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

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    Friday, July 30, 192C.
ES GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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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.
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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
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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!
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