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THE WEATHER
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warmer.
II VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBER AB80CIATKD THESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 204
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jilBON
H PROJECTS C
: : FAVORED BY
CITIZENS
Sewage Disposal Plant
: I Received Largest Poll
of the Day
', 1011 VOTES CAST
ON WATER SUPPLY
j Storm Sewers Beaten by
I Two. Votes in Precinct
f ; 4 All Supported in
1 -. . Other Precincts.
to Tin-: ttii:ns oi'
LA UltANpi:
Tlic city commissi! ii ir ih of tlio
C'ily of La (Jrande wish (o ex
press Iheir inlll(ltinl apprecln
tioii for the ole or confidence,
evidenced in jMstprdaM special
election nod hc take this .means
of saliiK lo the people, of the
eity that the result were most
(frailly ins;. The vote Is ade
quate compensation for our ef
forts hi preparing ami present
ing this program of hnprove
ment and for our Interest in
the city's welfare.
(SlKlKMl)
A. T. HILL, president
It. P. LANMK
( HAS. PliAYI.i:.
la Grande citizen at I lie
polls yesterday gu.(i; the fires
" cut" city "'commission'' nnd " the
rmic proposed bond Kmios an
average flve-to-nne oto of con
fidence. Tills Is Hut first Ixmd
election, according to city offi
cial, that has carried in La
Grande for about 18 years, ac
cording to figures available.
3 Tin heaviest vote, more
v than was expected yesterday af
ternoon. wi'H cast on the water
.' issue, totalling I'M I. according to
v the unofficial figures compiled
k this morning. The sew age dii-
posat plant voli was 1035, storm
4 sewers 101!- and lire equipment
t 1010.
The heaviest vote cast in any
(Continued on Pg Flvn.J
The Ml.ie .Mountain grange, at
its regular meeting yesterday, ap
pointed a special commit lee- to
investigate the prospects for a
public market for La Grande.
-'rs. George Kelt?, u us appoints i
chat rm mi of a special committee
tu lake iin the matter with the
other granges mid also lo confAr
with the state market department
in regard to the work.
Among other matt era discussed
was the community fair for t his
fall. W, II, Gekeler was ap
pointed chairman and the balance
or the committee and officers
will be selected at the next iiie-'t-Ing.
Henry I-'recH of the Pleasant
(Continued on Page Five.)
: ; GRANGE WANTS
PUBLIC MARKET
Northside District Asks
i For Concrete Sidewalks
With all city commissioners
present, the regular weekly ses
sion was held last evening in tlx
city recorder's oft Ice in the city
hull building.
A petition was received askinrr
for the creation of a sidewalk
inpnncment district on the north
side. It was referred to the city
manager for Investigation. The
petition. w Inch called fur con
crete sidewalks on Jackson from
North Birch to North Fourth;
North Ash from Me I Donald to
Jackson; North Fourth from V
to V; X from North Fotnlh to
Noi l h Second ; X from Nor h
Ash to North Fourth; W from
North Ash lo Jackson. saa sign
ed by Oh percent of the property
Owners in the district.
Assurance was given Uevcrend
Keith that a bible school parade,
scheduled for next Tuesday morn
ing In the business district, would
V bo protected from traffic.
B I UE8 CAM
How Precincts Voted
WATER
I'rec't Yes No
1 37 21)
2 51 5
3 85 11
4 37 25
7 128 22
8 72 11
9 81 13
10 ...... 95 15
11 68 35
12 94 19
13 ...... 88 26
SKWAGE
Yes No
40 18
54
87
3
10
31 30 :
134 17
74 9
90 4
100 10
85 14
96 15
81 33
872 163
Total 836 206
BIBLE SCHOOL
Tuesday. June I, from eleven
until twelve o'clock there will be
a parade of all tint bible school
students, teachers, superinten
dents, principals, executive com
ni It tee and other committees con
nected with the Htblc school being
held here.
Definite arrangements have not
yet been made, but according to
Keverend KIiiut Grant Keith,
chairman oT the parade commitleo
there will prolably be nix hundred
or more people In tho line of
march.
The local post of the American
Legion made first plans., at the
meeting last evening to stage a
stunt show here June I . 19 and 20
to he culled thn Yankee Puree.
t'l... (.. In I. i.niYtliituif irtli II f
.vnrvlliinc nviT He vised
I for the amusement of the crowds.
: Dancing, regular vaudeville acts.
amusement concessions and other
'attractions will be on the bill.
I The fdiow will be staged In 'he
upper floor of the Kncsch building
on the corner of Adams and Fir
streets. The entire top floor par
titions of this building have been
taken out, creating onV of (he larg
est floors under roof in the north
west. L. ;. Itinford is in charge
of the show.
Delegates Chosen
Delegates to the convention at
I'rlneville, June 23. and 27
were selected at the meeting last
evening. Fred Kiddle. Hurley
Klchurdson. Hugh 10. Urady and
liny Williams were named.
The legion has made arrange,
nn-nts to procure some relics of
the world war, cannons and so on
which will be used for exhibition
purposes and on pal rlotic occa
sions.
I .
Pierce Adds Another
To His Many Arrests
George AF. Pierce added another
to his long list of arrests for liquor
violations at North Powder lust ev
ening. Floyd Brant, was arrested
with three pints of moonshine in
his posessston on the main si reet
of that city lust evening. .Indue
Sencerbox pronounced sentence of
$300 fine upon the prisoner, lie
has Ko days to serve at the rato
of two dollars a day.
I The newly drafted ordinance
governing dogs of this city was
'laid over until a future nneting
I f nr f j tut re ii 1 1 1 n ir A n nrd I nance
for the vacation of part of Third
street was read twice
Monthly reports were received
from the fire department, r--corder,
treasurer and the wi-ekly
report from t he city manager.
The fire repoi t showed that thei'
were Vour (ires in May with a
total loss of $2,666.05, Well cov
ered by Insurance.
Katly in the meeting reports of
J how th- election w us going were
received. The first report, of
'5 votes east In the city hall dM
trlet on the wuler, was: 21 for,
4 against. Nearly t he same p'-r-celltuge
continued I lll O Jghoul l lie
counting. '
Before a f journuient t he nulury
lint whs til low '.! and allow an-''
whs mide for paying the election
expenses.
PARADE
LEGIOIIES
TO GIVE SHOW,
FIRE
EQUIPMENT
Y'es No
33 26
51
79
46
67
11
29
17
29 31
122 27
65 18
84 9
91 18
67 30
83 25
82 29
32 28
115 32
65 16
80 12
87 21
63 32
79 30
84 28
751 265
787 235
"Light y-seven race horses now
on the grounds" "Yen. yes. Ltlll.
go on; how about the bucking"
horses?" "Twenty-six bucking
hows" "Ami the rider?" "Miss
Lorcna Triekcy, champion woman
rider of the world, and Muni Gar
rett, champion roper of the world"
Such was the dialogue by Dr.
W. T. Phy. of Hot Luke, who pre
sided' at the final meeting of the
stock show association nt I'nlon
last evening and W. H. "11111" Vo
gel, general manager of the Un
ion Stock show.
Mr. Vogel was called upon ot the
opening of the meeting to tell just
what had been done to make the
slock show this year better than
over before. This, Mr. Vogel pro
ceeded to do In a very thorough
snd V,u9inesa like, manner with ihe
assistance of lr. Phy. pinch hit
ting ua chairman at t he meeting
for George Ttcnson, regular chair
man, who was unable lo be pres.
cnt.
As Mr. Vogel told about the at
tractions to be. offered the public
when the stock show opens its
three day run, June 10. 11 and 12
at I'nlon, so many and varied were
they that one wondered how one
man could remember them all.
Mr. Vogel stuted in his report
that S7 race horses are now on
t he ground and more expected.
iSliminutton trials will be run he
fore the show assuring the fastest
horses in the main races. The
horses have been shipped to I'nlon
from all parts of the country. Tia
Juana, Tucoma and elsewhere.
Itucklng llnffalo
Tho bucking horses and a buck
ing buffalo huve been brought to
Union by Ben Jory who furnishes
tCuntinued on PagB Fiv.i
J. C. McPHERSOX
NEW MANAGER OF
WALLOWA RESORT
J. C. Mcpherson, formerly man
ager of Mcpherson's Bakery hen
and for some time
of La
Grande's most popular business
men has taken charge of the Wnl
lowa Luke for the summer, suc
ceeding L. C, Blnford.
Mr. McPhorson Is very well kown
here thorugh his connections with
the bakery and The Tiffin, lb-fore
coining to Lu Grande he was for
, some years slewa rd of the exclu
sive Arlington Club In Portland
iand uL other famous hostlerlies.
The riew general manager has
announced that his policy will In
corporate no rudicul changes in the
resort but will in the main empha
size belter service in everything for
the accommodation of the guests.
Fifty La Grande Masons
At Cove District Meet
Fifty members of the local chap
ter of the Masonic lodge went to
"oe last evening us the guests of
jthat chapter of the order or Ma
sons. Members were also present
from Klgin. Wallowa and Kum
mervUle. An excellent dinner, in
cluding chicken apd strawberries,
was served by the Indies of the
j Cove Kastern Star at 7 o'clock,
after which the third degree was
conferred upon Furl J. Wood, by
the Su mine rvi le lodge.
I This meeting was one of a-series
of district meetings whl' h the bulge
has been holding at vaitous places
during the past several weeks.
Taxi Driver Guilty of
Possession of Liquor
Curl ButterUk, m Grande t ixi
c.ih driver plead Rullly to the
charge of pos.e-sion of "tntuxleat
Ing and spirit nous Ibmors" before
Judge Hugh K. Brady ui' the jus
tice court this moinlng and was
fined IJUU and costs. Hm paid the
fine.
STORM
SEWER
Y'cs lio
34 26
RECOHD MAKING
IS HOPE
TAX FIGURES
n
Increase This Year of
2.79 Percent Above the .
1924 Levy Is Seen'
is beloFaverage
FOR ALL COUNTIES
Island City Has Lowest
Levy in County; Sum
merville Has Lowest
Per Capita Tax.
Tax statistics compiled by the
Oregon Voter for every county in
the state reveal the fact that in
Union county 46.09 per cent of the
total property tax is paid by prop
erty located within cities, while
64.91 per cent Is paid by property
outside of cities. The tuxes paid
by property In all the cities of Ore
gon represent 52.(54 per cent of the
total tax. while property outside of
cities hears 47. 3G per cent of the
tax burden.
Union county farm property
pays 34.4(1 per cent of .ho county
total, compared with all farm
property In the state, which pays
26.97 per cent of the total amount
of taxes. Lumber ar.d timber prop
erties pays 4. 34 ,ier rent, railroad
and utility property 20.26 per cent,
including tuxes both within and
outside of cities, and all other non
city property pays only 1.32 per
cent of the total. Thn following
table shows the amount:) and per
centages:. Amounts and Percent ages
Outside of Cities. Am). Pet.
Agricultural $2n.Ii6 34.4 fi
Lumber and Timber 32.693
4.34
14.79
1.82
G.O
311.62
Kallroads. utilities..
All other.
In Ot lea;
Railroads, utilities..
All other
111,630
9.986
41,24 4
298.05A'
Totul $754,669 100.00
The per capita lax for the coun
ty Is $46.36. and the average mill-
Inirn rate 29.79 mills. The per
capita is higher than in either 11a-
(Coniinued on Page Five.)
At a meeting of the La Grande
Municipal band hist evening of
ficers for tlie coining year were
elected.
J. G. Snodgrarti was reflected
president, Guy McMillan, secre
tary. Ira in der, manager, and
oscur Humphries and Raymond
Biggers members of the executive
board, The thn-e officers will ulso
servo on Ihe board.
Spotted Mule Colt Is
La Grande Curiosity
M. A. McCall, farmer of the La
Grande district, has a curiosity ut
his place in the form of a dark
and-while spotted mul'1 colt.
I Mr. .McCall brought the colt from
the hills yeslerduy. It Is about 10
days of age and Mr. McCall is
considering exhibiting it ut the l'n
Ion Livestock show.
Trying
To Keep
Faith
Objectionable advertising K
sometime iliffictilt lo ".--m;
bccrtUM lis iiiKi cprc-ntntlon
are to well covered up or are
unrumilinr, but The observer
week to eliminate ndterlNlug
of (hat chain'trr Imho-c o.i
want to read only ilcoeiidable
advertising of dependable lnil
no peop'r.
The ObM-ncr lum down hun
ilnttn of dollars worth of ob
jectionable advertising and rc
wivcs that right t'lider nil cir
cumstances. ItcodiT liilercid and n-nderc-on-fhbnce
are tangible iis-cf-i tli.it
n worthy atlvcrt :s r apprcialc-.
Observer AdrfrtlMlng
A Merchandising Scrvkw
BAND SELECTS
WEW OFFICIALS
For a
l - II J! IJUL
r- 1 l H r i rf e-- v
Till liosiillnl-niiiliiiliiiK'u jilniic. UivsIkikxI ami raiisl iiiuIihI by Hip liaviU nlr men at Snn VUftn
Is In wliinilsslmi for iluly from Molmvc ilem-rt U tlio hIiok-h of Sli-xlra, or wlu-ii-vcr nny iuy
piM'soiiiifl may be within flyliw rravh. IS'olo Hie rhanibrr for rrylii(f an Injure! man.
50VIE
T
PKKINQ (Ily tho Associated
Press) Both M. Karakhan, soviet
uinhussador to China, and K. Osar-
nlu. Hussion consul general at
....... ... . .
Hliangnai, uemeu louuy mai soviet
propaganda Is responsible for the
present unrest and disturbances at
.Shanghai.
Kara khan said thut in Ids opin
ion America might well take this
opportunity to prove her friendship
to China by standing aside and
saying to other Implicated powers:
"This Is your business, not ours."
OBurnln branded statements from
other quarters attempting to con
nect his government with the. dis
orders "as nothing else than a pre
varication ulniing to discredit tho
soviet government."
SHANGHAI 1-AlltliV QMHT
th-mmmrhV w. qUt this
normal
o dbreaks. U was not
itulet, however.
Agitators' efforts to force n
strike of Chlneae manned nMi
departments apparently failed. j
Klvu are reported to have oeen
wounded, dn Pootung suburbs. A
mob is sold to have attacked the
Jupan-Chlna spinning and weav
ing company mill. Japanese over
seers opened fire on the assall-
untH and the Chinese constabu
lary dispersed the crowd.
The industrial strike is slowly
spreading, the number quitting
work so far being estimated at
50,11411).
U. S. MA KINKS ON WAY
M A Nl LA ( By the Associated
Press). With one hundred ma
rines aboard, bound for Hhung-
hul, the U. S. K. JHson departed
from Cavlte naval station today.
The gunboat Sacramento, now
at Hongkong, has also been or
dered to Shanghai.
DISH KBANCi: SPKKADS
W ASl 1 1 NGTON ( By tlje Asso
ciated I'ress). HlsLurbances 111
Shanghai und Canton have, been
xlended to Changsha, where the
situation Is reported today to thn
Htule department as "serious but
under control."
LONDON ALARM LB.
LONDON (By the Associate!
Press). A very grave view is
taken here of the Shanghai dU
lurbanres and the outlook on
China generally, the fear being
expressed that things are moving
toward a situation resembling the
Boxer uprising.
editorial writers were ulmoct
unanimous In attributing the agi
tation among the students and
workers to soviet Influences, es
pecially the soviet ambassador,
M. Karakhan.
Stale Officers Will
Patrol State Highways
Th" stiite hiw providing that
Bin s from motorists convicted
nil
of 1
trutfic violations on th
niMin K iu iiiv nt.n. ...lu .
i,,t Ihtc y.st.rday uh-n tin- Fnl-1
on 'tiniy pr'd cops wit tiikeni
off th- job. Hereafter the hlgh-j
ujiy pj.irolllng will b" done by)
state no n as und-T th present i
eonditions th county cannot af-j
DENY CHARGES
jrord 10 i....inti.in officers for VJ'MWars haHH Bodv Rests
hiTViee. TIP hullie uelion OH Hi
mutter bus b-en tulieri by many o-
Itier i OUliliei; In the sliite.
Alciir.o O. Limn. Conner I raffle
ort'tcer for (iraii'l", will be in
(Inirgc of truffle reguiutlons In I'
nlon and Wallowa Counties here
alter, Mr. Bunn Is at pres -nt re
luming froir helium whert lie w!
to r''"'IVM IiIk coiiimihNloii. He is
expected tu arrivti here tomorrow
r. P. Holbnmk and K. It P irk
er, county truffle officers are n
lunger In the. er.ipluy of the county.
Fast Trip to Hospital
w ..m . rry.
Director Is
Inspecting
Lake Scenes
"Mr. Lloyd's hlnlily conipllnirn-
tary reports of the treatment ne-1
.... . . . . ... .. 1
,-.1...1 In Iji P.rnnHn bv the
public In general and the chain-
ber of commerce in particular,
Influenced us to come," said Heg
Inald Barker, motion picture di
rector who arrived here this
morning with threo other mem
bers of his staff to look for suit
able locations for a picture. -
Mr. Lloyd explained that pic
ture, pcophi are, very particular
to find out whuro they are given
thu most consideration and in re
turn confine their operations as
much as posslblo lo the. localities
where they aru most wanted.
Mr. Barker, uccompanicd by V.
P, ' Fitzgerald, location manager.
H,
assistant, and Kr
camera man, drove
to a'lowa " tnlB orn'nff wtui
rari iieynouiH, bwiciiuj ui
chamber of commerce to look
for suitable locations for logging
scene.
The picture entitled, "When tho
Ioor Opens." Is from a story by
J nines Oliver Curwood and will
star Jacqueline Logan, former
Zlegfeld Follies beauty.
Vaut Logging Scene
Mr. Barker and his staff aro
at this time In search of logging
camp scenes bukuoio lor use in
the picture, bMt will nolo any
other valuable locations.
Beginuld Barker directed "The
White Desert," starring Oeraldme
Farrar. the opera diva sonic years
ugo and also wieinea me meg-i-
phone for the first William H.
Hart, production.
The director and his staff will
leave this evening for Lewlston,
Idaho und from there will visit
Seattle and Mount Itainier be
fore, returning to Los Angeles.
American Help Sought
For Polar Rescue Trip
NEW VOKK (By the Assoclat-
od Press). A suggestion for
American and French cooperation
tho m-arch for thn Amund..n
in
nurty vun ninilo In (lo iiw-
uati lK B. . Tin.' miKKiutlnn, which
tipimrnntly Uu-Uh ofrictut burklfirf.
In thut thn Norwi'Klun nilli'f f ly
ci'H, unili'i' l.leuteniint Hulm, op.
vmtv from Hiiltzhcrpi'il to Kiidt
nii'i'iilaiid; llonal.l II. Mai'.MIIIan
rrom l-;tuh to Cape olulnhlli an I
llr. Juan Charcot, l-'rcnch cxplor-
lilonK the I0a;il (In.'cnlunJ
count.
Kelly Winner of Fish ,
Prize for Last Month
A. K. Kelley won the flrnt prim
for the larKcKl Mull raiipht ilurlnK
the month of May offered by th
Oregon Hardware and Implement
Company. The flh that won thft
prize wan eaiiKht at the Perry
flam. It wi'lKhed nix poundn and
four ouneeH and wiih 2 InehiK
lonff.
I'he iirlze wiih a Iv.indHonio
tackle iianortincnf.
I'.nhln;.
,t'1in'.'o eyMCaniillc Flagmarion
. m I
IfCAQ III 1 U11S lOOay
PA H I H (Ity the A ..' In t"d
-ri km) - n tullle Flngmarion, noted
astronomer, is dead here,
At His Hcosicr Home
IMXANAPOLIH, Bid. "(By the
Associated Prc'tO -- The body of
Thoiinis It. Msrshiill. vln presi
dent of Him l olled Htnteg rented I
here Wedne.Hduy ninlit In the fiul';l
of his Booster home. j
The capital of the state over
w It Lb he once presided us chief
executive, (da lined I he body with
such s'mi'le ceremony as U wus
believed he would huve approved,
5 TO
I V
I i I
1
a A we tm Dim.' J
vt-- . m -- f
LOS ANGKLKS (Ity the Assocl
uted I'ress) Huln that started
nrly In the morning and continued
inrougnom mo oy n-auuw
....a. I.. In ttiA iinut itnnnnipnt nl nil
HCSiiay in me posipuiiemt-UL oi tin
of the out of door Hhrlno functions
and Imb Angeles, famed for its
Juno sunshine, eamo In for a mer
ciless kidding on the part of thou
sands of visiting nobles.
Kven tho official Hhrlno parade,
which It was announced earlier In
the day would he held Wednesday
night oven though it rained pitch
forks was called off and will be
made a part of Thursday night's
program.
Instcud of a colorful procession
of crack drill teams and bandits,
Broadway saw its first bathing
beauty parade in tho form of
nobles, fut ond thin, short and tall,
who having 41 flexible sense of hu
mor, donned bathing" suits and
coursed the thoroughfare. Bed
buthlug caps replaced tho fez.
Homo pulled toy boats through the
puddles of wuter. some towed
wooden ducks; others fished from
the curbs nnd still others carrlod
umbrellas bearing tho legeud ''this
Is very unusual."
However, in spite of the wet
weather the imperial divan met and
coted to hold the 1926 convention
at Philadelphia Juno 1. 2 and 3.
The first tiny of the elections
(Continued on Page Six.)
XTRA
' IIKAT Bl'.ATII ltKPOKTKI)
. NKW YOI Hi (AP) One death
nnd hl.v. prostrations wen; the toll
of tlio heat wave for thn first few
hours thin morning as Mew Yotk
sweltered through, the fourth day
of Mining weather.
ItAINK DAMAGi;
HOSKBI KG, Ore.
I'm i r
(AP) I
'ro-
BATHING SUITS
.l,...r,.,l ,li!Ulrm!l XTVlCO.
IimineM. annlcs mid peaches In
, Douglas county, according to
County Horticulturist Carpenter.
liv,!,,, prunes luuu I.th wrl.nwly
nrrivdMl In lln- mt n'w iiij.h iki,
conlluimlliin of Ihe ruin im-mis
niiicli nildi il hum. Wiirm rnliw nr!
Ideal fur the upmul of brown rot.
CtlM.MI NIHIS AI(ltI'.STi:i) j
SOliA, (Al1) i-ounlry-whlr I
iiiutiiliiii of Ciiiiiuiunlhtx yli'liliil
Kid Hiipccts. Two u'cr,; killed
when they rewisted nu'ef.!.
IIKMI'SKY Wll.l. ru;iiT
MIW VOKK (AIM .laek Delil-pM-y
KMlny entiled Illlly (illinon, inn
llltlier of fiene Tllllliey, tllllt lie
would meet tile Inner of Ihe Tim-
nej. Tom (ilhlKiiis flltlil If the "pro-
per liidneeiiient wan offered. I lie
enble wns wnt fnini llertlu.
si:ciii,taiiv iMi-uox i:i,
ll(IN'l .Ma.". AI') Si-ri-elnl
V'ek had the best nhilit Kimi'
Sntiirdny lat libl. neiniillinc lo n
ph)leliin'i bulletin tfKlll)'.
i -
Polar Explorers Today
Think Little of Danger
(By t'harles P. Stewart)
W ASl II NOT N ( NKA Speclul)
The smippy style iu which ex
plore! H make iirtle nnd antariic
dashes today compiircH oddly with
the luboi toiiiun ss of such expedi
tious not many years ago.
The up-to-dute venturer ln,inuV(. ,osl (1,elr lives at the north
high latitudes tells of his exploits j n op thn.llbout;L
i flemribe u walk down the
street, l-'or liistunee. Captain Kob
ert Hurlelt, a vclrtin of Several
of admiriil P-ary's trips, drs'-rlbef
hts cierh net s with less stress on
th dr hardships and dangers than
1 SLAYS
8 MEMBERS
0 FAMILY
Lloyd Russell Fires Fifty
bhots with lata!
Results
DEAD INCLUDE HIS
MOTHER, BROTHER
Five Children Shot; One
Child, Dorothy, Aged
10, Saved Self by Hid
ing in Bed.
HAMILTON (By the Associated
Press) Becoming violently Insane,
Lloyd Kussell today shot and kill
ed eight members of his family,
according to the pottco who arrest
ed him after he had shot and
slightly wounded himself.
Tho victims aro hia brother's five
children, his mother, his brother
nnd sister-in-law. Kussell Is now
lu the padded cell In the county
Jail.
Tho dead are; Mrn. Itosn Kus
sell, GO, his mother: John Ixiwcll
Kussell. his brother; Emma Kus
sell, 85, his brother's wife; Ju!in,
12. Kobert, 8, Oeorgo, Francis. G,
Paul IX1 wis, 8, Klchard, 4 months,
all his brother's children. Doro
thy, 10, saved herself when sho hid
In a bed.
IMrcd Fifty Shots
After tho slaying .Kusvelt riddled
tho bodies of Bcyerai of tho chil
dren with h allots. He firud about
fifty shots.
Tho police said Kussell talked
incoherently about a mortgage on
tho houBe. Most of Ills relatives
were klllod while sleeping.
When the police approached the
house Kussell appeared at a win
dow, said a $1600 niortgagu was
(Cnnttnufid on Page Five.)
WASHINGTON (By the Associ
ated Press) A petition for tho re
opening of proccc.dlngn by which
tho Interstate commerce commis
sion has allowed tho Southern Pa
cific to retain control of tho Cen
tral Pacific railroad wus filed to
day by the public service commis
sion of Oregon.
Tho petition said the merger In
Oregon hud reduced competition In
Tho Central Pa-
"uw ,l
Kn- the petuion saiu,
which Mm
Oregon Trunk Lino been cnllt-
'" ' ,,''Jwu,,n "ooltum und
IIAKKIl. Ore. (Hpeelal) James
Harvey (Irahaln, for 25 yearn n re:il
(.Btnt,, MM, hmiiruniu limn of lla-
ker, died Wednesday at his home,
from a sudden attack of heart dls
iioi'. Onihiim was five tlmvs an
unsuccessful candidate for repre
sentative In pongreps from the east
ern Oregon d.stiirt. Ills widow
and thre. sisters, who reside in
Kansas Pity, survive. (Irnhum was
born in Paola, Kan.. 88 years ago.
t lie avcrag" pedest ruin places on
in account of a difficult crossing
t'J a busy street.
"But, cap," I reasoned with
htm one diiy, "easy us it sounds,
according to your story, neverthe
Iiimm II'm ii fuel tliiit In Ik nt eitlilorelP
poles
How- do you explulu (hat?"
"Those old-timers," replied the
captain, "didn't know their bu:-
iti hh. They loaded themselves down
(Continued on pago 8)
OREGON ASKS
A REHEARING
J. H. GRAHAM
aintiirnn nil l
ANoWtHa liALL