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Newspaper Page Text-FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SE RVICE CITY EDITION THE WEATHER "Washington and; Oregon: fair tonight and Friday, not much change in temperature. Moderate northwest winds on coast. VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, ORE. THURSDAY 25, 1929 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 231 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY- UADUECTW HE 1MIA f Lu 1 1UU Ui i CHERRY CROP IN FULL SWING Growers Jubilant Over Size and Quality of Fruit. EIGHTY CARS TO BE SENT FROM VALLEY ' ' T . . v ' Largest Crop in Yeais, Woothnv H'ino ' H I "11 IV.- I men Hope Prices Ke main High. Here's the "dopo" on cher ries. Around fivn carloads leav ing Lu Grande dally. Over 25u people employed ut packing alone. Growers Jubilant over 'quality and quantity of fruit. Anticipate profits may border -$300,000. Kxpeet season will see SO carloads shipped out. Hundreds picking in or chards. Growers smile as ideal weather holds. Happy? Well, shouldn't they be when they see possibilities of re ceiutH bordering $300,000 coming back to them from a master-crop of Grande Hondo valley cherries? And shouldn't I. a Grande be happy with them, ask growers, to know that the biggest cherry pro-I ceeds In years will be put Into circulation' in this city? , Explaining that accurate cstl- males can not bp made because of possible fluctuations of the prominent growers today estimat ed the total receipts frm the val ley at around $300,000, possibTy higher. Judging from the dally output by car lots, which began the past weekend, about 80 carloads of royal unns and black cherries will bn shipped. , from the Granuu Jcondo. valley this summer. ' nts the finest crop wo ve nau (Continued on I'ntfo Tlirne) LONEY ISSUES PROGRAM FOR NITE CONCERT 1 Andrew Loney Jr., director of tho l.a Grande municipal band. I V1" " , i low ' 'v ' ' lng concert, at eight o'clock ut Hiverslde park: i March, "Garland Kntree," King. " Value Trlste" from Jam etc It's drama "Kuolemu," Sibelius. lnternieazo, "The Wedding of tin? Hose.' Jesse I. Descriptive Indian and Amerl- j can Fantasia "The Death of Cus-1 iv'iJZZl. i-.xcerpts rrom the light opera, "Howe Marie." Kriml. "Danse Orf en title," Lubomtrsky. Vocal (a) "Songs my Mother Taught Me," Dvorak. (b) "I loses of Plcardy." Woods. Miss Kri- guard. Overture "11 Guarany,' Gomez. U. of Oregon Picnic Attracts Interest A Cnlvpivity of Oregon picnic hist night w:th two witnesses fori will be held at the Riverside Purk1'0 defense. this evening at six o'clock. Ore-1 Justice Humphreys, the trial I go n students, parents and prospee-' Judge, said that under the rlr- j live students are Invited to attend cumstanccs the trial could not : the picnic this evening. A large proceed. It was shown him one of crowd is expected to attend and the defense witnesses seen talking! everyone is planning on a delicious to the foreman was a friend of' picnic dinner and a pleasant even-; (hat person. Ing. Miss Dorothy Ann Warnlck I In slopping the Reynolds trial,' is general chairman ir the com-J Justice Humphrey, exonerated Ihe mjttees. They exited to dance In-Ainerhan defendant, from any the pavilllon after a program about blame in connection with the In Oregnn university. eblcnt causing the m'strlnl. Elks Executive, In Green Suit And Collegiate Oxfords, Makes Friends In a green s.nl and tan and white sport oxfords, trim as any collegian's, the grand erulted rulr of the Klk's lodge. Colonel Walter P. and h wants to be sure that getH In Walter Andrews, rested for a minute after the noon lunch eon In his honor, on the Sacajawea Inn mezzanine. "You know. If ihe Observer gels that light, they'll have the. honor of being the first paper out heie lo get my name In Walter. I've be.-n WilMaiii and Robert an everything but Walter," he chuckled. Thai's one nf ihe f:ut things you notice he chueUc-s. Genial, with a warm rich southern voice. It was easy to s--e why he made friends easily. Said C. C. Hiadtey. grand officer, from Portland: "When the colonel saw Ihe t'olumbla highway, he toNI me, 'God did a better job making thin than he did In my own stale of Oeoigia. ' "No, brother, I said h took n little more pains with this h'sih country." the southern executive Intervene-) chuckling again. I've been speaking mo much, und I've got a bit of a cold, so I'm u bit hoarse. o you'll bans to Parking Spaces Made 5-Minute Zones At Meet G e o r ge Cochran Com mends Work of Fire Department During Brief Session. "The hoys lire floing fine work; , down there and I think we ought! I to commend them," remarked lirorRe T. Coehrtin, city attorney, jdurlnff the regular Wednesday sen- i ttlon of the city commission last , nltfht. He waa referring to thei j regular drilling of tile city fire de-j j pnrtinent with llio lung-niolor, i'(i- cently added to their equipment, at siuiro moineiils. His suggestion W(m ,lBrw,Wnt. ; The dads went throuKh their paces in less than an hour last night granting a number of petitions. Among them was one to owners nf I It root ltfr ul si nl4 In Dkn A :1- ams block between W. H. Bohnen-j kainp's and the Sacajiuvea Inn,' making five minute parking spaces, between -.seven and .ton o'clock in the evening for the section of the block fronting those two stands. j Permission was given the Kagles lodge to hold an Indoor-carnival in their hall next. October and the! body granted a license for a rooin-j lug house at 10 and 1.2. Depot to j Kthel Harper. . Petitions from the O.-W. and the; Kastcrn Oregon Light & Power) company to have their alley In I blocks 2G and 27, Willinmson's nil-j dltton, closed, were presented andj their will be a hearing August 2S. Another from the school board for the McAnish street, McAnish sub- division, which has never been used, on the school property was heard and the. hearing set for thej same date. The commission voted to order John Mais to remove from streets on his property material which has been Interfering with city traffic: I JJNING WORK TO GO AHEAD, SUIT DECISION SHOWS BOISK. Idaho. July 25. (AP) Development of several mining properties, including the Iron Dyke mine in Maker county. Ore- gon, Is made possible, officials of the Idaho Copper company say, uy a decision in the. Ada county t district court yesterday. This du ' Vision held that the stockholders' meeting of . that company last June was valid. Suit waH brought against the company by C. 1:. Hlirch field of Louisville, Ky. lie I clmltciiRcd (he legality of the I meeting at which a change in di i rectors was made and in which George Graham Klco of New York was ousted, llltlirked the mect- Ingon the m ound that proper no- tlce to stockholders was not giv- Officials or the Idaho- Copper company said today that the de cision of the court "leaves the I way open" for development of its properties, the Iron Dyke mine in ' Oregon, and the Red Lcdtre in Adams county, Idaho, trial of rich AMERICAN ENDS SENSATIONALLY' i LONDON. July 25 (AP) The manslaughter trial of Kir hard Joshua Reynolds, wealthy 23-year- ( old American, came to an abrupt j and sensational end -today. The j Judge discharged the j;iry and ad- j Jnurned the (rase for ml rial when It una reported to him the Jury fore- I man had been sent in conservation j excuse my voice," he apologized ii ml ha.st tmed to explain that it wasn't in Oieon t hat he caught the cold. In the northwest, ho thinks, is a tin' place to be. In fact, h(. has a special rcasmi to feel very n'ltarhed to the west, hecaus', as he explained, it was the cordial treatment that he gut from Klks In western cities, during a visit tn IMKt. that prompted h;m to join the lodge )n 1 1M'4. "You know, t made my first of ficial v i.-ii t . In th new ottiee, in an Oregon city. That u as 1 he the Klamath halls stale Klks conven tion." "Anil since tlipn. he has visited four igon cit:s wh'ie u gran-l ruler has n-ver tieen ttefoie." :omiiieuied Mr. Urmtb-y. It Orande is one of Ihom cities. It was time for the colonel, who, by the way Is a retired Atlanta at torney, a former stale senator, a former Hhrln potentate, und un til reeeiitly. chief Justice of Ihe grand forum, to join Die local Klks. vui the visit with the (Miner, ver representative came to on end wil t u. BOJtliern smile und hand c!uLp. HEAD OF EKS LODGE VISITS INCITYIODAY Colonel Walter P. An drews, of Atlanta, Pays Visit Here. TUl?l?TC! WTTTJ T HP A T . I ELKS AT LUNCHEON Newlv Elected Official is First Grand Ruler to ' tr:,.:. t r,nni T7li- of This City'. Colonel Walter I'. Andre-ws. of Atlanta, Georgia. newly elected grand exalted ruler of the Klks lodge, speaking ut tho Sacajawea Inn this noon at luncheon during a short Btop in this city on his way east, from Los Angeles, told 7fi local members that ho hoped to see an inc. reaped membership, an internal growth and closer adher ence to principles, developed dur ing his term of office. Dwelling particularly on the sig nificance of the principlo of char ity, the grand officer urged that ideals of the lodge charity, Jus tic, brotherly love, fidelity, the golden rule, patriotism, love and protection of womanhood . he closely observed. ' :' He appealed to the need oC char ity and sympathy ami commended the charitable work of the order in the mist. Describes New Order. a The new head or tho orguniza t Ion discussed the Antlers, for boys, between 15 and 21, a new subsidiary lo the ogran twit ion. Colon H. Kborhard. past exalted ruler and grand delegate, acted as tuastmaster, introducing the Hp ou It er, and Jesse Andrews, Junior past exalted ruler, - welcomed the dis tinguished visitor. Chester L. Thompson responded to tho ad dress ot Colonel Andrews. Vocal solos by Itaymond O. Wll llaniH and music by the Star Novel ty orchestra- including Dixit- in honor of tho guest were enjoyed. Since leaving Loh Angeles, July 13, the ruler has visited 18 lodges, among the.m. principal coast cities orders, and lias attended the Ore gon state convention at Klamath Kails. - He went on this afternoon to linker, and from there was to go to Poenlello, Bluckfnol, Idaho Kails, Yellowstone, and Chicago. C. C. Jiradley, grand office in bis party, was to accompany hint to Yellowstone. He Is from Portland. Mrs. Andrews Is traveling with her husband. Chief Hears Call Of The Iron Shoe It was quite obvious at the com mission meeting last night that tin? chief was anxious lo get away. Not. of course, that he actually has to be there. Rut then Clint Haynes u.uially is. A t any ra i e when ( ,l ly Da d A . T. Hill took .his elgar from, his moiit b to announce adjournment II didn't lake the genial chief, with the blue brass buttoned coat long lo find the door. He was out al most before ( 'ommi:;sioners Playle and Melville had stirred, from the half-moon table. . 'Rig business?" someone quizzed "Clint" as lie fUnrtcd down stairs. "Nope." said the chief. Hut there was a reason. Out on the La Grande Horseshoe Club, that Is located well. II hut-n't a stn-ei address but It's tight back of the cliy building on a court that fronts the alley there was a game ou, underneath a wealth of light that flowed down from newly Installed lights. The gang was widl represented out there at the f rsl nig lit ses .don, trying out the lighting sys tem that is making nocturnal horseshoes possible and, u ell, could tho chief iikhs a thing like that? Here's Another One Ripley Can Have SALKM, Ore., July 2.r.. (AP) Iti lieve It or not John H. (Pete) Parsons, Inveterate pinochle play er of the Albany Moose club, drew a hand with double trumps, counting 1 BOH and double pin ochle, net t lug htm another 3 an and a total of ISoa, This Is said to he t he record In Albany and Parsons Is now called tho cham pion of Linn county. M-;AHS KM) OI' WOltl.D TKIP CHKItBOCKG. France. July aft, ( A P) A lain Gerbault, who alone In his small sloop, tho Klrecresi, has circumnavigated the globe, neated the end of his journey last night, anchoring in herbourg ' Roads. He left today Tor Havre I where he will terminate his cruise officially. His trip begun from Cannes in 1!23. NTOLi; ( All 1 A car belonging to the Chevrolet Motor company was stolen yester- , 'day from the La Grande Top and; t Body Wurk.4 and was found out j , on the Cov avenue about n mile (thls morning. It had been at the tup shop for repair and someone. hud taken It and used It until the! gus tank wan empty, according to police. The cur wus found un-1 Semi-Annual Tax Collections Are Finished, Report Sheriff Turns Over to County .$40,563.50 for First Half of 1928 Assessment. Tax collections of Union county for the half-year period total $440,563.50, according to a report just turned over from tho sheriff's department of the records ot County Clerk Kenneth McCor mick.. This amount Is collection on tho first, half of tho U2S tax levy oC $yi7,724.6!i, due in two payments, the first May 5 und 'the second October 5. Last year the semi-annual re port showed $431,130.10 collected, on a total assessment of $K96.886. 04 , according to the county clerk. The report was made by Sher iff Jesse Breshears through Loulb Kbert, deputy sheriff in chargo ot the tax department. Detailed accounts of the report were: Kces, $33f.05; fees, (auto mobile) $43.50; DM7 taxes, $4.01, interest and penalty, $5.58; 11H8 taxes, $4.0(1,. interest and penally, $5.04; DUD taxes,. $172.88, Inter est and penally, $1,283. Taxes for l!t20, $155.!M), Interest and penalty, $53.3!i; 1 921 taxeH. $405.05; Interest and penalty, $11(2.65, 1U22 taxes $519.17, inter est and penalty, $326.41; 1923, $ 1 148.47, Interest and penalty, $68(1.84: 1924. $1328.74, interest and penalty. $603.74: 1925, $3, 489.60. taxes and penalty, $1027. 21: 1926, $6,714.35; taxes and penalty, $1307.87: 1927. $36,241. 21, taxes and penalty, $3,106.44. Taxes for 19 2 8, $ 3 S 2 . 4 7 1. 6 3 ; taxes and penalty, $ 1 77.20; ' total collections, turned over to county treasurer, $44,563,50. 1929 person al tax collected by assessor, $868. 09; undistributed tax money, $10, 300.02, total $1 1,168.1 1. IHSIM TIC TAX LAW HKND, Ore., July 25 (AP) Declaring the law Is In violation or the Oiccon constitution In that it delegates legislative power to tho county courts, Circuit Judge Duffy yesterday held unconstitutional Oregon's 1029 tax law granting county courts power to remit pen ally and interest ou delinquent taxef.. This ruling was handed, down In the coe of Verne l LU'.;iy of Redmond who wougltt aiiV'iJunctton restraining the Deschutes county court from enforcing a general or der remitting pcnnlly ant) interest on nil lcllmiuent luxes paid before Sept. L 1929, except those be;llg foreclosed. Judge Duffy ludd the new law cannot be applied uniformly In all parts or Oregon. His ruling was handed down In sustaining a de murrer to the answer riled by the county court. The demurrer lo an amended complaint also was sustained by the court In ruling that there Is no difference between remitting pen. alty on lands which are Lo be fore closed. Thr county court Is expected to uppeal to the supreme court. Stage Line Moves Into New Depot The Columbia Gorge Motor Coach system hnu announced the opening of their new stage d'pot at the corner of K.m street and Jefferson avenue. The depot Ik spacious and well arranged Upd officials of the com pany who were lu I his ctly yen terday to supervise moving declar ed that it met with their entite satisfaction. Their depot baa pre viously been In the' Iji Grande hotel building. L. D. Horn, of Portland, engin eer of the system, wus iitinine the officials who were here. "The depot here is In line wl' h an intensive depot building program now 'inib-r-way In our system," declared Mr. Horn yesterday. The Wallowa Coach com pa uy will a lso h a ve 1 1 h bra d ua rte rs with tho new depot, officials of that system announce. They, too, beljeve that better accoiiimod'i tions and service -can be provided at the new Ktatlon. Value And Fun of Summer Outing Is Described at Campfire Rally Meet The hills that eieloHM the Grande Itonde valley hide bigger mountains beyond and that'" Just whut lltlbi problems and wor ries may do to the bigger signifi ch nee of living, M rs. V. T. P h y told a large group of eager-eyed Ciiinpflre girls at a rally for their ku miner camp last night. In ex plaining to them that a readjust ed sense of values would be one of 1 he lui porta ut things they w ou!d get from their en nip. "It's something hard to understand now, but when you've been there und after you've come home, you w 111 understand." she told them. "You'll iwh new beauties and n?w things In lire, make new contacts that will change your horizon," '"When, thcrtj'H a little bit of gypsy In all of us. and It's going to be fun to be 'gypsies' to play you're Madame Dorian or I m ri le! Boone, if you want to. "You'll have a chance to study plant life, to win camp honors Hint you seldom have opportunity to try for." Mr. Phy told the group that the Campfire hud pioneered PLANS FLIGHT LV r7 3i Lieutenant Harold ltrnmlcy, soon to undertake a '1700-inlle nonstop flight ihtons llio Paclflo oceun rrnin Tacoma, Wash., lo Tnkio, itapau, Is shown above with tho nuip of Ills proposed ioute. lie lans to fly alone and follow the Aleutian Islands rhaiii, never getting more than i00 mlle from land, lie hopes in make the trip In lt. hour. Ho Is shown hero with a bubble sextant with which he can ascertain his motion In a Tew sefnids. ' Pope Will Break Long Custom By Brief Departure VATICAN OITTfJiiiy 'Xii'.(AV) -l'ojte IMtis XI, Ihe first I'ontllf to emerge from the Vatican since the fall of -temporal power In 1K70, eamo out of St. Peter's liiislllca this evening bringing to an end the long voluntary imprisonment if tho head of I he Human Catholic church. Tho Pontiff, bearing the sacred host, followed a religious proces sion nlonK tho Herninl ColonnudcH In St. Peter's Square, passed a huge throng which packed the historic place, with unnumbered thousands. VATICAN CITY, July' 25 (AP) Pope Plus, who this evening will ;mal:i a brief exit from the Vatican the rirst that any Unman Calh , olle pontiff has made wince 1 K70 j celebrated mass at SI. Pclcr's this morning closintr the Internal tonal ; pilgrtuiuKe of Seminarists and ob serving the fcawt. day of St. JamcH 1 lie apostle. The pope, accompanied by his i entourage, left his private apart - inents at H o'clock and went In the ; He lia CiCKlnlnria to the altar of 'lie s-ierunicut. and then to Ihe altar or confession where ho Haiil mints. AMcr the mass the ponllfr left St. Peler'H in the sediii while tho (Coal inurd on Page Three) Life Saver Victim Of "Empty Gun" ALLKNTOWN. Pa.i July 25, (AP) Captain William Kith, 1 wlddy known life saving instruc j tor and field " rcprcHcntatlve of I the American lied Cross, vn fat ally wounded here today While i depinnslrat lim lo locn I police the met hud of gett luff away from a ma ii holding a pistol lo one's back. The revolver being used in the de m on kI rati ou, I bought to have been unloaded, contained a bullet. 'ramping trips tor girls and thai, t in a way, they were pioneering , themselves. I "The mountains line sheerer !iiiid the creek Is more himhiiim, the npot is ever so much more or jiMHiitlc, at the new ramp HiiH f year," she described. Mrs. Phy urged every girl pres ent to be a "mifedunary" and to I tetl other cli Is of the ' lly about .Hie camp, to begin next Tuesdn j for a seven-day period, with afi j experienced camp HiipervlKor. Mis I Vtvlan Harmon of Cheney, Wash.. as director. Mls Harmon Is an j expert swimmer. J I r. Lewu Wilkes opened t he j meeting wnd at the dene of Mrs. j Phy's la Ik explained t hat cbargi 1 of camp would tie one do I hi r a j day and enumerated a ltt of ne- esHary camp equipment. With about 25 girls already signed up t 'atnpflre leaders hopd to swell the number. - "We feel that th" camp offers in Invaluable experience and wo'r I eager to see us many l Grande girls ii popnlble twke odvnntgft of i it," declared Dd. Wilkes last night. ACROSS PACIFIC NATION STEAMS WITH TORRID HEAT Nine Dead from Humidity in California . Mid West Swelters. KL CKNTHO. Oil., July 25 (AP) -Itesl leiits of Imperial coun ty were seeking relief from heat accompanied by high humidity to day, a combination which has re united in nine deal lis since last Sunday. While the high lemperaturo ex perienced during the last few daya was considered nothing out of tho iiHtial for the valley region, pion eers snid ihat the selgo of humid weather wns without precedent., Albert Mnckcy, 70 year old cat tleman nf Ilrawley; Hobcrt Slelse, 55, Cnlexlco Melon field workera; Mrs. M. Greenlee, Holtvllle, mid Clarence Cut heart of Yreku, were among the recent vIcKiuh, Coroner 1 It. 10. Lemons announced. j Three inexicuns, a Japanese and a negro were the others who died as a result of the high tempo ra 1 urcti and humidity. CHICAGO. July 25 (AP) Tho middle went teamed yesterday with the rent of the country In torrid teinperat .ires and excessive humidity, Govern men t. forecast ers predicted even higher tempera turea today for iuo-.it of this sec tion. ( h-casloiial thunderstorms and showers served only lo Increusi the I humidity already oppieslve, I Chicago sweltered under a III de gree temperature. I teaches w ere crowded to capacity. MUw a illtee recorded !i2 degrees, while Wisconsin sizzled. Two deal lis were reported iii both that stale and two in Illinois. ; The holiest vipot In the country was Phoenix, Ariz., where tempera ture of I'lfi degrees was recorded, other high marks for the day were KvaiiMville. In k, tut; HIh iiiiirk, N. I ali.. lies Moines. ii2; Mliilieapollx, i. HI. I.ouls, VI; Wit. linl-Hi. N. Hal;., I Mont., 104. loo; and Havre 1 LONDON, July 25 (AP) Drought conditions through Kng land today reached a stage In some parts of Ihe country where ecclesi astical authorltirs were urging that J special prayers be said for rain. The bishops of Bradford, Hipun and Wakefield suggested to the i clergy of I heir dioceses, ii 11 of Which are in Yorkshire, one of the dry est spots, that a special prayer be offered In their churches "until such time as the present drought is definitely broken." LATIirit TO DA Y Maximum X'J, Minlmuni- 5-'. 7:30 u. m. 1i4. 'ondMion - flea; . LA I IM P, VI SI I BDAY Maximum - 1. Minimum fjn, 7:30 n. m.- (J, Condition Cfeur. WKAIIII.It JI'LV M axlmum lal. Minimum 04. 25, IDH Bombs Explode In Heart Of Chicago Business District Glass Rains Down in Busy District; No One Hurt in Double Blast; Police Fail to Solve Mystery, j CHICAGO, July 25, (AP) The Loop, billion dollitr heart of Chl ciiko business, wiis rocked nhortly before lust midnight by a bomb explosion. No ono among: the thousands of persons who were in tho south end of tho Loop at tho tlmo was hurt, a circumstance whioh po llco rogurded as .miraculous, for Kluss ruined from upper story windows for many minutes. The. bomb had been nluecd In ' I an alley way entrnnco of tho Dav- ln company dcpartinont store. j Windows In the havls store, tho Lytton. Kimball and SteRer build ings, tho 1. S. ainchley establish, nient, the I). S. Komlsa and com pany store und other shops on Stato, Wabttsh, Jackson and Van Buren streets were brokon. Only a few minutes later n, bomb exploded on 22nd street, be tween Michigan and Wabash ave nues. Windows In the Unultablo Trust company building on Mich igan were broken, and 20 operat ors in tho Calument exchungo of tho Illinois Hell Telephone com- t pany woro momentarily panic- stricken when the explosion shat- ; tored windows in their building. I There was no motive for either bombing apparent to police early today. David Belasco Is Youngster at 75 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 25, (AP) David Helasco, dean ot Hroadway Theatrical producers, feels llko a youngster of 21 today his seventy-fifth birthday. "I feel Hko I was 21. I can run and jump und box. Just feel that aim," said tho producer. The Htlhieet nf IiIh i-hIIwhiokI I tho man who says he Is 75, hut who Is granted only 70 by "Who's Who." "I ahall retire when I am cur ried feet first out of tho theutcr. . I expect to bo working hard and producing playa when thOHo Hay X should retire have passed away. 1 Mn t ftaJfWttiu.CJficlfl tour hour I sleep out of 24 Hiifflclent. He hau no spm'iflc for longevity. During the coming theatrical season, which he expects to be a j good one. Mr. HcIuhco plans to re- I visit Virginia City, Nov., where, 'In his youth, ho acted as Amanuensis, to Dion Uouclcault, the play-I wrlght. To this all-round craftsman of! tho theuter actor, manager, seen- , I Ic designer und playwright the j problem of supplying "what the j public wants" Is a simple one. I I "Tho publio wunlH 'almost any thing," ho said, "and all of tho old categories in a new way." Will Discuss Use of Advertising Fund HALKM. Die., July 25 (AP) Oregon chamber of commerce lead, ers will attend a meeting culled lu the house of representatives here Monday, July 2'.i, to discuss the most effective use of the $25,000 fund appfoprlated by the 1129 leg islature for slate advertising and development. W. G, Ide, manager of the stale chamber of commerce, has ulso In vited newspapermen and repre sentatives of advertising agencies. KceommcndnHoiiH reached by the meeting will be o.ihmltted- to the supervisory board provided for by Ihe appropriation act. I'ltl'M; IIAItVKKT ti.VVK I VANCOUVKK. Wash.. July 25 (AP) W. H, Hood, manager of !thfi Washington Growers' Packing corporation, said today he dues not expect harvesting of tho prune crop I In Clark cotiuiy will start before the middle of September, This will bo ten days later than UHual. The ea rly fa 1 1 rains a re expected to be over by that time and grow ers will he able to do their work unhamperede. Believe Bromley Will Take Off At Tacoma With The Dawn of Friday TACOMA. Wash.. July 25 (AP) Lieutenant Harold Bromley and those associated with him In hts projected airplane flight from Ta coma o Tokyo, Japan, believe Ihat this Is the final day before he hops off on his great advent lire. The last test flight, postponed from yes terday, Is scheduled for 11:30 a. m. today. Only I he development of some unforeseen difficulty with plane or motor on this flight, or the receipt of an unfavorable weather report will debiv the young aviator longer. It is felt, and hope that he will take off for Tokyo at dawn Friday runs high. The thorough cheeking of Brom ley's plane, (be "f lly of Tacoma." continued until a late hour yester day to end with the enthusiastic "O. K." of C. W. Paxson, the Pratt anil Whitney motor expert, and mechanics from the Lockheed plant where the City of Tacoma was built. M'hil the plane was being ex amined workmen were busy con structing a rump nt the end of the 5400-foot runway down which the plum will roar on the tuke-off. AIR FEAT STILL IN PROGRESS Other Endurance Fliers Still Sticking to Their Tiresome Jobs. NEAR 300 HOUR MARK SAY MOTOR IS FINE O'Brine Sings, Jackson Says His High Notes Are Tough to Take, Cause "Vibration." ST. LOUIS, July 25, . (AP)-' Announcing in notes dropped that "everything is fine," and that tho motor was "showing no signs of giving In," Dale (Hod) Jackson and Forest O'Brine, piloted their "St. Louis Robin" on Into the thir teenth day of their endurance flight tibovo , Lamb art-EH. Loula field today. . At 10:17 a. m. (C.S.T.) the fliers completed 291 hours In the air and had exceeded the ' formor murk by 44 hours, or nearly two duyo. . O'Brine Inquired in a message, as to the progress being made by the Houston, Texas, endurance piano "Billion Dollar City," now well up toward the 200 hour mark, uid. added: "yoa know we can't land with them up; they might pass us and that will never do." ' "Our motor sure Is feeling good this morning" wrote Jackson in a note addressed to l V, (Shorty) Crhutfno und C.'ltay Wassell tho refueling crow for tho endurance plane. "Just, llko a race horse, he udded. "It wants to run : away every chance it gets; can hardly hold It down. O'Brine Is singing his usual morning song. Gee! I thought the motor was knocking hut O'Brine just hit a high note. I'm sure in a fine pluco between tho motor und O'Brine. Can't tell (Com Inuort on Page Thrfeo) TODAY'S BASEBALL American League ' Ht. Lou:s-Boston postponed.; wet groundt;. . , , . Aiiu'i'lcjut Icaigtio Detroit ut New York postponed, ruin und wet grounds, XnllfMuU Iioaxuo. Brooklyn at , Pittsburgh, post poned, ruin; two guinea Sep lorn bo r ' American LeAgua U. H. K. Clilcugo 3 9 0 Washington '........:.l 6 0 Batteries: Walsh, McKaln, Woll und und Berg, Crouse; Murberry und Itucl. (10 Innluga). It. H. E. New York 6 8 1 Chicago 8 13 0 Batteries: Benton, HubbeU and OTiutcM; Blake, Cvengros, Bush and Taylor; Hchulto. NATIONAL LKAGCK GAMES R. H. E. Boston 2 9 3 Cincinnati 14 21 1 Batteries: leverett, Jones and Spohrer; Lucas and Gooch. H. H. K. Philadelphia 3 4 0 Ht. Louis ; 10 14 0 Batteries: Benge, Hmythe and Lurlau; Ha Ins and Wilson, Amcricn.ii Imgiio Cleveland 3 10 2 Philadelphia 21 26 0 Batteries: MHJua, Zlun and U HevpU, Hartley; Grove; Perkins, pommel! and Cochrane. Starting down this incline, which Is 0 feet high, It Is figured the plane will gnlit nn Initial mom en tutu equal to that which an addi tional 100 feet of , runway would Impart. A further development last night was Lieutenant Bromley's decision to abandon his tadln receiving equipment. lie Jfnliml that ear muffs designed to make the mess ages decipherable desplto the roar of the motor were Ineffectual. Ho will retain his radio sending appar atus and seek to get weather re ports from ships he may fly over by requesting them to write the Information on their decks in let ters sufficiently largo to be read from their decks. I Bromley took off ftt 11:10 o'clock on his test flight. After warming his motor, he taxied out onto tho runway and In a little more than ,loo feet his wheels left the ground; He took off in a southwesterly direction, climbed a, little, banked, circled over the field for altitude and then heuded northeust at an .elevation of ubout 1,000 feet.