WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1917.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
PAGE FIVE
j News Of La Grande
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Vest Poclit
Kodak!"
It fits the pocket like a
watch, is just as.aceur: ...
ate and always, at, your
service. - , s r -Size
of pictures l'7-8'x;
2 1-2 in. . ' :
PRICE $6.
Red: Cross Drug
Store
Personal And Society
R. J. Green went to Elgin yester
day on legal business. I"
Miss 'Hazel Last (returned Sunday
evening from a two weeks' visit in
Spokane..
Mrs. F. M. Last and daughter, Car
rie, returned last night from a two
weeks' visit with relatives in Spokane
and Walla Walla. V
W. A. and Roy Hall, of Great Falls,
Montana, who have been visitfng for
several days at the J. R. Oliver home,
went to Union Tuesday to visit their
brother, Frank. j i ; .. .
At a charming birthday party yes
r( terday afternoon in honor of her
'' daughter, JBelva's birthday, Mrs. T.
E. Piersoni of 702 Adams Ave. an
ii nounoed the engagement of her daugh
'.: ter Belva, to Mr. Elmer Salladay of
., Twj'ji Falls, Idaho, the wedding to take
place September 18th at the home of
the mother of the bride. The engage
ment was announced in a very novel
and charming way. Each kuest was
given a small numbered envelope con
. taming the letters of a word. After
each one had figured out her word,
. they were asked to read them in. nu
merical order. . The sentence was
"Everyone ask Belva -what she 'has
in her big white envelope." The large
envelope contained the cards of the
engaged couple with"the engagement
ring attached. Mr. Salladay:- is . a
prominent merchant of Twin Falls and
Miss Pierso nhas taught school ift'fh'Mt
place for the past seven years.
JOSEPH NEWS ITEMS.
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at his mother's home in Missoula,
Mont.
Irvine French, a member of the
Aviation Corps, who has been in
training in the Presidio', arrived in
Joseph last week for a short visit
with his mother before being moved to
another location.
AUTO STAGE
LaCrande - Hot Lake
Leaves Red
7 a. m.
lp.m.
Cross Drug Store
5:30 p. m.
9:45 p. m.
Leaves Hot Lake .
8 a. m. 6.30 p. m.
2 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
FARE 50c
L. B. Bell & Co.
Harness Shop
5-Minute Inner Tube Vulcanizers, G. L. W. Auto
Spring Oilers, Dressing for Auto Tops and Cush
: aii TTinia nf Antn Tnn Goods. Auto Tods and
Qo Tfnrnvovpr ti( Repaired. Auto boap ana
ucato v,v.u . ,.
Hard Oils.
T. M. Shannon's
Adams Avenue La Grande, Ore.
-Howard Rich
the army but
he's too fat. :
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."' Visiting Relatives Zoa Golden, a
graduate of the La y Grande high
school, but recently a student at the
0. A. O, is vlsrting here. '
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Returns From Auto Trip Henry T.
Hill returned Tuesday from a week's
trip by auto into Baker county. i
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Returns From Portland Oscar
Dooley, steward at tho Elks' Club,
returned Monday from a short busi
ness trip to Portland. -..:.
Spending Vacation in Mountains-
Theodore "Pesky" Georgo of Putman's
soda fountain is in the mountains on
a short vacation. '
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Comes From Kentucky Miss Mur-
jorie' Evelyn Coburn,' of Ashland, Ky.,
arrived Sunday night on No. 19 on an
extended visit with her sister, Mrs.
W. Hnllam Perry, of N street.
Visiting. Parents Arthur, Van Fleet
familiarly known as "Red", arrived
here yesterday noon from Santa Bar
bara, California,, for a surprise visit
to his folks. He expects to be hero
about ten days.
Returns From Los Angeles Judge
T. H. Crawford returned laBt week
from a two weeks' visit Los Angeles
with his son, Clair, and family.- He
says he sure had a good time and n
fine trip.
Visiting Sister Here Mrs. W. A,
Hall arrived from Portland Sunday
evening for a couple of weeks' vist
with her sister Mrs. J. R. Oliver.
Kills Rattler Perry Oliver was
coming home from Morgan Lake Sun
day when he discovered a rattle
snake with ten rattles m the road. He
killed the snake vn'th a club.
Will Attend Convention Rev. C. A.
Edwards left last nieht for Emmet!-.,
Ifdaho, where he . will attend the
Annual Convention of the Metliodist
church.' .
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George returned Saturday night from
Vancouver barracks where he had
gone for examination for entry iri tho
aviation carps of the army. He was
turned down on-' account of physical
disabilities. ' ,
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Home From School bessie Beuhler,
daughter of Ted Buehler, yardmaster
of the O.-W., arrived Sunday night
from South' Hampton, Mass., where
she has been attending Smith College.
She had stopped off for a few days
at iBoise where she visited relatives,
and after a week or ten days, here
she will return to her school. ;,
Expects to Receive Commission
Dr. C. HT. Upton, who has been in New
York City for the past two and one
half months, but who re icntly returned
to Portland, was in ;own yesterday
on a flying business trip He expects
to receive h)'s commission in the Medi
cal Reserve Corps about the first of
September. For the present he is
located in Portland awaiting the call
to the colors.
'Imperial Hotel Changes Hands
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Daubenberger, of
Centralia, who have been visiting Mrs.
Daubenberger's cousin, Mrs. A. H.
Beebe, have bought the Imperial Ho
tel here and will take possession Sep
tember 1st. They have been in the
i j hotel business for some time having
just sold the Wilson Hotel at Centralia
prior to their coming here.
Will Visit Sister in Kansas Miss
Beatrice Wiltsee leaves Thursday for
Independence, Kansas, where she will
visit her sfster.. She will go by way
I of Portland, San Francisco, Los An-
geles, El Paso, Tex., and expects to
j be gone for some time. v
Will Go To Honolulu Nellie Brad
ley arrived here Saturday night from
' Lone-creek. Oreeon. where she has
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ardson wants to join
been teaching summer school. She
expects to visit here with her mother
for probably two weeks and then she
will go to Honolulu to finish her
course In normal school; Her father
is employed at the navy yard at Pearl
Harbor and . she will live with him
while there.
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Taken To State Hospital At Pendle
ton George Doman was taken to
Pendleton last night to the State In
sane. Hospital after several days in
the city jail here. Ho was harmless
but . had some very strange halluci
nations. " Ho imagined . that voices
were continually talking to him, one
representing land forces and the oth
er water, and that they ft ere each urging-him.
-to. join them.- He also had
the idea , that he was. on, his way-' to
some place uv New York where he
was to mn.rry a millionairess, and that
these forces . wore in league with the
money powers to prevent him from
doing so. He was examined for his
sanityby Acting County Physician A.
L. Richardson and County Judgo Phy
imd judged insane. He had-previously
served five months in the asylum
at Salem. He claims to be a Penn
sylvania Dutchman,
Return From Camping Trip Mr.
and Mrs. C. D. Putman returned Mon
day from a few days' camp at Wal
lowa Luke, having motored over last
week. They report a fine trip, al
though Mrs. Putman brought back a
different voice than what she left
with. She went in sw'mming a time
or two over there and is now quite
hoarse from the effects of the swim.
Wigglcsworth-QatchcU Nuptials
Mr. Charles B. Gatchell, of Tacoma,
Wash., and Miss Myra Wigglesworth
of Unon, were married at the homo
of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Peterson, 140E
Sixth Ave., last evening at six o'clock,
Rev. Chas. A. Edwards of the Metho
dist church officiating. The bride
wore a beautiful creation of white
georgette crepe over silk and carried
white moss roses. She was attended
f;by Ml'ss Mabel Jones as bridesmaid,
j who wore a gown of green georgette
Icrepe and carried pink carnations..
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oriae, was oesi man. mary uawneii,
sister of the groom arrived here Tues.
day from Pennsylvania to attend thJ
iweddjng. A'numher of the bride's near
est relatives and friends were also
'present. The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Wiggles-
worth,, well-known . Union people, and
is a graduate of O. A. C. The groom
is also a graduate of O. A. C. and has
.accepted a position as manual train
ing professor in None of the Tacoma
'schools. Mr. and Mrs. Gatchell left
on No. 5 last night for a short honey
moon and will be at home to their
friends in Tacoma after September 5.
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Home From Hospital J." H. Keeney
local agent for the O.-W. R. & N. Co.,
is home from the hospital where he
underwent a minor operation last
week. He expects to be hack at work
again within a few days.
Take Trip Through Yellowstone
M'ss Rosa Sherman and her mother-
returned today from a two -weeks
visit with her brother in Powell, Wy
oming. They also went through Yel
lowstone Park, and enjoyed the trip
immensely.
On Way To School Miss Ruth
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Woodruff, of Union, stopped over to
day for a few hours' visit with Mrs.
Walter Kivette en route to Monmouth,
Oregon, where she will attend normal
school.
Pat Likes His Job A leter re
ceived this morning from Pat Foley'
states that he has , entered the Pre
dio training camp and likes it fine.
His wife, Who accompanied him down
there, has gone on to Santa Cruz to
visit a fe wdays with her brother be
fore going on to Pennsylvania to be
with her people.
Auxiliary Meets The auxiliary to
mothers, sisters and sweethearts of
the Hosroftal Unit, consisting of
the boys in La Grande Unit No. 1,
met at the home of Mrs. J. E. Foicy
yesterday afternoon and evening and
made ten gallons of apple butter which
is to be placed on board the troop
train as it goes through here. Con
sidering tho work and good will put
into this butter, it ought to no ap
predated by the boys, and it will.
Will Handle Soldiers Desk at "Y"
Private E. S. Evans of Co. L has been
detailed by Capt. Stafrin of the com
pany, to handle the desk at the Y. M.
C. A. for soldiers during the day and
until ten at night. He will handle
work for all tho soldiers.
Boys Will Receive Treat At the
regular meeting of tho Women's Aux
iliary to the Hospital Unit held at the
what
MEANS
. It means first, a guarantee of standard mercliaiidise
the kind of merchandise from which you get a dollar's
worth of satisfaction for every dollar you spend for
that's the only kind of merchandise ever found in ail
R. C. U. store. . , . ; ..
It means "more for your money" in every department of
this R. C. U. store,' one of the 550 R. C. U.' stores com-'
posing America's most powerful buying organization
with an annual purchasing power of over 50 million dol
lars. ' ''" :iiyyY-:!l::
It means you are saved the .usual middleman's profits
or commissions when you make your purchases here ?
for the R. O. U. buys in immense quantities direct from
mills and manufacturers and the R.' C. U. owns its own
distributing house in Chicago. -
Fall lines on display in every department. We invite
your investigation and comparison of values.
1 GOLDEN SULE O
Quafitij tilt same-'RiiceA trn ,
La Grande's tifti STORE
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City Hall Monday night, it was de
cided that each mother prepare a box
of "goodieB" for her son, to be given
the boys as they pass through. Sev
eral of the ladies have "adopted" some
of the motherless boys, have also
the 'Honor Guard girls. The boys
evidently will not lack for good thiii-.n
to eat.' '
Fire Causes Little Damage At a
little after nine this morning a fire
broke out i'ji K. Ford's bill posting
room behind Hill's Department Store.
One of the Evening Observer staff
discovered the firo and turned in the
alarm. 'He rushed back and was
joined by Fred J. Holmes, who turned
a'"fcarden hose on the fire, and did
much to keep the fir? from spreading.
When the fire department arrevd they
soon put it out by the use of chenv
cals, with small damage to the premis
es. The cause or tne lire is unnnown
Field Hospital Notes
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The dish towels so kindly and so
promptly sent us by the Honor Guard
were distributed last week and uie
greatly appreciated by those fortunate
enough to receive them. The boys
feel verv trratef ul to the Honor
Guaul.
Gus Lewin arrived in camp this
morning and was speedily examined,-
passed, enlisted, vaccinated, etc., mak-
ing a total of 81 men now in camp.
Frank C. Crippen and Wm. W.
Vehrs arrived a day or two ago.
Both passed and are now equipped.
It has now teen several days since,
we were vaccinated and aside from be-
l:ng a little touchy on the left side
the treatment has mot inconvenienced
any of us. None of the hoys are sick
and all reported for drill this morn
ing,
The daily routine of the camp is so
arranged that we keep fairly busy, but
at that we are not over worked. We
fall in at 6 a. m. have a few minutes
setting up exercises to start the cir
culation, breakfast and drill from 8
till 11. We fall in again at 1:1b and
drill until 3. Supper at 6 and re
treat at 6. The evenings are devoted
to reading, writing, etc. Nearly every
evening the Y. M. C. A. has some
sort of entertainment which is one
of the agreeable features of the camp.
"Oregon" tho white bull mascot of
the unit is fast mnking himself ac
quainted with the whole outfit.
Strange as it may seem he has not
learned the "Mess call" but at that is
keeping up the standard.
' The main question of discussfon is
when we will start for New York and
what we will find there. . Tho idea of
an early departure is perfectably
agreeable with the men. Wo hope to
4. 4, 4. 4.
GET THE
Of having your barber work done by the
NEW STAR BARBERS .
And because of that satisfied feeling you will
wear the smile that won't come off.
Next Door to Levy-Vogel Drug Co.
be able to pass through La Grande en
route. .So far it is only a guess when
we will start but very likely it will
only be a matter of a few days.
The regimental review hit us rath
er as a surpriso r.3 the morning re
hearsal of the afternoon's ceremony
.was the first drilling that we had
done since we left La Grande. How
ever from all reports we got by with
it rm- good shope, and have .received
many compliments for the showing we
maile. 1
Sunday mo3t of Ihe men who could
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i.Spent the day in rortiana. rasses
are issued, good from Saturday
noon until ( a. m. Monday morning
which -gives ample .'ime to "take fn"
the city. Chaplain Gilbert conducts
'services for the men in camp each
Sunday. '. ,
Among those who have paid the
H j Rittor 0scnr Duly, Mr. and Mrs.
Bert" Pattisoni Mr3. jlc6rary and son,
'p t F , t t& the presidio,
cam. a visit since our arrival are:
j , . R , h Huron- Mr. Walker, Mr.
and Mr John Gardncri an(1 Rachael
- Trnex.. m.sa Etta Foley. City Mgr.
p n r.irrev. J. A. Russell. Misses
Wa,sir) and 0iiver. Couch,
Dn g clw8. Miller, Myrton Kid-
' de Major Graham an(i Mrs. J.
, j Carr
Baseball is quite popular and some
rood material is develonincr.
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T 1 f li i a rr. rrn t n or fnr
i' Dae3 whero they win do out.
post duty. Company L will be lo
cated in La Grande.
SGT. ROY B. CURREY.
vBirth Of a Nation" Draws Crowd
The Birth of a Nation" drew a
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FURNITURE SALE.
On Friday and Saturday we
will offer for sale the fur
nishings in our Sixth street res
idence, consisting of:
Books, bookcase, chairs, rock
ers, Kindel davenport, ext. ta
bles, dressers, heaters, range,
iron beds, steel springs, mat-
F. D. HAISTEN,
Sixth and N streets.
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largo crowd to the' Arcade Theatre
yesterday, afternoon and last night..
Although the film had been through.
La Grande before the hous was pack
ed for both shows, many people seeing
the picture for the second" time.
The difficult score was handled in
excellent shape by the local orches
tra which went through the entire Show
without a mishap The picture ' was
all that it was advertised to be and
was enthusiastically received by the'
audience.
Vis'l iiitys At Camp Miss I'. nri
e'la Foley end I...iiu N.wlin '.vent
(:i;w!i to Portland r.:v! Clnr-kama.t ;iat
ii .-day 1" soo fis ."'.:oyV, Miss l'nley
ntuiniiijr Moi.day muriitt mid Miss
Ntwlir. remaining a few days longer.
Miss Foley says she spent most of
Sunday visiting ut tlit "bull pen", as
. i they call tho enclosure next to the
j mp where the boys may receive
Visitors, with her brother Jerome and
! ,,Lhers of the b"'s- She rePorU
1 me UUJH Ui nil in Alira iii-a, auu
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happy to think that they are soon to
go to the front. They are especially
happy now that they have a new cook,
who sure fs a "dandy", according to
the boys. They aro looking forward
to the trip through here and expect
to see their many friends again.
Mrs. O. A. Porter and daughter,
Miss Franc, of Baker, stopped here
a few days with Mrs. Porter's sister
Miss S. 'Blackmon, on their way home
from tho coast. They went on "to
Baker this noon.
Mrs. Wm. Miller went to Union this
noon for a short stay.
tresses hall tree, wardrobe,
small stands, phono-record case,
clock, oak sideboard, washing -machine,
refrigerator, and
many small useful articles, in
cluding kitchen utensils,
please do not phone; if interest
ed call at the house.
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