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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