La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 08, 1930, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextSaturday, February 8, 1930 LA GRANDE L.flNINO OBSERVER, IA GRANDE, QBE. Pago FIvg LCCAIL AcfoiniMuij- Team L. It. Jlulo will accompany tho O.-W. second division basket bull team to lorlliind this wet&cnkl and will be time keeper for tho tfamoH. The O.-W. team will com peto In l'ortland for division lionoi'H, and If nuccesHful will bo awarded a trip to Kock Splines, Wyo., to enter u tournament there. Ilaby C.lrl A baby tfirl vuh born to Mr. and Mi'B. Kd Kberhurdt (MatKaret Don ovan) yesterday morning at the Crandc Imdo, hospital. The baby welshed woven pounds. ltetiirned Home M. if. A. .McMurrau has re turned to her home In Ontario after visiting her daughter who has been 111 of sinus infection for a number of 'days. Tiidei'icoes Operutloii-- O seu r W'a'r n oc k u nil e r wo n t an appendix operation at the Grando Hondo hospital this morning and Is reported to be setting along well. To I'enilleton JDorltt Sumniervlllc Is going to I'endleton tills weekend to visit her parents. Alius SumniervUle is a student at tho Kastern Oregon Normal school. Weekend til 1 Ionic Mi.s Ulllan Snuill is going homo this weekend to spend a few days with her parents, at Mlilton-Kreo-water. Kho is an Kaslcrn Oregon Normal school student. JtciiirnccI to School Miss Maxinc Soller, relurned to school tills week at tho Normal school after an absence duo to Ill ness. u ltccoveml Miss Margaret McKco " enrolled at tho Normal school returned to her studies this week after several days Illness of he flu. News (if Death J iyrou J'V Lfndcnvoud received news today front Jangdon, N. D., I hat Ills mother, M rs. Angclia Vessey, about 70 years of age, passed ii way on J' eb. 3. Mrs. Vcs-wey had been ill for three years ol paralysis. Mr. Under wood roomily returned to La Lira ndo from; a visit with relatives in North MJakuta. On -Itityhiess Mr. and Mrs, G. Tj. Lurison drove to Portland Tuesday on a business trip. Mr. ltrison attended a ('hewolct. dealers convention wliilo thoro.r.. They expect to return to day. . IXH'fjig Abseiiec During tho absence today of A n uu Freets at the office of Dr. b ji ILiilston. Miss Gladys Owen Is taking her place. Hlmis Operation 'Price Harlow 'underwent a sinus operation tins morning. "From Fnlerprlse Mrs. JOlrno 11 n ley, of Knterprlse, ' Is' in Ji Lirande today on business. 'v'())craiioii ' Jlay Fuller is at tho Grande ntomlo liospital following a major '(''operation tills mjornlng. 1 ' I'roni lmllctoii J. A. IJusklrk, of I'endleton, Is in this city today on business, ' From Cove .Mm. Jlecker. of Cove, is in La Grando today on business. To Klglu Opal and William lieickel went to Flgin today. AN Sunday and Monday Melodies Aplenty! Music Songs Dances : Also Talking Comedy Pathe Sound News. SOU N DlLJi SYSTEM JUS' o!l music sound dialogue Musical Comedy Success i4L4N HALE Now Planing Sound Dialogue BIDDEIFir In Morlda .Word has been received by Mrs. U Faus fronv Mr. and Frank Jackson, who left last January on a trip to Florida and Kastorn points, that they have arrived at Tampa and aro enjoying tho sun shine and pleasant weather. They are visiting Mr, and Mrs. L. It. Funk, formerly of this city and an engineer on tho O.-W. Just before writing tho curd tho Florida visit ors had Inspected u cigar factory which wan only one of 300 such factories In Tampa. Before re turning Mr, and Mrs. Jackson will visit farther east In Florida and farther north on tho eastern coast. Defendant Wins Case At a jury trial In tho justice court yesterday, Ij. 11. Hussell, de fendent was awarded tho verdict in a da mil go suit brought by tho Philadelphia Fire and Mjirlno In surance company, plaintiffs. Tho caso resulted from, an autonoblle collision In which the insurance company had paid the damage and wan seeking to recover them from the defendant. Cochran and Kber hard represented the defendent. Hugh Brady tho plaintiffs. 1 Mooting Tho Pacific Woodman will meet Monday night. Feb. 10 at 7:30 o'clock when officers for this year will be installed. From Hood Itlver Kills Wilhelm of Hood Itlver Is a La Grande visitor this week. Ho is planning .to open u restaurant in this city. From Itnkcr - Mi and Mrs. CJ. W. Shepparil, of Linker, spent yeslenlay In Ija Cirnndo visiting at the W. D. Itoot and Ij. Fans homes. Mr. Khep pard Is a retired engineer of the O.-W. Improved Mrs. S. D. Uurcb, who has been quite 111 for the past three weeks at her homo on :. Pennsylvania, is. gradually Improving. Sho has had an attack of the flu. From Kainoln Mrs. Minnie Cheff and grand daugiiter, Hetty D.arnes, came to lAi Grando- this morning from Kamela arriving on No. 24. Mrs. F. ' U. Darnes, daughter of M.rs. Cheff, is at tho Grande Hondo hos pital and is improving. . From Baker - Among other business visitors, in L,n Clrando nro Mr. and Mrs. Sam McMurran and Peter W. Davis, all of linker,' who are spending the day here. . . . Hera Yesterday Mrs. Kdna Vinton, formerly a teacher in tho Snake liver district was in Ltt Grande yesterday. Af ter stopping hero she contlnucd.o Condon to make lier home. From Klghi Miss Avcril Stewart. Miss Stella Mayfleld and Miss Flora Cruick Hhank, teachers or Klgin, were Iji Grando visitors this morning on buslnefa-3. ' , ' , To 1 Inker Miss Clara Norrls left this morn ing on No. 24 for Uaker to spend tho weekend visiting her father, H. L. Norrls. For llio Weekend Miss Alia. Wigglesworth, of Kanvela, arrived this morning to spend the weekend with her shiter, Mrs. William Drown. Visitor Mi'u iiViinlf Wnmlfi. of Knokanc. arrived in Grando this mprn tng to visit here and in AVallowa county for a few days. While In AID KKN .M.XNVAltl) "THE WAGON MASTER" Wallowa county she will uo with her mother, Mrs. Martha Bwart, of Lost I no. She will also visit her brother, Walter Swart, of Ia ( I ramie. Mrs. Woods lived in I-a Lira mlo most of'hcr life beforo alio j was married. Seriously 111 - j Fritz I luff jiiuii Is seriously ill at his homo. ) - Sir-ud tho Day Mrs. U C. Dosch, of Duncan, arrived this morning on No: 24 to spend tho day in La Oiando on business. SCOUT HONOR COURT GIVEN A T BA KER, ORE. Mliiio HU-vcnson, acting "colli executive, tor llio Kiivlcrn Oregon council, utlondcd tho court of hon or held In Hukor taut night In the city hull. The court ua woll at tended with about 200 people pres ent. Dr. V. T.-I'hy presented JnoK Lew with nn Untrlo scout budge. An attractive window In on dis play there, conxlstlng of boy scout articles,- including chains, in conr neetlon with tho earning of the i hlucksmlthlng badge, bird hollars. scout banners, knot boards, troop and scout awards and leather craft. A similar display Is being arranged by the local troops. A life saving niedul - Is to bo presented '""'H' llalrd at ii court of honor 111 Hallway" Keb. 11. Hilly by resuscitation saved the life of a man who hud ticen electrocuted and was supposed to bo dead -when ! artificial respiration-, was; started, j ' Church sevvicos for the scouts will be given' Sunday, Feb. 10 .'.fit j, the MCthoillsl cliurcn . wiui Mint Itcv. V. JJ. Hall officiating., THREE RESCUE WORKERS DIE IN UTAH MINE SALT LA K 13 CI TV, Feb. 8 AP) Grim death once more has Htalk id through the portals of tho Stan dard Coal company's mi no at .Sluiulardville. Utah, where a .scon: were killed by uii explosion and poisonous gas. and today tne names of three rescue workers were added to tho list of dead. Three, members of a. rescue crew searching the inner workings for c. II. llrady, Frank .lames and Toble Wlinber, missing since the explo- , sion Thursday night were instant ty killed late last night when a huge rock, loosened by the .terrific blast which rocked the mountain side, fell on them. ; Woman Agrees To Quit Brewing Beer l'OKTLANIV Ore., Feb. S ( Al') Mrs. Itose Butler, 60, white haired, who today started her forty-sixth day. fit the 105 day jail sentoncu imposed upon her following lier (Mtn'k:tion of making homo brew, walked out of tho county jail to day under a pledge she wiuld fore go further commerce In beer. Her freedom was offered Mrs. Iluller yesiurday by Municipal Judge TomlhiHon who said that If she would ftlgn a pledge to cease brewing beer, he would release her. Taft Continues To Improve Is Report WASHINGTON, Feb. S (Al) The 11:.1() bulletin issued by the physicians of former Chief Justice Taft today said that ho continued lo Improve and was very comfort able. The bulletin, signed by J)r. Thomas A. Claylor and Ir. Francis It. Hugner, road: "The chief justice continues lo Improve, and is very comfortable." Purse vs. Hash If yon never have seen the con louts or a girl's purse you prob ably will no right en bellcvlnc that hush hofds Die record for having tho nmst weird things in It. Cincin nati Kitquirer. ITl uimm.immmmmmimmii mm 1 1 1' I A lr(imMiH iilititixlninm nil Hie color nntl roiiiiiiHi! of lh(! olil i'ii, Bohli'ii lns 111 llii! In ! Hlirrij !!. Slcmi-s incel tlH! H'll. .NOW IMAVIMI "BROADWAY" AM. TAI.M.NCi MMilMi AMI lANt lN; Fastest in Fighting Planes ' -v A new fighting plane, attaining a speed of IOC miles per hour at , 8000 feet, has just boon given tests at ban Diego by'army and navy pilots. "It's the Hoeing lui), and has n-425 horsepower engine With u U -to-1 compression rati. 'Cleaner piano design and Installation of a Townsend ring around the engine 10. streamline Its "cylinders, a. ' new type propetlur and supercharger tire, factors, lu lit, high speed. CATHERINE CREEK t; Iiy F. 11. MIkvt .; ''I V (tlbserx'er Correspondent) j CATHI0KINM CltKlOK (Special) --Thnl old-time weather forecast er, the ground hog didn't bring mucit cncourugenient fur those who believe In the old tradition, hut for the more optimistic tho weather all this week seems to hold no ; l(orror and It is .Imped tKere will be little occasion for worries of winter weather from now until real spring time. Mr. and Mrs. W. V,. Fickle, Oaylord I'm t her, WSllurd Mjiley, Hurl Swlgcr anil lYn Stoneilahl werii all In attendance al the old time, dance in I'nlon last Saturday night and report a good time, Tho lueinbors of this dancing club are expecting to Jiold an oyster sup per next Saturday night. Jack Kimball who has been hauling hay with his truck all wln tr reports tho roads .which are not gravelled-very mjuddy and impass ible with heavy loads. ' (.'. 1.. Cadwcll took advantage of tiie fine weather last Sunday and iniido a trip to his ranch, lie re cently sold IiIh beet cuttle lo n buyer from North Powder. Mr. ami Mrs. Warren Cornell and Mr. and Mrs. It. IT. Ttonney wen? in ICnterpriso on business last Saturday and report driving on the higjrwjiy yeryiflfflcult' on ac count ofoe and' im?ltiitffj,shbu-. Art Mlonday reports his wife re cover I m;' to the extent, that, she cainc to Union on Monday and will remain at the home of her mother. 24, He Prosecutes The prosecution of former .Judge John W. Heady, pictured above, cent or, on trial at A ustfn, Texas, charged with the nurder of I.ehlla ll'ighsmiih, supreme court stenographer, has been entrusted to Henry Hruoks. kIhiwii at left, '1 1-year-old district attorney, now confronted with his first big murder case. Hrooks asked special prosecutors to withdraw, opposed to young Hrooks, as chief de fense attorney, Is Dayton .Moses, at right, veteran Fort' Worth criminal attorney. ACPCAIDIE 3 Days Starting SUNDAY All Talking & Singing a human-it: or tiih wkst is tiik ilti:,T Ol'I'IIOOKS IN OLD CALIFORNIA m:itv n. WAITHALL v j-Mra.; Godsey for eveVal days und I then go to her home. ' ; A. N. Sfroncdahl is'suffeiing from a "severe-. case, of flu this week. . A physiouin .was called to sec him Wednesday.': .' a,..,, : . Mr. a"nd-Mi'. MVll., fickle' were visiting last Sunday at the. homo of I!. O. Zeek. They report both Mr. and Mrs, Zcek suffering from tho flu. .l ELGIN CHURCH ORGANIZATION ENTERTAINED I1LOIN, Ore. (Speda!) Mrs. Pave ivelfel wus tho hostess for tho ineollng of the' Loyal AVoinon of tlm Christian church on Thurs day; liuslneifs was the routine ob ject of -the afternoon ;but plans1 were begun for,-JV social meetlngj to he held soon at the. church to I which the m.embei-s of- tho other local ladles aids dm to be invited, j Flans were; started' also, for a-party ' to be given at va- diito to be set latere owing (u th(t .uncertainly of the weather, v. Thox present . were Ui Knight, president, Mrs.; Har old Illancllartl, . ooretaryi . Mrs. l-'oulton, Mrs. .Gent,', Mrs; llarl- maii and .tlio hostess; Mrs. Hernal, Hug. -. . V -Mrs. Karl Chandler spent. l'ii da' In La Grande' visiting with her. brother's family,, the Jiiiclan Sbeltons. ' .iLr. and' 'Mrs.., AW IT. Thompson -ffriVne'd'lhiK wrk'fVoin'TlSA'IVrtlls where tho dletor had again under gone' un. 'operation- on his leg. , Afi'. and M rs ('latiilo Holbrook came .down from La - Grando on Judge as Slayer, FERGUSON Cl 'Romance of the Chirk and Mx'CulIogli In "Hcleetluw Willi ted." "The IhuiHiig (ioh" HariiKiiiy tUty hi Sunt I'allie Ncwh mid Modern Itlollim In StmhhI. Thtirnday to brlnj? Mrs. W, F. Hug to Iter home. Mrs, ILolbrook will inako an indefinite stay hero to convalesce from her recent illness. l.ogan Thompson nlso accom panied Mr. Holbrook and visited with hia sister Mrs. K. C. Clot tings. O. It. Ilarnes has been seriously 111 at his horuo In town. Ho be came lit on Thursday night and Is atlll confined. to his bed. Antony Maxwell, of Walla .Wal la, is spending a short time at the homo of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L). C. Maxwell. Mr. Maxwell has been employed for sumo time as linotype operator In Walla Walla and will soon tako up his work with tho Union, . , Mr. and Mih. Frnnk Glltner en tertained at a dinner Tuesday night for Lynn IUH. it being his birthday anniversary. Tho guests worn Mr. and Mrs. William Smith. Mr. and MVs Hernal Hug, Mr. ami Mrs. Hill and tho host and hostess and the children of each family. After dinner tho evening was spent socially and. listening to tho radio. Miss Margaret Klinghammer is ona of those who are not able to attend school due to Illness. Snow hero has almost disappear ed duo to rains and higher torn- perntlre. Mrs. K. C Clottings and Mrs. liave.Zweifol made a business hip to La Grande Thursday. Mrs. Zwelfel called on her sister, Mrs. Jonathan Gre'en while there, Mrs. Frank Giltnor and son. Utchard, went to La Grando on Friday. , j Guilty or Not Mirny n married man never pnssr n mall box wit limit f col Ins in his pockets. Groat Iteml (Kan.) Trib une. Po as much walking hs posslblo if you -want to, live long, ways a medical advisor. Hut Htny-on tho same sldo of tho street. . . 1'redlclM World Kuri; Is Jiillctl " in,AM!ATU FA LLS, Ore., Feb.. S (Al') Cioorgo Van Allen, Ilonan u, Ore., described as six feet two and "as strong us eight oxen," was arrested by authorities yesterday as he was dictating a letter to bo broadcast to tho world predicting the end of the world In seven days. Van Allen was placed In a pad ded cell uftef "several policemen subdued him... DECLARE WAR ON CHICAGO GANGSTERS (Continued from Pago, Ono) arresting them.. Lawyers and' ha beas corpus proceedings cost them money, you know." . Another broom to sweep the clly. of Ms hoodlum horde was being fashioned by tho Chicago association of commerce. Tho membership of the "courage com- mittee," to con.snt of six men, was 1u 'hi! announced today, with Col, Kohcrt Ishain Kandolph, president of the assoc lutfou, as Its head. Men of Known C-oiirago Tho "courago com in it lee" will take up "Immediately" the matter of "rescuing" the city from gang ster rule, Col. Kandolph said. The members, It was explained, are to ho tuen of known courage, unafraid of the consequences of a dntop. Snve illonoyj A few example) of our Utvf prices 2!)xl. 10 Jf55.7 29x5.00 Sj?8.30 Here, loo!- More people ride on mined war on Organized criminals. How tho committee would pro ceed waa no.t clear, Tho coopera tion of tlio slate's uttorney and the police djpartmnt was expect ed, Col. Randolph said, but tho committee did not proposo to wait for results. Col. Randolph itald tho committee had consldorablo "confidential data" and that It would obtain more. Nearly bo holdups were on the complaint books of tho city's 4 police stations early today, repre senting storo and street robborles for tho night. An unidentified man was found shot dead In. a room on South Sangamon street shortly af ter midnight, and at least one cab driver reported ho had been held up and robbed by tho "undress bandits," a man and woman, Jio cover their escape by taking most oC the victim's clothing to prevent Immediate pursuit. SlmlUu rob beries havo occurred for ao past week. . . Girl And Father Taken From North NO.Mi:. AltiHkil.. Full. S (AP) Ilelmisoil nl luHt from the let 1)0 ml a uf nrctlo Siberia, XI Ins .Marlon .SweHBun, Seattle lilh xehool girl who Iiuh lieen niurouned for nionthit on tho fur truillng ahlp Nunuk ut Korth Oiiio, Siberia arrived nt Tel-' lei. AluHlta, yesterday In an air plane piloted by Captain J'nt Held, Canadian pilot. Accoinpanylntc . Misii SwehHon were hor father, ,. Olaf Swonnon, head of the company which owna tho Xannk, and L'nptaln Nllovzo.rov, 'mnstor of the.. lluH.ilan.Khlp Stav ropol, alno locked In tho Ico. at North cape.. . The SwcnHona nro cn route to their hoinlo In Keuttlo. TO RECEIVE BRIDGE BIDS FEBRUARY 27 (Continued from Pago One) al Springfield and. roeonstriictlntr It over coast fork of tho Willam etto on a county road ono nilto east-of CroBwell, piers fort which aro now. In place. . . . Although Tho Ojjserver was un able to get hi touch with highway officials of this division today, it Is understood that tho bridge to bo advertised at the Feb. 117 highway commission meeting, is an Import ant link in the improvement work between Kamela and La Grande, and will icq ul re tho expenditure of a largo sum of m,onoy. Work on the . Milgard-Kamela section of tho Old Oregon- Trail highway started last fall) and has been continuing during the winter. BRIDGE TAUGHT CONTRACT AUCTION . Whitehead Method C. H. DEVINE, ..your lire money draws reail "interest" here FIRST, wp lake as LITTLE MONEY from you ns will buy the t'ikM type Goodyear for YOUU particular driving necda. SECOND, We put on that tiro carefully r.lcan and filraighten the rim, inHert tube properly, Rive a first-class job. Other tires shifted lo best advantage. THIRD, we watch your tires through tho year inspect and Inflate them check wheel alignment keep lugs tight to help you get ALL the troublcfrec scrvico Guodycara can deliver. That's real "interest," Isn't It, on a mighty sound invest ment Goodyear Tires! I II iv Tires, PLAYLE with a largo amount of work to b dono during 1930 an this section Whon completed tho road will bo wider and stiulghter, with tho for mer dangerous features of the sec lion eliminated. POLITICS TO BLOSSOM IN NEAR FUTURE (Continued from I'ago One) tico of peace, was appointed to fill Cr. Ill ;uly's unexpired term. , Ho has not announced whether ho will bo a uandldato for oleotlon. In addition to those, officers thoro will bo precinct 'committee lion to elect at tlio prlnuirics, as well as constables. Hutu offices nro for two years. Tho primary election will be held on Friday, May 10, and Tiles day, April l, is tho last day for candidates to file their declarations or petitions. - ? ' - .MVNury's Term Fx pi ring Tho term Pf Hcnutor MeNary, oC Oregon, also expires, und Oregon will have to elect or rc-olect threo new congressmen, as their torm Is only for two years. Senator Htci wor, of Oregon, still has two, moro years In office. In tho state, besides tho gover nor, tho following cMces must bo filled nt tho coming primary and general elections: two justices ot tho supremo court, superintendent of public Instruction and tho com missioner of labor. ' '. IMTHI Wllf Store No. 18 La Orande, Ortf, MEN'S Spring Oxfords $3.98 Smooth dressy calf up pers, du ruble oak welt : solos, new Spring losts. TAN OR BLACK VSrW W W W W WWW WW wwv .y ... La Grande Hotel f ilinu any other kind OIL CO.