La Grande evening observer., April 01, 1931, Page 5, Image 5

Wednesday. April 1, 1931
UK GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. I3V. GRANDE, ORE., "
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Vihlts Here
John Cushman, grand chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias of Idaho,
stopped In La Grande Monday eve
ning on his way from, a meeting of
the grand trustees In Walla Walla
to his home In Welser. While In
La Grande he conferred with. H. E.
Dixon, grand chancellor of Oregon.
Fined f50
" Earl Waddlngham, who pleaded not
guilty to a charge of Illegal posses
sion of Intoxicating liquor when ar
raigned in the court of the justice of
the peace Monday, today changed his
plea to guilty, and was fined 950.
Grand Jury In Session
. The grand Jury resumed its session
this morning following an adjourn
ment from Saturday afternoon, which
was necessary In order to allow Judge
Knowles to go to Enterprise the early
part of the week.
Legion to Meet
The American Legion will meet this
evening in the Sacajawea Inn for a
regular business meeting and initia
tion of 60 candidates, according tc
Norman Desllet, post commander. Re
freshments will be served following
the meeting and initiation ceremony.
Uaby Girl
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Carmen, of Per
ry, are the parents of a baby girl
born March 25 In La Grande. Both
mother and baby are getting along
satisfactorily.
Cuts Fingers orf
While working with a Joiner in the
manual training'" room of the La
Grande High scnool yesterday after
noon, Carl Baum, East O. avenue, cut
the ends off the first and third fin
gers on his right hand.
Smallpox
L. R. Briggs, 1214 Y avenue, is
confined to his home because of
smallpox. His case Is serious, but
he is Improving satisfactorily, his
physician states.
Has Influenza
Henry Herman, R. P. D. 2, has been
ill at his home for the past three
days of influenza. He Is able to be
out now. It is reported.
To Study Voice
Mrs. J. P. McNamee is leaving the
first of the week for Seattle where
she plans to study voice with Seattle's
leading teachers of voice culture. She
, Is one of La Grande's best known
singers, and won an enthusiastic cir
cle of admirers. Mrs. NcMamee will
be gone at least six months.
Banquet Held
Eighty-three members of the East
ern Oregon Light and Power company
employes association from Baker, La
Grande, Elgin and Union were present
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EIDDIEIfjr
at a banquet held last night at 6
o'clock at the La Grande hotel. The
regular business meeting was com
bined with a merchandizing meeting
and Impromptu speeches were given
as a part of the program. Senator
C. H. Eberhard was one of the speak
ers of the evening. Guests of thp
association were R. G. Chamberlain,
vice president and western manager
of a washing machine company, and
H. C. Frost, both of Seuttle.
Printer Here
Ed. J. Keikey, of Seattle, Northwest
representative of the International
Typographical union, stopped in La
Grande this morning and visited the
local printers of the La Grande-Baker
Typographical union. He has been
In Baker but was forced to stop in
La Grande en route to Seattle because
of the washout on the railroad.
Passes Away
Mrs. La von a Abbott, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. David Beverldge, died
In Portland Sunday after a four weeks
illness due to typhoid and pneu
monia. She was burled Tuesday In
Portland. They are former, residents
of La Grande and Mrs. Abbott, who
was formerly La von a Beverldge, was
at one time a student at La Grande
High school.
Lenten services
Lenten services at the Zion Luther
an church have been planned for to
night and Friday night at 7:30 o'clock.
Rev. P. E. Baisler, of Seattle, Is con
ducting services In this city for a
few weeks. The Friday service will
be the last during Lent before Easter,
April 6.
New Son
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Flannigan, 1407
Ninth street, are the parents of a
baby boy born Tuesday evening at 7
o'clock at the Grande Ronde hos
pital. Both mother and baby are
doing nicely.
To Baker
Mrs. George Stoddard went to Bak
er today to transact business.
Attends Conference
Mrs. W. D. Hanks left recently for
Salt Lake City, Utah, where she will
attend a quarterly conference of the
Latter Day Saints church. She ex
pects to be gone for about 10 days.
Special Meeting
A special meeting of the members
of Blue Mountain Grove No. 21, Su
preme Forest Woodmen circle has
been called for Monday morning and
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Laura Oliver. Mrs. Rose McCroskey.
state manager, will be present, and
all arc urged to attend.
No Communion
There will be no morning com
munion in St. Peter's church Thurs
day, but attention of all members
is called to the union service at
7:30 p. m. followed by the Maundy
Thursday communion. The Good
Friday service will begin promptly
at noon Friday, Rev. M. G. Tennyson,
rector, stated this morning.
Iteturns From Visit
Mrs. D; C. French returned to La
Grande Sunday after an extended
visit In Western Oregon. While in
tho western part of the state she vis
ited with Mrs. Ida French and Leo
French (who .formerly nowned a
clothing store In La Grande) both
of whom live in Eugene. She also
visited with her three daughters',
Mrs. Marlon Klemo. Independence;
Mrs. Mildred Stnpleton, Portland;
and Mrs. Louise Robert, Longvlew,
Wash. During her five weeks ab
sence Mrs. French reports that she
had an interesting time and Is very
enthusiastic about her trip and her
visit with relatives.
Sunday School Feature
A feature of the Easter Sunday
school program at the First Baptist
church next Sunday morning will be
the annual birthday offering at which
time each one gives an offering, the
amount of which is to equal the
person's age. ;
Correction ' ( "
In the report of election of of
ficers of the Presbyterian church in
Monday's Observer, the name of Mrs.
H. P. Lewis was reported to the Ob-
TUNE IN KOIN
PORTLAND) STATION IWI I
TONIGHT
9:00 to 9:30
TORRENTIAL RAINS CAUSE
LANDSLIDES; DEATHS AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE FOLLOW
server as having been elected to fill
a vacancy in the board of deacons.
The report should have stated that
Mrs. L. Den ham was elected to serve
the unexpired term of Mrs. W.
Buchanan, who moved to Florida
some time ago.
Minor Operation
Miss Edna McGregor underwent a
minor operation yesterday and is con
valescing at the home of her sister,
Mrs. R. J. WilliamB.
Glider Fans to Meet
William Miller Jr. announced to
day that a meeting of persons In
terested in gilders will be held Friday
evening at 8 o'clock at William Mil
ler's offices. All who are Interested
are invited. Five have signified their
willingness to form a glider club but
at least double that number are nec
essary.
On Business - -
A. E. Strong, general manager of
the Natural Gas company of Wash
ington and Oregon, and R. L. Nance,
supervision engineer, are In La
Grande for a few days visit.
Eagles to Meet
The Eagles lodge now has 320 mem
bers, and by the first of June mem
bers hope to raise the number to 600,
Ray Patten stated this morning. The
ledge will meet Thursday evening at
8 o'clock at the Eagles hall for in
itiation. During the past year the
membership has increased from 180
to 320 members.
At Folk's
Miss Mabel Herzlnger is now em
ployed by Folk's ready-to-wear de
partment, taking tho placo of Mrs.
J. F. McNamee, who is leaving soon
for Seattle.
Colonel Llbby Here
E. C. Llbby, of Portland, colonial
assgned to the 18Gth Infantry, has
been In Eastern Oregon Inspecting
national guard units, and after In
specting the units, In company with
Lieutenant Colonel R. R. Huron, de
cided to return to Portland, but due
to the flooded condition of the roads
between hero and Western Oregon,
he was forced to stay over today.
Son Is Born
A son was born to Mrs. Ethel Hatch,
of Perry, at 1106 Spring avenue on
Mar. 28. Both mother and baby are
doing well.
Less Qu run tines
The decrease In quarantine cases
has been about 10 between January
and March, according to statistics re
leased this morning by Mrs. Elizabeth
Carney In the office of the city phy
sician. During January, when the
smallpox epidemic was at Its height,
18 cases of smallpox were reported
and one case of diphtheria; during
February only IB smallpox cases and
one diphtheria were put on record;
while during March the number of
smallpox cases was reported as ,10,
with no cases of diphtheria. Pneu
monia cases reported to the city phy
sician, Mrs. Carney states, were two
during January, three during Feb
ruary, and two during March.
Remodel Post Office
' A contract has been let to the
Durablo Decoration Company, of
Denver, to -redecorate the inside of
the post office,- and complete-. the
Improvements which wore stoned re
cently. The work probably will con
tinue throughout the coming month
says R. H. Huron, postmaster. The
roof will be repainted, he adds.
New Clerk
C. N. Poe. who for the past six
years has been employed by a Yakima
hotel, now lives in La Grande where
he is a clerk at the La Grande hotel.
To Co to Baker
R. R. Huron expects to attend a
meoting of the Amercan Legion In
Bakei tomorrow night as a guest of
the Baker post.
Fined $5
Richard Weeks was
municipal court last
charge of speeding.
fined
night
$5 in
on a
Correction
In yesterday's Observer it was
stated that the adjourned term of
circuit court would be held next
week, but it should have read begin
ning Apr. 13, according to Circuit
Judge J. W. Knowles.
MVER- FOR ANEMIA
Until very recently pernicious
anemia was considered an insidious
and slowly progressing but usually
fatal disease, against which the sci
ence and art of medicine availed
little.
Now, thinks largely to the works
of Dr. George H. Whipple and Dr.
George R. Mlnot, we have the means
with which effectively to combat the
disease. Liver, liver extract, and dried
and defatted hog stomach have been
found effective in pernicious anemia.
Dr. Whipple, who Is connected with
the University of Rochester, con
ducted experiments with dogs suffer
ing from anemia due to hemorrhage
and demonstrated that the reproduc
tion of lost blood largely depends on
and can be influenced by diet.
Previously the belief prevailed that
iron was the most important item in
the treatment of anemia. Now it has
been shown that in simple anemias,
the feeding of liver is effective In
stimulating to the production within
the body of new red blood cells and
of hemoglobin (the iron-containing
element of the blood).
An adequate supply of iron Is still
of value In anemia, but the stimu
lus to reproduce blood cells comes
from other substances.
Dr. Mlnot of Harvard applied tho
facts derived from Dr. Whipple's ex
nerlments to the treatment of perni
cious anemia, wth the result that then
disease, formerly almost Invariably
fatal, can now in many Instances be
controlled.
The liver treatment of pernicious
anemia, like Insulin in the treatment
of .diabetes, does not achieve a cure.
Tho liver preparation must be given
the patient throughout his life.
Unlike insulin, however, liver or
Its extract, is taken by the patient
by mouth and not in the form of an
Injection.
The dried and defatted hog's stom
ach substance has been found to be
as effective as liver and may be used
as a substitute.
Crotalarla has been Introduced In
South Carolina as a soil-building
crop.
Records of 200 demonstration
plantings of sweet potatoes in South
Carolina show a net profit of. $70.12
per acre annually.
Harry D. Wilson, Louisiana com
missioner of agriculture estimates
honey production of the state at $6,
000,000 annually.
A concentrated drive against the
wild plum tree has been started by
the Georgia board of entomology.
(Continued from Page One)
Residents of the county today
stated that the Grande Ronde river,
which was 10 or 12 Inches higher
early this mprning than last night,
was at one of the worst flood stages
in local history. Water had over
flowed the banks In several places,
including around the stockyards, the
city pumphouse, and the water was
over the road the other side of the
city park. The section fonnerly an
auto camp this side of the park,
which was filled and seeded last year,
was inundated. .
i Conditions Improving
In other sections of town where
streams were rising, same minor
flood conditions were reported. A
few cases were reported on the north
side where water had reached the
floors of houses. Conditions were
Improving this morning in general,
with the halting of the downpour.
Some people living near the river
moved out some of their furniture
last night and early today, and many
were up all night either fighting the
water or watching in the hopes it
would not reach the danger point.
Reports were that the remainder of
the old dam at Perry had been washed
out, and debris was noticed in the
raging river near Bowman-Hicks mill,
where the wooden bridge was in
danger during the night and early
mprning. i
TrafMc Held Up I
Traffic conditions on the railroad
and the Old Oregon Trail highway
east of here were reported to be fair,
practically all of the trouble exist
ing to the west of La Grande. Scores
of passengers on transcontinental
carriers and also many tourists were
marooned here as far as westward
travel was concerned, until 0 o'clock.
The Observer's correspondent at
Hllgard, Wllmerth Weimer, reported
the highest water in recent years
in the Grando Ronde river and Flvo
Points creek. The latter was four
or five feet higher at the crest than
the day before, but was reported a
few Inches lower this morning. Con
ciderable damtnge has been caused,
and the Mt. Emily logging camp and
Starkey farming communities , are
cut off.
The worst property damage in tho
Hilgard vicinity was the destruction
caused at the Mountain Springs serv
ice station and camp. The water
washed the now cabins from their
foundations, moving some seven feet
from their original site... The barn
was washed into the main current
and cattle were stranded in the river.
When the warning came to move at
1 a. m. today, Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Glenn gave up their posts and came
to La Grande, returning as they could
with trucks to move their furniture.
Tho Pred Recs home was surrounded
by water but no damage was done,
other than tho flood rising on the
floor. Mr. and Mrs. Rees and chil
dren were taken to the home of Mr.
and Mrs, J. B. Weimer.
Bridge Fill Destroyed
Five Points cut away the fill at the
Five Points bridge. At 1 o'clock to
day the watchman at the bridge on
the Old Oregon Trail brought, the
word for the Weimer and Rees fam
ilies to get ready to move. The road
was opened again about 9 a. m.
Slayers of Three Washington Women
Leave Police Defeated by Mysteries
.t.Editor's Note: This Js Alio fifth of
a series ' of six stories by Associated
Press writers dealing with recent
celebrated murder cases.
lly Sam Bledsoe
WASHINGTON (VP) The average
citizen In Washington is inclined to
blame any unidentified night noises
on cats or the wind.
His sleep is usually sound.
Burglaries are comparatively few,
and the laundryman carries -his
clothes unhampered by . ,the rack
eteer. Tho police might be slightly
patronizing toward their brother of
ficers in more "uproarious" cities were
it not for a scries of baffling murders.
Tho slayers of three women who
have met violent ends within the
past two years never have been found.
The strangest case of all Is that
of Mary Baker, navy department
clerk.
Miss Baker, daughter of a Virginia
minister, was a quiet girl, nearlng 30.
She went to church on the day she
disappeared, a church near the down
town business section. She walked
away with two girl friends, left them
on a busy corner ln broad day, and
was never seen alive again.
Her body was found the next day
stuffed into a culvert near Arling
ton national cemetery. She had been
shot three times.
Scores of suspects wero arrested
and released. No motive could be es
tablished, nor had one been estab
lished when Herbert M. Compbell, Vir
ginia real estate operator, was brought j
to trial charged with her murder.
Tho authorities never were able to
prove that Campbell ever Baw Mary
Baker. Tho evidence against him was
the statement of ballistic experts that ,
hio gun fired the bullets found In
tho girl's body. ,
Campbell offered a good alibi and j
the verdict "not guilty," was a fore- ,
gone conclusion. j
That trial was during last October,
and the New Year celebrations had
hardly dlrd nwny before the police j
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Although the water was down sev
eral Inches early today, it was still
dangerous at that time. The Perry
bridge was menaced by swirling wa
ters. , The water was over the road
this side of Perry at the creat of
the flood, but receded shortly af
terwards. Railroad officials In La Grande said
this morning that tho track east of
Duncan and 15 to 20 miles west of
Meacham was washed out for 400
feet, due to flood waters of Meacham
creek. Also, three miles ea6t of Gib
bon there is a stretch of 800 feet of
track washed out. Both will have
to be bridged before train movements
can be renewed. Waters were report
ing to be receding this morning. By
11 o'clock this morning the river in
La Grande was 13 Inches lower.
No. 19 yesterday morning was the
last train to go west from here and
No. 6 yesterday was1 the last to come
through to La Grando from Portland.
After those two trains, movements
through here ceased.'
Deaths Reported.
Rainfall in three Pacific Northwest
states the past 48 hours had claimed
probably three lives today. Injured
one man. paralyzed train service In
sections, isolated communities, played
havoc with highways, washed away
farm houses and caused farmers to
evacuate their homes. The weather
bureau could promlso no immediate
relief,
Oscar F. Olson, 42, Seal Rocks and
Rex Brown, Perry, wero missing after
their boat had capsized In the swollen'
Willamette river near West Fir, Ore.
Four other men in the boat were
rescued.
Deaths Near Wnlla Walla.
Philip Fox, 73. of Walla Walla.
Wash., died. Investigators said, from
shock and drowning when he fell into
Garrison creek while protecting his
barn from rising waters. W. K. Wag -
ner. thrown into a stream near Mil-
wm-rreewaier, iu miies uum wium
Walla, when a bridge over which he
was driving a truck collapsed, was
injured seriously. Unconfirmed re-
ports said three Walla Walla residents
were missing. '
were floated nway ana between 300
and 500 perRona were forced to pro
tect their stores and homes by em
bankments of sandbags. Walla Walla
streets wero covered with about two
feet of water, many business mon be
ing marooned In their offices. Several
mg maroonea in tneir on ces.
bridges in the vicinity had floated
away
1 Rnlns Hit Central Idaho.
Torrential rains ln North Central
Idaho hod paralyzed train service,
formers deserted their homes and a
passenger train was marooned be
tweon Jullaetta and Kendrick. A log
jam crushed a railroad bridge and
threatened 18 others over Oroflno
creek, north of Oroflno. Idaho. Land
slides obstructed highways and Lewis-
ton was almost without train servlco
because of record-breaking downpour,
Driving rains still were flooding ai
ready overflowing streams and up to
a late hour yestemay precipitation of
2.19 inches had shattered a 22 year
old record.
Oregon Communities iHolattri.
.In Oregon gale-driven rains had
caused isolation of Tillamook, Pacific
nitv. Brcitonbush and Detroit and
flood waters had carried away throe
large bridges and a smaller one one
over the Big NeBtucca river, those at
Zlg Zag and Welches and the end of
the Britnwooa
county.
span ln Clackamas
wore busy trying to- find .the xnvvr
dorer of another woman. " '-
'She was Beulnh Limerick, a differ
ent type from Mary Bakor. Beulah
was 19, pretty, a theatre usher and
tho secretary of the "Sky High
Whoopee club."
Tho girl lived in an isolated house
with her brother. Vernon and a
friend. Sho came home from a dance
of her club December 30 In good spir
its and went to bed. They called her
next morning but sho did not re
spond. Sho was dead.
An interne, after a casual exam
ination, decided she had hud a hem
orrhage during the night. Her body
was taken to an undertaking estab
lishment. An embalmer that day
heard a steady dripping and Invest!-.
gated. Blood was oozing slowly irom
a bullet wound In the back of the
girl's head.
The authorities have arrested 16
cr 20 persons, among them a former
policeman. Almost all the suspects
have been released.
Tho Limerick and Baker cases have
strengthened the belief of many that
Virginia McPherson, charming young
mirse, also was murdered,
Sho was found ln her apartment ln
September, 1920, with a pajama cord
knotted about her neck. There was
a long and futile inquiry.
hat
puts the fluff
in fluffy muffins
It's the millions of tiny
bubbks in the batter,
released by the cream of
tartar in your Baking
Powder. Unfortunately,
there are cheap substi
tutes foresaw of tartar.
They make bubbles too,
but not the tiny, fluffy
kind. Ask any domestic
science teacher or any
dietitian. Not every bak
ing powder contains
cream of tartar, for the
substitutes cost a lot less.
Look on your baking
powder tin. Sec if you
see the words "cream of
tartar" anywhere. It's
important!
Schilling
Baking
Powder
.: Cream of Tartar
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Trains were halted along the South
ern Paclfie lines into Tillamook by
slides and bulging streams had cut
off all highway routes Into the city.
Summer cabins at Brlghtwood and
Arrawannah were breaking up and
being carried away. Passengors from
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail
way were transferred to buses in the
vicinity of Knappa where slides
blocked the railroad tracks. Damage
was reported to farm lauds In many
different sections.
Landslide at Hoqulam.
A landslido at Hoquiam, Wash., de
stroyed a garage and furnace room
and damaged the home of K. J. Sand
strom. Slides blocked the Grays Har
bor city road and rivers wero out of
their courses and still rising.
The flood conditions today is the
worst since Apr. 1, 1804, when two
day as the floods receded. Although
avenue through the business section,
coming from a break In the loves near
the old slaughter house. J. H. Ponre
today was showing pictures of the
flood, takon at tho intersection of
Jefferson and Fir, showing the Slater
building. Another picture was taken
of the Oro Dell dam, showing be
tween eight and ten feet of flood
water. This picture shows the old
Dumn house which the railroad used.
These two floods, occurring Just 3?
years apart, are the two outstanding ;
in La oranaes nisiory.
Death Repotted.
Roports from Pendleton this after
nooivsald that Tom Auostolotolus, 45,
a farmer living in the Mission area;
east of Pendleton, was reported to
have drowned last night. Floods f
were sweeping over tho area. j
Many sheep are believed to have I
been drowned in the flooded Echo.
,nirr Pnrmpm thorn said tho anl-
j mal8 wera 8ceH standing shoulder
deep ln tho water. It Is thought
' mnny tuea when they were crowded
uncior the water by others attempt-
tug t0 rcacn higher ground.
, M0t0r stage service botweon Walla (
' Walla and Pendleton was resumed to-;
I frot of Water rushed down Jefferson-,'
j tll0 day opened with sunnhlne. lul.Vi
began falling late in the morning. - I
CASH REGISTER' MAI'IIINI!
I'KIXTK I'HKl'.UI) l-OSTAGE
WASHINGTON ! A machine for
printing and cancelling prepaid post
oro that works much like a cash reg
ister has Been adopted Dy tnc unucu
! 8tBtca p0stofflce department,
, Jt de8lgned tJr establishments
sending out largo quantities of mail
of various denominations anu classi
fications. Tho machine prints ln ono opera
tion tho date, wolght, class of post-;
ago, insurance notation, special le-:
Uvory, special handling. O. O. D.,'
amount of uostaao. serial number.
machine and permit number. It can '
bo Bot to cover -any amount of pro
pm jiuhw. , , "i" ;j
is exhausted, automatically locks.
' CHANCELLOR OF K. P,
LODGE WILL VISIT
IN THIS CITY SOON
(Continued form Pago Ono)
Crouch is hear, includes the United,
States,' Canada and tho Hawaiian
islands. . ne nas jusl reuirueu nam
j a meeting In the Hawaiian Islands
j and will be on his way to Baltimore
to attend a meeting with the grand
ledge of Maryland, when he stops In
La Grande, H. E. Dixon, grand chan
cellor of Oregon, stated this morning,
f During tho convention Supreme
Chancellor Crouch will present vet
eran's Jewels to a class of veterans
from Orion No, 73, of Elgin.
! Claude L. Berry, district deputy, j
Will presldp. at -the' meeting, and Mr.
Crouch will bo-the main speaker, -being
Introduced by Mr. Dixon. Other
numbers on tho program will be,
music by the Blue Mountain Wrrtn-;
glcrs, and by the K. P. quartet com
posed of Don Gaily, Wesley McDonald,
Hurley Stoneklng and Paul Brace. .
WALZ SPEAKS AT
CHURCH SERVICE
(Continued from Page One)
troubled soul of the Master was used
In a fitting way to call attontlon to
Lenten meditation.
Tho services tonight will bo held
at tho Baptist church with Rev, A. J.
Btnrmer speaking from the subject,
"Christ Our All." These services will
continue - through tho week and all
are Invited to attend.
Second Course
To Be Held By
Mr. Blankenship
Lost veok It .was announced by J.
T. Longfellow that a second univer
sity extension course ln American '
literature would be offered ln the La 1
Grando High school, providing at
least 35 registrations could be se-1
cured. Mr. Longfellow said this morn
ing that more than the required
number have already registered, and
that the new course Is thus a cer
tainty. He talked with Professor Rus
sell Blankenship by telephone last
night, and received his assurance that
he would be on hand for the open
ing session of the class Thursday evo
nlng at 7 o'clock.
Professor blankenship, who Is the
author of a recent college text book
in literature, is recognized through
out the northwest as an authority ln
his field, and local people consider
it a distinct privilege to be able to
secure his services as Instructor of the
extension course hero.
The new course will be a study of
tho chief currents of American lit
erature since 1890, beginning where
tho former course was concluded, and I
placing the main emphasis on tho
novelists from Howells to Hcmlng-1
way, though poetry and drama will
also be discussed. The class will meet
every Thursday evening from 7 to 9
o'clock, though an extra session will
have to be arranged during one week I
in order to complete the course by
the end of the school year.
Two term hours of university credit
will bo awarded those who satisfac
torily complete the work of the
course. The fees are the same as for
tho first course! $7 whether taken
for credit or not. Several people from
out-lying communities of the county
have registered, which is an indica
tion of the wide appeal of thei'coursc.
OLSON REPLIES
TO CRITICISM
OF STATEMENT
Dr.. E. Olson, now In the Unity
country in connection with the dril
ling in search of oil,; issued a reply
in Tuesday's Issue of . the Baker Dally
Record to statements recently made
by J. C. Bowen in criticism, of his
geological report. ,"'- ,
"The roports made by the U. S.
geologioal survey in 1020 and 1021,
according to admission now made,
did say .... certain Eastern Ore
gon territory was recommended for
drilling, which is more than I said;
and that Eastern Oregon could not
be regarded as impossible territory
for tho accumulation of oil In com
mercial amounts," Dr. Olson said, "It
'Should be here remembered that the
V. S. goological Burvey ln question
.has said less than that about sov
onil potential oil fields which havo
since becomfo great oil producing
fioKlB ... I am sorry to-be compelled
to tell . . . that, Mr. Bowen did not
tell the truth -when he said that
the undersigned 'located two dry
wells at Eugene and Cottage Grove.
There Is not one producing oil or
gas well on earth that . would have
found oil If they had quit drilling.
. . . -l'neso iwo wens were ioao ana
not carried to the geological depths
as reports were proved.' The Eugene
well was lost at 3600 and tho geo
logical depth was 4500, and tho Cot
tago Orovo well was lost at about
1H00 feet, and the geological depth
was 3000. No . . , man could call
theso wells dry ... as far as they
wero carried they were in a most en
C6uraglng oil and gas formation. The
Eugene well struck heavy gas pres
sure at 2500 and was lost In so much
oil that the contractor declared ho
had a commercial well. I still main
tain that theso wolls were located on
oil as many geological reports . . .
havo strongly reported."
. A movement Is now undorway hero
to bring Dr. Olson to this county
to, mako a survey.
VISIT AT UNITY
UNITY, Oro., Apr. 1 P) Sovoral
wero visiting tno oil well near Unity
on Sunday. Mr. Orirrin has made
arrangements so people coming from
a cllstunco can get lunch at noon.
Sandwiches, pie and coffee are served
ln a building he is Just finishing at
the well for his office.
Further Reductions
1929 Durant Truck $423
1927 International Truck ...... 295
1927 Paige Sedan .... 293
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AUTOMOBILE LOANS
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