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VOLUME XXI
member of associated press LA GRANDE, OREGON,- FRIDAY, AUGUSTS, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 255
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owtnan-Micks Co
llowa MM
While Mrs. Harding Was Reading
to President a Shudder Passed
Over Him and He Was No More
26,000 Acres of Fine Timber and
Modern Mill Included in Deal
New Owners in Charge
. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. (By Associated Press) .Yester
day flags gaily decorated San Francisco streets. This morning
sombre ciepe hung in place of the banners and bunting. .
Yesterday San Francisco and the nation felt encouraged over
LINEMEN ITCH
prospects of recovery of President Harding. Today the body of
the departed chief executive lay on the eighth floor of the Pal-j
ace Hotel where he fought a losing battle for his life.!
Downcast but not broken his brave wife was reading to the;
Body Under Heavy Guard. -'
fclA'M FRANCISCO,' Aujr.
Guarded constantly by two soldiers
and two saiior.s in tne ear which
j will be lighted every night of the
! iourncv. President Hnnlinir's body is
on.r to start from here this evening for
isunmtioi, uia nub mo " o v . . r Grande was .called into 1" u A .7 ,T '"""" "Vi1"1' uramiB mumie lumuer company
mesident when the end came suddenly at 7:30 last night by a' :.. i .k. jawau1" ,!:v"",m"Kh,r 1 Vu" A1. i? Vran! ttn' inut company in
- iM.-ivitu ni.ii. uiiti.. lexpecieti me uouy win in; in Mine
Stroke of apoplexy. Today she is receiving condolence of a mourn- jtanco wires and the Western Uni-lin the cupitul . rotunda where the
in" nation. on wires were patrolled and other loonies 01 i.incoin, uaruem ami .uc
Every available lineman in
Today the lunftier
plant of the Nrliley-Mininnugh Co.,
lit Waliowa, recognized ;bv manu-
! fucturers , to lie one of the most
I modern and best appointed mills of
its size in the pine belt, passed into
'ownership of the Bowman-Hicks
'Company and will in the future -be
operated by II. N. Ashby who is
the -Bowman-Hicks manager for all
western operations.
This ileal represents a large in
vestment for it includes besides the
mill, planer, and box factory, 26,000
acres of standing tiniber.
borne or this timber is property of
In the ball room of the Palace Hotel last night music and danc-j men kept under orders to stand by Klnley
ing entertained gay throngs but when the announcement was1 '"'me-nate action snoum mere Wll s,m., cloS(!d.
,i : ,.T a- . (I ti . . 1 M. i')e any troubles with lines over which NiSW YOItK. Aug. a. Silence
mmic oijihk uuuico uiu jjciiutiiicn, uii.- intoiucui mio juoi, ioovu , press tiispatcnes were streuming all reigned today' in the financial dis-
away, music stopped, dancers toon their wraps ana quietly, de
parted. . '
The body will leave for Washington tonight. Interment will
be made fn Marion, Ohio, the president's home.
President Harding is the sixth president to die in office.
night long. The Blue- Mountain
section escaped storms that might
have harrassed the wires, and there
was no interruption of service in
this part of the state. The trans
mission of press dispatches was
robably heavier last night than it
nrou
lias
been for many years.
trict. Cabarets and roof gardens in
the j city were closed.
All Washington Closed.
WASHINGTON, Augy .3. Secre
tary Hughes, ranking official here
ordered all government deparlinnts
closed.
eluded in the 'Itownian-llick
manufacturing, operating the property.
.Uimnaiigh Hoys iluildcd "ell.
Change of ownership in the Whtl
lowa plant brings to mind the work
accomplished by Charles H. and
James Mimniuigh, two of the most
successful lumbermen of the 'Iulntyi
Empire. The blocked up the tim
ber to insure a long time run for
their mill and then erected a mod
ern plant. .
The late James Mimnaugh was
known to be an exceptional mill
operator, a "fact which was evidenced
during the depression m lumber for
his mill continued operation
many other plants were idle.
Since the death of James Mini
naugh and the removal of C. II
H GUM IF
AMERICAN
SAFE LEADER
(lly Associated l'rcs.1.) .;'
Warren a. Harding brought to the
presidency an Inflnlto patience and
kindness In iU .1 1 Inj,- with public ques
tions and men winch enabled him
pur-1
chase all of the Wallowa county 1 Mimnaugh to the coast David I.
lumber owned by the Grande Konde I Stoddard, formerly of the Grande
Lumber company. Konde Lumber company, haH operat-
The Meal has been pending for a I the Wallowa institution,
few weeks. Cruisers have been at : "
work and when their final reports I King Sonets Condolence.
were turned into Mr. Ashbv, the ar
rival of G. R. Hicks of Kansas City
and Jesse Andrews, attorney for the
Bowinan-Hicks company, also from
Kansas 'City, caused final decision
to close, the purchase.
Today the Nihley-Mimnnuirh com
pany ceased ut Wallowa and at noon
tho Bowman-Hicks company
WllCnUo handle lilt, nrohtnmu ..r . D-n.-.,i.r.
nient without tho muss and; worry
which hail, handicapped many of hii
predecessors. v
What , olso historians may. say ot
him, there probably will be itltlo dls
piiln th.it Cow chief oxecullvcii camu
to. oil leu hi peace tlmu lacing prob
Icuia nun-., complcxed in their nature
or gr.-ale;' In' number. All interna
tlonal aiTuin weru , unbalanced aa
never bclore,'"wit h nuinV "prluelpal
actllcnu nls of the (ileal aru still to,ju
eriiftuiiUtl. At homo tlio work io(
No Rail fUmesi ' reconstruction had only Just hogun,
SAN KRANCl
lllslory Hill 'nil.
LONDON, iAug. 3. The King to
day sent condolence and ordered the
court of St. James in mourning for
one week.
coast league games today on account
hegnn nf tho President's death.
. PRESIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS, Palace Hotel, San Fran
cisco, Aug. 2. (By the Associated Press.) -Thestory of the
president's tragic death was officially told in this way:
The president died at 7:30 p. m.
Mrs. Harding and the two nurses, Miss Ruth Powdcrly and
Miss S,ue Dausser were in the room at the time.
Mrs. Harding was reading to the president when utterly with
out warning a slight shudder "passed irough his frame, he col
lapsed and all recognized Unit the end had come.
A stroke of apoplexy was the cause of his death.
Within a few minutes all of the presidential party had been
summoned. ' ' j
The suddenness with which the end came was show n by the!
fact that only Mrs. Harding and the two nurses were in the room
at the time. ' i
Mrs. Hardin;;-, witMicr charactciislic faithfulness and constant i
tenderness, was reading to the president at the time. Without'
wanting a slight shudder passed through the frame of the chief'
executive, he collapsed and the end had come.
Immediately the indications of distress showed themselves.
Mrs. Harding ran to the door and called for Lieutenant Comman
der Ijooiic and for the other doctors to come quickly.
It was announced in a fourth official statement issued at 8:32
that Mrs. Harding had withstood the shock of her husband's death
and'Cdntinued to be "the bravest member of the group."
Her first words, when she realized the president had died, were
"I am not going to break down."
Latest Picture of the President
The first -indication that a change had occurred in the condi
tion of Mr. Harding came shortly after 7 o'clock when Mrs. Hard
ing personally opened tho door of the sick room and called to those
in the corridor, "Find Dr. Boone and others quick."
Dr. Sawyer, alone of all the doctors was in the president's
apartments when the climax came. He first was called by Mrs.
Harding who then rushed to the door leading into the hotel cor-!
ridor and commanded an immediate search for the physicians. j
The death of the president was announced in these words: "The I
president died instantaneously and without warning and wihlej
conversing with members of his family at 7:30 p. m. Death wasi
apparently due to some brain evolvement, probably apoplexy." j
During the day he had been free from discomfort and there
was every justification for anticipation of a prompt recovery. '
The official statement was signed by C. E. Sawyer, M. D. ; Rayj
Lyman Wilbur, M. D.; C. M. Cooper, M. D.; J. T. Boone, M. D.;i
Hubert Work, M. D., and was dated August 2, 1923, 7:30 p. m.
Visils His Mother's Crave. .
RUTLAND. Aug. 3. President"
Cnolidge stopped to visit hrs moth-
n's grave this morning ne-r Ply-;
i.inuth while en route to Washington.
Atnililiim nf Ilrillli I'limllv llriims
Inrrra-r In Crime '
l:i i:.' IS All:l-:s. July 6. (By .Mall)
Aratniin;. abollshid the d.'atli pin-,
all from lh.' penal ro.lo about a year
ano. and slnci' th-n t)ir-r' has b'-.-n a
liolli-rabln liu-n-ase In crimen of vlo.
:en-.. In this city. The micstlon of rc-
I.andis Orders No Came.
CIMCAGO, Aug. 3. No big le igue
rames today. I.andis suggested al
so nn games on day ot lunerai oi Muring tho dvatli penalty has arln.-n. :
President. '''"d a ''III 'his mil ban been Intro-j
Harding" Had W ill." d uced In :gr
M VR10X uir. The Pit -si- f-unrt numliiTS of emigrants from (
rknt's brother today rrvPiiiH t h fit Khiojm', many of them liclotifriitK ;
Mh Pr?.-i'lrnt before lcavine for hit rrhnlnril claffwu. hnvc roim to
i,-. n.-,,., a u-il! :imiI .It,- A t'lTi '11 1 Inu r.( intl .n.t lh.. i.i.l.hI
po.-p.l of his affair.- as il not expect- trim.- w.iw i j.iirtiMiic-l to UiIh itiMUM9rj
iiv,x to return alive.
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OUR PRESIDENT IS DEAD
Warren G'. Harding, president of the
United States is dead. The end came
hist evening in San Francisco at 7:30
o'clock where for several days he had
been in the Palace Hotel fighting val
iantly a case of ptomaine poisoning
which became complicated and drifted
into pneumonia.
The great big hearted American citi
zen who met the people of Eastern Ore
gon with outstretched hand on July 3rd
at Meacham is no more. The kind heart
that beat for every American .citizen no
longer beats, the voice that carried the
loving kindness to all humanity, that
rang with sincerity and honesty of pur
posed stilled, and the American peo
ple today bow their heads in unanimous
sorrow for the man w hose woik was nn
finished,. whose life would have been
productive of great deeds fur America
and for the world.
ever uttered more sincere words than
he did in his .Meacham speech; and no
man ever enjoyed the social part of his
stay with us more than did the iire.-.i-
It is with the deepest sonow that the tL,nt whcn h(! viiSito(1 with the ladies
Evening Observer gives this news to its
readers. It seems almost as though a
near neighbor and a close friend to
every man, woman and child in the
great Eastern Oregon had been called
by death, for President Harding in the
day's stay among us made himself a
citizen of the great Inland Empire.
No pu'olic in; n ever came to this sec
lion of country a stranger and went
who prepared the big pioireer dinner he
did so with that ease and comfort which
bespoke his heart, lie had lived in just
such communities American communi
ties and he fitted into the big cele
bration perfectly.
That death so soon claimed him is
a shock to all and the heart of every
person in Eastern Oregon today is torn
with the bitterest sorrow at the loss of
away a close personal friend to all as this great citizen, this manly man, this
did President Harding. No public man true American Our I'.eioved President.
.an !"
-How Mr. Hnrdlni; measured ' up a
ih.i limit bei'Oi'i! hnil' MUM lib' I'erV t'rt' -the
historian, but- li in Irlenda . nnid
thai,, cuiiiIdk to the presidency an ha
did with an open mind, a'dcslrtt for
counuel and an Intimate kuowlcdKi
or tile proeessea ot ifovernment tic.
ilidied in bin services In tho senate,
lio was tho typo of man needed fop
Ihe Job at such a time. I'reuelllnit
upon every occasion tho 'doctrine ot
Americanism, he set his taco ro.
olnloly iiKalusl "cnlaiiKltns, alliances."
Whilo thus ndhcrlnK to what he was
pleased to term thu prlnclplci! of tho
luovernmcnl In tin. founding fathers,
jhe tievcrtlicletw lent tho moral an
jsinlanco of tho Bovorninont in tho if
I forts to bind up tho wounds ot thu
j world.
What lill'llielico waa onco declared
iby him to bo not Inconsiderable, ami
;m Aiiiei-ica, under liln Kutdance, had
la part silent though it was In the.
;maln, In el'i'erllim- thu settlements ot
jnian world ijoestions. lla chief eon-'ti-lliiilion
wan the W ishlnlon anna
coiilcrciico. at which Iho principal
powers cnci'Uanlcd to lllnt the ulau of
their navies and thus I in from tax
weary peoples the burden, or main
taiuliiK tho' race lor naval niipremacy.
I'nr American Mights.
AlonK with tin; proffer or counsel
In cricclliiK world settlement went ml
HijflKlencu that American rlnhta be re.
coHUl.i-d. In polished phratie, hut'
with a directness of expression that
wai; not to bo misconstrued, tho world
was ulven to iindvi'Hl.-ind from the.
very lln.t of tho Harding udniilllslr-ii
Hon Unit tho fnlti-il Slates, freely re
Hliccllnij the riiihls or thu other na
tlonn, asked for he-Melr only that to
which aim was entitled in. Hluiplo
.Ipsliio ami that she could accept
nothing less. ,
While in his deallu;;s with con.
Ki tss, Mr. Harding prelcri . il t lio rolo -of
counsellor rather than diolator, hn
speedily removed any doubt that hia
gill or patlenco denoted any lack of
purpose onco ho hail charted a
Icourse. Thus he lold congress thut
soldier:!- monos li'gislatlou cither
Isliouhl carry tho means of fiiiauc.huf
'or be post polled, and when tho legis
jlators put aside htr. ndvlco he promt-
ply vetoed Ilio hill they seal him. u
l';-tiutmi- llritiuiultHt
His tenacity of purpose waa fur-'
Iher cvinpllllcd In Ms conlinual
pounding for economy hi public ex.
pemlaliires and IiIh Inshitence l,Mnt.
conirrrsa pasa Hie niercllant nnrln
aid bill w-llli a view to curtailing tho
conl iinail drain wha-h the operation
or the war built commercial rlect had
become iiiioii the Ireasury. His great
est single effort In thu field or tlonrt s
llc legislation was In hehalr of tills
measure.
Not Infreciuently Mr. Harding was
railed upon to play Hie role of penco
maker In governmental affairs. Ho
intervened In a dispute between con
gress and the treasury -is to tho form
general lax revision wan to take mid
the program he approved waa carried
out In the main wltti reduction of
moiil titan half billion hi tho na
tion's tax burden.
Likewise. Ills council settled thu'
.long controversy between thu hoilso
ami senate on the question or Ameri
can viiluullnn a the tariff law. Hit
I proposed In Its place h Hexlblo tariff
- i-1 .!. M.. in .nui.-i- Allien ine liyili
9 leommlsslon waa given authority, wittt
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