Thursday, July 1, 192fi.
EA GRANDE EVENING 0BS3RVE3
Local News In Brief
. COMING EVENTS
'July 13, U, is iiml 1ft Free
Honwniakcn' lnstiiut under
j auspices Ttie Observer.
; July t& Union county's 3 Alb
annual pioneer reunion.
July a J, 23, 24 Convention of
Northwest Heal Estate aaao
elation In La Grande.
ScpC aa. aa, 24, antl 25 Union
county fair at fclgln. Ore
by friends at Lostlne and Knter
prlsc, who wilt accompany her to
the lake. -
To Inland Clly . . .
Anst'll Henderson went to Inland
City this morning, where he wir
visit friends for a few days.
To Lake this Morning-
I Mrs. It, A, Musterton went to
Wallowa Lake this morning when
tthe will Join friends und spend the
Fourth of July.
Itcro rrom Cove- . ,
$ G rover Duffey, banker of Cove,
wua In the city thin morning on
business, '
left for Twin Fall
y H. H. Money left lust night for
Twin Knl Is. Idaho where ho will be
for a few days on business, Mr.
Money is employed with the limit
ing Tructor company here.
On Way lo Seattle
Mrs. K. A. Nelson, of Mlnum,
Vu In Im Grande last niRlit en
route to Heat II i!, Wash., .where she
ex peel 8 to visit fur about throe
Hiunlhs.
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licit from Pendleton '
' i Mrs. Fannlu Forbe arrived in
the eity this inornliiff. from Pen-,
dlctou visit line fur several
days ut the' home of her son, H, 1(.
Money. C j . '. ;
Homo rroiu Portland- : v
. Mrs. S. N.. Shell andjlttle daugh
ters. Hazel and Mary, ' arrived In
)a Grande this morning on their
way homo to Enterprise
Portland, wnere they have
visiting: for the pust month.
To Illgin Hum MonUug ' '
C. K. Bhaw, auditor for the O.
W. company went to Klein oiiIIiIh
morning's train. He will return to
l.a Grande Ihls evening. Mr.
Shaw's home is In Portland.
On Way Home
Kred Hebert was In the city thin
morning on his way home to Wal
lowa from Portland and Seattle.
Wash., where he has been visiting
relatives for the past week.
Passed Through City
A. K. Barber passed through l.a
Grande this morning on his way
home to Fnterprlse from Kugciic
where hu has been for the past
week transacting business.
To Portland on lliudiic:- j . V-
JJr. J. h. Cundull, dentist now
located at Klein,.' was In the .city
this morning on his way home lo
Klgln. from . Portland, where ' he
went on business. .Saturday night.'
Two Hoys Join Navy ,
Hershal . Tulbott and (Nlek
Thomas, both of l.a Grande, loft
I'ist night for Portland and from
1'ioro will goto San Diego, Callfor-
Din. where-thpy will Join -1 ho . Un
ited SlulesNavy fleet. The two
boys enlisted while u'll.'S. naval
-if fleer was in the city the first of
iho week, i
Visited Hero One Week .
Mrs. Itolly Kookman nnd ehll-
from'.drcn, Darleiic and Jacqueline, re
been turned to their home at Bilker
yesiernuy aner visiting in i.a
Grande one week with Mrs, Kook
man's mother and friends.
Home for Holidays ... ..
Henry Heed, who Is employed at
the Grande iRonde'' Lumber com
pany's logging camp on - the
Grande Konde Hlver, was in the
elty this morning on his way home
to Deer Creek, In Wallowa coun
Left for' Joseph . . , '.
' Jiminlc Lesley went to Joseph,
on this morning's trutu, where ho
will spend the summer with his
aunt and uncle, Mr, and Mrs. Hoss
Leslie. Jimmy arrived hero yes
terday from Portland- where he
has been with his mother, . Mra
Torcst Leslie, ' and his brother,
itoss, und sister, Joanna, -for the
Three' Generations at West Point
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. '. These three men held their own family reunion ut the annuut
uluss day exercises ut West Point.' They represent three genera-
tluns of cadets, all or the same family. At the left Is General
" W, Knnis, class of ISO! - center, his son, Col. William Unnls, class
.of 190J; right, the son of-Col. Knnts, Wlllium lJnnkj Jr., of tho
class of 1920. . ' .
DEFENDANT v
"MIXED" UP -s
.; OVER NOTES
(Continued from Pago 1) .
past four weeks.
Ington. who had paid off a $500
mortgugei This was In rebuttwl or
alleged iht tnuititm by tho state that
the title Ho,.' the property had been
I frequently .shifted. Hlaeklugton ex
plained that he had acted us agent
for all of tile owners.
As his purpose in visiting Imb
ler m May. the defendant . stated
that he "hud come as he was accustomed-
to loolc after the ware
house. J,f the fruit crop was good,
he Intended to make the larger
part frostproof.
Valued place at $5000. '
On his sou's request, he was go
ing to attempt to ell the property.
A price of $5000 wis fixed, he said.
Only when he tried to explain
To Visit Hawaiian Inlands
Miss Grace Alleu and Miss Ma
bel Herziiiffor left La Grande by
ly, wheie.he will spend the Kout;th auto today, accompanied by Miss
of July with his rumlly. , Hcrzlnger's. parents, Mr. and Mrs.
' : . V ! K. C. Heralnger, -and sister, ;Miss
Hen Last Night .1 Blanche Herzinger, on their way
Frank Workman, district deputy ' lo Hun Francisco. Cal, and from
srand exalted ruler of the Klks : there will sail July 7 for tho ,Hu-
lodge. was in La Grande yesterday wallan Islands on' -the;.' steamship from his,' notes just which days ho
and lust night. A .special .meeting Matsotilu. In Honolulu they will spent in 1, Grande with his dnugh
Of the loeal. B. P. ' O. Klk's lodgo ' bo Joined by Miss Muo Nelll, who tcr and which In Imbler did the cle
was culled i; last evening to meet as been teaching school there, fendunt u become distinctly con
wlth Mr. workman. He. was "Wcy will bo In thj Jslanthrr -eijfkt fused.
guest of J. Kltier hero yesei- days vlHltlijg the volcano and other j "WTiat lime did you go to Tnih
duy. Mr. Workman, besides being points of Interest. They'- ;will be fcr last ;before ; the fire?'' "ll. T..
distiiel deputy grand exulted ruler, j away, from La Grande, one month; Hops, defendant's counsel usked. .
$ past exatled ruler of the Mc-jMr. and Mrs. 'Herzinger 'and Miss " ; '.'j went Wednesday, and return
Mlnnvillc lodge. y .. . i Blanche will spend three weeks In ed Thursday. Walt a minute,' here
. , f . j Oullfornla before - returning to La I Is the book In which I made the
On Way to .Lake . J Grande. Both Miss Allen, and Miss I original. notes. I wjs In La Grande
Miss Je(inetle .fl.emley, of Des Herzinger are employed In N. K.bluy 2S.-24. 27 und 2S; and ut
'Moines, Iowa, was' here y'csttirday Wesl's store here. Miss " Allen is Imbler May 25, 21 and 2.' '
oil her way to Wulolwa Lake;, bookkeeper and Mis Herzinger Is' .Notes Confusing.
whure she will spend three or four , in the ladies ready-to-wear depurt
weeka camping. Khe will be joined l.ient.' ' '
"Where were you May 30?"
"Why, Im, Grande," Blacklngton
At Clint's
Gigantic Money Raising
-' Sale -:
Vc arc moving Quality Wearing Apparel for men and boys out every
day at a big saving to the public of La Grande and Union County.
Celebrate the Fourth in One of Our
Michaels-Stern Value First Suits
AT A SAVING OF 25 TO 50
ff
THE STORE WITH A CONSCIENCE
answered, intent on his notes.
"You were In both I a Grande
und Imbler, weren't you? That's
Sunday, you know. The duy of the
fire." Hess suggested.
"Oh. why 1 was In Imbler, until
.6 o'clock in the evening." :
Notes Shelved,
On counsel's recommendation,
Ulucktngton put his notebook away,
und told of his preperations to
move his goods from the store
room. ' . '
He talked to Furmun, he said,
and found him feeling blue over
the freeze that had destroyed a
good" part of his apple crop, but
they arrived n.t no definite settle
ment. He ;iud told the elder Fur
mun he would like htm to move the
boxes out If they were not Intend
ing to use the place tigaln, but not
to incommode himself.
Kxplalns Candle Incident.
Of the "candle incident, ho ex
plained that he borrowed it to
find some lanterns with which to
look for goods he wunled to take
home. . Finding no globes, he bor
rowed a lantern from Mrs, Watson,
ul whose home he had stayed.
With dll ho bought from An
drew;' garage 10 cents worthhe
filled the lantern.
I'sed Oiled Cloth.
A new explanation of what bo
en me of the remaining oil was
given, when Blaeklngton testified
that he poured son re of wlr-it was
left out on a cloth to clean the
globe which was dirty.
I didn't give it a fancy clean
ing, but enough ho It would let
I he light through," he inhb-d.1 .
Mrs. Watson had earlier testified
that I he lantern appeared now to
he in about the condition It wis
when nhv let Hlucklngtou have it.
Court adjourned with the delVnd
niiL Mill on the stand. '
Heirlooms Destroyed, ,
A long list of furniture, heir
Ion ms, dishi'H. bed linens and pil
lows, book.-i. Including BluckHtone
:ind ol Iht Inw tests belonging to
the lawyer father of the def-nd-
ii ul . dishes and clothing was re
cited )v M ins Alice Itlacklugton
elder sister of the mmi on triul
when fhe was called lo the wltnea-4
stand again this morning.
The value of the goods, all of
which she said burned without In
siiranee in the warehouse. h to he
added and presented in testimony
this uriernnon.
Kcce.HM Called.
A recess was en I ted t li is morn -
ing for the inspection of stoves
and other bits of ruin from the
fire hauled Into the courtyard n(,
llhtekington's direction. Two oil
sloven In the load recalled the tes
timony of" K. .1. jhizen, huhler sln
Hon agent and mayor, who said he
had not found any Indications of
burned oil stoves when he exam
ined the ruins.
llrlgK'i. or island City, told of
f lluckington's accompanying him
and his family to services the
night of the fire. He hud gone In
Tlrst he said, and was not sure
whether anyone urged the defend
ant to go into the church. Asked
by G' orge Mowry, state's counsel,
whether he had not told H. H.
I'omcrny, fire inarHltall. June 2,
that Itlacklugton went Into the
church first. Itrlggs said he could
not remember. r
IMaylr Dlsminlifled
Four character witnesses were,
""'d. tUv Wilson, Clay Fos and
Wlllium Wiggins testifying., that
iiity Knew iliuckiiigton's reputa
tion lo he good In communities
a hero they had known him.
Churles Fluyle disqualified him
lf as a character wllncs when
he testified that he did not know
I he defendant's general reputa
tion. The state brought out In
cross-examination the fuct that
ciny Fox had been IllacklngtOn's
Insurance agent for flvo years.
In conversation. Fox stated that
the Insurance on the warehouse
wiis utl about five years old. and
that the policies , were renewed
about eight months ago.
OUnS FIEND,
MOT FATHER
RKATTI.K, Juty I. (AD
Churles TcitiiHnt. chief of tlutoc
tlvi'B In the Hcattlo pollciv taduy
continued working on hi. theory
that Bylvla Guinea, whoso body
was found hero on tho shoro of
drocn lako on tho morning of
Juno IT. wua killed by a fiend and
not by her father, Wulluco C.
dttlncs, who la vharged with tho
murder of hla duuirhter,
fr'roaeuutor Colviu announced
t hut ho will not Join Hobcrt B.
MucKarlttne, uttorney for Guinea,
In uaklngr ut tho urrulBnmont of
Guinea tomorrow for a new apcclul
venlro to permit trial this month.
1 will not bo a purty to uuy
nnoctuculur - methods In brtiiRlnK
Gullies to trlul", Colviu doClurv'd.
"i'ho question of calltne a special
venlro reals with presiding Judgu
Jones and tho 13 other jurora."
While Colvin wua preparing hla
cuse.arulnat Guinea, tucl'arluno
announced that ho la atlll working
on a murdor - theory of his own.
Three new defence witnesses who
gave a description of a man they
suw lurking near u grove where
the girl's body whs found have
been discovered, MucKurlunu udd-
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NYE BEHIND
IN EARLIER
COUNTINGS
(Continued From Pave 1.)
leaguo hud received only one vote
In returns available from &5
counttea, ; ;
f Townley'a IntVrest In tho at
tempted resurrection la not known,
because, he, has been, out - of the
state for several months,
v Contest In IfcHibt, '. ' :.
The statu contest between A. O.
Horlle, non-partlsun governor, and
J. M. Ha nicy, Independent, for the
republican nomination appeared In
doubt. Hnnley, received an early
lead along with Hanniy but 8or
lie's strength In the country dis
tricts may disrupt this with addi
tional returns.
Democrats have n full stale
ticket without opposition und did
not figure In the primary. The
farmer-labor group has contests
in six of 11 offices.
net i a nr. a into Third '
iteiurns irom n preeineis oui
of 2, 107 for long term senator
gave Hanna I G , f. S : Nye, Jl,07l:
Cv T. Htone,, "wet" eulidldute,
2,533; Herman Mldtbo, 271.
, For the fu'iort term senator, 27.'1
precincts guvc Wye 1 0,Dd7; Hunna,
13,1 17; djtdne, 2,711.
Heturtis; from 317 for the gul
eriuitorlqi i , nomination gave Hoi
lie 13.5-tr; Hnnley, lO.USU; J. A.
McGovern, 6(i,
Mil-
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56 STORE
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IN THE WEST
101 Adnnu Ave. ' . Sloro No. 13 L r I Grande, Ore.
Stylish 3-Piece
u u
For Men
With the 4th but a few days off. we begin to think of a New Suit A
look at our wonderful assortment of new and stylish fabrics and a sam
ple of our workmanship will convince you beyond all doubt that this
showing offers a real opportunity to save.
Many patterns to select from beautiful designs newest
; shades and coloring, all wool, rich and high class, v
Japanese Vessel Hits
Rock; Deck Submerged
. IHtn.niiliTON, Wash.; July I
(AF), The Japanese 8. 8. ltclyo
struck u hidden rock near Anin
tlgnuk Isluud in the Aleutians,
reported Uj message recujved here
today by the radio station of the
Fuget Hound navy yard. No dan
ger, of destruction had been fore
seen when the inesHugo was sent.
The forward deck wua submerg
ed and number one hold was rilled
with water. . The. .vessel gave her
position nfl ' n6rtli latitude 61.17
and West, longliiKie 17!,02'. The
ltclyo left) Cunys Harbor, Wash.,
June 20 for Yokohama, Japan..,
my share of the money and I sure
needed some. Hut that part is all
right as long us you will forgive
me. Pray for me even if I did
make you suffer. I have suffered
also, after you were gone.
"Steve und Juke almost killed
me. I am not afraid to . get ar
rested, for nobody knows mo here
and Steve and Jakn are In El Paso.
They had everything moved and
their tracks covered before morn
ing. Now, once more will you for
give me, as" you would like to bo
forgiven.
"Your Jnllor,
' ' "Hoso"
'TCio letter was written with a
pencil on lined puper and many ot
the words were misspelled, i -i.
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BAKER COPPER
FIRM FORMED
iiueopla; John, C. Semple, Spo
kane; JJlainu JIalloek and James
H. Nichols, of. Uaker, and W. A.
Custleiuan, of Seattle.
Klwt OfNeerM.
''Officers elected at tho directors'
meeting were; ;1
J. It. Wat kins, president.
J. I). Crary, vice president,
John Arthur, general manager.
lilaine JHatlock, secretary,
J, 1). Cook, assistant secretary.
James 11. Nlcnois, treasurer.
Hatlock and Crary will Icavo
Friday for Salem to apply for a
pu rni It to sell stock.
Obituary
A YltiU-sM
pastor of the Presbyterian church,
preaching tho sermon, Burial wilt
bo In the Masonic cemetery.
(Continued from Page 1)
PKNIJIJ5TON. July 1. (AP)
Wheat is being delivered now at
the Myrick station elevator near
here, which is the earliest In the
past ten )-ara that wheat has been
harvested sad -tutcd? - - -..--
Wool Market Activity
Is Tending to Recede
MOSTON. July 1. (AP) -Woo!
market activity Is lending lo recede
owing In part to the approach of a
double holiday und lo the fact some
houses handling . domestic wools
are refusing to meet the demand
on the' present".1 level of values.
However, the volume' "of current
business Is fairly subrdanliul, al
though nol up to normal. Ulnpar
Hy between" -market prices lurns
demand principally, lu , domestic
wools. ,
4,000 AGENTS
WILL COMBAT
LIQUOR FLOW
(Continued from Page 1)
supply, within two years, General
Andrews promises not only more
effective enforcement but reduced
costs and more populurlly fur the
law.
TAMPERING
FIGURES IN
AIMEE CASE
(Continued from Page 1)
they would be back here some
time tonight.
'Ilo-to' KeiuU letter
Before departing Mrs. Mcpher
son had made public a letter pur
porting lo have been received from
"itose" the name of the woman,
who. with two men. Were alleged
in Mcpherson's story to have kid
naped her. Tho letter had nol been
turned over to Captain of Dec
tlve Cllno who said for that reason
ho was not making an official In
vestigation of It. Tho letter read:
lear Mrs. McPherson;
"Just a line to let you know lhal
1 have no hard feelings about you
getting away from tne. In fact I
um glad it Is all over with. If you
could only forgive me for the part
I played In this unlucky adventure
1 would bu satisfied. Hut will you?
Oh. please do.
"I shut) usk nothing more than
jtwt Tour fairfivvnwis. I buv lost
loo acres.
; Many buildings, machlnis, and
mining c'lulpuitnt, Including over
Ift.tiau feet of underground tun
nels. Ore on the dump. 20,000 tons,
estimated ut 10 per. ton.
AO Cent Shares
The slock of the company con
sists of lo.ooo.ooo .shares at Ml
cunts per share. Six million shares
belong to the member conipunles
and Individuals In payment for
properties uctiulrod and 4.000,000,
000 HhureH will be placed In the
treasury available for sale.
At the stockholders' meeting
held yesterday afternoon, the fol
lowing directors were elected: J,
1). Crnry and John Arthur, of Hi
ker; I. It. Walklns, of Aberdeen.
Wash.: Itohert M. Helta, of Cor-
i. NOTIIXA(il-:ii.
O. Nothnuge), 75. whoae home for
a number of ycursj has been near
Allcel, died at the Grande Hondo
hospital at about 3:80' p. in. Wed-
ncBdny. lie was taken there in u. !
serious condition Saturday night,
Mr. Nothnuge) was born in Ger
many In 1851. He cume to tho
Grande Hondo valley about 15 J
yearn ugo, J 1
The decedent Is survived by his
widow and three children: Herman
and William, of AHcel, and Mrs.
Jacob Truehsel, of Portland.
Funeral services will bo held at
tho liohnPnlaim.p chapel ut io a.
in. Friday, the Hev, W. C. Itoss,
We Buy for Less .
We Sell for Less
Beautiful assortment
of colors in children's '
silk and - wool Slip-'
over Sweaters. Reg
ular $4.00 value for ',
$2.50
Women's Artificial
Silk Hose. Regular
85c value for
49c
See our window dis
play for the lowest
prices in town.
1NTEwY5rk5Tu7Z3
Destroyers of High Prices.
-with
DRUGSTORE
Silk Underwear
"Fitrite" Vests, Bloomers, Step-ins-all
popular shades.
Voile Gowns $1.00 :
Art & Baby Shop
E.rrjlliliig For The Babf"
Cara Nome
Bath Salts
$1.50
A spoonful or two In your
bath makes a world of
difference.
Softens und perfumes the
water with the delightful
Cara Nome Odor. ,
Glass Drugs
Inc.
3s2s& Sfar
La Grande, Oregon
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POLA NEGRI
"Good and Naughty"
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
"Fables"
"News"
Yes, sir, we've. decided; No, ma'm, we
won't hide it "That's My Baby" is
sonic show! Watch the old kid cut up!
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