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VOLUME 30
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1932
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GIVE TALK AT
GRADUATION
Baccalaureate Service
Will be Held June 5 With
Portland Minister Here
ABOUT SEVENTY
TO GET DIPLOMAS
Commencement Weekfs
Will Begin at Wormal
: School "With Formal
Dance Friday Evening.
Commencement week will open at
the Eastern Oregon Normal school
Friday- evening, June 3, and will cul
minate In the commencement exor
cises and president's reception next
Wednesday afternoon, June 8, Presi
dent H. E. Inlow announced today.
The number of seniors in the grad
uating class has not been determined,
but it : Is believed that they will
number about 70.
B. F. Irvine, the editor r the Ore
gon Journal and member of the Ore
gon State Board of Higher Education
will be the principal speaker A the
commencement eyrcises at 2:30 Wed
nesday afternoon, at the Normal
school auditorium. Mr. Irvine is one
of the state's most prominent Jour
nalists and educational leaders, and
IS well-known as the "blind editor."
As a speaker lie' Is foreeful, dramatic
and - has a - wide knowledge, from
Which he selects his addresses.
: (Continued on Page Eight)
ISLAND CITY
BIBLE SCHOOL
OPENS JUNE 6
- The Island City Community church
is the first church to announce ft
Daily Vacation Bible school for this
summer. The school will open next
Monday morning, June 6, with ses
sions each, morning at 9 o'clock and
continuing until shortly before noon.
Tho boys and girls of Island City and
surrounding territory are not only
invited but urged to attend this
school, for which no fee is required.
The school will continue for two
weeks with the closing demonstration
coming on Friday evening, June 17.
Rev. Maud Cone, pastor of the
church, will be in charge of the
school and she will have as her as
sistants in the several classes,
Hungerford, Miss Beulah Prouty, Mrs.
Homer T. Wilson and Mitss Mary Jane
Chadwick. Miss Daphne Bowery prob
ably will have charge of the music.
County Grand Jury
In Session Today
The grand Jury session, preceding
the opening of the June term of cir
cuit count on June 6, began today at
the court house. Judft J. W. Knowles,
circuit judge, announced today. Af
ter the grand Jury session closes, the
court calander will be announced by
the circuit Judge.
Ontario Woman, 102,
Passes On Sunday
ONTARIO, Ore., June 1 P) Mra.
Elizabeth A, Doty, 102, who had cele
brated her la3t ten blFTiidays by run
ning a footrace, is dead. 1
Rheumatism and an attack of
grippe brought on her death Sunday.
Each birthday she demonstrated her
agility by racing around her house
with gurats at her birthday celebra
tln. frequently by winning the races
and rarely suffering any 111 effects.
She was born In New York but lived
most of her life in Minnesota. At 80
gte came to Oregon to live hero with
her son, E. P. Smiley, now 82 q
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WEATIIRK FOKKCAST
$ Oregon: Somewhat unsettled S
tonight and Thursday: oc- S
$ caslonal rains in the north-
$ west portion; moderate tern-
4 perature; moderate south to
west winds offshore.
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-$ WKATHKR TODAY $
7 a. m. 49 above. 8
3 Minimum: 44 above. $
Condition! Cloudy. &
$ 8
fc WEATHER YESTERDAY $
? Maximum 63, minimum 46
4 above.
Condition: Cloudy, rain .01 $
of Inch. Range 21 degrees.
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WEATHER JUNE 1, 1931
Maximum 83, minimum 55 J-
above.
Condition: Clear. Range 28 t
degrees.
Sneak At F 0. W
r
Excess Rainfall
For Five Months
5.42 Inches Here
June Comes in Cloudy Al
though May Weather
About Normal; March
Wettest Month so Fai
The month of June came In cloudy
and not exactly warm, In La Grande
today, with the temperature at 44
febove and only 49 above at 7 o'clock.
This compares with a low of 55 and
a high of 83 above for June 1. 1931.
Incidentally? a check of the weath
er records for the current year re
vealed that the rainfall for 1933 1b
.42 Inches above normal . for the
first five months of the year.
So far 14.62 Inches of precipitation
havo been recorded, compared with
9.20 as the normal as ot Kay 31.
The records follow:
- 1932 Average
January 3.07 2.27
February 2.02 1.25
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Co-op Creamery,
Grain Growers
To Hold Picnic
The , Grande Ronde Co-operative
Creamery association and the Union
County Grain Growers will hold their
annual picnics together this year,
meeting at Riverside park on Mon
day, June 6 at 10:30. o'clock in the
morning. A picnic dinner will be en-
Joyed at noon and members of both
groups are urged to bring a basket
lunch. Ice cream and coffee will be
furnished by the two associations.
. In addition to the usual business
meeting, a program of music and
talks -is being arranged for. The prin
cipal speaker, of the day will be
"Farmer" Brown, representative of
the federal farm board, who has
national reputation as a speaker. His
subject will be "Co-operative, Market-
F. I. Ballard, of Cfervallis, leader of
Oregon county agents, also will ad
dress the group, taking as his sub
Ject "On and Around Oregon Farms.'
The Blue Mountain Wranglers wlJl
furnish the music.
Robert Ragsdale
Elected Today
As Student Head
Robert Ragsdale, Grass Valley, was
elected presl&nt of the student body
of the Eastern Oregon Normal school
for 1932-1933, at the recent elections.
Mr. Ragsdale defeated Howard Hoyt.
Gordon Fairca, Milton, defeated Jerry
Mctcalf for the position of Vice presi
dent. Marylou Piper, of La Grande,
will act in the capacity of secretary
treasurer, after winning the post over
Elizabeth Ashbaugh.
Two members were elected for the
senior council, Ralph Eastrldge, Pen
dleton, and Zenith Jlynn, Austin,
from among four candidates for the
office Beulah Sooter and Alyce Mil
ne, of La Grande, were . the other
candidates. ,
Members of the election board were
Kermlt Estas, Alice Inlow, Floyd Bax
ter, Katherlne White, Gerald Beau
doin, Evawynne Jones.
. E. Shelton Will
Be Here Thursday
J. E. Shelton, of Eugene, state
manager and Charles 8. Gunther, of
Portland, manager of the member
ship department of the Oregon State
Motor association, will meet with
members of the association in La
Grande tomorrow noon at a lunch
eon meeting at the La Grande hotel
to discuss tourist travel in Oregon.
They stopped this morning for a
short conference with Three-A offi
cials hero en route to Baker where
they will meet tonight with the
Lions, Klwanifi and chamber of com
merce organizations.
The program of the association for
the coming summer is of interest to
everyone in the state, since it is at
tempting to Interest tourists in spend
ing molfc time in Oregon. To tnc
meetings throughout the state the
association is inviting all hotel, tour
ist camp, service station and resort
operators to assist in drawing up a
program of advertising Oregon scenic
attractions.
Otto Hartwig Will
Succeed Lawrence
SALEM. June 1 (fit Governor
Julius L. Meier announced today that
while he had not yet made an offi
cial appointment, Otto Hartwig. form
er head of the State Federation of
Labor, would be named to succeed
Arthur W. Lawrence as a member of
the state industrial accident commis
sion.
The governor said further that
Iawrence had resigned as of June 15,
and that the new appointment would
bo made prior to that time.
Will; COMBAT
GRAIN PRICE
TAKES SLUMP
IN CHICAGO
Crop Estimates Bullish
But Sharp Setbacks
Occur in Market.
SENATE ACTION
IS GIVEN BLAME
Tax of Five Cents an Each
$100 of Sales of Produce
For Future Delivery
Held Cause.
CHIT AGO, June 1 W Notwith
standing unofficial crop estimates
the most bullish in years, grain primps
today -underwent elurp setbacks, in
terpreted by trade leaders as a na
tural response to midnight action of
the United States senate. The senate
action was , to Impose a tax of five
cents on each $100 of fe3 of pro
duce for future delivery. -
Wheat today closed 1 to 2 cents a
buBhel lower than 'yesterday's finish
and corn i&'.to 2 cents down. July
wheat at the last was quoted at 65
6& cents and July corn at 20 $
29 cents. i r '
. If the - tax . becomes law. It ''11
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TO SELL STOCK -SHOW
TICKETS
Union Men Will Be Here
Tomorrow -r- New, Ar
rangement'Miide Today
A group of five or six Union busi
ness men will be In La Grande to
morrow for tho purpose of selling
tickets for the Eastern Oregon Live
stock show, It was announce by Tony
D. Smith, secretary of the stock show
association.
The tickets are being offend in
blocks of three for $1.50, and It was
announced today that a new provision
has been made whereby if a couple
purchased a block of three tickets,
using only two to enter the show,
the third may be traded, for a grand
stand seat. It. was believed this would
assure buyers of receiving their full
money's worth, i the event they did
not Intend to attend more than one
day of the show, and It will make It
easy for persons with uneven num
bers of tickets to dispose of them to
the best advantage.
LIONS TO BE
HERE JUNE 4
FOR MEETING
Delegates from Lions clubs In the
Eastern Oregon district and their
ladles will be entertained in La
Grande on June 4, at tho Sacajawea
Inn, with the La Grande club and
auxiliary acting as host and hostess.
W. P. Walker, district governor;. O, P.
Tate, district secretary; and Arthur
Berrldge, Portland attorney, are ex
pected to attend the meeting, and
Mr. Berrldge will be the principal
speaker of the evening.
A banquet at 7 o'clock will open
tho meeting, and will be followed by
a program of talks and stunts, fur
nished by the clubs of the district;
.dancing and bridge.
Invitations have been sent to all
the Lions In La Grande urging them
to attend the affair.
Public Market Opens June 4
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Most of Grade School Teachers
To Spend Vacation in La CrandeJ
Summer addresses of the grade
school teachers of La Grande, which
havo been compiled by J, T. Long
fellow, city school sujerlnUdcnt,
Indicate that the majority of the
teachers will spend1 their vacations lgv
La Grand
Teachers who expressed their In
tention of staying in La Grande are
Bess Cook, Susanna Deal, Bessie Gel
bel, Mary Heassler, Stella Ingle, Edna
L. Klncald, Lulu McNees, Nell Ma-
haffey. Effle M. Snider, Bl&iche
Sneers, Marie Tlggelbeck, of Central
school; R. A. Wllkerson, Hulda An
derson, Eleanor Gable, Mildred Hoyt,
Myrtle Hoyt, Lola Hutchens, Sadie
Lambert, Greenwood school: Herbert
Evans, Nina Rome, Norma Mayger,
LANE COUNTY
SCHOOL BILL
Five Thousand at Mass
Meeting Held at Eugene
Tuesday Night..
CONSOLIDATION
WOULD JUMP TAX
Homer D. Angell, of Port
land, Predicts Deprecia
tion in Value of Much
State Property.
LA CJHANDK HOLDS MEETING
A (roup, members of which
believe that cAisolrdatlon of
the state institutions of high
er learning would prove un
sound financially and bring
disaster to tie state school
system at this time, met yes
terday at noon at the- La
. Grande hotel for a luncheon
and outline a program by
which they hope to be able to
cope .with the consolidation
threat. , J. H. Peare and Y. E.
Coolldge, who returned recent
ly from a meeting of repre
sentatives of the normal
schools- and the University
of Oregon at Eugene, reported
n the progress of the meeting
held there.
Representatives of Ashland,1
La Grande and Monmouth
. Normal schools and the Unl-1
versity will rrteet In Eugene
this weekend and H. E. Brady,
, an alumnus of both the State
college and, the : University,
was appointed, to represent
thoeo who are interested in
the Eastern Oregon Normal
school and its progress. . Mr.
Brady loft here last night for
: Western Oregon. The consoli
dation plan would make a
Junior college put of the E. O.
I and , the .ojcniontg of : tho--plan
declare this would provo
ruinous to the institution and
Its progress. , : '
$
EUGENE, June 1 (Opposition
to a proposal to consllldate the Uni
versity of Oregon and Oregon State
college into one vast educational in
stitution at Corvallls, was expressed
by more than flvo thousand . Lane
county residents at a mass meeting
(Continued on Page Eight)
WORLD COURT
PLAN FAVORED
BY COMMITTEE
. WASHINGTON, Juno 1 (P) A
favorable report on the Root pnf-ocol
for American adherence to the world
court was laid before the senate to
day by its foreign relations commit
tee. Tho report was submitted by Sen
ators Walsh (D., Mont. and Fobs
(R.. Ohio) but no effort was made
to reach an agrcient for Its con
sideration.
"Let's take It up now,," oiuggcsted
Senator Johnson (R., Cal.) an oppon
ent of tho treaty.
High Court Acts
On Wallowa Cam
WASHINGTON, une 1 P) Re
views passed upon by the supremo
court Tuesday Included:
Granted the decision that the
Sevlei1 Commission company, doing
business at North Portland, Ore
stockyards, was liable to the Wallowa
Rational bank of Enterprise, Ore., for
the sale of livestock in 1926 shipped
bya dealer named Hansen.
Imogen HuascH, Beatrice '-Warden,
Lorine Williamson, Rlvcrla; and I$e
lyn Bennett, Ruth Brown, . Berenice
McKlnney, Sarah Williams, Willow.
Other teachers at Central school
are Mrs. E. A. McEachrau, who gives
Portland as her summer address;
iss Vina Con ley, Cove; Miss Henri
Hcrlng, Ana tone, WaAh.; Miss Vclna
Rogers, Portland; Robert Wakefield,
Union.
Floyd McLln, of Greenwood school,
will aj&nd his vacation in Cottage
Grove; while those teachers at Rl
veria who gave their summer ad
dresses other than La Grande are
Ruth Oarrlck, Salem; Beryl Jones,
Bend: Cllvo Moore. Fairfield, Wash.,
and Florence Smith, Ashland.
MAY BE CUBA'S PRESIDENT
Well-informed polltUi circles in Havana assert (hut appointment
of Dr. Orestes Ferniru un Cuba's secretary of state portend the
i rcslRiinttlou soon of President tlcntrilo Maehudo. Under Cuban
i law the secretory of state sucw-'eds to tho presidency when that
f office becomes vacant. Observers believe President Miicluulo will
., step aside by July 1, when n payment of $7,000,000 on Culm's foreign
: indebtedness Is due. It Is suld that Dr. Pcrrani Is considered mi
acceptable ad Interim president, although his Itullnu Dirt It burs
'him from candidacy lit- the regular election scheduled for Jan. 1. ;
ji : . . i . Plcturo shows Dr. and. Mrc Forruru, . . .. .
Prohi Plank On
!G.0.P. Platform
, L To Be "Liberal"
WASHINGTON, June 1 W) Postmaster-General
Brown, a high coun
sellor In theHoover ranks, expressed
the opinion today the Republican
platform pithlbition plank wuld be
ono -"to which we all can subscribe."
Brown has been classed as among
those cabinet membeifs who want
other .than a' strictly dry plank.
He did not elaborate his view today
on - the iexacf nature of the planko
expected to be had, but again re
ported progress being fade on the
platform as a whole and indicated
an expectation that both those who
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Army Ballo&n Wins
Litchfield Trophy
OMAHA, Juno 1 (! Officials of
the Omaha Air Race association re
ceived at noon today from Lieut.
Wilfred J. Paul, pilot of the No. 2,
army balloon in tho national b(0oon
race, notifying them tho bag landed
at ono a. m., today 13 miles north
of Hattc. Saskatchewan, Canada, to
win the race and the LU-chfield tro
phy. .
Safecrackers Get
$78.69 At Dallas
DALLAS, June 1 '!) Expert safe
crackers visited Dallas last night and
dynamited the safe at the Farmers'
warehouse, taking $78.61) In cash and
Mng all checks behind. Clnrcac
Curry, manager, wa.at the warehouse
until 10 p. m. and the robbery oc
curred betweeiPtit time and when
employes arrived this morning. State
pglco are Investigating and searching
for finger prints, :
50 Growers Are
Signed Alrea4y
By Association
The La Grande Public Market
oclatlo$ has occurcd Ha Incorpora
tion papers and Is preparing to open
for business on Saturday, Juno 4. The
market will not lie run to full ca
pacity until about the middle of the
month when tho berries and early
cherries and mot of tho bunching
vegetables are ready, Tho association
Is incorporated not only to awslst with
the local marketing of tho produce
of Its membership but also In looking
up & market in out-of-town points
as well bs wholesale to stores who
wish to specialize In local grown pro
ducts. Stalls will be rented at 25c and 35c
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LEADERSHIP RACE
WAGED IN SALEM
Campaigns UnficrTVay in
Both House -and Senate ,
in Oregon Legislature.
SALEM, . Juno 1 (m Campaigns
for tho spoakcrsmp of uio house of
representatives and for senate presi
dency of the 1033 legislative session
were already under way in the capital
city, Although many of tho seats In
both houwes aro yet to be decided In
tho general election. Friends of tho
varioun candidates havo already
sought support of the Marlon county
sepresontatlves who arc unopposed in
tho general election.
Three-way fights loom In each
house, and re-election of thclcadera
of both houses at tho last session
wore botng sought. While tho maice
up of tho house of representatives is
more than 00 per cent now It was be
lieved by campaigners they can bo
lined up early for various candidates
for speaker.
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CROWD HANGS
PRISONER AT
PRINCETON, KY.
t PRINCETON, Ky., Juno 1 'm
Walter MerrOx, 48, was removed from
the county Jail by a mob lato last
night, and 1h body was round hang
ing from a tree three miles from here
today. Tho lynching party entered
Jailer Curt Jones' room, bound him,
took hi. keys and departed with tho
prisoner without arousing any citi
zens. Merrick was to havo been tried
Juno Hi on a charge fi dynamiting
the Btoro of M. P'Poolo at Hopon
rir hero Iiihi feuruary. rrooie was
seriously Injured. A boy near tho
building suffered a broken arm,
Intense feeling had been aroused by
tho explosion.
Tho explosion, officers Qhargcd,
was set orr by Merrick as a result or
Merrick's sou being whipped by a
school teacher, A'errlck carried the
case to court, where P'Poole, an
chairman of tho county school bmrd,
Bided with the teacher,,
Amelia Dancing
Partner of Princ
LONDON. Juno 1 M") Mrs. ATfiella
Eurhnrt Putnam, the first woman to
fly tho Atlantic, proved her prowess
on a ballroom dance floor lost night.
She wan one of tho mog popular
guests at a honpltal charity bail.
Mrs, Putnam agreed today she "had
a great time."
She was escorted to the tablo of
tho Prince of Wales, and after talk
ing pleanantly for a few moments, the
couple swung away on the
danco
!i :
floor.
Bo pleased with tho fller'a dancing'
wiw the prlneo that twice again he
asked Mrs. Putnam for dances.
Tho blonde avlatrlx wns attired In
a most becornlnf? evening dress of
green.
Stocks Rebound
Hopefully Today
In Wall Street
Bullish Movement Result
of Senate Passing Tax
Bill Advance $1 to $5 a
bhare.
Si;iJ,IN(l THMPKKS HI HE '
NEW ArORK, June 1 UP)
Stock market enthusiasm over
passage of the tax bill by tho
senate was tempered by fresh
selling today and the close
was heavy.1 . .
Reports that a large cor
poration with broad powei-B ,
for stublllzatloni was to be
formed under auspices of
Young credit committee were
circulated In Wall street dur
ing tho afternoon. It was
said that an announcement
of definite plans to this end
might be made in a few days.
Shores ran up $1 to 45 at
the opening, but quickly ran
into fresh liquidation which
continued, with minor Inter
ruptions throughout the sea
son. Brokers reported that
some of tho selling came from
Impaired collateral loan ac
counts at banks.
Transactions -approximated
1,600,000 shares.
v NEW YORK, June 1 (fl) Security
markets rebounded hopefully today
on nowB tho nun to had passed Its
tax bill.
Stock advanced 91 to $5 a share
In the year's strongest opening while
bonds made a general recovery. Ini
tial galiiB for shares wore roughly
half lost as the session wore on, but
tho market turned dull and steady
toward midday.
American securities rallied briskly
on foreign markets, especially at Lon
don. Response of foreign currencies
was not especially marked,' but on
tho wholo dollars maintained yester
day's gains and in some cases ex
tended thorn.
' In addition to the senate's approval
of the tax measure and the favorable
report on. an omnibus economy bill,
Wall Streot saw further reason for
encouragomcht In pitvttoly expressed
.statements by bankers that tho
Young credit, expansions committee
believed it was time to consider prac
tical methods for facilitating the task
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Colorado River
On Rampage; 3
Reported Dead
BLYTHE, Cal., Juno l (p) The
mighty Colorado, on what may bo
Its last great rampage, swept through
the desert today threatening tho
lands It has mado possible to farm.
At least threo persons, all negroes,
have bcon drowned and seven other
negroes were missing near Yuma.
Every available man from Blythc, a
forco of more than 200, workod fran
tically last night, some of them nock
deep In water, and early today suc
ceeded In filling a break In the loveo
at Brown's Heading, six miles north
of hern.
For a time tho river, which soon
will bo brought under control by
Hoover ,dam, threatened to sweep
over 20,000 acres of low farm land
near hero upon which 2500 porsons
live. Tho water broko tho 12-foot
high loveo at 7 o'clock last night
and within threo hours had made a
gap approximately 20 fect wldo. Firo
whistles were blown arousing tho
townspeople and farmers.
Just as the break was repaired word
came from Palo Verdo that the Colo
rado was flowing over tho top of the
leveo near there and 25 miles south
west of horj flooding several hun
drccPacreH of farm lands.
Provincial Troops
Crush Communists
IIANOKOW, China, Ju,- 1 UV)
Military authorities announced today
that provincial troops defending the
Wuhan district had administered a
crushing defeat to the Chlneso com
munists who havo mciAccd tho area
for many weeks.
Three thousand of tho enemy were
killed and another thousand were
driven Into the Han river where they
(frowned, tho bulletin said- Scores
of bodies were floating down tho
YauKtzo toward this city, It was re
poiTed. The battle centered at a ijolnt
about sixty miles northwest oficre.
T! milltory minorities said the vic
tory definitely removed the commun
ist threat.
pescSidants Honor
Memory of Young
HAW LAKE CITY, Utull, June 1 (!)
DmcciicIuiiU of BrlKliam Youhr,
Bccond nrcBldunt of the Latter Day
8Mnt church who led the Mormon
trek to Halt Lako City, honored his
memory today on tho 13Ut annlvor-
sary of his birth,
In tho Lion and Beehlvo houses,
two of tho residences of tho colonizer,
a, display of many of his personal be-
loniflnKS was arranged,
VOTE OCCURS
AFTER LONG,
WEARY HOURS
Senators, at 20 Minutes'
Past Midnight, Approve i
Bill 72 to 11, . ij
HOOVER'S SALES
TAX IS REJECTED
Tariff on Lumber Remains
in Measure Bill De
signed to Raise $1,115,
000,000 in Taxes,
WASHINGTON. Juno 1 W) Con-.
grcsB sped to conclusion of lta great
est peace time task today that of
balancing off a gaping treasury de
ficit. : .i : '
Tho billion dollar . revenue bill,
archstone of the bridge over1 the
treasury gap was returned to the
house again and directed to a con
ference tomorrow between the two
branches to get final agreement on
the legislation. :
The house acted unanimously, not
Instructing Its conferees to stand by
this or that provision of the original
house blH. This will expedlate ac
tion by the conference, ,
- Speaker Garner named Representa
tives Collier, of Mississippi; Crisp, of
Georgia; Ralney, of Illinois, Demo
crats; and Hawley, of Oregon, and
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COLUMBIA DAM
PROFITS WOULD
HELP IN COST,
WASHINGTON. June 1 (P) The,
belief that the government will never1
be called upon to expend more than
$204,000,000 on' the Columbia basin
irrigation -power : project, wna i e t
pressed before, the' house Irrigation '
commiue(,toyay-uy -ivn, Mctueuan
of Denver,- chief electrical . engineer
of the 'bureau -of reclamation ,
, McClelian said the completed pro .
Ject would cost $304,15u,000 Including i ,
$185,890,000 for the power project and . -$208,20S,O0O
for irrigation and reclam- I
atlon, but that since the latter could h
not be developed within 16 years un- -
dor the pending bill, power . receipts ,'
wouia ouar a netivy Knnre 01 uie uubv. -
He suggested a special fund similar v
to that for the Boulder canyon pro-' i
Ject might be created to finance th .
Columbia bosin project which events i
ually would be capable of reclaiming .
and irrigating 1,200,000 acres and de .;
veloplng about seven billion kilowatt i
hours of power annually.
It would take about 60 years to
develop completely both projects, Mc j
Clcllan testified. : , 4 -
Veteran of Modoc
War Dead Today'i
KLAMATH PALLS, Ore., June 1
Major Watson Overton, courier tot
tho United States army at tho time
of the Modoo Indian war, died hero
last night, , i
When ho waa 74 years old, Major
Overton became n courier for tha
ormy in the west and carried the news
of the massacre of settlers in the Tule
lake country at the start of the Mo
doc war. Following the wars the ma
jor drove the stage between Klamath
Falls, thon Llnkvllle, and Ager, Cal,
Ho was instrumental in having a post-
office located at Topsy in the Klam
ath canyon south west of here.
Wheat Today
CHICAOO, Juno. I VP) Buying
power gave out In grain markets to
day, and wheat fell to the lowest
levels In some time, with corn touch
ing bottoms unequaled since 1897,
Senate adoption of proposal to In
crease taxes on produce exchange
tranaactiona 400 per cent from one
cent to five cents, tended to make
buyers scarce, and led to much oltter
comment on the part of traders,
Price downturns were in the face of
unofficial crop reports Indicating that
1032 domestic wheat yields would
total only 083,000,000 bushels com
pared with 602,000,000 In 1031.
v Wheat cloned unstable, 1 to 2 cents
under yesterday's finish, corn lao
down, oats olt and provisions
unchanged to 10c lower influenced
lato by breaks In cereals and securl
tics.
PORTLAND, June 1 (P Thore
was no doubt of the intent of the
bears today on tha local grain ex
changes, Dcsplto bullish crop re
ports, the trade took sevcro toll from
the already low price, hitting both
the cash and futures In an artificial
way.
On the Portland futures market
July lost lc as did the September
but December was hit to the tune
of 2c bu, On the merchants ex
change cash wheat lost lc bu. sales
of futures were but 2000 bu., these
being utilized to wreck values,