WALSH ENTERS RACE FOR NOMINATION OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Montana Senator Will Contest in Primaries of Wisconsin and California. Brief Resume of Happenings o the Week Collected for Our Readers. Portland’s building program for thia year, which got off to an indifferent start In January, received an Impetus during the past month when 876 per­ mits were Issued calling for construc­ tion with an aggregate value of »1,- 475.200. INCREASE IN LIVE­ STOCK RATES ASKED GEN. AUG USTINO SANOINO Proposed Changes Would Cost V. Dare Sloper, Stayton druggist, was instantly killed and Everett Boe- Producers Million Dollars deker, pilot, died later In a Salem Annually. hospital from injuries suffered whan Washington, D. C.—Senator Thom«. Jenny” plane of the Trask Boedek- Senator McNary has secured pas­ J. Walsh, democrat, announced In a Kansas City. Mo.—With the close sage by the senate of his bill for er aviation school crashed in a pas­ statement here that he had assented of the second week of the hearing construction of the Deschutes reclam­ ture a mile east of Salem last week. to the plan of hi« friend» to enter him Kansas CRy there has been Introduced Employment conditions in the Pa­ ation project. In the democratic presidential pri­ cific northwest have undergone steady by the western carriers proposals that The merchants’ department of the maries in Wisconsin, South Dakota the Interstate commerce commission St. ftelens chamber of commerce haa Improvement during the last 30 days, and California. according to the Four-L employment Increase livestock freight rates from sponsored the formation of a credit The statement was an Indirect an­ report for March 1. The report shows wester«, territory an average of 30 t0 reporting association. nouncement of W al.h’« candidacy for 40 per cent. however, that there is still more un­ the democratic presidential nomina­ The government is opening for set­ employment than at this time last A rough estim ate made by repre­ tion. He said he had not Inspired the tlement 2160 acres of land In Lake year. sentatives of western shippers Is that movement and that he did not intend county, near Paisley, and all veterans the Increase In the livestock freight Dates for the state convention of to conduct an active campaign. of the world war have a preference. the Business and Professional Worn rates proposed by the carriers, would The name of Walsh, veteran senator All grading for the Great Northern en’s clubs at Roseburg have been set cost the livestock producers of Ore- from Montana and prosecutor of the terminal in Klamath Falls was com- for May 18, 19 and 20. This was an­ ton, Washington, Idaho and Montana oil Investigations, was thrust into the Albert F. E tte r, th e “A pple W iz a rd " I Plete(i last week by Hauser Brothers nounced following a district meeting more than »1,000,000 annually. political spotlight by announcements I A lso the testim ony Introduced in­ from two states. California and WIs of California, who is now endeavoring , and ‘be yards are now ready for the at Coquille Saturday, at which eight steel. to create a seedless apple. Gen. A ug uvtino S and ino , th e N ic a r­ dicates a well-organized effort on the of the 13 clubs of Oregon were repre­ consin, and polltal observers had much aguan rebel lea d er, w ho has had aev- part of packers with plants located at The North Powder and Haines sented. more food for thought In the further Ogden, Denver and Missouri river banks have consolidated, effective declaration that William O. McAdoo Frank Morrison, Salem man who a ral b a ttle s w ith A m e ric a n m arin es . March 1. The new banking firm will was struck on the head when a truck points and other interior points to was to lead the California movement for him. operate at Haines, which is In Baker load of furniture on which he was obtain ln the general adjustment of county. Like Smith, Senator Walsh Is a western livestock rates that is to re­ riding passed under a railway viaduct Roman Catholic, unlike the New York I sult from the Investigation a more The Columbia river canned salmon in Salem, died in the hospital. Mor­ favorable position by the Increase of governor, he is committed to the dry pack during 1927 aggregated 620,216 rison, accompanied by a daughter, was cause. Rome. — Austrian manifestations full cases, valued at »7,400,021, accord- moving his household goods to Ban­ freight rates on livestock for long The Kansas City and Houston con­ against Italian rule In the former I ing to statistics compiled at Astoria don on a truck. hauls as compared with rates for short ventions are now less than four Austrian Tyrol district were 'intol- | last week. Washington, D. C .-T h e ninth pend­ hauls. A dividend of 60 per cent on savings months away. At one or the other erable," Premier Mussolini said In W itnesses said that because live­ ing criminal action growing out of the deposits and 30 per cent on commer­ Portland's postal receipts for Feb­ the occupant of the White House the chamber of deputies. senate’s Investigation of the Teapot stock has to be unloaded every 300 cial deposits In the defunct Lane ruary. amounting to »237,001.76, show , _ ----- “This is (he last time I shall speak after a year from Sunday will be se­ a gain of »4.561.38 or 1.9 per cent over County Savin8s bank at Florence was Dome-Elk Hills leases was begun In to 400 m iles for feed, water and rest, lected. The approach of primaries on the Tyrol question,” Mussolini add­ federal court when Robert W. Stewart, rates for longer distances should be February, 1927, according to Postmas* declared by the state banking depart- , , , . and conventions In many states also ed. “Next time it will be deeds.” ment. Checks will be sent to deposl- chalrra»n ot the board of Standard Oil ln the nature of a combination of local Mussolini was replying to speeches I J° hn M Jone8’ is bringing home to candidates and tors within the next two or three days I ° f Ind,ana> was Indicted for refusing rates end not decrease per mile with their managers a realization that there made by Austrian Chancellor Selpel I Hal E- Hoss, private secretary to to answer questions asked by the Tea­ distance as do rates on other com­ It was announced. 1» no time to be lost and that politi­ and various members of the Vienna ( Ga’re™or Patterson since the latter’s modities. pot Dome committee. Road construction crews started cal hay can be made even before the parliament. The Italian minister had [ ,nauKuration in January, 1927, severed Stewart was charged by the grand The railroads have Joined with the work last week on the Washington been recalled as a protest against the | bfs connection with the executive de- winter’s frost 1« off the ground. Jury with having refused to answer Interior packers ln demanding rela­ county and Tualatin valley side of the statements. partment last week. Mussolini charged Austria with in- ! Forest service trails with a total of Canyon road. This stretch runs be­ questions concerning the disposition tively higher rates for long hauls. the Washington-Multnomah of liberty bond oil profits of Contlnen gratitude, pointing out the help Italy 73 miles length will be commenced tween county line and Beaverton, joining to tai Trading company. The committee ad given her since her dismember- ’ this year In the Columbia district, ac- the main Tualatin valley highway to seeking to trace »3,080,000 of the prof­ ment under the World war treaty. cording to Chief Ranger Wheeler of its, some of which reached ex-Secre- the west of Beaverton. I am speaking for the world; not the Herman creek station tary Fall in a »233,000 payment from for Austria alone," said Mussolini. After making a trip to the Quarts- Harry F. Sinclair, asked Stewart If The St. Helens Klwanls club has New York.—The United States, rich­ We are not Austria's pupils. We will ville mining district in the Cascades, he knew anyone who received any of sponsored a harmonica band with n est of all nations, has produced Its not admit of Interference In our home W. R. Mealey, a retired lumberman Paris.—Complete defeat has attend­ first 14,000,000,000 corporation. affairs. Governor Fuller of Massa- membership of 35 boys of the grade of Albany, has decided to Install the bonds and If he had discussed the ed the efforts of Bainbridge Colby, bond transactions with Sinclair. chusetts has given us a fine example p b?,01' s P™fM80r W1e»«ndanger of The annual report of the American freight airplanes to transport ore The Standard Oil man refused to who was American secretary of state “ lnstructor’ Telephone A Telegraph company of how to resist foreign interference I from the remote quartz mines. He answer the two questions on two dif­ under President Wilson, to obtain a I Tbe s‘a ‘e ‘and department has turn- said h ( was prepared to put on one Placed that corporation at the head of In the Sacco-Vanzetti case." divorce ln France, where so many of The chamber was packed and the I I*1 ° Ver t0 the state treasurer during or more carriers as soon as conditions ferent occasions and was Indicted «II other Industrial concerns in this his lesser known compatriots have one count for each refusal. premier was Interrupted at times by February *111,808.15, according to a Justify. country. Trial of H. M. Blackmer, missing had their marital bonds easily severed | report prepared by George G. Brown, Second to the A. T. A T. Is the cheering. A 100,000-bale crop of cluster hops Teapot Dome witness, began here with In recent years. clerk of the state land board. United States Steel Corporation with for next year was predicted by T. A. he oil man’s attorneys arguing In The tribunal at V ersailles before assets of nearly »2.600.000,000. Neat William Seals of Crescent lake re- Livesley of Salem, one of the largest ORT M cHENRY P R E SE R V E D which Colby applied for a decree last behalf of their motion to dismiss the In order, all In the billion dollar class ____ ports that the depth of snow on Win- growers and operators on the Paclflo come Southern Pacific railroad. Penn­ B irth p la c e o f S tsr-S p s n g led B an n er to - dlg° pass’ hlRh rldBe of the Cascades coast. He estimated a 10,000-bale contempt charge against him. Black­ summer, has decided it is without mer is still In Paris If he loses the Jurisdiction, inasmuch as the ex-sec­ sylvania Linea, New York Central rail­ south of Odell lake, Is only half that be R estored. crop of fuggies. Mr. Livesley said that present case he, likewise, loses his retary apparently has not relinquished road. Standard Oil of New Jersey. Washington, D. C.—Restoration of recorded at this time last year. approximately 800 acres of new hop» »100.000 In Liberty bonds which the his domicile In the United States, al- Union Pacific railroad, Atchison. T<> the birthplace of the 8tar Spangled The Pleasant Creek placer mine, an were added to the Oregon acreage government seized under the Walsh though he has been living In France peka A Santa Fe railroad. General Banner, at Fort McHenry on Whet­ old-time producer which has been this year. act following his refusal to return and for 11 months. Motors and Ford Motor company. stone Point In the city of Baltimore, to closed down for several years and lo­ His flesh torn by the teeth of a coy­ testify. The court's decision Is the first, so Th«,A. T. A T. established Its lead a original condition will be started cated nine miles out from Rogue ote believed to be rabid, Emmett Staf­ far as known, rendered against a through a combination of lu Individu­ Immediately by Major-General Cheat- Rlver’ will b® reopened at once. prominent American seeking a divorce al worth and that of the Bell Tele­ h*m, quartermaster general of the ) Half «gain as much money was ford, herder employed on one of the B R IE F G ENERAL N EW S Bill Brown ranches between Burns here In recent years. It is Interpreted phone system, of which It owns <-J army, congress has appropriated »81.- ,aken ln by the city of McMinnville and Bend, is in Burns under a physi­ by lawyers of the capital as meaning Ty Cobb has decided to play one per cent. A T A T aaaeu as of De- 878 for that purpose. In 1926 for fines as ln 1927, according cian’s care. The coyote attacked Staf­ that the campaign against foreigners cember 11. »927. are listed at 21.949.. “1 ° r,e aea8On w“ b ‘he Philadelphia The Star Spangled Banner still flies ,o Ju<|go Shirley. The sum reached ford at night, after the herder attempt­ coming across the Atlantic and using Athletics. «W' 057 and assets of the Beil system from the aame spot where Francis i »17S< In 1926 and only »1054.50 ln 1927. ed to drive the animal away from a Marshal Armando Diaz. 67 com­ French courts as an easy means of ax »3.417.4(7411 Boott Key viewed It ln 1814 from the Eight leap-year babies were reported flock of sheep. mander of the Italian armies In the getting a divorce, has borne its first »ritlab w a n t Ip which held him pris­ born ln Portland on February 29. They fruit. Approximately 2500 school children world war, died In Rome. oner, and was Inspired to write the will be quite slaeable youngsters when FIV E M A R IN ES KILLED from all parts of Marion county will David E. Kaufman of Philadelphia composition now used as the national they observe their next birthdays four march in the second annual county was nominated by President Coolidge FARM FO R E C LO S U R E S HUGE Navy D epa»1m «rt « » p e r , „ „ anthem. years hence. Six were boys and two honor roll parade ln Salem May 5. to be American minister to Bolivia Batti» W rtti Bendine. girls. The parade is held annually under Sixteen American marines were Almost $17.000,000 Worth of Landa W aablngtot D. C — Tbs t a r y de­ Standard o il R e-elects C h a irm an . A . A. Schramm, state superintend­ the direction of the Marion county 1926n ,0 F ? r8gUa fr° m Dece"’her 13. Taken by Board. partm ent h a , received a report from Chicago.—Colonel Robert W. Stew­ ent of banks, announces a dividend ol child health demonstration. More than 1926. to February 8. 1928. |„ combat Washington. D. C .-A lm oat »17,000,- Rear Admiral David F K eilan (x œ art. charged with contempt for refusal 50 per cent on the claims of all de­ 3000 children are trying for the honor 1 M, t ’ 7 al“‘d Nlcara*ua" rebels 000 worth of farm lands have fallen mantling the special » t w ic e sq ^ d ____ roa questions asked by mein- positors of the failed Cove State bank roll this year. A Mississippi flood control bill carry- into the hands of the federal farm loan In Nlraragwan water, giving detail. ,~ r’ "» “ >• Teapot Dome aenatorlal A 20 per cent dividend was paid some Last rites were held Thursday for t o f t total of »325.000.000. a ll to be board through foreclosures since es­ of the engagement Last week when ‘» » ’’•tigering committee, was re-elect time ago. Deborah P. Smith, 77. who died ln ed b y Uthef fe<,era‘ ,Un<” ' W88 approv' tablishment of the board, Lloyd 8. five marine« were killed end eight chairman of the board of the Stand under . authority of the *nay’ chlef ot ‘he bureau of eco­ ‘ eDate Commerc« commit- wounded ard Oil company of Indiana with the I k Acting „ — AI- Medford last week. Mrs. Smith was tee. nomics, department of agriculture, dis­ According to the dispatches, the at I-»»’ » « shares of .lo ck controlled by ° <“ y a plone< r resident of Jackson county. Henry L. Stlmson. New York law closed in testimony before a house ap­ tack on the marine force of 1« men ,<,hn ° Rockefeller Jr., voted neither ‘ <'on’ n’l"Kloner- baa ordered tha Married ln Iowa ln 1880. she and her Und“r Pre8‘ propriations sub-committee commanded by Lieutenant F O’Day for “° r M »l»et him removal of all signs advertising oil husband came west and moved to dent8nTafteChT ary I and gasoline from streets and side- Jacksonville ln 1882, when It was neo uent Taft, has assumed the office o f Publication of the testim ony, given took place while they were escorting essary to make the trip from Portland' governor general of the Philippines tlon^m ' ^ the aBricuIture appropria­ A,bany an empty pack train of 85 animals re U Ohio Banker. F .c . Fro^outlon. I ’,a "‘8 tion bill, revealed that in addition to- Findlay, O.—Thirty five Indictments I Th'' MCOD<1 reP°rt ° t ‘he newly or- by stage coach. turning westward from Yall. The ac­ "Born with a gold spoon In his ■a uge amount another »5,040,301 tual attack, the dispatch said, came at charging 13 officers and directors of gaQll<>d Marion County Dairy Improve- It Is reported that the «to»« a worth Is subject to foreclosure. a small village named Jocoto. Fol­ the Arcadia Rank A Havings company n“*nt a” orla“ ° ‘> «bows (24 cows, 87 mouth," will be almost true of the lowing (he attack the force of Lleuten ; ' / r_ '*dla 0 • w“ b embeizlement of ° f Which w**re dry- on »»«• The little son of Mr and Mrs. O. W. Stall­ ment has Inquired of Peruvian t minister if Alexander P m Hickman Captors to Get (3000. ant O Day was Joined by others troops »»73,(19.64 were returned by the total production of these was 16,014 ing of Eugene, born at tha Pacific Pittsburgh would be a c c e p u l ^ o ° ' Los A n g e le s.-™ « first of the com­ pounds of butterfat Christian hospital last week. As the from Condnga and the area In the vi- ■ 2ran<1 Jury, Place Mile, P o ln d .„ er munity reward, offered for the arrest clnlty was carefully rwronnoltered In A shipment of 164 road and trail 1000th baby born at the hoepltal he States ambassador to Peru. 6 T H E M ARKETS an effort to locate the attackers. H k k m ? v,'0“ Wllliam Edward signs was received last week by the will be presented with a gold spoon P o rtlan d M ari^ ; [ DaPer and murderer of Crater national forest headquarters, by Mrs. E. C. Sanderson, wife of the D ra s tic D ry V io la tio n B ill a H a y s S ays S in c la ir D onated (2 (0 ,0 0 0 . Wheat—Rig Bend biuestem, »142; and will be erected during the coming president of the Eugene Bible uni­ Washington D c t C o A pprov , d - Marlo Parker, has been divided, it versity. »3000 r “ n ° U.nCed h e re ’ th a n hard white, (1.3184; federation, soft Washington, I) c -W ill H. Haya, summer on mountain trails frequented Members of the Washington county ex postmaster general, testified before , w b,,e’ western white, »131; hard win by numerous visitors. of Invlc br radio • tat,on KHIC the senate oil committee that Harry ter. »125; northern •Prlng, »12«; Tom G u rrt° Wae dl8trlbuted between »“ Preliminary organisation of a build­ court approved plans to open the Wil­ dle” n ^ ? V hlef ° f °» Pen- F Sinclair had handed him a total of western red, »1 24. ing and trades council to affiliate with son river road between Tillamook and ’v 7 d T t h ? h *10-' tr a in /o r n ’ UCk L,eua,,en. Oregon Hay - Alfalfa. »18« 18 50; valla» the building trades department of the Forest Grove, reducing the distance •00 fine, was X (2(0.000 In liberty bonds for use by the republican national committee timothy. (l» « 1 8 50; eastern Oregon American Federation of Labor was between the two points by nearly half. Judiciary committee Th ( h\ h° U8e S Î b i , h w . 7 ' and f'red Klng’ Colum- after the oil operator had leased Ten- timothy. »20 50 0 21. ant O a J 7 ierTlCe 8tat,on attend- effected at a mass meeting of build­ Tuesday when they ordered grading ( ‘“ es would applT'to f r . drM,'C Butterfat— 54055c. done on the project. It Is hoped that - H t » , and m.king .V c “ ’ ”0™ 0“’ r ë i i v s «o’ "’ and L,eua"ou each will pot Ik>me. Of this amount (1(0,000 ing crafts In Salem recently. b°' cent of , heP,or,aient Snd K U * 20 P“r Eggs -Ranch. 30O35c. (he ultimate result will be establish­ not to possession Ti" h I i actually was used to help extinguish The Silver Lake Mercantile com- ment of a permanent highway. This eliminate P r o v i s i , ()f J” " ‘ l8° wo“‘d C a ttle- Steers good. »11 75 0 12 50 the committee deficit resulting from been c o n X è î SO° n “ “ aU