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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAT m CITY EDITIO N ' THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP) Ore gon: Unset! led. rain tonight, probably Friday. VOLUME XXIV. MEMBKR ASSOCIATED PRE8H LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 27 EtEIITHFI E DAY PLEASES W2h PIONEER IS CROWD HERE Wm DEAD TODAY Armistice Day Celebrants Enjoy "Grand Time" ;; ' in La Grande . ; FIREWORKS, DANCE END OBSERVANCE Affair Was a1 Financial Success Money Left, . over ."Alter All Expense Bills Were Paid. ,' . . "We hud a grand lime" was the reiterated reTrain of collective fare wells tt ht'n tho hundreds of Legion naires and oilier visitors here for the joint celebration of Armistice tiny by Union. Baker, Umatilla; and Wallowa counties took their leaver liiHt night and this morning. - Kx-survlce men took charge oi' the town ut, daybreak yesterday, und run things with little interfer ence und scarcely any. resulting: damage until them wus nothing: left to do but go home. ."Ah a day, we call It n success," said Justice Hugh E. Brady, chair man of the Armistice day commit tee, this morning. "We are heart ily grateful to the pebplc Who helped us to make ho by their at tendance, cooperation and support of everything ,ve attempted. And ' 1 want to express my appreciation 'jof the Observer, too. The press ,'Certulnly stood by us from begin ning to end." i Not only was the entertaining 'post able to meet all bills In con- flection with the celubratlpn, but 'the members realised something ,'over $400 from the amusement! provided. The. bulk of that amount chiiu! from the sulu of dunce, tick ets, but smaller contributions wore; nmle from Hiu. proceeds. . -of. tly wrestling match ,and tho foolbnti gUtllO. 1 ' ! . .,' . Every dotal! or tho piogrum for Hie day wus curried outi - - True, the tie-up of trtilns by ..the derailment between KainelH n:id Miaeham delayed the - Pendleton delegation, and consequently the purade, since the Pendleton drum (Continued on Pugo Four.) ENTERPRISE Tin- regular November term of the. Wallowa county circuit co'J't Harted M'tnday. .Iiidge J. W. Knuwbs will be at enterprise the remainder of this week and all next week trying cases, The court . calendar follow: Monday. Nov. !i, Iran p. in. Mary rteuudoin vs. F. II. (iaulke. At- lorn-): plulnttfr, CasH and linn l; j d rendanl. Burleigh and Burleigh. Tuesday. Nov. II', ft a. in. Slate nT Oregon vs. William Bcaudohi. Attorneys: plaintiff. Max Wilson: defendant, I J. itoyd .and A. Fulr chlld. ; Friday. Nov. 13,. ! u. in. Stuje (Continued on Psge Flvn.1 r.itoui'.N Pii'i-: iti;pii:i:i In order to assure the customers or the KuHtern Oregon IJfchl and Power company continued service, ; five men worked from 2 p. ni. ' Wed n esdu y u n 1 1 i I1 o'cl ock t h Is morning repairing a broken pipe ut t he Cove plonl. ; Frank Pilling Scajrjberry Frank Pilling. Priydlelon wreft - ler. defuted Oscuir Scarberrv. htdder of the northwi-nt chitmplon shlp belt In " lh.. mlddleweiieiit class, here lust night.) thus assum ing possession of theitft'e. Pilling, lifter belli thrown bv a top body scissors nd a double urm bar at tin end ' of the first AZ in In ules. rluged a comeback which cu'mlnated winn he pustv-.j out an Hlrplsue spin tfi Kcarberry that put the r tampion, flown und nut und h' -wus out for nearly u ii hour. It Is suld. 1 Hearberry had a dolVbte wrist hnb itn his opponent, flouring A t irnlng the drop to his on n 4" count, but his grip bro ;e w hen he hit the mat. ; He ask'-d for the extra five hilnutes, expecting to be able to finish the two-hour go. lout wus still paralysed when the titne ai up. and (u l to take the count. An osteopath was called t adjust the trouble, which he sud was! COURT ON IN caused by the slipping of h Ptrtiiat barberry wus never in Cau of vertebrue near the waist line. I liotb nit' a v.cre fat. . v.-Uhl I'llJ." v - . mm Sllss Hit a .In iris. 18-yenr-ohl daughter of b furmcr living near Memphis, Tciiit.. won a lu0 re wart I for the capture of three Imnk rohlNM'H who hud lirokvn jail. She discovered thorn hid ing on lier father's farm, led a IKifjse to tlii spot und the men were captured. -George Carlton, ut large on bonds of $l'Mo pending trial on an indictment charging possession of mush, with his. partners, Uoh Brad-ford-und Henry Maxwell.' brought Into town by Ceorgo Pierre, slate prohibition officer. Kill McKenzle und Till Uurne.tt from the scene or their arrest neur Catherine 'reek. about eight tulles out of- Union, where they'ure alleged to have had mash coneeuled In I he brush, were three of sevih persons who ended Armisltice day in the county jail lust night. Eight barrels or mash are .said to have been parked In the bushes, while further evidence In the form of six cast s of yeast was found In , (rmtHpiicH on Pax Flv.) Wcodmcn of World lo Celebrate Anniversary Tin- Woodmen or I he WOrkl. u rratertiul benefit society with hetid fiiinrlers ul Iienyr. Colorado, which has operated only In the north west ern states was organized :;5 yeurn ago November Hi. In honor of the annlversnry llie Iji Grande Camp No. 1'i'J wilt have a progriim, Mouliiy evening at eight, o'clock at the I. O. O. K. hall. lollowlng the program there, will be dancing, a suppcr and other en- tertulninenl. All members and I heir families are urged to be pre sent. Defeats tTaking Title lMg working a sbude iiiore swiftly. Hut If he hud ntr adtonltigc there. Scarberry dtspliiyi-d more skill :n leg work, which the Tans Hcclalm fl I'rmurkuble. "I figure I'm bttlng PIMbii keerf the belt fur me for a month" asserted Hcurbeiry this morn Inc. as he rv viewed lust night's disas ter. iilllng Is a good man, and i r.n re mm-, nut i i.iicve I can take the championship from him when I meet htm In a return mutch lh nbo it 30 days." In the preliminary Kid Meier, of It Grande, und Her Hatton, Pn dleton wrestler, wrestled to a -minute draw, neither being able to gain sufrietent advantage to pin the other to the mat. K pec tu tors say ttiat tt was a cum Meier's strength against Hatlon'-i science. Iloth jiiutchcrf w ere given mm n pinlw by the 2f or more who tmnwd the affair. It Is sat (CauUnued on 1 ta i'h b.) ' i wmmi OCCUPIES JAIL Grim Angel Calls John L;' Caviness at 5:15 O'clock This Morning ' . WAS VISITING AT DAUGHTER'S HOME Death Comes in Portland, - Where Mr. Caviness, to See Stock Show, II But a Short Time. v -, .John L. CavinefS. K7, u revered patriarch of the Grande Uondc val ley, to which he came, uh u settler in I H';:'. died at 5:15 o'clock this morning at the home of his da ligh ted, Mrs. C. H. 'on key. In Port land, where he hud gone to attend the stock show. Mr. Caviness left La Grande less than three weeks ago In his ens. ternary good spirits and health, He attended the sessions of the ex- pos'tlon with ke.cn Interest In the revelation of progress. And it was not until Monday, when he went to bed felling indisposed because or a slight cold that ho gave any In dication of Illness. Mrs. Gruee Molltor, tho duugh ter with whom he "has . made his home a good deal or the time since Mrs.' Caviness died two years ago, departed for Portland, this morning by the first train after sh received nets of her rather death. Iturlal In Portland. . Funeral plans are indertnlte. but burial will be niudo at Portland in the mausoleum where- the body of Mrs. Cuviness rests. " There are two surviving children besides Mrs. Molltor and Mrs. Conkey.. They are Mrs. ..I. A. Branson, of Joseph, und U 10. f'uv-' inesa. of Portland.. A fifth child William CnvlnesB, preceded 'his til tber in dca-th. , ,, y. . , Mr. "Caviness, wus, born lu Mor can county, Indiana. Oeeeniber 7, 1X30. He was only Ml when he crossed the pluins to what. Is now inn county, in Oregon, am u truder. cow-rider, freighter, he Hveo Ihrough adventures of th roman tic wild west. ' ' Cnm, 11cm; hi I WW. - He enme to the Geunde HoiuU valley in laking U homesteud where islund City now slanfls. A (Continued on Pago Five.) A nifniber ' farmers in iiandi Itonde valley proiluced u falfasied this year, which Is unus lul. Inas much as very little alfalfa sed I. grown In I'nion county or In Oim gon. I'!vi-ry year Oregon Is foref to shiy In n good many iotind! 'of Grimm uHaira seed, f The growing of this crop 1h lit , tit- understood, it Is said, but up- patently Mils He-isnn liaH been par ticularly good. Most of the sect I wus secured from the second crop. (lifter one cutting of hay, was tnktn ofr, but Home seed crops wen ; secured from wheat fields, when there was volunteer or hold-ovei alfalfa from u former sland. Frank McKcnuou of Itnblor, hiif (Continued on Page n.f Second Teams to Play At Union on Saturday The I'nlo mind Ut Grand" high second tejiiiiH w III meet in tln-tr second fbolhiill game' of the yer at t'nlon, Saturday nrternoon ut 2:.TM olclock, accorillug to arrange ments iiiudi; today. The first game, played here, end ed G to u for Ui Grande und I'u ion Is planning on avenging the do feut. Itoth teams are uboul ev n ly matched and u snappy garni should result. Cleaning and Pressing Plant to Open Soon Coleiiiati George and '. A. r-us, Iwuted ut 4"H Fir street, HIOe a new. modern pressing, cleaning und -alterations plant about I h cemlxT 1. it Is unnounced lodsv. Machinery is already here un I will be Insulted Immediately. Val teria pressers will be u-d un ns- I TOftment of six presses, the only one of Its k;nd In Oregon outshje or Portland, Messrs. 'George and Neas sny. A sepmate press will take core of sleeves. f:ollurs. shou!- ders. etc. An expert will be he-e I for K days to oversee the litHtullti- tlon and to give dtmoustratloua tu tht public. VALLEY GROWS ALFALFASEED Club Women ; Coming Here Next Monday First. Eastern Oregon In stitute Will Be Held Here Sponsored by the Neighborhood Club;' (.'lub vomen of Kuker, Wallowa,1 and . I'jilon counties will' meet here in an institute to bo held In tho Neighborhood club rooms Monday, November lti, It is announced to day. . , Club Institutes of this nulure .ire something new In the stitte,' und are being inaugurated in Oregon this . yenr by Mrs, Siiidic Orr lumbar, president of the Ore gon Federation of Women's Club..' The Institutes are held for the study of ct lb management und the technic of club work the -object being not so much to explain what the clubs should do. as how they L-un do it. Huch 'subjects as club ethics, official responsibility,' mem bership, club programs, und com mittees arc appropriate; Mrs. imbu- CHu'iig. ' After consulting ull clubs In the three Ka stern Oregon cou'nltes as 10 w-hut - particular problems they sbo'jld like to hear discussed, the committee from the Neighborhood club' has arranged un interesting program In which club wonu-n from adjoining cities will have a . (Continued on Page Five.) , . STEWART HOME Fire, believed to have , been caused by placing articles on .elec-M-lc wiring, ra ised approximately $5(i damage to the Mrs. Joe Htnw- u t residence at 17tiB V . avenue, and part of contents, last eve ning.. , 'The building and furniture w'yrc itiHured and Mrs, Stewart pects to n tfUild. , A (rood; shure ii th(t; Ithniture vas silved beforl )llM..!W 'was extinguished bjr the ',ocu4 fire' department, w ho rushed lo tho scene, of the bluste at- l:Ah p. .m,,. i kV .. - : t The ,-Klewari' house is , a. one and i half story structure' contulnhig dx rooms. Only tho children: worv hi the hquso wjh'crt dl caught fire. t Is sald.. . .,-.-it " , . . $ ' I H . ' - . i L SAI.KM. the. (Specl.iH.-l nlon county, the home of Governor Pierce, now has the largest amount f cominou school, fund loans hi 'he state, according to a report orriiared by .George O. Itrown, clerk or the. state land board. The, school .f ind loans In. Ore gon at the close of business Oc tober :io, irt.'i. uggrcguted $fi,8M, 111!.;,. Uural credit loans totaled lililMi.blt The I'nion county total Is $r;i'!, 7 $ and t'nlon county's rural cre dit loans amount to ' $ Jw,8pj.lC. I'he figures for Wallowa coun'y ire 4&l,tfMT and . $ l,i'8L'.!i 1 , r spectivcly. FIR DAMAGES 0 DANS bin Mrs. Lansdowne Tells Of 'Insult' To Husband Such Annoyance Unnecessary Von do mil hate lo, suffer I he annoyance of lutilng sthllcrs display llH-lr uan-x or of hear lug their lilgli-prtwurc Mile talk. Petldlers aren't net-isnt-y lo the timet a-e r Ihrin or the piirchaM of , high grade, de pendable iiart' handl-. You i an ilo" your Hhopplntc tlinaigli the1' advertising - ittiitw of The OIsrer ut jour lei ii re mil hi the call of Ibe ihsirlsll. VfMi eiiti find in the offering of Incut ImiIiicwh men a greater dl-play ami In-iter M'rtNi; tlmn any Is'll-ringcr con gln. Ami you find that Hie merchant who aihcrtlc I conMaiHIy ready to lMH-k up Ills good. To follow tHiMTver iN elffcly tn to prat-lMx' true .thrill. "Observer AlcrHlng A McxciuuiUuUutf tirrrlue." PENDLETON BEftTEN BY U6MIDE Buckaroos, ' ; Lose Hectic Footbjill Game Armis ' tice Day: 19 to 13 LANDRY, HUGHES v STAR FOR VTIGERS K -v . Pendleton Outclassed in Fiist Half But Terrific ; , Rally Nets Two Scores in Third Quarter. AltMlKTICK 1AV SCOltKS. At l Graiule; Pendleton 1U, Ia firniHlf lti. At imker: The, Dalles 0,' linker 0. Pendleton high school tfeJI into a - young tornado .here yesterday afternoon und wus whipped .and buffeted about to the tunc of 19 to tt in the rirst half by the l.a Grande football team. Hut In the third unarter, tlie Kuckuroos un leushetl a little typhoon of their own ftnd when the flurry passed, they hud scored two touchdowns und made the game anybody's un till thf final whistle. Hut the Tigers weathered ; the stOTJiiand their clawing and scratching of the ; Cowpunchers wasn't for naught, us tho final ac counting round tho scoreboard reading i-a Grande 19, I'endleton 13. " , lVndlcton ) lux llrokcn. - 1lwus a greut victory and B great game. Before rfearly 2500 ardent fans, recruited , from all Kustern Oregon, tho Tigers und Buclturuos staged one of the most ypcctucular contestK,; in tho history (Continued on Page Five.) . F&ur Injured in Afoto Collision at Baker, Ov& BAKKfl, 'Ore. (Hpecilil).-Thre members, of The DAIIes rootball loam were slightly injured and the physician accompanying them wuh more seriously hurt when the cnn'in' which theywere rldlng'iit ter thuvpime herj Wednesday af ternoon crashed into an unldcntlr lied imichliie. - Or. A. B. H one was thrown from the car by A he force of flic Impact, while George Ktndelmun, Fred Gyppers and .William Hood, students w ere were "standing oe the ruining board, w ere hit h Un' other automobile. Miotic Is in a Buker hospital. Western Oregon Is Hit By a Playful Tornado KAIjK.M, Ore. (By tho Asfoei-' uted Presu) A small lornkdo, dei-lared I he first on record In t 'regon west' of the CUscudert. swept ii small district two tulles west of here yesterday, causing considerable da.mage, Iteporls today said the roof und ventilator were torn from a fruit dryer and I hat trees in seyeral orchards ami timber tracts were uprooted. Uiige branches from treys wcr blown hair a mile bv the wind. The path or the storm was 7ft yards wide for a distance of two miles. j WAHI I I.VGTON, (By th- Assocl-u''-d Press) Called lo substantiate ! Colonel Wlliam Mitchell s charge that Improper attempts hud been 'made lo Influence her testimony ; before the Hhennndoah board of ; Inuulry, Mrs. .achary lansdowne, widow of the dirigible's comman der, lestifief) In the Mitchell Court j martial toiiu that Captain Paul 1 Foley, of Ibe iiuvsl board, sent her Sa letter which wus an "Insult to the memory of her husband. I Hhe testified the letter was glen h'-r by Mrs. Oi-orge W. Hteee jr. wife of upta(n Hieele, commander 'of Ihr dirigible Ixw Angeles. Tin witness suld she could not produc the litter becuuse she destroyed It. i Hhe testified that In the letter ; Foley suld she Mrs. Ijitisdowne, hail every confldenee In tho board of Inquiry, und thnt she wus will lug lo leave the Investigation lu It as competent authority. Hhe described this siutement of her attitude us "fulse. I M rs. I .unsd owne test I fled Foley ulso visited her tefore he appeared before the fchcnHndouh board. Hhe .sold Foley ssked what she expect ed lo te the Investigators and that she told him she would "empha stxe the fact that the court had evaded--I hut the Hhenundouh hud 'been sent on a political flight, di4 itlty L'ccrttary Wilbur's duiUJ." Fresh Beef Is - SiKk 111' fj ft 4 u ' il4is Itui-iflM-H who Mrw tlio ftnfc of tlm VcoiiIo'a Parking Co. in Oliii-iiinail sliowiil llx'li' lutteiiiilly when they lugged Heveral hun tlreU ikiiiiN of tli-etwtMl beer from the Htoro roonw-mnd Inuig It in Trout of tin; mitn to j)vMen the noise of the explosion. It worked and they escapes ai 30,000. 13Kimi Fast Trains Collide ; prAiNsuoito, n.;,i. (By As (Mjcluted, Prtss), Tliirtitip. per mniH won KiIIhI today wltcil tlV St. Ifouls cxprens trnln on the Pennsylvania railroad, Ixmml for1 New York, tekwoiHil another' PeiinsvHniiiu Iruhi rrom Wash ington, also bound for New York. '. ( ,' - Klevcn hoi lies Imve Imtii r' covered from t tin wreckage of E WAI.I.A WAILA, Wash. (By tho Associated Press) A roudster stolen Hunday ami found parked ut I,a (iraude, Ore,, Is lielteved by officers to' bn a clue In u search for three, convicts who escaped) from the penitentiary here hist I Sunday." , Officers here were surprised when they learned that the flnd- ng of a stolen car here Is being linked ut Wullu Walla with the en- rape of three convicts from the Wiishlnglon penitentiary, staling that they believe the theory is like ly of a wild nature, . , TO PAY DEBT WASHINGTON (ly the Afsoel uted Press) An ngreement was reached today for Die funding of the lluliaii war debt to the I'nlted Htates. A illioiineeiiieltt of H'Htlenielit fol- Inwed ti conferencij of members of the American debt, commission and resilient t'oolidge and later a meeting between the Italian miss ion ami the Americans. The details huve not been disoloned. Non-Skidding Paraffin Makes Old Look Young PAKIH (By Assoelaled Press). Non-skidding paraffin Is the latest hope w hlch Purlff beauty doctors are holding out lq those with oi l facs w ho desire to be made young looking. Many fnces rejuvenated years ago by Injecting , paraffin under (he skin to rill up wrinkles und hollows huve iissumed their old time look because the puruf fin melted, slipped downward, puf; log Out the cheeks. Allien .1. Karllng JHes MILWAI'KKK, Wis. (AO- Al bert J. Karllng, fnniM-r president or the Chicago. Milwuukee & Hi. Putil rullrowl, died het Tuesday nlKiit, at the- residence of his dau ghter, Mrs. tjtwrence FlU. lieath followed a lingering lUnew., POINT SEARCH TO LA GRAND ITALY AGREES Gomirig Down Today IVHeh Uie two rer cars of the Wash IngUai train. . Two iiioru ro Mini tn thii iciWr;,' v ,. posetl of six nttl cwuiu'H and ihn'e I'ullmniist was goliig ' 10 miles an hour (hnmgli a heavy fog, wlicti; Uio 1st. t auLh Flyt)r,f making Oil unities iiuVJmur, plitggcil (bHiitgli. it. Two rear Pullmans of -the . WahingtoiL trulii IpU'H('0hm1. CAItl M'.T M KMHKIIN OI IT. I'KKIN(i (Al) Some nieinberH of tho Chlncso cabinet have . re signed and sevrnl supimrtcrs of Marshal Chan Ko Idn, Matichur Ian war lord, hac fled the cupl lul. TP AN A lKlKOM-:it. SIIA.(.IIAI (AP) With appar ent censorship lu effci-t It. North Chlnn, the Dslfy News uHirns from private Hourceu at Peking that i'uiiii Chi Jul, clilef cxcM-utive, is practleally a prisoner In the liauds of Peng Yu llslang, ClirLsllart gen eral. . i - ; i im.axs iK(vn;t-ri!)N. l,OM)() (AI') The livcnhllf .nvs' 'I'uklo cori-t'spondent ' snys the .lupatH'MC cnlilnct met today to coiLHliler pif)tcciloit of .InpaiirMt liveyi nnd roiHrty In rekinK lu an ticipation of n coup hy I'ciik Vll HviHiiK. ChrlKtlau general, to nir'st roiilrol or (he ecillrnl gnvernmellt fniin t'liang Txo Mil, .Mancliiii'lall g4neml. XTRA Southwest's Liquor Is Coming From 2 Sources OAI.IiAM, (Bv Hie Associated Press) Home, brewers 111 the cit ies, corn whisky distillers In the timber lands of Kast, Texas, und u ll'iuld trickle across the Texas l.oiilslana boundary from the t spots or New Orleans, ure at pres ent the clilef sources of hunt liunr for Texans. The Mexlean bord'-r and the gulf coast have become neKitKihlc fac lors In the forbidden Industry, say enforcement officials or three urms of the Fercdul service flxlttlng the prohildtion buttle in this part oT t he world. i Most or I he lhimr entering the slate now Is coming overland from New Orleans, the fairly elective cousl and border blockade shutting orr the supply from Mexico and ih irulf. Tiuullla. the Mexican drink. tin late months has Increased front $4 a gallon to $12 ut San Antonio, indicating search y In that quarter. Since the prohibition in ids in New Orleans lust August, however, the supply from this source oguln has diminished, the prices of New Orleans whisky doubling in this slate. Before the raids N'w Or leans whisky sold at I ft a Muurt in half cast lots. Today tho price Is about i a quart. TUc sulu of J mn u It u Ulngcc, or I DR. BLAZER DISAGREES Man Who "Committed a Murder for Love" Is Given Freedom A SECOND TRIAL IS HELD AS UNLIKELY Prosecutor Stone Says He Is Satisfied with Out come of Sensational Colorado Case; ' ; ; I.ITTI.ETOX, Colo. (Ilj Uio As Koeiatrd I'rese ) Dr. Bluer stands ' cleared of all eliargeit In connec tion with the drath of his S4-year-old imbe:ilet .crippled . daughter, llny. l. Iss than an hour after tlm jury disagreed and waa discharged, the prosecution made a motion for the dismissal of all charges and the release of Dr. Blaacr. ' Tlie court granted the motion. 1.ITTLETOK, Colo. (By the As sociated Press). The legal status of the murder '"committed for love" Htlll remains undetermined in Colorado's criminal Jurisprud ence. Hopelessly deadlocked, the jury to try lr. Harold Elmer Blas-T for tho slaying of his daughter. Hasel. "child woman" was dis charged by tho court at noon to day, The district attorney Indicated tt Is unlikely he will bring Blascr to trial again. "I am satisfied," Prosecuton Htono declared.: "It Is unlikely I shall bring action ugalnst ' Blaivt again." , '. . RHINEIiANDKR OK STAND , WHITK PL-A1N8, N. Y.- (By tho Associated Press). Alice t Jones Jtftitftrt uifTfvrnto) htneU to 1 iilinas pi Spanish egtraotlon when the; ' question of her race arom; lieonard Kip KMnelander testified ' today In his suit to annul his lparrlngo : toM tho daughter of a negro conchnian." HhlnetuXidnr said the question or Alice's coior aroe before their" inarrlago chiefly be cause of tho marriage of her eld er sister, rJimiy, to Konert isrookif. a negro better, - ' WAKHINOTON (Hy tho Asso ciated Press). A severe wint-r for the United Htutcl. with heavy snowfall und long continuing cold waves, broken by warm periods of brief duration, is predicted by Herbert J. llrowne, widely-known uceua hieterorologlst. An abnormal condition, h?. holia Is pointed to by many factors, In cluding tho record-breaking coldi in many sections ' of the country this rail, beginning with the flmt snows in' the northwest on Sep tember 18, four days before the official cloBe of summer. The winter, ho believes, will be fol lowed by a late spring. Primar ily the predictions urn based upon a study of ocean surface temperu- (Contlnuod on Page Four.) -li.k." n u lhf trtiitt enlls 1L Is TP- nr.rii-fl in hnvp increased enorm ously in Northwest Texns lately, and this Is Interpreted by tnrorcr ment omclals as a sign mai. rem lluuor is scarce. The cousumptirn of "Jake" which Is tincture of gin ger nnd ubont SH per cent alcohol. has Inereused Id fold since pro hibition became a law. Official renori that before orohibltlon a gallon would have lasted Fort Worth a month. These official huve no control over the sa!o of this article. Frank Cole. Assistant state pro hiittiir.n udmtnislralnr. suldthtt Ksat Te.ns woods "an full of stills." operated by furmers principally for home coiiMimption, i ney worn ui most iinmob'sted hecausn th swumnv country makes It difficult to locate them. Liquor truck drivers an paid f 7fi a round trip from Sun Antonio to N w Orleans, the trip taking a week. The rum runners, on tho coasi npparently have never recovered from the selKur of three boats In UI2S In which thy lost upwards of $i,0"(t,aon. When successrui in. LtiinKuD- the nmrd. thm runners cr.n 1st II the stuff for IS& to $3u a cav ovtr tht snip 8 siue. , , ; i, BROWNE SEES SEVERE WINTER
