La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 24, 1916, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916. PAGE FIGHT Li GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER COIN Drug Store Diplomacy Wc use ti; word diplomacy iv the seuse of s-rvic-. We strive to serve our cus tomer in a KatKfa'-tory maimer. 'l'jji not only ',i)j'i"h to the matter of waiting on you promptly and coui1e u-jy and seeing that you et just what you want but it extends beyond t?ie a'-tual half. If a purchase ever proves unsatisfactory wt are always ready to make jrood without any o,ui holing. In other work the customer must be sat- This rule applies to sales made to children as well as adults. SESSION BUSY MICH IMPORTANT DETAIL KKOLGHT IT . IS La Grande Pharmacy ADOLPH NEWLIN, Manager Quick Delivery Phone Main 40 La Grande, Oregon Fran'-hiw and Dim Repartc tl lAruuglt I'p for OmMderativa. VjirioiiF fTLiirrie of import. r.-- came before tie city corxuxuuiioii, two j vf n-owm were preterit, at the regis r ; uij:.jf last evening. No report of j the dtiB inspectorf was forrJiccBr.irg ! C I). Eniafciter for the La Grande ' Jiarmg -lai bought and was grafted i fvncebrjyn rights during the race for j the Dp-town e.'jd of the fan. Decora-t-r-( and the like will he in order. j 7 ho.'d fiJed by the Dew city i treafiirer. John ColLer, was approved, j avenue and East Pennsylvania, & j filed and referred pending renewal of j Tjh. tft rt iyht irif -oritrwrt , 'j avefjue was mea. Tne city recorder was authorised to .ie uivb lor tne conttruc.ion ol one wotK oi fcewer in eft IjS Orande. The city manager was asked to fie with the hoard of equalization a peti tion to exempt from IS1I6 taxation the ntrw joib purcnaseo 3 or cm' store house purpo&es. An amendment to tne city water t'iant regulation ordinance addin? art ditional tap prices was introduced. Tne old ordinance cidn t cover, fj ficiently, the various-sized taps. Tne new measure provides that 3-4.h inch taps shall cotst $5.00; one-inch taps i..y; one to one ana a half JIO ar.d one arid a half tj two $20.00. Various jesjJutionB concerning' ixmds of sew er contractors and the like. snH t-oh tine matters of detail occupied the evening. For Ranching, For School; For Travel REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOTJR WANTS YOU'LL FIND THEM AT THE UNITED STORE FOR LESS. 120 Big Busy J. ('. Penury (V. Stores earrying' only high-grade uierehandi.se at 1 iLixui sale.s-i"ic-e.K yaves th- way fr you to be dreed in tlie best and money saved. FOR HARVEST OPTOMETRISTS HflL L CONFER U.t.MiJK OK MA.W 8TATKS JMKhT OCT. 3. etah)ih standards and compel op vmetnhts to pass examinations hi--for a stat Koard. nttipp Kitf.K rejoted to )e doing likewise in gre-it nurnw;rs. On account of the enmnur. : , r - (Bijveiy new practices in the two j states nameJ, and these two having j agreed to send their hoards to this 'meeting, it is the opinion of Secretary j I'eare that the conferences will he ioi more tnan ueual interest and in General .Manager's litport. , "I'"',r,f 1 General manager', report for the awwwvai ol tjuskJi Aim (week ending August 19, 1910: The I fire department put out a fire at the After prol-Miged correspondence i home of Mrs. K. W. Weeks, Aug. 20 and discussion, optometry boards ,: Cause was protiaiy matches. The Orrrwi, WashingVm, Idaho, Culi-'owners got the fire under control with rtriia, Utan and Montana are to meet a garden hose. Loss ahout $100 00. in PwrUand October .'Jrd for trarisa- The water department pent $40.75 iHm of buiimess that may come h-1 lowering service pipes; $5.75 fixing a fcre Cim awl to take up the question ! leak in the main at Kir and Y, and . , iciiaiiniK iiicw:rs. ine ieax oc VOIV'hfrK Vf.X T-lWi S,riH f-Iki uru u rt.r ..... .... H v.i- eral fund warrant on labor certificate for 810.00. The treasurer collected $98.G0 wa ter rent: $125.05 IriD. District In. stallmentsf l!f;.5.r, Irnn I"iKtrif.( In. terest; $3.10 Interest Disirict No. Vi, and jlo.00 taxi license. He paid S-0.'i7 for a warrant for thp KinVinv fund: t'Ai 11 watT wapraritu- t1Q''i contingent warrants for the car of; coal and recording deeds; S2G3.26 li brar)' warrant and $15.00 Imp. Dis trict Interest. Respectfully submitted. V. J. LAFKY, General Mans-.ger. Miss Adopts Barnes I'lan Raising. of Cash ! FOR SCHOOL GIRLS GirLs' Dn-.-es .49c, 38c, Sl-23, $1.49 Girls" Hose 10c, 15c, 25c Girls- Middies 98c Girls' Hair Ribbons, floral 19c, 25c Girls' Goi-sets 69c, 98c Girls' Corset Waists 49c, 69c, ,98c Girls' Velvet Grip Suppliers -15c Girls' Rain Capes $1.98 Girls' Unions 25c Ginghams . 8 l-3c, 10c, 12 l-2c Cheviotts 10c Pen-ab-s. '.',C-m-h 10c, 12 1.2c Percales, 2H-ineli 6 l-4c Galatea, all colors 15c Poplins, all colors 15c FOR SCHOOL BOYS Bovs' S'-hool Suits . ' $1.98, $2.98, $3.98, $4.98 Boys' School Waists . 25c, 45c Boys' School Shirts 39c, 45c Boys' S. hool J-'ants .49c, 69c, 98c Boys' Siool Overalls .25c, 49c Boys' School Caps .. :. 25c, 45c Bovs' School Hats 49c, 69c, 89c, 98c Boys' School Hats 49c, 69c, 89c, 98c Boys' School Ties 25c Boys' School Wash Ties 10c Boys' School Tnion Suits 49c, 98c SHOES School Shoes for Girls ... 98c. $1.15, $1.25, $1.39, $1.49. $1.69 $1.89, $1.98, $2.25, $2.49, $2.98. School Shoes for Bovs $1.15, $1.25, $1.39, $1-49, $i.69, $1.89, $1.98 .Men's Waist Overalls 69e Mens Khaki Pants 98c Men's Work Pants r98c Men's Corduroy Pants ;..$1.98 Men's Work Shirts 45c Men's Work Aprons Men's Work Caps Men's Work Hats Men's Railroad Hats Men's Silk Hats Men's Railroad Shirts .... Men's Jumbo Shirts 49c 10c, 25c 98c 1 .. 98c ' .:...39c .98c 98c :....49c . Men's Black Sateen Shirts Tarps. all weijdits - .-.$1.98, $2.49, $2.98, $3.49 Canvas, all weights, a yard . - - - 19c, 23c, 29c Canvas 6-foot wide, 12 oz. . 1.79c ' Men's Sweaters ...79c 98c 5c 15c ...$1.98 meeting has en under discussion for mimnr iwne twit a central meeting place oruJd nut te airrerd on. until Kwek ihn K. S. Owen, secretary of I uwinov wnri, a (l vised vv ill M. Pmrtf, Mercury f the Oregon board, tliat Parting wan acceptaiile to a ma jority f Hit board. The La Grande iwui is advised that stveral men of national prominence will le present to IMtrtiripfit in discussion. Orron and California, have unique records in optometry history. New York wa the first to standardize op tometry and Oregon and California followed suit with even more ad vanced nnd practical laws. Since thmne sljites have found it practical to rurred Sunday during the absence of Mr. Hoyt at the intake. It -was un der control before he returned. I he street superintendent spent n.w :or team and driver; $15.00 for white wing and $13.20 for cross walk lumber. He had four and a half days work done by prisoner!). The police arrested two drunks; served 57 meals nnd colltwtoH ! fin pound lees and $2.00 for feeding im pounded utock. The Recorder collected J2.00 nrinnH fees: 12. 00 for fppdini imnmimij stock, and 50 cents for on0 building permit. He Issued taxi licenses for $15. 00 treasurer's receipts. He also issued zm:m lilirary warrant on LAST DAY New York, Aug. 22. Cornelius N. 'i.t Win.'. 1 flilnTTlittf.u V,u Dilf.nia,! tnf I -.'.!--. . rr I jiiii'jnai one oi vne most enecuve , ideas carried out by William Barnes ; wrwn rhf AlUnv 'I.kh" wuv ,: i man of the Republican State commit- t-e. I taming Members at $10 each a year. .Many .New iork Republicans who never before had contributed to the organization "carne across" and the financial path of the State Committee was made easier thereby. Mr. Rliss vesterdav isKiiprI rn fal lowing announcement: J he Republican National commit tee desires to secure the support of thousands of nennle h11 nvor tho country and to enroll them at its na- . : I . . i . . . tionai neauuuariers as sustaining members of the Republican party. An engraved certificate of membership will be sent to each person who con tributes $10. "I firmlv believe tlmt such mm)or- shlD will be of trrp'it hAnpnf tn fK party in manv ways, and I am asking ! , l, u,.4 . : t . i i p Boys' Sweaters ; Men's Canvas Gloves :. Men's Leather Canvas Gloves . Men's Outing' Shoes FOR TRAVEL Hand Bags . 98c, $1.49, $1.98, S2.49 $2.98, $3.98, $4.98, $5.98, $6.90, $8.90 Suit Cases ...98c, $1-49, $1.98, $2.98, $3.98, $4.98, $5.90, S6.90, $8.90 Telescopes 25c, 39c, 49c, 69c, 79c Trunks $4.98, $5.90, $6.90, $8.'96r$9.'90,'$12".50 YOU CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER AT THE UNITED STORE 125 BIG BUSY STORES J. C. PENNEY CO. the hearty co-oncration of all who are iniercsieu in Kcnuoiican GREAT "Speed 'Em Up" thc coming election. An announce ment will r.ppear in Thursday s pa pers in Newark, Philadelphia, Haiti- more, Washington and Pittsburg, and I hope and believe that it will meet "mi a prumpi una wiue response. "I am organizing an active and na tion-wide campaign to make thig movement successful. The response jto letters which have already been ijsent to different sections of the coun try has been most gratifying." I When Mr. Harries originated this idea he sent to each "Sustaining , Member" a handsome engraved cer i tificate. $100.00 IIOMK IS GIFT Pictures and 'The Moral Fabric' TOMORROW Marguerite Clark In "SILKS AND SATINS" ARCADE "Best by Test" I .Mrs. Vandcrbilt Plans Beautiful Wed j ding Present for Couple , New York, June 28. Simplicity and secrecy marked the wedding of'.Miss , Rat Inn a V. Ruthcrfurd, daughter by a former marriage of Mrs. William K. : Vandebilt, to Cyril Hatch, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hatch, of . I hibuli'lphia. The ceremony was per ! formed in the presence of half a do, leu relatives at 11 o'clock, in the home of Mr. and Mis. Vandcrbilt, Clio Kifth ! Av.-tm,., ,y the Rev. William Garth, of Islip, lx.i.g Island. Almost immedi ' ntciy aftiT the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. n.ucn leit the house l.y (he rear rn tr:in e and came out on Fifty-second 'street, v.,ere they left for the Grand Central Terminal. They had gone a couple of blocks. when they returned to the house for something that had l.eei, forgotten. Shortly after they airam departed. Mr. Vandcrbilt came "t of the house ami walked down the avetuie to Iuh rrfic in i:-...,.i i ., . , . """ v '-uii.il. 1 he bride was given away hv her stepfather, Mr. Vandcrbilt. The engagement of the couple was rnadc known in April, but never form ally announced by the family. The bride is one of the two' nttrao live duuifhters of Mrs. Vandcrbilt. Her M-ter, Mis, Margaret S. Rutherford I1," niarried to Ogden I.. Mill,, 8n of Mr. ami Mrs. Ogden Mills and now n member of the State Senate. Their father was the late Iwis M. Ruther- furd, a member of the well-known family of that name here. He died when the daughters were young. Through their father they are de scendants of Lewis Morris and John Rutherfurd. MrS. Hatch IK n crrflnrllanrrtitn. 1 the late Oli ver Harriman, and a niece oi .urs. .-Stephen H. Olm, Mrs. Frede rics . navemeyer and Oliver and nerocrt ai. narnman. she ia venra old. Mr. Hatch was left an orphan when small bov and. with hi hi-ntViar Charles H. Hatch, waa hrnncrh on ir, the family of the late John Austin oievens, oi (Newport, He was gradu ated from Harvard in 1900, and is a member of the Knickerbocker, Rac quet and Tennis, Piping Rock and Meadow Brook clubs. Mr. and Mrs. Hatch will spend their honeymoon in Canada nnd th Far West. It has been rnnrtp,l ihut Mrc Vat. derbilt will present a $400,000 home to ! ner uaugntcr as a wedding gift. of fTZi" j the intense in order to i . , , --' iu ot.uuy me says the practice showed an increase averaging about 40 per cent for all battleships. Senator James Sporta $150 Panama. Waschington, Aug; 24. Senator Ollis Ja mes' huge Panama hat is the envy of the ladies. It cost $150. It is a gift, the senator says. ' .bv. k J ovuuv oic OeSt WaV tO hnnHIo man V . - '" 'i uuuci SULU conditions. What's a Mere 103 in the Shade? Toyko, Aug. 24. American militia men drilling on the Mexican border in terrific heat mnv nnl ff u.Kcn u,. hear that 2000 Japanese marched and maneuvered for 12 days in Formosa and thp Pnivanrac ...iVt. the mercurv mrumfpH oe kin.K n ion degrees Fahrenheit. And only threo cases of sunstroke were reported dur ing mc ciiLire perioo. ine hrst nine days Verdict of Murder Returned. The corner's inrv of TV,-;-. ir0n tur"ed a murder verdict against Har- o.u ana juynn Lovelace, who con fessed killing - Thomas Hamill, a teacher of Carson. day. U'DM cnanf in .- j .USUI 11, constant marchincr ih irnnn. e 10 i ,rtv .I vutci- Tnl'ng 100 miles. Because of the heat property at 153 and 155 East Sixty-Itne 0'd',ers were permited to wear third street recently was transferred I "v c';mnfr they pleased. Some to Mrs. Vanderbilt, and it is under-1 w?re. he'mets- sme straw hats, some stood that she will or-i nn if v,n a knitted underskirt or a thin kimono costing $.'100,000 for her daughter. I Tne manuvers were deliberately Navy Gunners Fit, Practice Shos Washineton. A ol the Navy Daniels today gave out a statement dealing vith tho Q-m-m of the ships firing in the February and .Yiarch target practice. The statement was issued to refute charges that the ma.k.smanshin in i.-ie navy was lar below the avenue. ine correct score.) : the ships of the division. Dlotted Oil II hriflleshin fiOO feet lonir. 95 fet (M.nm .mil ii feet freeboard, based on the results of camera observation, were as follow.? Nebraska, 22 hits; irginia, 20 hits Louisiana, 10 hits: New Jersey, 21 hits; Kansas, 16 hits, and Rhode 1,1 and, 8 hits," said the statement. The charce was made thni tb, Rhode Island scored but one hit. ami after denying the correct nesi of the statement .-secretary . IJamels quntes the testimony of three leadinr naval authorities to show that the marks manship of the fleet has improved. Admiral Fletcher, recently retired Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Meet, in official testimony infoi-. the House Naval Committee last Mn-ch stated: "Our last elementary targe: prac tice was held in the fall, and not only was up to the usual standard but the percentage of hits was about 40 per cent greater than the yenr he- tore, and tettor than any pievious target practice ever held at sea." Capt. Sims, says the secreta-y'.. statement, declared licfore the House Committee "marksmanship of the fleet has improved 40 per cmt. Quoting on official letter of Adt-ir- Horse Show Brings Out Society Newport, R. I., Aug. 24. Forty-six classes are included in the twentieth annual exhibition" of the Newport Horse Show association which opened here today. Twenty-one classes are for harness and ponies, twelve for Saddle horses, nine -for himtai-e anA jumpers and four are championships.. juuges are neginaia (j. vanderbilt, for harness classes; Alfred B. McClay of New York, for saddle rlnssna onn T? Penn Smith of Strafford, Pa., for hun ter classes. Newport society was out in force to attend the event. SHERRY THEATRE "Always the Best" A Beautiful Girl Faced Ruin in Naples She was a dangerously fascinatinir peasant who stepped into the net that was spread tor her. See the William Fox picture A WONAN'S HONOR Starriiia; the Uavishin-; JOSE COLLINS