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mot VOLUME XXV LA GKANDJ4 OREGON, TUESDAY', JANUARY 10, 1922 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 82 BRIFFITHtS .Yalcra and IMlowers "Walk Out During Vote NEW PRESIDENT A SINN FEIN LEADER "Was Ono. of Founders of Movement and Served Time in Jail for Political Ruasons. (By Associated Tress) DUBLIN, Jan. 10. -Arthur Grif fith was elected president of the Dail Eireann today. 'DeValcra and his fol lowers wakled out while the vote was being taken. Speaker McNeill put the motion for the Griffh election and he was unanimously chosen. I Griffith was one of the founders of the Sinn Fein movement and was among the foremost leaders in direct ing its activities. He was formerly an attorney at Dublin and later es,; tablished the paper The United Irish man, followed by The Sinn Fein and then The Nationality. In 1020 he spent seven month9 in Mount Joy prison. Griffith moved the appointment of the following: Minister of finance. Michael Collins; foreign affairs, Geo. Gavin, lniffy; home affairs, Eamon J. Duggan; local government, William T. Cosgrovc; economic affaire, Biyan O'Higgins, and defense, Richard Mul cahy. Medical Springs Grange held a pub lic installation of officers Jan. fi with one of the biggest crowds present this winter. Thei newly Organized drill team assisted in the floor work and W. li. Gekelcr acted as installing of ficer. - Five new members received. Resolutions Wei"o unanimously adopt ed thanking the 14 senators for the stand they made at the legislature in regard to the tax for the l!)2"i fair. Tho grange is prepaiing to send their drill team to the -grange meeting at Keating on January 14 and will also furnish the program that evening. ' (By Associated Tress) SAI.KM, Jan. 10. Henry Venry, D5, -of Ctmliy, employed as an at tendant at the stato ' hospital f r tho: insano was killed today by K F. Gerber, a patient, by a blow on tho head from behind, according to authorities. . rnv Associated Tress) HOBOKKN, N. J., Jan. 1 0. Five men died today from drinking poi sonous liquor believed to have been obtained from sailors of an incom ing ship. Mtv A.oKnf-l.itpd Prcas) TOKl'J, Jan. lu. Marquis Okuma, who died early today, has been given posthumous honors by the cmporor. Rv Ajo-iat..t Press) WASHINOYON. Jan. 10. Five witnesses today testified before the senate rommiltec that they had been eve witnesses of the shooting of a soldier by Major Hierome. I.. Opie of Staunton. Va., while the latter was In France In 1918. GRANGE INSTALLS ITS-NEW OFFICERS Girls' Basketball Will Open Season February 1 Tim Jfirls biiskpthall siual. vhirh numb'T about forty, have boon un fltTfEoinc soino heavy practice In preparation for their schedule whWh will probably start the first of Feb ruary. Miss Genevieve Jones, who If? oaHiin? the team, announce that ih prospert for a winniim team are bright, pefore the retrtilrtr ehMlnli' In started an interrlaM series, on the faiii: j'ln. as the bos ti!tTrIaa pa tii', 'ill bo pluyo! ami io ritIr houli be. tn good chape for tiieir mil ens HEADQUARTERS IN PORTLAND Co-operative Organization Definitely Decides to Make Change in its Offices. (I'.y Associated I'ress) PORTLAND, Jan.' 10. Establish ment of headiMnrtcrs in Portland for the Oregon Grain Growers association and the Northwest Wheat Growers, associated, was definitely announced at the monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Oregon association: According to A .R. Shumwuy, presi dent of the board, 41!00 square feot of floor space will be secured in a down town office, building to accomodate the two organizations, besides offices for The Producer, a weekly publica tion, and-laboratories for the grain grading department. , Handle Much Grain. More than 5,000,000 bushels of wheat or approximately one-fourth of the crop of the state, was represented at the meeting, Schumway stated. The Oregon association handled its first wheat in Juiy, 1921, and already has a membership of 2700 grain grow ers in all sections of the state. Plans were outlined at the meeting .Saturday ,for the organization of a warehouse company to erect storage warehouses at points in the state where present facilities are inade quate. Contracts Large. George' Jewctt, general manager of the Northwest Wheat Growers' asso ciation, reported to the directors that more than 10,000,000 bushels of wheat of the 1921 crop had been contractel for in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and . Montana. This volume of business would be doubled next season, Jewett i stated, the farmers of the northwest I being firmly convinced of the advant age of coopetative methods in handl ing grain and other crops Eankers of the state have furnish ied funds for the major portion of the $3,500,000 already advanced by the grain growers' association, it was shown. Tiie Portland clearing houso banks have pledged a credit of $1, 000,000 and banks at Salem, The Dal les, Pendleton and other points are lending their co-operation to the movement. WII'.KLKSS ItKSTKHTIOXS (Rv A-ipoefii-ea Press) ST. rATIKKINES. (Int.. Jan. 10. Local amateur wireless operators have beconio ho r.uineroiis that the St. Catherines Radio association de cided Monday to rtilo the waves overhead. Hereafter low power transmission only will bo permitted during certain n!ght hours, while others are set apart for all long distance wtfrlc exclusively, and for testing, . "l-Yeo ether for all," Is the rule during the daytime. SEE VICTORY The La Grande high school team, afttir losing their first game to Union, wiil undergo about as heavy a week in preparation for Friday's und Sat ui day's games as anv basketball team could stand. Tonight they will p!a a practice game with the Lingering Five in the high school gym at about 7:15, tomorrow they will clash with I the Hi-Y team, and the remainder of jthe week wil !be sper.t in practice. La Frenier may plhy with the squad in (the week-end games hut nothing defin jite concerning that has been nscer- taincd. Couch Lodell states that very little is known of -El":)' strength but that a fast anu" exciting game should jbe on the books As to Union, he is confident that La Grande will put up ja much better game on their own floor an:( the team in general will be im proved immensely by Saturday. At .Union the local boys wrc handicap 'ped by the low ceiling and the tlip pery floor, btu over here a different result is looked for after the final jwrristle is blown. The schedule is not fuliy rciitpict jed as yet but n series has been itr ;ranped with Pendleton and tv; '' r!i:i".i htv bt'iiiK arranM d wltii ;i'nio;. Pendleton will play here) r obrrTitrjrS. 17 aii'i I-a liramle wtw journey there on T-V-bruary 25. Vn Uit will probably ab'int the firm of f' bruaty nnd the f i r i or Murrh To date, niily Ij Or.inde, t'nion and (Vn'li't n bar a Kirl banktlll team as both' Wallowa and Baker :l. withdrawn and Kutrnrls? has- RAINS rat OF BEHEFIT OREGON Winter Wheat in Eastern PaitU of Statu in (iUxl Condition " WESTERN PART OF STATES SUFFERED General (You Conditions Ife- J"-"- ' v vi iv v-vrj'-'tj WM1. stock is in Healthy Condi lion. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Crop conditions for tho last half of De cember are covered In reports re ceived by the Bureau of Markets ind Crop Estimates, United States Department of Agriculture, from Its field agricultural statisticians In tho different states. Wheat Good. The condition of the winter wheat crop Is generally ' good throughout j ,0 tnc w0lic Tho section is 12 miles the eastern and north central atutuv onR (ln1 is one 0f the most difficult and the crop has entered tho win-ipilrl8 of tho Rlute (,. roaj building, tor with very illttlo damage from ' Commission! Barrntt. freezing. Tho condition of the crop: is poor in (Nebraska and Kansas duo the p,-,! roaij fu,,d as collected, to the continued drought and the ' No nction wj ue takon by tho corn percentage of abandonment will be miB.4,in u,,til chairman Booth, who is large. Late scedlugs aro poor ill ! jjj- at Kugcno, sits wilb the commis. Oklahoma and New Mexico und:,,;,,,, many fields nave railed to germi nate. Some seeding is still la pro gress in these states. 01110 benefit from recont rains is reported in Texas, and slight improvement 13 also reported in tho condition of the crop in Colorado. The condition In the eastern part or Oregon is much improved by recent rains, but ex cessive soil moisture is causing Homo damage In the western dis tricts. The condition of winter rye is generally very good In tho leading producing states. Somo damage is reported In Idaho from tho alter nate warm and freezing woathor Some late planted Irish potatceslHy was granted the Pullman company still remain to bo .dug in Oregon.," and some damage is expected from ) tho recent freezing weather. A! heavy demand for seed aotatoA Is reporled from California. The mar keting of the crop still romaitiK slow throughout the country, i Due to the poor crop In 'many sections, tho reserves on hand thei'o are ' smaller than usual. An increaso of 4 0 .per cent jn the of President Harding, hiis entered up acreage of certified sweet potatoes! on a series of conferences relative to is reported In Arkansas, but ship- j railroad labor nuns-lions in which meats are less than a year ago. A meetings of chiefs 'of railway labor unions and representatives of railroads (Continued on Page Eight.) Jare participating! ' " " . ) 'ii mm Jli mi ji.iji j mti : - 1 T 1 1" ' 1 STATE FIGHT c 111 ADDICTS I Kecivtimes oil' Manv Hoards ! Aniif-uiice Plans they Will Try to Put Across. 1 By Associated Press) SALEM, Jan. 10. Plans for a state fight against tho drug traffic were outlined at a meeting today of the governor, Frank I. Ward, secretary of the pharmacy board, and Or. Freder ick Strieker, secretary of tho board of health. The .secretaries recommended a thorough campaign against the vend ors, compulsory hospital treatment for the curable and a dispensary system for supplying drugs to incurable nd diets. Today's conference is prelim inary to a state-wide conference on drugs at Portland tomorrow. Dead Man's Hill May Be Graded By Umatilla County County Court Offers to Grade Section of itoad (hat Gives Kastern Ore gcin a Dad Reputation. fllv Associated Tress) PORTLAND, Jan. 10. The state highway commission received an offer from the Umatilla county court to grade the Dead Man's Pass-Kamela section of the Old Oregon trail if the slate wi.l lend the county $80,U00 to Ti, cmmtv would miv back out of Mtv Associated TreRs) PORTLAND, Jan. 10 The highway ; commission received no.i on -a minion : dollars of Iromls today. They were i somewhat lower than the .December bids. The bond nuirket in the east 'and the . focthyoniing ten. million dol- lar bonds caused Uic lower bids, it was explained. Secretary of Stale Kozer conferred with the highway commission regard ing the policing of the roads under the new highway law. MtlKK STOCK ISKliKD. ( Hv AwMocluleu l'roas) WASHINGTON, '-Jan. 10. Author " interstate commerce conimisjwn to ' P.urcnase. ute propo.iiy oi ino nan- Keii-nnrKer iur company Uy ,umg jw.wu snare new cupiuu nioca nnv- ing a par value of sixteen and a half dollnis. C'ONFKHKNC'E CALLP1). (in- Awp'fcOitpd Presto WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Secre tary Hoover, acting with the appt'oval NST-DRUG . THE FINAL EXAMINATIONS ' Rousing' Meeting' of Ad Glub Hears Flour Milling' Discussed MACE IS HE OF LOWER RATES PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10. To bring about a normal adjustment in agriculture nnd through It In in dustry, railroad deficits "must bo met by reductions In oporating eostB rather than 'by advances in rates," Secretary Wallace of tho de partment of agriculture doclarod In an nirdross last night. Agriculture, he said, "urgently noods tho adjustment of freight rntos on farm products to a point at which they boar about tho same ration to tho prico tho farmor re ceived , for thoso products aro pro vailed boforo the war." DEMAND FOR T E State Jtoard of Health De clares TJio Ureati DilTt-r-enecs TkI'vvopli Livestock and Miei.it Priecs. (Ry A.HBOclHttid Press) PORTLAND, JHn. 10 Investiga tion of retail meat prices in Orogon by some competent authority, or dis trict attorneys or grand jury, to de termine tho cause of high prices, was demanded by the state board of health today. The board declared the spread between livestock and dressed meat prices unwarranted. Entire Board of Directors Named To Serve Again The annual meeting of stock holders of the La (Jrandn National bank was hold this morning at 10 o'clock. Directors for tho year of 1922 weru elected. .. Tho following inon were elected: C. C Penlng-ton-r A. '(. Hill, V. L. Meyors, II. X. Coolidge, II. a. Ilrownton, J.. O. Knodgrass, A. It. Hunter of Island City, J. F. Conlny of Covo and A. Illokland of Inland City, all of which served ns directors during tho ;past year. AD I PRICE PROBE MAD The "pep" is back in tho Ad club and evory Tuesday luncheon seems to distance tho preceding (one In at tendance and lntorost. Today the banquet room in the Foley hotel was filled with members and out-of-town guests and the program was iv flno one. Toastmustor MePherson, w h o nuikns tho bread that either makes you fat or makes you lean- ns yju desire, announced that ho did not purpose the whole load of bread linking nnd Its kindred industries, so he had detailed Fred Kiddle, Jr., to discuss the flour situation. Mr. Klddlo not only gave :a vory comploto history of flouring mills oroeted in the valloy slnco while man set his foot on tho virgin soil, but ho reviewed tho trade rolntlonB of tho world as It affects tho flour business Bhowlng where fi e Grande Hondo flour la nmrkotod, and whoro It formerly found a niarkot botore the war. Ills talk was so Interesting, und dealt with an Industry so vital to tho valloy that tho Ohsorver Is hav ing it written up tor Saturday's edition in full. While tho mooting openod with community singing lod by Elmer Stoddard, this was a day of song for the club members woro favored with the presonce of G. It. Thomas, of Portland, representing tho Flro men's Fund Insurance company, as a guest and ho 'surely knows tho art of singing. His first sulectlonl was beautiful, but hla encore song, "Out Where the Wost Boglns," took tho club completely. Tho cries of 'Moro" went around Bud Mr. Thom as was forced to appear again In order to stop tho applause. Tho luncheon wus ombolllshod to day by McPhorson's French pastries and at each pinto tho Kiddle flour ing mills had deposited a souvenir sack nt flour that has no uuporlor and fuw cqunls. Hubert Eakln waB chosen as nuxt toastmaster. . First Peace Dollar Is On Display In Jewelry Store Here Slegrist nnd company now have on display In tholr show window the first l'enco dollar In I.a Orando. It resembles the new dlniOH, quar ters and lmlf dollars In. iniany in spects. On one sldo tho hoad of Llber.ty. Is tho center design with tho words '"I.lherty" und "In (iod We .Trust" nnd' tho dutq nurrnund- lug;tun lrend and on tho reverse sldo tho Amurlciin, o;ig)o li,depiclt ed t rpst on Ii eriig1 lablod i'i'eaco.'J The words 11: I'lurlbus Umim and I'nited States of America aro above the ouglc and across tho rontor Is tho word (Ontf Dollar. Tho first ruys of light from tho rising sun uro In tho background. This IssiiB of l'enco dollars was put Into current 'use tho first of this year and are the first iollars that have been coined slnco 1904. K'l: HUMOVKD (Vy Associated Pres.1) OdDKN, Utah, Jan. in. Uainngo nsllmrted at $1200 resulted, and the western part of tho clly was thrown Into excitement Monday, when Kdwiu . 8. llaggs, ineclianlc for a wholesale grocery comiiany, useil an electric heater to thaw Ice which had collected 'In tho bottom of un iiutouiobilo gasolluo tank. There was a - terrific explosion. Uaggs oHcnr.M-d. wit tho moro loss of his eyebrows. Keelen Sentence Is Reversed Today By The Supreme Court f II v .Hj4rlii(fi1 l'rrws) SALKM. Jan. 10. The Hupromc court today affirmed the convic tion of ('. H Donley for larceny nf an automobile nnd reversed and remanded t lie case of I. J. Keelen, Jointly indicted with Donley, by the Union county Kfund Jury. Road Bond Bids Will be Received on January 16 Comitv road bonds amounting to $iin,()(io nro now open to lilds for pitrehaso nf part or all of tho serial bonds. The bonds am ot f 1,000 denomination and tlio bids will ho received rntll 10 o'clock on Hie morning of January 15. These bonds bear Interest not to exceed 5',fc ier rent, . payable semi-annually. All bids imi!t he unconditional and ac companied by a certified check for at least 2 per cent of tho faco value of said bonds, and the successful Obld r riiust bu pr. pared to take .ii.;., y.i.iv iiit-t MEMBERSHIP DRIVE WILL BEGIN MONDAY La Grande Post of Anicricau Liofi'iou Aftei 100 Per Cent Enrollment. MOVIES OP WAR TO BE SHOWN MONDAY Following tho. Meinbersliip Drive iiocal Post Expects to Organize a LadicsLAux iliary. J La Crando Post No. 43 of tho American Logion, will begin its momborslilp drlvo on Jiext Monday and at tho meeting hold lust night dectded .to Bot Ub goal at a mem bership of 100 por cent of all ser vice mon in La Grande. Once the goal set Is reached the post prom ises to become ono of the most ac tive In tho stato nnd in ordbr that the full nttontlon can bo concen trated upon the work of making the nietnbei'Hhtu dilvo a enmnlAtn sue- coss, ulV other" nctlvltioB of the or ganization will bo temporarily halt ed as much as possible. Ono of the features of the weok will bo the Bhowlng of "Fl-ishcs ot , Action," a film mnda from pictures taken. In Franco during tho war tty tho Blgnc.l corps. Those will be shown at the Star theater on Alon day nnd Tuesday of next week. The films uro In five rels and were purchased by the state de partment of tho ileglon from the signal corps. Tho dlvisloiiB which nro shown in action, , Include tho lBt, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 42nd arid 91st. Troops nrn ulsa shown oa trans port, In Bunmarlno battles,, nt em ' bin kutlon points, and durlug re-1 views. Tho ball letlold scenes are'' nt Chateiiu-Thlon y, Solssons, AlBne- Marnu, Bt. Mllilol and Mouse-Ar- gonne. . , Tho organization of tho ladles' auxiliary has boon postponed until aftor tho" drlvo has tooon finished. The plans tor securing members In clude a houso to house canvasa and the establishing of a down town hoiulquartors. 1 (Hy AMHOetatcd I'r'tili) ' VAN WERT, Ohio, Jan. llfx Four children were killed and 17 injured this morning when a. school bus was' hit by a Pennsylvania fast freight train three miles east f horo in a . heavy fog, Tht.o were 33 in tho bus, which was cnroute to the township, school. fOLiTEER FIRE; FIGHTERS MEET The annual banquet given by the Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 and the Rescue Hoso Co. No. 1 wan held Inst night in the Sommer dining room. Tho main Items, on the 'bill of fard were clams and crabs. At tho close of the banquet several lifter-dinner talks wcro given on tho fire situa. lion.- Those present were: invited guests, Kx-Chief J. li. J'eare, )Sx Chicf Joseph Jones, City Manager Geo. Garrett, F. I.. Lilly, ii. U. Bay, J. G. Snodgrasi,, G. II. Hopkins, Juliu3 Iioesch, L. "M. Hoyt and J. Schmidt; regular members present were: Ruho Zweifcl, I L. Snodgrass, Nute Zweif el, C. P. Cnylor, S. A. Weagle, James w iuui, tf. n, iveeney, r. t. iiennings, George Young, Lloyd Swibcr, Ed Tay ikT..:n f II t- r. r- it ; lor, i. u macKey, i,. ai. t ombs and Fire Chief Charles Murchison. Ev. cryono reported a delightful time. days aftor mile. T hn bonds become according to the dun und payable, series number, ft om January IS, l'J27, to ijanuary 15, 1936, each series JhcccmlnK d uo ach succeed- ing year according to their number.
