La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 01, 1929, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Textursday, August X','W9 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Five Local News In Brief for Boise, where he will uttend a Burroushs convention. He will rt miiin in Boise until Sunday eve rt lin?. Hit by Jones Law Itcstbif; Comfortably JJlck Urother.s, of Cove, who was ueriounly inj;ij-ci wtti'ii Hit cherry truck In whs driving turned over on the ('ovc-l.a t!i;mde highway Tuesday night, was reported, to ho renting as coniforhibly iis poy.sible today. 'I'lii account or iho accident yesterday should have wtated that Brothers is at the (.Jmndo Itoinle hospital. He snstaim d a fractur ed shoulder, broken hones in the lower jaw in two placi-s. and a deep push In tlie left side of the neck. The eye lid. or the left eye was nearly evercd and the- right ear was nearly torn off. Accepts Position Miss Bernitu Kochensparger has Cascadlan hotel. Mr. Wilcox has 'ceP'ed a position with the Kalk's . , , ... i.. -,..iAn-a Grande store. Sho has been neen uminuji u .11 tin: jo. .i hotel us clerk for the past fifteen ; -""V'J"" . months. Drug company for the past threo years. Hero From Cove . ' B. F. Bell, of Cove, arrived In .Mnryllm I'lcnlc I.i, nr tlm Murvliin el.,K.s of tho Muthodirt Sunday J"a Gra'ido tills monih.K. Ho will mid me uuy uii uusiiiibb uuu iv school, will have a meeting to The picnic at the Riverside park morrow evening at six o'clock members of the families of the class are also cordially Invited to attend a potluek dinner. turn this evening. JUHiirti 1 nunc JY0111 Mciu'lnini Jl rs. A. K. Headlee and mother, Mrs, S. N. Headlee, Menchum, arrived in La Grande her : of I Here from Mlssonlu Mrs. Anna Moo, of . Missoula. Mont., arrived In ha Grande this morning. She will spend a month visiting at the home of her bro ther, A. i- Oyr. and Mrs. Nolan Skiff ana 'this morning. Mrs. S. N. Headlee ttughter, Harcia l.ee, returned to will spend a few days visiting ui & Grande this morning from hi the home of Mrs. It. McCarrell, or hree-day trip to I nion where . Grande. hoy visited his parents. Mrs. O. Visiting hi Wfillnwa Mrs. Sarah Converse and her two sons, George and Winun, of Walla (iocs to Wnllowa Jjakc The Kev. and Mrs. J. George Walss and relatives are spending a few days at Wallowa Lake. They left La Grande this morning. I. Skiff, his mother, returned to her home from the Grande Hondo 'nospital Monday afternoon, after ' spending five weeks there recov ering from a major operation. She h geiiHis uioiik nivfi uiiuunf," ltmg at ine nonie ot lurs. ncutui tQ ;nj0n ihe will be confined to her bed l'r I Ale 1 onald in Wallowa for tho past i MlaH HtM.tnu soverai wee its. nciore koiuk l" u,l few days. Going to IMcnsant ViUley H. M. Colvlg, of Kent, Wash., left this inornlngfor Pleasant Val ley. He recently accepted a po- ' .full ijamff sJ Walla, recently passed tnrougn i"i"tSition as operator for the railroad. Cliy. Mm. vonver&e hum mn-u wo- j Hector i Ion Mr. and Mrs. Skiff spent eight days at Wallowa lake. ltelnrns from Pasadena Miss Kleunor Glass returned to La Grande last evening. after spending a month In California. Miss Glass attended tho l'l Phi convention whilo she was at Pajja- iu(si from Salem MVs. Ora Mi intyre and daugh ter. Ornia of Salem were guests last evening of Miss Mabel Mor- . ton on their way home from an ! (,ona aml aii.Q visited friends. Sho extended tour through the east, , wnl continue teaching in La : going as far as Ottawa, Canada fjrando High school this fail. V and points1 in New York state. , Mth, Mclntrye is head of the , ()n vnoullon ' ' shorthand and typing denarLiiiencs j police Chief and Mrs. A. C. ui mw "i"tin ..... - ... o- -- . iiaynes anu uepuiy nncria unu Salem, while- Miss Mclntyre is h,, nUKO Klinghanimer sisident at tho Oregon state col-., K,H!nding this week at Olive h:jP j . i above Baker, on a fishing trip. I They expect to return to La Party 11 ( Lake . j Grande about tho last of the week. . Mr. and Mrs. Krank Kowler and ! . . " son. Kranklin. of Spokane, and . visits Sister 1 their party'avo siiendiiig this week Ml8 M it Bfugs, of l'ortland, at Wallowa lake at the cabin ol 8p(.nt Hist evening at l.a Grande' , Mr. Kowler's brother, Ward W. visiting her friendes Mrs. C. K. ' Kowler. Mrand Mrs. Cox and two Golden. She left this morning for children of (Portland, are included n,ikuv, where she will visit nor In tho group. They were guests of j hM Mva -M Moody, for two Mr. and Mrs. Ward Kowler here j weks. Tuesday whijn they stopped hero j on their w;iy to the lake. j tnirnis from I'otueroy , I )tl0 Jiiclison returned this ;ocs to Butt', .Mont. j morning from Pomerov, Wash. Miss Clara Coughenower is leav-j Jo has hvi;n at iOIIloroy for tllL. lng for Butte. Mom., where who j ,,;ist tir(l(. wci-ks and left this will visit her grandmother, ' morning for Hot Luke, where ho ; Lucluda Cuiighrnower. Mis. Cough- j is employed. enower liaH ln-en visiting her son j , , ' i 1 n ciiitnij. if.r tlie nast two ; v, ,.., .,i ,r 1 l" inonths andMiss Coughrnower will ; Marry McCarthy, Ceclle Myiick visit at h"i- it".ine In Buite until Lucille Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. .' uehoot starts, lids ''-i". ! Victor Kckley. of La Grande spent last evening 111 Baker, visiting Mrs. Wallsinger and Miss Mae Stearns drovo to Union last evening. They visited at im homo of M rs. Taylor and her daughter, Cloe Taylor. Leaves for Boise Arthur Weed left yesterday morning on a business trip to Boise. He has been in La Grande for the past few days. Attend Convention Mr. and Mrs. B. ICohler and two children, of La Grande, have gono to Boise, where they will attend 1110 1 tho Burroughs convention. HI nt Home Mrs. C. M. Humphreys Is III at her home on UliiG Oak Htreet. She was recently taken III while in Portland. Leaves for Yellowstone, Park J. Shane, of Portland, spent last evening in La Grande. He left this morning on n pleasure trip to Yel lowstone national park. Car Kccovered A light ear, stolen last night from H. P. Lile, was found aban doned on ISth street this morning by the police. THREE MEN SLAIN BY INSANE CLERK Spartanburg, S. C, in Uproar Before Maniac is Overpowered. SPARTANBURG, S. C, Aug. 1 (AP) Three men were killed, two others probably fatally wounded and tho entire west end of -the city thrown Into confusion hero today when T. Eurl Robertson, a ship ping clerk, becoming suddenly In sane, ran amuck with a hand axe. H. II. Dny; 30, sales manager for tho J. W, Bell company, J. L. 1 Bussey, 68. bookkeeper and cashier for the samje company, and MVL. Davis, a railroad employe, were- in stantly killed or so badly hurt that they died in a few minutes. That Sherbert, 31, a railroad employe and Dan Dunlap, negro, 40, an employe of tho Bell convpany, aro expected to die. Robertson apparently was nor mal when he went to work this 1 morning but he became Irrational Joe Collettl, Kemmerer, Wyo., was toward noon. He crent unbehlnd tho first westerner to feel the teeth Day and Bussey in the office of of the Jones law. He was sen-. the J. W. Boll comnanv where all tenced to two and a half years by throe were employed, killing them Kederal Judgo T. J). Johnson of instantly with blows from tho axe. Salt Lake, when he pleaded guilty 1 Leaving the buildlim. Robertson to transportation ot" liquor. I wont Into tho Charleston and West-- j ern Carolina railroad yards. There OnCltOll V WieYQl Mn a box car eating their lunch. Cn' T1 ; Coming up behind them he at- OtrJ VICS 1 OulOYYOlV tacked the men beforo they were ' I aware of his presence. Kuncra! services for Wade tfhel- j Davis died In a .hospital an hour ton, who was found dead yester- inter. Ills head was crushed by a nay -morning tteiitnd a miiuting in uiow from the u.e. .. Held In Shooting 1 ! ! 1 Camp Fire Girls At CampPhy On Catherine Creek Twenty -six enthusiastic Camp Klre girls left this morning for Camp Phy on the Catherine Creek, where they will spend a week. They will be chaperoned by Mrs. 1'. 'lyler, who will bo assisted by Dorothy Brownton, Lenoro Kly and Alyco Cook. Severe! people will visit them at the camp this week and take food. Camp Phy Is located amidst beautiful pine trees 11 miles cast from Union. and a swimming poo! has been built, which is filled by tho fresh water from the creek. UKPAimiKNT STORKS "vSf IN THE WEST the Union business section, aro to be held tomorrow afternoon, ac cording to telephone- information today from Cock Brothers at Un ion. Coroner 1 L. Ration conduct ed an investigation yesterday but found no reason for an inquest, it is reported. Sherbert this aftornoon Was nn conseiotis in the same liospltal. Whether an elt'ctrlc light wire deflected the bullet ho fired will have a vital hearing In the trial of Robert Jorgen'sou, 12 (above) who confessed firing a 22 -caliber bullet which killed Kmmett Cox, 8. a playmate. Tho boy says ho fired in tho air. His father, who secured his confession and turned li 1 m over to a u t h o ri ties, sa y s he has found whore tho bullet was deflected. Physicians said he had 210 chance to recover. '' " ? Robertson was overpowered af ter a long chase and was placed In county jail. Store No. 13 La Orando, Ore. Voile Frocks A showing of new summery garments in special I! LARGE SIZES up to and including 48 Fast Colors. - : $2.98 Here from Prmllcl'cn Mr. ami Mrs. O. A, Adams, of Pendleton, aro hero on a short pleasure trip. TO I'LV HOI'TK PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 1 (AP) iV It h I DO gallons of gasolino tucked away in a little ".Jitney j plane. Tex Han kin. Port land flier, j will leave Vancouver, B. C.. next' week in an attempt to reach Agua' Caliente, lower "alii ornia, in one hop, avoiding all contact with the 1'alted Slates. Announcement of I he plans were made here today j after what Rankin called a "pre mature tiiinoiiueeinent." hud been ' made in Los Angeles yesterday. 1 Harry McCarthy and friends. ChintjAvs Mule in a story- yi'steid.iy concerning "jjttior arrets .mr.de here during tue past two' month it: was slalotl that Herman AJoaer ;u V. L. I'oi - an had given .bmids all--r appear ing' before the justice" ol peace on elm rues ol Kith- m .UjMotn I Klxi-ild ' iTlt.-rv.les aitil Mr have said that lny N''d been cd the realtors convention charged wit b. poi'ssion ol injuor. Break Arnv Mernard Theison broke his arm yesterday afternoon, when lie fell from a lumber cart. Return from Salem B. A. Ben hum and his duughtor Viola, returned to La tirando last been visiting Jean Campbell onu lH- hcro 0,1 u busln08S Wh U.1I .or,, oilnil-l''! l-'i'MiiK, Bnlso . ; Vergil Peterson, of Boise, arriv ed in La Orando last evening. Ho 'I Return I'nmi Ciilirornla Mrs. Lee Haiilonl and ilaitgh ter. Verna Lee r i unied Tuesday evening from Han Jo: (iifs Ut MiHilhtgtoii Mis. W.;. H. Itoyd and her ehildieli, of La CraiHle, li-il this lnorning for lluutiimton. She will I California spend the day visiting friends and l'nin .IomIi Ji(urns from ( M. T. . Charles De Vlne who has been attending C..M.T. at Vancouver, Wash., has returned to La Grande. where they have, b.eu visiting ( rei urn iu uns city tuts evening. with relatives tor a mouth. They ! were accompanied Lo 1 tirando j R'(ui n 1'ifHn Convention by Mrs. Hnnford's sister. M iss : Mrs. Henry Yesk 0 and , her niarnaret dray, a teacher In the granddaughter, Mary, have re- . turned ( rom the Woodcraft eon- ention, which was held in I'ort- K. D. Mcf'ully. of .h.seph, ar- rtved in La (iraude laht evening on a husinera t rip. city schools of San Jose, who will j inake a slay of a month her: land. They have been away from La Orando a week. Here frol Boise Al Mathlesin. of Boise, who has '"'ii in La. Orando for the past Jlot. Hrivc M r. a nd M rs. Krnesl 1 b-asslor and children. Kollin and Mary Jane, returned to l.a Orando yes terday from Cuivillis, driving over the- desert ciTuniry west ol j tew days on lus:ne.vs for the Kalk iMiiatilla duriiur scorching weuth- company. Is returning this evening, er. Mrs. Heas-der and Kollin drove 1 Lmu Simpson, of Boise, is ex (.o Corvallis Saturday where his pected in La Orande tomorrow, w lie and - daughter had been ! spending several ilajs. "J'v Return llomi Mrs. A I Wagin-r and daughter. Vellita. of S.ilein. are leaving to morrow morning fur tbeir hnmn. id ma came l:ei follow in g the convention at Tinner. O e., jmd has Leeii visiting wit h I he Rev. and Hir.-i. II. I,. Tu mm. .Mrs. Wagner came to La Orand- T-iculay to ac coiupany her" daughter home. I'rnni San lw, Cal. M rs. I H. 1 la nl on! a nd hei daughter, erna l e, neently re- 1 t timed from a trip to San Jose, Cal. They have bee n isii ing her parouts in .California for the past three weeks. 'Mrs. Hanford was -t accompanied by her sister, Mary . Oray. who is a music teaehi.T the re. M i s.l Ora y will s ie n d se v - 1 era! weeks visiting in this city. licnvr lor Sail Nike City Mr. and Mrs. Kveretl Rosen- bauni and their dmmht'T, Jear.. l.-ft last evenifg fur their future liome in Salt Like City. Mr. lios enbaniii was t inner ly emplnyed by (he, La -Orande National bank. They spent last e filing visiting his brotlur and family in Baker. Leiie for lluiilliiglon Vincent mid J'aul Robben, of La (riande, left this morning for Huntington. They will spend sev eral weeks visiting their grand mother, Mrs. Lane. tin in Seattle J Mr. and Mrs. Joe Harrison are spending a few weeks at Seattle and different sea coast cities. Mr. 1 larrison has just completed the leveling of the normal school yard. PRKKNO, Cal.. Aug. 1, (AP) June Olnoy, :, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. If. S. Olney of Los An gi'les died nt a Fresno sanitarium from Injuries received when she fell from a ledge of rock in Oiant forest Tuesday. An operation per formed in an effort to save her life was unsueceasful. The little girl had Just saved her six year old j brother from a similar fate when j she fell headlong from one ledge , to nnother, receiving a fractured ' skull, a broken arm and other In l Juries. CROSSINO ACCIBKNT FATAL ORLOON, CITY, Ore, Aug. 1, (AP) Carl Taylor. 40. was killed near Wilsonvflle last night when his automobile was Ktruek by an Oregon Klectrle train at a private grade crOH.sing. Taylor's son was opening one of the gates leading onto the crossing when the train struck tho stalled car. biii:mi;n sirrs ni:v itr.eoitn I'l.VMnlTII. Kngland,' Aug 1 ( AP) The Ceiuiau liner Bremen, flagship of the Norli Oerman Lloyd fleet, today from toe British Maur ilaula Its last north Atlantic cros sing, besting by 8 hours 17 min utes the Mauretania's previous fast time from New Yorx to thin port. Till Bremen docked here at 2:2u a. m. Having ::-.;e'd 4 dnys, 1-1 hours 3ll minutes for lis trip from Am brose lightship to Kddysteone light. COLONIAL lllz KhmvN lit Small I'l-lct'S A Great Drama of Thrills and Romance "MIDNIGHT LIFE ALSO OSWALD ill SI TS AMI , , mid "Tixv iio.Mio Ki-:i:i'i'.us' Alllillici' or tluk l-'livtirllu OdilUIra (if Lll'o 1 ii .-jrv K Today FS, !3 MU til, s ' ' 'llaibimi - i Arts and Fashion Never Takes a Vacation That's why It is here when you do. If you are planning even a week end there aro things you need. The.' more days you have to play, tho. more you will eat huso over tho,. things wo have gathered for vaca-. Hon purposes. All prlceH show that wo givo you, credit for helng a thrifty man who' knows how to practice being per-' feet In his purchases. Cool Stills $9.95' l''lantiel Trousers 4.S5 Rayon Underwear Loo Collar-on-shirts ..- l.KC-j Luggage off FRIDAY SATURDAY 7 YOUNGER CENERATI04 "WJtAM HERSHOLT UNA BASQUEITE KICARDO CORTEZ Last Showing Tonight EHISSSllSrilISBISSKHaBRIHSISHSiHISHMBtaaBillSHSBirSlI Open Xcw Store ' j .Mr. atKl Mrs. Russell Clark and : his daughter., Martini Jane and' i Belly JiH', Tf La Oramle, are leav ing tomorrow for Brigham, Otah, ' I where .Mr. Chirk wit! open a new j Stevens-Van L'ngelen store. : ; Ri'ttiius from Salem ' I -Mrs. Ida Rieslund returned from jSih m last evening, after spending 1 twn months there. She Iwih beea visiting at the bom,, of her daugh- ler. .Mis. R. A. Went. NOW PLAYING REGINALD i ;.- jPi tjjwe Mim, p ff MMt ft I'ATIIE SPECIAL REIN 1 1 ART AND MEjNDELL Kstuhltsli New Air Mntluraiit'e Records See and Hear , '''' turn from 'niHnner. B. C. , I'M Moon. Mrs. Lwr.-ie- .Mnon. . Mn:. KM a . M't.u ami l'larMico larphi'iisnn i'titiiM-1 to La Oramle. nttt-r 11 j' i n ?r a motor trip to ValH-oilV'T, II. Yin y h te bee:i a way fur tie- i;t,--t 1 ' ti d;t v.-j, and fi-poi t a very pb.is.nit journey. t (.m to ILft Laki- Mi;;. Arroti Wolfe, of Bicktcton, arrival in Ba (iramlf last evemm,'. . .-ti tbu: m-nnif.g tor Mot I Lake, win it- ;;!ie will isi ti r blis- aud the Rev. Mi. Wolf-, a Rr-s- lyt-rain mini, ter, v. li 11 nd-i e lt an operation j'-mie time .u'O, 1 t;nr.H tin Rii riiiiiug Tri A -M. Rflucl anph. C B. M. C lleiruttiiiK of ficer left 1 ax Orande today for a lecruitine trip to Baker. Malheur. Grant, and Barmy counties. He expects to return to La Grande bout the fi ft-w. th of Augut. (lave letiiig Tonight it. is announced that there will be a business meeting of the Kirst Baptist church this evening at the church. It is hoped that the at tendance may be very hirgo. Here front Lincoln Neb. I'orothy Jensen, of Lincoln. Neli.. nrrlveii in Iai Grande this morning. She will speiei a month visiting her brother. II. Thompson. Returns froitl New York City J. L. Minlden retumeil to La 0 1 atide last evening from N-w York City. II.. has been in New York for the past month unend ing the eastedn markets. j A -M. J'flUd -Jinpl J;i. Navy, local Navy rtlcer left Iax Gran: I 'leads fHilhy L. DeVtne w as charged this morning with not having proper lighting devices on hi car. He plead guilty and wuh fined ten dollars by Judg Benham. s am 1 m s Jzt'Lrr m mw 11 . 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Liberal allowance made for your old tires. ft Iteitirns from ConBHl Mi;-a Margaret Anthony recent ly returned from a trip to Cor vhIIIk. She tt"nded the Hainbow convention at The Ualb-s and vis ited relatives. ' Vnrk ilt C,iM .ldl"M Hotel I'll Itv nur Ixmnl! Lanh ipnr (iir's nmi! .Minute with lluil happy horde Scv lhitii)'H liM-k lu! AIM (Vmietlv "Laihln I'lti ri;inii.i" M. ti. SI. Svwh Perkins Motor Company Cor. llh and Adams. Phono U 500 The Want Ads As a Medium of Exchange for Homefurnishings rPHR housewife who is redecoi'Mtin - will undoubtedly find that there many items of furnishings that must be. disposed of to make room for the newer things yet they are too good to be given away or placed in tho attic or cel lar. The Want Ads offer a splendid and a profitable solution to this prob lem. Value-wise women have learned that many real bargains in used home furnishings are to be found in the Want Ad columns . . . they watch them con stantly. I'lace your ad before them and watch for results. EVENINO; OBSERVER MAIN 37 (yduy for wi.ili h W. WdSluEViiei'u. An end u Vmenilon .it :in, (.!. a, Muring lett last eenin,