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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY , CITY ED1TIO N otfitttti THE WEATHER PORTLAND. (AP) Ore gon Cloudy tonight and Thursday. Rain on tlfd coast. , . VOLUME XXIV. ' LA GRANDE, OREGON,' WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1926. M li.MUKII ASSOCIATED I'HKKH MKMBKlt ASSOCIATED PKKHH NUMBER 74 HEW II THEATER TO BE ERECTED Meyers and Bowen Will Replace Star with a Large Building DEMANDS OF CITY TO GOVERN WORK construction , win ise Started When Progress "Warrants Step; Site Is Purchased. ' ,1. ). MiyiTH and Arthur It. Tlnwen, owners of the Arcade theatre, have added Jo their Inter lent here by purchasing , from tlrnce Knydcr tho. property on AdnniH avenue where the Slur theatre is located. The new owners ' have taken possession und announce that they will make many changes in the present building. 'I hey ereet a large modern plan to theatre, whenever the needs of La Grande i warrant such u step. i Kor the present the Star theatre; wtll receive a complete renovation, New drapes have ulreadv been. or- And, since every possible preuau dered and will be installed as soon tlonary measure has been carried its possible. "This together with other im - nrovemeiils planned for the lor. will make a vast deference In ' the appearance of the lobby and auditorium. "Mr. Meyers stales. . A few changes will be made ' ine exterior such as lowering the outside lobby level with the aid wa4k bill' us the building will eventually be wrecked to give way to a new building the new owners do not feel they should he justi fied In doing u greut deal ut this time. ( ' However they want the people of jX Grande to known, (hat from now oh the .star theatre will bo 1 over the coming basketball seu handled In.lh" same .manner. Mini .nnd other prospective actlvl- ha made the Arcade.' the hading ties or the high school, with ,o theatre In 1 4i Orunde und that thn view to continuiyg their policy oi patnons or the .star will receive boosting and progressing the la the 'most courteous treatment so terests of the .student body.' they will always. feel that (hey are j There were no matters lip Top most welcome. th'v declare. (formal action. I)r. V. I. McAdmy, court opens : in new rooms; Justice Hui?! i:. Itrady. em:- li-ss ami dusty from the huslm-s .r moving. Interrupted his wo-k 1'iis miirnin- to confer -ipon S. W. Campbell the first scnlcncc tm- posed in t lit new courtroom. ,ovr the I. & J., drug slon; in the i-'oley-itotivy building. ('ainpliell was arrested by A. 0. Jtuiin. tr-ilTic officer, on tl eha or di'lvlug a mot or vehicle wit tr out an operator's license.' The prisoner pleaded guilty and was fined 9IH and cists. Law Violation Increase SA I. K M. Oregon. Prohibit ion law violators Incar eeraled in the Marlon county jnlt Increased from one fn 1111 1o 55 Vlurlng the past twelve months, according to records In the sher iff's office, in a total of 4(1 I lluuor law offenders were regis- ten d ut tiie county Jail. Youthful Trio Caught After Robbing Store Biggest Day. In Its History A well-known I .a Grande lure en n ed 1 1 to Int yel htilitcss Sntiirtlny hi Hs history, hy u huiic maruhi. It the ftr-t diiy of the MH-e Jamuiry Sale au niiftual cwnt. It is r-M-'lnIly worthy t ntttt that thK snle was advcrtlne! rlniiey in Hie i-liimii f The hH'rcr. n iilhcr niedlm-i nr mcllHiil lting iird evept itl-pln- witiilnw. Hie refill i an finivlnctns as In Hit ptitl Ing Mwer tif The tHi-fi-u-r. It" vi'llnit iin emjci f t he I . G ramie IcrHlitry, ami lt hiaH reader Interest. lany trther .ftHftf are eHrlnMlng llle re1-liirn- ami all at a, ' !" reader thai 1- miiiusll hv. Iiili-lligiiit hp r OhM'rtt-r sfrnt-r 1 alTA prfifllahle. lbsjcrer Alertining A MervuaudisUaS &evlot.n High School Students At Work Again Classes Resumed Today Following 24 Hours of Fumigation as Precau tionary, Measure. Having already advised the high achool student of precautions they should practice against contagion. Dr. It. I. 1 Kindts, president of the school board, spoke lust night to the teachers of alt tho grade schools. instructing them in detec tion of scarlet fever aymptomt. Pamphlets bearing u similar men. huso, re distributed to parents through the pupils. v iMiss Alice H. Marquanh, county muse, spent yesterday atri'tuc Wil low school building, und will pro coed during the next few days to survey the pupils in the other dis tricts. Since her time belongs to the entire, county, and there is no exclusively La Grande school nurse a great deal ofHhc. health wor.k htm 'to be left to tho tcuchers, who urn malting their best efforts to guard against disease, . Huperltnendent Longfellow said this morning. Clashes HcMiined, JOxcept for a seureely-nolieeuble pungency of forma Idehyde in the air and the fulnt stir of expiring ex- clteinent as classes passed to und fro through the. halls, the, high school resumed its work-a-day tranquility this morning witli lit tie to indicate that unylhing un- usual had happened. out to ward off Ihe. danger of ex 1K)sure to scarlet fever, to which a inter-!Mtmi..i.i miKimneetin.rlv, Huhiected ft.nOWs Monday, tho health officers nno ,ne st.10O authorities are honeful that nothing disastrous will COme - from the unfortunule Incl (i..n, v Hi-Dads Discuss Hoofe And Other Activities The ill-Dads, When they met in regular session ut the office, ol O. J Uulton last evening, tulkcd granddad, reports. lxn.'ixxrs Ain:iii;ssM:ss cai si;s ti; DKATIIS TASHKKNT. Russian Turkestiui (A P)- Although charged with causing ten deiiJhs of H children whom he occu luted by mistake wilh diphtheria germs instead of wit h anli-toxlu. ir. Ivan Shorok hov. chief physician or the Trop ical .Medical institute. Uuh been given a sentence of only 10 weeks! imprison menl. At his trial before tin supreme court he plucd the blame on u nui-sir. whose negligen- (y, he said, had resulted In Ihe endlysnlulion being jiliiced In i he wrong bo! tl I he nurse sentence. received a ;dmllar 1!H STUiKNTS SI spi;Mi;i O II KtrON AfiKKTIn MAI (( H.I.Kti K, 'orvallls. Twenty eight students have been Suspend ed from college for the rest ' of this year, !2 have been placed on probation wit h one chance to "mrke good." and 4 '1 have been continued on probation as a result of action of the scholarship com mittee following com (d hit ion of grades for the rir.-tl term, just completed. Action taken on Ihe students suspended Is declared rinal by the committer. 1 It was u great plan hut It didn't work, although the young i men t oncerned certainly musl have gotten a thrill out of the af fair. liny Mc.Mein. 17. Paytuond t 'rumjMieker. 1 K. and At hoi (jeor- i ge, iii, iiiid deijid' d mat tiieir ratl in Homewhere In the hills neiir , here needed stocking. A. caldn wltliout e;iiuldes titerein is or m tle us'1, they must have argued, according to the officers. Ho laM night the trio entered Hemlock grocery, husled themsel ves for some time, and then h ft apparently unseen. They had proceeded a short d'stane1, laden with approximately $50 worth of groceries, smoking tohacco. hr'-nd. and other "necessaries." when policeman flari-nce Wood It (Aine upon the group. They nea tiered. W node 1 1 fjred Into the air Hml unofher memtter of the force, policeman Hoc. arrived In a hurry. The two gav chae and siicc''d d in ca pt tiring ru iipcker and MrMi'in tint they wen; forced tit go to the fleorge home to get Hie third of the advcntiiroiiw" group The orn-sta were made shortly aN tir midnight. The boys were lodged In Juil Undesirable A I Tied f.relg, 32, salt! to Ih the Mm of liOrri A. 1. Treveleynn of Kngluml, who Ik being held as ail "undesirable rttty.cn" In n Ios Angeles Jail. - The government Halms lie nunc into. this country from Canada , recently tuitler ffnls: pi-e lenses. Grelg declares he hint lived In the In 1 led Slates h1 me he was eight years old. Jesse ftaskill,' who was arrested on his own tid mission of a crim against his 14-year old daughter last September a few weeks later committed to the Ku stern Oregon hospital at Pendleton for obser- vation as to his sanity,, has been returned to the county Jail here autlibrlties that Ji is. mentally res- nonsible for the act1.'- ' Gaakill Will probably stand 1Aal ln "clrcMf( chin during the l-'eh j ruary I'. r n, Judge J. w Knowlcs said otlttt.; ! r.. . ' r. . blCCl Company ClOSing GASKILL HELD Up Bridge Contracls!; d- (A"v ? Mrux :. !; r a . . Perkins: W. C. Freiberg, May Park. 1 . .. 11.. U Kritts; Helen M. C.eildert: C. The 'Illinois Ht-el . and Uiitlge It;-Geheler, farmer; fl. O. Gekeler, company of K)nknni', which re- i neatly lulfibd ii coniraet for the building or a bridge over thejium, G1 1 4th street; (has. Gran. Grande, itonde river en the Allcel-;dy. Lower Cove road. Is reprcsenled s. GwIIIIMiuh: W. I. Hanks; Kaln llltl xperted. here toduy by C. O. lturitetl. who ' nhy: -O. M. Heacock; Anna H. 1 I'rnponenls claim that llio pro s closing up the business through mil, nu,i: c.'w. l.nfiand: Mrs. C. l'Hp' road will glvo Medford a Thomas K. Uuvls. Portland (orney. Mr. navis acts Tor Kldelily 1 icposil . company or Maryland, who as bonder or the original and railing contractor, procured the Spokane firm to fin ish the work. County Court Begins Three-Day Mectingj 'uutity cout-t begap It h a niiu.t! ' Mirec-day seslon--oi-casloned by j Jie Janufiry drawing of the Juiy list, for circuit court wlh the usual routine of nud,illngi bills this morning. Itegilur business will H-ciipy Ihe first two dayw. t (.Ml 1'Yiday the registration lists will j tie consulted fur the neeessary 4 to 5U0 names from which Jurl-M .till be empaneled during the com ing year. . , La (irande Stage Run Sold by Baker Sheriff P.AKKK, Ore. (Special) The Ilaaker-Ia flrande Htage run which hua hen operated hy the lied Star company wan juld hy the Sherirr here Monday on a! judgement given hy the circuit j ronri in favor of . I wuinoing in Annum. iijiiiiiiKiuu. o . " W-Jlll.itn fVordon for $27'm. A hid or $ 2 M) 1 ook h proper! y. The plaintiff will take poKHcFs-on or the run. which will h" operate under the name, "llaker-lJi llran de Stage." "SunlHirii Popular Shade l.(JNIN'. A P "Hunhum" is popular nhude in dren and complexion?. Iihk arrived In l.on- lon FimullaneotiMly with the fog gy ftCHMOl). Home or the finer grade or Bunhurn' ilk Htorkfngs. which cord Hi to $20 a pair, are no light In weight that they will nut turn the huhtnee or an ordinary acul. "Sunhnrn" completion are eahlly olitatn'd hy Ihcutp who have the plvi rla merely hy taking violet I the IllVerta merely tty iaing VIOiei j ray trHtmanin owe or twice week at $2 the Hitting. wrfMi:i ia Alto woiisi: HA I.KM. Ore.. ,ute Hiivag". guarl. who Miff red a bullet wound of the body Augunt 12, when Tom .Murray. Kltcwonh Kelt- and James Wf Hon Fhot thtr way out or the Institution, wnn reported to be In a critical condi tion. IPwpltal officiate said they L-J U'.Uc Uvi'V Ivr rtvivtry. FO SELECTED Two Hundred- Forty-Six Eligible for Justice ' Court Service FEW EXCUSES TO BE CONSIDERED Judge H. E. Brady De clares Summons Must Rp Rpsiwfprl Willld,,l 4'ttl0,110ll,s' "us dlanviirovvi r? , T7 today by the 8Mi.Uo foreign rel; Avoid Second Call. luom committee. - J Senator Heed said he would' at- . j tempt 'r to huvo the Semite Itself "If you. or uny of yon. receive uct on thn proposul. n summons to servo on the Justice court jury this year, you hud best put your house In order and pre- PHre. to do your duty an u vitin-n of these 1 'nlled States," deelured Judffe HurIi Brtidy Tuesiluy as he handed The Observer reporler u copy of the jury lists for 112(1. "No excuses will be accepted." the- jildfr" continued emphatically. "We will make a special effort to avoid calling on tho same 'person more than once during; the year, puttlne the tho names ph they are called Into an envelope from which yiey will be drawn u second time eau federation, in u statment to only on condition that the list day, pleaded with the American runs out before the end of the people to give thought to the pro term. jblem of handling tho farmers' ex a 10 Names Nderteil. portable, surplus. "We aren't expecting such an' ",r a" Americans would open a overwhelming number of cases as ? Hy";pathetlc ear und kind y heart were, tried in the justice of lheto farmers- ansa U.fnctory Ml- P'ace court during liCIii," conclud-ff cd the court with a. wry smile. . Here are. tho 24(1 mimes select for the jury list hy the justice and a pair of freeholders, Joe Whitby (and Jn Idle Greene: t J. J. Peck: Homer Wilson, farm- IThompsou. farmer: Arno J. Voelx, Ifnrnier; Dan PhllUp, fanner: Geo. R JlllJ, .furmer;r Geo. 4?hHtidlen t. ,oyd chundler." futmcr: Holiert . ;'lark; W. H. Condit: K. M. Combs, faHmer; Kred Tti Murgess; (Jscar Culler;. Kl liter 1iiroh. ramier"; l-lrn- vjest Pclong. farmer; John Hiekson; G.,L. IhHton: KM. Kelk, farmer: fnrmer: ' Otto w: urrber: A. (;. Golden: Lucy Graham: Lucy Gwil- farmer: Hert Grout, farmer; K. -jj. Hufrman; K. 1). Jasper, rarmei 1lie!Gilbert Hunter. ' farmer: Clms'. Mingner: Walter Jones; 1. C. Ken- nedy; O. H. Klncaid:. Paul K. Knaulz. - rarmer: Mrs. Hubert iiuim: ibttger m. l -arson: 11. w. Lt lghton; lllrd K. Lewis; Mrs. J. I K Lynch: J. H. March, farmer: Mrs. K. Varks; Heeee. McAllish-r. farm- er: Arthur McCull. fanner: Duncan McHonaid, farmer; Jtouth McKen- V , - (Con'l(iued on Page 5.) y Wears Sixty 'Prill rf-'Ytk'-FAA K ' TliN is li'sliy Im Itsiiic of like Clinrliv., Iji., urn vif Hh mnk Ins boy scnit or IIh' tMittlry. lit flr-l nrtitie Jil-t misses Im.' "i'attj," but Iw has just wuu lus Hist swul uicUsi. Wbrld Court Probe Plans I Are Beaten Senate Foreign Relations Committee Votes Down Reed's Investigation Kesolution. WASHINGTON AP Press Time Klash) llj' a vole of M to 10 the sciiulo refused to onlcr ail Invosti uatlcsr or f roiingauda in favor of the world court nnd foreign debt settlements. WASHINC.TON (Hy tho Asso elated Press). A resolution ly Senator Heed, Democrat, of Mis souri, propusin? an Investlfratlon of "propaitandu" for tho accep tance of the worhl court nnd war The coinmltleo voted eight to three i against the proposal ad. vunccd by Hcnutor. ltced. " lleod, ljoruh; and Johnson voted tor. a tuvoruhla report. ASK; AMERICANS TO COME TO AID OF U. S. FARMERS T'Hlt'AGO, (By the Associated press) Sam 11. Thompson, presl- dent of the American Farm Bur- , r . ' , complete curing of tho III would be i-eflcnteit (n u new kind of per manent prosperity among the Am erican people never witnessed . In .lh world,"' he said, , OClo 1-fdie IU1 ou Road Election 1 KA .KM, Ore.. (My tho Awiocl nted J'resfl) Oovernor Pierce to day signed ia .proclamation fixing M'uesday, Kob. JO, the dnte for u. special election in ( Jackson and Josephine counties on the question of whether a Siskiyou highway im provement district lt) formed, i Formation of the district' In Bought for the purpose of build ing a road up Williams creek from Williams post office to' the "",fn i-aves. i-iderul forest road shorter route to the Oregon eaven ,11'"" lh' Pn-wnl road which goes "irougn Grants Pass. ; ; " GraDC JUlCe KiniT Dead In Florida Home Today ; -" ST. PKTMKHItl HO, Kht (Uyiho Associated Press) Charles H. Welch, grape Juice nianufuclurer, died at .his winter home hero to- day after u shovt. illness. - One Medals .r3z2r : l . Frees His 'u ' f) C, I IN n m ll : : J .... lis) fgJ: Mrs. CSrww Mooro wm tent to Jail because she Molo a Christ iiuls present tor- Imt Mvt, Albert. The boy, grief stricken, at tempt4xl to kill hliuweJf with pohotu Physicians Kavtnl his life and a klnd-licarted Judo paroled his mother, sa Albeit ts hnppy. SETDATESQN WABHINOTON (By the AbmcI atod ITeMJ-Tho tntcratoto com merce conintfsfllon ' today net aaldo two dayj February' 4 und .6,' for hearlnir of urfrumuntft In the con troveniy between i tho Southern Taclflc railway and northern linos over, the right to build new lines In Eastern und Central Oregon. - SAVED, IS GLAD flllCAOO (Uy the Asociot-1 Press). Evelyn Neshlt Thaw, tin.1 ...r-il in h.. nttMinut tn kill herself, by drinking poison litter ... kt v........ i- glnd she will not dl. . ' ' . "Life looked hopeless but. no v it innw ..r,.,.i.in nnd pninrfui." she told her physician. , ; i ; , , , Tn Tin tt- fn Cinlanm ' lO ltJ sji m iTaiaaiu (JUCStlOn UUrnS lUrK ..,.., , ,, , ,, l-ONKTANTI.SOJ'l.i:, (By thn Associated Press) Cold, winter winds are giving a new turn to the famous hat question In Turkey by rasing a controversy over tho method of saluting with mo new. heodgeur. Conservatives and thoso addict ed to colds argue for a continu ation of the old Turkish sulaam, which left the fes comfortably on the head. The progressives main tain that with the adoption of lOuropean InilH, It becomes nec- ensary to atiupt. ino Kuropeun method of -uncovering. Klamath Falls School Closed During Epidemic KLAMATH KAI.I.H, Or" (lly (ire (IJv the Associated Press) All grade schools In Klamath Kill Is. hsve been ordered closed for nn Indn. finlle perlo.l by the chool hoard, Thi.-aellnn wiiii taken because of n,n .l..i..nr..lle.i rmwllllnns of t he Nil schools with more than 30 rer- etheory that the firm clvlllnilion cent of the pupils absent. I in this region was csluMlxhed by In announcing Its action thea people nf Asiatic, origin, resein board sulil the schools were not hllng In slnturn the moderrt Jap hrlnr closed beeaiine of fear of tho unee. Vila work In the Pagoda meningitis epidemic, but because the purents are refusing to send their children to school until the epidemic has subsided. MIWItdlT MAX lli:l,ll I P NKWPIUIT. Ore., W. (I. Wal rad. merchant of this city, was held up by u masked robber and robbed near his home. Walrsd ut first thought It was a Joke, but when thn highwayman fired Ms revolver near Walrud's fuco he held up bis hsnrts. The highway man took Walrad's wallet, but It contained no cash. This was the first higbwuy robbery In the his tory of Newport. ' Mother X1RA : .'.'''YOUNG 1H CON8IDKIIED , , OKNKVA (Al) It la une. ttowl n effort 'will lm auukf .0. lutluco Owen 1). Younif, of Now York, la bevonio member ot tho Icafrun of iiuIIoiim Hteulul cviniiitis Blon, w1iit1i Ls Ut picMiro for tho nrotioscd . lntniational , dlKurm nnW'iit eunferontv. It is bellcii'tl IiIh cxitcrii'iioo mul ability wouM contribute greatly to tho fluooeea of tho i-onunhwioit. . SLKKJIA.V AI'l'OlNTi:!) SALDM.Orc. AP) Oovcrnor I'itTeo toilay appointed II. W. Hlee inail, prmident ot tho Mate feder ation of labor, aa a mcnilM-r of tho alate' iKjortl-of voeatJonnl etlii catlou. lie' miwrcetls Otto It. llartwUc. former itreHldcnt of tiie federation, who 1 ill. VESUVIVH AIT1VK. JiAl'LKS, Italy (AP) Stouiit YPsmiiiM broko llltu ilolent crui). tlon today. A largo eruption conn Iimm r(.i.moii ..it iiu. u'i.ui.rn' Miiln nf lli mountain und a wlilto cavity liaa -oihiiimI near uio narni on 111c iiorllieru hinim. ljiiruo uiiiiiinlltes of lava arc flowing from both cono Inml cavity Willi violent rxpUwions I1" ""' f""!"-''. 'Tonight tho vol- l.-nuo's surface, which of late lias lmn xuow rawml, assttnuMl a pinkish Hugo miller tin; reflection .of tiie great rcilillnh clnuils lighted . . , , ,, , ."' First Civilization Here ' Established By Asiatics ltKNVKIt. Colo. tTly the Asso- elated Press) Kxcavatlon or urchaelogleul ruins In Bouthwest-l-rn irnlleil Btutca bus uncovered records or un ancient civllluitlon estulillshed perhaps a long ago ns the beginning of the Christian ern. llr. Jenn Allard Jeanron, cur ntor of archaeology or the Color ado Hlute lllstorleul and Natural History Hoclely, In Ills rescurcn History Hoclely, 111 his research hus pieced together a pleluro ot that lite which exlted 1.51111 years , before Colunilius eunie to tne new j World. From Hie shape of 111" skulls iineurlherl ho hus formed tlmlfood the edible seeds, tubers and Hprlngs district or Colnrudo, ulong the New M'-xlco border, led to their classiriciition as thn Iboiket Workers, the Poiisl-llasket Work em, and the Pre-Pucblo people. The two rlrst. were primitive but Ihe lust highly advanced, using ihe bow and arrow, baking pottery in .kilns and cultivating iv.rul vur Idlea of corn. The llasket Work- ers did not fashion pottery; used a throwing slick Instead of a bow to hurl their fllnt-llpped arrows, und wove rntil.it hulr into Yoccn fabric ror body covering. The l'ost-Uasket Workers liiiide a crude, unbaked pottery, und grew course, flint corn, betns; other- COMMITTEE APPROVES: PEACE STEP House Hears Unanimous Report on Disarma-1 ment Participation ; $50,000 EXPENSE RESOLUTION UP Move to Outlaw War, In troduced by Fish, New York, Meets with. ' Re buff in Committee. WASHINGTON, (By the Asso ciated Press) The house foreign affairs committee today unanim ously reported a resolution to authorize the expenditure of 60, 000 for American participation In the preparatory disarmament con ference at Geneva. - The committee rejected ' an amondment to instruct American delegates to present a resolution calling for consideration of .. the advisability of outlawing nations that Btart wars of anrreiwlon. ' As reported, the resolution says the appropriation It made In com. plianco with President Coolldge'a request. .V Tho committee debated ' on tho language of tho resolution at length., - . . -.v. The proposal to outlaw war was . introduced by Keprssentatire Fish, Republican, of New York. Chalr nian Porter opposed Fish's pro posal,, saying, "if we go Into tho question, of what Is to be cou. sldered, ' wo would : have ' to pro pare for the1 conference for months," ' . ; "' t . . ;' ItADIO liiAWH tHOEO ' ' i WAHHINQTON. (By the assocU ated Press) New legislation ' at hliLseHBlDnt of Congress is essent ial to provont v'ehaor In -Tedlo broadcasting and communication" .Secretary lloovor today told the house merchant committee, which Is considering a radio regulation bill presented by Representative White, Itopuliltcun, ot Maine. Hoover recommended, passage of the bill as meeting the "present public necessity," pointing out I that congestion In broadcasting has produced a mptt y preesthff need for legtslallon. OI.YMI'IA.' Wash (By the As- soeinted i'resnj voicing criticism at dovemor' Hartley's recommen-1 dutlons for tlio managmcnt of the sium oeuuui printing of textbooks, the senate educutlon committee reponeu to the nenato today. "' The report declared "It to now clear from actual events of this. legislation session that the edu- cation of the young people of the state has been made a chief poll- ., ,.... ' ( wise virtually barbarian. The change in skull and skele tal form, prompted the belief that tho- pre-Pucblo race conquered thn others and from their ad vent begun a highly Interesting und "efficient" state of Hie. were agriculturists of no mean degree and many of tho principles of gravity Irrigation were known to them. Irrigation ditches, miles 111 lenxui, were rannumuo ...... , lliey uiimnwu sirruin. .,.,,. , reservoirs lor ino .ior u..u iserviuion 01 wnier.. u.- P"' clnP" w,,rn bmta. corn several varieties ot sullash. They used as roots of wild plunt llfo, A short stuple cotton was grown and used for garments. While tho Yucca furnished rood In the form of fruit and ntier ror ropes, baskets, mats and other textile articles. House building reached a high point of development, the archl. lecture or some or the ruins com. imrlne wi ll with modern buildings. The Yuera House, a ruin In the lower Montesuma Valley, is a structure covering many acres of ground. It Is seveiul stories hi nil and was capable of tiisiiiir several hundred persons This nnd other examples such as the t'llrr palace and thu Spruce Tree house, excavated In this part of the country, tend to show that this early race lived communlstlo (Continued on fas FiveJ . SGHOOLPLAN IS CRITICIZED
