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T t Î h HV. m \V T d . h ; late report on rivers shows ebb THJÖBO N N K V 1 L L K DAM C H R O N I C I- K Wild Ride Saves Life of Sick Australian Man MAN ADMITS CRIME; PALS DENY GUILT Melbourne. — T w o natives who OF FIRST CREST r»»de |*J0 mil«** on horseback In less than 28 hours and a flying doctor, Saw^Him 6C0 Mites A w ay I>r. Clyde Kenton, saved the life <*f From T r.p ed y Scene. a sum taken III In the wilds of the r ,ti. dispatch«** from the I*. S. northern territory. Sterling. Colo.— M n v llle 0 . Bos Ktlglneer'H office at Holllleville «how T h e sick man was Jack Davidson, well, thirty-three, a prisoner In the 4 decrease ill the rate of flo w along overseer <»n a plantation 12U miles Kansas penitentiary, serving a long f n in Katherine Itiver. I earing for sentence for the murder of Jess y,, gorge resulting from a sharp his life, his companions sent tw«* Faster, an officer, near Columbus, fall ,,ff in the Snake river. I p -rlver natives with an urgent message to Kan., may oe fr«*e»l K»»«»n as guilt glint i' stations reveal that the Snake less despite the fact he confessed. the hospital at Katherine Itiver. drop is greater than the Colum nia's Boswell was serving a term for Changing horses every 15 miles, r ,s. »ml " i l l affect w ater at the dam the two covered the distance In less hurgfbry In the Missouri peniten ace. »nlingly. tiary In 11)20 when he and Greco than 23 hours. Measurements at the dam v.-*l»r- Im m ediately tmspltal authorities Webb, another prisoner, confessed day showeil a drop of about 9 of a telephoned IXKrtor Fenton at D a r slaying Faster. They were paroled, foot, and Squires, in charge of w ea- win. I .earing at .3 a. rn. the next taken to Columbus, tried, convicted |tn*r iii'l river statistics f»»r the »-n- day and flying via K atherine Itiver, and sentenced. gtijeers, stated that the fa ll-o ff But, Boswell's friends In Ster the doctor reached the bed of the would [a-ohably continue into next sick man shortly a fte r 8 a. m. Three ling say he could not have commit hours later the patient had been ted the crime. On August 2, 1 trjd, the day on Th< snake river drop was necred- flown t»> the tmspltal where he Is which Faster was slain, a half dozen Iteil t»» < smklen falling off «.f tem recovering. Sterling citizens are ready to swear per.dure w ith frost forecast f»»r the niirht* throughout the g»-n»*rat r»-- This Tire Ran Away, Then Boswell was in Sterling, six hundred miles from Columbus. ginn I pper O dum hia l»asm are » was Rolled Back, Man Says Affidavits have been taki*n and ily , ,,nd»T cooler skies an»l ttie re Klkuder, Iow a.- Fer«»> M eyer an»l presented to A. S. Foulke. par»de sult »id ru n -o ff of snow was <!«•- Ralph Koon* are trying to make attorney f»*r Oov. A lf Fandon of K an (^ ...e d to a certain e \t. nt ow long their frietpls helleve this one: While sas. |hi» ' i . t i ' m I »tf slack w a le r w ill con- they were towing a car one «»f th*- *‘Uegardle>s of what h« t»>l»l officers Un.,»• i«, not known. W eather condi tlres came »»IT, r»»ll<*»l a short dis at the time, or what t»»ok place at tion- hi ve tieen consM»-raMy in re- tance downhill, described an ar«*. his tria l, I know that Boswell has ^er-e n f all prediction* this y e a r ’ ro||e«| hack and fastened Itself se an Ironclad alibi,” J. F. Givens, fo r an»! >rn fu rth e r prediction* are apt curely hack on the rim from which mer employer of Boswell, declared. to he -ef at n night by a freak condi It had come loo-e. They "are earnest " I don’t know why he confessed tion »rising suddenly. hut there are «kef,tics. the slaying. If he did. I only know The slack-off followed a t il-d a y . that he was In my employ from June, per »si of rise in w hich the riv er ros<- 192d. to September 10. 1920, selling Î4 f. » f at the rate of I It f«*»-t ,„-f Australian Skipper Has washing ma<’hlnes, and that dur da> on an average. The |a»t three ing that perlo<l I saw him every Skipped Rope 600 Miles d«>s h»s s**en a slowing up of tin* day. The day Jess Faster was shot Melbourne.— In 2s »lavs. Torn M»»r flow until W»-dn»"*d.iv »liowcti « de to death L ln v llle Boswell was In rls. an Australian skipping enthu er*-.-»- rrom e early »r»-st o f .«» «»f a siast, ha* skipped Oxi miles. His Sterling.” foot journey was from Melbourne m A< »-»»riling to the most cons.,.va- Sydney along tt»e Hume highway. tiv» estimates, the prese nt condition He estimates that he skip(»e<l alrtilit will <• vi-l off ami on for lb»- »i* xt 800 turns to each mile, and about ntontfi when the m ain cr»"»t »»r *»c- 472,000 turns for the Journey. He oo»i run-off bringing out th»* high wore out five skipping r«»[«e*. but *o».ws in th»* mountains due »luring used only one pair of shoes. the month of June. I nforaeen w ea ther changes, w ill of course, upset P ant s G o n e ; R o b b e d an? predictions, hut no great «lain- Dallas. — The w ayfarer reeled ar» i- «*xp**ct»-d. down Kim street until he attracted Tie- ju n io r cofferdam , behind the attention o f two ¡»ollt'enian In glin-h over .Vn men are w orking at a squad car. -H e y . where’* yon present on tf»«* south abutm ent fish- pants?” they shouted. The set k*ci» has been in danger f«»r ttie nudlat looked down In amazem* past two weeks, hut the continued and exclaimed. "M y gosh, I*Te I dr»>;»|»ing of rock ballast has robbed!" •tfvnglhened the weak spots so that no v' t-h-out is f»-ar«*d. W o rk In it»«* (Dcintime continues in the fishlorks seel».'- amt «»n ttie pier t«q** o f the •w in dam. W est Hut la ml. V t.— A terror- stricken deer almost ruined the Turkey Defies Fire In te rio r of a bank and barely es SHvertoo, O re.— W orkm en burner) caped In ju rin g a man In Its flight The deer crashed • patch of tall gras.»» near here. from a dog. Wb*-n the Are was out they dls- through the plate glass window of eoveretl a turkey hen grim ly sluing the West Rutland bank, «lashed •n the Mackeued tu rf over a group about the ofllces, leaped out another • f eggs *he was hatching. H e r window and Just missed land ng on fe*Ui**rn had been mostly alnged off. Sam Grembo, who happened along k»'t she survived. at the time. NIXE CHILD TAKES BAD DIP IN FISH POND BONNEVILLE P.T.A. MEET TO FEATURE CLASS OPEN HOUSE H*»rmev ill»- I ’arent-Teaeher associa-l li'»n plans a meeting to be held a t : th<* school hoii*»’ the afternoon of Wedn*-*day, May 0. at which tirn»- the third i«n»l fourth grade* w ill con- <lnct .in open-house. Mis.» Stephen», w ill h< in charg«* <»f the a ffa ir after w hich a light luncheon w ill he served. The open- house i- *rhedule«| to h»-gin at '• ri»l w ill giv*- parents an opportunity to *»•«• th»- w ork h«*ing <l»»n<- by their children. Following ttie hri»-f exposition, there w ill he a business meeting at which new o fficer* w ill he o fficially installed. Ttiey ar<- as follow s: Mrs. F-»l Sahlstrom, president: Mrs. B. P. Carter. vice-president; M r*. A. Min- t»»ul, secretary, an»l Mrs. A. Donald son. treasurer. I*r»igrams f»»r the en suing t«*ni 11 w ill be discuss»-«! an«J «•nt»-rt »inint-nts plann*-»!. W ith the inilc-w lde Columbia t»nl a few f»'«-t from tiis doorstep it w ouhl be really ahsunl for a Bonneville child to drow n in a fishpond, hut that is very nearly w h at happened to litth* Jack Downs last Saturday ni<»rning. Jack’s mottier, Mrs. F a rry Downs of Bonny Villa, had taken the lad w ith ti«-r when sh«- went shopping at Ye Gift Shoppe. Jack stayed out- si»l«- and suddenly t«is m other heard fright«-n*,«l scr«*ams an«l choking sounds from fhe fr»»nt yard. Stic rushed outside to find her young son just crnrgiag from the small fishpond, dripping from head t»« foot ami crying from fright. The p»»n«l is several feet d«*ep ami m ight have he»-n very d iffic u lt for the child to clim b out al«»ne. Juanita Norttiw qy kept Jack at the Shoppe w h ile his m other re- turn*-d to bring him <lrv clothes. Vote For Mrs. Wm. Munroe DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENATIVE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES, MAY 15, 1936 House W ife Specials For Friday and Saturday Frenzied Deer Damage« Vermont Bank Interior THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF GROCERIES FRUITS VEGETABLES MEATS IN THE AREA NOTICE Coffee ^ uottee - g f _ Beans Peas Sweet Peas Fru it Cocktails ! East Eighth and Belmont StrrcK Portland, Oregon. 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