In th e sanity possible by the acceptance by the sec was placed on the Hainee-Pleasant m ent soon a fte r the senate acts on to any one buyer must be subm itted
overs at hotels, owned and operated trial, one th at Hickman was sane on retary of w ar of an offer of (30,000 Valley stretch of the Old Oregon th e Franco-A m erican p.act, T here is to prohibition adm inistrators for ap
no arb itra tio n tre a ty betw een the proval before being filled by the m an
by the bus corporation, however, bring the m urder charge and the other th a t from the com m issioners of the Port Trail, excluding the city of Baker.
The Coos Veneer A Box company, U nited S ta te s and G erm any now be ufacturer. «„lea ol one gallon or less
actual expenses to an amount approxi he was sane on the kidnaping charge. of Umpqua.
m ating ordinary rail costs. The time
The Coos Bay w ater company has at the annual meeting of its directors, cause those countries did not sign may be made without such ap p ro v al
such an agreem ent when Ellhu Root
required, however. Is several days or
served notice on the cities of Marsh announced an issue of >100,000 worth
T H E MARKETS
of bonds, which would pay for the new negotiated a score of arbitration pacts
N 'flh t to Y ie ld to In v is ib le Ray.
m om longer than on train, depending
field and N orth Bend th at It w oo
Portland
in 1908 and 1909.
on the num ber of stop-overs desired.
would ap p ear before th e public service Improvements under way and others
above
W heat B. B. blues tern, (1.S8H ;
,N e' lo rk :g soon to be s w e p t by an
comm ission and ask for Increased to be made a t once. The new Im
hard white, federation, soft white,
Amended
P
ray
er
Book
la
Approved.
provem
ents
Include
a
furniture
fac
A v ia to r Hang« Up W orld Loop Record
rates for Its w ater.
bat sho ws on a.
w estern white, >1 25S&; hard w inter.
tory, addition of a fifth lathe In the
London.—G eneral approval of the screen e-,,.rythln)f ,,n
Minneapolis, Minn.—A new world's >1 20; northern spring. >1 23; w estern
According to the lust school census,
raya
veneer plant to Increase the plywood am ended form of the book of common »11. Arrangements
record of 1093 loops In an airplane, red, >120.
ts are being m ade
th ere are 5565 children In Union c< ua-
output and other sm aller additions.
p
ra
y
e
r
of
the
C
hurch
of
England
was
hy
Captain
O.
G
"
l
l
u
"
h
according to records available here,
son, manag-
Hay — Alfalfa. >180 18 50; valley ty betw een the ages of S and 20, a
W hen 18 dogs died or becam e 111 voted by the house of laity of the lng director of
»»» established at Wold C ham berlain tim othy, >1801850; eastern Oregon gain of 11 over last year's census.
!h® Baird T e>oviaion
from eating poisoned m eat, citizens chusch assem bly, 196 to 80. The house S
?
:
:
(
f
i-endon, for
airp o rt by C harles "S peed” Holman tim othy. >20.60 0 31.
La G rande's census shows 2786. a gala
of Seaside were displeased. But when of clergy approved the newly revised
n
»
n
atio
n
of
the
tnvi.ible
ray appa-
of M inneapolis, chief pilot tor the
of
30
over
last
year.
B utterfat —49©52c.
four Seaside children found som e of version, 247 to 35, while the house of
N orthw est airw ays The form er rec
Eggs Ranch, 23© 26c
Tw enty claim s of sheep growers the meat, the parents rose up In w rath bishops approved It, 40 to 5.
ord of 515 was established February
C attle—Steers, good. >11 50 0 12 60. who allege they have suffered loss of and are now offering rew ards for the
R7 a' *
'
« « • * « ■ » • M c C u rd y .
4 by Gene Shank of St. Paul.
Hog«—Medium to choice, >8 0 9.50. sheep through killing dogs have al capture of the m ysterious poisoner. Chicago Plana to House Automobi'ea.
ready
been
filed
with
the
Linn
county
L am b s- Medium to choice, >110
Balls of ground-up beef, containing
Chicago, 111.—A mendment of the
C
W. Me.
Idaho County T reasurer Removed.
clerk at Albany since Jan uary 1. The large doses of a deadly poison, have building code to require all new build Curdy, De M e in es has been appolnt-
12 86.
«4 supre
W allace, Idaho John A l.ucae was
claim s aggregate (677.
Seattle.
been found on many lawns of the city. ings to provide adequate automobile j
itoyal
rem oved by the board of county com
W heat Soft white, w estern white,
Congressman K orell has nominated
storage
space
for
the
cars
of
Its
occu
a, La-
O peratives of the state prohibition
m issioners as tre a su re r and public ( 1 2 6 4 ; hard w inter, (1 2 2 ; w estern
Gordon W. Underwood and Fred A departm ent participated In 72 a rre sts p an ts has been proposed by a cky
•1 Wood-
ad m in istrato r of Shoshone county. He red. (1 2 1 ; northern spring, (1.24;
Tholtn of P ortland for appointm ent to during January, according to a report traffic engineer as another step iQ
we ordered to appear In d istric t court bluestem , (1 39, dark northern spring, th e naval academ y at Annapolis, sub
prepared by George Alexander, com the solution of the traffic congestion . . .
' • ' **
a.
to answ er a charge of m isconduct In (1 41; dark hard w inter, >1.88.
ject to entrance ezam inattons. fitting m issioner Fines imposed In the ease« problem.
office and illegal collection of fee«
H ay — Alfalfa, (24; tim othy, >28; two vacancies from th e Portland dis aggregated >7360, with Jail sentences
I totaling 900 days.
P, 8 , (24.
----------W - . . W O ,
„ S till M* Ke» Rssdence Distillery.
trict.
Treaty Recognize« French Obligatio,
Bodies ef 30 M iners Found.
B u tterfat—( l c .
W
ashington.
D.
C
—
Franc.
.
-si.
Helona
Mop-
À . ..
O rganization of a central Oregon I Construction of new school bulld-
Tim m ins. Ont
Rescue parties who
* “ Ju‘ r »HU
o ^ r a u T h ia
Eggs Ranch, 24c.
baseball league, w ith sevaa team» » < • at Cansna Valley and Ash. on tlona under the League of N a t i c i
entered th e H ollinger Consolidated
C attle Steers, choice. > 1 1 2 6 0 1 2 -« ten tatively Bated, took place at a Loon lake, were announced at Marah- are
^ r a t io n
,
gold mtae to search for th e miner«
Hog« Prime, (9 40 0 9 (0 .
ineetlng Sunday la Redmond Teams field Cam as Valley wtU build a ala- OFW F*r»nco • American Arbitration therefore “ open to search and aeis-
trapped on the 660-foot level were re
Spokane.
algned up in the league are Redmond room » tractare at a coat of 825.000, treaty , the text of that docnm-at re 1 ur»
V'
T 4""“ *1 "nder the W -
ported Io have found th e bodies of
•au» l a .
C attle Steer», good. ( 1 1 ( 5 0 1 1 0 0 . Prineville. Madras, Bend. Eagle«, si»
tod Ash will expend about (10,004 oe reeled when made »«bile by the
Judge Bourqum of th e
10 non.
ate.
" I United States district
Ilo g « Good. ( 9 0 9 10.
tera, Powell B utte sad Culver
, t tw o room building.
I Uv ruling
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
SENATE WOULD LIMIT
PRESIDENTS' TERMS
HOOVER ANNOUNCES
WILL BE CANDIDATE
SENATE INFORMED
SANDINO IS BEATEN
NAVAL PLANS CALL
FOR $4,176,426,000
TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR
SERVICE PLANNED