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I
: IS BIG.
AT MOT
;.M the Bcpond annual PurHlc North
wpflt Auto Ilaciiitf clnKsie held nt the
county fair Kroumis yiisusrilny, Frank
JxH'khart, nott'd mini nicer, 8ft a now
ohR lap track record for raniiiK ukuIiim
time. Driving hln Miller Het-Uil, he
made the mile ur.d one-elKhlh circuit
In 47-8-5 gecondw. The rerord wan
unofficially held lata your hy linlph
He Pal ma, who did not take part In the
races this year, when he lowered the
mark slightly hut heinj; made in com.
petition, did not Aland.
A crowd emlinntm. nt HOflO people
or more wltncHuerl the five events of
the afternoon. The one lap track
record time triln were the flr.st event.
Ijoclthart, Who took firKt plnr-e, wiis
hut four hooowIh ahead of Ktldle
llearne, driVlMK a llcirno Hpei-lnl.
Duxty nhoden, driving a Kronly Knnl,
placed third, while Ted Simisini, Kred
Ucklleder. McDonald Walker of MmI
ford, Klncafd of Knclo point nnd I.o
uan of Ciold Hill placed in the order
named.
The neRond event, n. five lap dah.
In which (ho four foment can on the
track took part, wan won by hock
hart In 4 minuieH and 24 seenndH,
J I name, ft h odes nnd KlnipHon flnlsh
JnK in order.
The prize money of this event was
announced nt $iro. iOf. 87f, and JMi.
A five lap daHh, In which the slower
ram on the track tok pint, was won
hy Fred IJcklelder In 4 mlniitiH mid
42 nenondH. McDonald. Kiiwiilrt and
"Walker como under iho wire ml, :trd,
nnd 4th rpftpecllvely.
Tho fourth event, a fen t lire handi
cap rare, in which Knckhurt wan han
hflrt o liirffo Invlnjr cup nt the end of
n half, waa won hy DiiHty IthodeH in R
minutes nnd neeondH. Klnclald
placed 2nd. while llearne had J-ock-hart,
unnhle to overcome the hnnrtl
cop. finished 3rd nnd 4th. At the end
of the race, Hhodea was heartily ap
plauded hy the crowd.
A consolation race, a l lap event.
vtnn cancelled because uf the lack of
entrant.
Twcnly-tuo ami a Half Mi lew
The last event, n 20-lnp race, was an j
easy victory for, l,ockhart and llearne
who wore placed first nnd second in
the rdmorknhly fnt time of 1 7 mlniitcH
nnd it eeonl and 17 minute, und 29
reeonds repecllvely. nhodeB. who
had held third plane, was forced out
or tho race In the 18th lap beeaimo of
engine trouble, Klncade nnd Logan,
the latter driving a Mulrheud racer,
who had been lapped once by the
other throe ontrantH. when Ihey fin
ished 3rd nnd 4th. However they fur.
nlehed the racing fans very thrilling
entertainment, tin they were panning
each other every other lap during the
race. In fact they were tnn main nt
traction of this event, rrlse money
awarded tho racers In thin event was
announced an ir.no, taiiu, 2nn nnd
1I0.
Over 120(1(1 In prize money wan
awarded tho partlclpanlH of the olas
alv. Barnoy Ooldflelrt. noted auto racer
of other dnys. and who was Iho offi
cial starter. prcHented Frank !xck
hnrt a large loving cup at the end of
the firm event In which he net the new
one lap track record of 47 aecondx.
The cup wn donnted for the occanlnn
by ftie Reddy Jewelry company of Ibbi
cHy. '
Kalph DePalmn, who was to hnvc
inKen nan in tne rneing ciuhh-. ho
unable to attend as he had gone to
Denver Colo., to race Instead. Ills
absence was regretted by many of the
racing fans.
The California racers who look pari
Will loavo tomorrow or the day af
ter for their homes in l.os Angeles,
nnd will a short lime later race at
Ilakersfleld.
U Is the concensus of general opin
ion that tho rnc.c meet of yesterday
was ono of tho best ever staged In
southern Oregon.
Moving pictures which were taken
ft the rncos by K. ICtinson of Kin in
lith Falls for Ihe California Oreuon
Vower company, will be shnwri shortly
In local theaters. Many Interesting
viows were taken.
XEKP THOOPS OX HANIMT IH'XT.
(Continued From Tnge One)
port yesterday from Sublimity that
a truck driver had encountered n
suspicious looking mnn. The truck
driver was Ihreo miles east of Sub
llmlty on the Hubllmlty-Hllverton
rnnd when ho sighted n lone man
standing on a hill about a half mile
distant looking about him. The truck
driver descended nnd started In pur
suit. Tho mnn saw tho driver ap
proaching and broko for tho brush
on the far sldo of the ridge
When
1110 irucs man nrriveu m .m. i...
mo mi 111 1110 position win-re urn
man had beeu he stopped to listen,
lis then heard distinctly n man
whistle three times. Tho Incident
FRANK L
was rcporled to the prison hy telo- Th0 ni.,.0!H wrrt ,,,,, hy collnty
phone and a special posse lushed l anil city officials accompanied by lls
the district. I trU-t Attorney Maker. All of the men
Houra of effort revealed that the PXI.,. (tasnian wero arraigned to
auspicious character was n boy who rt.iy m, onlcred pleas of not guilty to
was hunting for birds out of season h,,,,,,,. charges. Uasmart will plead
Who hod taken the Iruck driver for i,,,,.,.. Mrs. Pence was to be arrnlgned
a game warden. The Ind was hunt- mis afternoon. ,. ,
Ing, despite tho fact that warnings!
have been broadcasted through every
possible medium forbidding people
to hunt In that region and advising
that they do not appear moro than
Is ' necessary nnd especially while
carrying a gun.
Had an armed guard witnessed the
boy'e break for the brush. It Is
possible that another tragedy might
have boon added to that of the
prison brrak.
, Picture Actor Injured.
7.0H ANIIIJI.KH, Aug. It. (A. P.)
Cullen Landls, motion picture actor,
was brought to the receiving hospital
here early today following an auto
mobile accident on Ventura Itoulevnrd
nenr rnlabsas, 27 miles north gf
here. While thw actor complained of
pains In the back, tfispital surgeons
Isiid superliclul examination failed to
disolnso any injury.
Cook wllh gat,
IC
One of the most unique and beauti-
fill acts from the stn ndpufnt of set
tiiiKs, gowns and girls will be seen at
the Hunt's Craterian tomorrow mat
inee and night when the four Vanity
Dolls make their initial bow. Mildred have a skit that Is along brand new
and Alice Kay who specialise In art is- j lines when they offer a one act play
tit! dancing numbers, nnd Marie Alber- Jet in which half (he company con
tine ami J-Myihe Muriel in a musical tslsls of veltriloquists dummlnes.
act. I Two girls. Carmen anil Itose, have
"In tho I .and of Laughter" by In decidedly clever offering of sinking.
TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF RIFLE BULLETS
WASHINGTON. AllR. 17. (A. P.)
Ity wnrktriK out oli'i'trlcjilly timed
photographic tipparntiiH, Die bureau
of standards hns been onuhlc'd to take
la new 8PrpH 0f photnRinphx of rifle
!,,... ,. . h i 0.
and Kound wavea from the wenpona
usod.
The fii'Ht reaulta of the operations
'Conducted by Philip Quayle has
thrown light on the theory of ballia
tlcH, on which military experta hnvn
worked In developing. I
Mr. Quayle gctx hia photogrnplia by
light of an electrlo spark whic:h haa
roughly n duration of n millionth of
a aecond. With new and apcedler
typos of plntra, It In thus poHxtlilo
to
get a number of entirely neparate pic
tures of each bullet, though the pro
jectile Ix KpccdliiK at tho rate of L',7(I0
feet a Necoiitl. , Thn Hotind wnvca. tho
let'H tmxNairn and the blaxt in the I
bullet arc recorded on pialea. Ono of
the ordnance theories to rail bcfiiro
the evidence of the phntogrnphH, la
that the Heed of a bullet from nil
army rifle IncraiHOH for aonie dlHlanco
i,P1. , cmergeH from the muzzle.
The hal of th1 pXploaive gaaea In
n m. w HUpPoaed to accomplish
ftlila acceleration, but Mr. Quayle's
..hotoirranhs show the nrolectile draw.
lug swiftly away from the gas within
n few Inches of the muzzle,
Likewise, another of bis photo
graphs demonstrates "the futility of
attempting to silence a revolver by at
taching various contraptions to the
muzzle."
A sound wnvo on firing was found
to be propagating Itself merely from
the Junction of': the revolver cylinder
and the barrel, well back of the muz
zle. 'OF
TOILS OF THE LAW
HOOD mvint. Ore.. Aug. I7. Mis.
Nell Pence, daughter of a Hood Ulver
minister and widow or the son of a
Portland ministerial family, was ar
rested at her country place nt Odell
yesterday afternoon with five' men.
and all face charges of Illegal posses
sion of Honor. The men arrested
were! V I.' flnutiititi iiiiinmu ,,r n
Hnlciii packing rompany; W. Wo-
, Portland automobile dealer, O. f.
lltnckwell, xnlcemnn of The llnltes;
II. M. Koiitel, Portland automobile
man. and J. W. rustle. The Hallos.
salesman.
LOCAL ROOMING HOUSE
GUESTS ARE ROBBED
twenty -four dollar nnd ninety
cents were stolen rurly this morning
from I. Minors nt yt r, McDonald'
rooming limine, 330 North Front
street. T. 1.. Waynord suffered the
heaviest loss, which wn $21.00, the
numra uf prrsnns losing tho remain
ing amount Is unknown.
According to local police, who ns
yet have found no clues, the prowler
rrh'd the pockets of nil the roomers
while nsieep, going from one room
to another.
Cook with gat.
At Hunt's Craterian Tomorrow
The Vanity Dolls y
.Screen
Welch and HI Mealy, the
great and small of the abrobatic, sink
ing and dancing world.
Itergen and company In their ven
trllo(uial offering "The Operation, M
Tte Markets
Livestock
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17. Cuttle
oatlve, fully steady to strong. He
ceiplg rvliioo cuttle, (52 through);
culver 470 (13 through). Steers, me
dium $7.r.(K g.25; common SU.OO tfi1
7.50; canners and cutters $4.51141 6.00;
heifers, common nnd medium $ -1 .Ou i
6.50; cows, common anil medium $3.25
Jj 5.75; canners and cutters $1.50 tc
3.25; hulls, gooil (best yearlings ex
cluded) $4.00(ft 5.00; common to me
dium, canners and bolognas $3.00
4.00; calves, medium to choice (milk
feds excluded) $7.50tfir 9.00; cull and
commons lii.OOffi 7.50; vealers. me
dium to choice $10.001 12.00; cull nnd
common' $fl.50ffi 10.00.
Hogs steady; receipts J275 (27
through). Heavy weight (250 to 350
lbs.) medium, good and choice $13.50
fM5.00; medium weight (200 to 250
lbs.) medium, good and choice $14.50
ff lfi.GO; light weight (160 to 200 lbs.)
common, medium, good and choice
$14.75ff 15.R0; light lights (130 to 100
lbs.) common, medium, good and
choice S 1 4.50 ft" 15.25; packing hogs
$10.50(12.25; slaughter pigs (130 )bH.
down) dedlum, good and choice $14.00
fit 15.00; feoder and stocker pigs (70
to 130 lbs.) medium. -good and choice
$14.50(15.25.
(Soft or oily hogs nnd roasting pigs
excluded In above floatations.)
Kheep steady; receipts 2130 (250
tli rough.) Lambs, good nnd choice
(Mt. Adam) $ 1 2.00 ft 1 2.50; lambs,
modlum to good . (valley) $10. 50
12.25; heavyweight (1)2 lbs. up) $8.50
10.00; all weights, cull and com
mon $ 6.00 tit H.0O; yearling wethers,
medium to choice $6.508.50; ewes,
common to choice SS.OOTi 5.50; canner
nnd cull $1.5047 2.00.
Portland Wheat.
POnTLANIJ, Auk. 17. Wheat:
Hard white, bluestem, baart. soft
white $1. rti:' western white Sl.&r,: hard
winter ?l.f3: northern spring $1.43:
western red $1.61; HUM hard Avlllte
Jl.r.s.
Today's car eicelpts Wheat l'JS:
barley 2; flour 10; corn 0; oals li;
hay 12.
POTiTI.AND. Ore.. Aim. 17. Rggs
sleaily: current receipts L'Slf.r pll!
lels 2',4ifi2Sc: firsts 29Tr20'Oc: ex
trns 32fi'3L"-jc delivered Portland.
Under
rOllTI-AND. Ore.. Aug. 17. P.utter
steady. l-:xtra cubes, city l0c: stand,
ards 4Sc: prime firsts 4Sc: frists -iftc:
undergrades nominal: prints f3c: enr
tnns'Mv. llutterfat steady, flout churning
cream 52c net shipper's track In zone
one.
Poultry
PORTLAND, Ore.. Auk. 17. Poul
try quiet. Heavy hens 23c: light 14
ffrlfic: springs H'fi 2ric: young white
ducks 22c.
Potatoes
POI5Tl,.n. Ore. Aug. 17. Pota
toes J2.001r2.iri.
San Prnncl-i'o Markets
RAX FMANrlHl'O. Aug. 17. (lT. R
Hllreau of Agricultural Kconopiles.l-
Ilrollers. leghorns. 1 to t H lbs. 3fT
.12c; 1 lbs. SOift 32c: colnred 1 H to i
lbs. 2Ri30ci fryers, leghorns 2 to
2. lbs. 27ff2!c; colored ! lo 1 !i lbs.
SH'frSOe.
Ypung roosers. colored. 3 lbs. 33 il?
Sr.e: i lbs and un StW.l.'c. Obi
roosters, eoloreed ir(ffl7e: Leghorn
12TUc: Leghorn hens S 14 ihs. Uff
20c: S lbs. 21WJ2c: to lbs.
VttW 26e. ijirge colored hens, fancy 2!l
ft' 30c a K Turkeys nominal.
SAN' FnANCIHCO. Aug. 17. llut
terfat f. o. h. San Francisco fiiltjc.
San Frnuclsi-o Apples
SAN FHANCISCO. Aug. 17. (Fed
eral State Market News Service)
Apples, boxes, California Oravenstelns.
best $2.60 to $3: C grade $1.73 to
$2.26: Alexanders 1:2.25 to $2.60; Per
malna fancy $2.56 to $2.60.
AIhI I'l Krlm In Wed (ilrl.
PA1HS. Aim. 17. (A. P.) LeJoiir
nnl reports from Meltlln In Siwnlsh
Morocco that Ahd.Kt-Krlm. the rebel
Itlfflan chieftain. Is sprendlng rumors
in Moroccan .towns that he will soon
mnrry Ihe daughter of the Hey of
Tunis. The. news 'wns received In
Paris from Lcloumny's correspondent
In San Sebastian, Spain.
dancing nnd comedy. One of the fun-
nlest things they do Is to give their
impression of what tin American au
dience expects English-music hull ar
tists to offeiv
"As In tho Days of Nero" Is the
somewhat ambiguous hilling of llurlo,
who is a physical wonder of the Her
cules type. . He will present some de
cidedly Interesting strong man stunts
that are classed as original.
BE
TO FIGHT SHARKS
f'APF3 filllSNKS. Km nee. Aug. 17,
Sharks have ninde their nppear
imce in the Knglish channel within
tho lawt few days, adding another
hazard to the already countless dif
f inultis to the attempt to swim the
channel, which Minn C'.errudo ISderle
plans to make tomorrow, beginning
at 7-;25 o'clock In the morning.
Two sharks, measuring a little over
six feet - in length were caught hy
fishermen several miles off Boulogne
last . night. They were ' brought to
Boulogne and exhibited.
. Precautions have been taken to
keep the news of the sharks appear
ance from Miss Kdetle when she ar
rives here at six o'clock tonight for
her last rest before , the attempt to
swim tho channel.
During ono of hls-,uttempts to swim
the channel Jab.ez .Wolff, Miss
Kderle's trainer, was forced to leave
the water been use inf the attacks of
a huge shark.
Fishermen here my that tho con
tinued hot wen t her which has
brought the tcmpcixiture of the chan
nel water to a higher point than
usual wns responsible for the advent
of the mnn enters in the channel.
.Miss Kderle plaiiH to slip into thejtor, a man stepped out into the road
water from the huge rock at the
extreme western point of the cape.
A short distance out she will be Join
ed by the tug Lnmarinie, bearing
a party of other famous swimmers,
among them Miss Lillian Harrison
of Argentina, who haB failed in four
chnnnel-swims; Miss Jane Sion of
France, twice unsuccessful; Tom
Fiurgess of Kngland, who negotiated
the feat In -Kill, and her own trainer,
Jabez Wolfe. .
To cheer her ojv her way tho tug
will n Iso ca rry a four piece ja ?.v.
band. This, upon the advice of Mile.
Slon. The "band" will be made up
of trombone, clarinet, cornet nnd
concertina.
Miss Kderle planned to
short walk this morning,
brimful of confidence and
she Is hi tho most perfect
condition she ever nttained.
take a
She Is
declares
physical
Her confidence Is not shnred by
her trainer, Woll'e, who declares that
he bus been really allowed very little
to say as (tn her training methods,
lie wns on -the vergo of-ieavlng for
I'.nglhnd yesterday, but friends per
suaded him to see it through. One of
bis objections has been to Miss
Kderle's refusal to submit to mas
saging by male hands,, which ho, de
clares vitally' necessary to harden her
muscles properly.
To Suppress Smuggling.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. (A. P.)
Suppression of smuggling, along the
(.'anadlan border will be rurther dis
cussed nt a conference to be held
sbnrlly In Washington,
"Be summer-ise!"
TREE TEA
O RANGE PEKOE
T
r-1 y ivw
FOREST FIRE IN
ANTELOPE IS SET,
ARREST EXPECTED
An Incendiary flro- waa started In
the Antelope district .Kunday. after
noon about 1 o'clock.-and eight: fires
are now raging. ': Tiie. firebug, rodo
through on horseback setting the
fires, according to fire patrol officers.
An arrest ill the case Js expected. Vive
men are now fighting the fires, Vblch
are still out of control. . -
The firo nt lmnaha i'n the Prospect
district, whlQh covers 1,000 ocres, Is
nor .under control, after a hjrd fight
and trenching tho district.
In the Huckleberry Mountain sec
tlon, a cnreleas camper left his . fife
burning and the resultant blaze was
discovered before- the flames had
spread.
The forest lire on Kvnns "Creek Is
now under control, after sweeping
over about i.fiOO acres. -. .-i. .y,-
SMOKK VliVK (ilVIOS RIOPI
(Continued From Pag On)
ing, according to word roceived at
the prison. The report said that the
car had been taken - bv four. men.
hut no evid?m?e wns given to explain
how this information wns secured.
The car was a 1018 model' and was
owned by Ijiwrence Jacobsen, a
farmer living two miles from .Moni
tor.
This clue hears out tho theory ofj
prison authorities that tho fugitives
would lln in hiding until they hnd
a good opportunity and then steal un
automobile nnd make a dash to get
out of tho country being saom-ed by
the posses. ,
It also lends weight to tho report!
of John Dlehl, tho farmer who re-1
ported- he round one of hlB cowsl
milked dry. Saturday morning as the
Dlehl fnrm Is In the logical path the
convicts would tnko to got from the
path where they were last seen to
Monltof. .-. -
Strike 'Hot Trail.
The report of the cor theft took I
on a new angle and added signifi
cance in the minds of the prison
authorities with tho report of Deputy
Warden Lllley about two p'clock this
afternoon. , ' .
Lllley corrected the first report
that the car was taken by four men,
explaining that four boya, all well
known and believed reliable in the
Monitor neighborhood, were playingl
cards In a pool room there about one!
o'clock last night when ' another of
their number left. .
'today an four of the boys ore
missing nnd a nunntlty of canned
goods kept in tho pool room, In
cluding fish, beans and tho liko, isl
also gone. :
John Wilde, who lives iibnr thel
pool room says that - ho. found his t
roadster backed out of the garage I
. ...... . ...v., ,, n.K hum - iin, wiring - nuu 1
i.e.-u lumpercd Willi, indicating Hint j
someone had attompted but was un
able to Ktn'rt it. - - -
Lllley was of tho opinion that the
ciue is the hottest yet found, - espec
ially wnen coupled with the report
of John Stanton, n farmer, who says
that as he was driving nlong the road
near McKee. two miles west of Monl-
with this hands extended above his
head In a signal for Stanton to stop.
Stanton says he stepped on the eas
and sped hy. This was Saturday
night. Stanton when shown pictures
of tlfe fugitives, pointed . to Murray
as the ian who nttempted to stop
hlii. ! -
Possemen are of tho---opinion 'that
RIALT0
Tonight!
"TROUBLES OF A
BRIDE";
The Fastest Thriller
. of Them AMI .
Starts Tomorrow
CORINNE V
ndnoted from the
famous stage play C
. "THE ,
HA I IUIiAL sW
ANTHEM"
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m
by J. HARTLEY
MANNER0
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An All-Stsi Supporting Cist in
cludes Nits Nsldl, Kenneth
Harlan, Harrison Fsrtl. v .
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one of the convicts, probably Mui
ray, dropped Ifcon the lads playing
cards, forced them to accompany him
In the stolen car and commandeered
ihe stolen canned goods.
SII.VEP.TON! Ore., AUK. 17 f'lilef
of Police Puller rushed a detail or
possemen to Mount Angel at 1U:JU
this morning In response to a re
port from J. F. Kruso, who resides
on College 11111 that his children had
n ..inii.in.. ...liih tnav have
TOUIIIl SUIIID LIU.III.IH
'. .... i... k'..lle and
IH'CIl uisrurueii "J .hu"ji - j
Wlllos. escatied convicts.
t'oiaw iota Movies of Aiim Haves.
Motion nlctures of the uulo race
classic at the Fair flrnunds yesterday j
were taken by representatives of ihe i
California Oregon Power company and ,
will no douiu ne snon
near future. Close ups of K'",ne i
lOldfield. llearne. LocUhnrt and the
other drivers were taken, as well as
. nume rous snois i. iii """""" '
in aciion. even me iiiit,uf,n "i
tators came in for a good share of
! footage, tnus according im.ii
A'ini rniiiii't? in fr uiruim ino
"movies" when the completed fjlms
are received here for exhibition.
Wrapping paper, cut to fit any size
paper bolder, from white print paper,
at this office at prices much below the
regular wrapping pper price. Call at
once or nbnnA 7B. - " f
DABY SCOLDS
Date soon "nipped In the bud"
' without "dosing" by use of
s V VapoRub
j9T f uwa i marty
DELICIOUS!
' proam whipped till fluffy flavoi'cTl with the .
jniws of sun-ripened fruits frozen till it tingles on
the tongue then heaped high on the plntp, ,
'A treat- at a party, a welcome relief on a sun- '.
scorched day, a cool enjoyment, after supper or din- .
ner. ''-'. y. . . . V-
Snider Dairy & Produce Co;
J. I. CASE
Power Farm Machinery
Standardized Machinery
, NOW ON DISPLAY
Also Bargains in
Used Tractors and Sprayers
Bill's Tractor Shop
226 North Riverside Phone 1010
Buick 6
in Fine Condition
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Our Constant Aim Is to Keep Our Quality and
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Automobile glass and glass for all
purposes. We repair broken win
dows and rnsllver old mirrors, make
mirrors any size. Complete line
beveling and grinding machinery;
employ nothing but experienced
help.
J.'V. MORGAN, Manager
118 S. Bartlett Phone 140
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