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EDITION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928.
VOLUME XXVII.
MEMUEll ASSOCIATED PP.ES8
MEMBER ASSOCIATED THESS
NUMBER 7G.
MAS PLANS
COMPLETED
IN THIS CITY
Elks to Distribute Gifts to
Children At Noon on
Dec. 25
GIVE BASKETS TO
ii imir IV (J CT1VH V 1
Many Churches Through
out the City Announce
i t n,.n
bpecuil l rograms oiin-
day, Monday, Tuesday
Ln (j ramie's plans for Christmas
have lii-ou practically completed
and. although the arrival of Saint
Nick is not scheduled until Mon
day eveenlng. tin city as a whole
is l;n e deep in the Yuletide spirit.
'I'll Is morning the Ln Grande H.
P. O. Klks lodge No. 433, announ
ced that Its distribution of baskets
of provisions for the needy families
uf this territory would begin at It
o'clock Sunday morning, so that the
baskets would arrive in plenty of
' time Hi prepare a Christmas din-
tier. However, the baskets con- ;
tain provision's for several dinners, j
Insuring the needy Liinilie of "f-'
fieient food throughout the holi
day week.
Children's Trent
It was also announced that the
Klks Christmas tree for the chil
dren, to be held at the intersection
of Washington and Depot by the
Klks temple, will begin at noon on
Christina? day Tuesday, Dec. :.'.
Last yeur 'J.ono children were pre
sent at the tree.
Churches will swing into their
Christmas celebrations In earnest
tliis weekend, although one or two
programs have already been held
The Kpiscopal church will nuve;(,f the l.a tirande post of the Am-j
a school children's Christmas tree i erican l.eglon.
at 7 p. in. Monday and at 11:30
the same evening will liotil .MUl-iwil
night. Mass. Mrs. Kloreme l.yneh .
Miller will sing a solo and 'A
Christmas Song' will he given by
the Itntary club umutet. The re
mainder of t he program follows:
ant hem "Holy Night' ( Haw ley)
by the choir. Chri.stmus carols, or
gan nunil"'rs by Mrs. H. N. Ashby;
prelude "Vntx Celesef' (Hatiste).
oflertolre "Kantasie" (Mozart) and
post lode "Hallelujah chorus'
(II. in. hi) . The rector will give a
short address on the subject of
Christmas.
Contain Tn Ite (;icn
The bi-Hiitiful Christmas cantata
nrranged for women's voices by
Paul Hliss is being carefully pre-j
pared bv the Triad choir of the I
Kirst I'resbyteriau church. In
charge of M rs. Jk. l. ltichardson,
director. This will lie given Sun
day evening at 7:3a o'clock und will
make the evening of special inter
est, l-'eatures In tin- cantata arc
the chorus and solo work.
A Christmas festival will be In
itiated by the Christmas tree pro
gram to be given by the Sunday
school in the evening of Dec. -3 at
the Knglish Lutheran church, be
ginning at 7:3n o'clock. Christ
mas service will be held ifn Tues
day, at ln:3a o'clock when Die pas
tor w ill deliver a message? on the
subject "(lod With Is." Special
Christmas music will be. provided
by the choir for the occasion.
A Sunday school program will be
held at the itaptist clinch Sunday
evening, it is announced, and it
. pageant -pluye) in five m-enes, eti
Mitled "KoMowing the Star" will be
given at the First Cenlrul Church
of Christ. Sunday evening. There
will be - costumed characters. The
Christian pastor will deliver his
Christmas sermon Sunday morning.
Midnight Mnv
IM II ik, l ..i.i. n mil " ,M
Catholic church and masses will 1-
ffViittnnod nn Pwco fi,iiir.
NEW FUEL CO. '
IS ORGANIZED
IN LA GRANDE
.Monty Witty and rieHrhatt
-'lackland, both well known (
ande
Ponde valley residents, have open-!
-i
ilUFilieSS
establishment on
Jefferson avenue neHr the Pacific
Vrutt company. They are ut pre
sent handling several linen of fuel
and later expecti-d to expand their
business to include oilier stocks.
.Mr. Witty and Mr. Htuckiund will
cijjke la (JBMiide their home and
Mr. Willy's fa mil y. now at ove,
will come here In the near future.
Mr. Witty Is also a former resident
of Klirin. Mi. Stackland has made
I'ove his home ivIht:- he has been
td-nllfi'd with the fruit business
for many years.
wi;im:tt today
. "t a ; . in. J ti ;i hove.
.Minhniim: above,
t'otiditton: clear.
1 ; rn I ;it vi;sri:iii.v
Maximum uiliiimuiu 1
above.
t'ondillon: clear,
I Mill II IH,( . 2i. IH.'T
,M a .i in u in -4, ml ui mum
above.
Condition: cloudy.
Action Against
Billups, Dunham
Postponed Today
Hearing Will Not Be Held
Until Monday Because
of District Attorney's
Absence.
Kay Billups und I.es Dunham, of
Wallu Walla, are still belnj- held
In jail today on un open chaw, !
following tin' death oi Krunklln i
Hail, or Minam. in an automobile 1
accident at Inland City early y
lay morning. Hillups was driv
ing the cur and Dunham was with
him in the front scat. The much-'
inc. headed toward Im Grando, !
fuiied to muke the mm and m
Jed on tho river bank, latally
jurylll(f Mr Huh, who iiud bet-
rush-
In
jury I tig- Mr. Hall, who bud been In
tite back Stat. j
Itillups und Dunham appeared
before Justice of I'eace Hush IS. j
Urudy this morning but, alter u:
consulalion with their attorney, j
the hearing was postponed until
.Monday. District Attorney Carl
Helm is now in l'orland attending
a state convention and officers do
not w ish to take action until tie re
turns. County Coroner K L. Pulsion, ;
w ho has been investigating the case
said this afternoon that he would .
not decide us to an inquest until
tho district uttorncy returned. i
Officers sluted today that, al-(
though Dunham Is held on an open
charge, they are keeping him us a'
material witness.
Acts Added To
L e g i onnaires'
New Year Show
Several vaudeville acts have been
added to (he program which is
part of the midnight matinee to
begin at 2 o'clock midnight at the!
Arcade theater under the a.isplcesi
K i wood lltatt and Held Geddes
tn, featured in u musical uct lo
jnHude popular songs and ukclelc
popular songs
solus atfid duets.
Dancing pupils of Miss Miriam
Hiatt will enteituin with un uct.
Hermit Hagain and Itobert Guild; 1
t niversity or Oregon students, will1 Tiger basketball teams tool,
present a skit. 'honors In two games played
The meu-no participating-
I in the mm. ti e shu- are practicing
j tonight at 7:30 ut Honan halt.
'Roads In Good
1 Shape Over This
Part Of Oregoni
Peisons expecting to Journey by
autonioliilo to Portia ml, I he John
I ay resion or ot her stale high
way vicinities, dm ing the Christ
mas holidays, will find the roads
iu good condition generally, al
though in some places stale high
way officials in ii Grande advise
me use ui cnains on me curs, i ney
urge careiui unving to avoid ucci
deills. "The roads are generally ill good
condition in Kaslern Oregon. There
is little snow nt any point; how-
ever, iu several places tho road is
siippeiy due to frost and snow.ua.s third with six points.
i.eLwecn renuieion anu i,a araiide. i
in. ion i. L-iiitius siiuuoi oe u.veo.was suUSUIUleij tor l.ed ttet t er. t he convention Week,
and careful driving Is urged" suites) Jimmy Kosenbamn releieed bo'h? j y Longfellow city supettn
Oscar Cutler, maintenance engl- games and William Pare wasjiendent ot schools. ' expeeta to at-ne,'r-
timekeeper. i tend the convention. A number of
itctween Hilgard and Dead j the game against the li,)tlier te.iclieis also expert to be
Man's Puss, lor a distance of 30 Grande M. I. A. first ward, the-Uhere.
miles there Is more- snow than in 'score was I ." to iu for the Tigris, i '
aoj oi ner cu-Rci n Oregon sec-
lion, he says,
name at present is per feiu (
less than it was dnrinu the siiinmei
1 IIKIIllllH. hl UIVX
Mail And Students
6 Make TVCiinS Late
Due to heavy Christmas malls
and in t lux of passengers going to
their homes and to visit friends
and relatlvi-s during the Yuletide1
! 'U''n, many of the. trains arriving
Mi La Grande ar e behind schedule,
' i'- train due lo arrive iu this'
city at about 6:Su this mot nlng
arrived at It-Mr, oelock. (
The oustbound tu:2ft u. in. I rain ;
came in al 1! :'. carrying five;
extra curs thr ee mail cars, one j
sleeper with I niverslty of Wash-
mgion students and another car
rying st tide u Is coming to Iu
("rmnde.
Murderer Hanged
At Parry Sound
PA Hit V HOI W I), out.. 1 ec.
'AIM John Ihrrowski, convict
of the murder of Thomas Jack'
farmer, after a mail car holdup
near here last August I H, was
haf-tged in a snowstorm In the
colirtyard of the district Jail today.
A biting wind whirled snow
down on the courtyard as llurow
ski walked up the steps to t he
platform. lU'htfd by a -single buM.
I le objected momentarily to the
black cap. but yielded to the
haiik'inanN Insistence und mur-
I mured a short prayer us the trap
HIS CHANCE
fcV 1
V 'V"J:j I
Your contribution lilts the white
plague u lien you buy Christinas
StNiK. All the money iiiImhI t
used In this stale air prevention
and run' of tuherciilosis, ami In
itii hliiuc children, like Mils lad,
uith opiMirtiinity lo ovcifome
the dmid malady
TIGER TOSSERS
T r T7:. AXn,! TVT '
UltlHUU 1 HBl HrtiU iu.
A. and lmbler High
School Are Defeated
the-'
hist i
h tn li lUntUvw.
r v
1
, ,:at1, the appropriation w ' cut iio per
( Ha Grande High school won;;ont tnat ytsa,.t
I tom lmbler High school by a . , ,
iscnie uf 37 to 17 in a last and; r t rn w m
... . .fnnl i ' frtnhv i
i Uu both games the playing was
fust und very few fouls were-cull-
on either wide, says Paiph
' ;
luistie, l.u. Grande coach.
The line-up for the Iai Grande
team folh vs: right forward. Ilrad-
en; center, P. Newitn; running
guard. V. Neewlin; Hot
standing
guatd; Waitc, tut t lot ward. J unng
the lattci part of the game Wal-singei-
was substitute) for Hoe and
Kaas for Waite. Ahrendt. was sub
stituted for Hraden.
I lie IJlie-lIp tor tile lmbler liulll'
follows: right forward, Ledbetter:
,.rt fafwurd, l'en
center. Cluaite;
rnnmng guard. I'erry; standing ; veution week will give the com-1
guard. Met oy. jmillee report at tin- depart uieiit of
Vincent .Ncrtiin was high point s, hool prim ipais me. ung.
man tor li Grande with !S points' MrHi McKachraii, principal of
lo his cndll. Paul New Hit was next Centnil si lw.nl m n m.-ioh.-r I l.e
with u total of II points.
Hrarlen :
on Ihe lmbler leatn Honscley
Thompson w as high point man
wit It six points, 7,uU was hi
.cond
with live and Watsinger third with
tun li,.vi.,r ti... t..,.
,...i..u I... l I & ft... '.
j The lineup lor the Tige, team!
was as lollows: riKlil forward. ,
Stoddard; left forward. Zundel; '.
center. Itug; right guard, Thomp-'
Hn: ;i'i'n'li,,lT -. Hvrry.
j The lineup nr the M. I. A. team:
(rlght forward. Maxter; left for ward.
Metcalf; center, Adams; right
' guard, Hansen; bit guard, Ai.
; Stoddard.
The s;distttutes were (iraham for
Stofblar d. Tabor for Perry and
j alsinger for- Thompson,
t aptain Harmon Wolle w;.s un-
, able lo (day because nf a sprain
ankle which will keep hi in out of
gimes until after the holidays.
Elks Elect TWO
Officers at Meet
1 , general condltioiiM show a Very
I I heeler Thompson w.is eb-t ied slow' though favorable course.--'
esl.'ilied loyal knight of I lie Klks ! - ' '
: hdur last night and Sherwood Wil- j Ui.NlMi.V. I iie. '' I AP - To- i
liams wax eh-rted eteeitiei eef ur- 'day's bulletin from litiekinuham
,inL' kiilL-ht. Moth were installed. palace on King fleoie, one of the
Following Itm iiitiitl.Hoii (wo briefest yet iK-Uet, brought the sal
'I'oxlnu' hour- were held us feature infactory news that b" had u.i.-nt d j
of a yijeeeMft.il smoker. The bout
participated in by Cl'-ini I'ord ami
Sandy
Anderson resulted hi
, draw.
J "e Meond bout Prick Ander-
; son won over Pus foiirlney.
oitii ;u r.MM. oi Ii ;a I (I
XKATTLK.' Hec. 1 I f Al')- Kti-
n !. K. Hahck. who w. kilh-l
when his plane crushed nefcr Tamp
Kearny. I'nl . was to -have gone on
leu. ii hi Saturday, but. a last
minute change tn r.ual orders kept
hi in oil Umy. ,
AITCHISON IS
APPROVED BY
COMMITTEE
Orpp-on Miin. Ro-nmninat
ed for I. C. C. Position,
ECONOMY PROGRAM
CAUSE OF DELAYS
1 '
Objections Withdrawn
in, ,v . . , ,
After (Quizzing; Other
Nominations Also An-
proved Today
rp i . i
WASHINGTON. Dee. 1M Al)
The nomination of Clyde It. Aitchl
son, of Oregon, to-a member of the
Interstate Com in e ret Commission,
whs approved today by the Senate
Interstate Coitimt iii! committee af
ter objections to his confirmation
had been w ithdrawn.
The committee, ulso gavn Us ap-
I proval to the confirmation of
I Claude ft. I'orter, of jowa. and
.' Patrick J. Kartell, of the District
of Columbia, to be members r..e
commission.
There bus been no fight on the
nominations of Karrcll and Port
er. Objections Withdrawn.
Senator Wheeler. democrat, of
Montana, who was Instrumental tn
delaying a vote In the committee
for Aitchlson's nomination, an
nounced ufter a meeting of the
committee today that his com
plaints had been satisfactorily an
swered by tho commissioner's tes
timony. The senator had felt that Aitehl
son had held up valuation of tele
phono cotnpani.s for an unreason-
;able time. Aitchlsou asserted that
! the budget bureau's efforts to ear
1 ry out President ( 'oolidge's eco
I nomy program were largely re
sponsible for the delay.
He declared he wrote a letter to
. i. .
; .. i
detailing that
the proposed cut for the P.t24-2f
(appropriation would not permit tho
commission to go ahead with its
Vlllua ttOrt Oi teiepnwiie cmiii palites,
express lines, elect ric railroads.
and ho forth, authorized by con-
withstand In' ,, i.vrVvi said.
Attend Contention
A number of Grande public
' i c hool oi ! trials will attend tin-
meet tug ol tho L'tith annual con
' vent ion of the Oregon 'I ejiehf is
association to be held In Portland
Dec. -1, 2K and H!i. Several ot
the teuchers have iinpoitani posi
tions on committees of the ut-,so-'claliou
und on tin; program,
j l-'j. IK Touicr, principal of the
! l.a Grande High school, is chair
man of the conimttlee un renrua
'nlKJitiou and on l-'riday of the run-
., Ouiinl., lCirh u,.w...l t -lm I
.,.... ... , ,., m m . . ...-..!.- i
,,',(1,,,, am .fhay of the con-i
resolutions committee and uiiithc
in attendance al the meeting of t
Ulu t.0mniiitw
Wednesday of
Hungry Cougar'
Attacks Indian
SPOKANK, Dec. 2 1 (API A
hutiger-inaddene cougar with two
rubs aU(1(.K,.d. un.-d and mutilated
t .,.. Mioioni. vv..n,ioo in.iiun.
ja l(.pnrt reaching ColvlUe, Wash..
!nald today.
I The aged Indian who was partly
( ldlnd, was describe. I as a brother
I nf t Viyole chief. I ted Hon ex. and
I Indian Wilson of Ihe CoK ille ami
Spokane tribe.
; King George Making Satisfactory
Progress, Bulletin Today Indicates
j LO.VUON. Di'C, 1 1 (APl "Hi;
.Malestv had a (iiliet dav." taid the
.-y ." ?"
. king s physUiiinM tonlyhl. ' I he
a restful night c.i leu, l,t ed tn
build up his strength from lit
,M'1''
I re me exh.i u-l ion ca used by bis
prolonged and grave llne.
The biillefln, taken lit the light
of yesterday lengthy and jfuard
edly optimistic report by th kitiu:
physicians, was fell to IndleiHe that
there was md hi rig appreciable lo
;idd I
nblen
what, on the whole was eon
I a favorable situation.
This
"The
morning's bulletin read:
king has had n re.tfnl
There ix no uppreei.tbi
lo be unit d."
night,
litany
Miss Gore Wins
Essay Prize In
Local Contest
Writes Best Article on
Building And Loan As
sociations ; Two Other
Prizes Awarded
Miss Marjorie (lore, of 30 1 Alder
street, won the J3fi first prixe of
fered by the La, Cm nde Building
and I-oun association fur the best
essay written by a high school stu-
u'ut 0,1 lne iiU,,iot;t r -n.--i-.K und
lea n assoeiat ions,
Second prize, of $LTi, was won by
Le Jn. oa island avenue.
and third prize, of $15, went to
Mis Hditu i;ii.ai.eth Moser. nua
Washington avenue.
Presentation of the prizes was
made at a one o'clock assembly
this afternoon at the I,. I. S. Re
creational hall by Win. Smith, who
is associated with the local organ
ization. Preceding the presentation an
nouncement was made of the high
m1 lion! holiday vacation and a
Christmas carol und some school
songs were sung.
The essay written by Miss Gore
follows:
Civic Value or Hulldlng and louii
Association In their JjocuI
Communities
A Itulldiug und Loan Association
Is an Incorporation which Is sub
ject to the laws of the State In
which It is situated, having for Its
purpose that which the title Im
plies, it has a stipulated paid-up
capital and Is managed by men
whose Integrity warrants the State
Corporation Commissioner's per
mission to operate such a company.
Primarily it Is a financial Insti
tution which, under proper man
agement, pays u fair return on the
investment of the stockholders.
Secondarily. It Is u pooling of fin
uncial resources, enabling the cor
poration directors to finance legi
timate Improvements which are i
protected by real estate first mort
gages. The first organization of this
nature was founded in Pennsyl
vania in 1 83 U The growth of
similar companies has been so
great that, during the last year,
one nud one-quarter billion du4-
, T-.nne,!
thus financing
UfWI hundl.t.u UIH, xtv thousand i
buildings ami providing one and
one-half million people with homes
of their own.
I Theso Associations not only cen
tral Ue' financial resources, add
strength to the realty market, keep
local capital ut work in the home
field, assist In the steady growth
of t he community, but provide a
source of investment -for the in-
Continued on I'age &)
Release Turks
From Sacajawea
Inn On Monday
Mon.h.- jiller-noon. I lie .li.v In
n.i (i-iiKim-i ri-mo l'-:io to :i - :to
o'clock, I i live and suuaw klng
turkeys w ill be tossed off the roof
i of the Sacajawea Inn on Adams
'avenue to be caught by l.u (irande
' Pm mmis who would like- a turkey
' rr (inUlnoiH dinner The I it Ml
oim to catch each turkey will be-
come its, owner.
Twenty l.u Grande stores and
business concerns are co-operating
to feature the novel lurky stunt,
the like of which has never before
been seen in l.a Grande, as far us
old-limers can remember. It is be
lieved that even back In (he S0's
no such stunt was a feature of j
Christmas time. I
The turkeys w ill be started of T j
by Clint llaviU's, I .a Grande chief j
Of police. They will ':e light 111
weight, averaging about Six pounds
each.
l-'or that reason. It is believed
that many of tho birds seeing
greener fields elsewhere will fly
some distance away, adding zest to
the event.
A huge crowd of people Is ex
pected to count to (he Sacajawea
I nn I o pa rt lei pate in I he fun a ml
to endeavor to capture onu of the
) turiis.
I The view la ken in palace circles.
It was learned, coincided with tlir
public impression from the bulle
tin that, his majesty in ' coot inning
'to gum slowly. His physicians II
was indtc'ifcrl. arc satisfied wilh
; the course that events are taking,
i They mi; not expected to make any
further wlateuient on the king's
case until t li" usual hour for the
night bulletin.
i untie ihe iinvsieiaiis were ai-
tending his nwijesiy In the -d k
h.imber, ihe council ut state
which was appointed lo act for the
king during his illness held a brief
privy council In another purl of
the palace. It was understood that
1 he ipteeii presided.
I .OX HON. iee. : i.M'l
Prince Ocorge, completing bis trip
from Periinid.t where he hid been
rlaUori'd on. II. M. H lurlan, lir
t iv ed in lyiiidou at I:".- o'clock
1 ii i In 'noon to e bin f-it iiej.
BOULDER DAM
BILL SIGNED
BY COOLIDGE
Provides for Reclamation,
Flood Control and Pow
er Project on River
SIX STATES MUST
RATIFY MEASURE
Government Is Ready to
Furnish $165,000,000 to
Be Repaid Under an
Amortization Plan
WASHINGTON, Dec. ill (AP)
President CiMdidgc- today signed a
bill authorizing const ruction of a
bridge across the Columbia river
at or near Arlington. Ore. ,. L.
.Montagfc was named as builder.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 21 (AP)
President Cnohdgp today signed
the Potilder dam bill making ef
fective the act providing for a
reclamation, flood centred and
power project on the Colorado
liver.
The president affixed his signa
ture before a gat hering of pro
ponents of the Swing-Johnson bill,
who were brought tit the executive
office by Senator Johnson and
Representative Swing. California
republicans, who for years had led
the fight for enactment of tho hill.
To Cost $1 tt.VOUO.000 i
The measure provides that the
government shall supply the
1 15. ooo.oao estimated as necessary
to construct a dam and accom
panying works iu Klack Canyon,
The money Is to bo repaid under
amortization pin it from pro
ceeds of (he sale of power.
The signature of the president
was the last official act required Iu
providing federal authority for the
construction, but either I 'tab or
Arizona of the seven Colorado'
river basin stales must ratify the (
Colorado liver compact for illstrl- 1
bulion of waste before that act can
become effective.
SCREAM SAVES .
BANK $15,000:
BANDITS FLEE
NOTASll.GA. Ala.. Dec. 'J I
(AP) A woman walked Into the
First National Itapk of Notasulga
'yesterday ami upon glancing up
saw a number of people lined
against the wall with their hands
extended upward, ami a not her
group of three men point I ng pis
tols at them. She screamed.
A. It. Hope, president, who with
Carl Hayes, cashier, emerged from
captivity, in the vault a few min
utes later, tilded by officers, quick
ly congratulated the woman. She
bait sa veil $ 1 ft ,000 in currency in
the teller's cage which was within
grasp of the Irio until they Tied,
fearing the woman's screams
would summon police.
Salem Offered As
Hase For Airships
SAHlOM. Or e., Dee. 1! I (AC)
Congressman W. '. Ibiwiey has
telegraphed the Salem chamber of
commerce that Salem will he given
careful consideration by the .navy
dcpiirtmcnt as the location for a
I'acilie coast diriutble base. Other
member: of the h enoli dele at ion
are working In Salem's behalf.
HEN NO. 54
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Her-'- hen No. 5 1, breaker of
all ( iillfornla tii-trilr it! a San
la ( rn. i-gg laying ifinlc-,1. In
u car -be laid 'J.V.I egg-, or I0j
tiuicn I icr weight.
Winter Arrives
In Middlewest
Right On Time
Three Deaths Caused By
Cold Wave; Today Offi
cial Ending of Fall Season
CHICAGO. Dec. :M ( A P Win
ter came to the middlewest today
just as the Almanac said It would.
Three deaths in Chicago were at
tiibuteu to the cold and police re
ported caring for 'Jiid other men
and women forced into the various
stations for shelter. Three degrees
above zero was the lowest temper
ature recorded In Chicago.
As the sun scooted to Its win
ter solstice to give the I'nited
States Its shortest day of the year
and herald the official beginning
of winter, cold weather swept into
the mid-west from Canada.
Autumn 1 lit II Tonight
Winter officially begins at 8:04
p. m.. tonight, but for the Dakotas.
W isconsin, Minnesota and parts of
Canada It already has become
established.
Devil s Lake. N. , had a mini
mum of IK below yesterday and at
Htamarck, N. D., the mercury fell
to six below. St. Paul experienced
a low temperature of four below
while lul nth and Morphea d,
Mimic., each recorded readings of
eight below. Zero weather gripped
l.a Crosse, Wis., and The Pas,
.Man., shivered In 30 below weath
er. More snow was accompanied by
u slight temperature rise over most
of the Hocky Mountain section.
COM) IN POIITLAMI
POU'i'LAND. OKe., Dec. 21 (AP)
A drizzle of rain, and freezing
temperature today caused Ice to
form on pavements und sidewalks.
The Columbia Hiver highway near
here was ley.
PORTLAND BIDS
FOR WHITE HOUSE
Representative K o r e 1 1
Suggests City for a
Summer Residence
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1M (AP)
Claims of Port land. Oregon, as
site for a summer whito house
were advanced today by Represen
tative Korcll, republican of that
state.
"Airways are beiiiR laid out," he
said, "and trans-continental air
travel Is Just beginning. All of
this means that distance between
the Atlantic, and Pacific coasts has
been reduced so that with Inaugur
ation of a '1-hour air service the
relative distance between Washing
ton and any one of the major Paci
fic coast cilles will not be as great
as (he distance he'tween Washing
ton and I'hlladelphlu In the days
of Washington, Adams and Jeffer
son," II Is statement. Inserted In the
congressional record added I hat he
was calling the matter to the at
tention of tho house because of re
cent agitation for a summer white
house. He said ho was "anxious
that the claims of my native city,
which arc great from the stand
point of health, beauty, conven
ience, and accessabtlity, shall not
be overlooked,"
HEAVY QUAKES
HIT MINDANAO
ON WEDNESDAY
MANILA. Inc. il (Al') Manila
leained today that a violent cailh
(piake fdiook Ihe greater part of
Mindanao Island Wednesday night.
June person was killed ut i "otabato,
jcapllsil oT tin province of t Lit t
'iiamc. Many houses collapsed and
fire broke out. but it w as (prickly
colli rot 1 1 d. An undetermined num
jbif of persons were injured.
I Iminagc was estimated at S I (ML
j (Pin, The ipraki also was (ell in
Zaiubo.inga and I iivim, two other
provinces of Mindanao, but III tie
I 'damage was done In those areas.
The wen t her bureau est una ted
.that Ihe uunke wns (entcMI 111 the
Celi Ses K--U, 1,1)00 kiloliieli IM south
;of .Maiilia.
Jar dine Supports
New McNarjj Bill
WA.'illlN'HTO
Kmlni MHi;,' l he
nun kctinu bill,
today w rote a
.', Her. - I ( AP)
iew .MiN'aiy farm
Secretary .ladlne
lettiM- lo Senator
,j ( N a r j , fepnhj ;r), n I lr egoli, ur g-in-j
its 1'ii.K I tifiit at this si'ssion in
older lo mai.e 11 applicable lo the
I tH crop.
Sen. 1 1 u1 .McNary. who Is chair
man of t ,e Hgi ii ult nra I commit -le-
a n n on need 1m media I ely upon
receipt of the hi I or that he would
,pie,-. Ids bill for a Vote at this
4-lon.
UILLXMI I ID WI.NH
SALI:M, Ore.. I iee. :! I (AIM-
he WiMauiette liiivtsity banket -
ball ipilntet defented the Shell oil!
ii
( omiiatiy iie oi Portland lure lasljl'ou'd lMst remember now, lluit lid
ui0iit ii lo m'j. W ho licsluitcs la lost.
HOOVER VOTE
21.429.109:
FINALCOUNT
National Official Election
Returns Given to The
Associated Press
GOVERNOR SMITH
GETS 15,005,497
Republican Victory in 40
, States; Increase in the
Number of Votes Over
1924 Is 25 Per Cent .
ropyrluht 1 ZR by the A. P.
WASHINGTON, Dec. SI (Ai)
Herbert Hoover's plurality over
Covernur Smith In the November -eliH'tluu
wiih 6. 42.61.
('Inures Kiitheretl by the Ajlmi
oliitcii Pivhh from the election of
flcliilH of the 48 Htiitea hIiow thine
toialH:
Hoover IM,4:i9, 1 03.
Smith 15,006,407.
The totul vote cust, the lurccst
in tne History ot the United States,
una 3i.7!l8,6C9.
The votes not iiccounted for In
the Hoover and Smith columns
went to minor parlies.
.Minor l"nrty Votes
Ndrninn Thomns. the soelnll.st
candidate, received the majority ot
these votes, polling 267.R3S. Fos
ter, workers puny candidates, sot
48,2211 and Reynolds, socialist-labor
21,181. Vurney, prohibitionist
candidate, got almost as many ug
KrynoIdH 20,101 und Webb, furni-
er-itibor 6,391,
Mr. Hoover' plurality did tint
reach tho fixtures reKiidered for
I'roHldent Coolldge In 1924, ul-
IhotiKh the former secretary oC
commerce polled u much lamer
vote. In that year Mr. CoolldKO
rceved 15,725,016 votes, giving
hint a lead of 7,338,513 over John
W. Davis, democratic nominee. The
LaKollettn - Wheeler Independent
ticket, however, had 4,822,858
votes.
Curricri 411 Ktutcs
Hoover carried forty states a
against thirty-seven carried hy
President CoolldKe four years atto.
I'dinaylvHiiHi nave him Ills 'urgest
majority II S 7.7 II . while Governor
Smith's hll'irest plurality was In
Louisiana where he had a lead of
113,495. While overwhelmed both
In the popular vote and In the
electoral colleKe, Governor Smith's
total was more than six million
hlKher than the 8,38t,503' cast fur
Mr. iwvls In 1924.
Mr. Hoover's vote was blither iu
every stute than that of Mr. Coo-
lldlto four years alto with the ex
ception of khode Island. Thb
held true In President CoolldKC't.
homo state of Massachusetts which
was curried by Governor Smith.
States of the once-solid south
(Continued from Pae Four.)
HIP DICKERSON
DIES OF STAB
WOUND TODAY
I'OUVALLIS, Ore., lec. '1 (AP)
jwlH (Hip) Pickerson, assistant
Oregon Slate College athletic coach
died at 4 o'clock this morning, as
the result uf a stab wound, said
lo have been inNieted last Tues
day by Uuia Itiyuut, a (.'orvullis
yout h. in un altercation over a
waitress. Itryant, who was being
hebl on an open charge, waa re
moved to Portlund by ('orvallis hu
Ihorilies, w hen sentiment bc-camo
sluing against him.
Itryaat will be charged with firs!,
degiee murder, said District Al
ter ney Kred Mvllenry. He de
clared the attack clour I y was pre
meditated. Dickersoii met Miss Mae Troxall
when she ipilt work ut the Henton
hotel coffee shop Monday night
and they encountered Hryant mi
ihe street. A rough and tumblti
fight occurred, according to re
ports received by local officers,
and in the melee Hickersou re
ceived a five! tic It stab wound In
the back, the blade of the knife
, penetrating one ot his lungs.
mm;
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