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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,
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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
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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.