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. J . i : I i 1 1 fJfUfl I ht .' . tunre.K I 6 I (S) ' - y No New Saints in Sunday Session of Snake Bite Church , ! ST. CHARLES; Va., July 2(UP) A strange bund of Virginia ihountuinceis who spend their Sundays with snakes, hunted to day fur more vicious reptiles with which to give t.'eir faith a more stvere testing anc' perhaps to provide their sect with a new saint. V : In the season's third demon stration yesterday of their chief doctrine no physical danger may befull the spiritualy. strong, the holiness Faith Healers- taunted and tempted,, five rattlesnakes and copperheads. They came away unscathed. ' A blazing sun beat down on Stone Creek Grove church as the service opentd to a packed house. It was a swirling orgy of writh ing bodies, shouting, singing and praying. -.' Nancy Klein, a wrinkled woman of 65 '-who had been bit ten several times during previous demonstrations, grabbed one of the rattlers and thrust it to her bosom, wrapped another around her neck, singing and shouting all the while. . "Saint'' Nancy's testimony was a signal for several of the ailing to come forward for "healing." They left the' altar later, chanting that they felt better. Aerosol Bomb Now Will Kill Flies Too 1 WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP) The army has put DDT powder in ' its insect-buster, the aerosol bomb, and greased it up with the result it not only kills mosquitos but, disease-bearing flies as well. The ..original aerosol bomb de veloped in 1843 contained pyre thrum, sesame oil and freon. When the contents were atom ized in a tent or hut, it killed mosquitos but only knocked down other insects. . The new bomb contains 85 per cent freon, 2 percent of a 20 per cent pyrethrum solution, five per cent cyclehexanone, 5 percent lubricating oil and three percent DDT. Two Boys Drown In Umpqua River ROSEBURG, July 2 (UP) Funeral was held today for Law rence Linthicum. jr., 11, and James Van Hoy, 8, who drowned late Saturday in the Umpquo river about 15 miles west of Roseburg. -1 The Linthicum family had gone from Roseburg" to : SDend -.the night at the Van Hoy farm in Garden Valley where the boys i of each family slipped away to me river aner being forbidden I to play near, the stream. i The other boys said Lawrence I and James were wading along ; me river s edge when they step ped off a ledge of rocks into deep water. Atlantic Coast to Get Some Relief NKW YORK,--July 2 (UP) Sweltering millions along the At lantic seaboard were promised some relief from the humid heat wave today. , The weather bureau said New York and vicinity would be partly cloudy with the maximum temperature reaching 85 degrees, 10 degrees under yes terday's high. -But the best news was that .the humidity was ex pected to fall off 10 points. ONE HANDED RIDER ST. PAUL, July 2 (UP) Mitch Owens, a one-handed cowbov from Fresno, Calif., won the hear', of a rodeo crowd Sunday by be ing the only one of nine contest ants to stay on a raging Brahma bull the required time. Owens was also one of five riders who stayed on a bucking bronc the required 10 seconds. . . . - KtSBS WTTI.E BEE Helge Johnson. Joliet. 1. had a bofcep oa jcb on his hands when he found a city ordinance pro vided a stinging fine of $1 to S10 for each day that each ol his 400.0CO bees were loose in the town. Equipped with a. head net. Johnson is shown rounding up his colony for a bee-line, shipment out of Joliet. . ... - Tests Prove Parachutes Practical For Delivery of Fragile Air Freight I Vi... T'TTSW Dishes packed for ordinary air express shipment are unwrapped by PCA chief hostess Kaineruw Hariman, after they were drop ped by parachute during demonstration at National airport. . By S. BURTON HEATH NEA Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON The real benefits of this air age can be brought home to thousands of smaller communities through' a development , in cargo-parachuting that was demonstrated at the national airport by Pennsylvania Central airlines and the Switlik Parachute company.' ' ." ."- Mail, air cargo and : general aviation executives of this and other countries were impressed when they watched a standard DC-3 airliner, breezing past : at 130 miles nn hour, drop china ware, watches, bottled medicines and phonograph records from a height of 300 feet on a small tar get, without so much as denting the corner of a package. These fragile items, and others more durable, were not specially packaged. They were in ordin ary cardboard cartons, . packed just as they would have . been for mail or rail express or de partment store delivery. A couple of the boxes missed the grass tar get narrowly and landed -on a cement apron, but so gently that r.o semblance of damage, .'was done. .'-'.... ..." ' In time of war soldiers and military supplies are expendable. Death and breakage ate regret ted, but must be risked wherein objective is at 'stake. In-civilian aviation, air cargo patroriage will, not be obtainable if, the risk.', of breakage -is. very substantial.. Nor would the government" permit dioDDine of carao if there were' any possibility that, as .happens- sometimes in;army ,' practice, ' a package might foul -the plane controls and cause a crash. Special Parachute So Switlik devised a special parachute for the purpose, and PCA engineers developed a de vice that tosses packags out of the cargo door so that they -can not get into tail controls and so that as many as six, at least, will hit in a very small area. ; . .. There are as yet'ony 378 cities in this country"' with direct - air service. This. number presumably will be increased afer. the :' War, but there still .will be thousands of substantial communities that wil be able to send or .receive air mai and cargo only by train or road shuttle to airports. By use of. the parachute it would be possible for a through plane, dipping low over a pre pared target in such a town, to drop both mail and cargo on the spct. Tr.a reverse picture pickup without landing already is in use to some extent, and in many instances could be combined with parachute dropping to give ev erything except passenger serv ice to towns that could not sup port airports capable of handling the big planes passing overhead. New Pastor Honored By Methodists Here Members of the First Metho dist church complimented Rev. and Mrs. Logan A. ,Pruitt,. who have recently taken over the pas torale, with a potluek picnic din ner yesterday at Riverside park. . The program for " the event, conducted in the manner of a reception for the Pruitts, was ar ranged by A. W. Burnett, presi dent of the Men's club of the church, and included a welcom ing address by H. E. Dixon, a wel come to Mrs. Fruitt from Miss Mabel Doty, and a greeting by Rev. Floyd White, pastor of the Fir Street Methodist church. Both Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Pruitt re sponded to the addresses. Special guests at the dinner were Rev. Mr. and Mrs. White, Rev. Mr. Priuitt and Mrs. White having gone to high school to gether at Boise. Mrs. Renwick Clark was chair man in charge of the dinner. Cove News COVE, (Special) Firman Fall eur, new superintendant o f schools, with his. family has ar rived' in Cove anS will be here this'-surnmcr., t "J'y:,. "'Mrs. Sarah Conley.and her son, Virgil, who went to .Seattle- for thegraduation' 'of her daughter, Maxine. .from the university are 'at home again'.',! 'Miss .Maxine came home with them and plans to be here this summer. Mrs. Emma Blodgett, who has been spending her vacation in Elgin with her daughter, Mrs. Tom Burton, and family, came home Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Jenson of Portland, who are interested in the horse ranch on the Minam, were in town this week getting ready for their summer on the Minam.- O RATION CALENDAR Processed Foods! Book 4 Blue stamps N2 through S2 valid through Juno 30. Blue stamps T2 through X2 valid through July 31. Blue stamps Y2, Z, Al, Bl, CI valid through August 31. Blue stamps Dl through HI valid through September 30. Meat. Butter, Fats, Cheese: Book 4 Red stamps E2 through J2 valid through Jun 30. Red stamps K2 through P2 valid through July 31. Red stamps Q2 through U2 valid through August 31. Red stamps V2 through Z2 valid through September. Sugar: Book 4 Sugar stamp 36 alid through August 31. Shoes: Loose stamps Invalid. Book 3 Airplane stamps 1-2-3 now valid. New stamp valid Aug. 1. Gasolinei Coupons not valid un less endorsed: "A"-16 coupons (8 gals, each) expire June 21. "A"-16 coupons valid now. Stoves - Apply local board or oil, gas stove certificates. Woed, Coal, Sawdust: Delivery by priorities based on needs. Waste Pastor and Cam: Bundled waste paper and pre pared tin cans moy be leff at the salvage depot, 1106 Jefferson street. The Ham Lumber Co. Will Be Closed July 2itd, ltd ami 4th for Inventory LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Phont (00 , News and Engagements Social Monday, July 2, 1915 rtcKiKiMCa:iotomcMc SOCIETY BRIEFS Mrs. Ernest Briggs and daugh ter, Gaylee, returned from Cor vallis and Alsea, where .Mrs. Briggs had gone to be with her sister, Mrs. Audrey Bowen, who recently received news of the death of her son, Gerald Max Bowen, fireman first class, while serving aboard a minesweeper in the south Pacific. Mrs. Briggs and her daughter were away two weeks. ,.' Rev. and Mrs. Logan A. Pruitt will go to Boise tomorrow where they will visit through the fol lowing Sunday with her father. On their return trip they will' be accompunied by their son and daughter who lemuined there un til the Pruitts were settled in their new home. Mrs. Charles Fross and her daughter; Mrs. Norman West, had as their weekend guests Mrs. u. A. Hawes of Hood River and her son Bill Howes, recently dis charged from service after three and one-half years overseas duty. and Mrs. James King and daugn tor, Janet, of Lebanon. Mrs. Fross and Mrs. King, ate daugh ters of Mrs. Hawes. Harold Hilary, 701 X avenue. is convalescing in St. Elizabeth's hospital at Baker. Hilary, brakeman on the Union Pacific railroad, is recovering from in juries received when he fell from a box car in the Huntington yards. ' Word has been received by Mrs. Fred Yeske, 1904 Cedar, of the death of her brother, John J. Golden, in Portland. Inter ment will be at 10 a. m. Friday at Summerville cemetery. VFW auxiliary will meet Tucs day instead of Wednesday as, was, announced in Saturday s . Ob server. '.""'' 's. Sparks falling on a window curtain caused a small fire yes terday morning at the home of Vernon Waite, 2815 Second street. There was no damage. Charles Tullis of Pendleton was in La Grande today to con sult an eye specialist. . Capt. and Mrs. James' Kissel burgh left La Grande yesterday enroute to Santa Monica, Calif., where he will report Aug. 12 for reassignment. They will visit friends at Castle Rock, Wash., Corvallis, and Oakland and in Los Angeles with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kisselburgh. . Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wilkins arc in Boise on a business drip. They plan to return to La Grande to night. . f The annual Elks' picnic will be held Sunday, July 8, at River side park. Members and their guests arc to bring their own lunches, but ice cream and soft drinks will be furnished. Mr. and Mrs. Kolsay Berland of Enterprise were in La Grande today. Mrs. Geraldinc Haydock and two children of Seattle, accom panied her sister, Mrs. Leah Volz of La Grande, arriving yesterday. They will be guests of Mrs. Volz for the next two weeks, and will visit with Mrs. Haydock's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. McNeill. MEETING CANCELLED Meeting of Boy Scout troop 111 scheduled for July 4 has been cancelled. At- Your Dealers Activities . . . Weddings . ,- ... j. . Events Cynthia Louise Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Duvis, was christened in the First Pres byterian church yesterday by Rev. Mark A. Talney, on the child's second birthday. ' ;' - Sponsor for the child was he: great grandfather, William ' M. Scott of Alhambra, Calif: : Mrs. Davis is the former Shirley Scott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Scott, La Grande. ' . . - Mrs. Ethel Piper-of - Walla Wulla and John Tompkins of Ath ena, were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Zimmerle, and visited with SSgt. Jack Pumphrey and his wire, Etlfel Piimuhrev yfcoman 3c, who are ulso guests at the .numeric home. Francis Ralph of Wallu Walla arrived here yesterday and will be employed by Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Knight, his uncle and aunt, in their dry cleaning establishment. . Misses Pat and Donna Knight are. home to spend the summer with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Knight. Donna has been at tending tlje University of Oregon at Eugene, and Pat has been tak ing nurse training at St. Vincents school of nursing in Portland. j Miss Elizabeth White; adminis-' trative supervisor of farrri secur-! ity administration, is ' in' La Grande this Week to assist in the1 local office. . '-. : iv? Mrs. Robert S. Eakin, formerly of . La Grande,' is here for the. summer, a guest of her mother,' Mrs. E. E. Kiddle. .. ' Miss Marian Christenscn hiis returned from Sulem-' for -'nn. in definite,' visit with 'her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M, M. Christenscn, arid has with her.a guest, Miss Lucie Barnhart of Salem. ' v . - , -Mr. and Mrs. Robert 'Jordan (Marian Nelson) returned Friday from a wedding trip to Washing ton and Oregon beaches. 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Pleasant Valley, June 6 'at Comp Patrick Henry, near; Newport News, Vu". , " The service was solemnized at 8' o'clock in the evening at Jhe Chapel in the Woods, with Chap lain Hatchedt officiating Pre ceding the ceremony the; church," organist played "Oh, Promise Me." .: . - ,v. ' . The bride chose for her wed-' ding ensemble a beige and brown' silk tailored dress with brown-accessories. Her maid of honor, Miss Mary Bradshaw, was attired in an afternoon frock of cream and' brown. Both had corsages of' pink and white carnations. v --. The groom 8 best mon was: Tommy Tarwater of Ada, Okhn Twelve of the men from Ser geant Hixson's ' division were present for the ceremony. ' Immediately following, the wedding party was feted at the Sugar Bowl in Hampton, a near-; by. .town, when friends enter-' tained at a . steak dinner. The' tables were adorned with ar rangements of cut flowers, and the bridal chorus from Lohen grin was played as the bridal party entered the dining room. The young couple is at home at 111 Old Point-avenue, Buchroe Beach, Va.,. a small resort about 14 miles fioni JNewpoM News; where the groom is stationed. Hospital Notes St. Joseph's Hospital ' . Admitted: Ronald. Turner; Bohr nic Kilborn, Samuel M a r J n Janet Wallace, Joyce Graham, La Grande,. Delo GUuUuer,. Covei medical; Mrs. Claude Hale,- Imi bier, Mrs. Clarence Mills, Union', Andrew. Kirklnnd,. La Orando, surgery. Dismissed:, Mrs.' Elan Smith, Hermftlia Pallas, Mrs. Walter Nelson and . son, ; ' La ' .Grande,1 James uoble, union. Grande Ronde Hospital -t . Adrnitted: Lewis Stanton Prjnco, Mrs,. Lelia Heems, Wal lowa; accident; Mrs. C. E. Worth ineton, La Grande, surgery; Mrs. John' Bostwick, Hilgard, medical, , dismissed: Mrs. Camilla Jones, John Baum, Mack Lurle, Mrs. Walter Wiles and daughter; Claude Puckett, La Grande, Mrs. Myrtle Simpnson. Elgini Ed Mc- Came, North Powder, ,'','. .. ;.: NO DATE ANNOUNCED '. WASHINGTON. July ,2 (UP). :. Charles R. Ross, .I.White' House press secretary,, tajd ,.,tpduy 'trie date set for the big hrfie'mee.tipgi in Berlin' ''is' off the record;"'-He' refused to comment1 on a-'-Paris . port the parley will begin July! Wo , ' Social Calendar MOrfpAV " 7:30 'p. m. Loyal" Star lodge, Neighborhood club, house.. .. ., . '.'- ' - TUESDAY ' Nf ighbofp i.( VVoodcralt,' 8 p. in. in. the IOOF hall. . ,' : . w--..,..'. . WEDNESDAY.' -j. . 8 p.. in. VFW auxiliary, initia tion, K.' of P. hall.- -' - 12, p. m.- BRT . auxiliary and famles, all', duy picnic, Mrs. Ade)e;Voetburg. " . ' ,j. i .. . v Thursday.-;;'; v ';.".'. '' 8 p.m. BRT auxiliaiy initiation f n V.. Ann Johnson ' "Correct Apparel American Foresters Elect New Officers EUGENE, July 2 (UP) C. J. 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