La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 20, 1928, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPape Four EA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Monday, February 20, 1928. (Incorporated) An InoVteitdriit Newspaper FRANK B. APPLKBY Editor and Publisher HARVEY fTTiATTIIBWS - iTuitlnW Man7J.7r Published evenlnt'H. exeppt Hunriay, nt 1416 Adams Avenue t Grande, Orefcon. Tlio OliHerver-Hlar published every Kriday. Entered at the I'ostoffice at Ia Grande, Oregon, aa tincond Class Mall Matter under act of March 2, 1H79. OFFICIAL PAPKR OF UNION COUNTY AND THIS CITY OK LA OKANUK ABE MARTINI t-INDBERGH AGAIN, fLlto AIRMAIL MKMHKR ASSOCIATED Pit ESS The ABao?lnted I'resa Ib exclualvely entitled to use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otberwi.se credited If published herein. All rights of republication of tspeckil dis patches lu thla paper, and also the local news hut out lu are reserved. ... ;i f SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier Dally, per month In advance Dally, uix munthtt in advance ..... Dally, Hlngle copy , By Mall Dally, par month In advance Daily, per alx months In udvance Dally, per year in advance - Weekly Observer-Star, per year - 7fc ...I4.SU 6o 6()o f( ...t&.ou ADVERTISING RATES ;f Display, foreign, per column Inch .42c Display, local, per column Inch -loo t Time contract prfceu on application. SEEK THINGS ABOVE Set your affection on things itlx.ve, not on thliiKH on the earth. CoIumhIuiih Ve cannot serve Cinil und Mammon, .Matthew li:3M. if. 1 A- 'd I oiiliw ih bloom 4 Lone Eagle, to Carry 125,- 000 Letters Over His Former Route Mechanical Man To I Unveil Memorial NEW YORK., Feb. 2 ( A P) A mocliaiik-al man, whose Inttldea are a mawi of rh-rtrlral vol I a and pliiK-n will do the honors at the unveillmr of u Htatue of (ieoi-tfe Waaliinjrlnii ut a dinner of the Level club on Wednewlay iiIkIu. lie la to receive a command over (be wire and la expected to pull the cord nnveilliifr the Maine, llitberlo It In abape hiia he uf an ordinary box but on Wa.th iiiKton'a birthday he is to nppe;ir !i a life tM'izetl fjpnre of lrintol hoard. hiK cyiH two poiniH of elec- liiu motive power PERALTA DEATH TOLL NOW FIVE Now that the senate has made two terms enough for one president, how many terms are enough for a senator? , It won't he long until another legislative session is due I with the same old tax problem facing Oregon. No one has ,ret solved' the" problem of new revenue and new revenue : we must have eventually. Let's hope the special tax com mission really finds a solution that the legislature can under- I ST. EOl'IH, Feb. 'id. AP A flurry of airmail lettcrn poured in 1o potttat Htationr and corner mail boxeH today responding to the call of a modern Pled Piper, Col. ('hur lew A. Eliulbei-Kh. rrom nil klnda of people. ra mo t rk- llehl mid me ren. wmte aim nine mtRsiven in , couceed. a last minute man tor the one-dny return of Oil. Eiruihei-fjh to IiIh old HI. louiri-Spi-iuRfield - Peoria -t'hl- cmko airmail route. Meanwhile (Colonel I and berth's plane. aHHiKiied for the flfchi. one of the reKiibir airmail machine. and five others were at Iimhert- ljtitH field ready In take on ; their eat Knew. Postal men OHtintat- eu the number of letters co it sinned uomrii M-cni V to the flight would run eloao to ' otilb with a 200.000. More th:in 100 000 ,,im.nM ( aiuly npptr. If ou think yon klii of mall had been collected bint Hit nli'iiit willioiii mi eilui-ntioii Jc-t night and collections were to be try a i-hll M'rvicr iiiiniiiii(loii t Im continuod almoHt to ultinn limn StnrlN 4:15 The flight wiih scheduled lo Hlnrt at the regular nlrinnil time,' 4:1 p. 111. It waa expected the iilaneM would reach Chicago at 7:1.1 n. nt.. l"g from after Ktoppinir at Springfield, and t"-' far auddcnly jycknil'cd Peurla. 111., to dihlode and load 'in'1 turned over, the top of the cai-KneH of souvenir letter and l-'O'ffu sedan Kheariiitf completely reKulnr mall. o(f. Mm. Robertson was found Five other pilot. Philip R. Love 1 1'fneath the wreckuBe. Outers and Thoman P. Nelson. Eludberirh'M were thrown clear us the car "huddle' on former airmail fltKhtK. Harlan E. Ouruey. E. U Similar and Leslio Smith, the reuular nir - i mail piluta of the RobertHon alrmr il - corporation were chosen to aecot-i-pany the famous flier on the fliwl '. : Mot of the I00.U00 lettei-d in t e ; postal station! last nicht were nuiil led by persons outside of St. Louis. DAYToNA BEAfll. Fla.. Feb. llh0Me hvvn eucloseU in e- Ferry Boat Accident in Frisco Bav Investigated by the Government SAN FRANt'lSl'O. Feb. 2M (API n that, With the reported list of missiiiK I persntiH Increased to five by the ad- 1 I NEW SITING SUITS . See them in uc window. $35.00 I N. K. West & Co., Inc. The Man's Stoic II ill .V Kll'lllll, DRIVES AUTO AT OFFICIAL SPEED OF 20(i.9 MILES (('(iitfnued from Papc 1) I reeovered myself (illicitly, how ever, and riKhted the car." j Captain Campbell wave major credit foe the recovery to n riid fin. siinibir in appearance lo an air plane rudder, which had been set ; up al (he rear of the automobile t-i prevent lail-waKKinj,' at hlk'h Hpeeds. 'I The statue shous Wa.-sltiiiKlon wcariiifc a ni.'iaoiiic apron. ROSEBLRfJ. Ore., Feb. I'O (AP) Mary Julia Robertson, awed 21. years, a well known How bu iff Rirl, was Instantly killed early Sunday mornliiK in an automobfln wreck on the Coos Bay hiKli way near Rose burg-. I.yston Bowdeit. an other occupant of the car. received a fractured collar bone and num erous bruises. Roland Schwartz driver of the car. Paul Htiffham. Jean Randall und VitRinla (iolden. other menibei'M of the party, were oniy Hlljrhtly bruised. dlllon of a .vounK woman s name ! the federal iitvesiiatiiMi into the accident ahoanl the ferry boat Per iitla was scheduled to re-open in! the custom house here today. j ' Miss Isjibel Rubertsnn, Oakland, was reported mlsslnu yeiterilay by her mother who said her d.iiiKhttrj bad been absent fmm home since : Friday afternoon. The ;i be lieved to have taken the Perallij ( to Oakland after sliopion in S.in ; Francisco. Other liersoiis still reported miss- ; ink', besides Mihs Riibertsnii, wer e j J. W. Collins, HukIi Findiiiy, Eve- lyn Craft and Daniel Petker. Coast guard and police boats cruised the bay yesterday but did not locate any bodies, although the body of a woman was reported seen flouting in the water Saturday. TWO TRIALS ON IN HALL OF JUSTICE (Continued from Page ill) persuade her lo"iarry him. "On lo r refusal, she said, t ho doctor threatened to kill Mrs. Ap pleby and then take his own lift.. "Once Mrs. Appleby said she moved to Ohlldaie lo bide from j lir. McMillan but that he had . found her out." NEAR EAST MEAL TUESDAY NIGHT (Continued from Pace 1) "Swing Song" by Barn oh. Ming Bertha Bnntz: addresa, the Rt. Rpv. W. P. Remington, bishop of the Eastern Oregon diocese of the Epis copal church. ' The program will close with community singing. The young peopln were lvtnni- O-j;' F A dance at Ten Mile' www JLtcrtoco air. i turned over. An inquest Is to be held tonight. I KANSAS CITY. Feb. 20 (AP) (Mrs. Hu&innc Caroiille Eaton. 27. J French Instructor was held for Umestioning by police today In con Inected with the .shooting of Ray 1 Miller. 27, in her apartment. COLDS V.viontiiitt in A nr. J . - j MrB ,...oil ,,,,, ,,, .s . .' !(lschni'Bi'il while hi w tryln WASHINGTON. I'Vli. 30 (Al1) jto taKi' it nwuy from Miller, whn The rederul nidlo coiniiiissiun or-'jnho. she BalU v.hs tryintr to kill dereir an. extension until April 1 j Miller who was wonnJeil or ull existlnar broaileusting 11-; ilanBeroiisli BaiJ the ahootlilg was eene.s. - . un aeeident. PREVENT GRIPPE-FLU KIT.L'S art with amarinff quick- a. ness. Colds are checked in a few LfiV hours. ComplicatioDB are avoid W cd health fortiaed. ; BeSureItsUJ$. Prlce30c CASCARA r QUININE Ut Red Box Hog with porfr.lt It.W KKKCII I V.M IIKII 2H. (Al'l Itay Keeeh. ilrlvlnK the v?'t" iulilreaed In the postniaH hliue 3li-eyliiuler Triplex racer 1M' eontalneil lilNtruetiunH to iiwiiim! hy .1. M. White of 1'hllndel- incm '"'"the l-lndliei-Kh fllKlit. lihia. in an jiniiflleial speed trial' Tl,c fwi'o! hreii klnic hiilch of today wiih Hialded ill). Mil the e.- 'in attrlliuled liy piwlal of- I when a pimilino feed line broke I fll'lal" lo ll,! denlre of the public I anil wan taken to a )iokiIIiiI In anl'1' "HVB' ineincntoeM of the "Lone mho aace. r-iiKie m leniporary return to the ; ' ..... I II" wiih able to ellinb from his j "ll-iniii I. iCarli letter bore the U'K- llireC nUlldl't'd elgllty-SCVeil million dollars Wits CollccltHl ma. bine and walk In the ambu. I"'"' "Mndbeluh imain flics the last year in the form of tobacco tax for the Kovcrnmeiit. More than two-thirds of that was from cigarct tax. Not a bad means of getting a large slice of federal revenue. The only danger is in riding a good horse to death. States can well look to other untouched sources of revenue if any. Malice uiuiNsiMted and bin IniriiH were i ull'"la" j not bi-llevt'd lo be KerlotjH. Mrs. Tinney Asks Frank to Wed Her Co-eds at the University of Iowa are reported as deciding that "petting:" is a necessary evil, because the men, after one I rial, won't have anything- to do with the g irl who doesn't sub mit to that form of entertainment. Furthermore, "the girls the men marry are the non-petting variety.1' It may f ive a man a headache to try to harmonize these two conditions. J NEW YOKE. Feb. L'0. AI -Mis. Edna Ifcivcnpnrt Thuicy. prior to IcaviiiK for Hollywood, where she expeclH lo make her future ; hnpie. has revealed that .-dip has .a.sMinied the eaayear preroKJitive land pmpused t her former hu.s , band, Frank Tinney, one-lime pop- i ; tilitr blackface, comedian. - Mr. Tinney, who wiik granted a I divi'ii-e in .Man-h, 1 :2ii. Ha id hIic has written tu her former litnhiind at j I'tilhidelphfa, where he Ik convulcM i 'iii; ni the home uf hi father, In viting bln to ko went with hei-, ' '. "t' leap year," nbo wild, "so I suppose I li'ivo a rluht to propone ! I'l-ank. In Ella be hcuKcd mc to ' marry him." I( Mrs Tiiincv- 1 liikli.. u o.-l t.-Hl. r j ' i a i"i-.veiii--om miiii, rraiiK H pc'UMX Tmnov .li- win. Kim wm-h iu iiom me Ualles to Ontario have looked forward to this -niv s'' manieM imMn u ionS IHltlinitV to trot. tmu-hPI- ir:.inin,r muc,,,,..!,!,, ,d I., il...;.. r.ic his fat her ' ri mwi hi iiiv' 1 Iwi.unn Tl, r l I 1' i . iiwim-o. mu ii.n.in wn'oti sctiooi oners me only cnance for many of them to hotter themselves. Delay is costly ;i the ctizenship of the state. Funds are available. TIk? deficit WAHIIIXriTOX, Feb. JO. (Al'l I A hill anthorixlm; the atipropriation I jof fL'rfti.uiM) to establish a flylnu'l field to be known as Lindbergh) ' ( field at some pidnt in his native i .state of Minnesota was prepared for ' introduction today by Kepresenia-I live Ftirlow. reimblican, .Minnesota. Frog Alive After 31 Years in 'Tomb'l ': .1.' Kill. I'll (f) ul tint tih'I Ti,..!. : .... 'i , . . iuu-ic i no lunger an apparent oosutcie in (lie way ol oiistruction of the Eastern Oregon normal school. The re wit supreme court decision dealing with book tian.-.l'cr of funds to make up approved appropriations nut yet matched wiui general revenue points a way for the Normal School Hoard of Regents to start work. Hundreds i' I.IINOU" CtlltllKIT is now at a satisfactory low level. There is an excellent pros pect for the school's being realized this year. M0KK SOCIAL TKOl'HI.KS The executive secretary of a welfare oigaiii. ilitni, making t his annual report to the trustees, revealed the fact "that thero had been an increase in the work ()f every department in l!l7. There was an increase of 201! applications and complaints .fmm people needing help. There were HI mure new casi-i ; Ihun normal in the unmarried mothers' department. There vcrc 176 more applications for foster homes than in the ple ading year. In the years between 1 !) 1 1) and t Yli int 'inpcrain'c ;c! named as the cause of domestic trouble in (i j cr cent of -til cases. In 1027 that percentage was 12.1. rnemp!.vmnt was named as the reason for parents hoarding out H)7 more hildren than in l!2 and for paying $:100 ,-ss lownid board. There are two interpretations for such a sh.uation. The ionization itself may have boon serving more efficiently, caching most of the people needing its peculiar sei vices in--tead of reaching only a small proportion of Iheni. Or, on vhe other hand, the organization may have been compelled o expend its work because of actually greater need, owing o increased population or worse social and uons. Such a report emphasizes something that .homselves are often more prompt tit recognb Mtizens that prevention of such misfoiiunes hey deal with regularly is as essential as relief peeifie cases. It is only when homes and school: is a whole grow more lax that the social vwnker. nore difficult. KASTIjANI). Tex. Itili Van Winkh laniily. Oh- horned frog that walled, up in the cornerstoneof Lite easthuul county ; court luiuvv for nearly HI years, sans food, water and air, was still alive, this morning. ( . More than 1 fi.nan persons from all parts of the country yesterday viewed the froi; which Is on dis play In the window of a local drugstore. Aside f loin bWiiir MllL'tlllv ttl ll - I ...1 itt ti rninl l...r Mullo ,,(, fffjff XitH nurmal condition. When the cornerstone was broken open Saturday the fnnr appeared lo be dead. ecepl there ere slight signs of Its breathing, .lis liiotllh was sealed bv a filin and lis JcyeH were closed. Tohiy the frog . appeared normal, all hoiu:h J( ;(M not been seen lo take nonrlsh- nieiit. II is a typical West Tea.s ,'speciliiell 11 hunt the m,e uT the I palm of a human hand. "j1- jj 5 , it -. wff , ' : ril be 1 one imi a hour The frog will be kepi, in con finement as long as it llv ol l ichils said. county SALKM. Ore.. Keb. I'M. AI I 1 1 ii i mr liiiuoriow , w lien fin v. I'.iitiT.-Jie. -russes the stale line into f.ihl.in.ia. Siale Scnatnr Henry I., j i 'iii'be'.i, "f I'ortlsnd, may bp ad the:. ;el ','k'n vernor" for a week, j lie succeed:) to the chair during the. finvcrrmr's absence by virlue of his pi mil ion -is president of the stale senate, t'uihell Is tint ex period to c.inie tn Silem diirhijj the week iim- Visiting nurses of Milwaukee h ss business of unusual luiporlaiice I are to w ear crepe paper di e t iMue.i up Ol the executive depart-j These heavy garments ate not i nen t. I font i ue papers probably likely to prove popular with the i will he sent to him. flappers, however. jj . DOOMED, AFTER 500 YEARS! economic cundi- SlK'i.ll Uul lilMS than other n. I evil.-; .'..X und cure in and society ta.sk "lows Anyone - Anywhere Anytime This is vour opportunity ! Let us make jour tunned ions for o:i. Home Independent Tclepliune Co. SIS Maytag World Leadership is Based on these Facts: On out of every three washers sold is e Maytag. The Maytag is made by the World's largest manufacturers of washing ma chines men who have made Maytag s and nothing but Maytag a for more than r quarter of a century. Their name and reputation are your guarantee cf satisfaction. The life-lastinn cast aluminum tub is an exclusive Maytag feature. It is one of the- principal reasons for the Maytag't outstanding performance. The New Maytag Roller Water Remover with automatic feed and non-crush roll is an exclusive costly feature which i 10 years ahead of the times. The New Maytng is a lifetime washer. Years from the day you buy it the NEW Maytag will do your washings as quickly and well a when new. DeJtr eJ Pa'mcniz You'll A'mr Afisa . Fnr h m e ttithout cff fn'r.i y, the M n v t a g it mraitabtt tilh in-huilt tmt eline motor. A she has a AYTAG M ND you too, can have your washing done in an hour or so with the NEW MAYTAG! You too can spend washday in recreation with friends or resting. Prove this to yourself in your own home with your own washing. Phone for a New Maytag on trial and see this New wonder washer demonstrate its helpfulness to you. A Maytag trial provides you with the opportunity to test every NEW Maytag feature from the New Roller Water Remover that is 10 years ahead of the times, to the lifetime heat retaining cast aluminum tub. It provides you too with the opportunity to own this world famous washer to be ab to say when your friends call up on washday; "I've just begun but I'll pc done in an HOUR!" If the Maytag doesn't sell itself, don't keep it. THE MAYTAG COMPANY, Newton, Iowa (Founded 1S04) MAYTAG SHOP IIOLMKS IJLIMJ, PHONU MAIN O, LA (iRAXUE, ORE. Maytag Shops arc operated by Maj lag Pacific, Inc., at the following points in Oregon and Washington: en. Wit. Ore. . Wn, MIA Serlee. IU1oti ItineaiO "Mmi. .ri-,- ih?i irt e ..." nitKht well be n tmtfrt it putiMty "I'l-tune in. 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