La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 20, 1926, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEA8TERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE CITY JEDJTIO N THE WEATHE3 OREUON: Fair tonight and Wednesday, , warmer with low humidity In (ho Interior. . - VOLUME XXIV. - lit i wte NUMBER 8: MHMBKM ASSOCIATED PR BBS LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1926. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS . . .. . . ). ... REALTORS GOME HERE TOMORROW Two Caravans Expected to Arrive in La Grande Late Wednesday ; , EXHIBITS WILL . BE ON -DISPLAY Various; Localities in the Northwest to Show Specialties During Con vention Days. NlMVJl WHS recejvi'd nTO thin morning thuL tho tiutoitiobtlo ch van from Setiflle, Tucqiiih." Vnri couver und BrIIMi Columbia will arrive. in Portland thin itvonlnp en route to Ui ('.Hindu for t lie Pacific Northwest It miiI L'IsliMo uhkopIh t Ion's convention, which opens Thursday morn hip und continues for ihree dnys. Thy PoHhmd real ty board will ontertuin the mem bers of the euruyun Ht dinner this vnhif?' iuid early tomorrow morn ing will add Ihetr HiMotnobllcs to the lino of earn and leiivo for . flr-indo. expect in? to arrive here ut about 1 " o'clock tomorrow nllit. Cars will be add"d to the cwrti vau ail a tons' ilpVroiul, .At 'Pendle ton, -automobiles, from TC'aatern Vun!iiiiKlon will join the caravan, hrlnffhig the number of people In tllM caravan to ul least I!u. . KenliuiM will berHh to arrive from the cual at the nuiiie time the. western caravan enters the city. A wire from Pooolello,' Idaho thl mornlntr wild that lhy wen; send ing' fourteen reultora and D music-Urns. PocnleUo Sending t'liWM . PofHtclbi. is nlK -Hf-iwllnft" 200 pounds of (.'raft cheese by express to bo exhibited at the convention, linker county will wod u -mineral exhibit, Wallowa county will have :n exhibit of marble gnu-lime Uiid Union county will have a amull ct hibit of pniln and the lumbermen of Him county wilt prepare a lum ber exhibit. ' This la the first tint? Hint ex hibits or this nuluro luivc ever np-pcart-d at a. me'Wlnff of, the North west Iteul Kstnte . nssoolatton; If fi'ii.cessfiil the Idea will probably brr enlui'Kcd upon next year. T. W. rCoutinutd on Papo Hive) unionIs facing water shortage; creek runs low I'NION. Uri'. July SO. (ripeciul) Willi Hie wntor the lowest It hus Icon nt IIiIk time of the. sciison for Vnmv viir und the formers und g:ird'iu-rn lmrdiy uble to got nouKll v.aler for irrigation pur poses, llic city supply Ib iilso run ning short and lh? rlly dads me conKid'Ting the proposition of In bulling n rhlorlnalioti plunt. This lultor Is being considered hecinis" Hi.' uuullty of Ih- . wutor Is not so Rood ns when there :la more In the Htraiin. To Insure purer wilier for drliildnir mill 11 slronK'T prrwiire' for riii riu-hilni: Urn llp" ln,! probiilily h" ixliMidid furlh"r up th.- slri'iiin In tin' mar fuluri'. An utli'T iiiiprov.'im-nl which l Inline loniild'-r-d Is a luwr li"d of sund for Hlt. rlnB 111-' wutor. This l lili. ly ln lnstalkd If llir pll"' H Is laid r.irlhrr lipstri Rlll. Circus Lu res La Granders; Grownups Crowd Out Children When The Paper Doesn't Come niMnrr rrlcr M-rifcn I tnt vilTtor lo thai fwmil In mnT i-.iniiiiiii.ltb I'Ht II K iml l r f'l. Im-n-axil I'ln-ula'fc" nrw nMiliv new inrrlM -aiip poor nlfC I" illo. of on-lnnl alti'iillon. WlH'ii jour Mncr fM ' r Hip niinptly '" ,"'W' llHTcfiirr. n ni'll wrils I tallalili' fur on llinnutl" iiIimtut') arraiuK-nt"!' Wwlim 1 nliKi. a-l "'all 'lain SI anil a wH-r will 1"" !" Um ni'al,Hi'l Milwrlhrr hj k lal tin-rniir '111110111. i-haiv. Von arc nl-o rml-"'r iMir iilllilailit al TIM" IMnrncr offh-o lo pri'iinl roiirrrliK'. "Obarrvcr Ailrtliliiit A MotcIuui11jUi hen k." Tells Story of Eviction of Japanese Toledo Contractor Denies 1 That Any Yellow Men Were Roughly Treated by Crowd. ', I'OrtT!VNI), Ore., July 20 (XV) Tratirying for th derenno In tho trtul of doniayo suits by JanaiioKe against six reHldents of Toledo, Ore.. Arthur . H. Mar ln. Toledo contrtictor. today described tho in cident which led up to tho evic tion of Japanese laborers from-the property of tho Pa-clflc Spruce Corporation July 12, 1925. . Marvin said ho huw u. crowd on the port dock about. 2 p. m. .und approaching lieard W. S. Colvln, one of the defendants say: "Wc will (jo down on a peaceful mlsr sion and go unarmed." t'roirU Warned. Marvin nald the crowd moved to the property lln; of the corpora tion whore C 1. Johnson, presi dent, came out and warned the crowd to stay off. A committee consl?tlns of Oolvin, 11. T. Prltch nrd, unother dofendant, and a man named. Buck went forward to oek permission to Interview tho Jxip oncHo laborers. The crowd surg-ed forward und a fuan named Mark ham, who ftild he (Continued on Pair ElchL) - T BE APPEALED L. W. Weeks Undecided Today Cochran to Carefully , Investigate Action Already Taken. I,. W. Wfi'ks. whow ionl"Sl of Itnlu'rl K. KlLUin'B PllTllon ilB Ills successor on th" school hoard wos dismissed by Judg.- I . n. i-i-ui- loth, of linker. nri"r a recouni oi, 1 ho ballots In circuit court Monday Kitve Weeks und Kakin each 4-'i vol"S, has not d-ridcd wlidhcr lie will aiin"ul Hi" diLlHlun to a lilKhcr court. lu? told Tlnv Olis-rver this inornlnK. Ills uttorn. y, Utor" l. Cochran, said hn hud nut yet lll- vi'sllKiitcd carofillly Into the sum of yesterday's proceeding:. The recount totaled seven more votes than wore reported In M' original returns, which puve Ka hili' 433 to Week's 43:'. Only two to the seven -were ainonc. the bal lots questioned by 'he judges who made the regular tally- Unkin's membership In the board of education Is not affected by the recount, since Hie court dis missed Hie contest. H. It. ltlllBO. counsel for Hie conlestee. wild his ..iieni hud no I'litlelsin to make on the proceedings or the outcome. Case Against Mayfield Dismissed by Stale The slate was comp"ll"d lo ills inlss lis case iiR-alnst Vauq-lin M"V field, chni p d with BlvlliB lnlo.i en tlnu li'iuor to n minor. In Jus lice court Mils morninz wlvn 111.: prosecution's chief witness. N.ir- mun Vnndcrvoil. a 1 u-y. nr-oiu i. -Kin Ind. fulled to appear and rmild not be found. The jury, impiineled beror" It was known that Vandervorl had disappeared, was dlschurifd by Jud?e llus-li IS. Urady without s-rvln". (Ily llwl Smll) by tin- lltll"-boy. IIMI'-clrl. Unit niv r .tiim up In nioJI or Hi. half lli'i population f Ij Urnnib' and vlclnlly thronipil Hi" t-nted ui-r-a of Al O. Hnrii' "n-xl to the blwut Phon on nrlli" Mundny nf tcrnoon and "V"iiinrf. I'urloua imd . xlii'd prim nuns, quickly cur.'d of Mi.lr cnlrunc" criibiirruoiiiil. croWd"d 111'- clill-dr-n for front plncn In unl Dial t-nt. and llnl-m-d avidly wlill--r.... ill. Hill Introduced his l.llll- oiltlnn playniai'-s and th" cannlbnl boy Willi I he necklace of n pilb n. M'ninK Sia. ' Thrill l lldcr the Wit ranvaa-aprcad-liifr bl" now licit It IhP'ii'ens lo li"ll" AlKS'a dlsarinlnir niod'rty - th' y Ihrllied lo rn op-nlnR PP' C iucle thul ua win"! hint: Ilk" grund opera. '.ni"thln like ihc I'liidlejon roundi'P. an orbntal baiwar. a coronal Ion day and III' homcronilnx of a irluinphuni '"iie aur. oil colored ami hiirli-llfbt'd and iii'iinlnKlill Hh uncle by I hurl. ltj.Jdlcl. 8 ond"rf'll con cert band. l uiii" Iheli th" animal acta and the "bnalh-laklnir." "halr-niia-IliK," "dealh-d' fln." aerial devil- REGOUN M (Continued on Page C) FIREBUG IS SUSPECTED III sin Oregon- Town Suffering From Mysterious Fires : This. Month ;. ; TOWN ASKS FOR INVESTIGATION Three More Buildings De stroyed - Last Night ..Flames.' Threatened Other Structures. . STATTON, Ore.. Jlly !.'U. (AD The third fire lo start in unoccup ied buildings In Stnyton In the past mouth last nlKht , destroyed three old structures just across the street from tho rnelps iiiunurac- luring company plant, burned last Friday nlglit, and for a time threatened destruction to other nearby hulidinf-s, Inciqdii'S the newly estnbllsh"d flax sculchliic plant of the Oregon l.lnen Mills compuny. ', ' All three of the buildlnKs last nit-lit hud been condemned and the work of razlnff tlieiu 'hud .been iclieduled to mart Thursday of this week. . .- As was Iho. case In Ihc I'lielps pluut file I lie blu,e lust IllKhl broke out about 10:30 o'clock ami bears Indication accordinic to clly lire offkluls. of liuvln'f been or Incendiary oriKin,- and 'also ' to strelii-l lien their belief that other recent fires here have bo-m set. -. . Invesliltiilion lias revealed Unit I the pol cocks on lh.e 'gasoline tanks of siii second hand automobiles housed In one of the liijlldlnits burned last lllgllt liad. Ixtcn opened prior lo I he. lire, " Kxcept for a loss 'of .'about. J to the Anderson Motor Company, ., which owned the six uillomoUlles housed in one of- Ilia bulldinf-i- the property loss In last night's -flroj (Continued on Pago S:) THIRD FARMERS7 AUCTION WILL BE HELD ON JULY 28 Kurni'TH xp'-'Ullii5 lo.tnk" ud vtinliiiri'. of tho' freo- miction ('i.lo Unit will bo conducted In coni"c- j lion with U Onindo's tlilrd com-j new VOI!K...luni JO (AT).- -A Mlllnlly Kill's dny W"Uil"Kdii..v, Jul)' NPu- York iiuili. In irl"l's alllr.' 2, uro urfTPd by Kurl C lt'ynold. n,l mlllnc hlnwir tin- It' V. I'hll cli.Tinlit.'r of coiiiiiicrcj BwrrtiiO'. to . Up a. tlooilwln. n forui'T iictor of Hut n rt lil' h for ni In 1 1 mo to luivo' i.0n Anm!n. Is bliiK ludd li"ic on ihmn ndviTiiwd In Tho Obdcncr - nd mioclal foldnrs Hint fro out Moniluy. The copy la lielns pre pnrecj ut his orflce for the adver UhIiik service, which Is without coat to llio .farmers. . . . ' , iJl.H month. SIIS9.H5 worth of machinery, wloek and producl clitinpeil handa for ciii'h during Hie. auction s.'il". No chars" l modo either lo the seller or to I lie buyer; ho Ih" fanners reaped the full benefit, or the exchange. Some exceptional barffiilllfl are ffolng- to be offered by the merch iintH till: tiliiff. the aecretary de clarea. a-verjil of them culling Hie s'llln; iirlce nlmoat In half .on their .'jnha day sprclnla. Phy Plans Reception Knr VSuitino- Itwlir ...... B v HOT lAKti. July tSpeelul An all-county r'i'epllon, honor hit? membera of luf Mta.l,e bourd of ii'tillh and h" Kn stern Op'coti IHrtriet M-dkat foel-ly. In beitiff planned by Ir. V. T. Thy for th" uvt-ntn of Allium 4, the day Ian iifith irroupav.ni ie-.'i hi hoi Dr. I'hy. pn oldint of Hie medical men of the district cat of the ' - cadeH. ( iil!iO prrtildent of the ainte loard of liea Itli and Is bringing h Aufru.l meeting of thul body to I lie Grunde Itonde valey. Thoiiffh no Kp-rtal InvHatlotirt iir" beine wni lo I he riepiioii. I r. Phv. h houlntf that through th- court, ny of the prexs alt rtfld'-nts of 1'nlun county lll feel that they are invited to n.-.-et ih- vHitini Pbytiletan. The rvoeptlvn Willi I ot-n Ht 7:a p. in., Initn' dltly ufter a baiuti't which h binn irtvlnic In the doetir hono'r In the .i:inntorlnm trrlll und will continu- until ten o'clofh. Hi furnlHti- ; 'd fir tlmnc wliocarc to duiir-. und ' ull tiulln of tlt in-jtorlum will b'r 1 open to ih" pI'-MMiir'? o( otliuin. j Log Rolls Over Paul Scott at Terry Today lui'in-d ntuit Hi" rli- Hl w li n m loir roll -t ovr him, lutii rtfit wmh tHk' ii from Hp tirinid" Hood'-liimlM-r i'onitHny' tump nrur IVrry to tin; Grand'! Ilond'- hvH P.IhI Ht HHZit a. in. tuduy. Kxuiii iimtlun dlaclo'd no brokt-n bun- uur Injury likely to prove nvrlous. Movie Shiek Is Rarin' To Don Gloves Valentino , Dislikes Edi ; , torial Saying That He ; "Should Have Been Drowned Years Ago" NKW TOItK, July 20 (AI. Uudolph Valentino arrived here today, intending to flKht Ihc man who wrote an edltorlHl, 'rin'.i Powder Puff." published -In ,thi: rhlcavo Tribune. : The editorial ..wild the' ahftk of tho inovleii "should have been drowned yeurs ni?o" and conclud ed with: . "Jtudy. the beautiful gardener'fi boy, Is the prototype llo mltted writing a lttrr io the newspaper about It. "As soon hh I had written the letter," hn nald. '! handed It to my publicity tiffin t and let him do the rvst." 'ltudy Aflmits He's "Mair "I'm ma.d,. Yal'Hitlno ranp-d out lo reporters. "I'll nmko who- cuujim:y panny iodr jttn ovor wroto that foul Fluff look lH furiously wh'ii hft told them Ilk a full moon., Thin In no that orptnlzod vlco had, gained a publicity utunt. I'm really mad.v , atraniflrhQld on their city : Valentino, interviewed at thoi r nearly two yearH tho youth AmbnBHUdor hotel, rat In an Lany fu! publisher of the Canton Dally chair, the iielRht of fashion In News preached tho gospel of & de coHtume, but hla eyea flushed. rcent citlzeiwhlp. "I can't underatand how tho' lie told his fellow citizens thnt editor of the .t'hlcapo Tribune l't. hootteffgers, pandera and dope soil that editorial gt't Into the pup'. ra wre operating1 In Citnton un But It Is more than u eolncidenci'. checked. Jle told them that the This happened before juwt ns I city waB a haven for gunmen, a wan pas. sin through Chlcnpo, I nofe neat for hl-Jackera and pluif read tho editorial JukI before I ugHeR, a city whose law enforce arrived In ChlcaRO. 1 wrote tho jncnt iitfeneks were honeycombed lettor." . . , . I with' the dry rot of graft and In- . "Ilic InstiHitu; Tlilns" competence. "I am not unsercd by tho ref-. 4 Safe ott tho Surface erence to bclnp the boii of a'; Hut it won all so hard o be gard"ner.' he ndded. "What made iUve, Nomehow. Gunmen and boot me mad Ih the vhole tunc or thM leggem nr almost mythical flg liHltlnt; thtm?. In Italy in tho urna (Q tho average man; "corrupt absence of the name of the writ- politic" in only a rather hackney ir of an nrticb -the editor may cj expression, nothlnir more. The 1... ..hiil1..MT...I I niri-il t hill VH. i ('nntltlll-d on Plt BlKhl.J i. j . . : . . . : iThC JvOV. Phlllll) A. CiOOd- ' -WW 1 1' T "r 1 PLACE PASTOR BEHIND BARS 'Cla V'V.oolt".-;. tndV W dkni an Connection with the th Kily. Santa Ana Murder. ii inurd.'r v unci' todny liy tn- cited Inal nlBlil nolle", lb' Mi urr at th" National n.udeviiic Ari sta' club n a. fufflllvo from ju' tice In re.ponae lo a lelepi-aul from' Saul a Aim. fill. . ' f'loodwln lold the pwMce lie h:i I come lo New Yorli o iiiontlis , ...iu r..,iH r.. Ih.. ..r....ll..M of a church at Victoria, l Ml.. I.v : 11 v:il."llle aklt. "The Iioilb1" . Trow." an net d.'iillne; with Hi" .parole ayileni. II" mid four oth ! era in the cast aaid tll'c act ll.ld recelveil a t,ry-oul and iwir y uil : Inic word " of acceplanee from ' Loi'W'a vaudeville circuit, j Clninis liiiKK'j'iiin'. I He claim he known nothing of . Hi" riion for bin ari-eat, and fal-l Ihe would exact r.-prlanla for' Hie MakliiK of hla liiiBi rpi inla over his protest (iffldalo Of the vaudeville tlntn' dub mid Ooodwln hud plied for memhernhlp but thai far nu action has been taken. 1,INKM WITH lKATH. i.OS ANOKI.KS. -luly 2 (AP). rh-;rrenl In N'W York IhhI i niKn 0f )i Hev. Phillip A. 0od An Ancebn mlntxler. lu in, forniei ; WUH maj,. un it leuniphle r-nuett . n(irrant, boned on a complaint niii'-d by It. M- latlernn, of Mi ami, Ar'. follow InR 4h Identiil caMon In I'Ulterton of th" loly of a iniin found In the Huila Ana (Continued on Page fi) ('UUra 0f (WmCITf! CnamOCrS l VWIimt-U-C Secretaries to Meet , W. i. M. llodson, ln;S)iak" of the l.'orlland ehiiliiber of cool i 1 ' ' . . ' ,...,,, nice tit O. II it niHiuivr of Ihc Wul WhIIs t'omiiifrc'v chili, w tit Im; uMioiiir Hi" jci'tn mid iinemUm tru4'in when the conniM-rcp chwt'i-l-t-r "cr tnrl'H of (his r-Kli liol J (lit lr Ihlrd tfiMlunmiHl at WtilloH ' luk" Monday ii rt noon, July -1. , THv fttlun coitipriw-M Wtillon i I nuiUllii. MilV-r. Mirro. Mi11m U' drund und ( nlnn cotintiH. I ltubii'nfl U cntfr n t li Int-r-BtH of tliti pHtt of Unjfoti und w 111 b- hiforiitul In tin I tin. Th" n-fe-ionitl miM-ilimf urKlnut d Iht b yttr uo In Jum, The tfccoad one mui hod ut Uukcr. CAII10II IS BYMURDER Deatli of Don Mellett, Cmsader, Shocks Cj-ty, . e into Activity. ... , UNDERWORLD OPEN TO PUBLIC'S EYE iid-.Ppal Pnrcrinir in Sfnro for - - ?"i?:"7zz:r - w. yjiuv municipality ru lice , Held in League with Gunmen. ( Ilnico CatUw). ' CANTON.O.. July- 20 NKA Rpo- liriBUIII illlU Ull til" BUMIil'iVUI' lorlv Tim furtmlny nf (to now hultfl. Ilniru nlmni. In tlr nlontlna- llvltl fit the. ftornoou nun.: Hoy and girl l roiled under -tlietvtreef.,.lgiftA lo !"he evenliia. To think. of-nif 'uh-jd'-rworld;" fniught with danger, w abaurd. ; t , j And then It happened.; . . j - on Mellett wan shot to death In (he rear of his hotueTfhot down In it way that convinced tlin motd. HkepHcal that he ws murdered by 'tlmangHlnrH und rrlmo leader he had invelwhed ngalnat. . . U ... fniilnn t.ll..t-lJ Itllri ' H llenllntlou fonici. 1 Clinton realixea now thN.t when .Mellell Vald thai th uveraare 'clll zen had no conception of the'.'cn Ireiiclied atrenglh of Iho predatory crime, he knew- of wluit lie. uma ajienkliifr. - . Its clllzeiiT realize Ihal Canton, ror a" ILs oul ward .ordei llneaa, Its lieaueiin, "uii-iiiieu r e o i u i. vt . atreeta and the reaaatirlnir- while IlKhla of Ha ilownlown dlatricl. con Oilns black deptlm of which cvery dny reapectnbtllty.. nev er" drcunied. llenealii the aurface lliero la nelth- er peaee nor Hi'cuniy; oiny ine 'l J'mKl" law. enforced by crea- (Contlnuerl oa PKe 6) West Golfers Ahead At White Bear Lake WIUTi; Hi; A It I A K ), Kt.Puul, Minn.. July 2" (AP). Kranl; Uoln of Port land. On-., with a score of I4:. wan Iho find apparent quall thr to eomtete his .16 holes Of : melal play in the weMlrrn anifi.-nri-' teur golf tourmnii'Mit here today. ap-'lHtli. whoMe 4U . M card yester day guve him a 77, p'uyed around lu pur T'l today with 33 for the first nine and 53 for the second. He waa well ahead In the find ii playera to flnlh. I -olp'8 MUaliryin? score w as malcheil bv annther Itielfic north- went golfer when It. K. Hteln, f S-attle. tinned III a 3-37-7ri for today's IB hobs. He had 7 . yefl tenia y. TODAY'S GAMES AMi;ilI('A!V hDMil ll I'MILATtKIJ'IIIA f A 1 11. It. K- jru'lrolt ; 6 15 - 1 I'hllu'Mphla 0 6" Hatt'-rlcn: I'olllns nnd Woodult; W".jh'rg. Willis, PuR' und IVrklns. I H'-cond kuiiif K. It. r. Ih-trolt 8 10 2 I'hitad-lphla, 3 7 5 riiUtcrh-ri (Hbhon and JIr- worih; Uonim M, WIMIh, Ta'c und Perkins, l-ox. liOHTUN (Al' It. H. K. .... I S IS 1 Uoaton -. 2 in IT HultTb-M l-Vbrr mid Hchalk; Itnrrhttf. Lti'tdgr'-n, I'low-r, ltun w II mid Hlok-n. - I'lTTHItl ItO (Al) !J. H. K. jlloxlofl & 12 2 I'ltlslMirr 8 9 I I HuM rln Hvnlou, W crlit unl T)lur, Kltncr; Krvhicr, Uuwli and Coocli. , ....!. 1 Young Publisher Murdered I "'"' 1 SJSs9..:.. til I M Hi aid It. leltett. :tfl, publlslu-p of tho CaiiUni (Ohio) Dally New a, who v. an Hhnt to dealb In front of tils icaraxo rriy FYtday nionilnif. HI brother, lduyil Mcllctt, city mlltw or tlm Ncwh, drwlarwl thn ImIii man wan the victim of a (wasp I racy tfrowinff (Mt of ft oamiiuJftii hy the Ncwk aitHin-,1 Illicit .Ihiuor traffic bjhI rk In t'aiiUm and; Ills activities hi dciiuiiitlinu; a vhuuiup of the liolkMv depart nuiiit. , i ' RREDANGER S LESSENED Eastc in Washington For ests Still Blazing; Con dition Is Improved in Oregon. - ' KKATTf i.S. July Itti (AD Ull- leaa checked by rlilh, flrra In Ktial crn WiLthlntfton will continue Lo fnl through ttioiiKiindH of acres of tllubor. It waa Indicated todny. In Weatern Washington, Oregon lind Western Oi imila liitmedlato dangor lina pnaaed. ' . . I'end O'llelllo nutlpnal forest In NortliriiHtern Wialilnmlou la Ihrcat ened by n flro In Ciiriboo und Bnowr reck which nun burned over 1 1.-j 000 acres. S.-vtMi liiindred acres hove been covered by flames at Twin Creek. 4(11) at fluid creek, 300 nl Ohio Uorn find H ff, at NttplOK, In Norlheaslern Washington, all now reported under control, Heavy l.osnti. Iteporls were that heavy loaHes were Hiislalned near Newport, our. of the richest timber' sections In I lie state, on Hie Northern Wosh-Inglon-ld.iho boundary. Dnlkena lumber camp eight near Moredran (Continued on Page 5) ASTORIA IS HOST TO NORTHWEST AT FOUNDER'S FETE AHTUKIA, Ore. July HO ( A I ' ) . Tho AHtoila fotindciM' cfl'lirn 4 ion, durlnir vhli;h the A.storiL column m 1h di flimtcd, wi-.u omn'4l fnttnaltv tndfiv with u lutH'ltcoti mid irccptlon tfiHp rod j by thn Gyro club, of Afttoilii, to Minn Ib'tty ltul on MIkh Coluiii b'u, her tnuldfi, th'- pilitiTBsrii from nt'lKhborinir cII1-h and thirir uttcn duutn. Ntiurly S' yoiiiiK woiih-ii, the fulrt'Ht of th lower Cplmiililii riv- rr cltl-B, uoMeinbled In the Motel . Hie net p-hiiII curly todny or u Atorlu nn K if nln of li tlyron. : "re:n of lerror." precipitated by The public opening of Hie cele- two Inloxlrutcd peticn orflccm who binllon n m h .InU-rl for K p. in. 1 were riunlly Otiplured by fellow or-wh'-n Mb Columbia v. HI be for-' rieern. nuilly Inuiiffurutcd tin iU n of thej fine of the tn n. Iiiul lmvl, a cdcbrullon. Klamath Falls Driver 'U . I ll'hU K'llK.wr Kl4.MATH VALltf. July I Al Kd Krlrksun, driver of lh" car In which V. V. Andreiin wua fcllle In un iierbb nl lur Hundny nttfHt; In ilrurKcd with man aliiuifbtfr following un hi'iuewt held hero hit nlifht. A f'-iiture of tho lntuett yHM (he adniiM.-'ton of Mrs. Andrean, wife of the dend nmii, (hut both Iwr In tut wind mid Krh-k-son bud biseii drinklnir heuvlly bt: foro they Hturttd thu lutul rtdc. liilllililk- Bulletins WW ANGLLDSi Julf 20' (AP) The finilliiK ot tho bullet rtddlod body or Iicong rook, - Clilncao lionsi boy, In s hotel room today added another tragic chapter to .tho toiur warfare which lias .raged along tho l'aclflc coust tho past aU weeks. . .''. .' ' . MIH'IDKT, Ore., Jilljr 20. (AP) Dr. Mntlibi and family, of Sakim, who arc aiicndlug a vacation here, hod a narrow escape from drown ing todny when tho south beach ferryboat Sndio It. ran down a row boat lu which they wcro fishing. IlKNO, July 20. (Al) Cajnv Iwll Allll, nn Clover Mat, near I.akcvlew, Ore., Is compleloly sur. roundnil by flro and thoro Is no Iioimi or saving 500,000 feci of lum- Iliere. necfmllliir to dlmatcll ro ,,.,,., bf j. M, McClure, district freight and passenger ogent of uic Southorn l'actric couiiauy today. V.VUF.KE, Ore., July 20. (AP) I)eientc!i to tho Ihlrty-slxtli on mini Prcwbytcrlnn Synod of Oregon hero today dwldcd to cut tlio ses sions short a day and ns a result arc planning adjournment tonight. Tim synod was originally sched uled to adjourn tomorrow night, IIKKon,A, Mont., July 20 (AP) A wall of flninc Is sweeping HiniuKli Iho Kaullixii forent on a ririw.. ...II,. rp,,f I.'Im. Chief llnw- 'nul Mint ti'porled today . after an nli pliitic HHliit: over the cmfliitfrn- IIomm ruuhitc In Noribeni Idaho, DaMerii Wu-dilimloii anil Wcwtcra .Moiitnna. Officers Drink Moonshine; Two Run Amuck Injuring 13 MIHIjnKK. (kln.. July 2f. (Al) Thirteen jh'ohh whot mid clubbed un. I the deiuollHhed lnter innt of thne roomlmc hoimH were (deputy nhorilT. whh hot and prol iihly fnl:ill wounded berore being Kiibdm-d. He, of (he victims. locet he with flvn WHA Ht I. hospital. 'while hiH cotnimnton, Via I'or- I ; 1iut I'lnblMil. (ntoxlivil' d on whiAk-y they hud H"bced In rat -If IuhI nhrht. the or ricerti eiiten-d the Muplo leuf rooms In tie' downtown section st I o'clock this niornlnir. hrundlsh Ing revolvers and llii-isleiilng Hie (,-liesll). Hl-'Cplllg men were shol ii nd clilhl.'d mid III" flxliirea of 'Hie esliilillslinient wen; wrcek'd .hefori! Iho men departed und en tired the adjoinm;; Anllcrs hotel s LETTER IS Man Linked with Aimee McPherson's Disap pearance Balks. FLATLY REFUSES TO COME TO L A. Communication Read Be fore Grand Jury by District ' Attorney Asa ; Keyes During Session. US AKOKl.es, July SO. (AD Kenneth O. . Ormlaton. whoi a whoreubouta have caused offlclUJa Inveatlgallng tha disappearance of Almeo Bempln McPheraon much concern In th past, few weoks, : flatly refused to oomo to 18 An geles and appear before the grand Jury In a letter Toad to that body by District Attorney Asa Keyes to day. .'' ' ' ; The letter, written by Orinlslon and mailed from New .York City,' was handed to the members of the Jury at tho reopening of tho In vestigation this morning and later was mude public by tbo district at torney. : .:' '.''.''i Under Assam!, Name. : In hla mlsslvii, Ormlston stated Hint lie was (raveling under an as sumed name and, (hl ho consider-' ed a trip to Las Angeles for thn purposo of appearing . beforo tlin grand Jury '"a worthless errand." Ormlston Is ' sail to havo en tered a general denial to reports, that ho was seen, wh the Aogelus, Temple evangelist at ysxlous places along thnraoirio coast after her disappearance on May 18. District Atlorney Ai, Keyes nil the hand writing Was OrmJston'a. Tba writer according to Keye I (he dis-v irlet attorney permlaslcn to' turnj tho letter over to the grand jury.; to "the yellows," Or. throw it In tlio; wasto busket. ': . , . , j. Ityan Prepared. jt To contradict tatementa In Oiv. mlffton'a letter, Ityaa . today wna prepared to go before tho grand Jury with evidence slathered at Ka unas, Oakland anil oilier places re cently visited U a, check, up of llin reported movement of tha radio man. .... 35 ARRESTED IN NEW CAMPAIGN BY PROHI OFFICIALS , Chicago, July; jo (ad. new teat of the ramifications of tho Volstead act baa been Inaug urated by federal authorities he.'o In a drive on a non-alcoholic product, which lias already result ed in the seljuro of the Archer Products company plant and ur rest of 3& employes. Oovernmciit attorneys Intend to provo the ' product known . as "Wort," Is manufactured solely foe uso In making beer and then foro Is produced. In Violation of tho stututos, "Wort," according to the assis tant CniU-d Statu district attor ney, Jacob Orowman, la the first essential to tho manufacture of beer. Ho said that yeost ond fermentation would transform lulu un alcoholic beverage with pre Volslead "kick,"' In reality, a, mash, Orosaman explained, "Worl" Is condensed In sniull cans ami sold to tho : ''wildcat" producor I who can add yeast and have rcul . , beer wit a a mloiiuum of equip-1 mcnt. where tho guests "oro terrified In a slmllur munner. later tho "Haiders" crashed In to the Tulsa hotel and when their -supply of ammunition run out, tho ' (,-ueais were attacked with clubs. niot tall Turned In. Meanwhile, f'rlol call" liad been turned In and when a squs'l of detectives arrived Davis wns holding In It a doien of cltliens ut luy lii ooo end of tho -hall, t.'or niark was cornered In another sec tion of Hie hotl and was taken without a struggle. As tho men wer briny taken to I he police station, Pavls itrasped a club from Conway, merchant po liceman, beat him severely over tlm . head ul the same time plnniinr the, wrist of the other officer's revohcr hand. Conway managed to rclcawi himself and shot Davis. V.mply Hollies Mm ml. A iiimrt lioltlu full of whiskey und a hulf doiell empty holtlea were found In thu uulo used by tho officers. , ; ;