La Grande evening observer., June 19, 1923, Image 1

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LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1923.
VOLUME XXVI
MICMIIICR OF ASSOCIATED PKESS
MDMIIEH OF ASSOCIATED I'RESS
NUMBER 218
LAND IS AND
WEEKS 1 BY
BIG MAJORITY
School Election Vote Broke
All Past Records for
This District.
TOTAL OF 1281
BALLOTS CAST
Voting Heavy From Open
ing Until Closing Hours
of Polls; Heavy Majority
Elects Successful Candi
dates.
Klecllnn Result.
1H. It. I, liiuitlis, t)8.
Ij. W. Weeks, HIM).
.1. Ithick, a:.H.
I,. McKiMiiifiii, :i-jo.
Tollll Vote I'ollttl, J28I.
)lr I 1 I nnllu iiii.I I. V. Weeltfl.
'cundidiitofi for the position oC school
director in J.Ms. No. 1, comprising
.La Grande, emerged victorious by u
vote of nearly thrco to onu in the
sctiool board election hero yesterday
afternoon that broke all IWSt -records
Mu..regard to the number or votes poll
ed. A total of 1281 ballots were cait
which is 4M more votes than ever
before polled In school district No. 1.
In l'J'22,bl voles were cast, about
500 and In 11)20 about 850, the record
year before the vote yesterday.
Immediately with the opening of
. the polls yesterday at two o'clock in
the Central school building, voters
began to appear in every increasing
numbers. The heavy vote continued
until closing hour, at 7 o'clock.
Heavy Majority.
r. It. I Landis and 1.. W. Weeks
were elected to tho position by a
he-ivy majority over their opposing
candicjalcs, C. J. lilack, former chair
man of the board .and L. Ij. AIcKen
non. The final count showed Messrs.
Landls and Weeks 948 and 89!), res
pectively, with Messrs. Ulaek and Mc
Kennon receiving ysil and 349, r
spectively. The school bpard Is iipw composed
of the following: A. T. Hill, J. A. Kurt
sell, Colon U. Kburhard, L., W. Weeks
aiul It. I. 1 .a mils.
Judges of tho election here were
J. M. Hilts and O. W. Allen. U II..
Itussell, Floy M. Nelson and Anna A. j
Andrcwa were clerks. j
Old Officers l.lcetcd.
At the school election yesterday in
Fruit dale district a very large vote
was polled. I.ee Wright was re-elected
director and Mrs. Krancis Carbine
was re-elected clerk.
Baker Klection Results.
BAKKfR; June 111. In what proved
to be one of the most spirited school
elections ever held in the city, lr
T. J. Arncson and John Allen ware
yesterday elected directors of schrd
district No. C of I?akcr to succeed
W. S- Luvutis and W. II. Straycr
whose terms expire.
From the opening; of tho polls at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon until
the close at 7 o'clock in the eve
ning, a steady stream of voters cant
their ballots. At IJ o'clock; two hun
dred votes had been ca.it with a fin
al total of K.97 votes-
Tho official count:
T. J. A meson, 1180.
John (Allen, 1080-
W. II. Straver, HID.
W- S. Levens, 475.
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Large LrOWCl Expected at
t ie CltV I'arK: UOOtUri'O-
w V"J r
Cram and L0tS 01 rjatS
WEDNESDAY IS
FARMERS PICNIC
There will ' probably be a large gram but in the manner they work
crowd at the Farmers picnic Wed- edj to make all welcome who visited
nplav at the city park for that tlat community during the stock
;t tho" Hnv rf tho annual Farmers
Union picnic of Union county. l
an occasion for everyone ami tlifiilast evening in the new high school
yiblic is invited to attend with their
A'pU-and enjoy fhe day. -
A program has been ananged fo:
the occasion which will be interest
ing ami some of the lendine speak
'deliver talks during the afteroroii.lncighbnrhood dance was enjoyed un
ers ot the farmers nrgani.aiion wii
Special music has also been arrang-
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Weather Forecast
Portland, June
Fair tonight
and Wciliusday.for "medicinal purpose a.'
Moderate wester
ly wind.
Three Yankee
Craft Seized
NOV K, Jun Word of tho
fate of three American trading
schooners seized by Soviet offi
cials ut Kast Cape, Siberia. Wis
being eagerly awaited here today.
Tho crews of tho craft, which
went north this spring to traffic
along far northern coasts, were
under arrest, at the latest report
accused of violating commercial
laws of Soviet Russia and high
Soviet officials wero coining
north to consider the case.
TACOMA. June 19. General
James M. Ashton, of the I'hoenlx
Not hern Trading company, own
ers of the lskum one of tho three
vessels seized on the Siberian
coast by Soviets, announced that
ho will protest to the state de
partment at Washington In nil
endeavor to obtain tho vessels re-,
lease.
Grande Ronde Valley Farm
ers Expectant of a Year
Above Normal Yields.
The condition of crops, especially
grains and hay, looks rosier in the
Grande Ronde valley and in Wallowa
county than for several years at
this season. Heavy rains that have
been prevalent here for the last two
weeks have given the spring wheats
and the hays a distinct urge and give
promise of a bumper crop, 'Already
the first yield of alfalfa is being
harvested in seme sections.
Possibly the only agriculturist that
is doubtful of a heavy crop is the
winter wheat grower- The recent
rains, though proving a boon for oth
ers, pelted his grain to the ground
and if more rains come will prob
ably result in damaged crops. Tt cubic-
with heading is expected to fade,
however, with a resumption of sum
mer weather. In other lines the
abundant rainfall will insure heavy
yields if growing and harvesting
conditions are right. Near Imbler
the winter wheat is reported as 'lux
uriant and already "fence high-" In
some fields wheat is already heading.
In the Wolf creek district, near
North Powder, wheat .is growing up
wonderfully. In the Thief valley dis
trict farmers expect their crops of
hard federation, a spring wheat to
yield from 4b" to CO bushels per acre.
In the Grande Ronde valley the
wheat is doing nearly as well
Last year's yield of wheat, aver
aging around 27 to 35 bushels as a
whole,, is expected to be bettered by
a few bushels per acre. If all goes
well wheat men will experience one
of the best years in the past decade, i
Apples, in the orchards near gin
and Imhlcr, have set as well or bet
ter than expected, according to H.
II- IWcatherspoon, hcrticulturist, and
there will undoubtedly be the larg
est apple crop ever harvested in that
secticn of the valley. Present facil
ities are not expected to house the
harvested crop.
In the vicinity of Cove. - cherries
j have been contracted at ten cents
'for the canning varieties, while the
J black cherries will probably bring
as high as 15 cents. Prospects' lock
.fine for a large crop, not only in
I cherries, but in prunes and other
! fruits- Strawberries all over the
Grande Ronde valley are thriving.
Union Commercial Club En
tertains Ladies Who Gave
Banquet to Stockmen.
The Union Commercial club cave
j a very delightful entertainment to
'the ladies of that citv who prepared
t-m; lauir.-i ui uiui env w no prepared
and served the stockmen's banquet
mock snow ami everyone
voiced annreoiatir.n of the nuie-nifi-
cent manner in which Union ladies
T3ot only todk part in the set nro-
sftow week.
Quite a number was in attendance
gymnasium where the program and
entertainment were held and after
several line musical num tiers, a few
addresses, a folk dance bv the little
trirls, Ixmoy's crchestra of La Grande
tKik charge of the hall and a fine
""uniki.i.
NEW MOVE MADE IX
SHIP - LIQUOR CASE
WASHINOTOX. June l3.part ot-
;lhe mystey of the latent treasury ltuvr.
j in the nhi it liquor controvtuy was
tHlftH'1l'-d today by a declaration In
jntlifial circle that hcrcifter the whip
jdoctnr on foreign nhtpw will be Riven
, custody in Ann rit an watcm of Much
Ihnioi ar he In willing to certify in
lite Market.
Pi UTI.A I . J one 1 9 . , vent oek
it.-ady Itiil iinrhitnt-'tl, vkki Hteady at
one rent higher, butter steady actf
lunchanvU.
CONDITION OF
CROPSR0SEATE
LIES CM
FIPURI
Company Decides to Start
o
GERMANYFACES
LABOR TROUBLE
ASMARKDROPS
TU, XX7 TV,, !l1'""- "OW.it
new rcivu uj.. ucyi uiicinun
of Money Causes Unrest
m i . tt. tit j
m iraae unions; warns
Wap-fi Adinstment. . ' I
BERLIN. Juno 19. Uerlln was
buzzing Monday night with talk of
impending outlaw strikes after tho
mark had suffered a collapse which.
once during the day, saw It selling at
5,6uu to the dollar among unofficial
dealers. . .....
There was scarcely a household In
tho city Alondiy night where the
J question was not raised as to. how fur
the German unit can or will fall.'
The new wavo of depreciation has
Intensified the feeling of unrest
anion)? the laborers who have become
accustomed to repeated Increases In
retail prices, which virtually keep
pace with the exchange of late, whllo
wagea follow tardily. : '
These trade unions already, have,
inaugurated negotiations with Chnnc
elor Cuno and tho ministry of labor
with the object of remedying the
wage difficulties due to the mark's
depreciation, but there Is widespread
fear that the rank and file of the
workers, faced by still worse condi
tions, will get out of hand and strike.
Home quarters regard the rumbl
ings of outlaw strikes as one of the
causes ot the murk's new slump; oth
ers continue to attribute It to CTer-
many's political prospects abroad and
the heavy remand lately among Oer-.
man Industrialists for foreign eurren-
clesa.
The dollar officially was 147,030
to 148.370 a scomparcd with Satur
day's 114, 712. to 1)6,288. Late In the
afternoon the dollar reached 16H.B00.
unofficially. Tho rumor was clrcula-,
ted on the board for a time Monday
night that hereafter the mark would
not. bo. given ' official quotation .,,1.
New York. , ,
Plan Activities
NEW yoilK, June 19.. (AO
Federal prohibition authorities, 1
electrified by two of the wildest
bootlegging stories lhat has yet
reached their ears, tonight be
gan .planning a campaign to mop
up tone Island, which has been
adopted as the liew scene of oper
ations of runners plying to and
fro from the rum fleet.
COURT DISBARS
SEATTLE LAWYER
Ol.YMPIA. Juno 19. Walter . M.
Harvey, Seattle attorney, formerly of
Tacoma, Washington, wus perman
ently disbarred from practising in tho
Htale courts by the supreme court. Ho
was charged with fraudulent, unoffi
cial conduct Involving aervlcca to bin
clients. ;
j FRITZ OUGHT TO 'REDUCE :
sf- ' ' - 7 """" . :"
w jutrJr-.f4 f xrm , VUNOER,
( AT I COULD ,
71T f tri
lictiirning from Merrill, Wisconsin,
where he had been attending u meet
ing of the directors of the ,lt. Kmlly
Timber company, a company that
owns largo holdings of standing tim
ber in l;nton and t' ma tit la counties,
August J. Sstange stated to a reporter
for tho Kvenlng Observer today that
the directors of the company met in
Merrill, Wisconsin recently ant at tho
meeting tt was deemed to stat :i saw
mill operation to cut tho company's'
timber In Union county, A committee,
wus appointed at the director's meet
ing to decide on the location of the
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iwoi-k invesiiKaiiHs currori'jit propcsi
piy'11 "0 "' 1"G'""d0 '"""i
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ISEMIEQ
TT: T..l,rt.l Ti i, an ikii nicKins in appropriate clotli
Hattie ri-OebStel LCKley.lnir. With a red bandana ll keen
Calls Attention to Mistak -
en Garb Being Worn,
' ' liy-laws and they were adopted by
That the present tlay folk sceni unanimous volo subject to nmond
to have' u wrong conception of tho'ucnt nt the next moetlng, which In
pioneer p;arb and that many of thojchlenlally will be the last mooting of
costumes now bcinp worn by Ui.'ho Chamber until fall. Tho1 dual
urnnde and Jjaker citizens to com-
mcmnrato the Old OreRon Trail are
out of line with the true costumes of
those days, is the argument set forth
in the following letter;
Editor Observer: I most emphati
cally protest against the proposed
imitation of the "Pioneer Garb" for
the . forthcoming pageant at Mea
cham. - If this were intended as a
masquerade o a clown show it would
be all right, but it is a travesty on
the pioneer period to call for neck- j
erchiefs, lcggins, big hats, and col-
larless shirts. This .ort of dress
rightfully belongs to the cowboy pe-
riod which came many years after
the real pioneers had reached the
northwest, and in fact years after
Oregon had been admitted into the
Union.
I want' to say, and it can be
abundantly nrcved, that the pioneers
of tho forties and fiftfos, were peo
ple of dignified personality, with
high ideals and, moreover, people of
considerable means and were not as
the .assumed style of their
would imply, .a bunch of gypsies,
tramps and paupers.' Otherwise,
they never could have accomplished
what they
did. Hnttie-' Proebstel
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Hiighes Talks
World Gourt
JIANOVKR, X. 11., June ly.
A permanent court of Interna
tional juatiee conslttuted a tribu
nal with Htauilard.s "tha conform
to our highest court," Secretary
HukIici; told the alumni at a coin
men cement exerclHO at J.'art
tnoul h " college.
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DHMERDAY
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Chamber of C o m m e r c e
Members Meet in Regular
Session; Making Ready
lor rageant. .
One
of tho niout i-ouhIiik, Jolly
iihtIIiiks held this your hy tin- Union
'ounty ChumhiT of (.'oinmprco occur-
(I thlx noon at t It Mothorilxt church
whin "I'rontlor Uroaa i)uy" win ob
served, uu u day- to Htart the wcurintf
of pioneer attire and old clothing pro
llmln iry to the Old Ori'KOIl Trail par
Koant at Top o' liltio Mountains. Ap
proximately one huir of thouo present
were drcrard either typically ot early
day frontiersmen or of slightly later
day westerners.
I Several business matters wcro lit'
,tmleil to at the meetniK which was
'presided, over by V. C. rerklnsl who
' IV, Tl.l,, '7?? 11!"
le doing his stuff In a very credltnblo
way.
II. Coolldge reported on tho new
meethiK will bo hold In tho new 80111
mer hotel and will bo presided over
by G. L. Unison, president of tho
commercial club.
Announcements Mndc.
Announcements wero made that the
('handier of Commorco would bo en
tertained this evening at Union hy
the I'nion Chamber of Commerc in
the Union Hotel at 6:30 o'clock. The
delegation, expected to number about
20 or 25, from Iai Grande, will leave
from the Y. M. C. A. ut 6:4ft o'clock
and will urge the I'nion business men
to attend Chautauqua Week to be
h''1'1 hl?lc Jl'no 24-29 Inclusive. Sev-
erul announcements regarding the
(Continued on l'otro Five)
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD YESTERDAY
Fun6ral services over the. body of
Miss Kathleen Mills, who passed
away at Granger, Washington, Sat-
lllvl,itr w. r..r.n it. n i ... .f
ATTIRE ION
AT MEETING
garOMrs, l.vdia Gl-andv vesterdnv nftnr-
noon at 1:30 o'clock. A large gath
ering of sorrowful friends nml rela
tives were present. W. O Hoss, pas-
:. ' ,,e ii. nui. ,'..,.: ' ,.u...'...k .ii.
mvered me tuncral sermon The in-
I torment tnolt nlaev nt th. I n. (t V
cemetery
The deceased was a sophomore in
...... niiunLU) auu me i!j4i:iiiiiKn i- me ueui-
thd Iji Grande high schcol and left cation of the Old Oregon Truil will
lor Granger to visit her mother
about three wceka ago. Her class
was present at the funeral en masse-
Miss Mills was born December 27,
1907, anil is survived by her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S- Mills, and
two sisters, Josephine nnd I.ydia, of
Granger Wash-, and two brothers,
Stanley, of La Grande, and J. R.
Mills, of ' Canada. Another sister,
Eileen 'Mills, passed away here two
months agcr
1' uneral services 'were in charge of
the Reynolds and Zimmerman funer
nl service parlors.
Male Bandit
Wears Skirts
CHICAGO. Juno 19. Krcd G.
Thompson, said to have posed an
a woman, wus positively Identi
fied today, according to thu po
lice, by jMis. Hirhard C, Tesmer,
us tho supposed woman bandit
who shot and klllod her husband
in a holdup by two persona on
the night of Juno 5.
Thompson, or "Mrs. Krancls
Oariiek" us ho hud been known,
was declined by Frank Oariiek
to huvo posed us his wil'o for 14
years.
Garrlek, Miss Marie Clark and
a man known only as John Doe,
were taken Into custody.
The polleo announced that a
jncdlcal examination would bu
Inado to ilotermino whether tho
uspect was a man or u woman,
Miss Leah Leaska to Sing at
Old Oregon Iran Celebra
tion at Meacham.
Leah Lenskn, dramatic soprano.
who with the Union County Cham
ber of Commerce quuttetto and (he
Union Men's Community Chorus,
will furnish tho highlights on the
musical program at the Old Oregon
Trail pageant at Top 0' Blue Moun
tains July 3 and 4, is a soloist of
wide renown Icah Leaska, who by
the wav is reallv Miss Leah Cohen,
of Portland, was selected several
years ago for tho endorsement of
tho Music League of America, of
New York City, in which she was
successful.
Many writers call her "Oregcn's
Queen of Song" and a considerable
stir was manifested m local circles
when it became generally known that
she had consented to appear in con
junction with the program outlined
for tho entertainment of President
Harding and his party at Top 0'
Blue Mountains. Much credit is due
Walter Meacham, president of the
Old Oregon Trail association, for be
ing able , to secure her, for tbi , af:
fair, as she has just returned from
New York nnd is on ho v cation.
When asked to participate in tho
dedication ceremonies, Mhe giueiously
responded by saying, "I consider
singing for' the president of the
United States to be the event of a
life time, and it will give me great
pleasure to accept your very kind
invitation' The eyes of the nation
will be at Meuchanit Oregon, on that
dnto, and the happenings at the dedi-!
bo heralded far anl wide by every
news medium in iho country. A
vote of thanks is due Walter Mea
cham and his committee, who have
worked night and day to make this
celebration a success."
Leah Ieaska Is a native Oregon
inn having been born and reared in
Portland, where she received her edu
cation in tho Portland Academy,
later going Kast to complete her
musical education. .She studied lend
ing roles at the Metropolitan Opera
company with Maestro Sotti, and has
coached concert repertoire with lead
ing teachers in the ccuntry- 'A short
time ago she appeared at tho Au
ditorium in Portland in concert pre
sented by the Music League of Amer
ica whose management she has been
undr for three years. Just recent
ly she hnd the honor of singing at
a baiKpiet for Governor Al Smith, of
New York, ut the Hotel" Commodcre.
Miss Ixuiskn's voice is u dramatic
soprano of extraordinary range and
volume. Combined with a presonal
ity of great force unci personal mag
netism, she stands foremost on the
list of living, native-born American
genius-
Recall Fails in Sum pier,
Administration Confirmed
IIAKEK, June 10. The recall
election held in Sumpter Satur- 1
day was defeated- On th re
call of the mayor the vote was
55 for recall and 75 aguinst.
For recall of commissioner the
vote stood 47 for and 75 against.
In the vote for mayor the
administration of Mayor W, II
(ileasou was confirmed, he re
ceiving 75 votes and K. I. Wil
son, life Kor Commissirner N.
li, W. II, Jameson received 75
votes, to 47 for his opponent,
.John C)nrJ.
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MUSIC PB0E61
Sommer Hotel Opening Is
Success, 200 Were Present
i me iif th
of the ear
most fuiccc.ssful openlngx
wan held last night at
."i:MM o'clock when the doom of the
new Kointner Motel wer thrown op
n bv I he proprietor, ib-n I teeluur..
The hoi el lately thatf undergone a
eonipieie renovation and hi now UkI
ed a menu the really fine hotel., of
thu diHtrtct-
A la rue number of cltizenri and
many vlMltom from other pointn weiu
present at tho opetdng. Approxlmat
ely 2oe or more were In attendance.
A tMii'i'iet xvu by c. H. CatchbiiV.
50,000 Si
HOMELESS III
HY TODAY
Mount Etna Continues Ac
tive With No Abate
ment, Is Report. ;
CITY OF GIARRE
IS THREATENED
Population of 20,000 Are Al
ready Foresaking Appar
ently Doomed Giarre;
Lava Flow Increasing.
CATANIA. Juno 19.ir-.Tho eruption
or Mount Ktnu continues unnlmted.
One stream of lavn Is tlircutontnff
(iiurre, u city or 20.IMI0 population,
ut the buse of the volcano and till
population Is beginning to leave. .
About Ml,lll0 have already been
mude homeless in the area surround
ing. Fissures l-.ruptlng.
UflMK. June If. Kye wltnoHHos to
I'.tna's eruption statu that not only
dtd tho main crater5 break Into activi
ty but that at least five ftsnuroB ap
peared in tho northeastern Hide of
(lie volcano, con trtlm ting to a flow
of lava upon forests and fruit grovsa
that clothed the lower slopes o tlm '
mountain. '' '
Annex to the Presbyterian
Church, Kecently Moved
Across the Track, Partial
ly Razed.
At about Van thlrt o'clock Vust
evening the fire department wan call-
d to Iho corner of Oioenwood nnd
r Avenuo, to extinguish a fire which
broke out In tho building owned by
John Mara . Tho building was form-.
erly an annex of tho old Presbyterian
Church and recently moved to Ha
present location. I'rompt action pre-
ntcd the bla.o rom spreudlni; altho
damnpn amounted to between $400
and $&oo.
At five minutes to twelve tho de
partment was uKHfn called to tho
sumo place and extinguished flames
which ugaln broku out In the uanio
building.
The origin of tho flro Is not known.
hut it la believed that it was tho work
of some fire bug. Officers repdrt
lhat upon their arrival ut tho fire,
black smoke, slmllur to that which
arises from burning oil, was pouring
out of tho bulldtny.
I here was no Insuranco on tho
huildluf.;.
Thursday Evening at Zuber
JIall J5ig Social Event Will
Be Staged by Organiza
tion. The Municipal Imnil will civo one
of its well-known social events on
Thursday evening: at Zuher hall.
Thoro will bo u concert on the
streets of I.a (i lain lo followed Iby n
tew selections remlereil in Trent of
the hall anil then the riancn nro-
Ijram will lie Riven.
1 ho hand is doing this1 In order
to raise funds to cancel expenses in
curred in the purchase of needed
equipment and the worthiness of this
organization's efforts toward the
general public is ao apparent nnd so
well . appreciated that, aside from
the splendid dance which is assured.
there will he a lot of support given
I rem the standpoint of civic pride.
WIIKAT ((1 OTATfONS
I'ORTbANl), June '.). Soft White
l 10: Western 'lied yt.nn.
decorator, for tho employe'!, of West's
store at tho opening liour gae tho
aMatr a d-eid''d noeiat llnge. A mot
d-1ieoiin dinner wan nerved and sev
eral Impromptu upeeehea were made
by t lioae prem-nt. olen'n orehontriv
lurniMhed the niule for the evenlm;.
Although the ol'fleial opening hour
of the Honwncr wan ftvo o'clock, tho
rrgl.sier wan open to thorn who wlHh
ed (o take room:i curlier In Ihe day.
Twenty-five names wero written on
the new register and each gnewt Wirt
profuse In his congratidationH to tlni
ptopihtor on lib. kptendld hontclry
FIRE THOUGHT
WQRKOF'BUG'
BAND WILL GIVE !
- CONCERT, DANCE
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