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Newspaper Page TextratuV mimtttt VOLUME XXI MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY; JULY 20, 1923 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 244 ft tot ALASKA AID RAH BY OFFICIALS No Boom is Expected To Result of President Harding's Visit.' DISCUSS MEANS OF SOLVING PROBLEMS Secretary Hoover Expected To Make 11 is Alaska Pol icy Clear in Statement Soon. CORDOVA, Alaska, July 20 President Harding and his party arrived here during the night and started todiiy on a trip into , the interior over the Copper River railroad. A BOA It I V. H. H ENHBIISON WITH PltKKIPKN'T HARDING. July 20. The consensu:! of officials In President Harding's imrty fixed us tlio conclusion ol tin inspection of Alaska, npprciches, is tlmt tlu territory will gradually develop, but that no sensji tiotuil boom cuii bo expected as the result of the visit of the -chief execu tive. President Harding, Secretaries Hoo ver, Work and Wallace, and the re mainder of the party, arrived at Val dei; Thursday and are voyaging to Cordova and Nltku, the two atopo re maining before Vancouver, H. 0.. which the Henderson Is to reach next Thursday, proceeding to the . L'nlted Ktuteu u Seattle tho following day. Hoover Mils I'lans. ( Mr. Hoover is xepected to mnko his Alaska policy clear in a statement to be Issued soon. It in understood that the Htutcmcut would be confined largely to fisheries, .probably suggest- Ing the creation of additional fishing reservation!;, with a view-to eonserv liiK the supply by prolcetink' it from excessively rapid harvesting. 1 Doctor Work is said to favor ampli fication ol the homestead laws so that patents to lands in Alaska may be is. sued more quickly. He in believed ulKrouml8 uniess invited by a club bo of the opinion that tho Harding , mBmbcr. j explaining this one of administration would bo unjustified the directirs said: "We surely like In recominendlrif,' to congress it large I see ai the opportunities of tho appropriation for Alaskan develop. -iuh use,i .....1 .VBrvon h!iv .K mi'tUii. but to assent to tho proposal that congress should provide for de velopment!! a:i they are needed. Development Slow. . .Mr. Wallace lias already announced his conviction that agricultural devel upinent in Alaska would be slow, und tractions to be given away without tho limners In iho territory have c,arlce. The club need'! new mem niuny difficulties to overcome before ,bcra'aml ny person wishing to join they get industry on a plane wherj , Kjn the privileges of the club suecesy i:i assured. Sunday's hall game at Cove be tween Ia Grande and Cove teams is to be more than the fiercely con tested ball game it is to be a mag net for a cherry carnival in all its glory. So interesting has it bo come that Andrew I.oney, Jr., lender of the I.a Grande Municipal band, pnnnunceil today the band would be in Cove Sunday afternoon and give a concert befoie the umpire called, "play ball." 'lhose who have followed the games between thoso two teams know that Sunday's event is to be one for blood. Kach team's future happiness rests on thc result of that game and there will be base ball played that will make the old-timers lake notice kLa Grande expects to turn out en masse to root for thc home team and to enjoy the cherry carnival which thc Cove people arc arrang ing during thc afternoon. Anyone having an extra seat in their auto mobiles should call Karl Reynolds at (Main 8li as he is making arrange ments for all members of thc band with transportation. Farmers to Picnic, farmers attending thc farm crops tour on Tuesday of next week should take a ba.-kct lunrl. states H- G. Avery, county agent.. The party will stop at the J. A. Gaskill jilare near Inibier for lunch. Kvery W" should be provided with a spoon, as the Union County ,1'ann Bureau has provided a largj quanti ty of ice cream for the occasion. A complete program of thc day's visit will be printed in Saturday's paper. Weather Forecast Portland. July Kair t o n I s lit and Saturday. BBS HJDC1H IS GOVE GAME ill Liqior Fleet Plying Trade (By the Associated Press) ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. IJoot lciruens have set up "a rum row' nine miles off this city, according to coast guards and customs of ficials. A tramp steamer and a bark, salt! to be flying J'Yeneh colors, arc included In the flo tilla that numbers a dozen ves sels. Fishing boats propelled by nutomohllo motors, with under water mufflers, have been play ing hide and seek with guards for several nights and have brought big stocks ushoro, according to tho custom agcntB. Country Club Out-Door Pool -.y . n . 1S JWeCCa Of JJOtn beXCS Tlnvincr Rnt Snmmoi- Po. nod. Each evening many of the Coun try Club members and thetr fam ilies are using the swimming tank and picnic grounds tit tho club and great appreciation is being expressed for this feature. It is one that is enjoyed by every member of thj SUING TANK BIG ATTRACTION family, regardless of age,or sex. dlnarily go ns Blockers and feeders A slight misunderstanding has oc- Will be sold us rat stuff. Kstimatos curred as to the use of the tankjof (he maximum numbers expected and it is the wish of the directors to be marketed tills fall, providing 01 ine CIUD 10 Clear mis up. r or me conditions are favorable, have been big community picnic which was made Tor some states and uro quoted held recently to celebrate the burn- below, in Arizona probably about ing of tho mortgage against theuo,o head will bo available coin club the use of the tank was open pared with J 12.ti.iiq sold in 1922, 101 - to everyoouy anu an were inviteu 10 be the guests of the club on that oe casion. However, the thought was given that this policy "was to be continued and the tank thrown onen to all. The tank and picnic grounds, as well as the other features 01 the club re reservedfoP tnc mcmhers of the club, their families und their vitcd guests. Any member may have the privilege " of inviting a guest, subject to certain restric tions but non members are not en titled to thc use of - the tank good a time as possible but it costs considerable sum to maintain the club and in fairness to the members who pay their membership and dues und provide the funds to keep the club we cannot allow any of its at' may do, so .-by making application to any of the members of the board of directors.'' . .. . I. W. W. Call Off I nVclSlOn (By tliH Associated Press) P(KT AHTHLIt, Texas The J. W. W. lnvuslon of (his oily was riillivl off at It o'clock Thursday nlKht. A Bcnerul strike at Gulf ports tn protest unalutst "political Imprisonments" will be culled in stead. Anti-Saloon League Head Is Indicted NKtf YORK, July 20. The grand jury today, indicted 41. An derson, superintendent of thc anti saloon league, on the t charges of grand larceny and forgery, and also suggested' that the legislature in vestigate the league's activities since VJVA, when Anderson became superintendent. Anderson pleaded not guilty. Bail of $5,000 was fixed. State-Wide Harmonica Contest On August 3 P(liTI.ANI. Ore.. July 2. A state wide harmonica contest has bct'n announced hy Manager John Toriiray. ot thc daks Amusement Park here to take ilac in Port land Sunday August o. Three sub stantial cash! prizt-a have been of-ft-red. the winner of thc first to be procl-tirnd state champion hurinontcHnlst. The contest is opt-n to men and women. Manager 'ordray umpDunci'd that he would be Rlud to twar from thom wlfhiiif to enter thu contest. He asked that tln-y ud-rip-m him through the Portland poMof fice. PROSPERITY LOOMS FOR WHEAT GROWERS rHICAOO, July c. A cooperative iireeni'-nt to curtail wheat produc tion by the wheat s rowers of six utate in a wheat proJueTS CfHi(T i'ntf of the Houthwt will el'-ir th" wiiv for prosper ily of wheat growers tn P,'2 4, said Governor Mawe. excru I vi- v iff-prenident of the Wheat coun cil of the l'nlted Ftat-. in a npyit to the council tunic public today. ! , LIVESTOCK IS ABOVE NORMA 1ST PORTION Pastures and Ranges Thru out West Favorable To Heavy Livestock Market ing. j J'OItTI.ANl), Ore, July 2. Thu I past month has been favorable to pastures and ranges throughout most sections of tho West and the condition is considerably above nor mal In some states, according to tho monthly western livestock report of the IT. K. Division of roi and Live stock Estimates. Tho average con dition for all pastures is per cent, or 5 points above June 1, with un average of 14 per cent for ranges us f distinct from farm pastures, or 2 points above June 1. The condition of ranges is above loo in six slates. J;'"11'- K'1"80"; N-a. Nevada. Oregon, und Washington, whllo Colo- rado. Montana, and South Dakota av. erago 95 or over. I Cattle und sheep reflect the general ileji condition of runees, uverunlnjr 1J 1 ,17 i ...i.,. -i iti, i i iraiiiiiiit:!,,, cuilliuu UU Willi 91 and 96 on June 1. CiriUr rill- Va Marketing. The number of rut cattle to -bo marketed this fall will depend In soma mcasuro upon the feed supply unl financial conditions existing ut that time. If rungu conditions contlnuii 'favorable some cattle that would or uoo in 1921, and 112.11111) in 1920. About 90,0110 fat cuttle will bo on hand for mil delivery in California. The percentage of graws fed eattl'j for market in the Kiint Hills, Kan sua, is about OS per cent of norma', In tho rest of east Kuiimuj 94 per cent, and HI per cent west or US clcgreea. About 140,000 can be marketed from Montana this fall, of which possibly 77,000 will bo fat. and liS.uou Blockers. In western Nebraska a doclino is noted und possibly about 88 per ceut (Continued on Page 4) REALTORS DISCUSS JOINT MARKETING PORTLAND, July 20 The re- ' dtirtion of (he tax burden on real property is urged in reso lutions adopted today in the Northwest Real Estate Associa tion convention. roilTINI Ore., July '0. Co operative marketing wan the first sub ject for discussion on the program to diiy of tiu convention here of the the Northwest Heal Kututo Associa tion. The Hpealte'rs were J. Kred 1 truly, of Albany, (ire., and C. K. Spence, Oregon state market master. Albert Currey, La Grande real es tate man, affiliated with George H. Currey Real Kstate Agency, re- i.n.i ... 1., l.,n t..lU., !... .... tending the convention in Portland winch he pronounced a: very success ful. lul. tk?8-j&&miWL V '-Vi f 1 ' Dawn Tp Dusk Flight Fails WASHINGTON, July 20. The army air service announced to day tlmt attempts to make the daylight to dark flight across the continent in which Lieuten ant Maughan lias failed twice, will be culled off for tins year because of' shortening' clays. ROCKSPRINGS, Wyo., July 20. Vibration caused the leaks in the oil cooler of Maughan's airplane necessitating abandon ment of the flight here yester day after the completion .of 1925 miles of the trip. The small leak soldered at Cheyenne yesterday afternoon when he stopped thore. ROCKSPRINGS, Wyo., July 20. Lieutenant R. L- Maughan was forced tlown here by an oil leak in his plane and abandoned his attempt at a dawn to dusk flight across the continent. Ho landed here at 6:08 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Maughan left Mitchell Field, New York yesterday morning nnd until arriving at Rock springs, went practically ac cording to his scheduled plan. He arrived at Dayton, Ohio, at 8:115; St. Joseph, Missouri, at 11:25; Kearney, Nebraska, at 12:08; and Cheyenne, Wyo., at 2:32 yesterday afternoon. Ho planned his flight on the basin of 160 miles per hour avorago speed, and planned 20 minute stops tit Dayton, St. Jaseph, Cheyenne and Sal Duro. ROSS ELECTED La Grande Presbyterian Pastor is Moderator of Thirty-Third Synod of i Oregon Church. (Ily Associated Press) EUGENE, July 20. Rever end William Cnisby Ross, or La Grande, was elected modcr-ator-of tho Thirty-Third Synod of the Presbyterian church of Orcffon, which opened 'a week's session here yesterday. '' The Market. - PORTLAND. July 20 Livestock steady, eggs unsullied, some grades lower, selects 27 to 28 cents; 'first 25 to 2b' cents. Rutter firm. 11AM) (OMIKI KI.Mi.iii The l.u tirnndc Municipal Hand, under the leadership of Dirertor Andieiv l.oney. Jr., will appear In concert this evening at 7:4f o'clock shuip ut the inti-i-si-rtlon of Green wood nnd Washington streets. The pioKiam, puhlished in the livening Observer yesterday. Is believed, by critics, to he one ot the best con' eeit iiroKi'iims arraiiKi-d by the lo cal bund. The ( ini . i l tonik'ht Is on- of the regular mid-summer out-door series. HEAD OFSyWOD SEE-SAW I 1 4 I ! ( CEeiTLC-WE . ) . j i I r ( AVWY FCoam ME J mm li ENGLAND FINDS BERLIN NOTE IS DELICATE TUSK Curzon Reported To Be Making Great Effort To I ind Compromise On Pas siye Resistance Question. LONDON, July 10. Lord Curzon Is experiencing more difficulties in thu preparation of his note to German- than has been expected. It is now reported that the note and tho cover ing letter may not ho dlspulehed to tho allies unlil next week, but wheth er the trouble haa arisen from polltl eal friction within the cabinet, as al leged In some quarters, or simply from the Inherent difficulty 0f rnim lug a reply- to Germany which would not offend I'Vanee, Is not evident. After Thursday's long cabinet council tho foreign secretary hud a separate conference Willi Premier ll.-ildwtn. ThlB conference, which was at Oownlng street, prevented l.drd Curzon from siolng Count l)e Haint Aulalre, the Kreneh ambasHodar. who called at tho foreign orflco while tho conversation wan proceeding. Seeking Compromise. It Is believed ulthough nothlnir Is known officially, that Curzon is inuk Ing tlio greati'st effort to find a way of eompromlso on the part of passive reslMlanee In the Ituhr. He has had conversations with tlfo German am bassador, tho latest f which was Wednesday, probably with the Idea of finding how fur the German govern nient might be willing to roeede from lis support of Iho passive resistance movement, provided I'luneu could b-s Induced to revert to merely civil occu pation of the Ituhr. This nucstlon Is believed to prosenl far greater diffi culties limn I lie uuesllon of assessing vjormany s capacity to pay, as It is a point oh which neither the Krcneh nor German government Is disposed to yield, anil If some method eniild bo discovered to save tlio laces of the two governments, It is believed that the financial points could be cleared up with less dllliciilty. EZRA MEEKER TO TPAVlrT TTATT 1 1WV V LiL, IKAlli NEW Y0HK, July 20. Ezra Meeker, a nioncer who hs twien followed the. Old Oregon Trail across , lb", populace, announced the mlen Ihe continent, will for the third I "" himself and nu n u, aeeept- inne traverse the famoun western homoseeking trail, according to an nouncements made hero. Mr. Meek er is :) years of age and first trav eled the trail in lKM from his homo in Ohio. Again in liltlti he went over it with uu ox team. But this time he will make the journey by rail and automobile, folmwiiin the old .landmarks, until he arrives at his home in Seattle. Ills present plans will take him by rail lo Oina- ha thence by automobile to Portland, uregon, und scuttle. Wheal (rotations. , PORTLAND, July 20. Hani White $1.05; Western Reil $.08. liny Hands Hard lo Get. RAKER, July 20. The hay har vest is one in full blast In the vi. cinity of North Powder. The work 1 being pushed rapidly despite thq shortage of h:iy hands. Damage Done By Water Main SEATTLE. July 20 A burst ing 30 inch water main in S'xlh lAvcnue just south of Union street today tore a forty foot crater in tho street. 'An eight foot geyser flooded the basements within a radius of five blocks. Tho loss is approximately 1 100,000. KILLED TBI Miguel Tnllo, His Secre- tarv Said tn TT-ivn ?w uuy, &aia to Have bnot, Villa: Trillo Killed in En suing Clash. KL PASO, Texas. July 20. General 1,'runclseo Villa, ruinous .Mexican rebel lender against whom General Pershing conduc ted n drlvo Into Mexico, was shot and killed at liln home at Canutll lo, 1'hlhuuhun fttate. early today, according to a dispatch from Chl liuiihuu City. A local rebel up rising resulted In his death. Trillo Shot Villa CHIHUAHUA, July 20. Villa was shot and killed this morning by Mi guel Trillo. his secretary. In an en suing battle Trillo was killed by men lloyul to Villa. Tho latest reporto said that tlio tight Is still continuing. More thuu ion easuulltie!! have been reported. Tho men who rallied behind Trillo engaged with tho loyal Villu troops. Vlllu had about Still men on his ranch, trained In bundling rlrourins, having followed Villa and campaigned against Obrcgon prior to signing an armistice with Obregon The move ment headed by Trillo Is reported due to ill feeling against Villa, which was duo to u delay In paying his men. Illogrnpbieiil sketch Francisco CTuucho") Vlllu, guer rilla chieftain and bandit leader in Mexico for moro than 1U years, de clared tnut ho bad ended his cureer "' outlawry In Adgust, 11120, when, at the head of 9uu followers, the rem- inalil of what b ut once been. Ids urmv iuf ati.noo nion, ho entered Han Pedro, iConhulla, and, umld the rhc. . m ,n amnesty una settli:,;; down fiirinera. A lew weeks curlier. Vill i had sur rendered lo Federal forces at Sablnus. He then declared his fiflhnroiiei, !- Provisional President do la Hllorlu and General Alvaro Obregon, later elected Preldent to succeed Currtinzu. Ilefqrn cupltiiUlln, villa demanded and was granted by the Mexican gov ernment, one year's pay und u small l'""n for each of bis men, u grant t'''uul 10 IS.ooo.ouu gold. lino ol the most nolable chcuihuIch ol Vlllu was his raid on Columbus, N. M., on March' li, ill I II in which he and his followers killed 17 Amer icans. 11 resulted In h piinlllvo Amer ican military expedition under Gen eral l'ershlut; crossing tho border and maintaining a "dead or alive" pursuit of Villa which lasted moro 1 nine months and cost the- United 1,11 :l government, uccordlng to a Will' llepurtluent estlmtite, neurly $100,0110,(100. In n buttle ill I'arriil. Amerleiin truoier.'! were nmliiisbcd und u niim ;bei ol them killed. 'On Slareh H. however, the bandit's lotlowors were defeated at Guerrero. The Americans were sueeesstui in a number or other sklrmlshiM und penetrated so lur Hollth In .Mexico us to meet the Con. nl It i it 1 oiii. I iMt troops ot Carraiij.1 who, oslensMily, were also In pursuit ot tne reiuaiiii,. .Mexican leader. Villa, wounded but always uliidlui; hh) pursuers, lived in Iho center ol a perpendicular cllfl which rose l.r,U leet Horn a brook on thu level nluln below and from this point Vlllu mid he ol'tun watched the American Hoops. .Many times he was reported purled dead. I 'pon the American uriny'i withdrawal from Aloxlco Vlll-i renewed hp; depredations. (in April 4. Jills, he was Indlc.lud for first de- Kree ill iil'il c.l at Dcmlne. N. M.. on uci'OUUI o'f the Columliiis raid. "They cull me u bandit und tile worst man in .Mexico." declared Vil la when he wits welcomed to Kan I'edro Cnahiilla, "but I would preserve our national!!). I surrendered bc (Contlnuc,! on fga .'Ve) ' Gem State Baby Record IJOIMK, July 2o.--iJreaktiiK nil pre. vtutm rei ordn for bttthii. Idaho regis-I tniia reported i loljit of hhh biibies ibo born in the state In the month ending July J", aceordtiiK lo the monthly re-I port of the bureau of vital Htallsllci1. U.sued Thurnduy. i, , I.. ... . , , ItecordH fur illefjttlmatu children and twins wept hImo broken. Tho i port shows that there were IH llle-' ylllmate- cliildren horn in tho report- 1 mk perloil. Th Ih 1m the hireut num- raw Imt eer reported in one month. inlo "f the persons who died was cot all of lat year there were f7 tllegl I "red. All tho rest were white, tlinalo children ttorn, and for tho first! Aeeldentn claimed 7 vk:tlma. Ten ' k(x mouth! of PJJ3 thu records show were killed in iiulotnobtle accidents, 4 ii total of 4.1 IHeKltln'mte babies. I I" nu t rieuth by accidental drowning, Twenty-eht sets or twins are re ported to hsv been horn, the luiK'st number ever recorded In any ono iiioitlii. UNI IS A CONVENTION CITY TODAY Neighbors of Woodcraft of Oregon are Gathered for Two Day Meet. BANQUET TOMORROW EVENING AT HOTEL TncroiioM t installation of Officers at Onnn Mtin w;n Open Meeting, Will Fol low Banquet, at K, of P. Hall. Spoclal to tho Observer) UNION, July 20. Union Is again a convention clly today. For tho bcc ond time this summer a state wldo organization Is holding u conference here this tlmo tho Neighbors of Woodcraft, a ladles' fraternal body, of Oregon being cntertuined by Union hospitality. Delegates ore present at the con. ventlou from Pentleton, La Grande, Baker, Haines, Condon. Hend' and western Oregon with ninny inoro ex pected to arrive hourly today anJ Saturday, tho closing day ot the meeting. Committees llcportcd. Itoutlnu work and the reports of committees occupied the morning and tills afternoon a Juvenile, program Is arranged. Initiatory exercises ant any balloting that niuy come up la scheduled for thu evening program toduy. The meeting is of the "closed'' type. Tomorrow morning .will ainiln ba devoted to business, with moro re port!; rrom committees and routing matters to be. discussed. Another program, principally of an entertain ing nature, has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. ' llaniiiiet in levelling ' A humiuet, to be held ut six o'clock Hatlirduy evening In the Union Hotel lor tho members ot the organisation and all visitors, will precede a pub llu meeting, which will be held In the K. ot P. hull at Unlom Instulluliuu of officers and n program will leu tins the rinal meeting of the convention. ' Committees .have been uppolii(te among tho Union peoplo to make the visllem happy and the Union hotel will bo the center pOBt ot tho con-' volition. 77 DAYS WITH The firo tlenartnient of La Grands is iii reality enjoyinjr alimost a vaca tion at least the Drcsonce of firo culls is conspicuous nuiinlv tlua to their absence. Tho last real fire that the depart ment 1ius been called to extinguish was on June 18 when the annex to the old Presbyterian church, located now across the track, was burned. Previous to that call no serious fire had occurred since May 5, when the Brown residence was burned. The lust cull und only call since June 18 came July when an alarm was turned in from old town but when the fire department arrived, at the -end of an exceedingly quick run, they Juund that the tire had been extinguished , practically us soon as thc alarm was turned in, Krom May D to June 18 was a period of 4I duys without any calls anil from June 18 until today, July 2d, 3U days, no fires have resulted. In a period of 77 days only one tire had lo bo extinguished by the local fire ilepurtment. . President Is Elected. POKTlANIJ, July 20. Dr. Aurelia H. Iteiiihiirdt, president of i.Mlills Col lege, Oakland, Oil., was today elect ed president of thc American As sociation of University Women. The convention adopted a resolution ask ing J'resident Jlardiiig to urge Con gress to rutifv the covenant of th lengue of nations on terms consist ent with the oon.stitutioiis. Crop Smashed to Bits Ho?,' Lend Might, or the lisfi babies born. 743 wr and 74i nlrts. the sex of flv ,n. not slated. All w-re white. nui m .U,J or M"' wtr 'norn 1,1 "IH 1 niu-d Ktates, while Uti j""iK!"erH uuti loruiKii-uorn B 'I'lio report ulno shows that thera were 4 1; l deaths In tho same period,' fr which the btrlhs were recorder!. and six' were elect rocuted hv hivh tension wires. One wan killed by llKhtcnlnh. OiKnnlu diseastj of th heurt claimed 2i persons. j ONLY ONE FIRE - :