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Tf-frr r'rrt-1 if , TEN PAGES PAG z Tiinr.s DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FEIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1820. Mlllo Naby I Dead Mr. and Wis. E. K. Crocker of Her mlston have suffered bereavement through tho death at St. Anthony's hOHpllnr of their two days old baby. Tho little one was buried here today. funeral iJUKt'ly Attended. Hundreds of persons from all over Oregon were present yesterday at the Two llouws cjiiuruutliicd Two hofffcea were ordered placed under quarantine yesterday afternoon for smallpox. They ure the homes of 1. ii. Johnson. 204 West Webb and L. C. Artoburn, 313 Ann. quarters for the visitors and music, (lancing and bunquols are listed as at funeral of tho late E. K. Kiddle at Isl CALENDAIt OP EVENTS tractions, Heppncr lodge lias been In and City, according to R. M. Cromclln, existence for several years and Is one of the most progressive In Eastern Oregon, local Klks declare. who, with H. w, Collins and Kcv. Deo. 29-31. Annual meeting 0. 8. T. A., Portland. Jan. 3. Schools reopen. Jan. 3 Grand Jury convenes. Jan. 8. Jackson Day banquet George L. Clark, attended from Pen dleton. : They all returned from La Orunue on last night's train. HcppiK-r Klks to Dedicate. lieppner lodge of Klks will be hosts tomorrow at the dedication of their new temple In the Morrow county seat. I'ortlund lodge has been Invited to take charge of the ceremonies and probably quite a few Pendleton Klks will drlvo to the neighboring city this Tomorrow Is General Holiday. Tomorrow, yew Year's day, Is a general holiday and It will be obseruwl' by all the fedvral, state, county and city offices. Banks will be closed all Army lo Hale Watch Service-. The Bulvatlon Army will have a watch service at the hall on East Alta street tonight to bid the old year fare well and welcome the new. All the nubile Is welcome, Captain Jennie Con and meeting of -Oregon demo- erats, Portland. - Jun. 10. Farm Ilureau Fed eration meets. Portland. Jan. 10 January term of clr oult court convenes. Jan. 18. Annual meetlr j of oay ana me postofflce will be open ,.ov 10 i:ju a. m., lor the gen- rad said today. If conditions permit j the army will have a midnight street service In addition to the meeting at, the hall , . i morning to loruI "e'lveT. AH stores will be closed afternoon take nart. and tomorrow Round-Up directors. The new notei wmuj w ,,- c.,.,,.... . ened by Put Foley there will be hcaa- noun,. r r 7 f rrnn News of Pendleton -101-101101-101-101-101-101-101--10W01- The "101" Boys Proprietors and extend vou their heartiest well wishes for The New Year and thank you for your patronage dur ing; the one just gone by. We iruarantee you the same courteous treat ment and the same high quality Meats arid Grocer ies during the coining year 1921. AGAIN WE WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR Pendleton Cash Market. Inc. JmiOXKS 101 Ti ..In 1..),iifFv f'.inma IIfll nelMrtniMUl l'IMS ROCWUUS AND MliVTS I I O 101-101101101 101 101 101 101 101 101- Plour Awaiting Khlpiw-iit As county chalrmun of the relief fund raised for the children of Central Europe J. V. Tallman hus sent a wire to Herbert Hoover, generul chairman, Informing him direct thut the flour purchased by the funds raised In Unia tllla county is now awaiting shipment. Detulled shipping Instructions have not yet been received and Mr. Hoover is asked to advise as to the shipment. The, flour Is being secured pro rata from the various mills of the county. Priiitmeu Will Meet ' iioocn is. (ileason, manager of the Milton Fruitgrowers Union has sent out notices of a fruitgrowers meeting to be .held at Milton at l a. m. on January 3. The chief purpose of the meeting win be to hear a talk by C. I. uewis, organization manager for the Oregon Growers Cooperative Asso elation. Mr. Lewis H Identified with an organization that Is following Call tornia cooperative methods and the east end people are desirous of hearing lrom mm. .Soldier Hody Pushtu Through The body of Corporal Guy M. Bryan, company I, 128th Infantry whose home was in Colfax, Wash.f was transferreo to train So. 8 this morning for final Mhlpinent to that city for Interment. The body -was one of 12 which recently arrived at -Portland from overseas. The casket, draped with a. large Am erican flag, was accompanied by a noi.-commlssioned officer. The funeral will take place at Colfax. Telephone Unea Arc Shattered Telephone lines over the Blue Moun tains between Pendleton and La Grande were badly shattered by the high winds and rain of yesterday and I last night, the local office reported to- i "ay. J.lnemcn are working to re muuiisn communication ana It was expectcu that tho wires would be In Place by this afternoon. In order to talk to points east It was necessary to route conversation through San Fran cisco and Salt Lake. Between here and Portland or Fpokane no .trouble was icported. We desire to extend to you the compliments of the season and express our sincere wishes for your prosperity the coming year with a continuance of the cordial relations existing beteen us. The Bee Hive THE HEATFR OF NO REGRETS tXTPA LARGE FEED OPENING HEAVY POLISHED STEEU OUTER BODY .HEAVY INNER LINING PROTECTS OUTER BODY 'A-OVER'ORAFt AIR UlAMBtKS HOT BLAST SIDELINING EXTRA HEAVY VENTILATED LINING lakuc mica -jg-y r.;- i ,.k EXffl LARGE TVTi. 4-' J II ounnt: & YJ. CONICAL PI RE POT DEFLECTS HEAT TO FLOOR Universal Stoves OFumacos mwk film Ixal Man Cboscu Director. J. V. Tallman. of Pendleton. Is one of the directors elected by the Ore gon htate Chamber of Commerce, wnitn closed Its annual session In Portland yesterday. Roy Bishop, of l oruana, woo is interested In the Pen aioion woolen Mills here. Is also on the board of directors. The associa tion adopted resolutions favoring more extensive land reclamation pro gram and further investigation of wa ter power resources, as at especial In terest to Eastern Oregon. The Pen- u.ciuu commercial Association was represented at tho convention by its secretary, c. K. Cranston. Parmer Ix-nders Xamed At the conclusion of a two days successrui Grain and Forage Crop Schoe4 at Pilot Rock; yesterday lead ers were named to take care of cer tain lines of work during the coming jear. a. j. Gill was made chairman and leader of the seed Improvement project, Frank Byrd as leader of the livestock Improvement project and Victor Romougoux to have charge of toois ror handling distillate In that section. G. R. Hyelop of O. A. C. and rred Bennion, county agriculture agent, returned from Pilot Rock last evening and Mr. Hyalop l attending a meeting in Portland today. Hlrd taason Comes to Close. . The open season for shooting migra tory Dirds closes this afternoon at sun down, when the lid Is clamped down By tho federal law. The season has ucen open since September l. dur Ing which time considerable numbers of ducks and geese have been shot. The season, as a whole, has not been ex. ccptlonally successful for hunter, ow ing to the lack of cold weather to drive the birds from the refuge ponds in the west end of the county. With the clos ing of the migratory bird season all that Is left for the sportsman now is hunting and fishing for unprotected name and nsn. Jackrabbits may be minted and steelheads anclcd for in the lower rh'er. New licenses, bearing uaie ot mil will be necessary, how ever. FOR BELGIAN TRAITORS Auto IJwuscs Will Ko Required. Auto lioense ptates of 1920 will be as worthless as counterfeit money In the eyes of Traffic Of fleer William H. Lyday on and after tomorrow, except where drivers can show that they have filed with the secretary of state their application for the 1921 license. The new plates, green with white ennmer. ais, win at required for tho coming jear ana an who have received theirs from Salem are Urged by the officer to display them. Owing to tho usual last minute rush at the secretary's of fice, many who applied lute will not have have their plates so a recelDt for me application will b accepted. Those who cannot show that they have een applied lor a license arc threat ened with detention, lis provided by the law. . living May Jlc IlcMiiuod. Paving operations on the north side of Pendleton probably w ll bo resumed on Monday, City ICmrlneer V Ii. Hnyvs said today, l'red let Ions of fair wealher led to the belief that the ground would be sufficiently driod out oy then to allow resumption of onera- tions after a two week shutdown due to snow and rain. There are about two and a half blocks of Mark street yet toe paved. Including a fill at the oast end, where It Joins Bush street. The WarreYi Construction Co. wants to pavo over this fill when the other blocks on the north side are complet ed and guarantees that It will do a permanent Job, Mr, Hayes says. Un less this can be' done, the final esti mates on the five blocks along Mark street would have to be held up scv eral mouths and the company could not be paid for about 120,000 worth of work. One block on Madison street, anotlier on Lincoln, one on Logan and two on Washington street are expected to be ready for paving operations shortly. BY R. H. SHEFFIELD (United Press Staff Correspondent.) BRUSSELS, Dec. 31. (U. P.) "1 tried three times to leave the country to Join up," said a Belgian workman to me. "On the last occasion i came so near being electrocuted on the live wire that I gave up any further at tempts. 1 w-as out of work for 18 months; my wife and children were famished. Nearly all in my little home had been sold; rent was in heavy nrrear. The Germans offered me reg ular work on munitions In Germany, and an anowance and protection ioi my wife and family. I took their of fer, for the sake of my dear ones. To day the village shuns me as a traitor!" That Is one case in, say, a hundred. The bulk of the Belgian traitors who helped the Germans during the. occu pation did so either from pure stupid ity or from political motives. Many thought Belgium wa scheduled as a permanent German province. Some became pro-German In order to be free from German interference with their daily lite and occupants. Horse and cattle dealers, farmers, and some Iron founders were especially open to Prus sian blandishments, mainly on account of their war utility. Many Mee from County.. Ever since the armistice the Belgian ennrts have been busy trying those who comforted the enemy. Many ot the accused, especially those who are churned with delivering patriotic Bel gians to the Germans, with forcing Belr.ian workmen to take employment under the Germans, and with acts ot pure sedition against the Belgian gov ernment, have fled the country, never to return. Not a few of these. In their absence and in view'of the gravity of their crimes, have been sentenced to dnath. In some of the worst cases among these, there is a mock execu tion of the guilty ones In tho public market places of the Belgian cities with guillotine, sheriff, gendarmes and all the paraphernalia of the last act of the criminal's career. Many more are serving long terms of Impris onment. . , . Voluntary help to the Germans In their war enterprises of any nature is ei.ough to secure a conviction. High and low, rich and poor, have had to go "throUKh the hoop.'" Complaint is .made that Justice is sibw-, that some of the upper crust ge' away scot free, while the starving laborer goes to jail. One or two ot the accused openly avow that they prefer German rule to 1-elgian. The fact is that the lists of every court In tho country contain hundreds ot cases of treachery yet to be tried. IMbllo Opinion Flays Many. Aside from those traitors who have to meet their Judges in the courts of law, there is a class of anti-patrlots who are today oeing punisnea oy pub He opinion. These are small trades men and others who, by sailing close to tho wind, have succeeded in keep ing beyond the pale of the law, and yet whose record is known to their nelvhbors as having been distinctly pro-German during the war. Seconding the efforts of the consti tuted authorities, a federation of nearly a hundred local patriotic so cieties throughout the country is also busily engaged in ferreting out and In vestigating cases of treachery and trading with the enemy, which private research can "work" more effectively than government detectives. This fed eration, called "Justice," collects and i collates evidence of a preliminary character, and places it before the courts as a basis for prosecution. New Years Greetings A Happy and Prosperous . New Year - To ah : We take tbis means to thank our many friends for their patronage thru the year. , - .. . ....... past We will strive to make this a hetter store deserving of your continued patronage. 3CA1.TX Pendleton's Leading Store STORE WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW SOVIET AGENT IS TOLD HE CAN'T STIR TROUBLE HERE WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. (A. P.) So long as the Russian soviet govern ment seeks to stir up Insurrection against the government of the United btates. Its members resident here will Be subject to deportation. Secretary of Labor Wilson said In a letter made public by Charles Recht, counsel for Ludwig C. Ai K. Martens, soviet agent in the United States, now under sent ence ot deportation. While the secretary In his letter ex pressed the 'continued friendship of the United States government for the Russian people, he said that the evi dence was "cumulative and conclu sive that the military dictatorship of Russia calling Itself the soviet govern ment, was appropriating large sums of money to stir up Insurrection by force of arms against the United States government." It was this which made Martens? liable to deportation, he add ed. V, The letter was In reply to one from Recht on Dec. 26, relative to the de portation of Martens to Russia and for which It had previously been announc ed that the soviet agent would on January 3 formally surrender hlmselt to the U. S. authorities. In his an swer Secretary Wilson said that be had authorized the completion of arrange ments for the deportation of Martens "and that other persons he desires to go with him."- FORESIGHT always was better than hindsight Those who take SCOTT'S EMULSION regularly exercise f, foresight that pays fy large dividends in robustness. . Aewtt A Howtie.Blootnnrtd.NJ. 2ft-7T KOEPPEN'S PRESCRIPTION DRUGSTORE A. C. Eoeppen & Bros. The Drug Store That Your Ucsu Serves NEW BOUNDARY ITLACIuD. WASHINGTON, Dec, 31. (A. P.) (A. P.) The new frontier of Arme nia on the Turkish side as drawn by the president at the invitatiun of a! lied premiers cuts less deeply Into tho Turkish territory than the limits pre scribed by tho premiers. It is learned at the white house today. I ' ' C - - i you -ever race? FISHl BRAND Reflex Slicker? OhBqyluW' ; protection fbrvou. , look far 0ReflD!g A.JLTOWER CO. CStAftUSNCOieS BOSTON. 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