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VOLUME XXI
member of associated press LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1923
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 311
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IN TOE LEAD
Enrollment Surpasses Pen
dleton and Baker bchool
Attendance
1781 ATTENDING
SCHOOLS HERE
Nine Per Cent Gain Noted
Over Enrollment Here
Last Year at End of First
School Month.
Thy Ia Grande schools, which rank
ed fourth among Oregon schools lust
year, urn again ranking high In lho
stnle and leading Kustorn Oregon in
enrollment und number of teachers
employed.
Kriduy, October Mh, Superintendent
A. C. Hampton, gathered the folkv.
ing statistics on enrollment und num
ber of teachers employed In the high
school and the three g ram inn r schools
of this city, the. cheek indicating that
the schools arc not going birkvnrl
but are on the contrary steadily
advancing at un encourag.ng pace. A
pain of Hpproxlinatuiy nine per cent
in enrollment over a similar chect
taken October (it li in 11)22 Is proven.
All Schools (in in
On Friday. October ith, 1922 the
total enrollment In the high school was
3ti4 students. In Greenwood grammar
school 47i, in Kiveria grammar school
2S.', and in Central grammar school
659. The-, total enrollment, an that
date was 1 ! !' 2. 1" ' " ;
On Friday, October 5lh. the
check showed that the enrollment lit;
the high school was 4u( a Gain of
38 pupils over last year. Greenwood
grammar school, with fi 1 3, showed
a gain of :J7 pupils, Itlvcrhi graiiunur
school with HOT), showed a gain of 11!
pupils, and Central grammar school,
with Gi2, bhowed a gain of three
pupils, or a total sain this year over
last year of 92 pupils.
Outranks iVndletnri ami linker
According o press notices, l'endle
ton high ichool now has an enroll
ment of IMS pupil;?, tilMi less .than
Ia Grande; and I.'aker high school
lias an enrollment of JiWiu pupils. -4
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SCHOOLHDUSE
NEARLY FINISHED
Wolf Creek People Will
1 1 nnftiinr
LH OnrhiUL G
SCHOOLS HE
H'lvti Mnrlorn rmiftiirn fniwearing helmets entered the mine and
'iV 1 ,,aC . 1UCLlUe W located four bodies. One bodv was
llousc ineir ioungstcrs.
"The Wolf Creek school house is
nearly completed." remarked Kd.
Meyersick, who Is helping wil h Ihe
contract which was taken by W. (.'.
Kelley of this city for the bnihlin-.
"It is a brick si ruclun and Is
modern all throuich," continued Mr.
Meyersick, "and it will not be Ion;.
until we can turn it over to the
kiddles es their educational honi'."
Mrs. Harry Nice of Wolf Creek laid
the first briek In the building. Miss
panics of Portland and Miss (la tea,
of In ion, teachers, laid the corner
si one on two corners and Louie Hi
nionls laid t he other two. while lit -tie
Glenn Nice, aired five years, put
In place the last brick on the building.
Woman Shoots Priest
Fatally at Early Mass
CHICAGO (AP) The Kev.
!aiil rUetsiik, Greek Catholic
priest, was shot und killed by
rs. Kmtly !'irut nky of Ha ni
cy, I':t.. as die knelt before him,
ostensibly to make a confession,
nl the t o'clock mass at the M.
Michael's Greek Catholic church
here .und.iv.
Mrs. Strutvnky declared to the
police, that the Ki v. Stel.iuk had
ncciUM'd her husband, hlmwlf a
good Cat Indie priest at Pauley,
pa., of appropriating church
funds whlli! h' was minister to
Chicago con" rogation.
She sa;,l 1 he allfic-d r barrel
were false and wiiil she came to
Chicatro from Harney nine das
ago for the express purpose of
slaiiur the priest to avenge what
phe be!le ed the w roUC to her
hu.band. She w--nt to the chureh
lat Sunday, ; wild, bat the
opiortt:ni- o ki'.l tin prkst did
net p;--i'.-"!!". and ue d.cid' ii
to wait until Sunday.
Snow and Rain
Strikes Eastern
Oregon Parts
Itaiufall of lho past week has
meant much to the Eastern Ore
(foa Light and power company tu
the saving of storage water, for
although tho storage supply has
not increased, the stream How at
tho hydroelectric plant has in
creased giving tho storage plants
a chance to save water. Kupet
intendeitt J. H. King, of the com
piny. Is exceedingly pleased with
the situation. 1
When tho stream flows are low
all plants without storage are
constantly ope ruled to general
electrical energy with water that
otherwiHu would go to waste, and
(he regulating for peak loads is
done by the stornge projects.
In a very short lime the now
1,000 kilowatt addition to tho
Haker steam plant will be in op
eration und this will make tlm
power supply situation still morj
fuvo ruble.
KNTKflPItlSK (Special to tho
Observer) Ono of tho first snow
falls of tho season here occurred
Sunday. Drizzling but cold rain
preceded the snowfall. Wallowa
county as a whole Is receiving
snow in the higher portions und
rain in tho valley land.
MKIHCAI SPRINGS (Special)
Mains, start in? Wednesday, aro
proving welcome to farmers in
this district, as the precipitated
moisture is expected to prove a
boon to hay farmers und to the
pastures und Holds,
MliACHAM (Special to tho
Observer) A light snowfall oc
curred here yesterday, accom
pained by a drop in the ther
mometer. Seventh Man Badly Burned
in Explosion at Palisades,
Colorado.
lUONVKIt (AP) An explosion of
gun jn the Midwest coal mine at
Palisaded, Oolo., at 11 in.. Kunday
killed fix of tho seven' men working
in Ihe mine. The dend nrc: Kobert
P. .Scot I, manager; J. 1 Keys and
three houa. Harvey Keys. W. I. Keys
mid Uobei't T. Keys, nnd George Mi:
Key. Me Key )utd enlered the service
f th company Kunday and this was
his first shift.
The government mine rescue crow
that were fighting tho fire In the
Hook Cliff mine arrived at tho sc;n
of (he accident an hour after the ex
plosion. Members of the; rescue S'imid
removed and it Is hoped to get the
other bodies Kunday night.
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LLOYD GEORGE IS
HOARSE; CANADIAN
v PROGRAM CHANGED
MONTltHAL (AP). A curtail
ment in the program previously
arranged for David l,loyd George,
former premier of Great Hrilain,
In his tour of Canadian cities, wan
announced Kunday night because
of a hoarseness of the threat
which has developed. Tho Amer
ican program an tentatively ar
ranged still stands, it m said,
and It is hoped no change In it
Witt be necessary.
;tuo W orltipH-r Iicchi.
About 3"i worshippers sat In
the pews of Ihe church us Mrs.
Sirutynnky. heavily veiled wulked
down the mlddb utfle. before Hit.
9 o'clock mass to the altar. Nhe
walked to the confessional box'
ut the right of tho altar. There
out of sight of the coiitfreg.i'iuii
she knell us ihouirh to one- con
IcHion, but iiisti-ud drew a pin l
from the folds of her drej an I
fired five shots ut the pr'tst,
Hiait'i"" beiure her.
Two of the bullet m slrui K hl'i.
and passed throuii bin head.
i:elalining "Oh. God h'lp niL!"
tho Itev. SN I-uk d,'-:e.- -d to
the main aile und ihe sijts of
i be churt h. whcr he -.'ol'apsed.
if dieil in nu ambulance o.i t!ie
va to Ihe hospital.
Members of the cow f Minis
re thrown into a p ir.'C bnl
i wo women e(jted Mr.". h'lriitti-
ky h4 die emerged (rou. hl'!d
the alar. Mm- plslol pU'A b- ld In
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Will IIIUII Wtllb 1
fN? GAS BLAST!
COOPEWISMITII QUITS llatefleyg Flashes! iRflHniTS fiFT
ASSOCIATIONS
TO BE URGED
President Sends a Special
Commission to Explain
Wheat Relief Plans
GOVERNMENT WILL
FURNISH MONEY
Managing Director Meyer,
Frank W. Mondell, and 11.
S. Yoke Compose Board
of Three.
WASHINGTON (AP) The special
com mission of government officials,
lieuded by Managing Director Meyer
of the war finance corporation, left
Washington Sunday to go anions the
. wheat farmers of tho central north
west to carry out President Coolidge's
'direction to :iid in tho promotion of
(co-operative marketing: associations
Mr. Meyer was accompanied by Frank
W. Mondell, a director of ihe war l'l-
ance corporation, and 11. S. Yohe of'
the, bureau of agriculture, the other' SA LKM. The resignation of John
members of the commission, and iBon since last January wur-.I-'loyd
K. Harrison, the managing di-iU'n of lhl Oroffon state penitentiary,
rector's assistant. I VUH "Ulcd to Governor WnUn
The delegation will stop in Clil-
Ik planned for Monday at which tho ,
itinerary of tho trip thereafter will bo
determined. Tho Ihreo officials car-
rled with them detailed data of me
thods in use by the cotton, rice and
tobacco growers of lho south and
the fruit growers of California in co
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LANDSLIDE PROVES
FATAL TO TWO MEN ;
BODIES RECOVERED
IlOlSK. Iluried mulct" hun
dreds of 'Ion's of gravel, siindand
rockr Kl;ed Johnson, ti8 and John
VedgretV ,lf4,, were Instantly killed
Katurd;i.r;Avhftc .working on the
Slanloy-Lov.'inan highway, five
miles from Lownian Trees. Uocka
and more than 1 fiOO cubic yards
of dirt, the entire side of the
mounlain out from the rock bed, 1
piled on Hie men engaged in road
conHtruclton nt Ibat point.
Kixty men immediately rusheil
to t he rescue. The first body,
that of Wodgren, was uncovered
ono hour and ten minutes after
digging, was started and .lohn
ixm'.s body wa;i fnund two liour.i
later, burled under 20 feet of
debris.
I xX - IWONDEI? WHAT
X ( aw.oFA5rusr
' i A J V HE'S GONNA POLU I
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AS OREGON
PRISON HEAD
A. N. Dalyrimplels Named
by Governor Pierce as
the New Warden.
RESIGNATION IS
EFFECTIVE TODAY
Action of Smith Followprl
Severe Criticism bv the'lusca 10 &lve nim 3,n 101 cunnff nel love 1I1S according io a
Press of Oregon Regard
ing lJnson Conduct
SIj:.M. (AP) A. M. Dnly
rlmplc today iikshiiukI 'control of
the stale penitentiary, following
Hie iisi,'iiialoii (if Warden John
son Sniltli Inst n lulu. Dalyrlm
ple has hern steward at the peni
tentiary for several months, and
served, si v years as turnkey and
commissary uiu'er tho Cliamhcr
lafn administration.
."vi. iirce wuiulay night. Tho emer
executive announced later that hi had
ucee"tcd rcslRllutlon wlilch bo
cornea effective this morn ng.
A. N. Dalyrimple, steward ut the
prison for the past few mouths, has
been appointed by Governor Plorcc
to succeed Warden Smith. Mr. Dalv
rimplo formely . lived ' In Portland,
where ho was employed as x clerk m
the offices of the Internal revenue
collector under Milton A. Miller. Ho
is a democrat and assisted jn conduc- i
ting the Pierce headquarters hi Port-
land during tho past campaign.
Warden Smith's resignation follow-'.
ed severe criticism from, the press of
tho state with relation to tlu conduct
of the prison.
TOUGHS STAMPEDE
CROWD IN LONDON;
60 PERSON S II URT
I.ONIiON. (AP) The Dally
Mall today sayH 60 persons were
Injured, L'.auu rtmall caged birds
were either killed or escaped,
e nd I on dcKs and cats wit h
scores of poultry were killed,
when a band of toiurhs rushed
Into a throng of marketers and
spectators in a narrow street at
Itethan Green, a noted center for
the sale of dnmentic pets, and
yelled "earllwiuake."
OCTOBER
Giants and Yanks Practicing,
NEW YORK. (AP) The Giants and Yankees traded playing
fields today for the first intensive workouts in preparation for tho
world series combat stalling Wednesday. Walter Pipp, Yankee
first baseman, whose injured ankle has been causing much anxiety,
was allowed to join in practice. In the event Pipp is unable to play
Kuth will be sent to first, the Giant players believe. Walter Nehf
will be selected to pitch the first
Recommend 1 1
DES MOINES. (AP) Congressman DeweJI announced today
he would recommend Ilanford Macnider, former national command
er of the American Legion, for the' ambassadorship of Italy.
Nurse Killed By Negro Voodoo Doctor,
PITTSBURGH. (AP) Elsie
! was killed by Alonzo Savage, a
confession made by the negro today.
Alumni Vs. High School Today.
Early this afternoon a decision was reached to hold the Alunnii
Iligh School game, which was scheduled for Saturday but post
poned, this afternoon at the high school field at 3:30 o'clock.
COUIOFI.
PERKINSFQUND
F. L. Meyers Returns From
Maine Where He Took Re
mains of Man Killed in
Auto Accident
"On Tuesday morning at Winthrop,
Maine with a few ohltimc friends 01'
Mr. Perkins, who knew him in his
youth, wo burled his earthly remains
alongside of the graves containing his
ttnother and fal her;" said K. L. Meyen
administrator of the Perkins estate.
who has just returned from the east,
where Ite toolc, the body to be Interred.
"Mr. Perkins, left. , Wlnlhrop aboul
I S yeufs ago, "continued Mr. Aleyors,
"and f)utt;;,nntuiiiK ln' tcAgth o( time
uutny4of his friend had moved! nwiiy
and- dleil, so I hat few were ll-ft to
niqm n his deinlw lir the old town. We
1,1 1,1 a ";',y ,lt V"v rv,,.,wh.,r'.'
clergyuuin of Winthrop. Tho flowers
which Ui (iraiide people hud placed
tenderly on the casket remained fre.ih
und beautiful. So fur lint, one tela-'
tlvo has been located and that Is a!
lady about Bo years of age who Is n
cousin. Another party claims to he
a cousin but I hat, has not yet been
fully established,"
Mr. MeyeiH, ufler al lending Ihe
funral and burial of Mr. Perkins,
went to Montreal, Canada, where he
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game.
an ford Macnidor.
llarthcl, 28, nurse of Washington,
negro voodoo doctor, when she re-
Market Quotations Todny.
1OIITIiAM. AI') Livestock
Meaily. l-lggs unsettled, hennery,
-II to In ffiilH. Iuller firm, but
terfat llueo cents advanceil.
IteporttHl Heller.
HOT 1.AKK. (Special) John
St licker, ileput y sheriff of
I'nlon county, Is In a much bet
ter condition ttHhty. Yesterday
lie was In a M'rlotis condition for
wimMlm due to n hemorrhage
hut prompt action on the pari
of tho tiiedlcal stuff saved liini.
1'a Stnples, of la (irnndi, ho
litis been very seriously 111, Is
reported somewhat Improved In
condition today.
Kays "Miiiimarlly llrm Ve," v 7
NAIiK.M (AP) Wm: .en rfnillli":
lotlay li'clarNl lie was "miiii
iimrlly itmMixcr' from office ami
did nut resign, n.s u"4 reporlnl
from tho ofrice or (Jovenior
I'brreti last night. Smith's declnr-'
ntlon Is supported by a letUT
Jrun the (iovernor to Hniilli ituulo
public (oilay notifying him of his
icmiaiil. He fore relliigulsliing of- :
flee, Sniilh (llschaigetl two guards
and fiidirnteil that others might
Iki n'liioicd.
Strosi'innun tivtn Authority
..i:nid (AP) The rclctiNtug .
tiHlay ndoptil n (Inil't of a hill
iMithorliitloi n-kotl by ('haiicellor
hlro.H'iiiaiiii graiiling him h woe it
lug aulhorlty on ccmoiuio incii-
SIIII'S.
Servants in Drail
Regulated by Police
HIO DK JANKIltO, Itrazll. (AP)
Che servant. iUetoti In Hlo, which
has been driving t ho housewives of
this city to detraction for years and
yearn, finally 'beeaum mo acute that, II
was taken up, studied nnd "solved"
by the h'ereral Government.
The sot ut ton to this tormenting
problem look the form of Decree No.
16,107, which delegates to the police
the trifling matter of carrying the
details Into offer!. ,
Itefore the decree: was enacted,
however, tho pervant ip test lou out-
stripped all competitors, even th
hlfrh cost of living, in bringing worry
Into Ihe a vertigo home. Servants
cairo nnd servant 11 went, but Mm
question went, on forever. Not only
was it Impossible to count on t he
presence of any servant from one
minute to the next, but hundredH of
homes found that their Ingratiatiiw;.
new employe of the day In-fore was
In reality an experienced und" clever
thief, one of the routine tusks of
Mm police was tracing thieving Her-
vii 11 Is.
Grain Is Higher; Rail
Earnings Encouraging
Ni;V YiHK (AC) Induittrial
new.'; continued t'i d Is-lone a
somewhat Hpolty condition with
Bteel production Hflll WatllMg.
Perhaps the tnoHt slgnjr ieent.
develop men I the cont Inued
advance In grain prleefl. Cash
corn In Chicago sold at the hlgli
ettt price In throv years and the
principal fiitiinn gained several
udditloual cents. December whf it
made a new high fur the crop
ami commanded at leant lu ccnti
more t huu the price of two
luontliH ago.
I dst ribut Ion of good:! ih mea
sured by i.illrotd traffic ks, how
ever, going on at uu accordingly
high rale, t 'nr loading continue i
to exceed u mtlll'in a week and
railroad earnings are good.
Owing to Ihe pahHUge ot tho
cased appreciably.
Among lho foreign exchanges
the feature wero tho reaction 111
l i ( in h tr un a n Iter t he gain
uhlch wut recorded at tho timu
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Policemen Arrive in Time to
Save 45,000 Jewels But
Robbers Escape.
RITZ EMPLOYES
HELD UP BY TRIO
Charles Chaplin, Movie Ac
tor, Arrived on Scene 5
Minutes After Holdup.
NEW YORK (AP). Three
iumcd men early today held up
the night manager and several
employes of the Ritz-Carlton ho
tel and robbed a jewelry store In
the lobby of 5,000 gems and then
fled. The bandits left- 45,000
Jewels in an immense case when
policemen appeared on the
scene.
Charles Chaplin, movie actor,
entered the lobby five minutes
after the holdup.
Second District Congress
man Spent Sunday in La
Grande and Went into
Wallowa County.
Congressman N. J. Slnnott spent
yesterday In I-a Grande, nrrivinff
hero Sat unlay evening from Vale,
where he wns one of the. speakers
at the irrigation congress, restt4 yes
terday In the city and left this
morning for Wallowa county.
In Is making a tour of the dis
trict to learn at first hand what tho
needs lire and wherein the national
nongreHH can render assistance - to
public enterprises.
Ono of the subjects which Con
gressman Hlnnott hits studied deeply
during his tenuro or oirico is re
clamation and lie is recognised as
authority on that subject In tho halls
of conre.sH. His fight for oil royal
ties to the government In ono of the
outstanding features of his career for
hn had to combat lho big oil com
panion in order lo secure. Justice, not
only to the small operators, but to
lho Culled Hlat' government. Much
of I he f und derived f roirT t ho oil
leases goes to Irrigation and tho
fight now is lo get Oregon's share f
this fund which Hlnnott made pos
sible for tho Culled States tronsury.
He will bo back In U Orando
early In November or tho last of
this month ut which time hu will
pro,ul,(,y i, ,, speaker at ono of
the TueHiluy luncheons of lho Cham
ber of Commerce.
Train Mils Auto; 2 Dead.
SMU'X CITY ( A 1') Myrtln McEI
wain, lined 1'i, was Instantly killed and
.Max Hughes, aged 19, died from In
juries sustained when their automo-
, hlI(. WJI, struck by a train at Hallx.
jn.. near hero, Saturday. They were
enroute to Onuwu to attend a football
fame.
of the (Jeriiuin capitututlon, and
the recovery In sterling.
The moat lipectncular event of
the financial marketa Inst week
was tho sharp rally which oc
curred on the New York stock
exchange on Wednesday. Appar
ently without any particular sup
porting factors in the newa tho
market steadily became iiuiet, ac
tive and linn. Outns of one of
four point win accomplished
on a turnover sell above the mil
lion sham mark.
NbortH Fciitii to Oner,
In most quartern it wan readily
admitted that tho motive power
for ihe rally w is xupplicd by ur
gent r-purchastug by trailers who
hud sold the market short. Trud
ders concluded that tho market
was in a well liquidated condition
that Ihe short side had become
overcrowded and that neither the
technical position, nor tho bul
nctt justified tho amount of
short Helling which hud been
ftoing on. . , i
SHOT IS ON
hDISTRICTTOUR