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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY. ratuV fctwmttt CITY EDITION Btflltt The Weather PORTLAND (AP) 6r gon Kaln In the west wllb rain or allow In th eaat to night and Krldny. VOLUME XXII. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1921. MKMBKR ASSOCIATED PBESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 84 A NDOAH ANGAR SAFE comssiroroET is OPENS BOND tSSUE BIDS ' I i Blythe Witter Co. Western Iiond?& Mortr gage Co. Successful BIDS $102.8 ON EACH $100 BOND Sale of Bonds Will Cover ij Costs of Improving K Districts Nos. 123, 124 i and 125. Last night's meetine: of !:o cly commissioners being the lime and place for the receiving uml opening of bids for an Isfje of bonds env ciiuK (lit 'amount under contract for the Improvements of Plstricts No. 123, IM and I2fi. totalling JfiO, &77.ufi. tin commissioners in ses sion opened and considered four bids. The award was made to the r.iyth Witter Co. and the Wcst.-rn Pond iVr Mortgage company wfl bid JID.SOO per $HH1. All bidden; agreed lo pay accrued Interest from thi' dale of bonds lo the date tlic bonds are delivered. Other bids received and consid ered were: llalph !-'checlock Co.. $ I oy.y 77; l-'reeman. Smith i Camp Co., $102. 7S3: and Clark Kendall & A'o., Inc., und .Ladd & Til tun flunk-, $100,511. ' scptirnlt rund. A motion wun made and second ed that the city attorney prepare Tor. action at the nel meeting an ordinance or resolution selling out that the sinking runds collected for the retirement of bonds Issued on January 2, amounting to $00,- (Continned on page 5) ICE HARVEST riEGINSSDON WA1.I.UWA, Or. (Speei;,!) The ice- harvest Is scheduled to start lient Monday, The main wot tree of ice for thia vicinity Is the belonging to J. I. Maxwell, pond i W0.-.1 of town. A I'irqe amouni 01 ie.. is always put up from this pond j each year. and as the pond is well floated, and no surfaee water can t run into the pond after the rreez hg begins, the ice is now between i fen and twelve inches thick. Thoina:: Sei'rnnnd has been get ting a part of his ice from up the valley, one car coming lo Wal lft wu. by freight Saturday. The lo-ci-1 treight service pulled nine cars of Mock Sat iirday, two cars en" hogsi. being chipped from WaMowai ami ihe balance of the shipment' consisting of cattle and hoga com -, ing from other points up ine viu le: .The chlPOrd; w'lkh hit '.his sec tion t'ti(o emintry the middle of 1.11 w k. melted Ihe greater part of 'the snow In the valley, leaving only a thin coating or anow, and lueJ. While in the hill section!; where the depth was somewhat greater, (lie Miow has nettled to a depth of nbout eight Inches mak ing the sleighing fine. Iteportfi from Pov.walka, state the :nqw to be about alxteen In ches deep. A crew of men workin; for Jf. M. MaiiKhan are busy cut line; and deeklntr loirs, which will be hauled to the mill yards later DKTUOIT ( AP) lliram Jobn bi the,wfnler. lieport from Hiv-li-j sr.n ririvrd here toduy to bef;ln op .wJEiovrK say the snow Is about . bh: caiapa'Mn l'i Michigan for the three feel deep since settling af-j liepuhlican pre.identtal nomiua ter the war spell. 'lion. Campfire Girls Gather In City Over Week-End Tho Campfire Girls tr Ia Grande are going to have a con vention on Kriday. SJilurday and Sunday that promises to be quite un eent not only for tho gir!s who are member.', but the com munity will notice the occasion for It In for eastern oreg-on anil a nam Im r of delegates may attend from Ihe different surrounding townsj unii elites wnere i umpiire organi xutions are mainlufned. Mttu Klhel Moore, who is re siding at Portland and who ts ex er'utive Secretary of the Campfire Girls for the sti.te, to be in at tendance. l-'rhJav evening ot the Neighborhood club rooms there i f I l Pip ' I New York's oung society set ImnstH or the nwwt bcuutimi girl in the country. At u re cent cnlertninnient , ntiuiy . so ciety girls txk part. Photo b...j.s ,misk nuutu ,it, who poiliuvcU tlio part of a NpntibJi t,v:u. . Pacific Naval Fleet Pro gressing Against the Atlantic Fleet in Win ter "War Game." - CHDISTOPAD CANA Ij .n.NK ( liy IIIO Aiinilli'U l h-oct; tin' t ti.i- . ik- or Dhi; Fleet or tho I nlted SiaU .s n;iy is making fjood prog- : resii in it's passage Ihrourrh Dr.; . ran;t ma canai ciesnue ciions 01 1 the enemy or Atlantic, squadron, I l(l prrvent it from joining . hypo- In-lit al American fleet, which, uc- j in, ri rciru at ons or the na v:i Wiir Kame now under way based lar up the eastern i i)0an. - Is Th n'-iry bombarded lim-ran- al testerlay both from the air and with long range guns'. (Mi'i.iit and umpires announc- i cd that th" air attaek on datum ' j loeks w-i't frustrated uml that they - have not yet determined how " ! much datnatfo has been done by the naval guns that r.helled J-'ort j Kandoiph. Jl M 1 1 R ATIO N BAR OX ORIKiNTALS IN U. S. IS APPROVED WASHINGTON. (AP) The House 1 inmlKrat ion eotpnilt'.ee Wedii'-sday approved a provision in fcic .loiii'H'tn lininlgarilon bill barr ing orient a la from the I'nlted Stall u. HIRAM JOIINSONx j IS IX IJETROJT V w:M be a reception where parents and othr cilizensc will meet the secretary. Siturday afternoon at 2::i" M'sts Moore will address the Lube-, nf the .Neighborhood club at the club rooms. Thia will foliow a P't l,uck I.um h ror ail the Cumpftre Crlrls ti tie given at the home of Mrs. c. Si-ort on ' u venue ut noon on Saturday. Sunday morning. bedded. bv Miss Moor the girls wlil lake i SHAM BATTLE CANAL ZONE I n? hike In the mountain near '. said today that he could hee noth the city ami ut 5 o'clock p. m. on j ing wrong with Kastern Oregon, Sunday ;v c-tremonlal will be held judging from the way It responded in the Methodist UpUcopal church j-o th efforts put forth by his or for the Irls, j piuzi;tlon, f DISCUSSED s Baron Maurice Houtart, Belgium,. Quizzed by Fact Finders MASS OF WORK IS AHEAD OF BOARD n i i. T A 1 Gemian Budget Is Anal-;it vzed bv Baron Houtart, i Acquainted with F ilKin- i-.inl Pnnrlifinn I'AUIS (liy tlio Associated Press) Uaron Maurice Houtart of UelKlum took the rioor at Wed nesday's se--ion of the reparation committee ot experts headed by Clmrleu O. Dawes und tinalyzed the German b ml Ret of which he has made an intensive study. J-Iu was asked scarelitnt? nueslfoiis by Sir Robert Kindersley of Knland. Doctor Pleiilt of Italy, M, I'm mentier of Krunce anil by Chair man Dawea and atibwcrcd . thj questions informally from Ills knowledge. No decision of any sort was ta ken by tho committee and it was evident that many mich days wero before Ha mmubcre days of ex position und inquiry which will not take definite shape In tho way of results for ti considerable per lod. Si hat'lit to Ho Questioned. Dr. H. C. Hchucht, head of the Crerinan relchsbank, will not bo asked ror any plans of his own ror re-establishing the German currency. The purpose of bringing him before the committee, it Ij explained in only for the Infor mation of the committee men. He will be questioned .us to thi exact present position of Gumma Thia ts purl of the preparation of the members' minds lor con structive work later. They have agreed in eoiivi'rsutlon that their real efforts will come when they undertake to reconstruct the Ger man administrative mechanism. 1 he.r intention is to devise a plan which, when applied will restor German money, appreciably ani'j result In the payment of the gov ernmcnt's expenses out of the rev eniie. and create a productive commercial ortrunism which win ytohl u sufficient amount for the German government's home re fuire;iicnta and leave a margin l-(for thn navment nf n-oiir.tlioiiR f Th., Mine and ...no,,,,! of the- ,, - paratton payments, it Is rorecast will Jie wholly conlingi nt upon the way (tie proposals work when they are applied. The prevailing Idea s Mrst l- create what loakit like a practical plan. When thej rcHiilts will prove whether the plan ia u good one to have, iat icl or )r it must be modified in the j light oT experience. The feeling is! that any purely cut und dried 1 ach'-me cannot be Imposed upon Germany vit h any precise knowl- edge in advance aa to its produe tlvenea.'. FRENCH FISCAL REFORM PASSES ADMINISTRATION J'AKIH (AP) The I'rench cab inet today adopted without Im portant changes' the rinal draft of Ihe govern men fa program of fis cal reform, including the measure providing for a 2i per cent in crease jn taxation. One of the measures authorized Ihe government to mimiciwI bv simple decree all linpoi tu where - ever they are from that arc not u national necessity. f oiiipnily nrfJrljil- e,e "Jlift looking over the territory j to se- (r wo can Increase our bus- I in ess. was th- remark oT J. P. 1 Purton, head of thin division forj the Texas i H company, who ts stopping at Ihe Foley hotel. With Mr. Ilartou are It. I. Kearns. well j known In li Grande, and K. H. .Frances who Is also coaiU'ctM with the Texan company. !' Thin oil concern is repr-snled In Ut Grande by the Pla le c einnpany. It also ha branches In Wallo wa county with A u d m r ; I'luyle as the busilieHs head of I ibe(, iwo counties. Slnie the Texas c.ompany came .into thiM fb-hl U bus enjoyed a xood biislness. anil Mr. Ita rtot, Ridicule Is Pointed At Blockade" Observers at Tampico, Movico, Laugh at Idea of Rebels Blocking the Port of Vera Cruz. TAMPICO. Mew (Ity the Asso ciated press)- Observers of the rebellion nro inclined to ridicule I e Da II ut rta's proclamation of H blockade, for yesterday, when Die blorkade was to be effective there were no siRtis or rebel ships nfr the port and shipping was un-J disturbed. I Federal' reinrorcemenls are ar- iving here in considerable : sirengn as uie wnregon govern- (merit desires to rut the entire oil; eii. i m HiiiKu k nromise or guarantees ror the ,roV.,y 111111 mw 01 111080 m l"ill,:t34 Dog i-tcens.-a A brisk entragement occurred yesterday at th ". ",i foil if led but after four houru of lighting they were routed uild many insurgents were killed. liK-onm Nllll AkiimiiuI ,Au( 'I'ourM Turk ........ "'---' WASHINGTON (AI-) The AlvwtlMlng .. II.I IlKlit i rul.icr Tui-onm. uKl-ounil oil '" l-'unils (Tuxtui) .... 6.2U2.21 ItlanqntlluH ri't'f. off Vuru Cruz, J " - hits MiriM roiiiparlnn'hl!i rlooilwl, 1 ' (Continued on page 6) according to radio uttvlecs today.' i - I'ub.i an. ,'itun.linK l,y und hope" M KMRERSHII OF nro entertained that Hit- Tacoma may be drawn Into deeper water aa soon as the heavy seas subside. No ream 'a re held ror thu sut'ety of thi crew. S TAKE: DEATH TOLL NKW VOKK AP) Gitn of .the most severe J a Hilary wind . and rain storms la years subsided to I day after i-auMng indirectly fivo I ileat hs, a con.iidcrablo loss of properly and much dumaga l small shippiiir,'. PI.TPOf II VM klHP FIRE CONTROLLED AST ill! A AP)-The Hleuinor Hll-erado r.tarted - for I'udg'd Sound, her destination, after the control. 1 ASTOIlfA APl Thn sitfnnnT t , . . ... ... ' I petroleum in drums, reported a fir in her hold early today orr Willap;i harbor. Uiter ho was re poried hea'ling ror Astoria and the fire was reported under control at 7:4.1 o'clock. lHAWLEY. OREGON. HACKS SOLDIER HON II 3. MEASURE AKT'ifMA. fAP) -W. C. Ha.-py represetilatlve in eonirrerai, pledged hlmseli to !))' siippnil of the vet erans' adjusted compensation bill when U comes before the house of rcjrei!Mp!t(veH. and even if presl- '' 1,1 i In a (.'itolide vetoes t he measure. !omiMUiiir:i!ion lo (labnp poo' ff t h- Anieriean leubm, Haw ley predicted i);!t die bill would pass eouiri s,s w i'li out difficulty, and that it could even b pussed over the president!! veto If this is in voked against II. en i itopoiMNT riM:i AMI hliMIII) I'l ltMU UOi'km'UG. f'omplaints to clly aul hori ties here concerning the charges of IJ. A. Mai I in ol Portland, chiropodist, who hat-- ! garnered a rich hai veat In Itose I burg durin;; tlx pal few daya. re- suited In his urresl. lb- was round Jlo be operating v.Uhont a Hc-nne (""'' was fined 17i Mild told lhat his priictlce was not desired In . Itosebm k. A license for r art her I practice v. as de enh-d. I. Tfl Elgin, Imbler Phone Co. In Hands Of Home Firm J As a reaeli of the telephone (etu latlon In the north end of thin coun jiy a.n-l vh'i;iity of the Kunimer 1 ville, hithl.-r and lgln disMicts. 'the 1-. phone e:re,;,M:j,.j( toe;i('-d at I in bier and KIkiii v. hah had r' 'ently le-n sixtm-d bad; to ih ' I'nlon County T' l phone ( ouiiiaiiy. ; ;i bankrupt corp'iraiton with U. I.. I Shoemaker i'cilng on trusiee, b the Klgln T lepiiuiie company ih K-'tileioeni of a that morfxutfc "laini. were recently ordered sold In 4hoie or In part, by the referee In bankruiitey. The Home Ind pendent Tele, phone cotiipHiiy submitted u bid T The report of Mrs. K. M. Kowler, city treasurer, for tlio year of IV'iil, was presented to the city commis sion last evening and approved and filed. The report follows: lie wil lies. c0Hh on Hand January j - fj'Z $ 3a,4tt.60 -'w it.. 4i r.u uter Jteiits poun, Kees' .-ilu.s and Korreita !j,lt",w.5 ;. ,;tGii.ar. Sit 1.00 122.00 C7.U0 10 I.Vft 1G0.&0 1,73.00 nulldiug Permits ..... Mnulno Pni-mlla !iiumi.inB i'..rn,it Krunchlsu (H.I.T.Co.) .. Hcptlc Tank (Taxi's 2t..72. I'.onl 11IIU.) .. 125.72 LEGION SWELLS Doth tho Hed and Uluo sides In the American Legion membership dnvo are showing a lot ot pep and both promise u good number or new members ul the cloBe of thu drive tomorrow night,' according to announcement by an official of the organisation toduy. h a1teJ cspOQt at least forty now members who huvij never belong ed to the American Region before. Tho losing team must decide on a tlmo for a meeting In tho near fu ture when they must give a ban quet for the winning team and ar range for tho initiation of the new men. Italph Huron Is cap tain of Die illuo team and Kay Williams in captain of the Hod Team- JAPAN IS FACING POLITICAL CRISIS TdKiO (AP)--A political crlsti confrontH Japan an the result of a split in the Hie'pikal, tho major ity political nin-ty of the lower hou::o of tho I Mel. following an Hit ion of Viscount Takabashl ores- Ident of the Seicpiknl, to a newly rormed cabinet or Viscount Kiy oiim, which has the support of (he Kenkyttkal or ruling faction of tho 1iou;q of ieers. FIRE FIGllTERS TO HOLD DANCE ON JANUARY 23 V h ( ; ra n d e Fl re I e pa i t tiieut tod?- announced that an an nual fireman s ball wuuhl bo held ln Zuhi r ball Wednesilay January g:. Commiltei been appointed and are evening have making arraugemcut for the affair At a recent meeting of the fire depart meat, officers were elected Tor the year. Jim O'Ncll was elected u'slatant chief, Nate, Zweifol captain, Frank Suydam j first lieutenant, Loyd Herlber, sec ond lieutenant, t. (). Murchlson. permanent. ebb-r, wju: named treasurer, ( Mackey, president, 'Lot frHiodgrass vlco preslent and Arthur Van Fleet, secretary. GUM,, t phiaiih;p nv .ioriii;it, i;m),s mm; OltHfJOM CITY. Maragtel Mo rhtrlty. 2, daughter of Mrs. Klla beth Moriarlty of Wesi Una, com mitted suicide at Iter home, shoot ing heiHcir in the mouth with a re volver. The clil'8 act followed an upbraiding by her mother because sh" had been out lute. She w:n rormerly an inmate of the Oregon State hospital at Sib iu. for Ihop" ,Hir!i of 11, i 'X''huc- Id CH1..I ullhln II,.' clly limit:, of I I Kln tt.1,1 f.nbVr vl.lrh bi'l w i.ji ;M-f,p,,'.i iir.,1 Him Iran.-if'-r m.hiJ' January Mill.. The rural or fit.pi. -r II.M'H haJ all Iwi'ii Holl lo ll.o far.iio.u rlor lo IhlH ll,". Ah il'lf HOW to tho nalt.ri! of Ihe i-o.tnlry trv-i v I! i;i-;i,l Mi, W, 'n. (INS) ' pil l,y llin rurul lln-a In ll.ov ill.-1 A VI. ..,r.ii',. for kih-cIIob u, IrlfjH.H Iih I n lirovi -l l,y urinal ,,.uii,iB n ru, , , lo,l,i Ix i ,nil i d i kpi rlrnri- of Mm ii hi few yi'uiK i,v iof.il r-: ilan,MliMir. Tlmy wl II, ul II In pruclli ally liniioan.l.l" fiirn,,.r dorii:! f,v. (o t.-n niliiiil.x u euinpany lo render rural or farmer lino Bervlee by owning anil maintaining the linen tui company (i.'ontlnueil on puKo ti) ' -m - BROUGHT llo, bum: .luctt inc i.iaut Killer Dcmpsey is nt Mlnnii xteach. I'la., ilolng bis best to forget tho northern blasts of winter. The turr might li ml one to hcllmc he l:i MictTisllng. The youngster nllh him Im "JackEc'' Oil, a prlxe baby, cnllctl by many " iM-rfect t hllrl." EI DESTROYS '0 Tracy McMillan IlOUSe lank House and Wood Sheds Burned by Early Morning hkVlQ. Shortly aft" five o'clock l.hH morning a Dim Tracy McMillan 'Occurred at t ho farm, two mlle:t south or Allcel, which completely destroyed the house, tank house and wood shells. mum HOME! The rire started berore any of I turn when meeting another car, tho ramlly were up and they be- j ihcn turning turtle In a canyon lleve (hat the origin was In tho,8'h or Canyonvllle. Three brok tank liouse. j'o ono wiw awake ' ribs and minor bruises were the and there was no Tire In the house, A portion of the furniture was saved. - Kstlmales today plueo tins loss at a lilh figure. 'ROAD ACCIDENTS 109'? t ATIVIT.'II IJ6' VslllMniVdU li TOTAL OF 15,000. CHICAGO. (AO, Kwiy time! the clock lolled 2& minutes durimr the last year, a person wan killed , on the highways of llm Pnlted Stales, and each time 'J.ft minuteH were ticked through some p.-iMon vun injured, N. M. I.rtbea, ass's taut inaintenance engineer of I lie Wisconsin hbrhuny com mission, toid Hie America it I toad 1 1 nl Idem association conveniien. iliirhwiiv acc:idenla claimed Ifi.. (M,i lives and caused I.7imi.imhi in- jnrii-n, he declared, poinlinw out ,lllf ,jeath rat run aiiloim.hileH liad Increased f l oin a pproxiuolrly nine deal hn ol every I n.iaa uf prjpulation in PH7 to )::.! p--r !mi, (Hio in liUii. SEVERE TEMiJLOR REPORTED TODAY Sleamahlp Tone ho, via St. PAul I'dand ( AP)--lnhabltariU of ltelliobtir.y and the vicinity repott ed v. severe earl ho, nako Tuesday morning. The southern .edge of the Pavlof volcano wiw blown off. The shock la;. led jevell minute:;, Pavlof, a) n co the edire wn blown off, has bee:t cniitliug steam and nmok t densely. The people Mf I'.elI;ofaky, whl !i ta on tin A lit Kk iin peiilti.ulaf led their honifn In nafct. MRS. PIERCE ILL IN PORTLAND, OR. l'iM;TI.,Nn. or.-JIn WjiII.t M. Plfr'.-,.. wlfi- of Hi; ov;rn'r, J.i nl HI. Vin,',',,l' hostilllil ,)ilir- ko,k lr,i,l,.n n, for a fhronlc I IHTVOOM ',!l'IHir, will, III,' prOH- I '-, I i.'i rciuitlnlnK IIktc for al, out ,1 w'k ',' l:,',c. Governor rirc M In I'm,!;,!,!! alh-ijftiiiK ItiH wll,;. .Ic-lain iiil . it l, I'nhll,! , - 'I it Kmply Seals (olt-Kly alieail. I'alroui, view tho ailvunc. inn hour will, alarm. htiHllly fln lil, their ,:,e:iU anil 'lali back to j v.'irU. lei'AiiK; ruom lor le w lii.. i lohier.-. BULLETINS Probo Proposed. WASHINGTON. (AP) A con grensionnl luveittlgallon of the nd mlnlst ration of Governor General I A'o hard Woods, in the Philippines, and of the stock operations of his son Meulenanl Osborn C. Woods, lWi,a ,roI,OH,'d 1,1 u resolution today Norm uuuotu. ' - : HOSIODI U. (Al-J-Mrl. Chat- h'H W. Mberleln, of Klamath Kails, was brought to Hoseburg lust niKhl suffering from Injuries suf- ' r,',-,'(l ',l'e yesterday when a car in which Hho and her husband were leuvlng for 1'orllund in, nkld ded on the wet pavement on a extent of Mrs. ICburleln's injuries. Cattle Weaker. i POUTI,AND, Or'. (AP) Cattle I weak to 25 cents lower on todny'n I markets. Good ateers $7 to $K.25. iog nrm to h cents higher, med- 1 lllin In rlmlro t All In ttut 7-7f. to K.f,(i. Sheep steady. Kggs mi in wiiu n iiigniT irenu, going at 2'J to, 33 cents. Ittitler steady. 'I'lnfric ArrPNlH rlinllfi.l. SAI.K.M. Or. Violations of truf fU: laws Tor which urrcHtn wero niiult! durliiK the Mionlh of Deccm Iht t iini Ix-ri'il 83fi, nci'orijlnK lo a lilimlhly n! ,,, n L nt T. A Itnf f.Mly, rlil. f uIjiiii tmrric Iniipi-ctor uml fl,n;H uKKri'KUti'd ej'jU9.5ll. Late News Flashes vetkrans boArd acts. SALKM (AI). Kx-sci-vice men's sUilc aid commit) Bion today wont an inquiry to United States Attorney Coke asking the reason for the delay in the prosecu-, tioii of the De Schutes county bonus fraud indictment CJIHCH. . ' i. Four iuen, including H. J. Overluiff, were indicted by the federal grand jury last February, charged with unlawful connection with the loan proceedings. A resolutions adopted by the bonus commission de clares the prolonged delay in bringing the case to trial must result in rendering unavailable some of the evi dence under which previous action was taken and add, "(iovcrncr Pierce slates he can hardly believe that the attorney general at Washington will allow the Influence that appears to be being brought to cause three indict ments to be dismissed." , SINCLAIR FILKS FOR RK-TRIAr. (IlIillAI.IS, Wash. (AP). Alleging that Judge Reynolds had talked improperly in the jury's presence and erred in instructing Ihe jury, a motion for a new i-ial of Senator Sinclair was filed in the superior court txlay. WOULD REPEAL ACT. SALEM (AP). Attorney General Van Winkle de clared today he would propose to the next legislature either lo repeal the act whereby a governor is allowed to send special prosecutors into counties, or that as- sistant attorneys general be provided to give their en tire time, to criminal work. Frequent calls from coun ties for assistance caused his decision. Tom Gallant Struggle Against Nature la Won by Dirigible's Crew 72-MILE GALE . LOOSED GIANT Shenandoah,' Pride of U. b. Navy, Returned to Hangar at 4 O'clock Morning. LAKE HURST, N. J. (AP) After the most remarkable flight ever made in a dirigi ble airship, starting early last night wheu a 72-mile, gale swept her from, her mooring mast, the crew of the Giant Shenandoah, prido of the United States navy, was safe, with the dirigible in the hangar today. ; She was brought; to ground shortly after 4 o'clock tliis morning. Overcoming furious winds Captain Hotnon and his crow jf 22 men m&naged to turn the Shennndoah's noso into tho teeth . of the gale after being blown over Staten Is- (Continued on page fi) E TRAIL . SECTION HA-LHM. (AP) Thu state high way commission In to open bids In) Portland L'Y"runry 4 and 5 on Oil miles of highwny Improvement, InJ eluding tho resurfacing of 16 miles of the Old Oregon Trail, between Lone Pino und 'relocAset, in Union county. ' t- i . 1 They will fe-cnflvcrtise for bids on 17 miles of nurfaelpg on thu Co-qutllc-Ilandon section of tho Koonc velt highway in 'Coos county and will also recolvo bids for a lunch room and confectionery In Clatsop Crest Park. TO .a ....I. i