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U1L UINTTi SMALL DAILY IIS AxMLKICA CARRYING KEG ULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM TLIE ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED PRESS AND THE L N. & DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION The net press run of yesterday's Dally 3,327 The East Oregonlan t Eastern Or goo's greatest newspaper and as a selling- force gives to the advertiser over twlcfl the guaranteed average paid cir culation in Pendleton and Umatilla county of any other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB U This paper Is a member or nnd ruiditf-4 EDGE TRIMMED - - -iiMii-tnMiiirMrnniiiHin i 'jrytry .r mmmummm mhw COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER "' " '" VOL. 34 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1922. WAITRESS TELLS OF SEEING GI KILLED By NAN Young Portland Woman Gives Account of Ghastly Murder 15-year-old in Boat House NO. 10,322 ASSASSINATED. TAYOR BY OF MAY BE CHOSEN ! 4 STATE PENITENTIARY pIeRCE AS WARDEN 3 ACCUSED MAN IS 51; DENIES ALL CHARGES .Waitress Says Body Was Sunk) in Willamette With Aid of i Murderer's Son; Son Sought PORTLAND, Doc. 21. (U. 1'.) Police today held Mrs. Helen Leary, 20, and Cash Voir, SI, in custody, and sought Earl Weir, Cash's son, in con nection with an alleged ghastly mur der of a fifteen-year-old girl on a Willlamctte river bout house last Sep tember 23. Mrs. Leafy told the po lice last night she had witnessed the scene on tho weir boathouae with the older man conking thegirl and then causing her death. Earl Weir helped dispose of the body In the river, she alleged, and the police failed to shake her story. Weir charges slander be cause he opposed the Leary woman's association with his son. Five detec tives are conducting tho investigation. Officers Rftcr quizzing Airs. Ix'ary and, Cash We.'r went to Koss Island where they will make an examination of the house boat where the alleged murder occurred. Weir is still .main taining his Innocence. Karl Wetr, his son, alleged to be involved in the disposal of the girl's body, on a tug boat is working in tho river off St Helens. Arrests are expected shortly. m$k It I'resident Gabriel Xurutowicz of I'oland who has been assassinated, ac cording to Warsaw dispatches. That W. K. Taylor, chief, of polke of iViHilct.Ki, may l,v the next warden f " the stale peni tentiary, is s that be came knowi.? . through a. special disij? the Portland re,.ron:an ? ' .-lalcm where liovcriuii s alti r -M. 1'ierce anh ed Wliil comni' mem to I the .. ed us a . GERMAN COURTS FREE 93 TRIED icrce has nut re-vlf to appoint or" y kind, according J? .s credded to him. r an is being iiicmion .dcal he.nl of the state have the institution. He is said to strong endorsements for place. Chief Taylor had nothing to say today when asked about the probability of him being ap pointed w.'irden. A rumor has xistcd here lor some time that some ainninlniei)t might be giv en Chief Taylor. i ON WAR CRIME P0ST0FFICE EMPLOYES ASK PATRONS TO MAIL PARCELS IN MORNING MURRY IS ELECTED PREXY OF UMATILLA OKITY ALUMN iN JAILED ON M ROBBERY ACCUSATION : Supreme Court Dismisses Case Against 'War Guilty' Tried Under Peace Treaty Terms. FOUND NEITHER GUILTY OR INNOCENT, VERDICT More Than 770 Other Similar Cases Pending Court Action; Meet in Secret Sessions. KANSAS CITV, Kan., Dee. (V !) Joe Wagner, underworld charac ter was jailed here toduy in connection wilh the robbery of $2011,000 from the Denver mint. Police believed Wag-1 ner's arrest will shed light on the j identity of the robbers. HKRI.1X, Dee. 21. tU. V.) The 1 eipsic supreme court in secret session uday dismissed 9 3 ''war guilty" tried in accordance wilh the Versailles tl'ca ly. The court declared the liiMVji.inma bad boon proven neither ahfc'liil'My guilty nor innocent of crime against (ierman law. Seven hundred and seventy-one more eiuscs are pending. .lust why peojde f:u'l to mail their Christinas packages and parcels in the morning Instead of waiting until tho rush hours pf tlie afternoon is a question that postal employes hi Pendleton de clare they are unable to solve. "In the morning the lobby is practically deserted, but in tho afternoon there is a line of from 10 to l'O persons wuit ng con stantly to have packages weigh ed," Lester Cronin. assistant post.musti r. said this morning. "If the surplus number over wbut we can reasonably be ex pected to , take care of would I'ome in the morning, they could save themselves some time and Inconvenience, and it would be a givat help to us." Every afternoon ihis week tlie office lias been crowded with senders of Christinas gifts. 1 ho rush is expected to increase as Christmas approaches. ! MRS. SPEAKER CIRCUIT COUR T CONFRONTED By FULLJALENDAR Grand Jury Sessions Start on January 2; Have Many Other Cases up for Investigation. ONE WOMAN HAS PLACE ON LOCAL GRAND JURY TB DKN'VER, rx-c. 21. (T. P.) To il,. ,.,,n,i i..i,, ,,,. ii, i,ionii Former Coach Given Degree of In ftit.icn of fiiiffcr prints on 11k? Htix'k T?olirt p -n I 1,f Cloudy sholmin found on tho Bachelor Of Athletics; Pre- ,i(lowlk after the robber's made their sented Vith Gold Football. I wc"pp- They win omtaro them wtti. i marks on the automobile believed abandoned by the, robbers. A pawn- J. A. (Coach) Murray, for many I broker told the officers that he so'.l years a friend of the University of I mo H'm to a wen-dressed stranger a Oregon, was given the degree or few days before the robbery. "Haohelor of Athletics" and elect"d president of tlie Umatilla coun' alumni association at the re-uuion banmict of the college held last night at tin' t:llfH clnb with 47 alumni anil ex-students present. j Aft- Murrni' In the name of tho student body of the Unl- HYLAN ASKS HARDING That a keen demand exists for im provement bonds of tlie city of Pen dleton was demonstrated last night when seven bidders competed to pur chase $7,576.30 worth of the paper issued to pay for paving work re cently done around Happy Canyon. Tho Kulph Schneeloch Co. of Port land made the high bid and was awarded the lot of bonds. The bid of the compeny was $104.03, or a premium of $330.71 above par and accrued interest. Other bidders and the prices they offered to pay were as follows: Lum berman's Trust Co.. $102 and ac crued interest; Clark Kimball & Co.. a premium of $25t: Western Bond & Mortgage Co., premium of $'-8S; Ladd & Tilton, premium of $2 1 9.56; Freeman, Smith & Camp, Warren Construction Co. bid accrued interest. Final estimates on several paving jobs were submitted to tho council by F. B. Hayes, city engineer. Among the number accepted were the esti mates for South Main street. Jane street, and Chestnut street sidewalks. An ordinance was adopted vacat ing the end of Washington and so-called Hazel street. STARTED ON FASCISTIIi ROME, Dec. 21. (U. r. flnerilla -warfare tore Italy today, tho Fascist! battling their opponents at many points. Twenty-four person, wrre. wounded at Trieste when a bomb ex ploded in a Rrnnp of Fuscisti, and n former Fascist! leader is alleged to have hurled the explosive. Groups of Fasclsti attacked the populist newspa per at Xables. damaging its office. .Murray was presented, in of tlie student body of the versify, with a prokl football, bearing the words 'lAlupu.uH Kimoritus." , Hih "JJ. A." was conferred by Harold Warner, who In a short talk com mended Mr. Murray for his lutt-rest in the college and for the aid which he has given students. Besides Mr. Murray, other officers of the association are Mrs. Ralph Me Kwen, of Athena, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. JTawley JJean, of Kebo, Miss Helen Nelson and .lames jolins. Jr., of i Pendleton, members of the executive board. I'resident .Speaks. With Fred Steiwer as toastmnster, a number of talks were made during the evening and all pointed toward the fututre development and advancement of the university. President P. I Campbell, who with Umar Tooze, extension director of the ten million dollar gift campaign, and V. K. Newell, one of the cam paign directors, was a visitor here, $102.73: made the principal address. He told par and! of his recent trip through the east wnere ne visnea j STate ecuicauomu institutions, all of which, he sa d, are at present launching plans to aug ment the funds received from taxation by flfts from alumni and believers in higher education. Presi dent Campbell outlined the growth of tho university from a school street 0 students to jts present status 01 250 and explained that more build ings must be had. Needs Are Great. "We now, have 03 acres and we need 200," he said. "We need a new gym nasium, a new school of Journalism j building, a new science hall and the million dollars per year wo receive from the state is entirely expended or Ii i.-u r x (M'n.rs. j 1111 ; im inn n i nn nil for expansion and yet we must cx- 1 President Refers Petition to Department of Justice for Investigation; Belay Action. 1 J pnnd. It is mandatory upon us o furnish facilities for pupils from the H00 high schools in this state who are clamoring for collece and nniversitv education. We have raised our stand ards, higher and higher, and still v. cannot meet the demand for f ii-iltt es." President. Campbell told of gfts ag gregating half a million received from rich donors during the pa.H year ne expressed eonfMencf that the 1 00.- f00 could be raised NK WYOR1C, Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) Pres dent Harding was requested by Mayor Uylan to stop the publication of Colonel Mayfield's Weekly, a Ku Klux Klan paper published in Texa. He says the paper Is deliberately dis seminating race prejudice and endea voring to destroy the peace and hap piness of the nation. "Is it not the duly of the federal au thorities to cheek tb aetiv ties of those who would destroy the pfaVe, happines and prosperity of the na tion." Hylan asks. He says the paper is edited by Kenator-cleet Mayfield, Texas democrat, but advices from Houston, Texas, state the owner is Colonel Uillie Mayfield. larding JH'lays Action. Harding referred Mayor Hylan's pe tit on requesting the government to ."top the publb'ation of Mayfield: weekly to the department of justice and the postoffice department. The IiresidJiit in likely to wait reports from the departments before :ie takes ac tion. STIIIKi; miSTKOYS I OOD DrrcsKKT.POIiF, Germany, Pec. 21. A. P.) With pleas forwinti r fo"d supplies coming in from all over Ger many, 400 carloads of potatoes were permitted to freeze in the nitron ri yards here because of a st ri ke 1 transport werkeis. The station ware houses also became congested wit h coods, and for a time all of the ithen-ish-Wt stphalian industry was threat ened with great losses on account of the tie-n;. The isKiie centered primarily in the qin stion of wages. HAVE BEEN REPAID NOT RECEIVED HERE County Officials Have no Funds From Salem on Account of Amann; Nine Men Signed. Umatilla county is still in the dark as to whether it will be reimbursed and when the reimbursement will be made on aci'ount of the shoiiafie of Karl C. Amann, fnrnuT bookkeeper in t ho counly rifidniat-er'H office who was Kiven a conditional pardon from the state penitentiary Saturday by tluviTiior Kuy ititner. Iispatchis In Portland newspaper1) I published Ill's miirnlmr have It that Amann paid $1501) on his shortage be-J fore he was granted his pardon, but Inquiry at th offices of tlie county clerk and the county treasurer at noon today show that no money has been j received from Salem to be applied to the credit of tlie county for tlie .short age, claimed to be a liltle les than $ I o.ouo, for which Amann was serv ing a sentence of five years in the penitentiary. The same dispatches say that Amann is to pay back the remainder of what he owes at tho rate of $L"i each month. Whether this payment Ih merely to apply as interest on the money be stole, or whether he will be permitted to apply it directly us prin cipal without any Interest charges be ing made it not stated in he sories. Public interest has been Wheted more by the pardon of ilmitnn than any happening in the county for many months, according to expressions on pverv hand among business and pro- l.tlS AXCEI.KK, Dec. 21. (II. P.) 'Will Hays is Hollywood's Santa Clans. Here Is the record of the movie aiient nrias a Christmas present to the movie colony: Encouraged Wally lieid to renewed efforts to regain his strength; restored Arbuekle to the movie lots ns I an actor; expressed sympathy with tliH Indictment of Ed Roberts, author of the "Sins of Hollywood" tales of pet ting parties ami strip poker supposed ly based on tlie film colony's life, and under indictment for using the malls to defraud; cooperating with the in vestigation of the narcotic traffic urg ed upon stale and federal off eials; ef fected a gift to a special motion pic ture eominillee of the National Edu cation association of $!((. OUO.IMiO worth of equipment, to be used In de veloping the film as an educational factor. Mrs. Winifred Mason Hack, repre sentative from Illinois, is shown while occupying the speaker's chair for tlie first time. BAND IS GREETED BY Eighteen Criminal Cases Come Before Body During Year; -Has But One Murder Case. todiiy TO ACT AS GOVERNOR Points in State Constitution Conflict; Ritner's Term as Senate Head Ended Nov. 7. Program of 10 Numbers Given in Third Public Appearance; More Concerts Will Follow. PORTLAND, Dee. 21. Much dis cussion is going the rounds of attor neys and state officials as to the right of State Senator Hoy YV. Kitner to sit as governor, acting In the absence of Governor Pen V. Olcott, now on an Kastern Junket. As a matter of -fact, under two sections of the Gregon con stitution neither Ititner nor anyone else is (pialiffed to act as governor, and, therefore, in the opinion of some attorneyH consulted and one Judge who informally expressed a belief, all the gubernatorial acts recently per formed by It.tner may prove Invalid. A new act ratified at the last session of the legislature makes the president of the senate aetinir irrivernnr rliirinr Ithe Inability of the governor to serve. 1 fessiorml circles today. The action of Governor Ititner was hardly unex pee'ed, because unusual pressure has apparently been at work In behalf of A manu ever since bin incarceration He was a total stranger in Pcndle.tim unl il b's a rri vel pen- about one year before he was arrested on a charge of forgery rf an endorsement, and the bringing of nnch pressure to bear in the case has excited a great deal of com nunt. One of the Portland papers states Ihst Governor Kitner was actuated in granting the conditional pruMnn byh .-'a.-on of a petiti'j.i of disinterested) ttTien of rm'itti'l'i e.Hinty eb-men.-v he granted Amann. The d a triet attorney has in h"-' poves.sioti on Put section i of article IV of the con stitution expressly fixes the ti rm of state senators and rep rest nttives ns dating from the day after the general November elections. Th s means that lioy Kitner. who was president of the 1 f I senate, an tomatlcally ceased to be such lftcr the last election, although he is stib a member of the senate, because I be new senate has not organized and rt'H icd until the formal re-assenbly. HMclhin 1 of Article XV provides that nil offi cers of the Htaft except legislators II bold office until their sncccs.-iors duly eleitcd and lifiej. skir-g that Th. s situation, according to stefienTt iY the iiuestlon, may mean that rnnr tilcott's absence fnni the ' i n-. scti WEATHER pictured ns a result a ! pes, with ramnnnclli. Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse. weather observer. Maximum 4-. Minimum barometer 30:-0. copy of a 'ition for pardon brough 'y Amann and signed by nine resi dents of the co inty. This petition was mad" June and was presented to GoM-rnor P. W. olcott. He refused to gr:mt a pardon. The signatures attached to th peti tion are as follows: K. W. McGom Thomas Thompson, Trederii k Steiw W. U- Krich. II. M Gollms, Jam !I. Sturaris. V.. I FhirrouKhs, It- Alex-I ander and YV. J. Out ke. j may endanger the validity of everv a'i minMrativo 't performed by Kitner Kitner has been more or b s saotive in his temporary office, bis doing in cluding the pardon of see. jai crimi nals lMn des the daily loutin.-. George F4anier h is sold bis Main treet c gar store to Charts Towne. who has been emplowd there since) Th. m m 10 year. lb' bcaurfni nm well built and benutfnl buildinc'i and the le.-t in- s!ructor! fibtainble. i Mr. Toe nutlin-d the gift mm. .pnlcn. ieaiun:r:it-d t.y the unl" rs'tv land told how this amount c.n be sc. jcurod thrnueh private volnntir 'rihutions bv alurnni and friends o." th- luniver-itv who hav niaps. JApril. and C V. I'.loom Mr. Xcwi-H SpliK. wn'-r.H took 'OW-hoii today. j ! Mr. N'cwell. in chare-e of th- cam-1 The .abi.bni-nt has b.- n known j 'tvilin. rpnk tiriofly of the mi" j'"1 ""' Hanph-r t'isar .-'tire but . the' . the irtfrt shown all ovt-r tc -.r-ite n. w owni in will gi-e it a new ranic j flilb tt.- a unanimouslv H disnlayd tmln f-r V Th: ba-in.ss ,:i-a of a rear store. , f hos,. ,,.,., ,,, the i;.j:i football CnRPPnIT ' ,r" rf ' ,f' I " "' 1 iourilam anu notions. aiiof,.am .,. a t.an-ot givn W..no.Uv rUntlUrtOI ! .rxtoll.-d the nnivrrr'ty o a r orlhv r,S. j ' " -1 at the r.ar. I.vf.iu.j: , t b. Kt im cirN in hon.r I Wi of ff-rts hv th bf-.- nfr,i,' r.f ! '"'h Mr. Tom- and Mr. I.l.-inm ar- ' , i s. f.,.ti,;ii tt: n ;ill -i'i- "rnon. It" cbarn. tp-i7 d h'rr-wlt .-'Kn " h r..-. Mr. i.ioom was Irmer- j ,, ,,,..i tn). , ir an.? li i-h. d a firm, r and tr.M ho v.- in ?h "(',.. with M "! ti'.vk & ..'tn;sn. ! ,,. .ir lt j, . . .v to :.un U.ns -coojvrd t.r'.v I'S c-o' a bi.h. ' f r h-- i ; ; ! forward .sn. : if s.- old t "TIlMr.r..yn:fri Hnlmt. ...-..-!. I'lJ-uin. imMt ..f th- tt-i.? nt loriv i -; SHiP BUILDING HAS iGiLLETTE elected as P. H. S. Gl CAPTAIN TODAY'S i WA.sMIN'ITi . lice. II (f. ! V thil.- udrninitrati.in f rc a in tin- H-n-atc l.ktt'. f.r-tbi frhip ftibHidy bill, the . .'onintlf-bm. r of niiv oration Ii:im corn : pib d Rt.-itisii.-K jdioulnsf the nation-. : hbp l.uihlinir ludiitrv N in a bad '"hir.ip. Tbonfh slithtlv Unv-r th.-n .n i.re-wrtr y ac. dm- to d'-luyi-d .-tin-. fii'.r .-!;-1 work durii;K th- war. .-on-1 1 u.'t j ii s ..nly a iu:irt. r in lonaav II. at .titi u.-t.-d .l.inn i:t A proKiam of ten well-preHenled nunibers coiiKtituted the third con cert of the Tutted Heboid l!oy' Hand K-lvcn la.st nijflit at the Hlvoll the uter bi'foro a lai-fje and appreciative audience. 1'inimially Rood band ef fect wnro produced by the 4C boys under the direction of A. W. lain- dell. 'i'be selccviona iiiomI popular with tne audience were the Overture "Ar- Coia - lor iim neiiuiy and ' Harmony, and the baritone solo with band ac coiupnnlincnt, "A N'ijrht in June." The boys ranse in aire from 11 to 111 and for the most part are in the eighth Krade in school. "We tiro not prcvcnliuK our con eertH from the Htandpolnt of ' a per fectly balanced band," wild JMrertor I.itudell, "jih we have allowed the boyn to chooHO thtdr own ' iiiHtru tuenlH with the renult that wo havo loo many of one. kind and not enough of Home others. The band in Hpon .sored by the hcIiooIh to offer train ing in elementary muaic, and oppor tunity to belong la Kivon every boy in Pondlolon." None of I ho. boys liave laid more than ten private Ichkohh, Hays Mr. laindcll. lie friven tiieut ttiHt ruction when It Ih needed on Home particu lar pbnHc of their work. Tim dlroe- tor was applauded last nbtlit when be explained the work of the band durlntr an intcrmiHHlon. The 1. II tin Minister" with (IrorRo Ifaekatliorne, former rendleton boy, anil Hetty Compson playintf tlie leads was nhown In t'uo regular pl? ture program following the concert. The following Ih the program by the band: i.'urtaln "Mail Columbia" Hand March "WaHhinKlon 1'ost".. Henna Overture "Arcadia" Jinrcns Wait. "ItoMidale" Katon March "Salutation" Koilz Ilartono Kolo "A Night in Juno" King llapl-.'ol Raymond and Hand Waltz 'In Maytiine" Hnvdir Midley Overture M.lvlng I'lc- tuns" Malbey Mareh-".vallltc to the t 'ulorH" . . . Anthony Star S HiiKled Ilanner. 'i'lic boH making up the band for the conceit w.-re hn follows: Solo t'orm-ts Clifford Christojiscn, Louis Ilaitbrong, (leorgo KlKby. Ivan I.a Hue. I'lrst "'ornet' John Il'ltz, dale Harvey, Henry Johnson, Glen Worle, Laverne 1'CHn.on. Si eolid Corn.-ts lavrl'a Arlcbiirn, Ilron IM-Wible, llaymond Hugg. Ned ''ronln, Harry l''olsom. ,! Harit.uie Itatdia.'I llamorid. Alloc Cecil HxrncH. Ixileil Hooth. Thomas liowns, Hubert Allen, I.cwl! . J-'rank inn. j Tenor- I:ose Arteburn. i Ttans Ti.um Voung Snyder. S larc lirurn.-. Maxwell Miinuln?. Korrest Myers. Alfred Dowi.h. IMffar Averill. Cbiiinet Ja.-k il'e. b'cr. Wal'er. I'.dwaid Ilivis. Od llar.dd Cook. Trombone- Hay Harbin. Vrrn. I Hit -. Aha AlU it. Wai ne McAtt-u, Irwia .Vore. n. William Crulkfbank. S;ioplione Itobiii I'letcber. I'ran H Met !. Holert Wltbnell. s-llaiey l.uiid. II, f:.'ile Hilf f.n tn Cynil,..! i;.i.,l,l i:ui;lehart. Material for the grinding of cir cuit court will be plentiful , during . the January torm, according to tho calendar of cases already set and those criminal cases that still remain to bo investigated by the grand jury. The inueting of tho Inquisitorial -body -has been called for January ' 2, ; and notices to the grand jurors" to - ba present by 9 o'clock a week from "cm iiiesuny were sent tout: from the sheriff's office.. One of tho cases of chief Intra is unit ot tho statu iigiiinst , U , It. Clark, Helix town marshnll, . w'lio ii. accused of murder in the second; Ue. gree In connoetlon with thoDhooting of Harry K. Itono, merchant of; He lix in lils place or business October i'S. Clark Is at liberty undor bond. 18 C'rimlnnl Cases. . In all the grand jury will be called on to investigate 1S criminal ('lurk's case Is the only, murder case, but there are Heverul bad cneck cases, some larceny charges to be pressed, and men charged 'with, various other offenses will be tried. Tho grand Jury Includes one wom an, Mrs. Mrynn Itnllou of the east end of tho county, and kIjc men. Tho masculine members of the body are J. II. lirlnker, Oeorgo Cowl, I-eii- ' reneo Hugon, C. . J-I. .. Hyrd., . Victor . ICofiinan and Sim J. Culley. " i' 83 Vit.liiSMni Ciillctl; Already subpoennes for US ' wit nosses have been issued.' The .first trial case is-set for January 8, no' the grand jury will huve just fivo duys In which to conduct, its Invest!- . ration. Many of the cases will not reouiro much time to bundle. In uddltlon to the Clark case, eonto of tho other 'mailers that lire .defi nitely set to come before tho grand' jury are as follows. -. , John I-nw, larceny; Harry Nellson, ' bud check charge; C. M. Hoyt, bad chock charge; Cocll Omigherty' und llulph Hertollodo, charged with the theft of saddles in' tho east end of the county; J. W. Casey, who Jocea a, charge of forgery. , Other men and the crimes they' are facing are Sum Scout, larceny; . 11. 1. Cruwford. I. J. Noreen and It. ! I.. Lewis, alleged robbery of a Mex ican; J. It. McCarty, axnault. with ft dangerous weapon; William I'urvl ance, lu-sault with lntont to kill; and lienj. Kelly and J. I Htrombough, iud checks. There nro three men held in connection with the robbing of a freight car on tho Northern Pa cific recently who havo been bound over to tho grand jury. AT K. OF P. CEREMONY Ttern:ird l-all'ie. With distinguished grand lodge of ficers present and one supreme lodge officer a class of 17 new member were initiated In to tho Knights of I'ythias at a special settsion of Dumon Indue No. 4 last evening. During tho ceremony tho historic Itathbone bible," owned by the founder pf the order, ' was used. The book wim brought to the city by Harry Love, supreme keep er of records and seals from Minne apolis, firand officers present . last evening Inejuded M. f: Hardc.ity, grand chancellor, and Walter OleaaoD, urand K. of I. A If. Among the out of town I'ythi.ins from thi county pre, ent were N. J. Van Hklkc, Milton, Charles Henry and Irenry Keen, Athe na; Kd Comedgvr und Harold McKeon, Hcrmlston, K.'ilph and Kd Wnlleo and M. Morrison, Adumu. Several mem bers were also iHresent from IVulta Walla, among the number being "Will iremlrlckson. former resident of ren dleton. , . STATE TAX FOR '23 -C.it f.-,ir-y Br.nw . Th rrWs wi cent fTi'. fit or.i. .In dire O'ltw-rf v Mcr?w n stokA !reny cor pln.fr tken r th iffa:r rnd in she h ml' b 3".! f-n'Til l"v. rv t-- In r". ef ?h'--r- Mi. th- w hn (C,-tln"ed on p .po S ) Ii'l:TI.A.vi. So repoit mill ; ' inns lav.-Ti ! IV ll.l. Or I it v;ts I :f. !.-.,! e ?:r.tc:i I . c Ii- lila-le ll'fl cniil ,.-d f- u;'! T!,r.-e ,fi. i lay t jrntd. l ic. r On tie Mite 1 I l!er in- ,i I . the lj(,!i.!;,i-.. , ur'il 't. r i t iti..':M:i,, :.ts j i v it- presi-.r ! V-Mt. T: i ih" l.-n ,b.r acted an -.ain;,sr -. H--.I si ... h' - w re ;" a ty H K. Inb.v-. . h....I -ei- 1 r' i !'-: !' i' i . f i. d l ni in j."d A' -l 1,-t t l:.h. Sh.it Ta'k.i w. r made - Ad.e; h !!.- .ten. ' if'a l.: riaude . ii-. :,nd cii.-e.. r ton .! f ker. i-.artr i it is itixj im i: viin. WASHlN'iToN. Ii.-e. :l.-rr. I -i-li.f Jastl-e Taft f tie -tii..l J i,,-t;,w. - l llliteai.s SAI.KM. Iuc 21. Th Ortnfon' tax- St(;t.- sni.r me ..cut If r. ura rating I ,i. ..a .in,v t.. l.e f..rined ln-;iHyer must raise over ti.S3S.000 for at ii. hoi i I r- from a her ions "i-. in .palate M.lieiis f..r a t lire-; ' utate purposes under the 19IJ levy. I i..v .-mo. IL w i ) mo,, ihs' tours.- tn radiiiE and writlne. 'according to a levy promulgated br . I at .ill .' . r: r. r;.' -! to ? e-itL,n al l.,r S'.n honie alter tie bid hoipital. for i- ti:rround-l t.ir. op- II ill- . .-nt order t-siert by Commissar jthe tate and tax commission offtci- 'r.t7i-y s--ivs tl iicriiitu must le eliminated by Febru ary I. 1!?3. than the sum raised the current y.r. for ia;si 'in
