La Grande evening observer., January 30, 1915, Image 1

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PnOLlOTE SILOS
III IS VALLEY
HKaiKKAHI.lt NKXKIf IN. tW KART.
AIRY INTERESTS CARRY
; FUTURE FOR LUMBERING
CMUtrnetfea Campaign Commenced
".' Last Evening Irrigation Under a
SUt PUcy Favored Timberaen
LWaat Protect! and Oppose Tlnk
v ring With the. Law Now Existing.
Forgetting, momentarily, the pres-.
'sing problems of their own-business,
'and looking into the future by laying
; constructive plans that will, if car
ried to successful fruition,; bring good
to all and harm 1) none, members
of toe Eastern Oregon Lumber' Pro
ducers in the annual meeting held
here-yesterday talked silos and dairy
iug. The relation of dairying to the
lumber industry- may to some seem
remote of existence if at all, but thoi3
who heard an hour's discussion on
the subject yesterday by the lumber
men, -quickly learned otherwise, v
Marks New Epodu' '
White. individuals of the lumbering
u.terJite have long dreamed of con
structive campaigns for the future
of the lumber business, this is thj
first time in Eastern Oregon that
tangible effort to build for the fu
ture as been taken. Mr. Skey, of
rive u.- w . traritc - department r nag
present and with the: lumbermen jSitml
ed into the Jutureeft . tetiWrnnrtietetf
. tual benefiU. - The Panama canal hag
.: curtailed through-freight . business i
a - nortorious : f acf and - railroads of
the west must turn to short-haul busi
ness. - The keynote of the; discussion
is that- the Grande Eonde valley and
other valleys of Eastern Oregon where
the. lumbermen - in attendance have
' their mills, are. remarkably suited to
. dairying, . yet there is scarcely a silo
in that vast region, although some 25
or SO are to 'be built the coming sum- :
raer here- all based upon the true hy-1
pothesis that ' dairying is the savior
of Western farming. The arguments
brought into prominence the fact that
when dairying is at its best, t.e farm
ers draw, n.onthly pay checks, and
' having money, can build better barns,
better houses, more silos nil increas
ing the consumption of lumber.
From, any viewpoint the. meeting
was by far the most important yet
held in Eastern Oregon of any lum
bermen's association. .- . .
: Another constructive resolution was
one measure favoring ' a state pol
icy of irrigation under certain condi
tions, the chief of which ; was that
where the cost of redemption is out
of proportion to the value of the land,
that' irrigation is not feasible.. i;- The
resolution says: s:
-' "Whereas, the state of Oregon has
demonstrated in the Tumalo reclam
mation project, its ability under prop
er regulation to successfully carry
forward to completion a feasible pro
ject at a cost for reclamation.. less
that- the original estimate .therefore
"Be it resolved, that the Eastern
Oregon Lumber : Producers' associa
tion go on record as heartily favor
ing well-considered state policy in re
gard . to irrigation - believing is the
function of government to assist in
..the development of land succeptlble to
cultivation consistent with nrooer re
gard to the value of the land and
cost of redt)nption." .- 4
Tn addition to building for the fu
ture upon the assumption that dairy
ing . and general intensified farming
aids everyone and harms none, the
lumbermen ; turned their ' attention
again to matters with which they are
directly concerted, ; ,
Extensive discussion was given over
the merits and demerits of the pres
ent compensation act. While no vote
was expressed, although - argued at
length the concensus of opinion seem
ed to be that the present law with
slight amendments should be given a
fair trial, as, on the whole it is suit
able to employer and employe. -
The association sent sharp disap
proval to Sii.lem against any tinker
ing with the present forest protec
tion laws. . Because 64 percent of the
employed men of the state work In
sawmills, the lumbermen think it is
absolute folly to remove laws that
protect the timber of the state. Whole
sale destruction of the state's - or
ests by fire would be a calamity, it is
agreed. However, the association
srIca1 flint. fhi arlministhratinn Ka scru
tinized and that the greatest effiei
- ency at the least expense possible, be
a fact.
North Yakima Receiver Here.
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.- Alfred C. Stemman, Rtweiver of the
. U. S. land office at North Yakima, is
in the city today to attend the funeral
WILDCATS KILLED '.
IN IMBLER FIELD
SLAUGHTER OF COYOTES GOES
ON WITH 8UCCE8S.
Twenty-four Pound Cat Ataeng Beasts
Slain ia the Vicinity of IiaMe? ;.
By HanUaten Lately.
; Several do sen coyotes and several
wildcat ha vie been slain recently, in
the vicinity of Imbkr. A few days
Winstara sjiiiii more coyote, c or
the most art the wildcats were killed
in isolated places, but an exception to
the -role is shown by Ghes. Cleaver
who killed a. cat out in the open not.
far from Imbler. . Mr: Cleaver . also
slew a. 24-pound wildcat several days
ago. The one he got in the open
weighed 14 pounds. 'v j(
Lawyers condemn bill.:
Mess are Abolishing County Judgeship
Meets With Disfavor.
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Baker, Jan. 80. At a meeting of
the Baker Bar Association yesterday
morning a resolution was adopted con
demning bill before the. legislature
providing for the abolishment of the
county court, turning all the probate
juvenile and other court work over to
the circuit , judges . and establishing
two ' appeal; courts districts, one lor
Eastern Oregon and one for Western
Oregon, to sit at Pendleton and Port:
land respectively, s. ' ..-.-...
William Smith, S O. Correll, John
L. Rand, O. B. Mount, C A. Moore and
Charles Hyde all spoke against the
miuojiHS;.;, y!ir-'.Kyi '-':
A committee consisting of William
Smith, 0, H. McColloch and M. D.
Clifford was appointed to digest, the
Mil and formulate objections to send
to ' Senator Strayer and , Representa
tive Cartmlll and to submit these also
to thle Commercial club and the , Baker
County Taxpayers League for action
Dy viose oooies. ' noooson it, raraer-
son secretary of the asocIation.jWM
ary of the a8ociatkn.jWs
to teleflranh tie ohiec&wib
of the. bar association to the Baker
county delegation at Salem.
of his brother-in-law, W. H. Stans
field, whose death occurred Thursday.
Kill LIST
IS ME
IMBLER PEOPLE OFFER GOOD
PRIZLS FOR COLT MEN.
Cups
and Other Rewards Hung
for Best Colls Exhibited, e
up
,.- A- partial - premium list has been
prepared for the Imbler colt show to
be held Saturday February 13, with
the people of Imbler co-operating with
the Oregon Agricultural college. Here
are some of the prizes already of
fered: -
. - . Percherons,
1st
.2.00
2.00
2nd.
Three yrs. old or over
Two . yrs. old . . -. ......
$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
One yr. old 2.00
Best colt under one yr. 2.00
Clyde.
Same as above , , . . . "
Shires. '
The same.
Grades.
.'.The same.
. Specials.
Best pure bred colt under one year
any breed. - Silver cup, donated by La
Grande Observer.
Beat grade colt under one year.
Silver cup, donated by Thomas Wit
ty, Imbler. .
Best purs bred, mare any breed,
Silver cup, Claud C. Cat, county
agriculturist.' ' . v
- Best, team, draft mares. Silver cup,
La Grande Commercial Club.
. This list is not yet complete as there
will be more entries and probably
more prizes offered. -
Washington, Jan. 30. Fighting j
hard to refeat the ship purchase bill,
uu . rvjjuuiicuns in uie ecnai . nave
successfully continued the -flllibuster
against the . measure ' continuously
since yesterday-morning. ..
At 2:30 this- afternoon: the senate
had been in continuous session since
early Friday with no sign of adjourn
ment. . At "that hour three Republi
can senators had been able to hold the
floor continuously since 10 o'clock
Inst night. : .: Smoot did the main nor-
jtion of the talking, followed by Suth-
prlnnd and mt. ' ' .
I ... Smoot's Performance Remarkable.
I Washington, Jan, 30. After speak
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SENATOR Si
PORTLAND HAS
BAEU1ER nONTIi
OF EXISTENCE
OVER TWO AND A,'
HALF MIL?
1K15K&E''
DURING ONE MONTH.
WHEAT AND CORN SET .
NEW HIGH PRICE MARK
Shipments Abroad -In Export "Way
V During January Were the Biggest
in the nistorr of Portland Cash
. Returaa Spent la the Northwest
Corn at 62 CeaU and Wheat
Portland,; Jan. 80. January; was
the beet export month in Portland's
history. During the month. 1,878,000
bushels of wheat were shipped abroad,
mostly to European points. ,;The valv
ue of this Miipment is over $2,500,000
which percolates to cities and .farms
jn the Pacific Northwest solely. .
WHEAT STILL UP.
New High ' Record Set by Wheat
Rearhing $12, Chicago.
.'. Chicago, Jan. 80. A new high rec
ord for wheat' was established today
when May wheat dosed at f 1.52. July
closed $1.34 7-8ths.
1 May corn advanced to 82 cents also
a new high record. . - v , ;
WINTERING AT HOf LAKE, f
Eastern Oregon Resort Is " Popular
,r Keruga From Wlatry Blasts, v
' Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hammond and
Mrs. R. H, Avan, who are among the
many visitors at Hot Lake thia winter
were-in the city this morning on a
combined pleasure and shoyping ex
pedition. -
, Mr. -and Mrs; Hammond. : . whose
home is in Amulet, Sask., Canada, are
spe-cUng three weeks at the Lake in
order to escape the rigors of a Canad
ian winter. Mrs. A van is from Vancouver.-'
Washington. - The 1 visitors
were profuse in their expressions of
admiration for La Grande and the
Grande Ronde valley as well as f ov
cistern viregons popular resort.
' ATTENDING SHORT COURSE.
County -Agriculturist On Program at
; ; O. A. C. Farmer's Week.
County AgriculturiBt C. C. Cate left
last night for Corvallis where he will
attend , the. farmers' . short course at
the Oregon Agricultural College.;-' Mr.
Cate has a place on the program in
the instruction work.-. Mrs. Cate ac
companied him. -
."..'Several farmers from over the coun
ty will take advantage of this week
of instruction which opens Monday
morning.
Paul Pleads Not Guilty.
Lognn Paul has entered a plea ot
not guilty to a charge of being drunk
and. upon tho streets after hours. The
trial has been set for 6 o'clock Feb
ruary 1st The police docket - this
morning included four vagrants, ono
being Glen Watson and the -others,
strangers.. They were given, varying
days upon which to work for. the city
for their board. -.
SENATE KILLS 1!
Salem, Jan. 30. The senate today
killed Languth's bill giving worry!
the right to sit as Jurors.:
1 The senate had previously passed
by the bill but voted to reconsider,
ing continuously for 11 hours and 35
minutes, Senator Reed Smoot at 9:25
a. m. yielded the floor to his colleague,
Sutherland, in the .Republican f illi
buster in the senate against the gov
ernment ship purchase bill. ' '
Smoot Talks All the Time.
- During the night session Smoot
talked continuously on general sub
jects pertaining to shipping and did
not use tho time-killing tactics ordin
arily adopted to furnish sufficient
language to retain the floor. - The
performance is ono of the most ra
markable in the history of the sen
ate in this regard.
MS I E
J SECRETARY M'ADOOS DAUGHTER GOING TO WAR.
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Miss Nona McAdoo, daughter of the
aecretary of the treasury, U going
to the great war. ' UnBer the instruc
tion of a competent nurse she can
undertake work In a fWd , hospital.
She has arranged no definite plana
yet, but she intends within a few
Tjvo-Dollar Wheat
Y. M. C. A. When
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Their Families
Scores , of ' farmers wearing the
broad smile.. of prosperity that cer
tain signs of $2.00 wheat can create,
took undisputed possession: of. La
Grande's new ; Y. ; M. C. A today.
They . came this morning with their
baskets, - and they sat : themselves
down, at noon time, to a delicious re
past in the dining room of the build
ing. Fronj then on until program time
the women and children lounged in
the corridors, free- from the farmers'
housewife cares, while the' children
made copious use of the halls and
busements. : The men . operated : the
shuffle boiird and checker tables; nil
through, tho building happiness ' was
the pass word. It was indeed a pleas
ant afternon., Bjit it was not afi. rest
and visiting for the farmers and
their wive3 and their children there
was something instructive and enter
taining in the progra. too. Thoro
READER WILL COME.
"Huckleberry Finn" to be Recited
Here by Prof. Reddie.
Prof. A. F. Reddle, who a few
months ago gave the long remembered
reading of Maeterlink's "Blue Bird,"
to a La Grande audience, is coming
to La Grande February 8rd. The
Parent-Tta cheds ' association of the
and then changed its attitude:
The ho:iHe today refused to recon
sider Fenwick'a bill allowing - Civil
and Mexican war veterans exemptions
from taxation.
Boiler . Maker , Goes' to Hospital
O. C. Crook, foreman of the boilt .
makers at the O.-W. shops was takeni
to Portland last night to be placed in
the St. Vincent's hospital where he
will undergo an operation for appen
dicitis from, which he Unas been suf
fering severely for some time past.
' Mrs. Crook accompanied her husband
to -rortiand. . . ,
j W. B. PickinB Mother Dead.
I W. B. Pickens recoived word yes
ltcrday -that his mother, Mrs. . S. P.
l'ickens, Iiad died at ' her home in
Keokuk, Iowa. . Ho was not able to
attend the funorol.
weeks to join Mr. Hope Nelson in
London. Mrs. Nelson will go with
her to one of the stations in the south
of France. : It is understood among
miss mcaooo's mends that Sfte will
sail on the Lusitania - February" 9.
Miss McAdoo is the eldest daughter
or tn secretary of the treasury.
Sjibj Fill '
Farmers Bring in
to Spend the Day
had been a pleasunt program prepar
ed, as follows: .
- Instrumental Miss Elva Gaskell. '
What the Association intends to do
-John H. Rudd. - -
Reading Mary Carter.
.' Short- talk, The' preeminent purpose
of Y, M. C. A. Thomas Walsinger
. Song Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Robert
son and Mrs' W. Greenwood. ' '.
What the mother expects from the
Y. M. C. A. Mrs. H. H. Cleaver.
, The Crucible Edward Jasper,
T Solo Mrs. W. Greenwood. . . ,;
?. Address The Boy on the . Fnrm
and Y. M. C. A. Horn W. M. Pierce.
; , Short talk W. L. Carter. ,
i.. Solo--Mr. S. ,A. Robertson'.
Mai' businessmen stole away from
the Saturday afternoon rush of busi
ness to meet the farmers and listen
to the program. "'
Central school is looking after the de
tails of .the meeting, wMch will be
held in the high school , auditorium,
but above all elms, wish to impress up
on the people of La Grande that the
entertainment is free, and first class,
Mr. Reddie has a wide reputation. ;' He.
has been prevailed upon to give
"Huckleberry Finn" in this city and in
this masterpiece he is at his best.
v Ail the readings given in Eastern
Oregon towns by Prof. . Archibald
F. Reddie,' professor of public speak
ing at the University of Oregon, will
be free to the pubic. - This wiH be
Professor Beddiel's second eastern
Oregon trip; last year he appeared in
several towns under the auspices- of
the University extension division and
was splendidly received.
; The cities and dates will be: ' "
Baker, February 1, "King Johm" at
the library under the auspices of the
Woman's club. - -
Union, February 2, selected read
ings from a number of plays or clas
sics, in the high school auditorium, at
7;30 p. m.
La Grande, February 3, "Huckle
berry Finn," under the auspices of
the schools, before the evening meet
ing of tho Parent-Teachers Associa
tion. . ' " ''. - . -
Pendleton, February 4, in the after
noon under the auspices of the Thurs
lay Afternoon Club, the Civic. Club,
and the Current Literature Club.
The Dalles, February, 5, if date is
arranged. - .
Cascade Locks, ' February ' (5,
"Huckleberry Finn." in the. school
nouse at 8 p. m. . .- ' - ,;
Killed 750 Rabbits.
North Powder, Jan. 30. The Rod
& Guu club held a rabbit drive yes
terday on tho dry ranches in the hills'
southeast of this place.
There woretho shipment East,
iaasay
ers FEELS
DEEPGOBI
SPLENDID TOWN ON TE? FALJtO.
THE SLAV HORDES.
MASTER STROKE EXECUTED
; RY THE CZAR'S FCSSES
English See 8plendid Move ia NOrta-
ward Swing of the Iavadiag Analaa
RelnfereemeU Betas Rarted
" Frass Flanders to Help Hiadeabrg
Rrputa tfc Invader From the Eaot.
Petwgrad;. Jan. 80. Three great .
Rusaiajn annia are now marcahar - '
against Koniogaberg, the capital: of
Eastern Pruatia. The advance of th
third army , ia indicated in todays a
dispatene. It is striking- at the Gar- S.
man line aourtti of th railroad rosi-v
ning from llnaterfeung- to : Koninga
berg. . '
- London, Jan. 30, The sweep of th :
Russian armie across East Pruasta
towards - Konlwrsbersr has alanaad
rGermny. ' The Kaiser Is rushing r
iniorcsmenM xo uie aezense ' Ot to
city, according to Amsterdam and
(Copenhagen dispatches, '
Uncotnfirmed rumors from Amster
dam indicate that th German ara
drawing heavily from the armies ia
Flanders to reinforce Von Hindea "
berg who ias bean holding back the
Russlana:-.:1-.' j
Master Stroke- is Seen."
Military men in England regard the
Czar's advance as a master stroke for
ner iorces are now only ov miles irom
Koningsberg and Petrograd dispatch
declare they ar making rapid head
way. - .
"Koningsberg is the largest city in
East Prussia and is located', on the
uuu or uanzig near the Baltic.
JUDGE 'E AKIN ILL.
Jurist
is Stricken With Narrow
Breakdown, Suddenly.
. Supreme ' Judge - Eakin, - laboring
under the Jveavy strain occassioned by
the congested docket that faces the
Supreme Court at this time and which
condition has existed for some tune
past, : left last night for California
suffering from a nervous breakdown .
and it is feared that his condition is
serious. Such is the word brought
this morning by-Attorney J. D. Slater -and
Attorney T. H. Crawford of the
law. firm of Crawford. & Eakin, who
have been in the capital presenting .
argument ini the contested district at- .
torneyship in this county. .
Judge Eakin is said to have been
ill for several months but because of
the heavy docket refused to give' up
the work and take the rest th&t was
needed , until a complete break down
has. forced him to seek relief.
Tjhe illness of Judge Eakin at thin
time leaves the Supreme bon :h of the
state : short handed with an over-
whelming volume of work ahead so
that the decisions of both the county
judgeship and the district attorney
ship will ' probably be delayed even
longer now than would have been the
case with the Court working full band- -ed.
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66 men and they killed 750 rabbits.
Arthur Moore took the honors, killing
42. A bountiful dinner was served
by the ranchers at the home of Will
Pearson...,.:-.;.
CHOICE HORSES
LEAVE COUHTY
MORE THAN A HUNDRED SENT.
OUT TODAY.
Shipments Going to Eastern Colors
, . do Include Gaskil Bunch.
Over 100 head of Union county's
choicest horses were loaded out of
here today bound for Sterling, Colo
rado, where they will be used on some
of the big ranches Iiv that state,
These animals were purchased - by -Llbbey
& Day of Sterling. Mr. Libr
bey himself personally representing
the purchasers here.
This bunch of horses' includes the
heavy draft stock formerly owned' by
Fred ' Gaskoll, who will accompany
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