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Newspaper Page TextT 7" "T" ratuV En? VOLUME XXI MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1923 member of associated press NUMBER 245 fa ntttg NO SPECIAL SESSION TO BE CALLED Congress Will Not Convene Before Regular Session in December. PRESIDENT SEES NO NECESSITY, REPORT Friends of President Make Announcement Today; Recess of . Congress Held Beneficial. A BOA It O TRANSPORT IIKNPRR . RON. July 21. President Harding has no intention of calling Congress into session in advance of the reiular meeting in Pecember, according to members of hie party who reflect his viewil. They say that the President feels there In little or no need of limned t alely uuscmhllnt; congress, and fur thermore thai leaders in Congress and the public in general believed that the country in benefitting by tho current recess. Visits Cordova (By the Associated Press) ABOARD TRANSPORT HENDER SON. .Inly 21. A visit to Cordova, ocean terminus of one of tho two railways- piercing Alaska's interior, wai the feature ol .Friday's program for President Harding, who is Hearing the end ot tho fftst visit to Alaska made by a chief executive of the United Ktatea. At Cordova, tho President was ex pected to take the Copper river and North western railway for a run out to the Miles und Child:i glaciers. These glaciers are on opposito sides of tho Copper river at Mho 49, whero tho stream is spanned by a . mammoth j steel bridge set In concrete. I hat place hi said to bo t ho only spot in tho world whore even one glacier can bu reached by train. Members ot the party hoped Fri day's" journey would not bo as hazard ous: ua the 20-mile trip on which they were taken Thursday from Valdcz over the lower end of the Richard son trail. TIioko who accompanied the President on that trip Friday were just gelling their pul.se.'i back to nor-j mul utter u ride in flying cars over a winding road along tho swift ' glacier fed river and along tho ntouu- ' tain side, where there waa room for only one car at a timo between tho mountain wall of tho canyon with a sheer decent of more than 1000 feet. Cordova Shipping Port. Cordova in the shipping port for tho copper ore brought out from the Kennccolt district by the Guggen heim interest.!. U was solely to reach this copper that the Copper River and Northwestern railway, which is 131 milt's long, was built. The President's (Continued on Page Five) Roth Union ami Cove, the cherry centers of Eastern Oregon, are ready to swine; into the secoml week of harvc.-JtitiK Monday a week that promises to eclipse the last week in cherries picked. The nrescnt week has heen devoted larncly to picking the cherries that ripen earliest anI me main portion of the harvest will be commenced Monday. Hundreds of pickers and packers will enter a period of in tensified labor knowing well that the fruit, now ready -to pluck, must he hni-vplpd lest it snoil. Report from Union state that im to Thursday five car loads of cherries had been shipped from Union . imi'tum. wnicn means non Cove nn.l Union cherries were rent out- Several car loads were ex pected through yesterday anil today. They are heine shipped by the Fiu't Growers assodationXof Union and Cove. The association forces have heen receiving and packing- at the Hall warehouse and Hutchison warehouse Union and at the warehouses in READY FOR THE SECOND PERIOD V: Cove. r Last evening- ut Cove, at the weekly Cherry (Homers Hall, n large 'crowd of pickers, packers and their friends gathered for a social evening, which nil pronounced a complete success. The annual Cherry Glomer.s Hall is scheduled for Sat urday evening, July , at Cove. Weather Forecast Portland. Jul) . . -l air lonigm, and Sunday. JJ. J.A. Jones Dead Today UNION, July 21. (Special). J. A. Jones, belter known to his host of friends aa Alex Jones, passed on at Hot Lake last eve ning ut the close of a short Ill ness. His death cumo as a sor rowful shock to the community, as he was one of the successtul businessmen of Union pnd filled an important place In Union's lifo and growth. The deceased was about 85 years of ago and canto to the Grande ltonde Valley In the early days, since making his home near and at Union. Funeral services will be held tomorrow here. Interment will take place in the Union ceme tery. Henry Ritter Returns From Grand Lodge of Elks Held at Atlanta, Georgia. "Philadelphia lodge easily held the distinction of having the most re markable section of the Klks 'parade at Atlanta," said Henry J. Ritter. representative of La Grande lodge No. 433, B. P. O. K. who has just returned from the national grand lodge mooting which was held in the city where Coco Cola Is brewed. It was a wonderful meeting In which the whole country was prop erly represented showing that Ftkdom Is still one of the very strongest or ganizations In the nation. I was not only 4m pressed with growth of the Klks' lodge, but let mo say that south ern country Is showing a lot of de velopment. Atlanta is leader of nil tho cities I visited when It comes to rapid development and in every part of that city new buildings are being completed and erected. It Is a rut her hard condition to figure out with prices of products low and yet a constant briskness in building keeping up. I found no one In my travels who could solve the problem, either." . - . v. . There will be some changes In the Klks' lodge following this grand lodge meeting, according to Mr. Ritter, that Is, changes of policy chiefly. A few standing committees will report In a way that will have a decided effect upon Klkdom, Is his belief. Mr. Ritter and Colon R. Kberhurd wero delegates from this lodge to At lanta. They became separated soon after reaching the lodge city and only saw each other twice after that. Mr. Kberhard went on to New York where he Is attending to business before re turning to lu Grande. Mr. Ritter. in closing his report, stated that the hospitality of the south was marvelous. - Dr. Jacobs Acquitted Of Charge of Murder RAN DIKGO, July 21. PK I, ou in L. Jacobs, charged wllh the murder of Miss Fritzl Mann, flancer, last January, waa acquit ed by a jury today. GLADYS HEADLEY DIED FRIDAY EVE Gladys Mabel Hea.llcy, the dnuKh- tcr of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Hcadley, died Friday evening at 9:2(1 o'clock at the close of' a long Illness. Miss Headlcy waa born In Walsen- liurR. Colorado July 1, 1902 and was a graduate of the The Dalles high school. She was training at thn heaeoness hospital of Spokane ut the tlnia slit became 111. Hhe leaves. In addition to her father and mother, two sisters and three brothers to mourn her demiso They are Mrs. Albert Godfredson. of Itieklcton, Wash; Ivan Hcadley, of Itoscvillc. Col., Clarence Hea.llcy, now tin the L:. S. navy; and Marian and ,.nor0 Hcadley of 1a Grande. Th funeral will be held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning from th resttlence in li Grande at 170B Cedar street under the direction of the W. 11. Uolinenkump company. I,. S. Weeks Honored POUTI.ANI), July 21. P. H. llar rctt. of Spokane, wan today elected president ot th Northwest Heal Ks late association. John Marleld, of Portland. Is president for Oregon; iW. A. liarnes. viec-presldenl. for ushlngton. K 8. Weeks, ot Iji Grande H. K. Walters, of Corvallls. and Hur. old Junck. of Portlan. are the dlrcc iters for Oregon. Y-iklma is tlie site loi the next convention. Plnn Almuly Worklna CHIl'AIKi. July 21. The Ameri can Farm Bureau Federation an- nolinr icert today information from Kan- m.lliH it'a iln for the storage of 2n...".uin bushels of wheat on the farms and financing u with money borrowed under the new Intcrm.-dlatc credit set lr. already working out. Offerings ol wheat "to arre' areta lllng off. HOSPITALITY IS FINEST 1XTRA TITLE CHANCE RESTS UPON i special l All races will De unuer me pn of the American Automobile tion. iv 13 nf the fastest race cars cu uni DITS stern Oregon have entered for ices, Lott announced, these be- hrudq ict loi addit on td the fast cars 01 ta nee sabot ;i Dregon-Washington Racine as- for til :ion, wliicn win oe snipped iu to compete. lAniong the lat rill 'be the Stutz special with trains I some l ber ril )t motor which captured lirsi in the July 4 race at Spokane the auspices of the American n, and the Rickenbacker special , captured second prize at the ; race. it's entire strinir of fast cars Seal office! Granui e taken to Eugene for a race inday, July 29, and immediately July ot a Distri that will Be snipped 10 Bauer groomed for the big twb-day there. The Oregon-Washing- Ore pro i All jtacing association also expects cash per ouKt-d intu suro winni'ra. nui iKou, lifter leading the leugue for u whit I hey were bumped ofl twleo Cove which hurl. And finally, aft period of adversity that resulted in totalling La Grande's losses at four games and apparently throwing them Out ol tho race entirely, the t.am bucked up with a slim, .very slim chance; and since then huu not lost u game, , Iju Grande lost to linker In 11 ( I to ) game at linker and then believing that right can't bu ,d owned, cleared thu deck rr no . tion. Ilicy had lo wii. nil three remaining games to have, tt rJinncc ami they've won two of them. One resulted In victory for the Pirates after an rtni conlot that ended :t to 2 and lust Sim day the local tram, alter being behind U to 1, canto along with a bang and downed Hit! Cove team B to tt. Tomorrow will finish tho tram on their hist battle front with a determination to win or bust. The Mne-up is not announced, and will not be known until tho team is ready to take their positions ut Cove tomorrow, Clifford, Ho.i'iiouum, Job nson, I losk Ins, Crc ws, M c 1 nn is, Tex and Ruck Knight, MaGeo, White, Garity, and several other players will be in the squad taken tomorrow. The team is hitting at an average of and fielding excellent, Hand to go Along. The I,a Grande Municipal band will mako the trip und piav tho ball grounds preceding the game. Cove and La Grande realize the im portance oi the cnt est and tho af fair will be featured by a carnivallstlc forerunner. Tho crowd iu expected to break all regular league attendance (Continued on Pago Five) SMELTER PLANT MAY "BLOW L" AUGUST 1 RAKEIR. Julv 21. It is now prnc- tienllv understood that the Sumpter smelter will blow qn about AiiRU-t 1. had pressed him to remain. Ore supply is increasing daily and deliveries at the smelter justify the Aiqultti-d of Hustling. belief that a Ioiir run will follow. KNTKHl'ltlHK, July 21 l.eon and Mine owners arc becoming ln-iGoriill Mawhin. charged with steal -.nii-od with the nonsibilities of the ing 1 head of Durham cuttle, wero smelter anil the contributine mines 1 .u.. ...... L-An.i.. In Itn a divnn. 1 sition for full cooperation, the one thins needed to ensure ultimate sue- cess. FbnTrl' LIMA PE"e, BoVS, This acT Cherry Buys Casey Home; A. B. Cherry, florist, announced today that he recently udded tho W. II. Casey residence to thy greenhouse properly located on Adams avenue near the hospital. The house bought from Mr. Cas ey is of one and ono half stor ies and lias seven rooms. 'Con sideration was $5,000. Mr. Cherry is at present Im proving the property by install ing cement walks and ulso around the greenhouse. Mr. Casey who has retired from actlvo business, has purchased a home in Portland and lie and his family expect to leuvo for that city. W. If. Casey, Jr.. who Is em ployed ut tho La Grande Js'ation al bank, will remain in He city. ui?nofni. n...,rnn T.i'frVif onrH i AJtLLi:i X bu o1" i 1 1 1 1 1 r n 1 1 1 n n n I b i r Power Company tO BcttCPheen arranged. Starting at Ui Grande Installation of additional equip ment In the l!a Grande substation of tho Kastern Oregon 1 .ight & Power Co., which will still further improve the light and power service to the entire city, in now being mado by a crew of electrical meu. Two induc tion regulators which will regulato und hold a constant standard voltage aro being installed and thu engineers expect to have the Improved service ready in about ten days. The Installation will benefit tho en tire distribution, system of La Grande, according to A. P. liOttridge, vice president of the company who la now in the city. Cost of the two pieces of equipment with the neccessary connections, will bo about $5000. I. C. C. Gives Permission To Build JVew Railway interstato commerce commission today granted the Oregon .Short Linti permission to proceed Im mediately with tlio construction of 1)8 miles of new lino between Rogeraon, Idaho and Wells, Ne vada, at a cost of '$5.oy-i,nno. At Welhi the linn will connect with the Southern Paclmlu and West ern P-iclmie, giving an outlet for the irrigated areas of Southern Idaho.' PASTOR TO REMAIN IN ELGIN, REPORT TCI ..GIN. July 21. Rev. .liaison, Drown has reconsidered his decision of leaving tho Klgin Christian church and will remain for another year. Mr. Rrown announced his decision last Sunday after the church member:! acquitted by a .jury Ill the court of Justice of till' iN'.lCC A. It. t'onilWHV yral'Nliiy. The chc.rK-K w.ru ini.lu by II. I). Duvldhizar, who owned the stock. GETTING MIGHTY HOT 7 - ' ARRAMHVMTG Miiiiriiuiii i ii ii iui.i I I II llfl UL.IIIL.il I U FOR FARMER'S TOMIOED Many State Agricultural Officials Will Be Here for Trip over Valley July 24. Final arrangements for the farm ers field tour to see crons In the (Grande Rondo valley are practically completed, according to H. G. Avery, county agent. K. R. Jackman, farm crops specialist, of the extension serv ice of the Oregon Agricultural col lege, arrived this morning to begin In spection ot crops grown for certified seed and to take part In tho program Tuesday. Others Including George Palmiter. master of the State Grange. ,1. K Stephens, superintendent of the Moro Grain Kxperlment Station, F. L. lialiard, county agent leader, and members of tho board. of regents are expected. P'ogram of the study of various crops and crop practices has visit the Cavlntss place, cast of La Grande. Mr. R. P. Sohroedcr has a very interesting plot of potatoes Kionn for certified seed In compari son with common seed. The next stop approximately y;Hil u. m will bo at the .1. 1. liobbln place, where a com parison or hybrid wheat, triplet wheal and winter barley will bo shown. From there the party will, go to the Fred Zaugg place, north of town. On Ibis farm demonstrations of hard federal ion and other spring wheat, hy brid 2H and forty fold and Grtmm alfalfa, as compared with common al falfa are uiTuuKed, and some little jtlimi will be spt-nt in observing the various piois. I'oiiowtng mis the, party will work their way across thei valley, visiting demonstrations of cert- Hied seed potatoes, hybrid 128 and; hard Federation wheat compared with oilier varieties and also land plaster fort illiier demons! rations. Lunch will bo nerved at tho J. A. GasKlll place( near Imbler, and those who will go on the excursion are again reminded not to forget tho! spoons to eat Ice cream with. After lunch the party will visit other dom onstratlons In the Kami Ridge section, completing the program at somowhore be' ween 2 and It o'clock. Thousands View Body 1 'A It I! A I,, Mexico. July 21. Thousands viewed today the body of I'Yanelseo Villa, slain yestor day with Villa's secretary, Trillo, also killed by seven assassins. The first reports that Trillo killed Villa wero Incorrect. MG CLOCK BEGINS FUNCTION IN (i NOW.uiv.-n.id... our. A t'.'Hdinij by Ml'H. Airn.'H Illllock Lust ..wnlnir for 11,0 first limo Ihu of , nlol' ",Jf" ls 11 Kunn' I'r..posl rlocU that wn n-wnllv .TreM In tlon. All"r Al1.' """In " Htlnol hit, ri...in ..r (i... itl.-nin ian.l Mrs. l-a.Mork r.-Hpoiul..l wllh uu I I10 hlL- .'Ini k l, in, Is id I ,,..,. the sl.h walk and thu rucu m.-asuriM thr.-t; r.M-t. aci-OHH. Mr. I Urn la y.'Mt.rdav stattd "I hnvu lain ralh.r alow In .n-illiiL- the hli; clock, till! t will ussiirn th. nc.tnln 1 that arc koIiik to set tlu-lr watch.ii by the "lilt,- lien" and that It In not koIiik to run slow, tier fat.' Rehearing Is Sought OLYMl'IA. July 21. A pell, tion for u rehearing In tin, grain rule differential cuao to tho end that parity In grain und class f mteo may bo resored hotwecn thu Bouth ot Knuku Hlver territory und I'litrct Hound cltlcii ami I"oit luini. waa entered today by thu talc department of publlu works, sotting forth ten reasons. Thu petition to this effect, beurlns tho numos of 1,000 farm ers In the Knalto Hlver territory, was filed with thu luterstutu com merce commission u tow days ago. Among the reasons advanced by tho department Is Inurcasiug dlsutlsfuctlon of producers In thu locality affected ; that two years experieneu with differential has demonstrated tho failure to pro duco results untlelpated: that railroads are not In cumpetltnn; that parity existed fur all other parts of the Inland lOmpiru; that there uru no co-operative mur kets; that other rate adjustments will be required north of Knako Hlver; that I'uget Hound buyers have withdrawn their ugeneles south of the Snako Klvor; that I'urtlund lir handling morn grain than all tho Paget Hound cities, and that when Portland storage facloltle:i uru ut capacity thu territory south of thu Huako lilv er Is without u market. Installation of Officers and Banquet to Feature Final Evening of . Neighbors of Woodcraft Meet. I'NION, July 21. (.Special). Tho district convention or District No. 10, of tho Neighbors of Woodcraft, held at the K. of I, hall ut Cnlon, opened yeslerday morning at in o'clock wllh District Guardian Nellie Jlrown, of Cnlon, In command. Visiting teams put on the special work In the morning. The .program Included a beautiful flag service, a welcolne address to the dele?-''".'! by Kva DeLap, guardian Neighbor of Cnlon Circle No. 2(iy and :i response by KU'Mi Kiel (Is, guardian Neighbor of the linker Circle, A j eeess was then culled until 2 o'clock in tho af tor noon. Mrs. Hurley, of 1'ortland, grand banker, who arrived In Hnlon yester day, opened the afternoon session with circle honors. Com mitt ro - ports wero then heard, also an ad dress by Minnie lllciier on "Wood craft," and the report of the home aL cn.on?, "1 l.nv uil' vvi'iil wan won. I Mlnnl." H.-lncr. Kianil Kiiaidlan of I I'ortland. mud., an nddr.iHH and Mrs Klal.tr or Il.-nd waa appoint.'.! orriclal flaK uearor. ' UNION, July 21. (Kpociiil) - The District Convention of the Nnijrhlinrs of Woodcraft, now beiiifp held at this city, will cln.se this evening with in stall ji Li on of officer nnd n proKrnm in the K. of P. hull which will follow a banquet to be given in the Union hotel grill. Several delegates arrived last night and this morning to bo here for the final exercises. iA program is being .staged at Union this after noon, of entertaining nature. Grand Guardin Minnie Heiner and Mrs. Kergur.an, organizer of 'District:! No. 10 and II, arrived Thursday from Portland and are hero, along with several other officers of the state lodge Approximately 150 outside Neigh-; bora arc in attendance. Many in Attendance. UNION, July 21. Among those in attendance from neighboring cit ies at the Neighbors of Woodcraft ronventon arc: Pendleton Mih. Kathcrine iPaker, Mrn. Cook. Mrs. Kllen Schorr, Mrs. Allen Hall, Mrs. Mary Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Agnes Mohnnrt, Mrs. Margaret Cronin, Mrs. A. Thomas and Mrs. Ida Olson, the liist three named being officers of the district circle. Haker Messrs. ((')titintnf "t l'ii(;t Klvi') Interest Growing With the annual pioneer reunion but a short time distant, much in terest in being manifested in the coming event. The reunion is held yearly at Riverside Park nnd serves to bung the "grand pioneers oi the county with their descendants together in a mammoth social anil fraternal day that is considered one of the outstanding affairs of its kind in tlie county each vear. T. H. Crawford, president of the Union County Pioneer association, today stated: "Everybody should re member to attend the Union County Annual Pioneer Reunion, to be held Thursday, July 2tl, at the city nark. You should all remember to bring your baskets full of good things to est. A few good talks, good music, both vocal and instrumental, an obi CONVENTION TD UI TONIGHT T Allied Ambassadors Receive Reply' to German Rep aration Commission. RECOMMENDS JOINT CONFERENCE SOON Note Asks an Appointment of International Commis sion to Study Reparation Question. l-ONbOiV. July 21. Tho British note, replying So tho German rep.ira- tfoiis commission, was delivered to day to allied ambassadors. The Brit ish cabinet ministers are greatly re lived and have dispersed to tho coun- , try for tho- Week end. The note In reported to recommend tho appointment of an International commission to study Germany's abil ity to pay, and also suggests to Ger many that In return for cessation of passive resistance, Groat Britain would rerjn est that Kranco reduce their occupation forces to a minimum, and finally propose submitting the eiitlro reparations proldfem to a con ference of plenipotentiaries to meet in Brussels. La Grande People Guests. Mil TO N - I'Mt K K WAT Kit, July 21. Mr. and Mrs. Williany Lloyd were honored iM'onday and Tuesday by having old time friends, Mr. and Mrs- C. C. Pennington for company. They live at La Grande und are on their way to Caiiuda in their auto driven by a young man friend. Mr. Lloyd und Mr. Pennington used to be neighbors on Butter Creek 50 years ago. Mr. Pennington lias been sher iff of Union county and hin father was once senator and ulso repre sentative from Umatilla county, The concert pn-Hentea last evening jal tJrucuwuoit and Washington Btreota ly Ui uriiulu Municipal Hand proved beyond nil douht thut the loc al iiiuskiil organ li'.ullon, already ranking nn ono of thu fluent bands in I ho nortltwi.-Mt, lo Improving with eueh appearance. "Uand mimic a ot the moat en taneing nature," slated ono who was in uttendancu lust evening, "and the 1 41 Grand u hand In cert.ilnly capable of:- rendering every detection with the perfection that Is rarely seen In or ganization), located in c it Its of tho size of l-ii Grande." Thu program, prepared by Andrew l.oney, Jr., director or thu band, was beautifully and harmoniously ren dered. ".Merry Wives of Windsor" ( Xlcolai), an overture, was the first n ii tuber and was followed by Pryor's "A n Kgy id tun I ovo I ance" and Weuksi "Ku.ay Wu.zy Uird" a fox trot. Culliv.in's selection "Tho Mika do" and "I oiorcs" a concert wait a by Wabllc'ufel preceded the final number, r.inek'H suite "Atlantis" wllh four movement:) as follows: "Noeluriiu and Morning Hymn of I'rai.ie," "Court I''unetlon," "I i.ovo Thee," and "I L'!itruction of Atlantis." The concert last rveulug is ot tho mid-summer outdoor type and Beveral nioi o of a like mil lire will follow la ter on, preceding the Huund-l'p and I'lili'iii I'ulr trip to be made In HeP tember. I -a (r ramie In proud, justly proud of tier hand and Indicated It forcibly luM ttvenliifei both by tho attendance, which wn:i lurt;c, and buy hur ap pluuijC. apphuuie that was merited. Today's (notations. PORTLAND, July 21 Livestock, egg: and butler steady. PHKTl.AND. t III,; Wf-sfern July 21. Hard White Ked $.1R. Apace GERMAN BID CONCERT IS PLEASING Regarding Pioneer Meet timo visiting and nodal hour, with a good basket dinner wilt all go to uiiike the occasion an enjoyable one. "If there are any pioneers in or about l,a Grande who have no way of getting out to the park, they should notify either T. H. ('raw ford, Karl Reynolds or A. V. Nelson, who will make nnangomonts to have them taken to the park and returned jt thoir homes following the picnic. "iwvo arc nui a lew oi we old pioneer's left among us. Let us therefore," Judge Crawford con cluded, "honor the memory of those who are gone, and make the day a happy one for those who aro still with us." At a later date a more complete program will be published, . t . .