La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 07, 1930, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextiratuV thirmttg (Dbarrorr CITY EDITION Full Associate I Prats Lenscd Wire Service S PlGflS TODAY THE WEATHER Oregon: Generally oloudy to night anil Sunday, probably local showers In the mountains, cooler in tho east tonight. VOLUME XXVIII MEMI1KR ASSOCIATED PHKSS AND A. B. O.. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1930 EASTTCItN QHEGOX'S LUiVDING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 250 FIRST STOCK SHOW IN '08 WAS ALL WET Opening Event at Union, Ore; Kecalled 103 En tries in Second Year. ENTHUSIASM IN EVENT INCREASES Eastern Oregon's Own ' Exposition to Open on Thursday of Next Week Many Exhibits. (icorgo Joseph. republi cun it mm t i nee for governor bf Oregon, will attend tho. Fast em (.McgoU Livestock ..show one day ol' the three Tor which Hi" -show lr. scheduled next week. June 12, la apd M, ac cording to. it message received from M i". Joseph by Tony l. ' .Smith. secretary. '. Air. Joseph will lie accorded all of the honor due his candidacy, and wil'. probably speak before. Die grandstand oil the itf t?r- noon of his appeuranee. using . a. public address ainplltlrr.'su that all i.ipiy heiir. .(Soy. -A. W. Norhlad Is- ab- sent in the cast., mi can not atlenil. IVy Cecil t.rlgs Tlie first annual Fasteni Ore gon Livestock, show was all wet; At least, the Fasten! Oregon Re publican so chrnnleled the event, iiri so much ruin fell on tho Satur day those it for tlie affair 22 years ago June - thai the "grand coin pctitvo show of all kinds of live stock" was practically it "flop." Especially so considering that. O. A. Coifln. a, I.a CranuV man, had .spent tin entire week lit I'nlon previous to flu- show,' planning the "Brand parade," the Hpecial 'free train from Cove, the ball game, beside.-, artfully arranging among Hie :-torekefpers that "special bar gains in nferehandlse" would be displayed during the day. The parage was led by the Un ion Concert, band followed by the mayor und city council, riding In cai riagc Although Forest rom's and To.vnlcy K "busy stores" were both hopefully advertising wiinu er weather ami lis need for lighter clothing In tho form o.f negligee shirts and silk petlicoalH, it rnincdl So every one had to be contented with a. visit to the "Klectrie Thea ter.' and Stanley Brothers' Wild Worl show which played tho town I ho next week with huge success., UK. Horsey In MM HI Following tle iinfnrtunale first year's experience, local people tool up the sloek show and June 5. ltiuii. started tin succession of notable shows that, have brought hundreds of the finest stock of the Inland Kmplro to Cnlon to bear I be scrutiny of the .indue. The M-ciind nirlhdny of the Union show was principa Hy devoted to horses, with I3 head of saddlers, trotters and Shetland, with com paratively few Clydesdales anil (Continued on Pago Four) OREGON WARM; TEMPERATURE HERE 80 ABOVE l.a Grande sweltered yclcrday with the mercury climbing lo Si above. Allhuouh many warmer ilay:: are in slorn for tho Oraiide Ponde valley Ibis yeur, tit" warmth following i period of colder weather was felt more than usual. A wind- last eveninB look I he cd Be from th" beat, but .another lit L day was In store with the offi cial rending ' ticlny showing the iiiereitry at G4 above. Hown at The Dalles yeslerdny Ihe thermometers reached I'l ami ot her lit b' in Oregon reported warm weather. PKNMjI.TON HOT I'LNOLKTON. June 7 AP Whew! It was :S above here yes terday, tlie highest temperature for the year. TWO ( O.WKTS IvM AI'i: SA'MiA.M KNTO. June 7 (AP 'I hat to notorious bank robbers, mi; slug from their cells at Kolsom prinson since noon yesterday, ex changed their own prbon garb fr the clothing of painters working on th new celt block at lb pctii tenliary. wa:: the belief expressed today by Warden Coiirr Smith. Til'- in'-ti aro Kthan McNabti. ?.2. and Kloyl Siimiwll. '. who rn. Iiatik rubbers flo lux", re ceived at the prison September 6. i:':t. after beins convicted In vk.tiii;k tooav Minimum: ''J aboe. Condition: partly cloudy. WKATHKK VKSTKKI.V Maximum 80, mini muni IT above. Condition; partly cloudy, AVKATIIKIl MAY 27. t929 Maximum 73, minimum 0 above. Condition: partly cloudy, rain .IS of inch. Eberhard Will Be a Candidate For Re-election Four Nominated for School Board John S. Hodgin, K. J. McWill iams, H. W. Smith. Colon It. Klirrtutril. a member of tho l.a Oj-iimln Hi-hool board for malty youi-H. decided toduy to ac cept his n luin:ition and again be a candidate for re-election at the election June Hi. Tho terms of .Mr. lOberhard and Gcorpo S. Hirnle expire this year, and Mr. Hirnle has Minted that be will not be a candidate. Three petitions of nomination were filed with Clerk II. K. Wil liams about noon today, for K. J. .McWIMiniiiK. lor John S. lliidsln and for IT. Smith. None of the three lias accepted as yet. Karlier tills week a nomination petition was filed and today Mr. Kberhard Issued the ; following statement: "f accept the within nomina tion. 1 believe llio taxpayers' money is expended. In the employ inenl of teachers lo instruct and iiupllfl tho pupils: that experience counts: lhal our. present corps or touchers Is competent, and is sliindlni; tlio alrulii of observation leacliera from the Normal school. Thin able corps will not bo sud denly lorn to pieces by my vote. Kl'fortn to, reduce expenses and in crease efficiency will ; havo my convlnued ..support. L liave .made lit. pleilRes Tor clcrli, , and will make- none." Candidates petitions Ibust be in I ho hands of Iho school clerk by II p. hi. .Monday nlishf. after which they have two days In whldi lo 'accept1 tile nomination. " It is reported from various source;: that A. If. Scott and K. It. llliiKu 'arc belnir mentioned as pos sible csndidates. Nightheart And Blalock Given Terms In Jail II. II. Xlahlheart. convli'led ear- lt.. 1 llm tcnolf lie ii circuit court jury, of Blvlnii lbiiior to a minor, was this niorninK sentenced to dx months in tho county jail uy jimce J. V. Knowles. Merle Blalock. convicted wllh XlKhthcarlT was senlenced to Sl days. ' Tim elvil action of Hcisiaild Vs. Weeks was In tin? arKliments'ubotlt noon today.. Willi the jury cxpect- InK lo receive the case 11113 nucr noon. Union Woman Hurt In Auto Collision I NION'. (Me., June 7 (Special) -Mr. Ilershel llalsey. of Union, was painrully Injured lien, yeslor day when cars driven by Albert (Upson anil f, llalsey collided at mi Intersection in South Cnlon. M,rs. Hulsey whs' cut about the lleud. shoulders mid one b'K. Her husband was sllsrhtly cut. HuMl automobiles were dam aged considerably. Bradner to Speak At Local Church Tho liev. William M. Ibadner, furiiierly of Cove but now of the Miissarhueiis diocese, will deliver the sermon tit SI. I'eler's Kpisco pal church funorrnw at 11 o'i:lock In Ihe morning. The Ht. liev. V. I. Keininuton. blslmp of tl. Kast ein Oregon fliocese, will also be In at lenda nee. Mi-. Hradner In ICaslcrn re gon in connection "with Iho Kpis copal summer sehoul in ("ive. Pantages At Home Pending Appeal I.OH AXfJKI.KS, June 7 fAI') After more than seven months in the county Jail, A lexander I'ant aires. 1 heater magnate, convicted of assault mi 17-year-nld Kuniee I'linle. t(dny Is t home, with his family following bis r?leac yester day on $1'K),0M0 bail pending deci sion on his appeal from a one to 5i-ycar penitent lary sentence. Seated on n cot in the Jail hos pital, tears welled In tlie eys of tho ft I -year-old inulli millionaire when lie was Informed that tho fiwht he has waed for release sinco last December had been won. swimmim: mi;i;t In uecipiani'' to a chaHnc itiii'tc by Hoy Scout troop 3. troops 4 and 13 competed with thM rhai-h-iucr In a Inniiinj? mct at t'of last nityht in whb'h boys from lhi flrsl troop and I- from the other iwo toik part, with the tw i-nty boy winning by a laric; nmjority. Ivitnr In the cvenfti re freshments wen- enjoyed around a campfire and khimcs wen- play-d. I.I IT THIS V'Mt.MXi Mr. arid Mrv. William Sliad-- aiid son. I'onabi, b ft this morntnc for WHtrn t iniron and Oihfornia. Tlo y rP drlvlmr mid expert to Im 'cone a month. M'-fore tiny return I they may also visit Mexico. mi;wi:ls" soi.ii Afi,M HY. LOCIrf. June 7 (AIM The "ftursfiin crown jewels" were sold a train Wednesday to Meyer Preuss. 1 who reported to police he had ipald CVV for ttn pirttn of gls. LA GRANDE'S FIRST AUTO TAXI Two cylinders ran Ii CIninde'3 first, auto taxi in 1907 and Uen Noyes ran the two cylinders. Do you recognize him sitting proudly In- tho driver's seat, mid . why shouldn't ho for behind him Is Dorothy ICuber. It isn't Dorothy Xuber now, but it wasn't until three years after this picture was taken that. -she became Mrs., Noyes so one can hardly estimate tho court ing powers of a 130G Iteo. the first taxi in town and one of the few i automobiles thitt frightened the 1 REMINGTON WILL DELIVER ADDRESS E. 0. N. Baccalaureate Tomorrow Comedy to le Given Monday. Ilaccalaiireati services for the 7-t seniors who arc Kraduatint; from the li-wtern Oregon Normal school this spring, at the, first Services ever to given for a class of higher education in this section, will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock In the Presbyterian church. The addresn will be by the lit. Rev. W. l Uemington, Kpfscopal bishop of ICaslern Oregon, and the Ja Grande Ministerial association will participala in tho exercises. Music will be furnished by the Normal school glee- club under the direc tion of W. W. Xusbauttix ; The services nre. open to4ba pubj: apd special udmisslon eardn are pro-' videil to members of the graduates families. t l-'ollowinff Jh the program: 'I'roressioiwil March? Komnine Couimd Miss Gladys Miller Tnvneation Captain W. Ii. Jackson, Salvation Army. Song "Come Thou Almighty King" , '. Audience Sciipluro I ten dim: -Rev. I-'rank Hopkins, M e t h o d i a t Kplscopal Church. Smith. Anthem 1 Do Not Ask, O Dord Spross Kustern Oregon Normal (.11 ee Club, W. W. Nusljaum, Director. 1 ia cca la u rea t e A dflress Tho Ut. He. Wm. U. nemington, i:piscoal i'isiiop . of Kastern Ore. Anthem The Twenty-Third iValm Schubert Oleo Club Ilcnrdictlon The Hev. W. IT. llerlzog. First Methodist Cliurch. "Aren't V All" MoimIhv Final preparations are. now eom pleto for the presentation of "Ar n't We AH" at the Normal sehool Monday evening. Stage set tines mid properties were put in. place by a Kroup of wludent workers, under tho direction of lively n Ward, ehairnnin of the stae com mittee. Her committee inelutb-s Glenn Henderson. Miss Wallers. Kliabeth Hesse. Ward Kea. Kthel hangley. Genevieve G m c I n e r . Frances Murphy, ;ea trice AS'ced and Kvti Woods. Tho tieket sate has nn-l with fair success and it is hoped Hint tho tola I sold will increase wnb staittiiilly before Monday night. The following with Kluora Hansen as chairman composo the business j eommittee: Theresa Tabor, Grace ' 1 1 err, Sa ra Wood wa rd . M i ria m llanna. Hazel Williamson. Mary Vaughn Hetidrikson, Kmma Ken nedy, I'ari- Kirk, Ltiella Witty and liose Kaser. fther coynmilU'CH v.Jjo are work ing for the suecCrvt of the play are the property, with Lois Johnson as chairman, the make-up under the supervision of Ltiiian Small, and tlie publicity. In chiirge of Harriett A hearn and Kuth Smalley. Tho play is a clevi-r eomedy of Knirtlsh society life by I'liilltp Iinsdale. "ImM Honk liUlribute A real aeiiievement is the lion, lb seliool auniiiil. uhieh was i--nued y-Mrdiiy. The t'enTiil theme Is that of the eon. and is expressed s expanse of time und spare; the art work is symbolic and modern, and portrays the theme mu- h bet ter than it run be told ill Mord. The cover is of b ather in blue and (Con'inurd on Page Five) Golfers Will Go To Walla Walla The I a C.r ind" country club C'dfing team will piny its tirst roit-of-tow n Intercity match of t be season tomorrow w hen tlio mem bers will go lo Walla Walla to meet the golfers of that city. The entire La Crando club will participate. jiour "hrtUses, The other person in the back sent is Mrs. Ollio Hay, who is now Mrs. Art It nr Van Fleet ami lives in California. v The picture was taken 2'i years ao one sunny June day by Mr. Steve n. Tho contraption, It's fun to call it a contraption, hay four rumblo chairs1 maybe they were called scuta, but they look more llko old- (Conllnued on Tnge Flve Fruit Experts AtO.S.C. Deny Finding Disease SALK.ir. Ore., .Illlie 7 AI) 11. S. Morriam, of (Josben, l.uno county, tixliiy stibmilted in writing: to the state bonrd of -outro his ivslgiuillon as a nu'inbcr of the slate board of horticulture. COItVAI.l IS. Ore.. June 7 AP) Orchard authorities at the Ore gon Slate college today expressed surprise when informed that a "mysterious new disease" had at tacked Oregon orchards and that u federal tiuarautiuo had been, averted by the (pilrk action of the Oregon horl icult uro bun rd. College authorities said no trace of any kind of "new mysterious" disease Imd been found in fruit received at the college. Both Dr. Don C. Mote and Pro cessor K. I. Harts said that dls- puu lM'.-t troiii Saleni lo tho of feet that specimens had been taken to the collego were without fobnda tion. '.Marion county orehards are in good shape." the professor sai'l. The "mysterious disease' re ferred to was described by II. S. M err ia in, in ember of the state horticulture ' bun rd. during a speech at Salem last week. Fruit grower,; and shippers of the Wil lamette saiil they would present a petition to Acting Govcruor Ha in I It on demanding the resiu na tion of Merriain. . Merriain. Lane county resident, denied making Hie assertions ami Kit id that 'if the people of .Wrtrion county want my job llu .-.re wel come (o It." State Auditor Questions Bill For Pictures SALKM. (.lie., .Mine 7 (A.I') forr. the stale bo;ir( of colitt --He'd lor offi- it .: a pproval or n-perti;n as rial stale purchasing agency is a. bill for $1- for photographs pur chased by (lovernor Norblad from a Sab'iu photographer. The bill has been questioned by an auditor in the state drpa 1 1 men) . it came in rlas.-iriid a:: a purchase claim front I ho executive drp;trlmeut wi(h Ihe approval i;f the governor. That the bill was part of the governor's campaign expense i.i indicated by the fart that one Item ik )or f,0 glos-y photographs, the kind usually used for making newspaper cuts. There are two items. The other b: for 10 photo graphs of the governor. .oer:nir ICeluriK It It said that after the audi- to.' had srrotiui7.e, Hie bill be re turned II to the governor. ug- gest big that he u it ho raw it, toil j that the governor sent it back. Other expense Items of tin gov ernor tiro being eyed dubiously in th Kiate department, and while they have not been disapproved tl hai been mggefMed to .V.iblail that they are personal and do not pertain to slate biif fiiesx These if emr. cover traveling expense telephone rails and clii'ping bur eau service. i urfn;; March Ihe governor's tiaveltfih e.pent.s lot, tied 2'.Ul (Continued on i'ug; Five' Wheat Today 'HH'AOO. Jtne 7 r A I J gerrd hy slock market breaks. j wheat pticeM toppled heavily over j toda. and a no time displayed ! moeh power to recover. f'ontri I bu'irii: t the inslabiltty of wheat . Aa the fact that no '-A ' l (! ma no or any f-onMurncc a heard frmt. holidays abroad au itiL" a halt, l-'iirlhermore. the out look appeared to be for only a moderate reduction of the I'nltrd Staler, wheat visible supply total on Monday. Whefi t closed shaky U' u bushel lower than yesterday".; SCHOOL BEST GIVEN, WOMEN OF CITY SAY Unanimous Request Made for Mrs. Beth Bailey Mc Lean to Return Again. 375 ATTEND LAST DEMON STRATIONS The Observer Cooking! School Closes Friday Afternoon Interest High all Four Days. With an estimated attendance of ,175 women. Mrs. Met It Hailey Mc Lean of Hood I liver, yesterday completed her series of four dem onstrations constituting The Ob server's I'JKO Tree cooking school, and concluding her fourth Rchoul held In this city. At tho close of tho afternoon session and Just be fore tho final dismissal, (in cxpre.8- , slon was asked of tho large com. pany present, and there was a tin- nuimcKis request for Mrs. McLean , for next year. The, school this yenr, according to the consensus of those attending regularly, lias been that It was the best held yet. Interest bus been keen, attendance has been epcep lloimlly good, the programs have been very practical, varied and helpful and till in all, it has been ono of tho 'outstanding events of the year. The fact of Its tfuceesfi has not been attested to by women or the ciiy and the. valley but also by representatives of different pro ducts used, or equipment used, who have looked In on schools all over tho oounlry and pronounced The Observer school as being absolutely unique and without a peer. Imperially Favored Any attempt to describe tMrs. Mcy lnn's method would lie useless. Thafhas to be seen and heard. She has a very decided turn of In formality; a keen senso of humor; ihe ease villi which ane irues about her lecturing all the while keeping an eye on the progress of six oi seven articles of food in th course of preparation at one time all -thr-tPVomrlbute to her suceesa in n project of this kind. "La Grande and valley wunieu an: coming more ami mor,, to appreciate the fact lhal i hey am esperially fav ored in Unit they alone of all wo men of Ihe stiite or norllnvesi, or I'nc.iflc coast or anywhere, are hav. ing the privilege lo ho. tinder Mrs. (Cmillnuad on Tune Five) FOOD PRICES LOWER, STATE BUYER FINDS SALK.r Ore., June 7 (AH); I'racUeally all I nods! u 17s bougie 1j the stale board 'of control for fiato Iristliiuions are cheaper than they were six moid lis ago, bids opened yesterday show. Tho board paid $l'J.Mi a hun dred for fresh beef, against $14. -'5 last Oeren.be r. ("lit meats HI'.' the gallic price as a year ago and six' month:; ago. Hi cords a pound. Hard wheat flour bus dropped from $i.K7 a barrel jn I irr ember to $4.li."i. Sum II while beans are a hundred against $JJ.H six month!) ao. other decreases arc In ropot lion. Here's One For The Hooks, Hy Gum CHANTS PASS. Ore., June 7 ( AT) Hendei-fon Hates, tin, ua;i in a. dentist's office today for the fjrst time in SH years. H.e raino lit to get Hr. I . ,1. Oiillan to fix up his fi I -year-old son with a set. of 'slorn leelli." Singin' Bill McBarden, Mystery Man of Harney SALKM, (ire., June 7 (AP) Where is "Singiit" Hill?" of Will- of the rn Ore- That, was the Fobriquel iafti Mc Harden, cba meter high deserts- of Southeast gon. Word of his disappearance good humor. Always he sang. And late in May has bei'ii brought to I so came to be known us Singin Salem by Howard II. Orecn. dep. j Hill. utp state veterinarian, after a trip Or. W. It. Lytic, state veterln lo Harney county. jarlan, met the coyote hunter a few Horse paw ing and w lilckerlng w eeks ago at one of his dcwri for water; canvas bl .mii from his; ramps, and Singin' Hill posed for .i wat'on in the ramp near Alberson koduk picture, J lis last known led to Ihf. discovery that be. was journey was from l-'oolyfarm, missing. jwher,. be camped several days, to "Man employed by biological Alberson, where lie was last seep. m ii v-y killed at ' "a nyon Junction ! Mi-igo Pu.es in CCS." said a note that was pin- McDardeu claimed to have been iie.l to his pillow. 'employed sonio years ago as a No om- reiiM-nib'-rs a Killing at t 'a nyon Jum-t ton. u lib h is on Snake rivi-r ii'-ar Nysa. No one knows thi connection between the . ( ryptp iifssacf and the vanishing of'Singin- Ittll. ( A (ote lliiiilrr For om' y-i mad.- his living Mf Harden has y luinttng coyotes and sidling the p'-bs. It is said tieied a very happy and care-free nu- did well. Tall, bearded and bronz- ture." ed. a bit past middle age, be seem- j Whatever theory Is accepted, the ed typical of the frontier. Yet It Is inessogo found on his pillow pit. said that he was a college graduate. ) Singin Hill's friends. Sheriff Ht- spoke perfect. Kngllsh and h! Frazier, of Harney county, Is in. conversation hinted that bo hud jtr a'-' lcd abroad.. Uut he chotc to STATE LIONS COMING HERE NEXT SUMMER Convention at Bend Se lects La Grande as 1931 Convention City. JACK FERRIS NEW DISTRICT GOVERNOR Special Recognition Given lhis City and Eastern Oregon Campaign is Successful. G i -nude and Kastorn Oregon were given double recognition it l tho state convention of Lions elulw at I lend In Uw Hosing sessions tills aftfe'iinon, when Ia Grande was selected for the lU.tl convention and Jack Fcrrts, retiring iwosident of tho Im. Grande club, vs eleet eU ns district governor or Oregon, I loth selections wore hy the utmnl inutiM vote of the entire conven tion according t n telegrnm to The Observer tialny from tho Iai (irn ndo JluiiM ilelegatluit at Hend, Tho telegram wu received with elation in this city, as the Lions statn convention Is now one of Ihe lnrgest meetings of its kind hold eii'lyear. Hend is host to about 300 or more Lions today. The local club has been making u campuign for the convention for tlio last several months, and sent a delegation of several members of the local club to Hend to bid for tho meeting. 'Hie local club Is only a liltlo (Continued on Tage Eight) WYKOFF SHATTERS 100-YARD RECORD Breasts Tape in 9:4 With out Blocks Sivak Trims :.Kiser n.theMile. Ity t'luti-les W. Ounklcy (Associated Press Sports Writer) STACK; KIKLH. Chicago, Juno 7 AP) (''rank Wykoff, University of Southern California, bettered tho world's record in defeating Cieorge Simpson, Ohio Stale, and six other stars, in Ihe 1 oil-yard daidi opening the National Colleg iate track and field champion ships today. Tho time, was ;0tM, a tenth of a second fnMer than the record. Wykoff won by a fool and a half, and did not ijho .the. contro versial starting blocks. Noilher did Simpson nor Mddie , To Ian. University of ,liehlgan star, hold er (r Urn worlds' record of :0!. 6. Kdwln Tupplno, Loyola univer sity. New- Orleans, finished third with Tolan fourth. Wykoff's Start Pcrrect Claude Hracey, of Itice Institute. Houston, TcxiiK, was fifllt und Cy I. eland. Texas Christian university, was sixth. Off to a perfect Mart, WykoTf led from start to finish, w 1th Simpson snapping at his heels all the way. Wykoff was favored by (Continued on Pugo Five) wi;atim;p. oi tmiok SAN l-'KANCISCO. June 7 (AP) -Following Is tho weather out look for the week beginning June Kih, as Announced by tlie t '. S. weal her burea il : Far Western slates: (Jelierully fair nxcept brief portions of unset, tied weather In Oregon, Washing ton ami Jdnho. with showers west of the Cascade mountains. Sea sonable temperatures, fogs along the coast Indicated. County, Is Missing live on tho plains, u it h simple camping outfit und rifle, Neither the hot desert summers nor tho i winters thai often are cruelly seven- In that region disturbed his range, detective, and t hen? is a theory thai aolito rustle wit h an old grievance may have 'knocked him over." The g.-ncral stipposit Ion Is thai be has lakeit b own life. "However.' says a. leM.r to Or. Lyile from Folly farm "he seemed 'anything but despondent w hile .here, and, outwardly a b ast, show- f vi-sttgating ami Dr. Lytic In check , Intf with tho triolcgfca! fcurvey. Twelve Counties In Oregon Show 66,702 Increase Twenty-Four Counties in State Not Yet Complete With Census Takers Finishing Work. rORTI.AXD, Ore., Juw 7 (Al') C!onnun HunerviKorif of Orenon liavo comploteil tho count on only ten of the 36 cotintloH in Oregon. nltlioiiKh tyo otlier cottntieH arc listed as Incomplete. Tho twelvo intlicnte nn increase in population of BC.702 over 1920. The popula tion of OrCROn In 1U20 was 783,389. Tho census reports of tho coun ties follow: 193(1 . I9:n Uen(on 1l!,r.48 13.744 Coos : 28,338 22.207 Curry 3,257 a. 025 DoUBlas 21,934 21,332 Josephine 11,483 7,055 Irfino Ii4, 4(14 36,106 Lincoln 9,864 0.084 Linn 24,681 24,550 .Marlon (Tentative) 00,000 47,187 I'olk . 16.865 14,181 Tillamook 11,788 8,810 Yumhlll (Tentative) 23,000 20,529 Total ...282,222 225,620 Four-County Count WALK.M, Ore., Juno 7 (Ai) Tho combined population of tho four counties of Marlon, Pork, Til lamook and Yamhill, with tho figures of Marion and Yamhill yot Incomplete, is 111, lift 3 it was an nounced Friday by H. J. Hendricks", district consus miporvlsor. ; Washington Gaining SKATTLK, Wash., Juno 6 (AH) Reports received from 25 of tho 39 counties In tho state of "Wash ington In the 111 .10 census show a population of 031,037, ub compared with fitol.lfil In lit 20, an increase of ti7,Kti(i. Tho figures, whilo of ficial aro subject to revision and do not include a number of the most populous counties in tho atuto. Ocean Flight Is Postponed, Due To The Weather ... U)M)f. .;.lune "I .(Al) The Associated' Wens t only hi was ht Iciriticd In ti message from Ctir-t-agh ('amp, Ircliind, that CopUiln Charles Klnx;-fot d-Sinilb had def hiltely decided pot. to start m his transatlantic flight attempt to morrow (Sunday) morning, . . DCHMN', June 7' f A 1' -H.'n'p-laln t'harleH KIiigsfo'rd 'Sntih il(opK to take ufr on his attempted trnnrt Atlautlc flight tomorrow, Sunday, ntitrulng al 2 o'clock If weather re ports at that hour an: favorable, he announced today. "All depends upon the weather," Captain Klngsford Hmlth mild in making known bin purpose. "If there is a sporting chance of early reports showing prospects" of Improvement:', in the weather tho ut ji i t will bo "made. Waiting Is bad for the nerves. My men share niy view that a quick getaway is th'. thing. "There Is to bo H do-or-die dash. Fverylhlng is perfect In tho ma chine. We are anxious to bo off." All Tour tni-mbers of the Aus tralian aviator's crew were cheer ful and optimistic. They refused to even contemplate tlio possibility of failure, . . . .. The route will he straight across Ireland to Chi I way where farewell will la- taken to the Irish coast. Tho "Southern Cross' is equipped with a strong radio and uill flash frequent iiiessag' s to the. world on its progress.- Captain Kf ngsfm-d-Smith, with three companions, flow the ."South ern Cross" ov-r the I'aeifle ocean from California to Australia In Scout Dies Trying To Save Companion NKWI'OKT. Wash., June 7 ( A.I') Slanley Hlantuii. J I, " H".v Scout, drowned yesterday itt an unsuceessftil attempt to rescue his swimming i oui)anion, Kmil Claits nltzer, 2, from tho Fend O'Kellle river. CiimiiauloiiM inn a mile nud a half to this, town, got aid and the bodies wero recovered an hour later. Horse Kills Man At Bonanza, Ore. KliAMATU FAM-S. Ore.. June 7 (A I)- William Marvin, -I.., Hon a nzn, was dead torlay, the victim of it horse. The horse he wa rul ing became friuhfened at a pass ing Iroek and thtew Marvin to the ground. The horse then stepped on Mar vin and fraelured his skull. I William McAdoo Dies In New York NF.W VUIIK, June 7 (AP) William MeAdoo, chief magistrate of tho city .of New York and as sistant secretary of the navy in thy administration of President Cleve land, died today at the age of 70. The magistrate died at his Park ayenuo homo afur an ninety of etveral &.ya. WOMEN STATE THEIR FAITH IN DRY LAWS General Federation of Women's Clubs Adopt Prohibition Resolution "SINISTER" STAYS IN THE WORDING Eleven Vote in Favor of Deleting Word at Con vention now Under Way in Denver. HKNVKlCColo.. Juno 7 (AD Ity an overwhelming vote tho 20th biennial convention of the Gen eral Federation of Women's club today, adopted a resolution re affirming the organisation's faith In prohibition after an unsuccessf ul attempt had been made to. de lete a, reference to "sinister inltu- , oncer," opposed to prohibition. -' A standing vote on the question of adopting the resolution showed eleven In favor of striking tho word "sinister." five of the eleven from Texas. ; Tho umendment to strike .was offered by Mdss Florence DIbert, of Johnstown, Pa., who later em- phasized that she had offered It merely for the purpose of getting , tho matter before the convention. Mrs, J. C. Pearson, of. Marshall, Okta., chairman of the American citizenship committee, sponsored tho original resolution.. "Wo realise," she told the con vention as the amendment caiuo to a vote, "that there are persons sincero In their belief that tem perance conditions can bo changed hy other than the present laws. V have no objection to deleting tho word- 'sinister, hut tho time has come when wo women must stand for what wo believe Is right, and wo must lend :flur full support to thoso elm rgod with enforcement of tho laws.",- Mrs. Edward Vl White, former assistant attorney-general ,o .Indl ana, gained the floor to say that sho thought the inclusion of the word was, Justi(Ld and that she would oppose any piovc-to-delcto -lr. - ..'.--. ; Miu White declared that a por tion of the public press was "aub- 1 (Continued on Page Eight) GALLANT FOX AWINSBELMONT STAKES TODAY ifELMONT KAiCB TRACK, New York. N. V., Juno 7 (AP)--In a smashing finish through tho rain and heavy going, William Wood ward's Gallant Fox, with ' Karl Hando up, today won the $80,000 Belmont , stakes to clinch posses sion of tho three-year-old cham pionship of the. American turf. . The Fox soundly whipped -Harry Pay no Whitney's favorite, Whlch one, by four lengthB. Sundo and iho great son of Sir Onllnhnd 3rd thrilled ' a rain drenched crowd of neorly 50,000 and made turf history by adding this ancient turf classic to victor ies already scored In the Treak noss and Kentucky terby. Only ono other horse hi history,. Sir Harton In 1919, has achl-jved this marvelous feat. TWO BILLIONS IN INSURANCE IN THIS STATE KAI.CM, Ore., Junu 7 (AP) AppnuliiialBly two billion- dollHi-H or InHiimriff! protection of all kinds mob In forcu In Oregon at tho end if I'JX'J, Hny tho annual report of I'laro A. Ia'O, mate insuranco cotn inlB.iloii.T. a total of 601 com-pnnli-8 collected over 140.000,000 In pri'inliiinH and fees and paid los hc of about $20,000,000 during tho year. Kirn Insurance was tho major lii-ni, tho amount in Torco, aside from automobile, marine and re-i-ipi-ocal liiHiirance, .being $1,068,. I 1 7.62 1. Of this six Oregon inulnli, wrote $IH, 183.837. Tho tofnl amount wuh nn .Increase of $R2,. 8S-I over tlio pruvioua year. Tol.-il net preniluma received by the fire cntnpunleH for tho year wai $7.:u.1..KiO. an Increnan of $43,202. Losses paid were $4, 968, 567. a do- . of $J!lO,038 compared with HviMiiy-llirce life Insurance com. panles wrote 70,630 policies for 117.710,813 new Insurance for the y-fir, tin Increase of $16,161,0:6. This was onllnary arc, group a.id industrial Insurance. II.WK MI-SSKNGKR ltOltltEl) HKATIIl-;. Juno 7 (AP) Threo h'lldup men escaped with $7000 ah'iut noon hero today after hold ing up a mesener who was carry ing the money from a downtown bank to tho Seattle labor templo where It was to havo been used to earth pay roll chucks for laborers. BASEBALL national i,i:a(.i i; It. It K. PlltBl.urfc-li 4 9 I lloston 6 1 ! lintterira: Krenier and Bool,,. Zachury und Spohrcr