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EDITION
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VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1J25.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 228
BONDS SOLD
LAST Nil
AT 104.011
Portland Company Ac
cepts $14,557.85 of Im-
provement Bonds
RECEIVE BIDS ON
SIDEWALK WORK
C. Hildebrandt's Offer of
v Wfi Per Square Foot
Accepted lor the bouth
Fourth Street District
Sale of I14.5&7.35 worth of 10
jcur, slx-per cent sewer Improve
ment bonds under the so-called
Bancroft Bonding uct by the city
of la (t ramie wus consummated
ut'the city commission meeting last
night. The Western. Bond and
Mortgage company und Blythe
Wilter company ,of Portland, en
tered u Joint bid which was ad
judged the highest und the bonds
sold to them.
; The successful bid was 103.1!? 1
with a waiver of .75 which would
uctuully make the bid Id. nil.
; The next highest bid wuh enter
cd by Italph Schncelock of Port
land who offered . 103.48. The
Lumbermen's Trust company bid
103.1.1. The Freeman Hmith com
pany bid 1113.020.
Shlcwnlk Job Awarded.
Bids were also opened hint night
for Improvement District 163, for
sidewalks on South Fourth street.
C. Holdebrundt's bid of ItJA cents
per square foot or about $3390 for
I he entire job was the lowest and
the contract was awarded him.
Ut her bids entered were as fol
lows: Itoseoo Neal. 1 Hi cents per
wiuure foot; I'. J. Ully IS cents
per square, foot lens $lfi; C J. Jtlch
urds JS.:i9 centa per suuure foot.
City Muttuger W. C. Crews was
also authorized to Vail for quota
tions on Tire trucks 'equipped , with
pumpers. . ,
Sower Petition.
A petition for a sewer in blocks
4 and 12, Wisdom's uddllion,
was reud und referred to the cily
munager with authority to uct.
The bid of Hurlenbower and
Hpaeth for the completion of the
Ml. Kmlly Timber company pipe
line and hydrants was accepted.
The work will be completed by
August 1.
A communication from the
Kaplwi lodge hen- was read Inquiring-
as to whether the city commis
sion would draft un ordinance pre
vent lug carnivals, circuses, ball
games, etc., on Memorial day. The
commissioners stated that they hud
taken steps to prevent any car
nivals or circuses on thai day but
felt thut ball eames were not with
in their jurisdiction.
Monthly reports of the fire chief
und tin- city recorder were read
and filed. The fire report showed
that six fire ealls had been turned
in during June and the total loss
during the month was $3267,
The salary list was passed and
ordered paid by warrants before
adjournment.
According to announcement by
Frank Hu.-wll. proprietor of the
Konimer hotel here for the past
five months, lie hus sold to W
Vaughn or Portland. Mr. Vaughn
took possession of the establish
ment, yesterday. July 1.
Mr. Vaughn has been in the ho
tel business for a number of eats
nnd has been very successful in
management. He has moved his
family to lu Grande and expects
to make m Grandr IiIk home.
Mr. ltuKsell has returned to
Hood Hlver where he has another
hotel.
IlCllf! BUYS
S I R HOTEL
Portland Caravan Due
Here Friday, 4:45 P.M.
Kluborute preparations are bHntf
mu'li. In I .a (irande und ut Wallowa
lake lo rnl.-i'tuln lh' 1'ortlanrl Ad
rluli curavan. whtch will lit' com
posed or about Hi or more people
Mho will MM'nd an "official vaca
tion" at Wallowa lake July Fourth.
They will arrive It fro lit 4:C
o'clock Friday afternoon and will
stop at (ianglofr park, west of t h
elly. to si'nirp a view of Iai Urande
nd the (irumlr Itonde valley from
'hut point. At r. o'clock they will
be rucsIx at a dinner, presided over
ly I'r. w. P. McAdory. to be held
in In Methodist church.
Tin' i-aravun will take lt depar
ture from Im Crundi ut 6: 3D o'clock
and the drive to the resort will !
made In three hoiiM. The I'orl
UuJ'.rs , -will si'i-nd tlK nljflit la
Business Men
Ente rtained
Last Evening
Chamber of Commerce
Members Dined by the
Ladies' Civic Improve
ment Club at Cove.
The first of the series of "pet
acquainted" trips to Cove, last ev
ening was quite a successful event.
About 10 carloads from Ua Grande
made the trip and were served u
delicious dinner of fried chicken by
l he Ladies Civic Improvement Club
of Cove. The ladies are using Ihe
proceeds from the dinner for i
pairing the Cove library.
Jjuring the serving the guests
were entertained with a musical
progrum. The I. 1. S. boy's quur-
jiei oi Love, which recently won
third place ut the quurterly 1,. D.
S. conference in Halt Uike, sang se
veral songs and were well received
Other musical features included
vocal solos by Mrs. Chudwlck, Mr.
Price, and a saxophone solo by
Gordon Mills. The chamber of
commerce quartet of ha Grande
was called upon to sing several se
lections also.
H. 11. Wcimer of Cove presided
Attendance Light at
American Legion Meet
The American Legion met in
regular monthly session at the
Honan hull last evening. Attend
ance was light and very little busi
ness was transacted other than to
decide to have the next meeting
ut the park. This meeting, on the
first Wednesday in August is to
be made a picnic affulr with a
lunch served in the park.
No Fears Held for
More Shocks in South
People planning u trip to Cali
fornia need not be alarmed be
cause of recent eufi hquakc and
should go ahead with their plans,
according to letters received by the
local ticket office of the railway
company. Authorities on the sub
ject way the quake was purely lo
cal and has not or will not affect
any other part of the" stale,.
The railroads are operating as
usual wit h no disturbance except
at Hunta Bar burn und immediate
vicinity.
W. F. Koonlz, Resident
Here in 1888, Visits
W. F. Koontg. now of Marshall
town Iowa, but a resident of Ja
Orunde when the city wus merely
a village. Is now here, shaking
hands with several of his friends
and inspecting lu Grande us It is
today. "It certainly hus grown sin
ce I last saw it," Mr. Koontz com
mented. Mr. Koontz wus here In 1S8&
when the population wus between
uo and 300, mostly re 11 readers,
and when the entire village wus
where old town is now. Ho will be
here for a few days and will then
attend the' 101 Us convention In
Portland and visit California be
fore returning to his home.
SANTI.VU HK1IK.KS DOWN.
ALBANY. Ore. Announcement
was made here by the Linn county
court that the two bridges crossing
the Santiam river at Cuscadlu and
Canyon creek on the Kantium road
hud been torn out and the road
closed. Accordingly trout fisher
men wishing to take advantage of
the opening of the upper Sutitlam
river to sportsmen will have to
wulk three miles, from Cascudlu to
the forest boundary line.
The county has taken over the
work of reconstructing the two new
bridges with the expectation that
the Santiam road will be improved
by stale and federal co-operation
in the near future.
Undo to Kixttk at Molalla,
OKIXiON CITY. Ore. B. I'
Lindas will be the orator of the
day at the celebration ut Molalla
July A, the second day of the rodeo.
The rodeo will be conducted by the
fire department of Molalla nnd the
celebration of the Fourth will be
in charge of the Clackamas coun
ty farm bureau.
"Amnrli-a's Switzerland" arid Iruvc
for Knterprlac at 8 o'eloik the
next morning where they will be
KiieMH of Knterprlse, at a eowhoy
breakfast und will return lo the
lake, where they will upend the
day. at 1 1 :3 o'eloik.
The on&otilan OreRon Journal
weekly news eameramen .the l-'ot
Newt cameraman and others will
ueeompany the earavan whleh will
undoubtedly Rle Kastern (ireKnn
and Wallowa lake national publtr-
The chamber of commerce here
etend an urffent Invitation to all
I .a (iranile men and their w ives to
be present ut the dinner tomorrow ,
afternoon. Iteservatlons should
l e made Immediately with Kurl C.
Ue?.no!'Js. scT'-'lary. I
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This Is llllle .Miss llinna Dollar,
diuiKlilcr or Hie I'a. iric rfilpplnK
ninxilnlc who oiiiHled the fBtll
us Duller I, Inc. IioIiIIiik "lie of
tlir twelve carrier iiIkcoils hIiu
placed. nlKianl licr fnllicr's ImkiI
I'rvsldont I'lcixc when it left
San Francisco, six of llic twelve
birds rlcw Imck to Frisi from
the iolnl wlicre they were rt
Icaseil. ns miles out,. In lx
'lours, setting a new retold.
The largest, crowd thut has ever
attended u sale in La. Grande hhi
present at the t'erNins Motor Com
pany auction sale of used cars yes
terday afternoon and evening.
in two hours and 15 minutes of
actual seiiiiiK time :tt cars aggro
gating $4.SImi were sold to the
highest bidders. W. C. Perkins, ot
the Perkins Motor Company, stated
(his morning that from the .stand
point of the company the salt; hud
been quite successful.
Certainly, us far as (he purchas
ers were concerned the sale wus
quite, astisfaetoiy. Many of the
cars were sold ut exceptional bar
gains, particularly at Ihe afternoon
session. In several instances the
compuny had been offered larger
sums for the cars than they
brought at auction but Mr. Perk
Ins declined to let any of the curs
that hud been advertised go other
than under the auctioneer's gavel
thus keeping absolute faith with
the public.
The lord car given away last
evening was w on by , Clayton C. !
Wilson of fmhler. Mr. Wilson had!
no use for the car so it was put up-j
on the Kttnd und sold for a cash!
bid of $4't. Thus two people were
made happy on the one transac
tion. Mr. Wilson was lit richer
than when he arrived and ttie man
who bought the car acquired a
usable machine woitli uround $100
for 4.
Bridge Contract Let
To A. Vandcr, Portland
Contract for the construction of
a bridge ueross Ihe Grande Kondc
rler was let by the county court
this morning to A. Vuhb-r of Port
land, whose bid was $il.!lll was
the lowest submitted. In all. ttw
bids were tendered ih. court.
The bridge h to span the rler on
a market road In lower Cove.
Stores to He Closed
Here Fourth of July
All businesH house in La Grati-j
Je will be closed either all day Ju
ly Fourth or part of the day, ac
cording to present, reports. The,
lothtng, grocery, nnd similar stor
s will be closed all diy but will be
open Friday evening. The drug
stores will be closed from one until
five o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The Kvenlng Observer wilt Issue
an early paper Saturday morning.
Escaped Prisoner Was
Recaptured Yesterday
In.ri I'iMlhlrh. of Baker, who es-
raped from the pulbe hre about
a week ago w hile d utlf . on Hired
nv.rk frir thf (Ilv W.I retll I it II T (t
by . P. Holbrook yesterday after
noon and returned to Jail here.
Itodfvieh was ennvbbd of dry
ing a ear while intoxicated and
fined which be chose to verve
out at the usual rate. j
FORTY AUTOS.
DISPOSED OF
; uunitLM uv
rilMuLU U
La Grande Band Played
to About 1500 Per
sons Last Night
PROGRAM ONE OF
BEST GIVEN HERE
Pleasing Mixture of the
Lighter and Heavier
Numbers Rendered by
Local Musicians.
It seemed, us if the entire city
turned out to the band concert last
evening. Curs, curs, every w here
around thf open ulr band s'und at
the rear of the Foley building. The
crowd wus estimated at from n
thousand to fifteen hundred peo
ple. The concert was therefore appre
ciated by a larger number of peo
ple than would have been possible
in any hull in the city.
The band played an exceptional
program for u summer time con
cert with enohgh lighter selections
interspersed to relieve the heavier
conceit numbers. 4
The extraneous noises of the
summer evening made playing dif
ficult ut times and both the mem
bers of the organisation and An
drew Loney, Jr., director of lite
bund, are to be complimented up
on the high degree of technical ex
cellence uchleved throughout the
entire program. n.
The uddltion of a new double U
flat sousuphone Ikiss horn to the
ensemble wus noled and this In
strument udded wonderfully to the
effect of the organization as a
whole, particularly In the march,
es und popular numbers. The basa
horn was ubly played by Oucur
Humphries.
The program opeutHi with a con
cert 'Detection; "The Huntress" by
King; ) The director's conception of
this number was particularly good
und the band showed in the rendi
tion the umount of practice tment
on each number.
Following the opening number
the band played an overture, "itay
mond" by Ambrose Thomuq. This
selection featured a clarinet lead a-
( Continued on Page Five.)
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PF.NILL'TON. Ore. (Special)
A woman who carried a two-year-old
baby in her arms was knocked
down, some black eyes were In
flicted and plenty of excitement
prevailed us the u ft ennui h of an
auto collision thut occurred Tues
day night about , H o'clock at I he
top of L'nilgruhl hill on Ihe Old
Oregon trail.
Mrs. William F. Mr own or He
vilt. Oregon, wuh the woman who
wus knocked down, and her assail
ant wus a man named Carlson who
gave his home as La Grande. Carl
son is said to have been drunk. -
Tom Hoylen, Jr., welt known
sheep man, was one of the witnes
ses of the u f fair, und he stated
that both Carlson and unol her
man said to be C. K. Hufford were
Intoxicated when the trouble be
gan. A fter Carlson knneked Mrs.
Brown down, however, Mr. Brown,
her husband, is suld lo have sober
ed Carlson up by the simple expe
dient of blacking his eyes, pound
ing his nose and any oilier putt of
(Continued on Page Fire.)
Buying
A Valuable
Combination
Some mhertlscr fit wmie min
imin!1if"4 urr able lo buy only
qiianllly of ciri-uhili'Hi, and
trtlient haw only ijiialllj avail
able. One rcpreriit only the num
ber of pit pre (ll-lrlhlllfd the
oilier rrprc-.eiiu Ihe Inteif.-t of
reader. In r v v r t 1 11 g llto-
WrC-r.
'Mm' Oh-rrtrr glr- IkmIi of
Uh-x' al flit t"irviitrl low
render M. 1 ifficleni nler
tl4m tMifiter I be i-oiubbmil'tii
ItHKt taliiuldr.
"Obserrpf Adrrrtlsinff
A Mcrcluuidlwhitf Her flee'
BATTLE ROYA
ONI
WON
B 2
S
Modernists and Funda
mentalists Clash in
Seattle Caucus
SEATING OF FOUR
DELEGATES CAUSE
Park Avenue Church,
. New , York, Center of
Debate Between Two
Forces of Baptists.
KKATTMC. Wn!i. (liy the Asso-
clitted JPrcss Tw MtMlernlsts dv
fentetl the FiiiMlnmentalLsts, D12 to
In seating the deh-gAlltm from
tho Pack Aenu rliurcli, of Mew
York, in the .Northern HaptM con
volition totlay. 1 Tito Hot kefcller fa
mily belongs to the Pork Avenue
church.
KK ATT LIS, Wash. (By the Am
aocluted I'ress) Staved off for two
days, the battle between the mod
ernists und fundamentalists broke
on the floor of the nineteenth an
nual meeting of the Northern Hup
list convention here today,
,The question, whether to seat
four delegates from the Park Ave
nue church. New York City, came
lo a debate when the fundamental
ists moved against the ruling of the
ehulr.
The ruling was tiiut thfl Park
Avenue church, having met lta fin
ancial obligations and having co
operuted in church work, congre
gation's representatives could not
be barred.
MARINE FORCES
RECALLED FROM
SOUTHERN CITY
MAN' AUG A, Nicaragua '(By ihe
Associated Press) Local new spa
pern have announced thut the Unit
ed States murines will be with
druwn from here August fourth.
The first detucliment of marines
arrived 13 years ago to quell revo
lutionary activities und the marines
have since served as u guard for
the American legation.
Air Laundry Service
In Use in Jerome, Cal.
YitEKA, Col. (By the Associat
ed Press) The Little settlement of
Jerome, Siskiyou county, may be
ntlrely innocent of Union passen
ger terminals, million dollar librar
ies, or high business blocks, but It
has a feature of modern progress
that the biggest cities lack un air
plane laundry service.
Kvery few days un uirphmc
wlnga its w-ay from Klumath Fulls,
picks up the week's w ish ut Je
rome, and takes It to the modern
Jvlamut h Fulls laundry, deliveries
are made the same way.
Ciffar Dealer, Wounded
By Bandits, Passes On
TACOMA (By the Associated
Press) William Hose. Buckley ci
gar dealer, shot In the abdomen
yesterday by one of two bank ban
dfls who were slain after (lie hold
tip of the Buckley stale bank, died
from wounds In the Auburn, Wash,
hospltul today.
The police are attempting to 1
dentify the pair through finger-'
ptinlM. No clue as to their iden
tity is found in t heir clol hlng.
Bud; ley citizens were wutned by
the burglar alarm and pursued the
bandits ufter Ihey left the ban it,
und shot and killed both.
Belgian Cabinet Given
137-37 Confidence Vote
lilil'SSFLH (By the Associated
f press) The ehamber of deutb s
I today voted confidence, pjs to 37.
fin the new cabinet headed by Pre
I mier Poullett.
(Foreman of Shanghai
i Waterworks Is Killed
j HMANOILW (By the Assoeiated
Press)-- The Chinese foreman of
I be Shanghai waterworks was
j nIioI and kilb d In he atreet here
j lodiiv. No details un available.
cavmxws pkomim; ami
1 to 1 . s. nriuxi autimi;
i;AK POINT. O. (AIT- The
full Htjpport (if Curiudhin Llous'
1 clubs to the United Slaleif In (lie
event of war of any kind In whh-h
Ihe United Stales might become in
jvolved W'.os promised ul Ihe avcond
day's meeting of the annual con
vention of the L'on's club here
; Wednesday. M. tubers of the de
! legation went on record uminl
' mvutt'y la luvor o such, n move,
Darrow Snapping It Up
fT,r ? r i v
IP"1 N4vvs : - -
1 1 v -m iky ,
C'liiivncc Darrow vwon Dayton, Ten 11., not by his oralory
and o(Ikt altributes but by tlwi cheap slretcliy unllu.ses which
tw weais lit the picture alKve. Dayton, Htmns lit her creed, was
"agin Darrow al. flrht. Bui when Barrow tvimn, Dayton, with
tier ritxitst nlt'N iimiii her, cnpltulnliHl to a homely, tdmichy matt
vho ft tuck his thumbs Itch hid giHMl elasth; bluo sus-iKiidciH and
ptilhtl them- down until they .Miappcd. Darrow will defend
Scope. ", '; - .
WILL EXPLOIT: IXTR A mm u
COPPER BELT
BAKKH, Ore. (Special to the
Observer) A move, that came
with startling suddenness here yes
terday, augurs, much for . Baker
county. Articles of Incorporation
of the Copper Belt Kullwuy com
pany were filed ut thu statu house
In Salem today by Jay 1). Crary,
John Arthur und James Nichols of
the law firm of Nichols, llollock
& Donald, ull of linker, where the
principal offices will be located.
The capitalization of the new cor
poration was given at $500,000.
The move came on the heels of
remarkable revelations in the east
ern Oregon copper belt, where
vust bodies of high grude ore have
been uncovered.
A billion feet of the best yellow
pine In Oregon, lying In the Whit
man reserve. thu agricultural
wealth of Kaglc valley, Pino valley
and the Lower Powder valley, und
(he tremendous weuith of mineral
deposit in the eastern Oregon cop
per belt will be tupped by spurs of
ruilroud using Keutlnk, J H miles
north and ea.st or Baker, us a ter
minal, and feeding into the pro
posed main line from Keating to
Bobinette. Ore., where the Union
Pacific system will be available, at
the Stiake river.
The entire development of this
transportation system lies in the
northeust section of Baker county
and even before thu developments
on tile copper properties on I he
now established copper belt, both
timber and ngriciilt ural intere.sts
had seriously considered this rail
road development.
John KnodgrasB Fined
For Liquor Possession
John F. Snodgrtiss of I,a Orande
was fined $7,r nnd cosIm this morn
ing on the eh ,ge of possession of
ltiuor. Hnodgriiss was taken into
custody by Mm olfieera last evening
IH'ttr the Htage flepot wPli u pint
bottle in his hip pofkef. The ,ten.
tenee wa.-i pa.t-ed by Judge Hugh
F.. Brady or the rlicull court.
lunctloii City Man Held.
LI (iKNK, re. - Oeorue Corn
wall, owner of u rolifeetlotiery store
ut J unci ion ct y. was urreated on
a ehiirue of eonti -tbtiHug to lite
dellnuueiiey of ii I S-veat'-old girl
of that place, mid was placed un
der $tiiiu ball by Justice of Hie
Pence Wells It) K II Bene until IllH
hearing, which he demanded. The
case will be beard In u. few du.
4 nrrier lietui Ph keil I p.
MKOFOitO. Ore. An exhuiiH'ed
currlt-r piKeon was picked up at the
Ben Hheldon ranch tiuith of Med
ford and fe t.j l.loyd Tlminons,
son of J. W. TlmmoiiH, the fore
man. There were two hand on
Ihe ptKcotl's lens. One of rubber
was marked 8-fil und one of ulum
luum wag murked V. H. C.
CONI'lDKNUi: voti;d.
PAK1K (AP) 'J'he French' wn
ate unanimously voted confidence
hi the Pahitovc goieriunent's Mo
roccan policy Unlay,
M-:OOT1ATIONK ON.
ItOMi; (Al) At a cabinet meet
ing today Premier Mussolini denied
that debt negotiations with t'iie
United Slates had boon broken off.
Ho said thn conferences will pro
ceed "in tho pi-Cftcnt or hi some
other form."
Trt APPMAL DFCIKIOV.
WASHINGTON (AP) Tho gov
eminent will fippnil to tho su
preme court the derision of Fed
eral ihulgn Hand, of Plow York,
dtnmlHshiK the government's anti
trust suit against tho Ki.su 1 Hales
corjora!ioii. The suit Is based on
an alleged monoHly hi hinder
twine Industry involving several
New York bunks and individuals.
UABBABOIt BMACIIF.D.
W A S II I N U T O N AP) 'Hie
Bowdoln, flagship of thu MarMll
latt arctic rxpedlilon, Is nt Battle
Harbor, Labrador, awaiting Cite ar
rival of its i)iiiiauloii Hhlp, Ihe
Peary. Fog, in lines and a falling
barometer Indicate weather condi
tions may delay the departure of
the eHilliloii tcmH)iarlly.
lii(leM'itdence Homo Burnetl,
INDKPKNDKNCIO, Ore. A tra
gedy was narrowly averted when
fire destroyed the home of (leorge
Brlstlln northeast of town. While
M r. and Mrs. Br 1st I in were at
breakfast, the house was discover
ed to be on fire. The four chil
dren were asleep in upper rooms.
The fire Hpreud m rapidly t hut the
children barely escaped tn their
liluht clothes. By the tl the In
dependence fire department arrived
the house was a ma.v of flumes,
The ohm was estimated al $:mui.
Next Session to Show
Up Progressive "Bloc
ty baric-, P. Stewart)
WASH I ( TON (KA Hpecinl)
-Upon Hie next Iwchniioni h'u po
litical developments growing r.ut
or Hermtor Itobcrt M, t ,u Follette's
deulh depeu.is mil lonal ProgreH
stveiHm'H future, pethapt for many
yea rs.
Is Progri'Ktdve.iKin a movcim-nt
of which l''otleite was no more
than a part a mighty Important
part - but only u pari
Or wus be the whole thlug?
If liie former's the case, of
course, even Ihe death of a strong
leiider can Hpeli no more than a
temporary setback, a little more
delay.
If t he hitter, t he cause, too, in
dead.
To be sure, there'll Ue progrcuu,
MO S Y
IS GREAT
Final Figures Show 250
Million Dollars Ex
cess for Year
ECONOMY POLICY
BRINGS RESULTS
Attention of Governmen
tal Officials Is Now Di
rected Toward Re
vamping Present Cal
culations. WASHINGTON (By the Associ
ated press) With final figures In
hand showing a $260,000,000 sur
plus for tho fiscal year endlntf
Tuesday, the attention of the treas
ury turned today to the revision of
estimates or receipts for the year
now beginning.
Revamping of calculations is
made necessary by the fact that
practically all items of receipt for
the pust year exceeded expecta
tions. Much excess thus resulting camo
In receipts rrom taxes paid In
March and Junu which furnishes
what is regarded as a definite in
dention of the trend to be devel
oped in the flscul year now start
ing. Tax Ititt'lpfH Ortatcr.
Income tax receipts, amounting;
to one billion, seven hundred sixty
million dollars, were $100,000,000
greater than had been estimated.
The belief prevails ut tho treas
ury that receipts from this source
in the fiscal year ur likely there
fore to go above one billion, sever
hundred million dollars, -which wa
the flguro calculated when tho last
budget was sent to congress.
NKW YORK (By the Associated
Press) Park to dawn air mall
service between America's two
greatest cities bnvuino a reality to
day. -
Cleaving tho night along a beacon-lighted
highway, the govern
ment's mull planes transferred let
ters to und from New York and
Chicago between tho closo of pno
business day and the opening ot
thu next.
Two east bound air carriers, aid
ed by a stiff wind, bettered their
schedules .eight hours 15 minutes.
The same wind held back tho west
bound planes slightly.
I'AIUS (lly tho Associated''
I'p'hm) Tho KruncJi forclun ofrico
toduy roci'tvcd Infornmtion . that I
coiKlltluiiH of pt'uco uro to bo of
fi iTil liy Alidi-I Krlm, Hitflan lend
er, nnd that they nru being pre.
pared by a Franuo-Bpanlxh confer
enee at Madrid.
There Is little confidence hero
that tho ltirrlnim will uccept.
Tho peaeo terina wilt be offered
the nirftanii In thn numo of Hpnin.
althoiiKli repreHenllng both tho
, I'lench nnd Spun lull views. Tho tn.
jti ntlon Is to give th lilfflan lead
er an opportunity to Hhow whether
he wunts pence on what the French
nnd Hpnnlsh regard aa reanonablo
terms. The purpose of the Madrid
(onference i.m lo iletermlne a Joint
proKrant whereby I'Vanco and Spain
may end the Moroeean warfare.
with a small "p," but the group
the Wisconsin Henator led inevita
bly will break up various political
careers probably will end with thu
expirulioii of current terms.
One ihing which tmggests weak
ne.si. at fltst thought, may prove
to lie Progressive-ism's strength
though referred to uti u "bloc," It
m ver wus a hurd-und-tust align
ment, like a purty, with regular
adherents, reuulrlng to be led.
KttU. Ui Follette did sound tho
call for every rally which the in
dependents made.
Will somebody else be found to
do Oils in his pluce? or Is no par
ticular lender needed?
(Continued on Page Five.)
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