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VOLUME XXI
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 1G, 1923
MEMBER Oli" ASSOCIATED PKES3
NUMBER 240
TO
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Will Proceed with Proposal,
According to British
Officials.
PREMIER POINCARE
MAKES STAND CLEAR
"France Stands Unalterably
For a Complete Execu
tion of the. Versailles
' Treaty," is Statement.
LONDON. July If.. Although Pre
mier I'oimare declined Sunday lit
Scnlis that Prance stands imaltcraDly
tor a complete execution ot the Ver
sailles treaty anil full payment by
Germany ot one hundred and thirty
two billion Kuld marks, the sum fixed
ut the London conference, and oppofl
eu appointment ot an International
finance commission, British officials
indicated today that they would pro
ceed with the work of drafting a nolo
to the Allies and Untied States just us
it Tolncaru had not spoken.
I'oincaro'H announcement left the
British undaunted In their efforts to
make a proposal which will bo accep
table. rninriii-e'r. lrK-lmim!ion.
(My the Associated Press)
SENI.is, I'Tanee, July 1. Premier
Polncal'o Sunday proclaimed the
French frovernment's unalterable de
cision resolutely to stand for tho com
plete execution of- the Versailles peac
treaty wllh Hie Gorman debt at 132,
(100,000,0(111 gold marks as agreed
upo'n by the allien ut the London
conference, and against an,y . inter
national financial committee to rc
placo tho reparation!! commission.
Polncnro said France had finished
the making of concession:; to Ger
many; she was tired ol' lerni -r
with that country. The premier'!
strongly worded uddrcss whilo care
fully refraining from mentioning tho
speech of Stanley Baldwin, tho Brit
ish Primo minister, in the housa of
commons last week, was considered
as the Kronen' government's primary
answer to tho British position with
regard to the occupation of the" Uulir.
M. Polncnro chose for. his pro
nouncement this town, which marks
the farthest advanco of tho Germans
and where Hie Germans executed I
c.-" t LI 1 1 "TTIrt'oo IV nTYinn t - i
I
Kevin, oemnc, ii.
Baker; Nellie L. Nicholson, Jordan
Vallev, Ore.; W. A. Stewart and
wife," Portland; IMIiss Helen Dunbar,
Ontario; T. C. Larsen, Beaverton;
Hamilton, Amsterdam, N. Y.; John
Tord, Pocatello, Ida.; C. E. Cochran
' and wife, Portland; Mrs. Wm- Duby,
(' Baker; H. N. Peckham, Caldwell.
I "County Court Sublets Contracts
Tl.. ..-.. c- lat fhia U'flot fYlV
1 lie i;uiuiai.i nan mii-i w- v . w .
, two mi es of the JjOst.ine-l.eari .Mar-
' let road- The portion which is the
i- ead that connects with the highway,
was let at the lowest bid on record
i for this county. A part of the re
i mainder will be let out on small con
. tracts, and by day work. J. D.
Wnltni- will hp in eharce. The Ant
I Flat road out of Enterprise was sub
llet to E. W. Storm of Weiser for
873,681. The county court had se
cured the contract for f i7,o59. twai
pwa Sun.
ilph Huron in Portland
(resident Harding made a great
v,NWjth,ih. cjli7ftnsnf. eastern Ore-
C'alilornia led the list ot the stales
in amount of Individual savings.
In mutual savings banks the aver
age balallee on June 30, 1112:.', was
4,XD In New Kngtand; $713 In New
York; $'i7l middle Atlantic states:
SMsS Wash Mil on; 0 7 S California and
$5J0 for the lil'l mutual savings banks
ill the 17 slates reported.
In slate banks and trust Campan
ia tin- avei'Kae saving!", were $:K4 In
New LiiKl.nidi Sit! in New York;
:52 Middle Atlantic slates; 1349
Washinlon: Caliiornia and
J503 for all state banks and trust
companies reported, which Included
20.3HS statu hanks and HS0 trust
companies.
In national banks the average sav
ings accounts was $:l7(i New Kng
l:inl; K New York; J:i'J3 mldilla
Atlantic st.it.s; 3:t Washington:
i:73 California and $::34 for all na
tional bank!! in th" l ulled States.
' Seven Injured in Wreck.
New York, July 10 Two wooden
coaches of a crowded elevated train
telescoped, injured seven passengers,
today when a train crashed into the
rear of an empty subway train in the
Bronx.
Weather Forecast
o r t I and. July
16. LiiM-ttled to-
ninht and Tuci-
Mexicali Sees
Dloodv Battle
MEXICALI, Lower California,
Mayor Juan Leoroa, of Mexi
cali, and 14 adherents, all heav
ily armed, Sunday were barri
caded in the city hall, where
Saturday night, in what was de
scribed as a political quarrel,
three were killed and 20 wound
ed, including the mayor and two
councilmen, according to survey
by the police.
The barricaded men wel l re
ported to have declared they
never would surrender. Among
them were three wounded, in
cluding Alternate Councilman
Quirrino Luna, who was expect
ed to die.
Troops of Governor' Jose Ino
ccnte Lugo, of the northern dis
trict of Lower California, which
surrounded the city hall after
Saturday night's shooting, were
replaced Sunday by municipal
police in the nope the change
would imluce the mayor's party
to surrender
S
E
Guns, Valued Approximate
ly at $100, Taken from Lo
cal Business Concern Sat
urday Night.
Tfistnrv sometimes rooents itself.
When the employes of tho W. H.
Pohnenkamp company, a prominent
business concern of this city, went to
work this morning they discovered
that the store had again been en
tered and that this time several ar
ticles in their stock had been tak
en. The store was entered Thursday
evening by some one who pilfered
tho cash register.
A check showed six guns, valued
probably at about $100, missing.
One .32-20 Colt, one .380 Remington
automatic, two .32 Colt automatic
revolvers, one .22 Colt automatic and
one 7.65 m. m..Dnrtgies were taken.
Entrance was affected through the
basement door, the robbers or rob
ber thence entering the upstairs
through tho furniture department.
The police are investigating the
matter and bellev'e"thiit 'they have
clues that will result in an arrest.
Breaks Jail
DALLAS Ore., July1 1.
George McAllister, awaiting tho
grand jury findings on tho char
ges of Stealing auto accessories
escaped prison early, today by
sawing tho bars of his cell door,
another bar in tho corridor and
digging through a brick Jail wall.
' Parker on Trail,
j ALUANY, OltE., July 16.
' George Parker, accused of klll
t log former sheriff Dunlap. went
on trial today facing n charge of
first degree murder. ltulio
) Parker, is still at large, having
I escaped two weekfl ago.
EMPLOY OVER 150
ON McKAY PROJECT
. PKNPI.KTON. Ore. July 1 6 Work
in the camp buildings that will house
vorkmcn and equipment for con
structing the McKay creek dam by
tho Cnlted States reclamation service,
has been started hero, and within a
ihort time a force of between 1F0 and
200 men will bo employed, according
o It. M. Tonner, construction engi-
.cen. Italph l-owry la in charge oi
th engineering work.
1 The dam will form a reservior three
miles long that will store 73.O0O tier-!
feet of water as a supplementary sup
ply for projects now Insufficiently,
supplied in the west end of Umatilla
county. The. dam will bo 2H00 feet
louu, 620 feet .wide at the bane, 20
feet wide at tho top. 1H0 feet high.
It will cost $2.Mo,ono and will re
quire a minimum of three years to
build.
W. S. fiillogly. for more than four
ears at King mil, Idaho, nas arrivea
nnd will be ficaJ and purchansin
igent of tho job here.
Greenhouse Suffers
Loss In Hail Storm
The hail nnd ni,in storm that hit
I -a Urande and vicinity today noon,
played havoc with the green houso of
A. IJ. Cherry, florist, located on
A dmus avenue near the (Irando
Itonde hospital, breaking approxi
mately 2"i panes of glass covering
the building.
J ust how much t he damage will
nmount to Is unknown, no estimate
having yet been made.
The Htorm. which began U3 a rain
Mnrm shortly before 1 2 : 30 o'clock,
later developed, Into a hall storm.
hail the sizo of marbles beating down
on the city with much force.
Wonien Iti Oimeiitinii
POKTI.ANI. July 16. l'roblern3 of
'vr' sort are being fromed by worn
en teach em In universities and col
1ck's of the country, to come before
ihe convention of the American
Association of I'nlvcrsity Women, op
ining htfre today.
Special Mcctlna Tmilcllt.
A npeciiil meeting of the la Orandr j
I.odce 41, A. K. and A. M.. will bu
lK-ld thin eitntng at 7:30 o'clock
BDHNENKAMP
I
FORECAST 5TH
IN THE STATE
A terrific hail nnd rain storm,
beginning about noon today and
continuing lor about. fifteen
, miuutcH, drenched and battered
La (iramle and the surround
ing vicinity. Some damage of
consequence was experienced in
the city nnd it is doubtful if
the fall wheat, especially that
of a high stand, escaped injury.
In all likelihood, although no
verification is possible as yet,
much of the fall wheat, nearly
ready to harvest, was beaten
down.
Hyman H. Cohen, commcrcitl edi
tor of the Oregon Journal, of Port
land, who recently toured tho north
west inspecting tho crops, both hay
and grains, in an article published
yesterday, stated that "Up in Wnl
iowa county, in Eastern Oregon, anil
through Union county, the wheat is
the heaviest known."
The .reliability of Mr. Cohen's
forecasts, long recognized, gives au
thenticity to his predictions which
coincide with predictions of local
men.
His forecast of tho Oregon wheat
crop is set at 28,401,000 bushels.
which is greater by 4,404,000 bushels
than 1022 and greater by 2Gi,000
bushels than in 1921.
The forecast by counties is as fol
lows: iBaker, 1,250,000; Central Ore
gon, 4,220,000; (iillinm, 1,950,000;
Klamath, 1,000,000; Morrow, 1,9H0,
000; Sherman, 3,557,000; Umatilla,
5,020,000; Union, 1,400,000; Wasco,
1,237,000; Willamette Vallev, 3,000,
000; scattered, 3,000,000. Which, con
sidering individual couiities, would
place Union county fifth among Ore
gon counties in amount of yields.
Expects Little Damage.
In speaking of crop damages, Mr.
Cohen states, "Some reports were
broadcast to the effect that the crop
was damaged because some of the
gain began to droop and fail. This is
always a true indication ot tne
size of the crop- A small crop never
gets heavy enough to droop and tall.
Being a reconl output, it is quite
natural that more of the wheat
should bo down this season : than
normally. With tho machines vnow
beinir utilized lor harvesting, 'nrac-
ticallv"'all of this' gmin can be
down this season than normally.
(Continued on Page 4)
CAR SAID DAMAGED
ON HIGHWAY SUNDAY
Several auto accidents, of more or
less importance, occurred on the La
Grande-Union highway yesterday.
No one was injured seriously how
ever. On Chevrolet car, believed to be
owned by J. Marvin, of Island City,
wrecked about one-half mile east of
Lone Tree, damaging the car con
siderably. Whether Mr. Marvin was
drivinir- or not is unknown as he
could not be communicated with to-
av. The car left the road. Hit a
fence and r-mashed into a telephone
pole, damaging the front part of the
car to some extent, according to re
ports. Another car lost a wncei nciwecn
La Grande and Hot Lake yesterday,
hut did nnt wreck. .
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Hatchery Has
Albino Trout
Union, July 10 The siatc
fish hatchery, located at Unt-m,
is busy at present .shipping
young trout ' to various lakes
and streams in Eastern Oregon
for planting.
Superintendent R. II. Konney
has a freak bunch of fish in
one of his troughs which he
states "are worth keeping."
The finny members in ijuestion
are 'Iiainbow trout but are al
binos, having the regulation
pink eyes and being devoid of
the usual coloring. Two or
three hundred of the "albinos"
arc in the trough.
Mr. Itonncy states that ho will
keep the fish at the hatchery
until maturity.
CITY'S PBRTI01
Charles Bingner and Com
mittee of fourteen Begins
Work Wednesday.
Tho deficit incurred at tho
Mcncham celebration hanrrs over
Eastern Oreiron towns like a lariro
cloud without a silver lininjr, and in
order to dispel that cloud 'Charles
Bingncr, chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce finance committee and a
committee of fourteen will start so
licitation Wednesday of this week.
La C ran do's portion will be thu'l
liquidated and everyone who was
asked to put up the one-fourth por
tion of the original subscription will
be called upon to increase the pledge
slightly thus obliterating La
Grande's part of the debt.
Pendleton, linker and Union will
do likewise and it is thought this
week will sec the end of the obli
gation which unfortunately occurred.
because mr- Hrown, advance man for
the Presidential party, por.sc.ssed an
overheated conscience and would not
let an admission fee be charged at
the gates.
Hose To Bo Standard.
SALKM, July 16 Standardization
of all hoso coupling used for f ire
fitrhtincr mitTJOteeH-iiudhe.-idato under
will
a law enacted at thpA. aou -, "fi-ip-w4ound ,it v(;i'
the legislature will be undertaken byTnm,m;l(.r rcglNicred
win ivioore, kuiu: mu . mumum,
within the next few days.
Figures received by the fire mar
shal indicate that the expense at
tached to the work will aggregate
several thousand dollars. At this
time the law providing for the
standardization of the fire hose was
introduced in the legislature it was
contended that the undertaking
could be completed for a few hun
dred dollars.
When tho work is completed fire
departments called from ono town or
city to another in times of con
flagrations will find their fire hose
couplings standard. .
Tarriff On Ore Cut.
BAKFK, Or-, July 1C The Sump-
ter Vallev railroad made effective
July 0 reduced tariffs on ore xhip-
inents between llaker anil bumpier,
according to schedules just an-j
nounced. Tho new rate is $1.0 perl
net ton of 2000 pounds for values
between j?l.r and per ton.
THE STRONG MAN ACT
BAKER COUPLE
BADLY INJURED
INAUTOWREGK
Accident Occurred Near the
City Limits of Baker On
the Old Oregon Trail Yes
terday. Baker. Ore, July 46 Special
With no knowledge of how Mitt ac
cident happened, AUnh Marjpriu Hosb.
daughter of Jl. 1,. itos, u mining
man oi llaker, tlila afternoon re
gained con.sciousne.sti at tho hospital,
following a complete state of uncon
HeioumioKs whicU lu.sled from yester
day afternoon at 2 o'clock when the
Chevrolet car Hho was driving turned
inpsido down one-half mllo north of
the city limlLi; of Baker, on the
luht Oregon Trail.
I Mius ltosH wan accompanied by
William It it It, who Buffered a frac
tured skull and other injuries. Ho al
so Iuim been unconscious; slnco the ac
cident. Tho girl has a brokon
collarbone und many cuts and brusiea.
Tho couple were motoring along
the highway and .Mltw liosa was driv
ing. Apparently ahe lost control of
the machlnu and the. accident fol-
lowed,
wreck.
Tho automobile
a total
BIG G
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IDAHO COUNTRY
According to Air, und Mrs. A. B.
Cherry, who yesterday returned from
a ueVeral hundred mile trip into Ida
ho, tho crops In the Idaho country
tlila year will be tremendous.
. Their objective point waa Fair
field, the high country where croptt
have not been certain for aeveral
year:. "The people, up there aro hap
py this year," Naid Mr. Cherry, "for
t hey are reasonably siiro of fro tin
twenty to fort j bushcLs in tho Camas
prairie country. We noticed that head
lettuce growing in being tried up thorn
with quite a llltle sueeeHS, On our
xx -wurnr.ihu thor-.
about' lo i; moHt
of ihe way. Water In tho irrigating
ditches looked mighty good, 1 tell
you."
On their rond iiomo yesterday after
noon they picked up a young man
and a body who were victims of a
severe auto :iccldent thin side of link
er. M r. ami M is. Cherry made tho
trip in their new I'odge coupe and en
countered no car trouble or otlioi
mishaps.
Klunsiiien I'icnic.
SEATTLK, WwA., July Iff. Sher
iff Starwich took three dnputios
wilh him Saturday to a picnic held
by the Ku Klux Klari . at, Kenton
Junction,,.! south of this city, 'linirered
mere lor a while looking in vain
for anyone wearing a mask in viola-
lio;i of stale law, left the deputies
on the Jookout and returned home.
Wheal Qiinlallinis
Porllnml. July in. Soft While
: W'-"t"'n Uni n.ari.
Judge Upholds
Medical Men
CHICAGO, July 16. Ir. Wil
liam Allen Pusey, president of
tho American Medical Associa
tion, today announced that tho
medical profession was endorsed
"as absolutely correct" in the
recent ruling of Federal Judge
Hnurnuin, at Helena, Montana,
holding unconstitutional that
portion of tho Volstead act lim
iting the amount of alcoholic
liquor a physician may pre
scribe. E
TIKES II FULL
Crews' Men Swab the Decks
With Covitcs, Winning By
Two Runs.
P,
Pakor 11
Covo 10
La Grande ...... 11
Union 12
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Cove, mighty swats tick artists
though they bo, wore trampled in
the dust of defeat yesterday by the
fighling Pirates ou tint, outfought,
and outplayed. The final scorn was
La Grande G, Cove 3.
I. a Grande had several heroes yes
terday. MaGco started things off
in right field, taking it in one hand j
while burning up tho dust; Clifford
and Rosen bnu m nailed their share of
honors when they 'busted out a cir
cuit clout, Clifford scoring ono man
and 'H'oscnbaum doing likewise; and
several of the other members of the
team did their share. White, al
though hard hit, ended tho Riime
with only four hits registered
against him.
(tube Davis, Cove second Backer,
made the most sensational catch of
the day for his team when he
speared a hot ono off of Buck
Knight's bat that would have been
a sure hit nine times out of ten.
Came Through in the I'.nch.
The real cause of the Piratea win
yesterday was that they were coming
through in the pinches getting hits
when they meant runs. Six Pirates
were left on the bases while on th
other "hand eight cherry pickern "Uit
Unred up the sucks after tho Hi id .
out had been made.
Ked Alexander, Covc'h mn'nstay
I for many years lone pa t, worked in
'the mound for them and was as hard
I hit as White. Six hits, two of
,them three base hits, were ropis
ilered off him and three .sacrifice hits
1 .. .,tn ,... II,.fli Uhiln nn.l
Itcd walked plenty of men, six (ret
ting free transportation off White
and five off Hied. Whito wulkcd one
fellow across home plate.
La (irandc Takea Lend.
La Grande took an early lend when
Ruck Knight walked in the second
inning, went to third on Rube Dim:
error and came home on M. 'Alexan
der's error
Hut in the third Cove came bnck
and scored their only markers- on
one single, three errors and three
walks.
La Grande scored again in tho
fifth and seventh, tying it up ut
three, runs each.
I In the last half of the eighth, !!n8-
1
rKins, nr.st up lor i-a ui.iii.ie singico, most prominent race horse men and
j JUick Knight sacrificed him to sec- a man who has stood hack of the
ond, and Clifford smashed out a ( Pendleton Uound-Up. Hob Hall of
three bagger, storing lioskins. ThciLa Grande will direct the arena,
game wat; won right then hut Mc- The program has been arranged to
Innis thought it might as well he be on the order of a two ring circus,
won by an extra run so he saciViced,ja bucking horse corrul has been
and Clifford came home. erected and while the bucking con-
Kiilly Kails. test is going on, track cvent3 will
Cove attempted a rally in the be pulled off at the same time,
ninth but was unsuccessful. M. Al-j A road caravan started from Eu
examler started it off wilh a single, phrala, 'Wash., the fifth of Jul'. It
Carter grounded to second base ami is comnocd of cowboys mounted on
Skahang, pinch hitting, did tho their favorite cow horsca who will
same. With two down and Alexnn-( travel over five hundred miles to
der on third, White walked Conloy. -take pait in tho rodeo events. Two
KmHie sent tho Cove boys bark of the most prominent of that enra
homc when he popped out to Clif- van aro Hurry I'ruett and Chuck
ford. Jennings of Icwiston, Idaho.
Thn disagreement between the. cup-j Friday evening twenty-five mount
( 'miiiniic! on I:bi Two) ' (('ittillnncd to lir' Three)
Steel Industry Slackens;
Rail Traffic Is Heavy
NKW YORK, July Hi. With the
steel industry transferring to a
moderate slackim: imce. carlonding
has M;t new recouls for all 'time, I
Some 1,022,0(10 cars of revenue
freight were loaded in the week
ended June .'10, and this surpasses
tho performance in the week in
October, 11120, when tho previous I
record was set. Notwithstanding 1
Ihis heavy traffic, the proportion of i
had order 'cars has been reduced to
a new low since lleccmher, 1920, '
and the surplus of freight cars in
good order has increased to nearly
4,000. These figures wijrc in-1
terprrted as indicating ample trans-1
pnrtathm facilities during the com
ing fall.
Wheat Attract Attention.
Considerable attention was attrib
uted by the continued decline in
wheat prices to less than $1 a
bushel for lending deliveries at Chi
cago. Under the circumstance1,
particular attention attached to the
publication of tho report on the
farm products situation, prepared by
a committee of experts at the direc
tion of the department of agricul
ture. This report took ground that
Europe's purchasing power is likely
fill
N INTERIOR
President Will Go Ninety
Miles Beyond Alaskan
Railroad by Auto.
IS FARTHEST NORTH
OF ANY PRESIDENT
Chief Executive Drives Lo
comotive for 2G Miles;
Rough Driver, Says Stew
ard. FAIRBANKS, Alaska. July 10.
Hcinre ili-ivliitr the. gulden splko yes
terday, signalizing the completion of
tho government Kcwiinl-Falrbaitk
nillnmd, IVohlciit llaiilliig paid (rib-
ute to Mm iso who pioneered lit tllo
railroad construction, work In Uio
far north "through an almost lm
passable, land." '
1'UlHBANKa, Alaaka. July 16.
Having reached the north end of tho
Nteel rail transportation, President
Harding proposed today to go further
into the interior of- Alaaka by auto
mobile, ninety milea over the Rich
ardson trail to McCarty, on the Ten-
ana river, the rtdo to tako five hours,
l''roin McCarty he plans to tako a
river steamer to Nenan whuro he will
Tuesday board a train for a 24 hour
trip back over thu government rail
road to Howard, i ',
President Harding luia reached
a Miliit further north than any
other American president nod '
with Ids arrival In Fnlrhanlui
Sunday was within 150 mile of t
tho Arctic circle. Ills arrival hero
marked thu end of n two mid a
half dny'M rlilo over the govern
ment railroad rrom Howard Mm- .
day ho Iwgfn.s the (rip south over
Hich unison trull.
Tho president told members of hla
party, bet'oro hla arrival hero, that the
rail trip had given him a new vision
fr .. Ahwkoi ,tHiit.he had benn tm
vremnA not only b:
.by 1110
slbllitlcu of the Kreat valley region,
lieuvlly forcMted and covered with lux
(i.'oiitinucd to I'airo Three)
(Hv Ileno PoKt.in Hall.)
ALBANY, July 10. (Special)
Albany is the busiest town In thtR
part of Oregon. Tho Round-Up
dates arc Net for the 1U, 20 and 21 of
tho- month. Horses of nationnl rep
utation in the racing world are pres
ent with many more arriving dally.
The show is headed by Guy Ray of
Pallas, associated by Frank Roach of
Pendleton, one of Eastern Oregon's
to ho smaller. Under the condi
tions, the committee recommended a
reduction in production.
That the foreign situation Actually
has affected the price of wheat is
the opinion held in financial circlex
It is pointed out that this spring's
depreciation of the exchanges, which
resulted from the Kuhr occupation,
has not only reduced Europe's pur
chasing power, 'but has made neces
sary a readjustment of American
prices to those existing in the world
market.
lAln-iiie dullness which waa at
tributed to t In; Hcanon und thu cur
rent uncertainties in the hiiHlncsa sit
uation, charactrlxiul tin; chief finan
cial markets of tho punt week. Trad
ing, on the New York stock vxchanse.
lapsed buck to the low level for the
pant year, amounting to only about
40MtHo Kharca a day. At the same
time a firmer tone waa In ovIUence.
particularly toward the latter part of
the week. It waa considered that tho
liquidation, which pteccded th end
of the hair year, had strengthened
the upcculative position materially
and that theprospect ot thu July
settlement had removed most of th
(Continued on Pace Six.)
PREPARING FOR
ALBANY SHOW
I