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I Wiflpwdny,, June 30, CT GRANDE EVEmWQi OVCT Local News Iti Brief comma m?nn .V" July 11, lrjS Md It Fn Homemakm InMUuta Mnploea The Obwrver. f Juljr IS Vnlun county' Mtb annual pioneer reunion. iit . a, Umvt'tiiioa of Northwest Ileal Eatala Hw elation in I Grande. Sepi. 82, a a. 81, and 13 Union rounir fair ai. Elgin, Or , lieave Tomorrow ' 1 Mr. and Mrs. flurries lllnsa- iiun(wlll Iuhvo Thurwlay Tor Wal f jowa Lake, where Ihry will spend Ulm summer. -....' To VIMt al Tuoouia . ' Mrs. B. W. Butl(yund' children. I'unnie, Dorothy diid Mary, left yesterday for Taeoma, where they will spend a moii'.h with frknda. tiiiest of Aunt Miss Hledlco Maxwell, of Itolse, stopped In I At Gninde Tuesday on her uy lo Jose ph .where she i Is to be the (tuesl of ber uunlV Mrs Itoxle Daugelt. , . Home from Walln Walla CllOver C. llodtrrn returned homi 'riiesday morning from Wal- Walln. w here ho attended the f'eral of his futh-r. ; ' - - ; KprafiiH Her Ankle Mrs. 1-:. Marks sprained her an- hie Tuesday uflernoon on a down - -i lown slrt wlmn uhe stopped offjPy for Kastern Oregon . students the curb on a rldgr at the edgo of w'" l h"ld at the shop . of K. the pavi-MK-nt.,. ."he IsgsltinS'.-J.ucHo Daly M0iay.'." Mrs,'. DiUy yihout on crti(chejij this .MonUng VlV i- ;?. After visiting at the K. 11. Burrtes homo here for several dtiys Mrs. Dudley Blackburn loft this morning Cor her home at Pendlu- Monday evening.,, for HoqulHin, ton. , . Wash., whore tliey will spend the ... ., ! ..v . j i'purlh" of July ...wlth Mrs. . llar- Hoim' lo linker - prison's mother, Mrs. Viola Htnele. Mrs. 8."B. Wlllett returned to On their return trip they : will her home at linker this morning,. spend a few; dtiys in Heatlle with alter visiting at the homo of her .friends' and relatives duugliter, Mrs. ('. O. MUrchlson, for the past week. MrM. Morpliy'N I'annts Arrive .Mr. and Mrs. J. 1(. Griffith, par- fills of Mrs. Itav b Murohv. ar- lived In J-a Grande yestiM'day from - glstercd a muxlmum of 98 degrees their liomo In Kansas City. They above, equal to the second hottest will he guests at the :Murphy homo day of this year. Temperatures Tor for some time , ..a-- Iho past few; days follow; Monduy -i 90, Sunday 88, Saturday 9p..Krl-. Hew;, rroin Hawaii ' Vdny 100, Thursday 98. Wednesday Miss Curol Currcy, daughter of Jil, ... ( -. v . Krud B. Currey, arrived In : l.a i. " Grande last night 16 spend tho Iavo Horr Tormhtow siimmcr Vacation here. She is a: ; Mr. hnd Mrs, A., B. Blood will' teacher on tho Island of Maui, Hn- leave La ' Grande .tpmorrow for wall, and wilt return to the Irtland l'oriliind;- by' aut6. 'Froui there ifif Hawaii for thjL;' yrZftt'criuV '7ttfy wjill niako a ;Jiicn1(8t;iocqirjjJ, Itetnni from Oomallrs : ."v 1 Kansas, whele Mis. Blood's sister Mrx. and Mrs. harle' -Cleaver nave, reiurneu io ineir nume ui 1 m hie n, from Corvallls. They were In La Grande yesterduy. Mr. 'lea ve r was a witness in the Black Ington 'case, yr r, ''.' 5l.;f ,K:", Lusky left yUlod Parents Menv- Mr, und Mrs. 11. K. this morning for tholr home, ut "THt . ; ; ; , ,-- . r " : : Forest Grove. Orison after visit ln bore during the past week vllh'Mrs. Lasky'a ptrontSy-Mr. and Mrs. Homer Taylor. Hen- from Portland ' '.."' "' Don K. I.IUIa. of Portland, was In' Im. Grande today on business. ? Vv- , :..;,.- Here front Joarpli .-. W. K. l.etrvl, of Joseph, was a business visitor ,' to l.a Qrande to day. . , V ... ". , . In Koslmkr .; , '' "' Mrsv K, A. Kptln has tone .to Kentucky, where, she will spend tho uiiimcr with her mother, ' In City Today j J. H. Dobbin ilni'w,' It. Holmes. :f both of Knterprlhe, were transact ing business in Ui Grand" today. They returned lo their Wallowa county homes tills afternoon. At Hninea Today Mrs. A. W. 'Wall' and daughter. Dorothy, and son, 110x4 are visit ing Ht HflinM fft.ltiv Til..- ulll ..,. iturn t0 )nclr home- here this eve-' nine. ' , ; Here from West Vlrxuiia - After traveling all . the way froin Hunten, West Virginia. I. D. Thorn phoii arrived In I. a Urandc lust night, end this niornliiir eon. stlmie.di.on his way to Knterurlm: jwjierxi'lio will be it guest of his (daughter, Mrs. John Sumuela. J . : Inanimation to bu Mowlay - ! Kxamlnatlons In . eosmetle thor- has rwiicntly-j te(n reappqiuud chairman 'of the-' state- bourd of cosmetic, therapy; ,' 1 I'o Visit Mo her . Mr. mid Mrs. Jim Huri-Hou left 9H Above Yesterday Indications that , the -prcvulent heat wave hud pnasod'lts peak woro roughly shattered : yesterdny when the official thermomuler re -and. hor husband wlH Join thrtii i ney win visn in Kansas tny, Chicago. Buffalo. Philadelphia, Nlngura Kails and New York City. When they, return they will muke tjielr homo. In Portland. M-r. Blood .has A'tlred frotij services' of ihi O.AV. ? : compun'y 'Mierc,' ufter . being with1 tho company ' for . 40 yoaro. injs Gigantic Money Raising Sale Going On t Full Blast Every Day With Mi Prices Cut. ahd Slashed unsparingly on Quality Wearing Apparel for Men and Boys. Celebrate the Fourth ! ' ' In one of oiir Famous . - MICHAliLS-STiiRN VALUE-FlftST StJlTS . At a Saving of 25 Pet Cent to 50 Per Cent LINT5 (lOTHIEI STORE WITH A CONSCIENCE" GORDON BIRNIE ' CALLED BEYOND LAST ; EVENING Gordon Klrnle, ton of Mr. and Mia, (Jeorgo H. Himlo, passed awuy yeHierilny evening at 8:30 o'clock utter an Hint- of only two days. The IHtlc boy was born July 27. 1918. He Is BUivivotl by hta fa. ther und mother and his grand moth or, Mr. Harriet Mcltonald. His brief life has been a joy to lila faintly and to a great host of friends In this community. Ho was an unusually bright child, taking irreat pleasuro In his school work und In pluy. His clear, thought ful mind and his deep spiritual perception always held him close to that heavenly home thut is now his, nad made htm especially dear to the loving1 members of. his fam ily and ull who knew him. In peace und joy Ills life will go on through eternity until that blessed morn when "those angel faces which we hao loved long since and lost awhile." The fun eral services will be hold on the luwn at the homo, &U4 Fourth street, Thursday morning at H:3U o'clock conducted by the Kev. Oli ver Ittlcy of the Episcopal church. The body is at the house, and friends have been invited to call. Hunio from ralironila . Mrs. Ullzubelh Connelly return ed home this morning after u two-weeks vacation' trip to t'ull forlna. Mrs. Donnelly id munuger of tile ladles reudy-to-weur du partiuent of West's store hero." Here for Visit ' MIbs Kleanor tftebs nrrlved lnru last night from Salem, where olio linn lwsit mIiiii Iho I'lftMt nt hi'IiiiiiI. I,irt- u-HI l. I ii (! fin I li.lv Al present she Is a guest at the home of Mr.- and Mrn..J. Donald Meyurs. Arrived hero Yesterday (.', W. T:ed ari'lvetl here yester day from Kumi, .Idiiho. Jle Is in the! foiMist Horvlcn and will bo stationed at Ml. Kmlly ua lookout. ljcft lUls Moiiilng .. Miss liols Tiuri?o' lVnt Ku terprlse this'momlng, wtrvre she will niaku her homo with ' her parents. Shu has been visiting wlih her aunt, Mrs. James O'Neal. The T'UrhV'rs 'recently "moved to Enterprise from Baker, llonie from Spokane ' .' Mrs.; Henry Sommer 'retijined;lo her home ho lo this morning from Spokane, cWash., where she has been visiting, for -thtt" patt month. Tq fruiter prle .for Voiirtli , Mr. und Mrs.- G. C 1 Milllligton, of Ba,ker, were 4a .the city ' this morning, on their way to Knter prlse, .where they will speud . the Fourth. of. July. - jConclmlc Visit Here , Mrs. Gale Johnson and son, 1 hobble, of : Portland, and. her ino ttferj M.cnGi.':W.; Juniison, of Klora, j.WJ.v-t w-iio- nave ocen visiting, nero jf6r a few duys at Hie home of Mrs. ' A 'L.-'Lnhek'nt 211 1 ft Knrnrn ln-ct l contlnu6d on their way from Klora to 1'orituud tins morning. : Home' Tomorrow- 1 'Mrs. M. K. Longfellow, who hus been visiting here at the home of !her son, J.' T. Longfellow, will j leave ,' tomorrow, for her . home ut 'Mountain Home, Idaho Mrs. inn H 01 LAW IOWA CITY, la., June 30. (AP) Through his criticism of national prohibition Dr. Arnold II. - Hall, president -elect of the fnlversity of Oregon, has dlvorted attention of the fourth annual commonwealth conference from local self govern ment problems. Prohibition Is the greatest na tional scandal In the history of thu country, was the statement made by Dr. Hall, which precipitated an urgumeut on the eighteenth amend ment. Fmora State Iwa. Dr. Hull considers Iho Volstead enforcement uct na Iho greatest misstep In the history of the gov ernment but Is a staunch advocato of state and local prohibition, (o mado It plain that ho favored stato laws prohibiting liquor but opposod nutlonul measuics. ''Without the eighteenth amend ment," he declared, "every stuto In the union with the exception of four, would be dry today." Ho did not mi m u the four which would be wet." I.uugrclluw's sister, MIhm Ksther longfellow, who accompanied her to La O run do nbout two weeks uco, will remain hero two or three weeks longer. , I U' turn frimi lnKatkHi Trip M. Kteplieuson. slate hlghwuy bridge engineer, stationed here, returned yesterdny from Central Oregon and John lnys where he has been Inspecting bridges under construction there. He was a way two weeks during which time he also visited for u short time In Portland with his mother und h'-h- Met Klsrr lliw . Mr. and Mrri. 11. 10, llurlholinew and sou. Walter, ami baby daugh ter. Alitry Ann, were In La Gruilde flee, ufter making sure that tho flue this morning from' Hump tor, where was In good condition, ' they huve their sheep during the Ho carefully extinguished the summer. They met Mrs. Burt hoi- flro an hour before he left, the.of mew's HitiMT. Mrs. .Minnie lsenseec : flco at 6 o'clock Bunduy afternoon, nud her two children here. Mrs. lsenseec and her family will spend two or. three weeks visiting them. The Burtholmcw'e make their home at Pendleton. CO-OP RELIEF BILL PASSED (Continued From Page I.) toris from lis provlsluns. It must go to conleri'nco between tho two chambers for adjustment of th. differences. I.MIIc Ih'lny F.xixx'letl. . Little oeiay in rinai enactment' of, the bill, however. In. .oxpecua jo. result from the .changes., and house leaders held today. Pro; gram open to expedite the prog- resa of the meusurc toward thclAr- . ,, .loff u. SuOO motimiire. Both MIhm wnue iiouse. iNotmng else on... . . .Z . major importance remains on thelrK' 1 f- . " JT u' V u,wl"ur slute for'nctlon prior to adJourn7 ment,: which they hopo lo bring ubout u the end of this week, orn early next week. HALF OF BOY I QUOTA RAISED (Continued from Page 1) mltlec of four, said at noon today that he and his helpers exp'tct to got the remaining $1-'5U Thursday morning. J.. H. Larlson, J. .J. Oirr and Kloyd McKennou are his uuslstants, . The meeting last nl?ht wus ad dressed by W. I). Janln, of' Kv erutt, field representative of thu Hoy Scouts. Jr. W. T. I'hy, .us eliulrinati of the comiiilllec of HU, liresldud. ' . Guardsmen Return Home This Morning (Continued from lugo 1) fore, by (iciM-rul (Ii-orgt? A. Wlill.t. 'I'nutpM lintrniii. The first call was sounded Tties tliiv iiiot-iiinir ul 2:20 o'clock uud by 5 o'clock the .guard members I were on the truln nnd nady toi slui'L for hiiiiii'. . The trains arrived in I'ot t lan-l yesti-rdny itfti-rnoou ut 4 o'clock itnd witc t hnro until In o'clock hist night. The HuliT and I'nlon compHiilcH reliii ikm liouif on No. ti with I h Lu (iiuiwh unit nnl tli" rendletuii company relurn'ij home on liuin No. tK "Tln-re wih Hie h-Hst KlckiM'ss ever known In a guard cump this year,' Major- Huron suld. "The .'medics' were mostly ornaments." Aceordlng lo Major Jiiiron, It Is not likely that the national guard summer encampment will be held at 1'amp Jackson ugtiln. The iie.t encampment will probably hef nearer Portland and the count, where more guard companies are loculed. Francis P. Robinson Receives High Grades rXIVKUHITY OK OltKCMJN. Ku- getu. Juno 30. (Hpelal) Krancls i I. Uoblnsun, of la. Grande, ul frehmun In pre-taw. Is numcd on tin; lint of Htttdents receiving xcep. llonafly high grades ut tho 1'nlvcr-t shy of (tregon during the spring j term. The list, which names lOv j students. 57 women und 62 men. In-j Hudca only those who have re-; celved no grade of less than II In nil ftfudlex, physical education und ) military training excepted, and has. hern compiled from the grade. ' sheet, or "scandul" sheet which hus Just nrude tin appeurancc. 1 Hornet lines, whn wc have a headache the next mortifng, wo think wt'll have It oiieruted ou by STATS NEAR i nmtiv vnno IF CASE SE TODAY (Continued From Pairs 1.) fense. chullcngod the Introduction of the exhibit on tho grounds thai BlHCktngton had signed the pages without being able to read thetm The defendant's glasses were broken the day before, ho said, while fellow prisoners in the main Jail -were subjecting him to a kun guroo, Arlnl. Tho sheriff, called to tho stand, said with a pulled-up smllo that something of the . kind had hap pened. -; - -. tocuneot Ailmlttcd. ' Court adjourned without action on tho document, which was ad- umii-u iiiv iiivi (inns una iiiui iiiiih. . Testifying from his regular stand J and recording In shorthand his. own testimony, H. It. Hsnnn, court reporter, told of being called to the prisoner's ward Tuesday even ing and of making a stenographic rcoord of questions wsked by Pome roy and answered by Blacklngton concerning tho fire, , From a transcript, he read the dcfondHtit's story of the wholo uf- j fulr. which appeared to accord In . most details- with the theory to which tho defense is adhering. Tells of Action. Blacklugton, In the statement, told of coming from California to' look iiftcr the property, make Ar rangements with Kurman for re newing tho con t met, and get some household goods that his wife want ed. Jle said that he spent the tlmo partly In Ut G run do wtUi his daughter and tho rest at lmbler, staying at tho Watson house. The J candle, he siild. he purchased to look through his goods, found It would not servo and borrowed a lantern, for which he purchased 10 cents worth of kerosene, filling the bowl once. Thcro wom but a small quantity flvo or six tublespoonfuls In tho can when he act It usldu, ho sutd. :,' The candlo, with papers and a small umount of. kindling, ho said he burned In the stove in tho of- ho reiterated. Having fnatcned Iho ijoors . and windows, - he knew (hero was no means of entrnnco but by climbing in through tho attic; thu Htatcmont read. . : v. ' . ' lustiranuo H Munllis Oltl. Blacklnglou, according to. : thu notes the court' reporter read In his testimony, said that Insurance on thd wnrehouse was not more than eight months old. Ho had Insured; ho said, because he had always been afraid of a firo there. The tide to the place had been In tho name of his sister, M. Alice ltlauklngton, then another sistor, , n ..'in0kinirtnn. ,m,.rt n tjj (he' tormW t her death, ,A few fronlnii n u wa,-Ucidcd -t0 jio defendant's son, J. Clarkson, In i,i..,i.1' . . cd the transfer, to lnsuru Its leirul- ?fty..it was explained. . In a short recess this morning the defense urgucd the Incompetency of 'evidence Jn regard to insurance in ii cubo in wnicn tne uorendant is o'h-urged . with tho ."burning In the niglutlmo the' property . belonging to another."; Judge J. W. Knowles denied their motion to exclude references to the age and value of thu building, explaining that In the attempt .to establish guilt for one crime tho stuto Is privileged to, In- Holeproof Hosiery , CoKjrs from I'iuIh In t'hlrfiin anil Service, V ,. A. ' Siiitabln fir rvery utfiislnn. ' ji.oo . .A.t . $1.13 mill $a.3 ! Art & Baby Shop HEferfUilnff x The BshyH For Hot Bathing Suits In heavy weight knit Tor men and women. All colors and sizes. '$3.45 - $3.95 $4.95 Children's sizes ' k 95c to $1.25 'elude evidence of 'guilt la olhor directions, ' : lrovor I'ustu'kM, . Dave Proctor, county asaessor, was called upon to uroducu rec ords of nssesaitienta of the Illuck Ington warehouse. In which tho property value In J25 was fixed at t4U0. . On the Insistence of tho defense, and over John 8. Hodgln's protest that It was not proper cross-examination, the assessor was allow ed lo exhibit also tho records of us sessments In the case of the lmbler elevator, which was valued at lt). 000, and the Martin wurohouso at U0U. r.xiittUes Itocanls. : Judge' Knowles later excluded all these records from the evidence, on the grounds that assessment values are generally known to bo unrc dlablo In establishing tho definite value of property. l' A. Lcavttt.- master mechanic for tliu O.-W. It. & is'., a railroad man for 37 years, testified that .all three of the engines thut parsed through lmbler the day of the fire wero Inspected by hlnv on their roturn run and found to bo In good condition so far ns spark screens urti concerned. He stated further thut engines through lnU ler operate Willi a drifting throttle, lessening and danger of flro start ing from sparks. JJefense, In cross-examination, usked tho meehunlc if he could not recall fires within two or three years up thu branch, where he said I lie precautious were greater than those taken on tho regular lines. lA'avltl said ho remembered fires to which trainmen had been sent as volunteer aids, but that ho lnul no means of knowing that the, bluxu in any case had been started by sparks from un engine, IIbm'ii Itci-allcil. K J. Jlnxcn. lmbler station tigent. whose testimony an attempt wiw ituido to Im'pcucli yesterday after noon... was recalled by the statu this morning to relate ills remembrance Ihut the wind was blowing from thu north tho day of the fire. Uui en said Tuesday that 42 . hours without sleep combined with his month end work und the excite ment of thu flro investigation lo account for his statement in jus tice court hearing that lllacklng tnn had appeared natural when he bought his ticket for Island City before tho flro. How isour PEP? HOW IH YOU WALK? With a-flrm, springy, buoyant step or listlessly, without vim or ener gy.' If the latter, something Is wrong witli your nervous system und you need expert chiropractic adjustments. No medicines, no drugs, no prescriptions,- but pro fessional manipulation of (he spin al ligaments to restore your nerv ous system to normal. ': Hpeclal Kleetrlcal treutmenls for nervous trouble, . ; .. My office will he open Monday. tm. j. r:. wooihcll ao 8onunrr Itldg. , PlHHie 4t7-W -J Hours: B A. M. to 6 P. M. Weather Straw Hats I'liim man Scnnitx Yedtlos 95c $1.35 - $1.95 (cl ' yours while the assortment Is complete. GAINES IS HELD LN SEATTLE JAIL . (Continued from Page' 1) ! That's lust, what happened," Mtern told officials Ualnes said to him. j Arraignment Is Friday In super ior court. Robert U. MacKarlune, (lalncs1 attorney, said he wouli usk for a trlul next month. - "I am1 confident that Wallace Gaines will bo cleared." Robert 8. MacKarlnne, his attorney, said. '"I j boltevo the state's cose Is so weak that the court will not rcnulra nny defense but will direct an acquittal at thu conclusion of the stato's evi dence." - , . ' - '.' , Macinrlanu declared that ho did not believe Htern's testimony would be "worth a whoop." "It was ob tained under the third degree. Wo can show lie made a contradictory stu'.cment. Kveu a strong man might wilt under seven hours or questioning... 'I'nfortunalely, thu sheriff's of fice has a candidate to succeed Matt Slurwleli at the September pri mary. They aro trying to mako out that tli In cnml(dnto. Under Khcriff Archie Huteheson, is n great detective and that ho nnd Hherlfr Rtarwich solved the mystery of the dallies murder, when they are further from tho solution tiiun any ono else becauso they haven't even begun to work on tho right trull." R CADE TODAY y ( A -s -:v V 1 jT : ST.CUia ' ' Comedy "The Greenhorn" Sportlight "The Animal Celebrities" Friday Doug. MacLean in "That's My Baby" Featuring William Russell and Hclene Chadwick Fire! Fire! Fire! The deadly signal is shouted! Horses gallop through the streets, men grow wild, women faint, the flames mount, the water fails. A lone fireman shoots through the smoke! A spectacular rescue! Here is drama. It will thrill, haunt, grip you. ! " STAR Thursday TONIGHT Pete Morrison In "Chasing Trouble" ,'M !,'' IN f K3 V. ZJ . fitore Ho. II t IUI AiUum Am. lUraadv,Or. Boys' Bathing Suits 79c Boys' Cotton Bath ing Suits, navy blue, gold trim,; sizes 30 to The prisoner slept welt last night In New York, a cartoonist tried to kill himself, perhaps because he drew n U. O. V. cartoon with out an elephant. ' v - " ' ' ' - THURSDAY STARTS EDsl
