EASTERN OREGON'S - LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY
CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
PORTLAND (AP) Ore.
ton: Unsettled today; ren
erlly (air tonight and Sun
day. mrnn
VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBEH ABSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 146
'Battle Jvvr,
PIERCE AT SHEPHERD
Spring Babies!
Land Office
Here is On
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HIIS BACK
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CAMPAI6H
Legion's $5,000,000 En
i dowment Drive Is Ex
; plained at Banquet
EX-COMMANDER
HERE HONORED
GriffithUnable to Speak
Because of Hoarseness.
Presents Emblem . to
Williams. , ; .
, lSrin;lntr 11 message lo the local
legion und uuxilltiry organizations
on Mil' purpose and plan of the
lruiun'8 ri.oo,oiU child endow
ment ciiiiipiifRn being conducted
throughout, 1 he. nation this year,
Carl Aloser, Mate nOJutiint, of Port
land, appeared before o. Joint gath
ering or the service organizations
in llonan Hat) last night.
Mr. M'os'-r spoke on the endow-
j muiU subject In place, of Slate
Commander George Griffith, of Sa
lem, who was h1.no p re.se nt for Inc.
occasion but who drafted a sub-
h .Mltulc on ueeonnt of a bnd cold,
oilier legion guests for the evening
lneluded Glenn ludley of4Athcmt,
Harold Warner of Pendleton, Jer
ry Owen of the pacific Ieglon.
Portland, l.en (,'ooper of the vet
era iih bureau, Commander Cinod
bnd or I'nton post, . Commnnder
' Kiddie of linbler post, and Com
mander I Jim on of linker post.
i' ; State's juo(A $30,000
, 3 The campaign ror Oregon's share
oT Hie endowment, $50,00U Will be
launched m-xl month, according
to Mr. Muscr, and . Ih bucked by
every legion department and pout.
(Continued on Pagc-Kivo.)
The date and place of Ih',) Kusl
em Oregon Track Meet will be de
cided this afternoon at tin meeting
if tin; Kistern Oregon Huperln-temb-nis
and Principals' Associa
tion now In session here.
The meeling was called to onjrr
by II. M. Mroadbent of Uukr,
pri'sideiii of the unsocial Ion.
Addresses This .Morning.
''The first address on 'the. pro
Vnuu uus by Superintendent TT, K.
Inlaw of 1'endleton, who spoke on
"The Present Stutus of the Testing
.Movement." Mr. tnlow's talk dealt
witli the intelligence testa now be
ing recommended by many educa
tors, A. y. lhiiiiplun of l.a Grind! fol
lowed Mr. In low with an address.
(CuulinutU on Page I'ive.)
"FISIlY" COPPER
AVI RE STORY WAS
TSOT CONVINCING
Their HlorlcH didn't hung to
gether! ;
Therefore. .John I'ay, Prank Nel
son and I II. Chase ure in jail
awaiting developments on charges
that I hey stole and attempted to
sell a large quantity of coppr wire.
Yesterday the three men tried
to. sett four sacks full of copper
wire to a second bund store here.
The1 proprietor became suspicious
and as a resuli the police took a
hand In the matter.
Tlie men offered to show where
they found tin- wire. Hut Chsse
showed the officers one place and
lay showed them another!
Airio.N MAi;n:i
KLAMATH l-'AM.S AP) Of
flelnis niimHiiiccil tislny that notli
hi!5 rnrther will Ih done regarding
I mMle Jnrkvui' ilcnfii ititlll the
appn hen-loti or Poni-. knight mid
MIhn Han-lay. two Indian mi-pert.
EDUCATORS IK '
SESSION BE
Two Cases Disposed Of
In Circuit
The cireuit court nntiug'.d t
dtvpos-- of lw ran during the
court" of the session ye;trdy. Af
br returning a -Tdh t of $l.ni In
fnror of Mr. Htrlngfb Id o the
Htrimrflr Id vs. It'-nuett case the,
jur-j npli- id Ih" dei jslttn or the eliy
court hit h found Peck Jon a
cut It y uf t pitMN'-ssiun of lbuur
wjMIi- tlmr airo.
Mr. HtrtitL'tlt-ld sued f'r ft sum
slightly nv. r $3.'" for tlleg d
nilsr-prt s-ntation In a land sale.
The jury returned Oie Verdict uftet
being nut about two hours.
It took Ihe same jury one hour
and flvt! minutes Inter in the after
noon 3-clde thiit Mr. Jon-s was
Local Interests Take
Steps Avith View of
Having Coolidge Order
Reconsidered.
The first major step In a con
certed campaign being launehed
by loeul interests to get President
Coolidge to reconsider Ills order
closing, the Ijl Grande land office,
waa taken last evening at a meet
ing or Interested parties In the of
fices of II; K. Ulxon, local attorney.
At that time plans were laid for
a fight that will undoubtedly as
sume lurge proportions. Wires
were sent to Oregon representa
tives ut th" cupltul telling them
thut a draft of Important rcasuns
why the A a Grande office should
not bo discontinued was on Its way
to Washington and asking them
to seek to hold up final proceed
ings until this arrived. This draft
was prepared last evening.
A wire was sent I-Y A. Kpling,
now in Washington, asking htm to
personally appear In behalf of the
Ul Grande land ofrice when the
matter comes up.
The. lumber Interests In Gils
part of Kastcrn Oregon are solid
ly behind the movement to retain
tho local office Instead of consoli
dating tt with the one ul The Dal
les, Orogon, which many believe
would work an injustice on people
in Union, Wallowa and liaker
counties. In addition, many oth
er large firms ure behind the
inove solidly.
Every possible effort will be
made before the time for the final
closing of the business here.
INSTITUTE TO
BE HELD HERE
The.. third and hist rnion r.TounJ'
ty teachers institute of the. present
sehool yr is to be held In the La
Grande high school building .Satur
day. ' April 4th, according to an
nouncements made today.
Stale Superintendent j. a. Chur
chill will be in altend'ine", provid
ing he has recovered sufficiently to
be. here, and . will deliver an ad
dress during the afternoon session
on "New Hchuot I jaws."
A full morning ; and afternoon
program has been drawn up, fea
turing ud dress, a by Dr. W. T. Phy,
Professor James P. Hurseh, depart
ment of cduculion and psychology
of the Oregon Agrlcull urul col
bge, and Superintendent J I. .M.
Protidbcnt,- of the Baker schools,
who will tell 0r the "Value of Nor
mal Training to the Teacher."
The meeting will begin at len
o'clock In th? morning. At noon
a cafeteria lunch will be served by
the domestic science department
and at l:)u o'clock, the educators
will ugalu convents
KLAMATH FALLS
IS COVERED BY
BLANKET OF SNOW
KLVMATir VAr.lJt. Orr. (I!y
lhi A.sHoelHtcd rr.si l-Voin Uir'c
lo four Iik-Ii'-h or hiiow Ih on the
Krouinl hero tills morning. , Tin'
Know followd a lirlHk wind and
rain liuit nlBlil. Tin- Bkks uri'
cUnrlng.
CO.NVKTS COM'lisS
Mtuii:ii to v,Mii)i:N-
SAL K M !!y the Associated
Press) '--Full conTerslon of a mur
der committed near Chehalis in
May, i'j'Ji. was made to Warden A.
M. Dalrymple this afternoon by Iwo
In mutes of the penitent la ry who
have served four months r Ih'-lr
five year s'-nb-ueea for burglary.
Warden Imlryinple announced yes
terday. Their names are withheld
for th present. The confession
whs voluntary, and no susplelun
had been directed to either of the
men. The murdered man was a
stranger to the two prisoner, and
they gave no clue ns to his iden
tity. Court Friday
guilty. He was ronietI In tlr
city court :d ftne.j i:.n.
Hatiiagc hull .Imidn).
The case. Luehumin . Clly of
Lh Grand", a datiatg': suit Is seh'il
Ub d for Monday and will be trb d
und'-r Judg" C. II. Mc'uilofh of
Hak r who Is to hold i ijurt. h re
during th ul w -nee or Judvv
Knot I' s.
Judif" J. W. Knowb-s. Jtcoinpan
bd by Mrs. Knous b ft for Port
land this morntuir nod will rHb vi
Judse Walter II. Kvuns there.
Judge Kvans hua number of Wal
lowa co t j n t y cast under ad v Im- -
mnt which mill take all hla time
for a fj' daya.
MEET TODAY
Gives Account of His 27
Months in Governor's
Chair to Grangers
WILL SPEAK HERE
SUNDAY AT 5 P.M.
Chief Executive of State
Plans to Return to
Salem Either Tuesday
or Wednesday.
Governor Waiter m. Pierce, who
will spend about four days in Union
county before returning to Halem,
arrived, hep this morning on No.
,i and immediately boarded the
branehllne train, bound for Klgln,
where he will speak this afternoon
at the meeting of the Union Coun
ty Pomona Grange, of, which he In
a .member.
"Sir, Pierce's nddrcss will be in
the form of an account of what
has been done In executive clrclen
during the 27 monlhs thai ue has
served ns governor. With more
than half of his four-year term ol
office gone, he has much of an in
teresting and informative character
to tell his brother grangers and
others who attend the meet in k. II
Is expected, according to g ranee of
ficials, thut more than 600 will be
(Continued on Pao Five.)
Wallowa Luke- VVonderland Na
tional Park by 1H241 is t lie slogan
for Wallowa Ijike Wonderland
Week whlcli( Moslem Oregon is
celebrating next week.
La Grande merrhuntu arc coop
erating In the week by decorating
their windows and In their news
paper advertising. The chamber
of commerce luncheon Tuesday
will discuss the national park idea
for Wallowa Luke- wonderland.
The commercial clubs of the
many cities of Kastern Oregon are
almost without exception behind
the move to make the Wallowa
mountains into a national park. Jt
Is expected that many of them will
take definite action on the matter
during the next week.
The exact location of the new
park is now being worked out by
those familiar with the mountains
or the Wallowa National forest,
which will be Included In the na
tional park.
The meftitiL' of O. A. C. Alumni,
and former Mud'-uts, whh-h Is to
be h'-ld Monday evening, April Cth,
wilt be In the nature of a testimon
ial to Or. W. J. Kerr, president of
tile college.
President Kerr has been at O. A.
c. for 17 years. Th- graduates of
the institution are gathering. In or
d-r that they may pay tribute to
the services rendered lo Ihe school
by Ihe president.
K. T. I teed, college editor, and
Captain H. C. Allwoith, 1G, will be
the principal speakers H the ine.-t-
)ug. Mr. Itecd has spoken in Li
Grande before, arid Captain All
worth Is Washington's must dis
tinguished soldier In (he World
war, liavimr received numerous
medals and citations.
Numerous friends of the Institu
tion mill be Invited to the meeting
and plans for ihe Memorial I'nlon
Campaign will uIho be announced.
La Grande Realtors
Discussed House Hill
J Th" rally board met laf even
ting nt III" rriee 0f Judge J. P.
Phy with Geyrg. i;urr , pre:d
dent of i)m- board pr;htdlng.
IPmis- btll nutober ISs dealing
wllh new nst estate lieeiiw rgu-
jlallons d di;'u'd b l H.
An Infer sibi dtltt on "The Stat
ute ff I'ruuds" was mad" b- K. N.
lord.
l!"fore cludMg Ihe til""tllig vuiiiv
disc Hi' Ion or bmtl bublmsu condi
tions look pttiec. The com'r-nsus of
opinion among the real estate men
was that busineaa la gradually im
proving in this iciniy.
ILL DISCUSS
PARK PLANS
0.A.C1UII
MEET MONDAY
AT FAIMAU
Counsel of Accused Man
Charges "Doctor", with
Killing Woman
OPERATION WAS
BASIS OF CHARGE
Body .Given to Labora
tory, Attorneys Declare
in Affidavit Filed in
Criminal Court.
OIK'AliO (Hy 1 1,'n . Awoi'talrd
r'rosn) An nrrldnvll cliarulnff Diat
C. C. I'ilninn. whose confession
hiw bwn Hi" prliu'lpnl cvldonco
.iRiilnrt. Wllllnin Klioplii rd. olinrifrd
wllh llm niiirdi'r of Wllllum Mo
L'llmock, "mllllomilrc oiplmn."
onro oiiTtitnd lll"pally upon a wo-
mnn In lila Hclonra school snd thut
tliu womttn ' illi'd, was tHk.'n Into
criminal court today by Sli'.-phrrd'a
couiibcI.
ThO afflduvlt rlmrui'd that the
body waa disposed ot by giving 11
to a laboratory.
Shepherd's counsel In fhi nffl.
davit support Inn- I he motion that
the court rccunslder denlul of ball,
charged lalinnn's confession waa
obtained by blackmail.
T
TO BE BUILT
A prom 'UH1 of eiiiuMHlmt wlih'h
will double ihn prescni enpaclty.,or
uio plant hus been undertaken by
the MeWIIMums Hake.ry. Contract
for a new building lo cost fT.UUO
has been let by K. J. McWIIllams,
owner to II. P. Nlelson. I.a rirundi
contractor -and tuilbb-r.
'Ihe new building Is to l.n.lmlli
of brick on the she of th struc
ture occupied by. the bakery ut
present, on mo corner oT Kir and
Madison streets. Poundatlons and
construction of the building will be
put fn for a thre'e stot-v f roMnm
one of which la lo be built at this
time.
Accord inc in Mr MfWliKut..
when the plant Is completed It will
ue -oiie or i ne mos mm rn urn
sunltary bakeries In the country.
New machinery Is being nut. In
also, A Marshall-Middle oven of
the type used by the biggest baker
ies 1ms recently, been liisluMril An.
other article of equipment just put
In at the bakery Is a Pcerles high
speed mixer.
JCegular retail und wholesale
bustneu.0 of flir Imlfrru ullt 1w. .n.
ducted us usual during the building
ot me new plum. Tim old build
ings are lo-bfi moved around facing
Madison avmue and will be. occu
pled for the time being. The con
iracior expecis lo have inn new
building completed In about
60
days.
Hunter's Car Found in
Pasco; Is Not Damaged
(rllb'-rt Hunter received word
last evening thai his I lodge tour
ing car which was stolen from
1502 Hcventh street last Monday
evening, had been located at. Pas
co. Wash. The car, according to
officers at Pasco, hud been stand
ing on the slreei there for Iwo
days No I race of the person who
look the cur has yet bn found.
As far us Is known It is not dam
aged. EXPOSE HINTED
AT BY HEAD OF
ADVERTISING CO.
NKW Yl;lv (!ty Ih" A.ctoclated
Press) I,. A. Van Patten, whose
advertising Hg ney was Involved
with Jlte iH'inocrallc national com
mil lee over advertising deals dur
ing tlie presidential campaign 1u,hI
yejtrV protn1s"S (hat "fire works"
will L" prud'ieed at the trial or Ihe
suMa ribd et-rday liy both sld'-s.
II.. declared Hint th- trial "would
shed h gr'-at Ilgtit on Hie r u'on.,
why falsand Urjan aurf'-red such
h crufihlng d'-feut."
Prince of AValcs on
Way to South Africa
PlH'liM 'III (A I l'rcM TIiih:
I Is-h) 'lite Prlnet f WhIcm
llnl Puis) rr StHiUi Africa
mid iVMilli AitH-rtea.
ASlitS f U the A.oclate.)
ITcs) The I'rlnre or Wales l ft
for Portxinoiil h toduy to embark
upon the buttle cruiser Keputsf Tor
Houth Africa. ni South America.
BAKERY PLAN
BIDS LET BY
Three -blda for conlructton work
on (he hlghwuy In thin Bccllon were
let ut the meeting of the Oregon
Siute Highway commission held ut
Portland Thursday and Friday.
The Kmlgrunt hill section, which
waa awarded a month flgo to II. W.
Oliver was re-awarded at this
meeting because Oliver could not
furnish the necessary bonds. The
bid this time was let to Hwnrthey
U rot her, of CorvuIHs, for IS&.CIS.
The pld calls for widening the
highway for a dislanec of 12. &
miles. ......
Tho other two projects let were
the approaches to the Umatilla
bridge to O. 9. Brown for ?6300
and the Unity lleam creek section
on the John luy highway, a dis
continued on Page Five.)
E
The rhumliers of commerce of
the ttule ore coopi'rnllng In ll
recllnjjf the tourists who come to
this stale this year lo the dlff'T
ent incjuntalii pliiygroundK and
business opportunities by tneiins of
gateway ni'-n. pltwed In the towns
where Ihe iiutumoljlle touriHl en
ters the stale.
The gateway mini, fur the n,
(Jregon Trull, A. C 1 lesion pasm-d
througll I m (Imnde yesterday on
his way to Ontario where the east
ern gale will be located,
Mr. lleston spent two duys up on
the Joseph brunch line and at Wal
lowa lake, and Is very enllinslastle
of the poHsll, miles fur develop,
ment In that district. It his plan
(Continued on Page Five.)
Pictures
Of Tornado
Ruins
tually Important with a great
fiMiitjr iHinH'r render with
llm 4-l)'grni rrporK are the
ihhs pkiuren tluit atM-ar ngii
Inrl.r.
The bj'rwr, tltntugh the -I'lu-dw
M;A srrlce, ban con
stant idHMograpbif HmhIi H
the nw if tlm wtwbitlM !-
lun4 f tin- I on io4 hi rtiln rr
tHMIlle. It ts otic ttt Mm f-tt-litre
thai innki- n pusdj
In IIm uumls-r uf lhMTer
'Olscnrp AihrrllMf
A ilereluuidbOug bcrilco.
HIGHWAY80D
GATEWAY IN
BOOSTS
Emigrants
Honored In
Naming Park
FOIUXANI), Ore. (Hy Asso
ciated Press).TJiQ. state high
way commission yesterday in
session hero decided to mime
the 14-uerj purk on the top of
Blue mountains, Emigrant pnrk,
In honor ot pioneers who gave
that nun.o to tho springs at
this point on tho Old Oregon
Trail,
' Chalrnun lnby ald lie had
hoped - President . Harding's
name might be connected with
I he park in honor of an ad
dress he delivered there, llo
suggested that a committee be
formed lo colluct funds for a
Harding monument ut the park.
Thin met with favor.
XTRA
vault nuuniu
AMtANV, im (AP) HoblMTK
lat night hunieil tlnlr way
through two Moel Uoorx of the Mnn
county trt'asuri'r'H vault and c-
i-opeil with $9:i cash. They Moh
an M'tevletie ton-h from the conn
iy repair Hiofis,
NTi:iU;.NTH CIjASII
- PA It Is (At) Itcpubllenii ami
Ito,vall.l HudcntH clashed on the
htreetH hen today, l our Mlmh-iils
wen arrested ntul lluw wen bntlly
iH-alen, The. ikiIIcc ami wtudentM
luter engaged hi frcipieiit wrlin-
inageri.
a.ui;i;mi;m' j.iachi;i
TOK Id (AP) A compromise
afti-ccmcut wan ri'a' heil In a jfHnt
coitferenee tonight Of htHU huuM.1
of the .lapaiicMc, et iiioii the
much th ha fit manhood mirfrag
hill. TIms agreeiiifiii pnnhlcs or
lain nmcfiifineulH to the bill a'
orighinlly drawn b) the coalition
government ami passed hy the low
er In Mine, It limn la-en feaml that
the Hcr'H liii-lem-c upon amend
iimiiH iifiacf.'ptahie to tin gotcrii
iiM iit would catiM cahltie( crisis.
Man Plunges from Clh
Story Window; May Live
CINCINNATI, (.. (AP). Aft
Mmtln IrlekHuu hud tlnovvii him
M-lf Ironi a hIIIi hiory winduw
tb'- h1'1" n Ik Th irmliiy nlirhi, hi
wife. Mlnnb- KrlelMon. told poll--'
tjho wim v, oi Klntf ut i cnuk In 'bt
'Inii'iH only to hide from her
JiUffbund, v. buiii Hlie left In ( 'Id
eiiRo. ll'-r hi'Oiuv from 11 l rf
apartment hutldlMf? tn nwhln
ton uuh $ 1 1 . ft I . a month. hIm
Ktd. KrlekHuO'H tulidHloil I:
Kmr.
Krb khon. ue'ordlUK lo bl;i wlf!
formerly a city deelrt-lHn in
I'likuh'O. HIm- fitld Bin- en me here
to iniihe itunn tor tfpHriiHon piti
cectit,M beeuune Hlie und lu r Iiiki
band bud trouble o it Iht 1 J
j year-old sou.
BAIL BEARING
ISCOiLET
WASHINGTON' (By the Assoc!-
ated Presto Thn railroads com-
lui'ivu iuuujt turn H-rsunirmB
against the state of Oregon's de.
mand for the construction of more
than 400 miles of new lines through
central snd eastern suctions of thn
state, ucrorc the interstate com -
mereo commission.' ..',
Tho commission took the iue-1
(ion under advisement.
A. t Sicnrrr( of thp' In Ion
I'ariii fb-, dlared that thq O.
W. It. N. omaiiy, a I'. I.
Milwddlary, which would have U
undertake a larfco proiKirtltm of
l ho exKiMllturo, wan in no fin
ancial condition to assume Uio
burden,
t think the t'nlqn Tactile la
well enough in the'wwit so even
theae gpnth-men would admit Ma
dircelors would not hesitate to
furnlnh money nceesaury to con counties. Alfalfa reduced In state
Btruct east and wpst lines If they to soum extent, account some win
could ae enough traffic in sight to ter killing, and weakening due to
maintain U. Hut there Isn't any dry Hcuson of 1924. Considerable
Mueh tonnngf," h ald. nmv .planting, and Proaoect for
Chairman Atchison auggested
inui wiiu a n'" ouui across cen-
trul Oregon to tap timber reserves
on the wi'Stern slope, the U. I. I
could count on making Joint ratea
to attruet east bound timber.
Hprncur rpll' d that tliu timber
mills on the western slope wore al
ready loeuled on the Southern Pa-
elrie, und thut that corporation
would have no difficulty In retain
ing the haul for Us own nyslenia.
Famous Horses Burned
To Death at Orlando
(l:l.AM)U, Kin. (Hy llm Aisoei
uted Prcstj) Hlx not'd horses were
burned to d'uth here toiay when
rire d'Htrojed a 10-stall frsnte
building of the White H'abbs. The
origin of tho fire is unknown.
Three hows were saved. Loss la
estimatud at $U(J,ou.
Hli.M HAS KNOW
ItllNIt, Ore. (AP) A light snow
fell hen- during the night und
melted early today.
New Insurgent Bloc Is
Formed; Borah Prominent
. til) Hsrrr II. limit)
WAHIIINUTON (SUA BPlcIhI
MenHoti hus hen mud', lo recent
dtsiuitelies from heru of a "Huruh
blo" In the t nltcd Htules Henule.
.IiihI who the members of this bloc
ire. ho-Atver, and by whut chura
etertsiles they can hr ilid-nMfb.-d.
have not been made ptuln.
The fuel Is, of course, that the
term "Huruh blue' hus been utad
Mm ply us a iiuudy tug to tie' to
the group of Ind'-pendently-mlnded
Uepublleuns who huve declined to
pt-rmlt themH:lves to be bound by
their party's caucus, and w ho
claim the right to vote their own
views on public questions regard-
THIS YEAR
Agricultural Statistics
Show Increase in
1925 Acreage
WINTER-KILLED
GRAIN REPLACED
Spring Wheat Planted in
Eastern Oregon in the
Fields Damaged by Se
vere Cold Wave.
PORTLAND, Oro. (Hy tlio Aaso
cluted !rera) The Intentions of
Oregon farmers, as well, as tho
fanners of Washington and of tho .
other nine westorn gvatrs, Indlcato
an Incruascd acreage ot all of tho
major croiis this spring, with tho
nxccptlon of tamo hay. Tho liny
Increaso is particularly noticeable
In thn caso of spring wheat. Tho
iftreg increase In this crop Is prob
ably duo to the severe winter kill
ing In tho Pacific Northwest, par
tlcularly In Enalern Oregon.
These Intentions aro ohown In
reports gathered by V. U Kent, ait
ricultural statistician of tho depart
ment of agriculture, lieporta in do.
tail from the state indicate:
Winter Wheat
Winterkill, Eastern Oregon, 480.
000 acres; Western Oregon, B7.000
acres: total, 617,000 Acres. Nearly
all Eastern Oregon winterkilled '
arca replaced with spring wheat.
Part of Western Orogon area will
be planted to outi, barloy, corn, etc
.More mixed wheat than last year
and probably leas smutty wheat.
Decrease In Hard Red Winter and
White Club wheat.
Oats.' !.' ' ," -
r Spring nat.. acrcw. larger than,
'usual due (a poor" fall for uoedlng
and winterkilled fall oats., Prob-,
ably no over production of orop, -
( . , - .
i Barley.,:..'. : ' .
Acreage Increased In ail parts of
tho state, lnorcased acreago llm-;.
ted by seed supply. '. Probably no
.over production. , . ,
I Ioiatnrj .1- '.
Increased abroad In ITnion. TTm-
Itllla, Deschutes, Crook and Klam
ath counties. Decreased acrengo In
weatern Oreroti. New potato law
win probably Improve local mar
ket for home grown stock. (Biff tn
croaae In acreafo reported from
Yakima diatrlct).
Tame Hay.
Greatly reduced acreage in clov-
'er, due to failure of U24 anw'n-a.
Aloo great decrease In vetch duo to
poor fall for seeding, and aunous
klnterkilllng In Washington. Yam-
hill, Polk. Ih-nton and Clackamaa
nlrntv nf wnior.
. (train Hay.
, Probable Increase In fiber flux
acreage. Heed flax acreage will in
in-aso suuHiunuaiiy, corn acruago
will Increase,
It HI it 1. 1 N (Hy (he Associated
Press) Kor the first tlmo In ,ita
history of more limn one thousand
years, dotted with turbulent reigns
of margraves, elrctora, kings and
emperors, Germany lopiorrow will
elect Its head through the medium
of popular ballot.
The late President TCbert held
office hy virtue of a noto of tho
nntlomtl assembly- In 1919. which
uefugnuieu mm provisional presi
dent. . i " " .
hfS of wit it parly "lender"
pro
claim lo be tji'lr duty.
be added I hose, members recently
ousted from (1. U. V, party coun
cils, on charges of Irregularity.
Horuh wuh their champion in tho
hour of their chastisement. Ills
Insurgency la no leas real. If mora
discreet, than waa theirs. They
will fight with him and for him
en bloe or Independently, as ou-
cmtlon rtMiiilrt'O.
Whether properly labeled on
"bloc" or not, and whether fairly
GEOMAM WILL
VOTE SUNDAY
(Continued un Page Five.)