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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1925)
Saturday, February 7, 1 925, f - '"" ..i.mju.iiu .. : . rKKirl r I V I'j " I t TT Local News In Brief CO .M I.N (J EVENTS Mun-h 5. 8. 1 District high school busktiluall tournament at Union. At Baker Mr. n Mm. C, irh n It-ynuldB und Mr. iiml Mr. G. I.. 1-irlKnn spoilt Ihe iluy in linker und will at tnd Hi gui.ie this (veiling. Will He Married Mnrluor G. Murruy and Ulldu Uobertnoii got u iiuirrluge license at the. county clerk'H office, lutit eve ning, lioth young people ure. resi dent, of IVrry. Was at Sliow f W. C. lVrkluij, Incut Kord and Lincoln dculer, returned IhiH morn ing from l'urliand. Mr. iVrkliiB wuh uuiong tlie La Urunde people Hi the uutoiuobilo show. ), Ki'tiinied from Trii Mr. and Mrs. U. I'litinan re t u mod to l.o. Urunde this morning from a business trip to I'ortlund Two events of interest to the i'ut ninns have been In progress in 1'ortlund, namely: the automobile show and the spring: millinery opening. Will Miury Miss Klslo Spencer, dnughler of Mr. and Mrs. Lou Spencer of Lu Grande, left this morning for HIhc. Miss Spencer Is to be mar ifld to Carol Ward of that city. The young couple will reside In Boise. J I ere oti Business t W. Clark, partner with Mr. Silverthorn ond manager of the. O. K. Silverthorn ranch near Cove, was In La Urunde Hits morning on business. Mr. Clark will be remem bered aa the gentleman who brought a earloud of fine cattle here from Montana Home time ago to bo pluecd on the ranch. Small Maze The fire truck was called this morning to uox 25 for u small fire in a house one bloek euHt of the Willow sehool. The fire wis caus ed by a chimney. The fire was ex tinguished entirely by chemicals ns no water was available. About $50 damage was done. The alurm was turned lu ut 7:15. 1 1 nines Man In t'hnrgc W. A. Steward returned home yesterday .morning, states a Baker newspaper, from a business trip to J'nrtlainl and Seattle lu connection wll h the orderly marketing pro ttatn of the. Oregon Cattle and inse (i lowers association. 'Mo re purls the plans lor opening the as sociation office In Portland arc ma turing rapidly and will be ready for. business In u very short time. The .'orllund office will. open In charge of N. K. Dodd. or Halms, who will be in I'orlland In con stant touch .with the cuttle uiar ket and the Nloehyards. Jerry Snow, who Is Known to every ship per In the northwest, was to have been In charge of the I'ortlund of fice, but h s been seriously III for Several weeks. Personal Mention Mrs. M. Ii. Bobbins and son bTt on the branch train this morning lo la le up resblenee in Mawllle. Mr. Bobbins Is In tl mploy of the Bow muii-Hjcks efinipaiiy there. M r. K. I .a i h in w cut lo Ba her today lu spend (he week-end visit ing her parents. H. A. Alb-n or IVmlh'tou was aiitntlg I lie guests registered at the Foley hotel yesterday. I Mrs. Marry Cochran nf La Grande Vlslled In Island City to day. John K. Ilenielwoifh and wire of J"' ,, Itl ( de Sommer hotel yesterday. M r. and M is. Robert I n nioii, H'sldentN of Wallowa, were In La Grande yesterday. They registered al the Soininer hotel. M is. W, CI. Uobcrts. a residen! tif Ti-locasi't, wv i s here this inorn- Slip-on Sweaters JUST IN! SILK'-AND-VVOOI. NKWEST COLORS $7.1o TO ? 13.85 .SWICATliUS OK QUALITY Clint's Clolhiery The 8tor Wllb fn'lran i Ins on a liiiHiiK'KH trip. M. 8. Holeumti of JuBi'ph waH In i.a Urunde i HliTiluy on u lim.ims trip. Mrs. It. I,. Lowe and Ii-r xun of ToloiHHft were m Urunde v.HitorK tli in morning. l. M. ronkltu. orchard owner of tho luibler vicinity wua In l-u Gnnde thin morning on a generul business trip. Min. Hurley Itichurdson arrived on No. L'4 (his morning from I'ort lund. Mrs. itichurdson lius been visiting in that city for about ton du a. Mm. O. W. I'helpa. wife of Judge I I'helps of Pendleton, Is here spend j Ing u Tew days visiting her stater, Mis. Frank Keehlln und Mrs. JUlla Mutzler.. Kugono Metealf has accepted a position with the Grande Uonde Meat cociupany. The girls' basketball stiuad has been practicing every morning from 8 to y o'clock. They will play the Pendleton girls Friday evening ut 7:15. An error was made last wyek in giving the names of the spon sors for the publicity committee of the A. G. S. The sponsors nro Mrs. Llndgren and Miss Anna Davis. The French and Spanish classes are now studying Interesting stor ies. The French IV class Is read ing the book entitled "la Voyage do , Monsieur Perrichon." . . Tho Spanish classes arc. reuding "lil Pajaro Vcrdo" and "Cuentos y Leyendtts." , The Mtmlr staff Is busy work ing on the Mimic which will be published this Pprlng. An assembly was held Friday afternoon at which time the first of a series of musical programs under the direction or Miss Mil ler was given. The Glee club sang "A Merry Lire," featuring Thonu's Bruce in the solo part, and "O Sol M lo" aH a n encore. The girls' chorus favored us with two selections: "hi Spain" and "The Stars Are Brightly Shining." Clif ford Selt. played two piano solos. "To a. Water Lily" and "Tho liugle," .,,, . . 1 mrlng the asHcmbly the si ul cnt body had as Its guests the Pendleton girts' basketball team and coach. Miss Thompson, the Pendleton couch, gave a brief talk us did Faye Garnish, cap tain oT the team. Miss Ihilgh und Goldle Owen of the student body, expressed their determina tion to defeat Pendleton. CHURCH OF COI) SECURES KMCHT FOR REVIVALS Bcv. Nelson Knight, one of Me mos! forceful speakers in the north west, has been secured by the Church of God. according to an nouncements today, to con dart a revivnl meeting In the new Churcii or God chapel on the corner of X und Spruce streets. Tin- revivals begin Sunday even ing. February 15. "Wherever Uev. Knight has held revival meetings great crowds have gathered and wonderful result al ways followed." staled a member or the congregation today. ''He has a keen spirit ual discernment hat enables blni to point people out In his sermons thai proves hevond n shadow of doubt that God is real in revealing t tie Herret of men's hearts, people are attracted from ot her towns and villages, scores are converted and wonderful heal ings arc performed In answer to prayer. Mowewr." he concluded, "Uev. Knight Is not a 'hobby rider'." j Colonel Wolfson whs christened I in New Orleans morethun fin ye-irs 'ago and came here as an ofllccr In the volunteer nrmy during the insurrection neurly u o.uurter of a century ugo. Going Up! j A building p milt wa lssti',1 at the city offices this niornlnjc to rhsrlcs I'haffln for a chicken house to tte Iniill on I avenue h?. hen 'dur nnd First a'reH. The tOdl Ml . School News j E Mrs. Mary Jones, state ehulriuaii of tbf home economies committee of the grange and also a member, of the state board of voeutionai work In the schools Is to meet with the I'nlon grange In a spe ciul meeting at the Hxperluicn. Station February 1 lilt. wIxmi th" I'nlon Orange will ulso entertain the other grunges of tlie routily. who ure lnvit.il to send delegates to tho meeting. The wrk of the getting of the granges of the county to take up uniform work in the home eco nomies department will be taken up und u program outlined. Steps similar will also be taken in ref erence to tho boys and girls dun work. The goitre survey work In the schools of the county and lay hit; the matter before the slate com mlttee will be discussed. Dr. W. T. l'hy, muster of'Union Grange; J. A. Nice, master of the Pomona Grange. und Mrs. V. U. Sherwood, muster of tho Hlue Mountain Grange will be among the speakers of the evening. Free State Railroad Lines Consolidate iH'BLIN (AP). All the rail ways In the Free State have com bined under n policy of compul sory unification adopted as an alternative to nationalization. I There w ere more than 30 of them jullugcther, all with boards of di rectors unu independent staffs, and J G headquarters. The unification has now been completed under the supervision of a special railway tribunal, and compensation has been paid to the I discontinued directors and staffs. jThe new unified line bears the I name of the Great Southern rall- wuy. unu ns total milcugu is 2,052. The amalgamation scheme does not afreet the Great North ern railway which has Its head quarters In Belfast and operates principally in the jurisdiction of Northern trclund. The Free State has power over this line no far as it operates between Dublin and the lister border, hut has not exercised that authority. The railway tribunal Turn de creed -that the amalgamation com- j puny Khali reduce charges by 12.1, per ceni. Dwellers iu the Hill Tell Truth About Cougar SKATTLK (AP) Cougars of the mountains of western America, like ligers of the Jungles or India, don't kill human beings until loo old to 'obtain food otherwise ac cording. lo pioneers In the Ciisir.ide and Olympic mountains Tlie views of these old-timers were given In a symposium gathered by u Scuttle newspaper after a cougar killed a small boy near Wenalchee. on the eastern side or the Cascade moun tains in Washington. James Oberg related that Its years ago a cougar followed him to his Hi tiler's door. The elder Oberg Killed the animal, which proved to lie senile. Another cougar that :t2 yeur ai;o fell upon u child lugging behind his parents on a tral had dull teeth und claws worn to tb fur. A posf-mortc in showed nothing lu the Htomach but part of u lealhr hulter. Palnccs of I'orntcr German Kni.-cr Turnctl liiio uM-rnir- BKIil.lN fAP)lr. Muebner. ot the Ministry r Finance, baa iiml published a book on the Berlin j castles of the HoheiiKollerna w hieli explains the disposition of tin properly formerly us d by Kaisl William 'the Second and his fam ily. The caHtle or Kaiser William the First, on Cnlcr dun Linden. 1ms been thrown open to the public as a museum and will remain just as It was under the empire. The ias lle of Monbljou. built In the be ginning or the eighteenth century, is known us the Hohcnzollern Mu seum, und Is filled with relies of the former rulers. The palace of the former crown prince bus been turned over to the National Gal lery as an annex, und the Tonner kaiser's palace is used us a museum for applied art. The Charlotlcnhurg CiiHtle will probably be turned Into an indus trial school und museum for wear ing apparel. Scientists Keep AlUe itaniMirH of World W ar floKTTINOKX AI) Oerman scientists' ar still being ignored in connection with Intcrnntionul congreiscs, though the world war Is over, according to a compilation of facts presented by the German Cnlvcrslttcs A!5ochitlon. ihjrilig 1924 nild l.M. the re. port ; mnta out, !fl Internal ional mlcntlflc and technical congresses look plac. In the caae of &H of Them no Germans were Imited: In Ihe cms- of the remaining 33 cr lain allied eountrb s. nutably Kranc- Hnd l(idum. either re fruln d entirely from sending dele gates hs Foon an it became known thai Germans also wen to partlc. Ipate. or elst sent unri-prcsentutive deh-gutlons. sttl Whrat lUlo Onlenil. X.M.I.M. Ore The pill, lie er- j lee i "iinni's len nuihurlic , .lirl . lime pill, II. alien of ei.lnl intra- j ;lute earloml ral- on 8ee, wliel ; fur r.-iw-eillnK tniriune. With h hiui I.e. n mailt- neceanury a 11 reaiilt uf reeent ,l. wealher. The rale. apply to lhue eotinllea ta of ' Hoil Ulvcr an.l Koulh lo Hnake river. HtHlietlnies II Is best to pirt with1 old lib nds ji.st us la pjrfln- n.th ' ones ui'e UUomlurUibU. , i UNI GRANG WILL BE HOST SAVEwtt Atyour DRUGSTORE Sometimes a life depends om the prompt and accurate com pounding of a prescrip tion. You can have a whole hearted confidence lu you Itexall Store to use only the finest drugs, accurately dis pensed wit h prompt service. You are always safe at your Hexul! Slore, and our pre scription charges s:ive you money. Glass Drugs The l;i:Alil. Slim'' Manila Lawyer's Name Used in Memory Contest MANILA, (Al'). A prominent lawyer. of Munihi who Is known Rcnrriilly simply as Colonel J. N. Wolraon. but whotjc mil naiue cin sls'.s or 12 words containing: 1U0 letters. Is $1 1, fu-poorer as a result of what he terms the remarkable! melnorlzlhi- pow ers or I he Kiliplno pupils or the hlKh school at 1'ar lac. province of Taiiac. . llcccntly Colonel Wolfs'm was at Tarlac on li-iral liusini cs and durlnir his slay vlsiled the hiith school. v He was Invited by the lirlnclpal, an American, to (iinsl lon the pupils on various topics. Artcr receiving unswers with vary Ins success he announced lhat he' would give one peso (fifty cents) to udl pupil who could memoiize IHh full iinini In in nilniiles. The. entire school w'us c:iir ror the utteinpt, but received sonii' thlnB or a surprls' when Colonel Woirson wrote on the blackboard the name, .lis-'phuK - Adotplius Amerlcus VcHplcua l.coui'lus Wol Micah'lciis Alexandi-lees N:rplnlliiiH Lucius tjulnliis Cliurnatim Wolf-' son.. At the end f I he IT, minutes -:i out of the :ii who madi- the allempt. had i lurlw d the name perfei'lly. f.o.b.Toltdo i ji;ii WILL YS0 VERLAND FINE MOTOR CARS Hunt's Letter (Combined from Pitiro t.) A Tew faclH itliuut IIi-h Iivti Ixv!-. cmlvi'il hv taonKx.snmit Jnlin N. Till Ilia 11 of Kuyt'lli'Yllli', Ark., for mer iiri'nUlini of tliu riilvcrxlly or ArkuiiKiiK. "A Ik." rniya Tlllmnn, "mown like a imliur. l can travel 40 mil. b while l he truth in KetlliiK il.s huotx on. "A lie travelH rsler llmil Un truth leeaus4. it meet ho -many lYielKlH vll Kv It a ilile. Truth Beta up in I In- col.l'. uray lawn anil him tu knoek Tour lluien before he eau et a floor open. "Hut a He Is (treelc.l with the irhul hamf. Is ereaineil anil eoffeed. le.l and pelteil, laiiKheil ut and Nlupped oii lhe haek awl then Henl linrrylUK oil In the HWifteNt autu itioliile on I ho place." . ... ': In an atli uipl to revive ennri itenee In the oyster aH a safe and healthful rood, an oynler feast to which were Invited district and tfovi-rumcul officials, wuh held a row dayu uko at the WaHhInRton oyster wharf. (onirroHsmen. health officials, newHpnper men and olhora koi-kciI BlorloiiHty. uasurcd by the oysler folks thul "these arc salt water osters,' and typhoid Bci'uls can't live lil foilr water," . , Hut "-when lh(( feast was over ono physician took the. mimes und uddreKiics of all who had eaten. Which, to say tho least, .was a bit disconcerting. - (thl-Timcrs Try to Itivvb ' " DaiiM-ji.of TlivJr Youth M Alt YI'OltT, Knir. (AP)-William Smith of KwsniiBK Hull mude a successful altempt recently lo re introduce the old polka Into a modern dance program at the Maryport dinners' dunce. Hu led orr with tlin"h-fc or another farm er. Moth were, crack dancers In the days when the rural Cumberland danced the country dances, the waltz and the luncers. Their danc inir whs vigorously uppl'audcd by tho younicer frenerutlon of fox trot ters who. later' In the evening, en-joyt-d u turn ut the polk.il. Ilimuariuil Pheasants ICelcusctl AI.IIANY, Ore. Korly-clnht HunKiirian pheasuntM were releas ed on tho Knox Hutte hint re ceeve by h'rank- O. Stellmuchor und Kdward S. Hawker, stale Kama commbslon employes. The birds were brought here rrom the I'on dloton slate bird farm, and are said lo In! in good condition, ltc iiuests to allow I ho birds to mul tiply, as the local sponsors of I ho plaullng or thin bird here are or the opinion It will prosper and grow. OH Crplwrs lAik In SnNn SOI-'IA (Al') Many rorolnnei-H ha.vu applied for Hie rluhl t pros pect; IVu; petroleum in various parts or I In liuirlu .Tlie . coin mil tiw... on coiumerce. ((r parliament consider ed u musH or these applications I he oilier day. The liidlcullonH are that rnreiKiicrH will receive concessions Tor iIIkkIiiK oil wells, iiroviiled Ihu riKhts of Ihe slalu in natural rc soiiri e-; ure well giuiriled. s Lowest Meed Closed Car with Doors Front and Rear Sales HaveTrebled in 30 Days There in simply no let-up, and no Ign of a let-up, in the volume of order being placed for the remarkable Overland Coupe-Sedan the only four-passcnger closed car priced under 5B00 having a modern sliding gear transmission 'oot accelerator, speedometer, , Auto-Lite starting and lighting system and disc type clutch. Both the front and rear seats of this Over land Coupe-Sedan adjust backward and for ward for the utmost comfort of all passen gers. With the removable rear seat and up holstery taken out, you have 50 cubic feet of clear, square carrying space for anything and everything. And the seats and up holstery make up into a full-length com fortable bed, Pullman style, inside the ear for camping trips. Trunk at rear at small extra cost. Easy terms. Gettines & Hanks i;k80 st. LA CAUWELL MADE HEAD OF CLUD (Continued from Pago 1.) mil. .Manager Kerr of tho hotel . and others. A committee consisting of Al.i S. Levy. T. Cock and i U. Connor was appointed tu act in conjunction with President Krwin of the Mental association in thd matter of entertaining I ho dcutlstsi next Monday evening, ' President Cad well aiinounc.d ; the following standing commit tees for tho ensuing ycur: Finance M. S. Levy, Jim Junes. 1 A. Wright. Transport at Ion J. F. Hutchin son. W. W. Stevens, Balph Smith. KuterUliiincnt Newell Martens, Tony 1. Smith, Boy '.'unklln. 1 New Industries G. I. Hess, L. 'It. Terrall. Dean 11 itchinsun. Agriculture Uoht Wit liyeombe, i F. A. Puuiphrcy, Mr. W. T. Phy. Advertising F. B. Conner. Wul-' ter Cock. G. A- Kclblrd. I Asm, Ai uoAh ori;x -KLAMATH KALLS, Ore. The Ashland-Klamath Fulls highway Is still open. Stages .are making thei dailv trlns on schedule time. mJ cording to the ocal ofrieurs of tho highway department, lu several places the highway com mission has maintained crews j with horses to pull out uutomo-; biles which get mired.' SHAFT, MAY REACH MAN SUNDAY EVE (Continued from Pago 1.) , to the hill top revealed a strange contrast. The rescue camp ofrors an unrealistic picture of order and disorder. ' geirishncss nnd unselfishness uinong the workers ure found sldo by side. Jealousies havo threat ened the rescue of Collins himself. Charges have been made that ono fae.llon was Inspired solely through desire for th glory which might befull them. Uut the trag edy bus its heroes, too Homer Collins und his brother, Marshall, kinsmen of the victim; William It. Skeets" Miller, diminutive staff correspondent for the Courier Journal: John Geralds, '. Collins' chum; Alfred Mattox. Cvntrul City miner, und others, ul or whom for got personul safety in their efforts to reach Collins and free him. A second appeal for financial aid lo reed und clothe miners and other workers was Issued. Andrpw Collins, another brother, urrlved from Kewanee, 111., and set out to find another cave entrance. Mili tary authorities and his rather, Leo Collins, Intervened with his .plans to enter a crevice back of Hund cave. The shart ttseir was lowered a few feed and timbered. Dy namite was ordered lo be used If blasting becomes nt-ccssu ry. " " Tests with the wire which sup plies the cave nrlsoner with tlu-hl I convinced experimenters that Col- llns moved when Hie light went I out and consequently was nllvo j early Krhlay morning. And phy slclans agreed Hint as Tar as food CKANDti, OUK. Railroad Shirts S1.39 : ) Men's l'olkadot or I'luin Ulue KAILK0AD Sill IM S blind ptjle, two collars lo match; cut full nnd roomy. Genuine 1000-Mile Shirts al this low price. was concerned, Collins might still be alive.- Ills only liquid has been nillk,eoffco and whiskey, however, and lliev doctors agrticd that ho might tdlcrfi'oiU' lack of drinking water belore luv would starve. . , ' Thy .hIv. clouded.. Krlday night and ruin Uireateu'cd. ...! ltain will L'onsid.ocably ret urd. thu'mlnu, work, U was declared. . ,, Wedding Iay Passesi Gvoom-to-Be Entombed (Continued from Pago,' !.) turned, flnallyt and In a moment was lust In thij darkness. ( Her HtiK Is No .Moitv "Her tears, her expression and her walk .lold plainly that her hopes 'are iiovmore, that she fecls the eftve "which Kioyd Collins set out to explore will not release Its grip mull he dies. It has. held him seven dayM. V It lias lield out hope to -hlnr time and uguln.' but ft Hh at lured them beyond .recall when It .cloned the one .uvenuo to the world outside. "l'loyd, Collins and .Miss Alma Clark, were to "liuve eloped lodny, but only u ; few. of their friends knew fho Secret.' One o Iheni; a man, saw (he. girl at the shaft. to night Hid saw .the, saddened face. He sav and knew. he. understood, und he. .turncd. hla.cycs s she puss- j iiu nun. i. , ' . , , 'ULhcrs. , of .course, knew of thu friendship '.and .sume. might liuvp known, Uiuf. thu wcdilng day wius set for Mu re h 2. ., Hut- very few knew .thaj vKloyd Collina and Miss Cturkhud .decided ..derinltoly to hteal duletly ' away today and re turn ifs mankind wfo . . , . Miiy I , plain Mis Coiiiatrc It ,viu4, said t.lmt obii-ctions to SUNDAY r:i I ..: III IVJ yifdl Btl V1V;U. j "II viut. Kill;! OliieellollH to ". 33 1 1 ' Viw-'tv .iai . v... .mi. ,i, ,, , lurflre adult chorus children's chorus at uveninp; ' v, ; num. . Butterick Patterns 'THU MAIM'll I'.VITIOItNS mill IHXI.VDATOKS , nrr now In. IkhiIi lliem mer when iIiiiiiiIiik jinn- hprliiK wmImk. Art & Baby Shop "l:Vl;llVTHIN(i l'(H TltU II.I1V" -HKlTIT('IIIXi llnlel Koninler lllilu. STA.MI'I.NU ' in - i;iti( K iwrri:n.s i. m. v. 'I Iiiii;ai ARCADE, Sunday Only 5 Acts Vaudeville 5 Orchestra, tind I'irlurea Today HICIIAUI) DIX In "A MAN Ml'KT LIVK" STAR Today HOOT (JIIISON In "10 H0KSK HAWKINS" And "Our iiinj" Comedy I TUB HUB tho murrlage had been made and that Ihe elopem"nl was plan ned us a menus of overcoming It, ; . "And this may be why Kloyd Col-"'-'ii llns wouldn't give up his fight for' Hfu when ho knew, the fight seemw;55 ed lost. It may explain why Coltf." llns kept eouruge when rescuers may reveal how Collins endured torture with u smile ut times through sly days In the grip of u stono In Ihe cave und it may show .. the poweil that kept alive that spark of faith ho cherished." 1 . There's No Hope For n limit who tiikcs a cluiucc when lie's buying I Ires. It's not nccc.vsary any longer, Wo give n pci-soiml guarau tee, In niltlltloii to Ibut ttt Hit' rnctory nn KltAL COIthN mid we make onir own iidjiisttiicuts. They must give you full Iollar-rur-lol-lar Nervlce. Ask us iiioiv nbout ' the ;i;m:ill 'Jennings & Shumatef Props. Successors to ; Southard & Shinn. CHRISTIAN I CHURCH I ;! REVIVAL : ! CONTINUES AM, -' ; NEXT WKEK j Hear I'liiilmnk.s 'in his solo numbers. SKKVICES c ... i i ... - ' OpULliU btJIII IllllllDUl n( i , I 5 ' hi 's 3 ' i i i.i.w i ! i i