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PAGE TWO. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1915 BOH NEEDS MED ABOUT COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE IS UNUEK WAI. Many Speakers to Take Up .Varou , Matters OI omie uwu. Mov 91 Thfl Seventh An J"fi-"l - ' ------- nual Commonwealth ' conference opened in Eugene today to continue over Saturday. The program for the cession loiiows: . , , MORNING SESSION M.v 27 1915 ! Salient f eatures 01 moaero vny Charters Paper by Benj. C. Sheldon member . Medlora emitter nevision Charter Needs of Oregon cities Paper by L. M. Curl Mayor city of of Albany. Disscussion of Papers on Charter Problems Led by wax ueninar, member Salem charter Revision com mlttee. J . Attainment by an Oregon Munic ipality of Individuality and character Bert R. Green, Chairman Springs water .commission, Ashland. . Efficiency and Economy in Munici pal Administration A. LJBarbur, City Treasurer, Portland. -'.'j AFTERNOON SESSION Excess f condemnation Use of, in Municpal Improvements - in Oregon W. P. La Roche, Cjty Attorney, Port land. 1 . City Planning commission for Ore gon cities E. T. Mische, Adviser city park commission Portland. -i BUSINESS SESSION Round Table conference on Vital Needs of Oregon cities, such as pro gram of reciprocity in promoting urban and rural interests. - EVENING SESSION Illustration lecture on city plans Ernest F, Walker. " Friday, May 28. ." ' MORNING SESSION Conference topic for the day Co operation between state and nation and among neighboring states, for attainment of fuller and freer use of idle resources. Logic : of situation compels Co operation Hon. B. F. Irvine, member Oregon conservation commission. . The Co-operative .'undertaking advisable for larirest utilization of water ' resources Hon J. N. Teal, chairman Oregon conservation com mission. - Opportunities through Co-operation for making arid lands productive and forests resources a means of public welfare. Ex-Governor Oswald West. Response to suggested Co-operation activities between state .and na tion by E.' C. Finney, , member board of appeals, Representative -for Frank lin K. Lane, secretary of the Interior. AFTERNOON SESSION Necessity for formation and ex pression of the public, opinion of the weRt Hon. Harry Lane, U. S. Sena tor. ' ' Statement making clear the field for Co-operation members of Feder al Service present. Procedure for securing largest and best results in settlement of vacant lands in '.Oregon Paper by . Louis Sharp, Chief of Field Division, Dept. of Interior. University, College and High school students from the different sections of the state will hold a conference to Project Commonwealth UndeKrJk ings. - -. .- ,y , FRIDAY EVENING A play "Joy" a Comedy in three acts, by John Galsworthy, Present- Did the Letter Blur When Yoj Read Last Evening's Paper? 1 Consult HE ACOCK If at any time in one year 1 can improve your vision, no extra charge is made for the changing of lenses. If your mountings get broken, I will repair them for you without cost. You Have Only One Pair of Eyes Take Them to Heacock HEACOCK EYESIGHT SPECIALIST SOMETHING FOR MOT MING RADIANT UNIVERSAL. . Study the points of construction. The joints are interlocking, which makes it the strongest possible- construction. The walLs of the main body are made of cold-rolled steel and are lined with asbestos and porcelain. The interlocking joints are air tight, togethcivwith asbestos and porcelainlinings prevents any unnecessary waste of heat and makes a perfect baker. - The fire box is the comet size for soft coal and wood 'and will produce the greatest amount of heat for fuel used. The flues are proportioned in size to fit the fire box, and the heat is distributed evenly toall parts of the range. The oven is 16x20 inches, is made of hteavy steel and is surrounded by as bestos and porcelain, and has a white poj-ce lain oven door, and cleans as easily as a China dish. ', The door will hold your weight. This stove is a perfect baker. Has a key plate top, polished, the front plate raises up and is fine for broiling .or. putting in -fuel. Has a sliding damper, damper in the flue. This stive is neckled-trimmed, the oven door is white porcelain. It has everything that could be expected of or on a stove, and is one of the a ristocrats of the stove family. ; ' 1 SOMETHING FOR NOTHING--THEY SAY IT CAN'T BEDONE BUT HERE IT IS 0 0 This is a $65 Raoge o We will sell it for $58 50 and give as long as. they last a $25 Kitchen Cabinet or a $25 Baby Buggy T I (T A P 3rd Floor New Foley Bldg. cd by the Guild Players of the De partment of Public Speaking. 1 Saturday, May 29 . . MORNING SESSION ... .. Session Topic' Co-operation of development agencies in Oregon. How the Development Agencies may work together in permanently progressive and public welfare un dertakings C. C. Colt, Representative of Commercial clubs ol Oregon cities. Utilization of the Amortization Principle in securing needed capital for Agricultural improvements paper by Hon. W.' K, Newell, discussion led by Dr. Hector Macpherson, Oregon Agricultural College. Credit Organization and f T f T. f t . T A ! . . X PECULIARITIES OF WAR. $ : ,: .g. .j. .j. .j. j j ! j. j. .j. .j. . .j. Contracts for securing capital lor Oregon Highway, Municipal and In dustrial improvements address by by C. K. Williams, Manager Morris Bros., Inc. Reorganization of county admins- t rut ion for highest etticiency and London, May 20. (By mail to New York) This is a story of hero ism how Sergeant Major Harry Dnniels, Second Rifle Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Neuve Chapelle. It's also a story of another Victor ia Cross and a lonely grave back there in Northern France. It's a story of two chums who faced death togeth- j er and fought until bullets cut them i down. Corporal Tom Noble is dead. Sertreant Maior Daniels told it today i Loan from his cot in a big London hospital, j trains from all the principal towns have carried more than 20,000 eager sportsmen to the hills, it is estimated. The open season is from May 20 to October 81. FOR RENT One modern seven room house, furnished. Mrs. Zu ber. Adv. 5-27-5tp. No matter how bad a man may be, there is one woman who can find some good in him. Senator La Folletti losing out. Well,-tr. lost out so often h ought to know. AEROPLANES AID WARSHIPS jNJMMpENT OF TURK FORTS IN .... qt j.sriyi w.'--yy-yj "I am more triad about Tom's Vic toria Cross than I am about my own," he said, "poor chap he didn't even know it." And then he told how Tom and himself inseparable companions since they went out in November vounteered to cut the wire entangle ments of the enemy not fifty feet economy. Ruf us C Holman County- - Gma 4n hesc Jw ing Commissioner, Multnomah County. , , ' B AnntT(.rnu!t no mnn-a inm Disscussion led by C. C. Chapman, x,etJeen the trenches they reached Kdltlr "Owirnn Vnipr." o'.i. t .u: i -1 i . Editir "Oregon Voter.' Principles of Highest economy in the public affairs of Oregon J. H. Albert, President Capital City Bank, Salem. " AFTERNOON SESSION Session Topic Constructive state Good Roads Program. Planning of state and county road system Edward I. ' Cantine State Highway Engineer. The Concrete 'Road Application to Oregon Conditions Ellis W. Lazell, Civil Engineer, started a Work. "We were hard at it," continued Daniels, "when above the din of ma chine gun fire I heard a faint voice. 'I'm hit in the chest, old man,' Noble called and those were his last words. He was soon unconscious and died." Himself wounded in the hip a few minutes later, Daniels crawled a short distance to a shell hole where he rested until nightfall. Then slow ly he dragged himself toward the British trenches. Readinir his morning naner today Other Types of Road Construction''" the hospital Daniels learned that m t & 1 , for different classes of highways, as determined by Oregon s supply of material and climate conditions Prof. H. M. Parks, Oregon Agricul tural College. How should 'different classes of Oregon highway be financed John B. Yeon, Roadmaster Multnomah Coun ty. Federal and State Legislation for the construction of roads, H. N. Law irie, Chairman Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology Commission. Some Comprehensive Aspects of the good roatU problem in Oregon Address by Frank Branch Ril y. he hud won the Victoria Cross. He said nothing, until the man in the next cot asked: "Your name's Daniels isn't it? You're Sergeant Major Danniels of the Rifle Brigade. You've got the V. C." Daniels admitted it. "Yes, I reckon it must be me," he said. i a lAnd then he told the story. Trout Fishing Opens. Denver, Colo., May 20. This is the first day of the open season for trout fishing in Colorado this year. Special V oerv Va SEA PLAN IS BEING - - 4 - IS PHOTOGRAPH. TAKEN IN THE DARDANELLES. SHOWS THE RETURN OP A BRITISH ,T,0..A LTV APTER MAKING A FLIGHT OVER THE TURKISH TIlArATIONfiJ inr. ni.us A5S FEKTOKATED DY THE RIFLE FIRE OF THE TURKS THF UK API ANE TAKEN IN TOW BY A CUTTVP . - inc i unn.9. . IHH, Bh.APLA.Nt, ii mm