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Y,V i i , 1 1 t i i LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE 1(5, 1923. VOLUME XXVI M DM III . II OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Sli:.MHl.lt OV ASSOCIATED I'ltUSfJ NUMBER 21G (6 m 10 BE STYLE Fashion Dictates That All Wear Old-Time Clothing 4: Prioi' to Pageant. KANGAROO COURT IS APPOINTED Charles Runvan and George Birnie to Be "Big Bugs;" Dates for Pioneer Attire June 25th to July 4th. (mrge Ilit'iilo, jeweler, is fron tier Judge. Charles I'tin.vnn, show en id nml sign painter, is frontier Chief of Police. Wlmt docs it mean? Arc they sup planting Chief of Pollco Clint Haynos and Municipal Judgo H. J. Kitchen? What are their domulns? Vhcre will their headquarters bo? . ' Xo, Chief Haynes and Judge Kitch en will still reign but it means that "white collars will he taboo in Lu. Grande from June 25th until July 4th." And the above mentioned pion eer officers will enforce the "pioneer ordinaiiee" which was adopted yester day by the local committee of the Old Oregon Trail pageant officials. W. C. Perkins, who saw much service in Uaker last year preliminary to the Fourth of July pioneer pageant, heath; the old clothing committee. In a nutshell, every citizen of La Grande, as an advertisement for tho Old Oregon trail pageant, to bo held i ill i n iii i mil ii I II ft-ll V IlllllkPft. at lop o Blue .Mountain:: July 3 and j advisable should the state depart 4, Is being requested by tho assoeia- j ment's efforts to negotiate treaties lion to appear on the street!) in eithyr dealing simultaneously with the ship old clothing or pioneer garh. druing ( liquor question and rum smuggling the dates mentioned above. Between i prevention prove successful. June 25th und July 4 such apparel ic compulsory unlesn the offender de sires to brave the "kangaroo court" ami in addition, the officials are ask ing that ull don their old time regalia. June 19. The "kangaroo ' court" will not begin function until June 25th but all are asked to enter into the. spirit of the plan and doff their "Sunday" clothing and white collars June lth. Headquarters of tho pioneer offi cials will be established at a later dale. What Tan lie Won Safely. Whlto eo I la;; and white shirts, un less they he of the soft, attached col lur style, may not be worn. In fact, a man must not appear "dressed up." Any old clothing as long as it keeps away from a "perfect sartorial as pect" la permissible ami appropriate but a few suggestions as to tho style; to he In vogue would bo a sfollows: Boots o leggings, either inside or out side the pants. Xeckechiefs, of course, (tho brighter tho color tht The Board of Bh-ectorti of Tho (Continued onPageinvc)' j SFLSflN TIHKFT V w..ww. pi nai r in nimni nsi m iu ivu on Grande Honde Cliautauqua have o:- 'j0)in odcll. ganiKed their drive for the sale off AaHlHling" thla committee will bo the season tickets. The business block r,.iiliwl kiuh wivkm finm out of the ylll hit canvassed on Monday an I Tuesday aud the remainder Ihe week will be spent in selling tickets through the city and surrounding country. The price of the Season Ticket this year will be Adult $3 and Child 1:50. The Board are very anxious for every - one where possible to buy a mem- bership consisting of 1 2 wort h of ticket!'. "The reason for this is the fact that for the past few yeani the i Chaul annua Association has been steadily going in debt owing to the , fact that the people of Iji Grande', have never supported the Chautauqua I ns the should," states the committee, This eur with the increased revenue and the savins in expenses they hope to clear off the old debt and slart another year free of handicaps. This can only be done by a large aula of',..tn! u dance will be given at Klks' tickets ami tlie (.hautattu.ua board re- quests and urges that Chautauqua memberships be purchased. iist year uuring nainauqua a large numher of memberships were pledged. 1 hese are now ready for delivery and those who signed up for memberships will nlcuse net 1 he to, Kni one of the canvassers or from a place of wile. I Tickets will be on sale at the fol- lowing placs: r. S. National Hank, I,a Grande National Hank. SHverthorn Wright Drug Store and Glass Drug. Httn .Weather Forecast Portland, June 1G Fair tonight , ..f aou unoa wiui mmlrrato u-t..r1v mwiLidie e. itny wind?. X Election To Be. Monday Tliu nnniial school board fli'C tlon will hii hthl lit tlif Central xihool liullillne. opposite thi! hlKh Hi hool liulhtlni,'. on Fourth struct. yMoncliiy between the hours or 2i Vnil 7 o'clock In the evenlnlj. Two ilirectors will be elected to servui on the jx Grande board of 4ulu taklnii the places left va cant by the expiring of the term of two "members. Chairman C J. lllack und J. K. Reynolds. Three candidates will appear on the ballot in addition to the name of Chairman Itlack, who seeks reelection. The others who have fileil for candidacy are t. ,. MrKennon, L. W. Weeks and It. I'. Landls. Mr Heynolds is not seeking reelection. President Has No Idea of j. T 1 I Calling CongreSS tO Deal With Liquor Question. WASHINGTON, June 1G. There will be no special session of congress to deal with complications arising in the ship liquor situation, it was said definitely Friday at the White House- The announcement put to rest rumors, that such action, in an effort to amend the Volstead law, was contemplated. President Hard ing has no such plins in mid, it was said. The White House spokesman did nut. indiffifp whether this also aD- plied to the question that a special session of the senate might be found Pioneer Lady to Meet President at Trail Fete A pioneer lady of Kustern Ore gon, who has reached the age Hfi) years, but Is still active und able to he around, will he in attendance at the Old Oregon J'rail pageant July 3 and 4. yXrrangements are being made whereby she will meet President W'arrehvCi. Harding and possibly recount her experiences when sho "crossed the plains" to the Old Oregon country. Elks' Wives to Have Part in Convention V -The Klks Till-; J A l.LKH, June Hi visiting the state convention in TheJ Dalles June 2, 22 and 23 are cor dially invited to bring their wiven with them, and no doubt the ladies will come in largo numbeni lor a special efort will bo mado by the wives oi local Klks to receive them, ami show them a good time during he entire session, , Thursday altertioon from 2 to 5:30 a reception win be held in mo com munity Boom of the Civic Auditor ium. The committee in chargo of thin feature hi -Mrs, B. O. McCoy. l rfi floni iri" C '. IU:i kotow M i s. L. H. .-,.,, A ... ,-,.,.. and Mrs. ,., . if..Pl.Ml. t. tf. CnnliriL'e. N,rB y uiounl and Mrs. J. B. nunt Wasco Mrs. K. I). MeKee, Mrs. jGoorge n. Ciossfteld and Mrs. A. T. 'stiker. i Moro Mrs. J. C. McKcan, Mrv. T. v. Allev. and Mrs. A. H. Barnum. Glass Valley Mrs. J. J Wiley, Mrs. K. M. Alle, Mrs. G. C. Vinton. Kent M rs. A. A. 1 hinlap. Klondike M is. Ueorgo rotter, jmiur Mrs. W. A. Short, Mr::. I,. Vanderpool. Ms. V. N. Kvans. The I'alles Mrs. Thompson Co (berth, Mrs. It. A. Twiss, Mrs". V. J 'stailelman. Thursday evening at 6:16 will bo j (., Hie l'jgcant of Wascopam. i Thursday evening after the Tag l-remp'e for Klks and wives only, I KrMuy morning the ladles of Klk j,um will bo the guests of The Dalles Country Club and will be able to In ,.lge In games of golf o watch the li,ilers make the round of the course Alter the golt games a luncheon ...mi i... ...i ..i d... t 'n....t.-i.- complimentary to wives or visiting Klks. Following the luncheon, from -2 io 5:.1ti o'clock, the ladies will be Kiv, auto rides to points of Interest m u,e surrounding countrv. Frirluv eventnu the ladles will met at the Km press theatre where will be witnessed one of the best pictures of the year. Following the show & card party will be given In Klks' Temple. Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4:30 o'clock a reception will be held In t h e co m m unity room of the Civ ic r auditorium. I The big pa rail if will be held at 4:3" Salurda, I Satuiday e afternoon. - "- " big dance in Klks Temple. fp--b provision Is being made to nitiiisn r' Fiennien s tor me luiiies. ThC'C Wl" h ,,un,lMnt f tioW' ri(-h fni, HI, p,lluh. ; ' he ( ommmee on Hrrang-rnent tor the cntrta)nin''ni ot the ladles I" , . ... , , u EXTRA SESSION nnniinnnnrMirn nuiviuntHoiLu 149VEHICLES I ON JUNE I3TH Despite Poor Condition of Old Oregon Trail Over Blue Mountains, 1 raihc Heavy. Desplln the fact that a great share of the vehicles had to be assisted over the "five-mile Htretch of the Old Ore gon Trail, a census completed by the Men chain, a census completed by the local department of the state highway commission showed that exactly 1 4 : cars or other vehicles went over the Old Oregon Trail over the nine moun tains on Wednesday, June 1.1. With the roads still in poor condition sucn an enormous traffic indicates the i heaviest road traffic In history for RAVELED ROAD this section this year. . The teams thawed by Ben Decious who la also pro- assisted the vehicles over the ron employed by the state highwnl' commission. Census was taken at ol her point 20 cars traveled between I'nion und Teloeaset and 710 between Ia. Grande and Hot Lake. The road over the Blue mountains is still In fairly bad shape and the teams will be kept on the scene until cars can puss unassisted. No charge is made for pulling the tourists through. Itoad IttHrt. .Itoad conditions In ICaslern Ore gon, according to the weekly report of the state highwuy commission, are as follows: Old Oregon Trail Knst of The Bnlles Ontario - Huntington - Baker - l,u Grande - Moacham: Macadamized en tire distance and In excellent condi tion. Meuchum - Dead man's Puss: Ap proximately five miles new grade which is rough but passable; remaind er excellent macadam. Dead man's Pass - Pendleton: Ex cellent mueudam.. Pendleton - I'mutllla - Arlington -The Italics: Macadamized entire dis tance, , Old Oifgon Trail Wvnl of The Dalles Columbia Blver Highway Section Tlte JiuHi's ; Hosier - Hood Klvor Cascade Locks - Portland: Paved en tile distance. Portland - Hcappoose - Beer Island Clatskanle - Astoria - Seaside: Paved entire distance except one mile through city of Rainier where paving (Continued on Page Five.) INSPECT MEACHAM WATER FACILITIES Br. Krederick l. Striker, secretary of the state health board and stnte health officer, will arrive here to morrow and, after boiuK Joined by Dr. V. T. Phy, also a member, of the Alate honrtl, will go to Meucha,m to inspect the we tor supply at Top O' Blue Mountains. Sanitation tests and the sort will be thoroughly made and all will be made ready to permit those visiting tho Old Oregon Trail Pageant to be sure of a pure, clean water supply. census was iaacn ai oi ner poun - .-v.... along the highway and showed tha.APrlL,lor today. "Although the offl TOP '0 BLUE MOUNTAINS THE SITE OF OLD lift co 1 J). :o.-. o . "A ko t o J ! r ;:VvV il ft V jsiv t Kuh'o" i ' ( J l'i ' ' " j JO The. Hbove nmp of the northwest In- d testes the tnet loeation of Top liliie Mountains, which will bloom for two r ivi lvnen p n i i treiton i rm ipugeant. cnmnicmoiattng the rroimlnf'icon-ldahn neMnn of the old Oregon ttf the nine Mountains by the flrt wuttou train years nico ami cele , (.rating the , ..M.pl-I Ion of t hf mm ,trH() ov(ip hfi Ilt(i Mounlaini I(1 BtrfSC, jv j Hn.i .k , .., .. n ne "n,m ' nt he H'ue Moun Uins, the Old Uiegon Trail, and th Given 1 Year Will Appeal Frank Fox was .this morning sentenced to one year in the pen itentiary by J mine J. W. Know lea but gave notice that, he would ap peal his case to " the supreme court of the state, Fox was found guilty of receiving stolen articles knowingly althouKh the jury, in their report, asked that mercy be shown him when sentenced. Hostelry on Depot and Washington to Ming Open Its Doors to the Public; Completely RefinisKed. The New Rommer hotel, now own. prlctor of the Savoy hotel on .(offer- son avenue, will be opened officially Monday afternoon ul five o'clock, ac cording to announcements hy pro in I opening will bo staged at that hour," he continued, "the hotel will be Otcn to patons all during tho day." The Worn me r has, during tlja-past two months, undegonjr"'cbniplot( renovation and may"' now bo classed with the leading hotels of East en Ore gon. As one approaches the building, which Is ut the corner ot Depot and Washington, the first thing that strikes the eye Is the beautiful glasti front facing Depot street. Steppmy into the lobby one views a modern, comfortable room, artistically fin lik ed In gray und cream with hurdwood floors stained a natural maple. An arch (tectorial ly complete stairwav leads from the lobby thence to the second floor where tho rooms and suites of rooma are located. These have all .been completely reflnshed, and, supplied with new wiring, light ing, plumbing and new Interiors, are the last wort! In comfort. Thesti also are finished in gray find cream. lobby upstairs to the left in finished as a writing room. , On tho first floor, In addition to the lobby, is the grill and cafe, owned and operated by B. J.'Hluta and C. L. Deelous. Both uro Coin mod Ions and completely modern. Thence stepping into the kitchen one finds a culinary department of the most modern kind. Electric waffle Irons, mixers, 1) roller, oven, dishwashers and a threo oven ranges are only a part of tho equip ment. Sanitation Is beyond criticism. The sample rooms, five in number, uro located at different points in the hotel. All are roomy and modern. Downstairs, with the heating plant which furnishes steam heat to every room in the house, are the lavUorios. strictly up-to-date and sanitary. The decorating Is being done by C. OPEN SOUR HOTELftIDNDAY H. Catching and the work of renoval- about midnight after an Illness of Mov ing the hotel Ins been personally sup-leral years, at tho home of her daigh erylsed by Mr. Decious. Her, Mrs. II. Adler of May Park. Hhe i leaves one sislcr, Jane. Yurbough, of Take Over Raw Material. DUESSELDORF, June 16. (AP) Plans to take control of coal, coke and raw material supplies of all fac tories in the Ruhr, to enforce the payment of the coal tax, were an nounced at French headquarters. o..v. It. 1(. A- N. rulloiid. the site tor 0ith pftti'-anlry Is Ideal. It is midway .between 1j (itandn und pendleton , ami hi neurit m mi i -ik iii on me m Trail. All roads In I he nri hwest b l ,to Top o nine Mountains as the map i-leiuly shows. I A spectacle thiit will live foieve I In wnttmental history will be .nailed 'when the pageimt-y (b pfheu'ed 'o i jmultitude, try pua of frontier i , . : i X1KA Harding Disappointed. WASHINGTON, June Hi. (AF) President Harding informally told meivtbers of the shipping hoard last night at a dinner to retiring Chair man Lasker "that at the present gov ernment operations is our only re sort" Expressing disappointment at the failure of the administration shipping bill, the president -nid he had seen "so many manifestations of desire of other nations to impedci our work sc many evidences of a de-j sire of others to halt our plans." Wots Lose Fight. iSPHLNG FIELD, June 16- AP) All hop a of the wets in the v Illinois legislature to repeal at this session the stale law pro viding for prohibition enforce ment, vanished last night when the lower house wiped from the calendar the O'Grady bill which would have submitted the ques tion to a referendum. The sen ate took similar action on the measure but did not carry the referendum clause. X Confidence Voted' tOKTLANI, June Hi. (AP) Sixteen directors of the Oregon State! Farm Ilureim Federation, me cling here today, voted confi dence in (ieorge A. Mansfield, ,4 heir president and undertook a new financing project. The fed oration decided it would wait for neither banks or chambers of commerce to give assistance the work. in 300 Chinese Drowned. SHANGHAI. June 16. (AP) Three hundred Chinese coal miners were drowned at Tsnoch wang yesterday when meddle some soldiers cut off the elec tric power, stopping the pumps, according to advices here today. Three Go To Wall NEW YORK, June Hi- (AP) Knauth, Nachod and Kuhne, brokers th New York stock exchnnge, failed today. They did a large busi ness between the United States and Germany. Involuntary petition of bankruptcy in the federal court es timated their liabilities at $11,000,- 000 with assets in securities at the same amount. John Mi'I'hiirtlnnd Drnd. INDIANAPOLIS. Juno IB- (AP) John MoPhnrtliind, president rf the International TypoKiuphiciil Union, a well known labor leader, died here todav of heart trouble, brought on bv influenza. He won 5! years of ane and was a resilient oi new rorK City. MARGARET PHILLI PS DIED AT MIDNIGHT j Margaret Phillips, age 87 years 2 ! months and 2 days died last evening New Boston, Texas and one daughter. Mrs. K. Adler. The funeral will hi held to-morrow aftenoon at one o clock from the Bohnenkamp chapel and Interment will be in the mason ic cemetery with Itev. Hilton in c hnge. OREGON TRAIL PAGEANT life, will be lived over c ice lifore. allstlcally - be dup- ,Vcd over vividly and l Ibiit-d hut by Ote en. president Hard In k and his parly will be present and will partici pate July 3. The p; rint site r- esinlly uereKrtb. front any point In the northwest and ei y rotfd pictured is ithT of good Jmadam urfacing or la imM. il' I iViof I v-lr- Has Visitors "Tis tho month of June." Tho month of tuulst and marriages. It seems that Ihti damp went iter has hindered the latter a hit but has not dampened tho ambition of tjw. tourist. 'The register of tho Ia Grand auto touriut camp shows a total ot 223 cars since the opening of its gates this spring, and with an average of Tour persona to the car It makes the grand total of about 8U2 people visiting tuu tiurk (Mh venr. Ps, " AUat James Clark who is now In charge of tho camp said that thevo wero cars from Florida und other Atlantic coast cities u month prior to this statement. There have been earn from all over the V nlted States register ed at tho park but Idaho seems to have the best showing so far with Oregon cars running a cIosq second. Tho Auto park Is now under the supervision of Mr. und Mrs. James Clark who are doing their best to win the reputation of having one of the best touring camp grounds In tho state. Baptists Meet at Cove Dur ing Week; Attendance Is Very Good ; Convention Was a Success. Thursday afternoon Hevorend Htarkey, of Baker, delivered tho clos ing address for the 11)23 convention lor in of the Grande Honde Association of no convention which was held at Cove was called to order Tuesday when Reverend A. It. Hitlon, of the local Baptist chui-ch, delivered tho an nual sermon. Mrs. C. K. llapperseit secretary of the Woman's Foreign Mlsslonay Society, presided ut the women's meeting Wednesday morn ing. Miss Hunterup, of Portland, gave the principal address. lr. O. C. Wright and lr. Uotty, of Portland, wero tho principal spenkertt for Tuesday, while Dr. Held ivv Ir, Millteh, ulso of Portland, veru tho principal speakers of Wednesday. The convention was a success In every respect, nnd all are congratu lating tho Cove people on the splen did and enthusiastic way they carri ed on tho convention. MRS. M. T. WILLIAMS CALLED IJY DEATH Mfrs- Mnble Tafrf?crt Williams, wife of A. fi. Williams, an employee of the O. W. H- & N., died last niffht at the Grande Hondo howpilul at 11:30, She had been sick leHS than a week, having been taken to the hospital cat Monday to undergo an operation for intestinal trouble- The immediate cause of her death was a blood clot on the heart. Funeral services will be held in the Hohncnkamp chapel on Monday j after which the body will be taken to Deer Lodge, Montana lor inter ment. She leaves her husband and three children at the family home, 1709 Washington avenue, to mourn her passing. Killed My (ilass Sliver. LOS ANCJBI.ES, June l(i- (AP) W, (!. Ilurlburt is dead us a result of his heart being pierced by a sliver of glass from a shop window through which was hurled during a street fight here last night, according to the pel ice, who arrested Tom Myer- gcs. Tho Market. POUTIjAND, June 10. (AP) Live stock steady, eggs and butter unsettled- Boy Scouts Of M CLOSED To Pa rticipate in Pageant The lloy Scouts of la Oramle are io lake an active purl In the Old Ore gon Trail Pageant. "There are 120 boy scouts In ai (trando and ull who have uniforms will be formed into a Kuard of honor ami will participate In th'j reception to Iho President and they iiIko will have a major part In the re. t rent proceedings. I luring t he day the scouts will act as special niessen gers at the Hervice of the Old Oregon Trait AHsoelatinn. Tho scout commls siou wishes to K''t the names of all boys who have uulfoms aud who would like to take part, by June 2. The Hoy Scouts have secured the lr cream concession, which means that they will be the only ones who will hell he cream at Mearham July A and 4. lyi cream will lie sold by cones with thirty tor that purpose to foi ty-five ho s and llnee booths will be tiiiilntatued by the boys for the 'sale r Ice cream by the dish an t Ibulk; between thirty and forty bovs will be used for (he iMtrnoxe. In this plnneeiK them.way ((. lovB wiu h.tV). un opportunl- to earn their (wo weeks camping lilp whli h takes place July t to 21. .booth selling cones. The gem-ml or Should Mien be profits to more than inundation wilt be as follows: Scout cover the ramping (rip It shall nf1 penl for permanent camp equlpmep AS on' "ail ' "? s ,n L unnu 1 (. n be iiMr-l only those who ha FLAMING OIL TANK TRAPS 20 FIREMEN Tank, Burning Since Yes terday, Collapses. Impris oning Fire Fighters. OIL SHOWERED OVER SPECTATORS NEARBY Ambulances Rushed to the Scene ; Firemen Finally Rescue Fellowmen. (My Associated Press) PlTTSBlUt(;H, June 10 A number of firemen later suc ceeded In winning their way to safety through a sea of flames. Fire department officials said that no firemen were missing. PITTSHl I1G1I. June 111. A scoro of the city firemen were trapped at the Atlantic Keflntng company stor age yards when a big oil tank, which has been burning since yesterday, col lapsed this afternoon. Two explosions, following the col lapse of tho tank, showered flaming oil over an area of two squares. All ambulances In tho city wero Juiumoned to the scene. Persons watching the progress of io fire were burned when they weie caught under showers of oil. Firemen attempted to rescue those trapped, but found It difficult to get near the yard bt cause of thu intense heat and Insecure footing. RIVERSIDE PARK IN FINE- SHAPE For a good many, years past, you have possibly spoken to your neigh bors about tho beautiful lawns and tho way the grounds of the Ka Grande Public park has been takon care of. Tho most of us know "Tap" Thomas and know that he lu a good landscape gardener, but, If you wilt stroll out the park way you will sec grounds in much better shapu than you havo ever Keen them before. "This has been u good year for growing flowers and keeping thingj looking nice," said Mr. Thomas as ho strolled through Iho park. "Thu only trouble that I have had In growing tilings this year In watching the young chickens from digging things up. I planted quita a few astor plants this morning and went Into the housu for a few minutes and when I return ed (hero t hey woro all strewn over the ground, but au tho chickens are getting big enough Jo fry I will not bo bothered with them much longer. It b; not far off Io tho Chautauqua tinw and f feel that everything is la readi ness. " JOHKPII, June Hi. Word was re ceived by !, . McCully Thursday morning (hat ho hail been appointed receiver for the First National I tank at Joseph. Tho message came by wire and carried no Instructions. The appoint inent ot Mr. McCully should niei't, with tho approval of all conceriird. lie has had yearn nf bunking experience and 1m thoroughly I'iimlllar- w iOjebdl n g conditions. La Grande come up to a certain standard In scouting will be clliglhlo, A camp will bo established up at Meaj-hnrn by an advance party on tho thirtieth or June, erect Imk booths aud tenia so that when t he rest of the boys conic lu on Monday everything will bo ready. They will be Well or giinized and welt looked alter as they will In; under the direct supervision of tin scout c oinrnisalnncr and his assistant. For proper servlcw In reaching all those who deslrn lea cream the hoys will he divided Into three cri-ws ami they will rudiatu out from three centers. Kach of 11m crews J organized with a manager and assistant ,who are In charge of their particular crew. They are: Fern Kelly, maiuiRrr, Itichard Strand, .assistant : Leo Mcl'orkle, manager, .Merlyn Mux mr, assistant, and Curl l.nnd. manager, aud George Glass, as sistant. Then there will be a cashier ror each booth and a checker, two dm to dish up the ice cream and t hi ee to serve a' (lie counter, with u or fifteen radiating out from each ('oinmtHloner will act as superinten dent, Francis Itublnson, assistant, Kd ward Fitzgeruld general cashier, and Howard Ueulty, quarter master, RECEIVER FOR BANK 110 I 1 :