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CITY
EDITION
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VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBEIt ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
OF
HOI
.Agricultural Economic
Conference Ended
Here Saturday. '
FIVE COMMITTEES
HAND IN REPORTS
Horticulture Board Be
lieves More Attention
Should Be Paid Pack
. ing and Shipping.
The Ann mi I I'nlon (..'utility Agri
cultural Kcoiiomlc Conference
closed a three day session here Sat
urday afternoon with the presenta
tion or the ID25 rutin recommen
dations cind agriculture report.
The five main committees into
whli-h the. conference, was divided
gave, their Individual reports and
these are to be combined into one
main document.
The livestock committee with F.
31. Miller tis spokesman recom
mended few big changes In the
present program. The outstanding
feature of tlie livestock report was
the recommendation to the farm
ers to rulse more sheep,1 , i
Under the heading of firm
fPnntlnnftd on aaa M
MINSTREL SET
The members of Hi"1 Murytha
JliblK class or 111'' AluthodlBt Kpis
conul church will singe a colored
loilles mliiliTl.; Hh' ' .fmturlnn
jIubbIi! and Jlggs Wednesday eve n-
lug In the basement of the church.
The following piogrum hus been
ueri't-d upon:
.
of Jiggs, Maggie, Count I
1'rof. Fossil Hunter. Ulnty
Moore,
Ijiigan, Casey & Nora.
2. Irish dance (Jane Slaiige,
Gilfy Ashby, accompanied by Mrs.
Ash by.)
3. Colored Ladies Minstrel: (a)
nolo Gold Inist Twins; (b) Over
ture chorus; (c) jokes Knd Mn;
(d)' solo (selected) lUstus; (e)
nkli "old Hat" Wonepart Cafe
teria a n d M ose. 1 tea ib rok e ; ( f )
Whistling solo Itufus Slippery
Ulaik: (g) monologue Cuspldora
Spitten; (h) Southern Melodies
chorus.
The personnel of the chorus Is:
Napoleon lionepart Cafeteria.
Slappy Salamander Snowball, Sam
bo Jones. Aunt Jamlma. Itufus
Slippery Black, Old Ulack Joe, Ab
raham Lincoln Spigget. lioratlus
J'rlmros Mose I )eudbroke, George
Melaprop. Kptnoudus White, Itas -
tus Brown, Larry Mulligan,
Maids; Angelina, Ll.u Ann.
Colored orchestra: Prof. Houch
song, l'nele Jasper Cat heart.
The re-decoration of Carr's stora
which was started three weeks ago,
is rapidly Hearing completion und
.Mr. Can announces that a spring
opening will be held Friday, March
Iinth. lie states that' he has se
cured the services of the Neigh
borhood club for supervision ' of
the arrangements of different d'1
iartmeiits, the principal underly
ing plan being to display a home
heautirul. WmIIs and celllngM have
bfn pHiielled lo hannoulxe with
particular settings.
"The main Moor has been parti
tioned in which will be grouped
(Continued on Paira (.)
PLANTING
ORCHARDS
D
Bit CLASS
FRIDAYDATE
FOR OPENING
Lure of Outdoors Will
Be Hard
The annual ison for 'he Sun
day exodus Into Wallowa rounty to
drawing near. Tuhvi. as yet not
itclually vrifl' d but persistent
enough to be erepted. of the steel
head cutrhe? in the Wulk'w river
are reaching XjO. Grande dally.
The stM.-iheads which reach the
upper waters of tho river vary
in sire from 2" to 3" Inche and
nettht anwher from two pounds
up to seven or eight.
Karly catches are made almot
entirely with spinners. th most
successful variety being. muall
the double tandem spthner of
brass or of topper.
Gourt Takes
Up Calendar
Next Monday
Eight Cases Set for Trial
Before Judge J. W.
Knowles this Month.
Circuit court will be resumed
again a week, from today with
eight cases on the calander to be
tried by Judge J. W. Knowles.
The.se are civil casta and include
a suit for damage, a liquor appeal
from the police court, a Blander
suit and several collection and oth
er cuscu. ,
Kquity oases ure to be tried tills
week. No schedule has "been is
sued u yet on these trials which
are held under Judge Knowles
without a jury.
Calendar
The schedule of civil cases fol
lows:
Monday, March 23, 1 a. m-
Wislak vs. City of lu Grundo. At
torneys for the plaintiff, Ureeii and
Hess, defendant, George T. Coch
ran. Tuesday,' 9 a. m. ttiinyon vs.
Kmith. Attorneys: plaintiff, Green
and Heus; defendant, John H. Jlod-
gln.
Wednesdav. 9
-Uuehanan
vs. City or La Grande. Attorneys:
plaintiff. Colon it. Kberhard; de-
fendant. JLenry L. Hess.
Thursday. 9 a. in. Htrlngrfeld
vs. Hennett. Attorneys; plaintiff,
U. F. Wilson. It. J. Kitchen; de
fendant. J. Z. Terrall.
Friday, a a. m. II. T. Hill vs.
;. O. Wilson. Attorneys: plaintiff.
Green and Hess, 11. K. Dixon; de
fendant, Cochran , and Kberhard.
Saturday, l a. m. Prutzman vs.
Warnlck. Attorneys: plaintiff,
I). Blah defendant, pjiiuyilaiuj
und & . !-
Monday, March 30. It.'M) a. m:
City of La Grande vs. Uarlemess.
Attorneys, plaintiff: George Coch
ran; defendant. 1 8. Ivunhoe.
Taesday, 9 a. in. Gladys Carnes
vs. James DeVore. Attorneys:
plaintiff, Oreen and Hess; defend
ant, It. J. Kitchen.
FLU PREVALENT
IN UNION AND
LA GRANDE NOW
t'NION (Special) The
pldenilc
irnnoe or influenza, whichever ,
Is that is sweeping over the,
has struck the town of
iKnlon rather hard. Jn many fam-
- ,U,'lllnu r frn.
illes lliere ure Trom one to four or
flvn members suffering from its
effect, allhough as yet. none of
the cases have reached a dan
gerous stage.
Mojij-Ca.M Here.
In li Grande, uh well us in Un
ion, many cases of the epidemic of
light tnriuena, as It is generally
called. exIsL Several school chil
dren have undergone attacks. No
really serious cases have been re
ported, however.
TO ATI'KND I.I NCHIOON.
A number of members of the Un
ion County Chamber of Commerce
will leave this afternoon to attend
Hie iinnnul intetinir of the Baker
I -luuer of Commerce this even
!tn(J
l'he la Grande, men who intend
to make the trip are. W. C. Perk
ins, President of tho locul chamber
of commerce, H. K. Watklns. first
vice-president. 1r. W. T. Ihy; sec
ond vicc-Prcsldent, J. A. Tedford.
Treasurer, und Waren Gilbert.
Frank Appleby, A. W. Nelson, and
George Currey.
to Resist Soon
The stelhads run early and
fire their way up into the KinaM
est creeKa if Ki!ltde. (trundw
sportsmen several times last spring
caught fish In small streams with
.scarcely eno tilth water lo cover
them Indian Creek just thbj side
of Klgin Is a favorite, stream in
which to ealch ateelheads. Karly
rutehes lust spring were made In
Indian creek. As this vn--k sel
dom gel very muddy aome of the
earliest rishlng is found In it.
ine seldom in-vs a man come in
with more than one or two steH
heads In a day's fishing but those
same fish amply repay the angler
for a day of work. i
PUZZLE ANSWER
y
n5TARESnHlAISJEEDa
T . t70
I.
FIRE
Young Man Who Was
Burned in Accident,
' . Answers Call. .,,
FIGHT TO SAVE
LIFE DESPERATE
Was Fifth Victim of Fire
That Resulted ia Death
of Mother and Three
Children.
Theodore Stevens Krosl. utfeil 21
yeum. who was terribly Jiurned In
Hie truffle fire ut Hvuns March 7th
tlmt reunited In the ileal Ii or bin
sister, Mrs. HhellH, anil her three
children, passed on Sunday at Ihn
Grande Komlc (hoHpHa, where he
I had been brought and where
jslelans have been persistently fight-
imr lo save nts lire, hut to no avail.
Mr. Shells, the father, who was
aiso nnrny nurnecj. is recovering
niceiy, acuuruuig
morning.
to word this
Mr. Frost leaves rh sisters and
his father and one brother to
mourn his loss.- They are: Mrs. F.
It. Carey, Xorth Fork, Nebr.; Mm.
K. U. Yiirhrough. North licnd; Mrs.
i. -ii. o.-, in jwuvh.; Mrq.-
'.-i?tir vim imiansen, Nalejri; Mrs.
Uonnle Frost, Snohomish, Wash.;
. (Continued on rairo A.)
grigketTlat
E
jV ('Ylcltel -Fliit.. Orange leltl Kh r-g-
uiiii jiivnuui, rjiuiiiuj niuil u. tun
crowd'
in attendiince'. ' The gran go
Is starting work on
permanent
home plan and has a committee to
arrange for securing land upon
which to build.-
A special agricultural meeting
will be held Wednesday evening
when County Ag'-nt Avery and
Prof. Jackson, O. A. C, will meet
with tho grange and on April 11th
a special dairy meeting will be
held lu the K, ot P. hull in ' the
morning and the opera lions' in
the afternoon. In the evening a
"banquet will be given to out-of-
town visitors by the grunge and
the Klgin Ad ciub, A large crowd
Is expected from both Ituker and
Wallowa counlies, as well as three
county agents and . number of
prominent speakers on public
questions.
Scout Defi
7
Ti' ? ruv-
finite mi. nil Itut SimlN,
ni'ii' tliaJlenged! lohn How-iiM-r,
ttlntw, and liuent lAtnr.
tthiw. f Thmiji &l. Suit
likp "It r- -"J lliere art ih
halter miiiiI n-4-mdi Jit Ihe
friiitry llian I heir. John tin
M mrfi ImkIkw ami Vim -rut
hat M. Trvip 51 IIm IT lias .t
monl or two lu all branches
ot activities.
IS.
EVANS
VICTIM
DEAD H
GRANG
MEETS!
4-r -I.
A
TAKEN UP IN
T
Education Measure is Be
fore Supreme Tribu-
nal Today.
CHAMBERLAIN IX)
ASSIST STATE
Imposing Array of Legal
Talent Secured by Both
Appellant and Defend
ants, WASHINGTON. (My the A'asocl
uled Press) Oregon's compulsory
education law, requiring that after
September, next year, all children
hntween the ages of eight and 16
years, wltti few exceptions, - snail
phy-juttend public schools, was reached
in the supreme court today for or-
nI argument In two cases brought
oy tm, 8lule to lmvt, sct UHido n
federal district court's Injunction
aguinst the law's enforcement.
Counsel in tho case includes for
mer Senator Chamberlain. W. K.
Moore. A. H. Putney, and I. Q.
Nyce for the Stule and William 1.
Gutherie. for the Society of Sisters
of the Holy Names Jesus and Mary
and John C. Vtxitch for tho Hill
Military Academy.
DENNISTOUN ON
STAND TELLS OF
YOUIs'C AMERICAN
LONDON. (By the Associated
Press)-!, leutenunt Colonel Iieuuls
tuun took the stand in his own de
fense in the hearing of his former
wife's suit to recover money she
alleges she loaned him before theli
divorce.
He testified that his former wife
had confessed to him within a lew
uroliths ufler their marriage in
1 111 a. that she had been unfaithful
tn ll in The limn In the rune. he
,H,li wus (jBcar Henhouse, a young
American, with whom Mrs. Dennis-
toun had' previously denied - there
vius any undue Intimacy.
Hannah Parker, Mrs. Dennis
toua's former maid, testified that
Mrs. Dennlstoun told her tho night
before Dennlstoun's marriage to
I ho Countess of Carnarvon: "I am
glad they are going lo be married
tomorrow. Now 1 can put the
screws on."
T
HI
The program of the Second Un
ion County Teachers Institute,
held at III gin Saturday, went thru
without a hitch and. the meeting
wus successful from every stand
point, according to K. A. Sayre
county school superlutendant who
made the arrangements for the lu
stltute.
The next and final teacher h In
Htltute of the current school yeurl
will be held here on April fourth.
At Hits time J. A. Churchill, state
superintendent of public Instruc
tion will be the guest of honor.
Principal tulks at the Klgin In-
stltute were given by Professor W.
(i. fteattle of the Oregon Normal
school und Professor It. BUui ken
ship of Whitman College, Walla
Walla.
At the close of the meeting, Sat
urday a group of resolutions were
drawn up by u reKolutlon scomiiilt
feu representing the teachers,
thanking Mr. Kayre, Mr. Iteuttle
and Mr. Hhtkenship for their help.
the Klgin High School Glee Club
for Its music, expressing apprecia
tion of the lunch served by the la
dles Aid ft the Methodist Church
and the welcome by Superintendent
MuConulek of the Klgin schools
nd going on record as striving lo
tiring the Union County schools up
to 'the highest possible position in
efficiency, progress, and stutidard
lAUliofl."
( aiiipalgn Aaini Tfttmiifi
llrgan 1'hrrt; (Vnliirles Ago
LMNI'ftN (Al' Home of Ihe
first books ev-r published on to
haeeo, for and against Its us-, re
to le Hold lu March wlcn the Itrit
wll (.'ourt Librar will te offered
to 'he hlgheftt bidders.
The defense of tobacco is rpre
s'nted by u copy of a book which
mine t Hicht In l2 entitP-.f nr
lielMm's New und HhorL liefense
of Tobuero." Attacks on Ihe nss
of the newly dlfcovere weed lor
smoking purposes were frequent
In thone da s and simultaneously
with Or. UHlnmy's defens. there !
apptjured another book, "Work for
I'hlmney Hweepvrs." designed mm a
warning to tobacco uwrs. In this
work consumers were Informed
that It was "better to be choked
with English hemp than poiaoncd
with Indian tobacco."
EACHERS
Li MEETING
Three Guesses at What is
stc- worth wwei&T 0'f4'? h v y ,
CsTOoTlftt OLP OOif CUJ8S . VEK3HradTH6Sfe7C CWWiM 7BEB2t WxTuBa IN OUR
ANP SHINE 'EM UP ToWi CwlATbBS .
Prominent La
Man Called By Death,
Noliiti L. Kit iff, formerly of La
Grande, passed away Saturday lu
Portland at the termination or a
long illness, according lo word re
ceived in la Grande this morning:
by relatives and friends.
Funeral arrangements have been
made. The burial will bo In Half
way, Oregon, tomorrow. Heveral
La Grande Klks plan to. attend tho
funeral. . ,
Mr. Skiff was horn near 1a
Grande and spent tho greater part
of his life In the Grande Rondo
valley. He later moved to Half- P
way. then returning to lJi Grande.
During several years residence
herij he held several Important
positions. Under Wilson's admin
istration ho was II. b. land offlco
receiver and when Warren G.
Harding was made president, ho
was appointed United States com
missioner, which position ho held
until ho left La Grundo for Port
land, because of 111 health. Ho
was exalted ruler of the la Grande
B. P. O. Klks and an honored
member of the community. ,
After moving to Portland, his
health apparently became better
but during the past winter, hu haa
been seriously 111.
He Is survived by his widow.
. (Continued on Fuge 4.)
TAMEST
HALKM, Ore., (Hpeelal) Gover
nor Pierce will b'UVe here this
week for Hot Lake, eastern Ore
gon, when! he will spend several
days recuperullng from the strain
attending the recent session of the
legislature mid his wife's hist ill
nes.
While In eastern Ort gon the gov
ernor will give three addresses.
Cross
Word
Puzzles
If jini'ri a roMionl ptixlf
hound, yMi natch tlw, b
wrer's dally iuJis ltli
lutrrent In i-ach itvutv.
They art not difficult but
tlwy ofrer rwllml titir
tnlnuictii -and are eKinl
ly Mipitlar with tlm children,
tct them hilcrrlitl In tin;
tttb4 it's A fine I'diK'd
llonal feature. And that's
imly utip ream why "every
hotly retwls I'lir lUi-M-nej-.'
MObhervrT Advertl-dng
A Alerchatidlfilng Tk-c
10
Grande I
if--. -I
h:
L
Sl.hI
NOLAN L. SKIFF
TO PRESTIGE
uted Tress) Itntlficutlon by the
J
i: - .i
ACTION
I'nltcd Htutes senate of the Isle of ,,Mlrt wl,iained a Iowit cotirt de
fines trenly Is the subject of edl- ,,. ..i.,,-, .,, ,mm Mar.
torliil coiinnnnt by the b-udlng
lfwnpuit-rs fl'Tl". J IIH JMirf lliui.
thH surrenili'il of th Isiund to
riilia bus i-nliHiiceil the prestige of
Hie 1'nlled i;inii's wllh Ijitln-Amer-
Iru. und conlrlbuled much toward
nlluyliiir "lltn suspicion wllh which
(lie policy or I lu- United Hlul'S lu
the Cmiliheun whs ri-Karileii liy
soino uilln-Aliierlcun countries.'
rmler the title of "An lllslorl
ml Fortnight," La Naeion, In an
edllorlal, notes that lutlflcatlon of
the Isle of Pines treaty, tho IJruztl-
t'olornbla-Peru boundary nettle -
ment and Ihe Tuenu-Arcia award
all occurn-d within two weeks.
It nnnM tie .1 1 f f tftilt." Siivsl
ii.i- nourunntwiH rp.nr.i dnv.
inoro auspl.ious for justlco and orchard level of this section aro
pear of America since the day Mowing no Blgns of blossoms, ap
when independence was won." -".cot blooms In tho city wore ful-
I "The surrender" of the I.slo of
Pines. It belleveif, Is of greater
significance than) the other two
events sliieo It "defttilttdy and of-f-i
liveijr" ineuns recognlUou of the
rights of the -nk (
"t'onfldenee in our great sister
republic,"
the
Mwspaper con-
, (Conlhitjed on Page 5.)
ANNOUNCEMENT
Or ADDRESS BY
CHERRY WRONG
A story published in the Eve
ning Observer Haturdtiy from i
Portland nnnouneenient In refer
ieme to the NorthwcHt Florists
! 'on vent ion lu Portland stat"d
I that A. M. herry, of In OramJe,
lrVotild deliver an aildremi entitled
"Whv a 11 or 1st.
at Times Hhoiild
be Hardbolled." Mr. t'herry in
foi tns the Kvenliig Observer th;(t
the subject he Is to, speak on Is
"Profit snd
Business."
Loss In the Florist
Coming
XTRA
' vaiii;n i,osi;s AdAIN
I ' WAHHIMCJTON. (Al1) TIlO 4ol-l
tn toilay rrJctiMl for tho himhhmI
tlnw li(i iiuliiliuillim of i'liarhw 11.
tVMToa (ii he aitornoy fccucril.
Tlio vote wom 46 to 91 ..conipitml
with tlio 40-10, tie In which tho
nomination wus first rJ'trl Uat
TuriMlay. The voto follow 1 a fiery
debate In whk'h the opMWitlou wan
Intensified by t'oollilgi 'n announce
Hunt tlmt ho wonlit give Warren a
reeeoK apiioliitiiient If tho nomlna
tlon again failed.
IlIiULCrro.N ASKED.
SAI.K.M. Ore. (Al) Tho public.
Forvii-o commission has requested
tho transcontinental freight bureau
to ' put Into of feet a reduction In
tlio freight rated on houxvliolil
goods from all points east of the
'Mississippi lUver to Oregon. Till)
request Is Intended to Induce ..ini'
migration to Oregon.
CO CUT IKCISIONK
WASHINGTON, (AP) Persons
charged with violating the Volstead
Ait niny lie tried In stale courts.
the supreme court dcclnrrd loilay
dismissing for lack of Jurisdiction
a case brought from California.
(kmgrcss cannot collect by access
lo hooks and papers through a fed-
Icral Investigating iMsly all Informa
tion It desires for consideration In
formation of Irelslaliva oolk v. (he
inH1u, ,. held . lotla.. The
flrt
TIU'-ATY IS tllli;ll.
WASIIIN;TON. (Al') A new
fttradlllon ln-atv with Mexlio. Ihe
most comprehensive covenant of
such a character eter negotiated
by the I 'lilted Stales, Is awaiting
mgimlurc. It covers not Hy nar.
tollt! smugglers, hut proltlea for
etiradltlon t ciiHtoms ami lrthl-
mtion law vimniuni aiong mv w
ler.
1 ' 1 "
AfHK'OTS AHK IN 1UXKM
-Irt-.r, ,,,t,L it
MOOO lllVMl,
Ore While the
enrller varieties
of trees of the
""-"i. despite the winter-like
atmosphere,
. "
Senate Not Inclined to
Take Dawes Seriously
(By Harry It. Hunt)
W A HRI Ml-TO S (NKA Hpcclal)
A foretaste of a collision that
seettis certain to come when the
new congress gels under way neat
fall or winter was givvn spectators
In the t'nlled Htutes senate when
Charles Oates Oiiwcm, newly sworn
In as vice president, addressed to
that body his views as to what its
U-nndurt hua been In the past and
should be in the future.
As Onwen talk'-d. one rould
en Re a developing atmosphere of
cunfllct. The address was pitched
in the key nf a querulous grand
mother chiding an unruly child.
tmwea scolded, rhlded. ragged.
His thin, high-pitched voice rose
to even shlller notes than tm the
NUMBER 135 V
BANK FILES
tlOTIOBE ,
CONSIDERED i
Judge Rules Government
Cannot Introduce
Testimony. .
SEVERE BLOW TO
THE PROSECUTION
Attorney Roberts An
nounces , He Will Re
verse Procedure In
Teapot Dome Trial.
CHEYENNE (By tho Araoolated
Press) Evldoiico Intended to ro
vil the ecrcl of thi, baiifr ao
counta of Formor Interior Bocro
tury all won barrod from tho roc
ord of the Teapot Come lease an.
nulmcnt suit today, i :
The rullnj handed down by Federal-
Judga .Kenoedy. deprives the
government of . Its only known
means 'of attempting; to provo an
exchange of Liberty bonds between
Fall and Harry F. Sinclair, whoso
Mammoth Oil Company was given
tho Teapot Dome lease.'
. Will lie Barred.
Kennedy tn his decision referred
to the matter In question as In
volving something of unusual Im
portance to the slalnttrf's case, but
as tho matter stands, It Is mani
festly Incompetent and Will bo bar- .
rod until It Is shown to be compe
tent. V-" J
Attorney Roborts, ot the govern
ment counsel, announced he would :
roverse his procedure previously
followed In an attempt to show tho
ullcged passage of bonds between
Sinclair and Fall bytraclng the
bonds from Sinclair to Fall Instead
of from Fall to Sinclair;
Tho court had warned Roberts
ho. was .approaching tho matter
front 4ho "back door." ,i
LirJEOII
WAHI11NOTON, (By the Associ
ated Preso) Tho Income tax pen
alty cluuse falls at midnight today
on the heads of . all who have not
filed duo returns for 1924.
Treasury officials - meanwhile
wero speeding preparations for an
Immediate analysis, on the basis of
the returns, of the results of tho
new revenue law with Its reduced
tax rates. . ,
BY
T
WAHHINOTON, By the Aisocl
ated Press) Hunlck W. Dunlap, of
Kingston, Ohio, was named today
by President t'oolldgo as AssUtant .
Heeretary of. Agriculture.
Student IKanU Write
One ,1'orm lM-ti Week
BKATTLK (AP) ;To
produoo
. course
poets Is the purpose of
the dramatlo art , department
of tho University of Washington.
Glenn Jiughes, assistant professor
In the department, teaches tlio
class for htirda which has already
turned out a hook of verso to
show, the world that poeta aro
made as well as born.
In Mr. H Junes' class nd at
tempt Is made at first to teach
t hyme, llo avers that if the stu
dents begin on rhyme their verse
will be "doggerel" or lacking m
the elements of pout if.
occasion of his famous "Hell an
Maria" utterance.
The sedate senate, jealous of Its
traditional dignity and power, at
first sat shocked and silent.
The Idea of this newcomer, thia
fire-eating politico-financier, read
ing It a lecture on Us rule and Its
conduct within five minutes of tak
ing the oath as pnsidlng officer. a$
first stunned it Into speechless
ness. Then. as. lswes pounded the
desk In front of hint and renewed
his excoriation th Bonuto laughed-
That laugh revealed one thing
(Continued on Pace
DEAD
TAX MIDNIGHT
DUNLAP NAMED
PRESIDEN
1