La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 28, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textr it v EDITION EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED I LEASED WIRE SERVICE 3k (iratw Ittuftrau THE WEATHER OREGON: Unsettled with snows tonight und : Tuesday,. continued Cold. , ' '. ' VOLUME XXVII. MKMBER ASSOCIATED PRE88 LA GRANDE, OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1929. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 107. KING INTER CONTINUES TO GRIPjOREGON Total Snowfall La Grande for January Reaches ; 41 Inches WALLOWA HIGHWAY IS STILL CLOSED Old Oregon Trail Open Al though Blizzard Report ed Near Union; Storms in West Oregon ".; WKATHKK l)KVKI-(lMi:.TS Snowfall over weekend brings lilt Grande total for January to 11 inches. o.-V. Iiiniii'lillne (nilti held at Wallowa Saturday night Uccausi or siiuwstldes. . ' la Grande to Wallowa lake highway rloM-d hy slide's; Old brrgou Trail ptn- to travel but blizjinl reported In progress iK-tir In ion and Hot l.iikc UiW aft'Timon, llnkcr-l'tilty highway ocik1. Game birds being fed over tlio valley. Know ntid cold) predicted for tonight unit Tuesday. Following a comparatively quiet weekend. La O ran tie had u bit of sunshine today and wanner weath er, which melted snow to some ex tent and packed It firmer in the open. . Just before noon today the mercury was n curing 40 above on street t her mo met era and it wah still climbing. The severe cold wave predicted Saturday haa not mate rialized yet although the minimum last night wiih 13 above zero. At 7:30 a. in. the mercury was up to lit above, . " Snow over the weekend brought the Junuury total to 41 inches. A check of weather records - today Kim wed that this month has al ready tied the January, 1916 mark, although the winter at a whole Is not nearly severe uh the. one- I 'A year ago, when more than 10 feet of snow fell in La Grande. 1 The weather bureau In Portland predicts more snow for tonight and Tuesday with continued cold, nilxzaifl Itoglng The Old Oregon yTrall hlghwuy Is open to one-way travel today, al though a blizzard Is reported to be raging in the vicinity of Union and Hot Lake. The state highway to AVatluua lake la still closed by slides in the canyon. Oscar Cut-, ler. division engineer, is inspecting the slides today. The. city street department ex pects to put a state Biiuwplow into operation this evening, according to Orville Wright, superintendent. Ills crew has been grading streets but the snow Is so deep hi some sections that the grader cannot be utilized. Itallroad Has IXrririillic The railroad, which has escaped most of the difficulties, had a little trouble over the weekend up the branchtlne. The train that loft here Saturday morning made tho trip to Joseph but on Its return, had to be held at Wallowa all night because of slides In the canyon, which were cleared by a rotary. 1 he train arrived here early yes terday afternoon. Another train was made up hero Sunday morning and made the regular trip to Jos eph and back. Two rotary snowplows, two dun iers and one flnnger havo been at work on the O.-W. in this division during the last few days, and the tracks have been cleared, and are In good condition today, according to Supt. W. II. Guild. The area covered included the territory be tween (ribbon and North Powder mid the Joseph branch. The snow on the tracks at Kamela was six feet deep and on the hill at Telo enset it measured three feet. The Pendletun-PIIot Hock-Hcp- juter road was still closed this morning but state highway crews hoped to have it open later today. The liukor-Cnity road, closed dur ing the weekend, has been cleared. Feeding Hirds John K. Hates, working for the state game commission, is feeding ( hlnc.se pheasants and other game birds on the Pierce game reserve and finds It necessary to use snow shoes In order to reach the feeding grounds. Anyone knowing of birds In the north end of the county that need looking after should notify Enrollment In Schools Now At 2,284 Students Five Per Cent Increase Over Last ear Reveal ed by Check of City's Schools ; Enrollment in Ia Grande, at the end of the first week of the second semester, totals 2.SM students In the high school and the four grade schools of the city. This is a five per cent increase over last years enrollment at a corresponding time, according to a check completed by the superintendents office. The number of students o n Jan. 21, lyjb. was 2.U., tucking tile Increase this year 102. , - La Grande High school has hud an enrollment of 648 since the fhst of the school year. The actual at tencancu Is often smaller than this figure, however. ' , ' Central litis 050. The largest enrollment is In Cen-, ttai sellout wlucu amounts to tiuf. Greenwood bus an emollment oi 4U4, Uiveria 304 uud Willow loS, liio fc tea lest increase In enroll ment bus been snown in the higo sciiool uud in Central. Thcie ine' ji more students In the high school this year than last and 52 mora In Central. . - i t - The decrease Is the greatest in niveriu, with Greenwood second and the smallest decrease In Wit low school according to the figures. There are eight more boys then girls registered in the public schools tils year. Last year there were 14 more girls than boys. Kor the lust 20 yea-r the proportion of boys and girls has varied, alternat ing between tho two groups. The national avt-rage foriehool enrollment shows a greater number of girls, Mr, Longfellow says. Sev enty new students entered the high school at the opening, of tho new t semester this month nnd these I huve been counted in on the high I school enrollment and are likewise) included In the figures from thej grade schools from which they, were graduated. The percentage of Increase over last year, however,', remains tne same. I COMING HERE V t J iUfi if! - I. Hurffdcrrer. Mtpiilar fhu meter artist, humorist ami ulnilr. Is to niMM'ar in Im raudo Wednesday under tho nuKih4'M of tho l4i Uraiutc 11 lit h school student body. The cburacKH's ho Krlrays In Ids nilKCollaiieous pit igra ins ait? Uk Iiuiiuui, like able tyKs that In llH'ir hiiiuor or imtlios quickly uppitil. This will bo tho MM'ontl lycviiiu num ber of (ho 192H-2D mason. SECOND LYCEUM ' ACT WEDNESDAY Character Artist to Ap- rear in M. E. Church Under Auspices L. II. S. "Talkies" to Be Arcade Feature Thursday, Jan. 31 j (Continued on Page S) Ivi:.atiii:k TOIMY 7:3 a. in. 1 above. Miidniom: 13 above. I Condition: partly cloudy. Wl Allll tt VKsri:itlAY .Maxinrim 25. fninlmiim 1- Condition: pqrtly cloudy, tiac-a of snow. M LATHI It 4 AS. 2H. 192H Msxlmuin 42. minimum 23 strove. Condition: rain .12 of Inch. La Grando theater .patrons will be introduced to talking pictures t Thursday ut the Arcade, when the J 1a Grande Theaters, Inc. will pro sent "The Shop Worn Angel," a Paramount "talkie" - co-starring Nancy Carroll and Gary Cooper. In addition to talking, there will bo singing numbers and sound effects . besides tho musical accompani ment produced in the picture. ' This Initial showing, which will continue for three days, will be followed by "Wings" which stars Clara How, Gary Cooper, Klchard Arlen and Huddy Itogers. " There Is no talking In "Wings" but sound effects are produced. ? - The installation. Inspection ad justment, etc., of the equipment has been completed ami it Is re ported to be In first class shape. Tho equipment, the first of this type in Kastern Oregon, was se cured at great expense. The Kolstaphono directs the sound through the screen produc ing most realistic effect or speak ing, singing, etc. This Is the same method as Vitaphone, the same discs as used on Vitaphone being used on this machine. , . The matinees will begin at 2 o'clock and two shows will take place in the evening at 7 and It o'clock. The management urges attendance at the matinees to avoid the evening crowd. Later on the Pathe Sound news, which was recently contracted, will be a feature at the Arcade. The theater also announces that continuous performance will be in augurated Feb. 8. to continue every Kunday as long as the public gives support to the plan. I . . Pay Checks Here For Guardsmen The quarterly pay checks for Company K, IXtith Infantry, will Ihi distributed tonight at the' regular drill period. Capt. W. A. llean an nounced tills morning. Tho checks total about I'-M'O and represent pay ment for drills during October. November and December, 192R. The tent pitching competition between privates which was started last week will be continued tonight. Next .Monday the manual of arms competition between non-com mis sioned officers will lit held. Cush prizes arc being offered In both contests. Tho program to bo given by C. Jj. "Hurgderfer, character: artist. .Wednesday evening at the Metho dist church In La Grande, will be gin promptly at 8 o'clock, It was announced today. . j The student body of'La Grande ( High school Is sponsoring th en i tcruilnmont which is tho second, of ja series of lycoum progittms to Im hold iti La Grando this winter and next spring. Mr. liurgderfcr Is heralded as an entertainer of more -than 20 years' experience. "Featured on his pro grain will be such classics of Jm personatlvc . art- as 'Callin' tho Youuguns,' wherein . an old-time father stands at- the foot of the stairs at S o'clock in the morning, urging the young' folks to get up 'Remembrance' Is another gem and. In this artistic little bit Mr. Ihirg derfer' appears as an old gray halrcd mother discussing a propos ed visit back to Grigg;diys Station.' "All of his characters are tho human, likeable types' that. In their humor or pnth,os, have'a strong up peal to the folks out In front. Do has an intimate, chatty platform style that adds much to his popu larity," advance notices say. TO DEATH AT LOSTJNE ORE Explosion Gasoline Damp Causes Fatal Fire in Scott Home SON, 9, ESCAPES FROM RESIDENCE Husband in Barn Doing Chores When Accident Occurred; Building a Total Loss Hv Mi's. William Wii.tans ff)hservr Correspondent) LOSTINU (Special) Mrs. charlo'i Scott, about 4fi years of age. was burned to death at her home two milns west of this place, Saturday evening at about fi:30 o'clock. Mrs. Scolt was f Miliar a gasoline lump when It exploded, setting , fh'o to her clothing and then to the home. She was not able to leave the building and was burned to death. It was Impossible to makn a search for tho body until after the embers had cooled some and by that time all that was obtain able was the trunk, the other parts having been burned nway. Warren Hcott, nine-year-old son, was able to get from the house and run for neighbors who lived half a mile away. Mr. Hcott was In the barn doing tho chores ut the time of the uccident. Besides her husband nnd sun. Mrs. Scott Is survived by hor mother, Mrs. llagen, of Joseph, and two sisters. Mrs, Kdgar Hook of Lost ine. and .Mrs. Kdgar Mar vin' of Joseph. Extra Session Problem Comes Before Leaders Fight With Democrats Over Limiting Work to Tariff Revision Held Likely WASHINGTON. Jim. 28 (Al A iiH'ssoxtt faun llorlM'rt Hoover to Irv4(lriit CooIIiIka tiHlorxliiir tlio liivslitrnt'N naval vien anil ilony. InjC Hlalt'iiioiitH lnftrrliitf tho rem. trary. was iviiil to Uio M'liutu today lv tlialriium Halo of tlio Bi'nato naval fomnilttvc. HOOVER AND SMITH MAY HAVE VISIT President-elect Says He i vvuuiu i5t3 xuusi .nappy J to See Al FORMER GOVERNOR IS NON-COMMITTAL TWO ItUIlXKl) IV CAN AHA WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 28 (Al) A man and his wifo were burned to death at Duck Uay, Manitoba, Saturday when their home burned to the ground, a special dispatch from Winnipeg related today. , The victims wro a Mr. and Mrs. Lamerand, - aged settlors. The flames roused neighbors, who rush ed to tho assistance of the couple, too late, . Lamcrand's body was found near the door. That of his wifo was found In bed. South America Subject of Talk AtM. E. Church CLEMENTETO SPEAK BEFORE CLUB TUESDAY (,'. C. Clemen'e, of La Gi untie, will 'ho the principal speaker ut the weekly foium of tne Union county chain Per of commerce to-' morrow noon ut the Sacajawe.i I nn, according to Charles Mal boeuf, aecrelury. Mr. Ciemcnie will speak on the raising of fur beating animals in I'nlou county with partkru ur em phasis on tho growing of musk-rats. Name Assistant Master of Troop "Travellers for decades have tak en us round and round the world but few, If any, of them havo taken us up and down the world, con sequently our knowledge of South America Is either entirely lacking or very meagre," said Mrs. I'. A. Maze! tine last evening, before a very appreciative and fascinated nndienee at the Methodist church, j "The. trip of President -elect Her bert Hoover has done much to a waken a recent and lively Inter , est Jn tho -great continent," Mrs. 'llpxefllne tcnntlnued. as she, spoko In detail of the immensity of thn Soiilh American countries, of their 'wealth, and of their need for the rivillKlng and chrtstlanlzhtg Influ ence of the church of Je.Hiis (.Mir 1st. Mrs. Ilaxeltiue was born In Peru, tne daughter of pioneer mission aries, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wood, who went out In 1K?0, making the trip on a sailing vessel, six mouths having heen required for the trip which Is now made In a few days at. the most. The story of (heir hardships, even to persecution, reads like a story from the most ; thrilling book, yet the story of the ! growth of the Work, from the tin ' lest beginning to a work now of WASHINGTON.' Jan. 38 (AD; Herbert Hoover is going to bump Into a fight with the democrats on' his proposal to limit the Intended extra session of tho new congress this spring to tho consideration or tariff and farm legislation. Senator Itobinson of Arkumtav. ' the democratic leader, sounded the var cry today with a declaration ajruinst the president -elect's pro posal which he terms unconstitu tional. I Itohlnsoir I Vwit Ion. I "There ore many things on' which legislation will be needed if tho extra session Is called," said1 Senator Itobinson, "und certainly there is no constitutional method by which tho senate can be limited In tho excrclso of Its legislative du ties." However, republican leaders are looking confidently to the power of an overwhelming majority in tho house to carry out the limitation scheme It Is conceded that If the house republican leaders finally de cide only to organise the necessary committees for consideration of tho tariff und farm relief that no oth er legislation can ho put through thero. Republicans will have u majority of almost 1U0 In tho house. House Hold Powtw. T senate can go ahead and pass ull the bills It wants In tho extra session but, If the house ma jority refuses to consider them they cannot become law, Hou4 leaders do not intend to consider unytUing but turlff and farm relief In deference to'the wishes express ed by Mr, Hoover In his confer vw$kiftor4htii m.nj;h. 7, j4 iio' '. iloovor . ttdmlnlstrniton'H scheme 1 can bo upset only by U coalition of democrats with a healthy size block of repuhllmn votes In the house. House dciuo c.iuts aro giiaglng the prospects but thulr hopu Is faint. Secretary Wilbur recommended today to congress that it create a tfi.ijoo.noo naval uirshlp 'base on the Pacific coast. The secretary suggested tin initial appi opriuUoti or $2,uon,0iMi to start the work. Itesumc Tnrirf llnnriiiif. Resuming consideration or agri cultural tariffs, tlio house ways aid means committee today heard fur ther pleas ror chunges In duties oil vegetables. . Representative 1-Icrcy, republi can, Maine, urged uu increase In the duty on white potatoes from fid cunts to $1 a hundred pounds. The advantage of huvlng ' lower freight lates anil cheaper costs of production In Canada should be equalized for the American pro ducer In tho north und west, Iter sey said. v f Objects to Newspaper Men "Pestering" Him While He Is Vacation ing in Florida MIAMI URACIL Kill'!, Jan. 28 (AP) Prosldont-eluct Hoover wild today he would bo "most happy" to see Kormer Governor Alfred K. Smith, who is spending part of his vacation time ut Coral Gables, only a short dlstnncn from tho Hoovdr home on Hollo Isle. Mr. Hoover's sttnement, mudo In reply to a question from a news paper correspondent, follows: "Hy all means I iihoutd bo glad If Governor Smith has time to call. I should be most happy to soo him." Smith oti.Vtmmlial Advised of Mr. Hoover's state ment by telephone, the former New York governor said he hud not statement to make. "Will you see Mr. Hoover," ho was. asked. . , "I said there was no slatement," the democratic leader replied. Ho added that ho was Interested, but that ho was In Klorlda for a vaca tion and objocted to newspaper correspondents continually culling him on tho, telephone. "I would be glad to see you men In a group ut any time,'' ho said. An offort to bring tho president elect und Mr.: Smith together through a third party was under-, taken today by Hamilton Wright, press agent for- Miami, who culled ut Hoover headquarters. This re quest was flatly refused, advisers of' Mr. Hoover taking the position that they would not become, a party to what ' thor ? termed u, "publicity . DchloM Sniy Humor The statement hsued by Chair man Hrltten of tho housu naval committee, that Ilia president-elect Britain Ready -To Sign Peace Pact, Is Report Action to Be Taken With Dominion Governments i Two More Powers Approve It LONDON. Jim. JR AI') Hlr AuHiun Chmnhurluln, lliitlah fur piKn Hocrctiiry, told tlio houso 'of commonH toduy Mint thn Ui-IMhIi irovormncnt proposes to deposit ita rutiriciitlon of tlio KoIIukk pact hh noon as1 tlio Dominion Rovornmonts uro4n n position to do llkowlsn. . j Coiiinuinder Joseph M. Ken ! worthy, Inborlts meniuer for Hull. ' linked if Hlr Austen wtut awaro that thero wiro certuin criticisms levol ' led at him uhout tho reservations I attached" to tho pact. Hlr Austen said spoclrlc ratirtca !tlon by parliuinent was unnecessary since opinion in both houses from th first lius been so strongly In favor of tho pact. I' C'AI'KTOWN SKJXS TltMTY 'Al'KTOWN. tlnlon of South Africa. Jun. S8 (Al') Tho houso t of assembly of tho Union of Af rica today ratified the Kollogg pact. IT fi()SI,AVIA AWKPTS HKI.dlt Alu:. Jugoslavia, Jun, 88 (Al) Acting on tlio recommenda tion of tho foreign minister, King AleKiuiiler of Jugoslavia haa signed tho Kellogg puct for renunciation of war. . , ' (Contlnuod on Pago 6) KLAMATH RANGE RIDER ACQUITTED Man, GO, Freed of Murder Charge; Unwritten Law Enters Trial Uyrd Finds New Island In South NKW YORK. .Ian .2H (Al') Commander Hie hard K. Kyrd In a flight over King lOdwurd VII lnnl yesterday dfstruvered a new island and 14 peaks, according to a radio message from the Uyrd south pole expedition copy righted by the New York Times and the Ht. Iotifs Iost-IHspatch. KLAMATH VAIAM. Ore., Jun. 38 (Al) William Thomason, 110 yearold weather-beaten rango rider, was free today. Htitiirday night u Jury iuur liciull(ed him of charges on murder or Veiny Pearson, Klamath reservation In dian, The plea of the unwritten Ihw, of a woman's honor, entered (ni matlcally lido the heiirlug when Klva Tice, Ml-yar-otd Indian maiden, took tho witness stand In Thomasnn's defense. Klva, a ward of Thomason, testified Pearson, lion Juan of the Ited Men on the reservation, had made , Improper udvjinees toward her and that these advances wore miiilo with such reg ularity that Kho lived In fear of 1'esrson. , Thomason shot Peuruii to dejiih on the main street of Chlloquln on I the night of Nov. '11. j The Jury: was out about four hours. Boy Robber, 17, Shot to Death By Store Owner T'OllTLAND. Ore., Jan. 3S (AP) Tho body of a 17-yoar-old boy lay In tho morguo horo today tho victim of a revolver in tho hands If the man he sought to rob. Knur other luds wore In Jn It, nwalting whatever charges were to lis placed against them. They were .captured arter their comrado hud been mortally wounded. Oscur J. Itnnk, IT, was killed when tho flva boys were attempt ing to break Into a store at Marlon, t'lackamas county, uftor midnight Hundny morning. Louis Nelson, 17; Hint Hurr, 1R; :Hnm .HelMirl,. hi, und..Ue,orgo l.'ur viii', IT, lire In Jul I. Alt IIVo lit rorlland, . Ah the boys wcro robbing tho store, Harvey Qlbson'. and Andy 'I'ucUer, his son-ln-lavv, heard tho noise and appeared on tholr porch nearby. After shouting to tho youths, both men opened flro in tending to shoot the tires from tho two automobiles which the toys had stolen und In which they in tended to muko their getaway. Onu of the bullets struck young Hunk, fatally wounding him, BATTLE SNOW JO-FEET DEEP TO SAVE GIRL (Continued on j'ago R) City Bonds Given Approval Today An approving opinion on the $1,H27.7 Issue of city Improve ment bonds, which were sold to Carl K. M'lson. of Kalem, hurt. Wed nesday night, was received today, according to J. E. 8 1 earns, city re corder. Thr bonds will be mint to 8slm lal?r toduy, Ac said. W. II. Itogers bus be n named asslslatil scout master of Hoy Scout ti oop No. 1 6. M r. itogers will take the place of tlio l-v. P.. I.. Putnam who has been trans ferred to u place on tho scout com mittee. IeMile While is scout muster of troop No. if. The meeting day of tho grojp has been changed from Wednesday to Tuesday nights and the group will meet tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at the Chris tian church, Mr. White announces. I Turkey Feed Set I For This Evening A turkey feed Is to be held In night by the Knights of Pythias and the Pytbbin Sisters' bidges of I.a ftrsnde. The dinner will take phice ut the K. P. hall, and all members are Invited to attend. No charge will bp made. It Is announc ed. Members arc urge! to bring prospective members with them. Hurley Htonekfng Is In charge of arrangements fir the knights, und More Than 10 Feet of Snow Fell ; Here During the Winter of 1915-16 Mrs. II. W. Ililey h trhalruuin of Keyes Case Near Jurors This Week l,OS ANfii:i,KH. .Ian. 2X (AP; The opening toduy of the fourth wwk of the bribery trie I of For mer I hstrict Attorney Asa Keys and bis two co-defendants, d In closed a proem m Indlca 1 1 ng t ha I the week probubly would see the case put In the huuds of the jury. K I ItoPenbrg, whom the statf ncciiM-s of giving gifts and cush to KVyes to obtain the dismissal of charges brought against him In the Julian Petroleum corpora tion fraud cane, planned to take the witness stand to fll hUf own .Uory. the sisters' committee. A program jl to be h'dd following the dinner. Seven New P units In Local College S"ven new students enrolled re cently tn the Iji Cniude Itusines ci-Uvup and Include the followinu: li iv hi stiidentM. Jikf. Miller. Ttll Ibin A thby and Mrt. Kbri; dny students. Wllma tlaskMI, -Oorfs French. Mrs. Ktbel McXallen nnd Mrs. Wayman Srott. One of the students at the .ctd lege, Ina Muilenburg. has ben snowbound In her country home near It CJrande f'r more than a week and hss been unable to at tend her clasit. I'urlug thi! last soveriil days in fact since the snow here reached the two-foot mark much has been heurd about the winter of ltH.1-if when tho "big snows" cunie. Over the weekend the tolsl snowfall- for January, Ihls yesr, reached 41 inches, and an In quiring reporter decided to search the official records and find out Just how January, 1 111 ft, compared with this month. 41 IiicImh In damiury, Jttlfl On cheeking over the records for January, i'Jlfi he found flint only 41 Inches of snow fell thut mouth, the same as during the sit ine period this year. Put that wasn't all that he ' found! . . j Cothg a lfl(l farther In erh j direction, he found thut during I February. IHK. a ttital of 3U I inches f.tl and thai In the form i of a nightcap three more inches were chiilked uo In March, HOI. ; In december, lv)5, the snow to taled 21 Inches and in Novem ber. 1 inehfMl fell. 3 lorn Tluin 10 F-e4 of Know Although the 192V January Is even with the IIO Jantiary, the winter of 1 91 S-lfl Isn't In th ejune class with the pr.nt oue. Consider: Ho fur this winter only nbotit four feet of snow hss been measured. Imrlug the months of November, December and Jantt nry, in MHfi-ltl, a totnl of 80' Inches, or more than six nnd a half feet of snow, hud been measured. And then emne Feb ruary nnd March with three and u half feet more. The total mow during that record -bi'cn king winter wits Inches, which figrrd In feet, represents more thun 1 0 feet ! Also, the snow that fell In De cember, l!lfj, whs luiieh in evi dence when Junuory slarleil, and before the ntnn'.h had ended, around four feet or more . wux pHcked over tlii- vnHey. The first flvs days id February, I!iDI, itdd ed nearly two feet to the toial. and none of tin- five fc-t f'liiiifl the lempeiMtur above lb freez ing point, which nieitos I ft it t the snow did not melt much until later. . Tlie wlntt.tr ut Di'iO-ai was fulrly hard, the reccirds showing that during December. January and Februury 6o indies ut snow fell, but compared with the year 115-16. it was hardly inure than a flurry COTTONWOOD, Ida., Jan, 2.8 (AP) A small band of cowboys and stockmen pushed their way back homo through 10-foot snow drifts confident today that Narde Aram, II -year-old daughter of "their friend, Jim Aram, would ro jcovor her health. J Frl'biy this group of cowboys struggled through a blizzard and drifted snow, driving a baud of horses ahead of them to get Nar ' do to a hospital here for an oper ation for iieute appondfcltls. Tho horses, all that could he found on farms In 'Ibis sparsely settled mountain country, served as a snow plow that cleared a path for tho slch'h currying the little girl. ' I Narelo was stricken Thursday 'morning. Her rather bundled her in a closed sleigh and set out for this town, which is 3d miles from the Aram ranch. After battling .drifts all day, the father and the girl were forced to turn back. That night hn called on his friends by jtelophoiie. They came, bringing a ; largo band of horses with them. They reached Cottonwood Friday night and the operation was per formed Kitturilay morning. At the Cottonwood general hos- I EfKf ATIIPE liLiUlJidllUlUi OPENS THIRD WEEK TODAY Free-for-all Oratory Pre- dieted With Several Major Bills Looming TAX MEASURES ARE NEARLY ALL FILED Phone Hearing Is Set for Tuesday; Kiddle's Auto License Fee Bill Hear ing Is Near ; 8 A I.EM. Ore.. Jan. ! (AD Tha Oregon legislature today opens the third weok. of Its 55th session, and the last for the unrestrained presentation of bills, with enough fomenting discord already In tha hopper to provide, a constant dis play of fireworks for the remain der of the session, and with more : explosive subject matter yet to be loosed. '''j ' Today la expected to sea the In. ;: troduetlnn of the last of the scrim of tax reduction, redistribution and : restriction measures prepared by the special property tax relief com mission. It Is the excise tax on banks and all other corporations with the exception of publlo utili ties, upon which the state already levies assessments,. The commls alon's bills already Introduced pro vide for tho centralisation and eouallsatlon of assessments, uni form accounting and auditing, re organisation of taxing units as In dicated In the bill to establish road districts on a county-wide plan, and the restriction of local bond ing and tax levying powers. Iluldlng liHMmut Tax lull Tho companion bill to them all, the Income tax measure, will be held to tha very last because of Ha highly controversial natui-t and muy not come In as a commute m nl U 1- nM.u lnrfl..lof1 I Sharp division upon tha Income (tax question Is rampant among the leRlHlnlors,1 and the proponents of ...... ..... .,Vutlnn -., an ,11- )vldd Irt'tho hintttr of what form an Income tax moaaure should tako as to make It difficult for them lo I agree upon any form, . Jiaders In uoin nouses simuipaio mm ' lit. less than four or . five tnuome laic bills will be presented before tho session Is over, but predict that If any gets as fur as onsctment It will bin much-Jumblod compro mise ant that will be killed by the people, to Whom it must bo referr ed. . i ' Hiartlng Ihls evening with the public heiirlng on Henator Balley'a Mil to repeal tho IBI!7 net author ising the stato board of control tn borrow money from the trust funds of tho Industrial Accident commis sion for tho construction of a state ' orrice building here, the week pro mises to be one of free-for-all ora tory. Industrial contributors to sponsor Henutor Baileys repeal the accident commission fund will nicnsuro tonight, and It will be fought by T. H. Kay, stato treiui urer, and other officials- on the ground of necessity and economy. They point out that tho stato is now paying out thousands or dollar monthly In rentals for orflco apace for deiini'tnients and bureaus that cunnot L-e accommodated In tho Inadequate and congested state bulldlnga, I'Ikhmj Hearing Tnemlay. Tuemlpy evening the telephone and utllltlea lobby will have Its In ning when the ljunne memorial re questing congress to Institute a na tionwide Investigation of tho rotes and practices of the telephone mo nopoly comes up for public hear ing before tho senute commitleo on resolutions. The Dunne memorial grows out or the report of the spe cial legislative committee named two years ago to Inquire Into the I Continued on Page sV pthll Kiimlny nltiich" reported thut Niircle's condition wns "very aood." Chicago Police Arrest 3,000 More CHICAGO, .bin. I'H (AP) The second cleanoul the crooks drive f within a week did not result In as J many arreKis as the nrst. mil was followed by six identifications of robbers and the partial Identifica tion of a seventh. pprnbuati ly three thoiVutnd persons wi re a treated nti police squads sciiiped the entire city over thi- weekend. A muiked decline In crime was noted by police duriptc the week. I'OKTI.ANI, On. .bin. tH AP) - -Antbc result of police raids con dueled over the week end, Iftft men were under arrest today on charges tanging from vauraiicy to gambling and por:eMlon of liquor. MAItKIKM IN .Mil I'OUTI.ANO. Ore,. Jan. UH (AC) Kaith In tile man she loves led pretty l.orettn M. At organ. 23, of Heat lie. to a cell In the county jail here, where, stio married Charles (luettcl. A2. charged with oMulning piur.ey under fuluc prctt-nacs MAIL AVIATOR, . PASSENGERS ARE RESCUED HALT I.AUI-: CITY, Jan. HI (AP) l rank Uarber, Oakland. California, pilot of a Boeing air transport piano which was wrecked In the Ituby mountain wilds of Nevada Inst ; Thursday regained consclousnesn for the first tlim since the accident this morning in a Knit Ijiko huspltat llarber suffered concussion of tho brain and was marooned with 1.. J. 1'fltiuger, San Kranctsco archi tect, und A. 1; Ames, of Camden, .Maine, in tha piano after It 'Crash ed In Hecret Pass. 46 miles east of Klko, Nevada. A rescue party reached them early Saturday morn ing. Pfluegcr and Ames, who were en route to Halt .(.alio, arrived here by train with Uarlwr early yester day morning and left last night fcr their homes. They said Harbor atruck his head on the cockpit of the plane when It crushed Into tho pass. The pilot sat unconscious at tho controls until tho rescue party arrived. The three men were nearly froaer to death and were wit nout food They had no wator and quenched tbeir thirst by cutlntC vauw.