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VOLUME XXIX
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1931
EASTERN OREGON'S liEAMNG NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 143
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LARGE CROP
IS ATTENDING
CONFERENCE
Eighth Annual Economic
j Sessions Well Under Way
f Interest High.
r
tfeS JOHNSON TO
CONCLUDE SERIES
Matter of Flax Growing
5 i-t . .1 i n t.
Well' in Union County,
But .No Market.
with .sol end id crowds' present in
rnrh of the departments, the eighth
Annual economic conference is well
hinder way and those who are back
ing the project are very well satls
8 led with the progress of the ses
sions. Tomorrow will be the final
uy with the following program- lor
the section especially for the farm-
Vtli. 12 LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY
DAY
iDr. W. T. Phy, general chairman
f ' The Livestock Situation in Union
'County," S.t E. Miller, Union; "The
livestock Outlook," H. A. Llndgren,
Jo. A. C. extension service; "The Dairy
Xmtlook," R. W. Morse, dairy special
ist, O. A. C. extension service; "Mar
veling Wool," E. L. Ludwick, Pacific
Cooperative Wool Growers' associa
tion. t Dairy Program, Afternoon Session
Robert Wlthycombe, group chairman
4 "Reducing Production Costs," R.
gw. Morse; "Contagious Abortion,"
W. E. Thlstlewaite. Group will
Consider discussions by farmers on
peeO. costs, pastures, testing work.
TUiseasea. , t. t v M W
tome Economic Set1 1 Ion
1:30. "Household Records in Suc-
frrssfiil Home-maklnnr.' Prof. A. Grace
Jjohnson: 2:30, "Why I Am Glad I
nun an American woman, miss jonn
fson. . '
I Miss A. Grace Johnson, head of
ft lie home administration department
ifof the school of economics o$ the
(itatc college, wilt give the last of
her series of addresses In the after
noon, the first at 1:30. At 2:30 she
Ogives the address which- has been
.specially appealing to the women
fjl La Grande and the valley alike.
per subject will be, "Why I Am Glad
. 1 Am .an American Woman," based
I'on observations mado.uurlng n re
cent trip -abroad i-. .
ik Juckinnn SpeakB'"-T,:
? At tho, sessions helu yesterday af
ternoon, E. R. Jackman,.of the. state
-college, was the specialist present for
jthe farm crops discussions "Which
ere directed by J. A. Gasklll. - Mr.
Jack man stressed particularly the pos
sibilities of growing other crops in
. .this locality. Among other things
v-'Jie stated that sweet clover for pas
ture and for hay could be grown
. profitably. In Eastern Washington
omo farmers have been growing
cweet clover seeded with wheat, this
crop being plowed under the follow-
'ing year lor soil Improvement. Mixed
puHiures, accoraing to Mr. -Jaciemon,
.will yield more returns than grain.
,r The matter of.trrowlns flax .was
brought up and it was found that
-.-j ne experiments snowed that secdings
the middle of Mav were the best and
ythe yield was reported to be 17 to
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BAKER PLAYS
IN LA GRANDE
FRIDAY NIGHT
Two natural rivals will clash here
Friday night on the Recreational hall
Hoor when the Baker and La Grande
High school cagers meet at 8 o'clock.
Previously Baker defeated the Tigers
at Baker by a small margin, but this
time the Bulldogs expect to meat a
tougher foe.
-3 Baker has had an exceptionally
good pre -tournament season, losing
only two Eastern Oregon gumes, both
Of them to Mac-Hi. Baker took a
trace from Pendleton. A third loss
t was chalked against them by the
: Walla Walla five in an out-of-stat2
Contest.
f La Grande, improving each week.
9as more defeats against it than vic
tories accounted for, but in spite of
the loss of Eaton, forward, due to 11
, wrist fracture, is figured to have a
chance to turn the tables against
the Bulldogs Friday.
' On Saturday La Grande goss to
.Union.
Rosenbaum and Reynolds will of
iate Friday and Bob Quinn will
referee the game at Union, '
i
M. I. A. Games To
Be Played Feb. 12
A preliminary elimination basket
ball tournament will bo played at
Union by M. I. A. teams Thursday.
ith three games scheduled it was
announced today. The finals will be
flayed here Feb. ID. 20.
Union, will play Mt. Glen, Imbler
will meet La Grande First Ward and
Baker will play La Grande Second
Ward. Rosenbaum and Goodbroad
will officiate. -
UEATIIKR FORECAST
.Oregon: Oenerally cloudy to- 1
night and Thursday becoming
unsettled In the northwest por- '
f tion, valley fogs in the west por- 1
f tion tonight.
Normal temperatures.
Moderate changeable winds off-
shore becoming- southerly.
. WEATHER TODAY
7:30 a. m. 33 above.
J Minimum: 30 above.
S Condition: clear.
I
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum GO minimum 30 above.
Condition: clear.
WEATHER FEB. II, 19.10 '
Maximum 40, minimum 32 above.
Condition: partly cloudy, rain .05
of inch.
Eastern Oregon
Takes Thriller
From Monmouth
Mountaineers Open . Con
ference Basketball Sea-
, son With 42 to 38 Win
Last Night. .
Normal School Conference,"
W. L. Pet.
E. O. N 1 , 0 1.000
Monmouth 0 1 .000
Ashland 0 0 .000
Coach Bob Quinn's Mountaineers
got off to a running start in the Ore
gon Normal school conference bas
ketball race here last night, vdef eat
ing Monmouth 42 to 38 in a thrill
ing game. The score was tied at 34
all at the end of the second half, a
flve-mlnute overtime period being
required to decide the victor.. The
two teams play again tonight at 8
o'clock at the L. D. S. Rerceatlonal
hall.
Last night's win was . the first
scored over a Monmouth basketball
team by Eastern Oregon, and was the
third loss out of 16 starts for Mon
mouth this season.
Crowd Goes Wild
When the gun signalled the end
of the second period, with the score
knotted, the small crowd went wild
with enthusiasm. During the last
half the Mountaineers came from
behind to score 16 points to the vis
itors' 12, a long shot by Houchens
tying the count.
Marr, Monmouth forward, slipped
through for a field goal A few min
utes later, putting the visiting cagers
again in the lead. Later Ayres, cen
ter, and Wjatkins, guard, made two
out of three free throws, accounting
for four points. In the meantime,
however, the Mountaineers were
throwing caution to the wind and
the swift drive that they unleashed,
accounted, for four field goals and
tho game. Sullivan, Posey and Bax
ter scored enough points to put the
home team two ahead seconds' be
fore the gun, and then Baxter flipped
in a beauty to clinch tne contest.
Score Nip and Tuck
The first half was full of excite
ment, also. Monmouth took an early
lead, but a couple of free throws by
Houchens put his team ahead 6 to
6. The count was knotted at 12 and
a moment later Baxter's field goal
gave the Mountaineers a 14 .to 12
lead. Then Monmouth, after a time
out, began clicking again and held a
22 to 16 lead at half time.
The first half Was rough, , with
Monmouth making six personals and
Eastern Oregon three, but in the last
stanza and the overtime, with bas
kets all-Important, It became rougher,
with Holt, Monmouth" forward; arid
Paisley, East Oregon guard, both leav
ing the game due tb four personals.
Qulnn only made two substitutions,
Lloyd: relieving Sullivan, in .tho , cacly
stages of the game, and; in .the last,
taking Paisley's place, on the court.
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Oregon Pioneer
Called Beyond
Here Yesterday
G. B. Dotson, who crossed the
plains from Arkansas to Oregon with
ox-teams in the year 1875, died at
tho home of Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Balrd
here yesterday. The body was taken
to Cock Brothers mortuary at Union
and funeral services will be held
there Thursday aftarnoon at 2 o'clock.
Burial will take place In the Union
(cemetery.
i Mr. Dotson was a resident of Un
! ion since the spring of '76 until four
I years ago, when he moved to La
Grande to his daughter's home fol
lowing the death of his wife. He mar
ried Susan Haines Nov. 8, 1868 and
they crossed the plains
together,
starting out In '75 and completing
the long trek the next spring aner
wintering in Idaho. Seven children
were born to this union, five of them
dying. Survivors are Lon Dotson and
Mrs. Mollie Beard, of La Grande.
Mr. Dotson was born May 7, 1849
in Madison county, Ark., and was m
years M months and three days of
iage.
IRed Cross Fund
Here Increases
i To Total $643
! Less than a week after tho cam
1 palgn was launched, the Red Cross
! drouth relief fund locally has grown
I to $643.85, with towns outside of La
' Orande to bo heard from to bring
i the total up to the quota of $1000.
j This morning a letter was received
from Bert Oakman, former La Grande
man and now national deputy of the
I Modern Woodmen of America with
i headquarters in Detroit, Mich, con
taining tt personal check for $10 for
I tho fund. Mr. Oakman wrote that
he noticed La Grande was raising a
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Rotarians Meet
At The La Grande
Several vocal selections were pre
sented today by Mrs. Harmon ot the
' Rotary club luncheon at the La
i Grande hotel. She was accompanied
by Miss Lawanna Graham.
' Charles Playle gove the third chap
'ler of her autobiography, which
; brought ii:m from Washington to
, La Grande. . ,
I Visiting Rotarians were Hugh Mur
! ray. Mllton-Preewater. and D. P. Mc
' Carter. McMlnnvllle. Visitors Included
' Judge C. M. Humphreys. La Grande:
: B. C. Goodman, Walla Walla: J. E.
1 Allen. Pendleton; L. R. Centro. Port-
land.
Keep Three Women
In Cage 3 Years
oppei.N. Polish Silesia. Feb. 11
! Three women were rescued today by
health authorities from a cage on tnierprise, uregon or josepn, uregon.
a farm near here where they said j From either of these point you travel
their father had kept them lmpris- easterly over the present Imnaha road
oned for three years "to protect their that runs through the Buttes coun
innocence." try then drops down Trail creek to
They were unclothed and ill. Their Imnaha. Oregon, a distance of 32
I father tried to drive off the health j rrflles. The last drop down Trail
" officers with an axe. The women creek seem a hundred to an lnex
' range in age from 28 to 40. perlenced driver as this road has but
UNION TAKEN
FROM DROUTH
RELIEF AREA
; County Wins Short But
Intensive Battle Against
Recent Listing.
SENATOR STEHVER
TELLS OF CHANGE
Telegram Received This
Morning by Chamber of
. Commerce 1930 Crops
Here Excellent. ,
Union county won its fight to be
stricken from tho list of "drouth
areas", according to a telegram re
ceived by the chamber of commerce
today from U. S. Senator Frederick
Stelwer, In Washington. -
"Union county's name has been
removed from the list of areas eli
gible for loans and drouth relief.
Regards, (signed) Frederick Steiwer,
U. S. Senator," was the telegram re
ceived. This ends a short but Intensive
campaign started here a little over
a week ago to have the "drouth area"
listing revised so as to exclude this
county, which had the finest crops
In years during 1930.
The original listing was generally
regarded as a mistaken effort, and
leading to undesirable and unjust
publicity for this district.
MIKE KELLY TO
SERVE 2 YEARS
Convicted ' on Charge of
Larceny Others are '
Found.- Guilty.
Mike Kelly, who plead guilty In cir
cuit court Monday morning to the
chargo of larceny, was today sen
tenced to serve two years In the state
penitentiary.-! ....,:.
Chester J. Mason, whom tho Jury
found guilty of a chargo of non
support 'Of a minor chlldi was today
sentenced to serve ono year In Jail.
The i-wnton"? -wan suspended, .-how-evr,
ae-prolded-by laav.when Mason
provided a $50O bond- guaranteeing
support of the child In the future
Walter Hall, in a trial on a' charge
of Illegal possession of a still, was
found guilty by tho Jury yesterday
afternoon. Ho will receive sentence
Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
The case of the State of Oregon
vs. Victor Seaborg, on a charge of
forgery, was tried in the circuit court
today. About noon the Jury returned
a verdict of guilty. The sentence
will be pronounced at 10 n. m. Friday.
There will be no session of court
tomorrow in honor of the anniversary
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Prune Season Now
flntinn Itl Pftrtland, elected' president of the Union Coun
IVblliy 111 r VI VLUIIU ty Banl ocmon at a meeting
PORTLAND. Feb. 11 W The 1930
prune crop season is definitely clos
ing in Portland, the Journal said yes
terday. Less than one million pounds
are reoorrcd unsold in all hands, in-
eluding growers and distributors, and
this is taken to Indicate that no in
terest has sufficient prunes unsold
to create more than a passing im
pression.
Holderr, have been able, the paper
fiikl. to force 7 cents a pound for 30
40's for practically the first time
since the season's opening. This price
represents an increase of one-half
cents a pound for the week.
On the other hand there is no
change in nominal quotations on 40
50's which remain at 5 cents.
Vancouver to Get
New Prune Cannery
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 11 (re
construction of a 5S,00O cannery
hero was assured yesterday by an
nouncement from Washington, D. C,
that the federal farm board had ap
proved a loan to .Washington cooper
ative canneries for construction of
tho plant to handle prunes.
The co-operative has a cannery in
a temporary location here, but the
new building will be erected in the
industrial district.
Effects of this .loan are said to be
fur-reaching, as It is understood the
farm board will not approve a similar
loan to nny other co-operative in the
Pacific Northwest unless It Is assured
the Vancouver plant is operating at
full canaclty. It is expected other
fruit packing co-operatives may tie
in "'ith th ncw v"cur plant
Sheep Creek Road
Improvement
Editor's Note The following article
by W. G. Miller, of Imnaha, tells
much of the Sheep creek road proj
ect and the famous box canyon of
the Snake river, the deepest canyon
in the world.
By W. cs. Miller
(ForfRt service! Imnaha l
I Hellc canyon or the box canyon of
' Oregon lies within the extreme east-
1 ern portion of Oregon within Wal -
; Iowa county and within the Wallowa
' . i 1 . .it-. -v. u.
yon over the only roads now avail
able means taking the Joseph ex ten
sion of Wallowa county's highway
that leaves the old Otcgon Trail at
La Orande, Oregon, until you reach
BONUS PLANS
NARROWED TO
2 PROPOSALS
One to Increase Loans,
Other to Pay One
Fourth of Face Value
POSTAL EMPLOYES
BILL IS PASSED
World Court Protocol
Definitely Shelved
House Will Vote on
"Lame Duck" Issue.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 11 W) Tho
house ways and means committee to-,
day narrowed consideration of veter
ans legislation to two proposals onct
to increase loans and the other to
pay one fourth the face value of the?
certificates. i
The committee Is expected to ap-i
prove one of the proposals tomorrow.
Cost About SiW.uou.OOO.
The loan plan Is along the lines
suggested by Representative Bachar
ach. Republican, New Jersey. . and
would cost about $500,000,000., . The
one-fourth payment plan is spon
sored by Representative Fish, Repub
lican, New York.
Veterans Administrator Hlnes has
estimated the Fish proposal would
cost approximately $050,000,000. .
The committee continued delibera
tion after voting down three veterans
proposals. t "' ,
Chairman Hawley announced' the
! plan for immediate redemption in full
oi tno ccrtllicaics was enmiuaieo uj
13 to 6 vote. This was the Brook -
hart-Patman proposal, involving an
estimated outlay of $3,400,000,000.
. c.arner rinn uerwueu.
The committee then voted down,
10 to 13. Hawley sold, the Garner
plan for adjusted service pay plus 25
per cent,- with four per cent com
pound Interest added.
General Hlnes estimated this would
cost $2,108,000,000 it all veterans took
It.
Tho commlttoo voted down 10 to
13. a modification of tho Garner plan.
Hawley said that details of the
loan plan woro bolng worked out. to
be presented tomorrow. Representa
tives of the treasury and General
Hmos. he said, would bo present "to
give us advloo on tho two proposals."
Hiypltal, B1H-, Introduced."- .
' . A bill to authorlnj. $30,877,000 for
new veterans ' hospital construction
throughout tho country was intro
duced today by Senator Smoot.
The measure provides for twelve
new hospitals and additions to 20 ex
isting institutions. It embraces the
$12,500,000 program In the Rogers
bill approved yesterday by the house
veterans committee and the $2,850,-
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ZURBRICK IS
ELECTED TO
HEAD BANKERS
u a 7tt.t.rtr!r nt 1 j nrnnde. was
0:30. Other officers are R. L. Shoe
maker, of Elgin, vice president: and
C. L. Thompson. La Grande, secretary-treasurer.
Four banks of the county were
represented: Union, First National
bank; Elgin, First National bank, and
La Grande, La Orande National and
United States National bankB.
E. H. DeLong and H. G- Avery,
county agent, addressed the associa
tion on matters pertaining to agri
culture, livestock and dairying in
dustries. Fred N. Fox, the retiring president,
called the meeting to order.
Wood Cutter Is
Missing; Search On
PORTLAND, Feb. 11 W) Search In
two counties started today for W. M.
Bergman, missing since Monday night
when he was last seen by Mrs. A. L.
Hughes, near Fisher Mills where he
was employed cutting wood.
Mrs. Bergman, frantic -because of
her husband's absence, appealed to
the sheriff's offices in Portland, and
Oregon City.
Schoenfeld Will
Be Here Friday
W. A. Schoenfeld, western repre
sentative on the federal farm board,
will be In La Grande Friday to speak
before a meeting of tho dairymen
and others interested, at 1:30 o'clock
in the city hall. H. G. Avery, county
farm agent, stated this morning.
Mr. Schoenfeld will talk concerning
the cooperative marketing movement.
Would Be Great
For Eastern Oregon
few turnouts and many ruts. From
this point you turn south up the Im
nama river's winding road and travel
22 miles until .you reach tho mouth
of Summit creek. From here it is
necessary to procure saddle horses for
the trln to tho Inuiuha-Snake river
; divide overlooking the world's deep-
! tst box canyon. This last lap of the
Journey consumes approximately three
j hours time providing the rider is
! experienced and the horse gentle.
The box canyon is 23 miles in
i loncMVi with a vrrv nten wntl mi thf
Idaho side which extends from 1000
feet at Snake river to 0000 to the top
of the snow capped Seven Devils. On
the Oregon side the elevation reaches
7000 feet. From the latter divide a
view can be obtained of the moun
tains in Utah, the high mountains of
Wallowa and Union counties. Craig
mountain in Idaho and the outline of
the famous Sawtooth mountains in
Idaho. Snake river canyon is vis
ible for approximately 70 miles. Due
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EDISON CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY .
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-Th jas A. Edison's S-Uh birthday anniversary . is being celebrated
ri'i-fti ftt Fort Myers, Fin., and the city Is to dedicate Its new bridge
"Z, ;7 In his Junior. , Two recent views of the inventor are shown.
Nation Sending
Edison Birthday
Greetings Today
FORT MYERS. Fla.. Feb. 11 (VP)
Thomas A. Edison received the "hap
py birthday" greetings of the nation
today. The Inventor, celebrating his
84th anniversary at his winter home
here took time off from his rubber
experiments to "aid In a general ob
servance 'of the event.
' While Florida and the city of Fort
Myeru prepared to pay the snowy
hatred genius homage by dedicating
a new $500,000 bridge in his honor.
Mr. Edison's friends gathered for a
day-long observance. Harvey S. Fire
stone tire manufacturer and Cyrus
H. K. Curtis, Philadelphia publisher,
were among tnein. governor uoyie
-K. Carltiuwof Florida, chairman Rob
ert Bentley of the state" road depart-1
ment, and Mayor josmn j-'iicn or vovx,
Myers, were among the assembled of
ficialdom and -Es ten P. Fletcher,
Rochester, N. Y., imperial potentate
of the Shrine, led a group of his
lraternity members to give added col
or to the celebration.
To Oive Interview
Edison agreed to give an interview
answering questions on numerous
things such aa rubber, golf, the un
employment situation and politics.
Last night the inventor was guest
of honor at an informal dinner ten
dered him by Mr. Firestone. There
was no birthday cake and Edison ate
nothing. One familiar figure at oth
er Edison birthday celebrations was
unaccounted for as the day started.
It was Henry Ford, third member of
tho fomed Edlson-Ford.Flrestone tri
umvirate. No Information as to Mr.
Ford's whereabouts was available to
city officials and It could not be
learned whether n communication
from the automobile manufacturer
was among the thousands of con
gratulatory messages which poured
into the Edison household.
Bull Movement
Gains Headway
In Wall Street
NEW YORK, Feb. II Irrepar
ubio bullishness reigned in stock ex
change today, steadily Increasing in
intensity for the fourth successive
trading session.
Although the market was unset
tled by a flurry of profit taking and
bear selling In the first half hour,
the bull movement was quickly re
sumed, and by midday the volume of
trading had swelled to the ' largest
proportions of the year. Profit tuk
lng checked the advance In spots
during the afternoon, as accounts
were closed out In advance of the
Lincoln's birthday holiday tomorrow.
The market seemed to bo carried
forward primarily by Its own mo
mentum, but mid-week business sta
tistics indicated that gradual recov
ery was still going forward In basic
lines of Industry.
Baker Gives $600, .
Spuds to Red Cross
BAKER, Feb. 11 UV) The Bakor
chapter of the Red Cross will tills
week send a carload of potatoes to
drouth sufferers in Arkansas. Tho
potatoes will be donated by Baker
county farmers and will have a value
ct between $000 ond 700. The local
chapter sent $000 In cash to national
headquarters last night.
Vancouver Baptist
Church Destroyed
i
j VANCOUVER. B. C, Feb. 11 At
. The First Baptist church, one of the
! finest churchen In Vancouver, was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday with u loss
i estimated by church members at
moie than $100,000.
Seismograph Shows j
Distant Earthquake
PASADENA. Cal.. Feb. 11 (.V) A
great earthquake estimated to be
0.000 miles distant and probably cen
tering on the Indian ocean renlon
was recorded at 10:50:40 p. m. Mon
day on the CarncRte institution of
Washington seismographs here.
REDS AGITATING
UNEMPLOYED MEN
Crowds March in Port
land, Seattle and Other
Coast Cities.
Hy the Associated Press
Several thousund unemployed moni
agitated police said by communist
leaders, marched to the seats of of
ficialdom in the principal cities of
tho Pacific coost yesterday to mako
a variety of demands.
.A group of 000, some of whom' ad
mitted " being communists, marohod
to the Portland city hall whevo Fred
Walker, spokesman,. read n list of. do
moiuio twhlali .included t. $l,GO(X00O
for their immediate relief, free street
cur rides, use of vacant buildings to
hoiiRo unemployed, use of the city
auditorium for mcotlngs and a cut in
city officials' salarloH, After assuring
Walker his demands were "illegal
and impossible to meet," Mayor
Georgo L. Bakor told htm "It would
bo wiso to watch your words for a
largo number of Americans are
listening."
13 .lulled In Sucnimeuto
At Sacramento 13 men were Jailed
after a melee with police and In Oak
laud police swung night sticks In
brcuklng up a meeting, sending throe
men to hospitals for treatment. At
other places the meetings were un
eventful and at San Francisco nnd
Los Angeles the demonstrators suc
ceeded only In blocking traffic for a
few minutes.
Sacramento witnessed the wildest
scene of the day's demonstrations. A
group carrying banners marched to
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LESS FLU IN
NATION THIS
j WEEK, REPORT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 P With
all states reported except Maine and
New Hapshire. Influenza cases today
totaled 0,020 as guht 12.828 a
week ago.
Tho total for the corresponding
week last year wan 3,040. The public
health service siild the reports indi
cate the disease Is running in three
weeks cycles, and in some states
whero the attack began later, it is
still on the Increase.
O. S. C. Debaters
Win Last Night
CORVALLIS, Ore.. Fob. 11 Var
sity debaters at Oregon State college
provod, ot least to the satisfaction of
Judges, that chain stoic are both
detrimental and beneficial to the
American people. Tho stato collego
teams engaged In a dual debate with
Willamette university last night, and
both college teams won.
Bank At Redmond
Is Closed Today
REDMOND, Ore., Feb. 11 V) M. C.
Wilde, federal bank examiner, made
tho formal statement today that the
First National Bank of Redmond was
closed today. Ho had not. he satd.
had time to make a full Investigation
ond could give no further Informa
tion. Reports current here, however, at
tributed the closing to lack of cash
-reserve. The bank Is satd to have
had deposits of more than $200,000.
New Federal Bank
Manager in Spokane
SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 11 (PI
W. E. Meyer has bepn appointed man
ager of the Federal Intermediate Cre
dit bank here. It was announced yes
terday by E. M. Ehrhardt. president
of the Credit bank and oi the Fed
eral Land bank.
He succeeds Arthur J. Lohrlc. who
resigned to become president of the
Miners' Savings Bunk and Trust com
pany of Butte. Mont. Meyer has
been with the bank five years.
3000 Entombed
In Chinese Mine;
Few Are Saved
Underground E x p 1 o sion
Reported Cause of Dis
aster Rescue Work
Started Immediately.
PE1PING,. China, Feb. 11 (JP)
Chinese reports from Manchuria here
today satd that 3,000 miners were
entombed Sunday noon In tho Fush
un coal ' mines by an underground
explosion. A considerable loss of
life was feared.
Rescuo work was started Imme
diately but only a few persons could
be taken from the shaft. Relatives
of the entombed men gathered at
tho pit head, in their grief making a
pitiful scene.
Tho Fushun mines, one of tho most
Important assets of the South Man
churia railways, are about 20 miles
cast of Mukden. Details of the dis
aster were not Immediately ascer
tained. A largo number wore bolleved killed
by the explosion and tho fire which
followed. Tho mines are owned by
the Penchlhu company and produce
about 7,000,000 tons of coal yearly.
FLOOllS IN It I1 MAN I A
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Feb. 11
(P) Dispatches from the fishing vil
lages of Kowlar and Walkow on the
Danube Estuary today said the towns
had been virtually wiped out by
floods which undermined - houses,
many of which collapsed.
The inhabitants, abandoning their
few possessions, took to their fishing
craft and othera went inland to
escape the rising waters.
From the towns of Ismail and Killa
came word that 30 canals had frozen
and both villages were under seven
feet of water. Thousands of cattle
novo been drowned and more than
a thousand women, children and
aged were marooned on roofs and
threatened with famine and water Is
rising steadily,
. Houses havo collapsed, churches
and larger buildings are threatened
and the whole Danube plain is under
water. Tho army has sent, troops
and the navy ice breakers to try to
reach the marooned populations.
National Land
Policy Need Of
Country, Gray
SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. ll" fP) A
national land policy, said C. H. Gray,
of Washington, D. C., at tho national
water .users' conierenco. is wio ouc-
standing need . of tho,,Unltcd . States
todays' 'dray IB .cllrooiot' oi tno Ameri
can Farm Bureau Federation's legisr
latlvo service'.'''. ' 1 -
Tho "watchdog of agriculture" as
Gray is known in Washington,, said
the national policy should include
a system of plans for solution of out
standing land problems. In. "the
policy, ho assorted should bo Inte
gration, oroslon, forostation, land
credits, crop surpluses, controlled
production, community building, cost
production study, Influence of forolgn
competition, orderly marketing and
many other phases oi tins very com
plex problem.
. "Some say tho time lias come to
withdraw land from production,
rather than odd to our national pro
ductive capacities.. Others assort all
cub-murglnal and possibly other land
should be put into lorcsts. rrom
certain sources wo hear expressions
of satisfaction relatlvo to. the city
drift of form people, whllo from other
sources wo have violent viewing with
alarm on tills movement.
"Alt these and other ideas need to
be put through a process of coordin
ation and elimination until a nation
al land policy results."
amy recommended tho socrotary
of agriculture oncourago conferences
to work along llicso lines.
Here Comes Bride
Wearing Pajamas
NEW YORK, Fob. II Ml Hero
comes the bride In najamaa.
So wos It nredlcted at tho annual
rovuo of the United Undorwcar and
Negligco League of America last night
at tho Hotel Astor.
The rovuo oponed with tho mako
bullovo bride sweeping down tho run
way In lace pajamas, followed by her
attendants In colorful effects of tho
same naturo. Spectators were led to
bellevo that the vogue soon would be
popular nt resort weddings.
Train Passengers
Marooned on Ferry
SAULTE STE MARIE, Mlsh., Feb.
11 (i) Thirty-three persons on a
passongor train were marooned In tho
straits of Mackinac today aboard the
car ferry Chief Wawatam whicn do
camo Jomcd In tho Ice last night.
Tho ferry was southbound from St.
Ignaco when It became wedged In the
Ice of the straits three miles from
Mackinaw City. Railroad officials
said that tho ferry Saint Marie would
be sent to the vessel'B aid today If
It foiled to free Itself,
Shot Meant For
Skunk Kills Wife
KERROBERT. Sank.. Feb. 11 MV
When Percy May. of Beautiful Plains,
discovered a skunk In his barn, his
wife came out to see him shoot the
animal. The skunk ran behind a
board, and. In order to give her hus
band a chance to shoot It. Mrs. May
pulled the board away. As the skunk
bounded from Its hiding place to
ward her. Mrs. May Jumped back,
directly In front of the gun. Sho
died In her hunband's arms.
Princes Arrive In
Lima, Peru Today
LIMA, Peru. Feb. 11 P The
Prince of Wales and his brother,
Prlnco George, arrived here this
morning from Callao where they dis
embarked from the liner Oropesa.
TAX REVOLT
MOVES INTO
STATE HOUSE
Rebelling Citizens Repre
sented .Last JNight at
Intangibles Hearing. . ;
LAW MAKERS FACE
HEAVY CALENDAR
Kiddle to lnii oduce To
bacco Tax' Measure r
Amended Textbook Bill
Up For Vote Soon. v
SALEM, Ore., Feb. U W) Whllo
tho senate this morning debated over
tho question of whether the state
emergency board Bhould be curbed in
its authority to allow deficiency ap
propriations, the house attempted to
clear Its calendar for two special
orders of business after 2 o'clock this
afternoon.. - . - . . r :t
The free -text book bill, amended
to eliminate high ' school Btudents
from benefits of the measure provid
ing i or state -loaned books to all
public sohool children, was set for
special order immediately following
the consideration of the Port- of
Portland bill, which has held' sway
In both houses the past three weeks.
Long sessions are . anticipated -in
both houses today. ' , --,
SALEM, Feb. 11 UP) From, tho
rural districts . and small cities of
Central Willamette Valley the revolt,
against payment of the usual pro
portion of property taxes was car
ried Into the state house last night.
At a hearing called by the assess
ment and taxation committees ot the
two houses the rebelling citizens were
represented by W. T. Vinton and
J. E. Burdotte, McMiunvIUe attorneys.
tho former an ex -president of the
state senate. The - attorneys said
they wore serving voluntarily and
without pay. Two thousand tax
payers in Yamhill county have deter
.mined to take their cause into court
beforo they pay moro than what they
consider a fair amount in property
taxes, . : . - - .,
, 1 Urges Big Income, Tax .
. Vinton referred to the state's ex- 1
oise and Income tax acts- and the
prospective new intangibles tax'as .an
','unholy trinity? and a ''little geB
turo," acceptable vto his beople 'onty
tf , (Conttnyodlm rago ElghO
GIRL'S DEATH
PUZZLING TO
KANSAS POLICE
NEWTON. Kas., Feb. 11 (P) Harvey
county officers soughtclues today tn
tho slaying of Miss Lucille Price, 18- -year-old
high sohool graduate who '
disappeared January 24,
Her body, bruised and covered by .
cobwebs, was found-in a ditch beside .
an Isolated road southeast of Newton
yesterday by Robert Jordan, a farmer
who was hunting strayed horses. Her
clothing was torn. A set was missing
from her ring. Bain had erased pos-.
sible clues from the earth.
Miss Price disappeared after lcav- -Ing
Helen Sprlggs, a chum, ' while
walking home from the public lib
rary. Upon tho expressed belief of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Prlce
that sho might havo. eloped, . Jack
Brunkor, of Wichita, kas.. was ques
tioned here Sunday. He . was not -held.
-
- Miss Sprlggs told police that aeon .
a f tor Miss Price left her and pro
ceeded homeward, a motor car which
sho believed contained two men and
a woman passed down the street In
tho direction the slain girl had taken.
Michigan Students :
Arrested In Raids
ANN ARBOR. Mich., Feb. 11 P)
Seventy University of Michigan stu
dents were arrested on charges of dls- .
orderly conduct following raids early
today on five fraternities, In each of
which police claim they seized quan
tities of whiskey and beer.
Joseph Looney, 30, giving a local
hotel as hts address, was arrested for
Investigation Tuesday night. Shirley
O'Toole, an Ann Arbor youth riding
with him, supplied information police
said, which Indicated Looney was a
bootlegger who supplied the frater
nities with liquor. The raids were
based on the story told by OToole.
Tho raided fraternities are the Phi
net n. Theta, Delta Kappa Epsllon,
Kappa Sigma, Theta Delta Chi and
Sigma Alpha Epsllon,
Thoy wero released whon thoy ap
peared in Justice court but were or
dered to appear again Friday. .
APPEAL DISMISSED
SALEM. Ore., Feb. II P) Decisions ,
handed down yesterday by the stato
supreme court included:
Simmons vs. Washington Fidelity
Natlonnl Insurance Co.. appellant,
from Wallowa county. J. W. Knowles,
Judge. Action to recover indemnity
upon a policy or Insurance. Appeal
U dismissed. Opinion by Chief Jus
tice Bean.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Feb. 11 W Reacting
from bulges which had carried wheat
up to 7 above last week's bottom
prices, wheat today showed a general
downward trend. Denials of a revolu
tion in Russia gave an advantage t
bears, and so too did Indications of
rain tomorrow in domestic drouth
territory. Talk of a probable- larger
movement of corn from the interior
was an additional bearish factor.
Wheat closed nervous, unchanged
to 2 cents lower, corn lfr-2 down,
oat -H oft, and provisions varying
from 32 cents decline to 10 cents ad
vante. . .