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Newspaper Page TextPage Two Spring Millinery THE new spring millinery (oUowb a now lino to chic you'll need a hat for ovcry oc casion this season make your selections now whero you ,' may bo ansurod of fashion smartness. ; ' $2.95 to $12.00 HILL'S HUSKIES PREPARE TO TACKLE BEARS Four Games on Slate and One Will Clinch Title Oregon is Winner COAST COXFKKKNCB BASKETBALL gTANIIIN'GH Northern Division W. L. Pet. Washington'" It 1 Washington Stato ! 6 Oregon Stato 8 8 .571 Oregon If. Idaho . t 18 -071 Southern Division W. L. Pet. California 8 3 .007 Southern Collfarnia S 4 .650 U. 0. L. A 8 .444 Stanford 3 0 .333 Last Week's Itesulls Oregon 33-52, Iduho 27-31. '. Idaho 25. Washington State 30. Oregon 30. "Oregon Stato 32. U. S. C. 23, U. C. h, A. 40. Stanford 32, California 40. Uy llio Associated Tress With the expectation that It would win at least one of Its four gamed this week, the University of Wash ington today wan going ahead with plana for a Pacific Coast basketball play-oft In Seattlo with the Univer sity of California, winner of tho Coast confereuco, southern dlvlslou. title. The Washington Huskies need only ono more gamo to clucn their fourth consecutlvo northern division flag. Play-off contcsta aro slated for March 6, 7 and 9. Cougars In KllltllliiK Washington State Cougars are still In the running for a possible tie with the Huskies, but to accomplish It they will' have to defeat tho Huskies Tuesday and Wednesday at Pullman and Washington win nave to neip oy dropping Friday and Saturday games to Idaho at Moscow. In light of previous scoots this season, tho lat ter, at IcaetA seenis highly Improb able. - i Tho University of Oregon contrived tho sensation of last week's play by triumphing over Oregon Stato col lege at Eugene 30 to 32. The two wilt finish their private battle with two games Friday at Corvallis and. Saturday at Eugcno. Oregon took two games from Idaho nt Eugene lost Monday and Tuesday, 83 to 27 and 42 to 21. Washington Stato completed Idaho's dismal week Saturday by taking tho long end of a 35 to 26 score. Tho California Dears won the right to play for the Coast championship by defeating Stanford. 40 to 32 Sal unlay. The ' same night Ucla won from U. S. C. 40 to 23. Skipping Day For Record Holder, 61 CHICAGO. Feb. 23 M'l Toclav was skipping clny for Chester Levere, 01, and he planned it record. For years it has' been his custom to break his rope skipping record on the day following his birthday anni versary. Last year ho skipped 15,000 times in two hours, 31) minutes and 15 seconds. "And you can tell tho world." he said, "that I'm not advertising any thing cither. Ancient Child Labor Children were often employed In the mines of Homo it tt it uth'er un dent nations. Iiecnuso Uiey could iuceie through tunnels to drug out the heavy sacks of ore. Weighted Silk Material Silks m-o wcishled hy tho addi tion of solutions of iln or Iron salts. They make the silk seem heavier, with moro body. How ever, (hey decre.'.sa tho weailn; HUt'.lty of the silk. Emulation Many bravo young minds have oftentimes, through henilng the praises and (unions eulogies of worthy men, neon stirred up to af fect the like commendations, nod so strike to the like deserts. Spenser. Ingenious Robber, Hohbfrs who stolu n marhla staiuo of the Virgin, inado In lli Fourteenth century, from n church nt I'rsel, near Solssous. France, left In Us place n copy In plaster, and IHe theft was not discovered for several days. Errors of Judgment We are pained to ihink how aw fully mankind may he deluded, lunv their sagacity may he Minded, tier sens of justice o-ileg:sli.T.l, their best feelings subverted, by fv!!.i. clea of Judgment. Uale. H. Might Lcle Both Jud Tonkins says he leaves h's flivver out in tho street nil nicht and It does him good hy strengih enlng his faith in liju.an nature when lie finds It thcru ue.vt moiu Ing. Washington Star. Record Price The highest price ever paid nt n public sale for n painting by an American artist win 2i.il(i.l, whlrn Samuel Waldo's portrait of An drew Jackson brought. Three Teams In Semi -Finals Of M. I. A. Tourney Hy Mrs. ltiiy Wilson (Observer Correspondent) IMBLER, Ore., Feb. 23 (Special) Tho Imbler M. I. A. ba&ketball team. Is participating in tho tournament now In progress at the Recreational hnll In La Grande. Thursday eve ning they lost to Union 28-24. Fri day evening they defeated tho fast first Ward team 27-10. Tonight they play tho Union team and the winner will meet Baker on a neutral floor for tho championship of this district. Tho double elimination system, has been followed. The locnl team Is composed of James Cleyg, center; Geno Perry and Clifford Wcntcnskow. forwards; Austin Martin and Clifford Conrad, nuardu; ,Lyster WcaLeiiakow, sub. Tho Baker lineup is: P. Woods and R. Haslein, forwards; P. Haslen,, cen ter; T. Hunt and W. Brown, guards. Tho championship team will be awarded a cup to be held for one year. Tho team winning the cham pionship of the stake three years will I bo awarded the cup permanently. La umnde First ward has neia is. tor me last two yours, but lost the right of permanent possession In the tourna ment. EMIL NORDEEJV, OF BEND, WINS SILVER CUP KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb. 23 (ff) Emll Nordcen, of the Bend, Ore., skyllners, was awarded a ltugo silver loving cup last night by virtuo of having twlco finished first In tho 'W-mllo Fort Klamath-C'rutcr Lake rim and rot urn nkl ruse. Nordeen romped up the rim nnd buck yesterday in four hours and 36 minutes, a considerable reduction of lust year's record time of five hours and 60 minutes. The Bend Skier- Is now permanent owner of the cup. Tho only other man to finish the long course was Manfred Jacobson, MeCloud, Cal., who beat Nordeen to tho finish lino by a few seconds Just ycur. Two others entered. Ivar Amoth, Bend, bioko a ski at the lake rim and Oliver Luckctt, Fort Klamath, dropped out after 33 miles. Tho raco was tho hcadllner of the winter sports carnival sponsored by tho Crater Lake Ski club every year on Washington's birthday. More than 4000 spectators turned oat. Ono of lh? novelty, events was the women's express relay race of skis. Tho Briscoo trio. Ida, Peggy and Win nie, of,. Fort Klamath placed first, covering the half mile course In two and ft half minutes. Olo Amoth, Bend, was first In tho lu-mllo race, time. 1:20:30. Alec Pearson, Portland, was second; T. A., lierglund, Ftortland. third; Vernon Puckett, Fort Klamath, fourth; R. L. Lueck, Crater Lake, fifth, and M. Briscoe, Fort Klamath, soxth. Wet snow made Jumping events hazardous. John Ring. Bend, was awarded first In the class A event. Sidney Franklin j Fouled by Bull NUEVO LAREDO. Mexico. Feb. 33 I (fll Sidney Franklin, fouled by a black hull, nursed a wounded right i lei; today. ; 'ino Brooklyn art let-matador- was saved from possible death In tlio arena hero yestctflav bv Marcial L- Inndo, Spanish hull fighter and ! K...i,lrll,.-. ..... (I.- I.I II- I honors of a holiday crowd. i Franklin killed four bulls. Tho ' fifth, tho black one, gored him when ho slipped on soft sand. Franklin struggled to his feet to ronev the combat, but Lalanda, seeing Prfthk lln's leg wus bleeding, rushed to the rescue. A moment later the American fainted and was carried from the ; ring. Lalauda finished the bull, but l;ranklln returned before the next fight was concluded to receive an ovation. i Franklin has suffered several In- J Juries slnco ho left commercial art1 for tho bull ling In 19:13. Ho was gored In Lisbon August la. 1930, and j In Madrid March IB. 19.10. Ho-waa. tossed In Ceulu, Spanish Morocco, amy i-t, j-jou. Nyssa Team Wins From Vale Cagers NTSSA, Feb. 23 (Special) The ' Nyssa basketball team scored another ; victory at Vale Friday night 43 lo 41. With Owen Price, of Lu Grande I and former Eastern Oregon Normal letterman out of tho llne-up, tho Nyssa team was weakened consid erably. Il will be remembered that Nyssa doubled tho score amilnst Vale the early pare of the season. Albert Hopkins, also of La Grande and Eastern Oregon Normal letter man, rang up 15 points tor Nyssa In this contest-, Nyssa has won ten games this season with one defeat And havo been playing the strongosl Independent teams In Eastern Oregon and Idaho. Nyssa bowed to the Col lego of Idaho last week for tho first lost game. Nyssa will meet Caldwell Idaho next Tuesday night. Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Price are teachers at Nj-rso. I Portland Cagers In Hard Contest PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 23 wv-After romping along through the first half of the basketball kimsou with U perfect record of seven victoria Jefferson Itih school's morale broke I ins-, wees anu tne school started the second half with its first defeat to Franklin k.i ti,r iwttuwt scholastic league brum to look nn ! iiuHiKn ii were staging moro of u con tot nnd Ic.ss of o hoi so ruco. While the Quakers, n second ut vlMoa team, were Riving the league Under a lesson lu the effects, of over confitienee. Camme:ce uas buy Xutvlclnn Grant out second place and down nionsUle itself in a tie tor third. Henr.on huuled in second place hy drubbing liooisovelt. Another npet came when Lin coln, m tunes dcfealetl, threw Wash ington for a loss. Pnluualy it had lotiked ns though Jeftertitu. would coast chhIIj lo tlte Port land title and represent the city nt the Oieon state touniHiiwnt N'oxv Jrffersou will have to match us tep. If Linro'.n should continue it wln I'lns &treak in tt i-hiup uauut Jet-lei-s-on TucmIav. and If Bctou should drfeat. Commerce. Iieton would tie up ti.e leadership with the Demo cratic atti-eKtttion. U.oful, but Not Wealth . I'soful, nmter!al thlnps which Ore hot appropriated do ;ot come un der the head of wealth. Uniu wind, clouds, the (iulf Brivam, Iho heavenly bodies, nre all Viofui and all mnterlnl, but nr not directly appropriated, and so i.re iot rated (o lu wealth tift c nim: ;ily under Ktoo-1. THREE COiWlCTS . SHOT IN ATTEMPT TO GAIN FREEDOM (Continued from Pag? One) Norkiewicz ron straight Into one of tho two ambuscades and fell with a dozen shots in liis body. Chl leno leaped over his body and was caught by the fire, falling near his leader. Kllman, his hands still en twined about tho cable, ran Into the fire of the Eecond ambush. He died later In tho prison hospital. Tne other two of the fivo scam pered back Inside to safety. II i;stU'i: IN ARIZONA FLORENCE. Arm., Feb. 33 (P) Fpurtecn convicts, Including ono murderer, who clambered over tho stato penitentiary wall hero wlillo a guard was not watching, iato yester day, were being tracked today through, the sagebrush and cactus of tho sur rounding desert by bloodhounds and arm,cd posses. In all, fifteen escaped from tho prison In an impromptu delivery car ried out so stealthily that it was not detected until It had been in prog ress two hours. Tho last to shinny up a steel girder, taken from a prison construction Job and pressed Into service as a ladder, to tho top of tho wall and drop 20 feet to the ground outsldo the prison was seen by a guard us he sprinted for cover. Tho guard who was posted at tho gate, reported to Warden William Delbridge that ho had seen a man running toward tho desert for no up punent reason. The warden Immedi ately released tho dogs, went to tho wall and personally relieved tho guard there, J. M. Duly, whom he described as "inattentive." Hall itimc In Progress A ball game was In progress In tho yard and ficvcrul hundred prisoners hod been takon from their cells to witness It. Tho warden said It was impossible to determine how many had escaped until the 7 p. m. roll cull, four hours later. He said the escapo plot apparently had been hatched on tho spur of the moment by convicts who noticed the wall guard was not watching and decided to take advantage of their oppor tunity. Ho said many more may have planned to make a break In tho same way. Tho only one to be apprehended wus the ono seen as he ran from tho wall. He was a Mexican, whoso name was not given, serving a lilo term for murder. John Quantrcll. who shot a cook to death on the Anvil ranch In Pima county two years ago because- he did not like tho foot! the chef prepared for him, wus among those who es . English Lawyers' Guild Lincoln Inn, In London, Is one of the' four grail guilds or societies of Inwyvra in ICnglimt known us "Inns of court," which enjoy the exclusive power of culling persons lo llio bur. It derives Its nntne from tho ftu-t that the groups of buildings In London occupied by It belonged to llio purl of Lincoln In tlio reign nf Hilwni'd II. It became n:i inn of court soon nfter hU death. In l.'llll. Narrow Thoronsblaro Tho nnrroweat strum, In the United States Is said to be Treus. ury street In St. Augusjlne. Flu. Ii la 0 feet 1 Inch wide 'this at root was shown us a street on the map of St. Augustine in ; ITU?, mid culled Treasury street Iiecnuso the old treasury was on the tumor of this cross street mid tit. Uoorge street. Curringes uc.d lo drive through It, and a stone was placed nt tho entrance on Lav street to prevent lids. The old IreaMiry building Is sllll standing. First Curront by Wiro In tlio year liOO l.ulgl tiahlnl. nn Ilnlinu professor, designed on Instrument constructed of plies of silver and ?.inc disks Interspersed with pieces of damp cloth, which, when the ends were connected by wire, gave n steady lluw of current tlio Hist in history. Accounting for Folk Tale. A theory reported lo the Tolk Lore soclely Is that folk Inles of giants stalking on seven-league hoots prolmhly nrosn Iran the cus tom on using stilts In llio marshy purls of l-hirope, a custom which owed and frlglitonril str.ingers. Wre Queer Folks Wf giowl at thu I'onr devil who beija a dime from us on the xtroot ami turn rixM tiiouiul mnl wlionp Vm up for anJ vlect orti cors who raiso fiur luxes ten times that amount in a year. Florida Tintes-UnUm. Perional Morality A grftit ninny poop ft ntisto tlmo tulklit(3 nbuui vodos, standnrds nnd scruples, whon in reality 1 hoy menu Itiltihitlons, Instincts and do slres. Tho tinost oxeuse for per sonal nuirallty is tlinl lu (ho end It .Utstitlos Itself through IiieroaM'iJ jiiUisfuetiuii with living. Car pouter. Drops of Water Heard Afar Hy means of new sound on-tllin system, Invented hy n famous Ihm parinn sclent 1st. drops of water front a spoon tiro audible for a considerable distance. U Is eluintod tlr.it the tonal quality produced by the s8ieni is pnniintlly iorftHt and tbnt nil ground nnd other ex traneous noise.- are eliminated. Blame Put on Rati A number of lienuatt explorers who have Just returned to Cnpe lonn from the .Vj:;tinl lake district In A Men nmort that Lake Nfinir.l was formerly a tltvp lake 'JO iuIIoa Ions unit VJ miles wide. Today-it is very tdiallow nud almost di'v. be cuiie. uooordinj: to tha tiatlvett, rats had stopped a iicmher of riv ers from llvnvin into It. Britain Ckicf Rice Producer More than half the total world production of rice Is grown In the t'rlilslt empire, which also supplies S7 per cent of the worM's ruhher. W per cent of Us cut tin and ol per wnt of It sheep. l.e-ukm An if ivers. Ancient Family Tree In the family nf he Level's of Minuter I.ovell, Oxfordshire, Kn; hind. Ut penemtlons ran be traced from Rohert d'lvrl, who died about UV0, to their present rvptvcnt.v the. LA GRANDE EVENING STRANGE ILLNESS I FATAL ,TQ STAR j (Continuod 'from Page One) ' and from which she took her stage1 name, Melba. Her real name was Nellie Porter Mitchell, changed by her marriage in 1832 to Armstrong. 1 Her father was David Mitchell, a contractor of Scott Uh blood, at Burnley not far from here. ) Known to all the wprld as the successor to Pattl and Jenny Llnd. Melba sang last In America at tho i New York Metropolitan in Faust In 1017-13 and after that was seldom i heard in public. She wus said to I hftvo retained the purity, sweetness and flexibility of her volco almost until tho time of her death. !: The great singer rallied for a few minutes this morning from a, state I of coma and feebly spoke a fow i. words to her sister and son, who alono in the past few duys have bean permitted to see her. j Ho lt3t request was that a mlnis- tor bo summoned and with, his prayer In her ears she passed pcacc- . fully Into a slumber that was un broken until death came. 1 Tokens of world-wide sorrow in the last few days bore testimony of the affection with which Dame , Melba was regarded through the ; world. Three times King Oeorgo and : Queen Mary cabled words of itym ; pathy and hope. Messagea from Europo and America literally poured Into the hospital. I Although the singor's body was ' wasted with disease It was only a fow days ago that sho recognized ' that her end was approaching. She ; whispered to John Lemmono, famous 1 flautist and accompanist, her llfe ! Ions friend, "I pray Ood that I die j no lingering death." Molba's Ufa with Captain N. F. ! Armstrong, her huabaiid, was not entirely happy. Shortly alter birth of her son, ; Gcorgo Nesbit Armstrong, oho be ' came separated from both, mid in April, 1900, Captain Armstrong, then a rancher near Galvostou, , Texas, obtained a divorce. She later became reconciled with her son. aHREAT IS CLUE t ' J v. ?"ji' 0 1 il. Associated Hrcss I'hQtQ Michael Yasso of Brooklyn, N. Y., Is shown with a threatening letter that furnished one clue in the disappearance of his daughter. Rose Ya3so, 10 (Inset). The tetter, containing an ace of spades, hinted the death of the girl and also made a threat against the family of Dudley Field Ma lone, prominent lawyer. v i PLANET EROS IS CYLINDER-SHAPED. . NOT MUCH BIGGER THAN MANHATTAN f iVi :'--' 4 1 The little planet Krw has been Manhattan Maud. kctcii below H Howard V. HlrtKf"Ie. tAsscetatctl Iresa Science Editor) CAXmRIDliK. Mass. Il The tiny planet Kros i. shapeU like a flash hjjht a lcn. cvhudrlcal world. He may even have tne form of a dumb-hell, end if m 1$ "Dumb-Bell viS' I -- - ---l-Mi.e . ... V -., . 1 1 s'r; ; ; i tw? end view v I DIM '' " vnt 'rVS T 7 --pa-yT-.. pons : ' . V -A I V . ... - ' W ' view h . -V k . - !"-' l EROS " I EROS UlU FAV.C I EROS Dim I BKIUMI the First tn ih? planetary family. tl:s elonpatfd share Is the first l ttia.ior disc. very of t'.ie present ap j proach of the tiny planet, a risit h::ix until the end of February. It , 1 a si-.ape tha.; has born su:pertrd t I01 years. j B yend general prorwrt.ous ; length 25 to 39 .nile. breadth S to 10 miles announced fit H.rvtrd ob I servatsiy, the detiH are unknown, j His general pnpiiTtion rrArmble tht j map of New Yark city. Miuhttnn j Is!nd, and are not much lar?. Tii question of dunb-lvii hap -i titua tiui i:Ly in bi&ci OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Congress Passes A $1,000,0.00,000 Bill WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 Pi Con gressional action was completed Sat urday on another of the regular sup ply measures when the sen a to up proved the conference report on the 91 .000,000,000 'independent offices bill. Tho house approved It only a little while before the senate acted Tho measure carries approximately $800,000,000 for-the veterans admin istration. , - Coos Bayi tOi Fight For 26 ft. Channel MARSHFIELD, Feb.- 23 W) Coos bay will carry to Washlncton' the fight for u 26-foot channel from the harbor, bar to the Coos Bay- Lumber company mill. The port commission has appointed Major T; F. Maglnnls. manager of the ' port, and John D. Goss. port attorney, special delegates to the national capltol to take the matter up personally with tho Ore gon congressional delegation. Wife Kills Rival And Gives Self Up MEMPHIS. Teun.. Feb. 23 (tt A woman who '-Jaid she shot another woman bocauso it was "the only way out" was hold hero Saturday. Mrs. Gussle Bertha Nelson, 20, wifa cf a pressman, surrendered to police shortly after the fatal wounding Fri day night of Mis3 Madeline Brown, 20, a telephone company employe. She told police a friendship botweon her husband and the slain woman had driven her to desperation. PKINCE IN SANTIAGO SANTIAGO. Chile. Feb. 23 (?) The Prlnco of, Wales arrived here Saturday shortly after 5 p. m., com pleting a flight from Antofog-asta. TO MISSING GIRL m .A'ife. Uii vJ H uA ?3 s .. .. . found to be a world of cylindrical shape above), not much larger than hnw bow Kros d tin and brightens iw Its obi one shape utlirb in spare. millions of miles fi-uiu the eaiih. telescopes of 1975 when Ercs n?ct ccmcs very close is based upon cer tain .scientific theories. This form might be considered an txample of arrested "fission." This Is a method of star division, whereby fi rotating liquid er seml-llquld body, fifst flattens at Us equator, then be comes penr-shnper. then a dumb bell, with one knob much the smaller and finally separates Into two stars whrrllnu about each other. The theory that he may be already brcken in vxo has been published in Europe during the -present series of inspections. The peculiar shape of Kroa mtght be accounted for on thi well known scientific hypothesis that he ts one of the fragments of a broken planet that once revolved between the orbits of Mara and Jupiter. alert tl. au t.oK of lhec tramenU COAST GUARD WILL PATROL PACIFIC SEALS. SEATTLE, Feb. 23 (iP) -Guardians of-the herd of almost 2,000.000 seals which is beginning Its annual migra tion to the breeding grounds in Ber ing 60a, coast guard headquarters hero aro arranging for cutters to es cort tho herd on its Journey to the St. Oeorgo and St. Paul Islands of the Prlbllofs. - Word that some of the sealB were, seen off tile California coast on their way up from the tip of South Amer ica has been received by Captain A. D. Hinckley, commander, of the guard in the. North Pacific. Tho herd Is expected off the mouth cf the Columblo river about March 15 and the cutter Snohomish will be Its "mother''- until It reaches Dixon Entranco where 6he will bo relieved by tho Tallapoosa, which will see the seals safely Into Bering. - Tho seals come within 10 or 25 miles of the coast nt the mouth of the Columbia and then- head north for Unlmak Pass. The Snohomish will cruise Inside the herd to protect it from poaching from shore. Indians aro permitted to hunt seals, but must not use firearms or motorboats. They arc allowed to use spears and vessels propelled by hand. Between 300 and 40O 6eals were killed last yene by Indians along tho coast of Washington and Vancouver Uland. AL CAPONE IS RECOGNIZED IN DANVILLE, ILL. DANVILLE, 111., Feb. 23 (Traf fic Policeman Wiley Watson said Al phonso Capone, Chicago gang leader, stepped from the Florida limited of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail read here Saturday, accompanied by three .bodyguards, and was whisked away In a waiting llmousins. Watson said Capone chatted with him, admitting his identity. Residents near the Danville air port said a strange cabin monoplane landed at the field around noon and took off 30 minutes later: The officers said Capone an nounced he would fly to Chicago. Passengers on the Florida train said .Capone boarded It at Miami, making no effort to. conceal his iden tity. - s Capone Is under a federal court order to appear 'at Chicago next Wtinesday to answer a contempt of court citation resulting from his failure to return from Florida two years ago when subpoenaed before tho crnnd turv. Canone nt the time I pleaded illness, but government In vestigators sain nc was weu onougn to frequent the race tracks. Vets Compensation Not to Be Reduced WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 The senate Saturday without a record vote eliminated a section, in the hos pitalization bill reducing by fifty per cent the compensation of veterans while they aro in hospitals. Hoover Names New Treasury Assistant WASHINGTON. Fob. 23 (PPresl-t aenu jtioover eaiuruny . nBimuaiua Arthur A. Ballantlne, attorney of New York City, as assistant secretary cf the treasury to succeed Walter Hope who has resigned effective March I. Editor Resigns to Return to Klamath MARSHFIELD. Feb. 23 iff) O. G. Crawford, former managing editor of the Klamath1 Falls Herald, and more recently editor of the Port Umpqua Courier at. Reedsport, has resigned and returned to Klamath Falls. The Courier Is published by Robin Reed, I well known wrestler. -T -. X, already have been Identified and named. Seme are as big as the Brit ish Isles. Most seem circular, but o:hers. like Eros, are suspected of being irregular fragments. This suspicion is due to the wav they reflect light. Bras Is believed to be whirling end O'er end. pointed like a thrown knife with his sharp end toward earth. When seen end-on he reflect little light, but when his full length stands across the sky he reflects much more. ' Tho Harvard figures, based upon these llaht fluctuation, give his ro tation period as five hours. 16 min ute and 12 94 seconds. That is a 34-hour day' on Eros. Twice in that pencjd he points end-on, and twic; full face. A person sitting on e-ne end would be traveling a little less than 120 mll an bour m thrt motion of t rotation. CONFERENCE ON CHILD HEALTH IS CONCLUDED WASHINGTON. Feb. 23 W-W'th a message from President , Hoo ler that their work was expected to open a new era In child health and welfare, the medical section of the White, House child health conference Saturday Sjourned Its three day TUiTreporta and recommendations of the hundreds of physicians who form the three main committees of tho section, will be given to Presi dent Hoover next week by Sectary Wilbur., chairman 01 w.v. Secretory Wilbur, speaking at the Closing iSion. reviewed the history of the conference and said President Hoover's -attention had been focused sharply upon child welfare and health work during thq war. In Belgium and France, and in America by the Mls- uSfl. to tell you." Wilbur said, "that with your persistent ef fort and work upon tho problems of child health, a new era In child health and welfare will be opened, VARNEY ROUTE ONE OF BEST ILLUMINATED Overcoming unusual obstacles, the department of commerce has virtual ly completed lighting of the Seattle Tacoma - Portland - Spokane - Pasco-Bolse-Solt Lake airway, according to Leon Cuddeback, vice president of Varncy Air lines, which flies mall passenger transports on this raute. The department Installation now Includes 02 2,000,000 ciuidlepower re volving beacons. 14 ncctylcnc route beacons, or bllngor lights, and 28 lighted emergency landing fields. These are in addition to the lights . .,l-!nnmi;Q The liuu uciua m ni.. ... last work dons was installation or red and green side lights in the Columbia River gorge. The total air way distance from Seattle to Salt Lake City, with the Spokane-Pasco line. Is 1028 miles. Installation oi certain uios to navigation was difficult, one prob lem being that of getting power lines to some of the lights, reported R. R. Tinkham. superintendent of light houses, Tho Varncy Air Line route now be comes ono of tho longest completely lighted airways ill the United States. Retail Lumbermen Elect New Officers TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 23 OP) W. C. Miller of Senttlo was re-elected presi dent of the Western Retail Lumber- ' men's association at the 38th annual convention here Saturday. 1 The following officials and dlrec- j tore were also chosen for the coming : year: Idaho. Windsor J. Lloyd, Nampa; j Oregon, eastern division, Paul E. Van Petten, Ontario; western division, I John J.- Rogers, Eugene; 'Washing- ton, eastern division, Homer B. Ken- I riall, Spokane; western division, Carl Blackstcck, Seattle. Directors included: Claude Blst line, Pocatello. Idaho; Alfred D. Col lier, Klamath Falls. Ore.; H. F. Wol donberg, Wenatchee, Wash. The place for the meeting next year was left to, selection, of the directors.; . SoftWouldDie , For Murderer TAIXAIIASSEE, Pin., Feb. 23 (tf) The 8on of a man condemned to death for murder appealed to Gov. Carlton Saturday to let him die in the electric chair instead of his fa ther. Claude Laramore. nn employe at tho Florida State hospital for the Insane at Chattahoochee, made the request In a letter to the governor. The executive was not at tho capital Saturday. J. Webb Laramore. a farmer nnd fcrmer deputy sheriff, was sentenced to death last Wednesday for killing Leslie Harrell nnd Alex Porter, youths of his community. Claude's letter to the Rovernor read: "I am asking you to let me take my dear daddy's place in the electric chair. The others In our family need father and I will gladly go for his sake." Larry Woodall On Portland Contract PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 23 (t Laxry Woodall, catcher for the Port- ; land Beavers of the Pacific Coast i baseball league, and manager of the : team last' year, has notified Thomas L. Turner, president of the club, : that he has signed his contract and is leaving immediately for Portland. I His home i3 In Washington. D. C. ', Turner considers Woodall one of ' the best catchers in the league. He hit .345 last year. HILGARD PERSONALS lly Verna Wclmer (Observer Correspondent! I HILGAKD. Ore. (Special I Mr. nnct ! Mrs. Guy Thornbrue had as their i guests recently, Mr. Thombrue's bro-; ther, Harry, trom Leviiston. Iduho. j Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanford and i sen. Gerald, former residents of Hll- i gard but now of Weston, Ore., are visiting at the home of their daugh ter, Mrs. Emery Ferguson. Messrs 1,. o. Myers and Pete Love- IT'S TIME TO THINK About Our Having Your Requirements in Bulk or SEEDS Ferry & Portland Seed Co.'s Products W. a BOHNENKAMP CO. Monday, February 23, 1931 lace made a tour of Dmatllla looking for work during lamblnS time. They returned home Saturday iwr, uuicittvw .& Bcturea work. with Bmythe brothers. Mr. ana MiS . l, laf fop &-lln..tn .. " "iij afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Olsen have re turned to their home at the lit Emily logging camp. They have been in Baker since December 1. Mr. and Mrs. Lon ' Lilly, of u Orande, visited at the home of m7 and Mrs. Ed Sailing Monday alter! noon. - Miss Donna Scott was a vlsitn. ; Hllgard Sunday. " i Mrs. Nephl Coombs, of La Orande i and Mrs. Ray Baum. of Union, were visitors nt the J. B. Wclmer homo ! Friday afternoon. . Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Stiles, of stark, oy, were called to La Grande on busi ness Thursday evening. . . Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Noland and two children, Orvllle Myers and T. a Noland, returned to their home at the Mt. Emily camp Friday alter spending several days In' La Orohde MrB. Ed Sailing was a La Orande visitor Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ferguson, of Perry, moved to Pendleton Thursday Mr. Ferguson is employed by the Seta Construction oompaay, Mr. nnd Mra. Fred Rees and two daughters. Barbara Jane and Mary Ellen, and Mrs. J. B. Weimer, visited with Irlends and relatives at Cove Thursday. Ira Cantrel'was a visitor In Hllgart riiuuy ut-ii"(9 "n- uiuiucsa. ne was shipping turkeys to Portland. E. L. Gates has had several men busy last week helping put machinery in order to ship. Mr. Gates has se cured construction work at Oakridge, near Eugene. The work will last for about one year. Homer Johnson was In Hllgard last week taking invoice at the crusher. I Mr. Johnson expects to start repair '.work on the crusher about the first J of March. j Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peterson, of I Richland, stopped and visited at Hll 1 gard with friends Sunday. Mr. Peter- son was making ar business trip' to ' Portland. ! Mr. and Mrs. Robert Webber, of i The Dalles! were visitors at the John ' Frlce home in La Grande recently. 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