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LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1923.
VOLUME XXVI
MK.MIIDlt OP ASSOCIATED l'KKSS
MK.MHKU OP ASSOCIATKI) PRESS
NUMBER 206
DENG TO SEE THE PAGEANT
(Phaprttpr
HAM.
MIRKFTIIffi 111 GIVING
iiiniiiiLiinu iu
RELIEF
Secretary California Cattle
men's Association Ad
dresses Convention.
HAS WORKED OUT
PROBLEM IN DETAIL
Big Spread Between Price
Grower Gets and Price of
Meat Over Block, He As
serts. UNION, June 5. (Special) The
profit of the rctniler in meats is
the profit that hurts both grower
ami consumer, is the essence of an'
extt'Tisive argument anil analysis on
meat production introduced yester
day afternoon at the convention of
cattlo and horse raisers of Oregon
in Union by K. M. HaRan, secretary
of the California Cattlemen's asso
ciation Mr. Hagan spoke with apparent
safety in his premise because mem
bers cf his organization not only
own a packing plant in Los Angeles
where one-sixth of the meat of that
city uses is slaughtered, anil con
trols a similar plant in San Fran
cisco, but thsy also own two large
retail shops.
He told of the plans the Califor
nia growers, had adopted and how
the system had changed the cattle
industry very materially in that stato
His association furnishes market re
turns direct tc every member, it also
furnishes information telling where
the bands of cattle aro located in
the statae and when they are ready
for shipment;, it kdcpa in close touch
with every grower advising him when
the market will not be glutted
City Cold Storage.
According to Mr. llagan one of
the things that has aided in taking
up the slack in the rope in the Cali
fornia industry is the city cold stor
age on a co-operative basis. He told
of one small city in California where
a large cold storage plant is run on
a co-operative basis- Private lockers
arc rented for $( per year to people
living in the city. A meat cutter
is hired and every grower docs his
own butchering bringing in the car
cass to the cold storage plant. The
cutter cuts up, according te orders,
the meat that comes in. The private
lockers, hald a quarter of 'beef, a
hog or' two sheep- It can ho filled
just as the man renting it desires.
And when he wants meat he steps in
ami takes home a few mutton chops,
a roast or a T-hone steak. The price
of -meat averages to the consumer
of that city 17 cents 9 pound, where
as it was coting frcm y5 to 50 cents
before the cold ytorngo plant was
established.
Before closing his remarks Zir- Hn
gan issued an invitation to a com
nvittee from the Oregon association
to attend a meeting nf the Ci-'ifn'-niu
association in July in order to.
get -severill of the California pian.
working in Oregon so that the cat
tle industry might benefit.
FRANK LAW FOUND
MENTALLY LACKING
Frank Lw, of Portland, who wa
arrested by J .a Grande peace enforce
ment authorities several days ago,
charged with a serious offence, wns
examined yesterday afternoon in the
orfice of the County Judge, U.s G.
Couch, for sanity and was found to
be mentally deranged, lie was given
to the custody of a" guard from the
.State Hospital at IVndleton this
morning and taken to the Hound-up
City toduy.
C. Hacker, who was arrested re
cently by the city police, charged with
forgery, uppcari d before the giatel
Jury and was found not responsible
for his acts. Ho was paroled under
the can of his parents who reside
at Pumpkin Uidge.
Tin: M.xitKirr.
rOUTLANH, June &. llest citll-
steady, ordinary stuff steady, but 5
to -fifi cents lower. Hugs and sheep
steady. Lggs unsettled and butler
steady.
Weather Forecast
. !
I'ortland, Jun
5. l'air tonight
and Wednesday;
cooler Wednes
day in thu interior.
MAN
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EVERYBODY
C
Town Is in Carnival Garb
for the Week of. Playful
ness; Stockmen Present.
UNION, Juno 5. (Special) Nev
er liiia there been an event in Union
which has received the heart fell
preparation us has the Cattle ami
lforae Hulsers' Annual convention ior
it is coupled ho e lonely to the great
Ktoek allow that begins Wednesday
the two cventa are inseparable
Wvury persun in Union lias been a
committee of one to inako the cuttle
and horse raisers from over tho state
feel a cordial welcome, l,oeal talent
haa Hacril'iued every personal engage
ment in order to be nt the command
of the program committee to render
entertainment fur tho stockmen, all
of which ts deeply appreciated by ev
ery guest.
While a pretty reception was given
Governor Moore of Idaho yesterday,
it was but a forerunner to tho recep
tion accorded Oregon's chief execu
tive, Walter M. 1'lerce, today. Gov
ernor l'lerce haa long been" a stock
show supporter and also haa been one
of the leading spirits among tho
stockmen. Never has there been un
annual gathering of this body with
out tho clarion tones of Mr. fierce in
his discussion from the platform of
problems that con f rout the growers.
rJ'own Is Decorated.
From every corner hang tho flags
and pennants Indicating that a gala
occasion is on in Union. The atroet
carnivals are there, the street spiel
er is on the job. tho big dance is be
ing advertised for every night of the
week, and the hot dog man is selling
his wares with his usual festival lin
go. Union is tho resort of tho Kastern
Oregon country this week. It is the,
place where the, stockmen and their
wives, the cowboy and cowgirl, have
congregated. It is tho center of fun 1
and frolic, of good nature and happy
faces.
The troubled cattle raiser la lay
ing aside his cares for a few days and
the prosperous sheep men are back
ing the smiles of his prosperity.
Jt is a fine gathering a gathering
that Union county is. glad to have.
And the big show the Union Live
stock show starts Wednesday with
a vim. Thursday, the second day,
will be observed as Ial Gritmlu day.
State Grangers' Session
At Newport Begins Toclj
A number of delotratcs left La
Grande Saturday evening for
Newport, Oregon, to be present
at the annual convention 01 the
V recon State Grange, which
opens today and will ccntmue up
til r nday evening.
Among those who left for
Newport were M. L. Carter and
W. It. Gekeler.
AUTO STAGE TO RUN
DAY, NIGHT DURING
UNION STOCK SHOW
In order to care for all passengers
from La Grande and this Vicinity to
Union during the Union Livestock
Show, which starts Wednesday morn
ing and comes to a close Kriday ev
ening, 1. G. lielwip, owner of the La
Grande-Union auto stage, announces
that two cars will run continuously
between this city and Union during
the three days. The stages will leav;:
I.a Grande from the L. & L. drug
store corner and Union from the Un
ion Hotel.
"We will leavo here at eight rcioi k
on the first trip each morning and
run continuously throughout the day
and evening as long as passe ngengers
continue to make th trip," hi stnl;'I
"So set schedule will be followed af
ter the first trip but the two curs
will make the trips, unload their
passengers and come back for mora
all day."
100 Communists Arrested
(Hy Associated Tress)
TIIMII, June ,. Mine than
100 prominent communists mul
MM-iHlils urn. arrest. d today, tlir
IHiliee rlinrgiins ' that they en
Baueil 111 a plot to orttaulM a plot
tu orttanlxe a t-omiminislV slate.
Criticize Ericksou
(Bv Associated I'rcss)
"ASTOKIA, June 5. ;iul.sop coun
ty's prand jury, which concluded its
sesxiotf last nipht, returned a special
report today in which it criticized
District Attorney Krickson, ilcHarinif
that he failed to (five co-"e ration
towards the investigation cf law vio
lations. Seize More Itailroadn.
tRv Associated I'icsM
BKRMN, June 5- French
troops today occupied railway
stations nt Hern. Wanne, (ielcii
kirrhen, Karlrnhvrg and Alttn
essen( und rlnwrd thai to traffic,
thus thrnwifir out of operation
the last important railway in the
liuhr.
WARM WEL
I
.'i'M'.iii'iJsM-t----i'.-. w-i.ct'i.' r i
Legion Gbief
, Flays Soviet
ritUKi;, Juno 5. Soviet or
Communistic forms of govern
ment and agitation for tho re
leatiu of wartimo prisoners in this
country were flayed Monday
night by Alvln Owsley, national
commander of the American Le
gion, who spoke in front of tho
capitol at tho close of -hlu one- '
day's stay in Idaho capital city.
Kor more than an hour tho na
tional commander drove homb
with tho most eloquent oratory
that hus been hoard In Boiso for
many years, the principles for
which the American Legion of
tho country stands.
HHEK TELL OF
Big Cattleman Holds Audi
ence in Deep Interest Re
lating Early Cattle -Experiences.
' .
Bill Hanley. sage of the sagebrush
Harney country, has cooties and ha
admits it.
Yesterday afternoon nt tlio Cattlo
md Horse Growers meeting In Un
ion he spoke for two hours in a
most iuterosling manner telling of
the cattle problems first; and then he
1 rifted Into early day experiences
when he drove cattle through Uara-
llse valley to Wlnnemucca, Nevada,
tor shipment. -
Hill's hair is growing gray, his bay
window of today Indicates that he can
longer fight tho bucking cay use
he once did, but his memory is
vivid.
It was when Iilll was a youngster
and the Indians called tho "hanley
boy" that he would take tho long
rides In delivering cattle to tho load
ing station. So long wero those rides,
that they would bo days on tho trail.
It was, then Itifl gut cooties. Ho call
ed them gray backs before the people
became so well edieated another
miiru was necessary, ho said. """
'I built a bit of sago brush fire
fire with mercury well below that
zero point, pulled off my hirt and
picked those cooties from Its scams.
Uach tlino 1 threw a well fed cootie
into the flames and heard him crack
le I mi id to myself this Is a big co unt
il ml somebody, some day Is going
appreciate It. That thought got
me and I looked over Paradise valley
and decided the fellow who named It
had done good job, and that I was
going to hang out and' wait for tho
development. My father told mo to
go Into the )dg Interior and stick for
success. My mother told mo to go
forth into the world and always be
ilean. There 'I was out In the world
ill right, but mother never thougrtt
lier little Willie boy would bo plck
ng cooties out of his shirt on a cold
(Cniif limed on Patre Five)
THE
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WATER'S WARM Wl J W S
IES
D F A SECRET
Harding Praises Fraternal
Organizations in Address
to Shriners, but Scores
"Secret Conspiracies."
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Juno 5. "Justice
alone entitles a fraternal organization
to survive" and "si secret fraternity
is one thing, a secret conspiracy is
another' President Harding today
declared in nn addic-H to the Im
perial Council session of the Mystic
Shrine after he had reviewed the
Shriners parade from a stand in front
of the White House.
"1 like the highly purposed frater
nity because it is our a.xsurance
against any menacing orirnnissutiun,"
Harding said, "In the very natural
ness of the association men banded
together for mischief exerted mis
fruidcil leal, vented unreasciiine; mal
ice, and undermined our institutions
That sort isn't fraternity, it is con
spiruiy. That isn't associated uplift,
it is organized destruction. That is
not brotherhood, it is discord of dis
loyalty and is a danger to the re
public."
Elks' Lodge Plans Flag
Uay services June Mill
A special committee appointed
by tho local II. 1'. o. IS. lodpo to
urranyc for the Flap J.uy services
to bo held In thq Kike Tcmplo on
the evening of Juno 14 is now
smoothing out tho details al
though the f;roater share of tho
program s now, arranged.
Tho Flag Day address will bo
made by II. M. Swart wood, of
Joseph, and others appearing ori
' tho evening program will bo tlio
l.a Grande liutul, Miss Khiviu
Hitter and tho t'nloti County
Chamber of Commerce quar
tette. Further dutalls of the program
.will be roloaed lator'.' Tho pub.
lie is cordially invited to utend
tho services.
Exhibit Game Resources.
WALI.OIWiA. June 5. 125,000 view
ed the Wallowa county exhibit at tho
Sportsman and Tourist Exhibition at
Spokane last week. The booth, which
was in charge of George Rogers, H.
M- iDuBois and I). B. 'Keavis, was
decorated with trophies' of field and
stream, and attracted a considerable
amount cf interest. Twety-inch rain
bow trout, frozen in ice took the
visitor s eye, while the skins of ibear,
cougar, deer and mountain sheep in-
hcatcd something ot the wild lite oi
this section.
Wheat Quotations'
(By Associated Press)
PORTLAND. June 5. Soft While
$1.11: Western Red SI. nr..
SWIMMING SEASON'S IN
mini -i it r - -
GONSPIRAC
NATURESGORED
Cowboy Breakfast
Attended ByMany
Knights Templar Special
Train Wrecked; 5 Killed
And MO Reported Injured
DUPvAND, Mich., Juno
,5. Five are reported killed
and about 140 injured when
the special Grand Trunk
train, en route to tho
Knights Templar state con
vention at Flint, was de
railed near here today.
E
Characters of Prominence
Among the Guests of the
Stock Show Town.
When r'rosident William l'ollmnn
dropped his Kiivel yesterday at Union
and called tu order the annual con
vention of tho Cattle and Ho:ho Hutn-
i of Oregon, it was nollecahla that
may prominent and intercnting char
acters were In the assembly.
H. O. Corroll, secretary, ts ono of
the few original college progessors
who has made a success raising cattlo.
And his success In legend. It is not
tike the Judge Knowles success In the
Jersey business, for Correll has real,
live cuttle, several of them besides
lie one he uses on the cover of the
minute of the association every year.
He is n good story teller, but H
president of the ussocialton has to use
a safety valve on Correll so that when
lie reaches a certain shade In his
stories, he can be stopped. Other
wisp there would be no roof on tho
meeting place.
Then comes Dan Clarko, tho O-W
cow man, who handles a luriat with
the same eus,e that a Hussian handles-
u safety razor. . Dan is present with
I'at .McArtliur's big white hat. und
ready to act as mounted police, Jump
the hurdles with a spavined horse,
escort tho lady riders to tholr
places in the parado.
C. M. MeOulllster is present and
lenien the allegation that the devil is
In pork for he is a hog special 1st In
I'ortland and can qnoto more hor;
statistics than any other man on the
I'aciflc coast. JIo even rats pork ov-
once in a while according to
Mine Host Clarke of tho Cnlon Hotel.
Arthur Geary, another prominent
visitor from I'ortland at tho stock
men's convention. In a thorn in tho
side of all transportation companies
that handle live stock for Geary In
sists on an accuracy which is oven
sometimes neglected In railroad clrc-
(Continued on J'uko Klvo)
AGAIN
- i in' -ii
INTERESTING AR
un
VISITORS
Opens Final
Day of Meet
btockmen Visit Eastern
Oregon Experiment Sta
tion This Morning.
UNION, Juno 6. S.fCllU.) To
' thut th Cowhoy Uronkriist, liclil
this MiornliiK nl Union's park mul
I'limnliiK Kiouuiis Just north ot Ciilh-
i-rluu Uivuk on Main street, wus a
BiU'Cfsii Is only hull or It. Tim tin.uk-
lust nttuiulcd hy ovor 300, Includlnir
(It'l.'Kutes un.l special frucstH, was pre
pared by a Henson chof with a Blaff
or cxpoiiinod artists, and waa duly
appreciated 'S' nil who partook of tlio
oiieriiiKs on tho menu. It opened
I ho ol i lciul proeram tor today, tho
cIohIiik day or tho convention, und
"doiiBh Rods." ham and cbks, bacon,
corroo with nil that boos with, tlioin,
were served to the complete satisfac
tion or those epicurean souls who
breakfasted.
The entire dclcsutlon nt tho con
vention wore there with bells on us
were many Buesta from lji Uinn.le
and other cities anil towns adjacent
to 1'nlon. lllll Tollman. Colonel Mill
llanley, und their fellow members or
Iho stockmen's association wero loud
In their praise of thu feed us was
another visitor (hurley liecker, two
months younger thun ninety years,
who hulls from Westfall. Charley Is
famous for ono fcto primarily, u feto
that many an early pioneer would
lko to ablo to tell about thut of
(Continued on Page Five.)
i i' 1 1 a w-v .-
v.ouniry iiud uance Soon
Announcement wns mnrli. tn.lnv .
hat a dnnce, one of a series of
monthly dunces that have nroven iv-
epuonaiiy successlul durinp; the past
do civen m t ie snacm ( nuntrv
ciiruhpuse Monduy ovenmj;, June 1
DANK ROBIH'JR IS
NABBED BY TWO
DEPUTY SHERIFFS
iio.si:m!no, June t. a" ruBitivo
soiiRht as tho lone bundit who Satur
day held up tho Cilendale stuto bunk,
waa en pi ii red Imo yestorday on
Wlilskuy Creek, a tributary of tho
ItoBiie Itlver, by deputy sheriffs Two
Clun Hopkins and William Ilranlm.
Tho officers reported flndlnK tho
hnnk'ti stolen currency on thu prisoner
and thut ho led them to a cael.n r,r
silver near Olendulo this mornliiB.
Tho total recovered amounts
nhoiit (1100.
to
i ne prisoner, Clyde l.nrsen, freel
discussed the robbery unit told of hll
uiHiii. ijusen is zt years of uito mil
a lumiicijuck. JIo had reKlster.il
irom uecdsport, hut thut is not li
home.
Advertise the Issues of
Peace, Says F. H. Sisson
Asfloelute.l lress)
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J Juno
B. As tho Issues ot war weru
broimlit to stir men souls throuKh
advertlsliiB. so mlKht tho Issues or
peueo be pr.Kented IhroiiBli the
inline medium, Krunels 11. Kissou.
vice president of tlx. (luuranly
Trust I'm,, puny of New York told
the l.'lnanclnl Ailvertlsers' usso
cialton at the annual convention
here lo.li.y.
LaG rande Tp Attend Union
Livestock Show On Thursday
At tlio close of a shrt discussion,
a vote will taken today at tho Union
County CliamlHM' of Crimiicrcc weekly
executive nieetimr ami luncheon on
tho qucHtion of whether to close the
huKiucsg xcction of I.a Grande Thurs
day afternoon, li i.randc day at the
Union Livestock Show, or not. The
vote was practically unanimous for
clc.sinj; the business section that day,
cranking up the car or stepping on
the starter of same, and Kning to
Union to help the Union people innkci
Thursday the bickrost and best day
of the show.
The action taken by the Chain
her today simply recommends
that the stores in l.n (.raudc
rloKe (heir doors during Thurs
day afternoon for the purpose of
at lending the second day of the
stock show,
A- U. Silton, pastor of the Baptist
church of a Grande, opened the
meeting, which was presided over by
II. K. 'Wntkins, with grace. Follow
ing tho introduction of guests the
members partook of a dinner that
was net only of a high quality hut
was augmented with a button hole
b..u.uet nf pansics, given by the In
dies of the Mooseheart Ix'gion.
Discuss C hautauqua.
Due to the fact that a report of
MEACHAftl IS
ON ITINERARY
OF PRESIDENT
White House Issues An
nouncement of Visit Late
This Afternoon .
WILL BE HERE FOR
12 HOURS JULY 3RD
Harding Stops at . Top ,0'
Blue Mountains at : v
O'clock in the Morning; to
Leave in Evening.
A. W. Nelson, secretary of the
Old Oregon Trail association,
received information from the
White House late this afternoon
that the president's itinerary on
his western trip will include a
twelve-hour visit at the Old Ore
gon Trail celebration to be held
at Top 0' Blue Mountains July
3rd and possibly July 4th, in
commemoration of the crossing
of tho Blue mountains by the
first wagon train 80 years ago,
und celebrating the completion
of the new Old Oregon Trail
over the Blue mountains.
P,nSiri,.nf TT.nHinrr an i,;
irty will arrive at Meacham at
9 olclock in the morning anil
wily take their departure ut 9;
cMock in the evening.
Two Members' Terms Ex-4
pire.; L. W. Weeks and K.
P. Landis to Seek Office;
C. J. Black for Re-Elec
tion.
Wltlithc uuntml school board elec
tion HOt flit' Jlinn IKth twn Iuivk nn.
nouiu'od thi'lr cundtdacy for a pol- 1
tion on tlin local board of education.
It. 1'. I-uihIIh mul U W. Wi-okH, ftU
MK with tlio Bchool boarU clork In
tentions to that effort.
Tip terms of C. J. Hluck and' Jv-
KcynoIdH uxpiruH on olitction day. Mr,
lllack lias Hiirvcd very aucccfwfully -
on tho school tioard for a period oC
thrco'ycurH und Is ut present chub-,
man of thu bnurd.
With Mr. lllack eloetlnir to run for.
office iiffaln, three candldalm will ha
on the' b iUot, provldlnKT. no ono visa ;
fllcH for cundlducy beforo flllnir time '
ends Monday, Juno 11. No others '
havo mihllrlv announcnil tholr intnn
tloiiM of fflhiR as yet. ' 1
Tlio election June 18th will bo held
In the en trnl Graininur bchool build.
ItiK between tho hours of two and
wvrn fi'ploek tn the pyonlnir.
tho constitutional anil bylaw com
mittee Would l)o too lengthy for to
day's session, the report waa laid
ovor until a future meeting- Ray
Murphy took the floor, representing
the rhautauoua tioard und explained
tho merits of the chauUtuqua in full,
assisted hy George Cochran, who also
spoko on tho same subject. Mr. Mur
phy asked for a revival of "the prac
tice ot camping at tho park during
the week" and also urged the cham
ber and the city as a whole to get
behind tho chaulauqua ac.lidly. ,lr.
Cochran told briefly -of the merits
of tho Cadmcan circuit, stating that
Waldemar Gclch, the greatest Amer
ican violinist in the world, would be'
present, and that Senntor J. M. Ten
sure, instigator of tho Onpper-Ten-sure
bill, would also bo on the pro
gram. An exceptionally high class
program in to lie offered, with some
of the best talent to bo had. Chau
tauqua week will lie June 24 to 2!1,
inclusive. Season tickets will cost f:
for adults anil $1 50 for children.
The chautauqua will also be dis
cussed again at the chamber meet
ing next week, which will bo presid
ed over hy Floyd MrKennnn. Two
speakers of tho Oregon-Idaho Dairy
Loan association will speak at the
next meeting.
SCHOOL BOARD
LECTION SOON
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