La Grande evening observer., February 08, 1924, Image 1

EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY.
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Fair tonight and colder in
the east. Saturday fair. .
CITY
EDITI O N
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PHES8 NUMBER 103
VOLUME XXII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1921.
REALTORS
1EET HERE
TOMORROW
Northwest Jveal Estate
Association's Annual
Meeting Arranged
ABOUT 100 ARE
EXPECTED HERE
Program Calls for Busi
ness Sessions in Morn
ing and Afternoon
Banquet in Evening.
Approximately 7" to 100 mem
bers of the NorthwcHt Real Lsnuo
AKnoeiatton arc expected (o arrive
in La Grand i tonight and lomor
row morning to be In attendance
at the annual meeting of tli ) sso
clatlon which will begin at Ion
o'clock In the morning In the city
hull building.
Husincss sessions will bo l ia
the city hall building lu holh ,n''
afternoon and In 1he evenin.;. the
realtors will gather In the Noit.'s
Grill for a banquet.
Discussion relative to real ostiVe
listings will be the opening1 topic
In the morning following tho roll
call. Krnest G. Day, of ltoise, Id'i..
will lead this discussion.
In the afternoon William M".1m
of La Grande, will lead a (Hch::su. i
on real estate sub-dlvlsloning. Fred
Germain, of 1'ortlund, will dtwusj
zoning and K. K. Hedge, of Spo
Uane, will discuss advertising.
TIjo banci'iel .lll be op-m-.! ; t
7:30 o'clock In the evening.
Delegations r.re expected In Lr.
Grande from .VpoKane, Holae, Le-.-Iston,
Imker, Union, Kni.-rpris",
Pendleton, Forllsnd and other cit
ies In 1he hoi t Invest,
Preparations -'"Srci now com pt n't
for the ontert.i n.-nent of tho visi
tors and ' loci I realtors are looi.lii':
forward to one of the most sui.ecai
ful annual meetings held by the
association. '
SOVIET RUSSIA
RECOGNIZED BY
ITALIAN RULE
KOMI-. (Al). Tho reprcHenlu-1
lives of the Ilaiinn nn'-l 1 tUHHijin
KOverniuentH signed the coinnir
cinl tfaly Thursday and limn, In
. conformity witii 1'reniier Miihso
Itlll'n prevlotm declHion, eatubliHli
ed do Jim; recof;nltlcn of llus.sia.
The Italian Koveininent will lin
inedlat'ly uppolnt an ambassador
to Moscow, thus restoiinff diplo
matic relations.
HIGH TEAMS CO
TO PEiLETO!
Headed by Coach lister Wiic-
TaviKh aim Coach Mlna Mnrclit-
.on. tho 1,l Grande high wlmol
pirln' and boys' banket hall teams
It'll t his morning for I 'end let on
where they will meet the Uueka
100 contingents thin evening. liotli
coach en took eight players.
Captain Price, Coker and Lynch
left this morning on No. 1 7 but
the remainder of the boys and
gbrla team left iaetr In the morn
ing by siege. A large number of
rooters accompanied th team.
Announcement of tho referee
lias not in"'ii made but lie will be
selected from four Walla Wall i
l eferees, all approved by Whit
man Ca!legi
Saturday night the girls will
play Inibler high here and tho
boys will play Cnion high. Jamie
son of linker will referee the
game. The girls game will be call
ed at 7:4ft o'clock In the high
school gym and the boys con
test will follow the opening game.
OH I turners Popular.
JVhON. (A I) Thirty-five
per cent of all the marine tonnage
now under const ruction In ih"
world, according to Lloyd's statis
tics. Is to be rilled with internal
combustion engines as against
steam. This shows the remarkable
development taking place In this
method of proputsio.
Former La Grande Folk
Gather in California
LONO UKAOH. Calif. (Sperral to
the Ohsrver via Mali In th
sunny south, at ltxby's Park. long
Itearh. nl- Feb. 3rd. a m Crande
picnic whs held. The tables gronn
ed with good things to eat but
every one was so busy visiting thai
euls were almost forgotten altho
each weined to get their shan'.
Folio" lue ti;L- p;iu;c luutu tli Uo-
Execution by
mm ill $:m
Imim mMss vmmm
ySeJlri. E-n-tVo-irLce; .
O 3 FOSAAT J OKI
Cr- LETHAL GAS !;
CHAMBER !'. OOTWt-
. t .
I'hoUxs .gliuw sketch , of lethal gas clnnilmr conslriiruM csii
, irliilly lor tlio purpoms near the1 oater wnll dr tho Nuvnchi Hlt
prlMin nt Cnrson Oily; thiMwq Chinese, tho younger of whom riv
eelvtil n -omnlntatftm of the death scnUwe and tho elder if
whom (Ilex today, and tlio third, a Menloau, who was scheduled
to tile' with tlec Jon.
One Executed By Gas
In Carson, Nev. Today
Comments Lacking.
ISKI'.MN. ( Al') The foreign
office refused to dfscusa the reports
of Ambassador VVledfeldt's resig
nation as the result' of the Wash
ington flag Incident but It see nib
clearly the- government's intention
to sliir't the responsibility to the
ambassador.
livestock Steady.
1'oitTl ,AND. (A I') I.lveslock
Is stt aily today on markets here.
Kgga are firm, 28 to aa'j cents.
IJutter firm. .
,,..,
TED THYE WINS
TITLE CONTEST
FROM F. SAXON
PORTLAND (Uy the A:ociated
I "ress ) Ted Thyo retained t ho
tight heavy weight belt last night
by taking two out of three fiills
from I-'rank Saxon, claimant of
the Canadian title.
PAST EXALTED
RULERS NIGHT
HELD BY ELKS
The La fSrande B. P. O. K. lodge
No. 4S:t obs-rved lust evening es
past i-x-ilti'd ruler's night at which
time every efficer's chair was fif
ed by past exalted rub-Ts. H. K.
t'oolidge and Colon It. Kberhard
.vere presiding officers.
Nominations for officers was be
gun last evening and will be con
tinued through the' month of Feb
ruary. Kvery Thursday night ti'.e
books will be open for nominations.
Flections will be held the first
meeting In March.
Following the nominations a
banquet was held.
dak fiends got busy and after beinc
shot s-eral times the crowd seal
tered along the beach to take In
the sights and gaze on the bathing
beautiea. On account of sickness
several were unable to attend,
among t)Hs being Mrs. Jack Hr
lan. Mis. Hlbburd and sons Wuit
(CoulUiUuU uu pau S)
Lethal Gas
Cell Hoase .
House
OA UPON, N15V. (By the Asso
ciated IM'fJSH) Geo Jon, convict
ed of a long murder, was execu
ted today with lethal gas. I'liynl
ciaiis said that the death occurred
six minutes after tho g-is was
turned inio tho phamber and that
the end came painlessly. .
Thomas Kusaell, who was also nitxUtfi inyU.ad Gf ono.
condemned to die by telhal gas IVbruary FJ atnd 20 am the
today received an eleventh hour f,,.nnU dates. Tho original plans
commutation of sentence Trom CJlli(,(I f0r presentulion On tho
the state pardon board. Ho was Ml,ht of j.vbriiary , .
sentenced for killing his Indian Tho energy put Into the produc
hweetheart. l;on ,ht. ,IU!rt of tho drama itxelf
Tho Chinaman was led to the and lastly tho far more, than or
death chamber shortly before ten t dmary ability o film dramatic cast,
o'clot-k this morning. Newspaper clearly convinced all those in
men acted as official w.lnessea, J nuthority that tha production
grouping with physicians around Mmuld be played two evenings,
the window of the cell in which Grande r.kcs hotno tulenl
the condemned man wa;i ntrappcdt j ,;1'h as ?very one knows and that ;
Gee Jon wa( placet'. it thiijin "Lion and the Mouse' will he
chair when tho newspapermen ar- j Voll rece'vt-d Is fore ordained,"
rived. Guards reported that hSjdeeiiired one of (he officers of the
wept a H tt lo as ho was jilaeed in aor'nt nn lhi:i morning,
tho chair. Tho captain of lho( Nighlly. part or all of the cast
guards said to him "brace up" is beitir; put through I fa paces at
und after that ho displayed m hint library.
emotion, ,
When the gan wart turn?d on lie Us.t lii'.iiidsii-om f Am'iids
raised his head and looked around j .Money UaKed In America I
at the hiding sound causal bv j
li'litor hydrocyance acid being STOCKHOLM. AI')-M;hs F'sa '
blown Into tlte room from an ad-' Hrendstrom, culled "the Angel of j
Joining compartment of Hie Htt'-J sihi-rlu." has begun the Investment!
building. Uf the $ I mi, eon which uhe raised1
Then hill head fell forward. j hy Ilip. ,,,piI,r ..(lur-s In the Cni-
His expression remained placid t(M, 1;,Hl y,.)ir ln lUv v,iiXWV,
during tho six minutes lie con- i(lf (h widoui: und children of con
tinued to breathe. Jiral l-Juropeun war prisoners In
j Russia,
f'AKSON CITY. Ni-tf. (INK) SUim irndsl rom Iris established
ivee. was n man ot me. wu
(Continued on page 4)
OFFICERsTlXIJ
BIG STOCK 01
MOON LIQUOR
'
delphias "biggest bootlegger" wan
raided Thursday and liquor valued
at more than $30,000 seized, a
few hours after Director Hutler
hsH charged ino deieelive-t wit M
treachery, graft and Ineff iciencv
and told them he knew of the ex
istence of a "bootleg king" with
ii fabulous Block, police raided so
old warehouse in th down town
section and placed It More, of I'q
uor under guard.
Prince of W ales Has
Broken Collar Bone
UNIoS (Uy th
Press) Tho prince
Aocluted
of Vale-4
broke his collar bone while rs't
fitting one of his hunters nt lltll
iugton Manor near Ascot, toduy.
Tho horse fell in ji::;i.'!ng a
Ruce.
J
II RETURNS
FIVE SECRET
INDICTMENTS
Busy Term of Court Is
Foreseen ; fceven liUls
Reported Jury Still in
Session.
hiillcatluns tlml tlio 1-Vbruary
t'Tm of circuit court will bo a long
oii were furthered lato yostorday
when tho Grand jury reported five
Into bills of Indictments. No un
true blllii were reported. .
Tho grand jury is still in ses
sion probing other cases and to
dalo has reported a total of sev
en true, bills, nil of a secret na
ture, and no untrue, bills.
II la (o bo expected that theso
secretly indicted will be forced to
race trial before Judge J, W.
Knowb-s as soon as tha present
civil cases uet for trial nro dis
posed of.
Tho trial of tho civil caso of W.
L. Kidd a. Umatilla county hod
progressed this morning, to tho
taking of rebuttal testimony.
OREGON SOLON
COMES WEST ON
BUSINESS TRIP
WASHINGTON (AP). Senator
StuiiflHd in now on his way to i
spend tn days at his business
headquarters In Welser, Idaho; Ho
will not bo present when some
of the most Important testimony
is takn before (he senate land
committee in 'connection with tlio
government, naval reserve leases.
Ho expects to ho baok beforo the
lest)mony is concluded, however,
and, xyill take an .important part
in Hut discusKlons of the commtt-
teo'prellmlnary to a report to. tjie
senate. . , .
2-NIGHT PLAY
NOW PLANNED
Knt hiised nt the public Interest
demonstrated hi preliminary an
nouncements and thij high state
of perfection of dramatic talent
displayed by the cast, tiro Grande
I! on! (i ..li .1,1 In, ii.i til nljunfitilinn
,iru(ls ,1(U.(, d(.(.i(1,.d to present
- The Lion and tho Mouse" two
h lt,, ,.,,. inlllf. ((( (h. r.mtlo nt
Netiporge, near Miltwelde, In tiax
t.ny, win-re t he children can be
brought up in che.-r.'ul surround
ings and lind'-r the bed of care.
instruction la to be Individual
thing.? ', homUo.d managen)..nt
I""'1 Krd iiim;.
Chief Urges
Co-operation in Talk;
WAfWITNtlTON (My the A.snraeisi.
Ii'l Prens) After an address by
S erelnry Wallace, (he National
tuncH of Farmers Co-operative
marketing i'.ww: in lions h'.re today
na.i ;sked by Aaron Sapiro, promi
nent in organizing such Mssoeia
tiijiis lo draw up a "lilll of par-
. iMMiUin. ril l ill'" i . r. n,it-
culture department's policy toward
o-operaiive niarKeiin,.
WASHINGTON (My the Asso
ciated Frew) Kudorsement of
the co-oj'eratlvc marketing move
Wf. at by Pres'.deut Coolidt: uid
STILL CAUSED
EXPLOSION IS
THEORY TODAY
Seattle Dry Squad Lays
Blast Causing $100,000
Damage Yesterday, to
Liquor Still.
SEATTI.K. Wn. (By the A sum-la -
tfMl PrrM) An explosion which
ycjitcrdny afternoon nearly wreck
cd a Tour-story building and Im
periled the Uvea of. nearly a scor
persons was believed today by tin
City of Seattle's dry squad to have
been caused by a liquor still on
Iho aecond floor.
Tho explosion caused a fire that
did: what is estimated as fllH'.ouu
damage
WOMAN TO HANG
MAY 20; KILLED
HUSBAND OCT. 19
PRINCE ALBERT, Soak. (AP)
Mrs. Katherlno Tratch was
te need Wednesday night by
tlco J. K, I'itibury to hang1 May
after a jury returned a ver
dict of guilty on a charge of first
legrea murder In connection with
tho Blaying of her husband in the
Klsh" Creek district October 19.
Diring the trial testimony 'was
introduced to show that she was
persuaded to poison her husband
by another man.
WASHTNaTON (By tho Amo
elated Press). Tho smouldering
embers of the bureau of engrav
ing controversy which first blaied
up two years ago ' with a whole
sale dismissal of employes by
President Harding has again been
fanned Into flame,
-Churles U- .Brewer, department
of justice attorney, .who lnvestl-
gaicu cimrBco oi uuH..vv.
government hcui ivid, ui
the case Into the open Thursday!
with the filing of sensational !
charges against tho treasury, and
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TRAIL BACKERS
When the Old Oregon Trail as
sociation's annual meeting Is held
in La Grande, next Tuesday mem
bers of tho Chamber of Commerce
and tho citizens In general are
txpoctlng to turn out and show
just, how hospitable the City of
La G ran do really is.
The morning and afternoon sos-
sloim of the association, to be hold
In Iho city hall, aro open to
the,
puiuic ii on mo piiiniu hi uiK'ii ,
nllend allhoughynon-memberrt will j
have no vote In any uctlon taken. 1
At noon the Chamber of Com -
merce, headed by A. W. Nelson, I
chairman of the day, will be host.il
lo the delegates at a luncheon In
tho I. O. O. F. hail ami one or
the largest gatherings of the past
year Is experted to welcome tho
Old Oregon Trail association del
egate, lit the evening a banquet will
be held In tho First Methodist
church basement end tho general
public Is cordially Invited to at
tend. Reservations, however,
should bo marie Immediately with
Karl C. Reynolds, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, whose
of flea Ii now located In the Hom
mer Hotel llulldlng.
Flmil plans for the annual
1 meeting are being prepared and
Tuesday convention1 program will
be completed.
Marketing
ILL WELCOME
addresses on various angles of the' The game last evening was a
question marked the opening ses-, walkaway for the local tiln-M
hIoii hero Thursday of a three-'Alihe end of the rirst half the Lc
day conference of tho National gionnalris lead Cnlon 30 to II end
found) of Farmers Ho-opuratlvu , In the last period a whirlwind lin-
.Marketing Associations
renident ;oolhlg', lu his mrs-
cage to the conference, declared
there was need also of cooperative
urguuliatloti umong urban con
KiimiiHTH. He udvocated 't clomi
working relationship' butween the.
producer and consumer group as
un "Ideal toward which the lurg-
(Cuutluutti vo pays 6)
SECOND ATTEMPT
TO BLOCK
ERECTION IS MADE
XTRA
Must Clean House.
WASHINGTON. (AP)
The Itcmihlit-lan party must
clean houso or the pcoplr will
do It for them. Senator Hiram
Johnson, candidate for tho
Kopuhllonn presidential nom-
Jimtkm .lUvlaml In n Ntatc
, nient today.
Cruiser Ordered to IInndura.H.
WASHINGTON, (AP)
Tho Cmlsrr 1 loci it's ter, now ;
at Colon, hat Imvu onlrml !
Mi-ehia, IHmduraM, In rcspoii
ko to mi appeal to (bo statu
department from Aiiicrlctui
redt'ius wiio r'ar "revolu
tionary lct elopint'iits will
joopanllu) I'.ielr liiterestM.
E
So Says Patterson, Ore
gon Campaign Mana
ger for the President,
While in La Grande.
I am delighted with the sen
timent that 1 have found In mv
two days' stay In Union county for
President Coolldge, remarked 3.
L. Patterson, former stato sena
tor and at present .manager In
OreKftn .for . PreUJent CQMllugVt -
Heuutor pattnrflon -left - this
morning for Baker whero he will
investigate political conditions.
Ourlng his tay in this county ho
visited many Republicans in tho
interest of president Coolldgo and
his belief Is thul Cool I.I gu senti
ment runs high here.
The Coolldgo committee solect
cd by Republicans while Senator
Patterson was here consists of A.
T. Hill. Lester Stoddard, F. S.
I van hoe, C. 11.
Oberhard and Dr.
K, P. Mossman.
uuiiiJiJiiiuo will unciiu lu
ui.n tun v """hu i". lll,Uiin
STRONG
:.':rh "V "'r ,l"nviy M. Jlouvy,.ull prupvrty on
un . inn . .- A.., . , n
' i . ... . , .
i ii if mi mo i:ouni.v.
Senator Patterson has visited
many of tho Oregon counties and
according to his report this stale
Ih very strong for tho nomination
of Mr. Coolldgo. Ills observations
are that relief In various lines of
Industry such as agriculture, that
have been deprensod for some time
In expected through the Republi
can party and he finds no disposi
tion on Hie part of the people to
fursake tho narlv that stands for i
a proloctlvn tariff. lu Repuhlt-
can ranks Senalor Patterson says
(he sentiment appears almost mil-
versal to him to favor President
Coolldgo for un elective term In
the. White House,
IR'ncber tines ti prison.
KFOKNH, Or. .loo Oilstran.
Cheaiiiro rancher convicted hero
n inn cnargo or operating a dls-jon FVnAMrrOrn
tlllery, today wan sentenced bv,'6"' JJl liHitvCiU
Judge Sklpworth to ono year In
the penitentiary. Sentence has not
yet been pronounced upon bin
nephew, "Kid" (iilstrap, who wa-i
jointly uce lined with him.
FROM UNION
The La Grnmlo American Leon
basketball tenni overwhelmingly
defeated the '.'n'on Legion t'miers
here last evening. The flny
M , a nrnnill ,,,
ft, V. Ore"
iirnn ,.,,,,,, , .,, , , 'r ' . .
The Ilejix ten in now end the
L'mnlllla courtly league and Iris
won from iho Purple (Hants. Klnr,
who played with tho Purple OlnnM
when (liey appeared here last yi.r,
Is ono of the Helix team .tlar
layers. Tho game will be piuyd
n the high school geymmitdmu.
'Ish netted tlu-m 3(i points while
L'nlon gathered .1.
Summary: I a Grande 6ft, l'nlon
1 4.
Im Grande: MacTavlsh I I. The!s.
on 14, McDonald C. Garlty AsM
2, Proctor 8, Reynolds, J,. Hlod
dard. l'nlon: Bell 4. Oeerlson 3, Johr
fun. Slrrino s, liulbn, Murtvns 1,
illbbcrt 4, Collim.
LEGION INS
CHAPEL
Petitioners Present Plea
to Commission; Order
Restraining Issu
ance of Permit
Given.
Another attempt was made by
petitioning citizens to the city com
mission last evening to secure ac
tion by tho city legislative body
preventing the erection of a resi
dence chapel at the corner of
Fourth street and Pennsylvania
avenue by fl nod grass and Zimmer
man. The attempt was met with
mediocre success.
Tho city commission, after re
viewing the testimony given by
both sides in tho. controversy, de
cided to postpono action until a
later meeting but In the meantime
to authorize City Recorder J. E.
Stenrns, to refrain from Issuing a
building permit to Bnod grass ' A
Zimmerman.
"We Intend to build a residence
chapel at tho corner of Pennsyl
vanla and Fourth streets and we before the ato oil committee to
are going ahead with our plans." morrow at hi nil request and will
tho firm announced and added that Pliln professional relations
they would .taka legal action . if wlth tho Doheny oil companies
necessary to secure tho rlirht to ffm which he yesterday, severed
build.
Upon application for a building
permit and tho refusal, 8 nod grass
and Zimmerman will take action
with the view of forcing the city
to glvo thorn such a permit.
f J iron's Viewpoint,
It. J. Green, city attorney, ex
pressed as his view last evening,
that tho city had no recourse to
prevent the erection of a residence
chape) at tho site mentioned. ' Ho
stated that he based Ms attitude
upon the fact that the city charter
held no provisions upon which a!tau.,,. Bnd said he believed Prosit
xoninff ordinance or other teps;dent coolldgo would give Defcby a
could bo taken to effect preven
live steps.
Colonel F. 8. Ivanhoe, represent
ing tho petitioners, took Issue, with
Mr. Green's announcement, stating
unit. mVUQlleyt'd, that thP Mtf had
(ho right to lake legal act I oa ac
cording to the city .charter, that
would answer the petition In such a
manner ns tho petitioners wished.
Tho petition presented asked tho
city to restrain any building :of a acreugo In the Teapot' Domo .ro
resldence 'chapel at Fourth and.sorve before It was leased to Sin-
Pcnnsylvunlu streets by Bnod grass!
and Zimmerman by tho creating of
a zoning ordinance. Signers to the
petition were Julius Hocsch Mrs,
Georgo Stoddard by K. Stoddard,
Mrs. P. Hedgren, F. A. Karnes,
I'll m it Htfiflilnrrt Ir I,. I.lllv .Inhn
Mlnl,liir,l Mh R U Mi, . t
gurot Anson, Airs. (Juh Levy and
, ln ,ht' "on wh tho chapel
Ms (o bo erected
The matter will bo thoroughly
tho coming week and . when . the
matter is again taken up by the
city, a thorough understanding of
the charter provision and its ap
pliance Is expected to be attained.
Kooks Property Ilodemptlon,
Toy Young, through R. J. Kitch
en, attorney, appeared beforo the
commission Inst evening and pe-
Htloned thorn to permit him to re-
deem property formerly owned by
on Adams avenue, which Is the
'to property that Sherwood Wll-
Mams recently purchased from the
clly. .....
During the hearing of the claim
Mr, Kitchen culled the attention of
(Continued on page 6)'
BY ICE BRIDGE
BREAKING, SAFE
QVKUKC (Uy the Associated
Press) All of twenty persons
whoso liven were endangered yes
terday by the breaking of a mile
long lee bridge across tho St. Law
rence river have cscapod-
Tho fv who drifted for hours
on the flouting Ico and who were
believed lost havo reached the
shore, safely today.
Late News Flashes
ACTRF.8S FOUND DEAD IN BED.
NEW YORK (AP). Bound to the posts of her
bed, with her mouth securely gagged, Louise Larson,
aged 24, a motion picture actress, was today found
dead in her room in a fashionable apartment on West
Seventy-Seventh street.
rOINCARE EXASPERATED.
PARIS (AP)v Premier Poihcarc, with all of his
cabinet ministers, exasperated by the opposition's at
tacks, walked out of the chamber of deputies 'today.
The session was immediately suspended. ?
LAWRENCE STACKMAN DEAD.
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP).. Lawrence Stackman,
charged by a coroner's jury last night with having slain
Miss Kate Harter in her home here Wednesday night,
died at the Colfax hospital today from bullet wounds
inflicted al the same time Miss Mailer wait killed.
n
TESTIFY
Will Take Stand and Ex
plain Relations With :
Doheny Interests .
FORD SAYS NEW '
INQUIRY "NEEDED
Senalte Oil Committee
Should "Prober Connec
tion Between ' Oil In-
terests and Mexican
Attitude," He Claims. :
WAflHINGTOK (By (he AssocbV
ted Press) McAdoo Is to appear
(Connections.
DETROIT. (AP) The Senate
oil committee "might do well to
look Into the possibility of a con
nection between the oil Interests
end our attitude toward the' Mexl
can difficulty," Henry Ford said
today lii a statement Issued ln nn
answer to a request that ho Join
Michigan cltlsens In urging & fair
deal for Secretary Denby. ,
Ford urged an 'Inquiry Into, tho
nf t IvlMnn nf Inlitrnntlnnal banklnir
fair chance.
WABHINOTON. (AP) Fred
erick 0vBanfolSrsulluiher of the.
PnsL.nf, lliinimv. fMln.. Mrt
peared today as a Voluntary wit
ness telling of his efforts to aasiat
Stack had with midwest and other
oil companies supposed to own
That Ia Grande: will have a un
it of the Oregon National Guard
now seems assured, according to
those Interested in the formation
ot such a unit. '
It was announced soma: tlmtt
ago that an additional allotmont .
had been madq to the National
Guard of Oregon, and later it was
learned that it was tho belief of
tho Oregon Adjutant General's
office that part of the new organ
izations should bo located In East
ern Oregon
Several quullficd men In I
.Grande having expressed their In
terest In the Idea, the proposition
was laid beforo the Chamber of
Commerce who passed a resolu
tion Indorsing tho plan to organ
ise an infantry company here and
appointed a committee tq take
such steps as might bo necessary
to accomplish tho purpose.
All necessary forms are now on
hand and the first form which wilt
ho filled out by applicants ta now
In tho hands of the secretary of
tho Chamber of Commerce, Earl
Reynolds, Sommer Hotel Building.
Tho Secretary and others who nro
Interested will assist any ono who
wishes to Join the proposed com
pany to complete this form.
No other stops will be taken
until after the minimum number
for a company havo signed.
TO B OW
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