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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPEREIGHT PACES TODAY. CITY EDIT ION THE weatheb ' PORTLAND1 (AP Ore-: ton-Washington: Rain, to night and Tuesday. Mod erate temperature. VOLUME XXII. LA GRANDE OREGON,! MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 192-1. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 315 i Hunt's Daily . Letter (lly Harry ll. Hunt) '-.WASHINGTON (NBA H.H'c.ul). Will "Silunt Cul" get thu "ail nt votu"? ' M he duvs, tlu-n Ju- , via anil I,a Kolloltu may as well waive tho formality of counting th'i ballots and concede I ho 'clue tlon of tho O. O. 1. UckHt. For It la tho "silent volt;." tin; men and women who take, no us tive part In tho rallb;r, demon strations, und general hullabaloo of a campaign, w ho listen and think bjt do not lout either sb p ot their tempers ovv the claims of tho t'ampalgniTH, who really dectdo who Is to be who tho duy after election. This year tho usual "silent vote" Is expected to bo Increased by some millions of normally atay-at-homo voters. Non-jmrti-Bfin civic und pal Mollc organiza tions as well us ull the party ouv fls arc uniting in a drive to gvt to tho polls at hast ? percent of tho eligible voters. .What this may mean In the way of changed results can be sensed when it Is Known that If 75 per cent of tho folks who are entitled .to voto Nov. 4 cast their votes tho total will be more than CO percent abovo tho total vote In the 1920 presidential elec tion. In that year only a frac tion more than 49 percent of eli gible votes wero caHt. Just what is It - that appeals most to this "silent vote" on the part of tho candidates? How should one go about catching It 7 Probably thero isn't uny for mula. Hut In tho main It is held that tho largo part of this vote is tho thinking as well us the silent voto. ' - Tho man who doesn't say much Is upt to do u good bit of think ing, n Ho threshes things out In his own wind rather than argJtng them out with un other. Hornet lines, of courso, ho may tin simple and sllunt. Instead of simply silent. Just us It Is sug gested by Ills critics that while Cool Id go sometimes sits and thinks thero uro times when he just sits! ' rdolidgs slh neo diirmg campaign ho has . made, but t o speeches that could bo considered rampHlgn utterances Is declared by his backersto bo proper tech nique. Tho candidate's apparent Indif ference, and nonchalance, It is held creates a stnse of his absolute confidence. This self-assurance ifc supposed to react psychologically on doubtful voters, making t'H those who guugo thetj votes b tin- desire to mark u t. uiner in cline to the man who s.-i'iiis s ir- (Contioued on paso 6) THE SHERIFF .Whether or not John Wright, of points west, know that that was where jic belonged when he walk ed tnto the county court houso in an Inebriated condition, last Satur day afternoon remains for tho psy chologists to figure out. . '.At any rale Wright, in the ver haetilnr whs badly "soused" tinn did not consciously know what In wan rlflng. He staggered into the court house lobby late Sat unlay it f ternoon ivhero he was ultiinatel discovered and taken into custody by the minions of the law. It whs discovemd on examining the pris oner's person that he carried a jdnt bottle of hooch on his hip. Thn first Wriirht knew of the whole affair was when he awoke Sunday sans jng and minus bottle and gazed disconsolately toward the patch of daylight visible through the bars In the window of the county Jail. H" Is to be tried this nflernoon before L. (J. Couch, county judge who will give a prescription to In sure against further absent Hand edness on the part of tho prisoner. DRUNK VISITS Coolidge Has Strong , Lead in Straw Vote A larger vote for President Coolidge than for all other candi. date combined, and a larger vot for I a Kollctl; than for TMivis. ore the two outstanding features wf the fourth week's tabulation of the gigiintfo straw poll of the Ui erary Digest which is out today. : Of the m-urly million and aifilf 'votes recorded, t'oolidge has XuJf. ;t4U and la Kollettc, 31,1 78, and avs. 276.H74. Keturns have now bern received from 4 2 states but the IMgest culls attention to the foot that he soulhern stutes hav.; Im-'H tardy In returning their bal lots. Their returns will swell the lmvls vote to a higher figure. 1als is now leading in nine stales and Ja FoUette ts still car rying "lscon.ln Hgiifiit both' 'of hw uppoueuts. 'lixv Progrcbslvc REPAIMII6 OF BEAVER CREEK WINS Straw Vote Determines Which Water Project Is Most Favored PRESENT SYSTEM I HAS BIG MAJORITY Twelve Hundred Six Cit izens Cast Votes at Un official City Election . Count Made Saturday. STRAW VOTH RKKl'IiTS I'pper Heaver Crock J'roJ- e't Ofl Test Woll B2 Siiiiiinrrvlllr Spring 124 Repairing and Improving 1 ft aver Cw-k Mne 8H7 Iiimrr Beater Creek 37 Total Voto Out ,. 12011 With nearly half of thn voters or I .a Grande who rcglwU-red at the May primary election this year, signifying their choice, tho straw vole on the water question con ducted by tho city executives lust week seemed to prove beyond qiiistlon that Man No. 4 (Kopslr- ing and Improving Heaver Creek Line), ix the ono most widely fa vored In this city to secure an ade quate supply of water, both lot consumption und irrigation. ' Hlg Majority.. Tin' requiring of tho Heaver crck line hud a majority of 319 over the other four measures and- led Sunrmervillo Springs, tho next In number of vol, by 713 votes. All tn alt, of 1206 citizens who cast unofficial ballots, 887 or luoro katA, wo 1 birds, favored tlto po ct tlmt Jed In thn count. !hn count. S nine hun J red bul- Two thousand n; lots wero sent to voters and of that number, approximately 2o were returned owing to Itiabllity to locate the addresses, who had probably moved from the city or chungi'd their address. Of the re maining 27f), nearly half of them voted. More may send In their choice but thesi! later ones will not be counted as the official count Saturday night, made the mutter a closed incident. ( To uT(i on Ballot. The vote was taken with the un derstanding that tho city rom mis sion would place the winning proj ect on a special election ballot to be voted upon Inter this year.- Jn all Mkt-lthood before long the vot ing population of I .a .ramie will he called to the polls to signify whether they fuvor actually im proving and repairing licavi-r ercek line or nut. IMitlls of such an election will b" decided upon in Die nonr future, It Is believed. One. of the surprises of .the straw vole whs the apparent weak ness of the number of voters fa voring deep wells. Kurller In the year It seemed that there were many more supporters . of this plan but. from thn vote, It ap pears many of them huvo either (Continued on page 6) Prince of Wales Is Welcomed by Illinois Throng CHICAOO. (Hy tho Aswicluted l'ress) The Prince ot Wales waj greeted by a throng when he reach ed ) .u ke Forest t o bo t he guest of boids l Swift, today. Ho will leuvo for JHtroit about mklnight. The prince views the stockyards hero frmn the back of U SOT IV I colt. Accompanied by guides, the prince hegan riding inues iinoubh the alleywuys of tho yards on the sorrel. candidate is running wcoiid In 21 stateH and Oavls Is trailing the leader in twelve. Many Vide. All previous records for the fourth week of a national pull are broken by the present tabulation Of 1,451,691 vo.es, the Digest states, passing I lie previous high mark for this stage of any poll by more than 200. 00O. "The returns Indicate that In terest in tho election is increaslnn daily," the Digest continues, "and It may be safely predicted that, as lis completion the present poll will siand forth, by hundred of thou sands of vote as the. largest und most representative tent of public opinion ever attempted in this lUmUnued va pa a Air Trekker VAXCOI'VKU, Wash.', (lly Associated I'rcss). Lieutenant Oakley Kelly arrived at the' barracks licit! train) from Washington, I), v. whew ho' flew with i:ra Mn'krr, Ore gtHi Trail pioneer. Mreknr Is pictured nliove In rlyliiK us. Carl Kuterson was arraigned be fore the circuit court this morning charged with forgery. H pleaded guilty und will bp sentenced at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Kmerson wan recently brought back from Hoiso, Idaho, to bo tried. Ho was bound over on the preliminary hearing to the grand jury and was later Indicted by (hat body. - Other circuit court business bar been uspcnd"d until October S3. TU" cas which had been .scheduled for,, tis morning on the calendar wart settled out.of court. ... , , f Death Summons French " Writer, Aged 80 Years TOI'ItS. Km nee. (My tin- Asso ciated Press) Anatolo Krance is d.-nd. His end rnmi- peacefully Sundny. I'rom August last the state of the great Krem-h writer's health has caused anxiety, Uruduallv his con dition became worse, until only a few days uko he himself expressed I lie conviction that he had but few hours of lift' remaining. Owing to his udvanced nge, 8a years, (lu re was no expectation ol his recovery but almost up In Hit end bo retained his interest in I hose around liiiu and was able at limes to conversn briefly. HI .Al POINTS OlT .MISSINO WOMAN'S IIOHY Ttn.SA, Okla. (AlOThe.nlss ing body of Mrs. Iena (ireen, who was shot to death September 115 by her daughter in law, Mrs. Winona Green, according to the latters ul leged confession to the police at Little Hock, Ark., was found Sun day in a wooded tract near Fisher, Okla. Tim body rested against a rock at the spot where the young wo- man said It would bo found. The condition of the body made II im possible to determine the cause of dentil, officers said. A buzzard circling overhead led the searching party to the spot. VAKI I I Mj OP BA1MKS AMj STANK O.N' III:AIS (MiKVKI.AM). (AP) Kile I -year-old baby without a last name, has doctors, nurses ami oth er attaches of u local hospital at their wits' ends. "Imagine a ward full of babies standing on their heads," saifl one of tho physicians. Kileen was first discovered doing tho -trick altout four months ago, Now, hospltul attaches say, she has every baby in the ward doing the. same thing. "Kileen Is perfectly normal und healthy." . Kr. It. V. Ouffey said. She possesses perfect equilibrium and stands on In r head merely be cause she thinks it's something of a trick." ' ' SI PltKMi; COI'HT A4TS O.V ih.iam.s or itAi.i,yrs 8AKKM, Ore. (AP). The Hu preine ron rt in a derision to- day held there must be a r- trro iiilntr of tin; supreme couil jiisttcn candidates on the bal lot und all candidates must be grouped together. Instead of M-narutelv. for vacancies caused by t he resignation of J ust lc Har rls und tho death of Jus McVourt. lice VHTIMS KCO l ltl... WAHHINOTON AP. The rapiil recovery of Paul Oli-ason and wife, American mlssionurlefi Injured In an attack by fanatics at Kan goott last week, is report ed to tho stato department today by tlitt Auiericuu cuuttul tUcrt. CHECK ARTIST ADMITS GUILT Liquor Orgy Kept Up By i Ship V Crey 57,000 , Cases of Spiiits Consumed by Sailors from Antwerp to New Ti York; Arrests Made. NKW YORK. (By the Associated 'Press) With a crew of 32 In Irons and a cargo of 43.000 cases of li quor under governmental seal, the Norwegian steumshlp Sagattnd 'to day awaited the disposition of the federal government. ' Coast guard cutter Seneca offi cers bourded ter and a search dis closed two sleeping sailors In the wheelhouse, with tho rest of the crew below docks, some asleep, others staggering in stupor and nearly all nursing bluck eyes. The captain -was- found locked In Ihf cabin. Th captain explained that they left Anrwsrp with 100,000 cases ot liquor and that the crew made free with tho cargo, fighting during the whole trip. ' ' In the drunken orgies many sail ors were Injured and but 43.000 of tho 100,000 cases of liquor re mained. EX- Irrigation, reclamation and otli- er kindred subjveta will bo dis cussed at the chamber of -ooni-inerce luncheon tomorrow hy a national authority on auch 'topics. I. A. Javis; ex -governor of Idaho. - ' , Preceding (lie uialn urogram a few momenta of diversion will be offered by Hud I .inch's Blue Mountain Music Makers playing a number of the late pong successes. This organisation Is composed of thn younger musicians of thoclty ptsying in the modern dance tttyle; ..The Hnsf rumenlatlon Jn- oludiit - piano, d ruins-, saxophone, clarinet, violin, trombone, banjo and trumpet varl Hoynolds, secretary of tho (number of commerce, wishes to make , special annonneentent that to this and all other luncheons given by the organization thV'ii erul public Is cordially invltod,. L 'AltlH. (Hy Associated Press) The reparation commission formal ly announced today that thn Oawes plan had been fully established and that Qermuny hud compiled with all thn requirements under the agreement at the recent Interna tiona I,, conference. The commission approved plsns for American, British and German participation in ti $ juo.ooo.uoo loan to Germany. 1 rntkr PBKKIDKXT OK w SMITH COIsLKUI'. OKAl) SOUTHAMPTON. Mass. (AP President Kmerltus Jjturenus Clark Snelyc, first president of Hmllh i-ollege, was found dead in bed at his home hern early (Sunday. Jle was X7 years old. orr:sTio wiiimiKii pa.v p in s t '. ' i r i ; so v 1 1 ,t i f WASHINGTON .1 AP). The supreme court dismissed today for' luck of Jurisdiction the case ugslnst a Husslan social ist of the Federated Itepubllc brought by M. Wulfsohn and romnany, raising the question whether u soviet can bo sued In thn cojrts of this country. He Simply Must Do It W'hvn n buHlncM man mi- vcrtlMCH to mi In Tho live ning . ObMTcr, ii tHiiik un the frnt that In' lngre:,lvri and iiii-lo-llnr-infiititc with tlm gfHls Im Hell or tlu wrOct; lie rcii- llC'lH. 1 1. IS to In! He rant aTfonl to Bpiwnr as a go get ler In Um mlvcrtlNimr tuiims and llwn turn iut as a back-mi mi her In Ills place of htinliieHK. lUsxl Ids ails regularly in The Olwrwr, You can tic IMnd on libit. "Oltseri e Ad.crlihijig GOvERNQH PROGRAM DIES PLAN ESTAB SHED ARMISTICE HIED UP BY LU. HO Defeated Armies of Che kiang Leaders Retreat ing in Confusion FIRING GOES ON DESPITE "PEACES Foreign Defense Units at City of Shanghai In cluding American Ma rines, Drawn Up for Resistance. SKAXOHAI (By the Alsoclnted Pres Tholr dofwitrd armies re Ireutlnif in conrunlon toward HhuiKhHi, General l.u Yung Hum an. Clu'kliiliic military governor and chief aide, and General Mo Klnir Linir, dcronsn commisiilonnr of lhnnKluil. today nnnauiicrd Ihcy had RlKnod tho arnilntlCK with thi im-adinK KlanRwu rcoat " rrnr.. sentlng th JVklnfr Kovernmont.' . Gfniirala l.u and Ho today aoiiRlit roftiKO in the foreign set. Hentmit. 1 Kvcry unit or the rorclirn it rimse'forcfM In the city. Including Auittrlcftn mnrlnca. and foreign warahlox, aro being drawn up along the foreign, settlement boundaries to realat any attempt of the KlangHu forces to enter the concession. The Cheklang force ' west of Shanifhal, unaware that nn armis tice has been signed, contlnuad firing on enomy .lines today. STRr'.KT FIUHTI.VU. WASHINGTON (AP). Herious fighting In Canton atreeta1 laat tkiturday between merchant vol- untnera - and rtolahevlat labor troops was 'reported to the 'state department' today by. American, Consul Jenkins. The situation 1h tense with prospects of more fighting, the report audi. About K were killed li) the clash and more were wuunded. AXEL SKOVGAARD TO APPEAR HERE TOMORROW NIGHT Axel Kkovgaard the Oantsh vio linist and ono of. ,tho greatest masters of the Instrument living toduy will appear here in .con cert recital tomorrow evening. Ac accompunylng him on thn pluno will be his wife, Alice McChing Hkovgaard, herself a noted con certi artist who will contrlbjte several idanoforto solos to the program. Tho recital will be glv - en at tho L. I. H. tomorrow v - ning under tho auspices of the M. I, A. Hkovgaard will piny upon his famous violin which was built by Antonlus Ht radlvarlous In 1 7 U. This world famous Instrument Is one of tho most valuabln In cx intenco and to It tho nrtlst at tributes much of the credit for the w onderful ton for which Hknvguard's playing Is noted. This Instrument was, acquired In Iondon while tho artist was still a young man and upon and wtl h It ho has won his world wide fumo. Incidentally tho first tones which It ever ' producud were drawn from It by its pres ent owner. Davis Confident of Electoral Majority INDIANAPOUH. (AIM - Con - ridenre thel the November elect Inn ulll lie decisive and I hat the Demo - cratlc ticket will win In the elic. tenil college without reference to congress was expressed Hunday by John W. Havls, Democratic nom inee for president. The candidate's statement was made to newspaper men In confer ence here and was said to have been rounded upon reports given him by I tiiuoeratic euders In the middle west. It was Intended l - pnrently lo answer the statement made recently hy I'halrman Hut ler of Iho iteiiublleun national collllillllee, In: .Which lie was re purled lo have declared I hat II would be disastrous If the decision on the election should be thrown' into cotiKress and t'barles W. Bry an, itemoerallc vice presidential candidate, chosen president. Mr. lmvls told newspaper nun he regarded Holler's statement about the election being decided by congress "us more or less of a con cession of defeat on his part." Mli;AMMAII III AI)Y TO KI'AKT TOWARD TACOMA HAN DIKOO AI'). While Hhenanibsih. moored at North Inland, awalls departure north at 7:30 tomorrow morning two naval flyers prepared to start to Tacoma to superintend preparations for"'lhe' Bhenan.' ooab'e laudlny thtirV.' '- Honeymoon : ISC' IO well IXiniie and wife, I'nrtlonil, Ore., took an n-ononilral lmueyniooii. lilvlny: In ttie vrtlclenieiei for wtH.'k, wltli only a JaeVnUa to nravlile llwlr livtng, they won a bot that enabled tlwm to buy all tltelr household fumtture. Mrs. IHmno la sliotrn aal snlrlna; ono of .tho crawfish slto raught to atara off atanatloji, while her husband Is acen scaring a aalnuai. ' TIGERS SCORE GRID VICTORY Ia Grande. 64; Knlerprisn. 10. That one lino tells tho story. Al though fighting every minute of the gumo the Knterprlso team was clearly outclassed in every depart ment by tho la Grundo team. The only scores Knterprlso marked up were against thn second team In the- acvond and fourth' quarters Bight, here at the beginning It might be slated that tho Knter prlso team and student body as well us tho school officials are 'ihu - hiv in im rammimdnd' unon thr B,,ortflmnnk attitude which they inuntuinod w tlirouKliuut tho con t(,at Although plainly swampet? the Knterprlso team made no howls of dirty work or In no other way acted as tho1 losors are often up to act.' The La (Irando team allowed I great deal better In all parts of the game than In the alumni contest played hern recently. The liack lield 'worked like a iituchlne. nnd gained yardage through tho Knter- prlse line tilmnst at will. Hher wooil made thn first toilrh down of Hie gaum Just after the firs! klckoff by receiving u Interal pnss and raring half the length of the field ncroHs the goal line. , Inciden tally Cecil, Individually played a greut. game. Not so much can truthfully lie said of his field abil ity In directing the team, ills sig nals were called too slow tn give the teatu much pep und get the jump on Iho oppoHltlon. Again h,: jealled passes on first downs when 1 1 ho backs were gaining five and islx yards at a shot. At onu lime with ono yard to go on the fourth down near I tin goal line ho called for a pass. Of course in an unim portant game like Halurduy such mlsjudgments uro not so Important but. might cuslly provu disastrous ugulnst. real opposition. l.aiMly Kliickliiic Itelti'r. Webb and Uinury both showed much belter Haturday I ban at. any li, au fUr this year. Landry's kinking showsleady Improvement and on several occasions 111.' wren ho booted the ball down by e-lnssiaal laaaa p mjcrls eiiihrarlng mure goal posts on Iho klckoff. Ills d- ,lmil ,oo.imi acres, have htvu ap fenslvo work Is also showing Im- ir(vl.(1 rea4bl from nil I'ligl- proveuu'tit and ho hits narder on ' (Uonunuea on page di I). A. R. tO Mai'k Grave VI Capiain tXIOIiagC.,,,,,,, K11U, M Washington, iirwyilCft in urcgon auu iiiaiui, ni fl.YMt.l.Tlf. (Hy the Associated1'-"" 'T"'v !".,.' '"" I'reas) The grave of 1'aptuln John Coolidge, ancestor of the president. will be marked today by Samuel Ashely Chapter, Daughters or the American Revolution, with Hi" of ficial stone of the Hons of thii American Revolution. ' ' ' Colonel John Coolidge, tho pres ident's fnther, is to assist. Captain CoolldEO served during tbei rovolutloa. - In Wilderness 0u p km) i 1 TSJX u. FIKIU'K I'l.lOAS FOU UW .. - -'KKFOKVKMKNT Ht'lU'OHr 1"i;mMj:ton, ora. (Af). a plea that men iu aynipatlijr with law enforcement las ...elccteil to law enforcement offices, - even If partisan Hiicn Im forgotten, was mado last nlKlit hy Governor I'lcnw In an adilresa liero. More money In noeileil In tlie tuttuv to flittit llllc't Ihiuor traffic, the governor said, nuil A reqtiwt will be made to the next leKlslaturo that half of lira fines of liquor law violators bn returned to the suite for furtlicr . enforcement work, , coi itT ni;vn;w ii:mx:i. WANIIIMiTUN (A1-). The sllltrefHo ctiurt tmlay refused' to review thu c-onvUMIoii 'of II. II. Clements, and other former em ployees of the AtcbiHoii, Topcka and Knnln Va rallnuitl on uluirg'es uf coiiNnlracy to nhstilict malls and liitcrfcm with Interslato com mcnxl during tint , abopmen's strike iu Wi. MAY 1HKMIHH VAHK, TACOMA, Wash. A1). Wortl from Washington as Iti tho gov crnmeiit's plans rlnthig to the trial of rtobcrt Itosiriibluth, set for (K'ttda'r Ti, Is iM'Ing nwnlled halny by fcileral officials here. Since Die aeoulltnl of I'otlller Hat- tmlay, it Is generally believed the department will uwiiiImm Hie Itt dhftment ngaliist Koacnbltlth, w-ho with l'othier, wns accused of mur dering C'ronkhllc. MAHKlrl'S TODAY. rOUTIjANI), Olc. (A1-). No grain market today. Cattle and sheep slow; hogs steady, 10c to 40c higher, lightweight 19.76 if $10.75. Kggs and butterfat steady. Iluttur 42c. X TRA Baker Project Given Government Approval WAKIIIXiTO.V (lly the. Aocln le.i I'muui nlw new western re- iM.rlll(t mnioinlr. agricultural and laud li-eloiiiieiit standiHiinl by IllKf tlgatlug loumillti-es, whose leiaielM u'en llinile lllllllit! Nttllday by the Ulterior departnienl. The . 1 Ktudles of thn projects wero con- ducted by professors of agrlcutur al colleges In states In which they are located, slates agricultural of debits und bankers, in their de velopment. It Is recommended that policies and methods proposed by tho committee of special advisers of reclamation bo followed. Sumuiattus of Ule reru ZR-3'0VEn AZORES AT: IIOOIITODA! Giant Dirigible Making Headway Toward ; Lakehurst, N. J.- LEFT GERMANY AT 6:35 A. M. SUNDAY "Last of Zeppelins" Com ing to United States as ' Part Payment of War Debts. BERLIN (B Associated Preaal The giant dirigible ZR-3, en ' route to Lakehurst,' N. J reach ed the Azores Islands at noon to day. Greenwich meridian time, ac cording to a wireless report here. Delivery of the German ipade ZR-I from the Frledrlchshafen plant to the navy , air station at Lakehurst, will bring to this coun try the first commercial airship of the Zeppelin type ever to be flown under the American flag-. ' While the ship Is In custody of the navy and ts listed with naval aircraft, she was designed and built for commercial use and un der present plan will be used by tho navy to demonstrate the prac ticability of comerclal aircraft In the Vntted States. Resembles tUienandoab The Zrt-8 Is similar In appear, ance but somewhat larger than'thu ' navy dirigible HhenandOah. Whili the Shenandoah was the first, vea. sol of the kind aver built la tho United States, however, the ZH-I was numbered U at the Zeppe lin plant and la the product of more than 15 yearn of German exi perlen.ee In, dirigible construction and operation, jududlng than Ger man war fleets, Hlie la the last -word In llghter-tban-alr design. . and will form the foundation foi1 tho building of. future Amertcad commercial floeta If this proves to bo a practicable form of trans portation In the United States. - At the close of the war. the al lied powers and the United Btatef restricted the Zeppelin firm to the construction of ships of not moro than 30,000 cubic meters gas ca pacity, although the last of the war service Zeppelins built by the plant had approached a 70,000 cublo meter capacity. Peace terms also provided for the apportion ment among the victorious powers of Zeppelins to be surrendered by Germany, two such craft being as signed to the United States. Two Gorman dirigibles were destroyed In their sheds, however, and the Zlt-3 Is a replacement vessel for the two dostroyed. Ity agreement with the allied powers the Zeppelln plana was permitted to build one ship of 70, 000 cubic meter capacity for tho United Statos In place of the two shirs of 10,000 cublo meters ca pacity each. This was necessary In order that a ship of sufficient slzo to crors the Atlantic might be . constructed. The alllod powers waived the slso restriction, howv ever, only on the condition that the big ship should not be usod by the United States for military pur poses. Contracts with the Zeppelin company wore completed tn June 1922 and a group ot American naval officers wus sent to Kreld rlchshafen to watch progress on the vessel day by day. They wero cordially received by the German concern which desired to demon strate Its knowlodgo of the art of , building air cruisers. Tho ZU-J has an over-all length of HG6 feet, a. diameter of vO.T feet, a gas capacity ot S. 600, 000 cubic feet, la driven by five 400- fCnntlnited nn pas (I eluding acreages, valuations fixed, and reclamation board recomuion datlons follow' ' Vale project 88.360 acres, main ly augebrush, -with an estimate gross annual crop return after Irrt- -gallon of $35 an acre. Ninety per nt ot the land will require sub division nnd settlement and wit. provide farms for 360 or 300 set tlers. Tho reclamation board re ported settlement as the funda mental proLlem of the project and recommended long time credit o new settlors. linker projoet Irriguble land es timated at 36,ai acres which should yield a gross annual return of between $30.60' und IJ7.80 per. acre. The value Of tho raw land la fixed at between $3.60 to $S an acre. " -. ' v ' ' (Continued os paw i .'i
