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TAW ROBBERY
RING UNEARTHED
IN GRANITE CITY
Mrs. Oiwlo Bennett ami Mil. Roy
Snxon sisters, arc held In the county
jail at Jacksonville, and Clyde Lacy,
17. la held In tho city Jail at Ashland
as iliiBleuder In a peHy thlevlne ring
that ha8 hocn operating; In the south
ern end of the county for several
weeks, and Involves an entlio family.
According to tho authorities,' Del
liert Lacy, ID, confessed Sunday oven
I'lB tlu ho and three younger uroth
eis.werc Induced hy threats of their
SlsU'l'H and older brother, to ciinimit
robberies of ' u minor nature and
bring the loot to the family homo.
A charge of burglary will bo pre
ferred against the married sisters and
Clyde lcy. Tho mother, Mrs. Ufflo
Lacy, and four younger sons, are
under police survcillunce but not in
Jail.
Sunday afternoon and evening tho
Ashlund police and Sheriff Jennings
searched tho home and vicinity of tho
Lacy abode, and recovered, it is said,
articles that have been stolen during
the last three months. The younger
hoys under questioning told the
authorities of alleged crimes, and
caches. A trunk full of articles, as
sorted to have been stolen, was also
recovered..
The homo of the Lacy's Is at 481
Ciranito street. Ashland. Clydo Lacy
is said to have been entangled with
tho law before.
A preliminary hearing will be
called as soon as the authorities fin-IsH-their
investigations of the strango
case.
ROOM AT FAIR
The Markets
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LOCAL YOUTH FACES
The foroHt products exhibition tent
at tho county fair, ueeordlntf to an an
nouncement by niittnnul forest sorviee
officials under whose auspices it i
belli? prepared, will nerve the thou
sands of people attending the fuir us
a rest room and a dinner liaH for
those who brinj? their own lunches.
Although the exhibits will nut he
so elaborate ns they were lust year,
they will bo of a very educational na
ture. Tree sections will be exhibited,
showing vurious stage's of tree growth.
Mill products from the Owen-Oregon
Lumber company will be on exhibition
as well as a mineral display, contln
ing ore specimens from all parts of
the country. Tho local Hoy Scouts
will alto have an interesting exhibi
tion In this department.
Jf visitors at the fair take advan
tage of the invitation tendered them
to eat and rest in the forest products
tent, It is tho reijuctd of the local for
est officials for nil . waste paper or
other tnish to be put in a receptacle
provided there for such purpose.
Livestock. 1
POHTI.ANU. Ore.. Wept. 15 Tat
tle receipts, 70; calves 10. Market
nominally steady, ',
Hogu steady; receipts 100. j
Sheep receipts 1U00, market steady.
Portland Wheat.
PORTLAND. Sept. 15. Wheat:
HUH hard white, $1.50; hard white,
bluestem. lmart, $1.41): soft white,
$1.47; western white. $1.47 1 i ; hard;
western w bite, $1.4 7; hard winter.
northern spring, $1.44; western reu,
$1.43.
Today's car . receipts Wheat 133;
barley, 4; flour, 9; corn, (i; oats,
0; hay. 2. .
I'.ggs.
POUTLANP, Oro., Sept. 15. Eggs
2Vjc higher. Current receipts liGVjc;!
pullets 33'tfJ34fc, firsts, 37'37VjC
extras 4141 ',ic
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Ituttcr.
Putter: Cubes 1 to 2c higher.
Kxtin cubes city 50c; standards, 41tc;
prime firsts 4Sc; firsts 45',io; undor-;
grades nominal; prints, 53c; cartons
54c.
Milk steady. Best churning crenin
52e. net shipper's track In anno 1.
Haw milk (4 per cent) $,55 cwt.,
f. o. b., Portland.
Poultry.
Poultry steady; receipts moderate.
Heavy hens, 24 42 5c; light, 10c;
springs, go ft;.! tic; young white ducks,
Potatoes. '
Potatoes and onions steady; unchanged.
Russell Evans. 18, ft local youth,
is at liberty on $1000 bonds, after
being arrested Saturday night at
Butte Falls by the sheriffs office,
charged - with possessing liquor and
with a probable charge of liquor
transportation pending.
When arrested Evans had six bot
tles of liquor approximately one-half
gallon on his person, but ut the time
this was not.- in his car. He had
been under surveillance for some
time.
lie was.-arraigned before Judgo
J. i, Koo ftt Jacksonville, yesterday,
and is- to have a preliminary hear
ing today.
Prominent Portland
Men Visit in Medford
SPOKANE,' Sept. 1 5.t (A. I) A
plea for forest conservation und re
forestation was voiced before today's
session of the annual convention of
the Concatenated Order of Moo Iloo
by Alton1 J. linger of Lansing, Mich.,
supreme senior Hoo lioo of the or
ganization. Referring to the vast waste pf for
est products in the early years of the
nation's history, which he said was
inevitable, Mr. Mager declared that
with the cut reduced to l38,u0,uoo
acres, 75 per pent of It in the Pacific
northwest, conservation of timber is
one of the most Important problems
confronting the nation, with numer
ous industries and provision of ma
terial for the nation's homes depen
dent upon it.
Apple Market.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. .1'5 (Fed
eral State Market News Service)
A car of Mcintosh apples from Idaho
was offered on the local market at
S 1.65 h 1.75 per bushel basket to
day. Newtown apples of fair quality
are bringing from $1.75 to $2 per
box.
Apples: Boxes, California gxaven
steins, best, $2.50 ($3; C grade, $1.75
ft; 2.25; Alevandcrs, $2-252.50; pear-
mains, fancy, $2.2.25; bellefleurs
land newtowns best, $1.75fft2; loose.
$1.00$ 1-50; Washington Jonathans,
fancy, $ 2.50 2.75; Oregon graven-
Niitioual
PITTSBUUO. Sept. 15. (A. P.)
Rain cost tho Pirates a "good chance
to edge nearer the "mathematical
certainty" In the National league pen
nant race when it ended humilities
with Brooklyn In the third inning of
today's game with the leaguo leaders
holding a 0-0 udvautago.
At Pittsburg.
Rrooklyn .- 0 0
Pittsburg 2 4
(Two innings; called account rain.)
Batteries: Osboru and Taylor; Kle
iner and Smith.
At Cincinnati; R. TL E.
New York T.. 4 10 2
Cincinnati I 5 1
Batteries: Greenfield and Snyder;
Rixey, Muys ami llargravo.
At St. Louis. R. 11. E.
Philadelphia .'. 4 ! 0
St. Louis - 2 8 2
Carlson und Wilson; Unities und
Warwick.
American
At Philadelphia. W. II. K.
Chicago - 2 5 1
Philadelphia 4 8 1
Batteries: Fabcr and Sehatk; Gray
and Cochrane.
At Washington. R. II. E.
Detroit , 3 6 1
Washington 5 G 1
Batteries: Dauss and B ussier;
Zachury and Rucl.
At Boston. B. R. E.
St. Louis 2 5 2
Boston . .. 18 0
Butteries: Gaston und Dixon; Khm
ke und Pieiuiuh.
Oregon . Supreme
Court 'Decisions
SAI.L.M. Ore., Sept. 15. The slate
highway commission may proceed j
with the construction of it. 2 miles of
the Columbia river highway, under a
contract with ' Souionsen and Hefty,
between Astoria, and V venson, ac
cording to a supreme rnurt opinion
today in the injunntlon proceeding of
Frederick M. Denel'ee, uppellanl,
against tho commission.
The opinion was written by Jusllco
Cnshuw and affirms Judge Robert (5.
Morrow of the lower court for Mult
nomah county.
Other opinions by Hie court were
A. Se verso n, appellant, vs. N. W.
Phelps; appeal from Tillamook coun
ty: suit to collect money; opinion by
Justice Brown. Judge George Buglcy
affirmed.
In the matter of the determination
of the relative water rights of Wil
low creek and Its tributaries, a tribu
tary of Malheur river. Willow River
Water Users associations appellant
ami other cross appellants, vs. Orch
ards Water company, et al; appeal
from Malheur county, submitted on
motion to recall mandate. Opinion
by Justice Coshow. Decree amended
for purpose of clarifying award of
water and petition denied.
First National bank of Condon, ap
pellant, vs. Maud Kent; uppeal from
Gilliam county; motion to dismiss ap
peal 'allowed In opinion by the court.
Exile llurkett vs. L. A. lteall, et al,
appellants, appeal from Multnomah
county; action to dismiss appeal over
uh'd,iu opinion by Chief Justice Mc
Brlde. '
James Paul, et nl, appellate vs.
Livestock State bank, et al, appeal
from Harney county; motion to dis
miss nppeal overruled in opinion by
Chief Justice McBrfde.
Louise Claggett vs. Clyde C. Clag
gett. appellant; appeal from Marion
county; suit for divorce. Opinion by
the court. Judgo Percy It. Kelly af
firmed. Petitions fin rehearing denied In
state vs. McLaren ef al; Delsnmn vs.
Wilcox, in re Elizabeth Watt; Thrift
vs. laird; state ex rel vs state in
dustrial accident commission.
Motion overruled in Kirschner vs.
Smith; Bloech vs. 1 1 y land Homes
company; Rashford Lumber company
vs. Do lan; Dobson vs. Bend.
Motion for re-conslderalion denied
in Condltt vs. Conditt.
Tho DeNeffe case against tho high
way commission Is said to set an
Important precedent from two nngles,
first, that the highway commission
has a right to award u contract on
other than the low bid If a different
typo of pavement is desired, and, soc
oud that It may resurface a stretch
of road prior to completion of all
improvements coming under the orig
inal $0,000,000 highway bond issuo.
DcNeffo is said to have repre
sented In the case tho Warren Con
struction company and contended
against tho two above mentioned
points which nro allowed by the
opinion.
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San Francisco Mnrkct.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept." 15. But
terfat, f. o. b.," San Francisco 6016 c.
Four prominent business men in
the state were visitors in the city
yesterday viewing the sights of the
vulley as well as of Medford. They
accompanied Ernest L. King of Port
land, superintendent of the Southern
Pacific lines In Oregon, in his pri
vate car and included John H. Bur
sa rd of Portland, prominent Insur
ance man and chairman of tho park
commission at that city; Hussel Haw
kins of Garibaldi, vice-president and
general manager of the Whitney
Lumber company, which operates tho
largest saw mill In the state, and
Gus C. Moser, president of the. Ore
gon senate ami well-known lawyer
of Portland and attorney, for that
city. .
A short time after they arrived In
the -city yesterday forenoon the
party visited tho Owen-Oregon saw
mill ,at tho end of North Central
avenue, spending some timo there.
In the afternoon tho party watched
fruit harvesting and packing at tho
Gordon Voorhles orchard.
With Mm execution nf Mr. Burcard
who went to San Francisco, all re
turned to Portland last evening. Tho
trip to Southern Orogon was made
as an Inspection of tho lines by
Superintendent King.
While hero Mr. Moser spent a
short time In the afternoon visiting
W illiam Isaacs of the Toggery, an
old time friend.
When he pleaded guilty to a charge
of reckless driving preferred against
him by Sheriff Ralph Jennings, W. C.
Reed of Gold Hill was fined $15 yes
terday in Judge J. L. Roe's court at
Jacksonville. Heed is alleged to
have been driving a heavy Nash sport
touring car, Medford bound, at an
excessivo rate of speed when he tried
to make a curve near the Table Rock
store nine miles north of Central
Point.
The wreck, which resulted, com
pletely ruined tho car and caused
minor injuries to four other occu
pants of the car, three of whom left
the scene before the sheriff anived.
Jack Ross of Gold Hill, one pf the
three, is said to be the owner of. the
Nash. . - - ' '
Sun Fmittisco Markets.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IS. (U.
S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics)
Good demand for . leghorn and
large, colored hens was reported 40
day by local dealers with tho market
showing a, stronger tons. Leghorn
broilers were selling slowly and wero
slightly weaker.
Broilers: Leghorn, 1 to 1 i lbs.,
40 It 42c; poorer, 30 10c; X lbs.,
3!t40c; colored, 1 i to 1 lbs., 30
(fi-34c.
Fryers: Leghorn, 2 to 2 b lbs.,
3530c; colored, 2 to 2 lbs., 30
l32c.
Young roosters: Colored,' 3 lbs.,
33ift35c; stuggy showing spur, nom
inal. Old roosters:' Colored, 1517c;
leghorn, 12 43 14c.
Leghorn hens: 2 lbs., 21 22c;
3 lbs., 2324u; 3 to 3 lbs., 25
2 7c.
'Largo colored hens: Fancy, 30
31c.
.Turkeys: Young live, 3G340c
.Board of Equalization
. Meetings Being Held
The Board of Equalization, con
sisting of the county Judge, usscssor,
hihI clerk, convened Monday and
heard three taxpayers who seek
changes In their assessments. The
board will bo In session for 15 days.
All protests on taxes must be filed
In writing Independent of any verbal
hearing, and will be acted upon be-
fore the levy for 1025 Is madti In December.
Popular Prices
Admission Fair
The report that the price of 1
mlslnn Jto I he fair have been increas
ed Is erroneous. Tho price for adults
Is: afternoons 50c, and evenings 25c
children j)0 to 15 yearn at all times
r&c except on Friday wnen an sen on j
children will be admitted free. Chil
dren undor 10 free.
Season tickets: Adults $2.50; ciill
lrent$l.C0. Suit FoHows Car Crash
Tl. C. Yost ly filed suit In the
cli cult court against M. W. McGrow.
nuking for $373 damages iAcgod to
V have been sustained by n Chevrolet
cr belonging to Yost, when It was
rammed by a cwt'vroIet truck driven
hy MrGrrw, In Phoenix, on the rvon
im; of July ?fxti l.ifct.
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Doors' Screens, Windows and Sask, .
Window and Door Frames t .
Mouldings, Cabinets of All Kinds
Our Constant Sim In to Keep Our Quality and
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1 Do Not Order From Out-of-Town Concerns Befor .
. ... :. Lettlna Us Figure on Your Bill.
TROWBRIDGE CAa&EL VOWS
Bedford A Modern Mill Orefon
William Hanna Very
III; Recovery Doubtful
The condition of William Hanna,
who recently underwent a serious
operation in a Portland hospital, was
reported yesterday us very" grave.
When his condition was thought to
be favorable, and he was seemingly
recovering from the effects of the
operation, ho suffered a hemorrage
and yesterday an operation and
transfusion of blood was performed
in an effort to save his life. No word
from Portland, as to his. condition had
been received tip to press time today.
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