Thursday, January 22, -1925.
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THE ' LA t GRANDE EVENING OBSERVEk ; '
PAGE FTVE1 v ?
Local News In Brief
CO.MINU EVEIffS
Marc)? 5, 6, 7 District high
school biiskoluull tournament
at Union. -
Ai'H"ls Maile
Olc KticKMon und Andy KricUson
were lirri-slril last niKlit and art1
uwuilintf IrliU. fuclng uliurgt'8 of
druiikcnniHS.
W'roittr Side of Street
Walter Cr'.Hl was arretted yester-
)l;iy for driving his cur on the
nruiie I'J' of tin- street. He fur
nished -. bail.
ArrUctl Here
Mrs. KufffiH- Tolls end son have
arrived in l.a Orunde to nml their
home. Mr. To I In Is organist at the
A rendu I heal re and has been In Im
Grand v for some time.
Leave for Home
Mr. and Mrs. Will Mtirlen. who
have been visiting ut the home of
.1. M. KorheiiHpunrer lien, left for
their home in KaKlc Valley yester
day. Attended f Ik
Fred Kiddie was in Portland yes
lerday attending u meeting of the
state executive, board of tho Amer
ican lA'ffion.
Attended; Confiwni
Iteverund . W. Jones of the
ChriHtlan church, arrived in l,a
Craiide this morning after attend
ing a niiasionary conference of the
church in I'orlland yesterday.
tjlerc On Himliicss
W. J. Tounlcy. noted cattlo man
of I'nlon wlioH.- f:iinoiis Short
horn herd of cattle is It now n
throughout Kaslern Oregon, was in
ja Grande today on a short 'busi
ness trip. Mr. Townlcy was regis
tered nt the Foley hotel.
Annual .Mwllnz lion"
At the I'.cM convocation held I a 31
week in Pendleton It was defintte
y decided that the 1925 convention
will be held in l,a Grande. Dele
Kates wilt lie present from the en
tire Kastcrn Oregon district of the
Knisropal church. The convocation
will be held in January according
to present plans.
Hen- on IIiisIikkm
William Pollman. president of
the r'lrat National l!:ink of Hakcr
and HLsil i' hlKhwuy coniiniBsloncr.
wan In l.a Orandu lust cvcnioB to
he on hand al I he si llinc of the
eily liondn. The Klisl National
Hank wuh the auecedsful hlilder Inst
evcnlnB. and feeling that his busi
ness htut lieen eompletcd Mr. Poll
man bouYdcd the first train home.
He was u guest at the Foley hotel
wlille In Iji Orando.
Will leife Soon
Ciuy l. Leonard, who lias been
for slime lime travelling freight
agent for the I'nlon Pacific Sys
tem In Hnstcrn Oregon, has been
transferred and Is now In l.a
Urinific On his last trip to tills sec
t f till of ihe slal for some time.
Willi Mr. Leonard Is W. J. Leonard,
listrlcl mamiger or the I'nlon 1'a
eiric lio was recently transferred
to Walla Wallu rroui Aberdeen,
Wash., and Hay L. Osborne, trav
elling utl'lilor.
Meelliig '1'iiiilglil
The meeting r tin' I'rcsbyterlun
Men's cldb which was lo have been
held Mils' evening ill the John Mc
I'herson home will be held al the
William Miller residence Instead.
Tin, niiilu Teal ure of the evening
will be an Illustrated talk by Lynn
IJcihncnkamp trm Ihe "Antarctic
Itegluiis." . The hour for Ihe meet
ing has been set at eight o'clock in
order not- lo conflict with tile clam
feed this evening.
Personal Mention
II (i Ai - i.hiiIv ii iron I. madt
a IttiHineHH trip to Hot luVe and
t'uiou today.
It. J. KHehen rrlunied yesterdaj
from a Imslni'ss trip to Ontario.
W. C. Kelly, local contract or,
was In Portland yesterday on a trip
lo look over the market In build
ing materials in preparation for tin
January
Special
Sale
i
MKiVS AM) BOYS'
SlITS
2Tt'v Ofr Kcfjular dice
?I0 Suit now SHO.OO
?",() Suit now ?.!7.."0
fOO Suit now J45.0O
! Clint's
Clothiery
Tlie Store With ft Conscience
Bprlng bulliiliiir ran. Mr. Killv
urrlvud In m Urundi- this murnlne
on No. 2i from I'ortliiiid.
Jena Smith and wir.i of HlHwril
urn now hi opplnx ut ttiv Kaliy ho
ld. Mr. Smllli Ih 1'iiiploycd liy 111"
Orundp llondu l.imiljiT compuny.
Mrs. Kenneth Kecney and small
daughter were In Island Pity for !
The . hlghwuy department Is
' I finding thu snow plow eiulpnienl
Iheodore Shell of Wallowa is j very cfr:Uve in. keeping the roads
now stopptng ut the Koiiimr hotel j open. Mr. Uuby ntuUU yesturday.
Mr. Shell Is a prominent merchant I '.he road over thu tlliic mountains
of that city. between pcndli'lon and i.a Urande
' i hus been kept oi en atL.Uie tune.
Mr. und Mrs. M. M. Short of Kn- The snow Is 40 inches Jeep on Uiu
terprlso ure among the Wallowa j summit but auto traol goes on
county guests now registered ut J uninterrupted with u ' two-way
the So mmer hotel. , . i truck open for cars. ' i
j The snow equipment consists of
Mrs. William Gablcr. who has three tractors and two trucks
been in PortlKnd vislttnt; Mr. flab-! equipped with snow, p Iowa These
ler's parents. Mr. und Mrs. K. C. ';uu keut on tllu highway day und
Gabler, returned to lm Grande lhii"Iffhl when snow is falling or
morning. , drifting, and by being on the work
j at the proper lime have been able
., ... ... ... ! to keep the road open at all times,
J. II. King of the Kiislern Ore-j . . . ..
goii i Light and Power company Is, HIGHWAYS AIX l'ASSAUM-;
n the city on a business trip. He Mos, of Uu, pubMu h,s,1WHya !n
Is registered at the Sommer hotel. lhe county are In good shape now
according to It. It. Uuldock, divl-
. 11. fonliey und H. J. I.yman ofSiun umfMU.t.P of ltie stale high-
Annum are now slopping at the j
Homuicr hotel. They are connected
with the Minum Lumber company
fj. L. Koulc, public auditor with
oft ices In Maker Is In l.a Grande
on business today. He is register
ed at the Koley hotel.
I T. M. Jordan, travelling freight
agent for the Chicago and North
western railway, was In I. a Grande
yesterday on an offlclul trip. Mr.
Jordan's main offices are' in Port
land. He left on the branch line
train today to visit Wallowa coun
ty cities. Mr. Jordan was at the
Foley hotel yesterday.
Hunt's Letter
(Conllnucd from Pago 1.)
tiie district which hamper the
government, then those nrist be
suppressed.
The only reason Washington
lias for being Is as a seat of gov-
rnment. And any police or reg
ulatory measures .that mlqrht be
necessary to protect the well,-beinsr
of governmental employes, lie
opined, were perfectly tight and
proper.
As u result of which Washing
ton's real estate buions are more
than ever cool with t'oolldge.
Looking Into the future, nolit-1
leu I prophets foresee among t he I
meinbcrs of the senate four orj
six years hence "Ma rerguson
of, Tex us and Mrs, Nell I toss of
Wyoming. ' ''
This prediction Is bused on "the
fact that a governorship Is orten
a stepping stone to- a scat in
the upper house of congress.
No less than Zi members of the
present senate served terms
governors in their home stales.
Wvomtng. for tnstunce. of which
Mrs. ltoss Is now governor, is ren-'
resented In both her senate seats!
by ex-governors Warren. Repub
lican, und Kendiick, J einocrat.
Washington's golfing contingent,
which has been somewhat In the
background of recent months, may
catch the spotlight aguln after the
arrival of Tsuneo Malsudulra. He
new Japanese umbassador.
Mutsudaira. who Is sonewhat
inclined to corpulence, keeps his
girth down by strenuous rounds
of golf, and word that preced'-M,
him Is that he sulngs a wicked
stick.
BIG BLOCK
BONDS SOLI)
' AT $103.12
(Continued from Pago 1.)
recorder and other
nens occupied Hie
tlie HCdsiotl.
routine IiumI-remalndt-r
of
Going Up!
t,- Hoy Itlanclinrd will build
house on K avenue tietwccn Hev-j
enth anil Klyhth streets, according
to a building permit obtained at j
the city offices Oils morning. The
house will cost about $3. Son.
Numum Frees took out a permit
to build a garuge on Washington
street between Alder and Walnut
(tre'ti at a cost oJ th: morn-
f.vJ
DAK Kit, Ore. (Special) A state
highway department, muw plow
was sent over the Uuker-Ournu-copia
road yesterday by William
Duby. chairman of the Highway
eurum ts.slon. The plow bus been
working on the Old OregoirTruil
between linker and Ontario, anil
having finished stopped over for
0runm;,
the above job on the return to la
way depurtmenl.
J'he hnow storm lust wck drill
ed ucross the roads in a number of
places und made t rut lie bud lor a
lew duys but the snow plows huvo
succeeded in clearing . most of
these and are finishing the others
at the present time.
"liuuicli" Uoad Clear
The Klgin and Wallowa county
ion d t u J osep h is now c I en r u i"
drirts and in good shape. The road
to Portland Is In excellent condi
tion all the way through and good
time may be made. The Ui Grande.
Uaker highway Is all clear now
except for a stretch between North
Powder and Hal lies w ii Ic li lias
some snow but is passnblc. Stale
snow plow-- hio now working on
this road and exuect to have It
In good condition within the next
day or two.
The I taker to f miaiio road Is
entirely clear and the linker
Cornucopia highway Is now being
cleared by the snow plows.
H. W. LANE WILL
MANAGE COAST
LEAGUE SQUAD
HALT LKK (AP) Negotia
tions which have been in progress
for a month looking to tho ac
quisition of ihe Salt like club of
the Pacific Coast league by u sn
dlcate of Salt lukc biiHlnens men.
have been suspended and the Wees
1 will continue tot operalo under the
direction of H. W. l.une. president
of the club and mujorlty stock-
holder, according to announcement
by both parties.
, The. Jenon fo.r. djseon.tinujng, ne7,
gotluttons wuh said to ho-thc hcur
ness of the opening of the 1 125
season, the brief time intervening
being- Insufficient to enable the
prospective buyers to put Into op
erutton any appreciable part of
their rather extensive program of
ri-uKiiiiiuuuii hhu r e., ... . i.u.
H wus suld that negotiations
would probably be resumed al the
end of the 1H26 playing season.
BUS, TRUCKS
. BILL TO BE
CONSIDERED
( 'out in tied from Page 1.)
lug to the world that Irrigation In
Uregon has been a failure.
A revised banking code, prepar
ed by Hie legislative committee of
tin: stale bankers association, will
be Introduced today by 'H"imtor
duller, chairman of the banking
committee.
Adopts Memorial.
The Iioumc loday adopted the
senate joint memorial calling for
congressional aid to develop Pa-
I cifh' coast ports.
Women will be compelled to oil
tain hunting licenses under an
amendment the house game com
mittee will propose In a bill to
day. in-rbiriM t mil pissed
Curry county will' huvo u county
court session on the first Judicial
day or January anil on Ihe fir.st
Wednesday of ol her months and
Wheeler county will have a scm
:don otitc each month under u bill
by Halt passed by the senate toduy.
The house suspend' d rules to
pass u bill Introduced by the ways
and mcuns committee to tncel sun
dry deficiency expenses of t he
stale. The bill calls for approxi
mately $13&.0)M. t I mill den (he
cost of reconstruction of ' certain
penitent lary building" destroyed
recently by fire.
;rnhi Men Wnut Aid.
Hcnator Taylor today received u
letter and resolution from wte-at
growers of. Morrow county, unking
(eirtslutfve uld for grain men there,
where It in claimed from 5" tu 75
per cent of tlie winter wheut must
be resced'( us a nrmilt of told
weather damage.
Morrow eoutttv farmers net at
l'slng'on Monday, made an esti
mate of their d'im;ige; und d' elded
to ask t hi leiristiiture for help. I n
b'KH the bind Ik r seed" fl bank
ruptcy will result for many fann
ers and banks, it Is claimed..
WITNESSES TELL
HANGING STORY
(Continued from Page J.)
tre and put n rope over a Hint.
He then attached the other end of
the rope around Harvey's nc k. the
bitter testified, and pulb d him
free of the ground. He did this
three times before Harvv would
confess Ihut he bud gleit tlie dis
trict utlorD"j of Ik information
SNOW
A O
.PROTECTION
for tlie face and neck is
necessary during the wintry
weather, to prevent t lie
roughness caused by cold
winds.
Arbutus
Complexion
Cream
V ill keep the Kktn sil I
and pliable and If up
plied Iter gong out,
will not only uH-nl Mil
protection for the com
plexion, but is Ideal s
a base for Kacr Pow
der, because it will hold
tlie powder and prevent
It blowing away in the
wind.
, A Large Jar T0c
Glass
Drugs
' The HLX ALL Slore
lilt ' (ii-auile
an to bootlegging in that vicinity,
the witness declared.
Promised to Leave
Harvey was held for somo lime
after that und then rclcust-d upon
his promise to leave Hie country,
he claimed. He went to linker,
Ore., and hud- n doctor look at Ills
neck and. oil tho 1Mb had holo
graphs, t tiken of the. rope burns
on his' neck.
The .protugruph and the crotch
between the tree trunk and tlie
limb with Hie bark peeled off by
the rope were introduced In evi
dence. '
V 1 1 nesses folio wi n g Ha rvey f o r
the atale subs! undated minor
points in his testimony, llert l-aw-rence
and Ills wife, both took the
stund for the defense und testified
that Harvey continually made ad
vances' to her und that she told
13ert of these times and that Uert
was trying to make Harvey leave
so that he would not break up his
home. Bert testified that ho put
the rope around Harvey's neck
but tlmt he did nut lilt him on
tlie ground as 1 larvcy promised
that he would unit molesting Mrs.
Luwrenee and would leave. I le
contended that he and his wife got
along line until 11 n rvey began
coming between them late In, 11)22.
SKAI'LANK FALLS; ' tl;Al)
PKtfHACOLA; Kin. (Al') Two
u viators were killed and 1 wo in-
1 .oireu ; wiieo . 11 nuviu seai'iuiie,
F-5-L. crashed Into 1'eiviieola buy
! here Wednesday. C. K. Linvllle,
pilot, and Harvey Maxwell Younir
a via 1 01 rigger, are t he dead, und
K. V. Jiowland ami A. W. MeCall.
machinist male, are injttri-d.
I lowland and Met 'all, when
taken from the wreck ashore wen.
placed in a private automobile
ami have since Im-i-ii ml.sing. In-Mulrh-H
ut all hospiiuls and at the
naval air slat ion have failed lo
bring word or their .wlieiciioms.
WIIKAT 0I OTATIOK.
MMHETLANIi. Ore. (Al') Wheat
quotations here yesterday Int-lud-
eu: nam wane, .tij; wen rn
red, $l.Tt.
It lie advertise li, lie kntms
lts jcoymH
1925
W un lut.kiliK r'li-uiiril lu
Ihi- Sum y-:ir u n IVri.l
of rrKi-i.M anil ilhiliillly.
Miiy it liiin;? lo you
1IAITINKSS AM)
I
I'KOSl'KKITY
La Grande
National Bank
Sound, I tellable Pro;; re-
1' -
BANKS SCOriES
COUNCILMEN
CoiUimied from Tag 1.)
would ho prohibited mder a bonne,
bill introduced by the g.ilno cuiii
inlltee. Itisubled ex-serlce men would
be ulloweil to vein) goods without
a license uniler n hou.se bill intro
duced by German, of Multnomah
county. t
The age limit under tlie compul
sory education act would be raised
to HI yeurs by a house bill Intro
ilneed b t he edncMiuiml committed
. Dericli C it a (it I DelllMiati lv
; HALKM. tre. (Hy the Associ
ated Press) Thomas It. Kay, state
treasurer and mi-mber of t ho
stale board of colli rol addressing
the joint, ways am) means com
mittee of the senate and house
Wednesday night charged that the
majority members ol the style
budget committee which pussd
on tlie requirements of the various
institutions anil departments for
the yeurs 1U25 and !!I2. dellb
t eruiely padded (lie estimated ex
penditure to creute a deficit when
compared with tlie amount of
money available to meet the de
mands of the state.
As a result of this padding pro
c s.i and low lax levy for 11121. tho
treasurer said, the budget showed
that estimated expenditures for
i the current blenniuiu were ap
proximately '$2,.MH.1H2 In excess
of estimated receipts. llecanse of
the six per cent amendment, tlie
state treasurer predicted a short
age of funds even more severe in
l26 and 11 might bo necessary
ror the state to h'sue warrants
bearing the endorsement ''not paid
for want of funds." Jn this event
he said. It would be necessary lor
the state to pay interest on out
standing' warrants.
RELIEF FOR
- FARMERS TO
BE PRESSED
(Continued from Pngo 1.)
products and carried clauses deal
ing with price ratios. The latter
which drew most of tlie fire as
price fixing legislation during the
debate of the measure at tho last
session, are eliminated In tlie modt-
It's a square meal for a dim
EVERY BITES A DELIGHT
Steel
MOTOR
Bobse Mothers
FRIDAY - SATliHOAY SUNDAY
This is the picture
Don't
fled drut t favored by the council
of agriculture,
. in Uu ihv forni, an advance of
fifty million dollars would be made
by t It war finance corporation lo
finance thtt proposed corporation
which would return It from com
mission fees collected from thu
producers. The corporation would
be controlled by IS Individuals, In
cluding the secretaries of (lie
iireasury. agriculture and com
j mercc as representatives of the
l'""in, 1 - Uiili ia lllIUIMICfl ll
the president from nominations
suit mil led by farm organizations
In each of the 12 federal land bank
districts.
Advocates of the bill declared it
contemplates no new tariff princ
iple; but seeks to operate' under
existing schedules Hw -that agri
culture may he included In the
protective system which is now
so effective with" Industry and la
bor.' RANGE CONTROL
IS IMPORTANT
i
I H'out limed from rafo 1.)
cost of production HUrvey. to offs"
the general Impression I hut wool
iii")) are making fabutous profits
Tb'i ldahoans attending the nn
tiotinl' gathering number aiiout If.
Attention was given the first day
to the fess.bility of strontrly urging
wool manufecliiring on Hie Pacific
coast. "Woolgrowcrs are weary of
paying freight on wool shipped to
I Huston and then pnylng freight on
- tlie finished product when I hat
j comes hack," said President Krnnk
I n,"'fiil'i-(h (,r Spencer, Idaho.
"Twu-l birds of the sheep of the
I I'mted Stales graze In the west and
Jtho wool should be manufactured
f lu-re." "
j . Idaho Well Tirated.
In committee appointments Ida
ho nelved one chairmanship and
three committeemen and the ree
orrnition of having the state asso-
CORD TIRES
A strictly quality Hit; nut
built down to a piico that
we mid tho makers fully
C tui inn tec in every iosMs.'t,
Wo itmUe adjust incuts fur
you ourselves so It will pay
lo we these (General t'oiils
tho next tiiu you need new
tires.
.Jennings & Shumate,.
Pi-ops.
Successors to
Southard & Shinn.
Bodies
CAIIS
that was made in Idaho.
Miss. It
Ladies' Silk Parasols
Itfiiutiful new silk parasols in lhe season's newest
styles and shades. Short sticks, eight ribs with tips
to match stick. Colois, black, brown, green, navy .
blue and red. At a very low price range . .
$4.50 to $6
54 STORES
elation contributing the most to
ward Ihe financial support or the
nulloiial association. C rover Ittch
of Hurley is chulrmau of tho wool
marketing committee. I H. Oed
ney is a member of the piddle
lands committee, perhaps (the con
vention's most I m porta ut; Donald
McLean Is a member of the reso
lutions committee and J. Luidlaw
of lioisc. a member of tlie wool
marketing coinuiillee.
. NKW FAIJUIC
Wunilri ml fur woini'ii's mill clilltlmi' ilirssi's, sull.s mill
ruiiiM'i'H. A iilinillil Milikllluli. lor Hutu, (Ninux In nil Urn
iiiular cuIqik. ' Ask tu mv 11.
Art & Baby Shop ;
"i:yiJitTniX(i roit thu iiaiiv
lll:ISII K'IMM; IIi.IiI Summer lllillt. STA.MI'I.Nd
, . m;ni:ick l'Arrr.uxs . m. thiu:ai)
AN HI'IC
Of (real IIcutIh
Opens
.Admission: Adults
WHY NOT USE
( ? ) OKCIIKSTKA I OK ALL KN(J A(;KMKNTS.
Any Instrumentation Furnished.
'Composed of all llosrcc Talent,, namely
JAi K IIIA'rr rlann iin.l l.iinl.r
1 1 A 1 : It V HNOIHili.tss Hiixiiiiliiini' anil i l;n IikI.
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I:. Mi-.M AN'IH Tr li in I"-:
ii a ii .i-;m i.i;i: ii'iniH. h'aiiiiiiMH'. viniiM.
I.KHTKIt lll.SKN--Violin.
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I'.M ItiriT KosliMl.M 'V, Miumsil.
I'limii-' I 17-H iir Main Hi
Our Name???
IHE SUNSET ORCHESTRA
In lhe reports of work and status
of ufiillatcd organizations Mr. Mc
Lean reported on tho woulmc u's
organization in Idaho.
The address of President Hagen
barth featured the opening day of
t lie convention. In h's address'
President Hagenbarth said: "At no
time In the history of our industry
have ihe prospects been brighter
or mure forward looking than
now."
DRAMA
and Mishly Kvcnls'.
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