La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 18, 1926, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Texti . 1 : I'nnnriiiiin n m " . ! (Incorporated) An Independent Newspapor FRANK a APPLEBY.. ...Editor and Publlsner HARVET F. MATTHEW8.. ...Business Msnafer ' Published avenlngs, except Sunday, at 1416 Adam Avenut, La Qranda, Oregon. The Obscrver-Blar published ever rVldur. Entered at the Postofflce at La Qrand. Oregon, as Second Claw Mall Mattrr under act or March 1. 1ST I OFFICIAL. PAPER OF UNION COUNTT AND THB CITI OF LA QRANOB MEMBER ASSOCIATED PHESfl The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to use lor pub llcation of all news dlapalchea credited to It or not otherwise credited. If published thereto. All rights of republication of special dispatches In this, papor, and also the local news here In also are reserved : H" ' : BUBBCltlPTION KATES By Carrier Dally, per month In advance.. SEE COOLIE Dally, per six months In advance Dally, single copy , , , 75a ...M 0 By Mak i Dally, per month In advance..,, Dally, per six months In advance-.... ' Dally, per year In advance Weekly Observer-Star, per year Ho ..12. SO ..16.00 ..I2.0U ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column Inch ..... Display, local, per column Inch . Time contract rates on application -.40 4K, 1 GOD'S LKAOKKHHIP "Ye shall walk after (ho Lord your God, and I cur lllin, ami keep J lis commandments, and obey H.s voice, and yo shall serve II I in. and cleave unto Jllin." klsut. 13 4 ' VAVU 8MITHB, N. Y. Aug. 18. (AI) In the absence of Secretary of Htuto Frank H. Kellojnr, who Is a guest at Whlto 1'ine camp today to make an address at Platlsburg at the dedication of the MacOon ough monument. President Cool Idge arranged to receive Julius often wh Id. head of Hearfl, llou buck and company of Chicago. Mr. Hosenwald was Invited to the su titer white, house to report to I ai r. t uuiiugc ii i uunruenn wvjiui- lions aa he found them und to make any suggestions he might have for improTing th economic situation... I , The . president has conferred with several bulsnens leaders since he came to the Adirondack, and It , has been Indicated that he jvuuld receive others before his return to Washington, in order to keep In close touch with the economic life, jof the country. i Secretary Kellogg planned to re turn from I'lattsburg after the de dication ceremonies us he had not i completed .his report to Mr. Cool Idge on ..various departmental mat ters and. desires to do so before his departure for Washington 'i Thursday or Friday . - with Mrs. Kellogg.' . I. H. Policy liicliangeJ Mr. Kellog's report to' the ehlf 'executive on the Mexican situation has not changed the government's policy In non-intervention In the domestic affairs of that republic. It wa? stated at the executive of fices yesterday (in behalf of the president thul neither diplomatic These Newlyweds Beat the High Cost of Living I & v m m auuuj jn miM sari fit iKuaa ami una sir a 4, 'ikHSit. These four nevvlymarrled couples of WUllamsport, Pa., have a way to beat the hijrh cent of living. . Thoy elubned together and rented a house, pooling their funds to pay for food, fuel, lights and so on. An a re sult they are living for only $00 per roupln each month. They are, left to right, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grady, Mr. and Mrs. James Dawes, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Haines and Mr. and Mr.i. Herman Zinrnu rtmn. Rofore mar riage Mrs. ,tirady, Mrs. Dawes and Mrs. Zimmerman were Margaret, Viola and Anna be Ho Haines, slaters ol ' Harry, one of the husbandn. THE OPEN COURT; ; connEBi'ovnEjrTS mdst pUIIMIT TH1CIR NAMrJSTO VliE KDITOH IF THEVDK. SIRE liETTEnS PRINTED. i Evidently what the franc needed to stop sinking was aJ3- lTa Z vTto linking lund. Where MacGrcgor sits is the head of the table, but .Mussolini beats him by sitting all the way around it.' ' 'i . ' Intervene In foreign sltiiHtlons that did not Involve the personal safety or properly rlghtii of Amerldun citizens. ' The subject of commercial avia tion which has long Interested pre sident Coolldge continues to re ceive his attentions. Details of the airways which are ultimately to 3 ' You can't blame the French government too much. Sup-over the country ure being ivork . Jpose our president had to have a cabinet of ex-presidents. ed out by the assistant secretaries of aviation In the commerce, navy und war departments. To KcllnguMi Coiilnil ' Although the government : The bootleg business is said to furnish employment to alout a million people. It probably keeps another million own the landing rieids license the OUt Of employment. I pilots and supervise other details of the operation of the airways, it " ' (does not lutend io take a prmn- Tfu Ant-if j. n.K . ti ju .. r .. , ' L'nt place In privutc. aviation. The s.ajr w 0 " wiu inwtui iimiiuirtUMiicia .u u ,.,,...,,, ,.nL,8 now ben, run Dcmpsey Preparing in Earnest for Title Go SAHAl'OGrt KfltiNOS.; Au. , ,Ap). ;ooi. weather '.put .rem. pep N. , V Snappy Into.' JlU'Jt brief that, when tlie " nftiilaviJ: of prejudire ivas filed and rlled o lite attention of Judg Tliomai. that he stated he did not care to see the-affidavit or-to consider it. I At 'request' of Beckett's ntttuney, ! Jjidpe Thomas dictated into tltej record -u. statriiient to that ef fret. Obituary Dempjtey's , roadv.ork . todi , flt j The- brief has gono to the sn White Sulphur' Hpritigs near 'here', preiiie court solely on this point. After a five-mile jog, he.'rettfrn-id , V-' t ' to iiift- rriiHrterit.tn uri-nnrp fitr .un ' " ' ! ' . afternoon la th -ring., with a somewhat "depleted force 6T sriu?' i ring' partners. . " ' . - jF I'hll Weliihereer. Brooklyn llirbt-') weight,' and Bill L'tr-mens, of West .. . Virginia, were- -Kdeam-d by. the!. S:ISIK .MAY l-:Hl.fc.v champion today . bechtlse th-yt Klelo' May Krlje died -hern nbout railed , to ntejttfure. tip ;to. hta re- o'clock this -mornhtK ' ftr a (liilrements for fast, lively .tvjtiik. iQntUW lllneHH. Khe.w 2 J. yearn. Both were strong and able. Deinp- mon,il8 aiM !3 ,iays of aifo. vy found, but a. trifle alow. Survivors are her widowed Iiub- A wire was sent to Tiny He-- tand. C. K. Krbe. and an Infant man. of Kl I 'a so. Terns, to report child. at Vhile Sulphur Springs as W.il pnerl K,.rvires wilt be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'cloik at iRIVFR BIBFCKS. in nun 1 1 iibwnu i LOOP bridge! To the Editor: Your ndvlco on thn wnlor ilti Hon In li Oriinile In timely. I5y " means the wheels of Industry should lie kept turnlnir. whellier the grass grows or not. It Is true that the green grass Is very pretty, but It Is a very poor substitute for bread and butter. Th.-reforc let the mill have the water to float the logs and keep the men work ing. And. by the way. don't you think that this Is a good time to study the problems of controllng the elements so that man ran com mand rain when und where It is needed Instead lonteiitinl; him self with the old worn out remarks about the weulhir, :lways lot-getting that it Is man's privilege to bring any kind of weather that Is best suited to the community. A public paper would dully call the attention of the people to the need, of trying to learn and solve such problems or science for them selves instead of walling for the l.nrd to-w;ork a miracle and Uo their work for tllelll would, be great value. ' -II Is a worn out Idea that dally papers are for news and gossip and sculldle. . . . ' IMe'ase' let 'us have some food for thought. , - . " l Ciarrick. SHOES SPECIAL Regular $8 and $10 Shoes, ' Special A . $3.95, $1.95, $6.95 . . All Sizes of . Broken Lines Blonde Kid and Snake Skins All Heels N. K. West & Co. 1 4i t.rande's trending Ktow tor 25 Vears . , Ezra Meeker Arrives In Eugene for Fclc HI'OKNK. Ore. Aug. IS' Xl') Y&n Meeker, pioneer ;.trair blurn of'.uf the west .and orte of.th most. . i famed of pioneers arrivedi'in L'ii-! Ij;ciii' last evening to participate In Hie Trall-to-ltail celebration;1. Mn t .Meeker la ucconipanied: her'e.by hia! datiKliter, Mrs t'arrlu OHbor.nc. of Heattle, and his. secretary .Jjutilr-l-.Maue, of New Vorlf. ' as possible to work on' the spa'' ruin man. iniiwy iuim wii-k'u j, iv n ii riei ina ii neioi ef i ne ir ainem announccil, and has found him a clever opponent. KnodK'm and .im meruit, n chapel. Interment will be in the Muaotiiu cemetery. m u.; is AiTF.Aia:i) j t ii iti.i;s 1'itvr: j fh;irles Trye.. 41, died or ulcers of the intestines yesterday. Ills body Is at the Snoilfjrass and Zim SAI.KM. fie.. Auk. 1 K Al'. siuuiiK tfuN- . ,., ,.,i n(.n.lini' mn.nil nr. of iledfoid. In- which he ' ! , " '." prosperinp;, says a cynical person. airmail lines now beinr run by the Nearly everylwdy whoipostotflte , department are to be lias used any make of air wants to buy some other car. let out to private companies as soon us the latter can guarantee a service equal to that now being rendered by the department. , PERSONALS I i . .iiif I III Ilium l in i n' p ' Xi'. There ought to be n big demand in this country for the! .business services of the American lawyer who straightened out Hungarian finances and refused to take any money for '; It. England probably denies he was an American. t Until!'! l'. -III.. .r, " ,,orr,,,.,, ' i ' , . 'ALICE!. (Special) The eleva ' p . Lzra Meeker finishes tomorrow his sixth trio over the ur hL'ru uro bu- tikinc in Brin, ;ld Oregon Trail and will be a guest at the Eugene eclebra- ITu, ZnV. I lion the last ofithe week. Although this 96-year-young peeted. :,jioneer is interested in the railroad development which is1 TT concerning Eugene and Klamath Falls, he wants to see the sister, m. carl Kuiier. hwt week, .trail memorial association function and secure necessary ' ojedburs; is visitinB at the I., i rresier home this week. funds for monuments and markers along the historic route.) Mr. and .Mrs. j. h. Keeney. of :. We can anticipate no difficulty in attaining; the success Mr. J wandc. were visum Mr. Ken- ! Meeker desires. Every community along the Old Oregon I a load of peaches rrivcd here Trail iWill buy a generous supply of memorial coins. They 84turdu' r-m Milton. ' .:n .i. i j r i i mi 1 IVarl Htewnrt Is helping Mrs. will , be valued souvenirs in future years and will help fi-:i.ctha Traverse durinir the harvest, 'nance a worthy historical project. 1 f m. a. v. itsher was vbdtint? mas. overruJrd an affidavit of preju dice ' filed iiKainst himself hen1 last March In the case of Hipst-ll Beckett, convicted: bootiefrcr, ih attacked In u brief filed in hii prenu' court today by Beckett's attorney. Jt Is charged In nuifi-cineiits which will be mam ufter his 'elatlves in California are communicated with. . The decedent has been in I.U. (irnnde for about a year ami hua been employed as painter by Claud the I'nch. her mother, Mrs. John Hmllh. at at Hot I dike one lay lust week.' trladjs Stewart, who has been iMla.xIng at the lr. lule home In 'l.a Urande. Is at home for a few weeks vaeutlon before the begln- Mllo Stewart, who broke his fool tM fall In a football I" now able lo walk with the UHIstauce who has been at J.-. MORALS IN PARIS AND KMI'ORIA. Writing from Paris, where he is snugly ensconced in a Latin Quaitcr studio, "Young Hill" While of the Emporia ninB r .hooi. i(lsnn.) Gazette sends home an interesting comment on Gal lic and Saxon morals, lie is speaking of the tolerant alti- ilutlc in France regarding matters of personal moralltv:iof " "Tim Aiil:Cv iil...1.. I.. II.... ir i KrneM. tiluv ... ..AU .uumuv la nun, u inn mws govern-lAMorhi. (ire., ino.t of I he summer Jiig such matters were repealed tudav, tlie entire population "'' h home or iiis pur Vould at once fall into devilish and unspeakable ways, civil-rtZuZ i jzation would totter and the V. M. C. A. would close for! Hot like for medical treatment, luck of business. ' " '. I ir- i:- A- WM,S na8 liS ,Mr i' itir ii jKuests here two nephews and their If this is so, mid I am in no mood to dispute it, th'wn fr An-tes. cai. Frenclunan is the most conscientious and upright being ii.!lnr;i,:i,7Hee,;,V::;:;:rd, tlie world. Without any laws to bolster up his conscience, ipimned in riwt he run ihrouRii fir to compel him to do what the l'.ilile savs is right, the!""' 'l''"l,,r' ... - . , , ..... . I Arehle Keown has ttipveil to his liveiage citizen of Pans lends a life which is just as decent.'raneh imtr a ,.,tie rro, here hieh JLipright and CluistitHi in all respects as that of the aVCI'a"'0in'' fV"',",iV purehaed. fcitizen of Emporia. The principal difference is that theL,l,3"ri::,).rVr:t Tt t J'reiichinan lacks that stalwart, public-spirited interest inl itiehardnon at suinnierMiie imt llitt iffnirulfie il.,i,,.rc ..f . i ..t ..i . i. i Sunday. V . . h" " f."-" ,,,J,eo .inn ill niL-lll.ll uuiuilive.s Tu, vail children are spending nintii is on uiiu.v uL-veiopi'it iii America. It's an interesting way of looking at the matter, anv way, and one that may be good for the souls of some of us self-righteous folk at a time when, slung bv French criti- tlie Mimitier vaeutlon with their Krundtiiother. Mm. NothnuKle. Mrs. At. A. Hrolvn. Beeompunivd itv her daiiKhter and soii-in-luw. I Mr. und Mrs. I'.hrtu Stiiekliind left . . , ,11 I 111!! wef'K. - Hlllll llr l Ol llltllll usm ot us, were ratlir less iiven than usual to dtuiurand 'ncoma. TheV i.i.m to b-wax justice to the Frrncli nation. a w,,,k ,r ,l,,, lirure (. tark tinisiieu tiirtnhliiK Saturda v. The rela1 meetliiKS brinic held lien by the Itev. Mr, Kmery. of rortltind, are well attended. Sev eral people front I ji (;ramb and KlKin luie attended, bewidi 8 the many A Heel people. I .Safety tbmluttai Q I tiiavi.l nv .Mtirtut sTAia'! lnir Latiiiiiiile fur Jiwpli nil. I Wsllnus fc ditiiiA. )l. " linker anil IIiiIm? 9:ao A. .. " " ttsker iMily " ' I'rmlletim . 1 1 :0O A. M. 3::ll' I'. M. , fonnertlon nl relidletnn for Walls Walla. I'aaeo luild; st l'urlluiid nil points Hoiilh und Ninth. J:IMI I I A ISO I1 :.HI l '. M. '. M. '. M. . M. OroRon Huinunc Society To Free Captive Ka'gle I (.innile I i m. I'li.Hie tvt All .MiHlcill l lialr I'lir Mimes. SAI.KM. lire. .Mm. IS. (MM After lleiiiR eonlllied in it ease lit il prhiile Hllto p.irk on (he I'He lile hluhwiiy near lliilHrd uluee .-'irlv in the year, a flue npeeimen of the Kolden eilKle will Im Kivell Its freedom liy the dresim Itii '! MM'letv diiiinv Mk m-iwlen In l'urtlailU lie&t week. The tilnl in lion in posHemilon of the soelely In I'ortlimd. The bird was euptureil In a trap near Slayton alter It hud terrorlned small tlvestoek und Uani)arU ton is lor voiim time. TMKY MIST THINK KIIW IS A H Ami-iltt!lhl kprp him rhslnrd up flint wr ITHITLANP, On: Alls. IS CAP) r.udilin r.H of White Jliver wreekrd tlie lirbtce aernbS tliul utif-ani on the mount Hood loop on the Hottthrast Hide ' of .Mount Hood inrly today. Til is will bloek the eenie drive to t raffle until the slnu't ure Is I' rebuilt aei'ordini? lo Sam Uatsehy. j "f'Hisluut dij-jntclur of the Mount, Hood national t)M-sl reserve, t itione.l ut Sumi.iit raittpT station near the bridge. About 40 feet of !l e west end of the bridge wt nt oitl and also about ten feet of the highway on, the west bank of the stream. (Jreat boulders were sent tumb ling tlown the stream by tlie rush of water which was caused by heavy rains. Kalnlail at the summit ranger .'Nation had totaled l.!0 Inches up' to S o elock this morning. Of this, t.17 Inches had fallen since fi p. m. Tuesday at Zig Zag ranger station.1 and one-half inch at Dufur. Wr ,llv.V(,,.y foriumi(,. j ,,)V M. Ii. Vandus. r, c hairman of the , ,ols ()f lwf)llK nm M) uiix state hlKhway commission, said II . Imni oniL.,s. The outlook for Mm would not take Ion? to repair thefa Uwlc is splendid, dust as soon bridge us it Is of wooden construe-J ns the rain shirks up mid the Uou end was expected to ,jo out f mln;s are dry It will be a su.it- wli.ter. because, of the .splendid time- to paint. No. 1 changing current .of tho river ; WM,,P shingles' are SI. 93 per M.," which makes pern. anent construe-j iioiifo paint Is 52.:13 per gallon, tion doubtful. . Mnseed oil we're out. .More 2 r y i coming. EUGENE TO PAY j. j r , D honor-toubn- -! Claude L. rratt SUSANNA TONIGHT: I mUow. r Tlie loor Rlan'H I'rieud" Near, Kjundiy. ritnne Main 218 No Sunday Itiluess. i 'mm ! 1 1 o m h t s u i: r iJj'ft io x .SALEM. Ore. Aug. 1.5-. f AIM j I l;eiiti.ition , pap.-rs.- havo ' bof it' : .sponsored by Governor. I'lerco for -the return to Chieapo . of r AlfreT It vry and Hnlph ICnaUsd. :wbo ore wauled for robbery. The, pair. art under arrest In Portland. The nun wen; riding In a stdbn aulomobllo w lien taken Into custody and &tSi believed Implicate.! In a nundior of -gar ago robbeiios In'Chlclago.-J Kl'OKNi:, Ore. Aug. IS. (AP Queen Susanna, help- of the trail ll as:-end to the throne of thr Trail-to-lirall celebration hen to- . light at the opening of the pag- j ant Klatawa. Mbs Kathleen Powell, in the role of Queen Sus iinnji. will board a train in the uni versity district of the city thin af ti'rno'jn. and will take a brier ride 'o the Sotuhern racli'le railway Italian wh'-re slie will be orfleially welcoiued to the city. A parade l-d by the. rugeiift i'adiator. booster organisation, will follow and 1 he queen wll be 'scorted to the Carl O. Washburne home, where a public reception will be In Id. The city streets have been de corated for the trail to rail cele bration and local merchants are leeoraling their windows in har mony with the scheme. The- trail lo mil e- lebialion Is In oimucmoration of the compl-tluii f the Nation rut-off linn of- the Southern I'aeiric railroad the ;reatesl Hlngle rail project in the t'nited States In more than a decade. J1.2518 Complete with j Battery All fiist-elass New York burglars use Yale nnd Kv-' eready Klashllghts. - Reason Is that they, are .dependable, handy- sle, and t economical. '. , , 'j 'f ', . See Our VIimIow'.-. :.(, Red Cross ; ; V Dru Store Wait! Watch! Wait! Thui sday - Ft ida y - Saturday Wc Will Offer Some of the Best Bargains .: . For $1 . Ever Offered in Our Store. WHAT' FOR? To Make Room for New Fall Goods. Norton's Kiddy Shop Infants' and Children's Wearables "GROWN UP WITH LA GRANDE" neighbors of jours since '87. La Grande National Bank IIKIIK'S Mil lt( K or T.III-; OI'KANH lll.l K. IjtUr Mi lli tn:.itl in Hm- (nxr I. .in, I ,il,r J.fu lilihlr s ilHitr.ii:inl Irmti Mmilil All.nl. nl nn sllitinlr tl HHHI Irrt i.l t,l;nirr N.iliiutiil I'arli. Tlif luhr six Imtiinl nt m h nn alllluilr Hi! tltcy rtitri lltr limiiiulvi lire fnIIn thr siiiiy in ihr h laijlr; Hit "blu.ll.'' ru li Hit liuil ul Mc.KU uJ (u IUe AlU.-ilii tHtju. Is an "All La Grande Bank" : Interested in the greater - 1 Uevclopment of La Grande And vicinity Our deposits are used And our efforts devoted As much as possible in That Greater Development We'd like to co-operate With each one of you in Making every day "A Bigger and Better La Gr.;ndc Day" make yours "La Grande National" way.