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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1929)
Thursday, June G, 102!) LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE. Page Seven gold BiuiLLEirs - hy Charles G.BootK SYNOPSIS: Stitrtli-il iiy the sound of MiiiM'on1 cntciiiiK the Otfih'ii mini. I'ii-I)1oh uiiii lt- ron stand nark in tho dark nows it ml watch his approach. Tht' man makes un apparently full If search near the rich vi-ln. As ho in about to h':m h i WMi rcli HkIi t reveii Is h h Identity I toy Hammond, the San I'Vllpc lawyer. Peebles and l't-aeon do not reveal th'Ir presence ami t-onelude that 1 laniiiiond koukIu Hyde's .Hiiul f-nox. As i hp two men . mart the return trip to San Kellpo, I'eehle examlne.s the newspaper he louml ujidei1 the fd;elcon In the mine. Chapter 2X Tin-: Aci-; (r siaii:s One ol the hcurilfncK 1 had no tired In the mine again eaitffht my eye and 1 read the paragraph he ixath it: ANDTHKIt IOJMP AT U'N DY'S! WHKHK IS TH K LAW? Ten thousand In Kotd and rush were .stolen from Mr. Joe l.unriy'n Hut he- hadn't and wo had still to clap a rope around the neck of the devil who had killed him. Well, in a link while now. surely. . . . I began to think of what we'd have to any to one another. Jtry and l.uey and I. What with Ji-rry'rt mad flight to Torrldity, Lucy's dar ing pursuit of him, my own experi ences in the town, and the discov eries Peacon and 1 had made in the mine, w'd hti vp enough to keep our toncrueH wagging until midnight. .Mrs. Moffil met tne at the door. "Where is Lucy?" I demanded, pushing into the hounc. : Mrs, AloiTit begun lo weep. "1 don't know, Mr. Peebles, I haven't heard a word of her since I went to . circle Sunday morning. Nor you. neither. Nor Mr, Jerry. Ami what with (he house being broke Into and your lovely door ruined simply ruined and tho police doing nothing about it " "Not here! Not here!" I .shouted. "Nonsense, woman! Of course they ah' here!" 1 "Indeed they nre not!" she swept hysterically. "And I haven't seen I BOY SLAYER put the Instrument down I should have dropped U. My legs begun to: tremble and 1 collapsed into n j chair. They hadn't been seen! ; ' Wherft were they? What had hap pened ? Yesterday afternoon they ( had plenty of time! That sand storm? Good (iod! NonsenKe! They were safe somewhere! Hut where? I Why hadn't they telephoned? Mrs. Mofl'it was in the room.. She ; begun to wpep. I "Mr. Peebles! there's something the matter Miss Lucy they-hav- en't turned up " she was be ginning. I I stopped her -sharply. "There's nothing wrong! The children will be home tomorrow. What haw you J ' got for supper?" j She must have betteven' hip for , after a sniffle or two she dried her! 'eyes and gave me her melancholy) ; smile. 1 j "A beefsteak pie and n caramel! ' pudding." j "Kxcellent. - Karly, pleasy," T ( went on briskly. '! haven't had u I ; suiuire meal since Sunday morn ing." - Hrushing horoiit of the den. I went 10, my bedroom and began to prepare fur my hath. Hut my .mind ctltt n ' r. .......... i num. ill i n ill ileum, lU'MlUI ft ml'l possessed me. Should . 1 start out to look. for. thorn at once? Should I raise a general .ulnrm? Or 'should When 1 found myself standing in Hie bath tub witli my shoes oh I 'derided it was time 1 made up 'my mind. I would- jdvc them 'until noon tomorrow, If they hadn't turned up then I'd start buck -for 'Torridity. In a hired car. - Cleansed of the grit of Skull Vtl ley, I got into clean linen and a fresh suit. I was fumbling .for niyl j billfold in the rijrht-hnml hip; pocket of the troust'i- I -hud taken j I off when iny blood suddenly turn-! led cold in my veins. My billfold I j was there right enough, but there j was sbim thlng else lib It, the i Sinister smoothness of which seared my. hnnd as It It were a hot Iron t'ltat I held Instead of a playing card, the ace of spades. . h hadn't bi'cn a nightmare and. I'-nrip had lied! 1 (Copyright. 1 HHU..W. .Morrow Co.)! Cove Exhibiting; '; Livestock This Year At Union Mrs. .1. It. Price ( Observer Correspondent ) . COVK (Special) Ahum fn luvid or stock from Cove have been tak'-u to the stock show tit In ion litis year. Those who are sending stock are Ralph Comstnek. A. I.. Hecker, J. K. Mills. Kay Duncan. K. II. Hell, Charles Itetlass. Kay liaunt, La Von Koker, M rs. Minnetto Scent -ner. J. Ogilvir- and John Cidllns. A great deal of this slock is being itent by the bnys and girls of the various calf clubs. . M. V. Witty dauled three truck Kuds of lambs to I'nion Junction Tuesday for liecker Itrothers. These are tho early spring lambs' which how nre ready , for market. Ralph Conisiock suffered a brok en nose Tuesday when a cow which was being unloaded at ibe stock show grounds bumped him wiih Her horn. - R. II. Daniels left Saturday for u business trip to Portland. Among those who attended th normal school dedication at La Grande Wednesday wore Mrs. A, L. Meeker, Mrs. J. K. Mills. Mr.s. K. S. Contstock, Mrs. R. II. Daniels and .Mrs. It. I. Marker. Miss lda .Martin and her friend Miss Ruth Hrown left Wednesday morning for an extended trip through California. They .expect to be gone until the beginning of the next school term. - ; Virgil Richards mid Donald Smith are taking the etghth grade examination Thursday and Kriday of this week. Miss Mildred Cade of tt O ramie Is a house guesi at the home of Miss Lois Conley. She was also a visitor at the meeting of the camp fire girls hold Monday evening. Tuesday afternoon was spent by the members of Nissaki camp fire collecting atilelcs donated by the Ouild to Mr. and Mrs. Kmory Mili um n who lost all their household goods In a fire recently. W. J. Hallmark has inUhcd palntinA, kalsonilning and rear ranging his grocery store, .Mrs. M. V. Witty and daughter l-Ili due are leaving for Port land Saturday. Mrs. Witty Is going as a representative of Cherry chapter lo the grand lodge which convenes June 11, li'. a. She w ill return the following Krhlny. Miss Karlhio Whistler Is spend ing two weeks with her parents-: in Cove. Miss Whistler is taking training at the Dickinson hospital In Spokane, Jtobert Kronen, ( K. Iiwson and R. L. 1 taker took their cattle to the. reserve .Monday. Shipping Lambs To Market From Lower Cove Area I Where there's a will there's a court eoiitcsl. Hy Mrs. Xell Klglit (Observer Correspondent) I.OWl'R COYK (Special) Pur. nters are shipping their early lambs ; and receiving a fancy price for them. j The rain was appreciated in this! vicinity, crops are nil looking fine. Mrs. f iciirgp llempe and chil- J dri n and Mrs. Stephen Troy and fn mily of Port la ml are visiting j their Mister Mrs. A. I. Hecker and ' fiunhy. j Warner lleem and M Iss f.uyle ; Tucker of lmbler spent Sunday! . Ith Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Klb Kiizabeth Slanger of Tillamook is spending a few days with her cousin, Mrs. VI, T. lloswell. Mrs. II. Ai (iasset relurnotl from the Wonder lick hospital Sunday afternoon and Is Improving rupltily. Mr. and Mrs. I "rank Rogers of Spruce street. La ilrande. spent the weekend with their enim-; i: s, .Air. and Mrs. Nell Right. Mr. and Mrs. John O'nnrtwiett of tnion visit etl at the N. I. Ktghl ' home Sundav. ; Mr. Pearl llite who has been at , the T. H. Johnson honip the past j eifhi months left reee.'Ul..' for Oi f.iKivlew. Wash., for a visit with f t olutiveH. ; Henry Miller of RaKer is vlsi Ing at the homo of hlH nlece, Mm: Mary Duron. 1 J '.' - Mr. and Mrs. r. Horkgren havo returned from ft trip to Wenatchee Wash., where they visited their son, I0 r nest and family. ' They also' i visited at the home of M r. and Mrs. Waldo Richardson. 7 " Raul Trueliltiod, bruihet-Hf Sirs, I Lilian Koger, left Saturday for Roseburg to spend his vacation. Mrs. Orphic Rurford of Hot 1-alm Is taking care of her sister, Mis. liowaid Oasset. Si:COl SWItY IIOMK ItHt KANSAS CIHOKKXK HIAWATHA, Kas. (A I1) John Moser. a Hiawatha farmer, pro vldod a second story apartment for his chickens when coyotes supple mented the activities or thieves. . ' He arranged (tuarlcrs in the up stairs room of an old home on his place and when It was suggested that the chickens might need morn, sunlight Moser cut a hole in t!m roof. This was fnnced with chicken wire ami now the flick has a prom enade when the skies are bright ami h protected shelter when it rains. - Courses in "boyology" will bo conducted this summer by tho; Knights of Columbus at Cliff Hav en. N. V., and Jackson's I'olnt. On tario. . f This tetephoto shows-Carl New- ton Malum, (i,-VaintsvHIe (K.v.; hoy "who, was sentenced to 15 years In a reformatory for shoot- ing a playmate, hut later spared when a higher court set the sen- ; tence aside. However, the p-ose- . cut Ion filed an appeal, so his - fate still Is in doubt. I Of The Assignee Stocks From "The Wonder" Of Portland, Oregon "Its sliistet! smoothness sea nil in y safe early this morning. This Is the fourth of a series of thefts anil hold-ups in-I.undy's Place In the " past three months and It Is by far' the largest amount yet taken. The j town is in a fine state wlien it man : cannol conduct a respectable busi- : ness venture without being sub- ject to outrages of this sort, and I t he Kirc brand calls on Deputy j Sheriff Hillings to do his duty. The ' Firebrand has It on good authority i that Mr. Lundy hns brought an ex- j pert from San Francisco to see ; whut's what: nnd !k lw;jOiih'r,rd ' bis inn! to shoot to Ulll!0 'JJx-cmS; ' of Torridity look to your gold ! j Alt'! your guns! (We know of half a dozen good ropes itching to ' stretch tin1 hombre's neck, Joe. Ve i i;d.) j The Item was interesting and f amusing and something of a side- j light on conditions of that day, but ' nothing more, apparently, and why it should occur tc me that lb might be n connection between Lumly's misfortune and Andrew's death I couldn't for the. life of me ; tell. Rut the notion had got Into my headi ami there it stuck. "Listen to this, Henry." J read the Item lo him. "Pity the poor devil if they found him," he muttered grimly, "Tor-; l idily was one wild town from what I hear." Of my feeling that, the Item j might have bearing upon the mat- f ters which occupied our minds I i said nothing, Henry Is intolerant off leeiings. ; hnnd I held the two of simile." Miss Lucy since Sunday morning. And what with you going off and the house bettlg broke into and your lovely door " Thrusting her aside, 1 rushed In to my den and took up the tele phone. Deacon was In his office. "What have you done with Lucy and Jerry?" I bawled at him. ' "They are not here, John," he Raid in u troubled voice. "I don't know where they are, John. They are not here. The boy hasn't given himself up. We haven't en cube? of-Xlietif. "'" I hung tip the receiver, tin empty feeling about my heart. If I hadn't Port of Rodosto : Damaged by Flamed i I'eeblte's ghusily nightmare with the two figures at the i poker table was no dream. To morrow's chapter brings him a 1 step nearor the solution of Og- denV murder. . " . ',' TtAisi-: risir ixm .mink . I 1IILHKRT. Wis (AT) Peter Flemming, mink rancher. Is rals r Ing fish now to feed bis 67 palrji j of adult mink ami the LTtO spring j kittens. After weaning time fish is Ithe chief rood fo.tho fur-benrer. . When the ranch Is stocked to capn city. Us it will bo Boon, f0 pounds . of fish dally will, be reuiiireii. n'hc poifTTsr'stocne'd "vl! h ' Viit.'Tm-WifreT and bull heads,' will u1n furnish sportsmen nn angling spot. LONDON, June 0 ( AIMA rent er dispaleh from Constantinople, Mates that enormous damage v;i;j tuusvd by a fire which dcslcoyed u largt. pari of the port of RndostO on the Kuropean bank of the sea of Mamota about eight miles, west of Constantinople. School Hauls Water - l.OS A.XOKLKS (AP) Five bun dred gallons of salt water, dlpp'' from the ocean four miles off short, has been ha tiled to the marine bio logical laboratories of the I'niveiv Mity of Houthfj-n California, h-rn to !)rfV''lf DtdUH ;i:miml condl iVon IW (he sHlTTyoY nmWho life. m evaporation occurs,, the tiinks. are replenished by the same method. At rmal lose-out t i . MmHHSeaSBBSBranSHHBWBBBBI (Loats rices sssa wny Mr.1 Pitchfork Canyon, to which we presently came, htlil lost none of Us trim terror, but we managed the ascent without disaster In something under two hours. It was three o'clock when we reached San i I'elipe. Deacon dropped nie at a downtown corner, muttering sonie- iiiiiih iiiiuiii iiik nn- i,un, III! s on ii nreii in ,i niuuiny inooo i-i ei' ' since we left Torridity and J had jf of mind., Henry had been so sure voi certain in hits, reirret u v sure. I It Is true, but sin e, nevertheless. ?nnd our discoveries had shaken his conclusions more than he had uil- initted. Needless to say, his pcr ' plexity hud delighted ine and 1 had Met hint nlonc. Hailing a taxi, I settled into it. ? keenly anticipating the joyful n . union belore me. J had expected . I leacon to insist on driving me ;home and I was relieved when he -Jtiiii i, i or i uaniPM ine Cllliuren U -jiuyself. My loiming for a sight of Lucy's face had become almost a physical ache and I vould hardly -it still on my scat. Lucy had come t-to ni e as n little thing, but t had; never dreamed that she would ever til III my heart as complct'ly us she did. One of these days I would ,loe her. The reulfwitlon twisted :;'iny heitrl; but I knew 1 could re concile myself to it. Jerry was a 1 ine lad, too. ;! Jf only Andrew had lived to see the flowering of these young lives! RELIEF FROM CURSE f OF CONSTIPATION f 7; A Hnttlo Creek physlclnn says: I'i 'oiiKtipalion is responsllde for inort! misery than tiny othir f ause." nut immedtatn relief has hern found. A tablet cilled Rexall Oi (lerlies has been discovered. Till: tablet attracts water from the fys Uiu into the lazy, dry fxtictiutlng howfd rolled the colon. Th watfi , loosens the ti y ftind w iisif a n I Cannes a gentle, thorough, naturHl ! movement ullhojt forming a hub M or ever Incrrasbig the dose. j top suffering1 from constipation Chew u Renll Olderlje ttt night. ', N-t day bright, (it ! r for 'Jir ! (Oday ut the m-nrest liexall Drii Store, Ottiss Diul'h. Inc. Aijv ISoiv more than a have been built With every deparlmfenl of the Frigitlaire factories run ning at maximum capacity, with orders greater than at nny lime in the history of the business, on Thurs day, May 16lh, the Millionth Frigidairc was ImiU In both the Household and Commercial fields Frigidaire leads in sales' to customers TIir.ltE nre definite reasons why more l-'rigiriaircg arc in line than ull other maU- of rlentrle rorrljxera tors combined; why il in the ehoiee of home owners, of builders, of apart ment owners, of commercial refrig eration users throughout the world. Jleau ty, potvrr and conven ioncc. IVigidaire lias surplus power that meets every emergency in I he hot lest weather, and yet operates economic ally always. Frigidaire cabinets are beautiful they are finished in gleaming porce lain enamel, or while Duco -clean and easy to keep clean, 't he mechan ical part is completely enclosed and so quiet tiiat you don't bear It start, stop, or run. Food shelves arc elevated so that stooping U unnecessary. ' The famous "Cold Control" And in addition to the standard tem perature regulator which automatic ally maintains an ideal temperature in the food compartment, I'rigidaire is equipped with the famous "Cold Control that speeds the freezing of Jesse Rosenhaum, Elect. Nmv I'oliy IMilg. Ornfiflo - Oregon icecubes and make? possible dozen of new and tlelieioos ileerli and salads. Low Prices rterause Frigidaire has achieved the million mark lccaue it is the over whelming choice of the majority the economies of quauiMy proline lion have made, prices so low that every model represents a tremendous saving to the buyer. I u . m ft I alVJ.-'T7i 1 Only -ESklVH Thm IP-4 Frtgtttoir tfiitrrif trlfi thm'4HCantrat" tf; " lX- Mfflpbl, tUtiwd ami op rm ting in yuur Eastern Oregon Light & Power Colin- jfa-aufle. die. The very finest Spring Coats cut to ctqse out. regardless of real value. values to $15.00 Regular Values to $65.00 Regular Values to $85.00 EXTRA-THIS WEEK With the purchase of any garment Coal, Dress or Hat at S.9..9.I avd abrive ice give you a HOUSE DRESS for 50c Regular $2.00 and $2.50 SZ2EHTJ Dresses A great coll eel ion values seldom of fered all sizes, large sizes in abundance. Regular Values to $25.00 Regular Values to $10.00 $9.95 Hundreds of brand, new Spring and Summer hats values to $12.00. $2.95 & $4.95 $15 and $17 Hals at $(M and $S.r 'fif ' Mm iff CREDIT Credit gladly, free ly during the sale as usual. Easy pay ment plan. CINDERELLA
