EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPEREIGHT PACES TODAY.
CITY
EDIT ION
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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
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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
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