Wednesday, August 6, 1930
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA' GRANDE, ORE.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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: 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
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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 !
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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.
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TOBACCOS
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