EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY
-
C IT Y
EDITION
THE WEATHER .
PORTLAND (AP) Ore
gon: itr tonight and Sun
day; cooler in the Interior
tonight, warmer Sunday.
.VOLUME XXIII. mkmbhh ahhociateij pkess I ,A fiRAVDR nwrnriw. RATiiPniv CTriyrT?Ti3i?t in iooc . : -
" " . , vmvh- A , kJ4-JX XO, IVOO. ' BUBUtt AD0UUIA.TE.D PRESS WUiVHJJljK Sifl
GETS HEW
Local Company to Lay
Cable Connecting with
La Grande
GROWTH OF CITY
CAUSE OF MOVE
Several Other Extensions
Involving from $10,000
to $12,000 Now Under
Construction.
As a proof of the steady In
crease In t he population of Ln
Grande, May pai k and Island
Cit-. the Hme Independent Tele
phone com puny 1ms found It nec
u.. j lu i .ttvii i its cable lead
nil the way to Island City.
JHlund c:ty is directly connect
ed with the La G run do ccntr.il
and therefore receives LaGtanJc
si rvlcc. The necessary wires have
heretofore been carried by two
po.e lim-s. These old pole linys
art now being replaced by one
new Hue of Idaho cedar poles.
Two. nicies of lead encased tele
phone cable will be required in
order to complete the work as
pljinned. This cable has been or
dered and will be put in place on
It -s arrival. j
The telephone company has un
der construction at this time sev
eral other extensions within the
city limits, which, in connection
with the Island City Job will re
quire an expenditure of from
1 0,000 to 1 2,000. This, hov-
ever Is only a small part of .the
huildtn? program of the company
outlined for the near . future.
Practically the entire inula line
from r Grande to Joseph and
from Island City to Union and
Cove will be reconstructed din
ing tho next few years, accord
ing to present' plans. ' . V-:"
Compnny He-I-'lttiiiicod. '
This reconstruction program, in
conjunction with the continuous
demands for new and additional
'j (Continued on Page Five.)
Bib MEETING
At h meeting here this week
the E a s t e r n Oregon Tempi ,
Knights of Khorassan with heud
quarters in Ii Grande, decided
to stage a big banquet and social
meeting on October 21 when Kob
ert li. Lytic, grand vice chancel
lor of the Knights of Pythias,
will be present. The Dokkies are
also planning on a big ceremon
ial for November.
During the meeting reports
were heard from Imperial Delt
gutes J. II. Kfjeney and H. il.
Byers, who attended the biennial
Imperial palace session In Provi
dence, ft. I. The La Grande del
egated were royally entertained on
sight-seeing trips. boat rides,
clam bakes, and the like. V. I).
McCarthy, the third delegate from
the temple, was not present to
report. The high lights of the
convention were touched upon.
The delegates from La Grande
were honored by having M r.
Keeney take the part of Sahib
at the ceremonial at which the
tea m consisting of 12 me m bers
was selected from all parts of
the t'nlted States and Cnnndn.
LINE
DDKKIF3
Union County Fair To
Begin Next Wednesday
ELGIN. Ore. (Special to the Ob
server.) The last four d:iys of
next week is an important time to
the ranchers and others throughout
I'nion county. On these four days,
Sej.'mber 23, 24. 25 and 2fi. the
big I'nion County Fair will be held
In Elgin. On these four days the
best products of the fteld, the or
chard, the household and numer
ous other products of the home and
ranch wih be on display to show
the great possibilities of I'nion
county.
The fair hoard held a ai-rt meet
Ing recently and held another board
meeting Friday evening, to put the
finishing touches 10 th well-laid
plans for the success of the Vnlsn
'onniy Fair. Everything will be in
radineiw for tho annual throngs
that vNt this important event In
th life of ,1'nlon county -
1hir4ln 1 41 (.ramie Pay.
- Th iit-May. September 24 has been
dsj:nwt'd ns Wallowa rotinty dy
a"d Friday. September JS. has ben
dMfcnattii an lt Orande day. It s
Apevio that there will be inn
vwitoi from Wallowa county and
L Uraude oa tht two Uaja.
Oldest Dog
,"lltitl," tlie veteran bulldog
of .Samuel .Icjti liiitle Itiitk,
Ark., Is believed to be onu or
tlie oldest (loirs In tlio country.
He ee'otxatel Irs twentieth
birthday September 5. Cull any
dog here beat hia record?
TEACHERS HERE
TO BE GUESTS
V. A. Epling will be chalnmin at
the (dumber of commerce, lunch
eon Tuesday noon at the I. Or o.
l' hall and the high .school faculty
and the superintendent will be
the guests of honor. A definite
program has not yet been an
nounced. ." ; -I
" Mr. Epling Wb formerly't Teach
"er n l,a Grande schools, ..being head
ot the commercial department in
the high school Tor some time. Ho
Is now a member of the local school
bourd.
Mrs. Fillingcr Injured
In Automobile Accident
Mrs. Harry Flllenger w;m in
jured, though not seriously, yester
day afternoon in nn automobile
accident neur Lone Pine. She was
brought to Ia Grande for meillcal
attention. She received bi.xeral
! minor bruises about the race and
head.
Eight Bass Caught At
j Fay Bridge by Davis
A remarkable string of bo.ss was 1
brought into Iai Grande late yes-1
terday by C. W. Davis, who caught'
the finny treasures at Fay bridge,
east of Alieel. Eight, welching a
total of It;) pounds are on display
at the ( (ret; on Hardware and Im
plement company today.
Roadster Stolen From
j Local Garage Friday
I A 1!2S modci roadster, with a
truck body, was stolen from a loc.il
parage yyti'rday, according to W.
K. ftuehaii.'in, Ihe owner. The car
bears license I21-ON5. Police of-
t fleers belb-ve that some one "bor
rowed" the car to drive 'o the
(lound-l'p.
I The rodeo event. wilt I"' an Im
portant part of tlie fair. Ear b day
there wilt he bucking contexts, fast
races, wild steer riding and numer
ous other rodeo and arena sports.
This department, under the direc
tion ot Jeme 1 'rum. Is always u big
drawing card at the fair. There
will also be concessions of various
kinds. Including open air dancing
in the 1 venlng.
All of the various lines of stor
will be repn-flo-nteri. according io
Gay Ititton. the secretary tf the
fair. .Mr. I Uitton has n--n busy
for several months Interesting j
siockmen In the fair. How, cat- 1
Jt'e. hngs. sh'-p and rhickens
I the aristocrats of thlr brk wil
be on display to be viewed by those
1 Interest! In fine stock and poul
try. ltfnHmhcr ll(Hi-wiri
The hntiHewifo has not b--n for.
gotten. Valuable premiums will
he Riven for th" If-nt In canned
f-nrv. i.t t'ls-. -iit"l s. f'ownrs nnd
til kinds of n -Jl- work. TU- n
luepartment will offer premiums for
(CoaUauwd on Pe EigUt)
If is. Bi
t- 'i'44vi i
COMPANY
REVOKES
BAIL OF 18
Officers in Seattle Busy
Re-Arresting the Men
Freed on Bonds
SWEEPING CHANGE
IN1 FOLIC Y MADE
Professional Lawbreak
. and Bondsmen Scored
by Securety Company's
New Manager.
RI3ATT1.E, Wash. (Py the As
sociated Press.) Officers here to
day are busy rearresting eighteen
persons whose bonds were repudi
ated by the National Hurety com
pany. The company pronounced the
bonds, totaling $P00O, Irregular af
ter George V. Allen. Pacific Coast
manager, who cume here from San
Francisco, announced that the com
pnnv was through with assisting
professional tnwhrnakers and pro
fessional bondsmen,
Allen Indicated the principal
beneficiary of the discarded busi
ness had been tho bootlegging in
dustry. Allen supplanted C. B. White,"
manager, who made the bonds with
A. G. Hammond.
17 CARS CAL1Y
670 PEOPLE TO
ROUND-UP TODAY
Two special trains left bore for
the Homid-rp this morning. One
train consisted of twelve cars and
the other seven, carrying 670 peo
ple from. La Grande, Baker and
points up the branch line. The La
Grande ticket office sold 240 tick
ets. 230 people came in -from Ihe
bt-Mjtch line;. and t.30Q. canie. (rom
Baiter. , s V
The twin returns to La Grande
this evening, leaving Pendleton
G. L. Lindsay Visiting
In La Grande Today
O. I. Lindsay of Tucoma is here
visiting his mother. Mrs. Alice it.
Lindsay and his sister, Mrs. E.
Stciucamp both of Island City. Mr.
Lindsay waa born and raised in flic
Grande Hondo valley. For tho
past two yeurs ho has 'been man
ager of the Tucoma Piggly Wlggly
store. He Is to be a representa
tive to tho National Convention of
Piggly Wlggly operators at Chi
cago.' Good Kitchen Lighting
Campaign Is Successful
The good kitchen lighting cam
paign now being conducted by the
Eastern Oregon Light and Power
company In Ija Grunde 1h iroving
succetsrul, according to Erne.'it L.
Croekatl. of the company.
"That the Import nnce ol good
lighting in the kitchen is appreci
ated by both the housewife and her
husband Is shown by the remarK
able Tespone to the campaign for
better kitchen lighting conducted
by the Eastern Oregon Light and
Power" company." Mr. rockatt
said today. "In the first five days
of the campaign moi e flmn 1 6(1
pitehens have Installed the new
kitchen light."
Wayne Willctt Laid
To Rest at Wallowa
WALLOWA. Ore. (Special)
Funeral services for Wayne Wil
lett, who was Instantly killed bv
llghtnlng at the farm honip of his
parents Mr. and Mr, I J. Wfllett,
In the valley a couple of miles
snut heart of here, were he Thurs
day afternond at 2 o'clock.
Vhe tragic death of the yonng
man wns a shock to the entire
community nnd the bereaved fam
ily han rceved tlie sympathy of nil
In tHeir hour of sorrow. Mr. Wil
let Is survived bv his parent". :i
sister Wlnnlfred Willctt. a brother
Tommy, his grandparents Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Wlllett ns wr-it a- a "'
of other relotlves and friends. The
K. of P. lodge waa In charge'of the
burial.
l(eli- r -;srl Japan Fmn'l
TOKYO ( APt -8 ientM of Klo
unlvf rslty are n ported to have
made Important discoveries In a
shell mound which they recently
excavated n the forHt of Koyasu.
near Yokohama. Hunts n bones,
earthen ire. flint arrowhead and
ear decoration tnad of she( (nd
anthropologist to b'lcve t h"t
hvp found evidence of a prlnt't re
trih.. mhth Inhabited the bnd nf
MiKM'lo ttmnriiiidf of yar ago.
Further excavations In the district
are belug planned.
Qyarterly
Conference
Here Today
Church of L. D. S. in Ses
sion; Programs Ar
ranged lor lonight and
Sunuay Night
A number of dignitaries of the
1 li. far church tiom Hall Luke
City arrived in la Grande this
morning to participate, in the 1
D, S. quarterly comerence and
Hit nip convention here today and
Sunday.
Among those whveame were:
Melvln J. Uullard. of the Quorum
of Twelve, also of the general board
of the Y. M. M. I. A.; Adams t?.
'liennion, general board of Sunday
school; Julia A. Chi Ida, general
board of Relief Society; .Martha H.
Tigney, general board of Y. L. M.
I. A.; Ann Nebeker, general bouid
I of Primary.
Ihe conference opened this
; morning at 10. o'clock and' another
session started at 2 this afternoon.
Another session is set for 10 o'clock
Sunday niuruing and two meetiuba,
open to the general public," will bu
.held, at 2 and 7:30. The evening
- meeting will be under the auspices
of the M. I. A. w.th a mualcul
program featured,
j Program Tonight.
I Tonight a free program will be
given at the L. D. S, tabernacle at
. 7;i0 o'clock as follows;
Song, Onward Christian Soldiers,
by congregation; prayer by J. 11.
Orion; solo, Fear pot Oh Ye ls
real, Helen Uedded, accompanied
by Mrs. L. A. Stoddard and Flor
ence Milter; organ solo, Mrs. L. A.
Stoddard; reading, Kobert Baxter;
mixed chorus, ted by Kzina Bax
ter; solo. My Paste, by Mrs. Nellie
Lean; double quartet, led by Karl
Stoddard; song, Joseph Smith's
First Prayer; pugeunt. The Stan
dard Bearers, about 70 people.
Fred Schllko. of this city, has
.received a telegram from Antouia
oawyer,- concert manager' 01 akoi
lun hall, New York, and one 6f4he
most prominent music critics of
that city in reference to Frederiko
Hehilke, who is studying music in
llosion. Miss Kehllke was recom
mended to Antonla ijuwyer' as a
singer of promise and tho concert
manager wrote to her and request
ed her to blng before her on Sep
tember 14, which she lidi
The wire received by Mr. Schllke
follows: "Your daughter, named
Tor you, sang for me this afternoon
and I was surprised at the beauty
of her voire und splendid tone pro
duction. She has received fine In
struction. I consider her a most
promising youhg singer and worthy
of all consideration."
The ltev. 8. W. C'reasey of the
Ki iscopal church has been appoint
ed arch deacon of the dioceite of
Eastern Oregon and will move to
Pendleton about October I. The
appointment look el feci lie first
of th s month.
Mr. Creasi-y duties will "take
him ovi-r all the Eastern Oregon
diocese, which Includes the Ore
gon territory east of the Ca.iwi.de
mountains.
A Paper
That Isn't
Read
Your ailierliwinx iiM-n-jj-. no
matter bow little or bow iiiucli
II ttt-t, Jk of 110 lalne li mi
if tin tieHpHper In which It
apM-itrs is ti.il n-ail. The pn
isr ntut Im- 1 at ued by the
itMtlels It must Ik- till kind
llial in auniicd owry flay tvtllt
:n(ertM. ('tn-ulalhni f a pa
Iter ttf thai kin I i taluable.
The OhiTrr has high r-ad-crlnt'n-Ht.
The fact Huil It"
rlrfiratifiii lin mnitilanfl It -Nclf
ami ban gmun wltlKml
artiflf-tnl rtimtilntioti l eon
Hiitlv prif of thai tact. No
nofi'T that ' Hewrver IHsplar
anil Want Ail get sm-h ipiak
and fffitifiiiih-Hl refill h.
ertfr-r r rl Klnr
A Merfrhiuidlslng Brrtloa."
ICEJflSEQ
NAME CHEASEY
ARCH DEAGQNi
1
i i .
SNOWFALLS
III OREGON,
Three Inches Blanket
Helena While Tem
blors Shake City'
WINTER'S VISIT
DOES NO DAMAGE
Klamath Falls, Ore,, Re
ports Intermittent Rain
and Snow During the
Night; More Promised.
HELENA. Mont. (By the As
sociuted Press). Snow and earth
quakes are the order of the day
n Helena.
A sharp tremor was felt ai
3:45 o'clock this morning, but no
damage was reported, beyond the
stopping of the courthouse tower
ciock.
'Ihe quake followed an unuBunl
R"vt.''mivr storm, during which
three Inches of wet, heavy snow
fell. .
l'iie snow damaged trees ' and
temporarily Impaired street car,
light and power service. '
Other towns in Montana report
ed snow.
OIIKGOX CITY BLANKETED.
" KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (By
the Associated Press). Old Man
Boreas slipped Into Klamath Falls
d u;ing the night anu deposited 11
light covering of snow upon hill
side residential sections. -
I ltain and snow fell In all sec
tions of tho city lntorrhlttentl
during the night and Indications
were given that snow might Ui
e.vpectod again today 'and tonight.
SNOW IX WASHINGTON'.
WKNATCHKE, Wash. -(By the
Associated Press.) Snow appeared
in the mountains near here this
mornlnfL coming about three weeks
ahead pf tha usual time. " "
GRANGE FAIR IS
UNDERWAY TODAY
AT WOLF CREEK
BAKHIt.'Ore. (Special) En
thusiastic community co-operatton
and untiring attention to details on
tho part of the management uwde
the first day of the Wolf creek com
munity fair a notable success. Held
under the auspices of the Wolf
Creek grange, 6Uti, ln , the perma
nent buildings next to the Woll
creek school, this exhibition of the
products or the farm and home
ranges from tempting pastries .u
prize-winning livestock, with an un
usual number of fine displays by
Ihe younger members of the com
munity. v
Some 300 visitors inspected the
exhibits and all expressed apprecia
tion or the care with which every
thing was arranged. J. A. Nice and
.lack Got ham are general managers
and they, with the various com
mltteea in charge of special fea
tures, are responsible for the un
ui enect or orderliness.
Washington Railroads
Valued at High Figure
OLYMPIA (By the Associated
Press. Valuations or the six larg
est steam railroads operating in
l lie slate of Washington were
placed at $:f33,321,671 in a state
ment of the slate board of equal
ization toduy. This is more than
two million dollars greater than last
ear's valuation. There will be no
levy for the general fund but a
state It vy of 1U.2U0 mills.
Thirteen Weiser Bank
Oliicials Are Indicted
IiniHr;, Ida. (Hpechil) Thirteen
former officers, directors and
I'c-cates or the Weiser National
b:ink and the old First National
lHnk of Weiser are charged in an
Indict inr nt made public Friday by
the I nited States district attorney';!
olllce with mlsapplicallon of funds.
Hitfl conspiracy to mlsupply fluids
of the Weiser National bank. A
separate Indictnu.-nt charges three
of the defendants with misapplica
tion of funds. Warrants were nerv
ed on li of th defendants Frida)
at We'ser by f'niled Htat-n Marshal
Fnmk llrenheam and his dejnitv. It.
t. Wet. The indleimnt contains
two counts, and the second Indict
ment haH eight counts.
TOIt.VUlO If ITM TI'CSOX.
TCCHOX. Arlx. (By the Assm-I-att-d
IT'-s.) A tornado sii 111 k ih
Vc''artrn veterans' hospital hr
latn yesl'Tdnv. H wMN-red tin
canteen btilhltng. the h tpl:ill Kir
age and the patients fnrng or
an area of 2a0 feet, l'V'r'.i te!e.
phone poh-a ami trees hII over V'ic
son and brought behind H a uoud
burst. -
Preh istoric
New light may be shed on a prehistoric race that inhabitnl
Anuria thnniHh the dlsrovcrles of H. O. Hhetrmie of the Ohio
,HlMoilnl and ArchaelnKieal Hociety In cxenvatlng a inound near
llnlnhi'idKe. o. Shetrane found tovr Kkcletons which appaivntly
had been burled In i-jIm-s nuidn ciitlccly of iK-nrls. The photo
shows I lie piles of iwurls around one skeleton. Indicating elm
civilization of this prehlstoHe race, tho skull rcstod on copH-r
platen, shreds or a beaullrill rabrlc wero roiuid, and ono skeleton
wore a necklace or bin bear tusks.
OD
GRAND
JURY
PROBE
McMINNVlLI.E, Ore. (By the
Associated Press.) District At
torney Nott culled the Taiuhill
county grand Jury in special ses
sion here to. deulde whether James
F, Trent, farmer, should bo held
for the killing Tuesday night of
Georgn Hamlin, ;of Portland, and
tho wounding of his, father F. U.
Hamlin. ' '
Trent told officers after his ar
rest he fired a shotgun thinking
ills melon putch was being raided.
NO rft'I I Tl It OO K II EIjD, Mass.
(By the Associated Press). Tho
fourth serious clash between
members of the Ku Klux Kmti
aim unorganized young men de
termlned to break up klan meet
ings in this state this summer,
amounted to a battle In the town
sum re here last night.
Hundreds participated und sev
eral shots wero fired. Hocks 11 lid
eggs were freely used as weapons.
The crowd overpowered Chief
of Police Quill, taking his re
volver, handcuffs und night stick
from hitrt Htale Patrolman
!owney wus struck In the head
with a stone. ,
81x men were arrested.
PB-1 May Make Lone
Flight to Honolulu
PARI IN ROW
SAN FHANOIHCp ( Ky t,e As- " K HAOI.'K (AP) The wind
aoeiaicd Pn-ss.) The pn-1, huge 11,111 1,1 Ulurleum. one of the best
seaidinif. which failed lo abiri. with known old mills In Holland, is re-
two other ships on an aitcmpled ported to have been bought by a
flight to the Hawaiian IkIiuMs, may New York lawyer. It will be re
make a lone flight to tu Isiundrf, moved to the purchaser's estuto on
naval officials said today. the Hudson.
Ihe plane will be suojected to ai
full loud test Monday and will pos-
sibly make the Hawaiian attempt
ai i next rn on 1 li. I
Great Catastrophe
Hangs Over World
Spirits Tell Doyle
LONlHiN (Al't. Kveryonc ts
warned by the spirit world
through the medium 01 Mir Artnur
Conan Doyle that a great cutuu
trop.ie hangs over the world.
8 r Art bur says he has be n
receiving messages from tiie spir
it uorld for the last I In ee years
to this effect and that lately they
have become pressing. He says
s tfferlng and destruction u hlc'i
ultl result are to be taken na n
ei antentng for the evils of today.
Ihe nature of the Impentlng
ealasttopiie ,s so vague that K'r
Artttilr Is unable to specify It but
he says toe cliualening w .11 last
I hr- years.
H'r Art bur Jiniionnees Kng'nnd
will cm -ape from t'te cMlnn'roph!
rf-, "tightly Hum iilni'Si apy
other n Ulon. Why, he does not
a:y.
HAM It H, I, HIM lIS
Hy
Tlie Anwii-lnleil IVi'f)
Nilloifitl lii'ngut
New York 'A. (Itlrngfi II.
IWMoi I. I'llUlimrr 3.
I'liilnii lililn 2, t'lneliinnll It.
le..lifi,.l J1. Ii.nim a.
lfc-ir.,1, a l-l,n,,.,,l,lii .
I HI. IxkiI. t. New York II.
CliitafU , WaoldiUjUju i.
Pearl Burial
XTRA
niM rnr.i;ioM iiopfs
IIAKIIIN. Manchuria (AP)
Kno Tien, leader of bandits who
kidnaped Dr. Harvey J. Howard,
has boon killed by otiotlicr out
law who assumed liti authority,
thus iiiiuttyiiix liri'mgi'uipnts
mndo for Howard's releuf J)r.
Howard has bi'en In cnptlvity two
months mid Ids rtdtiMi is nppur-
vii 1 1 y iik lur on us ever.
OCC1PY "THIAN(iliF,"
FK, Freiicli Moiik-co (AI)
An of I Mini cominunhiue unuoiui
ced that FrtMieli rorces operating
iioi-th of the Oiiei-gha rlviu rea
chcil souIn Otihul-tiluuzar, night
miles northeast of I J (banc rlde,
and on. the edtro of tho country
of the Rent BrAhim trtbo. With
ttl. poslllon, reorbrd, the French
troop,! eomphfxi tho occupation
of a Iriangle of UeaHy boo miles
on the center section hi tho lost
few' days, , ',v,.,j' '
(lOhMlMJR WI'AltS STUAW
. WAHiiLXiTOM ( AI) Presi
dent Conlldn demoustratod today
he would rather bo control able
than rashlotiablo. He decided It
was too warm for a felt hat pres
urllKHl as propor lieailgiM&r aftor
KeptemtM-r 15 and iastcait, he
woro n straw sailor,
(;einiaiiy lacks Pro fcs.su rs.
FltANK FORT, Germany (AP)
A dearth of professors of political
economy In Prussia recently was
pointed out by Prof. F. Bchmldt of
Frankfort university, Htalistlci
compiled of last winler'n lnrm show
that for lo, 000 students there were
I only 60 professorships In political
jeponomv In Priisnla, while for (1000
jlaw students there wore 107 pro
feHSlotial chalru.
American ltus Dutch Windmill
Southern States Hurt;
I Drought Kills Trees
I (lly I'lmt-lr I. N'runrl) i'r nUn:k. Towns are nipntlonnl
WAsillNUTIlN (NBA Hwclal).!hlrli aro brlnglnx In thfir water
I I for tin littif llial tinilHlHir- BMppltrft 111 tank cul-8.
hitlon rni'illtli'9 uio niiipli- In tli.r ...
rii.tfU HtulfH. 11 ronnloVrul! imti Tin; Rltuutlon liua one rt-coni-of
the Houth would lie oil the eve im-m'litlon. The boll weevil can't
of as genuine a rmn ne us ev-jr aland such dry weather liui'-h bet-
j Rilpjied Chin 1. according to arrlv. iter than the cotton can. Tho boll
His In VVtiHhlnKton from the) weevil distinctly is a weL W.thout
drought lu'll, ili'sn lhetl as ex-' moisture he dies,
ten'llnit roughly from tlie noulh- Thut's what he's been doing
era Virginia nn.l North und Boulh iely. at a prodigious rale. In
Carolina ciasls through most of ,n-at luns aro that next year he ll
Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi n,e scarce.
and Into Texns. , Mvr 0R he mny )n,.rras. enJ
' TI111I It hns been a dry 1 multiply again, but his al'sence
In tliis legion Is no n-s. bui (vl.n fr a ,nfte w.,on will Im
If rellnlile eye wllinssi s su.rl -s
are In be believed ihe slliin'lenn
real s. rlniisiieas Is only J mt b -
ginning lo be revenled.
Nol only have eiops rulferel
heavily, hut In s.me im-iIIiiiib II 's
rterler.-d that good trees are dy-
InT. lo surh a 'lep'h Is tlie earth)
completely i'r e, out. t
, , . . ..
ly large , try, m, have .lis-, pp. re,
deep tn duft and buxstirds an,
..nt In t fcitrl rinh from th
Iter-
e nre made o Te..S
w ho sie ahontlng the r
llvafnck. crn-.clated to set
n4 dnomed ntherutse to a SlOV-
' n t h from lack of food and
. W.-Ilt"! .
LI n u ft.
ine ragweed to their swine and
cutting small bushes for their oth
ROUND-UP
ENDS THIS
AFTER 001
Yesterday's Crowd Swells
Total Pendleton Vis
itor to 54,000
MANY LA GRANDE
PEOPLE SEE SHOW
Cowboys Keep Up Good
Work on Third Day;
Finals in World's Con
tests Due Today.
PENDLETON, Ore. (Special to
Tho Observer) .-Cowboys got their
sharo of honors the third day of
the sixteenth annual Pendleton
roundup and emerged with the
best records they - have so far
scored this year against bucking
homes and Texas longhorn steers.
In riding, steer roping and bull
dogging, the three : major events
of the spectacular show, honors
for the day went largely to the
human contestants with tho ani
mals winning out often enough lu.
make It apparent to the audience
of 24,000 people that the compe
tition between men and beasts
continued unabated.
In Bucking Contests
In the two bucking contests 14
riders mounted, horses, and of
this number five qualified, while
nine others were either thrown
or wero disqualified for. pulling
leather. Six men rode in the -northwest
contest which Is open
lo riders from Oregon, Idaho and
Washington, five being disqtiau
f ud. In tho world's bucking con-,
test eight men rode and four
were thrown. No Name,- gene.'
ally conceded by buckaroos and
authorities on horses to be the
hardest, horse to, ride In the round
u-p, kept up ' hU. rwiU.vr$Wi;i
when he dumped 'his rider on the
second Jump. He -threw . his rid
er on the first day and' undoubt
(Continued on Page Bight.)
BANDITS LOOT
T
B HANSON, Colo. (By the Asso.
elated Press). A band of rob
bers here last night looted tho
postofficc, obtaining an undeterm
ined amount of - stamps and
money, blew the safe of the rail
road station with nltro-glycerln
and escaped with tho loot by
breaking Into a garage, comman
deering a small touring car.
John McDonald, 1 8-year-old
night watchman, was kidnaped
and taken with the bandits when
they fled.
McDonald was found unharmed
10 miles oast of hero today. Ho
said the robbers carried him to a
shack In the woods, bound and
gagged him and then fled east
ward. Tho robbors' loot totaled
filfiO. '
,l.ilng. It will menu, glv-n
an tt,euntB rainfall, a good
..otton croo. at any rale.
I The southeastern slates, with
,,, ,.x.,.,,toll f Klorida. nre suf.
r,.rn)f uppteeiaiily also from the
,,lsh to , mtt,.r ,tHte.
In Oeoigia particularly, just
ncrofs the state line, the sojt.i-
. ward movement la spoken of. .ta
amnHt .. pl i.
portlonn of a gold stampede.
The Oeorgluns. with le-s faith
m in" norma ooom inh.i wie
Moridlans. have, expect to e th
l,lTn a(I ? P K. in o-ie
roMr-
It shows no signs of doing v
CONCERNS
f.s yet, however, and In the mean
rin farmers aie fee l-! Mine Its ffect on Oeorwta busl
t nen Is the reverse of satisfactory
- lto rvstdsuU there.