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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1922)
(IratuV I WOITTMTC, XXV M KM RPR OF ASSOCIATED IMIKSS LA ! If AN DM, OlfKCIOX. 'I'll I'lfSDA V. ,11'N'K '). 1!)'J2 M KM II KK OP ASSOCIATE) I'll ESS HUM mm Court Action Troves Stumbling Block to Many Count ics. BIDS RECEIVED ON UNION COUNTY WORK Stale Highway Commission Will Attempt to Secure Supreme Court J )eeision ion Market Road .Funds. (Dy AatfoctntuU Pretsaj PORTLAND, June 2U. The high- way commission todn deemed to re-1 .'novc advertising signs cu the high-, way i ignis ot way ami on private property wheiever permission can ue obtained, f-npinecr rxunn said they menaced safety, distracting driver-.' attention. Dids on eight projects were opened today. PORTLAND, June 2'.). Koad work in about ten counties is being held up and counties inconvenienced be cause of Polk county, 'ibis statement was made direct to the Polk county court yesterdav by members of the state highway commission. .The road obstructionists in PoIk county, not content with blocking! completion of the west side highway through the courts, have "gummed up the road game " in many otner counties througn attacking the agree ment of the 1'oik county coutt to con tiihule market ruutl tunds on the un linished state highway in that coun ty. lAiarkct road money was about all the "court had and the obstruc tionists went to court and a decision was obtained from Circuit Judge Kel ly to. the etfect that market road funds cannot be placed on slate high ways. Nearly a doxen counties have been so placing market road funds, and, in view of Judge Ktlly'f de cision, this road wuik must stop. As soon as possible, the commis- sion will try to get a decision fi om j the supreme court. The develop ment has brought down a shower of criticism against Polk county as a whole, although the members 6"f the county court, with some heat, denied yesterday that they were responsible. The commission took action on the following "bids at yesterday's meet ing: Umatilla county, Pendleton -CVd Springs road. Holdman-Harp's ranch section, three miles grading and iock-j ing, Pat Lonergan, $1-1,41 It. Referred' to engineer lor consultation with the county court. .Union county, La Grande-Enter-i prise highway, Wallowa hill section, 5 4 miles rock surfacing. .Sloan Con struction company. $28,:J75. Referred to engineer to consult county court. Wheeler county, Ochoco highway, forest boundary to Mitchell t-ection, lli miles grading and rocking. Green wood & Dan, i;i;,il:(. Referred to engineer to consult county court. Douglas county, Pacific highway, abutments for bridge over Myr tle creek,, work to be one by loree ac count. Lincoln county, three wooden bridg es over Silctz river, referred to en gineer for consultation with county court- Sherman-Gilliam counties, bridge across John Da" river, Portland Bridge company, $i:j,0H.'l. "Awarded WILL ENLARGE SHOPS. KVERETT, Wwn., .Tune 2U. Tv was announced at Great Northern di vision offices here that freight yards at Kurltngton are to bef enJavjjrd work beginning Julv 1. at an estimat ed cost of SKMI.nno. Increasing freight business is given as the rea son fon the improvement. New License Fees Fixed for Theater and Shows An ordinance regulating theater-,, circuses, traveling shows meiry-g- rounds, carnivals and all allied cnter- i ! inmnnl u uiw . . rm ! 1 1 n cr a II n rr V HU1 -i . ordinances and sections of ordiiiHtic-! nrrying l"i cats or less was fixed at us covering tht- broad classification,'- for the first performance and passed its first reading at the cityi$l for each additional ptrformanr? commission meeting last evening. j on that dav. This classification wa The ordinance fixes the license fee; made in order to he fair to the dot for shows, etc., at per each show,; and pony shows that sometimes want $15 per week, $40" per quarter, $!i): to show here ami which could not pay for a six-months' license and $!: the heavy fee of the large circus, per year when a license is taken out! A provision prohibiting- nier.v-g'i-for that period. School and rhuMi! round.-, from operating after 10 p, m. entertainments educational lectures,1 and on Sundays was included in th" home talent and educational exhibi-( ertion fixing tho merry-go-round tiens such as Chautauqua-: are exeiud-( license ut MO per week or part the re ed fom the licnpsintr pmviion. inf. The license fee for carnivals was The licence fee for circuses wa-; fixed at $10 per concession and th" fixed at ?"0 fr the firt pfrform-j Suinfay and Id p. m. limitatins were ancc and fi" fr etch additional per-l a!o in lud'd in thh section. Throats Mndo, However, to .Return, urvi -riVing to Re port aMade to Washington Todav. (Itv AHxitelHti'd Pref-'iO WASHINGTON, June 29. Mexi can rebels who Heized 40 Americans and the property of the Cortov. Oil company in the Tanipico region Sun day, holding them for 15.000 ipenos ransom, withdrew . Monday, hut threatened to return, according to a consular report today. (By Associated Presrt MKXIC) CITY, June V.K Mexi can government officials bIioe that the kidnaping of A. Bruce Blo laskl in the state of .Morelos. and the capture of 40 other Americans near Tumpico, within a few hours of each other, are IsolaUd cases of banditry which will- be adequately attended to by the federal troops now in pursuit Secretary of War Serrano has not yet been officially advised of the seizure of the Cortez Oil company's property near Tumpico and the de tention of the 40 employes, but newspaper reports caused him to di rect (Jen. Guadalupe Sanchez, fed eral commander in that zone, to siart a campaign against the rebels in the entire region. Considerable interest is manifested. today about town in the talk that la! to be given tonight by Ezra Meeker, who is visiting in La Grande, ics torday ho accepted the invitation of the management of The 'Gardens Li speak there at 7:.'!0 promptly thU evening. The lectuie will be over by. 8:15. There will be no admission to the address. Mr. 'Meeker yesterdav visited the old monument in south La Grande in company with Sam Harris. Mr. Meeker erected the monument sev eral years ago to mark the spot where the Old Oregon Trail cuts across the foot hills. He found the monument in good shape and was pleased with the situation. Today he vi.-iled the Hot Lake Sanatorium and had a chat with Dr. Phy. Tomorrow he goes on to Baker where he will re main until after the Pioneer Pageant. (Hy Associated Pressl PEKINlj, June 2!. General Feng Yuhsiang is known throughout China as a Christian commander who reads u:n f..,. i. i:i.i.. 1 1 in iiib iiwin uiv inwir. . nv ten iWu Pci-fu's .sod lie rs in the battle i outside the gate's of Peking. To himj . 1 VIIILfll me 1IIM VtLUH ll' wiii':iii resulted in the rout of Chang Tso lin's forces and their retreat from th" vicinity of the Chinese capital to a point north of Tientsin. When the wounded from General , Feng's division were treated it v,i found 'that' each wore on his left nrmj a strip of parchment upon which wav written: "All officers should die loyally, faithfully and bravely for God and Country. "The enemy must be killed; if the rifle is broken, use the butt; if the butt is broken, use the fist; if the fist is disabled, u.e the teeth. . "If one loses his life in rescuing a wounded companion, that is true Vavery-" forma m-c on the same day where the cirrUS curries over Xi cars in its trains. The license fee for n circus MEEKER SPEUKS IS EVENING GENERAL READS FROM THE BIBLE FIGHTING ipmiciL S HUTTING Late This Afternoon Jrivgu Jars Received Some .Reinforcements. THREE MORE KILLED IN FIGHTING . T0DAY Fighting Continued All Day Yesterday and Today; Pa pers Seized l- i rrcfi-wlars. (By Associated Itosji) LONDON, Jlme 2!). lighting in' the streets of Dublin is increasing, says a Central News dispatch at fi p. m. today. Irregulars on the out skirts of the besieged Four Courts districts are receiving reinforcements. Throe civilians wero killed in to day's fighting, bringing the total to 11). 'Business houses, as well as banks, are closing. Newspapers suspended publication, li regulars occupied t he offices of the Evening Herald for a time toduy. (L!y Artiociaieil Iresf.) LONDON, June 20 A message from the office of Freeman's .Journal in Dublin received in London Thurs day morning at l::if) o'clock says that the fighting continues and there are no siens of a truce. "Tho boys are glorious and will fight for the republic till the end, said a communique issued 'Wednesday af ternoon by liory O'Connor, command- ant of the insurgents under attack im 'he Four Courts. De said the only" casualties sustained n far by the in surgents were three slightly wounded. Jly ssoc1ulel Press.) DUPLIN, June 'J!) Michael Col lins, head of the Irish Free state gov ernment took active measure against the republican insurgents under Ron' O'Connor, in their stronghold in th" center of Dublin Four Courts- An ultimatum for the surrender of th' insurgents was ignored and at the ex piration of a brief time limit, Five state t loops in armored cars and mo tor. Ion ies began a movement against the insurgents, which was met witn an immviliutc fusilailc from the built! incs. ' makks i;i:coi:i inn' fily ApfMctiited TVesM SEATTLE, Juno 2!.--Told an operation by a specialist necessary to snvo her Bight, John Dalv arrived In Seattle that was M rs. W ed it Her from days. nesdiiv on the tug Sea making tho DMiO-mlle Bristol liny,' Alaska, In three and a half hours. Lion, trip seven IT ALWAYS SEEMS niim in snaps . UUULIII UIIUI Ui I : L rinci! Kcji'ciil ot Japan .Must Act L' j mil Washing ton ('onl'ereiice'.s Proposal .'ov. (My AsaucmitQ Tress) TOKIO, June 'JO. The privy coun cil approved the naval treaty adopted at the Washington arms conference and submitted it today to the prince regent for ratification. The commit- Uh, oun.l thf ratio ..f ship, appor tioned to Japan disadvantageous to tile empire hut lrom a spirit ot re spect for the Washington conference and a desire to maintain the world's peace recommended ratification. See -ial Agent Noel of the Ameii can l-.;e: s Co. arrived in La Grande tu mutning on No. b' and is mak ing arrangements for taking Dick Ca rr, the alleged express robber who "as captured Tuesday evening in La Grande, to Watertown, South Dakota, to face charges for an express rob ber y that occurred about two years ago. Curr was moved to the county jail last evening on account of bet ter ac.'oim,il:itior:s and will be taken east either this evening or in the morning. Carr has been here for about three weeks and was anprehended when a postal clerk noticed his likeness to a photograph and arrested him- The special agent ha been on his trail for some time but lost ttack of him about tin ee weeks ago, which was about the time Catr came to Lu Grande. Regular Services to Be Held in Lutheran Church in La Grande Huv. R. I!ojrl.n Zion Kalish l.ii'.'.i nounrci! today that ( pastor of tlu1 ran chiuvh, tn roirular scrviciK ihitvn, !I0!) M will !.'.' held in th avcuui', tvery Suriilay mr-niiiu" at H leck. A class is now hi'inp form C(i of y,mnK Peode wishing to Ink insiru'i ion for confirmation. . Those intending to join this class will meet at 10 a. m- Sunday in the church- leni young people have alieadyx signified1 their intention of joining. I A Sunday school class is being or-, ganizcd also. The work at the ser vices and in the Sunday school will1 bo tuiried on exclusively in the Eng lish language. In order to accomo date any old people who do not under stand English, private services in Go man and Scaiidinavion will be ni lanryd if necessary. TO BE MORE FUN WHEN COMES AFTER ALLEGED ROBBER raBEBBlopnET (ENGINEERS LEADING IN k'c(orts I live llini Substan tial (lain Over Near est Competitor. CITIES GAVE THE SENATOR BIG VOTE Country Precincts Seem to In: Leaning Towards Non Partisan Candidates and vitios Towards Opposing Faction. (I! A'.SUOUlU'll 1'rosH) FAKCO, N. I)., .Jum . li.Hunm from 4i':i prmm-ts out of 2,(l(il for tho ii'pulilii'iin st'imtorijil noniiiKitiun irnvc McCumiTcr 2",t; r'nizicr, 1!), W(lli, an (I Mi'lluri;, l.lilll. Knrlirr re turns hml given McCumber a lt'u:l of 2 to 1. (lly Associated Tress) FAKGO, N. .t June 2'.). Wften: fhst returns from Wednesday's state wide primary in North Dakota had been tabulated Wednesday night Sen-! a tor Forter J. McCuniber and (iov tinor K. A. Nestos were leading for the iKepublican senatorial ami guber-j natorial nomination, respectively. Democratic returns were not tabul ated. These early returns were from the population centers -Fargo, Hismarck, Grand Forks and Minot and lepre sented precincts favorable to the anti Non partisan league or Independent Republican in previous elections- They showed a falling off iji the vote of nearly 2T Per cent us compare! with the recall election last, fall 1 The lead Governor Nestos had in early returns over H. F, Baker, Non partisan league indorsed candid. ire, and II. L. Stegner, self-termed "vleaii up" candidate; was of slightly great er ratio than that Senator McCuin ber had over Lvnn .1. Frazlviv Non partisan, and Oimsby Mcllarg, !h Cumber's former private sec.'-elstty. Thirty-eight out of the state's 2i.-i'l preein-ts, all in the larger cities, jra -s McCumlier 4."4ti, Fiazier Mcllarg i)2. The same number lr.it different precincts 'nvo. Nestos 2 i 7 Hakwr i:"0, and Stegner illl. I A ICS CKOWDCD (liv Asm.m-1:.1.m IVesfO LOS ANOKLKS, June Hfl. - - All Houlhern California jails are crowd Od with hootlogg(rH, except the bas il lo in Imperial county, which wilt bo used to house all persons vnn vlcto dor violating the dry law with in the next ISO days. This nnnonniv ment was made Wednesday by Fed eral Judge Mledsoe. THERE'S COMPANY 1 OTA DUTLDOK GDQD Tnocuiiii FOR THE CITY J ni p ni v e nient District lionds Wanted l'y Con- 1r;u,rt'rs at. Alcan iDotiii Tar; .May 'WoiMc 'JViis Year. The bond market has improved to such an extent that the improvement bonds of La Grande can be marketed at par, according to City Manager Kratj;, who reported to the city com mission eve l epic presentntivo of tho Warien Con- struction companv had called upon him recently and told him the mar ket is such at. present that they would be able to handle La Grande bonds at par and that the president of the United Construction company, which is doing some work at Pendle ton now, also declined that he wouM b willing to bid on paving work and take Die bonds at par. In view of this situation and of the failure of over half of the petitions on the proposed charter election to he presented to the commission, the commission decided that it would defer calling a special election until the general election in November, tho cost to the city being as great to the city whether it calls an election now or whether the elecion is held in No vember, simultaneously with the gen eral ele'ction. It was decided to preps.ro a I'esolu tion creating a special improvement district along island avenue and nJ jacent streets where improvements ate asked in order tosee if bids at par will be received. The charter pro vides that if the city fails to sell th1 bonds the contractor must take them at par in payment and this is one of stumbling blocks that has Kvpt im nroveini'nt work from iroing forward 'the past two years, the bond maiket jn United SluKi being such as not to enable contrac- Th;, u s ih'M ' labor board to tots to bid an work whero thev were (lay (.iUl( Uic Iultionftl . of f iVVfl ,lf pjx ui? 1 1 li 1 1 1 nun im.,' mum. in iHimm shop cruTt unions to appear before par that could not be so!4 at par. J the b(mnl f()r inquiryJ -mln rt;0 A petition for sewers in that see- ln, ealcned interruption of traffic."' lion of town near the Kiveria school) was aiso leceivea ni me meeting nisi evening. While tho school district and one large property holder had j not signed, it was known that the! I school bout d wonts the sewers hut I in and that the other large property' owner would probably not object if some of the details which he did no J have clear in his mind were explained, bringing the petitioners to 41 per cent of the property affected. Practically all of the resident prop el ty owners arc in favor of the sew r and the ron-ronident owners wi it is .believed, nyt make serious oh-cert by-the band and n dan-.'u in -he jections, The matter was laid overj evening. The dance is to be made u until next week when a district wilh real eld time affair, be created, also including another pe-j old time fiddlers will play ohl time tirn ptesentcd last year which asked, tunen and old and yourvr will danco for sewers and is adjacent to this ami make merry on tho streets- Cos one. tumes of the 'oOs an 1 MOs will be Several olhcr important petitions; worn by many couples and those ap were leccived but no further action' pearing in modern cloth's will feel taken. BULLETINS (Uj ARaoclatcd Prefli) DKNVKtt, t om., .lone 2!.-- Two mine tipples were burned and on" coal milieu fbioded and two railway bridges bill nod in t iie Colorado coal fields in l"ou!der and Mucifatie coun ties lat night. NKW YOI1K, June :J!i. Dempsi yj todav foimally accented Die challenge, of Marry Wills, negro, for a bout for, the wotld championship, lli iequest-1 ed a conference to set a date. WASHINGTON Juno i), Tin; .serine conference committee apprnv- I the rivers and harbors bill, add- ing to tho house measure anienihneritj derH Have heen reeeiveil at the minea in.ludinc1 the removal of the wan I fiul mills to make all neetissary pre bars in the Siu-daw river and at U mp ! puratlons lor operation ut tho tnrou ijua, Oioifon. Ges. Jobs Plentiful But Men are Hard to Find Today . Although there woe cull- for overweight hours with boatd cliargcd at forty tm ii and women lor work oil the rate of ? 1 .'JO per day. various kinds at 10 o'ebuk this morn- The having sca-on, as well as the in sr. no antdicants had appealed a' many nulls and logging camps start- the city trie employment bureau, i-harge of Mrs. K. M. i'owler, city tie-i.Miier, at tl.Jil lime. It was oni a few moi.lhs ago when every in; i n ing as Mr., roller opened htr ot j plover and employe by putting men lice she found at least a do.'-n meni into tin kind of job they are best waiting to take the first job thai i fitted for as well as doing all pos caine along, jolts being scarce at thut silde to see that those badly in need time. I "f employment secure either teir.por- ManM of the positions for wliicMarv or permanent work, men are wanted art: in lumber (amps 1 "" " II asking for -Id men, a immbi'i of men are needed on road work, o"i j is for an inigaloi , another for a j waiter and another for a lady to tak a Hteadv position on a farm as cool' The Mi am road, which it is hoped will be opened bv .Julv t. io,nui res v number of nioa to ru-h the wrrk t' completion, the puy being o0 lo; i u n c in n i ii OH THE JOB Hlu (Viih I'nious Expect To (Vase Work on Sat . urday, .'July 1. NEARLY HALF A MILLION AFFECTED IlilS (. allod iMit'Ol 111"' VV Tomorrow to Consider Tlio Situation. (Hy Ansoeiated rren) This morning the local Khop craft w or kern row ivctl iiisi ruc tions from the railway employe depart mer.t of the A. F. of L. to ' the effect that all employes he low tlti- rank of general foremen are granted Kanction to suspend work at 10 a. in. Saturday, July 1, the order being effective in all rair;ad and Pullman shupn in the L S. (Hy Ati-MH.-iuted PrcfH.) " CLKVFLAND, June ) Kngin cers and trauimcn will continue to work but will not take the places or do the work' of any railway employe on strike in connection wilh the ac tion of the shop crafts, the. brother hood chiefs announced t- day. (Ity Associated Tress) CHICAGO, June 2!. Strike or ders signed by six cruft presidents of railroad shop men's organizations were sent out today to the general chairmen reprofenth.:: '100,000 men n i. .... i..n . (Slioeiat to Thy Ohm-rvur) MAKKII, Juno iil.- Among the big features of the pioneer celebration (in .1 ol v Fourth hero will bf :i rnn. somewhat ahead of tho time-.. Tho dancing will be on the tin veil streets, assuring a goo I "flout for the merrymakers. Th,' navenicnt will be the only modern feature of the dance if the committee in charge can possibly put its plans over the v:ay it expects to. Hut with' the b-dle of tho ':"Us and Y.Os and the:r gallant escorts out in large numbers no one will he liable to cast his ey down towards the pavement to distract from the pioneer ntmosphor-?. MINKS TO llF.Ol'FV WALLACK. Ida., Juno 2t.--Oper-n t foil at the Hercules and Tamarack Custer mines will be rosume'd early In July. It was learned Tuesday at Hie Wallaco offices of the two com panies. Tho mines suspended work in April, 1!12I. While no formal announcement "f ';o opening lias neon ninuo, or- ini ing up, is in part responsible for tho ule-nand for im-n at present. I The city free employment burcai - a"ein ts to in; of service to both em- Tmvlt ami YrUut UM nwrn no nrn JULYFOURTH
