EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY
hwntrr
CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHEIt
PORTLAND (AP) Ora.
eon: Unsettled, probably
rain or snow In the north to
night and Wednesday.
VOLUME XXIV.
. LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER ASBOCIAIBD PRESS
NUMBER 56
MEMORIAL
PARK 01
OR H
Bruce Dennis, La Grande,
Is Elected President j
of Association i
COIN ISSUE WILL 1
GO INTO CONGRESS
Measure for Purchase,
Development and Main
tenance of Harding
Park to Be Drafted.
I'KNIH.KTOX. On'. (Speclil to
The observer) llruce licnnl;,
state senator, and formerly owner
and publisher or the la Ornndc
Kveiilng Observer, of l.a Grande,
whs elected president of tin- Hard
ing Memorial Park association
ITile yesterday at the onruniss.it ion
meeting held, in tin rooms oT the
1 'end 1ft on commercial association.
Fred Hif'iwt'i', or Pendleton, was
eb-eled vice president a lid (cnrge
('. Itaer. of Pendleton, wis elected
seeielnry. William lulV. or link
er, was named treasurer, and A.
F. Atexnnder. of Wulla Walla, was
mimed as honarury vie president.
To Petition Congress
Hurlng the meeting a decision
was made to preseni to congress a
Mil t provide for the issuing of
memorial coins to furnish funds
Tor the purchase, development, and
maintenance of park in the ltlne
.Mountains as near s procurable
to the site on which the late I 'resi
lient H riling deliveied Ills Mwi
cham address. July :i l!r'.i.
AH or the officers elected are al
so members of the board of trust
cH. ii In number, selecled from
the .three northwest slates of
Washington. Idaho, and Oregon,
(.ramie. JJcpioenlcd
Those from out of tAwn who
were hen for the meellng included
' Me.-Oenni - nd Karl Prynohls.
chamber of couimeree secretary,
or l.a (Irand-; Walter Meaeham.
chamber of commerce secretary, of
linker: John W. Jjingdon. or Wallu
Walla, and President J. H. Landers,
or the Monmouth Normal school..
Twelve members of the execu
tive cnnillllHeV were, PUIllcd. lt"
sldes theJ four officer, the fol
lowing wore appointed: Karl Itev
nolds. I .a Orande; K.i K. 1'larU,
Pendleton: Waller MeaehMm, It -
ker; Hoy Kitner, Pendleton; John
f lnmdon. Walla Walla: Calvin
fob. Iloise; and Sain Miller, AH-
ACnnX Ituie.t nn Pir Ftv )
S
l 'In l-;lm:il idtf.: when valuabb-e'-rch
iadr;e Kjr adi; its t desirabi
lity over open display counters
against whi' h . feverish shoppers
Josl le and crowtl in I heir anxiety
to g' l to llie clerks alrendy over
bill'biied wiih duties might easily
fee in lo double ti-mptatloil Jin (I
erse the way for lite shopllll-r.
And mi M ilo'-s'; according to l.a
Ciaude merchants, who repftrt the
I lux or plir-ring on 1 he increase
as the holiday approaches.
In H-utse few cases, I hey say. the
offender tnav be the vlelliu of a
lunuientary weakness In Ihe fact
or great temptation. 'hrlstmas is
Ihe tine- rnr riving. 1 lere Is some
one wfio feels the urge, (b- ralh
er she-, for the shopllfler Is ulfuost
always a woman has no money.
but see here on Ull Open table the .
very thing .she wants I err suimom
(Continued on i'ago Five.)
GUARD
WATCH
HDPL FTEHS
Grange Disapproves Of
County Court's Actions
MOPE
SHOPPING
DAYS
CMcu
World Court
Is Explained
At Luncheon
Robert Eakin, La Grande
Attorney, Addresses the
Chamber of Commerce
Members Today.
A clear, concise explanation of
tho international court of Justice
and its purposes was presented lo
the Cnlon county chamber or com
merce, at luncheon today noon by
Itobert S. Kakln, local attorney, in
an interesting und instructive
manner. Following hi.s speech,
the chamber of commerce went on
record favoring American adher
ence to the world court. Notifi
cation of this stand will be mnde
to Oregon's congressmen und Sen
ators before the world court ques
tion comeu up for action ut Wash
ington 1'fcci'inber 17. At present
II Is In the hands of the foreign
relations committee, with Senator
liorah, of Idaho, as chairman. -
Stating that the world court is
misrepresented lo man. Mr. Kakln
pointed put tout it Is in reality a
court of international justice, like
the United HUiles supreme court
excepting with jurisdiction over
nations Instead of sovereign slates.
' Klcven judges und Tour deput
ies, selected by 111! league of nal
lons, from the court. Of the pre.
Meat jurists, one is an American al
though the I'nited Slates is not a
member of the court. .The court
has the right to give decisions .up
on any ease submitted to it by the
nations concerned If they uru will
ing to abide by the decision. It al
so has the right to render advisory
opinions. To dale six disputes be
iween nations have been satisfac
torily settled ami 11 advisory op
inions handed down.
IS Nntiims Members
At present. .Mr. Kakln said, 48
nations are members and but five
of the greater pnwera .Mexico.
Turkey, Germany, Kussia ami the!
niited States-are not on the lis.
... tur n. au u u
liuwever. luuim iicriiniiiiy as . a,
party and willing lo
decision.
accent 1U
.Mr Kakln nve ...ut-,, cr-Ult to
Kl hu Hoot for Ihc part he toolf In
puinir-u uiii i mn .lie iun ,
was ill ihe iirocess of organization , , , . ,,,, '
,mg h,for, lh,. !,!,, of nations .J" ", i T,
h; (ml and I. Mutuumlya will fo on H'j1'
on the Hitnii. (-)iurf?f luto toduy In
Mr. Kakln .rilu..il nm r..murks h niullU.lpa (.ourt . .
Willi llie Ktytriin-nl thai h- wiih no! , ,,.,, vhM.l.,,, or -dlMonli-rly ton
arculnK Tor or Baii.t lli: court (.ov.rs , ,.,', ol,K,.d
imt ralh..r ni. r. ly pirM-nllim- r- ,.,, .,, of .,.,., B
llntnl ""J" ,. place hIhti' opitnii Is smoked.
Miiw I'nimwil ' mll,orlli..s report llial II
Murine .tlio unC-on onnoun.-- 1 , ,,u.,. ,. alrln.
iili-nt wcx liiinln Dial the next v . ... . ,
mo.-lln;,- -.voohl he in the form of a f" 'h"rK',B UKa,n,al "V'1.' ""d
(Pnntfniifii nn HK FIr.
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La Grande's Reputation
Becomes Known in East
That l.a Ci;iude's reputalinn us
a city of Importance in Oregon is
being recognized in .the eastern
slates Is indicated In a letter thai
came lo the rhamher or commerce
I office here today asking for sug
gestions in rmillngjhe Oregon ex-
rcis.ng nisioricai. gcograpmcai
lllll K'-UlKIl HI HMi i'in, .
The letter came form
Thomas
-". , ' ,u
us In I n fnrm:tt irtn NiieircRl inn it ml
of Ihe chamber, Karl (. Ileynold,;. I
Knights of Pythias
Elect New Officers
'
orflcrrs for l!tJ' were eh-cti-d at
a meeting of the Knights or I'ythbiH
held in tin K. or i hall last nighl.
A large crowd was in attendance,
New officers follow: Kliner Hose,
ehaneelliir commander: A I v a
t'towley, vice chancellor; II. Buck-
waiter, prelate; ( . Kerry, master
or work: C. I., flrahaiu, keeper of
records and seals; , K. AlcCor-
mlck. masier of finance; Kddie
Graham, master at arms; Jlarh
Hioncking; inner guard; John liod
' gers. outer guard; J. A. .McCarthy,
trustee.
Although liK-lenont
at her
ii-ii1 rlown the ulteiidanee th
regular meeting of the I'nlnn ,Iav nKlit
routity l'(Hiiot!:i grange at Wolf I
f rek wiih me won i hi granue
;I host proved MiLenrui in aii
of the re.-peets.
Mrs. Minnie VI. llond. state be
tiirer; Mrs. Johnfon. of the Idaho
state grange; and .1. I. Miekle, sla-
te dairy ami lood eontuwiHstoner.
were ptiest speakers ar the day and night In Zuber hsll with a fslr
all delivered nddressn of speein sized rrowd In Htti-ndanee. The
inter.! to thw- In jit tendance. frond dance In announced for
Mirkh-'s addr-SK wns In the way if next Monday evening. Proceeds nr
a r port or the session of the nut- the (wo will go into the company
tonal granife held last month in funds for th- benefit of the guards-Sacram-'nto.
I m.'-n.
liesntutions w.-re adopted vob lng
the .ranges disapproval Of Ihe
rouniv eo.irt in refusing to allow
:h coun'v sehool sup-rintendent
ademmte funds to prope rly carry
New Envoy
Senator Henri Hereugcr uf
Frailer- will Ik llie next Kwiir'h
ambassador lo tin t rilled Stales,
He. will replace the present en
voy, Knilln Ottrsrhner, who Is
Illumed In Paris for Hit hi Him
of the Fiviirh debt . funding
(mnmlsskm to reach an agree
nieiit with American 1 commis
sioners. .
, " , ' '
Ym,n ,., ,. of ,
yellow ,..!, Uikfn .by i
- . i..,,( t,
tt -'i'it . ... .
Hlreet Saturday night, was. found
milliir lulu uxaliipilai' nf i t Mftr Afr rl V
ran(uct ttnU WIia finl.,i ,il)0 ,,y
jllt,K j. Klt(.r ln tii0,m,
l u;n vixvy ni.- npt
- .. vi'iiii,. i.vU.rf
STATE TAXES:
E
Htate la.ves In'l'nlou couu y will
!aIlloU)l, to lllout j-j,,,,, ,.SH jq
Ithan they did this year, necordinc
to .Iulge t'. fr. i 'ouch, who has re
r,.)ved noliei! that Union county's
apportionment is $ 1 27,37..5'i.
Thai sum added to the amount
necessary for the conduct of coun
ty busluess will give Ihe total or
hat Is know n as the slide and
county levy. Judge Couch . juts
.called Ihe commissioners -Tori
j meeting the latter end of the wjik
to reckon the exact millage lo be
levied here.
1 On laxew subject to the six per
fent limitation, the full ullowanee
I H called for this year, but some
J of thespeilal tax levies liavc Ween
det reased. The slate and county
levy Jor I'nlon county n-sidenis
'will b" slightly lees Mian that for
last year, except In districts where
the hlgli school I nil ion fund has
yito be raised. In those districts, the
levy will be greater.
Montgomery Fined $30
On Possession Charge
.1. W. .MniitKom.'ry, mi old of
fend. -r nreording lo the police, wn
fined lii in the intinitHptil court t
lute yesti-riliiy. upon heinir found
Kiillly or hnvliw; liquor in Ills pos
session. .Montgomery paid Hie fine. , ll.
I,,, I m us urnJited hy llie police Kulur-
-. , . r, .
.National uiiaid Dance
Bcncfits Company Fund
The first of n si-He of two nut
j lonat guard danees wk hf lr ly nt
1 ffnrn twlay aanounee that - on
ne ev.-ninK im if-fm.MT h
day entertainment for fompany K
will b held. Kuriher plans have
," ""' orkei out a ei.
lnir lt nlsht wun furnirtliL'd
YUEN FINED III
POLICE COURT
LOWER EK
t te uuf.t on. lies 'a a.
PI0HEER.82,
IS CALLED
John L. McKinnis, Coun
ty Resident 61 Years,
Passes on Here. ',
CROSSED PLAINS ' '
IN SPRING OF T1
Decedent Will Be Laid to
Rest Friday Following
: Services at Sum me r
ville Chapel.
.. John U. Mc4vinnis a t'nion
county resident for more than 01
years, died at 8 o'clock Inst night
at the G-rande itonde hospital, do
let Ing the list of the valley's ven
erable pioneers.
Or the early settlers who left the
comforts and assurances of civil
isation to cast their lot with the.
fortunes of the Oregon country,
none have earned a better right to
the respect of posterity than Mr.
McKinnis. He distinguished him
self both In the conduct of his
share of community affairs and in
the integrity and righteousness he
practiced in his private life.
Born In Jackson county, Ohio,
July 6, IS43, John IJvengood Mc
Kinnis lived on the farm with his
parents until the spring of 1SG4.
Then, at the-age of 21, he under
took the hazardous journey across
the plains with ox teams. And af
ter several exciting adventures
with Indians, accompanied by the
usual hardships and deprivations
of such a trip, he arrived In the
Grande Itonde valley where he en-
KllRfd himself to
farmers and
, ,ii,(,. r iu,in , ., .u1,.iiv
o
having enjoyed a good educulion
in the schools near his Ohio home,
he used his, tulenia as a school
buauher,, '
.Married in 1 HUT.
ln.itSG7 the young pioneer was
united in marriage t,o Itachel t
ilurris,. who crossed . the. plains
(Continued on Page Five)
F
NKAV YOHK. (liy llie Associated
BEYOND
101
nir lar ri innrn
I III IM I I H f llrelmnulal. her
I'res.") I'-our women and one man . . .
losfr'their lives and rive other were!
Injured early today in a fire that 'Rich CoppCl' Sll'lKC
destroyed a five slory tenement. - , Vl Tl,.
Three or the women perished I Made Near .Uakcr
on Ihe lop riooi. The other wo- ,
man and man ttuppfd in a Ihlnl- !AKKR 0vv (Hpeclal ). The
story hallway. . nf M rnncr and
. " ,77.,,
JudgC KnOWlCS Will
- m. - rr
Hear Motion lumororw
- ! : .
, A mut ion to .sel iiHifle mi .-lit r
of default In llie' rn-'ie hr Hmilh. re
ceiver for a lehuiel lunik In Idnlm.
aiiliiHl Slortn,' a road rontnietor
I.. VV'i.llVtu... fnnnli iU In lie lienril
bv Judg .1. W. Knowles in the j verag out-third pure copper to
circuit ! court Wednesday after- !" "'' 1'des the gold andotli-
noon. i tr i"i"erals.
Storm rlnlniR Ihul the plainlir!1
was-not entltbd to default.
The case originated over .Smith'.;
attempt to get a judgment against
Storrn for monev said to be owlmr
the defunct bank. Re gurnished
Wallowji rouuly for t he balanc:e
due Storm n a road contract.
Davis und iVI.ytle, of Vale are nl
I orneys for tle plaintiff. Itobert
Kukin and K. S. Sen, of I'ortlan'l,
represent th'? roud contractor.
Added .
Cily
Coverage
I luring (he lfkt three iiionlteo
the firetllnllon ir The OIwtit
In tin Hty or .n (miifte Imt
sjiowii a net iiieren-M of 1 1 K-r
cent a irne-t gtntlfing growl b
tm--lderitig the ery high tit. -erage
Hint has nluas I'xKted
In llie city.
Strt only ore readers in Ihc
rural ilitrl-H and lit the ma't
er touu Increasing, tint here
at home the K'onih In eipuilly
lfndy. II It iiaiiirnl. tbei
fore, that pracili-nl aderllsr
wiNiltl ay that they caiutot Me
sihly (fiver the l.a (raiidi ter
ritory evept In The Onwri-r
at an)h-rc near the same
"Obserrrr Aflirllflng
A Uercbaudlslof Herrlue.
PEN VOTE
Oil FISCAL
BILL ASKED
Ministerial C r i s i s in
France Is Delayed by ;
v Government . :v
COMMITTEE ACTION
MAY BE REVIEWED
Cabinet Decides V6te" Re
jecting the Loucheur
Measure Was. Not Rep
resentative. '
PAKIK (Al Press Time Mash)
nuance Minister IXMieiieur. re
signed today following ueftnitc re
jection or his fiscal projcrls by
(he. house of deputies' finance
committee.
P A 11 I S Hv the Associated
Press) The ministerial crisis has
been temporarily delayed and .the
government is deciding today to
uppeal to the ehomber of deputies
for an open vote on Finance Min
ister lioucheur's fiscal measures,
which were rejected by the cham
ber's finance committee yesterday
A cabinet meeting today decided
that tin committee's vote waa pass
ed under conditions not reflecting
the opinion of the majority of the
members. .
,otichcur was Instructed to con
suit the president and the secre
tary of the committee in an ef
fort to reach accord.
Deer Park Woman Will
f Join Teaching Stat!
MhiH Kalhryn Albright, or Deer
IMirk, Wash., will Join tho leaohlng
staff of Central school this week to
feomplele the unfinished term 'of
iMiNv lelen Vlfaufttn, who- h;a(i ro
signed because of HI health. . ,
Miss Albright will do depart
mental teaching In the seventh and
eighth grades, her subjects to be
civics and grammar.
Superintendents under whom
Miss Albright has done twotnd-fl
half-years or fr teaching are 'gen
erous In praise of her wdrk. Hhe
is a graduate of the. Cheney Normal
college, at Cheney, Wash.
Miss Vifquaiti was compelled to
position hert be-
weakened cond It Ion,
severe attack, of'. la
fluen.a. She will spend the winter
in California, later returning to her
,hoine at Pes Moines. la. , '
Ignhl yet encoiinlnred at the Moth-
jer lde mine was made, yesler-
iday and samples of the ore are
L. dlHII,Iiy he.e today. The cop-
Iper is pure. In flukes and chunks.
even to the uninitiated the rich-
j news oT t4e ore.
I Assays have not been made but
estimates are (hat the strike will
I'ocatcllo Men Buy
Three "Gold Bricks"
MMATV:i,l,(. Ida. Mly the Asso
ciated I'ress) A supersab'smau,
Klvlng the name of ran I Thomp
son, siiecef ded In selling at least
three "gold bricks' to shrewd
pawnshop dealers here before po.
ir i officers Interfered with his
profitable business.
Thompson, scorning easy sales
to gullible slreet Investors, carried
his supply of yellow slugs Into the
(hops. The "bricks" were about
one inch by one Ineti and a half,
with the thickness of a dollar.
Thy bon- Nome, Alaska, dates,
and one each one was engraved
Ihe likeness or the midnight, sun
eirrling the horizon. He disposed
of three at prices of about $20
eaell be f fire a suspletous prospect,
in the form of a policeman, Inter
fered. Thcosophists Expect
"Second Coming" Soon
N K W YOHK (Hy the Assoelated
I'resn) Thousands of theosoplilsls
ate Journeying to India In antic
ipation of the "second coming of
f'hrlst, the New York Tribune
snyn today.
They are drawn by the prophecy
of their b-ader, Mrs. Annie Iterant,
International president of th Theo
sophh a I society that within the
next five months the Htar of Iteth
l hem will burn over Adyar, India,
and I'hrtst will return to earth In
the hndy of kriahnamurtl, tO-year-oli
Uia'lu.
Fairy Tale Comes True
a JMarJe (iower, of Han Franelsco, who l reamed of riches when
a Hilld, now finds her tlreani alwut to t ome true, Hhe appai-ently
is the lioiress for whom Ijttiidou Molicltors huvo I)(eii search lug.
SIKI MURDERED XTRA
EARLY TODAY
' NliW YOKIv (Hy tile Associated
Press )i "BattlinB" Hlkl, Henegase
pugilist, whose turbulent career in
(he prize ring and elsewhere had
given him wide notoriety, was mys
teriously murdered early today in
West Karty-flrst street In the dis
trict known as Hell's Kit chop..
The one time light heavyweight
champion won found , 'lying face
downward with two gunshot
wounds in his Deck, A revolver
with two exploded shells was found
In n gutter nearby.
Hlki Is believed to have had a
brawl In one of the numerous night
ctubs of the neighborhood, and that
after un altercation he was fol
lowed Into the street and struck
down from behind.
LA FOLLETTE
WASHINGTON (Hy (lie -Asnoi-i-ated
Presto Kenatur l.a l-'ollelte.
of WiHeonnln, served nature on the
ltepubllean old guard loday that
he expects to adhere to the "pro
gresslvu principals" of Ills father.
In a letter to t'hulrmnn Watson,
of the lie publican committee of
committees, whteh yesterday voted
him com mil tee assignments as a
ltepubllean. ha Kolletle said he
wanted to give a elenr under
standing of his attitude before such
UHslgnments are made definite.
Klan Rars Alice From
Fort Pierce, Florida
I'OKT I'IKItfK. Kin. (Hy tho
Associated I'ress) I iircle-d men,
laid to be members Of Hie Kll Kltlx
Klan, today were standing guard
at a local railroad station to see
that Alice Jonei ithlnebmder.
negro lfe of leonard Kip Ithlne-
lander. does not, stop here.
niop iienr.
Ilspalches received last night
Florida and that she might stop
at Tort Pierce. Klan officers, it.
was reported. Immediately sent.
rqintnltieea to the hotels to nseer-
taln If she was already here. The
men gave the hotels warning they
must not admit her.
ACTION FAVOKAltl.i;.
WASHI.V.TOV (AC)
Tile
Ihhim I'slay apprfnitl a sti'ihti
of ll reveiini' hill which mU
rptlrte l.MiU.Wtn latiiayers fnmi
ftticral Ich as a re-mlt of IHT
wjtiul eiciiitiliuiu.
FOLLOWS
I
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I.ISSM;il UliSKiNS. .
WASHINGTON (AP). Mcyi'r
Iil.4siicr, iih.ihIh'I' of tho slilpplnir
Ixwrd riHni tin Pncirhi tiiast. litis
rcslenicd, rffiK-tlviJ DeccmlH'r :n.
WIIKAT MUCKS I P.
4'lll('A(i) (Al'(. Wheat prhiN
nN-eii(l(l Mlinriily t(Mluy, In Mitnr
rn.si uk nitit'li as R4 crntH. 3lny
ivlieat nuilnil 8 1. (IV.
CIIANU IS HKT.iKATIXC.
riw k.. f.rn..i..i .i.ij..ui
r liikiln .hat .Mart.u.1
slKlf .ui .Mukden, that lootlnff
' -
hl..,it8 ro panic stricken.
,,..,.., ,., it,..,,.,.,,
MIAM.IIAI (Al') IteportS
frain duimmsi, Hounn m. that
the fate of Alarnlml ('Imngo riVo
Mil. Mam hilijliui llrlnt..r, will
iriMliiliy ill- u"-iu J
now raicliiK In Pnlkllio sctior
miles wi'sl if -Miilulcii.
ITT, ......
ItfMOUS KKMKII.
MOW voiik. (AP). A mnmr
lli.it Irf-onanl ..l llhliii'innder
hail relumeil li Ills linilutto wife,
Allec .limes, wns ilenled toduy by
i-oiiiiM l fur Klilm luniler. ,
It Is In America but tho everyday
III ll,ll;s SI'.I.I-.I). (0,, Jio hnB oftcn assisted ln Its
lll;U ANT ( AP). MeinlH-rs of a pr,.mratlon.
Simm IiiI" fonMnliiiliii.y tislny wli- Though the arrival of tho hom
ed I'llnecs Imm Imrrneks henr, j,,m K0,nM inJ, temporarily ecllsped
ilMliirmic they would ""Id ""' the Holstelna here and they have
hiiiiilinx-i iieinlliiK n willslaelory i.COmu a few days something of a
renlv to their flcntiijuls fur emu- Hllo line In attracting sanatorium
priiMilion fur Ihelr illshuiiilnient
irp hp 11(w lW ll((1.ecniciif.
In Iicitv :i.5(M 4p'(lnls, placiMl
an iirmrri guard over their stoics
ami mins lo prevent, nuthorithM
from rrinimng tlteiii. 1
Cigaret Girl Suddenly
Find Dreams Come True
tll V III Mrsrii)
HAN' !' It A N( 'IS ' (NKA Spe-i-hiU
. .. "'! then the I T llicc
came. , ."
I'lnirt ran the fairy tabs over
which .Marie (iower bowed
her
head when Mhc was a child
Mar-
velniiK storns they were. The waif
who dlseoverrt that she Is a prln
cesa. anfl marries tin; I'rinr
aml
- n. .ttrv TMllU ,,r
',v' " , ", iX" '
Miicr, us she sold clgnrets and
iiemlan cafe. Marie dreamed the
fnlrv tales, revised of course, to
suit her ndult life.
Whv should't she dreim
tfadn't her mother l"ld her of her
father. He wa of a wealthy
Seotch faintly. II was nice to
dream of an estate In Hrothmd even
if It was owned and ruled over by
n distant relative. Perhaps, some
day. he would hear of Marie "
and then the Prince came ..."
And now Marlv' dreama are
nhout to come true
Hhe appar-
- (t.nlly Is to bc-ome a Clndereiia.
Stio uppurunlly U the iivtr for
BRIEFS ARE
FILED III
RAIL a
Southern Pacific Opposes
Oregon Trunk's Ex- v
tension Program
SHORTERROUTE TO
CHICAGO PROMISED
Southern Line Declares It
Would ' Give Adequate
Service to Its Oregon
Territory.
WASHINGTON (By the Associ
ated Prrss) UriefB for and against
tho application of the Oregon
Trunk for permission to extend its
joiitrul Oregon railway from Bend
I.'ln...ntl. Wall. ii.N1 HlaA with
I ho tntoratnto commerce comnils
aton today.
I'lii' Oregon Trunk stresses that
tho 8outhorn Pacltlo seeks to have
il monopoly of the traffic of the
Klamath basin, while the Southern
i'aciric contends if tho northern
lines are permitted to enter the re
Kion it will "imperil and ruin" the
Southern Pacific's proposed con
nections in the region.
The Southern Pacltlo declared It
would give adequate service, to all
Oregon territory. ! would pro
vide a line between Klamath Falls
and Chicago 200 miles shorter than
the proposed northern- route. -
The northern lines' brief de
clares Its proposal will give access
to wldo markets eaoaped by the
Northern Pacific, Oreat Northern
and Burlington lines, and thus en
enurnirn lumber manufacturing,
'uud that the Southern Pacltlo will
benefit as well as the northern
lines. It expresses -willingness to
enter Into any Joint user agree
ment as to the new lines and does
nut opfyr. tp Southern ra.qiric'
building program. ' ' "
BE BUILT UP
HOT LAKE. (Hpeclal) Tha
purebred Holstelna, who have r- '
ncaieuiv urougnt eiaiu um uunu
""1 E"1"" Ore0"-
mero dairy bami. , Vv. W. T. Phy
VZS Z?xi Tog-
,genburgs will be the nucleus for
a Binall goat herd. Their milk is
..ll,,l 1 nnrlnln lin.nltn.1
.. . . . rtlv,.,.d oariici..
cases. The finely divided particles
(m n HoUlBln m,k, whloh ,
,,,ad otlar cows. mills m this
respcct4-maKe goats milk especi
ally easy to digest.
I As the number of Toggenburgs
ul j-dymcre farm Increase, Dr. Phy
,an , have goat mllk cheeso
mn(p jr. Solfors, head herdsman
ut thL. gunatorlum dairy, was born
, a ,irynrf soctlon of Kuropo
W,ert. the cheeso Is not the luxry
,m(l, nla to the dairy barn, they
re proving their worth by break-
inK records during1 this month
when records are rarely made. The
Xolsteiu milk will still be used at
Hot lAikv. in ull except a low cuses.
whom London solicitors hae been
searching.
Her mother. Mrs. Murle 1u
Please Trevelyun-Oower. who hart
supported herself and her three
children for many yeurs by leach
ing music, read of the earth for
the heir in a newspaper. Hhe in of
the belief that Marie and hr two
brothers are the Inst of tho Travel-yan-Oowrrn
and have a very defi
nite and legal Interest In the es
tate, said to be worth many million
dollars.
Hut whllf they are dusting of the
family records and awaiting word
-from the London lawyers, Marie
continue,! to sell cignreU and check
huts and occasionally entertain
Bohemians with a snappy fiance
step or two. Y
never expects them to come trap."
says Marie, "ft doesn't seem that
t hi nits like that happen In real U
"Mother he.s told me of it, since
r was a little girl and, of course,
I've often dreamed of having" it
(CoDttauea on pe )
COAT HERD TO
(CuuUdu&4 wa I tit nve.)