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volume xxn.
SIX PAGES LA(i!ANDK.WIK(OX. WKflNKftjXVY, .HUAfa. 191!) SIX IdKS
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2- -2 ft
PLAHT IS
FAVORED
WATER KftOM lilVI'.lt TO HE
I . . tSED TO THE- EXTENT
JiECESSAltY
GOOD SUPPLY AT IN TAKE
BUT IS NOT DELIVERED
Engineer, Ik Engaged on Inveatigti-
lion of ltcinedica Needed- Al-teg-
lan Well Supply Is Not ( 'oiinhIciciI
Ad ( lul. Will Work, With City
Commission .
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PUMP TO BE INSTALLED.
J- What might be termed as the J
climax of last night's water
meeting was the decision to in
J" stall the city's large centrifugal J
J pump at the river, make ar-
rangements with prior right !
j owners for water, negotiate
4 with the Palmer Lumber Com- !
pany for its pumps to continue
at work until the city's plant is 4
J. installed, and then use the aux-
4 iliary pumping plant, with chic
4 rination tanks, and supply La H
4" Grande with plenty of water. - 4
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Although this was not the officiul
order of the meeting last evening,
which was called by Chairman Ed.
Coolidge, of the Ad. Club, for the pur
pose of discussing the wutcr situa
tion, it. was the verdict passed by
what might be termed the ''concert"
following the big show, and it was so
strongly supported that Commissioner
Grandy will take the matter up with
his colleagues for final adjustment to
day and work will likely start at once
on the auxiliary pumping plant.
-This means that La Grande will
have water. It will be river water,
but it will be water just the same.
Everybody is warned out of the river
in the future and it will be open sea
son for anyone caught bathing in the
stream. ,
After the meeting in the city hall
last evening, was called to order by
Mr. Coolidge and its purposes stated,
Commissioner McKcnnon was asked
to review the present water condi
tions. He, said the visit to the intake
Sunday disclosed what he had already
known, namely, that there was twice
the water going to waste that is en
tering the pipe line; that the intake
dam is the ''damnedest little dam he
had ever seen," and that in his judg
ment the weak part of the present
water system was at the intake and
in the rotten pipe line over the hills,
which taken collectively and as a
whole, means-thnt the present water
system is all bad, excepting the reser
voirs. But, r. McKennon did not say
it is too bad to use, nor did he leave
the impression that the case is hope
less, for on the other hand, he said it
was up to the city to make repairs
and find out where the trouble is and
remedy it as nearly as possible. For
this job Engineer Kelscy has been en
gaged, lie has not rendered a report
as yet, for he is waiting to get water
measurements. One thing seems ne
cessary and that is to meter the flow
of water into the reservoir. It seems
this little job has been a sticker and
has consumed milch more time than
anyone had believed possible, for this
morning the trapping left I-a Grande
to be fitted on tfie pipe to measure
the water, although-iu was expected
this would have been done several
week ago.
Schultz Advocates Wells.
Roscoe West, the artesian well drill
er, vas not ptescnt at the meeting as
had been expected, but the well fea
ture had a 'strong advocate in .Mr.
'Srhultt. one of the machinists at the
O -W.. who owns a home near the
Farms' Affiance mill. He told of
h success wejls had been in cities
of the east where he had resided and
urged the abandonment of the long
pipe Tne project anil tnc arming oi
aumtxo of wells in the valley.
His argument nct "with some oppo
sition, chief of which was that of
Commissioner Grandy, who related
the experience of te railroad com-!
pany Ift-re in Finking volls in the ear
lier days. He also Uld of the city's
expfftmenta! workwith well-drilling,
which he ckoned never had proved
jatisfaiCoy.
Mr. ODKcnnon had outlined in his
tflk tbj ncwl of cxtQidinthe intake
epipe line a distance farther ugKhc hill
in order to get more pressure and the
need of lowering some of the high
PRIMROSE, FAMOUS
MINSTREL, DEAD
SAN' DIEGO, ul? 23. George II
Primrose, foe many ye"hrs head of the
famous IV I ni lose Mmstrel organ iZa
tlon, died today following ini illut&s
of a month.
TEN PERSONS SHOT
, IN POLITICAL DIS
ORDERS IN BERLIN
(By Associated Press to The Observe
BERLIN, July 23. Ten persons
were tohot during the disorders at
tending the-breaking up of a major
ity Socialist - moting by Coiufuun-
ists and Spartacans yestea-day. Those
attending the meeting tried to lynch
the man who fired the Bhots but he
was saved by -hospital helpers.
APPLICATION WILL BE MADE AT
PM'E I'Olt CIIAUTEIt
Temporary Officers Arc. Elected and
Committee Appointed to Confer
With tcntijil Labor Couiu.il
The result of tlie morning of local
musicians hold . in the Eagk-s' hall
last night to discuss the reviving of
the union musicians' organization in
tht-j city was a decision to go 'ahead
with- the re-organizatlon and to ap
ply for a chatter. There was quite,
a large attendance of men prominent
in band and orchestra circles and
theaiuajorlty of those present strong
ly euppoitcd It.
Temporary officers were elected a
follows: Frank.. Robin'son. pieai
dont; Andrew Lonoy, secretary; E.
R. Parker, treasurer. A committee or
thee, Howard Richardson, J. P.
Caldwell and Alvin Snuipp, was ap
pointed to meet with the members
of the local Central Labor Council.
Officers of the new union will be
permanently elected as. Boon as the
chat tor is received.
points of resistance over the hills, all
of which made an impression on H. E.
Dixon, who asked that these improve
ments be made at once and then make
preparations to follow ' the Grandy
theory of installing a new and com
plete pipe line up the Grande Hondo
river to the Beaver creek supply.
Leaks in the pipe line have been
taking some of the water supply. This
was proven last evening when reports
came in from those who had witnessed
the leaks. And before the meeting
adjourned Mr. Black, of .the' street de
partment, journeyed to the pipe line
to fix a leak near the Bartmcss mead
ows. David Stoddard called attention to
the volume of talk on future repairs,
but he insisted that the present was
the time to consider. It was during
Mr. Stoddard's talk that he urged the
use of river water, provided it was
sure the chlorine plant would treat the
water-supply.
Then the question of prior rights on
the river came up, and Mr. McKennon
gave the report that J. L. Caviness,
whose right to water dates ahead of
all others, had served notice on the
city that during the growing season
his right must be respected. Other
rights were then discussed, and so the
history of water and prior and ripar
ian rights was aired in .a way that was
entirely new to most of those present
and was inclined to leave the impres
sion that the city of La Grande is an
impostor and has no rights um'ier the
sun, so far as Wjitcrs in the Grande
Ronde river go.
ft. was agreed however,- that J. L.
Caviness is one of the best and fairest
of men in the entire valley and that
the city would have no trouble in ad
men in the entire valley and that the
city would have no trouble in adjust
ing matters with him for the bner
ime the crops need the water.
Some sharp and jagged point were
hurled at the builders of the present
water system, plainly intimating that
the job Was not wel done. Commis-'
sionoc McKeflnon was very plain in
his sfcitements to the effect that the
pipe line hajj been poorly laid ad
that the original venture was to a
great exten6 a failure. This caused
Fred L. Meyers, who was a member
of the council when the present svs
tem w-a.built, to call attention to the
records on file in the city hall, includj
ing reports of what was supiOsed to
be competent engineers who looked! t
after the construction of the plant.;
"Now,''said Mr. Meyers, "the present)
commissirQ says it will follow to tlft- o
letter the advice of engineers. Wei
fallowed such advice hen the plat
rjas built, ifcpd you see tne results.
Just tlft-n 0Comi?is.i'9ieg Grarjdy
C--.9.I ''I trtn't Innw nnvthini nl,n( rft
(Continued oG Pyge 3 )
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MUSICIANS TO
HAM
LEIJIIIt HAS
CALLED FOR
BOLSHEVIK lEI,l.(;OX All
1(IVE1 AT kISIIIM.I T Willi
. OI-T-'KIt Oh' PEACH
OFFERS TO CEDE BESS-.
ARABIA TO ROMANIA
Condition of the. Offer Is Thai ilie
Itoutniiiilnn I'runt Will Sm Be
C.'.ss-1 by I kr.iniaiis or of Ad
miral Koli hulk Eight JJoy Ccs
Kulin of War
(tty Associated Press torhe Observer'
LONDON, July 23.- A Bulshuvft
delegation has arrived at Kishnclf
with an offer of peace to the. com-
nvunder of the lioummiiun Dniester
troops on behalf of Nikolai l.on
inc. It Is reio:tud that Lenin" of
fers to redo llcxharahin to Uou'iuatiia
on condition :that. Romuania inohiil
Ukrauian citl.eus ard bands of Ad
miral Kokhalk, head of the Omsk
government, from crossing tho Uou
mantiin Soulier.
An eight day armistice ha li en
concluded o:i the Bcssaiiibiau front.
Rlrs, cTu
Mrs. G.
;rday for
U Lariaon III
L. Larison, who left yes-
crday for Hot Iakc, where she un-
lerwent an operation this morning, is
getting along as well as could be ex
pected. Sone For Huckleberries
Mrs. A. C. lUmptort, accompanied
y().y her sister, Miss Angela Bowie c,
diss Inez Knowlcs and Miss 'Helen
lurrey, left this morning to spend the
uy picking huckleberries at the foot
f Mount Emily.
(ere From Iljiker ,
Mr. Lcavenner, ti prominent iliun-
lst of Buker, arrived in the city
bis morning on No. 6.
i:
231(mo to Huntington
son- "Ignatz" liolan left this morning
wit or Huntnigton, to call on ti lends.
fat , "
P2tom From INrtland
th: ; Mrs. Anna I'olack ai rivcrf homn
v.'(his morning from a short visit in
si!)ortland.
th,
''h(';The threo-year-old son of Fian1'
vh'Iowell at Hood River, while phaylng
"vlth .matches, set, fir.) to the, house
ind completely destroyed the home
iii'if his parents.
The Molulla Ehictric company hw
ten given tho contiact by 'the coun-
ILMS
, Brownie
. Cameras
$2.X3 to $5.7E
)?remo
Cameras
$7.00 to 415.,
Folding
Pocket .
Kodaks
PRINTS
IN
OUT
AT
TV
$8.00 to $68
If You Ape Soaking a
Restaurant-
! where the pleasure and comfoit
! of its jOJcaU are the Sis'. ?on-
I sideraion, we suggest a ('is.t
I here. r'or here you will find,
iPelconfl-, well cookcxl foods and
courteous service, whether your
j otft-r be for an elaborate dinner
j or simple lunch. Why n'i$to-
cl i May. 0 s
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State Librarian Elected
Among Officers of the
American Library Ass 'a
Chalmo s lladley, librarian of the
Dfnvi-r public librury. wuh recently
elected president of the Amorieun
l.lbnuy Association, to succeed Wil
liam Warnor Bishop, of the, Unlversi-
ijM'f Mlrhlsun. Mr. Hadley has
many orflces In the Association, in
eluding thiit of seccjad-vlce-presldunt
in 11115-lti. George H. Locke, of
1 oi unto, Ont.,iwas oloctod to the of
fice of first vIce-prAldont and Cor
nelia Marvin, Oregon stato librarian
to tho office of second vlcc-presilcient
I ira Margin Is a graduate of the Ar
mour Institute; Library school in ih
(class of 1S1I4 and she lias be.m state
librarian of Orogon iuce liltlS. Fol
lowing her election, in reply to a re
iiueiti for information concerning her
career Miss Marvin. replied : "I was
hoi i In low.i and will die In Oregon,
unless 1 meet with disaster in my
coii!-inplut('d trip to tho Orient this
full."
BANK MANAGER EXPLAINS THE
ILL FEELING.
Sending of Expedition Front United
Statt-H and Withdrawing Thcin
the Assigned Cause.
illy Associated Press to Tho Observer)
ugh examination of probably Hie
Tightest, sweetest and altogether su
feme nlnemonths-old bnhy In the
rorld, the mother asked:' "Well, what
lo you think about my bnbv?" and
f mid: "Oh, It's a normal hsbv."
Ctinsas City Star.
PUMPING PLANT
.-; TV - . : s: IS FAVOBEE
(Contlnuod from 1iko 1)
ginecring, but I can take a bunch of
farmers and build a better dam than
we -have at the reservoir."
Charles W. Noyes described the rock
formation at the teservoir and ex
plained the loss of water through such
a formation.
. W. H. Bohnenkamp advocated plac
ing the intake pipe in the supply res
"ervoir in order to get a heavier pres-
Ouit
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THIS SALE
ONE SALE
BUSINESS
THE FIRST
SAYS no
HAS CONTEMPT
We just lrc'civcd a l;n'i' .sfijiiiiciit of-.Slii
Waists and Drosses,. 'I'licsc were tiftlt-n
licfore we kiww
fC)dsiiiiist lie sold at rlose-mit iriees.
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THIS IS THE REPORT SFItMI lTED
BY Sl'ECIAL AGENT JOHN
B. DENS.MOKE.
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Report Ib Datt-d Novrmber, 1!HH, and
Wan Submitted to (hi1 Lower House
of Cunxmitt Today. In .espouse to
a Resolution (".ailing For the Sum
Full Justice Wan IjUckiiiK.
tRy Associated Press to Tho Observer!
WASHINGTON, July 2.I. Thomas
J. Mooncy did not receive full justice
in the trial held at San Francisco in
connection with the Preparedness Day
parade bombing, according to lite re
port of John B. Densmoie, special
agent for the department of justicc
The report was dated Noveinbci,
PJ18, and submitted to the house to
day, in response to a resolution.
A cordial inr;"
hail
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rist.
em -
1 It
Busi
nE
IL . t
11
E.E.1
tic
rin.
IS GOING GOOD WE lti,
BEFORE BUT THERE
FOR GOOD. AND THIS
WEEK IN AUGUST.
New
Goods
vc were' ifoiny out. Tlies
Lots of.
Sale TO
A
o
e
TWO TREATIES
V. to a jU42s
WASHINGTON, Jul JU
state A partment nnoua ikxki
fh.it tliu United Sink's m tUi
treaties with llultrla (at TiWf
Japanese Zcltg'4ion
. Irnies' Trade Vm Ma-tie
. -In Shantung 8UlBflwt
. PARIS, July 23. Tk jaMtwe
delegation to' tho peace coafore-tee
has Issued a denial of the assertion
that the Shantung settlement wan In
.t xchanvo for tho withdrawal by the
Jnpaneso conlmitlon regarding the.
rt'i-tal clause In the leaguo coven
ant. FIG HI. FES
si;t itiri Aiiv i.anh wa.n'th ixnu
!'' II A 1,1-' .MILLION
lllao In I'oiestH or lilnlio raniiot He
OvtMcoiue I'uh'NS There Is n
Heavy Ituln
lily Assoi-l:tled Press to Tho Observe
WASHINGTON, July 23. Con
gress has been tiskod -by Socrotary
l.ne for u special anproprlatlor. of a
half million dollars to fight the, for
est fires in Montana, Idaho and
Washington. Seototary Lune says
thin tho Idaho fires cannot bo ex-
tiiimiKhcd save by heavy rains of
which there Is no Immediate pro
spect. TOWM,l:V Wild, III'!
TIUKI)
'oit 1.1111:1
BISMAKCK, N. U., July 23. Ac
cording to a decision of tho stale
iJiipicniu court Tuesday A. C. Town
ley, president of tho National Non
partisan league, nitiHt aland trial on
a rhargo of liliel piofrrod by State
Senator J. A. Kngliiml, publisher of
II10 Keninaii', N. D. News. Uhgltind
ih'inanils t2Ii,Ui)0 datuuKes as the
result of articles which ho says wore
printed In Nonpar'tlsan leaguo news
pupivs diirliiK tho 1917 scailon of tho
slate loKfulatuie.
SUPREME COURT WILL
GIVE BEER DECISION,
WASHINGTON, July 23. Tho
ciiieation of met right of brewers
to muniirai tiiro lieof containing 2 3-4
per ctuit alcohol ronched tho u
preine court Tuesday through ap
peals filed by tho government from
ledurul itoint decrees in Baltimore
iiuashini: Indli'liiientH brought ugalnsl
the Standard Jlrowlr.g company un
der tho food control act of 1917.
Because of t hu iniportanco of the
tiucslion In connection with onforco
ni"tit of i he wartime, ptoliibttion ct,
court offlelnlH expect the govorumont
to ask that tho caau ha expedited.
I HDII A MOItSlO I'Olt MSIIItAlT
Largest. Slunk iu Many Years In
Brought In to Honolulu -
HOWM.III.U, T. II., (Correapoiid
iic! of tlm Associated Press) Using
no entire carcass of a horc for
iiati. a Honolulu sportsman went
fishing recently III a'pnwnr boat and
returned with a fish weighing 2nut)
pounds and iii'-nsii-iin almost 20 feet
fnim tip lo tip. ll Inrgekt shark
kilkd In Hawaiian wators for many
yeats.
Sliark fishing or rather hunting, as
(n Is conducte d In Hawaii Is a thrill
Ing spoil, not entirely lacking In
ilan;-i?r io I ho hunter. In fact a death
but lb- Willi a harpooned aha-k, nc
Immllng to the hig gumn, huntors. Is
I ihniil as safo lis a uiidniKlit combat
iwlth a hungry tiger. Sharks, In their
Idoaih tlroi. have been known to
iitark Hie boat and with ihelr pow-
rlul rov.-s of gerreted tooth rip great
;c''UotlJ .1 Olll llle Hlites.
'Khe shark 'hunter first obtains
li-ad horse, ,-ind if y has been dea4
ti week ho iiiueh tho better. The
AID ASKED 10
power .bojit town tho carcaMR out- consideration under this Lane t iias
jBifle Mm: h'Mb(r and th Illinois on. 'urn.
Hh.'ik . jifinuted by the odor of tho' "Whon the Dtofects that you .rp
hn i, rnfher trr bire numbers and
U;oin )n'uin Ht-lklttK nt the curcHK;,
rliipln huce fhniiliof rlsh from
At tliirt -Uu the ftunlr endehv
lor to wmk J'liojit near enough to
I in- mi) Mh( witi th" hiirpmin
I Once mmiiV fc.iipoonvd u biK snarl,
j will 3 I:: lit for hours bforo sue
ftimblii':. 9
j ll"nH:,', In Ui'iw;ul, Hharl hu'.
i ln'iirfi I" en pi.ftiMt on a corner
i.il b.ihls jind t ho d'-vclopmont of
;tft Odit'.lrv U forecast. Hrk ftnn
9,i d .uned a K'eal delicacy by Ort-
1 101'-'d; ''ml orh'ii Ri'OO meu "Ao
! (mini) ;i
jnf Hi, irk
.Slunk. In
t'.tt). (Ki.irki't. The caniO.ir:
Oc.it Is hi',lnv coi'Viioied
ci iy t'-tii a vantiimo
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1DKEM
FOfiTLAHD
LIGHTNING PI.AYS PRANKS IN '
PLACKS, WITH BUT VEItY
L11TLE DAMAGE.
RAILROAD BRIDGE STRUCK,
SLIGHT FIRE FOLLOWED
Spokane Is Also Visited By a Light
Itain Today, Which Helps to Hold
the Forest 1 ire Situution In Check
Governor II us a Proclamation
Againat Carelessness.
(Py Associated Press to The observer)
PORTLAND, Or., July 2.'!. Tho first
rain in over three weeks fell in Port
land today. -Lightning struck tho steel
railroad brldgo during a thunder storm
causing a firo on the -wooden work
and tho crcosoted flooring. The dam-
ago was slight. Lightning also struck
ill a dozen other places with but little
damage.
SHOWER IN SPOKANE.
SPOKANE, July 23. A light rain
fell today and it helped to hold tho
forest fires In chock. The situntion is
slightly better. '
GOVERNOR (JIVES WARNING.
SALEM, July 23. Governor Olcott
issued a proclamation today, at the re
quest of State Forester Elliott, urging
all persons In tho woods to refrm
from smoking, and declaring that firo
wardens must use caution in issuing
permits and giving instructions for tho
safe guarding of camp fires. ,
NAMES COMMITTEE
FROM AD. CLUB TO
WORK WITH CITY
KollowltiK tho meotitiK of tho
momlHys ot tho Union County Ad
Club liuit itlKht to talk over the ur
gent Bituiitioti exIMhm imro in re
gard to the city water supply, H. K.
CoolidKO, president of tho Ad Club,
today uppointcd a commlloo of ton
citlons to co-oporato with tho.tliy
commlualonora In their efforts to
provide) tho people of La Urando
with a permanently HiitiHfactory wa
ter mioply. Tho poraonnol of tho
eouimUt'Jo Ib ua fulluwt: V. H. lioh
nonkamp, Fred J. Holmes, Win. Mil
lor, Win. KoIIcmh, J. K. FiLz-Corald,
Choato, (jooiko Hopkins, Jolm
ItoKorH, O. F. Coolldijo and David
Htoddard.
ThU committee. will represent th9
Ad Club and will liuvo power to art
for that body with tho commission
In pltinnliiK und cai'iyiiiK uul thi
work 'tUnl will bo undertaken ou tin
wate,r systom,
Alt lON A VKOVi.U PLAN
TO I'ONSKIIVIS WATIIU
i'HOKNIX, Ariz., July 23- To con
liervu and utilize all wat'T fulling -on
water sheds of Arizona, hy uvoldlni;
or adjustfiiK controver.slo.-i and by
bringing together all jnttirels and
Htjctions of the stale in Htippoit of
ono comprehensive plan for tho recla
mation . of the l'a r Kent pra'-licahlT
iii(a a G'no'ml rerlniatlon commit
tee has bon fonmd to co-opcrato
hero with tho Arizona uesourco
board.
tiovei nor Ciuiiyibell treccnlly nn
nounrd that thero yM available for
invosMtritlon "of tho stale's recta
mallon neds a total of $lMr,00U,
which rihoiUd bf iiKed, If an aiire
monr can bo ronrhed, to aKitnuhl i
tho neecHrtiiry facto for prcei.t.tMoit
to the fedet'iil gvonnnent.
"PaVtjrular project ' fur which
bWi have been Intoduced In contiie.it
will not oven put to first basi ;il tl lii
sesuion of coiijlfrehV " tho povrrnor
iloclHd. "Tho biKKt chance is tho
unUUors settlement act, and I haVf
bten Hfcsiip! th.it wo M e.t soon
resent have ben w-ll ortf;inT,efl fu
co-operation and tl. A.ilzoii-i , u
r.oiirc,i hoard Iq f miu I onlnL-, In lltn
tall, wo shall hu a position t Jr
sent opgre fctilne of t: con'et'l
(opoanls about our wumlci iO! pro-
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IV VI- AV1II M ailM
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(HiAtclslrrt Prss to The Otsrvsrt
a WASHPJGTON, JulyS. Repre
seiftiitlve J. W.' Rng.dale,(if gf.iith
Carolina, died suddenly while in :i I
physician's 6lficc In Washington 'lo
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