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IHXIOUSTO
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WILL MKCT AI) ClA'B COMMIT.
THE IX SPKClAli - SKSSION
TONIGHT
UNABLE LAST NIGHT TO
ACCOMPLISH MUCH
Flint Hrief Testa Willi Water Meter
Newly Installed at t'ily Iteservlor
Indicate Tluit Pine Line lit 1-JI v
; ering Capacity laind There The
; Grunde Hondo ltivcr Very Low .
,' Discussion at a two and a half
hour session at iho board of city
commissioners last night ceuteted
mainly abound the subject of the wa
ter supply, with the matter of street
Improvement a rather neglected sec
ondary issue.- When the city mana
ger stated In his .luport that Iho U30
of water from Jhe Grande Rondo
liver as a supplemental y supply had
not been roqulicd except at a few
times during the past week. Commis
sioner Grandy stated that he thought
the city should In those circum
stances be abtu to loosen up the wa
ter .restrictions a little and let the
citizens uefre'ih thotr lawns and thoii
gardens a little more often than four
hours out of every ninety-six. That
was the start of a discussion lh.it
really did not arrive at any definite
conclusion a discussion that cov
ered every angle of ihe water situa
tion but for lack of definite ar
arangemcnta In regard to pumping
from the river to keep the city -ios -,
ervolr filled, the hoard was unable to
Bay that restrictions should be Jo
moved. ,
lllockcd by lrinr liights
' With the water being used lor ir
rlgatlng in the city in- only one
touith the amount It was bef- o, it
has not taken much pumping from
the river to keep tho city reservoi
filled, but on account of the, scarcity
or water In the 'liver Just now and
the need of farmors on the irriga
tion ditchds, whoso rights are -prioc
to the rights of the city, it was
pointed out that it was difficult to
get enough from the river, to keen
the supply up should the restiictioiw
be, removed. Several times when
pumping lutely, It was said, the
pumps at tho I'ulnier Mill had lowoj
ed the river below the level of the
Intake of the pumps. With this short
age at the liver and the chance of
the city for getting a greater supply
from the ipumps depending upon tnc
adjudication of tho rights of prior
claimants in circuit court next month
it was suggested that tho'e. was lit
tle' use of the city installing U own
plant. The commission! -i decided,
however, that they would meet Iho
meniborU of the Ad Clu.i committee
appointed to aid them in the solution
of the problem, and acordlngly this
meeting will bo held at the city hall
tonight.
Pipe 1lnc Dclivrs Capacity '
Manager Collier stilted during tho
discussion that he had visited city
reservoir where a water mcir had
been Installed during the day for the
purpose of ascertaining amount of
water coming down through the
pipes. Whllb the time it testing w.V.r
necessarily short and their findings
might therefore be iomcwha-. inac
curate, ho salll that wn.klug on
measurements made an fiv.j and ten
niljiuto tests It was found that Ihe
pipe Hue seemed to be delivering ca
pacity load at reservoir. In a day or
two, he-eald. hcy would b'.-.alile to
in accurately how much water has
being deliveted to tie rescrvji.- ami
hnw much the rcqulrcnii.i of the
city Vers.
ThewatAr superintendent, C. J.
om( eutdtd )iu ""'I Vm 'M"-lf
been examined, in the Ilaitmc-J una
dow, where It was laid three feel.
paiiojH Bin Jo ejujiiu eqi Mopw
There he found several small 1 iiki
in tfio Iron pipe. wilch he stopped
up. and the pipe, he said, was n
siderably rusted in spots.
- The city manager s'attd that a
temporary dugi is being bngt v. the
Intake on Beaver, Crc kc t discover
Just wast improvement in The water
Supply may he counted on from
new ron'W te dam that the cit plans
to build" there. The new dam will
Jlkely not be eogmencgd until Engin
eer 'be?, who is iking over '.h?
system, prfsefits his H'p'rt ajid for
mulates the plait and spccii,eaiens
foi the dam. e
a, Paing Is ComiilertHl
street improvement
naed in the city, the coniMi.loncrvmillion dgllaroWlpfOi r naval ''')
talked S-eTj, g proposal tg paO fliej ,tation for the rr"iith of thitf .ilumbia j
g.xmnd street viaduct, wliKh
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MODIFIED
PEACE M
TAI-T AS ADVOCATE OF l'KSl:i.
VATlOXtl, I.N TUB WAY OK
COMPHOMISE
EX-PRESIDENT WBITES TO
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
Republicans Working on Program of
JtesorvntioiiH AVitli Increased Ac
tivity, While rreKirici.t'i-. Supiwrt-
' ere rncliiinKd nnd I''uvor 1'iut
served Itutificatiou
WASHINGTON, July 24 William
Howard Taft, who has written sev.
oral IlopubUeau'senatqrs and lea dory
suggesting reservations to the peace,
treaty which might be acceptable to
both sides, has opened correspond
ence on the subject with Democratic
loaders. Senator Hitchcock received
a letter from Taft today.
Encouraged by TaCt's efforts Ro-
publlcans are, working on a plan of
reservations with increased activity.
Although Senator McNaiy, of Oro
gon, and others conditionally favor
inK the league believe that in the
end most of the, Democrats and man)
Republicans will unite on a middle
ground, Democratic leaders remain
unchanged, favoring undeserved ratification-
IS ARRESTED
CIIARLKY LACKY ( Al iili r .NKAIC
rAYKTlK, IDAHO
Ijacfy is Also Tho Tlu-lf nf the A. IE.
Hunter Cur, As Was
Si's pec ted
Charles Laccy, the man who on
Saturday night last exchanged a
worthless check, with tho ignaturo
of tire Palmor Lumber Company
foiged to it, and was suspected by
the police with the theft of the A. R.
Hunter automobile from in ficnl of
the Z iiber Hall the same night, was
arrested today near I'ayette, Idaho.
Lacey had made good ogress to
ward escape until the Hunter ma
chine developed tiro trouble a few
miles this side of Payette. Ho then
visited a nearby farmer s garage
and stole another car, took the good
tires off the Hunter machine, and
set of again. The, theft o tho
second ear was noticed however,
and when the officers started In
pursuit .of Lacey .they soon cauclit
him where he had got Muck in the
mud. When arrestei Lacey was
wealing the suit of clothes which he
secured at The, Toggery heYe nnd for
which he tendered tho bad check.
Sheriff Wamlck will leave tonight
accompanied by K. T. Andrews, of
The Toggery, to. briug licoy back to
La Grande. A. R. Hunter, Jr., will
also go along to ISting home his' ma
chine. RADIO PLANT
HIGH rtlWER
. . MOUTH OK
STATION KOK
COLUMBIA.
Assistant Swretary'of Ihe Nay Fa
ctors Expenditure lo Itelitve
Trans-Pacific Cables.
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tnr Assisted tVc. to ThscKkdrTi")
PORTA AND, July . Assistant
Secretary3f the Sivy Hoosevcfth
Of'irmed the chO'ilr (commerce of
Portland that he is .'onftiending to
congress thcecst.iO:shing (nVJhrec
IS S
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iiaun. . . w o . ... a ,
riVclb rcll;ve t"c trans-i'iiicfai''
Lodge Would Have the t
Treaty to Aid France
Presented to Senate!
(Ilr Appelated Prcia to The Obaorvor)
WASHINGTON, JuIJ a-l.-s-Chiiir-man
I.ckIk, of. Uif iinte fot t'iti re
lationa cbnimittec, offered tt 'resolu
tion in the iut today requestinjr tbe
treaty liy wKieK the Uni'ed States
would promise id to Kianc in the
eveni of an unprovoked -attack' by
Germany. Umininious consent for the
immediate consideration of the reso
lution wag refused.
Uodiro offered the measure after a
sharp debate in which the Republicans
declared the terms of the treaty re
quired it to 1)0 submitted to the sojiate
for ratification at the same time as
the treaty with Germany.
WILL-BE BUILT
DSI(-iNKO TO CROSS ATLANTIC
JN I'Ol'K DAYS.
(fly Aaaociattd l'rca to TJio Observer
WASHINGTON, July 21. Two Ki-
pnntic ocean liners, larger than any
ships now afloat and designed to cross
Ihe Atlantic in four days, will be
built by the shipping board.
The vessels will be a thousand feet
in length and lire to have a speed of
thirty knots an hour. They will be'
equipped as commerce destroyers in
case of war.
GREAT LINERS
TAFT SAYS THAT WILSON MADE
SERIOUS MISTAKE OF POLICY
oi;iv ON Iftfi IHT4 II
Miles ilos., conf i iielors, who
have
Iho contract for oujldiiiK tho hij; I
$10,01)0 Cathcrina iveek ditch, liuvo I
established camp No. 1 with aboul I
40 men and will establish other!
camps as soon as mm can e ori-
tained, hopius to complete their!
contract by November
This ditch will be about five miles
In lennth, threq feet deep and seven!
,..1,1.! ...w t.-Stl nnm Her U'lltot-
from Catherine creek Into IIIk creek I
affoidini; an ample supply of water
for all the farm land between Med-
leal Springs and Powder river. Uilng-
ing under cultivation suveral thou-1
sand acres of ve.iy rich farm lan'i
which this water alone, majies avail'
able. Baker Hoiald.
INDIAN IIIVOIK'K CASIO.
PENULETON, July 21 Aaron
Minthoin, wealthy Indian, is defendant
in a suit for divorce begun in this
city by Mrs. Anna Minthorn, Irs In
dian wife. She accuses him of lieing
spendthrift and dcdlares in her
complaint that in the past year he has
squandered between ?2",IMHI and tf-M,-000,
while' he has fiven hi-r but iW
in the same time. Twu hundred and
forty acres of land.has been sold by
him nnd the proceeds recklessly spent,
he alleges.
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Palmer '
'MQUESPC THAT ALAND
ISLANDS BE MADS
NEUTKAL TEERITORT
PARIS. July 24. The Baltic com
mission of the puace conference has
presented a report -lecommendiug
that the Aland Islands, between Swo
den und Finland at the mouth of the
Gulf or Uothniniu, be neutralized
under the euuraiittfd of tho league of
nations. '
WILL SKIItT TDK RIM Oh' THK
l .MTIU) KTATKS
(l'.y AB.socUtcd rrcsa The Obaurvor'
WASHINGTON, July 24. An
army lioiiiblnK piano Willi a crew of
livo left i; on ml this mornliiK on the
first leu' uf a flight 'of KiJiKI mllos
iMouiul llio rim of tno country. The
first stop is scheduled for Augusta,
Maine, which Is 5tiu uillia from
WashhiKKin. In all tho plane, will
CO through tlili ty-ono titatos on tho
Atlantic, racirie and Gulf coasts and
the Canadian border. Lieutenant
Colonel U. K. llartr. Is in mainland.
'Tho situation which confronts us
now in reference to the ratification of
the treaty is one created by very ser
ious mistakes of policy committed by
Mr. Wilson. The partisan character
of his administration during the war,
together with his appeal to hiB coun
try men to elect a Democratic congress
in November, 11)18, created a condition
of personal and political antagonism
toward him among Republican lead-
ers which as shared l.y a majority of
tnc American people, iniswassnown
m tno results 01 me eiecuon.
"NotwithstandinK this, Mr. Wilsorr
persisted in continuing the same par-
tisan exclusion of Kepublicuns in deal
ing with the highly important matter
of .settling- tho results of tho wan.He
selected a teommission in which the
Iicpublicnns had no representation and
in which there were no prominent
Americans of any real experience and
leadership of public opinion. With
such a Commission, his unusual course
in go-in? nbroad himself, as president,
greatly -emphasized the personal ele
ment in the framing of the treaty and
intensified the general tendency to op
pose anything that he might bring
hnme, because of hiB apparent wish to
dictate the policy of the.'world and
monopolize the credit for it." Former
President Taft to Will II. Hays.
End of a Perfect
ARMY PLANE
Lume'-ar Coiiioanv
ill Pump
TX00P8 PXOTIC-T I
IJtOLI8K MIJSUB1
(Vjr Asmcltfcd l'russ to Tho Observer'
, LONDON, July 24. Sailors arc
keeping tho coal mines pumped din
ing the strike In tho Yorkshire dis
trict. Troops arc, protecting the
nilnos. Tho government has stop
ped tho expoitiitlon of Cardiff coal.
MOVEMENT RESULT OK ATTACK
. ON FRENCH SOLDIERS.
Uly Associated I'rcu to Tho Observer)
GENEVA, July 21. As a result of
an attack on French soldiers by l!ul
garinns, a French regiment ts ar
rived at Sofia, the. Bulgarian capital,
to disarm the local garrison. Dis
patches stated that n French regiment
was attacked by tho Bulgarians as the
regiment was landing at Lorn Palanka
a few days ago. A lively fusilade en
sued, lasting throe hours, in which
three French were killed.
MEDF0RD MILL IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
MKDFOKl), July 24. Tho Cagnon
lumber mill, on the outskirts of MM
ford, was burned today. The loss is
"25,000. The proprietor, .1. T. d'uir
non, thinks tho fire was Incendiary.
The mill will be rebuilt immediately.
SAYS IT'S UNJUST
TO SUSPECT JAPAN
Illy Associated Truss to Tlio Obsoxvev
WASHINGTON, July 21. Declar
ing that the treaty provision giving
Japan control in the- Shantung "hat;
been repeatedly misinterpreted and
generally misunderstood," Senator
Robinson, Democrat, of Arkansas, told
the senate that it was unjust lo sus
pect Japan's motives or question her
declaration that the territory will
eventually be restored to China.
v. s. I'ltA.MWi'Xi, AnoiSTi:i
Y. S. Ilramwoll, a forninr l-a
Orando resident anil now at Gi-anis
I'nss, has been appointed by the
stato chamber tf coinine.ic.ft to ln-
vostlgato and study the Irrigation
needs of tho sriilu. Mr. Itramwejl
a member of tho hiwd of directors
of tho utaio organization and 1b also
familiar with tho subject over which
ho has been assigned Jin isdletiori.
in following the plans of his' work,
Mr. Uramwell will make a general
tour of thi! slate anil a visit to bis
old homo hero Is expected in th'
ivyir future.
Day
WILL DISARM
BULGARIANS
Water For. City
4' V -" 4- V "M"10 cUlzms may bo permitted to ir
'This cjiiupanr will use its jjr,at9 tholr lawns and shrubbery sv-
every ejic, gy to
eju, gy 10 supply L 4.1
Grande with water during thi3
crisis. our pumps, our en
gines. ou" man power is at tho
d.'iposal of thh city jn order -j.
that humanity may not suffer
and In order that the lawns
and Wgelatlon In La Granue
may bo iiresurved. This eoin-
ipr.ny views tho piesent enier
gi ney as very critical and wo
wish It plainly iiduistood that
tho industrial lllo Is secondary
to tbo wcll'aro of humanity
and wo therefore will drain ev
ery drop' of wator from our
mills and ponds to .relieve tho
condition if touch need be."
Goo' rc, l'ulmur of tho Talma?
J. Lumber Co.
.5. .-. .j. -J. .j. .j. .j. .J. .J. 4.
The ahovo statemont was made
yesterday by Mr. l'nlincr, hoad of tho
George I'aline.- Lumber company, to
Commissioner Goandy and Fred J.
Holmes who culled on Mr. I'alinor to
discin'i I lie water situation In La
Grande. .
It has been itnihe s'.nod that the
pumping of water f.or tin cliy was
such a bu don to the company thai, it
wnU lA slniiis of being relieved of tlnit
duty. And It might bo mentioned
that Hie company Is not anxious to
do (he pumping as a regular propo
sition, but under oxlsting conditions
u'u thought has been entortalned
other than to kucp tha city In water.
In fact, each day I'almor poople take
a reading of the pressure at the city
hull and when they rind the pres
sum Is lowering' they Immediately
starts their puuvps and keep them
running until safety has Irocn reach
ed and thero is sufficient wator In
the reservoir lo protect La Urando
people and La Grando proporly.
Willi this clearing of tho almos-plio-cJ
relalivo to pumping It would
be useles for the city to Install anoth
er pumping plant, for tho plant at the
mills not only li capablo of fiirnlttli
Ing capaclly for tho pipe line but U
Is doing It.
M I'lilmer Is of tbo belief that
HEAVY LOSS OF
E
1) OF tt 'II MAT 1H ItNDl) NKAIt
ri;M)i,i;ToN
.Vuiiifi'iiUN' Small Vltt-H nepoiteri! In
htnidiern l'ml of Stnle Iti'it There
me No Dangerous I'oieHt I'ies
Illy Associated 1'ruaa to The Observer)
I'liUTLANl), Juy 54. Grain flros
dust oyed over $:I0,0U0 worth of
slandiuV -wheat near erndloinn last
night. ' The loss Is fully covered by
Insutanec.
There are, scores of small flros in
the vicliilly of Hosebnig and Grants
I .1:1.-1 . bin. .thero are no -dangerous
forest fires In iho slate now.
i;atiii;ii koiikcast
POKTLANI), July 24. Kor Or'i
i:ou --Kiiir, cooler la Ihe uuHlorn por
tion tonight: Friday, fair gentle
west'-! ly winds.
A. C. BARBER IS
LOST Ifl HILLS
I1SI IIIVCH I IM!SSIO.N
HI IIV Vi,
, .
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.t ii..n ii.mii (ioio mmr
li..- U isi4 iiiiii4ia ii4i
are 4 Aifct Vita tiii
GRA N BY F R
m ' pclally on hii; ground.
my Atl itm to The Ob.srvwrl Slilppi-lg r peahcs l:i hegun In
Douglas county. Perry sucking pto-S-l.hlL
July 24.--A. 0. arli?T. gn,ed without Inl rupon. 11 iin
tiie :. e:i'n si,v,inii.( (Sstate Insur- Irrigated fruit "d.i rui . LoRiin-in.ei-
eoiftmi:. inner. Is lot In th'- berries have been injuicf by tho
(njjjun'.iii iiai the llieilnebush hoP heat un droucit.
K!rin-H, .n vnri'0f: to won! received "-
iv 'tlitMuv V,"l)s in .'iclcgium from
li-ti.S, m ibensien pailFt Mar-;
(v IWiiii'st ) uf In for!
liloe nirlies to lnia Kent fiom
q llarb.T has b. en niissinls l,.'i,0nO an.Ps'ino.nOO will be0np
' l'"': di. (it'lre w;.lens aiuened by the stte highway cnnimissiou
is :i e f$ r the mlsslngnt Its meeting in Portlai J. August9i,
He wis on a vaiatton .Oou accordini? S notices fting sent out ta '
' """i- .iiaiou i B'uijr
pumps-will keep -sufficient wator in
storage for this purpcjo. This Is not
an order and must not be construed
us such until the city commission
acta oil the matter, but It is Mr.
''aimer's belief thut mis may ba '
done. i ,
It would soem that a great deal
of the tumult which the city has juit
gone through has been due to nils
understanding, for the, Palmor pump'
tiro running and will run indefinitely
until the present crisis has boon
avertud. Thoie Is a desire on Iho
part of the 1'aluier people, as well
as very other cltlzon, that Bomothiiii;
be done to Inbure La Grande, water
in the futiMo and that the vasclllai
lng methods employed In tho past
relative to securing a permanent wa
tor supply shall coaao and some con
structive, sensible plans be ndopt"il
for the Increasing of the Byutiuu's ca
pacity for next soason.
The chloi Inatlon plants are work
ing now and the pumps are running,
which means that l.a Urande's water
supply Is safe and that the quality uv
the wator Is also safo Jubt as aato
as the United Stales suipplied wator
for tho troops for that wator was
chloi inatod. Chlorine purifies water,
so don't get excited or bo misguided
by claims to the contrary. It is huw
ovor, eifcuntlal that the ehlorlnatio'i
plants be In constant oporuthin, and
this duty falls squarely upon the
city.
Water l''low Mcasureri
Fred Spaolh iroturned last evenluif
Join the resoivoir, whero ho had ive ,
tored tho wator flow, and gave, out
the Information that plipe lino was
delivering moe than a million und
a half Rallons of water every twenty-four
hour's.
The capacity of the lino Is only a
million, six hundred thousund gal
lons daily nnd Mr. Spcath asserts
that It Is doing oven a little, bettor
than tho stipulated capacity.
All of which uirpuis that La Grande
has outgrown hur water Rystein and
thorn Is nothing to do but build
aunt her Just as soon us possible.
KALI,
GltAIN VIDI.IMNU
KXriiXTATIOXS
I P TO
Abiioi-nially lllgli Temperature
Shim I(h Kff-ctM ami Nearly
All Sections Aro Affected
PORTLAND, July 24. A warning
IhnJ the long drought fct creating
a serious fire hazard in many parts
of the stato and that ext'iemo earn
should be taken to pievent fires Ui
grain fields and stock yards and for-
'Ha- Wl" Ib8,"'(1 b)' 1,10 lmal weather
bureau In Its suma-iy of weather
and crop conditions In Oregon for
the -past we(k.
Abnormally high temperature op
ened and closed, tlmr week, said tho
icpoit. The meun temperature was
eonsldm ably above normal. There,
was no i-.i i ii f ii 1 1 and drying northerly
winds weio a feature In many sec
tions. Streams urn reported low and
some springs -are failing. Water -for
Irrigation, hi scarco In places.
Harvest of winter w'ivn coi:--n-ulng,
approaching completion In some
'localities. Some spring wheat has
been harvested in Josephine and Mul
heur .counties'. TJio weariier has
been fav4ratrtt fo- harvest and
threshing. -Winter wiicat. Is yieldin-c
fas well as .had been expectnl. I-ile
isprlng wheat Is flntorioraiing stead
ily, under the infliter.ee of the hot,
ftf weather and a considerable acre- ,
ago will not be haivested. Harvest of
winter oalB Is progresirtg.wltli yields
I generally falc to gfiod. llarvtist of
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Corn has .made noo.l growth Wit
where not ir:lRate needs rain, es-
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' HIDS 10K IIICIIWAYS.
SAI.KM, .(' l2t-4". on h;lm?y
imprnvements. aggregating- between
HARVESTING
IS UNDER WAY
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