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VOLUME XXIII.
MF.MRBR ASSOCIATED PKB88
LA GRANDE. OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 310
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.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.
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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
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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.)
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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
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