Monday, Jiil.v2i.19M
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE. ORE.
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From Court Gown
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HERE'S A SENSATIONAL
Miss Mabel Morton
Society Editor
Phone: Main 000 Until Noon
OC I ETY
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One Hundred People Attend Annual
Picnic of Pacific Telephone Ca,
Yesterday All Day at Pine Cone
Attaches of the commercial, traffic
and plant departments of the Pacific
Telephone ana Telegraph Co. from
La 'Grande, Baker, Pendleton, Milton
and Athena, held their annual picnic
yesterday at Pine Cone: Together with
members ol their families and the
stuff of the West Coast Co. In La
Qrnnde, the entire assembly number
ed -about an oven hundred. Special
guests were J. H. Turnbull, ' district
equipment superintendent of plant,
of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Crego.
district equipment superintendent of
plant, Walla Walla. W. . Wade, dis
trict traffic manager, Portland.
The big dinner was served at mid
day with the food the employes
brought supplemented by Ice cream,
coffee and Watermelon furnished by
the company.
The afternoon was spent at vari
ous sports, swimming, baseball and
races. Included In. the races were
the following:- Women's free-for-all,
nonage limit, Edna Jones, La Grande,
Jlrst; and Katie Hytle. Pendleton, sec
ond; men's race, same rules, Ilay
Noyea, 'Grants Pass. flibt, H. C. Mc
Eaui, Baker, second: chief operators
raoe for whlah seconds were ohojen.
Baker, first, Milton, second: cashiers'
raoe, Lorena White, Pendleton, first,
Cecil Stuart, La Grande, second:
Mr. and Mrs. Bay Noyes, of Grants
Pass; who were recently, transferred
from Btttcer, drove from the former
city for the event. ' ' !
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Epworth Leagues
In Outdoor Meet
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Thirty members of the Senior Ep
worth League and the High school
league of "the1 First Methodist Epis
copal church drove up to ono of the
picnic sits on the Grande Bonde
river near the Junction of the Old
Oregon Trail and the Starkey road for
their devotional meeting lost evening.
Preceding the regular Epworth League
study. Kev. W. H. Hortzog discussed
the approaching institute, told ol the
new auditorium and the plans for
enlarging the cabin of the local chap
ter. Miss Jeanette Blanchard had
charge of tlie opening exercises lead-Ins-
un to the lesson which was pre
sented by Boyd Jackson.- The study
was followed by a picnic supper to
which all had contributed.
Mrs. Charlton
Club Hostess
Tr
The Social club of' the L. 8. to the
B. of L. P. and E. met with Mrs.
Clyde Chorlton F-Way with ten mem
bers nresent. The women' 'worked
during the afternoon on a quilt
which Is to be disposed of soon. The
hostess was assisted by Mrs. J.- K.
Charlton and Mrs. 8. A. Weagel when
she served some refreshments. At the
lust reular lodgo meeting, Mrs. . A.
Weagel and Mrs. O. C. McDowell Were
Initiated.
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Young People .
Wed at Baker
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Miss Edna Puller, of Pondosa and
Benjamin If. Toombs, of Medical
Springs, were married Saturday at
the Christian church parsonage fit.
Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Powers, of
Medical Springs, accompanied them.
Both are very well known young peo
ple of the southern end of this conn-
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MOCKING HOUSE
Lay' wxitsr c. brqwh... , .
BYNOPBIH : Betaennt llnrver
-km niiriaf fntifff '( lim huuneltaht ol
i'lerre Uutreane. contiur.tot nwl
volittaat vovtr. wHiftqiu, ohlniHuiu
anv pertinent inlurtnattnu about
the murder ot two meti.tn the lu
treene brenjcf.aat room, tt ci
evident that one ioaji the- "Ian who
' had threatened DutJttnn in ammv
mom letter; the otfiet tune a
voUoentcn. Yet liaruer u not oon
vinod. tie p)niHt the matter to
ir. CQVdcn. eater of Lu-fretne.
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WORK BEGINS .
NLY iho central fact Is obvi
ous, Harirer Bald. "Two men
"0
woro kltlea iu this room last nlgbi.
Tho reason for that la anything bin
Clear. " Ot course. 1 liavs soma sort
bt a theory, but I won't evou think
about It until all th facts aro In my
possesion- And tliat." ho added,
smiling gi-lmly, "may blow my the
pry sky-high," '
i Mrs', Croydon lookod around nt the
various evldoiices of the police
I search find roscarch and iniiilo
grimace of dlstasto when tier eyes
rested ou tho chair with the dead
man's clotbliig. "I am so sorry for
that poor policeman," she remarked,
with a shuddor. 1
-( "Yos, that was loo bad." Harper's
I Hps tightened. "Olllcer llninlll
i, loaves a wlfp and throe children
That Is what happens to iiiuny po
llcemon'B widows."
. Aline made an eloquent gesture
"Stop, pleaso," sbe begged, "yea
mnke l sound so real. I can tee thai
poor man walking up the stops, leav
ing bit footprints lb the snow, not
knowing that be was going to bis
bealh." " ; ; ; ;; "
'' Blie paused, then went on ear
nestly. "Ot course, we shall do
everything possible to assist you.
"Mr. Harper. 1 know there are Ion.
ot questions you want to ask about
tho bouse, and the servants, end all
that sort of thing. Please feel free
to call upon me at any time for such
Information. It Is my sister's home,
tut 1 am eerractry familiar with all
tho details." . - ' ,
! Harper boweii. "Thank you. Mrs.
Croydon. 1 shall have lots of ques
lions, but first 1 have to chart my
'line bt Inquiry.
: Allue smiled In her friendly man
iier. There are many questions I
would like to ark, too," she replied,
"but I'll restrain my curiosity until
a more auspicious time. Meanwhile,
all our facilities are at your dls-
' posal. -1 suppose you will be In this
toon) a great dealt"
1 "Yes, this will bo my office and
iieadquartors while 1 nm working on
the case." L
1 "I'll leave you to your labors,
tuori," 'she responded, "and I wish 1
you success."
: "Thank you aisaln, Mrs. Croyden.
We'll have our talk laler In the day."
Aline noddod, and, smiling gracious
ly, withdrew.
'Apis a fine, pleasant-spoken lady
she Is, Sergeant." was the po
liceman guard's comment nficr she
had gone. ' Cood looking, tool"
Harper had almost forgotten the
man's presence. "Yes, she Is," he
agreed, "a very ch.inutng liuly, Mi
deed, tt every one else In the house
' Is as frank and cordial It will moke
this Job a lot easier. I'm afraid some
, of the others are going to be any
i thing hut helpful. By the way. what's
your namef"
"O'Connell, sir."
"You understand. O'Connell, thai
no one Is to disturb anything In this
room. I'll be In and out of here all
the time aud I want you to keep an
eye on things."
' "Vou can trust me, Sergeant. An
order'! aa order."
-none oilier thing, O'Connell,
When anybody comes In here far
iiuostlonlng. just qulelly make your":
self scarce. That uniform of yourv
16 apt to muse a witness rniiiur uurv-
ous, eBpoclaljy the servants.' '
O'Connell saluted, grinning. -4
Hnrnor left the room,' Intent on
Invosllgnllng more thoroughly bis.
most perishable clues the foot-,
prints In the snow. The winter sun
was shlnlngTirlghlly and It needed
bill a mild rise la temperature to
dissolve the marks loft by the va
rious visitors on the previous night.
Ha spent nearly halt an hour In a
careful study of those prints, and
when bo returned to the, breakfnst
room he found that Detective Lat
terly hod Just arrived from Iloud
quarters, j
"IT 151. 1.0. Steve, I've brought you
II all the. stuff that Jackson and
Doc Miller hud ready," the lanky
dolocllve announced, tapping tbe
briefcase he had been carrying.
"You've got the boys nt Headquar
ters stirred up. --There's a rumor
Hying around that you've got on to
something red hot up hero."
Harper nodded. "As I told you
last night. Jack, when II conios to
murders' I have a natural distrust ot
tin ii sua I nnil' complicated layouts, I
don't II lie some til the points about
this affair, and after talking them
over with Carlln I like them even
loss."
Laffarty rubbed bis chin thought
fully. "You know, I telt that way.
too, when I looked In bore Inst nlgbt.
but 1 thought I was Just gottlng too
suspicious In my old age. Where
are we going to spread out, this
Stu(f7" .. - : . !
Harper looked around st the va
rious pieces of furniture, but could
tee nothing that would serve as a
work desk. He did not want to use
tbe center table tor tear of marring
Us highly pollihod surface, tor this
tvas one ot the rooms which had
beon completely refurnished while
the Oufresnes bad gone to the Aus
terllti. So the detective pushed the
service button and In a tew moments
Andrews sppenrod. The old man
looked tired and drawn, as though
be hnd spent a sleepless night.
"Good morning, Andrews. I need
a table to work on In here. Any or
dinary table will do, Can you got
one tor met" '
Andrews thought for a moment.
"There Is a tablo In the library, sir,
which will be Just tbe thing. I'll
bring It In."
'Torbnps you bnd beller ask per
mission first?"
Mrs. Croyden has already giver,
orders that you r-re to bave anything
yon need, sir." whllospeaklng, the
butler's cjes were moving swiftly
over all parts ot tbe room. He
seemed very much Interested In the
lliigorprlnt markings which bad
blossomed out over the various ar
ticles. Tbe heap of the dead man's
clothing also drew his lingering at
tention, but his face retained Us
habitual mask ot stolidity.
"O'Connell," Harper dlroctcd. "go
with Andrews and help carry. tbe
table."
In a short time they returned,
bearing a plalu tnabogauy table.
'Tut It against the windows," Har
per ordored, "the light Is hotter
there. Thank you. Andrews, that Is
lust what I wanted." Tbe butler
nodded sillily and wllh another lin
gering glance around tbe room,
C. E. Societies
Assemble at Park
The Christian Endeavor societies of
the First Presbyterian and First
Christian churches held a Joint
meeting and picnic Sunday evening at
Riverside park. There were 30 In tne
group with Bill Eakln having charge
of the leijon. The study over, the
young people enjoyed a picnic sup
per In the pavilion followed by games
and other amusements.
Official Passes To
fiBe NecessaiTiFor
Pioneer Train Ride
(Continued man Page One.'
bratlon. It was emphasised, 'and those
desiring posses must communicate
with Reynolds. '"-
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In genertil, the addition of the
Daylight Mardl Oras" to the celebra-
tloh program Is meeting with hearty
approval, tho committee reported to
day. First - announcement' of'thls
change -was made Saturday., -
The cbamber-of commerce will tako
no responsibility for olt-tlro or an
tique window displays -during tne
oelebratlon, It was explained today.
Merchants who tntend to put in soon
window displays must make their
own arrangements ana assume re
sponsibility for tho articles displayed,
it was announced. Incldentally,'ucn
displays proved one of the most In
teresting features of the recent cele
bration at Walla Walla. Wash., and
sjwetators were gathered around the
windows as late aB I o clock In tno
morning, It Is said. - 1
NO' one Is to be admitted to the
grandstand at the La Grande stadium
Saturday, July 1 without passes, and
only tho aged and Infirm will receive
these passes, which will bo Issued by
the chambor ol commerce office. Tbe
passes will be given out, regardless of
whether the applicant Is a pioneer.
The celebration's official represent
ative at the Baker Mining Jubilee,
to be held Wednesday, July . will
be the American Legion drum and
bugle corps, Which 1 won tbe ' state
championship at tho legion conven
tion last summer.
The celebration committee will have
official representatives at the Enter
prise, Uklnh, Walla Walla and Mis
sion July 4 celebrations also, and any
one else who Is going to any other
celebration Is asked to call at the
chamber of commerce tomorrow to
get Identification cards for their cars,
so they may officially represent the
U. P. Jubilee.
In IttfeoVf-'rliiB
Eugene Curtis, son of Mrs. Ernest
Curtis, la recovering satisfactorily
from an operation (or the rbmoval of
his tonsils and n!no of a gland tumor
In his neck.
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George Ferguson
Buys Drug Store
" .,, At Union, Ore.
UNION, Ore. (Special) George
Ferguson, druggist of North Powder,
closed a deal Saturday for the pur
chase of the local drug store from
the Union Drug company- and took
possession Saturday evening. Since
the death of L. A. Wright three years
ago, W. A. Felser and his daughter,
Vertle, have operated the store and
tor 17 years prior to that time Felser
was associated witn wrigm in
drug business. Mr. and Mrs. Fergu
son formerly operated a drug stow In
Union but sold out to L. A. Wright In
1628 and went into business In Port
land. Later they bought the store In
North Powder and will continue to
operate that store with a new man
ager In charge. As soon as affairs are
settled Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson and
son, Wayne, will move to Union.
PLANE IIEI.I'S SI'Otti'BMKbl
SKK TVVO SI'OKT CLASSICS
NEW VOIUC (M Three kinds of
speed speed of humans afoot, of
planes aloft, and of rowing shells
on the water--contrlbuted thrills to
an extraordlnory day for a few sports
men and sports serines. -i
It worked ouf when Prlnoeton's
great Invitation track, meet and the
famous Poughkeepsle regatta fell on
the same Saturday. A number Ol
men. by hopping charted lrplanes at
Princeton, were able to have seen
Olenn Cunningham, and Ben East
man run to new world's records In
the mile and half-mile and atui -arrive
at Poughkeepsle, more than 100
miles away. In time to catch the fin
ish of the varsity boat race down the
Hudson.
Faith Whitney, who made a stun
ning llguro In a presentation gown
at the British court live .weeks
bfoie, looks even uioro charming
tn a bridal gown! The daughter
of the lute Caspar Whitney,
author and explorer, uhe Is shown
leaving Now York's - Church ' of
Heavenly Host after her marriage
n Wnrunn Wine. .lr
SOCIAL CALENDAR
Monday, July a
t i00 L. A. to B. Lu of Bt. Eagles
hall.
8:00 Ladles auxiliary to' Old
timers club, Depot club rooms. V
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Tuesday, July 3
8:00 Auxiliary to Mt. Emily
Pout, V. F. W at Eagles hall.
8:00 Neighbors of Woodcraft, I.
O. O. P. hall.
Wednesday, July
Fourth of July with countless
picnics and family reunions.
Permanent Waves
Includes Flngerwave, '
Haircut,' Shampoo
$2.50
Others at
$3.50
$5.00
. at. 75
Get a Wave for Swimming
' AU work Guaranteed
CINDERELLA SHOP
Phono Main 260 1113 Adams
BUS SERVICE
For WALLOWA. BNTEBPKiSB,
JOSEPH and Way Points.
Leave La Grande,' Dally
' ( 4:10 P. M. "
For FBNM.BION, Way Points
Leave La Grande, Dally
- W:8 A. - '
D. P. Stage Depot, JS08 Adams
Phone MAIN 4
Extremely Low Prices On
mm.
Re-Tire your car for the Fourth with the Famous Seiberling
Tires. We, still have most sizes in stock. Note the low prices.
'1.10 x 21;
$26
32 x G
H.D. Tiuek
523
.98
5.25 x 21
$
i
.83
made his exlt-
"I don", think he llkrti you. Stove,"
l.nfterty said, alter be had s"
rCoviiloni l)l bv li'slta 0. Broun)
Tn, foolmlnts, Mndr, tell Ihslr .
tresis uls.
fiJiO
$7
x 19
.28
31 x 1
Ou ('"decision to discon.
Untie oui'uUre dupai't
inont means that you can
jrut a complete set of new
tires at a saving of 25,
For the past few years
we li a v e handled the
fa m o u s SF.1RERL1NG
TIKES. This well-known .
line has limp; been one of
the leading; tires in the
automotive field and en
joy a reputation of excel
lent service and long
wearing qualities.
Hundreds of these tiros
have gone out since our
announcement. We still
have hundreds left of our
large slock. With these
prices you need no longer
drive with worn tires.
If you need tires or will
need them in the near
future take advantage
t' this very seasonal sale
of tires and tubes.
30 x 3!2
$21-74
aJ
4-75 x 19
$.52
5.00 x 10
$f.55
30 x 5
$
U4
.03
5.25 x 18
$
6
Other Sizes Proportionately Low!
ALL SALES ARE CASH
Trices Do Not1 Include Mounting
W. H BQHNENKAMP GO.
WASH
SALE
ft'.j .hi i' 'M
What a buy! B.reier's'had to purchase thousands to obtain
quantity prices on quality merchandise. See them! Inspect'
them! ' Note the low price! You'll surely - wish one of each
style. '; ;'" i
Sun-Back White
t
imenes
Sizes 14 to 42. 120 frocks eight dif
ferent styles. Clevely trimmed by
buttons, buekles and bows.' .Wear
them for tennis, 'street or sports;'
Worth a dollar. : ;
Just Forty-Eight
' -PIQUE
Sport Styles
$1
Siezs 14 to 42. Nicely tailored of white and
pastel piques. Sun -t backs; and suspender
backs for the modern: miss. ;:,-.. .
For the Conservative
Housewife We Offer
One Hundred Forty
TTh"irhiTTTnn
FJMRJL
.-ti
Sizes 14 to 44. Dark or light prints printed
voiles and white' linen uniforms. ' ! "
79c 98c $.49
FLORAL ORGANDIES
Sizes ii to 2. Styles tor the miss" or matron. In sheer clever
designs particularly adapted for the hot summer days. These
are genuine $1.49 values. . -
G. J. BREIER CO.
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