La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 12, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY CITY EDITION Iximratj THE WEATHER POKTLAND (AP) Ore gon: Cloudy near the coast, fair In the Interior tonight anil Thursday. rani? VOLUME XXIII. member ASHQciATKn pftEHH LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1925. . member ahbociated pr'sba NUMBER 262 smsns sHowenm II HECEIPTS More Business Transact ed in La Grande Post Office Each Year POSTAL SALES IN- LAST YEAR GOOD Total Gain of $9,6-18.84 1 over 1.921 Receii.ts' Made; Fiscal Year Fig-! lire at $41,390.72. Sleail' Krowlh In the postal re ceipts at the La Gnuuie poat offlee Indicating a inuterlal Inrrease In the amount or ImslnesH transacted In this city Is hown III flKUres couipileil today by lialph Huron, post miiNler. The llKurea taken us a basis or comparison dute from rjl. Ki(f ttns for the yurs nrlnr lo thitt llm ni'pht ,.vt'n show a more sub- stnntiul inrifimi- In thu receipts bul can not be rom purer wil h tlu lnistne. s tninHi-t'd rlurins the pat five years for Hie rcunon tluit prior to 1 12 1 remtttanees of post u. I funds were rereived from other offices. . A total g-ain of !04.H4 over the fnndM reelved In IHL'l was reff-Istert-d for I he year 19 2 5 (June Si. i:'l!4 to June S. 1 9 2 r . In, 19L'l the receipts at the poat offke ' totalled 182.341.88 While, in 1 925. four yenrH Inter, the fig-urea had jumped to 4l.nn.72. 1 192;l tiwxl Year. . The lurKesi iudlviijuul Increase during the rive yea in wni n-KNttT- ' ed in !il': which brought the total ' from a.2i5.ti for u22 to :t7.-( BIS.r4 h. year luter, a gain of J4,- , 297.98. In t!?3. abio. the Increase In bitftiueHs made it neiKtury to put. ; on two more men (n the pout office. Kin if that Mine (Mhlitlonal help has bi?A Kiveft teudy-ejnpo,tifwft .flut t the nmiilier f short time" special workers has In-en increase tl. The fljnires ror the five yearn, rrom 1!2I to ti'J;., Klvjng the to tal prjHlal receipt follow: 1921, $2.L'4I.KH; J.'!:;.2 1 5.; IH'J, .17.f.i:t.ii4; 1924, $4(1.33.8(1; 1926, $41.3911.72.- tllirt loti I iupro ed. Th ret mrre Hiili-coliet-tion boxes were placed in use (his Hummer by Watch "Moui'ii lop" from .it the local oflli-. These' facllit.it' nrday , on. the rollertion of the mail from the . ... . ! 1 outlying boxes. Tho carriers place SoVPII D'AWi ill Tail the mail from nil of I he little boxe. OL'n UAyb Hi JM atM.ul the rlty in the collection . lio where It Is gathered nnd i (ak n t the post office in wagons, t' We vera I districts at the suburbs. (fnnMr'tert nn Piiirn f'v.) SHEARER ILL GIVE LECTURE- i An untiKinl opportunity lll be j n,cuit court bis sustain-' 'ff-ied tf.morrow Hfternoon at County Judge Httukins. uho up Ihren o'rlnrk in the community h-l-l the validily of tlu- uilt of room of (he Presbyterian chun-h the late Jeremiah Snyder, an "hen,. I. H. Shem-er. uiuslchin. will J(g,.,i redise of KiiIIm City. Tin cive a u,.,. lectin- on modern um j..ft atn $m nnd a housi temlemieH iu music, according to tind lot in I'alls City to Poheria i,nn""" ill. today. Mall, a I L'-yar-old gh I who hue "Ibis should be of grciil Inter- befriended Snyder. est to mimic teachers, st udents mid general iniisle lovers Iniismuch as the Shearers "ill Illustrate mo dern musical development, piano foi l plnyinc and voice product-, ion." it ns said. Mr. Shearer, with Mrs. Shearer, NMptano. are here for a pipe organ end voice concert hich III te ffiveti in I hf Pri-sltyterian church Priday evening. Mr. J loss. local luinlster. In speaking of the led- "rt tomorrow, emphafll.ed (he f-'iet that the iuvltatinn Itlclud'-s all who may care to att'-nd. Tennis Tournament to Be Held August 22-23 FIRE FICHTERS FISH FEED DUE THIS EVEN1MJ Tlw I. a Cri.ttid- volun'"r fire department members will iiu-'-t this evening hi o'clock fhurp In be Hu,, room In the city hall build ing for a fish feed which promises to be till enjovable event. Sev.-ritl uieuibers of the dpMr' nn-nt who, besid-H being enpert at tu-lliiig fir tie-.ir h m'un repu tation un angb rs. have been so j'oirning on the hanks of rivers H'td I laken recently and are reported to hae caught enough fish to supply those preaent with u tasty meuL To Vacation With Tytes mo in iop and tlip Tytes aro uinK on un uutomoWIe trip to gcthi'i ! And the two riunilles iiieuKreed wiul they 111 ilur(j expenses or iic nip equally; They win ,tart planniiiB Au gust 19 and you ean follow the entire plot In the Evening Ob server each dny fiom I hen on. TVtlS IS oOMG TO BE SOME VACATION IF THE' TVTE'S ARE GOlNG'WTH US-I'LL BET THEV'LL TRIM TMEiR FINGER NAIL9 SO CLOSE THEV WON'T BE ABLE To PICK UP TrlE meal check when ae GET TO A HOTEL. When two j"iiinili-8 HBiee I s,mrP "nuiiiy In the fxpciiHen ol un automobile trip. Old Man i rou i He generally ItutlH In.- Mm ilooHii t expect a very fnjoyublr vacullon, hu It Hcema. our tclp through the Mountains ingoing To m.can a gavin6 to me - I'M GOIWQ to uer GUNM Bt)Y THE Gr9 60IN6 VP AND I'LL BUV IT COMING BACK 8ECAU5E WE CAN COAST A LOT Here we have the Tytes ul read fri tiling up on the Cnnnn. T,yt the original nickel bjni't'z'r, will get 1 'op in more t ha n one mix- up ami nmny a laugh will lie fiirt hcomliic. . IjCf 01 C Tl lal Penally . i ne judge feci(p.( that sewn di in .in 1 1 was enough- penalty for Joe Murphy and Klmer Murray who were arrested hist week fot a.ssault and Inittery ;) nd no released the prisruiers Ibis m)ruing with a short Hdmnnilion. Murphy ami Murray did violence on the person ol anol her uiiiu on a li (Iruixte street lust week but were not brought to t rial until today, of ficers say. (tilth WINS WILIi A V A K I MA 1. 1, AS. Ore. Judge Ilamsr i A brother of the jlecensed, from whom he bad been est' tinged fm Several years. ( brought suit lo break the will. HOV COM KSSI'.S Ml lEbl lt (iAIEMKV I'lTY. Kail. (AP). ( i ... I Jordan. 1 7 -year-old Miio hich school boy, slew Aden II I'hnvsoit of I.odi, N. V., nm Jef- ferson Clly, Mo.. August I, to ob- tnn C'twotr automobile, lh- jouth confessed here late Tues- dny. 1 IN It l. fre, (Special to tin (ibs-Tveri. The rirst annual Ki'si ern Oregon tennis toitrnaui'-nt. to ' be held at I lilon. has ln.-ti d--f In i tidy dated (or A ugusl J 2 and 23. It was tirrft pUillli'd lo hve tti yieet CiirHer but fitto-r mai lers interfered. tiniy r seb nis if Kasiern Ore. and an iidutlsslon will be charged each pei son entering Apjtlii ants tor admission must be m;td' not lut'r than YAYdm aday. Angimt I :. Th' tournament Mill consist of men's stnuh'ri. men's doubles, la dles' singles doubl. s and mlvd doubles. The touruaiiM-nt Is to lie held 1 th' und'-r the auspices of thi- t'nion Athletic association, Kred N. Kol btuUt'd by I I L till COPSHO CRIMINAL ESCAPES Joe Worden's Left Hand Pierced by Bullet During hcuffle ; BOARDED AUTO CARRYING MOON Owner of Machine in Jail Today; No trace Found of Driver Who Fired at Officer.' : , . . .. . I WASHINGTON (Ity the AmocI-. An cxuitlns scuffle between Joejte(1 prmw) Henewed Indli'atlons Worden. policeman, ' and an un-! that Secretary Weeks will rottro known bootlegger ended in (he hit-i 08 head of the w. u department er escaping and Wordn recellns "'. folbmed today by prepara . ,, ... Hons In severul nuarlers to lev be. i bullet wound In the fleshy pari fore the president the uuallflca f his left hand lujit night. Itlons of various potential cundl- Henry Wollmer. vhose car the , ..... unknown was lrlvlng. Is held in ;in lu-re on a complicity charge, while of'iit-crs are searchlnir for- the fighting liquor dealer. ! Worden was walking in the vk- uilly of S and Greenwood last night .bout II o'clock when he saw a car which he suspected bf carry. ng liquor, the police say. He boarded the machine and the driver eroduced a gun and shot Worden the hand. Worden grappled with the driver and look the. gun i way and in Ihe scuffle, the cur. uncontrolled, crashed Into Ihe Kl. tier Neilsoii t.riri.ii Thi, ,li-iv., managed to etupe but left behind him Wallmer'ii car, a Cherolet and two gallons of moonshine besides mpty iug. The police believe hat he was making deliveries when Worden saw him. i Worde bcllev. Miat he run idenllfy the driver although durk-i1 tess would make the Identification , difficult. The injured hand was dressed ind l.s expected to mend rapid))-, If the driver Is cuptured, :.everal barges, of serious nature will bu'i pLued against him. police say, in- luding assault with intent to kill, runsporllng intoxicating liouor in I l motor vehicle and resisting ar - est. The controversy o er t he fiwh racks in the Wallowa river con tinues. Alter a great deal of agi tation on the part of the Wing, Kin and Kleetfool club lo have the Msh taking pens removed. J- W. Maloney ol the slate game commis sion and K. 1 Averlll, sliite game warrlen. virlually promised that the tacks would be t.ikcn out or at 1 eust put In legally. Now comes loi ward the Kuter Lrlc Itud and Gun club w itli a resolution favoring the racks. 'I)il resolution w.is put in the hands of Mr. Avenll and practically nul dtied the work of the Wing, l-'in and Kleeti'oot club, members say. A.s is usually Ihe ea e in such matters both sabs have thetr own RACK REMOVAL UNCERTAIN points In which they take stock. ! ,Mi.v r ln" w1 HmhiiI tmlay tgnorlng any other argumeutM iii'on lonely nmd near Lnnioule. 'he controversy. ' It Is said that the Kufei'prise sportsmen, following the advice of levin I'rench, supi'r.utcndetit 01 the Wallowa hatcher), were under ihe Impression t hat the maintenance ol Hie racks would give the Wal lowa river more Halmon. This bi true provided a surflclent portion of the spawn is plated back in the river but the local sporting organization ma In tains that mor tish in tiie river will be of no ad vantage to the sportsmen lor the reason thai practically all of them will be taken at the racks each year unyway. II Is almoM Impos sible to take all) salmon in 1 he mo In elver two miles below the rucks a allowed by law. they say. The Wing, Kin am) l l-.i-tiuut club took exception alu to the way in which the rucks were put tn and in this were substantiated by .Mr. Malou-)' und Mr. Averlll III Heir ri-c'-nt l rip or Inspection 10 - he stripping Mt.itlun. It Is said that the racks In th Wjllowa river are built iu uh a way t ttat nu fish or any kin, can get through. In a b iteY to I- II. Ilamieiieid, secre tary of tiie ( iui, recently, M r. AveriU tmyt thai 'even If the racks are a barrier to Ihe fUh" thus vir tually udmitting that lin y are nol , built properly. : lt fore taking final action on J the matter Mr. Averlll h. s in it-d W ing. Kin and KIieifoot club to submit proof that the racks are Int. raring with the. trout lu the river. HLuwinni u; --- ' Will rnUDt QHITSW. ' tefi BOND ISSUE IN CABINET pM- v M 0F 0RENC0 Preparations Are Being ' ff ' t' (HI At 1H Commission"" P r p w . Mblebucce.sois , f5 A 's j 4 ;v w 1 l' W jlU . Permit Today WORK, NEW BOTH ; ARE CONSIDERED President Expected to Have" Many Aspirants Presented Him ; New v Yorker'-Mentioned. : , , , . 1 l.lkely a great nuniber of names . bc Umitled to President 'oolhlge by si-niitors and U'ude.rs. . 1 party L "le nm ' " President j to iu UPLiue 10 wiietiier 10 go OUI- side the cublnot In naming a new wr secretary. Ner. Work Mentioned. I AnuM.- . ra,,ln,., , considered are Secretary Work. who as head of the post otrlce and """r"- departments has made ad- iiiiiiiaiiuurc rri oi uo. jim iitto buiiic military knowledge through nerv-Ice-ln the world war. Postmaster Oenerul New.. a Kpun ish war veteran and former mem- b,'r ,h" military affairs oominlttee, likewise is regarded by the president us a man of demon- '"cu wr me war pori- IOII- Atnong tho.se outside of the eub- het ('hiirdts I . llllles. of New Vo- k, conwuereu us rnkinff MtfU " , ' SW-iMPWt'OTT,' fy the AkbocI- ated 'fnss). -An Intimation wns given here Tuesday by Secretary Weeks, after tt confereiic vith President Coolldge. that h mltrht not return to hts post In the fall, 1-envlng his residence alone lor ithe first time since early In the isnrlnir. the war seeretarv confer- I red for a half hour with the Pre . .. , r,nnHnind on Pse- Klv.) XTRA CASK NKAKS .11 HY I I-OS ANt.lLliS (AP). 1'nw. Cutlnir siioeiieys todny hrnmloil i ',, sti-pheiiH tli "rnlns" of tlin nl leged plot to kidnap .Mary Pick fori!, film slur, for which Steph ens, Adrian WcmhI ium! t'lnud llot- -mib are on 'rial. The proseeut- ton ehnruetl hi the Miilng nri!tH inefitH Hint Slcthens md Imtii hnl- filing the, plot for three years pri or to his nrnM last .May. The epei'teil to go to Ihe Jury Into todny. Sl.MN WY I'OI Mi liA.MONTi;. Mo.. (AP). rollow big n contejvion at tiiinlcn t'l'y. KnnitM ye-fenlny liy n youth who called Jilmself I'ntl foiflnn that he bad kllhil Aden It. On son. or issii, i.. aiier uic inner nnu 'riven Hint n lilt in his coupe, tin Commercial Clubs Will . Meet Here Next Week No Hil-and-Miss Variety When an nilierf l-rr hu,i n Who! Ad In The h-rter or nny oilier klml of iuIut (Muir -be nius no chanceH lo tbr cinulatMm he ft hujing. 'I lie , Ob-MTier itubllbcH a sworn t-trciilntloo ttnicitieiil t tie 11 li ji'iir -figoi i hnl Are not aria hie to Mill goes , pnuiilM1, or emergency. 'I tint t in ulst ton Ih iiMiiaiit, ftcry.ilny c niilntlon mnliitrttit il by reader liileret. ieM up Us lay noil dow 11 fimtorrow . 'I he Jue of O barrier Want Atl I- imire limn e.er appar enl for thai reOMtit (be grenl Ct publicity of mty klml that 1-H11 be Innigbt lit IhN Mi Hi 01 y. "Obsertcr Advert l.(iig A Merchandising Hcrvk. lJ v f 1 ' t A VV Kijf - . N - .lis 'I'ui-iily.mii' your ago. Ada linker wns khlunpcil In Kiinnx. HclalUcs.. nhlcil by ilelivllvcs iiMt-r round hrc. Kill today Adit llnki-r has 'Ik-mi rciinlti-d llh her lirotlu-r, K. M. Itiikor, ixillce-" mini tir ltl-lniHnd, t'alir. I.UIng as Alcnc I'oneis, hnlng InN-n nilnptcl by n family of that iiiiiih' in Italians, the girl frcqunilly ilrniinetl tif her pnii-ut and linilhi-r. )m- diiyini was so vlhl thai slin told her -.lory lo ncw-iici-s and miIIi-. Ite.Milt was that linker i-anii) along, told her la-r line iiiiiih- and fniind Adn linker, iniMliiir for 21 -nrs. COURT HEARS Hinef! Ar.PKNA. Mich. (HI the Asocl ateil Press) Mrs. Kdna J. Scott."! test(flng today at u divorce trial brought bv her husband man J'Vaufc l. Hcott. di'clftred that on the eve of their separation In 1922. WcoU had threatened lu blacken her reputation. "I'll drag your skirls through the mud so no one wil) want to loolc ,t -.von. !' uuoled him us saying I Frederick I. Sik formerly house employe at the I,ee house. w u-'-iiingion. icsmieu ny ueposmon "IU' A,IM- Hcott UHD1'' lleiislng bad eiitertiilned , fellow guest at the hotel. In her room there In ""ring strait. 11123. He said he orten saw tln'iu '' co"!1, KUa i d dlKpalchc.-i re in the room together and peeked lort lne H'"r a Bund tn h through the keyhole and sa.w them Hitting close together. "She wits usually sitting on his knee." Slkes said th-.it Beuslnger was "supposed to be a bootlegger. SA V Kl! ANtMSi'f I I Ity Ihe A'l- soclai''d Press) An insanity plea , by the defence was Indicated in bii'd opening staiemcniH torlay in Ihe IMIingion trial. HAN KltANClS'" lily the As sociated Press)-- A Jury compos' d fit sl iiii'n and six women wa., e- lechd Tuesday lo try Morolhv- Kl- ., ., i 7 .vea r-ohl m:.trleid Otl a charge of murder. The girl con fCnntlniifri nn Piirt Ktvn.l ' A me'-ttng of rcpi e.sentat ix r- of couHoerehit orgariiailoiis rf Maul - rn 'M'lgoji will b" lotd in t,a (tliiiide August U'l and 2 1 uiub-r (he auspl'es of tb fliegrm Assoeja tru f Comnieicijil 1 11 gauia' ion Scr. t tries of wiil'di Karl IteinoMs of Ihe local chamber ol romitierce Is .ee pr'-sl'blit. About 21' gucfits ale c:;p'cted to attend tiii" coiif'r'ti'-e. fuvilHlton havi- been extended lo nil organ lat(onsv w I) bin I if boundaries of 1'iMittilla. f iitoti, Wallreiva, llah'-r. f ir nil and Mallo-ur count les. ! In-an Bobbin:, of the school of hijNim-M) ad in in l.st ration, t ' nlvei fill y of ' ii' lion. will lie present un will V. B- M , 1 lodnon. manager of the I'oiH.uid chamber of commerce. i 'i'h'- program for (he conference I will Include a 11 umber of round table discussions of problems of ithe commercial organizations;. On i Thuid.iy evening. A ugust 20, tt baii'1'ff will b' glvli Hi which Mr. ,no drei Hudson will give the principal ad dress. DOROTHY ON Tumi a n a i r j . I IIIJIL IIUIUI1 Aged Cutter Ashore In Arctic Sea tn.:., Mnr.lo 't.rll h TWv,U on .,37th Annual 'Trip; Exploration Ship Is Freed from Ice. HKATTI.K, Wash. (By tho As- ""dated Press) --The const guard JUI"r 'Koii'iu hi nnu nie sienmer k :r . . t'';r IJear veteran of the United Wtalcs-coast guard, w hich is ashore position lu utnplo water. The j " I in IIUIIIIUIIIK nilHIl Olll I1U . ' feurs for Its safety nre entertained. The-Oriuiia is expected to reach the Itear this morning and the Al gomiuln should reach the Hear to morrow evening. The Bear steams) from, here, May ltt on her ,17th annual cruise Into the arctic. The summer hart been uneventful for the old wooden steamer, which was to be replaced , alter this trip by a new steel cut ter costing a minion dollars. AMI NMSKN SHIP MtliDO. SKATTI.K. Wash. (By the As- srtr lated Press The steamer Maud'1, e'xplnrulion ship of Captain i Itoald Amhiidseu, bound In the Ice 'through the last, winter In the Are tie ocean nort n ot Siberia. has free(j herself and lias set out for j . Nolne. The I June S. "19 'North Pole. Maude l-l t H.itH to drift over t lie Montgomery Fined $2.r0 For Liquor Possession Wllli.i in (S)trutt) Montgomery, who plead guilty to the posncsf.lon of moon.-hlne. yesier'l.iv, was tiue $L'f.o by .ludge Hugh I-:. Brady. Justice ot the peace. Montgomery was arrested several das ago but did not enter his plea until yes terday. I IKK l(,l S MAIIIV IIAHN SAI.KM. ' ire. j.'iic. wlil'-li ap parent Ktar-led in Die h'ly toil, de stroyef a ljr ( burn, t hi i-lln. waterfank. inn tou-t of lne- mil some baled straw 011 the M- atbiw 1iiWii dairy ranch local erf ioim til 1 1 r ea; t ot Sab 111 'I he Iokh w i ( stiiiuilefi ul $ iH.iHio, parM.v mv. fed by in.Mjraiiro. The Salem lire deparfmenl re- sioutcrl to 11 cull for assist a im through the uf of chemicals nd ed f ihe lemaiiider of 'he pi int. ""if last of tlf hav was .ton d lu .he barn the da b'-foi". A valunbc cow and four calves which were in the barn w-Ih ii the fire started w:'ic saved by 'he ranch employes., I 'rank I "urbln, ow ner of ! he property, said that the turn would be rebuilt. (.room! Broken for New Temple (round bieak- Kl OKNK, (U-e.- tng ceremonh s lor a new INOinm Icinpb' tr te erected here by i he ad here nls of I he Four S'uar.-" go;. pe as propounded .y A I no r McPhersoit and ot hers look place at the site of the building ai the corner of Sixth avenue West und Churlutuu etreut. n,m I lllll I nnnnr. J CHH.'AOO (By ths AsRoclftted Press) -Kedernl prosecutors sprang a surprise today by charging that Jack Shapiro, former lieutenant of tiio sanitary dlsfrtW prtllcu, wps In volved last spring Ui rriH.ll; express and box ear robberies - fn Jndlan apolts aggregating one million dol lars. MANY KIIJ.I M AM) WOt NMI M J niNrsi; si 1; 1 lit; itloi s TIENTSIN. China (AP) Many persons were killed or wounded us the result of Chinese guards firing today on a big crowd Which- gathered at the scene where yesterday .Chinese police fired on striking milt workers. MAN AND WOMAN ARRESTED ON LIQUOR CHARGE Mr. and Mrs. I. ;. Keefer were I arrested u( their residence-at tin2 K avenue by the officers last even ing imil placed under charges of f he possession of ll'iimr. Tl,.... i..,rr.. 11. ...i. I );. Brady, justice of the pence, this morning, pb-ad not milltv ami thelr bonds were net n t nnn each, a sum which they had not rained at the time of going lo press. Their trial will be held next Monday be fore, a Jury. The defendants tire being represented by K. S. Ivan- i i hoe Meantime ' he''o1 fleers tire hold ing Home :u. a Hons of ber and W'lie, a uuantity of moonshine and oth' r niateiidl evidence said to have been takn ut the Reefer home in the ruid. Hclian Oi'ivr Found rVt I!o I In'wr'nnbjl.ln WASI IINO'l'i in (AP) --Belgium'!; first proposal for tin' lefunding of tn $Cii,aitii.ntii war debt to the I'nhcd States w is round unaccept- able Tuesday by the American com- inhston. ACK SHAPIRO IS SUSPECTED Textile Wage Cut Draws Washington's Attention (By f'hmles P. Sfrnnrt) W. V SI M IK in ( N K, Specla I ) . .hist what Mm cruumei-ce and labor depart inents can do about ' ii' e it i New Kllghllld textile, worden and woind-d mills isn't very ch-ai. Wbalev-r It is. how ever. t he I dep.i i t nients may be dependefl on to do It and do It hai.l. Pi csld'-nt 1 'oolldfje Is under, stood tn be 11 good deal "loughl up over the jilfiiJition When he asked the commerce and labor ot -f i.-dals to k 11 to t lie bottom of It, It was us (font 1 hh a guaianty 'hat they'd get the last available fact. How (he president "III use his Infoi nf lion. hen It'ii turned m r to htm remains to be H"cn. It It favors t be employers. It will be pretty hard to make the work- trs take much stock In It. j but tlicie'a i cation to uuniilse TOWN'S BOOKS TO BE INVESTIGATED Ore.nco Mayor , Declares That There . Is Nothing Irregular in Questioned Bond Transactions. SAI.EM, Ore.' (Dy the Associated Press) 1'undlng nn Investigation of tho municipal pond Issue at Orenco. Washington county, State forporatlon' Commissioner Crows todoy , cancelled 'a bond broker's permit held lv the John Shuto company, of Portland.' Crews said his office was Inves tigating reports that bonds had been printed in excess of the amount actually issued, mainly to ascertain of any broker who had knowledge of the alleged Irregu larity h-id been attempting to eull the bonds. TO INVKKTICSATE ROOKS P()ltTI,AMJ, Ore. (By the Ax- socuited Press) District Attorney Myers said today that he had asked Orenco city officials to brine their books to his office for nn investigation he Is making of thu bond Issue authorised by the town of J.Mi.liiio ror a water system and t4iiii.iiou for streets, sewers and other general purposes. - Myers- Investigators said they learned that U90.ndo worth of Orenco bonds had been printed. fciyers said the bonds wero voted at a special election held 'subse quent to a special election in which the .boundaries .of i -Orenco were changed to exclude about ii0 of the 6nfl population.-. - Th i.-f boundaries coincided lorgely with property directly or Indirectly con nected with the Oregon Nursery company and all town rilclats ' wero either oWcers of the nursery company or related to ofrlcers of the company. .Mayor J. McGoe and Commis sioner H. K. Parsons, or Oronco, declined there ws nothing Irrc- gular In the bond transactions. WASIUNdTON, (By the Asaocl ateii Press) A three hundred-mllA "l "V "vereu montl- tains of Kllcsmcre island vi(s matin yesterday hy three naval platiea of' tho MucMIIIan arctic expedition. Base Is IHsi-overed. WASHINGTON iBy the Assocl- u"'" 1'ress) i ne third efrort to locate nn Intermediate base for tho MacMlltan expedition disclosed fa vorable condition at Bettstndt fjord, about 100 miles from FJtah.-- I.nne County Sheriff Suetl. KPfiKNK Ore. Bobert l. furmar of Mexter, fll- ! Bushnelt, a ,,) ,,'" circuit court here .against I- rank K. Taylor, aheritf, I seeking $20,o(Ki damages on ae count of un alleged raid on h:s home some time ago by deputy 1 sheriffs. It Is alleged In the com. plaint that the deputies enter.'d his home without a vnlld search warrant looking for liquor. ( s the pteKlibnt hopes it will be the other way. If so, though he may have no means of actually forc ing tl mployets to buck truck, nevertheless he can muke It aome- hat uucoiufoi table for them ii they don't. J st a mere statement of h's opinion that the wage cut w as unjustified would tlo that. Political guesHfng In Washing ton Is to the effect that the pie---ulent Is decidedly sore on smuc big men In the textile, woolen ant wuiittcd Inrlustrles. A few weeks igo. when a convention of them vn held here, tt will be retailed t hat certain among them h tilled ;it it desire for morn tariff pro tection and the president inti mated he didn't consider it vl is this wage cut their idea of the best way to make him chungo his mind? A lot 0C peoplo thinU ;it looks that way. PLANES VIEW ARCTIC ISLE