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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY CITY EDITION THE WEATHER Portland, AP) Oregon: Cloudy tonight and Tuesday. 1'robably ecu t to red thunder Btorms In the east 1ttttttJ VOLUME XXIII. LA GRANDE, OREGON. MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 225 ante laAara .Hit .By OF EARTH S BIB STICK WINS FOR LOCALS Pirates Subdue Pendleton Buckaroos in Spectac ular Contest BAKER ENTHRONED IN SECOND PLACE Walla Walla Defeated 5 to 2 at Baker; Locals Need Two Games to Cinch Flag. niii io .MorvrAix u:.v;ri:. Chilis W. I Pet. 1.u Grande 8 3 .727 Hakcr 6 5 .545 Pendleton 5 6 .4 55 Wulla Wulla 3 8 .ii73 NCNDAY'K (SAMtfti. At Pendleton: J.h Grande 7, Pen dleton 4. At Haker: Walla Walla 2, Ua ker 5. The Pirateu won the if a me and ure now three paint a alfc c " dlelon; the new men, fiiv...,r -S. Ken nu and Faust at shortstop and second bane looked Mko real hall players all the way through; Iluek Heln Is vindicated; Ilarth got the home runs he ha been working for all season and all the team shared In the proud and righteous fcel 1111; that comes with winning a hard uiPgame against odds. K was a great victory. Iiiidle ton led the pi rat on Ihrce to noth ing until the sixth inning and then Villi a hurst of nocking that Is sel dom seen in one short ball game the I -a Grande elub nosed out in the lead in a regular Hover lioys way of winning. . iM. Grande's new men in the in (Continucd nn I'age Elcht.) While I xi Grande's drum and bugle corps rath'd to place in the prize money at the Amerlcun Le gion convention at Prineville, loc al Legionnaires who attended re port an excellent time and a very successful convention. Salem's drum" corps won fitsfc place, MeMinnviHe second and Medrord third. - The principal sneaker before the Legion convention on its clo-slnff day was Sam A. K'ozer, secretary of state, who spoke particularly of the administration of the stale bo nus and loan law. The American legion auxiliary closeil its siati session Saturday with the election of Mrs. Minnie P. K.istman nf Gresh.im hh state president. Mrs. Harold Herchnep. of Hood Itiver. was named vice president and Mrs. Mabel Me In terna of Marsh Held was reelected secretary treasurer Mrs. ltena A. Palmer of La Grande was retiring department president and Mrs. Ar llu G. Walker, of Sheridan, was chosen national committee woman. Miss Marie Walker of St. Helens was reelected historian. The auxil iary will meet next year at Marsh field and North llend. co-lnddent with the American legion convention. LEGIONNAIRES " RETURN HOME 18 Union County Boys . Enroll For C.M.T. Camp CAMP LKWIH. Wash. (Special to. the observer) Cnlon county Is r presented ut this year's Citizens' Military Training Camp at Camp Lewis by the folloulng citizens who will devote one month toward acquiring a knowh-dgu of military art: Im Grande: John P. Coolidge. Wilson P. Thurston.. Kendrii k W. Sbgrist. Clifford. Heit. Paul Mey ers. William C. McKeunon, Nor man D. Jesse. John M. Herr and Carrol N. Hale. l'n ton: Lester P. Brown. Palph T. Cock. lUilph . Connor. George W. ItelJip. Leslie A. Hitler, Potiald K. Lamb, and Oral Itosewall. Klgin: l,eon H. Henderson. Hot I .a lie; Gustavo K, Casper. TIKI Be tu Trained. Seven buudrctl iluj--nl soldiers- Company E. Returns To La Grande Bronzed by Fortnight in Camp Jackson, Guards men Arrive Home Yes terday Morning. ; The I .a Grande national guard troop returned home about half past nine yesterday morning, full fledged soldiers with 17 days In uniform behind them. The company arrived one . day late to the consternation of many wives, mothers and sweethearts. This last-tuinute delay was die to the decision of the men to stop over for a day in Portland. (. 1.. Outton, captain of the troop, stated this morning th it from his observation the camp was an entire success. The men in the encampment had many en joyable moments, some work a 11 1 enough to do at all times to keep them contented. Capt. Dutton's sentiments were echoed by the members of the company on their arrival here. Kvery moment of the encamp ment there was something inter esting doing until along toward the last when the hot weather slowed down the various activities to some extent. The company was gone Just 17 days, just long enough for u va cation and short enough not to be tiresome. ; -,gular work will be resumed once again under the supervision of a new Instructor, Krnest Ely, who succeeds Captain Hathaway. Captain Kly was transferred here from Port Penning, at Co lumbus, Georgia. LODGE PICNIC HELD AT PARK HERE YESTERDAY The annual picnic of the Union County Plstrict association of the I. o. O. P. and Rebekah lodges was held yesterday at Itlvendde Park. The morning was spent in a business meeting during which Ioe Golden was elected president of the association. Bert Hill, vice president; Mr. Hug. secretary and James Moss, treasurer. At noon everyone enjoyed a pic nic lunch and the afternoon was spent at races and games of various kinds. Arrangements were made for the next annual picnic to be held at El gin. DcMolay Boys Picnic At the Cove Sunday Fifteen member of the ai Grande order of DeMolay for boys met early yesterday morning at the Masonic hall and motored to Cove for breakfast. After an ex cellent picnic breakfast out of doors two or three hours were spent at the Cove swimming pool. They returned to La Grande about K:30 o'clock. TRAIN HITV AITO; SIX li:AI BLOOMLNGTOIS'. 111. (AP) Six members of one futility were killed, another is believed fatally Injured and several passengers of an Inter urban were injured when an automobile whs struck by nn Illinois traction system car seven miles west of here Sunday. All of the dead resided In Ploomingtun. Walled :t() Years for VItMv. St. Andrews, Scotland (AP) Members of the llayol and Ancient Golf club are particularly pleased thiil ltobert Harris, a representa tive of the club, won the amateur championship this year. He Is the. first member repre senting the club to win the ama teur cup In 3' years or since it was won by J,eslle It. Melville in 1 HOfi. from Oregon, Washington and Northern Idaho are being trained at Oils camp. Courses are given in Infantry, Held Artillery. Caval ry. Engineers and Kignul corps. Students wilh no previous military training are being Instructed in .he Basic Course. Others who have at tended previous camps or have hud military' experience ore recel. mg inst melton in Bed. Wnite or Blue Courses, depending upon their pro fieiency. Graduates of the Blue Course are ellgtbh for commis sions as Iteserve Officers. The Camp is commanded by Co lonel K. T. Arnobl, Cavalry. Chief oT Staff or Hie NInely-SUth divi sion.' fie will be assisted by Itegu ; lar Army and Iteserve Officers. (CuuUuukU Five ) Out of 200 "iM'ifcd" babies in Ogilcn, I (nli, Mnrv Wright, I I niontli. wtH .selected as the champion or perfection. E E Wallowa hike Is receiving Its shiire of publicity In the metropol itan newspapers this mouth large ly to acquaint J'ortland residents with tin place they will spend I heir first "official" Kourth of July celebration. Both Hie Oregon Journal an' the Oregoninn yesterday devoted a great deal or space to the wonder land. In the Journal pago six of the first section was embellished with a four column cartoon depicting the pleasures that would be Port land's on the caravan July 2, 3 and 4, accompanied by a story. The Oregon ian's auto section was started off with a full page given to Wallowa lake, featuring three plcturea of scenery and a map of the La Grande-Wallowa district. ne picture was of t he highway near Klgin, one showing t he Wallowa mountains from the Wallowa lake road and the third was entitled "Skirting Mluam Canyon." In La til nude Friday. The caravan will reach La Grande l-'riday afternoon at. 4:45 o'clock according to the present .schedule and the. visitors will leave here ut :30 for Wallowa lake which they expect lo reach by a three-hour drive. The group will drive to Kuterprise Saturday morn ing and return to Wallowa lake about noon on July Kourth. "Kvery thl tig la in tiptop shape Tor the Fourth of July pilgrimage to the Wallowa Wonderland and a jolly group of boosters have sig nified their Intention of making the trip.' slut en the Journal. Pays Tribute! to Lakes. "Sixty-two bikes, nil wit h In a radius of 15 niilts! UHHisuit gems in a setting of tee-blue bills, secrets of natural witchery and refreshing charm, virgin mysteries loeked amid rugged peaks, a giant gallery of pictures framed by pine and tamarack stieh is the wonderland lo which Wallowa lake iiseif is the key," comments ( 'ha Hen K. Gratke in the oregonlan. "Some of those portlanderw are going to get an unexpected thrill." he con tinued. "Those of them who In; Meve that pendlelnn In "Eastern Oregon," who think thai Ihe Wil lamette va I ley Is ( h only plaee where there are good roads, and (Continued on Tatfo Klve.) ! Heat Wave Rrokcn in Grande Rondc Valley Th hiat wave in 1-a rir;-nlo wan brek'-n consid rubly ovit th wck -nd. Afl'T 11m nvrciiry lilt a hiKh mark of .W Hntiirduy, it reurh'd a intiiimiim of 17 and tln-n climbed to 'Jit Sumliiy with 11 rnin Immn of ti3 'luring lh- nlsht. At i o'clock y'!tfrdu- th' ih'Tiitotn-ti-r niflsifnd K2 iihovc. I it am ri 1 i- nmiy i-vnin , 'in-he imd .12 ln ln- ,H:i!uiday evninf?. Today the weather In eoob-r than It huu been for aomo time folluw- iiig a cuol ulht. WALLOWA LAK EVEN PEOPLE AT MEETING IN QUAKES OF GRANGE) UNCERTAIN Union Experiment Sta tion Host to Farmers ; of East Oregon HEAD OF STATE CHANGE SPEAKS Addresses Made by Sev eral During All - Day Session; Entertainment Is Praised. What was considered by many in aetlve touch wilh grange nf fairs the most successful of ltn kind ever held was the annual picnic of the l'n ion County granges was held Saturday at the state experiment station at I'nlon with Uobert Wlthyconibe. head of the Institu tion host to some 'too people. The afternoon was hot elsewhere hut In the cool groves near the sta tion the weather was Just pleasant ly warm. Nevertheless some 40 gallons of tee cream and various other thirst quenchers and coolers were consumed. Among the 3(1(1 people present wero representatives of alt the Un ion county granges, grange mem bers from Wallowa and Paker counties, who came by special in vitation and others. C()ll'llllBllsil,CHH MlN't. Wilh the picnic was combined one of tho quarterly business .meet ings of the romona grange. On the program were several speeches and a number Of musical offerings. The program opened with an ad dress of welcome by Ir. W. T. Phy and a response, by K. 1 avtea of Wallowa. A vocal solo by Mrs. Georglana Chadwick followed. Mrs. s (Continued on I'age Five.) KlinT Grant KHtli, Jta.stor of the l-'Ir-Hf Mi-th(Klit rliurrh and rhafriiuin of the fx'-rutlvi' commit tee anl rtnaneeH of t lit reeent va cation blbie. school conducted here no succ"Rrully. has niii'ie public bis reiiort of the bible Hcliool show ing that there were fisn retrtstra ttons anil a daily average attend ance of H17 pupils, or 111 relinloilH organizations. Fifty-eight pupils expressed no religiona preference. "We employed a superintendent, six principals and a director of mu sic on small salaries." Mr. Keith says. -There were J 27 persons who Kaye volunteer serviceii from Ifi minutes to Hf'S hours. The total number of volunteer flays amounted to 42. If performed by one per son. Resides the above the ministers of tlie cooperat inj- churches gave ninny weeks of careful and pains taking service aloli- with several laymen who assisted In tile organ ization and carrying out of the program. "The total amount, of money do nated 11 n 1 expended waa about J5.rn. We hereby wish to express ('nnllmicd mi IKe Five.) Making Summer enus One of the plca-dmc feature of The Jibx-ricr'? Tree Cooking School to tx held the week fnllowlng the I otirlh ulll he dally menus eMTlly neareil iit Mi-hil at tent Ion lo hut wealhi-r reiMilH'mcnt. The menus uill be iuhll-hed In Tie' bs-r er's I- -lie ti cfnlhifc i-U4-li fla's hi-tnn lhti. Anil cery ila'. proa ram p-oniW' suiuelhiujr Interesting and pnu -1M11I for the iMHi-ewhcj of the cfiniinuiilly. I'lnii now to at tend cin-h of the fKe ht4. 01wrTrr Advert ldng A Mcrclinmll.slng 8 rfh SCHOO REPORT E VEN DEATH LIST Four Persons Known to Have Been Killed, 103 Said Injured S. P. REPORTS 65 SLAIN BY SHOCKS Relief Train Is Now on ' Way to Stricken City, Carrying Scores of I rained Nurses. SANTA BARBARA (AP Press 'Time Flash). Ten mil lion dollars damage, 12 known dead "and virtual destruction of most of the business build ings on State street resulted from the earthquake early to day. Dead are: Mrs. Charles Perkins, William Matthews, D. Santor, James Angel, Pat' rick Shea, Miss Carter, and two unidentified .Mexicans and Chinese. SAN FRANCISCO (By the Associated Tress). The Pa- cific Telephone altd Telegraph company here received word that another severe earth quake was felt at Santa Bar bara at 10:15 o'clock. The Southern Pacific reports 65 dead at Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA (By the Associated Press). Four persons are known to have been killed and 103 injured in the earthquake early to day, damaging practically all structures in the city and wrecking several of the larg est, t The Han Maries building, the ktrucst. business structure, coin- Ipletely collapsed along one-lhlrdof lis length. Woman Killed In Hotel The Arlington hotel and the St, l-'rancls hospital were partially de stroyed. Mrs. I-erklns, wife of a wealthy railroad man, was killed In the hotel. The oilier three dead wero round in the wreckage of business build ings. Then were two sevcrv Mmm-ks, followed hy about 20 others of mi nor violence apparent ly tf-nK-riiiK (Continued on Page Five.) MOTOR AUCTION SALE CREATING GREAT INTEREST The TVrkiiiH Motor ComiHiiiy auction Hah nun created a good deal of comment about the clly and from alt Indications the thousand people expected will be on hand for both the afternoon and evening H Htflunn when tlie wale openn Wed neday. The announcement (hot the earn will be Hold on the absolute auction batdH. rugardlewi of price Im to he fulfilled to the btler. according to W. , I'erklriH. Many of the c luive reci'iiily been re-condilW)n to comply with the Kord Mi-day guar antee policy but all are in good running order and all will no doubt be until 11I bargain prlcea. The (net. that Mr, (iregrton, ihe nuitioneiT wilh whom Ihe plan originated. huH uecejrulty con dueferl many filuilhir HabH In Pen dleton, Walla Walla. I-wIh'oii. Ol ympia and other norlhweniern ei th In proof that thin method of merehandlMtng uned c-ira l a aal iMfactory one for both the dealeiu and tho purehuera. A'H ilMH 'i C i K. ! ION ir. W. P. MrAdory, La (Irande phyHiekm la attending the annual conference of Ihe NorlliueMtern Medical AHHoeiatlon tn i'orlland thin. week. )r. MeAdory left for Portland h.nt evening. Hi' will re turn to La Un-.ntK' WfJucudus". Straight from the Shoulder Ef?Z.m '""' ' " Mill 1WVW.W I'll in Slewartl, It. V., Just ariiiss ihe border of Alaska, tliey speak straight fitmi the slnxilder. Ah you touio iiilo the town you am greeted! hy n Hlgn which oiitt your way, but whiii also itntkcH it iiinfii tliat If you're Oriental you're not wnnteil. MONTANA ROCKED FOR FOURTH TIME XTRA .mil mmi,iix;i: ni:rii;u. l'l.V.MOLTII. Vt. ,(AI') I'lij slelnmt aUeiiditiK' -olonel .lifltn Cuolldge, (Jiu presldi-iit'H rnthir,.jiiir noiimiMl eiirly tills afterniNiii tluit Ik Is getting illontf iH'llcr tlinn ox-lMK-tf,i iiml tlutt lit) Is hclim-l to be out of ilungcr. l'Hi;iKTi:i 'I ItllMOlt. I'AKO AIIXI (AP) lr. Ilnllfy WIIUs, noted Hi'lNtnohrKlst of StUl fonl imlverHity, who iiredlctitl tut Mirtbinako In tlie general region of Santa, Itarbarn, in now In that city. WIIIIh cause I to Ihi pnbllslnHl koiiic time back n wtnteincnt that earth quakes north of San Juan ItautlMa, San ltenlto county, liail relieved the earth ires.snrcH In northern t 'all Torn la but others wero aeeiiinii latlnj; In tho wmtlierit nectlon which winihl ctcutually result In a blfC tremor. ritisco r;st7APi;s. SAN I'KANCINCO (AP) V.l Cent 10 rcKrfMl the (piakf wa.H not felt hi Ihe Imperial valley and ap parently did not extend further north than Bukcnifjclfl. It did not reach San I'Vane Ittco, Sanln Itarbarn, n famous report, has alKMit HO.OhO Mpulatlon. .Many wealthy iiersona front nil parts of fin fonntry go there. Tho hotels aii not usually crowded at this time of tin year, yet there in it big influx of tourists the year round. ir. Mi-;v 1)iivm;ii ;i,m ( i;sri;it, milsm (AP) I'trtecn men were drowintl and nine other memlH'rs of tho crew of Ihe ll-dilng M lKMMier iWx nx ued when the Itout sank niter a cfdll- Ion wilh a t'liuaril Anchor Line steamer, the TuManla. 200 miles ast of Halirav ycstenhiy. Captain riiomits llownery, of Hex, wilH nill- ng those drowned. Leoua d Panama and Howard Hug "I Klgin were each fined tioao and Henlenred lo .10 day in the county Jill by Judge '. (J. Couch, Kuturday afternoon, alter they had plea. led guilty to elutlgea of poa riiHlnri or mooiiisbhie iiiuhIi. How ard llii.ewood of Klgin 1m hIho iui plh a led bill due to an explosion In t he si 111 bullet- a day or two before ihe dale of the arie-d wan ii ol u phy-ileji (Qiwlttlon to appear lor trial. He wan badly binned be low Hie ktieea. P.irflOtlK Willi bllin- ed about the liaiida and urmst ab.o. Tin1 inrest waa mode bv tleorge M. Pb'iee. npeelul prohibition of ficer, a.nt Friday. A complete sllll, ro gallonH of madi ad 10 gallonn or mooimhlne were taken. Three Oilier 1 lne, pei cc'h a r rent and conviction o er i lie w.'dt end occurred Hun dny when prrry Ulacithiirn, Char by Lnney and Tuck I Jiwnnee of linker were nrreMted with two bol ihH ut moonshine in their iiomhch hIoIi. They were arraigned before Judge llrady thin morning, pleaded riUiity uaU were tiievtl $7& ach. LAW WDUTDRS PLEAD GUILTY Earthquakes Visit North ern State Frequently; . Total Damage Esti mated at $500,000 ' ;Hi:At FAU.S, Mont. (Ily t'lio AsMM-lnUil I'n-ss) limit l-'itlls wns vlnltixl wlli a fourth rartliqitnUo wllliln a hours l 2:M o'(-l(K-k IliM morning. Housm writ shnki'n. IIIOMONA, (Ily tin. Aswx'lnUMl IrrsM) An eartliuunko laMfn Ke ren sw-oiuw was felt lien early today. Ko danifmt was rciMirted, TTKLKNA Mont. (By tho Aaaoci- ated Press) Mother earth became nervous again Into Sunday in cen tral Montana and aullercd more. convulsion!., Tremhlora occurred at Threo Korku, Whito Suplhur HprlngH und Anaconda. All of 1 lie in wero alight. After spending , night fraught, with fear over tho hidden dungcra of an earthnmiko dlnnater, the pop ulation In aeveral Himitl towns were preparing to vacate their homes In caso a new disturbance occurred. No Ions of life has occurred, aac- co nltiig to udvtees reaching hero from cities and towns in the af fected area. Only threo persons havo been Injured, it la reported. 1 The three more shocks Kundayj wero confined to the. south central region of Montana, whereas Satur day night, with reports coming In of four 'states in thv tiorl hern half of tho Itocky Mountain range. In threo other stateH, Idaho, Wellington and Wyoming, tho trcmhlorn were slight nnd no ma terial damage was recorded. Property damage estimates in the stricken area of Montana have Hourcd to the $mm,0')i mark Hun day night, with reports coming Inn from the smaller towns nnd villag es; A ".lumber of landstldea occurred In varlotiH aeeilons of the stricken area, two roll road lines being blocked and a number of highway serlou.ily damaged but. neither trains nor vehicles were caught In the uphcuvnlH. Two isolated towns are reported lo be seriously dmuaged by the tremblors. incomplete reports stat ed. At White Sulphur Springs, which reported u new shock Sun day, virtually all of the couuly (Continued on 1'bko Five.) Foreigners Justified hi Firing On Chinese (lit ( billies p. Stewart) WASHINGTON (MCA Special j I lllll'H it' ill en I OIIMtll IC'IIITIM iiMMingnniii in i'ooiiiik ir tertiiln anmuiit of n itlcl.sin in WuHhlngton for repoi ting the in terniitlonul police JiiHlitled tn fir ing into n mob of native strike demount nttors during the Shanghul eluMh wlileh preelplliited the htti'st unit-foreign oitibreak In China. Trudttionully niendly to the ChlneBe. us a people, official Wuh Ington tends to the view that the foreigners among them drove llieiu to violence by their own htgh 'handed be hit vlor, in rogunce and (treed. u SMiue tliarler the gueH Is ha7.arled that Cunninghatu has at surbtJ the aiinortihcro of thu CITY RAZED BY IKE UPHEAVAL Brick Buildings, Includ ing Hotel, Demolished .' by Shocks Today LOSS OF LIFE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE Reservoirs and Water Mains Broken, Streets Flooded ; Waves Inun date Lowlands. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Hy the Associated Press). All brick buildings here were demolished this morning-, in cluding the Arlington Hotel, by an earthquake which swept the southern . part of the state. It seems to have centered its ferocity on this city. Water mains and river reservoirs broke and the city is partly flooded. The main street of the city upheaved and buckled under the temb lor, and as the water mains parted jreyser s shot up through the pavement. Twd fires were started. It is feared the Toss of life may be considerable, particu larly in the ruins of the Ar lington Hotel, one wall of which collapsed like an egg shell. VENTURA (My tho Associated Pram) Sonla lturlmrn. la flooded, the quuko, flooding lh low lands. Tremendous waves, wblch rush eil'in from tho liny, accompanied tho result of brokon water ' mains, nccordlntr to ey wltneraes return ing from thoro this morning. RAN FRANCISCO (Dy the Asso elated I'ress) Infornmtlon relay, ed hero to tho Associated Oil Com pany over private lines from Ban tu Maria said I hat 'many largo building In Santa Harbara had been. (Contlnuod on Page Five.) - US ANOKLKB (By tho Associ ated lress A severe earthquake shock rocked Los AiiRclea early today. owntown buildings sway ed considerably but tlie niovomcnt waa Blow and even and there Is no Indication of damage. The earth -qmiko continued at res'ilu-i" inter vals, i. c. i j. i,on(j hi:hf. (. u Kong, Meld horticulturist of the O. A. Extension department Ih at Cove today. Ho will spend i tomorrow morning at liubler and tomorrow afternoon ut Klgin. Hhanghul "Kuropean Bettlemcnt" until he hu.s come to shuro its prejudh-CH. ., Mnklng all due allowance, how ever, for the met that tho Chinese have plenty of reason for hating most or the "foreign devil" in (heir midst, yet the further fact remains that tho comparatively tonal I number of tho latter act ually In Chlnu. haven't much choic but to defend themselves when tlm natlviH go on the rampage. Theoretically It's nil very well to any that lh foreigners brim trouble on thenimlvca. There nr foreigners who do say ho an 1 deprecate the treatment of the Chi-. (Continued on Threo) LOS ANGELES FEELS SHOCK
