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Thursday, Jane 17, 1926. T GSANDB EVENING-: OESERVER ijocal News In Brief tXillHP EVKJTTB Julie 41 School clcvUun at Oulrfcl bulimnc. ' - July t 14. 15 and 1( Frm IIomediakrMi'- Institute oa4er ausplsa.Tue Observer. July a. S3, S4 Ummuloa of MortUimt liral laiala aaao- elation 'la Im Graade. Sept. 33, 'S. 34, and tA daloa county -fair at Elgta, Ore. - H'isttliig Hcr lmiiKlilcr ft Mm. C.- po'rnoy Is hero from Ojr- u.-n. I'lali, for a visit ,' with, hor jJuUElilur. Ml C. B. i(tttt. (Uitl by radar's IUmwa ! .Mr. mid' Mrs. A'. V. Copplu havo sone to Tortland, culled by thu l.rlniiM IlllillSS Of Mr. CODDle'fl fll- itlicr. ' hctiiniK tu Walla Walla J After spending two weeks Urn. W. A. Sums, -Mrs. M. J, returned to her homo .'.ut '-. (Sulla this morning. .'.' ! with l.ehn iluliis III Portland ; ; Curl O. Helm, district attorney, Is III ForUainT today on business.! He probably will intend ; the . sob- ion of the nine Lodge of Musons, j uuellng Int. I'ortalnd. '-.,::. III City from Enterprise' . Mr. and .Mrs. W. J. Ortmnn. ; of ilnterprlse,- aro In Kay Orandv. tovj Jiiy, registered at the Homim-r no tel. " . '- '' '''.''. privhqr Home, fro.,, Coast- :'- Mr. und Mis. William H. mauls Mopped In town lust night on their f u,tuwf1 "; ' afr wiThome'lV liutte. : - Mom. ; Thry "srloulturi. ,.t. the-, , eolle, ic ' .. . .. . . ..M1II -nnenil the summer mo iray nom iirTidc a ii Utr,trl.U.tP .!). COast.. ifimie HiK. Morning .. '' .T,.n i:r"V" r o,.ie T.v after l.J.dl. yesterday In -L Grande on buslncH. - . To KlKhd on llusln.-: . , U-. - Mis. Alary V l ioWa. ,hl. niornlng on bus lies Hho for merly do her Home ut Llgln.-. A Ml". l'4lijvyi .Mrs. iji'iilt s-Slstcr Here- tilse Johnston, of .Thel Dulles. I, here Willi her sister, Mrs.-,, iA, M M a. Stinger, .-ri.,l cunty, who Is. oyer ng:df Unonvnl) .; , Arrived . this from a siiajor operation ut. - the Grand Itlindu hospital. To Hnlw4 this Morning .Mrs ifulnli Hull hrtd son, George. i went to itohw. Ida., this morning.-. To. Visit at Baker -. When llp-y will visit for 'about- six . Mrs.,N. Nelson went to Baker on weeks wtlh Mra, Hull's mother; Wills morning's . trnln lo visit Mrs. ' ' - -' t'hurlpa Ward, who Irat the homo To Visit JJIU" . .. . I of her. mother ther-3. Mr. and Mrs, Zoi- l.etinre, or-Klglri, was lllj Ward ore .' the parents of a baby the elty tliis'ifiortiiiti? dn her'wuy to. son liorn to (hem Juno 1 nl llu- Vnlon lo w.lslt her mother. Mrs. .niilson. $ Home tlibuMoniliig , ; Miss Afice ,luriiiurdt, county grunge meeting will bo held ut health nlise, :.' returned.'? to :'1.a'-Medical. Springs a week from I Ida Urande thja mornliig nrter sevcrul: Hutiininy. Juno St.-.- All . of the days In I'aillaiid und -Salem . om granges In the county will be re - business, I. ..' r ' I presented at. the .meeting. : t : - - .. : : ' ' To Vhlt Mr. West ; Home for Summer Monllw Mr. iiml'Mrs. Thomas Kudgn andi Mlra Anna-Mary McKlnley pai llielr ilauijliter, Mrs. H. K. West, led through the city this morning ;-ho Is hefe from Condon, Oregon,! on her tyay home to Joseph from ;went in Hot Luke . this nioiiilng. Sulem, Oregon, where she has been here theat will spend the month attending . Wllluniclto University. ivllh Mr. West, who Is In the hos- she will spend the summer moid ha 'yltal there;'. , i with her 'parents, at Joseph. - jloiiM- froii I'nlvcndly Met . Wltlt IVtilt tirowiers ii Miss IjJNIla Guskllli- tvho has :c; L. Long, extension horlleul lust conuipted her sicohd year at' turlst from the Oregon Agrlciil Ihe 1'nlvejslly of Oregon, relumed tunil college, was here yesterday to l.a Graiuo tills morning snd will: and met with the Imbler fruit Spend thcjsummcr- here with hergrowers On blight control and the parents. (Hiss Gasklll stayed at handling of arsenate of lead sprays Kugenu ,-iger tho commencement for apples. He hit last night for Yesterday and Today The Store $ Was Filled OF QUALITY WEARABLES AT CLINT'S Gigantic Money Raising Sale Wc Have Only Just Started! I TOMORROW Will tBc Another Great Day of Value-Giving, and ire call your attention to Friday's Extra Special. 1 FRIDAY, JUNE 18TH 4 MEN'S WORK SHIRTS Friday, June 18th, wc will sell Blue and Grey Chambray Work Shirts, full cut and triple stitched, for only $ 59c 2 (Limit, 2 to each customer) I WATCH FOR OUR DAILY I SPECIALS i SALE CONTINUES I DAHA the store with a conscience" . MenVand Boys' Outfitter of Quality Clothes exercises Monday. Hho stopped In Portland yesterday. , She Is major Ui( In music at the university, VUUta at Hakrfw Mrs. Luclen Dougrlns and small son. Donald, are vlsitlnit at llaKer for a few days with Mrs. Douglus' sister, Mrs. Allen Wright. Ilome from Whitman I Miss llulh Hcott, who returned homo from Whitman college lust evoninir, will return to Walla Wallu to work this summer utter n two weeks vacation with her parents I here. . I - Trtcgraph Kuperlntrixlent Calls I E. A. Kllppel, of I'ortland, suii I erlnlcndent of tho telegraph, made un Inspection visit to the O.-W. It. i N. yesterday. He extended his trip to the branch last evening. This morning ho returned to I'ort land. . , On Way to Watlowa Lake " Mr and Mrs. John Hchool field, .ttt .Hottfttn' U'nRhltipfnii .. n In Walla,!.,,. ,v.tht ntnrnl,,ir nil lltM u-nv to Wallowa Lake'; where they will spend a ' few ..iiy.ys yaeatlonlng. rrotii;tlierc.th'cy will drive through Idaho.;-: .''', yu bn Sister, '' MrJ t c Bride passed through i.a Grundo this inornlng on her i way to, Josfpli. where ne will visit .jvrv uuuui iw "vulvB w mi uer.BiS' ter.-MrR Stephenson, " "--- ' Home, from O. A.C. ' V ' Vli irgll W. .Wallslnger has return- " 1,"' ." , .. r..i,.., go. Ho ."" .ny -on .lie. will -spejid the summer months ut , here,.- W"l Vlsl, KlKtcr ll. ' Mrs. A. V. Hanford has returned- hcr h ,lerR.lrom , lMUe city. Utaji; wbero she visited for Z?."L . . L L.Z. I nyV MT Sno ' vIMt her hero for ubout wocta ., Hero from Iowa - . .i ..ti .w.nnM- Ar i.,..irrii.i To morning for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Mary Goodman, of La Grande, snd brothers, Lon nnd Jacob Wag- Uur. ; Their homo Is In I -a uruiide i'.tiiMkiiM f.rjiii'je M14..L Selilvlllll'd The regular quarterly Pumonu With Buyers Umatilla county, where ho I hold ins a meeting today. Tuesday ho was in Malheur county. ' Home front Normal Miss Ivy Uinman. of Iinbler, pussed through thu city this morn ing on her wuy home from Mon mouth, Oregon, where she has Just completed her first yeur at the Oregon Normal school,. Blio will spend the summer at her home at Imbler.' On Way Homo from Portland "Mr. and Mrs. 1-1 . McKlnnls wero In I,a Grande this morning on their way home to Wallowa from Port luiid, Mrs. McKlnnls has been visiting In Portland for tho past two weeks. Mr. McKlnnls Joined her there about two weeks ago. PUliIng Today Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Newton and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Mux-field and little sons, Wendell und Myron, went to Itondowu on the brunch line irnln this morning, to spend the duy fishing nnd picnicking. They will return homo this eve ning. Iteliirn from Kuge Mr. nnd Mrs. C. 11. Belts return ed to their home hero last night after a trip by auto to Eugono and other Western . Oregon points. They drove up the MeKensle river nnd visited nt Kcd Lodge for n few days and stopped at Kugetio, where they were joined by their son, Glf ford, who uocompiiited them back to l.a Grande. He Is u University of Oregon student, and will spend the summer months at his homo hero. ,j - looking Over Olhil I load - Professor R H. 3raf. -of the Ore gon Agricultural college,- und.: Mr. Wardell of tho Gus and toka oom puliy of Portland, wero in tile city yeslerdny. They w-ere looking over the oiled sections of hlgliwuy 'here. They aro -especially. Interested ill the sections where Gnaco, a by product of the Portland company, was used. Professor Graf does rc unurcli work for the company dur ing the summer months. . Home this livening Missimrothy Klrhy will bu hoiiic this evening from Kugene,, where sho hus Just conipletid her . third year a the University of Oregon. She started home several days ago but stopped at The Ilulles to visit for. a few days. She will spend the summer ut home here nnd return to the university In the full. Miss Murjorie Klrby, wiio is un Oregon Agiieuiturul college student, re turned home iho lust of lust week. CANDY STORE OWNER TAKEN (Continue. From VtiF 1.) twHvfi in tho Ice box. twclvo on tho counter and twelve on the soda fountiiln. ' ; . .. . ,.w Just outHltlo the rear door pf tlio oonfcctlohcry invest iBiittirs found a burri'll contuinhiK' etuiullne. pojiuo Hntnon una .1111 s;r pnnu-u. ThL'ijo . prlntH. Chli'f oC Jelfctlvcs Oil lie sutd would bu compared with prints found Inside thu wrecked, building. 1 '. v ; . - ici;iti:iu.s mAii:i NliW, YOUK (A P). Iceberg were blamed for the quick drop of tin degreca in the temperature liere yesterday. , Several ships re-- cently ha ve reported Hlghtlmr them il. would he unwise for hcr to play In the Atlantic within t,UUU miles' so soon aMer her recent operation of New York.. .for appendicitis. ' V "THE PHANTOM BULLET" Comcdv "TRANSIENTS IN ARCADIA" An O'Henry Story COMING CLARA In "THE RUNAWAY" SUNDAY BOW A Win. DcMille Production for Paramount CITY DEALS' CARNIVALS HEAVY BLOW (Continued from Pago 1) The city commission, followlitfr u imnrtor of an hour's dacusalon, stumped his actions with Its soul of approval and passed a motion to rHmburso tho.; Kronen snd .tou cher Ore son - shows for license money expended for tho period bo irtnnlnff when tho ahows were clos ed down. This means a refund to tho curnival of about twothlrds of tho money paid tho city for I loon-! hps for tho 16 concessions In qucs tlon. In the opinion of bo mo of the city officials, tho entire proceed-1 injts is the reaction following the closing down of punchboards, pull boards und slot machines In l.a Orundo. A petition, signed by near ly 100 : business men, wus filed ngulnst carnivals a few duys ago, this petition, representing a pouorful clement of La Grande's citizenry, started the ball rolling. JurtmllcAou UxpUJned Tho petition called upon the commlMslon to bur curnlvala from the city. An opinion given by Oily Attorney George T. Cochran an nounced Unit this Is not within the jurisdiction of the city dads but that the commissioners could re gulate the operations or shows or carnivals within tho city's corpor ate limits. - 1 . v , Jiurnig tho OujuchhIoii lust night all. three commissioners . voiced their opinions of carnl-als. Com missioner Charles Playlc said thut guines of science, nnd skill. If dis approved -of by th town, shouldn't bo. permitted (o operate. .President A. T. Hill agreed. Commlmlonor It, 1'. Lahdls-said there wero de vices In operation at the carnival Owl are worse than punchboards and that It Is hot fair thut they operate contrivances , that involve any clement Of chance. ",-' . Cfirtiivftl Man WokH A rcprescntatllve of the carnival was present and declared that the olty manager had gone through the list of conccftHlons before they were opened iim) had given them his ap proval. City Munagor Crews em phatically denied thut ne had paus ed approval on the games. He said that ho looked over tho concessions and thn called the carnival men's attention to tho provisions of the local ordinance governing tho mat ter and that they took out . licenses In spite of tho law, . V: Mewrnv To .Make 1 Kef 11 ml - City Recorder J. K. Hteurns was Instructed to "ihake tho license re fund to tho carnival after It had closed all, shows here and had cleaned up all rubbish from the streets. Mr. Htearns announced that he would linve the check ready by" eight o'clock Sunday morning and would give It to the carnival providing all mutters had been properly utlendcd to. Several other minor inatlerH und, routine business wus uttended lo during the commission mooting. '' This morning it uua stild t tin L ijtlu carnival han employed un out' side luwyer and' Intends to start action of some nut lire: Whut tin- curnivul conteiiiptules , Is not known. ; hi;ij; wo.vt PliAV - PAltlH. Juiie 17. A1') HeWi Wills. American lawn tennis ehamplon, will not play In thu Wimbledon tournament which begins Monday, her mother an nounced today. A cullle meaHagc from lr, Wills, .Helen's father, said HOOT GIBSON -IN- Hoot's here again in the fastest drama of the Cactus Country you ever saw. lie rides, shoots and clicks his camera through a stampede of hair-raising thrills. SEVEN FREED KUOKNU, Ore. Juno 17. (Al') II, J, Walker, one of tho elKht per sons arrested In a recent mid by Lew-Is KlutslllR, speclul stuto oiera live und officer of tho law enforce ment league artd a locut offlcor, wus fined 5iio In Justlcu court here yesterdny. Tho ehiirue ueulnsl WHllter was possession of lhiuor. Tho case uKtilust the other seven were dropped on reconuuendatlon of tho district uttorncy. K, C. Sim mons, loclil auloniouiiu ueuier; Jlurry Elllng-or, asslstunt footbull coach nt tho I'lilverslty or oreuon. und Raiiiey W. UubIi, UiiKenu pol ice commissioner wero unions the seven, . There was u quesilon as to the legality of tho seizure or the liquor found during the raid, and fuiluru of proof ug-utnst the seven, accord- luc to tho district uttorncy. New Manager Employed In Piano Department . K. lt. TiiBKert. pianist und tun er, hus arrived from San Krnn clseo to .become manuKer of the piano department ut the W. H. Uojinenkump Btore. TuBBcrt lias hud ,) I) (years of piano experience with . some of the leudins music houses ' of the coust, includini; Sheinuin Cluy & To., of San Kran clsco, und the llerkell Music oom puny, of , l.os AnBeles. Ho also hus been attached lo piano houses In CIiIcubo. . The Oullirnnson line of Instru ment, will be continued, TilBttert said this mornliiK.' leBisterlnK pi anos, as well us Brands and up rights in the regulutlun models, to be offered. . ' PARK PERSON ACS PERSONALS In this section welcomed the rain of 'the- past few days. . Mr. and Mrs. William Kir man and son Hohco, or Imbler. were Sunday . visitors nt Medical Springs. 'lhoy .wero guests at tho homo or Mrs, Put Powers. They oIho call ed on Mr. and Mra, Clurenco Vun order, of .Tho Park. , Scverul bunds of shoep pansed through Tlie Tark last week on their-way to high mounlulns to summer range. Jacqueline, the infant daughter of Mr,: and Afrs. Itnlicrt Miller, Is very IIP of whooping cough. lie it jVandevunter was hauling wood from The Park Monday. Mr. ;iiind Mrs. J. U. Hunter, of Catherine Creek forks wero visiting urthe'liomc of Mr. und Mrs. Itob jyrlf MJUcr Monduy. MrHjlhlario Buxton is visiting, at Iho hdiko- of Mr. und, Mtj. V.rd,n, Lay. Medlcul Hprlngs, - this week, fi j MaiieJ JlHleKns vlstllng Mary 'Vnordr Hundny nfternoon. I'rdfjl l.uy, of Medical Kpriugs, was vJHillng'at the homo of lilu fiil her Joe luy, Huturday. ,art ljtir Miller, of Pulon. was ut Tho liark Sunday. He, wan mov ing hlfl.baiid of sheep here to an other range. ... A sniull fire started- on .-the mountain west of The Park Sun day, In the Stoddard limber. Clur rnce V'i'iurder dug a dlleh around the fire und with the help of sev eral showers of ruin the flro wus TODAY. FRIDAY SATURDAY STAR ;r Cleans Up fc'hon Mrs. Hnxel Bonner Greens was mimed U 8. commiHsinner si AtrX 'i'owson. Okla.. 10 sueeeed her lUHbaiid, sho nntmcd mounHhiners ind twoitegriers that bonds and seiv tenees on lliiuor cases would bo tt.a maximum. During her tlrst 3 days tn bUlce hohas lived up to herAord, too. . ,. , - soon put out. , . Joe L4iy lout one of his sheep lust week. Mr. Jiy thinks It strayed away to the mountains, Kd Miller's sheepherders 7 liere have been having trouble y with bears killing the ftheep. Chris 1-e-roy killed two beurs within tho lust few weeks. - '. Hobert Miller und duiighler, Francis, were flailing for Kastern Ilrook trout in Catherine crqek Sunduy. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gobol, of MedU cul Springs were vlwtting ut the A. J. Vundevanter homo Sunduy.- ; Icater Miller und Leonurtl Whit, ten. of Medical Springs, passed through The, Park on their wuy to Catherine Creek forks lo fiii a few dayn ugo. Mr. und Mrs. Arthur l-lrmnn. nnd little nun Hilly wero nfternoon guests of Mrs. J. ' p.. Hunter ut Catherino creek forks Sunday. . HEALTH (lly lleri'K'k T. Villi. Sr., M. I)., Clnelnnntl. Ohio) . Mi iiiIh-i' (imniLs .Meinorliil liislltiile hiilutspeat-e In "Othello" .puts these words of keen remorse In the I speech of Tussle, who lu.u drunk en rreiizy, niiti siauiiea nis menu: vfO God, that men should put un enemy in th'elr mouths tu steal away their brains." , Had lie lived In . these days of prolilhltloh and blue laws when the i-ellKlon of many . men anil women eelns lo lit,, .flee license to poison theft JideH.MflH , lois!rr, inooiislilne,, tubuecu, and poisonous drills, he may. have aptly written: "O God, .that . mtm und women' sliuuld put in Ihelr moiillis that which steals away ihelr eyesight.' When nicotine .ami alcohol can not be assimilated because of a Jaded, ovi rstlmiilated, and under nourished linily, they act as pot n a Qaramount CpLctwe with ERNEST TORRENCE WILLIAM COLLIER GEORGIA HALE MfJtVTM ' ADDICM 2UK0K -.JtSSt LUMf l : A J . ,s ? 1 l,1...,, rAnLI nn...HtfaMtu A 1? wa lr lVf a a 7 i n o FABLES And PATHE TODAY FRIDAY - SATURDAY sons and aro npt to produce in flammation of Iho Optto nerves r. sultlUK In gradual blindness. A per son who l "all run down", needs rood und rest, not poisonous stimu lants. : - I - lirne doses of quinine, taken when body nutrition . Is low, will sometimes produce blindness and deafness. Wood alcohol acts still more trugtcully, causing death or hopeless blindness, depending on the amount consumed. - . Ill blindness from wood ulcohol, Ihe.optlta nerves aro so paralysed that in a few hours time they uro deud us t'uesur." Tho optlu nerves appear cadaverous and white as snow. Their blood vessels have all dried up. Kuch optlo nerves will shrivel to be nothing but fibrous cords. BtyBlun darkness results and no remedy will restore sight. A cure Is possible In tobacco und ulcohol blindness If tho cause is dlacovuicd In time. Tho remedy is simple; Just stop I tie use of to bacco and boono In every inaniiur, shape und form. ; ; GUARD UNITS PREPARE FOR CAMP CLIMAX (Continued from Page 1) l):80 o'clock.' The hike lo camp, which was dreaded by some of tho men. proved comparatively cusy. lump Sloro AUraclkc We find everything much nicer this year thun last. Thcro arc ' moro modern conveniences und tho canvp Is riioro ordorly and i clean.. It. Is .very llltlo warmor, here thun It' la In In Grande. j Wo were, delighted to learn ut our first meal at enmp that wo wero to share our tubles with Ilia Union company. They aro a fine hunch of fellows and mix well with our, compuny. . - I , Of flours und men wero worried' to leurn, upon leaving I'orlluud thut wo had left two men lieninn, kiti Ht oop und Hobert Hmlth. Our fours proved groundless when tho two arrived In camp soma 15 minutes ufter wo did. Tho first day wus spent In pitch- 1 Ing tents and cleaning up the com puny street. This proved a longer and moro tedious Job1 thun was an ticipated. I Gotst .MihiIm Sertoli. lilnner was served tit 1:30 o'clock, consisting of fried pot u toes, beefsteak and canned corn. Ooniiuiuy V. hus been assigned two urmy rooks from tho 7th In iunlry. Prospects nro good - for having nearly as good food as wus BONNETS New, bonnets of netand silk. for. the T)al?y. '''' V Pink and blue, in beautiful 'Styles..' , . $1.25 to $2.00 krt & Baby Shop . , . , i xETerfUiuis Far Tha Babr"- CuttNCi ' Sl)n,.l.. ,f.r,,..i . 1 triy 1 by. NEWS Showing return nir lit: " : Wore Ka. 11 1 11 AUaa Aw. $M Crsr " , ( Clolh Hats 49c Men's Khaki Cloth Hats, cool and com for table; screen or plain front. : served by, Harvey Bwarts last year,- Tho evening meal consisted of canned peas, macaroni and oheese mashed potatoca and canned, plne upplo. . ' J I4I ) Kveryone Is happy and proapecta are good Cor an enjoyable aneawp., ment. . ;.. !. Wc Buy for Less We Sell for Up A large assortment f : MEN'S STRAW HATO All new styles, fancy and plain bands $1.43 to 13.95 . , Do not miss this op-' portiinlty- Buy these while they last. . See our window disv, play for - the lowest prices in town. Take advantage of our Saturday Specials. "A Safe Place to Buy and a Sure Place to Save." , t Destroyers of High Prices. Ja(: yne l0 : fi(mv 4H no von futn t n of Norge to Teller ARCADEf
