La Grande evening observer., July 14, 1923, Image 1

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. VOLUME XXI
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1)23
NUMBER 22b'
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PKESS
NEWTH EATER
TO RISE FROM
THE ARCADE
Contracts Let for Complete
Remodeling of Present
Structure.
STAR TO RUN THE
ARCADE PROGRAMS
Modern Features Through
out Will Mark Changes to
be Made in the Building.
Fulfilling a plan that they have
long bad in mind, Don Meyers and
Ed Ford, proprietors of the Arcade
and Star theatres, have let contracts
for tho reconstruction and remodel-
inir of Arcade tiicatrc which will
briiiR it up to a high standard of
architecture and make of it a mod
ern theatre.
Next Sunday eveninff will be the
last show given in the Arcade until
the new theatre opening is an
nounced. Monday morning Contrac
tor Neilson, who has the job in hand,
will put a force of men to work on
the remodeling. The roof of the
building will be raised to accommo
date the enlarged stage which will
be reconstructed suitable to care for
road shows.
A new front will be installed of
late design. Tho front will be made
flush with the sidewalk doing away
with the alcove entrance that now ex
ists. It is to carry very pretty de
signs and lighting effects.
In the interior a mcdzanine floor
will care for tho ladies' rest room, al
so a general lounging room and of
fices of the company.
The theatre is to be reseated with
the latest model upholstered seats.
Decorations will be in Spanish blue
and French gray, with new draperies
and floor coverings. The balcony
will contain two rows of logo seats.
The interior lighting has been de
signed by Hen Shearer of Seattle, a
lighting engineer, who will also have
charge of the decorating and seating
as well as the arrangement of new
scenery for the stage-
A, fire-proof projection room, de
signed and erected under specifica
tions of the insurance underwriters
will insure safety to the theatre from
any accidents in film projection. One
of'thc greatest impiovcnientrt in the
entire scheme which Mr. Ford and
Mr. Meyers have studied out for
their new theatre is the $18,000 or
chestral organ. Over the entrance to
the theater will be a marque of ex
cellent design.
It is not expected that the Arcade
will be able to reopen until the mid
dle of September, and during the
time the theatre is being rebuilt the
Start theatre will carry each day
and evening the Arcade programs.
Mr. Meyers and Mr. Ford feel a
great deal of satisfaction over the
pians tney have for the Arcade re
modeling, and today expressed them
selves us very well satisfied with
the architectural design which was
drawn by Charles Miller, a La
Grande architect.
The present Arcade building was
erected in 1011 by S. A. Gardinier
and it started its career as a theatre
under a lease to the People's Amuse
ment Company of Portland, which
one rated it until 1015. At that time
.1. D. IMbvcrs and Mrs. 0. C. Leiter
purchased the lease and later pur-
(continued from I'age I-1
e)
IINinT. Julv M. (Special)
Five years faithful and efficient ser
vice as cashier of the l'irst National
Rrmi- i,r Union was ended a tew
dnys ag" when I S. Slater tendered
his rcf-iirnalion. ne win m
ed by J. Hutchison- Mr. Hutch
ison ' was formerly cashier prior to
Mr. Slater's appointment to the po
sition. Mr. Slater will remain with the
hank for several weeks althouRh Mr.
Hutchison will take over his duties
at o..fc.
Mi. Slater will, upon leaving the
bank, take n much needed vacition
tlmn (rnino- in some noint in thcANill-
amette vallev, in order to be near the
Orepon Agricultural College where
his sons are heimr educated.
The wishes of many friends jro
with him and a hearty welcome is
ready for the new cashier.
.Weather Forecast
Portland, July 14
1
l-'air, continu
ing warmer to
night anJ Sunday.
UNION CASHIER
HOW RESIGNED
Dry Gops Get
Motorboats
DETROIT. July 14. Federal
prohibition agenta, assisted by
representatives o( . tile treasury
department, last nlttht and early
today seized 200 motorboats of
the Horse, Wyandotte and Tren
ton in tho down river district.
The operations were conducted
in tho face of an angry mob, who
according to officers, attomptert
ut one time to dynamite a snmll
bridge giving access to a boat
well.
Kansas, Oklahoma and Mis
souri Association 1 o Meet
in Riverside Park August
Fifth.
The officers of tho Kansas, Okla
homa nnd Missouri Association are
looking forward und making arrange
ments for their tenth annual picnic
which will be hold the first Sunday
of August August 6 at Hivcrsido
Park.
This meeting la hold each year far
the coming together of all former
ri-siednts of the three states, who have
come to this part of Oregon, for tho
purpose of renewing old acquaintan
ces of former days and meeting new
irrlvala.
All cx-Kunsans, Oklahomlans and
Mlssourlnns nre cordially invited to
bring their filled baskets and "Bit in
with us on, this day" states one of the
officers of the association for a fra
ternal time.
Tho association will furnish hot
coffee, cream, sugar and ice cream.
The forenoon will be devoted to tho
business meeting while the afternoon
will be featuring a small program
and social intercourse.
Joseph Officer Resigns
After Five Years bervice
JOSEPH, July 14. (Special)
-C. IRl Patten, Joseph ' marshal,
tendered his badge of authority
. to tho city council at a called
meeting this week. iM'r. Patten
had served for six years in a
peace enforcement capacity and
also as street commissioner. Mr ,
Patten had previously notified
the mayor and council of his de
sire to be relieved of the du
ties of office by the first of
July so the council accepted the
resignation and forthwith cut
$25 per month from the salary.
Several applied for the posi
tion upon learning of Mr. Pat
ten's resignation but when th
$25 cut became publicly known,
the application list dwindled rap
idly. HAUL AT RIETH
Ten Arrested. 3 of Them
Women, During Rooming
Raid; House Said Disor
derly. PENDLETON, July 14. Ten per
sons, seven men and three women,
one of the latter only 15 years old,
were arrested early this morning at
Reith when a rooming house there
was raided by a frroup of state of
ficers. The raid is the second with
in a short time. Charges: against
the persons seized run all the way
from running a public nuisance, dis
orderly conduct and lewd cohabita
tion to rape.
Hearings of the defendants were
being held this afternoon in the
court of Justice W. O. Staver.
Nick Andros and Bessie Powell,
charged with a statuatory offense,
pleaded guilty anil were fined $300
each. . .
Pete Gunnes, charged with rape,
waived examination and was bound
over to await the action of the grand
jury under bonds of faU. max
Bateman of Pendleton, also charged
with rape, was also bound over un
der $750 bonds. Zeno Dickey,
charged with rape, was bound over
under $500 bonds.
.Inhn I.ieciani. section foreman, of
Echo, charged with illegal possession
of liquor, pleaded not guilty. His
trial was set for Saturday, and his
bond was set ut $125.
Other defendants and the charges
thev face are as follows:
Sam Treat, alleged disorderly con
Hurt. Ceorce Vichas. alleged contribut
ing t the delinnuencv of a minor.
Tom Pasosares, conducting a pub
lic ninxnnrp nnd other charges.
Faner Kanson, who goes under the
name of Ben Johnson, is being held
!for an investigation. He had a num
ber of O-W. K. & W. seals in nis
'"Grace Turpin, alleged disorderly
.n.lnrt.
Minnie Strong is held under fed
eral charge.
The Market.
POHTLAND, July 14. Livestock,
egg-a and butter bteady.
y. i picnic
IS IN AUGUST
OFFICERS MAKE
1200 HOMELESS; FLAMES
DEVASTATE IDAHO TOWNS
CHIMNEY FIRE
T CAUSE
OP DISASTER
One Woman Seriously In
jured by Conflagration ;
Only Casualty Reported
Late Friday Evening.
WALLACE, Ida-. July 14.
The fire that swept Burke can
yon last night, deattoying the
mining town of Mace and all ex
cept the eastern residence dis
trict of Burke was brought un
der control at 3:30 a. m. today
after doing $1,500,000 dam nee.
; About 400 are homeless. No
lives are lost. Two persons were
burned, neither seriously.
WALLACE, Ida.. July 14. One wo
man was seriously injured whllo mov
ing furniture from her home during
the fire at Mace Friday. This was the
only casualty reported Friday night.
Minern at work in tho Hecla and
Hercules mines had moved from
shafts of the outer works when tho
shaft' houses weru swept away by the
flames and it was believed thut none
of them was entrapped.
lies ides the mining properties,
among the most valuable of thb build
ing taken by tho fire, tho structures
burned Including the Tiger hotel in
Burrke, tho boarding house of the
Hecla mine, the Idaho Wholesale
company's general store, the Iturkc
Drug company and the Canyon Drug
company,' tho A. Ucrgland clothing
store, four restaurants, a molt on pic
ture theatre, the Northern Pacific and
the Onogoh-Washington Hal I road &
Navigation company depots and some
seven or eight hotels.
It was in these latter structures that
many of those now homeless lived.
Frantic efforts were ' made by tho
miners and families in removing
some of their household goods, but
they eQuleVnot work rapidly enough
to save much.
First reports were that the fire,
like a disastrous conflagration which
visited Wallaca in 1901. had been
started by a forest fire, but It was
quite well established Friday night
that it originated by a chimney fire
in a dwelling houBu in Mace.
Tho fire, it was staled, was no noar
than six in ties from the Yellow
stone trail and Tlrst reports thai the
highway had been cut off and the
tourists were in danger were declared
to bo without foundation.
Kdlturs CHinUng Mount IImhL'
HOOD'HIVKU, July 14 Mem
bers of tho Oregon Kdltorial As
sociation, attempting to climb
Mount Hood with the American
Legion, were Immersed In a wild
erness today. Tho last batch of
stragglers left tho homestead at
the 3500 .root elevation at noon
and are start in a two and ono
half mile hike to limber up for
the real ascent tomorrow. About
3M started.
THOUGH
Belgians Sentence Three
Germans To Die; Fourth
Gets Life Imprisonment
AIX I.A CHAI'l'Kl.LE. July 14.
....A Helgian courtmartial here to
duy Imposed tho death penalty
upon throe GerrnanH, Count Von
Keller, Ludwig nnd Klngender,
and -life imprisonment, with hard
labor upon a fourth, I,orler, on
their conviction of sabotage.
llnschall dame Tomorrow
Tho 1m Grande l'irates play
Covo at La Grande tomorrow af
ternoon In a leugue game of
much importance. The Kvenlng
Observer's sporting page (page
3) in this Issue carries a detailed
story of the arrangements for tho
- game and its Importance.
Holger M. Iarsen, of Portland,
Oregon, formerly district manager for
the Gunn Supply company, has. nc-
cepted the superin tendency of the
Grando Hondo hospital and will be
gin his duties In that institution in
August.
Tho place he fills was made va
cant by the resignation of Jacob II.
Traynor, who leaves La Grando to
take charge of the L. 1). R. hospital
at Idaho Kalis, Idaho, an Instil ut Ion
of 140 beds and said to be the larg
est hospital In the entire state of
Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Traynor will be
missed from La Grando very much,
for tlvy are prominent in nodal cir
cles und are also prominent in L. I.
S church work.
The new superintendent, Mr. Lar
sen, Is also a member of the L. I. !i.
liii-Mi Tin is Tint nn entlr
ul ranker
in La Grande as he hiis been henJ
several times
months.
during the past
OREGON SWELTERING,
NEARLY 88 ABOVE
rOItTUVND, July 14. Orcprnn is
agnin sweltering today". The temp
erature is expected to po higher
than yesterday's maximum of H'.i de
crees here. The 'weather bureau ex
pected tho hot wave to continue n
couple of days.
In Ia Grande ,this afternoon at
1:15 o'clock the thermometer res
tored 87 1-2 decrees with promise
of little variation before a drop wa
.roci.stered. . A slight 'breeze an-l
clouds forecast very little raise here
today-
Heat Kills Dalles Woman.
THE DALLES, .July 14. The
Dalles' first death from the hen!
came Friday when Mrs. Ellen Steam
dropped dead on the street. A tem
perature of P-2 degrees was reached
at four o'clock.
Wheal Quotations. '
POItTl.ANH, July II. Sort Whllo
1.S: Western I'-d $.!ni.
RICHER THAN CROESUS
TRAYNOR QUITS
HOSPITAL IRK
APPflliTE
DANUBE NEAR
Mace and Burke Losses Es
timated by County Offi
cials; Dynamite Fails To
Stop Fire.
AVAIJiAf'K, l.la., July II..
Damage fixed l county officials
at ,A0,00 linn been done by n
flro that .spiung up Friday nrier-
In the residence district in ,
(be tmvit or Mace, Idaho, ami
fanned by a hreczu It blew up the
uni-i-ow lim-kc canyon for three
(liiartcrs nf a mile, destroyed the'
town of Mints and the business
district of lliirku, n neighboring
town.
This evening 2o persons. It
was estimated, had been rendered
homeless, (M. outer workings f
the Herein mine had been de
stroyed, mid it nppcnretl linpos
si bit to save the outer workings
or the Hercules mine the largest
silver producer in tho west.
HI'OKANK,
l"g, Idaho,
July 14. The mining
are reported destroyed
(Continued on page 6)
MnOvo Will Fisht to Last
SANTA FE, July 14. Carl C. Ma
Gee, editor of ttho Albuquerque Trib
une, who was .sentenced Yesterday to
.KiO days in jail and fined $7 for
contempt ol court by District Judge
Leahy, ut Las Vegas, was here tn-
I cly to see Governor Hinklo, who is
uoing urged irom many' quarters to
call a special session of legislature to
sit as a court of impeachment in
connection with tho political'situation
in San Miguel county. MaGec's at
torney served appeal notice and Ma-
Ceo assorted he would fight to
"break the copper riveted political
machine" which ho said controls San
Miguel county, including Leahy's
couri. ine contempt proceedings re
suited from editorials written by Me
Gee.
(us Wllflhahcr AritvslciJ.
I'llltTI.AND, July 14. (ills V.
Wlldliaher, former president of tho
lulled .Slate Nallonal Hankot Valo
and a stockholder of the First Na
tional Hank or Vale, both or wb'eb
collapsed In 1321. causing losses in
Malheur county. In under arrest at
mm! li, Nebraska, accordblK to word
received bote today by federal district
attorney t'oko. The arrest was niacin
on two scen t Indictments returned by
Ihu federal lirand Jury in Portland
recently chaiKlm,- misappropriation of
funds.
XTRA
1 2-Hour Day
Is Promised
NEW YORK, July 14. Elbert
JI. Gary, head of the United
States Steel corporation, today
stated that the abolition of tho
12-hour day in the steel industry,
recently pledged President Hard
ing, would be begun in the next
six weeks- Ho made no an
nouncement lis to machinery al
ready set in motion to abolish
the 12-hour day nor estimated
the number of workers affected
within the six weeks period. ,
Valuable Circlet Recovered
when Country Club Swim
ming Tank is Drained.
Krlduy the Thirteenth Ih an unlucky
lay or nt least friends of Mra,
Charles IJinKmT believe so. Hut they,
and Mrs, 1 thinner oIko, bllcvo that
Saturday tho Kourteenth la lucky
enough to moro tlnn make up for
Idlonocruslcs of tho flrat mentioned
day.
And this is tho story:
Tho Country Cluh Hwimmlnf,' tank
Ih beyond all doubt one of the most
popular pleanuro HpotH In or ikear
I .a Orande at preaent In H line. And
yesterday evening, about 6:30 o'clock,
.Mrs. Ulngnor and a number of friend)
wero enjoying the pleasures of nf
plunge In tho refrcHhing waters when
Mrs. Hlngner discovered that her
diamond ring, which sho had been
wearing, was gon!
She treasures tho ring very highly
und believing Unit It had fallen from
her finger whllo In nv limiting, she no
tified the Country Cluh authorities
who pmplly started draining the
water from tho tank.
I'ln-hllhi borates King.
Mrs. lilngner then returned to l.a
Grande and following a social alfalr
which Mho attended she returned to
the swimming tank, which wan now
devoid of water. A t'luHhllirht was
I M
TUBUS FOUND
pressed Into service and a few minutes , ' '''' night at Anchorage, a hundred
alter tho midnight hour (and tho Inilu north ot hero, on, tho Alaska
pausing of Friday tho Thirteenth) tho railroad.
ring was located In a crack in tho I'lans of the president aftor visiting
bottom of tho tank. Kuirhaukn, nearly 600 iUlou In the. ln-
Mrs. Ulngner was Indeed fortunate, lerlor, were uncertain Frlduy night,
in the opinion of her acquaint. incos, ! It won believed (hat at least aoino
in recovering tho ring Ina' i'H'eh as members of the party would go ovor
the tank floor la full of fair sized Dm Kichiirdson highway in automo
craeks and also due lo tho fact that biles lo Chltlna, tho interior terminus
whllo tho tank Is beluv drained, tho of tho O'ppcr liivcr & Northwestern
outrush of water woidd in most cir- railroad a trip planned foR the preal-
cumstanceH, carry such an article with
it.
Hut all's well that ends well!
LETTUCE FIELDS
BUSY SPOTS NOW
JOSEPH, July M. I.ctliico growers-nre
generally thinning their firs'
nliiiilinir now and iluy 1iy dny aciiuir
infj a clearer notion of what it takes
to run a Rarilcn on a Ini'ito scale.
The thinnlne has been considered the
critical kUikc in raising lettuce, for
it presents the first continued hard
work, and is so early in the history
or the crop that faint hearts have
been known to yield.
It hail been said that a nuin could
thin an acre a day, hut tho results
to date aro about one-fifth of that
rate. Perhaps the men and boys will
pain skill with further practice;
they hone so while they fear the sea
son' will be over before they leurn
to make any speed at this work.
' May (ict Carnegie Medal.
nMTA'inn .lulu H. L R Ar
nold, formerly a resident ot Ontario,,"
may be nwnrilccl a oarncjrie nero
medal according to the Kvcning ller-
aid of I.os Angeles. The bravery
displayed by Arnold In saving the
life of Jack Holm of Idaho Kails, in
May, 11)21, was brought to the alien-
tion of the Carnegie Foundation bv
local people and Maurk-o Kioto,
agent of the foundation, was here ic -
cently. snoking Arnold.
Portland Woman President
Of Business Women's Club
A It hough MIhh Adetla I'rlchard,
who wnM elected ( the pr-iildeney of
the Natinnnl Federation of llmimesM
nnd Professional Women's Clubs as
sociation, now makes her home in tlio
Hose Clly and therefore Ih known an
a "i'orthmd" resident, she Is In real
ity u l-a (iratider,
.MiHK I'riehnrd m;d h'T home In I,a
(Inimle about I went;.- years ago,
Hpendlng her girlhood In I'nton
fotinty. At that time her step. father.
Ivl Wlllard, owned and operated the
ninde itomle Ment Market nnd MI.hm
I'rh'hurd was employed In the clerl
eal department of the concern. The
meat market later pnnaed Into the
hands of the prewnt owner.
While In La Orunde tdie made h'T
bom1 where I. H. Itoblnson now lives.
at the root of thf Konrth Htrect hill.
She alno resided at Cove for severnl
years In-fore going lo we.itern Oregon.
MKTI.ANI. July H. Mini AtlHlti
rii h.trd oT Portland, Ore., was eleet
1 pfsident of the National Federa
tion of llmdneHS and I'rntcKxlonal
Women' elulm. I t.'illas, Tea;f will
probably he i Ikwii hh the site of next
year's convention.
Other offlcern elected were:
Olive Joy Wrlgh Cleveland.
CAY PAS SAGE
NAMED AFTER
PRESIDENT
"Harding Gateway to Re
surrection Bay" To Go
On Alaskan Maps. : f
PRESIDENT LANDS I .
AT SEWARD FRIDAY
Now Making Inland . Trip
Over Government Built
Railway to Fairbanks. y-
HKWAKIi, Alaftku, July 14. After
skirting- tho co;nt of southeastern
Alaska for a hundred miles, President
Harding, Mrs. lhirding and tho mem
bers of their party landed hero at 1
o'clock Friday to take tho Alaska
railway, built by the government to
K.ilrbankH, the commercial center of
interior Alaska.
As tlio transport Henderson wits en
tering ltcsnrrectton bay shortly be
fore noon Krlduy, President J larding,
Governor Hone of Alaska, und other
members of tITu presidential party
gathered on the miperdeck forward
lor a ceremony which was concluded
by christening tho passage taken ' by
tho Henderson and the destroyer Cor
ry and Hull, "Harding Gateway to
Resurrection bay.' -i ,
The president responded, Baying the
scene was the most Impressive ho had
yet witnessed on hits northern trip
and that ho accepted the honor grate
t'nlly, aa ho preferred that his namo
be given to that passageway than to
any mountain or body of water yet
visited by tho party. : ;
Spends M;:lit at Anchorage, ;
The presidential travelers and their
companions can'.o ashoru from the
transport Henderson, on which they
left Skagway and steamed across tho
(lulf of Alaska, They were lo spend
fenl and then considered by Homo of
hi.1; advihei.i to be too uovuro.
A hearty welcome waa given tho
president at i-ieward regarded by its
,lnliabltau(M as certain to become tho
greatest port in Alaska. Tho city la
on Kc.suiTcctlnn bay and Is tho termi
nus of the (Hd Alaska Northern rail
road bought by former J 'resident Wil
son as tho first link In tho Alaska
railroad.
(tattle Meet Gathers.
FOUT AMII'JI.KS, Wash.. July 14.
(Continued on pagu 5)
ILL SCRIP
WASHINGTON. Jul;- 14. Definite
steps toward fiitrllllngltbo terms of
the liiiv.il limitation treaty, now ratt
li.' by ail powers, was taken today
ly Secretary I leatiy, when ho called
rn.elini; or tin- naval council lo ur-
......... ... ..,.. .,.... "
" .d.amlonwl nmlcr tliu limitation
j 1'i oKi ani.
Aan.ini.1 a... I,ls lug.
NoKTII NI.AH, July M. Tho
freight, r Voimu Maru m Mill aground
and llsllni; about 3D .lenrec,.. Kour
H "I'.ii arrived thia afternoon to help
lu- off. ;
Ohio, fir.'it vice president.
Stella Akin of Savannah, Ga. (re
elected) hccond vice president.
Florence Crawford of Colorado (re
eeeled ) secretary.
l.ilv Ashby of Arkansas, correa
poiidln secretary.
Mary Johnston of New Jersey, trea-
Mirer.
M is.n I'rlehard won tho presidency
iy a maj'-rtty of 117 voten over Misi
Kdlth Wharton of Helllngh im, Wuah. '
Scxsioti Adjourns.
Friday's was the itnal lmMlne es
:iloii of the cotnention. Friday night
- Mont -diow was given at the uudi
f 01 in tn. Saturday mo.;t of the dele
gate:! will tour the Columbia, Uiver
highway.
Th! federation will affiliate with
t he International Council of .Women
a.H a result of the adoption of a reso
lution at the convention hero Friday.
The resolution, as proposed from
t he iloor by Mrs. Lena J 4ke Forest
of Octrolt. retiring president, waa
unanimously approved.
A resolution wa propsed by tho
.Ohio Federation of Ilunlm-SH nnd 1'ro
j t. i-iinnal Women's clubii asking that
tm I- ip'rnl income tax exemption for
nnmarrh'd persons bo Increased, rrom
jummi to $15U0 was unanimously
adopted. , v
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