La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 18, 1919, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text0 ......., 00 o ' o o ... EX ORANDE EVENTXO OBREKVER i TUESDAY, PEBRUAKY W. 191fl. r'l Cl I THREE a Red Crass . Drug Store The Prefccriiitlon Store. Wl"iHHUijlHiHnip j ocial and. j j Personal i Fr. Stuck, u( Vale, was in. La Gruniio today, ou Ins way to pay a visit to frluuds ut Kntorpribe. Miss Nell Barnes of the Baker Her ald is in La U ramie today on her way to Walla Walla tu visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hutch left this morning for Portland, where they -will visit at the homo of their daughter for a few days. Donald O. Shelton of Portland is a visitor at the homeof Mr. and JJrs. E. L. Hallcy in this city this week. He arrived on No. 6 this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Don Dobbins of Union who have' been visiting in Portland for the past couple of months, arrived in La Grande this morning on their way home. Mrs. Mary Howe, and Mrs. Ijuhy Howe, of Hood River, who had been spending, a few days with friends in La Uramle, left this morning to re turn to their homes. Mrs. A.CludwIclc and daughter, Miss Uelivai!, who laid been visitors Tor a short time at the A. Snook home in this city, left this morning. to retain prise. to thuir home at Enter al. P. Miller, the Sermrer man, is here visiting Colonel Ed Coolidge to day. He and the colonel' were ut Eu gene in the training camp together and later Mr. Miller was at Camp Hancock., Charles Smoot, of Enterprise, who his been six months In the service with the Eighth division, was ia La Grande today on his way home. Ho arrived here from Camp Lewis, but had been at various camps in the United States since his enlistment. He is home with his discharge. Mrs. Colon R, Eborhard, who had been spending a couple of weeks at Salem, with her husband, Senator C. R. Eberhaid, has returned to her home in this city. The presence of Mrs. Eberhard in Salem was recog nized by many social events in that city during her visit there. Otto Schaeffer, who spent seven (known as the Fox Hill neighborhood, months' in France ast a member of The surviving members of the family tho famous Sunshine division from arc two sons, John and Henry Stroeb Oillfornia, , is In La Grande this or. and a daughter, Mrs. Ulrich Lottes week visiting friends, lie is staying at the Rudolph Becker homo. Tho Loyal Sisters will hold their regular meeting Wednesday after noun at 2:0, with Mrs. J. 1). Smith, 170G l'irst street. PREPARING FOR THE BAKER BRANCH J. A. Russell, manager of the Grando Rondo Moat company, went up to Baker yesterday 4u 4ook uiier the lixing up of quarters for the company's branch house at Uaker. 'Hf:o machinery for the branch insti tution is now at the Raker depot awuitii.g installment. Till: HOTEL liEt.lSTEISS At the Savoy: II. O. Dustiue and wife) Lostino; 11. M. Ousiine, Free water; Bluff VeiUJll, l'endlelon; W. A. Moon, i"orln I'owder; II. I. Bold er, Enterprise; M. I. McRao, Suui merville; D. K. M'jKeuie, Sunimer vlllo; J. 1. Thunias, Baker; E. Park er, Walla WjILi; Mildred George. Baker; J. II. NVIsun, Cove; John Alayfield, Elgin; W. Morelock, Boite; E. L. Osborne, Holloa; C. li. Ackley. San Francisco.. At the Foley; K. Lcttois, Joseph: Sirs. R. L. Lilly. Joseph: (i. F. Land ruth, Pendleton: A. E. Shumate, and Tod L. rVrr, IViidlntf.u O. V. Zoel . lor, Poitland; 11. I'. Miller, Seattle; 3. R. Laiims. I'ortlind: V.. M. Srhubarh. rirllard; S. E. Bryant. Pendleton; O. E. Coles. Portland; J. i. Power. Seattle; il. L. flralim. El gin; F. E. Graham. Elgin; Willis liarnep Baker; T. IT. Iludsper.th. Hi ker City; jiia Jtcrh'.tson nrt wife, .vor'h ro'd:r; if. narlholoim-w. Wa ll Wslla: W. J.'ft.me, Taoom.i: a S. II. Taylor. 8.iIS Uke;-. HlW'j er, San Dieto. 0 1 j At the Snmmer: O. G. ilaSon. j; Ttiree Rivers Mifh.; Mr. and itrs. '' Burl Con!ey.All''e!: J. T. trrabtfe, 1 !'l 3 Walla tvlla: E. Heyfnrd. Cove; Jj tt Mmnlnr. Walla Walli; R. E 'jl need. Vtrtlud: Harry A. BrrOn. i r5yton. Ohio: C. H. Crifflth. Pr-i'j 11: J.F. Kiyt. r.Mlacd: PAV. lih Ilear-h, fasr. Perry Harden. ', pWelfer: The". (jjnhr.Bton.SSimkane; ! R M Mann.(JfrtlTn-l: T-. K. Wilson. f&? Fi-anrisr'o: G. L. Smith. Troy: ' AM. Hnvle. SeiCle: W. B. Bird.; Chicago; W. C. Ruckcrt. $n. j 0 ' WANTED Hem cottonO' suitable tf wipe rrs.-h'nenQ- cents a poun o ' 0Uen-O'ai-- n O SALVAGE WEEK PLANS HADE I'lTY IS DIVIDED IX TO DISTHItTS FOlt WOltK. . Canvass of Homes Will bo Mude To- morrow and Trucks Will Go Around Thursday. Mrs. Frank Rohan, with couuuend :lo dispatch, has brought to comple tion, with tlio assistance of other zealous lied Cross wo'rkors, the plaus for the Rod Cross" salvage week. The reason for the salvage week Is that the stocks ut the Red Cross store are running r. little light and' the society finds thut it must replen ish thein in order to carry on the work which they have conducted so successfully In the past. Accordingly La Grande has beon divided into districts and each dis trict placed under the charge of a captain, who will see that all the homos in her particular district are j visited and supplies offered there duly collected. The Indies who have been appointed captains are Mes d iimes Warnick,, Brownton, . Logan, Wright, Woods, lilever, Harrison, Carter. Itlack, Harry Dennis, Master- son, MeCrary, Mrs. Murr.iy. n un, liny, insi - anu i These captains -have thu privilege of appointing others to assist them. The canvass of the whole city will be made tomorrow and on Thus day trucks will call a, t nil the homes in the city to collect the supplies se cured by the canvassers. Families' are urged to hunt up all useful things which they do rot need. The Red Cross will accept anything, from clean carpet raps up to an automo bile. Old medicine bottles are ex cepted, however. Mrs. T. N. Murphy, at the Red Cross store. Is preparing for a large increnso in hex stock of goods, ard it !r, hoped that she will not be dis appointed. . MRS. STROEBER LAID TO REST The funeral of Mrs Thomas Stroeb er, whose death occurred at her homo near La Grande Thursday was held yesterday from tho Lutheran church, the services being in charge of Rev. Ames Minncman of Walla Walla. Mrs. Stroeben was 79 years of age and had been a resident of this local ity since 1888. Thp first three years she was a resident of La Grande and Inter established her homo in what is of this city. G. SNODGRASS COUNTY CHAIRMAN Jas. G. Snodrra'ss has been ap pointed county chairman for Union county for the membership drive of the Oregon State Chamber of Com merce. The preliminaries for the stato organization were begun early in the winter. One of the principal objects is to have tho membership distributed over all parts of tho stato so that the new chamber of commerce organization will not in any serse be partial to any partic ular locality. M. SnodKrass' part in ihe nffair will be, to see that Union county is well represented In the list of membership. Observer ads arp widely read. Remember 'in February 21.- The Retail Clerks .... ANNOUNCE THEIR . First Annual. Ball ,' TO BE HELD I IT MUSIC BY HAINES ORCHESTRA - m d Every bojiy is Jnvitd nun w n I'" li v . . . A PIONEER OF UNION COUNTY PASSES FUNERAL, OF MRS. MURCHISON WILL BE HELD HERE THURSDAY. The death at Portlaml on Sunday morning, February 10th, of Anna Elizabeth Murchjson removed from this life one of the curly pioneers of Union county'. Mrs. Murchison was the mother of Charles 0. Murchison of La Grande and other relatives here are a sister, Mrs. Mattie .Cook, 'and a brother, W. B. Watson. The re mains will be brought to La Grande, arriving tomorrow morning on No. 4 and the funeral will be held Thursday Service will be held at 10::(0 at the liohncnknmp chapel, and the body will then bo taken to Summervillc for in tei ment. The age of deceased was 02 years, 11 months and 8 days. The late Mrs. Murchison was born March 8th, 1850, in Iowa, and when but a child enmc across the plains to the great western country.- In 1872 she arrived in Union county and the family settled here. She was married in 1875 to James A. Murchison of Summerville, mid they lived near that place for nearly thirty years. Mr Murchison passed on in 1001, and three or four years Inter his widow moved to I.n Grande to reside. She had lived here until about six years ngo when, her health having become poorly, she moved to Portland to make her home with her relatives there and to get the .. uenem or me nnmer i-hihiuu. he late Mr. Murchison was a wo - man who stood very hitrh in the esteem of her acquaintances mid friends, pos sessing ns she did an altogether kind ly nnd lovable disposition. Old friend:: in the Grande Ronde valley have I learned with deep' rcirrei of her pass inir. I ai r..f. M......l.;c.-..i wno m: 'r I,-.,, i...t .f 'th.. onlv sis now survive. The sons nre:w;l' week only, however. W."lO. of Wnlln.Walln; C. O. of I.n Grande: John II., .less C. and R!'lplnAI IP UM TP IO CAM V. of Portland. There is one dough - ter, Miss Pearl Murchison of Portland. Dcrcnsod leaves four sisters, Mrs. Mattie Cook of I.n Grande: Mrs. Da vid Pay and Mrs. Knimn Bunker of Portland, nnd Mrs.. A. He Hoi of El pin, nnd two brothers. W. B. Watson of La Grande and h. Watson of Lodi, Cal. With the exception of the last named brother, all the relatives me expected to arrive in this city tomor row to attend the, funeral. , RED CHOSS NOTES Knitters Wanted. The Chapter has Just received n now aMottmont of knitting aiid all's. Rosenbaum, supervisor of tho work- room would like all ladles, wno aro willing to knit to call ard get the yam. I.nyclto ShipiKMl Four largo caseso of layettes were shipped yesterday. La Grande chap ter, which includes Union and Wal lowa counties, have a warm heart for the little babes from overseas born into so much desolation, and is helping "tho greatest mother" tho Red Cross, to gather these little ones iu hor urms and properly clothe them. . pays tkn jmu,ai;h i im-; VYalteT Gibson, arrested Saturday night on a charge of being on the streets In an intoxicated condilhrn, was fined $10.00 iu police court yes terday, Gibson had been experi menting with various extracts a:;d patent preparations, and no genuine liquor was found upon him. ' CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends nnd neighbors for tfte kindness and sym pathy evtend,edi in the sickness and death of our nibther. JOHN' STROKliKR, HKtfRY STROEIIKR. MRS.' ULRICH WW VS. 2-18-1 1 the Date Union III 1 AT REX HALL L 10 COMMUNITY CHORUS HAD GOOD MKETING LAST NIGHT Concert Is Planned at an Early Date Place of Meeting Has Been Changed. There was a good representation of members at the meeting of the Com munity Chorus last night for their first practice in many weeks. All the parts were nicely balanced and good progress was made with a number of selections. Some work was done on the Hallelujah chorus, the Gloria, and ''The Heavens Arc Telling.' It is the intention of the chorus to (put on a concert in the near future., Dr. Mossman announced, and he urged each member to be on hand at every practice in order that nil might get the greatest benefit from the weekly meetings. Last night's practice was held in the Presbyteriifn church, and as it was found to be a much more suitable nlaco for the practices than is the library basement, which had in the past been the regular meeting place an expression of opinion in regard to matter of meeting regularly in the liinvli wa ntA-rul fni nn.l rntrt in f;,VO). of Vl,P chnnirc -wan unanimous. Members are asked to note this change. Next week's practice will be held oiu Tuesday night, the practice, having linen portioned one dav because of the Mondav elnb recital iMomlnv ovenine. t-ki,h '.,l.,,r, w,ir u nmnhnr nf Mm! ; members of the rhnrui. This change , p. U U VJ 11 1 1 l-V) l O I Ml L. TO TAME BEARCATS di.von's oi Ti rr (JAJIli OCT OF II, I !) LAST HtH LAST I I MtjIIT. By a whirlwind finish last night tho Bearcats took up the sUck of a uino point lead from tho Rough nucks and defeated them two out of three-.games Jn thp..f,rat,.iiHrleii . qf Kiunos of the Busiuosu Me&'s Volley U.1I League. It looked as If tho Bearcats were comlim out on the slim 01ld of the last mie ulltil suaaoniy they leaped, struck their claws Into flho Roughnecks and won by 2 points. The team work of each team was equally bid and both captain Dixon of tho Bouicati; and Murphy of tho Roughnecks are pt mining oa some private coaching and practlco. Don Scott who tipralncd-hts ankle severely ten duys "ago was on- the floor last nijjht playing with the Roughnerkti and though greatly handicapped played a stellar game. The next long no gnme will bo pliyod Wednesday evening ut 5:110 ho1 ween, the Kangaroos and tho KoiiKhriders. Ruth Captain Luper and Karl Stoddnnl say their men are in firm shape Tor tho rontrat. ' Thes t:mding or tho loams aro as follows: RenrealP, .fidC: ItnughnecItH, .V.' KanKaions, .OHO; Roughridern, .000. Rutter Wrappers printed nt the WHY PAY MORE ijiiii e GOCDYEjLRoTJIRES r' 0 SINGERS WORK FAT CATTLE-TO GTO -EASTWARD WARREN CHANDLER TO SEND A SHIPMENT TO KANSAS CITY sixty Head of Herefords Arc Tur- chased From James Dobbin Fed 75 Days. Warren Chandler has closed the deal for the purchase of sixty head of white-faced cattle, known as the Here fords, from James Dobbins. The cat tle are 2-year-olds und are in prime condition, having been continuously at the banquet board for the past seven ty-fivo days. Mr. ('handler will ship the lot to tho Kansas City market. The ladies of St. Peter's Guild will have a silver tea at tho home of Mrs. F. D. Gaskill on Friday afternoon, from 2 until 6 o'clock. Friends of tho Guild are invited. -18-2tp NTOTODAYj FOUND Pair of glasses nt court j house. Phono Observer. LOST 2-year-old light Rhone heifer, j branded conjuint K I- on left hip. lower crop out of left ear. Notify j W. K. Lindsay, Box 21(!, Ui Grande, 1 Ore. 2-18-titp FOR RENT,T-Homc nml Vl ncre tract, 1V4 miles from city: loctric irri-1 gating plant. iCuJl BWuk 10.12. 2-lS-tl ! 1'OU SALE First ilass ice box. In quiro at the l.oites. 2-18-tf WANTED Experienced men to make hewed lies.' GiKid'pny nnd lomr .i;;b. i Apply for particulars, loJl Madison; nvintie. v 2-lKllp ADf kVV Wed. and Thurs. Frank M4,lMTyR. .Tho Travclihg Salesman' Last Time Today . Elsie Ferguson In "The Doll's House" News $84JjaQ0 , . fK fir -Trfc -Jf " 'u y',v, --i Ifyou want a good small c.v, a car xLh t1.o pepof a race horse, and with the easy riling qualities of a large heavy car, you'll buy a Chevrolet. 'Vyhy not come in and try one out? Look these over: . . ONE 1917 CHEVROLET, ONE 1913 ckgVROIET AND ONE GOOD FORD G. OURING CAR. ALL PKICED RIGHT.. 0 , . SPECIAL WINTER TERMS ON ALL CARS. o o j a p e K:'BOHM:E'miAMP CO llOWKIt OF I'KANCE FUKF.I.Y OFFEKED FOR FREEDOM'S SKE ' Six millions of the vouth nnd chiv alry of France havebeen offered that freedom might live. The world will over remember this heroic sacrifice and outpouring of the blood of its youth. , It is likewise not unmindful of the great service to the world.ren dcred by tho French peasants who have given it a perfect remedy for stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, relieving, it is said, incalculable suf fering, saving thousands of lives and preventing innumornble surgical op erations. The ingredients aro im ported and placed on sale in this coun-' try over the name of Mnyr's Wonder ful Remedy bjGeo. II. Mayr, a lead imr Chicago chemist. It is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhnl mucus from the Intestin al tract and allays tho inflammation which cnuses practically all stomnch. liver and intestinal ailmentB, includ ing appendicitis. One dose will con vince or money refunded. Sold by all ilrutrrists. Adv. The Price Paid for a Coffee is of Little Con quence. THE NUMBER OF CUPS PER POUND IS WHAT COUNTS. NEW TODAY BARRING TON HALL COFFEE. COST LESS THAN 1 CENT The ban is off now Holsum bread is pure white. California NAvel Oranges, 60c and 95c per dozen. A. E. Flomi-now milled as before the war. Carnation Milk makes any cup of coffee taste I j better. Aunt JraimaiPanliake Flour, 4-lb. packages 55c Cpsn'ed todat7Bnrrcl of Heinz Dill Pickles 10 a doEcnGrand Ma Cookies. New today Vienna and Bolo style Sausage. ANY ORDER, NO MATTER HOW SMALL WILL BE DELIVERED WITHOUT ANY EX TRA CHARGE. PHONE MAIN 80 PATTISON BROTHERS GROCERY lake tare or Y ourhyes You can't afford to lose them and you can't af 1 ford to abuse them. EXAMINATION FREE We have socured the services of Dr. H. S. Ed mondson, Optometrist, of Portland, Oregon, in order to give! ourf patrons the very best help in securing the proper glasses for their eyes. Take advantage of the opportunity now, at CHRISTlEfS VARIETY STORE NOW IB THE TIME to think about your car. The Stand rd -Auto Repair shop, corner Adams and Fir, hi doing very satisfactory work. ED CYR, Prop. 2-1-lm We have now fine Imported blue serges. They will not turn purple. They are good for three years' wear. Cost very little more than the ready- made suite and will outwear two. The Toggery. 2-10-7t Hnve you tried one of those fruit sundaes at Silverthorn's fountain. It not you will soon, no doubt. They mnke their malted milk from the very nicest milk and cream. Their Swiss milk chocolate sundaes are different from ordinary chocolate sundaes. They serve all the hot drinks and dishes with wnfors. i 2-18-3t FAMILY DRUS STORE L.A aRANOK,OPKaON. A WANT AD will iln It. PER CUP. WHY PAY MORE? tire Repairing o o . 'j e ill O OBilJ i,-, 0:. 1 111 O o ' o. Of ' O ' 0 0 - ' ... I . - -r .