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r?;T ' r PAGE TEN THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Saturday, July 21, 1923 1 ' 1 : I LIGHTNING ROD PREVENTS FIRE (By Assoc luted Prewa) NEW YOltK, July 2 1. property owners throughout the country aro urged to iviulp their hiilliilnKM with llKhtntng rods by the Nutloiml Itourd of Klre I nderwriters, which today declared that y per cent of tho fires cauHtd by IlKhtnlng could tlnm ho prevented. Tho Iohhoh hy flro caused by lightning total 130,000,000 unnual A widespread indifference to this form of protection exists, however, duo to the swindling niethodH ernploy ed hy lightning rod dealers In tho pfutt, und the fact that It is highly difficult to obtain un expert who eun determine whether or not installation taus been correctly done. Careful research by electrical uu thorltles Including Jr. Charles V Htcinuu'tz of tho Oenerul Klectrlc Com puny, und Thomas A, Kd ison have proven conclusively tho efficien cy of the lightning rod us a safety device, the Underwriters declare. To guuruntee property owners that their lighditng rods have been prop erly Installed und are a protection In ' eteud of a menace, the Board of Klre " Underwriters hua udopted a plan whereby a representative of their or ganization Inspects all Installation tn bin district, und affixes a "master label" to tho work if it proves worthy. "insurunce companies will grant a reduction of Insurunce for lightning rods. In states where reductions are allowed, only on those buildings where tho muster label Is attached along with the Identification tug of the company which made the Install-1 atlon," the slutement declares. Laboratory service will be provided by tho Fire Underwriters, where mu- terlula submitted by lightning rod companies will be tested for ccrtl rtcutlon. The must of label will be at tached to tho work of only those com panies which maintain an inspection service ulong with their Installation Bervice, the Underwriters have ruled. No lightning rod company Is barred xrom this laboratory service. The adoption of the "master label system will murk an era In preventing loss or property und lift, through ngninuig, tho i-n-o Underwriters Btate, und for tho first time stundurdlzo lightning rod Installation. Tho system will coyer the entire United mates and Cunudu. , FRISCO CLUB IS JINXED BY "DAYS" (Hy Associated I'ress) SAM l-'HANC'iriCO. Calif., July 81 Kvery time the Hun 1'runciaco clu'i of the I'uctflc Const Lcukuo ilusebull colehrutcs a "duy," H proves u hail tiny fur (lie club. Tho other tluy the Heals celehruled "Jack Miller liny," In honor of their munuKcr who has kept I riu team In front In the (.'oust l,euKiie nice this seusou, only to huvo tlio ecl chruliou marred hy defeut at the hands of the Kaoraiiii'nto Henators. O't'oiini'll Uay, llhynii Day, Kiimm I'ny, und Wolverlon Jay provedslm- llarly disastrous. 'I'hu Han l-'runelsoo owners uro reported us having decid ed that the. next "day" Ihoy celebrate will bo the duy urter tho seusoii Is over when the pelinuut Ih Hafely wav Inn from tho flugpolo at Itoereutlon I'urk. miss uiini: (.i;is ,1011 OIIWKIN CITY. Or.. July 21. Miss Florence o. White, daiiKter of Mr anu Aim. w. A. Whlto of 804 Jeffer son street, Oregon City, hua received an uppolntineiit UK uldn In the oc cupational therapy department of tho Walter Iteed hospital, . Washlnicton, l. C, to take effect Immediately. In the reconstruction work In tho urmy hospital. Alius White had much experience In her work at Halem when un In structor under tho industrial ucci- dent commission, und ulso at Hahne mann hospital of tho veterans' bu reau In Portland. Nhe was grudu- ated from tho Oregon City high school, utlended thu Oregon Agrlcul- ural college und has taken urts und crafts work ut tho I'nlvcrMlty of Ore gon In Portland. Mis White's duties at tho Walter Iteed hospilul will ho those of Instructor In basketry. weuvlng, pottery und other ocunu- tlonul lines. ILL PUBLISH COUNTY HISTORY TOURIST SEASON AT CRATER LAKE HEAVY Grain Tests Made. JOHKPJf. JlllV 21. W. H. ttllrlolirli. of Paradise was in Joseph reccntlv interviewing pioneers and others rel ative to the publication of a Wal lowa county history which he con templates writing. In fact, Mr. Bur leigh has iroUcn lievnnd the nerin,l of contemplation and is now actively 1 POItTI.AND, Ore.. July 11. Th tftnrlut ma.ku.m I'rr.t.ii. I .Ia ,i.iu ...... 1 'been 'oilier on on farms in 11, is ju, v.i,ii a ,.r lUlfitJ IIIVHW.O "7 " 7 , . 1 in tourists who comes from California .county to test ourwneai anu uu.ury. HIMjHIIOKO, July 21. County Airent McWhorter reports that within the past ten days tests have going thi.s and from all the states In tho I'nion as well us the provinces in Cunudu, uceordlnK to John At. Hcott, penerul piiHseiiKer a Kent of the flout hern Pu rine, who has Just returned from un extended trip through Kouthern Ore gon, Northern Culifornlu, Including a visit to Crater Ijiko National Park. in the first 15 days of the season there was un Increase of 76 per cent engaged in laying plans for the col- in tourist urrlvuls, approximately 10 ecuon 01 uaui with which to fill the uou vIsttlnK the park in that time. S. P. VETERANS GO ON PENSION LIST Forty-one veteran ruiiroad work ers, whose combined service totals 1385 yenrs und B months, recently were retired on pension by the Southern Pacific Company, it was un ' noti need toduy. These men hail Ibecn in the em ploy of ' the company for periods ranging jrom years to til years nnd 6 months, If one man could have lived long enough to perform the active work of these men it would have neon necessary for him to June ninrlm In the year S3!) be fore retiring at the present dime. John W. Wright, an engineer on the Sacramento Division, heads the list of these Southern Pacific men to join the "honor roll" of pension ers. Ho worked for 40 years' and (i months. It was on August 12, 18711 ' that Mr. Wright licgan his .railroad ca reer as a wood watchman at Uoek lin, 'where his home is now located. Hp inter 1 entered, the train service liiliC his first passenger run wus on the second through passenger train to, operate to Ogden. t; Seven others hud , lieeii efoiptoyed by the railroad for more than forty years, the second in point of .service being John D--'suncs, consulting en gineer, whoso interesting career cov ered a period of 48 years and 3 months. Others having a record of 40 years or mora were Daniel ('. liar mini, en gineer on the Stockton Division; Archibald Stewart, ticket collector nt San Francisco; John H. I,ange. dock foreman at .Algiers, I.a.; William Mountain, lead boilerniuker nt West Onklund; lArthur M. Weston, conduc tor on Sacramento Division; and Daniel Rowlands, engineer on Salt Lake Division. Th pension department of the Southern Pacific was founded Jan. 1 1903, und the total expenditure for pensions to Murch 31. 11123. was SI.. 73,4l,5.24. 2 Girls Missing, ALBANY, July 21. -lllancll Wulsh and Bertha Berry, both 13, stu dents at St. Mary's academy here, have been missing since Sunday night. It is thought that they have made their way to Portlund. The Wulsh girl lives in Salem, (.but the Berry girl is an Indian whose home is in Alaska. book. Mr. Burleiirh's nlan Is tn concise but comprehensive writcup of tiie nisiory oi tne countv lrom the earliest date that the white man is known to, have come ' here to the present time, with a brief outline of the future development of the coun ty as it uppearn to him- The hook will contain from 800 to 1000 napes and will carry muny illustrations hi nau-ione or pioneers, buildings of historic interest, and other things having a bearing upon the early settlement and development of the county. H. ivMorritt. HAKKIt, Ore.. July 20 W. I., llnr. fltt. 86, died yesterday ninrninL' ,,t ih,. homo of his son. W. I- Mnrrltt. In nlty, of bronchial pneumonia. Mr. .Morrill was u pioneer of thu lil Ore gon country, lleceused Is survived by us WHO Unit the fol nwlnir el, ,!,-,., lames Morfltl, IJolse; W. I.. Morfltt, nity; Uharles Morrill. Malheur: Mrs. O. Oliver, Ontario; J. I,. Morfltt, Port lund; Ashton Morfltt. Urownsvllle. und scvoral sisters and brothers and many grandchildren. Mrs. W. L. Dutton of this city is a grandmother. She left for L'nlty yesterday. I.UlilO.V yi'ITS HOOD CAMP. compared with tf.OUO last year. AU1ANY, Ore., July 21. George. Parker was convicted In the circuit court hero Thursday on u charge of first degreo murder and after waiv ing the hearing Monday, at which I line sentence' wus to havo been passed, was sentenced by Judge Kelly to he hung on August Si, 1923, for killing Sheriff Oiinlup. After a con tinuation of tho trial from yesterday arternoou, the case was put into the hands or the jury at 2: 15, o'clock this afternoon und at 3:28 tho verdict of le-lllllV IIS liretlMtf.il Wl, mllirnnil hu tltn jury with no - recommendations for leniency. Judge Kelly then an nounced that the sentenco would be passed Monday, morning ut 10 o'clock, passing of sentence and Judgo Kelly mmcdlately read tho death sentence to him. Store Kobbcd. 1 1 1 Nil NO ION, .Or., July 21. Thu first burglary that Huntington has suffered in the Dust two vears took pluco last week when about $70.00 was stolen from the Kivett & Nevins cigar store early Tuesday morning. hntrunce was made throuch Ihn basement. A large amount of checks were not taken and a valuable watch and severul other articles were overlooked. Coods in the store were not molested und no trurn of the burglars has been found. Keck Kail Kxli'lislims. IlKNI), Or.. July 21. Hula on ton nage and feasibility or railroad rout. xtenslons will he presented to Public: l ommlsstoner Corey by tho llend ( omniei'i'lal eluh tomorrow when In arrives In llend. Tho club will he represented at the hearing hy (leorgu ,. Parkins, and It Is expected that u round tahlu discussion will follow the submission of data bearing on the oiey complaint iileti to loreil con struction or tho Natron cut-off. Cor y mid his parly will arrive In time to he guests at the weekly commer. elal rliih luncheon hero at noon to morrow. It Is expected, For Sale ll acres, .well Improved. ' Oobd room ITouse? ba:rn.',etlloken hon. cherry Mrecs. , Hlx.-aid es In 'ulhiifu. about '2 jiict'cs In pululbes, oile-liulf aero In .corn. , Conditions aro such that owner must leavo and has miLde piiro nnd terms that will bo at. tractive, lo nnyono Interested In a siniill dairy and poultry farm In u good location. A modern homo. Pull basement. wash trays, steam healed, flreiilace. well arranged. A bargain at tho price. 15,0011. linougli said ir you aro In terested In u modern homo for much less lliut It cull bu built for today. HOOD HIVTcit, Or.. July 21 Camii us struck, tho members of Hood Kivcr post In charge returned to town to day and Ihe third annual Mount Hood i-cgion climb beeunio history. Kent Hhoemilker, chairman of tho commit tee, stuted that his records showcl 365 participants in cumn this veur. Members or Iho Oregon Kditorlul as-1 nvi.u.iu,, I'lum-ni nuiiiiiereu 14. 1 lie committee declared that tho recroa tlonul party hud already begun ar rangements for tho climb next year. The committee's records showed that Billy, 0-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll llurlhurt, of tho Oak drove district, was the youngest cllm- ler to reach tho summit, im feat sets un ago record for Mount Hood. Mrs. Charles lluthbun, B2, was the oldest woman to make the summit. Tho French seem able to control everything in the Ruhr except the expense account. Tailor Made Suits , REDUCED 10 PER CENT For Ten Days Real Bargains in Men's Wear. The Toggery Andrew Broa. is5? y Yyjj'feSSS g Store of Quality I jLj 0 The work is carried on under the Oregon Agricultural college exten sion service and shows that the fol lowing field examinations have been made. Certification for seed purposes will be issued to Theodore Vuiuler zanden of Banks and Fred Sewell of Hillsboro for "Kink" wheat. W. N. Hanthorn of Laurel for winter wheat. Kobert Warren of forest Grove for "Hannschen" barley. Another inspection will be made after the grain has been threshed The above are the first tests made in this countv where certification has been passed. ciiKt'ii ixit(ii;nY ai.u;;i:d ASTOHIA. Or., July II. By un In- formation filed In the justice cour' today,' A. M. ltyan Is uccuscd of issu. lug u forged check for $29. 75, drawn on the Astoriu iutionul bank and signed with the nanio of C. H. Mut s6n. Tho cheek is alleged to havo been cashed by Joe Welnsleln. IMK'K WO.ItKKItS KM) KTHIKK. I.IVKiTpIiOU July 21. Tho strik ing dock workers hero returned lo work Thursday afternoon. Tho lil-n ut Birkenhead aro still out, but aro expected lo return Priday. No do- lay Is considered likely in Ihe lug of truns-Alluntic liners. sail- l,et a Want Ad find your buyer. UNivERSiTYf Oregon The UNIVERSITY of OREGON contains: The College of Lilcrature. Science and the Arts with 22 departrnents. The professional schools of Archi tecture and Allied Arts Business Administration Education Grad uate Study Journalism Law Medicine Music Physical Edu cationSociologyExtension. For a eotalojve or any information u'riff Tht Reiitlrar. University of Orpjon. Euivne, Oregon. The 48th Year Opens September 25, 1923 MONUMENTS 7lemonal.roi) ORDER THAT MONUMENT NOW We have made a pro found study of monument building, and an order placed in our hands is sure to receive faithful, intelli gent execution. We Will Gladly Furnish Estimates Blue Mountain Marble Granite Company 1502 S Ave.. La Grande, Oregon oooooooooooooooooooooooooo o Furniture Exchange COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS . Any Make Sewing Machine for Sale or Rent From $5.00 to $116.00 ED DONOHUE, Prop. Phone 474-J Fir & Jef feraon iii;i,i). high 2 In tho estimation of tho athlete isO i0our tennis, gotr. busoball andS osportlm? goods Rcnerally On theo diamond, tho Rolf links, tennlsO O courts, or on lake, unook or stream o our up-to-duto goods aro in de-0 0mnnd. If you ure going on a flsh-g o Ing trip don't neglect to secure ouro lip-to-dato flies, rods, reels, bas-O kets or nnlnners. Hot Weather Is Here Save a doctor bill by sending your Family Washing to us We Do It Right Thi Modern Laundry MAIN 77 I'lana Visitor's Day. CAJIP I.UWIS, Wash., July SI. As a fittinor termination for the six weeks summer encampment of the Lamp lwis III. O. T. C, this your, plans have been completed to have a -visitors tluy" on .Monday, Julv at, two days prior to the brcakiiiR up oi camp. A special program for the enter tainment of the visitors, which will comprise two phases: Military und recreational, will be staged. tovm,i;y maciimij o.m:. TH'I.I "I'll, Minn.. July SI Tho Na tional Nonpartisan leaguo is through with Minnesota for the present at least und Ihe great niiichlno built up by A. I'. Townsley, former directing genius of the league, exists no more, uecordlng to several speakers nt tho llllllliul session or thu Working Ten. pie's Nonpartisan leauue, the politi cal movement of the State Kederallon or I-abor, which closed Its convention liero Thursday. The convention voted to meet In Minneapolis In Keptember lo confer with the elements comprising thn 1'iirnnr-I.abor parly, with a view to uffilluting with that body. a modern 7-room house with fn nnsenient. In splendid condition for Htliin. This pluco will appeal to any critical uuyor. Small house, owner will consider taking cur us part payment. Aero tract and house. Woodshed nnd chicken house. A few fruit trues for H&uii, mid liberal terms. Geo. H. Currey Real EsUU Annual (iulf Tournament. PKNDI.I-.TON, July SI. 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