La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 17, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY CITY THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP). On. Ron: Rain In the went, ran or now In th east tonight nnd Friday.' ti?mn EDITION VOLUME XXIV. MEMBER ASHOCIATEO PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 58 "GUffiTY" VERDICT EXPECTED 9 ELECTION OH BUDGET IS HI Citizens of District to De cide upon Expense Account Dec. 28 HOARD MEMBERS EXPLAIN RAISE Although Budget Totals $155,709.26 This Year, Levy in Mills Will Be Less. In eorim;llon wll h a special school budget election in (MkI rlct Nr. 1 set for Monday' Oecemhcr 2S, nt the ('en tin I school building, members of I he hoard of education today outlined tho provisions of the budget for the ensuing yenr, explaining s-vcrul Hems that have not been publicly Kone Into before. The total amount of the budget (his yenr Is $lftR,7:!!i.26, about $".it0 more than hiHl year, however the levy in ml! Is this year will be less. k The current school budget was first temporarily made up by th board of education and laler con sidered and approved by the bud get commit lei; and finally adver tised formally by the board after - affording an opportunity to all concerned for a hearing. Tin bud Bel consists of several divisions and fundi). - ' I'ndVr the head of personal serv ice for the current. school year, there will be. i'xp'ndriurcM of' J3mn to the city superintendent on a 12 mnnth cent) art, $M fill for prlnc-' ip;th; or the hUh school and four grade schools. $MI.0:i.2i for ti!i high and grade school instructors, with a possible udditlonal expendi lure of $24 60 for two addi tional grade teachers, beginning with the second semester in the middle of January, and subsiitule teachers for unavoidable, absences 'li rough Illness, or otherwise. An (Continued on 1'ngo I-'our.) f.erhai't G. SUcMaild. w it lr eight of bis l-ncht lor friends as guests, spread a t-an9 nt his hone; in1 Tove hist night to celebrate their ( spouseless slate. . I With song and jest aim tioanis oT their haiihnadtli escapes l'iftn (he snares of matrimony. Uk.vI pioi led to demonstrate the care-1 fn-i- bliss of celibacy: At the sum. ii llii'V n.iiil ntieeless coilinll'l im-iit to tin dinner prepared a il-l H'-rved by three sisters of the hos. : Mrs. Pauline Prillaman, Mrs. Kii da Miller and Mrs. Constance An derson. ('Icvt-r s;;elclies reiggt-slive nf t he w urhadey occupation of the 'guests directed them to I heii j places at the tabic, which was givt wilh doll favors and a floer centerpiece. j A token cake held the company f'ir a breathless moment as each man explored his piece to fh 1 t he symbol of his fate. To rhnrles Marias befell the tliimbl-. signifying, so the hout said, that (Continued on P(f Flvft.l 3 BACHELORS . OH COKE Wallowa Farmers Hold Grain For High Prices hwW SUOTpiNG WW i ' : Salaries Of , 6 Officials Up $5 to $15 ! City Recorder, Water, i uuii; auu i' lie Treasurer and Physi cian Given "Raise." v A new salary ordinance, raising the monthly pay checks of s'x city officials from $5 to $15 -each, and effective Dec. 1. this yenr, was picsse.d ut the im-etlng of the city commission last night. Sal aries of other officials remain the same as during the past year. The ordinance provided that tiie following salaries be paid in the future: city recorder, $170: city treasurer, $Hf; police chief, $150; fire chief, $160; water superinten dent. $150: city physician, $S0. The commission authorized the city manager to let a contract for I ho repair of the city's contagi ons hospital. 1 A petition, with 23 slgaers, was presented, asking the installation of an arc light at the corner of North Depot and 'A. The mattr was referred' to the city manager. The commission authorized the execution of a fjult claim deed in ffavor of the la' Gr ande Invest ment company for lot 3, block f, Komlg's addition, huving paid back liens on thai. An estimate was allowed W. C. Kcllcy In the amount of $ I.S.i y for work a I read y com pletcd on ! the municipal building. 1 An application by Kuhn and Zwelfel rOr permission to sell son drinks ut the corner of Hemlock and Jefferson was grunted. Several other minor matters j were uttended to before adjourn -,' merit. COVE DISTRICT DEFEATS 2 - YEAR SCHOOL, 12 TO 8 Lower 'ove defeated by a vote or 1 3 to eight Wednesday afternoon the movement to establish a two year high school In. the building erected by llie district during, the past summer and fall, K. A. Say re, county superintendent, reports. Almost the entire community turned out for the meeting, which j took place at the school house ! witti William Miller, chairman of he hoard of education. nrcsldtmr. Since the act ion for expansion failed to carry, Lower Cove school will continue to function us an eight-grade system. County Dairymen Meet; 'New Members Register Seventeen men. representing practically every large reiiiil dairy in I'nion county, attended the second meeting of dairymen's as sociation held In the chamber of commerce office last night. A f-w new members, pot enrolled at the ln.-t meeting, registered last night. No permanent by-laws were adopted. Another meeting date was s't for next Wednesday, I a cember 23. Masons Will Elect New Officers Tonight (ifrb ers for tl nsning yar will Ik- ei.cted and installed tomorrow night when Ul tirande lodge No. 41. A. I', ami A. M. will hold Its .tnntiat meeiing at the Masonic hall. After the Installation refresh ment will be s- rved. IKH Mi lt TAKKS POKTCOLIG PA HIS. (Ity the Associated Pre."s) Paul Don mer, chairman of the finance cummiti-v of the senate, accepted yesterday after noon the weighty responsibility of the finance ministry in the cab inet of premier Itriand. WAIjMAVA. Ore. (Spevlal)- Many of the farmer of tpis coun ty have been greatly benefitted by the gradnat raise In the price of wheat during tin- past several weeks. No larger amount of wheat has been marketed hy fur mem In this county at any one ttnie thM year, and come wheat was sold at threshing time when the prier was around ?1.?." per bushel, while some aleji ere made few week later wh n the price was conslder ablv lower. However. a large per centage of the farmers f'-lt that a better prhc was bound to conic as the fteasnn advanced, and held n I h riie ptrt of their grain. I to pe rt.n indic-il tliat a con.-lderntle iitanlity of the wheat h ing held has been marketed stnc; the price luu been near the li.ti mark. i i Arrested The rlHM'olnfrs will -by mnll to Otto llartiiian, of drrsey 'Hy. wvw flavored with mciiairlwl hI Kin, Jtr-ry authorities . charged when Ihey arreslrjl Mrs. lla'rt iiinn, III, alMiu, and Krncst Her man, .H, former boarder at lbc llnrlniait, home. Jonathan Hicks, 84, a resident of La Gramle for Ih"? past eight years, died at the family home Tui sday, it whs learned today. 1'unerfil services will be Jield l'rl day afternoon at Z oV'lock al the I,. P. S. tabernacle with burial in I he I. I. S. cemetery. Arrange ments are in charge of the , 1 tnh uenka nip company. . ' The. dec-dent. Olid III wife, who survives him. celebrated their H7th wedrllng annivrrsiLry several months ago. fit her survivors are the following cons atul daughters: Mis. .1. It. Ih-ildes,. Mrs. M. H. Johnson. I ,ou I h, f.x and Hudger Kicks, all or a Grande; and Mrs. Thoiiias Kington, of Thornton, Ida. STILL AT COVE Clyde ('.loom, of Cove, w;i ar raigned ill the Justice, of the peucr court at '!:::'t o'clor k this morning on a charge of Illegal possession 0f mash. After hearing I he charge. Judge Hugh K. Itrady allowed 1 he defend. int until Saturday, I'ec. i:i, al It: " a. ni- to prepare hi plea. Itloom was reesei on fur nishing bonds for reappearance. ! by tin- court at luau. . t. Jlcss Is defendant's attorney. fieorg'- M. Pl rce, special prohi bition deputy, urrfsted Mloom on the farm he occupies mar Cove when a raid yielded a (ii-pa 1 1 on st in in full operation. Itloom whs recently the center of dlstHsterul attention as defend ant In a case charging mistreat ment of the American flag. lb 'was convicted of tearing down a flag used s! street decoration and destroying ir i ivi: auk m i i nisi: KLAMATH KALI.X (Ity the As sociated Press) Klve nin wen? hurt In a hlae which destroyed a I'MMiO rock rusher s-d in rn struction work on The lulirs'vll lomla htghwsy. .'( mlbs north of here. Jtf (ruins, most seriously Injurfd. is lielbved to havp s frsc iiinMj skull. Cause of the fire is uriKuu'-'-u, - ' DEATH TAKES AGED RESIDENT mm find 5. E. MILLER IS ELECIED PRESIDENT Union Men Start Ball Rolling for the 1926 , Livestock Show JUNE 9-10-11 ARE DATES SELECTED Enthusiastic Discussion of Plans for Coming Year Held During the Meeting Last Night. pinna of the Vnion l.lvo Stock show for 1926 were started In earnest biHt night when the show aanociation held its annual meeting in the city hall nt Union. A decision whs made to hold next years Juno 9. 10 and II. H.' Kdward Miller wan elected presi-, dent of the assoclat Ion t o take the place of George lienson and C L. Cadwell wis elected vice president in place of Ir. W. T. Phy.- Tony l Smith was reelect ed secretary and KreU Kox was re-ejected treasurer. Members of the board of dire-' c'tors wore, chosen as follows: George Benson. lr. W. T. Phy. I A. -Wright. Itohert Wlthcombe, William Vogel. M. S. lvy and J. - Hutchinson. Kol lowing the election of offi cers there wss a very enthusias tic discussion of plans for the coming1 yenr. Preparations were only started last night, but the association anticipates V bigger and better show than ever before. ARREST LIGHT S Viola t orn ' of the stale auiom') bile, light law may expect to be picked up any time, according to the officers, who are agreed tlril three months of lenience since the law went into effect has been quite time enough to allow everv driver to mnke the required llghl adjustments. Judge Hugh I-;. Mrady. In whos--i.ourt the offenders are 10 be tried, snid this morning that he intends to accept no excuses. The p;oe cutlou of Niieh cases is quite dis agreeable e.nough wit hont them, lie declared. Kims will be Impos ed for violations unless the drivers can show ce'rt iflcHles pr receipts In evidence of their readiness to comply w It h the hi w. The mini mum fine that the judge Imposes lor traffic violations is I a. Six ari:tB. , ha w been record. 1 within the hi hI M-ek or so. They are likely to be followed by many more, the officers slate. Baker (Iltllll V 11(1 l-.l (111 'I 'I (if ll-lllll III l ecelved here. The state highway de)iiirtmei'. maintains Its garage in I .a Gramle. Officers In this part of the coun try bring t heir vehicles hen- f,,r rei'iiir. T'or that reason, there are often several officers here at t he same time. Wit h 1 he new policy of rigorous enforcement, law breakers will find it hard lu escape detection. Added Cily Coverage I Miring the lnt Mine motif 'is the rlr'ulnt Ion of The OI-Ter In the city nf I 4si-andc luw mIiohh a net Iim i-csm- of 1 1 K'r iiii a iiHi-t Krai i fyltiK iniw I b omvldcritiff the 'iy IiIkIi it. -eraicv that lint nlunH cl-tcd In (ho fily. Not only oil rcmlers hi I be rural di-lrlcls niid In the -iiis'I-it ton n Imn'SoltiK. but here SI IMIIIMT till' Klfmlll tn CfpiMtlV ljut. 1 1 iiniiual. tb-r.-fon. I hni prai i bat ad cri N rt would say Ibnl lliey cannot p ltly oner Hie 1a ftrnnde ter Hlory rvept hi The blwru r t mi u here near the -uif "Obserrpr Ad t eri Idns - A MercluuiUlsUig' tierTloe.M AF VIOLATOR Two Pitched High In Air At City Well 0.-W.. Storekeeper 'and Car Inspector in Hospi tal Today Following Freak Accident. Arthur Janes, storekeeper for the O.W. It. & N and Nels NVI son. car inspector, left the freight yards for a visit to the new city well Wednesday at 4 p. m. just In llnm lo become the victims of a freak accident that landed them both In the hospital. . f Janes has both bones of. his right leg broken below the knee nnd Is suffering from nt terrific. Jolting. Concussion of t)m brain kept Neb uon unconscious for about an bout after he was hurt. Me. has sev eral bad bruises about his shoul ders and back,, and -is tevlhig 4he results of a-nervous shock. The two men, working- In the upper cud or the freight yards, left their duties for a few minutes to watch the construction work over near the viaduct, where the city is sinking a new well.- . They stepped up on a pair ol planks that extended out the door. The other end of the planks held u clamp through which the drill ers wore driving a casement, Tht casement struck an obstruction a coupling, it is thought and the workmen loosened the clamp to help slide It by. Just then the casement took a sudden drop, pitching the planks and the visiting railroad men high Into the air. Nelson was unconscious when they picked him up, and it was evident that Janes had a leg broken.' They were rushed to the hospital In an ambulance, and arc being attended by JUr. C. H. Moore, ralltad physician. Hoth men are taking their hard luck good naturadiy. Tlrsy gave a 'fiugWnK description of the ne Tldunt to visitors at the hospital this morning. . , Janes lives at 1.102 Klghth street,, and Nelson, Ht (17!i Oak., Turks Will Not Break With Great Britain G MNIjV A (Hy the Aoclaled Press ): "Our relations with K nor land will continue to ie friendly," said Tewftk Hitshdl Hey, Turkish foreign minister, before leaving for Angora following the. league of na tions' council's award In the. dis pute between Great Itrllatu and Turkey over the Mosul area in Mesopotamia, , ... The decision gives Mosul virtual ly In Its entirety to Great Britain in the form of a mandate. ti i:k caiu.xkt mi:i;ting. rONSTANTINOPIJ) ( y the As. soeiuled Press) I 'pon receipt. Of the h-ague of nations decision on the Turk-ltrlllsh dispute over Mo sul, I he Turkish cabinet at Angora i was Immediately called Into session by President Mustapha Kemal I I 'a ha. Range (!ndilions Good In Western Territory liKNVKIt. I'uld. (Hperlal). LiVfstock nnd riiiirf'; ronditlons an vry favoiatde In tin western uttitt'H with cjittlc ii nd slfcp tttiK into th wlnii-r In Rood condltlmi wit h Kood prospfcts for wln1"r liinw and an ampb' supply of hcd. incordiiiK to tlw monthly I IJveHtnek iintl rannf report lsur-J I by 1b division of crop and llvr inck estimates of the 1'nlte l ISIutes (b-purt nient of aKrlciiltiirc. Winter rmiKes K'-nerally carry a kioi supply of feed, showing a I marked Improvement over a ye ir i. in, 'I" hi. I'linillt Win fir I ireifoil rtiKs were :6 per cent normal!1" factional flKhtlmr had arrived I'etember I. compured I per cent niirmnl a -year ago. The 1 jvenie condition of nmi'S In tthe uf-r.tern stutes Is !) comparcfj i with 77 In l'JlM. , Railroad Heads Predict Continuing Prosperity fHK'A'fO. ( Hy the Associated i I Tens) Two wentern railroad j presidents late Wednesday pre. dieted prosperity for 1h nation jin JUi'ii nt a luneheon uttended by Indtvlduiil executives liere. Mr. Htorey decbired the rail- i J t'iii'Im are functioning; todity tinder jthe best eondltlons they have ever j known. Itiintie fs. he said. list ! "an exrellent outlook In every j -lireetion V I president flray romps red pre ! f nt rllruad conditions to those of the post-wHr era of Kovernntf'it ;muiar ment dd;irln,f that while shippers hud suffered lowo-a of 1 itiont than a Idliton dollars under i the government rail regime, these losses hud been more then repaid : in Ravines accorded to shippers Bandits Cant Frighten Her Jg - 71 1 ss (tladys Pllklngtoii, of Portland, Ore., has plenty of nerve. She's, on Iter way to Mazatlan . wheru she will him?iuI several iimmiiIim Hunting' curios. Slio Is traveling ul(Mie but will be well arinedl when she nets Into the wilds. WORLD COURT m IN SENATE WASHINGTON" Hy the AhhocI sled Press) After a delay of near ly 'three years, the senate today heeded the Repealed tirglngs of the white house and began r debate on a resolution proposlnr American membership In the world court.. The discussion took on many of the same characteristics that, vii al Isied tint senate's long struggle over the league of nations. Once1 more the mantle of leader ship upon (the shoulders of a democrat, Henator . Hwamson of Virginia. In opposition stood a de termined phalanx of irreconcllables undei the leadership of the Repub lican chairman of the foreign rela tions committee, Henator Horah of Idaho. i Holding the balance wan the group where the leuders had been "mild i-eservationlsta" In the fight over the league. . , i.ift tax i;i;,ii;(ti;i - WA.HH1NOTON. (Hy the Asso ciateii press) Tim house today refused lo place a Rift, tux In the new ri'vi'inm iimi fji-v;iinK im- nmendmi'iit. offered by Kcpresentn llve I'rear, Hepubllcan, of Wiscon sin, proposing a continuance of thl gift tux creub'd two yenrsawo with rates cciunl Id Inheritance levies as written 'in the meuanru weru accepted without a debate. Japanese Troops Now , "it in maiitnuriaii ,uiMiiiii: r, aK'iinst :r:.-.i timing otber. t , j The Hf-ures were cnmpil'd from . .. . ,. .. . . .reports from M' employing es- TOKIO (Hy Ibe AHsocIa ed ln;(iMni,(itM ,n r; ()((f(.mit ITess) ihe war office reporlcl ,,MtrU.H wM(.h ,.wUty 2.M.K.i today that the first detachment or workl.l(( .rilCiicaly all lines or Jnpnnese troops sent from Korea clnI,l)yn(.ll(, Hiow .1 slbtht. ksIiis. to Manchuria to assist in the pro- (x,.(.pt f(,r thr B).llHom, lndiiMtries, lection of forelfrners durinjf fliln- . oueratlotw are norumilv Ith '!at Mukden, Manchurlau capital, Inst evening nnd that ad'lltlonui troops are expected toniicbt. Advices to the war ofliee report that loan native troops at Jebol, fhlhll province, t'hlim, have risen In support of Oeneral 11 Chin: Ijliifr, governor of the province, and lire advancing on Hlinnhakwaii, af ter defi'utlng nationalist troops at t'hlfeng Kao. Tlio nationalists are also rejrorted defeated near Kin chow. Liquid Air Will He Demonstrated Friday J. Kenneth Fleshman. a student at Oregon Agricultural college, u. ill vivo m demiinst ml Ion with II - MMtd air at a speciul assembly of the high school ul 'I p. in. Friday. In a letter to K. I- Towler. principal, Pleshman, who Is a I n th- Texas wjim the object prl IVM alumnus of flrande. sta- mnrlly to In teste,!. It later was te that the demonstration comei j said that the number of hits made under the auspices of the chcml- ! was most sattsfactoi y. cal engineering department si . J IHsciisstng the I est a in his annual A. C. as an announretntnt of the) report. Admiral Mloch said: annual exposition thst the college will bold in february. XTRA VOril KILL STKLVSKMAN.V ' IV JO KLIN ( AP) "Thai pig NliTwiimiiii must bo hilled" Is n piiHsage Jn a letM'i', I he tUscovrry (if which led to the revelation of a plot to nsKasslnuU! ('ermany's for eign minister. Two ta'nmiii fas cists, Kaldorff ami lioivnx, arc un der arrvst. They uro alleged to have perfected their plans ' lo a point of providing for ili.sgubMs and a K'tavay In u motor car anil ulr- IIOIl. , KOVIKT Ji:lT!ON I I WASIIlN(iT)N, (AI-) IU'fi(. nltlon of the IIuhhIiiii Knvlel giv criimcnt wits nsked lu n riisolullou diiiwii up today by Jluiiresrutii. tlio Kerger, Koilallsl, of Wlseon slll. i HANK 1II:AH1N(. ON KAM-'.M, Ore (Al) A lieariiiK before (he state hanklnu honnl to day brought out the Inforiiuttlon that, a certain Western Oitroii bank, unidentified hi avoid pub licity, mils In a iini-arloii.H fouill lloil h4iiso it Is holdhiir lrrlK llou and hs-al liiipruvcmeiit IhhmIs of the state nr Wasbiim ton. Matcf KuMrliitcuileiit of hank llraimvcll ha Id In1 has had II i e hank under Mirelltauce. four I JvnrHt i;mii.()V.mi;n'1' c. in ki;asi; WASHINGTON. (Al'l - A sllubl increase in emplnyment diirltiK November amutiutinrr t two-ten-His of one per cent wns Indicated Wednesday by the Inhnr depart ment nmntliiy survey of the nat ion's badin liMluslrii'H. , The In- " iiifiiii) iiit-iii wh.h Hiit. in. C1ir((l d durimr the Int.? inil monthrt. Anti-Aircraft Practice Successful, Bloch Says WASHINGTON (v the Assort-and training bits been the lack Of uled Pres.il Hear Adminil i . a proper target. The towed target Hloeh. chief id the navy bureau of ' hitherto lined has been too small ordunnei- disclosed today that the to give a proper point of aim at nnti-alrcrafi practlre conducted high nlUlmh-s and too small to give last July by tin dirigible Kin-nan-tit target large enough to registef doiilt and the battleship Texas In'hllH. I Ult.ing the naval aircraft Tangier sound. Chesapeake bay. factory, the bureau has been de was primarily to test a new Ivpe of'veloplng a target of large site to target, while the firing nt th tar- get was only Im Mental. The Hheiiamlnall tnwd the ;ir- W"t at that time tin the under standing generally was that the ef fhieney of the anti-aircraft (ne of the great difficulties en countered lu autl-ulrcnlit gunnery END TODAY Air Crusader Rests With out Replying to Pros ecution's Demand . . SCORES OPPONENTS IN BRIEF ADDRESS Gullion, in Arguments, Asks That Mitchell Be Stripped of His Army Commission. WASHINGTON (AP PrcM Time I'IumIi) The stop prracribed by tlio vKtilatloiu to ccoinpui)r the finding or "guilty" wu taken late today by tlio MltclicU court mart ial. Soon aftvr the court dosed (o roiiKldur I lie verdict It returned to open a session to ask if the lirosecullon had any further evi dence to place before it. Under llio law this question has to ' be asked when the verdict "guilty" tins been found and it not cua (oninrUy asked when the defen dant lias been found innocent. WASHINGTON (By the Asso ciated Press). Denouncing th muthods employed In h's -Mon before the! army courtraartiUl trying him, Col. William Mltcnoll today rested Ills casa without re- . plying to the prosecution's deman.t that ho be dismissed from the army. . , Rising from i his place beforo the Imr when the court mat to lii'ur tlio closing arguments, tut air ei-UHailr made a brief stsuv nient, saying he had shown tlio truth of his publloi utteruio.a whleh led to his trial, but hud been answered by misinformation and untruthful evldenco on the competency of 'which the court j hud refused to pass. further with tlio cusu would servo no useful pur- (Contlnucd on I'aeo Five) FUTURE ROSY. HAK Kit,- Ore. (Hpeclal) A Kreat Industrial development and a mining- boom of .huge proportions was predicted for Haker county at a meeting of the chamber of com merce yesterday that was well at tended und optimistic. Following talks byltakur business and mining; men It was decided to Invite a Kroup from tlio Portland chamber of commerce to Inspect the cop per belt. A high pitch of enthusi asm characterised the meeting1. High lights In tho talk mado hy J. 1. C'rary, president of tho Mother Lode copper company, were: Haker county has millions of tons of copper. Copper can be produced here cheaper than anywhere else In tho world, because of tho high gold and sliver content of the ore. "There are one and a half bil lion dollars Invested In the copper business lu thn United States," Mr. Clary said. "It costs Jiearly 10 cents a pound to produce copper. The Rol'l eonlent In tho ore aver ages but 3U cents a ton. There Is fCnntlniiPit on Page Four., be towed by heavtor-thun-atr craft, and a target, of much greater slat to be lowed y )lghter-than-nif ships, singly or In tandem. If a number of targets can be towed BAKER HEARS jr.ins.hy a llghter-than-alr ship it will kit practicable to stimulate squadron uttaek sod defense. "The t 8. B. Texas and Shen andoah operated together during tne week ending July 24, I'.iift. These operations were tolely for (Conllnutd on Fact FlTt.)