La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 06, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextT3'"'-' " ft V VOLUME XXVI SUCTION ONfc. LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY C, 1923. mbmbbr op associated frbss KlTMnii'D iai HEARING FOR DENNIS BILL IS lillfill Joint .Meeting of Assess ment and Taxation .: Board Scheduled. NARCOTIC MEASURES . PASS BOTH HOUSES Committee on Alcoholic Traffic Voted.. Down the Amendment Exempting Light Wines and Beers. (iPy Associated Press) SALEM, Feb. IS A public hear ing i' to be held tonight at the joint meeting of ifhe assessment and taxation committees on the Dennis hilt requiring all tax levying bodies in the state to ilevy tax for 102U and 1924 at least ten per cent under this year s tax. The committee on alcoholic traf fic voted down the. amendment exempting light wines and beer fom the enforcement bill. ' . Narcotic Law Passes. The bills tightening narcotics law and providing for housing addicts and for forfeiture and 'sale of boats and vehicles 'transporting liquor, have passed both houses. The senate today passed a bill re quiring suspected insane persons to be housed outside of jails pending examination. Ellis today introduced a bill cm powering the governor to employ a competent educator to survey the courses of the' Oregon Agricu'l'.urul college and the University of Oregon with the view of eliminating dupli cation. The house late yesterday killed the Lewis bill for taxing church prop Wichita Blaze Is Fatal To Three; Twenty-Seven Are Reported Missing WICHITA, Kan." Feb. 0. With 27 persons unaccounted for . search was continued Monday night for additional victims who may be buried beneath 12 feet of debris within the brick wall skeleton of the four-story Get to building, consumed by fiio early Monday. The 'death toll stood t three Monde.y evening. Eight persons were seriously in jured. Muny rece'fed minor in-if juries. The origin of the blaze is un known. Property damage was estimated at upwards of J100, AD CLUB NOT F, I Matter of Levying a Direct -Appropriation to the btate Universities Is Discussed 0-p CENT TAX APPROVED ' (Dy Associated Press) SALEM, Fob. 6 Upton today at tempted to have passed over tho governor's veto his Ibill excluding the Daly estate from an inheritance tax but succeeded only in gd'ting it referred for. "consideration.1. : The house roads highways committee ap proved tho Caikin bill levying an ad ditional cent tax-on gasoline, making a 'total of three cents. - ma warn Although llic robber nn not umire bentbui, an attempted bursary in the Itoeseh Motor com puny building Inst evening was frustrated by Policeman Joe Warden. A noise was heard over head by one of the garage employees mid the police were promptly noti fied. Warden arriving on the scene within very short time. Whtl That parsimony is to ' be avoided In statu off aira was the keynote sounded at the Tuesday luncheon of the Ad club today. Attorney iu. K. Ringo presided, and from tho timo the Presbyterian Indies had placed the soup "until after one o'clock, matters of local and state impor tance were threshed out in ran id or der. Through Attorney 'C. R. fiber hard. Representative Albert Hunter a member of the 'Ways and Means committee of the House, now in Fes- sion, sent word to the Ad club "that he sought an opinion from the Ad club upon the matter of levying a direct appropriation to the Oregon Medical fachooi at Portland, and levy ing a tax to conduct and cont inue the extension department . of 0. A'. C. After Mr. Lberhard had pre sented the request, the chairman called upon Frank McK.ennont a lo cal farmer, who lucidly told of the benefits derived from the extension department, and pointed out the thousands of dollars that have been saved or made by local farmers through silos, land plaster, Hybrid alfalta demonstrations and oth er media conducted by farm agents, the balance in dollars and cents be ing tremendously greater than tho outlay, which means abomt 54 cents out of every siOO.OO paid in taxes by Union county people His ap peal for the extension, department was 'warm and hearty.1 Dr. R. P. Land is 1 explained .how the Medical School is operated, how the students pay heavy tuition" fees, but Ithat without state aid this ' institution, now the biggest medical school west of the Rotky mountains, . would be closed and the 'ft.ate' heavy investments-; previously made- thrown into nuu'glit. : Upon ! motion';-of H. E; Iiixun ,both mca.su ros ! received' en dorsement!) for: ri'afconablc appropria tions. T.. H. Crawfotd, a how Mem ber of O. A. Ct board of regents apV pealed for support, decrying parsi mony in state affairs, even when times arc 'hard and taxes high. DOCTOR CONTRACTS SLEEPING SICKNESS RESISTANCE OF IS GERMANY Residents of Windy City . May Now Buy 16 Ounces Of Bread for Two Cents CHICAGO, Feb. 0. A new low record of 2 cents for a 1(1 ouncc loaf of broad was reached Monday in n chain store bread war. Last week one company set a price of 31 cents whicn was lowered l)y its competitor Monday. J IIFj II I I I UlinDflltnUN 1 1 1 n i ii if m i in n mm a FORMER EAST oniBiv DIES. IN EAST Policy of Combating the Oc cupation of the Ruhr Is Steadily Growing. GERMAN EMBASSY DENIES "LET UP" Official Statement Is Issued in Washington From the German Ambassador on Ruhr Matter. .. f.Pv Associated Press 1 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. (l.-Tliromrh its embassy hero, che German' kov- ernment today denied formally that its policy of resistance to -the French occupation of the Ruhr had been modified and declared that, "on the contrary unanimous resistance on the Dar" of Germany is steadily crow. nff. ' mm SELECTING JURY - (By Associated Press) PORTLAND, Feb. 6. The jury Is being selected to try John L-; Eth eridge, former bead of Morris Broth1 ers, inc., on a charge ' of larceny by embezzlement. r UHGES TORESfr ECONOMY - I (rtfy Associated Press) , J WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Tho president in & leittcr to Repreaenta tivo Clark, a member of the house agriculture committee, urged legisla-. tion for forest conservation. PORTLAND, Feb. 6- Dr. Ross (By Associated Press) PORTLAND, Feb. 0 The high way commission today began its year's road work, opening bids for orty-thrco mile!? of grading and surfacing. Bids for (thirty miles will be opened tomorrow. smirching lint second floor lut Right tut the robhiT uit.'coniiuiLmJt'd. him . to slop. Instil j bo t ttiojc f(j tyife , h f I and Wurdri. "rlid oho sh'u4 " at1 Jiiiil.' which apparently did not take effect, before hn iniidu Ills getaway, suppos edly through liu. basement of. llur buihltug. .... Thn polh'i' 4t:lievo that. the mlwro ant entered tw! liuildinq on f lie sec ond floor .front a telephone pole, thence to tJm ? place- whonu a number of tool Kilrf: wen: kept. . He was In ' i Eaton of Oregon City has been for lwo wi'lKa Bumi-cuirsciuus -j.ruui n tee ping sickness at Emanuel hospi tal, t reports to tho, city health bu reau state. ' Earl Hump, 22, of 688 East Tay lor street,; Js? critically . ill , at- his home with itHe disease, " his physi cians reported.; i, ! I , , . THE MARKET PORTLAND, Feb. G.Catlle were steady, choice ;stecr.s ?7.G.O to $8.00; calves : one. quarter higher: hogs. thu net or nixing Homo or the htisishcep and butter steady, eggs un- nwny when W'iirth-n flryt ;iw hiin. 1 settled. ' Diamond Season Is Not Far Off; Action Needed "In the sprinjr a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of baseball" may be the case bil; for sonic reason the diamond sport, termed the national pastime, hasn't got going in La Grande yet this season. Baseball usually opens about the middle of May and with but about three months to go, no attempt has been mado to lesusci- tate the Intermountain League which last year proved so successful. The same old Intermountain Lea gue, that gave the fans in every city in the six-league circuit more ,Uan one thrill last season, .would go just as big this year. For the Jir.t time in many years baseball was a success in La Grande las. season financially and in many other cities in Kastern Oregon, the same result was obtained. Up in northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington the fans and players- have already inaugurnt , ed a six-team league, termed the Klue Mountain League, and are w,;ll on their way toward final prepar ations for the coming season. La Grande. Cove, Baker, tJnion, Haii's, Klgin and the other cities in this section are still dormant with no action taken in any city unlefi it has been di.ne secretl which at the Hast is qnit'1 improbnhle. - Stieuld lie (.irfcamitd. What is the matter? Is baseball going to die out this year the suc ceeding year to tho most successful season that Union and Baker coun ties have seen in ncaYly a decade? Is swimming, golf and fishing go ing to take the place of the national sport? Steps should be taken to rc-or-tranize the Intermountain League or at least -some other league. Bakor last year champions, have the nu clues of a first rate team,- so has Cove and La Grande. Elgin, Haines, Union, and all the rest of them haven't lost all their ballplayers. And all of the teams that' payed last sea son knows that, their home town wil support a winning team. Why not hold a meeting in the nenr fu ture and make arrangements fur anothei season of sport ami strife? La Grande Has Material. La Grande, just the same as the other five teams, has plenty of ma terial to justify her getting under way. Crews, Kosenbaum, Mclnnis, Johnson, Garrity, Theison, Meservc, Hickey, and thB other local men who held a place on the 1022 nin are still here. The outfield is yet intact, the infield nearly so, and lumor, pretty reliable rumors at that, hn it that two or three good l'Hvbal! rwn have w ved to La oti'lc durit:: the pa.il sb. u.oiilut, Frenchmen' Advance. . ! ('Bv Associated Press) 1 LONDON, ' Feb. (I. An Essen dis atch reports the French advancod 25 miles beyond the frontier, occupying Geoddcllau. in Hesse. Tho corrc pondent adds that the Germans are momentarily expecting the . occupa tion of Mannheim. Germans Still Firm. (.Pv Associated Press) -BERLIN, Feb. 6. Chancellor Cuno returned lloday from a -tour of the occupied area, convinced, he said, tliat the populations determination to resist the French was just as firm today as when the first occupy ing forces entered Esen.' WHEAT MARKET ' (iPy Associated Press) PORTLAND, Feb. 6. "Wheat was $1.21 to $1.80. BULLETINS Appearing before the grand jury yesterday afternoon, Judge J. W. Knnwlcfi, of the circuit court, called their attention to tho statutes re garding the matter of garbage de posits anil ot rubuisn on the high ways in the county. Snecinl atten tion was called to the stretch of road between South La Grande and Gck- eltr. Lane, which tho judge staled was- in a "most deplorable condi tion." : 4 The grand jury convened recently and consisted' of S. E. Blevins. fore man; B. A. Cotner, George Biggs, Li. l cross, J. A. Akins; K. 11. Ulos son and J. H. Blumcnstein. Plans to "Put Spurs" to House and benate Leaders on Assessment and Taxa tion Committees. ; STATE HOUSE. Salem. -Feb. 6. I he "farm bloc " of the house of rep resentatives, as one of its over-Sun day activities has shaped up a move to spur up the house Bid senate com- miu.ocs on assessment) and taxation so ns to get reported out bills on tax ation and- kimlrtit matters'Uiwhich nave been in committee since-iJanu ary 2&, states the' Jortland press. An appeal is scheduled to be made on tho floor of It he house at today's session by Representative A. R. Hunter of Union county as spokes-, man ' of the "bloc." He will urge that the assessment ' and taxation committees cither report out Ithe bill"1 with their recommendation.' or else return themunrccommentred. so that their merits or"-demerit.sir- may . be thresiiod'i out on the i (floor of the hpuse-'. i ; , "The 'bloei is becoming vory j.im-, patient,"! j declared ' Hunter i j today, 'mid it -proposes to ose , tho nrod to get : the - committees dnto; aeUionMion these pills.'J iKon it number of nights these. 'coliiiintteos''havo beont devoting their time to listening to academic discussions on tuxnltiun in its various phases, but they don't get the com mittee anywhere, and the bills in troduced in a bunch on January 25 lie unconsidered. If the 'farm bloc' csn do anything to topcid up the ma chinery it proposes to u'o so." - THE WK'ATHEIt PORTLAND, Feb. .0. Tonight and Wedncsdiiy generally fair. News of the death Snn.tuu T ;. coin. Nob., of the Right Rev. Charles J. O'Reilly, bishop of tho Lincoln dioccso of the Roman Catholic church was received here Sunday night by Portland friends, states the Port land press. Bishop O'Rcillv was wi.lnlv v, throughout Oregon, having served as pastor oi ot. mary s catholic church of Portland, one of the leading Ro man Catholic churches of the city, after which he was for 15 years bishop of tho missionnrv liui.-i.-t t Eastern Oregon, with headquarters Bishop O'Reilly died at St. Gllu. bcths hospital, supposedly from hai--dening of tho lartcries, from which no naa sutiered lor several years. Ho was in poor health durirur his thrcn weeks' visit to the citv lnt August. His death is believed ito navo boon Hastened by a fall about two months ago in which ho frac tured a shoulder bone. 'Moves lo Portland- Bishop O'Reilly was born January , ioou, at dc jonn, n. Canada, took his classical work at St. Jo sephs college, . Memramcook, N. B., and his clerical degree and Grand seminary, Montreal. ' Soon after graduation , he moved Ito this city wan nis parents ana taught tor a short time at Columbia university. In June, 1890, he was ordained a priest and placed in charge of the mission stations at usweiro and T - gnrdville, which place he held for four years. In 1894 ho wns promoted to the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, at Williams avenue and Stan ton street (known 83 St. Marys church), where ho remained for nine years, or until lie was elevated to the episcopacy on August 25. 1903. The parish boundaries woro much larger .than those of today, tho par ish including nracticallv all of north east Portland. Named First Bishop. When Eastern Oregon was created a missionary diocese in 1903, Father u'Kciuy was named its first bishop. His. work in that dioccBO nttractod such attention that he was prompted to the more important sec at Lincoln,- Neb., succeeding Bishop John Tisen, who was transferred to Colo rado, -i Shortly after roing to Lin coln Bishop O'Reilly headed a pil grimage to Rome, where ho was re ceived by the pope. ' v . White in Eastern OregoiVBiahop O'Reilly built tho 'cathedral Mt Ba' ker and erected churches in about 20 cities. ithe .diocese at that time being poorly churched.- Among those whq survive arc two sisters, Mr.- Hugh , Smith, No.' 729 East '2l)rd street north; Sister Mary Anastasia of Visitation academy. Ta- comaj in: brother, James.i O'RoilWj pt nrigewoouj a. c, three nieces, Isabel, Wlnifrod anh Mildred Smith, nil of Portland! and two nephews, Charles Smith of Portland and Hairy. O'Reil ly bf Edgewood, B. C. Uishop U Keilly was well known n.La Grande and his manv fricml in thiB vicinity mourn his passing on Tomorrow morning a pontifical requiem high mass in his riiemoririin will be held with Bishop McGrulh, of Baker, officiating, aided by six visiting Eastern Oregon priests who are guests of Fnther A. S. Looser. Moslems Now j May Sign All Peace President Protpones His Messages to Congress on Debt Funding Settlement (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 0 The president decided today to post Pone until tomorrow at least his message to congress asking the modification of tho debt fund-, ing law to permit the final ap proval of tho funding settlement iccently negotiated with Great Britain. .:t. Ii REFUSING THE HURDLE SECOND CANAL Great Britain Is Notified France States That Turks at Lausanne Agree w Terms. ---ii. If BE BUILT ACROSS PANAMA Hone That the Profit From the Panama Canal , May .Lead to Construction of Another Canal , Is.. Ex pressed. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. (t. M,a tllliv pruifll. irom inp fnmimn ninnl ultimately may enable tho Ameri can government to build another wa torway across tho Isthmus of Pan-; ama was expressed at tho White House today, after the subject had oecn toucneu on nt tne Tuesday cab inet meeting. ISMET PASHA MAY DELAY DEPARTURE V Negotiations Among th '.. Chancellories at PariB;: London and Rome Ma Cause Action. 'i, - , ,; :--'. 1 (iEy Associated Press) ' ' ; LONDON, Feb. H. France ; has notified Great Britain that ;. -the Turkish delegation at Lau- 1 sanno has agreed to sign all peace terms. , 111 IN ON OREGON TRAIL BAKER. Feb. 6. A letter receiv ed today by W. E. Meaoham from the secretary of the Casper, Wy oming, Chamber of Commerce. states tho chamber of that place has Prepared a bill which will bo intro duced in the legislature of 'Wyom ing, designating ihB east and west highway across tho state as the Old Uregou Iran. . Ihe Old ' Oreiroh Trail will snnn be an established monument to the memory of.thpfreat mio-ration trt the Pacific .Northwest. At the same ' iiiuo -ii win. ue recognizeu ,ns tne great highwuy for , auto tourists, FUNERAL SERVICES II ELI) Hie .funtfruL of. iWlllium Sprouls, -:.T ,vho:asHed la'wayiln, La Grande Sun day,' Was huld this afternoon nt tho lionnenknmp , cnupcl ,at, 3 ; q clock. itevcicnd air, ti. w. Uonos tlelivcrcd the funeral scitmon. Tho interment took place in thc Masonic cemetery. RAIDERS INVADE HELTURBET BELFAST. Feb. fi.-Fiftv raiders nvaded Ilelturbet villaire todnv. bombed the bunk and other build ings, assassinated a teacher of Gae lic, killed a store clerk and wounded the dork s employer. May Delay Ismet Pasha. '. (By Associated Press) LAUSANNE. Feb. 8. Ismet Paa- ha, head of the Turkish delegation at the Near East conference may. ba asked 'by tho allies to delay his de parture, which is announced for ito- . morrow. If negotiations among the chan cellories in Paris, London and Roma result in an agreement to resume negotiations the action above will ba taken. PERRY JOINS BAKER MAN, 93 ! PASSES AWAY BAKKH Fob. (t.-f After a nhort ill iichs, dfuth cnlled' I-coniii'd Farmer, a well known und 'highly roapintted citizen of fin ker: Mr. Fanner was ycarsl -,oid -when he pussed away ycatfrday mnrning at the homG of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrn. E P. Voruz, 1505 Valley avenue. Mr. Farmer was born in Herkimer county, New York, September 4th, JH2SI and remained there until about 1S7U when he moved to Kannait. After a few n few yenni there he came on west, to Oregon, settling fir'lt near Ileppner, where he re mained until 14 years ago, when he came to Baker which has been his homo since. HOOP LEAGUE With Union's withdrawal from tho Lit Uianiie Amateur llnaketball leugua I'erry, who lius been wantlnir-to vet into thu league for some time. In. tuk- ing their place on tho schedule, thn remainder or the teums romninlmr In their respective places. - - . 'tomorrow uvimlng I'erry, the babv member, will; take on Alice!,- who ut preavnt bus not won (v same, mn tho . M.-I. A. team, considered baa .of tb strongest In tho league, win ular tho , uamuiers. iiotli gamea ahould bo In teresting and with I'erry an unknown duality, the outcome, of both are un.- Ceftlllll. ..,.-. . ' Ooth games will lie "nlRl-nrt Inmnr. row evening in thn!y ift'iiuuisluiu. , " i , .: ; :. Brotherhood Meet O i j j Is Postponed Week H The iiicetlng of tho Prusliytorlan iliotliei'hood which was to hav0 been hold at tho homo of Hoverend Mr. mid Mrs. Willi un Ci-ohIiv Hone on tit eveiiliiB ot February Jth has beea postponed until February 16Ui, U AUTO AGENCY GRANGES RANDS M. J Goss, who will IcaVc'this evening for Portlnnd to attend the annual auto show in that city, has taken over the Studobaker agency in this city, now being located at ' 11 1 5 'Washington avenue, "This is n Stutlebaker year" states II.- A.' Biggs, vice-president of. tho Studebaker Corporation - and Mr. ' (Joss agrees with him. He states that "tho slogan Is not a ' catch, phrase but is a statement of fact ' a reflection of condition that .the years hove not changed, "Production and sales of Studo bakers attracted unusual interest and attention in 1021. th. vi..i. of depression," ho continues. "Sales of blutlebaker cars were 20 tier cent greater than in the preceding year while the total number of cars sold of all other mukes, with the excep tion of the Kord, was forty per cent Icrs than in 1020." Reconstruction of Iron Works Near Completion The reconstruction of the La Grande Iron Works is now nearing completion. The foundry Miuilding has been i-ebuilt all the necessary machinery rt placed and overhauled and running full blast a better foundry than ever. Last Saturday two ton heat was taken off for the Grande Hondi. Lumber company's new boilers and everything found to be working smoothly. With li4 carpenters Rwarnung over the new machine shop building and the help of altout four more of the, ckor, cold days the building will be so nearly finished that weatli. er conditions will have no bearing n the nc'.ual completion. The truss wink supporting the line shafting ind the roof it ho designed that the ilot't ;r- exception of two pillars. This feat ure will make it possible for cars, trucks, tradtors and traction engines to drive in for repairs and go di rectly to the part of the floor where they are to br overhauled. Mr. Fitxgernld will improve the placing of the different machines and devices on the floor In such a way that the new arrangement will cut the cost of handling and moving work of a heavy nuture from ono machine to another to a minimum. lly the end of thiB week-end everything in thj machine nhon will be running vnuugh to take care of any kind of work, while tho foun dry being slightly behind in itheir oidera can easily handle . rush or- it .hit 'itl. :ii; iltrs for either cast iron ot bruss. ."'3 i v.- vnij . 'ill. i latli