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Page Two Tuesday, September 6, 1932 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE. CaCSrmtite ibmmg Cftwrfar (Incorporated) An Independent Nswipapat than Main 60 If. W1MLAY . , Buslneaa Uuuftr PobUalaed aranlng. except Sunday, at 1710 Biata street, Im Orande, Oregon, , Kn tared at ths Postofflce of La Grande, Oregon, a Second Olaaa Wall Matter under act ot March 3, 1(171). OmCIAL PAPER OP UNION OOTJMTT AND TBI crnr o la orandi MEMBER OF ASOOOIATED PRB88 He Associated Preaa la exclusively entitled' to use for publication ei all nan dispatches credited to it or not otherwise cerdltedli pub IkUied herein. All right of republication of apeolai dJapatohe In this paper and alao the local news herein alio are reserved. National Advertising Representative M. O. MOOENBBN CO., Ino. an Vranolaco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland. Chicago, Detroit, New York BOBBCRIPTION RATES By Carrier Call), one month In advance Dally, six months lit advance Dally, tingle copy V fa Uy MaU Dally, pet month lb advanoe' . Dally,- per all months In advance , Dally, per year In advance too -aa.60 -ao.og ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column lnob v-vlay, local, per column inch -4M' Time contract prices on application ' Jesus said unto lioi'.J am the resurrection and the life; he that belioveth in me, though he were dead, yet shall' he live; And whoever liveth and believeth in me shall neyer . ffle.-John 11:25. ;,' AN INTERESTING AUTUMN AHEAD '.? tVith the Labor Day weekend marking; the close of the .Summer season at least in the minds of most of us La Grande swings into nutumn, which is usually one of the iriost delightful periods of the year in the Grande Ronde .Valley.. From early September to late in November and sometimes early December our fall season continues, turning into In dian summer frequently during September and. October, and; it is always a period of great activity. : . ; On the farms, where harvesting is being completed, young! folks are starting to school again, and all the necessary pre parations for the coming winter are being made, fall is tradi tionally and actually a season of much enjoyment. And in addition to the usual activities there will be the Grange Fair and Home Products show, several excursions to town to see the big football games, and good' old-fashioned parties at Hallowe'en time, nil adding to the pleasure of the season, i (And for the city-dweller it is scarcely less enjoyable. We 1 must see that the window screens are takon down and that the fruit shelves aro well stocked.- To many men and boys it is' a great pleasure to bo able to put away the lawn mower for the winter, and then got out in the woods to hunt deer arid other kinds of game. The women, too, enjoy the season :Wlilch marks the resumption of social activities and the countj-, ;Iess events in musical and intellectual circles. - But this fall promises much more than in ordinary years. jTn the first place, we are looking forward to fulfillment of the predictions for a gradual return to economic normalcy,' lor at least a- firmly grounded start along the highway to i better.' times. And from present indications it would-appear that the predictions aro well based. ' Secondly, we have a presidential election this year. It !pVmises to bo one of the most interesting-political contests 'of the present century, with its wet and dry issue, the mnny 'economic questions, the rise in strength of the minority party, and other elements which will- mako tho results very uncer itain until the final votes arc counted. ' Then, of course, there aro many factors of minor import 'iuice, but none the less interesting. There will be the colorful .accounts of another world's series in baseball, reports of exciting grid contests between the great colleges and uni 'versities, and tho new styles for milady, fj .Wo can think of only one disadvantage to our glorious; autumn seasons ; that is that when we are busy and happy,; :,the time goes by so rapidly that winter is here almost before jve realize it! And then wo have to wrestle with that in-! .evitablo question "How many shopping days until Christ mas?" i STRANG Kit THAN FICTION 1 The truth is not only stranger than fiction, now and then; jt is often a whole lot more interesting. Novelists have written until their hands were cramped, drying to spin talcs of eerie horror; but did thoy ever invent ;nnythingto boat that recent story from Natchez, Miss., about .the filing of murder charges against Miss Octavia Dockery ;and Richard Dana? - Consider the elements in this story. First there wore these two ancient estates, Glen Hume, homo of Miss Jano Morrill, AVho was slain, and Glunwood, adjoining it,, home of Dana. Once these wcro famous southern plantations. Now they are dilapidated, unkept, weed-grown, their fine manor houses grown decrepit and gloomy, their imposing driveways bor dered with rank grasses and undergrowth. .And tho people themselves had trodden the same path. Forty years ago Miss Merrill, daugher of a former ambas sador and one-time "belle of the south," had wealth, position arid fame. So did Miss Dockoiy, daughter of a Confederate general, and Dana, nephew of tho famous New York editor. ' Typical of the finest culture of the south were theso people nd their homes a generation ago. But something went wrong, somewhere. Heaven only knows what it nviy have boon; but it seems clear that these thrco people became three dour and suspicious recluses, eccentric, grim-lipped, mysterious. The gay old culture de parted from their pillared mansions; and when the murder was being investigated neighbors told tho officers that there ;had been enmity between Miss Merrill and Dana because of an argument over some goats and pigs which Dana owned! - And the picture of tho murder, as sketched by the sheriff, 'adds tho final touch; two people entering a decaying man sion, ono holding an oil lamp while tho other levelled a gun to kill the aged woman who was once tho hollo of tho south. ;; Could a novelist have invented a more fascinating, hair raising tale of decay and morbid gloom than this one from real, life? PROPONE MMtKlilt TO OIDMNOS .-. JEFFERSON, Ohio (41 A bronl tablet to mar the house where Jcwh- 'Ua Reed Cllrtdlngs, congressman, wrote the first Republican platform for the national convention 1 beln proposed here. The Ohio delegation to the Republican national conven tion tlits year endorsed the proposal. The first fishier John L. Sullivan ever signed io meet was a Oleve lander. Prof. John l. Donaldson, but Donaldson turned down the match. Other Papers Say: ftll-ilMLIllla-Ja-la-l-l-l-' " AN INWMTKY'H ItlltTIMAY Bo for aa careful research can de termine, .this Is the seventy-third birthday of the oil Industry, the mammoth enterprise which has be come perhaps the greatest Industrial phenomenon of modern times; the Kr oo tent, because that other marvel, the automotive Industry, Is still 1U dependent child. Petroleum was not a novelty prior to August 28, 1850. It had been known and used, principally for med icinal purposes and for heat or crude Illumination, for centuries. But Its possibilities were not suspected nor Its extensive distribution In great quantities Imagined. It was merely hoped that It might be obtained In sufficient quantity to serve as a par tial substitute for whale-oil, which wan growing scarce due to excesHlvo exploitation of tho whale fisheries. Tho first well was drilled near Ti- tutfvlile. Fa., by Samuel Smith, his brother and a few other men work ing under the Instructions of Colonel E, L. Drake of New Haven. They were deemed crazy, but they per sisted, and at a depth of 70 feet the well came In. Within a year Penn sylvania wells wore producing 600,- 000 barrels a day and towns had mushroomed Into being in the spec tacular fashion of tho California gold rush. It is difficult to look bock to the day when gasoline was a nuisance and was surreptitiously released at night Into watercourses from tanks In which It had been accumulated. But there was no use for It then. It was merely a dangerously volatile and highly explosive liquid that had to be distilled off the crude before tho precious kerosene could be obtained. And as a matter of fact equally fan tastic cpl3odcs have occurred since In the oil Industry. With the ad vent of tho electric light and tho automobile, making kerosene obsolete and gasoline valuable, It was neces sary to create now markets for the former. The story goes that one great company sought to convert tho ChlhCBo to the use of oil lamps, but failed to win the battle against Ori ental habit and tradition until it bought a lamp factory, produced lamps by the million, gavo them nway and then finally sold tho Chinese tho oil to burn In them. Since then tho "crocking" process has been so perfected that by means of It almost any petroloum distillate can be broken up, undor the proper conditions of pressure and high tem perature, Into a gasoline stock, mak ing It possible to obtain a greatly Increased percentage of motor fuel from crude. It Is not Inconceivable that this tendency will become so marked as to force the striking of a DESIGN SUGGESTS HOSPITALITY i - . , - ,. . . - p , -L r,l,,iT:,,l" "I Hi Tijj-n is benefited many times more, In pro-- portion. thaiv the person who may have a sum many times that large on a certificate of deposit. The money passed out by the R. P. O. has gone chiefly Into the small cities and towns where the common people In the towns and on the farms will benefit. Walla Walla Bulletin. I'ii 4"-'5 1 ,s"s '" I "i Im a. l-Mi SO IM I ODtTM I oVisH n'.is L This house, combining as It docs Colonial and Georgian features, looks hospitable and appears a good deal larger than Is really is. Much of tho reason lies in the low roof line; putting the garago at the right with a bedroom above has lengthened It considerably however. This design never should be built on a narrow lot, since everything de pends on the living room's and bed rooms1 facing the garden at the rear. Halt arrangements both upstairs and down aro most unusual, and the number of closets will prove a Joy as will a well arranged kitchen. -.. Stair arrungement Is simple and good, and bedrooms all have cross ventilation, the two In the center by opening the hall doors. Interesting variations suoh as a ter race, perhaps even balconies, will sug gest themselves. . A more suitable de sign for a neighborhood where street year In spite of the gain over July, August Building On Coast Shows Decided Upturn Uy Walter Warren (Associated Press Staff Writer) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6 OP) Optimists in the business world got a big burst of sunshine from the building statistics of the Pacific coast. The ten largest cities In the three coast states produced a gain of 14 per cent In building operations In Auguest as compared with July. And that was only part of the sun shine the Increase came In the face of an expected drop of about 10 per cent, such as was .the average move In the litst three years. The aggregate value of building started In August was found by the Associated Press survey to be 92,778, 000 In round figures for the 10 cities. This compared with f2.443.000 In July, and with $7,867,000 In August of last year. The August building was about 65 per cent under last noises are bad would be difficult to j So the upturn will have to run con- find; Walls of stucco or brick should be a light gray or buff, with white trim andchlmneys, dark gray or brown shutters, and- a dark- reddish brown roof. The lot must bo at least 76 by 100 feet, and the cost will range between C9000 and $11,000. balance so that the supply ofthe low er grades of oil will not be unduly curtailed. Tho decision will rest, however, on the extent of the supply of crude. Prom time to time In tho past dozen years a serious shortage- haa been predicted, and pessimistic pronounce ments have been made to the effect' that the automobile Industry would go to the wall unices a new fuol wore developed. But tho shortage has nev er materialized and does not seem likely to, for discoveries of new fleldH In both far and familiar places, plus constant Improvements in refinery practice, havo dispelled tho darkest doubts. Keokuk (Iown) Gate City. A nmmi;K nimsT Some members of congress, desir ous of getting a piece of the spot light on themselves in this election year, demanded and saw enacted Into law a provision that publicity be glv-j en w wiiv njiwio wuii; u wiiu iiiiiuu uy tho Reconstruction Finance corpora tion. President Hoover yielded, against his wishes, to this demand, In order to mako certain that there would be a relief bill passed. Speaker Garner, who seems to plague the Democrats every time he bobs up anywhere as their vice pres idential nominee, complained that there would be a lot of "selected cli ents' among those who applied for and received loans and of course he had help from a certain class suffi cient to make this accusation wide spread. But the bubblo has burst. Tho pub licity has been given and Mr. Garner and 1oa0 who fell In line with him havo llttlo to say about any "select ed list" of A F. C. beneflolarles. slderably farther to catch up to what tho coast has been used to In build ing development. ' The upturn In building was re garded In Bomo quarters as the most significant development occurring In this territory to back up the bright forecasts of the stock market's rise in the last two months. A noteworthy feature of the re ports of the 10 largest cities Is that six of the 10 showed July-August in creases. The six were San Francisco, Seattle, Sacramento, San Diego, Spo kane and Tacoma. These cities, along with Los Angeles, Portland) Oakland and Long Beach, had -an aggregate building in the first eight months of this year of $36,423,000 roughly. That figure was only about half the total for the first two-thirds of 1031, which was $78,923,000. The 1930 period a total of $121,563,000 for these same cities, or about three times the build ing values of this- year. It was pointed out that In' com paring building values with previ ous years an appreciable allowance should be made for declining costs, The fact Is that- the banks and concerns which were accommodated 1 both in materials and in wages. The wore Invariably In a position to pass ' number of permits Issued showed on the benefits almost at once to'nowhere near" the shrinkage the val the rank and file of people In the!uat,ons dld- For example Portland communities which they serve. Banks issued 2526 this year against 3417 aro not reservoirs of money piled up ln the same eight months last year, by a few. They are depositories of jflnd other cities reported a similar the savings of tho many. When tt ! proportion. Portland actually issued bank Is enabled to render a wider. mor permits in August this year service, the wage earner who main- i than ln the month a year ago, tains a balance there averaging $5oand- Oakland was only five permits 'by virtue of an execution. Issued out of the Circuit Court of the State or finun fvuintv. tn me dl- iwicguil iui wuiwi v-. reciea, ana uavea ' based upon a certain decree rendered and entered In said Court on August 18, 1932, ln a cause wherein Thomas H. Williams was plaintiff, and Twin iBaby Oold Mining CompaKy, a cor I para t Ion, Union Mining & Milling jCo a corporation, 8. A. Knowles, A. OruU and James IJttlg were defen dants, wherein the plaintiff recovered ljudgment for a total sum of ai.218.93. Including principal, attorneys' fees, irecordlnir fees:' costs, and Interest 1 computed to thb dote of sale, and dc- jfendant, James tiittlg, recovered Judg. 'ment for a total sum of 749.67, In cluding principal, attorneys' fees, re cording fees, costs, and Interest com puted to the date of sale, and which said execution and decree commanded me to make sale of those certain un patented mining claims, and mining I property, situated ln Union County. State of Oregon, commonly known as ithe Twin Baby.! Mine, tho respective , notices of location and or amended location notices nr certificates there- jof, appearing of record ln the volumes and at the pages directly opposite the names of said respective olalms, to- Iwlt: Baby, original notice of location. volume O, page 3B3, amended loca tion certificate, volume I, page 22; Twin; original notice or location, Vol ume Q, page 333, amended location certificate, volume I, page 21; Hands Off, original notice or certificate of location; Volume I, page 18; Vindl- 'cator, original, notice of location, vol ume 1. page 3.62; ooldle (re-location of Curlana as a whole), original lo cation notice, volume I, paye 7; amended location notice, Volume I. page 20 (location notice or Curland volume H, page 183); Independent, notice of location, volume I, page 72; iLost, notice or location, volume r, 'page 71; Gray, notice of location, volume- 1 page 107; Hidden Treasure Tunnel, original notice of location, volume I. page 253; Redeemer, notice of location, volume I, page 289 ; Home stake, notice of location, volume I, pages 251 and 252. j All of the abovw described claims being unpatented quartz mining olalms, and all of said claims being situate ln no organized mining dis trict, ln sections 17 and 20, Township Six South of Range 42, East of Wil lamette Meridian, also, and together with all water rights, structures, buildings, mine machinery, e"qulp ent, and other appurtenances locat ed upon or used ln connection there with; I Now, therefore, I will, on Thursday the 22nd day or September, 1932, at the hour or 10:00 o'clock a. m., of said day, at the rront door of the Union County Court House, in the city or La Grande, Union County, Oregon, sell at- public auction, to the FALKS "S0CTIES" The Between Season Hat 95c to $1.95 THEY'RE brand new and havo smartness written all over them made or crepe, chcnllo and felt Ideal for street wear and Just the hat for school. You'll notice they're priced very reasonable! L highest bidder for cash in hand (sub: Ject to redemption) all of the above described real premises and mining claims, equipment and appurtenances, or so much thereof as may be neces sary to satisfy said Judgments ln favor of said several parties as above shown, together with accruing costs. Dated this 22nd day of August, 1932. JKSSE BRESHEARS, Sheriff of Union County, Oregon. . i. Aug. 22, 29. Sept. 6, 12, 19. . ...... School Opens Next Week Are Their Outfits Cleaned? Send Their t'lothog to the Standard Laundry & Gleaning Co. 'Wifo Saving Station" Phone Main 56 Roosevelt Ready for 8000-Mile Campaign Tour k . - jba n Fin nclscoalt Lak'o " Ti-j'' EEE TSuii J , K- 8000 MILES 3 , , lm "t ': 22 DAYS - ' L W Tho route chosen by Governor Frank. In ' D. Itobacvclt (right) Dom-! ocrnllc presidential cnndldnte, tor his forthcoming trans-continental speukluK tour which will touch 21 states and represent approximate ly SOUO ml'es ot travel, 18 given on tho. above map, which shows cities in Which he plans to speak. Leaving Albany on Sept. 12, Jtoosevelt will mako his first speech nt Tupeka, Has., proceed to tho Pnclllc northwest, turn south to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Snn Diego and' return by tho routu shown, ending his speaking tour nt Buffalo on. Oct. 3. He will make" several major addresses and speak, briefly at tho other Mops. OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams t:?.vj..imc. HEROES ARE. MADE. NOT BORM T Building Total For Year Stands At $16,728.00 Tho building total for the first two-thirds of 1932 In La Qrancle stood at $16,328 as of Aug. 31 and at 916.728 today. New permits Issued during the last week follow: Aug. 29 Robert E. Clark, to alter and repair a building on Depot be tween Z and. tho north, city limits, work to cost $50. Sept. 1 Prances D. Hart, to erect a garage on Oak between Penn sylvania and Spring, to cost $400. SKILL WITH KGdS HKI.PS GOLF Bit THROUGH SCHOOL DALLAS, Tex. (;p) Dennis Laven der, former Texas amateur golf cham pion who studies journalism at Southern Methodist university when he Isn't on the links, has an unusual campus job. He's the official egg fryer for "fraternity row." Ho earns part of his way through school by arising early each morn ing, lighting the gas and cooking 60 eggs. Ho keeps a list of his "custo mers" with their preferences aa to methods of preparation. Willie Knapp, trainer for the thoroughbreds raced' by Mrs. John D. Hertz, of Chicago, Is a former Jockey. San Francisco's Newest AND MOST MODERN Downtown Hotel! Far reservation. write io L. W, tiutkiiu, Attractive ' uu.. jtffsiiSiliM 3 Mm i . i.ii - :i hi ii fete ;tyJ II ill !LJdQL 600 OUTSIDE ROOMS: 222 single rooms at 83.50 daily 155 silicic rooms at S'100 daily 78 ronu si 1 1.50, 65 at S5, 30 al S5.50. 20 at S6, 15 al S7, 15 al ,8 DotiLlo tonm 5 la 110 daily Twin-bed rooma from 36 Ilooms en auile from ,10 Totrrr loumt S5 la f 12 ingle, ,7 Io 115 double, dailr Tower auile. 112 lo 20 daily. Hotel Sir Francis Drake just off Union Square most conven ient to theaters, shops, stores, business and financial district. , Private garage in basement with direct elevator service to all micst-room floors. Only California hotel offering Servidor feature thus combining "maximum pri vacy with minimum tipping". In every room connection for radio reception, running filtered ice water, Doth tub and shower. Dinner in Coffee Shop from 750 up in Main Dining Room from 1.50 up. Also a la carte service., ? JMotet Sir Francis DRAKE Hvckiks-Newcohb Hotel Co; Powell Street at Sutter San Francisco FIND IT HERE Ctj for Oil, Coloma mm ba In by a. m. rhr nrnjtnn rman flAnr. QnfH Ttnnla !,!! for th hie hnrlr enntmt. nt. Wav. ' tier's Hardware. 9-3-4 U Plvo toads of manure anyone can have for the hauling. 1905 Washing ton. 9-0-at HemstltchlnK. pleating, button holm, etc. Norton's Kiddy Shop. i Adv. j BVKRY FEW DAYS I Prom now on new things will arrive nt Richardson's Art and Gift Shop. ' Things which you will find Just right lor mat gut wnicn you Wlsn. And the prices art? very reasonable. They buy either directly from tho manu facturer or directly on. Import, and got the nowest creations at the lowest possible prices at all times. You are Invited to visit their shop and see the many new things In kitchen wares Just arrived at Richardson's Art and uut anop. 8-31 -a t. Otir famous Chill and Oyster Cock-' tall In season now. The Lottes LUnchi opposite depot. 9-6-lm COVE SWIMMING POOL ! Complete change of warm mineral ' water every 7 hrs. Picnic grounds. Parties of 10 or ovey 20c and 30c. 8-20-1 mp. We buy. sell or trade used tires. 1 Distributor of Kelly-Sprlngfleld tires. Doylo Zimmerman. Jeff, and Fir. i 8-10-1 m. NOTICE OF KHKRIFF'S S,I,R ! NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that TIME TO THINK ABOUT YOUR HEATER THE ORIGINAL CIRCULATION tli Genuine Estate UK ATROILA Vr: Sold only by Bohnenkamp's
