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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE THE WEATHER CITY EDITION Oregon: Fair tonight and Sat urday, not much change In temper ature. Moderate northwest winds. VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRES9 LA GRANDE, ORE. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1929 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 214 '. I DAY IS QUIET IN UGRANDE Amei'ican Legion Drum Corps Participate in . Walla Waila Event. SCORES SCATTER TO OTHER CITIES More Than Usual, How- r,, . tt-. ever, otay at riome few Automobile ACCi- dents in This District. The Fourth of July was very quiet In l.u Grande, with the. ex ception of the occuslnoal explosion with many of the citizens 'out of the city attending colebrations elsewhere or picnicking or fishing. More than usual, however, stayed at home yesteiday, and in the eve ning the streets were crowded. The weather wa-j ileal, reaching a maximum of 80 above and with the warmth tempered with a breeue and occasional small cloud:. Few Aifideuils. The scarcity of automobile acci dents In Union and Wallowa coun ties wns unusual for such a holi day with none reported in La Grande and only two minor acci dents occuring in Wullowi county, according to news received here. One service station man .n wunowu, operation, and: county reported that there were "Whereas, the undersigned or m ore cars on the Wallowa highway ionizations desire to express ap- yesterday than for three yoars. Quite a number of local people either went to Wallowa lake for the day or attended the celebration in Knterprise, some doing both. G: to. Wnlhi Walla. The American Legion drum and bugle corps, accompanied by sev eral carloads of people from La Urunde. attended and pattlclpaled In the celebration In Walla Walla yesterday. Hesldes the Lu Grande unit, drum corps from Pendleton,. Duyton, Valla Walla and Pasco were ti resent. Many said the local ' emps made the best impruaion '" tho puiu.de. The celebration was one of the best held there In yews, it H re- ported, with the evening spectacle "The Battle of die Maine" being particularly interesting. This was probably the last out- nf-town trip by She drum corps un- tll the state convention In Salem early '.n August, when La Grande- will participate with other Oiegon drum corps for -t'a'.- honors. Severn I local rople went to I'ortlund for the holiday, riding on the special train. DEATH TAKES LOCAL MAN ON JULY FOURTH IteginnM Wood. 2K. u native n." BaKer. hut it resident of Union ami M Cirande for the last sev eral years, died at Hot Luke yes terday iiiorninK of spinal nienln cIIIb. Mr. Wood fell from a build ltiK snine time ko. suffi'iinff Injur ies to his head and spine whlell developed into the Illness which caused his death. The spinal men- ingitis was not of an epidemic nut-, lire. Hot Lake -physicians an- n ou need. Funeral arrangements had not been announced here today. Tho deceased is survived by hi mother, Mrs. V. L. Sibley, of Costa Maca. California, who wus expect- ed to reach La Grande today: his fulher, Claude Wood, of Union: hi swidow. Mrs. Nell Wood, and two small children. Shirley Anne and Don; three brothers. Marvin, Loren und Howurd, a sister, Claud ia Wood; his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Young, of Haker: two aunts, Mrs. M. F. Cundiff. of Haker. and Mrs. L. K. Chandler, of Long Beach, California. Guardsmen Arrest Four Rum Runners MOTItOIT. July ( A P) At tempting to run the ruin blockade In the lutroft river at 1 o'clock this morning, four men were ar rested and their liquor taden boat seized after coast g nurds had fired several shots at them. One of the four arrested wns shot In the leg. A fifth man. believed to be wound ed, es'-aped by subliming Into Ca nadian Waters. WKATIIKIt TODAY 7:3i a. m. fi4 above. Minimum: f3 above. Condition: clear. WKATII Kit YKSTKI! HAY Maximum 80. minimum 13 utKive. C'uiidltion: clear. WKATHKIt Jtl.Y 5. I2H Maximum C9, minimum 4 If above. Condition: rain .06 of inch. Enforcement Of Law Resolution , Signed By City Many Organizations Pledge Themselves to Fight Liquor Sales and Juvenile Delinquency. AJthough they regarded the sign ing us merely a formality, inas much as they are stressing law en forcment continuously, the city ivl commission Wednesday night! signeu lefiuiuiioii jji i-sruit-u i i them by the parent-teacher organ- j izations. The resolution was signed for the city of I-a Grande by A. T. him, president or ue co commission, ami uy (-nanea t'lnyie, commis 8loncr, victor Moivnu-,- commi sloner, was not present at the meet com mis- lng. The resolution, Indientiing the number of organizations here pledged to luw enforcement,' par ticularly the liquor laws, follows in full: "Whereas, the I. a Grande city uc' of Purent-tearl.er orwjntou- tlons, in carrying out one of its ob jectives, that of -creating an In formed public opinion ami intelli gently co-operating with the pub lic officials for the prevention of Juvenile delinquency and neglect, has paused a resolution calling up on puunc officials ami an goou,Hlry t0 h(lul ho(Iy on citizens to renew enoris in me en- forceinent of all laws ana ordi nances, particularly those relating to the illegal sale of Intoxicating liquor and juvenile delinquency, and: "Whereas, said La Grande city council of parent-teacher organiza tions has appealed to all other or- KunfZuliona for sympathy and co provat of the plans of the parent teacher council, "Therefore, by signing this doc ument the undersigned ogruniza tions respectively endorse the movement of the Ia Grande City Council of Parents and Teachers, and pledge constant anil systematic co-operation with the council und all oilier organizations having the same purposes and views, und re Hiieetfullv call unon all nubile offl- cl(1iH to 8CUUre better enforcement 0f an Hw und ordinances relating to the illegal sale, of liquor and to im-niiHe dolinouericv . ; (dulod May iD, ' I "Signed by: City Council of I'arentM and Teachers, by Mrs. it. (, A(.xandt.f;t ,,TO,,.nl, Und Mrs. Q n Alitxnm, secretary; Union rUMty etuucil of Parents and Teachers, by Mrs. ti. Jt. Lyman, president, and Mrs. I. M. Shafer. Kecietary: Greenwood I-T, A., by Mrs. C. F. McPherson. president. and -Mrs. I rank Millcring, secre tary: Itiveria Study club, by Mrs. I'. M. Kennedy, leader: Itiveria P.- T. A., by Mrs. Lewis Wetzel, presi dent, and Mrs. Fthel Kills, secre tary; K. Kusscl! Scott, boy scoul executive; Willow r.-T. A., liy Mrs. A. O. Davis: La Grande Minister ial' association, by the Hcv. J. George Wain, president, and the j Hev. F. O. iless, secretary; Cen- (Continued on Phko 6) Blue Mt League To Enter Final Lap On Sunday The ltlite Mountain baseball league will enter its final hip next Sunday, when Haker will journey to i'endleton, and the La Grande club will play at Knterprise, The game in Pendleton will bo one of those "crucial" contests, for Haker must win in order to prevent the Hue karoos from clinching the I'lli'i pennant. f linker does defeat the sliding league leaders, the Kle- phtints will automatically go into a tie for first place, Also, if La Grande can win two remaining games with Knterprise tho Pirates also will go Into a tie for first place with Haker and Pendleton. The Pirates will take the usual lineup to Knterprise Sunday. It Is reported, with DuTf and Murchi son In the box and behind the but, respectively. County Court To End Session Totfay Th county court July session, which b-gin Wednesday and ad journed over the Fourth, was re convened this morning In County Judge l o. Couch's office. The iturllting of bills wns finished about noon ar.d the court wa.i working on the docket this afternoon. The session is expected to be concluded before evening. Entertainers To Come Wednesday Th" Hall entertainment trio, con sisting of Captain O. I.. Hall. Fran ces ami Phyllis Hall, of McMlnti vllle. Ore., Jn to be In I .a Orand--next Wednesday evening, anil will give a concert in the First Hap 1 1 st c h u re h at S o V lor k . Th ere will be no rhargn niaite but a free will offering will be taken during the evening. The trio comes here recommend ed by the I. infield College Hevlew as "an unusual treat." The con cert is entitled "An Evening With Hihy und Music." BODY OF MAN IS FOUND IN DARK CANYON Condition Indicates That Death Occurred in spring or Summer, 198. EXAMINATION TO BE MADE JULY G Not Learned Yet Whether' T"onrh wno HnA tn Vin- lence-Identity of Man j IS Unknown. I Dark canyon, loeufed above Star key, was the scene of a, gruesome find Wednesday afternoon, when a sheepherder found the remains of a man's body near a creek. He Im mediately retin-ned to Staikey and a telephone call brought the sher iff Jesse Hresheurs, to the locality, but the shcepherder did not want to go Into the canyon again that night, wo the body was not taken out until yesterday. It wus neees- pack hoW fo. HOme distance after' which it was brought to La Giaudej by KnodgrasR and Zimmerman. Whether the man had been mur dered or had died a natural or ac cidental death has not been learn ed, but tomorrow morning County Coroner F. L. Kulston will examine the body in an effort to learn how di-uth lesulted and if possible, to Identify him. Of Considerable Ae. Traces of gray hair lnlictttcd to officers I hat the man wus of a considerable age, and from the condition of the body, officers es timated that it had been dead since the spring or summer of 11128. Ani- (Continued on Page 6) IMNAHA CLAIM IS SOLD FOR MILLION Rep0rt of Transaction is . , , . ,tr Printed in Wallowa Newspaper. WA. U.WA. Ore.: July 6 (Spe- rial ) Persistent but uncon tinned rumor that an eastern syndicate has bought a mine near the Hal ley Maxwell ranch on the linnaha riv er for a sum said to be one million dollars, has been current in Wal lowa hI nee the first part of the week, says Hits Wallowa Sun. Tlio Hiiii'm Mlni-v iimt i mi cm The mine which Is below thn Iniimliu pnstofiice was discovered by Lane Ooff and "Hlackie" Hlack well and was bonded several months ago by an eastern concern lor a million dollars. The ore is Haiti to be rich In cop per and to contain a per cent, of lead and some gold and it Is known lluil Itlarkwell anrl Ooff hurl flln- rovered some extremely rich silver ore. but were unable to find the ledge from which It came, it in thought that development work.J",',, iassin.r iialu was done under bond may have tin- dovu ofr tlm tracks, earthed this ledge of silver and In-1 Crops wer. d-Mtroed, huiMlng-s duced the eastern firm to buy the w,lf! unroofed, tn-s were ujmooL clalm for a large sum of money. ,m1 111,(1 uniny miles of wiie linen News or the transaction whs were proatratcd by lh fury of Ihe brought to Wallowa by MTs. Hur- bias:. ton Wado who recently returned ' from North Powder where GoTf Iiuh been working for Mrs. Wade's -parents. It is said that Ooff received a telegram at North Powder early In the week calling him to an east ern city to close the deal. Ooff, who Is saitl to own slightly tiver half the shares of tin- mine. is a brother of Cordis Ooff of Ml nam. Until Hlackwell ami (ioff have hern grubstaked by business men and ranchers of the North Powder section who hold small shares of ihe claim as a result. Itlarkwell is at present working on tho Haitey Maxwell ranch near the mine. "City Of Portland" To Visit La ' Grande On July 9 For Half Hour Carrying' a message of good will from the Portland chamber of commerce to the Fnion eoilnty chamber of commerce, (ieorge II. Wlstlng. manager of the Industries depamnent of the Portland cham ber, flying in the new portlund bullt airplane " 'Ity of Portia nd" and plloterl by Vance lirnew, l due to tsnd In lt (irantle next Tuesday afternoon. July 9. al 2. Ah o'clock; The ship will he here half an hour before going tin to Haker where It will spend the evening. j The local chamber, headed by A. W. Nelson, president, and the board of directors, is to have re ception committee at the airfield for the vhit or the plane. Hesldes officials and members of the chain In r any others interested are in vited to attend. The ship will take orr at 3: Ifi for Haker. In addition to being one of the West's outstanding pilots, Hreese is head of the Portland company that built the "City of Portland,' and which a 1 r ea d y has o rd e rs ahead that will keep the plant butty 1 for aomu months. 200 Visitors At Catherine Creek Camp Thursday Several From La Grande Drive to Camp Phy to Spend a Few Hours With Boy Scouts. ; The Fourth or July was visitors' day at Camp Phy. the boy m'out camp on Catherine creek 11 miles east of Union, ami a large number of people "dropped in" on t he young men for a culf. Kstimutoa; made today were that approxi-' mutely 200 wore on the visiting j Grande. In addition to the enter-, tainment of visitors, several of tho 1 """" 'y- Grande who drove to the camnl were: Or. and Mrs, Hay Murphy, I Mr. and Mrs. It. 10. Wostenhavcr. j Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Guild. Dr. and Mrs. J. I,. Ingle, Mr and Mrs. 1 1. NY Ashby.. H. K. Dixon. Mr. and Mrs, A. W. Wall. W. ,1. Hriggs niid son Kdwln. and Ktlwin Kirby Mr. and Mrs. Wall brought watermelons for the entire scout family. Sunday also will be, visitors'- day and the scouts spent considerable time practicing stunts on the eve of Independence day. Another feature of Sunday's program will be a visit by members of the Lions club of La Grande who Is to build a permanent mess hall. So far this year the camp has been free from sickness and with Mrs. W. J. BriggH presiding in tho kitchen, the scouts have found tlu food "Just right." This morning the scouts were to take a nature study hike, and be sides gathering specimens of flow ers and trees, they are to look for lavu. John Klllott Allen, of Kugcne, has been teaching the scouts to swim and has also been teaching them new scout songs, in addition to leading some of the shorter hikes. The swimming pool is unu of the most popular places in camp. Dr. Hay Murphy, scout commis sioner, is to visit camp some even ing, and give the scouts Instruction In planets, constellations and stars that are close to the earth. He will take hi telescope to camp for tho occasion. Dr. 'W. T. Thy PHjn visit camp soon to give the' huh ill's Instruction in first aid. He abio vlsitn camp every other day to Ie sure the scouts are in good health. 1 100-MHe StOfmS Are Raging 0vr Europe; 25 Dead Hy The AsfM-iu(il Pf sh Wind that reaeln-d MMi mih-K an ,''' l'veloelly ami which was Me companicd hy tin Ions hail slnrniH. caused -5 or more deal lis and widespread properly d a m a g Thursday night and y -.nerday morning in Aust r u. Sou. h O r many ( '.eidiosloeakia and Jogo slavin. The dcalh list im-hided ten in Austria, an equal number In Jugo. hIhv1". r,M,r in tb-rmany und one in i zt'i'iioHiova Kia- in iiii laiier conn try a number of persons were in- Realty Hoard To Attend Convention The l.u Orundo liy ho. ml. ut its weekly luncheon today at nonii in the Saeajawea Inn, reached a decision to attend the IVicifl-- ke;il Kstulo association convention in Salem 1 00 per cent. The local club will leave here the last of Die month, so as to reach Halein In time for Ihe meeting which opens July 2i and con ( limes mil il 1 be evening of July U'l. The "City of I'orliand." declan d by some experts to be a "ship" o extreme durability and praei i'-a bt i liy, us well as one nf unusu. illy Mic ItneH. has a lop sned of Il'x mipn, Willi a cruising speed of 110 i.iili s. Hreese will be remembered as the pilot who gained national ;h' cliilm last yeur for hiH feat In safe ly landing his plane and six pav nenKers at Oakland ulrpori uff"i the engine had drojiped from his plan" at it height of Hooo feet. The Ibcese company built t h "Aloha." which made a noinhle flight to Hawaii, and lifter whleh tho "City of I'ortlund' was de signed. The plane will hop from the 'tj of Portland Hwan Islitrid airport at :30 a. hi. Monday. July H. earrv ing Mr. Wisting on the riot 'round the-stflte crUisepon r'-enrd. HumtinKs are to be mad'- at ihe laricer cities or the mute, the pur pose being lo strengthen the lbs between Portland and the nuttdde communities, and to acquaint thm: somewhat with the product of one of Portland's newer Induhtrles. NEARS ECORD LATE TODAY City of Cleveland Passes iG5-Hour Mark at 3:31) o'clock CALIFORNIA PAIR ' ALOFT 77 HOURS 'Untin' Bowler, en route' to Berlin from Chicago, Believed at Great Whale Today. ICLK V l-'.LA N 1 , ,1 uly Ti f A I ' ) The 1115-lumr nunic was passed by the monoplane City of Cleveland In the refueling endurance flight of Biron K. New-comb and Hoy L, Afiitehell at 3:M!i p. nu today. This brought them to within eight hours, 31 minutes anil fi3 seconds of establishing a new record. Kddie Stlnsun, Detroit air piano manufacturer backer of the flight, who went up with Pilot K. K. Dunham in tho refueling ship, re ported the endurance crew looked "good' 'and he received a cheerful wave from Neweonib, who was handling the metal tube through which another 7fi gallons of gaso line were transferred to tho City ol Cleveland. Vinson said ho pointed down quest In uingly, but Neweonib grin ned and pointed upward. Their plane still seemed to be function ing smoothly. - CALIFOHNIAXS STILL I V rKlA'KU CITY, cal.. July 5 (AH) Flying conditions for the Angeleno took on it brighter huo today us I he biplane sailed on to ward the halfway mark in its drive for a new endurenco refueling record. ' The fog menace was disappear ing gradually before a bright sun at the beginning of the fourth day in the air for the plane's pilots, L. W, Mendell and H. It. HeJnhu,rd. , At 12:!!i they pusert the seventy snfenth hour "aloft, gaining ' Mifl dence with each day of flight that they will smash t he 1 7 H V6 -hour I reeord of the Forth Worth After a morning refueling t10 pllot dropped a message which bore the first onllnilsm thev luivo shown slnre tin. record uttempt he--an I'nesday. rvthing nii.iihi fine. Motor '.uwi irtn.it A.t.4 b,Jw and we g.d the first rest we've bad Mm-lliioro. Hirlkcr, shtit In the yet. Think we can beat tho record ,IIHMI l'ing rltd last night, by a good margin" j'1""1 Unlay. TTIV HOW 1, Fit x NOHTII I NKW OKHKANS. July r. ( APT OTTAWA , July 5 (AH) The Violence met violence today In tho TJiitlii' Howler, Vn route from four-day men I si rem ear strike is ilhe coniany allempled ii rcHiiine (Continued on I nge 5 FLIER DRUNK A T T I M E 0 F CRASH, REPORT MINKOI.A. N. Y July 5 f AP) The rvpoit of lr. Alexander O. (ioetiier. who i le a chemical analysis of the vital oikiiiih of Wil- nier i-itulU, Iransatlanllc flier who was killed with Iwo paKNeiigei-H in an airplane accident last Monday, declared "the man was very drunk al tle lime of his death." Tho Nassau coiiuly prosecutor's office announcer I ir, (rc! tier's lindiMg.H today, lie made the anal ysis at the tinier of county officials who investigated the accident, AKMiHtant niflLiifi. Attorney Phil- lip HuulitiMlon said Or. (loetller's i eport said t here was a "la rge amount of alcohol In the stomach and brain." that there was "alcohol Vi Ihe liver and kidney.' Hoover To Review Rainbow Division W,SIIINfiri,V. .Inly 5 (Al') '- n. I l.,over will review tho imniile of Ihe Itntnlinw (IIvIhIoii at; lialilmorn o Mnmlay. .Inly 10. I Farmer Fatally Cored by Mad Cow July ft died early i received I'i:nohi;ton. tire,. fAP) -C. A. I'asley. UK, i i'-f niirht from . tujiirb wli'd tie wna gured hy un angry cow on bis ijiih Ii I '.I miles north weHt of Pendleton. The cow be came virions when strangers at tempted lo milk her, il Is said, and gouged two holes In Pusley. Rhinelander Will Face '1)0 MiO Sltit ftTtl WlllTK PHAINH, S. V.. July ft ( A I) MI'S. A lire (Olicfl Khlne. hinder, (piadroon wife of Leonard Ftp Khlnolundor. Hrion of an old Now York family, today signed complaints In n f fioo.ooo allenallou of affections suit which she will bring uKaitiKt Philip 1 1 tilnelander, her father-lri-hiw. Mts. Hiiinelundep phitis (he unit, her attoiney said, along with the t r r, am t ion action ,w hl'-h she will hiiig a y ai id; t her husband. SINGER BACK X wrvi vr k A Aline. Amellta Gulll-Curcl N biu k. After u Jong nbsenre. In which she toumi Australia, the Kalian songblril lias relumed In tiiu I'nlteil States urrivliw at. Los Angeles, imi route (o .NVw York. She is .shown her' as (lie ship (lurked. TWO STRIKERS ARE SHOT BY POLICE Violence Meets Violence in New Orleans In Street .,.,',', CaV Walkout, , NKW OKI.KANS, July (AP) Tlie city fniumlssfcim -today oi- tleivd the New Orleans Public Ser- v,,' f'umiHiny, Inc. to iUiiitlimc " iHtomptM to renew ticrl car htvIw hero lor the tim. helo-r. fidlowju;; a day of ruv,tng hy kiTH mid Myiupalliiwrs agalnsi '''"' oiM,rH caiH. iittviui service wit h Im porl ei opera tors under heavy guanl. The starting of three street cars resulted lu two Ntl'lkeiK being shot down, one with a bullet through llm !.(., I I i.,-. 1. 1.. .,!.- i.IIli t.n bruised by bricks and slh-ks. jand further vandalism. The fllst'i'huitre rrutered around the Canal Street barn. The first car to start out was greeted Wiih a shower (,f brh-kbaiH and was driven but ! lo tho bun after minutes uper.itbin. A st-eond car was thru storied and a mob f more than a thousand men mid a f,.w- women stormed ft with ; bricks and slicks. Aim Above Heads The police miard, armed wiih shotguns ami pllnis, flint 1 1 red a volley into the air. Am the mob pressed m. they lowered their u-e,ipons and altocd Just above the Iwxt.lu .r llw. i. I Sylvan Thlbod;iii was. shot through the heud and was taken to a hospital and phyniria ns believed Mm to by dvinu. Willi. mi Forel gilt a bllllel in the left frhollMer from the Hitine volley. Police reserves, hciivtly a ruled, i (fonllriueil on I'liue l-;i;;ht) THREE ALII ANY riflllif IT IS I r w I I'Atl IjI'j nlLllhlt ! IN CAR WRECKS AM'AXV. hi.., ,i,y T. (AP) I'hree Albutiv rrsidinfrt wire killed In automobile nc-id on Is yesterday W,ile on holiday niiiiuu-t away frum hon,e. Mr. and Mr:. A. li. (( v.i'i-.- kith ii when iheir auh- mobile skidded lu h'...c li el crashed Info a ditch ni'nr I'loo Hill, six miles caa of Tohdo. fi The t 'a ins W i re fit Id 1 O he I in III Tenes.;.e having none to AJb...,! Tito I,.. dy of D.i n lb ve,-v, :7. i wan found In mi automobile lh.it hurl tun over tl mbankmetil on f.-rvalllM M-wpo.t hlghw.vl .lit, ,. , ' i d crashed uM ei n 1 Pacific inilro, wesl of Fddy tek.-t t wi th-. lie U()iS, MM' Mil' IN Ti:itl ST- i nf.fim; Tin; riuct s? If so, turn to p-iye of to day's It-sue or The ohserver and you will find a n ndvf rtlsement that may lie tif piirlicuhir in terest to you. Flames Continue In Calif ornian Districts Today Mill Valley Escapes Third Threat Santa Cruz Mountain blaze Damage at $500,000. KAN l-'UANCIWO, July 6 AIM Klre-rnvaRed Mill Valley escaped the threat of further destruction last nlKht when u new outbreak of "Ul'TT ,:l.'h0,ri0',,c,',..Ti.0 and roarde toward I ho downtown area hut was beaten back by It thousand flKhters who went quickly to tho rescue. II wan tho third time, the fire demon had been turned back since the oulbiealt of tho conflagration last Tuesday. Klro officials said tho bla.e aiipeared to be under control hill polenllal Irouble Htlll lurked In the smouldering ruins of homes and wooded areas. SoltHelM rijclit l'lnilliw. A contlnBent or United Stntcs soldiers sent from tho Presidio hero and from Baker and Kort. Harry nearby, helped to f'Rlit the flames, as did hikers. irli(sjer and ly to the decrease In tho number other volunteera. The noldierH were-' oT deaths from drowning and held In bur ruck h at Kort Harry to from tho heat. In only ono Jiivi be of immediate service, in cao of B,on tho 1929 fatalities exceed another outbreak. j ,aH- y-ir's, and that was in auto loaders of tho flfrhtlnfr foreea' Ho accidents with 70 this year said l hut the blaze hI-11 wiih burn-I ,ls compareU with 54 last. in fioieely in the brush up tho Fireworks in themselves contin slopes of Mount Tamalpaia and ut"1 to vUx n n"er part in tho that a rise in t lie wind might fur. "lion's Independence day death iher Imperil Ihe town. I ro,K n,v 8uvon talitles from lOlnewhere in Cul'.fornlii tho VaH-! thls caU8U Were -reported this year ouk tires which have destroyed thousands of acres of grain, forests and gra-lni? lands wore reported to l. .rn,....M.II l there wn anxle'iy over the situation In tho Apache Indian reservation ' of Kastnrn Arlxoua where a fleroo firo bioke out Wednesday In valu able pine timber. Oiimtiiuilt'jitlim dtit Orf. All communication with Whlto Itlver. the reservation center, was cut off when the single telephone vvcni o n, ui co,,,ss.0n Ui u wus learned yesterday I hat. the flumes tj sweeping a front of several tutlcti. CIoiiJh of smoke hung over tho area Hkn fog. lftoen peiwons were injured while MgM'ng tilts Mill Valley bluze. Among I hem was.Jhn 1'eleiHon, a ftohllei' otanoiitfd Fnrt Haker, who received u broken back. A crew of offlcerH armed with rifles was unsigned to patrol the town ant prevent looting. Pollco said several suspicious characters hail entered the town Fire which hud destroyed about (Conllnucd on Page S) U. S. Prohibition Agent Held In Shooting Case TKcrMHKIT, Okhi., July 5 (AP) - Jeff II. Harris, federal prohibi tion agent, wiih In Jail here today following u liquor raid which end-, cil in the fatal shooting or ono farmer ami the wounding of an other. I la ii Is was arrest oil last night short ly after the death of James I lurris, :Ui, who had loltl officers ; he had been shot by a federal pro- hibitlon agent at his faint near here, after he bad thrown his gun down and surrendered. Oscar Low- I ry, a 4, biotlier-ln-la w of .la inch Harris, who said lit; was wounded by the federal agenl, wan reported to be In a critical condition. Jeff It. llurriH denied that be shot .lames I hi rris a I ter he had surrendered. The oi l leer said he wns loo ki tig Into some chicken oops when lit' saw the farmer ap ; proachlng with a gun. Ho declared thnl i,. mill t ie liii-HK.f wlwi wiih I accompanied by Howry, fired lit i Hie aime time. Howry ran and the officer said ho shot him In the boiler he was going after a mm. Dunlin Farnum, 55 , - Dies UI NeW MOrk NKW YOHK, July r. (Af The f heat ricul world today mourned one of lis best known figures. Dun lin I'Hi niiiii. Ho was f-fi years old. Mr, Fa run in filed Wed Monday night In 1'onl Ira dilate hospital, whore he was taken a week n go. lie hud been lu III health for a year, but after his removal to tin horphul his condition showed im provement and his dcalh was liu- erpee'ed. His to other, WllHaui Fcrnutn. Ids wife, the former Winifred King. kIoii, and lii'i four nir old ilaiigh tr, Fsttdle, were with him at his ile, ,11.. I - - vj C(WJWY S C'olrfCWt Military Units 1 .... , ' " 4 At' '.' " V '. . A iPnn I-edeia t loll of leachers lust night adopted unanimously n oiutloii condemning U. o. T. ' , in.llx Ii. IHul. M.-lo.nU un.l iiltpintits i "tt militarize the mind of A in or- t'leveland 11 11! 3 I,.., Hattorles: Welland, Adklns, Ly- Thirty-seven tick-Kales In con Zlnn. Hudlin und vi ntion voted fr the rciiolution.il-' Sewell. which met oiiiuisltloii onlv from a I .NATIONAL MiAGlK GAMKS few who fiivored the use of stroim- languuge or the adoption of amendments widening its scope. The organization In affiliated with tliw American Federation 1-abor. JULY FOURTH DEATH LIST NEARLY 160 Only Seven Fatalities Re ported This Year From Fireworks. DROWNINGS TAKE HEAVIEST TOLL Middlewest List Has One Third of Country's total Northwest Has Least Deaths. CHICAGO, July 5 (AP) Amer ica Hiirrendored 159 lives to the ob aervaneo of it's 153rd birthday anni versary yesterday. ' j The Fourth of July doath list thlH year was 48-under 1928, tho reduction being attributable chief-; "l wun xx in xvtz; anu 1 , ouu, fire works factory explosion and firo J"" O. I Vl . Illn' o"i"S . the largest loss of life, as they were last year, but even so, there were 85 fewer deaths from this cuumv than a year ago. - Nearly one-third of the coun try's total toll ws taken by thf middle west. The middlo Atlantic suites which luet year led the coun- try ,n wUh fl8 nud 3() 1(JB8 ye8t,wltty uUhouKh more thun half tho deaths from fireworks in tho country occurred In that sec tion. The northwest and the moun tain states had the' smallest death lists, each section reporting, three. . Temperatures generally' wero lower throughout tho country yea iertlay than was the case July 4, 1928, when 12 deaths resulted from heat atone. So far as reports to tho Associated Press showed, there was only one death yesterday. from heat, and that waH in Chicago. Tun Airplnuo Deaths Last year airplane accidents took four lives, whereas yesterday only two deaths occurred from this cause. Hti ictor laws regulating tho sale und use of fireworks wun credited with keeping down the 'number of deaths ami Injuries from this cause. In Michigan, particularly, enforce ment of a new state fireworks law wns reported us most effective. Chicago ordinances prevented the sale of fireworks, but conven ient suburbs provided nil types of I cannon crackers with the result that the I'ourth here was unusu- ally noisy. Hundreds of persons wero Injured, but no deaths oc curred. BOO ChlhTren Treated In New York, 600 children wore treated at city hospitals for fire works fnjurles. Contrasting with the 1928 heat was a lo-minute snowstorm yes terday at Speculator, N. Y., the snow falling so fast that holiday motorists, blinded, stopped their curs to avoid collisions, FEDERAL FARM HOARD MEETING TO BE JULY 15 WASHINGTON. Jjlv 6 (AP j president Hoover had called tho f i rut meeting or Hie fetieral farm (((m,( fMr Monday, July 15. Th" ""Hl,",nt hat wim six I of the board's nine members ready lo begin tiusint. and with accept- ances of appolnlinents tendered wnn h he expects before that time, the board wilt be ready to function by that date. Thre members Itavo stilt to bo named finally to rep event tho dairying and wheat growing in- 'lust lies und possibly banking and flnaiict Till I'M; fltAKII FATAfj SAN FUAN'ciSCO, July 5 (AP) Hohert Ha I la ban, prominent Merced rancher, wus killed and six p. rutins wer slightly hurt in a triple auto crash on tho main highway south of here. TODAY'S BASEBALL AM Kit It 'AX LKAdl'K GAM I'S R. H. H. 1 Clllt'agfl ' I II 211 0 U. il.K. Ht. Uniis ft 8 X Philadelphia 10 IB 3 Hattorles: Haines and Wilson; ofDutley. Collins. McOruw and Le rain, uavis.