Tuesday, January 29, 1929.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Page Five
Lbcal News In Brief
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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 '
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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
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MAJOR MEASURES
ARE INTRODUCED
, AT STATE HOUSE
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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
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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 !
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C4, R.auultOAl9KPxocluotloiv
heavy
enr
' Knuineer ami I'lreiiiriu
llliick ami llrowii So
'..15c
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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
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Conditions ore reported in be'1 ,
for ground prop iMid nr- ;
,0 INDICATIONS
OF CRIME, CLAIM
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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 :
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