La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 24, 1917, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1917. ?AGJ? EIGHT HA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER A FINE- TALCUM Fit for the Daintiest Skin The fineness and purity of our talcum powder makes it especially desirable for all toilet purposes. During cold weather, its ue will pro tect the skin ajrainst harsh wintry winds and prevent chapping. Its use after bathing is delightfully re freshing. Its use after shaving will prove cooling and soothing. In fact, its velvet-like properties to gether with its delicate odor, make it a most pleasing toilet requisite for man. woman or child. Ask for it by name. MTJLFORD'S TOILET TALCUM TIE LIVESTOCK MARKET PERSONAL MENTION C. D. Emahiser is in Portland. "Mrs. J. Kennedy of Condon ii ,jrost at the Washington. F. A. Tuhbus of Telocaset was Iwainess visitor here yesterday. , PortUnd, Jan. 24. The Portland : L'nion Stock Yards sends oat the fo! j lowing market letter: j , Cattle, j The offering of cattle waj very good i Monday, and the market was in fair- j : lr good shape on everything offered, i The demand from the large packers i ! ww limited, although there was a l.beral oatltt to various butchers and; a good one for feeding stuff which made a rather active trade. Prices cn all good grades were fully steady, while other grades showed 10c lower, ;n a number of cases the market is practically steady ilh last week's prices. Large packers are fairly well supplied with present means, although i continued good trade can be looked for. Beef Steers. The bef steer trade was active, and the market was in good shape. The feature of the trade was the sale of several loads of prime grain and hay feds at $S.50; most of the fairly good beef steers crossed the scales from tSM to $8.25; and fair kinds at J7.25 to $7.75; ordinary valley steers brought from $6.50 to t'JOO; .vhile the common kind from $5.00 to $3.00 with a limited outlet. Cows and Heifers. Cow3 of good quality found very good demand at piices fully steady vith a week ago, one lot brought an. advance of 20c bringing $7.60; with a number of bunches at $7.50; the fair to good kind brought $6.75 to $7.00; while medium valley sold $6.00 to $6.50. There wzs a very liberal sjread of common cow stuff from valley and coast points dumped on the market Monday which set the market back considerably. Prices on tl ese grades were in some cases on a steady ba-is, although the bulk of the stuff was moved 10c to 15e lower. Bulls and Stags. 1 Best heavy bulls brought $5.50; good ones $5.00 to $5.25; young ser vice bulls $6.00; host stags brought $7.00 to $7.50. Storkera and Feeders, j The stoeker and feeder trade was (active and prices about steady; there was a good demand for everything snd the market is in excellent shape, one load of prime feeding steers i brought $7.75, with several loads of Somnu-r. j goot) gteers at $7.00 UT $7.25; mixed Winifred Hilyard, Meacham; W. R. ! stuff brought $6.00 to fyjft stock Thaxter, Salt Lake; I. L. Pickett, Ka-'cws sold from $4.50 to $5.60. The Foundation Must be Right When a house has risen steadily, year after year, since its organization There supports that house a good foundation Despite the unfavorable con dition of the market we are still able to give you the biggest values. Study t he following prices: ... - - lien's Crush Hats lien's Winter Caps lien's Stag Shirts lien's .Mackinaw Coats 98c 49c, 98c .$3.98, $4.50 $4.98, $5.90, $6.90 lien's' Woolen Pants . $2.98, $3.49, $3.98 lien's Leather Vests $5.90 Hen's Painter's Overalls 69c Hen's Painter's Jumpers -..69c Uovs' Shirts 25c, 39c, 45c Boys' Unions 49c, 98c iJovs' Two-Piece Underwear, ea. 25c BoVs' .Mackinaw Coats $2.98, $3.98 Bo'vs' Suits ..$1.98, $2.49, $3.98, $4.98 Boys' Over-alls 25c, 49c, 59c, 79c Bovs' Junipers 49c Boys' Pants 49c, 69c, 98c, $1.19 125 BIG BUST STORES J. C. PENNEY CO. OTHERS FOLLOW WE LEAD La Grande Pharmacy ADCLPH NEW LIN"! Manager Quick Delivery Phone Main 40 La G.-itde, Oregon 10 Uonnaninrrc At Medical Springs AT THE HOTELS niela; Mrs. T. F. Hall, Mt. Vernon; Ham P. G. Torelle. Milwaukee: L. J. Snarles. ' ti .. i;u. .,.,i,. ,.t - i .ic. .u a "Kill. " ""ft If r' Cummingi, Port- here Monday, which met a very good land; Charlie Sanderson, Summerville; ', ,;,m,.il ami hnver, had tn shar tke Harry Le Gore and Je Ginsom of Wl,-?!ri5hH. U,nB' D; H Hy?e! ffg at sellers' prices. Hogs ar. -Tloeaset. were in the city today. VV ! T..l' ?J?? in l.nr.f wnen ine market hjuchcj l.ti. Prices were advanced 25 to "Oc again, sellers fretting everything ,tliey asked for, most of the good hogs crossed the scales at SlOSo; there , being no strictly top hogs offered. , Pigs were in light supply and met n good demand, the bulk getting $935 ;and a few scattered sales at $10.00. n tAaV.r.. t .i c r, n I Sheep. M.r. DiH H.i. .n-l.if.rfuk Savage.' Ber't Watson, Ka'mcla; Mrs.'; continued there upward -Grand were Baker visitors yester-i"- M. Tapliff, Pendleton; C. R. Pratt; 'Tl? day. j l.ake; L. J. Eivers, Boise; F. F. Way- .f I. t- r- - i . t-i . Li. Keavis is an Enterprise am- t i u ir n .L n ,7 1 mi the Perkins hotel, Portland. "tfhl T' n ' ' I and family, Imbler; J. O. Shinn, Se- r . . lattle; II. Thanhauser, Portland. J. W. Bush of Cove, arrived in town ? iixit morning to transact business. j ' j Savoy. J. M. Ohl of La Gande was at tha J"hn Barlou and wife, Weiser, Ida.; Imperial hotel in Portland vesterday. I L J- Iungan, Mrs. R. H. Diggs, Nam- j I j ! Medical Springs, Jan. 24 (Special) 'The directors of Medical Springs ! school district have made final settle ! ment with the ' contractor, R, R. 1 Sparks, for the erection of a two-room building with basement. One room i is now being occupied for school pur : poses. Appropriate dedicatory services were held during the week. This is !a building of which the community is I proud- Mrs. George Yi. South conducted the eighth grade examination this week in the west room of the new school building. There were 14 appli cants. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kennedy hes been quite ill but is reported improving. ' Mrs. Julia Duncan hes been visiting in Union this week. Farmers report stock doing nicely despite the cold weather. Dunham Wright ar.d George Smith have finished putting up a Tine lot of ice. Miss Eleanor Davis, teacher in dis trict 83, is in Union on account of ill ness. Mrs. W. H. Brown after spending severcl months with her sister, Mrs. George South, left Saturday to join her hn.sband in Mason, Nevada. Pneumonia Serum Ready for Public Clarke Letter ret-iri-til thu morr.in "from a short business t.-ip to Pert-land. S. J. Mathews, Baker; Mrs. Parker. !cf Prime Idaho Iambs the fir8t ' Mr. ar.d Mrs. Earl Freeman (nee Mini Mary Pennington) arrived in th , eity this morning. : Mm. Frank De Kolb and Mrs. R. E. Merklin of Telacaset were in the city jreaterday shopping. . Ray W. lxgan returned today from .-a two days trip to the John Day! country inspecting ranch properties, i Baker; Mrs. A. M. Cook, City; F. E. Conklin; C. Dodson, North Powder; P Woodell, Summerville; Hazel Smith, P. C. Woodell, R. Reenan, C. R. Ander son; Lyal Stiingham, Edna Billings, Imbler; E. O. iioswell. Cove; J. C. Thompson, Joseph; Henry Haas, En terprise; A. M. Ie. Mrs. A. M. Lee, Mr. M. R. f'unant. V K. ('tinninc- ham; Charlie Smoot, Enterprise; I. M. I from S7.00 to $7.50. Warnfltoff; W. S. Patigherty, Elgin;: B V. Webb. Alicel; R. F. Stubblefield, Knterprixe; I J. Dungan Keenen, S. E. Brown, Kenl ,on the open market for many months v hich crossed the scales at an even il-'.OO; best valley Iambs climbed up to $11.50; the market on old sheep is .practically the same, although there were no offerings to test values, best yearlings are quoted at $10.00 with rredium at $9.55; best mutton ewes at $8.00 to $8.50; heavy mutton types Boys Enjoy Doctor's Talk. The north lobby of the Y M. C. A. was well filled last evening to hear tne practical talk by m. a X. Under wood. The boys are attending the practical lectures in good force. The Calk wa3 made to the senior gymnas ium class. The next talk will be on Tuesday evening, Jantcry 30, at 1-AT. Basketball Games at Y" Tonight. Much interest is being manifested New York, Jan. 24. (Special.) The health department of the city of New York is prepared now to distri bute the pneumonia serum that has so long been in the process of making ready for general use. It was de termined when the possibility of this remedy was first known that it would not be allowed to suffer from pre maturely getting into the hand 3 of the public, so that its being available now gives the presumption that what was hoped from it has been realized. Neighborhood Clubs Formed in New York One of Important Movements Is De velopment of These Associations Zone System Is Now Operating in .Metropolis. New York, Jan. 24. (Special.) One of the most important move ments that is going on in New York these days is the organization and development of neighborhood associa tions. Last week Mayor Mitchel took occasion to commend their wnrlc nnA The history of the creation of this j to tell of the imiwrtant nlace thev serum is one of the most interesting hmd made for themselves in the af chapters in "he story of medical piog-1 fairs of the city government. He in ress. In its earlier stages it was used j timated that it was very helpful for on a number of New York firemen, j him and other officials of the munici These men are very apt, by reason of pality to visit and keep in touch with the nature of their occupation to de- these organizations in order to rightly velop pneumonia, and it was possible administer the business of the city, to get hold of them in the first stages if it js not quite the case now, it of the disease. They therefore fur- seem3 probable that in a short time mshed fine cases for working out the au of the citv of Xew York will be advantages of the treatment, and the apportioned out to local societies who results were encouraging. j wiI1 look af:er the interestg of their Later it was used in institutions for section and bring their troubles before selected cases, and the accumulated the citv government whenever neces evidence thus far gained seems to be sary. existence of these local so that it is of great value m certain cieties has appeared at an opportune forms of the disease. timei for just now it wou,d seem that The health department in New York the working of the new zone svstem requires that the nature of the case U beinfr put to the test and jthont mast be determined before the serum lhem the efforts to obtain somethinK is given for ;ts relief. Arrangements Iike an orderly of the d are made so that a rapid examination which is the -purpose of this plan, of the sputa of the patients can be would more or less of a fai made at the labortory before the ser- zone tem nQW 0 tin . urn is delivered to a physician, and it Xew York means that ft d jBd, will only be available for those cases vided into sections .nd the to where its value has been established. which the bui,dings in each are a,. lowed to be put is restricted. In some Allen McCoy, of Union, , others certain forms of factories are . . prohibited, while still others are prac- Badly Hurt Sunday rz carrying out of this new order of ' things no special officials seem to b North Powder, Jan. 24. (Special) designated, but the Folry. Joe Harris, Enterprise; Charles I B'pgaman and wife. Imbler; C. E. Jackson of this i Bean. Elirin: J. W. Minnaueh and w:ie, naiiowa; .-i. ione, apoKant'; Walter Stringham and wife, Imbler; Iona Jackson, Wallowa; Otto G. Ott, Summerville; Irene Wagoner and Vina McKinnis, Blanche Combes and R. Mc Kinnis, Summerville; Karl West, Port land: Geo. Hcatt, St. Ixuis: E. J. A. I Gardiner. San Francisco; F. E. Smith, ' Henry Morg of Enterprise, was in Portland; F. J. Root, Spokane; L. J. ske city a short time today, on hi' way , Thompson, Portland; Walter J. Pur home from Pasco. Wash., where he ' din. North Yakima, Wash.; I'r. Kirliy luntjietieia, n I r . cty; R. Censorship m Sing wlrich. Ma. r Sing is Started : Mr. and Mrs. F. M city leave for Portland today where .they will visit for two weeks or more. J. W. Hanford of Salt I.ake City, is visiting his brother, Lcland Hanford. Mr Hanford will be here about three weeks. New York, Jan. 24 (Special.) It has been solemnly announced that the new ruler of the state prison at Sing Sing will hereafter enforce a censor ship on the press of the institution. This comes as more or less of a shock. We did not imagine that the prison ever had a free press, which we out side dearly hold to as one of the very foundations of our liberty. Of course if tho?e not in prison have some re- has been visiting his sister. J. O. Pilcher, C. F. Forr.ttrom, J. A. TMcher, O. E. Hutchinson and V. Hutchinson of North Powder, were in Raker yesterday on business. General Superintendent M. J. Buck ley, of the O-W. R. & N. company, is in the ciy today conferring with Di vision Suporintomlcnt Willium Billons. st notions as to how far freedom m and wife, Elgin; H. W. Relcll. Meach-' publication shall go, it is eminently jam; R. I. Holmes. San Francisco; J. proper that a similar or even greater IB. Currie, Portland: S. G. Anderson. : restriction should be placed upon a Jr.; Cove; Ella M. Keown, Imbler; E. press existing entitrely hrithin the Graham, Elgin; Miss G. Moore, I), walls of a penal institute. From some McDonald. l a Grande; I. G. Barnes. little information that has leaked 'Elgin; F. I.. Young. Wm. Brown: O. from the noted resort on the Hudson, II. Squire:. A. J. O'N'eil: Sum Tao, ' the impression is gained that no real City; Maud Rockwell: W. I.. Half pen-j danger was felt to exist from a free ;ny. Portland; I. I.. Pickett, Kenosha;-press there, or that the editors and P.. HhoiuN, Portland; Mrs. F. E. ( writers for the publication in the in Ixng, Mr. K. Sherriault. Pat Cunningham of Portland, pri vate secretary to General Superin tendent M. J. Buckley of the O.-W. R. and N. company, is hero today with Mr. Buckley. John Casey of Mearhnm, was in I .a Grande yesterday to attend the funer al of Mrs. May 1 Bine, wife of the yard superintendent of the Meacham Lumber Company. R. A. Leiter of Portland, brother of Clarke Iiter, was elected vice-prexi-dent of the Waverlcy Country nh at a meeting held in Portland yorr- day. Judge W. W. Cotton, who U to speak In La Grnnde January 2!. wa cnoncn as president and C. C. Over jnire as secretary-treasurer. Sell It By The Want Ad Route The Observer's little want ads do the work. It is surprising how many people turn to them every day and how quickly they meet the ye ard bring buyer and seller to pother. Ixxk over your premises and sor what you have to sell. A want ad f"-riling it will hit the murk nni' turn wmething you do not need in to ca-ih. stitution were promulgating any ob jectionable dogma, hut rather that the convicts were apt to suffer from a certain sense of humor that was want to attack the dignity of those who were responsible for their care. These latter have a means of redress that others lack. They can put a censor on the press within their jurisdiction whenever there is a danger of wound ed feelings. They have a privilege that most anyone would exercise if they had a chance, and those who do not possess that chance should not criticise them. W. A. Hudclson, an officer of the Oregon Hardware and Implement Dealers' association, which meets here this week, is registered nt the Im perial. His home is at North Powder. The Oregoninn. ' ,,B X ,u"a"-,:a" jiiajcra ui mc Alien fllcuoy ot union was seriously sociation?, that sprang up quite inde Y. M. C. A. on the outcome of the r-,jrrred here Sunday at the ice pond pendently of the new law, have taken games to be played there tonight, when a tramway upon which he wis it on themselves to see that unlawful The Meteors with a zero percentage working gave way and dropped him tenants do not come into their midst will put forth an effort to put "Zep- about 40 feet to the ground. : With authority behind them the local" plin' in the -thousand percentage oT He was picked up and Dr. Irvine societies become powerful when the the High School, the same is so with was called. The doctor found McCoy wishes of the vast majority of their the O-W . relative to the Comets. If suffering from internal injuries and members coincide with the statutes the Meteors and the O-W. win tonight his spine was also injured. He was The neighborhood association is 'an all teams will bs tied with a percen- taken to the P. F. E. hospital in Port- extremely interesting movement, as it tage of 500. The teams will put the land Sunday night. is very near to a return to tte old very best men i in the lineup and every, Several other men standing in the town meeting that was one of the team is working hard for the Obser- same place saved themselves by hold- foundations of our form of govern- vercuP" ing to a ladder until aid reached them.ment. and which necessarily disap- , pears whenever a community gets so .Mrs. Ida May Kent Dies. j Whisky and Beer Affidavits Many, large that all of its citizens cannot j find place in one enclosure. Some of Mrs. Ida May Kent, wife of Chir.r-s ; Enterprie Ore Jan "4 state- the meetin of the neighborhood as Kent, dl.-i i.t her home near Hair.es ' ent issued' b ount;, Q R sociations in New York would startle yesterday alter n extended illr.s Zurcher shows thpre hM been nM those who saw the cty first grow be- mo. ivcia ia a uiu- . , iL.v rf;., man svnu me conditions oi r. village, lhev ' fidavits and 590 beer affidavits for uen clos?'' resemble the Tamous from diabetes. neer of taik"'- county ana wa years and eiyht months old. She has resided in Paker county prac'.'c i Iv i ;i!l her life. " j Mrs. Kent u nvivcd by her hv' -1 'and and three chiLlren, Mrs. U yj Stewart, Mi;5 IIi:el Kent and .ral r i r t. all ot nfcom 'ive near Hainev ! the year 1916. Coyote Routs Men. Dogs. Pendleton, Ore., Jan. 247-M i-, n- ommendingr them. town meeting in their discussions. They are very American in spirit and practically everybody who has the general good of the people at heart joins with the mayor of the citv in Baker froni the Wekh parlor today. ! ports of serious rabies among coyotes j in Eastern Oregon have been receive.1 1 j F. Averill, district inspector of Taxi Company on Rocks. New York, Jan. 24. (Special.)- Fined for Wife l.tinv L. W. Dixon was arrested Monday Notice. the Biological Survey. Children have been taken out of school because of night and charged with wife beating the danger from coyotes ! Municipal Judae Eakir. vesterdav lnnActnr Avpnll innnv raiiH . V.W York will never be ouita h.innv , 711 V. " '5 ,1 morning unea nun Jo. about its cab situation. Ever since at Pmsser between rabid covotes and ! the da-s when tho indmdual owner the packer, herder and dogs at the ! VL t,o .. ..n. Keaj-nn stleen camp, ine packer was If fhp r.-.n .urt - .t all he could from his customer until ctarf lip feiiM iEt, herdw now, when the taxi with ita automatic t&ined a snrained ankle and th. . , A t s,lUer.G.r"' ,on ednes- dial should do nway with overheated P attach the sheer. J-- .h, conta.nirg lodge ritual - - . uiu rpp a. win rpTiivr- r.i.- runA ions l-22tf 1 I t argument, n oeen an aimost con- rival of a Government trapper saved . ; th" ' ' ' I- stent source of irritation. When it .,u. swn PT.P. .to the owner- I1C annears to be slightly settled some- I thing occurs to upset it all again. Last week when a new company seemed Sacred Concert, to be on its feet, a strike of emplovces ! J . j .l .. V- a o 1 : i occurmi ana ino same lime one ot ixuai. oununv evening La urande t the old ones went permanently out of music lovers will have the pleasure of business. Things got to a condition listening to another sacred concert by bad even for New York. The sad the choir of the Mcthodirt EpiscoDal yart of it is that those who under- church. For some weeks the choir has stand the city host agree that both been in training with a special line of because of its geography and the con- new music under the direction of Mrs. dition of its people it ought to be the J. P. Graham. The public is cordial greatest taxi patronizing community ly invited to be presort at this con in the world. I cert. will be asked. AESTHETIC AND SOCIAL DANCING 5th Floor Foley Building For Information Telephone Mornings Black 1282 Afternoons Mniu 89 MISS LEON A NEWLIN . 4-