La Grande evening observer., March 20, 1925, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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CITY
ED 1 T I O N
THE WEATHER
PORTLAND AP) Ore
ton: Fair tonight and cloudy
Saturday with rain In tho
west.
VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 139
DIRECTOR'S
TERMS MET
AT SESSION
Wallowa Wonderland
Board Agrees to F.
Lloyd's Requests
PICTURE FILMING
SEEMS ASSURED
If "Winds of Chance"
; Scenes Are Taken, the
Lake Resort Is to Be
Opened for All Guests.
KverythhiR at this end of 1 lit
line iw fixed for tho filming of tho
motion pic tun-, "Winds or Chance"
and now remains hut the final
verification, from Frank ' Lloyd,
picture director.
"The directors of tho Wallowa
Wonder land resort mot yesterday
und after a discussion agreed to
meet the terms and make the guar
antees asked for by Mr. Uuyd In
Jils .win! to Karl KeynoldH. sccre
tury of the chain her of commerce
yesterday.
Anions ot her things Mr. Lloyd
asked that the company ho allow
ed to remove the bridge from the
end of the lake, meaning the land
ing pier, have the boals on the
lake ptaeed at their dbpor.ttl. and
be assured uf 300 men to use an
extras.
To Cicii Itcsort
The contemplated work would
be done about the first of May ac
cording to the telegram. The di
rectors of the Wallowa resort have
announced that if the production
of the picture takes place tho early
part or May uh stated Hie facilities
will he all opened and ready to
accommodate guests with the same
eomrort as during the regular
. summer season.
V The plctiittu,, urder; t-'kaMisslon ' la
being produced by the First. Na
tional I'leture corporation . under
(Continued on Pago 6.)
PRESENT PLAY
The curtain for the first public
presentation of "Seventeen," the
senior phty Is scheduled to rise at
8:16 this evening. lr"M rehears
als W'-rc held this week and the
preliminary training under the
direct ion of Miss Mabel Dennett,
head of the high school Knglish
lepiirtuient started several months
ago. -
Kveryt liing is in reiidluess for
the first showing even to the
specially constructed scenery and
other dctiills of the production.
This department of the work l
under the supervision of C.
Snow of the high school faculty.
. The scuts ror the piny were all
sold out, with the exception of a
few sealtere ones here and there,
by noon yesterday.
Mrs. Klleii Coble Mays, a L'nlon
county pioneer, died ut hwr home
In Imbler at 1:3 yesterday after-
noon, according to word received
lien- this morning. Mrs. Mays was
71 ye sirs, one mouth und 22 days
or age ut the time of her demise.
Klght children mourn her loss.
Funeral services will be held at.
the Summervllle cemetery chnpel
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
under the direction of the W. H.
Monnenkamp company.
Familiarize
THIS EVEN NG
PIONEER LADY
-ANSWERS CALL
With Classical Music
A music memory contest for th"
pupils of familial Ixt hi? the pupils
of Itv high school with u numtrer
of the best known classical com
positions will he conducted by Miss
)mibel Miller or the faculty under
th auBptces of I he Moiwbiy Mu
sieal. it was annoiinet'd yestT'lay.
The eonfcjit will start on M:ireh
3t and last until May 8. I hi ring
this period nf ttin the Btiid'ltts In
the high school muetc cluwn will
study 6 seleclrd comirwltions by
means of phonesruph recurds.
On the last day of the contest
the students will be tested by play
ing the records and allowing them
to write the names of the com
3 -Ton Limit
Is Placed On
Hill Sketch
Highways Soaked by Re
cent Rains; Motorists
Find No Serious Diffi
culties, However.
The recent rains, falling yes
terday and earlier this week have
resulted in making the Old Ore
gon Trail state highway slightly
soft in some places although mo-
toriuts can drive from I'endlc
lon to Bilker without any serious
difficulty.
The stretch between Hllgard
and Dead Man's J 'ass will he
closed to heavy traffic starting
tomorrow morning until the time
when weather conditions permit
the, lifting of the load llmli.
Three-ton or heavier loads will
not be permitted to travel this
section. The weight, as count
ed, includes that of "the vchiclo
and Its contents, combined.
To Oil lllgliwny
The process of oiling the seventy
mile section or the Old Oregon
Trail between Pendleton and Ifepp
ner Junction, west of I'endleton
has been started and four miles
of tho work completed, according
Continued on Page B.)
CHILDREN ENJOY
PICTURES SHOWN
AT THE LIBRARY
Interest in tho slereoptlcun pic-
tures. which are being shown ev-
cry Hutunlnv morning at the .11.
hrury. Is illusti:.. ,i i.y the r , ' ',
illB number In attendance. BrU - . - i
hundred children sometimes gain-
crlng for the occasion.
,
'IfilLu of i mi. it., i.i-iii (I... ..to-
... .....
lures. are given in two sections, ut
10 o'clock for the lower grades J
und at 11 for the sixlli. seventh I
and eighth grades. A lively con-, " l"uiy "01 only in 1 nion coun
ted is put on each morning and It ' u"' ln OreBon. Washington. Oil
: 1 ifornlii. and Idaho. The surplus
in .jievn'u 11111L .nun- ill i.-nuiiiK . r ,, , , , , '
will be able to nan.... by sight ouoj10'" ,hT ?tuU' ,,,uh1 filia un
hundred pictures and the artists port imuket.
wim ...int...i 1 ),...,. i.t, n, ,.r I Facing this condition the poul-
who piilnted them by tho
tho course.
.
Conrads Enter Litter
Of PlUS III Contest'
. I
C. C. Conrad and bin son Clif
ford have each entered a litter of
pigs In the Oregon State fair, ton
litter contest. In September. Per
sons entering this contest are re
quired to register shortly after the
litter Is born.
The conlesr has for Its slogan.
j "A Ion of pork in isu dnys." Mr.
Conrad and his son entered, two in
ters of ten pigs ench.
A recent, addition to the stock
on the Conrad ranch was a regis
tered purebred Chester While how
shipped from the east. This sow
was sired by the world's
champion boar. ,
Quarterly Conference
Of L. D. S. Church Here
The regular qunrterly confer
ence und priesthood meeting or
the U !. S. church will be held
In ,a Grande tomorrow und Sun
day, according to announcement
today.
A representative or the church
from Salt Lake CHy will arrive
here tomorrow and be present at
the conference.
PUZZLE ANSWER
Students
poser and the title tf the pi-Ce.
I'rlr.es will be awttrded to the
IllOSt SUCeehHfnl rrtnteHi tints. The
f inn I conbst Is to be supervised
mid Judge by representatives of
111' MondHy MijkIchI club.
A pHfttHl lbt of (he records to
he studied contains many of the
most fitrnoris classical cumpoHi
tions. The Ms! which follows con
tain titles of the records need-,1
In the cont,t. Anyone who pos-ss9-s
e-ne r mort of the r-cord.s
listed in-l would bf willing to loan
then for' the. purpose should get
In touch with Miss Miller at the
(Continued en Paf I.).
A T pHu M sl U gWL (' Y
ffllptlM e. tIJe r rjHo Bl
1 l'Jl' 'r Er i ne snolGiiTji;
K n TC C I5 rw up
3-19
REPORT OEMS EOR
POOLTRTH burial are
INTERESTING BEING MADE
Egg Production Here Is
About Equal to Con
sumption Now
BETTER QUALITY
CHICKENS URGED
Larger Laying Stocks
Recommended for. the
Farmers Not Special
izing in Poultry.
Tlu' report of the poultry com
modity group of tho recent ugrklil
tunit economic conference, recent
ly completed. Is us follows:
"It Is the Intent of thin group
lo present a report showing the
present status of the poultry In
dustry of fnlon county; .lis future
possibilities; I tin market ng situa
tion and such principles of fiirm
mnnuffement as lire deemed funda
mental to permunent poultry funn
ing. l'resciit Situation,
Accoruinjr to the l H. census
or there were 09,898 chickens
on the furius of tills county. In
'",J v"',"c or ""icKens and
1cbk p.uuuce,. wus jisa.62., 01
I wlllch ! worth of poullry
Woducli. wejy sold from the farm.
- .,, Ao'lo lust year's report
I ",t'rc h"?" ,' ' .a surplus of
Produced in the county. I.11I
at I Ills time we find that the pro-
I .... . 1
duellon uhout equals the consuinp-
. ... . . .
The poullry huslm ss Is Inereas-
ilrv interests nf t lift emtnlv mniil
corner the industry from a double
viewpoint -of producing belter qual
ity of chickens ami etrirs. and in
111,1 Ku',"it r cooperation each in-
l !(! I ulmiilil frill. . 1.1... ....I
with the i;nlon County Co-operative
Poultry association with head
quarters at La Grande, Oregon.
Conditions, llecoiiuncndnttou
"A. It is not presumed lhat ev
ery farmer Is adapted to success
ful poultry raising. Small farm
flocks usually suffer from poor
management and neglect. The
products of the, Ill-kept, nondes
cript flocks In the county and state
aru thrown upon the market dur-
(Continued on Page 2.)
TO SUE CITY
Judge J. W. Knowtes left for Kn
terprise last evening and Is today
holding motion day for Wallowa
county. The equity cases were con
cluded yesterday and court will
rest now utttil Monduy.
The regular circuit tourl session
wilt commence the first of Die
week with the trial. Alpha Wlslak
vs. City of La Grande. This Is
a damage suit brought by the
plaint fr for Injuries alleged lo
have caused by a loo.se bonrd In n
walk for which the city wus re
sponsible. The plaintiff Is suing
for $225 and costs.
FIRST DAY OF
Old" Mother Nature stuged a
spring, opening todny thut rivalled
the .most, elaborate conceived und
executed by bullion hands. She
sent old Sol up over the hills to
sheil a glow of warmth on the
Grande Ilonde vHlley that proved,
even lo the mort JuMou ic-ind'd.
that the winter season has d'-fln-
iteir passed into the dhfesrd. of
roitrse. It s (Kisxlhle that the grim
old gentleman might attempt to
stsge h eomebiiek hut It is written
"outl will be served," and spring,
lime Is cerlululy youth personified.
Th' first rohlns nppeured wcek
ago and may be Keen now at utmost
it n lime, chirping ni'Trily uhout
1hHr wss. The meiidowliirk ser-i-nsdes
th' fiirmer bus' wi'h prep
urulions fr the coming y-ar und
the click of inurbles Is beard
I hroiighfitit 1 Grunde. tasabaH,
Klf and trurk un- upprinosl In
the minds of the sports fans and
spring appurel has ben donned by
bolh the male and female.
Buttercups run be plucked on
X Continued on pa t &1
DAMAGES
SPRING BRIGHT
Southern Illinois Count
ing Dead Preparatory
to Interment ' '
MISSOURI'S LOSS
IS 15 KNOWN DEAD
Harco Man Tells Vivid
Tale of Experience -in
lornado; Car Tossed
into the Air.
MCllPKYSItOltO. 111. Mlv the
Associated Press) Southern Illin
ois presented a funereal aspect to
day. With the ecssutlon of the
first frenzied efforts to relieve. the
suffering, to count the dead, to es
timate damage yesterday, following
the. tornado, 'organized relief work
went quietly forward. Plans for
burial of the dead are belug com
pleted. i
VIVID KXPKItlKNCM -1B
SOTO. III. (Ity the Assoc!-,
iled Press) Jesse pan key, of Mar
co, returning homo from St. Louiu
in an automobile with his wire and
two children, whim the tornado
struck, today related or his at
tempt lo seek shelter.
He swung Into a garage and us
lie stepped from Die auto, the roof
or the ga rage wus w h i rled away.
Next, he ufcserled. his car was toss
ed Into the air and carried off with
his wife and children In it. Jin
also wus lifted und blown five
blocks, alighting uninjured on a
(Continued on Pago D.)
Several farmers In tho valley
have, placed orders for a new v-
lety of oats which is expected to
be grown hero extensively In the
future.
The new variety Is known us
Marktou onto. The chief iidvaulage
of the new gruln Is (hut It is pruc
tlcully smut proof und rerj litres no
chemical treatment..
It is said to grow exceptionally
well with a maximum yield per
ucro under dry farming conditions.
The Marktou oats was grown suc
cessfully for several seasons in
California und was Introduced Into
Oregon In the vicinity of Prlne-
ville.
Orders for seed have been sent
to PrlnevUle and will be received
some time this summer. The avail
able supply for seed Is very limited
and local farmers were only uble
to gel quotations on relatively
small quantities of the grain.
The first "robliln ' of tho spring
ran a elose race with the arrival
of the season and. because of lin
penel ruble shinies of night, it Is
impossible to determine which won.
At any rute. two Kords are miss
lug (his morning and a search by
the owners und the police has not
yet n'-tted the results lhat wre
hoped for.
A. W. Nelson parked his Ford
louring car In front of hlH resi
dence at 1 H'ti Cedar sl reel lust
night. Hut this morning, -when he
merged from his house to ride to
the office, the cur was numbered
among (lie missing. Its license
number is I.'. I.immi.
Jt. Winters drove his Kord up
(Continued on Fvgs t.)
Ek'm Planing Mill Is
Started; (trading Done
KIilN. Ore. (Kpocln) to the Ob
server) Work was sti.rh'J this
wck indirectly on KlKin's new
uuinufiicturlnif Industry . ncordiuc
lo a lo-nl newpiipT. A nM'"sssry
ndjiiru'i to the pl'ioliitr mill' coo
slrucllon Is a ld' truck; the gnid'
(nr IIiIm Is itlrt'itdy complete sntl
with 'I'm uinsdv hild. (he rails will
follow iuum-dlalHy.
TUt- bulldlnir to b put up will bp
:.i tiy 112 ftn-i In In addition
to this th'-re will also lie lumber
li ds und an cifricn hutidinit.
Mr. Moort- ban th' lumber for
ilir bulldlnir alresdy purchased ami
as soon th side trnck in finish
ed, lumber shipments will begin
to arrive. , , ,
FORDS STOLE
DURING NIGHT
i ckxsu'-. uu v. .a. mi. ta. v w -i- ;
IS HUGE TASK
INMIANAl'OI.IH (Tiy the As
HOrilitpil PrcRHl Alill.lrliintin ho.
rum. 7f,0 lubi-H. nil I hut w iivniiJ
uliln here, wus sent, to storm lorn
souihwn Illinois toduy In un army
airnluni!.
Hed Cross offlciuls nt Carbon
dale, Murphysboro und other ham
lets requested the local organiza
tion that tho serum bo sent Im
mediately. iu;i) ciioss woiciu.v;
WASHINGTON (By the Associ
ated Press) The relief machlnerv
of the American Ited Cross Is In Horn also spoke of what the clubs
full motion today In behalf of alreaViy orgunlzed at various points
thousands Injured und homeless in on the Union Puelflc. System, were
the tornudo wrecked section, with doing. urter,whlch nominations und
national heudqutirters here speed- elections oft officers for I he en
Ing every facility for the growing suing year carried out, following
relief force in th field.
CAUHONDAIJ;. III. (i;y Hie As
sociated Press) More Hun half a
thousand persons me known lo be
dead and conservative cstimtiteH
place the total loss of life a from
joo to inoa us the resqlt of tor
nado which devastated a score of
Illinois und Indiana cities ami
tow ns Wednesday.
In addition to the loss of life be
tween li.eoo end Ji.'ifMi persons
were Injured, scores nT them prob
jably fatally, other thousunds were
ifuade honndess and properly dam
juK estlmuled ut ln'tween six and
seven million dollars wus caused byj
the ireiikisn pluy oi l lit; elements.
Thursday night, 2i hours aftr
the calustrophe, the federal guv.-
CConllnucd on pog 8)
The
Magic Mud
Mess
If VMf like ttoHl, tbdit cirnilc
Htrli4 niiil Ret 'Hut bMr.r
nittilarly, otf arc probably al
ready n reobr follower of
' Mom mid I'on'' mi t h Witnl
Ad page and the armies of
"Mfitflt; Mud."
It's an Obwrwr fenturr thai
It Krtmhitc hi hil'n-t ami K
imi nf the le-l M;A Ser'n
offering; wciir-! rxchi.tltfly
fur lMrrr niider. lis hi
lllsrily Is rhlciMf of a cr)
sluablc reader lnlercM.
"Observer AdvrrlUliuc
A MerchandlMiiK jcrk'C,
The Call of Spring
UP. A. A. Is
Organized In
Session Here
M a Bothering of Union Pacific
-iPloyen ut tho club Houhc ut l.u
Ornmle lout evenliiR Inlllutory lcim
lutM-u iuki;ii in inn orgumzution or
iu Cnion Pacific Kmployes Athletic
Association comprising tho em
ployes in all depart meiitn.
Tho meeting was railed to order
ut 8:30 o'clock by H. II. Coburn,
chairman pro tern, who Introduced
C. (J. Sutherland, assistant to gen
eral manager, who outlined steps
necessary In organizing tho assocla
being elected
J.. C. Jlughes, president; J. V.
Itoseuhauui, secretary and treasur
er; C. C. J.lllle, vice-president; 11.
P. Weg, cilHlodiali of properly;
T. V. Kinney. A. .1. Cook, L. K. Mil
ler, board oT trustees.
Steps will he taken til once t'
proceed with a membership com
piil&u and the promoting of various
nthletlc ucllvllles whh:h will be en
giigd In, whiili will he Imsebull.
boxing, wrestling, tennis and bas
ketball. Allot her meellllg will be
culled within the next couple of
weeks at which time chiiirmen will
he nppolnted to head the various
sport committees.
Superintendent W. Ilollomt w ho
was present, announced lo the em
ployes lhat the company (dub house
at I. a (irunde wus open to them
lor their use as a meeting place.
GLEE CUJn WILL
VISIT ' SCHOOLS
MONDAY MORMNC
An firH hi lily was h'dd til the
liiKh sehool tills Hiornltitr to an-
lioillice the O, A. (ilee club
which Is to In her on lis tour next
WivltitHiliiv evening and will Kive
a ton ! I aitd 4t
lliirl Reynolds and Jess Andreui'
III Hie II. A. ' . flltllllfll IIHN'M lJll lull
iiiuib' short tail.s. The cltili will bi
tore MomlJiy ni'irnliKC on Its vwiy
to HaKer und ut thiit 1 1 mm will kIyi
a sliorl (Hiceii ut the high s' h'tol
Talifu, (liina Wiped
Out by Karthuake
HMANfillAI Illy th- AsHoclaled
Prss) The i.hlna Inland Mla-don,
lleuters iufni-y- siiys, received a
ti1eKiiiM, dnted March ll'Mi. stut-
' ftitr an fti rf h(ii(t ke hnd dest ro ed
Talifu. In the w's(rn Yunnan
prirt I nee.
J A illsastrouj fir" followed thn
tremhlor. Foreigners are safe.
Help Ib needed
' '! . ' (Continued , on pun i)
XTRAlIPl
C HAMMKK IS MKM K
PAUIS (AIM A frc-for-ll
fist fight, stich ns prolMbly never
wfore has hvvtt seen n the ciiam
Iht of deputies, bntke up today's
session of the Ixsly. Hie disturb
ance follower I Premier Herrlot's
statement In defending the gov
ernment's policy in religious mat
ter that "wc aeeet and welcome
Christianity In Its pure form, but
not the Christianity of bankers."
in:i i;nsi; iu;stk
LONDON (AP) The, ilcrenso
111 the Ptiitibdouii case rested today
after Mrs. Dennlstoun was recall -
tnl Ut testify concerning hills for
tlresses ptirchasctl tu Paris. Nwr
niaii lllrkett, arguing for the de
fenso told ttio jury that action was
l)chig.bnHiglit lecaiuie Mrs. Dennls
toun 8uw an opitorl unity for get
ling money from Colonel lX'intls
Ioiiii, whom the iMmnsel demerit hh!
ns "ulHMU as weak and aclllattug
infatuated nuiii as this Jury lias
cvit heard or reail of.'
Polish-Lithuanian Row
Is Settled by League
(;i;ni;va iiy the Ansot'iuted
J'ri'HK) The 1'ollsh-l.llliuaulun
illKpttle bus hern Hi'ttled. It wus
aunutinced liere. l.lthiiunla pro
ti.'Hteil lo the li-ague of nutlons
curly this week ugiilnHt utlegcd tit
larks on Lithuanian border guards
by 1'ollHh patrols.
Marquis Curzon Died
In London Larly Today
AtSt)N f Hy the Associated
1'ress) Miiruuls Curaon. of Ked-
lestou. lord president nf the coun
cil, died Friday rnornlnir.
Ills deatli was (he result of pneu
monia, following un operation
two Weeks HfTO.
Cautious Cal Oversteps;
Would "Trim" the World
Hurry ft. Hunt)
WA KM INfiTf S ( N KA Special
- I'resldeni Coolldge l. hs has oft
been observe, u. ciiutlous man.
V" ijoiltits to doiiRhniilri the Cool
Id ire emit Ion wilt h Increased, not
reliixed. when he pn-pares htH next
! public nddress.
For there was In the Coolldge
iiMiugural address one phrnse that
proper caution would have kept
out. It was a Roml phrase, ami as
Coolidge ineiiiii It II fitted his Idea
esiiet ly. Hut for less aerlous
minds It wus susceptible of a dou
ble Interpretation.
I Mcnlitg A mcrh'an opport nut-
th-e in rdatlon to thi world situa
tion. In his address, tho president
said:
- ill DEAD,
3,000 HURT
IN TORNADO
Noon .Compilations Show
577 of Killed Have
v Been Identified '
COLD PREDICTED
FOR STORM AREA
Tetanus Spectre Stalking
on Field Because of In
ability to Promptly Ad
minister to Wounds.
(Hy tho Associated press)
KviwrtH at noon today show-'
e da total of 827 dead and about
3000 Injured aa tho result of
tho tornado May lHth. Tim As- .
Boclatctl Prows tmsualty list ta
taUcd fi?7 IdcnUfled dead.
Kentucky and Tennessee atrlck
en areas are virtually cleaned up
and burials are being; mado in
both statee. Few Missouri ham
lets aro aim unreported. All
bodies have been recovered In
Princeton. Ind.t and moat all at
OwensvUJe. , .
Pasaablo roads are' making tho
rescue work more .expeditious.
Property loss In Indiana towns fcj
estlmatod at from f 3,000,000 to
M.000,000, . ,' 4
The devastated regions are turn
ing to means of burying their
dead. A coffin shortago may tto
cesEitato group burials.
Itelief Improved
Uellef workers . report better
progress in caring for the injured
nnd destitute. Contributions are
flowing in.
- It Is estimated that more than ,
ono-thlrd .of nearly 120 dead at
Rocking Mrs. Dora Colon on tho ;
noso nt Tclocuaot on flalnt Patrick's ,
Ioy coat Mrs. Monlo Danlela $2S
and a fow houra In Jail. , The lno
was levied by Judgo Hugh K.
Brady after Mrs. Daniels had plead
gullly to assault und : battery as
chanced.
Hlio was unable to raise her fine
for a few hours and so was com
mlttud to the Jail by tho judge,
Mrs. Daniels' son, Bert, who was
alBo listed In the complaint on tho
same charge plead not guilty and
was bound ovor to tho grand jury.
A civil case with a special jury
will ba tried before Judge Brady
this afternoon. This case Is one, 1
lOmrst Ijirnun vs. Toy Young and
Is a suit for wood cutting alleged
to have been done by the plaintiff.
F,
y
Another Irrefutable sign of
spring Is tho arrival of the baby
chick season. Already largo num
bers of the fuzzy little things havd
been shipped Into La Grande and
thousands more have been order
ed. ;
According to a conservative esti
mate from lo.fioo to 16.000 baby
chicks will roach local poultry.
raisers this year. Most of these are
'ordered from western Oregon but
(Continued on pae &)
"One great duty Ihut stands out
requires us to use our enormous
powers to trim the balance of tho
world."
Iiouhtless the president meant
"trim" In the sen.se. of equalising?
or adjusting t.h stability of the
world.
Hut "to trim the buluace of the
world." ln popular understanding,
might also mean that we were. out
lo "fleece or short-chagu the rest
of the world."
Next to the president's mechan
ical horxe, this slip In phraseology
offers the beat opening1 for his op
ponents have had for a bit of
O '
(Continued on paga I)
FOR ASSAULT
AH BUY
CHICKS
f