La Grande evening observer., April 28, 1923, Image 1

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VOLUME XXVI
LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1923.
SECTION ONE.
aiU.MIIKU OF ASSOCIATUO 1'IIESS
NUMBER 171
64-YEAR-OLD
JAN SHOOTS
SELF TODAY!
Frank Scholstron Commits'
Suicide Near Ed Bart- j
; mess Home.
DESPONDENCY IS I
THOUGHT MOTIVE
"Plain Case of Suicide," Is
Statement of County Cor
; oner; No Inquest; Funer
; al Arrangements Pending
Frank Scholstron, (J 1 years of
age, committed suicide thiH morn
ing at approximately 4:15 o'clock
liy shooting himself in the brain
with u, .41 calibre rifle, near his
Jiunie ubout 1 li miles up the
Orande Hemic river from Im
(iran tic. Jrspondency, due to ill
health, is thought to be -tho mo
tive. According to Hal Kohncnkump,
county coroner, who investigated
the matter. It "was a plain case
of suicide." So Inquest will be
held.
Scholstron, who mukes his home
with his brother, Kill Scholstron
I he Grande Hondo river on the road
to Heaver Creek. HI miles from ljlilng of stockholders lo be nelil aion
tlrande, had been to I.a Grande, nc-:lay. May 7, at the City hall at S:00
cordlliK- lo reports received from the-P- m. "
investigation, and while here had ap- The mutter of selection of a secre-p.-it-cntly
been drlnklns. He Yeturned tury, made necessary by the Tact that
home and, uccordlnR to his brother, ; l.ee Tuttle, present secretary, is mov
Itnl up early this mornlnK. coinpluln- i "IB away, will be the chief business
Jmr about feeling "poorly." undertaken. Lee's place will be dif-
Aliout four o'clock he left the "cut to fill for he put a great deal of
house, and nelBhbors report that they j time and energy Into the work and
saw him going down the roud at ubout ;was well fitted for the position.
Iliut time with a rifle over his shout- ' The mailer of conflicting dates will
fli-r. nnd Hint 11 few minutes Inter thev also be considered. Tho present fait
heard a shot,
Illctl (julckly.,
.Neighbor Hislietl to Hie nhj(,
diem- Ilic porch of the Kd llaii
mcss residence, ami found Soliol
slron (lying from Ills own liamls.
lie had placed lite gun In front
of hint, thu muzzle agaittsl his
tin-out, ami tripped the trigger
Willi n rnrkcil slick. The bullet
entered his throat and plowed
llirongh his hcatl, finally lodging
in his bralnX His tlcalll follmvcll
very shortly.
Coroner llnhnen L-!i m n una fulled tn
the spot about five o'clock and fol-
lowing his investigation, the body was
brought to the llohnenkump ehupel.
where It now lies, awaiting funeral
arrangements, which tire pending., I
The deceuscd wns 114 years of age, I
his only known survivor being ills;
brother, Hill, who resided with hint.'
.Scholstron hud made his home on the;
Heaver creek roud for many yenrs.
The weekly Tuseday noon-day I'n
ion County Ad Club luncheon will be
HER TO TALK
BEFORE AD GLUR
held at the K. of 1. ItiiU with John .poultry slides that were up-to-date
Clifford as chairman, according to iund modern In every detail. 1
today's announcement from Ad Club i He answered several questions en
ieadiiarters. The Presbyterian lad- tcretl by poultrymen In regard to pra
ter will serve. ductfon, cute of the flock, and of a
Charles V. Mater, special represen- isimllar nature, fjutto a number
latlve of the Iji Grande I-ode of the jwere present ut the lecture which
Unit herhood -tf Locomotive Kiremen ! was under the uusplces of th I'nlon
mill Knineert., will bo the chief j 'ountj- l-'arm Uureuu. headed by .1.
speaker of the meeting. iK. Reynolds, and the, I'nlon County
Several other matters will be at- Ad Chib livestock committee, headed
tendt-d to :it th,. luncheon. by Kloyd McKennon.
Reverend Quigley To Go
To Boise, Idaho May 15
Itcvercml Georee II. Quisley. and one half, about May 15. ltev.
piisior of the .Mtghudlst KplscopaV (inijfley will deliver three more Hun
Church of Iai Grande, recefved .1 May sermons before ho takes his ile
wiijtt late yesterday from Ulshop part u re for the Capital City of the
t'ldirles W. Hums, of Helena, Mon- Gem State.
tana, appointing htm pastor of I he
Kmmanucl Method lnt Kplscopal
Church of Ho He. Idalto. the appoint-
10 x" . . , .
Iteven-nH Onliflev announced thai
and that he ami his family would
leave Grande, where they havo
made, their home for about
Hr -
Weather Forecast
n It T LA NH.
Apil 2-S. Kai.
tonUht and Sim-
day. Mifht
h.vy frost
to
nhrht
near th
xi'tptlns
coat.
if
Final Mascot Fight To
Be Monday; Juniors
Anxious to Beat Grads
'Clio final mnacot fight between
the Juniors and Seniors of tho
Ia Orande hitrli srhool will tie
stuped Monday, presumably dur
ing tho noon hour, and the win
ner or the mascot this time, will :
be entitled to keep It and parade
it at the Junior-Senior banquet,
to be held May 6.
When ' tho Seniors Kept tho
mascot from tho Juniors last
.Monday, they kept It for the first
time that a Senior- class has dur.
Ing the past few years. They
were then given a day to hide thu
the mascot and with It bidden the
Juniors have us yet been unable
to locate it.
Quitu a crowd was present at
the first mascot battle, and a larg
er crowd Is expected tomorrow.
Five minutes of real fight and
no admission charges.
To Formulate Plans for the
1923 County Fair; Selec
tion of New Secretary Is
Necessary.
ELGIN. Apr. 2S. The election of
offieers and taking lip of more defin
ite plans for tho 1S23 I'nlon County
''"air will come up at the annual meot-
dates, Meplemoer zu-3.1, coninei. nun
the stale fair. The l'endleton Hound
Up comes the previous week and the
Wallowa county fair the weok after,
so it will be a difficult thing to ar
range the Union county fair without
.more serious conflict than at present.
! Committees will also bo -selected to
get Into the swing of the fair work
land take steps toward getting Interest
i aroused early In the season.
I Guy rallen im( prrsiueni oi uie as
sociation and it is probnble that he
will be re-eeeted, although he states
that he wishes to hand It over to
SOltlCOne else. A Successor, hOWecr.
is not in sight so fur as Is known and
IGuy may be culled upon to handle
the burden uguln.
Lecture given
j Poultry raisers who gathered lust
jevenlng in tho city hall ut eight o'
jcloek to heur the lecture by J. K.
il,u)ton, of Sun Kruttslsco. were not
(disappointed In the message he
jbrought them.
! Hailed by hell misers as a practl
leul poiitrymuii, .Mr. T.uyton gave a
ry Interesting and Instructive lec-
tore. Illustrated by cluctric lantern
Itecrend (juiijley. In the year und
sly months that he hiui been In Ij
((raude( hus met with a remarkable
,'suceess In his work us pustpr, amoiiK
. . . . t .
many feature beiiiK the inuut?
1 11 nit Ion of the Sunday , "Pleasant
j Hour" service thut hay resulted in
il.riiii'ini' ttii.m- u-ltt.ln t ln nhnirh nn
the Sabbath Iay thut otherwise
would not have. come. He moved
Mien? from IJtsmurck. North Lukotu.
! Today he Is n-celvlni? countless words
'ot cotiKratulutionn from his coiiktc-
nation and h eomtniinity at 1 ire'
jOn his appointment, th concraiula
tlons Invariably endtnic wllh "We
tare exti-mely sorry to lose you,'
; Wii h his deuartnro li Grand will
tm one of th mut udmirhnl und
1 reaped ed puittOrs that thvy huvc ben
t fortunate lo si'iir'.
ltevrmnd Irn I;. Aldrkh. district
l.ttiperintrndent. will confer with th
'eonKiejnition of the lo-ul church
, ,here ter the uppolnt ment of a pas-
Jtor to take thn place to lie left va-
Vant bv ltwerend Wutglcy In tUe Uttur
i future, .
COUNTY FAIR
i ASSOCIATION
MEETS MAY 7
TD POULTHYMEH
STRIKE HITS
SOI OREGON
GAMPS TODAY
No Trouble Is Experienced
By Union and Wallowa
.. County Concerns
DALLAS CRIPPLED
BY BIG WALKOUT
Seattle'' Estimates Approxi
mately 10,000 I. W. W.
Out Todays No Disorder
; Reported.
. Ileports from Bowman-Hicks lum
bering company of l.a Grande receiv
ed tills afternoon stated tiiat they hud
experienced no walkouts toduy, the
Opening day of the Industrial Work
ers of 111 eWorld strike, us called a
few days ago. According to their re-'
port their force Is still on duty in en
tirety. ...
No reports have been received from
lumbering concerns In aWllowa'couii;
ty but conclusion druwn here are that
they are experiencing no difficulty
due to the strike.
.
Home Itespoiise Mutle. i
POUTt.ANIi. Anr. 28. HcatterltiR.!
roporls this morning Indicated thut school board ut a meeting, which tin
some rcspunse to the Industrial! liusl Iji Grande committee will usk.
Workers of the World's call for a to be held next week,
strike in Oregon hud been mutle. I The census, which, according to the
Headquarters of the I. W. W. suldeo ilttee. Includes no district but
it received reports of walkouts lust I i;ast i.a Grunde .shows thut 27!i cbll
night at rainier, Dallas and Cochran dren of school age reside in tho dls
but no further reports toduy. itrlet and that llU children under
The Loyal Legion of Loggers und school uge, but who ,will.- In tho
Lumbermen heudquurters learned that i course of a few years, bo eligible for
ubout 275 men uult tn seven camps ' school, reside there. ' l
on tho lower I'mtiquu river, but the
rumps arc operating with sllrfh. in
terruption. '.
SALUM. Apr. 2S. I. V. W. wulk-
oulb today paralyzed for the first
time the Dluck ltoek camps of the
WtllainoUu " Valley Lumber company I
ut Julas. One hundred and fifty
men loft the woods and the coin puny j
wa foPCol-:rtA HUHpcnd operations.
Officials here hope that they will be
able to star t work curly nest week.
,V wu)lMit ;iit SHverfallR Timber ;
company,, of Hllverton. which he Ran ,
two dayn, ii(fo .uppeared halted today.
No suhqtaK Was reported.
tltllej CI mi ite Noticed,
WKATTl.l;.! Apr. 28. l.iltle ChaiiK':
Is noticed In. the I. W. V. stilke In
WHshlniftvU, logglnic camps today.
KKtimutea, of various sources placed
tile nuiiibr, out at upproxhnately lu.-
OIMI. HtriidOUurters suld between -H,- j
000 und, iio'.huo were out on strikn.
Greats Share of 237 1
' f I'VPnccpncprs Rpsriiorl :
,:v.
C'AIV. TOWN.
South Afrlcu.
Apr. 2ii.tVAll hut two lifeboats of
tlie 1 'ortufteHc st ea mer Al ostm
niedef wrt'cked several days ano
at t.'api'.Krlo, are reported picked
up. The. ' steamer carried 2 3 7
pastiihtfHrs.1;
I ' ----riI7-THlS PiCTORE ? . "
I ' " THtGSs SHOOLO LEAVE AT LEAST EK0OGH FOR CAB- FACE .
1 1 "" "' """ " ' TZ.'i
J'li'l-'1! . .! ' .w. ..JwwiAib
Negro Gets Life Term
. And Then Another Judge
Hands Him 5 More Years
SALT LAKE Utah. Apr. 28.
James SUmf iplil, a negro, Reiv
inir a life term in tho Utah
state prison for munlcr was
brought before District Judce
L. B. Wisrht Friday charged
with assaulting another prison-.
cr and received a sentence of
five years for this offense when
he nlcaded guilty.
"Have- you anything- to say
why sentence should not be
passed at this time?" Judge
Wight asked the prisoner.
"Jes this, youah honor," Stan
field suid: "Ahm serving ah
'from now on' term now. If
yquah want to give mo' than
that, go right ahead. Ah can't
serve mo' than life, can 17"
Judge Wight agreed with him
but imposed an Indeterminate
sentence just the same with a
recommendation of five years, r
C. S. SblllU, spokesmun of the Must
I.u (Irunde school district, who uru
uakiiir? that the school board construct
school house (n their district, an
nounced today that the census or
school children tuken during the week
lh Kusl l.a Grande, Is now complctc
and thut It. will be presented to thi
Thu eommltteu that took the een
jtus la as follows: ' ('. H. HhulU;'Mr.
and Airs. I). 10. ShanliH, Mrs. 8. i
HhullK, I'hurleH Kdwnrds, Mrs. . W.
Hunyan und Mrs. II. I. Tallinati.
"We believe tiiat the eensus in ab-
sohile proof that our district musl.
nav
l seliool Iioubc," Htated Mr,
ShulU today;
DISORDER MARKS
OPENING GAME IN ,
ENGLISH STADIUM
(By Associated Press)
LONDON. iApr. ."28. Thi new -stadium
at. Wembley I lTll,:capae
Hy Uil.OjK), wsa the scerie;of,dls
urders toduy when It opened' with
an association final football game
to decide the championship of
KnKland und Wales.
I'orty casualties were reported
when the doors. wercHtormed af
ter the stadium was full. ' '
The Kaine was suspended for u
Lime when spectators swarmed
on the li.'ld.
WHEAT QUOTATIONS
1 (Bv Associated Press)
PORTLAND, Apr. 28. Hard White
J$1.U4; 'Western Red $1.22.
ETIQUETTE
CENSUS SHOWS
279 CH LOREN
EAST DISTRICT
Eli
Bucks Ahead
ri:M)i.i:i). April is. Tim i.
complete results or the l.a (irnntlc
I'eiidlelon diiul track meet iukvn al
a. iu i cluck showed Pendleton lead
ing (II 1-2 to l.n Grande's 2a 1-2.
l.a (irnildc firsts were In tin, 2(l
"IBM iini'illcs anil Hie shot-put. The
rcniaimler ,.amL. M.,,,mls
thirds.
I.nrxon, r i, (irando, Is hit.),
point limn of the imvt wllh ,
uveitis jot to l. ran off.
I'LIIXELLS ARE FRAUDS .
(liy Associated Press)
GRAND RAPIDS. Mirh.. Am- on
-The House of David Colonv and
Benjamin and :Muiy Pudnell, the
leaders, were characteri.ed as frauds
in a decision filed kiilav hv .r,irl,.
Sater, awarding ennmensjithm in
John nnd Margaret Hansel, for their
services while members of the col
ony.
SUGAR FUTURES BROKE
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Apr. 28. Surar fu
tures broke 2(i to 27 points toilav fol-
"""'"K mo puuiicution oi repons ot
port the buyers in tho strike against
the present high prices. Some oper
ators attributed the break partly to
uncertainty over pending jtovenunon1'
tal action agtiinst the New York and
Sutfar Exchungo here next Monduy.
HOPES VOM HOUSEWIVES
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Apr. 28. Hope
that housewives will "put those bu
ffar speculators out of business" by
refusing to purchase sugar at pres
ent prices was expressed today by
Senator Brookhart, Republican, 0f
Iowa.
"I
CHINKS 10 TO A!(U)(iIZK
(By Associated Press) !
WASHINGTON, Apr. 28.
lonstandinfr dispute between CI
und the United States over the Cull
man case, involving the death of
Charles Collman, an American, at ths
hands of Chinese sentries at the
(rates of Holun, has been settled by
an agreement by tho Chinese to
apologize und pay indemnity.
h e A meilcan Leuioii County
Council will , meet .at a dinner at the
I'nlon Hotel al seven o'clock Monday
evening In I heir regular monthly
meeting lU'presi-nlal Ives .from th-.f
l..u- (Ira tide, North I 'owler, .I'd Ion,
KlK'fn, Imblei- ami rovd posts uro ex
pected to he present to dlrciiKs sev
c nil huslncNs mailers. An invltatfoi.
Is also extended to LcKionatrcs.
Thi Ameiican I.eKion iiuariette, of
l.a. Grande, will render several selee
tloitH and In addition lo their appear
ance, reports are thut a very pleas
ing program hat' been arranged. A
very enjoyable lime Is anticipated.
LEGION COUNTY
.COUNCIL MEETS
Select Site of
Old Oregon Trail
Pag'eant Monday
Secretary Hughes Urges
United States to Join
In World Justice Court
WASHINGTON, Apr. 28 Par
ticipation by the .United States
in a permuncnt court of Inter
national justice was advocated
Friday - night by Secretary
Hughes, in an address before
the American Society of Inter-.
national Law, as indispensable to
any plan for the prevention of
war and the promotion of peace,
'Whatever else we should
have," Mr, Hughes declared, "wo
need at once u permanent court
of international justice. No plan
to "promote peace cun dispense
with it. We fhall make no pro
gress 'toward the prevention of
war if we adopt a perfectionist
policy.
La Grande Lawyer Enlisted
to Aid in Defense of Wal
lowa in $7,500 Law Suit.
WAM.OWA.- Apr, 28. Oeortfo
Cochran, of the firm of (Joehran t
Kberhard, of I(a Grande, has been
employed by the City council to work
with City Attorney Cherry in defend
ing the i-.ltw..' ""'ufc'" r ft,t,.the
ad-I
aae I
I uly
ln-
nlee
Service Hlallon. The attorneys for
tho city will take up ut once the workJ
of, unswerinx' the complaints 'and
drawing up the demures. .
The dly council In u ineetinK' Tues
day evening determined to flRht the
i-use enertfethiilJy and thoroughly, ev
en though Ihe suit, seems unwarrant
ed. The case Instituted by .1.. A. Bur
li'ltrh Is without precedent in the an
nals of the Ictfal profession, and pro- ;
mlses to attract a ' considerable !
amount (if attention tliroiiKhout the !
country. Tho city officials are pre-i
pared to take the case to the supreme1
court If necessary.
The suit liases Its presumtlons on
the prcsiimtion that the drowning of
lint loan was tliroufrh carelessness of
the city officials. The suit Is for the
sum of $7fi(iu.
E
Next Tupsdnv cveninir the city
cmincil of Union will officially open
the new pavilion which hn just
boon complete! at'n cost of several
thousand dollars wllh a May Davi
lance. Tho nntire town will bo be11-1
hind this social event and an invi
tation is extended to the general pub
lic and especially to the people or
I.a Grande anil Union county.
It is a building 110x120 feet luid
with special harSwood floorsl for
duncinjr and will he the pavilion "used
for the Cattle and Horse Kaisers' as
sociation meetiiijrn in June when thut
organization holds its annual con
vention preceding the Union stock
.show.
Loney'K orchestru nf La Grande hus
been employed for the opening and
there will douhtlcss be u very largo
turnout from Fiakcr, jx Grande, Kl-
gin, ( ovc, linblcr, Island Uy.
Business Still
CQCHRAN TQ
BEG0UN5EL
FOR ILIA
111
OPENS NEW HULL
. Says The Reserve Board
WASHINGTON, Apr. 28. Contin
ued increase in industrial production,
further expansion In building oper
ations nnd freight movements heavier
each week than in any cor respond
among the outstanding features
business conditions tills month in
statement iSMied Friday by the ft"
eml reverve board. General produ
ition, the statement announced, w
ifi per cent higher on the board's i
lex ratio than the big peak of ID
and li" per cent above the low poi
of VM.
While the board's statement di
(largely with expansion, it was devr
jnf comment as to the length to wh'
the expansion may go. It wns ase
llHined, however, that in some off ii"
jf)unrters the belief is held that py
1 miding of orders is developing t
sonic alarm was expressed us to t
iiificarire of this condition.
There has n yet been no reflect
in the rediscount by the fcdcrul
:jero bunks of the heavy borrowh
from member banks o the rebj
Pageant Plans
Progressing
Publicity Committee to Lay
Pre-Pageant Cam
paign Sunday. '
WALTER eTmEACHAM
SPEAKS SUNDAY EVE
To Deliver His Famous "Old
Oregon Trail" Address at
the Methodist Church.
Sunday and Monduy will sue many
developments lu the prelimlnury pre
parations for the staging of tho Old
Oregon Trail Pageunt to bo held ten
tatively July 4, on tho summit ot tho
llluu Mountain!i, in eonynemorutloti
of tho 80th anniversary of the cross
ing of the mountains by tho first wa
gon train..
The publicity committee, eon
sitting nf llmce Dcmiis editor
nf the La Grande livening Oh
Ncr. V.. It. Ahlrieh, of the Pendle
ton lUist Oregonlaii, of Pendle
loii, and J. It. Itnwen, of the Hnk
er Ih'iniK'rut, of linker, will meet
here Kunday unci lay out a chiii
pulgii for iuv-imgeuiit per
iod.
Meitcluint to Speuk,
Sunday evening Walter K. Meach-
am, president of the Old Oregon
Trail Association, - will deliver: hbv.
famous "Old . Oregon Trull" address
in the Mcthodim church, to which
the puldie is cordlallv Invited.
Mr. Meuchnm has delivered
luldi-i'HH to iiracticully every elvlo eluli
111 I 'oi l 1 11 11 rl ud in all of the leading .
cities of Oregon and tn many point
In WashuiKton. tits address dculH
vvttli every earliest settling of the old
liretton country, now tliD Northwest,
loiH'inna uimn eurly oxploratlonn,
tellliiK BoinetiiiiiK nhoiit tho Ininil
Hiant period, from 1842 to 1800,
euminireh traiiHiiorlatlon facllltlen of
the earlier days with present condi
tions, and in Kencrnl, tells the story '
of tho old . Oregon country In a coiu-
plet and hlifhly IntnieBttnK way.
Mr. .Meurlium :1mih Hpoken beforo
Ihn Ad Club but tho people of J.u
Oriindo lu jrcncral have had no op
portunity to hear his address until
tomorrow evennlnK. 1
Speeili Widely Known,
l'roof of ttie excellency of his ad
dress lies In the fact that lust your
L'li.lMMI copies of his speech was dis
tributed In Ihe Northwest and Inces
sant demand has resulted In plans
to distribute 25 oil!) copied tills year ;
to eastern points.
To Select Site ,
Mummy nuiniliiic at elitbt it'
clis'k U f. ('alder, of llaki-r, M.
S. Levy, or I'lilim, Waller .
Mciichiini, of linker, 1'', 11. Hie,
ell) inuiiaaer.. of.. I,n . (iralule, '
t'hlllile Seranloil, lieiul of the Ail
Club entertainment eoniiultteu,
(;eoruo lllrnle, a lilellllier or Hie
Mime eiiiniuillee, Sam Thompson,
oi I'euilleliin, I,. (', Keliuiiir, of
I'eildlelnii, lr. W. T. I'll)', or Hot
Lake, Dr. Verne ,IiiIiiimiii, of l,a '
(irniule. and (.'. I,. Ciufwcll, of
I i will meet at MeiK biim lo
lei t n site fur (lie iilKoant,
Inns, In ii Kenerul way, are pro-
kii'Sbiiik nicely us Indicated by re
ports n-celved from communities In
Kastern OreKoii. Widespread atten
tion Is liebm kIvcii to the eonilntf ov
enl throiiKlinut the Northwest and
even III many fur away districts
tliroiiKhout tin, nation and all that Is
needed to in. ike Ihe event eomplelelv
satisfactory tn the eyes or those In
elmine will b0 Ihe consent of 1'rcsl- .
dent Wurrcn llilidlnu to deliver his
I'ri'Kon nditress at the paKeaut, In
stead of In I'orltand.
Tin-: MAitKirr.
(liy Assueluted Press)
I'IIUTI.ANH. Apr. SB. I.lvestoek
tendy: i-kks firm, biiylnu; prices
to 1'7 cents, selllnu 23 to 32 eelllJi;
luiHor ftrin. extra cubes 37i cents.
Expanding
sy.Hcm. The banks, it was said, huvi
been able thus far to take cure of
the calls for funds which buve be
come increasingly great e the in-
lUO.OD
..$100.00
..$300.00
1.,Jn "IS7
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