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VOLUME XXV -membeb op associated muss
LA OR AN pi, OREGON, Tuesday, Jtmc 20, 191
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED I'UESS
NUMUHIl 220. i
ftPPEAL 5EIIT
FOR VESSELS
BY SCHURMAN
Anierieau Ambassador at IV
, king asks Protection of
Canton. .
AMERICAN BUILDINGS
SHELLED ON SUNDAY
Foreigners Fled from Can
, lion when Former 1're.sr
dent of .South China Pour
! cd' Shot and Shell into Civ v
(By Associated l'ress)
l'EKINO, June. 20. Three Amer
ican buildings la Canton woro struck
by shells during Sunday's bombard
ment of tho city 'by gunboats of
Sun Yet Ren, Smith 'China lead r.
who haa boen trying futlly to re
capture his formeJr stronghold.
Jaeob Gould Schurimin, American
minister, has asked Rear - Admiral
Strauss to -mull protection to Can
ton and American gunboats are ex
acted to proceed there Immediately.
Foreigners at Canton were forced
to flee for Rafely from the Iudis
crlminatlng firing of Sun Yat Sen
gunboats Sunday, according : to a
Canton dispatch to foreign legations
here; Two thousand persons, in
cluding;, many foreigners, 'boarded
a vessel when hostilities opened nnd
went to Hong Kong.
SALT CURE IS
..:
'Hugh Huron, of Imbler, who lust
year; In -co-operation with the coun
ty agent, demonstrated the eradica
tion of morning glories by tho ap
plication of common salt, reports
that tho .work this ytur is meeting
with; much success.
Hb has treated about a half doz
en plots aiH the mornini; plodcs
have been" eradicated entirely in
thea csfcfctluns. However, a larger
acreage was salted and bo vera I of
the morning ' glories survived the
test but this was due to the fnct
that the application was much light
er than on the smaller plots. Mr.
Huron 1 oxpocts to 'exterminate the
pests with, a further application
Tho method usedt which Is ; be
ing followed by a number of the
farmers in this section, with much
success, is to upply about one pound
or a little less of salt to the square
foot. - Plowing is not necessary as
this disturbs the roots and doesn't
give the Halt a chance to work Into
the ground Jn tho manner desiroU.
W. I.
-.VrcNutt, of Old, Neln-asKn,,
has been secured to judge Flaml
China and Du.oc Jersey c asses at
the Pacific International Livestock
Show to be he d at Portland. Oregon.!
SUCCESSFUL
NEBRASKAN TO
:. JUDGE STOCK
in November. Mr Me-Nutt has bee'i in keeping the roads and, highways
a Poland China breeder since 181KJ dcnn. Wp llolieve that this i.: the
and ranks among the foremost of onv meAM of accompishing the lo
swine shows for the past ha f decade. sirt,(( cnd T() tmnw lu)hit. ou tl.
Ho judged hogs at the Iowa -State i-aii; hihwiiv is a thoughtless act and --
1.1 and Ii 8; at the Missouri
D . . J . . tv . . i.ii'l
at the Oklahoma State Fair m 1"2();
the Midland Kmpire fair, Bilmgi,!
Montana, m m21 and the Ozark Stock,
iiuw, .-mo ihkiiiii, i""., -t "i'Hwho take this means of getting rid ot
at numerous small shows
He is a booster for big type variety
of hogs.
IMliS OX TltAI.N
(By Associated Press)
(K1DKN, l ti(h, June 30. C.llbert
Tobias Wolfe. SI years of age. a
druggist of Hillings. Mont., died on
a Southern Pacific train coming In
to Ogden Thursday. He had been
to California for his hoalih.
Pet Wildcat
When Visitors Come
A wildcat for a !et wouldn't recently. Tho rat Is now ono and
sound verv appealing to most peu j one-half years of age and Is a br au
plc but Mr. anil Mrs. Dan Brown. -tlful specimen of his race. The only
... 01...1. ....A V .,..., Ihlnlr . Ilifnir Hint nuzzh-s them Is whal to
different. Outside ot their house. ; eventually do with him. Th-y are
on stilts abo.il four eel high, B:d,-hating whether to keep him. to.
full grown wildcat paces back and give him lo tne riiy 10 pui in ie
forth In a cage. This wild cat jelly park, or to part company with
Isn't very wild as Mrs. Ilrnwn feetajhlm lu some other manner,
him without danger of being l- The wildest may be eeu t a .y
talked nnd. In fact, the animal afr-;llne. and. althoush he doemil act
pears rather timid becaua- he iimal-' )riw-ulrly pleiis. il hi ll
Iv climbs un In Hie top iW hta oil toe:- te doesn't ( tvf ,. .t
and stays there rhiirrr aonieone sign of bad feeliin. Ail in !!. Im
visits him. H v,ry well 'beluve-l ii-ml wf
Tke eat wns captured .by Ilmljthc felhie race and line In- has
AM when but a kitten sonn-wherc ' taken up bis residence In l.s Cfanl-j-ar
Mi'ichani and Mr. and Mrs.jhiis acteif as a memt(iof the"i;
fimwn only became his possersnrs per at,' shoub
Tear Gas Bombs
This prnwrf tin eatoniiiL' a l'Michin.'
snread that George Stiaub had ruiifusseit to Iht lirutnl slaying of Miss
Police dispersed the mob with tear
Ad Club Aiding State High
way Commission in ftdu
cational effort to DeVelo
Greater I'ride in High
ways. Although the state highway c.im
mi.-sion in making every effort to
keep the highways and ditches adjac
ent clean and enforce the sigr.boui-'
laws, thcic are still many people it
Union count v who rt'isrcgnrti thesi
laws, R. H. Baklock, division cngineei
of the commission announces. Mr.
Baldock nnd his assistants declare
that they do not want to ic.-oit to ar
resting persons for such offenses but
appeal to the People 01 the county t
have the same sense of civic pinlc u.
their state highways that makes Lb
(Jrande one ol" the state's most beau
tiful cities. In onMr to foster such
CLEAN HIGHWAY
CAiHISf!
STARTED HERE
a spirit the Ad Club this morning an-1 year i!7 sludents giadu iled.
nounced co-opcrntion with the high-; The number of woni'n graduates
wav commission in educating toe puu- i exceed the men in the .colli ce of
lie. - i , I literature, science nu'l arts and in
"Tin cans and rubbish aro proving tho schools of journalism., .educa
n inuisance once more. With the Hon, (physical education, music and
building of roads that aie in them- sociology. In the srliools of archl
selvcs -beautiful .and which penetrate tucture, business administration", .l-'iw
scenic mountains and valleys the tiu':iti,i nieiliclne the tot.tl number oi
vim m ikiviuK ni"iii in iiiv niiiw
of tboso who wish In see the highway i
left clean," G. L l.nrison, ehHirman:BtmniaH who make their homo In j . ,,, .
of the roads committee of the Ad Club, wullowa and I nion coiiniy. One $3 I'KillT COSI.s IiIM'
announced today. ' from North 1'owder, ono fr Wal- j
"i'eople seem to forget that there iOWK m ne Horn Knterprise, I'll KSCOTT. Ariz.. Juno 21). Al
is a state law against this very mn,g the personnel of the bert Ilarber and Chifi les K vouch
thing," Mr. I-arison continued, "but gra,iUi,tes from that sretion. j fought for a ,p.nrse of J5. Kcough
there should be public co-operation re- y Arthur Forest Wicks, 'of North ' wns knocked out nnd died five (fays
gnidlcss of the law. Until people .,!,.,. ve,.eive his degree In lor- later.
at large begin to realize that there is , t,'n,i,,; minor (Joodnough. of j
a place for rubbish and that that jilace wnow Krdualeil in romance Ian- MAKES IT SBVKX.
is not on the roads or road side.!, ' ..,. '.ln,i Kvivester II llurlrlgh, '
therccan benomatermliniproveine.il
laV will not have much effect until
the people co-opciate voluntarily in
I t. iu.. I.. 1h;u .1.....
ni)t'rt.er to state 'highwej sab.ne. lull
t thoroughfares.' '.'he im-.ml.erJ ,
f the , roa(is comillittw of tile
A(f l lub w!ih tu U1. c unon (ho pj..f
... . i k.ii..;.! i
j., ryono shud strive t mkc our hiBn .
wav an example of cleanliness."
jIu(.h of ti,c rubl,ish that is throw,:
on ,hu highway, accoiding to reports,
is thiown there by people in machines
accupiulations of tin cans, etc. They
emntv the sacks along the ditches.
conti.ibuting mpch towards despoiling
the bcautv of tile highways.
The highway depaitment's vigilance
also extends to signboards and al'
that arc elected unlawfully are de
stroyed, it being unlnwful to rut up
any sign whatever on the right of
way of state highways and en piivate
propcrtv within view of a highway
where the owner s consent has not
been secured in writing.
Bashful
Quell Crowd Before
nsity ouiiUv inthi icl before the .1
fas bom's ami r.'nvivnl the D'is n-r
Babe Ruth is .
Off Once More
I lonie linn Kinur Makin
liace 1'fir Tit e oi" i.ay-itt'i'
King.
I!v Ass ofliiltHi pressi)
, CHICAtin, June 21). hahu Ruth f
he New Vmk VankccH t'n!uy uv-civca
lis third lay-off of the stavon wiicii
?rt,sido.t llan Jniin-inn of the Ameri
an lcairuc suHpcndrd his fur thrc
lays fur his aigumcnt in yestcnlay !
jamc at Clcvelaiil with Umpire t
Hiieen over his division on Umn-iuc.
if Cleveland at sctrond l)ase.
VNlVKItSlTY
gene, Juno 20.
universlfy this
number 2 1 it. of
or onBc.rN, r.u-
.Scniois leaving the
year with degrees
which nunibcr I ir
:ire women and I'M men
l.u4t
men is inucn i.uui. i
a il,n Tiuiloat.-s t,,-co .
' .. j,...,,.,.,,, ' wllH ,. r ni six
lo i-'-i-oivo diplomas with the (legrej I
of bachelor of 'law. .
AS THE RURAL GENT
! ; :
' j !
;.-1
'.
i
uiinuuni lu niiL i -
Michigan-Jail
ick-on, Michi-'nn. mil when news was
Alice Malktt, social settlement worker.
lo 1 nosing, Michignn. I
( Hy AayoclaLed I'rosa)
LAMKDO. Texas. June 20 Ilun
die ts of Mexicans were rendered des-
t.iuto, scenes of houses in the low-
lands washed awa.v. the I-aredo lijrht
in ulant nut out of commission and
much livestock drowned when the Itio
diii dc reached the crest of 45 feet
today. Oi ly a part of the balustrade
1 the no .v
aij'ive water.
11 KASAN'T VAI.UiY, June 20.
An unitlentifii'd man committed sui
cide heie Huntni.v night. The wife of
one of the railroad engineers living
here was aroused by hearing several
shuts -fired and: on investigation the
body of a man w-as discovered, aj large
caliber revolver with two empty sheila
that hn just been fired beside it. The
body was turned over to the coroner
of lutcr enmity but no clues ns to his
'name wrte found. He had no identi-
f,.- tllir u nn i..,,...,,
f.Mmf Papu s on Ills pclson.
I CI KVFf.ANIl, June 20. Babe
ff ut h made his seventh home run of
the season Monday.
SAYS UPON VIEWING
FLOODS SWEEP ;
! TEXAS BORDER
AND MEXICO
; ma uuiuiul
'..t-' '
ANNUAL ROSE
SHOW OPENED
T
Portland Holds Fifteenth
Show: Armory Transform
ed into Fragrant JJoso
Dower. .
' (Ur Auucluiuu l'reBa)
roiVILANI), June 20. Portland's
fifteenth annual Kus" Festival opened
today with the ai rival of (Jut-en Har
nett, who was escorted by an elab
orately decorated flotilla to a point
on the cast side, wheie she was toim
ally received by her subjects and es
corted to Liiurelhurst park to bv
clowned.
'the official opening nf the annual
lose show was the first function of
the new nueen's reign. The Kosc
Show is being held at the Armory
anil a large part of that buildini' has
been tiansl'ormed into a flagrant
bower wjtn the choicest offerings of
foitlund's expert and amateur rose
culturists on;dislav. The roses me ot
fine uunlity this year though tho late
ness of their blooming caused post
ponement oi the nnnuai fete fmm the
date originally set, June 7, lo today.
A sportsmen s-tounst exposition,
with o.Jimils Hum all parts ol the
state, illustiating what the state of
fers in the way ut recreation and scen
ic beauty, also is being h-.ld at the
Armory this week, and is a feature
of the Hose Festival.
The festival center, a gaily decor
ated park Mlrctch in the heart of the
city, wheic daily features are lo be
staged, is to be officially opened by
the queen at b p. m. Beautiful l'lorai
effects abound in this center.
Wednesday theie will be a regattr;
on the river, nnd a mass meeting of
Oregon women honoring Representa
tive Alice Hobeitson of Oklahoma,
who has come from the national cap
ital instead of President -Harding.
The admiral's hall will be the feature
Wednesday night.
'Ihuisday afternoon there will be
an athletic pageant, enlivened by com
edy -features at Multnomah field. In
the evening there will be fireworks
at the ball park, and the Kosari-in
ball will be held Ihuisday night.
Friday is floral pageant day and the
big feature will he the floral narari
with floats from many cities of the
stale and Pacific Const. The W'hitncy
Hoys Chorus will give n concert at
.Vullnomah field 1-riday at 8 p. in
Saturday at 8 p m. and Sunday at -
p. m. The grand finale of the Rose
Festival will lx- the Carnival ball ut
the Armory Friday night, with con
tinuous music in several halls from 7
until 12 o'clock. ?
Owing to the recent change In the
schedule for the arrival of Train No,
ft, mail train from the cast, those who
wish to send mail on the train must
have it in the postoffice not later
than 9:00 o'clock in the evening. At
that hour the pouch is closed.
No other changes were mafic in the
schedule of the different trains with
the exception of No. 5
HIS FIRST GIRAFFE.
HIS MORNING
MAIL-SCHEDULE .
HERE CHANGED
Bootleggers
Put up Eight
Hundred Shots Fircd'nlony;
California (Viast in
Battle.
flly AsaoctBtca rTess)
jNroN'It'Rk.V, Calif., June 20.
Fifteen automobiles loaded with
liquor and eight men in charge were
captured by revenue officers near
Point I.obos eaily today afler a fight
in which about n hundred shots were
fired. None of the revenuera were
injured. '
NEW CLASSES
INSWI1INC
Two new swimming classes have,
been stinted at the V. M. C. A. this
week, A. F.. I'D'ke, general secretary,
announces. , One of them is for ad
vanced, swimmers and. the other is
for beginners in the nautical art
Tho first class will meet every Mon-i
day morning at !, o'clock at the "Viseunto adopting 61 to 22 n nioilon
tank anil will take up the learning of I
iinivrroi siioscs ami auvanceu uiv-
ing. i ne oilier class, ror the hogin
ners, is open to all boys in the city,
whether they belong to-the "Y" -ot
not, free of charge. This class will
meet each Thuisilay at I) o'clock in the
morning. Doth classes will be in
charge of Mr. Pryke.
The other swimming classes, which
have been announced in the columns
of the Observer, will meet as usual
each week.
MIL C. A. BOYS
All boys, who are members of the
Y. M. C. A., who entereil the work
befoie April 1, 11122, will bo required
to renew Ucir membership in the "V
immediately on account of a new sys
tem which. ,is now being followed.
Those who took out their member
ships after tho above elate will not
need to renew until April 1, 1112:1.
The reason for the change is that,
lieil!iw ili'ail'ini In tlill-n tin. mnnivul.
fall on as near the same ilato as pos-
Kih e. it will rive more time for the
BEING EXAMINED
physicnl examinations which each boy' Const bison range. In tho 1'lathoatl
must submit to before joining. These national, forest conniMlses 4 17 buf
take probably about forty-five min- r"l. Including 28 calves born thl
utes and could he handled much niore spring, It Is unnoiinceil by the blo
expeditiously if thev would come at al logical survey branch of the de-part-
sci time instead ol thioughout the
SHOOTSSELETO
PROTECT SHEEP
11KND. June 2o: In an attempt
to protect the band of hIhp lu h
can fro man apprnachhm coyoir
which threatened to srattor them.
Ton Ilrci'ii al IMne mountain, shot
Hd Angland, herder tunploycd by
himself throiiKh Un foot with the
hlh powen.'d rifle which ho carried.
However, the coyote was frightened
away by the report, and the sheep
W( re s ed. A upland was brought
to St. Charles hospital, where an
operation was performed, with the
result tluit he will entirely recover
unless blood poisoning sets lu.
ARE TIPPED OEF
IIKNI), June 2i). "Hell In tho
jungles," was the warning which
spread bv t, -let, I. one through thu Al
falfa sis-lion within a half hour af
ler .Sheriff S. 11. Hob, -lis' ll,iior
hunt had started In that district, It
wiih learned by Huberts. On,-, resi
dent of Alfalfa met tho party of
olrlcers on their way oul, and tele
phoned to moonshine hei,d(.liuiers,
Willi the result that the cryptic
warning was soul out.
MOONSHINERS
Palmer Mill May Put
on Night Shift Soon
"The CiVuvkp Palmer Lumber Co. i
iiuw in int: iiimnL iti oiii.' in iiir inns'
propemnH seasons experienced in re
cent years," nay K. I.. Kennon, presi
dent and Kcmrat maimm'r of the com
pany. "We have ben riinninir contin
uously since April and indications arc
that we will not clost opuiations dur
ing r'."
Mr. Kenneii ha just returned from
the Palmer Lumber Co.' ramp t
Vincent and he repoits that the con
dition look very uood. The logarini;
nperatinns are piotfrcHsintf very nice
ly and plenty of lops to insure a Ion
run are lecked in tho woods waitinK
to bv vawfd. The camp shows an in
dustrious appeal mice and the employ -
9 r co-uiM'iHLiti( nicely with the
manfiHntnt in hii attempt, tu hwk-r
thu m of h lui"rMt. tp. i tfc
linettn iviu.;f1 bivt y in this
t "lrV' tXJPV t.tt titrable to put ot.
'itfit Wl f i'f -0 i,r 40 milt
0 s
TO GET INTO
THE SENATE
Majority of Senators' l-'avorj
Stickinir hv "Tariff
First."' ...
VOTE ON. TARIFF ! i
LONG WAY OFF YET,
Senators oil both Sides Fx
pcHed to t'ijrht- J5onuy,
Postponing its Passing.
(Mr Assoclate-d Press) i
WASHINGTON. June 2u. i.Vu ef
fort to get the soldiers' 'honua hill
before the senntn ioilnv fntleil. th
by Senator WiiIbou, republican, ot
inutnna, in lay on the table u -iuo-
tlon by Senator Walsh of Mass.
chusetts to displace tho tariff wllu.
the bonus hill.
Estimates Monday wore that the
tariff bill could not ho brought to
a -vote before August 1, at tha
earliest, and more likely not bo
fore August 15.. Willi senators oil
both sides prepared to make a de
termined fight upon the bonus,-It
Is figured that It will take from, a
month to six weeks to put that
nieasuro through. . . ,.. -.
Some senators favorable to tho bo
nus fear n filibuster If the bill goes
over until actor action on tlm tariff.
This Is iimlorstood to bo one of the
elements in their determination to
put tho senate, on record now bu
tho question of whether thcro is to
be furlheV delay. ' .
M1SSOI I. A, Mont., Juno 311. Tho
United Slates bison bond on the) na-
meiu or agriculture.
According i lo reports recolvcit
bore, this Is tho largest Inrrcase
mndo this senson In any of tho gov
ernment's four herds. Thcro aro
relatively few hirge buffalo herds
remaining In tho United Siales, and
tlilt govoniment has made piirllcular
efforts t(i provide suitable ranges
mil protection for the bison, which
a few yours ago thrtttloued to be
come oxllnct.
WO.MKX "IHtOLMUIIH" OCT
NEW YORK Most of thu women
who became traveling salesmen dur
ing tho war have given up this lino
of work.
(Hy Associate,! I-roca)
ni'.M-'AST. .luiio 20. Shots firoel
early today lu tho vicinity ot Storm
or costlo which was purchased re
eenlly as the official resldencu of
Sir James Craig, premier, who took,
tip his residence there for the first
time lust evening. ..
V?A8HIN0TON.- Juun 20. Ldgls
latlon Is being prepared with Hie .
president's snnetli.n which will re
turn to approximately 20,000 (ler
mans and Austiians. (property taken
over during tho war by tho alleu
properly custodian In uinuuuts ot
10,000 or loss. .
WASHINGTON. Juno 20. Tho
president bus given Informal sanc-
jllou lo tho republican house lead
'ers for lliu postponeutent of the
Ishtp , subsidy consideration fur ap
proximately a month.
in the near future." continues Mr.
Kennan, "Sincp we began opeiatio'ii
in thn sprinif we have had a larrt'i
futce of men at wurk on the day shift
continuously and, if conditions eunlin
ue as they are now, we will probably
bp forced to put on the ni;ht shift in
order to handle the business."
Lumbering conditions are perking
up in the Northwest this year and for
the fjiM time in many years, condi
tions H-e returning to normal.
Mr. Kennon is contcmpating anoth
er trip tu tho camp at Vincent' tha
latter part of this week.
BISON HERD IS r
INCREASING NOW
iiT coidur.