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' : j - j 1 : - " . ; - ' ' .... . - WEATHER . Fair today and probably Wednesday but becoming cloudy; Max. Temp. Mod day 07, Mia. 87, north wind, Hver -2.8, rain .18. " , Bargain Period ' - For limited time snb scrlntkms to The Oregon Statesman for one yr by mail in Oregon, win b only $3.00. FOUNDED 1831 ! No. XC3 He's Choice of Republicans In New York; Leader oi Wets Next Governor j Of Wisconsin? Search on for Lost Heiress TESTIWIOHY ALL 1 1 i1 ' 5 ' t COURT Crescent to Crane Line is v Issue asUnion Pacific Questions Order Road Claims Power Lack ing in law for I. C. C. to : Force Development. '" PORTLAND, Ore., Sept.- 29. (AF)Direct arguments com pleted three federal Judges to- ' night took under advisement the Question o whether the Interstate commerce commission can force the Union Pacific railroad to build a 185 mile 'railroad from Crane to Crescent Lake, Ore., the court -will receiTe supplementary briefs before making Its decision. The Interestate commerce com mission ordered the Union Pacifle, through the Oregon-Washington railroad and navigation company, which it owns, to build the line. The Union Pacific challenge! the commissions authority to force construction of the line. The matter came nefore the court, composed of Federal CIr , cult Judge Dietrich, of Boise, Ida ho. and District Judges Bean and McNary, of Portland, on the peti tion of the railroad to "enjoin, set aside and annul" the commls eion's order. First Contest df I. C. C. Ruling The case will establish a pre cedent ibecause no attempt hns been made heretofore to test the nmmlKsion'B oower in ordering rail construction. Arthur C Spencer and Roy F. Shields, counsel for the Union VnHtte and the O. W. R. and N., and the Union Pacific, argued the nritor nf the I. C. C. transcends the powers 'granted "to it in the transportation act, that the law as Interpreted and applied is uncon stitutional and that construction of the line would be an economic mistake for the railroads affected and for the public. ronnsel for the railroad con tended the cost of constructing the road would be at least $11, 000.000 and that it weald s oper- (Turn to page 12, col. 3 J SUNK OF PUZZLES OF STOCKTON, Cal., Sept. 29. (A.P) Slain under circumstances that puzile police, the bodies of Sophie Stetz, 19, and Roy L. Mor tis, 46, driver of a for hire auto mobile, lay in the morgue hers tonight while officers and finger print experts endeavored to find clews that may lead to- the arr-t of their murderer. The bodies, showing evidence or brutal attacks, were found this morning near Morris' automobuo which was parked in a fi-ild in a j ,in,i nntivine section or tue ity- . . a Police said indications poin.ed to robbery as a motive of the slaying and Miss Stetz-and Morris engaged in a terrific struggle nith the murderer before their .deans. Morris open pocket book vas found empty on the back scat of his car. No gun was found. Morris was requested three weeks ago by the brother of the girl to drive her home each ;Mgnt. The place where the bodies were found is several blocks off the route "they would have taken. Po lice said It was probable that a bandit forced them to drive to the place where they cere slain. s ' Ggqn EAT PAINT, BOARDS I PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 29- (AP) Bears roaming the Pa cific northwest forest have de veloped an appetite for straight grain pine boards and govern ment Issue paint. Major John D. Guthrie, assist ant regional forester, said today Bears during the past year have eaten more than H00 worth of hand painted trail signs erected by -the United States forest service. , IV LIXE OP FIRE BEND, Or., Sept. 29. fAP) Ell York, 89, of Bend, was In the hospital here today, wounded in the blp in a hnnt- lna accident. . i The bullet was fired bj Tho fcnas Cook who was hunting with York. Cook said he fired at a deer and did not realize York mi to the line of fire. Cook and his wife carried Tork three miles to an anto tobile and drove OO miles to the hospital here. I ! AIDED N. W. HARBORS t PORTLAND, Ore..' Sept. 2S. AP) James Bnydam roine - iana. 78. pioneer in development jDf riTera and harbor improve ment in Oregon, died at his Soma hero today. Polhemus was born at Astoria, PAIR FH K. Y. and spent his boyhood In A" & - JT ) -'1 m X m Plilllip LaVolletto. S3-jirar-old son of the late "Fighting Bob" and brother of U. S. Senator Robert M. LaFolIetre, Jr., has won the republican nomination for governor by a decisive ma jority in the state primary elec tions. Hogg Pass Route Proposed 03 r I In Application Filed by Portland and-S. E. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept 29.- (AP) The Portland and South eastern Railroad company has filed application In the federal land office at Roseburg for; per mission to construct aTallWad over Hogg Pass in Linn county at the summit of the Cascade moun tains, it became known here to day. The termini of the proposed line are given as the junction of Marion creek with the North San tiam river to the west and a point three miles west of Sister to the east. A. C. Burroughs, Portland, president of the company, and H. L. Gilbert, engineer, refused to comment on their plans. Chain Store men Say Prices Will Be Much Reduced CHICAGO. Sept. 29 (AP) Lower comodity prices and a rise in the purchasing power of the dollar were forecast by officers today as the National Chain Store association met for its annual convention. R. W. Lyons, executive vice president, said the end of finan cial depression could be brought about only through the co-operation of retail interests in1 restor ing public cofidence. "It is generally conceded by industry as a whole that the pres ent economic situation wjl b brought about by the policy of many manufacturing and distrib uting organizations in attempting to maintain commodity prices of fictitiously high levels." Bears Appetites Good Another Hunter Wounded James S. Polhemus Dies' Send Pears to Boston New York. In 1872 he became associated with ' the river and harbor work under the United States engineers. In 1880 he came to Oregon and settled here. He initiated and carried on the work on the Jetties at the en trances to Coos bay and Yaaulma bay. FOR LEGIONNAIRES MEDFORD. Ore., Sept. 129. (AP) The Medford post Of the American Legion has seat 20 boxes of Rogue River pears to Boston to be served at the ban quet of the American Legion na tional convention. ! TIMBER IS SOLD j ROSEBURG, Ore.. Sept. 29. (AP) Eight tracts of: tim ber la six Oregon counties were sold here today by the United States land office. The tracts totalled 840 acres; and brought a total of S34,83. i ! ROBBERY CHARGED ASTORIA, Ore., Sept; 29. (AP) Three men and a woman are In jail here charged with a robbery at Hammond September It. Officers say-they have con fessed to the robbery. ' ! Those held are Roy Dawson and Emil Kocil, enlisted men at Fort Stevens; Roy U Burke, coast guardsman at Hammond and 1 yra Dewey, Vancouver, TXT avV efctn tf Xtrt fires ACROSS n PHD Tear gas Used on Lynching Party; When That jfalls : Guardsmen Charge Crowd Driven Away Returns But no Further Attack Made on Bastile -1-1 HUNTSVILLE. Alav, Sept. S i A T" XT .tUnfil WMavAafMAfl fit tacked a crowd aroqnd ' the i Madison county Jail here tonight j with, tear gas bombs. They then j adf anced against tne crowa wun i drawn bayonets when the group i attempted to advance on the Jail j where O. B. Hendersoq, nejro, j is being held In connection with the slaying Saturday nigt of H. E. Ross, Huntsville business man. The tear gas bombs; were thrown in front of the crowd as it continued to edge closer to the roped off area wiere the guards men were on duty. An unfavorable wind! drove the tear gas back into he faces of the guardsmen and ; as the crowd continued to advance tne guardsmen formed a line and ad vanced with drawn bayonets. One Knocked Down H With Bntt of gun As the euardsmen pushed the crowd back some of its members retaliated with rocks and bricks. Several guardsmen were hit but none was seriously injured. One guardsman struck down with the butt of his gun a man be said he saw throwing stores. .The injured man was taken to a hos pital where he was identified as Tommy Baker, lightweight boxer. Hospital attaches said he was not seriously injured. ; : 1 Guardsmen drove thB crowd nirli aH blockAt1w" iust!; nsaaa Bortlnn ant than fPtnrriPri tft their posts inside the; roped off area around the jail. Tjie crowd immediately reformed Just out side the line but no further dem onstration occurred, j j ! REPUBLICAN i PARTY SYRACUSE, N.' Y., Sept. 29 -r-(AP) John W. Davis,; perman ent chairman of the state demo cratic convention, in an address before the convention tonight, ar raigned the economic and politi cal policy of the republican ad ministration as a "damnable and destroying doctrine." '" The chairman, the party's pre sidential candidate in 1924, de clared the, most unanswerable in dictment confronting the republi can party was that it had "persis tently taught or tried ;to teach the American people tot rely for their material welfare and contin ued prosperity, not upon the strength of their own 'right arms and the vigor of their Own stout hearts under the shelter; of just and equal laws, but upon such favors as they could extort from the government." Davis discussed what he said was the sort of remedies the republican party olfercdHn emer gencies, such as business depres sion, listing first among the "rem edies" the tarff. Mi He singled out the ! Hawley- Smoot-Grundy tariff carrying the hignest rates in all our history. A measure calculated to raise the cost of living at home, to-drive off our foreign customers and stifle our foreign trade, to slam the door in the face of our foreign debtors. it is a veritable masterpiece." FIGHTER SEATTLE. Sept. t9.-4(AP) A surprise plea of guilty and a reiusai to testily against anegeo associates was made today by Johnnie Jordan, former-, prize fighter, at his trial on charges of participation in the 160,000 Low- enstein and Rothstein ; jewelry holdup here a year ago4 The sen tence was deferred ; until next week. Jordan refused to implicate Louis Lund and Sam Li Abelson, who are alleged to have'aiired him to commit the holdup. On his in formation after he was- Captured in May in New York,; the two men were arrested Charges against them had to be dropped today and! they were freed. Jordan was returned to the King county jail, ; He had previously pleaded not guilty to the holdup,! which occur red on September 23, jszs. Great Northern Is Sued byV. S. ST. PAUL, Minn. Sept. 21. (AP) Suit for $1,329,785.11 was filed here today by the gov ernment against the Great North ern railway, charging the rail road company had been overpaid that amount- during government control of the railroads. , during and after the World; wt DAVIS EXCORIATES ins JEWELRY 4 --. - r " ? If - ? 1 1 W' - Y - jT. Miss Delancey V. Hewlin, Phila delphia society girl, who drove way from her Bryn Mawr es tate to get a doctor for her aged family nurse. She did not reach the physician's office and has not been heard from since. A nation-wide search is being instigated. HUNDREDS JIlEIiB ASSemDiieS 0t UOd Report Growth; new Buildings In Several Cities Splendid growth and construc tion of several fine new church buildings has marked the past year's work of the Assemblies of God of Oregon, according to re ports brought by ministers from all over the state in session here all day Monday for the annual fellowship convention of that church. The three sessions were held at the Evangelistic taber nacle at 13th and Ferry streets. More than 300 persons attend ed the final session last night, when Rev. Samuel Swanson of Seattle, chairman of the Oregon- washlngton-Idaho district, gave the principal talk, in which he sketched the district work and urged continued and united la bor. Rev. Alva Walker, mission ary to the Belgian Congo, spoke also, telling of work in darkest Africa. Rev. Uhlman of Newberg, Rev. Swanson of Kelso. Wash., and Rev. Earla Jennison. former- ly of Salem, also spoke at the ses- sion last night. Evangelist Mc- Lauehlin led the sonar servipe iu- (Turn to page 12, col. 1) HAVANA, Sept. 29. (AP) E R. Black, governor of the federal reserve bank of Atlanta, Ga., to day announced banking conditions were normal In Havana, and the panic which followed upon the closing of two of Havana's banks on Saturday had failed to last through the second day. Mr. Black hurried here yester day with $16,000,000 in cash to take care of any demands which might be made today by members of the Havana clearing house. He made $9,000,000 available within a few hours and this with 120,000,000 on hand in the local branch of the federal reserve bank gave threatened banks extra cash resources of 945,000,000 Late today Mr. Black said nonf of the $16,000,000 brought here yesterday would be needed. 'I find banking conditions in Havana normal today," the fed- eral reserve governor t3?d the As- Bociated nress. "Reports from the interior indicate that any excite- ment which may Aave prevailed there Saturday has subsided. Respirator Girl Making Progress Toward Recovery CHICAGO, Sept. 29. (AP) Frances McGann, Chicago's "res pirator girl"; today was reported to be making rapid strides to ward recovery. The girl, who was placed In a breathing machine 19 days ago when her lung muscles were paralysed by Infantile paralysis. is sleeping and -eating well and breathed naturally for two six minute periods. Russia Denies Grain Dumping " MOSCOW, Sept 29. (AP) Official circles today denied So viet Russia was "dumping grain aboard." It was decared that Russia was a Die to sell grain and other products at low prices due to the planned system of Soviet economy vrhlch gave enormous, advantages over competitor countries. MEET BANKING AGAIN AT HAL III HA Rides Calmly Into Portland After Fleecing Fellow . Passengers on Way Forces Driver of First bus To Flag Second; Gets Little Over $100 KELSO.' Wash- Sept. 29 fAP An armedr unmasaea bandit coolly held np 11 paasen rern on the north bound North coast stage between Portland and here late tonight, getting only i for h'ls daring robbery. He then forced the stage driver to stop and flag a southbound Interna tional stage headed for Portland. It was rumored here he had rob bed the second stage enroute to Portland. The bandit appeared to be an old hand at highway robbery, his victims said. He spoke in a quiet, calm Tolce, assuring the passen gers nobody would be hurt U they did as he ordered, according to Herbert Bahlstrom, of Chehalls. driver of the stage. "Thfl rnhher rot nn the stage In Portland." Bahistrom said. -He i until w-rt irnt rn Salmon creek, when he came up to me and showed me a big black Luger automatic pistol. 'See what I got here? he asked in an omin ous voice. 'You do what I tell you and we'll get along all right.' Orders Driver To Darken Stage 'He ordered me to rtouse tne lights Inside the bus and to drive along slowly but not to stop. There was nothing I could do but follow his orders; I couldn't take a chance on starting him to shoot ing and maybe wrecking the stage in case I get hurt, or poesimy getting some of my passengers in jured. "I had to turn down the ngnis, and it was so dark in the stage we couldn't get a good look at the man. He went through the stage and robbed all the passengers, but (Turn to page 12, col. 1) E IT men living cost VANCOUVER. B. C Sept. 29 (AP) Eskimo families that earn X40.UUU a year in saie ui white fox furs and think nothing of spending $300 a ton for coal and large sums for long airplane iaunts and for radios were de- scribed by the crew of the Hud- son's bay company trading vessel, Bavchimo. wnicn arnvea nere today after a season in the Arc tic ocean. The old romance of the Arctic has gone but easily won fortunes In the fur trapping occupations of the natives have created a mode of life and disregard for expense that startled persons from the outside,'. officers of the Baycnimo said. Thev reported that no less than 20 airplains visited Herschel Isl and, lying off the Arctic ocean coast and the boundary line of Alaska and Canada, on commer cial trips this summer. The natives think nothing or paying $375 for an airplane trip to Edmonton, Alta.," a Baychimo officer said. He told of Margaret Seymour, half Eskimo daughter of Bill Seymour, former boxing champion of the Hawaiian fleet of the United States navy, making her honeymoon trip by plane with Patsy Wine, "a big man in the fur business up there." Belanger Beats US WINK MaC MatheWSOnnleht. to att in?JTor,dK8eriu ifaai, liatiicwoiij opening at Philadelphia where, it TORONTO. Sept. 29 (AP) Frenchy Belanger of Toronto, Ca- nadian flyweight champion, out- nointed Malcolm Mathiewson, also of Toronto, in a hard tougnt ten round bout here tonight. Bel- anger, returning to the ring wars T'SJFAiv?" 116" Marty Gold, Philadelphia fly- weight, easily outpointed Tommy McBeigh of Vancouver in ten rounds. Gold weighed 114, Mc Beigh 1154. This is Week oi Statesman's . Cooking School Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week at the Salem armory The Statesman will present Its annual fall electric cooking school. This Is free to all the women of Sale mand vicinity, who are Salem and vicinity, who are and profit from the instruc tion to be given. This scboel, Is presented by the Ella Lehr organiz. tion, with Miss Helen Good win, one of their instructors as the director of the local school. The hoar are from two to f oar each afternoon "of the three days. Plan to attend. oa ,wtn enjoy the program and pro fit by attending. " M Ciiarles H. Tnttle, nominated . unanimously for governor by the G. O. P. convention In New York. He leaped to prominence as fed eral district attorney when he defied Tammany Hall In prosecution of Inquiries Into the alleged sale of Judgeships in New York. He came out prior to his nomination, with a stand for repeal of the lth amendment and state control of the liquor problem. WOMAN SERIOUSLY M firimm Remains - Unconscious After 24 Hours in Hospital Struck by a motorcycle Sun day evening at the corner of 19th and Market streets, Mrs. Minnie Grimm. 1515 North 20th street, was still In Salem General hosplt- &J lagt night suffering from un determined head injuries and a broken clavicle. According to the driver of the motorcycle, B. R. Lausch, 1175 North 16th street, he was turning the corner and failed to see Mrs. Grimm, who was in the midle of the street, un til it was too late to avoid hitting her. In his attempt to avert pos sible tracedv. Lausch says he swung his cycle over, upsetting it. He was unhurt. Mrs. Grimm was taken to the hospital and x-rays made of her head and of the shoulder. The plates showed no fracture in the skull. But she had not fully re covered consciousness at any time un to 10 o'clock Monday night. over 24 hours after the accident. Seriousness of Injury Unknown Hospital attendants 6tated mat it had not been determined just what was the extent of Mrs. Grimm's head injuries. Until this is known, they said, it will be dif ficult to say what are her chances of recovery. Mrs. Grimm is an el derly woman, the wife of Charles A. Grimm, a local carpenter and (Turn to page 12, col. 1) BOSTON, Sept. 29 (AP) expected resignation of Charles F. 'Heinie" Wagner as manager or the Boston Red Sox was accepted today by President Bob Quinn. It has been known here for some time that Wagner, who had only a one-year contract, would not be re-engaged. His team, wheih end ed the American league season yesterday in last place, had the worst season in its post-war his tory. It has been no secret here abouts that President Quinn has been holding Wagner's resigna tion for several weeks. Several times during that interval Quinn has silenced rumors with the statement that nothing would be done about the managership of the club until the season closed Quinn planned to leave here to- was expected, he wou!dopen ne gotiations with Joe McCarthy, re cently succeeded by Rogers Hornsby as pilot of the Chicago Cubs, and other managerial tim ber. Darrow Declares 'PuM, TPnomiQf rUUllL EjUCIUICo RZ"fT CHICAGO, Sept. 29. (AP) Chicago's campaign against "pub lic enemies" by use of the vag rancy laws was attacked today by riarencft Darrow. noted criminal lawyer. He appeared In court fori the first time m two years, tie is fwKvMB iJV sters union. FinrarAd Jack"! White, both list ed by the crime commission as ' - . . viu - mA hh tttr. ed with van gran cy, were accom- rtarrnw wtiAn thftT nr. rendered in municipal court. They l . I ter their Surrender on real estate bonds worth J100.090. TOWNSEND "WINS VANCOUVER. B. C, Sept. 29 -fAPl Billy Townsend. Van couver welterweight won a ten !r nil nit rioHalnn nTkr Andv Divodf L v.. vnrv tn thm main feature INJURED CRASH WAGNER QUITS AS ID SOX MANAGER of a boxing program here tonight lit took two and a half days to re Thev fought at 115 pounds. 'construct the, damage done and it WATER APPRAISAL IS DUE THIS WEEK Va ue Fioure wnicn is to oe Basis of Negotiations Near Completion Report on the official apprais al of the local property of the Oregon-Washington Water Serv ice company, is expected here late this week according to W. H. Triudie, city attorney. Some final computations and costs as well as valuations on real property- remain to be add ed to the appraisal of Baar and Cunningham, Portland engineer ing firm which was awarded the valuation job by the city water commission. No definite information on the value of the plant was available yesterday from Mr. Trindle. Officials of the water company have repeatedly stated that their price was the purchase price of the plant whan it was acquired three years ago from the Wal lace interests together with the actual out-of-pocket costs of all improvements made in the plant since that time. Pipe Lines Tested As to Condition In nreoaring the appraisal Baar and Cunningham have had access to the books of the com pany. A number of tests have been made of pipe lines tnrougn- out the city to determine tne present condition of pipe laid many years ago. Going concern values as well as physical inventory oi me plant are to be included in the valuation submitted this week to the water commission and to the council. On the basis of this appraisal the city of Salem is expected tp make a bid for the plant and ir a sale cannot be negotiated with the Oresron-Washington Water Service company, a condemna tion suit will be brought by the city under the mandate of the Mav 16. 1930. charter amend ment. RUTH SCE E TO CENTRALIA, 111., Sept. 29 (AP) Ruth Hanna McCormick. tonight declared that the senate campaign funds committee is now attempting to throttle-the press. This charade was contained in Issued today in Washington by natd mittee. The com- brief statement answering one the senate" committee. The com mlttee's statement characterized as "false and libelous" Mrs. Mc- Cormick's allegations that tele phone wires in her home and of fice had been tapped and her pri vate correspondence rifled by agents of the committee. It also warned newspapers that iny re oetition of her charges "would be looked upon as "wilful and mali cious libel. NTS MOV MUZZLE PRESS Million Dollar Highway: Fill "Untills" Speedily The crew pf men out at Lake Labish who are making the fill for. the "million dollar highway I mere, r - - I All tO abOUt the Stage OI CQmpiv- I . iv- Ml .i m . f (IT. f te Air "n, man u "-" iTbat is. it stnxa. , iuw ----- Johnson, eounty roadmaster, who was out there yesterday. T h e I crew had the heaviest part of the fill Tlrtually completed when they fluit Saturday night for the week end. And when they returned t the job- Monday morning, tne fresh fill setUed nearly two feet jvTbe same thing happened the previous week-end; and: in the two week-ends tne flirt nas set I tied fully three feet A week ago One" More South Amertcsrt President Resigns; Ayora :" 'j Move Opposed by Con gress, Said Irrevocable Need of National Harmony Is Reason Given; Chief Of Army Automatically Assumes Reigns QUITO, Ecuador, Sept. 2. (AP) President Isidro Ayora of Ecuador, chief of state since 1926, submitted his resignation to congress tonight with the re quest it be acted on immediately. Announcement was later made to newspaper correspondents that congress had refused to. accept the president's resignation, des pite the fact he had declared it to be "irrevocable." Political confusion was wide spread here. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Sept. 29 (AP) Dispatches from Qui to stated today President Isidro Ayora was expected to resign shortly. President Ayora, whose four year term of office would expire in 1933. rejected the pleas of high army officers he stay in office. He told them he considered his resignation In the best interests of the nation, explaining the country needs harmony. Colonel Carlos Guerro, minis ter of war, will automatically as sume the powers of the chief ex ecutive, in accordance with pro visions of the constitution, when the president steps out of office. Reports from Quito stated the populace in the capital was great ly excited when the news of Pres ident Ayora's determination to r sign had been announced. SHALE OIL QUI WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (AP) A full investigation of the whole oil shale question was wel comed today by Secretary Wilbur after charges had been made by Ralph S. Kelley, head of the gen eral land office at Denver, that the interior department had shown favoritism to large oil companies in administering west- em oil shale lands. Kelley, who has-held land of fice posts at Salt Lake City and Denver for 25 years, made his. changes last night when he an nounced his resignation in a statement to the press. Secretary Wilbur today defend ed his oil land policy In a lengthy statement. He said he had de clined to accept Kelley's resig nation because of the seriousness "of his. charges, but had suspend ed the Denver official and direct ed him to file Immediately the names of the companies he claims have been favored, with the dates and nature of the transac tions mentioned." The resignation came as a sur prise, Wilbur said, because Kel ley had been ordered on July 7 lO come UO wasuiugiuu iu ta charge of the "very work" he criticixed and had not yet report ed to the secretary. He did, how ever, come here about August S and worked approximately a month at the land office during the secretary's absence, Wilbur said. TRAIN KILLS MAN VANCOUVER, B. C, Sept 29. (AP)-Jleginald Brady, about 55, was instantly killed here to night when he was run over by am interurban electric train. Two cars passed over him. is estimated it will take two full days this time. That means seven teams, working continuously, will work fire extra days to till up the WILBUR IB sunken part. The till at the point where it I settling is about 300 feet long and 10 feet above the ground,' All thia is on beaver dam land, which ex plains the reason tor the fickle "under pinning." . Decking on the bridge is com pleted and some of the railing has been constructed. It: will take, about another week to finish thh Job. ' - . v Johnson also visited' the. work: ' at St Louis yesterday, where Lee Wells Is foreman of the grading Job. The crew there is working en the last section ot the last mile, and will "be done sometime this week. Grading crew finished Ue Job at Bone' w-erty, yesterday. . I" 11 mm WVT -w& iggMafew 1 1 mi -