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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY Ha CITY EDITION THE WEATHER PORTIAND (AP) Ore roii: Cloud tonight and Sat urday, probably ruin la tho went and extreme north. LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1923. VOLUME XXHI. MEMBEIl ASSOCIATED mESd MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 181 4 5 0 GRADUATE THIS YEAR Largest Class of Seniors to Receive La Grande ' High Diplomas LANDERS SPEAKER AT COMMENCEMENT Hie school May 2ft. H will continue 11 i n . ll'v days a week for four wicks. Reverend Pollard, baptist, rloslnir Jiini- 19lh and liny hoy or Church, to Preach the-;;, "BP or ov,r' ,s baccalaureate bermon Sunday, May 17th. On tin: evening of May '-'2. 1 ! 25 tin- largest, senior chins in tho his tory of I-l Orande high school will graduate according to nnnonnce in'n! by Principal K. 1. Towler t.o diy. Approximately 70 seniors wilt receive their diplomas, five more than ever before. Last year '' grudualed which bmkc all existing records here. President J. F. Lunders of the Oregon Normal school, has been secured to deliver tin- commence ment address. Keverend George poilurd ol tin- Huptist church, will preach tin baccalaureate hit in on the Sunday preceding commence ment. Oi initiation Program. The graduation week program is as follows: May 17. Sunday, 8 p. m. Huc ca laureate services in the Metho dist Kptscopal church, corner Fourth und Spring streets. Muy '12. Friday, t p. m. l-0M, mencemcnt exereLu-s In the !,. j S. tabernacle, corner Fourth and U .streets. (.n Friday thu .schools of the cily will close for the mi tinner vuculion period. i;i,(;is PitoiiUAM The progru rn for conimence lnent week. May 17 to 22. ut lllcrln, 1k nearly identical with that of I -a Grande. . Un Sunday, May 17, ut 8 p. in., the baccalaureate sermon will bo, pnaehed in the I'reshylerlnn chuieh. On Wednesday night class exercises will be held In the Cliy opera house and on Friday evening commencement, exercises will be held. The Klgin high school a closing one of its best years, this year be ing considered a success from every Maudpoiul. The high school in-crea-sed from 75 to 9$ l the grades from Ut; to a 0 The grad uation class is the. largest in the history of the school. The following is the Hat of graduates; John Mill. Will 1 N 11. I.u !:)' l:hhard. Clinton Meude, Kay Shellou, Held Hibberd, Lloyd Wick- (Contlnued on Page Five.) A giQiip of I.a (iraude musieians will go to Itiik'-r Tuesday evening. Muy '2, to lake part in a program arranged by Mrs. ,ejsc Hosklns. to be given (here at the ltaker thea ter under the auspices of the Mac ove club. Mrs. lloskins lias had charge of the Monday Musical cho rus here during the past winler. Members of the Monday Musical chorus, t he I i (i ramie Municipal band, the chamber of commerce iiiartei ;md the Neighborhood, club wxletti; wilt go to linker that even ing anil take part in the program. The ladies' se.xtellc will give the song cycle "A Garden of Flowers," which they recently presented here. This number Is done in costume unci is excellent. The Haker Kiwanh club will en tertain the li Grande people while they itre there. MUSICIWS TO , VIS1T BAKER Large Families Expected To Become Fashionable A perusal of (he statistics seem to indicate that It will uguln be come fashionable in this Htutc tor parents to have good sUed famil ies. An increase' In the number of birt hs during 1 Is noted und In. Frederick l. .Strieker, of the On-iron state board of health. Is Imping licit the Ini'P us- Ml be t onie great '-r and greater in the future. The rate has increuHd from per thousand population to 1 .. This seems slight but It means that for eery I ''it p.-ople In Or gen 4" more children a en born in than In the previous y-.nr, CHy Hirllc. I. renter. A study of tat; birth rule a law Vacational Bible School Open May 25 Ministers of La Grande to Have Charge of In stitution for Instruc tion in Religion. A dally vacations! Willi! m-hool. 18ionsond by tlui Ministerial V'n ion of lii C.rundi', will be held In I this cily durinff Ihf Miinmor. ac- Ifordlntr to announu'tiu'lUu today. Thu school will be divided Into two I su ction one on tho south aide uud one on the north aide of the rullroad tracks. I Present plans call for opening of t or Courses in the school inciuap Itiblc und missionary instruction through the medium of story tell ing; music und singing, drnmalizu tion and pageantry, niipervlsed play nnd cralt work Including basket making, raffia work, sewing, ham mock muktng and possible carpen t ry. Full particulars are to be given at the union service Sunday evening- at the MeihodiKt Kpiscopal church at S o'clock. The ministers urge that all Interested be present at that time. "This school will make use of the vacation, and often idle time, of the child, turning it Into a valu able training and character build ing period," u local minister slated today. The school was endorsed some time ago by the local chamber of commerce and by other organiza tions. Grocery Enlarge Its Business Quarters Tho City Grocery on Fir street under the management of Hay Itauni has increased business to such un extent that a number of changes in the arrangement of the storq have been necessary, accord ing to the manager who bus. hud tho improvements done this Tjreek. The grocery now occupies the entire room. The show cases have been re-nrranged so as to display the goods to a better advantage und make the front more attract ive. The walls have been kalsomlned and several new cusch and shelves have been put In in order to ac commodate the larger stock of groceries now carried on hand. Xephl Coombs is a repent urldltlon to the personnel of the establish ment. Operetta Postponed Because of Weather Hecauvc of esterda.vs rain the operetta "The Forest Court" which was to have taken place this after noon at ":30 o'clock on the lawn ut I he Central school building has been postponed until the first nice day of next week. A deMnlte d;ite has not. yel. been chosen, but1 will lie announced later. The entire central school takes part in the operetta, about five hundred chil dren iu u 11. It in under the direc tion of Mis: Imogen Kusscll. The program to m given this afternoon at 1 ;3't o'clock at the (ireenwood school will bo given, however, unless it starts raining again be fori that time. LAKE LINDERMAN SCENES FILMED DESPITE WEATHER Mr. and Mrs. Kd Ford were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Uoyd at Wallowa lake yesterday. Tiiev report a ery enjoyable vlsll and both prubje Mr. and Mrs. JJoyd greatly. 1 teen use of snow and rain t he Lake. I'in.lermun scene was not tak-n until about '2:'.tt o'clock yes terday und it is doubtful if Sheep Cnmp scenes can be taken before Sunday. I 'esplte the bad weni her. the cast is being worked by Mr. Woyd at every opportunity. tthows that the city rute is greater than that in the country. In I'M'i there wre 14.103 births In Oregon Millie in 1HJ4 there Were IJ.inJ.uil increase (,r f j 7. These figures were (alien from the I'niled States cen sus bureau reports. Total births In rMhs in Oregon during 1 '.'2 A were 6.3 J giving u I rale iM-r thousand. in the :-otintry !M V.t children were born makini; the rat I ft p.r thousand -l.'i Pus than that of the urb;iu dlH trhls. Mu-t Control l'eatb-. , "The Infant welfare work of the immediate future lpu in t he con trol of the dcuths w hich occur dur- (CvuuiiUtvu IVge Five.) Has Six! 3 "'-fr-r---" The nunA "grandmothered" hahy in the I nlteil Stales llert Walker, ill months old, son or -Mi', and MK Clem Walker. Cor volli, Monl. At least (he pa rent elahn that much, for little Hcrt lins two gratiiuiotliei-i ami fimr great-grandiiHithcrs. TEST TONIGHT With the exception of the post poned "Knight of Ireams" to be given next week, only two pro grams remain on La Urande Mu sic Week, held in conjunction with national music week. , Tonight a music memory contest will by held at the high school au ditorium with Miss isabclle Miller in charge. It will mark the closing of the school contest and while the judges are deciding which student made the most pointg, the follow ing program will be given: 1. Selections Neighborhood club I?extot. ;. . , 2. Violin Rolo Dick l.lndsiy. 3. Vocal solo l'aul Kuuutz. 4. iCeaiJiuir Mrs. Alva Huryrn. 6. l'iuno solo Miss Gladys Mil C. Vocal soio Mrs. T. U. Max well. 7. Selection Kenneth dekeler's orchestra. judges tor the music memory contest follow: Mrs. J. A. Tedford. Mrs. Lynn Wright. Mrs. I. V. How (Continued on Page Five.) A boon lo growing crops came to Ii Grande yesterday in t In form of a rainfall that gave more than half n 11 Inch of mnbit ore to I tin. V'ltlfV I'l.II.Ur u.M.lh.,. ulill prevails this morning although showing a tendency to clear up. Farmers in general are pleased j with the rain, as tin stockmen. I p -jntil a o clock yesterday .Pi inches of rain hud f 11 Men and continuing drizzles after that hour brought the measurements abo e the hull'-inch mark. I'KNni.FTON, Ore. (Special). Farmers expressed delight, w lib lift- rainfall here und w ere anx ious that it real rain visit the country before the weather clears up. liepoiis from t he f rinses of the whe.it belt are to the t-ffecl 1 that rain Is beginning to be nced J ed to keep (he spring crop giow ! lug as it should. SKATTI.K (AT). Kslimal-s (Continued on 1'age Five.) Rocknc System Shown To High School -Boys Motion pictures Itlustral ing I he Notre Da me style of fool ball were shown at the Arcade t healer yes terday ufieiuuon lei ore a trrotip of hluh school boys and others j interested. The pict ure showed ; Kntltn Koehne hlht:i"tf at wo.'h w II h a fijiiad in t he Sout h Itend stiuliini and Illustrated positions ! for all the player on both the ! defensive and offensive bums. Follow ing 1 he Indh (dual playtn: I fundamental I' jiiii plajs wt-re shown both with pictures of the I player q rnd by II lustra I ive dla ' grams. At tli" ronrhido:i of the pic lure show ing. Virgil Kurl''. direc tor of athletics jit l!ie I niversl'y of Oregon. Introduced Dick Smith. ; football coaeh. who guvi u short talk on college and colb life. ( The ad v tee Mr. Km it h gave v, as. ;"go to college in your own stat ." 'lb- pointed out the U'lvautugej ol" .going to colbge in the part of the j country in w hlch the student In ltcQd to live uticr eruduutiou. MUSIC MM IS WELCOMED SCHOOL BOY IS WOUNDED BY PISTOL Walter Ford, 9 at Hospi tal Today; Condi . tion Is Serious GUN DISCHARGED ACCIDENTALLY Lead Struck Lad in Neck; Considerable Amount "of Blood Lost Before Physicians arrived. A regrettable accident, the re sults of which endangers the life of little Walter Kord, a-yenr-old uion of F. N. Ford, local real estate man. utcui n-n iii i in- jiikii .-ihhi athletic field yesterday ufternoon About 5 o'clock. According to Mr. Kurd, he was told that a boy. Mike Japan, aged 12 years, had a .22 caliber pistol that was made for shooting blank cartridges, hid under the grand stand, enable to procure blank cartridges, the boy had some .22 short shells from which he intend ed to remo've the bullets. The Kord boy was with him when the bullet was severed from the cartridge but a small amount of lead was left in the shell. Then. Mr. Ford states, his son started to walk away und the pistol exploded behind him. the lead striking him in the neck. Tho dis charge must have cither been acci dental or in fun. Grr-at Ioss of I1IhmI. A physician was called immedi ately and the boy was rushed to the Grunde Uonde hospltul where the lead was removed from his neck. (Continued on 1'ngo Five.) (lty J. S. ii.) The fate of a number of Fast em Oregon track and field rec ords hangs In the balance. With KS athletes from 1" different local ities scheduled lo do their l"'sl l" the annual Kastern Oregon meet to be held here tomorrow a lot. of markers are golny to bu passed in the rush. Wllh the 'addition of Adams. In t'matlllu county the list of entrants is now complete and Includes lin ker, Cove. Helix. Jmbler. -Pendleton, Crane t 'nion and Final Ilia und or course, Ut (irande. None of the branch line (earns are repre sented. All the M.-hooIs up that way ure plalng baseball this year. Tvhi Onc-Muii Train 1 Jul the branch teams won't be needed to make the meet a hum dinger. Adams and Cove have one man each entered, l'uckell. of Cove and Simonton of Adams will he here to do their best, or course two men can't win a meet but when any of these small towns make up a purse to send some young ath lete a good many miles to a meet by himself In- usually ha some thing worth watching. From t h' standpoint of I, a Orunde the meet should be an un paralleled success in more ways than one for the Tigers are book ed to win the event by a handy margin. The Ut Orunde team has already marked up victories over Pcndlelon, Haker, ( nion and luih ler in dual meets and In the. I'nion county meel. Iji tiraudc Fnlries MucTavish will have ju men en tered. These include Itrown, I'.er ry, llurnett, Charlton. Davis, Fans, Glass, Harnden. llummeli, Jensen. Kelt-, I ,un d, I a man. MeKennoii. Nelson, Price, Sherwood, Smut.. Stoddard, Strand, rimmtino and .und e. I 'namuno Is expected to take I lie sprints. Sherwood the low hurdles, Jen ecu the mile and the Ui Orunde relay team composed of Sherwood. I'namuno. Hrniit. ind undid or McKennon should skip off wllh the relay but for I he rest ol t heir points the Tigers will have to dig and grab one here und perhaps two there und m on. Virgil 1-lnrU to Itefeni Special interest to the official side of the 1 m nl will be nllaelied i to I he announcement t hat Virgil Karle, athletic director of l!ie . nt- f verslly of Oregon will referee. Mr. Carle is in Maker today but will re- ; turn tomorrow. The xt of officials ; Includes Ijcc lleynolds, Marler; j Nolan Skltf. eh rk of m. t; .1. K. Iteynolds. Frank M Ketinoti, Fred Kiddle and Allyn Hunter, timers; .fob it l-arlfon. uiinonrici-r ; l "ra ;ik Johnson. ciiU'-r; Smul., Cadwell. Doiton. Knight a-id lindilh, judges of finish; Hud Lynch, tb-rk or finish; Jimmte Uosenbaum. cieik of nice.; J. V. I;ater uud lj. (CUUbUvd va five.) TIGERS DOPED TO Hi MEET DRY" NAVY'S BLOCKADE EFFECTIVE Great Thirst Developed Because of Check on "Rum Row" LIQUOR SUPPLY IS DIMINISHING New Patrol Boats Ready to Relieve Those Now on Duty; 500 New Sea men Are Recruited. . i;W YOltk (lty tho AsMM'lnUMl Pre,) great tlitrst Mrms la hati ileveloieil from Lucie Sam's blockade of rum row I The li(iior supply Is rapidly dl mtnlidiinf., new spa per investigators say. and prices ure going up. Meanwhile, some of the ruin fleet nre presumed to have headed for homo ports In other lands, either to replenish provisions or because they have concluded that tho "dry" navy Is too strong lor them. Ite-ults ivnvrt. Any retreat by ships on rum row. however, is not yet substantial, ac cording to meiigre reports from the scene of passive warfare off shore The assertion continues to be made that the results of the block ade have been perfect, with no cus tomers at all getting to or away from the rum fleet. Ne w pa t ro I boa t s are ren d y to relievo those on duty, according to officials and five hundred addition al seamen are hcinir recruited. I ' EARTH SHOCKS VISIT ISLANDS IN SOUTH SEAS MANILA (My the Assortulr-d Press) A new series of earth quakes .shook Albay, Samar and Camarfnes provinces lodny. )is patches from Hals, Occidental Negros l.dand report the wharf there badly damuged, presenting; .ships from landing, 1 h lagan te, Ccbu province, re ports concrete buildings there cracked by quakes. Florida Against Japs Owning Land in State T A I, LA 1 1 A SS V, H, Fl a, (By 1 h e Associated Press) A resolution, calling for un amendment to the conslilution to exclude Japanese from ownership of land In Florida was adopted by the house today by a vote of f,9 to 0. i ncli-; .101;." s:. riMis it HAitii to .mi;i:t okli pace DA.VVILLK. III. (AP) "T nclo Joe" Cannon, former speaker of the house of representatives, was 89 years old Thursday. Me spent the day (piietly with hl.s family, reading the hundreds of telegrams and letters lhal came to him from ub sections of the coun try. He enjoyed a. visit Thursday morning from Lieut s. Jack Hard ing, world flier, and Lowell Tliorn .'is, historian of the world flight, who arc here. Aii;it T.ki;s nit; 'roiii, ltKKMN' ( AP). Nearly Gl.n-Ki pefpie. Including liii.nriO children, hae bei'ii drowned In Priissift during the lnM yo years, aeconl ing lo HtatiKties compiled by tic Oerman life-saving association. The organization is demanding compulHory swimming Instructions 1n schools. Holding The Old The ttuinos thai you are Riv ing a More or lum today Is jiio). r valuable tit the busf ncst, tiinii ns any new bushier he may hope to get tomorrow. The advertising pi ((grant of on Inlelligf'iii advertiser Is, there fore, devotftl to holding old trade ns well ns lo developing new. The husbiess ttews lhal he given oii ilotnigh 1 be Oh s'l'U'i'i. ndvertlhig ttdtimtts Is Inliie-Uiig nod viilnnbie lo oii whet Her y on do business with his firm now or tronslder doln; mi In the future. 'Ob.siirver Adrffrtlslnit A Muruhaiidtsiuif be r vie Wanted Career-Not Husband 1 fBjrfr S4 lteaiitiful Ho Sacla Mooers, know In the flints ns lo Nacla , I'avllle, Hrmltted Iter husband, l-'.tlwln II. Moc-rs, mllllonulrt; mining magnate, to divorce her lit order that she could t'ontltinci I Iter pict mt career In Hollywood lcius. OKNKVA. (By Associated Press) Jupon went on record today ns favoring strict Interdiction of the uso-ln;rnr of poison gas. The Japuneso delegation to tho international arms conference ar dently supported tho proposal made yesterday by Kepresentuttvo Burton of Ohio, that; all exportation of poisonous gas for war purposes be prohibited. Turkey Favors Move. Turkey approved the proposal but agreed wit li t he Hungarian delegation that rights of stutes thut do not manufacture gas to employ gas if they ure. so attacked should bo respected nnd their opportunity lor defense, should not bo removed by a too rigid bun on exportation. Prince of Wales Will Visit Chilean Cities "UJNIiONT (By tho Associated Press)---The l'rluco of Wales has definitely accepted an invitation lo visit Chllo upon tho termination of his visit to Argentina, It Is official ly announced. No dato has been fixed for tho visit but the prince in expected to arrive In Mille about. August. 20 by special train from Buenos Aires. He will embark from a Chilean port for return to Fnglund. University Planning Parents' Week-End I ; N 1 V K 1 1 S 1 T Y U K OK I'A i ON', Fugenc, Ore. (Kpeciul) tftudents of the 1 'nlversity of t tregon will entertain their rathera and mothers hen) next Saturday and Sunday, May 8 and U, ut the annual par ents Week-end. Saturday will be vlslthig day. and and parents will visit the campus buildings, including (he Keliool of Music auditorium and Condon hall. the new science building. In the ufternoon, mothers will b guests at tea. I'athei-H will nllend the l.'niverstty of Or. gou-l .'nlveruit y ((f Washington baseball ga me on the IK W field al Meveiilefiith and Agate streets. The evening performance of junior vaudi'villc, he annual cn- Mrtainiueul program presented by the JuP'or lass, will (conclude Sat urday's program. parents will be guests at u spe- lul university vespers In the mu sic audit orlum Kunduy ufternoon. FrntetnitieM, sororities, und other organized hoiux s will hav e Moth ers' day dinners Sunday afternoon. ItOYAL Mh.llllOKS WILL (IIANt.i; INM KANCL PLAN MOT HPIHNCfS. Ark. (AC). Writing of liiHiiianee on the orig inal benefit Insurance plan v. ill be discontinued by t he K0y.1l Neighbors of Amerlen, It was de termined here Th it sMuy u hen an a mend men t lo t he order's consti tution was udopted by t tie su preme camp count II ut Ing t he re serve benefit plan. New me in bers vll not be nci-coied uud r I the old plan ufter J uty I , I The Hupietm- -ailip paiiiciputcd In u paittdo und pug tan t. JAPS AGAINST POISON CAS 1 ttiihainpeiwl by domestic prob- j XTRA worm roitTiFY Hawaii WASHINGTON (AP) Chair man. Nu tier, of tho house naval committee, said today that ho ' : would urge legislation at tho next 'session of eongn'ss to make the iluwitiiaii lshimls tho "stronget mllltnry outpost lit the world,'1 Ho jsnin inemiM'rs or the nous coni 'mlltct would leave in June for the Islands to obtain first hand Infor mation on what would Imk required to aecompllMi this puriHtse." liAWYI HS, JlltlSTS MUKT POKTIjAM), Ore. (AP) Iaw yers mid Jurists front all parts of Ortgon nssembhHl hero Kwlay to dlsciiHS with the jiidleinl 4ouncll, nnip'd as tin result of uetlon by tin Inst legislature, urtous changes In court proecdutv. BABY INMATi; PASSKS MOW YOKK (AP) Tho ten-motiths-oll hoy Inmate of the Baby Hospital, the proprietor of which, Mm. Helen Augiiste Oelseiivolk. Is held fur alleged Imby Mibstltntlon, died today after Iteing removed to nnother hospital. A niitilopsy was ordered by authorities, who Mild they had received reports that tm nierotiN lii!au(s In the woman's care died of malnutrition, TO roit.M MIMKTHV BItt SSLLS ( AP) Aloys van de Vyvere, former Belgian finance minister, today agreed to Attempt to form n ministry to Nmc(cd that of former Premier ThcunLs which resigned April i, .pioMint srcci "Miw i;i (;i;.M;, ore. (AP) Itobert l. Veil teh, HI. Iregon phmct-r, died lattt yesterday at Collage Orove. He was prominent n iK'iiHMrnllc cir cles lor many yi'itrs. Polar Flight Is Again Postponed, Report Says NKW VOKK (Hy the Associated Press) -I 'nfavorable walhi'r con ditions are believed to be holding (he Amundsen polar expedition to Its base at King: Hay, Hpllzhergen., A brief inessngM receive at t t-slo ll nh;hi said (he start, schedubd for today, had been postponed. OSLO, Norway ( A P) Advices received by the meieurologlcnl ob servatory, say lhal Hoald Amund sen has postponed his north pole flight, which had been planned for Friday. Stone Will If Wheeler WASHINGTON (NKA Special) l'n less t he govern lie-nl makes a better showing in Its case here iiguimd s nator Wheeler than the prosecution made agalnsi him in Mni.tuna. Juftiee Harlan F. Stone of the federal supreme court Is go ing to be "in" somewhat "bad." The Montana case wasn't charge able to Jnmlce Stone's u count. If I" w as a f ratio up. as Senator I Whecb-r contends, ii iid as the Jury j seems to have Ihought. too. the (riming was done In-fore SI one took 'over the justieti department, and I he Inherited it. with other uuftn lulled business brt over from the j Uaub'lic-rty regime. For thv Wush- RUM SKIPS WILL FIGHI U.S. GUARD Washington Authorities Are Expecting "War to Death" LIQUOR AGENTS ARE THREATENING Information Is Received That Several Guards men Are on Rum Run ners' "Death List." . WANHINtJTON (Hy tho As sociated Press) Ktldencc uc eumulatinK at coast guartl hcnl tpiarterH - here Is Chnt rum row, off New York, does not Intend to strike ita colors without a fight. Already thero has been so many Indications of a campaign of re venge that the coast guard com mandant today said hi forces un-. doubtedly faced a war to the death. In the last three woeks a dozen Incidents have born reported which give unmlstukuhle. evidence that the rum runners Intend to bul lets on the guardsmen wherever they are. found. Out to "Oct" (innrdsmcn Confidential reports tell of tho kidnaping of a man at Atlantic City, nmbushlng a cutter off Mon tuuk Point, receipt of threatening letters by guardsmen and passing out of tho word that rum agents must 'gt" guardsmen. Homu guurdsmen aro threatening to resign because of tho hnzard faced by their families on shore when they aro absent on duty. ' Officials today said an anony mous letted hud conveyed Informa tion Indicating that certain officers . and men of the const guard are on the "death list" of tho rum run ners, und that; others aro to bo in capaclated If possible. Hhlps in rum row havo turned to tho s of carrier pigeons to convey messages to their shoro ugents. ID IE TREES KNTKHPItlHB, Ore. (Special lo tho Observer) .Many miles of highway In Wallowa county will al ways b boulevards through strips of natural park, according to tho plans of tho statu highway com mission, a local newspaper stales. This wilt ensure their being among thu most uttractivu in I ho wholo west, both for homo people and for visitors. Tho north roud, running (or 40 miles either through or bor dering forest, will bo one of tho notable drives of tho country. Wlllluni luhy ol thu Blato high way commission, came In last Fri day iiccompunied by It. H. Huld ock, division engineer, and Oscar Cutler, district1 engineer. Tho com mission wishes to preaervo a strip I of timber along each side of the highwny, and Is ready to buy tho hind where this Is neceosnry. Thero is no set width for thu strip, but In many pluces It has been suggested tlmt this be fiOti feet. Fences aro to be placed buck of thu park strip and drivpoutn provided so that tho people may uso the woods for pleasure ground. In Wallowa canyon, logging oper ations are under way at various places on the south side of tho river. Tills is beyond tho highway board's "sphere of Influence." and the north slope. Is not easily devas tated anyway, un It grows under brush nnd small trees. Hut on the north side of the river, above tho highway, are several flmi stands of pino which the lumbermen aro nearly ready to attack. One of (Continued on Page Five.) Be In Hole Is Acquitted Itfgton Indictment, however, Stono himself wu;i responsible, 1 In ordinary circumstances a prosecutor who fails to make out much of a cast against a man he hutt been luHtriimcutuI In having indleted, though he may be blunted for proceeding on Insufficient evi dence, can at bust reply that he wuh Inspired by no Improper ani mus, at uny rate, hui tneso cir euntsliinecs are not ordinary. It lite evidence at Senator Wheeler's OlHlrict of Columbia trial proves no more substuntlul thun thu uvt- (Contluued on l'atfe Four.) IIY
