La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 07, 1926, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextTuesday, December 7, 1926. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Page Five Local News In Brief I .:). i: : North l'owdrr Mail Hew. ' t 15. Pearson, a prominent cltl- sum of North Powder.- was a guest In the city last evening. J VIsltM in Portland Mrs. K I. Andfrson left tonight for Portland where she will spend a few duys visiting. ; -. . . rr ; , ' Spent V'k ICrtd 'ut Lake Ktchard Ge$tv Vaa a,t Hot Iukc visiting with blends over the week , iv J ltro From Imhlcr ' MrB. Harvey Kuekmuti whoso i. homo la neur.-Iniblor was sliop- . ' y ping In La Clrundo -Monday. Changes Position George Perry, who has been om ' ployed for a short time at the O. K. barber shop, has nceepted a position at the Kills barber shop. Here From V'nlott. . Among tJio Christmas Hhoppers In town over the week end wore Mrs. Fred Fox and Mrs. Jim Hut chinson, of,. Union, Hume After Wallowa Tri p v. : Mrs. Mary Geer ',we,ll ; , "known Cove und l.u Grande .-citizen, ' has returned from Wallowa where she Kiinitf Hi pert wii'kH viMltlntrl While there she wu Indisposed for a time, but Is now health. In her usual lvHtahllsh New Residence k Mr. und' Mrs. Joe Desllct have .-moved froiA 'their home on M ave nue to a residence on Division street between First and Second. 4, . Home4 From) Boise Clyde Hunting, of the Hunting ;'l raclor company, bus returned liQiuc after a business trip In VUfclse. j- Teacher Hack Miss l.lllio, who Is a teacher In Abe mathematics department of the J.a Grundc-hlgh sihool, has resum ed her work afler several weeks absence because of illness. Itelnnis to Clu'Lnlls-' Kills Ktrtley ban returned to his home In 1 Chehalls. Wash., afler ntteniling the Kd. Wright funeral and vii(ingy for a few duys with friends. City A siins, Festive Air The red cedar boughs which have been strung about the city help to create a festive spirit along with the many attractive Christ mas windows. Itcturn lo Hnmt ' ; i Mr.. andMrs. J. TV l,yneh and son Jay l. have returned to . I heir home In Portland after visiting for about a.Jtt'eelt withMU a,n.d Mj'i. I.eo Miller.'"' ' ' 1 Two Fined Two person s we re sell ed u 1 ed t o appear before the -municipal Judge last night . to anewior to alleged ordinance vimuuuns, iun tm -t HlrfeimiJ I 5 .... n churKe of P-d-) NIK. I. lWUUil iui UTiivu . w charges of drunkeness. Will Atlcitd Convent Ion .1. A. icoioru. neiui oi ine .i. Penney company of t..,5 clly w".;rncP nnnu.fl Wcre Bradford and Pave tomorrow morning for , - , anrrhx. Thov r bih I'oriljind where he will attend district, convention of Mho com pntiy managers. Ted ford expects to return Saturday. Leave l''n Tihiiihi Mrs. Andrew J. I.oney and little daughter, Mary, will leave tomor row for Tacoiiui. Wash., where they will visil until after the ho'll ilays wilh Mr. I.oney. .who .Is in Ihe hoxpllal there. Mr. honey's eondlllou is repurlcd lo be much belter. Iri'ft l ot- Home Mr. and jrs. IWt Oakniun left for their honw at Palmer Junc tion this morniiiK uftr about t!if" weeks spent In f.u Giunile. Mr. Oakman is natiomil deputy of the Modern .Woodman of America and w is working. here In that Interest. To Visit KlMei Mits I.clliib Chambers, of Port- lad, arrived. In Grande this i morning and will visit her sinter, ' i Mrs. Claude Wood at Cove. Miss r hambers is a nurne mid plans to : .tv,ln In l.a Grande. - ; i j , . ' 1 Wiiil ltal Offeml i i The I'nion Pacific railway is orferlng fpeelal passenger rates .! Coring the I'hrlslmus holidays. jCallfornia itrtd Nevada on a charge , Kound-tiip tickets will be sold for ' of embezzling government liquor, faro-and a half lo practically any stores were sworn In at 12:06 p. point in Orvgon, Washington uriin.. today. Adjournment wu then . Idaho. .' j taken until 2 p. m. Do Your Xmas Shopping AT CLINT'S For men and boys Large selection of useful gifts to . select from. Allen A Silk Hosiery, Luxite Silk ;, Underwear for Ladies. Quality line always. At Xortli Powler Ir. W. K. ThtBtlcwaita la lit North Powder today testing, cattlo for tuberculosis. - . On Inripeotlon Trip A. Harlow, road muster for tho railroad company, wont to Wal lawo Ncounty on tho hrunch lino train this morning on an Inspection trip. Had Oim ration A. It. Hunter, state sunn tor -elect, underwent a minor operation at th,o Grande Hondo hospital this morn ing. ' His oondttlon was reported to bo very good this afternoon. Homo I Yom Idaho Mr. and Mrs. August Krlcson returned to their home hero' yes terday from Jerome, Ida., where they wero called by tho death of her father. They had been away slnco Friday. , V , , Married Last MKlil , Fred K. Albcrtson and Mamio Graves, both of Union county, were married last night at 7:30 o'clock by tho Justice of tho Peuce Hugh K. Brady at his offlco hero: Mr. and Mrs. O. 1.' McNowan.wcro thov witnesses.. .y ,- To Baker For Winter .j Mrs. J. A. McNeill has gour0 Baker to spend the winter there' wilh her pon, after - visiting - her daughter, Mrs. , C. W. Thompson, here,. ., Mrs. .McNeill has just ro-( turned from a six months trip (n tho south. Sho visited in- Tennes see;. Texas, Oklahoma and. Mexico,. At Kiwaiii Mcollii'J .' . Members of tho chamber oi commerce quartet, O. K. Blrnle, O. IJp Untton, Sherwood Wlllams and j Klmei: Stoddard, went to Baltor this morning where they were to I sing at a meeting of the Ktwarils club there this noon.- Sneak Over Radio - Irving E. Vining, president of the Oregon state chamber of coiu- mercc, will speak over the "radio j from station KOW; Portland, Fri- .aay evening yec. j irom :n ht 1 ,a other matters of interest to the up building of Oregon. Auxiliary to Meet. The Young Women's. Education al auxiliary of the Methodist Epis copal church will, meet this ovenr ing In the church basement. Miss Blunche (Mark is program chair man and the suject Is "The Home Beautiful." A program out of the ordinary or ono of this hind Is promised. Other' members of the committee are Mrs. Kalph Clark, Mrs.-' Kalph liyers, Mrs. Ralph AVIntors, MIhs Henrietta Herring. Mrs. Oari; yt.lucj and Mrs. Gooi-go! Pierce. ScH'k ICclatlvcs llei-e . -' Mrs. John Adsklni. of this city, hus received a letter from a Mrs. Julia G. Yager of McCook, Nebr., ,..., tjt ,. , i,.fi illtlvcs here. The letter said. "Aa I am. a reader of tho Hullroud Tratnmnn I saw your article und inn taking the liberty of writing to you for some Information of rcla .ltlvrfI lhnl tIS(lfl Io Mv hl vollr ...... dead, but I think they have Tour children und 1 would like very much to correspond with them. Yours respectively,. Julia G. Yager, post, office box 326,. McCook, Nebr." j. a. McCarthy electeh head of k. p. lodge J. A. McCarthy was elected chancellor comiminder of th; Knights of Pythias lodge hero Ih&I evening when a meeting was held at the K. P. hall. H. I... Htoneking w elected vie chancellor; J)r. I ' I toy, pre late: E. H. Hos'?, master of work: lawrcnce Graham, keepei of rec ords and sohI and muster of f nanee: Kenneth MeCormick. ma: ter of exchequer; Wesley McUon- aid, master of arms; Jori Itogers. Inner guard; W. A. Moss, outer gunrd, and lr. H. V, HUey and Walter Jones, truslees. SAX EHANCIKCO. Dec. 7. f A f The Jury which will ley Colonel Ned M. Green, 'former federal pro- hlbltioii administrator for Northern I - MORE ABOUT N. Y. SOCIETY WOMEN Two Prominent Writers Poke Pun at Members of the Upper Crust NEW YORK, lee. 7 AP) The sorlety hosters now buys books for display rather than to read, but reached her apex of dignity In the Victorian days by draping . piano legs with pantaloons. In tho opin ion of two society authors who ara. holding mirrors f their own eroa tlon up to tho 400 In books just published. . ' V .. - The authors aro Miss 'Hoi en Walker, a member of the "(Unlon league-und of the Now York bar. whoi In "presenting Mtjt. ' Chaso Lyon," satirizes 'tho hostess .Who stalks the literary Hon, and Samuel 11. Ordwuy . Jr., son! .'of. former Justice Ordway and himself a law ycr, wiio sattrliccs socfry I'n gener al in a volume entitled ;,'Klegant history of New. York. Society fori Young Persons of Quality." . Ordway, In outlining his subject, traces society from Its early days as' "an enugn'onea Dana1, oi aris--tocracy,", -to todBy when ho terms. It '"a fiction pf -tiio press agents' , "Tlirf vanity of '(ho matron of the Victorian 'era,- .was such .that, fearing .their own natural, charms might ,ho overlooked In -drawing rooms adorned. , with claAslo' art,' they took to draping thoir ptatury. In lace aprons and soma, oven' the apex of Ulgnlty--piaced .pantaloons upon .tho legit ot their pianos. ,,: r ;, ,M1m .' -Walker.; Iptjrvducoa, , ;.hpr heroine; with: ' V i Y ' v, . 1 f ' - "Why, here's Mr?.' Cliasp-I.ypn! Odr charming floelally .ttmbltlous A-merloaib ; 'hostess ar. dollghtfut charucler whose Tahitfi are regu lated by tho social register. (supV plemented, ivo whisper .It,., by tlio ensh- regtster.)-,,;; - . ;, ; - ; . Tho hostess' niece' from" KahsM Inquires' how tho . bu.sy.;-. hoste manages to get "on , tlpif!" with tho intellectuals. .' And Mrs, "Chase, hyon explains; . .. . v - "By buying a fow copies !of their books olid leaving' them fcbh'sptcu ously around tho living room. .Jt isn't necessary ' to . rend them, though Its safest to. cu .the. pages and .leave' a, book4, mark hero and there. You can loam all you "-ant to know abovit them froiu' tho book reviews," . ." ' TRAFFIC JAM ' . IN CONGRESS IS INCREASED (Continued from Page One ' ; islutlvc work today hnd tomorrow .nfter receipt of .tho annual budget message, both houses, will h ready to make a sia,rt on their crowded programs )t ,w-ork7 . ; - Mpro .than 1000- bills and reso lutions Jilrendy hnvo.fbeen- 'added to the "curry-over' lockr of 1-.-000, mcasyres left on the calendars when adjournment wtts 1 taken,' 1r. July, and tlio supply probabiywill no much greater before lho, wee!; ends. ' . . , ; The brevity of the houwe session did not - preclude members from adding materlalTy to the Thousands of bills already wilting action. Among the new proposals, was the session's- first plan, for settlement of Hie farm relief question: U was Introduced by Representative. Mc Keown, democrat, OUIahuma! and was designed to standardize . th4 production of cotton,- wheat and other farm products when a sur plus causes an unfair return; A Colorlc Hreni. Senate and house presented a colorless scone as the clerks. In toned the presidential' message. Most of the members were present, but many talked In Undertone lu colleagues while others drified In and out, preferring to read presi dential utterances for themselves from the printed record. In the senate there was so much confusion that Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, Interrupted the reading to nsk. for "order on the republican side".. Afler thai, l her was loss tiolse but apparently! no more attention. ' The house was more attentive! and more generous lu lis praise. The first hand clapping from the republican benches when the house! clerk read CooMdge's tribute to the! protective tariff. Hut on the demo-! crAtie side there was only respect ful silence. j At the first mention of the treas-1 ury surplus, members on both sides I leaned forward In tblr scats. There was upplause from the republicans for the proposal for a tax credit. I lnvcsilKatlon of the story that' Senator Gould, of Maine, paid j JlOO.000 to Canadian officials some years ago In connection wilh a rail-' road contract was ordered by the! senate. Senator Trnmmell of Plorldu, ! made good his threat to Introduce! aresolnilon for rfpfnl of the sen- FARM FOR SALE 185 acre, 9 7 mileH from Ia (iiunde, on paved road. 100 in cul tivation. Hprlng piped to house and burn; 3 ucres commercial orch ard; creek, some valuable timber, some land especially adupted to alfalfa. An Ideal dairy snd stock farm. 1'rlce $7500. Terms $750 cuh. ba lu nee In SO a nnual pay ments. I sold this farm several years ago for 111,000. The pur chaser sold It later for $13,000. Let me show you this. IftiO ucres on Clover creek, pri mary water right, 300 acres In cul tivation, more can be. Two good burns, livable house, spring Into houfe. barn yard and hog lot. Ac knowledged as one of tho best gen eral all around farm In that sec tlon. I sold this farm a few years ago for $:'5.M)0. The price today Is $lo.000. Terms, cash ,11600 and the balunee in 20 unnuul payments. Permit me to show this farm. ats ratification of the world court protocol. - r Senator Edwnrda, demoemt, Nv Jersey, told the senate that after the Xmas holidays he would cull up his resolution for a national referendum to repeal the 18th amendment. . . Investigate New Strangler Attack PAN FRANCIHCO, D-p. 7 (Al'l I'ollco today won tnvcstleutilig another "dark atranBU'r" attack almllur to those which huvo cluim ed the Uvea of about 12 women In PacKlo const cities In recent months. Tho victim of the attuek wua Mrs. Etta Lenney. 33. Shu whs seized from behind as sho talked over- tho telephoun in her bonn last nlirht. As the hnmlM of lwi" unseen assailant tightened mound her throat she mi..r..i H..ro..m of terror that brouirht aid from Mrs. Frank O'Connor,, the purty et the other end of the telephone connection. Together with her husband, M.. O Connor immediately drove toll' I-enney home, and there founl Mrs. Lenney still unconscious on lovo for Americans and aro hostile the' floor. . Her face and nciklto any Ulsplays of Christianity. wero badly scratched, and upr,n! .bclng revived sho was almost hys terical from shock. 4 ue&tion Widow In Murder Case -'OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Dec 7 AP). Questioning of Mrs. Lu thor . Bishop Sunday morning nsi , 1 to circumstances attending the up-1 KHKSNO, Cal.,..JW. 7 (AP) parent- assassination . of her hus- W. I Mitchell, former. prosldent band, ft state- detective, was l-ijof the Valley bunk and candidate .continue; today by county officers. Mrs: nlshop spent the night at the county Jail under the matron'.- care, after maintaining steadfastly for five . hours that she knew 'i. nothing more about her husband's laying thun she already told. 8hc was taken Into custody hit! ;ycsterday after county ofrieeis, searching her home, had discov ered Illshop's two revolvers In a closet. -They were In an oatmeal container. One of tho guns con tained 'six empty shells, the other two; Hc.vcn shots look effect lu Bishop's body. ;"w6.i.x joi:s o.v TitiAii .' I'OUTI.ANO. Ore.. Dec. 7 (AP) Norah Duckett. charged with' second degree in urder, went on ,trlnl here- today. . She is accused pf shooting Jacob Icwfs, a soda I dispenser, in the buck, ut an I apartment hoiuie Aug. 27. The state expects to rely upon a death bed statement by Iowls that the jvomun .shot him In an alterna tion arising from his determina tion, to attend a union meeting. :,. Traffic . cop What's the idea, bailingup trufrte? Why don't you A)82 yoyr noodle?- ..- LOUS rRIT, I.NCiltAM UNION. Dec. 7 (SpccliU) l.ouis t-YHs! lnsrum wns honi at Uiirwln. 111..- Oct. (I. 1 861 mill illi d nl ltom--buru Nov, 22. Tlu l Sllrvlvi'd by his widow und two children, I.duIh 'R, or HoBuburff, find Mrs. ('edrtc (tale, .of I'nion, and u brotiier John, of Illinois. v ' He lived ot Vnlon rroni l!ii:i un til 1925 nnd was well known hen-, tlurlal wu in tho Ulver View ecllictery In Portland under the ausplcns of the L O. O. K. lodijo of I'ortlund. Obituary Great Sale of Holiday Linens Exquisite Patterns! JIand Embroidered Ready to Use Linens on Sale LINEN GUEST TOWELS, STANDARD SIZE.. .........98S' LINEN BUFFET 3-PIECE SETS... ...........$1.19 LINEN SCARFS, 11 INCHES LONG -...$2.29 LINEN LUNCH SETS, 36-INCH, WITH 4 NAPKINS $1.19 LINEN LUNCH SETS, 45-INCH, WITH 6 NAPKINS $1.98 LINEN LUNCH SETS, 54-INCH, WITH 6 NAPKINS....$5.98 If you want a real buy, get a pair of our Ready-made hand-cmbroidered Pillow Cases for $2.30. Norton's Kiddy Shop ENTERTAINING ' OF REGENTS IS ARRANGED (Continued from Page Ont appears' no more nttrucUvo to him thun Kastern Oregon scenery. Ho dwelt much upon the num ber of grout churches in Europe, Including th oso at Milan, ' Homo, Constantinople, etc., describing tho art work und architecture as of u kind thut cannot be duplicated in this age. Paris, tho capllol of world gaiety, Vienna also a social cen ter, ltcrlln. Home, Itudapest und other cupltols of European powers were described. Tho Hoesches, while abroad, visited sevorul royal palaces, including that of Kranuls Joseph near Vienna. They saw the leaning tower ot Pi ho, tho Elfel i tower, and other structures of in lernauonui lumo. I '-"'ng tlu lr trip . In Gorman they visited the leading cities, the islu of Helgoland, und went through tho Huhr valley. .Turks DIMiko ChrlMiaus . In speaking or Constantinople, ho said that tho Turks have Utile American tourists and their fav orito centers Wero commented on. At . the conclusion of his talk, Julius Hoesch wus given a welcontu buck to La Grundo. - Former Bank Head Will Serve Time for the republican nomination for rovtrnor ut tho primary election, WUs sentenced to serve 15 monthB 1 111 Leavensworl h penitentiary and THEY C0ME-THEY BUY BECAUSE The Barsabs Are If you have not taken advantage of the won derful saving opportunities plan now to visit our store during this epoc-making 11HARY SALE - WINTER CLOTHING and SHOES For the whole family at prices that make ;'; buying a pleasant task. , - Do Not Miss It. pay a fine of M00O by Federal Judge Georgo M. Ilourquin today.' Kentouco was pronounced on a Jury verdict finding Mitchell und four associates guilty of using tho mulls in a sch em o to defraud in eonnoc-( tlon with tho exploitation of- the, i Mitchell-Vlrden Lumber , company operations. - j (' m,i:s iiKMKs t ii n;r. MEXICO CITY. Dec. 7. (AP) Presldent C'ulles. in a statement i made- public, today, emphatically denied bolshevlsm charges a gainst his government, declaring that tho ao.ou.Hitt Ions were due to slanderous propaganda being curried oil In tho United States to discredit Mexico. RECOMMENDS TEMPORARY TAX RELIEF ('Continued from Pa."o One) n simple measure making reduc tions In the payments which accruo on tho 15th of March and June, 1927. I. am very strongly of the conviction that this Is so much a purely business mutter that It ought not to be dealt with In a partisan spirit. - . ' "These ure my convictions stated with full knowledgo that It is for Congress to decide whether they Judgo It . best to muko such a re duction or leave the surplus for tho present ynr lo be applied to retire ment of the war debt. That also Is eventually tux reduction." i Jn working out the surplus farm crop problem to any sound conclu sion, he advfsed that It was "neces sary to avoid putting the govern ment into the business of produc tlon or marketing or attempting to enact . legislation for tho purpose of prlce-flvlng. 1 - "It Is , unfortunate," he atlded, ' "that no general - agreement . has beenreached by the various agri cultural Interests upon any of tho proposed remedies. Out of tut Here Rare Values! sesToiiis , y 'i'iuV "AdaiiiH Ave. Mure, hu. i:t j Gram!, Om. It Pays to Buy Breier Suits dlsciiKslon nf various proponals which cuit ho had beforo tho cum nilttoes bf agriculture some inca sure oimht to be perfected which would bo generally satisfactory." , The Philippines, Coolldge said, I should not ho .turned bnek to the i people "until they are both pollt I ically fitted for Helf-goernmcnt and economically Independent," but he suggested that at no time would i tho United Xtates nbundon com j pletely responsibility for their de j feuse. Ho suggested encournge : mont of (ho movement for ' de i velopment of rubber ,and other ro- Children's Silk Underwear Beautiful little Combinations in Flesh , and Peach. Sizes 2, 4, G, 8. BLOOMERS AND VESTS . Best quality rayon. . ART & BABY SHOP I arcade h WEDNESDAY THURSDAY mil emil u-nvn slur B MKsJar,! II Mf JfJ j Mllllt ll II ) l V II M I if) ill HI If ' IVl filf ! 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' .'. . ,. . : , IiosK'rUy Wldi'Mprcud- - ( The prosperity of the cOtintrjf tho president reported uh vwltlt-spi-ead u nd based uponv oronetnVi the reduction of waste und-u en eral raining of the standards of ef ficliuy. and all predicated on tho foundation . of a protective ;ta(lff.(' Thero has come about, he ttwserl ed, "tho perfectly astonishing e suit of a reduction In 'the 'Index prlee ut commodities and uu lnL crease In the indox rate if 'Waxes'. 'iik'i fmti 8 1 Geo. H. Currey 'THE STORE WITH A CONSCIENCE realtor City und Kurm Louns.