La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 23, 1928, Image 2

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LAGKANDE EVENING OIJSEHVEIt
Monday, January 21), V.)'ZR
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Quality
Pendleton Man
Hero of Wreck
In Oneonta Cut
PENDLETON, Jan.
'211 fAP)
,n" t Burton Thurber, of Pendleton,
pp ' former Associated Press telegraph 1
,n.. i ' r,.-,
;r operator, ib so mouesi nnu retiring
that It was difficult to find out
V ! that he was a hero in thn recent
f; wreck of the Port land hound ().-
W. R. and N. truln lit Oneonta
gorge. He halt been a hero ho
many times that he forgetK Ii'h
Rood news. This Is his fourth cttu
; tion for bravery.
' A passenger in one, "of the, hr-ad
; roaches the night of the fatnl train
' wreck, Thurber saved hllnHiilf
! from injury by grasping the bag
i gage iuok above hi in. Making1 his
nayforwurd to th Hulunortftid tn
I Kinf, Tliurter extrlratmi the firn
; man, unmindful of .the bolter flll
; pd with atpam whlrh mlRht havo
' explodrd, Klndinff the pnglne nrnw
takon rare of and ' rommunlra
l tlonn broken, Thurber hiked thrca
miles in his wet clothing to Inform
Portland offices of the craah, then
hiked back to asHtsl in tho caring
for tho Injared at the wreck.
A few years ago at White Hal
mon. Wash., he pulled a woman i
from the railroad track -when sho ,
wns blinded
by- ,tho Hffht of a
speeding locomotive. Three
months later ho nearly lost his
life In pulling C, L. Connelly from
treacherons- quicksands at J.yle,
Wash. Twenty years ago in tin?
M I dd lowest he saved u train from
serious accident when he notlciid j ju,s .u,i jM p,.f0ie tho end of
a broken equalling bar. The train t, Kecon.l round, put the Hound-j
never left the Btaiioj. due to tho Vp ci.y h,d. away with a solid
quick work of Thurher. He Is iL1Hnuish. Itusklrk had Slim on the '
quiet modest hero und a liero you
might never suspect. During the
wreck at Oneonta he was taken
for a hobo hooking a ride as he
'was seen to emerge from aotne
JUUUJJUKUUMcilf
! Pendleton Def eats
I The Dalles, 25 to 22
' fl TENDI.RTON, Or'.. Jan. 23
; (Al1) Prnillelon High arhool li
k ffatoil tho strong Tho PalleM fiiii).
j ti't Hntunlay night "Jf lo 22.
1 ASIII.AM) WINS
ORANTS I'A.SS. Jun. :'J (Al)
AHhluui! High HChoul uon from Hut
' (IrantH J'uhh high Hrhool ImisUi-i-;
ball tpuin Sutiii'ilny pvt'iilng hy it
iorr, ot 33 to lit.
Salary Cut Faces
Mr. Tris Speaker
TAMPA, Fin., Jan. 2.1 (API
Clark (Ji iff lib, president of the
"Washington American league club,
paid today that Trls Speaker must
voluntarily -reduce his own aalary
within the next week or give up
hla center field birth wllh the Sen
ators. C'KNK'K OPIMtN
MIAMI Ceue dislikes all the
sniff about PempKey being popular
been use he exemplified the killer
Instinct. Mr. Tunney told some ad
mirers at a dinner that on that
hauls the leadline gunrnnn should tie
the heavyweight champion.
NAVY HKltO l'ASM.S
McOHKOOH. Iowa. Jan. 21 fAP)
-James 11. Williams, 7H, mariner,
who ran away to follow the sea at
the age of II, and culmlnnied his
maritime adventures with heiolin
at the hlnking of the V. S. navy
frlgiile Oneidn, In Japanese waters
In I XT'). Is dead here
The "wandering I toy" Horn,
days is usually somewhere :i-ouml
luintlng for his grandrrioiher.
ASK US FOR A
DEMONSTRATION
IN THE NEW
FORD
Coupe
Perkins
Motor Co.
Ph. Main 500
jBLACKWELL LOSES
i TO SPARKIE BOYD
j Hoffman Kayos Negro in
i , Fifth Round Every
i Event Is Exciting
A gn lit assort ment. of puglllsl Ir
bonis. ending in two knnckooiH,
two decisions and u draw, ratunl
I Sal unljiy nighl's lux Viull boxing
, cur J. Khun, nil hough tll'Tf were
er:t th:it were noi entirely sat
isfied ulth the decision In the IuhI
jmnln cvfiil, declared It wax by far
1 1 i he best show of tin- winter box-
Iing season.
J ok lilac k well, of Imiin lui, got
j the short end of I lict 1 1 isl fight,
losing u close, decision to Spa rk
l Plug .Ion lioyil, of Seuitlc, Black-
well, hi a gruelling fight, wuit Hr-nt
to I hi- floor I w Ice, once In, t In'
fotiriii am) once in tin sixth. The
blow iii t (if fun it li round I hut
floored Hit' Wallowa county scrap
per looked low to many of th1 fans
I ami It wuh on tlila point that the
I derision fa voting I lit Washington
' riKliti'r was prolcsiti, Mluckwel)
I himself did not rial m a tool and
oilier faita declared that the blow
j WHS legal.
I I unlng the f IrHt I hree rounds,
Mlackwi ll's ban) punching and
'speed apparently gave, him a leud
I Jnil t hi- two knot' ((downs turned
lfll, ii( ui uivor oi npurme, a
loKn p-ather pusher who wan
,,.,. h(.;ivl(.t. ,lll(t ,10sseHed of a
i . h
...,.,..1
I'Yt'qiicnt i'XcliaiiK'H oft kiiiuhIi
Ihk blowH had tin crowd on li
ji'it. lioaiKe from yelling, lime and
ajfaln. Tin- laat two rounda of thla
event were a boil I ,r,a.r0 with
neither fighter having murli ad
viuilago. I lay leu Takes fount
In I he m-rond main event, Itay
lloffinan. a rangy, youthful Seallle
Ifiiyib u. ' of J'ricalallo, Ida,,
In the
fifth rouml one itiln ut and US
aeronda after the starting bell. A
series of .stomach punrhcH. where
llayden carried a' Hit If too much
w ight, brought about the knock
out. Hoffman fought an aKgres-
'Hlv
fight throughout, although
I he negro ( ( displayed fliislies of
speed and power that rained
punches on Hol fman occasionally. '
Uuv'h mihiIiv lrt nIihuIc linvden In
f
every round and opened the way'
for body punches several times.
llt'ownle Husklrk, of Penrllcton. 1
fighting Slim Harrington. of
Seattle, In the six-round suinl-flir-
al, put. on a good show while, he
lasted but liia opponent weulhennl
a storm of iitiiMM7cuts. swinics and
rlimr tmri' In Um
mm roumi.
I'ord 1akh Tight
In Ihe four-round special event,
.olo - Abet'Kon, . Seutile Filipino,
older and jnoi'n c x a' r le n ee(l I h un
7!aI-I ' Poi iCu (niTl.""dtislon. T'oi il
in hpHc of Ihe veteran's shifty
at I nek, carried the fight part- of
the way and
made an excellent !
showing.
hubby True and Muddy Sains,
uiuatcurH of Ui ti ramie, fought to
a tour-round draw In the curtain
raiser, giving the spectators plenty
of action in every round, lloth
boys went ul It hummer und tongs
ami when Ihe fight ended, neither
was any too fresh.
Hex hall was packet) for the
card, wll h t he biggest crowd this
season, t). D. Scoit referoed and
.1. 11. Pea re waa I linekreper.
Committee Meeting
On Peltzer Status
NFW YORK. flan. 2 (AP)
The foreign relations committee of
the A ma ten r Athletic union will
meet here tomorrow to decide
whether Dr. otto Pelter, (Ii-rinan !
conqueror nf Pnavo Nitrml and
Kilvlu Wide, wllr be allowed to
enter open compellllon while In
this country.
OUT OUR WAY
5AiO A,r- TMAMr,Pn
WOO COOUOkjT GO (.--,:. mw mind .-too. '
oo-r t -ro daw' eur c;J r-r ) ,
NW I 'Lfl 1 WANNA CO.
MIND. WOU CAN.lF .', ---- KiOW.
ii r c tr y .
Marland and His
I , : i
r i jt, ivEft, n t wm -,. y. i i
I 1 Mto ",'f . - -- Kl -
'haracterlHllc photox, thec, of K. W. MarJand, miiMou.iIre oil m;in
of I'onea City, Okln., and l.ydie Maria ml. bin ward, who have
announced their eriKiiKejnent. They are lo be married at (be home
of her pnrentM, Mr. and Mr. (Jeoi-e I-", Kobeiis. at l-'lourtown. 1'a.
Mi'H. RiiberlH Im Marhnnl'H mII er-f n-la w by n prevtott! marriage.
Delaney Refuses
To Fight Risko
Or Jack Sharkey
NM' LONDON, Conn., Jan. 2.1
(Al) Jack Hclancy. retired light
heavyweight champion, will nccept
only a mulch with flene Tiiuney .f
he defeat h Totn 1 leeney of Aus-
tru,ia on M'" ' h
I , says Joe
,)M' manager.
Any proposal hy Tx Itlckard lo
mulch Helaney with the winner
nf the Jack Sharkey-Johnnb'
lilsko bout, will be rejected. J-
Deluney would have nolblng to
'tain bv ilcrentinir either Sliarltev
or ftihho Jacobs said. Heeney
rmiirht i. Hmu- uith i.-.ru..v u.
holds a decision over Pisko. " !
Tnom(JJ, R ponohue president I
1(f th(1 Na(io;uiI h(xillK 'J,, ion I
. .,,,., iuui r ,...
n,.pi(.ut. says (hut the National1
Movlnn- nsMnehil inn will ..m.I.ox.,
Delaney us the logical contemb-i
for the heavyweight title If lie
defeats Ilei-ney.
NIIAItUPY ItALKS
NRW YOI(K, Jan. 2-1 (AP)
Qulbldlng .In the henvy weight
ranks has broken out again with
Juck Sharkey balking at an elim-,
Inaltou slruggh! against Johnny
HI"jko. I
According to the matchmaker,
.icianon, one oi me .viuni-
son Square harden lieutenants, igIltn(. Whlch was cxciilng from
Sharkey f,.,ds he is sm fir-ieui ly 1 n,Mi to last ihough not particu-
qualilid to box (i.'ic Tunney il!:,ry fust at any time. The teams'
a championship bout without lhejWeie evenly matched and except ,
necessity of further tests. r1(r tn(, i,.,st two or three mihules
However. McMahon said Shar-;0r half the score was not,
key's showing in his recent draw J Hcpu rated by more than the dis-
buttle with Tom Heeney was not j umce of one or two baskels.
Impressive. McMahon plans in Oregon played a fast breaking'
confer with Sharkey in Hoston 1 o- 1 Tensive stvlc of game, which wns
night with the Intention of clinch- ' p, direct contrast to that played
Ing the ItOMlou sailor man lo the nv (daho. I
Itlsko bout tentatively set lor! The Vandals used a variation!
Mari-h 12. tH. percentage svstem. which
The principals in the olher halflW;lH nl(e tamous on t itt- Pacific
nf the heavyueiKhl elimination l(.llMl hv ,Ih. or,.KOn Aggies. Manv
brucket have alsotangb-d In u dls- ',,. slll(lM ,,..lMin.d Ihe attack nf
pute. Jack
I teiuney's
aetivllleN
i k have
lleency'tt
for a fight h
a wr
from
drawn protests
handlers who Intend to ask the
New York athletic commission to
morrow io prevent ( he lb Idge.
Niece-Ward-Fiancee
Oregon Defeats
Vandals; 4 Teams
Tied For First
Coast Conference StaiKlins
Noiihciii Section
L. Pet.
U ana
(i arid
0 laati
W
Oregon I
o. a. c. ; i
Monlana I
Washing! on '
Wtishinjiion Slate ti
Idaho rt
0 land
2 .hhi
2 .arm
I . I T. 7
1 .Hi7
2 ..'l.'IS
2- ..'CCt
Southern Section
P. c. L. A l
Soul hern California. 2
Stanford , 1 2
'Callrornlii t
' hK u,,t'k,s NHwihilf
Mond.- Washington Stale
A. c. m Corvallis.
1 "-"day - Washington Stale
'Mcroii Ul r.Ugene; lOIIIIO
Washington at Seutile.
Friday Wash ing ton vs. f). A.
1 c. at Corvullis; Montana vs. Idaho
lal Moscow.
Sal in day - Wash Iiim ton vs. Oro
1 K'n at KitKcnc; Monluna s,
Washington State at Putlmarb
Kl 'f! FN K, (AP) Tlie Pnlver-
'spy 0f Oregon op. ned its Pacific
coast conlereiicc basket lu II season
here Saturday night by ilcfeutlnff
the Idaho Vandals 2!t lo 23 in a
Idaho.
porter from pa rt lei pa I Ing In any
more bonis until his mat eh with
Hecmy.
By Williams
! LINDBERGH GIVES
CROWD A THRILL1
'Performs Series of Stunts!
i ru..:,.4...i...i Ti-:.v.. I
ai iiu isMJuai itiner
ary Is Announced
KltANfK KIKl.l). f'ltlHTOHAh,
anal Zom Jan. :, A I') i 'olonel
rharb-H A. l.ludb rKli took off to
day in the Spirit of St. I.ouIk on .1 '
lest flight which was to carry him
over the various army posts In t lie
canal zone. !
On lila return to Km nee field he
btnni d to lnl;c up wu r;il p. r-
hoiin for rUU-n in mi nrtuy .ttt
1 olonel Lindbergh
s.-.il.-,l Ml
Ihjill nil
I0:ifj a, in. alier more than an
hour in the air, To (he j,rr;il de
litfhl of the crowdH he p. r!onned
11 Mel'ieM Of Hi l.liU before COItlllltC ,
down. i
I I IM ltKIl AWOI M'l ll
rltlSTOUAI., C.uial ..lie. Jan.
i:( (Al The llitierary of Colonel
( hurh-K A. Lindbergh for the con
tinuation Of IH jOOl w ii ihKiit to
South America and the Auiille.i
wan announced today. The itiner
ary, which calls lor a two-day
atop over in each place In;
Leave Colon, I'anaina, Kridny
lor Itogota, 'nlumljia, about f,na
liilleH; lea ve linjfola Jan. 2 it, for
( uracaH. Venezuela, i;"a mil--h:
lea vc ( 'urai'as Jan. I for -Hi.
I bourns ft T't mih-s; h ave .St. .
Thoiua.s l-'eb. '& Tor I'orl.. Ilieo 7f.
miles; leave I'oiio l:hi h h. 4 for
Saulo loiniiiK( -r', miles; 1-a ve
.-'auto I Joiiiintfo l-'eb- ler I laii I
HI" miles and bav-' Haiti Ir.
ftr Havana, 7ao mil'.-n.
j ititi: AKiMtu i:i moi:s
1 di:mi;i)
HKTItOIT, .Mich., Jan. fAP)
-- MeporlM Hint Colonel Charles A.
1 l.'indle-rglH Is on the vcra f a
akdoun were cliar-
d as "foolish rumom" hens
loday by his mother. Mrs. Kvange
llne I.. Lindbergh.
I ' l am sure He Is ported I y ,ttii
r.ht and It is nonsense to thlni;
ot herwise," M rs. Lindbergh said.
"In the first place Charles Is not
at all of a nervous temperament.
When 1 saw him 'lirisl mas I
asked him about current j-'-ports
that his health was not what it
should be and he laughed at Die
Idea. He thought It was a good
joke."
Ilegarding reports I hat while
Col. Lindbergh was in Mexico City
he picked up books in I be library
of ambassador Morrow and a flee
nervously lingering tfbein laid
them down. Mrs. l.indlteigh said
he had no time to read.
Iiaker Five Trims
Richland, 39 io 7
HA K Kit. fre,. Jan. L':t Tho
linker High school quintet defeat-
erl KJehhind Saturday night1 IPi tn
7 on the Kiehtand floor alter
leading throughout the game. At
the end of the half the score stood
IS to 2 in favor of (taker.
liMMliH'r.s Ma nijjri (ioiui man
rr pirhland v. hil
bine" Mack
took the honors on the I laker
team villi Hi points to his credit,
"
GRANGER ROUGH CtT IS MADE BY
THE UGGLTT& MYERS TOBACCO CO.
i - speedy nmfaiw
Kmgmf 1! mlffifom) 4
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Hero's llei-r Mayke, fleet fJcnnan
lee sloitrr. He' recently won the
1 T. (I (j-meter (ierma u champion
ships and, as a resull, is being
hailed a. an (ilympic team mem
ber this year.
Paris Clues To
Smith College
Girl Are False
N'OltTHAMPTON Mass., Jan. 2:t
( A P) The hope that flared mo
mentarily when reports placing
Miss KmnccH St. John Smith, miss
Vig Smith collego freshman, in
Paris, reached here late lust night
had flickered out today as news
came that the girl In question had
proven to be a New York city
young woman who had no connec
tion with Hie case.
Investigators who for more than
a w
k have conducted a wide-
spread search for the daughter of
1 be wealthy St. John Smith, New
York broker, wcie ndmitedly at
loss for new chles.
The lio.oao reward offered by
Un- distracied pari nts seemed only
to hae resullel ir; at! increasi1 if
"crank" letters. Countless reports
from all over Ihe eastern part of
the counlry have failed to produce
a single authentic fact and as far
as can be determined Mis:; Smith
has never been seen since she left
her room a week ago last Friday.
M r. a n d M rs. Sm 1 1 h , w h o ha v;
been In constant touch wit h tho
situation hero have Issued through 1
newspapers u second appeal to the)
girl to return. Karly last week i
Mrs. Smith made n pathetic re-
quest that Frances communicate '
with some member of the family J
If still alive, j
nune jmmiii- iiiiimi-i iiik n" iiu-n,
vesterilav comoletcd two dav.s of
futile search (n the countryside!
surrounding this city.
.
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XrRANGER
The Naliuual Uroafleastlng c-oni-
'piiny program for Tuenilay night
! follows: 8, orchemra; 8:30 to 1).
i bridue lesKon: a. "A .ViKht In New
I Arabia"; !::Pl to la. "The Itolind'
rs" concert.
KCi Oakland
(3X l.4m-7KOkc).
ii, dinner concert: K to 1 a, N. It. C.
KU V Portland t 4y 1 ni-ti I altc I ,
(I, dinner cuiicerl; 7. "Scaly Sam";
7:3. ibrlfl talk; 7:45, book chat;
S. N. P. C.; !i::ta In 11, "The Vene-
tiaiiH." '
l i 1 1 -ra ii i" i a in ini i t i - " ;
7 1 a Ice ) , li::in, nranlsi, violinist; 8, j
. P. C.: !i, M'i:nlel; Kilo 1L', dance
orehesl ra , , !
KKPl "San Kranclsco ( 4 "i in- j
iniiikc), ii:;n. (Velliaus: x. pro-f
mam; !t lo HI, sludio program; HI,
to 11', dance orchestra
Klly Spr.kane ( :I70.L' m-X I akc ),
li, orchestra; 7, program; X lo HI,
. It. C; Hi to 12. daneo music.
KI'OA Sea Me ( 4 47.rmi-li7nkc ,
(i:3u, movie club; 7, nhl-llnip trio;
x to Hi, X. It. c.
K.I It Seattle ( .'MS.tim-HiiOkc),
i::ta, dinner concert; !7:'ta, musical
progra in ; ii, 1 r.io; 10 to I 2, dan e
archest ra;
KOMO Seattle t aiim-USOkc), ti,
IM'ogram; X, N. . c,; la, male
iiiarlet ; I 1 to 1 2: 'Ml, orchestra.
K i; I'orl land t :j:i!i.!im-l 2."iUkc)
ii::(d, ehildien's hour; 7. orche.-ira;
x lo lo, studio pro-ram; Id to 12.
dance frolic.
KCA Spokane (2f'0.?in-l l'dl;c)
ii::;0. dinner concei t ; 7::ia, studio
proyrain: ! to 12, dance orchestra
and musical progra in.
It's An Old Story
There's practically no limit lo the ninny Hub things that can
lie said about Colden Crust lli-ead. but, after all, what we really
want is for you lo yive It a good honest trial.
We have done our part: our shop and equipment are clean
and modern, our Ingredients are pure and unexcelled, our serv
ice to your grocer Insures perfect ipialily and froh lies', and
(iolden Crust Preail Is the very best bread we know bow to
hake.
The rest is up to you. Won't you try Oolden Crust ymir-
iind see how good It i.-i
call.
Gwilliams Electric Bakery
La Grande, Oregon
Opposite Observer on Adams.
Where there's
so much smoke, there must
be SOME TOBACCO
THEY like Granger Rough Cut just
as much in Texas as in Maine, and
just as much in the mill as in the office.
Men switch to it from seven dollar a
pound stuff, and from fifteen cent tins
and not to save money, either!
Yes, sir some tobacco is right! Ken
tucky's best Burley, made for pipes, cut
for pipes, and then packed in inexpen
sive sensible foil. Just match it against
them all . . .
REGARDLESS
KOUGHUT
lO
La Grande . )'
Headquarters'
For
Atwater-Kent
Radios
CARR;
FURNITURE CO.. Inn.
Main 770
Y ou can't bin m e M -ss rs. V
and Hmit h because t hey're fij
ht
All it's
ring lor scats in the Senate. .
who have, seen Ihc Senate say
' utmost as good as the Pollies.
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Sinrifiiv; Tltuiy hi.v
X8ilM OX present
Your gr
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