La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, November 21, 1921, Image 1

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: TIMBER TRftCTI ' $iiy at Unity During beo Is DELAYS ALL TRAINS MID : f
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FACTORY LOCATED
AT LQNE PINE BIDING;
Imbld l J'u-tan I'lntJ
to Jji'cLjvicv: si Iiu:t. -t he?
. iVcw Ji1oi';risii baw
Mill an Otmvnu will Ui' -JJi
Operation ork Start's
On (lit; Pro.j'-rat.tyTV-
. 0e of Hit- must retraining. HiMigii
that Iirh hiipvunctl In many yoar.i
topk placo.thiH 'liuiniltiK vliuii uui
i nuiicoment Vaa uiaile Ort ail JvU'l"
ot. a -WR-tliuboK- (Icitl- lmft- boou Tin-
)s)icJ. and Uitrt-LiC Cinuidu JiwH M
, roll ' '
.-..,W'E. Mijoro, iPi-eldont;' find hu-.-."Ssral,
luauagov of. the.-Imblur l)ox mid
r J.udiber V'U)lanj rcturnoU from 1)0-
:toi Mitjlilini tojhiy wUere.ha wuti-:
-aiVuted nogotlailons covui'ins purciixk
'.Vfrom the Union Trust company ,it
"llolrolt tlitir Lndd ' l.-unyoii thnher
t- :miJ saw uill oldhig,' which, wpie
EUROPE IS
0..S. MUST
GIVE HER AID
lulhimtunl London- I'itLHiJ
'--wSav Anns . eduction.
j A( t omiihskud.
AMERICA ALONE JDAN
V A STAEILIZE CREDIT
I!iifi!in (cinls iSct'dcd bi-
t ntl i ih i J i in my i
v 'liaiu-elivf's Xutc.
- fonnuilv .known
.tin
.Cjlujjhl jluboll. T)rakeuiau 'V un. . the;
aMV waa killed yenterday wtillo au
WiitHnj lo . liln duties as biakuinali
j dy uiiir-.tlt "heuvy storm. I(o?rvas
fdftrrhtf itlonK side of an ehtluo ut
Unity wlioro tho trainrhud ,-bGvii
switching when ho full In the' know
and rolled under the oiikIhb,
tils body was badly, mannlod lint
ho was resoued and . rushed, lu the
hoHiiitnl' at llaker where for a short
time it. was thought his. life might
he saved. : Jhu hoek' was too Rrcat
however, and la few hours ho died.
Gerald fcbell was well known in
I.n Grande, where he has lived . fr
it number of years. Ho was inom-
nient In. sjivoral lodKos and In
road .mens orKantwlions, A A wlf'
survives, mm.: v V . . '. y .
-He ttut a sou'of.ilr. and Mfsf.
fteiirne KboH., of. linker" county, and
was julned cm the Kllcl. riltich (.ttost
of,. linker, f His parents i.nr very .tiliH
lud -it is tearetl the. boy's .death, wilt
have a daiiKurous effect ontVie fut!
or. wlio.while being one of the stnrdy;
nioneor chnrueterB of Eastern Ore
gon, has roacnou tno ai;o wnen sucn
tUf?J.lw -MB aaiUiMlluUiiltlj.
Iteneral sorrow spread anions tno
railroad men wiien tho sad' news wyas
received su l.a Grande. The funeral
will b bdld In liakeiv '
i: Masters-
- Jfwuldt Lumber company property-.
i'i, The proposition "uiubraces about
.','3700 nerds containiii(;.(aji)i'oxlni.itoly
. :!5.U0II.0IIU feet oJ plne-tlmbef. Oili;
'.-or holdings Ju .tills vicinity which
'viill probably be taken over will "brin;;
bs entire timber transaction up to
'-"a lUO.u.lt,U0 feet, 'including diVtor
. est reserve timber ttcceiSWe.
.' .The purchase made from tho
'- troit Tr.ust ctmiiiany carile.i nil ut !(.
; lnd and timber, a seven-foot 1'lioe
i , llix bajjii saw mill now on the.prup-,
'. i ei 'ty niKl ?0 acres of ground at M,jf
1'iiiH hi the railroad , for yurrts nml
:;planeriJii'd box facUrvb'CaUons.
- i4: Acoordflls to the plan! a' most
; modetn planer ami bo .factory wild
he ertcttd at Lime Pine which will
... bo wll established frolji tho moment
. it stiB ts operation 'because -Mr. 'MuUl'i
a- -and liis Imhlvr plant will teconuaii
'. inipoj-tant :purt ot the new Institu
tion, thU3 turnlns the present stmid
- i'ng of tiio Jm'bler box lactery to tin
new onipany. ' . .
' Work v. ill be started to disniaiitlt
'r" the linblcr plant and reim re U ti
the new location as so-.m as the lo
supply mi hand is cut up and mar
keted which will only require a few
wt-etts. This plant has been the sub-!
' ject of comment among tliu mill men
' for some tinie because of its thor
,iue;lily modern ccuiinient IncluiWns
. 'tlie best wood wurkliiK inaclilnes
rfit nu he secured. Other machines
t (..Continued ou l'aso Tlircc)
LONDON, Nov. 21. . Unless tho
Uhllod States' shoulders, tho burrli.'H'i.
of worlcfliiauco. only a miracle, can
ffycrt'' the financial cut'iistrorlho Bver
'dra'wins 'poai'er. the Sunday. ".Times
(!
nit: a'iAriHl; on iMiilUl.V
Ki -ld Kiiflln S(;oi,eles.
.SiiUirday, .'
.1
SlNDX'k JIOIJDAV ll'lll'l''1-
deiJa.r;(l Sunday. ' '
It regards he limitation of arma
ment as: art . acc.oiniKiiilK'd tact, for
w'liich It elves credit to the Lulled
males iiuti in'iv.-d niui, ..II.
Americans will display equal courage
ail fo'rc'slubt In enping with the men
ace of world finance. ' .
t'Anierrfa alone can stabilize credit
by' devieiuir some scheme lor fiuanc-
lune the - nations iioverniK on ini
Uiink "of Insolvency,'' H says. '
'.N'D one jma glues Germany is able
to jiay SOO.fiun.OOO sold marks .Janu
ary. 15. In the event of her failure
to do so, tho difficulties, to French
finance m!iy . prove insuperable, and
if France - follows,- Germany into
bankruptcy, tlie.crash may well brlns
down the "whole edifice of European
credit. : . - .
. V. S. AI.iy I-fise.
"In such an event- the - United
States will suffer incalculable losses.
The only way out 1s -for America to
observe the precedent; -set by the
Hank of-. KliKlaud when it saved
American credit in a minor crisis by
flraw-fiiK i:old from the world to loan
where it was most needed.
"America holds -the world's gold
today. The time is -short, for", should
Germany fail, to pay, Franc may
march into the lvuhr region and then
who can say what disarmament pro
NEW VOUK, Slav?! 21. Doi lo rint?
Sunday a. "sanctlf led". holiday," four
stale supreme court' Justices' (;nvc an
opinion .' today'-tluit "it-Is a law of
nature lliat 'oiler day In seven must
bo observed ns u day of relaxation
and rerroslinieut. If not- public wor
ship.!. ' .
I-jxporienco has shown tbat the
observance of -one day in seven as,a
day of rest, is of admirable servile
SEE SAW BATTLE
.THROUGHOUT GAME
Tic was Sixth. "In Hisitorv of
Twii ScliorflK' Hift- ( 'ontosis
During 23 Years.
. lOUClENE, Nov.- Idl.i In" a Rnmo
in . which the 1 University of Oreirdn
ioutfht the Oregon Agricultural Col
K'go HAd .both sales foueht the com
mon enemy, , mud, the ancient rivals
in the annual contest Saturday atrug-i
led throuuh four Periods, without a
scord This. was thesixth tie betwcei
the. teams in-lbe 20 games they have
plnycd. "" , - 'i ' -
With mini plastered all, over them
to the state, considered merely as a ,,, j th(,jr cycs tnu players hart to
civil liisuuiiion,- sain uie .ciiiiikhi. ; ,t0p again and aain. . : - ,
It ncreed with a plaintiff who con- The contest resolved itself in the
tended the term 'exclusive of holl- ..6t period into a -puntinir duel between
days'.' In the bllllnt; slilpment fnrimil l.et)ic of the Oregon team and Gill of 1:1- a month.
oft tu'o interstate commerce conunls- , , sf; .
s(on embraced Sundays.' .- (Continued un I'uko Three) -I: .;;;
WASH'lNGTON.-fl.'C., Nov.. .21. If
tho negotiations, hero to ..limit arma
ment succeed, they, may foreshadow
a further conference.. of world-widp
scope to recast rules, for w.arlirc . 'T-
Naval authorities consular some un
derstanHing 'tin. question, like the use
of .sulimai'iuos and gas.U natural' con
plcnicnt td any iigrecnicnt on .lirma
mcnt limitation and thqy beficyo'. l
impracticable for the five jiowera t
attempt to put s!'uch lrgulations -inVo
effpet without Tinuoi aeraent, generally,
.by all the nations.'. '...-" ,
' WASHINGTON,' Nov, 21.5reat
Xlrilain is bfficially on record as will
ing to abandon spheres of influciide
and exclusive territorial privileges in
China. . " . . ;
lAttention was directed by, the Brit
ish delcgiition spokesniiaii today to a
statement made ill tho house of corn.
mons .by Under' Secretary Harmv
worth of the foreign office, who said:
"The policy of (.pheres of influence
in China has been superceded by. one
of inclrnationul co-oPerntion and th
by the Uritish delegates of the ut
most importance in its bearings upon
the proceedings of the conference.
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MOCTUUK IS POS,ri,ONIiI)'
'foniitdn ifj'. 'Widay .lollo'OfV
1 hy" ;';- I'wUy-Yosloi-day;1
-Many Lt-j't Sf oinciess"-' .-t i
- rOI'LAU' IlLui'KH', Mo'.,-'NoW.21.
r-lllgh watm; ih tHq .Illnck rivor and
tho fit. EranolH rlver.Jliiitiliiyr' nljjht
was at flood stu'ge' In the. .vliutty of
North Topluv Hluff as the r"'osu)t of
a tornado ami a rainfall 1'rhlay nlglit
Greonyllle,. lu Wayne county, is, Iso
lated by two nvers and Piedmont
1 under wator, " ' . .'. . ,
l'ho wator at l'ledniont Saturday
rii i 'i i .. . ,. -ti i no waier ill. X leillliuiii. nni.ui niij
discussion at Washington" ; . ,ravu ,thu,r ymos.. Great ., loss to
This formal statement is rcgurdct'. PfoPorty and crops .1,0.oii turo-
'Thfr Irish lecture vvhirh wns to.-!-
have been given tonight at tha i!
! high school auditorium. by Wil-v
; lium L. (Juilm hn iioen postpim--
1 ed because Key. Quimi was un- i:
r able to reach Ixi Grariile. He also v
! ha been ordered to New York to '.!
! attend the funeral of ,'i.vloiisign-
cur Kctcham, a prominent Irish
!:' leader of the east, who died a v
!; few days ago.. The lecture will ?!
! be given in Lu Gnmde in about !-
SATURDAY NIGHT
(Gontinued on I'ago Eight)
fihtld Accuses Father of
Slaying Three People
V WILMINGTON, OhtiK Nnv
"iOltcr ViindLTvort. I. :t
" lutlcl unilyr a murder clmrt';
VI. "rr v.hk not nspons( Mr for the t r i jilo
i bcinn miirdt'r and that In Is the vi' tim of
lirijii.! ' ;-m'tinilHtii.j ' having been found
Mlowiuir it trli)i( murder at Culm
.a vIIUkh near Jiero, .Saturday nU'lit.
Those killed wiro'llertha Whitlow
Vandervort. 3J, his dlvorrr-d wife
,mid mot her of Vandt'rvortH thrw
'at Tie Whitlow honie
Asl;pd by the -authorltlvH who did
i the HliuctinK, Oliver Vandorvorl,
aufd 1, wild: "Iapa did It.'
Tho three email Vandervort rhiL
i hildren; Vrs. Jeff Whitln,w. J7,.'drpn were the only witnsseM. hn
nutther of Mrs. Vandervcrt, ani. ; thr p,olii:e arrivrd Vandervoc.t wa
nrd Bonier, 21t satd to h;w-i I cittiHR in tho hoiiso holding his
ealler on Mrs. Vumkrvort. .'.youncest ihijd, a baby. ,
i Mrs. WJiHifiw. botore : , VandcV-rt told Uis aulhoriti. &
v. 'declared Vamlei vow fViif that after the fchootiimMiQ attempfr'
4 to attrd'ttiio attenttvn of ih;
bora by shootins. a revolver f rur
thft murden. Tho olir e say
them Vanderort rjMie to fter Ji'.".f
while intoxicated and 4.irted .1
P'l, whlrh nid.rl In the shootfiiT.
' IlMlfH'y Wallarp, a tammr ihlru
Tienr the Whitlow hem1. inf(r:i.r
. V ..uthcritift: that Vajul-nort. w,th ti,authfc n.uyler.s
hi! " raT-.eil ly diir:K, stn.t r t iti:u mftie.i.
fc'.'turuay niuht.
lims i ;i to the Krouid. Another re-j
voider, which had not bn fired.
a fmuid In V;ini!ervirt'n automo
I'ile. 'n fi.if' wai found of the trim
.-re coin-)
I
;mh-rvort an-i h; "wif. had l"n
Vrn''erTnrf fob) tho ;tiih"',i';
canted.
. The tornado which struck hero
Friday night killing, four people and
Injuring about CO, caused property
damago esltntntoil lit one. hundred
thousand dollars, Between 40 and
50 houses within an area of 4 0 miles
wnro demolished as .well as a num
her of outbuildings,, i Sunday men
women and cjiildren slartod rebuild
Ing lnliny of tho- liouies. . Jv., i,f. ...
iTho heavy rains In, tin).' Ozark
iiicuiitalna during the storm showed
their effects Saturday night and Sun
day whnu the streams poured down
to tho lowland and flooded lunch ter
ritory, . . ' .
Tim 11 lack river here has reached
tho flood .stage of 17 feet.- Work
men Sunday night were throwing up
reserve embankments In North l'op
lar lllurt's ' ' . .
. Thu St. Luuin-San 1'rani lsco line
between Poplar muffs and ' 1'iixlco
and Gape -Girardeau is oiit fit er
tlce,. and trains aro lining dutoured
over the Missouri l'uclfle. . 1'
Railroarl. Service Over Blue ;
t Mountains ML Maintained
. During , v Stormy . Coast
: ' Towns -'. Suffer '. Damage .'
-..Through- Ice and snow. '
' .-..'- i
'. Through traffic between Port, .
land and La (Grande is hadlv de '"
nioriiliicii iKcause of the land-
. slide near The Dalles.', Trains aro ,
..being detourcd via Yakima 'andt
Tacomu, which .will result in a
' delay of from. 15 to 18 hours, ac-' '
' .cording to announcement at the
O. W. II. 4L- N. offices here today,
-.Train No. 24 was made up at lVn- ' -.'
dleton today and wasTtlue here at .
.2:15 pm. No report had bwn rc
' ceived as to the lime when No. 21
. leaving I'prtlund last night would
- arrive. . . -. ' ". '. '. '. "'
.: Trouble Near I'orlland.
' l'OUTLANI), Nov. 21. Pi-ocipita-
.tion here yesterday totaled bctwron
a and 4 inches and streams in this
aocjJpnRra.b,ankfuL,aud TISJ.W. ; bight
trains arc maroimeif along thctColirm- .
bin river;- Kf forts to reach them bv .
,bont .failed yesterday, lhc snow cast
of tho-Cascudes! lurped into sleet yes
terday. ,. .;. ;-,!. . if , .
"v., . 4
Train, telegraph und telephone, sev? ,
vice to Portland is demoralized today
as the result of . a land slide near I h
Italic.;-. All ().-"W., It. tt. & N. truinn.;
are being dctoured lind telegraph scr
vieo between La Granie and Portland .
is being made via Sail Lake Cily and
San Fiancisco, occur.ionmg liad delays.
-The heavy snow Saturday night and
Sunday between Cascmie Lbcks and
Hood River delayed O.-W. K. II. & N.
train No." 21, duo hero yesterday at
II . m., arriving ut nbout 7:10 p. m. -
At the local offices of the railroad it
was announced this morning that in
spite of the heavy full of snow in thi -
Itlue Mountains trains were operate.!
over the mountains throughout- tho
storm without delays being suffered.
Cjiill ('elnys havlngibeen caused west o
l uc mouiuniiiH. i ,
Snow at Kainelu. ' V
At Ktimelu 44 inches of snow fell
S'atuiday and Sunday. 'At. Tclucasct
a heavy full of snow -was.. al.-o re-,
ported but no delay war. cnused" t'
trains, '-uH train3 from tho oast ar
riving practically ' on time the past '
few days. , -., ..'..'
In Lif Grande thow cnased fallitur
(Continued on l'ago Eight.)
pnqnn hhf :
i uui ru uniL pnCTjlCTrD
v Diu ulviUMtl! rvHnniMBTinM
- tAAM NA UN
.5?."-'M,',','
mmimm nil
Kl.IN, Nov. 21.-Amtirlnan 1kUh
1'osl No. :7 will hihi n anmker 'i'ues
iiay uik'hL, November 2M, with Ad (ius.
t.ivo atwf Carl Nelson as the feature
oltiiutiun in a vrestlinif niHtrh, A
purpp of has been mnriu up.
A hitrli tla'K and fitrioun conted in
expected an iK'th men orc.tfoofl wrvntl
ers and very tpre?Hive, each man
hnvinfc performed a number of limes
in this city In the past.
Konie of the best loeal tnU-nt will al
so he oh the program daring the v
f nin if. anions whom arc Hill Ni'Uon
r.nd Gates n butcher; ToU-y ( liirn
tet.en v. Hradfuid, the bather, nn-J
lwi fciiappy-lonkinif mal'.'heH arf ft
.ureU. )ver Kimunseit, athletir-tjiiw-.
tor of tho Iok-'MI jiofct -ncre, i f in'
charge of the evei(tV; '
S SGHEDuLED
Tho IT. S. clvil'service coniuUseloit
has announce, l tlmt au.opeu coin,
petilive.exaiiiliiatlon for pofitmaoT4 '
w ill be held Id 1a Grande, the salary"
of the oftleo being I'j.OoO per year.',
and the tacam-y nciiurriag January
21. 11I2-. While tho "vacancy will
pnibably be riflnl thniucb this eiiini
Inatiou it Is possible thai If It; Is'
found In tho liiUrcil of the aerVieu
(o fill tli" .vacancy by Iraiisfer or
.lii'ouvnti'hi of soni" one already In tho
com potlllvD classified .list; 'Tho d.lto .
of tho examination Is December. l:li
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rniug, iiMiieililiiK. Oflb lals dei:ldel. to givo reit-
must ; dents tun extra length ot tlmo la
t mi Jionie-f Which In cl'vin their walks so that
Iv. I in . r tbi''' ltv ordliianic wtieii inn imnci! neparininii m ins
j Kovcrnlni; snow on sidewallis nnHhiiMinaklng arrests no one can say that
12 koms -of tlio i.iWillun of a snow Uhey were Imiornnt of llie provisions
mil the snow must bo reniftced. .lot tho ordinance. Vino or impruoti
Enforci-un UL of t lii oiiliiiaiiii" wild meal or both is the penalty for t.,il
be,,KirtM iK-rtinnfiic tomirt-row .nornAiira ,'o i-oith)' wl,ih tho otdinitnc
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