EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TOD VY
CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
PORTLAND (AP) Ore.
iron: cloudy tonight and
Hunday. Probably rain in
the west.
VOLUME XXIV.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 60
U GRA DE
F
1
Tax Levy Is
Cut .4 Mills
I n County
County Commissioners
Announce the General
State and County Levy
Will Be 16.9 Mills.
j- rpi -ry u f-1 I taxpayers euuiu in lur men
iiappy inrongs Kusn the share of Christmas rejoicing today
i'ost Utiice and De
'. partment Stores
ELKS TO PUT UP
TREE TOMORROW
Schools of City Will Close
December 23 Following
Christmas Entertain-
meiits. ' ;
win) me iiiuii: uuja ujiiii i, ii i mi
HIUS. '
with tho announcement thai tin
general stuto und county lux tovy
ha been established at 1G.! mills.
That means a reduction of .4 mills
over last year's levy, which stood
at 17.3, according to 'the county
commissioners, w h o completed
their work ut the office or Judge
L. G. Couch today.
An increased high school tui
tion fund necessitated by tho
growing number of sludentB regls-
t urln from the outbid" district a
for higher education Increases
that, levy from 1.26 to J. 7 this y,ar.,J
Added tho stale and county levy,
the high school tuition tax brings
the levy, up to IS.fi mills this year
Arrested
DISCUSSION
IS CLOTHED
III SECRECY
Michael I-iuriglii of Campbell, N,
V., brother cif IVilhv C'onimi;-
stoncr H Irli a id l' 1 anight ' f
And for thrills, and drems and 'In all districts outside of la cw York City Is brim hold in
INSTALL HEADS
LAST EVENING
excitement or anticipation, rive Grand.', North Powder, I moll, nn
ilaya heroic Christmas arc woi Hi bier and Klein. Last year thn to
more llian five months after. lal U-vy was I S.r.5 mills for the non
, This morning's snowfall nl-' high school districts.
though it "lay not whiten IIm
world for Christmas (nlcken.jlMASONS ELECT.
1I1C HllOppVIti ' IU iV UiUKMlllUII 1M
speeding time. All day lone the
streets und stores liuvc thronged
wllh-huppy buyers, und the.' line
that ' formeU before the puree. s
post window at the postofflce his
not dwindled since the grim? went
un at n o'clock this morning.
. Among the children, there has
been no need for a remlnde
They can tell, almost to thn min
ute, how long they have to wnit
for Huntu Clans.
: The benevolent Kilts, remem
bering lh"lr own impatience
Jail nt Itnlh, . V., trending nr-
rniKiinieiit on a cIuii-kp of rtrst
degree m iii-tler In roiinertioii with
the death of Timothy- Shay,
farm hand, Officials charge l.a
risht, who was miming his bro
ther's rami, killed Shay with tin
ax during n tlniiiken miurrcl,
lie maintains his Innocence.
At the annual meeting la.st nigh.
I of Iji Grande lodge No. 41, A. K
and A. M. orncers for inc year
iiaafr were elected and installed,
us follow: worshipful master, s.
A. Anderson: senior warden, Carl
O. Helm; junior warden, F. A. Hu
lling; Ireusnrer. CM. HuniiTfys;
secretary. A. V. Undgreen; senior
deacon. Kills Keroy Knight; jun-
CHORUS WLL
GANTATA
, , it I IU! i imiuiic in ilium iiiHiii' i i itbisj nuvn-
senior grand wanton of the Clmnd . w,.Iconu.j wim lhl! Huggestlon ithe league of
l.odge of A. K and A. M. of Ore- participate In
liei, con. acted oh installing officers. i ...,,, -...ti... ' ', ,.,
thu .lay of .days approached, urn lnr ((.ttt.0Ili K Jt ,oUos; chuplain.
st-nding out word through 1'nu T)r p Mossnmn; maivhall. J.
Observer this evening that the f rouK,ton: tvler. Oscar Berger.
community tree will Uv raisi-J in otn,.r am,iniiva officers have not
lis place ut the Intersection o. ( bpc.n onnouncC(1.
Wiishlngton avenue and Depot) jloh(,rt K Kuklii, pn-sent It. "W
street tomorrow. ;
YAks to Set-k 'l ive
Armi'd with axe and hutched, con, acted oh Installing
the committee will slurt for the) A f lr the enremony a banquet
woods in the morning. The tree wb strvd those present:
- or trees.' for two will hi; boun 1 ' '
togctl.v.r to niukcii. the. 'uVancln.sj " -1 , " " '
look ln'iivitH- will be brought bin. k t54rt,. r..mW .
lu town and set into place before vyvn yTvii.iiiv
liOOII.
Then the llghtH and Irliumtns
will be woven Hinong the needle I
bruneheH. And tomorrow ntght.
the tree will kindle Into a dano-
A Christinas eantuta entitled
"Holy Night," with music by Ash
ford, will be sung in the Presby
terian ehurch , tomorrow night,
commencing at 7;HU o'clock.
The general public is most heart
Col. House Visits Cool
idge and Kellogg But
Won't Comment
ARRIVAL CAUSES
GENERAL FLUTTER
Observers Link Confer
ences with League of
Nations' Disarmament
Invitation.
"WAKHINGTOr; (Hy th Asoe
uled l'resa) Colonel K. M. House,
for yiars President Wilson's con
fidante, and appointed by him as
a member of the Versailles Peace
commission. Is the house guest of
President t'oolldge at the white
.Jiouse.
, The colonel arrived here hint
night and went immediately lo the
white house. Today lie vlHited Sec
retary Kellogg.
Ills sudden appearance al a time
when tile president and secretary
uf stale are Reeking ndviee on the
league of nations' invitation lo par
ticipate, in a disarmament meeting,
catwd a, flutter in Washington.
White, house officials f professed
ignorance of uny speclul signifi
cance which might attach lo
House's visit, and the state depart
ment declined to disclose whul hud
been discussed with Secretary Kel
logg, (.'olonel, House ulso declined
to comment. '
KI'KSIA AtVKIM'K.
y OS( OW ( Hy t he Associated
i'ri'ss ) Soviet UusHiii will accept
nations' Invitation to
an International dis
states the Uev. William ,'rosby .armament .conference as well, as a
New Ban Put ;
On Whiskey,
v Rum and Gin
Treasury Rules Against
Use in Manufacturing
. Medicines or Flavors
, After February 1.
' WASHINGTON. (By the Asso
ciated Press) The use of whiskey,
brandy, rum1, or gin after next
February l in. the manufacture of
medicinal preparations of flavoring
extracts and syiups was forbid
den today by a treasury order.
Alcohol and wines can bo used
instead for Hie purposes named.
The order will not effect tho use
of whiskey, brandy, or other dis
tilled spirits by druggists In filling
prescriptions by physicians. .
VODKA M 50 VY.H CKNT '
MOHL'OW'. (By the Assooluted
Press) Soviet Uussia has increa
sed the price of Vodka 60 per cent
bringing the price to about one
dollar a nuart, as a partial measure
ugainst drunkenef8 and with the
view to increase stale revenue.
IDAHO COMPANY
ACQUIRES JOSEPH
MARBLE DEPOSITS
JOSKPH. pvo4;- (Special) A
deal of much Importance to Wal
lowa county was consumuted this
week when the ldulio Marble
company, of Lo wist on, acquired the
hluck marble deposits northwest of
Joseph from the Black Marble
and Lime company. !. J. Kress
ly and A. J. W'nrren. manager and
engineer respectively of the Idaho
firm, have been in Joseph several
days conferring with J. Boss Les
lie, vho gave them, a tiQ-day op
tion a couple of months ago, und
finally closed the deul at the last
minute.
. At this time the new owners are
unable to give definite statement
regarding their plans for develop
Boss.
, A chorus of 00 voices will render
this sacred music, linden the dUeo
(ion ol Airs. A. L. itlcuuruson, wltlA
Mrs. J. A. Tcdford at the organ. .V
To Care for ShoDDcrs1 rhti r,Imvln lH tn" P'rHonnnl of
au ait, iui onujjiivia th)i HOloiHtH imd t,,lorUH.
Kvery store In I -a. Oninrb
Mrs. Buy Fuller, soprano; Miss
will Adelaide Buth Clark, soprano
be open unlll H:ao o'clock Thurs- Mrs. W. H. Bolinenkump Jr., con-
V,' . . day evening. December 24. for the tralto: ti. L. Dutton, tenor; it. u.
ing flame of lights und color. And f.nrft of those who urc ,u(t. in wmium3i buritone; K. D. Twler.
hmii ii " ,' completing their Christmaj shop- bass,
promise until Chnstmns t 1 I Klirnltnre and hardware u...
J I. N. Ash by,
world! economic con t'crenee,
mm"
W REPAIRED
The city water main, which was
damaged huct week during logulng
operations near what Is known ns
Hie 'phone box vicinity, has been
sua. arnve. . -m ' ; .. stores and other places where toy MrB,, (.. MoWHf.r. Mr. I.. 1. Husey,
up their loads of toys and tr.l c piiremH(. pluI1 ln .U,(J ' mhs A(,lu(m
und t"imi. lnllllllTllv. 'their doors open to Ihe public un- UHt( ,Mnrk( SUiiH (;0me Isabel!.
l"1 ... .i t, tluit itnur everv even I II ir next ...... , ... vi .., - ...
the services will vibrate with ho " '' . - .Miner. .m. i.. r. "M"' repaired una water lor use in ine
W. C. Crews, clly maiiuger nti
nnuueed this moining. r '
Tint accident happened hud Sat
pumping was started
all of the reserve
d from the reser-
sidrlt of the coming holy day. i ' ulu f Mlfl -.i...
CtirlHltlMlH enrols will be'Hling. Hid , ' , ,lrl(.-i ...mftlnnul HiileKlueil
tho sermons will prepare the a) WOMll. to n(.p tnke care if
iHarris, Mrs. Kvelyn Jlernshaw,
Mrs. Carl Helm, Mrs. L. J. Lind
say,
.lay .hol pupils will hear of i;.-! ,,otlotK It, , custom Tl, J ''",,r' "; '- (,i';'"'B" , I Mo,"luJ- w," n
Journey 1f Joseph and nr l ,," ""
J""'"- "l l-hrlstmas day. i i ci u ( laveo n 1 hs 1
.. ii,.. i..r ,.r 1 111 vul eriiiiiH ! Jr.. Mrs. 1. It. t layvonin, .Miss.
to Hie s'ory of the . mjslenous
star and the heavenly hoiik tl at
led shepherds. and wlsemen to the'
i!Ki.e in the .MatiKiT. Tvo Become American
for weeks the little .oil. nae, -:i: 1J.. Trlov
(CuiiUuucd on 1'uge Five)
BAKER HEARING
iliorolhy (link. Mrs. JO. I.. Holmes.
Mrs. J. I.. Harvey, .Miss l.a Kile
Hanks. Mrs. Andrew l.oney. Mrs.
Uoliert Newlili, Mi'S. V. J. Mutt.
(I'fintlnned on Pairn Klvn.
Plans Xmas Luncheon:
WILL BE TODAY
wnii simple hut impressive ciiambcr of Commerce
'izenship were h'ttlowed this morn
jing upon two lu ttrand: n sidenis
of- foreign birth. ,'.,, .,.,, m.,. , . .
ciiiiiiii"'! ui " t-i f i men oi mi'niM' im- un kuoik "
CLUB TO HAVE
I VAMCDnnnnAiiii
Many Prizes Offered '
t For Lone Tree Shoot
Almost unlimited are, the ptlapfi
that I ho Wing. Flu .luml Flfeiroot
club has provided for the holiday
shoot Sunday morning at ! o'clock,
in the shooting bonne oi the, Lone
Tree field.
There will b orders for drenned
birds and orders Tor merchandise,
und the number will depend only
the persistence of the contest
ants.
Rifles, shotguns and olher meunu
of competition will be permitted,
the club ofliclals announce.
In January, the twentieth
thereabouts, the club wilt have Its
annual venison feed. L. B, Hun
ne field is chairman of the commit
tee In charge. The uffalr will take
place In the basement of the Meth
odist Kpiscopul ehurch.
K. A. Siiyre, while t cache.
led In the courtroom for theHtale
i teachers' examlnatloiiH looked on
jus htleresled Hpcclalors, Yesterday
nt Knterprlse, the . judge ttald.
'jes,- i:aker amHTed ImTm last .When. L rl 1H PU -I In t he exam -s;,h,?day!
! iill app. ..,- today before ! hm.lon of applicants for second pa
I'nlteil Slates fomoilsslooer II. IM'rM
i:iierhard for a prel iry liea-- Klrsl, lo have citlz. nshli nfer-
Ins. linker Is of Cascade. IdahoJred upon him was Kred Hwalison. u
and is wanted hy tin- federal in jtnllur. Mr. Swanson came lo Amer
thorltles In I'orlland fin a char--, lea from Sweden 40 years airo.
of violation of the Mann act. j John O. ItcRan. who li ft his
J If has heen In the county Jn I home in Onee in 1'JHC, sueceede.l
here for the past week. Ills bonds at his second attempt to pass the
are et at JJ;ii)ii. examinations.
.IIIIIKI IXUUI.IIH n.n ...wi..-v. ...
" ' ' il... I'.ul 'rtii-Milnv he fore -i i. ....i, i.. II... "u.w.a .li.iti
;rs Kallier-1"' " ' ' 1...1. ... ,. ."
1 iirisimas mr us iniiiiiiiy usi .in. 1 when all OI iiii'in wen" Km... Hi
Karl Stoddard has the affair In 1 morrow morning at o'clock
charge. Iieialls of the entertain-j when Ihe Men's Forum nr. the M'
nieul sill be kepi h -eret until .Moo- t hodis! ihurch will hold its annual
day. but .lt Is known that a slack I Christmas tree exercises,
of piu-kjij;es Ik accumulating for San in Onus is mii"dulei to rig
Santa Clans lo distribute during! up the tree tonight and all meni
the luncheon. m (Jrande in-rch-j le r and speclul guests will b
ants have donated articles Tor the rem-mbered him.
m-eiiM.f.n "1 After Ih" 'youngster" have
. .. ... ' isiing Christmas anihems und fro-
Clydc Bloom Pleads
Not (iuilty io Charge
Clvde Bloom entered u phu of
not guilty to the charge of illegal
poHHCHstou of mash Oils morning
iu Judge Hugh K., Brady's court
The Judge named Saturday, Jan.
2, at o'clock as the tlute for
the hen ring, which, according to
the diNfrlcl attorney, will be but a
preliminary one. I Doom's ease
will be tried in either the circuit
or the federal court.
Mrs. Ponzi Hits The Keys
Hem Is the (list picture taken or Mrs. Charles l'uiui sbieo
tlio days years ago when Nile lived lit .luxury wlilln her liiislNtntl
was a millionaire. She In how IIvIiik with him In a small fur
nished room In, Jru ksouvllle, 1'lu., actliiK as his secretary and
lyiilnir loiters for hlnl oil a rented typewriter.
1 I'hoto CopyrlR-bt, 1 926, by -NBA Servlde, Inc.
REHEAR NGS
DENIED FALL
ttted I'reiis) The Disliicl of Col.
uiuhla court of anneals today re
fused 1o reconsldor Us decision
holdint the bribery Indictments
against fruniRr Ki-crctury of the
Inturlot1 I'Oll, K. l Doneny, unu
K. I Uohehy Jr., to be valid.
The indictments, which arise
from the naval oil leases, were.
guashed by a lower court but the
government, appealed and . xno
court of appeals ovcrrttlmi the
lower court.
Kill and the Dohenys asked , a
rehearing,, winch was refused, to
day. i 1 1 . . .'
XTRA
SENTENCE
IS CLASSED
A51IISUU
Arkansas Representative
Airs Views on the.
Michell Case Today .
POSTPONE ACTION
ON DEBT FUNDING
House Committee ; Asks
Secretary Mellon for
Data and Recesses Un
til January 4; ,
WASHINGTON (By tho Associ
ated Press) The Mitchell court,
martial case came to the floor ot
tho house today for the first time
when Representative Tillman,.
Democrat, of 'Arkansas, charged,
that the court was organized to
"get the colonel" and that its ver
dict "insults free America."
"I call upon ' the presl- .
dent of this Justice-loving nation
to mitigate or quash this harsh
sentence." he said. - .
Tillman declared the court's ver
dict suspending Mitchell for years
is shameless and unusually cruel.
Ill, lt(i Al, IM.STItOYK.H.
ItOMK (Al) III reprisal ftir tlir
killing of two Italian qlfivers and
ono artilleryman hy tl": foiifs of
Nultau Osmaii Masmud, lu Hattm
.Shuiioajnan'S" Vip . liae
llVtlt)j'frt iVk,, fltMW's
Ital. VaiWtii(is Hi t y k kadJug Hie
entire uoatt. ,
KLAMATH OIOTS KXOW.
KLAMATH FAliLM, Ore.' (Al)
-Two Inches of snow . fell liero
Inst iilglit giving promise of a wliito
i'lirlstnia.
IUINTT0
Seals Selling Rapidly;
Proceeds Nearing $400
Rock Island Is Being j
Removed from River,-
(Continued on Page Five.)
UX(yiiG i T naTi
MORE
'SHOPPlKJC
DAYS'
according to Mrs. Kven Bo"-
hautn. etiatrman. wno reporis unu
llie luiai iui ii imn wiih u-i tm:
$r,ya murk.
i t-w liu-nliniim burl elm rire of
the work In l,u (Inimlf lat year.
and was nappoinieu si ine rcqucsi
cf tli- state ttjbercuhil' asocia
tion. who stated that she had suc
ceeded beyond their expctat loiw.
Agisting h-r In the cam pa tun
are the following women repre
senting the several parishes of the
tilt y :
KplN opal Mrs. C. If. Scraliton
and Mrs. C. J. ( islitirnc
I'reshyt'Tian Mm. K. It. Mor
gan nni Mm. C. . ThompHon.
.f ih-idi"! M rs I tar by Smith
and Mrs. I.ee Hanfonl.
lie pt 1st l rs. French and M r.-.
Oraham-
I'teh r I lie direction of S. B. Mor
gjui, county engineer, workni'-n are
rinoviuiT a small rock island from
the (irande Bnnde river bHnv the
Bhtni'hart ovirlieud crossing nod
leepenlng the channel at that
point lo give the surrounding coiin-
betti-r dnilnnge. Ihe worn,
which the i nglneer estimate will
cost about l'irn. ih fhianc'd by a
.drainsge fund uppropriul'-d by the
.county.
City Vault Wrecked
After 2 Weeks' Labor
Aft'-r tvvo weeks of exception
ally hard work, the city vault is
wrecked today. B gave 11m place
in ordT thai Hie .nhenie of re
ntodWIinir the municipal building
be worked out according to phitis
hut I tdtdni give In without hoih"
dlffhully. Workmen. thr'- in numter.
nfri-nt one w-ek ttiring up up
per part of the vuuli. Monday
work whs fdarted on the lower
half end wonn'l finished until this
morning
The vault, built in 1913. wax w-ll
rnnjtruel-d and proved quite a
prublviu to til'-' V. r'-'viitrs. .
To
Clean Ujj
The Dolls
Iti onfer In ill-pw of Hie linl
Oiice of the dolls vm linml Ih-'
ftin t'lirtnuiH Tlii tilwrwr K
miking n Miinl 'lull offer
gIMMl unlll IhmthiImt '1 Ull (l
iH-nutlfid lliis-fr I tlrt ilnll fn-e
In mitotic tutu! 11 in m renewal
Mibriptlon for "lie jcr hi
mBnnce and ihic new MibTip
thrfi fur a year.
I'nr any one ho Iiiimi'I -inreil
a iloll c. this -Mt't:il
offer ill Imi e Immediate ap
peal. Von may turn in jour
own renewal timl gel only one
new Mib-4-HlH'r ami win tlieiloil
at oihv. (inly hImmii 2t m.v
left and ttii-v fbotibl all In Kb
en iNit I'lll t. In Hie net few
las, l.e Iiii-) nu can w hi
one In a hurry. Iiiiiueilinii ilc
lltery of dolls.
OberrrT Adverlldng
A Ucrcbmuaibiiis fSTrvlce."
Wallowa lUuljrct Passed
As Originally Drafted
KNTKItl'BISK. Ore. (SM-ciul)-Tbe
county budget bus bc'n up
proved us originally prepared, ex
cept that the ntate tax Item w us
refl'ieed from the CHtitnated $t7.-
to Ihe actual $S.0im. Tin
a mount lo be raised by taxation
is thus placed ut $r.f..iMio. which
in to be compared with $171,000
last' year. $U'.ir..000 In I's'fA und
(HSfi.oou In--J2a.
EVE ERECTED
fill KKiWII.I.K, rl. i.'ar. (Hy Ihe
Associated I'ress) Holierl. Dull
Ian, noted newspaper paragrapher
and humorist, has erected a monu
ment In the front ynrd of his home
here lo Kve, the first woman.
The monument, which (Julllan
says Is the first that mankind has
erected to Kve after nail" years,
bears Ihe Inscription: "In memory
of Kve, first woman."
Qiillian had u nicely curved ap
ple Willi a twig und leaf placed lio
low the Inscription.'
FARM HKIjIKK WiAJiNUD.
WASHINGTON AH) Plans for
early congressional action on farm
legislation wero made early today
nt a whitu house conference at
U'niletl by President t'oolldge, Sef!
ri'tary Jarillne, Senator McNnry, of
Oregon, and Uepifwcntallvo Tlneli
er, tif Kansas, both lloiiiihllean. It
was aiinouiifsMl that a cooperative
marketing bill worked out by the
leliartnient oC ngrlniltiire In co-
nHratlmi Willi farm lenders would
lie IntifMliniMl laToro i nriMmas aim
rushed to passage enrly in tlio
year.
ACTION I'OSTPQNED.
WASHINGTON, (By the Associ
ated Pross) Action on the war
debt funding settlements negotiated- '
during the summer, including those
with Italy and Belgium, were post
poned today by the house ways and
means committee, pending a hear
ing. .' .; .. .':: o '
The committee which must ap
prove' the agreements before they
are submitted to the house called '
upon Becretary -Mellon to submit -
cerinhi dale and then recessed -an-
til January 1 vihf MetlfiB wtll bs!
While tKo stff lsnmusual wiy-r,
J . ... , if 1- .TV. 1 1 4Xkl1 J
lirulI.ITION MOVED -Mt.
WABrllKaTOM fBy the Associ
ated Prs)-eA resolution, calling
for ua investigation of , auegea
manipulation of crudo;' i rubber
prices by the British colonial gov
ernments was given preferred
status today on the- house logis
latlvo program. ' : .-
OPI'I'DSKS PltOHIIUTIOX.
. WASIIIM.TO.N (AP) Hepn1
Kenlntlvo Vaiv, Jlepubllcan, of
Pennsylvania, assailed the Volstead
act in the huiisc today as an tluen
fmvllilc law. "Peoiilo don't want
lo be bone dry," lie said.
DFFIGf AL AXE
GUTS BUDGET
Oicon Wool Growers
To Meet in Pendleton
I'KNl H.KTON, tire. (Hpi-chil)
('reparations Tor the Ultth uumia.
convention of the (iregon Wool
C,rowers asociatlon, which wilt be
held here Januury Iiiclus
are now being made, according
to Mac Hoke, secretary.
The I 'end let on convention v. ;!'
follow the National association',
convention In Boise, January, 1 S
20, inchudve.
Fcnp's Forces Whipped '
On Yang Tsun Front
MINHON. (Hy the Associated
Press) The forces of Oeneral
Keng Yu llohing, leader of the
national peoples army, ara deelar-
d to have been defeated tiy Uen-
eral I.I chlng l.lng,' governor of
Ihe Chlhll province. In n liBt'le on
the Yang Tsun front. rVng'n
losses are wild to havo bcn er
lous. '
A dispalrh lo the llaily Mall
saya ri'tnforcemeliis lor rroa.
having Itussian arms and ammun
ition. Including light ifitllliity. have
arrived.
lll'.NI) .MAX lill.Wi SKIil'.
1II'.NI. Ore. Twenty-four hours
after Andrew K. Tauscher of Uer.d
left a note telling his wife , not
lo hunt for him lit took his own
life. Tauscher left llie. note, oui
returned homo, und lifter telling
his wife he wanted no breakfast,
went to the woodshed and shot
himself in the temple.
Despondency over an Injury re
ceived several months ago and IM
health was tho cause of suicide, u
coroner's Jury determined. Taia
eh. r Is survived' by )ils widow a.ld
m.vi.ruli brothers. One of his
brothers Is Albert Tauscher. al
slstant physical director of the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic club,
VALE, Ore. (Special). The
levying board and county court
or Malheur county, consisting of.
Judge H. I.ee Noe, Commissioners'
C. 11. Oxmnn und J. D. Falrman,
has. swung the official axe, cut
ting S(1,000 from tho- estimate
submitted und proposed by the
budget commlttoo for expense of
county government for, 11)2.
Jlowuver, this red-lotion Is only
a part of the real slice, as $50,000
was ubout the amount that had
to bo taken from thu proposed
budget In order to comply with
tho requirements of the 6 percent
limitation law. t'nder this con
stitutional amendment, the budget-
cannot be rulsed tnoro than 6 per
cent over the budget of tho pre
ceding year.
One o( the main topics of dis
cussion since tho proposed budget
was published. Ill November,, was
Hie continuance of the county .
agent's ofrice and boys' and girls'
club leader. Muny, farmers of the
county favored the office, b-lt no
way could be found clear to meet
its expense. Consequently the al-'
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New Ambassador To U.S.
Learns English Language
Alabama Eleven Starts
Long Trip to Pasadena
TI Si Al.flUKA, Ala. flly the Am--vicinted
I'ress) -Wllh every man
In Ihe pink of condition, the I'nl
verslty of Alabama football eleven,
will entrain today for Its long trek
to Pasadena where the I'rlmson
tide meets Washington university's
Purple Tornado on New Year's
duy. i
Appropriation Bill
Reported to House
WAKHINOTON, (Hv Ihe Amno-clan-d
I'ress) The first big appro
priation bill of tlio year that for
the treasury and postofflee de
partmentswas reported lo the
house Krhhiv. culling for Increa
sed expenditure of tliil.2,0ll
over the total allowed these e.
tabllBhliH-nts ln last year's allot
ments. The amount, fun T.mj.Mi.
In 14. fiim, ooo below the budget rs
tlmale .
A large part of Ihe Increase is
for the postal service to meet In
creased salaries, and to handle a
If-valer amount of uiuiu
PA II I K (lly Ihe Associated
Press) SI Kelialor Victor
Henry Iterenger was appointed am.
bassndor lo the failed Htales he
has become one of Ihe most lime
cesslbln men In France and until
recently there was something ot a
mystery about it. Callers at his
home were, always told that lie was
out. but that It was not known
where, iie wan. Officers of news
papers to which he Is a regular
contributor wild his whereabouts
were unknown.
Finally one of III" new ambas
sador's political friends Ihrew light
on Ihe mystery; ' He is studying
Kngllsli as hard as he can at a
school of languages,", Ibis friend
said.
the years 1912-13. It Is said to
contain many hitherto-unpubllsliod
documents. Thcso memoirs are to
be published undnr the tlllo of "III
the Hervlce of France."
It Is understood that M. Poin
rare feels somewhat hurt lhat ho ,
was not consulted In any way dur-
Ing tho unusually long ministerial
crisis that followed the fail of M.
Palnleve'a second ministry. It is
not that ho expected to be asked
to form a cabinet br even hold of
fice In one. hut that h" fee la that
lu the very wide, consultations made
by President ltoumurgue and M. '
Hrland. they might have Included
him umong those whose opinions ;
wera sought.
Palnled hats have been adopted '
by some fashionable parlslenne
wun, an
The first viiliime of Itayhinnd
Pnlni-nre's memoirs Is to lie pub- this winter, dispensing
llshed next February nnd win deal 1
with thfl policy of France during, (Continued on rage Kivo)