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VOLUME XXII.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY-29, 1924.
, NUMBER 94
MEMUUR ASSOCIATED FRESH
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REFUSE
QU
WOOL MEN,
CONCLUDE
MEET TODAY
V
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Pendleton Two-Day Ore
gon Woolgrowers Con
vention Near End
SHEEP INDUSTRY
CONDITION L.OOD
Hagenbarth Says Loss
iagenoartn bays loss
Due to Shrinkage in
Shipments East Should
Jie Overcome
I'DNDU'.TOX. (Ity I lip Assorln
tl'd 1'ii.s) Chni'lcH .1. Itntnd. for
Jimty rni'.t chirr or the I'llUr;!
Stales lliuvnii tmirkrts, aihlrossiiiy;
llio Oivjfoii AVmiI (irowi-rrt (filiveii
llim lion." Imlny. wild lli .McNnry
ltauucii hill which he ilriirtnl was
not csxcnliiillr mi uilniinlstrullve
iiensmv, hut II was ajiuneil by I
Secretary Walluci" as tiie most
likely remedy ror llu: rarmel-s filil
daiiieiilal clirrlen!tli'.s.
PKXi'L.KTOM By the Associa
ted fresw) Prt'uldent l-alconer
reported tliat tho sheep industry
Is in much butter condition than ,
luft year.
l'r&sident IiiK(iilJurth. of tlio
National association, tuihl much
lows, due to shrinkage In nhlp
inentn to tho caal .would ho over
conio by manuracturliis woolonw
111 tlio went, ' '
P!3Nnr.KTON.7lt (Special)"
Approxinialely 150 wero in nttend
unec at the opening neBalon of the
27th annual convention of the Ore
gon Wool Growern hero yesterday.
Uheepmen arriving " every train
during the day pivn prom tin of
2UU or more in attendance before
the convention closec today.
"I believe in the Went for the
the West." said l-'ranU J. Ha'en-
hurtli, president of the National
Wool Growers, who uddn-iKied ihej
mcetinc fn the aMernoon session,
Ho advocated the manufaelure ofj
wool prodii'tn in the Wt instead
of or. the Atlantic const.
"Home years ao." he said, "a j
rojumlKsion from 1'hinland made a
report that. Portland and Ha vie)n-
lly olTered the most id-ul ehmatej
'and humidity conditions in the
world i or me iiuunn uci ui r ui wii
nrodiiets. Many Oregon wools, I
enpecialiy that raiseji in the Co
lumbia river region. ahrlnli from
(IU to ?(t per cent, the average be
InK tl7 per cent. We are Hhippinp
this i7 pounds out of Ha. or dirt
and waste, to the east and paytnK
frlepht on It. The Roods are maiui
fae)uied at. l-iirh cost ami shipped
hack. This unnecessary expense. rs
u loss to tho irrower and
to the
consumer alike."
Mr. Kalconer. president of Uie
Oregon Wool Groweis. npoke on
the iuestion of railroad a-rviei' and
rates, the proposal of the lonsl
. aervice to Increase fees, the tarift
(Continued on p:;;e S)
Non is Seeks IK'-i:lcetion. -WASHINGTON'
(AP) -Senator
Norris of Nebraska, ono of the
jvryap of liepubliean Insurgent;;
wno announced two years apo
tliut he would re'ife at the CIl X
of his pre.scnt
term, said Monday suueu in.:, m.i '.vnnnu uum
"to be a candidate ' '
lie had decided t
for ronomlnatinn,
446 Students
In La
With the second' seNicster of the
In Grande hf?li school wetl under
m, n Inlal or Aid students are
enrolled ill the high scliool which
Is an intense or more than hair
a hundred'-3 ver the ricups last
year at this lime.
ftf the toiiil students enrolled.,
over !mi are from outside District
No. 1 which comprises li Grande.
Another item of interest Is the
fact that tlie number r grain milt
school grydiiutes entering hish
school and the number or high
school graduate.-, etiter'ntr college
Is steadily on the incnl:se. A!
grade graduates nr;: now taking
most Kin per cel.! of the clgh'h
high school training and rroiu 3n
to 4" percent of the ai Grande
high aeh'Hil graduates nr- yearly
enterinc coli-ge.
In the local high school at pres
ent ull students arc required to
tuke Knglish. Two hundred end
seventy-live are enndlcd In mathe
matics classes. 23'.' nre faking his
tory. 15" arc s!udyinfT s-ieice. sm
are Icurning the typewriter, lot)
boys ui tuktiis in Ihv manuul
Figures
i , $ tx ISW!!
"l? I'
Albert If, I 'nil, fnrriirr si't-'
rclary of the interior, nntl
Harry I'V Sinclair, 4il mini,
who aii' piDitiincnt fJ.uurc.' In
the invcMfxntioii uelnjf con
ilue(4'd by tlie l'. S. .Semite.
I-all is pirtui-ed above.
I!
LEGION MEETS
Council ElcttS
Officers
Hero Last Evening;
Compensation : Is Dis
cussed. -.
Th I'ulen County American
Kefr'on Council met .in the Hum
met ktM here last cv.-niutf with
An election of officers wan held
Willi Hie result that Ilarley Kich-crd'-on,
'm Grande, was elected
president ; I, vie Kiddle, Imbler.
Secretary - Treasurer, and I'.pJ.
Murray, perry, who i' a member
or the Il Grande post, vice jiresi
dent. An executivu commlttt-u was
alffi named.
I'efore adjournment It was de
cided to hold the next meeting,
A ri 2)T, at Hot Lake providing
arranj-rementH could i made.
l-'red Kiddle, . state commander
of the American Legion, reported
"n r.a.ii:i compensa. nu. ne
u nniKiii'-M on p: hi
Enrolled
Grande Hi
livi'nini: flepurt nient, high school
students are takim; home :conoin-h-H.
1 KO are taking language
(l-'reneh. I.ailn or Spanish) and the
commercial department is ucll fill
ed. In ad-Iiti'in to the above subjects
lllb'e exJ Tuiaj'.lion for credit are
held Pt til'
Thlrty-rtve
ing inuuie
credit.
liiaenes.
eii'l of each s nes'.er.
students are also lak
outside of school for
Kngllsh and eonmilcs
nr- tilso being buight in the high
school here now.
Three girls. L'lia NVdcrr. Itiilli
Scott and M.irgaret Creasey are
tukiiic; library work under the sil
pervtsien of the city librarian and
are practicing ity assisiing in tak
ing chtrge uf the high -boot li
brary. At present they nro neal-nlogin',-
and remodeling the library.
No credits are given for this work.
I nr Went ally, in speaking of the
high school, the student body are
on record as being very ii.ti'-n
pleased' will h the increusvd attend
ance at l.usketball games tn the
gyuiuasiu;
1 COUNTY
INCOME TAX
REDUCTIONS
ARE URGE
Ways and Means Com
mittee Action Affects
13,000,000 People
CUT 25 PERCENT
, EARNED
IN COPIES
1
'All Under 5,000 ClassI-1.
fied as Earned; .0,000.
Rpf TVT'iYiinun Hum
in Class.
WAKMIXOTO.V (liy the Asso
ciated press) Income tax payers
Rot their first slice or tho pro
posed tax relief Monday when the
house ways and moans committee
ndoptcil the recommenflationt of
Secretary Mellon to allow a spe-
cinl 25 per cent reduction in the
I fax on incomes which ure "carn
icd.' ,
All taxable incomes under $fi
000 were defined as earned for
" purposes of this reduction, while
$20,000 was set nu tho maximum
j amount of incomes on which the
j reduction could bt taken.
. Tre:aairy estimate.) sliov. llui.
j about 13,000,000 taxpayer:? have
incomes of less than ?r.,oou and (
. uutoinnticully could deduct from f
n
uien i.ix wuen compuieu i"'r ,.,.,,) Prlmo Minister MacDon-.'Iwo northwestern ineinbern of con
cent, of its lotnl. Thus a married jaU, haH IIM,t circumstances whiclKress today led d1offfitlonn to Pres-
iuii wnn iwo cnuuren wno now;,1U(, ,.,,. li i m tn rr .im,... .
pays , a tiiK of $28 on uii Incouii;!
or 4,(ioo would puy bnly '$21 on
this figure, not taking into ac
count any normal Income bix re
ductions a proposition nlill bc
fore the committee.
Itlsposilion of this section of
tho bill cleared the way with the
exception of yome odds anil end.-j
to ho taken up Tuesday, for con
sideration hy the committee on
income rate themselves including
the surtaxes, the main point at
lsuo In the tax revision program,
liepiiblicnn Program Discussed.
Majority members of tlio com
mittee met late Monday to dis
cu.i : program oi' lu'occdur-t bill
agn-ed only to meet in full com
mittee Tuesday. Some memberc.
have declared ror writing a Uc
pulilican income rati; schedule
while others wish to work out the
rates In full committee. Demo
crats, however, have declared t hey
will titund solidly for their party
proposal of a, reduction In surtax
to a 44 per cent maximum in-
utead of 25 per cent as suggested
by Secretary Mellon. The house
Republican steering commillee al-!
f Continued on r;!'e S
J, J ' ; : (?) ; 1
Foirr; Jurors
Selected In
Bloom Case
Four .iuroia luul been s?le;eted In
the jti.'itiee of Hu peace court tlila
morning before adjournment for
'tin luncheon lumr to hear tho trial
oT the Statu vs. Clyde Illoom. eharg
;ed with possession of Intoxicating
i liquor.
I I lit crest Ik mi mil hit liiirh In the
trial. Court was opened thin morn-. Noyteck-IJdrtneSS Farm
;in at M) o'eloek with Judffi- IhiRh. B p; To
1 Brady pri -siding. Courtroom spee
Itutury were many.
I Several talesmen were examined
I I V the attorneys nnd the court hut
only four 4iad been selected up to
noon hour. They aro James
MeNamco, J-M Meyeralelf, Leo
Kn-neh ami Thomas Johnson.
"T'Z" !!2 ?I
complete the jury of six was begun
sl1- on" o'clock "'is afternoqn, when
Attorney Hens Is repreHi'lll ln(f
Iho (lermdi'nt and J. O Slater, mil-'
ini; proRtTMitinfV uttorney, 1m eon
dtii'llnpr the cam.! for the stale.
Itloom waa arre:!led hy n ruldlim
p:trly, led by ofliceiu of the sher
ilf and iVicludinif one poltceninn. n
!rv dH iiito. 'I'he officers assert
thai two raMoiKi of ii(i;or was
found on Ins pretii!s:-H.
RECQGNIT1D
IS SLOWED IP
j.oN'DON. lty the Associated
regarding recognll Ion tif ItussTa 'by -
(Great P.ritain than he hud Intended export - corporation hill which If
(when hn took office, according to now under consideration by senate
''oiite political writers. . l"td housh committees on affrlcul-
! The Daily Mail ssiys permanent turc. "Scott Lcavltt, Montana rcp
ofrtcialH of tin; foreign office and resenlatlve. wuo accompanied by
lexainination of documents on -flbi'bcster C. Davis, Montana state
thoro have convinced MaeDonald 'rommiflsloncr of agriculture; M. L.
it hat such a Htep would not be- in .Wilson, director of extension work
tho best interests of the country.
LONDON. (Hy the Associated)
reus) Cnlon dock workers today
h eided - to withdraw from service
Kebrnary It In all parts of Great
liritain iinhas sutisf'actory netlle-
ment of current wage, disputes an
peached.
Tim threat of the dock workers'
strike comes alter self lenient late
V stefday of Cu railway strike.
1NEW STRIKE IS
ilPllIED
; i
ITS GOING TO IiE HARD TRAVELING
RELIEF BILL
l& ORDERED
APPROVED
Acted Upon by Com
mittee. . .
AMENDMENTS ARE
HELD FAVORABLE
Would Increase Approp
riation for Financial
' Relief to $70,000,000;
Also No Class Exclu
sion. WASHINGTON (My tho Aosocla
led Press) Tho Norh-ck - Hurt
n ess tdlt, providing for financial re
lief for farmers who am located
In nrens stricken by crop failures,
wns ordered favorably reported to
day by the senate agriculture com
mittee. An amendment wus approved In
creasing the appropriation from
150.000.000 to f70.oon.000, mid for
inahlntr an Additional njnount
available for fanners generally in
stead ,of only wheot farinera.
AccordlnR to a Washington nows
lmrcau of a Porllnnd newspnper.
lileni i.roolldtrn to oimnnl for his
for
rpport for th McNary-Haugon
for the Montana agricultural co
lego una w. u. HtocKion, president
of the farm bureau of tho state.
This group was followed by Repre
sentative llurton K. -French of Idaho,-
with George C. Jcwett. gene raj
manager of the American Wheal
Growers' associated of Minneapolis
and Portland: O. P. Mix, repre
senting the Idaho Kxport Corpor
ation league and Huston Kgbert,
president of the Oregon State
l-'arnien;' union.
The measure, for which the aid.
.of tho president wns solicited.
would establish a government cor-
jporutlon to deal In tho export sur
plus o wneai and other farm pro
ducts, at prices based upon the pre
war purchasing values of the com
modities. The northwestern men
(Continued on page M
MisslMargaret Harding
r
mil
'i t.ft
MKs .Mainiirrt llnrdlnu. ihiunhler of V, I. U. HaiMIng, for
, iiii'i rfovcnior of the led era I icservu bonitl, who commit tcL
Milclde Ity stHHiliim herself with tier fnllicr'M revolver at tier
mine tn Huston, "t touhln't stand life any IfHiffer" was ono of
the pi i rases of n note lert by her. Her father Haiti his daugli
ter's m l was dm; to her love Tor "soelnl life, danclnu; every night
and Miiokfuv; cluarcltcs."
F
.
t-, t... utr ' 'i
Father of Miss Margaret
MYSTEBY
DEATH SOLVED
Hnrdinrr Snicirlp Tplh B"n" lhl" ,norn""' lo "'"y ln lh('
jridiuing, ouh-iul, ii.ua U.M of John Horrlnfr anil. NoW
of Notes Left' by-XJiri4,,J,!r,n':.fiM,?,'C .f .hvmg. -to
BOSTON (I(y iho Asiioclaled
Press) W. P. Harding, governor
of tho federal reserve bank of ( pOJtTLAND, Oro. (AP) - Llvo
Hoston, In a sUilemenU made aior steady, eggs ono cent higher,
Monday night, admitted Hint hi 34 to 38 cents, butter steady.
daughter, Margaret Mil lot Hard-) . .
ing, who was round dead at her -mV ttt vnnuivn
homo last Saturday, committed MAIJEL ISOKMAND.
sutcldo by shooting herself with
hl.i revolver.
Karlier tn tho day medical ex
aminers had reported Miss Hard
ing's suicide but tho immediate
cause of (bath whs not made
known.
Miss Harding, her father said,
left notes adddresscd to him, to
relatives and to fricitds. In tlio
notes to her father Iho young wo
man asked forgiveness '.'for what
sho had done and what slio was
about to do."
"I couldn't Htand life any lung,
er," was one of tho pb fanes of
t hn nole. naid Mr. 1 larding.
Ho
said his daughter's net was duo
to her leva for "aoclal life, danc
ing every night ami jmoklng cig
aretteu." ,
McADOO WINNER
IN FIRST ROUND !
OF MISSOURI GO;
ST. LOCIS (AP) What anti
It eed I icmocratH in Missouri de
scribed an t he "ft rut set back t o
Senator James It. Heed's presi
dential candidacy" war (be acllon
Mondav of the Democratic, atalo
commlttoe In deciding n meet In I
Springfield for Ibe Hi 24 slain con-j
veatlon by a UH to 20 vote. The
McAdoo force: absei led I hey haVO
UH votea on the stale committee. ;
The Iteed i n pport era. It was said, '
did not wan to the convention to
go to Springfield. The action
If.uu M;iii V4 limirH lifter '
Itei-d anuounred lils candidacy.
LA GRANDE, ORE.,
PIONEER DEAD
AT ROSEEURG
llenhimln IH.iekbnrn. a pioneer
or lb Grande hoiid" vulley 11 ml
well l.nown In this s-ction of tip
stale, died Sunday at the Soldiers
Home of Himebtirg, Oregon. M. un
friends in this city were shrieked to
hear or his demiic nnd bin rela
tives are receiving the sincere nym
paihles or Iheir many fri'-nda In
Iheb bereavemeni.
Mr. Mlaclib'irn, tuho came to
Oregon in the year isC:', Is an un
cle or Mrs. I'Vank Cleavlnger, Mrs.
L. H, Ituss'dl iipI Mrs. Krank Ito
han. all ol this city. -
At one lime Mr. lilacUlitirn was
owner of the Grundy addition to
the cily of La Grande.
M'iy D'n Krmn i;Miire.
ATHKNH (AP) Scores of per
sons have been frpn to death
In the cob! wavo that prevail
throughout Greece. Ono messags
from Salonlkl says that three sold
iers and Ki'i civilians living under
canvas shelters have dlfl of e.-
puburc.
BULLETINS
Will Tmliry.
HAI.KM. (AP) Accoinpnnli-d
hy Deputy 'Sheriff Hhotlen of I,ano
e.ounly, Tom Murray and b'Udin
WalKor, eucli serving a 20 year
-leriu for participating .In the Klor-
.,nCT bank robi.ery. inrt ror uu.
' i:SK lllKlirr Tollajf,
TO GO ON STAND
THIS AFTERNOON
LOS ANGKLKS. (I.N.8.) Mabel
Normand, who has been sumpipned
lo nppenr beforo District Attorney
Asa Kcyes this afternoon for o
grilling on her testimony given at
I lie preliminary hearing of Horace
A. Greer, her chauffeur, charged
with Nhoollng f'ourlland H, Dines,
insisted I hut her attorney b pres
ent at the iiuesttonlng. Mr. Keyes.
It. wns said, will have no objection
IMa.
Keyi-s plans to question Atlas
Normand especially on her testi
mony that she neither saw nor
beard any! hing that occurred , af
ter Grcr entered Dines' apartment
on New Year's night.
Coy pumcll Dies
ItKNTO.V HAltHOIt, Michigan,
(AP) Coy Puriieli, 40 years old,
inn of Deiijabilll Purllell, fugi
tive "king" of the House of David
colony, died at Shlloh house, bis
father's home, Sunday, following
11 lingering illness aggravated by
pneumonia. His death was made
known Monday
Late News Flashes
Mil SERVICE PROBE DEMANDED.
WASHINGTON (AP). Sweeping invcHti;ation of
(he air 'service wiih demanded in the house of repre
sentatives today by Representative Nelson, Republican,
of Wisconsin, who declared he was informed that the
conditions existing now nrc a continuation of the same
practices by the same parties that "wrote the blackest
paj;c in America's war history in aircraft failure."
STORM WARNINGS OUT.
PORTLAND (AP). Storm warnings were ordered.
out today along the Oregon and Washington coasts.
j - .
ii .
ASTORIA (AP). A storm ut the nwjllth of the
Columbia river moderated today when the- wind dropped
from 70 miles per hour at 8 o'clock this morning to 4
miles per hour at 11 o'clock. The barometer is rising
rapidly. '
DIED FROM Dl'RNS.
TACOMA (AP)-Mrs. Rachal Michael, 65, ' died
today from burns received last night when her cloth
ing caught afire. Sho was working in a kitchen when
her apron strings became ignited from the gas jet on
the stove. ' Before she could summon aid the flames had
enveloped and fatally burned her.
FALL SAID
TO RE NEAR
llll
it
Doctor Urges Committee
to Question Him in
Sick Room
SINCLAIR NOT TO
RETURN TO U. S
Oil Man Refuses to Leave
Europe to Testify Un
til He Has Completed
His Business There.
WASHINGTON (Uy (bo Associa
ted Press).. ...Kw'retary Den by an-;
iiounccd tirter a cabinet meeting at
which the oil lease Investigation
was consldeml that he bad 110 in
tentions at the present of rcsign-
Presldqnt Coolldgo today roplled
to questions that ho did not care to
discuss the Hoblnson resolution re
(Ufollng tho resignation of Secro
tury Den by.
Tho president considers tho
wholo oil leasing investigations ns
having' resolved Itself into two ma
jor problems for tho cxccwtlvo
branch, first to dotormlno whether
there was criminal liability, second
to ascertain whether the leases uro
legal and are to the best Interests
of tho government.
All other matters u,re of lesser
Importance in' his opinion, ?"'r
The selection of counsel to prose
cue nil lease cases Is being hold up
awaiting action In the senate on
the Walsh resolution directing tho
president to proceed fop tho cancel
lation of all Doheny leases as welt
ns thoso held by the Sinclair in
terests. 1
WASHINGTON. (AP) "I am so
convinced that 1 did tho right
thing that I would do tt again to
morrow regardless of tho conse
quences," said Secretary Denby to
day. r ' ' .
"I feel that I carried out tho will
of congress-and tuy activities serv
ed the best Interests of tho people.
Accordingly 1 hnvo nothing to re
gret nnd no reason to resign."
Itooscvcit in the Clear.
Assistant Secretary Itooscvcit,
(Continued on page 6) " '
FREE STATE
TOKIO. (Uy Associated Press)
Whltu forces In Siberia have seized
upon Lc nine's death to proclaim at
freo state in tho Amur provlncec
and have Interrupted rnilway sor
vlco to Vladivostok and other
points eastward, according to Jap
anese government : advices from
IS PROGLAIMED