EIGHT PAGES TODAY
CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
. PORTLAND (AP) Org.
(on: Rain tonight, probably
cooler Thursday, Moderate
temperatures. ..
VOLUME XX1IL
MEMBER ASKOCIATKD PHESH
LA GRANDE, OREGON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1925. ; mbmbbr associated press
NUMBER 294
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-
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Wayne Wiilett, 23,. Is In
suuuy biaui oy Jjight
nii ig 'hulk ifsLeiuuy .
FRUIT CROPS AT
.COVE AUW DAMAGED
Kail Stones, Size of Wal-
".nuts, Kiddle Orchards;
Uxtent oi Dan
. Yd Estimated.
l.-vf.Kif rv? I inmon-n "Mrtf
XiXieni, OX Uamage INOt
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An electlical stoiTTl, one of
the most intense that has1
visited Eastern Oregon for
many years, passed over
Union and Wallowa counties
late yestevdity, and left in its
wake the lifeless remains of,
Wayne Wiilett, of Wallowa,'
..two de'd horses, and thous-
ands of dollars damage to
fruit crops near Cove.
'. Wiilett, seeking protection
from the fury of . the ele
ments, took refuge beneath
a tree and Was Struck down of October. Most of. the apple or
i -it. i- :jm. chards in Union county are locut-
when, '. with blinding swift- e(1 npap Imble.r ond pigln nnd lt l8
nPSa, a '"bolt ' 6f ' lightning "yent ' 'tfdt thbuf&ht that yesterday's stdrm
ii u-u. was felt much' there, so the .crop
his, shelter, also laying low wm not be, greauy dumagod:
histteam ot work horses. .
Damage to apples and
prunes have , not . been esti-
mi tort hut Pxnocted to be
mated, out is expccieu to ul
at a considerable figure.
I.tnifTMNT. KUA.S V!jI,VAX
WALLOWA, Ore, (Special.)
Before, the horrlrled cytss of h s
mother, Mrs. L. J. Wiilett. a bot
of licrhtninir Instimtly killed her
son Wayne Wlllwtt. US. yesterdny
nilyrnoon on their farm two miles
cast of , lu re Mrs. Wiilett was
bring n coat to her son who had
sought shelter beneath a tree whim
the fury of the oicctrlcul storm
that swept th s eotinty prevented
him from coiiUnuing ,hls work In
. the field. '
Wayne and his father were
working, wtth their .horses when
tlio storm broke., Both went to a
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.. w-'((!mUmied on Page Five.)
OREGONTRAIL
MEET GALLED
The Korretnry of the chamber of
conmi'Tre bus cnlled a meeting of
the Oregon Trail committee tomor
row noun at the Hoinmer hotel.
Thl is the first meeting of the
committee this fjiil and work wn
be outlined for the fall and winter.
The personnel of the commitiee
1h: A. W. Nelson, Audrner playle,
George Clans and George Currey.
Western Potato Crop
7s Larger Than In 1924
PORTLAND. Ore. While the
potato crop In the west promtM-s lo
be much larpr. than last year, it
to much smaller In the rest of the
country nnd for the Pnited States
as a whole the total In expected to
be only 344,91 .Ofm beshp's, com
pared with 4M.784.onn in 1924;
4M.105.ooo in ft23; and 4 f. 3.3 36.
oon In 1322. These figures in
clude the nt.fre production, both
commerrlnl nnd non-commfrrlnl.
The Oregon crop will amount to
4.7i.fno h-iiihei.1 compared with
?.4S'.non bushels le.-t year. fre
gnn. Wah:ngon. California t'tah.
Idaho ard Colorado rrops combiru d
will h 4"..n49,oro hnfVe't thU year
compared wi;h 42,04.000 in 1924.
AppV 4'mp.
Th romr.iercial portion of the
apf le rrp thb ear H now forpcast
nt 91. 1 sr.eeo brsheis compared
w' h s iia.oon hushels in 13:4.
loT.soR.fina bushels in 12J nnd
9i.Mi.non hushel In 1J22. The
total appre crop in 192S Is expected
O. AXf . Fireman
Injured When
Spout Swings
Basil Collins, - Knoqked,
. from Engine to Qround
t Sustains Fractured Leg
-HOT . LAKE. Ore., .(Special.)
A serious accident case was
brought here yesterday. Bas:i Col
lins, O. -W. fireman, -ns knocked
off on "enrino, while tnkini? water
at -North l'owdel. Ho suffereil a
severe fmci.ure of the left leg ,bc
twoen Hip thigh and knee.;
The chain on the water spout
broke, causing the spout to fly
loose, hitting Mr. . Collins and
knocking him to the ground, a dis
tance of i.bout 15 feet. There was
some sliirht suffering- caused from
sir. comns swallowing nun an
amount or water, before tne spout
;COU,i be shut off. Gilos Hnrndcn
I and Saxe Bruce brought Collins
to the laice, malting tne irip, rrom
the time of. the accident until he
wvs In bed and an X-ray taken, In
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TO PICK EARLY
APPLES
IMcklng of the curly apples will)
start in a few weeks, according to
tinnouncemcnt by the county a-frl--cutturlst
this "morning; j The bulls
of the. apple crop, however, will
not be picked until the latter part
Prun picking and-, packing . is
boing nstied as the fruit a rlp
eplug fast. The majority, of llio
prunes grown in the .county are
around Union. There are. several
OI.hPfl Bt rnv,., whir!h WPP h!ld.
by yesterday's storm
Union was
not so hard hit, ex
cept by rain, which tends to soTten
the fruit and injure the quality,
causing more' to go Into the cull
GTude.
Baker Baptists Plan
Big Rally Wednesday
HAKKIl,' Ore.. (Special.) The
younff people of the Baptist rhurch
arc all set for a bit? time Wednes
day night when they stage a big
' rally and- open up new plans for
their fall work.
j There will be delegates present
from La Grande. Ontario, Cove and
Ha ines. Also t he young peoples'
state president will be here Owing
to the fact that the Baptist church
is being torn up in preparation for
their new church the young people
have arranged to use the Metho
dist church for the occasion.
They will start the affair off
1
wn n pot luck supper at 6:30 and
wm ne followed iy a lively
program in which the state presl-
nt nnd visiting associations will
have a prominent part.
BASEBALL 1SESILTS.
(B the Associated J'rfws)
TfMlny In (lie .National League.
Ifronklyn 3, Pittsburg 6.
Boston 0. Chieago 3.'
Today In I lie Amcrlcati Lenmir.
Cleveland 0-3. New York
Chleago 1-8. Philadelphia 4-2.
Other games postponed.
to be connldernbly smaller than n
year ago. owing to the much poor
er conditions of non-commercial
orchards. The 1925 crop Is ex
pected to amount to 162.198,000
buhets. compared w:th 179.101.
000 bushels in 3524. In the wwt
there was an Increase In both com
mercial and total apple production
this year over 1924. Oregon's com
mercial foreeajd Is 4.284 000 bimh
eli compared with S.jr.O.ouo bu.h
Js In 1924. The combined com
mercial rrnp of Oregon. Washing
ton. California, t'tah. Idaho nnd
Colorado Is forecast at 39,40.000
huhe;s rompared with 34. 210.000
hushels ln year.
IVnr rf Figure.
Tlie pear crop of the Vplled
Sfnte Is n"w forprn-t at H ftl?.oofi
bushels, compared with IS. 128.000
In 1924: 1T.S45.0CO in 19231 and
20 7ovooft in 1922. The foreeat
for Oregon thta yrar t 1.51 1 ono
busheL ronirarrd Wtn 1.22$. 000
bushels last year.
Si
Robert M. La' Follette
, : Jr., to ' Have Much '
V.- - : Competition
HYLAN- DEFEATED
BY TAMMANY HALL
State -Senator James
Walker, Backed by Al
- Smith, Is Democratic
Nominee for Mayor.
MIIAVAUKKE. (By the .Associ
ated Press.) Kight'men may con
test in the , special election Sep
tember 29 for the. (Mailt of the, lute
Sonntor La Follottc, it 1 became
known today, in. uddttton to La
Follette's son' Robert La I'ol
lrte Jr.. who swept, the stole In
a contest Tor the Republican nom
niuiioii yesioruuy wUa a majority
of 26,000 over the combined vote
of threo other Republican candi
dates., . ' - , '
HVIjAX defeated
NKW YOJIK.. CHy tiui Associ
ated I'reas.) !tutu Kenutor James
Walker, backed by Tummauy Hall
and Governor Al Smith.' won the
democratic nomination ior mayo:
over Mayor Hylun wltli more than
a 96, 00JJ . majority ' In" yosterduy's,
primaries. ' ,
..iank D. yWatormah won the re -:patWaii'
ciultUrtatWu y l ' Vb" .'' over
his nearest opponent. -
ThurpoBsibiHty .pt' layor Hyland,
entering the race ,a an lndepend
'tuit is be.ing disoutispd but no de
cision lias been reached.,
BOWLES W lNXEIl
HI1 It I N GK1 CH), Hy the Asso
ciated Press. )rHn ry .. L. Bowles
of Springfield l'uesjay won - the
republican nomination to complete
the uti finished term of t he late
Congressman George, B. Churchill
of Amherst as United Stales rep
resentative from the HeeoiVU Mass
achusetts district. , Uuoflicial re
turns gave him an overwhelming
lead over William H. r'eiiier. six
(hues mayur of Northampton.
1'resldent Coolldge's hoine City.
Htale icepresentulivu Itola.id L.
Sawyer of War a wuti uiiuipusod lor
the democratic nomination.
Portland Barbers to
Charge 50 and 2b Cents
PORTLAND. Ore. (By the As
sociated Press) lJurbor shopa here
returned to prices of 60 cenis ior
haircuts and 2& cnts for shaveH.
after the barbers' union last night
rut It led tjie master barber's decl
slon to revoke the lncreo-ies lo 65
cents for haircuts and 35 cents for
shaves, effective thU week. .
k.ovm;s jii;ai:s aiu;l.mi;nts
Milton It. Klepper, state sena
ton, was here yeatrda from
Portland rppre.-u-nting Winifred
W. Clemens, formerly Winifred
W. . Phy. before Judse J. W.
Knowlcs in an argument on Mrn.
fit niens motion to ustde a
sale of her .-stock In tho Hot lake
sanatorium on a Judgment ior
i-osis .secured cgulnsl her by l"r.
W. T. Phy. An urllrle In The
Kvening Observer yesterday in
reference to the case was in er
ror. hospital to UK vii:wi:i
HAi.KMf Ore. Membi'is of the
'state board of control wilt have
here ('"rlduy night for Pendleton,
whore they will Inspect the eastern
i Oregon state hospital. The Inspec
tion will be mude Saturday morn
ing In order that member of the
board may attend the Kound-Vp In
the afternoon. The hoard Is com
posed of Governor Pierre, Secre
tary or State Kozor and State
Treasurer Kay.
I Other s;ate officials who are
planning to attend the icoundup in
clude "William Iven.. state pro
hibition director; Curl Abrainn, .;pc
retary of the board of control: jl.
H. Corey, member of the -public
'service com rn teuton: V. A- Ktl tt,
Mstr forester and Dr. W. H. l.yt!e.
state veterinarian.
lyeg Ampntntril at Hip.
i Mi:tKOIM). Ore. The rfn''4!nn
of l-at'T Itenneti. l. local high
frehool boy and son of Mr. and Mrs
N. S. Ilennett. whoa left leg w:s
amputated thia morning at the hip
because of a malignant grf wh
known as sarcoma, wis tonight re
ported as shr.wtng favorable indi
cations for recovery.
CnlLLnlll I '"Act With Nation's Heroic Dead. f
IS ON WAY i1' '" ' ' 'vm ;
iias run rower 10 iep
resent France in Debt1
' I'unding Conference '
BORAH DECLARES
-RutJ!i ML ST fAV
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Idaho Senator Says That
More Generous Terma!
fcuioulcl .Not" Be Given
Than Britain Received.
PAMIR (By the' Afsoclatod
Tress.) Kinwnre Minister Cuiilanx
hns left for the X'nlted States nn
the debt funding mission.
take a boat nt Havre.
. -Authoritative o.nartprs announc
ed thai Premier Pn in love and his
cabinet arc determined to Ktnnd or
fa'l upon the result of the Wash
ington negotla'ions. They votd
yeHiM-flay to give Calllaux ftl
powers. to negotiate.
BORAH AIIW VIEWS. '
WA.Siii0'iliN (My l lie -V soci
a led Press.) Coincident wth ' he
departure of the Krenph debt mis
sion to the United Ktjites from
Par's. Senator Borah, chairman of
the sennte foreign relations com
mittee! at a conference: .with Presi
dent Gfolldge today1, opposed 1 the
terms for France as being; more
liberal than (hovo given Great Bri
tain. ..he declared - France- would,
not be granted lenlenoy a it his
a greater capacity to pay than the
British.
ii HMHYT SPEAKS ON DEBT
WASHINGTON jfUy the Associ
ated Press) Senator Smoot, He
pUbllcan of Utah, member of the
Ahierican debt commission, assert
ed France's war debt to the United
States must be settled without any
reference whatever to the .terma of
. (Oitnilmieri on Pg Five.)
1
(if)M srniKi-i iu;porti:d
.I.K KSONVIIil.K, Ore. AP) A
roaring mining camp 410 yeajt au,
now jicaiiy a i letter U-d vlllngis -nay
return to lis former glories, if jiohl
poiuiitig ttarttl recently on tnln
.stttet i-oiitinues to show ruster
ons ri'ttiilt;. Joe liUiigwell, veteran
t aliforiiia street nnd eMi-r'a
' brought out
lfi nr ...Il.w t.ljilnl
, in one milling. !l ela.il iih he
' Ntnit-k a rich Ulgc and engaged
tow iiifn to help lifm in a iliiri -fiMil
shaft. orated b) the old
fnrshluiied tiolst and rtM'krr.
HYIi.w is Tintot :;n.
1 M-;V Oltli (AP) Mnor 1l-
lan nmiifiHfd this nfteinonn '.tv
; would return to private life upon
; the fonrliiNlon of his pnseut terin
' of office The nimnumTmrnt Is
Itiru'fei1 as definitely removing
the poHsfhlllly of then' bring .'in in-dejK-mleiu
Drmocrntlc tlrkel in the
iNieinbr cM'cikiii.
Holding
Present
Volume
The fiii nil bustm-M 1 oiri-iifilly
fiicttnccd by coiMtunt. hard
ttorli ii'i rotnpi'tltitui. The (inn
er Im ftMicrined with hold; ii
liK ptffsitit vrdtiuie n niiich
an Ur Ih with Increasing Jt.
No mr:rc etvinonilcal way Is
on'n to him than TIm Olr
ter Wflut Adn n( low nMinlhly
roll. He kifTw hU tiamecon
.:autlr before you and Intro-ihici-4
liimwlf nutoiiiallciilly In
ne ffini'-r Utvy are addctl
In the t-My'n populatloti. He
may reiMl only m nwrtilli
yet he M-nd IiIh Imi ne-.
meiagi to you ! f day of
Um; ittfk llirouglunit the )vmr.
"Obrpr Ad srl Inlng
A MiTrtiamiMnff ttrrvlce.'
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.rtpn. .itw i him ilWfcfimliilgirti ill ai WM. . . ,
Vppor Willi imprPHSIve ceremonies tho bodies of fereml rtrHmn of tlm HhenantknU dlsnRtvr
worr bul led on the beautiful miodtxl hIoih'.s of t Ingtun National imntrry near Washington. - Nut
i . far nwn.v 1h Uie tomb of llio l.nknown Miiilier. lilclUn sIiown thu flug-tlraikHl c-skeu Oonialn- ,
- lug I ho bodies of l.leut. Ooiii.'IjOiiIh Hiuicovk, Mem, Kdgar W. Hlwppnrd nnd l.lunl. J, H, Lawnme;
liowcr Cummaiiilur Zatlutiy ljansdowiie, pilot of Mui ", K, dirigllilu Hlicnuiiiloah, 'ami three of'
his off I wis lio (lied wlilr lilm wlieii the gimit alrhlilp cmslii'd to vnrlli, are huricil at Arllnjr-
Um cemetery. Thin shows I tt'V. U. S. Nichols, rai'lor of Christ KpincoiHIl oliuich of Toms ltlvoi',
'N. J., tending the funeral service berorc the boilles or l.li-iit. Conmuuiilor Iioula Hhnoock, ' Lieut.
J. U. Lnwrciiuu and l.hut. I;. W.' Kliepiutid are mwnml lino I he ground" : ' ' ." ,,
m
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POHTKANI). Ore. (By the As
sociated Press.) Jaek It. (arfr,
66. .loggfr, stabbed his wife-Mrs.
jeonu Carter, 38, In the back and
arm. ana men nea ins own, pie
hv KtJtbbtnitr hlmRir nt a room In c
him.llrtl.. Mm. i'nrti.r'u .nndltlmi'
.....
is not serious-i .. .
Mrs. Carter miff tho pollen her
husband returned from Ue.nd ysr
Urdiiy nnd the Rtnbbliig occurred
until- um; nnd ncr nusnaiiu- nu
b'fn drinking fiionriKb'.ne- nnd hu
n reused her of keeping coinpnny
wdit another man while he w..s lu
a lugg tig tump lUitr lhnd. , .
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DlX LiSCapC 110111 Jai!;
Autlioiitics on Manhunt
HKATjTI.K, (Hy Ihe AssoCiiit-d
I'rens.) Western W'Mhingion au
thorities ure seiirching ftr six Tte n
who esenped from the Kln;:s
county lall yjiteniny, Irivlug held
up three Jailers, " two doeiois and
an attorney with four pisto's and
a knlle Ti'steried to flie end of n
brooinstleh. The.. prlS'iiu-n J"led in
n p'lys'cinn's niilomob le w'lteh
Wiis found 12 blocks from the Jftil.
Traffic Officer Kills j
Auloist During (Jliasc
AM1ANV, Oro,
chiied Pr Ki. ) K
fid. Was shot and
((liy Ih Asti
wnrd Ixiu'signol
killed neiir J1
rdny by Tnr.it
ferson, Ore., yet
0""er T. P. Talent of Medford
following an auto chnse by Tali ht
and District Attorney S. O. Chnni y j
of JacHsn county, A cnrou r's
Jury exoiierati d Talent for the kill-
Ing. finding thai the ofnr. r ahot
In the pTfornmnce of h i duty.
PAl.tiM, fire. (H- the Afo. 1
atd prHs. ) Prison records i h"w
that Kd liu.slgnot. killed by Of
flci-r Tstent n'ftr Jeffir'on ,st r
day. served ti thne yrttni term for
larceny from Multnomnh county
and, under (he name of Krunk
Vaughn, served over two yen is
from Coos county after eonvb!Wn
for recelvlnif stolen property '.n
1914.
SUICIDE
Pendleton's
: RoundrUp Is .
Ushered In
PI-;NJI,!'7Mn, Ore. (Jipeftal)
I't'iKjieton was all plt-ptli-ed just Uv
ion. ,,oon tor Hih betfU.miii, ol the
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. gut undt'r way at 1 -:( t niock i It in
, tu nio4in -iu rotiuue tne reiuulu-
.der of the wek
j AloPU tltlt ;jn animals are in
.tIL. ,,wna ud torruia uehiud ihe
,4U Kl ml t med lu ti. ,, pai la
iu the lug .bhliW. UilU t,ie ell. rles
uf huiiuiii eo. ill .lUU'.Av.?rt: ii. llig
uude u' a' 'u t i iie. , At Ie;ist Iho
i:o,iie.tatitn ,4tv CAfUtteu lp ,arllo- :
ipjite in (lie g iuw (his eiir.
' The proiiiftcta for u jjood show.
piuv..nK .ai: woithe m invorubie, ;
.wn- never bulior than they are
tluh (.ar uccoiutug to oiticials of
tin i.ouiiU-(rif. 'licket ajtlea have I
b en ve.ry heavy. . , -
Hijtrling from T,y nilles away
un u.r . iuji'in, coiiiiti'iiii.eil iy
i. n-1,1. o.,,.,e.v ti. JOdley, will arrive
heie 1hl.r..day. A feature of the
ii. v to ! iiu.OiMj wib be a running
lift; ol annnniin'iiieiilH sent by
ra'llo oik. which wdl be broadcast
ni tie Uotnd-l )! park through the
. w aiinoi.iiu.rig s s i iii.' Mo ie ihiiti
; o hiiH'S. g'.vemiiien
owneii, are -fxp'.'clf'J
PKNDI.l;ToN. Ore. (Special)
.)o Wovds. a Ui (frnnue, nrtlved
lieic Afnnday to partlcip'ale In the
houtid-l'p week. This year Woods
Wnl i.rivc iw.i lea mn, one of S,-lrtt- j
ed buys, ami one of diipple g:uys.
lie wnt iir ve in Hie Westward Ho'
jatuiie und w'H alo drive one of
the Ictims at lju py. Canyon. j
2 in it r in At ro srnvi,
,
IMH.i'1-MtMNi i ore. waller tury cons didatlon. I go to SO per cnt or the line onj
litwien nnd Wiirmn O. Slillds. , The llm-a which ure losingioll the loases to 20 per cent. Ot
both or l,eliinm were Injured when money nntumlly regard the con- th face of It, It doesn't uk
their nutornobilr wna crowded off polldntton proposition with very Tike a good bargain for ti e for
the rHd nnd nr"i nini miles south kindly ryes, a nee it would Insu.e nier.
oflbisclty, Uoth irwn wer pinned thein a ai-iire of th ptof!tnbie.
und r ihe ntnchlu", jnncs' r venuea. It hardly pm-I The administration's vlf-, hw-
Pamierxbv lifted Ihe marhln off twinnlile to i Xpert the latter to Ik- fUr, Is that consolidation would
the men and called Dr. Deorge C. so i nthim i tt r. jai greatly reduce overhend nn t
Kindt of liidej.endenc-. Mr. j,iw- j .no en la nee efficiency that n ilm.iy
rene. h:d reveral broken rib end Of Ani re:i approx!mtitely ' woufil lose v,y It: In f'ict, that
Mr. Hl'teM.-i a broken collarbone. . Sio.oon miles of railroads alio it everybody would gain the com
Iteh wer taken to ti Icbtnon 20o,oni mites pay. The other 60,-)Mrie( railroads In an increased
hospital. The authorities did not ttoo do not or barely. 'margin of profit and the public
learn who crowded, the auto off tho If the whole 260, .)00 mile were fin lower freight and pasaeng r
road. j merged. It doesn't follow th it t rates.
BEGIN
INIJUIFi
NEXT MONDAY
WAHHlKOTON (Ily the Assoet
aled Prei.y-Tjio court of lurpilry
thai Secretary Wilbur appointed to
livja:igne the HhemindMah dlsoNler
will convene in lakchurst, New
Jersey, next Monday.
The court will atiempt to deter-
mine the mures of tho dirigible' hilled his wife, Mrs. Marlon Shank.
eollaS nnd fix the responublhty. J and hia son Paul, 19, early to
It Is iissnmetl that l he hearings will n-sr. attempted to take the life of
be open to the public. i,iIb daughter Ruth,. 18. and then
j i, . L isought to end his own Mir by
J : :i PItori;sNOHS ADDI-:f drrwnlng tn the bath tub-' i
I Mi MINNV ll.l.K, ore l.lnrieid ' 'officers, beltevo family friction J
coll.'ge begins r g s' ration for the wim the motive for the crime. They 1
VHi year. The freHhumn cla.w will' found divorce papers, filed by his
approxlmnte ioit; toi;tI is expected w'f yesterday, under Bhank'a ptl
j to be about 275. I low. , .
J Professor W-lliam J- Jerome, A. ' l'
lM.. will head the department of' 3IAX MIKTAKKN FOIl UV.F.R
soehil and political peencen. I "
A einiir of education has beon ! MAKHIIFIEMJ. Ore. Lewis
crenled to ftepniato the dcpurt-1 l.udtke, Nehalcm, Is being treated
men' pf phflnsoiiby nnrl e:lneutlon t the Kelzer hospital for shots
formerly under one heiid. Prorci- Ihrougli both barms sustutned
sor Arne H. Jensen, it. A., will have when his sort-ln-law. ltohrt Starr,
charK(. of the edncntion branch. ! kuw him pncklng a deer and took
Profer'nor William ( tin gorv, ithc pair Tor a deer In travel,
M.S.. of Spokane unlverdtv will fill H. Hanson of Tillamook, wns
the vncancy In the chemistry de- w'th the party, which whs hunt
rartmeni. Ing In the Ituguu river count.y.
iviRail Merger
Find Much Opposition
(Itv Chnrbi I. Stewnrt) .
WAHII'NHTON (NKA Hieelni ).
President Coolldge Isn't going
to have th m;s all his own wmv-uI rntea. On top of that, on the
j when he launches his cwmp iign 'consolidation bnsia, wr.atr vr pro
in rongreaa tiuxt w ntir to force fits the combined roads did m;ik?
Icon.toiidnilon of the county's tall would be spread over tho entlru
Itiaimpmtal.nn systemn if the!250,oou miles.
'roads continue to stull off voluit-
FARMER IS
HELD FOR
SHOOTING
J. S. Trent, McMinnville,
. Jailed in Connection
"i With Murder ;
SHOT AT PARTY
OF PORTLAND MEN
George Hamlin Killed
and F. E. Hamlin, His
Father, Near Death;
Melon Patch Cause.
McMINNVILLE, Ore., (Hy the
Atutoctatnd Press.) Oeoriro Ham
lin,, of Portland, was killed and
his fathor F. E. Hamlin, tvnre
probably fatally shot last night by
J. 8. Trout, dartyman, who thought
the men were robbing his 'wau
ermnlon patch near here on the
Sheridan road. ,
Earl Hamlin, brother of the
dead man, and William Hamlin, an
uncle, .others members of a deer
hunting party which were In an .
automobile,1 escaped uninjured.
, Trent was arrested lust night
and placed In tho Yamhill county '
Jail and the two survivors are held ; '
pending an Inquest which is ox-' .
pucted to be held this afternoon... 1 :y .
. Trent's Story . .
Trent said that he . fired Mj':'
shotgun, . thinking It was Aoadcg '
with' rice, point blank at the autq.',
mouue pariy iot euuiae n m mejn .
DAtOhj
i ns surrivor mim onnr ,.
they wore
patch. ' ' 1
robbing the melon
'I'he body of Oeorfro HiimUn la,
at tho undortaklnff parlor here and,
R(IK. Hamlin la in the hospital ;
ivh'oro iphyslciana tdo hot uxpeqt,.
him to recover. ' V
.M,The siiootlng- occurred ' tit.tten
o'clock, last night Trent said that
neighbors had Informed him' his
watermelons Wore being "-raided, ,
and ho. fired at the autombblln.
Tho deud and wounded men each
received heavy charges of buck-:-shot,
Shorrlff Manning said. . ,.-.
FATHER KILLS
WIFEAND Si
DENVER By the Associated
l Press, ) Han Shank, RO, shot and
Plan Will
, their total earnings would be
j Inei eased. On tho contmry. pnrt
of President Coolldge's man is to
No longer would nil the velvet
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