CITY
EDITION
VOLUME XXVIII
LA GRANDE IS
. OPTIMISTIC
AS Tl 1930
Big Building Year Indi
cated With U. P. Depot
as Largest Project.
industries" look
for good season
Large Amount of Road
and Highway Work to
be Done Business Out
look is Promising. .
Willi nil Indications pointing to
ll bis liulldiiiR "nil Induslliul year
In l.ii Grande unci vicinity, this city
1 optimistic ;is llic ww year opens.
Agriculture, ton. Is expcctlne a
good year, although lulurc weather
conditions market prices, etc..
make pr-ilk'tk'iiu underlain to a
large Jcgrcf.
Industrially and In construction.
. Indications point to a ry season
just ahead. A recent survey ni.-idc
ly The ubservi-r showed an ex
pected building tolal or' around
.! I.ri.ooo. wlilch Includes the ?I2fc.-
000 Union I'acdfli! station, as well
uk continued heavy payrolls by the
, railroads inlcrsci'tln;," this city.
Industries as a whole are op
tliuisllc uk lu what 1'J:I0 holds In
store, and payrolls In 1 .11 (Irande
are expected to maintain ihelr 1929
levels with some likely to show nil
Increuse. Ilolh the Ml. Emily
'J.uniber coinpany and tin' llowtuau
HIc.lci. I.uiuhcr company anticipate
c.onllnucius operation during tho
. next several months.
.Much lv..uilork Ahead
Added lu this, liuth the county
and alale anticipate heavy expendi
tures in maintenance and new eon
Hrnetion ol' roads and hiichwnys,
chii r lu Impoi'tance being the com
pletion or tho llllsaid-KnillHa
project of widening und Improving
01 the Old Oregon Trail highway.
County ulTloinis estimate that road
wiirk durliv: the year will amount
to oao. an increase over 1929.
Expansion of the business sec
tion, w hlch has been under way
fur reveral years, will continue
with tho c-ri cliuu of twit new build
ings on the corner of Washington
and Sixth, aciors Washington from
llie city b.ul.ling, liy M. .1. Uul
and The Ob-' i'.ei. Homes, mil. or
constt ucliou, alterations and re
pairs, etc., arc; expected to pass ihe
?Hui.ooa mark. During 1929 the
money spent in l.a Cti'ande lor new
(Contimn-d on Tagc Might)
DUDEIiANCH
EXPECTS BIG
YEAR IN 1930
Ueserval Ions I rom the east, are
alreiidy coming to the Dude Itanch
at Waliowu l.nke, tiat is managed
Ity Hen and liusly Christy, and Joe
Hopkins, who is also an owner,
Air. Hopkins reported recently
while, he was in Ial Cfi-andn on
business. They huvc just closed a
very successful mid I lie longest
season in the history of the ranch,
dm: to its coal inuation into hunt
ing lime.
.Mr. Hopkins is very enthusiastic
about the last year, saying that it
was beyond all expectations, re
marking that 7" p'r cent of the
reservations could not In handled.
The ideal fall was taken lo ad
vantage and t be raneh sen son
lengthened, operating from 1he
hist of May to the end of the hunt
ing season.
Thrcn million of the famous
Wallowa 11 ke "yank" are being
spawning and hatching, under the
care of Therou button, w inter
manager of the ranch. Other prep
arations for the next season In
clude a building program that Is
double that of previous years.
Among oilier attractions moun
tain trips on saddle hor'"H is the
main feature of the. dude ranch.
They hI.o havo a dance hall.
About t- n years ago Mr.t Hop
kins cntne Iv re from Pennsylvania.
The joint owner with him, J. K.
Hopkins, who is now in New Jer
sey, experts lo collie West soon.
Wr.TI!i;iE T(MAV
1:V a. m. 3 above.
Minimum: 'j;t above.
( 'nudilloii : eloiidv.
vi;vriii;it vi;m v
Maximum 4 1, minimum
;ibo vc
Condition: precipitation ,07
uf inch, snow two Indus.
vi;.Tiii:it i.x. i. i28
MaNimum 3-i, minimum $
ubovc,
OoiuHt Uny. precipitation A 1
of inch, hiiow one inch.
Ha (Srattite Submit
S1KMBBH ASSOCIATED
Large Crowd At
Legion Matinee
As Year Opens
Acts Send Audience Into
Gales of Laughter
Show Surpasses Former
Merrymaking.
Kurpassing former shows liy a
vil; margin, the American Legion
Midnight, matinee in tho Arcade
theater in tho opening hours or
193". kooh Into history recorded as
;an appropriate community entcr
jtainmcnt und greeting for the new
J year.
I The matlnpe Is staged annually
by the organized world war vet
j crans. Iho proceeds going 'o some
I worthy canst; each year. Last
I night's .show was presented to a
j large crowd, and time antl again
the audience broke into vigorous
land spontaneous applause..
lock Coleman Slugs
i All of the acts received appre
; dative applause, with a majority
of them registering heavily with
the audience. Jock Coleman's sing
ling, joke-telling and .Scottish musk;
' resulted in a storm of approval.
! wlih the Pendleton niun returning
jlo Die stage for an encore with tho
I violin. Among the numbers lie sang
in his clever Scotch way was one
'of his own composition.
Hanking among the leading acts
l was a farce staged by Messrs. Jlm-
1 (Continued on Page Five)
Next Chamber
Forum Luncheon
ToBeTuesday
After a vacation of two weeks
during the holiday season, the
Cniun county chamber of com
merce will resume lis regular for
um luncheons on each Tuesday
during the noon hour, it was an
'nounced yesterday by Albert Hun
' tor, secretary.
j ll Is understood that the u,ues
; t!on of whether lo circulate a new
' petition asking for an election to
extend ihe city boundaries will be
taken up at the meeting next Tues
day noon.
st.vmi1 cjroTA .ivi:
PUKTLANU. Ore., Jan. 1 (Spec
in I) I'nlon county's quota in Ore
gon poster stamps totals tl,JiMi of
the r.7fi(j.iMni the Oregon .'dale
cbumbcr of commerce plans lo
place in circulation during I USD i
its "Huild Oregon!" program, it
Vii3 announced from headquarters
here yesterday hy V. C. ide. man
ager of the organization. Campaign
plans for placing the stamps
which tell facts and invite inquir
ies about t he agricultural. sceiii
ami industrijil resources of Oreuor,
are now being perfected for the 'Hi
counties and t he IH".' cities ami
towns in the stale. Knch conn I y
quota has been computed on thei
basis of "a stamp per business day'
per business man."
"Oregon poster si a nips," says
Id'-, "are a vital and important
part of the 'It libl Oregon!' pro
gram for the eoniiug year. They
accomplish a dtslinel two-fold pur
pose, of advertising Oregon's re
sources and possibilities in a most
colorful and effective way and
they create tin stale chamber's
budget fund to carry on ils pro
gram of work."
The stamps are printed in four
colors, ytt different si a nips to 1 he
page and are bound in various size
hooky. They will be sold to busi
ness and professional men of Hie
stale to be attached to their out
going mail at the rate of $1.00 per
page.
Gun Club To Hold
Annual Meeting
The La fliande (Jim club will
hold its annual business meeting
Kriday night, beginning at 7:30
o'clock, in the elty ball. It was an
nounced late j-esterday by officers.
At the se.Hi,n, offie'TM for UfSO
will be eireied, and the new year's
program will be considered.
A large attendance is expected.
Two Inches of Snow
Welcome New YeaY
('.ringing tu an end a r'-eord-breaking
I wcr-iubr. Old Man Win
ter blew hi4 breath nvr the Crande
llonde alhy late ejierd;(y and
;ist nle-liJ. mid this morning, a two
inch biatiktt nf mow grei-tr-.J Hi"
pen- yt-ar. The snow, although
b-;irlntf a fair amount ol moisiure.
did not no It rapidly In the re-d-d--ntliil
x'-cMoiiH, altlioiigh much of
It was reduced to".air this morn
inj with the mercury climbing to
if H a bovc at 7 : ' o'clock. 1 ,at
iiiglit's minimum was nlmve.
This in the third snowfall of the
winter, all of which huvo been
coiuijiirativtly lit,ht.
PKEKB
LA
PANIC TOLL
REACHES 72
IN SCOTLAND
Stunned Parents Identify
Dead Children After
Theater Tragedy.
PAISLEY HOMES
GRIEF STRICKEN! unavailable energy In artificial
light Is suggested lo the American
Citv Council to Provide !,,7H,1,,Uon lor V,u,,vaT':n,,n1t r
in j. da t ! science as an industrial devclop-
dingie uravc ui in-
; jured, Majority to Re-1
i cover Soon. ;
J 1'AIKI.EV. Scotland, Jan. 1 (A!) j
i Arrangements proceeded today :
! for a muss funeral for the 1'2
'. VfHllhftll vfclitiw r.f tlti lilt nil D.'LlliC
i which followed a small fire yester-
day afternoun in the Glen motion lnat un. neutralized al present be
picturc theater here. .cause not disentangled from use-
There was hardly a home in this !' r barmful rays of tlu same
i small Scottish mill town but suf-
I'ered loss of kin In the catastrophe.
Tho city council, recognizing tlr.it
most, if not all represented either
Impoverished or humble tircuin-
j stances, expected to provide fur in
' terment in a single grave.
' Meanwhile beneath murky
I sui okc-rid den skiea weeping par
ents continued identification of
the bodies of their children, mosl
of whom wore between the ages of
Ti and 11. Infintiely pathetic scenes
were enacted as the victims were
j (Continued on Page Kighl)
NORMAL SCHOOL
! BEGINS THURSDAY
i it" i r a i r
I Winter Quarter to Open
J;m. 2 RHskp.r.hall Work
, I -p j
LO UC .keSUlTiea.
T!m Kastern Oregon Normal
sehool, following u. 1 ".'-flay vaca
tion p-riod during the. holidays,
v HI resume activities Thursday,
Jan. 2, when the winter quart
i will begin. Th
ed on I ec. 1 'J.
fan -
j The allenduuce during the fall :
' quarb-r was more than -60 and a
: correspondingly blh altenrlam-o is i
i anticipated boih for the winter and
spring iiuarters, which will com
I plete the first year of Normal
1 school in l.a Grande and Has fern
j Oregon.
i In connection with the re-open-'
I ing of school, ( "oach Hob (juinn.
! who returned here Monday night
from a vacation trip, will resume
uork in polishing up a. basketball '
team. The first game is expected
j to tako place within the next few
days with the Helix lied Devils,
an independent amaieur team, as
i tiie opponent. The first collegiate :
game now scheduled is with HI- ;
lensh.irg Normal school, bill games
'are iiIno expected to be scheduled i
j with th". College of Idaho and
'other northwestern colleges.
TIicm- m-omiil. gaining i iiwrls
U-am inert In (lie uniiiiiil (n - .t
Bttlnliitf duel licuiccn
GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1,
3 -Day Week For
Machine Workers
I Held Possibility
jUse of Unavailable Ener-
gy in Artificial Light
Will Result in Changes,
is Belief.
Hy
Howard V. lUnkcslce
Science Editor
(Associated Press i'Vuture Hervlce)
1 1 UK .MOINES. I.e.. Jun. 1 (AI'l
A. Ihree-day week far machine
,m.nt or the future.
It Is a liy product of a new field
uf scientific exploration which was
explained to a general session of
the association here hy Dr. W. T.
Hovle, formerly of Harvard Medi
cal school. It is based on obser
vations which I jf. liovle'said prom
ise the possibility of producing an
u wide range of
stimulating rays
i,f ui nn.l
light.
Th
Wo
of shorlcr working
(Continued on l'age Kive)
Illness Proves
Fatal Yesterday
To Mrs. Meyers
Mrs. Helen Hello Meyers, resident
of thif. city for Hie pucd 3-1 years,
passed away yesterday afternoun in
I the Grande Hondo hospital, her
i death lenulmillnff a leng illnesy.
I Klie was born l'eb, -5, l.Siili.
The f unerul services will ta ko
j. place tomorrow at 1! o'clock in the
Mr.. .,l.r,.uu niwl 'yiniti.cciib.ll lillli'lll.
arv. witli the Kev. 11. I,. Putnam
I of the Christian church officiating
Intel ment will bo at ihe M,asonie
eeiiu terv, beside her sou and
.laughter, who precede,! her m
! '
; Tiie following survive her: Hurry
c. Meyers, hi i husband; one son,
I Jay. of Portland; two sisters, Mrs.
: j,.t Ciarrett. La Crande, and Mrs.
Lilly Heum of
brother, George
Grande.
Indiana, and a
PilHam.au, of la
varcofcs Agent
Critically W ounded
SHATTIjK, Jan. I (AP)1. H.
Joiiulin, Seattle government nar
cotics agent was shot and critically
wounded by an unknown assailant
in front of his home here shortly
after midnight.
Jourdlu was about to re-enter
his automobile when four shots
rang out from the shadows at the
edgn or the sidewalk. lie fell lo
the pavement, a bullet wound
t hrougli his abdomen, apparently
only one of the shots having taken
effect, and was rushed to the city
hospital in a u a in bit la nee. He
lapsed into iincoiiseloiisiu-s before
bn could give, uiiy description of
bls assailanl. new--and the Upv, fnnnu .Ills ' Ing further information. Itul atlor
.lourdln, his wife said, had been urms stretched heavenward, cruru-j neys wild I hey never heard or tho
out all evening on government i -l ui the oulnit nnnriieari. imein in ii-.in.ii in t,,,.
1 nisi lies
.
GRIDIRON GEMS MEETING IN PASADENA TODAY
-
or tin- Si.ul hi-i n ( iilllnrnlti Trojans mid tin- llll I'niit Iiit get. (be iit i I tc lit this uftcriiiHiii when (heir
- v.c - l biilllc nl I'n -viilcitii. jn h kc I'llim imlilr. rlvn vli liiilcs. or iarllrular lii-rst will Ihi a grouni!
I'uusii, ut the left, und Samidcre, ui tho rlglit,. both luctitlouod aa All-Amvrlran iimtcrlal,
POWERS HOPE
TO CUT ARMS
F o u r t h Attempt Since
1921 Will he Made to
Eliminate "Naval Race."
CON FBRENCE IN
LONDON ON JAN. 21
Question, of Replacement
of Capital bhips Among
Big Measures to be Con
sidered. ' Ity Kirkn SlinpMHi
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (AP)
Thi'' fourth attempt since llilM to
eliminate all competitive building
among the five chief naval powers
will be undertaken at tho London
conference January Si.
Much of the preceding1 efforts
failed because of conflicting views
among the governments aa to tho
type and number of cruisers or
submarines each felt if needed.
The strongly held French view,
that naval armaments cannot be
1 rented separately but niuat be
considered for limitation purposes
in any final treaty In conjunction
witli land urinamcutM, was an ad
ded complication.
At the original Washington nav
al limitations conference, culled by
President Harding in 11)21, Iho five
powers Great llrltain, the United
States, Japan. Franco and Italy
found little difficulty in negotiat-Int;-
iv-treuty to curb . uompotltlvo
building in battleships und air
plane curriers.
Three lu Cla.ss
Only Great Hrilain, the United
1 K,,"''H aIul ,ill,,in '""1 '' lInniied
xtensivc battleship floels. The
ratio of relative strength in these
heavy ships was then fixed at 6-6-
(Cniilinued on Page Kighl)
PASTOR DIES
AS OLD YEAR
PASSES AWAY
WN ANGKI.KS, Jan. I (AP)
i Thiily-fivo years ago when the
; Kev. S. C. Carues was just a young
minister, he preached his Hist
j N'-w Year's sermon In Southern
I California.
Last night the On-ycu r-old man
f find stood before the nliar in
I niv.usiiv Methodist church and
i'-vi w;d his yeais of serviro in the
southland -expri ssiiig thanUs that
oneo again In- could talk to his
ne.. pie as an old v-ar eave wav t.p
a new on-, fil wiih bono ami
pron.iKc.
With his head bnu erl in humility,
lid began a, prayer as the bands of
a wall-clock move( ulleptly on to
ward the hour xi m ill night.
"Our rather, we thank " ,
The clock tolled Its knell to the-d'-partiug
year -its welcome to the
1 Heart albiek, pliystelaiiH said.
1930
Greetings Exchanged as Old Year
Comes to an End Borah Message
Sent to GermansKing Sends Word
ItKKMM, Jan. 1 ( AP) A
New Year's message to (ho
German people from United
States Senator William K.
Horali wan published in tho
National Zielung1 ynstorday.
The message read:
"Wo are hopeful that tho
peace pact through human sin
cerity and co urn go In in tor
national matters will result In
a permanent flxturu and that
disarmament which wo uro
chnm.piontng' will bo realized.
Wo hopo for greater confidence
among the nations in the pow
er of public opinion and less
confidence lu the power of
might. Wo hopo that worldly
fortune may not only remain
tho privilege of the few but
find a way to the poor of this
world."
KING GKICKTK IIOOVKit
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (AP)
Acknowledging; New Year
NEW LAND FOUND
IN ANTARCTICA
Captain Wilkins, Admiral
Byrd and Captain Lar-
sen Report Discoveries.
MONTWVIOKO, t'rtiiruiiy, Jan. 1
(A P) -The first I'i'ultH nf (.'nptalii
Hir Roorgn Hubert Wllklns ox-
ploratlim flights over Antarctica,
were revealed here with advices ho
... . ...
had discovered previously unknown
land in his last venture over the
polar ice cap.
The government radio service all
ium need receipt of u iimssngc to
this effect from I ho slcumer Mel
ville, which carried the explorer
to iK'iM-ption island, which ho uses
n a base, letailH wero, not given.
Kince Heceptlon Jsle, one of tho
.South Shetland group, is in tho o
called Weddell nuadiaut of Ant
arctica it is believed probuhle tho
new frritoryis somewhere in the
vicinity, or south of Tierra 3el
Fuego mill the Argentine.
About a third of the way around
tho world in nearly the same lati
tmln Hour Admlrat Hyrd and his
party recently Juno made import
ant south polar explorations, com-
(Continutd on l'age KighL)
Social uro uiiicrcnt
iSUOule HYUk8 f OV
y-v
(jYVQOlX L CLY J)CtllY
i -(KTLANI. Ore.. Jan. 1 (Al')
' Leo Leonard. Portland cabinet
uiiiker,
who recently announced ho
was heir to a half million dollars,
left him by the death of an uncle
In lietroit, Mich., realized today
his alleged bubble had broken.
JietroM. attorneys declared they
'new nothing of Leonard or or his
-Ui litis. Leonard mi id be was walt-
' efl him the money.
i
MEMBER A. It. C.
greetings from King Victor
Kmmanuel of Italy and King
Albert, of Belgium, President
Hoover yesterday dispatched
cables to tho two Kuropcnu
rulers expressing wishes for
their happiness and that If
their nations,
"I thank your majesty for
your cordial New Year's
greetings," Mr. Hoover told
tho Italian king'. "ALuy tho
coming years bring1 to your
majesty health and happiness
and to, tho great nation over
which you preside, continuod
peace and prosperity."
Hoover'a lloply
To King Albert tho president
wired:
"Jn acknowledging- your
majesty's cordial greetings
which have received with
deepest appreciation, permit
mo lo extend to you nnd to tho
Itelginn people on behalf of
, the American people, my best
wishes for tho coming year."
VISITOR TELLS
OF CHINESE LIFE
No Great Difference in
, Two Nations Excepting
I Socially, She Says. '
ItoHcrlhlnit' a different China,
from tho ono usually Imagined by
Amorluans, Wing . Uujil ljuig, of
Koochnw, China spoke in tho soft-
est voice, not soft because alio was
, t
niei(KiiiK iiui- iiiiLiu iiiuu, uu,
, ,,i I,..,. .1, n,,i Tjinir
ulwayilv. speaks.
T nnlieo not so nvuch difference
between your country and nilno,"
she. said in exceptional Knglfsh fur
her four and a half month stay in
this country. Many Americans,
she relates, havo como to China,
and in some
vnmnirt n nni vii (oil
..,. r .,i i-hnUun v, n. i.Minf.
ant, n tinkopt, und iinclean,
photographing them. Then, tak-
lug these pictures back to Amcrl-
ca, tho peoplo havo considered
them representative of tho Chlneso
raee. This is just as unfair to tho
Chinese, as If pictures of our
mountain people wero taken to
represent this nation.
Chinese cities are much like tho
ones here, the people act much
Iho same, there uro uutomohltos on
tho streets, tall buildings; there is
much similarity, she says.
Social lilfo Different
1 The striking difference betwceti
1,10 lw0 colinlrIeH 1h tll HOcl111 1Ifo
It Jh not good, us liuoi Lang says,
f "V "" K'rl to walk down
tho street together, unless iney uro
engaged, for tho m,oro conaervutlvo
penplo will nay things.
"Wo havo slang expressions lu
Chliwi, but a younger person who
uscs thorn too much among ciders,
Is not so well thought ot; they
thlnk he is too free. In China wo
also speak to our elders with re-
spect," and ono could easily Im-
agluo her soft tones, speaking very
rospeclfully.
IJoul i.ang, Is learning American
slung ton. Tin: other day alio asked
jMIss Mabel Morton whom sho Is
visiting, what "You bet," meant;
tlio Interviewer couldn't re
touching her tho word
(Continued on Pago Kivo)
Spanish Dictator
ifl nf IflllMfWft
. , ,.. ....
MAI)LII, Jan. X (At)--IolM-
cal clndes today seethed with
lu.num i vunuun i..
among which was that (ienoral
I'rlino do Itivera, Spanish dictator,
hud presented his own and his
cabinet's resignation tu King Al
fonso. Jt was said he would permit the
kbit; to name a man to form a new
government. Persons eloso to the
premier however denied that this
was the case and said he had only
submitted a plan for gradual poli
tical tr.insfoiu-jation of the gov
ernment. EicLson's Sister
Shows Confidence
I'OUTI.ANH, rr-., Jan. 1 (AT)
-Miss Adrllno Klelson. sister of
1 f "ii rl ll-n KiclKOn. American aviator
who bus been lost In tho Arctic
r'-glou about seven weeks, and a
I t.'HrbT at WVlmtchei!, Wash., ex-
pressed i oi nee today tjiat her
lin.ih.-r would be found.
Miss l-.k-ison, hero visiting rela-
lives over (bo holidays, said her
In-other told her before ho left for
the north lo worry it alio did not
iu-ur from hint for several month,
"I am waiting anxiously his ro-
turn because I wish to hear about
his e.pcrlonces," sho reniurked.
and
sist
THE WEATHER
OREQON: Unsettled tonight and
Thuinday, colder in tho northwest
portion tonight. Modoralu north
west winds on tho coast.
NUMBER 115
U.S. MAKES
WHOOPEE AS
'30 ARRIVES
Crowds in Larger Cities
Noisy But Orderly,
Officers Declare.
DETROIT, CHICAGO
I REPORT KILLINGS
Informal Gaiety Marks
Celebration in Washing
ton Hoover Greets
Hundreds Today.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (A) !!!
solving thomaolvcs Into a gigantic
committee for the reception oC d!
tinKulHhod visitors, New York's
millions oxtonded a noisy but or-
I doi ly wolcome to the new year.
Kaids on 17 night clubs and
sponkcuHlcs by 150 federal prohi
bition agents failed to dampen tho
' festivities porcoptlbly. Tho . raids
wero nuido on Information pre
viously obtalnod and no patrons '
wore arrested. The resorts, how
over, wero closed and tho guostu
ordered to leave.
33roadway, unofficial headquar-
tors ot now Year coiobrations was
RS'J tu1'
' roiico omoiais said the crowds
. wero. orderly und no arrests wero
mado among tho street throngs.
Managers of leading hotels.
estimated that 26,000 persons woio
onlortuined in tholr dining rooms, .,
. 'w-
iinnnutinsfl csmanltverowtls. "'Cbvof "7
' "
charges In hotels ranged from
$H to $lf).G0. In the night club
seats at tables cost us high aa
10,000 Gather fur Chimes
About 10,000 porsons gathered
nt Wall street und Broadway to
hoar tho chimes of Trinity church
ling- In tho Now Your.
ColohrantH using flroartns
wounded a woman and girl, who
woro treutod for superficial
wunda nt liollovue JiospUl. No
urrosta woro made in either case,
Thousands attended watch ser-
(Continued on Pago Fivo)
GAME WARDEN
REVIEWS WORK
OF PAST YEAR
ruit tijJUSjj uro., Jan. a wim
Hh work for tho year or iuj at a
close tho Orogon stato comniJsHion
Cun look back upon a rocord of
accomplishment, according to Mai
old Clifford, state game waruen.
"Kxoopt for ono year-
for ono year lyl'7-
inoro fines woro collected from law
violators In 1328 than In any pre-
vlous liko period," said Mr. Cllf-
ford, this week. "In 1927 tho sum
collected from fines totaled $2i,-
7111 and In 1029 It roachod $25,081.
Half of tills went to tho counties
in which the fines wero levied, this
being in accordance with tho Oro-
goll statutes.
"Larger fish woro planted In tho
state's lakos and streams tlin.il in
any provlous yoar. Many ot tho
millions that woro planted woro as
long as nine Inches and tho vast
majority wero well above five .
Inches. It Is now tho policy of tho
commission to hold fish lu tho
ponds of hatcheries until thoy uro
of sufficient size and length to
withstand conditions nnd protect
themselves uguinst fish that would
prey upon them, bntler tho old
system wo once used of pluntlng
flnK0,.nnffH hundrods of thousands
Wftro ,ohU Now Wq aro runlillf?
jliaci,erlefl to capacity. Tho hold
ing' of fish until they reach a length
of six Inches or more means that
our pounds must bo cnlurged unit
this work Is going forward us
rapidly us finances will permit.
"An average number of gamu
birds woro liberated from tho stato
farms. The farms located at Kn
gene, Corvallls und Pendleton have
been operated to capacity."
Siate Court Acts
On Many Appeals
SALEM, Ore, Jan. 1 (AP)
Stato supremo court opinion that
affirmed decrees hy Judges of tho
lower court numbered 177 during
1929 ugalnst 66 reversals and 26
mollified decrees, according to a
report by Arthur S. Uenson, clerk
of tho court.
Tho records show that tho seven
juMcm of ,ho eourt hllvo wrlUnn
a tl)U f 32l opinions during the
yePi Tho cm,rt ,lus (ijH,UHrcl uC
33 l.as,,li ,,y moUoll or stipulation.
A ttHl of 329 cases have been
m-gued and submitted, nnd most
of them havo been passed on.
Those nut yot decided will require
tho attention of tho court fur at
least sis Weeks longer. '