La Grande evening observer., July 17, 1924, Image 1

EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY.
CITY
EDITI O N
THE WEATHER
V PORTLAND ' (APHOttil
(on Partly cloudy tonight
and Friday. Probable ah ov
ers In tha northwest. , ,. ." "
VOLUME XXII.
MEMtten ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 17, 15)24.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED JPRBM
NUMBER 241
tot
Hunt's
Daily
Letter
Ji (By lIAIiltY H. HUNT)
'? IKW YUltK (NKA Kpcclnl)
;T1k; Good CSray 'niidUlale." Is a
tille likely (o bo appended to
John W. Dayis, Dm; Democratic
choicc fur prcaident, before tbe
t-unipalg-ii has progre&scd many
weeks.
Kor tint outstanding 'fat-tor hi
Davis appearance Is his crown off
snow-white hair. Ititi face h lliat'rn.
of Hi.- average well-fed, well-kept
smooth-shaven man of M, a trlfl--florid
aflcr exertion, but will nol
too high it color and devoid of any
vrlnkliug of age. His while hwr,
however. In that or u patriarch of
the seventies.
Iinvls 1b a "com fori ah sort uf
person. Thoroughly at casr hlm-
those mound him feel at ease. Mm -
Is also easy and comfortable In hit.
(lot ties, preferring soft -coHand
rhlrts and roomy lightweight kuiIm
lo the mori' dignified habitljiu-niH
of many near-great law;.cr:.
This east, of bearing which lendtt
lihy distinction In any garb and
nnv company, one- led an KncJIsh
Jiniriillli.il lo wi.y or him Mini, even Urea Wednesday wcro llli worst so
ut court rcci-pllons mill formal rr
functions which lie attended iih i '''lanus on Hip cast side of Kuw
American iimDui sudor lo (ileal '"I" iiioiiiilBln. Santa llarhara nn
Itrituin, where sold linild and Kill- Honnl forest, were running wilil In
luring uniforms arn tint nil"', ami ' strong wind. Another fire was
Where even our C.corge llnrv-y sweeping Kllxnbclh Ijikc gulch,
appeared In knee pniils. Davis In lraln. brush and timlicr nvni dc
ordlnary evening dms carried all strayed.
air which marked him us one of "i"n 2f'0 men were flchl-
Ihe Btriklng figures In uny group.
Notwithstanding descriptions by
Hie HOelf'ly writers lo II"' coalrury.
luivls Is nol a handsome man. Mix
realm-is are not siirrlciently""s m
inetrlcal for thai. - Ilia furcln-ai)
la too bulging. Hip lines of
his
tileoks too flalleiied, the moiilh
loo thin and reKlrulneil to iinalifv
him In u beauty cuutest. lie l.
bow'v:r, untitles! lonuhly a man of
litrlklni; appcaninee. Anyhow, in
Ititrkint; a man lo run against ( ai
vin (oolhli.-e, II waa not consnt-
ereii iieut'tHitry lo Heareh f'r an
Adonis. HlreilBth and personalllv
vruto much more desirable tinali-
(Contlniind on uhkii ?X
FDRESf FIRE
it CONTROLLEIlXTRA
X-OVK. -re. ,S'pec,a-Te 'j. V
V. M. KMIs forest ranger, al Ibis
: ..... ....
jtiace. ret run eo un- mm-m ' n.n.
iiitt the blaze. Only local men
ivcre taken.
Superintendent Irwlll. of linker.
hacf cbarifi' of the worn
The fire was first discovered by
K. Sewnll, the lookout man at
Meadow iiiiiunliilns. Sliorlly nflcr
it rtas niilleid by William llerlseh
at the power plant.
"TwcIv n joined the force of
flu-blers and la-rum many hours
the- Tire was under colli rol.
5 JTIilH Is tin- firsl roresl fire
llils vicinity for many years.
1u
. Aa Ihe KVrlllng I ibiii.-rvoi got-K
lo r'in toda) lh- annual Ki-.vr-Hhle
jrnrk niM'Mng of Mm I nlnn
fount y pioneer iLsnoclatl'i'1 Is in
M'M.stoM.
. ItepnrlM from the pari; nr- to
tln effect (hat Iho altemlaiiei l
iih Jiigh un was unllcip.ited and
that a very siircrwful meting will
bo innrkeil d'jwn In the hii-tiry of
the HHticlation.
The. liusint:. h mcellnu w a
fa'hcdulcd to In gin late thix nioin
Ing and wjh lollowed by 4 lmch-con.
PIONEERS AT
I PHI TODAY
Annual Farmers9 Field
. Tour Program Prepared
The annual farmers field tour
t b conducted under th aiisplce
of the l iilon county iiKrlcnlturisi.
II. I. Avery, on Sit urday. Is ex
jarcted to result in a lanre numb, r
of rnlon county nn-n maklni? tin
trip, the purpose of which Is main
ly educat lonal cd ueat Ion of I Im
practical sort.
The uroup will leave from the
po4ttoff.ee buildlnv here at nin
o'clock Saturday mornintr and the
tour will take lip the greater por
tion of the day.
The first stop will lie at Or. W.
TV IMiy's Phymerr Kami, al Ho:
Luke. The caravan Is expected to
reach he farm ut :3' o'clock. Dr.
Phy will make a , short speech
nsine as his tople "lh-vcloplng a
Dairy Herd."
Next the Tanners will mthcr at
'the S. E. Miller .mnvb, at L qivn.
forestfire
situaiioii
STILL BAD
Two Oregon Fires in the.
l'remont National For
ests Under Control
FLAMES IN SOUTH
HEAD FOR DESERT
OtUllOmiil I'lKCS i CStCV
clay Were Worst Yet-
Town Burned in Wash
ington, Is Report
KAN l-'ltA.VCISCO. Hy the AM-
sociaie'i i-rcsa) California fores!
Ing I hp Santa Itarliara forest flrp.
battling to tht.' point of cxlmnstlun.
The fire is headed for u desert.
TOWN III IC.NDU IIY l'HIIIS
ni-iaii ri:.i omi:i.i.i;
Kl'OKANI'S, Waali. (AT) Klrea,
thirty nillea alonir the Pen Orlelle
river were reportird. The valle
town of Tiirer, eontnhitnsr 15 Imlld.
Intra. In reported burned. llnmonit
f'lty ia threatened. Keverat cuinpa
were dtntroycd
Hti:;oN r'lui imi;ii
'.Tlttl. JIOSTI.V
1'OltTI.MNII. Ore. A1") Two
forest flrcfi In Kremonr natltmat
forest. 111 Hulltliern Ori'Kon.- bolh
Of roimtiPrtlbH Hle, Mer reortnl
t'ontrolli'tl by a crew of 7fi men re
fruited from ltkevlew and raneh
ea of Hie district: The two fires
cnvcnd 500 ucrcs leforo eontroll
Ptl. ''""" '''' ' M",r s",!,c M"
ia.v,
nlm .Mori Inter King, of
'aii!in. Ik n lb-set I U Itavr fiiifr.s
cil lie killed, uns found) II ndlej
itnrl h of I 'heraw, S. i . IfMlay by
M-art-hlng pHr lie?. The IkhI-
maiiglitl, linvln Imi'ii eaten by
iitilninK I'mellcnlly tmlliiiet
b-rt bin I lie hones. No flcilhlitg
tvn.4 fmind.
Ti:Ai-rn lMH.irv f.ivi;.
SAMJM. m. (AD Itrltrr hae
linnllMilteil Matv traffh nfflerrv
I ban highway tragedies If (he imiI-
ley cillltH'ialeil by T. A. ItafTerly
flah I'hlef traffic heMflor, hi a
teller sent to memlierj of his force
throiiglioiit Hip Mate. He illreel.
tbe tmfrie Mpiad to rnfon-e lo the
letter the laws ngahiMl spei'dlng.
Pl.l'.A IS WJrATftlK
WASIIIXiTOX. At The
shipping tHMtnl liMlay n-jet-tfil ' a
plea by I be In bed Male? Ship
leralors aXMlatifin for nioilirit'a
tion of the new ojM'rallii'x agrH
ment to Im' pi at 11 1 In t'ffiM-t on the
eoiLMdidateil got'rniitint I ra il
routes.
Yakima Professional
Golfer to Compete
YAKIMA. Wtiah. (Al') Nei
t'lirlHliim, profession" I of Hie Yn
kima Country club, who Ik north
went open champion, will be e-nt
this mi m iner to l'rineh l.lck
Sprlniis, Intl., to enter the gol:"
tournament of club profcNHionntK.
They are sehdub-d lo arrive
there at Ia;l5 o'eloek. "I'nrm
Plieep and Hay Protrram" will 1h-explullM-d
by Mr. MllhT.
Vl-H l-;HrhiMnlal I'arm.
The l bird stop will lie ut the I'n
Inn Kxperlment Htatlon, where the
remainder of the day will be spent.
Kami crops demonstrations him)
tests will be first tik
followlni? that, iU noon,
liineheon In th ETove. The fnrm-' w the' land yesterday In or-Ie
era are to bring their own Innehjio e"ll"ab' Its vahje. '('Minion
hut lee en-am and coffee will la
served by llobert Wllliycuinbc, of
the elation.
The conclusion of the day's pro
irralil will consist of a visit lo th'
dairy herd and lairns. -
Karmers of . the North I'owler
ih-cllon of the country an- expected,
to join the party at I'nlon at eleven
o'clock In the morning. .
All on Board Were Saved;
Pershing at Belgium Shrine
(lly Anlrmnll to (Iip Obscrwr)
Jr. V. Ii. Itamn, cumin;; ire or I be Chlcno ' Yncht- club,
his wlfti and I wo children mid Dm i n. w of six cm roni
IK'llctl lo make for shore lit a lifeboat when a firt tm board
the. 1 20-foot fca.'-ulluc yaebl Merwyn (fllMne) Kot beyond con
trol. 'Mm Alcrwyu, tabled at $li!r.(H), wa.s Urn riashfi uf the 1
('hlcauo 'club's fleet. All on board were Mivcd.
C cneni I John f. VvrsUltiK, while In Itrussels, pultl his respect
Lo the memory of ItelKiHin's unknown suhllir. Ho ami his parly
ncc mciic (bckiw) arriviiitf al the tomb.
i ft i i iiinnnnr nmn iiinrTrni
WILL IMrnUit - GHIfMNUttN
OREGON TRAIL CARS OF FRUIT FRENGH FAVOR
. nrnimi i ni
I'KNIH.KTiiN, (n. (.Special)---The
plans uf the Male highway
commlHslon for Improving I ho
Oregon trail east from I 'end let on
to the foot of KmiKiuiif hill grub
by the- expenditure of . Su.'iimi
were explained ..by It. II. thildock.
district 1ellKin er for I he t niiun h
iion, to oriicern of 'he 1'eiidleion
( 'omiiicn;lal aiuoeinl ion, t
The three i-S of the IlillWlV
nearest' rendition will be r-.!itr-faced,
and on the balance of Hie
d:Hlaneo up to Heard canyon t he
-honlderH will be bound and tin
road will be Heurlfh-d.
Another Improveiiieiil on I he
hljrhway will be fft'd by the
cnnairueliou of u park on top f-f
Kmigratit bill, a- ortlln;; lo t'oimty
.IimIkc Kcliannep wliu ullintbd the
Inrornial lucetiiur. The hihw.iy
couituhKion has closed u 'deal for
I be pun-hasr- of a plol of Indian
grazing land coiHainiiig- i!M acres.
Trees lo Itc I'lantrd
Trees are o be planted on the
ground and Kome Horl of building
will lie erected, though plana on
this phase of tho ' improvement
are Hiilt In the formative stage. A
Kinall reservoir Is to be con:ti met
ed and tfpring water will be piped
(Continued on tiugo
Court Visited Medical
I ,r.. MiiL.I t,.i,l
IJJ Mttf-it ItVl
The COIMlellllUif lull KUlt, I it ton
eouiity vs. M. Horn l now e-bi
tried In tho cin nil eouri, The cas
Ik In I if- liatur'' of appraisal b
tin court of properl that Is be
lli tr UNCd for I he buil'lliK oc' t h
market roiid from '! iocawt ti
Medical HpriliKs. The e .i nl v Is
ull'e.'uly in po: ser slon ol ttie land
uml I ln li'l:il Ih tr IIim linrooitt' of
it up and ! settlement with the own--. Mfiii
wlll eoliiehicrs of the court wer lal;-n to
was still being; taken tins morn
ing.' I
liil Ward and Mam t:'in of
I'tilun are to b'- tried Inniorr'tw.
They wl-rc convicted by the coun
ty coiirt several ,w-ekH aw" of
mitlntalulng u coiiimon .n,ll''en,'e
In tlu- town of I'nioii aiifl JiKl-e.
l; O. foucll. fmvil I hem Ml.ta-h'
and gave, them a- 3a day Jail H-.'ll-
' jUute (rvui Wlilcli they ui icilvd.
a Ji
.:aVIC, Ore. (Special) f'herrv
picking hits punned its y.tiihh and
Is now on the wane.
Nliieh'i'ti ears of fruit have bi-en
ahlpped to dale with about ten or
twelve almost ready to be started
on Ih'-lr trip to ontHide markeis.
All of the small orchards have
finished picking but work In I be
larger ones is still being carried
on with a, large iiiimbci' of pick em
Mill on the Jolt.
KKI-S't, Wash. (I
at eil 1'ienn) Two
Tfir'-st ramrers, J. l.
William Welch, art
invent IjhiiI ion at the
porb-fl activities of
Mount Ml. II.I'Ith
!y lb' AHoe
i:nllc. Klat-s
Huffman and
r a personal
M-Clie of re-"apeini-n"
on
reported I hat
t hey found- nothing whatsoever !
sitbslanttale . (be piOKpei-iurs'
rhiluiS.
FEDERAL FORCES
IN BRAZIL START
OFFENSIVE DRIVE
lil KWW ,Mlil-:H (liv Hi.- Aho-
eljile, l-li-Me) All irfii-i;i CMM -
imiiii'iM'- by the l:raxllleii Kv-I'-rniii'-nt
has le-en n-ri'lvi-,1 rr'nn
Itlii 'It- ,l:ilt'.r''l all'l N;iy lli.tt I lie
Kovernmeiil h now oiei-:iliiii; an
luiportant mn'('Mient alum.' Ih'- '-it-tire
fr'tlM ugeiiwl Mil- l'.i-a.flhiil
r'-le-la all'l experl I o -.,iu .. -1 .- II
Willi Sllf'-eict S'alll.
The t'llil'-tlll Ki'H Ih'- Ii-'lerel
forces r'-Kahi'-d III" :r-al.-r part
r.lhc c-lly of Hao -;inlo.
Tariff on Luxuries Is
KniKPfl lw Jan.-inose DiH.!
, - v. .
TOKIO (API -W.il ti h'Mis-a of
11ie.,liiierlhl lilel today pawed a)
government hill raising the larlfr
on :aboiit 2.fa urtich-s cliu'sed ni
.lUVHrk-H lo an advailureui: duly of
lo j-er cent -.- , , -
NO PHOOF OF
MAMIM' THI C
r,i lsi iniLji
YALE GREW
II
United States Oarsmen
Also Take the Double
. Sculls Race
SWITZERLAND AND
ENGLAND TRIUMPH
Single -Sculls Event Goes
to Britishers and Four-
Oared Race to Swiss,
A ItOKNTriU Franco ( By Iho
Awoclated JrcHs) Tho Yale var
sity eight won Iho Olympic clght-
ourod race today.
Tho I'nited Htatctt also won tho
double tculhj nice.
ureui iirltaln won tht Hlnglo
hciiII.s and Hwltxerland won . the
four oared ruce with coxswain,
AM Kit It' A M,AIli Kill Kits
l OLVMI'lf WAIliU ;A.MIvS
OI.Y.MIMC SWIMMING POOL.
IjCU Toun'Ib'H, KriiDce. (By Abho-
luted-lrc8.H) Tho I'lllted HtulcS
won two; out of. three final Olym
pic sviimiiiR' event h today, adding
point ft to the American ucore
and plaL'Imr the I'nltcd Htalcn far
th'-ad ,of AhhI ralia, neurcat coin-
hittlMpr In water nportn.
The I'nltcd Htatee flnitdicd one,
I wo, three in the spring board
fancy divinir and flrnt and third In
the iia-meter breatit atrokn hwIiii.
Albert C. White, U-lund .Stan
ford rniveraity; leto 1iru Jardnes,
M in ma. Ma. ; and t la renen I'lnk-
t tonji of Man Kranclsco, fiiilHhedln
tliat jorder In dtvintr competition.
'I'he Americans trained M points tn
he brenat stroko -event .when Hob-
".ft Hielton. of Illinois A. took
iiw tiacn aiiu.VT, 1. ixiracnuuMmi
Of-itllWUll, OoiKCOJld.
I HAXCI-; WINS OI;YMIl)
WATMt I'hM) MONOUS
I'AItlS. ( AI) Franca won the
Olympic water polo championship
today, defeating Helglum In the
finals, throe to nothing.
HAWAIIAN NUIMMKIl WINS
I.KK TiU'ItKI.I.KH, Kraiico (Ily
tbe AHHoclatcd I'rews) - Warren
KealoliiL of Hawaii, broke (he
Olympic record for the 1 00 meter
back slrok" ywlm In I ho flrt
Olympic elimination trlnl. -cover-
LONDON fIJy the Amociated
f'ress) Kreneh members of tho
committee of the Inter-Allied con
Terence dealing with the authority
of the reparation commission an
nounced today their determina
tion to Iiis'kI upon taking up by
Im n k era of I be proposed loa n to
flei-ninny hh a condition precdeitt
to recognition that the ' I'awcfl
plan Is In cffeel. ;
l-'rench meiTiberi declared Iho
economic unity of rermuiiy could
not be restored until the propos
ed loan was underwritten.
BASEBALL
PACliiC coast i,i;a(;i i;,
WINNER IN
OLYMPICS
GERMAN UM
Chilis- W. I.. Pet.
Han l-'ranelsco 'fi 4-t .(&!
S'-allle , r.4 A7, .Hi
Kai-raliicuto M 4'J .bin
Vernon I r. I ,tuo
Hall Lake 4: fin .49fi
Oaldand 4 t.2 .4S0
Porllauil 4'1 fifi .AM,
l.os.Angelt'H 40 OG .4&0
(lly Ih'- Al:KO'-lat'-l Press)
Onks II, Angel 1.
At J .oh Aiig'-I'-S li. II. K.
Oakland II 16 I
Los Aiigflea 7 11 2
Itaflerles: Kraits'- and Maker,
It'ml. Itainsey, W'-iii'-rl, .Meyers
anrl Jenkins, X.nnic.
si-natiM-H 0. Iteacrs I.
At Haerainelilo - It. II. I'!.
I '.il l land 4 11 2
H.. en. in. Ill" 0 Id I
Itallerii-s: l-v-reiis and tjuery;
Proiigll, James and Kt-humr.
I Kesls Tiger I.
I Al Kan Kranclsco II. II. K,
V.-rnon 4 9 I
Kan Kranclsco G K 3
mm-n: i hrisiiau and Mur-
ijrlIf
irlffln and Yelle.
I llccs IS. Mm! lie S.
rt Kail ljikc It. II. K.
Belittle ,; .....,..'...,.... 3 H . 4
Kail lAke 12 IS -0
I 'Jtottark-B: Joll'-a. PlUfiinier and
.li. UuMwIu; blu-lt-tu ui4 Cook. .
Last Minute News
POWERFUL NARCOTIC SMUGGLING RING IS
BROKEN UP BY ARRESTS IN SAN FRANCISCO
SEATTLE (AP). Notified today of the arrest inj
San Francisco of Jock Lock, wealthy Chinese, and the
seizure of $20,000 worth of drugs, said to have been
sent him in a trunk from Seattle, government offi
cials announced today one of the most powerful nar
cotic smuggling rings in the United States had been
broken.
The arrest followed closely the capture Tuesday of
Charlie Wong and Harry, Tom and Herbert Samuels
aboard a train en route to San Francisco with $85,000
worth of narcotics near Cent ralia. , ,
- A code telegram and cipher book were taken from
Tom, and the officials said the steamship from which
the narcotics were taken may be seized. Agents de
clared they have located the channel through which
- flows the major portion of narcotics being smuggled; '
into western states.
FILE MANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS IN ORDER .
TO GET 'ABOLITION BILL ON THE BALLOT
SALEM, Ore. (AP). W. E. Richardson, Portland
attorney, is expected to file a mandamus proceedings
against Secretary of State Sam Kozcr to force him to
place on the ballot the initiative bill providing for thfj
abolition of the public service commission.
The secretary recently rejected the measure be
cause it lacked about 2,000 signatures of the necessary '
number certified by county clerks.-
E
NGOME TAX
Preparing a cnniplfrti In Un
ion county to oppose Hie Income
tux irghdtitlon ut Hip poll' this
fall apvtrul blnCH arid, profes
sional men niftt anii'iVwrfecled tin
qrganiiatbm which will work In
oonjunciiou' witlr'lhe J'ortJwitrt ot
gunUatlou, lieaded by C. (7. Chap
man. Tho mission of the work Is
not only to prevent the nrw In
come tax hill, which was Initiated
and will appear on the ballot at
the coming election, but to work
law. ,
ADVERTISERS TO
MEET IN 1925 IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS
1
LONDON (Dy the 'Associated
Press) Tho general setislon of tho
international Advertising conven
tion today ail opted a resolution
approving- Houston, Texas, for the
lil convent iu.i.
lm 10. Holland waa rn-eleclud
presldenl nnd Jesse . Ncal, Bee-
1 POS
relary-treaatirer of the Associated "ttttcr was taken under con
Advertising Club, of the World. Zlon and the hearing- of the
-,' r 'district adjourned until next Wed-
ActrCSS.tined $1; COPS neaday evening.
ll Ti-iofl Tulv Other routine mattera woro at-
lo ins inea Juiy ((.ndcd lo beforo odjournil,,nt..
t iiK Aao (AP). Although no-
ftcua ifiinaii, me lopsy oi uiw
tliealrlcal team of the Iuiicmi
sisters, waa fined II on a dis
orderly charge, followlliir an al-lt-rciitlon-
Willi I hi' fleero, III.,
police - the final outcome, of tho
controversy between Hie iu-lna
and Hit- blue-coals remained un
decided.
Miss ItosettH. liuncans case
ealiie up III lite
Cicero court
nnu sue was cunvie.e.i
$1. Her brother was also found
irnlllv of the same charge nndi
I
fined fi. It.it on July n Hi
other angle of the cae .will
tried In an Kvanston court. I he
Misses Duncan will bo the chief
...Il ..uu..u In lln. lil-'iHl.f.lltlnn of
the case of the Cicero chief nihil
two' of his officers, who lira
charged with assault lo kill, ns
Hault and bultery and assuull with
a deadly weapon. :
Wheat Jumps One lo
Six Cents in Portland
POIITI.ANU. Ore. (AP) Wheal
Pimped here from one to six cenla
Wednesday aflernoon. Wh'-at iUo
lallolis yesterday Included: hurd
while 11.35; western red il.SI.
.vni: or i.a.m-: ih di:ai
;I OI-:ni:, Ore. Heotll claimed
uuolher uld time Winn county
resident when Mrs. Mulm l:ll.tt
."ll Itobertsiin, (17 years of age,
dl'd li're. Khe was born and
reared In Ijine county. Iler
home wu.-i In lic Huuta Clara vlc
hll'v. ,
The children surviving r" Mr"
Nora Wells, Mr. Mnry Daliner
llobeiison. Wayne, (lleiui. Ncal.
Curl an, Itoliert. ull or l-.ugene,
and John of Klamulh Kalla. Three
slelers. Mrs. John Barker of Junc
tion City and Mrs. .1, W. Wheeler
and Mrs. II. H. Wheeler, both of
Trent, also survive. '
Kuneral' service" were held at
Ih Kanla Clara Chrlstluil church,
the lief. Jlosa Guilty oltWitl"-
ALDER STREET
P IG NEXT
The city commission lost evo
ntng, owing to no remonstrances,'
objections or claims of grievance
entered, ordered the city recorder
to advertise for bids to he opened
July 30 on. proposed paving work
In Improvement district No, MS.
which embraces Alder street from
Kprlitf to I'ennsylyaHhv -
Tho cornmluB'on also refused to
grant a petition for aewer con
struction in Wox-ks 9-10, O randy's
addition, because not enough rep
resentative property In the district
sanctioned tho work according to
tho pot(UoIli
An citlllRto of 11330. submitted
y ino uuiicreiu riw vu., iur m-
Htnllatlon of a drain pipe to care
for tho water from Deal canyon,
was favorably acted upon and the
city recorder was Instructed to Is
sue a warrant for that amount.
A rooming house llcenso was de
nied Mrs. I A. Kennett and tho
American Legion Post was denied
pnrnuMton to hold a jitney dance
wt ln0 "Yankee Puree."
nepreaentatlvea from district No.
147. which piuvidea for the resur
facing- of Hprlna- atri-et. were pres-
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Democratic National
Committee Is Working
CHICAGO (AP) Concerted ac
tion by members of the la-mo-cratlc
national coniliiltlec from a
number of western und southern
states In an endeavor to make
both a unit and the two-thirds
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IIUIIU1 uUIIVMiiuiin, imu et n n
f , mor.
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of views on the nubjcct, a
i member of the eoijimltteo re
vealed.
I'llks Plnimliig Plclik;
Kl'OKNM, Ore. The Ihlgene
Klks are planning their unnuul
summer picnic at Triangle lake,
40 miles west of Kugone, In the
Coast mountains, for Kunduy, July
2d, J. J. Illttlnger Is chairman
of the committee on nrrangeinenls.
High Clothing Prices
Keeping Raw Wool Low
WA8HINOTOX (By the Associ
ated Press) In Its effort to de
termine the reason for the present
low price of raw wool, In the face
of reduced wool supplies and de
crease In the number of sheep In
the principal wool-producing coun
tries of the world, the department
of afrriculture has found clothing
prices too hiKh.
"All brunches of the textile d
cloth I mr trade r-Rard clothing
prices as too high," suyri the de
partment, 'but each feels that
economies can best be errected by
the others. Hetalters feel that any
reduction must take pluce In the
manufacturers' selllug price. The
clothing-1 manufacturers contend
that the-present wage scale makes
i 'Im possible1 to 'effect' coenomh
iu broflUv.tlQu cos'.. Sou IS of tu
IUIW1EII
TO REST III
GT. BRITAI.'J
Fly to Brough, Near Hull .
Planes to Be Fitted
With Pontoons
BRITISH AVIATOR
IS STILL MISSING
Stuart MacLaren Now S3
Hours Overdue at Par
amashiru ' - Islands;
Search Underway.
MINDON, Kngland (By the Aa
aoclatcd I'reaa) , The American
army world nigra today hoppu-1
oft to Brough, noar Hull, where
the planea are te be fitted with ;
pontoons. The aviators will re
turn to London for a vlatt wh'le
their machlnoi are being over
hauled, . ..i
STt'AHT MaLAREN STIMi -
IXMT) SKARCH CONTlNVRn
TOKIO By the Asaoela.tod '
Prcaa) No trace of A. Stuirt'
Maclren, British aviator, over
duo at Parnmaahlru Islands. In the
Kurllcs, with hla companion, had
been found un to 9 o'clock tonig-ht.
MacLaren la more than J3 houra
overdue. -
Japanese destroyers are con
tinuing tho search.
Ill
PLAfl GIVEIi
CHICAQO (By the Associated "
Press) The evaet mefhnil hv
which 'American farmer eventu
ally lare expected to gain control
of the 126,060,000 stock of tha y
grain marketing company, a mem
ber of five of the country'a largest-
grain marketing ' concerns,
formed with a view to giving tho
produeera ownorshlp and control
of selling and distribution, "can
not bo stated at this time," Mil
lard It. Myers, representing aev
ernl llllnola co-operative associa
tions, aald commenting , on ' the
project. ' - (
"It Is enough," he said, "to
know that tho property la to be ;
tuni-n ovrr vn n. su,unru aeai oasis
and that the Mock offored to (ho
public shall be worth the money
at which It la proposed to . be
sold." . :
The llllnola co-operative iaw
under whose provisions the com-. -pany
waa organised rcatrlcta ta-.
suance of common atock to-lndl-
(Contlnued on page ST ' 7 :-
n' .
rive negroes miiea : ;
J , In Kansas City Fire j
KANHA8 CITY, "Mo. (By- tho
Associated Press) Two firemen
woro 'fatally Injured and several
others seriously hurt- and five
ncirroea were burned to death In
an explosion and fire early to
day which wreck d a at ore and nrt
apartment building" In the negro
(tuartcrs.
The firemen, Karl Harvey and
John lluyden, were pinned under
a falling- wall. ,
MAHKl'r QUOTATIONS.
POKTLiAND, Ore. (AP) Steers
steady to 26 cents higher. Hogs
and sheep steady. Erff" firm. - But
ter steady. .
Buttcrfat (Portland) steady.
Buttorfat (Hnn Francisco) 47v
clothing manufacturers and
wholesale dealers feel that more
fricient organization In the retail
tradu would bring about lower
prices. .,.-.
Small I actor in Clothing
Mtuw wool Is a comparatively
small factor In the price of cloth
ing," tho department adds, "an ,
all-wool suit averaging about fio
pounds of wool, and the difference
between high priced and lovr
priced sulfa ho lug mostly In the
finality of linings and findings and
(he labor used In making the cloih
and the- suit. .'
"The present low price of. raw
wool cannot continue in thi faeo
of reduction of supplies, unless u
radical change takes place in tho
consumption of woolen . clothmg1
by the American public," the -de
(Coutiauttd OA J
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