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-.' EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY ICa (IratuV fcrntra barmr I I C I T Y tDlTIO N THE WEATHER PORTLAND AP) Ore gon: Generally fair. Moder ate temperatures tonight and Tuesday. 1? Bfe&S VOLUME XXIII. MF.MRBR ASSOCIATED PKB88 LA GRANDE. OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 310 1 Hnfif none I ii ii i. .IIIUMi. IIUUU ! RAISED IN WnLLOWA jFarmers Find Swine to Be Profitable Accord CCOrd- : ing to Figures jOAT yND BARLEY ' 1 YIELDS HEAVIER i Trend Is Toward Larger JarmS 111 the Nearby County Less Farmers to Hip -Apvp Thii Ypav LU LlltS tlie 11113 Xtjai. , . : . WPIITNOTON (Special to The Observer) A strong trend toward. swine, oats, barlev and larger t'.ifarnis Im Indicated for Wallowa' county fdnco 1!20. according to the l!2f government farm cenaus. l.nnd jn farms has increased from r24.0'20 ncros to 560,628 acres, al though 'firm values have taken a tHiinrn mump land fti'd buildings in Wallowa cnuntv wre worth $17.73r..41t In J?0 nnd onlv $11,448,301 this your. Despite the IncrMre in farm no-engc. there are leas, farmers, in dicating leTTOr holdings. In 1920 1ifl farmers exited in Wall own mtiptv. while ih's ycur the number is ftni. Poring the flvo-yenr period the trinl for rwtne has climbed from 5.448 to lS.Rfil, and breeding prwf. hows and gilts for breeding purposes six months old and more, hvp Inoreived to 2R!3 from 22"2. The oat crop in 1019 was 125, RRf bushels, while last vear 1X7 25 bushels were harvested.. Acre age was M35 last year compared with 48flO In 1919. Wheat dropped from 444.129 bushels to 7.92.1 S3, ed from 140,795 to ;.200,S04 bushels. PI LDSTINE FOR C. E. MEET The unnual convention of the ifiratidd lionde I'nioii of ChrL-tian Jndcavnr will be h'ld at Lostlne, uetober Hi and II. Kepre.scntitiveH .will be in utlondanco from Baker, I'nlon, Wallowa and Grant coun ities. About 15 will attend from K. sucielii's of the local jrosbytert-.n und Christian k'liurclies. The convention will start Hatur- itnv noon with a tam:ei lunvneon nd rlose Sunday evening. An in- cn'fting feature will be a banquet ialnrday evening. Judge Jacob unzler of Mn court of domestic latiens in Multnomah county. 1 (resident or the Cndeuvor r-'iielety, Oregon Christian und Dallas Hlce, lield secretary, of the society MH ton -Free wnt or, will be the coat, a leather coat and a limeki ln p alters during the conven- nw from the fair grounds at En ii. j'terprhje. It Is said by the local po- . ijce. h tt. rr tv:n UUTV 11U11JIKUI ITJI1 Preside at Luncheon f The Elks "Forty-Nine" show nnd "Save Old Ironsides" week, .which Is lo he sponsored throngh- Hut mo naiion uiu u. i -.. Vill be topics of the program when temherw of I'nlon County Cham- r of romineroe convene nt the O. (. F. hall for lunrhcon Turs ay at 12:05 p. m. Harry Hoff (jin. who s chairman for the 1925 hnw. will art as chairman. C. O. :ollon and t'hnide Markov will ex 1;, itt the purpose of the show nnd -U what has been done with fun is com similar orcaxlons In the past, (p Lile Green will present the Inns for "Save Old Ironsides" ,-eek. payre Praises Oregon Fair-Week Too Short fin" of the cnolist fulrs Oregon over had in 111'' wiiy A K. Hayre ,lt mrile.i tlio luto exposition at Sul ui. wh'TP hp ai:cmnianli'l IM- Oilkison. Wolf i rv-K-. n-'.-n XrlM-krr. Mt. OMnn; Allen Mills, anil Itvle l-dlieller. I miner, members of the liovt' .nd -I-. nr i'nlon eonnlv. ami loin Dunran of Mudily Creek who Pieiented Baker counu. i"--" ek. Tlie yoimy people were housed tl;e new dormitory. iirn ... i -aa uprnmiuiniril bv a brief Mies' h- some i romlnent .nt.-n- it the fnir. 'wvfrnnr ri".- tce aildrejsed I hem. i'l d the late O'l'lml bulld og, the i .iMireme court and jnc hosrltal'for the Inaane. a well : .nc hospn f 4, . the s '.alr. and the stated iiiraciwiis "' . t .A..nl the week all too .hurt. .Mr. Sayre Mid tnl luorn- Walks. Half Mile After Losing Arms N. R. Wood, La Grande Brakeman, Is Accident Victim ; Hopes Held for His Recovery. I V I ..mTM troIn which he fell after signaling , for a clearance at the Oro Dell viaduct west of I .a Grande (it about 11:80 p. m. 8unday. Nephie Robert- Wood, 37. a brukeman living at the corner of I'nlon and Albany streets, dragged himself from the rails and walked half a mile to the. hrlrlr vnrrlR fnr hpliv Win oh mil a aroused c.eorge Rhimmoi, who cin- ruBied mmmnna for an ambu- lance, wood wo stm conscious b,,t ln orr,I,, rain whMI "p !U'- riVrd nt tic Orande liondo hospi- tal at midnight. Thal M trln P over Wood's amis so close to his body without severing his head 1b ac- tuiunuu a miriii'ie uy uio.su who cared for himi lu.it night, Tho'vlc- tim has no remembrance of the neeident Itself. He was called for duty at about 10:30 o'clock. The fre!ght left the yards at some time within the next hour. He was w1a,lil,,e tnc irain anu nun jn.si Riven the' hlfthhall for the viaduct w'n. Cor some un .ccountahle reason, he lost his balance. The j next ho remembers is finding lilm- ! e If alone on the tracks, his arms hold to hia shoulders only by Khmis of sleeves, and the roar of rreiffbt "dying out in the distance. I J Is accident was not witnessed nor wna he misled for some tlmo after I his fall by other trainmen. Mrs. Wood was called as Boon as her husband had been taken to the hospital nnd is there with hlmnow. They have two small children at MPS A rill U'vflll ..nrl n l.nlt. ' Le Hoy Wood, live in Ja Grande. Wood May Recover Surgeons who operated on Wood at the honpital last night say that he stands a good chance to recover. I Tin veins wore crushed in such a Jwuy that he bled little before 'ontlnued nn Page Five.) Forty Local Masons -.. Attend Elgin IJeeting l''orty;iA Orande riHldntii werft In the company of loo Masons gathered ut the Jfiuonlc hall nt Klein for the regular union meet ing Saturday evening. A candi date for the local lodge wns re ceived, the host team putting on the degree work. Jr. .1. 1(. Ingle presided for ha. Granrb and Mas ter 1 (f-irrls for the Klgln lodge. Ceremonies followed a 7 o'clock dinner at which the women of the Klein chapter, O. K. K., wure host esses. i umc occa uvuaica As Robbery Suspects Several Gypsies, traveling In a 1919 model p-iekard touring car, believed en route to Pondluton. are suspected of the theft of four Pen del ton Indian blankets, an over- The car. bearing Id-iho license 97S7. which Is registered as be lonirng to Itobert A. Davis of Bol:V. arrived here litis morning nnd the occupants tried to dispose of Home goods to a lorn I merchant. The police were notified, but be fore they arrived the Gypsies hud left town, apparently getting wind of the planned arrept. Pendleton authorities have been notified. Automobile Stolen From Private Garage A email tittnmn'dte. biaring the license number 14.fr-xoi. wim rdrtlen from a garage on Kir street l:t.rt jflirht. No trace of th misinc ma chine has been found ftlthouch near'n- towns and cities have been warned.' Ing. l-:aoh of the club represen tatives Is enger to nke entries at the state fair next year. SALL'M. fire. Spenla to The fibserver Iteeeiptw of the frecon stat fair, which r'o-d here Sat urday n'ght. aggregated f 1 09. 99.24 un air;iiosi approximately ttoj.min in lf2", which wa the bjnner state fair held In Oregon previous to this year. The total raid t tendance in 1 ! II wnt 82.700, while paid ntten dnee at this year's fair exceeded S&.noti. UecelpTs of the night hor-e fhw this year totalel 1:1410.75 as nftnlnst I 2 20. 75 at the 1924 f-ilr. pe'-eiptn received from ronr'5ionsi Incread from t 1 4 3 .RO In 1924 to $'291.40. Grand Htand receipts this year aggregated ConUmie4 on Fage rtrt.y PURCHASES 22,000,000 FEE! PINE Mount Emily Lumber Co.' ACqiUl'eS LUl'ge 11111- I ber Holdings ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE TODAY 250,000 Feet of Lodge Pole Pine and Other Five Point Growth Is Awarded. V I'OllTLXU, Owi, (Hy the Amu cln ted I'reNt) TUv sale of 22, nno.ooo iHMUti foot of ycrlow pine, 250,000 foot of lodKVliole i-ino ""I nn iini'stlmnind ntnnnnt or olbor lim'-er In the rinitilla national formt was awnrdo! today by the fore.t service to thfi Mount. Kmlly LnnilHrr comany of I (irande. The price rld was $2.75 n tlio;i snndN ftir tcMow anil 1imIkoo1p pino mid 5" innits fnr other tinier. Te timber is located- on Five Tolnt creek. . 1 1 t AMAMVA. t. iniit-ci.M i With clearing weather for the last iof the week, a largo crowd of peo ple from town and the surround ine country attended the county fair at Enterprise.-, There had been an absence of Hlorm. for the last of the week and tho track was per fectly dry, grvinff the -race howea end buckcrs a chance to do their best. ' The program during the after- noon , Wl good by considered especially good hy many, i iip resuns oi uib 'buekliiE conltwt were as follows ttnlph Graham, riding "Snowball," thrown. Wllken William. riding "Elevator." made a good ride wlille the horse stayed on his feet, but after bucking a few high Jumps fell over backward, uns-nt-Ing his rider without injury. Kife Johnson made a good ride on "Hot Stuff." While !,oyd Chapman of J,on1lno ' made a pretty ride on "Crooked H.' Bud Arnold rode "T.N.T." and was awurded first money for the day. Krenchy Guy Jette rode "l S." but Wius com : polled to pull leather to keep from I being thrown. Kd Woods rode Blue ltuin" and . Jlni IJorrance fContiniiett on pnpe Jt Hindenburg Pl-e-ddent Vim tllndenhtirg of f.frntmiiy illM-artird ItU Chilian cIoUm ami appt-aml oimt nwiro; In tr iinifoim of rich! mar rdml of tttr ermn itmir Mltrtt lie t tlie niancii ten' of flip rvk-li.'mchr tronps at Mecklenburg. mi mum 1 , . c. "Mi.-.. ... . - . Col. Mitchell Arrives In Washington Air Service Critic Faces Disciplinary Proceed ings; Reads Copies of Proposed Charges. WASHINGTON (By the Associ ated i'ress)-r-Colonei William Mtt cJiell, ot tlie army air service, re-1 ported today to the inspector gen-! L-rai's of lice of the war department! where disciplinary measures) against him, are under considera tion; 't ife 'Mitohell casn at this stage is in'' the hands of Colonel Ueorge I A. Nugent, of the inspector gen eral's office, and the purpose Is to furnish the colonel with copies of I the: proposed charges growing out I ins . 6itn . Anlumo sttitenienlsi which- precrphated the vpresent j aviution inquiry. . " ' ' . Mitchell Given C banco. I Before any charges are made against Colonel Mitchell he will be given an opportunity to make any n piy he d aires, Colonel Nugcnt'B recommenda- tions as to further proceedings will bo made alter he considers tne re- ply ' Any courtnwrtlal would sit in Wushlngton and indications are thai Major- Gtmeral Summerull, commanding the second corps area, of New York, will be president of the court. . Mitchell spent 20 minutes In the inspector general's office. lie waived aside quel tinners when he emerged. "1 haven't a thing to say. Ask tnem," no saia. APPLE PiGKERS BUSY AT ELGIN Apple1 pinking 'hair been --under way for the past week ut the H. 1L Wcathcrspoon orchard, north of rover the 1924 membership, though Elgin, and will probably continue tho total still was at a mark con for the - nuxU three, weeks. More ' niderubly below the high point of than f.o people are already em- 1920, when It was 4,078.740. Kin ployed to harvest this crop and unclally. the council uccounted for I no vera l more will probably be add- led. Twelve thousand boxes .havu already been picked ana taken to 1 the warehouse at Elgin, mostly tho Il'lnlr-H llnnunn vnriotv A fi'u' Dfi.J liclous apple have been picked, 1)111 picitniff (II VII IB v.unuiy OLUl ICU in earnest today. Mr. Weatherspoon has KiJ) acres of orchard from which he expects to har-est between fin. nno and 000 boxes of apple this year. Be- iween 20 and 25 per cent of ihl8jrnion t.,mMVi which convened for number will he of the extra fancy !,,, oeioher lerin today, end Judge grade. Many of the apples were, slightly marked by the hail during in Hummer or more wouni nave Thc PX(.i,anKe was made to re been In this rlasx. The crop Is nn- ' ,,.,., ..... Minomah Judges from usually heavy this year, many of the trees being propped to keep the limbs from breaking. The bulk of the tree in the orchard are be tween eight and nine years old. Parents, Teachers to Form Central Council There will ho n meetinfr of ihe Committees from ihe lour Parent- Teacher snociattonft of I (ir'tnde !he last of this week to -organise a central council of the n.'sK(a ttons. The Mine and place of the tmeting will he announced later. 440 Students Enrolled In High School Here Why Do They Do It?. TlM-ro' must be wmic mmiimI bii.iiieH i-ea?si)ii fir the vim' Mailt iM'llcf Of I llllllfllll uc-i-vftil hll'lic fiinit uter tin ifiuiitiy Hint dertiiiii eHn ilitun i? fine Item vif ox-no that tfMild n:'irr m ielm cil. ft 'cr I Hip ttn-y liavp iliMtMere'l Hum if their hiiHinoH in litifKrr tnuf i-iKHigh li merit ytmr pat nti.ue, Ih ll II Iw Illicit-milt eiiou'jh t iIIhciim with oti hy inesii of adwrtllng nHagi-. Yim. tho pioxiieome huyr. hate ten rued Irnig auo (hat the m'-iTliand'-f llmt li't onh buying ln't worth owning. A iMe-tn- ninn's aflvertlomrnt l hi iledgf of Interrit In your Mt It fart Ion. ' )lerer Ad trf lmg A Menhainllug tjorvkje." 2,878.297 UNIONISTS i IN AMERICA A. F., of L. Movfes For ward the Past Year, President Reports t ACCOMPLISHMENTS f : OF LABOR NAMED William Green Tells of New Problems Faced, Including "Company jUnion" Movement. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (By the Aabociuted Press) Outstanding ac- cepip'iBhmenta in a year of growth unU activity weuc reported today t the American Feneration of Ln bot hy Willium Green, its president , and the. members of. the executive council. Mindful of the death of the late Samuel Gompers, head of the fed- enit on lor many years, the report began by, declaring that a "crucial evc.t in the history of the Amerl- cap Federation of Labor during the p.itq year was bis death, and u re- ferred back repeatedly to the sub jeet In reporting on the plans for a union memorial in his remem brance. t'f'In that trying period which by marking hia departure from the helm of the labor movement focus ed world attention upon his achievements und upon the splen did constructive work of our Amor j io.-'ii trlmr movement." the report said, "we neglected no- way by which we eould manifest our re spect und our regard 'or his work and his memory." t 2.878,207 Members. The year gave the federation a total membership of 2,fi78,297 por- sons, the reuort said, and marked' j the first year la stx in which there I was no loss of union strength. H was a gain of approximately 18,000 receipts of J74G.348 during tho year, and expenditures that left a f (Continued on Page Four.) 1 " '. Judffe TaZWell Tl'adeS With Judge Knowlcs j,hgn George Tnwell of Purl 7i.-;ljinn wlM preside this week over , tnp clrrt (;oiirl of w Knowlen of I Grande will ',rv cust,H ln Multnomah county. the nt-r'Hslty of trying the case by which Is contested the will of tho late Judge Bell, an Intimate ac quaintance of all of them. Postponement of the city's case eir:tlnst Mrs. Mary Itmnelhnrd, 'which amounts to nh assessment of damages incurred when the eity "li,t H 7" ,! ,jU!ro l"r ,pr"IU;rt,y I IIIITI n III nil' llllllllir IIIIIIIII.- liu".- j.tal. took plnee when it wna dlseov eri-d that the list of Jurors nad rlirnnk to an Inadequate number nnd would have to be augmented bv a special drawing this after noon. The trial will procend ns senn nn the drawing has been com pleted. The .I1,i.nl ,.1 I l. It. f'.rt. Mill ttliTh r.f:nooi at the tieginning or ine , r ,1. ...-w.l. ,..! A Ail to the orrielal nIort of V.. II. Tow P r. prlneti nl. to A K. Havre, conn-t- mi.erlnti ndent. today, Th it inn ken en InereaBc of :;f over h eTT'dlment at I he clone of t he f'Miriii week left "n r, Jtr. Towter ri- cits, and regintrants are still re- I porting. I rherktng of the recnfls snow; I that ?l girls are it rolled n-:i rtv f.fi t"'r rent of the nn nt her In M'hoid. The hoys total I9!. Tho frehrnan clas Is the only "lie In hich t he hovs predoml- nne ih-re being ftt bovn ond onlv girls. The fro.--h aluo boast the ; urgent enrollrneni. Ho hoi inr H and Juniors combined cannot t-u.ua i thetn in number. t If t he UH HOphoinoren. 37 ar' bov and fil glrln. An eqitat niimb'-r of bnv nnd irfrli "H each make up the Ju nior ela.HS. The nenior number 81. of which f are bovs and 63 glr's. Tw.re hos and two girls are special and postgraduate students. t mM'K II WK C'AI.I.. WABHINOTO.V MPl T h r Comptroller of currency today ls f st'ed a call for the condition of all . national hanks at the clone of bust I fit'ss on Monday, September JS. TRIAL OF TOM MURRAY BEGINS SALEM. Ore. (By the Associat ed Press). Tom Murray, 2 -year-old desperado, serving a 20-year sentence- in the Oregon penitentiary.- central figure In three breaks dom the institution, went on trial in the circuit court touay for killings resulting from his last escape August 12, when ho, Ellsworth Kelley and James WU ios, snot Uioir way from prison. Guards Holman and Sweeney and anotuer convict, "Oregon"' Jones, were killed. "No intimation has been given as to what Murray's defense will bo. , To ;Ask Death Penalty. The prosocMtion will ask the death penalty tor all three of the convicts, who face trial separate ly. . The Jury will probably not be completed before lute Tuesday. S.VLEM. Ore. (By the Associat ed Press). Four men, three of them Inmates of the state peni tentiary and' one, an ex-convict from the Oregon prison, are fac ing trial for murder in the fimt Jegree. Tom Murray, E'.lswotth- Kelley and James WUIoh, the three cou- iets, wore Individually Indicted j by the Marlon county grand jury! for the separate deaths of J. M. Holman . and John Sweeney MAJOR LEAGUE jXTR A ''convention opens OLflDUH LitUU - ' -!' of following peaoe-timo pur- Nl'.W YORK (Hy tho Assoclutod Btttta marked tlie fominl oM-nliir PreBB) Tho rcffulur mujor leiwue KkIiiv of tlie acrenth annual con biiacbull aeaaon hua ended with tho ventlon of tho American Legion. Senators and l-lrateB now prepiirlnfr for tlto poaUaeuflon cluaic, In front of their roepoctivu leuKuea by elKlit and u halt iruniva each. Three RumeB wero played In eneh league yeaterduy aa the curtain foil. Tho only roault, so lav us the stand ings went, wna that the Chicago Cubs wore dropped into the cellar of the Nutiona) league through du feci by the CurdlnulB. , tlogers Mornsby, of the Cal-dlnals led Khe National battors ror nis sixth successuve year. Harry Hell riianni Detroit outfielder, won the Lbntling crown in the American lea gue ior me iniru But'Lriii- iiiiht. HornsWy was crowned king ot home hun hitters of the mujor lea gues with 39 swats. County Superintendent -To Visit All Schools Tuesday, A. Hayru, county nuperlnlendniU of sclioola, will be Kln his Itinerary of vbdta to Ihu hcIuioIh or l;nlon county. He plans cult to reLh,;;,, ne weaiher; reserving the nearby schools for visits when the byways are Inac cesslble. Officials and Experts Flock to I. C. C. Hearing 1 ; POHTIANP. Ore, (Hy the Asso ciated Press) Hearings opened here todav before the interstate commerce cuinmlaMlou on petitions of the Honthern pacific (ireat rthern nnd Northern Pacific Vort -iMifii.i. for tifarmlaslon to build rill cxtenlors in Central Oregon and northern i;amorninj i.,,,!. i.r.. rt-aresented by highest officials und a small rmiiv of .'xiieris. Judge (J. H. Carey, vice-pren-dent of the Cregon Trunk, Hill line subsidiary, was tho rir witness. He said that when the Oregon Trunk built In HMO the builders Intended to build lo Mcdfnrd. via Klamath Kalis. A buslneis alump stopped construction nt liend. Now. he declared, wilh a IhihI ness n-vtval. the growhiR Impor tance of the Oregon pltie industry canned the Oregon Trunk officials to renew the extension plan. Six Children Burned To Death in School I, KWIMTON. J'itho (Hy lt,e A'i nnclntcd pros-;) -li x orphan liend Is the toll of a fire which swept, ii little Catholic mist-ion settlement hi the xej; Perce Indian reacrvn iton. 2T. mile east of here, ut mid night Saturday. I.KW!8T.'N Idihrt fHy the A- Koctnted PreFP) K!re which ht-ned through the boyV dormHorv of the 'fiittiollc mtfslon on the S' r I Tee Indian resection In th" fore da jnewr here whle Hi youth fill occil ! pants lav ukIcc p lute Haturdav i night dcflfrnved the building nnd ! to'k a toll of s'x dead. Heroism or nuns' or th" order of KM era tf Kt, .o-e h. conducting (the Institution. n half drugging '.he j youths from their plumbers wns neifl accouniaoie nurmav noun mi the liven of m st or the ho s. The victims ranged In age frcrn U to 14 PMW Th dead: Anthony Ho'-'ia. 7 chenu. S: Andrew : Slntm It.m Vognrlv. H': Kdward Hwirxlor. 6 Indian: Mat Osu-nburv, 14; Lawrence Henri', guards at the penitentiary, who were killed about 6 o'clock the evening of August 12 when the three prisoners shot their way to liberty after leaving Bert "Ore gon" Jones, their leader, dead from a shot by John Davidson, guard. Two other guards were 'injured. James Nesmith, turnkey, j badly battered about the head by I a heavy cuspidor, and Lute Sav- cB'i biiui ucnciii ti i lie ut-a ri. W. R. Lloyd . was Indicted by the Polk county grand Jury for the slaying of C. I. Baun. Inde pendence for-hire automobile driv er, who was killed . the night of September 1 a few miles south of Independence. 'Lloyd fled, to ward Eastern Oregon and aban doned the dead: man's -machine near The Dalles. . He was ap prehended by. special railroad of ficers as he( was . boarding a freight train In the railroad yards nt The Dalles, the night of Sep tember 2, ."." Murray was mturned . to .' the penitent 'ary 10 days after the es cape following his betrayal to Centra Ha, Wash., police officers by Phillip Carson, who ho had taken Into his . confidence. Kelley and Will os were apprehended by four Port'ahd officers while they were eating lunch on the running board of a stolen automobile near Golrlendale, Wash, . f , OMAHA (AIM Onlfir'Ml-WMleV mill imllui.l..m Im B Tin t.ul ,1. uiim RUNS AFOUL OF liAW POm-LAND (AP) H. !. Allen nf Cirnnts Paaa wan the first person to run afoul of the law forbhUHiui the killtuo- nf licar in. Jnaelthllte m 4nolumn connlles, eneml In November. He- was fined MO, ac cortllnK to rcvoct to, the commlssKm, t Am: in pasakknA . PASAIIKNA (Al'l A Hllicht carthfiiuiko waa felt here at 1:'5 o'clock tills morlliiiK. Chris Miller Planning To Conduct Rat Farm Chris Miller, local furrier, has purchased a 170-ucre tract of land seven miles west-of here, near Klve Points In the Blue Mountains, from e - - . - "rJ r.9 z"r; mu.Hkrat farm, he announced. Thorn are 30 acres of slough on the place and five spring, making an Ideal place for muakrat raising. Men are working on the place at prest-nt preparing It for the rats. Woven wire fences are being con structed. The rn's will be tsken to tho farm as soon ns they can bo caught, after the first of next month, as trapping Hcaon does not open until that time. Mr. Miller will K" rats from Idaho. Washington, and from several local trappers. Just how main- he will start with Is not known, as he will use ns many as ' " ..., caught In bove.H as traps may in- Jure them. They will bo sold for breeding purposes and also for Senator Throws Scare Into Bureaucrat Camp (fly barley p, Stewart) WAKILIMITON (NKA Kpeclal) Henator t'tirtla has succceled fi nally In throwing a real scare Into the Washington bureaucracies. Talk about abolishing some of them, consolidating others, cutting ditwn their personnels to a busi ness basis and eliminating a lot of tho wante that most or them have b'-cn respoiiHlble for has been go- i ing on ever since the war. It hawn't worried them much, j Bo long as congr-os-donal action was necensfiry to trim them In sle Hnd rr.lttco them In number, it wai pretty clear to the bureaucrats th'inelves, as well aa to others, that they were In little danger. . K-nftori nnd eon,i,res"f"n. '"'I ly necoxuiry to say, havo found p luces In Hm'hc iMireaus v-i-y huuuy lo puss out to political henchmen ond heui-hwoiucn. Naturally, they don't like to see an end put to this putronuge. r one thing, losing It will crump them In future. Kor an other thing, each little bureaucrat wno.e j. if ufOtilu'd w.ii blame fcl- p-t'e-fr ronoreraiMue- for it. und so will his friends, end It may make a difference to the congress man himself when the next elec tion day rolls around, it. In a guaurul way, ttttjorUy. Ot BEGINS IIS FALL TERM Seven Hundred Eighty Lases Awaiting Ac tion by Tribunal QUICK DISPOSAL OF 10 CASES DUE Boundary Dispute, Tax, ; .Liquor Matters, Others ,-Make Up Crowded Su , preme Court Docket. WASHINGTON (By the Asso ciated Press). The supreme court began Its new term today facing a crowded docket. Now1 rules formulated at tho close of last term, by which the court Is permitted to use Increas ed discretion In determining the ases It will review, are expected 'o aid In preventing further con gestion, but even then the trib unal has awaiting Its con aide ra tion 7 SO cases, approximately 100 more -than a year ago. , Practic illy all of this Increase Is due to 'lie umber of acses carried over from the last term, the cases docketed during tho recess bslng substantially the same as a your .. It Is the expectation of the court that many of the cases filed lUring Its absence will be- quickly lisposad of, and that substantial nmuds .will be made this year n reducing the number carried vor. .Practically all of -tho'. cases riled during the recess were- pctl ,'ons for writs of certorart and, he court, ' exercising Its disc re ion will determine without oral hearings, which of them-' It , wilt rovlew, r. 10 Iocistas Dim,' . v Ten complet,e(3 ,oa4arryi vrMn rgument had - been ..concluded - . fere carried over by. ti. cum! L y vhon, It recessed lam Juim, uj lecislon,s In these may bf :e T " d any.- opinion day after? Uda : it belnir the unwritten, rule! of vtj.b court tb t dnlvorf na op!nftit; op the first day of a new term, ' The more important In geneml Interest among these cases am those against M. & Daughcrty, brother of tho former attorney r general, to detormlne the power of a congressional comiullteo to k : (Continued on Pago Five.) - TORPEDO B D AT : 53 DIE HELSINOFORS, Finland (Hy tho, Associated Press) Three officers and 60 men wore drowned when the Finnish torpedo boat HI-2 sank yeBt,.rday In a violent storm, during navai maneuvers. naval i A dispatch through' Copenhagen' and London last night said a Fin- gunboat fnamn ni8,VKUn,.,Tl..na'n" not given) foundered In the Gulf of Bothcnla. Three other vessels have taken refuge off ton Swedish and Finnish coasts. the lawmakers recognize that the government Is 'over-bureaned." Put when It comes to putting the Indian sign on some one particular bureau, all those who havo a per hoiuiI interest In It object strenu ouMy. "Wo need consolidation nnd re duction," they agrpe. "but not 1n this spot. This bureau's osMentlal. Let's economize elsewhere." Kach lawmaker la also aware that If he votes to abolish . onie other lawmaker's pet bureau, the latter will vote to abolish his pet. That's why the bureaucrats remain as care-free while nobody but cou I gress discusses retrenchment. Now, however, comes Cnitl' with the announcement that he Intend? tn Introduce a bill giving nket authority to the president ti do all the executive reorganising, con solidating, readjusting and veduc Irg as he sees fit, congress Indors ing whatever he does in advance, and letting It go at that. The bulk of the senators and j rereenttitlvea won't like thU hut jit's a pkin they will find it very dliflcult to reject. Inasmuch afl they admit a reshuffle of the ex , foutlv subdivisions Is badly need led, and everybody can so that they themaelves are unable to do I anything about 1L SINKS ft'--. : 1 1 i :(&..( ! 1 ?S-.Vv i ; U y