HALSEY ESTEHPIUSE. HALSEY. ORELOX. Al l . I ST 23. HCT
TWENTY HOMES BURN
IN TOWN OF RONALD
DR. EDW ARD FRANCIS
ORESON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
T w o Thousand M iners Fight
F ire Which S w eeps W ash
ington V illage.
P rin cip al Events of the W eek
Assem bled for Inform ation
of Our R eaders.
Ellensburg, Wash.—Twenty home*
and several business buildings In Don
ald, a mountain mining town 33 miles
north of Ellensburg, were destroyed
by a fire which for a time threatened
to sweep on to the neighboring town
of Roslyn.
The blaze was checked by more
than 2000 miners and residents when
It was about a quarter of a mile from
a powder house, In which were stored
a considerable quantity of explosives.
Buildings and a two-mile wooded
stretch which separated Ronald from
Roslyn burst Into flames rapidly, as
no rain had fallen for several weeks.
A strong wind fanned the blaze as
It ravaged the business section and
miners’ homes, but It died suddenly as
the flames neared the powder house.
The explosion of a still was credited
with starting the fire.
Damage was estimated at around
$100.000. Many of the miners’ families
whose homes were destroyed kept
their money hidden under their houses
and these treasures lay hidden under
the smoldering ruins.
Ronald Is an unincorporated village
of more than BOO population. A half
mile to the north Is Jonesville and
two miles to the southeast Is Roslyn,
a mining town of over 3500 population.
The Grangers of Oregon took in 2311
new members the past year, but lost
118 by death, 186 by demit and 1487 by
non-payment of dues.
Killing of a cougar Just as It sprang
on the back of a deer Is reported by
J. A. Walsh, of Marshfield. Coos coun
ty district fire warden.
A new bridge has been completed
across Deep creek at Sandy ridge by
the county bridge force. The struc
ture Is called Boitano bridge.
Twelve cars of celery have gone out
of Quinaby since the beginning of the
season In June anil two other cats
are loading for eastern points.
Fire In the business seofion of North
Powder caused estimated loss of $4000.
It partly destroyed a brick building
occupied by a restaurant and shoe
shop.
Governor Patterson appointed Don
ald S. Riches justice of the peace of
the Turner district in Marlon county,
to succeed H. L. Earl, who died re
cently.
Pioneer history of Oregon and the
northwest was linked with the life of
Josephus Thompkins, 90, who died at
the home of his son on Grand Island
last week.
Lewis O. Leach, 58, was killed in the
Connie Dye camp on the Netarts road
In Tillamook county when a log fell
on him as he was at work bucking
logs in the camp.
Thrown out of his wragon, which was
piled Into the ditch by a car, W. J.
Stowe of Eugene suffered a fractured
skull and six broken ribs when kick
ed by his horses.
Umatilla county business men and
farmers are urging the acquisition of
a tract of land by the county court in
the Immediate future for crop rota
tion experiment purposes.
W. W. Rankin, 54, county road su
pervisor, was killed and L. J. Casey
and son Leslie were Injured when a
touring car driven by Rankin left the
grade at Rooky hill, near Butte Falls.
C. L. Barrett of Bend has paid John
Moran of Ashwood $12 for each of
seven sheep he killed when his car
plunged Into a band being driven to
summer range In the Cascade moun
tains.
Frank Shepherd, 24, who had been
employed but two weeks, was killed
last week at a Powers logging camp
when a sapling sprang back from a
falling tree and struck him in tho
neck.
Members of the new Baptist church
recently formed at Salem by former
members of the First Baptist church,
have selected the name "Calvary Bap
tist” for thier organization, It was an
nounced.
The Bowman-Hicks Lumber com
pany’s sawmill in Wallowa resumed
operations last week, following a 90-
day shutdown. In addition to the old
crew, 40 new men have been placed
on the payroll.
The fourth annual picnic of the Cove
old folks given by the Woman’s Im
provement club In Ascension grove
brought together 70 persons of 60
years; the oldest, Mrs. Mary P. Cham
bers, 85. was guest of honor.
A state highway department crew is
placing a two-inch surface of bitumin
ous macadam on the highway between
Coquille and Myrtle Point. Fifteen
men are at the work, which will oc
cupy about three weeks’ time.
Wheat that yielded 66 bushels to
ttw acre has Just been harvested from
a 36-acre field belonging to W. T.
Crook, nine miles southwest of Mc
Minnville. The same field in clover
last year brought $125 per acre.
The warehouse at Fayetteville, be
longing to Shultz Brothers was totally
destroyed by fire, burning not only the
grain stored therein belonging to many
of the farmers around Peoria, but a
lot of machinery was also destroyed.
Before calling a special election to
again vote on the question of selling
the electric light and power and water
systems, the town of Canby has de
cided to employ an engineer to deter
mine the actual value of the property.
The onion harvest will begin in
about three weeks in the Lablsh Cen
ter district. About 500 acres of beav-
erdam land are devoted to this crop,
which Is expected to have at least an
average yield of 300 sacks to the acre.
Work has been started on the three
new buildings to be occupied by the
Four-H clubs of Lane county at the
county fair grounds In Eugene. The
cost of the buildings will be low. as
much of the material and labor has
been dimated.
Irrigated spring wheat of the feder
ation variety has yielded an average
of 58 6 bushels to the acre over a sev
en year period on the Harney branch
experiment station at Burns, where
Irrigation by pumping has been tried
OPEN SWITCH WRECKS
BURLINGTON LIMITED
La Crosse, WIs.—The engineer was
killed and more than 100 passengers
were slightly shaken when the limited
Burlington train, "the Blackhawk,”
from Minneapolis to Chicago, ploughed
through an open switch and ran near
ly 400 feet on a sidetrack. The engine
and two mall cars went through tho
walls of a machine shop and round
house at the Grand crossing here. The
engineer was C. W. Soules, 62, La
Crosse.
An element of mystery Is being In
vestigated by railroad detectives, and
they are holding a man after finding
that the switch hud been tampered
with.
According to authorities, the switch
was closed for the limited to speed
through the yards but. after the wreck.
It was found that the switch was
opened to send the train on the side
track. The key to the switch was
gone. Police said It was not found
on the man being held.
END OF WAR NEAR
President Coolidge Lauds Kellogg
Treaty as Peace Victory
JH T
The most Important work in medical
research during the past year was
done by Dr. Edward Francis, of the
United States public health service.
Dr. Francis received a medal for hla
research work on tualraemia, better
known to laymen as "rabbit fever.”
AERIAL ATTACK ON
LONDON POSSIBLE
London.—The capital of the British
empire Is absolutely at the mercy of
an air attack launched from the con
tinent, army experts now believe.
That much, it is claimed, has been
learned definitely from the annual
maneuvers of the royal air force. In
those maneuvers "enemy” bombers
made 57 daylight raids on London, in
nine of which they completely evaded
the defense and dropped theoretical
messengers of supposed death and de
struction. Brigadier-General Groves,
ex-dlrector of flying operations and
now secretary of the air league, said:
"London is too big to be adequately
defended from an air attack. In a
short time Its vital points would be
In rulnR and all other sections of the
city would be rendered uninhabitable
because of gas.”
One of the facts of the maneuvers
which the experts consider significant
Is that, theoretically, 300 tons of
bombs, loaded with gas and high ex
plosives, were dropped on London
within a week. This equals the bombs
dropped on all of England by the Ger
mans In the entire period of the world
war.
B R IE F GENERAL NEW S
A tariff treaty between Germany
and the nationalist government of
China has been signed.
President Coolidge was presented
with a 125-pound wheel of fancy Swiss
cheese by a delegation of farmers of
Greene county, Wisconsin.
Glyer Kronfeld. Austrian glider ex
pert, made a flight of 7 hours and 54
minutes, beating the previous record,
which was 5 hours and 22 minutes.
Luke S. May, Seattle detective, was
elected president of the Northwest as
sociation of Sheriffs and Police for
: the ninth time at the closing session
of Its convention In Boise, Idaho.
Next week the representatives of
500.000.000 persons will meet In the
Salle de L’Horloge of the French for
eign office, exchange greetings and
sign their names to an extraordinary
document clearly and Irrevocably re
nouncing war as an Instrument of na
tional policy.
Wausau, Wis,—Emphasizing Ameri
ca's earnest determination to promote
International peace, President Cool
idge hailed the pending covenant for
the outlawry of war as the brightest
hope for peace the world has ever
seen.
Addressing more than 15.000 per
sons at the convention of the Wiscon
sin American Legion, the chief execu
tive described the Kellogg Brland pact
as an international agreement which
would have prevented the catastrophe
of the world war had It been In exist
ence in 1914.
Interrupted frequently by applause
as he stood bareheaded under a can
opy facing the grandstand of Mara
thon park. President Coolidge pointed
to the anti-war treaty as witness that
America's military establishment was Large Idaho Ranch Holdings Bought.
not maintained for any aggressive pur
I^wiston, Idaho.—At a reported
poses.
price of $175.000. John Klmbrou of
Riggins has purchased the Holt half
Canvas to Settle Ohio's Close Vote. Interest In the Holt-Rhoades ranch
Columbus. Ohio.—Only the official properties, said to comprise 10.000
vote, as declared by the secretary of acres of Salmon river and Camas
state after a canvass of the certified Prairie ranch lands and ni »•■rous cat
count by the 88 county election boards, tle and sheep. Announcement of the
will determine whether Senator Cyrus sale was made at Cottonwood.
Locher, Cleveland, or Graham P Hunt,
Cincinnati liberal, has received the
Army Pilots Break Record.
democratic nomination for the short
.Vashlngton, D. C. — Covering the
term United States senatorshlp. A 240 miles between Rolling field Wash
complete recheck of the vote, most of ington and Mitchell field. New York,
It unofficial, gave Hunt the slender In 1 hour and 10 minutes. Lieutenants
lead of 9* over Locher, who had the Ford J. Lauer and Gordon P. Savllle,
Indorsement of the Anti Saloon league. army air corps pilots, have broken the
unofficial record for transit between
Influenza Kills 275 Canadian Natives. the two points.
Edmonton. Alta Scourging the pop
ulation along the banks of the Mac- Bamburger Named tor Senate In Utah.
Kensle, the Influenza epidemic which
Ogden. Utah.—Utah republicans In
has been raging in the north for some i state convention here nominated
time has taken toll of 275 of the na Ernest Bamburger, ex-national com-
tive population within a period of a ] mltteeman, for the post now held by
couple of weeks, according to reports Senator King, democrat, and adopted
received In Edmonton. As far as was a platform indorsing Herbert Hoover.
known only one white man has au<> William H Vattls, Ogden, was nomin
cumbed to the disease
ated for governor.
31 Planes Enter Air Derbies.
Secretary Kellogg May Visit Irish.
Los Angeles. Cal.—Thirty-one pilots
and airplanes from all sections of the
United States officially have been en
tered In the New Yorkto-Los Angeles
air derbies to be staged In conjunction
Washington. IX C.—Secretary Kel
logg has practically decided to visit
Ireland after signing the 15-power anti
war treaty In Paris August 27. In order
to return the call of President Cos-
The 19th annual Coos county farm
ers’ picnic was held at Norway, near
Coquille, last week.
The plant of the Beaver company,
operating a small sawmill 15 miles
from Corvallis, waa destroyed by fire
last week.
The fruit picking and packing sea
son is now at Its height around Med
ford, with five switch engines engaged
every day in the yards, and between
50 and 60 cars of pears being taken
to the yards at Ashland, where they
are speedily made into trains for ship
ment east.
T. L. Billingsley, superintendent of
the Southern Pacific motor transporta
tion, and A. Mickle, assistant super
intendent of passenger and traffic
mnaager of the Southern Pacific rail
ways, perfected arrangements to oper
ate stages from Albany to Newport,
beginning August 21.
The Oregon Historical society has
Just secured deed to two and a half
additional acres at the site of Old
Fort Clatsop on the Lewis and Clark
river, where the explorers spent the
winter of 1805-06, according to an an
nouncement made by T. C. Elliott,
director of the society.
At the close of August 14 a total of
72 560 visitors had entered Crater
Lake park in 22,140 automobiles, as
compared to 47,965 visitors in 13,583
I cars to the same date in 1927. Every
| state in the Union was represented,
all the territories except Alaska, and
nine foreign countries.
In celebration of the opening of the
road from Tillamook to Bayocean, the
Tlllamook-Bayocean company enter
tained with a dance, clambake, beach
sports, bathing beauty contest and
other features. Fifteen hundred cars
drove to the resort with an estimated
number of 6000 persons.
The Edward Hines Western Pine
company has filed with the public
service commission application for a
certificate of public necessity and con
venience authorizing construction of
a new railroad and acquisition of the
Malheur Railroad company’s line be
tween Burns and Seneca.
The Coos county poor farm no
longer carries that title following the
filing of a report with the county court
showing that $3100 alone had been
realized from the sale of farm pro
duce and stock in the last year. There
are 24 inmates of the county farm at
present, all between the ages of 60
and 80.
Cheap land and other inducements
under the Eagle Point irrigation dis
trict offered farmers is bringing many
new settlers to that section. Last Sat
urday three more new families from
out the state were camped in the city
park auto grounds waiting for accom
modations to be completed for their
going on new ground that they recent
ly purchased.
"These be parlous times” for the
cougars that Infest the forests of Ore
gon. and no fewer than 240 of these
deer-devouring animals have been kill
ed in ten months from October 1, 1927,
to July 31 of this year, according to
figures compiled by Harold Clifford,
state game warden. Only 159 were
killed last year from October 1, 1926,
to September 30, 1927.
That this is an unusual dry spell is
Indicated by the fact that for the first
time in many years it is possible with
out getting one’s feet wet, to walk
across the Coast fork through Cottaga
Grove. The Coast fork is one of the
principal branches of the Willamette,
and one of the largest streams in this
section. Despite the low stage of the
streams of this vicinity, the city has
at no time experienced a shortage in
its municipal water supply.
An old-fashioned "camp meeting"
harking back to the days of long ago
will be put on by the Salvation Army
of the Oregon division under the direc
tion of Brigadier Albert E. Baynton
and his army staff. The sessions will
be held daily extending front August
27 to September 3 at the newly ac
quired Salvation Army camp near Bar
ton. The camp grounds of 27 acres
will accommodate thousands of peo
ple and Salvationists from all parts of
the state are expected to attend.
According to figures received by
Harold Clifford, state game warden,
from the various state game farms,
23,800 China pheasants were hatch
ed out this year and a total of 9128
liberated. According to the new state
law governing the release of game
birds the pheasants must be liberated
In all counties having an open pheas
ant season 30 days prior to the open
ing of such season, which will mako
the limit for the freeing of the birds
August 31. Nine hundred and eighty-
seven Hungarian partridges were
hatched on the state game farms and
250 wild turkeys.
Horse racing, with several noted
strings from over the northwest Im
ported for the event, will hold a prom
inent place on the 1928 Coos and
Curry county fair program this fall, It
was announced at a meeting of the
board of directors at Myrtle Point.
There were eight fatalities in Ore
gon due to industrial accidents dur
ing the week ending August 16, ac
cording to a report prepared by the
state Industrial accident commission.
There were 955 accidents reported to
SENATOR CURTIS IS
FORMALLY NOTIFIED
N o n -P a rtis a n Disposition of
F a rm P roblem Advocated
in Acceptance Speech.
Topeka. Kan.—Nonpartisan disposi
tion of the vexing agricultural prob
lem through a joint congressional com
mittee was advocated here by Senator
Curtis of Kansas In his address for
mally accepting the republican vice-
presidential nomination.
Tariff revision and development of
Inland waterways were other sugges
tions for relief of the farmer by the
Kansas senator, who gave first atten
tion and greatest space in his address
to a discussion of the agriultural situ
ation.
Speaking from a temporary stand
H
shielded from the setting sun on the
south steps of the majestic Kansas
>
statehouse. Senator Curtis was given
an ovation by the crowd before him
on the lawn. Kansans who have sent
Roy O. West of Chicago, who was him to congress for 33 years made up
appointed secretary of the Interior by most of the throng, which also In
President Coolidge to succeed Hubert cluded national party leaders and a
Work. Mr. West It Republican na representative from each state.
tional committeeman for Illinois.
Senator Fess of Ohio, temporary
chairman of the republican conven
tion, notified Senator Curtis of his
nomination and in declaring his choice
a “wise decision” related ’he legisla
tive record of the nominee, culminat
ing In his advancement to the post of
leader of his party In the senate three
Washington, D, C.—Urgent pleas years ago.
for an appeal to President Coolidge
It was a great moment for Kansas
for creation of a special federal board as Senator Fess turned to pronounce
to inquire Into the threatened strike the senator as choice of his party for
of trainmen and conductors on west vice-president. He Is the first vice-
ern railroads have reached the United presidential candidate from this state
States board of railroad mediation and, if elected, will be the first ever
from business and civic organizations to attain that office from west of the
all over the west.
Mississippi.
Chairman Winslow of the board re
fused to say whether an appeal to the
president had been or would be made,
but In answer to the question said:
"There appears to be no reason for
supposing that the law would not be
adequate to meet any situation likely
to arise or that the machinery of the
Maryville, Mo. — Concentration on
law will not be operated If necessary candidates for congress in an effort
to protect the Interests of employes, to obtain farm relief legislation was
decided upon here by 200 delegates
carriers and the public."
from 12 states attending the conven
tion
of the midwest farm bureau fed
ITALY S EN D S SHARP NOTE
eration.
Plans were outlined for the submis
Jugo-Slavia Notified She Must Pay
sion of questionnaires to candidates
Indemnity to Consul. ,
Belgrade, Jugo-Slavla.—Italy, by Its for office in middle western states to
minister here, has presented a second develop their views on agricultural
sharp note to the Jugo-SIavian gov questions.
J. F. Reed, president of the Minne
ernment protesting against the recent
anti-Italian demonstrations in Spalato, sota Farm Bureau federation, declared
in which the Italian consul there was that "neither presidential candidate
can bind candidates for congress, and
slightly Injured.
The note Is described as couched In it is with a view to committing these
"peremptory” terms and demands the candidates on a relief bill that the
suspension of the chief of police of Idea of a legislative questionnaire is
Spalato, the payment to the consul of being formulated.”
Each state federation, under the
an adequate Indemnity and compen
sation for the damage done to tho plan, would draw up Its own question
naire and see that every candidate re
property of Italian nationals.
ceives one, covering all phases of the
farm relief problem.
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INTERVENTION URGED
TO PREVENT STRIKE
FARM BUREAU WILL
QUERYCANCIDATES
FOOD P R IC E S H IG H E R
Slight Increase Shown According to
Latest Report.
W IL L D IS C U S S TA X E S
Seattle.
Italian Ace Diet From Crash Hurts.
Washington, D. C.—Figures made Idaho Chamber and Grange Plan for
December Session.
public by the department of labor
Boise, Idaho.—A Joint session of the
show that food prices advanced one-
tenth of one per cent from June 15 advisory board, the directors and the
to July 15. a decrease of less than taxation committee of the Idaho state
one-half of one per cent since July chamber of commerce, together with
15. 1927, but an Increase of 53.5 per the special taxation committee of the
Idaho state grange, resulted in the de
cent compared with July 15. 1913.
cision
to hold a meeting in December
The prices of 18 staple foods ad
vanced from June 15 to July 15. 1928, of aTl organizations and citizens Inter
while nine showed a decrease and 15 ested in taxation and the cost of gov
ernment. The exact date and the
no change.
place of the meeting will be decided
later by the directors of the state
Kansas Farmer« Plow at Night.
Salina. Kan.—Day and night plow chamber.
The meeting will be for the formu
ing, with three eight-hour shifts oper
ating motor-pulled plows, has been in lation of a program of suggestions to
augurated by a number of farmers in the legislature for changing the rev
this section. They are attempting to enue laws of the state government in
make up for the time lost because of political subdivisions. Many of the
state chamber directors were in Boise
rains and flood.
for the western tax conference, and
remained over for a day to attend tho
TH E M ARKET8
board
meeting.
Portland
Wheat—B. B. bluestem. hard white,
$1.29; soft white, western white. $1.12, Smaller Acreage In Wheat In Prospect.
Washingtoç, D. C.—Farmers are in
hard winter, western red. 21.07; north
tending to sow this fall an acreage of
ern spring, $1.08.
Hay — Alfalfa $1650017; valley winter wheat 2.1 per cent less and an
timothy $17.50 0 18; eastern Oregon acreage of rye 8 6 per cent greater
than last year, the department of agri
timothy. $21021 50.
culture announced after compiling
Rutterfat—50c.
farmers’ Intentions as expressed Aug
Eggs— Ranch, 26033c.
ust 1. Intentions as to winter wheat,
Cattle—Steers, good. $11 50 0 12 50.
Hogs—Medium to choice, $10.500 if carried out. would mean a total
area of 46.523.000 acres, compared
13 25.
Lambs — Good to choice, $10.750 with 46.535.000 acres planted last year.
$12 25.
Wheat—Soft white, western white,
$1.13; hard winter, western red. $1.07;
northern spring. $1.08; bluestem. $1.30.
Hay — Alfalfa. $21; timothy $30;
P 8 . $24
Butterfat—65c.
Eggs—Ranch. 25 0 33c.
Cattle—Prime ateera. $1175012 50.
Hoga—Prime. $13 25013 50.
Rio De Janeiro.—Major Carlos del
Prete, Italian flier, who recently flew
from Rome to Braxil. died at 6 a. m.
Thursday from injuries he received
In a recent airplane crash on the «w
ters Just outside Rio de Janeiro.
Mall Bandits Kill Farmer
Toronto. Ont.—Thomas Jackson, a
! Waublnick, Ont , farmer, was killed,
Lam ba—Choice, $10010 50.
I and Walter and Frank Laird, brother«
Spokane.
Hoga — Good, and choice, $12.50 0 j from Ohio, were wounded in a nine-
tulln chase of three bandits who rob
12 60.