MEDFOTCfl MAIL TRTBTJXE. rED'FO'RD, OREGON. THTTRSDAY, 'APRIL' 26, 1931.
PAOE FIVE
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OF
TRACnjSGAPE
Trail of Death Left by Mid
dlewest Bandit Had Coun
terpart in Northwest's
Infamous Gun Wielder
SEATTLE, April 26. (AP) The
wild hunt tor John Dillinger, killer,
highwayman, bank robber and Jail
fugitive In the middle west, today re
minded old timers of the northwest
of the spectacular manhunt in Wash
ington 32 years ago which resulted
In the death oi Harry Tracy, the
northweBt'a most infamous bad man.
Like Dillinger. Tracy left a trail of
death, killing nine men and Injuring
another. In the two months he was
& fugitive. In the end Tracy died by
his own hand after .he had been bad
ly wounded on a farm near Creston
In eastern Washington. The hunt
for the killer attracted nationwide
attention. Rewards for his capture
totaled 98,000.
Escaped Often.
Tracy first escaped from a prison
In Utah, killed a man. and moved to
Colorado, killed another man, was
captured and escaped, recaptured
and escaped again. He entered the
Oregon penitentiary In 1902 on a
charge of burglary and escaped soon
thereafter with another convict, Dav
id Merrill. In their dash to freedom
they killed three guards.
Tracy appeared several weeks later
on the shores of Puget Sound near
Olympia. He compelled a man to
row him to Olympia where he com
mandeered a launch with five men
and forced them to transport him to
Meadow Point near Seattle. During
the trip he boasted that he had
killed .his fellow convict Merrill In a
duel. He explalneu they had quar
reled and had agreed to shoot It out.
They stood back to back with the
understanding they were to walk 10
steps and then turn and fire. At
the second step Tracy shot .his com
panion in the back.
Killed Posseman.
The fugitive encountered a search
ing posse north of Seattle and killed
Charles Raymond, a Snohomish
county deputy sheriff, and wounded
Jack Williams, a King county deputy.
The same day .he killed Patrolman E.
E. Breese and fatally wounded Neal
Rawley.
Tracy then began working east
ward through the forests of the Cas
cade mountains. He held up timber
cruisers and prospectors, compelled
them to cook his meals, and stopped
where he pleased . He crossed the
Columbia river below Wenatchee by
seizing a ferry and molding up the
boatman. He left two horses and
took fresh mounts from a pasture.
A month later Tracy took charge
of the Eddy farm and its occupants
near Creston. He remained at the
farm two days and helped shingle a
roof. While there George E. Gold
finch "slipped away and notified the
sheriff who returned with a posse.
Stilcde Is Climax.
When Tracy saw the armed men
approaching .he ran Into the barn,
got his rifle and dodged out to the
shelter of a haystack. He made an
other dash to a boulder on the edge
SIX WITNESSES FLATLY DENY DR. WIRT'S CHARGES
These companions of Dr: William A. Wirt at the now-famous Virginia dinner party appeared before a
special house committee In Washington and flatly contradicted Dr. Wirt's testimony that they had talked
of revolution. Left to right: David Coy'e of the PWA; Miss Mary Taylor of the farm administration!
Miss Alice Barrews, hostess at the dinner; Miss Hlldegarde Kneeland, agriculture department economist;
Robert W. Bruere, chairman of the textile advisory committee under NRA; Laurence Todd, Washington
correspondent of Tass, soviet news agency. (Associated Press Photo)
of a wheat field when the posse
opened fire. He was seen to stum
ble. A short tlmo ater a single
shot was heard. The posse sur
rounded the field and waited for
sunrise when they found his body.
Tracy had been wounded In the leg.
An Improvised tournquet with strips
of his clothing failed to stop the
bleeding snd the outlaw ended his
Infamous career with a shot through
the head.
CCC FIRES FINAL
CIVIL WAR SHOT
BALTIMORE. (UP) Although his
tory records that the final ahot of
the Civil war was fired April 9, 1865,
Captain Francis J. Moran, infantry
reserve, disagrees. It was fired March
3, 1034, the captain contends.
Moran, who Is commander of a
civilian conservation corps company
engaged In clearing the Gettysburg
battlefield, submitted proof of .his
contention to third corps area head
quarters. On Saturday, March 3, he revealed,
a detachment discovered an unex
ploded shell and brought it to him
for examination.
-Moran placed the shell under sev
eral logs, laid dynamlto beside it and
set off the explosive. T.he detona
tion burst the shell, which scattered
shrapnel for a considerable distance.
And this, the captain maintained,
was the last shot of the Civil war.
The United States gets most of Its
quinine from Java via The Nether
lands, Java being the source of about
nine-tenths of the world's supply.
$6,056 PAID WHEAT
GROWERS OF
TO RESTRICT CROPS
WASHINGTON, April 26. (AP)
Benefit payments for reduction of
wheat acreage In the three Pacific
northwest states of Washington. Ore
gon and Ida,ho totaled 88,090,341.33
from the date of organization of the
AAA to March 31, 1934, a report from
the agricultural department showed
today.
Washington's portion of the total
was $3,916,921.24, Idaho's $2,284,524.82
and Oregon's 91,789.895.27.
: The total payments In dollars made
1 to the counties In Oregon follow:
Oregon : Baker, $20,535; Benton,
! $8,418; Clackamas, $13,209; Clatsop,
. $86; Columbia, $1,672; Crook, $5,884;
I Deschutes, $1,906; Douglas, $1,195;
I Gilliam, -$158,979; Jackson, $6,056;
I -Jefferson, $55,258; Josephine, $1,032;
J Klamath. $7,048; Lake, $3,717; Lane,
i $13,779; Linn, $19,588; Malheur, 89,-
877; Marion, $22,005; Morrow, $175,
130; Polk, $23,144; Sherman, $228,
269; Umatilla, $661,839; Union. $111,-
120; Wallowa, $54,171; Wasco. $131,-
084; Washington, $19,808; Wheeler,
$3,522; Yamhill, $31,542.
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SEEK GOVERNORSHIP
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26. (AP)
George Creel, author and NRA ad
ministrator for California, today an
nounced his candidacy for the Dem
ocratic gubernatorial nomination at
the August primaries.
A the same time he sent his res
ignation to President Roosevelt, ask
ing that he be relieved of his duties
as regional director of the emergency
employment administration so he
could devote his time to .his cam
paign for the governorship.
OTHER MEDIA IN
INCREASE OF AOS
NEW YORK, April 26. (AP) En
couraging developments In the newa-j
paper national advertising field were'
noted today at the annual conven-:
tion of the American Newspaper Pub
Ushers Association. j
Three symptoms of Improved con
ditions In the "front office" of Amer
ican newspapers were contained in
the twenty-first annual report of the!
A. N. P. A. bureau of advertising, as.
submitted by Edwin 8. Friendly of ;
Vie New York Sun. chairman of the !
committee In charge of the bureau, i
"The first quarter of 1934 contin
ued the Increase In national adver
tising volume that began last year,
with an average of 21.8 per cent over
the same three months of 1933,"
Friendly reported.
"Volume of national advertising In
1933 reflects the stability of our me-,
dlum. compared with t,he year pre
ceding and with records of other ma-;
Jor mediums.
"The newspaper's share of the na
tional advertiser's dollar showed an ;
appreciable Increase In 1933.
"National advertisers Invested i
$145,000,000 In newspaper space In'
1933, according to bureau of advertls.'
lng estimates. This represented a!
decline of slightly more than 9 per j
cent from the figure of a year ago
(1932.) T.he $94,000,000 magazine ex
penditure reported for last year rep
resents a drop of 18.2 per cent com
pared with 1932, while $31,500,000 In
vested In chain broadcast Indicates a
loss of 19.2 per cent compared with
the Investment of a year preceding."
a lasting memory to all who knew,
htm. Previous to his Illness the
family was united In a reunion j
which was the first in many years.
The older sisters, after a rew days'
at home, had returned to their homes i
In California before death took their!
beloved brother; little dreaming that
this happy reunion was to be their
last memory of their only living
brother.
He left to mourn his passing his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan; three
sisters, Mrs. Eva Plttock of San Diego,
Cal.; Mrs. Winnie Stanley of Pacific
Drove, Cal., and Mrs. Irma Perry of
Murphy, Ore., and many other near
relatives, besides a, large circle of
friends, who will miss his cheerful
greeting and hearty laugh.
He passed away at the nome of his
parents on Thompson creek, Wednes
day evening at 8:30, April 11, 1934,
after a few days' nine. of pneumo
nia. Three brothers had preceded
him In death.
Funeral services were held at Hall's
funeral home Sunday, April 16, with
Christian Science services. Two songa
were sung from the Christian Sel
ene Hymnal. "Still With Me' and
"Leave It With Him." Pallbearers
were his schoolmates: Leon Offen
bacher, Lance Offenbacher, Ben Ellis,
Harry Brown, Tom Mea and Frank
Knutzen. Interment was In Pleasant
Valley cemetery.
"Gone but not forgotten.
TO FREMONT
Serene, with conscious peaca
He strewed his way
With small humanities.
The growth of lore
Shaping to right his actions
Day by day
Faithful to this world
And to that above.
Written by a Friend.
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REIVES EAGLE
PORTLAND. April 26. (AP) A
policy of price slashing has resulted
In removal of the blue eagle from the
window the Portland Cleaning Work.
"They wanted me to charge the
public more money," Bald L. L. Starr,
manager, "and I won't do It."
General Hugh S. Johnson, adminis
trator of the NRA, sent the removal
order to Portland yesterday after
many complaints had been received,
it was announced by NRA headquar
ters here.
Starr said his company Is working
the hours and paying the wages es
tablished by Vie NRA. "But I re
fuse," ha declared, "to charge the
prices set by a group of cleaners and
dyers in Portland, and accepted by
the NRA."
Dance at Rogue Elk Saturday night
April 28.
Obituary
LESLIE FREMONT JORDAN WAS
born September 10, 1902, at Grants
Pass. Ore. He spent most of his life
on the Applegate and attended the
Applegate school. He was very am
bitious, always at work, and previous
to rhls death he was making plans
to Improve a place he had bargained
for on Humbug and also Improving
the home place where his mother
and father resided. He was a student
of Christian Science and the acts
of his services and kindness will be
1 ' 4 ( ... ' ii
The clean Center Leaves
are the mildest leaves
Luckies are all-ways kind to your throat
WHEREVER the finest u,baccot grow in our
own Southland, in Turkey, in Greece all over
the world, we gather the very Cream of the tobacco
Cropi for Lucky Strike. And that meant eny the chart
itnlir leavtt. The center leaves are the mildest leaves
they taste better and farmers are paid higher prices for
them. These clean center leaves are the only ones
used in making Luckies. Then It's toasted"-for
throat protection. And every Lucky is fully packed
with these choice tobaccos made round and firm,
free from loose ends that's why Luckies "keep
in condition" why you'll find that Luckies do not
dry out an imptrtant point to ttxry imeier. Naturally,
Luckies are always in all-ways kind to your throat.
"It's toasted"
i Luckies are all-ways kind to your throat
Only the Center Leaves these are the Mildest Leaves
Cocrrlcbt. 1)34. Tt Amcrtcta Tsbicco Cwpui.