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m VOLUME XXV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED I'KESS LA, GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER (i, 1922 MEM II EI! OF ASSOCIATED PUESS NUMBER 313 j1" fe? j lij , Bai M EiiSSS :. S - LOST I FIRST PRIZE II COHTEST WalloV.'a County FiUl" Cloyt'S Its Best Year Since Beginning. PRODUCTS OF FARM AND LIVE STOCK GOOD S. T. Daggett of Joseph Car l'ics Away Second Prize1 for Exhibits Great In terest Shown. HNTKUrillS!-:, del. In tho llilitlH f '(Hill IHU'llH'W mill of SU1L1 "S" lair clllHses ul' live MikU llio i-ounty ll'lH cimio liat'U (I'll v:ir MtionKcr than I'nr many mvikoii; Interest in the ln'uKi'iinl of lares iimt sports. ... at'l'car.H. lias tuliu'ii to promote tntt'r rsl in ottior fatt:r-s, ina'.cinir tltl.s tin' best nil aror ul l.iir ev.jr IhM I'rfciiH't hil'its in ihf emmty ' cniiMK'tition. tlnliviilual displays :ind liruin rxliiliitH aic laruu ami ultra. live. In tin' live slock section nit owing of hogv surpasses au thing In Hie past and tho sheep sociion also; 1h unusually well rilled. f 'at tie horses -ire not sn t oil s". Tho poultry house Is full ami the showing x real ly excellent. LoMino Take-; l-'irt 1'i'lc. Seven pre.im i .1 i.-j s arc shown, 111 tho competition for prizes aggregat ing $ :t T fi . First prize was awarded to Lostinc, for-a display unusual tor the rum taken in .htail, arranged by Mm, Albert DuMoy and Mrs. H. I. Whit more. The t grains ;iiul fcrawie.H are Hhown in most arprovd arraiwreiiieiit and the wlKtle Krctlon has won the ap proval of all Who !yv mcl-H it. Tlic liplay Keoreil (.2 poitiis. Second niom-y was iakn by the ex liildt lio'ii Josfpli. thfs. work of lh veteriin, S. T. 1 ; i Vrw t . who scored points. I- has a v.-niidcrfnl variet of vci;ctulJoN. praiiis. hay. fruits ;ind other produels tt' his sfcllon. Much of his display is from his own garden. Tliird pri;:e was -iwarded to I'rcmi ise. wh ieh seined si 'iM'hi's mi the dis 1U v lu-oHHht h- .1. K. ( 'or per. Te, j'oat'M airo he swept everyt li ine before htm and he did not eome ii:u k a:ahi tr i'., ,. ,. i i,.-,,. i,. v,,, !.! i...v, dlslay that outd mako them, all sit up and take notice. Fmirlh (Jnrs U, Hiilliuui. Fourih prize was taken tv Wallowa w'th, T7 points. st'etion is in charge 'of T. C. Johnson ami IS. H. (diver and ibnt lin.; a great vatieiy of rt I farm and garden ptodnee, most which Was shown last week ill the.' Wallowa coininunily fair. Fifth h on iirs went to the I mnahi' ' display Hhown by Jesse Warnoek. j Sixth went to YV. F.. H.i vs' showing from Ente'Trisr and J. G. Matheny'sj Trnnali t display was seventh in the lace. Carper GcN u ITr-t. J. K. Carper won further honors by taking Hist prize for the lust Individ-; llal dispiav, brouglit 1 1 oin Protnls". ! Mrs. P.oy Oagn'-tt was second in this f .nmni.llll.in t. ... 1 Mis: .1 II l.llidlevi was third will, exhibits from the 1 .hid-i lev farm on Trout e'eek. In the in .vs' ron.i.etilion. CI:: renee I Sh-iver w:"? was Sftoii'l ho s. W. V.. l':i lain special fi't and Ilvtim 1 'u'-gelt ' I Join are Alder Slope! licit tr with a Gems. Prizes 1.M-J!ii: for the br-.t kv Hild the rivalr' indue, 1'lo.v.l V .". Under, went l.'biK-rately. w at the ighim: t cave, nialier ' vei y and testing sa He Iih'1 iml liipht. Anooiir thr peetion whleh eall'e shown iples witii utin Inl-jiMl h labor last j j the stock i Jiif ict.-d attention were -. W. T. I 'by of Hot! kiKc :ni . .1. 'iv.i " oi i moo., Townb'V of" I'liion. , t I As has ben said, tie hors and .slu-ept ot'P the tvatiir.. or t' e Mork seel ioo ! and uivp an i id e: e-t in character t I Ihiw part of li e fair. 1 riue ti IMiibil. j Kxhihiio-s in ihe tine ut1s and) Jionie work section included the fol-iyf lowimr. .Mnry. Mir, CI. :k; Anil. D.-rnu: Ast wo-.tl. Ono . ; A:.Tw.od. Mr, J. D. Asbb-v. .I.-.n. Hond. Mrs- IV ".: fl"' rhrr. Lillian f Con tin tied on pac Kieht. Endurance Records Are Shattered san ii::;n. cabr.. o-t. ah tMiduranee r. ' or-ls w -re s!!;a-h-d by Lieutena:it .M;h '.v!y and Kel- b-V. Who. At "I - o . tr.. K tiny Piornir bad r 'i ;.:::ed al-dt for Iiouijs and 1 niiuates. . nnrip t nrmv UrtliDlUUH! Two-Day Blue Mountain Grange Fair Commences; Fine Displays; Program, ' This Evening. The Ulue Mountain Grange fair Opened today witli the weather lon- .tiiii.nu diiM.i Althmmh enrlv gloom prevailed, thy resultant breaking of Ihe clouds and tho pHMitniii ami shino' drove the dump away. Ono of the features of the first day will ho a special program to bo held this evening i the Grange hull to which the entire public is cordially invited. The committee in charge has made special efforts to ;eeuro a program oi me iirsi water and 'indications are that heir efforts will meet with fine success. Kvents are following one another in rapid succession today despite the fact that tho first day is really preliminary to tho final nnd big day of tho fair. A special event,, which is in ludfd among tho program, is a I". , """" :Wiia J., J... iiny oi lH viiaiiiic j giving two prizes to the winders. This event is scheduled for two o'clock tomorrow afternoon and Js 11 rousing considerable interest. The program to be hold this eve ning will take place in the Orange Itail which Is located east of La Oru nlo on the Oekeler hme. Sev oral men of prominenco will par ticlpato In t he program. Tho exhibits are said to bo among the fluent over on display in Eastern Oregon nnd all in all the fair promises to be a complete success from every .angle. Pendleton Argues for New Jail Because of Action of Prisoners. Another argninent for a new couil ,iail for I'mntPla county was prc- s'"l'd last night hiijk the Pendleton East ( n egonhm. The man making tho "aruiiieni" was l'"rel Mluke, held by th authorities on a charge of being one of the four men who held up and rohbed men in the Huron road camp bust spring, liy using an hnprovised -sjiw, I Make came very nearly winning his freedom from Jail by Hawing through tho ceiling of Hie jail and tho floor of tho court room. Tho studious habit of l. I'roeb stel. deputy county clerk, proved a stumbling block lo Illake's effort to win his way to freedom, becmse II ! was Proeiislel who heard ltlake saw- lug aud turned in the alarm that fin ally resulted in iliscovery being mad. Irnebitel returned to the' clerk's of fice after working hours last night lo study. He had not gone far in his read ing until he was disturbed by an im- "m,il 1 Al firsl- l,ilil1 attention to the racket, but after a ' " Hc 1 ii lied the decision thai - ""ineoiie in the jail was using n saw. Suspecting that a jail delivery miht be under way. he reported to JAILBREAKWAS fjSS NEARA1 HAND fir:--f in (he po-''1' sheriff's office, but there wis no play of Netted101"' pfcsenl who coiihl txo into the jail. 1'roebstel returned to bis studies, but o w.-ro offered''10 W;lH not satisTied, and when the id hay exhibit j ,u,fse continued, he persisted in his strontrth.il (hev''d's to thy sheriff's office until an ( xaminaiion was mane. Ktake was coming down the ladder on which he had been standing to sw he boards which birred Ibe way t freedom when Deputy Sheriff Dave La ender made, an inspection of I lie jail. He had userl an ordinary case knife which had been notched for his sawing worn. I no saw liao snmcieni 't to enable Wit operator to uri K some headway, and if Mr oebslcl had ,lu' been irritated by the noise b" made, ltlake iniht haxe won his Wi. " freedom. Th(, belief Is e prcs.-ed by members the sheriff's force that mitsido aid rendered ltlake and tltat i knife was already note her) and made ' into a saw Itefore it re.o licd the hand : ...I tlx- tw-iui.Ili.t' IMi.ki- li.,.l . ihrouuh ttuee boards in the floor oi ( 'the courtroom when he wns discover- .I. at San DM When i.-y started yesterday in orninz to fly to Nv York they ; w.-re- lorced to turn li.tck on ac ! con nt of a hea y foy. but itiHiea! of landing, rnutitiued eirt-bt abf-ve , t be cit y of .Sa;i Diego fur an ou jdui'iMite Its fc mrt . SHIPS MSI RESPECT THE LIQUOR LiS Attorney General Daugher ty. Hands Down Opinion on Important Matter. PRIVATE OWNED OR GOVERNMENT OWNED All Will beTreated Alike and Foreign Ships Must Not Sell Liquor .Within the Three-Mile Zone. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. Trans portation or sale of alcoholic liquor on American ships, whether private or govern mo nt owned, and on for eign vossoIh within threu miles of the American coast, , was held II legal under tho I'nlled States pro hibition laws In an opinion handed down today by Attorney General Dougherty. (It.- Afffucititrd Prtiitfl.) CO HA I P. Out., 'ct. i. Heavy rains today virtually quenched the raging forest fires about this city which have resulted in possibly kInI.v deaths and the destroying of Haileybury ami several smaller settlements. IIS.SIWJ WIIITI'J PLAINS. N. Y., Oct. fi. Su preme Courl Justice MotS'diailsser to lay confirmed the referee's report in the Stillmun divorce case and allowed m .... i- utiii. ...... it-iwt ,i(,r..n,it..l ihesuit against her banker husband, "costs in the case. FOREST HE KILLS SKIT RAINS COME WIN SGOST SUIT politico-financial-FoEiGM i MORGUE 0 .( ' -r ( LxK"v ii1 r i . tl i y-iX I C(i L- i..- u- I iul'i - ' John d. PM .; V-,RE' ' (7f" f V IN ANOTHER I t V ..- - I -, 1 ' 1 . ! I M-Ar 0 . 9 . GIANTS DHRiOllGE WINNE 3 (tiy AsHC"tfU'd l'r!-) NEW YOHK. "Kt. 6. The .limits won again today; score wan & to 0, Final bcore stood; Yankees, ik runs, four lilts, ono error. Giants three inns, twelve hits and ono error. Today's paid attendance was 37, ii2U, and the not gate receipts con stituted u record for u single day. NKW YORK, Oct. C. The (Hants plastered (heir ancient enemies, the Yankees, today with n coat ol whitewash, winning thu second vic tory over tho American leufiiiu champions by a score ot three to nothing. ' "Deacon llohn Scolt, resur rected after till major leaguo clubs had regarded his pitching arm as ruined beyond repair, made tho Yankees look foolish. Ho had speed galore and a fine curve. Hoyt pitched a losing game for the Yankees, Jones relieving him in tho eighth. The Giants grabbed two runs in the i bird when Bancroft scored on a sacrifice fly and Ciroh camo homo on M ousel's liner. The Yankees got t wo on bases In t ho seven! h but failed to score. McN'nlly took Ward's place at second for tho Yankees In tho sovonth. (Hants got their third run In tho seventh by Uam-roft, who walked and, was ad vanced around bases on hits by j Groh and l-'iisch. NKW YOKK, Oct. 6. Stockhold ers of tho Standard Oil company of New York today declared stock dividends of 200 per cent. Increas ing tho capital from $75,OPO to $21i5,i'KJO and reducing the par val ue of tho slock from $100 to $25 per share. (Mv Asstielntfd li't(t.l PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. fi. Knir in uie oHsioru iuh ui mu state and probably rain in western Ore STANDARD GIL k mm mm IU I IIUUI LIIUUU THE BUSY MAN'S NEWSPAPER TO WITH!) OH, COm ITU in'.:. For halt' to thrl Can-: when the Viat you R and viyor; If yov health, dri cereal bevi you to get Serve family will like flavor. Post it r, instantly in t packages, lot prepared) in mm oday, upon receiving a notlco from tho Pacific Telegraph . und Tehv rphono company and Homo Tele phone aud Telegraph company of !,Spokauo. In addition the companies filed revision of toll rate schedule con forming with pro-war toll rates as ordered by tho depart inent at t h" Hmo t ho Increased raleH, which amount oil lo approximately 1 per cent, were suspended. PORTLAND. Oct. ((. The bat lories for the third game of the world serf os i:i as toihiws: Hoyt and jhaug fur I hn Yankees, ami Krott and Smith for t ho O hints. HOYT FACES SCOTT TODAY ' Sets New Record for Time and Area Covered; Crops Damaged Only Sucmtly: Forest Fires and Loss of Lives Result. (Mr Associated Press) WASHINGTON, tk-t. ii. With the vceplion of California and the north ern I'acifie Coast. I lorida and the east dull' coast, the Culled States Is in the K'i'tp of draught that promise: lo perpetrate considerable damage nil less relief soon couiom. l-'roni Wash hiKtou, 1. C, to south ol' Knoxvillo, 'Tennesse, there In a "low," which is .hardly moving and which forms a harrier to moisture hen ring w inds. The present dry spell Is make hoiuo jwbat of a record for territory covered jiind length of time but .meteorologist;" and fiiriuers tleehiro that ho fir it bus I'oresis Sul'fer. While runners have not been both ered greatly over crop damages, grunt loss lias been done by forest fires In driest sections and ktuvo fears have been expressed in this country and Canada for inhabitants of forested areas. In noii hern Ontario Miou persons have been rendered homeless, an un determined number aro tea id to have perished, three towns have been wiped out and at least four others partially destroyed. Tentative estimates of the properly loss amounts lo millions. In northern Minnesota, an area of about inn si pi are miles is burning in many placets more than I no fires hav ing been reported. It is thought that no lives have been lost In this section. Weather bureau officials can see no relief from doucht and also from Die general attending high tempera tures In any section of the country, except where local hIiowoi'M are re portd. I'Yom nine cities throughout tho middle west have Come reports of temperatures higher than any ever before .recorded for this time of thu yuur. L Last Service Over LaGrande lAIan Lai'gely AtU'iuled Procession is Formed at Kesidence. 1 AtlendMiicu was largi-- this fore noon when thu service was hold over Ihe remains of the late J. v.. Foley. Pi lciidH from nil over I ho valley cotiKief-fited a I tho Oil hu llo church at Ju::i0 o'clock lo hear Kat her i aieser pronounce I ho final words. Following (ho Catholic funeral custom to Its completion, Fa I her Looser I hen spoke briefly but impressively of t he life of t ho dot-eased, calling attention to his i;ood deeds, his kind mil uro, ami his never falling friendship. Tho funeral procession formed at t ho Foley resi delict on Wash ington si reel short ly niter 10 o'clock aud proceeded to I ho church. A ft or t he ner vice tho long proces sion moved forward to tho oomo t cry wheio (i short servicu at the gin vo was hebl, Tho honorary pall bearers wore; .Inde,e C. II. Finn, William Itollous, T. .1 . Sc row gin anil I truce Dennis. The active pall beaii-rs Wore: .1. H. Pea re, Jaim-H Carrity, Norma u Desi- let, Adoiph Newliu, Martin King ami F. I.. Movers. WOT All is in Readiness For Tri-State Tourney W.!ii Helfl-d alher mote liiao . nv itiu.' Hls week, spoilt t on nut men I ti-, Ii t.-tale niilf In M lieie toliioll and Siiiub .nl(i:d and bap.. A i rn ugeinetiH ! n ud Charles II. Reynolds. Tint or-Imvi- been co mi d"hd mi far an pos- ,.f nf flight ami players, for Ltt slide, ,md plav will login at sr.ut lo J (i rji mlo ttimorrnw mo listed rospoc luoriow inoiniim. The Poise I e 1 1 -1 1 1 a 1 1 1 lively above, tea m t em oulo t his afternoon and I Sunday's LI no-Pp. ivndl.'ton. Walla Walla and Itakeij xho linv-up fur Sunday, without will be arriving during Ihe evening. ,Hiler, i, LaWaon, Reynolds, Ibdi I tie idav will be fm It hob s a da . j nenkniup, Kiddie; ' Crowd. Kreeso, At (he noon hour of eaeb day the local .. . tlirnhv. Iliugtier Poaivh. Tho . jab I..- bo 1 lo Hie visitor lamtieon al the i'oonli' Cluh. To iliiininv evi tilliu then- will be a daiie iu.' parU at the i luh in honor of the ift.tot '. '. .o.-t pcoii:g rallier -.lout in supply. Cadd .Master A. W Nelson will reiyhe. reglstruiitnis to uibl at 4in. M. Ti,, phivei'4 w iiii Ii Hi tournament i.iumil 1 .'' I.. design. Ued to ca it e 1, O, llOUOl J" fol No I, (J L. Lai CbaibH II. Reynolds; liohiM'tikitinii; No. 1, No. a, S. D. Cror; ison; N 2, No :t. clips' Fieil Ktddb-; No, ii, Klmer S'odda No. s, 7. N. W. Fro .Sieddard; No. '.) III illUUMIM IS HALTED Lord Curzon to Confer with' Premier I'oincare at Paris. TURKS DISAGREE ON CONDITIONS British Declare Turks arc Demanding More than was Offered in the Allied Note. fltjr AftMocined Troii Iiuls, Oct. f. Tho I'H'iicli goveinment, today Instructed its minister n Athens to pro t est ugui nsl t lie ( J reek gov ernment sending ro-ouforco-ineiitH to tho (ji'cek nriiiy Jit Tbraco. 1 ttty Asunciarea frensi LONDON, Oct. fi. , Tho .Mudanhi eonference In not ended, tt was offici ally Klated at tho conclusion of tho Hrltlsh Cabinet meeting this morning, but It Is deadlocked tiud cannot bj ri'suiued before llio lirltlsh and French governments confer oo tho situation. Lord Curzon. Drllish foreign sec retary, will Ipnvo imnmdUitoly for Paris tfi moo I'reinler Poiticare, Tho Itritlsh detdaro th TurkM aro demanding mote than was offered In tho Allied tiido. and on the other hand, they are not accepting conditions of that nolo that are considered of pro uder importance. Tho Turks seek to obtain concessions of tho noto with out conditions, say officials here. Uy Assnebifd Press. CONHTA NTINOPU J, Octs II, A f ler confortiig most of tho night with high commissioners aud military ex perts hero the Allied generals this morning prepared to leave again for Mudaula for a resumption of thu Ar mistice conference, which I hey left yesterday. The Mltualiou is considered irrnve, but hope Is exprossed that, bas is for agreement among tho ISrltish, French ami Italian delegation should bo reached. NO. 4 DICKAILEl) The loconiollve on Train No. 4, oast bound passenger, was derailed ul Por i-y early Ibis morning and us n result I he 1 1 ack was blocked lor several hours unlit lb,, matter could be right ed. Prompt action brought (lie train into La C.rande at !;If this morning, only vthout four and ono half houm lale. No fhiinngn of any ctinsetiuenco w.ui done and no ono was injured. Tho reason for Ibe derailment has not yet been ascertained. AIKI'LANK AtTlVK TODAY ('railing necks aro ipiito proval enl loday with tho Lincoln bl-plano circling over tho cily of La Urundo and udjaconl sections of tho val ley. For Ihe past few days occu Hional flights have boon made, nono of them morn I hint local, however. The piano has been reported as having boon sold by tho La Giitndo Aircraft com puny tr a loncorn in Idaho and rumors have it tltat tho plane will hop off for its new, homo at any lime. Tho airplane was hiii Ht-vernl times yesterday during the rain. hkeh J. Carr; No. lo, Karl Stoddard, as tor) Those who servo on the com init io bo tee Hcloettug the players uro Nyr iy am' man Freese, chairman. J. J. Carp it I-,. i n.i ,.,. uii hit II uie for Mu Itireu Stodclards on Sunday. Alieruates, wlihoiii order, Claudo Scianton. 11. K. Ibxon, Dun Tan-, iter, August St a nge, John Theison, A. W. N'dson and W. W.. Horry. Sunday's position In nights will be determined by llio total slrokort of each player during I ho first I day. This ru lo will apply to all ul lies. The La- Ci -a ndo team will hold a iiifi'i iug tonight to arrange fop meeting the visitors at tho train. The meeting will bo held lit 7 : :j i o'clock at the office of CharloH i-r ! lie nobis to disciu-s t he playing ': it ii les and to tiieel Incotuiug trains. J. I Alternates will al io bo present.
