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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES IODAU CITY EDITION THE WEATHER POHTI4AND (AP) Ore gon: "alr tonight and Wcd maday, except cloudy along thu coast. VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 226 wbmmu (rating F y F La Grande's Population 1 linn to ArWlWho.. Celebrations WONDERLAND TO RE BIGGEST LURE Baker, Perry, Enterprise and Elgin Will Prob ably Attract Many Lo cal People. F.ast mi r'gon cit Us are. as iimiul. preparing for a glorious j rourin 01 .iniy ccieiirauon faiur duy -some Friday and Hat unlay. Celebrations will be held at Wal lowa lake. Enterprise. Klgin, Perry, Raker and other towns eaM of tin; Cascades. ),a Grande will have no of ( icia 1 celebration, being content to close up the business section and motor to some other city or else upend a quiet day fishing. The K veiling Observer will is sue itn early morning paper inde pendence lay. Portland's Fourth. Although widely .separated, port land ami Eastern Oregon will Join hands Saturday at Wallowa lake where 11 caravan of Home- 75 or 100 pconie i.uiii wirgun n.m,u,.u.. hik'iiu hiuuu). "IU,,U,U" i"i' linns are practically complete to i take cure of the visitors and the biggest crowd ever gathered ul W.ill.ttu.. IiiUi. nt mi.. I inn. Ik cnll. " """" fidently expected. Considerable Interest is also manifest In Rakers pioneer pro W III ROM grain for the fourth. Terry v.ill much of the preparation as pos have an old-fashioned celebration sihle he made during times of peace that will undoubtedly attract many jund not ul a time when our na La Grande people as will Km in and jtlonal security may be ut stake." Knterpris. Roth the hitler will All May "Sign Vp." lake off both Friday and Saturday. J n In desired by the committee Knterprise will wind up the two in charge here that all citizens, days with a gigantic display of both men and women, signify their fireworks Saturday night. ELL F Announcement was made today of the sal" of Cherry's Flower store, greenhouses and residence and all the real est.ile connected with the property to Mr. and .Mrs. Robert Clark. .Mr. Clark Is one of the successful and substantial far mers of the Grande Konde val ley and is well known in La Grande and I'M Ion county. When questioned as lo I he sale. A. II. Cherry staled, "Yes, we have sold our business to some ...(..!.(.. rii.. ... 1. 1 Mi- 1'hirk itM we iinnersiumi noes uui. oin ipalc engaging adlwdy in the busi ness but i placing In charge of Ihe green houses his son. It. Ralph Clark anO the store is to be in charge or hrs daughter, .Miss Itlanehe Clark.' Miss Chirk nas been an ait in structor at. the Oregon Normal school at Monmouth lor the past two years and previous lo t hat she was supervisor of art In the 1m Grande schools for several years. K. Italph Clark has Just completed a four-year course al o. A. C majoring lu greenhouse work. Mr. Ilohenb iiner and Miss llen 1mm. who have been employed by Mr. Cherry, will be retained by the new owners. In addition lo Ihe rinrlst business purchase. Miss Clark has bought nix lots of I In- Gnilidy uddttlon Just north of the greenhouse and gar dens on which she contemplates enlarging the plant us the needs of the vicinity demand. "Mrs. Cherry and I contemplate a good long test and a little play. nncr thirty years oi nam woi k hi 1m Grande," Mr. Cherry states. "We expect to spend part of the (Continued on Pago Five.) HffS LOIR STORE Second Band Concert Of Summer Tomorrow Eve One nf the best band roneerts tner given in l-a Grande Is what .s promised by the Lu Grande mu nicipal band iti reference to Its concert to lie held here tomorrow evening at the new outdoor stand huek or the New Foley building. The cuneert will begin at 8 o'clock under the direction or An drew Lotiey. jr. The taitne restric tions for motor vehicles will be In force were obsiTed ai the open ing concert of the summer series, ahout two or thr-e weeks ago. The program haa now been pre pared us follows: Defense Day Test To Be Held Here No Parades or Demon strations Planned; Citi zens May Show Patrio tism by "Signing Up." In common wllh everv oritur und 'ny.n Ovveon anU murl' ! l"9' orande will observe defense day on juiy lourin. Not with a pa- rude or demonstration but never- (tieiess, i,n (; ramie patriots will liuve ample opportunity to demon strute their feelings of loyalty to ward Old Glory and the country it represents. "What is the defense testr An explanation and trout or plana prepared for the natioiiul defense. "What is Its purpose?" ItM primary purpo.su Is to en able the people to see for them selves and to understand the Initial steps necessary to muster Anicr- ,UrtU,uw, r Iur nauonai ue fense. Ln Urandc Heady, "l.u Grande, like other patriotic cities, wan Is lo demonstrate ittj willingness to support the national defense Jn case of an emergencv," slates Major It. It. Huron, o. N. G., here toduy. "The question Is often asked," he continued, "why it Is necessary to hold a defense test. Recausc in all past emergencies from the time of our colonial wars up to the beginning of the world war. we have had no plans for systematic development of the necessary rorces and no adequate plans for main taining troops through an emerg ency. Wo have heretofore been forced to rely upon hastily created bwHvB and there have resulted da iny ronfusion. dunllrul inn nf of. fort, extravagance and unneccsaary loss of life. Kvery generation has paid und the present and future generations must continue to pay the price of the past lack of fore sight an dpreparatlon. The prea- j em system contemplates that as willingness to support the govern nu nt in case of emergency. "It Is not desired that the peo ple of this city depart from their long established custom of having family picnics, nor lo interfere wttli plan.t made to participate lti celebrations in neighboring towns and for Mils reason, there will be (Continued on Page Five.) BUSINESS MEN TO VISIT COVE WEDNESDAY EVE The first of the "Get Ac quainted" trips of the I'nion County Chamber of Commerce will be made tomorrow evening u 1th Cove as ihe destination. A good sized delegation is ex pected to make the trip and a number of reservations have al ready been turned in at Karl Reynolds' office. Floyd Me Kennon. chairman of the "Got Acquainted" committee at Main jr. a and Far) lteynolds at Main "till are both tuktng reservations for the trip. The dinner will be served 1 the Ladies ( 'i Ic Improvement Club of Cove and a real banquet has been promised. The dinner Is lo take the place of the annu al Straw berry Festival but to this dinner the ladles are. adding chicken and promise t hat plen ty of strawberries will be serv ed to everyone as well. Country Club Plans To Raise $1,615 Fund At a meeting of the membership of the La Grande Count ry club, held last evening, a committee was appointed lo soloclt funds to retire the present indebtedness of 9 1 K4 5. Plans for the campaign have not been completed yet but among fit her things It was voted last even ing that members with delinquent dues will be given an opportunity to take-up the amount they are In arrears" and. In event this 1s not done, they will be dropped from the membership. . "The Huntress" King Overt ure "Itaymond" Ambrose Thomas . (a) "An American Oddity" Charles J. Hull (b) "Fgypllan Love I nine'".... Arthur Prj or INTKHMISSION. Sc-n-S from "The Fort urn- Teller" Victor H-rbert . (ul "Hiimoresqui' Ovorak Hindu March "Indb nne" S' llenli k An American Sketch "lown South" Myddkton JJtur Sfanfe-K-a Uuuner. SHUTDOWN THREE MURE HERE WILL SHOCKS ARE BE BRIEF Bowman - Hicks Sawmill to Cease Operating Only July Fourth GRANDE RON I)E TO . TAKE 2 DAYS OFF Most West .Coast Fir Mills to Close for Aver age of Five Days; Pini Mills About Three. Although the greater share of fir and pine sawmills on the west coast will not shut down for a few days following the Fourth of July, this condition will not apply to the ltowman-HUks sawmill here. Mr. Ashby this morning, in response to inquiries, stated thai the mill would be closed only on the holiday and would continue operations the fol lowing Monday. The Grande Ronde Lumber com pany will be closed for two days, July 3 and 4. but will also resume operations on the following Mon day, according to Mr. Stoddard. .VDay Shutdown. PORTLAND, Ore. (.Special) Contrary to rumors circulating for several weeks past the Fourth of July shutdown of fir sawmills on the west coast will be brief this (Continued on Page Five.) The Perkins Motor Company Is getting everything in readiness for t he a uet Ion sale of 4 a used co rs to be held tomorrow afternoon and evening with "Greg, himself" of the Gregsou Sales Company o Spokane, auctioneer. The sale will be held indoors lu order to eliminate Iho possibility of unfavorable weather causing In convenience to the crowd present, Kvery thing is being done to pro vide comfortable accc imnodat ions , for the crowd of a thousand peo-' people expected at the auction. A large plutrorm has been built on Ihe main floor of the garage.! This platform has been raised 2ft' inches from the floor of the gar age so that the patrons of the sale! nmy sit at case and watch the cars while they are being sold. t The 4u cars to go under the I auctioneer's gavel will be lined upj at one side and as rapidly as one is sold another will be run on the' platform. Mr. Gregson estimates that a car will be disposed of ey-i cry two minutes thus doing awayi with any possibility of tiresome de-j lay. The sale will open at 2:Sa to morrow afternoon and will be con- ! eluded In the evening. The even-: ing session will opt-n ul seven o'-, clock. Incidentally in the adver- tlsement in yesterday's issue of j the Observer at one place the date of the sale was given as "Wednes-j day, July fourth." The dale of (he sole Is Wednesday, July first, or tomorrow afternoon and evening. Hudson-Essex Caravan Arrives in La Grande Tin? Hudson and Fssex automo bile caravan put on the road by the Portland Motor company arrived in tAi Grande last evening from Bend and Is now at the service or ;. L. Ledbclter, local Hudson and Kssex dealer. In the caraan are three cars, a white Hud-son. and a blue and a red Kssex. The cars were spe cially painted und ;i re lettered with the price of each. All three are coach models. M r. I A'fferts. territory man for the Port hind Motor company, state distributors of Hudson and Ksse products Is in charge of the cara van. While here the cars will be dis played at the L'-dbetter sales rooms and on the streets. They are to be taken to Baker for the celebra tion July third and fourth and will afterwaid be driven to Wallowa county. Chicken-Killing Skunk Caught Last Evening Several people in the lllly of the hospital have been repot Hug the loss of chickens reeetillv. The thief was caught In h Hup last evening at t he L. II. Bnuiclluirt n Mid" nee and was found to be a large female skunk, with six baby skunk. Mrs. Humelhart hud lout thirteen cbkkens, . CAR AUCT ON IS TOMORROW WILL ATTEND I FELT TODAY Santa Barbara, Stricken City, Rocked Again by Temblors EXPERTS DIVIDED ON QUAKES' CAUSE Some , Believe Montana and California Temb lors Related; Others Differ in Opinion. SANTA HAKUAItA Uy the As sociated press) Two severe earth shocks rocked this city early to day, one at 1:22 o'clock und Ihe .second at 4:35 a. m.. Another slight trcmblor occurred at 5:54 u. in. NKW YOHK (Hy the associated Press) Fxperls are divided today as to the .cause of the Santa Bar bara earthquake. Ocean leakage. accumulated strain on the earth's crust, und ex treme hot weather are among the causes assigned. There Is also disagreement as to whether there arc any relations between the tremors In Montana and these which laid Santa Barbara In ruins. Some experts said there was no connection and others though that, the Montana shuck pulled the trig ger .thai caused a twllve-mile dis turbance of rock strata under the Santu Barbara vicinity. SANTA IJAKHAHA (By the As (Continued nn rtgn Klv.) G. E. MEETING Friday evening, July, 3. approx-1 imatety twenty-five people ' wlltj leave La Grande en route lo Port- land to attend "the ihleriMtional j Christian Kndeavor Convention to be held there. Jiily 4 to.l.n. 4 Part n( this number -will- lea ve1 early -Friday by auto, but must of then) will make the trip on the train. La Grande is sending a I an per cent delegation. Christian Kndeavor so cieties from ll over the world will be represented at the conven tion. Th iroing from the Presbyter ian Christian Kndavor association ot Lu Grande are: Mr. and Mrs. t. ". Itow Her, M Iss 1 1 ulda Anderson, Flla Nlederer, Fmuia McAnlsh. Cameron Miller. William Miller. Loree Anderson Claude Wilcock, Gwendolyn Buehanin. Helen Mohr. Francis Kelly, Katheryn Moran. Hess Geibel, Olive and Mildred Hradshaw, Mildred Webb. Marian Miller. Hichard Giejd and Mr. and Mrs. A. S. AndetsoiK . From the local Christian sociely Or. and Mrs. .1. L. Mcpherson and family and Miss Gertrude Wagoner are dele gaten.. Besides this number from La Grande four members of the Bak-i'i- C. K.. four from Lostlne and a few from others will attend. Legionnaires lo Here Report of Convention The regular meeting or the Ut Grande post of the American le gion No. 4:t will be held at Hon. in hall Wednesday evening. July 1, at 8 o'clock. At this meeting the legion con vention at Prinevllle will re ported on, as well as the Yankee Pa rep show. Buying A Valuable Combination Some nlerliMT in mhiip coiii iiiiinhlcH ate able to buy only quantity of clrriilniioii, mel other have only quality avail able. ne rcprf-riils only (he mint Imt f paper ill-l rlbutcfl I he other repreM nU Hie IntereM of renders in r e v v I lug th' paper.-, 'I he f hrr. er gi ch hot It of lhce nl nn clrc!iiel,i Imv reader i-t. I.ffleieiil nilver ll4r i-offMIr the combination nto-t valuable. "Obserrer Advertising A McrchAudbdng Service' Old George" Morgan and rmwMi1' -1 w f- J 'I AUt IA "OKI (Jcorico'' SJOrBii. iiiolililHln iihrnrlirr, ufio flints trnlli mul rornrml In Ihe 'i'en nr.sM'o Mils anil ili'slivx iW oiiswi'i'H lo Ills iiii'slliiis. IK'Inw Is Ills lllllv liumc, irn hisl u 1 00 fwt aliove I lie town of. lHrUm. ., . . WORST READER BELIEVES GOD (By Allene Sumner) OAYTON, Tenn. (NKA Special) "We humans haven't no call to comprehend the incomprehensible, or scrutinize the inscrutuble." The little mountain cabin of 'tld George' Morgan, mountain preach- r, hugs the green breast of Wal lon's Ithlge. 2100 feet above the town of hayton, where "the monkey war," as the" mountaineers call the evolution battle, rageu. Tim "Worst Itetitler." Generation after generation of Morgans have lived ntop Waldon's Ithlge and watched the valley folks far below. They call George Morgan, "the worst reader In Ihe county.' That means that he reads the most. Mountaineers who sometimes se a newspaper and who keep the Holy Bible and a patent medicine almanac upon t heir bare tables, look at Morgan with awe. "Old George Morgan's read this Harwtn fellow." they tell you, and a bit of re.sped and fear for one one would so defy his God, rilus through their voice. We found "Old George" Morgan hoeing his dahlia plants and gaz ing at Ihe blue-misty valley more that! li'MMl feet below llllll. The monkey war down I here? ( leoige Morgan's genial old face Hohered. "So much wrangling and jang ling." he said, "all because folks want lo comprehend the Incompre hensible and scrutinize the Inscrut uble." The Mountains Know. "Look at my mountains," and his leiin brown fingers pointed to la distant peak creamy with chest -I nut bloom. "They know and they keep mill. When folks know, they keep still, loo." Morgan studied to be a minister long yetirs ago in a, little theological a .miliary down in Athens. Tenn. (Continued on Page Five.) Modernists Called Liars by Rev. Sunday 1 HOOD LIVLlt. Ore. r Hy Hi j a.i. IhI.mI IVi.mmI KtnhitloiiiHt. the Rev. Hilly Kunday, not d evatiKellHt, d'-elateil In a sermon here, an trying to detdroy belief !ln Ihe divinity of Chrit und the Itrhonh if Ond ami Hiilmtilule 4 j religion Htiltahle to their ) li pom a. He hat aeti-i l.eM tuodei 'Hints an j"ltatK." ChriHliaulty and 'lulHtl.ui chaieti, be iiK.s-rte), nitisl Htttud, or fall on the till I er iibiun birth and dKliitly iff I hibil, ami Im t u' ' toiiiet bin;; that w ould n v-r , tuk'J place. i Mr. Coolidge Well On Way To Recovery PLYMOt Til, Vt. (ID lite As sociated Press) President. Cool idge left here early today lor Swampscott. Mass., assured that his aged fat her had vlrl ually re covered from his illness. The re turn trip was made by motor. In'. James Con pa I, the presi dent's physician, remained here to attend Colonel Coolidge until all danger of a relapse had passed. He assurer! the president, how ever, that bis father was making a remarkable recovery In view of his advanced age and weakened heart. Visiting the sick room before his departure. tt piesidenl found his father silting up, In excellent spirits, and Insisting li will be all right in a day or two. CHICAGO (By the Associated Press) (. c. Fnlman, indicted with William Darling Shepherd ,,,, the murder of Shepherd's million aire ward. William Nelson MeClin toek, was freed ye;, ci day. when the charge was si rlcken otf the rec ords, wltli leave or reinstate, at the request or Itoberl K. 'rowe, states attorney. Shepherd was aCtlHte,l last weet on t he murder charge. Fat man conducted a school of science, mid said that he t;ave Shepherd lphoid germs to administer in MeCtinlnek and had been promised $(Mi,'iio for hi: pari or the alleged .lo(. 1( (lompanicH Fined in Chicago This Morning t'HICAOO (Hy tie- A a wi.j I ..- Press t- Sixteen reT, t.itnr innuu faeturing eompanies pleadt l guilty In feib ral eout t today o indiet 1 1 1 nt in t he rurntl ure himi-h um iler Ihe Hherman Anti-limit act. Illld were Kellteneed to pay line') ranging rrom :'"'"i to $riuin each. si;vi;n muh.st i iri s. WALLA WALLA. ( Hv Hi- A.j horhili i) PfeM) - Heven tore.it ftref in I h,. It) tie iiiounlaltirf ii".tr here late Sunday vim reported under tonlrol -Hi'ta itfteriMioii. All of the Hr wre on ihe oulh loik of the Walla Walla rHer, 111 I ilia -tilla cuiint), Oregon. HN FREED OF CHARGES His Home .-..-f, I. 'Mr. XTRA pii iu i; I PIII LH. NALKM, Ore. (AI') The su preme court, In mi oral opinion to day, sustained Governor Plercc'sj veto of a bill passed by the Inst legislature calling for a sixt'lnl election on referendum iiicii.mii-i,s llils fall. This decision, handed down in the ease of It. It. Kwaii against Secretary of Slale liowr, means Micro will he no special chc thai on flic referendum Invoked oil (he lohiicco lav hill, bus bill ami Hilling bill. 'Hie erhal opinion wan ivmlcml Imtiiiim of unions stale duties thai would immedi ately he necessary in event the. election was called. A written de cree will Ih I lauded down next Tuesda). Mici'iii iti i it i.i ;i. CIIICAt.O (AP) William 1. Sielicrd was freed today of nil criminal charCK lu comic'tion wilh the .McClfnlock ease when the rniid Jury returned n "not true bill" on the flciilh or Airs. Mr.. I 'lliilocli, Hilly ,M ( lint'X kS molll- MiTi;it is IjATi;. VlliNNA (AP) A letter ml dreHseiJ to "Ib rr l.udwlu tail itee (boeii, prnl'i'xMu of fmNcrvatoryt Scliuar.cpaiilei, (iasse I 'irtcn," re ceiillv united liere, a bit late, but otherwise in ood condlllon. It wiih openi'd and pro,cl lo be from a tinliciaii. deiriui; that lleetho.cn alve his daimliter piano evoii.s. Orriehlls reltiriied Hie letter vWlll this i-eiiuirK: "Addii's . I., hut addrHsi miu rated beaenuanl hi IHl!7, linpoilde to forward." La Follette Was Loved By His Fellow Solons f Hy Charles P. S'ewari) WASHIS'O TON I NKA Uperl il - Robert M . La l-'oll-tte w an one of the moiit popular ic n who ever Nit In the I'nlte.i Sial.s H'-n.ite among bin ft How si-nat -'IM. This may seem like a uueer Ihing lo Hay, coiiHld" t dig that he wh:i read out of hiM own party only a (ew monlliH nr- To tidi;e from the t,ne of Hi'iia ioi la) '!. it In v he h he tt.oK p.irl. it uoiiid be natural for an oiil.Mili r o emielude that he was e j;e rd 'd , fxeept. it bin the small eireie oi thos" uho fought under Ih.H hanii'-r. at iicy rale toward the end ot ('In i ii'Ti'. as an mblt- i d, e;inl.inUeroi:s old man. i Notiihit; cuuld be furl her from LOAN ASKED TO REBUILD RAZED CITY Santa Barbara Wants 20 Million Reconstruction ' Loan Fund PROPERTY LOSS 20-25 MILLIONS Residents, Defiant in the Face of Disaster, Al ready Making Prepara tions to erect New City. SANTA BARBARA, (IlT Iho As. socliilctl rnws) Kanta Barbara lo- ilay. llirouKh Itn I icarliwr House HiMliilliMi, tsMicI an aiipral to the niiltoii ror a 2,00,000 rarUiquako fiinil ami to baiikiTH and (karlnc Iioiih.'s or the iuntr- for a an niilllim dollar reconstruction loan fiiiul. Acceptance of offers of aid from l.os Angles and Bun Kranclsco wuh voted by a representative gath ering of tho city council, chamber or commerce und clearing house as. soemtions. structural engineers were usked for immediately. Property Danuutc Hlfrll. Hoports toduy Indicated that tho death list is now eight this num ber having been found, tho in jured thirty and the property Ions between 20 un 25 million dollars. Defiant in the face of disaster reHtilents ot Sunta Barbara today begun preparations for reconstruc tion with an tndomlntable cheerful spirit of pioneers In a virgin land. Sounds of Industry. Throughout 14 blocks of State street, the principal thoroughfare -vyhlch wus laid wnste by the earth ituuke, sounds pr ...industry licld , HWT. , Jugged walls wero crashed to tho street by wreckers to make way for approaching builders. Forces of iho U. B. 8. Arkansas combined with local authorities in guarding tho quake area ugalnst looters who plied their nefarious trade during tho night. Gold und silver altur vessels, of ficers suld, -wore stolen from Iho Uuudulupo Cutholio church. PORTLAND, Ore. (Uy Ihe Aai ftociuted Press) A. M. Crawford, prominent local attornoy and for twelve, years Oregon's attorney gen eral, died early today while on a fishing trip to Kaat lake, south of fiend, according to word received hero from his companions. No details were given but It is believed ha Buffered from heart attack. PORTLAND, Ore. (By tho Aa Hoeiuted Press) Tiny Herman, formerly of Astoria, won a 10 round decision from George Lam son, Omaha heavyweight fighter, at the KlkH open air boxing card here last night. Floyd Johnson, Heattle heavy weight, knocked out Chub Craw ford, of llocuiam. In the seventh round. tin truth. Lawmakers who were as far away from him as tho pol es an? apart, so far tin concerned politics. personally loved him. They vilued Ms knowhdge, ad mired his character and gave him full credit for the highest ability and honesty. On tilt railroad qucsilons he was recognized as per hups the senate's foremost, authority - equally so In tariff mutters and to a great extent, on monetary problems. Ocentdonally a new senator ar rived In Washington, unaware of the esleem in which the veteran Wisconsin statesman was regarded und Hieltned lo look at him askance but it never took Ihesu juniors (Continued on Page Five.) ATTORNEY I DEAD AT BEND HERMAN, FLOYD M ITCHES