HALSEY ENTERPIUSE. HALSEY. OREGON. A L U S I 9. 1928
POLISH AVIATORS
PICKED UP BY SHIP
JOHN THO M AS
Attem pt to Span
A tlantic
Com es to an Abrupt
End.
Lisbon, P ortugal.—Tbe Polish avia­
tors, Majors Idxlkowski and Kubala,
w ere rescued a t sea off Portugal when
th e ir attem p t to span the A tlantic
came to an ab ru p t end, and were land­
ed at Leixos, n ear Oporto, Portugal.
The German steam er Samoa which
took them from th eir sm ashed air­
plane, the M arazalek Pilsudski, also
brought th e plane into port.
Tbe aviators had been in tbe air
36 hours of flying and had made a
g reat circle out over the A tlantic to­
ward the Azores during which they
had been sighted by two steam ships.
Radio reports from these vessels first
gave the world Intim ation th a t the
Poles had abandoned th eir attem p t to
span the A tlantic and were headed
back tow ard Europe.
They had reached a point only 60
m iles off Cape F in isterre when trou­
ble with th eir gasoline feed pipe forc­
ed an abrupt descent into the sea. The
big plane struck the waves with such
force th at the wings were sm ashed.
The crew of the Samos with difficulty
extricated the aviators and turned
th eir vessel for th e nearest port.
NO CONTESTS DUE IN
IDAHO CONVENTIONS
John Thomas, banker and cattle­
man of Gooding, and Republican na­
tional committeeman for Idaho, who
was appointed United States senator
to serve the unexplred term of the
late Senator Frank R. Gooding.
FRANCO-BRITISH PACT
AROUSES KELLOGG
Boise, Idaho.—The republican state
convention will be held August 28 at
Kellogg, when candidate,? for senator,
representative in congress. Justice of
the suprem e court, governor and all
elective state offices will be nomin­
ated.
On the sam e d ate the dem ocratic
party will convene a t Grangeville for
the sam e purpose. The progressive
leaders will hold th eir convention in
Boise to determ ine definitely what
shall be done about nom inating a
congressional, judicial and a state
ticket.
Prelim inaries for these conventions
are now in progress. The delegates
to th e county conventions will be
elected a t party prim aries In the 44
counties in the state. These dele­
gates will hold county conventions
August 21, at which they will elect
delegates to the state convention.
Indications are there will be no real
contests before any of the conven­
tions.
W ashington, D. C.—W ith the term3
of the m ysterious Franco-British naval
accord undisclosed, it was revealed
for the first tim e th a t American of­
ficials are ‘‘seriously disturbed by the
probability" th at th e agreem ent in­
volves vital A m erican in terests and
perhaps endangers the W ashington
naval arm s treaty .
S ecretary of S tate Kellogg Indicated
his concern when he suggested the
question was too delicate to perm it
him to discuss it publicly a t this time.
He said he could not make known his
opinion of the agreem ent until he had
had an opportunity to consult P resi­
dent Coolidge.
Kellogg will seek. If not openly de­
mand, an explanation of th e agree­
m ent when he goes to P aris late this
month to sign the renunciation of war
treaty.
W hile th e 'F ranco-B ritish move is
considered in certain quarters as be­
ing aimed a t Italy ’s expanding naval
power on the M editerranean, rath er
th at at th e United States, the United
S tates cannot adopt this view’, it was
said, until th e accord has been ex­
plained clearly.
FAVORS SCHOOL HEAD
BR IEF GENERAL NEW S
Governor Baker of Missouri Is Ona
of Those Mentioned.
W ashington, D. C.—Governor Baker
of Missouri, ex-state superintendent
of schools in th at state, is under con­
sideration as successor to John J. Tl-
gert, federal comm issioner of the bu­
reau of deucatlon. Secretary W est
announced th at Governor Baker is the
only one th at has been suggested. The
secretary said he did not know w heth­
er the governor’s nam e had yet been
subm itted to P resident Coolidge, who
will m ake the appointm ent.
Commissioner T lgert has resigned,
effective Septem ber 1, to accept the
presidency of the U niversity of Flori­
da.
Alcohol
Point Gained by Druggists.
W ashington, D. C.—For the first
tim e since prohibition went into effect
druggists soon will be able to obtain
alcohol in pint bottles, instead of be­
ing forced to take it in five gallon cans
and bottle It them selves. Prohibition
officials announced th at effective Aug­
ust 15, alcohol could be purchased In
pint and gallon Quantities.
K ern county, California, will pro­
duce approxim ately 40,000 bales of
cotton this year.
An appeal to both m ajor political
parties to lim it th eir campaign expen­
ditures to $3,000,000 each was made
by Senator Borah.
The population of Turkey, accord­
ing to figures published by the direc­
to r of statistics, based on the latest
census, is 13.660,275 inhabitants.
The total trade of Canada for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 1928, was
valued at $2.359,412,000, the g reatest
in its history, the dominion bureau of
statistics has announced.
Chinese reports from Tsinan state
th at about 2000 persons in the tow ns
of Ankiu and Linchu in central Shan­
tung, have been drowned in th e flood
caused by the overflowing of Tawen
river.
Postoffice Teats Stamp Selling Device
Los Angeles.—An autom atic stamp-
selling and change-m aking m achine,
said to be the first of its kind to be
used in this country, went Into opera­
tion for a four-month te st at the Los
Angeles postoffice last Friday. Tbe
Date of Fruit Rate Hearing Set.
machine handles coins up to a quarter.
Boise, Idaho.—A conference of the |
By pressing buttons, the custom er
utilities commissions of the three Pa- |
gets the stam ps desired and the cor­
clftc northw est states with railroad
rect am ount coming in change.
representatives, at which a date for
hearing of an appeal for lower freight
Blame Trainmen for S. P. Wreck.
rates on fruit will be discussed, has
Ban Francisco. — Four trainm en
been called for October 8 In Portland,
were held responsible by a Southern
the Idaho utilities commission has an­
Pacific board of Inquiry for the acci­
nounced.
dent near Cortena, Cal., when the Cas­
cade Limited crashed Into the re a r of
A mericans Buy Great Poland Foundry
a special train carrying prom inent a t­
Berlin.—ltights to the great Bis­
torneys front the American Bar asso­
marck, 1 .auru, Kattowitz Iron foun­
ciation convention at Beattie.
dries, comprising a greater portion of
the upper Silesian m etallurgical in­
Hickman's Plea Is Refused.
dustry, have been purchased from the
San Francisco.—F ate of William
Polish governm ent by the W. A. H ar­
Edward Hickman, slayer of Marian
riman & Co. interests of New York,
P arker. 12 year-old Los Angeles girl,
tbe Kattowitz newspnper Polonia
was sealed when the C alifornia state
said.
suprem e court handed down a three-
line decision denying him a rehearing
Noted Lawyer of Thaw Case Dies.
of the appeal refused hint a few weeks
Santa Monica, Cal —IJelphtn M. Del-
ago.
mas, internationally known law yer and
recognized as the silver tongued c ra­
te r in tha Harry K Thaw trial In New
York many years ago, died at bis
home here.
W ill For Million Is Hsld Forged.
Denver —Accused of forging a will
under which he was made beneficiary
of his divorced wife’s estate, approxi­
mating $1.900.000, Dr. W. G. Fordham.
POLITICAL BATTLE TO
OPENJATUROAY
The only fire of consequence In the
MURRAY HULB ER T
Coos county territo ry is burning In
the district about Camp 7, near Pow­
ers, and 200 hundred men are fighting
it with the hope of keeping it from
the green tim ber.
H e rb e rt H o o ver to be F o rm ­
Depositore of the defunct Ashley
P rin cip a l Events of the W eek
a lly N otified of His
State bank of Portland will receive ap­
Assem bled fo r In fo rm atio n
proximately $194,$48 as the result of
N om ination.
a dividend to be declared August 10,
of O ur R eaders.
according to announcem ent by the
W ashington, D. C.—The belated zero
etate superintendent of banks.
B aker county la “getting good.” For
hour of the quadrennial presidential
Lynn A. P arr, for the p ast eight
the first tim e in four years the county years superintendent of Coquille pub­
campaign is at hand.
Next Saturday forenoon H erbert
jail la empty.
lic schools, announced th at he had
Hoover will be notified form ally in
The annual state conference of agri­ accepted the office of superintendent
C alifornia of his nom ination to lead
cultural instructors under the Smith- of the Marshfield public schools to
the republican ticket, and ten days
H ughes act will be held at Myrtle take effect August 1.
la te r Governor Sm ith a t Albany simi­
Point. August 6 to 11.
The federal governm ent has accept­
larly will be advised by the dem ocrats.
Jam es T. Grennan, 71, a genial and ed an additional tra c t of land owned
But these routine cerem onies, for all
well-liked old pioneer of M alheur coun­ by Em m ett Sharp to the south of
th eir weighty im portance, m erely will
ty, died W ednesday at his hom e In the federal landing field recently es­
be tardy trum pet calls of hostilities
Vale following a stroke of paralysis.
tablished a t Cottage Grove, this to be
already begun.
A bull elk which long pestered farm­ added to the main tract.
The early skirm ishing has been fair­
ers of the Coquille valley was shot by
C entral Point has recently Installed
ly general, but of g reatest fervor in
Game W arden A. M. Fish last week. a new 550-gallon per m inute electrieal-
the south. The proverbial solid demo­
The anim al was killed n ear Myrtle
ly-driven pump at its plant. The w ater |
cratic south Is now fixed as a republi­
Murray Hulbert of New York, who
is supplied by a stream flowing in
Point.
can objective, and the dem ocrats are
was
elected
the
grand
exalted
ruler
of
cement
gravel
under
the
town
and
has
A $35,000 bond Issue to build and
looking to usually republican farmer
the
Benevolent
and
Protective
Order
equip a new high school at Gervais always stood the te s t of the state
of Elks at the convention of that or­ strongholds in tbe west.
was defeated Monday by a 2-to-l vote. board of health for purity.
W hile the party privates have been
ganization in Miami.
T here w ere 288 against the Issue and
The unveiling of the P. L. Coleman
waging th eir individual w arfare th<
145 In favor.
memorial a t U rka cem etery near New­
nominees have been shaping up their
The Holt-Chase cannery In M yrtle port recently, attracted w idespread
speeches of acceptance. Mr. Hoover
P oint will begin the season’s opera­ Interest In th at community. Many
has turned over to the p rin ters his
tions August 10, when string beans, friends and students of the Newport
address of 6000 words, rew ritten and
later blackberries and huckleberries, highway school who w ere students un­
revised and finally approved.
der Professor Coleman took part.
will be handled.
Governor Sm ith returned to bis
An old prospector during the p ast
Citizens of A rlington W ednesday
<}esk in A lbany from a Long Island
W ashington, D. C.—Chief executives
week stum bled upon a m ountain of
Journeyed to tbe polls and put over
seashore vacation, not so far advanced
of the 22 standard railroad labor or­
by a big m ajority a bond issue, the nearly pure graphite within 12 m iles
with his speech as is Hoover. As is
ganizations decided here th at organiz­
money to be used in building a new of Gold Beach. The discovery was
; the case w ith the republican nominee.
ed
labor
as
a
body
would
not
Indorse
wholly accidental and it was not
city hall and jail.
Smith has given no indication of the
any presidential candidate. At the
nature of his address except to Inti­
Gabriel C. Rios, 35, was killed when until several days a fte r he bad made
same tim e they referred back to the
his find th at he realized its value.
m ate th a t It will deal exhaustively
run over by a Southern Pacific pas
organizations them selves w hatever ac­
P ortland is one of the leaders among
with farm relief and prohibition,
senger train six miles north of Coos
tion they m ight wish to take Individ­
cities of more than 250,000 population
which have been th ru st Into the fore­
Bay. Rios w ent to sleep on th e track
ually.
in extent of park acreage and its ra ­
ground.
after a drinking party.
The action was taken near the close
The state land departm ent turned tio to population, according to a study
of a three-day executive meeting, at
made by the bureau of statistics of the
over to the state treasu rer during July
which m any labor organization prob­
$110,797.76, according to a rep o rt pre­ labor departm ent. W ith 2181 acres
lem s were discussed. Many candidates
pared by George G. Brown, clerk of of municipally owned park space, P o rt­ for the senate and house, the entire
land
has
one
acre
to
every
118
people.
the state land board.
La Follette-progressive slate in Wis­
According to F. C. Reim er, director
U. S. Grant, prom inent Polk county
consin and Judge Florence E. Allen,
Angora breeder, has been selected to of the T alent governm ent experim ent
running for re-election to the Ohio
W ashington, D. C.—The Republican
judge Angora goats at the Pacific station, Rogue riv er valley pears this
suprem e court, however, will receive
national com m ittee has received $98,-
International Livestock exposition in year are top notch In size and quality.
the support of organized labor under
879 and spent $48,317 so far in th e
He reports early sales and excellent
P ortland next November.
the program adopted.
Hoover-Curtis cam paign, J. R. N utt,
W ork will begin Septem ber 1 on prices on future deliveries. Picking
treasurer, reported Saturday. H e made
will
s
ta
rt
soon.
The
station
is
aiding
the Church of the N ativity, th e new
R EPU B LIC A N S EYE GEORGIA his report to C hairm an Steiw er of the
county
agents
In
testin
g
fruit
for
pick­
Catholic church at Medford.
The
senate campaign investigating com­
stru ctu re will cost $45,000, not includ­ ing.
Vigorous Campaign to Be Made In
m ittee and Chairm an F. R. Lehlbach
As
the
resu
lt
of
the
discovery
of
ing plumbing and heating.
Democratic State.
of the special house cam paign commit­
Lee Richard, 1-year-old son of Lee five cases of m alta fever a t the state
A tlanta, Ga.—F or the first tim e tee.
tuberculosis
hospital
a
t
Salem,
all
Richard W illiam s Sr., of Cove, who
since the Roosevelt m ovem ent In 1912,
The D em ocratic national com m ittee
was scalded by pulling a vessel of state institutions h ereafter will use
plans are being laid for a vigorous re­ reported th a t its total of contributions
pasteurized
milk
for
th
eir
charges.
boiling w ater over him self July 26,
publican party presidential campaign
so far was $60,703.10, about two-thirds
This was decided a t a m eeting of the
died from the effects last week.
in Georgia.
of w hat the republicans reported. Ex­
sta te board of control, attended by
In prelim inary conference here, the
A recent survey of the touring con­
penditures of the dem ocrats w ere re­
the superintendents of all state Insti­
state H oover campaign com m ittee en­ ported at $21.559.98, about half of
ditions over the state made by the
tutions.
larged itself from five to 21 m em bers
State Motor association shows that
w hat republicans had spent.
H. S. McCutcheon and M artin Hick­ and called a meeting of the whole
tourist travel In Oregon increased 9.8
N utt reported 75 contributions, the
ey of Pendleton w ere killed recently
com m ittee for next W ednesday to
per cent in June over June, 1927.
largest being $10,000 from Dwight F.
on the highway two miles w est of draft plans to take the campaign for
Davis, W ashington, D. C.; $10,000
The cheese factory a t P leasant Val­ Pendleton when a car they were rid­
ley, in Tillamook county, was destroy­ ing in was sideswiped by a tra ile r of the republican ticket into every coun­ Howard Heins, P ittsburgh, and $10,-
ty in the state.
000 from A rthur W hitney of Mendham,
ed last week by a fire which also burn­ an Old Oregon T ransfer company
N. J. O ther contributions ranged from
ed the Godfrey store and a gas sta­ truck. The trailer Is said to have hit
California Gasoline Tax Fought.
tion. The loss is estim ated a t $15,- a large rock and lurched into the car
$1 to $7500.
San Francisco, Cal.—Charging th at
000.
carrying the men.
C alifornia’s 3-cent gasoline tax is ille­
Roy E. Johnson, form er m anager of
OPPO SE LABOR IN F L U X
L ast Saturday the fifth carload of
the Southern Oregon Gas company at black w alnut logs was shipped out of gal, A ttorney W. R. Crawford, repre­
G rants Pass, who was thought to have Linn county by R. E. Savage, buyer senting 58 clients, filed a suit in fed­ Canadians Object to Bringing Over
10,000 British Workers.
drowned, is under a rre st a t Tillamook for a Cincinnati firm. Black w alnut, eral court here seeking to restrain
S tate Controller Ray L. Riley from
charged with forgery and embezzle­
O ttaw a, Ont.—Objection to bringing
trees have been bringing ow ners from
making further collections.
ment.
10,000 B ritish w orkers to Canada for
$40 to $175 each, depending upon size
the grain harvest has been voiced by
Surveying and clearing a portion of and quality. The logs are cut into
Babe Ruth Ahead of Last Year.
the allied trad es and labor council.
the new Dayton-Salem m arket road in
veneer one 28th of an inch thick for
Chicago.—Babe Ruth hit his 43d
Reasons advanced against the pro­
the P leasantdale neighborhood was use in the m anufacture of w alnut
home run of the season in the fifth
posed im m igration were th at the emi­
resum ed recently under supervision of furniture.
inning of S aturday’s game with the
grants would not find sufficient win­
George Foster, roadm aster of th a t dis­
W illiam sport, a suburb of Astoria, is Chicago W hite Sox. The hom er puts
te r employm ent in this country and
trict.
seeking a Pied P iper as a resu lt of Ruth 27 days and 9 home runs ahead
th a t many of them would eventually
The Tillamook County Fish and the abandonm ent of the city garbage
of his 1927 record.
find them seives in Canada w ithout
Game P rotective association held its dump about a half-mile away from the
money or m eans for support.
third annual picnic a t W halins’ Island district. The dump, used for years,
League Recognizes Nanking Regime
Some other m eans for m eeting any
home beach last Sunday. It was esti­ housed thousands of rats and when
Geneva. — Rights to the great Bis- labor shortage should be found, the
m ated th a t about 1000 persons were they missed their food they began to
extended recognition to the Nanking, council believed.
present.
| m igrate to W illiam sport homes. H un­
or N ationalist, governm ent of China—
E astern Oregon doctors wound up dreds were killed by autom obiles while
Dlackmer Must Come Back.
a move th a t came after United S tates’
th eir annual convention a t La Grande attem pting to cross the road near the
recognition of the Nanking powers.
Denver, Colo.—A presidential w ar­
over the week-end a fter election of dump.
ran t for the a rre st of H enry M. Black­
officers, the annual banquet and selec­
In honor of Mr. and Mrs. George H.
mer, m illionaire oil man and m issing
Republicans to Seek $4,000,000 Fund.
tion of Wallowa lake as the 1929 con­ Arm it age, said to be the first white
w itness in the famous Teapot Dome
W
ashington,
D.
C.—Republican
lead­
vention site.
couple m arried in Lane county, the
oil scandal, was received here and an
ers fixed $4,000,000 as the amount
The governm ent has estim ated that new Coburg bridge across the McKen-
officer will be sent to France to re­
I to be raised for Use in the coming
the huge tra c t in the Bear valley unit i zie river in Lane county will be nam-
tu rn him for trial. B lackm er is w ant­
campaign.
of the M alheur forest, 60 miles north ( ed A rm itage bridge, according to deci­
ed on grand jury Indictm ents charging
sion
of
tbe
Lane
county
court.
S.
C.
of Burns, carries 770,000,000 feet of
j perjury iu connection with his alleged
TH
E
MARKETS
pine and 120,000,000 feet of tim ber of Armitage, son of the pioneers, has
I failure to make proper income tax re­
Portland
donated more than seven acres of the
o th er species.
turns. F ederal tax liens for $8,498,-
W
heat—Big
Bend
bluestem
,
hard
rig h t of way for the new road ap­
Marion Johnson, 17, son of Mr. and
' 935.78 were filed against him here and
white.
$1.36;
soft
white,
w
estern
white
Mrs. A. O. Johnson of Mount Hood, proaching the bridge, which is nearing $1.22; hard winter, w estern red,
In New York city June 4.
completion.
working as an extra ranger, was killed
$112*,; northern spring. $1.14*4.
The hot w eather period of several
Monday when he fell Into a pool from
Millions to Hear Hoover Address.
Hay — Alfalfa $16 5,1017; valley
the ledge of a canyon 20 miles south days caused the W illam ette river to tim othy $17.50®lS; eastern Oregon
W ashington, D. C.—The moot exten­
drop so that at the W illam ette falls
of Hood River.
sive radio hookup ever organized to
timothy, $21 @21.50.
E stablishm ent of a meteorological site a t Oregon City there is nothing
broadcast a single event will be used
B u tterfat—49c.
bur, au at the Pacific A irplane Serv­ but a rocky ledge and one can easily
when H erbert Hoover accepts the re­
E ggs—Ranch, 25®3oc.
ice field at Salem was announced by walk from one side of the river to
C attle— Steers, good, $11.25011.75. publican presidential nom ination a t
th e aerological bureau of the United the other and net get one’s feet wet.
Hogs—Medium to choice, $9.500 j Stanford university August 11, repub­
S tates departm ent of commerce. It T his is the usual condition during the 12.25.
lican cam paign headquarters announc­
sum
m
er
months.
The
bare
rocks
su
r­
will be six weeks before the necessary
ed.
Lam bs — Good to choice, $10.750
equipm ent will be installed and ready prise the hundreds of tourists who $12.25.
look for the W illam ette falls.
for operation.
Fred Stone Breaks Legs in Fall.
Seattle.
The attendance a t C rater lake na­
New London.—Fred Stone, famous
T here were eight fatalities in Ore­
W h eat—Soft white, w estern white,
gon due to industrial accidents in the tional park thia season so far has $1.22; hard w inter, w estern red. north­ aeng and dance man. was taken to the
Lawrence Memorial and Associated
week ending August 2, according to a reached 55,000 persons, which is 80 ern spring, $1.12; bluestem . $1.36.
hospitals here with two broken legs
Hay — Alfalfa, $24; timothy, $30;
report prepared by the state indus­ per cent increase over the sam e timo
last season, and mean» th a t the sea­ P. S.. $24
after his airplane crashed in a potato
trial accident commission. T here were
field near the state airport at Groton.
B u tte rfa t—48c.
936 accidents reported to the commis­ son's total attendance will a t least
reach 100.000.
Eggs—Ranch. 25031c.
sion.
W hen the state suprem e court re­
Ben Fisiisr Heads Oregon Legion
Senator McNary received a telegram
C attle— Prime steers, $11.25011.75.
Medford, Or.—Ben 8. F isher of
from W ashington, D. C., saying th at convenes Septem ber 1 after the Aug­
H ogs—Prime, $12.25012.50.
Marshfield was elected departm ent
the departm ent of agriculture had de­ ust vacation it will be less than four
Lam bs—Choice, $11 25012 25.
' com m ander of the American Legion
Spokane.
cided to Investigate the necessity ol m onths behind in the hearing of cases
a t the closing session of the tenth an-
a hay Inspection laboratory in Port­ on appeal. Thia was announced in a
Hogs — Good, and choice. $11.250
statem ent prepared by A rthur BensiU, 11 35.
, nual state convention here. He was
land.
The bureau. If established,
clerk of tbe court.
would serve the entire northw est.
C attle—Steers, good. $10 50 0 11.vO. I the unanim ous choice of the delegates.
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
LABOR NOT TO MIX
IN POLITICAL FIGHT
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
MONEY IS REPORTED