'Friilay, January 30,1931
Mellon's Recommendations Oh Bohiis
Are Attacked by Congressman Patman
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. WV-While
icretary Mellon Thursday was vole-
Secretary Mellon Thursday was voic
ing ugum ius objections to casn pay
onenta on veterans' compensation cer
uflcates, his recommendations were
attacked by Representative Patman
as being tempered by personal views.
The Texas Democrat in . testimony
before the senate finance commit
tee, said, "We all know Secretary
Mellon has been against veterans "epiesoiuau ves onne ry uemo-.-( great commotion among the chick
legislation." "B veterans cmt Massachusetts, described the,ns upon investigation he found a
b uVu. resolution, as a. 'straddle ! i ..T, . , .P. i
ms xeeiings uaturauy cause him i
wjth his opinions," Patman said.
;"His feelings are such that his mis
takes are always against veterans." -Patman
added he did not mean to
imply Mellon "is dishonest or there
Is any corruption."
fcueuKs neiore committee
;The secretary, who appeared Wed-h"ftU
hesday before the senate committee
reiterated before the house ways and
means committee his objections to
cash payments now.
Under-Secretary Mills followed and
sold the treasury is very much con -
ceined over an anticipated $375,000.-
000 deficit for the .year
.'Mills added, however, ''Woiare .not
. recommending an Increase Jn taxes
at. the present time." ; .
;The treasury official made the
statement in an argument with
Democratic leader -Garner of the
house -over interpretation of the
provisions of the veterans compen
sation act.
N'o Money Available .
In reply to a question by chair
man Hawley as to the amount of
money available in the treasury for
payment on the certificates, Mills
said: . v , , .
"Not a penny.",
J. Thomas Taylor, legislative rep
resentative of the American Legion,
said before the senate committee
his organization had taken ho stand
of whether the full face value or the
. -current value of the certificates
should be paid.
Taylor presented the resolution
passed by . the national executive
committee of the legion at Indian
apolis last Sunday.
i ; Members of ..the committee asked
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what the resolution meant by en-'
rtnrin0-thW nf,nMm r imnta .
dorsinR--"the principle- of immediate
cash, retirement" buti Taylor said he
could not Interpret the phrase. '
"It means It rests with congress
what method should be adopted,"
Taylor said. ,, ( v,.,.-.., v
Calls Resolution' a "Straddle" -.
Representatives Cohhery, Demo-
'straddle,'
.jjke tne
Wlckersham ; report,"
Senator Watson,. Republican, In
diana, interjected.
..Thcxnas Klrby, natlonul legislative
chairman of the Disabled American
Veterans, told the committee cash
ing the certificates would not only
benefit the veterans but would be
extremely valuable method of
! meeting the national depression."
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Gorman Pronunciation
. i
fil Oermany (here is no standard
of pronunciation that is uoUnowl
edged nml absolutely fnlJnwed by
the nmss of Intelligent people. The
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Is the pronunciation of the singe,
wiilcb iiguin is divided Into the
jironuhcintfon of iruyedy ilnil com
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the island nt 11.000. Of
-these '3,000 are said to he tamed
for use In limitation work or re
ligious ceremonials. '., Ktepliatits
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protected,, and are captured and
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Bobcat Killed In
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- Rv PrOUllRft iVl fill
V VIIIIOWTACMI
Ily Mrs. Bertha Carper
- (Observer Correspondent)
PROMISE. Ore. (Special) Last
.Tuesday when Wilbur Hescock, who
is staying tit me vrroic iiume, wut
saddling his horse preparatory to go
ing to tne pose onice ne nearu a
larco bobcat, in the chicken house,
which had just killed a chicken. He
rushed to the house for his gun and
killed the cat just as it started to
leave with the chicken. . Wilbur se?
cured his pelt which was large and
in good condition,.. . . w ,N ...
; Mr. and Mrs. Howard; Carper spent
Tuesday at the Henry Snuffer farm.
Howard was having some wheat
chopped and Mrs, Carper was visit
ing ;s f ,v-;,.. .. .,
Ralph Carper went to Palmer Junc
tion Wednesday .returning Friday.
The Misses Ruby and Willa Burnett
and Vernon Burnett returned with
him. Willa and Vernon are visiting
at ane u. r; carper iiome. -
) Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carper visited
Thursday night at the W. W, Car
per home.
. Mrs. Mary Roby and son, Richard,
Visitedr Friday with .. her . daughter,
Mrs. Howard Carper.
: Obe Swearingcn had the misfortuno
to lose a good milk cow Saturday.
. Mr. and Mrs. David Garrett and
laughter. Fern, went to -Wallowa
FrldayT Mrs. Qarrett went to La
Grande to visit her father who Is
ill there. David returned Saturday
to, hiS'hom.0 here.
Ivan Garrett, who has been work
ing at Seneca, returned to Promise
Saturday.:
Mr-.- and Ma, Maurice Teel, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Moore, Harvey Mc
Donald, Lillian and .Ralph Carper,
Ivan Garrett and Willa and Vernon
Burnett were at the Grange hall
Sunday evening practicing for a play
to be given some time next-month.
Mrs. Charles Moore returned home
Wednesday from Wallowa where she
had been Visiting for several days.
Fred Trump is - confined to the
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LA GRANDE. EVENINQ Q3SEEV13R, LA GRANDE, ORIS,
house With a lame back from rheu
matism. ..,,-s v.V.-,- ; -V
, I. S. McDonald butchered a large
hog last week which resulted in 210
pounds of sausage, 75 pounds of lard,
l's gallon of head cheese, besides
the ribs and backbones.,. , ;.
. Immediately after, the noon hour
Saturday, 1 Jan. 24- at the regular
grange -meeting Henry Carper And
Ruby Burnett were united 'In mar
riage. Rev. F. O. Potter performing
the ceremony. The wedding came as
a surprise to their many friends.
Henry carper Is the eldest son .of
Mr. -arid Mrs. John Carper -and lias
lived most of his life here. Mrs. Car
per is the eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mr?. V. K. Burnett of Palmer Junc
tion. V "' ' . :-
Saturday evening their many
friends gathered at the grange hall
to congratulate them and enjoy a
social evening together.- After the
younger -set had played games, re
freshments were, served to all. Then
the young folk enjoyed two hours, of
dancing before going to their homes.
The couple left Sunday for Maxvllle
whore Mr. Carper has employment.
At present iie Is driving stage from
Maxville to the Cox place and return,
but later will assist Bill Mathes In
the "store- and nostoff ice.
I Mr. and Mrs. I. s. McDonald and
son Harvey, visited Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice Teel and Mrs. Allle
Smith. . .
- Maurice Teel -bought 13 head . of
ewes irom his lather in Eden ana
wn. hrinffintr thfm hrutin lnSt. pririav.
TTo rrrmspri t.hA riva nn tho Inn in.i
stead of going a little farther down
and crossing the bridge. He stepped said.'And alter be had testified the , uipiisned o snoe repair snop. wngnt
on thin ice and went through Into I opposing lawyer might as well dla-I walked past the window, according tij
the river up to his waist. He sue-! miss him from the stand because he the story, and was recognized,
ceeded ln getting out and making never got Johu -to. change his testl-l -yhn fugitive, knowing the officer's
his wey to his Uncle Ort's place, built mony on cross-examination." I lightning speed on the draw, fired
a fire and dried his clothing, and John tfox portrayed "Devil Judd" ' quickly through the doorway striking
then proceeded . to his libme. Tolllvor as turning to religion ln his bright lh the body. Then anxious
: , (later yeai-s. and put into his mouth to finish him, rushed from 'the door
, , the words, "well, I've always laid out to fire again. But Wright's blslol
baillOUS Climber latla 'y enemies. ?ho Lord's been oh my barked as he lay on the ground and
i . iKlrtp n' T ttvtn a hetter Christian mak.ibh Mit.i.ui nnvA
DePlify PaSSeS O'fily year." Bto a true prophesy
..
Continued. From Pngo One)
ist ana tne fearless mountaineer rje-
came fast;-frieuds and WrlghVs -ex-,
ttKi iviiuuE uiuwu uuv uy rm lui'
ntshed much of the color for -the
novel. . In. addition ,' to modeling
"Devil Judd" after the officer, Pox Is
said to have named the book after a
tall pine on a hillside of the Cum-bsrlands-near.
Wright's home not far
:rom Pound, -Va.
As a young man Wright had par
ticipated, ln the famous Wrlght-Hnll
feud ln which a large number of men
were killed. Whether he actually slew
any of tne Halls in helping fight. his ; yot as a young man he. sold for $10
own relatives' battles' was 'always a Ian aero property . near Jenkins. Ky.,
matter or conjecture. When the reud that later Was worth millions because
was tho raging the participants werojeoal was discovered under tho hills,
too busy to talk, and Wright ln later i Ho was born ln Letcher county, Ky.,
years .never discussed , It publicly. near .the Virginia border, the ; son f
In fact, he Would nevet. sav hoW
many lives he took '.after he Joined
the forces of law and ordbr. He re
garded the -slayihgs, however, as no
black mark against his character. Of
ficers ot the law took .their lives ln
their hands when they wont Into tho
mountains to get a man. The out
come usually depended upon which
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La Grande Book & Stationery Co.
"Service Station for Home and Office"
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had the t
quickerey ihd hand. Wright!
experiences out who lua aiyt moun-
tain humor, that never left him, he
evaded ft direct nswer as to the num-
ber of notches on his Dun.
"How mnny mon have you kiliatl.l
Untie John)" he wo Mkod years f-
ter he had retired to hts little cabin
la Letcher county. I
iSl2 Tmiii" hi '.'
pereUted. hnt correct? . .
The. old man rubbed ills , chin, f
&ShS!i'ffi twrtv'fluf ll
Hwdly think I killed thirty. But I
took a lot of fellows to board hi Jail
Whntnvnr . thn nctunl numbpl' . hn !
killed It was greatly exceeded by the
nurnber he rounded up said put In
jail. He wne a noted pistol .hot and
quick on the draw. His marksman-
shin uhr dpscrihed hv J P Marrs a
rornier lud of PlkevUle Kv vtll
SpfJervhen-Cjon"
a Pike county law officer. . ,
"He seldom, It ever missed," iald
the aged Jurist. "Why. John could
shoot a coon out of a tree and riddle
It with bullets Before its uody nit
the ground." Judge Marra avowed he
had witnessed the feat.
. ... lrlm Prosecutor, i ,
that grim determliutlon that made most vivid accounts of an encounter,
rilm fearetl by lawbreakers served bin with a man he was seeklhR to arrest
In Rood stead When, tlihe came tb.was told about an experience In
rirraMutb them.-' '
!'Mn litf.hrnf.V WVOl RhnOk th( tostl-
mbhy of that Officer," Judge Marrs
c; iuc nuiumcr wi iuaH
the book ttas famous. "Bad John"
feSt! u'SSSS?.
:KSrM"rXHi V',"
remtiyes ano -irienas lopxea on. ;
wright spent nis declining years in
ntt?e caA' hrTouhra'eccA
ror Visitors Who Uked to kit In front
of the dooV With 'him on sunny days
and try to dra Bird out Id. tfell or
his early life. He was not certain Of
his exact age but believed he was
born ln 1843. Some of his friends
Insisted he was at least ten years
o'der than that.
Fortune SllpS By Mini.
.. He, had little mote .than the caWft
dhd ehouirh to meet his simple Wants,
joei wiignt, a pioneer. .
Although the most actlVe Jnwu-ter
0 u.R ""Jf5', ot ? , 16 , Aii?
wh5 ho had served as a law off leer,
Wright had hod early cxper enco la
fighting, Prior to his feudist days
e"i?,r.edu.th,., ,UhB,.Cr,0.
.M...J. ..p 1
Beautiful
91" b'i-. J J. Yb-A.:
i 1- -
'BALTIMOHB WPV--SO she can lenrn
more about farming, E.na -M. RIedl
uoes ineee imng?j, among others
.Pl0;s ? straight lurrow.mUka he
l?ael Pou"'y ?nUi hol?B down
'k Job In Washington m order
pny way UlrouKh acmH Wash-
'"sheVw teachei'tt class ot m boye
, Rnd jU(iglu(SLthi8 ln her spare
momants .
5 a-y-W douBhter ot
Maryiana ,armer, has become a iw
t i011,ilv known ludee of uoultrv iiav.
r-- -
i . ,, .,. ."A
tte,r "" lh military prison at old
T'"1"1 m'!0 "r"
no' to go below the Ohio river,
Met ho went Into the Union army
a unstttute Jor a youth who had
been drafted and who under Unloo
I military regulations then ( prevailing
lw.as.nb'0. to.h.lr?....mn . '?c . 8
,P'?ce- ,ln "'3 yeara wngni arew
Pnion as a Union veteran. ;,
wrignvs wanucrings iook mm into
Virginia, west Virginia, lennessee,
Clcdrgln. Xndlnna and other states sui
rounding Kentucky, and one ofv'th'e.
Tennessee. He had trailed' the man
I to & Vtllafffi in the eastern Oflrt .'Of
! that state whore the latter had es
wright never entirely recovered lroW
itno bail that locicca in mm anti in.
hls ola ge saiti it had left him stiff.
Sverybody - believed that "Bad
John" carried a pistol , all tl.
- .,h,n(! wl,f, it. Ho mav imv
W was on duty, . Imt Judge
-v-- --
" Y iTCift.i '
"y . weapon at all times,
: "John came to my house during a
court session," the Judgo said. "One
of hlB enemies who wanted to kill
him came into town, and John didn't
know he was there, but I saw him
jheadlng for my house and I rushed
back by a short cut to warn John,
I "John asked mo If X - had ft pistol,
ft 'uvn him . mine -and -lust as he but
jit .in his pockot with his right hand
,the door burst open and his enemy
came ln with his right hand In his
pocket.", . ...
- 1 -.iTrm outlaw never Biioke'' tho
judgo continued, "but bo extended
' his left hand to shako with John.
Jonll was cool ond cnlculntlng
"y BmPed left hands with tnolV
Vigiit -hands in their pockets. Pretty
,sn the outlaw whorh(ld n pl.oUJ
hlm8eif withdrew his loft
1 to risk beating John to -tho
rtm--' - . . -. I.. . ' . .
. j . ' 11 ; -i)n
Benighted Races , i'-'
Culture Is widespread,. Mit In r'.
tnole regions there lire races sllil so
henigliled they haven't even henrfl
of a hole in oiifi. Sun Francisco
Chronicle. "
Let Foace tioign at Hom i
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t ' j ' : i- : i
and Madison : Square garden ' fowl
shows.
. While she was on the farm she -did
some plowing and harvesting, at
tended to, the stock and specialised
ln the enre of poultry. . r -
But she wanted more education ori
the scientific business of farming) so
she has taken tho job In Washington
and attends school. . -
"Farming really requites' one to bo
a specialist now," she explained.
"That Is why. X am taking so much
college work. I know the practical
part of It arid considerable of the sci
ence of poultry,, but I feel the need
of more education."
SHEEP CREEk
ROAD HEARING
FEBRUARY 19
(Continued funn rage One)
dny lioon to use what pressure It
could to have the appropriation made.
All or those Interested ln the road
seem to bo very ontlmlstle about Its
chances Of finally going through. The
couttty court has definitely assured
the state highway Commission, that
tights or way will be secured. by the
time of the Bpeciarmeeting. A num
ber of persons holding. property, along
the proposed route have sighed agrees
innts already, and .It, l& uhderstood
but ono' or two will Offer any oppo
sition to giving their consent. All
opposition so far has come from in-
b6hnenkAMp specials
Two. sutnll Hartford cqiH
binatioti heaters, auitnble
for '3 or 4 small jQ
rooms, each Jps
Gas engine washer used
as a demonstvatoi'i alum
inum tub, 4-cycle motor,
'and as good as new. ,, '
Ihk 17;50
Two new Howard Heat
ers -r1- these stoves .orii
ginauy soia tor spp.UM.
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Now
JJsed Vyescola circulator
hew firepot, good grates,
capable ef heatihg six ii
seven (CQC ((
rooms tpODaUU
Until n . :
ay Nob Bargains
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dlviduals who own croDertT both ln
Sheep creek canyon and on the flat
between , UK guicn na Trail creek
canyon evidently fearing that the
present road would be abandoned if
the new one were constructed. If
majority of owners sign the agree
ment the net of the right of iway
con be condemned. i -
Wires gent MeN'ary
Telegrams hare been sent to Sena
tor Charles N. McNary and Repre
sentative, ft. ft. Butler In -eongrew
asking that they get in touch with
forest department officials and urge .
the necessity of the new road. This
they have promised to lo. Supervisor
Pied Furst ot the Wallowa national
forest, has written tot regional head
quarters In Portland telling of the de
sirability of the new routo from the
forest's standpoint and no trouble Is
-expected from, this score.
Most or the state highway eommls-e
sloh's Jreluctance to begin -operations
on -tbe. road beforo was due to Its
high:' estimated cost which -It had
figured as more than esooo a mile.
County Engineer J. D. Walker's s
Umate of eeo.OOO for the 30-odd miles
is considerably below this estimate,
however, and It Is thOugllt-.that a
satisfactory road can be built for con
siderably less than (6000 a mile.
. Residents or the Imnaha pave
Worked themselves- to- ft white- 'heat
over, the--proposed road, -and are do
ing everything they possibly can to
further, its interest, '
- . -. -. .ffUraming it Up ; -
'HitjlplitoMi Is huw Vve tllllik dui1
nelycs, , (Hlior people haven't any
lliilit!. td.lln Willi. It v - - -,
Used Maj.es ti;c coal
I'&dge, a good sei-vicable
ftve $20.00
tfsed ,Wmdsor circulatpr, . J
Buuaoie ior a large
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stoves . $47.50
. Used Gulbmnseii . piano,
this is one of the small
early "model cases ift 'wal-
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springs $25.00
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