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VOLUME XXVII.
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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 . .