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(IratthrlE CITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leases , Wire Service . ... 10 PAGES TODAY Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties ' : VOLUME 30 LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1932 eastern oreoon b leading newspaper - NUMBER 148; MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. 0 wen hi r v it m Life Guilty? J TTh n WINS BATTLE FOR LIFE IN MURDER CASE Defense Scores Victory With Prosecution De manding Death Penalty SENTENCE TO BE PASSED SATURDAY Springfield, Missouri Mur derer Learns Fate Four Months After Slaying Amos Helms. Life Imprisonment for John. Owen, 28-year-old son of a retired Spring Held, Mo., minister, was recommended by a circuit court jury which con victed him here last night of first degreo murder of Amos Helms, Ore gon state policeman. Owen will be sentenced at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning by Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles. Members of the Jury which recom mended life imprisonment for the killer from Missouri are: Garret Bys dom, W. O. Miller, Franklin. Hawk ins, S. H. Richards, Eldon Rush, P. J. Hailing, John Murchlson, Andrew Mulvehlll, James R. Jones,- Prank Perry, Earl O'Bryant and Neil Klght. Willis Moss was alternate. Cochran lie presents Owen George T. Cochran, appointed by the court,, served as attorney for Owen. Carl Helm, of Ltc Grande, and Leland- Pinch, of Baker, both district attorneys, conducted the prosecution. -. Mr. Helms was shot last Oct. 18. Ho and State Police Captain Lee Noe were starting to question Owen and Keith Crosswhlte, 19, also of Spring field, as they sat in their car at a filling station here, about a filling station robbery at Idaho Falls. Bul lets Bcreamed an answer to the of ficers signal to atop. Mr. Helms lu desperately "wounded and Owen "' tintt "crosswhlte sped awayuntouched, as Captain Noe emptied his pistol at them. Owen and Qrosswihite fled irjto the bitter cold of the Blue moun ( Continued on Page Five) BIEBER ROUTE NOT SUITED FOR PULLMANS WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 VP) South ern Pacific trafllo representatives ex pressed the opinion here today that passenger service over the Bieber, (Cat.) route of the Oreat Northern and Western Pacific railroads would never be sufficient to Justify opera tion of heavy, through Pullman trains. P. S. McGlnnls, of San Francisco, vice president in charge of traffic of the Southern Pacific, told Examiner Dlsque, of the Interstate, commerce commission, that ' his company had refused to exchange passengers with the competing route at Son Francisco for two reasons. First, he said, it would take traffic away from the Southern Pacific and second, the Southern Pacific believes the Bieber route would never be a paying one for passenger service. Painters Reduce Their Wage Scale The painters union of La Grande, local No. 701, announced today It had reduced Its wage scale approximately 20 per cent. "In view of the efforts being made by many of our business leaders and national organizations to roll tho wheels of business out of the slough of depression," tho statement said, "and believing this to be a time demanding sacrifices and conces sions by all, we have reduced our wage scale. . . . With material prices the lowest in years this should be an Incentive to Investors to have needed work done now. Our organ ization Is composed of experienced men who are home owners and tax payers of La Grande." t 8 WEATHER FORECAST 4 Oregon: Cloudy with rata 4 & In the west and snow in the east portion tonight or Sat- in-day: slightly warmer to- 3 y& night; moderate changeable winds mostly south and south- 4 west winds offshore. . $ WEATHER TODAY 4 7 a. m. 18 above. "8" Minimum: 6 above (mark 8 registered at 7 a. m. Thuis- 8 day). s Condition: Partly cloudy. 5 t WEATHER YESTERDAY S Maximum 29, minimum a 8 4 above. j Condition: Partly cloudy. Range a7 degrees. . 4, WEATHER FEB. 10, 1031 .$ : Maximum. 42, minimum 34 , above. 4 Condition: Partly cloudy. Range degrees. ... Keith Crosswhite Pleads Game Officials Outline Program At Union Dinner Orue Hundred and Fifty Attend (Jlam ireed Large Delegation Pres ent From La Grande. ( By Mrs. h. Z. Tcrrall (Observer Correspondent) UNION, Ore. Feb. 19 (Special) Amidst the din of voices and clatter of dishes and clam shells, sportsmen from many sections of Eastern Ore gon gathered at the Sportsmen's clubhouse last night to enjoy the 5th annual clam feed. Three long table were attractively decorated with red carnations from the. local green house and game birds,- mounted by James DeVore, of Catherine creek. Fir boughs were used in profusion about the walls and rafters to create an atmosphere of the sportsmen's paradise. In spite of the frigid tem perature, the attendance was very gratifying and the crowd was estim ated at about 150. In addition to the 600 pounds of clams prepared for the dinner, there were steaming bowls of mashed potatoes, baked beans, salads, pickles, apple pie and coffee. A dozen women assisted the men In serving the meal and with four previous years of "experience, they handled the crowd very efficiently. With the new wing added recently to the east side, of the clubhouse, it was easy to ac comodate the crowd and all were (Continued on Page Four) Miss Heath To Devote Time To Food Seasoning Seasoning Is truly the secret of flavorful food according to Miss .Hes ter Heath, noted home economist who comes., here on March 3,. 0..JL0. and 11 to present her program, Tho Kitch en Chautauqua, to local housewives. The woman who knows properly how . to use the spices, extracts and flavorings that go into delicate sea sonings, may well be happy, because she has the knack that makes a dish taste "Just right." And it's easy to acquire this knack, says Miss Heath. Seasonings vary with nationalities. Early chefs of distinction in France were Italians. It was not long, how ever, before the more delicate Gallic palate toned down tho strong Italian flavoring. In France the zenith of seasoning, the real kitchen magic, has been reached. Englishmen are more out-of-doors folk, eat coarser foods, and have tastes largely Inclined toward wild came. As a result, strong sauces gar nish the majority of English dishes Instead of the milder oil dressings of France. In Germany, the individual taste of the community was reflected In the seasoning habits of Its cooks and its housewives. The vast variety of German Bau sages were Inspired by the endeavor to match the texture of beer favorea by the particular community. (Continued on Page Three) Weather Not So Cold Here Early TodayrLS Above Going into the 07th day of real winter In La Grande, . the weatner moderated several degrees this morn ing, with the mercury as IB above at 7 o'clock. At the same time Thurs day mornipg It was 12 degrees comer. In spite of sun most Ol ine aay. the maximum Thursday was only 29 above, making it the fifth day with out temperatures above freezing point. 1 1 ' No new snow has fallen since the zero weather early this week. WALLOWA SNOW HEAVY WALLOWA, Ore., Feb. 19 (Special) Some Interesting figures In regara (Continued on Page Two) Charles Eldred Passes at Perry By Wllila O'Nell (Observer Correspondent) PERRY, Ore.. Feb. 19 (Special) Charles F. Eldred. about 45 years of aire, died here about 8 o'clock last night of a paralytic stroke. Mr. Ross was lat the home of Harry Coalwell when death came. The deceased has lived on tho Ross hill or In the neighborhood ol Perry for the last 12 years. He has no relatives In the west with the exception of a brother-in-law at Yak ima, Wash. Funeral arrangements had not been made this morning. Bear Raids Target Of Hoover Thrusts WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 WV-Action by administration officials to re strain bear raids on the New York stock exchange was reported today by President Hoover. IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE IS POSSIBILITY Owen's' Companion in Fatal Shooting of Amos Helms Admits Guilt. ACTION FOLLOWS REPORT OF JURY Sheriff ' Jesse Breshears Not to Announce When He Will Take Prisoners to Salem. Keith Crosswhite, charged Jointly with John Owen with the murder of Amos Helms, state policeman, pleaded guilty to murder In the second de gree this morning at 9:35, about 11 hours after Owen was found guilty of murder in the first degree with a recommendation for life imprison ment. Crosswhlte, 19-year-old son of Ollle Crosswhlte. Springfield, Mo., deputy sheriff, who met his death recently at the hands ox Donaiis, faces the possibility of a maximum terra of life imprisonment In the state penitentiary at Salem. Judge J. W. Knowles will pronounce me sentence tomorrow morning at 10 (Continued on Page Four) E.O.N. READY FOR LAST HOME TILT Whitman Here Tonight at ,7:30 T-: BancL'to Play . Numbers at Game. 8 8 3 : WHITMAN WINS TWO 8 8 WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. $ S 19 P) Whitman college bas- 4 ketball team made it two 3 $; straight over Columbia unl- 3. versity by again overwhelm- j lng the visitors 65 to 20 hero 4 $ last night. Whitman won S 3 Wednesday night 44 to 18. .$ ' .When the Mountaineers make their final stand on the home court to night at 7:30 o'clock against the speedy Missionaries of Whitman col lege. It will be to the echoes of music from the La Grande band. The or ganlzatlon directed by Andrew Loney Jr., Is to give a concert following the game, and the band also will furnish music at' the game. The concert be gins at 8:30 and the public may Bee both events on the night's program as they will not conflict. The Whitman game stands forth as the highlight In the home season of (Continued on Page Ten) DANA, OREGON NEWSPAPER .MAN, IN RACE PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 19 W'' Marshall N. Dana, associate editor of the Oregon Journal, today an nounced he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Benator. Dana's announcement, handed to tho Associated Press today, said: "I shall seek tho nomination for United States senator from Oregon in the May primaries on the Democratic ticket and will hope for tho faith and fellowship of the many good citizens in every part of the state who have urged, me to this step." Dana will oppose Senator Fred erick Steiwer, a Republican. He has been associate editor of tho Journal since 1909, and prior to that time was employed on papers In Ohio. West Virginia and Missouri. He has for years been Interested In river development and, hydro-electric work, and served as president or the Umatilla rapids association. La Grande Band To Play Concert Tonight Program Is Announced Director Andrew Loney Jr. today announced the program which will be presented by the La Grande band beginning at 8:30 o'clock tonight ot the L. D. S. tabernacle. ' In addition to the band numbers the "8ymphonie Singers," directed by Mrs. Jessie Hosklns, and the American Legion drum and bugle corps under Drum Major John B. Oarlty. will par ticipate in the program. The public Is Invited to attend and no charge will be made. The concert will start at 8:30 In order not to conflict with the Wblt-man-E. O. N. basketball game which is scheduled for 7:30 o'clock at the Recreational hall. Tho band will play several numbers before the game and during halftlme, then going to the tabernacle to prepare for Its concert. Guilty To Garner Gaining More Supporters Over The Nation W. G. McAdoo Comes to Support of Texan as Candidate on Which Party Could Unite. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (Wheth er or not ho will be there at conven tion time, John Garner now appears headed for a place among the really strong contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination. . . William G. McAdoo's announce ment of last night in Los Angeles of support for the speaker of the house, not only put In the Texan's train a man who has been powerful In the party but emphasized, the de termined, efforts of the Garner sup porters to shove him into the breach created by the "stop -Roosevelt' movement. Garner, behind a wall of silence on things political which, is broken only to disavow connection with the acts of his supporters, sticks to the Job of running tho house of representa tives. This job is the most con spicuous one nationally now filled by a Democrat, and Garner's handl ing of it is what his volunteer sup porters count upon to arouse enthusl' asm on a country-wide Bcale. Garner Given Praise McAdoo spoke' of Garner as a can didate under whom all elements of the party could unite. He related his own personal experience, as sec retary of the treasury, with Garner's grasp of national affairs. Then he laid on heavily with the argument that Garner is not Involved in any party schisms, and that as "one of the people" he makes a Btrong op peal to Important elements in the party. McAdoo is one of the Btaunc heat drys, and his announcement i considered important in the light of tho prohibition issue, for Garner al though since voting for enforcement measures, cast . his ballot against adoption of., the eighteenth, amend ment Only a few, days ago Senator Sheppard, of Texas, came, out for a national campaign In Garner's be half, and Sheppard was a moving . (Continued on Page Two) Bankers' Short Course Will Be Held Feb. 26-27 The Blue Mountain district bank ers' agricultural short course will be held in La Grande on Feb. 26-27, the first to have been held In this vicln lty, sponsored by tho agricultural committee of the Oregon Bankers' association and the extension service of O. S. O. The bankers will meet with the agriculturists on Feb. 26 for an all-day session, while Tuesday the program will be conducted by tho ex tension service for county agents and other farm workers and tho bankers have been Invited to attend. Previous to 1032 tho short course has been held in Western Oregon, with the result that interest was not very great in Eastern Oregon. This year three will be held In the state, in Medford, Corvollls and La Grande and It Is the hope of the Union County Bankers' association that every, bank In Eastern Oregon will bo represented. Ilan Otis to Himik Dan Otis, director of the agricul tural commission, American Bankers association, will be the principal Continued on Pago Flve Move 152 Patients To Pendleton, Ore SALEM, Feb. 19 (P) A special train left here early today for Pendleton carrying 152 patients of tho state hospital for Insane to the Pendleton Institution. The patients are being transferred to relieve tho conges tion at the Institution at Salem. Twelve attendants accompanied the patients. The transfer will bring the number of patients here to more than 2000 while at Pendleton It will be about 1200, Dr. R. E. Lee Stelner, super intendent announced. The program follows: Band 1. March, "On the Mall" Goldman 2. Overture, "Masanlello" Auber 3. Concert waltz, "Jolly Fellows" .... Vollstedt Symphonie Singers 4: (a) "Dark Eyes" Russian Folk Song) Arr. Trehame (b) "In Italy" - Boyd Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. 6. (a) March, "Boys of '76" ..Schultz (b) Overture, "La Grande Poet" 1 Schultz Band 6. Grand scenes from "Show Boat" ; ; ....Kern 7. Descriptive, "In f Clock store" ...Orth 8. "Hungarian Fantasia" Moscs-Tobanl "Star Spangled Banner." Second Degree Murder $700,000,000 RELIEF BILL IS APPROVED House Labor Committee Favorably Reports Meas use; Vote 9 to 3. LOANS TO STATES PROVIDED FOR Substitute FoU Lewis Bill Which Wad Similar to LaFollette-Costigan Re lief Measure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 VP) A 700,000,000 federal relief bill was approved by the house labor com mittee today by a 9 to 8 vote. The measure would divide the total authorized appropriation Into three parts as follows: $300,000,000 for direct loans to states by the secretary of the treas ury to furnish state bonds in inat amount. 200,000,000 for direct grants to states that have borrowed to their limit or whose constitution prohibits applications for loans. $200,000,000 to be spent; on me public building program where allo cations alroody hove been made but where the budget bureau has not submitted estimates for appropria tions. Under both the loan provision and tho direct grant provision tho states would be required to repay the money within ton years. Falling that, tho treasury would make deductions from that state's participation in me annual federal highway fund. The measure- woRAipproved oy tne oommlttee Vs a- fciiiwtltiite for tnp Lewis bill which was identical with tho LaFollette-Costigan measure re Jected last week by the senate. v IIOl'SF. O.O.I." TAKES ACTION WASHINGTON,5 Feb. 19 VP) House Republicans took steps today to carry out President Hoover's request for authority to re-organize the govern ment In the Interest of economy. Representative Holaday of Illinois, Introduced a party-sponsored resolu tion to empower tho chief executive to abolish, combine or transfer any commission, bureau or other govern ment divisions by executive order. (Continued on Page Four; KELLY, STATE GAME CHIEF, RESIGNS POST PORTLAND, Ore., Feb.. 19 VP) The resignation of H. L Kelly as state game supervisor of Oregon, ef fective March 16, was announced to day by the state game commission. Announcing the resignation, the commission said: "In view of the fact that the board of commissioners of agriculture and forestry of Hawaii have sent an urgent request for the return to Its Borvlce of H. L. Kelly In his former relations to that board at Increased compensation, the state game commission accepts with regret Mr. Kelly's resignation." Kelly assumed his duties os game supervisor last August, coming hero from Hawaii. He Is recognized as one of tho leading fish culturlsts of the world. He was granted a year's leave of ab sence by tho Hawaiian board of com missioners of agriculture and forestry to help the Oregon commission get organized. While this leave of absence did not expire until next September he was urged recently to ask for his release by the Oregon ccmmlsslon that he might return to Honolulu by the end of March at tho latest. 27 Men Indicted By U. S. Grand Jury PORTLAND. Feb. 19 VP) Twenty seven general indictments were hand ed In by the federal grand Jury here Thursday, all but three of them for alleged liquor law violations. Among those named, and date of arrest, were: , Joe Oabbert, Salem, Feb. 6; Carl Thomas and Joe Hand, Jackson coun ty, Feb. 6: Clarence R. Small, 811 verton, Jan. 14; Wayne D. Nea! and Walter Rltzcrt, Hcppner. Jam. 10; Tom Lara, Pendleton, Feb. 0. Mills in Favor Of C'opeland Measure , WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 VP) Sec retary Mills of tho treasury depart ment has recommended to tho senate enactment of a measure by Benator Copeland. Democrat. New York, which would permit Importation of brandy and other spirits for non-boveroge purposes on official certification that the supply In this country was insufficient. HEIRESS mnm i mm yxmwmmmmmmxt!rmrmmm Although, she is mted or one or the richest potential heiresses In the United Hbvtcs, Hetty Offleld, nbove, granddaughter of tho Into William Wrlglcy Jr., chewing gum magnate-, lives nntl dresses simp ly. Hhe is tho daughter or Mr. and Mrs. James R. Officii! of Chi cago. Hhe Is petite, with, dark ; ; hair and dark eyes. ' WILBUR FIGHTS' CUT IN BUDGET Declares Interior Depart ment Will Suffer Seri ously if Move Succeeds WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (ff) Con tinuing his attack on cuts In the In terior department appropriation bill, Secretary Wilbur today wrote sena tors from the public lands Btutes that "the reaponslblllty for disor ganizing a great department of gov ernment should not be lightly as sumed.'' The department of tho Interior, Wilbur wrote, will be here "after many of us are gone, and I do not care to carry the responsiouity 01 falling to bring our critical condition to the attention of those who, in tho past, have Interested themselves In our work." The budget estimates for tho de partment, he said, were $12,637,264 below the 1932 appropriations. The house committee made a further ro- (Continued on Page Pour) OPPOSITION IS MAKING GAINS ON DE VALERA DUBLIN, Irish Free State, Fob. 10 (!) Revisions and accumulations of roturns from Tuesday's election show ed William T. Cosgravc's government creeping up slightly on Eamon Do Va lora and his flanna fall. De Valora lost three seats on revision alone un der the proportional representation voting system. Tho government party picked up four seats by accumulation and the Independents hold ten already cred ited to them. Labor allies of the flanna fall retained but five seats on the revision. Tho count stood flanna fall 46: la bor 6; government 30; and Independ ents 10. Thus the flanna fall and allies held 60 while the government and Its supporters held 40. Klamath And Lake Cattle Threatened KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 10 VP) Reports reaching Klamath Falls from outlying sections Indicate that a seri ous shortage of hay threatens thou sands of cattle In Klamath basin and Lake county districts with starva tion. C. A. Henderson, Klamath county agriculturist, said last night the pos sible shortage will not affect this county as seriously as adjacent re gions. FHOSII LIKE t'AOB OAMKS ATHENS, Oa. VP) Seventy-two, or nhmifc nne.thlrd of the total enroll ment of first year male sAidents at tho University of Georgia, reported to Coach Johnny Broadruuc for bas ketball practice. Broadnax, who coaches them single-handedly, has had to hold two practice sessions dally. Production Of Pine Lumber To Be Curtailed Policy Will Be Followed Until rnces Keturn to Level Where Milla Can Make Profit. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10 W) - Production of pine lumber In the western states will be curtailed, sharp ly until prices return to a level whore mills can be operated without a loss. ' This was agreed upon late yesterday at the Western Pine association, In Its first annual convention here, when It adopted Its economlco com mittee's three-fold recommendations. Tho recommendations, read by J. P. Weyerhaeuser Jr., of LewiBton, Idaho, were : That all pine mills now closed re main closed as long as possible; that mills limit production to a maximum of 37,5 per cent of their capacity for tho first six months of 1932; and, that producers act freely In helping each other fill orders for Items In which their stocks are low, thus maklr. It unnecessary for an idle mill to resume operations to re plenish, depleted stocks at an operat ing loss. While this program recognizes that tho unemployment problem In . the pine districts Is serious, the commlt teo said, continued operations at any thing comparable to capacity would sorlously affect the entire Industry and ultimately would result In more harm to the various communities than would temporary unemploy ment. Part of National Program " The committee said the . curtail ment plan was part of a program be ing Inaugurated by the National (Continued on Pago, Two) ; Any Changes In Road Personnel To Come Later ' ft ALEM. Fob. 19 (PlAnhounCBment of changes In the state highway en glueerlng department, If any, will not bo mado until neirt weeK after c careful study of the situation, Les lie M. Bcott, chairman of the high way commission told newspaper men horo today, ho commission Is In executive Bosslon hero today consul erlng tho many problems facing the rood group. Scott announced, however that the publlo mooting of tho highway com mission, set by the former members for March 3 at Portland, would be held as announced. Several con tracts will bo awarded at that meet ing, and the commission Is now con sidering the call for bids for projects. There will also be a reduction of about 30 per cent In administrative costs. Scott said, of which 12 per cent or possibly more will be taken out of Balarles. This problem Is alBO being studied by tho highway com missioners. He did not comment up on reports that R, H. Baldock, assist ant highway engineor would succeed Hoy Klein as chief engineer. Idaho Sportsmen Plan Drive For Nesting Refuge BOISE, Idaho, Fob. 10 VP) A move to raise l,a70,000 to ro-establlsh the Harney lako country In southeastern Oregon as a migratory bird nesting urounds under federal control was started hero last night by a group of Southwestern Idaho sportsmen. Tho group, calling Itsolf the Pa cific coast migratory bird conserva tion association, sought restoration to a swampy condition of 129,000 acres Of land rccontly reclaimed for farm ing. Tho sportsmen proposed xo u nance the project wholly by subscription. It was explained the swamp lana lies along Blltzen river, which empties Into Malheur lako, already a federal preserve. Draining or adjacent lana has eliminated a hugo swamp and small lake area which for years was famous over tho country as a duck and geese nesting ground. Tho land belongs to bwiic ana company from whom the sportsmen claimed they had scoured encour agement to buy it. Cannon Accepts Trial Challenge WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 VP) With Blshon James Cannon Jr., In the Kallery. Reprcsontatlvo Blanton, Dem ocrat, Texas, told tho house today a court trial of tho clergyman's 500, 000 libel suit against Representative Tlnkham. Republican, Massachusetts, was assured. Tlnkham had challenged Cannon vesterday to arrange an open court trial ot tho Bult. It was filed after the Southern Mothodlst churchman had been charged by Tlnkham with violation of tho federal corrupt prac tices law. Blanton demanded "a fair and square deal" from the Republicans tor Bishop Cannon "because of whose efforts your president Is in the White House." Tho Texan kept tho house in an uproar. Blshon Cannon several times Joined In the laughter. AMERICANS! SEER SAFETY IN SHANGHAI All U1UU1U1UU kvactiate Hongkew Aiea . to .hnter Boundaries of ; International Area. MAJOR BATTLE IS v NOT FAR DISTANT Chinese Guns Aire a d y T" ? tt m ii rooming neavy ratioo American Troops Are in a "Bad Spot" -:,-:; GENEVA, Feb. i9 VP) An extraord inary session of the assembly of the league of nations to consider the Slno-Jnpanefle ' dispute In tire Far East was called by the league council today for March 3.' This action fol lowed legal objections by Japan to China's demand for a meeting of the usseniDiy. SHANGHAI, Saturday, Feb. ao. WV American citizens who live In the Hongkew area, at present one of the most dangerous In Shanghai, came ' across the boundaries Into the Inter-. national 'Settlement In considerable numbers this morning, convoyed by police and firemen. The United States consul had! ad vised them to get out of Hongkew, for it seemed unlikely anything could avert heavy fighting before many more hours. . ? More than 100 Chinese patients in St. lAike's hospital were carried 'out In ambulances, and when all .the ambulances were In use the fire de partment turned ' over some of its apparatus for the transportation! of ' refugees. Fifty-five nurses and . all: of the Internes and other numbers, of the hospital staff also were taken OUt, ' V . . JAPAN'S OBJECTION INVALIDATED ' UBjnuvw, nwiraanonn Fen. in im : The Japanese legal objection to. Chinese demand for a meeting . of ' the league of . nations assembly . to (Continued on Page Four) , V RIVER BASIN H PROJECT HIT BY COMMITTEE proposed $400,000,000 Columbia basin Irrigation project was condemned as "Indefensible" In a report late Thurs day by the national advisory and leg islative committee on land use. AIL new reclamation projects, whether! ir- . rigatlon or drainage, was opposed, by tho committee which Indorsed the position oi decretory oi ivjiwuiiwo Hyde. ; The comTnltteo Is composed of farm interests and loaders of these groups have been appearing before the house and Benate committees. Tho action of the committee was predicated on .the existence of abundant form lands and surplus crops, . ' t State Plows Clear Baker Co. Roads BAKER, Ore., Feb. 19 (Special) Two roads In Baker county, com pletely blocked by snow for several days, hnv just been cleared by a big rotary plow furnished i to tne county by the state highway depart ment, County Judge Charles B. Balrd, announced yesterday. t had been closed north of the city for about a mile with snow from two to six feet deep, was cleared although, one way traffic Is still necessary for part of the distance. TeBterday the state plow ciearea a 200-yard snow obstruction on the road running east of Haines which was blocked to the city limits. Judge Balrd spent the forenoon on, the ground. 1 1 V County road- crews were busy clear ing market roads in the Haines dis trict also. '" , Wheat Today CHICAGO, Feb. 19 VP) Sustained activity and strength spelled higher prices In the wheat pit today late as well as early. Broadening of speculative trade lifted the wheat market as a whole to tho topmost level since last No-, vember, with values In some case soaring above the season's previous apex. It was estimated 1,000,000 bushels or more of North American wheat was taken for shipment over seas, Wheat closed unsottled A o above yesterday's finish, corn varying; from Yto decline to Ho advance, oate c llP and provisions un changed to 10 cents off. , PORTLAND, Feb. 19 VP) Sales of 16,000 bu. May wheat were shown to day on the Portland grain exchange. May gained Ho net at the closing, July and September Vic each, , u
