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51 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPATER EIGHT PAGES TODAY CITY EDITION THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP) Ore ton: Cloudy in the west, fair In the. eut tonight and Bun- j day. I VOLUME XXIII. MEMBEH ASSOCIATED niESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 140 TO REBUILD N CITIE i; tt$ttttttt STOICKE f ' 1 f REPORT 13 Statistics Given on Total Number of Animals in Union County , CATTLE INCREASE IS NOT ADVISED On Other Hand, Commit tee Believes That Num ber of Hogs Produced Should Be Greater. A comprehensive report; co'm pletetl by the livestock suh-coin-mitlee of Hie recent agricultural economic conference held in tills county for three days, follows, ac companied by recommendations and resolutions agreed upon; J'l'csciil Conditions. The year JH24 has shown fair profits In some kinds of livestock. The catllo situation is in a sail way yet, especially when the cat tle men ure compelled to feed four or five months in the winter, there Is but very little if any profit for liim. ; .. . Tbe sheep liave shown a very nice profit, when properly bundled, both in ranse herds, and farm flocks. - Kspeelally farm flocks where Rood pasture is available, lias this been true, In some cjise.4 a profit of SJy per liead bus been shown on farm flocks,' ufter de. ducting all running expenses. - Wool I'rodm-lloii in llic II., S. , The cstimaled production of wool In the United Ktntes In 1 0"-l was . 8,fi3u.lii pounds of fleece at d, 43, sun, into r pulled wool. In limit the estimated production was 824. :(:j(t,l)lHi pounds and 42,500,1100 of pulled wool. WimiI unit Mohair I'rotliullon In ibe State. The 1114 wool production Is es timated at 17. leti.iioo ponndii mid valued at about Jli.840.O00. Mo hair production as reported by the census for 11124 was 380, (i74 pounds valued at about $ 122,500. The total number of sheep in l'nion county is estimated ut 2. D00 valued at $:00,000 und the to tal amount or wool 220,001) pounds, valued nt $100,000 or an Ini.l'eiuw over last year or 5,500. Nvurly all or these are on farms in flocks of from 100 to 500 head. Sheep Increase in the hist eur in the l.'nlleil States 834,000. Swine decreased in the last year fCnntinue.d cn Facfl R.) A county rally of the Christian cliiireheM or l'nion county will lie held Sunday afternoon and even inc at the local f'hrlsllun churcli, nccordliiB to O. W. Jon", puotor. The program, which vlll licirln at 2 o'clock In the afternoon and continue at 7:30 o'lock. will brlni; hvo aildreHMCH In Hie evening on The Tuak for the 1 nuclides of t'hrlst." Mr. Jones will speak of the restorullon of the New Tenta inenl Church'' und l". V. Hwander on "World -M Isslona." Iielegatea from various parts of Hie county ure expected. The ral ly Is to he conducted by Mr. Hwan der of Portland. COMPLETED CHURCH RALLY HERESUfl! Spring Openings Here Well Attended Friday Almost rvry member of the femfnin" papulation of Iai fjruitde tould be sin on the streets yes terday afternoon. They were out for two rejisons. Potman's spring opf-nlnK- in ludhs' ready to wear und millin-rv n1 "op n houw' at Carr's furniture store. Siarflnir promptly at 2 cln-k. ,M1m lornlhy Kunk and Mine 1.h t tlli lilat-k mide thetr nppernnt-e. on a platform' at I restively arranif iij In I'nlman'H store. In all the nm:irt'"st new Hpring things In ladl'-H' rents, units, frock and en nemble rnHtfimeK. Uulh Kunk and MiKB Wack were exeelhnt mnen und jTVfd in their rules. Afltr it beautiful display In the?e lines of adle ap pan-1 Mm John Tonnell took her platx- In the iaifv hat box In tbe window ot Rodent Fight Carried On By Farmers Poisoned Grain Used as One Method of Com batting Pests; Granges Active. ' The various prnnses in meetings this week have had for one of tho main' topics of dicuu.sion a bill dealing wilh tho eradication of ro dents which wuh paused at the. I ant session of tho stite legislature. The particular problem confront ing I lie Union county f armors is tho extermination of ground squir rels which urro very injurious to grain. A campalKn for tho eradi cation of the pests has been car ried On with varying success for a number of years. Poisoned, (train 1'sed. More recently H. O. Avery, coun ty agriculturist, hus assisted in the work by distributing poisoned grain to farmers willing to help themselves by aiding to cub the pests. These efforts have accounted for many squirrels but the rato of pro pagation is so rapid that In nearly every instance the few landowners In the vicinity who have not done their share have given the squir rels a chance to multiply so tliut (Continued on page 8) MEN PLAY ROLE OF HOSTS TODAY AT' GRANGE MEET The annual llrother's molding of the blue Mountain gran go is be ing held today at the grange hull. );. it. Jackmim of the Corvallis ex tension department and II. O. Av ery, county agriculturist, are in (tttvndui.ee. -.z. W . Elder Smith to Attend L. 1). S. Conference Here Kliler George Albert Hmith, of the Council of Twelve of the J.. I. S. church, Is here from Salt -Luke City, I'tah, and will speak at the regular quarterly conference of tho church here tomorrow morning at ten o'clock and at two o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Hinlth repre sents the authorities of the church und a very interesting day is an ticipated. In the evening a Laiilata will be given. Membership Committee In Charge of Luncheon The membership committee will be in charge of the noon luncheon of the chamber of commerce next Tuesday. Warren Gilbert , chair man of the membership committee will bo toastmaster at the dinner. Frank IJ. Appleby and Kdwin Holmes of 1 he membership com mittee will be thu principal speak- PUZZLE ANSWER 'the store und iminy e.'pilyitt' rrr;i- lioim in n- w spring millinery were .shown. j The store wuh l-;tiit ifnll v d'-or ated for the occasion with buskH of spring riowers and other motif of th. S'-iwon. Imring the -nllre sfternoon. from 2 until r. o'clock, imisir wun fitrnihed by Mrs. Har ris Krent h at the phinu and K-n-neih ( k'b-r. lellniHf. loling I on) buret I Kery woman att-nllns: I'nl man"s opening also vtd Curr's furniture store to vot- on th ex r Ihut tll.Hiiluv unit Hrlttic urrutnev. j mnt of lb furniture diown Iher-. j Voting will ' continued loday and . tmiichl and th"- prlz- winners wilt I inad Known Monday Tin' looms wer-; decorated by ladies of I (Continued oa Pago t TOT I AIL HWlOlonHiK IApS n i ' uji: nB-"',Ai'-'iiA EllQMn'iHLi y Pa'-H1- HNjfjAii b i HjjRB Hi(jNB'iAii i BT BLl B-'iwi B I'.I'P ''','."i 0 a ri't Kfirn ahOiIIJ'j oil1 ''' jii B B: ;v ir Tm H a iipa aRk71a pa ij.) UsIjIaIi BVjIwii Bj Mi-iAMi 'SEVENTEEN' 25 IN HAGE CZZ ENJOYED BY FOR SCHOOL 17 BIO CROWD LEADERSHIP Senior Play One of Best'Applications for the La Ever Staged in High bchool Circles , COMEDY FEATURES OF HIGH ORDER Every Member of Cast; Gave. Fine Performance Two More Nights of Play Arranged. , It may oa well be utaled et the beginning that "Seventeen" in exceptionally good entertainment. When the piece was first present ed for public approval at the high Hehool last evening a crowd ed house wuh kept hi a laughing uproar almost continuously through all four acts of the play. "Keventoen" is the sort of a production that would make any hard-boiled critic .feci like tin; worst sort of a I'ollyanna and rush hither mid you -distributing -congratulations and laurels. Tho en tiro ptuy Is far above the average level set by amateur productions and in one of the best things that has been shown in tlie auditorium for months.- ! fast Kvdioiiul, Tho cast did splendid wont. J'HtbeJJe Kilehen, as Jane Jtaxr ler,'' the typical little sister, was as usual, the lite of the parly, I oiiglus Moe instilled not only hmuor but palhos in lils charac terization or Willie Haxter, . "He entcen," and In lovo for the first time, Quelle Black as Willie's dot ing mother contributed a nice piece of work.' Mr. Haxler, play ed by Robert Smith seemed ab solutely the genuine article of a futher who had forgotten what lie did when lie was a boy and was constantly recalling ol her 1 things that he wondly imagined ho did do but, then -from -1 he top to the bottom of the list all mem- (Contlnucd on Pago 5.) GLEE CLUB UN O. A. 0., Corvallis, Ore. (Spe cial). -The O. A. .'. Glee club left today on their lour of Eastern Oregon. They will give a con cert in the I,a Grande' high school audltori-jm, and a dance In Zuber hull, March 2'. The program will consist of se lections by the Glee club, num bers by the quartet that gained recognition by singing In Port land and other piuee in the Wil lamette valley. I K an Me Husky's Oregon A ggra valors, nnd Victor Trask, mugfeian and venlrllotulst. Victor Trask lias traveled on (Continued on Pfgo 6.) Gablcr Accepts Post In Pendleton Store William Crab ler. who was for merly i-niployt-d at S. K. West's d'partnM-nt, store as window dec oralor and advert bdiifr tuaiiHger and has rect-ntly hwn in the smiie btislm-KS lor bimseif here, will leuve Tuesday to enb-r I In Itond Brothers clotlilni; slore nt 1'endle ton us h''ad window trimmer. Mr. Gabler succ'ds I'anl Mussec whr) was iiIho -mploy'd for sont" tiin" at W'-s's but hus b'-en In f't'Odlrton for th pat Iwo vars. Mr. Mass"' Is ti, jro to work Tor Smri'i'i Kortenblalt's In I'ortland. I5ody of Former Pastor To c Interred Sunday Mr. and Mrs. (. W D.irt. of New b'-rg. r-., wilt Hrrlve In I .a flratid'- undtiy morula::, arnm linving lh- riii(iiim of Mrs. Pnrt't fatln-r, tl-v, "'Kzra" Uny H. nlin IciMfd on rife titty, Mr. Hay k was formerly pastor of a local ehiireh. Tbe burial s r b r h will take itlnre nt. the Muxotili- i-ni It rv ut iJ:3U o'elo k Hunday alt rnor.n. The hoy will 1h luid b. sid! his nife. ryntlihi, who dbd fen ynrn ago. ' Brief i-rvleeii will ire held nt J the Masonic hall at X o'clock prior to the lervlcta at tho cemetery. li HERE M Grande Position Com ing in Rapidly LIST WIlTrEACH- HIGHER FIGURE Several Additional Men Here iToday Seeking to Succeed Mr. Hampton, Superintendent. Applications for the position of superintendent of the public schools of ha Grande are pouring in upon the Hoard of Directors ut a rapid rate, following the announcement of tho election of A. V. Hampton, now superintendent at l,a Grande, lo I ho city supertntendency ut' As loriu. The applicants cover a wide territory, and many men who' In smaller places ure receiving a sal ary equal to or greater than the La Grande salary, are applying ul La Grande. The time-honored custom of fil ing a written application, supple mented, by -written testimonials, seems to. be falling into disuse, uc cordlng to members of tho school board, as five or six of the appli cants nre In (own tody, interview ing the members of I he hoard and renewing acquaintances with 10. Grande teachers. According toChulrman f'oton R. Kberhard of the local school board, itis improbable 4hst any definito selection will , bo made soon, us Although no one was Injured two curs were damaged to Homo extent yesti-rday afternoon on tho highway two miles this side of Ku mela. 10. G. IMckmore's special six Sludebaker was brought In with a front wheel caved In, a bent front axle, und two badly smashed fen ders an the result of turnlnK hie car into tho bank to ovoid a more serious collision. Mr.' Hlckmore of the state highway office here, was on his way to Pendleton when he enme "face to face" with u Kord driven by HnaH John son, of 1'inu pine, cn route lo Maker, on u blind curve on the highway. Miss John son was driving on the wrong side of the road and next to the edge of a grade of about thret; .hundred feet, It Is alleged. To keep from causing one car to go over the grade Mr. Hlckmore turned his car Into the bank and let Miss Johnnon go on without any serious Injuries. However, shf had not gone over half a mile when she met with un other aeeldenl, when a Kord road ster, similar to the one she was driving run lnt her and Joth earn were badly damaged, the Trout of Miss Johnson's ear luing severely smashed. The driver of the other car is unknown. MISSING FORDS ARE DISCOVERED iEAR KAMELA The tw o !rord earn, dlncovf-red missing yesterday morning by A. W. Nrlnon und it. Winters, w en found today mar Kamela, aceord ing lo reports about noon. Appar ently ttie same persons h:td stolen both machines. No traee of the et. prbs has be n found. The Nelson maetiine was stripped of (he radiator, baii rhs und rear tins, the police state. Dennis Resolution to lie Debated at Meeting The nri is resolution III be (he xtihject of a debatr- by tho piihlh- xpciiklnir Has tl'M Tuesdtiy feuinir. The debute teams urn corn posed of three turn on ouch st'le of I he tf uesi ton. Tor the affirmative, H. J. Nelson Is the b uder with l K. Joenwn and .1. U. Johnson und the nes llve team Is composed of M'rold Mel'uniel. t. r. Hnow and T. K. Iielbiiny. Tbe nie'titif( will b liel-l ut Ihe T. K. Delia m home, I'JVI Alder i , . j i 1 1 1 1 1 1 ui 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (Continued on. Pago G) RfliSliiwiflRFn SUNDAY NIGHT IN SMASH-UP Yeh, the I V SW 1 LX , , -mi IHIIiaWi.W. ., f ' " imp i 0 1 CANTATA . The' M. I. A. will prcspnt a can tata nt the 1), H. tebernacle un der the direction of Karl Hloddard Hunday night at 7:30 o'clock. Tho title of the cun tat a lo "Greater Jjove." Hololsts Include; Paul Kanutz, O, r J)utton, K. I). Towler, . Nellie Iieati and Klthria Htoddard. They will be accompanied by u compe tent chorus. The cantata Is free to the public, which Is cordially invited to at tend. CINCINNATI (lly Hie Assoclitt ed 1'reHK). CiiK'iniuiti whs stirred lute l-'rlduy when It biculiie knoA-n thut 4H niemhers or the city's police force had been Indicted by a speeiiil federul Krund Jury on ehfii'K'-H of connpimey to violulc the nutlonal prohibition Ihw. Ah u result of the Indictments, Ui j men named weru suspended by chief of I'ollce Copelan pending the outcome of their trials. The Hut Included all detectives of the nlffht chiefs force except Meat. Ktiffcnc Weatherly; all members of the "flying stjuud" ex cept Lieut, John Heebohni; one (Continued on Tagfi 6.) They Like Everett Mo-1 iiMNt Kke I I'srbdm of i;eiitl Tnie In 'Mm itwrer riery day iKM-Jally wiirn l deH-U the outburst of III- wire oim-c In a wblhi iiiMcail of l.i relt. Ma) fx llt lsaiiw It makes litem homi-des Mtr Imi-biiv It tbo o III v o II c wIhi Is "linnt-lNillrfl" as joii'd like to In ntellii'M, Anyay. It's it Ktsl fitijn follow It nx'i lurl). MObsrrr AdtrrlMtig A Mcrchaiidlsiiig bvrvlce POLICE FACING BOOZE CHARGE World is Growing Better! Tornado Property Loss Estimated at $8,000,000 XTRA MAID UEABIKU HKU) -C-ICAJ (AI')"'lVitlmony that Williaiii 11. HIitiKicril, under lii ilietnu'jit charged with tlio Mo ClhiKM'k iimrdi r, had Mild that ho would have MeCllnux-k'H will drawn U suit himself, wan plvrn by C. (.'. l'alnuin, Indieteil, Willi Hhriicrd. at a ball hearing .today. OLKI1KO 18 ItOCKIOO . Jl lllll.C (AP) All InteiiMl ' eaiihuakn was felt hero , today, Huuhch wero Khalun but no serlouH damage was reported. ui'Srs" I'fujso (it'iiyi'Y I III('A(U (AP) Two former, prohibition okciiIm, a niillionalro saeramental wino deah'r anil throe other men .wen found Kuilly of conspiracy to violate the prohibi tion laws throiifrh nbiihn of tn snerumejitnl wino prlvlli'Ke by a Jurj's venlli't retuiiieil lodn,v. j Alll MAM, ItlllS UP ki-oki;m'; (ap iiiii for .on- tracts for cnrring nir mail be tween 'l;lkot ,Ncv., anil Pasco, Wash., will be dwliifd for by thn iKmtorricc department within thrco weeks, accoiilluu lo liifimuu- lion from WasMlnaioii lislay, T C J, Alonl weller, of lloqiiim, Wash., has a hearty respect for trufMe officers in thin county. A very, very hearty res peek lb-cause he knows, probably bolter I hail any uih"r on- uinn, how mticli It. cost to drle his car ut un excessive rule of wpeed on the stall' hitfhwiiy I lirouKh this pari Icular part of i .iri'h'on. I Mr. Montweb-r wns srrewled by Alonz-o Imdn, city (rBfric oflirer, 'ysterdey and nx a result puid $-G to the illy coffers as penally, lie proeiede, on lils way not wlnely, but too well. I A' North I'owder, ai cording to ij. I'. Ifolbrook, county traffic of flrer, Mr. Monewleb r HB-itri slep ped on the throtile. Mr. Ilolbrook r promptly nabbed htm and again j the Houiiirn man puld $ I f. I "Thirty dollars In thirty miles in too much," Mr. MotHwkhr Is 'iiioled us saylnpr. ''Tourists cannot vlolute the cot.iiy ii n -I city hp i laws and Ret jitwuy with H iinymore Ihun can a local cltlacn,' tlifa trafiiy officers retorted. DURST S M SPEED NG Eye Witness Accounts of Twister's Eccentricities . Almost Unbelievable (lly tlio AwoelHKyl Press) Tlio burial of dead Is proceed ing rapidly In all sections and the relief work Is operating; mo thodlcatly in the tornado swept sections of Illinois and other states stricken. An Immediate need of sur geons for tho southern Illinois field prompted tho ntuto health director to appeal to county med ical authorities for help. He al so requested anti-toxin for gun frreno, which hus appearud umong the wounded. Property Loss lllfh. Properly loss of all devastat ed districts Is estimated ut be tween ffi.ooo.ooo and $8,000,000. As eye witness accounts of thn' twister's vlsltution urn more , freely reported, its freakish, ironic und eccentric unties struck (Continued on pairs s) ODD FELLOWS TO GIVE PLAY NEXT MONDAY EVENING Kor the amusement of the mem bers of the 1. O. O. V, lodge a play will be Klven at the Odd I'Vllows hall Monday evening, March 'i'A The money obtained from the pre- senlatlon will be used by the de 'Ifree leaitin of the order In pultliiK on their work. The title of tho play Is "Between the Acl," and seven people will take part, Includhifr; ?, K. 1 1 ru km, M rs. Km n k Me 1 'h e rnon , Mrn, C. K. MraKff. V. It. Huydatn (Jake Jtostoek, (lladys Menham and I'Ysnk Loock. It is u three act com edy drama. Heveral musical numbers will be given belween acts. Solons Labeled Dawes Failure "Poetic Justice (Itv II nrry U. Hunt) V AKI I INti'H N (N KiV Hperhit ) IllKh comedy us well as tragedy, was diHelosi'd by the senate rejec tion of Chsrles lleccher Warren as attorney general. And tho elib-f tenett Of both comedy and tragedy was supplied by one Individual View .'resident u wes. All those who opposed th War ren nomination get a broad smile out of the fuel lhat It was thr Hunif I law s who In his inaugurul address "flressed down" the nen ale for not being alert and up on Its toes In the conduct of pub lb' builncm, who, when hts vote would BANKS WILL HUGE TASK Cheer Greets Announce nient in Murphys- ,; boro, 111. TRAGIC TASK OF i BURIAL CONTINUES Community Funerals Are Planned in the Towns Where Loss of Life Was the Heaviest, Ml'RI'HYKHORO, 111. ly tho , Anwolaltil I"rinN) "Mitrpliyx bom will rebuild." r One ut tlio liravlvHt losers, It issued tills (li -fhuuT at a vitiiciis.' nivoUiig: lielil hero, .. ' , Charles lUtlor, buslnesa tnnn. ut loreU tho wordH after . Oovcrnor Small and other relief' officials pulnoed the horrors of the recent tnrnudo. . . .. , "ltelief measure, can piily ' bo temporal)'," Hlltcr said. , "It ill whut happens utter the toniporary rollef measures that concerns us most. Tho banks hero are pre pared to strain their credit to tho : utmost to aid peeps' In restoring lost homes and, industries,' First Cheer fclllee Htorm ' Hitter climbed from tho speak. j ins immui in wnn ii'.il 111 Ilia '.-yi'a. I MuRphyibora uttered its first cheer. ' tnut jiau, swept ovur i suico mo tornado Wcdnosdayl'V ;. " ' ' to Ki-.ni'it.i) tirai ri.v CHICAGO (By tho Ansoclntffd Press) Orifftn, lrtdlana. wlit'fo li'. persona aro known lo ho dead and several others are missing, will bo rebuilt, It was announce! today. After tho storm, It was Indicated that tho town would be abandoned, but one old man, although nil a house wns left standing, announced ho would return and rebuild. "1 don't want to dlo elsewhere," ho said. ..' BURYING DEAD CHICAGO ( Dy thu Associated Press) Tho storm Bwopt territory continued today tho tragic task of burying Its dead, whlls relief work ers completed tholr duay In bring ing order out of chaos. Rehabil itating plans have been advanced. Most burials aro arranged for to day and ' tomorrow with memorial . services to bo held later. The towns where tho loss of life was heaviest plans community funerals with burial In one long grave. Tetanus Threat Abated While some coses of pneumonia ' Is reported In southern Illinois, . little other illness is noted tnd thero is no threat of a tetanus epi demic, , A few Isolated cases of looting exist. At Wist Frankfort a muo, (Continued on Page ft. I I'WIltMUNT. W. Vu. (Uy thn As. hocIuuiI I'n'ss) Hi'scun work at thn wriK'krd shufl of Mine No. 41 of the Ui'lhli'hvm Mines corpora lion was Biicrili U up today in thn hop" that 22 of the 93 entombed miners nilKht still un alive. Klcven lioillcs havn been found, orricinls, urtiT a roeheck, nn. nounc.-d thut 33 men were caught In the blast, Instead of St. 9 have broken a tie and saved tlifr udmlnbtt rat Ion's nomination, waft at his tip-town hotel takknjf a mid afternoon onoo,e. . "I'oetlc JumIIci',' Ihcso wmliPrt say with u grtii ai they disc oh the failure of tho ndmlnltratlun'a first pet proposal before thu Jievr senate, 'Ntro fiddled while Home burn ed," says Ashurst of Arizona, "lowes slept while the ad mints trution ship went on tho rocka." The defeat of the president on this cabinet nomination, however, (Continued on paga 8 RESCUE WORK SPEEDED UP