Liquor Violation Charge
Four La Grande Residents on Trial in Federal Court Here. 
Trial of four La Grande citizens accused of illegal possession and transportataion of liquor opened yesterday before Federal Judge Bean.
The accused men are J. F. McDonald, Bert Hughes, Guy Buffington and Frank Heins. 
It is asserted by the prosecution in the case, as outlined by Deputy Federal Attorney Flegel, that Buffington was the intellectual force behind the alleged conspiracy, though it is not claimed that he handled any of the illicit liquor.
Among witnesses who testified yesterday were Roy Flexner, chief of policy of La Grande, and Lee Warnick, sheriff.