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VOLUME XXV MEMBER OF A880GIATBD PRESS
LA, GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1922
MEMBER OK ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 319.
Interstate Festival Will
Mark Completion of Road
into Wallowa from North
REFUGEES 01 oreWn Ship Owners up in
Arms Over Anti-Wine Law
CROP
IS
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Oregon's Growing Crops
Improved Somewhat Dur
ing September.
feUMMER RAINS
WERE HELPFUL
Crof
s in utner estates De
clined While Oregon!s
Crops Increased; Winter
Grain Crop Backward.
I'OHTI.ANI), CM. 13. Orciioil'n
srowinfr crops Improved somewhat
during- (lie inolilh of Seldemhcr, while
the condition of crop over the coun
try ns a whole doc-lined to home ex
tent, I the suhst.ince of the reports
ronchlliR tho office of I.. Kent, A
ricultuinl HtHlislichin, I'. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. ,
The early September rains, follow
ed by flno growing weather, were very
helpful to late potatoes, corn, pastures,
cabbage, tomatoes, etc. No killing frost
lo dato, except in some of the higher
altitudes, has further contributed to
the fine fall weather conditions In -tho
western part of the state. The east-
ern part oT the state has not fared
nttlte so well, however. Mince the early
Keptemhcr rains were lacking and
theto has been somewhat more frost
damage, although not general.
Tho late September and early Octo
ber rains appear to have been quite
gene r.'il over the state, but too light
to huve been greatly beneficial In the
eastern portion of the state. Hasten.
utegon wneai rarmers nave own .
to seed their summer fallow for a
month or more, but have walled oh
account of lack ot soil condition for
planting, the seeding of winter wheal
on summer fallow will be In full
swing by October Uth, since It Is not
considered advisable to defer fall seed
ing much later than that date. j
In tho western part of the state the
rfceent rains have put the soil in ex
cellent condition for potato digging,
and tho early and mid-season plant
ings are now being dug. Kail plowing
and silo filling are nutjor farm opera
tions In tho western district at this
time.
Reports from Agricultural Statisti
cians lo the Department at Washing
ton, 1. C., for the period September
1H to 3n, give the following In
formation:
"Plowing and seeding of fall sown
grains has generally been delayod in
most $oetions by lack of moisture in
the soil and Is reported to be prac
tically at a standstill in Illinois, In
diana, and Michigan. In many sec
tions farmers are delaying the seed-1
Ing of wheat, waiting for fly free
dates. There is ample moisture re
ported from Missouri, eastern Kan
s.is, and parts of Nebraska and Iowa.
Seeding Is nearly completed in west
ern Kansas, and much of the wheat
Is up In the eastern sect ion of t hat
state. Threshing of wheat is In pro
gress In the middle northern slates
and is grading high In North Oakota
and Montana except for slight dam
ago in spots by rain."
"The ylold of White Potatoes Is run
ning from poor to good In New Eng
land with quality about as usual. In
New York blight and rot have in
creased rapidly of late. l-'rom many
sections of the country the crop is
reported us being of Inferior quality.
Tho Michigan crop has suffered somo
frost damage, and scab damage has
been extensive in Illinois and Indiana."
"Winter apples are being picked In
New York. The crop is large but qual
ity low outside oT the commercial or
chards. Virginia apples arc going into
storage In good cudition. Yields are
reported to be above expectations in
West Virginia. lit tho middle west
states the apple crop is generally large
but under-sized and much damage by
scab Is report ed. Insufficient trans
portation facilities are reported from
several district"."
UnionCounty
Members Make Showing
Champion novs' club members
were selected this year as In previ- winnlni; first in the class there,
oils years. Tho two hi Kb scoriim" j Either one would afford ood compe
boys In the county won a free tripllition of any animal of the samej
to the state fair which was awarded I breed. The host of the two pics has
by the county court, and were a-c-jheeH entered in the Pacific Interua
eonipanled os the trls hy Mr. ' A. tional Llve-Mei k Kiposltion. Novem
K. IvanVoe. muiy tik.J sri-1 ker 4 t. 11. nJ should mako a Rood
tetldent, ii ilm ior IW ! fclfi itln tsere.
scorins tlrlx n els. IH Jtws Jny" of Island fity. who
county. !m t' 4 W- tA cliaiupion. has
Clifford Cotu. S4-I !. ' r trw t same litter
Uihler. On.n, mnrft- tiil yr. These pics
two hiRli hovs. Ht rtif H i m i IP r- .. rrt if tse latter pari of
done the best V. J ,twwif ld M fit s them aver
bovs enrolled In the Irl ') ii'it '' wm.d.'in welRht.
He has two li'robred Cln i' W f.i r iimw t ts I'orlland
pics from "larch 1IU.M U '' lu( ter MJi ( ntest
has cared for himself, we ( 74 Inn m 1 V-Uic In-
l.-r than 2.'r3ls earh ai ;t rn' m I ld lat
ent time. Otic of th M k tm Wyr
(Special to U'n Obaerrer)
WALUJWA, out. 18. I'lunn lire as
suming form for the celebration of
the opening of tho 1'omeroy-Wallowa
inter-state road lo he hell probably
the L'Hth of this month. The people of
tho Grous country ami the l'omeroy
Commercial Club Imve arranged to
hold the meeting at tho old camp
ground celebration Kround at Tlartlelt
and plan to bnrbocue u boor, to mako
with banket lunches, a, wedding toast
for Wallowa uud Clurfteld counties.
Congressman John H. Summers, of
Washington is to be present, and steps
will be taken to huve Congressman
Nick Klimott present. Invitations have
lave also been issued to other prom
inent porsons anil many aro expected
from Clnrkston, Asotin, Lcwlston. Kn
torprise. 1-a Grande, Josoph, l.ostino,
Klgln, Troy, Promise, Wallowa and ev
ery section Interested In the Interstate
road.
About two ht) nd red men and forty
teams aro at work on the road between
Ponieroy and Wallowa and tho For
estry service will probably put on
twenty more men to get the lower end
of the Mount Misery-Grouse creek
link completed. The people of Grouse
volunteered to aid in the work. About
sixty men uro at work macadamizing
tho Poinoroy end of the road: over
seventy men are completing the
Mount Misery-Grouse creek road:
about forty are engaged In building;
the road from Troy to Ftartlutt, and
about the name number aro at work
on tho Wallowa end of tho road.
The country to be opened by tho In
terstate road is described an grand in
scenery and excellent In fishing and
hunting. The dlstunco between east
ern and northern Idaho and eastern
Oregon and sou thorn Idaho will be
lessened greatly by the new road. The
building of tho Wildcat canyon road
will greatly Improve the route, as it
will provide a water grade, and will
be opened a longer period of the year,
AND BAKER PLAY
Round-Up Boys Take on
Athena and Enterprise
Journeys to Baker; La
Grande Doesn't Play This
Week.
Hasten. Oregon scholastic football
is again tho chief Item ofinlerost to
day in two cities. At Pendleton the
Athena team, i darkhorse In tho race,
will take on the Hound-1'p city high
school team, uud Knterprtse will test
their strength against tho Baker
team. Tho reason for the scheduling
of two games today Is that no school
is being held the. latter part of this
week, duo to the teachers' institute at
linker.
Tomorrow will find two more cities
harboring football contests. Imbler
and Klgln aro expected to clash and
on this game rests a lot. If Klgln
shows up strong against the Imhlcr
Ites, who wero defeated 4 8 to n by I .a.
Grande, then she may be considered
In the race as her team was strong last
year ami promises to repeat. Joseph
journeys to Colon and dope stronglv
points to a Viilon vjctory.
linker Hopeful.
- According to Tinker sport writers
the IS. H. S. should win from Amine- j
mo's pets. They expect a victory, duel
to tho fact that Knterpr.se won from j
Imbler by a small score. "Ind" Kinc
expects to start with the following
players: Kohner, center: ltatlnmy and
Waddel. guards; Oxnwin and Chaffen.
tackles: Itahp anil Payton, ends;
Itydor and Burt holamew. halfback:
Cnndiff. fullback, and Hill, quarter
back, ltnss Hoolny, Kirkland. Stiay
cr ami Ostrom will grace the sidelines.
I -a Grande's next game will be with
the Klirin team at Kltrin next Hatur-
'day anil "Skeet" Is working them
hard in preparation for tho contest.
The local team in improving steadily
but still has many weak points that
need Ironing out.
CO.XHOMDATIOX OF RAILROADS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. The In
terstate commerce commission today
announced It would resume on No
vember 17 consideration of plans for
the consolidations of railroads, tak
ing up first the proposals for com
binations of transcontinental lines
through the north wpsL
Pig Club '
.hiblted at the Union oouiily fair.
BOTH PENDLETON
ELECTION MY
IN
T
With election day but a little less
than four weeks distant, political In
terests are beginning to dominate. In
many cases competition" between the
candidates Is exceptionally keen and
the November election promises to be
exciting and possibly of n sensation
al nature.
Tho greater 'hare of the warm In
terest in I'nlnii county, as well as In
Oregon at large, rests in the race for
governor. Several other offices, manv
county aril some local Are also- pro
ducing their share of discussion add
campaigning.
Ihtllot Given
Tho ballot has ben completed and
the candidates for stuto and county of
fices to be voted on In I'nion county
are as follows:
For representative to Congress, Sec
ond Congressional district: Jumos
Harvey Graham, I taker county. Demo
crat; and N. J. HinnoU, Wasco county.
Kopublicun.
For Governor of tho Slate of Ore
gon: Hen W. Otcott, Marion county.
Itcpublicaii; Walter M. Piorco, I'n
lon county. Democrat,
For stat treasurer: O. P. Hoff,
Multnomah county, Republican; F. I,.
Ton Velio, Jackson county. Democrat.
For Justice of the Statu Supreme
Court : George II. tiuinott, Marlon
county; John McCourl, Multnomah
county, and John L. Hand. Haker
county, all Itepubllcau-Dumocrat can
didates.
For Superintendent of Schools: J.
A. Churchill, of Haker county, Republican-Democrat
; S. S. George, Ia:te
county, Independent.
For Commissioner of tho Bureau of
Labor Statistics and Inspector of Fac
tories and Workshops: C. II. Gram,
Multnomah county, Republican-Democrat;
H. H. Harson, Multnomah coun
try, Independent.
For Commissioners of the Public
Service Commission of Oregon; Thom
as K. Campbell, Multnomah county.
Republican; Gus K. Kricksou, Multno
mah county, Democrat, and T. M. Ker
rigan, Multnomah county.
District ami Comity.
For state senator from the l!Mh dis
trict: Colon H. Kberhurd, of Ui Grande
Republican; 11. J. Taylor, of Pendle
ton, Democrat.
For representative frem tho 24 th
district: Charles A. Hunter, Wallowa,
county. It epublican-Democrat
For representative from the
dintrict: A. R. Hunter, Union county,
Republican - IJemocrat, ,
For county commissioner of T'nion
county: C. L. Galloway, Klgln. Re
publican; John Wells, Alice!, Dcma
crat. For county treasurer: Hugh Mr-
'nil, li Grande, Republican-! emo-crat.
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Transfer to Army Shin
From Rescue Boat Made
This Morning,
HULK BURNING WITH
INTENSE FEROCITY
No Vessel can Approach the
fire at sea; Rescue Ship
May Be One Day Late in
Arriving at Port.
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1 3. Pas
sengers of the City of Honolulu, which
was burned at sea yesterday, were
transferred from their rescue ship to
tho Army Transport Thomas today at
.ttwii u,.i.L-.n ..ITIkIiiI Hiitwu l Ihtu lllnrll.
j lug. Tho Thomas Is duo in San Fran
cisco tomorrow, but she Is exnected
to lie least one day Inte.
The City of Honolulu Is today re
ported to be burned beyond all re
pair possibilities anil It Is pot expectod
that vessels will bo able to reach liar
until she is entirely burned up, ou ac
count of the Intenso beat.
FOR K TREE
Baker B. P. 0. E. Lodge
Sends Representatives to
La Grande to Solicit Do
nations for Kiddies' Tree.
K. 1.. West and C. H. Butson, mem
bers of tho-Haker Lodge No. 338, It.
P. O. K, aro In La Grande today solic
iting donation (or tha Klks' Christina
tree for tho kiddles. Donations are
being given by tho local people very
generously.
The Haker visitors drove Into town
in a new i:23 model Bulck four pas
senger four-cyllndorcd touring sedan
and they announce that hi order to
facilitate donations, tho (Oil: lo Igo will
give 1 lie car to one of the donors.
JKAMH'KY MOTIVK
NKW BRUNSWICK. Oct. 13.
While officials sought somo thing
taugihlo today ou which to proceed
in thn Hall-Mllln murder case
friends of Clifford Hayes prepared
for n mass inueUngitonight to cele
brate his relenso yesterday. Detoc
livcH turned again to original theory
that tho double slaying w.is prompt
ed by jealousy and that the woman
participated In the critno. A chum -
list In today analyzing the coat which
the rectors widow had dyed In Phil
adelphia a few days aftor tho murder.
NATIONS
I SUCCESS
Central Figure
J"'""' J'H i
f ' s v , 4
Wllh the rulunso (if voutlifiil HiiyiM lis the victim or u Jeulmia rnruiiKo
by Sihnoldor tliu Mill" Bill, shown above, ubiiIii stli-H iiiilhoiilles to re
rtoubli.il efforts to fiml thu aluyer of her mother. Mliw Cbnrlotte A 16
years of an. and has been an Insistent prodder at county and mate
officials to keep after the mystery.
Today is The Day Of
Days -- Friday the 13th.
Today Is Krtduy tho 13th.
A day that Is fan red by tho super-'
stlltous llko a Cilia monster fears 11
snowstorm. A day when soiuclhlnK
lhat Is started Is novel- supposed lo Iw
ended. A day when accidents should
prevail: when bad luck persistently
trulls one: when tho rake, baked by
tho proud housewllo. falls: when hhy
dcvelopB his first earache and others
nearby llkewlso have pains; when
noma confidently expect to bo a corpse
heforo tho day Is over, and so on.
Superstition rroviills.
Dcspllo tho fact that we are sup
posed to bo llvinif In a civllt.rd an. I
sophisticated line, superstition pre
vails. A man that walks under a
ladder UnoVlnKly today Is rewarded
bv a feellnK of pity and awe by niosl
of his fellow men. He who falls to do
the usual thhiK when a black cut miss
es his track Is openly believed foolish.
Mif-t Ite Itunli.
WIIKAT MAItKKT
(By "Associated Press)
PORTLAND, Oft. 13. Wheat
limited today at fl.07 to l.'M,
In Murder Gase
Hut, nevertheless, J,u Orundo, at
least, baa not suffered from any af
'rllctleu. No one. at tho present time
of wrltbiK. has died due to a broken
neck, resulting from .slippbifr ou 'y
banana peel, no one has been malmod
bv a filllllK telcldlone liost, lovers
sllll remain lovers, no one has appear
ed wllh a tale of woo tellies; how thro-i
llres from his Kurd evaporated appar
ently In thin air. aad no one woke up
this inoiiiluK to see a rattleanake
firmly eusconsed on his neck. All
In all. the day has been unvtlilnic but
exeltlru;. contrary to oNpectallnus.
One Ow of Hard l.uck.
The oulv ens,, that Indicates lhat
laud luck mlahl be hlrkhm' In the
Iteckuround atua-ared at the police
station. One fellow. forKettlutf that
Volstead had d Iseoveli'd America, llll-
hllii'd too heax lly of the draticlll of
Itaeelianalla and was removed from
I r, bv the ellv.
DEFIES ORDERS
Grain Transaction Secrets
Not Drugged Out in Sec
ond Commission Efforts.
( Bv Associated I
s)
t llK'AOO, tut. .1. Ogileil
moor- uuatn today refused lo give tho
I'cdei-al Trade com m bedou, wlilcli is
luveHtlgiiting trades In futures, figures
Mhiiwlug lil.'i grain trading in I h'J I and
U2 ami the arly months of this year.
Armour wan on the stand Wednesday
itud l.ad then refused to nie tho de
tails of bin Kratii Irauxactious.
He w is cxcimed until today.
It it mtl known what the next move
Hill ).
3 flying by, but to Columns, 430 yearn
erything. For weary days he vraitl
His f-ew
.
; lowest e
v.v.t he r,(!i-f-'i:;tuc a.i'.' v.wu
has just passed a troublesome time but
arsisted and won. In this bank we Ins
istent and courageous busincw men al
we stand ready to nerve thein.
States National Bank
la ariuuc. ;rcvi-.
IFJ)Eu.T. .RKrsKltVE
Removal of Wines From;
Italian Ships Like fak
ing Milk From Babes.
INJUNCTION NOT TO
APPLY BOARD SHIPS
American Owners of Ship
lions Will Be Lost to Them
if Ruling Is Enforced;
Fight Is Warm.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON', Oct. IX. I'nlcsH au In
junction is granted, the Kunard Una
of the British government will pro
test formally through thu foreign of
fice against tho rule prohibiting liquor
on foreign ships In American waters,
it wan stated in official quartern today.
Officials here, however, expressed tha
opinion that the Injunction will ha
granted In tho American courts.
Shipping Board Firm.
(By Associated Press)
WASIIIXTON, Oct. 13. Tho Am
erican Shipping Hoard's vessels will
remain dry regardless of the outcome 1
of tho injunction as it pertains to for
eign vessels In American walerM
brought In New York In behalf of tha
privately owned American ships.
Chairman Uisker announced today.
French lino officials aro abso
lutely appalled at tho Washington re
port that their ships aro Mublo to hoIi
uru as common smugglers. They do
elarc that, outside the .financial losa,
whtch would bo Irremediable, thert
a tho question of personal privilege
and liberty, on which they would b
unwilling to yield,
"It cannot be true." said O. J, Dal
I'laz, general manager of tho French
line, to tho Associated Press tonight.
"We havo not been officially inform- 1
ed of any auch radical changes and
shall contlnuo art heretofore."
"Taking wiuo away from our wall
ers and stokers Is just llko taking
milk away from babies," said M.
Villlarti, head quartermaster of tha
Frouch line, to tho Associated Press
correspondent. "I .am positive that
we would bo unable to muster crown
for New York should tho edict bo up
held. Wlno Is one of the prim est ns
chs I Iks of life for theao boyi."
Y DRIVE YET
UNFINISHED
While the campaign for finances In
not yet at an end, (ho end Is In night
thu entire. campaign Is expected to bo
completed and the amount raised. It
was hoped io complete the canvassln?
of the districts last evening but owing
to various conditions that developed.
It was found Impossible for soma of
th(! committees to entirely covgr tholr
districts.
"Wo have ben meeting wllh u won
derful response," stales tho general
secretary of tho Y. M, C. A. "Nearly
Hvooono that has been lntrvlowed
has appeared ready anil even anxlou .
tJ subscribe his quota and tho only
thing that has materially delayod us
Is that many of Ihoso ou tho commit
tees havo been called out of town on
business. If the remaining few to bo
Interviewed respond as wo expect them
to Wo aro confident that the diivu
will go over tho top satisfactorily."
(if five districts in tho city two have
been -put over the, one hundred por
cent "quota raised" mark and another
ono Is expected to bo added to tho
list this evening. One district Is be
ing canvassed today and the remain
ing districts will 10 finished Monday
mid Tuesdav.
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