La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 30, 1926, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text"V EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY -FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE THE WEATHER OHEQON: Fair in the In., tertor, t-cloudy along tho conit tonight and Tuesday. Cooler In the east portion tonight. IDITIO N VOLUME XXV. MEMBEIl A880CIATKD PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1926: MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS . NUMBER 45 irattfll CITY CHAPTER JH HOIKED STAflFIELD S FOR DURING IlinDQED UIIIOII MEET v Janiorv 'nator Makes Hot R.-;nder to Phil MetschrS Statement " lEXPOSUKE IS UP TO : HIM, H DECLARES "Dubbed a ''Poor Loser," " Replies TFTat He Was ; Not F a i irl y Beaten ; Calls Ticket Fraud. POHTI.ANI). ic., A"- 30 (AP) Another chapter. In th'i political row In which Seh-tor iiobert N. Ktanflcld Is a central i'.guro de veloped in Hie publication today of a reply which Hlanfleld. has nui'le 'lo -a statement by Phil Metyehan, chairman of Hie republican state central committee. , Klnnlield took Issue with Met sedan's assertion: that Stanfleld iiud nothing to complain of In the primary campaign against him, and that-the ''yellow ticket" which was' circulated In the primary campaign had no appreciable Influence on SI an field's fortunes. ,l , Cites tltipy Action.' In reply to the first, Ktanfield died -that i'hvo Orison grand juries' , art peitljij- ready to Investigate the yellow ticket." Concerning the Sec ond, the senator said that "when ' the- two Rrn nd Juries get through with ( their investigations next month I am confident that Mr. Mutscbun will admit ih per pot iu- (Continued pn pnjje P) LOWER RATE ASKED ON LIME SHIPPED ' FROM S. OREGON HAI.NM. Ore. Aug. 30. (Al) Keduct tonkin rateJ ton llm rock from Wildervllle, .loMephlne.county to all points In the WllUniMto ,im. y ntmii . v.u. uv. 'iKon Wnshlngton, Idaho. Montana in p. complaint filed with the pub-j uni, nrMf(1 roIlMlhUl WilH lie service eoninilson A holh Interesting and InMtruetlve, reuueiion oi t u ion nnu a J In transit rale of fiO rents addition per ton Is sought. The present rale to Salem Is 4'J.On per tun. 1 Tho maximum rule In carload lols from Wllderville, to Halein' Un der Die proponed tariff would be $1 per ton and $ 1 .50 after being milled al the p. nil. 'Hilary plant. The proposed tariff would apply to carload shlpmentH while corres pondingly lijw rM i H are 'naked for h,s;i than carload lots. The complaint, poinls out thai agricultural lime fertilizer is urceHsnry for the preservation and building up of the soils or western1 Oregon but. that farmers are un-j able lo purchase It at the present , high1 freight rales. The complaint is diri'ded al the Houtlu-rn iMcillc' railroad. Fragrant Rose Yields Old Story tt n :s tt A Twig Which Crossed Plains in Covered Wagon a a a a a Interesting History Is Recounted It . won't be enlcfed In the I 'n Ion county flower show being of Ihe good old-fashioned mind, it is content to scutter Its bloom when .Inn- is snenl but the Mis-! sinn rose thai stands In Mrs. Hon! Turner's garden, out on Z aveiiu.-, U of an honorable lineage thai lew blossoms In I his neighbor hood can match. ' Mrs. Turner's giHndmolher broughl the parent plant lo Ore- A Paper That Isn't Read ' Your ndcrtl.iig mrage. no mailer how lllllc or liuw iiiiieh ll im.. is of mi lm lo )OH If (lie inwMiH'r In wbbh It niHitm in mil wnti. TIrt wmkt imivi in inlucil ! IIm remlei? H mii-l Ih IIm Kind Hint N ft. untied iMrry lny Willi Intcr-e-t. In iilniifHi of n pnpi-r of Mint kiml H nluftlde." TIm Olwnrr li- liigli n'sd-fr-intrn!. TIm fnrl llmt Its clrt-ulatHHt lin nmtiilniiiiil H M'lr mid lias grtmn nltlriHit milfleial ttiiinilnitim 1- tHMln le priHir or llmt Met, So wt'Mdt-r thnl lilxM-nir liNplny nml 'mti AiK gel ifiih-k and ni Hioiiik-fil niillt. "OlwcTvrr A(lvprtlng A McrrliUHllsiiig Henlf Inter-Mountain Methodist Episcopal Gathering Plans Going Ahead CONFERENCE WILL BEGIN TOMORROW L. A. Wright to Make Address of Welcome Due to Absence of Or iginal Speaker. I'NION, Auk. :hi . Sprci.il) Owing lo the fact that L. Z. Ter rell who was slab d (or Ihe address of welcome, at. 1 1 j t mluitjlcrK re ception Tuesday evening, nl. 11k; Inter-Moiiul a In .Mcthodint I'lplaeo 1h I conferencei is on a ri rnplng trip, thtit purl of the program will bo filled by I,. A. W right. Jtev. Qui mi reported Holiday that nl ready nerirly one hundred mlnlK fors hud sent In Ihrir namea for the week and ho predicts Hint Ihn "ii nisi era and other visitors will number about U0 many more than wns at first anticipated. To l.st Six lnys A delegation of Island City folks , (Continued on Page B) LOCAL ROTA RI AN BACK FROM MEET HELD AT ASTORIA K. l Meyers returned to La Grande this morning after attend ing ti meeting of ItoLary .presi dents and secretaries from all over thu northwest . ab Astoria Krldiiy and Saturday. Mr. Meyers is president 01 tiifi local emu. . it, W. T. . I'hy also attended thu meeting, substituting for the I lev. Wl I i fa m I ; It oss, nee rota ry, w ho was In the east. The meeting was attended by about 1 00 presidents find secre taries of Kotary clubs from Oiv- All. Meyers relales. The second day's session was completed 1 about o'clock and tlie remalnd r'r of the afternoon , wns spent playing golf. The purpose of the meelingwas to lit ar the report of Jim I teat I y, of Victoria, district governor, who recently attended a district gov ernor's meeting held in mica go. when the work of Ihe Itotary for the coming year was outlined, the presidents and secretaries in at tendance to bring the information imparted by Mr. IV-atty lo their respective clubs. Mr. Meyers reports that Astoria was nil ideal p'aee for I he meet- ing. with fiue weather all of the t lino. .Many people were pussing through Ihe coast city, going to and from the Oregon benches. gou hen she crossed t he plains from Iowa In 1 S47. Israel Mitchell, Mrs. Turner's grandfather, was a surveyor, and a. wise and thrlstian gentleman. When "e d-eKleu lo join ine pn gr iniagi? oT 1M", his wife agreed dutifully to accompany htm. Cut she determined in her hearl lo lake her posies wit it her. Their cheery faces w -re to be her strength In Ihe slrance wild conn Iry where she was going to make her hoiu I StarlH rroni Slip Polling Ihe rose slip and a few ; ot her plants from her b'-lov-d curden in a Utile box. she nurs.-J ithem carefully all the way across the desert. When wafer became so scarce that even drops were I precious, she often went without, -so that she might pour her por tion around the roots or tier j thirsty flowers, ('lowers. II has been said, grow (only ror those who love Uhwii. , I'erhupff M i h. M 1 1 e hell "s ros sensed her devotion, lor It sur ) vlved lo brighten le-r wilderness . home. A great bush f'om lis I rools still riouiishMs In Porilan l. j near the end or Terw lllleer bouie- vard. where It was planted years ago. Itmiiulit Slip Here. I Ktniii thai hush, to IttXV when 1 she wpm vIsitliiT her childhood home: In the Wllbimetle valley. : Mm. Turner broimht h slip lm-k j to I, fimn.le. She wl It In l he j trf-lKirderei (hwh itf wlml Is , stilt know n us the Turner place . I on the west end or avenue. In ; a few years It lecanie a tall (Continued oa Pago Five) It's Tough To PayOc A Pound For Steak; It's Tougher If You Pay 20c ... A BEEF, EH f . ( r ) :: :: 02 , is what iw rrX 7-. if't--- IIIUinN RHIIRHH Ma Fergxason'slPinWFFR RUN SERIES ENDED Rev. Mr; Ross, : Head of Ministerial Association KetUmS from ChlCagO' f"nMoody.,youthrul atlorney gen wifll TTlll Plane: 1 ei'al fcoday was hi. raided as gover- , fv-iu , 't list eenlng'si service al Hm I l.MIIJI III.LIl I'llUriTII, UK ISUV. (Jeoi-B,, Alh-rt PoHhi-U. Baptlsl )- lor. (MiviTintf the iwnsus. mMrlu-d. Ihe cloiin of the 3ummi;rUrnv m-rtca of union worship, for whloh Un.- . (fallii-r rat-h .ll- Hud AUKuat hy ' or both candhlali H on Iho day I'ol-n-adillonal coriHcnt. , .. lowlnp tin1 I'lccllon, iilthouvh Gov- Vour-around nchndiilcs will lie crnon-nior Kitriikiiii r-maliiid il ri'sunii'd In most of Ihe chiirohufl In i nl. 'nnill Iiiit hi r liusl.iuiil, forni-Si'Pl-nibi'r. I'luna and projoutH, fi' governor James l'i'rffimon, howi vfr, await thu convonlni; of I'nd hi'K i'ampali;n inanaKor, Cloy boards, officers and niMinliernhlpH. . llolcombe. to spi n k for h"r. The liev. William Crosby Koss, '.My wife Ih a (root sport,'; was president, of the iji Ora.ndo .M In-j former Governor Ken?uS(n'9 de. Islerlal association, arrived homo elarallou of Mrs. l-'eri;iison when this morninir from t'lileatro. when ' asked liow his wife was taking hi r a. month of poslKrnduate study al, Ihe divinity Fehool or t he1 t"niver- j slty of Chleupo Mllplanti'd ' his usual vacation thin year. While no announcement has been nuide, Iho ( rnnHnii(1 mi pntr 4 ) SCOTLAND YARD IS IS'OW ON TRAIL OF .I H K VA T IKM NTS ' j LONDON. Auk. H'l (AT) ' Keotliind Yaid oiwikIIv.-k i.hv.. Auk. 3" (,M'). Run a nation-wide search for three iobb"i'K iiiiiued D'Aiilreiuonf. who are wanted In Ihe lulled Slates for t h alleffed murder lour pt'i noiiH In connect ion wii h t he holding up uf a I ruin iK'nr Mlslityou, Ore., in Th" uperHtlvefl (ire Ii I n spurred on by mi offer of $15, nun an it reward for the capture the men by Ihe t nited Whiten covcrmiH-nt ifnd a tip I Iml I h mn are hiding In l-Jntrlnnd. Two of Ihe broth era. Hoy find Itay. art! "U 5-car old twins. The ollu-r brother Is lluuh. the younu-t-st of t hem and In km Id to have bet-n leader In the robbery. Il l wild to bt a tnid uatc of a New Mexico hlh ttcliool. 33,000 Residence Here Is Destroyed by Blaze t'oiiiptet'dy ablaze when lh' elly firemen arrived in r"Hpon'- to a call at 12:30 a. in., .Sunday, tip- home of 10. Ouvltt, on l.uke (Mm, burned lo th" ground. The lom, tlmat'-d ut $:,'M,a or mon. is iiji- ll'rwtood not to h.ive !"n cover'fl by inwurance. Origin of the fire in unknown. TIm I "avis family ban be'ii at North I'owd'-r for vvenil dan. Mr, Itiivin. n rntployH of th" I.owuian- lllcktt lumle r company, could not be r'dehed today. Two othe fire callH aiiffwn d by the depurtnetit iatunJ'iy afternoon and evening wit" repurUd (.ausinjf Utile dainarfc. MaF erguson s Rival Running 2 to I In Le t d 1)AIJ(.S. Tex. Aug. .10. (AF) nor-eleel of Texas. 1 Tnof rielii I re turns from Saturday's, run off prl niary biillntlnir In ,1h ilenjuerlic K.llllfj imt.ll Ml I i-UIIM.-IM iHf . .VlUdliy 1,-a.i of lllmnxL two lo on- Cov.Tiior Jllrl.un A. r.rKuon. . liuw n-lurns ffiive .Mooily. 4fill.- I S2; Kommon 247. 1 M. Hl..t.-ninnla ;defeal. He plillsophiKed at lenKlh. I obs-rvini: llial ."within lliu next, six uionlhs, .Moody le-seitfed by tile (HinKiy hoys wllh Iuiikik s haiiKlni; oul for favors, will reallne thai be- lint; fruvernor Is not one continual j round of ph. -isurt ." II.. I..I I....1 I...1 I..,. I .... 1. ..u t.,.1 . , , , , , . .. rcuily to reply whin asked whether l lift outcome, incant the teritibtal Ion of "ItVnrusonimn" In 'I'fxas politlcH. 1 " " : ... itcly ended the political career of Jhiiicb K. KerfjUfaon. KemtiHon symbols d - the "I'Vrtfiisoiiini" 1 . ,, which Moody urged and Hnail d afl the ciiiripiiiKnH prtneipal isHtie. 1 ! CITY BOUNDARIES WILL BE TALKED AT FRIDAY MEET 1 11 behalf of the movement lu w aid t h ex pa nslon of the tn u nieipril boundarleM, a special mei't ing of I he city cntn Million find planning comiulfion haK ben ealli-d for 7:S'.i p. m. l-'ridny, H-pi. 3, 11I the eily hall. Everybody In la firnnde who in Inti-rt-Mted in the propound ex paHlon, and particularly everyoni' reKidtng In 1 he ten Hoi y I lint would be alTectiMj, Ih urgi'd lo In at t he mt ing. Opporl unity will be given for the expresHion of opinions, und '(''''fl'ionfl from thoie w bo ar: inler'fited w III be Invit ed, according lo II. K. 1'ixon, who tn chairman of the planning coin uiinnion. CHANNEL SWIM IS NEGOTIATED BY VIERKOETEN j banner and Icotarlan, who former OOVKI!. Kng.. Aug. 3 fAI').- ' ,,v"1 n 1 n,0,, tounly. Or. otto Vb rkoeten. of Germany, to- rr""1 M '. of Chicago, bin dny ruuim the KmrliMh chnnnel. i'""1. 'r. Mark I'hy. of Hot lke. He landed at 2:15 o'clovk IIiIh n'1 KHrl '' ll' nobK m-cntary of afternoon at Mngdon HtMh h, hitlf I'nlun ounty chamber of com Way iM lween Oover und Ht, Mar. mcrei. were guests. Kach nmpoixl garet's bay from Cape Grlss fi, wl brb fly In responito lo tho In- 1 Kruiice, where he entered tho water ut 1:35 a. in. iiiwnib.il iiirik EMPLOYE DIES W. D. Harding, Born Here 56 Years Ago, Succumbs After Illness of Several Weeks. ... William David JHiirillng1. who I.n..., I.. .1 I. Ih U.. r.ll tU (.1.11 (j, , m' mri.,.v ili ll.o rail- ,.,, Hoon ,ff ,,, im lril(.k(1 ,,.. lui.i ln i,',1Mi,.rn nn.imn ihiwl y,.st,;r,U,. , lt ,ia,aMn I'orll,,,.,! followtntr an IlineHs . of wveral weekH, according lo word received here Ity hiH inuthcr, Mva. Miiiiiiil litirdiiif,'. 't he body will he brought to 1a (irundc, and funeral Hervlccfl will he held at 2: SO o'clock Tiienday af lertionn n I. the .Snodgrn.s.s & Zim inerinnn chapel. Mr. Hardinm', horn here Nov. 27. I s 7o. wiih counled nniong the. plo ineer rerjIdenlB of the Grande Itonde vulley. Joined I tail road Ivarly. I I'lnlorintf rnilrond wervice whlh; he whh JiimI ii youth, he wart rn.p i Idly prrxnoled to the position of conductor. l.onKtlin resident hero rrrueuihcr him. iih a yoimtf nuin of .unusual enterprise and Industry, . ' . . firanile for Cortland, lie was inar Irled Mu re to Marjorle Wliner In is. I'helr residence thereafter was for much of the time t Cor dova. Alluikll. ' .Mr. Ilardlne relumed (o I'ort- laud about three ntontlm ago for Hiirglcal treatment, but nuide no recovery. Icjich lnny Itelnthcs Iteid8 IiIk mother, surviving relalhf'B are the widow and a step daughter, ,M rs. Kdna lOmigh, of l'orlliind; n dHtep, Mr. t'ora Hard ing Hentl, of Iji. Grande; and tlx' following brother: Kdwln (. Hurd-' Ing of 1 41 (irande; l'md J, Hard ing, of Vancou'er. WaHh.; Jowph J. Harding, of 'Mad ran, ore. nnd ('Iiarb n l( now of 1'orlland, bul until recently a banker In this city. Mr. HMrdiug wan a member of tho Knlghtrf of I'ylhtafl for many yetirs, und an ardent dlHclplc. of the teachings of Ihn order. E70. Normal ScIhmiI Is Explained to Kotarians KxpoHillon of the measure lo es tablish a Mtatc normal school in Kaatern Oregon, which Ih to b prcMi'nted for approval of Ihe volers at the general election thin fall. wiih given by A. it. Hunter at the luncheon meeting of la Grande ItotarlatiH at the Ktdey hotel IIiIh noon. Oncar l,hidwy, a Hpokane vltalion lliut followed inlroduc Itioiia. SEE NORMAL WHEAT PRICE ONLY. IN'27 Department of Agricul ture Has Little Hope. ; of . World Change 1925 HIGH PRICES HELD UNLIKELY Same 'Problems Confront- - ing Growers Next Year v as Those. Faced Now, Is Opinion: ' , : -, WASHINGTON, Att'i. '.." (AP) Wlent rrowora. Wota lldvlned by Iho departmonl. or. agriculture lo dny. that thil otM, Juarkrt Bltuar tlon prolttlilf1' woiiltl show llltlo olmnirerotn Hlte pfsent In 1927, and t'V't ihey' ahoqld not oxpeot conditions Hllnllnr to thoso prevail ing; In 1D26, when wrings wern, on a domestlo tunrket basis, . , ','Jt does jiol,, seem Ukcily that" th world' fua'rkot sltuatloh for What'itftji yuar will be materially different from the orosont." (the department statetmnf contlnuetj "aa there (a little Indication of any ma terlal eipnnslotf ln wcreao outside the United States nnd tho -carry ovor next July la not likely ilo bo lar(fe. 1 . .. ! ' . f . ' I'orrltfn Colnpelltkiil Vat. Uarrlns- unusually nlkh yields such oa occurred In 10 island 1923, over a largo . part of the world, foreign competition probably will b about on a par Willi the present year. , , , . . ' " 'If the American farmers carry out tlielr Intentions to bicre-ase win- tor wheal acreage. 14.1 per', cant, and abandonment and ylejdaj are avnrrtire. a winter wheat crop of iarounil' n"7S,(lOB,nfr-irtil)t'l'-roulJ Ihe prbdui'ed'w'lflch would bo about' per ccfit lesij than thfttjiarj'fstfd lii 1,92(1. .' With this a'verago yield next, year there would bo a surplua fop pswort end' .RdiiltloiiH lo carry over lo around 51)0,0(10,000 bushels. , . hllould Not UK IIhI,I. , ' sVFarniers should not he misled ,hy (l he ; relatively prices received for I he wheat crop harvested in 192fi, when prices were on a domcstlo basis nud under normal conditions (Cohti tilled 6n Pave Eight) MRS. M'KENNON IS LAID AWAY AFTER SIMPLE SERVICES Willi oiily tin! ttictulKfrg of )tr family preaenl, brief funoral rllow were conditfdcd at the Mu sonic cemelery at 3 o'colck this after noon for ,MrH. ' Once Carter Mc Ivonnon. wife of Jtayiuond J. Mo Ken non, I eat h occurred at he r homo here Haturd:iy at 2 p. m.( following a thrce-Unys , 'IlincHU of flcnrlct fi'ver. Mrnr McKenuan fell victim to the diflcaHe after an atlaok of hIiiuh In fection, from which It wan thought ttho waft i-QcoviH'ing. Hho had boen well enough to go dowii town for treatmenl. Wednesday nfternooh. Wan rromhu'iit Ixx'aily The decedent, a. prominent. vo- nmn in the community, wa born at Island Cly April M, 1886, tho daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J, U, Cur ler. Her girlhood, howRver, waa spent, largely n Halern und Tort- land. . In 192C, she became tho wlf'e of Raymond J, McK'binon, who, with their three hiiiuII children, nur vlve hi-r. Mrr. M Jvennon was a cultured muHiclan, und before her marriage wu5 acllx'e In munlc circles on Ihe roant. In later years the children, Jean, who la now 10. Mail ha, 8, and Italian, 7, were her devoted In terest. Hhp was a member of l he local chapter of I'. K. O. and of Ihe (tumblers Htudy rhdi. Her rejlgloun affillnilon utia with Hie Kweden borglan denomination, but In ,n Grande Hhc ultended the Mtdhodlsl MplHcopal church. lr. I'arker t)ffh InUw lr. Henry W. Purker, MethodlKl pu.tlor, performed Iho. Hlutple syrv ieo at the grave Dili: afternoon. Hnodgrans fe Immerman nllended. Those prepent incul"'l Mi Mc Kennon's rather, .1. I,. Carter, or Portland, a fornur county hchonl Hiiperlnte ndent here; here only bN ler. Mrs. George H'riipy, of Oregon I'My. und one of h"r two brolhors, Miles Curler, pud Mrs, Curler, of Hood iclver. The other brother, Kdw itrd I'arler, of Put Hand, was unable lo attend. TODAY'S GAMES NATION Al. I.KAtil i; ST. H (Al") ll. II. 10. I'llbdmrir .. sal Ml. I.OUH 2 3 0 Halteries Kretner Hnil Hlliltli; llhtm, 11. IKII unit O'Kurrull. acobs'Mill Near Powder Again Burns Mysterious Blaze De stroys Sawmill Just Be fore Summer Season Work Is Ended UNION. Aiiff. 30. (Speclull Kor the third time In the puHt few years tho Jacobs brothrrn have suffered a loss of their sawmill hy flro. The last flro occurred at the mill located noar ' North Powder last Thursday nlKht. The flro, the cause of which is soinetliliiR of a mystery completely destroyed the mill. Mr Jacobs wan ruahiUB the work so us to finish up what. Haw inf he had In that vicinity before shuttinu down for the bummer, when his work was slopped by the loss of his mill, ,, E Ernest Brannon Must Pay $200 and Serve 30 Days for Act Pleads Guilty to Charge. Rarncst Brannon of this elly wns brought before Just leu of the Peace Hugh K. Drady Saturday after District Gmo Warden John Wal den had -arrested him on leaver creek. 10 tulles southwest, of u. Orundo. and charged him with the. slaughter of elk. When appre hended Warden Walden said Bran non. claimed the elk meut he pos sessed had been given him. but the game warden promptly disbelieved the possibility that 11, strungcr would givo one an elk he had Just killed, he said, and brought his prisoner to the county jail. Urnn noii had only ub'out In or 12 pounds of the elk meat on him, tho warden said,, what ho did with Iho re mainder of thu anliiiul not being known.' "' . 1 After Brannon pleaded guilty, Saturday, Judge Brady fined htm 1200 and sentenced him to 30 days In the county jail. Should tho fine not be paid tho total tlmie whtah Brannon would hnvo to serve to "stay It out" would amount to four months and 10 days, Marden Wal den. said.- . Iil'.NINUItAI), KiiHsia, Auk. 30. (Al) One hundred persuns per IslieU when tlic ItiiNsinn stoaiiier Uiircvrstnlk collldnl with tho ior iiuin HU-anier ;ralnn In tho Morxkol crnnal licuir hern last llllflit. ' A ma jority of tlio victims iro Jltui Nlans. IXNlON .Aiur. SO. (At') A press association tllspati ttatn I'ontyuol, ill Monmouth (ouflty. Wales says "many casualties" m siilu! when polhv cliargMl a crowd of scvTal huiKlred after a riot In which stones were, thrown by un employed coal miners. i . ' KIiAMATIl l'ALilS, Ore., Aug. 30. (AP) Sudden cold followiiur m the. heels of a heat wave brought aliout the general wearing; of otcrcoat hem yesUrdny and to day. Itahi has fallen Intermittent ly during the past two daja tem Mrarily ending all forest flro dan gers. KIiAMATIl I'AI.I.S, Ore.. Aug. III). (AP) Knlll at both (IrnutM lass and Ashlaml yesterday eausi-d HXstMHietneut of what was to have been tin! final game of Ihe South ern .Oregon baseball league. Med ford was schclulcd to play Ashland and lilanutlli Palls was to have plajfsl (.rants Pass. J KILLS ELKS AND DRAWS BIG F N Bulletins Pedigreed Stranger, Thing of Beauty, Acquired for Show A pretty little foreigner was nl the utallon waiting when lioy und Krnest. Hell drove over from their farm near t 'ov yeHlerdiiy. And though she made, no comment on the ride home, ll vuk evident from thu wonder in her doe-like eyea, a she rested her lawny head on the edge of the cur ioor, that she found the (linndi: Itoudc Valley In (real Ing. ; Hepfirutcd. probably forever, front her father ui.d mother, hav ing no home but the one Hie HellH huvo offered her, and without wo much an a name thai she can cult her own. Kite still was prospect, the Hell brothern maintain, of be coming a reigning queen in u very few year. Hhe Is loo younff now having been born only five weeks ago on tl cattle ship plying front the Is land of Jemey to the 1'nlted Htutcs -hut In June, 197, ' tf all goes well, she will make her debut in bovine society at tho Union slock show. STATEPROHI FOR DAMAGE William 15. Levens and Deputies Targets for Big Cash Demand $50,000 IS" ASKED v AFTER ARREST Russell Beckett of Salem, Says . Conviction Cast Stigma on Family Charges "Rough" Acts SAXiKM, Ore., Aug. 30. (API Damages of ISO, (too tire sought William B. Ievens, state prohibi tion commissioner, and three un-. named deputies In a suit filed III Iho circuit court by Kussell Beck ett, convicted ot possession of liquor. ,; The coinplatnt asks 310.000 for each of five counts, the plaintiff alleging that his arrest and con viction has "cast a stigma upon his widowed mother und his sister, tha t his name has beon blackened and blighted, that he Is unable to earn a respectable living, that his earn ings capacity has been damaged' and the final count would collect 110,000 as ho "wu compelled io move from hoiwi" following his arrest. : - riles Allcttxxl Threat. Beckett declares In . .his com plaint that Prohibition Commis sioner Sevens has threatened . to' make his lift a. burden and said ha would run Beckett out ot town. Tho deputies used "strong arm" methods tn handling the case, It i alleged. -. 1 . . .. . '- Beckett was found guilty of pos session of -liquor In tho Justice. court, und ,was .anntanced... to six niontlin. In the couitty lull and re ceived ii flno of 3500 In addition. Upon appeal to the circuit court' the lower court was upheld hv Judgo Thomas of Medford, and the case is now on appeal to the su premo court. Beckett is at liberty undor 31250 bonds, v CALIFORNIA WILL BALLOT TOMORROW IN PRIMARY RACE KAN FIIANCII5CO, Aug. SO. (AP) Tammany and the. tariff today wern i sharing spaco with waste, water wine and tho woiPl court ln the final appeals of candi dates Booking nomination fn to-' morrow's primary election in Cull fronia. ... i Charges of a Tammany plot I o, control tlie democratic party in tliii state hava drawn nation wldo nil-l tention to contests for tho guber natorial and senatorial nomina tions of that parly. Candidate backed by William dlbbs McAdom who wns a candidate for tho de mocratic presidential nomination, hava accused their opponents of complicity ln a scheme to glvo Tammany Halt nation wide control of Iho party and insure governor Al Hmlth tho presidential nomina tion In 1028. Thu McAdoo men in turn have been accused of trying to do the same for McAdoo. LONDON You can Just leave the window open and hear what's on the air If signer Marconi's Idl est Invention Is developed. No dials, aerials or batteries to bother with. He has pi.ifected a radio loud speaker that cun be heard lor 10 miles. , Bricklayers' arc all right. Don't lay many bricks. But look at the hen she lays one egg a day. Kor the wee stranger is no leas a personuge than tho da.ught.rr ot Hod Ice, an $Mfl Jersey cow, and of Combination Premier, who old for K&.oimi. when he was 14 years old. Moth Kor ward and Volunteer leading sires of America, she claims ua grandfathers. Hut despite her roytl blood, she found companions ot her Ilk at the Hell ranch, whro 12 purebred Jerseys gave nor welcome. Twenty- , flvo high grad" Jorseya were there also to pay th'Mr admiring respocla. May ItHnt Champion Hhe. Is expeeletl before long to rival llloHsoma' Oregon Quevii, tho purebred calf that won Miss Ger trude Hell the chumplonahlp rib bon In Ihe Jersey class last fall at the Pacific International .and tho grand championship for two suc cessive years at 1,'nion. Tim H'-il brothers bought tin Jersey balm from the herd of O. H. lhinimler whtlo they wore tn Portland last week. Dannnler's top cow Is a $2,Er0Q an I in ul, they say.