EXPERTS DIFFER IN
GRAIN RATE PROBE
A fail of 10 Inches of snow on the
summit of McKenzie pass is offering
H. SALISBURY
further resistance to the efforts of the
state highway crew attem pting to
open the pass with a snow plow, it
was reported from Sisters recently.
G row th in N u m b e r of E xport
Los A ngeles W ill B e a r Cost
B rie f Resum e of Happenings of Bids on more than >200,000 worth of )
m
achinery
for
the
power
plant
to
be
e rs an d M ille rs Help
of R eh ab ilitatin g D am aged
the W eek Collected for
constructed by the city of Eugene on
F a rm e rs .
Hom es.
the McKenzie river a t Leaburg were ,
O ur Readers.
opened by the w ater board last week
and contracts will be awarded soon.
Chicago.—G rain m a rk e ts and ports
Los Angeles, Cal.—A b attery of 65 [
Millions of sm elt entered the Sandy
As a result of her 10-year-old son’s j
1 agree th a t th e m ore trad ers, brokers
tracto rs, traveling In form ation like
river, bound for th eir spaw ning
m ilitary tanka so as to leave no j
playing with dynam ite caps. Mrs. G.
l exporters and m illers th ere are bid
grounds, la s t week.
Deprez of Cornelius may lose use of
ground uncovered, rolled down the
ding for the A m erican farm er’s prod-
M arshfield’s comm unity chest drive
her left arm. The youngster threw i
B anta C lara river valley In a final
uct, the h e a lth ie r h is bank account
is com pleted with a fund of >6300 on
' will be.
a cap on the stove while his mother
•earch for victim s of the St. Francis
hand for work during 1928.
was getting breakfast and It exploded.
dam d isaster of la st week. T ^e total j
T hat, how ever, Is all th a t they
Building perm its so far this y ear In
know n dead In the catastrophe, as
agreed upon d u ring an in te rsta te com
Election and installation of officers
Eugene a re close to the >500,000 m ark
compiled from official and unofficial
m erce com m ission investigation of
and choosing of the next meeting
according to W illiam H. A lexander,
•ources, reached 244.
tran sp o rtatio n ra te s on grain Intended
place closed the 39th annual P resbyter
city building Inspector.
Those directing the search believe 1
for export a s they affect the grower’s
ian session in Central Presbyterian
th a t all bodies visible on th e surface,
finances.
The Rev. Fred J. G reene of Cove church in Eugene last week. Corval
o r partially buried, have been found
has been called as pastor of the Mil lis was chosen as the next meeting
They disagreed, a t th e Chicago hear-
T h e tracto rs were sen t into the th ea
ton-F reew ater B aptist church and will place.
I ing, on th e am ount of business it is
te r of destruction to rem ove all piles
begin his pastorate on April 1.
entitled to and d istrib u tio n of the re
The city of Baker has v t'e d to pur
of debris and uncover the rem ains of
m ainder.
Forty-tw o students will be granted chase a hook a id ladder outfit for
W SM»* S U B " . .
any victim s th at might have been hid
M. H. Salisbury of the University
Spokesm en fo r th e m arkets and
diplom as from the standard two-year the fire departm ent. The outfit in
den. W hile this search progresses, I Col. O. Latrobe, who has been ap
of Wisconsin, who has become chief ports, ra llro td tra ffic experts, econo-
course
a
t
the
Oregon
norm
al
school
cludes a m otor truck, chemical tank,
Other tracto rs, steam shovels and pointed by President Coolidge to be
of the radio service of the United m ists and g rain tra d e rs disagreed,
a t graduation exercises March 22.
i ladders and additional equipment.
team s a re a t work throughout the val his chief military aid, succeeding Col.
States Department of Agriculture.
further, on w h at se ts the price of
|
Provision
was
made
for
the
purchase
T otal apple shipm ents from Im bler
ley on the Job of rehabilitation, the Blanton Winship.
grain shipped from th e U nited States.
1
of
the
fire
apparatus
in
the
1928
bud
in
Union
county
during
the
past
sea
to s t of which. Mayor George E. f r y e r
Some thought th e E uropean buyer de
son were 250 carloads. T hirty car ! get.
Of Log Angeles announced, would be
term ined the price of the 200,000,000
loads o t potatoes have also been
The m onastery of St. Benedicts’ ab- I
borne by th a t city which had owned
bushels of w heat exported from the
shipped.
! bey and chapel will be dedicated Wed-
th e destroyed dam.
United S tates by bidding other export
The first full carload of barreled I nesday, March 21, St. Benedicts day,
Survey of th e flooded area brought
ing countries—C anada, A ustralia, In
j
just
18
months
from
the
day
of
the
|
straw
b
erries
ever
shipped
from
the
th e to tal a re a of orchard and farm
dia, A rgentina and R u ssia — against
Rogue riv er alley left the Bagley I disastrous fire when the entire Bene- i
acreage inundated and badly damaged
Vancouver, W ash.—T h e h istory of C anning com pany's plant at Ashland , dictine community were driven from | W ashington, D. C.—The govern this country.
to 79,000 acres. No estim ate has been
m ent’s huge
>100,000,000 Muscle ! The Chicago spokesm an, J. s.
the Oregon country passed in review for th e e a st coast.
iheir home on the night of September
m ade of the cost of reh abilitating this
Shoals project will be operated by the Brown, rep resen tin g th e w orld’s larg-
Saturday night when C harles B. Sale,
land. Mayor C ryer of Los Angeles
The w inter load lim it on the Me- 21, 1926.
governm ent for the distribution of est m ark etin g agency—th e board of
said th a t th is work would be u nderta governor of the H udson’s Bay com Mlnnville-Tillamook highway between
Seventy W est Linn union high power among all states within tran s trad e—asked th a t all railroad rates be
pany, pressed a button in the London
ken by Log Angeles city by the ra is
Hebo and McMinnville has been re school students from Oswego and
ofti,.e, which released a flash th a t
mission distance and the proceeds reduced, placing th e disto rtio n of rates
ing of a bond Issue.
moved by the sta te highway com m is Lake Grove narrowly escaped death i
f(Jr
fe rt„ lzer
experinient3 largely upon th e railro ad s. W hat re-
sped across the ocean and tho A m eri
A special investigation com m ittee
sion, effective a t once.
or serious injuries last Tuesday morn throughout the whole country, the sen- ; lief can be given the farm er by chang-
can
continent
and
lighted
the
new
w as Instructed by Asa Keyes, d istrict
Dr. Jam es G ilbert of the U niversity ing when the two school busses carry
atto rn ey of Los Angeles county, to In- ornam ental stre e t lighting system of of Oregon was the principal speaker ing them crashed near Robinwood and ate derided in adopting an amended ing ra te s also w as a moot topic for
this city.
, N orris resolution. The vote was 48 divergent opinions.
»pect the ruined dam and rep o rt to
At the sam e tim e th e form al open a t the dedication of the new R eeds went Into the ditch, wrecking both to 25.
him w hat, In Its belief, caused th e
ing of the E vergreen hotel, a >200,000 port high school, recently completed machines.
U nder the resolution as adopted a
•tru c tu re to give way.
a t a cost of more than >32,000.
A substantial Increase in income tax gigantic system of fertilizer experi
venture, was observed.
N omination of F rank L. Shull by returns for 1927 1 b anticipated over m ental stations will be set up by the
It was 102 y ears ago, lacking tw o
days, when George Simpson, deputy the P ortland C ham ber of Commerce 1926 by Clyde G. Huntley, collector of secretary of agriculture, while th e sec
governor of th e H udson’s Bay com as directo r of the United S tates Cham internal revenue for the Portland dis retary of w ar will dispose of all power
pany, in th e presence of the g en tle ber has been Indorsed by a num ber trict, who reported that an official developm ent at the project. The reso
count of returns showed 27.600 filed, lution now goes to the house for ac
men and serv an ts of th e cornpany.and of cham bers of the Pacific coast.
W ashington, D. C.— T he >274,000,000
a num ber of Indian chiefs and trib es
A veteran of th e Civil w ar and a about 650 ahead of last year at the tion before it becomes a law.
new w arship con stru ctio n program
New York.—P lacing th e A m erican j men a t su n rise raised th e B ritish flag, prom inent resident of Linn county sam e time.
This action represented a clear-cut was approved by th e house and sent
governm ent form ally on record In broke a bottle of rum on the flagstaff since 1888, David W esley Milhollen , One hundred representative citizens victory for S enator George W. Norris to the senate. T he vote w as 287 to 57.
favor of an unqualified anti-w ar tre a ty ! and proclaim ed in a loud voice: "In died last week at the hom e of his of Marshfield a t a mass meeting, de of N ebraska, insurgent leader, who
In passing the B utler bill, the house
between the g reat powers of the world, behalf of the H onorable H udson's Bay daughter, Mrs. J. Miller, n ear Shedd. cided th a t the Coos county court has fought for 10 years against leas voted for construction of 15 cruisers
S ecretary Kellogg said in an address company I hereby nam e tills estab
Ten carloads of steel rails a re a t should petition the state highway en ing the property to a private corpora of 10,000 tons displacem ent each and
h ere th a t if th e principal nations are lishm ent F o rt V ancouver, God save C hem ult and w ithin the next few days ' K>neer to draw and approve plans for tion as a fertilizer project. N orris one a ircraft c a rrie r of 13,800 tons.
united In a sincere desire for such a King George the F o u rth .”
will be shipped to K lam ath Falls, ' a bridge over Coos bay. The Park m aintained throughout the fight th at
The m easure ca rrie s a provision re
F o rt V ancouver th u s becam e the w here they will be used in the freight avenue site, which was voted two fertilizer cannot be m anufactured questing the p resid en t to urge the
compact, a form ula could bo devised
seat of governm ent under Dr. John and passenger term inals in th a t city. ! -v ears aE°, would be used.
acceptable to all.
cheaply a t Muscle Shoals, but th a t the "necessity’’ of a n o th e r international
The secretary spoke before th o coun McLoughlin and so continued for a
Fire, originating tn a sm all shed
At a meeting of the Clackam as governm ent should sell the power de conference for the lim itation of naval
cil on foreign relatio n s and took for | score ot years, until It became A m eri used to house a lighting plant, de- | c°unty Guernsey C attle club a t Ore- veloped there and spend the money on arm am ents and gives him au thority to
his subject tho w ar prevention policy can territo ry . Its sto ry is the early stroyed th e general m erchandise store son City, plans were made for the fertilizer experim ents elsewhere.
suspend th e proposed construction
of the United S tates and treaties and history of the Pacific northw est.
at Lakeside last week, and for a short annual Guernsey sale and Guernsey
eith er in whole or in p a rt in the event
proposed treaties advanced In favor
tim e th reaten ed the entire business gaieties in June. The sale will be M ARSH D E N IE S AG REEM ENT of a lim itation ag reem ent.
of world peace.
held at the Clackam as county fair ,
B R IE F G ENERAL N E W S
section.
In addition th e bill would provide
He coupled his advocacy o t an an ti
Mrs. E vangeline M artin, 72, who grounds June 2 and will precede the No Compact to Hide Contributions ‘bat eight of the new ships m ust be
w ar treaty with the em phatic sta te
Two more b attalions of m arines will
built in navy yards.
Says ex Treasurer.
was the first school teacher at New Guernsey gaieties, set for June 7, S
m ent th at the American governm ent be sen t as soon as possible to Nic
The program w as described by the
berg, and who num bered H erbert and 9.
W
aterloo,
Iowa.—W
ilbur
W.
Marsh
"will not become a party to any agree arag u a to p articip ate in supervising
The C entral Oregon Cow T esting of W aterloo, treasu rer of the national house naval com m ittee as designed to
H oover am ong h er early pupils, died
the
election
in
th
a
t
country.
m ent which d irectly or indirectly, ex
a t th e home of her siste r in Portland association advanced to second rating dem ocratic comm ittee In 1923, denied m eet the im m ediate needs of tho
The decisive defeat of Mayor Bertha
p ressly or by im plication, is a m ilitary
among sim ilar associations in the testim ony of Irl G. Hipely and A. V. American navy and not as competi
last week.
alliance.”
Landes of 8 eattle when she ran for
i state in the past year, It was made ¡’ Leonard, associates of Fred W. Up tive with any nation.
Six
thousand
head
of
cattle,
22.000
Mr. Kellogg expressed th e hope re-election ag ain st F ran k E dw ards,
known at the annual meeting of the
It would provide fo r th e laying down
th a t presen t negotiations with France, m erely indicates thnt men still hold head of hogs and 58,000 head of sheep group at Powell Butte. At the begin- ham, the republican comm ittee tre a s
of five cruisers each y e a r for a three-
which have ns th e ir object th e con th e balance of the voting power, the were shipped out of W allowa county j ning of the year the mid-state asso urer, before the senate Teapot Dome
to m arket during 1927. W heat ship
subcom m ittee hearing In Chicago, th at year period, sta rtin g in th e fiscal year
clusion o t a general anti war treaty , m ayor said.
ciation started at the bottom of tho he m ade an agreem ent with Upham ending June 30, 1929,
T his would
would be successful. Tho common
A lilll providing for (he issuance of m ents for th e same period totaled 442,- j state list.
have
ail
of
the
c
ru
isers
under con
000
bushels.
not
to
publish
party
contributions
th
at
people of the world are of one mind, bonds up to >100,000,000 for highway
C. A. Howard, state superintendent year, since none was required by law. struction by th e close of th e fiscal
F ran k Sm ith, superintendent of the
he believed, in th eir desire to see the construction will be subm itted to citi
abolition of w ar as an Institution.
zens of Iowa for acceptance or rejec Coos River salmon hatchery, says he of public instruction, has set April 15 I Mr. M arsh issued a signed state- year 1931. No definite com pletion
tion nt the general election in Iowa has 3,500.000 fish In the ponds. This I as ,he fina! ,late for the f,lir’K of for’ ment declaring that the story of Hlpe- date was specified.
Is a sh o rt catch com pared with some nial applications of music teachers ley and Leonard was "made up out of
next November.
S U B M A R IN E IS RAISED
years,
when as high as 7,500,000 eggs who wish to be certificated in order whole cloth.'
Calling upon republicans to "rep u
RECORD S TO CK S A LE S
th a t th eir pupils may receive credit
8-4, Sunk Three Months Ago, Towed d iate' th e >160,000 contribution of have been taken.
tow ard graduation from high school Seattle Girl Weds Oriental Nabob. 20,305,130 Were Exchanged in Six
H arry F. Sinclair, oil o p erato r and
A ppropriations for governm ent re
To Boston.
for piano, voice or violin, studied out
Barwaha. India.—Nancy Ann Miller
Days Last Week.
Boston.—The subm arine 8-4 has lessee of Teapot Dome, to the repub forestation of denuded land, looking to side of school.
of Seattle and Tukoji Rao. ex m ahara
been raised from th e ocean floor off lican cam paign fund of 1920, S enator adequate supplies of tim ber and other
New York.—T he New York Stock
The new Dubois lum ber mill being jah of Indore, were m arried here with Exchange last S atu rd ay closed the
Provincetow n, drydocked nt th e Itos Borah of Idaho set out In a lone-hand forest products, are asked in a .bill
ton navy-yard, and the bodies of eight endeavor to raise the funds to pay introduced in congress last week by constructed on the old Menifee site at the prolonged but richly picturesque biggest week of wild speculation and
R ainier will be ready to begin sawing cerem onials of Hinduism. The rites, trading in its history.
S enator McNary.
m em bers of h er crew were removed Sinclair.
lum ber within two weeks, it was an solemn in their perform ance but
S en ato r W alsh of M ontana, "prose-
from th e hull w here they have been
During the week m illions of dollars
Scores of d eer In the wilds of Curry
Im prisoned since th e subm arine was cutor of th e lenpot Dome investiga- county are dying from some mysterl- nounced by the managem ent. Only rath e r tiring in their detail, contrast- have been m ade and lo st; the m ark et
sunk D ecember 17 lust in collision llon, has agreed for his nam e to be Ous nialady. according to Elm er E enough dock is being laid to enable ed strongly will the simple m arriage value of stock issues, such as G eneral
with the coast guard destroyer Pauld entered in the dem ocratic presidential Miller, predatory anim al hunter, who them to sta rt operation, and they will ceremony of western lands.
Motors, Radio, A m erican L inseed and
prim ary election In Oregon. This is reports counting 16 carcasses on a re cut th eir own lum ber to extend the
ing.
others, which were the c en te r of spec-
dock and make other im provem ents Boulder Canyon Dam Bill Favored. | ulation, has increased by hundreds of
F o rty men perished when th e 8-4 the fourth state In w hich W alsh's cent trip to the hills.
W ashington. D. C —By a vote of 13 millions.
E ight trees planted on the highway
made h er last dive. Including two name has been entered, the o thers be
P risoners in the Marlon county Jail
m em bers of a board of Inspection and ing California, South Dakota and Wis at Salem attem pted to burn the court at Canby by the Canby Women s civic to 1, the senate irrigation com m ittee
A total of 20,305,130 sh a re s of stock
club were stolen last week. About a favorably reported the Johnson Bould- were bought and sold d u ring th e week,
survey, which w hs superintending consin.
house by setting fire to some old rags I
standardization trials of the vessel.
which is a t the ra te of a billion shares
which they hail placed in the air vents | year ago the sam e kind of trees were e r canyon dam bill to tbe senate.
American for the Open Door.
planted by the club as m arkers and
During th e salvage operations at
a year.
betw een th e ceiling of the jail and the
these w ere stolen a few weeks after
TH E MARKETS
Provincetow n 32 bo, ‘.es were taken
W ashington, I). C. — The U nited ground floor of th e structure.
planting. The women have decided
Portland
from th e engin« and m otor com part S tates gave notice to G reat Britain,
$4,000,000 Voted for Wood and Rill.
At Its m eeting last week the St. to give up the Idea of growing m ark
W heat—Big Bend bluestem, >1.45;
m ents. Because it wug Im possible for F rance, Spain and Italy th a t It m akes
W ashington, D. C.—T he house pass
H elens eity council adopted a resolu ers as suggested by the state highway hard white, federation, soft white and
divers to e n te r th e torpedo hatch of "full reservation of Its position" on
ed a bill appropriating >4,000.000 for
tion calling for construction of the commission.
w estern white. >13«; hard w inter
the subm arine six bodies in the engine any decisions by th e conference in
tho next two years to c a rry out th e
west end sew er system . It will be the
room w ere not found.
P aris on Moroccan affairs which may
More money is spent by Clatsop > 1 ? " “ 8PriDg U '31: WeSter“ red - purposes of the C larke-M cN ary act un
largest sew er yet built in St. Helens
affect its rights in Morocco and T an
county union high school d istrict No.
der which th e federal governm ent is
and the estim ated cost Is >58,941.
Hay — Alfalfa. >17 50 0 18; valley
Be't.leh Columbia Seeks Alien Ban. gier. The state departm ent, in identic
3 a t Jew ell in the Nehalem valley to
purchasing land for p rotecting navi
The w ater Is being run ovt- th e I educate each of its students than by timothy. >18
eM tw n Oregon
Vancouver, H C. The O riental Im notes to the four governm ents, re
gable stream s ¡fnd for refo restatio n .
spillway
at
McKay
dam
n
ear
Pendle
timothy.
>20.50
0
21.
m igration problem, facing B ritish Co m inded them th at prior to a s im ila r,
any other high school district in the
B utterfat—51c.
lumbia, was Intensified, following conference In 1923 this governm ent ton for the first tim e since the com United States, according to E. E Mon
New High Price for Exchange Seat.
Eggs—Ranch. 19024c.
adoption by the provincial legislature I took the position th at while It had no pletion of the big Irrigation basin tn (ague, investigator for the Tri-County
N'ew York.—A nother new high rec
1926.
The
reservoir
can
still
hold
10
of a resolution calling on the Cana political In terest In Morocco, It had
C attle—Steers, good, >11 50 0 12 25
, association, composed of northwest-
ord for New York stock e x c h arg e
dlan dominion governm ent to nego a fundam ental in terest In the m ain feet of w ater before being com pletely cm Oregon tim ber Interests.
Hogs
—
Medium
to
choice,
>7.75
0
The
seats was made tfhen the sale of a
tiate a tre a ty with Japun which would ten an ce of the "open door.” It Indicat filled, but officials are going to allow sw orn statem ent of the district school 8.85.
m em bership was boosted a t >320.000.
provide for the ex p atriatio n of all ed th a t thia position rem ained un w ater to run over the spillway from ‘ clerk ru ts the cost at >653 per student
’ ‘ V
■ ' choice, >12 0
T his represents an increase of >5000
now on.
enrolled.
Japanese now living tn the province. changed.
over the previous high recrod.
Adoption of the McCoy canyon route ' a >90.000 road developm ent program
Seattle.
Wright Brothers' Claim Recognized.
Boise E ngineer H eads Dam Quiz.
for the new Sweet Home Holley m ar for W asco county in 1928. using money
whl,e' we8tern ” >” «• Hickman is Put in San Quentin Cell.
W ashington. D. C.- The S m ithson
Los Angeles The state board of In ket road tn eastern Linn county is 1 from the state m arket road fund the ,
’ ler’ , l 54; ’ ‘’»tern red.
San Quentin P rison, Cal.—W illiam
ian Institution has formally recognised quiry has started Its tnvestiga'lon of announced by the l.tnn county court | county highway funds and Wasco >1 33*,; northern spring, >134U ; blue-
the claims of the W right brothers In th e St. F rancis dam d isaster. The This road Is sh o rter than any other | county's sh are of the auto license stem. |1 50- d irk * northern spring, I Edward H ickm an en tered San Quen
tin prison S aturday. H e is scheduled
the protracted controversy over the board, appointed by G overnor C. C. route and will cost >4500 less to con fees, was announced at The Dalles > 1 5 2 4 ; dark hard winter. >1 4 9 4 .
to pay with his life h ere A pril 27 for
struct.
flrat flight of heavier than air craft.
p
'
s
T
>24
A
M4;
tlm
othjr'
Young. Is headed by A C. Wiley.
by County Judge Adklseon.
the m urder of Marlon P a rk e r in Los
-
' F. A. Banks, chief engineer on the
T hree schools of the Nehalem bay
Angeles.
Population Estimated at 120,013,000. Oregon Gasoline Tax Receipts Heavier Owyhee project near Nvssa. who has d istrict closed last Tuesday because
B utterfat—62c.
Eggs Ranch, 22 024c.
W ashington, D. C, — E stim ated In
Salem . Or. - G asoline sales In Ore just retu rn ed from a conference with of the presence oi two cases of Infan
Minnesota Democrats Back Smith
round num bers, the population of the gon during February. 1928, were 22 the consulting engineers in Denver, tile paralysis and several cases ot
CatUe Steers, choice. >11 50 0 12 M
Minneapolis. Minn.—M innesota’s 24
U nited S tates will be 120,013,000 July per re n t m ore than tn the sam e month has announced th at the bids for the m easles.
Hogs - Prime. >9 00 0 9 10.
T he closing affects the
delegates to th e dem ocratic national
1. this year, the c< usus bureau an in 1927, Sam A. Koxer, secretary of construction of the Owyhee dam will gram m ar grades and high schools of |
Spokane.
be otenetl on* June 1.
convention were pledged to vote for
Bounced.
C
attle
Steers,
good
>11
2501110
atAte, reported.
W heeler. Garibaldi and Nehalem.
j Governor Sm ith of New York for the
H ogs-G ood. >»5008.65.
i presidential nom ination.
C O L 0 . LATROBE
AREA GLEANED UP
LONDON FLASH
LIGHTS VANCOUVER
U. S. PUT ON RECORD
FOR ANTI-WAR PACT
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
MUSCLE SH0ALS RILL
PASSED BY SENATE
HOUSE PASSES BILL
FOR NEW WARSHIPS