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MEDFORD, OKMXiOX, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2, 1 fllii)
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; 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.