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

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LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1923.
VOLUME XXI
ME Mil Hit OI'' ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PltlSSS
NUMBER 225
i
SAYS UNI
IS WARLIKE
IN METHODS
United Mine Workers of
America Charged With
Being Monopolistic.
ULTIMATUMGIVEN
MINERS' CONVENTION
Federal Coal Commission
. States That Public-Senti
ment Opposed to Suspen
sion oi Coal bupply.
WASHINGTON', June 28. Charges
that the United Mlno Workers oC
America la monopolistic and war like
and that to uid its ends In unionized
territory it curries war into non-union
territory, -were made today by bi
tuminous operators special committee
In a brief submitted to the United
Htutes coul commission -iff behalf of
the operutors of non-union mines of
Utah.
lNihlic; .Sentiment Adverse. '
WASHINGTON', Juno 2$. I'ulilli
sentiment "will tolerate no suspen
sion of the uiithracllo coal supply this
year," the federal coal commission
today informed a convention of union
miners now in session at derail ton
considering new wugo demands.
i Chicago Hit by Walkout.
CHICAGO, June lift. Several Im
portant construction Jobs, including
the Grant Park stadium, the Wrlff
ley "twin" building and furniture mart
are virtually tied up aa a result of
yesterday's walkouts of laborers In
cited by what contractors termed rad
tfcal agitators headed by Martin Kgen,
Seattle I. W. W. leader, who, they
state, is endeavoring to start a clly
wide strike of bulldln glaborers.
Plan I. W. W. Strike.
PORTLAND, June 28 (AP) Plans
are being; perfected by I. W. W. on
the coast and in the northwest for
another strike within the next few
weeks, especial attention beinpr paid
to harvest fields, was stated here
by S. Healy, local spokesman for the
timber workers section of the I. W.
W. He said, the date had not yet
been set-
The I,a Grande Municipal Hand,
who will furnish music the final da.
of the Grande Hondo Chautauqua
Itlversiilo Park tomorrow evening be
ginning at cbrht ociock, spent last
evening in rehearsing their numbers
and several who had the pleasure of
listening to the rehearsal were loud
In their praise of tho program.
The selection of pieces is beyond
any doubt the most difficult that tho
band has ever essayed to play. Tho
rehearsal last evening gave ample
promise of a splendid performance to
morrow evening, of a nature that Is
sure to please.
The program Is as follows:
1. Caprice Hcreliio "Awakening of
tho I-ton" Kentsky.
- 2. Selection "The Fortune Teller"
Herbert.
3. Cornet Duet "V and I Polka,"
Short. Messrs Itaymoud Bigger
and Klmer .McMunus.
4. Selection Chamber of Com
merce Quartette.
B. Fantasia "Involution of Dixie"
I,ukc, Depicting the gradual ev
olution of "Dixie" slowly through
'Tho Creation," "Dance Aborifi
nal" and "The Minuet," the mel
od y Is d eve 1 o per 1 until the re
emerges the Immortal "Dixie."
This in turn becomes n "Walt a",
then " Ragtime" and at last
"Grand Opera."
6. Tuba Solo "Beelzebub" CatozJ,
Mr. Oscar Humphries.
. A) Quartette from "Itigoletto'
Venll.
(II) "The Glow Worm" I.lncke
8. Tenor Solo Selecleil. Mr. Stuart,
Dennett. Aeconinanied by M ri.
W. W. Derry; Violin Ohllguto,
Mr. L. J. l.indsey.
9. Overture "St rmlellii" Flotow.
i'ioi-:i:ns t .mi;i;t.
All pioneers are ured t met't nt
the Y. Al. C. A. tonight nt 7:;m o't-lck
tit the request of .Mrs. I'nt Powers.
Arrangements for the Old Oregon
Trail pageant participation
made
Weather Forecast
Portland, June 2S.
Kair
tonight
and
Kriduy. Warmer
Krblay In Hi.
-ast
portion with genMt.
noitherly winds.
FRIDAYPRDGRAM
ISINTERESTINB
President Was A Trail
Blazer Wednesday Morn
PAGEANTRYAT
CHAUTAUQUA
Piojieer Mock Weeding to
Be Added Feature Fri
day. Evening at Riverside
Park.
All the dignity and the fashion and
the style and the daintiness that
went with a fashionable wedding in
the earlv sixties, will be depicted in
pageantry at Riverside park 'Friday
evening as a special and added feat
ure of tho closing night of chau-
tauaua. Committees previouy ap
pointed tc arrange the details have
worked out a wondertul program.
and it is no exaggerated statement
to say that over 100 participants
will be. in the at lair.
Taking advantage of the scores of
woiKien ui pioneer guwiitt ueiug WU1
by women "of La Grande, the com
mittee has invited all such into, the
wedding. There is room for all to
come. The only requisites is that
the gowns be dignified and the cos
tumes worn by men be tree irom
ridiculous color or style. Everything
will be as truly pioneer and as dainty
and attractive as it can be made.
Children in pioneer gowns and cos
tumes cf whom there are many at
the present time, are especially in
vited to come with their parents
and friends.
The plan of the wedding which if
to be centered around an adult com- j
pany, and not children, are such that
there is no limit to the number of
guests that may appear on the stage.
To begin with the wedding part
will arrive on the scene and in full
view of the audience, in the stage
coach now being groomed fcr the
President Harding party.
A minuet, the arrival of guests,
the leaving of the presents, the wed
ding, the congratulations all with
the solemnity a pioneer wedding
among the fashionable and then the
departure of the bride groom; all
this will be pictured with a setting
which in itself will be especially
worked out in an elaborate way.
As is so often the case in event
hastily conceived and worked out.
the public- is responding 'with splen
did spirit and the event is already
much more elaborate antl extensive
thanwas at first expected.
Tickets for Pageant Are
Now oh Sale in La Grande
Toll gate tickets for the Old
Oregon Trail pageant at Top O'
Blue Mountains July 3 and 4,
are now ion sale in La Grande.
They may be obtained at any cf
the drug stores in this city and
zn nants tr. ,ilfa Bn.l or.
cents for children which permits
nem to wuncss me enure pro-
ram with no extra charges.
Free parking and camping
grounds are available for the
use of all.
The object in putting the tick
ets on sale now is to do away
with the delay that would result
provided tickets were all sold at
the tell gate. All who intend to
see the pageantry are requested
to procure tickets before July 3.
PORTLAND SUGAR
MARKET DROPS
PORTLAND, June 28. The sugar
market here dropped tclay but the
reduction failed to equal that granted
by San Francisco refineries which
reduced their price 25 cents per hun
dred. The local reduction is twenty
cents, making the price $2 95.
ALL INVITED
"aii players of the saxophone,
whether you have been enrolled in the
Sax barnl or not, arc requested to be
at the home of Ilruce Dennis; 801 O
Avenue, this evening at 8 o'clock for
rehearsal. Iilrector Harry Hnodgrasa-
has agreed that ail boya who are
home from college for vacation and
desire to play thu saxophone can en
ter the bund and receive the benefit
of the summer's work.
All old "sux" players tire requested
to join In this evening and help out
on a hltf rehearsal.
The blind Is coming along fine and
before many weeks it Is believed the
soft atmoaphem of the Grunde Honde
MM
will be Valley some evening will be penetra
ted by this bund's flrat night out.
H tiller AewptM .New Job.
JAf'KSON. June 2H. ;corge M.
Dohier, for the Inst three years assis
tant coach nt the I'nlversity of Ore
gon, bus signal a contract today as
head coach of the MtsxiKslppI here,
'according tc announcements by Presi
dent iTovine.
S.-.OHMt i-'iir Drinpvy ItnlMil.
OKKAT KAIJJ4. June 2(f. Ktfty
thounaml of Dempss JIOimmmi f)nul
Installment for the fight with Uibbons ,
has been assurefl from one Indlvlriuul I
at two o'clock. Ktate Kcnator Spcer. j
fight promoters attorney, SHiif. The i
remainder Is exicted to be raised by 1
miamght. 1
CEDAR CITY. Utah. June 2S.-
Preaident Harding Wednesday became
a trail blazer.
When the presidential train carry
ing the president, Mrs. Harding and
their party reached here at. 8 ociock
Wednesday morning, it was tho first
passenger train to travel o'ver 6 miles I
of new track Just completed by the
t'nlon Pacific system between Lund
and Cedar City. J
I .en vine tho train, the nresidentlal I
party motored into Zlon national park
wun us wonuernu roca lormaiions,
It brilliant color effects and deep can
yons. Mr. Harding Is the first president
over to visit thla aectlon of Utah andf
a crowd of 75 Piute Indians met tliAi
train on arrival. They were tn nut ve
garb and their faces' were covered
with bright colored paints.
55ION CANYON.'; Via Cedar City,
June 28. l'tah s pioneer men, gray
and grizzle cf In the service of the em
pire building, and the younger gener
ations of southern. Utah, were .ho.""s
Wednesday to President Uajding as he
passed almost 100 mllea beyond ' the
end of. steel and into Zlon national
park, the newest of the nation's grout
playgrounds. '
Mr. Harding carried Into the settler
ments of this section of the country i
message of congratulation to the pion
eers whom ho greeted for the "won
derful achievements' 'they had made
possible by converting the waste lands
onto green beneath salt, seas Into pr -'
ducllvft soli, green with growing to'i-
age. To the sons nnd daughters or the
veteran home builders, tho 'president
gavo the task of carrying- on the la
bors of their forefathers.
iiwnop Lnura' m Cy ur, u no
1'. l. ""ftldelr known of tho
Methodist Bishops will spunk nt four
BISHOP BURNS
SPEAKS SUNDAY
? C,T TuthC af,,ern00,' ' ' ' ? in "''.iiection at Tenth street not now pav
7:30 in the evening at the Methodist , and b constructill)r hanl KUr'face
Camp Ground on Wallowa Ike next vcmcnt m N avenu(. from
Sunday
Tho Kpworth League Institute, now
In session is he largest and best yet
held- Dr. W. K. J. Grata of Chicago
arrived Wednesday and gave the In
spirational address that evening. Or.
Thompson, W. McKlnney of Philadol-phlu.-sWUl
speak Thursday . and .Sat
urday evenings and Friday night will
be a "High Jinks' program given by
the Htudent Hody of the Institute. ,
Dr. C. K. Hlckmnn, president of tho
Kimball Hchool of Theology, , will
preach at 11 o'clock Hunduy morning
nnd a series of lectures are given:
from fi:30 n. fti. until noon- dull v. To
any nnd all of these privileges the j.
public Is cordially invited. (
The following faculty members are
c'imping on the grounds: Dr. Win. K.
Kwing of Molse; ' Dr.' Thoihpson, W.
McKlnney. of Philadelphia; , Dr. W.
K. Oniti! of Chicago; Irof. T.'K, Isuue
of rorcet Drove, " Hev. , Hall K. Wal
tls of Island City; Itev. Fred I Post
of Cove; Hev. Vernon R. Hall of Pay
ette; and Mrs. N. K.' Hershey of Im
bler. - ' "
Dinner will be prepared by the lad
les In charge of the camp Dining Hall,
so that a large number may be ac
comodated on Sunday, July 1st. The
road are fine. v
J
j 'tw tivf r r .. ii l
IMPROVEMENT
IS ACCEPTED
r
j WaiTeri Construction Coill-
pany to Improve Dis
trict No. 125
CONSIDERATION IS
. SET AT $46,632.72
Oro Dell Question Is Settled!
by City Commissioners'
Last Evening; Reservoir
. Keport Made.
The city commission la.it eveninc
received bids on - the improvement of
district iNo. 125 from two concerns,
the Warren Construction company
and tho Security, Construction com-
ipany. The former, who was success
ful, bid $Ul,c:t2.72 and tho latter bid
$49,187.43. I
Tho commission also passed nn or
dinance authorizing I the commission
to sign a contract with the successful
bidder. . ;
The district to be improved is as
follows: . .
Grading the ' following named
streets to the proper subtrrnde be
tween curb lines . and constructing
therein hard surface pavement thirty
(30) feet in width between curb lines
on Spruce street from the north
property line of Adams avenue tc
the north property line of WashinK-
; ton avenue, including all of the
! street intersection at Adams avenue
not now paved; and 'by constructing
hard surface pavement on Tenth
street from a point 7 feet south of
th property line of Washington
aven uei"tmt , eet in wi(h tcen
. . 'ij; ,, ,. f,, i,.
west property line of Tenth street
to the east property line of Fourth
street, forty feet m width between
curb lines, with full street intersec -
tions, excepting Sixth street inter-
section;, and fcy constructing hard
- (Continued on P,t$ Five.)
Col. and Mrs. K. I,. ICcklcy drove in
from their ranch this mornlnK to mei't
Mrs. I.. I1'. I'roobstcl, who cumu up
from l.onff Iloach, Calif., to view tho
Old Oregon Trull pageant and shake
hands with the president.
. Mrs. I'roebstel Is a former resident
of Im Grande and Is well known
throughout the northwest. She can
tell some real Indian stories of the
early days, for she was one of the
women who helped win thu west. She
is now 80 years of age.
TIME FOR THE EXTERMINATOR!
leiietoBLe?
IN MV k5hQOU
V
Ezra Meeker
Oxen In
l
rait a ii:i:ki:h's ox-dhawx t'ovi:ni:i va(;ox
nrnrynMim
UUIIUIIIUIIIIIL.
IS TONIGHT
JLocal Dokkies to Assist Ba
,j .. ker in Initiation Exercises
', at Queen City.
IJAKEIt, Juno SH.-On Thursday
evening, June 28, the Knights of
KhoruHsun will hold a ceremonial In
Haker, K haled Tempto No. 170 will
put on the work und great prepara
tions are being made to give tho Tyros
a generous supply of Zem Zem. Tho
official word has gone forth that tho
tiger must be fed.
Main Street Parade.
A banquet will 'bo served In tha
basement' 'of the Presbyterian church
at (1:30 after which a pa ratio wilt take
place on Main street.
Ilaker no doubt will have ono of
the largest classes of Tyros over put
through at one time In the history
of Khaled Templo. It Is said that
Tyros from Halfway, Huntington,
Hoblnette, Suinpter and other points
In linker county will be present to
from Z(,m Zom. Wl.. Th0 Ul
,01im ,.ft lM arun(k, trIlln 5. u
I, to:3o a. m. Thursday, Juno 28.
l - j - ho ceremonial will bo held in the
i-ythian hull
. " jmnrilrB
The 1). O. ' K. K. la
fraternal
organization open only to
of the Knights of Pythian. The rltll-
Hl'ls) Impressive and 'holds a 'tcsson'
.Ural' ihoiild appeal to'very man. Tho
'ork tls -highly dramatic and cannot
olVnll In'any'Way.'
r lit shnply.' furnishes a' safety valve
jfor 'the 'release of the surplus energy
that Is, part of tho. make-up ot all
jtVc! wires.
KnIcihI Miiikct Afws Si'rvktj
( Hy AttHochitcil I'ri'HH)
WASHINGTON, June 28. Agricul
tural producerH, tranVrH'und cionsum
vvh In the Kocky Mountain roglon and
t ho Pacific const and HoutlwuHtorn
ntHlcA will b bencriti'd by an exten
sion July 1 of the market news serv
ice of the department of agriculture.
Wheat Quotations.
J PORTLAND, June 2S.
'White 11.10: Western ll''l
Hard!"
growing
To Drive
Trail Pageant
Ezra Meeker to Drive
Oxen in Trail Pageant
Ezra Meeker, in years gone by,
crossed tho plains along with ether
members . of that hardy, inspiring
band of 'migrants . who wrested a
practically, primeval land from the
Indians and with tho sweat of their
brow, tilled the lands, cut the forests
and bullded towns, until today the
northwest is or tho same high Stan
iui i mt'nb im ui biiu fuinu nigii Mian-
lard of civilization as is n.Jnifosted
in the great world centers.
i ii n.
Ezra Meeker, who is now ! years
of ago, has many times driven nn
oxen team since that first jaunt,
across tho (ireat American Desert.
And on July 3 nnd 4, 1923, Ezra
Meekor will once more drive a team
of oxen this time before a vast
multitude, gathered at Top O' Bluest up jn the .histonr o the wori( i.
Mountains, at the Old Oregon Trail: Borah, who has criticized the ad-
pugeain, in toiiiiiiuiminniun oi me ministration world court as present
crossing of the Blue Mountains 'by ed to the senate, met the president
the first wagen train 80 years agolt Cache Junction, Idaho, and in a
nnd in celebration of the completion statement to newspapermen said ho
of the new Old Oregon Trail over felt the president's position as sot
th2S ?!V"0, """"tnl"''',' . . forth in his St. Louis speech was
The life battle of the pioneers in generally agrceablo to peoplo of the
this great country is ono of the most country as well as to the Republican
in me nisiory or me worm. ine
hardships, the crude methods, the
utilities that the pioneers used many
decades ajro to develop the northwest
will be all lived over again July 3
and 4 before those in attendance,
which will include President Warren
G Hunting and his party.
The above photograph shows a
portion of a pageant held it Biker,
Oregon, last year. The "drivcL-Of that,
string ot . oftena is imnt4,.Q her than
Ezra Meeker, of .Seattle, Washing
' tnn In net!
Purpose,
To commemorate tho coming of the
first wdgon .train to the Oregon
country in 1841) and to celebrate tho
completion of the final link of the
Old Oregon Trail highway.
- ' 1,sitc-
Top o' Blue mountains, Meacham.
Oregon. Pageant and program wil1
be staged within a few hundred foot
east of the O. W. it. & N. com
pany's station.
Distance,
From (Baker, 75 miles by high
way. .
ttoad Conditions.
From Baker excellent to sito of
celebration. From Pendleton, six
miles uncompleted section which
highway engineers report will He in
ul cunuiiiun o.V uaie 01 pageant.
jiuniifHiuii.
Toll gate admission: adults fifty
cents, children twenty-five cents.
Auto parking and camping privileges
free. No charge other , than thcaM
mentioned authorized by Old Oregon
Trail assbciiitiori under whose uus-pi'-cs
the celebration will be held.
All visitors are urged to bring their
own camping cutfits as housing fa
cilities at lop o' lllue mountains is
j inadequate to care fcr crowds.
I . i'oncing.
Highway to he patrolled by spe
cial state traffic officers. Grounds
tn bo patrolled by 100 special state
prohibition officer.. -Justico of the
vision of George L. Cleaver, t state
prohibition offiier. Justice 6f the
Peace tc. preside at grounds.. Full
company, Oregon State militia from
Hood Itiver to assist in policing
parking anil camp grounds.
lArea of Grounds.
Pageant grounds, 800 acres,- Sta
ble grounds for wagon trains nnd
cavalry 35 acres. Indian pot lute h,
,'lfiO acres. Camp grounds, sufficient
to accomodate at least 1000 auto-
f Continue) on page 5)
"BubbWEn joyed By Big
Crowd at Riverside Park
LHHt nlghl's profptim at ('haiitaiKiua
was thoroughly enjoyed by a very
liirge atidb-nce. The piny was entl
Itled "Mijbbli'S," and the plot was n
ffake ill scheme n Oklahoma partici
pated in by a hanker who eniiceu ine
get -rich pUck people to Invest In u
purely wildcat venture, such nt t h
snverniuent hits lnen linen rt hint
(where theie wrin nothing but worth
less paper and no phynleal vnhieit. Hi
well did the banker enmesh himself
Into Hie good gmt'en of the (letinaii
baker and his family by telling them
his grandfather was a greul friend-of
the baker's Another In Germany, that
the thrlfly (lerman Invested all hb
earnings, only to have a yung man
whom he very much detests becaus
of his attention to his daughter, mm
his investment through quick work
with the government officials.
Ill thu afternoon tho tipruguu flay
WELCOME IS
GIVEN CHIEF
II S
Governor's Party Met Pres-
"1 J 1 T 1 7 , f i
uicnt naraing at uacne
Junction.
POCATELLO WILL
HEAR EXECUTIVE
Sagebrush and Sand Greet
ed President This Morn
ing on the First Few Miles
of Idaho Soil.
(By Associated Press)
POCATELLO. Juno 28 Derlarinir
that tho American people "oucht to
give of their influence to direct the
world to a Dlaco where there will
be less of war," President llardinir
carried into Idaho, the home of Sen
ator Borah, an appeal for American
' i ti. , .
"Lcl ,b.e,smP ; in ,the .permanent court
m , 7 J. ,u . t, u
Making the first of his two Idaho
speccheSi tllo prcsi(ient declared he
would "a thousand times rather en-
trust the arlinstment of ,liant
which America is interested to the
permanent court of international jus
tice with American representation
thereon than to any arbitrary body
GUONN.S KUUlty, Ida.. Juno 28.
(Ily Htnrf Correspondent enroute to
I'ocutello) with Governor Moore and
tho congressional delegation Presi
dent 1 larding wus given a genuine
western reception when ho crossed tho
Idaho-l'tah lino at Cliche Junction,
l'tah, this morning at 8:2S o'clock.
Governor Moore. Henators Ilorah
and Gooding and Coniri'uasinuri French
anil Smith greeted tho president when
hls'Vraln 'reached Gem stato Boil. ' 1
Cache Junction, a small town, wa
ter tunk, depot and sections house, la'
a fitting place to meet tho nation's
chief. It .iruvo President , Harding a
innnllni. t Yl I.....,1 T "
UAKKK, June 28. Covered wagons
and other conveyances which will
lake an important part in tho- Old
Oregon Trail celebration at Top O'
lllue mountains, July 3 and 4 uru bo.
Ing assembled at l'ullman park In
preparation for thu formation o( tho
train which will leave linker oa next
Haturduy over tho Trail for tho alto
oi the celebration.
Ten Wagons lteiuly.
Joe . Axfunl, train mastert states
that about tcA covered wagons wili
lie assembled in this city whllo on
llio overland trip it Is expected that
proliilily twelve more will join at
llalnes, North Powder, Union and Lu.
Granilc. llu expects that tho Journey'
will consume prubahly three days.
"Fat" PaulNell, a flilfller of wide repu
tation has consented to accompany
tho (ruin to Meaehain and the music
which he promises to omit will un
doubtedly liven the overlings wherever
the camp is made.
Hum liroller and party arrived lu
Ilaker Monday evening to Join tho
train. Ills covered wagon, oxen and
rows were a featuro of tho Pageant
in this city last year and for this
year's affair he has brought several
real surprises. .Mr. Axrord and other
members of his coinmitteu are now
insembllng all details of the train In
ird. r I hat everything early Baturduy
Horning at the Intent.
ers presented "Hough Diamonds."
which, like the evening drama, wui
appreciated by a fair crowd.
Paul Kung. Chinese lecturer, alar
appeared nn the afternoon program,
telling of "The China of Toduy."
I nton won present yesterday In
large numbers, having closed down I ho
business section for the afternoon In
oider to witness tho Wednesday pro
qram. The Marine Maids are tho attraction
it thu (Irande Itunde Chautauqua to
lay, presenting "A Trip on thu Hhlp
of Melody," t his afternoon, nnd this
evening, "Sailing the Ocean HI lie.'
Tomorrow evening will officially
done the 1 MM Chnutauiua. which Is
ilready completely successful, with th
i (irande band in concert with the
I'nlon County I'bamber of Commerce
piartette and Btuart Uennett, soloist,
issUtlng.
WAGON TRAIN "
TO MEACHAM
1 M
' I