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TUB WEATUZZ
ORKGON: Kalr but with local
ground foga tonight and Sunday.
continued cold.
U UME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1929.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 88
LOCAL CI! AW
RUMOREDIN
BIG MERGER
Report that La Grande
Grocery Co. to Be Sold
Not Verified
SPECULATION 014
McINTYRE MOVE
It. Is Understood That
Servewel And Thrift!
Stores Will Be Included
! in Combine ' ".
La Grande Wins
Second Game Of
" Season, 30 to 21
Enterprise Quintet Un
able to Stop Last-period
Rally; Game Is Hard
Fought and Close
' K union of the wile uf the La
Grande Grocery com puny and the
Thrift and Servewel retail stores
In this territory could not be veri
fied today, although It Is under
stood OiHt negotiations are In prug
ress. When Interviewed toduy, 11.
L. Lurlson. manager of the com-
imny and the mun who organized action. In spite of the wild puns-
La Orunde High school won Kh
second Intercholantlc game of the
pre-tournutnent season In the Rec
reational hull lust ntKht, trimming
Knterprlso 30 to 21 In a lust-period
rally.
The first three frames of the
game were "hurd fought with the
Tigers never liehlud, although
hard-pressed throughout to retain
a leud of any size.
PROFESSOR HORNER
REMEMBERS PIONEER
GRANDE RONDE DAYS
Kdltor's Note The following
story written by Professor Horner
of the department of history at
Oregon Stato Agricultural college,
la of particular Interest to Grande
Monde valley residents because of
Its historical value and Its intimate I nous and efficiency.
view oT life here many years ago,
first student to matriculate In a
higher Institution of learning from
this school was Frank M. Beek
with, who entered Paciric Univer
sity In the fall of 1872, where he
made a high record for faituful-
nlng of the second period the score
stood 7 to 6 and once In the third
quarter It was tied at 13-13. In
jection of Brad en, speedy forward,
into the game in the last 10 min
utes, started a rally that netted 10
points und put the game on ice.
Braden scored three of the last five
field baskets.
Tigers Shoot Often
Both teams were ragged, neither
huving attained mid-season polish
but there was plenty of fight und
lly John It, Horner
In the '60'a when tho Sandrldge
of Grande Hondo Vulley was al
most entirely, an unfenced common,
bellowing cattle In their frenxied
rush to the timber along tho foot
of the mountain foretold the com
ing of a storm, long before a heavy
At the begin- 1 cloud appeared over Mount Kinlly.
the Thrift and Servewel chain In
Union, und Wallowa counties, was
non-committal, stutlng that he had
no Information at present for pub
lication. . -
Speculation as to the future own
ership of the local company und
Its chain of stores hus followed
the announcements In metropoli
tan paper of u big chain to he
composed of Portland, Tacoinu and
Spokane stores under thu direction
of Rons Mclntyre, owner of nhout
100 20th Century stores In Port
land and vicinity, and C. K, Al.-irr,
owner of about U0 stores In the
Spokane territory.
; ' Chain of 400 Ktores
It is understood that th(H forme
C nucleus of the combination and
includes other .units that would
moke a chain of ubout 400 grocery
stores In the northwest. Including
Stones. Kugle stores ami Thrift
Grocer's, and some Plggly Wlggly
irrocerles In the Tacoma district. It
This wua at a time when tho
principal settlements were near the
foothills. Hunches and farms were
few. and everybody knew nearly
everybody. It was at this time also
thut K. S. McComas tho brilliant
editor of tho La Grande "Seminal"
changed the name of HukmoII dis
trict to "Sawbuck District." Tho
school house was located on the
site of Moss Chapel about three
ml I i east of the deserted village of
Oro Dell,
In 1867 the log structure occu
pied by tho school was abandoned
for a frame building. Among the
teachers were Judge Harrison
James McCall, W. H. Parent, A. R
McCall, Harsha White. J. H. Kel-
legg. and I. J. Rouse: and they.i
were the kind of teachers that I
yearned for when 1 entered col
lego. According to my recolloctlon, tho
W. W CRAWFORD
IS FOUND DEAD
Believed to Have Passed
on New Year's Day
Coroner Says Suicide
teum was, unable to stop the blue j when ane wAlt to visit Jilm. A
and white squad in me lasi or me
contest, when 12 points were scored
to Enterprise's 5.
. . ... Tigers Fighting . -.
The Tigers exhibited consider-
leam work and speed
thoiitles expert the five to he at a
peak at the time of the sub-district
tournament here and the district
championship tournament at Un
ion. The high school bund played
during Intermissions,
Tonight the Lu Grande team will
play North Powder In the Reereu-
( Continued on Page 6)
Executive Board
Of Boy Scouts
Adopt Budget
lng nnd basket shooting of both
quintet, lite play whs fast ut
times, with Ia Grande bombarding
the basket more often than the vis
itors. The La Grande team, tall and
rangy, found the smaller and fast
er Walloivans hard to handle at
times, but the visitors were unable
to keep the bull in their possession
consistently. , One of the brightest
plays of the name was contributed
by Brace, diminutive Knterprlso
guard, who dribbled - nearly the
length of the floor through the l.n
Grande iiulntet and sunk u field
goal unassisted.
H. Wolfe, Wallslnger, Ahrendi,
h. Uerry nnd Patten started the
game, playing the entire first quar
ter and a portion of the second.
With Enterprise only one point be
hind, P. Newlln, V. Newlln, Roe
and Thompson joined Wolfe und a
rally nrougnt me icno xo inur Tne .. t William W. Craw
points by half-timo. In the third , f,.,f 50-ycnr-uld carpenter, was
quarter Knterprlso made their , f,u,nd In the bedroom of his home
is understood that Stones unan strongest mo, scoring i pmnis to,on North Walnut street yesterday
stores. Including the local firm, the Tigers' o. but tlie rea-sulleu i I(y tt sister, Mrs. Sarah Mreedelove.
will be Included. 1 ' 1
It Is understood that it definite
announcement regarding the mer
ger cannot be made until af'.er the I
middle of February, when all In-'
venturles and audits liuve bei'n
completed
The Morning oiegonlan yester
day carried un Interview with Mr.
Mclntyre, staling that he said he
plans to spread a network for c o
noiuical food distribution over the
northwest. "Abuut 400 stores are
lined UP tentatively." he "aid, "but
the corporate membership is njt
yet formed. What we are doing Is
consolidating our business ulong
the lines of economic distribution
of merchandise.
"There ure. many points in the
northwest that take eastern freight
rates.- We will save money for the
consumer it we can ship in carload
lots. The savings In distribution
cost will be about 2 per cent. We
have eight . distribution plants
planned und the group will cover
Montana, Idaho, Washington and
Oregon. -
Not Co-iiiK-rtllivr
"This is not a co-operative asso
ciation. Wo are welding together
scattered units Into one body with
the primary object of effirient and
economical distribution of perish
ables over the northwest. Our
stores will handle general grocer
ies, fruit, vegetables and meat.".
Mr. Mclntyre' statement was re
garded in Portland as confirming
In general detail the plan for
merging of various chain store
properties into a combination cap
italized at between S.OO0.000 and
S 10,000.000. The combine, al
though not yet completed, already
has started taking over store prop
erties as was Indicated by the re
port from Tacoma Thursday that
the 21 stores in the Maclean Bro
thers' chain there had been turned
over to the new system.
AGAIN NAME
MR. COREY ON
WED IN 1878
Gov. Patterson, However,
Appoints O. 0. Bortz
meyer to Board
'Suwbmk Seminary"
Later when I registered In col
lege 1 was asked from what sent
tnarv 1 came and I nronintly told
tho president thut I camo from TAKES PLACE OF
"Sawbuck Somlnury." He looked: TWO AttTDA Vlllff
as If he was somewhat surprised. JHIV. vQ I IVii UEilV
yet "Sawbuck' Seminary went m
down in me records, annougn -x , , m
had received previous preparation UUl HOt Wait IOr II an
In Whitman Seminary. Rut thoso
were pioneer days, hence near my
school on tho college records ap
peared the name of. "Brush Col
lege" where Bishop Wright father
of the aeronauts often preached.
- The pupils In the Seminary were
som' and daughters of pioneers.
The boys were strong. Many of
script of Portland Coun
cil Hearing Over Letter
of Expert
fmWM
Above Is a plcluro of Mr. ami
Mrs. David H. Steward, who ro
cent I y eebrated lltelr gtdilon
wedding an ul versa ry at their
liomo at 1714 Alder street. Ttiey
liave bct'ii resldciilN of tho
Grande Rondo valley for tlio hist
49 years.
Forest Service
To Grade Elgin,
Weston Highway
Department Will Spend
$60,000, Is Report; Oth
er Projects in This State
Determined
ARIiIYPLAIJE
HEARING 1(1
WORLD DISK
Has Chance to Remain in
Air Longer Than Diri
gible Dixmude
PORTEND, Ore.. Jan. G Un
der agreement with the Oregon
highway commission, the United
States forestry department will
spend $1,340,000 for 70 miles of QJ FIFTH DAY IN
roads this year In tho slate. Of vvnilDAVPF TTeT
this amount the state furnishes I HiINDU KAi KjJtt XEiOl
tUM.OOO. Home work will begin as ' '
nual allocation of forestry funds Weill rtlUJ.1. tl I .en J tiirtn
Morning of New Year s
f
Is
BLIZZARDS AND
COLD KILL TWO
HA I, KM. Ore.. Juti. 6 (AD O.
', Rortxmeyer. member of the
rortlHiid Civil Survlce board, in-
them wore so athletic that upon aura nee mun and civic worker. -was
tho advent of the game of foot I ml I ysterdtty appointed by Governor
In later days, I have often wished Patterson to succeed Edward Os-
for strong center men like the ; trander us a member of th public ti'a., Tntonan in Mirf
Moss boya and some right tacklo .service commission. Ostrander has I Y 111 Wl ill 1U1U-
Uko will Robbs or Mltmore wyatt. ; served four years.
' Rut these were tho- days before
ff.nti.nii nrt rnnfliro v-Mm ni them HVien H. tirey. of Buker. who
hub nt'i vtui yutirs us a uiwiniiri
of thu commission, was reuppotnt
ed by the governor.
The change In the personnel of
the commission In June. 1918. by
Governor Wlthycombe after having
been nominated for tho office at
the May primary of that year. He
waH elected tho following Novem
ber. Corey was reelected In 1920
und 1924.
whs no lipstick. I thought tho
girls were very pretty. They cer
tainly hud the ideal complexion, oc
casionally slightly bronKed by the
sun, yot softened by rainbow tints
that floated into the old-timo bon-
(ConUnued on Page 6)'
west, Southwest; Drops
to 8 Above in City
HAY CITY, Tex., Jail. 5 AI)
rive persons were killed In a tor
nado 7 miles from Bay City last!
ulglil
Masonic Lodge
Officials Take
Their Positions
I'OllTI.ANU, Ore., Jan. 5 Al'
In making his appointments of
members of thu Public Service
nstallallon of auuolntlvo of- commission yestorday Governor
fleers of the Masonic loilgo was ; I'atterson did not wait for Iran
held last night ill l,a Grande. Tho 'script of the Portland council hour
installation of tho elected officers iug over a letter of Kenneth O.
was held Dec. 17 the night of their . Harlan, rate expert, IV was rovealed
election. .til the city hall today.
The entire list of officers for the
lodge Is as follows: worshipful1
was made at u conference of the
state hlghwny commission nnd the
government representatives, held In
Portland at the Imperial hotel yes
terday. In addition to this road program,
the state commission received an
urgent request from W. A. Incli
of the United Htatea bureau of ptili
llo roads, , that construction be
started this year on the Umatilla-
Wallllla cut-off Mr. lynch
Day Performing Nor-
mally
MKTUOPOI.1TAN AIRPORT,
I-os Angeles. Jan. 6 (AP) Swing
ing southward on her second voy
age today to Kan Diego, the Question-Murk,
safely passed -her -103
hours of continuous flltht at.
plaining that he was asked ut P0"" approximately nir way De.
Washington. I. C. why nothing tween ncr' "nd t,le southern base
ut Rockwell .field. . She hud been
alort sine 7:26 o'clock, the morn
ing of New Year's day. The plane
appeurod to be performing norm
ally. Completing its hundreth hour in
the air, the Question Mark began
to get within striking distance of
tho endliranco record of 1 IS hours
established by tho French dirigible,
i Dlxmudo. Tho rest of beeping an
.. 1 .. ii i.. nn Iln nnM inn.ih n linn. W '
' """" U,B r.,gin.vesion tho cndul.ttnoo recorii of a lighter
.'d J.1?0 toretr ")Dt",l wU1 "nend than air machlne-att Idea which
. , . , heretofore has been considered
On the Oregon const highway tho fantastic thu. appeared within th
had been dono In Oregon toward
work on this section, which will
link the systoms of rpads In Ore
gon und the slate of Washington.
The stato officials explained that
while ithe road Is a necessity, and
must sometime he built, It is con
sidered , advisable to spend tho
monev on roads within Oregon
firat.
tirade Klgiii-Wcslnii ltnud
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 6 (AP)
Winter hurled itself upon the Mid
dle West nnd Soulhnnat today with
bllsjiard-llke Intensity, causing at
least four deaths, und bringing to:0.000
sevcrul states the aeason's heaviest
snow which was whipped into drifts i forestry department will build from r(,a, of possibility.
by blustering north wind. , seal rock to Aisea bay. rive ana Clam In Airport
Temperatures ranged downward I one-third miles, the forestry nionoy The endurance plane lias kept
to below oro, and morn Intenso I representing $50,000 and the state's close to Metropolitan airport slncn
cold wave predicted for tonight In j contribution $70,000. yesterday afternoon, when it -re
Kansas, Iowa, Nebraaku, Missouri, Two widening projects Were turned to tho coast line from Ini
Wlsconsln, Minnesota, Oklahoma jiigroed on. Kor continuing tho wld- perlal Vulley. In order to officially
and Knst Texas. enlng of tho Mount Hood luop tho establish the world's records it haa
Three IH-atlui in Iowa. . forestry funds will supply $20,000 made it must land hero, tho scene
Three accident death In lowa'nnd the state $40,000. Tho road 0f its take-off.
wore attributed to tho storm, und.'o Ho Oregon caves, which needs
wiiieiung, tor it .is
PARADISE SOFT
COAL DISTRICT i
glass nearby and the condition of i
the body Indicated .to Coroner K.
L, Ralston that death was the re
sult -of drinking poison. , , No In
quest will be held ' as the 'offluh-I
able potential power and fight last . . 1 t
night and games during the next; . ' - .
to,,. .... th., wlt ro esiiecferi Ui. K. O. Ivlrhy. who xamIned
to witness a great improvement int,h 1,ml' "nd lm.red the death 9 MEN LEASE
Krhmil iceriiucuio, s;uu ine ?Huse 01 ueuini .
wiis "unknown. lie sum pneu
monia nmy have been the cause.
h. L. 8nodgrass suld that there
was tin evidence of poison about
the home and' gave as 1i1h opinion
that Mr. Crawford limy have be
come violently III and then penned
u note to his relatives.
A note near his body said good
bye to his relatives. It Is reported to O. t Grove and an associate,
thut several . times In the past he Mr. L-andrus. tho rightH to take the
has expressed a wish t commit: coal from 400 acres of his land
suicide and thut he has been de-Jon the Washington state linn in the
Jspondent. He was not financially north part of the 1'aradlse district.
embarrassed and relatives are fit a
loss to find it concrete motive for
his suicide, although they say that
he litis uppurently been dissatis
fied in Ia Grande for thu hist sev
eral years.
: .. . . t. iv i niiinir rni ll 1m now nnn.wnv
t i I.-. I. 1 ll .1 l1" MIUIl Will IWUIIU IIUBl-ll IU UtXllll r -- -
,U the hearing Harlan explalnud .,. . ..... ., MlllM .traffic for somo distance, will re
sled and traffic accidents were ru- colve $40,000, of which the for-
. . . . I ... . ......i ...Hiui.AU tin nun
portea. !""" - -
All trains arriving In Kansas the 8lato 3U'00U'
City were from fifteen uilnulea to rNMlemU to S'ik-iiiI Money
two hours late, trains from the The total forestry funds amount
IllM I'litiunnu fi. ulnil.. 11.... ll.l
, .' .," 7.', . council should demand new coin-
deni-Joe. Hudson; H! Kf! "'"""I","? b 'l",
t.i.MUM ,.ouu..rah. wurnnM, ernor. Un accused Commissioner
......,. !-..' i-r ih..i.i i.,inl t'on-y of bias In favor of tho Port-
' H --' J . lunrf K1lflrl PfiWni. unnimiiiv .unit1
ileaeon' K n " i ri I M hkmiiim n I - vk...iij, , , , , , . , wuvaiiuu muitiv tuivr i it v ubji u
chanlaln: LV W Nov-s mar. all . dclurd that In order to get a fair "f H.,", "rt.n. b"K thf n,0,- l 6.00. and the state funds t,ndH. Itsnlf, ln need of .batha,
ward tu"i wuiB in. C01H717 7'L C . t "iw"i'. 'i, ihovb cipicms or-jun lectors anq wnamou
hat was 'tho gist of the first
message received .this morn,:
UKKH AKHIAIi MKK
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT,
l.os Angeles, Jan.' Ii AP Oht
Kor a lire on the bounding main
t thla time Its the clouds thren
thousand feet up. however, and not
tho ocean ahd the crew of the
'Question Munk after five days of it
jh!ortowai""o; n L ZxiX' "ylo" ,l(lH"l,,n" ltl '.I.eSid .! to tt V" Brrie gnovy pli)na-o cli.ttr!,aj0,00li will oome from 1IM rev- Thai
Kiddle tvlor-' Richard t TliomoM-. l,lut' nulv ' coinmlsslonsis . cie.,nB ot drifts. .. 1 -, lonues. news 1
soi lor deacon nmel. . -. Mty traffic was tied up by drift-1 The largest undertaking on the g f,.,
ntr fi'ftin Mh nr (url Hhutm enin.
in0v- iravei on sevorui siroei furestry iirogram Is the Ralnrock- mander of the army's enduranca
. ..n i.tj,-u ,u MiKitu ut tju,i- fint n in iMMiwin v uy huh vir- Florence section, iu mnes. Tlie ror-
Ifiuund on Governor i'utterson. but tuully ut
hired a court reporter to make a lng.
irunsciipl or the hearing to bo
forwarded to tho governor for MH
Information. The ti uuscriblng ot
n ' " l the reporter's shorthand notes wus
KNTKRPRISK. Ore. Jan. 5 (Kpe-' completed lute yestorduy and do
clal Development of theJu-ds of splto the governor's having made
llgnlto coal In the north of the his decision th transcript whs sent
county at an early day seems prob- to him by special messenger to
able. I). W. Kuhn last week loused duy.
a stundiitill this . mvrn-jnMtry peoplo will contribute !().
4 000 und tho state puts up $M0,000,
or rather underwrites thut amount,
Oiklrr In ha, (Grande. Lune county will ountrlhute HO per
The minimum lust night wan 8(Hnt. Tills Is sot up as a two-yeur
above ecro In l.a Orunde, the pruject.
coiuesi weuinor since cany in Je- ,-. wnt.iHiM ..nrt tii r..-,
ceinbw when the thermometer
to 6.ubove. The wenther
Indlcules continued cold
und Hun day. '
i
11 11 'nMirtf itKiiiirtnimit will sue
forecast uo(, HUrrilt,nK 131 miles. Tho 8ul
Bits of Today's Wire News in Brief
NON-COMS OF
COMPANY FORM
ORGANIZATION
Thj Mist und only non-commissioned
officors club east of Port
land was organized In Grande
last night when the non-commissioned
officers oft't'ompany K,
lNth Infantry met at the 8aca
Jawca Inn. J
Seigeuat Carl Kbert was elected
president and Corpoial r"arrcll
Murruy whs named secretary-treas-'
urvr of tht club.
The purpose of the organisation
Is lo promote fellowship, "cspre-de-coips"
und working co-operation
among the non-commissioned
.officer.
The .'alibi' committee members ;
were appointed us follows: chair-
man. Klrst Sergeant Rob Carey and i
tjerrfeants Porter Webb and KU-rt.i
The duly at the committee will
be to decide whether or not a j
member who Is absent from a drill (
shall be tegv-My excused. - If not, he
will Im fined a dollar. Money col-:
lecled In this way will be put into j
the mesa fund of the club. Drills,
are held erery Monday night.
Plans were discussed for making
sevt?ral changes Jn . U:e 1 , ure3shig
roow at tha Armory.
A mcetliig of the elective bourd
of the -Ha stern Oregon council of
boy scouts wus held last night at
Hot Iake when members or the
board from La Grande. Baker. t:n
lon and Wallowa were guests or
Dr. W. T. Phy, president oT the
council, at a dinner.
Tho scout budget for the year
was adopted. The amount Is
$4500 which Is approximately $HU0
more than last year's budget. The
Increase to money is found neces
sary duo to tho growth In mem
bership of the scouting orgHniza
tlons from 350 members to 600 and
It Is hopt-d that within the next
year the number will have been
raised to 1500, according to board
.members.
Of the 3G councils In this scout
district the Kastern Oregon 1 1th
region was the first to have the an
nual report turned In to tho heud-
. quarters In Spokane.
1 A new schedule was adopted
ftvhercby troop committees will be
organized for each troop in the
council, each committee to be com
posed of five men selected from the
membership of the sponsoring body
of troops. Koch troop committee
member will be given definite
duties to perform. In towns having
more than one troop committees
will work together.
The men who attended the meet
ing last night are: Jay Millings, of
Wallowa Krank Hunt, Krod Kerr,
John Kuhns. of Raker: lr. Hoff
man, of t'nlon; Sherwood Williams,
lr. Ray Murphy. R. V. Copsey,
A. W. Nelson, ('barlea Reynolds,
the Rev. Oliver Riley and K. Rus
sell Scott.
MADRID. Jan. G (A I
misNinn appointed to
possibility of building 11 tuniinl uii'ltuid recently oxpc
Dead Five Days
Everything ubout the bedroom
dor tho Straight nf fllhrnlliir has
The lessees are to start operations
In six months or lludr contract
lapses, according to tho Knterprlso
paper.
The nature or the proposed oper-' rot,,rm'd with a 'vnibla report,
atlons is not clear to Mr. Kuhn or 1 ,,e CUHi "f tht tmino1 W,IM PHtl
other residents of the north end. . I"ute,l Mt 300,000,000 pesetus (up.
The two men said they did not con-. lHximately 4x,000toi)t.
template mining and .sHIim? the!
was la order. The note was dated.' coal ror ruel purposes, us they did 1 1 oRIKAM), Ore., Jan. r (AP)
Jan. 1, Nfw Year's day, und other : not consider that would bo proHt-( '" Dnntingor, accused of
Indications were that he died five I able. Rut they said they would er- j pructlclng medicine without a II-
days ago. He wus a bachelor undject plants to munuruelure curtain cense, surrendered to (he sheiifr
lived ulone. . products from tho lignite, and gus-Jtrtay and was releused on $1G00
Mr. Crawford was born In Mis- '"' mentioned, without an .bull.
soiiri. living there until he came i"unauon 01 ino process, or iui
iner uuuiiis.
) A com- Miss Tenney
study the health for the
rnnii river road will bo surfaced
4 miles at a cost of 75,000. For
the Santlam hluhway a0U0 hus
been set aside for 2. K miles.
Canyon City Road Hiirfiicil
Tho road from Canyon City to
' Burns will receive attention. The
pust two yeurs und jHllvtes section, eight miles, will be
itperlenced fear she Uurfuced. for $a,000. The north
hud siifrercd III
night plane, as It soared shove thn
400-aure iHinllng field. His mess
age read : 1 k
"Last night's dinner was marvel'
ous nnd ir break rast In hulX u
good, It wilt be a corker.
"Wa are pleased at all the malt.
we are getting, v l,t. Quesada la
nd 1 137,- Kll busy answering fan letters. Wf
ntinieiinieH wunuer now me grounq
orgnnlKatlon and refueling crew
gets this stuff to us with Mich dlp
patch. Teamwork, I calls It! Wo
are proud to bo associated with,
the gang doing It all.
''Hend up a wash basin If one ttf
convenient. We've gone four daya
without washing and we'ra dirty
as blazes but like U."
would lose her eyesight.
to la Grande 29 years ago. He Is
survived by two brothers and two
sisters, till of La
Rreedelove, R. A.
Frank Haines and H. 1. Crawford.
Funeral services will be h"ld to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Snodgrass und Zimmerman
mortuary. Burial will take place
In the Masonic cemetery.
tirimdo: Mrs iLeffion's HctUooii
Crawford, M I's. , .
WALLOWA LAKE
BOARD PLANS
ANNUAL MEET
DOUGLAS, Aria-,., Jan. 5 (AP)
Trekking Into Hie wild ravines of
the Mexican mountulini south of
the border here. KruncJwo Flm-
Dance Held Friday x; imUiyx w,iH IP,,,I,MK tt 1,:urly,1of
u t men bent upon finding the
' i mountainous retreat of a wild bund
Five hundred balloons In lliejnf A pa elm Indians, with whom
season's colors floated up ngaiiiHt they expect to find Flinhrcs' kld
the celling or dungled safely undiaped sou.
proudly ror uwhlle from the leash-
es held by the dancets. until with I PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. ft (AP)
the loudness of exploding cannons Members of the stato property
ohm by one the hydrogen balls dls-.lux relief coinintssson debated to
appeared and by the end of the ' day over various details of sugges
evenlng only a row scattered, lune-jtfons to the IcKlsluture for, red 110-
o.wl ..r lln mnrl mil nf fit n Vim -
.... .... . . r., ai. M. N'F.IKtV lMinMfYTKn
., ,,. ti'tty, Win no gruoea oyi mues, inn 1 -
TORONTO. Out.. Jan. 6 (Al') allotment for this belmt J76.0IMI. ' f'llT'Nli ,0re" J"n'v6 'AP)
A dispatch to the Cliche today from This will take euro of some heavy -Mward F. Nelson, who has been
Otlawa says: "One hundred mil- 'construction. Kor surf.iel.iB tho correspondent of the Associated
II... dollars worth of alcoholic Lev- i Haystack section of the Heppner- Jhara. of the bureau at
eraeos has been smtiKitled fromllay roan, izu.uuu in lorosiry ";r . r' " 'T.. ZZ
t:anada lo the Unltud Hiatca since i money will bo used and 113,000
the untl-snuiKitllnu treaty botweon "t county money,
tlie two countries was signed less six nines,
than five years nao. The Illicit I Rids on most of tho projects wll
traffic has steadily Increased until . e opened Ii. May, and work start
ed In June.
this year it has eneeeded 130,000,-000."
t
some bulloons, drifted about up Imk taxes. The commission Is work-ii-Kalust
the cclllnfr. . 'Init on a set of recommendations
At a nieetl.iB hetd last night at. v'"''i t"o naiioon dance . " " ''"' i". .
sponsoreu uy tno lu liianue posi-- "--r,
of Ibc American i'ffion last nlKli' l '
in the ballroom of thil Karojawcal NKW YORK. Jnh. OS (AIM
Inn and was In charge of Otlsiw"H Hlnel understands neiiolla
I'almer. itlons are under way lu niet-Ke I'Ik-
Mt-ic for the evening was fur-;1 W'cmy Western Klat.-s com-
nlsh...l l.v K..ni..ih it..k..i..r- or- l'ny or I-..S Anxeies wnn naro
cheslra.
the Kacajawea Inn during dinner
the board of directors of the Wal
lowa l.ukc Wonderland company
met to discuss plans for the an
nual meeting which will be held
next Monday night.
At the annual meeting a report
of last year's activities at. the lake
and plans for the coming season
III lie discussed by the
directors' a. ma lieovoe Han
A Restless Day
way Ktores, Inc., of Rait (more,
whfeh (-pern ten ine of the InrufHt
..r-n T..w.,t-w nhulnu Ihr
Ian exehanun of ntfj'k
WIATHKK TODAY
7:30 a. rn. lti. above. .
Minimum: 8 above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
U MTH rJl V l-TKRDA V
Maximum 3fi, minimum 2i
above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
wi athi;k jas. a. ih
Maximum 44, minimum S3
above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
and the stockhohh
The m-n who were In Httendsnce vu-vo.j KANTA ROSA. Cil., Jan. & f AP)
at last night's meeting an: H. K.' ' Directors of the 6-county shore
Dixon. G. L. Iar!son, A. J. Stange. lAtStKiS, Jan. 5 (AIM The ' Hn highway district organized to
J. C. MncPhetson, R. F. Tyler and evening bulletin Issued ut 8:30 p. 'rebuild the oeean shore highway
Lynne Rohnenkamp. m. on King George's condition was from San Frunelseo to the Oregon
, ins follows: illne deadlmrked over uppilntlnent.
"In spite of a restlew day. lheMf engineer, and udjourned late
; yesterday after five hourfr rehate
Vi;ATHKK 4MTIXM)K
'king's condition remains uiubi
K.X FRANCISCO. Juia & (AP) -. N bulletin will be Issu'-d un
The w-athor outlook for the we-k til tomorrow evening."
beginning January 6 was snno-jnc-
ed here loosy by the Vnlted State (.I RD.WK TO TA K K
weather bureau as follows: f
Far Western State: The, outlook I PKNDLKTON. Ore.. Jan
POST
In for temperatures about normal Tom Gurdane, one
& AP)
of the cap-
wit hotit setting
imxt meeting.
a date for their
GOODING, Ida., Jan. 6 AP)
After stroKKlliig a mile and a half
through ilep Know to a butie near
Gooding. Helen Teimey. 1 s-year-old
daughter of President C. W.
WASHINGTON, Jan. fi (AP)J
Hecretary Mellon today denied re
ports from l.rfjndon thut ho bad
purchased Raphael's Mudonuu.
NKW YORK, Jun.G (AP)
Flndley S. DoukIush, New York, to
day wna elected president of th
United Htutes Golf ussooiatlon, suc
ceeding. Melvln A. Traylor, Chi
cago. CHICAGO, Jan. C (AP) The
second bombing of the New Year I
shattered the entrance to a new-
ly opened West Side restaurant ear- j
ly tod fly. Windows In adjoining)
buildings were broken by the j
bomb.
Fliers Return
From 650-Mile
Trip to North
PKACF RIVFIt. Alia., Jan, 5
(AP) Captain "Wop" Muy and
Vic Horner were buck In Peace
River today after a H&o-mlle fl Ik It t
from Kdmonton, Altu.. to Fort
Vermilion with anti-toxin to fight
a threatened diphtheria epidemic.
The filers found that their vir
gin flight Into the frozen north
wus a beautiful 'wHttire, but notli-
beon appointed news editor of
The distance Is llot'ky Mountain division of the
AKouluteu Press, which Includes
the states of Colorado, Montana,
Wyoming and New Mexico. His
heiuliita iters will, be at Denver,
where he will tuke charge Jun. IB.
Ri ihi;d ai.ivk .
SAN RA FA KL, Citl., Jun. 5 (AP1"
Proctor Solomon, 14, was burle -J
ullvn by a sand buuker cave-In I
a griivel yard. Firemen dug hlr-
out, with littln hope that he wit
alive but found him unharmed. H
suld the sand packed around him li
such a way that ho was able te
breathe e-uslly. .
V,M TO IIIH l FAT II v
NFW VOItK, Jhh. 6 ( AP)
Shortly after returning to his Went
f4t h street apartment from an eve
ning at the theuter nnd ut a night
club, Iloruce U Wllllamsuii. 05,
Ing more for no cases of diphtheria un official of the United State
ROM K, Jan. 0 (AP) The flood
waters of the River Tiber had sub
sided somewhat today and engi
neers said thut no further danger
wus ant hi itt led. Considerable
datnugo has been, done already.
, PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. fi (AP)
With gasoline being sold all the
way from ift cents to 21 cents
a gallon as a reniilt of u price war,
the Independent dea lers iissoebte
tlon wus standing out today for a
uniform price of 1 8 cents.
i hud been reported nl Fort ver
!' million or Little; Red River, other
than tho death which slutted their
Might.
They hopped off from Kdmonton
Wednesday. Th- inefwagH Bent
Dcci'inher IR was rushed lift miles
by dog teum before It reached the
rail's end where it was h'legruphed
lo Kdmonton.
Rubber eompuriy, fell from a win
dow on tho 10th floor and was
killed. .
InvvnlH New Way
To Mix Aluminum
PITTSBURG, Jun, Ii ( A P)- 1
Joseph Vfllottii. slayer of two I'll la-'
burg policemen, and who eseupedJoler, of San Fritneh
the eleetrlfi chair II times, filed of j ed a process for
pneumonia, today In Weateru pen!- J aluminum with g
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 5 (AP)
The i 'hronb:le says Set h Rert Gru-
it, has perfect
a malKiitnatlng
Id, silver, copper
tenth.! y hero.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 6 (AP)
Police Corporal Ji.mes P.- Mill
doon was tieur deuth early toduy
and generally fair weather In Call- tors of William Kdward Hickman. ; old daughter of President C. W. tin a hospital here ns a result of a
fornla and the Plateau region end Ixm Angles slayr. will be sworn Tenn-y of Goo1iiig college, shot , shotgun wound inflicted wnen ne
for unsettled, wet weather In Ore- into office Monday uu sheriff of herself throuah the head and herjwnlked Into an automatic trap
gon. Washington and Northern Umutllln county. H succeeds R. body was found by nearchem at lj while approaching a vtlll In the
Idaho. jT. CoU!iifchaiu. o'clock thut luornlh. 1 Kxcelslor UUtllct !ittr.
and other metals and expects to
make a fortune out of his process,
which look htm 30 yeurs to devel-
T .
' CI A VAQUII.. Kcundor, Jan. 5
(AH) Dispatches from Klobamha
state that tooo Indians who threat
ened the city have been driven Into
the uiouiiUlii. ,
COUPLE SAVED
FOR WEEK AT
LAST MINUTE
FRANKLIN. La.. Jail, fi (AP
Sheriff Perot announced today
that Gov. H'uey P. Long had again
reprieved Ada Bonner Leboeuf and
Dr. Thomas Drehei until next Sat
urday. The executioner with hi black
mnsk had arrived from New Or
leans und was prepared to officiate
when the last reprieve came.
At the Jail It was said that thf
shirting orders had Just about
driven M'm. Leboeuf and Dr. Dre
her frantic.
The sheriff explained that thf
governor told him that since tht
stutn supreme court had agreed t
reconsider the case he had de"
olded to grant ti final reprieve un
til next Saturday. ,