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Monday; August 27, 1928.. Page Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER 5a(Snntftc JEfrcninq bscrbcr ' ( Incorporated") Am Independent Nt'WHin;wr FRANK IJ. ATI'LEHV ... KJHor Ami I'ulillnFiar IIAItVKV F. MATTHKWH . ItlMllH'hH Mlinitk'T PubM-hed evenings, except Huiukiy, lit HHi Ad.uns Avenue. Ia 'nuide, Oregon. The Oi.M-rver-M!ur published every Kridiiy. Kutcred al the l'-mtofflee ui 'irii..1e, Oregon, hh Necolid CImhi Alnil Mutter under m l i.f March If"!'. OFFICIAL i'AI'DIt OF tNION COI'NTV AND, THK CITY OF I. A GIMM'K ABEMARTIN - -Tm MKMKKJt ASSOCIATKIl I'KKSH The AsKOchited i'n- t exclnsUely entitled In use for publlcit I ton of nil ncwH dlHpiiU'li.- crediiel lo It r not m herwlM- credited If published herein. All rights of republication of special dW pttlcheii hi this pitper, und also Die locul news herein also are -tw I Veil . Kl' U.SClt I I 'Tl ON It ATKH Uy Currier )lly. per month In tidv:iney Imily. nix monlhs li, mhiiiicc Iaily, single copy , 11 Mn II Daily, per month In ndvunce - I Hilly, per mix nirintliH In in) vini' I.lly, pur year In advance Weakly Observer-Slur, per yt-nr . . 7fie Gi; f0o la.r.o .... 15.00 .M)0 A I ' V 10 1 1 TI H I NO It A T KS Display, foreign, per column Inch IMnpIiiy, local, per column inch Tlmi contrite! prices on Hpl!'itllon. OI'.KAT IS TIM-; I.OIlli Kur Ilic I ...r.l Is our Jii.Iki I.nnl Ih mn- l;tvi;iver, lilt J.unl is our Kini;; la- will h;ivc lui. S3.;:'. ! 'Hoover Chooses Portrait for Campaign' Yes, Tuniicy met his mutch at last. Yes, we're slow about letting candidates Know they're i uniinated. J!ut that's nothing to our reluctance in letting fit m take the joh after they're elected. . (. The people of Oregon, ko Sam Kozor says, ay over $15, (0(1.00 a day in gasolene tax for the support of state liih viiys. In July it amounted to nearly half a million dollars. ' hat's from a three-cent tax, which few people notice. Put h up to five cents, as one Dunne bill contempftites, and there'll he howling on all -;ides. Ilolh Dunne hills are equally vicious and threatening. Covernor Ihu vey Darnell of Arkansas attracted attention ; nd turned his stale upside down by fathering a $52,000,000 load program, tunning for renomination on a platform r -fending that program, he has won by a considerable ma joiity. Fifty-two millions is a good deal of money for Arkansas to spend on roads. Kut the people seem to feel i-out townskni. was;, that it will pay. Nothing has happened lately shows more .n -An unro k.i cleaily the current American belief in the good roads gospe .Mr. (i n' 'I uiiiit-y's ciinii'im nt is a fiitin' rebuke t' lh' lUHo-pitpci n lluu JuiniM'd quick t iiiuumixo llitil hi iiiihtin' thijs mi. oner. Why ilnn women iformcrx be Kill on lliHr sisters'. j Plane Crashes In Washington Harbor (Continued from I'hkq ' into the KhallM of Juan .! Futu. ; wan iK-illally i aoIuiih- I avav luft ( nlKht by the iii rtfi of a colliHlon ; in tln Oi about that tinn- Ij-H,(.() , On- rriiH'fM I'aliiria and a av-duHt-lndli The tiiiHli wjih mn' U thai tin- lowing 1nj,r barciy va able to ictiic scow into Fort Tounwnd. '1 he mhiimI uontd uvo aiidil!!c tonjf dlMtaiic"', ,itiannt: Niu vt-yoi h said. ) I'.iliol boat an h-iiik nit out by I In- coast Kiiairl today hi I' fscan luiiK puilicH an- hi-nitf oif;aii-j Unl lu head back Into Hie Cliiuia-I iiim lalic wiKlcriicisH. j ThoHf in the plains were Alran-. dcr Me 'a 11 n in Scull , KnkIihii n.tr- j i isle i- and nu-mhri- of tite llriti.sh )ia. nil lit. nt M om (ilaKrt fur J J im i s, cud hln w iff, ' TIiomimm K. liilif, caNtcru m.inaci of the t'liion cotiiitatiy of I'aliloronia, icttu mii' froin t..f ora-iil. I i'r. D. i(. llold..u. Victoria pliy :ciaii. 1 Harold Waller. Tcaltlc air mall piiol, aii'l l Car.ton, asiilIa nt pilot, n toi la, il. C. T1 ft- it i IF.'- v. 4 - i 4 . i iv4lA ' A - v" J V "is I -A bolt of llk'litnlnjf cut llirouli ' tin brick IfUiidinKif hh t-xpcrtly im : t houti workmen had Htarlf d ' ronklufr tlu'iii. AltbuuKh mrtfl of llii outer wallH were iflt Ktaildin, ' tho Inner oartitlons were Konu and .the ImildliiKH were unroofed. ; t . The liKhtning played a mlKchlt' - vou game with u hect nietul plant . mid sent m-raps of nheet Iron flyiriK In all jliiections. Tlui bolt Ntruck , the trolley power line and control ler boxen on cverv Ktn'ut car In j nci'vlct; bf-aiiif u Kheet of flaimj un- til the pov.fr went out. j 1 The sixty mile wind tipped toefn, uh it went ulong mid rolled, alio tin . .! roof of one dwelling In a Iiukc ball . ...- .ml Hlammud it down on tho Hide- i.onjl)n nd other i:ui ..e.. walk. 1'lacitiB If shoulder to the,.(( Ho(ne American pie-;, box cars on the railway tracks. theler( fur traiis-Allnnti p.-uerful wind sent them rolling I Ut Vitvvy ,,,Pjr rmi, t :he out Ktrinjf of cars bt:n(f citrricU a j Slate i-iock up u Kitiue. i-iaie (tiaKH win-. (,,., -,fi,-y . . U' lluu n few in nil. cs .tin i iiows were snaneicu, fitier ny ui iect force of the wind or by iiiIhk- IIih to:shed at them by the storm, 1 1.4)1 drummed The Red Cross Shoe A tonic for tired feet. N. K. West & Co., Inc. La Grande's Leading Store fur Over CO Years , capi- IMdl- ihers faiu-d Within a few minutes after tl treaty wa.s HlKiied u-iei.tinn- n. . a ,' wire sent to the . i. . diplomatic represemauv storm shortly utter six o'clock last liilit and on Its heels came tne wind. The hailstone, a half Inch In diameter, fell over u wide urea. ! IOWA HAS TOHX ADO DKS .MOINKH, la., Autf. ZT. (Al') -With two persona dead und four others seriously injured, aouthwes tem Iowa today was checking the 1 iniaKe caused by n tornado w hich i as w ired that treaty, swept across .Mills, 1'ottawattutnie, spread on tti i'hm ami li.iihriin..rv f...iimi..u ui., i the horse-shoe yesterday. teach marked with the seal m ! All known casualties were i. ! dBH' The foreign ot'li. e has i Itoited from Elliott. Montiromerv 1 UUPMed each of the Aiii'iuaii , all t'V.-l' the world to present to '7 states invitations to adhere to the pad. Tw enty-four of tlu se w i-t -'i from the i'arls emlKisy and were to be sent from the. state de partment at Washington. The in vitations had previously bt'i-n mailed and telegraphed to ail the iinlnts alfectel so they mii:ht lini the document ready w hen tt'h.i: sinall lalde bore 1 " w nun e than the spontaneous sy in put by ot the American people. Ifistoiy already te.-Uiiied to yh;it care was taken to safeguard tlie M-ed and make il .-row. 1 know h"W it'tieh one may expect lrom the qualities of the Animicuu moiI wliicli yield'' a hundredfold for the ejuin collided to it. The harvest has not deceived my liMpt-s, which have be.i.me those ut t In; hole world. I have mver du'.ib:rd for a .single instanl that the American pei-pe only a wailed 'their h'oiti Lo maiit-f.-st in a new form the natural at ! icluneiil they Jtave always had for the cause of peace. I felicitate word nivself today that this . brilliant h uas mauiie itation permits lis to ineas-in-ide ure huvv much utiseltishne.-s aieis. riaiM-o-American friendship can brim: to the world. The two en at nation", taithftil to the same tradi tions -if liberali.-m. aciiiiK together pleiiipoleM that for elve chi today as they did in for liberty, find tliem-1- united in the same in the birth of all real u coiiiilv. whoe . aineu II I.tvIm t.tw) tlalles to letlil II HIS scat his live year old son were kMIM : the wafer mit;ht be htamp. d iir mh. a s t he t nmiolo iiomnliKhixl i heie advance. I.-..T,. lu...., vt t i-..o la apiratl. T'tU aI condition 'from Injuries re- :onp 0f the 'secretes of the foreign nioveinents of l'"'1" M'irit. ceived at the same time, Mr. and j office for t his purpose the pen' Mrs. Ocjr;-i Smith and aLy were which was presented to him by the' ' . .1 Nf :T( N'. X. 'A., Auu'. 'i also seriously injured nt their homo nmniciiialitv of Havre. An Aqua- (AIM Thanks.yiVinv' the sue near by. ' Mrii.. s-i In tho end of the pell ceis of v.oi td pea. t Jiroinotion . -: I ho town of Oakland, i'ottawat- j1JlK ,.ut - ,i It the monouiatn forts was iveit at a service held in tainte county, is believed to havu "i.'lilv" which is KcHoj;t:'sseul on the town hall today celebrating the BUffen'-tl the most damage ultli till (i,M.iiinont (irdinaillv he uv ? si;;iiin ui the KcIIok-I l- ud I'ersonall.V fleeted by caiMtldate. as the offici; on drawing by John Hoc a nd ol Im r Itep'iblica ad1 The drawing wnu made Calif., home bile, the c Herbert I lottver. Republican pj-esldenlthl I iimpil;;n porinth of himself, Jlii-i cray ctoroif will be used on banners, .posters dverlisllll,' beleeji pov and electiuil dav. teiepuoiie ami U'leKniph lines down 1( M,., Wjtn u,,. Si throtiKhout tha dhitrlct, only liieu-ltfl it j-'er reports filtered out. A state ment that six persons had hceif slightly injured and that the Cou Kteatioual chun-h and store build in r.s had bi-en destroyed could not be verified early today. The lien was used for the writing of signatures by all the delegates. Secretary ICelloc as fsiecially well applauded when he picked It up ami there w as also a hearty round for .M. llriand. me ilcvice treaty. iTemier t'oales spoke em phasiziiiK t ha l it remains for the I ptildie to see that cverytllini; pos- by lloctorot uuiiil tie was ii speech. t lloov paring it's I'alo Alto, his aceopta nee ;rE,tt:E pact J ! IS SIGNED IN , ! PARIS TODAY! dblc i; done to maintain the agree ment. 'I In- mayor presided over tlie si r vice. AntoiiL-' those attending were the uovcriior i;em ial and iiuunbcrs of the cabyiet. STORMS KILL TWO; DO HEAVY DAMAGE (CulilllilMMl frdiii 1'aKO 1) . In1 1 1 I 1 1. i,l , lh.. Ml I ! A. il,.. .r .1 . ''!",l,.,.l'1'"" ri uic 'i .-u. 11 1 ui iriu inu onin; Lifiiiiii i ttn'ri l iniiii till Iflil Jill asli jaituis 111 New York are headed by women. This is a re- I i l-tikable situation in a state of such political importance. 1 ir.s. Caroline O'Day is acting chaiiman'of the democratic committee, and Miss Sarah Duller of the republican com- " i iittce. The foiiuer came into her position by the resigna- t on of the male chairman, and the latter by the death of t the male chairman. Kach appears to be exercising all the ruthority of the position, and they' will continue to do so at I hast until the holding of the nrty conventions in the fall. ' jt can be sajd no longer that women .are given ornamental j j jobs with no power in political organizations, I . Air;, report t . S. coast guard base Ve luck t tiis at I eruooii IssIiik .Sent He- Victoria had been found In ifctoii Itay between bore and I 'Oi t A liKeies, wil it all p.cNen,;e. an.i pllois dead. Coast guard honlM :.el out to investigate t).e; report. Ti.e leport, h Inch came ti oin a stor.'Ueepi r on .lohiisan creek, I'd la ties e e:it o nere, sanl that seven bo-he-. I:.d been Hanoi. 'The crew and pas.ifiiKer lb.l as previously nn noniiied by ollicials of tlie' vom pany opera I inn t !u miss-in t; plane conlaim I on y nanu s. Saving I'nn iilcnrc in Ariann l'Ilni:XlX, Ariz.. Auk. -7. (Al') - A siivinK prm-idence rode with a cyclonic storiti in a nine minute .sweep through IMioeiiix ami the vi cinity la.st uiKht. 1'or althoitKh the wind, rain, hail und lii;htuinK et a quarter of a million dollars in damage wreck id buildings, unroffed houses and broken telephone poles in it y mile wide path, yet a check by city and county oi l leer.- rhow no loss of life, S vera I persons wore injured by w hid tossed missiles bu ' tho comlitlon of nnly one of these was coiindered at nil serious. 1 The storm was the second of Its type to visit I hoctiix in three- years, a I'-s-r slot in ha villi? .- elh-d six houses ill the northeast part of the Ity ArMldc Hrlnml ( l-'reneh '.Minister of Koreun A f fairs r I'AUIS. Auk. J7 t A 1' ) It his liren a year, and a half since in a inessaue conveyed throiich Asso- their idats out to waitinK inessen- ciated l'ross, I let fall this fragile ners who sped hv motorev'le to the term of a suuirestion .sufficiently aufhhls lo send them to Merlin, discreet, anticipating f Continued from Pao 1 l.t . IX i., "u-. 7 (AIM Solemn hkh mass in t ha nkKi vin' for the .'iynin of l)te lt J1oi;k-Itriand pact was Mini; in Wi-sliniiiister Calhnl ral this mornii:K. (iftieial represt -n!at ives of Can ada, the Irish Free Slate. India, and the t'nion of South Africa were not hi uk in the conn relation. baecusj creek lu an automobile. Twenty six boys, r.umtiiK lit uKr from si to 1- yeurs, in camn lb-n- ry mi an island at lloseiolale. wcr- marooned. Fire departments from NurrnumliiiK villaKes and cities made sefral atteuipts to rescim them. Twut boys wt-re broiiKht J.o saf ety, but at tempi m to reach ( he ol hers pro veil futile. The N liurs Mon fire department at tcmpii .1 t . shoot a cable ncrosji to the Island from the bank of the creeu. Three hundred persons at the l.ackawack countiy mar Napalioeh were driven to Mishit- cinuii.l by Last night's destruction centered the risiiiK waters. ojikinK 'wt, near th. I'hoeiiix union hiKh they were imirooued on a hillside ss'hool. An auditorium helm; built beyond ll powh r or resellers to was levelled and a KaraK'e wrecked relieve them until Hie waters Mib- " While telephone poles had been i tossed about like toothpicks. Sided. ANOTflKU MAKK-SHIKT IS A MISTAKE ' T lie vxpejiso and dilTicully of re' uiildi njr the old emu I. heiiM. ImildiiiK, so that it would he even partially salislae-! ioiy, hecoiiies more and more olivious as the file dam.i're1 i.; cheeked up. The vaults provide, an example. Although j i ti posed lo lie fireproof and therefore safe enoufh for e'cord keepin;r, the present vaults" proved to be otherwise.; Water found its way into all of them, numerous records werej badly soaked and damaged, and it is doubtful if anything cou'd have saved them fioni destruetion if the fire had pro gressed mueh further. ' That's a serious situation. The records nt the court house, stored in tho.-c vaults, concern every propcily owner i nd every taxpnyci in the county. If those lecoids should I i! destroyed, il would be a serious loss to eveiy one - a loss' in money and in convenience. Those who realize the full importance of these county records shudder lo think of v hat would lie faced if they went up in smoke. Since the lire has rhown (he present or old vaults innde-i i uale, the construction of six or eijrht new vault.) of ic iuforced conciele is an absolute reipiiremeiil f mm a cold-' hooded busiiuvs standpoint, They cost money, just as' her Imildinj,' reipiiremeuts cost, money wlirtin put into1 : ii old buildinjr or a new one. I'utlin;;' the old court Iwiim- l 'ck in the same comlitlon it was belore Hi.' fii iiioukIi. The county must ko beyond thai point 'ii- the sake of (Mianlinv important county lecoid;. The vaults pie.senl one problem if (he old stun tin I ' done over ai;.iin. There are others a'niost opially "he only way they can be mlved properly and :niu ilh a new buildin;'.. a court house in design and m luces a wizardry or ot CHRYS proc vie-ana Val ' i7.. ." .r,;,l, 'i -M- Stu1 i.brysli r f II ht u A.'rA .-aiv 1 e is not if only' .' should' serious. ' iletely is-facilities1 i nil in truth. T : "i ions en or. I t iev intend to be i try a make-shift n;:ain i ; nioii county people cannot penny-wise and pmiiid-l'ooliv ' no time, the i . here. we believe, a aH'ii.l nor do 1. 1 he oppor- cconoinu'al tune to seouie a new cu,,l li,m.,e Try The? W. K. GILBERT CO. --First l' IS P1RIK TLY ftppnrcnt thai t'c ncv JJL ( htvIt r "7 V ami " V in the rtchnc.vs vf their drtvs und the mr.rvtlotts cOu'urcy of lluir pcrlorniancc, roach upwttd mul outdi) tats far, far beyond them in price. They nrc readily 5trj;lcd out by a Im-d of tituiivl? fc.tturcs of the style tint re-sntcs a'l motor car. new slender-profile vlirorniuri pliitcj r.uliator, "arclied-wiiidtnv" .iihouctt uiHiMinl grace in the sw eep of the air-XMY;.;" fenders. '1 he new Chryslertitso h;t c the 'ilvcrnome" high-rnmpret'iion engine u-ing ,iny fuel tot, ti fit utihtfti 7-bearing trankvhati unit stir I saiet v ml c of intet x pa tiding tir.udie (-wheel brakes ctlnient in fltiy wiuihcr, and I.o.ejov hvdraulic shock absorbers. Tlu.- is nt wir.irdtv in iib additiotis of j,tcatir va'vie they at their toutic and plana; inn i,i the solid, su!.taniial ntanutae lurirg polity ot Statulai ihi d (Jiialiiv. orii mated by a -id peculiar to ( hrv!cr, w hi. Ii payees on to its at or' 1m. r p it e the ott ility features of its cars of highest price. If there is the shadow of a doubt in vour mind of the xvurk ing-cflicicni y of this iunpie prfci cipie do-1 !y o npa. e the ""V ard "( V with tiv host i.i-s ( u i.tn find selling for hundreds )cs, even a thousand dollars more. r i r New ClirVr '' pr;, ,wI(t Jf-j-; .-e..-.r- f.-.f, f t S run-Ke tt RiJ-t,r (ntlh 9 'i it i . i $ i s: I, iu n S.J.iu, J i o s . ( PA fulU .r'7.S'P- jJor $f,i,tn, ihtfutth i.'i fru ft . fl. e itttttit. ' p p pl! M M f if L. W. WICKKS Holmes Ytl(h. on Jefferson Telephone ISO-.t Ready For Emergency- Yet Earning You A Good Return There's a big satisfaction in the p.se-rioi! nf "C. D.'s" and a big mlvantagc, too. Aeciiniulatccl savings can he put in those (V;--lifieatcs of Deposit at your convenience a':d your money can he har with equal ease for an .' emergency that may come uj). More than that you have Vhe satisfaetio:i ol a perfectly safe, accessible investment cai.iiir? you A'.'t interest regularly. .' What more ideal plact for a siirpiu.' re serve fund could you find? Lit us u ii y,,-,) the advantages in detail our friendly ::.-, and financial advice is gladly -you is fur t!:e taking. lit Q)nnuhiv2srttiiuml iVutk yjcltil'rr larr.il Krpive ... ;v,,r, , f,,.T v M.ij..,,, Fortieth Year of i ricndly S-rvivc i
