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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE, ORE.
Tuesday. August I I. 1 :5 1
MISS THOMPSON
NAMEDROUND-UP
QUEEN FOR 1934
PENDLETON, Ore. (Special) The
ctuu-mlng. 10-year-old girl selected to
reimi as auecn of the 1034 Pendleton
Tmiinrt-tin Reitmhir 13-15. has
been riding horses since she was four I Edward A. Hayes, national corn
years old and actually "rides fence" mnntlor, will bo present, along. with
on her latlwr'a 5,000 aero ranch, tak- I leaders of the 40 et 8, nine drum
lug care of tho 00 vicious bucking
horses belonging to the Round-up.
Her name, Is Shirley Thompson and
Her , mother, then Laura McKec, was
queen of the first PendlJton Round
Up held In 18ip, Her father, Herb
Tltompson to livestock director for
tno RoundrUp association and cares
for Ui9 valuable bucking stock on his
ranch. Shirley's ranoh homo Is 14
miles southeast of Pdndleton In the
foothills of the Blue mountains and
is on Indian reservation land. Siilrloy
knows the Indians and spoaks their
language and partclpatcs In tlio In
dian horse round-up held each spring
when the colts are branded.
It may seem unusual outside of
Umatilla eouu'.y but the horseman
ship of lilts smiling' Pendleton high
school, graduate is so woll known In
ineso parts that It is taken for granW
ed. She has on occasion, cut out th
Round-Up bucking horses from the
other stock on tho ranch and, single
handed, driven them all Into Pendlor
ton to deliver them at the Round
up grounds. She often rides 25 miles
of fcno3 dally.
Every one of tho five attendants
selected for Queen Shirley lives on a
ranch and all are excellent riders,
preferring western saddles above the
English type used In riding acade
mies. The attendants arc Mirgarct
Brossman of Morrow county, several
miles from Heppnor; Ruth Porter of
the Long Creek country In Oraljt
county; Mary Robinson who lives
three mlcs out of Walla Walla; Hazel
Barton of tho historic old Barton
; ranch near FrecKout, 57 miles back of
Enterprise; and Betty Tubus, from a
ranch near, Adams, 18 mllcu out of
Pendleton.
That these truly western girls will
reign over a Round-Up unsurpassed
by any of tho 24 great shows that
Pendleton has staged slnco 10ID,
spreading, tho fame of tho Pacific
northweitt throughout the world, Is
confidently predicted by President
W)lson D, McNory and Business Man
ager Roy W. Ritner of the Round-Up
association. Dally requests for prim
lists aro arriving from tho world's
. foremost competitors, the participa
tion of 2,000 Indians Is assured, and
the historic "Westward Ho" parade
hold Friday Instead of Saturday as in
former years, will be more complete
than over tooforo. Meanwhile, 1034 Is
. proving a groat rodeo year with varl
ous western exhibitions seating now
attendance records. Mr, Ritner per
sonally visited tho Oody Stampede In
Wyoming and tho Livingston Hound
Up In Montana early in July. The
Cody show had the best attendnnco
In 5 years and tho Livingston exhibi
tion drew the largest gato In its hls-
; tory, Ho also attonded the Callnas,
California rodeo whero tho show had
tho greatest attendance- for several
years, climaxed with 27,000 on tho
final day. Word comes from Calgary
that the Alberta attraction drew well
this year, and Cheyenne Frontier
Days broke previous records for at
tendance. '
The Pendleton Round-Up will be
held three, full days, SeptembcP 13,
14 and 15 with nightly "Happy Can
yon" pageants. Tho round-up Is not
limited to bucking, roping and bull
dogglng ibut provides a variety of
thrills with pony express races, the
"wild ride," relay races, stagecoach
races, trick roping, tho ceromonlal
dances of tho Indians ami other dis
tinctive features found at Pendleton
alone. Saddling of bucking horses Is
done In the arena whllo other west
ern shows buck tho hoiues from
chutes. Calves aro roped. Just as they
aro on the range, thrown and tied
down, whereas many rodeos require
the bulldogged steers and roped calves
to merely bo decorated with a ribbon
placed on tho horn or tho nose.
REFRESHING RAIN
IN DROUTH AREA
CHICAGO. Aug. 13 !) Ualn pat
tered down today In four of the
stales hardest lilt by tho destructive
drought. Generally, tho precipitation
came too Inle to bo of much aid to
tho major crops, although In some
production areas, among them the
Nebraska panhandle, it was said that
the showers might Insuro a fair crop
of corn.
Elsewhere, tho rain was moro than
welcome to relievo acute water short
age and to stavo off a 1035 crop dis
aster. Farmers needed heavy rains,
they said, to provldo pasturage.
AI'KICAN IM.ANKS IIKCKON
Mlt.S. KMITS TO THAVKI.
PRETORIA, So. Africa Ml The
wife of General Jan Smuts. South Af
rican statesman and BoUlicr. has never
been outsldo Africa because of her
distaste for ocean travel, but she may
fly With her husband to tho British
Isles in September when ho goes to
Scotland to deliver an ncldmis ns
chancellor of St. Andrew's university.
General Smuts at 04 Is an ardent
flyer 'and Intends to save nine days
on his Impending voyage by traveling
by the Imperial Airways down the
Kile valley to Cairo und thence to
London. '
nill.E CITS MOUTOAliK INTKHKST
SANTIAGO. Chllo W A law has
been promulgated reducing from 7
nnd 8 per cent to 0 per cent the In
terest on loans due to the Bank of
Mortgago Credit.
Scientists say a strenuous vaca
tion often Is better than a quiet va
cation if It Is a change from ordi
nary modes of living.
Florida sponge divers are perfect
ing a "submarine" to enable them
to collect sponges from the bottom
of the sea,
ASTORIA EXPECTS
2000 AT A. L. MEET
ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. 13 W More
than 2000 leglonnalrea were expected
to attend the 1034 state convention
of the American Legion hero August
23, 24, and 25, J. O. Wright, chairman
of the convention commission, prc-
dieted today,.
corps, three bands and the four Junior
baseball teams. The housing com
mittee has already received requests
for 000 reservations, Wright assorted.
The convention program Includes
tho seml-flnals of the state baseball
league, business sessions and a parade
and. fireworks for the first day; Com
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MOCKING HOUSE
HYNOP8!: Rergcnnt Harper
haa pruvctl that the atrnnter and
Mb policeman found deuil lit Pinna
i)ufrenne't 'wane wvre munlomi
ami tlld nut nlioot each other, lint
the motive of the crlmn, the' tileiu
tlty of the ntrtiuorr. mut tlt mvnn
of eavupe until In tha murderer nlUl,
are a mintcry. Harper haa itlncov
rrrtt. hoieevw. thtt print' of On
freane'a butler'a thth on oue of,
act of thrcntrniitt letter rrrelvnl
bu Dufrcmie. Andrew, fr(thfenrilt
ilcniea all l-noicleilfo of tht httrra.
',, , Cbuptor 3S
ANGER
" A KDRKW3, fliiHcrprlnlB do. not
He."
"Theso must. I tell you, I know
nothing about it. Besides. I was at
tho Austorllls last nlglit. You know
that."
"Hiiro, I know It. You've got, an
Ironclad alibi. Quito true, but Ihero
was moro than one In tills plot,
"When I got lo the Auatorlltz, why
wore you so nervous, Andrews? I
hadn't yet told my news, but you
wore ready tipsst. Jumpy. Why
wero you so agitated when I Insisted
on rousing your master? Why all
IhlH, If you knew nothing about, wjml
had happened?"
Onco again Ilia man exhibited nil
tho signs of an Intense 111 ward atl'ug
glo to repress nil emotional strain.
By sheer force of will Andrews'
pulled himself together, "1 hud strict
orders not to disturb Mr. Dufresne
na any account." He fullered on,
"You soo, sir. I know be wan Intoxi
cated and didn't want a strangor to
soo him In that condition."
"You'ro lying, AndrowB. There's
something elso. Mr. Durt'esno was
more than halt drunk when I loft
him tho first llmo."
Sorgeant Harper spoke out of tho
cortltudo of bla conviction. The but
ler's words wero plauslblo, yes, but
there- was that indallnablo some
thing In Ills tone that convinced tho
detoctlvo that Andrews wns uneasy
at mention of tho AuatorllU surprlso
vlsll.
"Furthermore," Harper continued,
"somo ono spied on us whllo wo
wore searching I' i cellar this morn
ing. Tho resiiu wna the hlillni; of
the gun that had been In Mr. Du
fresno'a room. Thnao are overt arts
and noma one is r,oin to iinsWei- for
lliem."
Andrews' eyes glinted as lie
squared his shoulders and faced tho
dctoctlvo -squarely. "It you think I
nm guilty, I'd prefer that you rcnoat
those charges before Mr, Dufresne,"
ho challenged.
"That's not n bud Idea," Harper
snapped, and otrodo over to tho bell.
Outrosuo mado n prompt appour
rinco. Tho dotoctlva repented tho ac
count of his discovery and nlar-oil
both letter and gohlot befni'o tho
dapper man, stlem and attentive un
til Harper had llnlshed.
Then Llufresno pushed tho exhib
its aside without n glance. "I'm not
."urprlsed that you'vo come to some
such Idiotic conclusion," ho said.
"There Is no question us lo Andrews'
loyalty, t would us soon accuse my
Belt." Ho put bis hand on llio old
man's shoulder with a gesture o( ('
tcctlou.
Harper's anger mounted, too.
"This mutual loyalty Is vory touch
ing but It still doesn't explain how
Andrews' thumb print camo In he
on this letter. That cortulnly calls
Tor nu explanation."
Dutrcmiu turned In his servant,
"Huvo wo any stationery like Hint
In tus house?"
"No, sir. We've never used tinted
papers of any kind."
IT'S strange thai every letter I"
different color." Ilufresne com
mented thoughtfully. "Hlnlltmr-ry Is
not sold that wny. It suggests sam
pio specimens."
Andrews nlnrled up. "I remember
now. ho cried excitedly, "these lire
sample sheels. They were sent here
by somo printing concern soliciting
business. Mrs. Wbltmnru turned
them over to me n long time ago and
stuck them away In a desk. I.nst
autumn I cleared out the desk and
threw them Into the waste basket.
That's how my linger murk goi on
tlio sheet."
Thero you are. Harper." Du
fresne announced triumphantly.
1 Ills time Mai per believed Hie hat
er's explanation, (or his lone had
tho spontaneity of simple truth.
"If wo accept Andrews' explana
tion," he said, "then any one could
havo taken them from tho cellar.
Hut It ostubllehea n strong point, Mr.
Dufresne those letters originated
in this house! And now. If you'll ex
cine me. I havo other matters to so
over wllli Andrews."
l.ifrcno accepted the Invitation
to withdraw but went away with a
slow step nnd a puckered frown be
tween bis brows, ns If absorbed bv
somo weighty problem. Vhcn ho had
gone nnd the door wns closed again,
'I have a test to propose, Andrews,"
mander Hayes' address, the baseball
finals and state bathing beauty and
drum corps contests for the second,
and election of officers for the third
day,
KNKMV WAR DEAD FOUND
O.N ITALY'N AHIAOO PLATEAU
ASIAOO, Italy (ft A military de
tachment -working in the Asiago pla
teau has exhumed 3,400 bodies of
troopers killed In the World war and
given them permanent burial In the
military cemetery here.
Six hundred of tho bodies wore
identified. Also the detachment re
ported that 2,000 Auatrion and Hun
garian dead have been found.
It is understood the bodies of the
enoinr soldiers will bo returned to
their homes with fitting honors.
Because of an "unwritten law,"
taxi drivers In Bronxvllle, N. Y
wonr coata at all times.
gMmjuUx 'at
BY WALTER C. BROWN,
the detoctlvo stated, "to dctormlno
who did write tho Icttnrs."
Tho butler made a free gesture
with bis hand, "I have no objection,
sir."
Harper handed him n blank piece
of puper und n pencil with a soft
lead. "i'lcasd print, not write, what
I dictate."
Andrews' nodded, whereupon Har
per began to road tho letter which
bore tho butler's Imprint. He read
leisurely, giving Hie man am pie tlino
to draw tlio letters. When it was
over ho placed a freidi piece of
puper before Andrew,. "Now." he
said, "this time go as fust as you
cun." Ills dictation doubled In speed
and his repeated admonitions of
'Taster! Faster!" sent llio butler's
pencil scampering.
Harper compared tho two papers,
"l'lcuso do not mention Mils test to
any ono In the house," llieuVtei-llvo
ordered. "Only tho guilty' parson
Heed fear tho result."
A, long look passed between tho
two men. u profound ami searching
look on both sides. "You may rely
on my discretion, sir," said An
drews gravely na ho turned lo leave.
- As soon as Ihn butler hail gunc
Harper brought out tho tun papers
again and compared them, not only
With tho oi'lfllilul letter, hut with
each other. Andrews' specimens
seemed to ho qullo genuine and to;
substantiate his denial of author
ship. THE! sight ot Mrs. Duircsnc's
ruined slippers, rescued from
tho rubbish by Lnfforty's Heal, sug
gested an easy way ot chocking that
lady's writing, with no ono tho wiser.
Harper locked tho door to the break-
fust-room and betook hlmsolf to the
collar. Two square rubbish boxes
stood under tho stairs.
Ono contained crumpled paper
bags, discarded advertising matter
and waste paper of various sons.
Scattered hero and thero among
these wero Hllpa from tho pad Mrs..
Dufresne used for writing out ques
tions and answers slnco her surgical
wrappings had enforced muteness.
Thero were about a dozen In all
and llnrpor quickly gathered them.
not stopping to read them there, lie
had f-.uuprd off hi.- light .ind was
about, lo ascend v, h:'ii ho heard foot
.Hons nu the f.talt's and nlnrid-f-iccd
John Whltinoro appeared, currying
nu armload of empty boxes.
"Whltniore," llnrpor hegaiu"liave
you tho llmo to do n little Job for
me?"
Tho handy ninn nodded euRerly,
delighted to hnvo n linger In Ibis
most superlative of thrillers.
Tho detoctlvo lowered his voice
lo tho proper conspiratorial pitch. "I
want you to go to till (he rooms up
stairs, empty the wn.ite-hasliots, and
bring direct tu mo what you find In
them."
"Hut 1 emptied them nil llrst thing
this nioru!ll3." Whltniore whispered.
Harper nodded. "I know you did,
hut do It ugnln. That Includes Mrs.
Dutresue's room. Act very casual
about. It, so no one will suspect any
tiling, llnderstnnd?"
"Oil, yes, sir," Whltinoro respond
ed with alacrity. "I'll go right away."
Harper followed liltu upstairs and
was walking through Hie dnrli-pan-nled
ball when he saw that familiar
ilguro In the huge fur coat mailing
toward llio Trout door. "May I have
a word with you, Doctor!" he called,
and Dr. Ulrlcli swung around.
"How Is Mrs. nufresnb today?"
llnrpor asked.
"Doing well enough, " lilrich re
sponded rather curtly.
"When will she he able lo talk? I
have somo questions to u.sk her."
"She Is not th talk for several
days, ut least. Thai Is final. If your
uuesllons enit't wall. I'll arrance an
interview. Klie ran write out tin1 an
swers for you, hut I Insist ou being
presenl."
"Thanks, hut t prefer to hear the
answers from her own lips."
"Well. then, you'll have lo wait."
Ulrich snapped, his waxed mous
taches bristling and his black eyes
glaring behind llio gohl-rhnnled
glasses. '
Harper watched his brusque de
parture from the vestibule, curious
to know-Hie reason for the hlg doc
tor's animosity. He returned lo the
lireukfust-rooiu and sat down to
study the salvaged slips that bore
Siylvlii lliifresae's writ hi-;. There
was absolutely nothfua to he gleaned
f roil- the contents themselves, and
the deleellve could see lo points ot
similarity between Mrs, Durresno's
swiftly paced and essentially feint
nine stylo and tlio broad Incisive
strokes of ttte anonymous xnm.in.
i'bo longer he pored over the ,el
tors the tinner became his rnnvic
Hon that a man had written litem
Thero was something about the
sequence of events thai baffled pen
et rat Ion. '
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