iratuV thirmttg (Dbarrorr
CITY EDITION
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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-
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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.
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