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Thing Worth Knowing.
Viscount Cray of Fallodon has re
tired from the liberal leadership of
the house of lords for personal rea
sous. It 1 anuouueed Tuesday.
Chicago will have the 1925 conven
Hon of the Knights of Tythlas, win
Sing over Los Angeles, 85 to 81
resolution to establish a magazine to
serve the entire membership of 00,
uuO was adopted.
A severe rain storm In the eastern
part of Iowa late Monday and Tuesday
resulted In the loss of three lives,
drowning of hundreds of cattle and
horses, thousands of dollars' crop
damage and flooded homes and farm
lands.
The house rivers and harbors com
mission was called Tuesday to hear
arguments of a delegation from Stock
ton, Cal., seeking government aid to
deepen the river channel from nine to
24 feet with 4 minimum width of 300
feet. '
Reduction of rediscount rates was
authorized Tuesday for the Interme
diate credit banka by the federal farm
loan board. The new rate to financial
Institutions Is 5 per cent and to co
operative marketing associations 44
per cent.
Miss Lucy Page Gaston, nationally
known reformer and foe of clgarets,
died In a sanitarium in Chicago Wed
nesday. Iter health fulled several
months ago after he was Injured In
street-car accident, and a mulignant
growth in her throat developed.
After September 1 there will be no
more rural mallcarrlers driving horses
out of Eugene. On that date motor
route C will be established, taking
over the work of three of the present
carriers, and pne postofflce, that at
Pox Hollow, will be discontinued.
E. Clifford Norman of Oakland. Cal
who was stricken seven months ago
with sleeping sickness and who has
slept about three months, remaining
only partially conscious for a further
period, was pronounced cured Wed
nesday and discharged from a hospi
tal. The Brazilian federal troops operat
ing In the southwestern part of Sao
1'aulo state, near the Parana border,
arj continuing their pursuit of the
rebels. The latter have been obliged
to evacuate) I'lraju, according to of
ficial advices from La Nacion's cor
respondent at Santos.
Kloting of a near serious nature
Wednesday broke out between pro
fascist and anti-fascist workmen em
ployed by an American moving pic
ture company which Is making a film
production of "Ben Hur" a few miles
from Roue. Carbineers were sum
moned to quell the dlsiurbance.
Unusual shows of devotion between
animals have been capped by a Jersey
cow belonging to N. J. Bevin, farmer
living seven miles west of St. Helens,
Ore. The cow has a calf three or
four mouths old, but In addition to
this offspring returned from pasture
a few days ago with a 3-wetks-oId
buck In tow.
Disorderly conduct and flKhtlng
were the charges placed agulnst Uni
ted Ktutes Senator iJlal and John J.
Mc.Malittn, stute Insurance commis
sioner, who Is opposing the senator
for renomlnallon and the two were
arrested Wednesduy after a personul
eucouuter at a campaign meeting In
(Juffney, S. C.
L. M. Karaghan, Itunnlun ambassa
dor to China, bus refused to accept
the conditions Imposed by the. United
States minister to China relative to
the delivery of the Russlun legation
to M. Karakhan. The legation, since
the passing of the czarlst regime, has
been in the hands of tha dlplomutlc
corps In Pekln.
Adoption of a carefully planned pol
icy for colonization of irrigation proj
ects to bo constructed In the future
was urged by Dr. El wood Mead, com
missioner of reclamation, In a ipeciul
report he submitted to Secretary Work
Wednesday upon his return from a
9000 mlln Inspection trip In the west.
Dr. Mead visited projocti In Utah,
Nevada, California, Washington, Ore
gon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and
Nebraska.
ITALIAN AVIATOR RESCUED
V. S. Vessel Finds World Flier Whose
Plane Drifts 100 Miles.
On Bourd P. S. S. Richmond, oft
Greenland. Tho United States cruls
er Richmond, after being tossed about
ou the bleuk north Atlantic oceau for
S3 hours, and after hope had been
given up for the safety of Lieutenant
LocuU-111, the Italian aviator, and his
three compnuions, picked up the ma
rooned men from their damaged plane
shortly before midnight Sunday.
All members of the party were well
but were exhausted from the trying
ordeal through which they had passed
Locatclll's plane was damaged beyond
repair, and It was destroyed by fire
on request of Its pilot. The cruiser.
with Locate! II and his companions on
board, Is proceeding toward Labrador
to re-enter the naval patrol for the
continuation of the flight of Lleuten
ants Lowell II. Smith and Krlk Nelson
from Ivtgtut to Labrador.
Locatelll, who started from Iceland
tor Greenland last Thursday with
Lieutenants Smith and Nelson, was
forced down by motor trouble at i
P. M. Thursday. After repairs had
been made to the plane Locatelll was
unable to make a take-off from the
water. The plane drifted from a point
near the I-nbrudor coast 100 Inlles to
where It was found 125 miles due east
of Caoe Farewell, the southernmost
tip of Greenland.
The discovery of the damaged plane
was due to Signalman Willis Pinkston,
who, from the bridge of the Richmond,
caught sight of green flares sent up
from the plane.
RAILROAD MERGERS
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WOMAN GOVERNOR
OF TEXAS PROBABLE
Fort Worth, Tex. Texas stands a
chance of having the first woman gov
ernor In the history of the United
States. Mrs. Miriam Ferguson, wife
of the ex governor, who was Impeach
ed, has received the democratic nom
ination, which heretofore has meant
election in Texas.
She received the nomination by one
of the largest majorities ever received
by a gubernatorial candidate in Texas.
According to the official returns Mrs.
Fergu-ion, out of an 830.000 total vote.
led her opponent, Felix Robertson of
Dallas, ty; more than 80.000.
Mrs. Ferguson's nomination prob
ably means the passing of the Ku
Klux Klan as a dominating factor In
Texas politics.
Robertson built his campaign on a
strictly klan platform and In his ad
dresses admitted he was indorsed and
was being supported by the Ku Klux
Klun. On the other hand, Mrs. Fer
guson, whose campaign was conducted
by her husband, ex-Governor James
Ferguson, conducted a strong fight
against the klan and one of her prom
ises to the voters of Texas was that
he would use the power of her office
s governor to drive the klan from
Texas.
The nomination of Mrs. Ferguson
was the outcome of a series of clr-
umsunces. In 1917 James Ferguson
was Impeached as governor of Texas.
He was charged with misappropria
tion and misapplication of state funds.
also with the acceptance of a bribe,
presumably from the liquor Interests,
which at that time were conducting a
strong fight against prohibition In
Texas.
Governor Ferguson was brought to
trial before the state senate and pro
nounced guilty by a large majority
nd as a result his impeachment was
ordered.
Mud Buries Railroad,
Redding, Cul. A torrent of mud
from a glacial disturbance on Mount
Shasta continues to pour down Ash
reek and over adjacent territory eight
miles long and one-half mile wide.
burying a railroad, highways and
bridges In Its path. The mud flow
bus darkened streams and has made
he Sacramento river muddy for sev-
rat miles, McCloud la having a
hard f'ght to maintain Its water
supply,
Grapevine Feeds Apple.
Sclo, Or. A freak of nature, an ap
ple growing on a grapevine, was dls-
:overed in the orchard of W. II. Hart-
,-tt Tuesday. The apple had fallen
from the tree Into the grape vine be-
ow and In some manner a twig of the
vine twined around the stem of the
pple and nurtured It. Tha apple Is
ow full grown and rite.
Famous Humorist Dead.
New York. Charles B. Lewis, 2,
well known as a humorist under his
pen name of "M. Quad," Is dead at his
home In Brooklyn. Among the hum
orous characters he created were Mr.
nd Mrs. Bowser, Brother Gardner of
tho Lime Kiln club, and the Arizona
Kicker.
MAKING
PROGRESS
Hope Hampton
Consolidations Made Without
Waiting Law.
GET STOCK CONTROL
Systems Are Grouping Themselves
While Federal Commission
Works on Pluns,
Washington, 1). C Despite the fact
that the Interstate commerce com in Is
slon has not announced Its plans for
consolidation of thu ruilroads Into a
limited number of systems and con
solidatlona are forbidden until thai
plan has been announced, substantial
progress has been made lu ronsolldat
lug the railroads since the transport!)
lion act was passed lu 1920.
These consolidations have been and
are being effected under a provision
of the transportation act authorizing
the commission to permit one railroad
to acquire control of another either
under a lease or by the purchase of
stock or In any other manner nut In
volviug the consolidation of such cur
rlers Into a single system for owuer
ship and operation.
Under this part of tho law, the ma
Jorlty of the commission has author
tzed a number of railroads to acquire
control of other ruilroads. It has done
so over the protest of Commissioner
Kastman of Massachusetts, who holds
that a number of the control cases
involved nothing short of consollda
tlon of the railroads.
The consolidation provisions of the
law provide that consolidations must
be In harmony with the complete plan
of consolidation required to be pro
mulgated by the commission "as soon
as practicable." The plan not having
been Issued, Commissioner Eastman
holds, what practically are consollda
lions under the guise of "acquisition
of control" are not lawful.
Farm Income Too Low.
Washington, D. C American agri
culture, since the slump of 19-4, has
not yielded a commercial Interest re-
urn on Its Invested capital or a fair
wage for the average farm operator
and his family. This conclusion
reached by agricultural department
experts, probably will be one of the
first to be placed before l'resldent
Coolldge's proposed agricultural re
lief commission here.
Other conclusions arrived at by the
departmental,, experts, who recently
completed a series of studies of farm
income, also are expected to serve as
a basis of data for the committee
which the president, in his acceptance
peech, said would be appointed for
the purpose of helping agriculture to
a basis of economic equality.
This Information gathered by the
xperts shows that the low point of
the agricultural depression was touch
ed In 1920 21, with some improvement
the following year. In the lust two
years the Improvement has been quite
noticeable, and the department asserts
Indications are that It will continue.
As a means of gauging how the ugri-
ulturnl depression has affected farm
standards of living in the four years
ince 1919 20, the department points
out that In this period wholesale
prices of all commodities declined 25
to 30 per cent, retail prices of 22 food
articles 20 to 25 per cent, while the
farmer's Income declined as much as
60 to 72 per cent.
Span Pageant Planned.
Hood River, Or. November 11,
Armistice day, Is the tentative date
set for dedication of the Wuuknmu
interstate bridge over the Coluinhlu
here. Chambers of commerce of Spo
kane, Seattle, Portland, Yakima and
urnerous smaller cities will Join with
food lllver chamber in the cere
monies. It Is proposed to present a
water pageant, depicting significant
,'olumbla history from the time of
,ewis and Clarke to the present.
Oil Tank Fires Street.
Jamestown, N, D. Three persons
were Injured, one probably fulally,
and heavy damage done when an ftooo
gallon tank of kerosene exploded lute
Saturday and sent a river of flumlng
oil down one street. Residences In
the vicinity of an oll-fifUng station
were burned.
Three Die In Family Feud.
Tulsa, Okla. Throa men were killed
and one was wounded Sunday after
noon on a public highway, 21 miles
east of Tulsa, In a fight which cli
maxed a family feud. The trouble
started over an argument between
hlldren.
V.-;-' - a-
This is ths very Utsst ploture of
handsome Hope Hampton, the "movie"
star. Howovtr, she Is not posing for
a "movie" shot Just as a fashion
mod I for sho Is wsarlng on of the
latest "scarab" hits "In turquoise
blue and brown, which she brought
ever from lurope rocontly" so the
fashion note siy.
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1 Superstitions j
By H. UUINQ KINQ !
REVENGE ON BACKBITERS
TP YOU have reason to believe that
people are slsnderlng you bite the
corner of your apron and the back
biters will bite their tongues. This Is
for women. Another wsy, applicable
to both sexes, Is to pinch your ear and
the person who Is "talking about you"
will bite his tongue. These charms
work, of course, by sympathetic magic
like causes like. Your apron Is a
substitute of tlie slanderous tongue of
your trsducrr: you bite It and the
slanderer, by reason of the magic sym
pathy set up, rtionds by doing actual
ly what you have done Immltatlvoly.
Pinching the ear Is a good simulation
of biting the tongue and react upon
the backbiter in the desired manner.
It Is. moreover sn especially appropri
ate art of simulation In such rssea
because of the connection between
tingling ears snd "people talking
about you" a superstition which has
already been dealt with in this series.
These superstitions are widespread as
are all the superstitions connected with
ympathetlc mnglr. It Is worthy of
note that while the doctrine of sym
pathetic msglc was one of the
earliest results of the efforts of prim
itive man to establish a relation be
tween cause and effect so a belief In
that same magic Is the most universal
of superstitions tndsy.
McClura N.w.papar Byndlcata.)
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OBJECTIVES
SOMH folks would go
To Tokyo.
And to fir Psru;
' Noma to lUrlln,
, or old pthln,
And sonts to Tlinbuctoo.
1 Poms fnvalars stk
J Thi Arctlo hlalc.
I And othirs quaint Japan,
And soma thara bo
Who think Farta
' Tha fslraat oal of man
, And I admit
i Thara's much In It
' I, too, rffjolra to roam,
Rut I oplna
' Thaia t'tl of mlna
, Ara kiapplxat sat for itOMEl
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