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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPEREIGHT PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER Portland (AP) Oregon: Occasional rains In the ex treme northwest portions to night and Huturduy. C I T Y EDITION VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 1. 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 175 LAND OFFICE CJLO HERE ATTEMPTS 10 CHECK MOVE Last Minute Arguments by McNary, Sinnott Meet No Response OFFICES CLOSED AT 4:30 O'CLOCK Records and Equipment Will Be Forwarded to The Dalles; Burns Of fices Also Closed. Afll'h JClllS llf COIllllllKMIS srrtlco U H lorrllory Hint nt flr( i'nil)rmtNl nil KaU'rn Om tm. (hi- I'liilml Jilnu-s Iniiil nt floe lint- hits iMt'ii clviscd 1y or ilrr of SivH'lary of II"' Inti-rlor Hubert Work, I'llilcM'l by lres Idciit (oolldac. Strenuous -f-rorlh In Mi'im? nbolMnmlit or siism'wIoii or tho f-loslnfc nnlrr ki-it iii iinlll the rlnnl ilosinir liiikHl. ivrix or no uail. Tin- lanil office officially cased fnnctlnnlnK hire yesterday nfter noon at 4: an o'clock. Considerable last minute business wm transact ed Thurfduy before the doors HwutiK Kliut on 111" public. Hlinullaneoiisly with the incline of the land office'" service here, the llnrns. Oregon, office wan also closed. To f 'iiiihiIIiIiiIv with The Unite Today, under the. direction of J. II. I'eare, In charge of the land of fice since January 1 7th' when the receiver anil leKislrur olflceB were consolidated under one head, tin work of gathering th" records and ..(.lipmcnt together to snip It to The I mill's Is under way. Ocnrg" I'ariiy. connected with the office ror many years Jill move lo The IwilleB and J. II. Peare, for merlv receiver and lately complete ly In" charge of " office, will re turn to his business intcresls. .' ' . ' IMnblMicd In 15. ' 1 IS;,, when Kaslern Oregon vus IHcrallv a virgin territory, the local office was actually establish ed. I Mflcially it dil ot "V"'" """ lil the following year. Since that time It has served a large terri tory and thousands of patrons. The l.a tirande office in the to e,r of nil cast of the Cascades The lialler, office was established In is7i. Hums in 1SS9 and Vale In 1'Ht) All local business must now be transacted ill The Italics. 'Hie extreme end of th.' territory serv ,.,1 by The liallea Is 700 miles dis tant front the consolidated ofrlce ,v the route travelled. Movement Held llijusl. The order abolishing the local office la held unjust by many eon i . , ,,. ,1. Including Mr. Tear". Sena lor Charles McNary and Congress man N. .1- Klnnotl. Two clauses under which a land often may be (Continued on PB Five.) I John T. llurvey tuduy announced that dmi had l''en eonsunitniili'd w her. by h'- would take en tin charge of tin- flub Cigar store here. I tafias (Irr. n. formerly associated with Mr. Harvi-y in the store, will be afflllalrd with the ''oca Tola Mottling eorni!iny here In con nee lion with Karl lioucli. The (wo businesses were former ly combined !'"t now have no con nection whatever. HARVEY OVER STORE Lady Customers Effect Barber Shop Atmosphere Sine.; the women started fre ili"ntlug Hie barber shops for hair ruts the barber business bus in creased according to local barbers, ulthough sometimes It has caused fueom eni'!ire to the barbers men pal inns. bei'iiiiM" ot lh- fact that many tines a woman come to tip shop for a bob, shingle, or neck trim in compny with two or three friends, who sit nd wait for her. i barber stales. continuing: "When a man customer comes In ittil sees these people waiting he leaves, either to come back lulcr or go to another shop. These mi-n usually hunt a shop that due not have u:uth femtle traUc or that Much Timber In Umatilla U.S. Forest Enough Marketable Lum ber . to Build, a 5-room House for Every Ore gon Citizen. 1 Mill iif tho observance of Na tional Forest Week, tin- Kvcnlnf Observer bus procured Home ver; j Interesting facts concerning th j Cmutilla National forest, which are given below; The I'mutllliL National forest em braces a gross are of almost onr and one-half million acres, beinp of approximately the mime area as the state of Delaware. It Met In three divisions cxlcmllng from in Wheeler county. Oregon, into Asotin county. Wash., a distance of 170 inile.s. H contains land In si? counties in Oregon and four tn Washington and has an estimated stand of four and one-half billion feet of marketable timber, enough if sawed Into inch board, to build a sidewalk 1 II feet In width three limes around the globe; or if built Into houses, it would supply every family In the stale of Oregon with a modern five-room dwelling. J 'rot ct-t ion t'ott. ... To protect thin timber from fires the government expends about one cent per acre. The grazing aut horizal Ion is for 137.704 head of sheep and 1S.0B2 head of caltle and horses. Timber and grazing are not (he only. resources of the Umatilla na tiojl J I 11 ls estimated that there are about 8000 bond of deer and elk and over Pimt bear on the forewt, besides smaller gume and fish. Permits Issued 'ourteen permits have been is sued for summer home: and close to I tt.lt 00 visitors (hunters, fish ermen, reereutionlstfl, etc.) come Into tho forest each season and the uumber in rapidly )nereaslngf , in addition the forest afford watershed protection and enforce ment of sanitation on scores of creeks and rivers; and ussures a steady stream flow for water pow- r, irrigation and city water sup ply- . . The administration of the 1'ina- tilla is in th-- hands of a super ior and Ills two assistants with headquarters in Pendleton and nine list rid rangers who are in the field most of the time. During the fire .season this force Is increased by the addition of 25 short term men. About 7.1 laborers are em ployed on const ru' t ion work, most ly roads and trails, and are kept readiness us I he first liny of de fense In ease of fire. the I'mutlUa national forest now has slightly over 470 miles of tele phone line and ubout 2"i iniles more is being built each season. There are J 28 miles or roads. I ntense Figured, The expense of administering the I'malilla is about $3 3,(HM, it year. The money for roads and trails (Continued on Tage Five.) Drunk Driver Jailed, Fined; Loses License Frank IlurHCh wuh arrested yes terday by Trarflc officer Alonzo Dunn on churge uf driving a ear while drunk. Hurch was fined $15(1, sentenced to 30 das in the city jail and his operator's license was suspended for a period of six months. 'Out Our Way" Takes "Old Home Town" Place lit cause of a demand for th new comic feature now- being pub. lished by the P.vcnlng Observer "Out Our Way" the NKA service which supplb-a tills material, ae o,utesced to the majority demand and substituted the new feat lire for the popular "Old Home Town." A few inquiries have been re eel veil concerning t he dlsappear uncc of 1 he "Old 1 tome Town," but on the whole, it seems thil the livening observer renders -n-j oy the n e w d a 1 1 y ca rtoo u . caters to male trade only. Ho ever, this inconvenience v ill In time udjust If If. In many cases, however, the ludus' trade does not drle the man from the shop, but proves of un attraction. ' The wituo n coining Into the life of the b;irber shop bus lo a large extent brought with lit r an atmos phere, of respect and mural good will. She has contributed much to the uplift of the shop and has made many changes. Where one- the Police G-metie was found there is now the I.adbs Home Journal or other w omens niuguzim-s, it is no- (CouliuueJ on 1'age ('ire.) TIMERS Fill LAST Nil '-.a Grande , Railroadmen of 20 Years' Service, or More Join Hands rWEXTY-FOUR AT FIRST MEETING King. Driskell, Happer sett, Smith, Keeney and Rohan Named on Tem porary Committee. A number of I'nSon Pucfi'ic em- rtloyes representing the various .rafts and who have hoen in ser-j vice over twenty yeurs, met at the Kmployes 4'iub llouse'last evening, 'or the purpose of dlsewsslng and '.aklng preliminary steps to form an "Old Timers' eiuh on the Second Division. A 'number of Old Timers clubs! have already been organ ixed on other portions of the In ton Pa cific System, and Wm. freeman. president of the Portland club, was present and explained the purpose, procedure nccessury to go through In forming a club. etc. The object of the Old Timers 'lub is to bring about closer relationship but ween old time cpiploycR, promote iutl ty. advance the interests of each other and employer. Many I'resml, Following were present a I the peeling here lust, evening: W. iloU Ions. V. R. Ilarei. t. K. IIap'T sett. Martin King. J. II. inipcs. S. C. Smith. W. Harrison. Joe Htewurt. A. P. Nelson, Myers Putnam, Axel 'Sea burg, J. H. Keeney, fal Larm, J. J. Beldin, J. ltaniels, H. HrooUs. Nels Nelson, l 10. Kohnn. II. W. Swart. Win. Driskell, (. P. Merrill and Oscar Hopper. P. -J. Theisen and A. J. .Martin, pensioned em ployes, were also present. The following temporary commit tee was selected to make arrange ments for a meeting In tho near fu ture of alt employes having over 2't years service, for ttie purpose of perfecting a permanent organi zation of Old Tlumrs Club: Martin King, cngineiitan; Win. Driskell, trainman; K. llapper- sett, yardman; S. C Kmllli, main tenance of way; J. H. Keeney. sta tion service; K. Itolian, mechan ical dept. A dMil' which has been pending j for Mme time uap concluded today when Viim-c Hoslwlck. manager of' the Pacific Frull company house here, turned OVer the keys of the1 establishment to C. ', pobinsuii, manager of the local brunch of the. Myun Fruit company. The transaction involved the pur chase of the Pucirie Fruit company establishments In both Moker and l.a Grande. The slock, buses and good will were all bought oul right and the Myun eoiiipuny Is taking possession today. J. G. Mowers, district supervisor of tho Myun company, from 1 1n Portland office is in l-a Grand- this morning attending to the details of the trunsactlou and seeing that the lineal plant is properly Installed in I he pacific. Fruit coin puny locu tion. The Myun Fruit compny stock is; being moved from the present loca-, Hon Into the pacific Fruit company building one bloc further east on j Jefferson a.eniie and oh Ihe corner j of Greenwood street. CUMMINS SELLS ELCIN RECORDER TO MONTANA MAN FI.GIN. Ore. (Sp c iul) The Y,- j Kin Merorder. haul wt-kly publi cation, with this week's Issue, puna- ed Into tin- hands or .1. V. Wright. luie of intcHifin, Montana, w ho j conies here with high reiotumen-. luttons as a newspuM-niiun of abjl My and high Inlerrtty. 1 "In laying down our work here: f ho 1.(1 1 1 ii r Hot tt Hit w it li fTOMHider. ! niilv iiiurt' rt-yif I thai) nJ'ritsiire." is i the n iuurk mude by J. M. Cum I ml ns. former editor wnd owner of) the paper. i RYAN COfiY BUYS PACIFIC U.PReports ; Decline In Net Income Agricultural Conditions Bearing on Overland Shipping Said to Be Re- , sponsible. NKW YOItK My Ihe Associated Press) Operating under less fa vorable coiulitions in P24, the t n ion Pacific Ha 1 1 road company re ported to stock hoi tiers Thursday net Income for the year of $35, 75. 204. more than $r.,(Miit,000 be low that or l'J23. The roads operating revenues of $1Ky.035.1l7 were about $12,000, lMu less than those of the preceding year and railway operating Income of $42,!)3G.22 was $2,53f,'.i I 1 low er. After the payment of, all charges and dividends the company ended the year with a surplus of $, 5:t :,:-' f compared wuh 1)112,501- for 1113. Curl It. Gray,, president of the Pnion Pacific, attributed the lower freight revenues to a decrease In the volume of agricultural pro ducts transported from stales west of the Kocky Mountains due to the damage to crops In that territory from late spring frosts and .severe droughts. I ncertaln business con ditions prevailing most of t lie year throughout the country, he added reduced the movement of building and construction materials, manit act ores and merchandise. Among Its extensive holdings of (Continued on Page Five.) 11 Grande's first unnuul Music week, which will officially begin Sunday with a concert in the Ar cade theater, featuring the bund and the Monday Musical chorus, is confidently expected to be. a big success. t "It will be one of the most wide spread of community affairs ever undertaken in this city. 55 a mem ber of the Monday Musical club its- Iserts. claiming that, there will be "music for everyone." The- program, which will be printed In full later this week. Is rephe with many excellent mu sical features and promises to really offer diversity that will ap peal to all. What Sister Mary Says On the woman's page of The Observer rueli day you'll find suggested melius under the heading "Sish-r Mnry'j, Kitch en." The i-celpes are tboiiMighly test ed, fleiM-ndabh', and delicious. It Is a feat mi women appii-i-fnte and one of the tunny mesons why The observer's reader interest and reader eon ffdeonce Is cor hicrensliix. Header interest and n-mler con fldciiM mi; the mol Important items for mi iidn-rtlM-r to con sider In bit j lug t-nacc. Observer Advertising A MercliandlsliiB Service STftRT MUSIC WEEK SUM Out to Break Air Record Two reifiifl go inn"h If lieu tenant Men II. yali, of Siiii Dk-gi imtnl air "(nllrni, Is stnit-riil wflh his six -ton niodiried D(Migla lot-fx-oNi pltua'. FlrM he'll try lo break Ihr sti.ialmtl riiglil i n tii il: and I ben he plan, n non stop flight from Vat He lo Sun Di( yo. i 0 IDENTITY OF Body Found Near Ches terton. That of Mrs. Desiderio, 21 MOTHER, FRIEND RECOGNIZE HER Police Believe That Iden tification Is Complete; Both Viewers Very Positive. GA It Y, Ind. (My tho Associated Press). Idenilficatlon or the girl whose bumed, maimed body was found Sunday near Chesterton, as Mi s. Josephine I tesidorto 21, of Mary, was believed complete today by officers after Ihe girl's mother and Sum Moss, n friend, were pos itive in recognizing her. The mother uns traced thrmgh a telephone number scrawled n the lining of a viinlty ease round near the body. poi,i k Imh; mixps. ItANDOld'll, VI. (My the Asso ciated Press). A German police dog today led three men to a burn on an abandoned farm in South Mrookfleld, when? they found Karl Woodward, farm liund and foinior convict, and Lucille Chalterlon. II, who left her Gran- (Continued on Puge Five.) 2 SMALL FIRES OCCUR IN CITY THIS MORNING Two fires, both of a minor na ture, occurred in l.a Grande this morning. The first alarm was turned in al 10:25 u. m. The roof of a resi dence ul 1803 O avenue, occupied by Hurry Myers, caught fire but tho bluze was soon cjJ Inguished. During the noon hour the fire truck was culled to 1002 I llh street where about $5 damage was done before a smull fire was put out. MAY DAY QUIET IN CAPITALS OF WORLD POWERS HO I'' I A (AP) An Ultempl 1" HKHiiMsinalc King Moris was frus trated today when guards dtscov- J ered u almost eompieie suiner ranean passage with an explosive film- which they lielteved v;is in tended tlo blow up the royal palace. PAMIS (AP) May Da round Purls unlet. No disturbance:) were reported. HOM K (AP -- May Day was reported traii'iull throughout M uly, the rei.ult of mobilisation "f police and Fascist militia pre cnulions lo prevent alteiopts at violence. NKW YOMK fAP)-May Day eve was marked by police raids on t"n meeting or communists, socialists and nlh-ged nnarchtsis. at Which nil parlleipanls were driven into the street. The most important raid was on tin Man hali'in heud'iuaiters fif the Workers party of Ani'Tba, ENDED Maid From z ,. Vi hx . i .... A president's daiigbtcv. lH-rliaps stiotihl Mrle to upbolil Ilin traditions and dignities or her country. Mm Alicia Calles, II, tho daughter of the president, of Mexico Is thorouujily Amerlt-an-lnd, after a few luouths of win ml in San Diego. A modish bob supplants Ihe long plaits of hulk ltollcd irWn hbso and short skirts, too. The Aiuerlcan (ilil's fieeiioin to attend shows, tinner, s(mp ami islt without m Kovemess alwitys np peals lo her. So (Iim'h jax mush. And since isillng Hollywood, she aspiirs to bef-oino a niovin aeteess. WALES DRIVES CA PK TOWN, South Africa (My Associated Press). Tho Prince of Wales today drove on ox wagon throjgh the streets of Capetown, accompanied by thousands of uni versity students singing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," The prince later was ceremoni ously installed chancellor of the I nlverslty of Capetown, a til ular position he has occupied since the Inaugural Ion' of the uillvrslty In i a i k. SIMtKVKPOUT. I.u. (My the As sociated Press)--All oigani.td baUfi or terrorists and Doggers existing lit Cedar Grove was indicted here hi t est tin on y brought out at the trial of W. K. Miller and W. C Oli ver, charged with assuiill and con spiracy to commit assault In con nectlon with the flogiclug of John M ilker, fr Cedur Grove. C. A. Stewarf. a Kiirpris" wltneHM, naiii Oliver as being one or the roiuMdratois aiifl also slated 1 hat Forest l.ee, 1 1, N. Moutwi'lght find A. II. Netths were members of the gam, who plotted to riog Marker. "They told Hie they were beat ing me because I did not control my tiimily an. pi-rmnie.i my daughter, dreswed In klitikers, lo ride V, bieycle." Darker siil. SID UARII ARIAN, YOUNC CARMEN FKiHT TO DRAW l'OUTIiM. Ore. (Ily llic- A-.-uh luli'il I'nM Sid llnrliui Inn. of li-tntl. ali.l rnriiM-n. nr 1'iirlliiii.l. Iluhlui'luhf. rouulil ll I-mmiii(I drllw IH'H' Inl IllKllt. Wallowa County Fair Dates Arc Agreed on KNTKISI'UIHK, "" (l-'lc'iiil I'l th" Oltm-i-vcr), -'riif iliil-H fur tin. umi Htl WnMowu rollTily luir tu im. Ii.-hl h.T.- tlllH (.III linn' I n k.:t fur Hi-iti -Ik-- 8S-Uitolr , lu- G ON TRIAL TODAY Mexico Bobs XTRA nut i MMAi i; HIGIir.Il WASHINGTON (AP) The rah: nt Increase of tin nutlon's popiilu-J thin by birth was considerably higher In 1021 Mum hi I0-'J. The birth rnte increased i2.:i persons per thousand In HlJJt to ii2.5 hi thousand in 11121, according to the census bureau survey made public today. INAt Gl MAI ION fci;T ID;MI,IN (AP) I'li'sldeiit-i:!)'! von Hludeubiirg will take orfh-e and Ik liiaimurateil at. noon, Mluy V2, It was ofll (ally dci-lded Ixalay. cAiJi'oitN f a Titi;MHi,i;s LOS ANGI'JiFN (Al) Nharp enrth shtH-ks were fell nt m-vera I IMiiuts hi southern Cnliroriila early t(Klay hut no dainnge was resirt ed. At HMershle shis'ttK fright ened pntleiils at (hi county hos pititl, where I'm dmirs sprang open and windows rattled fuiioMsly. ( A S', DIAGNOSED IH ts O.N ( AP) A comlllioii Known as 'hriirt block", some times found with advancing age was diMtivered by phHclaiiH who CMimlm-d John C. ((to) blue, the president's fa liter, lodn. DDCltl i: Sl'SPF.N DDD WASHINti'lON ( AP) DenVIng the gdierumcut's n-miesl for lliil Hiltloil or the order suspending oH-ratloiis tit Ihr packer consent decree. Justice Mullet hi the Dis trict or Columbia supreme i-ourt, today entered a rnrniul order sus pendhiu the disrcr "In vwry pur-Ib-ulur.'' Tbr unlet will Is ir fictlc until rurtber nnlrr or court, whk'.i, it was fipiiliilrd, xsiil he rulcird, if ul nil. only alter final heal Ink of ttie casr. Washington Is Classed As Irresponsible City (My ( buries P. Mey,un) WASHINGTON (NKA HpedaD Wiif.htiigton Isn't exactly a vicious city. That In to say, il Isn'l tough. In the hi'iiM-1 that Chlcaito Is lough. M isn't hurd and cruel, like New I Yoi k. D Isn't d Hperale and dan- IL'ermiH, like San l-'iuticlseo. Out side t he pro hi n't ion enforcement s.-rvice. the thtiu doesn't nourish ! 1....... A... I t-.-l 11 ..ili'l 1,1. u.il.l thlif WushliiKtoti is good, M lindotibledly y the most Irre sponsible city in the country. Not that it mwinu an; thing very wruntf. OLD IB IT POLICE LAIS MAN Writer of Threatening Letters Is TakeJi Into Custody PORTLANDTAILOR SOUGHT $2,000 Papers Stuffed in Pack age as Foil Proved Suc cessful; Confession Fol lowed. POMTLAXU, Ore. (My the Ah soctated Press) Krnosl J. Klm gren, tailor, arrested late yester day os he was about to take a, cache supposed to contain $2, (too, confessed today that he had sent threatening letters to I. Itas nuisseu, local paint dealer, thu deputy sheriffs announced. Klmgren was arreted, on the Powell valley road ut the spot where Itasinussen had beep direct- ed to b uve a pack a go containing the two thousand dollars. Tho package, however, consisted of old papers. 1 Heavily In Debt Officers said that Klmgren con fessed that he conceived a plot to extort money from Masmussen af ter reading stories in magazines. lie said he whs heavily in debt n.t the result of financial difficulties and futluru to succeed In his tailor shop. Klmgren hud known Hasmussen and ntudo clothes for- htm fnr in yvars, he said. Officers said he al so admitted planning to send a threatening letter to another man. John Dalquiflt. HQ Stild he never intended to carry out the threats contained in the letter to Kusmus sen. Threatened Flrt. One letter received by Masmus sen contained a threat to burn his building and pour acid in his auto mobiles unless ho complied with (ho directions to turn over thu money. S F.DGIN, Ore. (Speclul to tho Ob server) The vole on bonding tho city for a better water system at the. recent speclul election resulted in a majority ot almost three to one for tho progressive step. The vole was: 127 for tho bonds; 45 against. The bonds were alreudy sold at :i good figure on the condition Hint the election resulted favorably to the bond issue. Following tho working out of further details nee ssary construction will begin. (JOI1S TO VIMT AI STItAMA WASIIINOTON (Al'). The lilim jncki'ts of th. AtiMirU'iin floi-'t will Imvii no (lirrlculty pi'lidlnK Hu ll' nuy itHliort. vlun their whips put liilo A istrullim harbors during thu lortlicnntlnK crulm'. Mithiiw Ainrrlran nion.'y rannnt ordinarily ! ihaiimd Into Austrul- lan nionry without (:onl'l..'taul' r.-d tape, the American and Aua irallan Koverniui'ntB havo 'ntt:r.d Into a Mpi-rlul aKrvrnit'iit for Im mwliatt' convrrnion or currylns up lo JU.OMn.nuO to lunt-t the flp.'t pay roll wliilf In Auatrulia. .MAW uii.i.i:i IS WHWK NlMINKIDMl'KHI., P r ll a a I a. (A I') l-:viltkuhn.n-Ilt'rllu cx prf.s train was d.-ruth-d today, kllllnit ti.lwcin 3n and 4') pi'r aons and InjttilnK forty. It simply doesn't care. Nearly i-veryhody here I- awuy from home, with IMtle or nothing to do. and interested almost exclusively Iti having a. good lime. These am Ideal eomlitlond for HHunH pur poses and he titukou Ihe must oC litem. W hut's" become or ihe Scott di vorce case, at Alpena, Mich. 7 Tho testimony In the ease told the story of life In Washington with huutu (Contluutd 90 pue 8) ELGIN VOTES ITER MM