HALSEY ENTERPRISE, HALSEY, OREGON, APRIL 26, 1928
CAPT. WILKINS FLIES
ACROSS NORTH POLE
M IS S M IL D R E D JOHNSON
E x p lo re r A rriv e s a t S p itz b e r
gen A fter 2 0 H ours in
the Air.
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
B rie f Resum e of Happenings of
the W eek Collected for
Our R eaders.
A gricultural income In Oregon fot
1928 will be equal to or slightly above
that of 1927, if present indications for
the leading farm enterprises are not
radically changed, according to ex
perim ent station specialists.
Lawyers from U m atilla and Morrow
counties m et in Pendleton and formed
the Sixth Judicial D istrict Bar asso
ciation. The new association absorbs
the U m atilla Bar association and per
m its a w ider range of activities.
Jam es Willos and Ellsw orth Kelley
paid the death penalty Friday m orn
ing a t the Oregon sta te pententiary
for their participation In the prison
break from th a t sam e institution on
August 12, 1925, in which two guards
were killed.
H. L E S L IE QUIGG
SINCLAIR CLEARED
OF FRAUD CHARGES
Jury A cquits Oil M a g n a te in
T eap o t Dom e Oil L e as e
C ase.
Copenhagen, Denmark. — A nother
The Oregon circuit of the Norwegian
W ashington, D. C.—H arry F. s ¡ n.
conquest of th e north P o lar regions
C hurch of A m erica held a three-day
elair was cleared of charges th a t he
was recorded when Captain George H.
session in Eugene recently.
conspired to defraud the governm ent
W ilkins announced to the Copenhagen
More than 500 C hristian E ndeavor
In the T eapot Dome oil lease. A Jury
Polltlken the safe arriv al a t Spits
delegates attended the state conven
in the D istrict of Colum bia suprem e
bergen of him self and Carl B. Elelson.
tion held In The Dalles last week.
court acquitted him , req u irin g only
They flew over th e roof of the world
th ree ballots to reach Its decision.
W arran ts aggregating >46.776.87
from Point Barrow, Alaska, 2200 miles.
were Issued by Clackam as county d u r
One of the jurors, who w ithheld his
Only two brief w ireless m essages
Mrs. Victoria Mickelson, popular
ing March to carry on its business
nam e, la te r said not a single vote for
cam e through, but they revealed th at
Ashland pioneer, whose death occur
In F eb ru ary the county spent »54.
conviction was cast by any of the
W ilkins, like Koehl and Fttzm aurice
red several days ago, left her entire
904 50.
Jurym en in the one hour and 59 m in
In the Bremen, had a narrow escape
estate, valued a t $7500, to the city of
utes they considered the case. On the
from d isaster a t the very end of th eir
The Tillamook County Cream ery as Ashland for the purpose of erecting a !
epochal adventure. F or some reason,
first ballot, he said, eight w ere for
soclatlon has purchased a tra c t of land w ater fountain mem orial to the Mick
as yet unexplained, W ilkins was
acquittal and four undecided, and on
In Tillam ook upon which it is planned elson family.
obliged to m ake a landing on an un
the second, ten for. acquittal and two
to erect a butter-m aking plant this
B. C. Robbins, dean of the U niver
inhabited islet only 25 m iles from his
undecided.
sum m er.
sity
of Oregon school of business ad
v .jt X
goal. The fliers were detained th ere
In declaring S inclair not guilty of
Thom as Brown, who had spent the m inistration since 1920, has resigned
for five days by bad w eather.
conspiring with A lbert B. Fall, ex
Miss Mildred Johnson of Philadel past 81 years in Oregon City and was to accept an im portant post in the
The captain, in his m essage to the phia, aviation lecturer and writer, is
H. Leslie Quigg, suspended chief of secretary of the Interior, to defraud
one of the pioneer steam boat men of graduate school of business adm inis
outside world, said th a t he reached the only person who has flown com
police of Miami, Fla., who was indicted th e governm ent In the rich oil lease,
the W illam ette river, died at bis borne tration a t H arvard, it was announced
Spltzbergen a fte r 20>4 hours of flying. pletely over the air-mail routes of the
on charges of murder.
the Jury accepted th e sto ry told by a
at W est Linn last week.
at Eugene recently.
He m entioned the five days' delay on country.
governm ent w itness, M. T. E v erh art,
C harles Springer, 72. farm er of
A carload of cascara bark will leave
’.he island.
son-in-law of Fall, of the lib erty bond
N orth Plcins, was seriously injured McMinnville this m onth bound for
Radio m essages from th eir landing
deal which the governm ent charged
Monday a t H illsboro while he was Antwerp. W. 8. Houck, buyer of the
place reported th a t the Ice pack ex
was bribery.
| cranking his autom obile. It knocked bark, has purchased it from various
tends for m any m iles a t sea and th at
The ju ry upheld E v e rh a rt’s sto ry
him down and ran over him.
owners in Yamhill and Tillamook
no vessel can approach th e ir haven
th a t S inclair gave Fall >233.500 in lib
In the Isfjord until the general thaw
W asco county offices will be the counties. It will be shipped from
erty bonds for a one-third sh are in th e
loosens th e pack about the middle of
cen ter o f a hot political fight this Portland April 30.
W ashington, D. C.—H ouse republi T res Ritos C attle & L and com pany,
May. The rep o rts said th ere was ex
Amicable settlem ent of the strike can leaders failed in an effort to get th e Fall ranch in New Mexico. E v er
Washington,- D. C —Air traffic has year, it was indicated recently, with
trem e cold and fresh snow at Green
Increased to a point requiring the stif th e closing of filings, when 29 candi th at closed the Albany tannery was supporters of the senate Jones flood h a rt had testified th a t he had received
harbor. Twenty-six degrees of frost
dates had entered the lists.
reported by A1 S ternberg, owner. control bill to approve specific revi th e bonds from th e oil o p erato r and
fening of federal regulations aim ed a t
w ere noted th ere, w-hlch would make
Poulation of the city of P ortland Is Sternberg said his men had all re tu rn sions desired in the m easure by P re s had given them to Fall, but insisted
Its control. In 1926 th e comm erce de
the tem p eratu re about 15 below zero
ed to work, agreeing to a tem porary ident Coolidge.
they had no connection w ith th e oil
partm en t laid down th e first se t of now 361,000, according to estim ates
on A m erican F ahrenheit therm om e
made in the new city directory issued 10 per cent reduction in wages neces
The failure of these negotiations to lease.
rules
for
the
air,
intended
to
safeguard
ters.
and facilitate com m ercial aeronautics, by R. L. Polk & Co. This is an In sitated by the increased price of hides. rem ove the differences will bring the
P urchase of a new combination fight betw een the two camps into the
and it hag now u ndertaken a revision crease of 7000 over last year.
of Its original code which will resu lt
A Lane county cham ber of com pumper and ladder truck was decided open on the house floor.
The break betw een the two camps
In a more strin g e n t se t of provisions. m erce was organized a t Eugene la st on W ednesday night by ta e Albany
By the new rules aviation Instruc T hursday night by rep resen tativ es of city council. The equipm ent will cost came w-hen the house com m ittee re
to rs will be required to have 200 com m unity cham bers, the Pomona $6450. This move was necessitated fused to go w ith the president on
by the recent collapse fef an old chem three of several revisions which Mr.
hourB' solo flying Instead of 50 before grange and th e F arm ers’ union.
ical and ladder truck en route to a Coolidge outlined to republican house
W ashington, D. C.—Only w ars of ag
train
in
g
new
pilots.
P
ersons
flying
W ashington, D. C.—Federal legisla
S tu d en ts of voting age a t th e U ni fire.
leaders a t a W hite House conference. gression would be definitely renounced
tion settin g up a co-operative system private planes m ust have ten hours versity of Oregon are registered p rac
by the F rench m ulti-lateral tre a ty pro
This y ear’s annual encam pm ent ol The rejected changes w ere:
of state and national regulation over alone In the a ir before obtaining th eir tically 100 p er cent for the coming
Provision th at the states in the Mis posed to the U nited S tates and o th e r
P ilo ts and m echanics prim ary elections,
_ __
m otor bus operations on highw ays certificates.
It was declared by Oregon national guardsm en will be
held at Camp Clatsop June 13 to July sissippi riv er basin a re a m eet the g reat powers, it w as revealed w hen
was recom m ended to congress by the m ust pass th e ir exam inations for 11- ! W. B. Dillard, clerk of Lane county
1, according to announcem ent made at cost, Instead of the federal govern the draft of the F rench pact w as m ade
cense with a grade of 70 per cent In
In terstate comm erce commission.
H. R. K reltzer of P ortland was a p
public.
At th e sam e tim e the commission each subject included instead of with pointed bv Governor P atterso n a Sajem by Brigadier-General W hite, In m ent, of th e rig h ts of way for levees
Although the term "aggression” is
command
of
the
Oregon
troops.
Ap
an
average
of
70
p
er
cent
for
all
sub
on
th
e
proposed
floodways
and
spill
held the tran sp o rtatio n of property by
i m em ber of the state board of vocation-
jects.
not contained in the d raft, th e firs t
proxim ately 3060 men will attend the ways to be constructed.
m otor truck a t the present tim e should
■ al education. He will succeed Milton
camp this year.
A ssum ption of dam ages of the city article of th e proposed pact s ta te s
not be made th e subject of In terstate
A. M iller of P ortland, who resigned
A fter working in bis pool hall in of New O rleans for the proposed Bon specifically th a t th e signatory coun
regulation. The control proposed was SEN A TE C O N F IR M S S IN N O T T
Sale of 30.000 acres of cut-over land
Marshfield five days following an au net C arre spillway and a sim ilar as tries agree not to a ttack one a n o th e r
recom m ended alm ost exclusively to
In W allowa county to stockm en of the
Oregon
Congressman
Now
Member
of
tomobile accident, Oliver Massey was sum ption by local In terests in south nor invade one an o th er's territo ry .
passenger tran sp o rt by m otor bus
county is Just announced by the Bow
The rig h t to wage w ar “to enforce
lines.
Court of Claims.
told by physicians th at he was suffer ern Illinois and southeastern Missouri
man-Hicks Lum ber company.
The
peace”
under th e league covenant, th e
of
the
proposed
New
Madrid
riverbank
ing
from
a
fractured
skull.
Massey
W
ashington.
D.
C.—C
onfirm
ation
of
U nder the system proposed, state
consideration was In excess of »100,-
Locarno ag reem ent and the various
was not aw are th a t his Injury was floodway.
regulatory bodies would assum e pri Congressm an Nicholas J. Slnnott as 000.
Instead of outright purchase or ac- n eu trality tre a tie s is definitely re
serious until so advised a fter his head
m ary Jurisdiction over the lines, act a m em ber of the U nited S tates court
W heels of the new O siling furniture had been examined.
qulrem ent of flowage rig h ts by the served.
ing In conjunction with each other of claim s came by ananlm ous vote at
plant a t M arshfield turned last F ri
through Joint boards on which th e In an executive session of the senate.
Death failed to separate Amizi A. federal governm ent in connection with
day, with a few men employed. About
W ashington, D. C.—F ran ce's sug
C
ongratulations,
in
person
and
by
te rs ta te comm erce commission would
Leach, 80, early Coos county resident the land falling w ithin th e floodways
be represented. In any sta te w here wire, have flowed In upon S lnnott 150 persons will be employed when of Myrtle Point, and his wife, Mrs. and spillways, a proposal th a t the gested tre a ty for th e renunciation of
sta te authority failed to appear, the since the news of his selection by the th e p lant is In full operation in a few S arah M argaret Leach, 75, when Mr. property owners of th is land should w ar was believed here generally to be
weeks.
In terstate com m erce commission will presid en t becam e known. Congress
Leach died a t 5:30 o’clock in the be required to seek redress in the fed so hedged around w ith re stric tio n s
th a t it would prove u nsatisfactory to
The C lackam as county gram m ar m orning from pneumonia, and his wife eral courts.
assum e power.
man Slnnott wired to S ecretary of
A m erican officials.
R ailroads should be authorized to S tate Kozer at Salem his w ithdraw al school track m eet, which was to have followed him 16 hours later, a victim
T he F rench d raft consists of six a r
undertake m otor operation, and all us a candidate for renom ination to been held in Canby April 22, has been of the sam e malady.
B R IE F G ENERAL N E W S
ticles under which F rance seem s to
operators Intending to undertake serv congress. Mr. S lnnott said this action postponed >until April 28. announced
An increase In per capita cost ol
ice should be required to obtain certl was taken after consultation w ith A t J. W. L eonhardt, presid en t of the operating and m aintaining the general
Thirty-two persons have been re be willing to condemn w ar as an in
league.
ported
dead In a series of earthquake stru m en t of h er Individual spontane
ficates from the regulating auth o rities to rn ey G eneral Van W inkle who is
departm ents of the Oregon state gov
to the effect th at public convenience here, and receipt of a m essage from
All records for reg istratio n were ernm ent durlhg 1927 is noted in the shocks which rocked Sofia and south ous and independent political action,
but apparently reserv es the rig h t to
Mr. K ozer advising him th at expense broken In Benton county last week,
ern Bulgaria.
and necessity required th eir service.
financial statistics issued by th e com
to th e state and Inconvenience to of County Clerk H. L. Mack and assist
An observation tow er, 165 feet high, go to w ar in agreem ent with any pow
m erce departm ent, which fixes the
e r or under the provisions of th e cov
ficials will be avoided If his w ithdraw a n ts reg isterin g 492 voters on the final
figure a t >13.50, com pared with >12.23 will be an added attractio n on Look
COOLIDGE NOT CANDIDATE al
Is received at once.
day and approxim ately 300 the previ in 1926 and >11.98 In 1925.
out m ountain, Colorado, n ear the enant of the league of nations or nn.
der any registered with the league.
ous day.
grave of Buffalo Bill.
Request Made That Name Be Kept
Rainfall at G rants P ass of .41 of an
Estate Wins Inheritance Tax Fight.
A
bequest
of
>1,000,000
Is
left
to
Off Massachusetts Ballot.
Full tim e reg istratio n on the Eugene inch W ednesday brings the total so
Yale university under the term s of
Mt. Louis —The federal d istrict I cam pus of th e U niversity of Oregon
ITALIAN TR EA TY S IG N E D
W ashington, D. C.—Request th at his
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.
.
court of appeals here has reversed the has • reached the high record total of far this month to 3 47 Inches, twice the will of th e late Chauncey M. De
nam e be not proposed as a candidate
the
am
ount
of
norm
al
rainfall.
Snow
St. Paul d istrict court and held th at 3126, it is announced by Earl M. Pal-
pew, railroad executive, statesm an, Arbitration Pact Held Broader Than
for president in state prim aries was
the esta te of Mrs. Mary T. Hill, widow lett, reg istrar. L ast year the total has been failing in the m ountains for hum orist and orator, who died April 5.
Previous Ones.
m ade by P resident Coolidge lu a letter
th e past th ree days, and valley farm
of Jam es J. Hill, rsllrnad m agnate, was 3054.
Thom as W. Cunningham , sheriff of
W ashington, D. C.—A nother cog in
to Francis Prescott, chairm an of the
ers
are
unable
to
work
th
eir
lands
be
need not pay an Inheritance tax of
Philadelphia, was indicted for hig re the m achinery being built up by th e
M assachusetts republican sta te com
Reginald Sm ith, 22, U niversity of cause of excessive m oisture.
11,000.000 on a bequest of >5.000.000
fusal
to reveal to the senate cam paign U nited S tates for the pacific settle
m ittee. Such actlcn. P resident Cool
Oregon stu d en t from Portland, died
A crew of men has commenced work
held in tru st for nine children and 13
idge said, would be "em barrassing to
a t th e E ugene hospital of injuries he on a trail th a t will open up some of funds com m ittee the source of his m ent of justifiable disputes with o th er
grandchildren.
him and would tend to "com prom ise
received when th e biplane In which th e m ountainous region above E sta >50,000 contribution to the Vare sen nations was added when S ecretary
Kellogg and th e Italian am bassador,
he was riding fell at Eugene W ednes cada. The trail will be a g reat benefit atorial cam paign In Pennsylvania.
m e and lend color to the m isrepresen
U. 3. Marine» Lose 21 In Nicaragua.
Decision was reached by the senate Nobile Giacomo de M artino, signed a
day night.
tatio n s that ap parently are being made
in case of forest fire as It will open banking com m ittee to m ake a th o r
W ashington. D. (¡.— M arine casual
tre a ty of arbitration.
In other states" th a t P resident Cool
ties in th e N icaraguan expedition have , All chances for an early unofficial a territo ry now alm ost inaccessible.
The com pact, the second of those
idge is favorable to his name being lotahs, 21 killed and 45 wounded, the ° P<’" " B of < ra ,‘>r lako "« «onal Park T his project is in the N orth Fork ough study of the Increase In loans
to brokers on stocks and securities
by being negotiated with a score of na-
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entered in prim aries.
navy d epartm ent Informed the .e n a le ", M“ y ° F ’‘" rly JUne w‘,re d ,iD«Ued country and ia known as the Bedford
m em ber banks of the federal reserve tions, is w ider in scope than the ex
in response to Ita resolution asking j when S u p erintendent Thompson re creek trail.
system , which have reached a new j isting Root tre a tie s In th a t it does not
Anti Fish Wheel Suit Turned Down.
details of the m arine occupation of ceived a m essage at Medford th at it
The Jackson county court has issued high level recently approaching >4- stipulate as exceptions questions af
\\ ashlngton, I). C. — The suprem e th at country.
Is still snowing.
’ fecting the vital in terests, the Inde
statem ent holding that the >270.000 000,000,000.
court Indicated th at It would en tertain
Im m ediate construction of a nurses' of Oregon and California land grant
pendence or the honor of the tw o
no attack s upon the Oregon law p ro
and em ployes’ home at the Oregon
T H E M ARKETS
----- -- toohey saved to the county by the re
Southern States Hit by Storms.
nations.
hlbltlng fish wheels and drag seines
state hospital at Salem waa authorized cent suprem e court decision should
Portland
Memphis, Tenn. — H eavy wind
on its side of the Columbia riv er un
at
a
m
eeting
of
the
state
board
of
con
W heat B. B. bluestem , hard w hite,
be set aside as a fund for erection of
Lowden and Sm ith C arry Illinois.
storm s, accom panied by rain and
less brought by the state of W ashing >1 60; soft white, w estern white, >145; trol. The stru ctu re will coat approx
a new court
, . house. The suprem e court lightning swept through parts of six
Springfield, 111.— F rank O. Lowden
ton. This attitu d e was disclosed when hard w inter, >138; no rth ern
im
ately
>130.000.
£
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had
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av
in
g
at
leas,
th
r
ie
spring.
W. B. McCord, as counsel for P. J. w estern red. >1 39.
was named a s th e republican s ta te
The larg est attendance of children claim to the money.
dead, scores Injured and extensive convention's choice for the presiden
McGowan A Sons, Inc., sought to have
Hay — Alfalfa, >18.50®19; valley at a "y funeral held In Marshfield In
The new stre e t lighting equipm ent property damage. H eaviest dam age tial nom ination here. D elegates w ere
the law set aside as a violation of the
tim othy. >180 18 50; eastern Oregon T(’a r" waa held at the last rites for to be installed In Eugene has been
compact betw een the two states under tim othy. >20.50021.
was reported in w est Tennessee, Instructed to "bring about" his nom in
I "King." a huge St. Bernard dog known bought from a firm In Milwaukee.
which they were authorised by con
B u tterfat—«S © 44c.
i by every m an. woman and child in W is., and will be Installed early this w here the storm struck two sections ation. Illinois' 58 delegates to th e n a
of Memphis and virtually wiped out tional dem ocratic convention at H ous
gress to regulate fishing upon the
E g g s Ranch. 20 0 24c.
Marshfield. The dog died of poison sum m er, it Is announced by C. A
the village of Atoka. 28 miles to the ton. Texas, were instructed to cast
Columbia riv er and as unconstitu
C attle— Steers, good. >11012.25.
ing Many children brought floral of McClain, superintendent of the city
tional.
northw ard.
A rkansas, north Loula- | th e ir ballot for G overnor A lfred E.
Hogs— Medium to choice. >9 3 5 0 ferlngs to the m aster of the dog King w ater board
An order for 500 light ‘ana. north Mississippi, east Texas and Stnl,h of New York by the state dem-
9 50.
was less than a year old, weighed 170 Ing sets has been placed. Pow er o, j w ast K entucky also suffered
ocratlc convention, also in session
Stewart Facta Court in May.
Lam bs— Medium to choice, >13015. pounds and was the only St. Bernard the street lights will be Increased 600 !
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here.
W ashington, D C Robert W. Stew
Seattle.
in th at section.
per cenL
C ritics of D. A. R. Beaten Decisively.
art. chairm an of the board of th e
W heat Soft white, w estern white,
One hundred fifty-three inches of
R epresentatives of the N orth Lin
S tandard Oil company of Indiana, will >1 53; hard w inter. »1.41; w estern red,
W ashington. D. C —C ritic» of the Auto Speed Record Smashed by Keech
be placed on trial In the D istrict of >144; northern spring. >1451»; blue- snow at C rater Lake rim is reported coin cham ber of comm erce m et with national officers and policies of the
Daytona Beach, Fla.—Ray K eech,
Columbia suprem e court May 21 on stem . >1 «2; dark n orthern spring. by the caretak er at C rater Lake lodge. th e Toledo organization recently, and D aughters of the A m erican Revolution driving a m onster sp e e d c a r built for
Iutst
year
a
t
this
time
the
snow
was
formed the Lincoln N ational P ark as- met crushing defeat
charge of refusing to answ er ques »1 63; d ark hard w inter. >1 «0.
when th ree reso- J. M W hlte, Philadelphia sportsm an.
215 Inches deep. Plenty of Irrigation soclatlon. The object is to prom ote lutlons of protest Introduced
tions of the sen ate oil comm ittee.
bv M r. 9et a new w orlda record for automo-’
H ay — Alfalfa, >24; tim othy. »>«• water for the valley this season is as
hnion»
_aa
z
U4I
a. __ a
th e establishm
ent of _ a —
national
park rea
St. Om er Roy of K ansas
P. 8 . »14.
were
turned biles when he averaged 207.55260
sured. according to orchanllsts.
Navy Plana Tw o Rigid Dirigible».
along
Lower
Siletz
river
and
adjacent
B u tterfat—45c.
down by the congress with a rising miles per hour iu two runs over th e
R egistration over Coos county is areas The plan of the organization
W ashington, I). C — The navy de
official be«vh course.
Eggs Ranch, 22 0 25c.
vote of about 2000 to 14.
reported
heavy
under
the
new
law
p artm en t has asked for bids on two
Is in line with the expressed desire of '
C attle—Steers, choice. »9.75 01X.
which provides no p e r » « can vote , the state highw ay comm ission and
g reat rigid dirigibles, which congress
Hogs Prim e. » 80010.
Bird Refugee Approved by Senate. Ontario Liquor Permits Are Heevy.
unless registered. M arshfield regls civic organizations throughout Oregon ;
has authorised It to acquire. About
Tononto, Out.—One person In ten In
Spokane.
W ashington. D. C.—The Norbeck bill
tered about 1000 persons and North to preserve the virgin beauty of more
18.000,000 la to be expended for the
C a ttle Steers, good. »11 5 0 0 1 1
tho province of O ntario now has a li
’ Bend had a large num ber O ther dls- of the scenery along the Roosevelt to authorize establishm ent of m igra
ahip»
Hogs Good. »9 3609 50.
tory gam e bird refuges waa passed by quor permlL figures issued by D. B.
I tricts report as g reat an Interest.
highway.
H anna, retirin g chairm an of the liquor
the senate and sent to the house.
control board, disclosed.
STRICT GOVERNMENT
AIR RULES DRAWN UP
FEDERAL REGULATION
OF BUSSES PROPOSED
COOLIDGE FLOOD
PROPOSALS REFUSED
FRANCE RESTRICTS
ANTI-WAR PROPOSAL