t Saturday, September 21,
tbi1 ' ' " - "
Local News In Brief
At tlu Hotels
. i. 10. Kerr, formerly of T.a
Grande, from O rants Pass: Con
Htunci' -MeKenzie, of KiiK'ne: Verlu
Kddhman, Medford: .1, T. t'hln
nocU, Grants Pass; John Ituyle,
Medford : U. S. I iiplilns, of La n-j-ell
Valley: Williams K. II. Plmsu.
Bonanza; .(. I. Grimes, of Ktu
Wnath Kails W. W. Meyers anil W.
UK JM wards, Mr and Mrs Frank
;.' Moore, all nl' Knhin, and lli'.s, I).
hi, H'Mnirii'liH, from Kiiacne, were
i.rftKiHt'Tfil at t!ic Jural hotels yes
jerda To Stanford
if Franklin Kberhard lot't last eve-,
ning on his way li I'alo Alio. Oil., !
rvvhoro ho will attend 'Stanford :inl- :
rverslty this winter. ll will stop ;
in Port land and Kittfone for few
uys. Kranklln Kt'ii dilated from ;
high si-hotd this summer where lu
was a four-year honor shutout,
ond was also business manager off
he Mlmir.
To Portland
Miss Kdith Kbell will leave Sun- ,
day on lur'way to Portland whirc ;
she wilt attend an art school there '
this u i ri At is Kbell ban at
tended school at the university of
.Orenn where she was a member
fof Alpha Gumma ti-lla sorority.
Last year .she m-idc the rovers of
the ; jn-om ani for "April Krnlic,"
in rttMiual school affair.
On V:iy to School
Vernal Shoemaker and Tluirs:n
ShelL- h'ft Wednesday cveninK on
their way to school. They will
stop! a few days in I'etidlctoa for
I ho Itound-I'p. M r. Shoeinn Iter
will he a sophomorr In the I'ni
veivdly of Oregon this year. lie
Is ft member of the Delia Tail Delta
fraternity.
J-cli
I Atecontly
KOhert Cuild left recently on his
way to lOugene, where he will he-
Kin his sophomore year at tho I'nf-
versity of Oregon. "Cob" was
notlve last yejir in campus affairs,
especially in dr.uaatifs. He is a
jnurnuUsm niapor. and a member
of t Ho Chi Psl
fraternity.
Itoturits llonu
. Mrs. Maky K. Nesldtt. who has
been in Kntorprise tliis summer vis
iting relatives, passed through La
Grande Wednesday evening on her
way to her home in Kugenc. she
has been the guest of .Mr. and Mrs.
William NVshiu and family
Hummer.
this i
Attend Convention
Mr. and .Mrs. Flnier T. StodilanM
nnd J. F. Uavenscroft left Wednes-!
day evening on their way to spo- ;
kann to attend a meeting of the
Western Pino Lumbermen's nsso- '
elation. They will return in ;i ;
few days. ' j
P'jROin Inion
Mrs. L. lO. Garrison, of I'liion
was'in La Grandi recently. Thej
export t0 leave Stiu
'WW
titeir home in Oiililainl, Ore.,
he will be employ. i hv tin
bank..
WJiere
local
To Dnyvllb
Aidses Ida. Frances and Jean
French left, last night on their way
to Dayvillc. Ore., when; they will
spend a. day visiting Mr. and Mrs.
M. Dexter. They plan to retain
vtundny.
To Goading
Miss Helen Aldrhh left Thurs
day evening for Gooding. Ida.,
where she will begin her duties as
a senior this ymr in Gooding col-
1'nam P. inland
Even 1 1 W. K 1 1 o w I cs, son o f
Judge nnd Mrs. J. W. Know les.
Is visiting at the home of his parents.-
Kverett KimwlcH is the pro
bate clerk o! M ah itoniah conniy.
To the Honnd-t p
Gwendolyn Hncha
vpn, Glen Postein,
; iit . will attend th
Pend1-ton today.
On. Ittiofno
Mr. and Mrs. L.
North Powtb-r, ;uc
i nan,
and
e U.
.Tenn Si!
Hilly Itei-nind-rp
at
It.
in
Moore, of
.a Grande
(oilay on business.
ItcHini'
I. Uavenscroft
morning from a lumb
Injf III Spokane. He
day nb'ht.
returned this
l-llleO's meet
left We.lms-
To Ilouml-f
Miss Gertrude Hillis left Wed- :
nesday eveniiur on her way to Pen- 1
dleton, where she will spend the
veiPn and return her Sunday,
On nuhiess
.Mr, and Mrs. .1. H. Kecnry left
Wednesday eveiiimr on a business
trip to Seattle, where they will
probably he until Saturday.
J'roin Portland
G. L. Innton, formerly a resident
or La Grande, but whose home Is
H3W n ,n';':i,I- P,'"t the first of
j We Week in this city.
i
Ketmmi Hoinc- .
Miss Minnie K.Probaseo has re-
turned to her home In Southern '
f'alifornla alter ;
friends and t la
t inont hs visit w II It
ives.
At fend n-miul-Pn
Mr. and Mrs. ('lark lenny
Madeline Harheau attended
PeTldletn ltoiltliLFp roeetltlV,
the i
CLAKICK
) Sir HARRY
IN NEW AND 010 SONGS fl
PhorWIUIAM MOfiBIS
COMPANY Of ARTISTS
1929
?
; Ta Pendleton-
; Many persons from I .a Grand.-
Journey each year to Pendleton to
'attend the annual KoiimLKp and
Happy Canyon. Anions those who
, went this year are the following:
Nick Huirhfs. Genu MrClnln, Kath
ryn Metealf, Wnype Nusdtautnr Wll
lard Haey, Khvin Dappw, Msk Lil
lian siuos, Miss Mima t'oonet.
Charlie Prinim, I. A. Mill, Mrs. J.
' K. Charlton and daughter lues. C.
! 1... ltryant and Kloyd. Mr. and Mrs.
: Hoy Mil tori nt? and daughter Kran
i res. Mr. and Mr. Vernon Hull and
daughter linrnhara, Mr. and Mrs.
'I. 11. Thompson and Atliella
I Thompson; II. T. Chndwicks and
! AMdean I'hndwkdi, Miss Gladvs
: Smith. William White. Karl fox.
j Mrs. N. M. I'VIU, Fred Halmes. Mr.
! and Mrs. K. A. Plunimer and son
: Van and daughter Colleen. It. C
Alexander, It It. Huron, Mrs. (- K
ide and fa mily.
I'Viin liidepindeuco
Mr. and Mi'H. I. II. f'leino and :
Guy TravoiH, of Didopendence. wh i
haVe heen viMillli!? at the homo of .
Mrs. rii inn'ti parents, Mr. and Mrs. ;
K. C Kn-nrh, left this umrnijiK on j
their way home. They will return ;
by way of Crescent l.nke and hunt
a we ek, ih. it Koin to Independ-
enee. Mrs. cicino was formerly
Marion Lovetl who graduated from
l.a Grande Hih school four years. 1
uh'o this spi-inu.
I'orest i:vamlnati(n
Tho 1'. S. Civil servieo commis-
sion has announced an examination
for forest ranker on the national
forests. Tho ex.'imiation wilt he
held the last of October, in 1 laker, j
Pendleton, and Wallowa, Appli
cants are required to he between ;
l'l and 3ft years of iijjc. Applica
tions must he on file with the- com
mission l Washington by Oct. 14.
Jilanks may he obtained from the
supervisor at any of the addresses
given above.
- .
On Itndlo
William Peare spidte last evening
from ti:lT. to t:3u over radio sta-
lion KGW on the subjeet of opto-
nietry. This was an educational
program given by the Oregon state
board of optometry. He wil speak
agalfi next week. Mr. Peare re
turns to La Grande today.
Short. Tii
Mrs. L. V. Chausncy and son.
Burnett, n nd daughter, .Marion,
went to Portland this weekend.
They plan to return Sunday.
ICeturns (o Mast
A. H. Siangu. who has been In
La Grande for severa I days n
bitsiuess. returned to his home in
Merrill. Wis., Wednesday.
Going to ItoifC -
. Mr, ami Mrs, J antes Hoctson, of
t 'ovc, left this morning on their
way to liaise where they will , re
in ii in about a week visiting Iter
brother, W. N. Get.
PasM" Throngh ,
Leon Stoddard, formerly of La j
Grande, passed through here tills ;
nturnfng on his way to his home '.
in Haker from Spokane. I
Arrived Today
Miss Hazel Hodge arrived this
'morning from Spokane and report
ed -that she liked the trip over tho
mountains very much. While hero
sh,. will visit A. Ii. Mellon.
To Portland
. M i s. K. I .ark i n n nd son , 1 Ick,
went to Portland last night and
will return Sunday.
Surprise-
A happy surprise was given Mrs.
K. . French this week when her
brother, Jl. K. Dexter, whom she
has not seen lor II years, came to
her home for a visit.
Attend Itimud-t p
George Moals, Mrs. Ida Moats,
MiMH Mamli Woodell and Miss Iter
nita Pearson went to Pendleton to
day to attend the Hound-l p.
I'mm HuiMlnjjton
Mrs. K. H. Walllnif and rViuuli
ter. Itarbara Jean, uf HuntiiiKton,
arrived Friday night to visit Mrs.
Wu IHiuc's sister. Miss Juanlta
Hrou'ton. for about a week.
To pcndlclon
Anions those at the Itound-Fp
today are ii. It. t'lnycomb, .lames
W. Leslie. Vernon Patten, George
K umasawa, Lloyd Ui-soU and
Lawrence Clark.
I'njn SKkniie
Mr. Peters, of Spokane, was
La Grande on business Friday.
Attend Itounil-r -
Richard Me teal f was among
those from La Grande who attend
ed the Hound-Tp yesterday.
, To Pendleton
Mlsn Lucille Metcalf attended
, the Kound-L'p yi-sterday.
J
'From Condon
Mr. tind Mrs. II. K, West from
; Condon are vlf:itlnK Mrs. West's
! pn rents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Hnde.
i
He I urn Home
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Alnswnrlh :
returned Friday from a pleasure
trip to Spokane and Portland.
Smmu1 n 1'hv Wcek ,
Mrs". Williams f'olenmn and '
yonnir on have t'onc to Whitney, ;
THEATER
Baker, Monday, Sept.
. 30th.
The world's BTeatest singing
comedian in person. There Is
only one Harry I binder, with
his own company of Interna
tional nrtidt!. Price $2.ro,
$2.0ft, JLfel. f l.oo. 75c. Mail
orders now.
Money ordr and elf nddr-
s. A envelope? hiuh ficcotll-
It.itiy ord' i.
LA
World's
PI
A -HHUi-foot spun - greatest hhmlo span in t ho world Is proposed Tor the Golden fiale bridge per's
win i-ranciseo hiiy s rainons entrance. Cost has beep estimated at :0.noo,miO. and the preliminary
dan, shown above, lias been approved by the War Department. ' Th hridgo was designed by Joseph
IS. Stiaitss (inset), famous hridge btiUder, and head of tho commission to handle the big project.
Ore., near 1 laker to spend a few
weeks with her parents. Mr. Cole
man left Thursday on his way to
Portland, 'where ho will receive
treatment at tho veteran's hospital.
To CorvnllK
M r. a ml M is. Cha rile Key nobis.
Lester KellYr, and To in I'.ruce left
La Grande yesterday on their way
to Portland, and Corvallis. where
"Les" and Tom will attend school
this year. ; Tom will be a sopho
more thisyear, and Les will begin
liis career as a "rook."
Prom Salem
O. 1 Coshow. of Salem, was In -""""'"""i cu,m.
La G ramie Thursday afternoon .
vlsitini: friends on his return trip N Guilty .
from the-irrigation congress at On- Francis Ou plead not guilty In
larlo. Mr. Coshow is an attorney JsUei court to a eharge of httnt
eonnected with t lit state engineer's lnir Kme out of season. lie Is out
offbt
KcOirus to School
Miss lOtta Hello Kitchen left re
cently on her way to school. She
will stop lu Port laud to visit her
sister. .Mrs. Hay Hall. Mr. md
Mrs. Hal! will drive to Kugene with
her.. Miss Kitchen is a junior this
year and a member of the Alpha
Chi Omega sorority.
Married Today
Frank Me Gallon, of La. Grande,
ami Helen I 'ool, . of Halter, were
united in marriage at Hie M. 10.
South parsonage in La Grande
Saturday ll:;;n a. in., the Kev.
Frank Hopkins official hifT. They
were accompanied by II. A. Dot
son, of La Grande, They will
make their lumie here.
Moves Office-
Offices of the city flrn chief
1 hove, been mo ed f iom t lu first
4 ri)t10t. I'J tlw iS'1'(V1,l fbior of the city
numnah.
Hides in New Plane
Mr. Itandall of La Gramlt. re
I urned lo his home I his morning
from Portland, where he spent a
few days on a business trip. While
In the ltoe ffty, Mr. Itnndall had
Hie privilege of riding in I he first
Portland-built airplane, a mono
plane christened "St adent Prince,"
which was designed especially for
Training si udent fliers. M r. Itan
dall reports that a factory Is to be
built to produce these planes. The
first High: of the "Student Prince"
was on Thursday and on Friday,
Mr. Itandall went up in the ship.
The official tryout of the plane was
scheduled for this morning.
Hero From Haker
Kin est Croekalt, publisher and
editor of the Maker t'o.inly Uec
ord. a weekly newspaper, was In
s yST.ir HJ "'tf kiiilUilHia!UlllllUUIUliiu-rMKV-l
IBS MmWw: ymm
f ; 1
or v""'''"
A millionaire imirrifH his si'l.'tai-,v. TJit: c-lusli
iM-lu.-ri IiIh u.'.ilth ujmI Mr.lllnn unit Mic tilii's
lanill it lif.mulit In IIh lalki.HK M-rrii In a
tli-atna nf iiuini'nMlv htht-Uv qtmllllf'S rlcll
Imiiiiiiii inuli'i'laTiilln!;,
GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, ! A GRANDE,
Greatest Span for Golden Gate
l.a Grande today boos'tihf? the' Pine 1
alley fair, which will lie held
Halfway on Sept. Ii7. and -S. The
fair will be the oighth annual.
Violin- Horcw-
Mr. and Mrs. !. M. Kmlth,' of
Portland, nvrived in La. Grande yes"
tej-day and will spend a few days
visiting at the home of ..Mr., and
-Mrs. C. H. I'addoek.
Itettirns . '
Dr. J. A. Wonderlick - returned
last night from" a business trip to
the const, where he Inspected n
on a $r0 bond.
Ills trial is set for
M onday. Sept.
3'.
Left Wednesday
Mis--: Thelnin Lamb .will return
today a i ter spending a ' few - days
at Pendleton 'attending Uie'Hound
l'p. Siie left Wednesday morning.
I'lliiN Cily I'lillllxcil
.lolin.l Mai-nl Newton.'' liimwn
hi re ik "Skinny" ilnrhiir his liiirh
school days, was a. visitor In la
(Jramlo today en rotilo to l.os An-
ijol.'s. 'fills was his first trip ht'V
In ,14 yiars and he W'ati aKit'oaldy
surprised at tho ihani;os in l.a.
(Irando. Mr. NVwton, who has .hist
COLONIAL THEATER
SUN-SEPT. 22N1)
. ,'. THE "
Yankee Doodle Stock Co.
with
Toby Walker
IN
A THREE ACT COMEDY DRAMA
Now Vaudeville IJetwoon Acts
.MATINEE SUN. 2:30
Niht Shows 7 and 0
; Prices 10 and 35
ifatinee 10 and 25
vwirt drama.
returned from elsht yeara In the
Orient, was at one time a currier
for The Observer and spent much
Of today renewing actiuaintanees
with his former patrons. Ho was
a member of tho basketball and
track teams while in high school
here;
To I taker-
Miss Inez l.nmnan went to llak
er yesterday for the weekend to
visit friends. She will return Sun
day. To Lecture Here
. Franklin Steiner. secretary of tho
American Rationalist association,
cf Chicago, lllionois, will lecturo
in Kagles' hall on Sunday night.
Parses Through j
Mil, and Mrs. Sanford Adler. of i
Haker. spent a pleasant evening In 1
La Grande on their return home
after a day's visit to Wallowa Lake. :
lit Port land !
Fred Spa el h spent Thursday In .
Portland.
l-'rimi Tw in Tails
isiMii-m. i !:it ;, i.r Twin Khiim, i
vlsillntf M.
I'.alby on hii.slni'Ns.
Koturiis Homo
ricori. Corliran t'fttirnrcl yoslcr-
day from a sovoial days' Imslmw
trip to I'rossor, Wash., and I'orl-
land.
IRw Pi
ORE.
SCHWAB ON
I STAND TODAY
I IN SHIP QUIZ
! (Continued !roiu ruge one)
I there?" asked Chairman Short
I ridge
! "1 didn't."
! "Hut your company did,''
" es.
"Aren't you president?"
"Yes. 1 thought I was but I
didn't know about Shearer."
Grace said he never met Shearer.
He said he harncd ttrst of his em
ployment In December, I ft 27, sev
eral months after the Geneva par-
ley.
He testified he had been asked
by a newspaperman about tho
Shearer arraugmenl and had de
nied it. Hut later he said that he
heard the rumor again and then ,
questioned Wakcuuin about Shear-
er's employment at Geneva.
Asked by Senator Shortridgo
whether he had rebuked Wake
man. Grace replied:
"1 told him it was rather unwise
and a thing I couldn't approve of.
1 told him it was contrary to the
policies of our company.'
Grace explained that he under
stood Mr. Wakeman felt Shearer
could give some technical infor- ,
mat ton and "ascertain what wfts :
transpiring and report It." lie add
ed that Wakcmaii expected to get
more information of this nature
"than would be reported by tle
press," and denied that it was ex
pected Shearer would delve into
the activities of the conference."
Uceallcd to the stand. Scljwitb
said he had no recollection id' ever
meeting Shearer. lie added he
had been told by his secretary (h it
Shearer had sought Interviews but
had been denied them by tho sec
retary. Helore Schwab was called, the
coniiniiiee asked Norman P. Park
er, vice president and treasurer of
j the New York Shipbuilding cor
! povation lo furnish it record of the
!fli:t.aan payments made by the
shipping industry in ln hair of mer
j chant marine legislation m Wash
' Ingion. Parker agreed to supply
j the data.
Senator Allen, Republican, Kati
; sas, ask.d that this data be kept
vepiiinte from the reports on ex
penditures by the shipbuilders tu
"the more grave" situation at the
Geneva naval 11 uiita lions confer
ence of t'ii'7.
j MATINEE TODAY
I Doors Open a i. in,
i ADPLIS IHILDHI .N
M ONLY life
I HARRY fe
ii CAREY ft
M in tS!
pm "m.'KNiNfj
g IIKIIMJKS" m
n romance of
COiMEDY
S Coming SOON M
1, "PAGAN" J
Normal School
TEXT BOOKS
and Supplies
are now in stock for the coming fall term that opens
Monday, 23rd.
I.ooscleaf noluliook covers, with K. O. N. monogram 2."c. 50c, $1.00
Good quality themi; papoi' in pkx.s ,...10c and 25c
Fountain pons , 19c lo 8.00
Mechanical pencils r 10c (o $1.00
Fountain pen desk sets $6.50 to $12.00
Fountain pen ink, all colors, per liottle 15c
Notchooks 5c and 10c'
Composition books 5c, 10c, and 25c
Melal lunch kits, with thermos bottle. , $1.75
Portable typewriters, in colors $00.00
La Grande Book &
Stationery Company
NO PROSPECT
OF GENERAL
OREGON RAIN
(Continued from Pftge 1)
nounced that the proclamation will
remain In force "until we have had
a general soaking rain to remove
the fire hazard over the state."
Klliolt said the light rains reported
from some parts of the stale were
not sufficient to justify lifting- the
ban upon hunting.
In La Grande, the weather has
been exceptionally warm for Sep
tember, with several days during
the last two weeks with the mer
cury over i 0 degrees. Official
records show no freezing weather
here since last spring.
SOMIO SIIOWIOHS 1 WIOST
SALIOM, Ore., Sept. 21 (AP)
Although rain was falling today
lu lite Willamette valley there was
no hope for an Immediate rescind
ing of the governor's order against
the opening of the hunting season.
, A. Klliolt, state forester, said he
had a telephone message from
Klamath Falls that there had been
no rainfall in that district.
"There will lie no lifting of the
ban on hunting until there Is a.
Star Theatre
: ALSO SUNDAY
Adults
50c
TE SEASONS
4
with
Author and VAwous iKPLoutn
Page Five
general rain." Kiliott said, "nnd
'. there has heen no general .nln ,
! y,t." . ' " f
Klllott said that the rescinding
, proclamation has been prepared '
; by the Kovernor, but will not he
i made effective until the4 forester'
1 gives the governor tho word.
AIDS riltIO FIGIITIORS I
TOLKDO, Ore.. Sept. 21 (AP)
Fog anil rain Joined forced with
forest fire fighters in Lincoln eounr
: ty today and dispelled the fires
(which were spreading toward many.
S valuable stands of timber. Flreo'
I have caused a loss of $tiO,000 In
i Lincoln county and several ihotiA
sand acres have been burned over.
j SITPATIOX STILL HAD
I PORTLAND. Sept. 2l(AP)
t M. Granger, district forester, to
' day issued a statement declaring;
j'thoflre situation In national for
; esis of Oregon and Washington was
! such that it is impossible at this
; time to rescind the order closing
'the national forests in tho two
states.
Granger said the situation is still
hazardous and that thousands of
men remained in the fire lines In
both slates. A general, heavy rain
must come before the closure will
lie revoked, he said.
AT
. Children
Matinees 10c . Night 25c
r The Produce
and on tho same program
illCltAIlD A HOWIANP