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EDITION
VOLUME XXIV.
MEMBER ASHOCIATEO PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 58
"GUffiTY" VERDICT EXPECTED
9
ELECTION
OH BUDGET
IS HI
Citizens of District to De
cide upon Expense
Account Dec. 28
HOARD MEMBERS
EXPLAIN RAISE
Although Budget Totals
$155,709.26 This Year,
Levy in Mills Will Be
Less.
In eorim;llon wll h a special
school budget election in (MkI rlct
Nr. 1 set for Monday' Oecemhcr
2S, nt the ('en tin I school building,
members of I he hoard of education
today outlined tho provisions of
the budget for the ensuing yenr,
explaining s-vcrul Hems that have
not been publicly Kone Into before.
The total amount of the budget
(his yenr Is $lftR,7:!!i.26, about
$".it0 more than hiHl year, however
the levy in ml! Is this year will be
less. k
The current school budget was
first temporarily made up by th
board of education and laler con
sidered and approved by the bud
get commit lei; and finally adver
tised formally by the board after
- affording an opportunity to all
concerned for a hearing. Tin bud
Bel consists of several divisions and
fundi). - '
I'ndVr the head of personal serv
ice for the current. school year,
there will be. i'xp'ndriurcM of' J3mn
to the city superintendent on a 12
mnnth cent) art, $M fill for prlnc-'
ip;th; or the hUh school and four
grade schools. $MI.0:i.2i for ti!i
high and grade school instructors,
with a possible udditlonal expendi
lure of $24 60 for two addi
tional grade teachers, beginning
with the second semester in the
middle of January, and subsiitule
teachers for unavoidable, absences
'li rough Illness, or otherwise. An
(Continued on 1'ngo I-'our.)
f.erhai't G. SUcMaild. w it lr eight
of bis l-ncht lor friends as guests,
spread a t-an9 nt his hone; in1
Tove hist night to celebrate their (
spouseless slate. . I
With song and jest aim tioanis
oT their haiihnadtli escapes l'iftn
(he snares of matrimony. Uk.vI
pioi led to demonstrate the care-1
fn-i- bliss of celibacy: At the sum.
ii llii'V n.iiil ntieeless coilinll'l
im-iit to tin dinner prepared a il-l
H'-rved by three sisters of the hos. :
Mrs. Pauline Prillaman, Mrs. Kii
da Miller and Mrs. Constance An
derson. ('Icvt-r s;;elclies reiggt-slive nf
t he w urhadey occupation of the
'guests directed them to I heii j
places at the tabic, which was givt
wilh doll favors and a floer
centerpiece. j
A token cake held the company
f'ir a breathless moment as each
man explored his piece to fh 1
t he symbol of his fate. To
rhnrles Marias befell the tliimbl-.
signifying, so the hout said, that
(Continued on P(f Flvft.l
3 BACHELORS .
OH COKE
Wallowa Farmers Hold
Grain For High Prices
hwW SUOTpiNG
WW i
' :
Salaries Of ,
6 Officials
Up $5 to $15
! City Recorder, Water,
i uuii; auu i' lie
Treasurer and Physi
cian Given "Raise." v
A new salary ordinance, raising
the monthly pay checks of s'x
city officials from $5 to $15 -each,
and effective Dec. 1. this yenr,
was picsse.d ut the im-etlng of the
city commission last night. Sal
aries of other officials remain the
same as during the past year.
The ordinance provided that tiie
following salaries be paid in the
future: city recorder, $170: city
treasurer, $Hf; police chief, $150;
fire chief, $160; water superinten
dent. $150: city physician, $S0.
The commission authorized the
city manager to let a contract for
I ho repair of the city's contagi
ons hospital. 1
A petition, with 23 slgaers, was
presented, asking the installation
of an arc light at the corner of
North Depot and 'A. The mattr
was referred' to the city manager.
The commission authorized the
execution of a fjult claim deed in
ffavor of the la' Gr ande Invest
ment company for lot 3, block f,
Komlg's addition, huving paid
back liens on thai.
An estimate was allowed W. C.
Kcllcy In the amount of $ I.S.i y
for work a I read y com pletcd on
! the municipal building.
1 An application by Kuhn and
Zwelfel rOr permission to sell son
drinks ut the corner of Hemlock
and Jefferson was grunted.
Several other minor matters
j were uttended to before adjourn -,'
merit.
COVE DISTRICT
DEFEATS 2 - YEAR
SCHOOL, 12 TO 8
Lower 'ove defeated by a vote or
1 3 to eight Wednesday afternoon
the movement to establish a two
year high school In. the building
erected by llie district during, the
past summer and fall, K. A. Say re,
county superintendent, reports.
Almost the entire community
turned out for the meeting, which
j took place at the school house
! witti William Miller, chairman of
he hoard of education. nrcsldtmr.
Since the act ion for expansion
failed to carry, Lower Cove school
will continue to function us an
eight-grade system.
County Dairymen Meet;
'New Members Register
Seventeen men. representing
practically every large reiiiil dairy
in I'nion county, attended the
second meeting of dairymen's as
sociation held In the chamber of
commerce office last night. A f-w
new members, pot enrolled at the
ln.-t meeting, registered last night.
No permanent by-laws were
adopted. Another meeting date
was s't for next Wednesday, I a
cember 23.
Masons Will Elect
New Officers Tonight
(ifrb ers for tl nsning yar will
Ik- ei.cted and installed tomorrow
night when Ul tirande lodge No.
41. A. I', ami A. M. will hold Its
.tnntiat meeiing at the Masonic
hall.
After the Installation refresh
ment will be s- rved.
IKH Mi lt TAKKS POKTCOLIG
PA HIS. (Ity the Associated
Pre."s) Paul Don mer, chairman
of the finance cummiti-v of the
senate, accepted yesterday after
noon the weighty responsibility of
the finance ministry in the cab
inet of premier Itriand.
WAIjMAVA. Ore. (Spevlal)-
Many of the farmer of tpis coun
ty have been greatly benefitted by
the gradnat raise In the price of
wheat during tin- past several
weeks. No larger amount of wheat
has been marketed hy fur mem In
this county at any one ttnie thM
year, and come wheat was sold at
threshing time when the prier
was around ?1.?." per bushel, while
some aleji ere made few week
later wh n the price was conslder
ablv lower. However. a large per
centage of the farmers f'-lt that
a better prhc was bound to conic
as the fteasnn advanced, and held
n I h riie ptrt of their grain. I to
pe rt.n indic-il tliat a con.-lderntle
iitanlity of the wheat h ing held
has been marketed stnc; the price
luu been near the li.ti mark.
i
i
Arrested
The rlHM'olnfrs will -by mnll to
Otto llartiiian, of drrsey 'Hy.
wvw flavored with mciiairlwl hI
Kin, Jtr-ry authorities . charged
when Ihey arreslrjl Mrs. lla'rt
iiinn, III, alMiu, and Krncst Her
man, .H, former boarder at lbc
llnrlniait, home.
Jonathan Hicks, 84, a resident
of La Gramle for Ih"? past eight
years, died at the family home
Tui sday, it whs learned today.
1'unerfil services will be Jield l'rl
day afternoon at Z oV'lock al the
I,. P. S. tabernacle with burial in
I he I. I. S. cemetery. Arrange
ments are in charge of the ,
1 tnh uenka nip company. . '
The. dec-dent. Olid III wife,
who survives him. celebrated their
H7th wedrllng annivrrsiLry several
months ago. fit her survivors are
the following cons atul daughters:
Mis. .1. It. Ih-ildes,. Mrs. M. H.
Johnson. I ,ou I h, f.x and Hudger
Kicks, all or a Grande; and Mrs.
Thoiiias Kington, of Thornton, Ida.
STILL AT COVE
Clyde ('.loom, of Cove, w;i ar
raigned ill the Justice, of the peucr
court at '!:::'t o'clor k this morning
on a charge of Illegal possession 0f
mash. After hearing I he charge.
Judge Hugh K. Itrady allowed 1 he
defend. int until Saturday, I'ec. i:i,
al It: " a. ni- to prepare hi
plea. Itloom was reesei on fur
nishing bonds for reappearance. !
by tin- court at luau. . t. Jlcss
Is defendant's attorney.
fieorg'- M. Pl rce, special prohi
bition deputy, urrfsted Mloom on
the farm he occupies mar Cove
when a raid yielded a (ii-pa 1 1 on
st in in full operation.
Itloom whs recently the center
of dlstHsterul attention as defend
ant In a case charging mistreat
ment of the American flag. lb
'was convicted of tearing down a
flag used s! street decoration and
destroying ir
i ivi: auk m i i nisi:
KLAMATH KALI.X (Ity the As
sociated Press) Klve nin wen?
hurt In a hlae which destroyed a
I'MMiO rock rusher s-d in rn
struction work on The lulirs'vll
lomla htghwsy. .'( mlbs north of
here. Jtf (ruins, most seriously
Injurfd. is lielbved to havp s frsc
iiinMj skull. Cause of the fire is
uriKuu'-'-u, - '
DEATH TAKES
AGED RESIDENT
mm find
5. E. MILLER
IS ELECIED
PRESIDENT
Union Men Start Ball
Rolling for the 1926
, Livestock Show
JUNE 9-10-11 ARE
DATES SELECTED
Enthusiastic Discussion
of Plans for Coming
Year Held During the
Meeting Last Night.
pinna of the Vnion l.lvo
Stock show for 1926 were started
In earnest biHt night when the
show aanociation held its annual
meeting in the city hall nt Union.
A decision whs made to hold
next years Juno 9. 10 and II. H.'
Kdward Miller wan elected presi-,
dent of the assoclat Ion t o take
the place of George lienson and
C L. Cadwell wis elected vice
president in place of Ir. W. T.
Phy.- Tony l Smith was reelect
ed secretary and KreU Kox was
re-ejected treasurer.
Members of the board of dire-'
c'tors wore, chosen as follows:
George Benson. lr. W. T. Phy.
I A. -Wright. Itohert Wlthcombe,
William Vogel. M. S. lvy and J.
- Hutchinson.
Kol lowing the election of offi
cers there wss a very enthusias
tic discussion of plans for the
coming1 yenr. Preparations were
only started last night, but the
association anticipates V bigger
and better show than ever before.
ARREST LIGHT
S
Viola t orn ' of the stale auiom')
bile, light law may expect to be
picked up any time, according to
the officers, who are agreed tlril
three months of lenience since the
law went into effect has been
quite time enough to allow everv
driver to mnke the required llghl
adjustments.
Judge Hugh I-;. Mrady. In whos--i.ourt
the offenders are 10 be tried,
snid this morning that he intends
to accept no excuses. The p;oe
cutlou of Niieh cases is quite dis
agreeable e.nough wit hont them,
lie declared. Kims will be Impos
ed for violations unless the drivers
can show ce'rt iflcHles pr receipts
In evidence of their readiness to
comply w It h the hi w. The mini
mum fine that the judge Imposes
lor traffic violations is I a.
Six ari:tB. , ha w been record. 1
within the hi hI M-ek or so. They
are likely to be followed by many
more, the officers slate. Baker
(Iltllll V 11(1 l-.l (111 'I 'I (if ll-lllll III
l ecelved here.
The state highway de)iiirtmei'.
maintains Its garage in I .a Gramle.
Officers In this part of the coun
try bring t heir vehicles hen- f,,r
rei'iiir. T'or that reason, there
are often several officers here at
t he same time. Wit h 1 he new
policy of rigorous enforcement,
law breakers will find it hard lu
escape detection.
Added
Cily
Coverage
I Miring the lnt Mine motif 'is
the rlr'ulnt Ion of The OI-Ter
In the city nf I 4si-andc luw
mIiohh a net Iim i-csm- of 1 1 K'r
iiii a iiHi-t Krai i fyltiK iniw I b
omvldcritiff the 'iy IiIkIi it. -eraicv
that lint nlunH cl-tcd
In (ho fily.
Not only oil rcmlers hi I be
rural di-lrlcls niid In the -iiis'I-it
ton n Imn'SoltiK. but here
SI IMIIIMT till' Klfmlll tn CfpiMtlV
ljut. 1 1 iiniiual. tb-r.-fon.
I hni prai i bat ad cri N rt
would say Ibnl lliey cannot p
ltly oner Hie 1a ftrnnde ter
Hlory rvept hi The blwru r
t mi u here near the -uif
"Obserrpr Ad t eri Idns
- A MercluuiUlsUig' tierTloe.M
AF VIOLATOR
Two Pitched
High In Air
At City Well
0.-W.. Storekeeper 'and
Car Inspector in Hospi
tal Today Following
Freak Accident.
Arthur Janes, storekeeper for
the O.W. It. & N and Nels NVI
son. car inspector, left the freight
yards for a visit to the new city
well Wednesday at 4 p. m. just In
llnm lo become the victims of a
freak accident that landed them
both In the hospital. . f
Janes has both bones of. his right
leg broken below the knee nnd Is
suffering from nt terrific. Jolting.
Concussion of t)m brain kept Neb
uon unconscious for about an bout
after he was hurt. Me. has sev
eral bad bruises about his shoul
ders and back,, and -is tevlhig 4he
results of a-nervous shock.
The two men, working- In the
upper cud or the freight yards, left
their duties for a few minutes to
watch the construction work over
near the viaduct, where the city
is sinking a new well.-
. They stepped up on a pair ol
planks that extended out the door.
The other end of the planks held
u clamp through which the drill
ers wore driving a casement, Tht
casement struck an obstruction a
coupling, it is thought and the
workmen loosened the clamp to
help slide It by. Just then the
casement took a sudden drop,
pitching the planks and the visiting
railroad men high Into the air.
Nelson was unconscious when
they picked him up, and it was
evident that Janes had a leg
broken.' They were rushed to the
hospital In an ambulance, and arc
being attended by JUr. C. H. Moore,
ralltad physician.
Hoth men are taking their hard
luck good naturadiy. Tlrsy gave
a 'fiugWnK description of the ne
Tldunt to visitors at the hospital
this morning. . ,
Janes lives at 1.102 Klghth street,,
and Nelson, Ht (17!i Oak.,
Turks Will Not Break
With Great Britain
G MNIjV A (Hy the Aoclaled
Press ): "Our relations with K nor
land will continue to ie friendly,"
said Tewftk Hitshdl Hey, Turkish
foreign minister, before leaving for
Angora following the. league of na
tions' council's award In the. dis
pute between Great Itrllatu and
Turkey over the Mosul area in
Mesopotamia, , ...
The decision gives Mosul virtual
ly In Its entirety to Great Britain
in the form of a mandate.
ti i:k caiu.xkt mi:i;ting.
rONSTANTINOPIJ) ( y the As.
soeiuled Press) I 'pon receipt. Of
the h-ague of nations decision on
the Turk-ltrlllsh dispute over Mo
sul, I he Turkish cabinet at Angora
i was Immediately called Into session
by President Mustapha Kemal
I I 'a ha.
Range (!ndilions Good
In Western Territory
liKNVKIt. I'uld. (Hperlal).
LiVfstock nnd riiiirf'; ronditlons an
vry favoiatde In tin western
uttitt'H with cjittlc ii nd slfcp tttiK
into th wlnii-r In Rood condltlmi
wit h Kood prospfcts for wln1"r
liinw and an ampb' supply of
hcd. incordiiiK to tlw monthly
I IJveHtnek iintl rannf report lsur-J
I by 1b division of crop and llvr
inck estimates of the 1'nlte l
ISIutes (b-purt nient of aKrlciiltiirc.
Winter rmiKes K'-nerally carry a
kioi supply of feed, showing a
I marked Improvement over a ye ir
i. in, 'I" hi. I'linillt Win fir I ireifoil
rtiKs were :6 per cent normal!1" factional flKhtlmr had arrived
I'etember I. compured
I per cent niirmnl a -year ago. The
1 jvenie condition of nmi'S In
tthe uf-r.tern stutes Is !) comparcfj
i with 77 In l'JlM. ,
Railroad Heads Predict
Continuing Prosperity
fHK'A'fO. ( Hy the Associated
i I Tens) Two wentern railroad
j presidents late Wednesday pre.
dieted prosperity for 1h nation
jin JUi'ii nt a luneheon uttended by
Indtvlduiil executives liere.
Mr. Htorey decbired the rail- i
J t'iii'Im are functioning; todity tinder
jthe best eondltlons they have ever
j known. Itiintie fs. he said. list
! "an exrellent outlook In every
j -lireetion V
I president flray romps red pre
! f nt rllruad conditions to those of
the post-wHr era of Kovernntf'it
;muiar ment dd;irln,f that while
shippers hud suffered lowo-a of
1 itiont than a Idliton dollars under
i the government rail regime, these
losses hud been more then repaid
: in Ravines accorded to shippers
Bandits Cant Frighten Her Jg
- 71 1 ss (tladys Pllklngtoii, of Portland, Ore., has plenty of nerve.
She's, on Iter way to Mazatlan . wheru she will him?iuI several
iimmiiIim Hunting' curios. Slio Is traveling ul(Mie but will be well
arinedl when she nets Into the wilds.
WORLD COURT
m IN SENATE
WASHINGTON" Hy the AhhocI
sled Press) After a delay of near
ly 'three years, the senate today
heeded the Repealed tirglngs of the
white house and began r debate on
a resolution proposlnr American
membership In the world court..
The discussion took on many of
the same characteristics that, vii
al Isied tint senate's long struggle
over the league of nations.
Once1 more the mantle of leader
ship upon (the shoulders of a
democrat, Henator . Hwamson of
Virginia. In opposition stood a de
termined phalanx of irreconcllables
undei the leadership of the Repub
lican chairman of the foreign rela
tions committee, Henator Horah of
Idaho.
i
Holding the balance wan the
group where the leuders had been
"mild i-eservationlsta" In the fight
over the league. . ,
i.ift tax i;i;,ii;(ti;i
- WA.HH1NOTON. (Hy the Asso
ciateii press) Tim house today
refused lo place a Rift, tux In the
new ri'vi'inm iimi fji-v;iinK im-
nmendmi'iit. offered by Kcpresentn
llve I'rear, Hepubllcan, of Wiscon
sin, proposing a continuance of
thl gift tux creub'd two yenrsawo
with rates cciunl Id Inheritance
levies as written 'in the meuanru
weru accepted without a debate.
Japanese Troops Now
, "it
in maiitnuriaii ,uiMiiiii: r, aK'iinst :r:.-.i timing otber.
t , j The Hf-ures were cnmpil'd from
. .. . ,. .. . . .reports from M' employing es-
TOKIO (Hy Ibe AHsocIa ed ln;(iMni,(itM ,n r; ()((f(.mit
ITess) ihe war office reporlcl ,,MtrU.H wM(.h ,.wUty 2.M.K.i
today that the first detachment or workl.l(( .rilCiicaly all lines or
Jnpnnese troops sent from Korea clnI,l)yn(.ll(, Hiow .1 slbtht. ksIiis.
to Manchuria to assist in the pro- (x,.(.pt f(,r thr B).llHom, lndiiMtries,
lection of forelfrners durinjf fliln- . oueratlotw are norumilv
Ith '!at Mukden, Manchurlau capital,
Inst evening nnd that ad'lltlonui
troops are expected toniicbt.
Advices to the war ofliee report
that loan native troops at Jebol,
fhlhll province, t'hlim, have risen
In support of Oeneral 11 Chin:
Ijliifr, governor of the province, and
lire advancing on Hlinnhakwaii, af
ter defi'utlng nationalist troops at
t'hlfeng Kao. Tlio nationalists are
also rejrorted defeated near Kin
chow. Liquid Air Will He
Demonstrated Friday
J. Kenneth Fleshman. a student
at Oregon Agricultural college,
u. ill vivo m demiinst ml Ion with II -
MMtd air at a speciul assembly of
the high school ul 'I p. in. Friday.
In a letter to K. I- Towler.
principal, Pleshman, who Is a I n th- Texas wjim the object prl
IVM alumnus of flrande. sta- mnrlly to In teste,!. It later was
te that the demonstration comei j said that the number of hits made
under the auspices of the chcml- ! was most sattsfactoi y.
cal engineering department si . J IHsciisstng the I est a in his annual
A. C. as an announretntnt of the) report. Admiral Mloch said:
annual exposition thst the college
will bold in february.
XTRA
VOril KILL STKLVSKMAN.V
' IV JO KLIN ( AP) "Thai pig
NliTwiimiiii must bo hilled" Is n
piiHsage Jn a letM'i', I he tUscovrry
(if which led to the revelation of a
plot to nsKasslnuU! ('ermany's for
eign minister. Two ta'nmiii fas
cists, Kaldorff ami lioivnx, arc un
der arrvst. They uro alleged to
have perfected their plans ' lo a
point of providing for ili.sgubMs and
a K'tavay In u motor car anil ulr-
IIOIl. ,
KOVIKT Ji:lT!ON I I
WASIIlN(iT)N, (AI-) IU'fi(.
nltlon of the IIuhhIiiii Knvlel giv
criimcnt wits nsked lu n riisolullou
diiiwii up today by Jluiiresrutii.
tlio Kerger, Koilallsl, of Wlseon
slll. i
HANK 1II:AH1N(. ON
KAM-'.M, Ore (Al) A lieariiiK
before (he state hanklnu honnl to
day brought out the Inforiiuttlon
that, a certain Western Oitroii
bank, unidentified hi avoid pub
licity, mils In a iini-arloii.H fouill
lloil h4iiso it Is holdhiir lrrlK
llou and hs-al liiipruvcmeiit
IhhmIs of the state nr Wasbiim
ton. Matcf KuMrliitcuileiit of
hank llraimvcll ha Id In1 has had
II i e hank under Mirelltauce. four
I JvnrHt
i;mii.()V.mi;n'1' c. in ki;asi;
WASHINGTON. (Al'l - A sllubl
increase in emplnyment diirltiK
November amutiutinrr t two-ten-His
of one per cent wns Indicated
Wednesday by the Inhnr depart
ment nmntliiy survey of the nat
ion's badin liMluslrii'H. , The In-
" iiifiiii) iiit-iii wh.h Hiit. in.
C1ir((l
d durimr the Int.? inil
monthrt.
Anti-Aircraft Practice
Successful, Bloch Says
WASHINGTON (v the Assort-and training bits been the lack Of
uled Pres.il Hear Adminil i . a proper target. The towed target
Hloeh. chief id the navy bureau of ' hitherto lined has been too small
ordunnei- disclosed today that the to give a proper point of aim at
nnti-alrcrafi practlre conducted high nlUlmh-s and too small to give
last July by tin dirigible Kin-nan-tit target large enough to registef
doiilt and the battleship Texas In'hllH. I Ult.ing the naval aircraft
Tangier sound. Chesapeake bay. factory, the bureau has been de
was primarily to test a new Ivpe of'veloplng a target of large site to
target, while the firing nt th
tar-
get was only Im Mental.
The Hheiiamlnall tnwd the ;ir-
W"t at that time tin
the under
standing generally was that the ef
fhieney of the anti-aircraft
(ne of the great difficulties en
countered lu autl-ulrcnlit gunnery
END TODAY
Air Crusader Rests With
out Replying to Pros
ecution's Demand . .
SCORES OPPONENTS
IN BRIEF ADDRESS
Gullion, in Arguments,
Asks That Mitchell Be
Stripped of His Army
Commission.
WASHINGTON (AP PrcM Time
I'IumIi) The stop prracribed by
tlio vKtilatloiu to ccoinpui)r the
finding or "guilty" wu taken late
today by tlio MltclicU court mart
ial. Soon aftvr the court dosed
(o roiiKldur I lie verdict It returned
to open a session to ask if the
lirosecullon had any further evi
dence to place before it. Under
llio law this question has to ' be
asked when the verdict "guilty"
tins been found and it not cua
(oninrUy asked when the defen
dant lias been found innocent.
WASHINGTON (By the Asso
ciated Press). Denouncing th
muthods employed In h's -Mon
before the! army courtraartiUl
trying him, Col. William Mltcnoll
today rested Ills casa without re- .
plying to the prosecution's deman.t
that ho be dismissed from the
army. . ,
Rising from i his place beforo
the Imr when the court mat to
lii'ur tlio closing arguments, tut
air ei-UHailr made a brief stsuv
nient, saying he had shown tlio
truth of his publloi utteruio.a
whleh led to his trial, but hud
been answered by misinformation
and untruthful evldenco on the
competency of 'which the court
j hud refused to pass.
further with tlio
cusu would servo no useful pur-
(Contlnucd on I'aeo Five)
FUTURE ROSY.
HAK Kit,- Ore. (Hpeclal) A
Kreat Industrial development and a
mining- boom of .huge proportions
was predicted for Haker county at
a meeting of the chamber of com
merce yesterday that was well at
tended und optimistic. Following
talks byltakur business and mining;
men It was decided to Invite a
Kroup from tlio Portland chamber
of commerce to Inspect the cop
per belt. A high pitch of enthusi
asm characterised the meeting1.
High lights In tho talk mado hy
J. 1. C'rary, president of tho Mother
Lode copper company, were:
Haker county has millions of tons
of copper.
Copper can be produced here
cheaper than anywhere else In tho
world, because of tho high gold
and sliver content of the ore.
"There are one and a half bil
lion dollars Invested In the copper
business lu thn United States," Mr.
Clary said. "It costs Jiearly 10
cents a pound to produce copper.
The Rol'l eonlent In tho ore aver
ages but 3U cents a ton. There Is
fCnntlniiPit on Page Four.,
be towed by heavtor-thun-atr craft,
and a target, of much greater slat
to be lowed y )lghter-than-nif
ships, singly or In tandem. If a
number of targets can be towed
BAKER HEARS
jr.ins.hy a llghter-than-alr ship it will kit
practicable to stimulate squadron
uttaek sod defense.
"The t 8. B. Texas and Shen
andoah operated together during
tne week ending July 24, I'.iift.
These operations were tolely for
(Conllnutd on Fact FlTt.)