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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1925)
) Saturday, February 21, 1925. THE LA" GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE FIVE Local News In Brief COMINU EVLJMS District high Bchool IjuuUcIIkiII lonrnuinent ut I'nlun, Murch r., c. 7. ';illowil-l'nlon Comity Musket. I. all Toiirn.'imellt, here, Kcli- ruul'y 27-L'8. Aniimtl t'lmmb'T of Commerce biimiiK't, March 3. IT 20-21. I'nlun County AKi'lcultiii'ut Kco liolilic Conl'crence: Klpln. March in: linlon, Murch In; l,jt (Irnlule, March 14.' Motored to Ilukcr Herman Nluila anil Mat Kuitch motored to linker yesterday on. u tnitjliiesa and pleasure trip. , Shopping llt'l'l , Mrn. J. 1.. Maxwell and Mm. Kd Hunk of Wallowa, were chopping in lu Grande. Thursday. ;olng to Huntington MrH. Onear Olson left thiB morn in;? on No. 2i to Hpend the day atj lIuntlnKlon visumg iriends and relatives. Left for linker : Mrs. 10. Lnrkin and son, Dick, Irlt thiH morning on No. -4 to spend the day visiting; at Itaker. At Pendleton Today K. H. Haldock, of the, Mate lii'liway commission, went to Pen dleton tills morning on an Inspec tion trip. To 111' .Married Klden A. Hush and Kdna 'i'etor, lesidents of lOlgin, received a mar riage license from the county clerk yesterday. '. j.'lm-d K. H. Kord was fined fill aiid costs for speeding by Hugh Brady, justice of peace. II. N. Kalk paid $15 for a similar offense. Here On Business- Hurry Woimer and Jonas Weiin-I or, owners of tho Weiiner Garage und truck line of Cove were in La Grunde yesterday on business. Leave This Kvenlie? K, K. Klngo will leave this eve ning for Sun l-'rancisco, Callforniu, where he will spend a week on le B'ul business. Going To Wallmvn Lo'uis 1'erguntus, of Portland, passed t hrough J,a 'Grande, this morning going to Wallowa, where lie will wrestle this evening with Jim Noregaard. i,-!t for l.osUne yiMiH. Jl. A. Kox and son, Glenn, left this morning on the brunch line train to spend the' week-end visiting relatives ut Lustine., ilet tuned Home Mra. T. H. Kulter and Victor ('rouin left this morning for their heim- ut Enterprise, after spending several days here, where Mrs. Hut ler ctiine for medical uid. Vlslling Here Mrs. itowenu Dobbin, of Union, arrived in l,u Grande lust evening, tfhe will spend several days here visiting witli Mrs. t'iarence Green. lino from Knlerprisc Guy Skaggs, o( the Kotner and Skuggs lui,dwure store at Enter prise, wan a business visitor to Eli Grande yesterday. Here YoHcrdny Mr. und bm. Myron Kyuns und son. Dale, were in the city yester day, where they brought Dale, to u physician. Itcturnetl Homo Alter Hpend ing I h" past t wo weeks visiting nt the home of her jpter, Mrs. Sam Cumpbell, Mrs. -VI mile Johnson left this morning for her home ut HuRVr. Unit to Hal lie Mrs. A. W. Wall and two chil dren left this morning Tor Maims, where they will upend the d.ty and return to their home here litis eve ning. Heiiirn to linker Mr. und Mrs. James II. Niehols or liiiker. returned to their home today after spending severul ditys here. Mr. Nichols, who Ih an ut torney nf Ha ker. has been repre- Extra ood Suils 1-OH EOYS 2 I'AIH OK KNICKKUS ALL - WOOL MADE TO GIVE SERVICE TOR THESE HOYS 512.85 to $19.85 Sl ITS OF QUALITY Clint's Clothiery The Store Wllb Oonaclciioe "enting H. N. Uunible In the. cir cuit court trial. Itctlinictl fHtm Oilormlii thro II. Dyer returned to Ul t-rande this morning from Urand liinellon, Colorado, after an ab sence of Iwo and a hair years. Mr. l'yer was an employe of I lie rail load company when here. At Land orricc Among the out of town people who transacted business at the land of flee, yesterday were' Miss Hujin Steers or l'.lgin. Oregon, and Mi'sa Ulliiin M. uith.rield of Minimi. Oregon. (iMti:; KMiiiiinalloiis Civil service examinations ' for general clerical work were taken at the post office this morning by a number who are seeking govern ment positions. Tlie examinations were supervised by c. 1,. Mackey of Uic local postal department. Ilnmc from least J. I'', Havenscroft. whose home Is at Enterprise, slopped ovor In La Grande a short lime this morning en route home, after spending three weeks in Kansas City and Chicago. Mr. liuvenseroft Is sales manager ror the lijat Oregon Lum ber company, In llospilnl Henry McGblilrick of lnibler, was operated on ut the Grande Hondo hospital a few days no nnd is do ing nicely at the present lime. Airs. McGoldrick is in Ia Garnde with her husband from their home at Imblcr, v .Fire Call A fire cull was turned in shortly after four o'clock yesterday after noon from the Mount Emily Tim ber company. A, fire had started in a tar kettle which was being used in treating tho roof of one of the buildings. A lot of smoke was made but no damage was, done1 property. Will Close l'olls Polling for the election of 12 chamber of commerce directors for tho ensuing yeur will close nt five o'clock tills evening. The directors arc ueinK elected from u list of 24 members of the chamber of com merce recently nominated for the position. Alotored to Pendleton Mr. und Mrs. ('. H. Scrnnton nnd daughter, I'hyllis, motored to J'en dleton yesterday, wlutc they took severul members of the girls' Ikis- KetbuM team for the game lust eve ning. They will return this eve- nint'- .ft; rornit'd riiilv The members of the commercial class of tho high sehool have form ed a commercial club. One feature of tin; club is to do work outside of school that will help them in their business course. Several girls of the class are already working in offices In the al'tefnoon after school hours. Mis. IJiUTlc Hotter Woid bus been received from Mrs. Louise Hughes, who was call ed to Salt Lake City, Utah, by the illnessi of her daughter, Mrs. Mus Harrie, that Mrs. Uurric is much better. Moolilug Talent 1 1 ere Helen Elizabeth Went, who has been here for the past, few days booking Uileiit lor next whiter lor die Ellison White celebrities und ( he Wolf soli n Musical company, left this morning. Homo for Work-Eml .flmer llf,.-titt-,.U nrrlwwl 111 lit Grande this morning from Corval lis to spend the week-end 1 visil ing friends and relatives. Jle Ik a stu dent al the Oregon Agricultural j colleen. Going Homt Miss M. Alexander left thifi morning on I lie branch line train for her home at Elgin, after spend ing several days In La Grande vis iting at the home of Mrs. George McVey. Personal Mention Mj-n. I-M Mtllf-r ami ilati(;htfr witp Imtc ycsicDliiy from llu'tr hoiiio ut l'niin. AliKM lint it i u Mi-Anih wftit Hot l.iikt Mils luorninK." wlu-ro h!i will 8jH'ni Um day. Mr. ami MrH. (. M. Milt-hins-.n left thin innrnlllff on So. tot TrliHiis' l. whvrv Hi' y b n iMmt- I1PSS. Miss lauilh; HHrkcl arrlviil In Lu (Jrun!' Ui1h nifirniurr urit-r visit ing for soimr Him' In WiHl'-rn On? gon. , f. K. Hryfwn kihhc( Ihroimh )- iran'l4' this iimrninK -n ronlf to his Iiomi' it Kiit rjiris', uf(-f vinii ini? at Cultax. W:ish. J. 1 Kavt'iisf-roft. Kut-rpris'' liiinlMTiiian, wan r-Kii nil ul the Koh-y this niorniiiK. Mrs. JaliM-s liloml.s A ort h. v. iio Iwh lit fii visiting at f'harl. n!un. Wash., pitwe throiixh 1. inind- jlhls ninrnlUK on hor way noun', j-m.- itiiiiMii; m;ai;i-v i immii;h AST(MtIA. Ore. Tli- liic Htal' l.rhn:it- lillar- BfTf'HI Ijt'Wiw and lark river on ,h S'asi'I'1 highway 'is n'-arin comuMton. nnd nrcopi Mn to A. ft. Hki'lton. r-tl nt nui ' mfr in ( iKtrtn' of th" work, the gfriirtnre uill ne opened for traffic about Murch i. ORCHESTRA TO BE HERE SOON AiTiiiiKciiicntti huvi Just bvvn compttti'U J hut will rcault In the bringing of Walt AHi-iVs bowls I'luik holul orchestra of liowiuton,! Idaho, to l,a Grande fur two ape-1 rial ilunri'H at YaiUvc hull here! I'Vhniury 4-2f. Thl8 oix'lu'Htru. ! wh U'li has Just roiupieleti u very I Hiu'CfHsfil winter t'licruReimmt In LnvHt oil's new mil Hun dollar ho tel. has for its director untl trum peter, Walt Allen, 1 or national faiiiu us director of Hie nation.il clminpiou l, O. K. K. bund. Mr. Allen mid h brother. Hobby, lute of the St. I1' rune is hotel, San l-'run-cIsk'o are both slnpeiB und enter t itinera und have a profixiun of up - to - the. - minute dunce mualc which promises u reul treut fyi j l,u Grunde, Dancing will Btuitj promptly ul 8:3H o'clock und thot public 1h cordially Invited to ut tend. (.'ourteoua floor manage ih and tho peppy orchestra Insure all a fine evening of dancing, ac cording to announcements. ' MAIIKLT STEADY , 1 'OUT-LAND, Oro. (My the. Asso ciuted I'ress) Livestock nominally steady today. Eggs steady. Mutter 47c. Mutterfat .firm. HOINE 1-JGGS IllO MOISE, ldu. (Special ) A new low price for retail fresh eggs wuh established on the Motse market Friday, wlfen one dealer dropped his price to 'J 8 cents. The market is weak und dealers expect further declines. 1 , i - IMHtTLAXI) GItAJN .MAUKlVI' I'OHTJ.AND, Ore. (Al') Wheut Hiird white , H. S. Muart, l-'ebru-ary, $1.88; March, J1.S3; soft white, February, $1,711; Murch. $1.82; western white, February, 1.7S; March. $1.81: hard winter, February, $1.78; March, $1.81; western red, February. $1.7G; Mar., 1.79; MMM, hard white. February, no quotations; Murch, $2.1 0. Oats No. 2 white feed, Febru ary, $-!(; No. 2 gray, March, $40. ('orn No. 3 E. Y. shipment, Feb ruary, no quotations; March, no quotations. JIA1EKETS AT A GLANCE NKW YOKE (Al) Stocks Strong; Muldwin highest, in five ears at 1 -15. . . Houds Firm; brisk demand fot speculative rails. o I, Foreign exchange Steady; ster ling and francs gain. Cotton Eusy; southern hedge s-jlllngj' ,; 'r '. ' Sugar Feutureloss. Coffee Steady; short' cOerlirp. CHICAGO (AD WheaU- Hur ley Hleady; favorable, crop reports, t "orn Lower; large country of ferings. Cattle Firm". Hugs Higher; lair shipping Ue mund. MUSICAL CLUB TO ENTERTAIN (Conllnued from Pago 1.) Mtifdc by "The Colored Orehea t ra" M rs. A. E. Ivin man, Miss Mai! Stearns. Spanish-California Folk Kong Florence Lynch Miller "I Know Not If You Love Me." Virginia I!''el Arranged by Mis'3 - Jmogoiio Russell Music by "The Colored Orchestra" ' Francis Jlopklnson Honga Mrs. Kay Fuller (a) "My Days Have Ueen so Wondrous Free." (b) "O'er the HIMs" Put riot le. Songs Led by Elfiter Stoddard 4 ! . 'f Plantation Hongs Florlun Hlappy, Salamander Jones. , (a) "Dip Me In the Golden Sea" (b) "Gulden Slippers' Music by "The Colored Or chestra" Stephen Fosler Hong.t Neigh bor ' hood Club Sextette (a) "Old Folks ut Home" (b) "Nellie Wns a Lady" Civil Wur Sonus Chamber of Commerce Quartet ; In t in olln rlayn. If n iiiiin j rr.iu h-d over a rail O-nc', Into a j wat'? niHon jati:b anl woitd Im. jjr;n to thump a no-ton. noittetlon-n j h" oild he hMft'Tt il with i-hunks ! of fat nn't ntHit out of an ohl i fasldouf.l niunkt. It-v. KnlKi't jirtn'h-tl a hllstTtnn: wrmon In. ft 1 mcninp. th' kiii'l t hat noul'l ! iiiHk' ii h k i itc wiilr tii.t I-'tH jpo anl h.-ur him toniglU. New ! Church of Ooil Chap?l. Corner 'X anj Bpiuce. Adv. Markets ' U j Liggett's Original Original In naino m Original In ilcsjgu uml . OrlgliiuUJii Its equlito cv"-lents. Liggett's ' Original Package contains all Hie favorite pieces of Candy-lovers, All are generously coated with the, rich . chocolate, that lias made Liggett's famous tli rough tojt the country. $1.00 Per Pound . .in half, one, two, ithree und five-pound l.es. Glass Drugs v,: i " Inc. Tim r.l'.XAMi ,Slolo , Ln Grande, Oregon , Building ' Permits Vnion county received u per mit nt the city offices this morn ing for building u gnruge. The structure . will be used tot house the county curs. It Is- to be built on the. courthouse rlot of ground. Tho cost was set ut $500. Gamble Found Not Guilty of Killing of William Wigglesworth (Continued from Togo 1.) by the state law which provides eupiUil punishment for first de gree murder. The second (decision the. judge Next Tuesday Nite Arcade Theatre GtOBOe 1'MANUS 'CARTOON MUSICAL COMCD! ALL BRINGING - FATHER GeOPOS 'M ANUS' CARTOON MUSICAL C0MPi m "land ;:gp new f Not kMW Not ' m Hlf m v P , S v "j j 1 Ui?WL v-y. i j . d . ZNTIPtLVNEW THIS SEASON ll-'. l" j 30 prcHcnli'd to tho Jury wua lo find tho prluonor guilty of murder In ithu first degree but wltli a recom mendation of life Imprisonment. Tho Jury mlKht also have re turned a verdict of aeeond degree murder or of imimduughter. The I Jury brought In Its dcelxlon ul 18:20 lust evening after huvlng been out u little mure thnn five lioui'H. Judge Knowles wiih culled and a regular icsslon of court wan held for Hie official dlsmlsisul of the ' pvoner. The- members of the jury were eueh asked In turn whether or not the verdict of not ! guilty was sallnfaclory and each re plied In tho affirmative. Kred 'Iliactli wus the foreman of !the jury, other members of the i jury-were Kltu M. llt'asel, John Ki hmlttle. A. L. Urrr.v. John Allen. Al duller. John Christiansen, l. A. Carbine,' .1." K. Trlppoer, luin Wes teniskow, George II. Chapman and August Krtckuen, liut one wumun was on the jury. '. 17 BODIES ARE TAKEN FROM MINE (Continued from Pago 1.) town ulid Hurroundlng conimuu ities. A signal (o tlte hoisting engineer wus , received within three lutn- t utes ul'ter the explohlon but one of the cuges wus caught an tho bottom by wreckage, und miners were forced to climb Into the shart to the bottom and cut away the wreckuge before, the hoisting en gine could bo used. Hut one cuge 3 was boing used us a result in the work of bringing tho bodies to I he .surfuce. A row of waiting umbulanees removed the dead to the ctt '. Heroism shown. Sheer courage und heroism marked the work of the rescuers I who braved the deudty fumes of gus atm descended time after time Into 'itiie mine to bring out the deud. m . Mah were overcome, und sev erul ;Wre curried from the mine. Organizations of women of Hul 11 vun tyere curly on the sceno and had VHtiiblished a food .station for tho relief of rescue workers und others. The lied Cross erected a lent curly in tho afternoon. Most authentic reports of tho disaster were thut tho explosion occurred when minora either cut into ' abandoned workings, or a slight cavetn opened old entries In which gus had collected, tho miners' la m pa Betting off the pock et of gus. . ' . Death 1,1 In all Instunces wus caused by burns or suffocation, ac cording to reports. i - i Women of the, Methodist Episcopal Church I ! ANNOUNCE ., ,,, AN EXCEPTIONAL VESPERS PllOGltAM 5:00 p.m. SUNDAY 5:00 p. m. .' rcatui'ing ' THE MONDAY MUSICAL CLUI! OE 50 WOMEN'S VOICES And a Drama, "The Seeing Heart" all in connection with Vesper Services entirely in the hands of women. Men welcome. E. J. Carpenter Offers ZNTWtLYMW TH, Seats Now Selling at (Jlass Druir SUirc I'KICKS 83c - $1.10 AM) J1.63 SINGEUS 25 AND DANCKKS COMMERCE , BANQUET IS ARRANGED! (Continued from Tago 1.) No tickets will be sold ut J ho door. TtiiKilny Luncheon. Aro you uif ex-president of uny commercial organisation'.' If you huve served In that cupactty In j i.a lirauuc i uny lime during inc bust 34 years you will have an op portunity to be the guest of the chamber of commerce at the regu lar weekly luncheon next Tuesduy noon and perhaps tell a few things about (he old times. The La Grunde Athletle club, tho forerunner of all civic organiza tions In this vicinity wus organ ized Just 34 yearn ugo, February (i, and Eurl Reynolds, Hecrelnryi of the eh.imber of commerce is In viting all the former presidents of commercial clubs und slmilur or ganizatlous'sliicc thut time to the biUHjiK't next Tuesday. Some Interesting things about tite early history of Ju Oranile will bo told at this time. Just to give .you an Idea, Mr. Reynolds has located a man to tell about the opening, uf the Iak Grande Athletic club some 30 years ugo. F. L, Meyers, cashier of tho La Gnunde National bunk wus one of the pre liminary fighters on the bill! Frank Doremus Gave . U. S. Standard Time' ' (Continued from Pago patent office. ln addition to ''standard time,' Doremus guve to 1 'nclo Hum tho( idea of the street-corner letter boxes und himself designed the first uf Hiich boxes issued by tlte poslol'fieo 'department, A more recent treasury clerk with an inventive mind wus C, Frnnels Jenkins, who is Just now perfecting a process for transmit ting pictures by radio and who is experimenting hopefully with "radio vision." Jenkins already luis transmlttej pictures'- over a consjderablo dls tunce by radio. His radio vision, which experts oV the United states bureau of standards radio laboratory deelure "hold much promise," may enublf us In tlte future to witness uny given scene or , performance Just as today we listen In our home to radioed sounds, Jenkins came to tlte treasury depart menb as a clerk, from Iticii mond, Ind. i Ho decided his Inventive bent ' V , , ALL MUSICAL NUMHEUS ' mm SUITCASES A varied assortment of wood frame, fiber covered Suitcases, at exceedingly low prices which mean u great saving to you. $1.49 to $5.50 C5 STOKKS should cither .mulct) or lirouk lilin, nnil reaiKnliiK nix Job, ma buiIouh. ly lo work u u professional m vonlor. . l'roljubly liln most HUcvitHMfnl In. vi-ntion, flnuncluMy, wus Mm do-' vice liy wlili-li lui look tho "nick-! or" out or moving utoluros. Thut I not only lirouirht bin royulllos to him, but nuiny .millions of dol liirs in Incrcusud business lo tho movies. VlHltoia to tho' OoolldKo lim iK urnl will shvo inuny thoiisuuds of dolliirs to the cost of reserved Bents for , the Imiuiruriil . imrudtv l-'or this they nmy tlnink "t'ool dlgo economy." They'll save tho money bucauso tltero vlll bo no scuts. . ' And there'll liu no Heiits bo .cuuso there'll bo very little parudo. Many tliousanda of feet of Bood luuiber thut would lluvo been cut up to inuke "irrundBtiindB" from which to view tho presidential There's No Hope Fur n mint who tnkcH n cliniico when lie's buying tire. It'8 not iiucvsMiiry nn longer. Wo (five a pcrsonnl Kiinrnn teo, hi ndilitioa lo Hint of tho factory on (ilAlOIIAlj C'OIIDS nnd wo inuke unr own lidjllstiiients. They llliist Kivo you mil l)ollar-for-l)ul-Inr Service. Ask us nioi-e nliout the GliNLItAIi -Jennings & Shumate, Props.', Successors to Southard & Shinn. PACKAGE GOODS - A hlK I'l'lhlcllim mi I'lieKltuo .(Knli, llicllullnu - t iiil,i)iti;i Diti;ssi;s, cii.miw s, scaiii's, ai-icdiNH ami Novi:irir;H . , A liiuileil imiiilHT got juiiid while, Iticy hint. Art & Baby Shop "KVUIIYTIIINU l''OK 'I'lIK 11AIIY" IIUMSI I ICIIIMi Hold Hummer IIW. KI'AMI'INU HU'l'l'lJItlCK l'AriUUNS 11. M. C. 'lllltl;AII ARCADE, Sunday Only 5 Acts Vaudeville 5 OKCIIKSTKA Special Sunday Dinner I 'I'll. Si, IViTt Mlicly KHIII.Ml' I'tlCKTAII, ; ' TOMATO UOI'I.I.KIN I'lleijf If. n i In :lt,i. Olives Clllrli'll f-'llcllMUfe Willi KkK IIIMntillllKM Kiikcil l.ofn of I'urk . Apple Hnuce rioimt F,ck nf llliilt. Mint Jelly Hnovvfluke l'iltillo-8 t'lfiinieil Ciiillllluuer I'llllt Hnliiil Ul-fHil itnil Itlllter I'lir Ice I'l'flllll Mini t'llke Pencil f ! .I.t'-r Tea ciirro .Milk I If JSiX A l'i;i.lUHTI I 1. TUB HUD parade will bo saved lo f?6 Into the construction of much-needed" WnshlnRlou honii's. WE SPECIALIZE ON Generator Starting Ignition All Electrical Repairs - To Vour Car Guaranteed Service . , Full Line of Service Parts Battery Electric Service 1311 Wash. M-753 STOP Children's Cough with FOLEY'S EQNET-TAR . EtUUUIteJ U7S MslalM-lB(radlMiUrlllu4 ctl Um wrapper Chlliiranllkalt. Uirtant wlllnr coMrfi niMlltilM in tha vtwto AND IMCTUKKS r.::lll till 8:00 I'. M ('ciilM I I..U K TO PINK
