La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 06, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN i OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY. a- i .- CITY EDIT 10 N THE WEATHER Portland (AP) Oregon Washlngton. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Torn perature unchanged. - Mtmt VOLUME XXIL MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE. OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1924. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 809 ; !lt RED CROSS l ! PMIQPli RV lly Hairy H. Hunt) , WASHINGTON (NKA KpecinD TWashimrtoniang. who have ben Vimylng only twice tint mill thelc .jtho summer, go buck the first or October to the regular ruin of three .times as much. This is the usual tiling In the matlonul capital. ; probably mere in't ano.h, r .Thjinks Given to Order 'In the world from which there's! - . , v.-. so general a summer exodus, !- - ginning' about tho middle of Miiy. - From then until the middle oT 8ey- tcnther-nobody's in town who cun , possibly Ret and keep uwuy from 11. Consequently the landlords are left with a lot of vueant houses and upartmenta on their hands and they trim rentals a little to try and tempt people to occupy them. For one thins, Congress urdlnur- ; " ily isn't in session In summer, That makes a bix dirrerenee. It J( means the departure, not only of IV4 g nearly all the senators and repre- sentntlvcs. with their fumllies. but ynfso of largo numbers whose bust v ness directly or Indirectly depends foil the lawmakers' doings, . $ All the supremo court outfit I leaves likewise. v ' ' ! A i Majority of the hehds of Die numerous executive departments. $ bureaus, divisions, units, couvmls - J1 sions, committees, boards, instt-jfor lutes, institutions, foundations, ad-.eosts of armament, pensions and ministrations and miscellaneous fortiflcut ions, wero not required to other offices are Important enouph.be. borne. personages not to have to 'Stick very tight to their Jobs, ao .they, too, are gone most of tho season. Even the underlings are entitled each to at least two wcelijLw tion, and, while they're. UH'uy4tui!i, a cotisldeiauiu pre - portion of them are. . KJU lOp Ol HI I lillS. WUWH'IJT tears out In a body the minute the trees begin to bud. Washington summers are mid dling hot. Still, It's a pretty place, and comfortable enough In a palm beach suit, and the shade a lot more so than the avenue crowded summer resort. Mo It Isn't entirely cteur why almost tho whole com- ( Continued -on -pX H MYTHICAL IE NKW '01!IC (Ily AkkucIuI -d BIG SIX PICKS I'lcus). Chrlnly MulliewHnn, r"p- sfi.tmi ni.T Liti-iiinc Mm or hi.: NWiEMlR ACCLl Ts York (Hunts, ha sebfted lin un-American baseball leuui. His stiir aggregation, together wllh it second tenm, Ih describi-d In this week's. IhhiH! jC Collier" Weekly. Jin uecmrcs iiiui inu lineup ..v leels is "tho -strongest I'OHslbli. ttumblnallon of i.luyi r ""''' r condltlona liruvulllliB III tlln l-4 "iMon. : MalliKWHon nelvi-lH H)i..y Vlinm-. Brooklyn pllihiT, who bil Mil m.l-j . Jor IciiKim inounij.sinin 111 numb t Of vlcloilw. lind H.rlk...ulH tl.il nn, o fir-l. MHnK box l..,.n ill, v..ltr Jolmmm. v.... rn ' WiishinBton ucpt 1 fContln.lnd on ouro R) Three Union Men Strive for Street Commission Post ) 1.NHIN, lr). (Hiclill) t'lllnn now Iiiih Hire.' riindldat.-H oul Cor llu, orri.-c of Hired COIIIIIllMHlollfr, Kd Sh.Tiiiun, tho iiri-u.-lit int'lllii Iwnt. S. . Giit'H and rimrl.'y I). Yor. AHplruntH Tor other offlc.-i nr.: slow In unnounuInK then. Hid V.'H. Ib'SldH Hlr.id i:oniliilnlon.T. (he oily will elect, n imiyor. recorder. trenmirer and l.vo coilnelliiien. 'I'll.: l. rms of (JeorKe A. Sclbird and II. MclMay expire this year and thean two poaitlona will be filled at the coming election. Asia Minor Treasures 1 Dug Up By Expedition TALOVACII. Asia -Minor (Al') The remains of a massive trltimph-t :il arch bt.'llevi-d to have been con structed In the early part of the first century A. !., Latin inscrip tions of that century uml n head of Augustus in white murbl'. are .among archaeological finds which have been unearthed by the Vni Verslty of Mtehlguil expedlllon hlch Is excavating under the dl iction of Prof. Iavld M. Itobln- son of Johns Hopkins I'nlverstty 'on the slto of Antloch fn I'lshlfa in Asia Minor. It wtis this expedition wlilch rerentty uncovere! the fnun--dittions of a largo early Chrlstlun church. The arch, which was recently discovered, spanned a read near ,thp base of the large oval hill on which tho city stood. The road probably connected wllh .the high way to Lystrn. The arch hud a single pussagu- i umuLu u i T , 1 1 iur Accompusnments - of the Past COOLIDGE HOPES FOR GOLDEN ERA rieads for a Truly Civil ized World Without Wars, Poverty, Ignor ance or Like Afflic tions. WAKlilNC.TON ( Hy the Associa ted Press) Thanking the Ameri can lted Cross for lis accomplish meats of a p rue I leal nature for hu manity and Its 'Inspired charity, President Coolldgc, In an address at the opening of the annual lted (Cross meeting- here today, pleaded a truly civilized world, "whert 'Where resources could be used to promote a movu not to destroy happiness In such a world, what mighty works could be accom plished under the leadership of the ReiL, 4 re? spbtt,".. the- president jai, j t.uv aora nee, pre j ud ice and all unchurltshlrness might then be completely relieved and. remedied." Toward such an ideal, Cool id ff. dec lured, the race Is mak ing? progress. In the lted Cross. Coot Id ge said, tlte nation has Its opportunity "to capitalise and direct t he , finest,; most appealing1 ullrlbutn in hu man naliire charity." It. la a strong support of the government and n' reliable, giiaranfcu. ,&f Jiuv progress of civilisation, showing the way to a "more complete real ization of truth and justice through mercy." Describing the I ted Cross as 'he only organization he knew which accomplished good "by Ipoktng for trouble," the. president declared .it hud a definite, practical pro gram for helping those needing liHp "when and where needed, in suring a maximum relief ut a minimum .outlay." IIEDJAZ CROWN; NOT CALIPHATE ,.AMla ,.;., (liy n, Ami. i-re,). An offlrlul tele, Brum h. r.; iinnoun.eB llml Kmtr .,, ,, .,.,,, ,,, (, r hinmioiii or llviijux but nol ,ho CI1,,hlll,.. ,'...,., .., ,, ., . I-ONIXIN (A! .-Hr . Nj , hi f""". r,-r...-n hillve of II.., H-d- Kovernmont In In.l..n. Hun- I Ol linB J-l.lKK.'in lin oiiii'i.ii no- lien Haying I but "uwlnir lo I he jir.'K.nf. critical Hltin.lloii In ll.'d j.'Z, Kins Htiuwlln hi.H iibdlcHl.)d In favor or IiIh old. Hl Hon, Kmlr All." Water Ballot Nearly ' Ready for U. S. Mail The .iicsllonalre lo be went out to local voter by the city official., of l.a Cran.le for Hie purpoB.' of teallnB oul the feelinif on I he wa ter question. Ih nearly con.pleled .and will probably li mailed Home Iliiie thin week. "lve different wale - ki-!;iim are . Included on the unofficial ballot and the one that in favored by the ! majority of volein will likely be I puidied by t In: city noverniiie.il. .y. wild a span, of ubout four teen fei-t. Tin; piers coiiluiued arched recesses as If for statues. They v.tTe embellished with super imposed pilasters exemplifying two varieties of the Corinthian order. These .carried the main entablat ture, of which the architecture bore an inscription In bronze let ters six Inches high. Only one of the letters has been found, burled in the earth when- it fell, but from the holes In to which the letters were -fastened It will be possible to decipher the Inscription. Important among other recent finds is the head of Augustus, which In respect to technical skill h nd ex pressl veness Is reported to rival the best of the remarkable icrles of sculptured portraits of this Kmperor In Kuropcun galleries. iOouUuued oa JHNfs 61 Ratification Lacking On Amendment So Suit Will Say to lie Filed Today Attacking Negro Kignt to Vote. ,NKW OKLKAN8 (It the As sociated J'rcss). A ult altaclclng th validity of the fumteenth amendment from a new angle will be filed In federal district court here today in the form of a petition seeking to enjoin Walter Lt. Cohen, negro, comptroller of customs of the lort ol New Or leans from exorcising the duties of that office, according to the Times-1'lcoyune. Tha action, it' successful would have the effect of disfranchising every negro In the United Utatcs. The petition as published by the newspaper, fcharges that Co hen "falsely ulleged himself to be a . citizen of the United Stales" when he took the oath of office. It asserts that the defendant is not a citizen of this country, but is "a peiHon of African blood and descent and is Inherently In capable of being a citizen of the United Slates." . The suit Is to be bro Jglit in the name, of Jl, Kdwln. r.olte, an attorney of Washington, i. C, according lo tho newspaper which dec la rod that the grounds upon which it is based never hat c been the subject of decision by the courts. . . , . . Amendment Nut I tail fled. The petition sets forth that three-fourths of the states dW not ratify the amendment nor was It adopted - by the required two thirds vpte of both houses of the leglslat u re. M r. Holt e. was q uot - yd as saying that although he and his associates hud examined all of the more thun 2(u decisions of the supreme court of t he I 'nlted Htules which had to do with the amendment, In not one of them were the points raised in such action passed upon- nor were they made an Issue. . The petition charges conspir acy lo the uulhors of .the amendment la congress and vari ous sections urn" clttt lit'-' 1 ef fort (o show that (hey put the amendment Into effect unlaw-. fully. As lo Cohen, the petition charges (hat when he took the oath of office in Washington, April 16. mM, he snore lalse(y to his alleged citizenship, claim ing to be a I'ltlxen under "the provision or the alleged four teenth umendment of I he consti tution of the lnlted Ktules." i Tit ITniittt f'dlinlv I'ni.inmi Grange has appointed u campaign committee to carry on work for the oleomargarine bill and the state income tax, which will be representative of nil parts of the county. , The committee is committed of !'. K .Johnson, Summervllle; M. 8. er, of l.a (irande; J, (. Talbnt, of Cove; C. Jpiwsoit, of Union; fleorge South, of Medical HpringM; J. il. Anson, of Telot.aset Htld J. A. Nice of jSorlh I'owder. ''tin f-tiliiiitiKf nf Pftiiinii.n.n i.f Maker anil North I'owder have en- dorsed the ol"o measure and I he also taken the mailer up with the meremtnts. who nave agreed to stop (he sale In that county. McAdoo to Submit to A Minor Operation IIAiriMoKK CAP) William Oibbs McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury.-Is at (lie Johns Hopkins hopilel to tinilergo un operation for the removal of gra vi I from the bladder. Dr. Hugh II. Young snifi McAdoo's condition Ih good and that Die operation will nol be dangerous. Talking to 3,000 Households MuKiner8 m-n who udverllsi regularly In The Observnr send their mintage Into nearly 3ua homes in the la Urando terri tory attaining contact with the buyers for 12,000 to lu.ooo peo ple dally. They upprcrlale (he vaslness ol tills audience the.r messsges arc Important and Interesting In nronortion. Itead tlie "sulm." rt-frniMrlv -It pa-s In shopping time an shof.plng money. "Observer Advertising , A Merchandising Service' GRANGE Mi NAMED PERLEY WILL HIGH COURT IS TO TRY MANY CASES Much New Business Con fronts U. S. Supreme Court This Winter JUDGES MAY HEAR SLNCJLAIR APPEAL Several Boundary Dis putes, Involving . Many States, Are on Original Docket WASHINGTON' Hy the. Asuocl- ated Press) The Supreme Court tomorrow will begin 'Is new term, extending Into next .1 itne. facing an accumulation of 7on cases. or 116 more thun it found on recon vening a year ago. fortunately for the court in its desire to reduce the number of cases an the docket mor t hnn one-half 6f those filed during the recess ore motions for writs of certiorari in unimportant issues which will be quietly dealt with .us soon as the court can consider them. , When the last term adjourned the court had under advisement 27- cases, fully submitted uiwi ready for decision, in these opin ions may be expected early during the new term. To economize In time tho court, upon assembling will abandon ity ancient, custom of adjourning to call upon the president, and set -tie down to business. Its visit lo the While House will be made oul of office hours. To end as far as possible tin practice or keeping onsen on . the docket, merely to prevent final ad justment of controversies psssed at the request vi counact, when reached for argument, will not be reinstated fer consideration at the same term' except hy order of the court after a showing hus been made under outh of good cans:. . Change Noted. A material chunge 1" noted .in the churacler of the business com ing up. Not long ago the most. Important cases to reach Hie court were brought under the anti trust laws. These nave wsy to rullroad reorganization and lahor dlsputes. followed Inst term by fnontlmiMi on rur K When A. W. Perley addresses the chamber of commerce noon-da v luncheon tomorrow In I he i dd I'Vllows hall on the subject of The Trut h About the Itnllrnuds," he will be Introduced by t 'olon It. Kberhurd, who was selected ttfday as chairman of th mextbi A large ntf enilanei-u Ih antleipttt- d, following the record-breaking ne si the opening Itincheim. Tin excellency of the 'vHHes" is nnolh reason why t h utlendun-e is expected to be anylhlng tut small Air E SPEAKER I'y'i:' X (Hy XKH Airmail Service) - Iteru ! tlu- flr-t eaMially al IliitKni (().) al r i-ln-ua. 'ibis ilaiM rairjiiiK Ncrt'il iicriamn, started out from Clihiiyi but nm-er eiii kh on its way.. It cralHxl into onknt crateit pllel at oni! end of tlio taku-off fleltl liefore it aruoly was. off Iho grounil. I'lio pANsetigen. wni hIk M-lioolboys wlio hail won trips to Dajton on the slnrnglli of tliet inliitatui-o aiiiluuva ll;e nuuk. In svhuul iWcat, Ouly tlio ullut vus injure Uuud lie uut rkNial), :.,v.,.. il(t; .-,' Hall Shot In Attempt To j Make Escape Alleged Burglar Checked in Jb light trom Hutchi son Forsstrom Store j This. Morning. , . A man thought to have been responsible for numerous other small thefta was captured at North I'owder last evening Just as lie was In the act of leaving the Hiitchesou-Koi-Hstrom store with a suit case full of stolen merchan dise. The prisoner gave his name as Robert. Hall. 19. of iA Grande. He has been a resident of this Iclty since last May, according to his own statement. .t . The North Powder station agent on going lo tils homo this mornln.? about 3 o'clock was surprised to see a light In the ilutchcson Ko rut ruin store. ' I . Iturglar Shot. Surmising .that burglars had entered the store the agent sum indiM'd C. J. KorsHtrom, the man ugerr oflhe establishment. They entered "the front door nnd sur-1 prised Ihn thief just as he was in, tho act. of h-avlng by the rear exit. He started to run and Kor sslriim fired two shots which en tered his right arm. Shertrr l,eo .Warnlck and his deputy. C, P. Holbrook,, were sum moned shorlly after 3 o'clock anl the muti wls brought to Ia Oraipl e. His condition proved so , serious due lo the wounds In his arm that he was taken to the hos pital and operated on at an caiy hour this morning. The date ror the preliminary hearing has not been set uti yet due to the man's condition. The alumni eleven cuptrlrird by the redoubtable Hkeet Iteynold met Ignominious defeat at t he hands of ihe high school squad Saturday afternoon. One touchdown was scored by the undergraduates in each of the rind thnv quarters. Ijindry do ing his first kicking for the team was somewhat nervous and so full ed I o eon vert the t h ree t rys for uoals. Thn g'ume ended with the score, high school, 18, alumni, o. Ilrlglii Showing The Uu Grande squud looked mighty good Saturday for so early In the season. Much of tho work was raggerl but the stuff is there and should develop rapidly with die seasoning influence of a few hard games. TIh principal thing apparent In Saturday's panic was the lack of confidence showed by tho new men. Sherwood and Kerr played their iiHiml brilliant games In the backfleid and showed time and again their superior knowledge of the game gained through severul years of experience. Kerr's foot work se-ins considerably better this ynnr than last. This feature 1m very noHeenhlc in his open field running. Sherwood seems almost as fast as ever in spile of a num ber of extra pounds of added weight. I .it nd iv playing fullback and Weblf playing quarter showed fair- 0 (Continued on psgn ft) L II. S.WALLOPS IUII SQUAD Circus9 First Casualty Omaha Gasoline War Is Becoming More Intense i r?;vt -yf u4v-: tl h I . It ' U "-: OMAHA. (NEA Rpeclal) Oma ha's gasoline' war . Is getting hot ter every day. H. O. Churchill, luanagor of the People's Ous company, pictured above. Is leading a new offensive He's selling his gasoline at 8 cents a gallon now. . . And ho Intends to keep on diall ing it out at that rtguru fur some time to come, 'It's a rock bottom price," he says, "but our new contract with the Southern Iteflnery company enables us to make It. it's a high-test gas, too as good as any In the city." I'HICAOU i (By Iho AMoclntprt DAWES BANK ACT ON rro8) iofin Birloi' Iayn. oc-1"' ri'tarj- o thn Interior under rrenl- Uenl Wlnon.' umiln Sunday, nlsht rp-iwaniwnmi. llie t-uuli .smiled canie lo I lie deleiwe of l.'lmrlea O. l"i lii)r a inradn In llonur of Uen Dawes. Kepiilillcnn candldnlo Tor ,-ro Mi-nm.nl, -ou-rvallye eanill vleo pri-Hldenl, In lefen-neo to Ml-. fnlt aRlllnst (General Miu lmdo, lib- Dawes- voiinectlou with Iho I.ort- iner bank case. Mr. I'ayne, who ach-d aa uounnel for Mr. liawes and hla bank In the case, Istiued a atatemenl In which hn aald: In reference to the mallcloua efforta to confiino tho public mind Into a belief that the supreme i court or the stato of Illinois iniKxmy by Jtunwn . hiewart. aiiici- the Irimer case has rendered bi'1'"" "Miiisii at Tumplco. Tlin m- dedson Impunglng the goodallh of General Dawes. In-a, buslneiw transaction. It should be distinct- ly understood that the supreme court . of JIlliiolH did not oass ui- on tho question of good faith at any time, holding that It was Im material. , ; . lmwes Cleared. "Whllo tho supremo court did uot. pass . upon this question, tlw appellalo court of Illinois, after reviewing tho facts and testimony In a unanimous decision did puss upon it. We quote from tho de cision as follows: " 'We think the Centra' Trust company and' Dawes acted en- llrely Innocently In the matter i and were doing a mere net of courtesy for horiiner and his bnnk. There Is no contention t hat tho Central Trust company or Dawes received and p'muneraitou for I w I hat was done. The matter of or- (Continued on page 6) From uarly morn uiiui lain ttl night; 13 men are kept busy rilling the tanks or hundreds of cars that stop at Churchill's station. Plrst day his now price was in efroct they sold 13,000 gallons, Churchill estimates. II. H. Michael, proprietor of the Servtco Company's stations, dis agrees with Churchill that tho 8H cents represents tho actual cost price. - "Gasoline ut the- refineries costs at least 0.76 cents," he declares. "Add fe this the freight charge of 2.31 cents, and the S cents a bar rel Inspection fee. That will give you 9 cents right Ihor.e." XTRA KKiHTIXi AT IIASK HAVANA (Al') Tho ultualiou in Caiiingiiry, wlirrn1 tlin pullra anil follfiwcrM of former l'mIUrnt Ma- nin'iil rlnnlinl lat nlglit, In quliil widay, altliuiiKli IIm. lMal number ' Jilmfil nt 1 ( awl. annul " lvoumnsi. UiimnmiK-iiMuiiH urt- ' ml- J ll Wtuuns lanica uvo liourn. iriMiowea by ririiw on Alenoeal's train 50 mllea from Canmxui-y. AMIJUCAV MI'HDKHKO UANlII(iTO (Al) I'hc initr ler of WUltftut It. Massoy, Atnerl- van cltlascn, at Tomu, Afeslco, was reNirtel to Mwio tlcpartmrnl rrt Mexican officials orrest- I'l .lwqiiln Sueiu, Mexican, ror tin- Mfisscy's Homo Is at 3ms- 'Wi'. Okia., ami be Is survived W widow ami two ciuim-eii. niKK.lllI,!: ItKADV liAKIOMI ItST. N. Y. (AIM linns for tomorrow's start ot, the Khcnamloali's l'aciflo Coast flight, the longest ever made by a diri gible, will be rol lowed out If the Mipply of helium gas, overdue from Texas, Is received loday, It was an nounced nt natal air station. rOUTLAMJ, Ore. (AI) 'lr- cult eourlM of Mtdtnomali counly adjourned at noon tsluy In respect to tho lucniory of Cieorgn (i. hlng linm, circuit judgo fi-oni Mntion nitd Mini counties, who died late Saturday. France Favors Letting Germany in League l-AKIH (Al'l The Krencll Kdvermnenl lodny handed llr. l.eo. Iielrl von llnefleli, Gerinun iilllbaM mulor, a reply lo a recent (lenm-n note, reKnnllnir the ailniiHleti of (lernutny to the league nf 'iitlluns. No official Intlmallun ef the eenli-nts were K'v-n. but It iH pre- iiintied lo favor Germany' udmls (.Ion, conflrmlUK ilerrlott's views. Pest-Rouse Lack Sends Pox Victim to City Jail I-Uirly this afternoon (he i:.e- tilug ObHWver was notified that a place had been round lo lake cure uf Ihe Miuill-jHx Icthii, who ban been kept in the city lull ninee hat-: tirdny. 1 Hinee Hat u rd ay the local police "bull pfii" !. Men serving In n position entirely aJl-n to what It was const rucleil and meant for as the city pest-house. It Is trie that It has been a "pent-house" In a way In Iho past but not exueily as It is now. Thu 'pesls" were formerly those who did uot obry the mandates or the law ami were thereupon incarcer ated for punishment. , ' -Hut now. Instead of a law-violator, a victim of the small-pox. a contagious disease, is locked up placed there because no other placo could be found to tako caro of him. T.ucklly the city jail was empty or the situation would Uuvo beuu truly difficult, ' THIRD GUI IS 11011 SY 6IAIITS M Pitchers Used Freely in Today's Fray at Polo ; Grounds, New York ' NEW YORK TOOK . AN EARLY LEAD Large Crowd Saw Mc Graw's Tossers Forge Ahead in Series Play. 'OI.O (UtUONOS, NEW YORK. (By tho Araoctated Preaa) The Olanta win! Now York took the third aamo of the world's aortca here today, six to four, and Jumped Into the lead In tho aeries, two fames to one. The game was replete with fielding- and Hitting features. Frlsch, Hlce and Young - oroduelna- an abundanco of fielding stunts spark-. ung wttii brilliancy. . "How" Hlltlng Star. . Hoeo-' Ryan, relief nltcher for McQuillan, who started for thn (Hants, was the batting hero with a homer to the upper stands In tho lourtn inning. , Manager Harris used four pitch ers to stop the Olanta. In tun ninth inning Jonnard re placed Ryan for tha Giants and Watson quickly replaced Jonnard. HvaiHlal Vp Again. . iMmnile O'Connell, Olantout- fielder, banished from baseball af- ler confessing a part In the 'effort to brlbo Heinle Band of the Phll- ( Continued on pan I) ' TOKIO (By Associated Press) Agitation ror Japanoso Intervention in tho Chinese war on the sldo of Chang Tso Itn reached a climax today when three members of th Talsho I'atrioti? Association, Ju jut su experts, Invaded tho foreign of fice forcing thoir way to tho prl vuto quarters of Baron flhldohara, foreign nilnister. When told that the minister was (Continued on page I) - SMOKING RUINS MARK PLACE OF PACKING PLANT OMAHA. (By the Associated Press). Hmouldering ruins today maraoa tno site of three depart ments of tho Cudahy Packing company's south side plant, which wero destroyed by fire early Sun day in a fast spreading blaze, which ror a time, until a shift of wind, throatenud to equal tho two-day flru of February, 1923, which swept the Armour plant. nearby, with a loss of more than a million dollars. - - Htartlng soon after , midnight, tho flro quickly consumed lumber storage yards und three box cars of lumber on a spur track, raised thu washing powder storage build ing udjolnlng, and destroyed tho greater part of the box factory. Cudahy officials early eatlmati.-d thu loss ut 250,00U. HKIDDMIICH l-LlODOKD O. A. (!., Corvallls. (Special) The pledging of Theodore Helden rtch of !.a Grande is announced by Kuppa Delta Sigma fraternity, v The pox victim ia a man who came from rmterprlso, according o the local police, several days age and who became 111 whllo In 1m ness was not ascertained until Hat urday when it was discovered that he was inflicted by thu contagion. And then, after fruitlessly seeking for some place to put the man, tt was at last necessary to resort to the only available spot. Since Uat urduy Mr. Moory, who Is a. mem ber of the Klka lodge, lias boen at tended "behind th bars.' v' This morning Impromptu meet ings of the city offtclals, from com iiliaslonern to lesser , authorities, wero held but shortly before nooit th situation was still haxy. Every effort is being made to locate a Good Humnrttan but with no city or county pest-house, the problem waa not easy. A pust-bous was formerly mai re tained but waa abolished wa time ago