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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAT CITY E D l Tfl O N THE WEATHER Portland, (AP) OreKons Fulr tonight and Saturday, VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 241 Large Crowd At Pioneer Picnic Here FIRES III THE FRANKENSTEIN OF TODAY EXPERTS 102 HERE MERCURY AT FIVE SLAIN STORMS ESEQ Warmest Weather for the Grande Konde Valley Since. July 27, 1J20 SHOWERS COOLED LA GRANDE SOME Heat Is Said to Be Furth er Damaging Some Grain Fields; Full Re ports Are Lacking. MKUCritY HKADI.V.H Maximum ycslerduy ...102 5 IV M. sterd,v.H 8:1 .Minimum yesterday AH :;iO A. M, today 92 La Orundc experienced the Warmest weather in five years yes terday when, despite thunder show ers in tin afternoon, the mercury climbed to M)2 ubove, according to tin official reading of the gov ernment thei mometor ut the fire station. On July li". the mercuiy reached 1 03 above, and last year the ion mark was reached once. Jane '15. thin year, loti was res ist ered and day before yesterday the century murk wus achieved again. The minimum during the eve ning, however, war . 8 degrees ubove, not warm en . a to cause discomfort. .17 Inches Itiiiu Tell. The showers, which felt yester day about 3' o'clock or a little after, were brief but intense. Forty-seven hundredths inches fell .n (Continued nn Pairs Five.) -- The Mn'fee Lumber 'Company, located at Lone Tree, east of La Grande, will resume operations on Monday with one-shift of men. ac cording to announcement by the company t his morning. The company closed down prior to July Foil rl h for repairs n nd with these completed, the officials expect I he operations to continue though the remainder of the summer at least. .T.nncs 11. Shearer. Scottish or ganist, and Annie Shearer, Canadi an soprano, hn've been engaged to gte one of their uni(ue organ and voice concerts In the PrcHbyterlun church here Sunday evening at eight o'clock, according to un nouncemenL today. Ire.s.s notices of recent concerts sp'-ak of these artists in the high est terms und those sponsoring t heir appearance, feel that 1 ji Grande is assured of uu Inspiring concert. If NEFEE' WILL nunm ui Liini l DRW TO PUT SUNDAY 80 Arrests By County Officers In Half Year Altho igh lf-'T hus not leen ul '.. r of nn exceptionally large . number of law violations. Jess Hr sh'-ais, county sheriff und hi.i deputies, have made KM arrests since shortly after the find Of the year. The number would exceeJ thin to some extent for the fig urea given takes into account only Hie arre.Mt.t that have placed pris oners in the county jail pending trhti or to serve, terms. Ot the 8" men (and a woiurn arrested by the officers. IS wen- convicted and committed 'o the jail to nerve, terms. Of these (-Yank itarlemess drew th. hniKest sentence In actual effect with one fine of $ L"i for the pcHNi-Msinn of liquor and one of $ Limit r,Jr opcrution of u still. He electe,) (o Her ve these OUt ttt the '"b' of two dollurs a day but re cently tired of the confinement nd put,! tii,. rt.st of fine In anh to the justice of the peace. Of the prisoners In the Jail d ir ing the first six months one par ole uuH Rranted by the governor rm ttiiM to Mart Ileckwlch after lit had aeived six inouths of u Dunham Wright of Medi cal Springs, Elected President of the Union County Pioneer Association. With a larger crowd in attend ance than for many yearsthe An nual pioneer meeting held at Iliv erside park yesterday was very successful. The meeting opened Ht It o'clock with the singing of "Auld Jang Hyne," by all present, after which Dunham Wright gave the d dress of welcome. Officials were elected for the en suing year as follows: President, Dunham Wright; vice president, Mrs. Julius Hoeseh; secretary treasurer. Airs. Muttic Golden and historian, Mrs. Kdilh Gekeler. At noon a large crowd gathered" for the picnic lunch. After lunch, starting nt 2 o'clock an excellent program whs given. Miss LuNitu Gasket I sung two mini - bers and responded with an en- turv. itr. I. i-ny iruve uic muill , "7 """""-land onu on Sojth fork an u r--j.-ct , I-ion.-eis urn Son, nd jsut of tlu, at,vl,re vfcMc , ,.uKl,t,.r8 of ion...-r" and htaKrld ,.v,.nlnB. ,.-,.. ttr a,s0 (talk waa splendid. liinham WriRht I . , f,.mh Wb( ,r. spoke for a short time about ai joint pioneer meeting with Wal lowu county to bo held in the fu ture. Mrs. Harriett McDonald re- Continued on Page FIva.) lOTH ARRIVES AI Bnrtli Is back! The ex-Pirate rtl w ' catcher showed up In lu Grande The forest service has estub thts morning looking none the JiHheil another, lookout station at wor.su for his experience of about jilarl. Butte above Moor Flat, This two weeks in the hospital as a- re- eohmiands much of the upper lm sult of a pitched ball which liit'nuha und Itig Sheep creek coun lilm on the head In the game at Uu-;try. A house Is being built on Lker the Fourth of July. ' - Same smile, same ways and ull.ty will be stationed as lookout, the same little mannerisms which I a 30-aere slash fire is burning helped make Burth one of .the the Bowman-Hicks logging area most popular ball players who n-.r f..viii. a Himri rmm n jever wore a La Guiule 'uniform . are sun in evidence. Marled, the blaze which kindled fbirth Is still weak and the doc- Sumluy. The . fire Is well under tor forbid Mm-to talk much hut (.ontro, the section crew- having naturally his friends won't let him it corraled. 4 alone and everywhere' he goes he, s , , ' ', is surrounded bv fans who want! A miming since to shake his l.nl and tnlk xi-hHo. Iu'y 5ll tn t,l sawdust at the j Burth's own version of his first !o,d Huber pluce up Hear creek, night In the hospital at Buker;Whm, tho s'"derlng flumes are leume to light this morning. Barth ' isolated somewhat from the tim 'says he was conscious while the !'r. ih,y renulre watching Kaw !doctor.s were examining him with dust firt's aIe v,ry niir,i lo Put the X-ruy machine. The phvsietans out. us water cannoi sonit mio thought he wus unconscious and hurning part beTore the nia- so talked freely while the exam- jteriul is dried o.it. It Is likely (nation wus being made. Itarth that the fire will burn ull sum said that about this time he got'mer. discouraged after listening for a! Termits HeuliTd. while to what th doctors had to itoth the county fire protective say about his condition. association and the foienl service lurth left the hospital several jure making icvery effort for the days or weeks before he had been j protection of the forests. While expected to. Kor the last few days 1 the situation will not become crit he has been Maying ut the. hoterjical for two weeks, campfln; per il) Haker. Mis future plans are in- tmlts arc requited of ull who build definite but of course he will not be uble to do any more ball play ing this season. Dog Ordinance Went Into Effect Today The ordinance., passed June 1" by the city commission, restricting running at large of dogs In La Grande between 6 ocloek In the evenlnrg until il o'clock the fol low ing morning, went into effect this morning. Dogs may run at lar-;c now only between y a. in. and 6 p. in. oni'-yi'ar sentence. By far the greatest number of prisoners in the county jail at. the present time and since the first of the year have been vio lators of the liiiuor laws and most of the sentences have been passed after the men were convicted of the possession of liiiuor, rather than the sale or manufacture. The record of the fines assessed by Judge Hugh K. Hrady of the justice court Is Interesting. A total of $.', 1 4 In fines has been col lected by the justice court. The yeur started In January with but one fine and that for a motor violation wilh lift the umoMtit. The month of June was tie largest fth u total or H..t6 col lected In fines. Incidentally thou' moturists who think that the jus tice court Is maintained 'merely for the discomfort of speed vio lators will get a Ug surprise from the fact thiit or this total but $'. was the result of motor violations. The remainder "f the $ 1 was collected from the gentlemen with spirituous Ihjuors In their posses sion ff fur Knnc other Similar 'violation of the Volstead act. FORESTS Ten Blazes Reported on Upper lmnaha; Light ning Held Cause TOTAL NUMBER 18; ALL CONTROLLED New Lookout Station Placed at Harl Butte by Forest ; Service; All Rangers on Alert. . WALLOWA. Ore. (Special). Fires broke out in u number of places in t he forests during the lM3it fow nHya with ,Uy increase of '.i. - ,. ,,.., ntn rir.. u-h '..,,.. - iu .... . !,,, , . 4 , , . , , nry. All the 18 fires were small, and are practically tilt out. due to the efficient work of the for est guards. The fire up the South Fork region was near the summit west of .the pole bridge. During severe electric storms the lightning plays around the peaks, and If the storm is not ac companied by much rain, there is a likelihood that a number of small fires would be started. As they are usually in isolated spots neur the summits there Is not as much danger us In the lower places. ne prominence, and ("urtlss Chris- locomotive is believed to have open fires In the national forcM (Continued on Page Five.) BRANCH FARMERS GET HELP FROM UNION COUNTY KNTKKI'KISK. Ore. Special to the observer) With haying In full I swing und grain harvest JumI over I the hill, labor Is scarce In Wallowa 'county and farthers have been con j strained to pay higher wages than ! prevail In other parts of the Inland j Kmplre. This is, presumably, it j natural result of the drift away j from the county which has been j going on for eight years, stales u ; local paper. j Several farmers have gone to l'n j ion county where they have pic ked 'up crews readily. Wages for hay ling have been $2.5i tt day in t'ma- i tilla and l'n ion counties, and this i was the starting point In Wallowa county. Hut help was so scarce that some farmers have paid f.i and ; up. depending on the aklll of the ! 'men hired. , f If more men can be iuduceri to ! come into the county from outside 'districts where work is scarce and Idle men are numerous, wages will ! drop here to "the level paid else i wh'-re. Hut grain harvest Is now beginning In the wheal belt of flmatilta. Walla Walla and Whlt ; man counties, and thev wilt not release msny. if any workers, un til autumn. jOnc Trial Set This Morning by McCuIloch j m Judge C. IL McCuIloch or Bak er held motion day ut the court house today, One trial wus set. that of fnifed 'Sijiies National ' Hank vs. Berl 1'onb y el al which i will be heard tomorrow. The trial is over foreclosure proceedings on a mortguice. "oehran and LImt jhard are attorneys for the plaintiff jand Green und Hess and U. K. Wil son fur the defendants. 6 Wire Service Crippled, Crops Reported De stroyed in the East . PITTSBURG MAN v KILLED AT RADIO Lightning, Striking Na tional Guard Camp in "Pennsylvania,. Stunned and Burned Several. NKW YORK (By the Associated Pres Terrific electrical and rain storms have taken five lives, up rooted trees, unroofed buildings in many towns, destroyed crops und crippled wire service In the east. Two Wheeling. W. a. men wen; drowned in the open. Torre n t la 1 ra i n fell y est erd a y , sweeping out small bridges und un dermining roads. Uudlo Death One Pittsburg man was about to tune his radio when lightning struck an aerial und killed him. Lightning also killed i:n Ogdens burg, N. Y. farmer. One man ul Aullsville, put., plunged madly Into the storm with a coat over his head for protection und was killed by u motorist. Tidal waves were reported along the shore of Luke Ontario from Charlotte to Korest Lawn. Gunrtlsmcn Struck - lightning struck un encampment of national gutnlsmeii at Mount Gretna. lu:, und stunned and burn-, cd neve nil. A deluge followed the lightning, swumping the camp. GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT FATAL TO FIVE PEOPLE HIMil.VGK. .Muni, (lty the A .voclntcd Press) -I'Tvc. members' or a Santa Itosu, California, fa mily of eight were Instantly kill ed, another fatally injured, ami n seventh M-i'lously hurl when Hie rant Itouml Hurlfiigtoii trntn struck a Mhin n( a grade cross ing near lien today. The dend lire: ItAPHM L ri,i;CK. rather. Itosi; 11,1 ; iv. Mo i her. joh, i;li:a.ou, i ;iii i; I'LIX'K, Children. .Maggie I'Ui'k, hus fatally hurt and Agnes Fleck's arm was brok en. The eighth uiemlicr of the fa intly. Ilosle, 10, Mml herself by Jumping from (hi machine when the motor Mulhd on the track IhToii the oiicohiIicj: hitfti. The bodies wen mnnghtl beyond re coxniMitioii and the car complet ely wrecked. Governor Pierce Asks For the Full Penally SALICM. t ire. ( By the Associated Press) Governor J'lerce. In a state ment today, makes a plea that I lie con its of t he slate enforce I he drunken driver act of the 1 2 f leg islature and not substitute charges of "reckless driving" for "driving white Intoxicated." The governor said he did not want It to become necessary lo call on the attorney general to appear as prosecutor In these enses. ltecetpt of letters asking execu tive clemency In two c ises of vio lation of law and several complaints that the courts are substituting lesser charges caused the governor to make the statement. A Question Of Value Hit) ing advertising, whether M Is newspaper, direct -mall, hill iHNtrd, theater, or what-not. In put on a strict wihie-recchrd ImiIs lty the intelligent, uci .. (ul business until. He refiw-s lo buy advertising for the sake of friendship or charity or to "Rid rid oT a o Ihilor." He bus on a cold blooded, business basis as he should. He Imivh volume of n'nders und high render Inter est. It's tin ttnly system Hint pays real relm u. "ObfrfcT A 'It rrt I slmx A Mcrchaudbdug Kcrvloe GOVRIEil T KWAMPHCOTT (By the Assoel- uled Press) -Tho government will tako u bond iu the anthruclln coal Meld wage negotiations should un agreement not be reached and a strike called September first. 'resident Coolidge discussed the program the government would pursue - In event of strike at a conference today with Secretary of Labor -Huvls. The government's specific plan wus not disclosed. PORTLAND (By the Associated Press) Before a crowd, the larg est ever risseuibled on -the streets of Portland mote than n.noe mem bers of the. Benevolent und Pro tective Order of L'lks participated in one of the great fraternal par ades ever staged in this city. It was the final public: event or the fllst annual reunion which cloned yesterday. Today the antlered horde Is on Its way home. From the first to Uie hist, the parade, was a colorful event, Phil adelphia unriucHtionnhly having the most impressive entry, with its mo torcycle patrol, string band, honor ary guard und drill team. PonTJ,ANl. Ore. Aftr Ihoy had thrown Khimoth county Into a fn-nxy of excitement by thdr ills-apiM-urunre und hud been respon sible for the .storl'-M of murder, ab duction, kidnapping mid t he like, June and Ksfher llrndshaw, 14 And 12 years of uue, who disappeared from their falher'H she p en nip ut Tub- tikf June 7, were found lute yrMterduy in a south Porilund lod'inK house und nre now In the eiinlody of the women'H protective SMALL t.ltAss Mill; A siiiijII grass fire cituner resi dents of the neighborhood to turn in un ii.lurni from box 2 this morn nf. The fire truck made the. run to the corner of finenwood und Monroe Htrc-tn but the fire wus un der control before tin department reac hed the Hcem- ut m lion and no asHlntunce w us necessjjy. No du- uiutrc wac done. READY TO C THOUSANDS UF ELKS PMIE 1SIG GIRLS AKL LUUAILU Paper Men Meeting At w , Grants Pass OR A NTH TAHH, Ore. (By the Associated Press). Better news papers is the general thenlo of tho discussion 'outlined for tho sum mer meeting of tho Oregon Blato KRtoriul association, which opens hero toduy. Tho editorial Bido of the newspuper establishment Is feutured in tho program to tho exclusion of business problems. The morning session today was devoted to the reports of tho of ficers, Including that of President Hull Hess, the report of tho secre tary, und a report by tho Univer sity of Oregon on a survey ot ad vertising rates, Thomas Nelson, of tho Junction City Times, will open tho after noon program with a talk oh "Better Newspapers." Frank Jen kins, of Tho Register, Kugene, will talk on tho question, "Is It Pos sible to Minimize Crime News und Yet Publish a Huccessful Newspa per?" Robert Ruhl, of tho Mail Tribune, Medford, Is to lead the discussion. v Chupln Jj. Foster, editor and publisher of the Lewis County Advocate, of Chehalls, Wush.wlll talk on "Peace Can Be Hold to the 'World Through Advertising." Mrs, KaliY W, Jameson, deun, of women ut Oregon Agricultural col lege, will tell the editors what should be the attitude of the newspupers towards the flap per, and the ja. und other things (Continued on 1'itua Pour.) XTRA SHKPIIKRD 1.0SKS CHICAGO (AP).Basinp;(;'M hi.S decision on "presumption of undue influence" Probate IJude Ilooner today refused I to admit the will of William jN. McClintock to probate. William Darling Shepherd, (recently acquitted of charges 'of murder in connection with : McClintock'g death, is the : principal lieneficiary under the will. A million dollar es tate is involved. Miss Isabelle Pope, McClin to'ek's fiance, granted an $8,000 annuity in the will, through attorneys today joined forces with cveral cousins opposing admitting I the will to probate, charging that the will is the result of "criminal conspiracy between Shepherd, Mrs. Shepherd and i others." ( MANY KILLED f ill Iff PAR 1R ( By t ho Associated ress) Tho total I-Yench casualties i far In thn Mornrenn -wnt with jAbdel K rim's Rlffians wtis given by tho Petit Journal in a I'ez dispatch us 4.148. Of these 707 wore killed, '2.77 h wounded and Hfifi tittKstnir French authorities outlmato that Abdel Krlm has not mora than 30 French prisoners. Therefore, those technically listed as missing uro re garded us dead. Tho Petit Journal's correspon dent declares that German aviators uro fighting with the Rlffians. .Good Cherry Crop Is Reported Near LIgin EI,aiN,'Ore. (.Special to the Ob server) The cherry crop in the immediate vicinity is reported to be good, while that of the county in general is not so good. Many farmers have brought cherries to town during Ihu past week, as well as these shipped to other markets. Klgln housewives have been busy this week canning cherries for fu ture, consumption. Gigantic Trade Union 7 Planned by Britishers LONDON Hy tho . Associated Press)--A conference of trade oni on executives here today approved plans for a great consolidation al liance t'tnbraciiiK millions of Brit ish workers Includluir miners, rail way mvn, eiiRlneers, ship builders und transport workers. A(.ki i:.mi;.M' iu:aciii:i) ItlU'KHUf'H ( AP) The tblKhm govern m en t has agreed with the Krepeh und British authorities for early evacuation of iusselilorf, nirg, Kuhrort, simultaneously with the evacuation of other places ,ln ,ho ltuhr vull,,y- Pioneers of the Past In Class by Themselves (By Chin Ic I. Mew art) W AHU I N iTON N KA Hpeciul ) Kx-lteprefe ntutlve "Alfulfu Hill M irruy of Oklahoma is disgusted. He wrlteH from South America to friends here that (lie spirit of the old-time plonerrs Is dead In North A mericaii breasts. Home time ago Bill got. u land concession In Bolivia a tract the size of halt a dozen Texas coun (Ich ut least. HI plan US lo colonize If with a lot or hard fisted, tough -flbered frontiersmen from ' f he "stales' -typ- of the by-gone cm" tlays. -men of I he "covered wag- A "Wild West," In short, was what, Bill was trying to create. He loved the "Wild west" III this coiulry while tt stayed wild, aid pined for It as It began to grow inoio und more domesticated. Sera Judge Raulston Decides Matter in Favor of the Prosecution RULING FOUGHT BY THE DEFENSE Scopes Evolution Trial to r t t -i m. ue iiurnea rnrough; Court Adjourns Until Next Monday. IAYTOV. T.... Uw t atnl l'ms Tim K.r,.ti ,.r .lll.liii) Kaillston In aili.ilt nllfin..u lllltl M'irilliflC trMtllll,!!..- .I.n i'lcl'iitv iii 11,,; Scopes trial markil ...u .-mi oi ine ticeii.se'M hope for llm trial, (Ic'fi iiM' attorneys Mild to day after eourt ailjouriiniciit. t.'OUUT ItOOM, DAYTON, Tenn. (By tho Asmoclated I'roua) JuiIro Kuulaton announced this mornlnir tliut ho had decided to excludo scl- IHUIC ICKtlluony from the Sconca trial. Tho decision Is regarded as hnv. ins a vllal bearing on tho length ot tho trial. Tho defense Immediately noted nn exception to the ruling and tho judge ordered it placed on record. "Justice Dculal." Arthur O. Hays, defenso coun sel, said: "It Is a denial of lus- tleo to permit tho state to malco Its case on its own evidence It is contrary to every principle of An-Klo-Haxon Judicial procedure.'" Aftor the decision was handed down, the' Judgo adjourned court until Monday. Tho defense Is to spend tho in torval propurlng statements for roe. ord of what thelr witnesses would have testified )ad ihor tahen the. stand, , , 1 , Session aiormr. This , mornings session stormy though brief. After the defense .attorneys voiced voliemont protests at tho court's ruling, ano ther argument dcvelopod over tho week end recess. The defense insisted on the recess and tho state protested. Tho Judgo indicated that when tho court convenes Monday lie would insist that tho casu 'move more rapidly. This Is taken to mean that tho trial might end Mon day. L liKNlNOHAD (By the Associated Press) -No city in Ilussltt has been more profoundly utfected by tho re volution and Its aftermath than Le ningrad, thn old capital. Once tho "hcud" of Hussta, us Moscow was its "heart' the old Bt, Petersburg!; seems even to have lost its Intellec tual supremacy und Its artlstlu prestige. The city Is merely a do cnylng monument of tho past. The removiil of the capital to Moscow would inevitably havo spelled Leningrad's, doom us a po litical center, but tho metropolis which Peter the Great built more more tlniii Iioo years ago hus great ly deteriorated itt other respects. Most of its great public buildings and private munslons uro falling into ruin tor luck of money with which to repair them. All the fine foreign embassy buildings, includ ing Unit formerly occupied by thn Americans, show the ravages ot (Continued on Pago Five.) Finally Ills yen became so acut that he decided to see If he couldn't scare- up u substitute for tlu? real old thing to satisfy i'. Homebody told him about the only u iicomi tiered wilderness, whleii nevertheless Is a nice place to IUm iu, was to be round in centrul Houth America. Accordingly, away Bill journey . I to South America und hied him self, us nearly us he could, to tho center of it. There, Indeed, he fotnd a first class wlldnerneHs, wholly uncon tiuered, Just the raw material for the old "wild west" he remem bered no well a little hotter, per haps, but nil the better, from un agricultural standpoint, for 1-3 months u year of crop-growing DUNG O S DRAB PICTURE (Coutluuvd on ruga Five.) t t
