EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY
CITY
EDITIO N
THE WEATHER
PORTLAND AP) Or.
Kon: ITnaettled tonight and
Thursday, probably rain In
the west. Warmer in the
west tonight.
tt?trat
VOLUME xxiy.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 57
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F
i ehr
IS SUCCESS
IN COUNTY
Increased 1 rot its anylwmiowa grange no. om ln-id h
Greater Yields ' Re
ported by. Avery
HIGHER TYPE OF
PRODUCTS RAISED
1(1. C. Meek, secretary; TV G. Johu-
Hundrcds of Thousands'", n. m. nwittvr ami .v. ,w.
,vf Molhirs fijiVP.d Fjivni. Joh,mon' mmltiee.
crs During the Past
Season.
Increased lu-oHls Tin' liriinilc
Itonilu valley farmers during I'JLTi.
greater yields mi ncrc or potatoes,
the rasing or morn certified need
n u Ki neml trend toward more
profitahl" funning me progrnss
Ive steps liirnely due to Hie efforts
of II. C:. Avery, county agent, und
the o. A. extension service, in
Inlon county this year.
High liKhlH of the agent'-- annual
report reveal thai yields of pola
loes have been Increased' from
about till sacks an acre to. about
1 1 r sacks an I'cre, an increase of
more than no per cent.
"Two cars of Heed were purch-
unvi and so'd In farmers at cost
by the l.a Grande National Hunk
hi cooperation with the county
ujd'nt," tin- report rends. "The re
sulting crop ran from UK) sucks
up to a yield, of Sin Hacks.
Thin is tlic inoHl profitable crop
many farmers have produced for
several years us I hey sold at high
price.s. Forty -seven growers bou
Kht some of this Heed and a num
ber of orders could not be filled."
Profits Incrensod
Profits from savings or increas
imI yields when' measured totalled
$ 1 :t,iJ0.5", as a result of the ap
plication of sonic six cars of land
plaster and one rar Of nitrate of
soda during the yenr.
Hard Federation Wheat yields In
creased on an avenue of five
ImshHs an acre, t-cpifscnllng a
total increase In value of llHLiiSO.
Twenty earn of seed sold at from
51.x:. to a bushel although the
majority of the wheal raised went
ut a dollar rati-.
i;sides successful applications
to grain fields, commercial ferti
lizers wre used In Ihe orchard
section of Imblcr with favorable
rvsults. Llgln farmers who have
tested land pluster as a fertilizer
on alfalfa In Unit community for
Ihe past three iais r pur1 greater
ields aml prints.
M-ed Certified
Seed i-ertirl'-aticm through tie
extension service has been curried
on in all districts this year. of
approximately 4'i grain fields In
spected 2:s parsed the first Inspect
ion. Approval or n threshed ex
ample will give, the final certlfl-
(Conl inue.J on, I 'age. Five)
Trial of four Chinese and one
Japanese arrested In a raid at 3'Hil
Fourth street Saturday night, and
charged with frequenting n place
where fipiuin is smoked, was start-
ed in the municipal court yest. r-
iliiv :tl li-i-lirw lit nl ' it il(iil( u II Ii
;
.Mifice .1. if. piiaitT priHiiiiiiK. 4. v..
ivanhoe r'-prem-nteii me yiiiow
nn n white (,w,rge ,. (othran
prosecub d the c-ase.
The pros, cutin s lesilmony was
beard ami a start was made on the'
defense testimony In-fore adjourn-
fll TIL I
ISUWI!
menl. A 1 A o'clock the I rial was from San Kranclsco lo J)eiiver,
continued unlit this afternoon. 'Colo.
Black Marble Quarries
Discussed At Banquet
MORL
SHOPPING
DAYS
It
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WW
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Leonard New
Grange Head
At Wallowa
Officers for the Ensuing
Year Elected at Special
Meeting Five More to
Be Named.
i )iclal meeting hen; recently ut
l which lime officers fur the ensu-
ins year were elected In part us
follows: J, H. Leonard, muster; A.
W. Johnson, overseer; the Kv. O.
11. Fecse, clmplaln; i; Ivy n Heel,
steward; O. I,. Marl in, assistant
steward: C. H. Tliurp, treasurer;
the posts Of U'ClllriT, gatekeeper,
Ceres. Pomona, Flora und lady iik
sls.nnt steward, have not been
learned ut this time.
The regular, meeting is schedulud
for Saturday, Dec. 19, when a num
ber of matters of Interest will be
bikcn up. The men of the or
ganization are to furnish a noon
luncheon and the business meet
ing will b held In the afternoon.
The grange has become a very
popular organization .with many
friends In this county during the
past Tew years, and has been the
means of helping to work out many
perplexing problems confronting
the" farmer. At present there are
nine active subordinate granges jn
Wallowa county, ouch with a large
memucrsnip.
t
Christmas Boxes Sent
To- Soldiers' Families
Dependent families of ex-service
men confined in the state hospltul
at Portland were remembered this
week with u large Christinas box
shipped to headquarters for dis
tribution through the- bounty of
the l.a Grande Legion auxiliary. .
In the box wore numerous toys,
children's clothing, four infants'
blankets and five pounds of Christ
mas pudding.
Gilts will be sent also to .H l
Griinde'H diKt.bi..,l wnri.1 wi.i- ve. .
lerans. wherever they may be local-1
cd. as soon as definite addresses I
im t... oy.u.rlnln.,,1 M I i ,. -I-..
Kichartlson, auxiliary president,
said tliis morninir. She is waiting
now fur word from national head
quarters. The boxes, which will
contain cigarettes, sweets, hand
kerchiefs and socks, must be -mailed
this week. AJiyone knowing or
persons who should be remember
ed In this manner are requested to
notify Mrs. Klchardson.
DcMolay Members Will
Entertain Their Dads
. La Grande order or.DeMoluy
meet tomorrow evening In regular
session at the Masonic hall. The
members have invited their dads to
attend ami w ill put nn u short pro
gram Tor them. With the dads
as the audience each boy will give
an original stunt.
The meeting will start at T:"
o'clock. -
Charles Ash Planning
Journey to Australia!
A trip to Australia. Is In prospect ;
for Chai'les V. Ash, who Is home
from San l,'rauetscu lo spend the!
holidays with bis parents. .Mr. and
Mrs. William Ash. ll'H (J avenue.
The visitor Is traveling reprcseii-
lauve oi me ii. . i hiock com-
pany. lamous lor nieir amgaior
b.,b,.r goods. It !s in the Intends
..r . i. n 1 .....
inn mini unit .tir. ,mi win iiiiim'
u tr(p . thr hit)
continent next
jinmth
He exneels to Slielld about
,hn.(, ttr,.kH mcing and ac-
i,ualntlng bl.ns. lf wit h t he alligator
farm industry.
On his return to I'nlbd Stales.
Mr. Ash will move hi hadi')art
The new ly -opened blaek marble
Hitirries and their relation to the
future of Joseph composed I he
theme of most of the talks given
last night at the annual banquet
of the Joseph chamber of com-I
nerce. for which nemly 1.10 per-'
sons gut he red at Ihe Jennings ho-1
lei. ,
Henator Hruer Iannis anil Karl
i Keynolds repres.-nied the rnlonf""'""1 'n ..u
county rhamlMT of commerce and ! tart"(i ,n M the June-
took prominent parts in Ihe pro- 1 "n ' ey were
rrHI"'
K. M. ratvirt. who has b-eii rr
elected head of the orysnlwition ar-
ter a succ rsful admlnlstnition.
was introduced In u short talk coin-
piiinenuiiK nt mrwniiiwiim. iiT.
iThe President In turn eprC8JW'd UP-
prrlatioh of the efforts of Ills
cabinet and committee mm.
It oss Leslie, promoter und heavy
(CuutiuutJ on l-ge Tive)
Find Still
rror. Hubiiey 1 1 art on. Instructor
in Knglish at Ohio Stato univer
sity, Columbus. O., is under ar
rest on i 'barges or possessing a
still and owning liiior, 'and a
swwping imesiigntlon lias bern
begun by order of Governor JV,
Vie lonabej. Ilorton bi ,slioii
uttovv, with the Mill Jliat was
foit ml Jn his home,' below.
Hunter Preparingr to
Issue Old Trail Books
It is announced by . John H.
Hunter, of The I'urk. east ' of tn
'ion, that he will shortly 'bogln Is
Isuing his souvenir edii ion of,iLld
Uregoh Trail stories, written by
Jiim. -At present' he . plans tn Is
sue thti set In a. vesl" pocket edition
cuntiiining about- 4t00 .wordfH .The
oooks win im uree.4y tour inches.
Aluddln.-or M orocco covers Stamped
H lth 01(1 Oragon. : Trail; aval. He
" "ml" for ther v0rk by
ssunnec bf certificates.
There-1 can no longer b , nny
doubt, about. It.. TheohUwest is
pausing. And hand )iv hand with
thu vanishing; Indian a ad '.t if ; cow
boy goes the w;i'slerjifr'4 devotion
lo shining gold. - - 1
Time was when the mlner.'the
freighter ami lh" siijpty ageni
inoufily paid and took th"lr pay
In tmndulleratiid ore.
. No longer ago thuii Ihe world
war, -millhands and railroad work
ers were' 'heard lo complain be-
ea'itse the banks had turned In all
I heir gold a t I he request of t he
govxrnmntl and had lo cash pay
cheeks with silver.
Vet a survey iif th.- ,a Grande
(Continued on Pde Five.)
Operetta Profits Arc
Announced at $200.00
Ni l profits of the Iwo-librltt pre-
i H.-nintion of "The ltee (,r Uitrce-
,mn- ihr. A and & will amount
! ,(i ,,, $(,m. ut rording to lialre
' . . -
i McKi niHin
who as business man
HK,.r n. Mh !iv,ool slmb-nl
i....i. t...A n... 11..L..1 u..i.. .....1 .....
'.tueiion expendltur-s in charge,
A, u H,.(.tlt, Ilfw,.ni,ly OII.tme
;(l,lf. annotinceimiil w ill be
' made of the winners or irlz"S or.
rHjfered for the highest sales of tlck-'r-
e(H by individuals.
' The fr-eHhirn n made first place Jn
the iuteniass conteHl, whleh b re
warded In points.' S'tiiors. juniors
tand sophomores follovsed In the ur
;der named.
La Grande Lads on
Way Home from Idaho
CALOWKLU ion. (Special) In
seiireh or u warmer climate, two
Il f Ira tide. Ore., youths lft bere
early Tu dav Mfternoon for home.
Itefi nt arrivals In the Oregon
city from the south, the hos told
county orrieials thut they were
aiiui.ed at the cold and, h"urlng
I that it was warmer in Idaho,
ami t'trtietj ovi-r to Ihe police, who
- iw,n, n.m t0 this city.
Th.v twf tm. (.quntv attorney I
I tn( ln ,ll(.)r opmjon the temperu-1
t(ir,. hB,i u,i.j ni- dropped alout
40 degres when the railroad pw-
1 Mfcitmn rmhl.i,l thi m Aft. r tiur.
tukinir or a meal her Tuindav '
GOLD DEMAND
LESSJIST
throTiah the generosity of th
county, the two b ft promising
J that they would Immediately "hit
Xhv grit Igr W Uroiilc.
LAD ADMITS
MURDEROF
IJDI
Arnold Comer. 13 or 14,
,,in Jail loday at Yell-
.j'y' ville, Arkansas
FIGURED IN THREE
ACTS OF VIOLENCE
Trail of Death, Robbery,
injuiy, Left on -Route
Discontented Y ou t h
with Pistol Followed.
, YKIXVIM.li:. Ark. (Hy the As
sociated rresfi) Arnold Coiner,
about 13 or J 4 years of axe, sat In
tail todny brooding oyr a week
full of depperule adventures, while
residents of the Huffalo community
neur'here guv'u thanks for the. end
of a series of violent deeds-
According to the boy's slory. dis
contented, he fled from home tak
ing a pistol. '
' Th next day ho robbed a store
ind ' rural home. The following
night, seeking food, he approached
:i house, but became afraid wheu
a man opened tin door. He fired
wounding the man, his wife, and
child, v i r ,
Next day h: killed ctt aged wo
man and her Infant granddaughler
and - wounded .another man while
fleeing. '
T
VOTING TODAY
,owep tovq ronldenls will voln
this afiiernoon on Ihe fiueslfon of
a HVb"-J-ear Tilgh suhool for "lite" dls-
trlcl. K. A. Sa.yre, county superin
lend'Ht, will assist with the elec
tlon.
The high school, if the vole rar-
rh-n, u Hi be housed in the new
tcliool bullillng tliat was completed
it Lower t'ovi; Hits fall. 'I'lie vh
abltshmeut of the two additional
grades will involve the contracting
r an aflditlonal teaeh'T, thai ac
tion to be Hfllled at toduy's poll.
This Is the district to which the
nickname "llnrdserabhle" was at
tached back In 1 Mi H,' when the
.-(.item engaged in a hard -fought
struggle over the motion to desert
iJ.he old log school for an up-to-date
I'rome building. The late Satu
llrunenit, then a buy, was credited
Willi originating (In? nickname.
, The ILed t'epp'''' district, now
Incorporated In Lower 'ovy also
has lis history of early educational
bat He. One of lliein, as told lit
Governor (.Jeer's "l-'ifty Years In
Oregon," was turned by a generoiif I
use of red pepper on the stove to
drive the
meeting.
contenders from the
' The Junior Ked Tross society
wili establish' d in I'nioti -ounty
last evening when senior members.
at their annual business meeting
in Judge Hugh L Itrady's or fie,
voli'd 'o appropriate sufficient
funds to pay ffrst-year dues for all
school children.
ile-etfction of Mrs. Itena A
(Continued on I'agft Klve.1
Added
Cily
Coverage
liurhig Hie la-t Ibn-e iitonttis
Hie tiniilnllmi or TIm- ObM-rer
In tin fily if La 4ramle ban
sIhiwii a net lnct-eaHa f 1 1 hr
ciii a 11 101 gratifying growth
COli-lder)tig h lery blgll co -erage
that lias always exited
In tb eii v.
.ot only are readers Jti Ihe
rural dKlrh-ts and In the sma'l
er tmn,- hit 'reading, but here
at liome (he growth Is enfiall
sleaily. H lo tint 111 nl. then-fm-e.
I ha prati leal aiH crt lris
wtHild ay thai Ihey 4-aniifrt Hr
sfbly tter Ihe I Lrsude ter
tilury ete'pt in The Olrert-r
at an h here near Ihe anic
cL
"Obsertrr AnS-rtWng
A Uerciuuidlsloc bvrTtce."
COVE DISTRIG
JUVENILE HED
CROSS FORMED
Radio Sends
Dance Music
I To Europe
Thousands in London and
Berlin Step to Synco
pated Strains Broadcast
Jb rom America.
NHW YORK (By tho Associated
Preas) Tltoununds of persona In
Kuropo curly today by "European
time" danced to strulns of jazz
broadcast from the Unllcd States.
Associated Prew dispatches from
London and Berlin tell of guests in
hotels -and supper . clubs tripping
tho .liBht fantustic: to the . synco
pated strains from 3UU0 miles nway
dancV numbers carried from WOY.'
ill Schuectady, and KDKA, I'llts-'
liurB. '
Tlic nmsic was picked up by the
Oritlsli station at -JVventry, 'Kng
land and rcbroaricast throuKhout
Kurope. ' . . ;.
!' '-y
UKAr MURK THAN 7 YEARS,
, Glllli HKAHS IS IiADlO TEST
AlJltON, Ohlo (Hy the Assocl
ulud; Press) Dear for more than
seven years, Pauline Fenton, 12.
lost Vlghl heard. TIistinginshable
sounds of a human voice.
This v. as the .result of a radio
test 'made by a mythical Santa
ClaiiB, from station WADC hero.
The 'child's parents placed tho ear
phones or the radio set to the
child's ears while the program was
being broadcast. "Santa," t the
child murmured, nstonlshing the
parents, who hud ubundoned the
hope that the child - would ever
heur'UKuln. i
Hx-Bervice Men Apply
To Legion for Work
Kuur or fie ex-Hervlce men have
applied to the American l,eglon for
assistance in finding work.
Sonic of litem are In real need
IOne;iunn hits just been discharged
fronif a hospital, w here he has boon
nnd.r ireatnioht for nine montha V,,ar,ea, pioneers In this section. ;voiropolllon, was adopted to-
AnotJier Is uirrsssed by worry over who waH ukm u Hol Jlk i H o JlIoU.lin.y 8UU.
his wfes illness and mounting doo. ,ordBy ,n an unc011MloOT .ona,,,, , ..
tor Mlla. '.Idled thorn. Iliiu morning -nt 9:110 1 . .1 -
If -anyone line work of any land 0,pm,j, rvmta, jirmaB I ' ; TTZC" T-'l
to orfnr, O. W. Palmer, command-: jntchell and Son, of Joseph, Und COIiMH At.lU-.K 'IO hl.l'AKATK
r of the 1 .11 tSrnnde post of Ihe m,.. . ,. (0Vim.s, of Portland.1 N,,;w iK, (AP) Italnliihl-
Aniei-li-sn Leirlon; would apprecluto
the information, hvi'ti temporary
jobs would lend relief. . ffor Honio tlino allU ,(.n llU co.w
Idltlon became Herlune ha Avas- tak
en to Hot l4ike.vi;-,(,Vi-Viji :
J. M. Mitchell ; ;was ' ' borii ; 'in
uau Lrcuitauvii ijifayette county. Missouri' on Nov-
. ' , ember 18, lS4s to , Fwdcrtck and
Itoberl." Lytic, grand chancellor
of l lie Knights of Pythlaa in Ore
gon, who will be the
principal
utw.-ili. hi ll.M fli.H.IUn r.r Him'
.
new K. I". hail at wniiowa this
evening, stopped In La Grande on
his way to Wallowa from Vale,
ore., today. Mr. Lytle's firm. Is
counsel for, J he. plaintiff in a case
involved In t lie hearing before
Judge j. Knowles Is circuit
court here this afternoon.
Judge Knowles will accompany
Mr. Lytic to Wallowa for Ihe de
dicatory services.
Seven Governments
Make Payments to U.S.
WASHINGTON (Hy Hie Asso-
flu I ml IriMu I P11 vment 11 ntrirrniAi .
ting $r..L'n.U(Mi were made to the,
treuHury Tnesilay by seven foreign v M" ' """ "
governments which owe money i, ul,l,d otW'iil.alion of Wal
the I'nited States as 'a result f . '"WUi rf-ouuty. t
wartime loans..' I HlH.body will in seii. 1o Joseph'
. The largest payment, fui!.3 10. - I tomorrow inornlpg, where,, burial
una. came from Great Britain, as will take place'. Kiinernl arrange-
Ihe Ihir l annual installment on
her dbt.
Itelgimn made tlie first payment
or interest on her post-armistice
funded indebtnetis lo the t'lilted
States, auiopntlng to f77,43i:. In
cash.
t'xecho-Sloxakfa made her first
semi-annual payment on her fund
d debt, amounting lo f L50(i.mhi.
Finland pnld JXn.nnn; Lithu
ania. 4.'i.(i7S; I'oland. $foo,('Mii,
and Hungary, 'J,tilL In line with
I heir debt argeetnents.
Indigestion Causes
Death of F. I. Fuller
POKTLANIi. Ore. (Hy Ihe As-Koeiat.-d
Tress) h'ra 11 kiln I. Ful
ler, vie- president of Ihe l'ortland
Kbctrlc Power company, one of
I lie oldest railway eXer-uHves
the conxl, died today aflr an Ill
ness of two days. In-mIIi was
caused by m ute Indigestion.
Earthquakes Visit
Jugo-SIavia Today
HKLOKAOK, Jugo-Htuvlu ( Hy
the Associated Press Karth
l nukes occurred loday In many
parts or the country.
Considerable damage Is reported
along the Adriatic roust.
itomaim; ai kks ii;atic
MAItKHFIKI.il. Ore., ciiesfer
IP-utnun. assist nn I to Koud master
Ollbert, died of ptomaine poison
ing here.
Tile man was taken III Frlday
1 night. He bad been a resident of
jrwiullle for two years. The widow
Baby IsDmg Addict
.''Raby Jack'1 uf Los Angeles Is only . seven tvtks old but
lip's a tloiHt fiend. J'ollccHonum Minnie Burton, slmnn above
liolillng lilm, n-ns trailing a ilrnit peddler and found tho elilld s
mother was an addict. The drug bad such a hold on tho baby's
syslvni that when litt motlier was deprived or It lie suffered In
tensely. Doctors arc trying lo find a remedy
OLD RESIDENT
DIES AT LUKE
. i.il. Mitchell, '77;:.' one '-or tho
,VL.rP wth hlm , of hl(1
(ipath. Mr. Mitchell bad been ill
Uebecca Milehell. , In lgr2 they
came overlnnd with teams to Ore.
n Uavim mnhllli onn.
,-...'', ... th(1 inil.,,v' unH ; x..n
. '
inev arrived ut
Milwaukle, : near
Portland, they wvnt immediately
Into winters quarters, where all
but eight, or Ihelr sixty-four cat
lie died. The next, spring they
moved .to Looking Olass vulley In
Douglas county. Jn 18H3 the funi
lly came lo Cove, which w-as then
a wild country mid also Infested
with savuges. T,hre he, Mr. Mit
chell received whlil education
was to be had. Once he was called
to help suppress an Indian up
rising, but It proved to bo only one
Indian and all was soon settled.
In is 7'i he was married lo Miss
Mary A. Houlhe at Cove, To them
six children urie born. In 1890
Ihey moved to Joseph, where Mm.
Milu';';li opeiip, a hotel Mr. Mll-
. menis hav not yet been made,
ATHKNS, Ureeee (Hy the As -
sociafed Press) Oreeee, In a nolo!
to the Hrltlsh milliliter, says that
II aceepts unconditionally the lea
gue of nations' award In Hie (Jreco
liulgarlan ineldent.
Oreeee expresses the hope, how
ever, that the amount It must, pay
will be willed couitahly with tin
sums owned by Itutgana for rep
arations. Four Men Huried When
liuilding Wall Falls
HAN FltANCISCO (Hy, the
As
soclated Preos) Four men were
burled and crushed to death when
a one story brick und frame build
ing ut KiKbth ami Mission streets
suddenly collapsed late yesterday
GREECE WILL
PAY BULGARIA
afternoon. Two men,, w ho were re- late paleoolc limes, probably for
ported burb d clitulM-d out or the KM million yearn. We have de
debris only slightly Injured. termined that In poh-uoic times a
The building collapsed when the grest seway extended through the
walls gave way next to a lot which Central Asian ptatemt (mm the
was being encavaled in. The tour
men who were burled were work -
lag In a trench at. tho base of the
wall, and were employes of a con-
structlon company,
Two wero car
penl'.TS, uud lo luborcrs.
I
XTRA
McOAMANT KAVOHKH.
WASHINGTON (Al) A favor
nhlit MaiMit .Mi the iiniiillmtlfin of
Wallnco McCaniiint, Orrson," for
indue or tho ninth redeiul circuit
iiH, airaUist wlih'h Kenalor
ii. 1. 11 ..r 'nrnn.i.
un Colliy, sM-reiary of stale tluring
linn. or vtuouruw niiwun miun.i-
1st rat Kin, ami .Mrs. ixiiiy liavo
ngMCil to an amicable separation,
Mrs. Colby sat leu last night for
ailM to join Iht daughter, stat
ing' mnpJintirally alio would not
ftvrk cllvortv hi the French coilrts.
SI ATItllvS ON 1H TY
etl sentries, posted hy the striking
hoard last Friday.
'siKMinl' constabulary" today pat
rollexl entrances- to l'lincess Duck
barracks, stonily wanihig Htriing
ers away. Tho men are angered
over 11 decision umler the libmlon
boundary agreement to dlsbatitl
them immediately, ami are de
manding a Ihuiiih of 00 iHjiinds
emit.
SI lll'OKNAN ISSI I-;i
SALi:.M, On'. (AP) SubMNnas
are laitig Issmil hy the state bank
ing department iiHm Will H.
Haines, ireshleiit of the l'ortland
Natlojial hank, and uIhhiI a doven
other persons, to com mi their
attaik made upon SuMriiileiMlent
of Hanks Itramwiil, at an Infor
mal confcn-iice with the bunking
Juilgo J. K Knowles in circuit
Cascade Locks to Have Tree
t'ASOAOK LOCKS, Ore., Ar
rangements have been completed
whereby Cascade Locks will have
a community Christmas tree, which
will take place Wednesday night,
Oecember 23. in the Odd FcIIowh'
hall. The program will be fur
nished by the school children.
Central Asia
Cradle of
CHICAGO (Hy the Associated
1'ress) Further proof that Central
1 Asia, was tlie cradle of the human
race and the discovery of addition
al links In Ihe evolution of; mam
mals out of reptiles are among the
principal results or the third Asi
atic expedition of the Floy Chap
man Andrews parly of the Ameri
can Museum of Natural History.
Implements of a si one age race
earlier than those of the primitive
humans discovered In Kurope, were
found In the (iobl di rt. No bones
of primitive hiiniatis were round
this year, but "It Is certain that in
some localities they must have
been preserved and' thut eventual
ly they will bo found," said Mr.
- 1 Andrews.
"We havn determined." Mr. An
drews continued, "that Mongolia Is
the oldest continuously dry land In
th
world. P. ha been a ron-
tlnuously
Iry continent since the
Caspian sea to the 1'aiific
ocean.
,The Central Asian plateau was
never Invaded by an Ice sheet sun
liar to that of Kurope and America.
- 1 W have determined that In
J Mongolia Inert) were successive wut
MITCHELL
DEtltlCED
BY WEEKS
Cabinet Memoer Classes
Colonel as Lawless
and Unfit . . .
LETTER IS READ
AT COURTMARTIAL
Gives for First Time War
Department's Side of
Story of Mitchell
Transfer to Texas, v
WASHINGTON (By tlie Assocd
aled Press) -Hoth tlie prosecution
ntul defense rested, their cases to
day In tho Mitchell court martial,
T.io court will hoar arguments
tomorrow.
WASHINGTON (By ttif Aaaocl.
atod PrcBa) A letter written by
John W, Weeks, as secretary ' of
war, describing - Colonot William
Mitchell as "lawless, unfit for a
I high ad in in st rati ve position, and
possessed of a desire, for. publicity 1
at the expense of others" was pre-'
(simted in evidence today at the
Mitchell court martial. y 'J . ,
I Writing to Presldept i Cooltdga
Weeks gave his reasons for refus
ing to recommend Mitchell's reap
pointment as assistant chief of the
'army air service. .
J V'a lcpartmcut's Bale
to letter gave' for the
.. ,0 lettor ' " 'tint
in. war aeparuneni iiaa
of the to'T " Mltchell a transfer
lust sprlntr from Washington to a
post.
"Qonoral MltohallV whole courao
,ha boen so lwlea,-o contrary
to tho building ut of'n efflojont ...
organltMiUon, o' IMMmr I team. -
work, nnd so Indicative of a deslra
tor publicity at the expense of
everyone with whom he 11 awocl-
niVQ t,at his actions make him
'unfit for a. hlah administrative
position ho now holds," Weeks
wrote. .'
Tlio secretary said he wrote the
letter with great regret because
he is a gallant officer with an ex
cellent war record," adding that
"his record since the war has beea
such thut he has forfeited tho
good opinion of. those ; familiar
with tho facts. ,
PROTECT CITY
TOKIO ( By the Associated
Press) A government spokesman
today stated thut troops had left
for Mukden, Manchurian capital,
and thut additional forces' would
leave tomorrow after which ' no
fighting would be permitted with
In six. miles of Mukden. ' '
It Is stated that both Marshal
Chang Tso Lin, Manchurian dicta
tor, and General Kuo Hung Lin, hla
former henchman and now hla
principal adversary, would be no
tified by Jnpan that this order
must be obeyed.
Believed
Human Race
and dry stugea with an ever In
creasing aridity. For the last 60.
(MKi years, the drying up has been
rapid.
"The theory that Central Asia
was the point of origin for much of
the reptilian und mammalian life
of the world has been greutly
strengthened. We have discovered
in Mongolia the existence of sev
ernt great groups of mammals
which previously wep; known only
from America or Kurope.
"The feet and part of the legs
or the giant Halm hitherlum, tho
largest land mammal that ever
lived, were discovered. Some three
million years ago, this great beast
had sunk in quicksand and was
fossilized in an upright position.
"For the first time archaeology
added to our Investigations. We
dsirovered In the Oobl desert two
old Ktone Age human cultures. .A
late paleolithic culture, corre
sponding somewhat to the Aalllan
of Kurnp" but probably twice aS
old. was found- We named these
penple the imne Hwellers' because
they inhabited tho aand dunes on
I the
shores of ancient lakes, about
la
jn.iMMi years ago.
"About J.one.ooO years ago a vast
11 lwood forest extended all over
Miinrliurla closely similar to th
giant redwood trees of California.'.'
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