La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 10, 1926, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEAStESN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGE3 TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED 1 PR3S3 LEASED WES S22VIC3 TH3 WEATUm OltKOON: Fair tonight and Wednesday but with low elouds or foga near tiro count.-' . Normal tempera ture .. c i t Y! 2JJ EDITION - ' " VOLUME XXV. iliBlfaa k MbkKbH IH 0URIU6 DAY Famous Old Oregon Trail ; Blazer Now En Route : To Walla Walla.- ON SIXTH TRIP. i-W . OVER OLD TRAIL'- President of i- Memorial . .Association" P a v. i n c .'.Way. for - Distribution of New Half Dollars. Looking nnd feeling healthier Ihlin lie did when ho visited Im flmndc Just -- some fpur years;ngo' llzra. Meeker, Uld Oregon-Trull. iilii7.er, arrived In l.tf '.Irunde litis lnoi-litnic Mr it 'apecllilly -equipped automobile.' on route to'i be Pacific iobsI on liis kIxIJi ' irJi over thu world's greatest lioiueseekliig road. ' II r. Meeker Is accompanied." by', iianlci I!. Mkuiv fonmir ib-wapa-. pervitin and connected. Willi the JLMd Oregon Triill-Mrinoiiul as sociation ol' which the. 90-yrur-ol-l pioneer . Ik president.. 'Today ut nnnh tlin two were CUCKlO at li dtnncr In Slr...lct'ltfP,u honor nn.dl at 2 o'clock tills afternoon, they: left for Walla Wnllu, where ..thryj will . Hpeitu iim; ins uiouu lh.v will return lo Pendleton und then go to Portland due to arrive there August 16 -after, slops ut Wood Itlvcr and Thciwlles, ,1'Yoni I'nrllunil the automobile will be driven to Hugeno where. Mr. Meek er will play ji prominent part In Ihe "Tr'ull-lo-UuU" celebration late this month. , i-'-. i'V i Irfifl New York July IS. . The two travelers left New' Torti headed nest on -July:15 und: mndo . very few alops. until thcy-rcached the Hid Oregon Trull. Tlj-J-blurted the iVlp inH. ,..l'llvjf.rM'(rtit ...Iji 'yYoinlng procured, .their- -present mode or . .conveyance, i.w-jilljh. 'Mr. .Muiie declares,. lltlliv n.n. Im provement. 1 The, far Is filled, dp with two bunkn.- u' rildlo, - ttitd. ull lnodern conveniences. Last night, utter leaving l!u-. (Continued on I'uge 6) ' APPEAL NOTICE FILED IN WATER DIVERSION CASE Ai not lew. of Hppt'Ul lihs brrtii jilf-J ht the Wallowa eounly'elr .cuIL". court by parttt'jt oppoiicd to ohnnginfc the Volnt of dlveralon on lHear creek of the municipal water supply of the elty of Wrtllown, as r''e!'ntly p'Tinlltrd by the, state .mrin". Kh"a ,uper. -"At fm-sent the town "tf .Wallown (ri'tf Ita w;ii'r Mtipply. froui Bear iit-iM'k throutrh tin ('lumiberlaln dttuh, .but recently the city was p'-rinltt'-d lt' th'Htaie engineer to chuno of the point, of diversion l t point Iht't'f-iiUMrterK of a .mile Up the wlriin. Vropi" livlm: on the irek Ijp-l'H-n riiamberlaln dlteh and th .suepested point ,-of. diversion are opposed to Mm cluini?e. Grande Ronde Valley in 1852 R emembered By Ezra Meeker " V'-e. I reiin'inlier the rrraiid Tionde vulby as II looked the first time, we croaked the Ultie Moun tutns la 62," Kara Menker said llils noon, s he scttlMd himself Cautiously Into qu cusy chair In i,.e Voivy lobby. 1 1 "I recall how enthused the sett- Messages That Are Read Tin atherlMnff In Hie lib. rMT Ih ri uHli IW kevni iu HiuttM as is Hk nfn. r usf In Tim ObM-ncr Utitr ilMMamf rumilkw knutv Uml limy can knj hj( Uiueti Hi it' nnw thlnss tit Hk' Um ni buMm HTirbl. H I-- iim mvptitj nmuis by wlthli Uh; lHiliM.rv lit ten-sis f tills finiiitiiitilly rontmujik-al" IUi Uieir itiMomm. No hih tmmiMl HH'Mns is aallahle in Hu m 'o4nlirrf. Tin; lMrt'tcr w no Id mil M rrmi ami NikJ mA. Iw m4I t M cuntaliMwl news r'lM-JeJr. tic--aii atlit-rtisliiK Is equally In lTotinir. Tim ader(i-lng nisy inue eUlHT a nmM'kHiM or sub-.-(u-arkHL ri'aiihmtiiit l rt? miIis an tivialn lor tin InUdll yenl altirilr. tMrrer Ailtrrtl-olii) A Mcrrlianrilfdng Si-nk-c MUHBEU ASSOCIATED PRESS L ',11. I IBS l -k 1 ivi an Admits St tangling Three Women Activities of. Criminal Confined to California Cities, he Informs Po lice. NKK1JI.K3, Oil. Aug. ,J0. CAP) t. II;. Brown, alia t'linicroii, ar rrslcd h'Tft last nlffht.'-htui ndml' le. tJiut he strangled three women. one. en,eh In ., tfan . Francisco, i Man Josi and l.orf - Angele. police. aahJ todays Kfforh)"- ra being made. to get '.a dtMalh'd alutfnicnt,". whlulv pylicc said. r)iil3"ldwnUfy- hint if a me -Hiroiiffifr who-recenny inr- . ' Althougli tirown'a .'moinbty-v' t p'irently T Bii husty.' h told orflc;ri Tot'Hilod huylnff ntrhnlt'd a wo rnun In a . .San Francisco room, leaving hff unconscious nnd taking a bout, for Seattle, Wash,, H said he did not Ifiipu' what part of town t was, , ; ,' '..-x ,jV .' A Kpt'ctHl-officer from Wh nta 'Bar hara was riiporird. n routo bvro to aKvnipt Identification of Hrown in connrtlon. - with reennt crliues In. Uiai vtflnlt. :,,V- - Urov. n said hp fr-iVd to get Ihfor uuttlon from Soalilu nwppupcrd aH lo-AVho the Han li'runclsro tomun wiia luid If j her - altuckur .was Known. .. : . . . . .Attentpt.i to flf"t additional Infor mafton cont;rnlnjf the Sun Jose and 1-os. Anyeles lcttins were bu ing made. ' ' La Grande toSciid Dele gate of iEnavgtrers to Turner, Ore., Late This - - oA- ? .v. At leiwt: four iA Grande people will attend, the ,. seventh anbuHl summer conference1 df the, Oregon ChrisMttii' Kndcavor. Union to - be held at. Turner, Oregon; beginning August 30 and .continuing until September .6,' 1 l ' : Those. ttIio will viilti-nd . from hero nrei-Mrft. 1. C. Uowaer, third vice proldent of the state, society, Miffl Jtulda Anderaon,- Miss ' Klla Kelderer and ..Miss Katheryn. Mor an. lNtlssi Nelderer .is-; secretary 'and Miss lornn' Is. vice (president of the fir;inde-..!odn Chrlstliin Kndcavor Union. Probably - one (Contlnucd on I'age 6) Martin Cascaic Fined $250 For Having Liquor Mu'rHn t'anciae this rftornlny pleaded guilty, o.r Illegal pofaerslon In the court 'of Judge 1 tCusrh 'IJ: Hrady, and was fined- -f. and costs. htnl not fiimiled ' th sentence ut noon. Cnscalc was.nr rested' Krlilsy nlghl by G"orgo M. Plerc, speclul depu'y. Ills hp lalgnment was postponed unlit the return of Judge Hrady from the hIuI' legion convention at MurshfMd. . I'TS were. Ho til- of (hem wanted to sttiy. but, of course lhy could n't. There was no settlement : nothing' but Indians here then. '"Hut I r'-mi'inber bttr Ihe as cent from here over the moun tains. H was a grot tug. And w h'ft many of our rattle where thf" dropped In th snow. A IJHh Afoniintcnl. 'Th'-rp Is a llttl monument that murks th spot " And It Is monuments, nlwuys monuments that llio snowy hnir ed patrliirch via now aa h prs lib'urllv out from under Ills bushy eyebrows. h'or JO years he bus devot'-d hlnmeir so wbol"heurtedly to th work of perpptubtlng the Old t)rr gon Trail and tin- memory of the pioneers t hut his recollections of 74 card sgo have melted Into M dreams. When he conjures up the past, It fs I it terms of monunf n'& IfiifHt At Luncheon. At (h luncheon given In hi:' honor this noon by 30 reprcsntii tivps of the local Old ftfegon Trail assoclullon and the Union county chamber of eotnntere,' Kr.r. M'k r flicked nway the fnstc spirit with a wave of his thin hund, and spent the hlf hour h Hot ted his speech In d'tallei rsplanatlon of his puriMJr In iimklng this trip across Ihe country. Almost pb'adtngly. he culleil his hean-rs attention lo the I n.nt lia ble value of tti oO'cent coins that ae: to be sold al a dollar each for Ihe trull fund. He Invited th m to buy, his latest book, 40 per cent (ConUDued on Pase Fire) I WILL ATTEND C.E. MEETING M0I1G0LIAIJ illlifET ATLAR6E Charlie Eng Is Protected From Possible pcath.' s TONG '. WaItBREAKS 'i L VAKOIA,. WASH. Chinese . Killings ,in ' This ' Territoi in' Recent Yeais Recalled by Late Jncident. . " Tlie two Jlop Hlny gunmen who Wfe frustrated In Ihelr attack on the life of Charlie JOng Krlday by Mel'viu Haxtur. . 18-year-old Cove vnnth. nre stlll Vt laree. But Chief Clint lUl.vn'yS believes the.y. will soon bo caught, i " . And Charlie Kha with M tho faith of his quaklnif . soul, believes In the chler. ; . (Jharlln n SanI., ; iHijtlrues, when the chier Is on duty, t'harlle s(eepH fitfully oi his cot in the city Jail.. 'ighl.H, ly wnlts, a tr'iubltng henp, staring at the itvel door, through which, he hourly expects his onenib'B, ."I scared, l' wurod frpm the teeth." he ehattara.. nervously. "When ehhf here, everything nil light. When he- go, piaybe all rlghf; maybe not. I nO sleep.; Al ia time scared.'' , : , 'At flrHl It whh planned to (sopd Charlie to AVslla Walla, where, the Bo Longahls long - are in, , the. majority. Hut uftor th find day, he d feuded', to mo: ; He haa a gar de p vyp ut old (own,' and msny friends among Mb customers, who wweur that "Charlie la as honest m thft day Is Jong. Jf Ihe chief would let him BtHy In jail for a Urn. tle trouble might soon'hlow over. - Would Slayllen.- ' 'Thirty dajs; maybe' everything be! good. i.Majbe gtit hottt-r.. Pret ty hot now.- 1 1 Yout Ihlnk vretty good stu.v. hern, Ijuh?' - As heultliy here as at Walla Walla. perhaps. , ., , Vesterdav thf long W'-ir broke out In Yaklmn. One yellowman pnld hls tong nimbershlp du'es In blood. , Immediately the Ho Long colony left its collective truck gar tli Tis and mpvnd Into Wulla Wulla, according .to' word brought . home by Charlie MeCreury. ' ' Tong wafs, like lightning strike without, .warjijg ..H,ud.aeld,oiji: .twice In tlie surne pluee. ;aihhlerH htsrttxl nr. Th present trouble nccordlngt to spokesmen of le tja Orande Hop Sings, originated In a gamb ling game In 1jh Angeles a mouth afro. In which a- tongmuu whs mur- lered. Subse'pp;ntly loll wits col lected n Kent lie. und Portland. I'Vldny, I.m Hraiide befiinm .- the center of the long universe. Th'n vest'Tdny, the trouble brok out In YHklmn. No onfl but the dictators know where It will strike tomor row, and th'y toll nobody but theJr gunmen. Thus the long holds lh respect of lis own and rival mfnbers. American liiHlltttfloit, The tong s si t-m Is distinctly an A merles n Institution. It does not Tlst In Chlim. Tongs tire reully lubor unionfh organV.ed In the be ginning tO'protei'l Ihelr - lacmbertt from Ihe thieving tyranny of the powerful "Mix Companies.!' which formerly controlled nil tho coolie labor hi this country. As they grew (Continue 3 on Page Klght.) Water Restrictions Necessary at Wallowa WALLOWA, Ore. Aug. IU. Hpe ll I WH h 1 10 except I mi of few light shower of ruin whbii have fiillen o'er H'i'lirnil portions of lite county duiiuc the hint dsy or so. the dtulh condition ure wor--and stoek wuter conllng'S to be couie'sieurcer at many farms In thn dry fti rtnlng wetlono. Ilenr creek Is reported to be extremely low. County Wuter J1titer Htunby. who nus here h few days ago, stuled that Ih" water slluiillon Is much wow at Wullova and vbinlty. than at otlf-r purls of the viilley. Watering of gard''s and lawns In town has been r'artcted lo I no bourn iie dully, und with It'-ur ereek getting lower, WIH" J.lK'ti lo Re.. e.. n tlgh r"r ttri.ctloii3 plae. ed on Hie use of water. Prueileully no Irrlrutlon- w a'er Is Bvalbibb for u e In ih" Olumond p' jlrle ( tlon. when the need of II for tii- tecuitd erupt uf alfalfa and pas tures Is great. Th opening up or the Mln.uii stonige re rvolr Is said lu havr materlully helped Hie irri gation problems In Leallne and Middle valley vcUoiim WelU In the hill wet Ion are getting lower ea li week with many havlng( to haul water for huust U Mbpie Imullng for stock has also been done by a Inumber uf farmer. LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY. AUGUST 10, 1926 License Ndt u ranted To :lVlr.vPempsey Tex Rickard's Plans For ' Tunney-Dempsey Fight in Ait at. Unexpected Development, V NKW YOItK.' -Vis. 10. (API Jack JJctnpscy-today was teinpbr H.r,,y. .Vr"HH0:. license to fight "Lien'e "Turiney '.Vfo'r" the World'' heavjiwelght -ehaiifptunslilp at the Tn'pktib Hludltim September Hi. ' Colonel .John J. Pheltui, chair Plan Of. the llt'euse-commlltee, said that . iiempscy.'B application had bee.p deferred pending his confc plhiiiViwllH',.Uie' rules of lhe; Nw .York stnte' fftlih-Uo comiut9 slou relative1 to defense uf the championship within six months aflfjr winnlng: or defending Che title.'.. .. The1 decision, came after the commbalon had been In Region lor neorly iwo hours und bad hnd. the situs' Ion -presented I hem by Hempsey, tiene Tunney, the chal letu( r. and also Harry Wills, the giant negro who has ben clani .rl'ng for a match-with IcnipK'y. iJempsy. Tunny nd the negi-o all Individually .nppeaVed - before II...' ..nmrnlOnn ' ' v- ' I Mans In Air. y The sudden action of, the com mittee in .refusing to grunt a li cense to lJi nipaey. threw Ten Hlck ards plan .for;, promoting the fight up in the sir. Hcluird luHj hoped tb.Hfiige It In the Yanked fttadlum on September 16. lie had artanged.Jo place seiits on wile Immediately and alwo hnd decldf;'l to appear beTore tin commlsHlon nndB ask. for petin'H.lon to charge 6it" hs a iop prlc.. 'This .statement was iHsucd by Colonel PheLm: i : "HentpHey'! apitlcallon for a li cense WHS deferred pending his cnmplfunc wnn runs nnu regjit lions of Hi New J'orli st.ile u'.li- I .li.. nniii,..iculnn ' rnUIIni In il( r. ,.r .i,;....i.iiimIiIiia." TheHp.elllc in)erprel:itlon of bad before the religious regulH Ihls rule in Ihal a boxer holding a.tlons'went Into eHect. and lb this ehiHhplonshlp'inusl defend It wit!:-noW has been added the effects of In a period of six ' months wrier Kinnlnif or defundlnB the tlllo lu bona fide bout lo decision I'littn.l ll.tita t'onWrrwl V.'nether- Promoter lllciuird will tlttcMo to ll'o .lh iiiMlcli lo. rtt i".-,tiiK.0UMt runglng rrom 814 to 4 oVIpl'ila br xoiiif. other lly, fould: r conp -h '.'nighrat. In' vohl j, ,1 lui mediately be learned. Illck-j y,.al.. inices of somo foodsltlffs i, ril 'hod' huh Invited ,o nlase )t !,.,, ujvunelng und Ihe people feilr in l'lllludel;ihio In conned Ion w,t 1 rui-tlf.-r ' j-Ih.-h! fciecn'hif-y of the. (Continued on Tune 6) T i Stories of .Stalin Murder,! - Trotsky Incident "Sum-1 mer Fictions" Reporter! : Finds. ' . LONIMJN, i Aug. Hi. (AI A Neuter dlspiileh -fiom Moscow suys It Is announced there thai Hu Huh Finn bn It lc fleet bus stilled ror maneuvers In Ihe Hultlc sen. ' MOSffiW, Aug. Hi. (A !')- All reports nhVoud Unit M. tilalln, gen oral secretury of the eonimunhil puiiy, bus been murdered, I hul Leon Trolsky hes fled. Hint (5h-.; gory XlnovhTf litis been exiled and Unit. ItUHftlan army und navy lutve mutlnei'd, nro summer fieUnn: An InveKligiillon conducted by a correspondent for the Assoeluled Preys hIiows lh:il pence and order reign throughout Husi'hi. M. StiiMn continues to dlreei nf fiilrs of stute from his aanclum In the Kremlin; Trolsky, who occup ied a hiiiuII apiirtmepi n-ur llnil of M. Wliilln, In engroKB'd In lllcrnry liursultK snd work fir the conces sions committee, w htlo Zlnovieff Is taking a much needed p rlod of rest in the t'au.tcu.i srter his stormy recent Innings with the. ciiunl cvcuilve of communlil. HKItl IN. Aug. I. f APJ The V'otd.-f.iie Ztifung today ruy thnt It has l"urn-d (hut L. H. Kamen eff, coininlsjloner for foreign und Interna) Ions I trude In l:us;lu. has been removed front his poit and Hiii-efeilf 4 be M. Mukolan. a fib-iifl of M. Htalln, genersl uecretaiy ol Hie communist pariy. Bishop Agrees to Give Money to Support Child A. J. Hltflmp, who waif brought here from I lyh last week on tt eharge of non-support of a minor eblld. was reeuued this morning from Juteo eouii on his agree ment lo futnlwh 1 u monili to ward Ihe stipjorl of the girl, who Is lth her mothcr.here. The deTendunl hud ree-lpt lo show subslanllal cnttibulons I from March until June, w hen be iuiii ne u-caiit ii uiki mat inn jun. In the complaint fib d by his wife, she ch.irged that he had furnished only the $13 In July toward the support of their daughter. US ROUBLE RUMORS FALSE SITUATION ISIII1EIISE III MEXICO President Calles Delivers Sweeping Broadside .. : At Catholics.; EPISCOPATE FIRM , ?ND ILN YIELDING Depression and Nervous ness in Business Circles Alarms; Silver Ex change Slumps. I; MKXll'O I'lTY, Wig lO. The situutlon arlsliiK rrom Ihe. ifovern nienlH rellKloiiB regulation , and their rejoetlon by the Oil holies to day beennm more tense. and more coiliplleated. - ' ..... President ('alien - .tamed hln bit. tercst broodelod agalnat IhcCatUo. flic t-leiny In a Blatement to aii'Am- urlcun. "good- wilt inmsion.-. ,: iie elmrijed the cleriry with sceUng wealth and polltlenl pow er.' caus. Intr revolutiona' und bloQdMhod and iisln.. their pulpits for nedlllous miceoiieH. while ltoeplng the inassca of peoplu iKiiorant. .' v:itHuialii I nyleliiliiK The I 'at hollo eplneopnto continu ed unyielding In Ha refusal to ac cept the governnu'lll'a regulations; there wua no move lo return the priests lo the i-hurchra ad the deadlock v.ub apparently absolute with no prospeelH of reconcllatlon. Uno of tho chief development!! la a novenieni 01 aepn-aaiun ..u .vousneMs in' iiusiiiens unui.-.-.. . economic slluution . was already the economic uoyeon i'-fu j th league for defense of retlgtous liujyiy. .1 - '. ; Sllrrr- "ihtrniw ! V. , f , KllveV exi'hunge hua slunipwl, the tieimury -I'nni ,hu uppoiiuuu coiillnttlec of porta to study. Ihe ucononllc slluution uild lecoiiuncnd reindlul iiieasui'ea. '' Government employes have or igiinlzcd a eii(r4e for defense' of n0 eonslltutlon Willi ine . anujec, u, conduettng nn active propuVaridu.. eiuiipulKn In support, of the' gov ernnienl's pi-ograiii. ' ',';-'," I'rajinx At Home -(' 'v 1 A few woiahlppeis lire Been-1 lii niont of the I 'nl hblic churches. The Cat holies suy tin y are praying In Con tinned on rtf 6 jACKnrcoo(;AN ! . MURDER ATTEMPT IS FRUSTRATED 1.IIS ANOKI.KH. Aug. Il. AI'. Whul police bellevo may have been un Hlli-mpt lo seek revenge iiKiiliiKt .liiekle coogun. boy film uclor, und his parents for a fan cied wrong wub , frustrated here early today but resulted lu the serious Wounding of Joe Hlocs.. 42, u special wlitchliiuu. Illock was shot three times when he (iuin.lil' il over a man bid den among Hllrubbery lining the drlvewuy of the Coogun residence lu Hie WHshlre resldciillul dis trict. The wslcliiiiun emplled ills gun ul his uBsalhinl but. Ihe mail. Identified by Ulock und police as Hon Melt alias I ion Hhepherd, a former chauffeur of Ihe Coog lins. left the sceno In it roiidsler uiilomoblle. The. car was found by poller liulf un hour later on the other side or the city. Arthur I.. llernsMil. Jale ''ooguli's manager. Informed poll.-.. I hul shortly before th" gun bulll" he Was called lo Ih" tele phone, and Informed that he wan murk' (I for death. lie reported Unit he recognized Ihe innn'B voice as Mel lea's. TODAY'S GAMES NATIONAL U:A;i I. NKW YliHK. (AP) It. Jf. K f'hbugo 0 4 0 New York ,i 2 8 0 f Ibilterb s llont. Unborn, Mll titeud, and tlonzules, Iturlnett; ( Humes (ud Melulban. More nee. HIMMiKLVN AP H. If. K. liHslHirg Hi 13 " Hrookln 2 If H Hiitlerlt'u Meadows and HmKb; j MeWeney, McHraw, WlMlaiiw and O'Neil. Jlurgreuvefl ItitrnNtN (AP) HI. Ixmlft lIOHtOII flatteries Hliem II. II. K. S 8 0 1 8 0 and o'Kur- r-11; Uoldsmlth, Mugrlde and bVl-mer. MEMBER AgJrOCIATED A Royal Swedish Indian p. mis- M w m W jV A v Vvl fcaso " V i This liilrwluttos IIIk Ciller lme Hear, Wla-rwlsc Itnuwii as tinslaic, cron n firbiii: of Nne4kn. ' - H s aikiptcJ into the VraUtloo IWbn . ' by Indians tiltu iRra working at- a Hollywooil (Cal.) llimle nIiiUIo. ft TO PLUNGE FATAL TO II MM. A'. "R, Greer and Miss May. Wetherel, of; DUn :, deq, ' Cremifttied .'aaf par V Burns 'Jpi ''';'.' fij "t7;'Vi, -J, i: HfOKNR.vAug. illte (AP). Mra. A.'il. -tirncn und-, Mias WayWath erel.. of rHundec. Ore..l-.wcro, klllell In' lilt iiutonio))tlo,',uceldonti'. near thla city, lale yestrrday afternoon; Iderttltlcutlod -of,, tun -.victims ; wan made .wait)-, and thn ' rvmajna) will be' aent to--Portland 'JoiWorrow. ac cording lo W. 'B. ; Urunaictter, -cof-oner, v . ' - :-.--'.'f .' .,''-i. i,V-'y Th body; of- Afra. Onser waa' burned almost beyihi) recognition an ahe ' wiia "raugnl under the llgbt cur when )f. burned niter It pung-ed- from- ttm- Pacific highway near the ; overhead , Southern Pacific crossing horthpf lierol to ,th tall-roud-, .Iraoka Uew'w. ,' Tha body ''of the younger woman budly mangled was found a ahort dlstonco , rrom the blazing car a few mlnutea; af ter others cara arrived lit tho scene of the accident. , , . , " . ''' No Wlluc!, ',. ' . ' Aa fur ua known todu there, aro no witnesses of. (hn -accident with Ihe exception 'bf two men who ar rived, II Is bnllf yed, a few mlnutea after. Ihe. crash' and juado an at- (Conilniei( up, P 8) ' ' J': ..,'., I. ;i I. .... '.. Oregon Desert Iand. ; Board Sued for $250,000 kai.i:m, Ore. Aug. I". (API- flovernor ' pierce, ' Hecrelory of. Htule Koxer and Attorney Generul I 'un .Winkle today agreed to Iniike no comment .. on ihe danitige suit for SSuii.uiM lironght. In Hie fvd- eruf court ligainat th stale deaerl land board by T. H. Wegener. trust.c In bankruptcy for the Jor dan Volley Karma. Pierce, hoaer onil n w Inkle ar die only metnbera or ihe bourd lu re today, slate Treasury ppr..,,.,! tiielr preference. for Kuy being on Ihe way i en.H aii,l' ,.anUIlat-if In loda'a prlnuir elec Htule Knglncer l.uper la In eastern tinnt. Oregon. 1'pon Ihe return or Luper tiox-ernor IMerw duld thai a ;wrlt ten Mulemenl will b" made public by tho bourd. CfUnmcn Fijfht Duel In Street; Crowds in 'Riot VllICA'i. Aug. l ( A PL- Two gunmen threw Michigan avenue, traffic into turmoil today when lh'y exchanged a down Hhola. At Ihe Mnlh direct lnlervM:llon of the naoior-congefted boulevard one of th men opened fire from behind an automobile which he uaed aa a uhteld. The. other relum ed Ihe fire as inolorlnts dodged and brought traffic Into a Jam, and pedelrbn fled lo cover. one HiiHpeet mi p posed to have been one of Ihe duellMH wM at.dr.ad by a park policeman but the other j primary an Indirect referendum wiiped. When the, boulevard be-lon the tpteMllon. I'liarbn A. Alt chiiic peuceful again there had! Howell, Jr.. lieutenant governor; been no casualties. 1A. II. L'armlchael, Hlbb UruveH and PRESS s Bulletins , -i 1 1 ii 1 1' ' i i 1 Mi- HAI.irAX, '.Ki S.i '-Aftg'. 10. (AP) -JI'wcnDr-Hlji; ll.ili".nncii WTniMn- IIcmkI Iwla W lw)tj brnn lro'ii il wlu-ii llio '.'KylvuV- - Mtwln-r '; ( IMuuMibui-g wat iHiiiuiletl to iiIWvh ini nm tntu tmt w ihe uh tt Mablo UHMl.- .- . - - 6HArrU!i,wasii.,-'Aug. io (Ad When Uw trial of Wallace Clcyw Uallica ; a!uac-l . " of first- ik-grce murder In ilic death of. Nylvla Ho ward ' Ualnra, Ills . daughter, . ail tourne.1 at nudii hMlny a full court day bad lioen given wltlioilt d'l slon to. argiuuvnt , on. ailmlsslbl llty of ; ovldcnuo lionocnibig rrta tlott'botw'ecti -tho def enilant ' and tlio vk'Uin. i ,! v , i - ".'' ! ;':- ' I TOI'KKA. Kan. Aug. IH..(AJ') Kai'iaaa' Oookiil off son ww hat today, fimipoiuturcs woeo. 15 lo 30 do grvica loner Uirouglioiil ' tlie NUtn ilian yehumlay. (looillaiid . ronbrtwl Ihe lowest ,. U'iiimratiiru 6J -. de grow. . .,; -' ..-..KANSAS-- CITY, Mo. Aug.. 10. (AP) After a Bwoltcrliig . night, Willi llwt thoronvetcr Htamllng ' BO dc-gnva at nilclnlglil. Kanaaa t'lly today onjoyinl a 10-degrw drop In tuniuralum fruni jeMenlny-H re- oord inaibnuni of 103.3 tlie high eat In vlght years. -, Tins, lowest temperature In 'ii limirs was HI uc grcca at 6 a. in. today. Indian Cowboy Dies Of Kick From Bronc : Ponri.ANIi. OnV.Anis. lo. "(AP)' Injuries received Hunday ut the Multnoinnh counly fair ut Ores hum -'' when i a bucking broncho threw him and then kicked lihn In the head resulted futiilly toih.y to Wllllum K Itiinklli, 34-yeiir-nld In- .1 In n of i.'uyuse. Ore. Ills body will bn Interred ut Koosklu, Iduho. Four States Vote In Today's Primary Elections Over U. S. t'HH-AfHi, Aug. in. (API. III rc tors of four aisles Alubiinui. ,., ..!,..,. mid Nebmska Alabama tb-moerulH ehOHe be Iween five caudldiileff who aeek the noniloallon to the V. 8. Keiuite aeal lo be vacated by tweur W. I nderwood March 4. I9':7. l'our cuudldnteH in todu' primary eb c "omi,u,tl,tlt x t,mvUtri 'Two of the iteiiatorbil a.splranls. I H. Mnsgrovn or .lanper. und Hugo I, thick of Itlrmlngbaiii were endorsed b lb" Ku K.lnx Klan ine uatlouut organisation back ing MuKgrote, while the Alubuma klan fuvored Hack. Other cundl date arc J. il. Hunkhead, of Ju ri per; Thomiia K. Kllb. or Annls ton, and James J. iMn field, - of MontgoiiM'ry. Knelt or Hi" four gubernatorial candldatea made ro.id hulldlng an iHHiie, each campuigntng for a different pbiu, Hun mtiklng thn NUMBER 27 OllltOK; lupiione Production Forecasts In dicate Big Gains in ' Month of July. WHEATESTMATE IS ENCOURAGING Yield Placed at 626,482, 000 Bushels Compared Against 395,610,000 Bushels in 1925. WASHINOTON. Aug. 10. (AP). eountrys Important . .crops, aa in- Production ' forocaau, of tho dteuted by thar condition on Aug-. ust 1 and. announced today tho department of - agriculture placed tho corn crop at - 2.679.936, 000 bushels as compared wlHi 2.660. 780,000 buahcla forecaat a month, ago and 2.S06.O6J.O0O bush t Is har vested lust year. .; ., ' A preliminary', oatlinata placed the winter wheat crop at 626,482,- , 000 bushels compared with 667. 762,000 bushnla forecaat a. month ago and : 396.610,000 bushels liar vuated last ear.' . ' Krliig Wheat (Jains. -''- Tho spring wheat Kr'op waa fore caat. at. 212,710,000 buabela coin pared with 10 J. 635.000 forecast a. month ago. and 270,976,000 bush-, ela haryeated laat year. -The condition of 'Various crops ol) August 1 was reported aa fol lowa: '. ,- ."J -'-. .. - - - -. .. Torn 72.6. per cent of, normal, . . Bprlng wheat .!..' ' data 71 4 1 i i Kiax seed 6 S, , - Hoy 7 ; Apples 73 !t 1 Penchaa 74.4. ' .-y-, White potatoea 7.I. '.', '"' WWtat WaWat) BaaMsgM "' 1' Th preliminary . aatlmata o( winter wheat production In prin cipal producing states Includes (In thousands of bushola): , MlaaoUrl 11.410. : , Nebraska 11,010. , Kauaa 141,06,' . ' -v.'.. . ;! Oklahom 91,745. , ' Texas On; r. Colorado 1,IH. ' Washington SQ.IOQ ''."'.'.: " Oregon 17,100' ' , ' , v. California 1J, 01S. -' '. ; ' Ti'orecust of other principal cropu follow: .' Flux seed 13,100,00(1 compared with 22.000,000. Hay 77,000,000 compared Willi 0700,00(i; r : 'i.-.i : Apples 210,000,000 bushels com pared with 172,000,000, (Continued on Fagn C) AMERICANS ARE i WEALTHIER THAN SINCE YEAR 1920 WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. (AP) The average Ajnerlcan la weal thnlr today than at any time ainco 1920.' ' . ' . , ' The amount of money in circula tion August t waa estimated by tho treasury today at 142, Ot per capita compared -with 143.31 a year ago anil r.2.3 November I,. 1920,' thu. highest figure on record. In reaching Ita estimate, the treasury calculated tho population of Ihe United Hlates at 1 16.641.000. This money In circulation Aiigu-it I limountrd to .14,863,473.603 while the toll BtocK of money v us 8,399,076,0l. . A. U. Patterson are the candidates Congrewimrn from ten distrtcta will bo nominated along with county officers. Canipatgn Splrliyed. The moat spirited campaign in 12 years wad waged and fully 250, ooo voters Tertj expected lo go lu the polls. Ohio voters wero faced with a preponderencQ of candldatea. Klghty-seven republicans and deiuocrattf eek tato office nom inations. Intercut was centered In th republican race for gov ernor, und tho democratic content for IJ. H. senator, tho leading can didates for the hitter post belmr Supreme Court JuMtlce Florence K Allen and AHeo I'oiperene, for 13 years a wnator from Ohio until defeuted by Hnator 8. IX Keaa." A woman and negro are among the i2 republican gubernatorial candi dates, which Include Thad Brown, present secretury of state, tui'l Myera V. Cooptrr, Unclnnati, mil estate man. IiHiiniheiit OppUHil. 1'nlted Hitttert Henalor Frank H. WllllB Is opposed by mcvi'U republl (Continued on. Pago 6)