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Friday, April 15, 1932 Pago Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, IA GRANDE, ORE. Veterans Lead , French Voters Toward Polls Ily llttilfum Iliuvley PARIS im Fiances political vet crmm are on the luisthiicH, trying to roltne a rather apathetic body of vot er in inUTcflt lu national politics. Replacement of the present chnm hri1 of (U'uutleH is not for May 1 and Ihfe KtitkrA Include not only the Gia flputB hi that body hut nlm plnceB In ihe .QiiUliiet for houdn or the various purtli' Hiiil the premlernhlp for the leu (I it who stands out when the bal lots are .counted. . tt probably will tnkc n second bal lot oil MHy 0 to nettle the bl Issue, iirt election on the first ballot re quires the corrnllmf of u elrar ma Jorlty. On the second hnllot, however, a plurality' will suffice. Vi'tenm itule Itoott spotlight. Although death took two outstanding lenders: in ArlsMde Brland and Andre Mniglnot, dynamic minister of war, Just oit thfl evo of the cam paign, and the political personnel of the third republic is ho longer young, the old guard still fights In the front rank. outside of ex-Preinler Laval, now minister of labor, there Is hardly a notable leader In the French partial tnHit whose nffe Is under 00 and Laval will turn. 4U this year. Premier Andre Tartlieu, titular tender of the government majority; in the chamber. Is 00. Ills ouuttand ln opponents, cx-PremUu Rdouard llerrlot, lender of the radicnl social ists, and Leon Blum, chief of the socialists, are both arrived at 00. Sen ator Joseph Paul-Boncour, probably the Rvrfttest French orator remalnlnK nfler inland's demise, will turn 09 this summer, Vniilli Hhtes at Polities Vountf "white hopes" are few. Ini and speaker, Pierre Cot, who Is 39. But they seem to be the exceptions that prove the rule. The forthcoming elections, at whl the entire chamber will be renewed, do not promise to alter the situa tion materially. Younger men nro not finding the profession of politics as attractive as did their forebears. in Franco 1. 30, the amo as for the 1 h u,e """J1? "'d '20 BcreB American house of representatives" : , ' ' , one fifth, or 110 cents an acre, ac- Wallowa County Sells 1200-Acre FarmFor $1200 ENTERPR1BE, Ore., Apr. 15 A sig nificant land sale wns made last week This Game of Golf Forty Is the minimum for the fxmat;, am nt. ....... 1 f . . . t, It.lllwl Htntru uppe-r hH,y However, the majority of TtTl? the tax roll tat da an acre. Most of It is In a lapsed school district, which means low taxes, Thn lanrl Una nf tils Af Dlnn political life was a magnet for young- creek and D Ba,mon amJ hftJJ tJW er men. Poincaie, now nearly 72,, was, ..-, nrtmnrtion nf r,rh. tn .mi French senators are men of 00 or over and mere lads lu their HO's find run ning for the chamber too expensive. It In a far cry- from, the lf)90's, whoti a minister at 33, and there ware many more llko him. Vofcr l.ike Kvpei'lenee The explanation may bo the peo ple who got a taste of public pre usual proportion of rich, deep soil on the long northerly slopes, but It is generally classified as pasture by Mr. Dorrance. It adjoins his already extensive ranch and will give him pasture enough to carry the ranks of the rndlcnls moy be ( ferment at that time have been able nj8 herds of purebred Hereford found (ieorgos Bonnet, former min- Tbe old hands at the pollti. nl gnine lsur of the budget, who has not yet bid fnir to hold their places In thorenched 40. and a promising tactician FIRE SALE FINAL CLEARANCE - Prices -twain liavo licon Mil, the entire kIoc'U must be disposed of a (lie hnildimt nmsl lie vacated to Allow re piiiiM to lie made on account of fire damages. SATURDAY ONLY One Kelt Dhhs Rnjr, size 142x27 in. with every $1.0Q. purchase or over. tlroo'tim Saturday Only -.Regular (ilic Sellers 19c NOW IS THE TIMK TO REPAIR HARDWARE AT LESS THAN yt rOOKINC UTKNSU,S REDUCED FAR RKLOW COST I!!!- Cotton Fell 50-11). Mattress Regular $15.00 Special $7.45 NOTED DETECTIVE to retain mo commence or tneir con- -nttln The tract, in tho nrho. Btltiientfl, ami are loath to step aside nre 0li foncoa and Improvements In favor of the rlnlng generation. au tola cost much mora than the The Bltuatlon does not alarm the'priCe paid. French. A one witty Parisian put It: I Homeate'adcra who filled the hills "What does age matter? France ' took up thl, ind more than 20 wns saved once by Joan of Arc, who ' yettrs ago and during the settle wbb IB, and ijgaln by Clemenceau who Vent period and while the world waa 781 war was on. It was valued hlehlv. All through this district land was thought to bo worth from 910 to A30 an acre. Sales were made at CALLED 1JY DEATH'20 anl ,noro. nit loan were made I at $10 and up. Mr. Dorrance htm- (Contlnued, From Pago One) lf bought a tract on East Crow ' creek from Morris Ooggins at 13.75 tally shcete fraud by which a group " "r.",,on, I"' wny, home wos sought to place a senator In office. offer"1 3B0 for "" Mil nnliii'ivl th nttrmt flprulrn wliAn I ' 2fl years old and In 1B90 gained na- lLOSTINE-WALLOWA tlonal rocoRnltion hy eolvlng the "CoBta Hlcan" cane in which a group of Central American revolutlonlBlfl tried to dtfieredit their country and roino funds hy counterfeiting In the United States. ' Counterfeiting cawos were almost a hobby with Bums and PARISH, ELGIN TO iBE COMBINED SOON (Continued From Pago One) clent amount to care for the em- It was he 1 ployment of a student pastor for Felt Rase Rurs 9 x 12 ., $3.95 N'ow Is the time to start your spring pravden You enn Ret your fiarden tools far below cost nf our store. Dishes Now is the time to replenish your kitchen dishes as low as 3c The Dalles Furniture Store Fir and .Icffoi'son Sts. who led the smashing of the Bill Brocknway Rang of currency forgers in Philadelphia. Burns resigned from the secret ser vtco in 1903 and took charge of western land fraud Investigations in Oregon, Washington and California for the department of the interior. Ho Worked on graft cases and 1ok nnrt In n.,U.flrtinc mnr. I from Apr. 1, 1031 to Jan. 31, 1932, Or investigations In several larger contrlb"tcf "ugh Churches. Sun cities, among them the slaying of : dtft" Mhoote and women organic- the Crane-Juntura parish and this was granted. Rules He vised A careful revision of the standing rules of the presbytery was com pleted Thursday evening Just before the adjournment. It was learned from reports that in san t " '. a., iur - vne len numuis penoa Herman Rosenthal, New York gam bler. As chief of the bureau of investi gation Tor the department of Justice, ! he became Involved In repercussions i from the Teapot Dome oil preserve t graft trials and the Harding admin- titration. He was closely associated i with Attorney Oewral Horry M. : Daugherty from 1021 to 1024 and re (gnrded as his greatest achievement the organization of the first nation I wide buroau of Identification at that i time. i Sinco retirement from government j 'service and his private agency, he i I had been engaged in writing maga- ' i ine stories about his biggest cases. 1 Tho cnBO that brought him most The presbytery acted favorably upon the recommendation of having pub lished a revised Book of Common Worship for the cnUre church. The Book of Common Worship is not In tended to be a liturgy Imposed upon . the church by the general assembly, j but is In answer to the desire of . many pastors and churches for a j "book of simple forms and services, f.propor and helpful for voluntary use in Presbyterian churches. In the cele bration of the sacraments, in mar riages and funerals, and In the con duct of public worship." Mr. Williams, of Elgin, was elected as bishop commissioner to the gen oral assembly meeting in Denver dur- I no t.hn in riii i i if Mow Mr Kuril cro-nr renown was his apprehension of the f Bftkor Wfis eloctod ftltornilt! com MoNamarns. who pleaded guilty to L,,.,..,, w h.o1 ,, -f -onwv the blasting of the office of the Los wm ,el(!Ctc(l G,;,or .commissioner, and' : Mr. Hurley I nato. TAKE A DEEP BREATH OF THAT RICH AROMA FLOATING UP FROM A CUP OF HILLS BROS COFFEE v ! No can of Hills fire. ColTco will oyer "go e title." The vacuum enn keeps It FRESH ALWAYS I I vN FRESH ALWAYS 1 If , - v 0 - t i v Controlled Roasting-Hills Bros' patented process produces. a fragrance and flavor no other coffee has ' Roasting "a little at a time" . . . Instead of in bulk . . . gives absolute protection against under roasting and over-roasting TWO MEN PUT TO DEATH ON WALLA WALLA GALLOWS iHyO.'H.KMler Ever aes a croM-fteotton of a close finish In an open golf tournament? lt'8 a somewhat Interesting set of figures. I learned how to. do- It a dozen years ago, from Uncle Fowler, at the United Statea open champion ship of Bao, at: Inverness, which heaven ' knows, was .& close ' enough finish. with Ted Ray winning and Harry Varrlon, Jock 'Hutchinson, Leo Diegcl and Jack Burke tied for sec ond place, a single stroke behind. The reoont 'North ,and' South open championship at Pinehurst afforded the same - kind of finish, with 'three contestants fighting It out to the wire, two of them finishing In a tie John Golden -and Craig Wood and Joe Kirk wood in the next place by a single Btroke. comes the gossip that lice Edmund son, who bas had such conspicuous success -at developing University of Washington track teams, as well as basketbull quintets, may be lured from the tall timber to California or perhaps a big eastern university. It Is said the University of Cali fornia will offer the track Job to Ed mundson when the veteran Walter Christie goes through .with his re tirement, reported to be scheduled for .the. end of the current season. Edmuudson's record haa attracted more than ordinary attention be cause 'of the group of real stars he has turned out at Seattle, including Herman Brlx, the American shotput seized by two men in an automobile and wa beaten and laughed at when she offered them money and told them heir husband would give tbem money! if ' they would release her. He said thry only beat her more. "They drove into the bushes." Mas sle said, "and she told me what they did." There he hesitated. "Go on,'' Dnrrow urged. "She said." Massle continued, -Mint Knhnh.wRl taent her more than i any other and that when he assaulted her she prayed for mercy ana ne mi her and broke her Jaw." The witness said Mrs. Massle had awakened him on one occasion there- record holder; Paul Jessup, the a(tcr Wtu the cry "don't let him get discus IfJeslng record holder; Steve me!" Anderson, best of the American high hurdlers In the Inst Olympics; and Eddie Qenung, the American half-mile champion. Paul Kiser, a first-class mller, was another of Ed mundson's pupils. . "No." I'SllAI, THING The usual score of a round by sev eral competitors, . listed against ?ar. Is Interesting enough, but common place. Everybody shows It, usually. In this Instance, Wood started the fourth round .with a lead of five strokes on Odder, and six on Kirk- lng?" wooa. :rnere -were several other combatants along with Golden and Klrkwood-8arazen, Runyan, Par rell, Hagen, Cox and Kinder but none of .these latter was . able to crowd the (air-haired boy from Deal, N. J. This is the UBual score of the final round, with par; Par (out) ..........444 84S 35438 Wood .4S4 644 3(1438 Golden .....444 844 3S4-35 Klrkweod 443 345 364-36 Par. (In) ....444.443 6343571 Woojl 654 443 4363876 Golden 454' 463 386-3671 Klvkwood ........344 444 4443671- " You may see from this that all Wood needed In the -last round was a 76 to win, granting the same per formance In par-by Golden and Klrk wood, who were playing 20 minutes ahead of. him. . Indeed, after a struggle in which Golden rand Kirk wood nearly col lared him twloe, -Wood needed only r. moderate 5 at the last hole to win. But his drive was trapped, his third far over; his chip far short: he missed a five-yard putt. It can be done. I've seenrthe very greatest of them do it, similarly. Massle sold he had nssured her no one else was there but that she had Insisted: -"Yes there lsl Knhnhawai Is herel" He said on one of several later oc casions when Mrs. Mnssie had called him saying she heard footsteps about the house he heard such sounds himself. He said he ran out but saw no one. "Did you ever get advice from a j doctor about your wife's condition?" i asked Darrow. ' "I got that at the hospital," Mas- 'Yes, sir," Massle answered. !5ie said, "after Mrs. Massie's mother "Did Mrs. Massle care for drink-1 informed us an operation would be MASSIE MAY TAKE BLAME FOR KILLING (Continued From Page One) T1HE OF BATTLE However, t was setting out to show you the cross-section the to tal score, hole by hole, of the three leaders on the last round. It's rath er fascinating to trace the ebb and flow of the battle. The top figures are the totals for the first three rounds. Each score Is added in turn. Wood Golden Kirk wood (Continued From Page One) home, where he lived alone on the Chambers Prairie, near Olympla. A life prison-sentence was Imposed upon Mrs. Willis. In a confession to Sheriff Claud Havens, of Olympla. after their arrest, Dubuc said the crime had been com mitted with robbery as n motive, tfacobson's daughter declared later that her father had kept -about 83000 around the premises, together with $650 in gold coins In a pouch, none of which was found -after his death. A broken rifle, found In the brush nenr the man's home, wns traced to carpenter's ownership, and he was arrested a week later at Ynkima. "A watch and knife known to have be longed to the farmer was also found In his possession. The convictions were sustained by tho state supreme court. a v You dimply i-nn'l kivp mvivy from n atr-miiing, , frufirmit cup of TIill Bros. Cofl'iv! Tih TninrvoloiiH flnvor is (liio lo HilU Bros. jn. entoil Control loil KntiMling process. 1rvsti( .of ronsliug in hulk Hills Bros, roust a t 'liltlr tit ft limp ... lis llir ooftW l!ws ivimK- conliniKiiislv, lliroiifili llio ronslors. No horry is timlonlonr nm- ovt-r.lnuc! Tliov Imvf jusl 'llir rousting roquiroil lo develop Tin" vnmn-r.1, mi. ju v 1111; iniviir. Hills Bros. Coffee is piu-kcrt in muuiimi As llip accuracy of llir- hnur-fla lo ncnrl;, upon in even, continuous flow ... little at a time . . . o the uniform flavor of Hill Bros. Coffee Is proilurrtl b0nlrolletl Itmi.t lllC lhe:Hllenleil process 'llmt roasts evenly, continuously , , , a little ot a lime. nitirv. nnd onnl go stale. The vnotnim process of pfU'kiug ooO'eo is the only method llmt fully preserves coffee f rashness the ir is remove! from the enn nut) kept out. It was origitinleil hv Hills Bros, over thirty yenrs o. There is no innglo ithont a viiritum can it will not tmike poor coffee good, hut it ivill keep good coffee fresh. Order Hill Bros. Ooff'rc today. Ask for U hy name, and look for lite Arab trademark on the can. Enraged Python Subdued Finally NEW YORK. Apr. 15 (f7i A sawdust ring battle wiih an enraged python sent two droits performers to a hos pital yesterday and gave spectators at the show the creeps. When the snake. -36 feet long, wns being carried Into the ring. It snapped out of its torpor, wrapped itself around Lulgl Canestrdli. acrobat, and wounded him on the arm with its fangs. While scores of troupers fought to pry the snake loose, -it lashed out at Alfred Cardona. aerlnltst, and snapped one of his fingers. Finally it whs subdued. Attendants said It whs hungry. 210 215 216 214 219 220 210 223 224 233 227 .227 228 230 230 232 - 234 234 236 238 230 230 241 242 244 246 248 248 250 352 253 254 255 258 250 250 262 263 263 266 267 267 270 272 271 273 275 275 277 278 279 280 2B1 283 286 v 286 287 The lieutenant said he missed Mrs. Massle when their party was prepar-j ing to go home and did not locate ; her until after he had telephoned several friends and finally rang his ' own house. . j "Mrs. Massle answered the phone, i he said, "and recognizing my voice said 'come home at once; something horrlbre has happened.' fc "I jumped in a car and rushed home. I could hear her sobbing : before, 1, could get into the house. She collapsed In my arms. Her lips" were bruised, her face swollen, her ! clothes torn and her lips bleeding. ; "I thought a truck had run. over ' her. She said it was too horrible to i tell and could only sob. She Wauled To Die "Sho said she wanted to die. Fi- , nally she told me some men had taken, her In a car and carried her into the bushes and ravished her. I then called the police and told them my wife had been assaulted." Mrs. Fortescue was crying and mak ing no effort to conceal it. Massic told how he had taken his wife to a hospital and how he had tried in vain to sleep. He told how four men had been brought before Mrs. Massie the next day for . identification. They were Kahahawal, Horace Ida, Henry Chang and Ben Ahakeulo. "She questioned them all." Massle said. "She seemed to concentrate on Kahahawal. After they left she told me they were the ones. I asked hsr it she was sure and she haid, 'darling, do you think I would ever draw an other honest breath unless I were sure'?" Massie said Mrs. Massie had told him that she went for a walk, was ! necessary to prevent pregnancy. ! was penormea in (jcvooer. It 20 TIGERS ENTER PENDLETON MEET (Continued From Pago One) at Union Apr. 30. La Grande y,m i InRA itA MBHOn on Mnir 7 at r ty. , . ..VIKIHU P, wliere it expects to moise a stromi l'i bid for state honors. " ! Pendleton men entered In the meet H 1U11UW. . 100 yd. dash: Scrlvner and Dorn back. . " 220 yd. dash: Galloway, Umbarger Scrlvner and Pahl. . ' 440 yd. dash; Warren, Dornback il TTmbarEer and 'Tuter. " ' 1 ' .:3 880 yd. run: Warren, McCormacb. I and Dornbaok. i Mile run: Rhoelke and Tuter. fi Relay: Perard, Galloway, Umbarger t Scrlvner and Gilchrist. v ' Low hurdles: Perard and Oallo. way. . High hurdles: Warren, Scrlvner f and Leslie. K Shot put: Leslie and Gilchrist p Discus: Leslie and Gilchrist. Javelin: Gilchrist. Broad Jump: Gilchrist and Gallo. I- way. -t High Jump: Galloway, Mahoney f and Scrivner. f $ Pole vnult: Mahoney. ' The Mac-Hl and Walla Walla en- -? tries are not known here, althouglV -both cities are expected to have ; strong teams. t.-s Sunset Quality Postage Stamps We cany a very large assortment of 10c stamp packets including stamps from Abyssinia, Algeria, Switzer land, Fiji, Denmark, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, French Colonies, and mSny others. We also cany Best Eng lish Peelable Stamp Hinges at 15c per package of 1,000. La Grande Book & Stationery Co. "Service Station for Home and Office" 1114 Adams Ave. i : AUCTION SALE On account of the death of Jlrs. Alice Moore, on Sat., Apr. 16 beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning at 2301 N. Depot St., La Grande, we will sell a complete stock of household goods including: Piano, All Electric Piadio and Phonograph. 9 J;iy Urcshcars, Auctioneer ' W. J. Saling, Adm. Ed Reynolds, Clerk Try It on your own score-sheet some time. It makes a neat Tecord. Sport Slants By Alan . Gould (Associated Press -Sports Editor) Sum Beau's record winnings on tJ-ift Amnrinnn .tilT'f - tultl . Vis tnnrrhnf to beat now than -ever. -not onlv be-H cause of the f Kilmer veteran's near est rival, Phar Lap. but because of the dwindling stakes for 1032 on nearly all tracks. If the Agua Callonte Handicap, won by PhariZap, had not had Its added value cut In half, the great Australian gelding would have menaced Sun Beau's total of (376. 744. .The race was worth $100,000 In 1031. As It was Phar Lap wound up his career -with -a -grand total of $332,-. 250. In second place. The two stars of the American handicap division thts season. Mate and Twenty Grand, have a chance to surpass Sun Beau's total this season and so has the renowned filly. Top Flight, with over aOO.OOO already to her credit and engage ments to run this -year rn most of the big three-year-old events. -Mate needs about (104.000 to go ahead of Sun Beau and Twenty Ornnd must win $118,000 to turn the t trick. HeTes how the first ten rank now on the money-winning list, lnclud-, lng all horse-racing territory: Races Money ; koah mns oii;nki PORTLAND. Ore.. Apr. 15 (rpy Bids !-Sun Beau (V. S.) ... for the clearing of miles on the j Phar Lap (Aus.l .. North SnuUhiu highway above De- ' Gallant Pox (U.S.) trolt and extending southeasterly j-Zev U. S.l from the end ot the tradlup work let ; Isinglass (Eng.) .... iust season, were opened here late j Donovan (Bug.) .... yesterday by V. H. Lynch, district : Mate (U. S.l Won $376,744 S320 338.165 313.639 391.275 D77.215 273.435 272.070 259.935 256,526 Won ... 33 ... 37 ... 11 ... 33 ... 11 18 15 enwiueer of the bureau of nubile Blue -Larkspur (U. S.).. 10 roods. The work was divided into Twenty Grand (U. S.) 12 sewn short sections to enable small .Display U. S.) 23 bidders to compete. ! - The low bids follow: j PHAR LAP WORTH .PLENTY First. 7 acres. H. A. Beck. Port- Phar Lap could have been sold a.i-c Wnr at ' lociof linnnnn nnri nneclhltr j Boise. 3300, jof the . Australian Invader in Cali- j Third. 7.8 acres, J, D. Casey, Meach- j forma. j lam, $435. Had he been an antlre colt, in-j j Fourth. 7 7 acres, Heath-Kelly, staad of a geldlug, Phar Lap's value Lyons, $3247. (to the horoughbTed Industry would Fifth. 7,7 acres. J, D. Casey. $2046. 1 have been closer to the half -million sixth. 8 acres. J. D. Casey. $3.98, I mark, even In -these times. I Seventh. 7 7 acres. W. H. Puckett The horse's owners, who carried' fi ASM piwccrioi "seniofCVj, junior mert.v . ftjtfl SATURDAY ONLY (Pet Parade Day) GALA PREMIERE n El t'3 S I 11 I El JL Jt IVJL MIX In His First Talking Picture LAST DAY! HUNGRY for ... LOVE! M 4 Ibmorrow olprrovV, G Onmrrxmnt Qicturt wilS PAUL LUKAS Her greote&t mother role unce "Soroh end Son" By the oulhor oi "Hcltdoy"- "Destry Rides Again" j Co.. Boise, $A3fiO. i MI'S OF lVll'HIKS ! PORTiuND, Apr. 15 Kvwld Ol jion. employe of the Brlx Lop- i Lap's Talue belnc Increased by sub. i jiinp company, died here today rrom j sequem victories in v-nu-agu or rp no Insurance, were said to have re fused several tentative offers. They had no reason to be hasty about the matter, with the prospect of Phar MLS BROS COFFEE CmiMtr. 132 injuries suffered Thursday when his i York. j truck overturned on a rough road near Unnton. Both let-rs were crushed and he suffered other Uilurtes. IIRC Tf MOYK From out around the big slope . What Will His First Words Be? Hear Him . . . See Him! In the most exciting- picture of his brilliant career . . . crammed with drama . . . thrills and action. - Junior Features '"VANISHING LEGION Chapter 5 Out win "THE FAMTY SHOE" NEWS EVENTS and "TONY" ... of Course CLAUDIA DELL ZAZU riTTS KIDDIES 5c From 10:00 Until 11 Due to the Pet rurade 1 iiatinee will open nt 10:00 office will close at 11 :00 and vou will get nut nt 12 :00 o'clock. 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