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. VOLUME XXIII.
MKMDKU ASSOCIATED PKE-SS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PltESS
NUMBER 114.
n MRS
POINTS
Legal Talent in Gamble
Trial Playing " Game
of Wits"
EVELYN GAMBLE
ON STAND TODAY
Wife of Murdered Man
Preceded Girl; Several
Other , Witnesses Give
Testimony.
Tin' attorneys engaged ,c
trial or II. X. Gamble for lira! de
gree murder now In progress at
the eourt liouse are taking ad
vantage of every. Blight legal .tech
nicality In order lo gain advantage
for I heir respective sides.
Witnesses for t lie prosecution
were on the stand all morning.
l.uke S. May. scientific criminal In
vestigator wild is giving expert
testimony for the state, opened the,
morning sessslon with a resump
tion of his testimony yesterday.
ICelntlves nil Klnilll.
Mrs.' Wlgglesworlh. wife of the
murdered man and Evelyn Gamble,
duughter of the defendant, were
both on the stand this morning.
.Mis. Wlgglesworth's testimony was
brief anil had mostly to do with
the Identification of the. prosecu
tion's evidence. She Identified tho
door from her home which is be
ing held as one of tho principal
exhibits by the stale.
Miss G-imblc wuh giving testi
mony when the court adjourned
for the noon recess. The slat" is
atti'tnptlng to prove through Miss
Uamlile that the accused entered
the house after tho fatal shot
which killed Wlgglesworlh was
fircd.iw When IliaourJidJour-jid
al noun Utile progress in thin di
rection had been made. ....
Ilrmvn Trot Mew.
1-'. A. llrowit wan one' of the
principal witnesses tills morning.
Mr. Brown told or his experience
Willi Mrs. (Iambic uud her daugh
ters afli'r tile shot was heard, lie
was called by Mrs. Camble and
look her and the girls to the home
' of a relative at the edge of tile
city, inceonllng lo his testimony
this inoi'lllng. He also told or
summoning Marshal Van llouteu
and prot ding to I ho scene or the
murder on his way back.
The attorneys had hoped lo get
the ease lo the Jury tills afternoon
but the testimony Is not expected
lo lie concluded now until some
tine tomorrow morning.
The testimony or the stale's star
wilniss. I.ukc S. May. Seattle crim
inologist occupied most of the af-
ffonllniied on Tago 6.)
NEW THE TDP
A liiilletln from Delevun. Wis.,
roiilallilng all Hie reported official
tesis of llolsli in I'rlrslans In Amer
ica ror the past lliree months
shows I hat I'hymere pure-breds
from I'liyuiere farm at Hoi !.akc
ate eoiiiarlng favoratily wuu me
others of I heir elans. Oarrleld ,Tir
fany I'o1m-s stands iiigh In a large
class for full age animals. Au.ong
tile Junior two year olds I'hymere
Koliis Matador, whoso sire is Car
nation King Matador. Hands ninth
in rank. I'hymere 1.111th Pontluc
in I he senior two year old class
i.inl.s Blxlh. Holstelns from all over
America are ranked in their re
spective classes In tills official bul
letin. Itixtli'd every three months.
One of the liest ways to find
liow any particular animal ranks
m lien compared with the rest of
the Holstelns In America Is to
liiuke the official test. Thousands
or Holsleln breeders make these
tests and arer ranked accordingly
ill the bulletin issued at IVIovan.
Highways In
For This
Although 'he weather h.is t"en
waiiiier oT late and h resulting
ran from 'Id Hoi havi- done much
to dry up ihe road In thii fllon
ef the state, the warnilh ha not
be-n suffU lent to renin e ull of
th rrHt and mol-ttun' from th
liighwajs.
And until the roadlrd re in
tetter shaiH than at prwiit. which
ilepends lartoly upon Ihe weather,
the load limit now on Iwo '! Ions
of the atatc highway, including the
Wallowa-Wallowa lako stretch,
will not be rmovfd. according to
announcement today by IlvliioD
Engineer IL H- Bidoclc of the
PHYMER
HERD
Boxing Board
Members Are
Appointed
Crews, Keeney, Ralston,
Carr and Farnum Are
Named on New Athle
tic Commission by City
Dads.
Tin l,n Grand i' boxing commis
sion whs offlriully uppolnted by
city roinmltiHlonf'i-H, A. T. Hill, It,
P. Lit nil Is and t'harh-a Playle at the
tegular meeting lual evening.
Tho boxing cumintHMion will ri'i;
ulute Hit! conditions governinc
bluglng of boxing inutehes und
wrestling matches hero. With thi'
appointment of the commission a
number or boxing bonis will un
doubtedly be stuped here in the
near future. The la Grande Ath
letic club ulrendy hus several
mulches in view to be held In uboul
two woukH. The members of the
boxing commission are, W. ('.
Crews, chairman: Joe Keeney, Dr.
Halslon. J. J. Carr, Hoy Farnum.
The newly appointed commission
will meet sometime In tho neur fu
ture to luy their general plans.
I.. I. Busey was tho successful
bidder and receivod the contract to
audit the city books. Work will
start nt once.
A committee of taxinyers was
present lo ask the commission to
improve Y avenue between Fir and
Second streets. Lars Johnson was
'spokesman for the committee and
he told of the condition of Y ave
nue during the winter months. The
commission took the mutter under
advisement aetloji to be taken
later. , '-" 4 ;C- .-s -
" ik - ' ' 'T . " ,- .-3 V
The Installatn, jjr
on the corner ofS "yftur 3n Alain
streets. Hecond unV Hpting streets
and Adams and Walnut was au
thorized by the commission lust
evening.
Scwugu Disposal l'p.
A brief discussion of parking on
Adums avenue was held but no
definite action was taken.
The problem of the disposal of
tho city sewage was discussed by
tho commissioners and the city
manager. Mr. Crews. A motion wuh
pusiwd lnm-rucllng the idly englnoe
to furnish call mutes,, plans und
specifications of u new sewer be
fore anything further Is done on
tho mutter by tho commission.
PETELLE TELLS
OF GOD'S FOUR
APPOINTMENTS
In IiIh Hrrinon al t he lh flnt inn
church liiHt evening, tlie evangelist,
Mr. I'dellc, look as IiIh subject,
"God's I 'our Appoint men to Wit It
Man."
"(rod has appointed to meet man
in I uiiver.slon. uh he assembles ul
the House of God. uh he lays down
In death, and at flu? morning of the
Judgment." he Huld. "It is appoint
ed unto man oucc lo die und after
death, the Judgment." "Man," In
continued, "may or muy not meet
the uppolnlmentH of Conversion, or
the assembly at the church, but he
camiot avoid lh rail of death 01
the Judi;miit al The last d.iy. The
two first are intended to h-tp us
meet In confidence and without
fear the lust two. 'Prepare to niret
thy God In the time given you of
God."
Mr. l'l'tflle announced fl bis
topic for this evening, "The Church
In the Ark," and special male
quartette and violin numbers were
promised. At tlilH evening's service
Mr. Kuirbunks will sing "The Holy
City."
PUZZLE ANSWER
Fair Shape
Time of Year
!lat" highw(i) roinmiM.-doitH offlees
I her1.
When H.-do'd eoneering th- ion
jdlfinn of the niafe highways In M
J division. Mr. Itnldot k n plled thuf
.the lAt (-unfleW Hllowa Uike high
! way t In fMlr condition at pn-M-
rnt but lo not In Rf gittnl mIihih' aft
jare the 1 41 r;rande-l'endleton and
1 Ia Grantle. linker Krrtion of thf
fid reKon Trail. There utilt r
' mains several rough places on the
branch line actor.
f "The highwayii In thin tbm "f
jthe tat'." Mr. linldock utatea, "Bre
in excellent condition for thlt tlm?
ot tlie year, however."
l9jE.Gri5PlAHViOiwB
EuMsSjaiMNBrJig aMs
HDFINOlTllTjElN A Nlin
oJErsngBftOAii Tin u
B P A PjC lQVPlD'1Oik'. B
elk sOf l rc7iHr pf y
Al5l5n&!AlcnNl0lDQElR!E
. B-w3
Baby Cried
i
I
111! built his house nt (lie bottom
or a hill; and lie didn't, buihl It
strong enough to wflliMamt at
tacks of rolling stones. Now you
sou wluu happened when a wlx
tmi boulder set out to roll, ami
rolled rhv.tt through I ho limine
or Stove .Masters, liluimtth Falls,
Ore. The buby cried when lis
crib was upset.
Two eases came before the mu
nicipal. Judge,- yesterday afternoon
and lust evening, with the rnHult
tliat two offenders were found
ffMty and wenlenoed, - ; -
At o'clock In Uip afternoon,
.Indue' J. I). Water presided at the
trial of Krank Thomas. , charged
oy the police with .having either
sold or given intoxicating lluuur
to minors. Thouuui was found
guilty, fined 150 und sentenced
to .'') days In the city juil. He
may appeal the ease to the - cir
cuit court. II. K. Iiixon was at
torney for the defense und. George
T. Cochran conducted the prose
cution. George Carlson, who- was ar
rested charged with possession of
liquor, was released 'on that
charge, owing to an Inadequate
supply of moonshine to Hiako a
successful test, b Jt he was, how
ever, found guilty ot drunken
ness and fined ?'J3. ' This trial
took pluce lg the evening.
The first of a series of Mu sonic
meet ingH in I nl'in county will be
held here I'Yiiluy evening ut eight
o'clock, it was unnounced this
morning by J. I,. Ingle, Worshipful
Master of the local lodge.
The meetings are lo be held ut
approximate six week intervuls
during the year and are somewhat
of an Innovation in Masonic prac
tise. Meetings will bft held at Kl
gln. I nion. Kummervllle, l.a Grande
and "ovc which will be attended
by ull Ihe other lodges In the coun
ty. On eneh occasion u visiting
iudge do the initiatory work at
the particular place in which the
meeting is held.
Krid-.iy evening the Im Grande
lodge will be host lo ull the other
lodges In the county. The I 11 ion
degrei- team will stage a I bird de
cree here. The next meeting will
be held at Huiuinervllle six weeks
from I'Ylday.
Cove Orchestra Will
Appear at Hot Lake
HOT I.AKK Spei Hl --. Kund.iy
evening. Kebruary '11. X he Cove
nigh siiitiol orchestra which 1b
composed of t hirly-f Ivc ne-nileTC
"ill eoiue lo Hot I ike und give U
coiucrt. The regular high school
concert Will be held at 'ove pre
bius to this dittc and Ihe program
will be r-j ted til Hot IaU-. J. It.
I'rh e. t:c high w hd iiiiniipul wae
at the Ijike maktni: nrran em-nte
j lor the concert. Although it in -
tng given parilcularly for the pa
tti nts and staff f tie Kunalnriom.
the general jmblic Is Invited to at
tend. SK'h .N -S I X W I .M i X ..
WAld.flWA, Ore. (SptM-bil).
A nuiiiler of rams of pneumonia
are reported tn this section, re
milting from th- vcre colds und
"flu" which hat been prevalent
tot the pat several weeks. ;
JUDGE FINDS
TWO GUILTY
MASONS MEET
HERE FRIDAY
10. IICI' PRESIDENT
SE NTENCED CUTS IVY
TO PRISON PROGRAM
Mexican, Arrested in La
Grande, Must Serve
; Two-Year Term
FOUND GUILTY OF
MANN VIOLATION
Woman in the Case, Ma
rena Asuna, May. Be
Deported; Officers Arc
Conducting Investiga-
tion.
' l'OKTI.ANU. Ore. (Special to
The Observer). Main (IuitIu.
Mexican, who was urrcHted hi l-i
Grunde by tho police several
weeks ' ago; was yesterday sen
tenced to two years at McNeil
Island prison by t'Ydcrnl Judge.
Wolverton, Ourcla was eonvleted
by a jury Tuesday night on a
churgo of violating the Alunu uct.
Following Gurclu's arrest here,
I'ollce Chief Clint llaynes turned
tho ease over to the government.
During tho past week Ale Haynes
hus been In Portland with testi
mony regarding Garcia, who was
charged with huve traveled with
Mureua Asunu, 2d, a Mexican,
from plucc to place. In iduhu and
Wyoming, finally coming to J,u
G ru ndc w h e re t he t wo ran a f o u 1
of the luw.
According lo announcements, It.
I. Honhani, immigration commis
sioner, hus started deportation
proceedings against the woman
and Is carrying on an Investigu-'
Hon into Gurciu's claim to Amer
ican citizenship at the same lime.
The lucul ordi'l' of II. O. K. K.
mi't. luat uvenlnt? ul tlm IC. of 1'.
hull for a iiu'trllng und hiiniiuct.
I''lfly mt'iub(;r.s wern pprsi'iit and
pluna wrru inadu for a uiiri'inonial
to bo hi'ld Ihto Hoiiictliiiu the hit
lor part of April wltcn tho Ini
periul I'rlnco of tho ordi.r for llio
I'nltcd Ktatosand Canada, of lilriti
Inghum. Ala., will be ln.ro.
H wufl bIno planned lo attend
the Knights of I'ylhlaH dlxlrict eon
ventlon to bo held at Union Wed
nesday. February 20, In a body.
IS Cities to Be Hooked
Up for Broadcasting
NEW YOHK ( AP) An eventual
linking inlo a permanent hookup,
Iry telephone and stations in 18
eastern and iniddlewest elites for
simultaneous radio easting of pro
grutns furnished by station WKAK
New York, Is eontulued In u plan
(or a super system of radio broird-
cusllng by the American Teh-phone
& Telegraph company. Tim new
project provides t hat 1 he con nee-
lion be uvailable every night from
ft to 1 1 o'clock.
Long distance telephone lines
I will be used for the trntismlslson
I of the programs, John A. liolimtn.
I radio casting manager of the te
phone company suld Tuesday.
"When this project is completed"
he suld. "a speuker can project his
personality in one breath to the
firesides uud Into the hearth of
l2.lHMI.IMMt people."
He added that the radio fans
are turning from jaxx to hotter mu
sic, as the most populur feat up; or
radio progrumiJ.
Not A
Part Of The
Community
AtiNie who 1,h hi I engird In ibr
pnfttn'HFt and ileicbminetit of
Ihe eomiiMiiiil In which be
lit cm I" iiAtiiinlly a regular
reader of ItK ciiMimmilly ilnilv
HlMf,
(Im- imiI Ull) Im ran keep
po1cd mi liiat pnt(n'w nml dc
ieiiintciil.
That Hie nf llie reNon' nli
IIm Olervrr Is read by 0'
of tlie pi-opte lit li (.mmie
and 5' of the ittple In I In
fill Ire iiuinly.
'Obfiorer Ailirrtl-lng
A 31c rvltaiidlMi i g Merttcc
OKIES PLAN
CEREMONIAL
Coolidge Scales Down
; Plans from 80 to 30
Million, Dollars
BATTLESHIP HELD
IN FIRST PLACE
Brig. Gen. Mitchell May
Lose Position; May Be
Called to White House
for Rebuke.
WASHINGTON Ily Ihe A.suocl-j
a ted I'ressl Inst end of going lo
the White House for his much ad- j
verl I bed "reprimand" from l'rest-
dent Coolidge, lirigadler tlenerul i
Mitchell appeared again before the j
house aircraft committee and re
uffiruied his opposition lo the ad
ministration's utreraft policies. He
disclaimed all connection wllli- the
report of Ihe While House sum
mons which broke up yesterday's
committee meeting.
WASHINGTON (Ily the Assoc!
aied I'ress) President rooildge
added u new chapter bile Wednes
day lo the air service controversy
by piaking public the report of a
rpcclul navy board which found
that Ihe battleship remained "rlnal
Krbiler in ea warfare" nd air
planes would never "assume para
mount Importance.'
' The president also issued n for
mal statement in explanation of the
$;io.nin,ioy supplemental imval es
timates recently submitted to con
gress by the budget bureau which
were founded on recommenda
tions of the naval board but sim
ply modified. The complete build
ing program submit ted by the
houd Involvud expenditures oT
$SH,imO,omi a year for throe yearn-
Tin? president makes no refer
ence to the board's findings as to
relative military valuB of aircraft,
battleships and submarines, the
problem 4ie assigned It to study
when he directed It be convened
last September. " ' -
'Mlulg(e ( uK
He adopts the board's view, how
ever, that modcrmzullon of old
battleships (not Including the ele
vation of guns) Is the first r-
liilt emeiit, completion of aircraft
curriers and their planes second,
and construction of two lU.OUu ton
bruisers third. The board's build
ing program was culled down by
the president all along the line,
however, to reduco the Immediate
cost from $80,000,000 to $30,000,-
000.
The memorandum described tho
president as "finding that an ex
penditure of that magnitude ($80,
iMMi.OfUi) was not warranted ut the
present time."
Including In the board's report
is 11, detailed statement of tile
bombing experiments recently
made on ihe hull of ihe unfinish
ed butt lesh I p Washington, made
public for the first lime. It. shows
thai three IMHHi pound bombs were
exploded under water near the
ship und two "torpedo explosions"
of Uirgesl. size 4 'to pounds of ex
plosives) set off In contact wll h
iie under water hull Ihe ship re
maining u float four days there
after and riding out u storm.
Secure Auiiiii.st Air Attack
"The results of Ihe tetH demou
nt rale." Ihe hoard found, ''Hint Ihe
hull of Ihe largest type of battle,
tdiip Is capable of withstanding
to a remarkable degree the utlacks
of aerial bombs and Dial with u
crew on board to make necessary
repairs, run the pumps und man
(he iintl-alreraft guns, ships such
as the Washlnglun wottid be sub-
(Contlnui'.d on I'ugo 6.)
(lementiTlTlan
CALLS FOR HUOE
LOANS BY U. S.
r A It I X (Ily (lit Atwiehited
1'ienM) A protuiHe of a lu billion
dollar loan for improvement of
'relic h finances and another
thirty-ftve uitlliou dollar loan for
He d"aatated rejciotiw to be float
I in Hie I nite.i HiaieM a noon im1,,l,ir,f" ' nw,l,,l,n'
tie bieli; I M
on nd vtli-d. w
edb a for Kram
l.ndi;- ) la .b tlnllely balam ed!
one or the r'-iii-
troubled flnan-
clil and 'cittiomle Hituiiiion al
vaiV'd by l-'iiialit e Minlnter I l
meal e in an add rena before the
chamber of deputies today.
MEEKER SIGNS
WITH WILD WEST
SHOW FOR TOUR
SKATTI.K. Wa.-.h. (Al'l Kr
Mcker, !4. announced I nut nlRht
he ti hm ftlRiied a conlra t to Join a
wild wei bow for a tour of the
I'nib'd Htalcrt and MUbi.
Meeker kh Id he inieiided. before
'i..rfiM ihn iMi.r tn en Minu Isn for
I phot ouraphliiR nt ihe rou'e of tln
'Old OreRon Trull rroin the air by
tbc army ir tervlct.
Alice LongwortW
1 Alice ftoiigwui'tli, wife or Hepresentullvn Nicholas I.ongwui'tli,
who recently gave Uli'tb to a duughter. The Itaby In iiii' iiiblltioii
lu the Kititttli'lilldivn of the lain I'resltlciit 'l'licudoru lUMwstivelt.
Federal Inheritance
Tax Severely Scored
Cooliclgc Attacks Method,
Comparing It with bo-'
cialism, in Speech
Today. -
WAKI11NGTON (Ily (tie Asslcl-
ati'd I'ress) Gradual withdrawal
of the federal government from
tho Inheritance lux field and great-
or economy In tax collections were
recommended for public consld-
erutlou by President t.'ootidge be-
fore the National Tnx Association h
nutlonal Inheritance and esluto tux
confereiico today. f
The president condemned the
present federul luherlluiiee tax, de
claring lu HOinn Instunccs It, with
state levies, 'iuly approaches, If
It la not actually, confiscation."
IJke Kuiiullsiii.
"If wo are to adopt soclulisiu,
It should bo presented lo the jieo
ple of the country a sectulism,
not under the guise of a law to col
lect revenue," the president sold.
' '"People ure M'ti'e nbl" to de
termine the desirability of a par-
llculur public policy und do not
have lo have such policies forced
upon them by Indirection." A
Stale ( H)M,ratloii V'rgcd
I'lHtablishment of "economy In
come of revenue,'' is an eriin.l nt-c-esNtty
wllh economy lu the outgo
of revenue, Coolidge ilii
adding
that th
Htm field for practice of
the economv lnhcrllaucf tax col
lection Ih In slac cooperation.
"HONOR IJRKiHT"
TO HE (JIVEN 1JY
M. I. A. SHORTLY
Ihe nrnt ward or ine m. i. a.
of the u l. H- church will prenenl
u drama lu the vry near future
I"
ntltbd "Honor HrlKbt." Heveral
people here hav heen contuNinfc
lliia play with "Klar Ifrlifiti.' Riven
here Mini'1 lime iiko, but "Jlouor
HrlKht" baa never lief-it preMcnted
here and promliseH to le u play
well worth aeeitiK-
An able caat or flftien people
arc ulr
...... t. ...,. fittu iIim'bIow, l dallKfactory."
under the direction of MIh
dramu
Uludya Metcalf. Jeff Bean la
bUKinetH itiauuKer, I'loyd
Walch,
Mtuife maniiKfr and I'euil We lib han
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i ' r M "'";
rliiffton, Hilda WIIMhiiih; Itishop
I'm ton. (Irani He,m: Mr, f'arlou.
' Mabet I jj raon ; Hop Marvel, VV'I
noritt I , tn an; MhkkIc, (JeirlM
Kmllh: A mile, ',rl Webb; lilcb
(aid HarrlnKtou, I'lwood Uwlll'
l la ni h: IIIH i initii. I '.lmo I 'leuir;
I lllnltoii S boob y. ( link Wehli;
' W.itt., Oeorue Turner; Kmt'
Marion H'oddard; Mlt bael. Km-
niett Kiultb; Jouhh, KmtI W'ilaon
und HimpHon. .Milfonl Wheel. r.
i aii immj niriiH im ft u
rAMIiltltKlK. Ida. XpeclHl.
Hydrophobia, the extent of which ajje nuyn in the heart of the bet
In unknown, ban been reported ter nnldetu-e mvtinn of the city.
aiuonit 'I orb In thin aetfm. Three
poitonR bav been bitten but en-
.caped Injury becauva of th?lr
beuvy clothing
XTRA
i.ivroit itArri.i: kai ai.
KVKIIKIT. Wash. (Al1) As 1 1
result of whnt nullinrltles term n
Imltln between iiHHinsbiiici-H nml bl-
IJuckerM, AUhm-I liliiibnll, of Ann
Icortcs, 1h dead ami Dean and Hoy
IThniupMon, bifitliiu's, are lu n luw
Ipltal .seHou-ly uonndetl. The wIumiI
iHi'iirred nt midnight on a farm
tiin ,. inlles from SnobomKli. oiru
pliil by ThompMUi and oiiimiilons.
Offlcei-s suld the Iliiee con tallied a
Mill.
.ii;ssi:i' is ArioiM i;i
WASHIXiTON (Al)--lCtt(M C.
Ii'ssep, district manager of I be vet
erans bureau nt Health', whm (mlay
apMiliitnl chief of Urn Insurance
iiimii iuici'
division fit
bureau Jicuduiiurlfrtt J
I
here.
TO m ll.lt OIlliOON l,l.l.
t'OltTI.A.NM, On-. (Al) I'rrsl
dent Dotuiell)-, or Hie Noiiti I'n
clile, In it Mnlciiiciil today, tvaf
flriucfl the lutein Ion of Ills coui
paii), together wllh Die .rcnt
Nort beni, to build Houibcrly from
lleuil as msiti us Hie hiterHlnle
('011111111-111 cmtmtl.-hfoti detei'tulii
(he K-ues In Hie eoiilHnei-Hy In-
' voltjil In construction of rail lines
(broiigb Ccnliiil Oregon. Argil
niriilH In IIiIh fitsr nn to Im hennl
Mnn h 21th.
vi;st is itn i,i;n
ritl( A(;o (Al) A Mteelnlly
coiiKiritcleil e?4. coiiiiiliilmr Mll..
l J w K failed to baffle four
Irobberfi ulio klunupctl and nitHM-ti
!ft iueMntrer or Hie l. Mllliemillitf
Mrwelrv to., who won' Hie mt.
. .
Kintr Gcurgc Improved
In Condition Today
I ,( N I H N ( Ily t he AaHoelated
1'reKM) A hullHIn iMMiied thin
morulnic aald "IiIh majeHty paancd
ii belter nluht. I'roKrciw, thoutfh
I Confidence that Kin Oeore'H
"ineH irom nrmin..i ih Mu8rt-.
L g 3 1 '
Digger 9 9 lias 9 em Puzzled;
Rich Apartment Bought
(My Harry II. Hunt)
WASH INI ill IN (NT. A HpeibiO.
- Weird I a leu of burled trenaiir.-
f International connplracl.H In
vohtus runner liplomaln, uf cbiu-
dentine ionium -; In hlRll iww letv
and of a vast nohtemineiui luby-
-rlntli liidliij? " bootle(rBer ren-
deKvoiiA, held Wanbllifflon lireutli-
I ecu for three dayn hint fall fol
low inff the dlacovery of an elub-
oiute maze ef undet ground ptnui
All nrt of wild ntorten wen
eturted nn to the origin and uae
of tha tunnels.
1 Then the bubble of speculation.
EDDY BILL
POSTPONED
BY SOLOIIS
Action Upon Measure Is
bhunted Indefinitely
in House Today
UNPAID INCOME
TAX BILL PASSED
Will Go to Senate Where
Immediate Action Will
Be Sought at This Ses
sion.
SAI.EM, Orn. (By tho Ansoclutod
l-n-mi) Tho Kildy bill falling for
n chungo In the. course of utuily In
hlRh schoolB or Oregon and svoc
lfylng cvrtuUi rdqulrvd BubJeclH.
wiih Indorhlltely poutponi'd by Ihu
liousu of rcpi-euontutlvQB loduy.
Tho houso bill providing for tho
collection of unpaid 11)2:1 Incoino
Uixcs wuh pas8od uiiunlntouuly.' by
tho -house toduy. The mouflurv vir
tually ro-cnacti tho ropculod btutu
income tax luw but will apply only
to unpuld 1923 tuxes und then go
out of oxlatonco. '
Quick Bonnto uctlon
is to bo
Bought on tho bill.
WASHINGTON (Uy Ihe Aaaocl
uled JrenH) I'onHtructlon of a ;
brldga over ihe C'atumMa river be- :
twoan Lbnirvlew tinii Uu-lnlcr vw4 y
upprovud luHt night by tho wnt-AiV
im itKAHi: ts pav von;r
WAHHINO'l'fJN (By the AmmocI-'t
a led ITchh) With Ita leRlMlative
calendar jammed und erica of "fill
biiHter" renoundliiff throiiRh the, '
cloak rooniH, the aenuto Wedneu-, '
day devoted ulmoat an entire hph
mIoii to dlHCiiHHlon of the iidvlKtibtl
Ity of u negro Mwlinmlng holu lu
WuHhltiRton.
Objection wuh made to cat nb Mali- -ltir
u ncRro bathing beach In the
tidal bUHln between the WanhlttR
lon monument und tho ) Jncoht
memorial and oppoeite a beach
for whito pemona. AHcr f,onr
houra of debatn Involving u. aeries
or voles. It wum decided to with
hold ruudH ror both the negro und
white beach.
The Hcnutora paused lu their
heated 'debate onle loiic enoucli
, .
J. ' . " v , .. .
In uuthorllng Increaaea In their
own uiilnrli'M ll n (I In trlvn ttur
mlnuten' attention to the pending
conference report on the ITnder
wood MtiHcle Hhoula leaning bill.
Henator NorrlM, llnpubllcan, Ne- '
llruaku. aought to have tho bill
currying the uulury Ipcreiuica re
called rroni (h houBc und rccon- T
sldered, but hta effort wuh defeat
ed on an oral votri und be -wad
unable to obtain tmfflelent sec
ondn for u roll cull.
The mcaHiirc would Increase th '
KularieM uf membera of congress
from $75011 lu IKi.Ulid a year und
I he vice prealdent, cabinet mem
bers und Hpeuker of the bourn- from
$12.00(1 lo $15,000.
lutlifleld Mucd b Stale.
M A HHH Kl KI.D, Ore.- Tin? city
or Murnhrleld, owning tvoo ncie-i
of land hebl us u wuterHhed In
the I'ony Inbt dlntrlct; will nn
mviir u null brought by (ho atato
uf (Jregon. tlie result of n, flro
In the ntmtiier of V'its when tho
Ktute warden, J. A. Wulnh, had a
bis force of men righting to aluy
the flumes. One or two tulles of
Ircimhlng was done. The ntule
anked the city to co-operate. It
alleges, und n us refused und now
brings suit for pay for protnctlmf
the city's property uud that ud
jolnliic
uhtch hud clothed (hem with tlm
romance of Intrigue und myHtery,
wan burnt by an anno income. ll bv
Or. Ilurrlmin Oiuy Pyar, custud
lan of lepidopteru In the National
M tiMctim I hat he had built the
tun led by wuy of getting exer
i Inc.
Now. however, folk are won
dering whet her perhaps thei e
wann't soniethlng tu the "buried
treanure story after all.
For Or. I yar uppeuis as pur
ehaner. for a price of $a.3d0.(MM,
I of uue of tlie largest and nwnt
elaborate apartment properties l.'i
j
(Continue 14
BRIDGE
IS APPROVED