HALSEY ENTERPRISE, HALSEY. OREGON. JI NE 7. 1928
FARM BELT LEADERS
MEET IN CHICAGO
N A TA LIE H A M M O N D
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
C om m ittee N am ed to D ra ft R e s ­
olutions fo r R epublican
C onvention.
B rief Resum e of Happenings of
the W eek C ollected fo r
O ur R eaders.
Chicago.—A com m ittee was nam ed
a t a m eeting here of prom inent repub­
licans Interested in farm relief to pre­
p are resolutions to be subm itted to a
second m eeting of farm relief advo­
cates a t K ansas City Ju n e 9.
If th e resolutions are approved a t
th e second m eeting they will be taken
before the republican national com­
m ittee and a req u est will be m ade
th a t w hatever action Is decided on
be Incorporated In the republican plat­
form.
The com m ittee to prepare th e re s o
lutions is composed of S en ato r W at­
son of Indiana, Governor McMullen of
N ebraska and George Peek of Moline.
III., who represented farm organiza­
tions a t W ashington sponsoring th e
MdNary-Haugen bill vetoed by th e
president.
M. J. Tobin of Vinton, la., presided
a t th e m eeting, which was atten d ed
by about 50 republican leaders from
th e corn belt states, including S en ato r
Nye of North D akota and sev eral n a­
tional and sta te chairm en.
Mr. Tobin described th e purpose of
th e m eeting as called to tak e action
to convince eastern d elegates th a t
farm relief is necessary.
A t the sam e tim e th e m eeting w as
in progress here, farm ers from a doz­
en Illinois counties were g ath erin g at
Dekalb to adopt resolutions calling for
relief and to p ro test th e veto of th e
M cN ary-ilaugen bill. Many of th ese
farm ers, a t the beginning of the open-
a ir m eeting, expressed th e Intention
of going to th e K ansas City conven­
tion.
The seventh annual Jackson county
school day w as held a t A shland F ri­
day.
Mrs. S arah Rose Bonebrake, 93, Coos
Bay resident since 1862, died a t M arsh­
field last week.
Betw een 75 and 80 applicants will
take the annual b ar exam ination to
he held In Salem July 10 and 11.
COOLIDGE VACATION
TO BE IN WISCONSIN
W ashington, D. C.—P resid en t Cool­
idge has selected a sum m er W hite
H ouse on th e Brulo river, 39 m iles
from Superior, Wis.
Mr. Coolidge accepted th e o ffer of
th e h eirs of H enry Clay P ierce to
occupy C edar Island lodge, situ ated
about six m iles from Ilrule. The sum ­
m er W hite House will be about 12
hours from Chicago.
The e state surrounding the sum m er
W hite House com prises several thou­
sand acres, m ostly wooded, but the
actual living q u arters of the president
will be situ ated on a sm all Island little
more th an an acre In area, reached
from th e m ainland by a narrow foot­
bridge.
T h e island Is a t an approxim ate alti­
tude of 1000 feet. It com m ended Itself
to Mr. Coolidge, It Is understood, for
th e good fishing th a t Is reported in
th e Ilrule river. In addition, th e tem ­
p eratu re Is cool.
A lthough woods cover m ost of th e
estate, a garden Is available close to
th e bungalows on the m ainland.
S IG N LIQUOR TREATY
Japan and United States Agree On
Rules Against Illegal Imports.
W ashington, D. C.—A tre a ty be­
tw een the United S tates and Jap an
was signed by S ecretary Kellogg and
th e Jap an ese am bassador, T suneo
M atsudalra, to prevent the Illegal Im­
p ortation Into th e U nited S ta te s of
Intoxicating liquors. The com pact is
sim ilar lo those already negotiated
betw een the United S tates and G reat
B ritain and o th er countries.
Handshake Breaks Man’s Arm.
Longview, W ash.—H. L. Copeland,
I-ongvlew arch itect, was the victim of
an unusual accident a t Kalama. H is
right arm was fractured above the
elbow while shaking hands with May­
or Koake of C astle Rock. B oth had
come to atten d th e m eeting of the
Lower Columbia Associated C ham bers
of Commerce.
High Masons to Meet in Portland.
Portland. Or P rep aratio n s are well
wlvanced for th e en tertain m en t of
the suprem e council of the 33d and
Inst degree of the Ancient and Ac­
cepted Rite of Freem asonry for th e
sou th ern Jurisdiction, which will hold
Its session In Portland Ju n e 20, 21 and
23. Some 300 delegates will attend
the meeting.
Banker and Woman Aide Sentenced.
K ansas City, Mo W alter Cravens,
head of the K ansas City Joint Stock
Land bank, was sentenced to six years
In the federal p en itentiary and fined
125,000. and Miss Alice Todd, secretary
of the bank, received a year and a day,
both having been convicted of m isap­
propriation of funds of the Institution.
IVallans Beat A ir D u ratio n Reoord.
Rome The Italian avtatora. Major
F errarln and C aptain Del P rete broke
th e w orld’s reoord for a duration
/lig h t. They were In the air tor 5>
and 37 m inutes.
Police officers of M arshfield have
served notice on all poolhalls and card
rooms th a t gam bling is prohibited.
T hree project« now under way at
Salem will give a new direct route
from the h eart of the city to th e state
fair grounds, provide adequate auto­
mobile parking, and relieve congestion
on the streets.
Sweet Home began to liven up more
than ever last week a fter the news of
electricity for th e city spread. Offi­
cials of the Mountain S tates company
recently were th ere to get a franchise
for a power line.
A total of 752 Industrial accidents
were reported to the state industrial
accident commission during the week
ending May 31, according to a report
prepared by the commission. T here
were no fatalities.
Processing of straw berries
has
started a t virtually all of the Salem
canneries. R eceipts have been heavjf
for the past few days. Buyers pre­
dicted th a t the tonnage would reach
Its peak early next week.
B arring some unexpected accident.
Miss W inifred Hickox, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. F. Hickox of Eugene,
will have made th e extrem ely unusual
record of having gone through the
grades and high school w ithout ever
being absent or tardy.
C. C. Hall, supervisor of the Santl-
am national forest, announced last
T hursday th a t provisions and appro­
priations for the Santiam , aggregating
$43,930, are the m ost liberal in the
history of the forest, the budget being
received in Albany last week.
A sham battle will be staged during
Eugene's three-day F ourth of July cel­
ebration, it was announced by the
American Legion com m ittee In charge
of the event. N ational guard units
will attack a group of ex-service men
entrenched on S kinner’s butte.
Phyllis and M arie P eters, aged 6
and 4 years, respectively, narrow ly es­
caped death In a burning barn on the
ranch of th eir m other, Mrs. H azel Pe­
ters, in Sprague riv er valley last week,
They found eggs In the hayloft and
started a fire to cook th e eggs.
Bids for construction of the Owyhee
dam will be opened a t N yssa June 7
with many officials of the reclam ation
departm ent present and available for
Interview. T his will be the m ost Im­
portant event In the history of the
Owyhee project and will be celebrated
June 9.
R eceipts of the P ortland postoffice
showed a gain for May, 1928, over th at
m onth in 1927, according to figures
released by John M. Jones, postm as­
ter. R eceipts for May, 1927, were
$248,524.80, while for May, 1928, they
were *251,060.25, show ing an increase
of *2535.25.
A big m otor truck, laden with four
tons of canned clam s belonging to the
P ioneer P acking company, plunged
into th e Columbia river as It was leav­
ing th e trans-C olum bia riv er ferry
T ourist. B reaking of one of th e sup­
ports of the ferry slip dropped the
slip and truck Into the river.
The Union County Dairy Develop­
m ent association was organized re­
cently with 41 m em bers from th e dis­
tric ts of Elgin, Cove, L a Grande, Im­
bler, Union, Hot L ake and Allcel. Six
hundred and th irty cows are being
tested each month, and sep arato rs ad­
ju sted to do perfect skimm ing.
S traw b erry grow ers ot the Salem
d istrict are alarm ed at the scarcity ot
pickers. Pay of 1*4 cents a pound,
with a half cent bonus for pickers who
stay until the Job Is finished, is be­
ing offered. The Salem governm ent
bureau Is flooded with dem ands for
pickers, but so fa r the supply Is far
too short.
A lbany business men will raise a
fund of »5000 to compile an industrial
survey of Albany and to prom ote in­
dustries.
Miss Natalie Hammond, daughter of
A six-ton hoist, brought to A shland
Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond of from Portland, has been tak en to the
Washington, has received word of her R eeder Gulch dam to expedite exca­
election to the famed Royal Miniature vating work.
society of London.
Miss Hammond
A trip over the Roosevelt highway
received this much coveted honor by
from Coquille to the C alifornia boun­
having four of her art exhibits accept­
dary shows th e road to be in fine
ed by the society.
shape for travel.
The possibility of an airplane serv­
ice, passenger and freight, betw een
Baker, LaG rande and P endleton is be
ing considered.
A large crop of apples and p ears Is
predicted for the season in southern
W ashington, D. C.—P resid en t Cool­ Oregon by P ro fessor Brown of the
idge has appointed Newton D. B aker Oregon 8 ta te college.
A heavy increase in trav el to Rock­
of Cleveland, secretary of w ar in the
W ilson cabinet, as the fourth U nited away and oth er Tillam ook beaches has
S tates m em ber of th e p erm anent court been noted. The highw ay to Barview
of arb itra tio n a t The H ague. Secre­ has been open for a week.
ta ry Kellogg, in announcing th e ap­
T he new m ill of the Balsley-Elkhorn
pointm ent, said Mr. B aker has ac­ mine, one of th e oldest and best known
cepted.
producers in eastery Oregon, was
T he p resid en t appointed Mr. B aker opened a t B aker last week.
w ith th e Idea of having two demo­
If the federal forest lands In Lane
crats and two republicans as m em bers county w ere on th e tax roll It would
of the perm an en t court which w as es­ mean a tax of approxim ately *160,000,
tablished under the convention signed according to A ssessor Keeney.
a t T he H ague in 1899. The other
The first steelhead ever reported
U nited S tates m em bers a re Ellhu
caught In Cam as creek Is causing In­
Root, John B assett Moore and C harles
te re st In Pendleton. It was caught by
E vans H ughes. T heir appointm ents
Joe Pedro and Is 26 Inches long.
a re for six years and a re renew able.
W hile th e spring w heat In the Uma­
tilla country needs rain the fall w heat
CANADA A P P R O V E S O F F E R Is not suffering yet. H arvesting will
begin on the high lands about July 10.
W ill Become Party to W ar Renuncia­
The sta te land dep artm en t baa
tion Treaty.
turned over to the state tre a su re r dur­
W ashington, D. C.—C anada is the
ing May, *102,248.91, according to a
la te st of th e B ritish dom inions to ac­
report of th e clerk of the state land
cept th e A m erican Invitation to be­
board.
come a p arty to th e proposed "ren u n ­
Wild tu rk ey s of stock planted on
ciation of w ar” treaty .
In a note which was in reply to the the lower Rogue river tw o years ago
Invitation sen t May 22. C anada in­ have survived. Broods of young tu r­
dorsed th e w ar renunciation principle keys were seen n ear Agnes and othet
as affording "to th e peoples of the places.
M aterial evidence of the m any city
world a new and notable opportunity
of en suring lasting peacq," and said im provem ents at Salem Is In the form
It would "have pleasure In cooperat­ of the new garb age Incinerator In
ing In fu tu re negotiations with a view South Salem and the new fire engine
to becom ing a signatory to a treaty house In E ast Salem.
such as is proposed" by th e United
Increasing its reserv o ir storage ca­
S tates.
pacity In K lam ath Falls to 1,760.000
gallons, th e Copco company hag be­
Nyssa Celebrates Opening of Bids. gun construction of a new reservoir
N yssa, Or.— P lans are practically In N orth K lam ath Falls.
com pleted for a big celebration in
D eschutes county Pom ona grange
N yssa Ju n e 9 to com m em orate the and six of the seven subordinate
opening of th e bids for construction granges in the county have decided to
of th e Owyhee Irrigation dam, which purchase a moving picture projector
Is destined to be th e larg est of Its for use In grange educational work.
kind In th e world. W aters from thia
Prem ium lists of th e Columbia
g reat reserv o ir will irrig ate 140,000 county fair, which will be held near
acres of land, lying In h er Im m ediate St. H elens S eptem ber 12 to 16. are be­
A group of loganberry grow ers held
vicinity In M alheur county and In ing m ailed and show th a t m ore than
a m eeting in Salem last week and
Idaho. The dam will be of gravity *3000 cash prizes will be aw arded.
voted to m aintain the minimum price
arch type of construction, 850 feet In
The public service comm ission has
length, 390 feet high.
of th e berries this year a t 5 cents a
approved a schedule for the operation
pound. The m eeting was called by
of busses betw een M arshfield and
th e officers of the N orth Pacific Co­
Washington Hurdler Equals Record.
R eedsport over the newly completed
operative Prune exchange. Approxi­
M issoula, Mont.—Steve Anderson, sections of th e Roosevelt highway.
m ately 75 per cent of the loganberry
U niversity of W ashington, equalled
W ith the w ildest stam pede In all the crop already has been contracted.
th e w orld’s record In the high hurdles
hlistory of tetampedes, H aines cele­
L icenses issued by the state gam e
a t the Pacific Coast conference m eet
b rated th e annual event last week.
S aturday, w ith a m ark of 14.14 s e a
com m ission during May reached the
T he program included bucking, roping,
onds.
unprecedented total of *53.432. T his
racing and o th er events dear to rodec
is over 100 per cent increase over
fans.
May, 1927, and does not take into ac­
TH E MARKETS
Mrs. C. M. M anchester, early rest count the licenses issued by the vari­
Portland
dent of The Dalles, suffered burns that ] ous county clerks, w hich have not yet
W heat R B. bluestem , hard white,
may prove-fatal when her d ress caught | been reported. The biggest previous
»1.53; soft white, w estern white, $1 44;
fire as she was attem pting to move a ' am ount for May was *50.000 In 1925.
hard w inter, n o rth ern spring, w estern
blazing woodbox from the kitchen ol
red. »1.34.
The senate adopted the McNary
her home.
resolution authorizing the appropria­
Hay
Alfalfa, *19®19 50; valley
Six hundred and eighty crates ol tion of $125.000 for the construction
tim othy, *19®19 60; e a stern Oregon
freshly picked straw berries, destined of a mem orial building to comm emor­
tim othy. $21(721 50
for a Salem park in g plant, failed to i a te the winning ot the Oregon country
B u tterfat 44® 45c.
reach th eir destination when a truck, for the U nited S tates a t Champoeg.
Eggs Ranch, 22® 26c.
bringing them to the city turned over T he resolution provides th a t the build­
C attle—Steers, good, $11® 12.
H ogs Medium to choice, $8.50® on a curve south of there early Thurs­ ing shall not be constructed until Ore­
day. Nearly four tons of luscious ber­ gon has made provisions for its care,
9.60.
Lam bs—Good to choice. $12 50® 13. ries were scattered over the highway, and has $125.000 available to be used
to be salvaged by resid en ts of that by S ecretary of W ar Davis in construc­
Seattle.
tion of the building.
W heat Soft white, w estern white, section.
Mrs. Edna C hestnut, recently np
$1.44; hard w inter, w estern red,
According to infornlhtlon Just re­
no rth ern spring. $134; bluestem . dark pointed p o stm aster of the newly cre­ ceived by L. J. Cooper, forest ranger
hard w inter, $1 53; d ark northern ated office at Wlllowriale. which will of the Pow ers d istrict of the Siskiyou
spring. *1.54.
serve about 80 patrons in the Trout national forest in Oregon, this locality
Hay — Alfalfa, $24; tim o th y , $28; creek and Lyle Gap sections of Jef is to receive more than ordinary con­
ferson county, took the oath of office sideration this year through allot­
P. 8.. »14.
last week.
B u tterfat—4 Sc.
m ents m ade for the district. Four
Eggs -R anch. 23® 31c.
A 45-car train bearing the first de thousand dollars is to be expended on
C attle C hoice steers. $10.75® 11.75. tachm ent of Oregon national guard» the Elk river trail betw een Powers
Ilogs -Prim e. $9.60® 9 85.
men arrived at Camp Clatsop last and the Elk river country, with the
L am bs—Choice, $11 50® 13.
week In command of Major Leo P lr m iners In that locality co-operating
Spokane.
on). The men are busy m aking read, Special allotm ents have been made
H o g s—Good, and choice, $9®t* 10.
for the annual guard encam pm ent te for th e Mt Bltvar lookout bouse and
C attle S teers, good. *10 60® 11.
‘tectn June I t
e new ranger station near Power*.
BAKER APPOINTED
TO THE WCRLD COURT
M A I. GEN. F . T. A U STIN
CONTESTS INVOLVE
MANY DELEGATES
Disputed S e a ts in Republican
C o n ven tio n ’ AII in the
South.
Maj. Gen. Fred T . Austin Is the new
chief of field artillery of the United
States army. He succeeds Maj. Gen.
William J. Snow.
APPROPRIATIONS BY
CONGRESS HEAVY
W ashington, D. C.—T he cost of fed­
eral governm ent has gotten back to a
b etter than a *4,500,000,900 basis, the
70th congress having appropriated the
staggering to tal of $4,642,293,897 to
carry on affairs in the next fiscal year.
This exceeded th e appropriations for
this y ear by $627,304,961.
Of th e grand to tal $1,388,753,735
will go to cover annual fixed charges,
such as in te re st on the public debt,
leaving *3,253,540,162 for carrying on
the active d ep artm en ts and agencies
of the governm ent. Of this sum, how­
ever, *200,936,668 rep resen t deficien­
cies which occurred th is year, the urg­
ent deficiency bill having failed in tho
filibuster which m arked the close of
the last session of th e 69th congress.
D espite this increase in expendi­
tures, congress has slashed federal
taxes $222,495,000 for next year, with
corporations getting the bulk of the
reduction. T his sum is slightly in ex­
cess of w hat S ecretary Mellon said
w as a safe reduction based on present
estim ates of revenue, plus the added
costs th a t m ust come with the work
ing out of the M ississippi riv er flood
control program , extending naval con
struction and other added governm ent
activities.
W ashington, D. C.—C ontezts affect­
ing 73 seats in th e K ansas City con­
vention have been recognized by the
republican national com m ittee, with
the probability th a t th o se Involving
six will not be pressed.
T he com m ittee m et in K ansas City
Monday, eight days before the sta rt
of the convention, to pass on the dis­
p u te s which in all but one case, Porto
Rico, have arisen In southern states.
E x-Senator Pepper, re tirin g national
com m itteem an from
P en n sy lv an ia
will be in charge of th e hearings, end
those who a re n o t satisfied w ith rul­
ings have the rig h t of appeal to the
credentials com m ittee, to be named
a fte r the convention organizes.
The en tire delegations from th ree
sta te s — L ouisiana, M ississippi and
T exas—are in contest, as a re nine of
ten Florida seats, the two from Porto
Rico, th re e from Georgia, two from
K entucky, four from South C arolina
and three from T ennessee.
T his year, for th e first tim e since
th e historic contests of 1912 betw een
the T aft and Roosevelt delegates, the
quadrennial fights may conceivably
have an im portant bearing on the
nom ination. H odver delegates a re in­
volved in nearly every one of th e 69
contests. Should these delegates lose
out to any appreciable degree the ef­
fect may be all im portant, for the
H oover m anagers have had to tak e a
lot of things for granted in making
their claim s of a nom ination w ithin
three ballots.
SOUTHERN CROSS
REACHES HAWAII
Honolulu. — F our intrepid cru saders
of the air alighted here from th e g iant
monoplane Southern Cross, trium ph­
a n t In the first stage of th e ir adven­
turous flight from O akland, Cal., to
Sydney, A ustralia.
It took 27 hours and 28 m inutes to
cover the 2400 m iles betw een here and
Its startin g point.
In the pilots’ cockpit w ere C aptain
C harles K lngsford-Sm lth, com m ander,
and L ieutenant C harles Ulm, pilots.
Aft of them w ere the tw o A m eriacns
—H a rry W. Lyon, navigator, and
Jam es W arner, both of San Francisco.
C aptain C harles K ingsford-Sm ith,
leader of th e expedition, announced
th a t th e 7800-mile flight would be re­
sum ed as soon as th e party had rested
B R IE F G ENERAL N E W S
and the Southern Cross had been over­
hauled.
W hile the republican national con­
Suva, In the Fiji islands, 3138 m iles
vention determ ines the fate of his away, was th eir next objective.
candidacy for the presidential nom in­
ation, F rank O. Lowden, Illinois ex­
P E K IN DICTATO R Q U ITS
governor, will be in a K ansas City
hotel.
The Irish F ree S tate and New Zea­ War Lord Chang Leaves Capital for
Manchuria.
land have accepted S ecretary Kel­
Pekin, China.—Chang Tso-Lln, for
logg’s invitation to participate in the
negotiation and to become original two years ru ler of Pekin and n o rth ern
signatories of the proposed treaty for China, renounced his pow er and left
the renunciation of w ar.
the ancient capital. He d eparted on
O bservance of Memorial day In a special train w hich had his old
France th is year proved th a t It has stronghold a t Mukden, M anchuria, fo r
become definitely an International its destination.
He left behind a com m ittee of eld­
m anifestation.
T here w ere more
French than A m ericans present a t th e ers in charge of th e city and issued a
num erous cerem onies.
farew ell m essage expressing the hope
United S tates S enator Guy D. Goff th a t China would survive the civil
of W est Virginia, republican, and Gov­ w ar and th re a t of bolshevism .
ernor Alfred E. Smith of New York,
T he city was orderly and the com­
dem ocrat, won over Hoover and Reed m ittee of elders said th at satisfactory
in the W est Virginia prim aries for arrangem ents had been m ade for hand­
presidential preference.
ing over control to the victorious lead­
D irectors of the C hrysler corpora­ ers of the nationalist, or south China,
tion have approved a plan to acquire arm ies.
(he entire property of Dodge B rothers
corporation, including its subsidiaries
Illinois Burial Mound Yields 79.
in this country and abroad, through
Browning, 111.—Seventy-nine skele­
an exchange of stock.
tons of a prehistoric race not yet iden­
Speaker Carkln to "R un” Oregon
Salem. Or.—H enry L. Cobrett, pres­
ident of the state senate, becam e gov­
ernor of Oregon when Governor P at­
terson crossed the sta te line into Ida­
ho W ednesday morning. S enator Cor­
bett will serve as governor until June
10. when he leaves for England. The
duties of governor then will be taken
up by John Carkln, speaker of the
house of representatives, who will
serve until the retu rn of Governor
P atterson. June 20.
Chinese
Protest
Japanese
Invasion.
Geneva.—A protest from com m er­
cial. banking and press organizations
of China against the "Japanese inva­
sion" of sections of th a t country was
filed here with the league of nations.
The protest came on th e eve of the
50th session of the council of the
league, which opens under th e presi­
dency of Aguero B ethancourt of C uba
Farm Bill Veto Pleaaea Stockmen.
O gallala Neb.—The N ebraska Stock
G rowers' association has adopted
special resolution heartily com m end­
ing P resident Coolidge for hie veto of
the McNary H augen bill.
tified have been found in one of th ree
burial m ounds on land n e a r here. Ar­
chaeologists who exam ined the skele­
tons and relics announced no sim ilar­
ity to any other known trib e or race
has been discovered.
C. M. Howell to Nominate Reed.
W ashington, D. C.—C harles M. How­
ell, a K ansas City, Mo., law yer, was
designated by S enator Reed of Mis­
souri to make the speech placing his
nam e in nom ination for the demo­
cratic presidential nom ination a t the
Houston convention.
O. F. Glenn to N om inate Lowden.
Chicago.—Form er G overnor F ran k
O. Lowden of Illinois will be placed in
nom ination for the presidency at the
national R epublican convention at
K ansas City by O tis F. Glenn, republi­
can nominee for U nited S tates sena­
tor.
Air Mill Rate to Be Reduced.
W ashington, D. C.—A new 5-cent air
mail postage rate, to be effective Aug­
ust 1. was announced by P o stm a ste r
General New. New said he expected
the cut In rates to Increase a ir mail
business 100 to 100 per cent.