EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY
Ha
CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
PORTLAND AP Or,
gon: Fair tonight and Thura
day. Moderate temperature.
VOLUME XXIV.
NUMBER !4'.
MKMBBR ASSOCIATED PHB8H
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1925:
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRB88
SAWMILL TO
OPEN EARLY
HI ni
Mt. Emily Timber Com
. pany to Begin upei a
. . tions in Kovemoer
MILL MACHINERY
NOW BEING TESTED
First Fires Now Burning
Preparing Engines and
Boilers for the Steady
' Grind of the Future.
The new Mt. Kmllv Timber com
pany's plpnt here, located on the
former fair prnunrts site on the
north side, will boRln 0erutionH
enrlv In November. It Ih announced
today by August J. Slnnfte. . It 1h
lmptuHlfole lo Bet a definite duie
for the opening as yet.
, The first whiff or smoke began
curling from the huge smokestuck I
thlc w-ek. cfinsoii bv "rellmtnary"
fires which were built for the pur
pose of getting the. englms and
boilers Into shape for the unceas
ing work that Is ahead of them.
The fires wll be kept burning from
now on. . .
For the next fortnight the ma
chinery In the mill will undergo a
process of testing, nf tuning up to
make all In readiness for tho
stendy grlnd to come.
Wirk hns been going on In tho
wood's' during tho summer and
early' fall nnd whpn the opening
nla-t of the wh'stle Is sounded
there will he plenty of logs In the
pond to feed the huge saws.
.'. With the opening. Ia Grande, a
city of more than 10,000 persons,
will, become more than ever the
leniberlng center of Kastern Ore
gon.
Af nresent. with two large mills
'-i-tlie Bowntan-HiulA illan.t and the'caj posf bfAmeiloaii l.eglm will
Grande Jtonde Lumber company at nie(t this evening with the Baker
l'erry Operating ond Sending
countless feet of lifmber Inlo the
(Continued on Pg Five.)
SET FOR TRIAL
Testimony und argument in the
case of the United Slates National
... t l. Villi,. n
r..it ,',.' i.wiiftiito tniLt
the trial may Hurt well into Thuw-
.i.... i...i.-..u n tioonn
LIQUOR CASES
note together with an agreement i were injured. '
to have been made hy the de- I The first look place at the cor
fondant to pay certain claims at ajn-r of J'lerson and 1'lr when an
future designafd date. automobile driven by a man whose
name is unknown hit a car driven
The next case for. trial to that Jr v,.lonuld, ..W. em.loe.
of inc suae againsi nim.ii a....
on a Ihiiior charge. t.vl for I-rhiny
Two udditionul cases have been
set for triul during tho present
term. The slate's caae ugalnst
Wowurd Uute.s. charging possession
of Intoxicating liquor, will be tried
Monday, October IK. That of the
state Hcrulnst I. It. Keefer on a
similar charge is set for Wedius- I
day. October 21. Uoth are up- I
pealed from the Justice court.
Trio Arraigned Today
Before Justice Brady
Mort neckwlth, T. W. Itoblnson
and Itlchard Wallace. . arrested
Haturday night on a charge of as
sault and battery, were arraigned
at 2 p. m. today before .lust Ice
Hugh 15. Urady for preliminary
hearing.
Pair Admits
Submits
The closing chapter in a liquor
rase that at one time threatened
to involve county and prohlMtlon
oifieers was written last evening
when William Schwebke and Al
bert Wilkinson withdrew their
original pleas of "not guilty." en
tered In the preliminary hearing
June 2, and filed a plea of guilty (
fn circuit court before Judge C. H.
-Md'ulloch. who fined both of (
th"m. i
Hchwehke and Wilkinson were1
found alnc with Oeorg.- Harold ,
on the Hardy Harold rmnch near i
Cove, February 21, in posses
of an 85-gallon rill. 90 gallons
ftf rr.ovh and So irallons of finished
IToduct. '
The thrre were Irted in circuit
court. Harold pb adlng gelity to .i
charge of cwnerhlp' of the fcttli.
The other two were lndietd on
rhanse of aiding In the m.inurH- -tiir'
of lntxieating Ihrnor. to
which Ihey pleaded not guilty.
Fehwfhke 1 said to have boasted
that th cae would never come to
trial; that enauo prur could
Some Dive
i: i
11
.
Some dive Is rt'.-Iii. ""m cxni
tvaman caught Carol Fletcher,"
Pacific Const ' women's diving
champion In mid-air. v Tho pic
ture was taken et the recent Pa
cific Coast championships In Los
An;elc.s. .Miss Fletcher was a
member of the American Olym
pic team In 1024.
Looking toward the joint -celebration
of Armistice day In
r:rnnde. il committee from- the lo-
post to arrange for a Joint dinner,
and dance some time next week at
I nion. The coming affair . will
proh.-ibly lake place in the Union
hotul under auspices of the 1 nion
post. ,
further arrangements for the
observance of. the day in Ijo.
CJramlc will be made when the
committee convenes early next
week. Hugh K. Urudy chairman,
announced today.
Two Traffic Accidents
Within 5 Minutes Today
I Two truffle accidents occurring
within five minutes (hue in the
business section thin morning dam
three ""tomobllcs,
the occupants of tho
None of
machines
,, rr w,.rc badly damaged
The driver responsible admitted he
was to blame und offered to make
proper settlement arrangements,
the police report. -
At 8 o'cloek. five minutes after
the Klr-Jefferflon collision. a
Washington car bearing license No.
31 si ruck the Kommer hotel
truek ns it w;is crossing the Ad-
uiiiN-l epot inierseeiion. , inc ien
nor wheel of the truck was torn
off.- The Washington driver of
ferrd to pay for the damage to the
light truck.
lltirlmnvnwtn Kinder I'nlicc
KLAMATH KAI.I.S. tre. Police
todtiy had found no trace of the
lone masked highwayman who
held up nnd robbed Melvln Huell,
I nlnn Oil romjiany snrviee station
operator, of $'H of the company'
money.
Guilt And
To Sentence
be brought to hear upon prohibi
tion and eouniy of t leers who. he
said, had been partnetg In the busi
ness, to keep The case from get
t.ng Into court on the appeal for
a new trial.
A deputy sheriff and a prohibl
tlon off.cer were tho pair Schweb
ke claimed had been "fixed" to
protect the still. One. he said, was
getting a percentage of the profits,
nnd the other wa drawing I'iO a
month to draw suspicion in other
dirertlnns.
Sehw'tke is said to have boasted
Ifio that g'-vf-ral proininent privaJe
t mzen:
ronld he Involved If it be
en me ne( e
sry In order to pre
vent the trial from taking place.
Whatever may hve ), n the
nrlier licpe of the pilr of avert
ing a jent"nr. thev
submitted
a jenf'Mie lust evening withoirt
fhew nf def?nding their ortirnnl
plea nf lnnor-ner. whieh arl
Helm, iltstrlet attorney, b l ve
nmes the innocence of the .wo
oftlcetB mentioned by
Schwebke
.
Jand WUkimon,
LEGION PLANS
JOINT MEETING
i
STATE SPUD
OROPSHQWS
FAIR GAIN
Yield This Year Will Bet
ter Five-Year Aver-
, age, Report Says"
4,908,000 BUSHELS
.IS 1925 FORECAST
Western States : Raising
Larger Crops, Though
Rest of the Country's
Yield Shows Decline.
POUTIXD. Ore. (Special te
The Observer) The big reduction
In the prospective late potato cror
f the t'nlted States ns a whole
this year, compared with last yenr
does not eialerlallv. nTfct the
grower In tho western states, for
all- of. tho decrease, occurs In the
middle west and eastern states.
Jn fact; all of the principal pro
'lncing western states promise e
'nrger crop this year than last.
The condition of the crop In Ore
gon and estimated production are
83 per cent normal and .B6S.tMie
bushels, respectively. The five
year average crop for Oregon '
4.613 olio h' she's and last year",
-rop was 3. "SO. Olio bushels.
California, with a crop 97 tvi
cent normal, erpects a 7,91!.O00
bushel yield: Washington, with r
crop 70 per cent normal, expects it
B.712.00O.bu.ihel yield; ant ioann
with-a crop 85 per cent normal,
expects a 12,254,000 blishc! crop
this year.
National yield Less
The total yield for the nation
1 this year, 68 per cent normal, ls
'44.227.0OO bushels, much leas
lhan the five-year average crop of
417.648.000 bushels and less than
Inst year's yield of 464,784,000
bushels.- . ,.1 .. . - . v
- tKb Big answ rf -xsib m
states to the east Is ilue ln-part to
a smaller acreage than was planted
last year. California la the only
one of the western states to show,
any marked decrease in acreage,
where the area dropped from 50,
n0 acres In 1S24 to 48,1100 acres
in 1925. : .
Oregon Conditions
Car lot movement of tho 1025
crop in 'Oregon, Washington and
Idaho lo October 3 is reported at
3057 cars, compared wllh 3IM3
cars to October 4 last year. The
Oregon movement of Hie 1925 crop
lb October 3 Is reported as 1JH
ears compared with 371 cars Inst
year to October 4. This Oregon
decrease is due to the. reduction in
acreage in Ahe early.produclng sec
tions of the state. The Malheur
county acreage was just about cut
In two this year, compared with
1624, but In the later counties
particularly In Klamath, there was
Contfnuf1 rtn Puti Five.)
All elght'of the victims of Tues
day morning's collision of a section
truck motor car with a string o.
dead freight, cars near Kainela
Ore., are in good condition anc
headed toward recovery, it Is re
ported from the Grande Itond
hospital today.
Alfredo Aclrna, the Mexican vic
tim for whom a ruptured bladdei
and other Internal Injuries seemei;
to preclude a hope of reco.ery yes
terday, is resting more comfortably
and apparently is improving. The
excellent physical condition of tin
men Is remarked upon us con
tributing to their chances 10 gel
well.
The five patients at the hospital
and three others now returned to
their homes at Kamela were In a
a stretch of track torn up by a
buckling of cars whun a treighl
train broke in two Monday night
when they crashed into a bunch oi
cats unprotected by i;nit lan
terns. Friday the Thirteenth
Chosen as Trial Date
Friday, the l::tn of Kovmliir,
whu hp date set fnr the trial of
Frank Dune, and his on-tnlHW
Nick D I'lr.to when they pleaded
not gulliy to the charge of illegal
possesion ot msh brought ngulnM
them In Justice Hugh K. Hrady'e
court.
A sllll. I n gen loudly fashioned of I
tola copper boiler, an oil ran :mi
seeral colls of had pi pin v. two
tmrr1s of mit-h end a cotipl of
giiltons of Intoxicating IPpior w re t
found al the Dsn residence when
prohibition of fleers called 1her
during the nbsnc-e of the two de
VTvadaau Saturday eight. r
WRECK VICTIMS
WILL RECOVER
'49 Days To '
Be Revived
This Evening
Elks' Annual Fun Show-
Will Be Ushered in
with a Parade; Big At
tendance Anticipated.
At 9:30 last night decorating of
he Zuber hall for the four-night
(lays of '40 show, given anntially
tho II. l O. Klks lor the bitn-
-fit of the kiddles' Christmas tree
nd to 'provide rood for the needy.
was completed and the" commlttee
aien Hurry Hoffman, Lester
;ramwell and Claude . Herryto
lay report that all is In readiness
-;or. the opening of the fun show
'onlght. Incidentally, several Ba
ier and Pendleton Elks will be
icre for tho purpose of Investigat
ing the affair to Bee whether such
i show might be arranged for their
respective cities..
The parade, which will form at
'.he Elks temple at 8 o'clock,
march up Washington to Fourth,
lown Fourth to Adams, down Ad
ims to Mr. up Fir to Washington,
hence to the .uber hall, will be
he opening event.
Games will begin In the hall-nt ,
8:80 and dancing, wllh music bv ,
Mann's Imperial orchestra, will
tart at 9 o'clock, continuing until'
midnight. I
The' gifts this evening are an-
lounced as follows: F.r t door
;lft. 26-plece set of sllverwaro;
ccond door girt, five-pound box of ;
), ymi ..
Those In charge of the show and
heir co-workers are enthured nt
rospec's of a large attendance
ilglitlv und state that they aro
looking forward to a show ih-it
will eclipse thoBe of tho past years.
,lt ,, ,0
"Amoriwi.hns nolhlnff
ootnjftuin about." ! W. Uruuliart
pf' the Oregon Electric company nt
fori l an a asserrau empimucuity iu
b)"standers when he climbed off
train No. 17 this morning to stretch
his legs before the lusl lap of his
tourney home from Kngland.
I'rquhart won In Kngland- two
years ugo and again this fall. Con
ditions aro growing worse .instead
of better, . ho finds. lilvlng ex
penses are much higher than in
litis count ry, and wngcH, about a
third of what I hey re here.
A quarier of a million more
Knglishmcu have joined the army
of the unemployed since 1924. The
empire's doling system is partly to
blame, t'niuhart believes. Men
with large families receive higher
'-ompensiilion from the dole than
hey can get when they are em
ployed. And where the hn.shnnoN nre em
ployed, they often make Utile morn
than enough to kep their wives
n beer and gin. he said. The wo
men of the. lower classes drown
their misery at the public honse.N,
ind not uncommonly pawn their
husbands' clothes until pay day in
order to pay for their drlnhs. A
aw forbidding women to enter the
(Continued on Page Pive.)
iiHIs
PSST
u'lfiHivr.'pnv inc th. AtttnM.
ted Pre Dw'Eht I'. Davis of
Missouri wiiM sworn In as secretary
(if war today by Chief Justice Tait.
Most Money
For The
Most People
When flu Inlell a'ti ndicrtJ.vr
plain the kh n ling if hi ad
ettlsing nppropr.Hllfin lie I
eliM f.y hiteieteil In the nr an-
by wlikii lie tun reach the
most p"tt'e wllh lil ailteni
Ing nMfWitte. I f only half an
many pctiple pa hi H-imt
u ;iiov. fur example, as v.ttt
Ih n'Ss'lH-d In IiIh daily netvs
pnp -i . iiniiiTally Im w miM
.p nrl ii H nnm tlmri half un
niueii nuiney on w Uidnws a
on iiewiaKr athertlning.
Tlir )lrr -r offers ed rrt -a
oti'.im ftf iair t'l.WHt
p cptf imlnx Its aderi iti
liMhiw-" emdi day. Thiif
nliv a mnlrity fif an ndiee
tis'ns budget Is .eii lng!enll
fir olwru'r .!.
"ObffrTfT Ailrrfllng
A Mercluuidijliitf Brffloc."
1
POSSES III
HILLS' 10
FIND GIRL
Officers Combing' Four
ualuornia Counties in
' Hopeful Effort .
OWKER OF BEAUTY
;SHOP IS MISSING
Miss Carmen Wagner, 18,
May Be ; Victim of Ab
ductorsWho Slew Her
Escort, Henry Sweet.
ECRKKA. Cnl. (By tho Associ
ated Press) Miss Carmen Warner.
llB-ycr-old Korndalo be-iuty sltop
proni'U'tor, missing sines the 'bullet
i iiiiiiLini t-u uuiiy ui (nun j
1 was found beside his automobile
near Kortuna, south or here, is be
In sought today by a posso in the
hills of four counties along1 ' tin
northern California coast, Tho mo
tive for Sweet'B death is unknown
but search for Miss Wnirner is be
t MUBd on tne bclll., ,lle WB, wa.
fl rter gweot WB, klUed,
IJt,poft. lo authorities Indicated
nl Sweet's companion on u
hunting trip which started last
Thursday.
.Other persons ivho Joined Swcet'r
hunting expedition were not named
by Jho police.
The search today ls based on the
hope that M:ia Wagner might be
found nllvo but fears were express
ed tint she might bo tho victim ol
tiiu sitpposed abductor's bulletfl.
Khu was lust seen here Friday
when she visited a friend ' at a
beauty parlor here. She discussed
the hunting trip and said she was
going with Sweet and a married
couple '..'
TAXI MONEY GIVEN :
TREASURER FUK
DISTRIBUTION
, turnover of $135,676.68 haa
Im'imi madii ly Amos Holm, deputy
shiirlff, to Mrs. Kloronco Bacon,
county trousurpr, on the Inst half
of tho 10 24 stnlo tuxus piild up to
nd including Oot. B, of this year.
This sum Includes purt hut not all
of tho returns mude to Helm's of
ficii tliroiiKh the mulls. Another
' turnover-will be made within an
other week.
I This money will now he distrib
uted from Mrs. Dacon's offleo to
school, county und city districts
entitled lo shui-e In It. The amounts
are useertulned for her through thu
ussessor's und sherllf's offices.
7-Ton Meteorite Taken
To Aberdeen, Scotland
AIIKKKKKN. Scotland (Uy the
Aisocmled Press) Tho third lam
e. t mell orlte In the world has Just
enlvi d from (Ireenland abourd the
Danish schooner Hokoniten. Cap
tain 1'eilerson of tho Hokongcn said
It wi-IkIis seven tons.
l-.Hklmos said the meteorite fell
In llllli. but they hud been di-oif-BlriK
II tewurd Ihe coast on dog
.sledges alnce 123. ! t ' -
il I ', :
Sandow The Strong Man
Passes on in England
LONDON (Hy
I'ress) , Kugene
the Associated
Han dow. once
hailed as the "world strongesi
.jfiiin." .died suddenly at his home
here today.
He recenlly built up a practice
11 1p'Hi Mpeciallst
It Is hnlleved death was Hue to
the effects of a motor accident In
which he w.is injured some years
ago.
Episcopal Primate to
De Elected by Bishops
NKW OHLKANH (Hy the Asso
e:ited I'ress) The eleetlon of
private, the first In Ihe history of
the church, was the principal busi
ness trday before the house
hi; hoi s of the Kpiscopal church
beirinnire the eighth day of the
church's general conference.
Willi eiKht bishoj m nominated
for thp office, which will be for
an elective lerm of six years, bal
loting Is ex per ted lo be centered
upon' tese candidate, although
the voting Is not confined to those
noininult-d.
.MONTANA MAKKN VUiUT
ON l.KA'lll; I'AltAI.YMS
f.UKAT KALI. Mont. (AP)
All f'irill1"!! wtth'n h mdliiM of
W W n in !)( of th- hoHi1 of Itert
(iiir'lin-r IS. n-r Kln. havn b-n
onenintlned In an effort to prvrnt
lie aprenrl of In Tun We pruln
Tl' boy wim hrought h re Monday
lilgdf ftiifft-rlng from tin- dlw-aw.
1 .W.I h., ir..l l.ur.(lll1 Vf.lllh friini
Or-Ht KrIU was takn'to the d.-
tentlon hospital lajt Saturday uuf
ferir.j from infantile puralyfle.
New Legion Chief and Family
I ',ii!,':v';!.f
ITTL -V , V f
Pffife'Nr 7 v
-7 XWlJ
Tlw nrW lulioniU commander of the American Legion is
John K.. MeVulttg of Uo-eiaad, who srrcd with Hie SJth ttlvl
nlon iliirlnic tlie World waV. . He Is sIkthii here with Ills wire,
his daugliter, I'aiillne, and his son, Donald.
WASHINGTON (By (he Acl'
ftted Press) , Hear Admlrnl Will
lam 8. films, retired, I,'. . N., told
tho president's air board today thai
It Is "well known" that Iho navy
has no "deflnlto air policy," anil
that tho naval air development In
hampered -by "conserviilism so ex-
traordinnry that It Is utmost unhe.
Ilevable." ' -
Tho present dissatisfaction und
unrest In tho navy Hlms luld lo
lack of confidence" In naval lead
erB.
Hlms pointed to tho Bhennndoah
disaster as n "case 111 point. He
believed that to attempt to man
nge "an arrall '1KO tne Hlienanuoan
trom the navy duparlment was an
example of a violation of tho "nge
old principle that Is destroying the
navy's morale," and was "unrea
sonuhle, unscientific ' and uninlll
tury."
T
IS POSTPONED
rOKHLS MI LD, Pittsburg u
the AwMK inled I'nmH). 1 he work.
Milcr gun 4 today hh iMlionctl
mi oci-oiiiit of rain,.
'OKIti:H I'MKLD, Plttftlrirg (U)
the AHKoclntt'd I'm-'Kii). ita.n uu-
full ng Hi.ortly le-forc game llm-.
( :onunlHHionar IjuhIIh de ayeil an-
nouiieeim-nt iih to whether th
HiUim would ne poaiponeo.
V. L. Thorn prim Will Not
Seek U. s. henatorship
pfUlTLAVD, fre. (Special) A
mirprtne was thrown Inlo the Ore
gon political pot late emera
when W, I. Thompnon, vlce-prenl
dent of the Plmt National Hank of
Portland, announeed he would nol
be a candidate for the republican
nomination for I'nited Htatea een
ator. Kri'-ndH expected Mr. Thomp
aon to make a formal announce
ment of lila candidacy tomorrow.
I1I.L(.I IISSK.N (OMI.(i
TO . i;iOTIA'l K ItKi I.OA.N
IIItrHSKIaH (API The lielglan
inl.-Jilon which will dlmuae a big
loiin for flHgtuna wllh Ani'-rtcHn
riiiiinthm will b-Hv' for New Vork
uhonrd lh- team r Ijipl ind. wbl
Mil's frum Hoiithumpton I'YIda)
Tli.- iiilxnton Ih com pom-d of M
Vnn'l vvrrf, .inlptVr i,f ngrh-iH
Inn-, end V. Hoiilnln. governor,
fund M. Van '-"hind. dlr etor of the
nafionat bank
- 'I They exiHt to return to Uru'
about November 1U,
J4M x '
XTRA
(AP)-A downpour of rain washed
out the awtifu and drci.llivi game W V, y. f,u D.5TEliJ -of
Uie orid aericH otUy. . Com- Portnnlty to carry out their plane
mLxalOnor Landis poHtiKHted the
ontest until tniorrow nfter a
.ttMly dtnvuiMHir drench ex I the
field and a wkmI Klinrc or tlio crowd
f 4A.000. Tho iOHtMininiteiit la
regard cm I ns a Iwneflt to-stur pitch-
yrn of both teams, JoIiiihoii and
VldrltUxtt were slated lo leud In tlie
final battle today In splto of abort
,thi perlmlH. Iaiidls delayed Ills
declfdtm as long as any uncertainty
remaliictl, but after more than un
hmir of rain porta of t'.ie field be
came a nuagmlre. During the wnlt
for his verdict, reNlleM fans IhnhhI
and hissed tho oct-aslonal advice of
Lundbt to "sit tight" untl wait for
a possible let-up.
TllltKK TKAINMKN K1I,I,KI)
Wlli:i'.IJN(i. W. Va. ( Al')
nni trnliuiHii wero kllli'il ami
timm llian a worn imtmhih injuivil
wln'ii a iam'iiKt'r truln on lln-
1'i-liiiK.rltniila rnllnmcl was wrvckiil
iixlay mr WnriwHul. A aiirt'ail
il (lie rails In aald lo have ix-fii
tlio t-aii-sc.
?
n 02, Itllt SIiikh Nolo W'hly
( liNliriN (Al'j .lolin AymH, j
grdHU, alnga hoIos twic e a week
the open-air meetings of tlio(wlu nommi-.
loHp1 Lliehoat Muuilon ut Peck-
iiitn Itye. and nelivera an address
it leant once a week.
Caillaux Called Crafty;
Settlement Story Fake
(ll harleH P. Ntcunn)
WASH INO TON (NKA Special)
'rarty M. CiiIIIhux
He iii'inugcd lo give the lmpren
iton that in- wanted to arrange
payment of Krance'a d-bt to Am
rku, only America woumn t i i
lilm.
le came over and negotiated.
lie couldn't g'' the term he'd
hoped for. He didn't like to p
pcar to he ending the diseusHlon,
no he placed Ihe WaMhingioii gov-
rnment In thu poaltlon of seeming
to do It.
He h't the story leak out that ho
und Secretary Mellon had reached
agreement. In reality
thcy
hadn't
lint the atorv was printed and
Ihe government hd to deny It.
.Inst before the denial wua Th
nerl Hiniitor Hmoot told the cor
respondents that a statement wua
coming.
will It be?" asked Ihe
orrespond'-nt.
Senator Smoot (grimly): "The
truth" this tlrti'f No. H-nntr
moot didn't say ''this time." but
-.e aeted like that wim what lie
ttint.
Vdl. M- fitlltaux eoiildn't stay
ny longer. Away he went, leav
ing America hardly as near to get
ting her money rm she was in the
,lmt pities.
Tb firs! ntghl the three or four
hundred- delegates lo the Inter -
parliamentary Union convention
spent Utre, muit of tbem left their
DEVELOPING
OF OREeOII
BI6 FACTOR
So Says Robert A. Booth,
Lumberman, at Klam
ath Rail Hearing ;-
FAVORS PLANS OF
OREGON TRUNK
Southern Pacific' i
Not Combat Additional
Transportation ! Facili
ties, Booth Contends.:
PORTLAND, Ore. (By the As
sociated Press). Full develop
ment of Central ; and Southern
Otegon should be the aim of tho
tnterstato commerce commission
in deciding what, rail develop
ment Is to be allowed in the,
Klamath Falls territory, a coord -tng
to the testimony of Robert-' A.
Tlnoth, head of the Booth-Kelly
Lumber company, 1 today In the
Klumath Falls rait hearing. -
"I do not want , to be consid
ered as opposing the Southern
Iftlilnl Ihoif ' nott urmnar In trifitlte
to keep tho Oregon Trunk out of
the Klamath basin. 1 feel Vet
friendly toward the Southern' Pa
cific and if I had built my In
dustry on any one railroad; I
would be as glad to have: the
Southern Paciflo a any .other. It
ls contrary to the public (6od to .
have one railroad or one great .
i industrial system . dominate . the
state," he said. - ";; '.
Hooth declared lumber .atone
will not take care permanently
jof the rail development that that
part of the state should have.
I "Oregon has been kept back
by lack of transportation, factll-.
w.anted ?.r4J
.nu BUIU . .'',.',;
I :
PIKHCE TESTIFIES. -Vs
t PORTLAND, Ore. , Special ).-
Declaration that
tViA atatM nMdr)I'
(Continued on
n Pace rive, , : -r i ?
POLE PROBLEM
YET UNSOLVED
LOCARNO, BwlUcrland (By the
I AHot!lttted Preaa) That the Polish
i ,irohicm, purtloularly the nueatlon
1 , lho i.05h corridor to the aea.
m trouhlca the l.ocarno srcurltj;
: COnfi'rcnco, was the tmpreaaloa
! lv,!n ioliHV by Austin Chamber
i un, Rrltlah foreign Becretary, who
mild Ihut ho and Sir Cecil Hurst,
Knsilsh Jurist, had placed their
rvlees at the disposal of the dele-
Kutes In an endeavor to reach an
agreement concerning uurmany
I It Ih understood difncultiea navo
arlaen over the test of the Polish-
(lenuan arbitration treaty,
rnotwear outside their doors to be
fpollHhed while they slumbered,
aficr the Kuropean fttshlon. -
The hotel help did the polishing
nil right, but, not being used to
thul kind of thing, got the shoe-
iuK d up In redistributing them.
Tiny do any It was a sight to
beimld nnd an earful to Ibten to,
wlin thoMj delegates undertook to
(tort them out In the morning,
tpiarreliug over them In 41 differ,
ent languages, .
Linguistic difficulties were no-tlc-ablu
also at the Interparlia
mentary L'niOrt'a more formal ses-
1 s'ops. A speech doesn't make much
Impression Vf only l-4isi pan o(
i the audience understands H.
translation It loses punch.
- fleshle. translations iaae time
- 1 As far as powdble the proceed
lug wero In Kngltah or French.
i Kvn that didn't give tuny aaus
factory results.
It nei ant that the speaker! had
to cxprfsa themselves, a large
share of the time, in a tongue they
w re Imperfectly acquainted with,
to hearers who but partly under
stood i hem.
Whieh Just goes to It lust rate one
of the worst troubles two coun
tries encounter when they under
tnke to adjust a difference of opin
ion. Neither more than- halt
known what tho other Is talking
I about and presently they get to
flehtlng. km a hoi it the only Way
J there la left to tetUa 1U