The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, November 30, 1927, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextJ'aire Six THK'.KVKNINC. .HKl.ALI). KLAMATH FALLS. , ORFX.ON Wediu'wla.v. Novfinbt'i' :t0, U27. LOVELOR SAVES SKUL OR, TAKING DRUG CURE, !lno NDOGT fWr 10 'AT A rrTnp ttvt niriu rmrmnp 'jvejW a wiL i jiN Vrfdi-ii-s Drain rniLnaa V Wonder Surgeon" Stages , Comeback of His Genius" v by Bloodless Operation 1 ' ' ; : ' . By Charles G. Givcns ' THEY arrested him in a cabaret in Harlem, a notorious refuge for the weary of soul where black becomes white and white black. I lie sat ahimped at a table in a far corner, watching . with weak eyes the. swaying figures on the dance floor, dim through "the mist of smoke, and listening to the bawl ing strains of a raucous jazz orchestra. , . Ill tllC iHt'S Plksa aked. They tola htm thry were afraid to on;Hf. "Hut you wty the will die. any way why no! try tin operation 1' the younic nuruon nsked. Older nnd wor head -hk lniintint neeativej. It had never ltn dune. Why uy the n...slhlv? Why U I the woman? Let1 her tut Aoit't kill her. "If you don't mint!, I think I'll try," the vuncr man aid ratm ly. 'Vou see. was u Mend tf mine." ll.tur passed. The m on the opratinc tattle cti.ipprd tightly tlown reu.d not ir.v. hut cm Id bo heard to tmn tie c 'Momtllv, Ilovfi'in i.wr tier, scarcely u-eTiinis to wl Ir hlniM-lf. so Kpnt!y did hi finjjera r.iotv. the youm; miiiieon worked. Suddenly he raised up. In hi hand he held a ttoel-JackeUd bullet. "I believe ho will ll he said quietly. . ti nil hotnn. hr i,v.d, when he 1,1 f a N )irh actters. thru -'.'lr::; In All. 1 .K.i Mill, u r:td ij.- roii... 10 ,.(.. U r h- lit l ' f t '"Hey. fella ivak up!" a wait er commanded, muuhl) hakinc his snnyldcr. "What yuh think - thin 1- n roomin' hue? C-:ne ' On pet , up Ct nut." IuHly. 'Jialf unconsciously, he . reached In hi pocket and io- dm-ed a dirty husdnejss e;nd '.and a ha.lt dollar. The waller c la need at the card, snat hod tin half dollar and walked awny. Me yawned, dpenins wide hi mouih. oiul stretihfjl hi arms, 111k eyes were weak and watery. 1 1 in riot h tn aha bhy. M f.ico -in nnd draw n. A dope with a yen on! Tlfcit Wro written all 1 ver hi (.no. The waiu-r in'pro.o-ht-d .ma in. The ma sic f the half dollar had vanished l.y thin time. (Utmr on. fella time for you to ," he roinmandd a sain. The Prrom ni.il llio !( Fiit the !li:!it fimire lay He was Found asleep. Ilurriid!y a policemun iv'i sun:moi!( 1I1 The next innrninii paragraph ap peared fn the papers: "A man who M he wna Dr. Jlymnn Sikin uf Atlanta. :a w.ts arratiencd in Nkht 'oiut last nlcht, i-hai f:"d w iih diu deriy conduct nnd vacrancy. il told -the rourt tlmt he was a dope fiend and avk d tn he nent to the U(jJthouo fr thirty day. He wan item, nt the cun lion. tf Welfare Island, to t:ike the nev;- narcsnp cure." That was all. Put there'i an other side, to this story. Two years aso sac in t circles In . Atlanta, On., wethed ilh excitement. On" of those dis graceful affairs that sometimes hit the bt'l circles had hern exposed. A Jealous huUutd ha'd chut hiK beautiful wife when he found her in an apartment with another man. The woman would die. The victim lay In an Atlanta hnpit:i at the point of death, a ItulU-t a stevl-jncketed l ul t from an. army auiom;ti" pici 1 ms her henrt. The hi--hand. held fn jail without lull. pra d lor herieit ei y. all Imu jli he u'iix t.dd 'h- roi:!d isf.l Inc. lie f;.eed a r.'vr T r r'.t .r.-re if Weil. That n:::it l-e ' . tn liie i.pnx- "f 1 'r hi :iif!;ni our. mi vaut Mlu "e l dm-: -r tro::i I' "I)oe. f' .ake coir.e ovt and .MiMicd."' a voie pi -aded: "T-.iu. the damn d tool, niudr her. They say she's d.vi'i.' Ir. iikea rushed t. the hos pital. -where lav the lyinK wniaan. Tom hud teen a col Ieyi friend of his. .Mildred he haii known aint-r childhood. Several doctors who were at Tf p.df pi-eittt ut liovered amuittl the wlilte tnMc n which the woman Ky. "We can do nothing," 'ne of tiiem Mid. as Ir. SIkes entered the rrtom. "Xolody can do any thtne. She wi'l die. She has a steel -jacketed Pullet Intfocdded In her heart." Saves Shorn ins Victim - Ilnv you operated?" Dr. -. 1 ..... . .!: ; . .1 .-ikes. .1. A ser ial led the Vic tit 11 nf I ope She did live. And Dr. Jlynian Sikes was hailed by the pmft wion ami the press as the "won der Furfioon of the South." That was two yearn no. A tow day aco a wan Jirtle man appeared in Nip lit t'ourt. He touted and turned In the priFuncrtt' dock. Ills slii-.ryy hair ft II over hi, coat coll.u-. Hi crtxsty teard was inat'ed. ".ludse. I'm a dop- fiend," lie ill when he was c.ill.Nl t fac liie court. ".tid I'd like to 1 e P.-nt i. the worl.hoUNe to et cured." .1 .1 . ve, N x 1 4 iii-iMtnd.' ne sahl. tniplv. "and it ,I Ihr belter oi me,' 1 )i ujiii- n nd w ild n I; In on P.' o.iduav . The old, old M01 y, l ltm ci hIujIU ihiw ii, until flnnl v he w.m mienied In the Hat lein r.ih in t . (hi W.l I a re l-hin.l The eno hirt iiuiln. The real tliam.i tf thi little tr.iuo!y if rcnl Hie has )r( to he u lol.lttl At Welfare IkIhiuI. affh latsAie re::; nt - but 1 he Hi tu y leaked. ll in it Im uh i.ihl to me by n man ao w.i In the name w ml with the (u.i luluetpaU; U linirwr the rl ilms fir 11. ir ''viii iiuiy.be. it la N11T 11 paln le. i-iiic im- di'itU addhtlon. It 111 ,v he.il the iiO'ifTeh of the lrm:: In lime, but en lain It ) th it It In am toi 1111 ins up any cm devi'id hv man. Ii .'i' tn around hi-nLimt t ; 4 f 'he OH 1 title (,ivU'.t ntiv d.'l Hid t.ilk with the numeiou -t-in pleoim tn hahB aiound w.o 1 pit .im (urn nifCH ami re. Tiin tlul. l-tilv it tit I-m of IriUN fi'Min .-in erniiieni nire t. hv ef ltiee h i (l ee-. IivmIii.iU ulni the i nt tul.li. t. 6 - 1A S " f-: ' Jf v"' ' A.'.'" "' '''lr '" -M .li-Mtiw -' V ' " i 7 i . -M . ""'-"-' I'.l.iu or it Tli-v-ll t - I S' ' i ' (r-&l ' VIMI I'll ML' .V.I.I II wt.ll-1 ! ."J -S , ?-f" '-i'MV .... I In W. I..-., .w ..... 1 'KT Dr. li';::zn (h.'t) a:;nj ;:h .' .. - :uy. .'.cJ .e suicidzl c:!;!. :'z LioLcn kull bzzics c.r:c! sicppzJ t!:?:r tjr.y pre:ure c.t itn!or:unz:c man's brr.in. The dramatic .cccr.c is vj:j.:.Vc. y a 'staff uriiM. ii-' tin- Tl;..i ro!:on (.o:!':- . t!ie -wonder st:rco:i f th? Mh." the f:rt i iiTi to 'tale a l ull-1 from tli hi'iirt of a huma: to haie hi-- p:;tient rcei.ver. !! v.- a cnufirnir.l tirii id- .; . h. t..:.l the rnart. f.-Mid a tr.!-. He h'tl I. 111 ;:::ul jr.t-d w ith h- . .!-:- f .ra f;',i.nr ;c in A!-.nla. Crailually he 10 - J:i p;-ifr-M'm nrtil lie p; run r.icd th" nuratie ojiraiinn. , Then h 5iaiid liisiii not si er.utua'.ly. i.-.-.hK. 'i'ei!-.v. 1 h-- r i .i i r'. ::. Lis flK. t'. ' K--i:i s. K'r n:c u; trud. f. rt ;n ilrit.". - -I rt.i.i( d for h.s f Ihe irir.u ..f i:.e 1 lo f,-..nt tn- i: ic v i:i r.t.t ! au; r- a; ons. k:ioik the run. N .v he Is certain thrf r a 1 1 'sn n It T the p rn p It .! af f.tr i.ruu ad. 1 1. I.in ,... l K.iiet, all ll.M 00 i l l.lt ked . r.i l.y I uinmi-jd tier .illia us t dread a "cure'" f.r addlfta. nyuay. tin- niarv-!nu i.r E'.y of J Jr hikes .: ln..n.-,' im. n tlcn In thi natit'trc w ( nt Welfare - lUn 4 ltt lhat this tuts ends. The story goes thai on ( l how poor devils -jtlrksd up nn tht atreec as drug addict 4od ent tn Welfare Inland wasi 1 Physically rontiiutcd to stain) llieiiomus naicunn trealmciit lie went mad 111m mi en 'in were 1 oiipb-d with the rcretim of dune 11 of other craved met. In the ward w"d-evrd men ha km a hum nuit buttlim ih-li loud utfiilnt the oniie; .nn to Inn men, rniwllnu on hitadn and liners hecmntt f.r dope. Nut p pretty pit lure, Tim atniv mi s 'h.i IhU nn. dell era 1 kcl hi- hen. I nc.tintf his en 1:01 unce t.io often. t.ciihiM in 1 he It cm no Tlu-ie w an u l. kciilnu Ihud, Ilia bo:v crumpled. Ho Ihei e nppiiieiti lv dead riiVMlcali- nl Wflh.re nnd. acci.iillnu in p iii. nii.. I.ni whii'e wouU .iir ml ti Im l.ikiu t Hit nil pimif. nllteis prtibnbly ti nil. (ill l-nun nil. tur iimI utululy lAelled mur (hr llie Inii'iM uhd biiibipt of the er:i.rd ai!iiiti Tlua m.iu lav theit- n the 1 imr for hoiifM 'e ii.tllced bun .Ml h.nl tioublea nf iiieir own l.il lr .Sikc, leentM r MIiiu from the en re. iltd in i h e hi 10, 1 1 1 ; I line pn.fi'hi..ii t itt-t 111. 11 i til on rd The ftor t)t it -r 1 u boillN t lie il.lplM r III lie it.xl.T 1. it ked t. h.M p it!' lit u .11 Ut-d p III tn it Ii 1. 11 f ha ml eml ( n.-ri i mi. I wi:h tin Iimi.h uf In .r..l. ..h Ulr'iy Wild II I! I'tiMi: hi t r n i.i.i aim: 1 -umi m- "11 iti:u sv that im:. iui:.-4 i.Ji tilt tiik hi, 1 i.t, ri:i 1 tin: i:i!'.i. or tiu: I'ln.it iii: ii-.i k.vi;ii HIS l.re'i: And llinl ti li.Miii l 'tti. Nitlil.it- e.ii, b hi 1w.1v to lb niut,il wai.l .ir tiit'iiner upriaiHiii. liack In Solely Welfire l-l.'.nd tifficl.tU n letlt ent about Hils tale. Tin y hnly ndtiilt thit )r Hike 1. wonderful niiiyi-on and iviy lint he bns been eutd H it thry do nut deny Ida, li s marv-!us ektll savr.l t!f life of 'nt of ih ir p.Uen:. rruju-.l bv liu tack of drusa made nrcewirv In the taking of the r.nrioiMfc; lie.itutent lb- t l:rs hns U.'t New a.4. He returned tn Atlanta the dav hs a fh-r.sed from Weirure .d ftlid l lentil thai U Whci he f M he , ztAna. nr. i'ir )itti. lWrit.TMT.AfM ' FFi! inWM of WdMmi who ' . r M ...... 9 BY CONFESSION. VFV li'm PTRKM . . . ). - By Charges G." Givens , T TflE ileeiest and most, ghostly mystery that ever came from the black 'fastnesses of the. Cumberland Moun tains in east Tennessee has finally been solved. Crazy Lou Godscy, shaggy old half-wit of Buzzards Point, who for years has been considered more of a tfhost than a man. is in Lyon's 'View. Sanitarium, Tennessee-:" refujre for. the insane near Knoxville. He has confessed to fourteen deaths that have oc curred in one mountain clan in the past twenty-five years ' and authorities are convinced that at least a substantial . part of his confession is true, although it is nearly unbe Crazy Lou's arrest brings back to. mind the famous Stillman-Godscy. feud that flourished in the Cumber-, land Mountains' two dec ades ago.' - The Coilscj-Sllllninn Fruit Ills Is d Ktory ns weird nni ro mantic as any that ever adorned t pages of fiction; a tale w ild i and thrllllnp. thut has to do with feuds qnd pftirdcr. with snakes and tre;:caery, nnd with an Im penetrable mountain lair i i om wlAch a hoary madman schemed to n-!ie out on entire family. Rut, to bCRin nt the bcinntn. Karly In this century Ike Still man, a mountain milter, had a disagreement with fr r e d e Ick Godsey. a genernl store keeper In the valley directly beluw th tnllext' peak of the rumberlnml.' In Tennessee. Whui the argu ment was about nobody sec mi. tu know. Some any It was over a trade tn which the miller vvju cheated out of a bushel of c rn. But nobody Is certain. For several years the feud racd IVai'e Overtures tathern, sol is. uiitl'.-w and cou sins on. ?uth bUWn took putt. There wer keverul deaths And then one day Ike Hf itl mnn sent word to the valley G('d seys that he wan ready to sin . truce that he nnd his family were tired of flhlinc. legend has It that the Ood-seys-seen sons and tho fat hoi mounted mule and started on the Ion a trip up the mountain tn maKu pence willi the ciieihv -lan. I u I let. a history of Kontie county, written by Cecil 'iVidc 1 man, n ' w-r wter.in, tell the siin . . r.jho "ISoKe. of - !er. S the flod-ev clto 4. nsuniuin. TIki were no rorids In those das The path Was uncertain. So the decided to cjirnp for the nHrht To the left uf the pi path u i a hucc rock, three thousand feet in the air a rock uij-:i which stood nn a band an':. !tinifr cabin. The u'h'-i dec'd tt camp in the cab' a for the n hi A "Itock' of lAvl:::: I'cfswii! "One of the boj si made a roar ing fire In the oj-cn grate whili. tho oilier mad pallets on the stone flour. ti on they wcr suumt o?Ieep. "Now, as everybody knows to day, (ho millions of rnttlesnako that roam the ridges of the Cum beriands In summer make thci. winter home under that hui rock which now Is known i Buzzards Point. The snnk come from hundreds of mlb : when the first frost comes, t' .lawl down In ihe rock, windm themelves around each othn t a solid. wrlRRlinR knot as bin a an ordinary house. "The fire blazed. . The Cods', slept. And deep down in th earth, a hue mass of livir. poinn bcfian to move. Th hnal,-M, fceliu the warmth ' the fire. " unwound ttint.cl ; fruni their ninny ball, thinkit't hummer had cume. "l:y the hiiTidi ciN th' ? ecu U (com under tile ruck -ai.ii lot the room where the GciN eia lay aleepltiK. Food fir Ilti7.nrtls 'Nobody knows, nf course, ivha", happened. Uut b-aend has It th:it Lou Godsey awoke firt. Iteahx iii what had happened, h cau tiously awoke his father and trither. warning thein to lie s;ill and keep well wrapped In tho blniiltet.i. I Ih hoped (hat t soon as the he dlttd down, the rock would cool and the thou sands of snakes would crawl bark' iulo their holes. "Uut with tho thousands i-r ' x ' AC ...' nt-., . t .ii. i.i a- : rf?w.' ' 1- .1 if.f 4. I r. 4 L . t i "M it- ' . v.-'ri ? 1 TV when Clinton K'illninu wi found on a Una lv mountain pat b uy with h"ad Mo,-ti n way by n hhotMUn Khf. i 'inry l.oo una found In his rickety little initio. ut low tho hue ctlff of lluxsards I'oint. ll merely utlnne.l when nrnsi tl. And there wus n evidence. I.ik'n-.l.tc. when ilri. .Minnie 'illinnn M; r.wflold wait lound dead In the bain on her father a farm, in llty valby. f.ary lti was (! rented, but soon wan turned lcoc t fCJime of lai!: of evidence, rfho h;u bfen beaten lo dealh. Then came l!ie d ith In vi-ars f.'llutvlMK of W'lllianl Hllllninp. ,nlio was found drad In bed. a bullet thiou;:li his brain. An nn uiNsIn had crept up to nn I'pn wintlnw it nd fh rd the-shots. !c-f.vi-en I 'JO I nnd 1 0 1 ." eleven members of, the StIKman fnm lly were t:illed under i;ty:iterious cirrumrtt.mrrs. in i :i 1 is . Wtrt md Krd Htin man, H-ye;:r.old iwirn. wmp found d-vd in br-d. They , ul b en I.IIf:! lo ? it'i bv a Imps ratitesimkc, whbh ivn found In ih room villi lie uvn hod lis and killed. ' n-'.'i'r who ;o' rr"d her " d-.id. no,ieei bisnInK roptilf ovprninnlni? tho room, ft-.-ir wan too Krvat for tho Gooey clan. It in be lieved that thu father and nix ftona trlrd to run from the room, only to ho billon hun dreds of times by tho rattlers. "A few weeks later, hunters were iiltnutcd to the spot by buzzards soaring over tho cab In. They found tiro father and six sons swollen and purple from the poison of the rattlers dead. "The r.-ventiiHon- I.ou ' -could not b found. And lli'Tes after, the Iiukm rock where tho snnke.s Hve hns been tulli-d Iltir.zanln Point." ' :Kvrybody In Tonnesseo has grywn lo know- unci fear Inn su-ralli.il "Hogey of lluazards I'oint." And overybody Hotrod that the man responsi ble for -tho numerous' deaths lu tbo Stillman family sluco 19'01 was Crazey I.ou' flodsey, who turned up lonir afterward, frightened Into Insanity by the snakes In the rtealh house where his ftnlier and brothers perished, lint no body could prove that ho was the mur derer. Huvurat times before he- has -boon arrested only to bo turn ed loose been use there was no evidence. First he was arrested -a Jasasss l.ltlln AVID Hllllman (nbove), one nf twins found rteml la Ih-iI, anil (at ton) Mrs. Minnie Htllltnnn Mnnnfb Id,' who n hofltcn lo (leulli, wero In of (lie fourtr.i victims of tho "llogKy hf llu canl rolnt." Tho two girls are ililligbters nf Mrs. Mansfield, l-'n-dn and Tl.clinn, , , tlin Hie wliMii.w to i It,-ir r.'.iin' nin. she ..us p i.lil.e il.ut he IjiiI cliMK'tl II iIh nalil Is', fore when .be f.ut her Inn Ih.vs to l.nl. I'rncv Uou Cifulsey w.is Miuchl out nd quesilon.d' Iml be .inly Krlnnrit onil denied ltn.t lrlr:e ol the ilc.-irhs. In I "J -1 a piransi ol. n.nn. c.-iirvlnu tti.v.sntk over his shoulder, entne iip lo a field In which .lillilrrn or the iilliii.ir; wi-e et pl.'iy. He miio Ihom. tittlnu cloihci. nnd nn old sti.urh lint pulled don u over hi. ryes. f-Ji'S? In Ihe field. Its dropped the ".ick unil wnlked nway. An lictr title.-, .'lyde Jduns fl. ld, a ran of a Kiillmun wottinn, HJ. l.lUcn .i de.tlh by a rattle, snnke. And two fnuro r:ttile. snnkr, were found In the old low. suck, ('may l.u was nauiai urreste.l. I.ul lie ,..tve. en ulM'S- It.-cemly n c:iii!l.-.il nuiiau innie i.t U.ick.v I v. :i.-h is lbs v.illey just not'ltl i.l I lux: :.lil I'l.int. Vnftttti i .-.tit the car iilvnl was n .!-.. t..itier. inc nlfftti v. Vi- ti , r...v.l mi.ii.o nrnttp.l the l.lt ..tore Cie iitttter . is cli.-irntlitK iti" if -I. s. hiiiiti- I. : S lltlltus, Ul.MM. ,' i- oil Sill S Iri'l bee., t ut, I t-.i: , t.iii p. .i.t the . -irnlv.il t. ttv, i III- .i'.iillr i's i. I, if irk, tn-:i.v wllh sotnelhlna ui'luly. I'iiylnK bis dime, ,nll cnlrted rhi. snnke chili nier s tenl, Willi .ut n w.trd ..f wiiittliiu he luitilieit tin nleitts of lite :ni-k twenty fli t-co mountain .ntll.-emikes Iulo the pit -with he chin titer. There was a wi-ntnl'le. ntid Crnxy Ixtt. went ilk wiiy litimltinu. Ilu. tli.-tt vji his unilnlnv. lie ...is urrestcil l.y Hie sheriff nf i.'iiiine riiunly nlnl threatened .villi Jt, at. An ntturney iipiiolni. ed fur hint nfkrd f.ir nn lustinliy he.'ii'i.ni. II was granted, nnd (.nt. i he lt..t:ey of Itiixxnrils I'.ilnt. ..us i-'itriinlttril tn Lyons view! st:tie lifisplliil for Iho II. S"-," 'I". it h s;ilil. I,i. u has enn 'v.... I lo i i l.-ii : I rmirlften .our. v.-!-. An 1. .ril es any be wus 'It ' lie, I .tit.. Ies.-ittlly by the h'i:iI:im ..r Ituxjurils INilnt. and t'.ai hv lin;it:tned ihe flililoinn h.-i.l lured his fnntlly Into tit. snnlte'lnfestcd cabin porpescly . kill litem. Whether or not his stoty i Irue or merely tho fnncy i f illsordsredi briilitt residents , l.n'ih ths valley and tht m tains are glad that he la un guard, A OBArttic restate. Shttta View RriidcnU Return; Newt Notes of Farm Diitrict (III lb. Ibtlli ), H-re.N.l.tlcl.l ) rllAtlTA VIKW. Nov. S.I. ISpe , lul lo The Heral.ll Mr. and Mis. II. K. Wilson were hosl and liiii.esa l TltnllksalvllUI ill i.i.-r at thulr home. Aninoa those who enjoyed Mm day at lite Wil son home were Mrs. II. V, Hhnrl. Iliil.t.li.. Jerry. John unit Klnv.l rilmri nf Henley, Mrs. Alpha Me. r Ne:il nnd sou I'erey, Hilly Cars I'.v nf Klamath Kill's, Mi', and Mrs. Karl .MoTny, Mr. nnd Mrs. r. M. Klrkpairlck.- Ilelh, rllia belli, l.rlle, Ceorao and Marlon Ktrl lulrlt-k. Ml SIHh Kk ptlriek nnd the bnsi ntid hnsiess Mr. and Mis. W. II. Ilosklus and Y.r. J. I., Itiilley have re in l Med after siie.ulliiK the week I'. Die llosu.i Itlver valley. Mrs. I. i. Hi-- vlslieil al III., hiiino of Mr. tiiid Mrs. W. V. Ilalley, who are old resident of Shnsin View and have many friends here. In , ii rt. In at home over Ihe llreen bprlnxs mi it l. u In ll.ey encount ered quite u snow storm and saw several half H row t. fawns. Mr. and Mrs. II. W. Myera were Sunday tlslmra at the John Ilalley bnn.e. Hum WuodarJ ami slater, Mrs. Itwreme i f Klamall. Kails, spent Wednesday at the home of their i.lil sc Iiim. I ...ale, Mrs. ('. M. Klrk pairlck. A baiaar will be held at the community ball m. Krlday eve nlhf, l.eremlier I, under Ihe auspices of the llelplnit Hand society. Tho resular ineetlni was held this altern.Hin ul the ball. Mr, lie 1 1 1. Klrkpairlck bit re turned home after spending sev eral days In Klamath Kails visit ing with her sons, lister and II. II. Klrkpairlck. LOOK LONG BUT DO NOT TOUCH, MERCHANTS ASK You can look, but you must not touch, decorated tree. Thai's what merchant of the htlsiiloe district of Kln.nalh Kail are asking The Kvei.lng Herald t. tell niAti, women and children. Within the next few day Ihn street will Ik elaborately decor ated for Ihn grand opening which come on next Wednesday eve ning. December 7. Chrlstnia trees will be placed al Intersecting streets nn Main and each and every person Is asked lo assist In keeping the decorations fresh and attractive until the' Christ inas season Is over. Kiddles a well as grown peo ple will cooperate one-hundred per cent In seeing Hint the dec orations are not molested In any way. VETS TO NAME' 1928 OFFICERS Annual election of officers of j the Spanish war veterans will I take place at the regular n-eiltig In he held Thursday e.cuiug, Dec ember 1 at Ihe rourt house. The meeting has been called for S:OU o'clock. other matters of Importance will be brought heforo the mem bers at thla meeting and all mem bers are urged lo turn out. TIIK WK.iTllhK. Tho Cycln-Kslormagraph at l'n durwond's Pharmacy showed tho barometric pressurn alowly climb ing thla morning and while this afternoon and evening will prob ably be unsettled tomorrow give promise of better weather. Forecast for next 24 hours: Generally fair and cool. The Tycos recording thermom eter registered maximum and minimum temperatures today as follows: IJIxh 46. low 33. now ron.D it UK. WASIILVfiTO.N. Nov. 311. (API -A iommunlcu from Ihn war I ileptirttiii ut announces lhat Col ion. 'I lmlhcrgh haa boon killed In u licit and (lonnral llarliord j ha i Imen severely wounded. They I Li e r.irrler pigeons. Hearing mea- r.r.Fi.'B from New York toward W ..iihlnglon .they were shot by hunters. Ilcnernl Harhord reach ed bla loft homo with his mes sage. Tbo colonel Is missing. Markets PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 30, -(VP) Wholesale prices: Under' re mains steady. Portland dairy eg change net wlinlesnle prlc es: J Cubes, extras 48: standards 47;, prime first a 46 V, : firsts 46. Creamery prices:' I'rlnla 3 rents over cube slnndiinls. . - Hags Firsts ftr. lower. Fresh standard extras 40; fresh stand ard first 31,: fresh mediums i 34: underslxed 3D; prices tn re tailers over exchange prices. As sociation selling price:., extras 42c; firsts 38; medi.imn 3(1; un-' derslxed 32. Illds lo the farmer: llultrfat 4Hi: station; 4!te Iruck; r.lc f.o.b. Portland. Poultry steady (lesn 5 percent commission I heavy hens 21 2.1; light 1 3 M, DM II; springs 20 fc21; broilers 23; Pekln whllo ducks 30; colored nominal; tur keys, alive 30435. Onions steady, local lt.2l.ifp 11.50. Potatoes stonily, 1.35