La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 31, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE C I T Y EDITION m (9 THE WEATHER OREGON: - Know. In tut and rains wot portion tonisht and Fri day, warmer. . Strong southeast winds. . VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Urn LA GRANDE, OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1929. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE88 NUMBER 110. WINDS BLOCK HIGHWAYS IN THISSECTION Snowplows Attack Heavy V Drifts from La Grande to North Powder 18 Violators Of f Liquor Laws May Pay Out $14,500 Senior Prohibition inves tigator Completes Local ; Survey for Government ' Department "SNOW KING BACK IN VALLEY AGAIN KlKhtren pcr.ons In Hie l.i Grande district who have born con victed of violations of the liiiuor law sometime In the past now face . additional penalties amounting In all to about $14,500. That Js the statement made by i P. AJ Haseltlne. senior prohibition ' ' . Investigator, who has completed his Are.U ArOUnd Spokane Is., work' hero and who, left yesterday C I . . o: icon,-tor 1'endletpn. accompanied by hta Oldest Oince LOJV, wtfe. Mr. Hazcltlnc owns a news- Frozen Rain in Port- nanir ' wah., but i J. c v. l TV : j' Is worklwr put .of-Washington, D. C. wim, ounuuia jisuitaacu . Nome Violator Mlwdnjc EINSTEIN WEATHKK DKVKIjOI'MKN'TS Highway crews Imp to .wire tM ; ramie to Wallowa Lake Iiifrliwur Mn by TmpjuJuj. . I4i (itmmlo to Baker sect Um or Oregon Trull closer! fill morning, winds continuing. r . Itimil to Pendleton still uicti to travel. Itnlfrouris keeping ull tracks clear of mkmv by using rotary plows. Minimum temperature In M Grande- Inst !16 hours V above, SKknck, Wash. I.owcM torn Itcratitrcs In 30 yearn with 17 liclmv hero yesterday himI one mi bur b reporting S3 bclortV Wciithcr forecast for lontulit ami tomorrow; "Kiiowm In Kast urn Oregon, warmer, , strong southeast winds." Cortland, Ore.- Three liiche new miow, rrown rain. 31 Illi nium 18 u hove. Mhl-Coliimhin district snow I'l-oin 20 Incite lo six foot, tlot'p. Howl lilver .wliools arc din in Used, In speaking of his survey of II-' quor law violators, Mr. Hascltlne Hald' tliat he has' only selected thoso Known to have more or loss prop-, ertv. Many of tho violators' ho found'-"badly broke," ' out' of the district Or dead.- He declares that It ho. mortality rule Is no high among violators- of the-liquor laws that they are as. poor risks for Insur ance companies "as prohibition affonts,. who have long be on rated as poor prospects because of the class Of people they have to dealj with.: He says that the deaths of the violators are due- to drinking too much of their own llquor;or to rows among themselves or their as sociates In crime. The purpose of Mr. Husoitlne's Investigation was to bring about enforcement or aged laws (Which have never been removed from the statute books), which provide that persons selling or making intoxi- &bSt EXPENSES OF COUNTY ARE CHECKED UP Semi-annual Reports of Clerk and Treasurer Cover jHalf of 192S ROADS, HIGHWAYS RECEIVE $59,107 REED MAKES STRONG PLEA FORCRUISERS Raps Brookhart, of Iowa, Who Is Opposed to More Warships ORATORY FLOWS IN SENATE HALLS 'Market Roads Allowed Limitation of Debate Be- The Inlcsi work or I'mf. Al bert Kliiscln (above). orlKlnatiir of tlK) theory of relativity, was liuhllslivd yelcrtuy. It IukI been $38,541.12; Election Cost $2,279.84; Sheep Killers Dent Purse Apparently of the belief thul tlio last 48 hours in iu Orunde, during ;. which time only "traces" of snow fell, cuiiNtitutcd a long enough va cation, King A Inter turned -hi tentlon again to the Grande (Continued on Page 6) , Camp Fire Girl Field Worker To Visit This City Miss Janet McKcllar, of Now . ' . ; York, national field worker for the .,. Camp. Kirs Girls, .will be in 1-a valley during last night and today. her comln lllive . b(.cn con,p,eted Traces of snow fell here early , u boaril or sponsors and tho this mornlns and .a utrunir wind, WMltU,.iiWwtatUiJf. 1 rH.-.ni.uriled liy biiow, Vuh. blayliiB . vaniv, un,i elaborate program havue with slate highways between s announceti. . La tlrandc and lluker. . . ; ' t,om officials are hoping for a On tup of that, the morning . lllr(0 ml(.ndanco -at; the evening weather report from 1'oitland pro- meetings especially since theac dieted snows in Kastern Oregon to- meetings will afford opportunity night although the weutner la ex-. fOP adults . to " become acquainted peeled to warm up a few degrees. . with Camp Klre organization meth Ktrong southeast 'winds uro . fore- ods-andtlie work in general. All east. . ; . interested persons are Invited. ItailH Kept clear ' ' The program will begin Tuesday All railroad tracks In this dlvl-. at noon when Miss McKcllar will Hlou are being kept clear of siiow "Pe"" "t te chamher of commerce bv the use of rotary plows. Hunt; luncheon. That afternoon she will ii- 11 i:ii.i il.l mon.lnir. also address the girls of hacrcd The stale highways, however, are not ho fortunute. , ' Heart academy and the la Grandi' Neighborhood club. The road between I.a (Irande and ., At 4 o'clock Ml-a McKcllar will North l'owder was blockaded during last night and more snow was drifting this morn ing. . Knowpluws sent out from ln Ciiiiidc early this morning had not rt'uched Union Iff II o'clock and thoroughly n,e01 ?""P "rl' "Iris and guardians at the -lJi Grande hotel. That evening from 7 to 9 o'clock teachers, guardians und all l.a Grande persons Interested In adolescent psychology are Invited to attend a meeting to be held at t lie Lutheran puraonage lo hour Miss McKottur's lecture. The program for Wednesday will begin at 1 u:30 a. m. with a mass meeting In. the I.. I). 8. He erentional hall or tho girls of I." Grande High school and of the seventh and eighth grades of the city. Mrs. Georgia Alason Harn-s, 72. At noon Miss McKcllar will nd- inotlier of Mrs. A. K. Hunter, or dress tne notary ciuu meniuera 0...1 I Grande died this morning about that afternoon she will appear be- 6:311 o'clock ut the home of Mrs, cins Monday and Early: Vote Is Expected After That o ; . Many Interesting, facts concern-I "WASHINGTON, Jan. l (AP eplalm-d In advuiio as diliig . nd to vl,Hlul, fulul8 ,. contain- cruiser bill again today many sen-1 witn me lauims 1 c1 ln lhe w,mi.anliua statement of mora wore still thinking; of Senator Ity ami .clwtro Uynnmu-s ana as t)e fllttnclll condition of the coun- rteed'a speech yesterday ln support said to liayc miulrcd . in rH , ly prepared by County Treasurer o the measure Rnd of the reply ; 1 T 1 ... nuul report prepared by t'ounly 1 AaWe from the speeches thorn-1 Kr KlnlK-ltlK lH U (-W .erl... ,erk t. K .Mc0o,mck i the. , Tin. price Is 0110 nuirk. uIhmiI M Mormlck's report is of Uecd, democrat. Missouri, retires cents III American- coin. Hn , particular lntereat because It trolI1 puUlp ,lfe Ht ,he end pt this IHtmplilot consists of: word and ' shows the ojnounts and number of Bnd h) address may have nuMla-iiintlfnl formulae which jci,,im8 allowed, etc.. from Juno 1 , .u- ... i 1.. .n.j i Hoadri and highways received 1 $59,107.tl8 and market roada re I cel'ved $3S.S4l.l..' I II required 2.!7!I.S4 for the cost of registration and elections. Kheop- killing dogs cosx the county $311 which was paid to sheep men to tho ordinary laymail. A learned professor or the I'russlan Acad emy of Sok'iicca ' dterllKul tho work as a "very hard not to crack," and Mild II called for the most careful sludy by tlio most eiliert nuitliciiiatlciuns. - (Continued on Page 5) i vrrnni k otict LItLUlUrtnllJl M an FnnnH TmA ENTERTAINS HERE! In Snow North Of Enternrise n . n tT.ll .1 second 01 sencs iie,ia ai Church Under Auspices , of High School ; Into pluy the wit and command of vigorous phrases that nave giv en hlni fame ns an. orator. "Peace treaties will not arrest bullets."'1 Reed declared, "wars of today are no longer war of valor but of machines; valor half armed cannot resist valor full armed: the I opinion of the world Is determined j jhy the 'policies or other nations 'aai all are armed." Sank "Obsolete Ships" Referring to the Washington na val armamenta oonforence of 1922, I Heed said that the United States agreed Mo "destroy $8110,000,000 orth of the finest fighting craft 'over eo'ncolved by the brains of 31 ; engineer)!. They sank ' obsoloto KNTKKPItlHK.. Ore.. Jan. (Knecial to The Observer) Herb- "hips." j ert Kenvlllo, 20, was found dead' He also referred to the urma yesterdny uftoinoon on tho trull ments of other countries several The need for giving not getting, crossing the canyon of tho Grundc times in me course oi 111s o.iuii, for light und shade 10 lire huppl- Hondo river from Paradise, Ore., but declared that he bore no other nous and trouble to mako contrast, to Anatonu, Wash., 60 miles north country 111 will but ho argued that and to bring appreciation, for of Knlorprlse. His body wus lying lce they were urmed, It wan nee brains', and personality ,uml .--not fitrcibjKn, In. th snow but.Jhere tt.tmtt) .VnUrtVmU be ldoks.'fur TlghtlUg aginstur uiulvveio nonarksof violence.'.- . 'pi'epai'fn.. , -" . . ..'- such evils, ure u few or the Hems' j,.fr Snyder,' who lives on tl"i'' . ' '! AHOcIim llrookliai't -of life which C. I.. Kurgderfer, of rVer trull, saw tho body und hut-l Senator Hrookhart had spont a Hattlecreek, Mich., inculcated into Pried to lhe first rarmhouse, to f'mi good portion. of the day-bofure In his entertainment program lust (nit t1(J (k,U( lnMn w1(1 lho 0ut.st attacking the cruiser bill and ho night when he appeared at. the of th(, rurln(...B mvl r.unlly. fore ne enncluded Heed said that Methodist church beroro a largu In the race or expert opinion that audience or high school students and townspeople. Mr. Burgdorferi (Continued on Pago 6) MRS. BARNES PASSES AWAY x THIS MORNING phnniottjrixn- tion program wiih popular und nn't with Krcnt iipplmisi! frotil the uudl enco during tho evening. , His mibtlo weavlnir of "inornl" talks Into the urtlmry of hi8 "inalt- hiK up" jind "llKhtnliiK trunKroriiKi- throuKh It. tlons: hi'foro 'i no audience, oih KUlsinK It at limes with a tfin ly joke or n Bpeedy bit of "surnion." wtm clrvi'rly clonic. l't'iliups tho tnoHt impulm num ber on tho pniffrum was tin; "orl glnul creation by Mr. lturgdurfcr Mr. Konvlllc! wim workins near l.owlston In tho full and win taken ill of flu whllo there. It In thouKht that he may have started home and not out ueroHii the canyon on fool crulxei'M wero vital to a fleet Boven HenaUiVH hud Mont up contrary dplti lunH, "namely: Keur Admiral llrookhurr, Majur Oeneral Itrook hart, (Thief of . (Stuff CARUCEIiSE YEAR HAY CE opramY Favorable Report on Measure Made .by Roads Highway Committee CABINET SCHEME PLAN INTRODUCED MacPherson Would Re organize. Oosgon's Gov ernment and A b 0 1 i s h Commissions, Boards HALKM. Ore., Jan, SI (AP) The oontost of Senator J. O. Bailey to prevent construction of a state ofrico building In 8alem, with money borrowed from tho trust funds of tho stato Industrial acci dent commission aa authorised by the l'J 2 7 legislature, through this bill to repoul tho act came, to naught today with the unani mous adverse report of the senate committee on public buildings and . Institutions that hut repeal bill "do not pass." j .. , Thn enniniltten In ita renort whether Impeachment proceedings atatcd thut ,t (ound ,n( buldlBtf will be brought against Judge Har- I ,ot hBI, ben miy ,u,t,nj ,n tho dy by the legislature. He was foro- , ilat0 and federal courts, and that lbly ejeoted from tho hearing by tn0 provisions of the act provided two aergennta-nt-arma when he vlo- j adequate protection for the trust lenity oojecuea to reonui 01 pur-1 funds of the accident commission. ported conversations between Ar thur h. Marek. a Los Angeles re porter, and Mrs, Minnie Kennedy, mother or the evangelist. . "Mrs. Kennedy,", said Marek, "said that Mrs. McPheraon had-told her that she had some nd visors July I to July I, Instead of from who wero supposedly helping her January I lo January I as now la on a plan to have the caso dls-1 lho oaso, an dine report of tho missed. Hhe named these advisors, houBo Judiciary committee on tho according to Mrs. MoPherson, us proposal that the offices of state Ijordan (Mrs. Mcl'herson's former budget officer and state purchos- business manager). Tavener and Mtnt be consolidated. In tho Ijivlne (three newspapermen), and ; Interests of economy. - - called them 'her three deliverers.' i Tho committee "lo "''" I'rcdliis lllsmlssal ' on the ""to "cn" wed- "Mrs. Kennedy told me that Mrs. ' arternoon and found even Mcpherson had announced over : l.ob' t member ;of the 1 nr m :ti. i .u... .1.- u h. nignway commissioner, ana a. ra. u..uuttee . j- i.t ,h. nt day lra, IUor,y.r.lrt. U the 'V . ..VTr;---,,,,; -i.Blsd told mo '!y,jT'iJ''d StS ZSi HAKSf. Ore.. Jn..l (A P)'-1 that Mrs. Mcpherson Loilght her 'iJrIl Unluoei, tho Ml.,ln bu,,l ,,f r,.l ,-nl .. ...UK , irum . ipi. , which Insists that appropriations ' mont of the dismissal, and said: for statu Institutions und depart ments should be In a lump sum. and certain ways and moans com- . "Mrs. Kennedy said that In view mlttee member who Insist they of tho provlnus attitude of some of should be by Item classifications, u the men whom Mrs. Mcpherson compromise- was reached at the named 11a her advisors, that she committee session last night. (lira, Kennedy) was fearful of I BRYAN III WINS V ' I Oust Attorney For Aimee From Hardy Hearing Ormsby Forcibly Remov ed from Court Room , More Testimony Given on Kidnaping Case LOH ANGKLKS, Jan. 31 AP) Tho .Mol'hetHun kldnapliiK case, ones behoved dead, today had leap ed HUddenly from a leital gruvo hack into tho public nrenu.- Two newHpupormcn blew the breath uf lire Into It. Any doubt whether a leKhdatlve coinmlttoe, InvoxtlKatlntr a $2600 check presented by AnKlu temple' to Buperior JudK Curlun 8. Hardy, would revive tho famous case wun dlnpelled when Chairman Walter Little announced Its IntontlonH to do so. "We believe that any facts which wo may be able to uncover on the diftmhiKal of chaises In the Mc l'hewon cane will prove valuable to tho cltlEena of Lou Angeleu county and to the state," he an nounced In the midnt of a battle over the admliwlblllly of two re porters' teiitimony, OmiMby iwtd One of Mrs. Mcpherson's attor neys, Cromwell Ormsby, was no longer representing her at the pub lic hearing, which Is being hold for the purpose of determining William - afc'iinJngi ' Itryan'ti graiidNMii already cntcrod MHtt(i and won IUm first election. Ilorc's Dry a it llurgrcavoH. IS, Jiint t'lwt col to a m'1mm1 'oinmlMMkiiorNhlp ut IjOm CiiitoH, Calif., by dint of lilt oratory. TAKE ACTION ON 22 SUPPLY BILLS - i i Several State Appropria tions Favored By Ways Cttanca Mcetwe Year Favorable reports to coma out of committees today wers those of the senate roads and htahway com-' mlttee on the proposal that thn automobile license year run from lnbor spoke for lt. Tho school disttrlct text t;-'.: I,, , I inu sellout uiaiirivi io 'Mo her, I'm sitting on top of the I nct Iimlo.lu -ayptiamno. in t..t world. ; house when it was Introduced as rai irooa-i , , . ... , , : tt....,.!.!...'! .Three heada will be UHed I tin tend JSlOUKIXtll, a mkoa. ...Ill i. ... ..U ....-i iiiul iu.ii.iiK "in vn'iinvnuu ...j.- t,Mn, nt tUn AIh U.., l li,.,.LIt.- Itlon and the dlfficuMy tf the trip (mml 0,Illull of Mankliut ;vKeH. genoml. cxponHes und capl inroiiKn uie new unow, mtu uuu u.ni,u,.t f!nr..l vl,.- .f ih World Hrookhart and Custodian of tho I'nlverHc Hrookhart." lo.ui Senator 1 topi lew Hrookhart snilled at this and mid:' "The senator did not Huy any tblni; of MusHollnl lirookhart." "No," returned Heed, "I love the senator and J am dealing with him (Continued uu Page 6) bin heart failed hlni nr. he tolle.1 Gun Club to Plan For Summer Shoot . fore women's societies of the rres byterlun, Methodist and CaLhollc ehurche?. The evenlnfi will be devoted to a guardians' meeting at the Luth eran parsonage. . Feb. 7. Thursday, a luncheon for guardians and the board of spon sors has been planned. In the evening a guardians meeting will Hunter. Mis. Haines had been il for u considerable period of time. The body is at Hohnenkamp's mortuary and will be taken tonight to hewiston, Ma., where burial be held Saturday. Mrs. Harm-s was born In Atchi son, Kan,, coming to Southern Oie- non when she wus 12 years old. In oe al tll0 Lutheran parsonage 1 a 1 4 she was married to lr. r. Arrangements for private or W. Harnes and has lived In North- ffrnup conferences with Miss Mc-t-aHtern Oregon since that lime. Kellur may be made through Mrs. Jr. Harnes died In M.elf H. Awes. She Is survived by three daugh ters. Mis. Hunter, of l-a Grande; Mrs. Charles Kraslcr. of Lewlston. Ma., und Mrs. A. !!. Hunna, of Portland, and two sons, A. U and K. Harne, of l-os Angeles. Stove Explosion Calls Out Firemen "PayOfrNiffht Is Observed By City Commission 'ollowlnsr lhe sale of I9.S27.T Imnrovenient bonds last week. In,,, ellv commission last nlrht Tlie ellv fire truck was called to cleared up expenses for the Issue a iiweiiinir .,i,,e m Ho; Klshtli and allowed final estimates to con- street ut 5 o'clock yesterday after- tractors In the eleht district for noon tin nrrivnl the firemen n-hlrh the bonds were Issued. found that a stove had exploded I P. J. Lilly received $943. S3, t'lyde but ihi,, n ,i, ,.,. l,,l l.,.n done. It. Melts $1.0118.34. barren l.on The . ,., l.v Krcd iruetlun comnsny $4I.I4 and Johnston. WI-'.ATIIMl TODAY , 7:3o a. ni. 21 above. Minimum: 10 above, t'ondltion: cloudy, snowy. WKATIir.K YKSTKIIKAV Maximum 29, minimum 9 above. I'ondltiun: cloudy. no' trarea. mi-;atiii:k jan si. iizh .Maximum 4'. minimum 32 above. Condition: clear. Hartenbower Hrothers $74:.!l. Kor I prlntlna the bonds. A. W. Nelson I received $79.6" and for an approv ing nninlnn. $4'l was paid to Teal Wlnfre.'. .Mcfulloch and Schuyler, of I'ortland. 'onsidemble discussion of the eleetrleal and pluliiblnif rodes re sulted In the commissioners urging that Klre fhlef f. T. Undssy and Cllv .Manager W. 'res call meetings with cleclrleians The m flrandc (liln club will hold a moetluK at the Indoor rlflo . ,1'iuiKe In the baaement of -tlio Carl Ehort Will RuccpmI Mr. Helms o'icic' . terested In the H2!l Orngonlnn tel- 'eirranhlc whoot are urged to attend. w nit n Today l the last day "Spud" Helm will spend as tax col lector and deputy sheriff for Union county. Tomorrow he will beKln work at Perkins Motor company. far I Ebert. of I-a Grande, will take Mr. Holm's place In the sher iff's office. Mr. Kbert Is alrendy at work at the office getting ac quainted with the htiine,-K. tHl outlay. (The committee went into execu tive session and look final action Ion, 22 appropriations. Also defi ciency appropriations made since the 1927 session wero approved, to taling 143,MG0.N4. 1 Kcpresentatlve Angel! and Sen ator Kiddie as a majority of a sub (Committee Investigating bills to 1 make the state dairy and food department self-sustaining recom- imiikv $ii "iwiiirni r ft meuiieu invoraoiy on me. onis. Spaeth building on Washington f fUMC i LrQlff I; 1'avonible It ports tomorrow evening ai f) Vnrttt Tfhflfltl Kavoruble reports were heard ' All shooters Who are in- UIVIS UUI iy M UUUy ,.., Hub-comniltlees on the House , jof tho Hood Shepherd, the Kalva- I, .t i r'l-niir ut r f. nt-iiitfiii lion Armv White Shield home, the GrCLtld Jlirjl Call '(IN this morning ut lhe homo of ouIho Homo, the Klore.nee Oltton , - nia Hf(ilt.ri Mrs. Ai Kioyd. at ISbljton Hefugo home and tho Pulton l88Ue(l X eSZCrUay H'xth sUoet, following a long Hl-tllrt,(r f,p tbo Friendless, nil stato- (Conllnued on pago 8.) aided charitable homes In or near Portland Henatnr Mann, and Hep rcsentatlves Potter and (Jollier re Mail Carriers Face Difficulties With Snow Piled High Over Valley Itroadcast about the stato dur ing this winter of heavy snows have been newspaper tales of harrow ing experiences of postmen and rural mall carriers battling through snowdrifts, and storms. KtruggllnK to carry to the mall hungry popu lace daily letters, papers and pack ages. Most of these yarns of winter heroism from abroad, however. In no way compare with the activities or the rural mall carriers right here In Iji Grande. While mull carriers in Portland tattle through a few inches of snow the la Grande carriers struggle through a few feet. IjiIkiHoii .lotirney Tarrying with them on an aver age of I'll pounds for each of the two routes, the two rum! mail car riers each with a helper, start out each morning ut ! o'clock for the hard trip which taken tbem from 27 to 30 miles into the country on a laborious J'turney which reulres eight hours or more. The rur?il mall carriers an- muk- ing the trip now any y they ran, by horeuai-k, sleigh and ainomo- bib i neHH. The county grand Jury was call-. "' '' ''' llvl"' '!r"n'1" . ......... fit VII vciir. eonilnir In 111 M e. Iv eil into sesKloll yesieroay ny i.ir- - - - " , 'nm-inH cult .ludge J. W. Knowles. No re- : "' The Oalbs. Ore. lor many j""""1- . port had bc'en made early tills af-' yurs lie was Janitor at the city II-, It Is probablo that u bill will be ternoon ibrory here, lie wus born April 1 2. , prepared increasing from $ lo $10 ' I JKI12 il"0 registration fee of resilient stu-1 The body Is at the llohnenkaiiili dents at Oregon normal senools nun eliapel. Kosury will be held at lhe from $11 to $20 the fee for non ebuoel tomoirow night at 7:30 o'- .resident students, bill rind the com- l clock and later thai evening the mltleo will confer wth the board lli. will be Kent lo Tho Dalles f regenls. There arc four rcgls- iiiiliuns earn year. (letting down to final netion on .(Continued on Page s.) Mrs. Northcott Denies Alleged Slayer Her Son t'Ol in ROOM, lUverMhlt', Vat., .Ian. 'At (AP) Climaxing UwlU hour In court tlurlng wltk'h Ills ef- riiiu lo obtain (cMtiiiHHiy of hit! iiiatlon from KjiuIi lxul.-a Noiili rott failed toila;, (.ordoii htrwurt! .oi tin .Ut wftbdiew JIrs. AoiUmiiU from tho Miami nml took tho wit iiiwh cliMlr hinwlf. NortlK-ott ak ed lilmxir fiifHtloiiH anil aits weird llit'iii oji lhe staml. district. George A. liean. mounted wn,.re the funeral will be held. on his horse, was ubnut to cross' the railroad track at l,ono Tree, It j was time for eaatboiind paKnengert train No. 24 to come, but hearing no whistle and believing that it' might be late, he started to croxs and was within a fool of tho track when the train came thundering by. The bllzuird was so Intense thai he was unable to sea the train until it was a few feet from him. Mr. Honn's hair stood on end for sev- -T f - en. I days after that, he declares. UOVemOr J OlinOlOn Two wheels of the car l. J. Kim im-ll was driving slid off thet edge of the. highway near. ex-Uov- j ,., error Pierre's home two dHys ago., 0),A,J0MA CITV, Jan. 31 (A. Two paaslng cars couldn't pull It (.nry H. Johnston, suspended P. K. IVAMIGi: IMj K. 8. Tvunhoe, pioneer 1'nlon nnd Wallowa county attorney, suTfercd a stroke of apoplexy In his office here today at noon and was taken to his home In an ambulance. His physlctnn reports thut It seems to be of a mild type. Pleads Not Guilty ! appropriations the committee cut $r400 from the salary rerinest ttt itho attorney general's office, re idiiolng the approved total from im,UH to 912.150. r COUUTItOOM, Jtlveisldo. Cal., Jan. 31 (Al) Mrs. Har,h Urn inu Northcott testified from the wit ness chair this nwirnlng that she was not Gordon (Stewart Northcott's mother. Hho hesitated lung over unsweiing her son's queries re garding their relationship and her voice when she did speak was lit tle above a whisper. Yesterday's court'sesslon was re plete with dramatic situations ranging from a second unsuccess ful effort of Cyrus. Northcott, 01-year-old futher of (lordon, to re pudiate previous damaging state ments and shield his son to the sin gular spectacle of thn accused slay er grilling his chief prosecutor, re II. !?. 297 by Anderson Ho bin sou and liynon. Tho bill provides for the-purchase of text books by school boards for the use of pupils when a majority of the voters o( tho district favor such action. Vondi vim lal Mot Move Action to have tho legislature of Oregon meet only evojry four years was started ln the house of repre sentatives Wednesday afternoon In the form of a house Joint resolu tion introduced by 13. F. Hwope of Lincoln and Polk counties. Cablnvt Plan Presumed Hector MacPher&on's plan for the reorganisation of the stuto gov ernment Into the cabinet form or government was presented for con- . slderallon of tho house Wednesday afternoon In the form of house Joint resolution 7. . - Under MacPherson's ' plan the. constitution of the state would bo . amended to provide that after July 1, 1131, tho administrative and ' executive functions of the state government shall be performed by the governor with the assistance of the following nfne departments: of agriculture; of labor and Indus try! of finance; of commerce; of education; of public works; of pub lic welfare; the department of stale police and military affairs; and tho department of legal affairs. Pro- (Contlnued on Page I) GIRL, 17, SETS NEW FLYING RECORD TODAY Over the protest of Kenalor Kid- gurdlng confessions ho himself 'din und Representative Angel the committee, at the Innlnnro of Hen ator Htrayer, clipped IS'iO'i from (the $:'I1,'JX7 asked , by lhe child wfl j faro noiniplssloit. leaving a total Continued on Page fi) had to wait until a wrecker ar rived from iM Grande to continue bis journey. Without the Hlrong and Intelli gent work ft their horses, such trips would never be made mirrcK fully. Khorlle, a powerfully built n btte horw with black markltiKs ... H, ..I lliu liralli a hnre. nd Prlrue'. are the bors t-turnwl against him by the Mr. Ilean and lo Walt., use for.'-o ot representatives, was set governor of Oklahoma Utility plead ed not guilty to eight Impeach ment article and announced hlm tvit nady for loimedlate trial. The announcement hum made In the senate court of Im peach me tit by Thomas II. Owen of Oklahumuj City, one of Johnston's attorney;. , Trial on all of ih eleven eharg-i OREGON DEATH RATE HIGHER THAN IN 1926 WASHINGTON, l. t. Jan. at. (Hpeclul) Th depiittmenl of commerce unnoiim-eH thut the I'.i27 deal h rale fyr Or-Kon war. 1 ,1 17 II. and j f'lu.t In h.vv rnld.er or leather their trils. Thev nllernate the ,or reuruary bouts, chaps, b ather coats, cans, j horsen, nol taking lhe same ones " " " " spurs, with the mall placed In two days In succesalon. MUVSnQl t OCfl ItOH (father pouehes fairtened on lo the One of the dhutppolnting parts: , n ., ... nlumlMTS so that all may thorough-j twiddle, they mount the ftornes and of the work Is th fact that often UU OVlOaCKf ffOlU ly understand the provbdons, jbegin tbe Journey tnrougn tnc gnai am-r ine niTicm nave nrougni inei A roomln, hou llcn-e was snowdrift mall... "r "ij ,.AIIIH. Jan. 3. ( A IM Miirsba OTMnted MI'S, rtcssie niKKiun ir i "i" i .... . ...... .. ...... i, t ... i. 1408 Washington svenue and a pool Theirs Is a story of experience ! day because the deep snow makes ft-rninnnu mm. won ,,., vn ,. -.." .,.,... ... ,, . hi license was granted Hlusher ' such as many times has caused Ht Impossible for persons living aU-mt-nng rapidly ftom his race-nil The eBtlmated midyear popula and Weaver for their place on 1?- tragedy. Two days ago a fearful i quarter of s mile or evn lexs from IMne. lias had a setback and must Con for OrKn wan Syp.uoo In pot street. - , bliaaard wus racing in the country the bv lo tfrt out to g-1 the mMl nvt.i cvmi!vto -ixi. ISt27 t4 177,v'jO la l'J2. NKW OJtM-.ANN, Jen. 31 (AC) - A Ilnbeita t'orid's writ to stay the per Mci.ooa populn'ton aser.!fi..r-l ,.x,.I.l,,rn tomoirow of Mis. Ada with 1,14 hi lJ2'i. The prim ipal 1)n,u.r .IOrur and Or. Thomiis liKteaNet in mivH in l7 w"".;t hre'-er wus detded today by from divines of (lie he-irt ( from jutia,t Wavne O. liomh in Hnite.l M.3 lo 21 H per loa.hao popiDMioti) . Hlll,, (Ulricl court, und Inflneiij. tfrnm lo -'x. ief,nie attorneys plunned to The pi im-tiwil decreiiHef In rate:i t rj)) y tl)(, flj(ht p1HiHy to the In l!7 were from diarrhea nm.-:nMt.a K,(ti,-s circuit court of up- enteruiH, uti'ier i years (irom a in i 2fJ lo 6 per lua.iiMO population) M1TCHKI.I VI til A), N. Y.. Jan, 31 (AP)-i Elinor Smith, 17-year- ; old "flying flapper" today estab lished an endurance flying record for women or 13 hours, iO minutes and 46 seconds. 'Hho broke by 1 hour, 6 minutes and 45 seconds the record estab lished Jan. 1 by Miss Hobby Trout or California. . Taking off In an open cockpit plane at Z: 7: 10 yesterday after noon Miss Nmlth silent thn lnnolv Collins and another buy, and an Mirs crulslna over th Lima-Island flying fields, varying her routine but once by a trip over lower Man hattan. Hho laudrd ut 9:i3:b& this morning. Warmly clad In a heavy flying suit and with her face protected by u chamois musk she apparently surfered no 111 effects from the bit ing winds. A red nose was tho only slicn of the battle with the elements on one of the coldest nights of the winter. made to him. Ucptity District Attorney ISarle j C. Uedwlne ulo told In detail of a confession made by Northcott on board train from Canadu on Nov, 2!t, He's, when Northcott told of sliiylug an unidentified Mexican. 1 XHson und Lewis Wlnnlow, Walter uUemptcd killing hy Northcott of the uged Cyrus hl(it:'lf. Execution Stay Is Denied Today 'I iinciiimjlila. all ri.ritm (Tram 72 lo pi-nla. NKW Olil.KAMH. Jan. 31 (AD CK, whooiilna miift-h (from lo ).! tIi Tnltid Hlatca circuit court of appeal, tuday rcrcatd to slay thn lialiRlnK tomurrow nr Mrs. Ada liunncr !. ilouct and lr. Thoinus K. Urcher. Defense Rests In Asa Key es Trial !.C: ANOKI.KM. Jan. 31 (AW Th drnnm. reatwd Its case In the hrlht.ry trial ot roruinr IdHtrict At torney Aru Kcycs and two co-dv-fendanta here at 11:17 o'clock this morning. The state ImmiHltately prepared to call several rvbuttul wttiiustes. , '""A . .