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Monday, August 18, 1930 TA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Thret BUILDING TOTAL NOW AT $414,135 Eight Permits Issued by City Recorder During The Last Week. The building permit total for the city of L Grande to ached (4U,13 Saturday afternoon, with the issu ance of eight permits by City Re corder J. E. Stearns during the week. Tho total at the close of the books July 31 was at $406,895. making August's figure to date $7270. The largest permit issued during the Jest weeK was to Dan Marx, of Portland, for repairs to his brick business building on Depot street. Tho permits follow:- Aug. 11 W." C. Neff, to erect a garage on Greenwood between, S and T, to coat $25, '. - Aug. 11 Dorothy ""Remington, to alter nnd repair a home oh Washing ton between Cedar arid Oak, work to cost 8150. Aug. 11 Dorothy Remington, to alter and repair a twp-story home on Cedar, between Washington and Ad ams, 'work to cost $75,-,' Aug. 12 Mrs. Iva Shultz.-to erect ft midget golf course on East N be tween Cherry and Willow streets, to cost 250. Aug. 13 Howard Richardson, to v alter and repair a home on N be tween Cedar and First; -.work to cost $200. .Aug. 13 Goodnough end Kelly, for Dim Marx, to alter, and repair a brick business building on Depot be tween Adams and Washington, work to cost $1200. . Aug. 14 T. W. Ruokman, to erect 'r garage -chicken house on Walnut between N and O avenues, to cost $50. r" : Aug. '14 H. P. Nielsen, to alter and repair a two-story house on Spring between PI ret and Second, for P, L. Mcyera,-work to cost $325. ; EIGHT StiAINt ' i ' 1 " V , in accidents: '.; : overstate (Continued fcortapd One) , mobile end she died a few" minutes late. The car, was driven by 'John Conway, her son..vwho escaped in juries but Grant Sr-- 1,0. suffered minor injuries. . v A . Rw Glasgow riled at a fractured JtlVETS jIAKI TTEBEi TTAK . MwiWT'r.tp? il'ml 'llrPlllHll i The .. VOEKRIRft EffiKE! STEEL EflJKKACEJ is igeiK-iitffot bccttias Ja is riveted Walls ami r ceilings seldom have to be rcpnpcrrd or re painted in a home that's heated with'n Torrid Zone ;: rurnaec of boijcr-plnte steel. l;Ioovs, furni ture and woodwork arc tsingulfirl free from dust. It's all t!ic way this furnace built. For just asllic true!; tank is made gasoline light by hat-rivetiug and cold-calh'tnsj ... so the Torrid Zone is made gas, smoke and dust-tiglit. And the off a Torrid Zone equipped home is bound to be clean and healthful . . . for several reasons. First, the air iY never tainted willi coal-gas." ccond, the air is moist fqlly healthful because a Torrid Zone humidifier has twite the evaporating area of ordinary water pans rvjhl inside the casing and, furthermore,, is positioned for most rapid evaporation. Third, proper air circulation is guaranteed when a Lennox Furnace, man installs according to the Standard Code. A Lennox Torrjd Zone equipped borne is a safe and healthy home for everv member of the familv. LEXXOX. rrpoiTii! rzfOiiC! STEEL . JE2 The Standard Cntlr for ivttnUintf a varrri nit lifnter, adopted by the Rational Warm Air ilea ing Association and icritlrn ht H rmrareh engineers, U our code. skull received Saturday night when ho was struck by an utomoblle driven by George L. Thompson. An inquest was to he held today. V. J. Shewmaker, 60. died at Med ford of injuries received Saturday night. Mrs. Louise . Schroff, University of Oregon art teacher, was driving tne car which struck Shewmaker, who was deaf. Witnesses said the acci dent was unavoidable. Mrs. A. Y. Bennett, Vancouver. Wash., died and six others were in jured as the result of a collision of two automobiles yesterday on, the Pa cific highway near Vancouver. Archlo Brownson, 10, son of Mr. And Mrs W. C. Brownson, South Myrtle Creek, was killed near Rose burg last night when a gun with which he was hunting squirrels was discharged accidentally. His body v.ao found by his father. TWO WOMEN KILLED EUREKA, CaL, Aug. 18 m Plunged down a 150 foot cliff In a hurtling p.utomoblle, Mrs. Clarenco Tabor and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Lydia Tobor oV Eureka, were killed on the Red wood highway 100 miles south of hero Sunday. Clarence Tabor, active legionnaire and driver of the car, wac seriously, injured. Karl Bornman.' fourth member of tho party, escaped with slight in juries.' Both Tabor and Borneman are past commanders of the local legion post. They were on their way tp the state American legion conven tion at Sacramento. The Tabor car, Borneman said, graced fenders with a machine driven by A. McDowell of Witllts, on a sharp turn at Times Redwood Flat In Mendocino county. The Tabor car ran off onto the embankment and plunged 150 feet at the Eel river bed. A row boat was necessary to res cue Tabor and Borneman and to re coyer the bodies of Tabor's wife and mother. The elder Mrs, Tabor ap parently died instantly, while her daughter-in-law lived for a few min utes. : A. J. MARTIN PASSES AWAY ' THIS MORNING (Continued form Page One) lly plot In the Masonic cemetery where Mrs- Martin is resting. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made and are awaiting the arrival of Mrs. D. R. Bowles of Glen dale, Cal., Mrs. Martin's sister, who io- expected Tuesday evening. The bedy is at the Snodgrass and Zinv mcrmnn mortuary. I.r.NNnx TcmRin Zone Fi'R nai f, for Kllft coil witli Otltl'l casinc rcinnvcil. sliowine riveted ronstruclioti. (A) I-Atni-'onc sinckc chamber. nr r.niintor, rqucezes maxi inuni ni" heat from smoke be fore it eim eM.-itc up cJiim iicv. (II) The specially tie filfrticfl f'ief-s.i-ini fire-pot with jotniotive srates ami oilier features. Voii r:in see wUy (his furnnce U ziuimn Iceil for 10 years, and why iU nvenme life, luised on tliti service records of llmus.'intU of Torrid Zones, is 1 yours. S rn.inr removcil. Miowlne . tS . K rlvolnl rnn:rilrlintl. (A) 1. WS ..fti JiJ -TT Vf-" Anil what's more, the Torrid Zone is eco nomical. It is designed to heat with from 10 to 20 less fuel than ordinary furnaces. What ever your fuel , . , hard coal, soft coal, coke, lignite, wood, gas, oil : .'. it is sure to go farther with a Torrid Zone! Without a douht this is the finest heating unit that science has devised.' Wherever it operates, in homes,, churches, schools or stores, all the, many; advantages of warm air heating arc fully realized." V v Come in and sec the interesting features. We want to show you its sturdy, locomotive grates; its "lazy" shaker. Wc want give you o book let describing other features. 'Plans and csti mates will he quickly furnished on request. Free engineering service from the factory for special problems. Made by the I.knnox KtmNACE CbM msv, Syracuse, New York Marshalltown, Iowa Toronto, Canada. ULA NATE ZWEIFEL 1314 Jefferson Ave. DEFERRED PAYMENTS CAN BE ARRANGED Ho Air Fouqd(foa Our civillxatioq.'U erected on fifter-dfnner speeches; Ilia founda tion of business v Is ufterdUintr speeches; In fact the whole exist Ing show la held together by. gear tlemen In elerin dress shirts wlio get up on their hind legs and, mm nience by saying, "Mr, Toastmnater and Gentlenieh."-Amerlcqn Wagu sliie. -. . This toVi Fliqjf , '- The world's - population' Is esti mated now at mure tuiiu-0UO,KM,-000, with 030,000,000 In Asia, 5WV 000,000 In Kurope,. 2SO.000.000. in North nnd South America '(port of litem In tho United. 'States).- tE0,. 000,000 In Africa, und 7.000,000 in. Australia. And yet occasionally' a man will say : "There only yne girl In the world for me !' . '' Wolves In Scotland ' About 1000 wolves were so dan gerous that In i)arts of ScotlatHj refuges were' eieotJetl ilong the roads for the protection of tmveU ers. These yero called pplttaja, heuce "Splttaj. of (ileysbeQ.V -and, similar lutmes. which s(0f CJflst. We are told In one ancient ducu mcht that (lie reward paid In I0.il for the de ..-action of a wolf In t lie great Caledonian forest was 0 18s. 4d .m33). Wolves were becom ing scarcer, - . t . , : v . 1 Vfhr Study PMl?oph7 ; ; .. Tlio collcffo man who hns 'studied philosophy will listen to what othe people have tn tell them. The man who link studied the more practical things has too many Ideas of Ills own about 'the work. American Magazine. s - '. . . ;. --. .. f - True Eloquence ; He Is. on eloquent lijanwho, can speiik ot low things acutely, of great things with dignity .and of moderate things with temper, Clcoro. ' ' Uncle Eben "I don't believe In ghosts,'" said Uncle Khen, "hut t nln' puttln' up no argument on de subject, cause I don' want to take ."any: chances of belli' convinced." :Washlngtori Star. .' "' ' ' " GASOMiE - Tf GUT FIJUXACES HOUSE TO FIT r ; 1 Ssfe. I lly the Assoclalcrt Press -.Typical of - the Southern Colonial houso Is this convenient and highly com p not plan and exterior design. -,A delightful balance of design and material texture Is struck.: . Common, brick walls, whitewashed, and gray blue slate, roof, with- its shapely dormers for second floor rooms, together with pelosing chim neys " Jutting . beyond,, the end walls complete, the exterior view, not tor jetting tho white trim for windows and door and green shutters, v The center hall has splendid closet paces, spaces with passageway straight through the house to the back door and first floor lavatory. Tho kitchen is of unusual shse, because, of the dining-alcove space attached r Equipment is well-placed, with . the - sink under the window and cabinets above. Cross ventilation In every room In the house makes it a good plan Months of Service Fate of Jurors In The Sicilian Mafia Trial :- (Associated Press Staff Writer) SOIACCA. Sicily (iF) Six,, seven, or eight months put .of one's regular occupation is what it means to .be a junior In the monumental trlnl here of 241 members of the Jfafla,. the Sicilian source of racketeers. .- -The trial began early in July and tho steady, seemingly interminable grind on 'the Jurors as well as on everybody Concerned hae begun too. . Judge. AUocatl had tremondous dif ficulty in getting a Jury, None, wished to give up from pi half tp three-quarters of a year; from his business or profession, or, It he hod no occupa tion, -to .sit steadily, listening to . a drone V of m testimony , montu after month.''.-'; i !.l-:M-r-l !.:.- r; ,,; ' In-consequence, tho Justice had to fine, dozens of ;proepectlve Jurors for absenting themselves from court. In the end, several lawyera, sqma teach ers, an auditor,,, a clerk, two drug gists, and a retired tax-collector, were empanelled. ' 1 The trial isv highly ..important to the people ;of Sicily. If It results in the. condemnation of the defendants, It will remove the last .remaining group of any size associated wltn tnu Confers With Hoover jFl-$ 'cf , j Associated Press I'tioto ' President Hoover. Instructed Ernest P. Bicknell, acting chair man of the Red Cross, to stand by to assist in any possible emergency involving human suffering occa sioned by the drought. feStandarcf' enables you to Is your watrr closet noisy? . Is It aluay getting out of order? If It Is, then ft' lime to replace It with an Improved tie of sphon Jrt watrr closet. Thr "rurlmo" Is dependable and quiet In opera tion, anil it (ippeiHifiblllty rernitimeiid It tn the discriminating home owner. The "IMirlmo" ran be Imlullrd In your home on the easy payment plan. Mtop In and let u explain "HTAMMKIl" time payment plan or phone for a Free estimate on any plumbing or heating uork. Everything in Plumbing and Heating SHELLW0RTH-G0ECK PLUMBING & HEATING CO. A SERVICE THAT'S DIFFERENT 212 Elm St. I Grande WARM CLIMATE for warm climates where breezes Bre precious. ' The square dining room Is fitted for spacious dining and the corner fireplace lends enchantment. - - To be correctly finished, the In terior - walls should' be plastered and paper iu subdued colors. . The woodwork phould, be whUe hrpUgh out. . Three-way light makes the living room pleasant, with a wide fire place centered on the long side of tho room. Upstairs Is compact, but yet holds four good rooms, 'all alike and supplemented by both bath and shower rooms. Each room can easily hold twin beds and is adapted to them. - - ' The house should stand 35 pr 40 feet back from the sidewalk and have a lot 00x150 to be most striking.. The coat, varying with local labor conditions, will bo between 98000 and 610.000. hated but feared Mafia and virtually complcto Mussolini's work of cleaning up the racketeers, many of whom al ready have transferred their activi ties to American cities. ; The Jurors must hear testimony on 43 murders, 36 attempted murders, a host of assaults, a mountain of extortions and a multtitude of minor crimes. A thousand witnesses have been subpoenaed. And after the thousand witnesses and the scores of attorneys are heard the Jurors will have to respond to no. fower than 50,000 interrogatories in connection with their verdict They will be out several weeks doing noth ing but writing answers to 'questions, like schoolboys sitting down ltd exam inations that never stop. , - ; Before them every day of rial will be about 200 of the defendants, in cages. By Italian procedure, defend ants are pot permitted to sit besldo their lawyers. When the trial opened, there were 186 men of all ages In several great cells. The remainder were reported ill. . Among the accused are some prom inent cltteens of .-Sicily- who, accord Ing to the prosecution, have made millions of lire from their racketeer ing operations. One of them is Vin cenzo Baiamonte, a monslgnore of the church. - 1 Almost every lawyer In Sclacca has been drafted by the defense so ex cept for the trial there will be very little legal business done in Sciacca for some months. Other attorneys have come from Palermo and cities on the Italian mainland. .Chief of them all Is Senator Ablsso, Vindictive- Word The German word "straff' lllernl ly menus "to punlah." During the World war this tvus Angllcir.wl Into "strafe," nnd mennt to punish or damage as hy gunfire. Men and Sheep Vnu cannot innko n man by Stan. ling a nheep nn its hind lees, lint hy standing n flock of sheep In Hint position vnu can muke a crowd of men. Mnx ISeerlinhni. Profit in Disagreement "If nil men dwelt In perfect agreement," said 111 Ho, the sags of Cliimilmm. "there would be no need of exchanging thnuzhts nnd wc would he left In dull silence." Animal. Are Cannibals Slimy nf the lower nulninls are such cnnnlhnls that the tnnt!icr often ent their own young. V ''. ' i.. Modernize Your Plumbing on the Time Payment Plan! Wheat Harvest Well Under Way In Wallowa Co. )y Edna Benfrow Hunter (Observer Correspondent) WALLOWA (Speclalt Wheat har vest U well under way In Wallowa and is two weeks earlier this year than last. Most farmers .report good crops. The yield tn the hills is the nest it naa oeen tor years, ranging from 31 to 40 bushels an aore. - Lee Bell, manager Of tho Kerr, Olfford & Co., warehouses, states that all the grain he has received has been of good quality. The first grain brought in this year came from the O. A Hun ter Whiskey Creek ranch and was Mushed by Kd Bell., . ' , A new car out or L,a uranae ana a car driven by a group, of California tourists returning from Wallowa lake had a hoad-on collision Friday night about B o'clock near the Earnest JohnBon farm. Both cars were badly wrecked. Some members ot the Cal ifornia car were treated at the Wal lowa hospital. Supt. O. P. Campbell drove to Montpeller, Ida., Wednesday to bring Mrs, Campbell home. 9he has been Visiting her parents for the past two months. They returned to Wallowa Thursday.' i Gordon Danlelson, brother of Mrs. Max Cook, left for his home in Van couver, B. C. Wednesday after spend ing the summer at Wallowa with his sister. - -.- Mrs. Okey Trump underwent a ma jor operation Friday at the Wallowu hospital. Her condition la reported to be serous. '. ' Miss Agatha Marvin returned home Friday . from ' a week's vtBlt . with friends in' Lewlston. Pot Maxwell Is spending a week at Imnaha with the Bailey Maxwell family. ' Among those, attending the Legion convention at Baker from Wallowa were Mr, and Mrs. John Bratton, Mrs. Hugh Daugherty, Mrs. Elmer Herring and Mrs. Ed Hook. . 81dney Casteel drove to La Orande Saturday to bring homo hlB nicee, Miss Vera Gddlcmon, who has bean, in La urande for the. past week ro- coverlng from a sinus operation. wora Das oeen received ay irionas o Mrs. Fred Sheets, former resi dents of Wallowa, that she and her. children are at Mooschcart,. 111. -Af ter the death of Mr. Sheets a year ago application was made to place his seven children in the Mooseheart home and school.. Mrs. Sheets states that she is cooking for thirty bova in one of the halls ahd that tho child ren thore are well, fed, clothed and educated and that' Mooseheart Is all she expected It to. be and more. A farewell reception was held Sat urday night at the Christian church for Mr. and Mrs. William Pullon. Mr. Pullen has been the lathe man at the Bowman-Hicks mill and has been transferred to the mill in La Orande. A. M. HUBBARD MAKES MORE ; EXPOSURES . (jCpntlfcuofii frqni')?ago On$) $10o6 'every month, oxcept ono, and that timo Whitney complatnod IV Was hardly worth. . while, , considering 'all the work, -involved' preparing reports and .othnr rhnU.nrn: WnhiwiVH anlrl Via personally kepV ;10 ;por Vent Of all proieauon money paid uy the ring. . Aleiitlmis Dope Kim nor When -Olmsted and Ohrls Ourtts, who was associated with tho former rum king, asked Hubbard for advice In regard to another boat, he sug gested the 494 -M, which bolongcd, to a dope runner. Hubbard said Whit ney, when told of the mttttor, said go ahoad but not to get his name mixed up in It. The title of the 494 -M was. .changed from Hubbard's to Whitney's name, the witness said, when Hubbard became Involved In litigation.- only one load 01 liquor was hauled at that time by the Olmsted ring in the 494-M because it was too slow for their work. Hubbard said he built another hull, the 887-M, which he sold to Olmsted and equipped with the onglne of the 494-M, Hubbard said he then obtained a new onglne for the 494-M and used It partly for prohibition work and partly for the Olmsted ring. - Olmsted tnen hauled three or four loads of liquor in the 404-M at In tervals when it was not being used as a prohibition scout boat, Hubbara saia, llubharU Owned Uout Assistant U. S. Attornoy Genera Leslie E. Salter turned the question ing back to the title of the 404-M. Hubbard testified that he gave Whit ney a bill of sale for the boat, al though he himself was tho actua; owner. Tho 494-M was still In Whit nev's name when It was sold to Olm sted In the fall of 1026, Hubbard said. Hubbard said that he superviscu the work on tho motor and the up keep of the 404-M and other vcRsels used bv Olmsted or for prohibition scout work, Including tho Alice. On several occasions Hubbard saia, Whitney Void him to toke "W, C. T. U. ladles out in the Alice." Judge Frank H. Norcross Buntalned a defense objection to tho answer, but Salter rephrased his question and Hubbard LYNCH PLUMBING CO. Ilepaira for All Makes of Stoves and Furnaces 214 Fir St. Phone Main 179 ws permitted to testily that Whitney had told him to "take out the W. O. T, U. ladies" to show them "that there was no whiskey around and how nice and clean the sound was." The government paid for tho gas and oil,. Hubbard testified, for the operation of the boats. The expenso was either put in as vouchers or charged to the personal account of Whitney, Hubbard or others in tho department, he said. American Traits A Britisher, traveling In this country, writes 1 1:10k to his homo folks that Americans have two su premo virtues: llnnosty und kind lines. lie says we hulu nothing, not even ur vices. He also con fesses that we have the my ul con ception at hospitality. The Kind hand of the chamber" of com merce must have held his hand, Los Angeles Times. Improvement Gossip 1 Hoofing v Charles E. Hlldebrand, local roofer, has laid a new roof on the Standard The New Annex to the SACAJAWEA is Using . for Insulation and Sound Deadening. S; '' iP WIIY? i ' Because, after, thorough investigation. , Mr, Rpessch ,be.i,ey,e.at (Q,e.l.Qtex .wouW i prove the best material'lie'QOurJbuyifpr ;i that purpose., .. - -. r ; f , ' , If it's good for the'Sacaj'iwea it goOid i for your home. Look it Over HOME LUMBER & COAL CO. 1802 Cove Main 248 "QUALITY AND ;.- II iC' - t i-.a,. -J ti,.i. 1 ! . m .-;-. -: ,1 j i, k - .j i : Installed i your present' heatrinp plant' withou inoon-J venience or delay even in nMd-wnto immediately assumes the task of riuilntaining constant ' and healthful temperatures simply set the lever, of; the thermostat at whatever degree yon desire there ; is nothing more to do. . -, NATE ZWEIFEL'S' -:; ; 1314 JEFFERSON ' : MAIX 81 SPLINTERS :;' orik-lnl I'lilillciillun of , 'J'HH VAN PUTTIIN lil'MltKU CO. .,' ,' ' t. At this time of ycur, put n couplo of X's. any quantity, no mat- . - . . ' ,' when tho mercury la What does that tor how small. hovering about the mean?" . . 4. top of the thermo- Hilda: "Simple Birll "aooil nlght v. sleepily , meter, It seems a bit It means he's double murmured the Scotch .' - ' - . f out of place to send crossing you." husband. . ' . "Sleep tight.': snapped i out a warning oBalnn). r " . " back his wlfo. 1 a blizzard scheduled .... If you huve a water .. . for January, doesn't Unt Blvc5 you , " It? But the wise man lrouWc fr(;czmg m Th0 Pa ul M e y r, , know, the blizzard thc wlnt(;r tlmc, wrnp house on First Street j will come. Let us fill u up wth BalMm Is about completed.' the bin with Knkhf. vool We. 6C you Harry Bay.lss is the ( Bprlni Canyon Coal. contractor and , , ' stucco work and fire- Be prepared. , If AM place were by Horry, , Vlll Hoffman. I lulla: 'And at the PETTEN ' end of his letter he JJJJJ2J (Q We Sel1 To Sel1. A8aln- j Laundry and Is now putting oba on the Socajawea annex. Wired Course- - The wiring for the miniature golf-, courso owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ward' Fowler was done by the H. and B. Electric company.' - Completed Redecorating .- . j - J. Miller, of Noahs Paint store: has completed the redecoratlon of a nome for E. A. Sayre. He is ale painting and papering a house, for' E. M. Hlckox at .1303 O avenue. Kaltionilninp " v i W. C. Fricberrf Is kalsomlnlng tho ( White homo on M avenue. : - . Remodeling Tho remodeling of the former lo cation of the La Orande Investment' company for a dress shop progressed last woek. Completes Plumbing ' Nate Zweifel has completed th plumbing work at . the new state highway building at Emigrant Springs. .v plumbing Contract . ' Shell worth -Ooeol: P. Se H. Co. has been awarded the plumbing contract on the new J. C. Penney building which is being erected by the Ma sons. This firm also Is installing the heating system In the Willow, school building. SERVICE" i.sc.n. $.!, " 1 j'l. llilill.v. i'lin ..c.l. nVi.;.:. .in 'ial'V' iv I': "n K1 -. ". i BIMill m