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VOLUME XXV
member op associated I'iikss LA GRANDE. OREGON. TJ II' RSI) AY, JUXE 1, 1922
ME.MBHlt OP ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ELECTION 11
BE HILLED ON
GUY CHARIER
Citizen's (Wmidtico Will In
r vestisratc StMiliiiit'itt On
I Matter During Week.
OVER $100,000 IN
PAVING IS ASKED
Tecbniealitv in Present
Charter Provisions Keeps
Pond Ptivers Awaiv 1' rmn
1 Local .1 ufi movement Oi
ly qriugs.
At a in'octing of tho ci'y comjnls,.
alou hold last levenliiit a large nuiii
ier of property Owners interested
l(i Improvement districts that have
liecil iproposed during tli ' past two
lijonlhs attended and' R-. committee
qf citizens wis organized to co
ujperate with tho city commission
in laying before the voters in gen
ajral facta-rcgHrriiiiR1 tho- desirabilit
qf ,ponc(WiK tho city ..charter so a
to intake possible the salo of bonds
frr tho more than JltiO.OlH) in im
Iravonient8 thjit! Is ";nske"d hy prdp
e'rty owners this year. The com
nVtteo is composed1 of A.V. Kfllsou,
chairman, Robert Pratt, secretary,
B. A. "Jack, It. J. Kitchui), J. A.
Qjerimi, .U. 1. Lyman and A. Willk
tr: ','Thl8 committee will meet at
6:30 thjs evening in tho Ad flub
offices. t j
In; explaining tho necessity ot hav
ing 'the cliarler amended In order
to make ' improvement bonds desir
able from the investor's point or
view, V., 1). C randy, president of
the commission, said: "We are now
in exactly' the same position as last
year. Onr imiproviMiients could not
bo made because the bonds would
not attract 'buyers. .
"On tho Island avenue improve
ment we received one hid. This was
from the Warren Construction com
pany and they specified that tin
work would be done only for cash,
so wo could not accept the bid.
"The reason for this refusal to
1 buy our bonds is' that the bond
holders take a direct lien ngiiiust
the property and the city does not
stand behind the bends as ls the
case In other plaoes. It Is there
lure' impossible to find buyers be
tairsu, unless our bonds are sulci at
around 75 per cent of par, no one
wants them as there are so many
more attractive offerings on the
market."
The proposed cnangc In the char
ter would make the im)rore5nent
bonds a general obligation of the
city just vh other bonds are now a
general obligation. The .-property
owners benefitted would, however,
pay for the work. . In cao a prop
erty owner became delinquent In his
assessments Instead of the bond
holder foreclosing the Hen against
the property the city would do this.
In no way would any but the prop
erty owners In the districts bene
fitted have) to ipay anything towards
improvements.
Another advantage of tho change
would he that districts that are not
worth as much as tho Improvements
usked would not be improved .as
Clear Water
Pouring Into Reservoir
Kurly lliis innrnintr n party of ciirhtiwater, which if the muse of the mu-ldy
men left here for the Ifeuver Creek j
Ham for the purpose of making" thei
repairs necessitated by the washing
out of the spillway recently, (.'ity
Manager Kratz accompanied the crew
of men and will have supervision of
the work.
A crew of men that has I teen at
work for several days along the pine
ine has repaired a numlicr of serious
leriks and ,s now ixpa.rmg the tele -
phone line, many windfalls be.nK
across the wires. ,.
The road has been cleared of all
windfalls and the materials that art
being haule.) up tislay for use in rr
pairing the dam will not bo delayed r-epnirrd Mr. Kretn experts t-m ni
becau-e of the condition of the W. tb pipe l"W froM Beaver Oeth dam)
Al! of the material excepting . pa-t:int the 7-psl Uve the ni'j
of the flume that will be ued to t-j ruf drin Uh UtU wl tirwi'v
Vent the cnttln? of th JwnK tiT th ttn it. .
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ON ( C ; ) OFFER OF IRE - 8 1 Hr Mie, Four 4
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(Jcorge L. Record, a Koos?velt pro
gressivc, is running for the V. K
senatorship from Now Jersey on t.
platform attacking the coal trust.
Youth Leaves Note Showing
lrenindiation,, of". Crime
Following- Wage JJisiiite.
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(Br Associated Press) -McMINNVi
rIir, June Gerald
P. Isreal, aged IS, shot and killed
his employer, Fred Lebold, 00, anil
killed himself last night on the l-cbold
place at the head of Muddy Valley,
eight miles west of 'MeMinnville. A
dispute over wages was the only trou
ble reported between them.' The
youth left a note addressed to a
brother, which was found on the body.
It read:, "Lloyd, I am -Horry I can
not stay here any longer. You need
not look for my remains, for my
career will be black from now op. So
good-bye. Gerald."
VALLEY T
UN-ION, Ore., June 1. An aggre
gation of Stock Show "boosters" left
Union this morning in cars bound for
the northern part of the Grande Ronde
valley. Knthusiasm is iuntm
rampant and they expect to stir up a
considerable amount of like enthus
iasm among the cities in that end of
the valley.
M. B. Brown Passed
Away This Morning
The death of M. Ft. Brown occurred
this morning. Mr. Brown has lived in
La Grande for many years and was
8(1 years of age. He was the father
of the late Frank1 Brown.
Mr, Brown has been ailing for many
years and during late years he has
received kind and loving care from
Mrs. May Dcsilet, who did all that a
woman could do to brighten the day
for a helpless invalid.
Funeral services will be held at th.
Rohnenkamp chapel tomorrow after
noon at. 2:H0.
Is Again
appearance of the Mipply at present,
have been received and the flume iv
expected at an early date
The water coming into the rity res
ervoir is now clear again and the res
ervoir is full- The reason for the dis
coloration ef the water now, Mr. Kra'.z
tha( thc crvoir 1)(,t,lmi. .aU wit(.
mu(, whjl( th(, muCJ wi(U.r
, ,n d()Wn thc , ,iw jmmiliaU.,.
lfu.r the W!lshing out of the spillway
This loonies stirred up and cause-
lre of k ,iiK.0iurHtiw, nt tirrlM.
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Br RANCH HAND
WHO SUICIDES
BOOSTERS ON
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Terms Klimitiat ing the
Sleani Plant Not
Interesting.
MAKES NEW OFFER
ON MUSCLE SHOALS
Informs House M i I it a r '
i (illllllllll'c null 1 ney liii'ifai- in-.-iting revolt in the
Have lo 'jliier .ci-elil VI-
fer or Flatly Pe.je. t It.
(Uy Assiulntcd Tress)
WASHINGTON. June 1. lli-m-;
Ford's reply to the counter prupi i
drafted by the houe military commit
tee ' fof' the development of Muvcli
Shoals was presented 'odsy to th
committee by .1. W. Wnrlhin;to:i
Ford's -representative.
Ford's answer dcfinit;'ly rejecl.'
the provision in the committee p!u
eliminating the steam plant at Or
gas, Alabama, .declaring it nccessar
for .the economical operation vf tlv
Muscle hoals properties.
' "If my revised offer for (ioi;ra i
rejected, .then I must umUrstaml th-
accettanc! 'of .my ofier Tur Mu .-I-Shoals
and not in part is refused,"
said the letter.
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l)r: II. M. P.ouvy h:is workmiv.
breaking ground on his property or,
Fourth street preparatory to begin
ning the-erection of a fine new mod
ern home.
I)r- and Mrs. Bouvy have hail t ro
under contemplation for some lime
and before they left for F.umpe last
year they purchased one of the inns,
desirable lots in the city fiem Mrs
Anson. The home when rnmplctcn
will he of La Grande s very host.
FAILED TO KEAI HFN F.l IT.
(Bv Assoclntod Vrossi
LOS AXGELKS, June I. Itichar.
U. Olssnn, his wife ami their chi!
were killed in a grade cio-sing occi
hri, 10 diivs ago. Uednev.la
relatives received two patents i.-su-.l.
to Olsson. Until were for saleuy de.l
vices to prevent such necwlents.
PTAnTiRin in in
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The French foreign office irenios11' P'y in their pens. Owing to the
repoits from Cairo that Charles I!. ! shness of the animals Mr. Smith has
1'iane, former American minister t.jj f"' hidden visitors until the voung ones
( -.;,.., 1,., t...n ,t t riL.,.l ivie senaratc-J fnm thoir mother.
French'
in.-.noa-.e area in jsyna.
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I'.'iKTLAM), June 1. Timbor fires
in Oregon and Washington were
ne.l to destiuctive prnpoitions by B
l.i im: bn e.e yesterdav but were re-
ro.-tej less menacing today, owing
to tl.e sub-idence of the wind. No
f.M'.hor damatre was reported this
mo: n:i; nenr Corhett whtrethi? school
h.ni-c a'ld several homes were burned
..i-sur.'ay.
DIVORCE GRANTED IN
THE SHANKS CASE
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A divnrre decree has been (minted
Nii-hit! d A. Shanks from his wife,
Vary Shank. Tho grounds for the
divt rce were cruel and inhuman treat
ment and pi'i'sniKtl iiuliirnities.
Vin!"l, (Jrahnm lias 'filed a divorce
cuiTiplaint ajfain.st II. II. (!raham. She
nlleires erne I and inhuman treatment.
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AXGKY, HE UESIGXS.
-.- MKDIOlMi, June 1 I!ert An--:
dcrson sent his resignation to
r Governor Olcntt as a member of v
-' the .state game commission, de- v
-!- clariiip; that the governor's action -'
-l-jin dismissing Mayor ('. E. Gates -I
from the state- fair boar I was v
an. "insult to tile people ot Men- .
- , - lord mid Jackson county.'
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IT'S A CHEERFUL GAME THEY'RE PLAYING NOW
Owner A'f Fox Farm Tells of
Sonne tr Their Habits; Will
Allow Visitors to See tho
Young Foxes.
I Beginning about June loth La
I Cnn.l.. ...:n h.,., n
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ity to visit the silver fox faun of
H. W. Smith at 1:101 W avenue and
I see the baby foxes and their mothers
w'hich will probably be tomorrow ni
; by the middle of the month ho ex-1
pects to allow visitors to see the aui-
inals. i
Mr. Smith has been In the fox farm-,
itur business for less than a year and!
has met with the best of success. One'
litter of three pups was horn on Aprii!
7th and on the next day a litter of!
six whs burn. Mr. Smith, who is a!
railroad man, is enthusiastic about his!
experiment in raising silver foxes In
La Grande. In discussing his fox;
laising experiments ho said: I
"Following the birth of the twi!
Iit,..,.u ..... I t .U.. t.-l.
nclla ever three, or four days but he-!
fan-ic"llsL' "r tllc i'"''-'eie shyness of the
I other mother we did not examine the;
otlK'r one- fioicr ot thu mothers
biought her puppies out until they i
were just one month old. Thoir little i
eyes opened for the first time on the j
thin day ot their lite.
"We started in by buying two fe
males and one male. This Iihs re
sulted in a :1U0 per cent increase in
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good average- My old ones won'
two yeat old when I bought them.
not the room to build all the pens T
need l will prnunmy have lo part wituj
one pair this fall.
"While fox farmiiiir has been tfo
inff on for the past .'JO yearn, it never i
Kot well under way until the last nix j
or ten years. The industry is rather
new ns yet and one in the business
will find it very hard to find literature
ion the raisinjr and curing for the fox-
IW.. hav.. found that if n .rievl
t follow the instructions in the fori
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. got onto the wionK track. It i hr Wirth and alMMts decision -was U
liuvessarv to know one's animals. metl al,m,t midnight. The decision
"I think the trouble with Borne of 1 was unanimous.
the fox farmers and writers is that'
; they are inclined to be monoy-crHKV i
i and thereby they mislead some of the f
beginners. Anyone contemplating go-
ing into the fox business should be j
careful as a good many so-called fir- j
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Pitcher Injured
Wilbur Huhbell,
Philadelphia Nn-:
!;ionH' LrnKuo P'tcher whose skull was
r.'-'"''''l hy a "jatted ball at Phila-
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German Reply,
Is Approved
UOpiM'&tloUS (J 0 HlJUljiS.-i Oil
Grants Germany Tiinejio
-Make Payments.
(lly Associate!! rrcst)
I'AKIS, June 1. The reparations
commission! Werhisetfay night, fully
approved tho German roply'to'its ul
timatu'm, and definitely1 decidl to
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",num f,,r lh '"" 12-'- Tho text
oi ine eoinmission s ettnr to v.hnce -
Ileports were received In I.a Grande
. this moniing to the effect that Cath
j erine Creek is steadily rising iignin
; and that the lowlands are in danger
j of being flooded if tho Tint wcaOior
j continues. Yesterday the creek rais
I ed nearly a foot ami it is still higher
j this niorning-
! As yet the height of the water is
; not sufficient to flood the lowlands
j unless n levee breaks out, which is
j nllitc possible. All possible precau
; lions are being taken to avert such an
1 accident.
: 111 VOItCE LEGAL.
CAiKSON. Nevada, June I The
'divorce of Mary Pickfoid from Owen
I Moore was upheld yesterday by the
i supreme court. '
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WATER RISIM6 --. .
RAPIDLY TODAY
Farmers Refuse To Give
Rights To Fishermen
I Unless ,-evernl owners h( property
in the &uinmervil!t disf ih'rt reniov!
their bj.n:lions to fishing nlong tli.;
; banks of the streams pan.-ing thnmch
' their property, it is possible that nc
'. tion will be taken against, them under
' (he section of the fish and game cnd:
: (if the state covering this particular
j detail.
j John Walden, county fixh and game
, warden, declared today that the
' streams in this section have been
i -flocked annually for about 15 year
land that tht state laws give anglers
i certain rights on such streams,
He called attention to section .Vi of
thu game laws, which reads as fol
lows: "Navigable rivers, sloughs, oi
, streams between the lines of ordinary
nigh water thereof, of tho, state of
Oregon, slid all livers, sUmch and
dtieums flowing tfeiouvh auv pnbl'.-
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Telephone Operator Stick's
to Job in Burning Build
ing Until Communication
is Cut Off; Loss Estimated
at Nearly Half Million
Dollars. t
("r Associated Tress)
HKM), June 1 Half of I'rinevillc's
business section was destroyed by firo
which started at midnight, causing
damage of $400,000. The fire was
checked by dynamiting early today.
The volunleer fire department was
poweiless to control the flames in tho
face of the high wind that was blow
ing. The fire started in an old school
bouse. Authorities ' expressed tho
opinion that the fire was of incendiary
origin. 'When the fire was finally
checked most of Prineville's largest
buildings were smoking ruins.
Four volunteer fire fighters, Oeorgo
McFnll, Jack. Haines., William Wesley
and John Wutchler. were iniuml.
WiitchJcr was crushed hv a falling
roof and is unconscious todsiv..
lirace Wilson, telephone operator.
stayed at her post calling help from
outside towns until thc exthamre was
burning and thc wires cut off.
All that was saved from tho nost-
office was the registered mail and a
hunch or keys. Thc I'rinevillo Hotel
loss is 11)0,000, the postoffice. J2".-
0011: H. K. I.akin Hardwaro store, srj)..
000; Cornett and Company, general
mercliaiiiliso store, o0.0U0: Cvrui
Jewelry store, $1 0,001) ; J. A. Klein
clothing store, ?l.ri,(H'0; Deschutes
Power company, $'2',000: teli-irhono
company, iri,000; prineville llakery,
ftlVW"! City McuV Market, Jlir,,(MM).
Other losses run.e from $1,000 to
10,000. ' ,
Waller Pierce, candidate for gov
ernor on the Democratic tuket. ar
rived in La Grande last evening after
spending a couple of days at his ranch.
Mr. Tierce appears in the pink of con
dition and is bt-tfinninx a ten days'
itinerary this evening, when he leaves
for Pilot Hock, where ho will speak at
the Pilot Uock-South Umatilla picnic
tomorrow on "Oovernment and How
We Enjoy It."
Saturday will find Mr. Pierce in
Monmouth, where he has been invited
to deliver an address and on SunduY
he will visit Mm. Pierce, who is still
convalescent from a went operation,
in Put 'Hand. On Monday he will go to
Corvallis and on K rid ay will speak at
tile Pioneers' Association at WeKton(
Oregon.
"And then," continues Mr. Pierce,
I am coming back to spend a few
more days with my calves.''
UBKKTIKS HHJII. "
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NEW YORK, June 1 Kor the first
time since the ('ate of issue, all Lib
erty bund Wedncsdiiy sold at par pc
better. Heavy trading In Liberty
bonds at highest prices and transac
tions embracing several lots of
(100,000 were the outstanding fen
ture of the bond ni!fk't.
lands of the state shall hcrerftcr bo
public highways fur the purposo of
Angling or hunting thereon, and any
rights or title to sucLjttrcams, or the
land between the high water flow
lints or within tho meander lines of
navigable streams hereafter acquired
by any persun owning an anglers'
license or hunters' license of this statu
who deaire to nngl or hunt therein
or along their banks tu go upon tho
same for such purpose "
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Tuniu'ht and P'riday fair and roole
in the oasi afUu of the state Friday,
PIERCE LEAVES
THIS EVENING
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