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Friday, January 6, 1928. TJi GRANDE EVENING UOBSERVER Page Flva Local News In Brief liOCS lU l'OlihlJUl Mm. C. J rayne left this morn ing fur lorlland where she will fcpenU a wvek or so. ltfllll'IlK ( INntliind , n K KaII (if Pm-Mimd. Ii-ft far Itouiu this? niormns nfler upending a few d"i'w here on O.-W. busi ness. x Mr. Sell stopped ut the la 11 ran do during his slag here.; - - llctv From California Katherlno Hunttfrnf. of San Kranclsco.-: is spending several days lure.' Shfl 1h stopping- ut the La. Grunde. linker Clttju'ii Visitor A business visitor In Ii Grand--tflffay is J. I. Houle, citizen of tinker, whro arrived here yesterday, und is stopping at the I.u Grande hotel. i ;nc to Portland .- ". O. Ollnger, proprietor of the 41 Grande hotel, lias gone to Port- "ad whirV he will spend several flays on Business. Stopping Here 1, K. I. Mef.'ully. of Joseph. Is .a i' ,..i...,u(1 Jklufmx In Itila fltv fnr II jvw days, if Mr. McCully is a guest j at tho 1-oey. i'lrenyn'sr Aiuinal ' Hall t ; The Ui? Grande Volunteer Klre jWn'H annual ball will be held at Zuber hall on Jan. 18, It is an nounced today. J.eiives fot Calirnniln p Clarencfr Woods left this morn W on trhln No. 17 for, l.os An gles where ho has accepted a jSobition and will make his home in flu- future. He has been here vis ing at he home of his father, Joe Woods', well known pioneer, air. Woods has mado his .home In Hend for some time past.'1 Uoy Tekci JloiiU! : Hlchard f lay, school ioy oi i.a I Grande who was )njuir'u last Tuesday in a trailing accident, was taken from , Ik., f',., ,i.l., Ifniulf linn. Iillul to hs home yeslerdiiy.ulld la Ketllne uIoiir very, nicely. , tie wns Injured vthell.' while trillllllB lie hind a eiy, his sled snmshed into u parked' Iruek. Ilealn Inlerni'sililiiTT'v.. 'r lr. TnoniiiKj Hill rc ccdved word ye.sttM-lay ; to repoi-t on .Ian. 15 at ihe l.os jvnpi'les county ' general hospital to l.&iii his Intellieshlp of one year. 'This Is. one or the liirRest hospiuilH iii. lhe country and is oifl- oCMhc jiest known lor and is Old- oi:;ilie iliesi si liitcrninK. ln and Mrs. leave lomorrdv ivenlnir uncles. j'T'lwy hove lieen Hill will for;. l.os eon visiting ..I tlii heme of Mr. and Mrs. A. i. 'lllll sineii1 Dr.Tlllll wns Hraduated iioin lluatli Mudlmil e.ollese, Chlea-f.-o. just (jel'ort! Ihi -hollduys. j Mrs. Clifol'KtfJllyneararMi mis heen peiulliiB ti diiV or so In I. a Grande (villi iMiJs. Wesji;y;, liurrlson' and friends. The llynearsnn fariil' li'oill" Is south of l.a tlrande. Is liuprfivlnx Mrs. UJ. I.lleile , Hilly. tf the Colonial J!caiil shoi. - who lius 1 ii ill rju- nhoiil a week of lon- silllis. isi' linlch -Iniproved touny and expeels lo he ulilf work aKahi tomorrow. lo lie at VMtln in I '.nleriirl.se Miss Neil Itoiindy. left yesterday for Kntcjrprlse. ' w here she will ..pend a roliplo'-Of :eelH vlslllni; w ith her lirother. W. A. Houndy. and family. Miss Iloundy Is a sls- t. r of Mrs. .luok'Riutt. I Itiiliy Hoy, ll ilil ' " . Mr. am( Mis. Joe (Irani "ore tho parents at a liaby lioy. Iiorn to Ihein yesliiday ill Mile (iriindn llonde hjspitnl. Mr. und Mrs. ('.rant nniae their home ut 2010 Oak strict. V Visttcil HW California Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Norton df Alton's iKbldy shop. returned home yesi-erday from a two week's visit in. Portland and Oaklund. They speit Christmas , In Port land wilhSrelatives and went on to GaklAnd vhero they were visitors over New; Year's with her. parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. AV. Mathews oud daughter,; Mildred, who are spending-:! ho winter in Oakland. Mr. 4ind Mrs,$. NorHjn also visited In San Francisco. California is ex periencing colder winter weather than usual they said, and there is much more snow in Port 1 And and cities on life "way" to 'La'Grando than there is In U Grande. Port land resblehls who huve llve,l them for many yiurs say. that they have never experienced such weather in the "City of Hoses." I Our Greatest January Clearance 1 ; SALE S On. High-Grade Merchandise for Men and 1 v Young Men Now Going On. Make your dollars work to saie. i - ' ' (lTnt l( n smss M.tu Hero J. 1 Lottrldgc, or the KaM.rn Qrcucn l.hjlit & Power, enmpu! y, hi a business visitor from It niter ic day. He is at' the Foley- Htrr Fruni lloUe Q. H. Holmes, of Itnlsc. Is trans acting business In Ut Grande Air. Holmes la at th l,a Grande. On Hunting Tr.i j (.r I Chase I'ohnenkaniD and VAmv and Lester Stoddard are spendng j the day duek hunting arouud On- tario with Mr. Van'Petten. -j ! I Her Prom I laker ; G. M. JtydVr. citizen of Eaker and 'i niemttr of tho Ityder Broth ers p'lnttng concern. Is stopping at the La Grande during a short business visit here. Stopping ut SoninK'r .an unnsienson anu W. II. j Plotzueder, of- Enterprise, aru spending several . days , In I.a Grande. They aie at the Soinmer. Take Over Ptaeo Mrs. Nellio Spencer, assisted by her son,; Jay Spencer,, have taken; over the A. and . H.( Hoot Beer; place on Adams uvenue. Mrs.;! Spencer will bo flie -manager of j the business. . r : , , : , ChaiilHln Oiulicil , Tho ltov. Ollvor . Itlloy'R: .name uh chnpluln of tho Anicrioun l,o Rion post- vtuH omitted In tho ar ticle lii yesterday's Observer con eernlne the InMull.itlon of of I leers held Wednesday .evonlny. Here lYoin St. 1ahiIs - Among the visitors In La Gmn-b' f this week is J. M. Terrlll, citizen of St. Louis, who Is registered ut the La Grande. - Here From Portland- ltcMirns From Wyoming . Mrs. C. 1). Muthews and baby dangnter, lurlln. stoppt'U here , this morning. on their way home to "c . - Wallowa after spending a fev'ductlun ' ttte ' H ,nM!'"KUn; hIPI' linnr vlclllntr rrliillvKn In ltfl S 1 don. Wyo. They- were- In Wyom ing for the Christinas holidays.. Here l-Yi.iit 1'ortlaiul M iss Hai..el Gi'iikk ro'.urnv.-l home eurly this week from I'ortlund where she spent uliout u week vis- itlnc. Miss (Irucir Is a, senior Iu! Coinparative flKines kIvIiib a "niKh school and cuptair of tho.scssed valuations and tux rates In Kill's buskctliall team. . jthe cities follow: , . I ! ' Hi iv rroill leaehuni - , Mis. (luy Norden. of M i.diuin. is visltiitK In I. a 0 ramie f?r a short lime, and"' Is registered .at lhe;Wullowu .. Foley. . . , . Xcws of iH'ath Hcttfi News naa been i'relved of tli death of Daniel G. Gay. aged S7jWallowa years, Who made his home in tho yi-urn, w uv otuur. uin nuoii in iiiw Grande Honde valley a number of ' Moose Jaw, Sasli. He Is survived by children In Pend lei on- and Lewlston.' Visiting Xrphcw Mrs. M. Hrooks. of Great Fulls. Mont., Is vlslllng here - with lier nephew. W. 1. Vaughn, proprietor of the Soinmer hotel, nnd Mrs, I Vuu:;hn.,.Mrs. Hrooks Is at th Soinmer.. Ilctnrii Home Mr. and Mrs. F. Hampton lefl (his morning on train No. 17 for their home at Canby, near. Port land, afler spending several weeks here visiting nt the. home of their . Fon-in-law and daughter. Mr. and jeru communications fronuAdmlral Mrs. W. H. Le ism tin. j Urumby In charge of the rescue. commending "these men for their heroism and service, and recom mending that they be officially ilerwent un appendix operation at recognized for these deeds." the Grande Honde ltospltul tho duy - after Christmas, lias beer, taken to her home and recover ing as rapidly as cmn be expected. She Is a student ut tho. Central grade school. Mr, Knysc HonM" E. A. Suyre, county stdiool su perintendent bus returned home from a trip to Portland und Salem. 1 le attended the annua) meeting of the Oregon State Teachers' as sociation . In Portland and in Salem attended a meeting of coun ty school superintendents. Ho also visited in Eugene fnr one day with his son. Paul, who Is a law student at the University of Ore- gon. He says that Wllluniette valley is having much more win- ter than Eustern Oregon, und that there, Is nijjeh more snow In Port, land than there Is here. Marauding Moors captured foui people of prominence and arc holding them for a ransom. Hound In Morocco, as It wer. thie WEATHER AIDING HIGHWAY CREWS i Columbia River Road Not Yet Opened, Although , Progress Is Reported POim.AND. Oro.. Jan. (AP) Hope - for continued thu whiff weather was voiced today by meii directing work of clearing the- 1 blocked Columbia Kiver highway. drifts eight to 12 feet covet tht ighway at points west of Hood ntver. and rain and fhaw have keen aidtng snow plow crews but a sudden freeze would transform tho snow Into solid ice. requiring dynamite for removal. All highways except the Colum- Ibia River and North Bunk high way, on the Washington side, of . the Columbia river, were open yea- terday. '' I Tft ffti-ta1i iilnnn fnr fttian- ilng of the storm-swept Columbia J Ulver highway, the Union Haclfi; : 'will rni'ri' prtimtv Anil i4t:iti lilclt. way officials and railroad tralfle men east toward Hood Klver to morrow. Hay Conway, of the State Motor association, who trekked Inland from Hood Hlvcr Wednesday to make a survey, today was at Cor bet t pnd expected to reach Port land late In the afternoon. Ac cording to Conway, the worst stretch of the highway Is between Horsetail Falls and Multnomuh. TAX FIGURES : ARE ISSUED BY ASSESSOR (Continued from Page One ) schools Is HM mills as against 20.4 hist year and 18.7 for 192. In the five districts maintaining high Lcbonli rhf raip this veiir N 17 1 ns ' against 18.5 for last year and 17 r "20.. l'ernnps mo mosi iiueresung ng- VB- fc "I'-' yeur to a mere 8.5 milts this year, Mr. Hlehards accounts for .this through payment for the city wa-' tor system. Knterprise shows a decrease in its tax rate of six-tenths of ii mill, while Wallowa's rate in. creased four-tenths und Joseph'H increased l.K mills. J.loscph. .... Kntorprlse 1 Lostine .... 4 372.21 Ti 1 4.3 l,0S.ri,201 24.4 lill.KIO 2T.7 470,7."p IS.D 1027 $ ;ir,o,(U4 ln.i ....... i,i:ir..8.r.r 23. s fl7,til!l K.B 4s,3;tu m. 3 Joseph .... Enterprise Lostlne . .. y P,JSg NAVY FOR ITS EFFORT (Continued from Page One) much easier to sit nr.ouud the ta ble and say 'why did they not pump air lulu that compartment and thus keep these men alive' than it is tu be on the Job operating 100 feer. below the surface of the water try ing tu get air into an air tight com partment." tThe New York member. who aid titat before visiting the scene he had prepared a speech crltlcij lug the navy rescue work, coti- ciuded his remarks by reading scv ACCUSES FEDERAL BOARD OF AIDING RADIO 'MONOPOLY' (Continued frcm Page 1) would go out of business on March 15. "Then what happens?" Inquired ' Senator Pitt man. of, Nevada, j "That's on the lup of the gods," I returned the chairman. I "Let's enact some legislation po It will nut be on the lap of I he b'01'5- ' jncvuou scmuor sum. Senator Dill then Informal the commission that he contemplate 1 imirouucing ies.snu.on ui com.m.n llie Ul lliw luiiimioaiuii iui uuu year. , ' - ttki, j?Nt 4ae . 4 NlAKING A SHARP TURN around" tuoy off Long Beach. Ua( nilol. made hl "Black ,' tKt iving tht' plaudit! HARDING BODIES IN NEW-TOMB. j STY Formul hurinl rites ere held the other dtiy when the bodies of President und Mrs. Wurro4i G. Harding were removed to the new $800,000. Harding Memorial tomb at Marion O. , The picture shows the sarcophagus, containing tho body of President. Harding, being lowered into the crypt, its final posting place. , . i COURT VOTES TO I REIMBURSE SHEEP GRAZING PAYMENT (Continued from Page 1) two. An application by .Mrs. Lil lian Wuhlrop fnr mother's aid was taken up and after Investigation , tn1 f,,,urt eonsend to furnish the ......... ...... j pennon iy ine ny or j.a j - v lu,KT""""" "l v. ..uvn x,n w.hi'h. th.(" 1'':,sU',n -Kn normal .......... ..... t. Uv mt, ...... lowed. PERSONALS I'NKiN. (Sp-eial) A new high school ti-aeher has breii secured to take the plnre of Miss Maripiis who resigned a fw weeks bel'ori' t liti Christmas holidays. Miss Hrown arrived In Union l:ist Tuesday nnd has taken up nr work In the high school. She will 1ich tin' history r kisses,, geo graphy, anil genera 1 science. At their regular nun' ting (:ist WiMlnesday evening the local. Itn bekah lodge. Mountain Gem Num ber r.7, installed ther officers for the first term of 1H2S. The pew roster includes: Noble Grand ( 'ora Griggs. w!1 h ! Louisji. I hi r we 1 1 4,11,1 Hnppon Vice Grande Miseel Of lie, wit It Mary Minnlek and Tva Iteuter as her supporters: Financial Secre tary lielle liusick: Uecording Secretary Viola oburn. Treasur er Ella Holly: Chaplain Km DeLap: . Warden Pearl Shaw; Conductor Mary Allen; (Juard lans Lillie Cross and Sadie Con nor. . Following the ' installing ceremony the members were ser- I ved with dough nlits and coffee by a special committee. Earl "oburn. athletic coach for the high school, left today for L'matilla county lo play two games of basketball over the wvekend. There will be a return game with Pendleton high and one at Athena before the boys return home. ' Word has been received from Marshfield that Mr. and Mrs. Kr-I J Osborne are entertaining a new ly I arrived son in their family. Mrs. Osborne was formerly Miss Edith Shappatt. a Fnion girl, and M r. Osborne was athletic coach and agriculture teacher in the l.'nion j high school a few days ago.-. Wesley Adkins the man who h:s Ihe mail route between Cnbm and t'nion Junction, and to Cove, has moved w It h his family f rom the latter place to I'nlon. in order to make It more convenient tor his work. j Miss Alice Maniuardt1, county health nurse, was looking alter some work connected with her ut- , flee in the 1'nion schools lust Wed nesday. Mi-si Nellie Vaden. si:lh grade I teacher in the lociil schools ha:i not been able lo teach any si net the Christmas ucation. owing to Matia I fairly tUnd on end. Allcr of pec!ator, J --. - lie waj arrcikd for running without a muffler. an atUick of the flu. Miss Nellie. Geertsen, post graduate.' fn tho high school, , bus been subbing iu her room. ' ...... ' WON'T 1 NEW YOKE Crowned on an EltMIT IT Uncle Sam has i ambition of Miss .Myrtle Hrowu, slsier-ln-law of Glu seppa lietlanea, airplane designer She wishes to fly under lirooklyn j ZlS.nl .n:vs oimkct Vl.'vv' vnlM. nii.niit...u. ..f ti.nl Roman empire are to he blamed ! for the eru.iflxh.,, ..,.,1 .1 be exonerated. "The Kins of Kfngs." a motion picture, is to be revised because of protests. A liOl'T LIPSTICKS CAM DEN, N. .L The vote for 1 lipsticks mtKhl be construed as in (be ratio of 3 to 2. Of ,UI Krly between the ages of 13 and 10. in tho Hatch Junior high school liift have joined a noii-tipstlek club and two members have been ousted for violating the Titles. xo hovdf.x LErrcitr: IMIlLAHELl'IHA Having noted t hat .Maude Hoyden has defended her m;o of 'Cigarettes, the Women's I Ionic ' M issioiiary society has felt impelled lo cancel her, lecture.'; . "'Only" experience will., convince ibj-s foil n try.. Unit. -It can't amend a constitution without first amend ing the people to fit It. A professor of Columbia )ias stated (hat long legs are a sign of superior Intelligence. There Is no guesswork In applying his be lief. A fool and his money keep lots of people from being honest. Gape Silhouette Tli .5 luoiUi swiiics haelt to the cape sllliMiietio In this case a whin woolen ullnlr with theekeuihiolU oied tofduf. - wit- Gil., Al Tliompson. speed- drivmi? at Icrnlic pced and .JOSH cau Police Puzzled By Poisoning Mystery POHTLAND, Oris, Jan. 6 (AP) Police were without clues today m the mysterious poisoning of Frank W. Cart, garageman, who is In a hospital battling for life as a result of taking a drink from a bottle, which was left on his desk Ne,w Year's duy, No trace of the bottlo, or remnants of the contents had been found, When Carl found tho bottle thero'Waa a note beside It saying "Happy New Year. Huve a drink on me." , HOBItFIl AltliESl KO POUTJ.AND, Ore.. Jan. G CAP) Spying 41 man, kneeling In front of a safe In tho office of tho Fouch Electric Manufacturing company early today. Special Of ficer Hlckey summoned police and then knocked on the door and cov ered the man with his gun. Hlckey held the man at bay until police climbed through, a rear window and arrvsted him. The man gave his name as Ah in Glcason. 27. He admitted ransacking the safe, which was unlocked. HONS NOT CANIUATU KIGICNK. Ore., Jan. C (AP) Hal K. Hoss, secretary to Governor Patterson, Is not an applicant for the position of field agent for the Oregon Slate Editorial association, It Is emphatically stated here by Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of Journalism of the University of Oregon. Allen and Robert W, Sawyer, head of tho editorial asso ciation, are members of a com mittee on tho selection of tho pro posed field agent, , MIIS. ELI.A i;,MtS WALLOWA. Ore.. Jan. 0 Mrs. Eliza Ends, who would havw been s3 years old February 17, and who has been n resident of Wal lowa county slnco .1883. when she with her family crossed the plains from Missouri, died in (he Wnl- 'r;tt l'01,1"1' ,T,,,'B,luy .n'Khl ,lt 1 '' llock fOllOwlllR an Illness that has made her an Invalid for mop than a year. Mrs. Ends was one of Hie coun ty's best known and most highly respected pioneers and her death ' ' . ",." " P . . , ' Funeral services wilt be held this afternoon from the Wallowa Christian church. Mrs. Ends passed away. Just two weeks to a day from the day her daughter, Mrs. Kate McElroy, died at Hot Uvke and whose funeral was held at "Walla Walla last week. Eliza L. Kessler, daughter or Mr. und Mm Christian Kessler, was born In Vlrglnbu February 17. IfHfi. With her father and mother. I she mov,ed to Missouri, near Chill!- collie when u small child, and grew to young womanhood. Here she met nnd married David Ends, ti yoUhgofMeer of (he Cnion army. on April 13. IKGfl. Kollowluir i ho ("IvII Wur. Mr, nnd Mrs. Kails lived In Missouri a minilici' of years, in l.lvliiKston and Davis counties, where Ihey farmed nnd whom llieti children were horn: Mrs. liute Mi l;iroy, deceased, Mrs. Jen nie Hhorod, of Wallonu. and Chris Kuds, of Kuterprlse, nnd a dinlBli ler. Alice, who died at Ihe ae of three years. ' Farm Lighting Problem Silved Professor Finds New Oil Light That Excels Electric I- It y I. A x I) An emi nent professor In a lcadlnK scien tific institute has completed n very Intorcallnir lest on n most reuiark nhlo wlilto IlKht for homo use. Thu tost shows that tills wonder IlKht Is superior to wleelrlo, Is cheaper limn common oil I Ik lit and Is tho closest to sunlight of uny artificial llRht. A Icudlns eyo specluirst Buys this IlKht Is a hoon lo countiy people wharo poor lights tiro causing much dnniiiKo to oycslsrht. The fuel used Is common lterosenn nnd the lump Is so simple and sufc. thai it child can light It. It hums with out odor or nolsn, no pmnpliiff up. Tho IL H. Cioverninent 'lind ll:l unlversltle. hitvo also lesled this ronuirlinblo light and have dtila as to lis wonderful quality, efficiency and economy. Headers sending their name and address on n post card lo V. M. Johnson, I'll North Union Ave., rortland, Ore., will learn full pin--" tlctilarM as to wholesale prices ull't how to get ono free liy showing it lo friends and nclghtiors. Mr. John, son also wants men and women lo act as distributors. Inclusive ter rllory given. Adv. STAR "HOME Honie-made laughs Home-niade romance comedy cocktail. It's up your blues! . Obituary I Gloves' Finish WW IP v v 1! mm. JiL Leather bracelets give tho. slip-on glov 8 mien ess and Binartuesa around the wrists. Itlttjl'lKITlOV ISSIFI SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. (i (AP) acquisition for return to Utah of Pose it a I Garcia, held in Kose burg. Ore., on un Ogdeii murder charge, was Issued today by Gov ernor lVrn upon Governor Pat terson, of Oregon, An officer has been delegated to bring Garcia back. CUPU TAKES A HAI ; 1ETH(1T Cupid is taking n hand in tlie automotive industry.) Miss Elizabeth Itrlgws. whose fath-j er's company makes automobile 1 bodleH, Is engaged to her childhood j neighbor, Charles T, Fisher Jr,,-; whose father founded the Fisher body corporation. N ECU LACK IX BASKET CHICAGO A $12.0U0 pearl necklace lost by Mrs. WilHam H. Hubbard Jr., while shopping, was found In a waste. paper basket In a millinery store. SALE! 31en's-and Young Men's Suits and Overcoats ; Arc you one of the men that wants Clothes styled right? IViced right? And will wear right? Regular $24.50 to $30.00 values. Choice- '' : $14.80 - $16.89 Regular $18.50 to $22.50 Values. Choice ' ; $9.Sa - $12.89 Men's wool mixed Wright's Health Union Suite $1.79 -$2.69 All-Wool $3.89 Men's Heavy Work Shoes, Values up to $3.50 $1.98 - $2.29 MewYqrk Store Destroyers of High Prices - ' R C A A GREGORY LI CAVA L.fc 4 JlSL. TfiliW O A rpiTDIUV . . I 1 - $ m $ "m mil A PARAMOUNT PICTURE Coined v and News MONDAY "IiKAU SAIJREUR" TODAY SATI UDAY HIT THE TRAIL TO LAl (;HLAND WITH JOHNNY IIINKS IN MADE". Honie-madc lln ills all mixed into a hot stuff that'll burn lU SNI.Vi HAIL WOItK POUTLANIi. Ore., Jan, (AP) Olilclals of tho Groat NorUicrn . rallwuy are busy i.iuklng p re para -lions for rushing completion of . terminals at Klamath Falls for the. extension south, from Hend. Con tracts will he'ilt this month fur liilimr the Slxth'strcct terminals at Klamath FulK for termimils on. the west side of tho river and for ft span. ... n' . . HLUUNG .PAX. 27 ' SALEM. Ore.. Jan. (AP) Tho case of Sum A. Kozer as secretary of stale uRalnst Marlon county In which Kozer s-eks to recover-for the state a portion of the Orogon ('altfornia land grant tax refund lias been set for hearing In the supremo court Jan. 2 7. The ease . affects all counties containing grunt lauds and involves about 9L tioo.ooo. The SHELTOX Peruianciit Wan'.- ...... Lending the world In qiuUlty, and results. - .. , . Ask any auihoiity . .( . Expert work In all lines. o,f beauty culture. Phone Maiii 718 " l''or Appointment. - t v'.: The Francis Beauty Shoppe In li Grande Hotel ' D E V i'S Also Showing eft,, JACK t in & HOOTING THRU .-jar 1 I ii "THE STORE WITH A CONSCIENCE"