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SPRING PRODUCTION 43.000,OoO !
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Kansas Faces a Shortage Average
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BUSHELS ABOVE ESI IMATE3
OF MONTH AGO.
WINTER GRAIN IS HARO HIT i
Acre Yield I* Forecast at 13.9
Bushels, Other States
Report.
WASHINGTON ■ The country's
combined winter uml spring wheat
crop promises to be 43,000,000 bushels
larger than last year's, base 1 on fore
cast«, of production announced this
week by the department of agricul
ture. There will he sinn'ier crops of
oats, barley and bay than last year,
while the apple crop will not be half
so largo and the peach crop will be
much larger.
Winter wheat, which a month ago '
promised a crop of 629,000,000 bushels
eame through May in bad shape in
several states and showed a reduc
tlon of 51,000,000 bushels, bringing
the total to the same quantity as
produced last year. Kansas, premier
wheat slato, reported a decline In the
winter wheat crop from 84 per cent
of a normal on May 1 to 60 on lune «
1, which resulted in a reduction in '
that state's forecast by 38,000,000
bushels. In Nebraska the condition
dropped from 92 to 75 und In Okla
homa from 84 to 70.
The spring wheat crop forecast m
dlcates 43,000,000 bushels more than
last year's crop. The condition Is
better than a year «ago, whilo the
acreage is somewhat smaller. An acre
yield of 13.9 «bushels Is forecast, com
pared with 10.8 bushels last year,
Production Forecast.
The iconditlon on June 1 and fore
cast of production of winter wheat
In tlie principal growing states fol
lows:
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Illinois production forecast, 48,718,
000, and condltlou, 91.
Missouri, 40,797,000 and 82.
Nebraska, 48,525,000 and 75.
Kansas, 102,773,000 and 60.
Oklahoma, 36,206,000 and 70.
Washington, 29,790,000 and 96.
Spring «wheat production forecast
and condition by principal states:
Minnesota, 38,108,000 and 95.
North Dakota, 84,013,000 and 94.
South Dakota. 30,597,000 and 94.
NORTHWEST JOINS NATIONAL
GRAIN GROWERS' ASSOCIATION
CHICAGO.—-An agreement between
the executive committee of the Uni
ted States Grain Growers, Inc., and
George C. Jewett, Spokaue, Wash.,
general manager of the Northwest
Wheat Growers' Association, was an
nounced here Monday by which the
Coast organization, composed of 2,400
farmers In Oregon, Washington and
Idaho ,is to become a component
part of the United States Grain
Growers, Inc.
The outstanding feature of the
agreement Is' the stipulation that the
Coast farmers must pay the $10 mem
bership required by the bylaws of the
United States Grain Growers, the
only concession being that it may be
puid by the far west organization
members in instalments, the last $5
per member being due when United
States Grain Growers' exclusive con
tracts are in use in that section,
planned fur June, 1922.
Before the agreement becomes ef
fective it must be approved by a
United States Grain Growers' com
mittee.
The Northwest Wheat Growers' as
sociation is said to have contracts
that assure It of handling at least
60.000,000 bushels of wheat this year.
"This contract establishes a policy
that will mean much to farmers back
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ing tlie United States Grain Growers,
lue., said President C. H. Gustafson,
of Uncolii, Nob. "It has been estab
lished that no group will be admitted
on a basis that differs from that of
fered an individual,
we granted the Pacific
farmers an extension of
meet the payment is only an elab
oration of the policy of accepting
notes from persons who are unable
to meet their membership obligations
at the time solicitors call. We were
able to accept this plan because the
growers iu Wushigton, Oregon and I
Idaho are well organized and it will
be unnecessary to do solicitation
work in that field.''
The fact that
northwest
time to
Marry at Age of 81 and 83.
CHICAGO.—A marriage license was
issued recently to H. Merritt, 81, and
Mrs. Ix>uisa Vaughan. 83. The couple
are the oldest to apply for a license
In the history of the marriage license
bureau. Merritt said he was getting
married because he was lonesome.
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BORDLNTO\\ N. N. J—The little (
rî iC ^ ^nnnder n «f V 'tl « h
Clara Barton, founder of the Ameri
can Red Cross, taught in 1853. was
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dedicated to her memory June 11
Pole Insurgents Repulsed.
LONDON.—Fighting at Kandrzin.
Upper Silesia, recently resulted ln
repulse of the Polish Insurgents with
severe losses after they had made
five counter attacks on the Germans
Honor Red Cross Founder.
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Recent Happenings In This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Bank at Elk Chartered.
OLYMPIA. The Elk State Bank of I
Elk, Spokane county, has been char
tered by the state banking depart-«
ment with a capital of $10,000 and
surplus of $1500.
Horner Pioneers' Speaker.
WALLA WALLA.-The Inland Em
pire Pioneers' association met here «
Tuesday. Professor John Horner of
tliet Oregon Agricultural college was
the principal ni«oakor
Masonic Grand Lodge.
SPOKANE.—The grand lodge, Free
tod Accepted Masons of Washington is
in session here this week. The grand j
chapiter of Washington Order of 13aBt- ;
«•rit Star convened Thursday.
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Soldier Guilty of Murder.
Camp
Lewis soldier, was found guilty of
murder in the first degree for the
killing of Karl Titnbs, taxicab driver,
on March 8. The Jury voted not to
bung the defendant.
Two Fatally Injured.
TACOMA. Edward Filion,
Corporal Avery (I. Miller and Pri
vate Stephen O. Mosso of Spokane,
national guardsmen, were seriously
injured in a collision between an
army motorcycle and an automobile
near Port Angeles recently,
1500 Moose at Meet.
ABERDEEN.—'Thirty-six lodges of
the Loyal Order of Moose of Wash
ington, Idaho and British Columbia
were represented at the Northwest
ern Moose association convention
here. Fifteen hundred delegates were
in attendance.
Woman's Body Recovered.
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SPOKANE.—A body declured by
relatives to be that of Mrs. Mary
Fett, who, the police aver, was slain
«by b e r husband, Charles Fett, before
be committed suicide in March last,
wag found floating among saw logs
'nine miles from the city
Turner Quite Basin Project.
A. J. Turner, chief engineer of the
Columbia basin project, has resigned.
He will be succeeded by 1. «E. Good
! ner, office engineer. Mr. Turner has
'gone to Seattle to become construc
tlon engineer on the Skagit power
project for the city of Seattle.
protecting
Dike Gives Way.
NEWPORT.—The dike
the land within diking district No. 3,
near Locke, In Pend Oreille county,
guve way recently before the rising
waters of the Pend Oreille river and
the whole area of nearly 1.000 acres
of growing crops were inundated.
Property Is Tax Exempt.
In Benton county, according to As
sessor Rupert. 10 per cent of the
wealth is exempt from taxation, com
prising exemptions to heads of fam
ilies, on government property, state
property, county property, city prop
erty, school property, cemeteries,
churches and hospitals.
Annual State Grange Meet.
COLVILLE—William Bouck of Se
dro-Woolley was reelected master of
the state grange at the annual ses
sion here. Other officers elected
were: Fred Nelson. King county,
overseer; abet Roselle, Whatcom
county, lecturer; M. C. H&zen, Sno
homish, steward. The National meet
ing will be at Portlaud in November
and a committee of 9 was named to
act for the Washington state grange
In preparing au agricultural exhibit.
Yakima was unanimously selected
as the next meeting place of the
Washington state grange.
Married Men Get Fish Free.
OLYMPIA.—The man who rows a
bout for auother man who is doing all
the fishing does not need a fishing
license under the state game law, ac
cording to a recent opinion by Attor
ney General L. L. Thompson.
It makes no difference if the man
rowing is the owner of the boat and
has rented it for the fishing trip, to
gether with his own services, or is
hired by the man who rented the boat.
He may be a friend who expects and
does receive his reward in fish from
the man who has the license and han
dles the lines.
Similarly a marriage license is all
the legal qualification the man needs
for rowing the boat while his wife
fishes. Under the law, the woman
does not need a fishing license to |
fish, which lets the family fish free
where the man attends strictly to the)
rowing.
I g on, a retired farmer.
WALLA WALT,A.—Charles John
RECENT DEATHS
BLYTHE, Cal.—J. E„ Ludy, age 3,
first county surveyor of Lincoln coun-1
ty, Wash.
SAN DIEGO, Cal.—Samuel Galland. ;
a banker of Spokane. A blood vessel
, burst as he was stepping out of his
automobile, causing instant death.
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VENTURA, Cal.—Juan Gonzales. 11,
was killed by an eagle on a stock
raueh near here recently. The boy
j climbed a tree to look at the bird's
nest and was attacked before he
( could escape. His skull was punc
ltured Jn ,hree places by the bird ' 8
beak.
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MEDFORD, Ore.—Peter Strauff,
known to the Pacific coast police as
Dutch "Pete." and Frank Kodat, both
ex-convicts with prison records in
Montana, Arizona and Oregon, were
sentenced to five years In prison for
attempted robbery of the Gold Hill
bank April 13.
Eagle Kills Young Boy.
Flying to the Virgin Islands
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These are I lie two crews of tnuitne corps aviators who left Anucostla,
D. C., on the first leg of a 5,500-mlle flight from Washington to the Virgin
Islands. Two4)e Hnvlland planes were used for tlie trip. .
RED CROSS WILL
WILL DIRECT RESTORING OF
HOMES AND BUSINE8S
HOUSE8.
MARTIAI I AW (INF WFFK YFT
HWI1IWL LMI UHL VfLLlV I LI
Civil Authorities to Take Control
After Public Utilities Are Again
In Operation and City Put
in Clean Shape.
In
PUEBLO, Col.—Rebuilding of the
city of Pueblo, including the recon
struction of wrecked homes, restora
tion of the business and industrial
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of
sections devastated by water and the
administration of relief throughout
the flooded district has been turned
over to the direction of the American
Red Cross disaster relief administra
tion. That action was taken at a con
ference attended by members of the
"citizens' committee of 0," James L.
Fieser, manager of the southwestern
division of the Red Cross, and A. W.
Jones, director-general of Red Cross
relief in Colorado.
Martial law in Pueblo probably will
continue two weeks longer. Adjutant
General Hamrock said. It Is planned,
he said, gradually to relinquish con
trol to the civil authorities after the
public utilities are in operation again
and after the work of reconstruction
by the Red Cross is under way.
"We are going to assist in getting
the street railway system in opera
tion,'' Colonel Hamrock said, "and
see that the water supply Is made fit
for use without being boiled before
we remove the troops. We are going
to be sure the city is as "lean as It
can be."
Pueblo has sent a committee to
Washington. D. C., to appeal to Presi
dent Harding, to Secretary of the In
terior Fall and to the Colorado dele
gation In congress to give the flood
sufferers of the Arkansas and Foun
tain River valleys permanent assist
ance.
of
Place Pueblo Dead at 500
Loss of life ln the flood is placed
at not to exceed 506, property loss as
$15 000.000.
Known Dead 106.
DENVER, Col.—One hundred sir
persons were known to be dead In
floods which swept through Colorado
lust week.
CHICAGO BANDITS ROB DANCERS
Diamonds Valued at $15,000 Hidden
by Woman In Cup of Coffee,
Were Saved.
CHICAGO.—"Line up here or you'll
get shot,'' commanded a young man
with a cap pulled down over his eyes
and a pistol ln each hand as he
stepped out on the dance floor of a
roadhouse north of Evanston the
; other night,
The guests laughed, but three other
bandits stepped In and fired several
shots Into the celling and then gath
ered up money and jewelry estimated
! at $15,000.
One woman was said to have saved
diamonds valued at $15,000 by rop
ping them into her cup of coffee,
Oregon Votes Soldier Bonus.
PORTLAND, Ore.—Virtually com
Plete unofficial returns received here
( following results of the sue
» S results or tne spe
cial election on measures referred to
the people by the legislature:
Legislative regulation—Yes, 36,347;
no, 69,624; soldiers' bonus amend
: ment — Ces, 76,564; No 30,332;
gency clause veto—Yes, 46,669; no,
36,394; hygienic marriage law—Yes
47,487; No. 66,033; women Jurors—
Yes, 49,810; no. 49.482.
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AOOY BANK ROBBED;
CA8HIER KIDNAPED
Thugs Hold Banker's Wife As Host
age All Night—Get $3,900
in Cash.
Wash.—Carrying in their
automobile $3,900 stolen money of the
Addy State bank and Bank Cashier
Clarence Ostrum and Mrs. Ostrum,
whom they had kidnaped, three dar
ing bank burglars, one 'a negro half
blood, broke the speed laws Saturday
morning and dashed away to safety.
About four miles south of Valley
they ejected Mr. and Mrs. Ostium
ADDY,
from the automobile, leaving them
stranded on the highway, then con
tinued their flight.
For boldness of action and daring
In «execution this bank robbery has
few equals in the annals of hank
burglary. Cashier Ostrum and Mrs.
Ostrum
were captives of the des- ,
peradoes for eight hours, from mid- 1
a
night until 8:30. ,
A time lock proved to be a trifling j
obstruction to these burglars. They
discovered when they captured
Cashier Ostrum at midnight that their
plan to break into the safe at night
was foiled by modern bank ma- j
chinery. They determined to hold i
Mr. and Mrs. Ostrum until morning !
and compelled them to go to the
bank, open it and place its contents ]
at their mercy. In this plan they |
met no opposition by any resident of I
Addy, a town of 400 population in j
Stevens county, about 75 miles north
of Spokane, because no Addy citizen :
suspected the motives of the burg
lars.
The money and the bank robbers
are believed to be in the wilds of the
Colville reservation. Trace was lost
of the automobile, an Oakland car,
without a license plate, after It had
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p *' 8 $23,000 «
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passed two or three small towns.
MR9. BERGDOLL
Saves Self and Others From Going to
Jail.
PHILADELPHIA.—Mrs. Emma C. !
Bergdoll, mother of the Bergdoll
brothers, convicted army deserters,
saved herself and four co-defendants.
charged with conspiracy to aid Grov
er C. and Edwin R. Bergdoll to evade ;
army service, from going to jail F rl -i
day by paying $23,000 in fines recent- 1
ly imposed by the United States dis- j
trict court here. • !
Montana Leada at Camp.
SEATTLE.—The state of Washing- 1
ton has the smallest enrollment of
the northwestern states for the gov
ernment civilian training camp to be
held at Camp X«ewls, July 6 to Au
gust 5. Montana leads ln enrollments
to date, with Oregon second, followed
by Idaho, Wyoming and Washlng'oe,
In order.
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Tying 5,000th Matrimonial Knot
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When he married Vlnnlo Towle and Walter Rasmussen, both of Henson,
Neb., Rev. C. W. Snvldge, Omaha's "marrying parson." reached the goal of
his ambition, having married 5,000 couples. Mr. Savldge performed his first
marriage ceremony October 15, 1870, In Richfield, Minn. The photograph shows
him performing the 5,000th ceremony.
BILLINGS TO GET COLLEGE
Lutheran» Will Spend $500.000 on In
stitution.
Mont.—Definite
assur
Bl LINGS,
that the new English Lutheran
anee
college to be established in the north- ;
west will be located at Billings is
The college property is to j
nade.
represent an investment of at east «
$.'«00.000 and the institution will serve
Wyoming, i
primarily the Dakotas,
Montana. Idaho and Utah.
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IMPORTANT - NEWS OF BOTH
HEMISPHERES BOILED DOWN
TO LAST ANALYSIS.
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Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This Country and Abroad That
Are of Legitimate Interest
to All the People.
Serb King Seriously III.
LONDON.—King Peter of Serbia is
seriously 111.
Church Union Approved.
TORONTO, Ont. —Organic union of
the Presbyterian, Methodist and Con
gregational churches was recently ap
proved by the Presbyterian general
assembly of Canada, 410 to 111.
Heads Traveling Men.
BOISE, Idaho. W. R. Williams of
Salt Lake City was elected grand
counselor of the Montana, Utah and
Idaaho grand jurisdiction. United
Commercial Travelers, in session
here.
One Killed in Circus Wreck.
HOT SPRINGS. S. D—A circus
train was recently wrecked three
miles south of here. One car loaded
with wagons was demolished, killing
Charles A. Lonsuay of La Junta, Col.
Frisco Planing Mills Reopen,
SAN FRANCISCO.—Ten San Fran
cisco planing mills and lumber yards,
closed in sympathy with the builders'
exchange lockout have reopened on
a anion basis without reduction in
»ages for union men employed,
No Cut in Freight Rates,
CHICAGO.—Notice that ''under ex
igtlng condltlons
no general reduction
ln freight ratea can be justified or
made effective" was sent to shippers
i ^is wee j l foy Morris, chairman of
! the Central F re ight Association,
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| CHICAGO.—Giving warning that
I the acceptance of wuge reductions
j was in the hands of the rank and
file of employes, railroad brother
: hood chiefs disclaim responsibility If
the men refused to accept a cut and
"a stoppage of work" resulted.
R. R. Boys May Strike.
duty of 25 per cent on finished
lumber, the same as that Imposed by
Canada, with rough lumber still on
j the free list has been fixed by re
' l >ub * ican members of the house ways
« and meang rommittee in framing the
! vermanent tariff bill.
Protect Lumber Interests.
WASHINGTON.—A provisional tm
! '" v ®"' l0n Adv * nce * Flylno
MEM YORK. Invention of a new
ulfPlane wing which, It Is claimed,
' ncrease fhe carrying capacity of
a machine five times, add to its speed
; and permit landing in a small area,
wa8 , made known Monday by G. M.
1 Williams, general manager of the
j Gay ton-Wright company,
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Wife Slayer Gete Life.
WEBSTER, S. D.—Daniel Wampler
1 of uear Hecla, Brown county, was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Wampler pleaded guilty to the mur
der of his wife on their farm near
Hecla May 17,
A man struck a match to see wheth
er the gasoline tank of his auto was
FOR LEGION'S IDEA
DIFFERS
LITTLE FROM BILL
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
TO CONGRESS.
LIMIT GASH TO EAGH AT $625
Basis of Payment Is Made $1.25 a
Day for Service Over 60 Days
—Below Army Captains and
Navy Lieutenants.
WASHINGTON—The five-fold plan
of the American Legion is retained
in a new draft of the so-called sol
diers' bonus bill completed by a sen
ate committee. The revised bill.dif
fers little from the McCumber bill
reported during the last session of
congress and is to be submitted soon
to the senate finance committee.
A cash bonus, adjusted service cer
tificates for loans and deferred pay
ments; vocational training aid, farm
and home aid and land settlement
aid are its principal features.
The redraft adopts the basis of
$1.25 a day for overseas and $1 a day
for home service, with maximums of
$625 and $500, respectively, in excess
of 60 days' service. Payments would
be limited to men below the grade of
captain in the army or marine corps
and lieutenant in the navy.
No cash payments would be made
before July 1, 1922, and subsequent
payments would be spread into 10
quarterly instalments. «
A bill proposing that the govorn
ment issue to former service men 5
per cent tax exempt bonds in amounts
of not more than $750 for service
overseas and $600 for home service
lias been introduced in the house.
The bonds would expire In 10 years;
would be negotiable and would be
issued to war veterans at $1.75 and
$1 .25 a day for service overseas and
in the United States respectively'.
NOTED PERSONS DSE
GREAT FALLS, Mont.—Charles W.
Dean, age 76, pioneer of Billings.
FRANKLlN, I «a.—Murphy J. Fost
er, former United States senator and
governor.
NEW YORK—Colonel William Hes
ter, 86, «president of the Brooklyn
Daily Eagle.
BUENOS AIRES.—Dr. Luis Maria
Drago, noted jurist and author of the
Drago doctrine.
MISSOULA, Mont.—Tyler Worden,
pioneer and representative in the
state legislature.
BUTTE, MonL—Mrs. Samuel D
Stuart, 79, pioneer of Montana and a
native of Indiana.
NEW YORK.—John Golden,
many years président of the United
Textile Workers of America.
WASHINGTON.—Alvin T. Hert of
Louisville, Ky., republican national
committeeman from that state.
CHICAGO.—Professor Edwin O. Ex
cell, 69, evangelist, choir leader and
publisher of religious song books.
SEATTLE.—Henry R. William®, age
72, formerly vice president of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
way.
for
KOKOMO, Ind.—Orlando A. Som
ers, age 78, former national com
mander of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
DENVER, Col.—Milton Smelling,
national president of the steam and
operating engineers' union of Wash
ington, D. C.
BROOKLINE, Mass.
Brigadier
General John W. Ruckman, 63, ln
command of the north Atlantic coast
artillery district.
ANACONDA—Dr. J. M. Sligh,
veteran physician of Montana and
Tor 20 years a resident of Anaconda.
He was a veteran of the civil war.
! NEW YORK—William B. Cogs
I well, founder of the Solvay process
and for many years a commanding
figure in mining and engineering
circles.
INDIANAPOLIS.—Colonel F. W
Galbraith, Jr., national commander of
tlie American Legion, was killed in
stantly and two other men escaped
serious Injury when an automobile 1n
which they were riding went over a
20-foot embankment here Wednesday.
HELENA, Mont.—Word was re
ceived here recently of the death at
Hopewell, Va., of John J. Rohrbaugh.
superintendent of the national cem
etery at that place. Mr. Rohrbough
was a widely known Montana pioneer
and past commander of the Montana
G. A. R.
Harding Declares for It.
WASHINGTON—President Harding
delivering a commencement address
American university,
found the subject of world
recently at
peace oc
cupying so prominent a place on the
program that he was prompted to de
part from his manuscript and declare
for the preservation of peace by
sovereign states, without Interference
of a "super-power."