La Grande evening observer., June 10, 1922, Image 1

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VOLUME XXV
SECTION ONE
LA GRANDE, OKKCIOX Saturday, Juno 10, 1JU
ME.MHF.lt OK ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMllElt 212
NAVAL BILL
PRESEMTED III
SEflfiTE TODAY
Large Increases Made Over
, Amount Decided On Uy
i The House.
IS STILL UNDER
i , NAVY ESTIMATE
Xearly Three iMuutllredMil-
lion Dollars 10 lie Spent
During Coming Fiscal
, Year Jf .Measure Passes.
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(Uy A'":rfi:iti(l Tress)'
WASIllA'tii June in. Appro
priations of SiitUla.omi ait' made in
the annual naval bill reported today
by the i-cnate appropriations commit
tee. This repu-scnts a net increase
of SI2,in;r,000 over the house bill, but
$i:il,ii0il,0( loss than reutsU'd by
the navy department.
j The ptinvipai nppiopriations carried
are navy buildinjr, SlO.OOiyMM; new
qirorafl, f.(vVI7,0fH; pay, 1(1,000;;
innineerin, $2,(;!,Vi(J0; construction!
jlnrf repair of vessels, $2, COO, 1)00. No
appropriations ate included for new
Pacific Coast naval bases.
CLOSES DEAL
For some time C. AV. Mobloy, of
Rtanfitld, has been malting a den I
to w;ll his properly on N avenue
In ,a Grande, to Hubert Scott, 011
the O.-W., but tlie (leal has been
huiiKit-K fire. So yesterday at about
noon he called up the llikirge H.
Carrey Jteal KsUto Agency, who
handled th'i.sftlo. ami Kuld that hu
would be in town by 4 o'clock to
close tilt; snle.
So, Moblcy, accompanied hy his
wile, starttv) for La (.runde about
2 o'clock in their car, with no know
ldt'' or the fast that the Grande
Koude. valley was having a nice
I h roe-days r 1 in, expect ing to make
the run in two hours. The old set
li rs clim that it never rains In
Stan field and that statement was
partially verified yesterday.
After wrestling with the muddy
mads for five and one-half hours
Mobley arrived in town, anxious to
rum plot e the arr;intri 'mt nts for the
transfer notwithstanding the late
hour. f
Slier wood Willia ins, of the I,a
(Iran do Invest m out company, was
needed to finish the deal and so
the Cumys and Mo'bleys started
alter him. It took them Just two
hours to locate .Mr. Williams and
then he was jmt disrobing prelim
inary to tfoini; to bed. But he
dressed ayain a id ai-cmnpanied them
on their search for Robert Scott
who was finally found in bo I and
takrn alonir. T!i:.- deal was com
pleted. .Mr. and Mrs. Mobley bit i
on their piurn trip tins inornfnp
at 1 o'clock well satisfler with the
sale ;uul havirm a profound re
spect iu tlie minds of the partici
pants in the hale for the Stan field
live wire.
All) FO' Gl-UMANS.
PATHS, Ju'iJ 10. An important de
cision rrn he 1 by tin' inteinationa'
conuuitUe of ba-ikcis, as set forth to
day in the final report to the allied
reputation commission, is that al
though a lin tre intui nut ienal loan to
(ietmany can.-et ie recomtnended at
the pie. cut time the subject can be
taken up latrr and that meanwhile n
relatively small hun to prevent fin-
nnci;'.l i-i!fapsc in Viermany micnt oe
arranL"d if nff'ty should require.
IN ' BIG RUSH
Tennis Is Coming Back
As A Popular Sport Here
A ('; ir'ed aMen.pt is beiim mad'
to brim; l nnis back to its old
nt and ins cmotu'. tli" I.a Grande
sports. The V. M. C A. and the
Tennis club are taking a leadinu
iwrt in this and they are look Inn
forward to a bis; seusun iu the
courts.
0 The Tennis club ban turned over
the cement courts, located war the
Grand.- Konde lio-pii,t, to the Y.
M. C. A, who ill take cltare of
the court fit:, no The pro-
rc 's wilt t- to iht Tennis club.
A r;i" Leite 'lit s ar beina" made to
furnmlMie a sin; tuie of events for
the Vi:nei- r. 1'ins uil niud Iwdh
nin-Ie and doubles In the Junior j
and senior r!a
In et'i ti ei
C". cut o t tit''
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-.s.f. A tournaue-'it
w-;;i U- the premier
' Vfiir w'h nitaMe
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'Wreckage In the wake of forest fire at Cedar Falls, Wash., where three
to rapidly residents could save nothing but the clothes on their backs.
Union's Best Livestock Show Has
Come To An End; Unequalled
Except By Pacific International
Uitfh I'raisf .Meted Out to
Union for Her Success in
Pulling on Nucb an Kxcel
lent Show; Cattle Exhibits
Vnexcclled.
(Special to The Observer)
UNION, June lu. -The Kuurtvi-ntli
Annual Live Stoi-k Show is no mini;.
With the final chariot rurp yester
day afternoon this year's show wil
live only in the memory of thoe who
attended. And Union may feel hat
she has Presented a live stoek' shon
that ranks with any show of its kind
in the northwest, with the exception
of the .Pacific Unternutional nt Port
land. According to W. (J. C'ordiner,
Shorthorn tirccder of Walla Wallu,
who is a breeder of renown and k'iirn
whereof he speaks, "The Union Live
Stock Show is second only .to the Pa
cific International." . -
Friday's program on the Krounds,
comnienciiiK at one o'clot'k. with the
Kriind parade, was, hy fur, the most
intcresiinir day iir field arnl judijinj;
events of the show. , KjeciaHy were
the awarding of the final prizes,, in
the various championship classes o!
jicciul interest.
The bin evciit of the day, in the
events hel'm-e the gr-andstiiml, was the
showing of the cattle exhibits. W. W.
Green, of Union, led the parade with
his string of Shorthorns elose'y fol
lowed by the grand e' ampion short
horn, led by I-'rcd Self, belonging to
the Hutchison and Sherman siring, of
Union. . W I)el.ay of Hot Lake, W.
J. Townley of Hot Lake, with their
exhibits, preceded the fourteen head of
prize shorthorns owned by W. C. Cor
diner, of Walla Walla- Mr. C'ordiner
offered $" in prizes to the best
groomed animal, not entering his own
.--lock. The prize was won by a mem
ber of Dr. W. T. Phy's herd, with Dr.
Chandler's animal placing second. Ks
Pecial interest was manifested in UK
showing by the Washingtonian, who
exhibited "his stock in many of the
finest shows of the country with much
success.
In regards to the Cordincr exhjbit
or rather a par;, of it O. M. Plum
mcr. manairer of the Pacific Interna
tional, stated u Captain Kadium.
a five months old hull calf, and lies
sic HedtTOWood, seven -months old
calf, owned by W. l Cordincr, are fit
animals to be shown in any man'.
country, no mati.er of how hih a rat
ing the show is' Hoth were presen'
in Cordinci's herd.
However, returninir to the paradv
of exhibition cattle, following Cordin
cr's herd, was A. H. Davis, of North
Powder, and his slock. Next came
County A (feint H. G- Avery, in charge
of five calves owned hy the boys' ant.
girls' calf club. These animals wil
he shown ut thv Pacific Internationa'
this fall.
Hutchison and Sherman's wnndcrfu
exhibit of Shorthorns, including tin
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prizes cidni; to tho winner. The
V. S. National bank and the .1. C
Penney company tiuva two silver
lovinu cups to the Tennis club last
eiir to be award' d to the winners
audit is likely that these wilt
chance hands thin year. The win
ners of the doubles in eiich elas'i
will ri elve appropriate tned.tN.
The: tennis courts are open (n nit
of ha ;ramle's people who p.iv the
necessary fco which Is $5. on fori
the Senior class and $2. no for th j
Junior class, which Includes hlirlu
school students. The players a rt i
re-ionsltle for the court and the
tnet durliiK their time on the court i
and miiy ubLtin n key and erinl-1
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(he courts from the Y. I
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Forest Blazs Swept Washington
PROFITEERING
TO BE- PROBED
(Hy Aasuuiult'd JVchb)
WASHINGTON, J tint' 10. Senate
Walsh, democrnf., of Massachusi Its, in
a statement today dcc'aivd that a
congressional investigation would hi
made and indictment of bituminou
coal onciators "who haw used' the
Hoover price fixing agreement to laise I
prices would be demanded unless See
retarv Ho(,ver obtains a reduction-in
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prices on contract coal in a few days.
The postmasters and rurnl carriers
of I'nion. county will nn-et tonight
in I.a Grande for the formtilinu of
a Postmasters and Kural Carriers
County Council. The nie"tii will
be held about 7:Jn o'clock with
Halph Huron, hu Grande postmaster,
temporarily in chars A
In (addition to formlut; the hiiju
eil an election of ot ficers will he
held. Indications -point to a lare
attendance.
VMIvT STOCKS LOW
COfi BARONS
POSTMASTERS
MEET TOlRTjLEGl MEETING
WASHINGTON, l. C, Juno 1. 1 Seennd to this will bo the. ar
Wnrld wheat Blocks hy July 1 wil! I ranuenienls for the local post'H part
be lower than for several yars. ac- in the drive for tho reinstatiMnent
cording to an analysis of the situ- of the war risk Insurance. Several
ation Issued tonight by the com-, other matters will be under consld
merce department. ten.ttlon at tills nicotine.
died in names. The blow spread
Suspect Held
For Murder
.Man Willi Iiluod' Stuins on
Shirt round Hiding
in Uox Car.
Uv Assoclati'd )'rii
JACKSON, .Mich.. June 10. A
n cro taken from a box car at Kala
mazoo, a short- distance from hero,
is bet nt; hi Id for examination lu
connection with Iho murder licre
T,""'S(lnr 'il't f MiH Alice Mai
llotl Til,, ni'U..r..t. lu niifil.tn tit nlvn
f itinfactory account of his movie-
i"" - ts since Thursday. His shtrl
culls are monustaincd ami ins wrmi
is bruised. Examination of the vic
tim's body showed she waa crim
inally assaulted.
A very Impurtaut Ainericau l.e-t-'tnu
meeliiiK will Hie held Monday
fVeniiiK at 8 o'clock at the Kanles'
ball. The post commander reucsl.d
j that al members bn present.
J Possibly tint most Important mat
j ter to he taken up will be the eic
iJion of d'leaiile.s to attend the Slate
! American I.'nion eonventlon at The
I Dalles to bo held in July.
TO BE MONDAr
BY GOLLY, HERE'S THAT FELLOW AGAIN!
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Strike Gossip Is Plentiful in
Chicago; hxecutiyir Coin
mi t Iocs Convene June 21
(Hy Aiclatod Preai)
CHICAGO. June ,10. Itallwuy
telcKt-apliers will not be included In
the third waso .reduction order of
tlko railroad labor board, uecurdlnfi
to rumors Piiday of the new con
templated slash from railruul pay
rolls. Thn telegraphers number approx
imately SI. OOP. So many local con
ditions on various lines haVe to be
considered that deliberation of an
order affectiitK the . tploraphers
would necessarily consume weeks,
it was said.
Chiif a muni; the proutps are 220,
00(1 clerks, 22.000 men in the sig
nal departments and 80,000 freight
bumllers and truckers.
Although board members 'made no
direct statement reKardlns the nuxt
cut, rumors were persistent lu pre
dicting a smaller reduction (or the
clerical forces than for thoao affect
In the shop men, hec tuso the clurks
did not recolvu iucreasH propor
tionately ns srout as other groups
of umployeu hen the wajjo ucalo
was Kolng up.
Strike Oossip.
Outside thu board rooms railroad
possip ctnU'red larKely around the
possiblllly of strkes its ti result of
the waKe cut. With the telegraphers
rein.iiniiiK at their koys it was pre
dieted Jn some quarters that ihe
likiclihood of u striko would be les
sened. Kuilroad offlcluls continued to
doubt thu probability of a striko lu
the near, future, even if the refer
endum which started Tuesday should
favor one, owIuk to the general em
ployment ttltuiitiou.
DulcKntca of Chicago A North
wostorn local bo-jrd No. 12, repro
neulin? nil crafts, Issued it declar
ation KtutiiiK that railroad executives
were "all wrong" In savins Ihul
omploycs 1m vo adjusted theiuuelvus
to waso cuts.
(Hy AKKdClatutJ rrnia)
To CansH 'ote
CINCINNATI. June 10.- The ex
ecutive committees of the six rull
ruud shop craft unions in each of
the country's three divisions will
convene In Chicago on Juuie 21, pre
paratorv to cauvasHinK tho shop
men's strike vote, which is return
able June 25. It was announced by
II. M. Jewell, head of thu federated
simp crafts, hero Friday.
1-ivc jieiieral chairmen from each
Of the six crnfts on each division
the enst. the soulhetist and the
west com pone the ext Vutiv com
mittees, a total of 90 men. In their
hands lies thu power to issue n
strike order if the ballots show a
two-thirds majorlly In favor oT n
wulkout. President jc well said Fri
day that the result should lie known
hy the nipht of June 2fi.
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INCLUDED
N WAGE GUTS
S
Greets Shriners.
$ 'A
Rnn tranclwo Kil t who'll KrMt th
8hrlner at their convention. . All
I V,,lri! .wl" wear bwuivpou
iaahioned like Shrlnur mhi.ma.
BE SPENT ON
Sic!iki')' nt. Coiivoi'lioii dl'
Electric lAght Men in
liei.se Jk'iares lo liillioifs
KviT.v 10 Years Is ' Pro
gram. IIOl.SK, Juno 10. l-'ifloon ibillion
dollni-K uvory 10 yen .is the present
rale of investment in U wenOrn slntes
for Kenerul (Jevelopment, miii Holicii
Sibley, editor of the Journal of .lilee
trieity and Western Industry, -in a',
address Friday befor-e diloirntos to
tho Northwest Klottiie l.icht and
Power association's convention assem
bled in. Hoise.
This statement is made, the speaker
declared, followinii: n aurvoy he has
made, in co-operation, with :offieia!s
ot (in power companies anil executives
of over (S00l industries in these states.
Thn speaker warned his audience
that service and reasonable rates for
Vowor must be tlie nmhilion of every
Power company in the entire west-.
"This ambition ralizcd,"' he said, "cit
izens of the west will see to it that
private initiative will lie friven fair
and full play.
BILLIONS 1
POWER PLANTS
lie further showed that the IncifkV'H"ie hack out It had -been knocked
and mountain states enjoy at the pres-jixin the sidewalk and wan quite
ent time the lowest rute for electric badly ditmuged. A bystander itat
power of any dis'rict in ihe' United ."1 that a man named Wilson had
States. The average in these states, been driving the car that hnd hit
ho said, is 1.57 cents, based upon th'
live rune cost per kilowatt-hour iter
ated,
nnrt h
The next lowest section is the
ntral slates with n cost of
1 -Kii cents, while the others uro morn
than li cents.
'.'The onormous jrrwth in the west,"
Mr. Sibley said, "is threatuetl by such
disast rnus legislation as is proposed
in California, where certain interest--have
suainiMcd an initiative mrasurc
for the vote of the people to brine
about state ownership of hydru-elec-tric
power rcsouicc
"An expenditure of between fivi
and si k billion dollars of thi.i huifc
amount is to he spent in California:
and the passiire of this measure Wil
mean that a bit; pait of this sum will
he cut off and Ihe progress of that!11.1 ' '''''' k of u tonB war be-
state will be delayed years. IP sides
the effect it will have on California,
the entire roast nnd mountain states
will suffer to a bitf exte:it.
"The measure in the eoie-t state
which is in tile form of an nmcmiincnt
to the constitution, is 'he one hlnrk
elouil now in an otherwise clear sky.
(Continued on Page Two)
pi;i;sm)i:t is ciksi;x
I.HS ANOKI.KS, June 101 Ray
mond Havens of Kansas Ci-y, Mo.,
was chosen president of the latenia-
llonut Association of ilotary t'lobs.
Flag Day Observance By
Elks Lodge On June 14
The local Klks' lodlie will enm-tt
m iral-o the birth of tho Ami rlcau
fln June 11 with atiliroprlate xer
lelses lu their lndi:o room to which
tho public Is Invited. This Is an
niinaal occasion for the Klks aiud
earti ear when Fla l)ay approachrs
the IuiIkc makes preparations for
jrliilnu tumor (o the birth itl Him flau
'that Is tlie emblem or AnierliHn
friedt.io.
The Ic .inilMll ritualistic Ki'rvh e
of the lodce Hill he conducted by
Kx.ilted Holer S. K. Crowe on this
oceasinll, assisted ,y the ffdlowintl
lolficrs: Kslccmi-d Leadiui; KatKht
!le Idle On-ene, I'lsteenn) l.oyal
! K nfuht IIiiIkti II. I'ratt. Ksleemvil
il.e.-tiiiiif Knight l-sler llrncti well.
dfistlain din Macl'liersim and Fs-
FIRE ROUTS
APARTMENT
HOUSE GUESTS
Fuel J lucks Burn in Pork
laud Today; Loss Is
fl'),(KX). .'j
ADJACENT BUILDING .
IS ALSO BURNED
Landlady Of Rooming House
. Woke it) to Find Flames
lreakin,' Through Into
JLor lij 'tun. ' 4
(Iljr A&ioclatcd Proaa)
POltTLANL), Juno 10. Fire marly
today on tho diH-ka of -tho Western
Fuu comininy at the foot bf Mor
rison street tuldKO did dHiuiiRe esti
mated t J15,immi. For a (line It
threntetved municipal terminal No.
Sleeplnrt occupants In an ad-
JoltiliiK roomlnc hunso wore routed
out of bed scantily elad.
Tho flro, 'which was roportol to
have started in a shed of tho fuel
company, had n big start before It
whs discovered by Mrs. K. A. Ilasli,
laudlndy ot an apartment huuso who
was awakened by flames bursting
throiiKh hor window. Tho occupants
of tho building 'were aroused arrd
muonKcd to escape but hud no tlmo
to save their person il effects,
An investigation Is talnc made by
the police department hi tho truffle
iiccldent, that occurred n fifcr duya
t,-o when a man named WTUou n
h 1 1 aged to Inn e ru n In to Va pta 1 n
Huchunan's car, to determine wheth
er there are grounds for prottecutlcm.
or not. Captain Hurlmiian an-:
nounces that 'if not ho will huu for
dumnf-os.
Tho details ot tho caso, nocnrdlug
to Captain Huchtuian, . nro ns fol
lows: Tho captain's car was parked
properly on Iir street while ho wn3
ronductliiK u meeting and when ho
It and mive tho man's license num
ber to Captain Ituchunnu. a ro-
port was mudo to the' police who
apprehended. Wilson denies that ho
was the 4111111 but Captain HuchaiiHii
declares that he has witnessed that
can prove his assertion.
(Hy Anmicialra Trena
ASTORIA, June 10. Seld You.
Chinese grocery man, was shol to
death today while entorliiK his store.
jThn (lHHalltiut fled. Tolico believe
I ween the lltni; Juciiks and thu 111 p
Sin ks.
(Br Anrlar4 frra.)
HALK.M, Juno lu. 'lien of the 21)
Judicial districts In the state that
nominated circuit Judues at thu pri
mary, In all or which cases the in.
cuiulieuts, either democratic or re
publican, were up for reaonilnallon,
rononilnatud tho Inrumbonts.
(11 A.notlattd Irc.)
I'HIM;VII,I.K, jane m. .... Con
tracts were to hr closed tolay for
several new hulldlnus to rqplace
structures destroyed lu tho recent
Me fire here.
iiulre (,'. (!. Mullein.
Tho services will besln projnplly
nt H o'clock. A splendid program
is helnir iirmiiKi d. The unmoor al
ready arranged Tor Iniludvs solos
by Mrs. la-ma Fuller and .Mrs. T.
It. Majwell, It. F.. Dixon will de
liver the address of the day mil
he has chor'eii for his subject "The
Soul of the Flat!."
Sunday generally
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