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EDITION
THE 'WEATHER
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gon: ;pu in tonight und Fri
day.:,, VOLUME XXIII.
MKMUKlt A880CIA'rUl I'llHHH
LA GRANDE OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1925.
li:.Ml!l:ll ASSOCIATED l'KKHH
NUMBER 90. .
to
!t BELIEF FOR
km FIBMFRSTflii
(By Hurry It. limit
W ASi 1 1 NGTON N K A Special .
president Coolidge has given
Washington's "bit: business" nllcr
csts an uwful jolt.
They're duzed, surprised, luiit.
.IuhL when they were nil set iu
vuhIi In on the wavu of "Coolidge
prosperity" which they were us
surcd the recent election Insured,
they find no less nn influence lliun
the president himself blocking
their wuy.
Washington's big business 1h In
foul estate.
With tho limits or 1 lit- capital
city definitely fixed. It has
comparatively hhii pie lor me rem ;
eslute.ring to boost values. !
tents based on these Inflated
vulucs have become no high that it
ia next to Impossible for the uvcr
ugo government worker, on the
tiiuull salaries paid by I'ncle Sam,'
to maintain a family in decency.
Tills situation was c'Ji'bcd, dur
ing the war, by a rent regulation
law. Following the. war, under
pressure by District residents,
congress continued rent regulation
as an "emergency" measure.
The real estate ring, however.
pressed Us protest in the courts
and Just before t oulluge s
I'lecllon had won a decision that
was heralded as opening the way
to unrestricted rent increases.
Kent rugulutlona, (he realtors
gleefully gloated, was heruufter
laboo. Prosperity unprecedented
mno-a.' of ,o iWrlct
or Columbia, the word went out in
r,..Uty clrcha. i.ul u pot.-ntial 4ul-
uu or l pur squaru tout, and..
should bo sp vuluudt
Then President f'oolidffi; spoke
a lew calm words that consider
ably cooled the unlor of the real
estate Inflationists.
. WashiliRtiiii. or the District or
Columbia, he pointed out, was nut
rounded as a city. It wasn't set
aside specirieally as an area or op
portunity for the speculator or
"investor."
'Hie few square miles within the
District of Columbia. Coolidge
said.' had been reserved us a seat
of uorernmcnt for the United
States'.
Anylhlnw that it Is necessary for
the Kuvernment to do to, enable
It lo rWtion 'efn'cli'iTtly iVhd eeo
noinlcully within lhat urea, the
government run do. he suggested,
under its polieo powers;
ir Interests other than the gov
ernment set up conditions within
(Continued on Page f.
HTATK IKH:K. Salem. (Ire.
Following a prolonged debute In
which a dozen or more senators
participated, the senate, by a vote
nf 2 lo ii. approved Hennlor
hanks' bill providing for appeal to
tlie circuit courts of revocallons
of business licenses.
SAI.K.M. Ore. (Ily the Assocl
le,l I'rem) The rlr.l storm of the
legislative KcHslon broke late ye.s
lenbiv III the sennlc lust before
iiljournmcnt when Senator l.anks ,
bill nruvlillnu for uinieal ti clr
cult cotirl rroin onlei-M of inunlc
Ipnl orrieers revoklnir lleeimes or
sort drink establishment. card
rooms, etc.. was under considera
tion. Hanks sharply atlaeked the
Portland city eouncllmen. rharir
Inir that a eiub Is held over I'orl
Innd'a "north end" to force the
resident or lhat dbtrlet to vole
rittht.
Hill Passed
The bouse in'Sed a bill repcal
Itisr the six and one-hulr mill Hil
tation on I'ortland school district
No. I. Koberts. of Wasco county.
anil Shumway. or Morrow
anil
ritititilln. east the only
disscntlm;
Votes.
The hnuse passed n bill niiikinB
II iinlawrul rr stock to ruiinc in
imrts or Hood Itlver countv not
wlthtn the Mount Mood ronst re
serve. I lea lie Hill I ill induced
Killlnu and trHpptr.K of beavers
(Continued on Pge M
BANKS SCORES ---GflUflNEN
Range Control Is Held
Important To Sheep Men
SAN FltAN'Ciyi'li Whether th(
she. p raising inien sts slum! ready
ti approve or reject tin propos-d
pt;m for placing the unreserved
puldle bind. rmbra inir regions now
iisd for full and winter graxing.
under a form of government con
trol Rimllur to that exercised by
the forest servlec over summer
crazing range promise t' be "ic
htirhllf-hl niii-Mlinn Hi Die flixileth
anniinl convention of Hie numn.i.
Wool (.rowers' assviation. hich
ooened here Wednesday. V Is con -
slder-f probable the coinmlU"'
will, following genersi convention
diwetiKMbMi. advocol" the pp'ditt-
i miniL.nu iu i
Farm Groups in Congress
Flan Action This
Session
Ik-wi-WILL ADVOCATE
SOME MEASURE
Just What Form Relief
Bill Will Take Is Doubt
ful; May Mimic Mc
Nary Plan.
WASHINGTON (liy Un- Aswoei
ti'd I'ri'.ss) Members or tlx; con
gressional rami Broun are ronsl'l
erlnK a plan lo throw Ihelr solid
strength behind some rnrm relief
measure with the hope or ffcttlnir
legislation enacted at litis session.
Just what form the bill will lake
has not been determined, but an
effort will be made to produce a
mouMire which will receive the
indorsement or the president's. aK-
riculturul commission and the sup-
.. th. f-rm KrouH in con
- W(..,in,,l,ly nlRl.t
cull.vl by Chairman
. ,.,',, ,., I1..ri,.,iii.iral
Norris of the senate agricultural
committee, senators and represen
tatives Interested in farm problems
heard arguments in support of a
modified McNary-I luugen bill,
which was defeated In its orig
inal form at the last session of
congress, form from spokesmen for
the American council of agricul
ture. No Indication was given, how
ever, that this plan more than any
other was being considered by the
congressional farm group as the
measure on which they would con
centrate. The council argument
tin Its support also bus been pre
sented to the president's agricul
tural commission.
KMrtssloii Tnlk ,
Senator Hhlpstend. Furmer-Ln-bor.
Minnesota, declared in Ihe
senate Wednesday I hat un extra
session of congress should be call
ed if no agricultural legislation is
parsed before March 4. Similar
sentiments frequently have been
expressed by o' her western sena
tors and In view of the farm
group's latest move, interest has
been removed In the efforts to get
un agricultural measure
through i
this tension, since ndmiulstratlon
leaders do no) favor calling an e.- j
tra session. The McN'ury-l laugen
bill orhiloatly provided for creation j
of a farmers' export corporation lo
si imulato t he marketing of farm
. (Continued nn 1'age fi.)
iTELOCASET LADY
IS ATTACKED IY
DREAD DISEASE
II :li CASKT ( SMilal ) . .Mi.
. II. Wllxin was taken to Ibe
Ifuker hosiluil a few days ao
In u very srious I'ondlllnti.
l-'riellds wi're lint cerlnln as lo
what her nllmrnl tvas but It
was later le.lrui,il Hull she Is
,,,,,,,.1,, rmi
ill lack
or
slct'liliu; sickness.
Wallowa's Hay Supply
Morn Plentiful ( !lailll
7
"""
A"AIJnWA. Ore. (Special)
Tli' available supply of hay in Hint
section f the rotint ry apM-ars t"
be much larger at Hi's lino- than
was anticipated hy muny severui
weeks apo.
No Inrse bunches of stock arc
being fed here, and only scattering
deniunds for anything like largi
fiuantities of hay are being receiv
ed by haynien.
Farmers slate that they are able;,., WM,.n hronght into court. Hhe
to hny wild hy at about iu P'rWilM token to Hie Judk'e's. cham-
tn while some alfalfa Is belnir,
so'd at hlRlu-r figure. Home hay ; The decision of the court to
Is being delivered In Wallowa, the haw n,.r vuit,. tried bv the juvenile
price received being reported np- ; nut luiritles was based on the r
proxlmately $lo per ton. Joe titer's Icstiiiiony regurding her age.
Flcshmun has been busy for thej Luter the fal Iu r nv. ore to a war
past several days didlvering hayjrunt charging a sintijtory orfense
for middle valley farmers. j against Kmll K ruder, a caTe niu-
1 while he and the girl were
ne nt
f a committee, cons stint? ol
rei;irten of interior and ng-
in
rletilture nnd three eompdenl su
dents f rsnge ifindiiinns, to act In
the matter hh did the fad flnd-rs
in the
cli.uiHlinn iii.Hon. This.
move. Hi
iM-lleve. w ould brlna
about h g-n rul ntiihillzing of lb,
rang' eintrol nnd fee system.
1 rx Ct Production Survey
rho'S del, cH'n. heiPb d l'T T.
- ioe ,a, on. (n
Md an. secretary, both of Twin
1 fans, is prpar. i-ren-iii i
ronv'-niimi u prop'.!, il for a Rn.'fiililo AiiH'rli-it wim r.-ri'lvr-il by morn-
.
(Cunliliu-U oil Pai-i 5 )
"Ma" 1
Here is ".Mu ' J'rusmi. cm -emor
or lexus, vn umiK imIIi
of office Tuesday. she Is
dressed hi her iiuiiigiirnl gown.
WaT.UJWA, On. (Special)
Tlie fall wheat appears to have
suffered no damage from the
freezing weather that struck this
part of the slate last .;nonth,
In a number of instances the
farmers hud dug Into tlie snow cov
ered fields und round the wheul
green, with the exception of some
of the tips of the bludes which
were frozen before the snow fall.
With anything like favorable
weather from now on until spring,
farmers st ate t hey believe the
prospects for a good stand of full
grain Is us promising us thut of
the average season.
TO HEM CASE
SAN Kit AXCISCO. When Doro
thy Klllngson. 1 1-year-old matri
cide. made her first appearance in
court the corridors were crowded
with spectators, mostly women, to
witness the event. She was bound
over to Hie Juvenile court for a
i hearing, and It was announced Hint
she would race that tribunal today.
! Joseph Kllingsou. futlmr of ihe
Ktri. was the only witness, having
I ,.,. (.M..(I to h). st(ind to tetify
. , her ae. th- slated that she was
horn n Minneapolis, April I. 1908.
At one time th.. crowd beciime
a isnrn iniiiriiT
I'L'irj i rn unr
i i i i a 1 1 L.I l I
NOT DAMAGED
M NDH S COURT
j jnn,v , M ..rrrttt , ,.,. arl j "M IJ organist H.n that from , :
:,.,. nmi Judge Sylvntn Lazarus!1" K'" '"" whol students wll
ordered a partial charing of the1l''nl regularly. f
t courtroom.
ihii.m
The girl had spent:
! night and looked wan and deject
!!- first to cscjipe the crowd,
unending a "jastn party' after the
1-honting of Mr. i;i:iPg-;on.
MARIN BLAST AT
U. S. IIELIEVEI) TO
RE ONLY SPITE
WASHINC,nN (P.v Hie Amso I- :
iited I'reKHl Deputy Marin's de-
daration in the l-'niili chamber1
y-Hlerdiiy th;it It would be moral)
",r '
""Mh i r rnrov io pny ner r e,
t r garde, here by orricla's ot the
A inertean debt comniHrtlon c an
tsolnt'd explosion rithr than an
echo of Kn nc-h official opinion.
,
I'AIIIH A I - IVpnty Miirln's
.-.m Ii r.inf-iTninir lh- r'n-nrh ili'lil
inr ispvrs with i-nlhuiilii.Hlr coin-
nl. r.-Kitrill' n nf imiI liir .
F.D. Haisten
Murdered In
Posloffice
Ex-La Grande Man Shot
to Death at Red Rock,
Arizona, Last Evening.
TI'CSOX. Arli. (Ily the As.
social.-.! I'n-ss) I-'. I. NtiMcn,
IMJslniiiMerntK.'.llUKk, :imlli-s
Hum heiv, nils shot and killed,
as lie Kill III the iioslnl I'll V lust
lllf.lt.
Details ,r Hie slmolliut are not
iivnlluble hut tin- railroad attciil
at Kill ItiHk Mild that Hnlslen
was killed while working at Ills
typttTlter after ivhisluu riKil ti
two men who said they were'
without funds.
Haisten enme In Arlina sev
eral wirs ago fimn It (irande,
Ore., and he leaves a brollier
that lives at Wallowa, Ore.
F. 11. Haisten, who was for
merly h I .a (irande business
nian, as etigngel In the furul
luiv business ww several years
ngo. His place or business was
located where tin Still Ihiviler
now stntids. His brollier, now
living at Wallowa, Is nil under
taker, ivportK stale and Is also
well known iu (Ills city. Me.
II ills ten lost a kou 1 ii ring 1 1 ic
Worm war. .
F
A series of di'iiees for high
school students only, lo be given ut
the Klks club two Saturday eve
nings of each month, uill be Inau-I
iriintlMrl In I he neur nil tire under
llhe auspices of the lll-lads us a
oieans of providing wholesome1 en
tertainment for the students In
place of general public danelng
I'laiis for tlie dances were practi
cally completed ut u meeting of the
lll-Iad organlxntion last night and
ivgulattonn- goveritintf ' t hi)' uf ralrn j
were adopted
Permission lo use the Klks club
for these entertainments' had al
ready been secured previous to
last night's meeting, and tho Hl-i
Dud social committee will proceed!
immediately with definite arrungo-
ments for tho dances. Tho regula
tions pertaining to the program ure
us follows:
1. Only high school students
-limy attend willi the exception of
outsiders who secure permission
from the lli-Iiad social committee
in writing for each Individual
event., ' 4
2. A curd will bo Issued to each
student entitling him to attend
providing his conduct Is satisfac
tory, A list of names will be kept
3. 1'artlclpuntB to remain eligi
ble arc expected to refrain from at
tendance at general public dunces.
4. A smalt admission fco will be
charged.
6. Tho dances will be held from
8:30 to 11:30 p.
6. Tho lll-Iads will be divided
Into groups, each group to chap
erone u dance in turn.
7. The dances will be directly
under Ihe control of I ho sociuj
committee of the lll-luds.
8. Proper chaperonnge and prop
er dancing will be required.
9. .Smoking or disorderly
duet will be discouraged and may
cause the loss of a card ir persist
ed In.
Home members of the student
body have nln-ady been Inter b-weil
on the subject of the proposed
dunces and expressed enthusiasm
' ,or i"'1"' ' " '
peter McDonald
TO HE LAID TO
REST TOMORROW
I Funeral services for hv late
peter Alexander McDonald will be
j held tomorrow afternoon at I be
j Presbyterian church here at 2
i o'clock, according lo antiounc
' ment made this morning.. Mix
IPden McDotiuld. daughter of the
'deceased, nrrlved hero this morn
ling from Oakland to attend the
' service.
Iteverend William '"roJiv Kosi.
ut 11 (Irande. (II)'I Iteverend Itinke
i ly, of Waits Wstla. Wtlt oTIelnte.
A Knights Teoinlitr escort from Hie
loeul o')j;e will attend.
Diirbil will be at the Kommer-
ville fetnetery under Ihe auxpices
of Hie rlitinfiier tile Masonie lodge,
The body will lie in slate at
th KohttenkKUip chape) from I"
" ' !
MAISKirlS TflllAV
I'llllTI.AMi. r.'. (Al'l -! !
nl.tw Hnil w.-iij.. IhiRi. t.,,ly, nh'.'ti
1 niniiliiHlly nl.'B.ly tiMlny. Kitus nn,
nt l it. 4ii , T . I till 1 -r I'.f.
lliild-rfiil s;ciiil
-
."AN I i1."l W'l mu-
. rll :
ftIC
IR STUDENTS
BIG BLOCK
1110
AT $103.42
ir;,.;t Mjijinnnl TC-ink nf
i JlSt iNailOnai UanK 01
'.Baker Entered a
Generous Bid
$73,100.75 TOTAL
Jt'UT ON MARKET
Was One of Best Offers
Qity Has Ever Received
for Improvement Bonds
The main article of business
brought before the regular week
ly meeting of the city commission
last evening was the disposition of
$7:t.HiO.?5 worth or municipal
bonds which had been advertised
to ho so kl to the highest bidder.
The hid or the Kirst National
(tank of linker under the direction
of Will iu m 1'ollman, president, be
ing the highest received was un
animously accepted by the com
missioners. The I'M is t Xutlonul
bank bid was $103-42 on the basis
or ?lu par value. This was nn
exceedingly liberal bid being about
one dollar higher on the $100 than
ttie next nearest bid from the
firms of Ferris llardgrove, hum
bermen's Trust company. Merco
'Kalr Company, and Freeman Smith
ami Company, who offered a com
bined bid of $lu?.32. Most of the
city giving bonds during the lust
year hav sold for 102 und a frac
tion. Kis bids weri; received. .Kesldes
the I wo mentioned above, Ralph
Kchneeloelt, the Western Ilond and
Mortgage company, Uosworth Cha
nute Company of Denver und I he
I .add and Tllton bank of I'ortland
put In estimates.
Slot Machines p Again
The matter of tho nickel in the
slot muchlnes which are now up-
uniting In I he elty wus brought up
UKHhi' -by KIiimt .Orftnt Keitli, pus-
tor of Ihe Methodist church. This
matter wis discussed a nulnher of
I imcs before by tho commission
lust year and the complaint lust
evening was the first which had
been received by the present com
missioners. Finally on tho recom
mendation or Commissioner It. P.
UuxIIh it was decided that the
commission would make a pcrsoti-
ai investigation of tho machines In
ineHlion. further net Ion o be taken
on tho mutter next week.
The city manager's weekly re
port, the unnual report of the city
(Continued on Pugo 6.)
CENSUS BUREAU
EMPLOYE CHECKS
WALLOWA FARMS
WALLOWA. Ore. (Hpeclttl)
John ftmifon. I 'nit i-d Htates C
bus of Agriculture entimerulor. for
this section or the stale, has been
busy for Ihe pnnl several days com
pleilng Ihe work of gathering re
ouind i morion I Ion from farmers
In the surrounding country.
He h progreHslng rnpldly In the
work ami expects lo have It com
pleled by February 1st.
KANSAS GIRL TO
DELIVER WHEAT
TO PRESIDENT
111 P'HINSO.V. Kan. (Ily th
AsModsited press) V'uda Walson
t!i, Kansas furiu maid, left here
today to deliver to Prenldent Cool
blge a suck offwheal hurvestcd by
the hite President Harding.
With 0 she bears tl me.Hsage, d
(luring that "Kuiihiim grows tin
best wheal In I he world."
J larding reaped 1 1 re wheat
ii farm near here when he puuscd
here on a trip to the Pacific coast
in i:z:t..
A New
Auto
Model
l.tcrytealy l lnlen-lei In ant
nmubllc w bci her or not I hey
are on iter at the pre'Ot lime.
It s iiurdcrii Miplc of con
cral.ofi nod therefor a iw-ft-liy
Dial jou kirowv bImmiI
I hem.
AniMMiiifi'iiicolM of new mhhI
i U. of changed price, iff im
oual ItnpnivciiH'iils are al
hhv found In Km adte rCMitx
i-iiimii. ThaiV Mie of many
retfMi nltf 9011 rem I litem
coiiHtaiitly.
'Obscrror Ad v crtl.il ng
A BleTihaiidUlng bcrflc"
Another Child Prodigy
. UUU IIIUUIIU
BWy BILL 10 BE
COIISIOEAEi
Nnllmlla Crime, Uiwoklyu. likes lots of room when she stum
Iu write. This Is tier favorite pose, right down ou thd floor.
She Is but II years old, but one oj Iwr books of poems bus
nlivudy ixmrhed the fifth edit ion", -
LIQUOR CASE
JURYMEN Ft
ll-.ttSHY CITY (Hy tlie Assoel
ntcd PreKs)--Tho Jury In Ihe li-ltil
of (lie twelve WcchuwUeu find
Jersey City uollco -officials ami
citizens, chatged Willi vlolatlon
of the prohibition lnvV-, n-ported
Uslay It wax umiblc to reiich n
verdict. Tin Jury ws dismissed.
Tonight Is u red-letli r occasion
In the lives of must epicures of
this city for this evening, ul 7
o'clock, tho JUothodlHt church
husement will be crowded with
sportsmen, members of tho Wing.
Fin und Fieetfoot club, who will
bo In attendance at Iho organiza
tion's unnual clam feed.
Club officials report thai two
barrclu of the bivalves un- ready
to bo served by the .Methodist
ladles, who will preside In the
kitchen and Ihdr fame for ex
cellent preparation of clams and
other vlctuuls Is abundant.
Albert Currey will bn toiistiuas-
tcr this evening and In will mil
upon the In ion County hum her
of Commerce quartd (Messrs. Iut-
lon, Htoddanl. Williams and Ihr
nle for several numbers and In
addition will summon other vocal
Ists. Tho musical program will In
completed by several numbers by
the Hlar Novelty oi-cImmI in. And of
course, no feast would be com
plete without the "aller dinner"
Hpveehe and lousls.
From present indications a largo
crowd will be at the leed. Sev
eral guests have beta tnvilerl. Ill -
du.llnK two .....l-n. f II..-
game commission.
The members of Hie giime com
mission have arrkven here. They
are K. H. Clark and (.'. M. Jones.
Charles Runyan, James
IJugg in New (Juartcrs
James A. Pugg, painter and
( 'ha 1 Ic Itunyan, wielder of Hie
faelli hnsh are now oceuivlng
1 new r 1 (tarter In Ihe remodelled Y.
j M. C A. building. The eomhlnu-
I Hon Is merely In regard to the
working Muarter only, according
to both Mr. Hunyan fiiil Mr. Hugg.
( Hoth will continue their regular
tine of hifclnaH nod f-rvi. I hir
ciiKtoiuers independently of each
! otli'T as In the pas.
i
WDItl.D ('III Islllt IN SPAIN
j PHUT OF HPA1N .Trinidad (API
Harry Pldgeon. s tiling single
; tin tided, the (oiir-ton A oierlcnn
', silling yacht, lulund'-r. arrived here
i Wednesday eotuptei inj- a r..i-day
! voyuge from Ascension. The lone
naviirafor left Ltn Angele Noviii
I tier Ik, I '.I'l. on a round toe world
1 rulne In his small craft. He vinlt
i cd phicen of tnieri-si In Ho sooih
p-IHc. Indian nnd Atlantic (Means.
! After overhauling the boat. Pld
i geon will endeavor to return to
j California via Central American
port and the Panama canal. He
j hopes to arrive In Los Angch next
September.
10 BARRELS
mm READY
XTRA
WAWHINtJ It I'M CliKMl:
si;aitli; (ap witiium m.
Whitney, assistant federal prohlbl
llou dlnt'tor for Washington statu,
slated ttsfuy the Pacific Coast rum
luiporlliig und distributing cHque
ivus under sui'velllnticc. He said
the clhiue (Mt'iipled the field va
cated wlun Hoy Olmxtratl, with Hfl
others, was arrested iwm Novem
ber 17th.
KANHAK CITY, . Mo. ( Al' I'V'd
A. Hay, (iishici of the Mclliotllsl
Hook concern. Is clinntcd with cm-
be.icnii ni 'or s:iS.tl2;i.iH lii Infor
mal Ion filed lodny In tin criminal
court. The hook concern official
said the alleged cmbcxilcmciu had
c.temled ocr a year's time.
PKtK.ltAM APPItOVi:i
llDltl.l.N (AP) The relclistag
IihIiiV approved the gowriiuieiitV
pita ram as iMttllned by Chancellor
Luther, by u vole of 210 lo I (Ml. It
also upproved Luther's new govern
ineut.
i wo it AiJorH.n;NT
OLVMI'IA (AP) A Joint rc-mlii-llon
ciilllme for adjournment or He'
Washington Mute leuMalun not
later than rdirtiHry Hid wbm pass
ctl by tin senate here lodny. Tlirrn
wen- only two dKsciilhi'j votes. The
house passed Ihe resolution with
sl. dif-Ncnlitef totes.
ELKS INITIATE
23 INTO ORDER
LAST EVENING
A chiss of 25 cnndlduleN wss Inl
liated Into the It. P. O. I'l. lodge
last evening. Atiprojilmntely l.0
members of Ihe lodge were pre
Henlcd with Pariidt II. (lohlsieln.
h tiuty (Irand Fxalted Ituler or Ihe
lodge from Portland, us the guesl
' i " ."..-."u.lv,. ,r...
tiiry of the Orand Lodeg Cnnven-
Hon Commission
Pen Fisher and '. J. Pratt, past
exalted rulers of Ihe linker lodge,
were also present lust evening.
Announcement was made or tin
annual past exalted ruler's nlghf
which will be held February fifth.
Al Ibis meeting the first nomina
tion for officers for the ensuing
year will be In order.
The dale for the annual Klka
hall was set for Monday. February
JS, the day after Washington's
birthday.
Men Proved Guilty
Of Attempted Hanging
VAI.i:. Ore. (Ily Ihe Aoclalcd
prrSH) A verdict or M'd"y n rc
tntii.d Hshiy In Ihe trial of P'-rl
noil McIII-j iJiwrciM-e. chargeil with
rfoHHolt nllh Intent lit kill. They
will be wctiienccd Mimdiiy. The Ue
fcndniil admllleil Mrlnglm( up
Itnlph Harvey wild a rope, con
tending I hey did so lc.-ntii Hr
ey matlc advance li llerl imw
rciHt' lfc. Harvey aM the at
tack wn made lo fon-e him lo ad
mit giving offleer liiformallon con
cc ruing boothrKr.
VAI.S. Te. (Hpelul) Italph
Harvey was Hie find witness lo
r m mm
Joint Session of House
and Senate Committees
Is Arranged
MEASURE SEEKS
RIGID CONTROL
House Bill to Regulate
Commercial Carriers on
State Highways to
Come Up Also.
HALIIM. Ore. (By Ihe Associated
Press) A joint session of the
house and senate roads und high
ways committees will bo held next
Tuesday night lo consider the.
Kwan-Uukes bill providing for
rigid licensing und control of bin
und truck lines.
The Joint committees will at the
same time consider the house bill
to regular commerelul carriers
on state highways. Introduced ut
Iho request of the governor's spe
cial committee.
The house roads and highways
committee wlIP report favorably on
two bills, one defining the motor
truck us a carrier of threu-fourths
ton cupaclty, und the other rulutlng
to agreements between county
courts and cities for road work.
A bill Introduced today by benu-
tor Corbett would ereute a bourd
of regents, composed of seven mem- -
burs, for tho state school for the
blind und the school for iho deaf.
llepeal Hecoiii mended. - .
Tn a report submitted to the Irrl-
gallon committees of both houses.
Jefferson Myers and Harold Hald-
win, niajorUy members of Gover
nor Pierce's special committee lo
Investigate the state Irrigation siliii
atlon. recommended Urn repeal or .
ii constitutional provision aulborlz- ,
lnf tho tatn lo dsrliry und pay In-
terest on Irrigation bonds, n. ii.
Dobson, third member uf Iho com
mittee. In a dcsttenlln;r report, op
posed the repeal , on the ground tt
would have the effect of procluliu
(Cnnllntmd nn Pagfl B.)
OKNKVA (Uy the Associated
press) Coslu Pica riled her resig
nation from Ihe League of Nations
today transmitting with her mes
sage u cheek for past dues.
No reason was given for with
drawal but league officials said It
wun usstiuicd the resignation was
due to criticism of her country for
allure lo pay m:r unnuDomeiiin.
Costa Pica fixed Junnary 1. as
Hie date of resignation, but as the
covenant require two years no
tice of withdrawal, she would not.
ccitsc to he a member until Janu
ary 1. 112".
OKANII JUNCTION, I'uUi. (Ily
I hi! Amot:lulil I'ri'MH) Nlnn ib.
Hi'iuriTi with InJuri'U tuiluy whi'ii
Ihi. Di nviT nmi Itlo (Iruiidi! Wnsl
.rn wi-sl buunil (ratn wus wriTkixl
ul Mark, I'liih, 19 inlli'H i-UHt or
hi'm.
Tin' i-nRlni- hrokn u ruil whlli
Iriivi'lllnx 3S mill's un hour, nmiril
Inic to iiiii8uK' ri'ciilvi'd li-r-.
Klirht rouchis Inft Ihn truck, twi
stopplnii from 15 to 25 fi'et Uokii
nn nibankiiM'nt, ' '
lake toe stand Tor the state In Ihe
trial here or Pert und Mollis I nw
n'oco of lronble. t ire., charged
with assault with Intent to kill.
According to Harvey Ihe ljw
rence bntlher took him from Hi"
I in hi Ijiwreiute ranch whern he
was staying on (he night or fh--tober
l anil carrlc him In tKrt
Niwrence'a Ford car to He rork
of the rood about on anJ one
hair mil' west of the Ironside
store. There they took hlin out of
tho. car- Harvey asserted, and cur
ried him to a tree where M ell Is
held him while bert climbed thu
(CuuHuucd oil Pugw 5.) jjfi
COSTA RIGA 4
QUITSLEAGUE
STRAIN WRECKS;
i NINE INJURED