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Monday t January 7, .1929. LA ORANDB -EVENING OBSERVER . 1 Local News In Brief To luifc-r on Uusiucxs Chris Miller, or this city, left today for Baker on a business trip. jllwi tlmiiut III Miss Genevieve llanuu, teacher Jn I. a Gianilo High school, is ill at her home sulfreinsr from flu. n Ifettcr Health ;- Clint Van Meet, who has been 111 fur the last week Is much better now and Is able to bo about his work attain. ' , : ': .Mr. I'Vllows II t V. H. Kellows,' of Huker, came to lA Grande yesterday for a short trip. He Is at the Sucajawea Inn. i . . Jtlr. Hniina (iocs Herbert 11. Hanna,' court, reporter fur the circuit court, went lo En terprise yesterday to attend circuit court for Wallowa county. , f . , Jirn Mccllnjt r The regular monthly fire meet ing will be held ut the fire depart ment building at 7:30 o'clock this evening. It is announced. Mr. Ilwlglii to FjitcrprlM John 8. Hodgin, local attorney went to Enterprise today to attend to legal business. Carpenter Cioes to Flirii S 1.. Hoeder. of Hcrmiston, went to Elgin today to do some work for the O.-W. railroad of which he Is an employe. Mr. Heeder is a carpenter. - , IVoin Wallowa N. K. Matthews, of Wallowa, Is . their sons. Hoy -Mansell at Uidd Ybdts Sous Hero Mr. -and Airs. J. P. Kenney. of Elgin, returned to their home this morning., They have. been visiting visitor In this elty today. He is staying at the Foley hotel. Mrs. Xcwlln Returns Mr. C. I. Newlin. of La Grande, Canyon, and W. H, Monsel! in.Hils city. ConsiUers rlriiiiiur-. Charles Kochlttx.. '.of ' KS'lso. returned 'to her homu yesterday i Wash., llassed through Lu Grande from Portland where sho has been, this morning on the way to Wal lowa county where he will Investi gate; fanning, conditions' with a view to locutlng there. -: visiting friends. Mr. .McKay From Unte l. L,. McKay, machinist at the Porllund lline-and Cement com pany at Lime, Ore., vlsltedt in 1 Mrs. Jollniuii ItctitraM Mrs. Paul .lollman,' of linker, Grando Saturday and Sunday, ru- who has been visiting Mrs. A. L. turning ycsieruay evening, air. Hlchardson In Tj Grande, for sev McKay visited his son, Don, works at the Sacajawea Inn. I let urn From Ijcwlston Mrs. Nellie Harrison and O. G. Harrison, of l.a Grande, returned Iji'uve for Spokane to this city today from Lewlston, .Mr. and Mrs. William Andrist Ida., where Mr. Harrison Is em- u n (I small son and Max Walter left ployed by the Camas Praliio rall- loilay for Spokane. They will re- road as switchman, turn to their homes hero Thursday. .. i (Juuruntlno llclcased I The home of Earl Hough, at 1803 Adams avenue, where one of his children has been 111 of diph theria, was released from quaran tine over the weekend. This leaves only one case In town and no new ones for more than a week. It Is reported. eral days, returned to her home this morning. Mrs. Pollman. alto, sang last night in the sacred con cert givon at tho Klrst Presbytorlan church. .Mr. I,uik1 IiCuvfti - II. W. lind left today for Port land, where he Is sales territory Inan for the General Office Equip ment corporation. Moiln-r III In Georgia K 1- Dyal left Saturday Hazelhurst, Go., to bo with mother who-Is seriously 111. Dyul Is a bollermakor for the O. W. Ik'tter Today Miss Fern Luton, of Im Grando, Is reported to bo better today. Sho Is suffering from mumps. Fern Is a pupil at lttverla school Mother IMes y.r. and Mrs, C M. Hutchinson, of La Grande, left Saturday for Knderlln, N. !.. where they were called by the death of Mr. Hutchin son's mother. , Jtotiu-ll to Jincrurise f - t Albert Varnerj of Enterprise, passed through this city today on the way homo from - Portland where ho has been visiting for several dnys. . ' ASK $85,000 FOR NORMAL SCHOOL (Continued from Pb 1) Mr, uid Mrs. Seotc Slmi-son, of rortlunJ, nit liiuw truest h of lr. f state bud net director, un office cte-au-d by an uct of (he li27 legisla ture. - To Hot urn Money The Htulo hoard of control ro purU Hint $168,405,116 will be turn ed buck to tho Kvnerul fund of the Htate by Horerul mute Institutions un account of unexpected balances and .Mr. It. G. MjcOall of thin city. 1 fpom Hn,iron.iuUim8 mH(la by the They canm to 1-a, G run do yi'Hti-rtlay. legislature two yeuni afo. Thene ir. wiiipBuii is an vinpioyu ui m amoimlll w!U ho M (ollowa: Stale u,lun 'llFUUU , (Tmininff school for boys. H7, J X49.74; Kastcrn OreKon lloHplfnl fur the Insane at Pendleton, $47,- 078.77; Htate I una no HoHpltul ut SuU'in, $14,743.50; Htate piittun, f5.03U.87; lnHtitutlon for Feebte Mlndtd, 92X.241.19; TubcrculoM.H hospital. 9S.Ili9.81: School for ilillrul. 91.170,31; School for leaf, 94.u5.0l: School for OirU. 93. 159.29; Kmiiloyment School fur .Mr. floater. From Nyssa ! J. U. Hunter, of Nyssu, went to KiHcrprlue today to apend two days on buHlnisH, Mr. Hur.tor tutytt tbu coldest weutliiu In Ontario sg far this year vi.j four below lust Sat urday niKht, Visits IMuiditcr IVcIjorU M rs. J . J . 1 Va rao n, of 1 .a Grande, returned to this city today from Portland whore she has been visiting lier daughter. Miss le I -oris l'earson. Mia Pearson Is head of i the commercial ' donartment at To bo Witm-ss ill Lincoln Hitfh school In tho Koso! H. V. Itil.y t'itv. tJocs to iinterprUo U M M ........ lllu j.ll.t ..i.t.t Xlnnrt rtuun jiih hi to Kntei-prlse today, Mr. lived In Portland until a week atco when he came to this city to inako Ills ..home. His future plans uru Indefinite. 882.11. I rial of ia O ran do. wont to Kuterpriso today to act lot witness lu the case of tho state vs. "Actors" Get Big Sum at Dice Party NKW OKI-KANS. 1-a., Jan. 7 (AP) Klvo men made up with Mis, Tribe, and Htm Hot urn- Mrs. l' L. Tribe and sont Bobble, of la Grunde, re!""ed' Saturday from I'ortland where they have Slisa Mt'yen Keton.f been visiting Dr. and Mrs. Klrth. Miss Margaret Meyers, Hurry Kewbejtf. which is now on rn,Wi burned cork and false eye JtexrultH In Xavy r- 'trial in the circuit court of Wallowa, brows, staged a private show ou- Joe Looper. son of Mil; "Ethel', count. . . . .., titled "hpmlli up" before a select T.ooper of this city, is about to join i : r little dice party In St. Bernard's the ranks of the. United1 States ' lt j.Adory to fnvo 1 ('Parish yesterday, and toduy they navy providing he pawos tho final; i,- w; i. McAdorv.' 1-a Grande wore 95.UOO richer because of tholr of La ; examination which ho will tako! physician, is leaving tomorrow for offorta. 1cavo for Iviiternrlsc Circuit (Judge and - .Mrs. 3 W. Mary's academy jwmiiue, rciurueu 10 ronianu oui- oi tno nuvy neuuquarieni in Port- Portland to attend a nic.Hing Of t urday. 8he la a student at St. i land within the next few days. Mr. tlm vP,.,iivfl munril of tho Ore-! i.ooper is i years oio, ,rc ts K'ttV- : Kon .Hlttto Medical association. lr. Oregon and has been Knowlescof-la Grande, left today upending the Christmas holidays Ing tonight for Portland. He" passed ' McAdory U the Barter fur Kutorprlse to attend circuit vith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. the preliminary examinations here ! member of the council. . iuuii ui xauuna i-uuili n ItlUll iO U, iiivyvtn III lU, tjlUIIUC. r now In session there.' i this weekend. Wallowa Kdltor. Vislt.- Mrt and Mrs. Harold Humstreet and daughter, . Mona Louise, of Wallowa, were visitors In la Grande 8atur'iy. Mr. Hamstreet Is editor of the Wallowa Sutt Mona Ing and will return In the evening,. Louise makes regular visits to La ROhool. uranue to taK piano anu vioun ' pleted U 1 1 Wayne Gooilerhan VIMts Although the act was far from funny for the gamblers, six shoot ere made It convincing. One of the "nctors" threatened to "blow the audience to hell" If the skit was stopped. It was not stopped. Mystery . Man In Solitary Cell, Salt Lake 'City SALT LAKB CITY, Jan. 7 (AP) A man who staggered into a ser vice station yesterday itfcornoou handcuffed, blindfolded and gugged and declared he was J. O. Price and that he had been kidnapped by two men at his ranch near Bitf Timber, Mont,, i 9 dtys ago tind brought to Salt Luke was held In solitary eoufhiemcnt, ut tho city Jail this morning. ' , Police wero awaking .tho ar rival from Ull'lng, Mnnt., of Shfi Iff Kd llrannln and County Attor ney John N. McKarland bofoi-e pro ceeding; with their Investigation. In the meantime Police Chief Jo seph K. Iturbidgu has Issued orders that the Montana mvHteiy mail may bo &om by no one, ' Information wub- received from Itlg Timber authorities shortly be fore midnight yesterday that tho charred body of a man found on tho Price homestead was Identified as Price and burled nt liofcuiau, j Mont. A telegram to police also stated 9H.000 on an Insurance policy which Price held had been paid to his father "I am Price," declared the man In tho city jail. "1 was kidnaped 19 days ago and carried away from ipy homestead hv two men. They kept mo blindfolded and handcuff ed and I (ftdn't see the light of day again until 1 escaped yesterday. They left mo; alone in the uulomo bllo In which wo traveled from Montana and I kicked out ono of tho window 'and got away; I ran to the service station and Until 1ho attendant there took off tho blind-, fold, I hud no Idea whero 1 was.' Held For Murder red coileito 'was created today1 by f.'nnTll lirtltni i f " lh .I....II. or fsrutmil Tosl. uroh- tfU 19 biihon ot Milan. . l'or tho first time sineo tlio do.calivd BnuyiuM lun capltlvlty (when the popes lived ut AvIkiioh In tho HtH cen tury) the Italian Omllnula are In a minority, of lour. ' There ure now Itullan Cardin als, 83 others and S vucunoles. This uiHkt's It pnietleully certain tliut the pope will bestow several red hats at the sprlnjr consistory. LESS GUARDS on ami) TEAM IS SUGGESTION P1I1LADKLIMUA. Jan. 7 (AP) U the football rule mukers wish to speed up the game and make scoring more frequent, . Lawson liolioitson, trainer at the Univer sity of Pennsylvania and head coach of American Olympic tonina, HtiMgcfttH tho removal of tho two guanlK. ' "There are too many men on tho fields, now," ho un Id, "and 1 would sugget dropping the guards. They are there; they work hard: no body sees them: They just make tho game more complicated by their presence on the Held without adding lu the least to tho thrills. Uemuval of the guards would mean more scoring." ItobertHon'H suggestion found little favor with Lou Young, Penn coach. "So far us 1 am concerned." ho said,.'! wish they would let football alone, ll'h alt right the way It Is." t'OHVALLIS. Ore.. Jan, T AP) Lanza Uryant was Indicted today by tho llentou county arand Jury jon a charge of first degree murder In connection with the death of Lewie "Hip" Dlckereon, OrefOtt State college student and aaslstant football coach. Bryant wae charged with smbblng Plckereon In a fight here the night of Deo. , 17. Dlckerson was escorting g young -woumn to her home when he was attacked by. Bryant who was au udmlrer of the girl. ; Circuit Judgo Hklpworth set time for arraignment thle after noon, when Bryant will enter hie plea. . ... If bottles containing flavoring, extracts, and seasoning) are not kept tlfthily corked the content! will lose their flavor. m l7i .tir. iiiibiNuii visum ' K. I.. Hubbard, or Hnker; is a visitor in l.a Grande .today. Mr. Hubbard is an uttorney in Baker, lie arrived in this city this morn- Navy Orrkvr leaves A. M. PflUBhaupt.- ot Portland, reerultlnK: officer for tho United States navy, is lcavinr tonight for Weiser, Ida. Mr. .I'ftuffhaupt has bees 111 l.a Grando since Saturday lessons. I'liiishes Course in Chk-axo " Wayne Gooiierham, of l.a I Donald Hookout. of Knterprise, : Grande. visit(-d Ills father, V. H. passed lluguxh l.a Grande tills I Gooderliam, In I'leusant Valley niornlnir on the way to his homo i dui lnif the weekend, retuniinir tu from Chicago where lie has been i his home last nlBlit. Wayne is a attending the t'ayne Kloctiieal I pupil in the seventh Krado of tho Mr. Hookout bus com-(Sacred Heart acudemy. tho four months' course) Afghanistan's army nas gone on strike for Its pay.. Maybe the soldiers do not propose to stand for any old army games. Ktltll Hniniwell I'lrxlgcri Miss Jtuth Bramwell, of !.a Grande, hns been pledged to Al pha -hl Omega, national social recruiting young men for service sorority ot the University of Ore I there and will stay with hia par-' Dr. Meruit Hunt. I ents Mr. and Mrs. John Hookout Dr. It. O. Mel.'ull, of this city. 'in tnterprlso until spring when he went duck hunting on the Sliukuj plans to obtain eleetrlcul work. river the latter purl of the wr"k. . Ho returned Saturday night. Dr. .World Xoi Ko Itlg Mct.'all hunted on the river be- Italian Cardinals - Are in Minority Auross from Uohnenkamp's CLKAItANCK MAI4KI ' ' illl'A off of Hll Serlco ' I'rhiM MeaiM A Ileal ' Savltiir to Ymi. ' ' I ' v 'flMt.'ll'' in the navy. gon. It has been announced. Miss ' Hrumwell Is a new student atthe university. Stirrer Painful Accident ' Little Surnmsr Alport, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Al pcrt, of La Grande, suffered a pain nl accident last Kriday when ho flipped on un icy spot In the yard of the high school building, fell; this morning on the way to hla and broke his nose. The accident hoinb. Mr. Cheney has been visit occurred after the noon recess Jng In Pendleton with his brother. when Sumner was hurrying to get 1 Japiel Cheney. Two weeks ago in line to march Into the schooj 1 hc.:camo weat from Chicago where yhuildlnatQhjcJJrsJ gViudiwmjrUjhp hap been working for tho past lU unAcrWeiiai o'iKM7itl0h','SatUi,IyVa'lJ"He Is son of the Editor of the diiy and is said to be gutting along ; Knterprise Record-Chleftaln at nicely. ... 'Enterprise. That the world isn't so big after tweon Welser. Ida., and Ontario. all has again been illustrated, this Ore. time in the cuhc of Clydo Hobert-j son. who has just returned from a i KxiH'iieiicoi Cold Wcathcr-- ! month's vacation trip. He Is back Thomas l- Itooney, of tho O.-W. Ueorgo Cheney Passes Throdxli - j in La CJrande now at his job ut! railroad, with headquarters In this Georgo Cheney, bon of Mr. and. the desk of the Sacajawea Inn. i city, says the coldest sections of Mrs. George P. Cheney, of Knter- , while In Cody, Wyo.. Mr. Itobert- Kastern Oregon from Arlington to prise, passed through La Grande ; 8on vOoc" saw an old acuualnt-1 Himtinirlon nt nieKent m Uulo-r ance, K -'A. Kaber,' who is well and Pleasant Valley. The ther known in La Grande as representa- mometer has ranged from ust tlve of the Hess and Son company, , above xero to live degrees below of St. Louis. He has been making! for several days Mr. Kooncy says. this territory for the last seven or I i i n eigljt yoaraj Ioc niys. anAIw4n4ftVQ-ii to Hoitv ?.',.;. r uio oniy i.a umnnn person i'nr mph, ti, ! , Kmlth. of Klirin. aiu iYou Can't Beat THESE LOW PRICES ' On Men's and Young Men's SUITS AND OVERCOATS Maclu by Kuiipenhcimer, Michaels - Stern Co., 1 ; and other' fine makes now going at j; HALF PRICE "ou Can Get 2 Suits foi' the Price of One. Itfir, KI4.KS Suit (PI 7 JO Iteg. I7.H."i 40 0'? mm;;.. )XI.'40 ( emmt.1 now tpOtVO Ki-i;.' :l7.4.i Suits $1Q 79 . "' -- 70 now JplO.IO , Uvcrcoiits now... tpHslO Ki'K. S:t.K.- Suits - Q AO - Heg. 2;.50 (pi J me now pA.I0 tlnrcoat.i now.... tpJLO.IU llejr. t2.tr. Suits fO- OO lleg. $:I2.4S 1 fi 9Q now pX.O OtcreontM now... pJ-U.ilO Iti-K. ll.9r. Suits (POO AO Iteg. 34.M5 C1 7 1Q mm Jp.O Overcoats now.... ipAl.O Iteg, $17.4.-. Suits (?9) 7O " t 1Q 00 now. tpO. lO Overcoats lio'.-. pXI..0 iteK, 4t.-1i1.iMi suits (for nn v n. $12.4.1 9- 90 mm- JpO.UU (Ivenvnts llmv... pAj0 lU'jt .r4.tl5 SnlW $97 A Q lies. . 69 ftft now ' i. tpLtttO Ovrrt-oats now ... yiiOmW Men and Young Men's FINE SHOES AND OXFORDS Now going at . LESS THAN COST HALF PRICE AND LESS. Manhattan Shirts Now Reduced L..33 1-3 Hardeman and McKibben Hats Reduced 33 1-3 Everything now priced at the Greatest Savings in La Grande History. Come Buy! Save! sjiw during the whole trip which Mrs. Kngone KnottH and childr took hlnv to Cody to visit his f Pall ida. Theluia und baby Itay brother, Hay Hobertson. and to mond, of Wallowa, passed through Omaha to viMt his two sisters and I La Grande this morning en-roulo threo brothers. Ho also visited in j hunie. Airs. Kmilh has been visit Hpokanej Wash., on the trip there, i intf hrr children lu Portland and Mrs. Knotts and her children huvo been, In I'endteton with Mrs. Knotts' mother, Mrs. M. L. Guder ian. , . Mr. Andrew llrotlu-r llcs ; K. T. Andrews und A. V. An drews, of La Grando have been notified of the death of their broth er, Matthew Andrews, at his winter home In HI. Augustine, Kla., fol lowing an illness of several months. Mr. Andrews was an active niciii Ui'K of the M. A. Jianna company, of Cleveland, operators In Iron ore, copper und coal mines and also railroads and steamships. Andrews' funeral will take place tomorrow from tho Klrst Presby terian church of Cleveland, llurlal will be In Lake View cemetery be side the grave of his only daugh ter, who died in Paris two years ago. He Ik survived by his wife, a sou, Donal Andrews, of New York, four grandchildren, three brothers and two sinters. Flu Kpldemlc lOmled i There is one case of influenza 1 lu la Grande now to fin a few weelis ago. says lr. A. L. ltlch ardson. city healOi officer. Tho ; proportion shows the sudden do-j crease in the severity of tho cnl- Mr. domic whieh nrevailod in "tin. ellv for several weeks. A few Isolated cases of flu nre appearing occu- , slonully and there aro still a very few canes of Illness due to compli cations resulting from the disease, he said. Tint complications take the form of sinus Infections, pneu monia, ab'vssed ears und other typeif (f illness. f . AFTER NEW YEAR'S BLAZER SPECIAL IT IS THE YEAR'S GREATEST EVENT DON'T MISS IT! Men's and Boys' . pa Lot 2, Special ....$2.95 Lot 3, Special ... $3.95 AT COST AND LESS Rc-gi ouped and Reduced for Quick Disposal HOYS' LOT i Special $2-39 No ihririy buyer houll fall to hMciuI Mil. After ' Year Spii-ial. for lu-n 1m the opMirtiiiiliy lo Mfiin thai Itlam- you have been nniiiliig. hi a big. big mi vim:. All mh xtra heavy Miicklnaw fabrics In every wanted cnhir. Now in ihe (hue tti mall yttitrm'W tit I be oiHrtunlty lo buy and mi vi! l'or Iberc will be plenty cold da left for which lo ward off Die wintry brcews lu ono of ucM! mnnt waioi ;aiimi-;nts. Blazer Values That Are Most Extraordinary See Them! "WHERE GOOD tlJTIIES COST LESS" York bjToiE WATCH OUR WINDOWS FOR. SPECIALS 121G Adams Ave. Eleven Stores At 121G Adams Ave. Hoi.se - Htihl - Hurlev Nampa - Caldwell - Eninictt - Rupert La Grande Pendleton - Walla Walla - Twin Fails. . T? AS. V Jf f ' j ,," """",, , J Every Tuesday Starting 1 liiwi'.lontpa Bltuiitlun In tho me. B TOMORKOW . I I J I Star Theatre. I Z I ' 1 '"' AM-riniiK nnw'l . I I SAVE WITH SAFETV t . 2 ' J 'pjPIENBfl CHINAWMi I I I IIB5Liia . ill M&yim I I xt ma l! : ."-'fli a; : ti J .,-.V, m&Zh vw .a f 5 1 : - Bf4Ba t Killer!-. i: rv g h . Jj ""''P'' relief lht cl.-ir .up cold. u HH ZV - . 2, 'K' , WM iiStf? o,snAV ut (ml nnB.il cauirn-h with eg a 'I IFJKvkNy mumMI " VAITKK. The cfft In wn. !. S f H . ; . 'iilgJII ' derfiilly cvullnic. aouthlim. J J ,M2 'f i ' S I ' I' If T ' '' I ,':',.; .'.;.;,. , ;: .; 8 hi-. j! , -"-'; oda.V Reffipald Denny ' "' " !! ' - I 1' ' . I , ' "THE NIGHT H1RIJ" . WaST - 1 1 ( I 9 lllilll .IIMIMMIIHi, iriMHllMTnTI T,..: Kt nnnic, II - 1 uvf t..iii.a t . InhullMK Vupui-o Ih n new i ' ' and pleaHant way to quirk. ly relieve cold anil , . ' ' ' ' " idcnr Ilio naiuil paiwiiKVH. ty I T' (I A y It iM-nuld exclimlvcly at gjMPPfVV fffS&J ' . T. iMMSS Tuesday and Wednesday Glass Drugs sw -.. , 'I ho ICuxnll Kloro Veafa f La Grande, Ore. . V. vLA i ' h l'111' r' "wc,'l)l. IiW . " ' " w rr ' I v. I -.. ' t I ,, , , .1 I .t 'I ' ! " ' ' ...... . azers Lot 4, Special ....$ 1.93 Lot 5, Special ...35.95