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CITY
EDITION
VOLUME XXV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1927.
MKMHEK ASSOCIATED , PIIKHS
MKMUKR ASSOCIATED i'ltEKS
NUMBER 148
COUNTV, CITY
DISAGREE ON
TAX PAYMENT
Conferences Followed by
Filing of Suit in Cir
cuit Court Friday
LA GRANDE ASKS
FOR ROAD MONEY
County Alleges Sum Has
Been bpent in- buch ' a
tir, T.. Uf..
Way aS tO Benefit MU-
hicipality.
AcHng late, yesierdsy, after sev
eral conferences' wMli, the 1'iilon
county court, the city of Ut Grande
filed- kuH In . the . circuit court
rtguln.sl, the enmity asking for 70
per cent, of-tho general road levy
of ,1124 on the taxable property In
Ia Qrande arid Gil per cent, of the
name levy of lt-'S. The city de
clare that It ;hus approximately
M.oou due It from, the 1924 tux
find a smaller sum from the l.il!3
levy, although no sum i named
specifically in the complaint.
''The position taken by the county
court la that the Jit 2.4 km in was
spent hi building tip , roads .that
were tributary to Iji Grande- and
thin expenditure acted' especially to
this ellya benefit, In that it made
nc.ocMt to the city en ay whero In
(muny place it Ipid bei?n almost Im
possible to 'come . In during, wet
--wejiihcri One .of the- ronda on
,whleh the eounty apent the money
la the one connecting Klversldo
park with tho city.
llA Xoi: ltefu-0 lo Pay
The, county court declares that It
did nut . refuse to pay tho city Its
1U24 tdiare. bpt, after having sonl
the amount In u way that reacted to
Iai Grande's bent Interests and con
fronted with a -abort aire of fund,
it was proposed to the city thnt the
amount be unputd bu thnt all
inoneyH due the city froni the 1125
levy be paid.
It'la u matter of rooord that the
county bus already paid he lly
half uf tiiP.1925 huui and the coun
ty ,courl dwhu'CH llmt tlie,. .rental ii-
fiiK hplf will' le paid when it f"Vrn,.d four.
wiim not etilleeted fi'uni the. tax
pnyera until, itiaB iutd because these
fundn hhye nol Vet boon definitely
arranged so fas to permit payment,
the second half payment to (lie city
bus not yet been made.
i ". City's i'osllloii
The. position tho city takes la
that the money was lawfully '.owed
to if and. rctfardlonH of the uses to
which tlio county put the num. 'the
clly Is entitled t Its sltare of the
rotd levy for iiup In Improving
Mireeii and lil(,'hways ; wltliln the
city liiutls; -
TIip city believes that, under the
statW law which provides for lite
tmtklfiK of the levy - and the dis
tribution of (lie moneys collected, ;
It vvlirbe able to collect the sum. I
; i ne eouiuy, nowevcr, wntcn win
Content the t'use. points out that
several supreme, court decisions un
such cases tiuvo been liandcd flown
and la Of the opinion that collec
tion uf the money, already tpent,
will be doubtful.
Complaint lnvedlgald.
The complaint, which was filet
yesterday about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, provide (lint the coun
ty shall have lo dny in which to
file an answer. The complaint was
immediately turned over to Carl
Helm, district attorney, for his iu
v estimation. t
The county court, which com
pleted a three-day session yester
day after drawing up a 112" cir
cuit court Jury list, attended to j
Kevera 1 ma 1 1 ers before a d jotirn -meat,
including Uo appointments.
Dr. Ci y. Moore wus appointed see-'
relary of tlie county board uf health
and county physiciuit and H. It. f
Morgan1 wus appointed county en-1
glneer. J
. Tlie livening Observer, of li
f ;iaude, and the Weekly Repub
lican, of Colon, were designated as
Official county newspaper.
LIKE
YOtJtWV
GROCERIES ,
tCadii year there Is- hm Iii
oreMil lemlewy op Ihe part of
business men lo buy HdvcriN
Ittff finfy on a hul itf value-re-HII
feailers reaehiMl. reiider
inlc're!. and reader eft. . TlHy
ntv buying advtrtblug n you
buy gnieerle? for fiMKl value.
Vf y few ItU'dnewM men of the
progressive tyt buy frt'uk ad
vert I -Ing $5 I icri a ml t wen t y
(toflars there Jut to Im a "good
fellow, or lH-aue u MgoiMl eU
toinef din's the Mtltcltlntr. or Ik
caue lt's"Mimellilii nrw.' They
have found that only by eon
-ent ruling their expenditure In
an etabll-heil nieillitm can lhe
etneil aihuale returns. The
(IbTver mwis their miulre
ments In eoverlttg every iirner
of the Iji tirsnile tnule terri
tory at iiiinlmum tnt.
KOboerw AdrrHtinr
A ercbudUlutf bertic"
er Tossers
Open Season By
Defeating Union
Close Cheeking Holds Vis
itors to 3 Points While
La Granders Count 82
Markers.
The. Im Grand" high school bas
ket tat 11 quintet made an tin pros
lvo (I but Into 1327 Eastern Ore
gon Intcrsi'linlustlc circles lust
night when It neatly trhmned tho
Mtiroon unit White five from t'n
lon 31! to 3 In a contort that wan
featured by close chocking on tho
part of tho Tigers. -
In fact, thu checlthit: wan ho ef
ficient that In the first hair tho
visitors wen' unable to count a
single point.. In the mcantlmu
younir Nvwlln vun imping- near
the basket to wore eight points
while Dymnn shot two and Hanks
one field gonls. The first half
ended: Union 0, I .a Grande 10.'
Score Freely ,
l.ymuil, veteran center, hit his
Ktrlde In the lust half and ringed
four shots from the floor, two of
them neat examples of spody, '
quick-passing teamwork. Newlln,
Stoddard, Zundel and Hiulcup each
uccounted for two points In tho last
two atunxax, bring the second hnlf .
score to 18 for I4i Onmde wniie
I'nion wns srarnorlriff a lone field I
score and one point after fouls.
Teamwork lroniUlnz
The teamwork displayed last
nlfrht . given promise of a smooth, j
muchlne-llke system that may be a
strong factor in determining the'
district chumplonahlp nt the Union
tournumcnt in February. Although ;
the passing wan Inaccurate In some
Instances and the signals- wero not
always working perfectly, poten
tial power was clearly domonat rat
ed. A few more weeks and the.
Tigers should be going Tffnmt
guns", fans believe. At present,
the blue and white squad should
be ublc to hold its own with any
team In this district from Its
showing made lust night.
Newlin, who Joins Zundel. l.y
mun, Hunks and Berry, 1 S Jti vet
erans, showi promlw, and while'
in the mime accounted for. JO
vol tits.
fOo much foulinff sent him
to thi- bench In tho second hair.
Vnlon missing in any opportun
ities to score via the free-throw
route because of nervousness on
the part of the shooter. Of, 14 at
tempt's Only one was oonvarled. I .a
Oraudu.' out of nine free throw,
Herore thu first half had ended
roach Ian MacKtmale fbHed part
or the first team, sendlnj In Stal
cup and Stoddard. . Thf starling
lineup again look tlm. floor ufter
half time hut before Ihe ganm was
overau I'litirety different Uum was
working, and still ptayim? above
the visitors.
Mays Injured
Mays. Inlon cetiier, sliot the
only fh-ld roul for his t um early
In tin- tlilrd Miiarter and a few
seconds Inter slipped and sprnlmul
his ankle, neeessltatlnff hlui 'l1'"-
itlnp the ffaiue. I 'ox, av BUiini.
broke up wveral l.n. iiranue oi-.
fenslve thrusts.
KVkI l-vldav and Huturday the
TIp-rH play
at Knterprtse ann
Joseph
i .
Suiiihinry
) l.a (Jrunde
C (to) New II n
1 ........(3) Zundel
c ( lli l.ynmn
fl (!') Hanks
(I JWry
S ....(.! Mtoddurd
Me 'orkle
...Smut
C!) Stalcup
Klrurtd
Hrudy
Union (Jit
Helap ( I ..
Hrowh.. ......
Mays (J)...
Crouler
Cox -'
Parent. ....
S
S......
H
S
Ueore by quarters:
.1
Cniou
l.a Grande
lteferee-
7 y Hi 0
Jinviny Uosenbaum.
Sportsmen Will
Eat Clams Next
Wednesday Eve
The ' Win?. Hii and l-'lei tfoid
chili's uniiual clam rn-d will he
held In the First M. II. chureh
basement next Wednesday night.
Jan. 12. It is announced today.
This mcollng will be the first of
the year and nw officers will bo
elected. Ilecommeiidatlon of an
Eastern biN-gon man for a position
on the state game commission will
be another matter of business be
fore the sportsmen.
The chamber of commerce
fiuuriet will sing and Mndsay's or
chestra will play.
Quartet To Stuff
In Baker Concert
J Mcintu-r oT tho Union county
jchamlter of oummerre quartet. Ki
lmer Htoddard, Hherwood Wllllamx.
i(l, H. Hlrnle and (I. I.. Mutton, will
' kV lo Haker Tuesday evening of
i
i.-
t next week, where they will appeari county rhamla r of cohiiiutc. dur- i or ovi rlook d durlnir Muvo
In a heneflt eonrert for the Meih- ins tin- year I'JL'T and 92K head- yuu any conntriHllve uritltlHUin tu
, otlUt KplHC'opal chiin-h of that city.; i:j i!y lr. Itay K, Murphy, mot last ofh-r?
1 The ohun;h In rehulldliiK Hh pipe ( fvenlnir for ihv find time ln-o ap- Another iih. IIuk of tho ronuiill
uriran and It Im for that nurpoHe . notiitmmit and dl uiM d a numhrr t'1- will ho oullod an noon aa-tho
tlmt the concert fa helme ylven.
.Mm. I'liiil I'oilm'an. vocallat. of
Maker, and other Baker muah-lunn fim-sDonnaire lo all phamhor mt'in
will prohuhly appear durfiiK ,.thelra and begin to outline tin: pro
lonoert. which will heln at H jfrain when rrplics an? received.
o'cliH-'k. 1 The questions asked aro: What
The evenlnir's prosram has not
yet been completed. ,
I KILLED 13
tieorite lliih.soJI, farmer, kllleil
Ills wire whit up jik, t'hhlletl two
stepsons with it hholuiiu. untl
then killed lil- Mix other stcp-i-hll(1ron
nt liH lioiin near Tar-
well. Tcs., pfter wliicli lie Itiirlctl
all til he lit n shiuln titneh. l-'iitl-
lug lu curt Ills pun lift by la li
lting lilntwlf jn the lrctil, he In
nov In jnllt HUcrcj lie Iiiik ihiiiIo
full tiiifeHlou, hno tiUmltling
killing four 111 t'ttUroriiliii
PLAN TO HANDLE
' COVE MAIL HERE
Postmaster Asks for Bids
to Cany';. Pouches
to Speqd Service .
. . i i ii the three cruisers and three udilt
' llunal submarine but the fight over
Since I he 'suspension or the fen- 'tu, amendment by Representative
tral Itailroad . of Oregon, which
carried tin mail front L'nlon to .
Cove, t lie t'herry city across the!
vallev. In comiili'tfOv rut off frnnt I
train .srvic'v. -An .emorj?eiHiy iiimII
caPilur.has been tnkltiff the mult
over ttiat route, but un attempt la
now htdnir madn In isliihliHh u nor.'
mnnept, mall route ;betweon l.a
rirandiy v.jid-'-Cvu;.Ioki!tthe.' .nw
niRTiwny, witn in'-- idea fn . mind
that, the mail can .be bundled hi
aV'better udvantaffe by jjolntr
slralfrht from T.ti Grande to Cove,'
.than, through t'nloh.. ; I
M'osl ofrlce prficialri here Hro try- J
Ing -to .trcl in joiicli with someone, I
who Mould iif -Avilllnv: to take, the ;
route. Mind anyone Internsted is ,
'asked fo wrlti the. postmaster stut
Iiik' all particulars. ' )
,Ir." Is ; desirous i tliai Iddsbe re- i
calved from botli la Grande and
t'ove,-as lln plan Is to have on .
party brlnu the mull front (Jove in :
the' .iHuniliifr and tin; otber jake "
the inaN to Cove tlie same morn- I
insr. ;- . . . .' I
If there are ho satisfactory ap-'
plica nt the mail will continue to
Bo lliroiiKh Pnlon lo rov.
Mc A lister Heads
Local Hi fie Club
A. McAllster was elected presi
dent of tin- Kainela illfle club
Thursday evening when an Indoor -shoot
was held at the Sawyer ware-
house here. Tiie officers of tlm I
club are elected for a term of Iwo
years and other on leers have one
more yeur to serve before reelec
tion. They are VV. tl. Hawyer. sec
retary and (I. c. Itcadley and Art
U'efigl. members . of Hit' execu
tive committee.
About 20 perwms were present
for the shoot. No record of the
scores made were ' kepi, hut this
will be done ut Ihe nxt shoot,
planned for next week. The. day
has not la-en set. ;
Deer Numerous In
Oregon Cave Area
j CHANTS V,HH, Ore., Jan. K
(AD leT lire becoming numer
ous In tin' vicinity of the Oregon
eaves, since u game refuge 10 miles
Hilda re wus created there, on a
I rip to tin' resort at thu caves yes
terday, the manages, of the resort,
saw 10 deer oif the jl'oad. They
are becoming extremely tainu and
' and will not rut(" Until curs ap
proach close to tltfiii. Hixteeii fal
len trees ( were removed from the
' rnd t( make ll 'iiiisfuble. as tilt:
roail wus closed 'ufter the season
ended nt tlie eiives la st fair.
Committee To, Quiz
1927-28 Commence
The rommlUf.' arraiitfliiK to'lnf tlt27? Whal propfcla haa (ho
nroerum of work for the l'nlon
of plans BUhmlttod to It.
It was dtcldd lo Rend out
would you suggest that the chum,
bur of commerce undertake dur-
NAVY SUPPLY
BILL STEAMS
INTOSENATE
After Stormy Seas En
countered in House, An
other Gale Expected
NEW. SHIPS TO BE
ADVOCATED AGAIN
Proponents of t Measure
Worried in Reference
to Announced Inten-
, tions of Edwards.
WASHINGTON. Jn ll. f (A.f)
IIH brril.Ml plutrn unly HltKlltly lli:llt
iil from n lilllor nl rU(fKl In the
lioiw. tlw $:4.ini0.iiuu navy mip
ply bill WUH tfpaiiiltif undiT lln
own power today In tlio Belliilo
whero It fni'i'd similar ' tcHt of
HtniiiKlli UKiilnHt tlio onff-lllK'
BUiiM of thu "bis navy" i-nlhust-
IISlH. .
I'mimnt-ntK or tin mt'iifuiri' nn it
now AtiindH saw nnollior dangerouji
cliunnrl In tlm announiwd .Intnn
1lon of Hiniilor ICilwnriln. ilomo
I'rat, New Jersey, to otTor un
amendment to provide funds for
the lliri"-' new IlKlit crutHem au
thorized In 11124 but unappropri
ated Tor it wuh a compromise In
this lasue, which met defeat twlco
yc-sterduy before the house panaed
ihe measure and upheld President
t'ootldge's recommendation to post
pone construction or these ships
pendliiK iinothcr arms limitation
conference. '
I'lttht i;'iiinir ;
The house also quickly rejected
two other umendmenls . . which
would have exceeded the budffot
estimates by providing funds for
jfTnntlTiwd on Pp
fmrgx fJrl TACt '
VVtC 1 AJCOt
Cluhworker Jn
V United States
That Minn; ('tinyni Daniel, of
i'l.ve. has been selected by th
llulstelit-ICi'ei.siau aHsoelaliun, us
tho club -member doing- the best
club work la the l ulled .Stales,
wus announced Thursday by O,
M. I'luiiiiuer. of I'miland. at a
meeting of the Oregon Cattle and
J lor.se llitisers iiKsuelallou la
Jtalwi'n '
As an lllustnittun of her 'work
her picture will lie published In
the Calf Club .News, ent to llul
siein elub iiicmhers. In each Is
sue uf the publication this year.
IrfK-nl -Men Attend
Snvral Cnloa cuunty slock moil
attended the Maker meeting, In
cluding 10. T. Itoswell. Hoy l'.Mter,
Hubert Krench and .Mr. Ilrazllle, of
CoVe; C. K. Uiwsuii, Mr. Uavls.
tleorge Itenson and Kd. Milter, of
Union; James Wll.son, of N'orlh
Powder; Itidiert U'llhycombe. of
Ilia I'nion experiment stallvn; and
II. ti. Avery, county agent, of 1a
t;ra nde.
Several discussions took place
during Ihe day, Including tlie or
dnrly marketing plan, w hleh the
association ha been sponsoring,
igniting til belter prices for the
stockmen., Tho association Is now
able lo report within one carload of
v IM")!1 e'tle are needed for
the market. When there Is u sur
jnj.. tlie slocrfinan Is notified to
iiutd back his siiipiucnt auu In Dim
way fluctuation In tlie market price
f t m-eveuted. As many as 10 cur-
; loads of cattle have beau held back
at one lime.
Few Steers on I'ecd
The number oi steurs on feed lu
Oregon this year Is very tmiall com
pruu Willi last year it was un-
uouncod at Hie mefilng.
The association also dlKi u wed the
proposed new livestock bills to be
presented at this session of Hie
stale legislature. Including the
regulating of branding and I He in
spection of brands, and regulation
of peddling of dressed meat. There
If a Idg loss to cattle owners each
yeiir caused by beef that are stolen
find butchered and then peddled,
according to tills report.
The meeting was fairly well at
tended, some of tlie slochmeii com
ing us far us 400 miles lo the meet
ing. The John Uay valley, and
I'rlnevlHe were represented as well
as a large number of delegates from
Wallowa county.
Members As To
Chamber Program
I rhuinlH-r of comiin'riri- left undun
! answers lo tho qui atlunnalros huvo
l!on rwi-lvi-d.
Othor lottori Ure alao ht-liiK pr
I mi red and Hunt out hy tho cham
ber of rommoroe, InoludluK u pay
roll survey and u hualm'U nurwy.
j These will he reported
soon u completed.
upon us
Many Industrial
Kecords Chalked
Up In Past Year
Bradstreet's Review of
1926 Business. Issued-
Installment Buying
' Trade B'eature.
I'miM Hrnll.trctt's Itcvlrw of
Nineteen twenty-six was a niiiny-
slded year, with a curious blending
uf periuds of relatively active trade
and industry, with others of appar
ently lagging production and dis
tribution that renders gcneralUs.
tlon dirricult. t'onlrary to tho ex
perience of some recent years, thore
were In many Instances two periods
of peak production in industry and
ul least two high points, mouths
apart. In tlie slock market, with low
IcvcIk during reactions between:
whereas, trade wus apparently at
Its best lit the lute summer untl
early autumn so fur us wliolesule
distribution was concerned, ltotatl
trade was, of course, at Its peuk fur
the year In the late rail, when cold
weather, snow and holiday buying
un united to make business good.
In tho spring, retail trade surfered.
as In other previous years, from
cold, backward weather berore and
after Kasler. and In addition, with
wliolesule trade, felt the payeho
logical effect of the heavy break In
the slock market In March.
Nets High Itccunls
There were quite a few new high
records set up in Industry during
the year, but there was a number
or Instances In which IUL'6 fell be
hind I !1J r or curlier years. Tluit was
a heavy.' porhnps record, volume or
trade, taking the year as a whole,
Is attested by the unprecedented
bunk clearings, debits and still later
oar loadings) dropped behind the
preceding year in lute autumn, rur
which explanation wuh - frequently
uffered In the excellent trade of the
last quurter of 1925, severe breaks
In cotton prices In Heptember and
October a short spring-wheat crop,
and a wot harvest In the west.
Taken as k whole, as already
stated, the year showed some net
progress upward from tho years re
cenily procoillng. The stock mur-
hot In January and February dls-
(dused irreat sLrcnuth. and surprised
olosed irreat sLrenuth. and surprised
many by the rally shown after the
heavy break of -March. In which
seven months' advances In some
hiHtunoes were canceled, lo the iwvv
high InveJrt touched in July, and
thence forward to the close, untl
llia'WUittufcing .ofi .iionie, . b;il ef
fects of the deflJitluii of tiio Florida
and other land speculation was
I lite wine u subject for couKratula-'
thin. The steel and cement Indus
'tries, the automobile business, the
j electrical Industry and the building
trades showed wonderful strength
land evinced an unexpected ability
auu nas iiccm, me mm'ii. i
anil has been, Uie2 bug-bear of
Amerienn IndiiMtry, since It wuh
demtiiiHtrated that Industry, us a re-
suit of war-time accretions. Is ap
parently capable of satisfying a
larger demand than ll seems pos
sible to iM-eate, despite the high
earning ability and spending pow
er of the people of this country.
Industry. In fact, seemed to have
gone forward si a studied pace,
and, with competition In the auto
mobile trade perhaps excepted, with
a, keon regard for avoiding tlio pit
falls of over-production.
. Trude IHstitlhulloii.
' The matter of trade distribution
has, on the other hand, shown Ibal
some putting problems aro still, un
In recent years, facing the whole
salers and retailers of the country
There Is no escaping the conclusion
that Ihe development of chain
stores, with their natural reaching
oul for business, ulded, no doiibi.
by the Immense development of the
motor Industry In Its application
to buyliiH and distribution, haa In
(Continued on Tuae Klve)
Investigate Death
Of Pendleton Man
I'KNULKTUN. .Ian. X. AI')
A coroner'a Jury h InvexilKalliiff the
dealti here HiIm moruluK of William
I 'ope, 3"i. I'ope died at K o'clock
thin murnliiK malor ooiidltloin
which caused tho ooroiicr to In
ve.siltfitle foriher. One eye wa:
i-nlored and a cheek hrulHod
Mr. Maude I'lerce, who Uvea ul
the ho me aldrew an 1'opo. Htalet"
that i'opo had a fit yealerday un"
fell HKHiitHl a Htove dour ciiiihIiil
the black eye and tho IiiuImoiI
(dteek. TIiIh iiMirnltut he went Into
another fit and died In a ahurt lime.
Mhe Htated.
Countu Pays For
Sheep Dogs Slew
iJurliitf Hm three-day hckhIou thb
week, the county court untitled W
K. Ijckman damacex for four
sheep which were killed by doirx.
Thin Ih the flint time In tlie conn-
ly'a hlHlory that auch a petition bun
been allowed, allhoiiKh a similar
case once before whh prewented hill
because uf u leal fault, no uctbui
wax taken.
The Htate law provide thai
mouevK colleided from county dia
HceiiHeH huoied ahull be lined partly
to relmburHe sheep owners whose
Hidmuls have been vIcMuih of klllern
of the canine breed.
Uiickmuu was able lo prove that
bin sheep were Hlalu by dous und
County Judtfe l". tl. - Couch and
CommlHslonerH W. It. Iedbetter
and W. W. Stevena ureed tu cover
his loos.
BRITISH MAY
RETURN TO
HANKOW POST
Offer from1; Cantonese
Authorities Reaches
London
CHINESE COOLIES
STILL ON WARPATH
Americans Quit City of
Strife U. S. Warships
En Route to Scene to
Make Investigation.
SHANGHAI. Jan. K AI' t'rl
vhU it t torts ivti'lwil late tonight
staled that. tho whole fort 'hot Imp
utation of KliikuiiiK, KIiiiiksI pro
vince was evacuating; the city he
cause of the hostility shown by the
Chinese. A dltati'li reeelvcil by a
JaMtiiee rirni oxserled that Ihe
evaeiiatioii or Haiikow by foreiK ti
ers had begun.
l,ONlON. Jan. (At) The
Hrltlsh forelKn offleo was advised
from Hankow tills inornlnff that
the Cantonese authorities have
agreed to withdraw all Chinese,
troops and pickets from tho Jlrlt
lsh concession wthlch will be po
liced Jointly by the llrlllHh police,
assisted by police from the former
Itusstun and Uoriuau concessions.
These are foreign-trained Chinese.
The British 'police also are na
tives under Hrltlsh supervision.
It Is expected thut Hrltlsh sub
Joels will return to thulr offices
some time today from tho barracks
whore they wero concentrated for
safety. , ,
. . Menace Whites'
That menace of Chinese mobs,
Inflamed by untt-foreiKti agitators
continues to hung; over the whlto
residents of tho cities along thu
liowor Vangixo valley. . The riot
j n1fr which has centered world ul.
.. niton on Hankow for the lasl
tention on Hankow for the lasl
week now. has aprcad to Klukiang
down the river, where conditions
are designated as "absolutely in
lulcrublo.'V i
Chinese soldiers, presumably be
longing to th(jiUintopiHu i faction
whlel) tmutraU Ihu i'Ooit, aro ott
of hand, Hhunghul dispatches say,
aud uro engaging in looting, which
tho authorities ure unable to halt.
Women, Ohiltlt-en (iono ,
Tlio Hrltlsh concession . tliuro,
like that ut Hankow, Is said to
have been evacuated of women and
children, thu refugees being plauad
on gunboats for Hhunghal. .
The foreigners In Klukiang nor
mally number about 1 oo, but re
cently there wore 400 Americans
a.nd Hrl.tishnrs ut Killing, 1!0 miles
inlan. Killing Is reuched by usual
means of communication only
through Klukiang.
Six American women and child-
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SHRAPNEL BLAST
ENDANGERS TEN
Relic of Spanish-American
War Explodes
Near Medford
MKUKOltl), Ore., Jan. S. tAl'l
A th roe-Inch hIii'ji pnel alio) I,
probilbly a relic of I he Spa nihli-
Amerlca n war, exploded yeHterday
ifternooii when thrown accidental
ly Into a fire at the home of Alia,
It. It. i'urvlx on WaKuer creek near
here, laeuai Iuk the Uvea of IU per
sona vlxlllm; at thu I'lirvla home.
ind catmliiK a hHk1i( wound on the
rltiht le of Mi'M. Oi val 'nik-. of
Talent. The house wan Kplitlt'Mcd
wit, 'i fraumeutH. IH iiuhhIiik thrciiiKh
me window aud the exphmhin waa
heard several miles.
All ten were in raime of lh war
weapon. behiH In Hie house except
Kd Kellh and I. I'ujvIh. who
were teudinu the fire lu the yard.
Wiltfa in Smith ami Purvis were
eiiKaKed la biiruinu trash and were
it a toll a v near the fire Inlklutf
when the shell exploded. UnockltiK
them off their feet, KIiikh pene
trated the house, nearby, where the
women K nests wero Kathcrod, and
seven fraKtiientK wre plucked oul
of the tun iron p. it her leaden
iiiIksIoh paKse'l clear liiroiiKh the
liou.se. Aecoidlnu to lieiKlibora,
who rushed lo Hie scone aa hood
is they hetird the blunt, all pres.
ent were sit f Tori hk from a mild
form uf shell rbocU.
The major port Ion of I ho shell
was hurled about 2''( yard Into n
riebj.
The Hindi, of the type used dur
InK Ihe KpaiiiHli-Auierlcait wnr wmh
found by (, H. I'urvlM, on Wanner
creelt, seven or elulit yearn ao
when he was dlKKiuK mil a uopher
hole. He took It home and It bus
lain about (he place since. Ibw It
ot lo Wjii; i tor creek In the first
place Ih unknown. t
I'lOM Kll IHI.S
I'KNDI.I'PON, Jao. 8 ( A I '
George T. Meeker. 01. pioneer
rancher of this county died ut tils
homo here lust night. lu was born
In Iowa und came to Oregon in
; la8, enKUginv ih funning bvro
for 3U year u. - .
Panamans Fight
Proposed Treaty
With Americans
Popular Sentiment in the
Southern Republic Is
Growing Against Ap
proval of Agreement.
PANAMA. Jim. . A1' l-upll-lur
Heiitlliten uK"lnxt tlie i'miuinuii
Ainerlculi treuty 1h vi-uwIiik her,,
unit the government Ih dultiK Hh ut-
iiui.it to prevent tho Irifliimtiiu of
tllV UIUIUV. I I.IIIBC1I lit... Ill.ri-
Imkh httvo beon forbidden, and the
ooiiKreHHional committee etiKHSed In
KtudyinK tlie treuty, him boon re
(lUPKtod lo UelHy Its report.
Jjr. Hurinodlo AruH, rormor I'ltn
iiinan delegate to the Icuriio of na
tlmiH, louder of the fllfht BKulllut the
treuty, wild:
'It Ih impoHHlble for unyone lo
predict whether or not the conureHH
of I'ununiu will ratify the treuty re-j SAI.K.M, Ore.. Jun. II. CAP) lr
oenlly negotiated between I'unumu . rluutlon und tuxutlou loom ua Im'
and the It. S., but it Is quite evident j portant mutterx for coimidemtion :
thut in all ectlon of the country' of the thirty-fourth legislature,
every mun, woman und child feels which uwembleH here Mnnduy. ;,
thut an InJliHtlco will bo committed Indlmtriul accident collipeilHutloli.
uuuiimt I'unumu In the event of limeduoutlon, freo text buoka, refor-.
appro vul'
The new Iuna man-American
treaty glvea the armed forcea of the
I'nltoH Ulutnu ffan tfimuit tlii'mlirli
I'unumu III time of neuce, und pro- " I",0 li-i-lsutloix probleiiiH. und tho
vlded thut Puimmu ahull declare leKialuturo will have u report from
her-elf ill u atato of war "in oue ,l,t InvoHtlBUtliiB conimlttea
of uny war In which the U. 8.wh !h w appointed by . the lout
Hhould be a bcllltiorent." I'uunmul leulnlutiir, . . . , : ,;
uki oom to 'cooperate ill all poaalble , lo A"k '''"'" ' r"b ,
wnya In the dotenno of the Punumul ,u, ' underatood that a probo
oanuI of the iiervioe ratea of the l'uclflo
Tlieup articles give the U. H. com- 78'"'h" nd Telettruph compuny
plote control over all radio und 18 Bol"" to be naked for. It Is ro
cul.le conimunlcaliuns and super- 'orte'' tlmt Repiesentutlve K. S.
vision over all aircraft und aviation Hamilton, of Bond, will stmt tlio
i., r uu.,.,,in ii..,i I tnlnn off. , -
... ih. 'a.i,...ii.. ,,., i,,u f . ih
ounul, and the harbor ul Colrn are
turned over to the U. H. for per
lioluul occupation.
Final Attempt
To Find Missing
Boy Is Started
I'OKTLAND, Ore., Jun. 8. (AP)
Throo veteran mountaineers ourly
today. set out from Uuttlo Axo Inn
at Oovernment Camp tu climb tu
summit iialii.- highost - lMilntv -on
Mount Hood, In the huue that Jjes-
lie Urownlee mlglit ho locuted ut
it ho cabin. ' . t ,
Urownlee becume supu rated from
a companion lust Hatlirduy at the
eiiHt side of Trlungle Moraine, und
for u week nil accessible places on
tho south side ut Mount Hood lu
the neighborhood of Triangle Alor
alno have been combed by suurull
ers without nvu.it.
On the buro possibility thut
Urownlee, who wus aii experienced
otimber, mlht have made his way
to the Hiimmlt cabin for rorugo, the
Hi roe men decided to make u final
effort toduy. Liege Coleman, Mark
Wlegandt and Bill l.cnz slur tod out
for this last attempt.
ImhI night 27 othor searehera
gave ut the queHt and toduy they
were returning to their homos. Mr.
and Mrs. J. Hrowlneo. purentw of
the lost youth, remained ut Battle
Axe Inn today Imping agatnat hope
that their hoy might yet he found
U.S. Gunboat At
Nicaragua Port;
Mission Secret
KAN JUAN DIOLHUH, Nicaragua,
Jan. 8. AI) The U. . H. Unlves-
ton whicli left Corluto ut dawn
yesterday, arrived here luat night
aud was proceeding today to Se
nium bay, at the southern extremity
of Nicaragua,
Commiinlcatloii with the Interior,
which waa cut off yesterday after
reports of bandit activities had been j
received, were Ktlll blocked today.
Itoiiorts from Managua yesterday
....1.1 it. ..I ,1... M..l1inul...i I..,, I lufl
.. ........ i ...i. i,. i. iu
on the north western coast, whore ni
....
Uiin runner oi anegeu Mexican
registry was reported attempting to
WaHhlngtoii dispatches, however.
said that the Galveston had gone
to San Juiin Del Hut on an iiudls-;
closed mission.
Prince of Wales
Spilled by HorseASK STATE TO
LONDON, Jan. (At'l, - Ills
llUIng for putting a spirited horftc
over risky Jumps has caused l Ic
Prince of Wub-s lo come another
cropper, , i
Although ho gave up st"epb -chasing,
or point -to-pot nl raclm;
at Hie Hollcflutlon of IiIh family,
lln- lii-lr lo tin' Ihruim imiimI Imw
bin hiiulliiir, um ymtiMiluy mif-
fi'MMl IllH rilKl IKX'llli'Ml Of llH' IH'"
y-'ir.
Whlli' liililiiK n illrrli ult hi il:.'
iii-ur (liful liiilhy, l.U"i'i( f rili In', j
olif liucolllll HtiyH, tin hol'H Hltllit!
Id' d und li'll on lint 'f sround: '
(hi- prlntv Hprunir idi'iii-, i-Mcuptn
wllli u budly prulnil li ft wrlnt.
Tmi' to iiibIoiii Im ri'iliuunli'd tin'
ruiitureil unliniil und eoilllniled io
.i,,.uii lit., fnv nil httnl.h Heemlliu.
ly III pul ii. A minor ciiauully hm
thu siiunihlnK of III" wriat watvll.
. . .I,-.
FINANCES OF
STATE CLOUD
LEGISLATORS
Thirty - Fourth Session,
Which Meets Monday,
Faces Problem
IRRIGATION ALSO
IN FRONT BERTH
Several Other Items
Stand Out as Stubborn
Knots for Oregon Law
makers to Untie.
eHtutlou'and uutomottvo legialtttlou
ure other matters which will . en
gage attention, v
The irrigation congreaa Ih to
formulate auggeiitioni for aolutioii
Henutor Joseph, of Portland.
of Portland, Ih
expected to introduce a resolution
providing for tho submission of u
constitutional amendment which
would empower the stale to enter
into otmtructH with adjoining stuten
or with the federal government for
hydro-electric development.
Tuxutlou lliggost Itrm
Taxation und stute finances lu
general will take up much of tho
legislature's time.
Taxation of intunglhles, a gen-
em 1 franchise tax on corporate ex
cess, u hill empowering assessors.
to demund accurate Information
rehaivQ to the property of big in-
dustries and corporationsi vnd a,
chunge'iti theuHeiMniPt dnte from
aiur, f ut tiuu. i-ure 'itutong vuo
IjrJiiofiml measures to -be congjd'
Hhould the ways und means com
mittee recommend appropriations
thut would merely meet the statu
tax levy for next year there would
still be a deficit of more than
GUO.OOO hy Hie end. of 1927. But
the legislature will he uked for
money far In excess of visible rev
enues, and fur things thut appar
ently ure neueHHury. For example.
the people have voted a new normal
school for Ka stern Oregon, and the
normul school board of regents hua
selected La Grande us Us location.
But the measure appropriated no
money for the purpose aud the tax
levy does not provide for It. At
least J 100. UU0 will be necessary.
The question is: whero Is the money
coming from? ' .
A similar situation exiflts relative
to the Kusteru Oregon tuberculosis
huHpltsI to be locuted at The DuileH.
The mcuKure on which the people
voted appropriated 100,000, and'
that has been taken cure of l:t the
tax levy. But the members of tho
stute board of control say twloo
that amount will be necessary.
With Henry U Corbett, of Port
land, and John H. Carkln, of Med
ford, months ago chosen by tho
legislators us president of the sen
ate and speuker of tho house, ros- :
pectlvely, thero will bo little to
keep tho session from getting to
work seriously next Monday almost
with the first bans o the gavel,
(kivcTnors' Moseavcv Monday
The messages of the outgoing
und incoming governors probably
will be reud Monday afternoon,
On the senate side John P. Hunt,
of Woodburn, will again be chief
clerk und will have nl old stuff,
including Mrs. Kllzubetli Glatt,
formerly Elizabeth Braun, of
Woodburn, ussistunt chief clerk;
M. K Hardesty, reading clerk, and
A ii nmltlnril. of Pendleton, cal-
( - -
ender clerk. Colonel W. G-. 1.
I Mercer, will return as senate er-
! Kfant-at-arms.
o Contest Seen
In the house the chief clerk- .
j ship iuuy not be fully settled wheu
(Continued on Ppro 5)
BAK SFUUMHU
IN AUTOMOBILE
I'dU'I'LANn, Ore, Jan. 8 (AD
XufWHtlonB lo lhi Ipglslntlini
rriuiM'il hy lh Orclton autoinolillii
t'onfurMiw Iiito IniludoH a liw .
imulimt a driver' holillnir un arm
roul uiiolhnr pi'rnoii, or hnvliiK '
,, t, up whtlo (IrlvliiK a Par,
rjlM WUI OIK f Hl rt'COIHIlKMldu- ''
Hums or 'I'. A. lluffi'ty, chief of tlm,.
U,. iratrlo iiolli'-'limil. . .
Wlniluhlt'ld Bllrkurs, uxcupt
)iok rfqlllrvtl liy luvv, would
bumuMl. and trunk UrlvorB would ;
in.riMUlri'd lo comt to & full atop
nhllM nmklnc drllvi'rlfH.
Tlio Hoover Ulilform vehicle.
roile u upproveil wltli soma vurt-
. titloiiM. 1
Climifrei) In tlio llfclit law und tlm" Vjj
Utlu luw were lo bo coualdured tlill j
j afternoon. ' 'l
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