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VOLUME 31
mntBFW ASSOCIATED PRJBSa AMD A. B. O.
LA GRANDEOREGON, FRIDAY OCTOBER 7, 1932
BA8TEBN OREGON'S ULAVHW NEWBPAPHB
NUMBER 32
A
MAIL PLANES
TO GET 1000
LETTERS HERE
Feature of Dedication of
' ; Rankin Field Sunday
: ; is . Outgoing Mail.
830 LETTERS ON
. HAND AT PRESENT
Stanip Collectors and Per
sons Desiring bome-
thing to Remember Oc
casion Mail Letters.
' WMn . the eastbound and west
bound: airmail planes stop at Rankin
Weld 'Sunday during the dedication
ceremonies, they will not be stopping
In-5 vain. . ; " ..
' As -to- matter' of fact, present indi
cations are that 1000 pieces of mall
Will be awaiting the planes, some of
the pieces' - going .outside of the
United Stat ea! ...
This morning a total of 830 pieces
of mall had been received to send
bUt on the mall planes and by Sun
day. It was believed the total would
lie' 1000 or' more.
,i One of the letters will go to Swit
zerland; 1 other letters will go to
w practically every part of the United
" States.
- - -" Why All the Mall?
- What, many j may ask, Is the rea
son for all of this mall?
J In most, cases, the mall going out
is ' self -addressed and stamped en
velopes sent to the Observer or
chamber of commerce In La Grande
from faY away stamp collectors, . who
desire' stamps cancelled here on the
Occasion of the dedication of Rankin
yield ' to add to their collections.
Many others are- sending letters to
be returned to them merely to keep
fn' memory' of the dedication.
t'.'But at any rate, the outgoing mall
from -La Grande on Sunday will
approach record proportions.
I The dedication at the field will
begin "with the arrival of the visiting-airplanes
about 10. o'clock, and
at 11;15 and' 11:30 the airmail planes
will arrive and depart,-carrying with
them. the preoious cargo of first class
mail. " '
''' The afternoon program begins at
1:3b with Hugh' E. Brady's address,
following : a;: jAinchecji ;for; visiting
aviators' at '-noon 7at .the ' Saca Jawea
A Inn with the public invited. In the
afternoon Tex Rankin and Mies Dor
othy' Heater wlli give exhibitions of
stunt flying, and Ted Benton and
Bud Hamilton Will furnish para
Chute Jumps. ' There Is no charge
. for admission to the dedication ceremonies.
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APPROVE LOAN
OF $16,710 TO
': WALLOWA AREA
ENTERPRISE, Ore. (Special)
Wallowa county may borrow $16,710
of federal funds for relief of the un
employed this winter. If the report of
Governor Meier's relief board Is fol
lowed out, says the Record-Chieftain.
Judge Edgar Marvin believes this
amount can carry the county through
the winter, although the state offi
cials estimated that much would be
needed by the end of the year.
; The federal government has raised
y money by the sale of bonds and offers
vu icuu, i lA'Oiinico WUIWI 111 liUl 11 Will
Je hd .It In smaller sums to counties,
In proportion to the population and
number of unemployed. Interest will
bo 3 per cent. Judge Me.rvln went
to- Portland .recently and met with
the governor's relief board, to which
he applied for a loan of 26.000. The
board cut this down to 418,710, and
approved a loan In that sum, and this
rifrt has gone to Washington,
May Register At
City Office at 7
Today, tonight and tomorrow until
S p. m. Is all the time In which a
resident of Union county may regis
ter either at the court house today
or Saturday, or else at the city water
ouice after 7 o'clock this evening,
or stay away from, the polls at the
general election.
'- : Registration Is reported as heavy
this week, and the books are being
brought downtown this evening for
, the convenience of those who aro un
r able to get to the court house during
tne week because of working hours.
i
! WEATI1KR FORECAST
Oregon: Partly -cloudy to-
night and Saturday; unsettled
uvthe west portion: moderate
temperature; moderate shlft-
lng winds offshore.
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WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 43 above.
Minimum: 41 above.
Condition: Partly cloudy.
smoky.
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WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 71, minimum 47
above.
Condition: Cloudy, smoky.
Range: 34 degrees.
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WEATHER OCT. T. 1991
Maximum 58, minimum 39
above.
Condition: Clear. Range: 19
degrees.
ClubWomen Of j
Eastern Oregon
Close Sessions
Officers Installed at Meet
ing Thursday Afternoon
Nominating Members
Are Appointed.
- The fourth annual convention of
the Fifth District of the Oregon Fed
eration of Women's clubs closed yes
terday afternoon after a successful
two-day session at the La Grande ho
tel. Mrs. Chanes N. Bllyeu, presi
dent of the Oregon Federation, left
yesterday noon for Pendleton after
attending practically the entire con
vention and advising Eastern Ore
gon women on club activities.
Installation of officers was one of
the highlights of the afternoon ses
sion at which Mrs. J. L, Rosewall, of
Enterprise, took over the duties of the
presidency with Mrs. E. D. Towler.
outgoing head, presiding at the cere
mony. The new president in turn
installed the remaining officers.
Mrs, J. E. Wright, of La Grande,
state chairman of press and publicity,
(Continued on Page Five)
Imbler Judging
Team Wins First
At County Fair
By Mrs. Kay Wilson ;
(Observer Correspondent)
IMBLER, Ore., Oct. 7 (Special)
Tho Imbler stock Judging team won
first place in the Wallowa county fair
contest held at Enterprise yesterday,
scoring 1999 points. Wallowa was
second with 1744 polnte and Enter
prise third with 1695.
Individual scores follow: Chase Mc
Coy, first, 737; Dick Howell, second,
649; Keith McKlnnis, third. 613; Bay
Kooch, Enterprise, fourth, 5D8; Max
Hudson, Wallowa, fifth, 592.
The Imbler team was composed of
Chase McCoy, Dick Howell and Keith
McKlnnis with Lelghton Johnston
and Elton Frlzzell as alternates.
Lelghton scored 646 and Elton 684
points. Lelghton was third high in
dividual scorer in the contest but
his score did not count.
The Imbler vocational agricultural
department, which was awarded a
plaque for this contest, must win it
three times In order to secure per
manent possession. This makes the
second win for Imlbler. Wallowa also
won It once. . -
Nelson Funeral ?
Services To Be
Saturday At 2
Mrs. G. W. Nelson, a resident of
La Grande for the last several years,
passed away here yesterday after a
long Illness.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary
with Rev. A. J. Starmer, of the 8outh
Methodist church, officiating. Burial
will take place in the I. O. O. F.
cemetery.
Mary Blrdsell was born In Wiscon
sin May 20, 1854 and was married
to Henry Engelhart in 1872. To thlB
union 13 children were born, eight
of them now living. They are: Joe,
of Naper. Neb.; Mike, of Yakima,
Wash.f Lambert and Matt,, of Emer
son, Neb.; Nettie Lattimore, of Hidden
Timber, S. D.; Frank, or Belllngham,
Wash.; Lon, of Seattle; Henry, of
Emerson, Neb.; Bob, of Seattle.
Henry Engelhart Sr., died in 1907.
She also leaves 39 grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Engelhart married G. W. Nel
son In La Grande in 1925 and lived
here since that time.
HOOVER-CURTIS
CLUB WILL BE
FORMED HERE
A Hoover-Curtis club will bo or
ganlzcd tonight at a meeting of tho
Women's ;auxll!iry of the union
county Republican central commit
tee at 7 o'clock In the gold room at
the La Grande hotel. The meeting
has been called by tho executive
committee of the auxiliary of which
Mrs. N. W. Frees Is chairman.
Mrs. W. W. Gabriel, of Portland,
past president of tho Orogon Congress
of Parents and Teachers, has been
appointed as state chairman.
Members of the executive commit
tee of tho county auxiliary are Mrs.
Frees, Mrs. A. J. Stnngo, Mrs. Helen
Geddcs, Mrs. J. K, Charlton, all of
La Grande: Mrs. Fred Fox. of Union;
and Mrs. Charles Bean, of Elgin.
Antimony Is Found
Near Minarn Lake
WALLOWA, Ore. (Special) A small
amount of antimony was found re
cently In the vicinity of Mlnam lake
and brought to Wallowa. According
to reports several visitors to the nlgn
mountains have found this mineral,
but did not know what It was,
says the Wallowa Sun. W. F. Poole
recently sent a sample to tne u. o.
department of corrtmcree and In re
ply they stated that It was antimony
which 's used largely In storage bat
tery plates, bearing and Babbitt met
als, solder, rubber goods, paints and
fixtures. Its market depends espe
cially upon automobile manufacture.
China Is the leading source of sup
ply of this mineral. Tho world pro
duction of metallic antimony Is about
30.000 short tons a year, and the
United States consumes more than
one-third. During the World war the
world consumption reached 50,000
tons a year.
$186,209310
R. F. C LOANS
GET APPROVAL
Clerk of House Makes
August Figures Public
Despite Protest
BIG INSTITUTIONS
GET MOST LOANS
Increases in Loans Aggre
gate $10,681,011); Banks
Trust Companies . Re
ceive $85,057,604.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 7 W7 Tho
Reconstruction corporation report for
August made publto today by South
Trimble, clerk of the house of rep
resentatives, showed loans totaling
$186,200,310 authorized during that
month.
The report was given out over the
objections of Atlee Pomerene, chair
man of the Reconstruction board. It
said loans authorized to financial In
stitutions, Including Insurance com
panies and railroads totalled 9132,
277.641. ' .
For the loans to such financial In
stitutions security considered ade
uate by the corporation la required
to be put up. .
Increases Shown .. . :.
The August roport also showed in
creases In previous loans aggregating
$10,681,010, making the total dis
bursement tor the month 1122,277.641.
Trimble announcement of his deci
sion to make the report public con-
( Continued on Pag Pin)
TIGERS INVADE
MAC-HI SATURDAY
Team in Good Condition;
No Bear Stories; Lively
Pep Assembly is Held.
In the right frame of mind and
with no injuries or bear stories to
give out, a La Grande High school
footbe.ll team of 26 or more players
will leave here tomorrow by . auto
mobile., for Miltpn-FftM)waters The
Tigers, who will play the Mac-Hl
team at 2 p. m. on the McLoughlln
school gridiron, will leave La Grande
about 0 a. m. and eat at Pendleton,
expecting to arrive at the gridiron
about 1 o'clock.
The team will be accompanied by
(Continued From Page Four)
JOSEPH SCOTT
SAYS HOOVER
THREATENED
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 W Joseph
Scott, Los Angeles attorney who nom
inated President Hoover at the Chi
cago Republican convention, charged
in an address before the county
central Republican committee late
last night that President Hoover has
been the recipient of threatening let
ters. He did not go Into details.
Scott charged the attacks on
Hoover had been "unfair and un
just" and declared "It Is not un
known for a president to be assas
sinated." His reference to threatening letters
came In the remark that President
Hoover recently has been the recipi
ent of more threatening letters than
any other president.
Reynolds' Will Revealed
Investigation of Callicotte's
Story Appears At An End Today
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 7 (Offi
cial Investigation of Paul M. Calli
cotte's story that he believes ho
played an unwitting7 part In the SA,n
Francisco preparedness parade bomb
ing of 1016 appeared at an end to
day, with the Portland mountaineer
released from custody and San Fran
cisco police officers here to examine
the narrative, announcing they would
sign no complaint against the man.
Captain Charles Ooff, San Fran
cisco police officer detailed to the
Investigation wltn Inspector Charles
Maher, offered last night to return
Callcotte to the bay city provided he
would go voluntarily.
Irvin Goodman, Portland attorney
representing the Mboney moulders
defense league, gave Instant objec
tion to this, however, and advised
Calllcotte to refuse to go except un
der proper legal procedure.
Calllcotte permitted Ooodman to
send two telegrams to the Mooney de
fense league In San Francisco late
last night under his name. In the
first he expressed willingness to re
turn to California, If the procedure
was along legal lines. In the second
a demand was made that the district
attorney at San Francisco take him
before the grand Jury.
. Meanwhile, the two San Francisco
officers apparently had disappeared
from Portland. Inspector Mb her was
reported to have Ittb last night for
home. Police here declared they had
NAME O'BRIEN
FOR LEADER
IN NEW YORK
D e m o c r a tic Convention
Picks Tammany Man ;
Walker, McKee Lose Out
O'BRIEN CHOICE -:)
OF SMITH, CURRY
Political Significance of
Action Interpreted Vari
ously F. R. Makes no
. Comment.. ' ;;
' By Dale Harrison, , . .. :i
NEW YORK Oct. 7 (fl) From
the wigwam of Tammany emerged
today another of its Iiish sons, sur
rogate John P. O'Brien,- to be Demp
cratlo candidate for r iyor of New
York. : f-
HIs nomination at Uadlson Square
Garden last night by acclamation of
delegates called In .special conven
tion definitely marke the political
eclipse, temporarily at least; of'James
Ji Walker. Walker's K-rfJ HV as
mayor Sept. 1 has madi' a 8? -the
eleotlon Nov. 9 of a sue.' g JJ ot the
yoar that remains of hit V 3
O'Brien's selection appear Uso to
have put a definite limit "to the
mayoral functions, of Joseph V. Mcr
Kee, of the Bronx, .who became mayor
by succession trotf his presidency of
the board of aldermen. Mayor Mc
Kee's chief political sponsor, Edward
J. Flynn, Democratic leader In the
Bronx, was one of those who sec
onded the.QBrlen nomination In the
packed Garden last night.
No Smment From F. B:
The pc - Meal ' significance of
O'Brien's t .. ctlon was variously ln
terpretoa wuay. Governor Franklin
D. Roosevelt had rotlred at the exe
cutive mansion in Albany when the
nomination was made, and had made
no comment' early today. Former
Governor Alfred E. Smith, however,
was understood to have favored the
selection of the 59-year-old surrogate,
and John Curry, Tammany chieftain,
as well as party leaders of all other
boroughB, endorsed him.-'
From the platform it was an
nounced that Former Mayor Walker,
en route home from a short European
vacation, had cabled a request that
bl name be not offered aa.a. candl
Jatey'The -cablegram referred to the
hearing of 'charges against him by
Gov.- Roosevelt a hearing that was
suddenly terminated by Walker's
resignation and pointed out that If
he were nominated It would mean
a campaign of vindication during
which he would feel obliged to speak
his mind about the conduct of the
Albany hearing.
"I cannot see," tho cablegram sold,
(Continued on Page Four)
County Committee
To Draw Up Budget
The budget committee, appointed
yesterday afternoon at the October
session of the county court, will meet
on Oct. 14 to make up a budget for
the county. Judge U. o. Couch an
nounces today. L. Z. Terrall. of Un
ion; J. A. Gasklll, of Allccl; J. J.
Foley, or La Grande, and the county
court members form the committee.
Members of the county body are W.
n. Led better, W. W. Stevens and
Judge Couch.
A hearing on the budget will be
set later.
Monthly bills. were audited yester
day morning and the afternoon was
spent by the county court In trans
acting the business on the docket.
no knowledge of his departuro and
Captain Goff declined to confirm; or
deny the report. Later, the captain
himself was reported checked out
of the hotel, but It Is believed he
was planning to visit friends In a
nearby city and would re-appear at
police headquarters here before re
turning south.
Both men had expressed skepticism
of Callicotte's story, Captain Ooff de
claring he was convinced tho moun
taineer "was fooling" and that ho is
a "publicity hound."
Several days ago Calllcotte ap
peared voluntarily at police head
quarters here to give therm a state
ment that on the day of tho parade
he . delivered a suitcase, unaware of
Its contents, from Oakland to San
Francisco and under Instruction of
the man he met there, set It down at
the corner where the explosion oc
curred a few minutes later.
Tom Mooney and Warren Billings
are serving life sentences for the
bombing, which killed 10 persons and
Injured 43 others.
BAIL COMMITTER MEETS
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 m The Cool
idge non-partisan railway commission
today held Its organization meeting
after which former President Calvin
Coolidge said the committee would
"take up and study the question of
transportation."
More Political Charges Voiced
JUST ONE
X-,.,,,,l' if ff4, .
Uut J. I). Pape, the stunt man you see risking his neck over the
Muroc, Cal., lake bed, didn't slip. With both plane and auto
traveling 6S miles an hour, lie transferred from the wing of the
airplane to the roof of the car. The camera caught IVpe as he
was about to drop to the top of the cor, where he could grab the
sufcty-llne thut runs the length of the auto.
State Of Vera
Cruz In Action
C Against Priests
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 7 VD Catholic
priests In the state of Vera Cruz were
deprived of their citizenship today by
dfieree of the state legislature and all
ohnrckh property, was ordered confis
cated voy the governor for other pur-1
The action was taken, at a special
session of the legislature last night.
The decree leaves the priests liable to
expulsion from the country.
- The legislature Indicated Its desire
to encourage similar action In the
other states, by voting to call tho at-
. (Continued on Page Four!
"Tungsten" Formula
Proves Poisonous
PORTLAND, Ore,, Oct. 7 WV-Dennis
P. McCarthy, 46, was sought on
a district court warrant today on
the complaint L. A. Orth of Portland
that he had paid McCarthy 9300 for
a "secret formula" supposed to pro
duce synthetic tungsten metal but
that tho chemicals when mixed, pro
duced a gas so deadly that one In
halation would bo sufficient to cause
death.
Orth said McCarthy offered to sell
him the formula In order to raise
money for other purposes. Orth took
the formula to a chemist who mixed
It according to directions. Tho
chemist reported that the resultant
fumes wore particularly deadly and
one breath would kill.
No Mention Of
Libby; Walker
To Get $50,000
By W. W. Chaplin
(Copyright, 1032, by the Associated
Press),
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 A Will
executed by Smith Reynolds less than
a year before he was fatally shot at
Wlnston-Salcm. N. C, Is to be filed
for probate here soon, leaving his en
tire share of the Reynolds tobacco
millions, except for a few specific be
quests, to hie brother and his two sis
ters.
From a source clone to the Reynolds
family It was established today that
the will was drawn during the sum
mer of 1031 while young Reynolds was
occupying a Long Island cottane near
the summer residence of Llbb7 Hol
man, Broadway torch singer now un
der Indictment for his murder. He
was not yet married to Miss Holman
at that time, however, and she Is not
mentioned In the will.
It was learned there Is a bequest or
$50,000 to Smith Reynolds' friend, Al
bert Walker, who Is also at liberty un
der bail awaiting trial for murder of
Reynolds.
There are alao said to be requests
of 160,000 each to Reynolds' first wife,
Anne Cannon Reynolds, and the
daughter, Reynolds and his first- wife
were divorced shortly after the will
was drawn and It was reported at
that time that he had made a flnan
clal settlement of approximately $1,
000,000.
SLIP, AND!
RETAIL TRADE IS
HOLDING UP WELL
Considerable : Confidence
bhown Although High
Optimism Less Evident
; NEW "SORK, Oct. 7. '-? RetMl
trade Is holding lta."Betftemlf mlru
and volume m general la about up
to lost year, the weekly mercantile
reviews said today.
Merchants continue conservative In
stocking up. said Bradstrcet's, but as
trade has quickened they found It
necessary In many cases to Issue sub'
stantlal flll-ln orders for seasonal
goods. Wholesalers consequently have
benefited.' -
This review adds that tho high op
timism so apparent In the reports of
a few weeks ago Is now less evident,
but a considerable amount of con-
( Continued on Page Five)
WARDEN TAKES
2 CONVICTS TO
WORLD SERIES
BL DORA, la., Oct, 7 W) A charge
that Warden C. H. Ireland, of the
state reformatory at Anamosa, took
two prisoners to the world series base
ball games between tho Chicago Cubs
and Now York Yankees, was m&do by
Clyde L. Herring, Democratic candi
date for governor.
Ho made tho charge In a political
address last night In. which he called
upon Gov. Dan Turner to remove the
warden from office.
Replying to Herring's statements
the warden said at Anamosa that he
was accompanied on a trip to Chi
cago by Harry Hortmon and Walter
Wakofield, both "trusties" but that
tho trip was "mado without one cent
of cxpenso to tho taw."
The warden said that Wakefield was
tho driver of his car, and that Hort
man was for years operator of tho re
formatory's radio station and had
been helpful In keeping Inmates or
derly. Cases of Malaria
Occur in Oregon
PORTLAND, Oct. 7 yp Somowhere
in Polk county, near Independence,
malaria-carrying mosquitoes aro at
work with tho result that six cases
of the disease have been reported
Thin Information has been received
by Dr. John Abcle, city health officer
here. The patients suffering from
the ailment wore employed In a hop-
yard near Independence and contract-
ed the dlse&so about the same time.
"Malaria is not common In Ore
gon," Dr. Abelo said, "and It has
undoubtedly made Its appoaranco by
Importation. Some sufferer has en
tercd tho state, been bitten by (
mosquito that carried the ailment
and It has been passed on to others.1
WOMAV IlltOWNH IIKItHEM
PORTLAND, Oct. 7 W A woman
Identified as Myrtle Hansen, about
30, plunged to her death In tho Wil
lamette river horo last night, o. W.
Wlckman, a witness, said he saw the
woman run toward the rlvor crying.
Sho stepped on a log boom, took, off
her hat and coat and - leaped Into
tho stream. Her body caught on
submerged cable and was reached
quickly but efforts to revive her were
unsuccessful. She was Identified
through a locket she wore.
Kingsley Dies;
Coolidge May
Head N.Y.L.I.C.
Ex-president Mentioned as
Possible Successor to
Chairman of Board of
Directors.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 MV-The name
of Calvin Coolidge was being men
tioned today as a poulble succeasor
to the lat Darwin. P. Kingsley as
chairman of the board of directors
of the huge New York Life Insurance
company,'- .
Klngaley died last night of a heart
ailment In his 76th year. He headed
a directorate which Included former
President-Coolidge. -
Klngsley's proudest title was 'in
surance man" but during a long,
varied career he was a publlolst, col
lector of rare books, patron of the
arts and defender of big business,
During his administration, a bio
graphy issued by his company, point
ed out, the New York Life mora than
doubled In alee, the number of polloy
holders growing from about 1,000,000
to about 3,1)00,000 and the assets from
slightly less than B00,000,000 to
nearly a,000,000,000.
Like Coolidge, he was a Vermonter.
' ' (Oontmuea on Page Blght
Rehabilitation
Of Projects Is
Held Feasible
BEND, Ore., Oct. 7 P) Subjected
to proper physical and financial op
erations-and manned by sufficient
numbers of settlers who will capitalize
on . the true .economic value of - the
soil and ollmate, many "sick" Irriga
tion districts can bo repaired to ex
cellent condition, speakers told recla
mation workers of the western states
at) tho 22d annual Oregon reclama
tion congress here today. The meet
ing will1 close tonight.
Rehabilitation of Irrigation and
drainage districts was discussed by
congressmen, engineers and district
officials; -
Senator Frederick Stelwev and Rep.
reumxtotlve ' B. B, Butler, of Oregon;
wore .speakers, jit the . annual, recla
mation dinner last night, attended by
mora than 00. persons. K. P. Mahaf
fey,, who presided when the congress
was held In Bend ton years agoj in
troduced the speakers, : ,
. Butler, member of the house recla
mation and Irrigation committee,
spoko on physical rehabilitation of
reclamation districts, and Stelwer out
lined on- orderly program of supple
mental storage .for oooupled project
lands, . :
At the opening of today's session n
paper propared by Dr. HI wood Mead,
United States commissioner of recla
mation, was read. It touched on con
structlon of the reclamation bureau.
Dr. Mead had planned to attend the
Bend meeting but was called to the
canal zone to Investigate foundations
of a dam.
Pierce Sneaks
Walter M. Plorco, ex-governor, was
tho concluding speaker on yesterday's
program, speaking on "crop Insurance
with water." A discussion led by o.
E. strlcklln,' Orogon state engineer,
followed, participated In by represen
tattvos of several western states and
by Oregon Irrigation district mana
gers. The discussion was concluded
by Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, who
reviewed some of tho problems of re
claiming lands In various Irrigation
districts of the state. Hons represented
Governor Julius L. Moler.
Aged Motorist Is
Killed in Wreck
GRANTS PASS, Ore, Oct. 7 OT
E. O. Oay, 64, was killed, and his
daughter, Mrs. E. E, Taylor, 31, was
seriously Injured on the Merlin road
near here late yesterday when their
automobile hit a rough spot on the
road, wont out of control and over
turned several times.
Oay's widow and six children sur
vive Oeorge Levy, of Hosoburg,
brought the Injured women to a
hospital, ,. ,
Senior In High
1 "' School Suicides
KALIBPELL, Mont., Oct. 7 Iff) J.
Bruce MrCutcheon, 10, son of Mr, and
Mrs. Robert H. McCutchcon. of Cot
tage Grovo, Ore., shot himself to
death with a rifle hero late yesterday,
Offloers said tho boy was mentally
upset when he left tho home of his
Bister for an Inn where ho was em
ployed as night watchman. Ho wont
to his room and fired tho fatal shot,
McCutchoon was a sonlor In Flathead
county high school here. There will
be no Inquest.
Severe Rainstorm
' Strikes New York
ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 7 tm One of
the worst rainstorms In many years
had passed on beyond Now York state
today leaving In Its wake broken
bridges and highways blocked with
mud, rock and water.
Robert B. Wylle. 30, a farmer, lost
his life In the rushing water which
swirled down from Catsklll moun
tains.
FARLEYSAYS
G.O.P.
UP RELIGION
Mills Defends Tariff and
Attacks Democratic
: - Proposals. V-
LAUGHLTN FIRES
"SHOT" AT GARNER
B. of L. E. Executive
Speaks Against Texan :
President Hoover Makes
Radio Address. ,
v TODAY IN POLITICS i
Washington President Hbo-
ver speaks to wormen of the-'
nation. " .
New York B. of L. E. ex
ecutive takes stand against)
Garner. '
P Can Francisco Ogden L.
Mills delivers address for Be-
publican cause. '
Providence, R. I. James A.
Farley charges - Republican
leaders seek to rwlve religious
Issue. - :-,...!
PROVIDENCE, R, L, Oot. 7- W) I.
James A. Farley, chairman, of the
national Democratic committee . and
ager, ohorged In an address today be-.
fore the Rhode Island Democratic .J
convention that Republican leaden'
'have been conducting a campaign'
for the revival of the religious Issue!
'They are trying to persuade, men -
and -women who voted for Governor ,
Smith to vote against Governor':
Roosevelt on the hypothesis.; that
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HUNTING TRIP ,
IN IDAJHQ ENDS
rr ii ii i n audi? i
LBWISTON,. Idaho, Oct, 7 Iff) 'A';
hunting expedition. met. a traglo, end.j
last night when an automobile left;
the rood eight miles southwest of Oro-1
flno, rolling 350 feet down a hillside
and fatally Injuring three men, two of.
Orvllle and Jess Burden, and their1
cousin, ismory, were Kiuea ana tne,;.
driver of tne macnine, Ray . peiton,.-;
sustained a iracturea sjtuu, wanner-.
lnsr about ths scene of the wreck un- -
til he dropped unconscious. The,
fathor of Emery Burden was in
another automobile driving ahead, and
did not Immediately learn of the oc-
cldent.
All of the victims were married and,
hod children. Polton's mother lives a
Everett, Wash. I
Mill at Bates In
Operation Again-
one side of the Oregon Lumber com-.'
pany sawmill at Bates, which wna
nlnspfi n. vttar furo. fttArtori TttMriitv. iu-
cordlng to announcement of ofllolalv
hero Thursday.
Fifty men are employed In ther
mill and six more are employed in '
tho operation . of the logging train
Tho company expects to continue
opeartlng the Bates mill until Jan. 1
or longer. ' '
The small ralll at Whitney, which
was built last year when the Bates '
plant was closed, will continue to
operate. The Whitney plant has a
carjacltv of A0.000 feet a da v. From
60,000 to 65,000 feet o fl umber will
be cut dally at the Bates mill with
only one side In operation. t
Extradition Papers
Signed for Chrisman
SALEM, Oct. 7 W Extradition, pa
pern wcra Issued by Governor Julius
L. Meier today for the return of F.
Chrisman to Benton county, Wash
ington where he Is wanted on first
degree forgery charges. Chrisman.
was arrested at La Grande and fol
lowing a not-true bill from the grand
Jury on charges filed locally, he was
being held for the Wishing ton offi
cials. Wheat Today
ClUCAOO, Oct. 7 m Subjected
to severe stop loss selling for tne
third day In succession, wheat, corn
and rye values plunged today to
depths not reached this season.
About the only Important buying of
wheat futures came from profit
taking by operators who had sold
higher up. Brokers said soiling of
wheat on stop loss orders was gen
eral, and represented speculators tq
all sections or the country.
Wheat closed unsottled KoHo un
der yesterday's finish, corn varying
from V.o decline to KeKo advance,
oats unchanged to a shade higher,
and provisions unchanged to a rise
of 6 cents.