Thursdayl!:Junfe 24fl92(v , -., i7
(Incorporated)
An ImlrpeutWtil Newspaper
KAANK S. APPLKBT..
Editor end Publisher
HARVEY F. MATTHEWS..... ,
..Business Manager
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Fubllahod evenings, incept Sunday, at 1416 Adums Avenue,
X Grande. Oregon. The Observer-Blur published every Friday.
Entered t the Postofflce at Uk Grande, Oregon, us Second
Class Mall Matter under act of March , 187k
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-.'. pOOl) WOllK "And Muses: did look 1111011,011 the idY't,
and, behold, they hud done It: us it lie Jtird lunl toiniinntlcd
even so had they done II;. and Moses bli
ilesscd theln." L'Kx.
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A few years ago It wits' hard to get one broadcasting.
station, and now. it's hard Hto; Keep .from. .getting -dozen
ut..a tune. Crane American, , ;... .';
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'.If France and Spain had sent, friendly . car'avuiiH into
Abd-eUKrim's territory like the Union county folk arc with
hl visit to Wallowa county, there might not have been
lo much fighting.
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K'l J ,. ., ., .,.. !
ubit kudu ruu ixkamikh
It may not be quite so much Vfun" to drive u car slowly,
ut; it's much healthier. '. Only yesterday three casteni
vaudeville performers wore killed and three others injured
,eaf Modesto, Calif., when they were racing from Stockton
to Fresno to fill an engagement.; Y8. -:tbo reader is nrobt
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oiy ngni wnen ne assumcs-uiat thenarty may have boom
ate for the Fresno showing and the- driver was'istepi)inKr.',ri.'ib i
in the; gas as , conSe4uence..;':;(i - ...L :. .. ' I'lMaK k
But why step on the gas just because they Were late?
The answer is that they would liave .tfelaycdj '.the; porform
uhW and the' audience would have beeVdisirUikted mlirht
liave denvndjiditiiuoiicy,Ji oc'raiii j-htK-ks;! Which
Is all too true. We as a fun-lovinir..'bleasuio-miid race do-
WUM additional and I constant sgratifiCtttlon. '' No' matter how
much fun we have, wo always have capacity for .'-mora, and
pearly; always at the expense of some of our fellovvs, wheth
er it's the pail'. pounding the' daylightir out of one another
n the; boxing ring or the l-aclng driver making a hairpin
v warn mvmmv
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l.MULKIt (Hpc-ciul)Rchool dlH-Irlt-l
No. Ml iu'ltl vlot'tion MondiiV
a, ft o rnoo 11 tuitl a now clerk und onv
director wiut okc;tI. Irwin Wcm
ti'ibkow wuK elrcti'tl for clerk of
lh st'hool dlMlrlct and lUiy Wilson
was t;lioWi dirrctor. .
,1 jii in j j ji w t
"l New Parchment Color Shoes
Seven new styles High heel Oxford Ties.
$7.50 to $10.50
N. K. West & Co. Inc.
La Grande's Leading Store For 25 Years.
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, WONT VAX UET
I'ltK VMUi CKiiwuil) The un
tung m-liool flection' waa held hero r. ANNUS. KnjrlHiid 'llobliy
.7 . " ... uu,u?b nua iiu iiiit-iiiiuii jri'i ui pny-
inr me. cuiiung- year eircieo. a. . ins a bet and buying- a hut for
J. Vun.levunler, Oeorsv " AlcDow . Wulter .Hukcii, even If Walter ill. I
unit .. Frank ,.WlB(rle8worlli wero loud 111 in by four strokes ufler Id
1'lio.sen llrelors tor tho coming holes. Bobby recalls that he slin
yeur. , Clureiiun Vulionler AvUI,iarly led Will McKu'rlanu at Wor
eonl.lnuo In the office, of, dlalrict coster by four atrokes Willi , nine
clerk. . , . , ,,v ,,, ,t , holes to play, and Willie won: also
I' .' 1 " . ,thut Walker's forte )ius been com-
CATJIKH1NK CUKEK (SiiecuVl) lug from bubind. Instead of leudlna
Tho miniKil school .meeting of the parade.
Kriiuni uiMirici ino. wua held
Monilnv. J. OeVoro and Al
Stnneduhl were elected menibcra
of the school board.
A HOItltlO (XIM
WIMHI.KIJON It must have
been a real horrid cold that cans
ed the oileen of tennis lo keep the
tho Queen of Knglnnd wuttliig at the
courts in vain for more thun nn
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HTAUKISY (Special) The an
ttniiliul school meeting: of school
district No; 62 vun held at
school house MomliLV. The
lmrl8 of tho clerk. Mrs. Viulu hour. It prevented her
ThornburB, wero read and ltirov- i wielding a )en as well as racquet,
e.l. Mrs. . Kiln Unary . was unanl- lllk' " fr01" Suzanne's syndicating
niously elected to succeed herself agents.
a diroclor for a perioil of threol " . '
years uml . Mrs. Vuda Thornburg1
was re-elected. clerk for. thil com
liiB.year.i,- .1 ,. , 1
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KTAHKHr Kpeclal),t Howard
' ' iki; a trrwvmt ;
fiJtiW VOltK Dick' Kdntor,. A;
II., who was up .north w ltif .. Iilcii
Hyrd. has a ukelele that ho Insists.
flew over, the polo.: It taa : n,;
stowaway 011 the plane Josephine'.
Kord'and twenty girls . playing '
likes for 20 minutes greeted liliir,'
ut (he, .pier. ' ' '. ' ' .". tr..'
About fifty billion' words, 'rhoret
than half of which aro of fcminlnV;
origin, pass over telephones tnV:
United States every twenty-four 1
hours. , . ;
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When I'crslun women waltt
nbroad at night a servant carrying
a primiuve lantern preccues -tneiv
throuBli Hie unllghled :treeu just
as was done In medieval tlru.ca. , (
The average lliiuor epcndlliirsf.
for every non-abatatnlng' family-inV
lOngland latit year waa $17.6. '.. .
trlet !wna elected. .director. and rl.
H. ISoher clerk i.utr Hit. 1 annual
schuel election hero 'Monday after.
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Eugene Host To Elks Of
Oregon In Two-Day Meet
Baker Expects to Swing
1927 Convention to the
Queen City Auto
Races Today.
I KITliiNvi. Ore, 5.'uii'f 84. AI')
ltff,rili.'linrfilelWil In tfnv i, t ,,., .
Arid' fc'hlto is i)ri!iHlid,f'lo ejiend
Hllin from all imiiLh of
illierod ' here fori the
ESCAPE FAILS:
PIGHT SHOT
TNIONV (Hpceliii) Thd aiimiiil
joi-iiiKM i-i,.fiioii iiionuny 'aiiernoon
was nrier us there was-no oppo'
hillon to the reelection of the two
Officers .whose terms, had . ended.
No (iiher niimeH were offered and
J.' I1'. Hutchinson' waa reelected as
J 11 member of the board und Fretl
N. l''ox will be the clerk again.
Keiiilhu;, of the annual report
! showed that the district Is rapidly
filttlm; down the bonded indebt
IihIiiuss whleh was Incurred when
. Appenrnncu. couiila Utile. The '""' ,,lKl1 school w.w built. In three
inun who seems a sheik may take 0R fQlir y-' Uebt will -be
His pay envelope home unopened. w'l"'d ol" and then tho school
Ifixcs of this district will not be so
TI10 11I1I U ;r.uiilc Eciitlcmiin 'heavy.
w a trifle iM-wlliknil al the ela-
mirate vrdHlliur. , , 1 1
OFFICE
CAT
TAO MANN MO,
& Junius
How To Keep Cool
Westinghouse Fans
A I'Vin ir Uvery Need. ';;'
H & S Electric Co.
' l'bone 3t3-W .
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Nominee Hotel lllili;. t
iv you tile gr.H.lll'.'-'r'lm V-U'L """.we.-luil. 24.W1I,... Bl.
I nelaiiclioly young ,; , I JK , 1 rceiecaeii it, k, aierrll'
the
turn on two wheels or ' the "overworked orehost'ra at the "'" ,'ol;v, l,lln miojhttrfrom the cur
, i,.ii ... , ... . , , , , . enlerliiliiinenl planned fur Hte re- 1,11,. 'anothei
kraad.lMll. .-.We. suggest, that, highway . commission iiiid maindcr or n... day. ' . I'tun ca, with
ItUto clubs put up signs on the bad 'curves, reading: "Drive
siower Liive uinger.
AIMKE Mcl'lIERSON ABDUCTKI).
' It looks like tho egotistic Los Angeles police may have!""""'011
I ' ' 1 . o sir," the yiHinx mail
I'Ofm.AiN-l). t)re. June 24 (AIM 'pllcil, " was vllmliinlcil In
('. J. MfU'iiii-l.t Kni.i ...M.U...1 ..
ninth annual convention of 'ihe 11, ini ,,i . " " ' "'T?
brder. Tho convention will iual !.i...l,i. .,, . r... ".. I .. i 1 n, i
two . lavs . '. .. . I , . . ""'UK con- jimiBiu.ir -on, pupa, what is
: j t- i -"(i nt vioiuuon or inc itquor 'your MrthsloneT"
1' I'lnyliiK of ' the , chimes at Sic lluws. jlmi.lc, nn 1 attempt to escape rather . of Eleven "My dear
flral ofriclul wukioilip. The Vlrt todiiyl while IicIiib broiiBht from I'm not sure, but I' think it's a
n""il'! V' 'clor,l(,, will - liiikii Kellyiillutl-o to tho county jiill, ahd. grindstone," . ,, ','
llrst olTlclla weleoiuii.. . Tile, .flril , was vtounded by a shot from Do- ' '-''"'"'
mceliliir nr I Itn .rt,ivi,iitl.,i, ...III lA. iinlv ihrlir I j.v.i Tl... A .i .'..I :
held In the lodge boll Imi.dlnleljr serious. " . ,r ,n"';'s thln really new
i ter the notes of ihe .,1.1m!. ,11 1 1 1 """" Psi'Udo-novelli.s
, ' " ......i. . i-uiiiiiuineii 01. ncing . . us .
'"I"0 B",""' ,WhT ,h" ,,r,!,U"- Tll,lt they dub the ChliH
1 1 . ' ' ' oftl-l ir8 MtS' finploypil ami wiu put in ton now
....... ... iHi.mniiiiMii "Mil II in 1111:111 ItllMlllllll lt-llll ..I Ii.. (.u.....a
In ihe nature of a gel-logether. jror a jrp- to the J111I. At Third and
Following the hour's meeting, Uiaillaen street MeKniaht ii, , ,., 1
o;;; yz rr i .
111, Mi., p..u, f tl.A ..-I " "HI! .UK .
Itnker Sivks t'oiiM-iithm lnoneis u, mn..i, m,.i.-i.,i., ' """ Nltlo libit of liuw Ji'll-
Ihe n.-M convcnlion ell y anil of- who is reported to have slruck nl
llcrs lor Ihe eomlng yeiir will be j,ve with his rist. I.ove fired a1'
chosen nl Ihe Krldny 111 lug. H ,u,.t entering McKnlglit'a sIiduI-'I a Hebrew attended Ihe filueral
Is understood Unit Haker la pill- ,,.r ihhI lnflictine n suiiei-rli lnl nf m u I t l-inlllloniiire und
ling In a storng liid for Ihe ne.l wound. throughout the rites cried as If his
the school election:- here Monday.,
tine hundred twelve-, voles were,
cast. ' ,. ....
' Merritt received' " CT. ' H 11 n ford
lU'e'd'ss hlld Joe HullBarth l-J. '
Sweaters- Age 2 to 6 '
V-neck, slipover style ,...:.....$.i.5 ':
Coat style; several popular colors..:..;.....:..!fl'l.25 1.
Boys' Khaki Colored Scout Hats.....;:i...:.V..50c
Norton's Kiddy Shop J?
-Infants', and . Children's Wearables.'- .v"U'
in
When 1 whs yollllB
St. Vitus.
I vow,
excite
was - 'culled
sprV. xl'.vifu'mx'o'viiit " i
.:.. Vli"r.0ItI.V.,,' 'Ij;,'.''c," Hleeplnir
sickness may lend children ' to
c w in ni I 'misdemeanors. Dr.
Cbas.. W.' Hunter, WlnnlpeB. told
lite. ..Canadian Medical association.
,Oiyr.ten per eeiit of 'those who
lvuv.ii had Ihe dlscuse flilly recover,
he sajd. J1 'U 111,
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. Ciinrcas liopes to adjourn July
I.' We'll do all we can 1.0 help it,.
We'll hope it does, loo. '
While House roof needs repair
ins. which comes from ruislng It
ho often. - . ,
blundered. Moreover, the San Francisco cops who know
I they are efficient In themselves contributed to the de
j llnquency of tho L. A- sleuths.
Those who doubted Mrs.
MnTl.A..,..... ..! 1 11
,. , . IICIOIMI O Wllll.V Wlll-ll l I'V
rread it in last evening's paper, are cited that part of her
.much help, sir."
MelSlllBht served under Dr. J. heart would break.
Autu races will he held nils nf- A. I.invllle. federal prohibition di-1 '""at are you crying- for.
lernoon as a part or Ihe entertain- rector for OrcBon, operating In Able?" asked a friend. "He wasn't "MZ'.H:' Ki:i:rs SI I'M
ment . vroffrnm. This evening a and about Astoria. He was ills- u relative of yours." If smarl si'dans and limousines1
dunce will be held for the lodge charged when Llnvtlle w as sue-1 "Kol's w hy I'm crying," sobbed i And flivvers learnt to talk
members and a midnight inallnee reeded by W. !'. .'Newell. Me- Aiilo In a firsh oillliursl of Brief, t A hosl of maids who ride today
Lots
after
of men
iiiarrl-
jwlll be held in a local Ihcntciv for- Knlghl was anesled early this.
lowing Ihe dance. A vaudeville year 4lnn a neighbor reported "1 read an account of a inun
. , , .... . iii-n- 1111- un- lllgni, will mill .1 -imiikiii lllltl unoiner lllllll " "" " I" l'ai me nine lor Ills
; ':xperiences where she says her abductors' quickly left "San "'W 10 the festivities nt the niai-;had ainiii m a house in rartiumi. we.iiiiiig."
. !)I''nincisco when they wcro nil but annrchpndod It Will hf"""""' i"'''"" """ ",,v" "n '"-en a mi.l netted two suns, one m "Thai s noihiug.
IT, , . ,, , ., iwn-iamii.il. , n y.111 IK- arr.in.ted by ninny of llu Visiting opernUmi. mash, barrels and olher rton'l wake up nil
H.iiiciii.rciu mm me niina aiiorney representing Mrs. Ken- iiwegntions r. Kik. , , jiioons-MninB iraphenuiia. Me-
, jiedy (Mrs. MePhcrson's niother) told police a laicx' suiii ,m"""'p 11,11 KnigiiJ wan ro.ivM-.t an-r'a trial
li.f m.... KJ K,. J Jj r xt j- , . ... ''l"l'li ln " '" iici'..r.ling In federal conn and was s- nlenced
.. ..., ,v uinuiiimii n mis. iM'nncny mr lllp n to pn-seiil plans. The Imslni ss to six (monllis In Jail. He has about
-'turn of her daughter, and that, the money, was to bo left 'iday win take up at 10 mo djjys mihi to servo on that sn-
il'.l U certain hotel ill the bav rit v. Whnn niilim sm.mnui.iKl i . . . n-e.
'ould heneefoi-th .
walk. .-
choose
THE UNEXPECTED!
TELEPHONE!
After an accident is no time to wish' you
had a telephone.
Telephone accessibility has saved countless
lives helped thousands to success. ...
If you do not have a telephone, better leave
your order with us to have one installed. i
Home Independent ;
Telephone Co.
age."
I A sleaily drinker tiled al the ncv
nf HI. imniiig I hut HniHir nill eel
you 4-eutiinlly.
I'l'ldiiy at o'clock the. women ,
vane uuorncy and his parly to the hotel and the allr-iroH nb- " ,-,k" ,vl" " 'h-ir iimch-
:: l..l...,.' riij ' ,...i.i. ..' i ; icoik ii th" Usburn holwl.-r-l
i niiow Ut iwnn-n' wn nnitii'iii enougil as ling this itn y win iiMaken -
'"they didn't want to get into the toils of the law), said '"win-seeing
J'ni.llrai ,...l,J 11.- :j j . . .. Intl. Rinel'nl
tfui.vc ..u vnvc T.".ii-ni.Micu iui'h nun niaiKion it as a
ijdhtjax. '; Tliey said the evangelist was surely dead. Willi
that incident descriliod by Mrs. McPhei-son from her angle,
'.iihowcver, it seems highly probable that the blind lawyer
;mnnd Mi's. Kennedy Ww whereof they spoke. And this
! explains to some extent, also, why Mrs. Kennedy was poi
' j 'distent in offering a large reward for the return of the
I woman pastor.
Hn The Los Angeles and San Franc,
.'.sco police are so accus-
oik ii (.he Ust.urn holwl.-r-fr-otlows
on "VI
lour. A card parly
ul gathering' w ill be held
III Ihe evening at Ihe i;ik's temple,
while the men will gather ul the
iiriiiory lor Hie boNlng card.
A ritualistic program Is on the
list for Ihe ICIks meeting' Friday
tiiternoon. Al 4::ni o'clock a imr-
llde will be held.
lieli'Kiiles Irotn north. Including
the rot-Hand caravan, will be luel
this inorulug by a Kllgeue dele
Kiillon. The romhilli'd Itosi-bui'g
and MaiNhtleld caravan will be
Nick" Now
irfi.nlAJ - .. i .... . 1 I i.ii. ui . i-ewweii ill 1:311 OCIOCK
. iwiiku w htm ics which result freni escanados of wonipn '"'"luoon. Many others win
d dope-users and people of questionable character that ihev
i.'Jiave become skeptical of almost every person's story they
hoar. A policeman sees so much ..f h, ...j.. '..r re.
that in justice to his mental attitude ho 'iie.haps .shouldn't
1 blamed if he Bctuallv h as nn pimfifl..iiert !.. in..,..n.. ..... .
.... ... - "-vv- 11, iiuiii.tii naiiiix'
which he iiiiih.'ilil v li.ic'i ii... i.- ....
i. .. . ' - "" le aiitornia ollicers
should have taken the United SUles mai-shal into their con
fidence and together they might, with the nid of Mi-s Kon-
nu-, nave successiuny iracked ti,c.se nithlcss abductoi-s.
ici mey apiwarea to think they knew it all and
me hunt, on the other hand, you cannot nlw.iv
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u KU111.C1111111 o nciioiiK wnicn way nis nose is turned. Often
vhen police are looking for a desperate criminal, they an
nounce to the newspapciu that they think he headed south.
In the meantime they figure that psychologically the bandit
will go north, and north they watch. Perhaps in announc
ing that they believed Mrs. McPherson dead they had in
mind an ulterior motivethat of making the abdurtnix
caitless when they thought the police no longer on the
lookout. .' ,';! t
gave up
S's tell from
Though it was a horrible experience, the entire country
Mil be glad for Mre, McPhemn iMliJiif!fvr.fv-
). nu t on the . hlghnuys and
when special trains pull in, '-
i iiii KinN a ntxN. -
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t'liAU?. relo. Crickets thai
w .-re. a .bciuirg.- lo tho MrinrVM of
M ill.lt eoiinty hne t.roved n boon
lo iheiiK t'sught- In sheet i.. Iron
Imps b-ading lo Irmlghs ihey aro
being sacked and fed to poultry,
one enterprising" '.fbtehgo poultry
loed firm has o'feivd lifc-a ton for
Ihe criikela as chicken fe.il."
t ltr.Aiias no .r.M'ii:s
i'KI. M(MTK A Jli.linii.iilie,.
nun liiltlihug boom has not creel-
'I a.lurg.- minilicr of vacancies
1'lioiiins I. Iinnahey. rhalrnian of
the rnlal commit lee. told lite Na
Itenal association or llillldlng
llw tiers and Manager.
I 'llch illgirerN. factory hands,
clerks ami slcnoftraphcrs of l-nln-grad
-at. th.4n m.wiB rrt..., ihn ih-
ilvru-ol the form, a. i-iBAr whrjfc
they go on their rreuiienl a.littoidt
to the Workers' Sanitoria. .lnh. I
- "Ill
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Young Man:"l'i-.i looking for .a
job." '
(Irne-r: "Well, 1 like your looks
but 1 can't afford more help."
Voung man: "Hut 1 won't be
. Speaker N'lcholns l.engworth
of . the house of lvprcacntali es
In l fp and gown addressing
Kft tk wlwially graduatra
alVf recelvtrtt; kn hononiry d.,
RiS fristif TlVf In.ltftutlun at the
n u a 1. .cwaiiutmcMiKat cvj-e.
Take A Kodak
With You
You may only spend two
weeks on vacation but you
cim sicnd yeai-s with the pic
tures youniakc.
It's all easy frem the fiit
with a Kodak or Rrownio.
This store wants to show you.
Ilnttntr-t S3 up
AlltiscmpbH Kialak . up
Printing, developing and enlarging
of the quality kind.
Red Cross
Drugstore,
vflam! JVat! WKaim! An" wordr that end with !!
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minittes o( rlisease4wiring flies anil mm.
q'liloes. It is clean, safe nd f say louse.
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Flit rtray a'ss destroys bed hum. rnsrhei
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destroi-s insects and their ?(rs.l !'pry
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and their larvae whirhent holes. Kjten
sivriMUBhoaixl that. Flit spray did not
"'am Ihe most rltlirate fabrics.
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Flit h Ihn result of exhaustive research
by iert. eiitoireilfti-iMa and Themis. -It
k harmie.9 m mankind. Flit has r
p iirwl i,e old methods because i kills
n l H,o l,i,ieei.v-and noes it quickly.
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