Alcion Rutledge Francis, 68, 875 First street, died Sunday at the Portland sanitarium. He was born in Oregon City, Or., and had
always lived in this vicinity. For many years he was a toolsmith for the Willamete Iron & Steel works. He was a member of the United
Artisans.

Surviving Mr. Francis are his widow and five children: Jesse, Fred, David, Walter and Wesley of Portland, and a daughter,
Elizabeth, in Chile; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Fraser and Mrs. Ida Woodruff, and a brother, Estevin of Portland. Funeral arrangements
have not been announced.