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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGIIT PAGES TODAY rani? lEwttitt C IT Y EDITION THE WEATHER POHTIjvno (AP) Ore gon: Fulr tonight and Friday except cloudy alongr the coast. Mod urate tempera tures. VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER AHHOCHATKl) PHESS LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 263, OFFI CERS SEEMING CONVICTS PUMPER IS FOR CITY Stutz Combination En gine to Be Added to Fire. Department MACHINE'S COST TOTALS $13,500.00 Vote on Choice lot Un animous, One Commis sioner Favoring American-La France Truck. Fur the first time in weeks. Un til ice city commissioners, A. T. Hill. Charles 1'iayle und It. I. lHii'liw failed (u ari''j unani mously, l-'or the moHt part when ii motion passes at tint commM tdon meet ngs, ull three gentlemen are In ravir or If the motion Is downed, all three are solidly ngulllSl. Hut th(s was no mere routine business at hand. The matter for ote was the selection of the nev t ombi nation engine for the city 'ire department. When the f 'nut ballot was cast it was found that two were in favor of the Htutz entitle while one held nut thr.t, t he Atnef'c'n-I.a Fiance was the better machine. So the f.re department is to have a n'W St tit r combination pumper soon. Both machines (Continuod on Psge Five.) After 10 r-ilulesa days, Ii Orande and adjacent territory, receied slidwi'iii late this morning which were preceded by tshort but sever:' hail storms. Icy stones the size of lliai-hleH It'll on the streets here. The titst storm, beginning ul 1 1 : 2k wa.s of -.hort durat ion but was lolluwed by another about ten minute infer, which was one ( the heaviest rains experienced here this summer. Storm sewers In the downtown district were unable to adifiuately handle the flood w;i lets. . , May Shatter (irnlu. Fears are 'felt nere today for ripe grain t hat has not been cut. A check on possible damage can no) lie made until later but Hie combination of rain und hail is held )ike to .shatter much of (he standing wheat. The rain was not heavy enough to stop combines about leu miles norihciiid ol here. It in le-j.-v'-(l that the hall was not severe enough to damage fruit. A third Vain st.iried shortly be fore I o'clock and continued for Heme time this atternoon, surpass ing siiulitly the heavy ones or the morning. This downfall was also accompanied by hail. At l: fn i h is allenioon basements In several downtown buildings were flooded. The Sommer hotel re ported nine Inches of wiiter in the basement. The rain slacked about I :fift p. in. STRIKES IN L Commission Can't Make Game Season Changes 1 1. 1'. A. A. m TKNMS COURT ON . LOCAL GROUNDS The Fnion Pacific Athletic an jatirm now has under construc tion w hat promises to be one of the fat-st tennis courts In the state. The court is located di -t (!! acntss t he tracks from the railway club house on I'ir street. It has ffir a base the tlgblly packed cinders of the regular railway right of way and on this win be placed some sort of bin der. I Missing rooms, showers and of her a i -oin n nidations will he pio. Id d In the club house. CH,Oltl0 NPKIM.S WINS. K A I. A M A M V Mich. (My Asa elated Press). i "oiorado Spring-. Coin., was chosen yenterday SS the city to entertain the International Typographical union convention in Pi;;, now in its T'Jth annual cou Ven'.ion here. ' Joe Wallmer Arrested By Wounded Cop ! Policeman Wordcn of Be lief that Wallmer Is Man Who Shot Him in Hand Tuesday Night '111 afternoon Joe ami Henry YVulluicr. arretted lit coiiimvIIoii with the wounding of Joe Worden, IMilicemiui, were freed. District Attorney Curl Helm said that the eU.lcm-v was not hurricient to liold theui, according to the ikiIIcc. Joe Wallmer, alleged to be the man who shot Joe Worden thrnuyh thn hnnH und fraitP(i Tuesday night while Worden ( was attempting to urrest him on a liquor charge, was arrested aitoui 4 o ciock yesieruuy uncr noon by Worden. Joe Wut liner is u brother to Hurry Wallmer, arrested yester day on complicity charges. The car in which the man who re sisted arrest was riding belonged lo Henry. Joe is being held in the county jail today u waiting action which will be taken by the ! state. Charges, which call for pcnl- ' tcnliury sentences upon convic- tion, may be plaeed against him. Montgomery Sentenced To Thirty Days in Jail In a. Mil Ion to the $j5U fine ror 4 he possession of liquor as given in yesterday's issue of the Keening Observer, William (Spruit) Mont gomery was given a 3U day jail sentence by Judge ttrudy. At pre sent he is serving this sentence. American Yoemen Will I Meet in Slem Session More than 4tt representatives of the field department of the Hrolh- erhood of American Yeoman of the stale will gather in Salem Fri day und Saturday, according to n nouncemeiils today by C I. Mc Carthy, district manager, who will attend officially from I -a (Irande. "one of the special feature. of the meeting will lie to unite the entire field force of the slate and slate officials of the society III a statewide membership campaign the outcome of which will be a vis it or the entire Oregon lorce to Hie home-coming conclave next spring In 101 gin. Illinois, where the Veo men'.s fie-niilllon dollar children's school home has recently been es tablished." Mr. McCarthy said, ad ding that plans an; already bi-iug worked out for the Oregon delega tion to make the trip In hn uulo curavun. woman is i-iei;i;i. I SAI.T lAKF (AP Hose Hmlth. ! charged with first degiee muidi-i-in connection with the death of I A. I. I'lerson. was freed follow -lug a pielimiuary hearing. II was broutrht oil that the woman shot ,1'ietson. with whom she was liv- 'ing. after he had abused her. I KuiinM ay Hoy Taken Home. I MAIISHFIKI.O, Ore. AdriC . ICnhcr4s -ind Harohl Post of Kelso. J Wash., are being reiirned to their , homes, after a few weeks in the open, following a decision to see the world. The boys were 17. They were working in Marshfleld when Chief of Police Carter found them. Mrs. Post, Harold's moth er, and deputy George Smith came from Kelso for the hoys. In a lett-r to It. Hatinefield. secielary or the Wine. Fin and Fleettoot club. K. F. Averlll. Stale game warden has s t al rest once e ml for all the re.iiesfs from spoilsmen to cl.unge certain gam seasons. Mr. Averill's letter follows: -We uie just in receipt of an jiplllion from the tittorney general in which he holds that a came i omtuission has no authority " open any season closed lett closed by legislative enact merit. It seems the commission does have 1 1 he u ut hority to close seasons and open seasons closed by the com. 1 mission but that It d-e-s not hno 'any authority to open a seiison Clliseil by effislatl.e enactment. -This makes ft impossible for t he commission to provide for an open seusou on sagu hens this jew r." t l.oi a I sportsmen had request - d J Mr. A vert II mi'l the com mission i to allow a short open season on sage hens ill Luiuu uud Uukcr JcouulK'S. j (scousiiiT riiaicBOpi guardsmen fore tftm m mm may mmm niv --m ciii uuiwrntu ; az.a.; tiu i : i f j m a r J n 1 1 n i i r- teV WS ARMS AND . RfGTitD M1M TO CO THRO WITH THE she made li'in ntniry Iter! Al Ictwt. so snvs Kolwrt Mi-Mills, 20, a sophomore at Ohio tml eisity, who seeks annulment of ill. iiiai-r'uge to Lucy Wagiu McMIKs. of Mma, Ohio. He sas he was 'ln a Mute of -uinn" rioni lnuication when slm got him in an auto, drove to Monroe, Micli., and made him turn ry her Im'Toi e he got .sober. emMigh to protect,' All those who heard the Shear ers give their orgun and voice conceit here a few weeks ag will remember the manner uf pre sentation, as the organs! ontlind the composition for the benefit of the audience, J. . Shearer gives the composer and something of his life, the composition und what it portrays in music so that every body will lie enabled to; appreci ate t he program more fully. In Mr. and Mrs. Krearers' con cert, '.which will be held tomorrow e v e n I n g In. the Presbyterian church, t he follow log program . will be rcnd"rcd: ! OfgJWl 1 concerto In A Minor ,..!. S. Pach Air' varied (Symphony In l) H iyd-n I'avane . Win. - Ityrd Voir' - I A la Claire Fontaine , French ' 'auadian I.e. "oeiir de Mai I alet o.e Vr Hunks mill UitifH Srotcil' Cm I'Mly. ..Siol.:'i l n K-'in Ol.l Milo.ly Nell Gow Caprice Gulimant Pe ei b .... I it-hard St ratiss Sout hern Fan'asy I law ); s Voice-- ( Twilighl K:ithetine Glen 1.Ha''N ; linchmnn noli' Come to tin- Fair Martin 'drtran Scottish Funtasy Arranged 20,000 ISushels Wheat Received from Valley KMHN. On;. (Special). - - More than 2i. una bushels of wheat have been brought to t he KIgin mar ket so far this season, according to f gures s ipplied "by the K gl.i I'lrnninc Mill emupany and tie KIgin Oram .. Storage com pan.. Aiilhot itii believe that this is an en inn -aging sign, as eiy lit tle of t lie sen son 'm crop h,s been brought In. A large put I of it has yet lo be cut und a stilt lurger pail h.D. not been threshed. PIlM- Mm- Itbl- A kel KI 'd KN K. t ire. - Several bids Tor the d cuing of the diieh and the furnishing and laying of the pip line or t he KiiKcne at'-r system from the McKennle river at llovd.'ii I ridg' to the filter plants in l-iHgen vlll li nsk-d by the w at r hoard, ucenrdtna" I o u decision of the bourd til h meeiing last night. Hid wU be opened September 1. t 1 GIVE PROGRAM ; FORONCERT I rUi-l nnnni rim U S I inn win n .nmi.-r 9 1 I -dWWV . . -JVTiFWa t ii I ' m hi i t m u. . - n m i Arguments In Sensational ; Divorce Case to Start , This Afternoon VOLSTEAD'S NAME HEARD IN COURT Scott Denies That Author of Frohibition Law or His Daughter Ever Took a Drink. At A' UN A , f Hy the A swudn t-H Pres). TalMiiT testtmonv in Con rrpesMiiinn Frnnk tt. '-ntt's dlvorre suit ended nt noon ( today. Argu ments were becun this afternoon. When the numn of Andrew Vol si end., nuthor of the prohltitlon law and his tm-hier l.nnnt were lront;ht into the record Scott test ified that neither had ever taken i drink of liquor so far ns he knew. Mis Vrtlstoad's name was foimd nn the mi-nu rrd of the bank Hotel, Klnrston , Jamaica, (Continued on Page Five.) . . TIRE MEN AT A group of men, members of the State Mens Association, from western t if iron points, passed I h rough Ui Orande this morning hon their way to Knterprise to at tend the nnnuai convention of the association to be held there Thursday Friday and Saturday. The purpose of this orgunlmition is to miiutath better land titles and to bring uhotii legislation slut plyfing abstracts and to extend t he tit le system Insurance. Among those here this morning en route to the convention were: Chester A. Fuller. executive vice president of the Oregon Title In surance company, of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. George . Shiun, of St. Helens, Oregon, proprietor of the Columbia county Abstractors of fice, W. O. haly, of Fort land, G. C, PauMng. of Astorls, O. 10. Peek, of Port land, A. H. Raymond, of I'oriland. and II. C. Ibatly, of link er. Mr. Part. abstractor from Bend, J. H. ftell. of Kugetie. Mr. (Continued on Page Five.) T next Monday Tin' I .a Grande municipal bund will again appear in out-door con cert Monday evening, August 17, al K o'clock at the ball park, accord ing lo a iiliouncemenls todny hy JH fector Andy l.oney, 1 Mr, Lpney promises a program I tin I will be in keeping with Mift.se for which Die band Is famous. The program will be printed in the Kvenlng Observer ut a inter date. No Hit-and-Miss Variety When ad eril-cr lui)s a Want Ad in The ( lh-crt cr or an) other kind of adicr tKIng le run, no chances n to the cln iilHliofi In I buying. The tilM-rwp publishes a s w ii r n circulation tntcnleu lw Ire each ear flgitie.. Hint an not A aria hi e h ult guc-, pnuntH'. or euicrgcm-y. That fin-tils t hm fon-tant, eei - .day i 'n idatlou nmtiif sin sl by n-ader Interest. no tii loxbi) and tlon tomorrfiu. The alue of Observer M nut Ads Is nnir than eer atipnr ent for Hmt rca-am the greal est putdh M r ant kind thiU ran t boogbt In this territory. 'Ubserer Atlverttslng A Mercliaiiduiiitf Sen Ice M HTEBfflBE 111 ir-y' 1 ' v- . : U In order to sae the life or l'.dlth I rfn veils, 14, of ainrldg Mas,, surgeons werr fore! to Cut oKit her heart, lllth, now on fiie roud ti 4oniplete recov ery, is helle-.o(I to Ik the only perMtn hi the world whoso heart has been ownd and who llvwl alter the operation. WAKIilNOTOK (Ify'ihG AteortV uted I'rt!ss) The, Oregon Trunk. railroad loday filed with thq inter IstutH commerce coinmlssioii an ob jection to the. Central Pacific's plan , to build 40 miles of line from Kla math Fulls to Cornell, California, j I The Oregon Trunk declared Uh own proposal to extend from Jlend , lo Klamath Fulls and south into California to connect with exist- I tug line would be affected by the Centrul Pacific's plan. I Executive Secretary Of Realtors in City T. W. Ziuimermun, executive sec retary of the Northwest Itealty .as sociation, met with the local real tors at an Informal dinner In Ihe Foley hotel at noon loday to make the first plans for the llH!fi con vention of the uHsoduJlOB to be Judd in la Grande. The main problem nt this lime is to make arrangements for suf ficient hotel facilities, according to Mr. Zimmerman, who expects a large crowd to attend the conven tion here. This nnd other matters relative to the eonventlou were dls cusscfi during I he course of I he luncheon. Mr. XI miner in m will go on lo Knt rprise tills evening, lie is ac companied by M rs. tin merman who with a number of l.a Grande ladles, wives of the realtors, also lunched at the Foley ihts noon. n. i; i;nis i caiti pi; PKXIH.F.TON, Ore. A st-mlle lace that began ut Sae station. abmt five miles northeast or Pen dlctun, was concluded near Itound up park on Ihe west side or Pen dlclon by the caplure of John Mor ris, negro, by two deputy sheriffs. The man wilm held for federal ) agents in Spokane for alleged vbi- Int iun of t he Mann act and a.s a siifipect in u. drug peddling ense. Warned t be on Ihe lookout for Morns. Iiejnl.es Stoked and Iten neit waited al Huxe station. He dlsrcKarded Uie order of the offi cers to slop and they nave chase. MAV COl'PKH X 1.1 N I'lllMl PA K II It . Ore A new 1 -fit 'upper vein has been si ruck In the Fiorina n tunnel of the Moth r Lode Copper cotifliuny, 17'lU feet from the t-ntiuuce. An 'S tuy made In-re show ed I it.t'4 lief cent foppr, h It h some gold. The vein crossed I he tunni I rien r the far end and as only two f-'l wide at that point. H"t greater sf.e aiis learned only win n the crew dug Into It al right angles from the main tunnel. I toy I ogithe f ilu s I p. S LKM. f Ire. - Howard nine i. I fi, who escaped from the stale training school for boys hcrr, re I irned voiunliiHly to the histllu t Ion yetttcrday. Since malting his ejwupe Oh man had spent most of Mm time hiding in Ihe tbulM-rcl districts within a few miles of OREGON TRUNK 11 jthe school. He bud nothing to I nil. I Slates wus sdopted today cut except fruits and berries, he, by tin luteruatluiiiil Typographical Bill d. jU'llluu. Federal Figures Foresee . 16,852,000 Bushels Harvested SPRING WHEAT IS SHOWING BIG GAIN Potato Crop for Oregon to Surpass Last Year's; Hay Tonnage Increase Heavy. PORT! .AND, Ore. In spite of' some deterioration during July, due largely to very hot wenthnr, Ore gon's gruln crops are still found to op larger than I hey were last year. The same Is I rue of hay and po- . tatoes. tint tree fruits and grapea are either somewhat. Iea than In 1924 or about the same In pros pective yield. The prune crop will he hut a small fraction of a full yield. The hop crop is expected to be about the same as In 11)24. The following; statement shows the latest figures for 1926 com- pared with If 24, as reported by j the Division of Crop und Livestock Kstlmntcs. of the 11. 8. Depart ment of Agriculture.' I Oregon: Winter wheut 1915, fl, I7.12.n(i0 bushels; 191!4, 18.li36.000 bushels; spring .wheat, 19" 6, 10, I 120.000 bushels; 1UZ4, 2.4U.OOO bushels; all wheat, 1935, lH.8f2. 000 bushels; 1924. 15.4fiO.000 bush- eis. ' Aor.';A' n A""'r whut this year: 306,000;' lat year AffP.OOO; acrenge in spring Wheat this yejtr 57r,00ii; last year" 230.000; total acreage this1 year 881,000; lust year 1.099,000, All hny: 1925, 2,289.0(10 tons; 1924, 1.699,000 tons.. , ! ' 1 Potutocs: 1025, 4,990,000 bush els; 1924, 3.7K0.O00 bushels. Apples, total bushels: 1925, 6, O.tS.OOO; 19246,fOO,O00. it Following is slected comment s by correspondents; submitted by Frank Andrews .acting statistician for Oregon: Itenton County, Summit : Pas tures short on account, of drought. No ruin since June. Clnckaiuaa County. M o 1 a I I a: Spring wheat slightly daning-! by hot wave, but even so the crop will be about normal. The rjuallty of winter wheal Is above normal in this locality. The prospects are. for the heHt crop in years. Columbia County. Kutnler: No ruin has fallen here during 1 he past six weeks, curtailing aoincwhat the yield of spring grain and damag ing the potato crop considerably. The second crop of clover in most InKtauces is so poor that it Will be pastured, t 'orn is the only crop show Ing Improvement during I he mouth of July. Veronln: The hay crop wua good yield ami, quality. Apples and pears In the , valley, 1 -6 crop. I pland orchards full crop. Grain harvest commencing. Ita In for roots and gardens necessary as they are dry ing "p. Coos Counts. Ioru: Cut worms not menacing this immediate vicin ity, but are very bad lower down (Continued on Page Five.) SFATTLK. Wash. ( ty Ihe As sociated Pre. s) William Anttlei, aged 7 ii'iir.'i, binned to death rind property valued at 1 1 5. 'inn was d -st rov ed when un incend la r fi re swept the I My Lumber compuny plant five miles from Mount Ver non early today. Fires of smalt slicks and laths oil soak'! were set in four different places ut the smue time. The company's store, post of fice, und offices. i 1 1 in the name building, were ef royed. The lodg ing house in which Angles was uj-;h'-p burned. Three ot her incend hi ry fires at the plant u few weeks ago were ex Hngulshed, Typographical Union Seeks to Oust Carter K A LA M A . M I, Mich. I Hy the As- ho da ted press A resolution de. ntanding that f-orge II. Carter be ousted us public printer of the AGED IN IS BURNED TODAY Itcv. Itenjainlii 10. l-'wliig ts now In .uirge of federal proliltdt Jon cnfonitnent for the state of 111 Inois, following Uit ren total of thu former director, l'crcy Owen. Jto ifi an nrda!iu i mis tor In the Cnited Ilrtthrt'ii cliureli und Ids homo ts in Hlllstioro, O. XTRA wants ii;ht iti:m ci;i. WASHINGTON (AP)Thc llol glhu goicrmiicnt asked that the total of the. debt be reduced through computing of accrued n t crest at a rata lower than 4 ! iter ciHft m which I ho flrJIMt dent Iti terewt flguni, but no UMite- ii lent on that Miint has Immu ieac;i cd. The only agreement so far dis closed is that for a brief morator ium. TIio-iDtiiinKsinns remain far apart on other nutations hitolvcd, but both tides nrvr hoH'ful of an agieeiiu'iit without a prolonged discussion. ( TO NOMINATF, SKNATOIl OSHKOSII (AP The Iteptib lican slnti eiiienlloii mieiicd here today to nominate a candidate for ' tho stvit hi the Cnlte! StafH sen ate made ucnnt hy the dcatli of 1 J, a Toilette. Senator I .enroot, ill nn addnvss, urged that no man hos tile to President Coolldge Ix: se lected. VIOIJMST PASSFS. NFAV VOItK (Al Themlore INplcrjiig, violinist and nmiKi.srr, who was lo bine couduted an or chestra In Portland. Ore., this com ing season, died Tuesday In Munich following an operation, It was an nounced here today. PI.ANF'S t.S API! N AltltOW WASIIIN'tii'ON (AP tine na air phtiic ullli the liicMilliiu e Milliliift mil row l escaped destruc tion Inst night when an h'clM-rg ilrllte! tifMin it. Pl-ojcct to Pe liis!ected. ' MALUM, Ore- Members of the Oregon delegation In congress, in cluding Senators McNary and Stan field and Kepreseptal Ives Sin not I , j llawl" n nd Crumpacker, bft for liend Wlieie lliey w.l make an in spection of the I lefiehutef. irrigation piojecl. They w.ll lie joined ill liend bj Khea Lliper. .slat! ehgi-IP-er. The hicpeNtioii Is being; made under dlrecilons reindw-d from the feder.il goerninnt. Credit Men Criticizing Auto Concerns9 Policy (Hy Ionics P . Stewart) WASH INI II ON. f N KA H ml ) -- -The ii lit oi ll'il i !e 1 1 .il e im Hie III for S'lio- r:itbi svere ciiliciHiii lit the !".'. -Ill naliOllui ColiVelltlon ot i-iedil nn n lo'ie. Auto con cerns are extending too tnucii credit, lo the Injury of Hi" other bnsineHH and ot gteal number ot thos' it's et'nl'd to, ai'ordltig lo many of Ihe i onvntioii d de- j gut IS. I The Jfities family live; oil the uveragi A mer icun w age e-irtier's , (Milleiiu' of Labor SI a fist lea fig-1 lures) nt I ' I It a year. .loin-si I can't save utin h cet laluly pt enoiiMh lo pry ui-.li tor tin auto mobile, put he needn't p;y Csish. Me can buy on Die installment plan. It looks ea.sy. Jones is sold, Jones has mad- due allowance , for bis Installment a but not for find und oil anil ex) rns und re I pulls. AH put tugclhur, Ihcau It Three Killed at Salem Last Evening in Sen sational Jail Break , TWO GUARDS SHOT DEAD; ONE INJURED Oregon Jones, Notorious Criminal, Clain;- Tom Murray Wounded But Escapes. , ; ; WITH THK STATU POSSF, N F.Alt KII.VKHTON (fly the As. soclntod lrcwt) Three men 1 llcvctl to Ik fugitive convict were reported ern to vanish Into some bru..i Is tweet i Ntlvcrtnn and Pn t ni in ttMlay. Tlic msnc invcll gntel but fulled to find the men. KALHM (Hy the Awoclate-d Press) !mt Savage showed sonic improvement loday. His recovery Is expected, KAIiI'iM. Ore. (By til Awoelatod Iiess) Tlw regioii near Prntum, where flie tmvicts disapiHnrtMl, t)rislcd with guns totlny as Ore gon imliitgctl in an old time man hunt. Moro tlian 125 ikwkoiiicu aiv out with orders to "shoot to kill." A fMiMHlhlo Ohio was dtHelottod today In the robliery of a ganolino stiillou at SH vert mi w1iire a Icn-k waH shot off. W allien Pttlrymplo reiMirtcd today that ho saw an v on viet in a largo aiitomobtr fienr He lKdiei(s t'iie nuui Intended aid ing tho prisoners, HAM-JM. Ore. ((By the AJsociatea Press) National guardsmen, po lice, sheriffs' officers, penltentlury gourds and volunteers ore comb ing thu country around Salem to day for three convicts who escaped 1 1 "in imnun lum. nini in a ureas: in which two guards and one escap ing convict wero killed. Twenty stato troopers under thei command of Major Kllyea reported at diiyhrenk by tho governor's or- deputy sheriffs fropi Portland are . atd.ng in tho hunt : J. M. Hoi mall, 66, gunrd; John Sweeney. f9. guard; and Pert "Ore gon" Jones, escfiplng convict aro dead und Lute Kuvuffe, another gunrd, whs shot through thu body JiihI below the heart. Fllsworth Kelly, Jim Murray (Continued on Pago Five.) E CONSTANTINOPLE ( Hy tho Associated Press) Must apha Kc mal Pasha, president df the Turk ish republic, has divorced his wife, Latile Hanoum. No reasons were given officially but rumor has It t hut t he wife's desire to mix In mutters which were considered outside her sphere was the on use. She was known to" bo n believer In womun's rights. ; 1 ems pinch hint. He needs a new dress suit. Hiy wife needs u new ilress. The ba by n eds new shoes. Well, they can't have 'em not until tile car a paid for. Py this time the Jones' nre lfs. tint tly hard up. They havu to cut It out ent i rely -cheaper butter less milk, no meat some of the. low n on food per imps cut somo been lowered except that t hey ha a tMr. The result, thn critical credit mn iifty, is that business Isn't i,: good us It ought to be -except the auto bnsltp-si. It Isn't m-t unity bud in other tines, llullditijf activity und other nice things more or less tiftsot tho Jones' flimhclnl stringency. Nevertheless, ticcuidlug to credit meti,-always excepting the automo bile credit men, Isn't, us Kuud us it would be If un over-extension of ciedit hadn't Induced Jones lo buy vur be couldn't afford. QUITS SPDUS