La Grande evening observer., January 17, 1916, Image 3

MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1916..
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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RELIGION MAKES
GREATPROGRESS
1915 Good Year For Churches
In America.
SHERRY THEATRE To day
GOLD ROOSTER DAY
Pathe Presents
FANIA MARINOFF
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George Barr McCutcheon's Great Storv "mr-"'f '
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he of the Most Romantic Love Stories Ever Filmed. : ' " .
EVERY CREED SHOWS GAINS
UNION COUNTY
. NEWS HEMS
t '(From tne Elgin Recorder)
Cadin Crawford, former farmer of
- the Flat now residing near La Grande,
was a business visitor in Elgin Mon
day. . Lester, young son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Holland, who was Seriously ill
for several weeks, is now able to be
. up and will soon resume his studies in
school. i
R. W. Garrett, who has been visit
ing friends and relatives in Elgin for
the cast two weeks, left the latter
part of last week for his home in Gil- j
3iam county. :
Mrs. D. Sommer and Mrs. J. P.
IBater will leave this evening for a
visit with friends and relatives in
Portland. Mrs. Bater will also go to
Salem to visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs, Ratcliff.
Henry Bader has not appeared at
all natural to his friends this week.
An inquiry elicited from Henry the
information that he had a mixup with
a heavl-weight denist, and as a re
sult lost all of his upper teeth. '
. About 20 Pumpkin Ridge residents
and neighbors of Al Hug banded to
gether Monday evening and went to
the Hug home, where they treated Al
and his bride to an old fashioned
charivari. The men folks were treat
ed to a box of cigars, while the ladies
had to be content with cold cash, with
which they were told to purchase their
treats. A merry evening was spent
until 11:00 o'clock, when the visitors
.' retired to their homes, leaving, the
newly-weds to undisturbed slumbers.
Mrs. Day and little Son, of La
. Grande, visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. D. Mas ten, of the Flat, a few
' days this week.
Wm. Adams, who has been super-
intending the planing mill at Minam
for the past several weeks, has com
pleted his labors there and returned
home Saturday evening.
Mrs. Morelock, accompanied by her
son, Cleo, and daughter, Leontine, re
turned Sunday morning to their home
at Joseph, after a brief visit with El
gin friends and- relatives.-'-
' Arthur Bussear has been on the
sick list for several days and unable
to leave his home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Masterson ar
rived Monday evening from Wallowa
for a visit in their former home with
friends and relatives.
Chas. Tamarius was down Urorn
Pumpkin Ridge Tuesday and says the
' snow is at least two feet deep on the
level in his section. He states tJhat
a continued wind storm would drift
the snow to an extent that travel
would be most difficult.
Miss Clarice Fine has resigned her
school on Indian creek to take charge
of the fifth grade taught, by Mrs.
Frank Fine, who resigned on account
of poor health. Miss Stoddard, of
La Grande, will finish the term on
Indian creek and began work Monday.
Floyd Galloway returned the later
part of last week from an extended
visit to Pprtland, Eugene and points
in southwestern . Washington. He
reports a pleasant trip and says
1 business conditions are pretty much
the same in all point3 visited.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Harris, pioneer
residents, departed Monday evening
for Portland, where they will spend
the winter and make side trips to
Corviallis, Tacoma and Seattle. They
will not return to Elgin before the ad
vent of spring and hope to aviod some
of the rather strenuous winter by
spending the time nearer the coast.
(From. Union Republican)
W. W. Stevens, of Union,' was this
week appointed Deputy Assessor for
this section, and will be ready for the
work when the time cornels. Mr.
Stevens held this position last year
! -.nd as far as the Republican is ad
V vised gave satisfaction.
J. W. Baxter is about completing
a fine big barn for J. IW. Chadwick
at the Junction.
Fred Fox, of the public schools
teaching force, is on crutches this
week, owing to a sprained ankle.
There is plenty of good sleighing
at Medical Springs, says H. E. Watts,
of the Park, who was in the city Mon
day on business.
Mrs. C. E. Bean, recently operated
upon in the hospital at La Grande,
is reported mending rapidly and get
ting along well.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wjright ex
pect to leave this week for Califor
nia, and while awav may decide to
go to Honolulu. While in California,
about the 25th, they' will attend the
wedding of Will Wright, of Portland,
and a lady from Kentucky, the cere
mony to take place in San Francisco.
Mrs. Skiff has been confined to
her ihome this week with la grippe.
Miss Hazel Adams expects to re
turn to college the last of this month.
J. A. Farley expects to move to
Park section about the first of Feb
ruary. Mrs. C. W. Erwin and daughter
Eva Jane, have returned from Port
land, where they have been visiting
. for several weeks.
Robert Withycombe returned Tues
day from Corvallis, where he attend-
od the big horse show in that place,
and he says it was great.
Word from Miss lone' Eaton, who
is in Seattle, says: "We are having
some winter Ihere. Seven inches of
snow and everybody has la grippe.4
The North High Valley school gave
a box social last week, clearing $56.
The funds will fee used to buy an
organ for the school.
' ' How to Cure Colds.
Avoid exposure and drafts. Bat
right. Take Dr. King's New Discov
ery. It is prepared from Pine Tar,
healing balsams and mild laxatives.
Dr. King's New Discovery tills and
expels the cold germs, soothes the ir
ritated throat and allays inflamma
tion. Search as you will, you cannot
find a better cough and cold remedy.
Its use over 45 years is a guarantee of
satisfaction.
MUSICIAN MARRIED.
Wallowa Girl Who Charmed ' Felice
Lyne Cupid Target.
A quiet home wedding took place
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Pace on Thursday, Jan. 6, when their
only daughter, Florence Virginia, was
married to Rudolph Hensel. Rev. Mr.
Cook performed tJhe ceremony. Only
the immediate relatives were present,
relates tne Wallowa Soun.
Immediately after the ceremony the
newly-weds left for a short trip. Al
though the many friend of both
parties were not informed of the time,
when the happy event was to take
place, they were in readiness before
the train left &b the large quantity of
rice in the auto and near the de
pot testified.
Mrs. Hensel is one of Wallowa s
accomplished musicians. While at
tending St. Francis academy at Baker
she attracted much attention bv her
vocal ability. After hearing her, the
actress, Felice Lyne recommended her
for the International Academy of Mu
sic m PariB lor which coveted place
she was duly elected. Mr. Henzel is
employed with the local branch of the
Forest Reserve, and is veTy popular
with the musicians. , '
The Habit of Taking Cold.
With many people takincr cold is a
habit, but fortunately one that is easily
broken. Take a cold snonge path
every morning when you first geTout
of bed not ice water, but a tempera
ture of bout 90 degrees F. Also
sleep with your window up. Do this
and you will seldom take cold. When
you do take cold take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and get rid of it as
quickly as possible. Obtainable every
where. .
FRUITS FOR DISTANT MARKETS
Care in Picking and Packing Essen
tial to Development of New Out
lets Washington, D. C. Jan. 17. The
importance of (careful picking aind
handling in preventing decay in such
fruits as cherries and prunes is
brought out in Bulletin 331 of the
United Press Department of Agri
culture, which contains a report of
cxperimerts conducted with these
fruits in the Willamette Valley, Ore
gon. Hitherto it has1 not usually
been found profitable to ship fresh
cherries and prunes from this re
gion to distant markets because of
hte unsatisfactory condition in which
the products arrive. These investiga
tions demonatrate that a great part
of the decay can be prevented by the
exercise of proper care, but that un
le3s care is exercised there is little
hope of disposing of the fresh cherry
and prune crop of this region in dis
tant markets. The facts brought out
in the investigation are believed to
be applicable also to other sections
of the country. 1
The losses which shippers of cher
ries and prunes experience are due
chiefly to brown rot and to other
fungi which gain entrance through
aorasions m tne skin, or other in
juries to the fruit. The brown rot
must bo controlled by proper orchard
practice. On the other hand, the
loss from those forms of fungi which
do not attack, healthy, sound fruit
can be minimized by careful handling.
In order to demonstrate this fact
the investigators stored various lots
of carefully handled fruit and of com
merically handled fruit for varying
periods in a refrigerator car, in which
the conditions were made as nearly as
possible identical with those under
which the fruit would travel in actual
commercial practice. At the end of
5 days in the iced car, the carefully
handled fruit showed an average of
only 0.5 per cent decay, while the
commercially hfhdled ifruit showed
2.8 percent of decay, or practically
6 times the amount. At the end of
10 days the carefully handled fruit
had 1.5 per cent of decay, and the
commercially handled lots 12.3 per
cent, or 8 times as much. Ten days
is aprozimately the time required to
ship fruit from the Willamette Valley
to Chicago.
Similar results were obtained from
experiments with prunes, although
with them the percentage of decay
for both commercially handled and
carefully handled fruit was smaller
than with cherries. It is pointed out,
however, that although every effort
was made to have the conditions ap-
proximate those in actual transporta
tion, it is probable that the fruit kept
better in the iced car used for these
tests than it would in the ordinary
refrigerator car in transit.
Experiments were also conducted
both with carefully handled and com
mercially handled fruit to determine
the value of precooling before placing
the fruit in the refrigerator car.
These tests show that precooling is
undoubtedly' of value. ' On the other
hand, it can not be relied upon to
prevent losses due to careless hand
ling. Injured fruit will decay wheth
er it is precooled or not, and for this
reason precooling is not recommended
unless it is preceeded by adequate
caTe in picking and packing.
It is also pointed out that any de
lay between the picking and the ship
ping of . fruit 'hastens decay. The
amount of damage done in this way
will vary, of course, with the weath
er conditions, but under any circum
stances it is considerable.
In view of these facts It is re
commended that every, ,. precaution
should be taken in picking the" fruit
not to bruise it, and that it should he
transferred as few times as possible '
from one ' container into another.
While it is being held in the orchard ,
after picking it should be kept in the i
shade and the hauling wagon should 1
be provided with good springs and
covered with canvas in order to keep .
off sun and dirt. In grading all I
damaged fruit should be culled out,
and as soon as the shipment has been I
nackeri it should he nlnpoH in thn re- 1
frigerator car.
The extra expense of careful hand
ling, it is said, will be more than
offset by the reduction of losses from
decay and the ability of the fruit to
maintain itself in good . condition
while exposed for sale. If these-suggestions
are adopted generally by
fruit i growers and in the fruit to
maintain itself in good condition
wh)e e:Qposed for snfe. If these
by fruit growers and in conseqquence
a larger proportion of the crop mar
keted fresh, it is believed that the in
dustry will benefit greatly and its
extension will be made profitable.
That this fact is being recognized by
fruit growers is indicated by the
cooperation afforded the Department
in its investigation by the growers in
the Willamette Valley.
BIG ENGINES COLLIDE
Wrecker Called From La Grande to
Clear the Trouble
Baker Ore. Jan' 15. Two heavy
O-W freigth engines locked .horns in
the local yards yesterday afternoon
the locomotives being slightly dam
aged. One engine was backing up
on the passing track, while the other
was running ahead on the other west
bound track. The switch connecting
the two tracks was accidentally turned
and two engines were running to
ward each other so fast that neither
could be stopped in time..
They "side-swiped" each other and
the tender of one and the main body
of the other locomotive left the rails.
The assistance of another engine was
needed to pull them apart and the
La Grande wteVer was called to get
them back on tne tracks.
Poured Beer in Sewer I
Baker, Jan. 15. Approximately i
1500 gallons of beer, composing the i
stock of the Resort saloon, was des
troyed yesterday under the direction '
of Manager Eugene De Freece and,
Emil Glutsch of Portland represent
ing the Weinhard company. ' Thi !
beer was poured from kegs into the !
sewers and w!hile a- few filled buckets
and got away, Chief of Police Jackson
arrived early on the scene and nut a '
stop to the practice. Mr. Glutscn I
stated that the cost of shipping would '
ne so neavy tnat it could not be done
at a profit, hence the decision to des
troy the stock.
Little News O' the Day.
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 17. David
Altizer, veteran baseball player of
the Minneapolis club of the American
association, today took a job with an
oil company, traveling in Northern
Minnesota. He says he will retire per
manently from baseball.
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Denver, Colo., Jan. 17. Eastern
horsemen were well represented at
the opening of the national horse
show here today. Local business men
gave $10,000 to pay for getting and
staging exhibits and for the enter
tainment of visitors.
St. Paul. Minn.. .Tan 17 Clna nf
the features of the electrification in
Montana of the Chicago, Milwaukee!
& St. Paul Railroad is that a train !
dispatcher has control over the flow i
of electricity in the overhead. He is i
able, by his knowledge of the grades I
and the location of trains, to supply !
extra current where it is needed and i
cut it ofT where it is not needed.!
Trains COinc- Hnwn crnrlA trnnarntn
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electricity.
Annunl Automobile Show Opened.
Detroit, Mich.. Jan. 15. -Exhibits
valued at hundreds of thousands of.
.1.11 t , . , I
uuiinrs were in piaco louav wnen De
troit's nnmi9l automobile show
onened. Three big buildings are re
quired to house the display of pleas
ure cars and trucks.
War Tragedy ia Credited With Turn
ing Man'a Minda to Contemplate
8erioua Thinga of Life Finanoial
8upport and Literature Keep Paee
With the Profeaaiona of Faith.
- Religion, despite the war or because
of the war; made extraordinary prog
ress ' in this country and through
out the world in the year 1015. Al
though the churches' entered upon the
year much, discouraged on account of
the . disturbance ' of material things,
they have been making steady gains.
Some analysts of tho situation hold
that the minds of men are turned by
the tragedies of tho trenches and the
battle fronts to consider life from a
more serious point of view. The year
1010 opens with the hopes of religious
leaders died on still greater fruition
for their work.
Statistics now at hand from tUe prin
cipal religious bodies in the United
States show an Increase of 7S0.000 in a
total of nine largo denominations,
which were credited with having 33,
800,000 co'mmunlcants out of the grand
total of 38.725,000 reported for lust
year. When the complete figures are
complied In February It Is - believed
that tho sumo substantial rate of in
crease will be shown. The Indications
are that smaller organizations are
making relative progress.
TUe Presbyterlun church' bus gained
a larger number of new members than
in any year In Its history. The gains
of other churches for 1915 are: Catho
lics, 242,000; Baptists, 145,000; Metho
dists, 104,000; Lutherans. 60,000; Dis
ciples, 50,000, and Episcopalians, 20,
000. These figures would Indlcuto that
of. tho more than 100,000,000 inhabit
ants of the United States about 40.
000,000 have church membership.
' Laity Haa Been Most Active. -
It is asserted that one factor in this
growth orj the Protestant sldo Is due
to the development of various activi
ties among the laity, such as tho lay
men's missionary movement and vari
ous efficiency organizations in which
the members themselves help tho
clergy In surveys and canvassing.
Contributions for missions to the
various denominations have been un
usually Inrgc The Protestant Episco
pal church has raised $20,000,000 for
its work and exceeded Its missionary
apportionment The Methodists pass
ed the amountuwhlcb. they hoped to
raise by $105,000. Tho Roman Catho
lics have been successful In obtaining
abundant fuuds, and they have re
cently started to raise $500,000' for a
headquarters of the Knights of Co
lumbus in Now York city.
Benevolences to tho war sufferers, to
Christian associations, the Salvation
Army and other agencies bave beon
very large. The Jews have recently
started a movement to ralso funds for
those of their race in war stricken
lands.
Roman Catholics bave shown growth
in lnlluenco and under the new pope
have increased tbelr power in various
EuroiKMiu countries, Including Eng
land. Most of tho religious faiths aro free
from controversy. The Episcopalians
are debating still the question as to
whether or not their board of missions
should have voted to send delegates
to the Panuma congress on religious
work. The Presbyterians ore still
struggling with the perennial problem
of the orthodoxy of tho Union Theo
logical seminary. New York.
The literary output of the religious
organizations has been unusually large.
The printing of Bibles was tho larg
est In tho history of tho world. Ameri
can publishers. In part because of the
war, have even been selling copies of
the Scriptures in Englaud. The Amer
ican and British Foreign Bible socie
ties in 1015 distributed the largest
number of copies of Holy Writ In tbelr
existence
Tho output of books on general re
ligious subjects written by both clergy
men and the devout latty has been un
usually large. There has also been a
notable Increase in the production of
religious musical works.
MAKE QUARTZGLASS HERE.
Another New Industry Added as Re
sult of European War.
The United States has gained a new
Industry as u result of the war. It be
ing the manufacture of quartz glass.
Which is used in the making of cruci
bles, test tubes, retorts and other ves
sels used In laboratories. It is Imper
vious to acids and beat and Is said to
be the only known substitute for plati
num, which makes It generally valua
ble to the chemical industry. It is
also used in the arts.
Tho glass was formerly made only
In Germany and has sold freely here
In spite of a high tariff. It Is made
of a peculiar sand that is found only
In Nebraska, this sand having hereto
fore boon exported to (ierinany nnd
then returned to this country in the
finished product Tho glass Is now be
ing mode-in this country In the opaque
as well ns the transparent and semi
transparent state.
1)lbDlRT CORSETS
r tont Laced -3.50
and up
Pauline Lederle i
D. R. FONG MEDICINE CO.
CHINESE ROOT AND HERB
Cures Bodily Diseases With Root and f Herb
Treatment. Free Consultation
Phone 762
1412 Adams Ave.
THE NEW CIGAR
MCCARTHY'S IMPERIAL
5c, lOc and 2 lor 25c ' Made in La Grande
When baking bread or rolls use Meisck
mann's Compressed Yeast two cakes for
5c. Ask recipe liow to make dinner rolls.
When ordering bread ask for D UTLI'S
BUTTER NUT or QUALITY BREAD. IT
IS FINE.
We are selling more BLUE STEMr
FLOUR tli'an nearly all other kinds com
bined. So it must be satisfactory. Every
sack is guaranteed.
Try a couple of Salt Mackeral for Sunday
morning breakfast. Two for 25c, a f rest
shipment just in. ;
Don't forget Jones' Dairy Farm Little
Pig Sausages with Hot Cakes and Maple
syrup.
We have the Popcorn that pops, 3 pounds
for 25c.
CITY GROCERY & BAKERY
The Home of Fancy Groceries
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