La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 28, 1924, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Wettneeaay, May 28f IS?!. GOBI DESERT SCIENCE GOAL Who ifrlr 'Fair and Sunny' Learned Men to Seek the Birthplace of Man in Mongolian Waste Land MOW VOltK AI") Uoy Chap man Andrews, leuilor of the Anierieari-- Museum of Natural History expedition which uiseover. el the only known fossils of dino saur eggs, will still tomorrow for Mongolia to prepure for the ro option of a party ' of scientists who next full will invade that graveyard of mastodons, thu Gobi deserl, in search of tlio "Garden of Kden." The 1924 expediltoil expects to remain afield for five years and will 'exhaust every effort toward excavating the bones ot the earli est man in support of tho theory that lie first trod earth ill what is now Ihu desolato Gobi desert, a verdant paradiso 10 to 25 millions years ago, Jleaded by Sir. Andrews, the party will includu IB scientists ure . acknowledged leaders in respective fields. There will be Waller Granger, chief paleon tologist; Charles 1. Uerkey, cheif geologist; James 1'. C'hupin, chlf ornithologist; 1. 11. ltoberts, chief topographer: X. t Nelson, chief archaeologist; ltalph Chancy, chief botanist; J. II. Shackelford, chief clneuialopraglier: H. -JJuyurd Col gate, cliiel' motor transport, each with their Assistants. Klve of the parly wero mem bers ot the three-year expedition which emerged from .Mongolia laden with the most vulualilo tol led Ion of prehistoric bones and fossils known to pulconlologlc his. lory. They helped find the tu itions dinosaur eggs, anil it was upon their uncart hings that sci entists since have bullded the the ory that Jlumo Sapiens first lived millluns of years prior to tho "dawn of history" heretofore va riously ascribed lo the lime of the l'lltdown Man, tho 1'lthecun thropos ICrettils. the Xeunderthal Mun, or I he Callfornian human whose bones, recently discovered have, aroused u new controvcrjy among scientists. Mr. Andrews is confident that the true birthplace of man, the spot on earth where a huniuii first was evolved from an unlinal, will be found in the Gobi desert. Per haps not by this expedition, he sas. hut sometime soon, surely. We can't be definite," .Mr. An drews declared. "Wu can only my that the evidence we have convinces us we are seekliiB In the right place. Wo aro special izing on man. Wo never have or ganized lo hunt his bones before. We have been more concerned with Hie history ot rocks than ot l.itiii:itiltv. Now we are going lo tile rocks i., Iiimiiin remains aro most likely to exist. Wo think the prospects Justify gambling, al though some students say we arc hunting a needle in a haystack. The Gobi desert proved a verit able treasuro trovu for the last ex pedition. A few prehistoric bones, exposed In view by a chance shifting of the hot. dry sands lid to the dls covery of a lingo natural cache of fossilized relies. Everything was In a marvelous slate of preservation after having been insulated from the elements lor millions or years by the fine desert dust. Kven Ihu shells ot the much-prized dinosaur eggs were found intact, with tho em bryos of the monsters In various sliiges of development preserved lor this age to study. The discoverers- theory Is that Gobi desert was at one nine i,...,, I, mI nlaln. threaded wn n watering places and covered with verdure on which the imistodons of the times red. Then some catastrophe, an earthquake or an inundation. exterminated thou sands or them in a moment, leuv i.,,. n.i ir remains, ami perhaps those of men or that day. to be i miraculously preserved through ""i:"tB'the "l'.i:4 expedition is not I going lo restrict itself to the past, anv more than have its predeces s... And it IS recorded that the I last expedition of the Ainerlcull : Museum of Natural History brought buck, In addition to the priceless paleontologlcal speci mens, thousands pf skins of mam mals, birds, fish and reptiles of Jiving tvpes, ror preservation and study as well us tons or geological ly Important rocks, sheaves or i liiupfof newly explored regions, and specimens of flora and fauna that never liad been classified be- i fore. ': i DEMOCRATS TO SELECT CHIEF So Claims McAdoo Who Firmly Believes His Party Will Be Trium phant in November. I.OS ANGKI.KS A1' Cali fornia is going' to elect the next president and lie Is going lo be u democrat, William O. McAdoo, candidate ror the democratic presi dential nomination, told a throng supporters who met the train on which he returned to l.os Angeles utter un extensive campaign totir. The cundidate spoke confidently of the outcome of the New York convention and declared the loy ally of his. supporters was beyond question. 1 "Within the last two weeks,", he sold, "ninety-two delegates to the convention have been Instructed for me. Including nil the delegates from Kentucy. Idaho, New Mex ico, Oregon, South Carolina iind Tennessee. In addition, 18 favor able delegates have been chosen rrom Michigan. DurinR tho samo period, ao tar as I know, no dele gates have been instructed for any other democratic -candidates. "Although tt few states. Nevada, I'tull. Mississippi, Florida und Louisiana have not yet acted, the pre-conventlon campaign Is prac tically concluded and success for the cause of progressive democ racy Is assured." And so It Is unlucky to get mar ried on Christmus day.' In other particulars, however, tho day dif fers from the other 3lH. Correct this sentence: "Oh Kadlo bootleggers have be given the air in Iterlln. Canton (Ohio) News. HAWAII II T B EXCLUSION HONOl.l'LU (INS). Hawaii's yearly number of Immigrants will be reduced by fully 76 per cent through the exclusion clause in the new tnnnlBration bill, In the opinion of rederal Immigration of ficials stationed at this port. Itecords at the. immigration of rice show that most or the immi grants who arrive here are aliens. Ineligible for naturalization. More than half of these are Japanese. Uurlng the last ten years 517. 211 Japanese have been admitted lo the territory und 31.31! Chin ese, making an excess of arrivals' of 6,176. Figuring in the bin In and deaths during that period, the territorial bureau of vital statis tics estimates that the Increase among persona of Japans, blood has been 37,500. I'p to the present time pic turn brides have been allowed to en ter Hawaii, though they have been barred from tho mainland for some yearn. Admission to Ha waii was sranted beca-jao "the gentlemen's agreement" did not apply to this territory but to "con tinental" United States. Records show that during the eight-year period prior to 1919 there wero 11,043 brides admitted to Hawaii. "Ulluvii Anion" lrovtston in Mew Czech Marriage rilAO-irK (AP) Tho newly formulated liltl regulating; mnr rlagH in Czecho-Hlovukui contains an "Enoch Arden" clause. It pro vides that. In the event of the re- turn of a husband thought dead after the woman has re-marrled, he has no legal rights that can af fect the new marriage. The conditions that prevailed throughout Europe, In tho period Just after the war, when the re turn of men missing or reported deacl to find re-married wives, was an ordinary affair probably Inspired tho law. Otherwlso tho marriage, act as framed follows those of most coun tries. Both civil and rollgious ceremonies are recognized. Tho marriageable ago for malm Is fixed at 18 and ror females 111. .MILLIONS OF HOl'KKK IS OIWKtT OF IiAHOK I'AKTV LONDON (INS) "The iJibor government ulms lo complete 2. 000.000 new houses In England within fifteen years." snys Charles Coppock, general secretary of the Federation ot Building Trade Workers. 'This Is 600,000 less than the number w aim at completing. It will mean the greatest revolution ever achieved in Britain. Every one concerned to going the right way to work. Bulldera, manafae turcrs, workers are all agreed on the lines to adopt . Industry Is prepared to use every effort to see the work through. Wnea we have finished England should be decently housed, and the bousing scandal ended forever. 'We hope to see our proposals ratified in the House of Commons immediately." Nashville Tennessean: Scientists are hunting a way to savo corn. The best way is to keep the atop- per in the jug. 'Miss Edna rilklnslon is Kng lands only woman weather foro raster succeeding her mother at Buxton, Derbyshire, station. tier Sex Wrongly Krslstem!, Girl is Called lo lourn 1'llAGL'E. (Al') When a. class of recruits was called up for mili tary service in the lloheinlan lown of Chluinec recently, among mem wus a young woman of -0. dressed In her holiday attire und weuring a huue bouquet. To the orricer In churgo she pre sented tt proper summons for the compulsory 18 months' service. Suspecting an attempt ut evuslon an examination of the girl was or dered and she was found to be what she claimed- Investigation of the registers showed that date and place or birth and ull other par ticulars were correct, except that sex had been erroneously emeieu us mule. DANISH 1IAKO.N .lAlLKI) ix ,ii:yi:l tiikit casi; LOS ANG K 1 .1 IS ( I NS) Chu rged with taking titoou' worth of Jewel ry from the home of Mrs. .Mary Gresley of La iMIradu street, Huron George von Garten, youngest member of the old Danish family bearing that name, Is held in the county jail here, uwaiting trlul in superior court.' At his recent preliminary hear ing H was testified that the young baron and Ills valet, JJolunder' Dean, rifled tho Jewel box while they were guests In Mrs. Gresley's home. They were arrested in San Francisco und returned heru for Irial Tile woman said she met handsome buron whllu making a tour of the Grand Canyon ami ivjw Ktratly Impressed by tin; Ji'lionulr and romantic baron, who played Mildly un the hcurt.strlimH of uv eiul wealthy divorcees. .ermuiiy Offers kx1 Market J or American AtMomuMle.s IJKUUN (AP I'rospcclH fur Aiiierlean uutomobiles In Cierinuiiy arc exeellenl, ami especially In the im-dhim juiced cars may a Hiilislanliul bUHiltcftH be looked for, says a trade report of the Ameri can Chumher of Commerce. In Germany. Aiilu trucks also will find a K'tod market here, thu re port nvi'Ps. Ihe VASIIINC;'OX ANM I.S i nii;Nsini (di,Mi;i i mi:k oM'i;ii;itAi v M-:V OKI.KANH AI' Afler residing in New Ork-unn virtually llll lit Hf believing hlniHeir to lC un American und exerclslm,' a ctlizen'M Hiifrrnin. William llxon Seymour has leu red In fideriil cuiirt that he h a lirittHh subject. Kcytnour was horn In Mexico of !ril lull parent uk and Ms father was naturalized by the confej cruev durlnt? the civil war. The discovery 1 hat In; w ilm tt lirMltdi mibject was made when Seymour atli-mpled to obtain a purport lo visit Kurupe. It wa umicd " tm! ,ll,u nVpartmcnt upon the Kfun'l t'ilt m eould not prove lits American cltlren fthip. At the xu me time it wan ,.-1d Hint HjrhtH ferant.d by the confederacy were nut 1- ffal. t saw Msssssssssss nsnasssssHssaHSBBHa-HrHssBissMliaiaBBBBBisssssssssv s - a ON CREDIT II Zg .Watches j 1 1 ' Tnn ml mn WE OFFER f 1 f ' YOU A PLAN BY ; i Wi X which you can buy J x 3 . , . bctiutifui, sparkling tlianionfljjiiffliiic watches on systematic time "payments. j i m m i H I M ! M M M a n H . M "Things are comi So people are apt to remark as a successful man passes by. Us ually that's only half the story, "lie made things come his way would be better. , ' Success leads , back almost always lo one thine savings. Ask any 'j sucejBseful man where he would be if he had not saved. - ; , '-Hle'll give you proof. ' 1 ' " You can do the same if you'll start saving Now and save Regularly. Can wc be of service lo you? . , United States National Bank HtMOUtt 1'KDl.KAIi m:si,it i; svs-n;M nBHBBKaBIIIHBBBBBBSSSS: Decoraitioiii Bay Equii) your car now for the week-end. Don't let old tires most coin oleic tire stock in Eastern Oregon. (Jood.vcar l or pockellwok. Compa Prices every i spoil your holiday. We have the )HI)obuih1 to suit every Size ALL-WEATHER Waterloo Tribune: The head nf the houc who didn't know until he was a Kruwn man that lliert? was unythlnir le a turkey hut I ha lieek. flmls limes anil the family orBanlialliin so fliaiiired that the same old neck Is still bis. ; SOxS'i Fabric 30x3 Vi Cord 32x1 32xl': 53x5 Cord Cord Cord 12.50 13.93 2(1.50 . 31.10 11.90 OTHER SIZES IN wl(;foot $10.35 11.85 " 19.93 20.75 31.85 PROrORTION PATHFINDER $ 7.93 9.05 15.85 W. H. Bohnenkamp Co. 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