EASTERN 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
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Hoim-in I'ollll, N. J. I.IkIU
iiIiik fnlnl lo woman.
Fort hlocuiu, A. Y. Two
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Nov IJiiKlaud crops lnniai(cl
liy rnlnstorin.
Tl'lliUluil, Colo. 100,000
proiK-riy ilanmga vmuod by
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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.
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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)
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