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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE,
Friday, August 29, 19;)q
(Sranite 6entrig bmfar
(Incorporated)
An liHlieiKlpnt fr''sPiiMiM7'
P. n. PINLAY Editor and PubltoHw
HARVEY F. MATTHEWS Buslneaa Mnnngef
Published evenings, except Sunday, at 1710 SUth street La
Grande. Oregon. The Observer-Star published every Friday.
Entered at the Postofflce of La Grande, Oregon, as Second Class
Mnll Mutter under net of March 2, 1870.
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j His object was to blaze a post route
through the wilds of Maine to Bos
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the name along the route even to
this day Is regarded by postofflce of
ficials as a tribute to his pioneer
spirit.
Witness Tells
Of Convention
Of Bootleggers
SEATTLE, Aug. 29 VP) Echoes of
tho plan of Roy Olmsted, former
northwest rum king, to Involve num
erous prominent Seattle business men
liquor conspiracy ring, were
heard in federal court here yesterday
from two government witnesses in the
Lye-Whltney conspiracy and bribery
trial,
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For our light affliction, which is but for a moment worketh
for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;'
while we look not at the things which are seen but at the;
things which are not seen for the things which are seen are
temporal; but the things which arc not seen are eternal.
2 Cor. 4:17, 18.
Postal I'k'tilri
This yellowed volume of Flnlay's
presents a true picture of the postal
service In America on tho eve ot the
revolution. The seeds of revolt were
sprouting everywhere. Anything that
represented the English government
lh. .n)n..U. nn ranrlu In rpalttt
Flniay. observing this tendency, trator William M. Whitney his asslst-
i made the following entry In h;s -',";, ,7.?, '
'"They arc. they say. to be governed ne' 'ormer assistant U S. Attorney,
by laws of their own framing and no ar0 Gorged with conspiring with ruin
0ller.. runners and accepting protection
Edward Norlce. postmaster at money-
Salem. Flniay confided to his diary: . "J?1'' Je Convene
reports that every other day tho ,Po'fP?i r0' g '7
stnee coach goes for Boston, the of. mted former employes, de-
drwers take mSny letters, so that but "'M""' convention
few are forwarded by post to or from "h'h hf, '? lP"tm,mt
this office, tf an Information were ""h re. 'n which the for-
lodged (but an Informer would get 'nJ "lnj?,,m" " Ppoal to
tarred and feathered) no jury would L received In
find the fact: It Is deemed necessary ' r 1 t, uor fr om prominent
TJScmmt "m rlarle'rt'woClfoe'rrn
Slavery and oppression and declared Jates 'to'ute conv'enUo refused
'"'i ' to go through with Olmsted's plan.
believing the "presence of a federal
n-liidlarv is filled with references "Bent m the rlnB" w"3 sufficient pro
.lKehU,ee 7tS, to one' Z?y Z , "if? to Alfred M.
example, where It Is plain to see that " ' 'I" u, ' f !
Pinlay, the scrupulous postal "sur- , " from CaLie at the Un on
veyor" for HI. Majesty, was shocked. h t "House o,' David" I
another cache maintained by the j
Olmsted group, because "we knew a i
ram was coming.
After testifying he had talked
Labor Day Card
Is Headlined By
Heavyweights
With no boxlns In La Grande for
several months and with an excel
lent card lined up for the Labor
day bout, Lea Glbbs. of Pendleton,
is anticipating a largo crowd of fans
at the ringside at the athletic field
at 7:30 p. m. Monday.
The two men who head the bill,
Tony Tolerlco. of Seattle, and Jena
Holloway. of Portland, are heavy
weights and are ranked among the
best in the Northwest. Both weigh
in the neighborhood of 190 pounaj,
both have a reputation of mixing it
up, and the promoter believes the
two are well matched.
The semi-final will find Ycunj
Tlgei- Flowers, of San Francisco,
meeting Johnny Ryan, of Bnttj.
Mont. These lcathcrpushera weigh
about 105. Young Tiger has been
lighting in' the Northwest In recent
week3, getting a draw the other
night with a tough opponent and
a few weeks ago he fought a draw
with Ryan in Walla Walla.
Besides these two events, two
preliminaries are on the card, both
of four rounds. Ted Becktel, of
Portland, meets Young Delaney. of
Wall ft. Walla. In one. and Swede Nel
son, of Walla Walla, and Danny
OTerre, of Pendleton, clash in ths
other.
McBride Admits
Giving Bribes
To W. Whitney
SEATTLE. Aug. 29 uPi Bribes or
1000 and S720 were paid directly
to William M. Whitney, then as
sistant prohibition administrator, in
t May. 1923, Jack McBride, member
of the Grays Harbor rum running
ring, testified in the Lyle-Whltney
conspiracy triol here Thursday.
McBride said he was eating In a
restaurant In Aberdeen when a
waitress told him a man in another
booth wanted to see him. The man.
he said, was Whitney.
Whitney asked him. he testified.
I if he was making any money and he
took him up to his hotel room and
nfr.nul kin. .injtn nihl.n...
tcated mat it was not enough, he .
said, and he went out and collected
&2000 nmenp; his bootlelng asso
ciates. He gave Whitney only 1000
of this money, however, and later
when he met Wluvnoy again he gave
him S724 out of another fund of
1448 collected from bootleggers. He
held out the balance for himself,
ho said.
His dealings with Wh:iney were
terminated at that time, he said,
because Whitney said tho money
was insufficient to make It worth
while.
Following the startling a:ui un
heralded testimony of McBride, U.
S. Attorney Anthony Savago gave
the witness to attomoys for Whit
ney, Roy C. Lyle. former admini
strator: Earl Coiwln. former chief
field agent, and R. L. Fryant. a for
mer agent. C. T. MeKlnney. former
assistant U. S, attorney and a de
fendant, sat aside and seemed to
thoroughly enjoy the cqurt battle.
n -fnmav rhnrlfR P Mnrl-
arty jumped Immediately into ques
tioning Mcjanue auuui. jid
payment of bribe money to Whit
ney. "What dato was your meeting
with Whitney in Aberdeen?"
"In the early. part of May. 1920-'.
uiu you go 10 wnitney otter thnJ
waitress spoke to you?" e1
"Not immediately. I stopped t
his table and spoke to him and thin
he came to my room." .
"lsr.'t It a.fnct, Mr. McBride. that'
you never saw Whitney before u. V
day?" "
No. no, I've sect him seversi-'
"You were protecting the Curtis
Lone Grays Harbor ring then
you not?" e"
"Yes."
"You had no official capacltv',' '
"No." . .
Morlarty then questioned the wit
ness about his occupation nJ.
brought out that McBride ban k .
extorting money from Chris Curtis
and Roland B. Lane, chiefs of the
harbor moonshiners. The witness
testified that he watched the move
ments of the prohibition officers
closely 'and warned the moonshiners
whenever he thought their stills'
were about to be raided.
ROAD CONFERENCES
History may tlcsiRiiiile this as the age in which world
conferences begun to affect world welfare. There are few
interests which the nations of the world do not have in
common and for the discussion and study of which they can
not meet in world congress. Problems once considered local
or national are now viewed from the international stand
point. A call has been issued for an important conference of the
Permanent International Association of Road Congresses,
and sixty countries are arranging to send delegates to Wash
ington in October to attend the sessions which have been
arranged.
The factor that has enlarged the question of good roads
to international scope is the automobile. The world has
watched its phenomenal progress in America and its influ
ence upon advancement in this country, also its bearing upon
prosperity and enlightenment and happiness, and is now
leaching out for a share in its benefits. So it is that in the
remotest regions we now find road building occupying a
prominent place in the activities of the nations.
International road building makes for international ac
quaintance and understanding, if we are to judge from the
nations that will be represented at the congress. It would be
expected that the United States, England, France, Germany
and Italy and some others would bo interested in this subject,
but the situation lakes on new meaning when we find that
such countries as Algeria, Costa Rica, Indo-China, New
Caledonia, the Sudan, Nigeria, Slam and Tunisia are plan
ning to send representatives half-way around the world to
talk and learn about roads.
He writes
"Many people asked me If I had
not met the post driving some oxen:
It seems he had agreed to bring some
along with him."
But the postofflce department of
today sees In the postal service of
Flnlay's time much similarity of
spirit.
"It gives an Inward glow of pleas
ure," said one official, "to find this
postal ancestor use our familiar
phrase 'for the good of. the service.
and to declare: "The public good Is
the sole Inducement for taking so
much trouble as wo do."
"To that sentiment tho American
postal service subscribes down to this
day."
The News Used
To Be:
WHO OWNS THE AIR?
Centuries ago n;;m. through his courts, lawmakers and
armies, undertook to decide for all time who owns the land.
With that task unfinished, he must now decide the owner
ship of the air above.
In Chicago recently the Daily News erected a towering
skyscraper over the railroad tracks adjoining the Chicago
liver; the courts having ruled that the ownership of the
land by the railroad companies did not carry with it owner
ship of the air above.
A group of legal experts has been in session for the pur
pose of deciding who owns the air, or whether it. belong! to
anyone. This group is composed of men interested in avia
tion, radio broadcasting and real estate.
They may decide, as the courts are now doing, that
iii'iiimrii' vi.ili.o nM liimvitv nvtntwl 1 1 . tin- niic. nf kiijiCo above:
that a man controls all beneath his land, even to the center of j
the earth, but the air above is public property just as the
highways and waterways arc. , . i
A man may post his land against hunters, but may he
post it against trespassing ether waves and- airplanes? If
lie may not do either of these things, then whose air is it ?
These are questions that must be answered in the spirit
of the twentieth century rather than in accordance with
the laws and customs of the eighteenth. And they will be
decided in favor of the public on the theory that the rights
of the individual end where the rights of society begin.
There will be free use of the air as long as the users do
nothing to injure all of the landowners below. Community
life must necessarily be a give and take proposition, with
the individual reaping benefits in proportion to the sacri
fices which all make.
Hubbard About federal protection, U,
S. Attorney Anthony Savage asked
Kearns :
"Did you ever deliver any money
to Hubbard?"
Kearns answered In the affirmative,
saying Hubbard would give him re
ceipts fo it which would be credited
to the bookkeeper at- the end of the
month. He said he kept records of
all money spent, including protection
money.
"Did you ever deposit any money
for Hubbard?"
"Yes, at the National Bank of Com
merce." "Under what name was that money
aeposueaf
"Robert Dunbar."
"Did you ever give any other money
to a government official?"
"Yes, Hubbard."
"What for?"
"To take caro of the coast guard."
"How much?"
"Once 5000 and again $600."
Savage questioned Kearns no more
on the subject.
Several times Judge Prank H. Nor
crcss ordered the witness to raise his
voice which could be heard scarcely
further than the court reporter's
table directly In front of the wit
ness stand. Both defense and prose
cution attorneys gathered closely
around him.
Dahl's testimony was much the
seme as Kearn s. He told of moving
liquor from the Union Stable and
. nlsn from tho "(ThnrlPR strppt rnrlip"
(Prom Observer, Tucs., Auk. 31 (1020) on omors Irom Olmsted, who was
The tci.chlnir corns for the ij! quoted saying theplaco. ere go-
Orondc nubile schools is now m.i'"K 10 00 "inen. Dam said tney
pleted. and everything Is In readiness .both were after the liquor had been
aupt. a. u. Hampton announced.
Tho stato will immediately begin
grading and actual construction of
the highway between Kamela and
HUgnrd, which project covers a dis
tance of approximately 13 miles.
Union county's population Is 15Ui
In size In the state and La Grande,
the county seat, is the tie vent h largest
city in Oregon, according to a report
of the census bureau.
Irving 8. Cobb passed through La
Grande this morning, cn route to
Bend.
'rWKXTV-FIVK VKAHS Aim
(Prom Observer, Wed.. Aug. 30. 100.1)
The Eastern Orcaon Dpivlnnmonr.
Co. yesterday filed a mortgage to the
American Loan and Tmnt Co., of Bos
ton. Mass.. given by the Central Rail
road of Oregon. This morteaue Is tfi
securo the Issue of bonds- to the
amount of $2,000,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Muckev ar
rived this morning from Albany and
will make this city their home. Mr.
Mackcy has purchased the Farmers
feed yard.
Kills Ex-Employer
And Then Suicides
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29 m
Crazed by the loss of his job after
23 years of service. John Donlln,
former street car conductor, shot and
killed the superintendent who had
discharged him nnd killed himself
here late yesterday.
His victim, Bryan P. Gunn. was a
brothor of Alfred S. Gunn. general
manager of the Bethlehem Shipbuild
ing corporation.
Dcnlln, discharged ten days ago
for drunkenness, strode into Gunn's
office, ignoring the greetings" of his
former co-workers on the way. Re
fused reemployment he whipped out
an old fashioned pistol and emptied
its chambers at the superintendent.
AWAITING BIRTH OK CHILD
BRUSSELS. Aug. 29 VP) All was !
in readiness at Stuyvenberg castle to- ;
day where the birth of a child to j
Princess Astrid is awaited.
Arrangements have been made to
notify the Brussels population by the
firing of 61 guns in case the new
arrival Is a girl and 100 if a boy. ;
j
Dozens of fish are used In labora-'
tory tests at Wisconsin university
to determine the toxic effects oi
various kinds of water pollution. i
STIMULANT TO
; MARKET SEEN
IN NEW MOVE
PORTLAND, Aug. 29 Pacific
coast lumbermen today saw in the
federal trade commission's program
for promoting new construction and
eliminating unnecessary costs a
ralutary effect on the lumber and
building industries.
The plan of bringing the builders
oud materials men together with
the financial group, so as to reduce
both building and financing costs,
ONK YKAH .WiO
(From Observer. Frl. Aug. 30th. 1920)
Anne mange, La Grande, and Worth
Oswald, Spokane, became Eastern
Washington chomplons when they ' os originally suggested by the Asso
derented Lois Nelson. La Grande, and 1 elated General Contractors of Amer
Jack Aheam, Walla Walla, today at I tea. is beginning to bear fruit In
the ploy-off. j curbing activities of unethical build-
Nine students, the first to gradu- era. It was said.
ate from the Eastern Oregon Normal i Lumbermen said nil this will act
school, were given their diplomas by nfi n stimulant to residential con
President H. E. Inlow t tho closing i struction and consequently menu a
exercises this morning. I revival of the market for lumber.
Filling a long felt need In this Economic loss through the agency
city, a new organization came Into 0l irresponsible contractors and
existence yestcrdoy when ft La Grande curbstone loan brokers, which nor-
Presldcnts" club was formed with
charter membership of eight.
Mrs. "Eliza Stephenson. 95 has
lived In the same home at Kidder,
Mo., since 1884.
mHlly runs into millions of dollars
annually, can now be reduced to a
large extent by operation of the new
plan sponsored by the federal trade
commission nnd the contractors us
soclntton, they said.
,u;rsT
Tlio days are now approachiii; when we will realize the
nrpruach of fall. The sun is perceptibly on its way south.
Kailier it takes its candles through the woods and rocs to
bed. Evening may liring a suggestion of chill and thought
jf a log fire. The fall flowers are in, bloom. The silk of tho
sweet coin is brown. Thickets are growing yellow. The old
wheel is on another turn.
Most men are at least faiily sensible in the selection of
their wives' clothing. They let their wives do the selecting.
In Washington
lly llfrhrrt I'litmmrr
WASHINGTON In the museum of
the poMafrice department in Wash
ington there was deposited the other
H;i :ui rtiuUMtt volume which muc
in. Uill HUiUti ilit('lY.
H Is a eonlidentlsl diary the
dally record oi one Hunh r'lnlny, sur
vivor of the poM In the yrur 1773
and successor to RrnJ;mm Kranklm
i one o( the deputy pcMmMirr ini
tials vt the colonies.
Pinlay' diary. Just recently dis
covered nnd givu to th postoUice
department. Is regarded valuable be
cause of the graphic picture it give!
oi c.irlv ptvitjil service in Amrim. j
Kml.t), In 1773. m.io u jo;u;ii'
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JO p. 7i. Saturdays
Also will close
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Labor Day
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Moon Drug Co.
Red Cross Drag Co.
Wright's Drug Store.
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August 30
to
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