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Page froui1" ' LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERXER, LA GRANDE,1" ORE. 'Tuesday, April 26, 1932 ILD(DAIL IB HDD DEDjlT mid Today At Flitcll -' ;' .' I Two. young .men,. W. J. Brlgns and Bart Ratclltr, paid a .fine of 5 each in munlclnnl court last. nlKllt on1 a charge of parking their can too ologo to a fire trucK: 'rne minimum ujb tnnce Is threo blocks, it la sold. Rnt cllff also was fined an additional m for speeding on the way to the fire which occurred early yesterday after noon. Both paid the fines. Accident . 1 ' ' ' Two cars, drlven by C. A. Paxton. of Elgin, and Lewis Ferris, of Arco, Ida., collided at Adams and Pourtn yester day afternoon. There was no damage and no one was hurt. It was reported to the police. Cattle Men - - - Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Ward, Fred Harrington and Saul Dlcklson, cattle raisers of Caldwell, Idaho, are vis itors in La Grande. Mr, Dlcklson left this morning for his homo. While In Portland, Mr. Harrington and Mr. Dlcklson were Injured by a hit and run driver as they stepped from a stock train. La Grande lligh 'officers were elected and ro- From Whitman Dean W. B. Davis, of Whitman col lege, head of the English depart ment and dean of men, was a visitor in La Grande yesterday and addressed the seniors at the La Grande High school. - Ho left this morning for Pendleton. From M'alla Wiillar ... D. 0. .Sherwood, of Walla Walla, was a visitor in La Grande yester day, i Jleturn to M'liHoawn ' Mrs. Dick Rossoll and daughter, IRREGULARITY, f Cnn Victioil Of BY BROKERS J . f-11 l is charged Massie, Three j (continued prom page one) Others Demanded Grande; address; "A Chollenge to the ' future, r. Mrs, Hageniar Portland: : Thrae off cers were elected and ro-' Piummer was employed In one , ur nullum 11. Ew nir address, Mi's. Hodge, state. -executive "votes will be held tomorrow for the ' case. La Guardla said, by the Chnse ' ' HONOLULU, Apr. 26 (P) Conviction secretary of the guild; chorus, Baker positions of president and third vice Securities corporation, which, ho of Lieutenant Thomas H. Massle, Mrs. girls, Mrs. - Hodge delivered art in- president of the Associated Girl Stii- added. Is affiliated with the Chase Oranvllle Fortescuo and two navy cn spiratlonal talk and gave instructions dents,- according to ah announcement National bank. .listed men for the lynching of Joseph in guild work to the girls Sunday made today following the regular elec- Committee Takes Kvldrnre Kahahawai was asked today by Barry afternoon. A lunch was served In tion at noon. Rcba Oray was elected, I In the executive session following g, ulrlch, OESoclate prosecutor, 'in the the basemont following the meeting. gaining a majority vote over Mae i " t Guardla hearing, the commit- nrBt or the legal arguments before Baker Democrat-Herald. I Hose for the position of first vice! t0 took over Ul funks of evidence the racially mixed Jury. ' !.. '' president; Daphne Bowory defeated i submitted by him and decided to Ulrlch, lean of face and premature- In H'alla Walla - .a: , Eva Daugherty In the competition for; Photostat tho checks he presented. iy gray, arose aml meed the twelve uari -neim. jr.,' is in wana walla, second vice president; and uiance j y w,D men ln tne D0Xj -rne. crowd which tooay visiting- inenos at wnitman Taylor was chosen as secretary-treas-college. Mr. Helm Is trntlelpatlng i urer, ' with a majority of votes over man-icuiating at . tne wasnington Fern Broomlleld. college, It Is stated. He 16 how a - For-the position of president; Mar sonlor In Ijx. Grande-' High school garet Davy received 46 votes: Evelyn FLAMES SWEEP PAPER, PLANT j AT PORTLAND is prominent in school where - he activities. Ragles to Ih'nr Hcfss-" ' " ' ' i Henry Hess, local ' attorney, ' will be the Tnalh spelikcr ht A meeting of the. Eagles: lodges Thursday evening' at 7:30 at the hall. He Will : 'discuss tlie old-age pcnslbn nnd other poli tical questions. Nomination; of of ficers for the coming year 'Will be held during the business meeting. Improving - - Harvey Patten who has been crit ically 111 for several weeks, is improv ing at his home. i From Pendleton '- .. v .; Horbert Green, Pendleton Jowelei", Was a business visitor 'In La Grande Sunday Mr, Green 'Is a former Ideal resident and -wta; interested in - the ifwi'it-rv business hero for a number of years. Prom MrticliRii. Mr.;, and tMrsi Masten 83; and Virginia . Wiggles- worth, 48. 81nce a majority of the votes are needed ror election, a revote will be made between Miss Masten and Miss WIgglesworth,' A majority was nbt received by any of the can didates for the position of third vlco president, Marlon Boyles, Melva Bull ftrtd Genevieve Flexer competing for the position. Miss Bull and Miss Flexer received the highest number of votes and will be the candidates ln tomorrow's election. The third was dated Dec. 18. 1024. for $209 and was endorsed by Wil liam J. Gomber. The . fourth was dated Deo. 20, FRANK HINES TESTIFIES AT Ravi Lvnch aro .Tuno. .returned to Wallowa todav. spendinu a few days in Ln-Ornnde The girl underwent a double mas- irom cneir nome ai iwencnam tola operation noouc inrco wceKs ago. They have been at the W. Ballard homjo. New Daughter :.A baby daughter was borii on Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bunten at their home at 1708 Y avenue. They have named the child Norma Jean. . In Portland F. L. Meyers, local banker, Is trans acting business In Portland. Goes Horned :....-" :i--,:-r Mrs, Prftnh Salisbury, who - underi went ft minor operation several-days ago at the Grande Ronde hospital, left the hospital today to return to her home. In Baker 1 . , Mr. and Mrs. Charles Guthrklge wore woekend-ivlsltors In Boker atjcircuic court in Baker, the homo of Mr. and Mrs, Al Quth-f . ,.-. l.c'iivcfi UnHpltul-' ' "i: ' s Ohrls Nelson returned to his home today after being confined to- the Grande - Ronde hospital following a major operation.- -; in linker-- ' ' .. i -i;. iv - 'Judiin' il. AV.i Knowles, of- the clr ouit courts Is presiding at a trial ln 'Vidgo. lit- Unlon-fc(t:-' ,.;, H. A. Kllnghammer,"deputy sheriff, spent today ln Union on official Inriiieiiza . Miss Eileen Morelock Is ill at hori businenH Homo of influenza and is unable tojr -.ii. 'tench her classes at the Greenwood attend MeeiliiR school this week. To Cnllfomla Ray Counscll left for Los Angeles, Cel., last night for stay. Sport Finals m . 1 -'AMERICAN LEAGUE- ' R. H. E. Washington 8 7 1 NeW' York .v.:.... -w...:...:....:....; 0 10 1 Crpwtler,' Ragland, Burke, Marberry ahd Bergi .Spencer; Pennock, Ruffing and Dickey. - - " R. H. E. Boston- ...iV; .:...,.....10 10 0 Philadelphia 2 6 ' 2 :- Durham and Berry; Grove, Rom mel: and Cochrane. Cleveland at 6t. Louis; Chicago at Detroit, Postponed; cold. 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE ' Al games postponed; rain and cold. Crazed Veteran ts; Father At Milleh, m. MILLEN, Gil', Apr. 20 A World war veteran',- evading arreHt for In toxication, barricaded himself in a hotel room today and killed his father as -a crowd sought to entice him to surrender. The veteran, Dave Humphrey, 38, was ani9tcd by Policeman Carey Central Union Trust company of New had 8at up aU night aud battled xotk ana were an s.gnea oy A. Hew- mosquitoes in order to be sure ofl , , n inn, spectators' seats was , disappointed ' rJlann " S dftanHicD?CU2'J924, when it darned that Clarence Dar-i Ir9H wh? rTS6 PlUni' row, veteran defense attorney, would ihnflnlrf "enrcbi- tS011""- . not make his, plea until tomorrow. , , Tho second was dated Dec. 5, 1924, i IT,, -, ', ii,, lt. , i' for 8184 nnd was endorsed bv nhnri 1 Vnder-. the :w "neun It was plan- t Miimhv . nea 10 "av ueorge u. i-ieisure, uar- dressing the jury. Although most of the spectators were White women there was a 1924, for $200 and was endorsed by f,riK5 ari;r v ? W F Wamsley 3 front row was Joseph Kahahawai, father of the slain native, who. ac- cording to defense testimony was ; killed by Lieutenant Massle ln Mrs. Fortescue's home after admitting tak ; ing part in a criminal attack on Mrs. BONUS HEARING ,rrow wos ln hlgh 8pirltI an(1 Bnld " 'his address to the Jury would require WASHINGTON. April I 20 W-Brlg-! nbout lhre3 hour. JHe went down the adler General Prank T. Hlnes told ine shaking hands with Massle, Mrs. ...v ..um nja ., 1V,,1U1 vuuiminn. Fortescue and the other defendants, today that government expenditures E j Lord and Albert O Jones, and . T 1 I - ,.1U. ail,1' chatting with them a moment. ' gate by 1945 the cost of that war. , hlrSi Esther Anlto, i mother of the We are practically financing an-jHlnln man entered and sat by tile other war. the veterans aclminl.stra-;CIaer Kahahawai. from whom she is tor today testified Tor the adminls- divorced. They sat in the samo row! J.!ii?nhi2-,PP0 1,6 ca8lling th0 Bo1" of seats With the four persons accused! dl?" bonus" , f- . , , 'of killing their son. . The government has spent about, Tho nTcsociote nrosocutor nsqprtPd 4C.000.000.000 on World wnr vnter- 4.f..W.-?.?"'!T ??.9?Fli?d ana today." Hlnes said. "If we con- Jg" tlnue at. the present rate., without to lmZ changes in the law the government uonS of e TuS will have spent 821.500.000.000 In ; , tne Jurols 10 sympatmze with PORTLAND, Ore., Apr. 26 . (ff) rf Flames swept through the plant of the Pacific, Paper Materials company here today and 30 minutes after the fire was discovered .it appeared .to fill the entire, quarter bjock build ing. Flames shot 50 feet Into the air as the paper stock burned. , The building,, a two-story, corru gated iron structure,' wfts jammed with waste paper picked up from all , parts oi tne city. Frea scnuize, man ager, said it was possible a match had been picked lip with the waste paper and had Ignited. . Eight men were employed at the plant, packing waste paper. The pa per, when baled, was used in a mill at Long view. . OREGON. LAW ON GRAZING s IS NULLIFIED (Continued From Page One) and immunities of the citizens '' of j Oregon, which he characterized as a ; serious defect. The statute clearly discriminates in favor of Oregon residents, a violation of the Oregon ; constitution. The law also places 1 lt entirely within the power of the 1 parties directly interested - to create ; a monopoly for themselves, Camp- bell held "Frr the vp-'rniiR of lii ' I Recalling Mossle's testimony he did wsrf 'we havepe", 'ooooooZ S??'" kl Ktt"I"f "ut on!y Hlnes sslrt state benefits for World f 'r,??,6!?.!, a "nfeS'rn-Ulr'Ch war veterans aggregated $519,791,000 f'd " vo,uld ?n, be" m?r.f:.Kas2l- In addition to about 872,000.000 spent ' , , ', ,, , . . . V Bl , on hospitals and homes. Radical Tarred And Feathered hi Long Beach, Cat J . rich ridiculed Massle's statement he j believed a confession from Kahahawdl would halt' the' rumors being" spread about the naval officer and his wife. For the . first tlm.e .In , hts varsity career Joe . Slieeketskl, Jotre Damfe halfback, passed' up spring' football thlrt semester to play on the Irish baseball team. He is a first string catcher. Mtv and"Mrsj. G. T, Cochran at tended a meeting of the Baker Order of Eastern Star last night in Baker, iulir.ii Mm Mliltiln. Uhlta it t'nPh. Indefinite: land,- paid her official- Visit. Mr. -Ayerett but he wounded the officer tCochran Invited members of the,1" a fight and lied to tne hotel. Baker order to attend the inaugural " uume out u you h gu Kli my Alteml Baker Meet ball which 1 will bo held Saturday father." he shouted to Sheriff Mar- Approximately 75 girls of Ontario, evening. April 30, at the Masonic wocli from tho room which he guard La Grande, Cove and Baker attended I hall. !d with a shotgun. services conducted by the Junior and . The sheriff drove five miles Into senior chapters of tho World Wide From Enterprise ' ' the country to the home of the fath- gulld ln tho Calvary Baptist church: Mrs. P. A. Moody, of Enterprise, ' er. R. B. Humphrey, and took him to Sunday evening. Mothers of tho Ba-(was a visitor in La Grande yesterday i the hotel. ker girls served a dinner in the boso-! nnd spunt tho day shopping. j "That's not my father. You're try- ment of tho church at 7 o'clock, Tho lng to trick me," Humphrey cried. tables were decorated with spring in Portland-" -; .'f'-' i' j! il'Tnis Is daddy. Don't you know mo, flowers.. Tho subject of the services '. Miss Margarot. Anso'iv is in Portland Dave?"- Replied tho father as he was "Kept for tho Master's Use." -The this: week, visiting friends and trans- cllmbed'to' a balcony so his son could program wos presented as follows: . uctlng business. v (get a bettor view of him. Orootlng.i Dr. O, C. Wright, secretary , - ' Dave Humphrey deliberately raised of tho Oregon Baptist convention; .,,.,.,1 ,.', . .,i .. ... i f his-crtn and fired. klUlnir his father. toast, 'our Hancis Kept lor tne. Privntf, pit ciask p htllo Benumont' ' Then he refused to let officers up- PnAGT?VT?T T" AMF1 Master's Uso." Elizabeth Parker. On- ' -V?..0...1. ? ,"lP,S!)im.?"f; nrhnrh thn hoiv. PUmiiv n. r.nnH nf KUU&Hf VliiLiL Ai U LONG BEACH. Cal April 20 (IV- Using sump oil In place of tar and the stuffing of a mattress In lieu cf feathers, four men kidnaped Jnmes j ijacy, ;jd, anti reieoseti mm nuout ; POR.TT.Awr, nrw a'-oh itm rci, midnight after coating his body with wiieat: B1k Bend bluestom 73',c. van7i,i:in cash tlic mixture, Pollne believed the unidentified nbduclore were fired to revenue against Lacey because of alleged radi cal tendencies and a speech which he made ln the city hall Saturday night, eulogizing Soviet Russia. The victim was not harmed seri ously anti offer the quartet had re leased him In a deserted section, where he was stripped and oiled he went to a commercial photographer, who took a picture of him as "evi dence." Lacey wn3 kidnaped Inst night as ho walked from the city Jail after being released from a charge of sus picion of criminal syndicalism,, on which he had been orreated follow ing the speech at the city hall. ... Soft white G4c; Northarn spring C2c. . Western red 02c. Oats: No. 2 white $24.50. "' Today's car receipts: wheat 10; fluur 6; corn 3. --- Paul Patterson : Elected by A.P. NEW YORK. Apr. 2Q (P) Paul ! Patterson of the Baltimore. Sun was. elected a, director of the Associated j Press and four of the present dlrec- ( tors were re-elected at tho annual ' meeting of .the organization, it was announced today. . Those re-elected were; Varik B. ' Noyes, president of the Associated Press and publisher of the Washing-! ton Star; Adolph S. Ochs. New York ; Times; Robert McLean, Philadelphia! Bulletin, and Frederick E. Murphy, J Minneapolis Tribune.1 ' . . i Mr. Patterson succeeds B. H;' An thony of the New Bedford (Mass.), Standard, who was not a candidate for re-election. , -V , ' pT j-j ' ' Because It's Better At Falk's It's Cheaper . BE SWAGGER IN ONE OF THESE BRAND NEW SPORT iut don't ' breathe the price to a soul ! Even your best friends won't be able to guess how little ybu paid for it, as they iook.' much more expensive than 10 . . . Tan, Eggshell and Ad miralty Blue . . . Many new style details adorn them such - as 'metal-: buttons, thrilling Washington col lai'Si. broad, shoulders, etc. . . . sizes from 14 to 20. n ". " AVIXNl-EO WHEAT Winnipeg; Apr. ' 26 w cash wheat: No. 1 northern 62: Nd. 3 northern 6816; No.- 3 northern 66. Wheat close: May 62; July 6414 5 K; Oct. :67.67. . .. F. N. FINCH WILL SUCCEED O'BRIEN . ON NEXT SUNDAY (Continued From Page One) 1602 to Mnv lBQfl. lhA vorin..D clerical positions with the O. B.. & Q. R, R. He then became a steno grapher and statistician ln the office of general manager of tho Northern Pacific nt St. Paul, From December 1. 1099, to July 1. 1901. he was chief clerk to superintendent of motive power for the same railroad. , ( . v He then became, chief clerk, ta the general manager.-v-On January,. ;1, 1906, he was prompted to superin tendent of the Montana division, which position he held until October 31,. 1007, when he was appointed spe cial representative of the operating vice president Deccmcbr 3. 1909. he became manager of the -Prairie Rail road, which Is operated Jointly by the Northern Pacific and Union Paci fic; . .. . . Mr: Finch's career. exclusively- with the Union -Pacific began October 1, 1018, as assistant general manager of the O.-W. R. & N. unit at Portland. From March 1. 1020 to August 1, 192i;. he was assistant general superintend-' ent and from the latter date to hia recent promotion he' served as gen eral superintendent of the O.-W. EC. & N. unit. EXTORTIONISTS . v SLAIN IN FIGHT (Continued From Page One) 'Despite his wounds. Manteller fled with the Uiird man in an automo bile and state police were summoned and gave chrfic. They punctured tha tires of the fleeing car after a 40 milo race and forced it to stop. In side lay Manteller. dead. ; The th.'rd man escaped and was being sought' today". Master's Uso," Elizabeth Parker, On-,,lrnu V, ti- mii' nrooch the body. Finally a sciuad of tarlo. Junior guild: toast. "Our Feet "'Zln 3. Jcomiw nv E lRflth In- policemen came from Augusta with; Kent for tho Muster's Use." Ellon wai.ng team Of company k, ihoui m- f tnovnrt " Hanbv. Baker lunlor nulld: trto. Cove: f"wy lt.nignt at, regular ar il. ino r" "";f - " Hanby, Baker Junior guild; trio, Covo; loose, -uur voices.- itoso unristian team will represent the local com-, room and ""bdued him. son. Ontario senior guild; "Our Llps ,Pay ln V,e, conUil R th mer; Kent for tho Master's .Use" Cove: ;'""P 'H Vm"H; ' a y n vocal solo. Ontario: "Our Silver and Momuers oi rne warn are rnvaie rirw Slieyvu M UUVHVr ctoiti Kent ror tne Master s use," i ' IV- V. U .. .? i Thelma Petit, Baker senior guild; Conkey, John Bradshaw. Ellis Wat- violin solo. La Grande: "Our Intel- klns- HoIMii F. Henssler, Private First lects Kept for tho Master's Use," La Class Adorn Lelghton and Private Joe , . n. Wllllnmfl. A tinvrnll of ftioao wns 'distributed among mombers of tho , company In t edoral checks. j SMITH STRENGTH AT ISSUE TODAY (Continued from Page One).; with the prohibition Issue and the IT COSTS NO MOKE to have your curtohiB expertly done. Send them to tho Modern Laundry IMIONE MAIN 77 rJ 1 7r j. si ii with the pronioition issue ana tne m rleaaS ryOt VrUlllU Influence of the Philadelphia organ- jS lzatlon 111 the senatorial contest be- OnEOON CITY. Ore., Apr. 26 W tween James u. uavis in u v.Bu. A nlea of not culltv to a chame of ! ousy dry retired marine general, assault with Intent to kill was en-. Smedley D. Butler. Imnienio Grapovine In tlio flrcnt Binnky . niimntnliiH there Is a Klnnl grapevine 6 fool In 'ncachers. (Ilanipt.ir lit n pnlnl 12 tnolios uliove I : Trial was set for Thursday, with tored In Justice co.Tft hero Monday by Kenneth V. Fisher cf.' Pork Place, accused of having clubbed Serjeant tt., B. Mead, stato policeman, when tlie officer attempted to question fish krotmrt. To date, the two parties have se lected 066 deleRates to their na tional conventions ln June. Of these, the Republicans have chosen 470 and tho Democrats 496. i (H Tho Republican delegates arc ln fitructed. nledized and claimed as lol- lows: Hoover. 448: Norns, n; in ball at $2,600. Plsher Is accused of : t "'but D'f these Joseph I belnir one. nf the tun inrhm .to:! 'V..0"' . 1 ! . pU1 ' hash -Th..H.V n,ht ;,h u Franco or Mnry ana cairns vo. A big health secret iri :eration with a club when he jumped Into I lc(l l nml cllum(.a M'IoUow,: their boat on, the Clackamas rlrer . L " ,,lt .,v. ,.., Rq. n.,, . near Barton. Another man Is sought. El&tricalRtfnp Oregon Ex-Soldietrs Seek Cash Payment M.nr dlicioiu .ahds anil Jcs. scKs.rccaiilyniaile If you hive n Electric Kcfrigeratur. A? IV!St" t tUCTIC ,1 Constant temperature under 50 safeguards food. Then it Is safe for the family health. "VOU can almost set how an -- Electric Refrigerator safe guards licalch how it saves foods, including tcCttoye;rs, by keeping tlicrn fresh for days. Vou can hvc ono of these modern, new refrigerators de livered on a small dou n paymrnt only. Balance on easy terms. See how it makes icecubes always an ample supply. Learn about new frozen salads and desserts which arc so easily prepared. Temperature, electrically con irolled.iniurcshc.ilth protection. Demonstrations given gladly wherever Electric Refrigerators arc sold. Murray, 23: unlnstructed claimed, 112. PORTLAND, Ore.. Apr. 26 01) Im mediate navmpnt, of ihr. Rnlrilnn' nn- Itlonal compensation certificates Is jtp-ged by SO American Legion posts iln Oregon in resolutions which will jbe transmitted to the national mect : ing In lntllanapolts May 15. I The executive committee of the lOrerron stnte denartment of tho le- .glon voted Sunday li ght in favor of wns nnmcd chairman of the dclega- sending these resolutions to the na-tlon, Tn0 cnbmi,t member, who was .tlonal meeting, and Sid aeorgo. na- ,n ,h0 minority when he supported ,tlonal committeeman or the organ- Hoover ln the Oklahoma Republican i-utiiui, whs luatriietca 10 preaen HOOVKfl, t'l'HTIS l'AVOItliO OKLAHOMA CITY. Apr. 26 m Oklahoma's 25 votes in the Repub lican national convention were tagged definitely today for the renomina tlon of President Hoover and Vlco President Curtis. Tho prtrty's state convention here yesterday, was of one mind in in Htructtng Its national delegation and ln condemning tho Democratic stolo administration of Governor William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray. patricR J. miriey. secretary or war, 1 ' ! ilSi I ' j ! l "vrHf il them.- ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION BUREAU EASTERN OREGON LIGHT & POWER CO. "Always At Your Service" uskies' Baseball , Team Needs Funds BEAivrLK, Apr; 26 'fV Earl Cnmn- bell, graduato manaRor of tho Uni versity of Washington, tumouncod twlay that unleKS financial relief can bo obtained immediately the Husky bafiebair team will be unable to open Its playing season this week In the Pacific conforenco and other Kprlng sport schedules at the sehool will have to bo temporarily sus pended. "All funds at the A. S. U. W. are exhausted." snld the graduate man ager. "Unless relief In the wny of a loon Is received by the end of the week nil at hletlo events scheduled for this spring must bo temporarily suspended." Night Waichman Kills Logan Man . ST. ANTHONY, Ida.. Apr. 26 i P) A man officers Identified as Harold Helrgson. 25, of Logan, Utah, was shot and killed by Grant Powell, a night watchman her last night. Powell said ho envoimtered Helcg non on his bent and when the man ran ordered him to holt. Holegson was reported to have foiled to heed the command and Powell fired. The bullet struck the man in the head and he died later. County ofl leers ordered an investigation. Honey Bee'i Habitat . The h on oy bco originally was a native of southern Asia, probably InclmUn? the eastern shores of the MiMliterranean son. convention four years ego. flew from Washington to be the keynote speak er. The 1028 convention declared for Curtis. "H Will take a little of the 'old guts' and fight to get through this depression," Hurley told the conven tion, "but If we get behind the presi dent It can be done." ' Ground is tiroken On Veterans' Home nOiiEBUIia, Ore.. Apr. 28 f.1) Ground was broken here Monday for the northwest soldiers' homo upon which the federal government will .-pond $2,200,000. H. I. Stuart ,v Sons, of Medford. who last wvek were awarded the grad ing and excavating contract, said ad ditional equipment Is expected this week to speed up the work. Approxi mately 22,000 yards of dirt .will be movfd. Aldcn C. rnlmor, superintendent for Murch Brot here Const met ion com pany, general contractors, said the-sub-con tract for forms and concrete work has been awarded to the Hath Construction company of Seattle. Contract's were awarded the Beaver Portland Cement company of Gold Hill to furnish cement, nnd to Harley Johnson company of Koscburg for sand and rock. More than 1000 raco horses were : quartered in and around the Tanfo ran, Cal., race track for the spring meet. Purdue defeated Wabash in a base ball game this spring In which tho winners made only one hit. Tho score was 3 to 1. Dick Grefe of Iowa State. Big Six football scoring champion lat fall, made two spectacular touchdown runs In the Cyclones' first formal spring sciiuunae. and the Observer delivers Hour 'store hews' to hundreds of HOMES like these" JT is in, these homes that the vast majority of La Grande's "buying decisions", are made, whether the purchase i be one directly. concerning every member of the family or an individual purchase by an individual member of that family. , You as a merchant should therefore, be sure that your "store news!', is being placed in. the hands of ALL of these potential buyers BEFORE these family "buying decisions" have been reached ... To do so economically. Concentrate Your Advertising in The ifftrMMi& 1 1 1 Evening vutv l. Si
