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GOVERNOR PIERCE
Manm'a Th Best Good for thm Pric; No Matfr What hm Price Mann's
WANTS BURDEN OF OF MORTAR SHELL
PAT ON HANDS OFF
TAXES SHIFTED
AT CAMP GRANTi POLICY IN STRIKE
". ' 1 IIOCKKORU. 111., Auk. 25. A1
PORTLAND. Aim. 25. Tin- lux rn- Uoiiril of inquiry will InvcMlKUta tho KWA.M I'SCOTT, .Mhhh.. Auk. 25.'
dudlon mcoUm loduy ivhh called lu rxiilunlun uf u Iraicli mortar lit (A. P.) ruitlioi- IndliatloiiH Hint Ihc
ururr uy i-uui n. jiiunue 01 ..icciioni, Cllln cjflilll which killed rlKllt and B,,vornmPm ....11 i ,ko
liwnaBOr of tho Oilifornln Oregon wounded twelve nemo i.icnil.oia of . '"n"n"le", Kt" ,"i'k0
,. . .,.ui. r ,i, ..... ,lB,n, ',lmu iiiciiiiioih ui ,,. (u movent xu.spcnnlon of ui
... ... (n0 ,,IKnu) luinnil'y rcKirnelu 01 cm-
taxpayers' conference. ' vliuo
lirovcnt HUHpciiMlon of antn-
riicllo opcrtttlonH next TueHday were
ThArn n-au . ......I. t ll... I..ut I .. fclVCll lUIIUy ill II1C PU III lllt'l' H IIUU
fcrVnco read T,y w to 7 i J r ,, ' Many mory HuUHt.. p,,,,, t 0olllKo has been
' A ImIIiiv Ainuniik ihM U(lH)J(,U,,,ul" Oseoo'a HrovvninK. h World fU(1, t lM(t;t al, nt.0(Jl uf tIu, publk.
" . war vcturnn hhu one 01 me nihiii, pv,.n ir lh(. ......... ,...,., ..IIM W),
was in cumimind of practice flrlinc (inU u waf4 in(lieaU'U tliul the Kuvcrn
with threo-lneh Ktukes trench mor- nient Wolll(J vonfne ilH utlvlty lu
larH. uslnn projectiles filled with sand I1H8Htin(t jn the pruvhdon of an adc
instead of hiKh explosive, quale MUpply.
After tiio propnlliiiB charier of ox- Th). pun-nt Is receiving no new
plosive In tho shells failed, witnesses ..fi-idal information reirardlnir tho an-
said, tho wind fltllntr was removed unin, hjtuatlun. although he Is
(fiom tho projectiles and In Its place kccphiR taus on developments through
tBOinv of the cordite, u high explu- tht, r,;!(H. followed with partlcu-
slvc, wiih Inserted. (ir interest the recent conference of
Hiich a shell exploded liiHlde the New i;Kiunj uvcrnurs und is en-,
gun. throwing fniKiiicnts of iihMjiI t.uU,.J1K(., Hl lnf. Htaiciiieiil made hy :
lu every direrlion and Htattcrlns tho j,,,,, (jJiyH Hammond, former thah-
u-nn unu ijijiimu niii. 1111111 OI IW V.Ui'.l CO III It I InSlO 11 , Ul.ll
Tim explosion followed hy n few there Ik no danger of a fuel nhorlaRe. -
hourn the Injury of eleven citizens Kver since It became apparent that
who were burned during a demon- anlhrauite operators and minors
strntloii. wouhl be unable to agree on a new
Cup ta in Browning, as a first lien- wage scale. Indications have been :
tenant, won u eroix de guerre and given that the udininisiraiion would
wuh cited for valor in lit-lff, .lake no hand lu the controversy. If
HUHpcnsiou should develop, it Is prob
able that .Mr. Coolidge will keep in ;
(ouch with the situation through Hire- !
Olofe tr Art Ufitrt&& retarles Hoover and JJavls and oilier ,
zeature of the forenimu session, lie
old of many of California's troubles.
And declared that stulo has one prob
lem In common with all other western
statoa that of getting permanent
Aettlei-H and more cupful.
"In other days we used to vie by
offering lands and tell of the best
highways for the farmers to get to
market. Wo uhod to tell uf what wc
would givo them to aid them in mak
ing (heir fortunes, he said, "but
limes huvo changed. Now we want
them to come and bring their pile
with them. We want thu mom y along
with the people."
. Johnson criliei'.ed the state Inherit
ance tax, which he said was keeping
many front taking out citizcmhlp
"papers."
"livery day 1 get letters from people
In the east and -middle west asking
mo hmv much It eost to dlu In f.'ull
ornla," ho said. "I have to telt them
if they have any properly It will cost
them a great deal more than in their
own slate. Ho out they come to hahk
In tho sunshine but retain vol lug
rights hi tho old home town."
.''Governor Pierce, In his address, de
clared that t he sum total of taxes
cannot I mi reduced owing lo the rapid
ly Inerousing demands of society, but
urged a more oven distribution of the
taxpaylng burden.
i The governor cited a vast urruy of
figure to iihow the rich corporal ions
paid a very low tax on a high valua
tion. Thim valuation was proved hy
returns nindo to the federal Income
tux department, whereas the valua
tion, made lo county und state were
very low. he said,
JMerco declared tho farmer Is still
carrying1 (he tax burdens, and that
efforts should be found to distribute
(his . burden to corporations and
wealthy bond und mortgago holders.
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STARTS DECLINE
Chinese Military Man
miners hero for a conference.
officials In close contact with the in- i
IIAIUIIN. Aug. 25. (A. P.) A Il,Hl,'y' ,,uL 111,1 Ukely lo call repre- j
Chinese military officer has offered .",l"v. . '""u ",,t,,uu,n
himself as a hostage for Dr. Harvey
.1. Howard, the American who was
captured some time ngo by handllH
In Mauehuria and Is -proceeding, to
the bandit camp.
Samuel Kokobfn, the American con
sul, has arrived In Mukden from
the vicinity of the camp. He ex
pressed the belief that Or. Howuid
muy bo released in ten days.
MlltHAY'S PARKN'TS TO All.
(Continued I'rom Page One)
beads might be erected to expedlto
the draining.
Mrs. Ioren'M mother mild when her
daughter left homo sho was wearing
a diamond ring valued at $10011. Two
flngera of the right hand of Mrs.
Loren had been amputated at tho
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POIITI-ANIX ore.. Aug. sr.. Gov
ernor Pierce today received a report
from the special committee Investigat
ing conditions ut the state pen it en-
today were concentrating on finding
(he mutilated hand.
In tracing Mrs. Lot-en's movements
subsequent' to August 1 !t. police
learned Mrs. Loren registered at a
Hun I'YiinrlHcu hotel Wednesday after
noon and checked out at 1 A. M. Fri
day. The hotel clerk told police a
man who had tho appearance und
bearing of a physician visited the
woman al the hotel. Who left uimc-
Ieompanled, the clerk said.
"Jerry," a setter belonging to' a
. member of the Martlnoz police forpe,.
Reductions In tho price of gasoline today was taken to tho swamp'ltt Clio
Joints, Mrs. 1'Vrguson nald. Searchers . ! ,, .
ranging from 2 cents a gallon to a
half-cont have been announced' by tho
Htnclalr Oil & Roflnlug company and
Standard OH companies. Tho 2-ccnt
cut wan made hy the Sinclair company
In middle western states to meet a
altnllar announcement by tho stand
ard Oil company of Indiana last night.
Tho Sinclair company also posted a
out of a cent In the price of kerosene
In the same territory.
Tho Standard OH company of New
jleruey dropped Ha price half u cent
. gallon on gasoline throughout Its
entire territory. This was tho fourth
reduction unnuuuecd (his month by
tlilH company. The new price will be
16 cents, o eullon In New Jersey, i;al
timdrti and Washington, If. '., and
17 centH lu other parts of the terri
tory, Including Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia und North and South
Carolina.
The Tidewater company, tho Oulf
company und others cut gasoline a
half-cent In their territory.
cllncd lo comment on the contents of
tho report which was not made public
Jefferson Myers, chairman of the
committee, delivered the report lo the
governor. A d Jut ant Ceneral While,
tho other working member of the nun
mitislon, left for the cast this morn
ing. Indicating that the inquiry Is coin,
pleled, at least for the present.
layers staled that the committee h.is
lenrned some facts which they felt
should be given to the governor nt
once. I In declared the coin m It tee
f wanted to see the penitentiary turned
tutu a "successful institution. "
There are only about fifteen sue-
Ihopo that tho dog might assist searuh
ers lu
dlsiucuil
j o in ii n iiiiioir urn mi iiiu iu i.j ,,. ., tvln,lllh, u ,l..t ..n,1
obliterated letter "fcl" on the silver a ,.,.,,. .,, ,.!. u M ,.i.ru nu
a prison but it ought to turn out some-
locating other portions of tho I pylmm Jn Uj(( f.ouUrVi' hP
ubned body. Bu(l -why shouldn't we go ahead
buckle and two sections of a black
walrus traveling bag. one bearing the
...... . K . V """V"' w "thlng other than derelicts. And ll
iciicr n in Kom .!. , oughl lo )(, Inatc Blf 8U
lliicoverlos thus far aside from those
mentioned. .Mem Iters of Mrs. I.oren's
family were unable to Identify the
pieces of traveling bag as tho prop
erty of Mrs. l.oren.
liepuiy Sheriff Kalph Harrison and
I'ndtr Sheriff V M. Veal said they
Miuld upend today In Onkhiud, Herk
dey and Kin 1'ranclsco in an rffort
further lo trace the movements of
Mrs. Loreu.
PRIZE BULL SOLD
lU'lCNOS AlllKH. Aug. 25. lA.
1.) What caltleunm say Is a world
roeord prlco for a bull was paid yes
terday at the annual cattle show. A
prize winning shorthorn hull, mimed
Faithful, was knocked down for
000 to llartolomc Olnocrhlo. It Is
aniiejfcd that tho previous high mark
paid for u bull was llt.fiuo pounds in
1 '.(island, whereas Kaithful fetched
ttic ciUsrti lit of !3.vrj -caVivits.-"
WASHINGTON. Aug. Lli.- fA. V.)
The world record price for a bull i.s
$10J.0(M). puitl In (he United Stales by
thn C'uruullon Harms comimtiy for a
Holsteln. The previous recto d was
StiO.OUO, pit id by two owners for II
nunelitl Sensation, the celebrated Jer
sey Hire, Mi ceding experts say the
Argentine price uf $G0.noo for a short
horn is undoubtedly a record for that
brood.
RICHMOND. Cab. Aug. .Tally
ing of thn description of a supposed
murder victim reconstrueted by Dr.
K. O. Helnrlch, Iterkeley crlmlnolo
Misl, from the examination of a few
blonde hairs with the description of
Mrs. Ilessle l.oren. a missing trained
nurse of Oakland, formed tho basis
ol a police investigation today of
a mystery IS hours 41 Id.
Hvldem e of w hat authurll lea be
lieve a gruesome murder consist eil
of 11 human oar, two or three pur
llona of a woman's cheek and scalp
ami some blonde hairs, which had
been found In marshes near this city.
Searcher lu the marshes had also
found fragments of leather from a
walrus hide traveling bag with a
letter "It" in gotd leaf and part of
a belt buckle with the letter "15" l
a monogram. , .
The minute frugments of n hu
man body from whb-h the supposed
eiimo hail been reconstructed were
viewed by William Ferguson of
Oakland, a brother of .Mrs. Loren.
w ho expressed his conviction that
;ui-y cvttictuMl tii.iV nii hutu1 b-
1 n murdered.
Ke.-d dents In the vli intty of the
marshtunds told authorities they had
heard a woman's serenms late Sat
urday night ut about the time Heln
rleh's examination of tho blood clots
on the pieces of a human counte
nance he ban examined Indicates
death took placo.
Ferguson said his sister had been
missing tducc some time late last
week.
ItOKLHl IKJ. lire., Aug. LV Cimo
uKlhhrn, I year-old daughter id
II. 8. McKlbbcu, local railroad em
ploye, sustained a badly mangled arm
(hit morning when she si in k her
fingers In (fee wringer of an ctcclrlu
washing machine. Her arm was
drawn Into the rollers amfe un
crushed togi point aboc ye elbow.
llonoKKN. N. J.. Aug. :M Fire
men attracted by shrieks of "Oh,
Lord'" find parrot jelling near his
proatmo njisQps.
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P.) - 1 Jntphij oh of the A tit lei's hotel
said a woman believed to have been
Mrs. Bessie l.oren registered (here
Monday afternoon, August 1 7, 11 ml
checked out Wednesday evening, Aug
ust 1 it, bet ween U and 1 0 o'clock,
I They said they knew of only one man
w ho culled on her during tho two
days. He was unknown to them ami
remained In Ihe loom with her only u
t'hort time,
I They said she registered as Mrs. J.
Lot Ing.
I Thai Ihe woman Intended to return
was Indicated by the fuel as stated
by hotel iiuaclics, that she left a cloth
bat, a hat and pair of tan shoes In
I the room.
Finployes of ihe hotel said they
never had seen the woman befonoJie
emm-cjo the hotel agy that they newr
saw her after alio clicked out Wednesday.
f supporting."
Wall Street Report
NKW VOliK. Aug. 2:1. -- Stock
prices surged upward again t"day de
spite a large volume of proili-taklnu'
anil bear selllim inspired hy st liter
money and uneasiness of many in
vestors over (he rapid advances In
soma of tho motors and specialties.
Low and medium prlrcd rails, par
ticularly those with merger or higher
accumulation. Total sales approxl
divldeiid p;spccts. were again under
mated Lotto. nno shares. .
Tremor Felt In S. Dakota.
Y A N KTi N. H. I .. A tig. U .V ( A
p.) ,. rumbling tremor felt here
at K':!t0 a. m. toilay eonvlneed many
persons that Yankton had experi
enced an earthquake.
TUSCAN (LING PEACHES
at tho
ECONOMY FISH MARKET
From the
GLE1M ORCHARD, Talent.
V.'ill liiit this week only.
Come in and sco them.
WATERHtlONS 1c lb.
( utile anil f.ct 'I'liciii.
Wliolll. WVN lll!( II ltl)
One .Mile I ji-i ( ciilriil l-nlnl.
Carbon
Briquets
will advance $2 per ton
on September 1.
ORDER NOW
for ytmr winter supply.
Valley FuelCo.
hone 76 N. Fit St.
1000 PAIRS OF GOOD WARM BLANKETS ON SALE
AT MANN'S BIG DEPARTMENT STORE SALE
OPENS WEDNESDAY SEE DISPLAY IN WINDOWS
1 case plaid cotton Ikm-.
kots in tan, blue, pink and
gvey; fine quality, GG.80
size, liejjular price $1.
August sale price, pair
$3.48
Buy Your Blankets Now and
Save Money It Will Pay You
00x80 all wool IJIankets in blue, yellow, lavender
and grey plaids. Regular price $1.1.50. 1 Q QC
August sale price, pair P
UUxSO "Aberdeen" all wool Blankets, (fc 1 O QQ
August sale jo-ice, pair
72x84 all wool Pendleton Blankets in blue, pink and
tan plaids. August S14-Q5
Park Blankets,- inll
1 case all wool plaid
Blankets in blue, tan,
pink, grey and yellow.
Regular price $10.50.
August sale price, pair
$9.95
sale price, eacli
(MixSO i'ain-v "Yellowstone
woiil. August sale
price, each -
$12.45
Opening Sale of Winter Coats
50 new Winter Coats; made of the very latest ma
terials; lined throughout, in sport and dressy styles,
with plain and fur collars. lOvery Coat worth more.
On sale all day Wednesday, $25 00
New "Princess" Coats $25.00 to $75.00
New "Miss .Manhattan" Coats $35.00 to $150.00
New "Conde" Coats $29.50 to $125.00
Buy your Winter Coat, now, while stocks are
complete.
Wednesday Specials
Fall (liiigjiaiiis, IJ2 inches wide, new pat
terns, line iialily. Regular price o5e.
Wcdncsdav special, 97p
yard ..-..'. C
"W'carwcU" Pillow Tubing, 45 inches
wide. ' Regular price 42c. r
Wednesday special, yard
i. .
Rag Rugs, 21x48 size; good quality. Reg
ular price $1.25. Wednesday D1 fi(
special, each ... 1 UU
SILK SALE 500 yards of striped and
figured Silks; all good colors; up to $11.25
values. 'Wednesday (t 1 CQ
only, yard f X Jif
DRESS GOODS 500 yards of plain and
fancy woolen Dress (foods that, sold up
lo $i.!S yard. Sale. RQc
price, yard "
Pcbco and Pcpsndcnt Tooth Paste. 50c.
values. "iKn
Wedncsdav JJK.
Wednesday
Special
06x80 p a r-t wool
Peerless Blankets,
in blue, tan, pink
and grey plaids.
Regular price $C.
August sale price
$4.95 Pair
Wednesday Specials
"Rayon" Silk Envelope Chemise, in all
colors. Regular price $2.50. I?0 OC
Wednesday special, each
"Ravon" Silk Slips, all sizes and colors.
"i:;:1:.:...: : $3.98
Women's fancy Sport Silk Hose in all
shades; up to $2.95 values. t 1 1Q
Wednesday, pair P 1 5
"Humming Bird',' Silk Hose, in all the
new colors, $1.50 values. t?1 OC
Wednesday, pair pl.AO
Handkerchiefs, women's white and col
ored handkerchiefs. Real 20c values.
Wednesday, 1
each A5C
Children's Purses, good styles; up to G9
values. On sale Wednesday, 1 Q
each ! A71
Women's Silk (i loves with flare and turn
back cuffs, $2.29 values. 11 OQ
Sale price, pair V I ,OV
OPENING SALE OF NEW MILLINERY TOMORROW
"Pierette" Hals; sold exclu
sively by this store, large ami
small sizes, gold and silver trim
med, also, hand embroidered or
naments. Good .as anv $8.00
hat. Wednesday -special,
each
"Courier" Hats; our own spec
ial service in both large and
small sizes; all beautifully de
signed and- tailored. .Real $10
values. On sale D7 CQ
AVednesday, each '
"Marie el Arinaiid" Hals, Ihe
last word in style in the new off
the face effects, flower and
feather trimmed; made of vel
vet and felt. A real $15.00 Hat,
AVednesday,
each
$10.00
Special Sale of. Materials for Comforters
:'()-inch Cotton Challie, best quality for
Comforters, good iatlerns. Regular
price -!
sale price, yard
August
19c
1 ;,H.,n Butt;-, best quality, one
pound size. Regular price 79c. CA
August sale price, each UUC
Final Clean-Up of Summer Wash Dresses
Pillows 21x27 size,
c o v e r e d with good
grade fancy ticking,
I! 1-1 pound w e i g h t.
Regular price $;i.0O.
Angus! sale $2.45
price, each .. v
Sheets 81x99 size;
Wearwell quality, tap
ed edge, good grade.
Regular price $2.05.
August sale djl 7
$3 Values $1.95
50 Dresses, made of
' fine Uiiighams mid Sti
fel Prints, $3.00 values.
$1-95
$6 Values $2.45
New Linen, Cretonne
(iinghani and Silkejte
Dresses, $0.00 values.
eac;!":::1:1:: $2.45
."THE STORE FOR EVE PV BODY" . J
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price, each-
Mailorders Promptly FilUd, Post of Prpid
Kt0fOR0.ON
$25 Values $11.45
50 Dresses, made of
Tub Silk, Wash Silks
and wools. Up to $25
S:;,. $11.45
SOAP SALE
Almond Bloom and Lem
on Cocoa Soap, large bar.
Regular price 10c. Q
Wednesday, bar .. ... OC
(2 for 15)
Agents for Buttmrick Pattmrm
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