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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JAN. 23, 1932
Number 6776
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Editorials
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Ily Hi t Ml JK.Nkl.Ma
T'l IK V. H. Ululoglcal Hut lor
says officially, afisr a care
ful survey: "Uregun'g wild III
la worth I Jo, Olio, 00(1 annually
lo Ilia slste."
To tills Ilia Oregon (lab and
game commission adds; "Wa ara
gulug lo maka It worth 1100,
lioo.ooo annually to tba alata."
-pllK twanly mllllua dollara ol
present bensflls, aa asllniat
ad by tba Biological survey, ara
aiada up aa follows:
Food value of flab and fa ma,
fur. money apant by aporlaoiaa
for llcanaaa. equipment, tranapor
tatlon. houalug, ate, and tba
protactlva value to agriculture
Involved In tba deal rur Hon of
Inaacta by protected birds,
a a a
I ICT at psus momsnlarlly at
lbs mantloa of food value of
flab and finf and chuckle good
naturadly up our aleairaa.
If ill tba money apant to GET
flab and tame ware apant for
baron and beana Inalaad. wa
would have aurplua enough left
over to feed the unemployed.
If aportamea went burning
and flahlng for food alone, they
would be engaged la a loalug
venture.
e e e
rpllIR brlnga up an Important
thought:
Since eportamea DON'T go
bunting and flahlng for food
alone, why ara ao many of them
ao Intent on bringing bark tba
limit of flab and gamof
Wby not cultivate more In
tensively this Idea: "I'm not
paying tor MEAT. What I'm
paying for, and what I WANT,
ia enjoyment of the great out
doors?" e e e
nrllR Oregon flab and game
commleeton baa been spend
ing the past week' In southern
Oregon explaining He ten-year
plan, wblrb conalate, briefly. In
laying plana NOW ao wlaely that
tea yeara benra Oregon will
have MOKE flab and game than
It baa al preaent and ao will be
able to provide recreational op
portunities for more people.
That la what It meana by
making the wild Ufa of this
(Continued on Pago Six)
T
Charles V. Galloway, member
of the alata tax commission, In
formed Hecretary A. (I. Morrison
of the Taipaynra' league, that em
ployee of the commission will be
gin next week on a re-valuatlon
of Klamath county property.
Two men who will etart art
pralaala of business buildings will
be put to work here at the outset
of the campaign to make a com
plete re-valuallon of county prop
erty, aa advocated by the Pomo
na grange last fall.
The Klamath Taxpayera' league
supported the movement of the
Grangers and the county budget
committee appropriated 13,500 to
atart the work this year In the
county, with the Idea that In the
years to come additional aums
would be budgeted to allow a re
valuation of all property In the
county.
Living in 1931 Cheaper by
Ten Per Cent Than in 1930
Ily J. II. JENKINS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (JP)
Living last year waa cheaper
by nenrly ton per cent, for the
country as a wholo, than It was
In 1930.
Every Item In the cost of liv
ing tumbled down, even rents
which are tho Blowout nt all fixed
costs to yield to tho pressura of
declining prices.
This was announced todny by
the bureau of labor statistics,
based on a atudy of 31 repre
sentative cities, north, south,
east and west. For all the drop,
however, It atlll cost nenrly 40
per rent moro to live In 19.11
than It did In 1913.
Tho actual figure for the year'a
average decline waa 9.1 per cent,
with an Index figure of 1411.8
for Decern her, 1981, agnlnst
1H0. 7 for December, 1930, and
1(10 for 1913.
The survey, split Into six
month periods showed iat dur
ing the Inst hulf of Ilia year the
decline In prices slowed some
what ns compared with tho first
half: that foodstuffs dropped 8.4
per cent: clothing 7.1; rents 4.1,
house furnishings goods 6.8 and
MAYOR STANDS
DEC S ON
FOR SECRECY
Secret Session Report Is
Given; Second Meet
Called Today
Bagley 'Left Out On
Friday; Pay Cuta,
Reductions Due
Ily lion Calloway
Mayor Fred H. Cofer remained
adamant In bla atand for cloaed
meetlnga of the Cornell Kalurday,
following bla reluaal to allow the
preaa lo attend a meeting held
privately Friday to dleruea city
finance, despite the opinion of
a majority of the city council
favqrlng allowing tha prees to at
tend and report the proceedings
to the public.
Interviewed at tbe city ball re
garding Frlday'a meeting, tbe
mayor atated that tbe council
did not meet as a whole but the
finance commute bad met. How
ever be admitted that more mem
bers of the council were preaent
than tha finance committee.
"We talked over general-condl-tlona.
The people want economy
don't they? We met lo cut ex
pense lo keep within the bud
get. "
Held Often
"Wa Juat met to discuss things.
Wa couldn't do that at council,"
he aald. "We hold aucb meet
Inss nearly every week and some
times two."
It waa tha mayor's opinion
that the report and acta of the
council and not discussions of
(Continued on psga three)
LETTER IS
DENVER. Jan. 11. rP A
letter purporting to be written
by lletijaniln P. Itnwer. klnnaped
Tuesday nlsht. asking his wife lo
turn over l&o.voa ranaom. waa
declared today by Mower's busi
ness associates and police to be
a hoax.
C. 11. E. Alexander, raabler of
tbe Campbell-Sell Baking com
pany of which llnwer la man
ager, declared the letter waa not
In Rower's handwriting, lie dis
played samplea of Hower's writ
ing showing no similarity to the
writing of the note received
yesterday by Mrs. Dower through
the mall.
The loiter made a plea to the
wife to deliver tha money today.
Mra. Uower accepted tha letter
yesterday as authentic.
Others connected with the bak
ing conrern Joined with Alexand
er In branding the letter a "fake."
Police said the letter waa writ
ten by some one who wished to
"muscle In" on the ransom or
by a practical Joker.
Contractor Dies
Of Asphyxiation
SEATTLE, Jan. 13, (PI Alex
ander Pearson, 65. Swedish Tab
ernacle director, and one of tha
Northwest's leading construction
contractors, waa asphyxiated In
the breakfast nook of bin apart
ment here today. A coroner's
Jury will deride next week wheth
er It was an accident or suicide.
miscellaneous Items 0.8. Light
and fuel costs wore up l.t per
cent due to sonsonnl Influences.
During the first six months of
tha year foodstuffs dropped lt.t
per cent; clothing 7; rent 4.6;
fuel and light 9.8; home furnish
ings 11.3, and miscellaneous
Items 1.6 for nn average of 10.4
per cent decline for all Itema.
The foodstuffs decline for the
entire year was 18 2-1 per cent.
Tha study covers 19 cities bark
to December, 1914, and thirteen
to December 1917 In nil except
Jacksonville, Fla., and Portland,
Ore., house rents showed In
creasea over the . earliest year
ranging from 1.6 per cent over
1917 In Birmingham, Ala., to
66.6 over 1914 In Chlrngo. Hunts
In Jacksonville were 9.7 per cent
lower than In 1917, and those
In Portland 8.1 below tho same
year..
In the list of cities compared
with 1914 tha cost of all Items
was higher In 1931 by the fol
lowing percentages:
Chicago 4fl.il; Houston 41.1;
I.os Angoles 46.1; New York 62;
Portland. Ore., 31.9: San Fran
cisco 38.1; Scuttle 48,
Prettiest Maid
"Where are you going my pretty
maid?"
"To conteata of beauty, air," aha
said
Anyhow, there's no maid In all
Italy prattler than dark-eyed Blg
norlna Emma L'oftarl. above, an
employe In a household In Nsples.
That's what Judgea of a recent
beauty contest decided.
E
City Faced With Running
Two Stations on Bud
get of One
The 1J6.000 Fire Station No.
2 (new fire elation) fund Toted
November 4. 1910 for mainten
ance and salaries of firemen at
that etatlon la gone without tha
fire elation having being opened,
records In Police Judge Fosrh's
office show.
Tba city la faced with running
the new elation and the old oa
a aMghUy larger badge than
they ran tba one station with. It
waa apparent Saturday.
By resolution of the city coun
cil on September 21. 1931 there
waa transferred from the fire
ration No. 2 fund 19.583.90 to
the fire fund and by tbe aame
resolution 1423. 27 was trans
ferred In the same manner to tbe
earna fund
The budget committee met.
Foucb estimated, members of the
budget committee ststed that
111.000 would be In tbe fire
fund on December 31, 1931.
Fouch's records show that the
true balance on that data lu that
fund waa S13.4U.lt.
I Tbe budget committee allowed
for 1931 for aalarlea of firemen
I I26.946; gaa and oil, $250:
I laundry, $125. and subtracted
I (Continued on Pago 3)
NATIONWIDE STRIKE
BARCELONA. Spain. Jan. 23.
(P) Shops were closed, trolley
cars stopped running and the
atreeta of this city were deserted
by all save soldiers and police to
day aa a general atrike waa de
clared by the extremists responsi
ble for disorders during the past
few days In Catalonia.
The leadera described It aa a
prelude to a nation-wide atrike
aimed at the establishment of a
republic, soviet In character.
The strike waa called late last
night at a secret mooting of the
"revolutionary committee." Work
era who received the order then
did not report at their Joba this
morning, and as the word circu
lated, factories closed until all In
dustrie activities in the vicinity
were brought to a halt.
The police force was doubled,
but most of tho regular troops
and the civic guard remained in
the barracks, prepared for action
if necessary. Three destroyers
and other naval craft were In the
harbor.
Attempt to Spare
Babe From Life Of
Imbecility Planned
NEW YORK. Jan. 23 (JP) An
attempt to spare 13-months-oId
Dinnn Moorn from a life of Im
becility may be made next week,
with tho chances for the success
cf tho operation one In a thous
and. The child Is suffering from
a brain condition called eoro
brnspastic. Mrs. Lillian Moore, her 18-year-old
mother, Is willing that
her daughter risk the chance of
the operation.
"I am going to have the opera
tion performed even though
there Is only one chance In a
thousand of Dlnna surviving,"
Mrs. Moore said. "Whatover
happens my buby cannot lose.
There Is nn life before hor If
alio Is to ba an Idiot. And
through an operation there Is at
least a fnlnt chance that she
will he normal. I am willing
to taka that chance."
5
ON LAST LAP
Aviator Out To Make
Mexico-B. C. Mark
For Round-Trip
Leaves Portland For Agua
Caliente at 12:34
o'Clock
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. tt, (JP)
Capuln Frank Hawks, attempt
ing to set a nsw round trip speed
record between Agua Caliente
and Vancouver, B. C, paused
here oa tba southward leg of
tba trip at 11:24 p. m. for fuel.
He hsd circled tha Vancouver
airport at 11:04 a. m.
Hawks continued southward
from Portland at 11:14 p. m.
Hawks' time on tha south leg
between Vancouver and Portland
waa 1 hour, 10 minutes, seven
minutes slower than ho did tha
northward lap.
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 21. (JP)
Capuln Frank Hawks, attempt
ing a record round trip speed
flight from Agua Csllente, Mex
ico, to Vancouver, Canada, and
return, landed hera at 6:34:46
a. m. (Pacific time) today, re
fueled, and took off at 8:44:16
for Portland, Oregon.
Hawks expected to complete
bis round trip of 2800 miles In
13 or 14 hours, stopping at
Oakland and Portland, Ore., each
way for fuel.
AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico. Jan.
23. W) Off go a flying start.
Captain Frantt M. Hawks, spaed
pilot, raced at 100 miles per
hour out of the sky to lightly
touch bis wheels at tbe airport
here at 4:11:16 a. m.. today and
be off on an attempt to aet a
lasting rerord for a round trip
flight lo Vancouver, B. C.
LWJ
CHICAGO, Jan. 21 (JP) Tbs
railway unlona told the railroad
presidents today that employes
should not be called upon to
contribute 10 per cent of their
meagre earnlnga for tha benefit
of other Interests In the railroad
Industry.
David Robertson, chairman of
tha labor group at the wage con
terence. In presenting a rebuttal
to the railroad executives' plea
for a 10 per cent roluntary wage
cut this afternoon, asserted that
in any consideration of wage re
ductions the management "ahould
at least be aa gealous In furn
ishing additional employment and
relieving employment distress as
In solving their own financial
problems.
Thus far neither side has
yielded a significant point In
the discussions of wage reduc
tions and employment stabilisa
tion. Tot Finds Loaded
Gun, Wounds Girl
PORTLAND, Jan. 21. (JP)
Dangerously wounded by a shot
fired by a 6-year-old boy, Ger
aldlne Cawood, 19. waa In a hos
pital here today, a bullet through
her left breast and arm.
The child, Robert Hugh Smythe,
had found an automatic pistol In
a bedroom. Miss Cawood, em
ployed In the Smythe home, waa
In the basement when the boy en
tered with the pistol held out tor
her Inspection.
"See what I found," ha said,
and pulled the trigger.
F
RANK HAWK
0 TIP
District Legion Meeting
To Be Held Here Tonight
Stalo American Legion and
American Legion auxlilnry offi
cers are gathering In Klnmnth
this afternoon for the District No.
4 conventions of the organisa
tions and a banquet tonight at
6:30 U the Hotel Wlllnrd.
Commander F. D. McMillan, of
the Klnmath post, has Invited all
Legion and Anxillinry members to
the meeting at 8:30 o'clock in the
Wlllnrd ballroom, whether or not
they attend the banquet at 6:30
o'clock.
Perry O. DoLnp, adjutant ot the
local post, will preside at the
banquet, at which the state offi
cials will speak. Mrs. Marjorts
Olds will sing several selections,
and C. O. Moore will present some
vocal selections.
American Legion State officials
A Hitch
it t .:.-'....
SJ .. ' . a111 law's nans V' -y'jp
The second time waa a charm when the world's greatest airship nosed down to this aquatic hitching
post. And here, after falling once to make contact, tha dirigible Akron la shown as ah. hooker! her
prow to tha mast
Nippon Ships at Shanghai
As Situation Grows Tense
UNO Bil BILL
Reconstruction Measure
About Ready to Lead
Federal Program
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. W)
President Hoover took another
step today in bla economic pro
gram for the aid of business. He
signed the federal land bank bill,
which adds IllS.OOU.OOv to the
capital of the land banks, and Is
designed to ease the strata upon
mortgaged-bordened farmers.
Bearing tbe badge of legal au
thority, but lacking a few of the
essentfsla necessary to carry out
Its duties, the reconstruction cor
poration was about ready to lead
the president's progrsm.
Two things are necessary to
start the reconstruction corpora
tion functioning. The S 500,000,
000 capital must be appropriated
and tho directorate must be ap
pointed. A measure to supply the capital
is being formulated by tba house
approprlstlona committee for Im
mediate introduction. To this
500.000.000 of federal capital
will ba added f 1.500.000.000 of
additional fonda to ba raised by
tbe corporation Itself, on securi
ties underwritten by the federal
government.
No relief from the driving cold
waa forecast by the weather man
Saturday, when the minimum
temperature was registered for
the second time this winter. The
mercury had climbed odly to 10
degrees above sero at noon, while
the barometer was climbing stead
ily. Indicating a continuation of
the bitter cold wave that has grip
ped Klamath for the past few
days. !
Forecasts from the state weath
tr bureau In Portland predicted
fair weather for Saturday night
and Sunday, but increasing cloud
iness, probably becoming unset
tled, near the coast. Little change
In temperature waa predicted.
with moderate easterly winds off- (
suora.
No change In road conditions
waa reported Saturday by the
tourist bureau of ths Klamath
chamber of commerce.
TO RETl'RX GARDNER
City police were informed Sat
urday that an officer has loft Se
attle tor Klamath Falls to return
to the Washington city Owen D.
Gardner, arrested here January
14 on a warrant from Seattle,
charging robbery.
who will attend are Alex G. Bar
ray, commander; Carl K. Moser,
adjutant; Robert Dlllard, service
officer; Vic McKensfe, national
liason officer, and Ouy Applegate,
district commander, who presides
at tho business session following
the banquet.
Auxiliary officials who will he
hers are Mrs. LaDocIa Cobb, de
partment president, Prinevllle;
Mra. Georgia Webber, state hos
pital chairman; Mrs. Klsls Gra
ham, atnte child welfare chair
man, and Mrs. Julia Fortmiller,
district president, Albany, who
will preside at the business ses
sion of the auxiliary.
General policies, special pro
grams at work tor 1932, and mat
ters ot interest will corns before
tha business sessions.
in the Akron's Air
of the naval tanker Patoka In a
k
in wnancmnn Kiucr i
or
Near City
TOKYO. Jan. 21. UP) Jspanese
authorities hers hnva decided to
occupy with troops all Chinese
barracks, fortresses and other
military establishments In the
Shsnghal district In China unless
the Chinese authorities there
meat Japanese demands.
SHANGHAI. China. Jan. 21.
(JP) Eleven Japanese warships
frowned on Shanghai today as a
result of a tease situation be
tween Chinese and Japanese
residents which has booa growing
during tho week.
Tbe Japanese cruised 01, with
600 marines aboard, and tha
15th Japanese destroyer flotilla,
consisting of the lies troy era Hagi,
Busuki, Fuji and Kuxu arrived
from Japan at 6:10 p, m., and
dropped anchor in tbe Whang
poo river directly off tha Inter
national settlement.
Marines Kemaia oa 6tilp
The marines remained aboard
but were expected to ba landed
as soon as quarters were prepared
for them, augmenting the Jap
anese marina forca already on
shore.
Tbe arrival of these ships,
brought here by the tense situa
tion which developed out of yes
terday's controversy and Slno
Japanese clashes earlier la the
week, brought the number of
Japanese navy craft at Shanghai
to eleven .The Japanese aircraft
carrier Notoro waa expected to
arrive from Chlngwanguo early
tomorrow.
Japanese residents demanded,
after the first clashes, that the
Chinese authorities suppress anti
Japanese societies which they said
were chiefly responsible tor pro
moting the boycott against Jap
anese goods, which has had a
serious reaction against Japanese
trade.
Authorities of the International
settlement requested Japanese
Admiral Shlosawa yesterday for
a statement of his intentions In
a conference aboard his flagship
in the river.
Newspaper Involved
The Chinese language news
paper, tha Republican Dally
News, which was warned yester
day by Japanese naval officers
(Continued on Page Three)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. HP)
A man who waa a soldier for
40 years today told the house
expenditures committee another
war Is likely and aald the effici
ency of the army and nary would
ba endangered by consolidation.
Tbe witness once a major
general and assistant chief ot
staff of the army, but now repre
sentative Martin, (democrat, Ore
gon) expressed unqualified op
position to pending bills for the
merging ot the war and navy de
partments into a department ot
national defense.
The proposals have tbe support
ot democratic leaders In the
bouse Including Speaker Garner.
Martin said It was unfortunate
the committee had hard economy
as a primary argument for the
consolidation.
"'Efficiency must be para
mount; a cheap army and navy
are the most costly things In ths
world." he said.
"This consolidation Is funda
mentally unsound.'
NEW CARS ORDERED
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23, (fl)
Franklin T. Griffith, president
of the Portland General Electric
company, announced today he has
placed an order tor 1250,000
worth ot new street cars for
Portland. Delivery ot the 16
enrs Is expected May 1. The cars
will be manufactured In Philadelphia.
Plans
teat off Norfolk, Vs.
HIGHWAY ECONOMY
I n
V
Governor Says No Change
In Road Board Person
nel Due Immediately
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 23. tJP
Charles K. 8pauldlng, highway
commissioner, told the Register
Guard today he will sot resign
from the commission.
Tha statement was msde la a
telephone call tba paper made to
Salem.
Rumors have been current tor
several dsys that Spauldlng
Would not for long remain on ths
commission. Tha name of Frank
Jenkins, connected with the pub
lishing of newspapers at Rose-
burg, Medford and Klamath Falls.
has been most prominently men
tioned as Spauldlng's successor.
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 23 UP)
Governor Julius L. Meier to
day informed the Associated
Press no Immediate change In
the present personnel of the
(Continued oa Page 1)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (JP)
Direct opposition by President
Hoover to proposala In congress
for a I61t.000.000 naval build
ing program was reported today
by Representative Britten, (K.,
111.) after a conference with the
chief executive.
Britten, ranking Republican on
the house naval affairs commit
tee, said he had reported to the
president that the committee prob
ably would approve either the
Vinson bill tor a 1616.000.000
10 year program or a somewhat
similar one year program calling
for the expenditure ot approxi
mately 160,000.000.
Gasoline War At
Portland Rages
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23 UP)
Competitive prlcea again rule
among Portland's gasoline re
tailers. Many 12-cent signs
were displayed by dealers' here
today, following a cut to 14
cents a gallon announced earlier
n the week by a large producer.
Before tha general 14-cent
price waa established motor fuel
was selling st what appear! to
be a common price of 18 cents.
LATE
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (yP) The Interstate Commerce corn.
ulss-on toilny authorised western railroads to restore freight rates
on grain which were ordered lowered August 1.
MADRID, Jnn. 2.1 (iP) A decree dissolving the Jesuit Order
was formally announced by the government tonight.
FOXD DU I.AC, Wis., Jnn. 23 (JPy The Hlato Democratic con
ference this afternoon unanimously adopted a resolution Indorsing
Governor Franklin I). Roosevelt of New York aa a candidate for
the presidency.
THE DaI.I.ES, Ore., Jan. 23 (JP) ieors;e Htailelinan, former
University of Oregon fool hn 1 1 star, and Mlsa Lorraine Pierce,
daughter of ex-iovernor Walter M. Pierce, were married hen to
ds). GENEVA, Jan. 23 (JP) When the League of Nations council
assembles on Monday W. W. Yen, Chinese ambassador to the
United States, who Is representing his country in the leugue, will
ask that immediate steps be taken to halt the "conflagration" la
the Far East, he said today.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23 (JP) Karl Randal rora, 14, and his
brother, Kay, 10 years old, drowned in tho t.1arknnia river near
Gladstone today when a row boat la which they were playing apect
and threw them Into the stream
DEATH BOXES
OPENED FOR
JURY'S EYES
Trunks Which Held
Bodies Brought Into
Court at Judd Trial
Woman Dvsrrnme Put
utciiuuic, tu
Fair Defendant is Un
moved by Drama
By Ralph O. Brows
(Associated Press Staff Corres
pondent j
COURTHOUSE. Phoenix, Arts.,
Jan. 21, (JP) Driving relentless
ly towsrd completion ot the cir
cumstantial evidence by which
the stats ot Arliona Is endeavor
ing to hang Winnie Ruth Judd,
county attorney Lloyd J. An
drews and bis aaalstants approach
ed today tba denouement a
crowded courtroom has been
awaiting with bated breath an
masking of tha motive for tha
slaying of her two girl friends.
Over continued atrenuooa ob
jection of defense counsel led by
the white-haired veteran. Paul
Schenck. the state had presented
to tbe Jury a story of Agnes
Anne LeroJ and Hediig Samuel
son enjoying a peaceful evening
ot bridge In their home at 1929
N. Second street. Phoenix, last
October 1. of their disappear
ance, of tha shipping of two
heavily laden trunks, and a
battered death-freighted suitcase
to Los Angeles, ot ths unsuccess
ful sttempt there ot Mrs. Judd
to claim her sanguinary baggage,
and the ultimate discovery there
in of two bodies, . one dismem
bered.' COURT HOUSE. Phoenix. Arts.,
Jan. 23. (JP) The appurtenances
of death were revealed In Judge
Howard C. Speakman'a court
room today as Loa Angeles police
officials described the bodies of
the two women Winnie Ruth Judd
confessed she slew, and identified
the containers In which they
found them.
The pungent odor of antiseptic
fluids rose to tbe close Uttlo
room's beamed ceiling ss trunks
which once contained tho bodies
ot Agnes Anne Lerol and Hcdvlg
Samuelson were opened before
the twelve men who will decide
whether Mrs. Judd shall ha hang
ed for the two slayings of Octo
ber 16.
Woman Orrrcome
A woman on one ot ths close
packed benches In tbe restricted
spectators' space, overcome by the
graphic description by Lieutenant
Frank Ryan of the Loa Angeles
department, and by tbe sanguins
associations of the physical evi
dence he Identified, waa taken
(Continued on page three)
REPORTED Bra
A steady Improvement In tbs
condition ot County Judge Alex
Sparrow ot Jackson county was
noted by his physicians Saturday.
He suffered a severe concussion
of the brain Thursday when hs
tell into a pit while Inspecting
the heating plant In the Hlrvl
building.
Judge Sparrow passed a fairly
comfortable night, and Saturday
was rational part ot ths time and
able to speak.
At first it was feared that ba
suffered a skull fracture, but X
ray photographs taken Friday af
ternoon ravealed there was no
fracture.
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