Medford mail tribune., March 26, 1928, Page 1, Image 1

The Weather
Prediction Iluln.
Maximum yesterday 47
Minimum today 43
Krn-ipiuitiou .34
M
edford Mail
Weather Year Ago
Maximum w ..... &
Minimum 33
Daily Twnty-thlri Yrar
Vttkly Fifty-sixth Year
MEDFORD. OKKCOX, .MONDAY, MAliCU 'Jii, l!rJ8.
Xo. 4.
TRIE
Today
Any Good Bonds?
0. H. Kahn, Interpreter
Useful Skyscrapers
Britain Saves Oil
By Arthur Briiban
(Copyright, 1927. by New York
Evening Journal, Inc.
Ilavc you any iiond bonds.
representing real value with '
plenty to spare f If so, Dr. Fri
day, deep economist, says don't !
sell them. The supply of eapi- j
tal is increasing faster than the !
1 - e 1 1 .1.. f I
Ti . .rr ..: ,. ! !
Hut this means OOOl) bonds. - j
Otto II. Kahn must utter per-!
tain platitudes, sueh as "al-i
ways be first ut the office, Jast j
to leave, and never look ut the i
clock." IJut unlike some oth
ers, he also says things worth
j while. For insatnee, "the an
cients had a saying, 'those
whom the gods love, die young.
I interpret that to mean that
one should remain young until
the hour of passing comes."
That new interpretation is
correct. The best men die
young, because they never grow
old. "Every child is a genius,
every genius is a child."
Wagner, Tolstoy, Goethe,
were young when they died in
old age. Pope Leo, when this
writer saw him celebrating his
jubilee in his Michael Augelo's
magnificent church in Rome,
had the smile of n child, al
though he was past eighty, his
thin face almost transparent.
t
...This about-.skyscrapers may
change the foolish opinion that
would limit their height.
A tall skyscraper protects
from lightning buildings near
it. New York's Woolwortli
building, for instance, protects
all buildings within a radius of
eleven hundred square f eet '
aroutlll it. I
4 I
The World buiUliufT, rot'OIltly
. ii-i, ii cnanio wpimner.
stniek by hghtninp, would not Wilh fllvornhlo wonthPP conrt.
llllVO boon struck luul it hoiMljtlons they plan to leave Ireland'
two hundred feet nearer the
Woolwort.lt building tlmt is,
assuming it was not nn inten
tional act of Providence. This
should make it easy to protect
oil tanks by grouping them
around high steel masts, copper
sheatheds, for greater condiiet-
ivity.
Li rim.nl fti.llfiin n-
iuni" Irlrdf the plni-p of exile nf the I
COuraging for speculators in Oil j former Knlspr AX'lihelm nt Ioorn.
stocks, is bad for the Uiiitcd """' 'l" bouquet or
' flowers and a message from the
StiltOS OS a whole. crew will he dropped. The baron
The British sock to dominate fhami for n time the exile of
f. . the former crown prince. It was'
tho world's oil supply. 1 Ills ,pX),Prte(1 that about ten hours'
first plan, vcrv intelligent, is to! " needed for this part of:
tho f Iff h t . I
dram tne tnueu ouura iii-
ply."
Uritain conserves and 'saves
J)l ll.llll ummiHa nun
oil where she controls the land
above it, and urges buying and
tho l'nited States oil
, .,.,. . -V. .
KUPldv !
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Jf that continues it will settle
!
the fiuestion Of our "oil Slir-lfrom Deamti. Opimany. to Ampr
' .u-i'ra oo AuniiMt IS. J !)27. Kncoun-;
pIUS in a IUSI1HM1 uiiiii""if,
tO owners of big and little mo-!
tor irs.
1 It is fortunate our navy SUC-
. ', . , . . ,,p
ceeded in keeping pnrt of its
Own oil reserves. IetS hope
that won't be drained.
mi. T fw k.' .... n n nrrlvtnfT
. r" , V ' H-hit. nn Avn-'
n Califorr ila for a debate on evo-,
lution. he finds a trend aa irom
re glou" faith and respects for ,
Lis of God or man. especially In
the younR. Consequently, "the fu-
ture of our nation, and our race, is
Jk. -VLJrf "
threatened.
The sclentistfl ask Dr. Straton to
produce one fact nubftTantlfttlns the
Fcientlfic truth of Kve's creation
fmm iriom't rih TYpv iftv every
man has 0,e same number of ribs n'P and made his way hark to j
on each side. Herman He has stieciallzod on
' (nipht flyintr since the war. He,
Such dlsciiRRions are fruitless. t.i niarriod hut has no children !
IteQions have gradually chanKed j nidn't Tell Wife
for a thousand centuries, as men ' The haron also is marr"i. He i
1 knowledge has Increased and their n war service, but was trans
civilization improved. Our Chris-: ferred to the consular rice be-
fi
ERHfAN
BERLIN 1
PLANE EN
Baron von Huenefeld and'
Two Companions Start
Secret Flight to New York
From Berlin No Life
Saving Apparatus Taken
Failure Means Suicide.
Dl'HLIN, Irish Free State, Mar.
Jti. (P) The German Junkers
Iruna-Atlunllc plant firemen, on
the lap uf a flight from cast to
west across the Atlantic, arrived tit
Baldonnel airdrome late today
from Tempelhoefer field. I
Aboard the Drumon were Cap
tain Hermann Koehl, the pilot,
Dnrun Von lluenfeid and Me
chanic Arthur Splndlor. The tier
man fliers were met hy Comman
der I'Mtzmnurlce, ehief of the Irish
air force.
The strictest secrecy ruled at
the airdrome hut it was under
stood that the German fliers would
start their great undertaking with
New York as their objective at the
first opportunity.
II K RIjIN, .M h vv h 26 . (P) A n -other
attempt to conquer the At- ;
lantlo from east to wont is
believed to have pot uikU'i way i
today with the departure of a
Junkem plane from Temptchofer
airdrome, presumably irom iu
donnel, Ireland, on the first lap
of the hazardous Journey.
NEW ' YOHK, March 20.)
The New York Kvonins Post, In
a copy rffih ted .story today, says
that a iorman Junkers mono
plane with u crew of three men
left Tempelhoffer air field at 8 :it 0
this 'morning (fJcrman time) on
the first lap of a flight to New
York.
An overnight stop will ho made
at Dublin, whore the plane will
np;'ef,,elP1 fm' ",e lons Al"l"tl0
The aviators are Bnron von
Huonfeld, owner of the plane,-
Captain Koehl, pilot, and Mr-
i at daybreak tomorrow and arrive
ut Mitchell field Wednesday morn-
ing. Tho start of tho flight ;
from the flying field near llerlin
was made so secretly that even
close friends of tho fliers knew '
nothing of the departure, the ,
paper says. Raron von lluenfeid
was su id to have feared govern-1
ment interference with his plnns '
as a result of growing public i
sentiment against the loss of j
human life in previous attempts.
The plane wilt not take the j
direct route to Dublin, hut will
The I'ost snys that the pilot
janrt iwnpr hpramo convincpd nftPr
a flii:ht last AueuHt. which was
lb""1'""'tl nflr ren.-hinit upland.:
'that n nonstop wpNtward fllcht ;
; f,om Oprmany to Amprlca was
: impossible. j
I n vi,-.,,.,., I
L I.. , .
Hupnfpld. vptpran of thp w;
was a payspnKPr in thp Ilrpm
in tho non-stop nttempt fllK
nernB palp,, 0ff thp Irish coat.
the plane returned to Its starting
i plane RftPr a 22-honr fliuht.
I Another JunkprR plnne. the Ku-
ropa. had taken off nt the saniP
' time, hut wns forced down nt
r,men wltnln six hourB
( The haron is connected with
, the North Herman Lloyd Steam-
i ship mpany.
r ' Captain Hermann Koehl wan
pilot f,ht wl,n fPnin
i he
!' ensaBed In nn uncreful
endeavor to bmk .he endurance
record for sustained "i'.
Koehl was horn In the New
t'lm n 1S9S. lie was a captain
. , . . . , l
ntrinoors ni tho start of the
orl1 war ml 1nt"p ,ralnM B" a
v""- 'hot down twice
hut escaped from a French prison
ROUTE N. Y
(CoDtinutd on Fm ElfhtJ
FLOOD VICTIMS BURIED ON RANCH
r 5 . ... 3
I -. gS!m
I . : X i
Buried on the spot where their nourishing ranch had stood before
the mighty wall of water from the bursting St. Francis dam carried
them and every sign of their property away, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Ruiz and their five children were the first of the California flood
victims to be buried. This photo shows the funeral ceremonies for
the family in San Francisquito valley.
OUSTED PROHI BERT ANDERSON
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OFFICIAL HITS
L M. Kletzing in Open Let-;
ter Claims Governor Pat
terson's Action Will Tickle
Palate of Every Bootleg
ger in Oregon
Rapped. KITOKXR, Ore., Mar. 26. J
Lewis M. KletzinK. field agent ot
the National Law Knforeenient
leuKUe, fired hack at Covernor I.
L. l'atlerson lodny declaring' thitt
the Kovernor's recent action
changing state prohihition policies
"will tickle the palate of every
bootlofcKer and every hooting
lawyer In Oregon," the Kugene
Guard stales today.
"The governor recently rcriBost-
ed Kletzing to turn in the state !
badge he had been using since j
Walter Pierce was governor and '
he followed this hy announcing 1
through the Guard that the state I
would have no more dry officers j
on the 'commission basis.' j
"The governor declared he was
In tune with recent opera t inns of
tho Oregon Anti-Saloon league In
this respect and that liquor law
enforcement would go forward
rapidly but only through the me
dium of the state 'h own salaried
and controlled men.
"Kh-tzing. :n the open letter to
Governor Patterson takes occasion
to correct what he terms certain
innccuracies in the governor's
statement. lie declares that he
personally has never received a
dime of compensation on the com
mission basis, being employed hy
the National Law Enforcement
league on a straight salary.-
"Kletzing conceded that from
time to lime. In some sixteen
counties contracts have been made
with the Na 1 1 o na 1 La w K n force
ment league for the tunning down
of bootleggers and that the league,
has been paid various sums but he
insisted that no commission pay
ments have come down directly to
any individual.
"Kletzing, who was In Kugeno
today, declares he has received
the blame for much ot the had
feellnn that has grown out over
commission operations while, as a
matter of fact the tihl has been
carried on mainly by the state's
own men and county officials,"
according to the Guard.
"Me (tii vp a story of tho inside
of prohibition enforcement In Ore
gon: " "When a hooth'Ktzer Is arrest
ed.' said Kletzing, 'his first com
plaint usually is: 'Why do y iu pick
on me? Why don't you Ret a lot
of these other fallows?' So very
often the state officer or the
county officers, make an arrange- j
mnt with him to tip them off on
other offenders. I
our organization has never
used stnoln. It s the regular offi
cers w ho have been doing this
ilirht along, although I know wo
have been getting the Mttine or It.
Jnt a If it was supposed we hud
RACK AT GOV NR flF TIIVIRFRI AND
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a very large force in iho field, j
where an a matter of fact we have j
(Cgntlautd on Pagt Eight)
BUYS 40 ACRES
Well , Known ,Medforc!.. Mat)
Purchases 325,000 Feet
of Timber in 0. and C.
Grant Lands Other
Sheriff j Large Sales Concluded.
I nOHKlimo, Ore., Mar. 21. (P)
I An Important timber sale was con
I ducted today by the l'nited Ftalew
land office at Itoseburg, 12 'tracts
I of O. &. C grnnt land timber being
sold as follows:
j Krtninio Giustina, Kugone, $31,
I 720,0(10 feel of timber on 6i.s
acres, township 20 H., II. 1. ' Sec.
7, Lane county, $45,200.22.
' Hert. Anderson. Medford, SSS.OOO
feet of timber on 40 acres, town
ship HO S., R. 1 W., Sec. 5, Jackson
county, $713,115.
George Jantzer. Glendale, 720.
000 feet of timber on 40 acres,
township 32 S., It. 5 V Sec. 13,
Douglas county, $1,112.22.
Western White Cedar company,
Marshfield, 3S0.O00 feet of timber
on 40 aeros, township 30 H., H. l.
, Sec. 5, Coos county, 00 1.80.
Crabtree Lumber company, Ly
ons, 2,020,000 feet of timber on SO
acres, township 7 S., It. 2 K., Sec.
13. Marlon county, $3.03i.0t1
Patrick Murphy, North Plains.
Ore., 1,600,000 feet of timber on
80 acres, township 2 N., It. 3 '.,
Sec. 3., Washington county, $2,
517. f3.
Frank Tllrkenfleld, Hanks, Ore..
2,6o,ono feet of timber on no acres
township 2 N., It. 3 W Sec. 5,
Wtashlngton county. $3. 007.80.
Itrix LokkIiik company, Portland.
1.300.000 feet of timber on 40 acres
township 3 X., It. 2 ,W Sec. 33,
Washington county, $2,r.uTi.nO.
Kloyd Watson. Kugene, l.!i3ri,000
foot of timber on XI acres, town
ship 10 H.. H. 1 W.( .Sec. 31, Lane
county, f3.3Stt.7ft.
Krnest K. Smith, Dexter, Ore.,
2.240,000 feet of timber on so acres,
township 20 S.. It. 1 W., Sec. a,
Ijuie county, $3.ft27.R4.
William J. Sharp, Yamhill, 700.
000 feet of timber on 4 0 acres,
township 2 S., It. 5 W., Sec. 9,
Yamhill county, Udi.U2.
'Hills Creek Lumber company,
Kugone, 800,000 feet of timber on
40 acres, township 18 H . P. I w.t
Sec. 17, Ijino county, $1,677.81.
Mrs. Coolidge Races
Against Death to
Bedside of Mother
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NORTHAMPTON'. Mil .,
Mht. 2i tP) Mr. I.emlra
(loorihiu -O.iiother of Mr. Cal-
vln Coolldxe. was fnllltie rail-
I'llv tn'lay. I;er nhyHlrlan, lr.
J. K. Ilayen, Knlil after he hail 1r
vlnlfotl' hnr at Hip CnnU-y
Dickinson hosnltal tills after-
noon. He milrt hT rendition
hitii rfinllnii'! to horome worm
uln'-o hf hnl nt'f-n hnr '-arllT
and exnreBif douht whnthnr
she would live until her d.iUKh-
tT nrrlved from WaxhlnKioii
tonkht.
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N. CALIF.
BY RAINS
Rivers Overflow Sacramento ,
i
Valley and As Far South
As Watsonville Boats
Used to Rescue Marooned
Ranchers E x t e n s i v e
Damage but No Lives
Lost.
4
4 I'lM'tric llilnv:iy Closed
Word wax received this
afternoon hy 1,. I), (iarlock,
local manager of the Oregon
Motor association, that the
H raelfle Highway, south of
4 Castella, Calif., was closed
on account of landslides untl
Ilotxi comlftiiuiM.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Mar.
26 () The body of Zacha
l iah Parker, 78, was taken from
the swollen American river
shortly before noon today. The
aged man was drowned as he
was leaving his flooded dwell
ing for high ground last night.
Neighbors believed Parker be
came exhausted while wading
throufih the water surround
ing his home and was swept
away. Me had six children,
HACUAMK.NTO, Valif., Mar. 2G.
-VTho high vayiH of Ihf. t?nxrn.
mciito and American rivers were
believed to have reached their crest
here today and now are expected to
recede gradually. While consider
able areas not protected by levees
were under water, no part of this
thy or any other section surround
ed by levees was' under water or In
any danger.
The principal damage of the hli;h
water occurred in North Sacra
mento and lowlands along the
American river near Sacramento,
There a ' number of homes and
farms were surrounded by water,
and in some cases as much as two
or three foot of water was In the
buildings.
Travel north and oast of Sacra
mento is cut off except by circuit
ous detours.
I'xccpt for the damage to furni
ture in homes in a few sections,
there will be Utile loss. There was
stiff If ient warning ta permit the
removal of livestock.
Korty Japanese were reported
marooned in t he lowlands of
Marysvllle where tho Yuba rivor
had escaped from lis banks. Plans
for rescuing them were under wny.
The town of Malones narrowly
escaped a flood when a three-Inch
rain In tho mountains above So
nora swelled the Stanislaus river.
The danger was averted, however,
by lowering tho gales of the big
Malones dam and then raising them
to control the runoff. During the
height of the flood a wall of waer
seven feet high poured over tho
parapet. The Stanlslauswent nut
of Its banks near Oakdalc, and
drove n family of five Into the
trees, flooded half a dozen small
ranches and 600 acres of orchard
and Vegetables.
Tho danger In the Oakdnlo dln
trlct was considered past last night.
Tho Jajoro river, gurther south,
flooded 25 or 30 blocks of tho clt;
of Watsonville. including part of
the hfislness district. Many resi
dences were surrounded by water1
and boats were used for transpor
tation. I
FlfKxlM In Itrno. l
HEXfl, Nev Mnr. 26. lf) T)nn-j
K'T of further Inundn'lon of Hi'nt
ty the flood vntern of the Trurke ;
river riimlntfhed eonHldfraldy tn-j
day nn word from lloea dam, 22!
mtlea up the Htream. Indlratd j
hourly Improvement In the Bltun-,
tlon there and Icwh of n ponrdldlity
that the 8truture would lrenk.
After jtasHlnir a nltht of anxlftv,
durlntr whlrh the polire were pre
pared apreRft the alarm In the
0
event the dam hrok the Htream'
ehowed a drop of 18 inehea Iwrc. ;
A torrent of water ahou! five inchfft
di'p Ktlll wan ruvhlnK over the
diim. hut thlH reiueftentpd a drop
of five InetvK during the nlnlit.
The Imvr-r Kfetlona r,f the elty
were Inundated yenter'Liy and left i
nluht when the fvrf.vln(r water J
entered many ha'-menta an.l fov-
ered a aeetlon tf the Hty" park:
yuem. Frenheta from the hiu-h
Sli-rraw. loirpthr wl'h rrent heivv;
ralnB. drovi water ovr Iloea dam
to a depth of 1 ft InrheK at one aiace
of the flood. I-Vurn hail hern fx-
frei.-d that the water would weak-;
en and break the dam, pourlne'
more than left nere feet of water
(Continued on Pat Eight)
CRYSTAL PENNANT
Crystal T'enimnt. winner of the
i .Mi'X., with Jockey J.uther, snaipe
winner i7,70(i, one of the UIkkcs
race. iteUnv, tho finish of tho r
bill mm
Famous McNary-Haugenj
Measure in Chang edj
Form Passed By House;
Committee Provides fori
$400,000,000 Appropria
tion and Equalization Fee. ;
WASHINGTON-, Mar. 2(1. (tf)
The ltoti.se agriculture committee
today reported the McN'ary-Hatigen
farm relief hill. Tho vote, wan 13
to 6.
I'hnliman Hansen said Unit no
last minute chanitea of any conso
nuencehnd liuen niaile in tho meas
ure and he and Representative Pur
null of Indiana, the ranking ropuli
lican iiii'inher, hoth riechiriMl that
the measure wuh the liest latm re-!
Ihtf hill ever presented to congress.
The measure as reported Is n ma
terial revision or the hill reported
last year ami vetoed hy President
Cooll(;e.
Uaum-n anil Purnell snlil Hint the
hill was drafted to meet all ohjec-.
tlons raised hy I'resldent CooildKe
In his veto nieusiire except aa to j
the ouiinllzatlnn re. They explain
ed that mandatory provisions had
heen written Into :ho hill to co,:: I
pel tho federal farm hoard which I
would he created to endeavor to I
stabilize the axrlculturul industry !
hy loans and other means. !
Only In tho event of fnlluro of !
these, they said, would the hoard
resort to use of the ciuallzatlon fee I
machinery. j
The hill would authoiizo an np- ;
proprlatlon of . $100,1)00,0(10 to he;
used hy the hoard in Its effort to j
stahllhte the farming Industry. Of j
this amount fS.OOO.OOO would he I
available fur ioanH to eo-operatlvea '
for the acqulHltlon of equipment
and facilities needed in the mar-'
kctltiR of agricultural products.
Wild Swans Plunge
to Their Death
Over Niagara Falls
NIAGARA fcW.I.H. Out..
Mar. .I'fi. ll't LarKe tiuinlierM 4
of wild swuns ptuiiKcrl to
4 th'-lr ilcnths Inst nipht when il
flock of ill. i, HI load was car-
rh-d over lloi-Heshoe falls j
4 when the Ice lu-ldge went out. j
I tie tih ds h;ol landed nn
the lee In the upper river Just
4 before It titoke up. Many
took wlnir an the Ice wept
over, some laniUnft en floes
l.elntv II,,. fulls, 4
fMlier however were ear- 4
4 i leil over the falls to the 4
4 rocks helow. 4
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1 NARY S FARM PLH FOR SAVING
OUT FOR ACTION "I
WINS RICH RACE
Coffroth Handicap at Tia Jnnna,
d after the raco which netted the
t prizes ever awarded in a horse
ace.
mm,
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 2(i. (P)
Criticising Walter M. Pierce, who
preceded 1. L. Patterson as gov
ernor of Oregon, Dr. Thomas W.
Ross, Portlnnd, today Joined the
forces fighting to save tho life ot
JamcH Wlllos, youthful prison In
mato doomed to die April 111 for
participating In the prison hreak
which resulted in tho murder of
two guards threo yearH ago.
Dr. Ross exnmlued Willos Sun
day on request of Mr8. L. D. Good,
ft friend or tho Wlllos. family.
AsHertlng that appeals and de
lnyH of law have crippled Willoa'
mind, Or. Ross said ho wan draw
in; up an nrridavlt that he believes
the man Is Insane. Ho said he
expected Bradley Kwers, Wlllon'
attorney, will appcnl or a sanity
commission to examine tho prig
oner. The commission examined
Wlllos last spring. Dr. Rosa eon
tends Wlllos lias changod for the
worsu since that time.
"Wlllos Ih Insane," Rodd said,
"Ho Isn't a rank, staring, glaring
maniac; he Is Just an Introspective,
dazed, smilingly crazed boy.
"Tho Intolerable condition nf the
penitentiary during the Pierce ad
ministration led Wlllos to nttempt
escape from that hell-bole. The
confessed killer of two guards has
paid with his life, kill In,' himself.
Pierce and n filthy political mess
arn responslhlo for the hoy's con
dition. "Wlllos Is n victim nf law and
the political mess and should not
pay with his life. Unless he is
lound luHnnn, which ho Is, he must
pay the penalty, excepting for tho
use of Governor Patterson's power
to commute f lie sentcne eto life
imprisonment."
8AI.K.M. Ore., March 28. yP)
Authorities at the Oregon peni
tentiary are unable to ngree with
three women who wulted on Gov
ernor Patterson yesterday and of
fered arguments to show that
.lames "Wlllos, sentenced to hnns.
Is Insane.
Henry AV. Meyers, superintend
ent of the prison, said today that
Wlllos' thoughts run along differ
ent lines from those of most con
demned men, hut said that he
was unofficially pronounced sane
several months ago. Wlllos has
been making a study nf Christian
acler.ee. He is to he hanged Fri
day. April n.
Kllsworth Kelley,' who Is to be
hanged the same day, shows little
change In demeanor. He Is de
scribed as "nervous and high
strung."
Unemployment Serious
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2fi. (Jp)
Secretary Davis of the labor de
partment reported today to the
senate that the unemployment sit
uation is "serious." although "not
so extensive or grave as tho esti
mates which have been generally
circulated."
The War Is Over
PARIS Not even n feathpr of
tho dove of pence was ruffled.
Paris heat llerlln at soccer. No
body was hurt or ruled oft the
Hold.
FLIGH
nnnnn mim
uuruu UHltl
HI,
;! BLOWN UP
Fish Ladder Alone Is De
stroyed but $500 Dam
age Is D o n e Believed
Work of Fish Poachers
Ask Game Commission to
Send Investigators.
rtOKKlluno, Ore., Mar. 86. UP)
The fish ludder nt the Winchester
Power dam five miles north of
Itoseburg was destroyed about 3
o'clock this morning hy a chnrge
of dynamite, one whole seotion of
the flshway being blown away,
completely blocking the river to
the progress of fish up the atream.
it Is believed that fish poachcra
were responsible for tho crime, na
the officers have had a grent deal
of trouble during the past two
years over Illegal fishing at Win
chester. .
With the aalmon Just starting. It
is believed the fish ladder was de
stroyed for the purpose of prevent
ing tho fish from getting beyond
tho dam so that n greater catch
would bo possblle In the Winchester
vicinity. Douglas county sports
men nro immediately appealing to
the fish commission and to the
game commission for an Investiga
tion and nro nsklng that a, fish
trnp he Instnlled to enable the
transfer of fish by hand over tho
dam. ...
The flshway had a drop cf about
10 feet, being built In two sections,
the first section of three lifts being
at right nngles to tho dam nnd tho
other with two lifts parallel to thji
dam. The charge of powder was
placed In the bond of the tlshway,
blowing out the walls of the basin
which was about eight feet square.
The act was evidently done hy
persons who nppronrhed the dam
hy boat, as there were no tracks lir
the dirt nenr the ladder.
The charge was placed In the
full glare of searchlight from the
California Oregon Power company's
plant on the river, but as there was
now watchman on duty no one ob
served tho placing of the powder
which was evidently exploded hy
a time fuse which permitted tha
boat nnd its occupants to get out
or sight before the blast too place.
The California Oregon Power
company, which owns the dnm,
says the damage will amount to
J.'iOO. No repairs can be made un
til low water during the summer
months. The water supply for the
city of Itoseburg Is taken from
Just above the dnm, hut the water
level was not lowered enough to
Interfere with the pumps.
The Winchester dam affords
power for the operation of the
plant of the California Oregon
Power company, the electrical en
ergy being used to bnlance the lo
cal end of the Prospect line.
The destruction of the flshway.
however, does not interfere with
the volume of wnter avnllnhle for
power purposes. Locnl officers are
making nn investigation hut no ac
tion will be taken until the fish and
game commissions of the state can
Join In tlie Inquiry.
PORTLAND, Ore., March 28.
W Portland and the Columbia
ltlver section were swept by a
sovere wind Inst nglht, and re
ports today from the upper Co
lumbia said the storm continued
unabated. The wind, which
reached a velocity of 30 miles
nn hour hero In the early room
ing hours, abated after daylight.
Little damage was reported In'
Portlnnd. i
From the Columbia River Aorge
came reports of automobiles
stalled by the force of the wind,
being unable to make headway
ngalnst the gale. Two cam were
ditched on account of the storm.
Longvlcw, Wash., reported the ;
fence of the nthletle park blown
down on two sides, the roof of n.
motor company building; partly
torn off and damage to signs and
trees. The wind at longvlcw ;
reached a velocity of SO miles an
hour. -
rtOSEnrno, Ore.. Mnrch 88. '
P After downpour nmountlng
to 1.02 Inches, between 9 p.. m. !
Inst night and R a. ni. today, n ;
heavy rain continued Intermit
tently here this morning, reducing
the county's deficiency In preclpi- .
tatlon quite mnlerlnlly. As a re
suit of the rains tho streams In :
the vicinity of Roseburg are
reaching flood stage. The tem
perature bus been quite warm, ;
the lowest last night being 43 '
degrees.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Mnrch
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