La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 30, 1926, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextFriday, July 30, 192C. ES GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Pago Five tti'j 11 i . r 4 ;! : ,1 '1 Local News In Brief COMING EVENTS Anffiutt 4 Convention of T.uU-rn Oit'itnn Mnlli-Hl wid ely at Hot IjiKc mid .Vnlliony lake CPU M, S. 1 I. anil 2.-1 Union county fair I'luln. Ore. IMikIH floino Hero iw. I.cnlo ho nought a home i Jcffernon uvonue here from K. I Knmt - ' j fci.lfi from Portland j.lr. ami .Mrs. I.. .M. lloyt nrc ', Hln ut tho Somincr, hotel, iv f tloro'i lronV J'ortlnniJ. ro on Itiislnoss tfl'hnrlrs J. Khelton. nltorney of kker. Is in the e.ty on liUKincui ly. tended IMonccr Picnic Judft-e unil Mrs. JJ W. Knowles l ended the Wallowa county pio- ror picnic held ut AVnllowa lake ftorday. FUtliitf Her Sister ' 4 Mrs. J. W. Krater, of Portland. a tfiicst of her slsler, Mrs. II. J. Itter. She ln-rlved to I.e. ui'ande ilnesdny. -k fYoni Ponlamt W. t". HLtirKlll, who attended the Itlintf of the rutty hltfhway at Portland, has returned to l.a Srando. filing in Wallowa County I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whitney nt to Wade on this morning's tain, where they will camp ami Hsh for about thr.e days. f n Ion Clirls to Cn nip- Three automobile loads of Camp- Ure girls left tnlon this morning lor Wallowa luke whore liny will injoy nn outing. A truck hauled Iholr equipment. ftetum Sunday liOwell Williamson has gene to Portland uftor Mrs. Williamson, vhn has been visiting for the past : ijnonth. They will' return to their home hero Sunday. lorn from lVndlotun Harold J. Warner, attorney of 'endleton, is transacting legal business in the eliy. He appeared in the Union county court : lurn this morning. vOn Vacation f Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cook left itlie first of the week on u two (week's vacation trip to Seaside. Mr. Cook is employed In the O.- 5W. shops here. VwiUloii in Poi'Uantl Mr. and Mrs. Pred Spaeth and Mr. and Mrs. Will i'eare arc in I'ortland. All but Mrs. IVare ex pect to return to l.n Orande in a tew days She will remain there until September. I tallies; from Operation Tho Hev. Jaima A. Smith, who underwent a major operation at the I'ortland Surgical hospital Thursday morning. Is rallying sat isfactorily, according to word re ceived here by his daughter. Aire. Karl C. Reynolds. Mr, Itrnnuvell Better The condition of K. S. Itramwell. father of Lester Itramwell, of this city, 1h reported to be better. Mr. Hramwell Is in Portland. He has been ill about two weeks. l'.n I ton to to Salem Mrs. C. K. Spcnce and daughter Wilms, and son Hobby, of Monroe, La., who have been visiting here at tho home of C J. Douchan, left i bin morning for Salem. Miss Wil ina, will enter the University of Oregon this fall. raise; Alarm A false alarm, turned in nt one o'clock this morning, from box 40 in Old Town, cnlled the La Grande flro department members from Ihclr beds. Tho person responsible for the alarm made an escape be fore the truck arrived. Mother 111 Mrs. K. It. Ringo, who has been in Western Oregon with her mo ther, who is ill, for about six weeks reports that her mother's condi tion Is not much improved. She is S3 years old. To nomlowa this Morning Allen C. Wright, of the Kustern Oregon Light and Power company, of linker, was in the city this morning. He went to llondowa whrro a writer ganging station is Special Sale! INTRODUCING ALLEN A. LADIES' HOSIERY Silk and Rayon with 1-inch garter hem, in all Newest Colors. $1.00 a Pair 3 Pair for $2.G9 FRIDAY' And SATURDAY "THE STORE WITH hclns Instiiilcd rooporatlrcly hy ! Hie mule and lKlit compuny. Tho ! purpose of the ruhrc Is to Sleep 11 record of Die flow of the flriindc ' Itonde river. jlloiiH. rmni Willamette Valley Mrs. (Nyiln K'.ddlo nnd lillle daughter, -Mttravcne. and aon, M'lydo, returned to La Oninde this 1 mnrnlnir after two week Km.nt vIbIHiik Willamette valley points. Mr. Kiddle drove to I'orthtnd with Ills family . hut returned home nhoul a week ago. j Itctuiii io Hawaii . Miss Curll Curny will leave tills evening for Portland und from there will go to San Prunoihco. Sho sails from there forHHo, on the island or Hawaii, where she teach es school. .Misa Currcy has been 'visiting her father,. t'Yed t'urrey. land oilier relatives and friends I here fur the past month. Attrmlni Tmlnlnjr Camri f'onrad passed through the city this morning on his way home to Nnterprlse. Since flnishinj? this year's work nt the Oregon Agricul tural college ut 'orvullls ho has been at Camp .Lewis attending the KeSMrvo Officers Training camp. He will spend tho remainder of the summer nt , his Wallowa eouniy home. Finishing itiislnoss The l.u Cirande real eslHte l)oard met at the Tiffin this noon for the regular 1-Yiday luncheon. William Miller, president, presided over the meeting. The expenses of the Nort Invest Uenltois conven tion, held here last week, were cheeked over. All other business In connection with the convention was completed also. To I'cmlleton this Morning Mrs. Chrisllne Clark, district de puty of the Woman's Heneftt asso ciation, and Mrs. Julia V. Ward, stale commander, left this morn ing for Pendleton where they will inspect the Pendleton review this evening. Krorn there Mrs. Clark will go to .tend and Mrs. Ward will go to Portland. Hen front Pendleton Mrs. C. J. Ilellinger und daugh ters, Marjorie iind Hlunche, drove to La Cirande from Pendleton yes terday anil are visiting here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Stit zlnger. They plan to be here un til the first of next week. Sunday they, with the Stltxlnger family, will go In Wallowa lake for an all day outing. To I'matllla Tomorrow Mrs. W. H. Correll, Mrs. Kmtl Ash and Oaakill Veaeh, who have been visiting In the city at the J. O. Htltzingef home, uccompanled by Mrs. Jteleue Hughes, will drive to Pendleton tomorrow. Sunday Mrs. Hughes will return to her home here and the others will go to Portland, where Mrs. Correll and Mr. Veaeh make their home. .Mrs. Ash will visit there for some time before returning to her home in California, Home this Morning? Miss Kute Johnson and Miss Lil lian Duncan were here this morn ing en mute to their home in Wal lowa county. Miss Duncan lives at Joseph and Miss Johnson ut Wal lowa. The former has been at tending the summer Normal school session at Pendleton and the latter has been at Monmouth attending normal school. Miss Puucun will teach school ut Knterprise. this year and Miss Johnson plans to teach at Wallowa. Sight Returned Sight was restored to a woman more than SO years of nge when Dr. P. I Ralston removed a cat aract from the right eye Qf Grand ma, Weatherly in the hospital at Knterprise Thursday morning. She was able to see as soon as the operation had been performed, she wild. BAND PLAYS CONCERT TO BIG CROWD (Continued from Page 1) the quartet from Verdi's "Rigo letto," "Arabian NighUV (King), and the overture ' Raymond" (Thomas). The closing selection was among the most popular numbers. Kn cores were demanded hy the K00 to 900 persons in attendance and were generously furnished. A CONSCIENCE SHOWDOWN EXPECTED IN MEXICO (Continued from Pope 1) uatlon. The new refutations provide that only clersy of Mi-xtean citizenship may officiate at religious services: Unit alt church properly shall Iw confiscated on the around that It has been held hy rh ore lies unlaw fully for Cii) years. IteliKious in struction In schools Is prohibited. ; Sectarian publications arc forhid tden to comment on or carry news ion national political affairs. The National League fur e fense of ItcliKious Liberty will start an "economic boycott" of protest loinorrow. Tim boycott contemplates itliat all Cut holies and persona opposed io the -governments present reli irious nollcv an well, shall reiiHC spending- money for anything e--I eept uhHoluio necessities. The lea gue hopes by the boycott to effect Ian economic sHimp which will be sufficiently embarrassing to the ; government to cause it to modify its policy. Lep;S 0f Fire Fighter Shattered by Long Leap 8 rO K A N 10, July. 30 ( A I ' ) . -Cornered on the edge of a cliff while righting Idaho forest flies yesterday, Kurl Hogart, 40, of Priest Klwr, leaped 40 feer, crashing into a tree, then I'alltn;; to (he ground. Ills legs were shuttered. I I it I : ((.un its itouin ;r KI'OKANK, July it o (AO . Itobbery of fire fighters return ii.g from Sand I'uint, lilaho. t Spokane on a freight train last night was reported to the slier iffs office today. Two men. il was declared, beat and rnhbe-l seven fire fighters, and held up many others or the 3 it or 40 on the train. They obtained several hundred dollars. It was stated. t'pwards or SI, 000 wits taken In a. similar robbery Tuesday nlghv. Library Ghats i:w BOOKS Kven though you miss the poo. try In Carl Sandburg's verse, you will find poetry of the highest type in his prose biography .if "Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Yea rs.' The Chicago poet has found a warm welcome in his first serious nt ure in In slerner fields. "These two volumes of biogra phy make up the best and noblest 1-neiu that Carl Sandburg lias ever writ ten," Tho Independent Maga zine says. In the New York Times, the book crll lc writes: "There lies never been a biography quite like this before. The thing Mr. Sa.n.N itui-g has done, cannot wen be re peated." The book In lis two volumes, will be placed on the shelves of the public library at li p. m. Sat urday. Other bonks to be started In La Grande circulation t he same hour are listed by the librarian: "The Lone Hand" (Ames) . "Building With Words" (Hall). "That Itoyle Girl" (Maimer). "The Little World" (Itenson), "Italy t'nder Mussolini" ( Itollthn). "If i Not ' Done" (Itiiiiitt), "When 1 Grow l"p lo Middle Age" (Hurt). "The Splendid Itasca!" (Challis). "The Pride of the Town" (Car man). "John Crows" (Chapman), "Short Life of Florence Nightin gale" (Cook ) , "The Coming of Cosgrove" ( Krsklne), "The Hlg'i Adventure" (Karnol). "Art in Kverydny Life" (Goldstein), "J.l jnn In Silhouette" (Hall), "Harp ers Prize Short S t o r I e s." "Chimes" (fferrick), "Cakes. Pn:i try and Dessert Pishes" (Hill), "The Religion of Yesterday und Tomorrow" (l,ukc), "The Call of the Cpper Road" (Logan), "Ad visory Ren" (Lucas), "The Scamp" ( M a rk ha in ) . " Ye Thn t . J udge" (Martin). "Porto Rico" (Mixer), "Rest Short Stories of 1 ri J" (O'Brien), "Kneel to the Pretti est" (Onions), "The Amateur Poster Maker" (Perkins). "Tho World's Rest Humor" ( Posner) , "Aid. to Rhyme" (Redfleld), "The Threshold of Keur" (Rees), "Crnig Kennedy Listens In" ( Reeve), "Kssays Toward Truth" ( Robin son), "Keller's Anna Ruth" (.Sing master), "Clubs: Making and Management" ( Stern ), "The Be.t Poems of,l!2&" (Strong), "Stan ley John's Wife" (Taylor). "Your Home Beaut i f u I" (Taylor), "Rome" (Tuker), "Uprooted" (Whltlock). Sponges 10c to $2.00 CHAMOIS 25c to $2.50 A new shipment just received. CO. Everything for the Sick Iloom Thone Main 68 DITCH ACTION FROWNED UPON Because u definite cost basis hnd not l en prepared by the city en gineer stockholders of the ln Grande Irrigation compuny passed a resolution against the petition and against joining with (he city, in building the proposed conduit un der the sidewalk on X avenue when they met to discuss the pro position last evening. They agreed lo confer further with Hie inter ested parties, however, and try to wi,rk out sonidhirg that would be considered equitable by the dileh conittany. pimple living on JC u venue have been granted a . petition for the construction of cement sidewalks along that street ami the ditch be longing to Hie Irrigation company. N'lA. Los AnKi'les nureau . SHK IS I'HKTTIKST lawyer, ' nt least- In l.s Aunclrs. Her name Is l.llllan lleyer. She's !C and sliiK'e. NICA, fhleago Purau MISS II. K. .MAC KA It I f N K has junt bcfrt elecRI president of the l.lfe ruderwrlters' AfcMi ciation of l.ouisianu and Is the! bij; lies t salurlrd wonuui in the ttouth. : V 4 I Remodeling Specials for Saturday Every day during the time it takes lo remodel the front of the New York Store we will advertise new articles at extremely low prices. These will be in addition to those already advertised for the preceding days. WATCH THE ADS. - SATURDAY ITEMS 'mm formerly known us the Sargeanl W light ditch. Is located where the to another location or build a con sidewalks are to be built, making it necessary to change the ditch dull under the nldcwnlk. , About So Mockholdcrs und five olhors alloniled llii' moollnff whirli 'rKii, woro lho newttpunrmen tnslotl fur an hour unil 11 liair. J. who iilcrroil Ihci mill or llcneii II. IllilPk. prraldi'llt or llu t'oili- hi'lwpi'ii NiiKxau unci (hp oult'r puny, presided. Tho lionr.1 or ill- world. Thi'lr fllitht hy ulrplnm r.'Olora was iuuhoilxi'd lo uwor- waH not without inlvontiirc Koiv luln Iho rout of rrciU'tlnir curtain Vd down on u dewrtod ixlnn.l wIiimi , portions or the dltrh near thi head Kate, wnoro wntor now wr-P" hy n rluinrn Hpaplmip In wurrli or throilRh. j niiinir yacht, which supplied Siirrlclent fuel to nvmmo tho I'llKht Eugene Man Succumbs 'AX nt N.nssfll, lh. OW8. li rom Lrasli Injuries pupmwn found uu wiruiciw down Jnnd were unalile lo communicate vitnrvi.' Oil Juiv .10 (v iwl,h r"" ellMan Miami. The K 'oner"w'.rh.ed( "J?" ...hnllv vi-terilay al.out IS mile went of, '"''0" Ihe outer IhIuii.Ih of junction City on the l.ahe Ci'im Ii ; "Rl frronp, weveral of which re. ica.l when a llKl.t cur. dm-n ,veUed evidence or the eve,e V. I).-Neeley, wllji whom he was s,0,m. riillnff. clashed into u lruildim.il (Ireat Inane l.ltrlit, llrlliiln'u (.rti.H. A paxHlnir motorist plchc.i northernmost Isle or the Kroup. up the Injured man. who dlcd,vnn hit full rorce. The roor or I erore renehinjr Junction I'lly. Ajthe only two woolrn hotlHeti wore hrother of Mr. runner Uvea In strlpped orf, while the lighthouse Miver and will arrive Krlduy t.iKhowed larffo cracka In Its sides. tnUo charge of the hody. .Tlu- 'fiie promontory wus stripped or man's parents live In limn. 1 1 all Its foll:i(,'e nnd was hardly more wns alioiit 41) years old. MORE THAN 150 MISSING IN BAHAMASlor "turi". h"e to the south j lay the famous Clun Key, termed (Continued from Page 1) have sunk in the harbor was the 80-ton yacht lososeeles" former - ly tho Shamrock 8, Hir Thomas I Ipton's famous America's cup challenger. At the island of Gun Key, eight larR-e rum running boats, heavily laden with liquor were dashed to pieces by the waves. The crewH escaped, rowing ashore in uninU I boats nt the first appearance of I I he hurricane. Nothing win known of the fate of the government mall boat "RronteB," which proceeded for San Salvador shortly bofore tho onrushlng storm. The "Albertino Adou," with 40 persons aboard, sailed for the Inland of Riaugn, a few hours before the htirrteano struck. It was also counted among the missing craft. Crown of the Munson "S. S. .Mannniar" from New York und Iho Canadian "Kisher" from King ston, Jamaica which arrived at Nassau shortly after tho storm abated told of battling terrific winds and waves. Tho IJjtnrd' wis tossed broad side across the road on Kast Hay street, proving an obstruction to traffic. The old War liner 'Bul garia, tho coasting schooner "In flexible," and the schooner "Mog Ic," nil were lifted on tho rocks, as were other ships and siiytl) fish ing boats. The spongtng schooner "Homo Comfort." the, two-master "Math ok'e," the schooner "Ml la. "M.." mid the schooner "Vim" were smash ed to kindling wood. Governor Sir Harry PordenuT Ut Baby Sweaters ( lever new ileslirns In I'lnk. Illue. White nml rniuhlimtlnii'i, Alo new Huff (Vint, sweaters for I1m ycar'nlil. til.l.'i To i.:m Art & Baby Shop IIDMSTlTtillNC. Overalls A heavy grade, triple stitched blue denim overall, for the lowest price since the war 99c Regular $2.00 shirts in madras, percales, and fiber silk stripes made by Arrow 85c & $1.25 Our standard shirts of broadcloth, Alberta cloth and Manila rep shirlingN, selling for $2.25, $2.15 and $2.95 3 Shirts for . "Destroyers of High Trices" a public announcement expressed his sympathy to the relatives or the tunny whom he believed hud been killed.- . ; Hal 1. Uwnhon. of tho Miami Dally News, and R. p. Mitchell, correspondent of tho Associated . ru'l giwv out, thoy were rcwuwl than a denuded rock. North and South Hlmlnl. dl- reelly rout of Jllnml. suffered likewise, the wreckiiKti on the I. small islands offerlim ample proor the rendezvous of tho hootleioror, now hnidly moro than a, 'waste. northern edrrn of Alidros was . '';','''l,;l excepted ut Morttan's lil,lrf' 11 "PPcnrftl. I ne nurrlenne played many stmngo pranks as It twisted its path tortuously through New Pro ."TTAMflNd $5 iL . J; vidence,, leaving In its wake a tale of woe. The sloop .Mystery J which plica between Miami und Nassau, was lifted high up on the shore nnd fur Into a rum ware house, where cases .wore plied with the choicest Ihiuors. ( NEW WITNESS TO FIGURE IN AIMEE CASE ContlnuM From Pace t.) announcement said that he recog nized Mrs. Kennedy's voice, having heard it a number of time over the radio and nt the time, he said, he commented on the fact to his wife und daughter, Tho unidentified man Ryan, said did not accept tho horder-nlght-d riving commission. He fixed tho date as the tftth or i'.'th of June. Roland it. Wooley. nttoinry for Mm. McJ'herson, returned from runnel loduy and Issued the state ment that he believed "Ormlston was Implicated In the kidnaping." Wooley Silent r Wooley would not say if he had obtained any evidence to dis prove tho theory that Kenneth Or mlslnn, former radio operator nt An gel us Temple, MeTherson headquarters, here hnd spoilt sev eral days In Cnrmel cottage with ft. woman resembling Mrs. Mc.l'her son while search was being mnde for tho supposedly drowned body of the evangelist at Santa, Monica beach, . , Charles Relmer of the district attorney's stuff, reported to his of ficer at 1 o'clock that he had been unable to locate Mrs. .Mel'herson to serve her with a subpoena to appear before the county grand jjury ii-xt week. I' lugvrf n uns itmrri'ii Fingerprint experts of the police department ntinoueced today that finger marks obtained In a cottage at Cnrmel ho far examined, could not be Idnntiried as those of Al mee Scmplc Mel'herson owing to ARCADE XJUL TODAY - SATURDAY m MOORE Adapted from ' Musical Comedy Triumph r . With :" '. ' ' ' LLOYD HUGHES - GEORGE K. ARTHUR CHARLIE MURRAY A Riot of Action A Circus of Fun and the World's Greatest Style Show in Nature's own colors! j ir- STAR Toty fm B.J SATURDAY , VItUAM FOX " Gripping Drama with Remarkable Cast Including ALMA RUBENS EDMUND LOWE LOU TELLEGAN TOM SANTSCHI LILYAN TASIIMAN HELENA D'ALGY COMEDY And PATHE NEWS 56 STORE t cm l jar .- - IN TM8 WISt' Store No. IS HOI Ailitnn Ave. IJ (imnilo, Ore. ' Hosiery For Children Beautiful heavy mercerized full length stockings, made from extra fine combed yarn. Colors, black, white, cordovan and biscuit. Sizes 6 to 910. Priced to sell at, pair 25c their blurred condition. -District Attorney Asa Kcyes said today tho demand of Mrs, Mcpher son for a "showdown" would tn met in the form of the presenta tion of "new und startling, evi dence" before the grand jury which reconvenes next Tuesday, j-; Also tho grand Jury wilt' ho ask ed to consider whether any of ihb' witnesses ut the previous sessions including tho los Angeles pastor were guilty of perjury. Officials hero are skeptical of Mrs. McPhcrson's story of 'her al leged kidnaping nnd - have heon looking into reports that for part of tho time at leant the pustoo may havo been in Cnrmel, nn art colony nenr Monterey with Kenneth G. Ormiston, former radio operator at the temple. the Famous a Intrigue! Treachery! Romance! Adventure! Thrills! 3C