La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 19, 1927, CITY EDITION, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Text1 Friday, 'August 10, 1027 L'A GRANDE F-VFNINC. OBSERVER T'atro Five Local News In Brief comim; i:vi;nts Sept, 5 IjUkm day iclchru Iton hi I n t.mmlr. tu t.- ii.Viifi, inc. lfiiviitllou of Oregon rnreiit-Tenther Con. teres here. . Mere I'mtM SI. I ami is M is. (.'. W. Dei, ami Mr. and M rs. (!. W. Strakc, of St. Louitj. were ;ti Summer yesterday. Illirk I'ioiii Vacation Miss LyMln I'rouly hat resumed miry yuiiipiiny ul'li-r lukini; a iiuii. , Mnw lw Ninth lNmder Mr. utid Mrs. J. 1'. Sialcup have moved I North I'owdcr. Mr. Htal-i-ii p wan; transferred tln-Src us spe cial ageil ' tlu Standard Oil con)lilll-..', Trmcllin& Thr:iigh Mr. utnl Mrs. It. . Hrow n, of I.ijllg HO'ttcll. ('ill., Stopped here yeslcrda'on their way east. Their with guests at the Summer. Kcfllllt iHotlM' i; Crane ft Mae. and l.ee Kingston returned- lo llielr home yesterday alter visiting here fo.r u few day . v It ti their grunumoincr, .Mrs. j. II. Mulhulland. , H ohm- torn Portland ? I Mr. njlid Mrs. I'm) Helm have returiH'4 to their' home In l.a jLiniiidc UriiT a vara! ion trip to Viiilhni'l. .Mr. Il"lni is.illslrl-t at riiey heft'. ''', Iri'int f"i Calirnriiia ; t Mr. uiul Mi's. AiiHliiH Oavls; of rhUiiuo. vlio have been t h house, LMieslH ot Mr. and "Mrs. ;l I. Mt;- ' Ken nun 'for I lit- pant two weka, h I I yer&'nliiy l or I 'alil'ornia. . VMiiny, Son U-w M r. and M i s. I-;, I ). Sherwood, iti' Kugcne. are visiting In La (liiinde, for a few days with their s'lii and- daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Klnyd S. Sherwood. YMIctl Sister Mrs. Pal Hoyt drove to lluker last night with her s.isjrr. Mrs. I A llyerf-. vli'nKikis hev. honif in th n-ighborhi city and has been vis iting here willi Mrs. Hoyt for the past several- days;- j Iteturus llonu' t Alter visiting here for several days w lt.li her daughter. Mrs. A. M. Keynolds. Mis. l-'iank Lange left yesterday I'm her home In Hots". Mr, Keynolds Is owner of the ( Merless I ry Cleaning cum- ! 3 . li, J. (.recti und T. M. Johnson are spending several days in Hoise on business. They are expected home tomorrow .. evening. Mr. Cieclt Is a local attorney while Mr. .Johnsini haft 'a farm in Lower Cove. -;? ; 1 I tl-:r OlficUtN1 llrrr .Mrs. Julia Ward, of Portland. ' state coiilintillder of the W. M. A., and Mis. , Anna .lackaid. f Pen dleton, dslriet deputy for the or gan i- a 1 i(iv i,n! in ,,a '''nude l'Mking':iflrlodge business. Moth are regi'storiM at the trimmer. c- l.ml i4l( Here . Mrs. HpTtrrl linstock and her inother-lnilitw, Mrs. Ha rah lin stock, left (his. morning for their home ;j KmiiTWI'.'ldu., alter vis iting in M Grande for two weeks al the jliHei Kostork and A. I.lnd hmues I((-ri Mrs. Ilidtert Mostnek Is u slslei y Mrs. Jake Mostoek and slsU'i'-M-law of M r. UostoeU. Mrs. LinUMJtinolher sister or .Mrs. Uoslock'.sjcv I 7 Home I'ioiii Lake i:. I'u.swll Scott, front ' eseru live or 4fhr Ivislcm J ircgua coun ev nturrted to his lioim1 In La "'tfraiido yesterday rroni Wallowa liUe. wheref he has been for 11n I'a.-t inotith1 having charge of t he buy scout Hummer camp there. The camp c loMcd Sunday.' ' but Mr. wott wltli Willis Shnler and Lenlle lifiitcr 'leiniiined the first few days of tltVweek to 4reak camp. Ninety-tlnfej different boy." uttetid- d camp XJtjring the thre wiks period .MiC- Hcott reports, sevrral or I he boys remaining for more Hum oiie ?Veek. Kvery boy but one who did not know how lo swim win d l)e went to cum p -b o m -vd befor- -t )U' close of camp. Ten "" ! bt;lwerc advanced Trotn .'ifuid ehii-s scouts to Tlrst clasrt eouts and' ImhiI iiu mrill badgtt were glvi ii,'diirliig Hie camp. I'lve boys wereiihade Star scouts, one mi Kagb' Vout and uboiit I - boys ere traiisf'.irr-'d t.i Serond class from en4-rfoot rank. Thr Itev. H. It. 'tlroinas and eight boy " Miits rrotu . Halfway came the lougi'Ht dlsialiee to ntleod thu raiop. itMV.eling Iss miles to get Wallowa ,ake. La Crande had Hi" laiu cV-M'. tl b:, wi, irgfid number of ioys in 1 lit toLil b. lng 4. al- sveond with 1.1 Hiid U-iker third with 11. There were "bout 7" visitors at the ramp dur ing the (hrce weeks. ED. V. PRICE & CO. ': 100 Fall Samples Of TAILOR MADE SUITS . AND OVERCOATS Now here for your selection. lie measured and have a fit. .' $.,5.00 to $75.00 : CLOTHES OF (JUALITY !INT'5 0 "JHE STORE WITH A CONSCIES'CE" .Men's anQ Buys' Outfitters llrrr l-'ltim l-:ntcrii-so ' Mr. miU Mis. I'lalzmilrr. of Kn. l- rpiiai., ure al (hr Miimin, r luduy. OIK'S lu lYllillrlon I Miss Miidrvil Smllli l.fl 1 1 1 1 m , morning for IVmllrtun uiir aim will vliill Willi frli'iiilH until Sunday. Ilw Vouiila) I Mis. Tom Tomb, rlln. uf limit- ' inutun. was u Iji liranili' vlnltor yrslciilay. To Visit Hrotlier Miss Nettle Nixon, of Itona purte, lu., Htopimi hern over night an her way to Joseph win re she "ill visit with he.r brother. John Nixon. Hcluru Home - Mis. I. 1(. Hlbbs hTt this morn ing for her homo' at Mlnnm-niter I visiting here with here mother. Mrs. Hurry Klman, , lor several days. iitM's tu Uaker Little Mim Juan liivle letl this MMfininc for halter where hIh- will visit with her aunt, Mim. I,. (. Iliatt, for severnl days. Mrs. .I I,, iiakcr returned this uiorniiifT to her home ut Looking (tlasH after shopping and visliiutr here for 'veral days. Mrs. Maker's husband has a general merchan dise More at Looking Class. 'Ihimigh Miss Jessie Korshaw of I'endle ton spent yesterday here visiting at the K. C. Herzluger home. Miss Korshaw left hist evening for a vacation trip to Yellowstone Na tional park. To VNl Tan-iit-i Mr., und Mrs. William Wallace und two children stopped hero this morning on' her way to Kil ter prise where they will spend a week or so with Mrs. Wallace's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Kico, Ki'fru-ns to Home Miss Kvelyn Curpeiitcr left this morning for her home in Maker alter visiting at Island City since Tuesday with her friend, Miss Catherine Avery. To Maker for Swim - Mrs. I. L. Huttgerfiird ami daughter. Kern, and Miss Mernlec Mr Kinney. went to Maker this morning for a hwIiii at theiltaker natatorium. They plan to return this evening. Home I'roni Trli Mr. and Mrs. J. 1 . Heideurelcb ai-e lioiue from a two weeks' aulo trip over the northwestern states. 'Ith- "trip inr I luted" it -sort- drive into Uio soutli western pari of Canada. 110014 I'roni XiK-alton r Mr. ami Mrs. Char Jen Herring returned home last evening from an extended vacation trip in Au gusta, Great Kails. and other Montana cities. Mr. und Mrs. Herring made their home In Mon tana before coming to La Crande. Mr. Herring is clerk at the Som mcr .hotel. Vliting Here Mias Kllxa belli Ilea by Is visit ing at the home of Mrs. L. K. I num. She is a former resident' of this city and expects to visit her friends here until school begins, when she will return to her home In Portland. Miss Heaby Is now h junior In -high school. She Is' the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Healcy. Home From Trii Krank Cullen returned home last night from Seattle where In tool, a special course, tit window dec orating which is offered annually by the Washington-Idaho 'lot li ters' association. An experienced member of the profession from Chicago conducted the classes which were held in Hie Olympic hotel. Mestdes attending the classes, Mr. cullen visited a nuinv ber of the larger clothier's stores lu Seattle and Tacouia and Studied the latest display methods and fall styles. He also spent one week end in' Anacorlis. In the San Juan islands, north oT Sea I lie. Mr. Cul len Is assistant manager at West enhaver and CflberCs men's fur nishing store here. ' ' Mtrtl Friend Miss Blanche Clark had as her guests last evening. Miss Meiiha H. Wilson and her mother, Mrs. Hattle M. Wilson, of lltihl. Ida., who Slopped here I'll route home from Merke!e. Cal.. w Ijere Miss Wilson has been attending summer school. For the past several years Miss Wilson has I n nurse at the normal school at- Monmouth, but hus recently accepted a posi tion as an Inst rui tor in t he nurses training department of t In famous Clark "ouuty hospital in Chicago. She will b-sve jiext month to begin her duties in tin new position. Mlis Clark, several year?- ugo. was an art instructor ut tin normal school w he re sh" knew Miss Wilson. - OTHIE! I'lirlliuul I'liiiy Urn Mm. I. C. Wllrox aivl Miss Mary Wilcox, of 1'ortlulii, Avrru visitors hrru yi'Ht'vday. V . StupiH'tl Hen . Mis. I.. !. Hoislnu'ton. Mm( J. : K. I'halnlmril. Minn Oliulys chain- j biirtl. and MIsm Klormt'e llartlry. of IIoIki', stoitd over in l.a i Clrundu yc.Hti-nlay. 'I'liry Wert.1 J KUt'HlS ut llio Kolry. SliMiithl Aurnt llvrv Yett-nla) A trip around the world huh the r't'elit experience of A. W. Huffman, general aueut lor tho l-reiU'h Steamship line of Seutlk', who looked alter business and vis ited with friends here yesterday. Mr. H ulTniu.it related many Inter esting stories and incidents of his recent journey which was made on one of the line ships of the com pany which he presents. It was Mr. Huffman's kkmI fortune to be in the Holy l.und at I'hrisl mas time and to witness the Her vires which were performed at Nuz a relit and lu I 'a lest ino by tin Christians, lie also described tin1 reliKiom services of other reli gions in the nalioiiH . he visited, which tncl tided India. I'.gy pt und i'hina.- Nice. Naples und Monte Curio wi'ie other Htoprt of the. par ly. Mr. Huffman and his parly returned home about Api from their InleresiiiiR trip. Escape Retaken; Admits Efforts To Rifle Store SALK.M. Ore., Aug. 1 ! AP A. W. Currier, atlas Alfred Cagu . who tells officers that he estuped a week ago from an Insane hos pital at Stockton, t al.. where lie had been transferred from Foisom prison, ir In jail here for attempt-! ing to rifle ji cash register and lat-j er attempllliK to escape from the1 city prison. Otgut says he was pent to Ko' som to ' serve lite for robbery while urmeu with a gun. but then he played Insane nnd w as traiv-! ferred to the hospital. Officers here believe lie Is slightly unua! aneed and that he has other pris-J on records. f ('ague entered the K. K. ShaferJ harness shop on South Commercial t st ret t yesterday iil'tet noon. No on- j was m the front part of the store ( so Cngue gave his attention lo thej cash register. ('. It. Sackett. uil employe, found the cash resist 'T j about half open and Cagur crouch-' ing behind the counter. ('ague' made a run lor It. Sackett, un-' able lo overhaul the fugitive, re- j turned to the store and called the. police, who soon had Cague In . custody. ' i i In some manner ('ague seems to have kept a hacksaw -..hidden on his person when lu- was searched before being locked up. About, I'H o'clock luiit night Sergeant Culler! discovered I 'ague about, half w ay ! through a window, culler slugged I l him In the jaw and pulled .him j 1 ack into the jail. ' I PITTSIICKC While crosses.' 'grim symbols of traffic dentin.! : ti;Wi' ben ordered painted at ten ! street Intersect ions here. Kucn i marks the scene of an ailtomobll I : accident In which twO or more I persons were killed. I LATEST THRILLER! 1 JL Here'M Lieut. C. C. C1iamidm of the 1". S, navy's air force. Who -has just starred hi another avia tion thriller. While Champion was more lhan sl miles above Dolling Held. Washington, in an attempt to break the altitude rec ord, the molor of his plane ex ploded. Cha in pt on piloted t lie powerless rhip to ti safe landing. White Berries p"t- rr-r;--? v vjr-a . . s K navy Mue niirpvUc frock itliieitsa iJietiuctiNe iioip with lis tKiutnnnirr ol lilt lici rls worn lu t lit Oii'P "V" ol lli hue gfor. ' set'. .'jJlnt. j. fX1 h y t-. i M k "PERFECT BACK" WINNER I I- . k k iA '- , ' IV" She liirurd Iter back on the Judges nnd won Hie cltiiinplon-blp InirtMiueiog .Hiss irginia I'areni. winner in the Mrfeet imrk con Hsl held liy the Nalional blropraelora iisocUillon In convention at l-o.s Angeles. She uoii rrom U'tO aspirants, und iiMtri rrom en lura, tlie miiiii (nun in Muiihcrn California thai pro I need llillle Coh1iiimI. winner of Hie HHe of "llsN ( alilonila, ltf27,M In the eon test for A I lit u( le Ciiy lienuiy hoiutrs. i - , otel Venture Fails In Brandegee Home NKW LONDON,' Conn. (AP)--aI "death calm" has closed the NY v. London home of the late Senator Krank M. Hrandegee. who thre years ago loidi his life in Wash ing! un m a Kit r despondency ov litianelal reverses. The beautiful estate in which l generous host once welcom. friends from all over t he initio., lies deserted. The mrinsion is closed and the once carefully kept grounds are a shambles. Not long niter the death of Itr owner' the property was sold to Mrs. M. J. ItnsKcll of this ciiy. who spent considerable in Improving the property and turned it Into an lun. The ven lure started ol't splen didly. Hut, the fdory runs, a som ber air hove red about tin lions and spieloiis grgunds.' Negro help- CIS COIlId not be kept. I II 1 1 f T 111) circumstances cuiild (hey be In duced to enter the cellar. "It - haunted down there." they raid The Venture wound lip In Ml courts. The house was elnsed ai i remains closed. , I alion cipials mhlUno plus npplii achievement. ' ",.,,,, ,.,.,, ....,! lilt" KViuiiK miui n-i. lady It often happens that j born becomes a lady dved. Sure-Fire Adventure Drama Aimed at Your Heart! w)') "s"-k "" '"-' 4v lJj V &&3'3rji 'rin ri''K kiiii:i Im- I ( . J -Sicj nt Inu .lirrnklliK y lf T ,N r'-v wllltf lll' fill lit rN V A drama that combines all the hardships and striiKples of the early West with the tenderness of father-love. A different kind of outdoor drama '.vith the screen's greatest Western star! COMEDY and SCREEN SNAPSHOTS STAR win 1 i u iiuvjiiu-iw i..'. In il n i k i'irt. M II I'lWII I i '-"j y"--)1 v Yankees Pay More On French Diners . PA MIS (A PV- Mritlsh n ft ngallty has fore d the dining car manage ment on trains between Pads an 1 Dieppe to reduce . Hie price of tin a Is. Kor moit' than a- ?nr -the cost of ii lu.ich on the fhst-rluss train either to or from .liners he) wet n New Vork and Cltei liourg has been ; 25 fran.' ($l.(Ml wllhoul wine. Ou the other hand, the price of nienl on trains bet w ven t he same tw.i i cities where American tourists in e not Hie sole passengers Is 1 s '; francs. It has remained foj- I he Mi It h.'i to force down prices between Par is and Dieppe. Merit use there was little patronage of Hie dining car- I he company now offers a meal for t-n francs, -approximately -lit cents. It consists of soup, me. u and ono vegetable, salad, and de sert, :'' ' OTLD ItAVI A IHI S IN TOWlilt or lOMM. LONDON' fAI') Many a ci del -rlly is less famed than I'M gar, tin Tower of London raVcn. whose deal It Is announced. " Ivlgar's age has been estimated at fm, 7n and So yi-urs. He Is known to have been al least fif ty. He was an aristocrat anion-' ra ens. . , -The. stout women arc, not often .willing to tell their liges iii round figure; , , . , TODAY And Saturday 'MiMlnv MiKMlny Tin: Tl:.Mi;n ihm li" 4 MEN MISSING IN FOREST FIRE Searchers Sent Out into Spirit Lake Region j Near Longvicw LONOVIKW, Wash.. Aug. 1U (APi Four men of a crew fighting a forest fire at tiieen Ittvei. hi the Spirit Lake region, wtl-e mishing today, and searchers were sent mit lo seek them. The men were with a party of 14 sent from the Italnier national forest a week ago, were believed to have taken a wrung trail. The men carried a week's food supply. l-og, mist and rain were aiding men In controlling the Creen Ulver flre today, and the fire was repell ed tinder control after having burned over about tilto acres. Forty forest service men and 25 or U stale forest men Here holding the blaze In check. The Slotixon fire was reported lo have Jumped two miles In the past two days. Deputy supervisor Har ry White of the Columbia national forest and other officers are direct ing the fight against the . Sioux-nt fire. ' ' Incendiaries were ' suspected of having set two fires lu the Ost raini er railway anil timber company's slashings ut Silver Lake this week. Mot it fires were under control to day. Three hundred loggers and u few mill men have been fighting these fires. Uuht rain was a hi Ing them today. The Ostratlder mill night shift was off last night, due to log shortage because loggers liiive been fighting the fires. It the fire continued the day shift will have to close In two days. The mill employs tia men. Weather Prevents ! Flights Today ;f NK.W VOMK. Aug. in A P ) A storm urea extending from New foundland to about Mia mllos from the Irish coast together with ad verse winds ut Moosevelt field. Long island, and a runway too soggy for a take off brought tin official announcement that t lie Old Clory will not lake off today on its projected non-stop rtitrht to Koine with Pilots J. D. Hill and Lloyd Mcrtuud, I 'Ol .1 )ON K. Cermaliy. A ug. 1 (AP) A trial flight of Die Cas par blplune "Ceriminy" this morn ing convinced I. leu tenant Otto Kminecke t hat only one more maximum weight test would be necessary In-fore t he machine could be declared in condition lor his trans-Allantic hop. 1 CHICAOo (API Women be I w een the ages of IIU and f.a (! Hie world's styles, says one of Chcago's most fatuous fashion cre ators. . For t hat reason, shu u.-fc-crts bobbed hutr Is here to slay. It Is charity to help a man up. but not. to prop him. While's there'.' u prop he never will leant to stand alone. 'Oil SAI.Iv-rlll'ltHS--liy II. .1. Houch: good for all stomach, kidney, bowel, liver a ml rheu matic and blood troubles. ir.lU ADAMS The Best Time Is Now MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SUITS Clearance prices that hiinjj; savings of practically half Summer Suit. suitable for Fall wear. Fine ranie of sizes. Values up lo $27.00 S I L'.f ).r - Spl 1.05 - $17.95 Men's Shoes V til licit are w on derm I It lack and 'pi u Call, and X'icls III ui' her mid Ha Is full w e Hole and rubber heels- - 83.95 - $1.15 to $5.15 Women's Footwear Tl, III' MlUUlly Shll'l Mil- Ull:il nt I Ht"lM llHII'l-lll-lllill'l Mill M t V I - Kill Mi Ih Mil' wr iiniily illNil;iy our li' III l-'oiil hi'h r $2.95 - $3.95 - Thrifty buyers are sell for i. H mhim tm iw Police Guards Again Placed In Gotham Subways NKW YOUIv. Aug. I!'AI')-- Police Commissioner Warren to day ordered the resumption of po- ' flee guard at public buildings and sideways beginning tonight. S New Vork was placed under the i j greatest police guard In Its his- j jiory following two subway bomb- : jnj4s August r. j ! LONDON, Aug. IH (AP) -The ' ! explosion of a bomb last night be- I 1 1 w ecu the American legation In I j Sofia and the house occupied by j Protessor Mollol f, Mulgarian in in- j J-ster ol finance. Is repotted In ui I Vienna dispatch to the Kxchange ! Telegraph company. No one was1 injured and then was no dniuuge. I'AUIS. Aug. 1H. (Al') -Tlie po- ! lice guards al the American em- hussy were reinforced today after; receipt ol' dispatches announcing the action of the Massachusetts sti-1 pi eiue court In the Sacco-Vanaettl ease. raraniount News And Comedy Suiiday- PI:il:i'''.,"M,,l" mm? Arcade -Lois Wilson and (Jco. K. Aithur In "THE GINGHAM GIItL" I s, ,.,I,IIU I';.!! l.isl, Hill- $1.95 looking to i less every business day hf rsw T-rv-. ! rr rar It Destroyers Of llif-h Prices "ba Grande's Ciulersclliug SI N STOAIS , - ft 1101 Allan... Slorr No. IS I hm (ik'uiiilo. Orn. I New Dress Prints 19c A wide variety to choose from in at tractive color schemes. The mate rial is soft and laun ders very nice. A real value at 19 Ml, ROBEKT KANE nlunctjon ilh vtCTOn H w EDWAA0 1L HMJUUtf DOROTHY MACICAILL aC'ttTELL SHERMAN Lawrence Gray; William Collier Jr, A FIRST NATIONAL SPECIAL TODAY and SATURDAY New Fall Shirt Styles lust In! New shipment of advance Call Sliirls fine patterns and excellent materials. New long-point collar-attached stvle - $1.25 - 51,95 to $3.50 New Fall Hats Displaying Hie most wonderful and snappiest line ol Tats " IliiV" ever carrb-. Snap and 'tn I I'.i has plain and I a my ba nd tombltia (ioiiM - full nnd medium shape $2.95 - $3.95 lo $5.95 MEN'S WORK CE0T1IES Union Label Painter Over alls $1.19 Strong, well made Men's Work Pants $1.95- .Men's Whipcords in tan and jtrev $2.50 Men's Khaki, heavy vt $1.;.'9 Heavy Police Suspenders 50c Plue and ,crey ehambray Work Shirts," triple stitched 39c I'.lack and Drown Sox that will wear 5c Police and Firemen's Work Sox, 15c; 2 for 25c or their needs. Ave buy for less and of the year. mrancp'n wnrm liriSBa ore" r. ;". J