La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 29, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextTuesday, January 29, 1929. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Page Five Lbcal News In Brief , M -., , , 11 To Wed Lucy Phillips and Marlon Mc Clurg, both of ha Grando, received a marrluxe license at thu office of the county clerk yesterday. Mr. Cross to linker . It. Cross went tu Buker toduy. Itftiiru to KIbIii Mr. und Mrs. Angus Morrison, of Klein, relumed to their home this morning following- a short visit In l.a Grande., , Will Ito .Marricl A marrluge license wus issued there yesterday to fcva Lox. or 1 Salem, and Uelbort Cooper of La Orande. Iteltims lo Wallowa AuBusr Kopllen. of Wallowa, re turned to his homo this mornlne. Mr. Koplien has been receiving treatment for his eyes. ... To Knterprlso K L. Shepherd, or l.a Orande. went to Knterpriso today, for a short business trip. To Welscr Walter Kivette went to Welser toduy. Mr. Kivette formerly lived In La Grando. I'so Strum Kllgilic Due to the heavy snows In the W-dlowa county region, the branch train to JoHeph Is now using; a steam engine instead of the motor engine it customarily uses. - (Jo to linker Mrs. U W. Wells and daughter, Kinn. or La Grande, went to Jialtcr today. ... . ... . .2 , , Mr. KnUtli Visit Clarence Smith, of Cove, la a visitor in La Grande today. Xluo at Conrei-ei Mr. Komliwlck Hero- i K. Kussell Scott, scout executive. Mr. Southwlck, of Cove, Is vis- returned Sunday to La Grande from Itine In La Grande today, expect- Snnkano, Wash., where he attended Ing to return to his homo today. . a two-day conference participated j In by nine scout executives or Oro- WHI I-rovkk, snow Shovels- son f"- Washington The rirst The Union Pool hall will send ! 'fi'' ?.0,u out snow shovels freo ot charge or '""- recroutlonul metl.od ,,., ... , . v. ,u" Court or honor, organliatlon jof.neu to shovol .now on receipt of tele "P ftnd nh?V ..hnnn It w.. .nnni.nnp.1 to. I a-- dlsCUSSfd by tho leaders, hit. day. Visits Turn Homo - Mrs. Bessie Crlsa, of Portland, is a guest at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Max Turn In La Grande, . Recoverinc From Illness Claude Berry la back at his of fice again following several days Illness. Hu Mumps Mrs. Neva Hannefleld, of La Grande, Is suffering from a case of mumps. j ... To Go to California Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bohnen kamp, of La Grande, aro leaving ) Thursday for California to sptnd vacation of several weeks. , Comics From Seattle Jf. 1 . Mr. Itoihl; of Seattle, representa tive of an ammunition company, In in La Grande toduy. To Allwl s Mrs, I'eto Wilson and BOh; Allen, of Allccl, returned to their home t)ils morning' from La Grande vht're Albm has been receiving nu'dicul attention. To linker on Hustings- , J. H. Clough, of La Grande, went to Huker today on business. - At Hotel' i W. C. Kosewull, of Union, Is a visitor in La Grande today. Ho Is at the Koley hotel. Mr. Smith Visits Clair Smith, of Cove, Is a visitor in La Grande today. . If. CustcM'l Here . H. Castccl, of Mracham, Is vis iting In this vdty. He arrived yes terday and Is registered at tho Kolcy hotel. v To Visit Parents ' H. W. Fries, of La Grande, went to JmMer this morning to visit his parents, Mr. and Mil Henry Fries. To Live at JLIulii I). Ib-cm, of Ia Grande, former ly employed at the Mt. Kmlly lumber company, went to Elgin to lday to make his homo. To Atteml l-iuicral - . A. L. Parsons, of Ia Grando, wont to Wallowa today to attend the funeral of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Parsons went to Wallowa Sunday. To H allows . Mrs. H, O. Hagen and son, Don ald, of La Grande, Jeft this morning for Wallowa to attend the funeral of Mrs. Hcott. Return From Bakfir W. ?. Carroll and M. M. Paris, both representatives of the Inter national Harvester company In La Grande, returned Saturday from a trip to Baker. Go to Hoi Lake Mr. and Mrs., Clyde Webb and daughter, Helen Jean, loft today for Hot Lake. ; , .' Sir. Own Away '.- It. J. Green, La Grande attorney, is expected to return today from a trip to Hoppner. He has been there since the latter part of last week. Sprains Kifcoe " Mrs. Cecil Matthews is confined to her home this week as the re sult of a sprained knee. Mrs. Mat thews Injured her knee when she slipped. Hoof Caves In Tho heavy snows In La' Grande caused the roof of Dr. It. G. Mc Call's garage to cave in from tho weight of the snow on top of it. Dr. McCall's automobile was not In the garage at the time. 10 Doukhobors .' Arrested After -Using Tear Gas ..QKANO FOltKS, n. C Jan. Si) (AP) Holding tun, iirlsonerB, taken with tho aid of . tear gas, nollco stood victorious 1 toduy in their second clash with tho douk- hobof ranatlcs. , Tho first skirmish was won last Friday by, naked ranatlcs, when they put to rout two provincial Dollcement sent to arrest memliera or tho colony for taking their child ren trom school 1 . Returning to the attack1 yester day, l4 police found 60 menihers or the colony, men ana .wom-n. .mo bilized in a house. ' The landc re sisted the invaders and a lively battle ensued in which tho women joined. I'adcr Siuntls 1'nl When tho officers turned tho tear gas into the house there was a rush for windows and tho heat ing stovo was overturned. JWsiille tho smarting! gas and the sihoko from the overturned stove, Strepni klrr, leader of tho colony, refused to leave the house. Police dragged him naked Into the snow before ho ceased to resist. Tho Doukhobors, otherwise known as the sons or freedom, .are Russians whose religious tenets In clude tho belief that Christ was wholly human. The rules or their sect also forbids tho wearing;-ot clothing even In sub-zero weather. HOW SCHOOLS MAY SERVE IS MEETING TOPIC ' v f ft 1 fl-) . Ir V i chardM. 'Many game birds nre bft lng fed by local sportHmen, l(yr far mers and by ofilclulw of tho state game- commission, atthouKh it is believed that many will starve to death In ImdattMl sections in spite of the efforts that aro lichw ex tended to focd them. snow ix wfst iti:; roUTLANO, Ore.. Jn. S! ,(AP) After a brief respite during he early morning ho urn a heuvy down fall of snow was resumed In Port land today, and tfre;tt snoMjiluWH and uugnieuted orewa of men wm'O set to work keeping artorlnl Htrefti and highways opcm to travel. When ; the snowHtorm halted temporarily short ly uftor "ipldtiightr four Inehea nf hiiow remulnetl In the downtown ; dlatrlct. In the residential dllriets unit sumtrtm great ilrins, piu-it i.y i nr Ktahhlng wind, bhteked .street. In tho business i sect Ion tmergemw Uo main .thoroughfares open. The wnow had reached the 7H foot level In tho Mount Kood pational forest. . , Oregon Ptato collpge students at Corvallls trudgud to classes this morning through' four inehes of Ihhw wtiuw, and moro was belns; added rapidly. Tho weather was mild, however,-, wit), the thermo meter barely to tho freezing murk, 'i'hti Oregon Htiite Motor tissocla tton reported tlve Lower Columbia highway to Astoria In good condi tion. ; South, there 'whs seven Inches of .Vnow as far as Albany, - but tho Paeifto highway was well packed and ,'tsafw with chains. To the UOith, tho highway hud been cleur e'd 'Willi , plows. 4. 11 . Cohl In IViulhtnn Kour iuclies of snow fell In, IVn- . diet on yesterday und last night, with tho thermometer falling to rounding the Itoguo vulluy, GrutUtf Pass roporttid" a light rain In the valley during tho night. The weather in tho valley wait mild, Tho January precipltutlon tn the district Is less than two Inches, with miners experiencing a short ago of water for mlnlpg purposes. crews were Hiierossfiil In kecpliH-; HllJ ,.,wir wlth a cokl wia tr01u , tho siroots and sidewalks clear.- ! northeast." . ' tiio snowrun proveii u wimirnu,; aiiIioul-Ii snuw continued to nllo lilll III I SHUES HOSIERY i ; , 1'rlnclnal flKures of pulillc sch oul uK'rlhlndnts' meetltiK to hi held In Cleveland. Prank J. Ilovnton, left, and S. D. Klmnkland, ' lower rlixht, ure officers ot the National Uducution nssoj'lallon. Wll- S liam J. lloKun, upper llKht, Is superinu-nueni ot i:nicanu senuuui. ALMEE WITNESS SEVEN BIDS IN JUDGE HARDY RECEIVED ON HEARING TODAY ' TRAlp WORK . (Continued from PK. 1) " ' Continued trom PaK. 1) MAJOR MEASURES ARE INTRODUCED , AT STATE HOUSE (Continued from Page 1)' law, whereby counties cooperate 'that ouevtion." ( 1 decline to answer," Mrs; Mc pherson said, smiling, on advlco of my counsel." All other efforts to extend the Inquiry to bring out various enig matic phases surrounding the dis appearance of the evangelist ran up against the same legal stone wall." ..; While the white-haired jurist, who is under flro sat with folded aruis.'seldom speaking to his coun sel, Mrs. McPherson occupied the witness chair for several hours, calmly answering questions. She appeared 10 ue poneeuy vwuiiuafu, iH tl.A IlllUltll. 1, t. llll.lt I'll.. ,ltt, ..... ... ..,.,.., - 'Jail was emptied of the drifters who sought a night's protection from I tho dements, and the public serv ice compunles engaged all who would work.' Relievos rncmirioymciit i . flood fortune came wholeheart edly to tho hundreds of unemploy ed in Portland and those more for tunate gazed with Interest tit men Khuvollng snow -n nd laughing and shouting lit tho time. The fresh storm toduy blew out of tho north ns its predoeesnor hud. A strong gale swept tho Columbia' river gorge and tho highway. Lit tle hope was entertained thitt tho highway would remain passable to il ay. One of Multnomah county's new ly purchased snowplows was snow ed under on the Columbia high way. ' While Union Purine trnlns were operating through tho Columbia Gorge today, nnd trafMc was mov ing both ways over the Columbia Hiver highway during the morn ing, reports from Hood River pre dicted that blockades would exist before nightfall If the bllKJiard-llko snowstorm raging there continued. Heavy 'KitowftiHs Hlx Inches of new snow fell at the river level at Hood Ulver be tween & a. ni. and 7:Hi a. m. today. Seventeen inches of snow was re- ... Il.n l.,.ilf r.f Hlrt I'K'tir and urged the hurrying of work on , h ., ,.., ut p(irkd.lle It has i reached nearly 50 Inches. County roud crews were buttling to keep Across from Bohncnkamp'a MIAKIUt SWEATERS All wool Knit-In PoukcU, navy blue, 2.8ii ; Alt Sweaters at Prlaes , .. that Save.; . -v-.:-' - up last night in tho mountains sur- const ruction of bridge over Gate creek on McKensslo highway at Vlda, and seven bids for erecting bridge over the McKemsle rlvor at MeKenulo bridge station. County Judge Dernurd urged ad ditional stato sunport on various main highways in La no county. noons.- Hero From ltakc . ,; Mr. and Mrs. ( O. Card, of Itukcn, aro visiting In La Grande. They are ut the Foley hotel. Hero I'Yom Pcnclleloii '- Hrucu Mr.Raln, of Pendleton has left La Grande. He was regis tered at tho La Grando hotel. To Visit Son Hero Mrs. Vaseo Williams, of Oakland, Cat., a .former resident, of La Grande Is expected hero today to visit her son and his family, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Williams. To Livo In Michigan Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, for many years resident s of this city, are leaving: soon for Detroit, Mich., where they will make their home. Their grandson, Howard Ball, will aeronipsjiy them on the trip to llchlan; and will ru.urn to La Grando later. Mr KriUMtSj- lVtt-r Mr. ami Vff. G-eorge Kennedy, of" I.:t Cramle, ;-'tuii.ed o their . ti.i-w -'i.j iif)rning f-jii! Portland w li. T" M, nn.Miy hut bean re t -iiing tn- ftieiil trNtii.tfnt. Ho is " tier, thvy repuii. . to Joseph- Mr. nnd Mra. Hugh Wilson and i hlldrvn. Amey and WHlard, passed through li Grande this morning on the way to Joseph from Wood hind. Wash. Mr. Wilson has a f ii rm ot Joseph. In Portland the Wilsons viHited three of their child ren. Douglas Wilson, a son. Is employed by 'John Koebllng Hons, contracting' firm. He graduated lust June nt the University of Ore gon and is well known in Union nnd Wallowa counties. In Prom Cove Mrs. M. Hentner, of Cove, Is a visitor In La Grando today. The roads to Cove are In an almost impossible condition for traffic.. Mrs. Sentner says, because of the deep snow. Mrs. Scntner Is owner; of the swimming pool at Cove. The temperature of the pool remains 86 all year around she says, even In the coldest weather. Likes to Livo In Alaska Mrs. ,L. CV Pratt, of Cordova. Alaska, arrived In La Grande this morning to visit her daughter, Mrs.j .'rank Tuckcy. Mi4 Pratt has lived In Cordova for the last to1 years. An occasional trip to the-' states Is a good change but M;. Pratt wouldn't want, to live here all the ; time, she Buys. Mrs. Tuckcy, also lived In AluHka for many years., . - ! Fat her I Hew Mrs. K 1). McCully, of Joseph, passed through La Granda today en route home from Goldendale, Wash.,- where sho was called by the death of her father. Mrs. Mc Cully drove to La Grande but re turned this morning on tho train leaving her car here. . .Storm Striken Travelers What a Ia Grande business man describes as one of the worst storms ever to hit Union county, raged yesterday late In tho after noon in the Hot' Lake region. He waa on his way to Hot 1.0 ke when the blizzard struck him about 4 o'clock. He met about 10 cars and a snow plow coming toward La Grando and managed to turn his car around ftnd-drlve back. Three high school students from La Grande going to their homes yes terday afternoon were caught in the storm and were forced to spend the night at a farm house on Gckc Icr lane, he ssys. tho Wlllumetle highwuy, A large delegation from Hums appeared asking the commission to designate ! the route of the Central Oregon j highway through that county seat, A largo east side delegation .was to appear in the afternoon to urge tne comnftsslon to name a stato highway route' between Portlund onfident and friendly, giving tho ' and Oregcf. City via Milwauklo and general impression or trying 10 uo,iurii rmuu, helpful to the legislators. i Lake county folk appeared to 1 -isn't it n funk'' Hhu wus asked, ask changing on tho survey of Fro- to the extent of on uverago of about t..t)mt ri Kennedy (the twinge- I mont highway. 25 per cent, the cost to the conn- mother) said to you sho dld-j The commission said the mio tics will bo about $5,000,000. In!nt KeP Why Judge Hardy should i cessful bidders for all tho projects some cases, ho suys, tho counties h worth $2 500 when ull he had! would- be. announced ut 4 p. in. contribute as high as 50 per rent.-. to 'use "the temple radio, today. Also the state, has authority under fft n(iniivill RneoehesV" tno.,WKhVy.,.OTW fittWmVWl "No. 'That would have been-(0- t oi way, n (., i "Why did you never pay him Has Xcw Job Miss Ethel Say re, of La Orande, Is employed as stenographer at. the. chamber of commerce offices for part time work during tho after-ond the Hallcy bill will also provide counties to buy tho right be relieved or 1.,.ij.1 , lUll.YlMJilK until iiiia iiuuwiu vuihv up?" ' "So TouhU', that the counties this burden. The measure. which ' would amend the state highway act, was two years ago introduced by the scnuie committee on roads, undi "Why there wasn't tiny trouble, ' highways. It wus one of the plank's replinl Mis. Mel'hoison, "no tiecu In Governor Patterson's campaign nations had been made against platform and had his support. nn." " A galoot New Itomuls Weren't you anticliiatlng Irou- On the proposal that the legtsla- Jijjn-.'" ture direct the highway commis;- j ej .,, nWays nntichtutlng trou slon to issue additional roiid bonds . Homo one Is nhuiys mnklnfc In the amount of i -'.oimi.ihio, .! . YOU'LL MISS the fcreat Savings later on if you don't take ad vantage of the reductions on men's and young men's" clothing, shoes, furnishings, etc., at the CLOSING OUT SALE at II NT 5 WTHIEI 'THE STORE WITH A CONSCJENCE bringing the highway bond Indebt edness up to the constitutional lim itation, to be approved 40 per cent to Eastern Oregon and Go per cent to the western part of the state for the construction of primary arteries as the Roosevelt and Hend Hurns highways. Tho legislators aro said to be agreed that they will favor- no proposal contemplating the Issuunee of more bonds, and members of the bloc this morning stood unsliaken In their position tn the face of agreement by It. W. Sawyer and C. 13. Gates, highwuy commissioners, with Governor Pat terson and sponsors of the bonding- propositi to Issued $ l.Od'i.ooo In bonds annually to match federal aid appropriations. If they can bo t,,n shown where tho, money to 'carry the bond load Is coming from.1 OpiKJMtl to .Vw Jobs Noy Asserting that his position as re lating to the highway program has been misinterpreted Senator Hell. Lane county, now declares that he is opposed to the addition of any new roads to the highway program until those already on tho pro grain are completed. He also says that he speaks the scntlmem or a large number of the upp r house when he Insists that no moro bonds be Issued for any purpose. - The first bill of the 35th legisla tive session to receive the signed approval of Governor Patterson was Senator Slroyor's bill No. 4. which removes the limit of the number of mining claims one per son may flley on a mother lode. For many years the limit has been to one claim. luflrnnirr Hill In A bill providing for an appro priation of $ 50,0(10 for the con struction of an Infirmary at the University of Oregon was intro duced to the house this mornlntr by Representative Lonersan and Sen ator Norblad. The bill provides that the appropriation Is to be matched by 'a similar sum to be raised by private subscription. me t he. target lor something." "Weren't you anticipating trou ble when Joe Ryan rum back from CaruieJ with hh story?" . "Certainly not," Mrs. Mcpherson smile'! faintly. 'That was so ab surd." . i u, KXAUT WOJtK.jyiJHTLlV It Is. u mini-stood- hero that work on tho Hflimd-lja Grande section of tho Old Orogon, Trail highway will bo started , just as soon as weather permit a Tho work will take, place Just west of tho city, on tho stretch near tho hospital, ' IIOOVERANDShllTIl! ' HAVE BRIEF VISIT - (Continued trom Page 1) WE BUY FOK T ESS K SELL FOK JLi ESS MEN'S OXFORDS Newbluck models. Puts and Itluchers. Solid welt solo and ru liber heels $3.45 - $3.95 .woRKsno:;,, All Icnther, woik shoes (hut will $1.95 - $2.29 - $2.G9 i p Cf ARCADE i cJnv. Fbx Pre,s6Tvt Today! fl I! BDOLOinLESV' Wednesday ! IDCLrRIOoNg I i-AXN w Ear l T wmmm r C4, R.auultOAl9KPxocluotloiv heavy enr ' Knuineer ami I'lreiiiriu llliick ami llrowii So '..15c .' '' 2 .pair for a5u' , l lwYRK5Tfifll Destroyers of Hljjh Prices I PostMi!"; Trip, high spoed and enlered the J. C, 1 i Penney, erthilo by a little used en- i jti'aueo. Few of tho "hundred or J moro persons gathered In iiulnmo-l ; biles along tho' highway realized 'that the former governor had ar-i jrlvcd until after his car was with In the grounds. I "And wasn't H before then Unit1 Mrs. "Wiseman Hlelaff had sent herlgNOW RECORD famous note to the grand jury; ' Ormshy jumped to bis feet. "Poii't answer that uucstlon." Tho cvo'iKi-liMt whose testimony was not completed, unnouueed that she had postponed her trip to Ca nala, temporarily, "no t hat I can ho of lilt possible help-In this In- CHALKED UP OVERSIGHT (Continued from Pag 1) ; S3 3 S u & age. ideiil Conditions ore reported in be'1 , for ground prop iMid nr- ; ,0 INDICATIONS OF CRIME, CLAIM ( Continued trom Page 1) hell if she did." Cyrus Northcott's testimony was the first to be give nduring the trial partly in refutation of fan ford's story, told to police and repeated on the stad, of conditions at the ranch. "You treatoU him M right. Cyrus wild. 8a 0 ford, the witness said. th rlnnifty. appsml f!-n to Injure himself In hi work about lb ranch, and oftrn talked of -crrme itturies h hid rad : GROUP HOPES FOR FUNDS TO RESTORE MARK TWAIN HOME 'V . .V r-i o 5 : p. I '8 . a 7- ! l o'-.'t e 5 t ti t i:i O C M f c c ? to J I ! as Star -r 'TONIGHT - Star (let Your Dishes '., -FREE Come regular and get a ' complete set On the Screen AW 1 , Willi SAMMY COHEN MARJORIE BEEBE HARRY bwctl Mori) by JOHN SIONE N HtNHY LEHRMAN Plenty of Thrills & Comedy. See the Great IJicycle Race. i 2 Si MHMWMl(IIMa WfEXmi! i'jiii' ii 5 1 . i Nine years sl'o suflntlon wita bfirun p llai'iford. Conn., to ove forrt'r home taiiOv) of Murk Twain (lower lefu, A campaign b; h Krirnds ot Jiartfard, I fie., b-d by Alii KMb'-rine Symitiir jijiY rlsihi I. non iii;y r"ftilt In tbr nir' liiif l the !d bnuse.- l piff ) Jti wl .in apurtment htiibliiit:. Iav in a fbw.-cndant COMING! TALKING PICTURES Watch for; Announcement in Wetinesday Ohserver. '; A PARAMOUNT QUALITY SOUND PICTURE Watch for Announcement in Wednesday Ohserver.