LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE,
Thursday, May 10, 19,11
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B. W. FREDERICKS .
..PublUnrr sod Coral Manager
BAKOtX) U. PIN LAY
Bualna
alanagar
PubUatuxI ranlns, unpUoa Bunaaj, al 1710 BUth itmt, La
Oranda. Oregon.
Kntrrd at Uw PoalorflM ol La Orande, Oregon, at Beoond OlaM
Uall Uatter under act ol Mart 9. 1871).
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The Weather
u:nii u forecast
Oregon: rioudy on Hip mast, other
wise- lair liilR)H ami r rhlav ; warmer
In Interior tonight; gentle rhaiific
ulilr wind offshore.
LOCAL WKATIIKB
Wr.liiPMl;iv: Maximum (17, mini
iiiiiiu 31 above, rletir.
TMt;iy: Minimum 3H. 7 n. in. I
above Clear.
Tlie Maker Miner, who are. lead inn
the league with a percentage of 1.000
art itched. lied to meet the La Grand
team here next Sunday.
Manner D. W. Hall, of the La
Grande team, this afternoon confirm
ed news that- he had protested cer
tain Raker players and practice on
alleged violations of Blue Mountain
league baseball rules, and said that
I no wmiia uo n memoer oi ine im
lOrando delegation which will confer
with the Maker club officials tomor
row night.
The I.ord bless theo. and keop tlioo: Tho Un make his
face shine upon thee, and bo gracious unto thee: The Iord
lift up his countenance uptn thee, ami jrive thee peace,
Nmnbors (: 21. 25, 2t.
CIIRISTEXSEX
OPEXS STORE
7iV It A KER, ORE.
Friday evening M M. Chrlstensen
of thia ctty will open ft new tood
tore In Baker, to be located at ITtfo
Main street. The tor will not be
open for purchases until Saturday
morning, but on the evening before
there will be an entertainment with
n orchestra, and the More will be
cnen for public Inspection. Klmo
Oeptr who haa been employed In the i
Community Caah Store here for a j
number of years, will be in charge j
of the grocery department of the t
new store, and Tttus Rulon who haa j
lo been employed in the Ija Grande j
store, will be In chars oX the meat i
department of the new arore at
liakci . Mi . Clir.striwu announces
that all of hla La Grande friends arc
Invited to Ytit the Baker More, and
particularly attend the opening on
KTiday evening.
linker Hasehall
Team Protested
(.ills Talk Against
Sales Tax Heard Here
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(Continued From Iage One I
aer of the 1a Grande club, alleges
that John Sa under, catcher. Is re
ceiving pay for playing, that Lyle
DrristvAch and Verdell Rassdale. atu
denta at tne latstern Oregon Normal
ncJvool, are not Ixmafide reside nt of
Baker, thai the Baker umpire a if
not fair and that Baker crowds airge
a Knit the foul Uuea during mea.
Manager Black haa arranext a meet
ing with a Ia Grande delegation for
Ktulay nisht at B oVUvk In Baker
all tll
Ilumpty Piunptv s-unlv vas a prvMem
after he fell from the, wall. A a matter
of fact nvonstnieliou was iniHssible, iu
spite of the crew asipnvl the job. But
sad to relate, a lot of conscientious wives
art' assuming a ta?k almot as ditVieult
with rlirain tmnter" alv. Oh. how
hard they ork tryiui to boil, drip or
jHrk a j:hhI rich-tla ortl cup out of that
brand that cost them a few cents less!
If they only knew how mauv -wonderful
cups of ootYee they ivuld uet frm a
jHund of U Ims, ltYtv. And if thev
only rvalu'ed that the wav to jude the
txvnomy of ivtYtv is bv the av thev
drink it by the cup. not by the pound.
remained. In spite? of the burden
which he aaid tt made upon the let
wralUiy penxis. -
During the laaf acsslon of the legis
lature all otler relief measure for
the cho.ls wvrr side-tracked In favur
of t:e aalea tax. Gill ih1.
Among hi jxlnta was tliat nine
out of 10 property owners paJd more
taxes under the sales tax than their
property valua'.ton could possibly off.
wi. and lw held that the uut waa
therrfor fiv the benefit of the large
utility companies, large live;ock.
com-erna and persons with exceeding
ly large property holding.
Ite alao chaivd that Uie supposed '
benefit to the achootA was merely a
shield by which the backer of the
meaaurr were trying to put it over,
and a.vut that the national grange :
and oUirr fann orgaiiirdtiona at all :
time had fought against a gvnenU
aalea tax. j
GUI is cnctudlug a wr! of meet- j
Hg tluvmghout Uie ?tati aiid wher-j
eer possible he la debating the Mib- )
Ject with tKHueotie who is in favor of
if.
W. F. CETTLE
TAKEN FROM
CELEBRATION
(Continued From Page One)
kerchief h. and armed with pistols,
and apparently Americana.
Tha gunmen motioned for th two
to aturt waiKing. iney were nwenea
to the rear past tho new swimming
pool, towards the east wall, a hun
dred yards from the residence.
Wolf, thinking it a holdup, tossed
hla wallet Into the bushes. .
Nothing was said until tho four
neivred the waU.
Then, said Wolf, one of the men
announced; ,
"This la not a heist it's a anatch."
Gvttlo began to plead with iK
men.
"I'll give you all tho money I have
on me, and go Into Uie house for
tuoro If you won't tUe me away."
The gutunen laughed, replying:
'"That won't bo enough. This is a
kidnaping, fellow."
Near the wall, where tho two vic
tims anw a step-ladder prating, Oet
tle and Wolf wvrc relieved of tlielr
neckties. '
With these biu of allk the kid
naper bound the hands of thett
victims, and then strengthened the
bonds with adhesive tape. Both were
gagged and hobbles of adhealve tape
made around tlielr ankles.
Wolf then was tied to a tree.
Oottle. wiio weighs 200 potiltids.
-aa then carried up the step-ladder
and shoved over the wall. He groan
ed as he fell on I lie outside.
One of Uie kidnapers. Jumped over
and said:
"Don't be so soft.
The other turned to Wolf, say
ing: "Stay where you are for an hour
or wa ll kill you. Tills Is no stlckup.
This Is a kidnaping."
He then went over the wall, and
Wolf heard an automobile start and
move away. Desperately he tried to
free hlnvself. but it was nearly half
an hour before he succeeded in get
ting to the house and sounding the
alarm,
Arcadia, Los Ar-geles and Beverly
Hills police Immediately organ Ired
the hunt.
TUCSON, Ariz.. May 10 The
possibility that June Robles, 6, kid
naped April 35, has been killed and
that her captont might escape ap
peared ominously today detjlte re
ceipt by her family of a second ran-
! aom note tliey acknowledged as prob
I ably autheimu
A thoruiea said they considered
the new ransom note received by the
Robles family which Is one of the
oldest in the southwest, as Indicat
ing the presence of one of the ab
ductors in or near Tucson
It was understood the Roblee fam
ily accepted the note as assurance
the little dark-eyed girl still lived,
Cove High sine Here
Friday Afternoon at 3
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even the aeries with the valley boys.
Coach Ira Woodl will start Young
in the box with Walden receiving.
The Infield will consist of Zlvkovlch,
first; Gooderham. second; Beck, short,
and Robertson, third, and Arnold us.
Stttt and Leonard will be the outer
defenses. Cove Is expected to pitch
Barney DeBorde, one of the classiest
hurlers in the county league.
Friday also will see Imbler playing
the cellar champions, Elgin.
This will be the last Friday game
of the- season. Next Tuesday La
Grande High will play Elgin High here
In a contest poatponde at mid-season
because of rain.
if the Tigers were to win both
games, they would finish the season
with a percentage of .500. Last year,
the first for baseball In La Grande
High, they won only one game m
six starts.
Hi shop MacGrath
At Vatican City
VATICAN CITY. May 10 (. The
venerable Peter Rogue, who was mar
tyred during the French revolution,
was beatified at St. Peters today.
Among tho at the ceremony was
Bishop Joseph MacGrath of Baker
Cuy. Ore.
WCTIM OF FALL I'KOM IMOW
PORTLAND. Oi . May 10 yV The
victim of an accidental fall, the body
Dodd Withdraws From Governor
Race - Six G. 0. P. Candidates Now
Withdrawal of E P. Dodd. of Hr- I vote, whK-h will come to an end the
of Msrvaret Lawr.e. 33. was found on mlston. from the ranks of the Re- n aonoay, .ia i. i
iu .,..vk- artinni,,,.. an ! . , . Ballot are comtn: in each dav,
?lT..,,r'Sr! .?.ni.h,n ?rn. ' PMl for sown to a I
TOD AY IN BRIEF, IN AND
OREGOJN.
AROUND
AS CUROMCLED BY THE DAILY LEASED 1BI
OF TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS
NtSPKCT KSCAI'ES NET
PORTLAND, May 10 iff) A man
believed by police here and at Oregon
City to have been Clarence Burke,
accused slayer of a young miner in
the mountain country in Uie Grants
Pa-sa region, escaped through a cor
don of police Investigators last night
and probably entered tho Portland
area.
ASTORIA STRIKE Ql'IKT
ASTORIA. Ore., May 10 W Water
front activity in the harbor here had
ceased today as a stnke of longshore
men continued. The stevedoring
company here which handles most of
the longshore work In Ui Lower
Columbia, had today made no effort
to obtain a substitute crew.
BIG GAIN 19
CHALKED IT
IN CHICAGO
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ating about 300.000 bushels of wheat
still unsold from 1933. places the
value of that grain today at 916-5,000.
house here uxiay. She had fallen
from her bedroom on the ninth floor, i
rvoi.- Miri .Mi-wvi Dunne, makes the list of Republican server.
a window.
give his support to terjitor joe r.trKV nia:1 u brlIi. n lo ., Qb.
i car! .dates six in t.v.f Observer straw; The ballot follows:
WASHINGTON. May 10 Winter
wheat production this year was fore
cast today by the department of
agriculture at 461.471.000 bushels,
compared with 491.793.000 bushels
indicated a month ago. 351.030.000
buahels produced last year, and 632,
Ccl.000 bushels, the 1932-31 average
production.
The forecast was based on the con
dition of the crop on May 1. which
was 70 9 per cent of a normal due
in laree part to drouth conditions,
compared with 74 3 per cent a month
ago. 59 4- a ye.tr ago and 79.2. the
1P32-31 average: and on the canvass
of acreage remaining for harvest.
The acreage sown last fall was
41.007 000 acres, compared with 42.
692.000 for the 19J3 harvest and
45339000 for the fire-rear averaee
1937-31. " j
The area lemaming May 1 for har
vest was reported as 34 735 000 acres. !
compared with 28 420 000 last Year,
and 40.050.000. the 1937-31 average.
Abandonment of acreage amounted
t 15.3 per cent, compared with 33.4
per rem list year, and 123 per cent,
the IP -2-31 average.
Whitman College To
Play 2 Games Here
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erous double plays this season, both
are fast, and both have several reai
sluggers. And on top of that, both
I Nig Borlesko. Whitman -'coach, antf
Rnh tttninn R n mntiif Unn... P
" -w tneir
stuff In baseball and plenty 0f
strategy is likely.
This double header Saturday i,la,
be the last appearance of the E. o h
team hero this spring, although there
are possibilities of scheduling an
other game or two.
If the weather Is fair. Indications
point to the best crowd of the season
GRADE SCHOOL "
. EXHIBIT TODAY
Tbe third, of the annual grade
school exhibits Is being held at
Greenwood and Rlverla schools to.
day from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 9
p. m.. with the public invited.
J '
Refreshing at
NOON
WITEN the children come home hungry at
lunch-time, give them a treat! Crisp, deli
cious Kellogg's Corn Flakes, -with milk or
cream. A food full of energy, yet light,
refreshing, easy to digest.
Try Kellogg's yourself for lunch. See how
keen and fit you feel, the rest of the day.
Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
FOR LUNCH
corh i
FLAKES fl
O OVP.-WE3M '
0 FlAOKCreCT 9 if
WOIIIIR TKAKltC 1TV1.1TV
PORTLAND, May 10 Port
land's S4th trafp.c accident fatality
since Dee. I, the beginning of the
p-lice fLKtil year, was listed in the
coroner's record book lt night
Frank K. lVach. 81, insurance com
pany ixffK'isl. wa fatally injured
-hen he was strK-k by a ivnted au
tomobile driven by Phillip HoIfn-j.n.
Three men t Warrenton, N. C
have eugwged in their own private
poker K.tmes regularly since lv'5
GOMRNOR HAU.OT rOVIH
Republican I Kaor
Sam H. Brown
e p. rxid .
Joe K Dur.ne I'or Governor
Charles Hsll
Rufus C. Ho'.man
Prank J Lotwrjran
V. G. McAIexatuier 1 am a rrlterrl ,
l-emot-rat Dem (Rep.)
WtUts Mai?:ey
Charles H. Martin Present or mail to The OVrvcr ;
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r- . ! i x. .
For Friday and Saturday,
Snowf lake Crackers, 2-lb. box 29c
Powdered Sugar, 2l 2 lbs ISc
Corned Beef, No. 1 can 17c
Durkee's ru, Z 17c E 29c
Dunham's Moist Cocoanut
r.-al g
In J IJia Ok
Crisco, 3-Ib. can 56c
Bacon, Ib....lSc
Lard, 4 lbs. . 33c
Cheese, lb. ..15c
t"x Soap
May 11 -12
Buying at PIGCU.Y WUi
tiLY dtvsn't s-m at all
like ordinary shopping
it's more like sroinsr to a
FAIR (with complimen
tary tickets). Kverything
conveniently arranged on
light, open shelve s
along wide, roomy aisles.
Read the price tags
note the savings help
yourself and help your
budir't.
rf.V
Kir
4c
Milk
n rt k-
MOSM.
23c
Golden West
Coff
ee
Mb.
Class Jar
62s
!KT FOKi.FT
Jrth
Pen-Jel
2 cartons ... 27c
Soap
10 Kir. . . 53C
Bird Seed PMrt
10 10c
INSl'KK Your CAR
s.C.iinst burned out bear
ings ami scoring of pis
tixts by using PK01l.
a2 Jed to the oil and g.vs.
l?.ad hjt 1URNK
OUniCU) sas xN-ut
I'VKOU. in this eeVs
S.tutdjy Kvfnir.g lt.
Woodbury's Facial Soap, bar 10c
Jergen's Health Soap, 3 bars 15c
Van Camp's Pork U Beans, can 6c
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Large Naval Oranges, doz.. . .2Sc
No. 1 Asparagus, 2 lbs. 15c
California Grapefruit each. . .3c
We Feature Kraft's Foods
Features for Friday and Saturday, May 11-12
Golden West
Coffee
l-lk Glass Oa
Utility Jar O t-
Sugar
Fine Granulated
20 lbs
81.11
Nalley's
Mayonnaise
For Better Salads
2r. 43c
29c
Large
Fksr.
Perfect
Concentrated Soap
Rainier Beer
In the west its Rainier
Chilled Ready to Serve
Case
2 P.ottles (Jq frv
t J less 80c
Kittle refund
ASlvrs
Flapjack Flour
19c
At a saving
21 j-Ib. pkg. .
Vanilla
Extract
From pure vanilla
Ivans. f)Q
4 ounces iU tt-
Korthern
Tissue
Soft as old linen
3 rolls
19c
Salmon
Columbia River
l-V.-o- Cans
2 c.,, '.. 25c
FLOUR
Sperry's Queen Anne
Guaraiiterti Hard Wheat
t 81.09 p,i. S6.69
4Mt.
S.i
Tomatoes
33c
Marshmallows
Light and fiutfy. )" n
large pkg.. 2 for a-DC
Milk
Tall cans.
3 for
ISc
Oronite Fly Spray, quart can 67c
Meat Department
Cheese
Beei Pot Roast
Sliced Bacon
.
Shortening
15c
10 c
30c
45c
Fruits IS Vegetables
New Potatoes
15c
Peas
' . 19c
Bananas
r;;T . 15c
Grapefruit
4c