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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAT Art CITY EDITION THE WEATHER - Portland, (AP) Oregon; Cloudy in the west, fair la tlie east tonight and Wed nesday. 'tVQSt VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 244 JURY FIND OPES GUILTY FARMERS FIELD TRIP Expedition, Led by II. G. Avery, Left La Grande Early Today UNION EXPERIMENT STATION VISITED Agriculturists to Spend Greater Part of This Afternoon Inspecting State College Farm, The l-'i ft h Ann ua I l-'u rin ( 'rops excursion Is being held today by Grande Kuude valley farmers. The party met at the J. 1. Uohbin place at 'j o'clock this morning:., lunch baskets In the back of their cars, many with wives and children, and as a w hole the excursion took the uspecl of a hug" picnic. At the Gaskill farm J. 15. Steph ens, superintendent of the Moro experimental station look charge of the excursion with H. G. Avery, county afcent of I'nlon county, ct - inff as guide to the various ranches aml farms on the Itinerary. Study of Crops lMirpose. The jturito.se of the expedition was to study new crops and new crop conditions in the Grande Jtoiidc valley. The two crops which wen to receive the most, attention during thu day were Soft Federa tion und the Markton oats, a smut proof grain, introduced Into tho . wllhin tH lusl lew cuHori. Some :tu tst plotH of Soft V'ed eration wheat were planted along side the betlnr known Hard l(d fiHllnn and these were pn tho schedule for the day. The farms to b visited during the course of the excursion frictud ed the J. 1). lolhin, Grover Grim ( Continued on Page Five.) TS A Her noine iMfi letilly arrnnijiii the e'titH. with some fighters on the hnlng card raillfig In inateri nh,e at the eleventh hour, the ! Grande Athletic Club lias lined up t bouts Cor the open air boxing mulch this evening at I he, Athletic l'-irM. Ie Adams if Ttoise ami Joe Pat-tej-MHi of ,a Grande will fight the main event, Adams Is giving away Nome weight. bt this will have the tendency lo make t he fighters mure evenly matched than other wise. Patterson is big and slow with a good wallop. Several of the events mi the card may wive the fans morel inoro thrills i"r their money than the main match. Any one of two or three bonis listed Mioudl be worth going out. to nee, thu matchmaker deela res. Meeker vs. Alien is one match (Continued on Page five.) MKitciiAVis .ii:irr. The merchants of .n Grande lift Inst evening n the dining room or the Summer hotel at 0:15 o'clock for dinner and u business 11 ting. Thirty merchants were present. Several matters were dis- CUSSet CARD T ON G T Wi UHty ZlUllCU J Ul it if. 1 m 1 nanaung l'or wine time it lias been ipiiJe a problem at the Cuuutiy club swimming tank to take care of the lHin-members v ho were uxlng the tank, an official of the club n -putts. "The directors have nhvas itked to see the tank popular but m fairness to the paying members they thought If best to work out Home means of ha Ing others help ineet the expense of operating the lank." he said. II hiis now been decided to Is sue season ticket, Hubject lo the approval vt the swimming tank committee, and also to rnskc an admittance charge tu guests or member who do not hold seajion tickets. A season ticket u III be sold Tr a nominal charge for th -balance of the season and guests of any of t he members will be liitevd u small sum. ChiMrva Penal ized For Having Moonshine Mexican, Who Admitted He Lakes It, Fined in Municipal Court by Judge Slater. HecaubC ho liked moonshine anil admitted that Net In court, Ysldro Uuribaldi, of .Mexican birth, was sentenced to puy a fine of $50 to I lit Oty of l,u Grande this inorn iiiB by J. I. Slater, judge of Hit municipal court. Garibaldi, who 1m no relation, it Ik said, or the fa mous family of tliat name in Italy, didn't have the money so office informed him lie would have to serve 25 days in Jail. Garibaldi is a Rood looking, de bonair .Mexican, with black, well ki'pti hair and a pleasing disposi tion. He is honest, Anyone who was present ut his trlul will testify to that statement. When u.sked by .Tudtfo Sinter whether he liked moonshine liquor or not, Garibaldi replied: "I like ft." smiting and affirmatively nodding- his head at the same time. He also admitted that he had the flask half full of liquor, on exhibi tion ut his triul, on his person. Officers asked him which hip po cket he had it cached in and his reply was that he had it concealed in his shirt. Hootlejrifcr Vnknown Judge Slater queried hi in con cerninir the source of utnlv but 1 there Garibaldi 'Tell down." All hut h could tell was that un Am fcrlcan had sold him the liquor on Jefferson avenue, for $3. Jin was arrested on tlie snmc avenuo last night by the police. During his examination by the judge and police Clint Jlaynes, chief of police, after Garibaldi had announced that he little un derstood Knglish. said that foreign ers never understood Knglish when in the eourls but when on iin m rents had a KnowledB" of the lunsuuse. Garibaldi admitted that it wus true. ' MISS SCIIILKE AND ALFRED MEYERS TO GIVE CONCERT The iMonday Musical flub or the I .a Grande . Neighborhood Club will present Miss KredeHcke Sehll ke and Alfred Meyers in u vocal concert Monday evening, July 27, at the Presbyterian Church. ' Mh's Hchllkc is visiting In 1,a Grande tlurhtg the .summer after two years in Hoslon wh're " she studied voice culture under Theo dore Sehroeder, following some time spent under the coaching of Mrs. A. L. Itichardson of this city. Mr. Meyers has been study ing for file past two years wit h Klton t'reoeau or the I niversity of Notre Lame School of Music in Indiana. A uni'iue feuture nf this concert will be the fact thai no outside ac companist will be used, us MIns Sehilke will accompany Mr. M''y- ( ers upon the piano and Mr. Meyers will accompany Miss Sehilke dur-, Ing her vocal numbers. This will i be the first conecrl appearance of Mr. Meyers in l-a Grande. Mhs Sehilke appeared earlier in the summer In concert under the HUt- pices of the club. , La Grande Boy Killed; Death Cause Unknown Mrs. Koy li. Currey and Mrs. ( Jess Towery left Sunday evening ' for Sacramento. Cat., called by the, sudden death of their brother.' George Meyers, who was kllb-d in ; an accident there the nature of which Is not known here. Mr. Meyers was well known in! I,a Grande ha Ing lived hen a I number of year,? and attended 1 school here. liuo s latin under 12 will swim for a less, ciis-d or drunkeuess. were found charge. This tloes no! change in ;'" " harge,i n police court any way. however, the privilege his morning. Judge J. I . Slater o( members and their lmmedia liimlly to swim without any cliarge the official declared. It. also pro s Ides t hut. only guests of ineiii hers und holders of season tickets! a may use the tank. j Guard Is ljnphncd. II wus also thought by the di-l rectors of the club that it would be desirable to have Home one hi charge, not only lo look after tin 1 tunk bit to prevent accidents. S -, eral near accidents have tttk-ft .state rtre law, setting fire without plaee at the tank In past seasons permit and failure to make vt and every precaution lo prevent forts to control the fire. I. was these In the future will be taken lurraiyned before Justice of the Itay Lynch, an expert swimmer, j peace Storla and sentenced to has been engaged and will be injncrw: ten days In jail on tho first vlia-V'- of the tank from now oa. (charge and flncJ on the other. Trusts 'Em fcv.:w,ft I' ' H MHi 1 , K'V;!tWl "Have fcone out. Help four M'lr. I'liange Is in (lie lill. Tills ill Itntiim urccls von if, you drop in to buy a mnga.liie nt Albert Mour's new slanil in Salt l,nke City. 'l.o innn must cut mill lie ills'; but In; can't afford to close shop, so he hangs out his sifjll. "Are IVoplc hon est? ,Kun" he responds. 'I'trst time 1 Med it I left ...1) In the till, went to a nmiic nnd came bark to find SI1.K," CITY FORCED Hceause (.lie present water sys tem is inadequate to supply la Grande's needs. It was necessary to augment the stipidy this morning by procuring water pumped by the Itowman-Hicks compuny, ( V. (.. ( 'rews, city manager, said I his morning. Mr. t 'rows issued a warn ing to all water users that boiling of drinking water is nof necessary 10 guard agalns'. impurities. The addition was not made nec essary by mechanical difficulties but because the supply is less than the city uses. The city pump is working full time and the water in the pipeline k running ut full ca pacity. There was practically' no water available for a time this morning to citizens living on the upper elevations. Tlie water pumped by How 'iif.in-1 licks Is expected to tide the city over until t h-; new sys tem is put In operation. New Giant Cherries Grown in La Grande J. A. Shlra and c. 1,. Kerry ex hibited some New Giant cherries in the Kveiiing observer office this morning which were grown in Mr. Shim's o. -chard in ha Grande. It Is believed 1 1) ;it t hey are I he only cherries of that type grown in the Grande Komle valley. The fruit res'-mbPH both the , l,amb"i t and Ming, is big and Juicy 'anil Is u good shipper. Mr. Shlra has six acres in young and old trees, most ly New Giant I trees, two acres tif strawberries. ! raspberries, blackberries and al- ralfa. lie reports that he harvest led seven Ions of alfalfa this year I In comparison w it h I -i tons three j years ago, giving him a IIIMe bet I ter than Imlf a crop. jTwo Drunks Sentenced I By City Judge Today 7 tones and John Iturke. ae- ; fined Jones and sentenced j Iturke to five das In the city j jail. Jones elected to serve out bis I fine, whbit will require twelve and half days confinement. Handier .failed ami l ined. ST. Ili;i,i;NS. Ore. - W. V, Stall s' 'reek ,.y ram-her of the Tide ction. was arrested by Cie War dens Jef Tries a 11 d Jasper an I tiiatged with two violations of the TQ GET HELP MUSICIANS TO r : nrninsi nnnn MIDSHIPMEN INEW YORKER VISITING Coast City, Dressed' Up and Then Disappointed, Revives Spirit WILBUR WILL BE rORTLAM) GUEST Secretary and His Party tn Rf Knf-oi'tjiinofl in Jiose City by Chamber of Commerce. ASTOItlA (Ily the Press) Astoria, nil lr Associated CSSl'll up to entertain more than 1,200 Annapo- ASTOR A SUMS lis midshipmen last nlht und ihen lublio for suKRestlons us to the h'ft entirely middieless. expcrlenc- best way ho could distribute his ed some revivul of the spirit ,o- j millions. day when it was learned that H00 He. .recently established a fouo midshipmen would Imul at Kurt I'hitloit with two and a half million Stevens today. J dollars as a trust fund to assist Immediate plans were1 made to I deservitiR hoys, meet the middies from the halite- in uddltion he has dlstrhViU ships New York, Utah and Arizona ed some three and a half miUiws with automobiles. in individual donations, lump sum ',, , l,:iu. i I'"' Aiivy v mmr, justice Meyers, of the California supreme court, W. l. It. Hudson, manager of the Portland chamber of eoniinerce. Senators AleNary and Stunfield, and t'ontrressman t'rum- packer planned to leave here at is:jhj tins anernoon for Portland where Seeretary Wilbur will be the ffiiest of the ehamher of commerco at a dinner tonight. The secretary planned to visit relatives at HHIsboro this after noon, lie will go south by rall.- A general demand by Ihoso who heard the concert given in the Presbyterian church Sunday even ing by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sheirer will be li ceded by u return engage ment on l-'riday evening, August I A, announced the Uev. William Crosby I toss litis morning. Mefore leaving I a. Grande this morning, Mr. Shearer said: "I thought I had experienced every thing possible when in Florida, I climbed u tree In the jungle alter cocoa nuts, but yeslerday I had a new pleasure when I was initiated Into the fascination or your cher ry trees." Having traveled In various parts; of the world. It is interesting to know that the Shearers were en thuslastic. about the beauty of Hi Grande Hondo vulley. Selecting of Jurors , Occupies Court's Time The (rial of Slab of Oregon vs. Neil Crawford began in ihe Justice court I his morning wit h Judge. Hugh I-;. Itrady presiding, i 'ra w ford Is being tried on a. lltior charge, placed by O. M. Pierce. The most of the morning session was spent by the attorneys spar ring for favorable Jurors. Al noon the jury had not been made up but testimony will probably be heard sometime early t his afternoon. Carl G. Helm, district attorney Ik conducting the prosecution and Nichols, llallork and Jiunald of Haker uro attorneys for the defen dant. Getting A 'Kick' for His Money There Is only one way for n man lo gel a "kick" onl nf hi athciiislug tuevnge. Thai Is to gel t lint message where render tuleresi Is high. Tin cagcrncsM ttnd reguliirJiv w llh which m 1 urn oiir all (cut Ion to mi mlcr(hig incil hliit -whether It Im ne.paper, Vlgnlsiard, picture vriH'ti, show window, illret't-nittll literatim', or handbill determines the nienMire of render Inlen-. The Ot-rer' full measure of rcadiT Inlerr-! I well known lo I ho sin -cr fill nUerttM i. "(licnrr AiherlMng A XerchniMlWIng Scrlci,M GIVES AWAY Leopold Scheph, Philan thropist', Wants to Ac- ; celerate Distribution QUICKEST RELIEF FOR NEEDY SOUGHT j Aged Millionaire Desires 1 CanvMss nf T'liWif Phil. Canvass of Public Phil anthropists to . Decide Best Way. MOW YClltlC (Ity Hie Associated I'reh:rVr..eopolil ticlicpli, 8&-year- 1 old ifhriauniroplst toduy asked the . irttlK anil neiiHions. iJistrlbutloa too Slow Now he wants to uccelerale the distribution of his other millions and van(.- to canvass public phll ' anthropists to determine, the way which will arford the quickest re lief to the needy, and at. tho same time offer some permanent good u tiociciy. iUncher buried beneath tons of dirt and debris l,Y-MP!, Vnsh. U the As stH'intei! pnws) All hopo that Dennis Mur.;i), aged Rochester Pralrln nuicher, 1 111 prisoned at the iMtttoin of a 52-rMt well yes lerday, would he rcnclicil iM-foro nightfall was today abandoned, said Rochester advices. Murphy was Imprisoned about noon yesterday when tho curb ing or tho well fell In when ho descended into thu well to clean It out, burying liliu beneath bc ernl Ions of eait'ii. Cecil C. Snow Gives Up High School Position ' 'etil c. Snow has resigned as head of the woodwork division of the manual arts department of the l.a Grande high school In order t tint he may complete IiIh educa tion in on Indiana educational In stitution, I he chairman of the. school board announced thin morn ing. Mr. Snow has been connect ed with the school for a number of years and Is an efficient Instructor. Few applications from qualified teachers have been received and Superintendent J. T. Longfellow Is Investigating,! hroughout the north west for a competent, successor. Whh the neores all llgured Joe Carr sMIl held his lead in the standing: of the golf hall tourna ment played at the County Club t lut Wundny nnd whh t iH'reforc prt-Hi'iili'd villi H(vtfi new Kolf IhiIIh this iilf'Tttoou tiH flrt prize. .Mr. Ciirr shot a in1! Mt ore of 7i mi IK'-hol' wfjorc of with a Iiaridieiip of I U. Norman Kreea w;is ttccond best with X'J Mtrokcs. which, with u K. hiimlicap, kuw him a n-t wore" of 74. ('. I,. McrK. H. It. Crow and .lhi Th'-Wen llf for Ihlrd place wiMi a red wore of 7t and will pliiv ihla orr. H'M-ond phte In the evi-ot drew 11 priw of flw ifoir hullx and Hi" wtnii'T of third plan; will he uw-j.m1-'. fhrcf. Mernilstoii Show Imte Ket. I'i;M),KTN. Ore. lobvr !f und fa nn- Hi'- datm chown for the h tin tiii I Hi rinirtton dtitry and Iiok show UiIh ji'iir, Homo dt''tlMHion turn hi-f-n lii-ld tty I he exceuttv Itiiard n-lntlve lo (he l hIi ahlllty ol holding ih Mhow for thn-c lay In-:V-:vJ of t-.u. GOLF SCORES ARE FIGURED Pastor Weds Actress ' ' n .jm.(r IJ WkWAj'll . Tho M-atfe and tho pulpit were joined hi this romance at Kyra I'tiM, N, Y., wImmi .Miss HntiUMia AVeaver Haxter, actress, htfamn the hrhlc of I lev, Krnest John Ikmdcn, astor of ait Allanta, Gn., l iillaiinii church. Tho two met al Atlanta when Mi's, Ilowdcn'M theatrical cuuiHuty playing; tliorc. Her Ikiiiio was In Syra cuse. FORD IMS RECOIDED WASHINGTON (Hy lha AkbocI- atcd I'rt'HS) Acccptunco of Henry Kurd's bid of l, 701), 000 for 20(1 Hhlpplnff board voshuIs sot uuldo for Hcrapphiff lias licun rocom mended lo tho shipping board by President ralmcr, of tho tlcnt corporation. HWAMI'Hi.'OTT (By llie Assocl - slid I'ress) Chairman Hale, of tho senulu naval committee, has been asked by President Coolldgo to make an inlciiHlve study lo de- termini! whether thcro ore useless naval aetivltles that should be done away with, with the view of reduc ing naval appropriations. WORK OPPOSES BUILDING MORE . FARM PROJECTS WASHINGTON (By Hi" AhhocI i.t ! 1'p.hh) Hecri'lnry Work, who rturn,,l Monday from a si week s tour of the norlhwi-Hl. declared that Inspection of government ir rigation projects confirmed the soundness of his reclamation pel- ley. I "TIhtc Ih no n" ( for morn rcclii niudon proJ''ct until (he pnwnt oneH nri put on a houipI hafilM," liu ii;Hi!i'ffl. "On'-llihi of Iho proj-i-clH nt'1 inHolvt-nt. nnd one-l'ourl h tif I li"in should r htivc ht-t'i liuilt. Klx lhoun;ind f irmw und-, ' Kovt'rniiM iit ditch an; without or j i:upnntn mid thi-n- Ih no inon n ti 1 Hon lo roiiHlru! uddittcmil proji-Hj thnn tle rr would In- to hulld hou-n without proHpctH of tt-nantrt." Interior Department Employes LtSC Cluir8 WASMIN(JTf)N tl!y (he Amo eliilcd l'i'i'8 -l-;nip!o.iM of the Interior depart nient di leo nnW h hIMImk down, ( tuck wntclilng mid Htuiiilillntf over HijrpluH offtee fuinltnie to Hull Heerelury Work. In- dun niven nrdiTH to strip Ihe department oftlcen (or ac tion. Two hundred and fifty chairs were removed from the general land (ifrirc, most of the r locks were disinantled. ami two van IoihIk of wardrobe and drkn v.i lued it( i,'2itu were lurni-d over lo the Kovernment'H t;enern up P'y oM'.'-'. NAVY UP FOR ; INVESTIGATION XTRA it ats calsm l'ATAfi l'liii:. DALLAS, 'Ipx. (Al) ltats RinwiiiK inntclics stand a fire hero early today which caused the death of four iwruoiiH, autl Injury' to elfrtit others hi a framo moniUig house. Tho dead are: t. i:. yoiiNtj, 2it. wiiiMAji imowv, as, liliOVf) KIIOK'I', 2X. JOK U UN AW AY, S!5. rilOGKLSS IS ShOW. llltAWLKY, Col. (AIM Investl- Raters Bro making slow proRrcss lo.lay In tracing the nntccclents of John Truden who killed himself yesterday and of H. Kirk, who died In a duel with Truden Inst Salur- day near Jaciimbn. l'ollco dlwov. cred on Kirk's person nil rnvt-loiie oddressiMl (o a womnii In Honolulu, '('outnliimir no wrlilng from Kirk, ' l"t ciicIomIiir a letter from lInio- '1"!" slgiH-d with a Hawaiian "pet" name. Tho missive, rend In part: , "Onr arralr can go on no longer, You cannot conic up to my level, 1 am damned If I will so down lo yours," TWO HUM) (ilTLTV. .Mi;M OItI, Ore. ( Al) It. .1. HimIki'h niil H. lnVMn, if Klimmtti I'n I In, In a NUc(l verdict opciit'd today jy tho court, were found Kullty of M)ffM'Sli. of ll(iioi'. Their wives weni tried ns co-defendmitH flint inntlltt.it 'I'ltlu U tin. flilwl j(inn it dm (,f die men In u wet'k. Thn case irii'w out of 11 in Id on I .,.,., , ,.., M,lr,, ,.., near Camp .lai ksun, (luring the na- llinuil guard cm imipmcnt In .lime. The men each rci-eiied. a wnieniD of Ihri'e ami a hair ycni Imprison- mem mid 50l rlllf. Pinchot Not Favored By Coolidge And Followers 1y 'hiiiles I. Stewart) W A!'M I N(iT N , NI;a Hp.-ehil). It iifroid I'liu hot in Heeled to Ihe I'nttrd Ktulen wnntc mxt year. It w ill lu t hi. 1.0.1 1. -u ,,r .11 ' In K-m'nil. m .'.miw. Innudhii; the I tody ul Senator (Jeorjie wlwi rton I 'I'ppiM', lnin' (K ttt I 'Hie hot wants 'lo take away front hint, and nvi r lhr hody nl Mt i retuiy of lln- Tn-iiH- jury Andrew Midlun In purtleuhir. When one consldcra how tre mendously lii u man Heci etarv .Mellon Is In the present adminis tration, Vh:it ui-IkIiI his word ear- pied . . . urn! the thtiiRs IMnehot has said atiitut him , , , Inelilen. lally lauditiK srnue rlnlnr emckn over his head, upon the presiden tial dome Itself . , nnd win it one enitNlflers that I'iueliot Is try intf to Ket Into tho senulu from Mellon'H own slale . , , ami at V.iv t-.i.pvnao ul bcuator 1 t-ppwr. 8 MINUTES FOR DEC S Oil Defense Will Appeal Case to the Tennessee Su preme Court. DEFENDANT FINED $100 BY RAULSTON William Jennings Bryan's Testimony Is Stricken From Records Before Case Went to Jurors. COURTROOM, Dayton, Tei.n. (By AssQciated Press). The jury returned a verdict of guilty today in the Scopes evolution case after eight minutes of deliberation. Judge Raulston fined Scopes $100. The defense attorney agreed to submit the case without argument, believing there was no chance of ac quittal of the teacher on the charge of violation of the Tennessee law against ti ing evolution because of tho exclusion ' of ' evidence upon which the defense relied. The defense is to appeal to tu t - , i I Dime supreme court ana possibly to the United States ,. vvuii,. Whun court opened today the . JudRo cxpungod tho teatlmony of William oJnnlngs Bryan from Uia record of yesterday afternoon's sea-' Hlon, "I feel tlio testimony of Mr. liry an can shed no light on any Issuo that will bo ponding before higher courtB," Raulston said. "Tho Issue Is whether Scopes taught that man anlllma.., ' , lo Publl!" Qestlons. Bryan nrado tho statement that ho would mako public later a series "f questions he would have asked defenso attorneys had ho had tho opportunity to cxamlno them as witnesses. Uryan sURgested ' tho defense counsel's vlows had not been brought out as clearly as might havo bocn. Dudley Mold Malone, (Continued on Pumm Fl. gdaTstme T HWAMPHCOTT (liv tho Assocl- I tt,..t i r-.,..,, . !).1.i,i..Hi t- 1 1,1 ; ,, ,... .. : miners will reach on agreement on u new wage scalo and that thera will be. no deadlock resulting In Isiispenslon of mining operations IKepleinber first. whom tho adniliil.'itratiou Ilkea pretty well. . When one considers all this, one understands why the Idea ol I'in chot's senatortal asptrallons malxes (lie administration troth so, Heeretary Mellon dln'l want Pin chot for Kovernor of I'eansylvoni'i ii the first place. The Huptihlt- Jcan state oisanizalion fought him j h.,t ,H. w on. EXPECTED This ancereti (he orguiiizatio'i to he-Kin with ami J'lnthot angficl it worst! later, Tlien lie ht'Kan 1UHkili(C troilhlfi for the national itdmlniHl ration Ity com plaints for federal prohibition non-eforeement. This wan in.iur toini and i'iiiehot added insult to it. 1'reiitdent t'oolldtfe explained that the national ndiulnlHt ration was itoiiiR Us best anil It waa up to thu (Coutluutd utt I t Five.)