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VOLUME XXVIIH:
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. C.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1930
EASaiUIN OREGON'S IiUA.DI.VO NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 4
THIRD WELL
MOVE MEETS
J WITH FAVOR
La Grande Men Inter
viewed all Express Them
1 selves For Project.
NONE QUESTIONED
: OPPOSED TO PLAN
Commissioners Commend
ji ed by Several Because
, of Their Decision to
4 Drill Again.
To insure La Grande of an adequate
Yater supply, the city commission re
cently voted two-to-one to drill an
other deep artesian well, the, cost
o be about 925,000. A. A. Durant,
of Walla Walla, who drilled the two
wells now In use, has been awarded
the contract for the third well.,
i City officials believe the under
taking is assured of success inasmuch
c indications are that the capacity of
the water source has not been reach
ed. The well will be financed out of
the city budget in four yearly Install
ments, which will hardly affect the
-. tax rate. - -
; jLln an effort to learn the views of
& Grande business men on-the third
well plan. The Observer selected sev
eral names at random, and upon be-
Ing interviewed. It was found that all
were favorable to a third well. ,
i The interviews follow: ,
Dr. A. 1. Richardson: "There- Is
Nothing more deplorable than a city
jivithcut water. If we need the well,
if a proper location is found ho that
. it would not interfere with the other
two wells, if It will actually increase
our water, certainly t am in favor
of it. Why wait until we actually
heed the water and then drill the
well?- I think-that the commission
is using fine Judgment a netware .very
far sighted in anticipating a short
age and providing for it before the
actual need comes."
i- Aug. J. Stange: "Thera. Is no ques
tion in my mind, but what -the city
needs an additional water supply. The
Beaver Creek line Is uncertain and
cannot be depended upon. - The pres
ent two wells, without Beaver creek,
would be inadequate to supply. our
City requirement during the dry sea
: sons. La Grande is destined to in
crease In size annually, and, that
means more water consumption. Our
r. present commissioners are to be com
-pllmented on their efforts tq secure
for this community a supply of water
sufficient for future requirements.
:-;They should have the wholehearted
.support of every taxpayer, because
.".their efforts to secure adequate water
It pel Is the prosperity of La Grande.";
i. Colon H. Eberhard: "The success or
the two d resent citv wells . and? the
rmcertalnty of tlie Beaver creek iiip-'
ply.
tlon
certainly Justifies the ' ommiy
In experimenting with'1 V Inlrof
well."
Dr. Ray Murphy: "The Beaver creek
pipe line will eventually be done away
with: these other wells have .proven
successful and if we need more water, ,
should be done." -1 -; .', .
t H. E. Inlow: "Provision foruan am
ple supply of pure water hi a wise
and essential meusure of health in
surance and civic development In any
community. La Grande is, fortunate
in having an easily accessible supply
gf pure artesian water, and the city
government is to be commended for
taking necessary steps towards mak
ing It available for use."
(Continued on Pair Kcur)
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GOLFERS FACE
r BUSY PERIOD,
! BIG SCHEDULE
i Golfers of La Grande aro' facing a
liibusy and very interesting period,, be
ginning Sunday at the country club.
i'when the Sacajawea Inn cup toiirna
ment will begin, to finish on the fol
blowing duy. Eighteen holes are, to be
gplayed each day. Medal score with full
jphandicap allowed Is specified, the
4 winner to have his name engraved on
f. the cup. . .
;:- It is also announced that a man's
J; golf bag, donated by Andrews & Son,
t will be given to the winner, of a 30
- hole tournament which will be play
,ed Sept. 7 and 21, 18 holes ach day
' on the basis of handicap against pur.
'Ur A return tournament with Pendle
ton will be played on Sept 14 on the
i Round-Up City's new course, and a
vi. return tournament will be played
wlth Baker on Sept. 28.
-1- . In addition to the golfing schedule
at the country club, a sweepstakes
J tournament is starting at the public
links, qualifying rounds to be played
'I before Monday evening. t ,( f
iTennis PlayersfTo
Compete at Boise
A number of tennis pl.iyra who r;
f cently participated in the- Eastern
J Oregon tournament at Union, are to
also take part in the Idaho state net
,i tourney at Boise the end of i this
month. ...
i Worth Oswald, of Spokane, singles
' champion of Eastern Oregon- for two
5 turs. will enter and will be teamed
::, lii the mixed doubles with Mrs. Fred
N. Fox, of Union. Jim Sessions and
i Miss Loueen Hutchison, both of Un-
? ion. will compose another- team ta
i nlav in the mixed doubles.
4 Fred Fox, of Union; Jim W.thcrall.
I of Pendleton: Lois Nelson, of La
-ft Grande, and Mrs. Jim Hutchison and
4 daughter. Mary, of Union, also will
"i attend.
KATIIKK TODAY
7 a. rn. 63 above.
Minimum: 54 above.
Condition: clear.
WEATIIEK YESTEHIMY
Maximum 01. minimum 47 above.
Condition: clear.
U'EATIIKIC Al f.. 2A, iaf)
Maximum 94. minimum 60 above.
Condition: clear.
City Considers
Request for New
Fire Equipment
Smaller Pumper Truck is
Urged Gas Corpora
tion Receives Twenty
Year Franchise.
Consideration of a request from
Fire Chief C. T. Lindsay for a new
500-gallon pumper truck, and 'final
passage of the ordinance granting
r. 20-year franchise to the Natural
Gas Corporation of Oregon occupied
mcst of the time at last night's city
commission meeting.
Chiel Lindsay stated in his re
quest that the present La France
truck, which has been In service
since about 1912. should cither be
repaired or else new equipment
should be secured. He pointed out
that new equipment is desirable in
asmuch as the pumper occasionally
goes out of town to help neighbor
ing communities, and a small pump
er truck is needed to afford the city
thorough protection during such ex
igencies. Answers Out-of-Town Calls
lie said the fire department ans
wered 18 out-of-town culls last year
and believes that more have been
answered this year than In 1020.
The commissioners suggested that
ar. estimate be prepared of the
amount necessary to place the pres
ent chemlcul truck In condition be
fore any definite action is taken.
City Manager W. C. Crews said
that purchase or a smaller pumper
truck can be handled In the budget
li the city cares to go aheud in the
motter. Reconditioning the present
truck, he said, means a new motor,
new tires, und general overhauling.
Offhand, he estimated this would
cost at leaBt 91500.
A. T. Hill, president of the city
commission, suggested that it might
be well to confer with the county
court In the hopei of securing some
cooperation in the purchase of a
new pumper truck, Inasmuch as the
La Grande fire department frequent
ly prevents loss outside of the city
limits In the country territory.
iis Franchise Passed
The third and final reading of the
gas franchise was followed by a
unanimous vote that it be adopted.
It vill become effective at the ex
piration of 30 days from last night,
provided the corporation accepts It
in writing. It provides that two per
cent of the gross earnings of the cor
poration be paid annually to the city
beginning Jan. 1, 1934, "and names
a maximum rate of $2 per thousand
cubic feet. , The ' franchise specifies
(Continued on. Page, Kivo) v
Doctors Select ;
Wonderland For
: 1931 Convention
t TVall9w'a"tLohe !htis(peen chosen as
l the place for tlie meeting of the East-'
ern . Or6gou Dltrct Medical society1
next year,' after a successful session
Ivesterdav at Pendleton.
, Drs. George Biggers.- L. B. Bou'vy.
, clarence Gllotrap. and Lewa Wilkes
attended from La.' Grande, Khd Dr.
wilkes was re-elected- to-her position
of secretary-treasurer Dr. J. P. Bren
non, of Pendleton,-was president in
charge of yesterday's session. Dr.'
Archie McMurdo. .or Heppner; was
elected president for the coming year.
At noon they were guests oi tue
Rotarv club and the day closed with
a banquet in the evening at the Elks
club. The other periods were held
in the Pendleton library, where the
addresses were given; and papers read
and discussed.
Dr. P. R. Mcnne, Dr. Richard B.
Dlllehtint, Dr. Marr Bisaillon, Dr.
John H. FltZRlbbon, Dr. Raymond E.
Watklns, Dr. Clyde C. Foley, executive
secretary of the state medical society,
all of Portland, and Dr. J. Tate Ma
son, of Seattle, took part in the pro
gram. Dr. Wilson jonnsion, Htji-ts
president, Dr. T. Homer Coffen,' Dr.
J. Earl Else and Dr. Robert E. Coffey,
all of Portland, were present and dis
cussed tho papers.
Mrs. Anna I. Grant
Dies Early Today
Mrs. Anna I. Grant, who has been
ill for several months passed away
this morning about 8 o'clock at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. W. V. Gal
lagher. Funeral services have not
been arranged. The body is at the
Snodgrass und Zimmerman mortu
ary. Mrs. Grant, who came to La Grande
about 18 years ago, was born Oct.
5. 1309. in Council Bluff, la.
She leaves, besides her daughter,
Mrs. Gallagher, and three grandchil
dren, three brothers and one sister
betides a host of friends. The broth
ers and sister arc: Mrs. L. W. flhev
llng. of Harding. S. D.; D. W. Mc
pherson, of Sumptcr, Ore.; Dr. J. B.
Mcpherson, of Hastings, . Neb., and
Dr. J. L. Mcpherson, of La Grande.
Drum Corps Will
Attend Round-Up
In addition to the La Grande
municipal band, which opened Its an
nual Pendleton Round-Up Job lost
night when it played at the Happy
Canyon show, La Grande will have
another organization at tho show to
morrow. At a meeting lost night the Ameri
can Legion drum and bugle corps,
chnmnlnn nf Wont ixm Orocrnn H o I ri H
j to accept an invitation from the
Round-Up association to particlpat
in the show at Pendleton tomorrow.
Argentina Fears
Military Revolt
BUENOS AIRES. Argentina, Aug. 28
4'. Dr. Juan De La Campa minister
of Justice, was stated by the news
paper La Critlca today to have tn
fcrmed President Yrlgoyen there was
un immediate possibility of a revolu
tion involving certain political lead
ers and part of the army.
Replying to this suggestion of an
impend Inn revolution in Argentina
the president was reported to have
said he feared no subversive out
break. At the same time he expected
the belief he might be in danger of
an attack.
SHERIFF OF
WENATCHEE
IS INDICTED
Pete Wheeler Declares
His Arrest Was a Po
litical "Frame Up."
FEDERAL" AGENTS
mm . tjt A nni TO 4 mrAV
MAKJti ALCUOAIlUlN
Deputy and Former Depu-
tV AISO Indicted E'lldS
rJ ti i n i.
LiOng r eUCI fJetWeen
Turn ni-'ffnni7flHnriQ
J. WO Jl gdlll4UUiib.
WENATCHEE. Wash., Aug. 28 iJP)
County Sheriff Pete Wheeler, resi-
dent of thl city for 45 years, was
under JhOOC bond today, tallowing
a grand Jury Indictment charging
hliv. with conspiracy to vlolato the
national prohibition law and with
intlmiduting witnesses in liquor
muia. -I. ... ...v.
aeorge Strevel, his deputy, and
M.
J. Buckley, former chief deputy, re
cently named clerk of the county
board of commissioners. Buckley and
Ray Hungate. taxi operator here for
ten years, wrc charged with liquor
conspiracy and bond for eaoh was
set at 93000. Fred O. Learner, for
mer soft drink proprietor and Frank
Fate, rancher, were also indicted
and their bonds set nt $4000.
Sherlfl Wheeler suld his InUlct-
-i.,.,! I. n tirun
the purpose of defeating him for re- ! umphed in the one-mile relay, tho
election. His arrest culminated ft ' lour-mi o relay, two-mile relay, two
long feud between his office end mlle steeplechase, and three-mile
Tederal prohibition officers or East-; te,m ,rac?; , .
ftm WitvMmMnn wiiirth j, ad fin i ur ' While the wearers of the American
years ago wTien Wheeler shot and
fatally wounded Ludwlg Johnson,
dry officer, during a raid,
PURDOM ENTERS
LABOR DAY HIKE
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Virtm' in Flips "Rnfvv
m r
lnree WOnien DIET!
rv.,-in Mil a fAnfnof j
t 01' 10-Mlle LQnteSt. , ,
Roy Purdom, has filed his entry with
tne central iiaoor cpuncu, tnrougn-
J. II.. Pearev r referee,: v for '. the; an-
nual Labor day hike, , So far no oth-
er men have filed,-'vt more are ex-
pected Immediately as the time Tor
Ing closes Saturday evening , ,
'Three womcu have enured- the '10-
mtlo women's hike; Mabel BerryV
Edith Saul&bury and Leila Duckett.'
'Thu men s hike starts fium the
post office- Monday . morning at-0
I o'clock, and the women will "take-
oii itoout v:ju ociock.i v - r x .
The .two hikes will - open La.wi, Virst BrUislurunrieri dropped the'tquerod the waters ot lake Ontario 0110,73 fX J 1 miJMJ M Hi IX iw
arande'f -Labor day. colouration,
which will also feature a pldrilo
luncheon at the park, wlt,h tti talk; was', allowed- to stand for the empire,
at' a o'clock by Ben P. Osboriie,-sec- steve Anderson of the Washington
retory of the Oregon State Pedera- a. 0., Seattle, formerly of the Unl
tlon of Labor, a swimming meet, an verslty of Washington,' put tho big
Eastern Oregon open horseshoe tourn- punch In the record-breaking of the
ament, a dance, a boxing card, etc. ij. s.-in the shuttle relay. He started
The final meeting of the Central just ahead of Lord David Burghley
Labor oouucll before the celebration 0f England, but hod a two and one
will take place this evening at tho naif yara jead at the finish. The time
city hall, It was announced today. waa g.j, agulnst the former record
vuttv mm- it L-iiiiiiiitsi iuo win uu
ccmpioteu lor tne celebration.
Peace Prevailing
- In Nation of Peru
LIMA, Aug. 28 VP) Complete peace
prevailed In Peru today under the
leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Luis
M. Sanchez Corro, who has- formed
a government to succeed the deposed
president, Augusto B. Leguia, and tho
military Junta which ousted Leguia.
ASK-HPKCIAL .UNEMPLOYMENT
SESSION OP COMIHKSH
BUFFALO. N, Y., Aug. 2B !) A
resolution asking President Hoover to
call a special session of congress to
appropriate $1,000,000,000 for pub
He construction as a means of re
lieving unemployment was adopteo
unanimously by the New York fed
cm t Ion of labor In annual conven
tlon here today.
Flltli DKSTKOYM I'l.AST
8ALEM. Ore.. Aug. 28 (Fl Plre de
stroyed the plant of the Cherry C!tv
Milling company here last night wltit
a loss estimated at .10.000.
Phile Metschan,
Editor's Note With the Oregon
gubcrnatorlal campaign well under
way, and with voters to havv candl- j
datec from both major parties ai.d j 1
..y. and lth vow. tD hs.. cmdl -
1 V?ZnJT SlllL.? hi'!
wuh n;;u Th. r,l
series of three riPmiV w i h rnndi.
date PI II XSan E P Bll n J
! Junus Me.e ThJ otlel two' .10"
. Will nnnour on succeediiie dsvs.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 28 W
Phil Metschan. repuollcan nominee
for governor of Oregon, was born in
i Canyon City. Orant county. Oregon,
i march 24. 1878. the son of Phil
j Metschan Sr., miner, prospector and
; general merchandiser. His lather
and mother, nee Mary Schaum. both
) were natives of Oermany.
Metschan received his elementary
education in the public schools In
i Canyon City. When his father was
i elected state treasurer In 1800. the
! family moved tto Salem where the
t younger Metschan attended Willam
ette academy, graduating in 1893.
The young man then enrolled In
Willamette university and contlnu1
his studies there for three years. He
completed his college course at Stan-
lord university. After his gradua
tion Metschan spent several months
traveling in Central America. Upon
his return to Oregon he went to
Uncle Sam Wins
Track Meet From
Great Britain
American Athletes Score
Nine Firsts to Oppon
ent's Five in Chicago
Last Night. '
By Wlllinm Weekes
(Associated Press Sports Writer)
CHICAGO, Aug. 28 cP Uriels Sam
still reigns supreme In track and Held
uthletlcs with emphasis on the
"field."
oeiure a crowu 01 u.uuu spectators,
the largest ever to watch a track
meet on the American continent, the
SSS? S?"ib"o,S.r? "SSiSS
track and field stars, in Soldier field
stadium last night. The event, con-
ducted under artificial lighting, was
;more Impressive than meets held in
j tne dfty time, and provided the throng
with one thrill after another, as
Uncle Sam triumphed, nine events to
jlve
. Tne America team won over the
gaHRnt emplro team 11 the same
mshion they won the 1928 Olympic
games Rt Amsterdam by immensa
BUperiorlty in the field events. Not
(o point dld tne British score in the
11010. una nan ii.ir nmci siremitn
been comparable to their power In
the distance races, the United States
probably would have suffered its first
defeat in the duel meet. .
Eight Records: Broken
Eight records were wrecked, five of
them by the Americans. Starting with
the 400-yard relay, the opening event,
the Americans went on to win tho
pole vault, shot put, high jump, 480
yard shuttle hurdle relay, hammer
throw, broad Jump, javelin throw and
mile medley relay. The Brltalns trl
w-'re supreme In the Held, tho
British gavo them a man-sized lesson
in the distance runs. The four-mile
relay was a race until R. H. Thomas
of England, hooped up with Ray Con
ger of the Illinois A. C. in the final
mile. Thomas stayed near Conger
until the last half-mile, but from
there on he stepped out and at the
finish had a lead of 70 yards over
the American ace. His mlle was run
In Just a fraction over 4:15. .
The British were no less superior
m the two-mils relay. Tho first half
of the race wua & contest, but Phil
Edwurds, former New York university
negr star, competing for British i
Guinea, ran R. R. Bethnm. Jr.. of the ,
i-h:
ground, and left England's T. Hamp-
son with nothing to do but hold a 20 j
on with nothing to do but. hold a 20 j
,yard lead. '
Records started foiling In tho first ; T1rt ..! Ta1citi ,;
event. Rumiell Sweet, former Mon-llfldrVHl llCloUll
tana sprint star, Cy Lcland of Texas; .
christian tihlvorslty, George Simpson, I V 1T C 1 Till nfltl
ohl;- st'it-." comet, and Eddie Tolani - f T Uu vlfXCl cHlVfll
of the University of Michgat),. dltl
:37.5 in the 400-yard 'relay w ijettsr
the former mark of 7.8.
No IMot.'st Wlinle
- Great' Britain came baci ylth a
superb performance lu the mile n; -
raoln tt ln 3:18,8., K. C. Bra-
.baton near i tho end-of his lap. but
S,o ni-olcat wnimudp-and the victory
cf 1;01.0,
Lord Burghley, however, was not
deprived of participation in a victory
for he raced the last lap of the two-i
mlle steeplechase relay in such fctylu
(CnntiniHid on rage Five)
CAPTAIN GOES
UNDER WAVES
WITH HIS SHIP
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 Wl-Caught
by shifting freight., a captain was
carried down with his ship In New
York harbor last night after a col
lision with a scow. His crew of 24
was rescued.
The collision between the Clydo
Mallory freighter Neches and the
third of a string of scows in tow of
r- tug occurred in the nurrows off
Statcn Island. Coast guard boats
and police launches saved all the of-
. fleers and men but Captain Euer
Estee of the Neches. He was wedged
In by a load of pipe on the alter
deck.
An unidentified man riding on the
scow wos reported missing.
The Neches lay In the narrows to
day, n menace to harbor traffic.
G. 0. P. Candidate
I work as bookkeeper for the Wells-
'"go express company here.
1 No, 2 Mrtrtan
rJ" . "iCf ""
real busmen venture came when he
to Canyon City and
I l,clPpa ofwnlze the Grant County
b,llt' He 8crvea 05 mariager of the
fr'wo years and then sold
"-'
where- he purchased the Palace ho- i
tel.
He remained in the hotel business
In Heppner for four years and then
returned to Portland to help his
father in the operation of the Im
perial hotel, established by the sen
tor Metschan In 1899.
Metschan served several terms as
treasurer of the republican state
central committee and was serving
Ills second term o chairman of that
body when It convened July 25 to
organize and nominate a candidate
tor governor. Having announced him- ! than had been looked for. Mlnne
telf as a candidate for the nomlna- i apoiis stocks of wheat Increased 1.
tlon. he resigned his chairmanship. f 65.000 bushels for five days and Du
Metschan also has served as dl- luth Increased 2.432.000 bubhels in
rector ol the Portland chamber of ' feu.- days
commerce and treasurer. At present ! Wheat rallied at the last In sym
hc Is a trustee of Willamette unl- ! pathy with corn strength and closed
verfiity. He has been a director of ! unsettled at the same os yesterday
the Orpgon Automobile association. 1 llnish to VsC higher. Corn closed
Mr. and Mrs. Metschan have two lirrn. '''lc up. oats unchanged
.lighters. Mrs. Wlliard P. Iliiwley
Jr., and Miss Phyllis.
REVISION ON
GRAIN RATES
IS POSTPONED
Interstate Commerce
Commission Changes
Date to Jan. 1, 1931.
COREY EXPRESSES
SURPRISE TODAY
Member of Oregon Com
mission, Filing Protest.
Says Delay will be Hard
on Farmers.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 W) Tho
Interstate commerce commission to
day postponed from Oct. 1 to Jan. 1,
1931,. the date when lis revision o.-i
grain rates becomes effective.
A general revision on gruln rntefl
in the west and for export! was pro
scribed by the commission last July
alter an Investigation lasting more
than a year.
The revision was in general a do
crease. ' The investigation waB In
itiated under the lloch-Smitli resolu
tion directing the lowest possible
ratos be prescribed for Inrm products
consistent with tho service rendered
b , the railroad.
CORKY KXI'HKSS;s Kt'ltPltlKK
SALEM. Ore.. Aug. 28 UP, H. H.
Corey, member of the public service
commission, expressed surprise today
wneu informed of the action of tht
interstate commerce commission In
postponing from October 1 to Janu
ary X the ellcctlve data of tue grain
date reduction for western territory,
I did : not think the interstate
commerce (commission would comply for the pummellng his famous sister
with this petition of the cairlers,' received at the hands of Rex Lease
Corey ouidL ' 'he reason, I presume recently, by soundly, beating the mo
was that given by the carriers, thut tion picture actor in a hotel cafe
the date ixed in the order-did not here last night.. - .
give them Enough time to make the I Eye-witnesses of tho encounter
..vt.fnivf ph.iTiLrpii in KRhPtiuiM for nil said Lease's eye was . blackened, his
the territory west oi tne Mississippi
.
Corey said t:ic postponement wouia
wort a hardship on the fnrmen,
since It would prevent the new ruteu ;
applying to movement of this years
crop prior to January 1. He wus hope-
iul tnat further news from Washing
ton today relative to the postpone
' .... rftWAi mialifieuXlons
ss oKsSpvotestnt
Th r
tna postponement . ; : : :
the .postponement
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IH LiaK6 UniUriU
; TORONTO. 'Ont..vAug. 23 iT
'Marvin - Nelson, bronzed, young Her-
Aug. 23 (r-i .
' uouri:. uwu, -mu-
won-' the r world's professional mur.l
thon title. ..).. 1 ... .
Alter being turned. bacit; within
sight of - his goal lust year by the
chilly waterSi'-Noluon came baca .yes-1
terdoV to cover the 16 gruelling miles
of the Canadian national exhibition
maraton in tne recoiu Lime oi seven
hours, 43 minutes, 3B 1-5 seconds and
win the. coveted award ol .10,000. Nel-
son had a cnance nit yeai w gci
within the money group out luiieo.
when he collapsed 60 yards irom tne
iimsn. ..
Yesterday he climbed out oi tne
somewhat warmer water apparently as
j fresh and strong as when the nearly
-200 swimmers plunged Into the lake.
lOnly nine finished the race, the re-
mainder of the swimmers being with-
drawn from the water alter aumncss
made swimming hazardouj.
Five hundred yards back or tno
winner trailed Isador Bpondor of rorc.
Coiborne. Ont.. who Bought to battio
the long, easy stroking Nelson but
mpiuiy leu pjuii.i.w v.. v. v,-
lup- Vn, it.
William F.f Goll. New York City.
tOOK till 111 i ucurjju omtiii.
Tenn; fourth,- Ernst vierkociicr, oi
Germany, was fifth, and Normen Hosi,
ot Chicago, sixth. , , . i
Shoots Divorced
Wtfo Tho.i Viiiniifia
rr II c, X llVil AJH-t-Ct-w-co
T.s-tiT.r iun nr. Ana OR tOt
,. . n si v.. -hot
' , d bV her dltjrced husband.
' ?.".K' f,, " 40 formerlv of
TlUam00fc. ore., who then turned the
,, i,i,ir nri inflicted a
; "if ' .. whlIjn Droved laUli R hIli,
hour later. The shooting yesterday
occurred In Mis. Vermillion's room
The murder and suicide terminated
a stormy matrimonial life.
Teamster Killed
., m i
JSU LfUnaitllte If ia8l
SAN PEDRO. Cel.. Aug. 28 141
: .h,
Myers
! W. II. Harper, with whom Alcorn
; lived. wns questioned oy ponce w o
' said he told incm no ana niium hum
' been quarreling tor several days and
: that Alcorn probably meant tne b.a.t
10i nun
CHICAGO. Aug. 10 .:j--Wlth Can
adian country marketings of wheat
totaling 3.207.000 bushelH for 24
hours against I.620.0OC hcls a
veai ai;o wheat today again outdid
the season's bottom price rerord.
Crop reports suggested the yield
ol domestic sprliiK wheat is larger
t to 12c advance and provisions un
changed to 7 cents off.
Wheat Today
HEADS VETS.
Jmlgo Kihvnnl S. Manillas, of the
Ohio supremo courts Ih the new '
i-oiiinmmler or the United Span
ish war veterans. '
HAROLD DUNCAN
EXACTS REVENGE
Brother tof Vivian Whips
Rex Lease, Who Recent
ly Pummeled Sister.
riOLLYWOOD. Cal.. Aug. 38 P)
Hurold Duncan, brother of Vlvlun
Duncan, exacted summary revenge
face cut and hta nose bleeding when
the flaht was halted. - Duncan also
....... rn i ii,A ,u
" " "
fW "u "S't. ih(l
Tho fight started, according to tho
witnesses, shortly; after Lease nnd
Duncan met ih the McHuron Grill,
wood's motion , picture elite. 1 The
0 '
brother of the famous -dancing sis
tors w9 ; seated at a tabid With nil
xzr
panlons when Lease entered the cafe.'
.The actor was pointed out to Duncan
as the man wno .nan oeaten ms bih
ter. at' a Mallbu Beach cottage and
'in a few moments, a. torrid buttle en
sued. " -' 1 i .. -.''(' ..- L
t '- t-'-1'-'
CHICAGO. Aug. -28- (P) Vivian
Duncun." blond half,, ot the Duncan
sisters. .was!"tlckled to death". todBy
to hoar that her brother. Harold han
taken up her. argument with Bex
Lensef , plcturo . player.rrln Hollywood,
( r,T.r.
II 7 I1 VlQrJTf1JrVJ ' Weu tenant.. Lloualien.i knownKen
nU J 1 i I h. OVCvf1 1 ! crally as "BuokVt Lleuallon, won fame
'SWAT DI1T D lIln amI ft"tonsiderablo.jonetary., reward
tiY !.. C-Xf7 yJXJIJ when,- -with Police Chief Guvdahe..
v-,r....... , , r. " ,r.' wi' , of Pendleton,-iho captured Hloknuui,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2B (r Tho .
trcal)Ury , oonauctlnB ' a preliminary
mvestlgotlon luto the request of tho
p t 8QUn(t p , nn(l Lumbl)r com.
f EvcreU Wa1) Ior Bn nIlU.
UumninK duty oh wood pulp
, The comnlalnt alleties comnanlea la
plMlmi NorwnV Oonnnnv and Den-,
mark are buying low priced material
from Russl(l( processing It and dump-
lng the wood pulp into this country,
j he complaint also is directed against
-..,,, K,. nA nh.m,a i. m.Mn in tiun
CftHe o( RuMian pujp wooti,
.
OTTAWA, Aug. 28 m Canadian
I wood pulp exports during July wore
valued nl $2,988,207, tho dominion
buronU 0f statistics announced today,
Export8 f0iv Juno -wore (13,208.604. and
f Jul a $2,127,202. Total
iipaper exports ior tno montn, meiua
1K newsprint, were valued at $11,
025 0ig 1
BALEN.', Ore.. Aug. 28 W Senator
Charles L. McNary Is endeavoring to 'im. -.- i.
procure concrete facts for presenta- ' CINCINNATI, Aug. 20 W1 James
tlbn to the troasury department to E. Jewel, of Kort Morgun, . Colo,, 83,
prove that pulp wood and pulp are today was clectod cOmmander-ln-nelni
dumped lnto the United States chief of the Clrund Army of -the Ro-
Irom foreign countries, It was said
, Ht nl8 headquarters here today, and
If uocessary Senator McNary will
present these facts In person.
West Coast-Europe
Ship Service Begins
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 28 Ml
Tha .lnn,uhlM Inffnt-unll Vfu.ru IliM.
,, f.lnrrii,i ,ivr tOIiv msrklnu the
'official start of tho now Pacific-At
lantic Steamship company's service
between Pacific coast ports and Euro
pean harbors.
K. D. Dawson, president of the new
'.leamaMo Hue. exchanged grce:lngs
.i.r,i.. iw trsii-nhmin with Phillto
Runclman. managing . director of
r ,t th. . eV I . e.
sailed via San Francisco and Los An-
geie, .eav g , ,',,
KUitm. jvuviub inc ioh-h "- i
ber 2. Sister ships ho said, would
follow verv 20 davs.
follow every 20 duys
KILLS WIFE AMI HIMSELF
NEW YORK. Aug. 28 Acquit
ted two years ago of the slaying of
her second husbund. Mrs. Prances
Klrkwood Van Cllef, 04 years old.
was shot and killed last night by
her third husband, Eugene Vun Clicf
who then committed suicide.
This was tho theory of polite
based on a note found after the two
bodies were discovered lu a Brooklyn
rooming house. The noto addressed
to Ida Van Cllcl. a daughter by a
previous marriage, read:
-Please forgive me for what I have
done. It is the best way out. Your
dad Eugene."
OM.V NK FAKM I.KFT
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 '. It looks
as If the Inland of Manhattan will
rhorily be divorced from apiculture
forever. The Island's only farm ex-
tent Is recorded in the ledcral cen-
bus, but Is for sale.
Lawns Will Be
Judged 3 Days
Preceding Show
City Arranged in Four
Districts, Similar to
Last Year Rock Gar
den Prizes.
Threo days before the seventh an
nual Neighborhood Club Flower
show, which will open at 2 o'clock
In the La Grande hotel Sept. 5. Judt
ing ol lawns and rock gardens will
begin. It was announced today.
. Mrs. W. C. r-ciui-is s genera - chair
man of tho show and Mrs. H. H.
Cleaver is assictant chairman dur
ing Mrs. Perkins' temporary ubsence
from the city.
The city will be districted Into
four areas for tho lawn Judging,
In 1929. and anyone's lawn may be
Judged, whether a member of the club
or not. Anyone may exhibit flowers
in the show, and the commit e
states that all must be In milk Cot
ties or milk Jars, or In containers
provided by the club, so as to give
i all an equal chance. Floworn must
j be presented before 1 p. m. on the
; day oi the show.
t In tho lawn class, tho basis of
. awards will oe as follows:
' 1. Condition or lawn and nark
lug, 35 per cent.
j 2. Foundation plantings and back
ground. 25 per cent. -.
I 3. Proper blending and coloring
oi perennials, annuals and shrubs,
. 25 per cent. 1 i . -
4. Artistic arrangement as a whole,
25 per cent.
The basis for award on rock gar
dens follows:
1 . Artistic arrangement of rocks
. and flowers for general effect, 50 per
; cent.
i 2. Skill of urrangoment of alpine
1 plants or rock plants In mass effects
, to produce the most gorgeous show
ing at a distance, 25 per cent.
3. Proper color blending of flow
ers. 25 per cont.
In the flower show, tho following
classes are announced:
Roses, especially the Lady HUling
don, the club rose; dahlias, asters,
gladioli, prlmuleiiK, marigolds, snap
dragons, delphiniums, larkspur.
' ld' 'th.
Bra"amoiner
phlox, zinnia, s woe t peas and others;
oid-rasnionca bou
queis, general inumauai
quets, general Individual collections
.mixed bouauets In baskets or bowlsl
salpioglossls scabosla, cosmos and
h - b
mn - - ; : .,.v
. . , ,
A-'Mt
In.
v! tK- F.YPPIltlVP Pncf
i ;. JLi AC W.V V . I. 3ot
SALEM, Ore.', Aug. 28 (rlV-Sergeant
C. L. Ltouallen ot the state-traffic
division; now In charge of" tho Pen-
dleton district, Is promoted to the
rank of lieutenant hi charge of the
EasternOregon. district wltUwheuUt
ctuartetfi at Tna Dalles says an or-
del issued. -today hy. - Becrctnry . .of,
Btatti Hess. - Tho nroniotlou ,1s ,df-
lcctlvr.'6eptcinhcr;l. i Ucuallciii, will
succeed Captain. Jy; Sftlznan...wlfR
was U-nmotccl to the ' southern dis
trict with headquarters at Albany. -
tlie.. .Cttiiiornia' child murderer. The
succession to tha Pendleton seieancv
has not yet been decided, Hons said.
Hoss advised Captain Max Flanery,
flciliiK chlet, that from now on no
ofiicors of the traffic division ore
to use their state-owned motor ve-
hides for uersonal transoortatlon.
;MIn event un of i leer is off duty
and driving his privately-owned
equipment., and Is called upon lo
render emergency service , which
nuuitf.t.xi th nt hi. nwn
equipment, due to tho fact that the
Btato motor vehicle is not available,"
said Hoss' order, "the department will
reimburse him for mileage at the
current rate and upon proper vouch-
ers belni? presented. -Statu oqulp-
ment Is to bo used' hereafter exclu-
sivoly In the work of ho division."
Boy 8 In Blue Name
; J antes E. J ewel, 83
public for tho ensuing year.
Mrs. Margaret Orundle, Plttaburg,
Kansas, was elected national presl
dent of the ladles of the O. A. It.
succeeding Cora M. Howling. She
had been national chaplain. The
new senior vico presldcut is Mrs.
Ella Bcrkemelcr, Akron, Ohio, .
File Manslaughter
Case Against Flier
SOUTH BEND, Wosh., Aug. 28 Ml
Clyde S. Murruy. Vancouver, WiihIi.,
aviator, pilot of an alrpluno that
' strutK and Killed Mrs. Marian will-
1 Inms, Astoria. Oro., Monday at Long
Bosch, today faced a charge of man
slaughter filed against him by the
I The charge Is based on a law
passed in 1001 making the Pacific
, ocean, beach a highway.
ooi - A flint M'
191 ttSMfiy SXUIUIUI y
Passenger Found
JUNEAU, AlflHk.i Aug. 28 .TV
Reports that Captain E. J. A. Burke.
Canadian aviator missing for more
than a wepk. wits found alive and
uninjured with his passenger, an un
identified miner, near Atlln. D. C,
reached here last night by way of
bkagway. Alanka.
The report gave no details -t her
than that Burke had been found" by
Pilot W. A. Jocrss, who took off
Irom Teal In, B. C. yesterday for a
Illght over the laird district.
I'OH KIMTI. A I It IIEirON ON
CHICAGO, Auk. 28 iII The na
tion's most powerful air beacon was
turned on lest nlffht.
I Touched off at the white house by
President Hoover, the llht sent a
two billion candle power beam clr-
cllnn through the murky nliiht. In-
vented and presented to the city by
tho late Elmer A. Hperry. the llht Is
visible In good weather 250 miles
away, .
LOW BID ON
HAINES. BAKER
R0AD$74,922
Joslin and McAllister
Make : Best Offer to
Highway Commission
LOW BIDSTODAY
TOTAL $265,390.50
Open Offers on Three
Roads, Two Buildings
and Ten Bridges in Aug
ust Meeting. . ;
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 28 (IT) Tho
low blda on the. three roada, two
building and ten bridge projects
opened by tho state highway com
mission today totaled .205,390.50.
. Largest -project was the regradlng
mul resurfacing of 8.7 miles of the
Halncs-Baker section of the Old Ore
gon trail In Baker county, on which
Joslin & McAllister made the low
bid of .74,022.
Other low bldo were:'
Clalsop county, grading approaches
ovor Nccanlcum river and Walianna
creek on Roosevelt coast highway, R.
ti. Hauck. .10330. , v ; : ;
Tillamook county., three miles of
construction on . Pleasant ' Valley
Hemlock section of Roosevelt ' coast
highway, Joslin & McAllister, .39,
871). .'
To Erect lliilhilng
Baker and Orant counties, framo
storage .bulldlnga at Baker and near
Austin, R. H. Johes, .10,138.50.
Columbia county, widening brldgo
ovor Milton creek on Columbia river
highway, O. J. Montag, .8040.
Linn county, bridges over Dobbin-,
Woll and Canyon creeks on Santli ".
highway, C. A. Catching, .21,920.00.
. Tillamook county, bridges over Ho
quarton, Dougherty and Hall albuglu)
on Roosevelt . highway, Clackamas
Construction' company, .39,241;
overcrossluit of- Southern Pacific
about, threo miles north of Tilla
mook on Rosevelt highway, Clacka
mas Construction - company,- .18,
772.50. and bridges over Wilson river
slough on Roosevelt highway, Clacka
mas Construction company, . .44,297,.
Tho Clackamas Construction com
pany ofrered , substantial -reductions
In case it was awarded all this Tilla
mook county' bridge, workv i! .
A delegation , Interested- Un " tha
Draln-ReodSport road was told that
p. full hearing womd p given It' V '
the .next meeting of the commls
elon when coat estimates,' financing
and other data would be available.'.
TIGER-GLA WS
BO Y FATALLY
: ; , IN ZOO JUNGLE
I LOS iANOELES,' Aug; 28 W) A '
boyish search , for adventure -In the
artificial i Jungle' or. Luna, park zoo
brought, death late last night to 12- ' "
yean-oldi Alfred Hill. . The boy ni '
soverelyolawed by n tiger In the-zoo
yesterday , aftornooiv- Alfred's ' In
juries ut -.first' wore thought not to
be serious, although the tiger's claw
had ripped his arm and scalp deep
.ly. Melvln Koontii, Hon. keeper at
the zoo, shot the big cat as It crouch
ed over lis victim's body. Attend
ants at-the zoo said the tiger was
so old .It had lost all' its teeth, elBe
young Alfred might have died al
most Instantly. . .
The boy had cljmbed the high
wire fenco surrounding the Jungle.
Ho was "hunting"' with a small
knlfo In his hand when the tiger
pounced upon him from ft screen of
thick brush. ''...,
Europe Swelters
In Killing Heat
'LONrJO,' Aug. a8 Jp) Most of
Europe sweltered-today in a con tin
u a tlon of a heat wave of the paat 1
few days which has taken at least
eight lives from prostration In Oreat
Britain. - .
Tho ' hot weather again caused
much discomfort In the British Isles
and also was felt In Western and
Central Europe.
In Germany 80 degrees was regis
tcred yesterday and Italy had similar
high figures white France, Belgium
and Spain also suffered.
in. the southern districts ana tuong
the channel, heavy fog prevailed and
delayed shipping.
Severe storms devastated Tabau,
Pcnafleld and Fafe, Portuguese vill
ages following closely upon a severe
heat wave. . .
POST WINS DERBY
CHICAGO. Aug. 28 'ZD Results pi
the seventh and last of the trans
continental derbies of the 1930 races
was announced lato yesterday when
Art Oocbel, noted for his flight to
Hawaii, crossed the finish line here
alter roaring eastward from Los An
geles m 9 hours, 21 minutes. 21.4
seconds. His speed was sufficient to
give him second place and a prize of
4500. Wiley Post of Oklahoma City,
who flew the race Tuesday with three
other competitors, was awarded tho
ilrst prlKo of e7500, his time being
9 hours, 9 minutes and 4 seconds.
BASEBALL
i AM KKIC AN l-EAOl'E
! n. h. e,
i Philadelphia 1 6 1
I Boston 3 1
1
Earnshuw and Cochrane; Llsenbee
and Berr.
NATIONAL I.EAdlE
R. H. K.
; Brooklyn 8 10 it
I New York 7 9 U
Vance and Lopez: Hubbell, Dono
hue. Mitchell. Pruett and Hogan.
First game: , R. H. E.
Cincinnati , .....12 14 3
Pittsburgh ..; :.16 18 0
Lucas, Johnson. Ash and Ooochf
Kremer, Bpencer and Hemsley.