La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 16, 1929, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Textv A i f f Monday,' December 16, 1929, LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Five i Local News In Brief 'ii Ihick Hunt Vito Willy und llud True went m4o Ontario and I'nyotte Sunday on 'fc duck huntjiiK trip. They wilt bo (r liono ho vent 1 days und liopo to .bring buck their kIiuio of birds. ? h In INirttomM. f ( Mil Viru.;II1nlf Mt La Orundo teunday hLurjiiii fur rortlund. whom alio will spend Hiy hplidiiyH with Mr. and Mih. William Leahuw. .V ljlUK'll'Oll ' f j The chumber of conrVnorco has Jf; runcclhul Uh forum luncheon for 'jtho holiday period and will riot ,4nucit agiiin at noon until after New I Ty oar's day. ... f J tot urns Homo i 5 Mrs. C. N, -Cameron whs brought L lo her liomc from Hut Lake Sat urday afternoon. Sho 1h still eon- fined to her'bed under tl e caro of A physician.. . ' . ,' Wlunied t AVork Alius Marion .Miller htm returned ;lu her work in the office of li AW 1 McAdpry fallowing a week's mines. jWci'l's Illness .", r AHer a week's illness. Miss Judy FMotVo has returned to work- at (tho WV H, fiohnonkamp Co. . fJo Spokane- " I Mr. and Mrs. Krnnk Giltlorsleevo .flu ft yesterday on Mlieir way to Spo Jkano whei-L'i'they will; .visit "friends $md relative. Thoy liVo'afeo there lor pleasure purposes. IVet'kend nt linker ' Mrs. Kva Jnu(tiettc and duugh- IMfiriti-i' unnnl tJin urnolrnml In jjfitKer viKjung jier .son. J. uean. ; i hey went to.Jiiiker Saturday even ing and returned yesterday. ft IslClng Friends 1 Mrs. Georgci Murphy has been ' A'lsitinK friends la La Grande for '.tlio pawl week. . r( (be linker Hit(is The folio wini; La Grande persons : twero recently li&ed at the Halter ARCADE NOW PLAYING Also K ;-i'f ; VITAI'HONE Acl,s Pathf Sound News 3 DAYS ALL TALK! ALL - V UIIS4AClf V ALSO 'CHINA NITE' NOW PLAYING mm 1 1 TUESDAY irnS'' ' RKHARDARlENwMARY BRIAN BACLANOVA HARRY OHttN JACK OABlt' hotels: L. M. Kry. H. O. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Olsen, and J. C. Hughes. Ill At Home Mrs. Itobert Wiles Is 111 ait home. IWucrlt Ianv Ono of the Jiiost enjoyable and Bifccesaful'- affairs of, the Kngles lodge and, the auxiliary, this ucai Kon was . the nuisqucnidq danco, Kiven Saturday night at the Kagles hall as a benefit. for tho Chrlrtnuis fund. An unusually largo crowd Wail in attendance und tho music was enjoyable. Mrs. Dell Brown won first prizo for tho women's best costume, and Oscar Hobspn Avon the men's prize. Vcbky J'lal nnd Mrs. May Parker were chosen as tho best pulr of "comics." To Baker i Mrs. Henry Bradshuw and Mrs. E. Holliator went tq Baker this morning to spend tho day. ; Elk's Dance . , . The regular dance of the mem bers of tho Elk's lodge .and their friends will bo held tomorrow evening in tho Elks ttemple. A turkey will bo given away during .tho evening. - lUmirned This Morning ,.; -Leslie $alo returned this morn ing from; 'Portland where ho went tq.:.' attend the department council of the Spanish War veterans. ' - ' "' - IC'etiiriicd Yesterday . Mr. and1 Mrs. L. V. C'hausse und children returned yesterday from Portland ,whero they spent tho weekend tin business. - Jlcslfcued Her Position . . , . Mrs. M. I. Mcl rao lias resigned her position at tho offices of Drs. C. S. Moore und W. K. Boss. . .... HI hi Portland .-. ; C. H. McCorkle is at the 'St. Vin cents hospital in Portlund' where ho Is confined due to an opera tion. Ho went to Portland fcutur-. day. 1 (ono Homo Miss Gertrude Walters, of the 10; t stern Oregon normal senooi, went to her home in Twin Kails, Ida., Saturday, where she will be until the spring town. Miss -Walters has a leave of absence due ;to illness. . I More Today ! ,v " t Mr. and Mrs. H. lCuntss. uf Hiiht . ingtun, came to l.a Grand o today Jon a businesH trip, Mrs, Jvuntx re turning home this morning a.nd Mr.. Kuntz reuiulning to undergo un operation. In l.u Grande AV. H. W. Hamilton, mining man of Maker, wna In La Grande lust week. .... i ' 1 HI nf lloine - ;Y -:'Vi' Gl i'iys McCoy has been. Hl'at home of the flu since Friday.. - Illness . ' 'J. W'. Knriss was HI at home Fri day and Saturday uf last week. Spent Sunday in Kamela i Misses Bemlce and Mary Inger ; son spent-Sunday uh Kamela with their father, K. A. Ingerson. - Spent Saturday , JM.1S. Herbert Davles and .chil dren spent Saturday In Baker. : Special Meeting Toiilgiit A. special meeting oT the La Grande lodge No. 16 of the I. O. O. V, will be held this evening at 8 o'clock for the purpose of con ferring the lnitlutory and first de gree. ' tv 'i : MKHKOUIJ, Ore., Dec. 10 (AI) t-Jack Flprey, of Kagle Point, died last night of Injuries received Fri day In an automobile crash on tho Cra'tcr Lake highway. Seven' oth ers were jnjured. Klorey, an ex servtco mini, recently won a suit against the government for col lection of $I0,B00 Insurance. " -sir Talking Comedy "SOCIAL SINNERS" GRANADA m m w- Mi mi -m m J'A j OR r JrT STRUCK A 8lPP,FLViM6 fT") I 6REEM-" SB) .LA I j n. I TUB BM-LttOEDTHE flMr?A J 1 nr - v QpBj 1 ff Enoch Wardell Passes Away. At Home Saturday Lnoch "Wardell. retired farmer and a resident .of the. Grande uonue vaney lor tne last 27 years, passed away Saturday evening at his home at 270? North Fourth street after a short; illness; -. j Ho was 84-years, six months and Hi days' of ane..Vk . , '. . j . FunoVal services will bo held' at the ' Shodgrass and Zimmerman mortuury Tuesday nfternuon' at 1:30 o'clock. He w-il bo luid to rest In Uic pinilly plot jn the Cove cemeiery. . Mr. Wardell Is survived by bis widow, 'Christina Wardell, the fol lowing children: l'Vuch WacdeM, Cowley, Wyo: Mils.; Thanum' Boh nott, Carawan, Utah; Mrs. J. J. Quintan,. Hot Jike; Albert . War dell,islund City-r Mrs. J. C Plx ton, Burley,. Jda.i-Irs. J. B. Xa hi st rom, Pocalbllo, 'Ida.; Bertrand Wardell, Gove, arid Beatrice' War den, la0randc. ; ; . I.AltGE FOOT IS BUST SO ClUltOPOBISTS SAY CHICAGO (AP) "Give tho lit tle girl a big foot,' 'advises Hr. Harold H. Hcdrick. director of re search for the Illinois Association of Chiropodists. , The bigger the foot the better Its chance of being perfect, bo says. Tho chiropodists reason -that the gal who wears a No. 8 kVuws sho's otit of bounds and 'Won't try to force her jlootjnto a-smaller -si.o. Hence it has an opportunity fur normal development. But In the face of their grave pronouncements tho chiropodists jacked a,-3B foot us perfect iit their convention. , . jsKviN 'A.vii VoutPgaij .LISBON.AX-A pig wur..has broken put betwceh',Spuin and Portugal) . .-HM The crisis, 'though of long stand ing, cntiTto to a head only recently when Spain began discriminating against Portuguefco p'lgs., As the result of the Spanish em bargo, the market Is glutted with pigs causing a sharp fall in prices. Many hog breeders have been ruined. The Spanish government claims that Portuguese pigs arc tainted with disease and says they will be forbidden admittance until they can produce clean bills uf health. Tho liisbun Government retorts that thero Is nothing wrong w'kh the. pigs, and refers to tho fact that nearly half of the population of Portugal, consumes pork daily without ill-cffocls. ACCIDENTS lXCKKASK ;AVJliSX PliAXT IS COLD XliWAKh'i NVJ. (AP) For the performance of physlcul labor the best results aro obtained with an Indoor relative 'humidity of ubout 60 per dent at temperatures be tween AS and 70 degreed, says Wil lis H. Carrier of this city in a re port lo tho World Ungluccring congreis.i Atmospheric conditions, he adds, also affect the frequency of Indus trial accidents. Investigations In a British munitions plant showing the frequency at a minimum at a temperature of 67.5 degrees, and increasing below this temperature. M r. Ca rrier est i nm tes the best range of Jiumidity fur human com fort as between 35 and ! 65, The lower figure Is Ideal winter hum idity und the higher one Ideal Hum mer, To Be Human Dynamo Thft'only reason we'd like to bp wlmt is trulled n luiniitn iljnimm I (lint .Ihpii we iitigld be iiMg It itet up enoflsrh sivpr (n gel nway ' a man wlm In one when we ee blm comtny. Oitio rotate- Journal. "WO BiROlES . ON ON& HOLE STOCK MARKET HESITANT AS WEEK BEGINS ' INK W YOUK, iJec. 16 (AP) The stock market bega'u the new jweek with cxtruuio hesitancy to iday. The highly checkered market of last week, Interrupting the rapid rally from the low of ,mid-November, appeared lo have injected u noy, notii of unccrlalnlty Into inar kot, sentiment, und there, was a noteworthy tendency to lighten ac counts and curtail operations pond, lag definite cvldnucu of a trend. . The declino in tho general list acquired considerable momentum as tho selling - of- United States Steel forced that slock' down li points.-- General Klectric was off 8 and BuPont, Johns .Manville, i'Mmli' Kodak, American ! FdTe fgn I'oXver; Uinken Holler Hearlug and ljulted States Industrial Alco hol were among the. shares ruling 1 to -U puluts lower In the final hour. The close was weak. Sales approximately 2,3(j0,o()0 sJiares. Steamer On Rocks; Believe Crew Safe SFATTLi;, Dec. 1 G ( AP) A message rio inthe naval radio sta tion a. Tutoosh Island, at the ent rance to tho Strait of San Juan do Fucu, lo tho Bremerton naval ra dio, station reported .that the iKcamcr Shag way wont - on the rocks .south of Tutoosh island at a a', .in,; today. The crew was suid lo have taken to life bouts; it Is believed the crew Is safe. First reports said there was a fire In the hold of the vessel. The cuuHt guard cutter Snohomish; sta tioned at Port Angeles, 7Ii 'miles cast of Tatoosh, was sent to the aid of the d Ik tressed ship. P15Ml,IiTO WOMAN 1)1 IiS PORTLAND," Dec. Hi (AP) Mrs. JJ. L. Smith, US. of .Pendleton, died at tho homo of her daughter, Mrs. John if. FlLzgiiibon, here yes terday. She was the wife of Fdgar L. Smith, prominent farmer and former merchant of Pendleton. Mrs. Smith was born at Ottawa, Canada, In 1SC2. Wflth her family she crossed the plains to Oregon where sho married Mr. Smith in ISM. She wail the sister of Mrs. A. Ruppe, Portland, and Mrs. G, T. Meeker, Pendleton, i ' Funeral services will be held In Pendleton Wednesday. 11 ADMITS HIS IDENTITY MOl'NTAIN VI KW, Ark., Dee. id (AP) Attorneys Tor five men who were to go on trial here today on charges of murdering Connie Franklin, a furui hund, announced today that a youth who claims he is Franklin has admitted that he Is M. Franklin, former Inmate of the Ktalu hospital for nervous ulseases. GKXKISAL COMMITS SI ICIDK NANKING, China. Dec. 1IJ (AP) Official dispatches from Canton today said that the noted Gen era I Chang Fak-Wel, leader, of the n-, bellloiis '"ironsides" division, hful commiUed suicide 1 ec, 1 ' a Tier fulling to capture Canton from the Nationalists. Of Indian Deri rat ioit The "Tuscarorn Depp" wan no nntued from the V. S. S. Tuscuroro, the vessel under the com urn nd of Cnplnin Belknnp, which Hindu on expedition to I he Pacific for tho purpose of studying the ocean bed. The rnnxinmmdeptli win recorded by the Tuicurorn in 1ST . The name Itself Is of Indian derivation nnd literally means "hemp gatherers." Crocodile Doei Not Weep I i ue ijppnrinirru oi Aiincumirw I tiivf fhtil erfumlilnB rfn mil alird t lears There nrp secretions In thrlr I eyes to keep thetn iiiciit jut as 1 I there ore in ull animate. Vaudeville At Cove Given By School Members lly Mrs. A. G. Couklln (Observer Correspondent) COVK, Ore. (Special) The jun ior vaudeville," which was really a minstrel show, put on by the first , four grades and their teachers, Mrs. Kva Duncun and Miss Thelma j Anderson,1 lwas very , entertaining and showed much painstaking ef fort by the teachers. The Indlvid- ual 'milliliters and tho chorus work 1 were all good., Lcltoy Wilson was Interlocutor and tho end men were Bobby Wi'tiy., Ray Shockley, .Del mar 'Richards, Junior Van Donge. Virgil Orton, Billy Bonny, iOdward .und and,; Billy Duncan., Tiqrc were several songs by the chorus, "Doe.'t You jfear. Those 'Darkles Singing," "Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield." "My Wife's Gone to the Country," and solos by Kith McNeil, Klwln Towlo, LoRoy Wil son; Darey MjcCool, piano solo by l.obi Jean' Parker, durtt by Waiidy Hetty and1 Buddy Orion, a dance by ivy June Allen and two readings by pinty Davis, "The Saucy Chip munk" and "Tho Moon." 'Out standing in the show was a little stunt put on by Milton Harris In the character of a negro mammy wheeling In her smallest baby and any number of small pickaninnies following. Hilly Bonny nyide tho announcements. The ent ertnin ment drew a good house and tho school luuk in a little more than $l a. It will be of Interest to Cove pco pie to learn that Mrs. Stella Dean, I IIU (in I 111' It lUIJ(i IIJJIU U, ITKIUt'DL ! of Cove, and Kid ridge Moore, of . Roekuwny, were recently married They will jnake their home . at Roekuwny. . .Mr. and Mrs. A. Rv Dimlel nre expecting a daughter, ' Mrs. ('. K. ProiHor, and .two gnnulsons,' Kj;n nelh and 'Richard Proctor, from Alexandria, H. D., to make an ex tended visit with them.. The two buys will enter school boro.. Treasurer Mellon asks for an other slash In. Income taxes. Pretty soon the government will bo pay ing us lo live here, until franlcCleaviriger "llaiiJIf! with euro und It iiulck" huudlu Here'H tho moving firm to pick. Hutl.triuilory moving-. Crating hy exports. Hhtpplng hy men who Know routeH und turlffs. la- it Smpeet Arrested In Idaho Murder OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. It! (AP) Joseph B reason. 40, today was being held as a suspect In connec tion with 'tho mysterious slaying of Mario West, II -year-old school girl of King Hill, Idaho, September It). B reason was u crested last night after he had been ordered to leave town, but failed to do so. Tho piis oner admitted SO day that tie was In the vicinity of King Hill at the tlmo the girl was murdered, saying ho had been kicked off a freight train. No description of (ho West girl's slayer was obtained by tho Idaho authorities, police officers said. 1TRK loss $ao,ouU PORTLAND, Dec. 1(1 (AP) Flro early today completely des troyed tho K. J. Struma planing mill hero with loss estimated at 130,000. Tho plant went Into, tho hands of a receiver larit Thursday. Tho tiro marshal today said a com plete Investigation would be mado. Seven engine compunies and a truck squad were holplcss In thuir at to nipt to save tho mill, AXXOLXCfcl AUDITION WIX- NKV YORK, Dec. 10 (AP) t Miss Genovlcvo Rowe, 21, of Woo- ster, bio, und Kdward Kane, 22, of Atlanta, Ga., lusft night took tho two first prizes, consisting of 5000 cash ,a gold decoration and two t years conservatory tuition in tho I national Atwutor Kent foundation j radio audition. Second prizes of $3000 and ono year's tuition each j were awarded to Miss Floy Ham lin, '22, nnd Calvin Hendricks, lifi both of Bos Angeles. CUT IN TAX WILL BECOME A LAW TODAY (Continued from Pugo Ono) Tt lH the ll!t Of tllO 8LJttlOU'tltK of war dcbtH nrl'tillKOtl by lljo debt cotmnlHHion to bo approved. Kmncc ratified the UKreeni.ent luHt July Tho vote on ratlflcultlon was 511 to 21. OREGON STUDENT BODY STATEMENT MADE ON M'EWAN (Continued from Page Ono) recent Hlatemont that all meinberfi of the football stiuad signed it petition asking for the retention of Captain John J. McF.wun as head coach of the football team, and that apparently this statement had been received with credulity In muuy o.uurters, ; I desire to slato that tho petition was received by Dr. Hull last weekend. It was dated Miami, Florida, December 7. The petition bears tho names of 17 members of the squad, although thero were U8 members on the trip. This petition which several players had flatly refused to sign, will be referred to the athletic! committee, along with other mat ters, for consideration. Says Mt-Kuuii Not Surprised "Stories from Portland Indicate that Captain McKwan was surpris ed when he learned that three star players wore, 'posted' for falling to keep up In their studies, and as a result would be unable to make the trip lo Florida. As a matter of fuel. Captain McKwan was inform ed that the three players were de ficient. In their studies. Tho- faculty approved scheduling the game with Florida If It were- handled In the same manner us the contest with Jluwall at Honolulu In 1H28. . "I also wish to lake exception to stories attributed to President Hall that-McKwurf would not be back From the very first President JIu Informed me that the; entire mat ter Is up to tho athletic 'committee and ho executive council and that ho would not In any way attempt to iurlunnco our actlniK ; 'Ah a result nothing has. been done, and nothing will bo domf un til tho athletic committee ineels,' All Your Friends Write? If he or she can thai person is a constant user of writ ing materials. If they need it, they want it if they want it, give it to 'em. A Lean Purse Can Do The Business HOUR DELIVERY for those who still need Christmas cards, we make delivery one hour after order is re ceived. Plenty to pick from. . Nelson : Printing Co, ,. The Christmas Card and Social Sationary Headquarters Opposite Tostoff ice HOTEL MEN WILL ME;ET HERE NEXT (Continued from Pago Ono) lection was to be made fur tho next meeting place Mv. Becktell Invited tho association to Iji Grande nnd offered, his h:el as convention hcuduuartcr and this was accept ed. During tho evening a dinner danco was given followed by ' a bridge contest with Oregon hotel moil pilled una I list Idaho hotel men, Mr, and Mrs. Devlno, Mr. Becktell and Mr. and Mrs, Hugh Brady purliclpiqting, -. 1 BANK SUIT IS NOW ON TRIAL IN PENDLETON SADKM, Ore., Dec. HI (AP) At Trotters you can buy a fine gift for a man for $1.00 , , , Shiro everybody lias koiiio ineli'8 Kirus lo limit In SI to i nacll, thU imrllut list In published to help you- la two wuyt First lo hIiou you wluit. fine KlI'tM niii avulluhlo hero lit SI. 00. .Second to provo that you don't liavo lo pay mora tluin mil) dol lar lor tho casual Clii'lstiiuiH lllCK.S!lg. ' Smart Xccku-cur In great variety .... $1.00 1.00 Silk anil woolen hosiery. A niodcKt nI.o box of Handkerchiefs $1.00 A licit Set .... A bright Muffler ....... A Collar X'lu or Cuff V1.00 ,'.......'$1.00 Inks $1.00 th(. braiarivw ttiTn T"Ti MM I I'M J mmmmmmmm mmm mmm f jfi&JjLEAN UP EARLY f fr 'l0 holiday festivities. f-A fU ' ; Don't wait until the lust min- T"!l f T ute to have that suit, dress, ft0i J1' cot ' cluunod and Tl 1 Phono us tomorrow to cull I I I ' fo' your order, and it will be : I I 0 reaty't for-you wIieu you , There are just eight . ; mol'e uys Xmas JL 1 ; Suit In connection with llio double liability of Btockholdera in OrogoA banks In being heuru" by JuUko Juiiioh AlKer Fco In tho circuit court nt Pendleton today, uuyH a Htatouiont from! tho office of A. A. Hchrumnu Htuto superintendent of. biuiku. who la at I'cndloton.to servo an a witness. . Tho suit Is said to be of much Importanco to depositors and stock holders of state banks. Based on an opinion furnished- tho bank, superintendent by Attorney Cloner al Van Winkle In June. 1928, tho matloi of enforcing the double stock Hubility through assessment following the closing - of n hunk 1 was referred to attorney tins tl. Mosor of Portland 1n connection' with tho Tillamook county bank', liquidation nnd to Knloy, Rainy & ' Warnor of Pendleton In connection with tho First Bank of Pilot Itock liquidation. SAVE WITH AfetV Air Good Will Gifts that" Spread Joy When you (jive Stationery for Christmas you givo joy not only to the imme diate rccipiont but also to thoso who receive let-. tors written on this sta tionery. - ' r'i ' Lucien Stationery , $1.50 IIlnRo lid extension base box containing ono-quiro lai'Ke folded white sheets, with fency finish and inner-lined envelopes'" to matchr'Sold only at Rex all Stores. Glass Drugs Inc. - Tho Rcxall Store La Grande. Ore. JTBT5 UlNDIV fl v til fl s ii 10 1r