EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY-FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE
C I T Y
EDITION
THE WEATHER
Oregon: Unsettled tonight and
J'VUIum Willi local rulsjs in the
northwest portion tonight, allght
ly warmer In tho Interior tonight,
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VOLUME XXVIII
TOTAL TAXES
DUE IN 1930
r $906J28.20
Amount Is $11,019.49 Less
Than Total of Preced
ing Period
FIRST DECREASE
IN RECENT YEARS
Statements to Be Issued
Next Month ; First Half
of Taxes Delinquent
After May 5. :
Th)' total or tho lit 2 'J I ii -rolls
fur I'nlon county, to he collected
during this year, was announced
as being f uoG, 2S.2 a reduction
of $M.il!i.4!i from lh Il2 fla
unt n which . :olleclion.s were
made last i year.
Thb: is I he -second time in the
county's history that the . total
taxes iliic for one year wen; mure
jhan iltiiO.oeo, hut It In also the
1irHt time In,, several years that, the
tax total Ik less than that of the
preceding year, marking u turn
ing point in taxation in this county-
Local Taxes Vnry
Although the tax total la less
tjian last year, In some . ln.eyJliies
lax payers will pay a higher rate,
due to city taxes, .school taxes,
etc. Other places, however, will
pay less, the local reductions
amounting to more than increases.
Carl M. Khert. deputy sheriff,
announces I hat tax statements
would, h Issued "sometihio during
April. The first, hair of the. J!i2!)
taxes will heroine delinquent on
May ft and the second half on
Nov. 5. ' .
Tax payment In this county
durini; Hi:: amounted to 7 H7,
7!7.!iit and last year the figure
was f S(H,lini;.;i7. , No check has
been made of delinquent tax puy
inonl ; since . .tun. I. tn:t, al
though several payments iiavc
been made.
Mr. Khert reports that I lie lax
rolls for l"7 amounted to $S!Hl,
xsii.e I plus sheriff's
iiKHevwmetiis
of ?l.r.M.7li. The figure for .liiSS
was $1' I 7j7i 7.IM plus sheriff's as
i Beasinepts 0f ? I:,4 4 .". - . - .
I'ciiiiltles and Intercut
Tin figures quoted a hove on 1
tn;: nayuienln do 'not Include pen.)
allies and interest. During 'ns
tho. total collected fur pennlti-s '
and Interest wa: I :M!t and Inj
the figure was ?".f" I .Oh.
Tho increase In the 1 '.lUS tax !
roll u it t hat of I til' 7 amounted
to $:'0.xiil.Gr and the total amount
collected during I !-'!, "as $13.
4fi.32 greater than thf't of
INLAND EMPIRE
HOTEL MEN TO
CONVENE HERE
Thi Inland Ihnidro Hotel asso-1
ciiilion will bold its regular ciir- 1 10 ntnrt playing in the w-cond con
terly meeting tomorrow In test at 4 o'clock. Tonight Wallowa
(liaiub with headiiuarters at the 1 pVs Joseph and Kmorprlso meets
l.a Grande hotel, it was announe- j Union.
ed today. l-'irsl elimination will occur to-
A mnu.hcr of delegates from m,,rrow. Two defents ire neces
other cities in tho territory werejH;iry )0 j, ;i i,.ym ji 0f further
to arrive tonight and tomorrow j rjnipMiition.
juoriilng for the conference.
CLUB ELECTS
. M. MAUGHAN
AS PRESIDENT
KNTKRPRISi;. Ore., Mar. 7 Ar
1he ann ial meiLintr of tlm Knt
prise chamber of commerce, or- J
cording to the Record-Chieftain. I
orfici-i-K for the coming year were (
elected a.s follows: President. 11. AL
Maughau: first vice prcsblent. Dr.
C. T. Iloekett: necOnd vice presl-
'lent. r, K. Skagg;i; treasurer. W. j
F. Savage; si-cretary, D. It. Reavls: i
board of governors. n"W memlier. !
Dr. R. It. stone: hold over .mem
ber. .1. O. Gmnerman.
The financial staleim-nt for the
year, read by S-cretary lien vis,
showed the chamber out of dVbt
and with a balance on hand t'r
more than $:ton.
Til KATIE ll'AL .MIANAGKU M KS
NLW VORK. March 7 (AIM j
A. I.. Krla over, theatrical man-
ager, died today at his home In ;
New York. Il.e wa:i In his seven-1
Ulelh year.. .
Ar,-. Krlanger. who was J
dent, of lh famous old tu T'.l,nl
firm of Klaw and i:rlanger. had;
been seriously 111 for two weeks, j
"a lied t ho "Nn poh on of t ho f
stngi-.M be was credited as being
tho find man to put theatricals j
on a jtound business basis.
WKA'I'IIKIt TODAV
7:.tu a. m. 113 above.
.Minimum: 2 1 above.
Condition: cloudy.
WKATII Kit VKTKItl.Y
Maxlmgm lo, minimum 3
above.
Condition: cloudy.
WKATIIKU .MAIL 7. 1929
Ma xi m u in 06, in i ni m u m 3 )
tabuve. t
Condition: clear.
21 EMBER ASSOCIATED
Elect Directors
For East Oregon
Livestock Show
Make Preliminary Plans
for 15)30 Show at Union
at Meeting Held Wed
nesday Night.
Uy W. V. Connor
( ohst'iver ( 'orrespondent )
CNION Ore. Mar. 7 (Special)
Ke.spondintr to a call from the
president of the association, C. I..
Old well, it limit 25 I'nlon stock (
show boosters met at the city hall
Thursday evening to elect a hoard
of directors and to lay prelimi
nary plans for the r.i.'K) show.
Tho new director roster, result
ing from this election, includes
the following names: K. B, ' 'on
nor,, Robert- Wit! ycom.be, M;' S.
Levy, G. I. Ifess, '. 1,. fad well. T.
T. fork, of I nton: W. H. Stew
art, of linker; Homer Hldwetl, of
North I'owder. and Frank Apple
by, of I .a Clin nde. Tills boa rd
will meet at the bank In I'nlon
at 2 o'clock Tuesday, March 1 1,
to elect their officers and set the
machinery 'of the show started.
Tony l. Smith will again handle
tlnv secretary.'; share of Die work.
After completing this part of
,tho evening's work the remainder
of the meeting was given up to a
discussion of finances and pro
posed improvements at - tlw
ground K. Ii. Conner, 'who gen
erally heads tho advertising com
mittee for the stock show, immed
iately gut busy and plan nod
(i.'onlinued on I'ago Three)
Thompson New
Exalted Ruler
Of Elks Lodge
Chester 1,. Thompson was elect
ed exalted ruler of the Klks lodge
last ni.vrht when the Hiinual elec
tion of . oflcers was held with a
largo attendance present."' Me and
tho following officei-H will he in
stalled April : Hheiwood Wil
liams, leading knight; It. .1. Kit
chen, loyal knUhl; . Robert Wil
liamson, leclurfnj; knight: Itay
Winters, serreiary; Park Taylor,
treasurer; I'. It.
tiler: J. II.
Berry, dele-
i'enre, trustee;
Berry is the retiring exalted rul-
Another fjuioker, similar to the
on') held last inouth, was planned
ror March-2o with tlm next Ini
tiation to be held March 27.
TOSSERS OPEN
TOURNEY PLAY
HERE TODAY
As the' Observer goes to press
this afiernoon, play was starling in
the sub-district basketball tourna
ment in the I,. It. H.
Recreational
jhall. with Bnbler playing Cove. La
scheduled
(Jrando and Klgln wen
A I'tiion-Wallowa i-ounty Hnm
1 phnishfp will b determined tonior
j row night at ! : ::. after two pre
I vioiis games in which ih last two
teams win their right to enter lhe
I'nlon tournament next Wcda
day, Thursday and Friday.
0 -tI jtw f
5 ClUirCll MenWeVS i
Attend Union Meet
Tweiity-flvo member!, of the I
'a i f 'hrl-dfan church attended
revival meeting at
ni'-lhi, conducted by
I nton last !
the llev. It. !
L. Pulnain, who spoke on "What j
Is the New Tenia tii' iil Mr. Pul-
i nam and his daughter Lcnore
) aiig a iluct during the service.
There wilt he no meeting Satur
i day night, but the revival services
t will continue unlit Mar. HI.
Tonight, the subject, will be
11)' e fuvi'u mie- nn- i iii'.-r yii i
Ihe Cross?" Sunday will have
ii,,,.,. U(..-i-ic..' Miimi.-iv Kciioni Hi
to. morning worship at. 11. sub- .
ject e,v Testj.ment Church": I
evening worship 7:4ft.- subject ,
"What Must We Do." Monday I
evening at 7: lo Mr. Put nam will
preach on "I'npardonahle Sins."
M APLin'OV IIO.ST 10 TKAMS
PIINDLKTON, March 7 (API
- l-;ighl high school P ains of thj
district meet here lonlht and to
morrow for the district basketball
championship and the right to
enter the state tournament. J'on
dlcioii. .Mfl.augblln. Helix. Ath
cua. rm.it ilia. Arlington. Hepp'
per and Sianifeld are enti r d.
TO MOLD MKI-rriXfiS
pnRTI.AXD. Ore.. Mar. 7 (Al')l
Dr. Clark Rlack. president, and
R. II. Ktpp, executive secretary of
the Colttmliiu River Valley afsociu
tion, will leave lie re Monday on a
trip to Kas(crn Oregou and Wash-
, inglon communities. They will scik j
to serenvthen the orjfanlxatlon find:
gain support for the .novement to;
j restore navigation on the Columbia j
and C:ia!:c rUtr.
PUESB
SUCCESS
tfioru( IhTimnl Mimv's ''Tlie Ap
ple Curl" Is nil l.hc rngc In I bo
Sou Vork Lltciitricnl world at
present jititl Violet Kciublc Coop
er, iK'aiitirul actress, Ls the out
st ndlng woman, in the priMlnc
llon, thu iiciloti or whlcii Lukes
place In 1000.
DEBATERS READY
FOR FIRST TEST
Affirmative Team Goes to
Caldwell; College of
Idaho Speakers Here
The. affirmative team of the
Normal school debate squad left,
for Caldwell, . Idaho thin morning
accompanied by iMjss . Amtinda
Zahnl, coach. The doh'ators are
motoring to their .destination .with
Miss Mjidelino Larson,' . physical
education instructor. Members of
the.' Normal suhool team who will
debate in Idaho are Hazel Williamson;-
Vergella. Bond and lOugcno
Bowman; They .will return to Ja.
Grande Saturday.
II. II. llaymun. ' debate coach at
firmatlve team arrived here this af
tnrnoon aild will meet the negative
team of tho Normal school here
tonight at 8 o'clock in a clashing
debate. 'Immediately following the
debate tho student body wilt spun
sor it dance in honor of tho visit
ing members of the debute team
from Caldwell and for the loca
Normal school Htndeiits.
Tho public is cordially Invited to
attend the first debate held in thi.i
Normal school tonight.
: SII:'IAIj ASSKMHLV
,Tho Normal school gave an un
usual program In a spcciul assem
bly (his morning. A Shakespearian
"" . u
O ciock oral r.ngusu ckism. unuer
i,nn dlrcellpii of Miss Lena Foley.
j lie program consisieu oi rcaoiiif;,
speeches and excerpts from three
plays wmcn .MiaKcspeare wrote, a
brief account and description of
tho playwright's lifo was interest
ingly given. That famous old
home on St rad ford -On-Avon was
described and a description and
characterization of the wife of
Shakespeare, Anne 1 la tha way was
given. A description of the great
man himself followed. "That
Shakespeare was a master of man
ners of the best, society is shown
In all his plays," It wuk said. The
dramatist began bis career uf writ
ing plays by revising popular plays
of his dav. loiter no wrote nis
original nlavs. lie was also u
j original plays.
.shrewd business man. wiicreny ne
Shakespeare wrote to entertain
people of all stations of life, Kven
sailors and the riff-raff of the
people thronged to sec his plays, ii
wiih staled.
Several poems were rend, ami
one student gave tier original im
pressions and reasons for liking
Shakespenre. An excerpt from each
of the following plays was given.
The scene of tho three witches j
from "Mac. Meth" was fantastically
presented; the love scene from "As
You Like It" was given by several
-
girls, and last
from "Mid
three comic scenes
Summer's Night
Dream", were cleverly presented,
r-,!,,,,,," ,n outbursts of
laughter from the audience.
Labor Organization
Selects Delegates
Louie Kvans a nd William 1 csm
went elected delegates from Ihe
( "en t rat Libor council to the
ehalirber of commerce at Ihe
council meeting bt night. Mr.
,3acam was appointed chairman
of a law and legislative coininjt
lee to work with a ."hollar com
mittee uf the Oregon Federation
of Uiltor. About I'J members
were, in al tendance.
MILTON-riiKI AVA'I Kit WINS
I-1JNDLKTON. Ore.. Mar Il 7
(API 'Hie Mclaughlin High
fchuel. rf Milton-Free water, de
feated the Ilermh'ton Hisfh school
last night to win the county d -bato
championship and the right
to meet the olh
Lantern Oregon i
counties in the
ship race.
state champion-
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY,
J BIDS TO BE
ASKED SOON
FORMATION
Drawings on Proposed
$150,000 Depot About
Ready for Fugmts.
WAITIXGROOM TO
BE 36 BY 15 FEET
Announcement Made in
Portland by Chief Engi
neer Samuel Murray of
Union Pacific.
lORTI.ANI. Ore... March 7
(Special ) I )la wings of the pro
posed Cnion flepot at I .a Grande
wiP be ready for figures wit bin
a, few days. Chief Knglneer Sam
uel Murray, of the 1'nhm Pacific,
Portland, a n uoii need yesterday,
''lie proposals will bo received In
M.urray'a office in the Pillock
block, according to the Dally
Journal of Commerce,
, Complete cost of the project j lie declared this morning's
ha 'i been estimated at $ 1 f.u.OOO. J meeting of heads of the delega
Plans call for a two-story station j lions, at which M. Aristide Hiiand
and office building liliO feet long, tho French chief, was present for
and Sii feet, wide, A. modern ile
algn employed on commercial
build ingfi has been used in the
drawings by tho architects, Oll-
(Conllnued on Pago Klve)
Funeral Rites
Held Thursday
For Rev. Hall
The funeral Hies .for the Rev.
Vernon K. Hall, whose sudden
death look place at the Methodist
oa fsonaga Monday eWning, were
heh1. yesterday afternoon at the
Methodist Kplseopal church. The
servl"o probably conformed us
nearly to the desires the deceased
pastor might .have had, had he
expressed them, as wuk humanly
possible. It was distinctly il ser
vice .of worship, with, the scrlo
t tire, t ho prayei, he eu logy, I he
aermon and the mimic, rem'indimr
Uio hirge congi-egation .jyiseiiisbled
of the 'ideals of the pasforKflnd'-of
'bin yearnings for them along spir
itual titles. -; .
Dr. Man-y M. 1 lamilton' . of
Boise, silpeiinlendeni of this' :'dis
tiiel. had chargo ttrt tho service.
Ilo was assisted by the Rev. It. C
Lee. of l iilon. who offered the
prayer: the Rev. J. George Wal.. r
president of the local ministerial j
(Continued on Pago Klvo)
Three Enter Race
In Wallowa County
i:NTi:itPRlSi:. Ore.. Mar. 7
Three ca ndidates for county of-flc-
were announced yesterday,
liutling in the field at llsl one
aspirant for each place to be
filled, according to the liccord
Cliiertnin. Two ;tueiuber;l of ihe present
county court whos terms expire
It It year. Judgo I,. ;. Jordan ami
Coiiimlssfoner j-;. !. jolmson. will
lioib be candidal e for reelect bin
on the republican ticket.
l-.Mgar M.ivin will run for -conn-
Iv jiidL-e on ihc deiuoeratit ,1h ket. ; ST. Al'GI'STINF., Fla.. March
bin friends staled after he had j 7 ( A P ) Playing tho final five
goiu. lo Portland on it bnsine.sH J hoh-s in a terrific thunderstorm,
trip. Mis;i Maureen Oreult. eastern and
These at)miiiiicemeiiii clenr t he j metropolitan women's chumplon,
polMical almophere iu tho conn- defeated Mjss Glenua Collett, tin -ly
and at h-nsl mark out thf lines j llonal women's 1 1t teliolder. 2 ami
for the primary contest, givlngj I In their KcmJ-fiual match of the
one aspirant, foe each of Ihe i.o.vi- Florida Last. Coast trolf tolirna-
tious t
oe iiueo
! .1
SECOND DIVISION WINS BANNER
The fulfill Pneiric Mv.-tcut ).-V. mi fel y bpniicr. wlilch n4
luianbfl lo (be ki'oihI ihl"lnit at n meet bit; held In I'orliand,
l piiiurcfl nliovt. S. A. Ilrvnl mill, net i 114 irencnil wifely nfft'iil
of Uic O.'W ., I at the left, ( I". KobcrU, of I41 (irtimlc, nnrtlil
11 tit BupcrliiU-mlciit It Hi (he center, mid OlvMoii Kupcrliitcinl
cm V U. Ould U nt the ight,
MARCH 7, 1930
FIVE-POWER
NAVAL MEET
IS RESUMED
Ramsey' MacDonald Be
lieves Conference Will
Produce Treaty.
BRITISH NAVAL
ESTIMATES MADE
Total for 1930 Shows Re
duction of Nearly Five
Million Pounds Five
Ships Cancelled.
LONDON. Mfaireh 7(AP)-.ltitne-ay
Maclona1d, Rrltish prime mln
Inster. and chairman uf tho five
power naval conference, announced
this morning after resumption of
the parley 'ul the end of a three
week reccHK that the conference
was in full working order and that
thus "all tho prophets of evil aa so
often is the case In human hlstorv
f have been confounded."
tho first time since the fall of tho
Tradlcu guvernmfent, had resulted
In the advancement of the confer
ence's work, permitting a new hold
ion tho broken thread of the ncgo
j tiations.
Dclegiiles Husy
N .MacDonald said that the dele
j gates were at It again and that tho
I conference was going to produce a
J a-y. " f i talk with a feeling
(Continued on Page Three)
Purchase of Rum
iVb Crime, Opinion
MOSTON, March 7 (A P) Fed
eral Judge James M, Morion to
day handed down a decision rul
ing pn rchnne of Huuor is nol a
crime under the national prohlbl-
-lion act. Tho decision, was given
in tne case oi jamen i arnir, oi,
iWatertown. recently Indicted for
purchasing ' two ptnlH of Ihmor,
Judgo Morton's decision aproxi1
mutely covered ten typewritten
pay i;s. '" ? V.', v.-
Mayor Gives Fags
To 30 Communists
I mj RTI ,A N D. Oif .. Ma rch
(AP) A coinniunist revull, l'
which about :i( alleged unem
ployed persons did thn, revolting,
and Mayor George linker watched
nonchalantly while lie smoked
'cigarclP-H and passed them oul
to revolters. marked "Red Thurs
day" in Portland until a pausing
schoolboy yelled "Do.wn I ho one
horse rebellion."
The thirty alleged unemployed
were surrounded by l.fiOO spec
tat on', two military- authorities,
BOM city hall employes, two or
three sojiads of detectives, well
armed, and some hundred police
men. A half dozen of the 30 stumped
and stumped mid slumped from a
collapsible speaker's stool.
Then they departed.
.MISS OKCCTT WINS
; meitL iwre toouy.
SUCCESSOR? I
'Ill Ml 11 L.-W..
V ! ' ' t t , v- ...
i . ' l .;,, ' .. ..-...-, . .
Till .Aim-rlwiii to l.rvlilc
nviM' Uic .;plmoiil clum-ii III llm
Unlliil Hliit08,i lxwt coiii-alil!
In tlm( of Uic Avclihlsliop or Olin-lerbui-y.
will lio m'locKil by l.lio
li(iH0,or I)ImIhiW on -Mar. a. Tim
1(1. Itor. IIiikIi Idilhiii-i'.lliirk-Miii
(illiox'c), lilHliop or South lliiknlil,
mul , llm lU.'-Ilov. Wlllllllli A.
lcomirtl (liclow), hlsliop or Ohio,
nro;mMUIO!il ni; powllilc Miccwti-HOI-41
Hi Uio lalo IU. Ilov. CilmrlfH
I'nuncrMimi Amh'ison.
GOVERNOR DENIES
SHAKE-UP RUMORS
Norblad Says' He Knows
Nothing About Game
Commission Stories '.
'hOHTLAiNli, Ore;, March 7
(1-A HlKnod irlicto In. tho
Ureffoulan todny Bill dthat CSov
ernor A.' V. Norblad hud mndo Jio
promltte to. "clean hoime" In ihe
stutr. game . coinmlssion, dcHplle
repprts, otherwise, nor has the
R-ovormir1 seen affblavits tiKuluHt
Harold Clifford, tliilo Kami) war
den. Tlie c.rtlcle.. obtained from Gov
ernor Norblad while lie was In the
city yesterday, said that the gov
ernor "scUnow ledjjes that the
Kportsim'ii wilt never be satisfied
no mrittpi who Is game, wardon
or who sltr. n the K'"ne commis
sion. '
Other than what has appeared
In tho Oregon press, Governor
Norblad said, according to the
Oregonlan. "I know nothing about
tho affidavits nlleged directed nt
Clifford."
Tho article- mtoted Hie governor
as HJiylner:
"l.nt tired of ser-liiK fish nnd
game ' made the football of poll
tic. I would rather that Ihe gov
ernor did not have tho tippolnl
iiiK of tho game rommtssion. In
my uM'ssago to the legislature in
llt;tl ( Intend suggesting a plan
which wilt relieve Ihe -governor
or continual embarrassment of
disagreement nmtng Hiiorlsmen,
It is not fair lo Ihe governor. It
would lie belter It the game com
mission was appointed by the
board of control.
, "Wo have a legislative Interim
commit ee of flub and t hey are
expected to make a. report to the
1 1 31 sesHluu. This com nil ltet
may work out a solution. We
hhould at least give It a chuuOc,"
the Oregonlan said.
I'OltTI.AND. Or".. Mjmh 7
( A I') The 1'orlland Telegram
said' today thai, upon the appoint
ment of a new game commlHHfou
er to succeed Hen Oorris, Kufleii",
resigned, binned The relent h.m or
l etnovat of Ifiarold Clifford, slute
game wa id n.
One Man Killed In
Wreck In Georgia
t'( l,t M Ml :H. Oa.. .V'H 7
(A I') one man was reported
killed und an uudrlfTinlned num
ber of pirMouH injured at Ohn
AIf,-j)u early loday n't the wc
oiti section of the Kemliiote Lim
ited, Central of (ltoriria pasnen
gor train, cra.hcd Inlo the rear
of tho flrnt section. The scene of
the wreck is 2ft miles south of
Columbus.
The dUpa! flier's office was In
formed that the Itov. O. C. W(ille.
of I'hcnlx City, Ala., hud beun
killed and a number whune nuines
wero ot given lnJureJ.
MEMBER A. B. C.
Tornado Causes
Four Deaths In
Southern Area
Mississippi, Arkansas and
Louisiana Hit by Storm
Property Damag e at
$100,000.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. at nr. 7 AP)
Four deathH and property duni
nge. cHtlnuited by owners nt more
than 100,000. wero churgeublo to
day to a tornado, which luuhed
Misslsaippl, ArkauMiiH and LouIhI
iinn Inst night, wrecking a village
of L'OO nnd Injuring two .score.
Tearing through Mlnsissippl
pluntatlona nnd Hinall towns tho
high wind killed two negroes In
Bolivar comity, injured tun per-1
hoiih and destroyed fifteen house
valuctl at $2U.uoo. Mrs. J. W. Ad
aniH, CS, was kilted and two negro
employes hurt ns tho atorm Hwopl
tho A da ma farm near KohcIuhUoii,
Kllmlimlcs VillajfC
Heading into Arkansas the tor
nado virtually wiped out tho vlllugo
of Gregory with damago eHllmated
by John llldrldge, plantation own
i r. at $:t0.000. Later tho Htorm
dipped into the Harris community,
aliout eight nilleH from Homer,
ln., l.'ltled a negro woman named
Mitchell nnd injured throo others,
l' ivo tenant Iiouhch, a roHldeneo and
a church were demolished.
KoaldcnlH of Boyle, MIbs., were
warned of tho npprouch of tlio
(Continued on Pago Throo)
Harney. County
Rabies Outbreak
Worst In Years
.l'OK'riANI Oi-ft., Mlfull 7-
(A.I') Klmer . WIIUhmih, HtmUtunt
jirLMliitory utiimul conlt-ol loiulcr
of tlio United KliitoH bloloKicut
Hllrwy, who l-i'lurnf-d yesterday
fi-imi a two uitUh Hiii-voy oC cuii
Jitiu.iia In 1 KnuU'i-n Orricun, wild
that a Kiitldnn outlireaK of nlliloB,
Uoclliri'd llio warm. Billi'O 11115-1(1
when $1,000,000 winlh of cuttlu
died, Ib rasliiK In ll'nrney cou'nly.
AVIlllnnm mild M head of cattle
had norlHhed yewterday and four
rabid eoyoteK and two Infected
doits had been Wiled by ranchorH.
Goui'uu WhltlnK. .. rancher llv
IHK.iiixir, JJurttK, wli nitncked by
ti,". ohizel , '.vcnyoliv ' leehrn'ary ' IS,
when tho animal laced Into li In
front yard. The mad erealliro bit
ft herd dog and turned lowurdH
thn rancher, who inanagad to
kill It with n. heavy plank which
he hcIhoU as a club.
Iluni-y lluah, a rancher llvlnu
near Uiwen, had a similar cxiier
lonco a Hluirt llmo afterwardH,
VVIlllamN wild, when u accond coy
nte attacked bin dog In tho front
yard, lluah killed tho animal
with ii rifle.
WlllluniH aild tho enllro valley
or Harney county had been plac
ed under rigid Uarantlno and
all doKM which havo not been vuc
eilj.atcd with tho I'aateur vaccine
havo boon placed In captivity.
' Jamea- l.owla anil Huns Uollar
.(ilde. two biolOKlcal mirvey hunt
orn, Wllllauni mild, have been or
dered to J-larney county.
COOK PAROLE
APPROVED BY
MR. MITCHELL
WASIUNXiTOiV, March 7 (Al)
Tho parole of 1r. Krederlek A.
Cook, serving a sentence In the
federal penitentiary at heaven
worth, KnnsiiK, for using the
malla to defraiul, has been ap
proved by Attorney General Mit
chell. Announcement ' of the parole
was mod- today by Ihe deiart
ment of Justice. Officials there
said the exact dale when the pa
role would become effective could
bo ascertained from the warden
of thu iieuflentlary but. It whh
their opinion it probably would
be tomorrow.
Salem Teachers
Consider Pay Plan
KAI.KM, Ore., Mar. f (AD The
salaries of i'.i Hulem teachers would
be redqeed and 77 increased unth-r
a proposed new Kcheilulo prepared
by a committee of teachers to.be
voted op by att the teachers of the
city within a week.
The total t hat Is ..-ow paid I he
tear hern would not be Increased,
and adjustment Is on , t -months
IhisIh.
COIXONT IIKAIt (MtlU'IIlS
I.OuS A NG.I'JI (KM, March 7 (AT)
I'ollce today were obliged lo
relenso Hamuet Vv'ldfe, -T., one of
the wore of persons arreHted ilui
(ng nn attempted nuirch yeHter
day on the city hull by coiiunuu
IkIH. Ilo hod been cliui'Krd wit h
siiHpiclan of criminal nynl leal (sin
as thu renult of failltiK In obey
police orders,
(.JiiewUonltig of the Hiifpeit this
mornliih' dlcloycd that lie 1m
stone deaf.
MAN IM'lt.XKh To PIIATM
YAKIMA. Wush., March 7 -
(Al) John A. I la vis, fi.l, was
found burned lo death In Ills
room Ut (he county Isolation hos
pital. Me was a tuberculoids pa
tient. Hospital uttacheH were In
doubt us to whether thu (Ire watt
ttn Wccldent or tutctdal.
NUMBER 171
GRAIN PRICE
TO IMPROVE,
LEGGE SAYS
Farm Board Chairman,
Tells Senate Committee ;
Bottom Is Reached
50 GROWERS" AT
BlBLEBj MEETING
Avery and Case Speak
During Session; More
, Signei-s Are Secured;
Meet Again Tomorrow.
WHEAT MEN MEET
About 60 grain- growers ttt
tondod a mooting held at Imbler
last night, with County Agent
If. CI. Avery and W. J. . Case
Chairman ot the preliminary or
ganization formed last woek,
upeuklng. Muoh imprest -was
shown. It was again explained
that !!00,000 bushels aro neces
sary to secure a permanent or
ganization, and a few more
Blowers signed up last night.
I'luna are being made to hold
unotbor mooting tomorrow. Mr.
A.VQry Is socretnry ot the pres
ent. '.organization und announces
Iha- tho mooting will begin at
1:30 p. in. at tho etty hall.
CHAMBER WIRES MfeXAIlY
'i'ho Union county chamber of
soinmerce today nont,a telegram
lo tionator McNnry in Washing-
ton,' asking him to Bupport the
StcAtnstora roslutlon which
pruposeo that the farm, board
bio' $25,000,000 worth of -wheat
nntC send it to China as ono
nteluiH ot stabilizing .wheat
prlcos. - :'. . : ' .
r ' " ;
llOTTOJf REACHED, liEOCJK '
. ' Jj SAVS .
(Minimum UegRo of tho farm
tiionrd expressed tho opinion bo-
foreV'tlio senate ugrlculturo com-'
i niltteo today that tho bottom had
boenV reuched : ltv the price do-
I ciinek of -uffrlonlluro connnoditicH
i ..n.l . 'Hint. lttintnvntviMif iamiij in
sight.
1 i.rgo, ' with fineretary Hyde,
discussed tho farm question at an
executive Bcssion. .
Aftcrwnrd Ctmirmnn McNary
tee for tomorrow to consider th'J
Nyo resolution hsking investlgs- '
lion of udminlstration of tho net
under which tlio farm bourd waa
created.
LegRe (old tho commltteo full;
attention of the bourd was di
rected toward bringing about sta
bilization of agricultural com
modltiea prices.
M',cNury requested Leggo and
Hydo to appear tomorrow. Ho
utmi.'ii inuui iu huuiiiiv uii upimuii
on reports ,thul 4i world wldo at
tempt wus being made to depress
prices in nn effort to demoralize
thu new American farm relief
progruur.
The commltteo chairman suld
ho had received reports asserting
thero was cvldenco of a world
(Continued on Pago Five)'
Babe Ruth Rejects
New Salary Offer
KT. IMiTKitHHUHiO. Pla., March
7 (Al') Tho first salary confer- ,
etico today between Babe Ruth
and Colonel. Jacob Kuppcrt, own
er of tho Yankees, failed when
tho homo run king rejected a
compromise of H5,u(J0 for l'jgo
or $80,000 for each of tho next
two seasons.
JUSTICE BELT
SEEKS RETURN
TO THE BENCH
Justice Harry H. Welt of tho su
premo court has filed with tho sec
retary of state his declaration as ti
candidate for renomlnatlon at tlio
republican primury etoulUMi.
Cuder a change In thu manner ot
electing justices, made by tho 19211
legislature, whereby u candidate
seeks a particular position on tint
court, Justice Holt is ti candidate
for position No. fl under tho old
system, with, for example, two
places lo fill by election, the two
receiving the largest number of(
voles wero declared nominated olj
elected.
chief Justice O, 1. Coshow's
term expires this year also, Co
show Is a democrat, and will file,
probably today, as a candidate for
reelection.
licit, was first, elected to tho su
preme court In tltlM, beginning his
term in January, l!;j5. Justice
John MeCourt had died and Judgo
M. 1.. ripes of I'ortlund was ap
pointed by Clovernor IMerCo to suc
ceed him. Pipes was not a candi
date in Ihe following etoctlon and -Heft
was elcctrd. Hlmm the term of
office Is six years this Is the first
year licit hu.i been up for reelec
tion. Coshow was appointed by Gov
ernor 1'lerce In January, 1!24, to
succeed Justice Karris, who re
signed. Coshow was then elected
In November of that year. 11 ko
Of Ii. this is his first time up for
ructvcllou. . r .