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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1928)
Saturday, January 21, 1!)2X. Paw Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER (Incorporated) An Independent Ketapaper . Editor and Publisher FRANK B. APPLEBY HARVEY P. MATTHEWS . j Business Manager Published evening except Sunday, at 1418 Adams Avenue La Grande, Oregon. The Obuerver-Hlar pubUnhed every Friday. Entered at the Pontoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as Second Clans Mall Matter under act or March 2, 1879. OFFICIAL PAPER OF UNION COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LA MKANDE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Tha Associated Prens in exclusively entitled to use for publics tlon of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited ; if published herein. All rights of republication of special dis patches In this paper, and also the local new herein lso are rcuerved. ! SUBSCRIPTION RATES ' By Carrier Dally, per month In advance . ...... 76c Dally, six months in advance $4.60 Dally, wiiKle copy .- - ....... to By Mall Dally, par month In advance ... 60c Dally, per six months in advance 2.f0 Dally, per year in advance 5.U0 Weekly Observer-Star, per year $z.00 . ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column inch ' Display, local, per column Inch Time contract price on application. . 42o 400 "TIDINOS OF OKKAT JOY The antfel said, unto them, Kear not; tor .behold, 1 bring yod uood tidings of great Joy, wnicli bhall be to all people. For unto you Is born this duy in the my oi David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:10, 11. lABENAPJlNI tevLTT EGGS LOWER ON DAIRY EXCHANGE MARKET NEWS OF TIIEDAY U'lHWl Man May .... July .... ORTIA.N l WHI2AT ; rOHTI.ANl). Ore. Jan. 21 ("AIM Wheat HUB hard whit., blue Htclll, banrt. federation. l'coile an no woftcVn llii'jr en-r uiiz. 'I'lify jfl UMtl t' I'ouliln' put 111' stuff over Willi a Iiui-kc an' buKf. iliat'M all. AVIiat Ihiuiim-m o' Hi t'lirlMiiiti illit aftiT Christmas? Only Peewees Hold Price Fruit, Produce Trad ing Continues Light I'llHTI.ANI). Off.. Jan. 51 (Al' All ffratlf-a of rKK except pec- '.!: aoft while. I.:I14: weslsrn wees were loner today on the lo- nne. 1. !.;,: Hard winter. I.Z4; cul dolry ochaiiKe wllh iuolatio.is I northern npilus. JI.2H4: western a cent lower on standard and nied-1 re!- Il.3. ' turn extras and medium firsts, and - io. - while reed and No. ' 14 c lower on standard firsts. To-1 ra. 4U- uay's quotations brtnj both Krad.-8 todays ear reeelpts Wheat. 7'.l: of standards down to 3c while four. II; corn. 2: oula, 3; hay. 0. both grades of mediums are 32t J Duller t eeelpts yesterday were 18.- "HICAtiO CASH 830 pounds, while :IS7 eases of j ,: CJIICAOO. Jan. II t.U") Wheat okks eamo In. lluttur prices ar..' No sales. unchanged. t'or" new) No. 4 mixed, 80 Vic: Kupplles on the poultry market 1 No. 4 yellow. 86V4e: toldl No. 3 hero were fairly cleaned up andjnilxed. 83c: No. 3 yellow. 91$ 93c. prices were stiady and firm In all I Oats No. w hile. 57 54c: No. 3 divisions. Itecelpls during the past I wiilte, 54(j56c. week' have been sufficient to satis-1 Itye not quoted fy demand but nothing to speak ofi has been accumulating. Better de mand for turkeys than usual ut I this treason was reported but I prices were, steady and reasonable. CHICAGO tillAI.Si." Opnu llbtli Ijov ....HI '131 l.1uv ... t3Htl3iy, . t3lv, 11. ....lUiIS ISH IS7J. ; - Close uu'.eiai 131 & 131 ti i;7tiiJ 'Price Movement Resumes Upward 1 Trend in Street: ' LA GRANDE'S LEADING STORE For Over 30 Years N.K. West & Co., Inc. i N K V YOltK, Jan. 21 (AI'J : Kosunipilon of the upward prle" movement In today's stock market whs temporarily Interrupted by a heavy wave of profit-taking but ( Friday's average "peculators lor inc aovance quii'h CHICAGO LIVITX'K L'II(VAUO. Jan. 21 ( AP) I7. lepartinrnt of Agriculture IIokm ?0U0: market around steady wli top JH-J-; I'UIK Rood and choice hotrs. l est' ly reicained control. Ktremo gain- lbs.. $8.258.40; liffbl lltfhtH mosJV In many of the active issues rangeJ1 17.6018.25. cin IV 1 1 lainliH $11. Til'; fat cwi-h J7.fift; fceiliiiK niid sliarin IuuiIjm Si:t.J&:' bulk fed weMrin hiiult.s I :i.fi; fall clipiu'.l lambs M.tiuut 12: slatiKlitei- yi'.irlinjjH uj,ui I I Tat ( Wcn i.fift 7.2:i; iVed Iiik lambs i-l.-Mi l;i. Cattle 7uo; compared will. iliCllkagO Wheat Is Barley S6$i 93c. 'Timothy sed $3.I0 Z.HT,. Clover seed 21.756j 29.50. from 2 to 8 polnta. with publl. utilhies. motors and morchandiff Ine Iimuch giving the best exhlbl tioni of group strength. Hnce. clnsed 1'5 to 6nr lower; low-1 Weekend market loiters laid tar-j cr grades held early upturn, fin-1 cnicAdO, Jan. llcular Rtreas on the stiffening Htoel Jshlnff 20c or more hlglicr; vcalers; ,nr unt.uinK,., to ;a3o: Good and choice fed steera. i after lowing substantial eariy ao- Lower At Close prices and the pickup In mill op- 2ti2.a higher: better grade fed i l lf "Airtiec Buys New 14-Acre Cemetery Site" saya a head line. One would think she would hardiy require quite so i.iuch' ground for a place to put her head. Lu GKfVNDK VIKl.i;.VIJ MARKETS ' ' I'oidtrr (live wt-IghtJ. PprliiKS 16 1 he lb.. j ' Heavy hens I4I6q lb. Light hena 10c lb. blags 6c lb. Flour. Hard Pederatiob (haid vbAt) 17.60 bb. . ' boff wheat $7.40 bb,. ' ' lA GRANDE ItKl AII, MAKKKT8 ; lNiry. 2Bc heai '.h Butler, creamery 5&ij I !.(&. KgKt 4.'i50c doa. Cheese 354oe a pound -Honey, coino tic lb I'KCtMiHt-f. lo1utb-H I he lb; per cwt. Hothouse tcoittoes -inc lb.' Parsley 5c match. , ' : Cabbage 4c lb. Wax onions & lbs. Lettuce head. Celery 15c bunch; Pumpkin Ac lb. H'luastt (ic lb. Hothouse ciicuiiiber-Zi: euch. Hunch carrots lac bunch. Hunch beeti I "c bunch. Turnips h'n J.(c bunch. Yellow onions 5c ifi. Oreen onions lc bunch. Parsnips f lb. Hiusseiu sprouts L'je lb ItutabaguM EiO lb. Spinach 15c lb. Artichokes l'"r each. YlllLs.- A it nl eft .lotiut I'an. Home. Hellc- It ia generally believed that Hickman's chance to live or flowers. $i.&u iox. die rests, not with the question of insanity, but with the' "vUviou a 60 r Hauaiii'N I ie lb. I'ersimmuns 2 for '.'be Lemons 6iiclilliKv",M 1 ' ,l ' I Oiunges 4't Hue dux. ( Kloiida grapefruit Med. size, 2 for -'fc; large. 2 for 3T.e. I-'lori'ia grapefruit i'uc each. CialiberrieH "!c lb. Sugar. Cann sugar 7.u'J. Flour. , Soft w heat K.4U bid. Haid le.leration IS.40 bbl. Poultry Bprlng frb-:K-3C lb. Htiis- 'lU'ti a'n: lb. Mhhik and F1ti. Heef noil lV"4r l S. Chops and steaks 25ft f.Mc lb, Halmoit (strtitiy flesti) 3uu lu. Halibut .15c lb. Now it comes out why manikins in store windows and the figures in fashion plates and clothing ads are so unhuman ;...d often ugly. The explanation follows so long after the icc map it iooks as ir it naa oeen maae up 10 answer puzziea Questioners. Paris fashion dictators and dressmakers say t'l.at if the lay figures on which they display their choicest c. cations were beautiful, prospective buyers would be fright oned aay. They would think the figures enhanced the feovns and take it for granted that the costumes could not i-jsibiy look so well on themselves. But the ugly lay figures uclI act nothing from the charm of the gown and lead the! piospective customer to remark, "If that gown is so good iOjking'on that dummy, how lovely it would be on me!" . Li .eat is psychology ! . ... ' INSANE OR NOT INSANK? Throughout the week tho codn try dressed meats market has he'd rum with receipts and demand well balanced. Kxcept for pork, prices huve ' tnen firm and Uealers and commission men look forward to slmiiap .conditions next week, ;y Truding on the whotctmle fruit and. 'produce., markets . continues light with piices for the most, pait ejy and supplies of most coipmoU-i Hies plentiful. , v . ; ; , , f'mctltally'no, onions' were piov-j ing as buyers wet-e stow to pay the1 growers asked prices. " Wholesole prices to the--trade " around Zht J!4c. POIULA.M) LIVESTOCK POItTLANI), Oio., Jan. 21 (AP) -Totals, for week (approximate): VuJIle 2680: calves. - 430; hogs, 6J65; sheep.' 435. . . Cuttle compared "with a week ago: Most classes. 3Gi 50c hlghei-; spots 75c up on she slock; sevem) loads good steers Monday. $!2.i tfiJ2.65: bulk medium grades. SIl ft 11'; off quality down to. 9; bulk desirable hellers 10i 11.25; onci load $11.50; good cows up to $9.6": 21 (AP) Open "Sic off, C!iicaii ivliroit K:irierl a lit e more ml eratlons In - that Industry. Less ir rn became topheavy on early i tJun sl.or(Mi K!ij;ht g.iins. ivn alarm was expressed over the cred-jupturn . aftei top had reached stailni" at lo Mc d,.. Jit situation although It was widely .$ 1 8.73; yearlings $18: losses on , Si,i,Heiuently sliov.in locognlaed as an Impoitant influ-l dressed product at easlern cenlers mmu, fU1.(her drop. Oats I oM once on tho future trend of prlci-s' tausiff hippoiH to lack away, fj,m i-.-ovlslons inclined down Montana Power was against inar-j fioiii .kinds thut had been selllngj W!U.,j ket leader, moving 6 po!nl to i"-!nt $13 upward; all interests, how-j (.,)S).,j henvy. . to 'fti'ic new high record at It. H-ever continued to buy lower! Utwvr tt H..,t iH', v t((- ui Macey advanced 4 iiolnts to a new. grail';-' :reliithrely liberal supply ; uncjuin.(i to '4c down and' nm peak at 204 and lonloniory Ward early nt $ICH 17.50: most lower j vis,otw lim.Uiin.. to a setback .of aiau ritriieu n jjuuiiB uove j ei er , gruuev l K j'Vr 1 1; iraue ai weef day's, fhml quotations. 'Adams ICx-fj beslMbne' higliest on record, weight HKfl ll'C. POUTLANO PICODVCr; POItTLANI), Ore.. Jan. 21 (AP) -Wholesale prices: 'Hulter stlarly. ijuestion of whether he has a clever enough lawyer to make! tue insfjlj'.rljiH tMJtJ-Jto'fjLa distinction, if not a dif-j lerence, that-i is an imjortaiit factor in our futui-c attitude toward killers. The public, which is supposed to make the laws and pro vide the loopholes by which criminals may escape justice, generally considers insanity the last resort in a murder case, and has a very vague opinion on specific insanity and the individual's 'lack of responsibility when insane. Most of us agree with many eminent criminologists when they say that any murderer is suffering from insanity at the time of the crime. But should that fact, or a jury's in teiprctation of it, determine what should be done -with the ; murderer? j Portland dairy exchajige u hole'saie (prices: Cubes extras 4fc: ' Kta'mf anls 44Vc: prime firsts 4 fc: firsts j 4 3c. Creamery pHtfeB:' Prints 3c j over cube standards. - . Kggs-r-Htanuard extras; rneoium e-Ut-as nnd medium .-finds; Ic lower; .standard firsts 'c lower. - FYoiM standard extras 34c;' fresh stand ard firsts 34e: 'fresh medium bv tias 32c; fresh' medium, firsts ti2c; undersized 28c .Prices to Tctullers 3c 'over exchange prices, ' Associ ated st lling prices: ' Kxtraa '37r; firsts 37c: mediums 36c; under sized 33c. . ' Bids to farmer: Huiterrut steaily; 47c station. 44c- track, ftttej 64c f. o. b. Portland. ' ; . ' Poultry steady. Heavy hens ' 22 t 24c; light '15ti 20.;- springs 21 r. 21c: broilers 23'u 2fac; pekin whflc1 ducks 3Ue: colored nominal; tu.'-j keys, alive, ' 2&t7c. ' .,'.. i Onions steady; local $i;S0 'j 2.6ti per cwt. ' , Potatoes steady, 7oc,4t $1.25 sacii. ' Hiiy stady. Huying prices: Kust ci,q..Orcgou limolliy $2u.6ti4f 3 (,;- dp vhII.-v $181(1.60: alfulfa lS'i' LS.il'; oat hay IH.&Mi 15; straw $'J per ton. .Selling prices' $2 a ton more.' ' . . - . " " off oualltv-she stock $8.75 down:( lP''OJ(inmica low cutlers and .cut tors-. $4Joft7:1. mostly $5 up; bulls mostly $7-m todays were; 7.&0; . calveK tnostly 1U.6M: ve:ilers largely $12(1D; a fcw.a $.13.50.. Hogs ; compured-' wlih .a week liigo: Butcher classes' 15t2."c low-r;- feeders fully 6fc down; bulk HSht butchers for week $3.35: sratteHng sitiull lots Monday- $lt.5a ji'9.00: heavies and undei weights mostly 9 dowfn; cxtreiheT heavier $81 8. 5fi; packing sows" $7 ,7..5; feeder pigs mostly $8.75 ii 9: small lots of outstanding quality up to $9.50. ' 'Sheep Sheep' and' lambs steady lylth a, weeks ago; good to cbnbe hnndy weight iwoolod lambs $12 13; heavies and thins til rn ll.u-t: best yearlings quoted up to $10: owes $6 down. ' sou Motors were other outstanding veulecs " closed . t3fn 14 strong points. ... ,'fhippers $1 4.-60 U 15.50. The closing wusXlrni. Total salts' Hhfep-55ti(l; odd loads mostly: l.oon.ooti shares.- . haxK'Cli;aui(;s. SKY- YOltK. Jan. 21 AP) The actual' condition of clearing, house banks and trust com panic1 for the week shows a deficit in re-) serve oi $15,455.51)6. This Is an tnctease in reserve of $I5,252,U40 couipared with tl.eVweek boforci when a deficit in reiorve oT $3o.- 7uJ,54u was reported, - ' i.' . .." .! XKW VOKIi riniT NKW YOltK, .Jan 21- (AI) . Dr.ed frulls steady.'. . .. ' . . SAX FKANCISCO.'Jan. 21 (AV) Hutterfat t. o. b. 'San Kraticiscb. and fed -lambs firm: lor week: 7Hi doubles from feeding stations, sminj tilrect:; fat lambs closing 5 to 75c; higher;' sheep and feeding lam'.s mostly 25c Irigher; .week's top: feJ Itioloists devote a great deal of 'their time cell life criminal natives cuurts tor little. Middh- are is that M ilod in life when a man begins to slow up HUtr a young kid going to school. COME TODAY ; Monday .may be too late To buy S2.00 to $6.00 values for NORTON'S KIDDY 'SHOP COVE PERSONALS ; Laws, and particularly criminal laws, exist not for the , t-ako of avengim? society but for the sake of protecting- il.j 1'or that reason sonic people argue Hgainut capital punish-' inent and for life iuiprisonnicnl in penitentiaries or asylums.' but that is actually only partial protection for society. Com plete protection can be had only with the death pcnultv nnd tho Hickman ease jmd a few others are helping emphasize lU.t 1....U II . .! ..... . . .. '"Hie uiui. num. iioieuing is in a micnigan prison but who can say with assurance that he will actually remain there until lie dies? (ainliiie OttNnlhip. rofflllur. r.lHll. .O. III SOI K .III. Itl.TI KNS NKW VMIIK. Jiin. 21. (AIM IImu.i lli-mlfk Jr.. niisliiK from lijirtiiKiiilh ((.Ufk-f. Hjinov-r, N. II.. blnrc tlx1 ChriHlinuH liulKUtyil. lft with dir. mmiIIipi ItiMt liiKtK lor Slutp k'o. l-fiuiKylvtinhi, viier li Iw Ihft- Im rni.thnll coiu-h a( PeniiHyl- vanlii Huiti. i-ulloKC Neither ynunt; I'.i'Hilek iMir IiIk niuther wotilil t-llHH where lie Itiifl Iteell. Jlc jnilicd hlH ini.ther yesteriluy. The important consideration, it seems lo us, is the crime in (uostion and the menace to society indicated by that ci ime. The sane or insane condition 01 the criminal at the lime matters not at all in our effort to protect the public Hjiiiinst future offense. Put a murderer in an asylum nnd he is kept hai inh-ss only u liiiirr tiu iliii iul.li. A II.. : . . ... , ., .y ...... ruynv iiiu iij. iiiMiiiuy experis Keep up their IcsisUince to the onslaughts of relatives, friends, monev, and soiitimeiita,. fools. Ilecords show that the public loses and the murderer wins in far loo many cases with u like or worse crime in immediate pi-ospet-t. We Hi-e all too much aroused and influenced by Ihi.x in sanity talk, "insane or not insane?" has become the great American question and dominant factor in even- minder t ial. Some day, perhaps, we will face about, discard tech nical details, and actually seek to piwide ti u long-suffering sociely. rue security foi ;; use lon(; distance telephone , Walking, riding or writing is a waste of lime when yon can save money using LO.NCi DISTANCE Home Independent Telephone Co. J 24 a Vr.'-i 5 mm 1 l2i t'OV'K t Special) .Tho - Woman's, rlub'. will serve dinner at noon Jan. L'.'t. The proceeds will be applied, lo tha debt on the public library.. . Robert ,'uud has been III durluK the past weeki-- - " . t The hlh jwbool cLi tines are busy laklriK mld-yeir exiiruinatlntiH. Three tioxy subjects will be taken' up. In the Cove hiKh school ai ilie heKlmiiiiK- of the second Homester Monday; They are KVoinelry; social problems and botany. ! The Junior class vaudeville will be held here March ! A student body meeting was held Wednesday. afternoon at .3:45 o'clock ut the school, when plana w ere made for u dinner and pro- . yram to be held ut the school Keb. a. I Mr. Hefty and Mr. Stackland vis ited the Hehool here AVednesday. VKI AI'ltUVTKK-S ItKIAIM;!) WASHINGTON. Jan. 21 (AIM Two menfbcni of the much diH ciiHHfd "cavalry cabinet" of the late (law Oenernl Wood of the Philippine, Hritf tidier (.ienerul HalHtead Jorey and Major Arthur I'. IlitchctiH, of the army medical corps, ure returning to Manila to render slmllur nervlco on the staff of tlov. Clenerul Henry U. .Htlm on. ' Ucnral Ioivy. who was execu tive aalHtant to General Wood. 1h now In Watthinffton but will ntart for Manila In the near future. s her 5PXK T Ford. Delivered in La Grande Filled With Gas and Oil Ready To Go J10ADSTER TOURING COUPE SPORT COUPE TUDOR-SEDAN $515 $520 $630 $683 $630 F0RD0R-SEDAN $705 ROADSTER-Pickup Kody$520 1575 VA Ton Truck Chassis Vz Ton Truck With Cab l2 Ton Truck With Cah and Stake Body . . $735 $860 ! Mmiv Juiit 1 1 lit iHt m.l the Uflyl ht y wmii ht 1 Zh first 'rSv 1'ht mii whiu 1'rlMwlt tlmt Ul' lleU oil Ur liMlnt nl tbt liveiil t'liH lnhMtl kIu Is held ht-l bv MtN Allit ieKt, mii uctlivrlt oh klttlVA. . I.K SIMM betrayx llHtir In the atlltiide and walk of tile hapletti owner, be it man or woman. Weak Hptnetj nho preiuiiiure old age, even In youth 1 ul petHuiiH. To remedy Ihht iuii'MMuti. take chiropractic adjustment the only mtlarue tnry way to Improve and htruitf hten the apinal ctiluinu and pot In pi are the nerveit tad latitiK then from. My electrical trvalmenla will help to utreiiKthwthe nplne uud Hpltuit mum-lea. l)r. J. E. Woodcll 1 lilnHinMiiM- ami altiniatli hMIIIIHT liUlir. I'lHNir OI-W. IUm ItO-W lliir ( a. 111. U a p. nt. Front Bumpers and Rear Fender Guards optional equipment at $1 5.00 extra. Spare Tire and Tube Extra. A demonstration and comparison of these prices will convince you. See and ride in this wonderful car. PERKINS M0T0 Phone M 500 Cor. 1 tli and Adams La Grande 1
