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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1913)
PAGE EIGHT LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. HP H t m Members of Hope Chapter, No. 13. SPOKANE SOPRANO WHO WILL i v o nrj A-.. : i j i 4 V. JJ. o.f ffcuucouajr wcuuig icnueieu very pleasant reception to Mrs. Fred G. Schilke, , recently elected grand associate conductress of . the grand lodge. There was held the reg ular lodge session earlier in the even fng. ' A short program consisting .of vocal solos by Mrs. A. L. Richardson and recitations by Miss Naomi Will iamson, followed the business session An informal social hour followed that and then came the banquet of the ev ening. "Cream and strawberries" ice cream and cake formed the courses at the banquet .- The table was very beautifully decorated. Red roses ar- prolusion, ueautuui nouauets or car nations and sweet peas were presented-to the guest of .the evening. The out of town guests included Mrs. Ray Bater and Mrs. H. H. Weatherspoon, worthy f matron of Blue . Mountain chapter at Elgin. "... ... " . . , ' Mr. and Mrs. William. McCall wi i live near La Grande, celebrated the.r golden wedding anniverrt-ry witn a very delightful gathering of fri jiih and relatives last Monday: The vet ir. ans of pioneer days were given a mat pleasant shower- of Congratulations and best wishes by their many friends in and near La Grande. The sturdy family has always bsin highly o j teemed and' the golden wedding ann' versary brought forth all that friends can do to express gratication at s'j long a wedded life. The anniversary celebration was held at the home of their daughter, Mrs. F. A. Day; 808 Pa. avenue.. The home' was beautifully decorated in roses which were massed in great bou quets from the entrance to the dining room.- Over the table a great arch of syringas had been erected giving the room the appearance of the wed ding day of so long ago. About fifty , inends were present to help Mr. and, sten, Phyllis and Gertrude Scranton, SPEND WEEK IN CITY. h v I 17' I ; Among those who will come to La:Grande .for Chautauqua week is Miss ' Pearl Hutton Schrader,prominent Spokane society and club woman and leading soprano of the power city. Preludes and special numbers with probably an entire program by hpr will be heard. ' ,. Mrs. McCall enjoy the dinner and wish l, . i . niciii iiioiij mute years oi nappiness. Mrs. John Brandt of North Powder, a sister of Mrs, McCall, was among the Dorothy Lockwood, Hugh Logan and Connie Rees. . 4 . Miss Zoe Bragg entertained a num- pioneer guests of the dav. Durinsr ber of friends at dinner on Fridav an informal afternoon the guests par- evening at the E. E. Bragg home on Adams avenue m honor of Miss Mar garet Gray of. Seattle, who is a guest in the city, with Miss Nell Grimmet.i took of a real old fashioned dinner, , V ' r, Mrs. George Carpy entertained a number of youne people at her home Covers were laid for twelve. The on N avenue Tuesday evening in hon- guests were: . Miss Margaret Gray or of her son, Willard. The evening'.1 Miss Ruth Russell, Miss Nell Grim was spent in games and various met, Miss Hazel Thiesen, Miss Pau amusements, and Miss Alice Hill was' line Newton, Miss Marjorie McCall awarded the honors for the best liter-1 Miss Lucrece Wood, Miss Olive Mas- ary talent and Roy Currey for the see, Miss Marjorie bilverthorne, Miss Runa Bacon, Miss Mae Neil and Miss oe Bragg, .best artistic talent. At a late hour - were: Alice Hill. Helen Currev. Inez I Knowles, Nellie Hills, Ethel Hanley,' At her home on Cedar street Mrs. A. oe aragg, waomi lurtiey, vvunia ," "v'; - Lewis, Mae Neil, Sarah Smith, Olive' friends on Friday afternoon, to , d j -ir : meet Miss Alice Simpson, of Walla Massee, May Pennington and Veina; Waa an(J Mrs H a. Hansen of Salt omnciy ui ruiua.iu. mcaaia. ivuji t citv . The euests of the atter- noon were: Miss Jrene Murohy. Miss Marjorie McCall, Mrs. Archie Bacon. in. ....... r.j niu.i. r..n.. rm.. ry, Milton Stoddard, Hal Bohnen kamp, Russell Ralston, Richard Lang rell, Kenneth Carpy, Willard Carpy. s. The Uksu Mildred . and Myrtle Hoyt, daughters o - Water Superin tendent and Mrs. L. M. Hoyt, cele brated the 10th anniversary of their birthday, Thursday afternoon in fit ting style. Their mother staged for thn a delightful party at which Mrs. S. A. Lamev. Mrs. Herman Ser- prist, Mrs. Loyd Scriber, Mrs. Oscar Jackson, Mrs. Frank. Toney, Mrs. H. M. Bay, . Mrs. Norman ' Desiiet, Mrs. Ralph Reynolds, Mrs. B. V. Schaffer. ... Miss Cynthia Stein, matron of the local Eastern Star chapter, and Mr Fred G. SchilkJ attended the reputer meeting of the Eastern Star at Eism lnaf even ntr mid were ."uests vi there were 35 young friers. in at- rs jt, h, Weatherspoon.' They e or tendance to properly ooserve t..c to Joseph todnVi bein? j0,ned by Mrs. twins' birthday anniversary. Many -vvilliam Morriso i',of W." Un and M ' handsome and useful presents were pre(erioa Schilk? nf Klg!n this mo-v-bestowed upon the young ladies. Dam-. .njri and w;n return tomorrow evi ty refreshments were served and the,.ng afternoon was very enjoyably spent ( . ' w 11 tha vounor neoole in attendance. T.'st Rnturdav afternoon -Mrs., D .' X ninvU-e entertained the San Sousi Miss Adelaide Olarke proved a most and a few invited guests at , her alltrJitful hostess to a number of her little friends last Thursday afternoon the occasion being her sixth birthday anniversary. The little folks spent the afternoon in games and other out door amusements after which a delic ious luncheon was served to them. Miss Adelaide's guests for the after ron were: Marjorie I.oean, Dorothy Eberhard, Bessie McAllister, Maxinp Lewis, Margaret Baker, Loraine Ilai- special guests were Mrs. Love and Mrs. Scott. , Mary Frawley, daughter of County Treasurer and Mrs. John Frawley en tertained several of her young friends this afternoon at the Frawley home in honor of her 10th .birthday annivers ary. ' Suitable games followed by re- Ireshments in which the hostess and guests . enjoyed themselves very de lisrhtfully, ' occupied the afternoon hours. ' i. . The afternoon session of Kaffee Klatch met with Mrs Vincent Palmer on Friday of this week. j i Mrs. L. M. Hoyt entertained the Mission band Wednesday afternoon. BaimgJ!- Bang!! Bamig!!! r ' ' : : . . . . . ... (. i GET READY FOR IT ITS COMING ! i THE DAY WE CELEBRATE. THE DAY WE DO HONOR TO THE PATRIOTS WHO DARED TO ! SIGN THEIR NAMES TO THAT DOCUMENT OF LIBERTY, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. IT WAS OLD BEN FRANKLIN WHO SAID, WHEN SIGNING IT: "GENTLEMEN,' IF WE DONT HANG ! TOGETHER, WE'LL ALL HANG APART." : i Have you got your New Suit, Shirt, Straw Hat Shoes ! Thin Underwear, Fancy Hosiery, Ties, Etc.? WE'RE LONG ON ALL THESE LINES AND WE CAN GIVE YOU AN OCEAN OF COMFORT AND NEVER DAMAGE YOUR PURSE. CALL AND LOOK OUR GOODS OVER AND COMPARE WITH OTH- FRENCH & SCRANTON LA GRANDE - - - - - - OREGON ANOTHER MONSTER BERRY. 4 - . ' As far as dimensions are con- Q 3 cerned,"Will Dunn has carried off S the laurels thus far in the big strawberry contest that has been S waged of late. It is a freak ber- ry, but is only one, whereas sev- 3 eral of the big berries exhibited j S of late have been "twins". This - particular berry measures four J inches across, has a circumfer- ence of 9 and one-fourth inches one way and seven and a quarter the other. Extreme shade and tn he the cause of $ s 1 am ia vi- - cw.iv. & New Train Created. NG POON CHEW. (Continued from Page One.) where 'the emperor that was' is safer than when on the throne. . "Dr. Sun. is at the head of the gov ernment i railroad and will give his sole attention to that great work. wanting no office in the new re gime. , . Big Banquet Tonight. This evening at 9 o'clock the dis tinguished visitor will be banqueted and feted by the local Chinese Repub lican association. A banquet will be served and he will address the local Chinese in the other tongue during the course of the banquet. . '' After a visit to Riverside park, Mr. Ng Poon Chew expressed himself as "onfidnnt he had never seen a more beautiful chautauqua ground. Sunday train to be known as Nos. 29 and 30 hereafter. Nos. 32 and 33 which designate the Joseph branch trains, will not be operated on Sundays during the summer but new trains Nos. 29 and 30 will be run on Sun days only. This new schedule be comes effective tomorrow, using the following schedule: No. 30 No. 29 7:00 a. m. lv. La Grande ar.9:30 p.m. 7:06 a.m. ..Island City ..9:24 p.m. 7:20 a.m. .....Alicel 9:10 p.m. 7:30 a.m. ...Imbler 9:00 p.m. 7:50 a. ..m. . . .Elgin 8:40 p.m. 8:20 a.m. ..Palmer Jet. ..8:10 p.m. 8:22 a m. . .Looking Glass. .8:08 p.m. 9:00 a.m. . Minam 7:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m.. .. .Wallowa 7:00 p.m. 9:45 a.m Lostine : b:io p.m. 10:15 a.m Enterprise. . . .6:15 p.m. 10:30 a.m. ar. . .Joseph. . lv. 6:00 p.m. one side was a likeness of Grant. On the other side was a likeness of Lee. Hardly a man among them was less than 65 or 70 but a moVe rollicking iroop trains of rookies never set out for a battlefield. The state of Mis souri appropriated $15,000 to pay the expenses of the veterans. St. Paul June 28. Four hundred "Yank" and "Rebel" veterans of the Civil war entrained here today for the encampment during which 70,000 who engaged in that decisive three days' fight, will join in celebrating the fif- tieth anniversary of the firght. The' old soldiers have been gathering here for three days and they were glad to be off and away. . Minnesota appro priated ?25,000 expenses of the vet erans of both sides. Dressed for Burial; Suicides. San Francisco, June 28.Leaving two ' sealed letters addressed to her hus band, who is said to be Anthony Adre veno, a sergeant of police of St. Louis, Mrs. NellieAdreveno dressed herself in burial robes and suicided here by gas asphixiation. Mystery is attached to the case. SB I Drink SAM-0 NalBrral - and You'll Know the Joy of Living '$15. GIVEN IN CASH PRIZES Old Soldiers Enroute. - Columbus, O., June 28. -The 750 veterans of Ohio regiments which fought in the civil war and who will leave tomorrow for the great reun ion of Blue and Gray on the field of Gettysburg ori July 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. todav received the'" credentials and the $12,000 which will oay their ex penses to and from the o'd battlefied. St. Louis, June 2S. Two special troop trains bearing more than three hundred Missouri veterans of the Bat tle of Gettysburg left hero today for the encampment on that field. Each veteran wore a bronze medal. Wheth er the medal was on a Blue veteran or a Gray, the desiirn was the same. On SIERRA MALE QUARTET. I Dance Tonight AT !j SDancelandJ j STRICTLY HIGH CLASS 4 5 U. f. rerrin,ivigr e Anions those thus specin'ly honored klCVVK?-1 Ban an(i Mrs. Bigger. Among the kme nn Sixth street. Unrtire wa? nlnvi.fi Hnvinir the course of the nfter- noniv The. invited euests were: Mrs. Hrace Molitor, Mrs. F.- L. Movers.; Mr. R. W. I.oe-nn, Mrs. A. L. Rich-; iivdson. Mrs. William Ash, Mrs. C. II.; Finn, M'-s. Jay Van Buren, and Mrs. I Robert Newlin. ! Mrs. Jay Ban Buren was hostes-? ti the Auction Bridce club Thursday afl- ernoon with Mrs. WiLiam Morns-.n, nf Weston, as a sneci-il guCst. TI home was . beautifully cecorated in nink and white and the refreshment color scheme was in harmonv with the bolide dcipUori.. Tinners at cards went to M'. W. II. Bohn-vi-kanip. Mrs. Rippers assisted by Mrs. BilHnps entertained the Ilunny Hour club yesterday afternoon. The party, tvna in the nature' of a farewell to I - : 3 1, "'A'.'." i., t-'H'i , . "..1" t 'ti I" ill n I in minima ;4 v. -.rfcv ..... . i "... - ; II -1 t V.." . I r ..seal .fl Splendid team of musicians who ope n the musicale features of the chau tauqua tomorrow afternoon and evening and appear again Monday with entirely different programs at each performance. EVERY BUSINESS HAS A SERVICE TO PERFORM AND THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON THE VALUE OF SAID SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. WHEN WE TAKE A SUIT OF CLOTHES OR OTHER GAR MENTS (THAT IN SOME CASES COULD NOT BE USED) AND BY CLEANING, REPAIRING AND PRESSING THE GARMENT IS MADE AS GOOD AS NEW, SO YOU SEE WE SAVE THE PARTY SOME HARD EARNED DOLLARS. 1 , EACH WEEK WE WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK DONE SO THE CONTESTANTS WILL HAVE A BASIS T WORK ON ' First Prize of $10.00 Cash Second Prize of $5.00 Cash Awarded September 1st, 1913 THREE LADIES WILL JUDGE AND AWARD THE PRIZES ON THE FOLLOWING MERITS: FIRST THE PRESENT AND FU TURE POSSIBILITIES OF THE BUSINESS. ' SECONDLY: THE APPRECIATIVENESS BY PEOPLE HAV ING WORK DONE. THIRDLY: THE ACTUAL MONEY SAVED THE COMMUN ITY PER ANNUM. H) THE WARDROBE PHONE M 64 Tailoring, Hat Blocking, Cleaning, Pressing r