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CITY
EDITION
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mm and south; uniettled,
probably rain in the north'
wi st tonight and Thursday.
VOLUME XXIV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PREB8
MKMBER ASSOCIATED PRKW
NUMBER 33
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FOR HEALTH
WEEK HERE
Chamber of Commerce
Committees Outline
Program
NEW l EATURE FOR
ECONOMIC SESSION
Agricultural Board De
cides upon Addition of
Women's and Chil
dren's Department. : ,
Kxtrnsivn plana tor work in'
i'lilon loimly wm ucrci'it - upon
lu.-t nlKlit when Hie chainlM-r of
riunini'rci- iiKririilturiil liml llililtll
cniiunillKi-s. Imtli hi'li'll'rl by Dr. W.
T. I'hy unil l)olli of Him muni- pi'r
Minni'i. iiifI Willi tln'lr chairman
for dinner lit Hot l.nke.
ri'rhaiiH til" illri'Ct ri'Bult of till'
I'linfi n niro wIlUli will lo srrn In j
I lie iii'iii' xiiiuri! win mi a union
rniinly lii'ullh ,wtik, Unliillviilj-Miiii-ilnlfd
for the i-arly purt or
j it'ct'inljiT.
. Kvi-ry civic hoiIy. I'Vrry school,
every church In tin- county will "!:
: liotiil to hold lit li'iml one hcnllli
BullierliiK ill tlml time.
Conri'n'lHi' IMsoussvil
Kxlcnilve plans for 'nliiriflntr
unci wldenlnic the' interest in tho
unniiiil I'nion county economic
conrirenee were also laid hy tlm
iiKriciilliire couimltlee. This ,hfiH
been held for two previous snrlnpn
with lr. I'hy lis Kciicrul chiilrman.
women's 'and children's de
pan menl will he one new feature
of Ihe next conference while laruer
Kcncral nieellnjcs prnliahly will
lake the place or mnullcr irroup
nu'Cl Intra Inlo which the conference
Iiiim previously resolved itself.
Survey to He Made
' A hotullnniis survey of Ihe soil
In Union county was another uctiv-
A liali'llli't will .In! glvun hy Iho
r.ny.s cltili.H of Union i-ounly Krlilay
i-vi'iiinir. NovimiiIht 20, at tho I'n-
ilon hiilil. II wan nnnoimonl tliM
iiiornliil?. Sloi kmi n In tho county.
Ilto I'ouiity m-liool Huiiirliilcinli'iit.
nil ini'iiiliorH or 111" hoys' nllii Kills'
i-lulin ami tholr fiiinllliw unit oIIiith
who sire Inlori sli il In llvi Mtock cluh
worlt. will In- kniiIm "I Ihi- ban
iin l. whii li w ill In Bin at ? o'cloi-k.
Tin- iiiiiln fiiiluii' of tlir niinu
will In- a oalf IHiroliiLs.'il hy 111
hoys? l lull al III'' f"l "took Hit If at
Mil: I'iiril'ir I nli'rnul ionul Llvi-Htock
sliow In I'orl iainl.
I,. .1. Allfii. a.Ill:inl Hlalo
worl-ii-r. in fluirKO or llvi-slock rlnh
wink In Ihf Hliilr. will ol'l'i'iir on
tin- i-irnlnu' prouriiin. It is i-x-jii'i-titl
tlmt Ihi' ri'timlllili-r of tllf
liniKr.'tn will lif turnnl ovi-r lo tllf
elnh iiii'inlion..
At TO COLLISION
Shortly ln-roro 2 o'olook thl.l
rl i.i.iw..iii lun Inriro rum I'talirrd
GLUB BANQUET
TO BEFRIDAY
In a. collision aL tho Inlorai'itlon or aiwclal ralo will lio Krillll'ylni,- lo
Klin und Adam. Norn; of. I ho or- P'TBons who donlro In Bond iiiiin
otiluiniH woro Injnrid and lltllo llthn or rrult and nula a 'hiil
ilam.iK" wan dono lo tho cur. !" K'ris.
Socialized Recitation
Practiced In Schools
"Would you like lo go on a long,
long railroad Journey? Then you
may lakr from your denl;s wvi'ti
puis, seven slips of paper, your
H' ocraphies and n ad-rs."
That sounded like a strung
preparation to The Observer re
porter looking on from the rear ot
the fourth grade room at the
Oreenwond whool Tuesday after
noon. l!ut the pupils accepted Miss
Lo veil's directions In perfect faith,
and I cat i nothing is Impossible
when otic is only nine years old,
lin y were soon speeding across the
continent on a fast express. Intent
on rinding out whut kind of stories
arc waiting for writers down in
I'ixie.
This was a class In silent read
ing. Shade, of liclaartc! How the fa
thers or "exprepsivi. reading"' would
have writhed could they have Hs-
t net! In bn that recitation yester
day and marked the disregard for
nil the painful old mica that iwd
to govern "the interpretation of the
printed i'ice.
The onteiil I tlie Thing.
Wi. iiltn in ti iieh the child to get
the content." Miss Lovt tt explulned I
,n a whispered aside. "Most per
sons read for Information a hun
dred tlmca to tlie wucc that they
Gets Even
. I) r, fancies K. Shoemaker, for
mer mayor of Pomcroy, Ohio,
came home oiif night to find (its
wife had iHibbt'iI her hair. So
he ililarotl he would let his
heard grow mil H site lei her Imlr
grow. She hasn't yleldmlnnd
her loelcs nrp slaying sltort while
his are growing long and woolly.
Jen McKennon. a fifth cnulcr.
und Ionald I'oiircli, sixth, liqth en
rolled t the t'entrnl, acjiool.woa
(he book prlis that the library
offered to the boy ami the pirl aub
inittlnt; the best IInIk of books suit
able fop a child's home library.
' Kit;htcen girls and six boys sub
mitted HsLs, und all of them worn
Kood, but t he judges said - Jean's
ii nd lonald'a were best becaiwe
I hey showed the most careful bal
ance of Interests mid because they
contained no titles -of book that
could not bo recommended fur
children.
There were supposed to he l.
least 25 titles in each list. One boy
named 122!
lean's Llt
Jean told Miss Mabel Holy, the
(Continued on 1'ago Five.)
Special Express Rate
Effective December 5
The granting of a special express
rate by the American Express com
pany, effective I'ec. 5 .and allow
ing Ihe shipment of dried prunes,
nuts and apples all in one package
at tlu lowest express rub-, is an
nouncer) by the freight rate com
mittee of the Portland- chamber of
commerce, through which Ihe con
cession was procured.
Individuals and firms have ex
perienced difficult lea In pending
combination packages Mo eastern
points under the old rulings. The
rend aloud to others. "
Hut how to know that (he child
understands wliut he reads?
The new method provides for all
that, and more.
After the children had located
on their geography maps, Ihe pari
of tin country they wanted to vis
It, Miss Lovett gave them the num
ber of the page In their readers
where they could find a story that
would tell how to get then.
Then sh(. nsked the first of th
queHiions that form tho key to Ihe
success of the silent reading meth
od: "What shall we do while the
nasneneers are gathering at the
.station?"
youngsters AliMirli lcoii.
Kagerly the youngsters turn to
their books. The first senteiie
yields no Information. The second
Ah! I'Mve upraised hands sig
nify nndlnejs. Then another, and
another. Tlie I earlier calls iin
Muriel Webb for the answer, and
Muriel reads It proudly from thr
book.
(jui stlon follows question, and
! the-answers rom with surprliuniy
few mistakes. ew words di-nne
themselveB naturally when the con
tent Is the goal. Of course, most
BIB
nnnn nniirrnT
(CuBUnvvd vu lige rive.)
PrT Council
Sponsoring
City Progrom
General La Grande Ob-
servance of American
Education Week to Be
Thuisday Evening.. .
A general celebration of A inert
. in which
can Uducutlon week, una
ovory citizen of l,a Clrundo la in
vited to participate, la announced
by the City Council or lJuronl
Teacher associations for 8 o'clock
Thursday evening, Nov.. 19, at the
high school auditorium. . - 1 .
Or. W. T. Phy. of Hot Lake, will
bo tho principal speaker, taking Tor
lllH MIlllitlL-L HnllK! lillUHc of f dUCa-
tlon and Us relation to citizenship. ;
The nice tine will be opened with
prayer linden tho leadership of Ihe
P.ev. William Crosby ltoss, pastor
ot the Presbyterian tihurch.
Klnior Stoddard . w ill direct a
short community sing, utter which
there will be a selection by Lmd-j
say's orchestra.
.Miss Hcien M. Geddca will slngr u
aolo just before Ir. l'hy's uddreHs.
, Qimrlol to ApiHrar. .
A aong by the chainbcr of eom-Jonr
nieree' quartet, a reading by MIa;
Klorenc Thompson anu a aoio ny,
It. J. Hammer will bo' ihe conclud-
niniibera on tho program.
Kvcry . day thla week aeca apc
clal proRrtuna devoted to the inter
est a of education in America. 1
At Kncred Heart academy, the
hlKh scliool and llliprr ffrado iniplls
wrilllllT l-KHIIVS Oil lllO SUllJfCtS
.i,i i, n. iinln.il Hintna,
... ... i,,.., i. , r... iiiionilnn
on HiiccoHslvc days of the wook.'
Thn younui-r chlldron nro Irnrnlns'
about tho constllutlon, pnliiotisni,
conservation unfl thrift In ronncc
tion with their regular lessons
Patrlollsm Assembly Held. '
The Itev. Geortre A. l'ollard,
pastor of the llaptlst' church, ad
dressed a patriotism' assembly at
Ihe liigh'Bchool auditorium- 1 ues
riav at 2 n. m. Miss Frieda Me-
1 k'unnnn feinl tlm win nine Cssuv on.
"ratriotiain" that alia wrote for a
contest conducted in the KnKlish ;
department. The third number on
Uwvprotcrnm was ii pHiilomime call
ed -Trilled StHtcs, tho Mellliif? Pot
of the Nations," presented by a
group of clris under direction of
Misses Kluanor Vernonond t'AVolyn
Uiiumun. ji.
KiiCh girl appeared lh the cos
llllllll 01 um iiiiiu anu rt ii"
cromH-H tho slaci to tho strains of
ninslo umiroiHlato to that oonnlry.l
and dhmmiiarfd into llm Imiiio-
. 1 1 1 n ll liml 4 -
crossed. Miss Murl Gore
at the
piano piayeo rm; oiur pjianKifij ffro1,
llann.-r." and . tho aaw-.ubly Mood . ' . k. ,,.. Wn. -r.
to Join In 11.0 nBlnjr, Mi Uhor'yJ ,. al ,,,,, , Bolllll w.,.a,
a.,.-ar,il .rlHRlllB lllo Biro, ol !.!' ,.M.(.Mlj. f)r ,
iurio:t'
nations nllh h'T. . of oiiiniiillnB Tor tlm (fold iiiimIiiI
Thoso who took lmrt worn: J""-linu diplonia of lionor ut Drumolla
ni liollioiv. iih Jaiiuii: Korolliy , al)) So ,nor0K,lv and won
Kronnton. China: Kdwardlni. Ma. , ,,.,.,, ,y dl(J tlll.y n-npond to tho
lono. Tnrltoy: DalHy Itolib. Holy
.Irnnii- Nli'lKon, KL-andlnavla; VI1
ina Clnnk' H. Holland: Miirlnn Mil-1
lir. Kfotlfim!;? Mny ('lay. Ireland; I
Kronen K'-lh-y. MIhh l.ttii't-y. I
At an aHfli'tnlily at the ivntntl
liulldlnK IIiIh TinirnliiK, .SuiiiTlnl.ii-;
cli'iit J. T. l-oncrillow Inld llio
mrhool what : frood . clllonnhlti
iniMins, and how .1 Im1' iiiIkIiI I.m-.
ooiito (rood oltixrus wjilli- tlo-y nrr.
ohlldri'n. Tho tiioii:tiilily tuitutcil lloa
.flair. P'Olli'd t In- iiri'iiliililo of Ihi-
cont II nllon and Hanc "Anntrlra Um-
lliniitlfiil." Whoa tho proKruin
u'uh flnlHlii d. I hi' i hlldri n iniiri'h-
id lawk lo tholr .mourn kIiikIiii,-
Onwiird, rhrlllnn SoldiorH.
I'rroariillonii lor Iho trnilltlonnl
1'alhvr-Kon bumiuot. whloh m to "'
civon early noxt tnontlt. will lio
inado at a HH'ollim of roiiilnllti'
roiirosonllllB tho chalnli'T of ciun-
Iiloro.r, lllo ...... !. . ."i u.-.. .........
anil tho luyiiu n of Iho churclioa,
l'rlihv noon. Iho plaoo to lie ur-
raniro'l Iiilor today.
Itev. Willi I'roidiy lltwn and
Dr. llonry W. l'nrkor will npr.-
nolil tho MlnlHtorlal nwMiolntloli. On
Iho eoininllloo of layim n nro A. W.
Nolson. Ir. liny Murphy anil llor-
aoo NolH'in. Tho clnilnlior of rom- .
inorro w ill lie roprowntod by tho I
lioy and irlrin ooinlnlltoo, w hlrh In- i
rliidoa .Mr. How. Itoliorl A Ikon, i
llarvoy Matthowa and I'harh II.
Koynolda.
IjiI your tin' lainii'iot onlortaln-
od nearly 3"'J lio)fl and tholr dads.
Tho I'ominlttoo hop'ii iho numlior
thin yonr will lio ovoji luriror. t
School District WilF
(Jive Community Play
Tiio liwor i'ovi- Mchool dlsirli-t
No. 9 will proiotit a roininnnlty
iilnv. -Tho Noliinlioin" (Zona (Inlo)
wtilt'h will ho followod liy a m hool j
program aim iihfkoi iiii,'-r r.
orday rvonlnff. .Novonihor "1. lit
7:3" o'olook.
Tho announemtnt waa niailo to
day by Mlm Orace g. Hondrtikon.
toarhor, who urged all who can to
UU'-'Ul, ,
PLAN FATHER,
SON BANQUET
ONE KILLED
WHEN TRAIN
IS DERAILED
Engineer Is Scalded, Then
: Buried Under Iwo ,
Feet of Sand
WOMAN, SHIELDER
OF BABE, MAY DIE
Tailzied Wreckace Of En
gine and Three Coaches
Today Mark Scene of
Accident.
oi.YMPJA. Wash. (Hy the Anno
'elated press) The tangled wreck
nKn ot tt locomollve and Urn
uoiichca toduv marked n Knot two
miles west of hero where hist night
mitn tm.t death and a' acore
Werc injured ,iih the fat Northern
paeiric train No. 4J4. running irom
(irnys IQiirbor to lvaeoma. left the
rails.
J-:. M.. lu I nam. Taconm. ciik!
neer. was killed when tscalded und
then burled beneath two feet of
aand aa the emoanKineni cruiniMru
nndor tho liniiacl or tho Istuvy on-
ffim'.
Mrs. Laura Hahn of Ahordoen. u
nasHi-niror, wn nroliuhly fntiilly
hnHhtto Hhleldlnir hr yoar-old
'nfal"
The others injured will recover,
A partial ILst of injured triven
out hy the Northern Pacific dl
patchers last niirht follows:
It. If. Whitman, Tucoma. flre
(Cnntlnued on Vnjre fr.
Hr. liowi'tl'M Ho.vlil W'Hnli fllil'
ni' ii will inir ror La Cirnndn at tln
tubi-rnaclo or the iJitti r Hay Haiiita
, ,,,1,,,, Vft.....,,!... VI. 11
' , ,.', .., Bnfl
. ,-.., .... w..,h ,.ioiiKti-ia.
, . . ,. ; tlul 1)Url
nr Hip inltcl HIilIch hiiH linen miw-
i,,.,.,,! ... , .tm iiiU riiioarkablii'
(Oontlnuoa on pace 8
DATES RALLY
Announcement or in .'rally rf the
1'nion Orangeva.wt'eU trrom .I'Yiday.
evening has been made by its naix
ter. I ir. W. T. I'hy.
Members of the North powder
Orange, headed by Master .1. A.
Nice, will be present to- assist In
I lie program;, The gathering will
hV held in the assembly hall al Hie
Kastcrn Oregon experiment station
west of I'ulon Willi Robert Wilhy-
combe, Miperiiitemlent, taking un
active part In prepuntlions.
Tlie meeting will be open and
I ir. Phy urges all farmers who
come under the Jurisdiction of the
I'nion (Irunge to attend.
Christmas
Shopping
Is Due
Christmas lit nrr la-lug made
ol thrifty glfl buyers are al
ready a-lhig artnind for the
I noM -Miislble oullH Tor their
gin budgets. The hlldiis are
cloM? and only a few Mi'cks it
main for this JiiiHrlnnt Job of
ClirlMnias chopping.
IjO (irande sloreM an gelthij
really tt nuN-t tur demand.
Tbey will lell on ut fhe hil
and ittoi atlraellte gift- Hi
adveril.Hlng hi The Observer. It
lll ay ti walcli tlM'lr sngge
Ihhi It lll mv yoti H me and
money and vtUtrt, Ami rc
memher thai Um- adtcrtKil
gift Is alwnjs dei-iidahlc.
wObaerTrr Ailertllng
A Ucrcbandlslnff Berrk,'1
WELSH CHORUS
JOSINGHERE
UN ON GRANG
New Orleans
Docks Swept
By Big Fire
Damage to Whaivcs and
Contents Estimated lo-
day at $3,000,000 or
More.
NKW OHliKAN'K (Hy the A,wo-
ciated 1'ress Fire, starting just
be To re midnight lat niKht, swept
seven blocks of the' Mississippi
river wharves . before it was
brought under control this morn
lnc. "'he dainuco to the wharvi
and contents Is estimated ut fo,-
quo.QOU or mco:- 1
i No Uvea were lost In the fire, run
one inun was killed by tho fire
chief's automobile.
Vessels near tho docks were
towed to safety. - Poydras and
Glrod street docks, practically new.
which cost more than a million
dollars, and scores of freight cars
were' burned.
. The flitmjcs originated in a build
ing where a quantity1 of material
used for dock repairs was stored,
and within 10 minutes had spread
rapidly over a five-block suction of
thu wulertront.
A network of railroad track ly
lug between t he business section
proper and the docks hampered
.fire apparatus and permitted the
fire to gain additional headway.
One ship a freighter moored ut
the dock where the flames visited
rwas saved by being cut loose and
towed dovi, the river.
DAVE ARTHUR IS
FREED BY BAKER
JURY LAST NIGHT
T1AKK11. Ore. (Special) Dave
Arthur was admitted last night or
u, ehwrgotof manslaughter in con
nectlbn with the death of O. C.
Cflois" Tucker, September 1.
A jury in the circuit court re-
qnlred only 15 minutes to consider
its verdict, which wa reached, it
Is beloved, on the first ballot.
Colonel Coolidge Is
'v Not Dangerously III
-1
J'liYMOirni. Vt. (By the Asso
ciated press) t'otonel John c
o'iJif.lge. fatlt'r- of tho president
Who Is III horn with an affection of
the heart. suffered another stroke
of "heart block" early today.
The attack passed, however, and
his physician said he did nol rn
gard the patient's condition a
crilioal
Crime Wave Not Result
Of War, Governor Says
I'KNI iLKTON. (tm. (.Special to
The tibserver) len!al that the so-
ii I led crime wave is a result of the
war und prohibition was emphat
ically made here by Governor Wal
ler M. Tierce, speaking before the
closing seasion of the Umatilla
ouuly council of religious educa
tion.
As the governor sees the. situa
tion, crime prevalence Is largely
In" to (he fact that all are living
under now conditions which make
crime easier. The governor de.
lan d himself no ''crepe hanger,"
however, und predicted that thc
prohlerif. will be worked out aa
other vrohlems have been met.
University President
Would Cancel Contest
HKKICKI.KV (liy (he Associated
press) President W. W. t'ampbell
of the University of ('allfornla said
yesterday that lie would be com
pelled to call off thf "big game"
between California and Stanford
next Saturday if It is proved that
a California Hliidcnt sei fire to tho
tower of oil-soaked wood prepared
by Stanford students fr' a rally
preliminary to Hie annual contest.
'Die bonfire was set aflame yesler-
day while the guard or Slaiiford
freshmen was at breakfast.
I a i al i ir.irr iu;cau,i;i
1 1 A K Kit, (ire. The trial of I ;
Arthur, prominent linker mining
man, on charges of ruanslaughte
arising from the death of (1. (
Tucker after a right between the
two men ut the Mother Lode mine
early In September, opened here.
W. It. Clayloli on the stand tul
of the relations i,d ween Tueke
and he admitted that Tucker told
him he wiu going to "rieltlc" with
I lave Arthur.
m;v co.mkt is iuscovi;iei;i
WIIJ.IAMS HA V. Wis. (AP)A
new eoinet of between the eighth
and ninth magnitude, appearing in
the ronsteliutton the Hunting log,
was discovered Tuesday, )r. Kdwln
II. l-'rost, director of the YerkeM
observatory of Ihe I 'niverstty of
Chicago." announced. It was dls.
rovereii hy professor George Van
Uirsbroeek of the university staff.
- Vhiiiiiiiut loloK-t AettiMil
ASTriltIA, ore. A romplalnl
Has filed In lh" Justice court hen
by .bns Herman, local plumber.
ehiirglng (. K. MeOill of Vaneou
ver, Wa.-Ji.. with reekhss driving.
! Herman alb-gen that Mr(?all diov
an automobile Into his machine on
the Columbia highway Sunday af
ternoon and that .MI.-R Gertrude
Kl lert son, mho was riding .with
iiiai, waa iiijurt.4.
Never Called On Her Again
i ,Ct $xJ x v V
.lack Iamiv, 20, of Ixw AngeloA. left tlie lfomo ot his awed
heart one night and was waylaid by two rival suitor. They put '
him in a barrel, iialletl It up And put it on a railroail tnUii.
IxitiK nianagel to ixdl himself off tin track and. went down a
ilO-foot embankment, wIh'I-o ho was found Imiirs Inter., lie. la
recovering hi a hopllnl, - .
BDY CHARGED
WITH MURDER
Al.IIANY. Ore. (Uy the Aasocl-
uled I'resb) John Hchwlndt, 16. 1
today la charged with first degrree
mmih r, Ihe result, of shooting his I
rather, .Joseph Hchwlndt. Hheriff i
Itlchard filed the complaint
Tlie. Iinl ?Hhot 'IiIh ' fathnr "While.
the latter was punishing aiTbther
son. - The wounded man died Hun
day after hovering between life and
death for two weeks with a bullet
in his bruin. "..-' ; f-'
A hearing will he held Thursday
lo determine whether Ihe case will
be transferred from the -circuit
court to the Juvenile departments
Shenandoah' Court's
Action Is Attacked
WASHINGTON (Hy the Assocl-
aled Press) Itc prcacnlatrvo Hold,
.'olonel Mitchell's counsel, today
asked the Mitchell court martial lo
nil President ('oolldge's altunllon
to the "high-handed procedure" of
he navy's Shenandoah court of ln-
piiry.
The court martial was Informed
hat Major Frank M. Kennedy, or
dered lo testify before II today, had
been siihpocnucd also hy the navy
our! mid ti ml been threatened with
contempt proceedings If he. failed
a respond to the navy's summons.
Kennedy refused to accept .Ihe
nuvy's subpoena., . "; '( f
in itcii woitKCiis ii;i;r
PKNUIKTON, Ore. Church
orkera from M parts of tho
county were In Pendleton for the
annual convention or the trmxtllla
county coucll of religious educa
tion, hebl in the Methodist Kplsco
pal church. The officers were re
ded for another year. Mason I.
Thotnisoii Is president ami Mrs. V.
(i. Swanson w secretary-treasurer.
Holh live In .Pendleton.
Kducallonal work during Ihe
coming year to stress Christiunlty
In home life will be done by ihe
council. It was decided nl the
morning session. Governor pierce
wan the chief speaker at the night
HeK.Hiotl.
MAX MIOT HY NO.N MI.S
A I. HA NY, Ore. Joe Hchwlndt.
:fi, Jordan farmer who was shot
by his Ki-year-old son, John. No
vember 4, died ut the hospllal
here rtr faavlng Itattled for I"
days with half a bullet In tils
brain. laath was due to Infec
tion of the wound. The boy, In
Jail lie re on an open charge, sa'd
he flint his fill her w h(le the latter
was butting another son, Joe Jr.,
U,
As a result of the father's death,
some form of murder charge, not
yet determined, will be lodged by
I Muli let Attorney dwelling Hgabott
the son. An h itopsy will be held.
Irrigation Director lte-rlii!tl
PKINKVll.l.K. Ore. K. H. Har.
nard waa re-ehxti d dln:ctor of the
(hhfjeo Irrigation district at ihe
unnual election held TticsilMy, ac
cording to unofficial returns riven
vat ut tUv uut'.nct oruvu
X TRA
IAHTMOlTH WONT PLAY.
SKATTM; (AP) Seattle alum
nus of Dartmouth university, which I
ban berii under consideration with
i no iniversKy of wasiiiimtmr fietrnv n, wmtwn und criUdrcir(cman' bf i
a football gnnie at 1'asudena Kvw
VearV day, were Inrormed today
their alma nmter wonM nut
consider such a proposal.
CAttHI.VAL AUtS Vll VS.
IAIHS (Al) wrinj vlrtdtt of
women never lcH'mlcd iiMn Ihe
length of her hair," said Moiislgnor
IuIks( eanllnal archbishop of
Paris, 'when asked Ills opinion of
bobbed hair. "Please tJoil, no Paris
arch bis hop will ever forbid Par In
women to follow fashions with
tact and moderate Inlelllgcnee,"
MHH. STKIIMO TI-TIIIi:H
WA S If I N ii TON (AP) Mrs.
(.eirge W. Nteln Jr. tistlfte(l tn
lay before iho Shenandoah court
that Mrs. Margaret loinsdowne
"iimlertood fully" that the stale
meat sent tier hy Captain Paul
Foley of Iho ooort was merely a
memorandum of suggest Ions and
not a direct statement of testimony
she was to give on the wHiicnn
stand. It was) Mrs, Steele wlui h
IHcrcd to Mrs, latisdowne tin
statemcnl wlih'ii has I mi tune basis
for charges that l-'otey sought lo
Imluce the widow of the Sbenaii
doali's captain to give also tes:l
moil, v.
Oregon To Receive Big
Lump of Federal Money
POUTLAND. Ore. (Speeiul to the
Observer) regon will get the
benefit of, nearly a million and a
quarter dollars of federal money
for forest roads and trails during
the fiscal year V.i'iH, according to
word Just received by district for
ester C. M. Granger.
The total road and trull appor
tionment amounting to $l,;H:i,
8u5.UK Is divided between four sep
arate funds. This la direct appro
priation by congress for Oregon,
which with the addition of $;.-
tPrj.fiO from Ihe -ft per cent road
and school fund, makes a grand to
tal In I hrse funds alone of 9 1,-
4l2.10!i.XH, to be spent In Oregon
by the federal fr st service, an
compared with $075.1 fi.Ku tlin to
tal amount which the federal gov
ernment look in last year from the
saen of limber, grazing fees, and
other sources from all of tlm 14
national forests In Ihe state.
Two of these funds, the so-called
section 8 and forest highway funds.
amounting this year to $7 1 H.56fi.
are direct appropriations In the na
ture of compensation for taxes on
national forests. The money Is
used on roads of primary Import
ance to the state, county or locul
community.
The lo per rent fund which this
year amounts lo $( 7,r2 1 .tiH for
Oregon, Is also in lieu of taxes. It
Is made tip of one-tenth of all the
national forest receipts In the state
from sale of tlmls r and other re
sources. The H per cent rund Is
used for smaller projrets ot bene
tlt to Ivuil forest, cuuiinuattlcs.
m imieii
FROM LINER
III FLUMES
All -Night Race With
Death Ends in Victory
over Red Demon
ONE LIFE LOST;
SEVERAL INJURED
Huge Ocean-Going Ves
sel Travels 30 Miles to
Lewes, Del.t After Fire
Breaks Out.
T-EW.EK. Tel. (By tho Associated
Press) After winning a race with
death, KtiK passengers and mem
bers of the crew who apont a har
rowing night aboard the biasing1
Clyde liner Lcnape. safely landed
hero today and wore cared for by
the townspeople.
At least one person- lest Ills life.
Fishermen picked up a body off
Lewes which was later identified
as Robert i,evnrton. .More than a
dozen were Injured.
Many women and children were
among tho passengers- and wmo
left the blading vcaset before dawn
scantily clad. .
Raced for'tiewea
The flra started at 10:46 o'clock
lost night when the Lenape was
off Atlantic City. Tho flames
spread rapidly and tho captain de
cided to race for Lewes, 80 miles
away.
. When the ship arrived off thla
port the flra was apparently under
control, but shortly afterward tho
flames swept tho ship from atom
to stern. ,
Meanwhile the passengers und
crew hud been tuken off by tfmtUl
bouts.
Hotel accommodations hero aro
Insufficient to cure for tho Lenape
survivors.
Cliureli Thrown Open
The 1'reshyterlan church Wat
thrown oDi;n for thn rnmfnrk of th
whom wui'e suffering' from the .
COlll. . ' k . V
Tulea of heroic rescues by C4l
, (Contlnuud on Paga Flve-i x
SAN rf(ANCtH(0 (By the AJtso
clated Press) Western Oregon ia
Inadequately provided with trans-
porta l ion and growers and ship
pers there are suffering a a re
sult, H. 1 Wiggins, rate expert of
the Oregon public service commis
sion, testified "today In an inter
state, comimurce com mission hear
ing on a petition to Increase, mil
freight rates by 5 per cent,
A petition Is pending before tho
commission, lie said, for the con
struction of a Una from Kugcne to
Crane, ore., to give western Oregon
shippers a more direct route to
eastern markets.
This Is In addition to the 25 per
cent fund which returns one-quar
ter of the national forest receipts
directly to tho aluto for roads und
schools.
There has been u total of $7.7f5,
4!i.l7 appropriated for 'Oregon
under (heso various road and trait
funds since they were established,
according to the report. This is
marly one-eighth of the total for
the entire country, $ 59. 5tlti,330.B4.
Thirty-two states have participated
In thP distribution, with Oregon
second.
Through these road appropria
tions the forest service has been a
very Important factor In Ihe good
roads and community development,
part tenia rly In the nut ionul for
est regions, according to forest of
ficers. They point out that the
state and communities have prof
ited rrom thene funds, and still
hav the rorests to continue pro
ducing future wealth.
r'or'st ofricera emphasize Uio
fact that local cooperation Is re
quired by the forest service from
communities, counties, or the state
In road work under forest high
way, section-, and 10-per cent
projects, usually on a fifty-fifty
basis. On tho forest development
projeetn local cooperation n sought
only where the road Is largely for
communtty development.
Tin- bureau ot public roads In co
operation Kun the forest nervlce
taken charge of location and con
struction of rouds under the forest
highway ind sect Ion -It acts and tho
more important of the forest devel
opment und I'f-pcr cent project.
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