La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 23, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY 2J& THE WEATHER POHTLAND (AP) Ore gon: Fair in the east, mostly cloudy In the west tonight and Friday. CITY EDITION tmti VOLUME XXIII. LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 246 NEW SEPTIC IK PUNS - PASSED OH Commissioners - Approve Papers Submitted by L. R. Stockman MAILED TODAY TO BOARD OF HEALTH Call for Bids On $105,000 Sewage Disposal Plant Forthcoming If Boai'd Approves Plans. I'lans and specifications for Im r....n.t n.u- tin', null uoi.Hk t.inlf authorized by the citizens at the fi" to Washington and hits not June Srd election, were submitted Oregon. Idaho or (.alitor to the city commission In session, nil1 Mr- Hpurlock any hist evening by I.. It. Workman. one of the leaders In preparing - the plans. After a short discussion, the commissioners pns:cu nom poms and specifications and authorized ; W. C. Crews, etty mnnager, to forward them to the state board of health for approval. Mr. Crews mailed the papers today. If the state board passes fav- orauiy upon me Hepuc uum mo now designed, it is likely that tall for bids will be Issued as soon as the above mentioned nclion Is taken. Sewer Bids Opened. Bids were opened by the com iniHidoneis on sewer Improvement J i'" district No. 1-11, culling for u ' from pine to pine but moves from block of sewer work. Three bids Infected pine lo currants or goose were submitted with Hartenbower rries nd hen n turn to heal ... . . .r in (thy pines. Thus it can be set that and Snacili s otfer of 1,040.30 re-1 , . . ., . ,, . ,i the destruction of all such small nnd C. Itildebrandt were the un- f KlieeesSI lit HHIUCI 3. a. I The recorder was also author ized to pay $afi3.Kl, the nmoint of the final estimate on sewer improvement district No. 1-10. llbcrlmid Named Bepuly. Colon ll. Fberhard. locul at torney, was appointed 'y the com mission ub (" i..- n.nnr P f'lw-hrnn. ellv at-' lurncy. Mr. Kberhnrd's salary will . be decided upon biter. President A. T. 1 111 and Com missioner Charles ' Ploy lu we.c present. Mrs. Fowler, city treas urer, acted as city recorder for Mr. St'-arns, who is on his vaca tion. The I,u Grande committee of the All-Oregon 1!L. Imposition and Ba zaar, to lie held In Portland Oc tober E.-I0. Ii-Hi3lve. has an nounced that It will take an active part in preparing articles for the exposition and bazaar, proceeds of which will go to a tund dedicated to the building of an art museum at the University of Oregon. Kug-ne. The local committee's personnel follows: Mi-h. Bay F. Murphy, chairman; Mesdames William Mil ler Krnest WatUins, 1-owell Will iamson. Donald W. Pague, Miss Mina Ash and Or. Margaret Ingle. The women of tin- committee l,ere expect to send a kiig.r number of rM. s to Portland and are pre paring to do some Intensive work until the opening of the exposition und bazaar. .McCriJ.OCH IN t'MAIUii:. Judge ( H. Mcculloch of linker was in l.a (iraude this morning holding court. Ourlng Judge Knowhs absence Judge MeCulloeh )u)H been conducting the legal af fairs at the court house. In case Judge Knowlea does not return from Portland before August 6th. Judge Met ulloch will hold court In a Grande ag:iin on that date. locul women back museum; Prominent Men Are To Speak at Picnic Here A iii'-iiic in h'.Miot of Mi-rt Onk imin. national uVpuly. "Ill In' uivn at tin- IllvcisIJi- urk ivxt Satur day tiftcrnrion antl nvt-nlng y tin' Moil. rn Woodmen of AmrTlra und tho mixillury, tin- lioyal NidBliliorn. M.-inliirs of the Io.Ir.h from all i.v.-r I'nlun iin.l tin- adjolnliiB conn tt't have In'.n Invilid und un' fi-P-i t.-d lo ! pr.wnl at th-- pnrk. Thv vnlln' iifli-rnoon and i'Vi iiln in to li- di vot. d lo n "li. solar Mud- rn Woodlii in (Sood Tlim ," to (nioli- tli.- Invitation wnt lo Ihe ini tnla rn ul the lodB". . - llllllnllini nit CnnN. .Mi itniiitif ftutuif of 1 l,o tirOKruni f.ill bv a ui,,-, open ulr Inlliutlou ot War On Rust Started In The Valley r Government Men Here to Eradicate the English Black Currant, White Pine Disease Life-Giver The fight to prevent the Intro- . ductton of white pine blister rust into Ka-stern Oregon is now under way in Union comity under tile su pervision of J. 1-3. Hpurlock and I I). Drew, field assistants or the It'nlted Stales llepurtmont of Ag riculture, with headquarters at the state college at Corvallls. The campaign, while alined at ttlie hliatet rust. cmiRislH ehleflv nf destroying the cultivated Kngllsh iu" " .;.,. '' disease destructive to nvc- lllL-i-uitru yill'n MIV Willi v tl on- gar pint's. It 1 now prevalent In the I'nlted Htntes and WcHtern ! Citnad nj though in the win tern .-nun-a n la uuiiiintu thus icua-- ui mi.- "-wuh ami k' value of the white pine in the (northwest, the agriculture clepnrt I merit is cooperating with state of ficials and private owner's In con- ,iniiin i.rnad cmmiichcnMive proct.am designed to extend over m.vcral years In order to control )hft disease. Blister rust cannot he controlled by spraying. Air. hpurlock asserts, since spores arc i,0wn from infected pines contln- uousiy. Found on Berry Plants.; ''It has been found that the rust must spend, part of itnaturallife on some species of currant' or gooseberry," Mr. Spurloek con- 'fruit plants would soon starve out the rust. Such a drastic measure , ,,, i ta Un, u Uimrwl IfMiUU. and unnecessary since, the disease cannot spread from a currant or gooseberry bush to a pine over any great distance. 'However the cultivated blnrit Kuropenn currant not the yel low flowering currant is extreme- y susceptible to the rust - von at a distance of 150 miles or more from infected pines and It can also spread the ilisea.se further t nan other bushes owing to the virility of the spores which develop on this particular plant. Because It Is such a potential menace to the white pine forests, no matter where it Is growing, the Knglinh black currant was declared a pub lic nuisance by the WZ'A legisla ture und a, law was passed for bidding the growing and trans porting of the plant in Oregon. 'ult i atcd Plants I lest ro cd "The eradication work this year is the continuation of a sys tematic effort the past three sum mers to locate and destroy these plans which are most likely to trout ract rust from long distant' cul- spread, mom if noi an ot tue cm- i IIViHHI llliK'K I'llllillllA III (III; northwest have been destroyed. Agencies assisting in this work are: the state board of horl icul ture. the state board of forestry, the I'nited States forest service, private timber owners the state ag ricultural college, newspapers, public schools, the office of blis ter rust control of the t'niled Suites department, of agriculture, and last, but not least, the general public. "More than half of the 33.000 bushes eradicated thus far have (Continued on Pago Four.) Union Man Acquitted; Neil Crawford Appeals Wade Kindt on, who w as tried yesterday on a cluitge oT driving an automobile while intoxicated, was acquitted by the jury yesterday afternoon. The Jury tool; only ten minutes to return I he verdirl of not guilty. Green and Hens of I.a Grande und Clyde Kheiten of Ba ker were attorneys for the defand ant. Neil "rawford who w its con victed of the possession of liquor Tu-sday and fined f.iut) lias ap pealed the case to the circuit court. rumlidatfS ill 3 oclork Saturday evi'tilnir. Kvery im-nilH-r has l.eiui rc'iui-Hled to lirlnif a candidate to lie adopted ut the open ulr Initia tion. The hlirh niit of the, program are uh follovva: :"i o'clock. HportB; fi:o, picnic (Hipper, coffee, HtiKar ami cnom ftlrnidhid; 7:1... uddrmi of welcome Ity Senator Knlre lien iiIh: 7:3". renponw" hy H-rt Oak- man, nulional d. pu'y: 7:4''. nddrem ,y Covernor Waller M. ri. rcc !.;:a. addrejin l.y .lolinnon s. smlili la,c deputy: : I r. . uddrewi liy tleorge It. Mci;.i.lden. illatrlct d-p illy; :"u, open ulr puullc Inula "Vlou. I 3 DAYS DDM m a Three Events Scheduled for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday FISH BANQUET TO CULMINATE AFFAIR Eastern Oregon Sports men's Association to Join Wing, Fin and Flcetfoot Club at Table Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will be perhaps the three biggest days of the year for eastern Ore gon sportsmen nnd the Wing, Kin and i leetroot ciuo. Beginning Sunday the annual fishing contes; of the Wing, Fin nnd Kleetfoot club will he held, or Tuesday the Kustern Oregon Sports men's association will hold its an nual trap shoot In Ia Grande and the day will close with a big fish feed which Is served every year by the club. .The fishing contest will last two days and a half of the third. July I'ti, 27 nnd until noon of the next day will be given anglers In which to rateh the biggest fish, the best mess of fish nnd so on down Die long list of prizes in each division (Continued on Page Five.) Fi I '( HTLAN I . Ore. (Special' M all)- The an n ual ga t herln g formur residents of t'nlon county who now live in Portland lis vtctn Ity, was held at lAiirelhurst park Sunday with upwards -of 400 per sons In RttendaitCP. following a basket dinner visit ing and speaking were in ordci Brief addresses were - given by Judge J. W. Knowles and K. L Kckley. of La Grande; T. A. Bine hurl, of Salem; and Judge W. T Slater and J. 1. Carter, of Port land. Miss Olive Jones read an original poem on the Grande lionde Valey which waft highly ap preciated. Charles Baker was re-elected president and Mrs. Harvey C. Ulne hart secretary-treasurer. The cx t'nlon county people have a per manent organization, which meets in reunion on the third Sunday of JuI Vlivlx 'ear- vvniong int oui-oi-iown vnsiors were Mrs. ttugh. formerly Mrs. Harvey Meuchnm. of the original residents and settlers of what Is now known as Mcachani ami her daughter, Mrs. Harvey Murton, of San I'runcisco. Joe Whitby Appointed County Water Master Joe Whitby, of Ial Grande, haw been appointed water nuLster for t'nion county, wor.ktng out of Bhea l.upers slut e engineering depart ment, uc cording to announcement loihty. Mr. Whitby's headquarters are at the Currey Printing com pany. OFFICIALS FINISH CERTIFICATION OF GRAIN OATS 1. Ktetihens. superintendent or the Moro Kxperiment .Station and Jl. G. Avery, county agricul turist, have inspected gruin on about 50 fields In Cnlon county since the first of the week. The fields hleh passed field luHpi-ctlon were; wheat Hard Federation, Frank McKi'tinoi), Alice); J, A. Gaskill, Imhler: Lu ther Hlndmun, Kigiu; outs tdi mine, J. D. Wood'-li, i.a Grunde; Alarkton oats, Clyde McKenzle, Hummervllle: Hybrid 1 28 uheut, Mrs. F. I). Gaskill. Imblcr; Fnink McKennon, Allcel; Carl Fulbr, W. It. l,edbetter. Allcel: 1. Bing aman, Imbled; Luther lllndman, Flgln: Hoft Federatbm wheut, Grover Grlmmett, la Grande, B. I-J. Kluck, KuTiimervllle; K-inrad, Hex Itoulet. Flgln. Potato Inspection will be car ried on about August oth by K. It. Jackmon v.ho was unable to g t lu re at this time. About S't growers have akeil for certifica tion Inspection. A numiH-r of d dialtnnl grain fb-lds u 11) 1- tn Hp'eted nt that time. Mr. Stevens Hnd the county ttgeiit are condueting a runners' excursion at Woir Creek today sinillur to the one held lu the val ley luut Tu'.-B'luy. LUU I I Ull SPORTSMEN OUR HUNDRED AT GATHERING 1 PERSONS ENTOMBED Bf BLAST Explosion Buries Tarty r lghting h ire in Koane Iron Company's Mine GRAVE FEARS FELT FOR THEIR SAFETY Mai K. King, Attached toj Party, Escaped Explo sion Because of Patroll Duties. CHATTANOOGA, Trim. (By Kn AmmmIbUhI Pres-) A tclcplMio iiMtisagii from Itot-kwotHl lato to day Kald tht nuinlKT of men ni ton t bed In the ItiHino Iron iom- imny's coal mine is llitiught U 1h j ten. Utile Iioim Is entertained for reselling them alttv. UOCICWOOO, 'iVnn. ( By the Associated Press) Will lam J. Snow, superintendent of the Boano Iron company coals mines, ami a party of six men. who went into the Bryson Ulp on the No. 7 entry to combat a mine fire last night were trapped behind an explosion. Todny grave fears aro felt., for their safety. Brysos Dip Is tho scene where a fire recently and Home time ago It was walled up In an effort to tx tlnguish the. flames. The barricade was removed this week hut the old blaze brok' out again and Snow organized , the ! party to fight the fire. Jater Snow told MM K. King. member of the party, to make re gular rounds of tht? mine. As h was returning to his companions he heard an explosion and smelled after damp gus. He managed to escape lo the main slope by leap Int; Into a mine car. XTRA OUKGON MAX VICTIM DALLAS, Ore. (AP) Owwnmr by dynamite gas nt the bottom of a well on tho SlcmetiH farm tlw iiiIIcm north of luve, IVter Bedd kopp MiccomlK'd to the fumes, nfter two Ineffectual attempts were tnmie lo rescue lihu In which two otiiei, men were ovcrfome. I hough tlw third attempt was siicesrul, ef forts to rrWo Itedtlckopp failed. The gas had remained In the well since Inst night when a dynamite Matt was set off. Itcddckopp bad brvii employetl lo ths'peii the well. I'lils morning he descended in a bucket operated from atom ly the farm owner. In n fw mliiiitcH he Ignalled lo Ite. ptillctl up nnd when half way pitched out from the bucket. wi dium; ;it;sts Aitmvi-: MAW-OUT, It. I. (AI-) tillCTts, have liiniin In nrrhe in pmnti yachts fur tin Mllliiner's most fH-ll- liinnhli' wcdillng. .Mlsx Miirli-I Vnn- ilcrlilll, ilaiiglitrr (if Mrs. Wllllain K. Vanilerlillt II, Saturday will !- co mi the bride of I'n'ilerlck 'ollll- hmi ( Inmli Jr., IlosUui liisiirnnco hmkrr. ASKS I'Olt m i.i.vt;. sVAMi-sfyrr (Ai'i a rcinicst lia-t liii-n nt-rlM-il by l-n-slilcnt I'uolldge fiim I linlrnian O loniuir of the shipping linnril for n ruling by Mm department of Justice lis l whether the Ixiaril lint the niitlmr lly iinilcr Hie law to sell ships for scruppliig. Anything That, Comes Along Some busint-.s men pride llieni-M'lti-s on the can? with which their iiiercliniHll-:' Is piiM.iaMl. li s gol to Im- rlahl. i-rpreM'iil good Milne anil kihhI ipiallly or they Breil't Intrirstiil. Vet when they buy ailterlislliK thcj ll lake anylhliiK Dial -olll'H nliiug, glilng mi altefiiUtii lo I he number or class of people It may reach, I lie pleasing or aiitauoul'lng efrit em IIiom ioiple. (he Intcri'st Willi which It Is nail, or the io-t M-r In illililual. Thiw Him can-fully f-on-ldcr rcadi-r-liitcn'sl. ri"dcr esl anil ii'alcr-Msiills arc reg ular tHwrier aihcrtl-rrs. "Observer AiUrrllsIng A .ticrchaiiillsliii! Isi'ri Ice."' I - 7 . " O.Tfl 7PO T KV I - f 4 ' L.-f?l-- : 2fe2iSs5Sar inimi mnrnm I a t initiirn finnnrn FRENCH UNFAIR Mv HIS OPPONENTS CAIHO, Kgypt (By tho Associ ated Press) In an open letter ad dressed to the French parliament, published in un Kgyptian newspa per, the At Klassup, here, Abdol Krlm, Moroccan rebel leader, de clares ho has mado every effort within his power to rench an under standing with Marshal I.yautey, French governor general of Moroc co. He declares that Ulffluns made. only Just demands but that Lyautey uiVvays refused to consider tncip atu that tho marshal did every thing possible to , impair Abdol Krlm's honor and dignity. LAID TO REST The funeral of fleorgo Mater, 27, who was killed . in ull 'auto accident last Saturday night at Sacnilncnto, Cul., was held yester day at Sacramento. Tho K. of 1. lodge, of which he Is a member, was In charge of the services, Mr. Alaler, accompanied by his brother. Den. and another young man were returning home ,'" " urbs. He wa.s riding In the back seat of the car and the other two were in the front seat. They came to a railroad crossing and not no tiring any traln skirted across when the -car was hit by an ap proaching train. George was kill ed Instantly and the m lift's were bruised and cut buL recehed no serious injuries, Mr. Maier w 111 Im remembered ;us having served his apprenllce ship In the V. wlt. and N. holler I HMM'" ii' i v . ii'; ii - ii i i tnOHI OI II IH III'- IK1 HUi'llUiil i ii' Iji Grande public schools. The fa mlly moved to Sacramento about three years ago where they hav since made their home at H1'2 Second Avenue. Cutworms Imade Hood ltfer lM'OB KIVKIt, Ore. The varl egiiti d cutworm, epidemic over Hect tons of western tiregon and the c.i us- of severe tlHinage to I nick gardeners and farmers, lias ap peared here. While damage lias not been severe, County Fruit In spector Koehen has advised grow ers to use poison bait in thetr de struction, in rase the worms at tack apple trees they can be eon trolled by opplh allot) of an urse tiale of l ad spray. CdNMIil Its H.U.I,H Pi;TI.AM. (AP) The coun ty grand jury today conslilend 1-hargen (iniilnM, Clement J. Pape, former German vice consul, ex- '.pectifil to report this afternoon. The state took an hour to pres'.nt I the cu.e. Pupe did not uppeur WRECK VICTIM H ANTED ONCE MORE 1 J. CUUVY J-IClllV! I ' ' ' TKIvING (By tho Asaoclntcd Press) Morgan Palmer, -American, has-bccn killed by bandits at his ranch on Hun Otirl river, near Harbin. Dr. Howard, oyo specialist attached to tho Rocke feller hospital, was captured at tho samo time. Palmer, his mother, Dr. How- ard and his son and an Amerl- , ... Ilia wlfo and child, were vlntllng tho Palmer ranch when tho bund- its attacked. Consular advice, say that How- ard was still a captlvo last night. Tho others are "safe for tho present," but their whereabouts aro unknown. The American consul at Har bin hus taken actlun to sccuro Howard's release. . WASHINGTON I 1 ST 1 1 1 "SS KD WASHINGTON Uy tho AbhocI ated PreBH) Officials hero were tniuiire.stlv distressed over tho killing of ono American and tho eapturo of another yesterday by Chinese bandits, but there w no 111- (Mention that the development would liilerrunt negotiations In nroirress fot a friendly effort by the powers to help China out of hcr domestic troubles. I'ormal comment was withheld pending u full investigation. GIOVCV A(lvarlCP(l ill Post Office Service RWAMPKCOTT (By the Associ ated Press) W. Irving Glover was appointed second assist an t post -muster general today, succeeding Paul Henderson, resigned. Hubert H. Begard was imnied to succeed Glover as third lissiKtant postmaster general. British to Build Two New Battle Cruisers MiNDflN (By the An-at'laled Press)--Premier Baldwin totd the house of commons today that the liritlsli government's 'naval enn nions lii-;iy that the Brithdi g'v eriinie.nt s naval coriHtnielion pro gram included two cruisers to be laid down In October, two next Feb ruary ami three yearly thereafter. The government has also decided to construct annually nine destroy- rs, six submarines. Willi certain auxiliary cnifi hi-ginnlng In the ftH cal year of l:fi-i:t7. At hiHAijA (.nuns 11,1:1:1 MFI.BOCHNK (API The t nll-1 tflules fleet today found liarlxir lu Anstralliiu waters. One detachment en t red Mel bourne h--irbor tbls morning while another was reetdvd at Hydm-y, New Houlh Webs. Arrival of two S'-CttoilH Of the ft. -el WUM t lie ulgnal for extensive celebrations or the Amui leun 'visit ut both cilUt, DENVKIt, Colo. Dy tho Assocl-' nted I'resB) Vlcc-lTcsldcnt Cllim. O. Uawwi In an addraw horo yes- torduy answered vigorously tho ar- Kiinienfai of thoao opposlnc his program to end filibustering in tho senatu. . Referring to tho contention that tho privilege o unlimited debuto Uccorded with tho spirit of Am- ..,.... i i. .,...,...,. i ,i lho conimry lt wtt8 , ,rnct 'conflict wllh American lnatitutionM. "illtuxi, nnnnnotilM " lio Hiild. "In fllHciiKfdnir ilio niieHtion of reform f !' 0 "n", "L .0'"?rOr., ll nro to be regarded In Importance if they were part of our organic law. They are not organic law. Tho constitution is tho Instrument thru which-our forbears designed to li mit tho rights ot tho majority and to lnauro that tho ultimato Judg ment of tho peoplo passed Into law us distinguished from a passing photo of popular opinion, lt pro. tvlded that it bill muat pnBS both houses of congress beforo It be comes a law, that then the presi dent may veto It, in which event it must bo passed over that veto by , a two-thirds voto of both houses Uf congress. The supremo court it hen has the power to e xaminu Jthe law In Its relation to the pies rvatlon of those minority rights and the rights of the slates out lined In the constitution and if It rinds any of them are overridden, then the supreme court declares the law to be unconstitutional and void. "It Is absurd to maintain that the original rules 8, und 9. of the senate providing for miijorlty clo ture, which were In efTect for the first 17 years of Ms existence, und which were abandoned only be. cause the maul I membership of the senate made them unnecessary, did not accord with the spirit of the comitttlon or or American in stitutions. They did accord with them, and If these rules had con tluuetl in force, the system of leg islative, barter would not have grown up nnd the will, at limes, of an Individual senator or a minority or the senate could not be substituted for the will of tho peo ple as expressed In the manner (Continued on Pago Four.) Figures Indicate That Low Tax Is Best Payer (By ( buries P. Stewnrl) WAKi 1 1 NOTON N li A Special ) ConipiirlHon of last year's Intern al revenue collections with the pre. vlous year's seems to bear out Hec retary or the Treasury Melhm's dictum that low taxcii bring lu rela tively more money - Hoinetliiies uc tuully nmre than high ones. The present law under which fedi-rnl taxea are being collected lins worked out ex telly like that. When passed, U was estimated the rale n -duct hum II contained would cul revenues down 4o0 mil- 14 PERISH STORM: T Lightning Strikes Down Brooklyn Boy Dis entangling Kite WOMEN, TWO MEN DIE FROM BOLTS Trinidad, Colo., Recover ing from a $400,000 Cloudburst Today; Re storing Rail Traffic. STOIOIS FATAL TO FOLK llniukljii Hoy lklllnl toy iKlltuiiiK. Hoim-in I'ollll, N. J. I.IkIU iiIiik fnlnl lo woman. Fort hlocuiu, A. Y. Two kllhHl liy IlKhtnintr. Nov IJiiKlaud crops lnniai(cl liy rnlnstorin. Tl'lliUluil, Colo. 100,000 proiK-riy ilanmga vmuod by clomltmrMt. NEW YOKK (By the Associated ress)1 Kour persons wore killed by lightning in metropolitan New York nnd New Jorney yesterdny. Crops of tobacco, hay and grain wore flattened by a Bovoro rain storm in New England. -A hoy, 14, was killed by lightning at Brooklyn while, dislodging a ltito I from a troo. A wotnun won kilted at her sew ing machine in Bom era Point, New Jersey. A laborer was killed under a trc and a soldier struck dead by light ning while on duty at Kort H locum. TUIMDAI) UEOOVFJUSO . "AI u-.. By "ociaioa rrratij-.luimay ir.n.u Krndually bolng restored to Trlnl- 1"I tol"y following a virtual tlo- "P "II systoma last night when a ciouuuursi nooaea mo cuy ana washed out sections of bridges and truck- . .. . . . Properly damage is estimated ot 40.000. Scores of families woro forced to floo to tho uplands when tho flood wuiora irom rrniuno vauca Dasemenie in uubiiioiui uuuu- Ings and homes along tho river DUIIKKE Ore. (Special) From one-quarter to a mile and half of -.-W. tracits were wasnea oui . o'-verai ii"n i,ui vm uv. yterday afternoon when a never cloudburst visited tho Durkeo country. Tho water swept over tho nigh- way at a depth of from tlve to eight f'?U endangering lives of tourists. No stock damage has been re ported but crops In this region were Injured. The extent of tho deluge covered from ono to threo miles. Train No. 23 arrived In 1-a Grande late, last evening, having been held up while tracks in tho Ourkeo country wero repaired. Durkee Is about 2F miles from Baker and the country affoctea Ilea just cast of Ourkeo. iivi;ij bboki; MOCK POBTl.ANO (AP) Jacob Hoff man, 11. of Cornelius, Ore., died here today of a broken neck, suf fered when he dived into a shal low hole In the Tualatin liver Hunduy, lions. Instead the country, cheered by the lightening of Its tax load. Immediately got. so much buster that revenues haven't rallen near ly that much only about half. As u prophet, Heeretary Mellon Is all right in part. He said taxes could be cut con siderably and revenues would b reduced only slightly, If at all. And KO It proved. But the tax cut (vuHii't tho kind Mellon wanted. Ho wanted it muds (Continued uu Putfe Eifut) CROPS R CLOUDBURST HITS DURE I I