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VOLUME XXV member
GERMANY A! "
FRANCE MAY Ml L
FIND A WAY
Diroi-t and J'ruMiUy Uiider-
cussed by Papers.
REAPPROACHMENT
MAY BE SOUGHT
Idea was Launched by (ier
mau Industrialists and is
lit'iiiff Taken up by French
lSiisiness Channels.
TARIS, Auk. 21. A possibility
of a direct and friendly understand
ing between tiermany and Kranee,
Including closo economy collabora
tion, was given serious consideration
for the first time tday.
Nearly all the important
paipers nre discussing suggestions
that France so.ek justice in tno re
parations crisis through a reap
proachmcnt Willi Germany.
The idea which was launched by
German Industrialists has been tnk
eu up in French business channels.
SALEM, Aug. -1. A total of $,-3l2,;ili-0t
had been disbursed out of
the stale bonus fund on August 15, ac
cording to a statement piepared 'y
Secietal' yof State Kozer tolay. Of
this amount $-l,U7r,;!05.84 went to cov
er applications of 1823 ex-service men
for cash bonus payments, and $2,305,
(iOu.17 went to cover i)2i applications
for bonus loans.
Every county in the slate is repre
sented in the distribution of bonus
funds and loans have been made in all
counties of the stale with the excep
tion of Curry, tirant and Jefferson.
Almost one-third of the entire
amount so far disbursed from the bon
us fur.il has trone to Multnomah coun
ty, according to a table prepared by
Kozer, which shows that in most of
the counties the cash bonus far ex
ceeds the bonus loans. The exceptions
to this aro found in Deschutes, Gil
liam, Klamath, Vo'.k, Union, Wallowa
and Wheeler counties in which the
bonus loans have proven the most
popular.
Ledge of Agate Found
- tt :n t...i
1ST DESIRED
un unitlllild, ii,ivcj.jsnp. fec9 or bllt h9 cxpeillle
'
That inures ol iiKatc exist in inejscriplions.
mountains west ol l.a t.rande nas been
known for some time and Tilden
Booth ef l.a Grande has at different
times broutrht in very line specimens.
A revival of the acute stories comes
with the following from the Pendle
ton East Ori'Coniali:
A lediro of material of aate of chal
cedor.ic character has been discovered
the Umatilla river in the Thorn-
hollow district, according to Majorl
I.ce -Moorhmo. Clarence Koss is tne
discoveier of the ledire, which is said
to be four of five feet in width.
Some doubt about what the mineral
mii.ht be has existed and the opinion
of lapidaries has been secured- From:
111 I ' 1 miVion n fl-r'l V
he . conclusion tnat the classification
of the material as beinK of chalcedonic
character is Ihe correct one. lie sent!
a specimen to Portland and had it cut:
and polished. The njrate is a semi-
.,.,, ,wi n cnsirferble
commercial value. The specimen is a!
beautifuloiic.
Funeral of Late Bethel
A. Davis Held Saturday,
The funeral services of Bethel Al-
ami Z n merman Undertaking Parlors i'-'t- There Is nothing better than
Saiurdav afternoon at 1 ::so o'ctocklhe " Oraiide Rondo valley In my
with Rev. C. H- Hitlci house, of Hake-,
Rev. .1. W. Norwood, of Boise, Idaho,
and Rev. .1. II- Lumper officiating.
The floral offerings were many and
were beautifully arranged around the
,..,bnt U nf vhi;'h besooke of the-
ympathv and hi-h esteem of thciv
iiirge miml'r of friinds that filled -.-
the parlors to overflowing. Mr. andj "'
Mrs. Sherv.-ocl fiili:ims rendered !'
some very appropriate music. "'
The interment whs in the family ri
lot in the .Masonic cemetery- The bc- ..
reaver! familv ha e the sympathy of j
the community in their sorrow.
Got Seven Point Buck on
Fox. Hill Near City
More llian one family in La
nralide is rartaklnc of venison to
rtav as a result l the head of the
family haeciijj- "'e buck yester
day. I'lcht iK. r, were brought into
town -during a f'-vr lioir0 yesterday
and avvf-ral iiit than that were
killrl. Albert Kroilse. Hen Moves.
V. 1'. Mohr and Harry Mohr all
got one apiece and a cood share
oi the hunters have not reported
or haie nt r-'Bra"! vet.
ok ASSoouTBD PRESS
run mmwu.
Tax Reduction is the Issue
Brought Forth in the
Resolutions Adopted J' a
vorinjf the La Grande
Man.
Willi nhniit 100 aiunatures the
pinrcn-for-CoYernor club . orinnir.ea
Snturdav afternoon in tlia city hall
whnn T. H. Crawford was chosen
as president of Ihe club. Miss Colin
n mu. secretary, ana i loyu i-
Kennon treasurer. The appeal ior
member, to the PiWeo club l not
restricted to party for according to
Judce Crawford al r welcome re
gardless of political complexion and
all are wanted.
Thai resolutions adopted at lue
meatinc follow:
We, the memnerj of me union
County. Pierce-ror-lioTeruor chid
view with alarm the rapid increase
in the rate of taxation for State,
Countr and Nunlclpal purposes. Al-
news-jready taxation has almost readied
the point or confiscation, and many
of our tax payer are facing bank
ruptcy.
We demand an economical, busi
ness administration of gorernnient
affairs. Slate, County and Munici
pal, limited to the neccssltleg of
sootl government. We demand that
appropriation! by the legislature be
cut to the bona and limited to tne
necessities of the state government.
We demand that taiei of all kinds
bo reduced to the luwest possible
limit.
We believe that Walter M. Tierce
as governor of this state, can and
would do much to carry out these
demands and reduce the tax bur
dens from which the people aro now
Buffering.
Be it. therefore rosoircd mat tne
members of this club will each work
and vote for Walter M. Fierce as
povernor. at the November election.
1922. and that we will do all 1
our yower to promote and further
his election.
Be1 it further resolved that the
officers of this club shall consist
of a president, a secretary, and a
treasurer, a vice president in every
town and city of the county, and
an executive committee consisting ol
the president and teta members com
posed of five men and five women.
It shall be the duty of the Execu
tive committee1 to direct all of the
act'ivitles of the club, and to ap
point the vice presidents Df the sev
eral towns and cities.
It shall be the duty of the vice
presidents to organize branch clubs
in their respective towns and cities
and to report their memberships
to the secretary of this club for en
rollment. '
mere
There shall be neither member-
of the elub shall b voluntary sub-
CLINT HAD Fl
Clint Van Fleet returned to
Grande yesterday following an ex
tended visit in Chicago, Omaha and
other middle western (points. While
on hia journey, which lasted about
1 " 1 VV ' - nil r Ml! I reilUWeU
h"l"ck (01fmerth," ,dl"e: , .
Th '"1ld'e, W6S' is -"""K h!vp
" ' the biggest corn crops or
many years " be staled today. "The
is In the pink of condition and
"ill yield an exceptionally heavy
cro - Other crop conditions are
cijf vh-ii, ninu.
In speaking of the heat wave he
continues, "I Rrrivod in Chicago
just in time to receive full benefit
of the heat wave. Hot wan no name
for it. I left ChicaKo on Wednes
day and on the following day three
people died duo to tho excessive
estimation and, although 1 had
fine trip, 1 am glad to get back.'
' :- K-
FRAMING NEW SCALE.
SALT LAKK Aug. 21. S. V. v
Piatt, geheral manager of the !
iregon Short Lino, will meet v
late today with re'iresentntives -!
of the shopmen anci allied crafts -I'
now in the employ of the Union v
Pacific with a view to framing '.
new wage schedule.
-I- vj t!- t'.- v
The prize story of the day was
the bagging of a seven point buck
,u.-i un rui run uooul iwo uiiie.t
'from town. Two boys, whose name;
! could not be ascertained, left ha
itlrande and In two hours returned
with the deer.
Harry Mohr, in aOdlllon to get
ting Ills deer, Hlgrt waned a young
war on rattlesnakes and nine of the
reptiles were left ded when he
returned to Iowa,
Til I EAST
LA GRANDE, OREGON,
FACT FIffi
COMMISSI
TO BE NAMED
Harding's Message Bring
Action on Part ol House
Member at "Washington
COAL FACTS TO
BE FERRETED
Vat ion to Have Body AVhieh
AViU Do Nothing Bui'
Gather Facts as They Ex
ist About Industry.
WASHINGTON, Auk 21 Chairman
Winslow of tho House commit tee, af
ter a conference today with lYcHidcnt
Hauling announced he wouid introduce
a bill to create n "fact findine;" com
mission as recommended by President
Harding in his special message to con
gress. Winslow later introduced a bill car
rying into effect the President's re
commendations for a sweepinir ifov-
ernmont coal investigation. ,
TUHKQ-GREEK
Fl
E
(Br Associated rrcas)
PARIS, Aug. '21 The Allied con
ference on the Turko-dvcek problem
will probably be hold in some Italian
city within six weeks as a result, of a
note frcm the British government to
the 1" rench ioreign oil ice today.
' Tho note answered a French com
munication of August lird aug'-restim'
conference in which 1 urkish and
Greek representatives would be admit
ted on an equal basis. ,
BULLETINS
WHEAT AT I'OKTI-ANl).
(fly AsHuclitt(.d t'reKH.l
PORTLAND, Autr. 21. iWhcut sold
it $1.02 to $l.Cf7 'oilny.
KLANSMKN DKMTU. ,
(bV Asaociuted ITena;
MKDFORI). AuR. lil Demurers at
tacking Indictments recently retumcil
iy ine granu jury nere wnuri iiivt-H-Mcnted
the Ku Kiux Klan were filed
y six men indicted and wiii be argued
he first Saturday in beptcmber.
LIGHTNKR WAS A STOWAWAY.
LOS ANGKI'T, Aug. 21. David
Lightner, apprehended on the Hteam-
;r rar allon, and taken into custody on
i Tcrtlnnd federal narcotics charge,
vas found as a stowaway on that ves-
irl foliowintr his est-ane at Shanghai,
it developed when he landed here to
day.
IT LOOKS AS IF
J) j mmh aunty
MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1922
If Oregon is Drier
Than Elsewhere What
About tho Elsewhere?,
WASHINGTON, Auff. 21 Calling
OreKon "the Sahara f America' Pro
libiticn CommisKioncr Hayes today
Icclared that after 'chocking up ru
oorU from other stntei thero is Icbb
iquor and less drunkenneBs-there thnn
:n any other slate.' State Director
(anville, in reporting conditions, snys
thore ik moontihining which it will take
eais to conipcltely eradicate, but ho
is pleased with the progress made
scaTdedto
death en a
Klainalh Falls Man Falls
Into the "Devil's Tea
Kettle" Sunr Kluniath
UNABLE TO GET
UP SLICK
BANK
.Man KulTerx in 1-Jpilin Wa
ter L'nlil Screams Bring
. Assistance From. People
Near. bv.
Hr ANflociiucd Proas)
KLAT'ATH FALLS. Aug. 21
Fiank Albert, aged fifty, died last
rifht from scalds ho received when he
fell into the "Devil's Tea Kettle" hot
.sming here yesterday.
Albeit lost his footing while filling
a bin el with water for household use
and plunged into the spring, tempera
ture of which was H7 degrees. He
whs unable to climb up the slippery
bank and had to remain in the water
several minutes heforo his screams
brought assistance.
The sheriff's forces made ft raid on
the Kmmons Cigar store and also on
the A. It. Kmmons residence Saturday
evening about twelve o'clock in Union
and discovered one half gallon of
moonshine in the store nnd two galtonn
buried nt tho residence. According to
the sheriff, Kmmons poured some
liquid out of a pitcher, supposed to
be li'iu&r, when: .the forces entered
the establishment.
Km mom was brought to La Grande
and appeared before County JudKn U-G-
Couch this morning at ten o'clock
for his arraignment. Ho "waived
hearing and will be tried at ten
o'clock tomorrow morning. His bond-
were set at ?"00, which were arranged
for.
Another establishment wart raided
the same nii;ht in Union but 110 evi
dence was discovered.
IT'S GONNA BE KINDA
SHERIFF RAIJJS
BOOTLEGGER
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUCPimiP IclRnTHRHII n IAH I Innmip n a in
HIM 1 1 1 Mill hi iiu i iiuiiilu miiLL in II (ill. i .1MIII
w..Mwintiw iw ,,,,.. uunuu umu
ME OK All w
MEN BY WEEKS
Soldiers to Tell of Experi
ence in Handling Uail
road AVork
STRIKES SAID
TO CAUSE ACT
Secrctarv Weeks Savs There
.lias een sso Uccasion as
Yet to Call Annv liut Will
He lveady for Emergency
(By AttHoclntcd Press.)
WASHINGTON Aii7. 21. In order
to un fully prepared for any develop
ment the war department is recheck
ins occupational qualifications of en
listed inon of the nrmv to make nuick
action possible in event Federal troops-hhink
...V lontu um.'ii i"r uuiy in ino coal
or railroad strikes.
Corps commands have been instruct
ed to report how many men have ox
perienco in railroad work. So far ni
request for men in connection with
either striko has been necessary, but
Secretary Weeks said lie wished to b
prepared for any emergency.
(By Assocluled Trose)
PKKIN'O, Aui. 21. CIravo alarm
is felt by the British Kovernmenl
r-iiroutfhout MrmcJiuria over Chaiiir-Ho-I.in's
attitude to withhold protec
tion of British lives and property held
in reprisal for what ho calls British
contempt of his authority as governor.
T
The police court had a busy day to
day nnd for a few fellows who had
fallen by the wayside it was a "blue''
Monday. At ten o'clock Judge Robert
Kakin took the djair itnd the dispens
ing of justice began.
ItciHge Kupple, who went loco nnd
damaged a gord share of his furni
turo Friday evening due to drinking
from a mess of fermenlint; fruit in a
zinc bathtub, had been freed on $2j
bonds nnd was to answer to Ihe charge
of disorderly conduct. He forfeited
li in bonds by non-appearance.
V. '.Martinez, n Mexican, was next
en the roll call and was fimd $10 for
being in nn intoxicated condition on
the streets.
II- .1. Hnrdy. chanred with sneeilina
to a fire, wns lined $5.
CROWDED
ENGLAND DOES
N0TUKE IDEA
Noted North Powder Merchant-Statesman
Will Cease
Commercial Activities nnd
Take Life Easy.
llunniiii Kothchilil, one 0f tho most
imiKi'usiiiv und wo miitlit say "i
tuicsiiuc" men in ihis community for
u poiiod o thirty-Hewn yoms is jiliin
niiiR on i-tiriiiK from the iiiurcliauilis
111K fii-lil, ayn . tho North PowoVr
ov8. Air. Kothchild has soivod in
this I'omniunlty not oniy us a nion hiint
but ns mayor, tioasuror, mill clork ot
tho local sc-hool district. 11c is a char
ier mcniDer of tho local I. O .0. R
locluo and is still a member of that
organization
There are many who will miss the
Kcninl smile anil hearty handshake of
me veieian mercnant, sliouiil ho really
ievo ine community as no is now
planning, many a broken man re
ceived his "irrubstako" from "Herman"
as he is alfectionateiy called by nil.
Ve say ho is picturesque because hdjford AlacNidor, national commander
tits s u uxiuro in vuo commun-
ay nie so lonjr that ono can hanlly
cf North Powder without tlunk-
ing of Herman iltothchild. He is also
Known us the one man who never turn
ed a deaf ear to poverty or distress.
Jn his active life tin nt nnn (in...
was elected to the state leirishitii. I
in . yiiiK me oniy democrat and'
he only Hebrew vlwlvd U, that body!
in"giessive in i (i lar-seeing man while
acting in the capacity of a legislator.
He was North Powder's first mayor
and served m that canacitv for two
teims, and then like Washinlgon, re-j
fused nomination fur a third term. I
M. iliothchild was born in Wurtem
burK. (lernjinv. where he received
an education and also served time in
the German army, after which he mi-
ginted to this country. He first re
sided with an uncie in Shelby county, i
(vmuicKy, aim auerwar.l came west,
locnting and accepting a position with
ins cousin, amuei utJincnuu, at 1'en-
dleton. This was in lKKll. In 18H5
another cousin, Joseph Barrett, wa.i
conducting a general store in North
Powder in company with H. O. (ior
ham, and he became ill. Mr. Kothchild
was called to thin r.itv to care for the
business during tho iilncat of linrrett,
but Mr. Harrett w far more ill than
was expected nnd ho passed away,
ltotehild was planning on helling out
the business for tho deceased cousin,
but friends prevailed upon him to ac
cent a partnership with Mr. (iorham,
which he did, and the business wns
conducted as (Jorhunv & It' Michlld
since July, 1H85- - Mr. .Kothchild later
purchased the Gorhum interests, but
conducted the stuie under the original
firm name. .,
About three years ago Mr. Rot belli Id
was afflicted with paralysis and since
that time has nut been as active in
public life as wa'.' formery his cus
tom. Though afflicte(l with a paralyz
ed limb and aim, the old veteran re
fused to give up his ipost as North
Powder's pioneer merchant, and with
an indomitable will, succeeded in at
tending to his regular business af:iirs,
conducting his store the same ns UMual.
However, ns the year went by, Mr-iiotlu-hild
decided he wnud would like
to visit his old home in Kuropc, where
he has numerous relatives who hold
high positions in both the commercial
and social life of their commuuitic:,
and who are desirous if having him
end in view be is slowly decreasing!
his stock that he might sell at an op-
porlune moment and he fret to go
where he may. He is not advertising
a sale, ncr is he letting his grocery
slr.ck run below normal, but be is mnk-,
i u i some a 1 1 ractive prices on the ,
many things that arc staple but have!
a slow sale. I
Ju.vt when ho will be ready to lcavj
it is hard to say at this time, ns he!
will have a lot of detail work to do in
rinsing up his business, but as stated
alu.ve he is prcnuriitg to pell out and
bid Kasteru Oregon goodbye.
Tom Mahoney Sees Bet
ter Conditions Appearing
for the Pacific Northwest
Thomas .1. Mahoney, formerly of
the lioppnor First National bunk, then
at the head of tile Live Stock Slalei
nk of Portland but now representing
livestM'k interests of the northwest,
uih in l.a (iiatifle this morning on his
way to I'lntrrpno to upend the day
with Jay Dobbins and other extensive
live sto;k rairW'is.
"'i hings nre getting a wee bit bet
dr(" shU Mr. J;i)oney. "1 inn cer
tain 4ht the trnna i- over for live
doi-k frn.Tw. jlthnd it i- not anygam
bl uf r's vt. (ienetal conditions, t'itv
l-i-niniR, hu h reflects U;
tiiip-JitMMtf . ikrivc iu the livnUInimle und Hot Lake the traffic reg-st(K-k
vwi tk' n rowers will.isteved at 11 being horse drawn
be bcmtitv-r f ie time." ) vehicle.-.
. 5
Gray
WASHINGTON. Ag. 21. Pari It.
Oray, president nf the Union Pacific
liiib -ad. and Alfred P. Thorn, gen-
i a! counsel for the Association of
Kiiilway Pn"ident-, continued loifay
in conference with govern nut'it of
ficials relative to the niiln'ad strike
Anin uiicenirnt whs made to the puo
'hat ' he fonfei rtvc was without
h.pecial s.KiiifKanLC.
NUMBER 273 .
70 HE SURE
OF PASSING
National Commander of tho
American Legion Claims
X ouest ion About Jt.
BOTH PARTIES
SEEM FAVORABLE
I Si 1 1 Which Will he Intro
duced Wednesday Believ
ed liy Commander to
Have Uood Chance of
Passing Wenate This Week
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Han-
of the American Legion, In a state
ment issued today, duclured tllut a
personal eanvass of tho bonus situ
ation allowed u majority uf tho sen
ate, IncliiiiliiK both political parlies,
pledged for tho pussago ot tho bonus
bill.
Commander MacNidor predictotl
tho bill which tho senate will tuko
up Wednesday will pasa tho Beuato
Lure ol: (lie H ills Took Play
ers from Diamond to Hunt
Deer; (iiiine viisPlayed
with Score ot 11 to 11. 4 .
Apparently the doer and K' ouho that
aro luppoacil to ho reaming in tho hills
drew tho attention of too many mar
ried men yesterday hecauso only two
of them made their appeal alico on tho
diamond ycdoiday afternoon to d;
hattle with tho single nien'n leam. P-nt
the name went on, iieverthelesH, with
tho married men finally Kettinfr1 tho
mnnll end of a 12 to 11 arorc.
When the umpire was utrollinjr onU
the diamond to announce the hatlerien
and Htart the iriime only Bob Smith
and ('hildei'H had arrived so, in order,
to satisfy the crowd, and not delay ,
the (,'ame, a hunch of bachelors were '
iceriiitod to fill tip the teum and tho
conflict was on.
Carrol pitched for the married men
with Bill Workman rntrhinir- Toots
(unity received for Speed Meacrve
on the other tram. Tho Kamo wa
interesting, without n doubt, even tho
scorckceper becoming excited- Tho
Came was nip and tuck throughout,
first one team takintr the lead and
then the other. I). it when the ninth inn
inir was concluded the bachelors car
ried the lonir end uf the score frjm tho
field.
A fair crowd was in atteiidan;o arcl
tne (rate receipts will lie tn-cd aa a
''"t'f't fu it id
The monthly highway census has
been completed and still shows a
steady increase of vehicles passing ov
er the highways in Kastern Oregon.
These figures were taken on August
17 and completed this morning, and
they show an increase of travel since
July 17 of nineteen per cent.
1 he number of cars nassing ut
Moachain was K: for this month nnd
17;t f(.r last month. Tim slight fall
here is accounted for by the wrk on
the roads in that section, which tend
to discourage the travelers. At iMinam
a light decrease was felt also, the fig
ures being 85 for iast month and 75
for this ni'inih. He t ween Klgin and!
Minani SI passed this month and
last month- lietveen l.a Crande and
Hilgard the figurt'H showed 'A'.iH vo
hicbs for this month and only for
lust month. This was tho greatest
Hetween Ii dramie and Island
iKti, .'Hi of wlmh were horse
drawn velm-lcs, and tietwt en 1 m
Keeps
nmnnirn nnrm i
lIuHltUltN '
FAILED TO SHOW
HIGHWAY CENSUS
NOW COMPLETED
Strike Conference
POUTl.AND, Aits. 21. TonlKht
nnd Tuesday will bo senerally fair.
1