La Grande evening observer., April 14, 1925, Image 1

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VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBEH ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PKES3
NUMBER 160
i' M. Jasper Outlines the
Plan La Grande Min
isters Will Sponsor
POSTER BOARD
ACTION TAKEN
(hfimllPr Of ComniPrce
. , ...
u p p o s e s Advertising
Sirns on Scenic Hiirh -
way Near City.
, , , .comparison with those of the past
1. M. Jasper, who Is here f,omln , . lBtu,r. ,,,,
.sah n, in connection with the In- i , entertalu-
sl.tute o, cthods now be ng; hold pl.ollllsi.d.
ui tin- Itaptist church preliminary
to launching of the I taily Vacation Three iu Clinrf.
JJible School here this summer. In t Miss P.ennctt, Mrs. Young and
a well delivered addrews informed Miss Vernon ure tn charge and
members of the chamber of com-Minder their direction, final touches
iim-ici' today at the loon luncheon, are being put on the cast's work
Just what the summer nchool will with gratifying results,
amount io and uiso, why It .3 "April Antiks" was advertised
necessary. (Friday afternoon ut the high
In brief, the school will be a school in an assembly and the ic
dajly Itlble sehooh sluged durltif? action was very favorable.
the summer vacation, and its ob
jfct lo impart spiritual instruction
lo children and young people that
cannot be received as effectively in
(he Sunday schools.
No Discrimination.
The school will not be devoted
lo leaching the belierV of some .par
tie ti la r denomination but will in
clude all faiths, without discrim
ination.
Mr. .lusper pointed, out that the I
Protestant ehu relies, are fur be
hind the Tat holies and Jews In re
ligious instruction given thelr'chll-j
dren. showing thai only 2 hours
per year 1b at present devlted to
spiritual teaching in the uverage
J'rotestuiit church. ' "The need of
more Instruction is great," lie le-t
dared, Hinting that 'his phm would
not only be practicable (iml If had
been proven tn olher eilies tliat the
children in attendance actually
liked tlie work undj were eager to
continue, j
Would Haisc Morals
Mr. Jasper ei1.hu j declared that
taich schoolH would undoubtedly
raise t he moral .tandnrd of Hie
coiiiiiiunity and wjouhl result In- a
Ix't'er. more wholenome at nio.s-
phere for Hie rising general iun. He
Urged (hat Hie btlsiie-HS men of the
city K''t behind the movement
wholeheartedly nnl lend whatever
aid they could to the project.
IV'Mcr Hoards I"rmvncd On
Prior to Mr. Jasper's ud dress.
A. V. Nelson remarked that a pos
ter board was being erected on the
rcenie highway near Gnngloff
pork and made a motion that the
chamber of commerce jfo on rec
ord as opposed to marring of th
M-enery by any such metitodis, noi
only on the scenic highway, but
upon other spots near Lu (.Irunde
that have scenic value.
I ii t he following discussion, V.
C. Perkins suggested that one way
(Contimiea on I'hbo Klve.
EOT IT 10
A It hough the eity orficials have
announced positively llvit the city
will not assist in the cleaning up
of I rash from private property this
ear. to culminate during clean
up w'ek Ajirii L'uMuy L' several
ell liens have the Idea 1 hat tin
city will haul away tiusb. This
wa.-i declared a fallacy this morn
ing by Police Chief Mailes who
announced that the only part thai
11m- city would take during the
w-k would be to clean up its own
property.
However, after Mm.v all prop
erty owned by citizens, that will
not pass inspection, will be rbun
ed up by tie city at the expense of
Ihi- properly owner who mleeled
to get rid of garbage, tra.sh. etc.,
(iiniiii; the clean-up period.
H U TRASH
Anglers Preparing For
Fishing Season Opening
mlc,. nuain the 'ishermcn's tons
will eat liit 1 1 nIui lottK across i he
! f? t-.' 1 o w rn l.e shy ib-niens
i" il,e depths that the licl.ini; ha
.011 i upon t.
.'.Met- -ie fly (C.ks, SUM!-' USe
!!; U lmoks, h un- lish up blit Mid
s. r - down hu. I's till tl.-h.t g un !
perhaps t hi old'M :)port How
known to man and the on" unt--eriill
indulged ip by all r c. s.
WHo th.- opening of th- ar-.u-on
toiiH'irow niornin. s-erm proinr.-n-ni
ciefnber.i oT hp local Ittiptnt-K
world will be musing f on. th ir
acciistomed id.n t '.
IU' Lw ejr.i'-.-: dis.ii .'.s v. ho
i
April Antiks
Of '25 Show
-Friday Night
Associated Girl Students
of La Grande High to
btage Annual Enter
tainmcnt.
Willi only a
intr heron- the
11)25" will ln
public by the
few tlays j-enmln
"April Aulili-s or
presented to the
Associated Cllrl
Students of the I,u tirumle hlKh
Kehool, the east Ik koIiik throtlKli
Intensive i-i-lieuiHiuK with a dr
rehearsal scheduled to he held lut-
itr lhl" w,'uk us ,U! '"d-up.
The custom of holding u Kh'ls'
jslunt show eueh spring was start-
''''' several ymra aKo anil sine
;the flint "April Antiks," which
was u-ceSsr n m a huge measure.
,un '' to "-
i ill cliurKe this month predict th.U
I the 1!I2F show will not suiter by
The show will In; given om
night only Friday, April 17th. in
the high school auditorium. 1 Re
served seat tickets will go on sale
Thursday morning at S o'clock at
Glass Drugs.
Program Completed.
The program for the
now comnb-te and the
evening m
stunts are
us follows.
"Ye Ileauty Shopp
' Wihna
Smith, chairman: Miss
Thompson,
advisor.
"Circus" (Jertride
Scran ton,
chairman; Mrs. Campbell and Mrs.
Ktndgren. sponsors.
"I.ady Krancis" - Daisy liobbs,
chairman ; M iss I a vts, M iss ItreU
lio I z and .Miss .Miller, .sponsors.
"Comic Strips" Mae Heap,
chairman: Miss Howling, sponsor. 11
Neighbors" - Adelaide Clai .c,
chairman; MIfs Heuuett, ponsor.
"Down Detlieoat l,ane" J-:ien-nor
i "leaver-, chairman; Miss Ver
iton, spuusor.
"Hawaiian Scenes" Witma (las
kill, chairman; Miss Young, spon
sor. i In addition to the above. Hath
Dram well and I. a wanna Graham
will
play piano solos.
Advcntists Will Hold
Sabbath School Meet
A Sabbath School convention
wit! be held In the Seventh Dav
Advent 1st church Wednesday and
Thursday. A prh 1 fi und 1 ii. The
first meeting will be held Wednes
day morning at Hi o'clock.
Sevenl leading wn of the
church will be present. Including
Klder H. ,1. Thurston, presbbnt of
the Southern Idaho conference
and Heverend .1. A. James, Cen
eral Sabbat h School secretary, of
Washington, J t. C. Ueverend .lames
will give a stereopt Icon led ure
Wednesday evening at 7:45 o'clock.
The remainder of iln- program lias
not yet be en arranged.
Car Stolen in Walla
Walla Discovered Here
A lluick automobile, stolen some
time ago from C. A. Itireline, 4 i 1
Mayer. Walla Walla, Wash., was
discovered abandon. -d in I .a Crande
near the Mow man -I licks mill.
Someone living mar the mill no
ticed the car and called the author
ittes who foutid that it. was the one
taken from Walla Walla. The slal
and county (rattle officers brought
the machine to head'piarlers. Of
ficers will arrlv" here t he lal tr
part of th- week to return the cu:
to Its own r.
No trace of the man who drove
the car Ip-re has been found.
.IKL si ret MIIS.
LNDIANAI'OLIS, Ind. (A I').
Miss Madgtj ( Hicrholt x-r, i.'x, al
leged victim of an attack by D.
C. Stephenson, died today, the tv
siilt or poison idi" told her pa r
ents she took following the ul-
i leged attack.
traveled the length and hridih or
Hits county ;ui I 'h- n l iit Sun
day, looking for a suitable Mre;tn
by whose bjinka to inaugurate :;i -opening
or th.- sea -en did n,t I rin
back very faM(C;!o(e report:.
The slresims ure iiinmi,.'l'y Ii'li
:ind muddy for this lime of year.
The .Muiiiui and Wallowa livers ure
about the color of goo L . nti-j
crude ,,f chocol.i:.. :ind are at lb
top of Hi.- banks.
Ki-ii the MTialb-r slr-irt-; are
murky and bih tn-i diff' to
fish effectively. The ere-ks near
(Continued -n raje l'hf.)
Briand
i I - i !
AriMlilc Itrlniiil, c-,reiiier ut
1'iHiiiv. was .skl Salunlay
iiKiiniii- select a iliblnet n
M'lilucv the IIimi'Ii.i iliniiilstia
thin. 'i'oilay Itrlniiil kihc up
holies or rorniiiiK a luliliict.
Over one hundred people attend
1 I lie play "Hctwecn the Acts."
Riven last evenini; by members of
the Odd I'Vliows und Iteliekah
lodfcs at the I. o. o. . hall. The
drama, a comedy In three ucls. was
II received by the audience,
flic inenihers of the oisl were
Clifford Draw. Mrs. lYiink Mc-
I'hei-s.in. It. Suydam. .Mrs. Clir
ronl IIiiikk. i'raiik I'. l.oock. .lake
Itostoek and Miss (ilailvs llenliam.
Mrs. Mel'hersou and Miss l.ydla
Hub tantr a duet between the ucts.
Volley Ball Contest
Set for Wednesday Eve
.. 'J''ic VhislncHs Men's ul iil i-hul-lenired
the Wolves, or mah. the
Wolves challenne,! the n, m. ('..
but al any rale the supremacy of
I he two is to he decided at a vol
ley bull Kai.ie to be played In the
athletic club fry m liuslu in tomor
row eveninK at 7:3ii. The public is
invited io attend and no admission
will be charged.
Operetta To He Staffed
For Children's Benefit
Knr (he benefit of Hie children
or Iji (iraude the operetta "Cin
derella in Klowerland." given lit
the high school auditorium last
Saturday evening, will tie repented
Saturday afternoon at II o'clock at
the Neighborhood club rooms.
Mining Machinery Hecelved.
.MI!. I, CITY, Ore. The Lola I.ar
son .Mining company, which has
properties at Klkhorn. on the head
wabT of the Little North Kork of
the Xa alio in river, received anoth
er carload of mining machinery ui
Lyons Shi unlay which I hey w j
transport to and Install in the
mines Immediately. The roads from
Klkhorn to Lyons are in bail con
ditio ti now but an appropriation
has been obtained Tor improve,
nient work, which will p! ice the
roads in condition for proper haul
ing of ore from the mines to Lyons,
where t is loaded on cara and
shipped to (he sni' lter al Taeouin.
It Is reported I h company has ex
cellent prospects, and expect to
start shipping In about 3n days.
IMU STItlM, KMI'OItT .MADi;
NNW YOHK Hly the Associateil
I'ress) Statistics or the I'nited
.States Steel corporation show thai
out of $'."m;. Tail, hum gnms earnings
in l!24, labor absorbe.j $412,4GH.
r 7 7 . while In t'.MiL'. labor ree.iveri
j i ji.5s,:m;i out of j,ar,r..prj
gross. I lie preferred and common
Shan-holders received Snin.xoa.sftl!
m dividends last yar -and $50. ii
7T7 in I
ANTOHIA to III NT MAN
ASTONIA.
as Issued -a
Ore.
cull
Hherlrr Hlnsher
for votunleeis to
conduct a s"arii lor V. H. I'aint
er. age.i Astoriiin, who has been
missing from the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Norman Smith, for
two days.
I-'GIS TH L LAIII
l'age Thre
I'nur 'J hrc- ! detoleil al-m-t
cMtircly lo renliui'H of 4ft
lere. to Ihr feminine reader-
of I lu Obvi rci-,
SfH leiy hiuI club new, and
iiniioiinceiiieiit-. 1 le pieNire
II lu-1 1 nt tnu H;e hitet (blng iiul.
ami M-ler Mar' m-itii-. are
featured dailt. In nl(ll(kiii. an
art iee on brblge, iwtl ouct' n
week, add tft the uitnu ti epc
of imIu page,
iti;i Tin-: iu;sr woman's
VM.i: IS I.ASII.HX OKI (.O.N
000 FELLOWS
PRESENT PUT
PIONEER OF I LIQUOR
LA GRANDE RAUL IDE
PASSES ON HEAR V
John Frawley, Conductor
on First Train into City
Answers Last Call
SERVED COUNTY
FOR 21 YEARS
Retired as Union County
ireasurer in lY2z Be
cause of 111 Health.
John Krawley, former 1'nlon
county treasurer and pioneer In
the railroad history of Kastern
Oregon, passed away In this city
early this morning at the age of
75 years. Kuneral arrangement
will bts unnounccd later, but will
probably he held Thursday.
.Mr. Krawley's name is linked in
many ways with the early history
of this city. His demise remcvvcH
one whose life way long and use
ful, who gave more than a score
years to public service unit who
was loved and respected by all who
knew him.
Conductor on First Train.
He wis born May 2'J. IKM) (n
Syracuse, New York. Ke was edu
cated in the common schools and
at the age of IK years took up
railroading as hrakeman. He soon
worked his way up to freight con
ductor and operated on a number
of roads in the cust.
.Mr. Krawley came west in 1S72,
continuing railroading. In 1KS4 he
served as conductor on t lie first
train driven into La Grande by O.
W. Moon, who (lied here a few
years ago, from the west. In IKS'J
he was conductor on the Hunt line
in Washington where he met with
a serious accident that forced htm
to retire from his chosen occupu
tion and which in later years, add
ed to his III henlth. I-'ive years
ago his leg was amputated and
this Is believed to have hurried ills
death.
lU'canic Treasurer
After retiring from railroading
he kept tn. grocery store in li
Grande for one year, then taking
up farming until INKS, when the
people called him from the plow
to act as custodian of ihc. funds
of t he county. He proved hot h
faithful and efficient, as his rec
ord of i'4 years' service as county
treasurer proves.
In J!i:,2, because ill luulth no
longer permitted him lo remain in
office, he resigned and went to
Knter prise. Shortly ufterward he
returned to La Grande where he
has remained until (he Grim Angel
took, him to the Great. Ueyond to
day. He leaves to mourn his death
his widow, Mrs. -Millie Krawley,
whom he married at Kummervllle
in JSS7, one daughter, .Mary J-V.iw-ley,
of La Grande and two nieces
in New York. One son, Harry J.
Krawley. passed on.
Charter .Member or K, .
Mr. Krawley was a member of
(Continued on I'ago Klvc.)
TO BE ERECTED
Construction on a new building
which will be finite an addition to
the La (irande huslrfcss district, will
be erected by I'lrleh Lottes on the
north side of the Mini block on the
Adams Avenue, directly across the
si reef from the Observer offices.
Complete plans for the building
have not been drawn up yet by the
architect but the building is to lie
modern i" V w ay it h t htee
stfire fronts L'a feet wide racing on
Adams Avenue.
The building is to be built of
brick and will probably be fnce 1
with some special ntone or brick.
according to the builder who nan
not yet decided definitely which
Will be used.
Lxenvat ion for the basement and
the foundations is now under wi ;
and Is ex per ted to b. eolliph'ted ill
about I" days.
The eentral of the three business
locations is to be occupied by the
(JwllltaniM Kleetrlc Makeiy.
Dog 'Catcher Will I5c
On Duty Thursday Morn
A strict check on the str.iy doic
of the city will be made by the of
ficials, i oni un ticlng Thar. day.
April Kill, t' was announced itiis
morning. On and alter that dale
all d"gs found on th streets with
out liceiiHi. tag will be taken up
rind dixpoHcd of withou' being
tken to the p'uind. owners who
have not yet een d their dogs
should do so at once in order to
keep this from happening to their
It is.
1
British Schooner Is Cap
tured by Coast Guard
Cutter Seminole
WET CARGO WORTH
$500,000 SEIZED
Prohibition Officers Are
Forced to Chase Vessel
150 Miles Along Coast
Before Capture.
NKW YORK, (Hy the Assoclat
ed I'rcsd) The capture of the
i urcc -masted auxiliary Itritlsh
He honor Maodellne Adams by the
coast guard cutter Seminole after a
lfiO miles chase along the New
York coast was reported today
when the schooner was brought in
to port with a crew of nine men iih
prisoners and a liquor cirgo value!
at Sf.'Mi.f under seizure.
Coast guard officials said the
Madeline Adams was the schooner
from which a government patrol
boat obtained 500 cases of liquor
Saturday when an alleged conspir
acy to smuggle liquor from rum
row on government be.' its was un
covered with the arrest of two rum
low agents.
Search for the schooner has been
underway since the arrest of the
two men.
Poison Found in Body
Of Walter Cunningham
CHICAGO. (Hy I be Associ
ated I'ress) roison was fmiiid
lu tin lndy of Walter Ctuiliig
linm, i:t, which was exhumed
yiKlci ilny nt ValjminiMi, lud.,
whasn imitlier, .Mrs Anna
Cunningham Is being held lit
Crown Point, Ind., officers re
poiicd tntliiy. .Mrs. Ctiuiilng
imrn collapsed tiMlny In Iter (I'll
and passed Into n count.
CIMCAOO (Hy the Associated
I'ress). Investigation of I he deal h
of Mrs. Km ma Met 'Unlock, whose
exhumed body was found lo eon
tain mercury, has shifted to Gal
veston, Tex., from where in llMt!'
a physician was summoned lo at
tend her In May view, Tex., when
she w as attacked by a fatal Ill
ness. ( lalveston aut horit les have been
asked to question Itr. William
c. Kisher ir he attended her und
what he prescribed for her.
Mrs. McCllntock was the mo! her
of William McCiintoek, "million
aire orphan" who Is believed lo
ha vi been poisoned by his foster
fat her, William Shepherd, w ho is
also suspected of having been re
sponsible for the mother's deal h.
At TO HI ILL! It DIMS
KOKOMO. Ind. (AP) Klwood
lllaym s, pioneer automobile builder
!of this city, died at. his home here
Monday nil,' lit, from lnl'luen,a. Mr
! Maynes had been critically ill for
j several dyays. Mr. I laynes, Inven
i tor of America's first automobile
;and Inlernatioually ttnown as a scl
ji'tifisl citid metallurgist, was strick
en with influenza following his re
turn from a recent trip lo W'ash
; ingtoii.
Reaching
Farm
Readers
llcai bbi' ii mi r I ban .VI per
rent of Hie farm homes In I n
Inn count. v, The Obsercr has a
rural cineiiige that Is appre
ciated by vrry fflii'fnl nder-tM-r.
On Die rural unites out
of Ladrandc the paper goes lo
nearly Hi', of the boes.
A large majorlly of thrsr fmiii
bfilues bae Im'cu gelling The
Obsei'-cr cou(atill for it geil
cnil ton con, luring jiriof of
n mler hilere-t mid n ader nm
ridciiee. New fen I ores lidded
i otisiaiitly are aiding u steady
growth.
"Observer Advertising
A M rchaiidlslng Service'
DEATH PROBE
SITS SOUTH
T- "-'r J Pi BBS,
f r A
4
leddy catches nlmut 15 mice n day, but it's only a hobby
of his. 'Tin no cmmllml," sny.s he mid thereupon demands milk
Mtss I .coin Smith, school teacher of INullaiul, Ore., own "Teihlv'
and iioiiils to him n perfect example of wlmt a veKeuulan
diet can do for iiuhnals und human beings alike.
Oil CUES
UP piPT
I'AKIS ( Hy Associated Press).
Briand will decline, to form a
ministry, having been Informed of
Socialists' refusal to enter his cab
inet. The refiiKal rofeifl only to a
ministry headed by Ilrland. leav
ing the way open for participation
In a cabinet, headed by an accept
able premier.
The. agreement reached between
the nuance Minister DeMunxic und
the Itank or France, authorizing an
issue or four billion francs addi
tional currency Is to be ratified al
a special meeting of the chamber
of deputies am) the senate tomor
row afternoon, it was tinuounceri
today.
KOKOMO. Ind. (ity Ihe Asso
ciated Press). Ktwood ilayucH,
who inven tcil l he "horseless
carriage" is dead at bis home
here, the victim of Infliic n.a.
On the l ourlh of J dy, 1S!H.
Klwoorl llaynes, then a young
field superintendent Tor a natural
gas company v. it I) headquarters
at Kokoino, I nd., bad a ueer
buggy, without tongue or shafts,
towed out onto a country road.
He drove li triumphantly back
into Kokomri, at the remarkable
speed of eight miles an hour, un
der power geneiated by a gaso
line engine. 'I hat. It Is claimed,
w as t he l b st I rip of a gusoline
il riven vehicle in America.
This horseless carriage, which
ueon became a hi miliar sight In
the streets of Koluimo, was the.
result, of two' years of experi
iiientH and now Is preserved In
t he Smit hsontan Inst it it Ion at.
Washington, It. C. Mr. Ilayios
said he was ordered to "get t hilt
contraption oft I lie streets," w hen
he dtovA his tii:;t automobile Into
Chicago.
The automobile T.'.ts Ihe direr I
result of (he Inet that Mr. Ilayn-H
had a huge territory to rover in
his dut as field superintendent
ror a natural gas company. lie
desired to make his lounds more
rapidly than he could with a hotse
and started his ex periitietil s, be
ing or an tuv 'en I ive t tir n or mind
and ha v trig a leehnb a I i-ducat ion.
t ompan.v I ui iiicd,
A year after Ills flisl success.
((.'onlliUK'd on 1'hk l-'lvu.)
Railroad Ciivcn KiKht
To Cross City Street
KLAMATH I' AI.LS. Ore. Ity
the AssoeiateiJ I'resHj.- Hy a ote
of three to two. Ihe Kbiiiialh
I'allseity co ire 11 Inst night adopl
ed a leHdbitlrMi gtantlug the Ore
gon, "ii lit or n la and La stern rati
way He- right to emus Sixth street
lo Mh Intuitu. I.
The franchise rigid failed lo
provide a com mo n user clause.
Mayor (ioddai d 1"M Indicated his
intentions an- to veto t he res .
hit I on. thnogh no definite un
nou nee mint h:-. b n made.
INVENTOR
AOTO IS DEAD
1
Si w
J k, t ,
XTRA
nitsT iiomi: im
Hit ;) Haselml! fnn-
doin toluy stinted. Us mmual pi),
urlnmge to the National ami Amer
ican league aicnas for the Initial
I battles of the campalmi fur biw-
Imll'N premier honors, ITrst Hase
nuui Keely, I'hlcr.Bo Americans,
smashed the season's first, home
run In if Hnie hKIi letrolt. ' ' '
SlltM TI(i FATAL TO TWO.
TACOM A, Uiish., (AP) Two
men ar-c dead and I wo children fa
therless, following a shiHiihig nf
falr last nibl when II. A. Win-Ion
AlH-rdcru, divorced husband slorm
ed the house of his former lfe (,u
Ihe riit niinheisary or her second
ma nia ge und shot blne-if after
killing I nil It. Arnold. The shoot
ing was witnessed hy several chil
dren. ANTOHIA WOMAN CONVICTKO
I'OKTLANH, Ore., (AP) .Mr.
.lean liaullo, of Astoria, was con
lcted of lining (he mails to de
fraud by a federal Jury today. The
defense was gheu HI days lo ask
for a new trial. The jury round
Mrs. Kaulto attempted black
mail ir. 11. S. Haiuel, of Warren
Ion, under threat lo epn-c alleged
lllleii i-etaifoiis with a girl slaying
at a hotel operated by the defen
dant. MAY SI .1 Hi IN.M NCUON.
( IIH Alio, (AP) Western rail
ways may join in nklug the feder
al court relief by an liijum-lloii ag
nilisi (he luler-late roininerrr com
mlsslort from pii'sent freluht rnW
hi Ihr west, f.cnernl Sidhlior Snr
gcnl nl Ihc ( blcago and Nortltwe-t-t
ru railroad. Indicated today. Wes
tern rub's are lower than In tin
sonlh and east, Sarg,eitl contended,
oie 'ipii ntly .tlcldliig lesser
turns.
ill-; A to fio i;ast.
l.l f.l.NI,, On. (AP) IjiiI Kh
putiick. dean of the I nHersity ol
i U-egoit c tension div l-loii, will
leave for the middle w Immeill
nlely mi (wo mouths leave of ab
sence rroui lite university lo serv
as H member of Ihc American I ted
t i-osH cM-ciiilve stair lor ii'hubita
I Ion of ihe great area, swept by the
tornado March I Kill. He nu- sinn
moiiid by lcenipl ami leave
granted by II"' committer of (be
board of regents to lay.
Czech Legation Members
Didn't Appreciate Joke
(Hy Harry H. Hunt)
WASHINGTON' !; A Kprelul)
- M takes more limn a diplomat,
In ihe npini"!! of I r. Pavel HttatiM
kv, N'-eotid m erHaty of the C.ei ho-Mlov-ik
l-git'(itii. to appreeiute
Aun-riean humor.
II iiini'i', Or. St n Jiisk v ttav tV (h
snpp"'s"d b !' lunnv. Ibit. to dam
no one Iuih b'-eii ni. ii- to convince
til in t In le was am t liii.g resem
bling fun in Hu prank tor which
(,.. a;ih made th" bolt April I.
'"I knew April I Is supposed to
be a tine- fr jokis." Hlranaky pro
tects, ''but why pbk mi mi' 7"
The oeoision ror the diplomat's
dint rct w:vk t he gathering at c
fu-dJuablc supper ciub on hv
VALLEY IS
INUNDATED
Ford Motor Company
Construction Gives Way
Sousing Entire Valley
REPORTS CLAIM
, NO LIVES LOST
State Troopers Warn In
habitants of Rushing
Waters in Time to Per
mit Their Escape.
DKTHOIT (By tl Araociutnl
Pn-iui) Scores of families In tho
valley or the Huron river between
Klnt Hock und Uike Krio were
ilrlven from their homes early to
ilsiy when the dum at the Kord Mo
tor eorimnnv'H t.liinl ... n..i
burst, releuslwr millions of gallons
of water into the vulley.
More than 6000 ncres aro re
ported inundated. The water i
12 feet deen in Hnmn nlnfoa un,l
is steadily rlwlnff.
Vlllley AVarnwl.
Vllllev lnKahillinlw wnr. wnrnnH
of the flood hy state troops. . No
lives were reported lost early to
day. The troopers started alontr tho
river to rouse persons llvtnf? near
ly- after Kiiurda at the diun tele
phoned troopers at the station of
the troulile.
The water rose so rapidly thai!
the officers were soon forced to
take lo bouts. Koinu- from house,
to house, ferrying scores of fam
ilies tot safety.
tO-Mllo Current.
Smalt barns, hoathouses, wooden
farm implements, trees, brush and
furniture are drifting; down the val
ley on a current running at a 10
mlle per hour clip.
POItThANIt (Hpecial) That
(here, is now nlmoeit no unemploy
ment on the west count, and that tit
a few dlHtricts there Is even a shor
tage or Home kinds of nktlled help,
in Indicated hy reports from em
playment service offices In various
northwestern cllleo received ut 4f
headipairters here. I,abor demand
and supply appear lo be nearer a
balance, than ut uny time since
early last fall. In addition to com
mon luboiera the unemployed now
in the larger centers aro for tho
most part, men who are Keeking
some Hpeckil sort of work, tho re
ports say.
Labor turnover, both cant and
vvchI of the Cascades, has shown 'i
more thun seasonal Increase. Pino
sawmills of tho Inland Kmplro aro
becoming morn active and skilled
mill help there In quite, generally
employed. Condensed report from
the various 41. offices follow;
PorUumI
Kxpcrlenced loggers are becom
ing scarce u Portland. This Is dim
to the fact that many men havo
taken Jobs in olher industries. La
bor turnover In both camps und
mills Is much higher than It lias
been at any time, this year. The.ro
Is a Bhortage or some kinds of saw
mill help. Most of tho unemployed
now In Portland are seeking somo
special sort of work.
Itn.vmmtd.Wash.
Sawmills on Wlllapa Harbor con
tinue the five. day week, and then
is a large nurplus ot logs here.
Labor turnover has Increase.!
slightly during the past weeh.
There are very few unemployed
men here,
AlH'rdrcii.
LogglufC road construction and
(Continued on Page Five.)
evening of April 1 of some. :t0
.,.iL, t..tl,tln.v .l.-lintntilM. ftlnlo
I mats. ' White House aides and
army ami navy oftlcerM.
"We are here," they said, "lu
'attend I r. Htransky's dinner."
"The doctor bus ir.ude no roser
vatlons," explained the heudwaiter.
Then the Mlgntllcanci; of tho
date dawned upon the guests.
Soim-one got in louch with Htraus
ky lo confirm or disprove that
suspicion, lb was prostrated wlili
conruslon und regret.
"t sent no Invitations," he said,
"I am astonished. Someone Vav
thought to play what you call a,
Joke."
(CyiidnueU on Page E if lit.)