La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 27, 1925, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY ' CITY EDI T I O N THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP)- Ore. Ron: Fair and colder to- night, tiaturday fair. VOLUME XXIII. Mli.MtlKIt ASSOCIATED I'UESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 121. FIERCE TO VET ARMORY BILE PIERCE TO SPEAK HI Governor to Deliver the Main Address at Coun ty Grange Meeting HURRICANE DRILL TEAM IS COMING Several Other Features Promise to Make the March 28th Session One of Much Interest. Governor Walter M. Pierre, of Lu Grande, but now busy at. Sal eili, 1h to be Hie main speaker for the regular I'nlon County Pomona grange meet Ins which In to tie held at Flgin on March 28. ac cording to announcements today. The chief executive will nddrtv-s the organization In the afternoon uf tliat day and a special Imita tion Is to be extended by thn grangers for the farmers of the county. Mem 1st of Grunge. The governor ban been a mem ber of the Pomona Krauze here for a number of years and at one time ww a delegate from thai organlza tion to the .state grange. In addition to Hie governor's ad dress, several other features will muke tlie meeting of much im portance. The unniiiil election of officers -will be it Headed to al tlie morn ing' business session and the report of the legislative committee Is be ing looked forward to. Drill Team lo lie Present. Another special feature will be "the appearance in the evening of the llnrrieane Creek drill learn from Joneph. A number of other delegated from Wallowa county him' ulo Indicated that they will attend the Klgln meeting. TNT 1 The ii Grande public library is making plans ut the present time for a series or Lenten bilks. for school children to start a week from tomorrow. Sal urday. March 7. The talks will be illustrated by colored slides from Mrs. K. P. Moi&uiunV collection and the talks will be given by various ladles of t be city Interested in this work. The bilks will Illustrate the last week of the life of Christ, each )t- Saturday representing one day uf the hist week. The children hnve hern divided into two groups; I lie mini 1 1 chil dren coming In the morning ut ll o'clock and I he high school stu , dents at 4 o'clock In the after noon. I legist ration will be re quired In order to accommodate everyone. All children Interested are asked lo register soon. Road Judgment Verdict Favors Wallowa County KNT Kit I'll ISF. ore. (Special to the observer) "The judgment will be Tor the defellduilt." Ill these words Judge Walter II. Lvuns of the circuit court closed his opinion In the case of the North Pacinc' Construction company against Wallowa county. The fig ures prepared by It. N. Kellogg as county engineer are upheld with out change and the county Is call ed on to pay only the amount the engineer found still due the com pany, a mutter of $828. which the county tendered before suit was begun. The company sued for $tit.?3i. states a local newspaper. 150 Pictures Prepared For Library Circulation One hundred and fifty uf the world's masterpieces" of art have been ready for circulation t the 1 4i U rami- public library for the past two days and othem are be ing added to that -number each day. It Is hoped by those In charge that the entire collection. '" In hIL will I" ready for cir culation by the first of m-it wet-k. Karh picture ha. It story and a short biography of the artlit at tached to the back of it. Thta Imbler And Wallowa Vie At 3 Today Branchlinc Teams Start Sub-District Basketball Tournament Here This Afternoon. The Imbler and Wallowa. bas ketball quintets will open . the sub-district tourmimi'iil here this afternoon at 'i o'eLoek. And by a o'cloek Is meant ;t o'clock, say the ol'ficluls Jn charge of, the tournament who declare that every game played will start right on schedule time. The remainder or the catties on balaCs schedule nre. Joseph vs. Klgln at I o'clock, this after noon. Piilou vs. Cove at 7:15 this evening ami I,u Grande vs.. j;n tcrprlx to wind up this evening al 8:ir. Six more games will be played tomorrow eoiiuneneliig at !i:3u in the morning. The winners of today's .games will draw after the contests and the losers will lie matched In the sumo manner. Four leums will be. selected by tomorrow evening to represent this district at the eastern Ore gon tournament at l.'nion In Murch- Of the four teams two will hnve come througli the tournament with a clean slate und two will have lost one game. Tickets for (he tournament are now on sate at (Hush Drugs and Weal en haver and Gilbert's. No reserved seals are being sold and business men's and student body tickets are not good at tlie dour. PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND TALK ON F.O.E. LODGE When lel Ciiry Hrntth. Kngle lec turer, speaks In fcagles hall tomor row night concerning the "Fra ternal Order of Fngles," a large crowd of members of the local aerie and citizens who are not members, of tin order, Ih expected to bo In attendance. According to Information. Mr. Smith has a wealth or information to Imparl lo local people and the Fugles Invite ult to be present. PRINCE PAYS UP PRESSMEN UNION DUES BY CHECK MOW VOIIK Ily the Assoclat td Press). The New York Press men's union was spared the pain ful necessity of suspending its star member, the Prince of Wales, when a $7 check, two months dues, was received from him to day. Ills grace period would have ex pired tomorrow. President Ebcrt Now Past the Danger Point B KK LIN' (Hy the Associated Press). Physicians today believe that President Kbert hud pussed the crisis of his HJness. . ills con dition is now constantly tin prov ing. PUZZLE ANSWER I work Is under the sup rvi.-ion of 1 Mrs. K. P. MoHSiriHn. So far approximately thirty pic , tures have gone out from the 11 j brary and t he majority of t h-se are in the hands of smalt chil dren, who prefer animal pictures. A poster will tie phlf-' in the 'library us soon a the entire col lection ! ready for circulation and !her announcement made. How : vfr. the plcturt-.i now finished j may be borrowed from the library 'in the same manner as books. PALMCPf l-,ATMQnQ d 1 LBS? AlDll N G'H R A A D AHA N TfN Q OID L L S D F. TBS A TUT ofcHA S H nog yo Pins PjJ n M U GllP E FInTT E RH P E WATER BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE Measure, Affecting . Ore gon, Sent to House for , Consideration POSTAL PAY BILL UP TO PRESIDENT Senate Approved Meas ure Late Yesterday by Vote of 69 to 12; Lead era Hopeful of 0. K. WASHINGTON ( Hy the Assoel-ib-d Press) Authority for the stales of Washington, Idaho. Ore gon and Montana to enter tin agreement respecting the. disposi tion and opporltonineiit of waters of tin Columbia river and tributar ies would be granted by a bill passed today by the senate and sent to tho house. Tho bill provides that two per sons appointed by tho president participate In any negotiations. The agreement- would deal partlc ulurly wlUi water for reclamation purposes. - .. POSTAL BILL PASSU!) WASHINGTON Hy the Associ ated Press) The ' postal pay and rate Increase bill received final congressional approval Thursday and now goes to the president. (Continued on rago 5.) The new ' Presbyterian church organ Is being Installed this week It. Pepin, a representative of the fleorge Kllgcn and Hon company of Chicago from whom the organ was purchased bus been hero for sev eral days doing I he 1 Installation and tuning or the Instrument. The new organ Is one of the finest of Its type in the city. It contains several hundred pipes in cluding wooden pipes, metal pipes and reed pipes. These vary In Blze from small reed pipes the size of a lead pencil to tin' large wooden ones perhaps a fool square. The Instrument s what Is call ed by organists a two munuul or gan with two rows of keys one above the other besides the foot pedals which are used In playing the bass notes. Tlie organ is operated entirely by -electricity. A very Intricate wiring system connecting eueh note and each pedal Is responsible for the action of the organ which Is unusually rapid. Plans for the formul opening concert on the organ are not com plete yet but Iteverend W. C Itoss suld this morning thnt he ! hoped to be able to maki defl 1 ntlc announcement in this respect : ut the church next Sunday. CHURCH BANQUET IS TO BE HELD THIS EVENING The men of the christian church and their friends will meet this evening In the basement uT the church at a banquet which will be served by the ladles of the church. An excellent menu Is being plan ned ami one hundred guests arc expected. O. W. Jones will preside us loast inaster und Joe Williams will re spond wit h a talk on " 'bulb nge of the Church;" U H. Weeks will talk on "Hacking ttw; f 'h arch's Program:" I ir. J. I. Mcpherson will have us his siljbeet ' Hacking the Hervlce of the Church;" J. J l-lbllley, F.very uy Keltglon" and (. A- Pollard. "The l ull of the church tt Men." Meat Market Installs i Grocery Department The f irande I Jonde Meat com pany will open a groceri depart ment In its city Meat Market to morrow. February 2H. The com pany U installing a fresh Mock of fruits, vegefnbb-fi, Hpe nnd fancy groceries. Clark Webb, who has lcn em ployei ,y the company for a num ber of years as bookkeeper will have full charge of t he new de partment, according to announce ment made today by F. A. bp ling. PRESBYTERIAN ORGAN PUT IN Band Plans Concert And Dance Mar.4 Proceeds to Be Used by Municipal Organization to Purchase Musical In Vstruments. . La Grande, like Washington. 1. C, will have an Inuugural ball on the evening of March 4lh. The dance however is to be given py for the. purpose of . raising funds for new Instrumental V A concert will be played oil the: street ut S:1G on -the night of the dunce and the baud Itself will play the dance music for the first hour. At 10 o'clock a. 10-piece orchestra made up of members of the band will take tho stand and put out tho music for tho rest of tlie even ing. 1 Hand Members Not Paid Contrary lo general impression the bund members are- not paid by tho city for playing. Neither are their Inst rumen to; furnished. Andrew Loney Jr., receives a salary from tho city Tor his services bit no other members of the band re ceive uny retnuntrallon whatever for their work. Nearly all of tin Instruments used by the bund are the prop erty of Individual owners with tue exception of some of the larger instruments which have been pur chased out of the general fund raised by the efforts or the band it Is to Improve the standard of the bund by the purchase of new Instruments that the dance is be ing given. . j . . BAK Kit, Ore. (Special to Die Observer) "L Intend to hammer away on the principle of co-operating with, and encouraging the activities of district attorneys und .sheriffs," said W, S. Jjevens when' interviewed here last night. - 'The best results must come from their efforts, and I believe that a policy of assisting one of ficer by showing him how another has solved the samo problem ; of keeping In constant touch wilh county orriclals; and of Intelligent co-operation und co-ordination. will go further loward enforcing the prohibition law than any other method. Of course always having In mind that tho people must help. 'Thero will be about six men working directly under me. The governor and 1 have not yet def initely decided whether my head quarters are to be In Halem or Portland. 1 "I hope to make, good In this position, und Intend to use my best efforts In enforcing t be la w. It cannot all be accomplished al once, but 1 am hoping, by hard work to accomplish something worth while ror the state. VI will bo In town for a few days, clearing up business matters, and then go to Salem, reluming for tlie session of court In March. After that 1 will take up my resi dence Inj the new headuuurlers, and assume the duties of commis sioner." W. S. lA-vens arrived In Maker yesterduy, after conferences with Governor Pierce und ot her slate officials ut Kab-m. ' While 1 hern, lie was extended the honors of the state legislature. M r. Leveus Is ulreudy very popular, with Port -1 land and Kale m people, und all ' Indlcutlonn an that his adminis tration will be u highly success ful one. L SALLM. Ore. (Uy the Associated Press l Compulsory grading and mb.-Mng of all display d loi . r.i)e Ik provided hi a bill passed 'y I' Kislaiure, and signed by Oovernor Plert;e. The law got s Inio effect uphln days. The law also provides thai '.it -ggs Imported Into the slate frnm for.-ign countries be labWcd af foreign i glfs. Hf-lullers wiling foreign eggs must Inform puichssers and res taurants and hotels using or nerv ing foreign eggs must display a sign In a conspicuous place to thin effect. The in en ore Is endorsed by ih Pacific 'o-operattvf Poultry Producers, as designed to protect the public against egrrs unfit for (consumption. COOPERATION LEVENS' PLAN Ebb GONTRO BILL NOW LI Secretary Here Is the hiUM plcltim of W. A. .lanlhie of Kitnsns, l-ecptillv nppolntcd secretary of agri culture by President (oolhluc, with his ftunily. Jnidine was president tif the KansU8 Stale Agrl t'lillural colleue. The .lardlnes have tluiv clilltU'rn, lailaii, tipper left) 1(111, right, and Hutli, XTRA MOIiMS KILL MAM Y. ' t IK LL, ling. (Al). lJglity foiu persons arc hclicvcil lo haw bct'ii lost In firm gales wli'-rli have Mvciit I lie Icelandic Milling gttmnd during the lust four clnj. KAKULHOI'IU; (AP). Set u porMms - were Killed mid 15 In jured licit;- when n woikblp was uVsti-oycri by wind. SIMS TAKKS STAND. WASHINGTON (AP). IUai Admiral Sims, retired, today vig orously opKed before tin' house aircraft coiiuiiiltcc tho creation of a unified nir service us urged hy Hrlgadi cr ;ciicrnl Mitchell, as sistant uriuy air chief. The ad miral endorsed the hnihlhig up of a jHmeriul air force hy tun Lull ed SUitcs, however, declaring that the "airplane will play a predom inate part In the nct war. He predicted that the ciipllal ship of the rut lire will Ih; uii nlrplanc cnrrler. SLI I III AI'I I H SLLI III. CIIICAI.I) ( AP). How detec- tHes shmlowcd deled He In con nection w ith I be contested dHorcc suit of W. i:. IK Stokes, New York utillioiuifii', was i-clntcd to day In (he stokes conspiracy trial. Stokes nnd three others tin1 charg ed vWth conspiring I" defame his estranged w Iff, I ;duanl W. Alt., bend of tin Chicago lieUi.'tlir Agency, formerly retained by Stokes to obtain ci Idcncc ngnlnst Mrs. Stokes nnd Hull Hilling, Is named by Stokes lit cresMMMleiit In the divorce suit. m. a in TA X i s Li i ;. I'. L. M '!, cMs-ntor of the Henry Perkins clnb has been tiol tiled hy Jess Hrehenrs, (snuity sheriff on ml Ice of Carl Helm, district attorney, of ii stun of ftlt, hilt nllcgcd lo be due I he stair In unpaid laves. This anioiinl represents the lav on :ttiH.(Min mirth ftf slocks mid bonds, conlliig to .Mr. Helm. It's A Lot aucr If you're hi tnl-llCVk. J the tititontoM!' i bit c :ilcr to si ll n I ord. fur i Jioiplc, ll i" (4i sell a car no one 'Jit lias etcr heniil of iM-hirc. Pcoph boy liiioun prfslucts and MTcf from kiumn con cerns a n oiHiii-r of hahft. It's tin' mly sjife way. A fbtn llinl nihcrllMs I n firm Unit's h iK'tidnhle. That nal orally In fliMficcis jfior buying nud j'nir Inlcrcsi In nd. 'Olrcrrcr AihcrtUhig A Merc hnmttsiiix Scr Ice' of Agriculture and Family Murder Plot Story Denied By Hotaling BAN KRANC18CO the Ah- sbelated Press) Hlchurd ' M. Ho taling, millionaire- clubman, actor and land holder, Is expected to face the grand jury on next Monday night lo refute statements by Halph 1. King, former city Jailer of lillo, T. 1L, and Louis Madi son, supposed gunman, that he In spired a conspiracy to murder his sister-in-law, Mrs. Frederick . Ilotullng, because o( a grievance against her. t , King was arrested . Wednesday and Madison Thursduy. A. third man, Al Heels, also a supposed gunman, Is also Involved us a con splrator, und Is being sought by the police. King made a statement' that Ilotullng proposed in Luke port. (Jul., last September, (hut King take the life or Mrs. Frederick. Jlo tallug. and he ugreed to do ho. Coming to Hun Francisco, he got In touch with Mudisou and Keels, (Continued on Pace 6.) Indiana Bourbons Win Point; Start for Home INhlAftAPOMK (liy Ibc Asmi ciatcd rris) Nisloiis of tin Indiana senalc, blocked for two days by the absenco of lictiio crals who went to Ohio In nil ef fort to block action on Ibc cr rymuiidcr f bill, iTMimcd tsliiy with Ibc truant back in their scats. They returned lollowlng mi amicable, adjustment. rcHiti cil to Im rntornbh lo Hie lcmu-i-rulH, MAVTON, O. Hly Ihe Ashoi.IuI- ed Press). Judisnu (lemocrat ic sefifiini-H won their point Thins dny night and started a tiinni phant trip buck to Indlaniipollti. They were given lo understand tho bill which caused them bolt the Indiana general assembly will not pass. The i;t men also understood they said, i bat nil other conf ru versial points In connection with the runaway would be smoothed over. This was lahen lo mean that they would nol be arrested when they crossed the slate line and that action to bring about t heir Indictment w oubl be dropped. nd .o ij;aik rorvniv 'Mir ",idfe l'"''t HJH l' l S lf Hi' American legion has wired Otis palmer, commander of the local post, thst urcgnn Is at present leading (tie field In (he natlomil membership drive,. Kvery year a i-ountry wide I campaign for new membeis is conducted by t he ornjtnlr.nl Inn. For the tast three years Florida has won the cup and I he con I lent. This Is the first lluie On gun bus led. according to the I message. The menibers of the i local post as well us the i-ntlre I state nr putting forth every f fnrt to bring Oregon In nhcBd at I the clone of the drive on March 1 first. ntiuii mm up LONDON (Ily the- Associated Press), The Japanese govern ment - hiu. again submitted to the diet the alien land law of l!MM, which never had been promul gated, uccordlng to a dispatch hero. Tho " present bill, thb message Hays, amends tho law lo permit ladd ownership hy any resident alien except nationals of those countries not granting similar rights to the Japanese. GRADE CROSSING PETITION FILED BY HELM TODAY A petition for a grade crossing on (ho Iai Orande-Wallowu like highway near the Conley ware houses wun filed this morning by Carl Helm, district attorney, uctlug lor the counly court. The crossing ut the branch line road near I lin Conley warehouses huH long been u source of unnoy- aucec and danger to property hold- rs In Um district but-with the pe tition In the hands of the public Hervlce commission it. Is expected ill ut uctlon on the matter will be taken sumn time in the near fu ture. Turks Stajcc Comeback; Defeat Kurdish lorces CONHTANTINtiPLK ( Hy the Associated Press). The Anatol ian ugency here Issued a state ment today saying the rebelllo JS Kurdish forces hud been repulsed and that Ihe Turkish government troops had recaptured Klmrput and the town of Khudz, recently taken by the rebels. kli;vi;n mi,n itoimr.it o.n hpllium; ihain CI 1 1' 'A(K f By 1 he Assoclnted press) Nine passengers and two members of the train crew of the New Vo.rk Central railroad West ern Kxprcss were lined up In ti locked sleeping car as the trulii sped Chicago ward net ween Ches tcrton, Indiana, and Gary. Inst night, und robbed hy two men who threatened them with a stiwed-off shotgun und an automatic pistol. No "Pull" In Congress? Hunt Thinks There Is. (Ily Harry 11. Hunt) V A H M IN i JTO N ( N K A Spec la 1 ) Congress Is always ready to re Ment any inentbm or "pull In poll lies." Congressional Intercession In be half of certfiln causes or Individ uals, t is always Insisted, Is mere ly to get attention lo the "merits" of the cmm. Any "pnll" or "Influence." In the xense of striving to hind specUl i many measures makes the npln favors fnr special persons of lnJlon Inescapable that "pull' nith:r teres! a moves members lo hot and - Indlgnunt denial. . ' (Continued on Tago U 6RANDE MEASURE TO BE SCORNED Both Senate and House Agreed to $40,000 Appropriation 46-DAY SESSION . ENDS LAST NIGHT Songs, Stunts and Story 1 elung Marked Clos ing; Solons Wives Served Cake, . '; SALEM, Ore. (By the As sociated . Press). GovernoL Walter M. Pierce today an nounced that as fast as they reach him all aimory bills passed by the legislature will be vetoed. - Passes lluuk to Kolous . "Hue to the failure of the legis lature to provide sufficient rev-- enue. 1 shall be obliged to veto all unnory bills passed at the last ses sion," the governor said. "I cupnol approvu appropriations which exceed the avullable rev-t enue." - - La (i ran do Included. Yesterduy the senate pussed tho lu, Grande, Forest drove and Cot tage Grove armory bills. SUSSION TO END" HALKM, Ore. (By lb Associated ,u Press) .Thi thirty third lgialti-. . ture, which him been In session forty-six duys, . udjournod lust night. ; , - Hongs, Hluhls uiiU story telling; marked the closing of. the session. , After the final gavel members en Joyed coffee and cuke served by thu senators' wives, - Itast lay linsy One. Thu lust duy was murked by u, . (Continued on Page 6 ) KLGIN, Orc. (Hpeclul to Tho Observer). Klglu Is to come back Into tts own us a planer und mill town, states u local newspaper. Negotiations are practically com plete with the Pondosn Lumber company to put In u planer plant In this city. William Moore, who, until re cently wus connected w Ith thn White Pino Lumber company In this county, hus a definite propo sition before Ihe. business men and ettlacns and at a meeting of .thn ' Ail cljb In Ihe city hull, Mr. Moore received ussiirunce that his' proposal to estubllsh a planing mill In this city would be ac cepted. . Hiiefly, Mr. Moure's proposal to establish u planing mill here is contingent upon Klgln furnishing him with u site und building. This, however, Is not to be In the na ture of a donation. Mr. Moore made It plain that he was not asking the city lo give hltu any thing. Ills ofrer Is to lease the property for u term of years ut a reasonable rental, a sum per month sufficient to take euro of taxes and Insurance, and guaran tee the Investors u fair annual Interest. Mr. Moore will do the business under Ihs name of Pou dosu Lumber com puny und an nounced his readiness to begin business not later thun tho Uvdt of June. And yet. to tha man outside looking in, there always seems to ge a great muss of measures more or less tinged by the personal In terests of members or ut certain of their constituents. The bios. If bias thore be in these cases, may be entirely sub conscious. Hut to outsiders, the effect of personal favor In the advancing o' ELGIN MAY GET ! n mi HLANINb MILL