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As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my
soul after thee, 0 God. Sly soul thirsteth for God, for the
living God. Psalm 42 : 1, 2.
t CHANCE OF A BREAK FOR MOTHER
Year in and year out, it's usually Mother who does the
Christmas shopping, i Dad contents himself with buying her
a present ana men lums over me remainder 01 ine purse
, to his help-mate and tells her to go to it secretly glad he
doesn't have to help her buy those gifts for Junior and Mary
:ar)d Apnt Abatha and Uncle Ned. And Mother, trudging
wearily from store to store for days, does her bit the best
she can rand heaves a sigh of relief when the last thing is
purchased, and daintily wrapped and tied with green or red
ribbon.
But it can be different here this week. Most of the retail
stores in La Grande have decided to keep their doors open
until 8 p. m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, so as to give
everyone a chance to do their Christmas shopping partic
ularly to give Dad a chance to help Mother look around for
a sled or doll with curls or the right kind of a tie for Cousin
Bill.
And, you wives, don't Jet your hubbies stay at home those
three nights and toast his toes by the fireplace and read
hair-raising detective stories while you attempt the shop
ping alone. Make him put his suspenders over his shoulder,
don his coat and hat, and make the rounds with you.
If he does, it will be a happier Christmas not only for
Mother, but for Dad as well because he'll get a real kick
out of the shopping when he two of you go a gift hunting
together. ,
XODAY IN BRIEF, IN AND
AROUND
OREGON
AS CBBw.MCLED BY TUB DAILY LEASED WISH
OP TUB ASSOCIATED PSESS
SiLY&AIAS LOSHS AFPEAL
PORTLAND, Dec. 20 oPl Jake
Silverman, Portland rooming house
proprietor, convicted of manslaughter
for the 'gang.lancT killing of Jimmy
Walker and Mra. Edyth MrClaln on a
lonely road near St. Helena, was
denied a new trial by Circuit Judge
Crawford late Tuesday. Silverman la
under sentence of three years In pri
son and a floe of 11.000. He was
Indicted on a charge of first degree
murder and waa tried at St. Helena.
11 IKS or l.VJl KIES
MARBHFIBLD. Or- Dee. 20 UP,
Mra. Fred PUher. K. of Boaeburg.
died In a Myrtle Point hospital last
ntf ht from Injuries aufleredt VI on- j
day In an automobile accident near
Bridge when a car In which she and
her huaband were riding plunged !
over a 46-foot embankment inv the
Coqullto river. The mishap was
caused by a blowout of a left front
tire.
IIENV PK1ET SOIMl PI.E V
PORTLAND, Dee. JO 'JPi Denial
of the petition of Puget Sound In
terest tor modification of the ten
per cent Columbia river basin freight
rata differential enjoyed by Portland,
waa announced In a meaaace received
here from William C. Mcculloch, at
torney for Oregon lnteresta, who now
is In Washington. D. C.
Mcculloch advised Portland In
terest that the differential In favor
of Portland on shipments from the
territory south of the Snake nver
wlll continue In effect, according to
word he haa received from the In
terstate commerce commission.
1II0IIH AY ( O.VUlvIO Ml.fcrs
OARDIJ.HR, Ore.. Dec. 20 -RouUn
business waa transacted here
last night by the Stat hlKhway com
mission which yesterday started a
three-day tour or the Oregon Coast
highway for the purpose of holding
bearlnga on relocation of atate roads j
ana placing of approaches for the
i pioposea coast Highway bridge.
Th commission held hearings at
Newport, Waldport and Florence, and
continued today to Reedaport and
North Bend.
VIM TII CONVICTED
MARamELO, Or, Doc. M lis. -A
16-yrar-old youth, Raymond Pry.
i convicted of first degre murder I
oer i-uenay tor th (laying of H, V
Biacaman last Oct. 30. A sentence :
ot lite imprisonment waa recom-
uwruuvsi uf in circuit court jury,
and thla sentenc Is mandatory un
der the law.
Prye, resident of the Norway dlt-
' and General Manager
Butlnex Manager
Mall
no, waa quoted by officers as having
said the abootlng of Black man was
accidental and occurred, when the
two were bunting deer. The boy did
not testify.
WOMAN F.tTALLV IXJUKCD
POBTLAND. Ore, Dec. 20 tv Mrs
Samuel Smith, bo. of Scappoose, waa
fatally Injured here last night when
struck by an automobile near the
center of the Burnalde bridge.
Police aald the driver of the car
was Bman O. Miller. 36. of Portland,
and that he told them Mra. Smith
and an unidentified man ran across
the bridge, that he awung his car to
avoid striking the man. and hit Mra.
Smith. Miller aatd he stopped at
once aul asked the man to help htm
put the woman In the car. Instead,
he declared, the man fled.
STAGE REVUE
TONIGHT AT
ZVHER HALL
A "Stage Revue of 34" will be pre
sented at the Zuber hall tonijrbi
featuring Eaaiem Oregon talent, and
preceding a dance. The curtain goes
up at 8 1J p. m.
On the program will be the Camp
bell autera. tap dancers: Margaret
Painter. Pendleton, tap dancer: trio
from Wallowa: Babe Millet. Union
vocalist: Oeastt and Wardell: Mae
llrabeth Cooper, violin: Budcy Cooper
piano: little Mi Bruce, piano. mi
some comedy skits.
"Doll Baby" Has
Gained; She Now
Weighs iy2 Pounds
KINDLAY, O. Dec. W iVt The
"doll baby" has rained a quarter
pound and today she weighed a pound
am) half 84 whole
ounces. Orand-
mother
Mra. Charles Flnerd savs
"arte' doing Just fine."
"We Just feed her the old-fashioned
ay wtienever she crlr. about
every 20 or 30 minutes. She takes
about a teaspoon of milk at a feed,
ing." aald Mra. Plnerd "Somethimes
we give It to her with a medicine
dropper and sometimes with a dolls
nursing bottle."
The tiny girl's mother. Mr. Chariest
Carmen, ttprrmed eonfldenc the
child, tjorn Saturday four months
before she waa expected, would lire
CallfoenU's irraM iTvcm la Urwr
in area than that of th New Ertff-J
land states combined.
The Weather
WEATHER FOKEtASY
Oregon: Uscai rain toturltt and
Tbtmday; Utile rsnax In tvxaaer
lore: ireaa to drone aoathant wind
offanore. '
.LOCAL HEATHEB
, Xoaaday: Hailmam it, minimum
31 aboie. aUinfall .3 of an lorn.
Cloudy.
- Todari Minimum 41. J a. m.
aboie, tloady.
1933 ONE OF
"WETTEST IN
LAST DECADE
, (Continued Prom Pace One)
for La Grande: I
Year Rainfall Variance
im itsa
1925 31.67 J22
1V21 19.93 -47" !
1827 '!
15.68 3i-5 j
ldjM 39 J
130 157 .8 J
131 1823 1.22 I
132 , 22 323'
133- 20.63 138' ,
Kxces rainfall 1
rainfall.
1B33 total Incomplete.
In -rwe Cjeler"
. ficane weather obaereera claim that
there are sm and dry cycles, ranging !
irom sour yosra iipwaros. arcr;0( Hsr-g-nan creek Inundated yards
records reveal La Grande su present 3JroKi of
in a "wet cycle- tf such claims are . Bpakmne.
correct. Prom 124 to 1927. inclusive. WesteTn wasbiarton. boarver.
84.40 inches of rain fell here, an a-ux, sum bad apparently Mown tr
ees, of 6-80 inches for the penod. : ..
During the four years from -2 -Ojujung at-sewa; points In the Oas-
ltoi, tncOusire. the rainfall totalled Ci&a nm te!nptrum, dropping.;
63,65 Inches, a deficiency of 8.15 m-j pmnising u nuns streams.'
chea. During the last -a years, ap-; lte Grays harbor dues of Aberdeen
parenUy the start of another cycle. vtxrt 2,000 hcanes and
excess rainfall already has reacaed bot n hre w ;
SSI InrhM ' . . . .,
-
1K7 The Wettest
During the last 10 years, 1827 had
toe gzeauesa eaoess. wnwuuc?
7.44 Inches. This is one of the wet-
test years In La Grande wveuter rec-
ords. And the year 1928 was the dry- ayttBA Reamer Soi Doc in port fjk
est, with a deficiency of M inches. lU rnUTtllT njtu Mach! jii,
This, however. Is not one of the most fTOerrront property had been dam-i
arid years In the local records. here jaged br yesterday's gale, and the)
being several 12-month periods with . B!ootlel Tjooxsran lumber carao'?rV
less rainfall. Including 1922. when the p!ant TO forced to close. , v j 8
UXMl was 15.43 Inebe. 1 The cmter Bedwlrjg restrmed efforts f
The month during the last ten ' Vjaz,T .j jnter Charles L. j KfJ
year In which the most rain feU was wneeJer Jr, from Sond island at theiSI'
March. 1932. with a total of 6.08 In- the oolumhia. Pour other jK'rf
ches. which resulted In floods in the )ar?t ho, baKered and! f I
Grande Rood valley. Tre previous bui,CMd try the aeries of storms. j jVj
July (1931J was without any rain. To the north, at Juneau. Alasta. a I gjf ,
whatsoever. '. frrrr-rtsiv cold snell continued with a ! xJk
Longest Dry 8 pdl J
V. 1 . Mw. mill njr
--j"
decade was from July 1 to Dec. 1.'
1929. when only 2J0 inches of rain
fell In five months. Next longest
and really dryer was from June 1 to
Oct. 1. 1932. when -94 of an Inch
Je'.l In four months. The longest wet
from Not. 1. 1632 to June 1. 1933.
when 1741 inches of rain was count-
ed. fcn arerat? erf 2 47 a tnoatii, Tbe ;
raoA rain to tail in any lirw-manUi
period In Use Ust lecttef bcnrerr.
WM iron Sept, 1 Co Dec. 1. 1927, vxai
12.77 Inches, or un a-rerape of 4.26
Incbea month. It H beliered to b&Te
ben tbeavUst UM In La Gr&zule
history. " ,
FRENCH NAB
BAND OFTEN i
MEN, WOMEN
(Continued From Pee One)
francs which tbe jndartiv s&M
were Intendetl lor accomplices, were
found In Bereovitz pocketa wblle bis
wife. CUr. bom Dec 19. 1903. to
Bendery, Rumtit. wu said try tiie
polloe to .hare had 13,000 francs
aewn into her nktrt.
Among the alleged eistiote mate
rial which tbe police confiscated were
three wireless mu, lndudlru; cten
desllne eendio? outfit, mill 117 docu
ments, photofraphle plates and morte
camerms and larpe sums of money.
CommissarT Oianrettl of tbe Prench
police made the haul of .parapher
nalia and sahl that he bad found in
addition that one of the prisoners.
Louis MArttn. 43, a Prench man and
translator In the ministry of marine,
had an account' in a Frankfort. Ger
many, bank.
Madame Llrta Tchekaloff Buhl, -48.
a Russian teacher, also was arrested.
They said they found another sus
pect. Mile. Jvtade'c'.nc Mermet. 23.
French and a teacher, ready for flight 1
when tbey raided her home and ar
rested her.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Mali
Salmon. Polish medical students,
yielded additional document to the
police, accoscang to their announce
ment. Swim was described as a former
aviator,
8 wit made no appeal to the Am
erican consulate which would act
only If It t asked to do so or If de
velopments sugirest that an Ameri
can fails to receive fair treatment.
KKW YORK. Iec. 20 OP. It was
learned today that Robert Oordon
Sattz. held by Paris police as a sus
pected member of a spy rlnj?. quali
fied for a department of commerce
flylnit license at Curtlss-Wrtght fly- ;
ing school in 1930.
WASHTKOTOK Dee. 30 Pass-
fJLLlS-CMflLMERS-
Vrack type and Air Tired Tractors,
Com hi ties, TmitJemenU.
Road Machinery.
CHANDLEB TRACTOR
A t((LlPMli.NT CO.
1313 Jefferson Main M3
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LA GRANDE KVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
' port information on file m the state
juqwuKBi t Den ooujKxenttal arm
ilt ni Impossible tocby to secure
any cersciai caxa on Mr, and Mis.
Robert Santa, Americans arreated In
the alleged -py ring" In Prance.
Storm Ckmtinues To
Damage Coast States
(Continued Prom Pjge One)
TU lemma-, rich dairy dis-.rtcj ner Use
Oregon coast, report caras of power
line down. 50 taenia wreckeA. herds
of cattle scattered and pc&sibly
drowaed and rten farms frndir in-.fr.
Hail the county was cull In -1 - t- w
jast night.
The alraosa - vj--fr:dea-ed high
udea. whippei asicre by the gaas,
al had brcuihl leasts at AsMna.
Ta dredge CS-rtt-ra.i had been tern -
aeed-
To tie ar-.'l tzi Dr t'.-ih CWumbta.
a mud and ro:i rjiie SO to 75 ttr:
deep and l.fjCO ;t-. toe? Izzt nht
d up tbe CamSwa Pscific Kodc
enay Lake line lor daya. At Vancouv
er, thousandaf aensa-of tovtand on
the axiUxm ec! of the city vare
flooded a-brn the blheax ude of the
year broke through dies on the Pra-1
eer nrer yestcr-Jay In four places, and J
40 ahec? and a number of hogs were
drowned. ...
KpoLane rkwded ,
In Spokane, in tise "dry bet-." of
amni Waahingtoo. the flood
is7 rwiiwmy ana ow isnuues vers iv-
icued In boata. stUl remained endan-
gtTtd bT coounumg mgn aaes.
At TtHnftrCT, tug boats were
working throughout the night dear-
j-- . toe-cltmered harbor which kept
iow & I0 ozrees below rero yesser- i
. . . .
oT. uw ccaaesi nay since iwia.
-yv otatils a-.Tnbuted In part t-r
orms included. Sim Brwster. 19.
kjned by a falling sapling near Sno-
onat31ie snd Richard HiUalre. SO. an
lnAltJ, tatallv iniurtd near Beting -
br x an:i the drowning of
Nicky Pumar. Filipino child at Port . l
i Angeles. . l ,
1 ALICE WEISS -
il IS RECOVERING
' Mis Alice Weiss, nine years old.
of E2srtn. who underwent al marr
! operation at the Grand Roode bos-;
'pi:al Monday, Is reported as lmproT- :
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Comic Three-Act
Melodrama To Be
Mflfffiil IJPP. Za
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A comic melodrama In three acta
-nth a moral and the intriguing title.
-The Lore of the City," anil be pre
cented Chrlstmaa night, Dec. 35. at
the Eagles hall by the Majestic Stock
company of La Grande. The first
act of the play takes place in the
Biler'a Court of Moralt. and the eec
end and third acta are in Mary Bar
ton'a Urtng room In Davis Corners,
Sooth Dakota.
Mary Barton, played by Margaret
Parv;iev la a poor, blind widow trho
recently -moved to Darta Camera,
Jackaon county, - 6. D. Bugene
Shaw plays the role of Aimer J. Fmk-
harn. a aeedy constable and Justice of
the peace.
Emu Gelat In the role of the judge
a bardboiled yet tender hearted
indlridual,- while Jerry Ertcison la
can In the role cf Caaeldy, the judge's
helper..
Edtjard Crane, played by EUas
Webb. Is the well educated, smooth
talking- and highly pouabed rlllatn.
t Kate Weston.
hop heacy. is pyed
hv Beur Johansen.
Ellen Blake, re
farmed, played by Ida Nebeer. goes
out to Davis Corners to lire with
Mary - Barton. Louts Plnson plays
the role of the local minuter, a
who is a "he-man."
All the breeds of geese In the
ITnlteil States are descended from the
wild gray goose. Tbey hare been do
mesticated for centuries.
STORE OPEN EVENINGS THURS.,
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AT TOE LIBERTY
One of the most during and un -
n offnn thl,
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i Is The Solitaire Man.
- Anu of Continental croblidom tea
tur-.r.r Berbert Manhall. opening
Thursday at the Liberty theatre.
The new picture, based on the play
by Bella and Samuel Spewacsr, la a
distinct departure- from the conven
tional handling of drama fpr the talk
ing screen. Many of the tense mo
ment of the picture take place in
the confined space of an air-liner
cabin, with the conflict between per
sonalities mounting to terrific
heights. .
Marshall and Elizabeth Allan, who
scored recently In "Looking Forward"
portray the romantic leads with Mary
Boland and May Bobson sharing
comedy highlights. Also featured are
Lionel Ats-Ul. Ralph Forbes. Lucille
Gleason and Robert McWade.
STOCKHOLDERS A.VXCAL
. MiXTLSG
Notice Is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the First National Bank, of La
Grande, will be held at their hunting
house In La Grande. Oregon, on Tues
dsy. January 9th. 1934, at '10 o'clock
A. M. At thla meeting a Board of
Directors will be elected to serve for
the year 1934 and such other busi
ness will be transacted as may be
properly offered.
12-9-lm A- PL PARKER, Cashier.
Showing away on a ship was made
a Jail offense by the last session of
the Hawaiian territorial leeislature.
More Slioppingji
ONLY three more days in which to finish your Christmas :
shopping. Don't wait until the last day to get your needed
gifts. BUY THEM NOW. Avoid the last minute rush.
3'. MORE DAYS
LAST MINUTE
Kid D'Orsay
Slippers
Colors are black, red and green.
Make very appropriate gifts for
ladies.
$145
' Phoenix, Chiffon and
Service Chiffon
Hose
Wrapped In special fancy Christ
mas box. Ready to give.
$1
Cox
Handk'f's i
All linen - Hand Embroidered
- 50c
75c & $2
Assortment
Others to $1.95
Ladies'
Overnight
srsass-ts sbm tv
v3eautlful linlncs. cowhide. A case
X "aJ oull be proudv to carry.
Others from el 95 to H "5
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TWQCOUPLES
-ARE LICENSED
1 ,, hv
I Marriage llas J
rT.; art C. K. Mccormick
to
Champ Bond, oi names,
Fisher, of La Grande; ana to
Weyer and Desslma Sutton, both of
Baker.
SPEND WINTER
IN WILLAMETTE
Mrs. ' Nellie O. Nelll haa gone to
Portlsnd where together with other
points In the Willamette valley, she,
plans to spend the remalru'er of the
winter.
Fall,Wheat For 1934
. 96. Pet. of '33 Total
(Oontmuec Prom Page One)
278.000 seres and production 475,700,
000 bushels. An estimate of produc
tion from this yeart sowings will be
made next spring.
The abandonment of acreage sown
to winter wheat In 1932-33 was 33.4
per cent and in 1031-32 It was 16.7
i per cent, while the 10 year average
was 13.4 per cent.
The area sown to ryo this foil was
5,091.000 acres, are 114.7 per cent
of the acreage sown in the fall of
1932 and the condition of the crop
December 1 was 69.9 per cent of a
normal, compared with 76.3 a year
aeo. 62 0 two years ago. and the 10
Tear average. 1921-30 of 86.8.
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Give him a box of fine
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35c pr.
Others to 81.00 Pair
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Attractive in all the newest cuts and styles'
New Rayon
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Wednesday, .PjjmbcjOljgg)
IIIOTELPLANS
CONCERT ON
NEXT SUNDAY
The La Grande hotel today n.
nounccd plana for a program of
Chrlstmaa music and carol singing
In the lobby next Bunday afternoon
from 4:30 to SO.
Some of the finest voices In u
I Grande are to take part. The com
plete program wiu oe announced
later.
Brlstow, Okla, no longer ' has a
"white way." The city offtclala turn
cd off the light to save money.
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