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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1930)
Wednesday, August 6, 1930 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA' GRANDE, ORE. Page-Five -t- DJDCAIL Justice Coshow Here justice O. P. Coshow, of the Oregon supreme court, was a visitor in La Grande yesterday, while on an East ern Oregon trip. He will be required to seek re-election to ofllce in the November election an his term ex pires Jan. 5, 1931. Visiting Here Mrs. George Chamberlain, of Wash ington, D. C arrived at Union last night, after a brief stop in 1 Grande, for a visjfc with her brother, o. J. Skiff, and other relatives,-. She was met at the train here by Mr. Skiff and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown and daughter, Prelda, of Union. Mrs. Chamberlain came here from Port land after a visit there and will re main In this county for a few weeks before returning home. i finss Fire -. The fire department Was called to Spruce and Adams at 8:20 o'clock last night where 35 gallons of chemicals were used to extinguish a grass fire. No damage was done. '. On Vocation Trip v-- Mrs. Harry Moon and two daugh ters left last night for Portland and coast points by stage. She will spend a week or two In Westenr Oregon. Mr. Moon will Join her later. Ketnrn ' Mi, and Mrs. Leo P. Miller and daughter, Marcla, returned yesterday from a vacation visit to Portland and coust points. They report an excel" lent trip. Visiting Here Mrs. Eva Munro, of Portland, Is a house guest at the home of Mrs. Henry T. Hill for a few days. From Portland Mrs. Roy A. Mattoon returned home Sunday from Portland, where she spent the post three weeks visiting relatives' and friends. While In Port land, she attended one of- the night ball gomes between Portland and Hollywood which proved -very inter esting. Mrs. Mattoon reports that one Is able to see the game At night very well and that the field is espe cially well lighted. An enormous crowd was present that night and they seemed to support the team very loyally she said. j Returned j ' ' ' Mrs. Anna Anderson and daugh ter. Miss Hulda, returned home Mon day from Portland where -they were called by the death of arelatlve. Returned Saturday - Mr. and Mrs. Otis C. McDowell re turned home Saturday after spend ing the.ast four weeks on a delight ful trip through the east. They stopped several days In Winnipeg, Canada, where they visited with rela tives. A good share of their time was spent in Michigan. ; t ..;8ftg.V . .. Returned ...... : Misses Ethel Roop and Edna Tur ner returned Saturday from a two weeks vacation spent .at Wallowa Lake. Miss Roop is spending a week with Mls Turner in. Li, - Grande. "' T v';.i:V. . V.' "i '' Visited friends v. r. ' - Mrs. Charlie Waldheim, lof i New Jersey, spent; several days in La Orande last week visiting friends., i . Here Reoeritlj' J. M. Harnett was Grande laBfcweekj. . a visitor in La Operation -i-."-". Miss Aladene Gdwcy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Qowey.-of Pleas ant Grove,- underwentn: operation this morning for an abscess. . Visitor ;:' i ' -i'l"-'.' ' "'. Dan Pinley spent last Saturday and Sunday visiting In La Grande. Tu Lewlston '., Miss Edith Smith left Tuesday for Lewlston, Idaho, where 'she will be for some time. -V To Wallowa Ward Roop drove to Wallowa last week and spent Saturday and Sunday there. From California Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Slater, of Palo Alto, Cal., are visitors In La Grande this week. Illness : !. V Mrs. U. G. Stover Is ' Improving at Hot Lake after a major operation. From Union Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Smith, of Un ion, were in La. Grande Tuesday on business.' 1 T 'Tt ; . . Drove to Anthony Lake Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Tyler and Jean, Paul and Bobby Hydo drove to An thony Lake Tuesday to visit Frank Tyler at the Boy Scout camp. From Salem --' J. H. Ryan, of Salemi has been in La Grande and Union county for several days conferring with the water master and others in regard to irrigation matters. Mr. Ryan is an assistant to the state., engineer in charge of water attribution. From Enterprise miss Buntce Koundy, ot Enterprise, is visiting her cousin, Miss Barbara . man, ui several days, miss nouiiuy i ilhas been spending the summer in t Mllton-Preewater and Wdlla Walla. Sunday she expects to "go to Baker I to visit other relatives, I . J 'j Visiting Here ' Ben Rhodes Grandy and Gloria j Orace Grandy, children of Ethel ) urandy of Seattle, are .visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Lydla Grandy, and -: other relatives In La Grande for ) about a month. Return Tonleht Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Williams are expected to return this" "evening from Benton county. Wash., where they drove yesterday on a business trip. t. . ; k Iluhy Boy Mr. and Mrs. Ted Oross are the parents of a baby boy born August 4. They have two daughters and this is their first son..' liny Home Raymond Renshaw has. purchased a home on Y avenue where he and Mrs. Renshaw will make their resi dence. He is an employe of the highway department.- Mrss. Renshaw has been in Eastern Oregon for only a short time. Vl.ltHl II Dr. Eva McKay, of Mablon. Wash., who has been a guest at the home of Drs. J. L. and Margaret Ingle for two weeks, left Tuesday morning for Portland. . . Weekend Trip 1 " ' " Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Putnam and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bay spent the IBKDIEirjr weekend ftBhlng on the Wallowa river above Los tine. , From Kan From-lsco W. T. Mayer, of San Francisco, has been In La Grande for a few days transacting business. Mr. Mayer is with the Natural Gas corporation of Oregon, seeking to establish a plant here. On Vacation E. A. Sayre Is attending the super intendents' convention at Salem dur ing his vacation from his duties as county school superintendent. Mrs. Sayre and daughter Ethel are ac- I companytng him. . Returned Mrs. Arthur M. Dahl, accompanied by her. daughter, Eleanor and son, Walter, returned home last evening from a months vacation spent In the mid-west. A share of their time was spent In Chicago, visiting with rela tives and they also made several stops In Michigan. From Indiana Miss Ruth Atherton. of Warsaw, Intl., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. 8. Seward and her cousins, Mrs, Bessie Hlgglns and Frank Seward. Miss Atn erton has spent some time visiting other relatives in southeastern Kans as and Bukersfield. Cal. She expects to stop at Yellowstone park and re turn home in time to take up her school work in September. She Is delighted with Oregon. Marriage License Frances Buckland and Myrtle Kre mef, of La Grande, secured a marriage license at the county clerk"s office Tuesday. On Business Elmer Stoddard Is leaving tills evening lor his home In Portland alter being In La Grande for a few days on business. While here he visited his mother, Mrs. Ellen Stod dard. Visited Here Howard Stoddard 'has been visit ing his mother, Mrs; Ellen Stoddard, for a few evenings while in Ore gon on a business trip. He left this morning on No. 24 returning to Baker where he has been transacting busi ness. He is on his way to his home in Salt Lake City. ' ..,: -.. TESTIFIES AT INQUIRY INTO PRATT DEATH SALISBURY, Mass., Aug. 6 P Tho shooting of chief Boatswain's Mate Louis A. Pratt by fellow coast guardsmen In another boat Monday night was preceded only by the sight ing of a dim light and a sound like o riflo shot, Surfman Cleo Palklng ham said, there came machine gun fire. Pratt dropped and Falkinghani seeing that his companion was hurt, headed toward-shore? Chief Machinist's Mate Hugh Ol in stead and Fireman Clifford Hudder, crew of the coast guard boat oh which tho -machine gun tire.' originated; wore represented by "counsel . as. tho hearing .opened. r Falkinghani was the firs.t man., witness...,.., ., . r . ., , 7.ii:;ri:i.n ix om:i'ON . MEDFORD, Aug. B VP) . Floranx ' Ziegfeld.'New tfork theatrical ..pro ducer, and a. party .or .friends, arrived here today for-a ten .day -stay, on the Roguo River -fishing lodge. .- i- - A Ono hundred and thfrty'-6ne ' new lighters ordered 'by the - air' corps will bo equipped '-'with ring cowled engines for additional speed.' Tax Commission Building Survey Now in Progress SALEM, Ore., Aug. 6 (P) Tho build ing survey of the state tax commis sion, which ultimately will reach every building in the state of Ore gon as one of the methods to equul izo taxes, is now In progress in Klamath, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Clacknmas, Clatsop. Yamhill, Wasco and Multnomah counties. Charles GRANADA Matinees Daily 25c Evenings 35c rOMIVO FRIDAY DOLORES COSIELLO V with I s-" jrL. T-tl- I Sidney Ulackmei' L-V' flV 'ffVlL. IAI.KI.VO .shorts V&Jk A FIRST HaTIOHAL QUAKE DESTROYED THEIR HOME Boys sea rem ng ine ruins of inoir home in Avcllino for the bodies of their parents following the earthquake which took the lives of 2,000 persons in southern Italy. REDS RAVAGE .r iv - V, Galloway, member. of tliecommls- slon who has charge of the equallzA- 1.i . 4,u n,,. n t ; ti,es6 counties the aurvev Is beln'ff' made, through', the county assessor's office under the supervision, of , the state commission. . .v . ; , Land classification, which Is part of the program. Is being done simul taneously with the building survey In Klamath and Clackamas counties, and the land survey is under way in one or two other counties where the building survey has not yet started. Other counties will be reached by tho building survey this year, Gal loway said. He explained that the state has gone first Into those, coun ties that were best equipped to co operate through the assessor's of fices. Completion of the work will require a number of years. TODAY THURSDAY use as the miirhtiest drama.- Gripping : as the strangest mystery. As beautiful as the star that enacts its thrill - packed story. A Mxitrmlctt Hif!.s t'ftntu- I CHINESE CITY Jt". t.l.ilM..'r,. IHinllt In the most serious devastation of foreign property In China for many years,, communists .looted and. .1 'burned -all or nearly all foreign holdings at Changsha, '.capital o( Hunan province." Above Is thown the Educational ' association build-, ing which Is believed to have been destroyed. :;' COUNTY ROAD CREW WORKING AT STARKEY (Continued from Tago On) county workmen . hpvo. also resur faced two and a half miles of the Powder River market road. The county court Is in session this morning In tho offices of County Judge U. O. Couch. Commissioners W. W. Stevens and W. R. Ledbottcr aro also In attendance. This morn - Inn ,t.n. ho nn rlnvnlnri tn t.llO rnllttllH .B ... : a work ,VcfuM'fticitT,iv& the - yyn : ii ioirif me 17 WITH KT WIl AT THE v w v w . YAUi'MC i sound Ctrtcts Jf ' , I tll', : ,r. 2$ Will',,,- te:. I H&k BAmLal' W s' -sStsSS? S- .fr .N, f 1 jtr - K llmoR Knronrt linfnrn MTM Ss. i 'rfyy' 111 l rAPTAIMFiI IADR Kn fast suc" ory no. i See and hear the great . ' il musical romance suggested sSK-J-rti. JlMSKl'o.N i ., the ... - i fcfef IvtMarseilla.se' ffWf I ,rs Presented by Great Cast J0HN BLBS '"nr"", "'"""k"" t'"'""" " - 'P 200ft EXECUTED BY COMMUNISTS (Continued from Page One) It was feared some may have fallen Into the hands of reds. Foreigners Feur Attack Foreigners were leaving Kiuklang, Kinngsl province, In great numbers, fearing an attack by 10.000 reds re ported advancing upon the city from tho west. Between Kiuklang and Hankow, along the Yangtse, communists loot ed and burned many small villages, apparently seeking to frighten peas ants into joining their forces. Uneasiness continued at high pitch In tho tri-clties. Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang. Reds were reported planning to attack Hankow and vol unteer defense forces were being formed there by Chinese and for eigners. North or lfsnxow reds extorted money and supplies from helpless farmers. Capture of Nanchang. Klangsl cap ital, by communists was reported a matter of hours In foreign wireless dispatches, considered reliable and conservative. OREGON WARM; FIRES RAGING OVER NATION (Continued form Page One) Grande yesterday was 97 above, the sumo as on Monday. No new fires have been reported In the forests ulthough the hazard remains high. DRY IN 8AI.KM SALEM, Ore.. Aug. 6 (A) Mid-summer temperatures continue here with no indication of a break in the rlrni'irllt. No Kiln hBS fttlleU Since July 2 when .01 Inches were recorded. Tho maximum temperature Tuesday was 08 degrees. FOUKSTS FLAMING AGAIN BOURNE, Mass.. Aug. Wl An alarm was sounded for all available firemen at 6 a. m. today when forest fires that had been brought under control early today broke out anew along a five mile front ot Elllsvllle. near Plymouth. The fire last night had destroyed severul square miles of woodland and a number of cottages before being controlled. 1 F1KKS RAGING IN WF.ST RAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 0 W Fires ! In forest, brush and grass land were 1 giving rangers trouble today In four I widely separated spots in the far west. Low humidity contributed to ! tho fire hazard. I An augmented force was fighting ' a blaze which leaped out of bounds neur North Pork, Madera county. California, yesterday. The Indian mission there was saved only after n stiff battle. Fighters followed one branch of the fire up a mountain . side, hoping to stop tho flames at the 1 rlilge. Nearly 15,000 acres had been burn I cd over near Cohasset, Butte county, j Cal., and the fire still was consld ! erect dungorous, Wind was driving it toward vuluablo timber, i Another-blazo was burning out of control , over land 15 miles soutn Of Bend'. Ore. '. Forest service men and lumber company employes were fighting , It.' . , ... , : . Of tho 83 fires started by lightning Monday -and'. yesterday In the Clear water and Selwayi national forests of T.inho. one still was out of oonlrol. This was In the Clearwater forest and was,.b.urning fiercely In thick timber. I -: 'i V.--: i '- I ' - : Ml' AIM) TAI'SKS ANNUITY C ALBANY. N. Y., Aug. 0 W) The forest fire menace In the state in consequence of more than three weeks ot drought, continued to cuuse considerable , an.'tlety today to of ficials of the stats conservation de partment. . Sixteen fires wero In progress In various part3 of the stnto. , - IILAVY TIMIIKIt DAMAGE BALTIMORE. Aug. 6 (fl'l A forest flro In Allegheny county, western Maryland, which, raging over a 20 mile front, has caused damage to ttmh(r estimated at more than 100, (ion was fouEht by 000' men today but with some relief from tho heat - WKVo and drought affecting tho en ' till) BUUC 111 HIKUI.. , -Unwnva nnri cooler today but fair tomorrow was ' - ""T .Mm 1 xwmW yjSssm xv ."4 iijtvn U 1 IT mr v H i. W" MM A . . The most colossal , 11 BW . . - , given by the weather bureau. Another fire had destroyed WUIb Mountain Inn, overlooking Cumber land, and still other blazes raged un checked. Maryland fanners gloomily esti mated their crop losses in units of 100,000. Frederick municipal authorities made an Investigation of possibilities of emergency supplies with the res ervoir down to 40.000.00d from 60, 000,000 gallons and the Inflow half the dally consumption. Frederick, Cumberland, Annapolis and many smaller towns wore on restricted consumption. GRAIN PRICES SOAR TODAY; WHEAT UP 6 (Continued form Pago One)' Around midday corn was going up at the rate of a cent a minute. The pits were crowded to overflowing whllo brokers fought for even a toe hold on the rim of the rostrum. During this melee, September corn bounded up to a dollar and even more. I'lttATHXA SALES QUIET PENQLETON, Aug. 6 UP) Llttlo wheat Is moving locally with the rise In Chicago prices. Growers are hold ing with hopes of higher prices and also to take advantage of the slash In freight rates effective In October. Prior to thlB week from 60 to 100,000 bushels of wheat were mov ing through here daily. Harvesting is general with a normal crop seen for Umatilla county. CHEAP LETTER HEADS - 1 Never 1 1 1(1 ami Never Will I I l)o Anybody Any Gootl. They I I Bit! Just l.lko Dirty Collars. I Ask for Samples of Ilelter I I It(T Heads I f NELSON I i I Opposite Post Office I ! 17 THAT'S WHY , JUST: A FEW YEARS AGO iVv. .; SHE WAS "FOUNDING A STUDIO. TYPE- !-JflA ?W&.; ?.:' ' :!'. t, WRITER . TODAY, SHE THRILLS . . jV -J PORTLAND CASH PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 6 OP) Cash wheat: Big Bend blueatem 91.08. Soft white 94c. Western white 04c, Hard winter 01c. Northern spring 01c. Western red 01c. Oats: No. 2-38 lb. white $24.00. Today's car receipts: wheat 254, flour 7, corn 4, oats 1, hay 2. PORTLAND PRODUCE. PORTLAND, Aug. 0 V) Eggs: fresh extras cent higher; prices to re tailers: fresh extras, 27c; standards, Clothes Don't MAKE A MAN but they help MAIN 56 STANDARD LAUNDRY CO. THEY GOT THERE,. . ... TIV'SO QUICKLY, 'MIOT 24c; fresh medium, 22c. Prices to wholesalers 2c under price to retail ers. Butter: firm, unchanged. . Milk (butterfat), poultry, country meats, onions, potatoes, wool, nuts, hay, 'coscara bark and hops steady and unchanged. FRESH as steaming-hot cakei - from the griddle . , , THAT'S HillsHros Coffee In the original vacuum ' pack 1930 When you buy Hills Bros. Coffee it i: as frcsli and fragrant as when ic cami from the roasters. Air, which destroy! the flavor of coffee, is completely re moved from Hills Bros.' vacuum cans In ordinary air-tight cans coffee can not remain fresh. A keen-eyed director spotted Alice pound ing the keys of a studio typewriter. In a few short years a new White star rose In Hollywood's heavens. Alice White was endowed by Nature with a special charm to thrill the millions. old gold, too, Is one of Nature's favor ites. ICndowed with mellower, sweeter tobaccos. It gave to millions a brand new taste-thrill, without a trace of throat irritation. That's why old COLD broke into the "Big-4" in less than a year,' that's why today it's the country's fast est growing cigarette from coast to coast. DETTER TOBACCOS CARLOAD" COUQH
