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(SratuV VOLUME XXV LA GRANDE. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY1 3, 1922 MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 76 I wuiEcon I uiian IN II OF LOS ANGELES y n rpTC nnn COM YEAH HOSTS HI liD CLUB LUNCH W KM FRR WHEAT CROP IS IIIIUULUIILUIIU; L.L. StiKlgra.s (.'husi'ii As sistant, ('liii'f .and C L Mickey Pwsidonit. Rescue Hose company No. 1, I.i IGrunde's volunteer fire fighters, held I'atl'ol "s annual election of officers at it ( regular montn'y meeting last cvc'i jing. The office of fire chief is n" paid j full-time office heji by C. O. Murchi json. X. L. Snodgras was elected as jsistant chief for' the year. J. D (O'Neal was chosen captain,' Nathar IN RECORD TIME Zweifel, first lieutenant, and V. V iSuydnm, second lieutenant. The oth v i i jer officers elected are: G. 'L. Mackey picsient; N. A. Oesilet, vice-president--SaWOtL-C'ff' SllidtgllllS Used to C. P. Caylcr, secretary; J. H. Keeney Foive Thr,c Men Witl,-men, aimua dancc wiu u, MiilK'y to rlll-OW 111) llK'U'ihcld on Tuesday, January 17, accord- ILaiwls and Take Siltcliel of '"8 to the decision reached last even- Willi Traffic and Police Tihick 10,000 Eobbcrv is Coinmitcd GET-AWAY IS MADE Coin. (fly .sSociuted Press', LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3. Throe . bandits armed with sawed-off shot . guns held up three collectors for the Owl Drug company at its store here at sixth and Broadway at nine o'clock this morning and escaped in an auto mobile with a sum estimated at $10,000. The robbery occurred on the busiest street in down-town Los Angeles, where traffic and patrol policemen arc thickly stationed. The collectors had the money in n satchel and had collected it from five stores of the company and wore entering the sixth, when the bandits leaped from an auto mobile and marched them into the store with their hands over their heads. The bandits then leaped into the car and sped away. ing. Fight Posponpd To January Ninth Ey Illness Of Fighter MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 3. The Benny Leonard-Pinkie Mitchell bou". which was to have been staged last night, was postponed until January !) zecause of the illness of Mitchell. Mitchell, it was declared, caught cold during tiaining, which settled in his arm. He was reported today to be unable to use his right arm at all, be ing barely able to lift it shoulder high. Leonard, it is expected, will return to New York, coming back to Mil waukee later on to put in a few days' training for the January 9 bout. DR.C.T.BACflN LAID TO REST BULLETINS Novelty Kehiiote. of Weekly Gathering This Noon MENU COMPOSED OF ALL-LOCAL GOODS Tjwo Grocery Houses Iftir Play a Jir Part in Indus trial Life of th: Commun ity, (!. L. Larison Declares. ESTIMATED AT NEAR AVERAGE Combining novelty with food of ex traordinary, quality, C. 1). Emahizcr of the Oregon Grocery company und G. L. Larison of the La Grande Groc ery company were hosts today to the Ad Club at the regular Tuesday lunch eon at the Foley. More than a hundred members were Present and the atmosphere wasnl has not made much growth. Seoduiir Conditions in Grande Pontic Declared ' if lie. Ideal 'This Fall With Plenty 'of Moisture. Mtv A.iHftotnted Press) .-PORTLAND. Jan. 3. A consider able Increaso In the acreage seeded to winter wheat In the western part of the stats' is tho outstanding fea ture of tho. Wocombcr crop report just issued by F. L. Kent, of the United Stn(es Buroau of Rlarkots and Crop eatlmutes. Owing to the lack or mofauro early In tho sea son, the ucneago seeded In tho east ern part t ftlie state Is Vot equal to that of Mast year, but In tho western pare of tho stato fall seod Inir ron-lttfffis were almost perfect. and the tu& seeding of whoat as well as thlt of other fall sown crops was unrgcr than for many years. On Jho whole total winter wheat -acreage In tne stuto prooaoiy exceeds that1, of a year ago. The condition pf the crop ,iu the western section Is above average. It got a fine start, but growth has been somewhat checked by tho heavy preclpitntluu In November, and tho lower than normal tompor- ature prevailing In December. In the eastern part of tho Btate much of tho crop was seeded late charged with fun from the beginning David I. Stoddard, as chief songster loosened everyone up by starting the enlivening songs ami soon the mem bers were like a band of boys turned loose on a holiday. The menus attracted considerable attention for they-contained very wit ty and original names for the differ ent dishes served. From the "Milium River Cocktail' 'to the "Country Club Fifth Tee Mint Wafers" there wu style, quality and quuntity. The "Un healthy" bicad furnished by MacPher Ison was the subject of a lot of fun. The two wholesale houses joined in (By Associated Press) WASHIVOTOJf. .tan. 3. The eon trailer of the currency today lssuedjlnis cvent aa Year's greeting a call for tho condition of all na- t uuiiDcrs. u u. tmanizer tlonal banks at the close of buslnoss'P'iucd as toastmaster and there was on December 31, 10 21. debate Many The funeral of Dr. O. T. Bacon was held yesterday at the Methodist church at one thirty in the afternoon. A large gathering of friends and rel-1 nlives attended Rev. Georirc H. Ouiir-li 5 . , i..,: . ,u i ..Thursday procession proceeded to the Masonic cemetery where the body was laid in its final rusting place. Many beauti ful floral offerings were received. The La Grande band' was present out of courtesy to Drl Bacon, who was man ager of the band in former years. Tho choir sang a number of pieces,. The Masons were in charge of the! interment. A large number of out of town , friends of the deceased were present, among them being Dr. A. C. Smith o.r Portland, L. A. ivviight of Union anc' L. C. Edwards of Baker. The service? were a fitting tribute to the final in terment of the beloved Dr. Bacon and many friends and relatives are mourn ing his passing on. q ' (Uy AasoelaU-d rre) DUBLIN". Jan. 3. The Dull Eir- not a dull moment. Probably the most enjoyable jests of tho meeting wa". when the two wholesale heads were hurling back jeers at each oilier for mi,,,, l.,sl no thnn after recnnven-"lx"iK prices, ana accusing eacn oinor ilng today In plunging Into a sharp of '1 f"ith " carrying out al- the Anglo-Irish members anticipated night ior Friday. treaty, a vote (y.KMOcl!ited I'rc.ss) llOXOLUI-V Jnn. 3. Tho .Uni versity of Oregon yesterday defeat ed the champion naval football team on the Islands .by a -score of 35 to 0. ,1" leged price agreements, The history of wholesaling in La Grande was reviewed, whir:h car with it the growth of the city since the two grocery houses had been es tablished here. On Ad" Club business J. Gw Knod grass made a report on the tourist camp grounds matter and other minor matters were discussed. Senator Eberhnrd reviewed Home of the work in the lute special session of (Py ArfVy Inted lres) I'UK i UA.su, j ii u. o. tuiuu weic , . , slower todii.v, hogs weak, sheep 50 tn1 H'lrwiaiure. cents lower, east of. the mountain (i- Sanson spoko d.rcctly on the lambs bciiiK $S to- fS.50 a.H beuM'Jct't of wholesaling and -said in valtcv lambs $7.00 to $8. whilo euus:Prtri- wero slow to weak. Ilutter was five cents lower, extra cubes being First Picture Debs Freed n d n d 'ii.i-.-if 1 Jf i 1 H . U.-.i-.-.-. Uu lu-eiikicnt. liUKcno v. noon, sovel-a tlmrn &,.lu,i ,.,..n pholoKrauhcd as he left Atlnnla federal prison upon tho Clu-'s ,' , ,!. dun ui rresifieiit llai-uliiB. Debs was convicted under the cpluiinSa act. HUGE BANK IU IK CHICAGO (Hy Ansuclnlcd rrcsit) CHICAGO, Jan. . The Continent al and Commercial Natiomil hank and 33 cents and prints 3'J cents. High School Opens Basketball Saturday (Ilv A.iKoolnltsd I'resHl WASHINO'I'O.N, Jan. 3. Henry 1. Floleher, under secretary ol state, was today nominated ambassador to Belgium. William O'Toole, of West Virginia, uas nemlnated minister to I'araguay. This week will see some heavy prac tice for the basketball squad in pre paring for their regular schedule which begins Saturday when the fiist game will be played with Union high i school nt Union. The squad is . i . k t :.,..i -f,, .;u i havo been asked to mediate. uers Muti niv nil.., mi "in v.j...- before or after the game with Union. Little is known of cither Union's or I-a Grande's strength but a fast game is expected. (!: Affoc'int-l 1'rcs.s) WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Balfour and Hughes have been approached by the Chinese arms conference . i delegation regarding the deadlock w ith the Japanese' on Shantung and La Grande's wholesale grocery (Continued on i'age Three) UonsUlerablei re3eeding of the earl ier planting wins already noon uone, and It Is anticipated that more thnn the usual amount of spring seeding will be required. The percentage condition olV the, crop for the state us a whoU( Is estimated at 92.0 compared wUh 87.0 last year. 90.0 two years iiio, ifrid a ten year avor ago of 'U3.0! Reports jfrom correspondents throughout the eastern part of tho slate follow: IiAKHK-.Thl3 has been a very favorable fall for farm operations. November snow' foCl on unfrozen ground, hence 'twere was but little run-off. - CUOOK Conditions very favor able. Owing' to the low 'prices re ceived In tho ust two years com pared to cost of producing, wheat is giving itway to alfalfa and po tatoes. Very little wheut seeded here this fall. GILLIAM Full wheat did not get enough moisture ..u sprout woll un til the big snow c-amo. Is '.coming up veiy" nicely now. Karly mois ture condition bettor iu north part of county. JKFFEItSON Vory little rain this season until November ' iiuth. Since that dalo too much inoisturo 'Ijor soli cultivation. No freezing weath er to dale (Dec. 3). . KLAMATH The flrstwiln to amount to . anything since May 1st occurred about November 20th. Fall seeding has not made tho usual Assm-inied l're.in) progress. . CHICAGO, Jan. 3 The troubles of MALIIKUK Wheat acreage seed- the Fort Ucai born ,'ational bunk un settled the grain market today, V.'hcnt (Continued from Tago Three.) dropped four cents a bjshel by noon. ANNOUNCES UAH Mini FOR BUSINESS DURING 1921 Rally Citnie During Middle: of Year; Future Briirhtc'rihis APPAREL MAKERS LEAD INDUSTRY- IJoffinmnof ifVf Current Year Shows Prospects Much Better; Boom's Effects Diminish. ,. ;-, (Brasl reel's Ilrvlcw of the Business 1 ear, With Forecast.) Nlnoteen-twenty-one was a many- sided yoar, and If a description were.' sought ln a phruso, 4t might be said to havo been the last word in Irregularity. It was a period ojt liquidation during which tho boom of 191S, punctured In 1920, was pretty thoroughly donated. Com modity prices as a whole, contlau- . Ing tho reaction of 1920, though at a 6lowor paco, wero roducod to the lowest lovol since 1916, or half the dlatanco from tho 1920 peak, while retail prices fell ubout ono-fourth, on tho average. Crops, except corn, . wero short, and farmers' returns th poorest since 1914. Industrial outputs were reduced, and values ot sales were cut not merely to the bone but to tho vory vitals of bus!-. noss. Some classes of securities, AcroiJl's Position in (Ivnul rnllway Btock3 for instance, renchejd .m-utiJih j. osiuon in uiano t, , , vorn ,, , llnV .Junetioil, OolcTud(; "Will a generation. Foreign trade values dissolved llko it he mist botoro the sun, giving rlso to queries as to what had really hecomo of interna-;' tlonal trade. The rallies shown, were guiioral'ly alow In most tasos, niul soino of tho gains wore not entire ly held. Few lines of business had as good a yeur as they did ln 1920. itself a year of strain, and the re- ' Leave Here Next Week. George Gurrett.'city manager, this morning announced that lie will pro sent his resignation to tho city com mission at tomorrow meeting. 'Mr. tho Commercial Trust and Saving! Garrett in muking his announcement bank today formed tho second largest declared that tho main reasons for hi3 banking institution in the United I 'V.1'0" are' th "cr ?f, " l'Vsition Islduury 'legatee of tho 'sllk-shlrt ex- r,i, . , ., , . . if'ltv lnnilliir,.,. in Hi-iind .Inm-linn fV.. I.. ..... oinics anu ino largest west ol piewL ' York through the absorption of the!ra0'wlt,h. ""K-'reascd salary and the rort Dearborn National hank anil tho For Dearborn Trust and Savings bank that action averling what was de. scribed as the most serious difficulty threatening Chicago in HO years. The Continental und Commercial us sumed sixly million dollars in liabilit ies. The Fort Dearborn difficulty is attributed to an over-extension of credits. BY GOLLY! THEY'RE, AT IT AGAIN fact that'the defeat of the water bonds last November will not give him the opportunity to supervise nny 'big con struction woik during the next year, the city of Grand Junction offering better opportunities in this respect as there Is a big water problem, as well us other municipal problems, to be solved. "If the water bond issue hail been approved I would have remained here another year. Our water system here is in as good a shape as it-can be un der the circumstances und there will be no big construction work this year, according t.) present indications, so I i felt that an oppoitunily of going to Grand Junction, where tlicre'are larg- friv Associated rr;0 CHICAGO, Jan. 3. Uxrited trad ing 111 late ' dealing in the whe it market broke prices as much us May closed ami Julv ft 7 Til to In all probability the schedule will u? .i,u -,,,' revised some before the season begins r.ttorts are neing maoe 10 arrange . Sl,v,, uni a imlf cl,nts. two games with Haines nign scnooi i, fl.?. f(J .j (,8 51 1 XLS I K V KIXHMI K.N T fRy Associated Troup) I'HC KNIX. Ariz.. Jan. 3. Cave i , ' creek went on a rampage today as nAKF.lt. Jan. 3. At the Snow the result of 'heavy rains. Kfforts Creek mines In Greenhorn district, to divert the flood from Die st.it' propvit"" owned by Bathe, Maine,iapltol and t'lie fashionable resl neoDle of whom" It. J. Davison is onejdence district failed when the watel of the principals, are being devel-. started toward tho capltol at 2 this ope don huge scale. luftcrnoon. Dr. Phy's Among Record Breakers Local Holstfins nre continuing to two yfan and thr.1 rrunth, a rrcorr! make irood milk ami (uUT pro.iuetm! 'of frUi.O I'm. of milk and 17 .V.j n. roconls as is indicated by the officinTof butter fat, in wvct days, cquival tsts wrvnel from the office of Mal-:rnt to il.O lbs. of butter. rolm H. (lardner, IMavan, Wieonsin Frank O. Iowdcn, former governor Superintendent of Advancel Retfistry of Illinois, i president of the !!! ftf the Hl.-.ein-I-Yiesian A?.-ioeiation , r-ei-Krica:an Awiation of Anri of Ameriia. 'ta. This a-joniatifm has a piemlier- Thii week's bulletin reports the .-l.ip of over twenty thom-and rvn pjre-ltied rejziteie! HtJ-Uin-Krcisi- rn ii) the United States arrf is t!i' jiHVw. r'ules I'unuac lir.irfield, own- Lit tre-t pure brnl tattle aM:iaon r cd ly Dr. W.I. Hiy t.l Hot I-ikc, Ore- the w-rld, npr-. anting onc-hlX mil . .5 A JOKE . T,HS ;' OU V ,?' yr fe- ffBAP TniiM j--yr ! I. truvaganros of tho first yoar ot peace. Inventories, badly slashed In the last months of 1920, wore even nioro groatly reduced In 1921. It was a year with un unprecedented number of failurus, und with liabil ities of failed concerns towering. labovo anything- previously known1.'! Ami yet, llko tho Individual wlio wus described as being not wholly bad, It developed redeeming traits und features as tho year advanced, thu lines first to feel tho depression leading In tho work of recuperation and repair. Tho , genesis of 'im provement In some lines, in fact, was dlscernlblu almost ut tho ousut of tho year, whereas others waited until tho mnuiiier win well advanced before showing the first signs ot rallying, i " Pi oldens, could not .be passed up," Wlt, -, pr,grc(M, r tllu. yonr. Mi. Ciarrett declared toduy, "One of the pruhleins in Oiatid Junction, ia that of metering the water to do away with the lui'iro wastage. I.a (Jrande has her water metered already and the i smaller wast ago resulting from th- meters haa helped materially in mak-; ing the local water supply sufficient for all K-aiuinn." Mr. Ciarrett has been city manager for a year and a half and previously he had been city engineer for nix months. He eame here from Portland where he was eonnueteil with various IdepartmenlM of the city for about ev- en yearn. During the war he. was in the llUrd enginrers. The ralary he will receive in Grand .Junction is $1200 per year, an increase I of S000 per yenr over the aalary paid here. Mr. fiarrtt evnects to leave La (Jrande a week from next Friday. vorablo feature amiorted themsolvoa in inereaHlng numljorH, tho financial inarketH improved, nionuy reloasod from trado, whoro Homo of it had lain lung In tho form of frozeu Tho?o who gather nothin in youth have the same amount in eld age. (Continued on Pago Eight.) : - '' h? :: v -St ft : m rai AN ICUHOlt. - : Through an error the funeral 5!? of Mrs. I Minchuir was an- H: Pounced for "eight o'clock Wed- Mi nesday morning from tho Bohn- J.: enkninp chapel" in yesterday's X Observer. The item should huvo :K state that the funeral will be held rH -. at eight o'clock Wednesday tl; I- morning at the Catholic church. v Announcement was made to- rH -'. day that the remains of Mrs. r.'i -l; Minchuir will lie in state ut the :!: v llohnenkamp chapel this evening r-'t from 7:.0 to 8:00. ?8 as Recall For Commission To be Filed Tomorrow A petition demanding that tho dard announced his willingness to city commission be recalled will beres!gn if the other commissioners flleil with that body tomorrow eve ning, according to reports. Tho pe tition has 1000 signatures, It is re- Tli'1 petition ! the outgrowth of jriontlinent In repaid to thu water l(iiftstiun w hich wus i ryatalli.ed last Si November when tho proposed water bonds falb-d to curry and when It uh rumored that tho opposition vote yru-A due Ut the lack of confl uence In the comaiiKsioit by a por ttoti ot the voters. A short time nfter the defeat of took like action. This decision vas prompted by tho rumors then bo prevalent that lack of confidence in tho commlsHion defeated hq bonds. : ' r --n -jini.i.., Tonight un I Wednesday fair, ex ceptlnir prohnbly rain in the liei'h "rs'cra portion of the state. i V
