La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 29, 1927, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY -FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE mnht lEuSttttttg CITY EDITION THE WJEATHER Oic;,in: (J'-ni'inl'y fi to:il(;M unci Su' unley but It ;i toy, n-a r 111 coast; probably thundci KluriiKI In iiiouiilttiiiH of South Oregon. mxwx VOLUME XXV. MKMUKIl ASSOCIATED PKEPS IA GRANDE. OREGON,. FRIDAY, JULY 25), llJ27 MUMI1ER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 2)9 tot FLOOD AND QUAE CHERRY CROP HARVESTED IN THIS COUNTY Yield Less Than 50 Per Cent Bears Out Early Season Estimates COVE ASSOCIATION SHIPS 2 CARLOADS Same Group of Orchard--ists Consigned 22 Car loads to Outside Mar kets During 1926. Tin- cherry 1i; rvt Ik practically nt ;in fN'l in this pari or the slate, wit li actual yields approximating llii' earlier predictions of less than JiU per cent of a nuniiiil crop. Although Il)' iin!fty of thrchei lies was good, better than usual, some growers declare, the quaullty waw much la-low average The total carloads uf cherries shipped Irani I'nloil county this yi'ttr could he counted on the fin gers of one's hand. It Is .said. ASSOCIATION SHIPS TWO COVI5. July 29 (Special) Tin cherry harvest 1h ended nt Cow wllh only w(i curs shipped hy the association a train si ''! last year. This means nboul &n per cciit of tin- whole amount shipped in car- toad lots, as t lb-re are always hun drcds of boxes si in ly fill special orders. In the year when the as sociation wiih formed. It shipped. mil cars of black cherries and 10 of reds. "taking a total uf II cars. Hill this was before 'the cold winter that so seriously dam aged t he trees, although last year alter Hie serious damage to the I t-'es, t he a asocial itm handled II '.' cars. Tin- loss tills year .is Trine lo sudden freeze lasl fall, da inaglng Ihe trees still more, and again lo la If frosts this spring. Ttie burlieulliirlst has numerous Ihing to contend .wllh. First ..f nil the weal her conditions thai af reet I In- crop: frosts in t lie lute sprfng are no more damaging than ain 1 ii liiiir the blossoming period and too intense heat for u day or I w o when the fruit is inuiutl lire will tend lo ripen It before it pets its Krnw th. Ib-sldes the went li conditions, there ate various forma of insects that attack lh" fruit (Continued on 1'ace 5) GOLF TEAM IS SELECTED FOR SUNDAY MATCH Th fHlei of players fur l,a Claude's J-'nlf team whieh will Com pete auahisi Ccndloiun's team on Ihe local course Sunday, hecinnin nt !i o'clock, luiN heeu deterniined nref)i iliiiu' to Meoros mudn in I lie I taker toiiriminenl. two wocks UK". and is announced as follows: f I. I Larisoit, t "hne llohnen kamp.'Norman l-'rees. It, J. Camp l.ell. KInier Stoddard. S. 1 . I'roue. 1H-. Kay Murphy. U Perkins. I 'harles I ley nohls. Cluirlt-s Itinx ner. John Theisen. . W. Nelson. .1. J. ( arr. I'red K. Khldh-. A. I-:. Kininan. 1.. Klnzel. W. H. Keuler. F. I. Meyers. A. It. Huwcn. I. 1. Lilly. II. M. liay. W'iltlani Sie-rtl. A. V. Andrews. II. It. Cohurn. A. T, Hill. August Slanu'C 11. A. Xur l.riek. Hal Itohnenkamp. !an Tan ner. W. (.;. Sawyer. II. I'.. Ilnnlr, V. I. Vaughn. Clint Vim Fleet. 1 1. N. Asliliy. Knr Hey Holds. Or. I. I .. UmIhIoii. Charles 1'loher. J. UavenscroTt. I'aul Meyers. .John .arison, I 'cud let on will send from 17 to n players lo compete with the li firandc leant. luteal players who are not tnalched U Pendh-ton opponents will play hi a Pm at lotirnamctit. 'BEING WELL RE AD" The claimed ad -.-ell oil (if Ihe OhKcrvcr I icrtillnly well cml judging hy Ihe rculi oil u tnctl hy ihe tunny !ldertl-er. lany Miiplc Oil u-.'ewn tho bey ore tint III ilhift fhiI of in tiling likely to Ih luund in Iicm' nd-". iicicrilicb-'- IIm- end thetti cu r) day in order to ein In liuit-lt with nIiiiI I- Ink UK pliine. orient Itm- 1Imm IMitple In find tin nrth-le for lc lint they do iicmI. If yon hove I hnu-M- to rent. Jilt iirllcle to ll. teed help, uiint a pnMlnil, or line lot niiiciliing. try tin wrwr Wimc Ad the b mall and ihey hrhi ri-ull-. "UbscrTcr Ailvrrllsli. A MciTlioudUdii SenliV 43 Scouts Hike To Aneroid Lake; Ministers Visit La Grande and Island j City Pastors Speak at! Wallowa Lake Camp TU..l. rn..!..i T.i .... iriutn i nai intercsiing W.M.I.OWA I.AKK. July fSlncl.il In Thi' OIwci-v.t) I'roli bly lh( lurfff-Kt orf;iinl7.rl hllto evi-r luk- n lo Aneroid luko. look pluco WYdnoailay . wlirn 43 boy tK-outa who ro ittlcndlnir Hi sum mht I'unili liori', lilkcd to th liik unil ri'liirnrd wllhout oulsldn Hid. WidnriKliiy nlBhl ill Ihp rouu- iHr linnpfiio niwiiiiB two Bui-sis wero pri'Krnl. tlio Itcv. II. w. J'nr- i kor. of l.a (!rHtiil. und tin1 Rev. Hull K. Wiillis. or sin n,l I'lty. Rolh t'Xteiidi'd llit'lr Rood wishes to Ihe HeoutH n Tld asked thill. Ihey keep on Hie walell for the nilineroUM kinds of IiIiiIh that inhalilt the I CIIK.'Ai.iO, July 2:1. (An eountry. J Whipped into u riith hy ti sudden Studying Trai'kliijc Stuall. Lake Mli'hlKaii drimi;ed Thur-siiay mornlnB the Seouts down the exeursiun steimier l''avor made plaHtiT ennlR or traekR of the te a half mile nit Uuroln park yes wild animals lo lie found In thtsjterday drowning 27 holiday makers vlelnlly. Several elk liav liecn seven. Utile KirU. nine hoys, ten Been and pletures taken of them. 1 women and one man. Tod.iy. slill Two awima n day has been the ani;ry. the lake pounded away at aehedule so far tin it is provlnc I five tut;. auehored under a leaden very popular. The heRlnners In j sky at the seeue w hile divers crop swlmmlne are lenmlnK ' rapidly, i ed iilmut to make eertiiln the last Tin v bit: Carl Helm. I'loyd Kn-! victim had been taken from tho -le Carl Johnson, Itvron Hunt and I depths. Jolin Horn. The AlllKiilor patrol, ! The aul luirllles set t hemselves to w llh Kdwln Klrhv lis palrol lend- InvesllKiite and fix hlamu and Krlef er has won nil lionom no far In tent Inspection. Murk t'oillt Hclil IiiIoi-.I nir tirnirrillllH navel'"""' i'"- -i nui'i' 11 "'.no 11.10 1., . ii i..... ,.l.-,.n i.ronnd the evenlilBil"sl K'"M 11 l",ln' of doubt campflre. A mock court was held xprwia loiln which the following boy iook, . . .. ..... ..... r.....-..., 1 part: .lacK .Mcrau. jinm-. v.. ... ... (lllklson. attorney for the defense: "'" e..rly rescues. A Willi Slmler. proseeutintr attor- lmrse had been found conlalmm. n.y. -This a followed by a talk their ln. ,,,. ,,, ,jcv I.eir H. Awes on I B'Niy Wllsluil Ashore What I'lnes Are Our Ka.vorlte ( The lasl body recovered. Unit of Tr.".cs" The scout executive. K. l'eI In Itussc'll Keotl. save a talk to tliej"'- ''" haii.ll...Bs. lunch "A Skeleton by tho Way- ! "'" """ salvai:e were side." The subject wan BUBBCHted ;bruuKht up hy diver who. after , .. . . 7 .... ,r .1,-1, ... on'fuul' ''ours wurk, hud fotiml 110 Ihe hlk. to Aneroid lake, w l.kll turned vut to be that of a Ueer. Wallowa Pastor Declines Call To Church Here t WAItlW Ore. Jnlv r.i Al.lioUBh called to Ihe pastoral- of the Central Christian church of I. Crund... with a bit,- Increase over! . . .... ........ i... wi i. v,.ii, ...ii the Itev. It. N. (llnon. pastor of th Wallowa Chrlsthin church, for the last year, declined Ihe Icinpliliir las. Sunday cave hl.u a unanimous all to stay and continue the work he now has well underwit)'. At Ihe same time the congregation voted him an Increase in salary. Kecall of Mr. Olson was voted at a meeting of the official hoard lust week, the action of the hoard being ptae.'d beTon the coiiki f Knl loi: for Its approval Sunday, resulting In t he ununimous decision. On the same day Mr. ' fshn received the call from the church to I. a (Jrande, "hue to the flue spirit of har mony fellowship, and good will and also the fine progress of the work during tin past year. I left eonstraitwd to remain." said Mr. m"N,"1 oismi.i. six uay Olson Tuesduv, In commenting on!11-'0 " -xMyed the his decision. j conriagratlon would hi; extingui.sh- . j ed within the next two days. More j than ) acr s wcii- burii d. t he f trthm Drnnt Cnvn "'i'"" 't d. In W riser, Idaho t ' , , . t SpiirliK from a tractor ha ullng a Ll.rhl.en membe of the I.fttrolllMn(l y.-M,,.,.,,- r)IUM(M, f,. ..ranue .mihtkh, g.un. ' .,.,,,,, desiroy-d 100 acres of corps and the drum major. Ml. wh,..(, on (;m,(M.hnl riirm I(,lir l.nvrgrove. left here this morning ,(H.U ,((f.M W1B r0V..,.(M, at four o'clock hy auto Tor W else,. ' (nfinram.(1 bla.. where they are attending tho I m'm Ida ho I cgiott convention torlay. j Th" ilrum corps contest and the convention parade are lite main fen I tires today, und the local drum corps will appear In bolh. although ihey will not compete for the prize In l lie contest. Two members of the local corpn. Uoy I'urrey und I la Hey tile hard son. win act u judffen tu the com pel II Intl. commander HuHi 10. Ifrady and Senator I'red F. KbMIe, chairman of the convention commission fqr Ihe OreTon convention hebl here lasl week, are alo at Welwr, with Art liur Muriihy. past department commander of Oregon. hl'.MKS aw iisimti: SAN KltAN'.'ISCU. July 2H (AP) - Nicholas LnnKworth, speaker of !the hou tie fif representatives, today emphatically 'b nivd that any Hem j blanee of u rift had occiirn'd b' jtwen him and I'onjtn smun M. L. ! i 'ruinpacker that night have caused 'the derangement and ttuhse'iU'Mit jsuh-ide of the OrcKOlilun. i Inferent'cH which reached I.ong , vorth ears, hinting that a poll j Ileal break between him and t'rum-pin-kcr vaa responsible for the hitter's fatal hap Into San Francis co Pay htst Sunday, occuMtoncd a JttUtf mem. 27 ARE LOST WHEN VESSEL IS CAPSIZED! i Lake Pleasure Steamer "Favorite" Sinks Not Far From Chicago RUSH TO SIDE OF SHIP RESPONSIBLE . 1 1 ragedy Recalls Sinking of Steamer Eastland, Due to the Same Cause, 12 Years Ago. I darkened a score of homes. None of the authorities had any list of ' iiii.hi.. nii.nM , Ihe niissliu,'. Whether others lie- n nei Two women who last niKlit were be- .0 ...... ...... .......... ... found safe at home bav in.' cscait- ! 01 '.'.l''. '""". TtiGlakf.' looks' mad IfPcatiHC Its jviotlnts arc hcliiK taken away as If they hchxiKcd to It." coin mooted lOipl iIri Carl llowoll. of the coast Imiard. He planned to ohtaln a hoitr !e;ihle uilh hooks allachcd susiend 1 ii i.rti .. ...... i i 1 ..... 'or.,.,,.; The l'"nv..rile lisled noticeably to "te left when floated free, it was disclosed today j IMtms IiihIIwuIimi ! 1 ;n.ner phinned to make a persona! Inspection of the slennier. Hheldon Clark and Dr. IIiiIIIm T. Poller, built former commodores of Ihe Chicago Vachl club. Com mander KuKene .McDonald, ex- .vocldsmiin. olhe f Continued on Pago fi) SOUTH OREGON FOREST FIRES NEAR CONTROL SAN FKANCISCO. July (AP) --The local district orrice of the Inlled Slates forest service re ported that more than li" men were fighting a fire that started In gov- rniuenl limber on the Villi creek. win-: at ihtiiovi;i I I. V I 1 1 t."l'( iV I.. I.. n. Hit CRUMPACKER 'oiigreiMmaii .Maurice 'rum piM-ker. of Oregon, hIih commit' till Htiichbr lit Sun I runciM-o n t-etlllj'. wa- hurhfl bU aftermstu In Portland. Hen' In one or ill luteal picture. Trial of Damage Suit Ends With Directed Verdict Lyndall Farnham Fails in Effort to Collect $2V (XX) from the Bowman- j Hicks Lumber Co. j The rue at l,ynlall Kltrnhain j against the Huw tnait-Hlcka laiinhcr j company, which vuh trlej In tint j Wullowa county circuit court Ijc 1 fore Jmlj;,. J. w. Know I eg, was lendei tliLs iitornltiGr when .lit dee KnowlH (illow ed a motion made hy j tho ntlorneyK of tho lumher com pany ior h ui recu d veruici in ruvur of the com puny. The motion was inailo lasl niKht j und wuh followfMl y a lonw lejal urj;uinent. which ended In the mo tion thin inoininff hy ' JndC Know lew. At the end of the case tho plain tiff's altorneys made n motion lor non-nnit of J. V. frowley. also defendant, which eliminated him from tho ctise. ItCMilt at Dentil The Mill was for SL'j.nun and ; wji.i lirnmrlit hy l.yndall I'urnharu., Hon of W ilder K. l-'arnhum who was I killed when a tree hchur rdled hy einploycH of J. Trowley for the Bowman-Hick rompany. fell 1 acroNH the roud. The tiult was Im-oukM h.v the hoy's mother und tfimrdlnn, who was separateil from W. It. l-'urnluim. at the time of his death. j Huniel ltoyd, of i:nterprlso, was counsel for the plaintiff, associated 'with Keith A. Taldwcll and Harry K. Hall, of 1'ortland. t'ochran and Kherhard. of l.fi Orande. assifilt'd hy I'larence J. Vomit? and Koseof' N't lKon. of Portland, were attorneys for ti" Inmlii-r company, and I''. S. .Ivinihoe. of Im Grande, represented ' Mr. t'rowtcy. FISH CONTEST TO BEGIN SATURDAY A ngle'rs Preparing Today . ii .1 it; i. l.i.. .1 ,.u io expend vveeiv-rjim un Favorite Streams Preparalloits are htting made to day by scores of local fishermen 1 start out bright ami early tomor row morning in the ipiesl of trout bass, whltefl.sh and other variolic or ,flsh which. ,lf they seem r. have a "look -in." will he entered In the annual Wing. Fin ami Fleet foot club contest, which precede- the humpM to he held in the I. j (i, ( , F. temple Monday evening beginning al H:M o'clock. j HIP nsn cimiesi i an anou.ii mi fair and usually only two tl ;, ,, ;.: allotted to the anglers in w do their best. This year, how eer. the contest begins tomorrow morning and (!" not end unlit Monday a f I ernooo. j Memhcrs of the club are intic-' Ipating a lat'L'e crowd of sports- i men to I he fish bantpiet .Monday (. night and urge (hat all catches he' entered for t he contest a ml ha li quet, regardless of w hel her t hey seem to have a chance for the prizes or lint. Several reports of local anglers received lately are I hat fishing is good lu some parl of I'uioii and Wallowa counties while alonu oth er slreunis few large fish are t ilicn. Some of the disciples of Iznuk U ni ton plan to start out this evening so US to be on the ha tiks of t heir favorite stream or lake with sunrise tomorrow. The prices and fb played luthe nn-t ' compauy'H windows. Bottomley Freed From British Fen LONItON. July : Ho Molt Icy wid time figure In (in liter member of pa :. (AP) I y know m it Hi il. mi. liament. le for-lur- er and financier, was released from Maidstone prison this morning where he had been serving ;i seven year term for fraudulently rim. . verting to his own ue .Mian pounds, HiibHi-rlbed to a victory loa u bond illlb which he founded while aj member of the house of coiiiinoa ;. j flood behavior resulted in P.ol tomley'M release afelr serving slightly re than five ycais of his Mcntence. j Portland Fires Do $3000 Damage I'oIITI.ANH. ' A 'sVries or fir lug In half a d laiuag" of moll . July '. (API I s.l Uiebt ..ceiir- ii n S Mum. The most serbtu- tt'iiH In a building iit Mrosd way and A n keny si reel s. The Curtis rH.niiiiiil, licet. .r hotel, Jake lib, li. ICollingoi'-Kein real estate cuiiipaiiy. and Ho- K, H, Sulor radio serice, all hmeed In the structure at Ifroadway and Ankeny. were damaged. w. m i ii n rr ww m m ti w-w r. mm "V n. 'T m mtrm. rm ii m m mm mm raw f iii i i in a i mm -m mm. i i l i . JTj MILLS lliiyUSAiUS mm mm mm m mm mm bh nt i m m 4 i t r m -x r.- m m mr. -mu r w. & wri -mm . IAIMEE MAY GIVE UP HER TEMPLE SEAT Woman Evangelist to Ab i dicate Her Throne, Los i Angeles Times Says MOTHER DECLINES I TO IJELIEVE HER Mis. McPherson Tells of j Progress Being ' Made ' Throughout World in Building "Lighthouses" j l.llS ANIIHI.HS. July ::. (AIM Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother ol Ailnee Seluple Me l'liersun, evange list leader of the Aimelus Teinple. today lrttlally admitted that her ilaliKhler's kldlialtiln; slory of last summer was driving llieiii both out of the temple. I,US ANCKI.KS, .lulv L'!t t A I ' ) Morning and early afternoon papers hhiKott forth the announeenient to day hy Almee Semple Mcl'hrrsou. evaiiKelist, that she Inttrnded to re sImh her leailershlp of Aimelus Temple and move to other fields. A few hours later she recalled that statement and said there would he mi "humeri laic ehjiiiui' " She nthl last iukIiI her reniKiia-1 lion would he placed in 'the hands1 of the church committee to take effect as soon aV a suilahle leailfr could he found lo take her place. Today her mother, .Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, com men ted : "There's no reason to he alarmed. This Is at least the siMh time that she has said she would resign." IH: l,ltl,S SMI. Wild, i;t T LOS ANtlKLKS. July V.K (A The Times says Ahuee, Setuple Mc PhrrHiiu will ithtlicute her throne ,A rigelus 'Temple. . The evangelist announced lasl "; jiesiKn.ill t ha t she would suit mil her mi lo the church coiumll- Itee now encaged In reorganising ilhe business affairs of the temple to heeotoe effective a soon as M rs. Mc Phersoit's po-M i r i as pas lor can lie filled and Hie present !'iitahhle between the iastor and her mother. Mrs. Minnie Kennedy. 1 can he Ironed out. I The a nnounceiiiefil of hue pending resignation came at im- as Ihe lasl 1f founder pel has unexpected climax of inoiit hs during which of the Four Square Hi. ,( 'uiitinued. mi Page M Dawes and Party Sleep as Liigme Smashes Trestle I M KM I'll IK. Teiin.. July L':i (AP) ' hie man was killed niiil two nihers seriously injured loday.when the locomotive of a special train bearing Vice ('resilient Charles (!, Haw'cs and his parly plunged I h roiii'lt . a trestle on the Ya.no and MVsisHppt Valhy rallrta. pejir llcjid. Mit-H Tin- vice prcsi dent was asleep hi his berth and was not awakened by Ihe accident, a lelcphoue message fro In tile scene or Ihe wreck staled. r. Dawes retired soon afler the flpectal train Ie(( (IrccnvHte. Miss., w here Mo vice president addressed the stale convention ol the American Le gion lasl nlifhl. Tit' Iralu was bound lor Mcmphhi and was due lo arrive about six o'clock this morning, Sam Jones, uf Memphis, engineer of Ihe train was killed; his fire man J. !'. Morion, a Iso of Mem . i phis. a seriously injured, as was lalso Henry Fletcher or Oreenvillc, traveling engineer nf the Ya.no and Mississippi Valley railt I. The body or (he engineer had not I recovered early today. Mayor of Rainier, Ore., Declares t Recall Move Pari of Liquor Fight i;ainii;p. ore..'.iuiy (APi Oeribil that anv lorre, threat or; Coercion WII.M Used by (-crullers io! nee u re Hl'cuat tires, and th-Hai a thm j by .Mayor A. Ve;iich I hat 'it Is a thiior fight a Itoget her." w r develiq mIs Ifiday in a poHMcii, t-'mpeHt w I.I' Ii culminated In fl.'- ; lllg Of lec,itr p'lltlolis WcfJnesdaJ .iKalnsl Mayor 'e;t(,li and Coin,-' HI ii V il Kraut mid Lduaid llougi In rg. J W. A. L.tder. i. ichanl. rke. , tod a y fr a sLiN'Mhii', ua Id, "o;t" of (he recall pe!Mt"lis was here in j ilty Nioi'e. Most i"IVOIIN who sigc I ed ca me tit i not a r! ly. When; the pe,(jnOS Wefe IfklO .'llOUIhL we 'ltd not Hi-" any aigoment. If1 persons wanted to sign all right., If nol all lichi. "On (ny (.mi. and In the bent o; my knowledge :.o threat .au iiiadc! BIG OIL MAN i r (icore I'aclilto, dci need here Willi his son at (Vlllo, Ore. Is the ('(est Indian In this state, and tolhl hi the I lifted Suites, to ouit and o pi-rale Ids on n inilo mohilc scrvitv hUitjou. FATE OF GENEVA MEET IN BALANCE .Naval Conference May End Suddenly with Nothing Gained lly The , AM'iiitc TM'ss ' The lati- Jr the liLpartile naval conference at,(ieheva wuh hanging In the balance today. At (!el"a the. COtlleiclU-e Wi'.i gencrall; regard'd in a ' cril lea I, I; nol hopeb ss sil uat ion w it h I h frrty ray nt light suggest ions that the Itritlsh are .slill open lo new propojmts It t hey do not nriee!. I he i 'iinda menials of the ItrlHsli plan wide!) Ihey say musl hi n--lained, The iliilish rahlnel was hastily suiiimoiie,! for a meiding thin aft ernoon In Lund on, Ihe report he - I ing Ihgltlie Kituallon at (iencv.i. had caused Acting Premier I'luiin herlain to lake I his huri led step. 1 l tidal cit eles in Washington toi-crast tin adjournment of the eon fere nee If houl an agreemetil and spec ii m I ion y, as cenleied o.i w hal course Pn-sident i 'oolldg-.-would take in dealing with naval c.pansloii questions this winter. , 1 LOXIioN', July (AP) Japan "will undertake Ihe ml-! of incd-: lalor belwectt the I'niled States' and (ire.it liiihiMi to t-avo the1 naval reduclion con lei . -nee from a hreakd iwn, says si. Peiiter dinpatch from (icpeva litis morning. LONDON. July ft (AT) The! Mi it ish cabinet convened (ale I his alteiiio.ni alter having heeu has tily HU.iiuioncil. aeveral ministers who were en route to the country lor the week end hejng recalled. ' Alvin McCitrdt To ' j Serve Life Term l nllLCllN CITY. Hie,. .ny '"(J J'tAI') With the apathy that im.mI. - ' ed iiiiu during his irlal. Alvin c. iMeCiirdy, ,"iX. received his seitttqice jul life iiiiiiriHoiilneiil and left lor ,Snlelii la.t night. lie merely' 'shook his head in xileiice when j Judge Campbell asked hltu If. he 'had anv re.,... m why sentence dioiild j not he imposed or Ihe murder of !n w ifr to obtain e sgllnUle.,, "A Liquor I igbl" May.,1- Vealch said today he had not he, ird from John F, Logan, of Portland. attorn, v he had re tained lo help In his light against I he ret :i II. rs iti pi oeciltii c In be fill. e n license. -This thing Is a Hmuoi light al- log. Ili' l-," tie said. "They IU" 'aiming r,ti sttiel enlore.tii.nl o' teiu'ir bins. In I In six inontl'S I have ),e. I) N omu c ( lid .. I II -'' llu""r at-ietls and L"i con- vtetloiiH. 't h' y clu'iii (he matshal I appointtil. T. W. I uii- y. searcn "I ce I'M ;i lid a t l ii elllig ma li or two imide complaint. II In I'inley they are alter more I (m n un.vone else, They a i e ( l ying lo gel rid of him through me. hi-c;ime' I ap point ct ilim, I ii.'ll f.'es III the pv; I it Ion arc Mibtej -fugeH.' i Central Oregon Highway To Be Completed Soon ! State Commission Orders; j Starting of Work In-j dians Ask Permission; I to Cut Timber POIITLAND. Ore.. July :! (AP) The last big act or the slab' high w uy commission under J udge William IHihy'w chuirmanship wuh done late yesterday when the com mission ordered work started on I the Milehell-Knyvitle highway. A jseellon west trout Mitchell was or dered started as soon as possible. Seven miles will ho advertised in August. This road tuts been one of the dreamt of f'vnlrai Oregon people for many years. Judge Duhy lias long favored It. but did not urge. Its completion until the main high way program watt about ended. Rui yealerday'H action van taken on the motion of H. H. Van Ju.er. seconded hy c. K. dates. It hs thought the entire project will take three years to complete. I Four real Indians appeared be fore the commissioners yesterday 'afternoon lo ask that they ho al lowed to cut Umber Vloug the Old Oregon Trail on land the native sous own. The commission Is iin xloua to preserve the natural beau ty of the hlghwayH and Ihe law glvea Ihe orriciuls control of the Kldcti of Iho highways for some feet back on each side. No action was taken after an able address In his unlive tongue by Cuptaltt tfumpkln. The In dium sell eordwood.ln Pendleton. A aurvey wuh ordered on the proposed Lakeview-liend litghway to go by Silver lake. Hummer lake ami Pnlslev. The new road win strike ',1'he nalles-Callfornla high way ( Fremont trull between Crescent and Laplne. It was announced thai the. ellni aled expenses of the highway de partment (his yi-ar will lotat i:i. l!!iH morn titan tho eHllnmtcd In come. ContractH were deponed Of lulo Vesterday follows: Tillamook cotiuty ftonsevoU highway. Molrler-Garihaldt sec tion; kiii facing fl.S miles; Newport Construction company, 30.4fi0; r rerred lo engineer. Coos and Douglas coiinlies Itoowvtdt hlghwity; Iteedsport Uikeatde aeillon: tfurfactug 11.33 intlis; K. F. Johnson, $!i6.rttK. Hood lliver counly Harldw paKH-NoHh Foresl boundary: inain lenance material II. (1. Johnson, f :tti.H!in: referred to engineer. Lull ottnt Low pass Hitm- nill-floldson; inaliitenanco inatcr lat; H. Hlinonmin, $:U,tv40, Lincoln counly Wnhltorl-Hnl" ehery: iiialnteiiance material; Iylo and McKy, 91 -.'i"; nderred to on- (filieer. Lincoln and Polk counties (Jramle lontb--HK; surfacing: sui facing; Howard and Mc Milieu. 9 1 ,4T2.U on Oils seel ton; Victor Investment, company 94.S7fi H Oraiide Koude wction; referred to the road district. Hrl'lge over Christ tansoii slough; Tillamook; O. M. Olds. J:(.f.;i7. South American Minister Victim Of Pistol Shot WASHINGTON. July 2: (AP) Francisco Sanchez I jiloill , U I , Ml.; Gutdetiiallu minister whose lift! in Washington has been marked by oilier periods of trouble, was loan I uneoiist Ions In bis stinly today with a bullet hob- through hl: bod) above Ihe 1m ii ft and his own old-fashioned pistol nca rby. VS'liile he lay In emergency hos pital seriously wounded, his rein - I I Vcm deprcruti'd SUKgeStiOIIS I hill the shot was an attcmpl al. sui cide. Within call was his Ameri can hoi ll wile, w ho si nt out Word that Senor l.alour Icid no finan cial, polil lea I or- domestic w 01 rh s which miulil prompt suicide. She had previously si id. how ever, I h ? t eeeiil Mllelde ftf I lepfeseii t a ! i e Cruiii packer, of Oicgon, hadgrea'- ly w oi ii-- lllcft re friends. Mlnlsle husband. The two O luiVe bcc cloSi- ni.l I I J.iuehez Luloiir's ti'Hi have ri'volved about suits lu which James Armstrong I of Wa'ddiigtou. (oi incr hushaml 'id Senor.i Latour, h:is ligiired.i Armstrong lasl yar sie-d nn at- I torney to gain pttssesstou of hi-' lers he k;( Id had been w I llten t. Sctl'MiL Lalour by her pri-seitl hu- 1 ibail'l h. lore she was ill v ore d f I mil ' t A rm sl roil g. A Must rting had pre v -' loiiHly i.e. n named lu a lib-I suit ' by Saiiehe Latour. bill ttiis suit I was not pr. SSi-t been us- Ihe tliplo- ! mid (jilb'l ti testily, i Seiioia LaloUi gave an inr'ilin1. of the shottting to refute cjMUt:i. ot an j'ltempt at stih tie. She sall she Pad h-rt her hushaml J" , minutes before the shut was flted, und (hal after it was tire 1 I,, y.tlh d for her and told her w had been surtliig papers, came across the obi gun, that It dropped to the d'-slf. and discharged. 1 I i ib i oiinai! nil WEST CHINA First Kepoi'ts of Gigantic Tremor of May 23 i Reach Outer World MANY CITIES ARE TOTALLY WRECKED Untold Miseries Suffered by Populace of Stricken Area Great Fissures Bisect Earth LONDON. July AP Scenes of death and terror are described in, the first detailed account to come out of (he "wild west." of. j China of the Rrent earthquake j which occurred In Kausii province j May The detail, telling of the complete destruction of the j cities of Sisiang. Lkangchow, Tu Jmettt.se and Kulang and Inuumer lable towns and villages, with a easna.llv Ht eHthnaled at lOtt.unu show that the disturbance may be classed among the most terrible catastniphea of all limn. j Monsignor HuddenhrocU, vicar Japosiollne or the Steyl mission at. ILlangchow Kattsti, gave the details In a letter, an outline or which has been sent to Ihe Westminster Gaz ette by Its Shanghai correspondent. It saya that in Llangchow a lone, at least ten thousand w ere killed, while a moving mountain com- pletely wrecked tho city of Tit- mentso. j Scores or worshippers at mass In I the church at Slslang were over whelmed hy the sudden collapso of tho edifice, ua subterraiieuti rum -bllugH wore heard. Prieats worked for bourn administering the Kacra nicut, to thn tlyittK, and carrying the injured to pluco of aufnty. Not a hoiisti In HutHng escaped daniMic !and In each dwollitinr there weto 'dead and dying'. Throughout the f earthquake areu tho populace euf- lereo uniotd miseries, Monsignor linddenbrock Jeaya (hat al nonift places great fissures appeared In tho earth, from whlcli a bluish black liquid spurted. FLOODS TARE TOMi SHANGIIAr, July 20 (A,P) Th i Chinese newnpaper, 8hlh Pao, re ports that 10,000 persons hvu been drowned and 100,000 ren dered hoinelesfl by flooding of tho Killing river In Kuklen province. Tho mountain floods were particu larly destructive in tho region oC Chankehowfu, weal of Ainoy, thn damage being estimated more than 9-'. oho, ooo. A Shanghai dispatch July 14. re ported a flood dluuster In Anhwet province which (s far north war.', from Kuklen province. Mora than I mm deaths were reported In tho Anh wel flood, which wfts caused by tin: overflowing of the Yangbs-j river. Five Portland Men Face Grave Charfe POHTLANO, Ore., July 29 (AP) I HKupeura.ne.ft Monday of a 14-year-old girl who left homo clad In n bathing suit and light coat, had u sequel today In tho arrest or five men, ranging in ago from I It to r7. In a home on Columbia boulevard, charged with contribut ing to tho delinquency of a minor girl. Slit; waa held aa a material witness. INVESTIGATING Flltl'J WAPINITi, Ore.. July L'!i. (AP) Tim state fire Miarshal Is Invest igating a fire which completely ra.ed the lledlu Lumber company's mill here last Monday night. Fire bugs are believed to have set tire to t he structure which hail Just been leased lo the Linn and Hen Mill company. Work of Installing new bells ami equipment had been started only a few days before the blaze. The building and equip ment are a complete loss. TODAY'S GARJES NATIONAL I,;AilK K. H. 1 . 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