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Temperature
IllKtiFttt yesterday Ki
Lowest this morning 41
Preel pit at low
To 3 p. m. yesterday t o
To 5 a. in. todav 0
r- ..nrniture. .
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TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST (, KM.
'KLKl'HOXK 75
No. 135.
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Mr
Lnr Brisbane II -
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poppers a Buruen.
;eeds Help-
Advice From
iwyers. .
f jiog Feature 8ynd., Ino.
Larrimer, government
Jogist, sa.vs grassnop
pstroying crops in north-
nd central states, are
kg their ravages fifty
day, by taking to tlieir
There is little hope for
tliiu cnaunn
wminds you that proud
tressed in a little brief
;n, nrnv some day tincl
wiped out by a com-
In of plagues, insects, de-
-fcroDS, rats and grounti
Lis carrying disease, ants
luff everything in hot
ties, rabbits and mos-
d man shouid devote to
.v of nrotectma himself
such enemies, some of
Lraitv that ho devotes
La eas and explosives
ling of other men.
Choppers are not us
as men.
martial law and state
l Governor Murray in
-ma City, shuts down
oil wells, to put up the
ot oil and prevent waste
lioual resources. .
Itni and other fields will
it mora oil. You cannot deal
u oQ problem on any but a
jieile, and our favorite fetish
inboo, the . silly antiquated
It Kt, prevents any real ac-
iilMtatrf Deeds elp.' Stand'-
if, California reports for the
h months, of 1931, prove It.
profit waa Only 43 cents as
IU3 or the first six months
hi Judge R. J. Hopkins, all
b tram Kansas, tells New York
Uut they "should not defend
ill tnj know to he guilty."
il New York lawyers In their
wast "will get a laugh out
t mused of crime and guilty
HAS MONEY. The man ac-
ttt Innocent usually HA8
JO. ,
8 Judge from Kansas want
p York criminal lawyers to
deith? Let him remem-
f roung corporation lawyer
f4 "The only favor a com-
f" n do me Is to get run
" cot. Then I can make
1 defending the corporation
Ms damage suit."
f Joseph Medlll Patterson.
oewjpsper man, will Insist
,Jt "Ithough as ho himself
1 lined article a man should
"ler fifty.
:1J his big amphibian
: "I" him at the controls
po the take-off at Roosevelt
L d turned upside down.
P W out, cut on the head.
r happened because he
l" of mind in the crash
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WILB
NEAR DEATH IN
HOSPITAL
HERE
Bullet Blows Off Thumb Be
fore Entering Brain
Second Gun Accident in
Few Weeks Near Medford
Hiram Wllber. 17. lies near death
In a hospital here today, the victim
of an accident gun shot which pene
trated the youth's brain. Little hope
Is held for his recovery.
The "accident occurred at the Wil
bur farm, formerly the King place,
near Talent this morning. Earl Yary
an, 16, a neighbor boy and young Vi tl
ber were handling the gun In the
back yard when It was accidentally
discharged while In the hands of
Wllber.
Blowing off his right thumb which
was on the barrel of the gun, the
bullet then entered the skull near
the nose and penetrated the brain
where It lodged within an Inch of the
back of the skull, a physician's ex
amination revealed.
Rushed to Hospital
The Injured boy was rushed to an
an Ashland hospital by anibulnnce,
but was brought to Medford shortly
after because of lack of Bpace at Ash
land. He Is the son of Mary Wllber, a
widow. Because of other recent grief
In the Wllber family. Mrs. Wllber
was reported to be near prostration
following the accident this afternoon.
Physicians said late this afternoon
that recovery was Impossible.
Earl Yaryan had brought the rme
over to the Wllber house today ana
It was evidently cocked when ne
laid It down to test a watermelon.
Wllber picked It up and It went oil
Immediately. He was conscious about
20 minutes after the shot entered
his brain.
B.. Wllber, father of the boy, was
killed in a mill accident at Chlloquin
four years ago. Both grandfathers
were killed In violent accidents, also,
It Is recounted by neighbors of the
Wilbur family. Hiram Wllber attend
ed school In Talent up to vacation
time in June.
Second Accident
The shooting today is the second
accident within a month In which a
boy haa been the victim of a gun
shot. Stuart Robert Rice, 14, Bon of
Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Rice of Alamo.
Texaa, died here July 27 after being
ahot In the stomach at Eagle Point
July 20. Delbert Tlngleaf, his com
panion, had the .32 automatic rifle
In his hands. The bullet penetrated
Rice's stomach and spleen.
OREGON CITY, Aug. 8 (API A
Jubilant dairy region today greeted
the announcement that the milk war
Is at an end In the Portland milk
shed. Clackamas county dairymen
Immediately laid plans for a "Jolli
fication" picnic to be held Sunday
to celebrate the settlement.
HILLSBORO. Ore.. Aug. 6 (API
Wild celebration greeted receipt of
word here last night that a settlement
had been reached In the milk war.
A crowd of more than 2.000 farm
ers and residents of Hlllsboro and
adjoining communities gathered on
the streets here to celebrate the sign
ing ot the agreement between pro
ducra and distributors.
A parade was held, led by the fire
department and the Boy Scout drum
corps.
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. , of n,. A,i.r 8 (AP) Bids
. . . nt the new
lor me coiiauui;nuii -
tuberculosis hospital at Salem, for
.. leciKlature appropri
ated aOO.000, have been called for
and will be opened at Salem. August
20. It was announced today by Wil
liam Elnzig, state purcnasmg
gtelwrr lo Talk.
.Atwnn Or. Auff. fl. (A1
Senator Frederick Stelwer of Ore
gon, member or ine sen
affairs Investigation committee, win
be the principal speaker at the Lin
coln county chamber of commerce
meeting at oueia '
Negro Evangelist
Preached To Death
In Marathon Stunt
SUMTER. S. C Aug. 8. (API
Elizabeth Windham literally
preached herself to death.
The negro evangelist undertook
a marathon sermon, starting at
8 o'clock Tuesday night. She con
cluded at 4 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
Enroute home she collapsed and
died. Death was attributed to
heart failure.
F
IS DECLARED LIE
ASOTIN, Wash., Aug. 8. (AP)
The prosecutor said today he would
charge Herbert Nichols, Jr., barefoot
killer of Sheriff John Wormell, with
first degree murder. t
The penalty la the same as for an
adult. Prosecutor Halsey said, but he
haa not decided whether or not to
ask the death penalty.
Young Nichols, between 10 and 11
years old. Is accused of shooting the
sheriff In cold blood while the offic
ers were searching a store which the
boy was robbing.
Nichols Implicated William Robin
son, 60, saying the latter taught him
how to rob the store and how to
shcot, but after finding discrepancies
In the 'boy's story, authorities released
Robinson.
"The boy was lying," Halsey said.
"Robinson had no connection with
the case."
Today feeling had quieted some
what, and offlclala said they prob
ably would return the boy here for
the trial. He has been held In the
Pomeroy Jail for safekeeping since the
shooting early yesterday morning. The
trial Is expected to be held In two
months'- v .--t---"-
AMY JOHNSON LANDS
AT TOKYO AIRDROME
TOKYO. Japan. Aug. 6. (AP)
Amy Johnson. BritlBh woman flier,
landed . at Tachikawa airdome ' at
6:17 p. m. (3:17 a. m. EST.) today at
the conclusion uf a flight by easy
stages from England. She was accom
panied by C. 8. Humphries.
The flight was completed In 10 and
one -ha If days, beating by a few hours
the eleven-day flight record between
London and Tokyo made by Seljl
Yo6hlhara, Japanese aviator.
4.
KLAMATH FALLS. Aug. 8. ( AP)
Myriads of black-and-gold butterflies
hovering around the rim or Crater
lake are delighting tourists who visit
the park.
MRS.
COOLIDGE NOT
SHORN OF TRESSES
1 ru -"'"n- yon kin Buy
"ton, wr on than
hri rti v"1 nniand after
tantrum.
PLYMOUTH. Vt Aug. 8. (API
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge has not nad
her hair bobbed and apparently has
no Intention of so doing. She shook
her ample tresses In smiling denial
today when photographers appearea
In the little Vermont village for a
camera record. Former president
and Mrs. Coolidge are spending a
prolonged vacation at the family
homestead here.
BOY PLACES BOMB
UNDER CANBY HOME
CANBY. Ore.. Aug. 6. (AP) Law
rence Dugan. 14 years old. was taken
Into custody yesterday on a charge
of placing a bomb under the home
of Mils steffenson near Canby. The
boy had lived with Steffenson for
several months.
Steffcnon said Dugan placed the
bomb under the house because he
would not permit the boy to go out
nights.
"Amos 'n Andy" Irritating
Colored Folks of Land
PITTSBURGH. Aug. 6 (API
-Amu 'n Andy." the radio
a -reflection on a race of people who
believe they are doing a little better
than 'Amoa 'n Andy' are doing with
the 'Fresh Air Taxicab Company.
Robert L. Vann. negro attorney and
publisher, said today.
Vann. with a petition he said bone
the signature of between 200.000 and
rtOOOOO persona, stated he would ask
the federal radio commission and the
United States district court In Illi
nois to ban 'Amos 'n Andy' from the
air. The protestanta will appeal the
case "all the way up to heaven." he
1 added.
" Amos and Andy do not repre
1 lent the American standard to rhlch
the American negro aspires and the
sketch is detriments! to the negroes'
' interest," the attorney said.
VIOLENT STORMS
I
- AIR RACE ACROSS
AT AKLAVIK HALT
Take-Off for Point Barrow
On Holiday Jaunt to Japan
Must Wait Clearing Skies
Vacationists Take Rest
AKLAVIK. N. W. T, Aug. 6. (Af)
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh ana
Mrs. Lindbergh were still storm
bound at Aklavtk today. Violent
storms which broke Wednesday were
still raging and a take-off was con
sidered Impossible.
Colonel LI nd berg announced at 3
p. m. (E.S.T.) that he would not take
off until Friday unless the weather
shows Immediate improvement.
It was reported the daring pair
would await a change In the wea
ther before taking off for Point Bar
row. Alaska, the next atop In the
Llndbergh'a holiday trip from New
York to Tokyo.
Radio operators here reported com
munication with the outside world
almost Impossible aa violent storms
were sweeping the barren lands be
tween Simpson and Aklavlk.
Storm After Arrival.
During Wednesday the barometer
fell steadily here and skies became
overcast shortly after the arrival ot
the Lindberghs from Baker LaKe.
Rain had been falling Intermittently
and flying conditions generally were
extremely bad.
Bad storms and fog extended along
the route from Aklavlk to Point
Barrow. Unless the weather changes
suddenly the flight of the Lind
berghs to Point Barrow may be de
layed for days.
The day yesterday was given over
by Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh to
rest and sleep alter their arrival on
their 1100-ml!e flight from Baker
Lake. They had a warm breaklast
at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. A.
Urquhart and then had nine hours
of sleop. v '
The entire population of Aklavlk
and whites and Eskimos from miles
around spent the day examining tne
glistening low-wing monoplane and
awaiting tho awakening of the va
cationers to entertain them.
See Eskimo Life.
With only a few hours of dark
ness here, 130 miles Inside the Arctic
circle, between the hours of 10 p. m.,
and 1 a.m., P. 8. T.. the visitors had
the opportunity, after rising, to see
Eskimo life for the first time.
Meanwhile. 700 mllea to the west,
coast guardsmen aboard the North
land made plana to refuel the Lind
bergh's plane If the Colonel should
decide to fly to It. Calm waters ot
a nearby lagoon or even the waters
of the Arctic ocean, with only a
light wind blowing, would make
such refueling possible.
During the day the Northland was
unable to proceed farther north be
cause of the Ice pack.
At Point Barrow, weeks of prepa
rations to greet the Lindberghs have
been under way with house cleaning
of the native dwellings part of the
work. The medical missionary. Dr.
Henry Grlcst, has prepared his home,
the only one with a bathtub, to re
ceive the Lindberghs as honored
guests.
ASK SPECIAL SESSION
FOR FARMER RELIEF
ENID, Okia, Aug. 8. (AP) Or
ganized wheat growers of Oklahoma
and Texas Joined here today in a
resolution asking President Hoover
to call a special session of congress
to appropriate for the use of tne
federal farm board 500.000.000 "lor
the purpose of checking the decline
In prices of agricultural products."
It also was asked that the money
be used In "assisting the farm board
to alleviate distress among producers
In this country and to carry out.
foster and promote the true purpose
and Interest of the agricultural mar
keting act."
WIDOW OF ROOSEVELT
OBSERVES BIRTHDAY
OYSTER BAY. L. I.. Aug. 6. (API
Mrs. Edith Kermlt Roosevelt, wid
ow of Theodore Roosevelt, twenty
sixth president of the United States,
observed her seventieth birthday to
day. In the big bouse on Sagamore HIM
to which she came aa a bride in 1M7
and which once served as he sum
mer White House. Mrs. Roosevelt re
ceived congratulations from her fam
ily and frlenda.
WHEAT WORTH 75 CTS.
AT FURNITURE STORE
XENIA, Ohio, Aug. 6. (AP)
Wheat la worth 75 cent a busnei
here In trade at a Xenla furniture
store. The store announced today
It would accept 6000 buaheis ot
wheat at 75 cent a bushel during
August In return for merchandise.
On the market wheat. Is worth 4
cent ft busneL
PACIFIC LOOMING
Herndon and Pangborn
Reach Tokyo As Moyle
and Allen Arrive for Pro
jected Non-Stop Return
TOKYO. Aug. 8. (AP) The pos
sibility of & non-stop rac between
monoplanes across the hazardous
North Pacific between Tokyo and
Seattle, with a pot of gold worth
About $39,000 awaiting ti e winner.
loomed today with the arrival hern
by airplane end boat of four Amer
ican aviators.
Hugh Herndon, Jr., and Clyde
Pangborn, who abandoned a round-the-world
race In quest of the record
et recently by Wiley Post and Har
old Oatty. landed at Tachikawa air
drome, near here, at 6:18 p. m. (4:10
a. m., E&.T.) today from Khabarovsk.
Siberia, where a damaged wing and
unfavorable weather held them on
the ground until their record-breaking
aspirations went glimmering.
Don Moyle emd C. A. Allen arrived
on the M. 8. Chlchlbu Maru from the
United Stales with the announcement
that they are contemplating a non
stop flight to the Puget Sound me
tropolis in the 'monoplane City of
Tfccoma, now In a hangar at Tachi
kawa airdrome.
see Amy's Reception.
Pangborn and Herndon descended
at Tachikawa airdrome at dusk, Just
In time to see the reception arranged
by Japanese and British officials for
Amy Johnson, British avlatrlx, who
arrived from London.
They -were in excellent spirits, de
spite the fact their efforts to beat
the record of Post and Oatty had to
be abandoned. ,
The Americans said they had an
Interesting flight from Khabarovsk.
They started southeast and crossed
the Japan sea. then, flew over Hok
kaido, and followed the east coast of
Hondu until they reached Hanedn
field, where they sighted the enor
mous letters marking the landing
place. They descended, but a few
minutes later took off for Tachikawa
airdrome.
Announce Plans Noon.
Herndon told reporters that he
would mako a definite announcement
soon regarding his plans for a trans
pacific flight.
A scattered crowd greeted the
Americans, as most of the populace
which had greeted Miss Johnson had
started home before the aviators ar
rived. But the crowd scurried back to tne
field when Pangborn's big monoplane
came Into view. Many Japanese chil
dren waved flags and the Japanese
officials hurriedly gave the fliers an
Informal welcome.
Pangborn and Herndon were de
tained at the Tachikawa airdrome
three hours by aviation bureau of
ficials, who questioned them regard
ing their radio set and more particu
larly a camera found In their plane.
Officials asserted tha in the emerg
ency landing application filed by the
American embassy nothing was said
concerning the camera or radio.
'
SH0WS1 NEED
WASHINGTON. Aug. o.--(AP) Silas
Strawn of Chicago, president of the
United States chamber of commerce,
told President Hoover today that his
organization was making a complete
survey of the unemployment situa
tion and hoped to have definite rec
ommendations on It by Sept, 1,
Strawn and Julius Barnes, chair
man of the board of the chamber,
discussed unemployment with the
chief executive for more than an
hour today.
The former said his survey indi
cates an appreciable increase in un
employment over last winter. Unless
something deflnlt is done, he said,
the country will be faced wltrt "more
kinds of proposals for doles than
Ormany and England ever heard
of."
RAIL CHIEF FEARFUL
FURTHER DEPRESSION
THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. B (API
A. 8. Edmonds, Union Pacltic
traffic manager, last night told the
board of directors of The Uailes
Wasco county chamber of commerce
that unless the railroads of the na
tion are granted the 16 per cent
rate Increase they ask, the economic
situation will be further, and more
violently, upset.
GIANT SEAPLANE DO-X
AT NATAL OVERNIGHT
RIO DE HANEIRO, Braitll. Aug. .
(AP) The sesplane DO-X arrived
at Natal today for an overnight stop
on the way to the United States.
She tad flown from Bahla 600
mllea away. The next scheduled
overnight atop Is Para.
FORMER SCREEN COMEDIAN TO WED
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Roacoe Arbuckle, on time motion picture funny man and now
director, with hla future wife, Addle McPhall, Hollywood actress. Tha
ceremony will be held aa soon aa Arbuckle obtains a final decree of
divorce from tha present Mrs. Arbuckle.
GANGSTERS USED CHILD
AS SHIELD FROM SHOT
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. ( AP) Tony
Troblno admitted he was the Intend
ed target of the gangster bullets that.
killed one child and wounded four
others In Harlem's 1)1 1 tie Italy, and told
f 01 ice today he used the body of a
Ittle child as a human shield from
the leaden spray, , . .. ,. . .,-.
The admission was made to a de
tective whose Identity was not mads
public. Shortly thereafter, Troblno
was arraigned on a technical charge
of robbery, ordered held without bail,
and surrounded by a wall of silence
which Police Commission Murooney
refused to break except for the terse
admission the prisoner was "valuable
Information." '
Troblno Is said to have admitted to
the detective that he was a member
of a narcotic ring recently split up
by civil war, and that the word had
gone out that the faction of which
Troblno was a follower was going to
have trouble.
According to the admission to the
detective, Troblno said he was sitting
In an automobile in Harlem when the
gangsters started to fire from their
automobile.
Feigning a wound, he opened the
door of his car and crawled along the
sidewalk to where a group of .litUe
onuaren were playing.
Then, Troblno said, as the gangsters1
car approached the spot to which he
nad crawled, he grabbed. a uttie boy
and held him up as a n-umau shield.
A spray of bullets burst forth from
the oar, killing little Michael Ven
galll, wounding four other children
who had been playing In the vicinity,
but harming neither himself nor the
boy he held in front of him, he said
When the gangsters' car put on full
speed arter the wounded children be
gan to scream, Troblno said, he drop
ped the boy, ran over to the auto
mobile In which he had been sitting,
ana a rove away.
Today's
BASEBALL
American
R. H. E.
Philadelphia 3 7 0
New York 6 10 1
Walberg, Mahaffey and Cochrane;
Oomoz, Johnson and Dickey.
Boston 1 4 0
Washington 10 10 0
RusHell, Durham and Berry, Con
ally; Marberry and Spencer, Bolton.
8t. Louis 0 10 2
Chicago 7 11 4
Collins, Stewart, Gray and Terrell;
Caraway, Thomas and Tate.
Wire Report on
the Pear Market
NEW YORK, Aug. . tJ.8.D.A.)
(AP) Pear auction market, prices
slightly weaker. 37 cars arrived; 2
Alabama. 27 California, 1 Florida un
loaded; 0 cars on track.
California Bartletts, 18,510 boxes
Best a. 16-2 96; few 13.00-3. 19; or
dinary $1.00-2.55; common and ripe
l B0-2.16; few $1.30-1.50; average
$2.28.
Cleveland 4 0 0
Detroit 3 0 4
Hudl-n and Bewcll; Herring, Bnrrell
and Hayworlh.
4
National
R. II. E.
Cincinnati 3 1.1 0
Pittsburgh 2 7 2
Rlxey, Benton and Bukcforth;
Spencer, Brame and Phillips.
New York - 4 13 1
Philadelphia 8 13 1
Berly. Parmalee and Hogan; Blnke,
3. Elliott and McCurdy.
Brooklyn 7 13 I
Boston ... ... 3 14 2
PheljM. Luque and Lope; Cantwcll
and Bool, Bpohrcr.
,
Oregon weather
Tfclr tonight and Prlday hut over
cast on the coast; moderate tempera
ture; fresh north and northweit
winds offshore; fair over the week,
end.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8. (UJ3.D.A.)
(AP) Pear auction market, prices
slightly weaker. 18 California cars
and 2 others arrived; 20 California
and 2 others on track; 21 cars sold.
California Bartletts, 11,218 boxes:
$166-2 70; averago $2.10.
D'AuJnus, 170 boxes: $185-1.90;
average $1.85.
fligYudooies
BAN ANTONIO. Texas, Aug.
AF) Flying Cadet Paul K. Keler
son. student pilot In the pursuit
section of the advanced flying school
at Kelly Field, was Instantly killed
when his plane i-numed near here
today.
Cadet Itelrrsnn was a son of Mr,
and Mrs. Mu E. ftelerson of Troy,
Idaho.
There were no eyo witnesses oi
the accident, so far as the preliml
nsry Investigation of Kelly Field of
ficials could determine.
Merchants Buy Heavily
In Anticipation of Trade
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. (AP)- John
R. Young, manager of the convention
bureau of the merchants' association
of New York announced today that
the flow of buyers Into New York
has Increased at least 10 per cent
this year over the normal number of
40.000 for this time of the season.
"And what is more significant," he
added, "they are all actually buying."
"They are selecting more carefully
it Is true, and some are buying a lit-
i tie more frugally perhaps, but the
I fact remains that they are buying,
tdeprewilon reports to the contrary.
Young pointed out that, prior to
j the World war, August and February
j were peak months for the visiting
? out-of-town buyers, but after the
war there was a tendency to spread
; buying visits throughout the year,
The pendulum 1 swinging again to
August and February for the heaviest
purchases for the following seasons,
Young said,
CITIZEN INTEREST
L
Work Will Be Strictly Unof
ficial Is Pointed Out at
Council Meeting Larger
Group Citizens Desirable
A resolution was adopted by tho
city council last night, with ail
members present except C. A. Meeker
who Is en route to Alaska on a
pleasure trip, thanking the citizens'
committee for their Interest ana
proffered co-operation In disposing
of the aewage disposal problem. The
resolution stated the council heaitn
committee would be glad to work
with the advisory committee of tno
cltlaens' committee In Bn Inlormal
capacity In studying the problem.
and would welcome almllar Interest
and proffers on the part of any
other group of cltlsona Interested.
It was made plain that the. city
offlclala woutd welcome any clttwm
advisory help, with all authority
resting with the councllmanlo body,
which la solely responsible to tho
people for result.
Enlargement Sought.
The resolution also requested that
the cltlaens' advisory aub-commltteo
of eight members be enlarged by tho
general cltlaena' committee to at
leaat 20 membera,. so aa to be' aa
representative aa possible.
What the councllmen desire : to
avoid la any impression that ,the
city offlclala had anything to ' no
with the formation or the citizens'
group, which offered a solution or
the disposal problem oil Tuesday
night, or any other group of cltl
aena that would bo formed for tho
aame purpose.
In fact the council health com
mittee, according to expressions last
night of Its members and the mayor
and other councllmen, would appre
ciate any Interested Individual cltl
aen, ' especially those who have been
radically opposed -to a sewagd dis
posal bond Issue, sitting In with tha
committee and Informing hlmseit
of the work already done by the
committee on the question 'and; go
over with them the mass of detailed
Information gathered.
Oates' Idea Also.
C. E. Gates, chairman of the cltl-tena-
committee group, who laid tne
plan of that committee before the
council Tuesday night, at that time
recommended that the entire na' sa
vlsory committee to work with tno
council, according to the plan, be
greatly enlarged, as did Mayor B.'M.
Wilson.
The resolution of appreciation laat
night, to be forwarded to the cltl
aena' group headed by C. B. oatea,
was adopted after a communication
received from that committee nam
ing its advisory committee was read
and discussed at some length. Tnia
proffered advlaory committee of eight
membera consists of the following:
O. E. Oatea, chairman; V. J. En-crick,
E. O. Koppon, 8. V. Davla, lr.
A. E. Dodson, Kay Tuoker, Olen Arn
aplger and Oeorge Bchumachcr.
The discussion that folloved wa
good natured and waa marked all
the way through by expressions or
appreciation over the citizens' com
mittee ofrer ot help, but all the time
the eentlment waa unanimous tnat
the responsibility and authority
(Continued on Page Six Btory Onel
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ILL
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Soys:
UKVERLY . II I ti L S , CiiJ.,
Aug. ft. May, th(H0 warn if (ict
thiK to be tough. 1 had no
more thnn got home from the
buttle of Red River with tily
old eoiiiniHiiding general (I mil
a colonel ontbe staff of Jtill
Murray). We lieked . Texas
and "made bridges free for
Oklahoiuans" tp eross even if
they bad no btiNineHH On the
other Hide. Today my old gen
eral calln ma hack into tho
tronehea (let's see who we aru ,
fighting this weekt) Oh, yen,
the Standard Oil and the ot'tji
puKes. We want ifl oil and wo,
ain't going to quit shooting till
we get it. Old Hill has been
right every time and 1 am still
with him. Next week wo are
going to fight for 25-cent
wheat.
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