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THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON April 19, 1934 Manning Quoted on Gun Scramble in Court Wednesday PAGE EIGHT Defendant Called Horan Ingrate, Is State's A scramble for guns in the drawer of Horace M. Manning's desk preceded the fatal shooting of Ralph W. Horan, Manning told investigators the night of the tragedy, according to prosecution testimony at the Wanning murder trial Wednesday. ' This, together with testimony that Manning referred to Horan as an "ingrate" in that emotion-filled first hour after the shooting February 12. highlighted the quota tions attributed to Manning. They fell on the ears of the jury and an audience straining to catch every word the defendant is alleged to have said before his lips were eealed by a word of caution from Mrs. Manning. In what was the dramatic climax of a tense day in court, Walter S. Walker, state policeman, quoted Man ning as the latter paced in his outer office while Horan's body still lay on the floor of the adjoining room. This is the statement waixer at tributed to Manning: "I never could believe , this would ever come to me. I'm the most kind hearted man in the state "of Oregon. I've helped - many of the young attor , Beys of this county. Ralph .' Horan was the only in I grate among them. "That man was Kke ! lightning. The guns were in my drawer. We both scrambled for them. He got one and I got one. He shot twice and I shot and I guess I got him. "I wish it had been me he got instead of me ' getting him. Then my : troubles would have been .'over and his just begun." ! Manning, sitting at the Hefense table, was visibly moved as the words came from the witness stand. His fare was flushed, and there appeared to be tears in his eyes. Jsut ne maimaineu me same composure that has marked his appearance in court since the trial openea. Those were the words of Man ning as quoted bf Walker, third state-witness in the trial which got well into the testimony stage Wednesday. Manning was quoted several times by Walker, Rex Mc- , Millan. jailer, and Sheriff woya fourth state witness. Low said that Mrs. Manning, who em tn the Underwood building offices, scene of the shooting, ad vised her husband not to talk about the case and that he answered, "all right, I won't. Wednesday saw much of the ohysical evidence in the case en tered as state's exhibits, and that process was marked by an almost continuous fire of objections and sharp questioning by defense counsel. At one time the battle over introduction of a picture of the body of Horan waxed so hot the jury was dismissed and tne opposing attorneys argued it out before the judge. Pictures Shown The defense objection was that the picture was gruesome and would incite sympathy which had no part in the trial t the case. The state insisted the picture was essential to show the jurors the position of the hands and feet of the deceased. Circuit Judge Fred Wilson, emulating Solomon, decided to cut the disputed exhibit in two or rather three. He removed those portions of the picture showing the hands and feet of the body, and admitted them as exhibits, with the remainder kept out. The hand and foot pictures went in over defense objections. Third Chair Important The day's developments brist led with possibilities for specula tion as to the opposing theories the state and defense are expect ed to offer concerning the fatal Manning-Horan interview. In general, those theories are virtu ally certain to divide on the ques tion as to whether Manning shot Horan and then fired two extra hots himself, as the state is ex pected to claim, or whether the two men engaged in a duel in which Manning killed Horan in self-defense. There was, perhaps, a hint that the defense was building the groundwork for the duel theory when, in cross examination, it stressed the location of a large black leulher chair in Manning's law oflce, scene of the shooting. This thlrd-chalr matter may be come increasingly Important as the trial proceeds. Chnir Positions Stressed When investigators entered Manning's office after the shoot ing, they found a red leather chair behind Manning's desk. Across the desk, with one of Hor an's feet under it, was a smaller, oak chair. There were bullet marks on both chairs. The third chair. the black one which the defense Insisted on lo catingwas placed close to the red leather chnir, to the sldo of and In back of Manning's desk. Men sitting In those two chairs would be close together and the drawers on the inside side of Man ning's desk would be available to both. The state apparently has not attompted to bring the third chair Into Its picture of tho Interview, The bullet mark on the back of the oaken chair, and the bullet found on the floor beside Horan's foot, are indications of its theory that Horan was in chuir No. 2. at th time of the shooting. Woman's Cnnla Found The state also has made a caro ful effort to show , the Jury that Horan's right foot, as he lay sprawled In front of the dosk, was banging over one of the rungs ofi Testimony Manning's desk. It also has in troduced testimony and exhibits to show that two cards, bearing the name of Tbelma Guthrto and a note, were lying under or near the hands of Horan. Those are the bare outlines of theory and conflict as they began to appear in the first day of tak ing evidence. Tne trial, of course has only started, and what E. O. Heinrich, the state criminologist, mav testify, and what may devel op from the examining of many state and defense witnesses, is still a closed book. The witnesses examined during the day were H. G. Finch, civil engineer who drew the state's plat of Manning's office; Jailer McMillan. State Policeman Walk er and Sheriff Low, who went to Manning's office shortly after the shooting. Walker Testifies Walker's .testimony was" the outstanding feature of the after noon session. . Walker said he was on patrol in the Oregon avenue district February 12, when he received a call from the county jail.- He drove to the jail, and with Mc Millan and Deputy District Attor ney D. E. Van Vactor, went to the Underwood building, from where Manning had called to Mc Millan. They went to the door of Man ning's office. Walker said, and Van Vactor knocked. A man whom Walker later learned was Manning opened the door.' The policeman quoted Manning as saying: Well, here I am boys." Walk er said Manning told them there had been some tronble, a shooting scrape, and that "he guessed he had got Ralph Horan." Manning pointed to the door to tne inner office. Adler Called In Walker said. McMillan preceded him into the inner room, where he observed Horan on the floor with a nickel-plated revolver in bis left hand. Shortly, he said, Dr. George Adler, coroner, came in and pronounced Horan dead. Walker said be then returned to the outer office, and Van Vac tor went into the death room. Walker said he was left with Manning and that he believed Earl Whitlock was there. Manning, he said, was walking back and forth from a chair in the corner of the room to a dav enport. It was then, he said, that Manning made the comment about the scramble for guns, that he was kind-hearted and Horan, the only "ingrate" among young attorneys he had helped, and that he wished it had been he, and not Horan. who was killed. Manning Produces Gan Walker said Van Vactor came back Into the room and asked Manning about a gun. Manning. he said, produced a revolver from his pocket and handed it to the deputy district attorney. About that time. Walker said. a man came In, who he later learned to be Don Hamlin, associ ate of Manning. Walker quoted Manning as saying "Well, Don, I've killed Ralph Horan. I guess my practice is about over here in Klamath coun ty. Some one, Walker said, asked the defendant what the trouble was about. "Just between ns two," Man ning was quoted as replying. Iiullct Identified ' At this juncture, Gillenwaters. who was questioning Walker, of fered a bullet in evidence as a state exhibit. Walker identified this as a bullet Dewey Powell, district attorney attache, had handed him. Bullets of .38 cali bre taken out of the center draw er of Manning's desk were then offered and identified, followed by bullets out of a match box which Walker said were Smith and Wesson bullets. Three empty shells In the box were not offered or Identified. Next the Btate offered a bullet which Walker said was picked up on the floor near Horan's chair. Then came the cards bearing tho name of Thclma Guthrie and bearing the notation, "Called at your office and you were out." Walker said he remembered see ing one of the cards under the hand of Horan that' was holding gun. Defense Questions Walker was then subjected' to a gruelling cross-examination by Defense Attorney Roberts. Rob erts quizzed hi in about the time of his arrival at tbe Manning of- nee, ana wnotiier whitlock was there during his conversation with Manning. Walker was not quite sure on the latter point. tie questioned Walker about the location of the chairs in the room, and particularly wanted to know about the location of the red leather chair and whether it had been moved between Walk er's visits to the office. Walker said he wont back in Manning's office when McMillan wan taking a picture of the chair. Who was sitting in the red Defenders h ' ' : " v rii May King Photo George Roberts of Medford M. Mauniug, chartsed with first Ralph Horan, presented opening terday morning. D. R. Vnudenberg, Klamath Falls attorney (cen ter) and Murk Weathortord, Albany attorney, are assistant coun sels tor the defense. leather chair when you were there? Was Sheriff Low in the chair?" Roberts asked. Walker said no one was in the chair. Lloyd Low Testifies Roberts learned from Walker that investigators were in the death room until about 1:30 m. "Was there a lot of smoking? he asked the officer. "I wouldn't say a lot," said Walker. "Was there any drinking? "Not to my knowledge." Walker was questioned again about the bullet found near Hor an's foot .on the floor, and about the bullet Powell was supposed to have handed Walker. The of ficer said he did not see Powell get the bullet out of a book-case. but he. Walker, put his mark on the bullet. Sheriff Low followed Walker to the stand. Replying to Gillen waters questions, he told bow he received a call and eventually went to Manning's office the night of February IS. Low Relates Happenings Manning was in the outer of fice, he said. Walker and Whit lock were there. Low said he looked in the In ner office and saw Horan's body. He said he returned to the outer office. Manning was on the dav enport. In a few minutes, he said, Mrs. Manning came in. About that time. Low said. Manning stated that he regretted very much what had happened. Mrs. Manning, the sheriff recall ed, advised him not to tnlk about the case, and he said he would not. Low said he took Manning to the jail and made arrangements to notify Mrs. Horan of the acci dent. He returned to the Manning office, talked to Whitlock. Bullets Identified Low then identified the bullets and said that up to the time the photograph of the chair was taken, no one had sat In It "to his knowledge." Low next Identified tHree load ed shells and two empties he said were taken from the Smith and Wesson revolver (the gun Man ning handed Van Vactor.) Then he Identified two loads and three tmptles he said were extracted from the Iver Johnson gun found in Horan's hand. Fin ally he identified "a sliver of lead handed me by Powell or Walker." Asked how Horan was dressed. Low said he wore a dark Suit, light hat and black slipover sweater. He promised to produce the clothing for court Thursday morning. Low and Walker were long on the witness stand Thursday, hut Jailer McMillan was there even longer. McMillan was on the stand about three hours. McMillan was cross-examined for well over half an hour by Roberts. The defense chief asked him where the cards were that were supposedly found on the floor. McMillan said the sheriff had them and Low left the court room to get them. They were later entered as exhibits. Answering Roberts, McMillan said he picked up the card under Horan's left hand, enveloped it and marked it for identification. Later that night he was handed the other card and treated it in a similar manner. Quizzed About Time Robert questioned McMillan closely about the time Manning called. The jailer said State Po liceman Walker had noted the time they arrived at Manning's office-8:37 p. m. Answering Roberts, McMillan said the door from the outer to the Inner offlco was closed, but not locked. Tbe lights were on. Roberts brought out that there was a large black chair In the corner of the room back of Man ning's desk and near the red leather chair. McMillan had previously drawn marks on the state's chart of the office. Roberts asked him to show the approximate location of the chair. In doing so. It de veloped that McMillan's original drawings were not entirely cor rect. "What No Notes?" In answer to a question, Mc Millan said he did not make any notes. "What?" exclaimed Roberts. Do you mean to tell mo you went to that office to conduct an investigation and didn't make any notes?" Asked about his conversation at the law office with Manning, McMillan said it was not quite the same as that earlier over the telephone. We ve had an argument. Hor an fired two shots at me and I got In on the third," was the way McMillan quoted Manning. Roberta repeated the words, "got In on the third." The defense counsel aBked if the floor of the inner office was of Manning Courtesy Oregoulau (nt right), chief counsel for Horace degree murder of State Legislator arguments for the defense yes slippery, McMillan said K was not. Bottle LnbWv Topic Roberta asked McMillan If Sheriff Low sat in the red chair. The jailer said ho could not re member It Low sat 1u .the chair before photographs were taken. The defense chief asked Mc Millan about keeping the office locked and removing the exhibits beforo any one else could see them. He qulzsed McMillan concern ing a gin bottle label the jailor said he found in a waste basket in the ante-room oft Manning's private office. This was found the morning after the shooting. "There wa$ an officer in there all night, wasn't there?" asked Roberts. "I guess so." "Was there any smoking?" "Yes." "Was there drinking there that night?" "No." Judge Angered "Now the next morning, after you had been there smoking and doing other things, this Johnny Walker gin label" The courtroom rocked with laughter. Roberts looked at the judge, who indignantly reprimanded tbe audience. "There Is nothing funny In this trial and there will not be any thing funny In it," said the court. He promised that it there was a repetition of such a demonstra tion, he would take more drastic measures. McMillan said the label was found with a towel In the waste basket in the ante-room. After a recess, Roberts devel oped from McMillan that when the latter came Into the private Manning office he found the shades only partly down, cur tains across the bottom parts of the windows. The defense coun sel asked about papers and books on tne desk and learned McMillan had not made a list of the things on tbe desk. He learned the jailer had moved a rug from the anteroom and placed it behind Manning s desk as something on which to place his camera tripod. McMillan was excused. Clifford Hall of Mills school has been announced first prize winner in the first division of the annual Poppy Poster contest which closed Friday. The Judges nave Just com pleted their work, and the fol lowing results have been an nounced:-second prize In the first division, Edith Overson, Mills school; second division, Geanne Goeller, Fremont, first prize; Nellie . Delaney, Mills, second prize, and Melvin Clark, Mills, honorable mention. Entries in the third division of the contest were made without Instruction, and' William Clem ens of Mills was awarded first prize, and Riverside school the second prize. Indian Arrested Following Fine Theodore Walker, Indian, was returned to the city Jail Wednes day night on charges of drunk enness only a few hours after he had paid a fine -on the same count and been released from custody. George Harris and Alton Cress, arrested Wednesday night and early Thursday morning on charges of disorderly conduct, were assessed fines of (20 or 10 days in the city Jail. They were charged with fighting. Dacterla taken from a fox's fur and cultivated on gelatin gave out the characteristic odor of the fox when heated to 09 de grees Fahrenheit. .Why worry about the kind of weather we'll have next month after what wo have had In this? win . COMING SUNDAY PELICAN Highlights of Yesterday's Session of Manning Trial By JA.VK Kri.EY Wednesday, This Is the: 113th judicial day of the December torni. - 13th Judicial district ot Oregon. 913-C Is the number ot the case ot state vs. Horace M. Mn nn lug. Thirteen seats have been re served for the Manning family and trleuda in tho court room. It Is 8:49 a. m. Tho second floor hall of tho court house Is tilled with peoplo waiting to got into ins circuit court room. The Jurors, accom panied by their attentive bailiffs can't get through tho crowd. One ot the bailiffs opens the door t the Judge a prlvnto chambers and loads the way tor the Jurymen through the attorneys room. Into circuit court. "Were the beds good?" asks a newspaperman near the Jury box. "They sure were," replies Juror Frank Howard with em phasls. The court room doors are thrown open at 8:50 and all spectator seats art filled within eight minutes. Judge Fred Wilson takes tho bench as Balllft "Matt" Mattoon announces that court la now open, The stato table Is vacant. Tho Judge tells s balllft to not- lty the district attorney's office that "we re a little early." It 8:68. He Smiles Defense Attorney Roberts smiles when the Judxo tells the Jurors that sometimes lawyors' objections and statements may seem heated, but that this Is only regular court procedure. Dewey Powell Interrupts Gil lenwaters' opening speech when he enters with a large black note book. There Is a stir In the court room when Roberts Indicates In his opening statement that Mrs. Manning may testify. The Judge moves over to the edge of the bench closest to the Jury box. Manning Is looking better to day. He listens with Interest to the district attorney s assertions of what tbe state will attempt to prove. The mid-morning recess comes quickly. The tempo Is rapid, Kveryone is waiting for some thing to happen. Deputy District Attorney Van Vactor has difficulty opening the large, unwieldy sheet of pnper on which is the plat ot Manning s of fices. The paper crackles. Court Reporter Crane of Tho Dallos tries to assist him. Bnillft John Morgan starts to help them sot up tbe easel. It falls with a crash. Finally it's up, thumb-lacked to s pale green beaver-board. It's on slightly crooked. - Pressmen find that it shuts oft their view of the witness stand. Some of them move over by the jury box. Ghotitly Chairs Two men come in, carrying the chairs found In Manning's private office. The chairs look ghostly, wrapped In brown paper and tied with twine. Rex McMillan brings In two packages wrapped in tissue paper, They must be the guns. A great clatter marks the set ting up of the olive-green steel bookcase. One ot the shelves comes loose. There are no books In It. This Is tbe first time the de fense has seen the book case, al least since the shooting. Vanden- berg leans toward It with great Interest. The chairs are unwrapped. Manning's big red leather chair Is the focal point ot all eyes. The bullet hole in the back Is covered with a sheet of white paper, pasted on with strips of brown paper. There is hardly room for all tne furniture. "We need a civil engineer to arange this," comments Judge Wilson. Civil Engineer Flach, on tbe witness stand, smiles. Mrs. Manning hurriedly takes Vandenberg s seat at the defense table. She has a shorthand book and six pencils. It's Not Loaded Manning gives her his own chair, where she can see around the easel. He moves to another place, away from the table. A woman enters tho courtroom rapidly with Betty Manning Rob inson. She takes Mrs. Manning s place and begins Immediately to set clown tne testimony In short hand. Jailer Rex McMillan draws smiles when he assures the Judge WOOD Summer Prices BLOCK WOOD ST. $5.00 Single snip Load ?J3 Js -Hingis ft? ) Load ..: 9eJ Blocks at Vard Per Cord, 92.00 BROODER- COAL That same coal that was so satisfactory last yenri 100-11), Sack 60o 100-11). Your sack S5o Fuel Oil, IHcsal Oil, Furnace Oil, Stove Oil. The most com plete line of Fuel Oils In tlio tats at bottom prices. Peyton & Co. "Wood to Burn" Pbons CSS 12 8. 7th St. that the exhibit gun In his hand is tiiiinnuuu. A short recess la called. Judge wiuon says the jury will oujoy it. Mionrr low distributes gum arouiiti tne press table. Cllllen walers puts a 1,1 to Saver In lilt mouth. It's the last out In tho packago, Tho courtroom Is getting warm, Mrs. R. 11. Hnvey It silting be tide Florence Elliott, slstor ot Mrs. Ralph Horan, next to tho press tuble. Court It adjourned for lunch two minutes early. It began two minutes anead ot tuna. Stato Police Sergeant Marlon Humes needs all his strongth to regulate the shouting mob that tries to rush through the door alter noon recess, Tight Niiietae aii scats aro lined within s few minutes. A crowd It left In tho hall when Sergeant Bnrnoa lorcee the door closed. Van Vactor and Cordon iquooio tnrougn. "Boys," sayt Defense Attorney Roberts, "did you have to ute s snoo horn to got lu?" A murmur of admiration sweeps tho room when Manning's walnut desk It carried In by four men. It Is a beautiful thing. juuga Wilson knocks over s glass ou his bench. Wator falls on prosocutlon photographs on the floor. Glllenwnters plekt them up and wipes them carofully wan nis nniiiiKori-nier. Tbe Judge reminds spectators ot Solomon, when ha orders the photographs cut to eliminate features objectlonal to tho do tense. His decision teems to sat isfy the slate, too. "I spilled a gloss of water." he apologizes as he asks a balllft to bring a cloth and wipe oft tho oenrn s marble top. ,1'eoplo outside open the door a cru. k and poop In. There still aro 60 or 60 of them In the ball. The Jurymen seem vory warm. They are In a badly vontllatod corner. Manning's beautiful dosk Is state's exhibit No. 13. Not Ho Funny ,- Roberts says "Johnny Walk er's gin," and several spectators laugh loudly. The Judge repri mands them severely. "Silly laughter." ho rails It. Everybody looks ashamed. Robert asks for another recest. He Is always asking for reeetsea, tho press whispers thankfully. Their hands aro tired from taking rapin notes in iniiKlinnd. Tho Judgo, Olllenwttton, and Sheriff Low are consulting at the corner of tho bench. "Electric fan," Is all listeners can overhear. In a fow minutes Low brings in a large tan and concentrates It on the Jury box. Tho Jurors look grateful. Mrs. Don F. Hnmlln enters. Her husband is Manning's law associate. She slta with tho Man ning family. State Policeman Walker rnlsot Thici 0 aJ .:" STRAIGHT EDGED COGS OF TEMPERED RUBBER U, S. bvlMt the Mity Mrt vtnirtna Mi turnout cegwlntl principle of trMd ctMlgn tquart-factrt, sharp -ctgoS, tkwiMgcblMlnrfsoMnAWHicAeHjInanS hold (o.tl And ffcat extra-tote trosd Is not Hie wbbor of ordinary Htm TiMPElIO a-USHS, Hm toughest known. TtMPIMD IUIMR mm to twdi mom slowly stands soldi hinont so mod) bottor Hint in U. S. Tlrot you got tupor Mfoh tor thousandi of oirtra mllos. UMPIRED RUiSBI hood wlU stin grip tho rood softly long aftor ordinary Hm on smooth and dangorous. Com m and lot ut toll you tho whoio story at TiMPMtD RUSSK. $l85 $C30 m 4.50x21 4.1 $C65 $40 W 5.00x19 W 5.2 TED SHOOP & JACK Washing and Greasing Associated Dealerst Elk, Garage, Eleventh and Klamath Locke Motor Company, 522 S. 6th St. Swan Service Station, So. Sixth smllet. Gllleliwolort stkt III ill what Exhibit Two It. Walkor looks at It apprnlslniily. "It's a chnir," ho antwort. Oh, My Teeth Mrs. GllluiiwittiTs It In the court room thit nftornbnn. Mm can't stio her hushnnil at Ihn plat anil boukenna ni'o lu iter way. Manning watches Walker with o liuolt resting on liiinil. Ho obvi ously Is deeply atfucled whim the statu policeman uuoun lilt ro- uiurkt about lluruu, - People are beginning to look tloepy. The broeio from the open windows and the current from tho tan do not guile moot In tho conlor of tho court room. A woman lu tho front row ot tpocttitnrs yawns broadly and her upper talto teeth (all out, Sho ciitebet Iboin halt way to bur lap and putt them back lu hor mouth The Judge tnyt, "It's been prutty long day and you'vo work ed hard," He adjuurni court nt 4:40 p. m Euueno Fulton, employe ot the California Oregon Power com pnny, nuil William .Mathurt or tho Old River Exchange wore elected members of the Junior rhiiinlinr ot commarco Titotdny IllKllt. The chamber discussed plant for the boat remit in on Upper Kin mil th Inko next June, The so lection ot committees wat com pleted. Three thousand buttons boost ing Ihn event will be circulated throughout the city. Tho buttons. blue on white, will carry a pic ture ot a speed boat and the fol lowing Inscription: tipper Klnmnth Lake Boat Ro- gattn, June 17. It waa announced that tho Harold Ayrc piano concert would be held nore early In June. The chamber went ou record favoring s Cltltont Fir" Preven tion committee and will elect workers to cnoperato with other clubs In tho olty. Chamber Objects to Portland Campaign A resolution ssklng the city of Portland to eeaso nil opposition to rulings of tlio Oregon milk board, and recommending that tho Portland chamber of com merce use all Influenco tn bring ing about such action, wat pnssed by tho agricultural committee of tlio Klamath county chambor ot cominereo Wednesday. This resolution was endorsed by the executive board In regular session following tlio committee meeting. Montana Is tho only state In tho Union which suffered s do creane In population durlug the last deendu. Wireless rnyt may bo a nillo nng, whllo X-rays aro shorter than atoms. PROLONG TIRE SAFETY . ... LENGTHEN TIRE LIFE wnii .75x19 25x18 ' i Black 8 White Service Station HIGH SCHOOLS OLD FORENSIC MEETTON GHT High schools of Ilia rounly will competo for the tlnrt C. Hull forensic cup lu the annual de clamation content to bo held In tho K. U. II. 8, auditorium at II o'clock tonight nnd tomorrow night. This cup am offered by Hurt Hull, local hole) mini, for tlio first limn Inst year and wnt won by Chlltjquln, which hnd s margin of two points avor Klam ath. Since any school winning I lilt trophy three ycara gains perman ent possession of It, the competi tion s expected to bo keen, with I'hlloqulii defending lit tempor ary bold on the cup mid trying for another grip by winning sgnln this year. There will lie four divisions ot tho content, On Thiirsiluy night the extemtMirnneoun spoechet and arntlnnt will ba given, and on Frlduy humorous and drnmntlo renilluiit will be presented, Tilers will bo no rlmrgti TlHirml.iy, bill Frlduy nlKht tliero will be a ten rem nil m union fee, the returns ot which- aro to ha used to help meet contest expenses ami pny for nieduls, which urn to bo awarded at the clone, ot tho proxram. The topic for extemporaneous spoil king this year is "The Now Economic Policy." This tuple hat beep divided Into ten - too lions, treating of the different pttnset of the toclnl and economic effect of tho new il-ul. At least four of I bono division! will bs discussed by tludeuti who hava neon ntiinyiug this aubjoct for tlio pnst month. Klnmnth high school's repre sentatives lu tho contest are Wini fred Tucker, dramatic reading; Hon Johnson, humorous; Hubert Stovenson, extempore sneaking: and perry Hawkins, oratory. On Thursday night Itev. W. T. HnrlgKt, Att'y II. C. Merrymtn. Mrs. K. 1). Lamb. Rev. L. 11. side. and Kuola Hawkins will judge. Hob Sweiuon. Knlherlno Walton. Jnno Epley, Ted McDonnell, and Margaret .Nye will award tho de cision Friday evening. Tho provinces of Quebec. On- tarlo and llrlilsh Columbia aro encb larger limn the time of Texnt; Quoboe It moro llinu twice ns large. Good News for Kidney Sufferers! u rM OmI cot nia into th tniutod kttJttay at.il ltslW onnUM to tjuJrkly, yow ra ctuallyHKK rult miliin few tVoun 11urwt Out tMoiH. fssnitrwlitos) bitrmnf ariiU. hfintf Da(HMinpimi'TV I ' u inni strnuis isarsu k blsuMer. wtt iMiitfui iointa from U-k id khamy rtivHy. A tlrucsUI (of t'okjr l'tt Issata aooliissf. aioosqr btwiJa fuartnla. OlUtf builds i I FA V? TIRES of RUBBER SCHULZE Exide Batteries Ilt-l'lulo $5.75