La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 05, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XXV LA. GRANDE, 01? KOON MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1922 MEMDKIt OK ASSOCIATKI) PRESS XlLMIJEli 'J07 PRIMARY PLAH OF NEWYORK IS APPROVED Union County lidpuljlkiiiis i Favor Change Jn j Oregon Law. . IDEA SPONSORED BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT Taxation of Notes and Sim ilar Si'i-urilios is also En dorsed Jiy Coinuittee at Enthusiastic Meeting. Tim best Hireling (r tlio I'ninll County ltil;niblican central . coininit teo ever hold, was the way the old time ropullicuns described the gath ering Saturday which met in Hie city hall and organized by electing ofriccTa and taking up some of the political problems for discussion, chief of which was a possible im provement on the present direct pri mary, law. . ! jit. Was agreed by every member present : that something should be done to. Improve the present law. but ther'o was no deposition ou the par of anyone to return to the old convention system. ? Prof. E. O. Bailey advanced the In loiii parties Jiold their primaries and If no one cauildato receives a' certain .percentage of the votes cast a convention is held and nom inations aro.mado. Jlr. Bailey mere, ly offered the plan as a suggestion B$il something upon which the com mittee could afguo. ', 1 The ' New York primary 11I.111, which was sponsored by the late Theodore Roosevelt, was brought before the meeting. It provides for a stall! convention for the purpose of writing a party platform and to rocommcud candidates for the dif ferent 'offices, but does not prohibit -others running. H. J. Oreeno was of the opinion that this. would work better in Ore goii than the Iowa plan. C. JI Humphreys analyzed both Byslunh nnd decided for tho New York plan. Dr. Wilson of Elgin; also txprcsscr his opinion favoring the New York Bystem as did J. ' A.' Matot and ' a number of others. I-'inulW In order to get the inuttM' in parliamentary shape H. II. Huron, of lmbl-T, of fered n motion to the effect that the state committeeman from Union county be instructed to urge u;ion the slato committee the need of an Improvement in the present primary aud ask that oganlz.itlon to work to the -pud that a campaign of in formation regarding the New Vr!i plan be started in Oregon. The present law Is writ .en into tho constitution and.it requires a majority vote of the po.iple to change It, hence 11 r. Huron's Idea of beginning now with n 'campaign for future improvement on the pres et I primary. R. J. Greene called uticnif'in to the economic condition of the state and asked that republican parly be lh instrument for action In the way of economy. Ho advocated placing all notes and securities on lite t"x rolls by denying the holder of note any standing in the court3 of the state unless tho note had been listed for assessment aud taxation purposes. This would prevent any note being collected by law unless It htid paid its, :-haro of ta. The ceminitteo was .luauhnous in fuvor o" Xr. Green's idea. Officers for the coming year were elected by the committee. They are: .! H. Team, chairman; R. J. Uree'.i ivrcrctary; c. M. Humphreys, treiis urer; J. A. Matott, i"n:rc,slniial committeeman ; LirtK-e' De.mis, stale coinmrteemnn. . qr- Sundays Haiti a Boom to Foxmevs, Stockmen Tiie rain of yesterday was reported, piie genrntl tlirowghout the Valley' and as a icsu'.t the farmers who have spring whoaj, in the pround have Jut on a smile again, fo r tho extremely hot weath'-r of the past few days and the lack of rain had begun to show on the ciops and if the hot dry pe!! had continued the spring whet woulo have betrl very poor. " ' t Stockmen rvport that the range has Iwrn rrcaMy lcnefilt(xl and that the rain nutm a Urrt amount of ad ditiontl 5.kI f--.r tii tocis that U.rni; the tfcr.ire t Piiinrr., JTjo rain tin Kc;vitr ir the mni.tn VXW , Sea. Wreck Heroes p I li ft - ' V , : ,c 'I S . jt"S: - : ,. v 9 A. TV. Hardwlck (top) went to his death when the "Kgypt" sank oil tho French coast with his hand on tho wireless key. A. R. Curtis (hot.' torn) died with him although Hard-' wick had ordered him to leave his station. .'Dorrington Graves, tha only surviving operator,' was foro Uuy carried from the boat. BY HER SON Portland1 Youlli Admit: Sin vins; Motlicr A god 7b' While She was Makiinr Dreakfast. (Br Associaied Press) '. PORTI-AND, June 5. .Mis. Susan B. Weir, 7li, was beaten to diath this morning while cooking breakfast. Her son, Waiter, ,'J4, was arrested and admitted, the police s-iid, that h killed her. They declare that he said he could not endure to see hep suffer. Neighbors told the police that the mother had been ailing but not bed fast. , ''We export tho largest cherry eroi we hnvo hnn in seven yours, mini ChiiB Ktnckland, who upcnt Snturflaj in I .a Grunrte on business, returnin to his homo in Cove in the late aftor noon- "The trees are growing1 fait the cherries are rapidly ripening nni everything' points to a boom year n the (hcri-y Town." Dins and Rjyal Ann chrrries ari' contracted this year at seven cents a pound, according1 to Mr. Stack land. "However, it is very doubtful if w have our usual Cherry Fair this year, he states. The cherries are expected to rirrn nhnnt -lulv '2 Very little damage was reported a? the result of the rain. The Jrandc Ronde river and Catherine creek are not rising, according to report, th" (frop in tpmnerature coming with Un storm offsetting the increaHed fltnr from the ram by checking the mcJUnr of the pnows in the mountain- . Lightning struck ' a - ten-year-old cherty tree at the home of Wm Ada, corner of Fifth and O, and cHnMgm. it consideraWf. The K- O. U P eompanr trouble In the damttiwn sett ion beckccie of iightmntf trvVAj ' tramfonsw during the fiaf wtvfi r'r.g trjis ywnar mil Ci ine i:a&s AGED III LARGE CHERRY CROP EXPECTED SUPREME COURT holds wm T Coal Case Decision Kender etl Today and insikes Or ganizations Liable for baniatfcs. - ' ' (By Associated rress) WASIllNUlON, June . Labor orgnniiations are not exempt from prosecution under the Sherman anti trust law, the II. S. supreme court annuunced today in deciding the Coro- nndo coal case- It held that organiza tions can be held liable for property nnd other damages caused by acts of its members during strikes. Tho decision was delivered by Chief Justice Taft. The case was brought by the United Mine Woikeis of Am erica against the Coionado and other coal companies. It arose out Aikunsas str.Vos in 1SI14. L Misses Janet Jones and Nell (Iriiiinielt to make lour ol Three Months. Misses Janet Jones nail Nell Grim- mctt will leuve I.a Granilc this even ing on a three months' vacation thn will take in the greater part of the United Slates before they return l Ln Giande. They will leave for 1'"-' In ml on No. Ill and will go on t-.i Los Angeles Wednesday. One' of tin enjoyable periods in th vacation will follow their Los Angela visit, when they will spend some tinv at the Grand Canyon of the Cj'orad. River. I-'riim the Grand Canyon they nr goine to eastern points, planning on visiting at Pittsburg, Now Yoii " Washington, D. C. The will return to I.a Oiando by way of Buff a to,- Nev Yoik, and over the Canadian Rockies. i.ii.i.i.w uissi:i.i, n.n (lljr Asuclated in-ess) t riTTSIIUIUHL June 5. Mrs Lillian Russell Moore, who has been very 111 at her homo bore Is report ed III a critical condition laic to lay. He husband, Alexander I'. Mnoro. mibllsher of the Pittsburgh bender and other members uro at her bedside. SCHOOL HOISH lll-HNKD DOWN I.A PINK. June 5. Fi ,'lllv day destroyed tho J25.0UO school building hore. Officers suspect ln cendlarlsm. They say they found tracks of a man leading to tho near by woods. CHAMPION ROYAL ltlllF.R. U)NI)ON Prince Henry has won the. reputation of being the finc.it royal rider in Europe, lie is far su perior to his elder brother the Prince of Wales. NOT E WILL TAKE A ONGlfll Evelyn Meets Her Granddad I r Wm. Jennings Bryan recently mot old, his tenth grandchild, for the mat sister, Margaret. Valentino Is ; Given Freedom J us( ice of Peace Clears Ac" ' tor ol' Piuniny Cliar H'cs Totlav. (Py Associated Press) LOS ANfiFLKS, June 5. Rudolph Valentino, screen actor, whose princi- p; 1 Voles have been love heroes, was! lil'ciatcd of the chulgc of bigamy here leilay wheu- a -ninny complaint was dismissed after a preliminary Wai nv before Justice of.- tiie Peace Hanby. Th iustice nikj that- there was in sufficient evidence presented to sup port the complaint. The Stamford Oil Company (Ca! ifornin) have iiniiounrcd tluit they will, 'within a very short period, bo gin the erection of a distributing station- at Imbler. It is expected that the n?w station will be open for business within six ty da's. Jn the past Imbler, and the su" lounding community have been scrv- fif from the station located at Grande but the increase in the amount of business done and the demands for more thorough service in the country tributary to this city has been one of the reasons why this .station is to bi built. v. The station which the Standard Oil Company will build will consist of the noccsf-aity largr xtorage tanks and warthoUKe facilities for handling the principal products of the company. UM-M-M IMDLERW 'H STATION V ' 4 - ' v Evclj-n Ilargreaves, seven months tlmo. Here they uro with her bid U, S, HOPS (Ur Associated Proas) WASHINGTON, June 5 Comply. TO REMA N Rl I ing with the request of Germany and.than any oilier Item concerned with some of the allies, a Hinall force of Americans, including Major General Allen and two batallions of the 8th in fantry, will be retained on the IKihin" beyond Jul' 1, the date origimlly set for the completion uf American evacuation. The funeral of lArie iluysdam, a pioneer of the CVamle Rotulc valley, was held in Kltfin' yesterday after noon, the body .b'eiue; interred in the Klirin cemetery. MK Rijysdum pass ed away Saturday nnd was embalmed hy the Snodirrass and Zimmerman UrKlertnkine: Pallors, w-"ho forwarded tho remains to Kljrin yesterday niorn injr on the bt.inch line train. Aviators Complete Trans -Atlantic Trip (Ry Ansnrlntcrt Press) PKRNAMUUU), Hni7.il, June ". The Poituircse naval aviators, Cap tains Sacadura and Coutliinho, a'liv ed here today, havinjr flown in their hydroairplano from Fcrnanilo Nor hona, completing the trim. Atlantic flight from Lisbon, interrupted by ac cidents in 'April and early in May. AGED PIONEER 11 TO REST Bed S HIGHWW GH1DE SEIZED 111 Old Oregon Trail Between J Inward And Kainela One 0 3 Clofu n'tiijv s Deanf) Spi.ts. With the iiiiiioiiiu-emeut from the division engineer's office that tho Stum Highway Commission will direct truffle over tho utv grade between llllgard and Uiunc'lu by Juno 15th much kc.il Interest Is stirred nip. Yesterduy afternoon a great number of l.a.HMmlo people drovo over portions of tho new griide and were introduced for 'the first time to the scenic foeatunes that prevail along the route. It Is the agreement of everybody that has seen H that the Columbia River Gorge alone exceeds In beauty an l charm of tills now highway. Tho State Highway commission, through Us local engineer, It. 11. Unblock, has decided on building a temporary overhead at Glover be tween llllgard nnd Kamela. This will bo done by about Juno 15th. I at which' time traffic can use the I now grade with perftvt safety and avoid tho condition Hint exists be tween llllgard audi Kamela over the Pelleiin-Prulrle roulo. il'eoplo tutor osti'd In tourist tniffle are Indeed pleased that theso temporary pro visions have been made at Glover bemuse the old route has called down more condemnation uud bit ter feeling against Kastern Oregon tourist trifl'le. It was roported that the ImildiiiK of tho "eniliKirary ovor- hend is cheaper than tho construc tion of a Ulour at Cilovor and cer tainly less expensive than to repair the old Kindo. Tho Jam of traffic KoiiiK over the mountains demanded that somethliiK tie done nlniiK this way and It appears to all who have Investluated It Unit tho best solu tion has been reached. Whlro no definite count was made yjosterdiry it is estlmaled that 200 nir. crossed the nioiiiilalns, creating ' 'a trafrir coiidllioii Unit naturally requires lnr iii 01 1 in to attention to tho roads. i The ui'iV grade is a littlo rouuh In places and will not bo tho bo.! of going .until tho nucndam , has been put on soirio tlmo later th's summer. Coniriietnrs aro now jiro pnrlng the way lor this project. The crowning bit of sceni'ry o-i the whole Kiade'ls at the Junction of the grade with tho Grande Itonde Ivor where the ,road drops out of tho mountains down tho rlvit grade. Pomiile who want to famllarl.e themselves with the beauty of Union ounty should uriko tho trip. E The postmaslci s and rural cnrrier.i in Union county will meet in li (iinnde Satuiduy eveningi nt 7:tlli o'clock in the city hell for tjt" purpos of forming a Postmasters': and Rural Carriers County Council.. Postmas ter Ralph Huron, of I.a Grande, will take charge of the meeting us tempor ary chairman. The business of the meeting will In to adopt a constitution, organise and hold an election of officers. The pu'--: poi-e of Hie council, which is endorsed i by the Postoffice Depai tment, is to! meet matters of local interest, and to! iacniiaic ine einclency and co-0M.rn tion of the postal service in the Iocs! section. Replies have been received from practically all postmasters and tn l cniriers in the county and thi ! ure enthusiastic as to the formation1 of the council. I . . STl'CK TO HIS POTS. I.ONDON John Cooper, s disli washer, refused to leave wh-n fold POSTMASTERS TO ORGANIZ the Steam Packet inn was collapsing.! Steel company, charging unrmr com lie was buriid under the walls, but petition. The .complaint is the out- firemen- ilu him not nlivp, Mistreat Their Car and Land in tiie City Prison Three men, Fl unk Dugovic, Joe Han-. to tho fact that it would not run. Af tou and A. Darner, aic residing ill1'"- trying to sell the remains for K3 ,. ., , . . . I they walked to Ia tiiiuufe, whero the city Jul today, having Iwen r- . ' , . , , , ; . u . . , , , . , .u , ,. they were ancstcd. Pugovic said ho rested yesterday charged with la'cnr . ,' , , ... , ,,, , ' .. f ,, , , dn n t want thn car and g ive the bill of a car. r rank IJngovic, who elaimi , . . ,. .V,..i , . .. of salr to the police department. Throe to be the owntr of thv car, a lUWi,. , . ' ...,r,- .... I, i i .( i tirca wore stolen from the car 'alter i.;n ..l .h. .x..;it had bten abandone,!. Iff'a office are investigating tt ag. thcnticity ut the doiufA.nl. l'hl nieft are aileicfd t- iav st'Vn e pat m Iking i.ki'il.1, i..hiin rhj .li.e tm th. .w trtf nnf , lth tia. INjt stai thai tlit f, ,) daieiired the car e.is IHt BRITISH i Ship From New York Had Jarrcls Of War Supplies Fur Ireland. , ' ' ULSTER BORDER IS NOW BATTLE FRONT. Village Of IVtti-oe On The Donejial Border Tho Cen ter Of Sunday's Hos tilities. (t'fy Associated Press) . LONMNJN, Juno B. A' steamer from New York, bound for Fenit, County Kerry, with corn und a mixed cargo, has been held up in Tralee Bay by a lliitish sloop. A laigo quantity of ammunition in li!it-i.,.lu u.,;,.l British troops have driven tho Sinn invaders from their main post- tions in Ulster territory und a lar?o part of the border botween northern nnd southern Ireland now viitually is a buttle front- ' The villuiro of Pettiiroe, on the Donojml border, was rociipturcd from the Sinn Fein invadeis yesterifny nnd the southern forces are also reported to have evacuated llalleek, 10 miles to the southwest. Swarms of Soldiers, Reports from liclfust describe the bolder countryside as swarmine; with khaki, while tho British general di rects tho operations from headquar ters on a hill outside the town. i When it became evident that the Itiitish were moving in force ueninst Pettijroe, the republicans began to withdraw, consequently there was lit tle resistance to parties of soldiers in motors nnd on foot who dashed i through the town shortly after noon. (By Asflotilated Troai) BKLFAST. Juno fi. Hlitury forces Sunday captured Pettigoo und cap tured republican prisoners, nu well as n large quantity of arms and ammuni tion. One Killed. One account says that after a heavy bombardment tho Itriti-sh troops stormed Pettigoe in the afternoon. A hut machine gun fire was poured on the attacking fore en but tho only cas ualty was an automobile driver who was shot dead. Tho commander of the Irish repub- lican at my und his staff aro reported to have been captured. A Hemi-offieial version of the fight ing is quoted by the correspondent of the Helfast Telegrnph, who says; "Tho military entered Pettigoe shortly after .1 o'clock and were fired on by the re publican. The artillery came into ac tion and thi republicans are believed to hnve suffered fairly heavy losses. The militaiy have changed their posi tion. S7:i-AWK!:iv COOKS SHY. KIMNIIUWCII Unnble to get a cook, Mrs, Henry Alexander sent out a unmlwk-h man bearing a sign offer ing $7i a week to a capable woman. Only thivc applicants appeared.. BULLETINS (lly AssoclHled rressj OAKLAND, Calif., June 5 Five nan are dead and three badlv Inj'ircd and the dryer wrecked nt the Tiojan Powder company plant nt Sun I.jicn- 11 miles from here, toda:', nt tho result of an explosion. ' ; "i ,,, '"J, ??.'"? r,,,-,1 tl nsnin.Mjiui .lune o- ine ico- ; eral trade commission issued i fo: m- - ial complaint against the Hethleheui I Steel corporation nnd the I.acknwannt 'etiiwlh of the recent steel merger. tap1 a4 YwIr futei , ,i'iii'j.7nw iwi-wut:i ninl . . .... '' - . :