La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 23, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextratuV fwitttt Wbstnttt f VOLUME XXI U.S. 5F O 1,000 Are WILL PROTECT CFIM LACK OFFUEL i., Governors Are Asked Help Formulate a Dis tributing Plan. ANTHRACITE STRIKE SEEMS INEVITABLE Lewis Predicts a "Trounc ing" for Mine Operators; . Expects Mine. Stoppage bepteniber 1. WASHINGTON, (AD- of a system of distribution designed I to Insure un adequate, supply of ul - stltute fuel will be the first object of the government In the case of stop -1 pu':e of uroduction in tho anthrucllo coal fields. l he initial step to this end was tak en Wednesday when K. R. W.jdlclirh the federal fuel distributor, Invited governors of anthracite-consuming stated to send representatives to u! meeting at New York August 1!8, to1 assist in formulating an emergency distributing system. The telegram which went to the executives of the 11 ntiitcs forming the New Kngland and middle Atlantic tier, to and Including Maryland, was (Continued on page o) Prune Crop Is Promising In . Union County I I F i-ii if mnn nf the Giaiulc RoiHle i I valley aic looking forward to one of j about lour cents per pound, bread i the largest prune seasons that hajrrom seven to nine cents and mld l ever heen known in this part of thejdiinga, a by-product of wheat, costs f:t;ie. ,Most fruit (icalcfH of this:)U(, fm-nu'r who grows tho wheat as XwValley are at the present time busy ! much us ho gct for his; whole wlieat," making up boxes to tnke care ofiae tate:- Stale Market Agent Spcnce. the large prune crop that is antici-j -on tho other hand a hinder that paled, while some of the fivms ate cost the wheat grower $175 in 1114 handling a great amount of the ber-now costs him ?20; u sulky plow that lies grown here. j'war $5 belore the war i:; now $54; Cove and Union arc not only wagon:; that retailed for $so now cost known for the fine specimens of;$i;tr and labor that 10 years ago cost Italian prunes and cherries thai, they j the rarmer Jl.Mi to $J.oa per day h.ive sent out in past years but are. now cost ju.-d about double, well known for Die beirics that are If demand and supply functioned jrrown in those sections. LVimy va-1 naturally." wiys Mr. Spcnce, "J e rieties of berries haye been shipped j farmer would he satisfied with thu from these points and several lum-! presnit price of wheat and other drcd crates more arc expected to; products, because Mb wheat dollars be shipped before the berry season; would havo a proportionate purehac closes. .ing power for his necessities, but In- All in all the year is proving atstend of prices seeking a nalural lev prosperous one for the orchardi: y el, the farmer fimls himself iu the jn Tli-ion rnunly. Continurd on Page Six.) EUGENICS PROGRAM IS OFFERED FOR FUTURE CHICAGO, (A. r.) A prom-am for the "practical application of eu genic principles" to the Improvement of the people of America, made public today l.y tho KuKcniis Committee oi the t nit.d Slates, suggests KCBrega tion of di rective types, slerilizalion, laws i ncouriiKinff parenthood by those endowed with nood hereditary traits, and cmi.'tmenhi rationalization mar riage and divorce regulations, as among the more Important aims In the ncld or legislation. hi'iuiry tnlo eugenic elements in birth control is mentioned as one of lhe nir.:-t important re.'ieureh prob lem?. .More than 2ii(i activities ror eugenic societies and welfare workers are outlined. Wer, Immigration, farm credits. Weather Forecast Portland, (lVP) Fair tonigiit and Friday. member of associated press TO COMBAT COAL STRIKE APPRECIATION FUND FOR BAND REACHES $176.50 AT 1:00 P.M Exactly $176.50 had been pledged to the "appreciation fund" for the L;i Grande Municipal band, inaugurated by the Evening Observer vesterdav. at 1 o'clock rived after that hour but came in too late to print' in the news paper today, but will bo published tomorrow. Six hundred dollars lis the amount needed by the band to insure completion of their contract to play for the Oregon stale fair in September in Salm, and with the "appreciation fund" should be reached shortly. l.a Grande ImihIiichh concorna unci Itho citizens In general jiro answorlnff I the. plea for free will donations to thu apprcclatlon fund of the band In, promising spirit. The donations be- j Igan flocking Into the Observer off Ire, Icertaln amounts, early this morning and have been continuing throughout thu duy. z.o(; Newlln urug store . k.usicrn ! At one o'clock tills afternoon, lit Oregon Music company f: QltiiM 'which time the list of donors to boM'rugs (10; Grando Hondo Meat com-j l'erfecllon.1 ...... ,,,. , ., rt r :,,.. ski. I.;, o. I, & l. comuanv Hi): . . ..dltlon of the livening Obser. ! !vl,r of lhe j(!(p0 that should bo raised, j . , ,23.50 yci remained to be ,.aae(i As th,, observer comes off tho press this afternoon thu rund has been materially added to. Personal donations made before. 1 one o'clock today are iu- follows: Mlsa 1 Newlln 11.0(1; K. Mark:; IS.no. lionationn niarlo- by business eon- State Market Agent C. E. Spcnce Compares Demand and Supply; Quotes Prices in Oregon. "The wheat growers of Union coun ty ans getting ubout SO cents per biahel, alter tho freight la paid to Portland, which is lens than 1 1-2 ....niu wr timiixl while llnnr m-lln fnr protective tnrifTs, tranoportatlon, la hor nnioim, and hoiiBiiiB all are men tioned In the program ua problemH for euKcnlc research. Thf aiitoinolnle l nicntinned aft a factor in rural eiiKnlcB "since It (ends to r'diiee In-hreedtnf? from proplnnn lly, and lo widen the ranse of inur rlnKc Kcetlon In rur.tl dlHtrlets." The eiiKenle aflpeet of IiIkIht eduefi tion Is presented In the qnestion "Are nntersitl'H attracting the mont Intel IdC'iil elements in the pctpnlatinn and trtiuiHy sterilizing tht:m, hotti filu dentH and teachers?" Concernlii(r the present jr'neral ten deney of migration from rural coin iriunlties to the larger cities, the re. port asks if the population eenters at tract "the superior. Intelligent and j able bodied ount; people from (ho ! farms, or the inferior?" ' "If the superior stocks are beinij ,dricn off by present tendencies lo the irferile life of city commerce, this con IsttfutcH a dyspenlc ilrain upon the poptit itioil." the report sas. "It is estimated that in four H' neratii.ns the fn per cent of the present population which is on the farms tends lo become ss percent of the tnf;tl stock." It then Is pointed out t lint if these two ten dencies are demonstrated by research :to hr continually operitie. the result i would he that close to !"" out of every 1 , l.Mnu of American population four generations hence woubl he of thei Kt'-ck of thf lower mental and phBi-l (Continued on page 5) 1 WHEAT PRICE LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST ' today. Several donations ar only one day old, this amount , cermi before, one o'clocW today aro ua follows:. Iji Clrnndo Kvenlne Ob- server 10; Arm I'lumblnK hnop l; W. 11. llohnenkalnp company Jlo. IT. II. S. llrownton IB; Southard & Slilnn HO; Cherry's Klorlsts 110; An- 'thony's HcsUurant 2; Cnrroy Press 1 lolm's Grocery la; II. & H. Electric! company 15; Hill's Hepaltmcnt stoio S"; 1-a Grande Kleclric company 1 5; i'litinan's Kuady to Wear 6; Ited Cross drug store fi; l.a (..ramie Grocery campany $ 10; Macpliersnn llakery 1 10; Oregon Hardware and Implement company 110; l.a Grande National Hank 110; I'nited States Na- tlonal Ha nit IIP. Gas Price Is Cut One Cent In La Grande Aiinoitneemcnt wils made thin morning that gasollno begun sell- Ing today at 24 cents per gallon A retail and 21 centa per gallon wholeFule in li Grande, j Ilolh the Standard Oil Com pany or I'll, trnuiuu iiiiu uiu Uraude Hondo CHI Company, lo cated at Island City, announced the cut in prices with other con cerns also making proportionate cuta,-, uccording 4t -reporta l,Otf ANOKLKS. (AD Stan dard Oil filling slallona of South ern California reduced the price of gasoline 2 cents per gallon to day. Throughout thu remainder of California and Nevada, Wash ington, Oregon. Alaska and Ha waii a ono cent reduction wus announced. Homeless Sn Colorado i ' Indict Five On Charge Of Army Frauds Colonel P u reel 1, Retired, John C. Skinner, Bertrand Weis, Herman Canter and Harry Miller Face Grave Charge. M;W YOIUi, AI) Colonel lnimcilot M. rttttfll, l. S. A., re timl, of Keattlc-, former ehicf of the surplus piilH'rty division; John i Skinner, vhivt of tho stilt's division if tliu kinai'teimnH tvv iii vs; Hci'traml ; Weis, Her man Cm i lor, ami Hurry Miller were, liidtctcil today cliiirKOtl wild n conspiracy to defraud Urn nov cinment of nearly ft2.0mi.0t Ml, UutMiKh salvs of surplus army pmpcrty. While lhe middlewestcrn stales are undergoing a period of colder weath er than Is usu:,.l ut this time of ho year, Kastrn Oregon continues to bask in sunshine. The mercury here is slightly lower thun usual but only a few degrees and a few brisk windet serve only to nuiko the weather more agreeable. CHICAGO (AD Although warm er weather is forecast 'for Kusteru, Southern, and Middlewestcrn sort loan ("of tho United States, tliey continued to shicr today a records for cool August weatihwr hero, were broken and light frosts were reported from sections gripped by the cool wave. r'iitm.,i r .nt 11 . . C Hii AOO. (AD Hie coldest Aus- list weather .In years In somn palls the coldest in tho -hlslory of weather l M.eau .rocords..acnt shivera.Wednes- day throiiKh readers of news dls- 'u0' rh,.nftn ,'' .m linppn.lInK coal crlab. und u proba - .f..-..so,,,,L nlIU,,.,Kc. Thn cool weatber. Kathcrine In tho I norl hwi-sl ' ' wi,. '- wr M iHsiHiilppl nnd M IsHourl VullCiyH Tucnluy nitfht unci WcdncHiIay. MrIU froH(a helitK reported from Hevenil MinneNola and Michigan points which canned little, or no dumutfe to growiny crona. 'ill 0 cold urei wafi upreudiiitf eat wanl WedneHiluy nifflil) up tho Bt. (Continuotl on pngn f) HIT A BACK-BREAKING JOB ( xT J " jr cd N isn't The poao mago ' VHCa 'tK'' "It VI EN0UGH Wl',ouT cftRRYiNQ ) 23, 1923. member op associated press MAIL SERVICE PLANE REACHES S1FHCISC0 First Test of Night Flying Proves Success; Mail Is Carried Across U. S. in 31 Hours and 23 Minutes. Pilot Dim Smith, who is men tioned in the following news story, is B La Grande boy, having been born in this city and was u resi dent here for lniiny years. At present he makes his homo in OniHha, Nebraska, with his mother, Mrs- J. C. Smith, I'rior to entering the government cross country air mail service, Mr. Smith flew a regular schedule be tween Omaha and Cheyenne. Each time he left Omaha on the out nping trip, it was his custom to circle the city an a farewell to ln parents. After leaving- La Grande ho entered the Culver Mili tary school and served during the World wur in the U. S, uir ser vice roving himself an aco of high quality. His father passed on sev eral years ago. Mr. Smith has many friends in La Grande who arc watchine- tho reports of hii progress with spcciul interest. 'III(Mi(, (Al) llotl, rljlnif ahead nf .schedule, llic cast-lM)nn,i anil wcsI-ImmiikI all- mall plane In llm HMiniri IraiiM-onlliii'iilal fllltlit early tixlay iiipcivil Hkciy M'l now ivccinlH fur llm nlr . Jmiiniw from nt U ii.nHt. The pIlolN in (he llilnl rliitht stalled KmIii.v fiiiin New York nnd San l'Viincl-sco, SAN FRANCISCO- - ......wn,,., utiii - i nnuMJll moVed nearly four days' travel near-I p- , m Ynrlr W.,LI, ,1 ul tho 0.,., of the ,,. m ,f firKt tcst of ni ht f W(,Hlboun, Pilnt nir V v.,i. iV......i. . . 'than -400 pounds of mail from cast - ! crn pailll!i to Cr, fic,( 1 WPf I1PKI flv nicrht nf K-VA 1, i A ! i,-0 ,i' ,:..,.. .'...,..;,.;! Misia lllienL Ot i hnH 1nf ilniinUaii,l ;fil, T n Iul. T.. ,- ., u.. uuft a.kiii.i, ut:i.lltiy IIIUIll- ins. rp.. ., .... , M" at thu coiumlsslon ineetlns that This mail was delivered Wedties-InlKht. rt"V ."'Bht so that within nn hourj UMn were due last evening on the official messages f,m Mayor Hylan rcfloorintf of the Hecond street viaduct of New York to Mayor iRolph of and one wan received from the War han i-rancisco, or from eastern mail ren Construction company and wan " ontluued on I'Hfre g tfl ;inr,w,.f, (h(, awun, Klvi,n h(1N jhy the cll, on the eondlliou that the Coolidge Is Favored For 1924 Choice DKNVHIt. (Al). Secretary of the Interim' Hubert Work, in a letler to a political friend here, advocates the nomination of Cal vin Coolidge In 111'4 and pre die'.B the president's election. Work Is the first cabinet mem ber to announce that ho lavora "the president as the republican standui d-bearer. CONCOlin, N. II. (AP). First Assistant I'osl master General liartlett today announced him self a candidate for a delegate to the republican national conven tion, pledged to support Coolldgo for president. Two Improvement Districts Created at Wednesday Night Meeting; Award bid for Reflooring Sec ond Street Viaduct. Two hnproveiiicnl tlistrlcla wcro crcat(Ml by thu clly eolurnbtKlon hint !evonlnK In thu rcRular weekly execu tive HCHHlon In Iho city hall building. '1'lie dlHtricla crcaled were nuinlioi U'U, no. District No. 129 culls for lhe Improvement o( Je.ri'eryon lvenile ihy installlnf; water conduiln and kIiIc IwalU'i und diHlrlct' Nov lii'.. for-tho Imiirovement by paving ni' O avenue I'rom KlrHt to (.'eilar L.li'eulH. v Unix will bo rc.cveii on .District 12(1, created Home llinu IIKO, on the con SESSION jevcninij ol Ncplcnihcr 6 the coinmln San Francisco "Ion meelliiK Unit mIkIH. KchoIiiIIouh niui, iiiltiiiik umi. nielli. 1 viTfm miiui in were rasaed lasi nlKht adoptlnK Iho r. i .,....ir , j No, 12s aml numln(. Heptemhcr 111 for I thu hearing of romonsl ranees, cll,n 'l..r ,.i... 1 .... , . , 1 No. 1 28 calls for pavInK of 'l-e,,ns, I. vui'ihi' uveiiu-, Second and l-'litb ! ut,.....f IHU,..I..I v.. , -n: i r... UVIIIIIU,,.. 'Kivnnrl itn.l l.'trn. Hti-....tM i I, , l i." 1 .... in iiiuiMiiiiiKin vni nu iiit.liii un ouitnci.'i jno. i-'y ind Kill Keplemher (. W. company find the hid satisfac tory to them. Tho city manager was authorlxeil by the commission to notify the I. W. company that trainmen were vlnlat jlnjf the city ordinance by ohHtructlnt; iral'fle at the Kir street crosfdnK or the railroad for longer perloda than rivo minutes. Steps will be taken by the city to see that this matter Is rem edied immedl ttely, I The city iiunuiKer announced that jhe had written to serum a t;eolo-i.st 10 survey tins district to ascertaiti Hie I leuHthlllty of drlltliur an artesl in well to iiiiKiiictit the water supply hill ' litated that, he had received no ans wer. Another letter was dispatched tod ty. Heverul minor matters were attend ed to before adjournment. IMmil-; MIMSII K ItAI.DWIN in; nu n to si t; i'm m: ON ISSIJ-; HI I'AKAJ ION I,OMKN, (Al' Itccf.mii.inix 1 1 tt futility Sir furUier ei iine if lenulby notes hi lite reparation 1mm I'rirne .Minister Italduin has decided In nie-t I'retnled I'oin cii re hen Italduin returns finm lifs lacMtion, CONCERT PROGRAM IS WELL ARRANGED The program financed for Hu- I ,a 'IU;hui's ('hour, from "TanuhauKer" Grande Municipal band conceit l'rl-'(lr. Wni;riei ), (b 'oncerl l-'ox Trot day evening at tin- pavilion ut Third j "iV.wv Mill l!le,- lto;nl." (Harry Tier aiul VViishiiirlon Is considered by cril - : ti-y ) ; 'A. i:ince of the Goius" from les tft be one or the h M baliiiiced and "La f Ilocoipia" ( I'oni hielll) ; A. htn shoitbl be the most poptihir of th.ese I'ulrol U'lit'M ): e. (n Thre season. lUiectnr Andrew Homy. Ji .,'('" 'lock in lite Moininft (lioblndn), h: seb-cted the nuuih'rs with tlm'k'fb) Trot, "I fried Kor You" lew or pleilnlriJC bot h t he lover OT pleiinlriJC both the Inveis of , classical music ami of lhe IlKhler ty 1 ii nd h;is in t he proKi'iiin, niven e;te It type of in mile a prominent part. The fonci-rt will la-Kin at H o'clock Kiiday eveniiiK. 1 , for - The pioiriiiiu is as follows: onatiou March ( ,e erheer) ; (.a ) NUMBER 272 DEVASTATES Cloudburst Results in the Breaking of Irrigation Dam Near Fowler. LOSS ESTIMATED ABOUT $1,000,000 Cattle and Horses Drowned as Waters Rush Through Two Valleys; No Loss of Life Reported. FOWLER, Coio. (AP). Ap proximately 1,000 persona are homeless and damage estimated at $1,000,000 has been done by the flood which rushed down the valleys of Apishaha and Ar kansas rivers yesterday and to day, following; the breaking, of the irrigation dam near here Many bodies of cattle and horses as well as huge trees are seen on the crest. of thu wnloi'. . A cloudburst on Hie watershed caused the dani to, burst. 1 ' PUERLO. A lavRo irricatinn res ervoir on the lApishnpa Tiver, south of Kowlcr, Colo., has broken, accord ing to information .received hero, nnd a Kicat body of water is moving to ward another reservoir at Kocky Ford. Tho water early Wednesday 'J'n' was runninjr four feet over the "lam in, ivulivv i-t,.,i uiiu -iv.y cials oxDresxed tho fear that when f . .,.. t.navvnxv. rcachod the Kocky Ford dum, the latter would b:ciik, cuushiff a ser ioim flood. A 27-foot wall of water is report ed to he headed toward Maiminola by telephone operators at that place, who said the water had 25 miles to Ko before rearhhij; them. The river can ulund only ubout a five foot raiKo, observers said Wednesday Man Hurt In Blast On Way To Recovery IMMJiMi:, re., (Hpcclal V vry serifuif: aceiilent oceurrod Tuesday monilnir at. IIk- rock crusher plant al I thiiieii'M-t, a si at ton near here. . Tho men employed at the plant were oet tlni; off a Mast and the warning was Kiviu to K't under cover but when line uNpioKinri came itoy i,, .Marquis was at ruck by ;i rock the hIzq of a baseball, hilling him Niiiarely on. the forehead and (dldlng off tho side, cniahhij; his : nil. Mr. iManiuln had believed himself far enough from thu bl ist f ie out of flauuer. Hi', tleer was siimnHined ami gn.va him the ImjiI aid possible, and then he wes tti It en to tho C ramie Honda Hospital at l,a Grande. Karly reports were thai he had but little ehuneo of recovery but reports from the hos pital today state that In: will' un doubtedly recover. ( Krced - A I'll hei til - I Vtllil n 1 : (i. Over- ttiiic, "oi ntnu', Noon and NIrIU in I S unnit." (Wuppe). I As lay be seen v peru.'nu' the above hsl of pieces, three are notiu- In r S' iection. and one overlnre. thi-ei- !sel.. 1 list. ij'riis and a inarch complete the I anilities several encorea win 15 he played dining the enin.i; f