La Grande evening observer., July 10, 1925, Image 1

EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-TWELVE PAGES TODAY '
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THE WKATHEB
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Ron: Cloudy on the count,
fair and cooler In the interior
tonight and Saturday,
VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 235
EVOLUTION TRIM. UND:
ER WAY
SCHOOL ID
CLOSE OH
SATURDAY
Final "Better Cooking"
Session at 2 O'clock
y. in Afternoon
200 PRESENT FOR
THURSDAY CLASS
Oven Canning Instruction
Today Expected to En
tice Largest Attendance
Yet.
The final Ht-swioii of tin Observer
Cooking school is scheduled for to
morrow alt' tnoon at '1 o'clock when
ii general program covering num
erous items of belter cooking will
1m- followed by Mrs. Wiswell in her
demonstrations and lectures. Cook
ies will In given special attention
this last day of t li - school Mid a
spe.ei.il !( cream, one of the most
popular desserts on Mrs. Wiswell's
summer menus,, will be ' served,
product of the lllue Y'cnl ur '
Creamery company.
Attendance prizes for the last
ailei-noon include an clectrle white
enamel curling Iron, a special prize
of :i Westinghouse Turn-Over
toa.ster. both given by the East
ern Oregon lagiil and Power Co., a
f.(t-pound sack of Federation flour
by (he l,a Grande Milling Co.. a
pound package Preferred .Slock
tea by the l.a Grundo Grocery com
puny who is also furnishing Prefer
red Stock supplies lor the, entire.
Kehool. a two-pound carton of Mea
dow Harvest bolter by the Inion
Crc.imery Co., and five, small sucks
of Federation flour.
Over two hundred women were
again in altendance at the school
yesterday lor the demonstration or
mil bread and baked ham, the pro
gram proving to be Hie most inter
esting so far. Practically everyone
present was able to sample bolh tin
nut bread and ha in 'and rendered u
verdict of distinct approval.
in addition to attendance priv.es
previously announced I lie Grande
Konde .Meal t'o. added to th" lint of
line Mt. Kuiily bacon.
The prize winners for the after
noon were: Mrs. ('. Nlederer, Mrs.
Iten Gr.iKK. Mrs. K. It. Wnillh. Mrs.
Wallace (ass. Mrs. Clyde Peterson,
Mrs. Sarah Workman, Verda It.
Smith. Mrs. Chas. G. Wels. Mrs.
Herbert Pattison. Mrs. O. W. Joins.
A record bn-alu in? attendance is
anticipated for Ihis arternoon wilh
u d'iitoiurt ration of oven ( aiming
methods scheduled for th" ni'iin
p. lit or Ihe program. At the height
il the ranutnt season housewives
are particularly Interested in this
kitchen activity and provision will
(Continued on Pnge Five.)
Tin' jury (.'IMMali'il '.d mliltil.-
luxl niuhl iiml lit mm" in mill
n-iorti'l ! JuilK'- HurIi K. Hlii.ly
of l In- justii" I'liiirt Unit. I'lyilc
l-.luom. i hiiru" "! v. Mil Up- .l.'Wini-
ion or tin- I " iiil.-tl Htnt'n fluff. u.x
Riiltty us rlmrK''l.
Jllillfi- MiikIv ( ln-.l Bloom
und cosls. thin hinrniiiK. TlK i'ohIm
nr" '(wiH'i'tfd to iiinuunt to urotintl
J'i".
Ci olK" Notil". liiitpil with Mil
K.UIK' off-nw will lie IrliMl oil tin'
Hint or Ancusl. It ni'1'i'.iwiry
In liowtponi- Ihis ruHi' lllli". to till'
liliwlH'i' o( soni" ut th': wltm'SHiH.
Two Special
JURORS FIND
BLOOM GUILTY
Enhance Program's Charm
"The bent outdoor conceit ever
given in l.a Gnnde." is what ihe
members of the M Grunde Munici
pal b;md promise music-lovers of
this city tonight.
The concert will begin ut eight
o'clock. I' d by f Un der Andrew
l.oney. at the utand birk ot the
New Foley bllildtllK. T1C IM'l4ll
ttairic refltricllons will b tci.forc
cd by th- pt.lic.
Two special feuiures in connec
tion will) the concert trc ni much
interest- -the appeurutu e of I 'a ul
Knaiitx. baritone, und Ihe rendition
of Satranek's "Atlantis."
Allantls in n contln--n' mentioned
2 Bands To
Accompany
Elk Trains
Omaha Lodge to Arrive
Here at 7:30 Sunday;
Texas, Oklahoma Elks
Due at 3:30 P. M.
1m Grande is destined to have
two splendid band concerts next
Kundiiy. At 7:30 In the morning
the Ohumn, Nebraska. lodge of
Klks. one hundred and thirty strong
with (Is band, arrives by special
train, and will stop In I,a Grande
one hour. The bund will give a
short concert, after which the vis
iting Klks will be conveyed by au
tomobile In and around la Grande
through the courtesy of I .a Grande
citizens. non-Klks us well us Klks.
Thirteen years ago, the Omuha
lodge was entertained at l,a Grande
In the same way, when going to
the Port land convention In I ! 1
and Omaha Klks were quick to ac
cept a suggestion that they stop
here on Ihis trip.
Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock,
the Texus Klks Cow boy Special
train, starting from, Dulkis. Texas,
on Wednesday, July 8, conveying
Texas und Oklahoma Klks, will ar
rive, and a concert will be given
by Ihe Cowboy drum and bugle
corps of Dallas Lodge No. 71, 11. P.
O. Klks, us well as the cowboy bund
of the Jcxns delegation. Announce
ment will be mudc tomorrow
whether the concerts will be given
down town or at t lie high school.
Cars Arc Neoiled,
Local citizens und K'ks will also
entertain those of the visitors desir
ing automobile rides and the local
committee will greatly appreciate It
if persons having uvalluble automo
biles will telephone KH; headquar
ters, Main 65. us ninny additional
euro ure needed.
Ju Grande lodge has already re
ceived, culls from a 'number of via
illhg Klks, pushing through by hut
und arrangements have been tnude
to rcccivo many more, particularly
on Salutduy, Sunduy and Monday.
as It Is believed that on those days
most of the Klks wilt pass through
Several other special trains will
pass through on the Cnlon Pacific
early ne.t week. In sleeping hours.
ami due (o this Tact the Uv Grande
Klks are not making any prepara
tions for their reception or enter
tainment, i
Kxulled l. tiler Cecil llolton re-
incuts all Klks to be at the depot
on Sunday when these special
trains arrive, so thai there will be
Continued on PaR Flvo.)
AL I1ARTH FUND
GROWING; ARCADE
PLANS BENEFIT
IteportH recehed t Ills morn
hue from linker wn? that At
Hnrlh, la ;rnnde catcher, Is
revoerlng as rapidly a can bis
ciM-'ted.
The benefit fund for Itarlh.
with donation lining made nt
Ihe OIktut office, has groitn
to &I9. I onat Ion- ha t c been
reclved, -HliMf the flrl IM wn.1
prlnled, front I,. 1 iHiiiu. Andy
W indows. U. H. Huron. I,. II.
Iliuinifield and (', II. Marr-n.x.
Meyers and I ord, nt the Ar
cml theater, nnnouiic'd today
that (hey would tflte half of
tin gitts nielpts nel Wednes
dny niht for llarlh'H iH'iierit.
Tlie film to Ive nIkiwii thai night
will 1m- The hlK? Monkey,"
featuring llarbnrit l.a 3larr.
Boy Scouts at Coves
Swimming on Program
Troop No. 4. Hoy ScouIb of Am
erica, headed by Reverend Willi
am Crosby Koss, left here 'this
morning for Cove where they will
upend the day. While there they
exprct to try out the Cove swim
ming pool.
About twenty bojs made the
trip.
Numbers To
in Plain's hibtory and exeded across
the AMantlc oceun approxliiwitely
fiom Kurope to Yucatan. It Is the
subject of an extensive volume by
Ignatius 1 ton ney and has also
served as an inspiration for sev
eral novelists.
This continent It Is believed, was
ihe home of a great ruce wht h
conquered und cMHxcd the world.
1 lie Aroxe Island ure considered
to be the tops oT Its lofty mountains
and are alt that now remains above
w ihter of I lie great country. Sa
Trunek's treatment, of this subject
lr considered one of the finest of
its kinds arranged for band instrumentation.
I IATTOBHEYS
pT DISAGREE III
- -
Hy day ho was a college htndent
a f(MtlHill star und president of
the Y. M. C. A but by night ho
was a hijacker. On one of hLs
lawh'SH rulds a jtoliceiiinu was
killed in Oalhis, TexaM. His
name Is William .Jennings Itryait
(kMMliiinu, his hoiiit is in Tulsa,
Okla., and lat rail ho was a star
end on the I'nltcrslty of Tulsa
football leant, lit Is muter ar
rest. CLUB'S DERIS
(POINT
i
That the l,a Grande, t'ountryi
club Is in the best financial con
dition of any time In its history
was disclosed at a meeting of di
rectors Wednesday evening. .
The outstanding indebtedness
Has been reduced to the lowest,
point since Ihu clubhouse was
built and It was decided to put
on a campaign tu nut only clean
this up hut to provide the club
with sufficient additional money
to curry It on to the next fiscal
year nnd to allow the course,
swimming tank and cl jbhouse to
be maintained in a condition sat
isfactory to members.
The report also shows that there
Is still a considerable amount out
standing on dues and the treasurer
was- directed lo collect, these it
once. - - . .
The golf course at tills time is
In very good shape.' It wus report
ed.' and only requires u little ad
ditional work lo maintain It In
the same condition for the balance
of Ihe year. This was authorized.
Satisfaction whs also expressed by
several of the directors vlth the
way the work has been curried on
at the clubhouse this season by
K. U. Morris, who bus charge of
the work on Ihe course.
The sw burning tunk und picnic
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oiling operations on Dp- section
of the Old Oregon Trail betw cen
l.one Tree and I nlon .Hlurted this
morning and In ten d;ys or rtvo
weeks the road between hen aikilj
cnton win im in nrst class condi
tion. The road is entirely closed
to traffic during th': oilng.
Wutchmen ha ve been pluced at
xarious points along the highway
und signs 'have been erected to di
rect truffle io the detours. One
detour Is via Island City and Cove
to I nlon and Ihe other Is by .the
highway to Lone Tree and from
there around the county roud
around the foothttlH to Hot Lak
and from Hot Lake around the foot
hill road to I'nlon.
Ford Delivery Truck
Damaged in Accident
A Ford delivery car operated
by the, Cora ('ola Hollllng works
left the highw 11 y about u half
mile out or Island City at an
early hour t hM morning. Th"
front axle and fenders of the trm-k
wvrr. smashed but no one was In
jured. I 'alius Oreen w as drl Ing I he
truck at the time the accident oc
curred. Hi had made a. rush di -llxery
of soft drinks to Wullowti
lake and was returning to Ji
tirunde when t;if steering jjeur t.n
the cur biiddenly got out of or
der and ponged the car into 1 he
ditch.
Ihe cur "'as pulled out of the
ditch by Ked Wilitiiuts and tukin
to the Perkins Motor company. II
will be buck in service this afternoon.
AT 1
II I LU II I Uill
IRK STARTED
FIRST TILT
Defense Declares Evolu
tion Does Not Contra
dict Divine. Story
PROSECUTION HAS
OPPOSITE. VIEW
Conference of Lawyers
. in Scopes Trial Failed
to Result in An Agree
ment. ' KAVTON, Tenn. ( Ry the Associ
ated Press) lefense attorneys In
the Scopes trial today made their
position pluin as fuvvovring the in
troduction of scientific testimony
when Clarence Durrow stated to the
court that the defense counsel re
garded scientific testimony that the
evolution theory does not contradict
the divine theory of creation us
competent.
The prosecution countered with
Ihe statement that the state would
Insist thut such evidence would be
Incompetent.
A conference of attorneys fail
ed to result In a deebiion.
Youths Teslif.r.
Several school boys were culled
'before the grand Jury to testify.
They were rollowed by tin pre
sentation as evidence of Hunter's
biology, the text book used by the
defendant, and the, testimony of
Walter White, superintendent of
nualy schools und prosecutor of
the cuse " -
1 Today's grand jury Indictment al
leged thut Scopes "did unlawfully,
and wilfully teach in the Tonnes-!
see. schools certain theories that
deny the. story of divine creation
of mun an told In the llible."
It charged that he tuught I hat
man descended from a lower order
of animals, This alleged touching,
the . uccusatlon bet forth, wus
"against the peace and dignity of
( ho state."
TRUTH SOUGHT
N MW YORK. (Ily the Associat
ed press) The uge-old effort, to
define truth will he "revived when
Professor John T. .Scopes, Ten
nessee e olutlontat, has his day in
court.
Mis indictment mr teaching the
darwinian theory in public
schools contrary to the statute
lias precedents which reach hack
for centuries. In America they
date virtually from Pl mouth
Hock; in the world at large, from
the dawn of liie Christian era.
The now nationally known
"Kcopc;i case" is recognizably a
kin to prevailing- dlfferenres be
tween Modernists and Fundamen-
(ContlnuiMl an Pace Five.)
TWO M,AIN IN CAH.
Ill MSON, V J. AP). Serges 11 1
letectle Henry l. ailing, of
tAHiK ItraiM-li. and MIsh Mary IJns
ntaor, Allnntlr MlgblninLs were
killed foduy in Wall tug's liitHtu
stnc hero by bullets wbkh the
Kdlcc sabf were ffroil by the girl
from WallhiK's sirlco n-olvor.
Interesting
Things
Count
Yon. nnd out -.V) other limine
tthes hao altemlril the b
sorer Ciwiklng School ra-li nf
IcntfMHI till" WIH-k Ihtwum It
prvnuiMMl sontelblnic of lot ere .-I.
The publicity gltcti Dm scltottl
brtHigbl lo joor attention an
iiiMir(uoil r III w lib b Itio-t
IttMiHewlte aio nlwnjs hilor-
Tin' hileroolhiK things fotml In
diortUIng If ytnt are lulcr
iMsl, jfMi a-t ifdlnglj.
tnik-.gc Int-khiK hi dial qunJIt.t
cannot lie pnwrl) Mict-rfiil.
regardhs of the high reader
intorei of the niellum,
Obserter AdTerlllng
A UcrcltandiAtnff Strrlc
FOR CENTURIES
ROCKED BY
TEMBLORS
Southwestern Part of the.
State Experiences ;
. Shocks Today
NO WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE REPORTED
Quake Most Pronounced
at Three Forks; Also
Felt at Great Falls, Bil
lings, Butte, Helena.
HKKKNA, Mont. (By the Associ
ated Press) Southwestern Mon
tana wus Again disturbed today by1
earthquakes felt here, at Great J
Falls, at Three Forks, nt Munhut
tan. at Hutle and at Hillings.
No widespread damage wob ro-l
ported. .
The (juake w as most pronounced j
at Three Forks, lasting for two
minutes. j
People rushed Into the atrceta at
Manhattan and Three Forks an
brlukn toppled from the. ruins of:
chimneys left by former quakes, i
CHINESE-RUSSIAN
PLOT UNCOVERED
BY CORRESPONDENT
HONGKONG (Hy the Associated
Press It cut hers Canton corre-,
spondent bus unnounced the dis
covery of an alleged Chinese blot
to attempt to capture the foreign
setilemcntB kt both Canton and
Kowloon with the assistance of
Uiisslan uvlators.
The correspondent sai the plot
was prepured by Commander
Whutnpoa. of thft CChtnose cad
ets at Canton. The dispatch says
the Chinese claim the foreign set
tlements should be captured in
three minutes with a loss of but
1.000 lives. Settlement roiddents,
however, express the opinion that
their, fortifications are sufficient
to resist uny force, now uvilllublc
to the Chinese. , ,
Two Arms Conference
Treaties Arc Ratified
P A It I S, (By the Associated
Press) The French S"nale today
mtiricd without discussion two
Washington arms - conference
treaties pertaining to China.
The chamber or deputies hud al
ready ratified them.
Pheasants Released
Near Island City
With a vast whirring of wings
i'4 do.en Chinese pheasants were
released on the state game re
serve, three miles from Island
City, this morning by W. K. Kel
ly and Al Andrews of thu Wing,
(Fin and Fleetfoot club.
I The pheasants w ere shipped to
J,a Grande from the Pendleton
state game propugutlon plant. An
other shipment of pheasants to tie
released will arrive In a few
w ceks. .
Car Turned Over Near
Union; Driver Unhurt
Johnny Jacobs, mamigrr of the
Jacobs und I less Lumber company,
escaped injury a few evenings ago
when his cur turned over on the
highway near the Jolly bridge this
side of t'nton. Mr. Jacobs hud
I just dimmed his tights for a pass
ing cur und when switching )hi
origin ngnis on again rounu Him
self close behind the large high
way sprinkling truck, lie put 011
the hi likes suddenly und turned
the ear over.
1 Alt hough no one wus injur'.)
the liulck cur he was driving was
badly damaged.
Mot i:h 01 1 h i;.
I r,. 1 j- 1 iui 1 lies, oihi rici niunuger
ui loc wreK'Jii J.iie iiiHurunce coin
pit ny. has moved his office und
Is now 111 a king his in iidUartei 1
at Ihe Wllllum Mllb-r office in
the I nlttd Htates National bank
building.
MM. I MHl SPI I IHSti
M. C. JaeohHon, of Hilverton,
f'regon v.iik fined $1j und costs
thin morning by the Justice of
peace on charges of sMcdlng.
IMUflMiM HI It It.MJt
PHIhAHI.IJ HIA (AP). An hi:
dlclnietil for Illegal dliorshm of
half a mlHImi gnlloits of Alcohol
was reliiriietl by tho filler a I grand
jury today ngnhit IN litdltldiiut
nnd ! cotiipnnlrs holding with
draw at pormii.
Gaulemalas
li.' '
Ik
If ti f'WSWU I-
4 'i ( Ws!
1 s . v&
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1
' (;tia(enialu has been claiminult Is the Inml of beautiful girls,
ml lo support this claim it submils IIm- pictiiro or Senotiia Chita
Ahrcns.
TEN MILLIONS
E UNCUUHED
(Hy Hoy J. ;ibhoiLs)
CHICAGO (NKA Kpecial) t'n
clalmed estates of mystery men ami
w omen persons who die without
revealing enough of their past to
Indicate their heirs total some
thing like $10,000,000 every year
In this country.
W. C. Cox, probate genealogist
here, who has built up a successful
business In rinding I hi) legal heirs
of the mysterious ones, is responsible-for
the estimate. tin solves
hundreds of tmch cuues annually.
The $10,000,000 In unclaimed
fortunes consists of money, land
and properly that lawyers are un
able to turn over tg known rela
tives. The amount does not In
clude contested wUIh, disputed In
heritances und the like.
Illustrative of the mystery folic
Is thu case of "Old Jim" Michael,
which Cox Iiub In his tiles.
Cauio Hen' Alone,
'Michael, so we found,' says1
Cox. "immigrated alone to the Cull
ed Htates from the IhIc of Man. In
his youth ho roamed th rough
lthode Island. Illinois, North Caro
lina und Maryland.
"Finally he settled down and
mssed a fortune of about $75,kio.
One night, at the UR ot l3, he was
murdered.
"Neighbors, friend ti nnd public
officials knew nothing of hht pnHf.
He seemed to have cut off all com
munication witlt his family.
"The Isle of Mun is now being
combed for possible relatives.
"Hut unltns some are found, the
Michael fortune, now swelled by
added Interest, will revert to the
stute in which Michael died, sine
this Is the procedure in such cases "
According to Cox, the estates or
woiu'n comprise nint h of the mys
tery In his files.
Mlnnb: Prh eN Cn-so.
Ills records are full of them.
Some are solved nd some are be
yond solution.
Moral missteps and similar fac
tors are the principal cannes tor
(Continued on Page Flvo.)
K1 in Anti-Trust. Chsc
Fined Tolal of J $182,000 1
l CHICAGO (Hy the Aivsnrialcdi
I Press) Klghty-niie in the case of
I the Goods Furniture Muilfnetur- ;
ers Indicted lor violation ot Ihe
Klierman anll-lrusl law, lodny fil
tered pleas of guilty and -r" li'ied
$ i k:,"ih.
Riff Forces Driven
From Taza Vicinity
VV,'A. French Motocto (Ity t In
AsHoctued Press) A I I'eiich ol H
clul cOinmunlnue today iu.v that
most or the enemy KIHlan who te
nuity cailM' HOtllh ol lllergh:i k
part of a threatened drive on Tn.i.
have been forced back to the noitli
sidu of the river. 1 1
Prize Beauty
,
x .'
XTRA
ATI 1 ANTIC CITY (AP). An
thracite miners will not listen al
this llnic (o proposals by niHM-iilors
upon ai-hltrnlioii in the oent of n
deadlock hi the coining scale ne
gotiations or lo agree lo remain nt
work after September I, whether
a contract has been signed or not.
The miners' stilH-onimlltce ivachod
this division at a meeting this
mm ning before the opening of
act mil coiifeiH'iiccs this nflernooii.
it aii iu uv; M Al!
WASH I N U TO N (AP). The
Inion Pacific railroad ami con
necting lines were given permis
sion today hy the interstate com
merce) commission to make pns
scnger fares from Mississippi, Mis
souri valley nnd Chicago territory
Ics 10 points 011 Ihe north Pari He
coasl, tt enable Ihcm to mca the
compellliou of northern lines with
shorter routes serving the same
territory.
Endeavorers Close
Portland Conference
POHTLANO, (Hy the Associat
ed Presn) A vole 0i confidence
in all young people and assurance
(hat Hie young folks of tn
churches toduy an' nH relflous
and splril ual ns any nge in the
piiht, wre given in tho closing
session of t ho uuth international
oonh'reiiee of the Culled Society
of ChrifitiHii Kmh-avor.
"VVe tleploi" the modern ten
dency to Klander youth. We are
convinced the f;lim of youth are
reproductions of the sins of man
hood und womanhood, nod in a
large pari are due to Ihe rail lire
In the lea-b -rship and example of
the older genera ion," buid a re
solution whh h wus adopted.
Tax Theories
Various
(Hy t ;i,iiles P. sti wail)
W A H 1 N ' W N N C A Hpei li" I )
--The Hieory t I :t vji 1 1'Hl lis that
rafeu tihoiild le Inch enough, but
no hi;;h'-r IIi.mi necew.iiry. to sup
port an ef I n lent gnveniment ; u
p;iv int' ie: i on. jmd jri;"l"allv re
duce, debtn piled up by preceding
cuv'i n men in wlit eh i.iib'd lo I Km
wbhtii ih if ineomi s: thut tin- bur
d'ti should l:-ll mi ,he ta.ayers
in pi "'Oi t Ion lo iiielr means-
Tlila 1.. tie- H.-oia of si 1 1 t;..v,i
tinn, Irotn the f'-ti .-r it I g-i rn ni'Mii "
down lo the ,i'tie,t low 11.' hip'u.
Jllit When It rolil' .. I'l tin- inics
Hon ot b foll'-tioH loeiliodH, I lie
(epp ral go i n me nt "s t lieot y N one
tliini;. and tli' tlieoiles of stab'.
(OMiily and city (vei'uiiieiiH are
"sonielhtim e,--.' jinain."
i a
The . d' I, 'I goxei llflienl'H Idea I
is lo liiigareoat liu 1 iv h nil it can j
tf rely on tndii eel Inn. pari h u
latly the tatitl. and ."tamp dutlesy I
TAKES OVER
CASE AGAIN
Legal Matter to Be Set
tled Before Trial Prop
er Can Proceed
GREAT CROWD ON
HAND AT DAYTON
Cheering Greeted Bryan's
Entrance into the Court
Room; Prayer Opened
Morning Session.
DAYTON. Tenn, (By the Associ
ated Press) The grand Jury re
turned a now Indictment In (ho
Scoes easo today, reined ring the
technical defects in the old charge.
On the motion of the attorney gen
eral the old Indictment was nua&Ji-
u, being sKiiierscvdeU by today's.
COUHT HOOM, DAYTON. Tonil.
(Hy the Associated Press). Tho
ease of John T. Scopes, charged
with violation of tho Tennosseu
evolution law, was placed in tho
hands of thu county grand jury
for the second time, today.
When the court convened for5
trial Attorney General White,
asked that tho grand jury bo
summoned. Judge Jtaulston in
formed the grand jury men tint
a question hud arisen concerning
the legality of the Indictment
ugulnst Rc.opeB.
Point at Issue. '
The point ul iusilo u4 th. con
tention that HO dV8 dd but
elapsed after the call for a special
(Continued on Pagt Five.)
ONTAItIO, Ore. (By the Associ
ated Press) Ir. ' Hubert Work,
secretary of the interior, is not
In sympathy with the Baker, Ore.,
Irrigation project.
As for the Vale project, he in
formed Governor Pierce Thursday
that unless the governor ia pre- .
pared to pledge the state, to settle
ment of this enterprise, there
would be no use making a visit to
tho site. The secretary and In.
Klwood Mead, commissioner ot
reclamation, have been pressing
the governor to guarantee Htate.
aid to settlers. They contended it
was useless to build reservoirs and
ditches unless the project is col
onized and seitlers have enough
money to start tvtlh and enough
to hang. until they are establish
ed. No settler should start start
with less than $2000 and should
be financed Up to $3000 or what
ever he needs, Mr. Mead declar
ed. This aid should come from
the slate, but, uuugeatcd Mr. Mead
It might be a loan from the re
chimatlon fund.
Itoctor Work presented a pessi
mistic attitude toward reclama
tion. He declared that while tho
soil in the, Daker project is good,
he never saw such rough land and
declared thut with the high charge
ami crops of grain and alfalfa,
(Continual on Pnge Pivo.i
Clash In
Governments
which, while they yield revenue, do
It so subtly that the average tax
payer doesn't know he's being
taxed.
The Income tux isn't like thin,
Lord knows. It's an exception,
however an emergency war tax.
Hesides. it catches only a minor
ity. At Hint. Ihe federal govern
mi nt's aware how unpopular H ix
Take nott M'a the first federal
tax to be reduced.
tlate and les.ser govrnnient.i
prefer the strong-arm method.
Summoned into city and county
treasurerH' offices, the taxpayer i
forced to hand spot cuh through
the wicket, under threat of dispos
session of his properly like a
highwayman's victim surrendering
iiis dough t H point of a gun.
This extortion h reached pro
poi lions lately which alarmed
Home stale governments, lost it
breed a revolt, and they're borrow
IRK INSISTS
. ON STATE AID
(Continued on Page Four.)