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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1931)
Thursday, January 29, 1931 D(DCAIL Warden Here Charley McQlees, of Ontario, game warden of the district east of the Cascades excepting Klamath and Lake counties, was In La Grande yes terday visiting Warren Cornell, local warden. Mr. McGlees reports that numerous elk have been killed out of season, many of them merely to secure the elk teeth ajul hind-quarters of the animals. In most cases, cow elk were the victims of the il legal hunting. A few hunters have been brought to justice and wardens In Northeastern Oregon are hopeful of making more arrests. Detroit Man Here While In La Grande for his first visit, C. H. Gettman, of Detroit, states that he is pleased .with this city and with the west. Mr. Gett man Is transacting business in this city for hi8 company, . an automotive concern. VAt The Hotels " Among the guests at the hotels last night were Merle- C. Jost and party, of Meridian, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs Fred Cotter, Portland; Peter Meurer, Pendleton; John M. Clarke, Yakima, Wash.; W. C. Caldcr, Baker; Mrs. Belle Moak, Baker; and W. C. Baker, Caldwell. Visits Son Here L. J. Clemens, of California, Is vls , King with his son, L. C. Clemens and family, of this city. Mr. Clemens arrived last night. His son is with the Natural Gas company here. tio to Baker Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Reynolds mo tored to Baker yesterday where he spent thd day transacting business. Golf Pro Leaves Landis Crimp, golf professional at tho La Grande Country club, left this morning for Portland where he will spend a month. He expects to i return to La Grande later and re sume his duties at the country club. Returns to Wallowa uifn nnlft returned to Wallowa this morning after spending the past three days visiting wun. inexum i La Grande. u.imc fn Pnrtlillffl Mrs. Edward Arrowsmlth and daughter, Carolyn, returned to their home in Portland today after spend i tho Tvist few davs in La Grande visiting with Mrs. ArrowsmitlVs par ents, Mr.: ana Mrs. nuucj Visitors at the office of the Natural Gas company this morning were W. M. Duggan, of Portland, who will re- i,mit. three davs: and W. J. Neider, also of Portland, who. is the accountant for the gas company in X mi. NPirier will return to uicguu- - Portland this evening. , Wiitlowa Folk Visit "i"" Hunter and Leonard Couch, nil ot Wallowa, were impacting business here yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Hunter also called on rxr Hunter's sister, Mrs. M. A. Ham They "turned to their homes lat night. After a voice over the radio yes terday stated that Lunduorg had been killed in an airplane "ash. the to e ran1 rru de'LfeVne would as, the same fSS Soergh of Sweden." who had oeen klileot wU his plane crashed In Europe. : "TacffiWUey. was In La oSterday transact nBmhusl; of that v.cln- ity- . e'plaecoan went t run uuv. morning w r-"... business Rtnnhenson Will - while in that city. KSToTl. Grande, has been Pledged to Delta Zeta sorority at the University of Oregon. Miss Ccok Is a sophomore In the school oMouroallsm. and has been active in sports, and on the Emerald, the student dally newspaper. Faces Forgery Charge Victor Seaborg was arrested yester day by sheriff's officers on a charge of forgery. ' DorT'Brant, of North Powder, left the Grande Ronde hospital to day. However, she will remain In La Grande for some time before re turning home. Leaves Hospital ' Arnold Gerbcr left the Grande 1 v,r,cnitni vesterday and re turned to his home. Arrested for Xon-siiport Chester J. Mason, who was rccentlj indicted by the grand Jury on a non support charge, and against whom a warrant had been Issued by tho cir cuit court, was arrested by Pendle ton officers yesterday. Sheriff Jesse Breshears drove to Pendleton and brought Mason to La Grande this morning. Discuss Indebtedness Business men, representing about 50 business houses in La Grande have started a campaign against the indebtedness of individuals in the city, according to local business men. and at a meeting today at the Saca Jawen Inn ot noon, the Indebtedness was discussed further. These meet ings take place every two weeks, and various plans for the future are being launched by the Credit bureau. F.lks to Meet 'BumMnhw. brothers, that the at tendance committee Is still function ing." Chester Thompson. grann exalted ruler of the Elks lodge, stated today, when ho announced that tne ledge would meet In regular session tonight at the Elks- temple. Mrs. Edwards Dies Word was received by It. T. Ed wards this morning of the death of hlr. mother, Mrs. George Edwards, of Salem. Mrs. Edwards, at the time of her death, was visiting her daugh ter. Mrs. A. J. Shearer, in Caldwell. Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Shearer will arrive In La Grande tomorrow evi ning and Mrs. Edwards will later accompany them to Salem where the funeral will be held on Sunday. Geoige Edwards, husband of the deceased, passed away in November. Mr. Durland Sells Out B. M norland, of the Erickson and Dnrl.ind Hav nnc! Feed store, has REDEIFjrll Lottes. Mr, Durland plans to moke a tour of the state before resuming any business associations, he states. On Rifle Team ; Vernal Shoemaker, of Elgin, has entered competition for a place on the team which will participate In the O. R. T. C. intercollegiate gallery rifle shoot to begin next week. Mr. Shoemaker, 1b a student at the Uni versity of Oregon and Is competing for a place on the university team. He was a member of last year's team. Sixty-four H. O. T. C. .rifle teams have entered the Ninth' Corps area intercollegiRte rifle shoots, and later in the spring the winning teams of the Ninth Corps area, or which Ore gon is a part, will compete in the national Intercollegiate shoot. Have New Daughter . s Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Keltz are the parents of an eight-pound baby daughter born at 1802 Z. avenue on January 20. Buntings Return '. Mr. and Mrs. c. W. Bunting re turned Monday from Illinois and Indiana, where fr. Bunting attended a tractor convention. They visited with friends in that vicinity and motored back to La Grande. Goodyear Man Here Mi. and Mrs. M. B. Isbell have moved to La Grande and will make. cneir nome at uie eacajawea apart ments. Mr. Isbell is district manager for the Ooodyear Tire company and win mane nis ncaaquarters here. Visit In Baker Visitors from La Grande who spent the first of the week in Baker in cluded R. A. Bergln and H. P. Greer. Go to noise W. C. Perkins, Gordon Mounce, factory representative of the Fleet Airplane corporation and T. L. Hem mond, of Baker, left Baker yesterday morning for Boise In a Fleet airplane. Mr. Perkins had been transacting business in Baker. .Mr. Knowles hi linker Judge J. W. Knowles, who is hear ing a case in circuit court in Baker, is being replaced in La Grande by Circuit Judge C. H. McCoiloch, of Baker. Mr. Dougherty Here M. H. Dougherty, Union Pacific agent, was In this city from Baker yesterday attending an accident pre vention meeting of railroad men. F. D. Hall Here P'. D. Hall, local agent for the Un ion Pacific, was in La Grande yester day attending a claim meeting. He lives in Pendleton. Returns to Tills City After visiting with Mrs! Bettyo DeHart In Baker for a few days, Mrs. Nellie Woods has returned to her heme In this city. Plays on Itnilio Lcls Nelson, student at the Univer sity of -Oregon, played tho piano over tho,? radio lasrHBunday-.ovenltiK'-fori'.tlie Bmefaltt-KfcRB radio '.contest? which is being conducted , under the aus pices of the Oregon Dally Emerald and the Eugene radio station. The program given by the girls was en titled "Heavenly Days." Stinlv In Iowa -. . Amung tho Orer-ilnns'" studying at viit'lcur. p;ivcholo!c::: laboratories In iuwu nro Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jas per. Mrs. Jasper was formerly Con stance Cleaver, daughter of H. H. Cleaver, of this city. Mrs. Jasper Is .working on the "Development of Artistic Talent In Pre-School Child ren." She has Just completed a study of the development of rhythm which was considered outstanding. She will receive her master's degree thlr, spring. Her bachelor's degree was received at the University of Oregon. Her husband is working for his degree of doctor of philosophy, having received his B. A. and M. A., and ho will probably receive it this spring. ' Old Now York Orphanage The Leake nnil Watts nrplinn hou.c of Now York Is one nf the oldest orphanages In the United States. The home shelters 400 boys nml UK) irirls who have no homos or who enme from broken homes. Ft was founded by Oeni'Ke, jnhn I.onke, son of Itohert l.eake, commissary nf stoi-es for the Kns lisll in IlioVrench am! Indian wars. Fine American Trees The Knst produces one champion nnioui! tile trees, the yellow poplar, or tulip tree, the InJIes! hardwood tree native to this country. Yellow poplars approaching the 200-foot mark have been found. The syca more, another native of lie Knst, does. not ftrow os tall as. the yellow poplar, hut It nllains 'the largest Uianieior of any hardwood of the United Stales. Canoe or Coffin? Argued Archeologists of Scotland 'nre jirguing as to whether a rough hol low Jog of black oak. six feet long, found 2,") feet below the normal level of I.och Tlilos is an nncient ennoe or cotlin. Tests showed lliat It would float on the lake, but the loncth makes the collin contingent ndaniant in their nrgiilng. Anyhow, both say it is a valuable find. IVL-iy Get Presidency Associated Press Phol" ras US i co, who is a comen- icr fcr the presidency of Guatemala, I LA UNITED STATES APOLOGIZES TODAY TO PREMIER MUSSOLINI BECAUSE OF REMARKS MADE BY GEN. BUTLER REFERENDUM BILL UP TO HOUSE TODAY (Continued from Page One) gram outlined by the national con- lerence on street and mgnway saie ty of which Secretary ol Commerce Lamont is chairman and looks to wards placing Oregon on tho uni form law map. All licenses may be ordered can celled at any time by order of the secretary of state. In line with the national conference policy, only those who apparently are in need of an examination will be ordered to appear and the order Is regarded in the main as a formality. New licenses will be issued upon the payment of 50 cent renewal fees. Restricted Licenses Restricted licenses will be Issued to persons who have demonstrated their ability to operate a motor ve hicle regardless of apparent physical defects and upon the secretary of state being satisfied of their ability. , Those licenses set forth conditions under which the driver may continue to operate the vehicle if It is pro vided with necessary mechanical aids. It Is the Intent of the law not to deprive any person of the right to drive his vehicle if he is com petent. Instructional permits, similar to tho present learners permits, will be issued to new drivers, the permit good for a 60-day period and the applicant required to appear for ex amination before being issued a permanent permit. Minors under 18 years must have the endorsement of parent or guardian and the applica tion sworn to before a notary. Negli gence upon the part of the driver Is charged to the parent or guardian or : in event that the vehicle Involved is I owned by someone else, the owner of the machine is held responsible. Every chauffeur must be a registered driver unaer t-ne new law. Mandatory Suspension i Mandatory suspension of license Is made upon conviction of a variety of offenses while the secretary of j state is given the power to order a temporary suspension upon in formation provided his office. There is no right of appeal under the mandatory suspension clause and all licenses lost through suspension are for a period of ono year. I Conviction of tho following of l femes shall result in mandatory sus- pensions manslaughter, driving while under tho Influence of liquor or drugs, perjury in procuring an , operators' license, conviction of any crime punishable as a felony, convlc- Itlon br forfeiture of ball on three charges of reckless driving during the preceding twelve months, "hit-and-run" driving. License suspen sion may be ordered for any offense listed under the mandatory clause, and also reckless driving resulting In the death of any person or serious property domhge, Incompetency, ha bitual reckless driving and serious violations of the motor vehicle laws. Senator J. E. Bennett's joint reso lution providing that a move for telephone rate reduction be made by r. special committee of nine calling officials of tho Pacific Telephone & Teletu'Rph company Into conference was -adoptedby the senate without) I opposition1; -It provides"- for a com mittee of three appointed by the president of the senate, three op- ana xnree Dy me governor. 11 he house adopts the resolution without delay the conference will take ploce at once and the committee will report back to this session of the legislature. Senate Asks Investigation The unusual scrutiny that the legllaturc is giving traveling expenses of state departments resulted In the senate's passing Senator B. W. John son's Joint resolution calling upon me secretary 01 state 10 investigate mese expenditures and moke a re port to the 1933 legislative session. j no senoto approved the Marion county delegation's hoxe Joint resolution authorizing the use of the state fair grounds for a centennial celebration In, 1034 commemorating tno arrival oi tne missionaries in the Oregon country. The centennial or ganization proposes to build at least one Duuaing on the fair grounds, without cost to the state, to become tho property of the state after, the centennial. A senate Joint memorial Introduced by Senators Hall, Upton and Bailey, calling upon congress to provide legislation for payment of adjusted compensation certificates held by ex service men was adopted. Clemenceau'a Wise Dag A remarkable story of a tins be IoiikIiis to the Inle SI. Clemenceau. which used to hire cahs. hns been told In I'n rls. This aiilmnl n fox terrier ns independent as its mas ter, used to go for Ions rambles nbout I'arls. When the ting tired It would Jump Into a stationary enh and sit down. As often as the driver turned It out it returned, until the driver became sulliclently interested to exunilue its collar which bore the name of Its famous niasler. The driver, nnticipallng a liberal tip, , Invariably drove It home. Not Beauty Alone We love beauty at first slghl, ami we cease to love It If It Is not ac companied by amiable qualities. Child. Olmsted Defines Beauty rrederiek J.mv Olm.-ted , once said: "Ueauty is n closer Approach to praf'tienl perfection Jn the adop tion nf means to ends than Js re quired to meet the merely economic standard." No More Piles How to End Terrible Affony Without Salves or Cutting External treatments cannot per mnnently end Piles. Nor docs cutting remove the cause. The cause 1b internal bad circula tion of the blood in the lower bowel. The veins are flabby the bowel walls weak the parts almost dead. To quickly and safely rid yourself of piles an Internal medicine must be used to heal and strengthen the af fected parts. Dr. J. 8. Leonhardt. a specialist, after years of study discovered a real Internal Pile remedy. He named his prescription HEM-ROID, and pre scribed it for 1000 patients, with the marvelous record of success In 960 caes. and then decided every Pile sufferer should be able to get HEM KOID from their own druggist. Don't waste time on external rem edies or think of the pain and ex pense of an opemtion until you have tried HEM-ROID. Red Cross Drag Store will supply you and guarantee money-back if it does not end all GRANDE EVENING -OBSERVER, Eft GRANDE, (Continued from Puge One) solinl made the turn and escaped the wall. Just as they swung around the turn a little girl ran out into tho road. The machine ran over her, Vanderbilt said, and Mussolini con tinued on. J'-vanderbllt protested and sug gested that they stop. Mussolini passed It off with a gesture and re mark that they 'did not have the time,' or something similar to that." ITALIANS INCENSED ROME, Jan. 20 P) Italian news papers, incensed at a speeoh attrib uted to General Smedley D. Butler of the United States marines, in which he was reported to have mado remarks derogatory to Premier Mus solini, today printed editorials char acterizing the speech as Impudent, insolent and ridiculous. La Tribuna in a headline, uses tho words "insolent and ridiculous," de claring In an editorial, "this Is not tho first time General Butler has created incidents for his government with his impudent, fantastic speech- ! Right Method of Walkinx ! The public .health service snyi' that the correct method of WKlUilii! Is to walk with the toes pointing nearly straight nliend nml only ! slightly out. Correct posture Is more like the military nttltude RI rest namely, with heels npnrt, toes almost straight forward, the sides ! of the feet approximately opposite I sides of n square. This nttltuilc gives stability and noise' anil In sures a proper distribution of the weight of the body upon the struc tures of the feet, Beit Place for Statues More statues, dednros n. writer, should ho placed la the middle of ornamented ponds, llut very few ornamental ponds nre really deep enough. London Humorist. He Died Too Soon "What's In n nnme?" asked tho bard, who didn't live to see fnke Jewelry ninde respectable hy prefix lng the word "costunfe." Birming ham News. Or Don't Car 1 spite of nntl-nnlse onnipnlRiis there nrn still n surprising lot of people who don't know Hint noise iinnoys oilier people. Sun Ber nnrdlno Sim. Throne Seal Oldest Chair. The throne clmlr of King Minn; of Crcle. rnrveil from n slnRh hlocU of stone. Is siild tb be tin oldest cluilr In the world. ' Fish Reportod Friendly ' A California scientist announces ns a discovery that Hsh nre friend ly, hut oll-RlooK promoters found that out Ioiir ngo. Memphis Com mercial Appenl. " ' . '' " ''r Tho comlntr rowthK season mark the 25th year Richard A. Glen don has coached the sport at the United States naval academy. 0. S. C. Schedules Baseball Games OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Cor vallls, Jan. 20 Willamette and Co lumbia universities have been added to the Oregon State baseball sched ule, according to announcement to- Is She Still Your Sweetheart? WHY not send your wife a little gift of flowers? Flowers will convey your thoughts of devotion. Come in and select a bouquet r just phone us and we will :hoose one for you. ROHAN'S Flower Shop Phone Main 136 New Foley Bid;?. HARDEMAN HATS New Spring Styles Iday by Carl Lodell, graduate man ager hero. These are the only non conference games on tho Orange schedule. Complete schedule fol lows: April 17, 18 and 24, Wlllanetto at I Cor vail is. April 25, Willamette at Salem. May l and 2, Columbia university at Corvallls. May 6 and 7. Idaho at Corvallls. May 8 and 9, Washington State at Corvallls. May 15, University of Oregon at Corvallls. t May 16, University of Oregon at Eugene. May 20 and. 21, Washington State at Pullman. , May 22 and 23, Idaho at Moscow. May 29, University of Oregon at Eugene. May 30, University of, Oregon at Corvallls. FLAX INDUSTRY OF OREGON IS SCRUTINIZED SALEM. Jan. 29 (IP) Whether the ways and means committee of the legislature will have an audit of the accounts of the Btate flax industry tdepends on a report to be made in a few days by a sub-commltt.;o up pointed to examine that Industry at the penitentiary. This agreement was reached at tho committee session last night. ... Senator Woodward, who has taken the lead In tho demand for an In vestigation, proposed that an audit be made at a cost not to exceed 950. He moved that this bo done and that George Black 6s Son, of Portland, bo ; employed to make the audit, but ho , later withdrew tho motion. Tho Port land accountants were In conference jwlth Governor Meier for two hours yesterday afternoon. . . "We are opening up a charter hero," ; Woodward declared, "that will give us ore concern than we can discern to- nlght." ' UN SMI LUCK EES iiAk- ;W to your ; i$kl , throat' . m l' The advice of your physician is: Keep out of doors, in the open air, breathe deeply; take plenty of exercise in the mellow sunshine, and have a peri odic check-up on the health of your body. Everyone knows that sunshine mellows that's why the 'TOASTING" process includes the use of the Ultra Violet Rays. LUCKY STRIKE the finest cigarette you ever smoked, made of the finest tobaccos the Cream of the Crop THEN "IT'S TOASTED." Every one knows that heat purifies and so "TOASTING" that extra, secret process removes harmful irritants that cause throat irrita tion and coughing. I 1 Th Your Throat ? 1911, The Airtrimn ToMrcn Co.. Mfrs. ORE. Senator Burke, chairman of the seuato committee, said that the etato was "loslnK hundreds of thousands of dollars on an activity that nearly overyone thinks Is u wonderful thing, because of the good It does the farm ers and tho good It does the prison ers." i Representative Homer D. Angcll, chairman of tho house committee, halted an Immediate decision to audit. "I think wo are gottinR the cart beforo tho horso," he said. "Why not audit all the state departments. As for the flax Industry, why not wait until the sub-committee re ports." Angell questioned the author ity of the committee to authorize-an expenditure for tho audit. Tho motion to defer action was made by Representative cblndgren of Clackamas county. A financial statement of tho In dustry was bofore the committee. It showed total appropriations and re ceipts from 1921 to the present time of 1.930.878.B5 and Inventories of the flax and lime Industries of 9582,723. 75, SALARY LIST FOR YEAR IS SET BY CITY (Continued lorm Page One) Tho commission by resolution can celled sewer assessments amount to 202.10 on lots 4, 5 and 0. bloclc 47, Choplln's addition. Those lota hod been deeded to tho Normal school and in clcarlnR the title the sewer assess ments wero overlooked. This action whs recommended bv Mr. Cherry. In Mr. Cherry's weekly report ho touched upon tho question of fenc- "Believing that a substantial wlro fonno. Himilav to the one around tho i reservoir, Is needed. ... I had a bid submitted on same Dy j. a. vmuiaier. . Tho proposal on samo Is $1916.42," he i rpnnrtprL As this was more than ha i had exnected ho plans .to hold the bid until some future action is token. eca? Purifies Protection against irritation ggcrtngg g ART Ml'SEI'M GETS SIOO.OOO PORTLAND. Jifll. 20 Miss Henrietta Falllnff, 70. who died hero Jan. 14, bequeathed 9100,000 of her fortune to tho Portland art museum. Honry Falling Cabell, a nephew, will recelvo 9100,000. and the remainder of the property will be left to execu tors In trust. A sister. Mary Forbush Falling, will receive tho net Income of 'tho estate during her lifetime. The will was probated yestorday. Eighteen lottcrmcn will report for' spring practlco at the University of Dry Cleaned Clothing Protects Your Health MAIN 56 STANDARD LAUNDKY CO. j I 1 1 ' t- 1 II MELLOW Tage Five 'Louisville, March 9, Louisville la on 8. I. A. A. team, : NELSON OPPOSITE POST OFFICE IN THB WB8T Store No. 13 La Grande, Ore, , 1981 Prices on j CHILDREN'S. DRESSES Age 2 to 12 Fast color prints with or without bloomer each - 69c E IN LitcfcvSrrtlcc Dunce Orches tra, every Tues tiuv, Thursday and Saturday evening over N. B. C. net. works. j ! j DEPT. STORES. "V, I
