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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY. CITY EDITION fcHPttttti The Weather Portland. (A.P) Orecon Cloud? tonlcbt and Thiu day. . - VOLUME XXIL LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1924. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 216 Hunt's Washington Letter (Hy HAHHY II. HI NT) j WASHINGTON ;(NUA Special) ! How will the Democratic con'-' vcnllon react to eloquence? I ThuL Ih the question friends nf 1 two of Ih dark horn-- possibilities I ure asking. Kor on tho orutory nf one untl the same speaker depend I t a very great extent the fortunes In tho convention of the two presl- I de ntin entries from tho Buckeye ! state., . . j James M. Cojc, Democratic nom- : Ini'o In I wo, will huvo behind him j a delegation -from Ohio instructed to fight for his nomination for a second; chance at thn presidency. , None of these del funic believe Cox stands any reasonable chance of nomlnutlon. "Lightning." they opine, "doesn't ttrlku twice In the ituino place." ' When reminded or- Bryan and Ms throe nomination!!, they swllcit their metaphor and mty that. "Bryan Is the only Democratic cat with nine lives." ' And yet, behind this scepticism, there flickers a fuint hope that the unexpected may happen. This hope Ih kindled by the belief that the Hpeeeh put I ins Cox In nomlnutlon will be the most eloquent and ap pealing utterance to be inude at the convention. Cox will be placed In nomination by his fellow-Ohloan, Newton D. Baker, former secretary of war. Baker Ih a small man physically, but a mighty orator. He, more than any other Democrat of today has the "gift of tongues." Compel ling, forceful, appealing, there Is a persuasive, quality alike to his argument and his logic that moves his hearers. .On his speeeii. more than on any other fuctor. rests Cox's chances for a "come-back." But even Cox's moat loyal friends ad- (CnnLlnij.l on pana 3) LITTLE FOOD HOHTLAND. Ore. Urnxlng pros pects Jn the west are uot as ffood as a month ago, according to re ports just received by 11m V. S. Division of Crop and Livestock Ks limatcs. Although IniproveiiM'nt la reported In Wyoming. New Mexico and Oklahoma, and Texas ranges : re gitod as on May I. there was considerable deterioration In the ranges of the rest of tho western si at is, due to prolonged dry weath er and unseasonably low tempera tures.. The average condition on June I ws M (rated us "good"), compared wll h 11 C'very good" on May I. The poorest pastures an- west of the Rocky mountains. In the Interinoiinlaln and Pacific 'oust stales: but a considerable drop In condition during May oc curred In the liakotiis and Nebras ka, and slight declines were noted in Montana, Colorado, western Kansas und Arizona. faille and sherp. thus far. have not been materially affected by the fContlntiRd on par fi RANGES OFFER: Oregon Supreme Court Decides HAI.KM. On-. (API The su preme court deelfdons Tuesday ln cludid the slutc vs. Clirford Itren nan. appellant, an appeal from Wallowa county. The appeal was from a copvictlon on a statutory charge. In the opinion of Chief Justice rllride. Judge J. W. Knowles was reversed and Ihe case remanded. DI H ISIOV IS MA Oi l MAI. KM, Ore. (AP A "boat puller" Is engaged til fishing oc cupation even though he Is merely employed by another . therefore an alien cannot be licensed an a bout puller in Oregon, the supreme court held here In the case of i:iid Alsos. appenlant, versus the slate fish commission. The opinion was written by Jus tice Uan and affirm Judge Lllug liam or Marlon county. Another opinion by the supreme Kelso and La Grande Ball Game on Today I -a linnnie win piay oan ai llilta un..riww.n ul 1 1n ill li I i-t If ' ground In a return game. Kelso gut the breaks In the first and won! the contest by a Hone margin. Th.fj Pirates are planning on making the Kelso Timber Wolves wulk the gang plank this aMernoon. Hench will prulably start on the mound although he may be rellev-l e'd later by Spec Keene In order to. save him for Hunduy's gumc with ay1on. Day Ion has been sutisfactorily dealt Uh and will come hero this SETTLEMENT OF OREGON IS ISSUE Land Settlement Com missioners and Guests : Deliver Good Talks FUTURE FOR STATE SEEMS BRIGHT Judge Whitney Boise and Associates Give La Grande People Infor mation on" State Plans. jsk;(;i;sti:i i-itx;iiA.M Foil tuu ii-;vi-:i,oiMKvr oi ' oiu;(;o. . I. 'I' ll Hit- world about Ore gon product! and nwmwi. X tMakq MltlvrM wlt-outc III tf.io coiiiiiiuiilly. 3. Nell Oregon tw tlif IraiiNjoiit. 1. Diversify rarniui and In tensify I'liltHalNm. 5. ietelo organization fur the puriose of luarkctlli;; Ore gon lirudllt'tN. AVIlh the belief that Oregon Is on the eve of a grout commercial und industrial development the members of the Heciamatlon and Land Settlement committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, sounded the keynote or tho cam paign which Is now being conduct -cd to put Oregon on tho map, at a banquet .which was given In the Presbyterian church hott evening by the I'nlon County Chamber of Commerce. .' "More money Is being spent and greater efforts nr being made to sell Oregon to the uorld this yoar than at uny time In her hislory," suld "Whitney t-" Molse, chairman of the commlttoe. In an opening address. "Portland has pledged $3(0,0ou which Is to be used en tirely outside the city for pur pose qf development and where Portland has rained hundreds of Ihunsands the great railway lines which serve the Pacific northwest are spending millions," ho con tinued. The people are coming said .Mr, Dotac and we wunt to be sure we are ready to receive them. We want to take stepa (o seo that the newcomer Is given a "iuuru deal, that he Is told the truth about tho opportunities existing In Oregon. We wunt seiners; new people, went on Mr. tlolse, not for the purpose or supplant log the ones already here' but to help the in In building a greater Oregon. .More co-operation In t he mar keting of farm products Is needed .said the speaker, the while lellm of the ud vantages to be gained anil Ihe results already obtained by cniiromta and Washington in thai direction. Ihirhig the course of his address Mr. Itolse made the statement th.il "no fairer vulley ever existed thuii (Continued on page 6) Upon Appeals court holds that no corporation, either domestic or foreign, can be llseneed to engage In fishing for salmon wll It glllnels In t iregon. This case was the Itootli fisheries company, appealant, against the state rish commission. It was al.o written by Just tee Itand and, af firmed Judge ltlnghain. In AIhos' case the plaintiff con tended that a fair const rucl Ion of the statute required only t hose persons who are actually engaged in commercial salmon fishing for themselves to he licensed, and has no applleailon to persons not fish ing for tlnmse?ves but only us em ployes or licensed salmon fishers. Statute I.x rphelil The court upheld the statute whleh provides that all persons en gaged In fishing shall be licensed and that no person can be licensed who is not u citizen of the t'nlted States. , week Instead of playing the pi rates on their own home grounds us had been scheduled. Petersfin, Davbt, Helms. Peck- hum. Knight, Theison. Clifford and Alexander will ull be in their regu lar places at the time of going on Ihe field this afternoon. I. title is known of the Kelso lim- up except that they are at If I going strong and have been defeated Tew times since they were here. The game Mil Hurt ul 4:30 nlmrp und a large crowd la anticipated. Candidate, li. V. IIhitIk, nilected as camlklnle for president by Uie 1'nAiibiUou Jrty. ' Christian Church Dele gates Hold First Ses sion of Annual Con vention. ; ' The Kastern Oregon' Convention of the Christian church convened last evening wtlli delegates from nearly ull counties In thfs section present. The main address of the evening was given by the convention presi dent, W. O. l.lylngslomt of Hepp her, - who welcomed the delegates and made some roma'rKk "-on i-lie purpose of (lie conferonoe. CONVENTION , BRINGS MANY I TO THE CITY Th. ofriclal addn-aa or welcome i i.boP convenllon. deelured today ted Htntea. 'nnada and Newfound HH dellverl;d by Heyen nd t). . ',..,.., fr, , Ilkolli , 37 , ,.., ,,, ycoliml, Jrn. Jonea nf t..j. Grand... f. . bwunrtcr Waahlngton. NehraaUa. . Montana land and Walea, one In Cuba and of I'ortlond alote Hiiperlntendent ,,r,lu A1mnHola ,,HVV HHUr(.d ,, U , . .. the church from Porlland respond ed. Precetltng the sermons a sjng service was led by W. K. M. Hac-klcmnn,- musical director and na tional leader of Indianapolis. ' TrwtiLv tkrmrriitii liiflmlcH tt num ber of Instructive and educational J talks. The kuynoto adilreHs was de livered this morning by W. Tur ner of St. l.outs. Missouri, on the subject. "The Kleld bV.the. World." Itrtirtchcs and features if mis sionary work In various -foreign countries were dealt with in talks given by Mrs. O. W. Jones of I. a Cm tide, David Ityerlcc, missionary to Africa and others. A song service and a business pe riod will talie up most of this af ternoon. . Divisional specialization Including the Children's -Division. Young People's Division and the Adult Division will be features of this afternoon's program., ' This evening a led lire will be given by M. U refill of Wallowa oil the subject of "The Church nf Christ." W. K. Hneliteinsn will also lead a song worship and later give a talk on songs with lantern slide illustrations. I iNisitr, mkdicai, ori.sr, . HOT I.AKK (Special) Dr. Mark Phy, who has just completed a four year course at the I tush Medical college In Chicago, return ed to t he Sanatorium Tuemlay morning. He will sphd the sum mer here with- his fathor Dr. W. T. Phy. BASEBALL pacific coast IjI-:a;i i; Clul.H W. I.. Pel. San I'Vaticlseo 4 4 7 . 0 L' ' Seattle ;..!;........! ill .667 Vernon -....?"? a 6 , .614 Sacramento 36 116 .r.n't Portland" r,:t Its .4rtr- Suit Lake 33 T,l .471 l.os Angebs a;' 4a .444 Oakland .31 41 .431 llces 8. Hcnwi-H .7. -. (My the Associated Press) At Sail ijtke It. II. K. Porlland .. J-..' 7 16 it Half like , S 12 0 Matlerles: Winters and Duly: O'Doul und 'ook, Peters. Senl-J 7, OHkrf I. At San Kranclseo-- I:. II. K Oakland 4 12 4 San Francisco 7 1 li a llatterb-s: Mulls and Harris and Itakcr; Mllchell and Yelb-. Vernon 5, An;'i'U 'J, At l-os Anwles li. 11. K. Vernon I u 3 I .OS Augeies .3 7 4 Butteries: Vnner und Murphy; Itoot, Itauisuy. Payne and Jenkins. Indians 7, Senalun 3. j At Sacramento r I!. 11. K. iSeattte 7 11 e I Sacramento 2 ll C ltattrries: frigg and K. Italdwin: Thvuipson. Hall and Koelilcr. flLDWooiSn Tfi nfi GtVC CBD OH UL 1. H LUll ST. I'AVl,. Prediction that tlif PHriiicr-Uihor plirly will eventil ully "dlHpnuo of the two cupltHllH tic purtlcti that hold tho power to day" wan inude hy Htalc Senator I 'Iiiii.1i.ij I... Tsi'ln. nr Mmilnnu In an address formally accepting the he stopped here today on- his way permanent ehalrmunshhj or theto Now York to attend In demo National - Kurmer-lAbor-Proerea- rti national convention. He vls slvo convention. - Ited thr-residence ot thq laic l'resi , . (dent Wilson. ,,.v Taylor severely criticized tho 1 democratic and republican parties I At the railway station hree rail and appealed to all farmers and loud employes holsll MeAdoo on , : i .i., ... their shoulders and carried him ... political action and to urge a uai- lot box revolution. The communists won the initial convention skirmish yesterday.. Cheers greeted Henatoj Taylor today when he referred to Ajidrew Mellon, secretary of tho United Ktates treasury, as the "arch boot legger." " "We are not hen lo try here tics or burn witches," said Taylor, and again delegates cheenK.. "I would rather have sat with Ihe reddest communists in the world," he continued "than to have sat In t he recent convention at Cleveland,' or with thor.o who will Aitaln tho convention yelled tin '''""""'"y for the derenx" In the approval. - . 1 If of K- - v- rl vli. This eonventh.n must form a i'" ll,B clv" u" Involving a log maaa olam farmer-lal.or parly." Is''n3f """ract waa hcliiff given, at ,. ,.,...ii.e uf..,..,M ni K.nM.,.. I ' ll0 Hmr-'of going to prcw todnv. n,...!,... ti...i .ini i.i.t.i.ii. ...n. .r u.i... i... ..i.i.,.i wunt land for the uaera, joba for tho workers and liberty und ciiuul- j " gui lty for all." . nese, ho am to. fuce chargea of Muncan' Mclionuld, vice chair-v,0,'l,."1B "", f0""""1 narcotic luw mun.- Introduced the permanent I"1 "el tomorrow. Krtcretury. Allen, Lorruiue luly of South liukotu. She Mild ahc wua a uruuuuie or uie acneol or ciu- i cullon. and not aa aome phrased II, "hellocullon." Hhe ulao Bald he waa not IntorcKied in what the ijewapapera wild about ber, vvuiiftiil .iiiLiioiiey, leaner or rni'i conaervallve faction of tlus Karmor- they vent would be on guard to pro- Dr. Crawford (V McCultougn, ex i recurrence of yesterday's tension committee chairman, told communist successes. I --T- : TTT.IIilllllll llliHili I if . rVf i i i.uuiiuul uuiiiiu Itce iiews riasnesn ; ic num 7rn TAYaS FOR AIRPLANK HUNT. , TACOMA (AP)-Troy Brewster of South Ilcnd Wash., pleaded guilty and was fined $25 late yesterday thus endinfr the celebrated ease involvinp; - huntinff ducks in an airplane. Jack Davis of Portland, owner of the plane, and Jack Clemens, pilot, last year paid fines of $150 each in Pacific county but Brewster was found innocent and then the federal charge was lodged against him. , . , BKL(;iUM WINS CUP. . " BRUSSELS (AP). Lieutenant DcMuyter, piloting the balloon "Belgica' won the ' Gordon Bennett cup race today, landing at Slalbans Head in the English Channel. This is the pilots's third consecutive victory, cinching the cup for Belgium. CALIFORNIA TOWN BURNS. BUAWLKY, Calif. (AP). Fire of undelcrniined origin was discovered in a restaurant early today and : swept the entire block of the city's business district. It burned a dozen business buildings to the ground but was under control early this morning Two two-story hotels housing about 1 00 guests were among the build ings destroyed. AM occupants aic believed to have been saved. Firemen and apparatus from El Centro) . and Imperial assisted in fighting the blaze which was fanned by a strong wind. BURNS IS EXONERATED. . WASHINGTON (AP). Director Mines of the Vet erans bureau today approved the majority report of the investigating committee which exonerated Ivouis D. Burns, district manager, of all charges brought against his administration of the bureau of the Twelfth district. ' , PORTLAND (AP). Livestock wits steady t4)diiy. Eggs unsettled firsts tt half cent rower, selling at 25c and 25';c; butler steady, butterfat selling at 36c. BUTTER FAT TAFfES JUMP. SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Bultei fat reached 42ft a pound here today. . DENVER MAN ELECTED. KALAMAZOO (AP). Rev. Ivan Dellen of Denver was elected president of Christians Reformed church synod at the biennial convention here today. He suci ceeds Rev. J. Mannl of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, who was A candidate for re-election. Californian Meets An Ovation in Washing ton Says He Is Sure ; to Win the Nomination WASHINGTON.- (Ap Crowd cai'fred William G. MeAdoo when Llnnv ulw.ii.l r ihn lil-nu-ila along ahead or tho crowds. MeAdoo declared ho was confi dent of victory whether two thirds rule or a majority rule Is adopted. T "emed evident I hot tho Jury would not go out until lato 'thla ","ioon. . '. I I Z ' . L 401 ftCW KOlary UiUDS Organized During 1923 ; ; ' J ' ' TQUONTo;' . AI)--Tv hundred and olghly.ono new llolary .uluba , iwi-rn orffanlxcd durlntf 'l ie nnirt year of whfch i I were In the Unl- jltoturluns In convention here today. III! GRINDS STUIEY ON JfiLG.?.r iBOYCOTT IS DisAPP Bora f j V LEADERS ys- V Southern liiann.' Yea, velilyl Itcnuty i-xiiiM'tn have I ailed her tho iiiiiki ticuiitinA girl in Mm miiiiii. she Mks J'lanit'a tiiirr, or Milium, (in., ulm aa leiviilly Ihe Ikiiiw kiicmI of Mm. M. I C'roiiln in Mu.hhmlon. Npiliiu In tint lapHal liivuriubly , wlliieHNi'N an Influx ot national btMitli. nniinni nnmn I, IU UIIUMIIII.L.U Hill Retires After 14 :-Ycars of Service; Eb- crhard Is Elected as ' Chairman of Board. I he I ,a Grande board nf 'ediicu- l(oii of'the past year held Its final session last evening. This 'hoard uonslsled of Chairman A. T. Kill and directors Colon It. Khcrhurd, .1. A. Hussell. ;. P. 1 .and is und I.. W. Weeks; After transacting mis cellaneous business, Ihe vole of Monday's an n mil school election was officially cunvasMed und found Uie same as published yesterday: fleorge S. Illrnlc, 175; Colon It. Uhcrnuni, 174; VV. II. jiohnen kamp. 4; A, I.. Itlchardson, 4. Ku liring Chairman A. T. Hill then de elured M r. Itlrnle und Mr. Kbor hurd duly elected for three years. Mr. Mimic and Mr. Kberhard i(u mediately quail Ned. Upon or ganization of the new hoard. Di rector J. A. Hussell waived his right to be elected chairman of 1 he board and noinltmtcd Colon It. Khcrliurd, who received the un animous vote of his colleagues ror clcctlon to ( hat. position ('or onu year. Mr. JUll then made some re marks reviewing I he worki hud progret-s of Uie district during the past fourteen years, and extended an offer of continued co-operation to I iie board. II. K. Williams, Incumbent, was unaiilmoiiHly eleeted as school clerk. l'our members of the board united In advancing the clerk's salary from $75.(1(1 per molt I li lo $100. mi per month, tht! salary pre viously paid mil 11 Mr. Wll Hit inn wun seleeted a year ugo. The bond of t he school clerk was fle at lii.iiso. Die same us at present. The new bourd nlsu selected lis budget committee., lo nerve In as sibling the board In Ihe prepara tion of Ihe annual budget for the school year Just beginning. The budget committee h composed of Mrs, l Fans, proiddcnt of Iho 1(1 verla I 'arent -Teacher assoclal Ion, Mrs. II. K. Charlton, president of the (ireenwood I 'a rent -Teae her as Hoelullon, A. T. 11111, J. K. U- nolds und C. M. Humphreys. fluliiH an hMiltcU. POH'IXAND. (AH) Italnrull here overnight amount rd lo hulf and Inch. Koschurg reported bene ficial showers, Pendleton reported cloudy weather but no. rain since yesterday morning. Medford re-, ported only u trace of mulatuiu. New eahiiid WbeuL Kltortugc, WKIJJNOTON, N. X. (AI'). hi tho course of a review of thi tradt: outlook, l'rlnm Minister Massey foierjists a wheat sea ic ily In this country. "We are 3,000,000 bushels behind In wheat production," he said, "and al though I regret lim necessity, we will have to go ojlslile tor wheat." Stage Set for Many matletH pertaining to thi'j welTarc of the opening session of Ihe Grande Honde Cha11tauo.ua I bo held June 2!) to July .1 Inclus ive wore gone ovnr by the directors al a meellug held In the offices ul 1'reHldent Murphy last evening. All committers reported splen did progress In every Item under consideration. The joyful reports of Ihe program committee were among the most Illuminating. Among these were reports brought In on the abilities of l'r. Warren I). Smith, profeKSor of geology al th! University of Oregon, who is one of Uie high lights of the lec ture course. When pal rotis of t lie Grande Hondo Chuulau'iiiu hear Inv War- ri'it I'. Smllh hi his lecture on the 1'lilllpplno Islands, they will have the first-hand Informaltou of a man who has become famous us a sciential, geologist, world travel er, teacher, and, above all, a citi zen of Oregon. Chalaitqua burenus would pay high prices for 1 r. Smith. Jltil because the local chuutuiiriua has gone out to pick Oregon and Washington I a lent, It is able to pieMvnt. Dr. 8111IU1 In this city. Officers of the local assembly 16 Men of Company E Visited ML Ranier (fly n I liiuiilsmnii) CAMH I.KWIH, Wash. (Special to the Observer by Mail). June 15--Hlxteen of Uie I .a Grande boys are up on Mount Hulnler today. They lefi al 6:45 o'clock Saturday morn ing via motor truck. Only two souads were taken from each com pany. ' They also carried a field kitchen so us lo provide grub for their two day sojourn on the mountain. Captain H. Huron, Company K. 186th Infantry. O, N. C, arrive! In cump Saturday from Portland where he has been oil provost mar shall duty during the Uotw lsU- Japanese Business Body at Tokio Goes on Record ORDERS ISSUED TO CEASE ACTIVITIES ! American Reply , to jap- ' TJ..A 1. T 1 ' Tokio Official Com ment Withheld Pend ing Study. TOKIO. (AP) -r The Atnarlcan reply to Japan's protest ajralnst Japanese exclusion la marked by a spirit of friendliness and reason ableness and will bo examined In Ihe samo spirit, 1L was authorita tively stated horo today. I decoding the document after cabled trans mission from Washington wsa com pleted t,t the foreign of rice lato to day. - . " " offlclul comment wan withheld pending a careful study ot Its terms. ;..('.. Tho Tokio chamber of coinmerco announced it ulll oppose to the ut nost any boycott, of - American goods Instituted by a certain ele ment In Japun. . . The home department lias In structed prefect urul governors to exercise control over aiHl-Amorlcan . demonstrations and punish those guilty of violence .and Intlmldutlon. WASHINGTON. (At') Tho Chi nese and Kusaiun Soviet govern- : in en Is have entered Into arrange ments for the exclusive control und administration hy thoin of Ihe Chi nese. Kastern Hallway and claims inadit by the Htute department In behalf of tho American government nnjl . American ellljum Investors have been rejected. , , liliilng Cars Hcrtc llolndfr HKATThl'5, Wash. (AI To ad vertise Alaska industry, tho gov ernment's Alaska railroad will feature reindeer steaks on Its din ing cars this summer. It Is hoped I hut tourists will go back to tho states converted to tills meat. a Fine Chautauqua Period have received newspaper clippings from many lands and places, from Manila to Ihe east and Manila to the west. All agree that ho l a remarkable man, remarkable In knowledge, remarkable as a speak er, and a man with a remarkublo grasp of geology. Ills lecture will be Illustrated with scenes taken by himself whtla In Ihe Islands. Matched with those pictures will ite his famous lecture Unit has boon declared by critics lo be fur out or the ordinary and with every word Interesting and lnsl met lv The Manila Times editorially thinks much of Mr. Smith. . When he lert there for the United Stulea In li22f the Times of Manila ft1-, gretled his departure, saying, among other things: ''Ills leaving the Islands means not only a, posi tive loss to the Division of Mines and Bureau of Science, but to tho entire mining Industry of the country. in addition to his sci entific work In his depurement he has done much to advance sci ence In the. riiillppliios generally. "The friends of Dr. Smith and those with whom he hut had pro fessional relations deeply regret his departure." vul. Lieutenant G. I.. Dutlon his hud charge of the company slncu It left Portlund. The camp Is Jlisf about vacab ! here on Sunday. Some of Ihe fel lows are in Tucomu, others In Seat American iike besides the 16 on Mount Halnlcr. , . ' All of the guardsmen were taken out to the pa rude grounds recently to watch the regular Infantry charge on a machine gun nest, Kvery other day tho reguturs put (CouUnuwl ob page ft
