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Newspaper Page TextNow on Sale at the News-Review: The Douglas County Cook Book; Favorite Recipes of DouglasCcuntyWoir.cn. Food Fit for a King, In Everybody's Reach. THE WEATHER Humidity fi p. m. yesterday 44 Highest temperature yesterday 77 Lowest temperature last night 54 Precipitation for 24 hours 0 Precip. from Sept. 1, 19:jf, 35,18 Kxeess since Sept. 1, 19:tu 2.57 Mostly fair; moderately warm. TOWNSEND1TES Hold their national convention In Cleveland, Ohio, this week. It will have an important, bear ing; on the fall elections. The NKWSHKViKW will acquaint you wlili tho convention newH. g THE DOUGL , UUUtoLAU .UUiN.IY DAILY VOL. XXXIX NO. 295 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. MONDAY. JULY 13, 1936. VOL. XXVI NO. 65 OF THE EVENING NEWS v. GOT 16)15) JT U n mmL WAM AWty- WW w mm mm EAT Editorials ( on tie Day's Nem By FRANK JENKINS TP YOU want an intelligent, care- fully reasoned opinion as to why the New T)eal Isn't working and won't work, buy an August Red Hook and read an article by Wil liam Hard entitled "The More Abundant Life; Some Recent As pects." William Hard is a trained and capable political observer, and his conclusions carry weight. H IS article Is addressed "to the plain American," and he sayr. in beginning it: "I propose to try to prove to you that the New Deal is a menace and a blight to the nation's good. I propose to try to prove to you that the New Deal is undermining and tearing down the common man. I propose to try to prove to you that the summary of the New Heal Is this: "It barks at the rich and BITKS the poor." TIE SAYS, citing aa his aulhor- Ity the international labor of fice of the league of nations: "More than half of all the World's unemployed are in the United Slates.1 That is to say, the rest of the world is doing better at finding jobs for its people than we are. INEMPI.OYMKNT, under the New Deal, Is INCREASING, not decreasing. In October of 1933, Mr. Hard soys, there were four million relief mses in IhiH country. In the Inte Hiring of 1936 (this spring) there l-ero SIX AND A HALF MILLION tOnntltined on naee 4V CAPS SOON ON SALE Rale of an American Legion con vention cap will begin In Rose burg Wednesday, the convention commission reports. i The cap is made and sold for the purpose of stimululing local und state-wide Interest in the forthcom ing state Legion convention, start- lug here August 13, and all Rose burg residents are urged to pur chase and wear the caps ut all times as a means of publicizing the minion. The cap is white, cut in over- spas style, ami printed In blue. bearing the American Legion em blem, the dates of (he convention urn) the slogan, "IloKeburg flicks in t." The cops will c for 25 cents each, and the commission declines it will be "dynamite" to be caught without one, as the sale is to tie handled by the American Legion auxiliary, which has an "enforce ment" squad ready for action. Mrs. Roy Young Is chairman of the auxiliary committee in charge of (he cap sale. Fights Loom Over Leaderships of Oregon's Major Political Parties PORTLAND, July 13. (AP) fi'n drive for (he chairman .Hp of the republican and democratic state central committees enters the home stretch this week with an abun dance of candklates, predictions of victories and uncertainty for all. The democratic committee meets firt next Saturday afternoon, while the republicans go into a huddle a week from today. In the race for democratic hon ors, five names were being men tioned for the post vacated by Otorge Wilbur, of Hood River, and the owners of two of them were openly seek i nit the post, while the others were tn a "receptive" mood. The more-complicated republican race bore the earmarks nf a battle, with Chairman Arthur Prlaulx, of Chitoquln. announcing over the week-end that he would seek re election over the desire of some in fluential Port landers for a new leader. The act ire democratic candidates Are Fred Fisk, Eugene, and Jack 2 Doualas Countu Men Meet - j J. KINGSTON KILLED UNDER L Accident Occurs in Smith River Camp; D. Kardell, Ash Valley Rancher, Gored by Bull. Two western Douglas county men met tragic deaths Saturday and Sunday, according to official reports by Coroner II. C. Stearns, who was called to make the required inves tigations. John M. Kingston, 4S. of Elkton, was killed late Saturday, when crushed by a rolling leg while work ing in a Smith river logging camp. Ian Kai dell. 49, was apparently t rani pled and gored to death by a bull at bis farm in Ash valley Sun day. The body was found late Sunday night when other members of the family returned from a trip to the coast. Kingston died instantly, the coro ner reported, whtsn be fell in the path of a rolling log. while work ing, for the Smith River Logging company. There was one eye wit ness of the accident. No inquest was required. Mr. Kingston was born Febru ary 3, 1XSS. in Lawrencevtlle, New York, and had beon a resi dent of Elkton for the past 22 years. He was a veteran of the World war and a memor of the Masonic lodge. ' - .- j . ' Surviving are his mother, Mrs. tlessie M. Manchester, Moria, New York, and three brothers, George Kingston, Klklon; Donald A. Kingston, Totsdam, New York, and Douglas B. Kingston, Ogdcnsburg, N. Y. The body was removed to the Douglalt Funeral home and ser vices will be held at the Methodist church in Klkton at 10 a. m. Tues day. Rev. Douglas officiating. Ser vices in the Elkton cemetery will be closed by the Masonic lodge. There were no eye witnesses to (ho death of Kardeli, the coroner reports. The family had gone to Coos Bay for a Sunday outing, leaving Mr. Kordell alone on the farm In Ash valley. He was iu the habit of start ing the evening farm chorea about 4:30 p. m and when the family returned late at night and found the chores undone they immediate ly realized something was amiss and started a search which led to the discovery of the badly mangled (Continued on page 61 HIT-RUN VICTIM IN SERIOUS SHAPE John Lahey of Oakland, Calif., who was struck by a hit-and-run d ri vp r nea r llrock way early Sa t -urday morning, is In a critical con dition at Mercy hospital, accord ing to Dr. J. Campbell, county physician. Luhey was found iu a ditch beside the road early Satur day, after he had lain at the scene of tiie accident from shortly after midnight until about S a. m. In addition to weakness caused by shock, exposure and loss of blood, Lahey has both legs broken, one a compound fracture, tn addi tion to a broken shoulder and se vere bruises. Dr. Campbell reports. Caufield. Tillamook, who said they hoped to wni the job, while Dr. Jo seph F. Wood, Portland, and Claude MeColloch, Klamath Fall;, said they would serve if the party asked It. The fifth candidate repotted was Floyd Bilveu. Portland WPA cfffclal. McCuIloch said he believed the party organization "has degenerat ed into a cut-and-dog fieht over Jobs." with the situation centered "chiefly" in Multnomah county. He said a clean-up was needed. In the republican picture besides Priaulx, were Walter Toor chair man of the recent Oregon national c invention delegation and Portland lawjrHr. who said he would decide upon his attitude toward the cam paign of his friends "if the nerea stty arises." Ben Dorrls, Fugene. defeated in the primary race for national committeeman, said he would be "ready" If the party call ed, ljibs Bladine, McMinnville pub lisher, was understood to be In a "receptive" mood. - R. L. Preston Chosen Commander of V. F. W. of Oregon; Resolutions Deal With Defense and Taxation ALBANY, Ore., July 13. AP A program of preparedness, neu trality and development fuced the Oregon department of the Veter ans of Foreign Wars today as dele gales to the 1936 convention re turned to their homes after choos ing Richard L. Preston of Rose burg as state commander. Major resolutions passed at the annual parley culled for a perma nent national policy of non-intervention in foreign affairs, u mili tary defense second to none, and provided, for the appointment of a committee of 15 to co-operate with civic organizations in encouraging travel and Industrial gains iu Ore gon. Other resolutions adopted in closing sessions Saturday assailed the proposed tux limitation amend ment sponsored by the Oregon Tax payers association of Salem und tho Portland realty board; opposed removal of the battleship Oregon or any part thereof from the Port land harbor, and. In effect, favored the allotting of more funds tot schools in Multnomah county. Other Officers Named In addition to Preston, who suc ceeds Dwight Alderman of Port land as commander, delegates nam ed the following officers: John L, Nelstrom, Eugene, sen ior vice commander; Lea Williams, Portland, junior vice commander; Carl Cochrane, Portlund, quarter master; Louis Starr, Portland, judge advocate; Dr,W. G. Scott, Portland, surgeon; the Rev. Perry VICE CASE SUMO! WASHINGTON. July 13. (API Henna-haired Joan Bell's story that a "killer" mutilated her and left her to die after she "run out" on a promise to help free Charles (Lucky) Luciano, vice overlord from Sing Sing prison, resulted to day in a wide search in New York City for the man she named. Detectives said that a man an swering the description of the tor turer who carved the cryptic nu merals "3-12" und the Initials 'C L" on her body and then tried to kill her by gas had left Washington on a New York-bound plane at 4 a. ni. Su inlay. They expressed confidence that he. as well as a companion whom the girl described as the possible "finger man" in the plot, would be picked up soon In New York. The 23-year-old girl was rescued from her gas-filled apartment by police early Sunday after a tele phone operator heard a weak call for help over the wire. Her story was that the killer entered her apartment early Sunday, felled her with a blow to the face, tore off her nightgown, cut her with a razor-sharp Instrument, then bound her nnd stalked out after turning on the gus. The girl herself was the first to point out that the C L" curved in letters four inches tall on her right thigh were the Initials of Luciano, recently sentenced to 30 to f0 yeurs in Sing Sing as the leader of organized vice In New York. She also culled attention to the fnct that "3-12" stnnds for the position of those initials In the alphabet. The girl said that, some weeks ago, Luciano's representatives ap prnached her in New York. She said (hey wanted her to sign her name to an article. Intended for publication In a nevspuper, pic turing Luciano as n "pretty swell euy" and Intimating that be had been "framed" in (lie recent sensa tional vice trial In New York. Lu ciano Is seeking bis freedom through an appeal. o MAN NABBED HERE FACES U. S. CHARGE PORTLAND. July 13, (AP) The S. marshal's office said to day that Wallace D. Wilson, ar rested at Roftehurg by a state po liceman only after the officer had fired at hl r needing automobile, was held (n the county Jail here pending dip poult ion of a charge nf violntiue the federal automobile theft act. Wilson was removed here under Jim mi bail to await action by the federal grand Jury. v Smith, Roaeburg, chaplain. Department commanders chosen included: G. M. Mehl, Silverloo, district 4; Fred Shadoin, forvallis. district 5; C. R. Bartlett, Myrtle Point, district 6; W. Hyatt, YVald port, district 7; B. R. Brooks, Grants Pass, district 8; Dr. L. C. Kichey, Pendleton, district 10. R. L. Preston, prominent Rose- bn rg v et e ra n , who w u s elec t ed state commander of the Veteran of Foreign Wars in the concluding session of the state V. F. W. con vention ut Albany Saturday, served as senior vice-communder last yeur. lie was one of the organiz ers of Patrick W, Ketley post, V. F. W., here and has served as com munder of the local post as well us handling state offices and respon sible committee posts in the state department. He is ala a member of the Dis abled Aniericun Veterans and of the American Legion. Rev. Perry Smith of Roseburg, reelected department chaplain, was unanimously endorsed us candidate for national chaplain. There is u good chance at his ele.cttou to the national office, It Is repotted, ua western states are entitled to one representative in the. national or ganization, and Rev. Mr. Smith has been given widespread endorse ment. He is pastor of the Episcopal church here and holds office of chapluin with the local posts of the American Legioh and 1), A,. V as well as the V, F. W. TD DROUGHT AREA WASHINGTON, July 13. f AP) An additional :i,utHi(000 Tor dl ! reel subsistence grunts to drought- stricken farmer of the' midwest i was allotted today by the resettle ment administration. A subsequent fund of $393,000 I was set aside for the drought areas ! last week. Officials estimated that I the addition of $3,000,000 would be sufficient to continue grants rang Ling from $15 to $2u a mouth per I family for two mouths, f Re? ford G. Tugwell, reset Ue I me ut administrator, plans to leave i by plane tomorrow night for Bis j marck, N. D., to supervise organi zation of the administration's enter jgency drought relief. Aubrey WHliums, assistant WPA i administrator. Is scheduled to uo company him. ! Officials said Tugwell Is work- fug on u pi ok ruin for permanent (resettlement and rehabilitation of the arid western areas and that he I would continue this study ut BIs ! marck. j Joseph L, Dailey and W. W. Alexander, assistants to Tugwetl, j who have just returned from a 17 j day tour of the drought area, esil- mated at u press conference that ; $30,0Un would be needed for u (cattle feed program until next cu j son tmle.m substantial rains fall soon. They said that If ruins come i upproxituulely $If,HiMMHio would be .needed to fiuuuce cuttle feediun ' through loans to farmers. SALEM POLICE HEAD PLACED ON TRIAL SALEM, Ore,, July 13. (AD j The trial of Frank Mtnto, Salem j police chief Indicted for malfeas- ance In office, opened in circuit i court here tmlay after a two weeks' j delay due to the illness of the de 1 femlant. Judge tatiirntte of Oregon City ; Is trying the cane which is being ! prosecuted by Hutph E. Moody, i deputy utttoney general, who whs : named Rpecuii prosecutor. The in ;dlctment resulted from the recent , gambliux investigation Jn Marion eumty. ! ROSEBURG YOUTHS i REPORTED MISSING i The alter tf fa office was request , ed today to conduct a searrij for j Thoma Bellean, 10, and Kenneth , Naylor, 13, both of Itosetiurg. who 'are reported to bare left their homes in the south purt of town ! Sunday, The boy a are believed to J be bitch hiking to Sale in to vlftt relatives. . WEEK-END'S TRAGEDIES SET STATE RECORD Auto Mishaps, Drownings, Suicide in Death Toll; Score Get Hospital Treatment. (By the Associated Pres The turgest week-end death rec ord of the summer listed 10 vic tims today, exceeding the holiday toll of a week ago wheu eight died. Automobile accidents, reported suicides, drownings ami heart at tacks sufefred at work and at play mude up tho record-breaking fatal ity list. More than a score of oili er persons received hospital treat ment for Injuries, most of them incurred In automobile wrecks. Three victims drowned. Harvey Davis, 9, swimming near Clats kantu, was trapped under a log raft. Irene Roiuu tl, lost her life swimming in the Uwt river near Klamath Kails. Arriving to visit his grandmother near Mouitor in Marion county, Howard Carpenter, 10, Parkdule, tried fishing for crawfish tn a abandoned gravel pit filled with water, fell in and drowned. Two died tu automobile wrecks, Russell Iversou, Bismarck, N. i suffered fatal Injuries wheu an uu to mob tie plunged from the John Day highway near Canyon City. William Hagcn, -22, of Independ ence, died from injuries received when his automobile skidded off tho highway west of Salem. Three others were hurt. A rolling log killed Jack King ston, 4K Klkton, at a camp on the Smith river neur Itcedsport. William K. Nounuu, dunetug at a Portland resort , di unpen dead, presumuldy Iroin a heart at tack. Ills partner v. as earned l the Moor and knocked iim:o:mcins. Working in tt hay ttchl, -Ltfumtrd Sldwell fell dead near Silveitrm, apparently victim ut a heart at tack. Irving Condit, returning to his Grunts Pass home from u tavern, died from u pistol wound In the head. Authorities were informed it waa self-inflicted. A 2o-year-ld Indian woman. Mrs. Agnes 11. Jackson drowned in the Celllo canul near The Dalles. A friend told polit e she jumped In the wa ter. A skidding unto mobile near Al bany cost J. K. Plewuuin, Kpukuue, (Comlrmitrt on imRc. 6) OLALLA WOMAN SWALLOWS POISON Mrs. Hardy Fisher, in, resident of Olulla, was brought to the hos pital here this morning suffering from poison reported to have been taken with suicidal intent, tn; J. C. Campbell, attending pbysb San. said the woman would probably re cover. The woman has been worried and despondent since the recent re moval of her husband to the state hospital, friends said. FROM IRE HEADLINES y Daen MWtiaond "Arma issue Seema Forgotten" Twan just a few short month ago that we investfgaled tho men who make munitions, ami heard it neatly stated l hat there were o rn e things in "Denmark" that hud grow n ex : r e tu ety rotten; 'ml, now that it is over, it seems to be forgotten. We get nit hot ind bothered when such things ire d(s closed, nid we're all for banaing someone, be pmposed; Imt. once the fact am published, we all sit back and rent, and that's tire ort of ending that munition makers gtiesned. While there's profit In munition", there 11 always tie pome nie, who would sell tti'dr country's ttfe blood tor a half a million yen It 1 real 1 riant and piit that w? should plIIliKh thorie, w bo Nell their roitn tfj nec-fts to 'he ngerttH nf jts foes; but those who MeJl munition to kttt their country1, sons, should the Mood up before a wait attd face six men with gun. If tlml ntuiuld Traaic - ,v TOISEilTE HOSTS START TO CLEVELAND National Convention Will Open Wednesday ; Oregon Delegation to Bid for 1937 Meet, PORTLAND. July 13. (A P) Oregon . Towusendites, hy traiu raid automobile, traveled east tu day to the national convention of the pension plan organization in Cleveland. Although the exact number of delegates remained unannounced. Dr. Ralph L. Shadduck, state man ager, estimated a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 200, to each or whom would be allowed from the treasury a maximum sum of Jl&u for expenses, representing a total outlay bet w mm $22,f00 and ?:in,- twa. Shadduck ost (mated the mi t ton al convention would cost SoOO.otto. Delegates here tudicuted - that an effort would be made to decen tralize the authority of the nation al organization to permit the choice of state officials by the various slate organizations. The election would follow lines similar to that by which the major par ties choose state tenders, local un its ejecting delegates t a state convention, T'liithuslafiin for tho change grew out of the conl'Hci of nnthorlty which appeared within the slate organization this spring, when state managnra were awnpped al most wrrkiy as factions fought over policies. The Oregon delegation also wilt make an effort to bring the nutton- (Contlmted on pngo fir ! BUS CDftrrRAGTS LET BY SCHOOL BOARD Righteeu contracts for transpor tation of students from turn-high sc hoot d IM lie t h to nou r by big h schools were Jet by the county ed ucation board today u(n bids re ceived at a meeting of the tnutrd Friday and Saturday. In He vera 1 cases the school districts, which maintain bus service for students of intermediate gtudes, submitted bids on transportation for high school students. Bids wem rejected on several of the mule advertised and new proposals will be beard at a meet ing called for August 1. Contracts awarded wero na fol lows; tdstrtct No. t, Oakland Tyeo stub route not allowed; t lodge canyon mute, 1 ' io dist rid No. ?H, !r.r and Oreen valley mule, district No. tfl. 1 Hat rtct No. t. Hcmebnrg Mel rose route. D. f. Morgan; firtrden valley route, tlenrgo. A. Wilcox; Dtitardttice t'reek route, Frank and Luther Kltlson; ( Jtengary VVin-ston-Uanpy Valley route, Frank and Luther KHison. District No. 13. LrmkirrgghiH Brorkwav mute, ffcrmitrt Schtrlze. District No. lf. Myrtle Creek -North Myrtle Creek route. It, it, Ady ; South Myrtle Creek route, not allowed ; Missouri Bottom unite, V. S. CornuH; Huekles mute, p. F. Navjor. Dfitkt No. 2. Crtm-a Valley Ohtlta lorn route, (i. S. Johnson; minor Ohilht flab route, J. M, Ware. DtHtHc t No. 70. Itiddte itiddte to -vi route, Leila Halt, hUtrfet No. Din. Sutberlln fieady route, Lenoir V. Ornhlw-; Fittr Oak route, district No. CPi; Millwood route, Charles Solomon; N'ontwtrell route, not rtllowml, i riion district No. 11, Itecdxnnrt h valley unite, not allowed. t'nion district No. T. Drain Anlauf route, (. H. S. district No. 12. MRS. F. RUTNFR'S MOTHER PASSES ON Mm I). C. Nugent, mother of Mrs. Foster Butner ff otebure, piivtted iiwav nt her home In Fill tort. Ky.. vesfcrday morning fol lowing an Ulne nf a month. The funeral will he held at Futtnn. She I survived by two son ami thtee daughters. Deaths nnmTiinirr rn Noted Cleric Dies Parkes C adman BROOKLYN. N. Y.. July 13. (AIM Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. 71. who left the coal mines of his na tive Shropshire to beromo tnter uatiouatty famous as the radio preacher," died of peritonitis yes terday at the Chumpiuiit valley hospital In I'luttsburg, H, W just a week after he entered the insti tution with ruptured appendix. Dr. Cadman was stricken with appendicitis lakt Sunday night white delivering a peace lecture at tho Method-tat church in Ptattsburg. Although suffering severe pain he finished his tectum before going to the hospituL An emergency op eration disclosed the appendix, had ruptured and perllautUa act tu. FAVORITE RECIPES OFFERED PUBLIC Douglas County Cook Book Ready for Distribution From News-Review. The ltmgia county cook IwmU, produced by the Women's Kx ebange department of KHNIl, un der the direction of Mrs. S. P. Funkhouscr. t off ttm preaa- ami Ik hetug distributed at the News ftevtew urftcu. This brand new cook book, an attractively-bound volume of HU pageft containing more than tlioUHand favorite re rlpes from fn of the best cooks in Doimlas county. Is the most exten sive and elaborate compilation of fuvorite recipes ever produced In this territory. When tire KflNR women's, ex change hour waa inaugurated, wo men were asked to send lu favor ite recipes to be; broadcast ami printed in the ISewB-ltevtew. vt hen there waa such a splendid re Hpouse, the mauugement of KHNlt decided to compile the recipes ill tn a Douulaa county cook book and Klve a hook frey to each person wis submitted recipes. The clos ing dato for entering recipes was January 1 1m result was a much larger response und hence a mttrh larger book than at first contemplated. The tnk of pub- Continued on pn-gft D j! -j ? x p S s. FLASHES OF OREGON EVENTS KLAMATH KALIH, Ore.. July 13 (AP A sympathetic desk s-ergeant wasn't unite w sympa thetic when he discovered the cause of James Jefferson' diffi culty lu talking. Jefferson, a negro, was trrrestinn ed concerning vugiancy and the disappearance f articles In a store here. When be finally coughed out six fdlver dollars the s-weBlng on his jaw dlwijjpeared and he could talk unite distinctly. MKDFOim. Ore., July W.-fAP Actions' of a collie tbm. which ffumnup Officer H L lttchanlin nald was taken from an abandon ed mine and acted like '(t master was still under round," wnl offic ers on a search for Dart Davis- of Talent today. The doc wnn found In the mine by Mrs. Frank Jen n nig. It bore a license tag listed to Irnvi-t. a Ta lent miner. Mrs-. Jennlng haul (he dog fought flercclv when remavett from the rbaf'. Iavls has not Ivei-n re portoi fen la several weeks. SWF.KT HOMK. Ore.. Jttlv- X fAP--A MttV- spitz fan With the protective spirit of a mastiff won a battle with a huge cougar near here, worrying the beast until it TEMPERATURE bun nuu iu SIMMS Death Toll Rises to 1,454 on 11th Day of Wave; Temporary Relief Brings Elation. CHICAGO, July 13. (AP) Drought ami record-shattering Heat ilung to the long suffering middle- west and east tn the &ortner nan of the nation today, ami life giving luiiK trt portions of the northwest and the wmth uver the vveek-eud, "H7.zU'd out," Deaths from prostration ami drowning mounted to at least 1,- i:A and crop destruction continued at a devastating pace with damage. in cxtiean of j:imMHH..HW. A relent less sun seared; "the major l!Klt natural ittsuster' iu burning words across, the country. wuvernmoui Meteoroiugisi a, iw Lloyd nt Chicago made Ihia a 1,1..., f... I...- ini.aua,l ..Kill. ers in tho breadbasket of America and the gasping urban dwellem when he announced no new rains were In sight for the northwest or any other heat baked area. tto said gene rally fair weather with torritt temperatures would continue, today und tomorrow for irowght uvea In general, but that cooler weather waa likely In the eastern section of the northwest Tuesday. Purely local showers were fore cast for North Dakota and north western Minnesota, and for North tukatitf narttaflra. Minnesota,, north western Wisconsin, ami upper Michigan toiuavmw. There waa hope, Lloyd atvUlj of relief from the Intense heat in IIH-j nnis, where prostration has taken almost LHHi lives, ttrnt statea to the en-si, possibly by Wednesday, but he could not sight the urgently needed ruin for the major corn states Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska f Continued on pagft 3.1 STUDY TO BE GIVE! DOUGLAS MATERIAL POltTLAND, July in. (AP Kxhnnsttvtt study of Oregon build ing materials for possible nse In the stuto's tiKiU.miu Capitol ut Salem begun today. Flv men will upend the next four days at Enterprise, Xlaker, Haines, I.aGram!e. Prairie City, Canyon City nnd The Dalles Inves tigating marble ami granite de posits and transportation costs. Later, the same committee will make u similar study of building stone iu Jackson, Josephine, Doug las, Lincoln, Clatsop and Paitc counties. On tire committee are T. H. Ban field and Ueorge Marshall, mem ber of the state capitol commbt stem; J. Alton Basket t, commission Herrctury; Morria Whttehmrse, ns soctafe Oregou architect for the statehouse, und fieorge L Baker, mnaer of the Columbia ivmpire industries association. Urtk the woods. Instead of attack ing the dug' mistress, Mrs Bert Simmon. Later, the cougar paid with lift Hie at (be bands of a hunter. Airs. Simmons went out on her ranch to seek three sheep w rich batt not earne In with Hie fbxdt. She found them dead, with a con sul" hiding nearby. As the cougar advanced, (ho dog snapped bacic and forth just out of reach af the claw until the beust save up the attack. KlVrKNK, Ore.. July X (AP--t'nlrorm traffic idgus. Honor con trol arid revenue and the financ ing of lorat Improve mem will Im given a thorough study by tho Leu mie of Oregon. Cities, as n re sult at actbm taken here at a meet inn of the executive committee of the organisation. IVrwmmel of th three ctnnmit teH of invest teat bm will be an-nouii'-ed after acceptance of ap pointments are receltcd, officials said The exefiiti(i group also gave formal approval to a plan for fhtv co-operative purchasing nf fire bo, under which each municipal ity won hi h enaided tn buy the hope through the Cttle leppue at a saving estimated at 3U to S5 per rent.