La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 16, 1919, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextMC GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. THURSDAY. JANUARY Ifi, 1919. SOLOMON" AND. THE Oor Prices are SWARM OF BEES WIXIl KTOli.M I)AMA(;K1) kvkiiy. UI IUIJNU IN THIS CITY SIX in 0 11(111. n j OF DEVASTATION: A swarm of bees once enabled Solomon to deter mine which wreath contained ths genuine flow ers. In precisely the same way the public response to advertising will prove instantly if a piece of lit erature is worthy. There may be many earmarks of sincerity, but one thing the public knows without teaching, the man with a real message. Our advertising is straightforward, It is store news disseminated for the benefit of customers. READ OUR ADS REGULARLY AND KEEP POSTED ON DRUG STORE TOPICS La Grande Pharmacy Quick Delivery Phone Main 40 La Grande, Oregon Ajiniml Klt-cflmi uf OITJccnt (li'tll by; liMik Dunking Inatitutlouit Jutili Hhect Ilouio JOSKI'H, Jain. 16. (Hpcdtil) : from all ti)umuncoH Joseph nilulit b ncptlon of livJKCd llelii.'uui I " J'roctlittllJ- ovory building In tlio city iwaH uamiiKeu toniuw:iat by the worst wind over aeun In the history of thoj (Ufutrlct. A acoro or more of bullcl- InKH wore complDlcly demolished,! uinoni5 tlium the O. W. W. It. II. &. round nouns, a large Implomeni jBliod hulonitliiK to the B. & W. com pnny, and a fine burn of Al Hun-, ! burn's. Teleuhom poles are stand- Iuk In many atratiKe posture and one j full on a residence. lilectrlc and tel ephone sorvlce Is badly disorganized. I'lTlie worst dnmuito was dono to tho jjoscph li I M li school, which. was built ,lu mo. Nearly half of the bllllcl- jljiK In nilHsIni;, nnd tho concrete i blocks, of which It was constructed, I have damaged the other half. In tho spring of 1913 the rout of tho schooj i .houHu was Luken away by a wind ! similar to this. The high school ! building was valued at $30,000. Ilesides all this, several thousand 'I ,dollurs worth of plute glass was j broken in the business section. The McCully Mercantile Company lost1 labout ten large panes. ! No lives were lost end no one was ' (seriously Injured, at one time In the ! ! early morning the air wus tilled with ; ! debris. CITY BOARD READY TO RAISE EAN Died of Pneumonia at Vancouver and Will Be Buried in Home Town Louis l'hell, one of the native boys of I'erry, died nt Vancouvur Murracks yesterday of pneumonia. Ills mother, Mrs. I.auer, of Perry, and IiIh brother , Kd. I'hell, were at tho liciliildu of the uoliller when he pjiKsed jiwuy. rl'ho l:n:ly pvlll .be shipped to I'erry for burial. MIL II AMU KIN'S li;i;it HTItllTI.Y A "NTAti" AI'KAlIt Into Ihn account published In the , ,,,, wu. Otti-:.tii-ii Timuiliiv itf I Iwi illniwif civ. mi by Mr. II, ('. Hamilton In honor (Continued from pane 1) ill tholr dcslro for ltctlnp Borvlm fro in tho Wilier dopai'tnumt. Ho did not lilu mo the pr"M.nt coiunilmtlnil for (ho xIh(Iiik statu of ulfnliH, but hirt rofnroncoa Jo wont Hhouhl luno boon dono In this reaped In pruvioiiK yoniH wore taken by CoiiiuilHn4om,r McKciinou nx holng (llroctt-il Inward him, riiiico ho had bi'oti n niuinhor of tho hoard for tt coup hi of toniiH. Col. Ivnuhno's 1'onmrkn thornToni elicited i a rather uplrltrd reply from Mr. Mc Kunnoti, ami a huuT'd illwnHKlnn wan umlur wiy In u couple of nilnutus. Col. Ivanhoo rtntutl that If Hie water was thorn tt)') peoplo woiu im titled to It. C'ommUhioiier McKennou replied Hint Himi'u wan plenty of water but tho plant waH uol pioperly equipped to curry II lo tliu city. Tho .armi merit llnally terntlnated , however. u.lll. l.r.ili ,r-.,,,t.,., tl..,l !.,. ,11,1 I ' li..,.. . l " r ad en w h the n, t Ih wi s not know enoiiKh about tho mater to, , . . . , Olio of t ho pleiiHiiroti they don led HtiMKOHt n ronudy for thu tuat on. .. . ' ,. theniMelveH. It wan dlutlnctly It was made e,"lle pi ifn, however, t i,)0l'8 uffnir. that action fn the tuentiou wuh e- Keiilliil, mid Hie l:inl docldrd toj ,oLY TWMI.VK t'ASKS XOV m-cure the .same at once. The rltyj iM,Vtwvlve hon.e8 In I.o nmn .Mer had written a Tew daya pie-, (;nimU, ,nu,,.r lluunimo for Span vtonsly lo et Inrm mutlon about (j,n lnn,,nza ,ml 1V. according to the rhlorlim filler plan'., but as he had ; n.IiriU nt lw ,H1j(,() Hlation. Tho received no reply President H.wn- nun (l..ereaHtnu dallv and hopeH ton unvested that he who nnd as-lirn HtroK ,hal li(lll!r W rertulu how mlekly a plant could he fi()nn m, llJinlMilt.tl r,olll ,ht! clty tll. Koi ncto nun in-siaiicu. ino onjec The two Joaeph banks held their annua elections this week. The First, Hank electod R H. Guulko, prosl dont; B. Oavidhizer, vise presl- g-HI 'dent: F. F. McCully, cashier; H. V. Kadderly, aHslstaut c.ishlcr. The di rectors ure: H. li. Darldheizer, Frink Hormuu, J. I). McCully nnd K. H. (iaulko The First National llnnk elorted L. Knapper, presidunt; L. K. Cavln mr9 vice president H. M. Swar wood, eash lor; J. A. Wetzel, assis tant ens liter, Tho directors are: C. L. Ilurtshorno, 1). W. Wnrnlck, J. V. ess. Avuiill, L, Knapper, Tj, E. Cavlnesn. Personal lariiKi-aplw City Marshall Tat ten 1b kept bony these days thawius out water pipes, which lead Crmn the mains to the res idences. Mr. and Mrs. J. 1:3. Cox und fam ily, who hav.t been visiting In Salt Lake City for soma lime, returnrd (ieoru I'an ish, wife and baby ex- Hons were otlercd to this and U is 1 1 rely. likely that ;l filter plant will bo on nit,.:iN MMK OF IH II.IHi the Klound In a few days. j At SKS StIK ll ITKM i:T The matter of nllowniK plct ure i shows, ( huiclu s. etc.. t be reopen I V ASII!i:Ti' "iaii 1.-A Hmnll tire In the dome of the capltol yes terday aft ei noon caused unite a til t le count era at ton anion k habitues visitors, Kuanls and newspaper hum, but the ii'Kisla tors continued their law makiiii:. A li hnuuli Hit' eni;ini'H responded to an alarm, heroic sixty year old K uimls Htueh bed the hhue, which was In a box full or papers. lest or true friendship. Vi lend-liip which' flown from thu heart cnmeit !e frejien by adversity, is the water that Mown from the prlinr does not conceal In whiter. Cooper. ;iKain. wits set Med. wilh hut little dis cussion. The inemoiMs of the boatd evidently all aprecl that the rei;- ..U.tlOIl Ml.HM.-ll. IM HI of (hu ..,,)U.. (l). leant iiuxniH-ii in .t consiiieranio ex i lent, and this opinion was conveyed to the city physlctm In the form uf tlio follow I iiu rcHlutipii : j "In llu) unit' in of closing. . ' p'ctuii- shows and olher public.. , .places: 1S it lesohed by tlio Cliy of I. a Ciande. Oregon: "That the boarti ef health of the illy of I. a lira tide he and I hereby authorized, If It thinks best to do fit, to n.(diry or re inoe the tcsti ictions or piohl hilions aaii nt vli Dpi-utni: of picture hlinws, slot es, harbei shops, churches, a id puidle ami pri ate patheriui:': nnd lodges, except dances and pnMh deiu mir.tr it ions. 'i'.ihsiMl and adopted by the coui in 1st-ion of the city of I.H (ir.iiuie. On i'.mi. litis Ja'Himj IT., 1!'l!t." Vtopnetots of tlie- picMtri; shows wj-re piiHcnt nt the iiiertitu' and lendlly i pre-.ed their wHlitijuichS to ro-)perte it li Lhe city by seal hn: only pit it s of their 'ihhm, and tb erv ititt n 'o uuder uitd ttt it I In would lively be trite to uunt him tncxft Hutnidiiy, The puiK of Hi - iisi ht'ieti w i' the lul liliit'el f IV,f,les- t' ll'i'etie t lent Ion unit tho mhiuiUmoii tin ti piljoprmd tlnir ui; niiet In Innvn tlio l:iut nl llm Week . of vIslti.iK officlala of the Nash Mo-jor KeIiaiHirK, WashlnWton( where! tor company, there crept un error by t,, wll, Hpt,nd twj wpcItH at th which It w-ih Klvon. to he understood homo ()f CporB0.B flllu.r and hh(oi. , that Mr. t.hllcott, the Seattle jonor. Lf,w whph lhy win r(!turn. t0 t,ipiri al manager wuh accompanied by hi!hwmo , Lot,lbr(l.0( Albort,,. They wife. While the parly would uu- !,.,. ,. .,.,,,,,., itl t,ttuu for dnuhtedly have been Kind to have L..,..., mtir, nmn ... Mi, i. ,f ,u Ceo. Hoist. j Old man flu is ttuaiti niakfuK(daily . calls on Joseph homes. There are about liftoen cases in town nt the time of this wrltiiiK- John Sheets, recently returneil j from KnKl iiid, where he was employ ed In the me' banlcal dep.ttiiuent of j the Air Service, has purchased his' father's blacksmith Miop. and will; run the name In the nit ure. He) plans to add much new machinery. : thereby adding to the value of the: shop quite materially. See his ad ; eles where In this issue. A. J. lllrk arrived oti Tuesday's, train from I'endleion. i 1). !(. Scully of Portland was a bus in ess visitor in tho rliy the fust nl the week. ; May lunn of Knterprlse was a vis- , Hot at the Cook hii:)e this week. At ft meet iuk ' of the Moonshine Ditch company, he'd Monday In Jos eph. the "Mouiishliieit" elected the following orticers ror 1M!: -presi-' dent. W. K. Hon ir: vice president, licit Cole; secrelarv aril treasure''. Ceo. Cote", directors. W. K. Itoner, , llert Cole and Ceo. Cole. Mrs. J. W. lltilTniin came In from IliK Sheep Creek las-t week to visit ' friends and relatives in Joseph and! F.nterpriso. ' I W. 1, Morehou-'' and son. l.eon. ! wore In town tho MiM of the week ( looking for a Ineailon. Mr. More-' house bad conducted h business col lene.at l.a Orande recently. ' lU tiJ. I'eil left Tuesady for Im- ( bier, where he exptcts to stay tor some time. ! J, A. Wetzel, Is on the sick list' this week. i Clean Mrr Is recovcriiiK from n ( cse of the SpanNh li flneiua. ! Skatini: has been- lMuilar the tast i few days with the ounj:er et. al- rliaiiieti li. lee r nut un iriiiMt S for drinWina piifpkri hulrt hr huilrd!,. i , l ' ( . II A I S JteKulaf prices ?:;.0O, $;!.e0( sale pihcs l.tH, !.:, I2..'itt. M;i ta T11K TtKHlKUY. HHll, DKlNKINti W ATKR t)ini m the hluirtae of trr at! li Hrr rrcrk it is no ncecsstry to i net purl itf Ihr supply from the Crandr Komlr rirr. Ml ilrr neetled i iirrcnntion n'laniwt nrrmi or con laminiitinii. While the rnndititint t thr rivrr arv myth iinproi-d oei for nn r rrs, (hire tKinit mm little or no i h Ain e I rr ctM!tmuitten frum (he nl (oniiqiii '(i plant, the nl ht ftlO lH.tr4 urgfn IhhIhij of itiinKmn wac; nn A prrtrttitioitrtr nirtnnr sr.w voitk 1.M.ISI.A H 1 J on int. , tAtoiit h(IUm i i l-ljfit it Mitna cr. iUi4 iMM't ill. d1l,il I be r " itiont MP0Mi'... lioTnl rev,iln hich would it'iuest :.'t'ate rep renta'iv' J t'n.: T Slates nrlmi' to vote h:M wnifc lor..he pasti-c l'C4' ral suil r.ij:..C;it';'1.mliiieiit. MAII-:NT ! Tho umlristkiii'd VMi to unnotinre in i tie l-A faille niilte I tut t-itV Ib.ve pi'-titud fe It,-Hons ioiiuoi- lv' rond'ti iel tmdt r thi- iuih "t , 'r t ili M JIH ! I-t.t Htrett. and ihi wdl.to.mnne !u Inminei thor Uli'or lh namt of SiHtt rate. The S'rtVe tfc Jll UP"' i-uhiir totuor:tw i rn'M i tmiriiin. I !iik books of all Kinds an rM a,,j hv ,Wft iifiinti-tnr tit ?' typi-wuti r' paper. rnvel.pcs of ft'Vpntit jtl hum ViV ttttitf til itn r kinds. ,ihihd upnht- ami Itilt of prat rU m tue Um.U in rnv untuititv, at j teaiM til L -frl '' hours., Th VHllllli.w'&tntltl bv e la .MMki.nluoMl I kiivtf the Slulo l'le r ill Vullt . Ttf-'IWs, iV-, noG ',l. Im- ! , ,y, o 1 lii tf tyvtAnaiif -l" .itiwmt'0"9 Based osi Cost LARGE ORDERS WITH THE MANUFACTURERS ALWAYS COMMANDS LOWER COST PRICE WE PLACE THE ORDERS FOR 197 STORES THROUGH OUR OWN BUYING ORGANIZA TION, CONCENTRATE ON CERTAIN GARMENTS OR ARTICLES THAT WE KNOW ARE THE BEST SELLERS IN OUR MANY EXTREME LOCALITIES AND THIS WAY WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE THE MANUFACTURERS AN ORDER ONE HUNDRED AND NINEY-SEVEN TIMES AS LARGE AS THE ONE STORE MERCHANT WILL GIVE THE JOBBER OR WHOLESALER. IN THIS WAY WE CUT THE MIDDLEMAN PROFITS AND SEVERAL OTHER COSTLY ITEMS THAT ARE ELIMINATED BY OUR SYSTEM OF DEALING DIRECTLY WITH THE MANUFAC TURER. WE THEN ADD OUR SMALL MARGIN AND SHARE WITH OUR CUSTOMERS ALL THE ADVANTAGES WE HAVE GAINED. No Sham Sales No Blind Figures One price to allNo favorites The Banker and the Wage Earner meet on the same level and pay the same low price New Spring Goods are Beginning to Arrive. THE FIRST 1919 SHIFMENT OF LADIES' SKIRTS IS NOW ON DISPLAY. BUY THE NEW AT PEACE TIME PRICES. DON'T EE CARRIED AWAY BY "SALES-PROCLAMATIONS" BUT IN VESTIGATE OUR CLAIM THAT WE POSITIVELY GUARANTEE TO UNDERSELL QUALITY CONSIDERED ANY SINGLE STORE MERCHANT IN THE WEST. PAY CASH-STRETCH YOUR PAY CHECK-GET 100 PER CENT EFFICIENCY OUT OF YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLARS. PATRONIZE THE STORE THAT REDUCED THE COST OF LIV ING IN LA GRANDE THE STORE FOR THE MASSES THE FIRST CASH STORE IN YOUR CITY THE BUSIEST AND BEST PLACE TO BUY. -Mail Uour MU . Ordcfs. Satisfaction vl Orders. Satisfaction fii-'i.-lW 'l'lt-'f S,l,n S " e; - Incorporated J , . . 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