Page Two
Tuesday, September 6, 1932
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' 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
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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
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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
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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 '
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fete ;tyJ
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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