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VOLUME XXIV l."a gr a mm Oregon, ' fuPivay .January liiTtef," N UMBER .92 j I; s . - 0 (i 14 0 i 5 ti.'0 ' FIRMFR5 ' : i ORSTATE !!.- TO MEET AWVUNTKD DELEGATES Wl MEET IX THE DALLES ON FKIDAY: AND SATl lillAV. STOCK WILL NOT BE SOLD M ORGANIZATION "Cooperate Muikrlhig Will Kllin .. Inule Middlemen mill Grain Donl ft Movement was Nlni-trtt eU Meqlng Held in I'm I land Fnmk MiKiiiixiii Will be lu Attendance. , THE DALLES, Jun. 21 The bi p'st alteiupl at cooperative murkct Ins yet tried in Oregon will emerge from the formulatory stages Ki't day and Sutnrday, when Heproseu tatires from ftirmora' organizations trolly al I'm or the staie will meet In The. Dalits and, organize, under the name, of the Oregon Grain- growers' association. The plan had lis Inci.'pllon nt a meeting of representatives of var ious slate farm organization held "January 11 and 12 In 'Portland,, At this meeting, Li was decided to tork out the organization details ftt a big meeting. 10 H? held In The Dalles 00 .lanuary 21 and 22. ue luiiuwuiB rcpreseniaiivesipj-HHon watr from , various nere oilosen at the Portland nuwt-'j streams and other sources for the ir- iug. to meet at The Dale's Farm bureHii representatives: V.' Smith und J. Holden, Slieininn coun ty; S. Cully, Umatilla county; F. NcKeunon, Union county; George Mausfield, Jacksou couniy. Farm ers' Union represeiuativex: W; W. Harrah and A. R. Sluimwny, Uma tilla couniy; ' F. B. Ingols, Wasco county. Grange representatives from mil parts of the slato, are also eipeited to be hi attendance at. the lue.l 11R3. " The pinposc or the orgaiilzailon, hen completed., will bo the marketing"-' oif wheal mown in Oil gon, on a non-prpflt basis. It was brought tiut at Ihe l'oi t.i.i n tl meeting. o No stock will be sold In ihe nssocia tioa. lite farmers merely signing Contracts0 to market tlmir wheat thraugh IU u Similar organizations an; already in operation in Warhingion, Waho . ami , .Monlann, n itli over t'J.llllo, M bushel of wheat signed p for the present year. thnv Gorge Reservoir ond Mud Lake Such an organization lu Oregon. HcsPVVoir; the Fort Klamath Mead would cooperate with the si ar ows rjompany.of Fort Klamath, Orc- organlzalloiis In other, states.? and B,m for thc irriKKlion of 8i;u8 acres also national cooperative marketing,,,, an( in Kamsth countyw'ith the organizations. oTI.e ..! Is icven-1 watt,ri f Kuur Mie Crcrki j,, tually to ha all whe.t grown In ;Mie tl.eek anH Anna Sloughp A. M. the union ntarketwl by one big (. of portl(im, for ini);ation of organization made up of the var-l71(n acl.e!i ()f ,an(1 ; KiKmath coun. iou, state organizations. u with thc waters of' Upper Klam- lindar.tKe" tentative pluii ' ; tltli Ike; the Mt. lieubon Mining Co.. lui.uneu .u ..(,. "";;'" will attempt . to do away with nil gambling in wheat Many of thelCreek or (eveopment of 87 hors. "- """'.""""": slate tint the nw association will i be strong enough to market t lie j lentire 1921 whiil crop in Oregon, even handling the cxiort tU'inund, to the complete elipilnntlnn of mid dlemen, grain dealers and specula, tors. i With actual organisation details worked out Friday, a hia opn n'""g, .B T,, in . ,.. . ... is .....i.... i.. .i.ifrom the Grande Ronde River for ir- ' T."1 R. . T .Z.' . .. t ',. ..,.., r, .,. (estimated cost of construction am house, to wh.ch f' ,J ''' ,""";ountt,, to jaoo.00. , ,ne "-'""" - ., . . ... .. ..iiJ. B. Wilsoa, of North Powder, cov . . ' u'e i reD.'lir the nstruction of. the Mud scta,lv fron. several of , he wheat district. In the William. allev. ai ihi mttinft coinmii - tees will be elected, .mipowere.l to go ahead and sign 'up wheat for marketing'by the new organlzB'.lon. .j. . . i- 'l -i- -l- ! 4 J ( hi; at ii iu;aM ( iiossiNU is riM.Ki 4- Because Iheio Is a train due to cross Die. gia.l" sta tion 'as one neais iIik Comi trj Club, jil Just ihoul the time rurs wit! be going to the o'tenin? party tonight, the officers of t.ie club have issued"" warning to 'all. of the cj nrivers i ful whi'tu liistin Miei'-iWss, Cut't exercis'- ohenj mC&iBS the rrossina; m:t f '9r5 3 thc iuns of eliunnb nB ony sertj.us ac ident. which If ..nr.,lld Ifsnuen. would rft, fW 91o"e9irit 9hlchls 4p expO'Od to io unp-iiiiosL CP V "'is i?l003 paKy. m 9he nsrty ill ' - 0 feoVlo. - HOST OFJHE STOLEN MONEY DISCDVEREtl REGISTERED MAIL THEFT OC CURRED LAST FRIDAY. l'oaial Inspectors' Muke Raids and Ar rest Minister on Charge Of Comphtity. MOUNT VKRNON, III.. Jan. 21. Virtually all of titc SlS.a.OOO stolen in I he theft of thirty-'bne packages t$f registered mail here last Friday, whs I recovered by the postal inspectors today in several raids. One of the four1' arrested on suspicion of com plicity in the robbery ia Reverend Guy iiy'e, former rector of the free Methodist Church hero. UNION ! C'OUNTY MEN APPLICANTS AMONG A. Van Blokland Wwild-Take Water From Grande-' Ronde for Irriga (Ion of liO Acres. During the months of October, No vember and December.. J)8 permltis were issued by the State Engineer, Percy A. Cupper, covering the nppro- rigation of 28,H98 acres of land, the development1'' of ISO horsepower, dom estic, mining, fluming, lumber and various other purposes, at an esti mated cost of approximately $100, 000. c Seven reservoir permits . were granted; covering the storage of 3, 714 ncre feet of water. Among the more important con templated'projeets for, irrigation de velopment arc that of W. E. Martin, of Newbridge, T)regon, for the irriga tion of 4,062 acres of land '-"with the waters of Snake River; F. C. Deilting rr "and: others, of Hereford, Oregon, for the irrigation of 9R3 'icres of land with the waters of North Fork of Burnt River; F. A. Phillips and A. N. Ingle... of Baker, Oregon for supplemental supply for irrigation of 1550 .acres of land, with the waters of main Eagle Creek; J. B. Wilson. .1. W. Wilson and J. A. Wilson, of North Powder, "Oregon, covering the irrigation, of 1175 acres of land with ,h ., f Anthnnv 'Wk. An of Grant:; Pass, Oregon, for the ap nnwer at an estimated cost'of $10. 000.00; W.,H. Salts, of Mohlr. Ore gon, foiv the appropriation of water from Foley creek for the development of 87 horsepower in Tillamook county. Ia Union county, thc following per mits have buen issued: To 'A. Van BlokUnd, of La Grande, 1 iK'-ti'-n of 120 acres of land, at an ' To J. W. Wilson. 1 A. Wilson ami i l-keand Anthony Gorge Reservoirs , f' the storg of 1.4o0 cre feet of . j .. rigation of 1.175 acres uf land To O. F. Yetmir of North Powder. Onen, coveiin the appropriation of watr from PowJer River, for irriga tion of 15 acres of' land. :' I 4-i TOLKftO. Jsn. 21. r?er 12H1 h V hav. lccn served free rttrals, were 3 i em ployed trxlay by the social service feilrratinn. Ticket; wor also issjiol i(ir loou pouno ui iisn aw ii-w JB1 u of rK)tatoes.a ! StKTI.aOe.MJ!OaT8 ' o JiirLAND.Jan. i-Tho prlijij ' 'av on t'pfc M-al i,iark-t iHogs HS v.eak. eut" lajwor, tbe buying rricQ Sbeingi; ni 4 rrnts. seiliiQ 0r i and 53 cents, utter Qt tiQ r, extra ruhi 41 c?nts. trrtK m-Qi KrF& Pi" J 'a., i WATER ER1SISE 000 TICKETS ARE GIVEN OU . UJIOIS: , FAVOR 1 I, innrrurisT HENRY WHITE DECLARES ALL NATION'S ARE TlltlO OK TAX ATION' FOR ARMAMENT. DOES NOT WANT TO SEE U. S. ONLY ONE DISARMED rormer inhnssador to France De clares, Before Ihe House Naval Committee Which Is " Holding Hearings on the Subject, That Wfcrld Is Crying for Disarmament. WASHINGTON', Jin. 21.-Stug- goring burdens of taxation, resulting' irnm iiio woiaq war nave causcu an of the Nations to favor a world wee- ment of disarmament, Henry White, iormer ambassador to 1 ranee and a member us the American peace c'.ni missioniin Paris, - daflarcd before the houai naval Committee which is hold ing hearings on the subject. "I think the world is crying fur s mio agreement, but I do not favor the United States being the only nation to disarm." ADJOURNED SAL13M, Jan. 21. Iiuth house of the legislature adjoursed this noon until Monday morning. A bill em bodying recommendations of tne cont niltlae of fifteen making miny changes in thc industrial accident law, was introduced Into the house. Senator Bell introduced a bill pio- vidillfr KM linlinfr i.rlui-.lu in nil olnr.fir.tl procincts of over twenty, rogisteieJ . SESSIONS e votors, to begin counting ai soon nsl,,,, new mnchillery ',ho different cogs twenty votes have been cast. The I ' "'"'ncry, no mttc.ent c-'B-. bill provided for safeguards' nghinst 1 thc leaking out of information.' . ' e jiiction so tnat tne movement oi inc iuci remains, nowevcr, oiiun i"lkh flrio-inal Pnntrart 0 lsniP of 'stale may be even and well-has tremendous mileage of roads and Uligiiiai . uiu,icu,b oc e ,,eice. That time ha now elapsed several million itollars, although a OI tne lftrpentier- c Ul, the different eommiltces of bolhlvcry large sum, docs not begin li DempSey Figlli Valid! the House und the Senate hold teg- build all of the roads that arc needed. uiu nicelings to consider thc many The road question today is twofold, o LONDON, (.Jan. 21 -Tho (frlginal measure' brought, before thorn. lone is, how can hiorc revenue be nils - contract for the Carponllei-Deinp-! sey bout Is considered 0Billl valid. Charles B. Cochran, one of the pro- motors, announced. FOREIGN TRADE II USD WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Amerl-jsight, however, when one considors sincere and devout prayer. Thc mom ca's .foreign trade in 1020 was the the many propositions ujl before the hers of the Legislature frequently largest In the history of the coun- Highway Commission to aee the great become cross nt each other und think try, totaling J 111.507.000,000 as cim--aggregate derived from 'lhe different hard things iihout their eighhors but pared with $!),2'.l"i, 000,000 in 11)19. , bond issues, including the next ten j they are united in one thought of ad Thc increase was mostly in tmpo.-l---. 'million dollars easily finds its differ-'miratiort for Colonel Mrrcer. nr : ' ' : in 111 4 1 1 -W . CI lilt ., skiaaea Lu : .. . ' IU L . . y flWiarah'f : tnr a fiib X !H STEAMER PULITZER DISCOVERED SAFE Ktlililor nf tile Itmifc llecmnc Lost And Sloanier Drifts ,'IIM) Miles West of Kodlak. SEWARD, Alaska. Jan. 21 The mull steamer I'ultUor, formerly tl' Culiiintiin .Itlvor pilot bout, which has boon .missing sluco December 15, IB saroat Chtunlc. 300 miles; west ol' Kodiuk. The bout had lost' It's rudder. ., I I.Ot'AI. (BANKS tJIVK WAKXINti) AGAINST COIXTEIUEITERS. I I Had $10 Federal Ite-serve .Note May Decelvo Those -ot Aceiisloiiicd to Dvnniliiing "I helr .Money. lloih or the local' banks have ro o.ivcd notice ol a now counterfeit t lu Fedial '-ttoae'rvo Note, describ- rd by tho treasury doparlincul as rt ''' ' Now Yofk; check letter " ""'" l"lu u- ' rn ntfhpf t UUUII I L.III 1.1 I . NOJE- FOUND, Houston, ;ocro(nr,v of the Treasury, anlounlin(t to, $2(;o,t)0, were charged John llurko. Treasuil'r of thu United:.. , .,.' .,,.. ,,aiAll. Slates: portrait of Jacksou. This couuturreit is made wllh pnolograpn.e .ace, uu e.c, cu oaeK.,pill a of his Sw vspenitel, wM,( O.i fa r uuallty papor. w thout h Ik dilTCtor , cf tnc emoritoll threads or Ijumulou of them. The fcel corporation. Hc said . ,,fd ........ .o ."-rui (V mtui-illil ..u IK.IM MlIrA Invlmwl l II... rriid lines of tho geuuine. The nun.-j I cumber in the lower left hand end i ., . T.. ,r. i ...,.lnp "'''' t for tho pur r thc note c Is gtt' Irregular ;u liuv. j, Thla counlBrrelt will deceive thorn: : not acciiKtomed to examine (lion j money, and J t ho .warring is issued j by tho banks lu hopes that no one I will be "caught." -, -. , BY BRUCE DOWN AT SALEM.' Or) STATU IlOUSE.oSalem, Ore., Jun.lcnt channels In work already content- r . . I..I......1 ...:.u r. . illt ..n..l.l i;i.(Special Correspondence.) Like w""." "'LM' l"B,-l"cr "cra "-'" - t0 wear themselves into harmonious Tits committee on Muads and. High- !'(tys is composed of nine men fr.-m i the Senate and nine men from the . House, makmg a very large .-como it-1 occ. Every member of this joint ciln-'f OneDof cthc most interesting char niittee sees a big sign board nt the aytcrs to bee seen about thc cupitol is lend of the lane labolled '"no irorelCol. W G. 1). Mercer, of Eugene. He funds"." We do not mean by this Ihntlwas a Colonel inthe Civil War uryl thc money for highway construction hns been entirely spent, for the pic by their vote empowered another issue' of ten million dollars in bonds for highway construction. I', does not take any particularly fine eve- DEIS IE- t iGIVES HIS TKSTI.QO.NY BEFORE I THE WALSQ IN VATIC ATIN'G COMMITTEE TODAY. SAYS STATEMENTS ABE FALSE AND MALICIOUS Declares He Paid All Of His Own Ex penses While He Was Direc tor of the Emergency Fleet Cor poration Says Vouchers Were For Other Things. NEW YOUR, Jan? 21. Charles' M. Schwab denied before the Walsh committee the 'testimony of Colonel ftbadle to the effect that Schwab's personal e.xnenses for October. "US . , ,..,,.,.. ... .,f,.,,. -,,H fmalicioits," and thnt he, personally nut vn rn o..t n AiMuv u iM. 'ml . . ' ' ary irm the government. !Io ad,- miH ,,,, ,. !, " ,...; pose claimed by Abudic. WEATIII'Mt l''(IE('AST Tonight and Salurday. fair, fixoi ccpt iprob.ibly rain lu thu northwest portipu of the stutc. DENNIS !l,,u,d with vn8t 8Um sUI1 "0."'!'''1 ,K 18 not our 'f""" l" I"""1.' Boonly plcturc of lhe highway a. - uation for we believe tnut tne w'rK ts progressing remarkably well, thc cu tor nignwayi and nnomer is no uie people want to go deeper in the face 4 present businesa conditions. o 1 ill ' is an ordained ministrir and one of peo-'those grand old men who are fast j leaving thc stage of action. He very jaldy presides as a Saigeant-nt-Army j in the Senitlc and also acts ua the Seriate Chaplain, delivering forceful, N I tVETAL TRADE'S GDUNGILL m ACCEPT GUTS EMPLOYEES OF THE STANDIFEK SHlPYaRDS ACCEPT CUT. Would linlher Accept Reduction Thau Have llu-ir Working rorce Reduced. VANtaVUVER, -Wn., Jan. 21. The metal trades' Qhuncil representing ixii.uuu employed in tnc Stanrtitor Shim aids, have voted fei accent a re- duiion in pa of from six to eight eonf an hour, rather than Quit the company should reiiyce the nujuber of employees. Will Insist on f?onliuualinn. CHICAGO. Jan. 21. The Building Trades' Council havo voted to insist gp the continuation of the prcsen scaleoof $1.25 an hcur for the next three yeurs. . YOL'N LADIES ARE WELL LIKED BY LARGE AUDIENCE. l.o U. S. Tabernacle Is Crowded For DcHghtful Concert Last Evening. The menihci'H of the Ladies' Colum bia Symphony Orchestra last everv t ti FT pleased a lurjfo audience (rather ed Kohcar their concert (fiven in thc U 1). S. Tabernacle. The U D. S Choir undertook tho responsibility of? briiiKinfc this oi'Ktioj"tion to the city, and are to bo complimented on thoir Hclei'Vton for syncopation waa nt to the barki'onnd last evening, anjt splendid hnrmonj pervaded the many delightful numbeiH rendered by Mi 'e-irhoHtni under the directioo of Mine, FnineoH Knitrtot, uil aso fH lhe , Every number waa well rpfrtt'ed hy 0thc Ini KQ auuienco. and o Vinu' Knight maintained her reputation us a conductor of the first magnitude by 'ast night's performance- IInvin.1? im- nr htr diifrtiori, Home twenty tal ontn,d muhicjitnK. she ever kept tmfire the auflfenee the finished work of a woiwmiieu orcnesiia. From the fir.t bolo numiieu, on the trombone, every special numhr wtt well received nlid appreciated. Mis Dorothy Volke, gifted toe (biuret made a direct apMtal to the audinicft find received viittirous appt.1u.-4a for an encore, which she most Kraeioi'.sly tendered. The beauty and arrace ff ber dances has seldimi been seen on p local Hi aire, and the wide range or her interpretation is taen in U1" tvo H.nc- os which she gave Inst evening, the first, "I ho 'Passing of the Swan, apt) the pecortd. a Husian ballet. MJeneveive (iilhert was another ac- cAinlished soloist, delighting her Hudicn"p with a iiinier of songs, in which Mi.s (jMbcrt had complete tcch- nicil mastery of her voice. Another r''isj"';: soloist was .Jane 1itJ lc. harpist. Seldom Is it given the local people to hear a hirpist of so much merit, and there weft tijnse in the audience who would have lik ed to hear Miss IJttboin solo num bers tile second time, had the pro grariV jiermitt'jd. Itut it would have been difficult ti pick one purticularpumher from Inst niyht s concert ns the favored on, fr ' each and every solo number, well as the number, by the combined ORCHESTRA ; IS PLEASING o orchestra was indeed n pleasure. The charming personell of the -r- rheslrn. with their various conduc-i"" tor, Mmc. Knight, will long leave u pleasing impressirm on the mind oe the l.a Grande people who heatal nnrj (saw them it) their concert Lai even- ppt t nw . ; I L I I I IUII IS DENIED inext to Baltimore, vOth $,"O0Beh as PORTLAND, Jan. 2.. In the case the average annual increase. Chica of Sam llnrri., miWhant, formerly 1 go, eTnlAVfo, San Francisco and Kan operaiing at ?.a Ct aiide, Walla Wal- tt,s City take next place iBtOfuw Im unrl Yakima. Fedeial ildire Ruliert ' eurh -O Kt L,miu. f&,ktun,l Tu,.,.ma ,,S. Bean this week denied th petition .. Il.rrl l. C.... ..I jlll IW ll-i'i-... .....v : t-,.--. Ito'Jttfrn.tiver Vi00 worth of LW-rty I bond., aid f".)0 in ras'lwlieved ihave Ijrcn held out of the a-gets, and hfcjl tlie ri-etver tie allowed to sell (he pi"i3ly "f the bankmptg Jii-lg Iteiiii declared thu "ffeicot evi ,deiU)- had not bcn pnxlueed to show that Hani.- had these "sccuril ies in his possessiO ji the time the bank- ruptiyoproceeifiligs were filed, and the judgo ilecreetl that Ihe property 0 not ild until final udjusf-ation of cln haW leavhcd. q ORIENTAL EG1IS M GIN JOLT HOUSE AND SENATE PASS RES OLUTION ASKING CONGRESS KOU TARIFF ON EGGS. 0 , ,.. . - 1 MEMORIAL IS DIRECTED) ' PARTICULARLY AT EGGS Senate A duo's Hall's Concurrent Res. olulion For Cosimitteea Of Ihe Legislatures Of Oregon, Washing, o tQii and Idaho, To Meet To form Uniform Auto Laws. . SALEM, Jan. 21. The Houso and Senate today passed a joint memorial calling on Congress to providu a pro tctive tariff on poultry products. The memorial was directed purtioulurly at tho Importation of Oriental eggs. The Senate ndnnted Hall's Concur 9ent resolution for She committees c f thc legislatures of Oregon, Idaho nnd Washing to confer relative to uni form automobile laws. The senate passed thc following bills: Regulating the aula of food stuffs for livestock; extending the term of office of the county record ers from two to four yearn; provid ing buildings constructed by banks bleed not be gonfined to thc expendi ture oi noi over oo per com no tne bunk's pitnliaalion. 'I . EASTERN CITY PAYS AVERAGE TEACHER BEST SALARY. i Survey Shows Thai, Althimeh In crease has been made, Teachers c Arc Inadequately i'aid. CHICAGO, til.. Jan. .21. With an increase of ?(i()0 per year to the av erage teacher, Uulttmorc ia shown to lead thc list of Aoieilcun lOtics In nmount of salary 'advances to be granted to public school workers dur ing thu past year, according to a sur vey of the national educational sit- onttyn just completed by tho Better Schools Service, a bureau of the Am erican Federation of Teachers. This bureau has been compiling sta tistics and reports liorn slrk'n the tencner shortage became ucutn. Phila delphia Is shown to bring up tho rear of all cities, Its inc reuse being oOly from $50 up to $120 n your. The nvOrage Tncreuso for cities of more than 100,000 population Is list- o cd at $1106 per year, for cities botwnon o ftO.OOO and 100,000 three hundred und thirty-two dollars and cities nf 2 000 to 50,000, three hundred and seventy-one dollars. "Reports from all over nie country show that thcjienoj-nl advance in sal aries still leaves teachers moe In adequately paid than previous to 1911," said William T. McCoy, direc tor of the survey in making the firsfi finilinira ntlhlir. O """ are " """"n IskHIW worKc in tne wage scale. "1 he mcSaurea of relief uf,n Pl""v 0"- They may have checked momentary the disln- tegration In the public srfepol system of this coijuitry hut they have not ar- 'eled it. All reports i show that there !n'.fl..i ut- luniiuiiii'iKHi cnmiKes in tne ip'tlicy of financing education before ! u if ,.l i rAf -I- mv ncivwiB it i v niiiu imiii tui mill, uc teriorution. Normal school pnrol men!, over thc n tion is tho barometer of the educational system. This biiro- meter is now vey low. Even The i l?Hltimoi, increase is reported by Maryland educators to (yve been in adequate. e Q Among thc larger American rilO-0 jlViisville and Putersnn, N. J., rank gave 42l) apiece with ShnkOne close .1 ...i.i. W.,.n Tt-..?Tl i . BfiLTllE LEADS CITIES IN-IIIIIU ami .iiiu. Donion, 1MB An- geles and ll'Nstnn Awarded a raise f ;ii) .with Atlanta and Minneapolis :iOO each. Indianapolis. Cleveland and Des Moines gnoe J2O0. 0 of cilVes between SO.OOO and t01.- 000 Terre Haute Ind., leads with aO average -teacher advn of MM.' ' Portland, Me., gave 40JT Pud G y, Ind., $:1C0. n In the third group, cities between- G 2&.000 and M.00O. Montclalr, M. J. tops the list with $V0. Hf t-yn, Mass., be.'gg next wi:hcJIJ0. o'd 4' "a i O O . a O O o o o a ta 5 it - - U .i.- -0 0 a 0 . '