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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast Occasional rain tonight feud Thursday. Highest yesU'rUay lowest HUs ihoridng 40 J"vlpltatl)n at 5 a. 111 OK dford Mail Weather .Year Ago Maximum M Minimum .. 87 tlillj TwMitjUiIrd tMt Wfrtly rilty-swrath Vht MEDFORD, OKMXiOX, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2, 1 fllii) Me TRimrW. ...r.. a . ,.. - -- ; No. 282. Today INEW JUDGE By Arthur Brisbane III TQI jU CYT 489,600 Minutes. Man's Concept of God. Giving Two Billions. Fewer Bosses, What of It? (Copyright. 1B28, by 8tar Co.) Another year comes along; mnrk off one bead on the string of. life. Another year, and the problem is to make it useful, to yourself, by making it useful to others. There arc many sec onds in !!l!5 days. And in one .seeond of thinking tin idea may come to ehiiiiRC life and make it worth while. I SAX QL'ENTIN 1'ltISOX, Cal., It took Xcwton less than a Jan. 2. (A) A-telegram in which seeond to do his thinking as!-Mrs. Saruh Louisa Northeott con . . 1 i1 1 1 , j 1 , . tested "all the crimes" with which the tipple fell. It took l upin I ,,,. son ,im.llon Nol.thcott, was less than a second to think that 'charged, was sent by her today .. ... ,, to the son's attorney, Norborl the power lifting the lid of the Savay- Thu lcietimm was nd- boiling kettle might he put to, Messed to Los Angles and read: work. Kiglit thousand one hundred and sixty-one hours, 48fl,h'O0 minutes. Tliere is a great deal , a of time 111 one year. The majority of us will let the year go by as others have COlie, eating, drinking, growing I - K- Morion., today disqualified . ' . ... I himself to try Gordon Stewart older, regretting and not do- ;.NOrthcott for the murder of Lewie ing linvtlling else. That's the!1"1'1 Nelson W.nsimv and an un ' identified .Mexican lad, at Ills Slid thought. t ilVintville "murder farm.",, Judge A few will make the vem-1 Morton requested Judge ueorge , , .. . . '.3v. Froenuin, who has Jieen un the worth while 111 science, imliis-; I!ivpraiae i,(!,ich for . eight years try, every branch of human of- tHl;o over ilie c-aie. Both -prose- . ,, , , 1' 1 cution and defense acquiesced In torts. I hat is a eheertul ,lhe liamln(t of JlldKe Flw, thought. ! Affidavit i'reseilteil. ,, c', ' ... .lutige .Morton's disqualification Ji.'ick Of everything, in tho of h,elr was bused on an alfl shadow," stands the power that davit signed by Northeott und winds us up, keeps us going, force's progress and civilization tinon ns in suite of ourselves. Many clergymen denounce the statement by a scientist that "men need a new concept of God." As a matter of fact, men adopt and formulate new con cepts of God every little while. The God of the Old Testa ment is one kind of God, venge ful, fond of burnt offerings, or dering a father to kill his child, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children. The God of the Nuw .Testa ment, is all kindness and mercy, seuding His only sou to he sac rificed and endure torture for those (hat did not deserve it. ' M Of a God able to manage this collection of universes,, sepa rated from each other by 1,0()0, 00') light years, no human mind could form any concent ion whatever, except a trivial one. The old Greek expressed it well: "If the camels had a god, their god would have had four legs and n hump." Men create their idea of God more or less in their own image and invent a heaven reflecting their own particular taste. Mohammed's heaven kept out wives and supplied charming young ladies made ot , solid musk, with wine unlimited that did not intoxicate. The Indian had plenty of hi son, deer and bear in his heaven and horses and dogs to hunt them. 4 The other thing is to respect the other man's ciAcopt of God, whether it be a Hindu god with ninny arms and legs, or 'your own "concept." ' More Important than any quarrS about religion, which is always loollsh. Is the fact that Henry r'ord is employing 3O,0"0 men in his Miver Houge plant, bringing his working army up to 50,0U0. With a payroll of more than $1. (KjO.OOO a day, all spent in and around Detroit, no wonder that city is prosperous. This country earns every .'year about twenty billion dollars more ffxnn It needs to live on. Thii pros lrlous last year 'ave more than tj.i billions, about I'-I.SOO.oOO.ono, t "various philanthropies. The biggest gift of the year was (Continued on rage four). m IIUttLUI N O Mother Sends Telegram Shouldering All Blame As Trial of 'Ape Boy' Starts Judge Disqualified On Prejudice Charge Judge Freeman to Handle Case I cuuiess un uio crimes who which iny son Is charged. Signed Louisa Northeott." Mrs. Nurtheull entered tho pris- yesterduy under sentence of j life tor the confessed murder ot lyoun Walter Collins at the Wine- me -,hk.k(fn ,,mcn D( nel. BOn j roi'HTUooM ITTv k u s idk, Cai., Jan. 2. superior Judge 1 jresenieu to me cuuil hi a mo- tion by his attorney, Norbert Sa vay, charging prejudice. Tho affidavit cited that in June, 1 927, Northeott and Leonard DIt. funl, at that time .a law partner of Morton, were Involved In a minor traffic accident. During argument In the Dlfani-Morton law offices over damages, North eott charged that Morton used 'harsh language" to him and at tempted to "kick him out." The motion presented by'Savay also cited the sentencing of Mrs. Sarah Louisa Northeott last Mon day to life imprisonment for the murder of Walter Collins. Sa- ivay complained that Mrs. Xorth- 'colt hflil not linen l-elil-esented In court by her counsel when she pleaded guilty and that she had not been allowed five days grace between her plea and sentence. When she entered her plea Mrs.' Northeott wulved delay in the pas- j sage of sentence. I . Mrs. Northeott had been indict-1 ed jointly with her son for the1 Collins murder and was sched uled for trial January 10. HEARST TO GIVE PRIZE FOR NEW YORK, Jan. 2. (JP) W. H. Hearst lhrouf,rh his nowspniiers loilay offered u piiiie of $lTi,000 for tho host plan to j-epeal the Eighteenth Amendment and mih Ktltute "a more llheral und more American measure." Mr. Uenrat'H offer wan contain ed in a telegram to Kdwin J. Clupp, and published in his pa pcrs. Clapp, formerly with the Hearnt papers, Ik now connected with Durant Motors. V. C. Durum recently offered a $.5,000 prize for the lMHt plun to enforce prohi bition. The prize was won by Major Chester I. Mills. Mr. HenrHt's telegram was in answer to one from Mr. Clapp re questing tlfe publisher's views on "Educntiton vs. force in getting the Eighteenth Amendment obey ed" and also asking for a talk about "this problem of law obser vance art a necessary part of the return of the country to being law-abiding " O In his telegram, Mr. ilea rut said he does not believ that prohibi tion eveV will be or ever can be en forced . Ki-rofH'tio Kindling, YOfXfJKTOWN, O., Jan. 2. T) Charles Cecil, two-year-old sun of I-Averne McFall, was burned to death and the father suffered ne ver burns when the McKall home wan destroyed by fire started by an oil explotdon lust night. The explosion resulted when McKall poured kerosene on the coabi In a stove. VrUv Fixing Invalid. WA8 1 1 1 NO TON. Jh n . 2 . (P) The Tennessee law fixing the wholeralo and retail prices on gasoline was declared invalid and unconstitutional today by the su preme court. HOST AND HOSTESS President and Mrs. Coolldge Mrs. Howard Coffin, of Detroit, and COUNTY'S ROAD LOWDEN URGES FORD BESIEGED PROBLEMS GET FARMERS WAIT! DAY IN COURTiEXTRA SESSION Protests Outnumber Peti tioners in Dead Indian Project May Exercise Eminent Domain Right in Road to Hobart Lake. The county court spent the morning session" wrestling with road .piobleips the petitions for, i tu .awult the Inauguration, of Prtwl and the remonstrances against. jden-eloct Hoover before pressing The hearing for the construe- j their demands for Borne form of tion of a road from a point on the : agricultural relief. Dend Indian road near the Uml- I The former governor of Illinois grant creek bridge to the Ashland- i suggested that the question bo hold Klamath Kalis highway, was ord- j in abeyance until after Mr. Hoover ered held In abeyance, though the ! takes office because he is con court decided that Inasmuch as j vlnccd that what legislation, If any, tho protestanis outnumbered the congress deems necessary should petitioners 44 to 25, "the majority j be acted upon at the special ses would rule" Judge Sparrow pro- j sion proposed by the president mised that "the court would hold 1 elect. a picnic an soon us the weather j cleured up and look over the j country." He urged that both ! idfs try and effect a compromise, j A representative of the JUthm Springs company argued against i the construction of the road, and held that tho company should ' have the chief voice in determin- j ing where ilie road should go. j Judge Sparrow held the "idea was' to build the road where It would suit the most people." Kred C. Homes told the county court that the road ."would be a tremendous advantage" lo the far mers anil stockmen, and would aid in" settling tho country. He said ihat the road would enable stock men to drive their cows to market without Using the main hlghwuya, "where they get hit by uutos and sustain broken legs." Other residents protested that the proposed road would "cut thru their best farm land." it was charged that V. O. Yro man of Gold Hill had signed the petition against the road, and the court was asked if u resident of another road had the right to do this. The court then announced that it would check over the names carefully to determine it all the signers were within their rights. JUoatl to IaUg Attorney Don it. Newbury ap peared in behalf of prolestants against the construction of a road fro til the junction of the 'Green SpringH-Hiutt Prairie road to Ho bart J-ake. Judge Sparrow ruled that inasmuch as the petitioners for the road were to pay for all construction und damages, the "county court was hound to see that they huda wuy In und out." The court said that If no agree ment could be reached between the petitioners and the owners of property protest! tig, "the county would exercise the right of emi nent domain" for them. T. I. Mnooks, VYullace Cushman and M. Simms, residents of the Trail district, appeared before the court und asked that the county, in conjunction with the forest ser vice, extend the road for about u mile from tho Trail ranger station, furnishing an outlet for two fam ilies und four school children. It whh estimated that about $"o')U would build the road und put In a bridge about the high water murk. The county court agreed lb take the matter up with the forest ser vice at an early date. The hearing on the petition for the Midway roud from near the Bybeo bridge to a (Kilnt on the Pacific highway near Dr. Swee ney's gate, was set for mtd-I-ebru-ary, A number of residents are reported to be opposed to the road cutting thru their property. jtiike i(nley of the Iuke Creek district upprarcd und asked for a (Continued on i'uge Eight.) WELCOME COOLIDGES TO GEORGIA were welcomed to Georgia for their Sapelo Isl-nd vacation by Mr. ane Brunswick, Ga., their host and hostess. Former Illinois Governor Suggests Special Session Best for Relief Pro posalsHoover Program ' Support Advised. I CHICAGO, Jan. 2. IP) Frank O. Lowden has advised the fnrmeia i Met'orc departing yesterday for a four months' tour of Italy, Egypt, the Holy Isanti and Greece, Mr. Ijiwden n ii It q detinltnlv nnnnHed any iittemptri to tinker with tho Frank (). I.owden farm problem duriii-? the present congress. 'Tndoubtcdly congress will wish freely to consult with the president as legislation is being shaped'," ho said. "1 understand that a speclul session is to be called. "That, I think, would be the proper time for action upon this important question. . Wise Course "As Mr. Hoover will huve the re sponsibility of administering what ever laws may be enacted, It ap pears to me that the wise course at present Is to wait the Inaugura tion of the new administration." He urged the fanners and friends of agriculture to support Mr. Hoo ver and lend their support in mak ing his program effective. And Mr. Hoover, he recalled, advocated formation of a stabilization corpo ration "with liberal advances from the government," of course, to at tempt the handling of seasonal and occasional surpluses In the hope ot preventing them from demoralizing tho market. Mr. Hoover frankly rejected the Idea that the cost of equalization should be distributed over tho whole commodity thus sta bilized. . . "When the people preferred Mr. "oover to (lovernor Alfred K. Smith they thus, In effect, issued a man date to Sir. Iloovor to proceed with the farm program he advocated. All friends of agriculture will now work with him In giving his program ef fect." Accompanying Mr. Iowden on his (Continued on Page Llglil.) BY 32,000 IN HOPE OF WORK Announcement of Additional Jobs Brings Unwieldy Mob Men Wait All Night in Snow Hire 500 to 600 Daily Is Plan. . , the basis of many a magazine TjKTItlfiT, Jan. 2. (PiMilling '"""U'o "t seldom, if-eier, seen about the employment office of ihe" a football field, was that which Ford Motor company ai Fordson, Klegnls, losing his 'benrlngs coin a crowd estimated by officials of'Plotely, Inadvertently made. It the company' at aii.OuO men today responded to Iho announcement of the company thai 30,000 additional men will be employed. The crowd was unwieldy and tho employment office, which waa to havo opened nt 8 a. m., remained closed until guards could form the men Into a scmblnnce of a Hue. Many of those outside the small buildings had stood all night in the snow. lty,4 a. m. the number was estimated at ri.Olln and by a. m. Ford officials said there were .'!'.!, ooo on hand. ' Kmployment officials of the ''"''"''"''"""'.n'T'1 "",'!':'".'"!""' Kro""11' t"k oK his headgear f.00 lo 000 mon will bo added to the plant's roster dnlly until the full complement has been added. More than that cannot be hired dally, Ihey said, because of the de tails of employing. The Initial announcement of the company said tho .'111,000 men will have been hired by March 1 to enable the operation of the plant six days a week while maintaining the Ford schedule of a five-day week. - T M K T It O POI,ITAN AIR POUT, I.OH AXOKI.KH, Jan. 2.-r(P) The first-aid kit aboard the army en durance monoplane Question Mark was brought Into use shortly nfler midnight to treat slight gasoline burns on Major Carl Hpatz, flight commander. This was officially an nounced when a message was drop ped here from tho ship, M K T It O POIJTAX AIItPOItT, LOB A.VOKI.UH, Jan. !!. (P) Iloble Trout, IS -year-old till, who took off In her tiny monoplane here at (1:25 o'clock m:s morning, was wtlll aloft with but an hour to go lo equal the existing endurance flight record for women, 't 0:8li this afternoon. , The present record Is. eight hours and six minutes, established lc- cembcr 20 In New York by Viola' (entry. ' The Clolden Ivugle. tho girl's trim . , . ... ... sport model craft, sailed smoothly ,e r...,, rerniinoo vaney fornltt oflcnslve, passed With lin- throughout tho morning and tho;cnny accuracy and terrific force youthful uvlntrlx gave no Indication i this last-hope drive of the Doors uf returning in the port until her b gallons of gasoline had been ex hnusted. , Miss Trout must stay aloft until 3:31 p. m. to establish a new rec ord, since records which do not exceed previous marks by an hour are not declared official. Oregon Weather. Unsettled tonight and Thursday, Willi occasional rains west und lo cal snows and rains east portion. No change In temperature. Fresh southerly wind on ths coast, 'BREAK FOR TECH WINS BOWLTILT Seventy-Five Yard Run By Riegels Toward Wrong Goal Gives Golden Tor nado One-Point Margin in 8 to 7 Score Loosely Played, But Sensational. By VICTOR G. SIDLER Associated Press Sports Writer I'AS.VDKNA, Cul., Jan. 2. (.1') The lame of Dixie' emblazoned on this city's Hose Howl gridiron his liny by the nevor iile spirit of Ala bama, stood out lodny In' greater relief. (.'arr.viii-;; on whero the crlim:on tide hud Icl'l off two years ago, the golden tornado of Clenrgia Tech yesterday swliied to an s-to-7 triumph over the (iolden Hears of Oallloinla in a losely played game, yet as sensnllonnl a struggle as Hie Arroyo Seco bowl ever hail seen. The southern tempest rode ll.e victory lo an undofented and untied sensoii, and as strong, if not stronger, a claim on the niytliicul nntlonal gridiron championship than any oilier aggregation in the country enn offer. ( It was a thiilllii?, hard fought battle in which the houIIi upset I the standard bearers of the west, I but it wns not .nltmrctlicr lli,i iri-i,l. ' Iron ability of the tornado thai I OfinflO ""K,'t wlxlH econd victory as! ou,uvUjtlo rMpreKentaive of Hie east In the New Year's day classic. It was a safety in the second period that decided the Issue a play Unit saw ttoy itlegels, . stocky, tow-headed center and captalneloct of the Hears, run 75 yards toward his own goal line to glvo Tech u "break" that ultimately decided the con test in favor of the southerners. Bearings Lost A play that has been the subject of many fanatical gridiron nlnis happened In tho second period Rie-Cula, snatching up a I'uinblo of "Stumpy" Thomason, Tech - lml f buck, started for thu Tech goal. After he had taken about 15 stops ho sudtlonly reversed, and headed fur his own goal line. He was stopped on the one-foot line by a teum mate, Denny Lorn, who hail clmsed him the entire distance, lie ror lilogels could retrace his steps a half dozen Tech players wero upon him, and ho was smothered to Die ground. Itlegels, ouco he understood what had happened, was simply too crest- lallen lor words. Ho dropped to nun gave vent to expressions of dismay and consternation. Itlegels was taken out of Iho game a low moments laler. Tim consensus of opinion was that Hlejels, who was opposing Piinil, the (leorgla Tech nil-American center, uml who hud taken a ferocious beullng on tho Tech lino plays, was simply befuddled mo mentarily und was more or less groggy when ho picked up tho ball, the ball. At the end of Iho half Itlegels wns uguln started at center ami soon after he displayed his guiltier by blocking n (leorgla Tech punt and recovering for California. Tho California team simply took the play us a matter of course. Punt Blocked Standing with his back nlmost even with the goal posts, Low at tempted to punt out of duniter. II was tho only thing; to do, but It proven to lie the Hears undoing, for as tho sterling halfback swung his mighty right foot Vnnve Mnree, Tech's outstanding tuckle, crushed through the vaunted Hear lino to block the punt. Slunlcy llarr, Cal ifornia halfback, fell on tho oval after a mad scramble, anil Tech had two points. Demoralized by the unusual "break," the Hears lull victim to u Yellow Jacket score in the fo. lowing quarter. The stalwarts of California stiffened to hold In check on their own one-yard line a Tech drive, but the tornado re turned with even greater fury a few plays later to swoop across the westerners' goal lino. Brilliant Warner Mlzell, halfback co, gal loped 30 yards to plant, the pP( skin, on California's 15-yard line, and "Stumpy" Tliomuson, his squat running mate, packed It across on the next play. A touchdown In the final min utes of thu game wus swcot fruit lo California's grldders, who faced I" n"i ""i uuieiu.. i.uiii, who lma ,eon tho mt.Khone of the Call- shut out defeat. Lorn, who Hint carried 80 yards. Two passes to Captain Irvine Phillips, on one of which the star end scored, and one to Loo Klsun, slippery quarter back, accounted for most of the gain, liarr's lofty Itlck for tho extra point was successful. Tech had a fast charging, hard hitting forward lino one of the most consistent forward walls that has ever performed In a Itose Howl classic. It was an aggregation of veritable hall hawks, taking ad vantage of every break that came Ihulr wax and fighting to the last. folded by Father After Celebration Athlete Suicides ; STANToX.ONVIi.. Jan. 2. Wf-Ncojded l,y his father . I for rciuining late from a 4 4 new year's eve celebration, , Weriu-r claser. 17. captain ' of the high school football I team hod fall, shot himself 4 falally yesterday. lie died eight, hours laler. lie was I he only child of Mr. ami Mrs. l-'red (llaspr, fr prominent Slanlon residents. r lie was named on Iho all 4 star northeast Xchraska foot- i ball eleven last fall. He was 4 also prominent in basketball. 4 Hack and oiher actlviiles. Prepare for Emergency Condition Not in Critical , .. , ., . Stage, IS Belief Veteran Diplomat III Ten DayS With Bronchitis. Cl.EVKLANIJ, .Ian. 2. M) The condition of Mviim rP Der HERRICK HAS SUDDEN TURN j ! IM QPuMCQC 111 OIUIMILOO rick. American ambassador to!lm'l,c1 lo 11,0 ehool from their ranee, who has been ill nt his estate h ere, took a sudden turn for the ( worse early to-1 icat, It was nn- nounced by his! son, Parmaley father's c o ndi- tion w a s not c o nsidcred se r i o u s by this tftWV T l,tMi. time, It was thought best to call In Dr. John Phillips, his per sonal physician. Dr. Phillips took a nurse and two tanks of oxy gen to tho Merrick estate dates Mills In order to ho pro- l r 1 J . i ZiZ pared for any emergency as the!, demoralised telephone service Horrlck home Is a considerable I to "TTOU?n" ir"8,, h distance' from the cllv. "lllB for uli reaching flra depart- Tho veteran lomat, who: Is1"1"" " ," cil'e"' - 74 years old, has been 111 with I mont 'r?m Independence finally bronchitis for tho past 10 days. ! """ponded, but was successful only He was ser niislv 11 n vonv and a half ago, but gradually recov- ......i . ..j sumed hi, post in Paris. MrJ The telephone service was orlp- Herrlok returned to Cleveland a ,,'lp,'1, ,y 'TT hfaZ " ,orS2 rew month ago. (facilities had not ; been restored Mr. Merrick was one of Amerl-jr"r fu" effletency. '. y y , ca's most populnr nmhossndors to i HAj PM 0r ( J(ln . (p) j. ranee. At tho outbreak of the ,,ovl.rnor 'isnao u Patterson, aoi- World war ho won tho friend-, , chairman of the board of ship of ranoohy refusing to ,tH f 0 Oregon Normal leave Paris at a time when tl.o Hellooli wM Blt Rtal0 Klre Mar- f.erman armies were advancing , HhB1 C1,.e A . L to. Investigate near the capital. ih eircnmiancei. aurrotindinE He won still further esteem when he took chnrge of (iharles A. Lindbergh when the "lone eagle" landed nt Lo llourget field In IH27. ufter u solo flight across the Atlantic from Now . York. Hevernl months later, Lindbergh called at a hospital hero, whero Hie ambassador was confined after an operation and paid his ro spects. ' ? , Mr. Herrick bennmo nmhnssa dor to France In 1912. In Cleve land his private Interests huve made blm outstanding ns n law yer, hnnkor nnd manufacturer. . 4 - STOP ENTRY OF WAHHINOTO.W Jan. 2. (PI Electrical screens to sop fish moving up rivers' into Irrigation ditches to their destruction aro now being found , satisfactory by the federal bureau of fisheries. The losses of young salmon and trout In itocky Mountain and .Pa cific territory due to their ten dency to follow tbn irrigation ditches hns occasioned consider? able concern In the conservation world und Induced the burenu this year to miikn a particular study of preventive devices. The bureau said today It had found that fish wilt refuso to pass through nn electrified water zone and a num ber of schemes have been tried out to put the current Into the water. With tho aid ot Prof. K. o. Mc Millan, ot the Oregon Agricultural college, nnd Shirley linker, a Han Francisco engineer employed by the bureau, a number ot the elec trical and mechanical screening devices were tested, Tho bureau said that a screen demonstrated by T. 11. Uurkoy of l'usadona, Cal., had effectively charged electrical ly a water zone across a canal an feet wide and during a month of testing had kept the fish out. SHOCK SCREENS FISH IN DITCHES THREE DEAD HVlUUm DORM. FIRE Christmas Tree Blaze Traps Girls in Private Dormi tory Six Escape By Leap From Porch House Mother Seriously Burned in Rousing Sleep ing Students. MONMOUTH, Ore.. Jnn. 2. (IP) j A dart of flaino from an lllu i mlnated Christmas tree spread Land burned threo girls to death ami consumed tneir dwelling on the Oregon .Normal school campus here last night, six other girl students of the house escaped when they leaped from the roof "&.vyZ? Bround below' I illss Kvclyn Ohman, Portland. Miss l'lorenco Graham, Xew- port. M1" H'Knret Hemmers, ares- I ham. ' i Tragedy swept onto the cam pus on the ove of the opening of school after the Christmas holidays. Tho girls had just re nomes, ana classes wore to nave been resumed today. The girls had retired for the night anil were trapped In the house when the tlnder-llke Christ mas tree burst into flames and condition Is not'H0,u '"nneis of hirting nto considered crlt-! cu,tl,ll and i other inflammable Iaih From Porch. The six girls who escaped were Clladys McCumsky, Irene Stevens, plained that'A,lca Wnl,ttc ( Woodlands, Wh.. I. i . t, a hi iHeulah Thomas, Wllma Baker and Lillian ltibhcck of Oreshnm. They crowded through tho windows looking ; it .upon the root pf the porch' of th" , building, "and leaped lo tho ground uninjured.' Mrs. Minnie Mack, owner ot the hulldlnsr, anil motswr of the private dormitory, was seriously burned in trying to extinguish ' i" ' spreading to noarby buildings. The Mark building was destroyed. the flro In which three normal school students' .were burned to denth at Monmouth Inst night. , Port Orford Beaten ' PORT OKFORD, Ore.. Jan. 2. (P) The tricky . ag'tregallon of Port Orford high school basketball boys met their match here Satur day when Del Norte stars, inde pendent quintet from Crescent City, defeated thein. 38 to 18. It was Port Orford's first defeat and seventh engagement ot the season. The local team will meet Hogue Hlver high January 5. Will Rogers Sayt : NKW YORK, Jan. 2.-e Nothing much in the papers' today but just what. I predicted to you tho other day would be in on New Ycnr'H day. 0 p t i in i h - 4. tie prediction, by nil promi nent men who tire doing well. Mr.. Coolidge i ',' I look for n o t h i n g but prosperity through January and Febru ary." '';"';;;:;' 1 ;'. Mr. Hoover hb.vs: "I look for things to kinder drag along, in n 'haphazard way till about March, then real prosperity will start and con tinue for four to perhaps eight years. After that there may be depression." Mellon sayss "The coun try is prosperous if they just let well enough alone," Yours, ; AVH.L ROOKRS.