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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1927)
Thursday, July 28, 1D27 LA' GRANDE FA'ENINO OHSRRVER Page Five Local News In Brief 4- COMING EVENTS iholcf (ilefliilto ilnio not Iccliletl on)' Ori-uon I'nrrnl Tcai'lior pssoolallou coiiicntlou hcrei In I'lirlliiml Charles karllirr. ioM i lor of jllii- l.iivcnd.r IiiikIi here. Ih 111 I I'urtlun.l for u few uu,-s. aiiiN '1'" iteoiVe llriice, of Niniipn, Idu., js u Ipislnoss visitor here today. T ' '.s 4'oiiplo at lAvy Mr. iinil Mr 1'utll l'eck. of Si, 11 Aiitoiiiji. '''ex.. uriJ registered HI thu . , y (oduy. Itiililf t'mill I-nkr -J S. I'jSmilh has returned from a ij-vernlf day's business visit to Salt Al Liilorpil.o Yislcrday Hubert rhrlslinnn. associated Willi flrorn and Hess, attorneys hero, was hi Knterprlsc yesterday on business, W ill Work al I'.lilorprlM' Hubert (iarity h-rt tills morning for I :n I i i pr lm- where In- will bo employed by a construction company. HELD IN KILLING IN LOUISIANA Y - i. ak Jty. Kilhuf Here Today Mrs. orvul I man has as her jnicst today Mrs. t K. Shoemaker, of Pendleton. Visitor IVoin llakor I .'j Mariott. of Ha her. was a busine visitor hi 1.h Grande yes terday. Mr. Mariott In connected ulili Ue K. O. I.. 1'. company. 1 At Walloua I-nkc 'ablii ( Miss Hbtnehe Hark left yesle ; dav for Wallowa lake w hen she. will upend a week's vacation at I i Iht summer Cabin. i 1 X j Itctlims to Hot l,nko Miss Atlnp Wynn returned homo Ithls inornlnir to lint 1 -n K,- uft'T j si-iiilintf two days vlslllntf In I-a 1 Onillde. Mlls Ui Ol Mrs. Kalill I'avls. of Wiilliiwa. Is vlslllni? hero today. Mrs. Imvis iirrlved'ln I." flrandi1 yesterday ami is stopplnlf III Hi1' Kolcy. Portlninl 1 Horn I'linn I'riidlrton . t.M ....Lu i 1,1 I'.irllni.il thin ! Miss I'lon llio l-'ornlm w. of I' .. ,!i ,2i liiislni Hs. Hi' Is i xiM i'lod idlrton. I llii !...-. Ill li s hOlllO 11ITO NllUr . lH-iysillK- r m iiir-r ..-....h- l;lf Stage Plunges, Into Deep Lake; 2 Believed Dead KU.KNSlH'llG. Wush.. July 1'S fAI') Two pt-rHomi welt- iM'lii-vt'd to havt Into killed today when an automohilf staKf ran off tin- liinli way lK-twi'n North H-nd and Kat on, nortlnvi-st of KlUnshurB'. and into Lake .Kt'Ot-holoH, The machine nan 8UhnukrKd undfi 1 4 fMt of wati-r and I In1 driver, (icorwo 1MII iimn of Scatth', and an unidentified wmntin nasm-riKt-r were Im IIi vi'iI to lm inside tin MttiKf. 'I''"' Kittitas t-ouniy sheriif and the KllensUnrff ehief of itfdiri rushed to tho slm nc I of the UL-eidellt. Iuest of MhH ItUth he'K. r. Her!tin(?er i home for a hhort time this week. to r. day. VMtliuf PiiHttliti r 4 I-'w Tn atim nt Mrsll". H. AeHuhllman. of 'ol- j Mrs. J. lenders, of Wallowa lv Wish., is viNltinB in l.a CJrando fpent yesterday In l.n (irande re lth IAt dMiiKhter. Mrs. I.ynn ceivlnrr tnedii-al treatment. Hhc Wrlirhti She plans to no nero lor reiuriiuu nuuie miih iiiuiuius. nhuut it woeli James lieadle has hocn aeeujcd hy Ur. Thomas 1 lichen and thu widow of James J.- Lehoiief iik tho hIm.vit (if I,ohouf. , Thpy- say Jieadle fired tho xhol that killed l.ehoeuf ut the Institution if Ureher, and then iiniti'Ut(d .the tiixly, sinking It In th luke near Moi'Kan City, Iai. Ueadle denien the ihures. . t .' m THREE (HAN'T v CONCERNS TO LINK FORCES (Continued from Pajfe 1) his prodU'-lhm pliul to tuvn out a new ear that will eoinpete wllh the low prleed Cheviolel whli h Ih con trolled by (le-neral Mottirs. Xo information on tin- reported alliance between the steel rorpont-tlon,- (ieneral Moiors and Impont company was obtainable nt the MoiRati hank today. J. I. .Monraii sailed fur Kurope yesterday saylntr he would be away until late in the full and tlin he expected "to shoot some Rruu5e In Scotland," Babe Ruth Laces ! , , , 7I . . rtnf -uth it ',.',,' Hood of Wheat . 1 ' Itnritt Pnrilnnrf kiiin Pnn-iHs lien- Mr. uud Mrs. P. Pawson anil Krnst. arrived Mi;V YUItK, July JJS;, (Ai')S-j I Hub,- Until broke his (b- with l,oU , tH'hiiir in their spectacular houte run duel today and took the iviul ltUTi.AN1. Ore.. July ?S (Al') The Kolden flood from the Inland inplie has heKitn to sweep ilowti cral days us the cucsts of Misa ( iintr sn. Charl t.. i ili'inde last jiljrht by auto from Portland and will visit hero ltlanche Clark ut her cabin A.. 41,, m Mr-K. DiiW-SOIl'S t Mir parent" Mr. and Mrs, H. A. Ma- K n ire Itiilnes Visitor llm- J. 1. l.oltrldKe. vice president hihI (,'eileral inaita(r.r-of the K. t . I.. Jt- !' company. was In I-a (Irande. yesterday from his homo I it Ha U r. M r. I .ot t r Id e looked after husiness here. i - Men- I lir Vlil At Wallowa !ik Min V.. II M:ib:iffcv and .Mrs. A J. Cower left today for Wallowa i 'y n in tit if Ills a H U circuit clout tit J on l'ortla nd, t rains, f t lie jspoKune, lake where they will spend hcv- the eighth innlrif? of tho 'Yankee's jportland and Seattle and the Cnion patne with the Ilrowns. ! Pacific are brinniiiK in the harvest : ' ifroin Ka stern Oregon and the Pa : " " " ! luune country. . The Spokane. Portland and Se ittle railway is arraiiin extra nIj ,'storut;e faeilltlrH at luilll Kast St. .(onus ami uncuuver. iiiuiu.i Need a New Rug' This Fall? . ... ( Manu Auk Sparing ' MJT2" ? 'V of Convicts Uves P THmVrAL SA!J-:.M, Ore.. July L'S ( A PI Many letters uiv helni? received hy Covcrnor Patterson u.sklmr him tit ; eonnnulo from death to life tin- ' prison incut t In penult ten to bo paid bv JameM Wlllos and Klls- worth K'lley. The two men nro suteneil to be hauled AllKUst 'J lor their part in the state prison break of Amriisl 12. 125. in which I two prison guards were killed. 1 Most of the letters mention the 1 fact that neither Kelley nor WHloM tired any ot the .shots that resulted in the deaths of the Kuards, and compare their rase with that of the three le Autreiitont brothers ; who killed four men in the 8ts- i Liyou tunnel robbery and were, sentenced to life imprisonment. 1 The Kovernor lias Indicated that j he will not Interfere witli the. sentences until new evidence war- ; i tuil int; such action should bo i plated be Ion' Mm, I in th war 1 101 Ad an is Stons No. IS L tiiniido, Ore, KHAKI SHIRTS 49c Men's good quality Khaki Shirts, some with roll collar and short sleeves; others regular shirt style. Most all sizes. Protesting to the legislature that tho wires they had to run around Dear traps to warn hunters also warned tho bears, and that tho bruins had lenrnod to read notice-3, too, the United Slates biological survey has taken in Its traps in tho state or Washington, and as a result the bears are beconiiiiK a miteunci to tho farmers. Tho open season on bears begins Oct. 15. nutl the survey has cordially invited tho bear huntsmen or the nation to take part In the shoot. Kli Laird ot Seattle, one ot the northwest's moat famous hunters, is cbowu here with a black bear ho Killed. W ATI 111 Ili.AHI(i SAI.KM. Ore.. July JS (AP) Increased maintenance chnrffeH of the public water company of Jack son county will be on trial before the public service commission to morrow when all three members of the commission will sit In a heai-lnKT at Medford. The old maintenance ehurgo Is '.05 an acre. line. When news of his forthcom ing transfer from Camp Stanley cot about, farmers of tho region planned a farewell party for lilm.. Me accepted, but only on the con dition that every lion-commissioned officer In lii.s command ho In vited too. II 1ST itK CKKAM CANDY 1 POHTLAM), ore.. July I'S. lAPJ I Government agents went on n .hasty hunt today for 1 0 cartons of cream candy shipped from - .Sun l-'ranclsco manufacturer which were reported to havo contslei brandy. When officers tried V j label the shipment they discovered that a cunslderablo part already had been sunt to retail establish- meats. . . , , ; Western Indians spines for needles.' used vcuetufc Here I'i-oih Cove Ycsterdny Mrs. K. II. liell. of Cove, was a Grande visitor and shopper yesterday. UHT THAU DOWN mil,lIN PORTLAND, (He.. Jiy 2St ,(AP 1 City Attorney Grunt today r that the pun Ion of the two-story building at Kroadway and Wash ington streets which survived a collapse Saturday would have toiie ItcHMMlflhi:; Hone PeinodellllR of part of the wo men! readv-to-wear department is .torn down beliicr done this week at Hill's de- Krwtioii of a modern eight stoiyj . r purtmenl store. fire proof structure on "the site ivws: Jntf 1 1?nI1i JO been under consideration, aecoro-: " Mv ' officials predict that all records for cur loadings of wheat will be shattered this year. "Colonel Tommy" Hangs Up Sword After 43 Years In Army Service II lt Soil Mrs. c. Lincoln nrrlvrd lit'i'i llils Miornlnu' from I'oliland iinil siHMidlni.' a win vlll Willi nci-Jinii. c. r . i.in- with IilK I'Oin Jr.. inr soon' nun-. Knsory Morris, ll sailor on inn I'. S. K. Miirylillld. li lt mis nioin inn for Si'iitlW' aft r.n- ,l.!i"-lsilliiir lion uiu-li' CS. K. Suit. Ills i-olisins, Vlr- i i.' mil... vlull mid with r. . ... aii. Iw.mn is at i Mrc Snsi" Ililrn. tl round!. Ida. jlni; to roprost'iiliulvcs of tlio Honi,.'-. iiiinii ositito. invner of tlie inillilliiK. i Feet to Death ) ,.- I'OIITI.ANIl, On f llonio l'roni Huron To Iii-ihm I Wlunt ' M. ti. Avio-v. riiilnly ullfiil li'TO. I I in ImmI word this inorlliiiB Hint r. Luinnldso.n. i-onnty iiKont of VJlowa i-oiinlv. would lo in L'n l.in county wit hi" tin- ni'sl r,,' dint- to inalic an insin'i-llon of nil wlnl. r wheal vari.tli-K for 1-iTtlfi-ilillon. This work Is available for ;il farmers, wiio are lirKed to IllilUe llliplliallon III onee. returned niortiiuff froiil a visit at liome Mil Huron with James llurnetl of tho Melhodlst vov, Their trip took tl'ortlund and Washington elllcs. leludlnc l.ollu'View. where tliey vl. .Inly (Al') from n win the To KikI VWI- : Mrs M. II. ("ahlwcll ini'l HHP: dmifhler elnry .lane, or Phoenix. Ariz., who have l.eeii vlnltll!K hero villi Mrs. I'lil.lweirs parenls. Mr. mid Mrs. S. I'. Sinilli. for nhoill a month, will leave tomorrow niorn ine for I'ortlnnd where tiny will vlsll lu-rore relninlnii Inline. Mrs. rnlilwell also visile.l Willi her sis. P r Mrs. IIuitv l-nvey. while ill 1 .a lli'un.le. Mrs. l-aldwell was Miss Miule Kmllh hefore her niariiiiKe. To Vlsll 1'liellll MlMt Kvelvn Slewnrl. of I IlirUee, Ih.l Miss Maude Nice, of Norlll I'oniler liolli r whom liave heen i-il.-nilinir the soiiuner normal . I10..I here, I, fl tills inoilliim for North I'oniler wliere Miss Slewort nill Miiend some Unto vislliui? W'ilh Mis.'. Nice. "We enjoyed 1 he nor 11111I school 11111I wish il l'"d lusted loniror." IheV dcl'hi red this moru- I'.olli MPs' Hi art mid Miss Upon 111'" excel- of tin' selioot. I I.. y plan lu' allcnd .Monuioiilh llii.-. full. )"3. I'.olli MPS Mle NT..- l-Ollllllelltlid 1111 I")ll lelichlll SlMff lle.e This ,Mornlnn Mil'll sViroa I. . sect-.-l 11 ry of Hie I Iri 1:011 '0iil CruwcrM iihsiicIiiIIoii. "us 111 l,;i (Irlinde t.llis lllorllillK on I'ln way IhlnilKli lo- I'eliillclon. lie Hopped al Ihe orfice of coilllly i'kciii, U. f;. Avery, ill conneclion Willi lite iiim siilc. wliich will lie held al I'cnillelon Auir. is. over 'I' rams ?iave lilrclldv 1 11 coll- icni'il to ll,e sale. Mr. Sprout n Ihiiih. ahout Iwo-thilds of wiiicll purehied Hampshire. Ilelweell " and tllll of-llle Iilllllher. will lie . nil red from l'lilon mid Wallowa I'liintles. . HOT? m fit you out in cool togs--STItAW HATS COOL SHIRTS Athletic Underwear 2-piece and unions Light Trousers Fancy Sox New shades in tans and black OXFOKDS See Us! Clint's Clothiery 1 lie btora, Willi Cotuclenc lloino fisnn lokoit ' 1 .Mrs. A. IC. MlllillKH nils reuiroe.i ! tl.jp lonH. Iiolile irolll ickoii. iviisii.. w iiei u 1 she WHS culled hy the dentil of lli r I father. II. W. KiilUerson. Tin1 hiirlal was held here this inornlni:. ........ lie II. .vli id now minister 1 1. ...1 ll,.r-l -v luiij-iii'ii urn ilw.m let tower 111 i on on .i.nioii lu.iClrtnhuiii line, last mem resiiiicu Is-' In. Ihe dcatll ol l-.ari ncrricK. in. illod their son. Daniel, who Is cm-1 1 011111. ,,. m. 1. - 'ploved at the l-oiu.- I'.oll Lumber climhed the tower and .,1 or oiich Icoll'ipunv. Thev plan lo slol atln a live wire dropped lo Hie 1 Yollmvs'tone nullonal park on their Bround. Me died just before roach- Ins u hospilul. Op Cuiiinllilii Trli Mr. mid Mrs. Ouy sncndlni; nbont Iwo vacation trip in allada travel IhioilKh 11"' Ilorklos. Sutidiiy. Mi ami Mrs. Kills left Mrs. Mildred Smith left this ! niornlni; for her home In noise after spendlti? her viicauon in i.a flranile with her inolhcr, Mrs. C Worshattl. r.cnvo on Outliis Mrs. T. 10. I'lers'in lintl inuiiiy mid Mrs. C II. Kelly ami inmiiy will leave tomorrow for t'atherlno creek, where Ihey will spend Iwo weeks online. Mr. Kelly hns t'hnrRo of the road const nlclloil work now underway up Catherine creek. IIimim' l-'roin Ycllowsloiie 'lnri Mr. mid Mrs. Tom itiiokinuti have returned from 11 vacation trip to Yellowstone national park. They made Ihe trip by car, slopplnK at llolse iiinl oilier polnls. Mr. lluck imiu Is employed at the V. S. N11 tlonal bank. Mr. mid Mrs. liuck man were tone nearly iwo wcuks. l-lllnit nt Hiynolils lliniK' liallas Ward, of forvallls. was a L-ucsl yeslerdm- and loday lit the i-luirlcs llevnolds home here. Mr. Ward Kiaduiiled this sprinc from 11 A. ''. wlnrc he was vice prcsi ,,'. of Ihe slilihnl i'Ody. clidet eolo.lcl. 11111I a football and b"s' l.all lellerinnil. Mr. Iteynolds an.l Mr. Ward are rralernlly brolhers. M AVallow" iJiki Miss linoB-im llusscll left yes Icrdi.v for Wallowa lake when' she will spend lihoul n week nt h. r cabin. Miss lliiKsell was .10 conipanicl by Miss Vera Hallow. f Silverlon. inc. and Ml"' I'livbs. f Spokane, who have been nt tendlmr normal school 111 La Crande for the past month. 1. 1 : . 1 " t'i u11 1 ip im ",.! "'" 1 1 "M.--? Kill. an. 3- f-'f V AfJ I They will i . y . Jr5 f W U 5 ' I .anadi,.,. I tfjl &tl4 i WtL AVp 1 ' j k4V- -I - P : I 1I1IIIHIII "nriWJ r- ' 1 ' ' -J SAN ANTONIO. Tex. (Al') When the famous Seventh cavalry J paraded in July to the alining 'strains of "Garry Owen's Own," !fol. "Tommy Tompkins" faced his In-loved regiment for the. last lime and hung his nabro on the wall uf fter i'.i years nf service. Kvei- since he entered the service ns a second lieutenant. Col. Selah It. K. Tompkins was "Tommy" to his men. and the army boasted no officer more picturesque. His en ormous .moustache nnd whiskers, his military carriage and his tact as a commander made him a pcr tHonalljy w herever the Cnited States j maiiitnined troops, and ho was one of the feist of i leers who b:arn d soldiery in the h. I I whence came custer' and the Indian fighters. Since 1!2 Colonel Tompkins had ennuuanded Cujnp Stanley, but. a week before his retirement lie was transferred to the old Seventh Cav- ry with wliun lie nau serveti .it years, in order that he might leave the service with the troops he loved most. Snn'of Gen. i H. Tompkins, cav ulry leader in the Civil war. Col onel Tompkins fought in many nil Indian battle early in his service, serving once with Ointer and win ing a citation lor bravery In the battle of Wounded Knee. When per-Mhlng Invaded Mexico, Colonel Tompkins headed a cavalry column which guarded the punitive force, lie nerved In the Philippine, mid led many a skirmish against the M oros. I Men lu his command knew him us a comrade in arms, and loved i hi in for treating them "as hu mans'' while keeping rigid diseip- Attenlion, Dancers! BI(;' DANCE AT KAMELA Friday Night, July 29th, 1927 " CO.MK CP ANH DANCi; WIIKltK IT IS COOI, A wood llnie awaits all that attend. 1 Music 'By Six Good Musicians O'Sulltvau's Screnudera. 0f Pendleton Plenty of Free Eats We Buy for Less We Sell for Less I.aiii;s' SII,K ami ItA YON IIOM-: I'ull fahiiinctl silk lui-.e, ex cellent ipiuliiy and heautiiiil shado c " ' KAYO MI.KS Iteaiitilul a s o r I in c n t of lhc.e .stox-liiiiUH; ilonhle sole.-, six-ply lH good weaiin. Sliciallv priced 49c M i: s ItAYON MIX I'iiiic.v mill nlli'iti-llii! pul-Ici-lls. Spcrhtlly I'lillill lli-li ll riiihcil lops and ii'liiloi'i-cl belli 40c 50c SnEwDRKbTDRfi: Oi'Slioycrs nf llijcli I'ricri 1 nk4i Star I?' .vs Pi.r moot Gibson TODAY And f FRIDAY Is Possession Nine Points of the Law? . A story of fights und. loves, heariufhes and - hcudaches! Hoot Gibson, world's-chum-plon rider. In one of the most . artlonful - ami best all - round entartalnliig pictures he'n ever mudc. m to SNOOK I.MS In Smmkimi Mon-- XtiiaA SATURDAY ONLY SAN DOW The Wonder Dog NFA, I. nit AnjrMr nurrnil I'M KING I OK RKIT.KI TIOV, Mary AnKn look. Into n nilri'ol' anil .m p perfect ImnK of hrrsplf. Jlut there In no itlnns In Ihe mirror, for Ihn "Image" In her ulster, Mnr jorlc,. They're palil lo be Ihe most lilcmlrnl Iwira In America. Will Tclicli In I.1MI110 M. tenia llnlllie" Ihr.iucli hen' this inornini.- on n av home to Los! In- afl-r spend hie' about a inolllh lit Mollliioillll where she atlendeil siiiiiiih I Miss Holnies. who last year al Suininervllle. has l."en eiiKiiKed lo tench at coliilliK year. liasscd r nur-laui;hl 'if l.optlne tills lien I'linn ldniii Willis Skiff, of Hois... Ida., nr. rived al Villon last nicht to visit his parents. Mr. nnd Mis. ' Skiff. He came to La Oralldc Ihls inorninK mid spent part of Ihe day lu re with relatives. Mr. Skiff does no! expect lo return lo th. slate until the firsl of nekt :7W i 41 ft X If t ink, l or r Vlnl-lir Men' ! The lirv. and Ml". X. V. Hawk md children, fatherlnc ali'l .Inlin. j new of ll.irvev. N. IL. uriivrd hero : ?rteldav nnd will visit lu tM I i:ramlf until loniori "W inoriilnu at ; Ihe S. !'. Slllltll llome. The Hawk faniilv imido their h"mo h'-re iiboil' j l vc'ais ano wh.ll Mr. Hawk w.ili ,',,;.,r ut -. Methudi-I Lpln'..il Jt M 1 II hi AMONG IIIL. NLw MKMULIo.ol the bioux ln.li.ir. Inbr is Govcinor I trrl K. Z.inimcrrnan ol Wisionsin. I In! picture shows liiliil difnilaiics rrceiinf llie li'nctnut on lite ' t'.'j:) c( lilt sU'C.r''-' l Ml'il. "" , Tliey tell me this BUCKEYE is wonderful stuff! These days, malt syrup is news. Every Buckeye user i s fi rmly con vinced that his favorite deserves first page position. Everywhere you go, you hear people discuss Buckcyc Malt Syrup. It's the choice of Ihe nation the malt without a fault made by mas ter maltsters. Wonderful stuff 1 A- CADE TODAY ONLY 1 VlDDVys ItltY.VV W ASH III ItX I'Voin Owen llnvls' Hlah-e. lilt UNIVUSAL JEWEL The sparkling story of a widow who got a thrill from stealing other women's fiances. Culminating in a delirious hilarious night on a storm-swept house-boat. An educa tion in flirtation. MALT SYRUP Hop flavored or plain Sold everywhere Li -a lory I ...Is h im Mall Syrup in su;.ei n i.: i d Ih.l Ihe ;! '-j pi .in id i all of I '.in 1. ee i- l.i ihe :! p.iiiml cans of oillnnl limit. (IVAN I It I IT I'll. Special Comedy Attraction rKNMETT BEN TURPI N XiT) " THE PRIDE OF PIKEVILLE " bZJ ? J Bi&ork. FRIDAY And SATURDAY RAYMOND GRIFFITH "A P. You can't live on love when wedding , liillS start rolling itl! NEWS And FAhLES