La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 13, 1925, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextThursday, August 13, 1025. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER "' Pao Five Local News In Brief COMlNft EVENTS NclliKhorhood Flub jt'ntnn coun ty flower show Hepteiuhur 2. a O run do Public Schools open September 14. Here Shopping- Mis. IF b Hill, of Teloeaset, wua shopping in Fa. Grande tills itiuriiinK. Sim returned to her home on train No. 2F kM"k(K Home In Portland Mrs. L. lllrlew and dauKUter, 'Mif?s Myrlc Ihrlow, lett thla. morn inn for Portland, where they will make their home. ltetiirns to I .a CJrnnde W. I,. Overly has returned to ,a Grande, where-he is employed niter several days spent at Hunt ington visiting his lie and son. Here on ISusliiess Hoy Oliver is vlsltins In Fa Gtunde u tew days with relatives -and trans tet mi,' business - here. Mr. Oliver Is roiu Portland, Ke turns Home TtHlay- Alter a wet U In Fi tlrnndo , the house guest of Mrs. H- G. Avery Mis. Ivuil Carpenter lett today for her home- at Baker - Hei-o Kitun linker F P. Lottrldue. of the Kasterh' Oregon Fight and Power company, of Baker, is a business visitor to Fa Grande today. llere This Mornlni; Mr. and Mrs. IV Madden, of Portland, were in l,a Grande this morning on their way to 10 1 Tin. where they have a form. - They will be there three or four weeks. Home Pmm Por t laud ? Mrs. George Gray and daughter, M iss Berniece G ru y,- ret u rned to their home here thin morning af ter a trip to Portland, Hen- Shopping Myron Lyons, accompanied by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary ear ner, or Union, were shopping In Fa Grande yesterday, They returned to their homo ktst evening. I,cft on .Motor Trip The Bev. and Mrs. S. W. Crea-S'-y and daughter, Margaret, left this morning on a motor trlp-to the coast. They expect do bo ";'.o about ten days. Ketiinis to Pendleton Mrs. .1. If... Thompson, who has , been visiting In Fa Grande for the K past week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Brace, has , returned to her homo in Pendle . ton. Felt For Cnllfornltt The liev. and -Mrs." Klmer Grant Keith, accompanied Jev their dau ghter Mary, left today by auto lor Beaumont, California, where t hey will ma Ue -their home. Keith has accepted a pulpit thofe. t.ierc. ' At Wnllnwn lnkis Hoy Currey of this city with G ...c .'.tieii, former city man per of I 'I. Grande and more re 1 "til ly in the same position at G ramie Junction, 'olorado left this morning to spend a few days at Wallowa Fake. , , VMis Here Two Days Mrs. M. Brnms and small son. Barton, returned to their honie at I nion Junction this niorniusr.. ijf ter visiting Jn, .Fii Grande fr tt,fto biys at the home of Mrs. K. II. Pryor. Bet n rned Fast F.euhrr , Or, A. I,. Ulcbardson. nccomp iiii td bv Mrs. Barley Biclvirdson, returned to Fa. Grande last evening ' ihree days in Portland. Or. Bichanlsnn went to Podthind on business and Mrs. Illchardson vi sited her mother there, i ' - ... . Here From Pendleton Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Dean, of 'hico. California, are here visiting Mrs. I lean's, broth era. Fester Fat (iii and C. J. Futon fur a short time, Thy have also visited ot her northwestern points, inel inl ine 'i'acoma. Seattle nd Puyallup. McKIBBlN Hals For Fall Newest Shades Latest Styles Just in Today. Select yours now! $4.85 TO $6.85 Hals of Quality Clint s Clothiery The Wore wall Couai-liuce -t WiiBhincion. Mr ," 1 ii-anH sinter and MrH. Deana' hroihcr will ac company lhem bai'k to Fuiifornhi tlie first of next weeU, Helm ns Home to Nnmpu I Mis. Flu Mcpherson returned to j her home in Nam pa, Idaho this morning after visiting for one months in La Grande at the home of Mr. and Mis. T. H. Maxwell. '. i ' Hmne From Fonhoacti Mr. and Mrb. AI Hoy una dnuch- ter. Constance, and s-m, Alfred, returned to their home In Fa Grande this morning, after two wi'idis spent tit l.oiiBbeach, Wanh tngton. ! How - From Pendleton Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thompann and small daughter Zona, of Pnd- i letnn, were In Fa Grande yester day. They were fjuestB at the J home of Mr. Thompson's sister I Mrs. Gcor?- Itrace, Return From Oimpiii' Trip Mrs. Murtraret Oliver, of Port land, who has he.-n visit in vt re latives here. Mrs. Will Adler and daughters Miss Genevieve. Mrs. I toy duller end Miss Marjorle WallKinger. have returned to I. a Grande, after two weeks spent camping near Kaiuetu. To Visit Ihur liter Me.'and Mrs. K. T. Kenrtifl. of Pendleton. irc in l.n Grand" this ni'irnfng on t bed- way to Fnter P"Ih to visit their daughter. -Mrs. "Fl. Hi won, wio Uvea tbei-f. They expect to remain . at Enterprise three or four weeks. "- ; suffering for ruin. Spring oat At Ontario Today iad w,eat have been considerably . P. II. Baldock. State hiirhwny damaged by heat-and drought. Po dlMision engineer with ofiicin here, tntoes. need rain badly. pastures went toMintarlo today on basiness. 'jjhort. Can not tell how spring lie was aoeompini"d as far ' n grain will turn , out. . Home . oo Baker by F. G. BleUmore, nlao short to cut. " employed in the state highway of-1 flees here. ! Personal Mention and Mrs. 1 here on Perkins, of Hain business today. es ur Miss I. nth Conner arrived in l.n Grande from Cnion this morning and will visit Miss Myrtle Wil cock for several days. WALLOWA JUNKET POPULAR; MANY SIGN FOR TRIP Chairman , have , been selected for each of Hie main tops to be made by the chamber of eommer ee cannon tin the get-acquainted trljj to Wallowa county . next Tues dae and Wednesday. ' F, I j. Meyers wljl.be chairmen of the banquet at l-'n t erprise, Til"S day evening, Warren Gilbert at Joseph Wednesday noon: and I r. W. T. J'hy at Wallowa, Wednesday evening. - All three men as well ua com mitters at the various points are working on programs and Rome snappy, stuff has been' promised. Many reservations for the trip have already been made anil In dications are that the caravan will be an unusually large one. Final reservations for the trip must be placed wit h Karl Bey nobis at the chamber of commerce not later than Id o'clock Monday morning. W. B. I . I )oilson, manager of t)ie Port land Chamber of. Com merce and Dcaii Bobbins of the Business Administration school of the Cnlversity of Oregon have; out last winter. We have no pas been invited to make the trip. tore on account of lack of rain. . Op-n air is good for people, but don't keep your teeth out In the open loo long at a time. THE EARlJY WHEAT CROP MAY BETTER 1921 YIELD ffontiniied from Pat? One,) tli valley. Ju.st marling hiiidliiK DcmcIiuIch Fount y. itcdmnnd: There Ih not much demand for farm labor t preucnt. The first cut of nlialla i about completed. Grain not ready to cut. and Second crop of bay not ready for 10 days or ao. Water and hot weather are making- our crops come along. Jionulns Counts- Klk'ou; The conddlon of cropa huB been poor thU year. J Oakland: Pasture la dry as usual. 'Fall (Train not quite us good as ex- pet toi. Heut hua hurt some spring eraln. the later plantings. Gilliam County. Condon: Wheat crop damaged i0 to 66 per cent by unusually hot summer. Owing to winter freeze out of all wheat in Sherman. Gilliam, Morrow and Wasco counties, spring grain had to lake tli o place of fall sown wheat, and the result was disas trous. The crop In Gilliam coun ty will average about 9 bushels of wheat and 15 bushels of barley to the acre. Hood KUer County. Hood Hlvcr: Apples will be larger than usual this year, but the lightest crop ever gmwn in this section. Fake County. Fukevlrw: Hot dry weat lier has cut the yle!d of all kinds of grain, also pf Jiay. Lane County. Creswell: A very wet spring and a dry summer made the growing and harvesting con ditions extremely favorable. The lute fronts and cold rains during blossom time damaged all fruit to a greater or lesser degree. Finn County. Albicny: Hot sun ( has Injured the spring Oats crop t badly. Corn is nol'iip to the usual condition. It hiw been extremely hot In this section during the month ' of July for the Willamette valley No rain since early June. Corn is Lebanon: Dry weather cutting spring wheat, oats, and . pasture short. k Halsey: tjite spring oats are somewhat damaged by the dry hot days of the past month. Prob ably so per cent yjeld. Mnrlon County. Silverton: Due to clover drying out lat summer. there was only about 26 per cent of i the usual acre ige of clover. but there was about t 60 per cent vetch and oatM In Its nlace. which irave a good yield. The present stand of clover for next year Is fairly good. Scotts Mills: The hay crop of all kinds Is over, and our second crop can be bad. j ; " -; . .Multnomah County, Portland: The red raspberry season Is over in (this vicinity. The long dry spell we are having Is knocking the 'dairymen out of a kale-crop. The cut worm is iwmerQus two miles !' north of here. Sherman County. Wasco. T am estimating spring wheat at 8t) per cant (if what it would have made had it not been for the' extremely hot weather the last of Juno and the fore part of July. Some of tt ha.s been harvested and is running from 15 to 2f buslmls, yer ucre, and a m w fields, going iis high as 3n bushels. Nealy all of H is light in weight. ., Fniatilln County. Hermlslon: Al falfa is practically the -only crop- grown here. Winter killing injured .'nine fields but the extra hot weather brought the tola.l yield ii) to average. Wallou a County. Joseph : The hot weather has cut the yield and quality of fall wheat all over the county. H-hlimbMi County. Portland : The wheat is yielding light. There are praet leu II y no winter oaLs around Ibis community, as It froze j The total registration of mo tor driven vehicles In the city of Havana. Cuba, Is 17. OM. BIRD CATCHES THE ER Factory to Vou Money5 Saving ' Sale Glass Drugs Inc. La Grande, Oregon 'OHTIiANI. .MAHKF'IS. POi. ti.AM. ore. (AP) r- Sleers and calves steady, cows weak, liogs steady, with Monday, sheep steady today. ' Kggs weak. Butter and butterfat firm. " 111 'PI Fit FAT. HAN FltANClHCU (AP) - But- terfat (iuc here today. . PORTFAM FKAIN MAKKFT P O U T F AN t ' , Ore. (AP). Wheat Hard white B. W. Baai t. soft while, August l,i7. septem- ber $1.6(J; western white, Augist 11.674. September H.T.G; hard wlnter. August $1.67, September Jl.ftfii noitliem spring, August $ 1 .64, September .western .,',11 rel, August $1.52, Septcmbc $1.52: BBB. hard white. Augliol $1.00. September $i.rj. Oats No4 2 white feed, $.11, September $31; No. $30.50, September $;io.GO. August : giay, MAItKFTS AT A Gl.ANCF. I N F W Y O K K ( A P .St 01-kH . Irregular: rails strong; nine, oils' at new lows. Bonds Firm: C. &. O. convert-! Ible 5s at 1 1 T -i a new high. ( Foreign exchange Fasy allied rill y-1'"1 "BBntiy. Cotton Advanced: high perutures causing shedding. Higar Easy; commission house 1 selling. . . i once i.owei , easier nrazina.i market H I C A G O (AP). Wheat .Strong; bullish situation. Corn-1-Declined: good rains. Cattle Irregular. lemand. ' PUMPER is PURCHASED TOR CITY (Cmitliiued frniii Page fine.) I , Markets were considered on the bid ba:;is republican nomination Tor Flitted and both i bids were the Haini'.i,ntut(.s senator In the primaries next $i:t,5IHi. Final specifications fur 8i,rng. He .stated be was In Hie the machine were fixed up Hits morning with the factory repre sentative of the Slutz people and the engine will be on Its wuy shortly. ' Ficon-.! Issued. Booming house license was is sued t O 'Su ra h F. Ma guess 1 o conduct an establishment at LI 1 1 7 C bestir it uvtuiue aod a license to operate a pool hall and cur' I room was granted to Toy Y filing. July bills were presented, approv ed and allowed. The city attorney and the- city manager reported that t hey h-.il Investigated, the damage suit for $ 7. Sua filed by Green und Hess for Ami" It. MIonniM'l'hit. exeeil- - AII - H FRUIT ' :VI ' ' '. tlve of the estate of Feroy lllooiu ! (ttist, deceased and considered that the city had incurred no 11 jttbilKy, I The franchise of the Home In 'dependent Telephone company was extended among other minor matters- of business before the com mission adjourned until 1 o'clock today to consider . I lie plans for the remodelling of the city building- submitted by C. B. Mllku the architect. ! Fhvtncu Aic Hosts. -All this business was taken erne of last evening after the commis sioners had enjoyed a hearts sup per with the paid firemen an 1 the volMiiteers, In the room at the rear of the city building. Trout, fried brown and sav ory was the main course of the dinner. The fish were provldi d by the firemen along with the rest of the feed. The matter of the new fire equipment was, discussed with Un ci gars and In general t he ban quet was devoted to a good al the way around. tinu GUARDSMEN JOIN TODAY IN MAN HUNT (Continued from Tnge One.) and .lames Wilio.s ar' at large, all heavily armed, but pursued b posses, Oregnn .Jones was shed dead by .Tohn I avtson. tifi, frontiersman anil veteran prison guard, Just as Jones was going oxer the prison wull. Warden Oulrympte wounded Murray with a shotgun. Getaway Well Executed. Jones. Hllswort h, M urray ami Willos cut their way throiiRh ' Hie roof al t lie dinner hour, reached the ground and entered the turn key's office, overpowered guards u,t:,u " '"- " and anuntinltlon in the arse- nal. They sliot the guards In tower Vrt 1 unit wi.ni oi.f Hin will). The convicts then ran to the in sane nospuai wnere nicy com-iniindt-ered a-taxi which took them to Pratum, nine miles east of Sa lem, where they bound and gagged Driver Zina Zinn und C. V. Ivitts, hospital attendant, who bad snnif m Hied a taxi to remove his be longings from the hospital. The convicts took clothing from the men and $400 from 1 villa. 'Ann said Murray was wounded in the right arm and side by u shotgun. Oregon Joned, Kellv-and Murray 'are the three men who staged the -Lin"; last prison break ibout a year ago. Kelly and Murray were recaptured after a week of liberty but Jones 1 waK nn returned to prison until lwo munUis later, Kt'GFXK, Ore. (By the Associ ated -Press) Fane county officers, fearing Murray's knowledge of j.nne county migiu icuu me ues - neradoes to attempt to go through. igon. patrolled the. highways all ,,,711, i"imiu. nf,in;o niMn"i t "'' .SIIF.MWAVS 1 1 AT IX ItINC ' PK.IH,F'I'(N, Ore. - Alva B. Shumway of Millon, joint repre j sentatlve rrom Final ilia and Mor jrow rnunties, verified the report i t hut he will be a candidate of the race in opposition To Senator witti fjebt and will have his platform completed few daVH. for publication within Mr. Shiimwav defeated William Barratt of lleppner fur the repnb- lican nonrimitioti for joint repre- seiitatlve in primary and bad no opposition In the ejection. He is a dirt farmer and Is active In hov- eral farm organizations. Arcade TODAY M(itli(!i-s-in-I.aw have had their day on 'stage and screen now it's Father's Day. And the old hoy is a SCREAM! ALSO LEGION MUSICAL COMEDY CO. All New Show FRIDAY AND SATURDAY COIUNNK CKIFl-ITU In The Marriage Whirl Rich Cinnabar Vein ; Discovered in Alaska K FTC II I K A N, Alaska, (AP) Gorduu Beet bs, here this summer on Ins way to Seattle to buy sup plies, reported that he had made a rich strifte of cinnabar, the chief ore' of' mercury, on the Kuskok- wlni Itiver In southwestern Alas- kit 'itni miles from Bethel, a town at the mouth of the stream. Hclurtt the 1'niied States bought AUis.ta from Bussia in lt7, Uus siaus made good profits by re co. e. uirf mercury trom cinnabar floating near the mouth -t the speed on u straiKtu wan that KusUukwim utter u landslide. Theyleaused inuny a spectator's heart to used, u retort made from an old's a heat or two. boiler. Kvery attraction on the mam. In laao the property on which "Oi Joy one was liberally pu 'Beetles has made his discoveries j tronlncd and if the remarks of the passed into possession of 'Vitinu. bar" MacOonald niter he hud sou ght for 2H years the source Of rich specimens he 'had found. He was frozen to death four winters aKO. , l.ust wilder Beetles Investigated the property extensively and locat ed three veins. ' He tound Mac Oomt Ida's body directly over one of the veins. Apple and Pear Crops Large, Report States CHICAGO (By the Press). Ab inula nee of Associated apples and pears is about to make up for big railing off In available supplies of peached and grapes. The government tttireau of agrl ciill ure economics Wednesday re ported a probable Increase of 1.-u:t-l,iMia carloads , of oppcs this season, compared with the amount expected a montli ago. As for P"ars, New York and Oregon have each netted a gain of one hun dred thousand bushels since J un reports were I ss ue d . and. t h e re Viave ulso been increased in 16 oth er balding states - The. banner state for apples just now Is New York, with an Incre ase ol 2U ptir cut over the July forecast and with a prohahlo ! ag gregate, of 4.nsn,oot) barrels. '" j Washlnton's euulvalent Ih 2.14. OiMt barrels fewer than July Indic ations, and California lost 161.000. Peaches are f,74iMioo bushels below litst season's -crop. 1 low ever, California shippers are tak ing ndvnntngc of diminished pro duction in the east, and have for. warder! about (Ui per cent more peaches than tip to this time last season. Meanwhile grape shipments are not increasing as rapidly as a year ago, und It Is estimated that, owing to unfavorable weather iu ! the last m on Hi. t he grape crop I has been reduced 1 IlO.oyu tons chiefly in ( 'all! o ruin, but also in Pennsylvania,. Michigan and New York. . . , - , (nn,Ml (,,,.MVV I , , Snnre Speeder- Scorching mo tor ils ari' being frowned on by London magistrates. During the j first three mouths of this 1267,3 we.re. ju'osecnted in the Met- ropullfaii disl net whom 'M0 were lor collvicli ding. ol Fp worth I. cui;iie Institute Open COTTAHK flltOVK,. Ore. The) f it Ii annual Fpwoi Hi League" in stitute for the southern dlst rlct 'of j the . Oregon conference opened 1 beiM in the Methodist camp meet- 1 ing tabernacle and. will continue until net Monday. Dr. I. M. liar.. uIk' - 'H of-. Kansas Oily, who was one; oi i ne cviiiigfiisis ai i ii e receni : P meeting hebl here, will j speak e.ieb night. In addition lm several services each day. t here j will be athletic events of var.l-j i ous kinds, The delegates wllllFej In tents upon the camp grounds,) wlo-re all meals will be served, j "Dare Devil" Riders Prove Diff Attraction One of the feature ill t racl Ions with Snapp Brothers shows which opened hero Monday night under the auspices of the local baseball club for u week's engagninent is the Devil's Saucer. Hundreds of local amusement fans paid this atlrac lion a visit lust night and were well entertained by "Cannon BnU" Bell, America's foremost dare-devil mo torcycle rider. He gives a thrilling exhibition of trick und rancy rill ing while going at break mele visitors were any criterion to go by, the big Midway will be taxed to Its utmost capacity to handle the crowds, Mat Guy's high dive brought forth a riot of applause and spec tators conceded It to be a most sen sational attraction. Buster Bay's sensational Twirl of 1 lent h was well received und the youngster received IBs well merited appluu.se. Kvery all ractlon vim well patronized and much favor able comment was heard. Kvery attraction on the joy aone. enters to the entire family and there are no ''men only" shows carried as I he Snapp Brothers slogan u I way a bus been that any show that was not ( flt for u i,Uy Was not ill lor u gen- tleniun. SCOTT SUIT TESTIMONY COMPLETED (Continued rrom Pngo one.) w'hleh was In Scotl's etap book. Wurd H. Peck, Mis. Scott's coun sel, directed questlonliig toward It We" Buy for Less We Sell for Less A snfc place lo buy, npl i sun idace to sum. If you will look nt our window display you will find Unit our, prices are tlmv towc-d iu l.n . (iinnile and lclui(y, for cblldrcii. nu n, ladies 11ml The New York Store DESTROYERS OF. HIGH PRICES 1216 Adams Ave. 2 Extra Good Used Gar Bargains 1921 SIMX'IAL .TYI'R A SEDAN - Vclour upholsterinfr, tires, spolliKht, rear view min-' ror, liunipers front and rear; run only 7,000 miles;' perfect condition throughout. - 1925 FOIll) COtH'E ! ?!)7 in extras; run only 2500 , miles. Mechanically-ns good as new. Looks like new. .. COME IN! ; Jennings & Shumate; Iiuick Sales and Service FINISHED MODELS A Mile of eilllildltlecy models or FllHets Sets, Scm N, Fuiu-ln'fMi SetH. Piih slips l.iimerle, I tilth ami l-'mt Towels and other articles -uiinhle hir showers well- ( dlims ami hltlhdav Hilts, etc. SlaiiiM'd floods on Sale. Art & Baby Shop "FVI-UVTIIINf) VOK TIIK UAHV til': West dacohson Fldn. Adams Aw. The Light Of Western Stars A raraniount Picture STAR i in an appim-nt et'rort ' to 'leurn vhether there was drinldng u board the steamer Cristobal f on the etingressional tour to l'anmti in 1 Gilbert Benslnger. of Wash rug ton, in deposition denied evtu tuiv Ing misconducted himself with Mrs. Scott. 1 :r: TITLE MEN AT -ENTERPRISE (Continued from Page One.") Hough, of Albany and Mr. Htek, of Salem, spent last night iu Fa Grande on their way to the Con- ( ventlon. B. F. Wylde and C M. : Humphries, local abstractors will ! attend. Fpert Killed in combine TIIK DAFI.FH. Ore. Frank C j Shoemaker, 4f. was uiaiiairled by ! the machinery of a combine on J t be Piei son brothers' ranch ii-ar i Moro and died there. Shoemaker had crawled into a part of ;the ! combine to reach oil cups when a j s't screw on a rapidly whirling ! shaft caught his sleeve, pulling j him Into the nush of gears. His buck was broken and his situ 11 j fractured, Shocm-ukcr was 'Un- married and resided on a home- ! stead near Moro. He was known , in Sherman on combines. county as un expert HOTEL ASTOO 2nd & Hill Lot Am.UV EVERY ROOM hat PRIVATE TOILET 50 & BatU N'ew, MoHefn 1 i Close to Shopping District and Theatres j FREE GARAGE Tariff fiom $I.5(J BI V THIS HOME Modem A-riMuti house hear Island City high way acixjss fam llio Htnngw Mill.-, l'rlcc 92AUU.OO. Tcriiii. We liftvn scvoral gothl lots ii ear the Willow School for snle. I'msj tri tus, or wo will build you ft sum 1 1 home anil sell on very easy laj nientH. House and barn and two acres neur Willow Kctiool, Irf't ns show you tills place WEEKS & LAC KFAirons New . Foley Bldg. Insurance - Ijoauti rmi It nit't ! 'iu M JJi-.ua "i ST A It IS FRIDAY Ml