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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
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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
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'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,
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