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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
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, . 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.)
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