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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1919)
TV- 1 7 5 m t IS FTilTnSY, ATJCRT I. mo- rsmmim efentog observe '11 iWlfFty MAI woe V- 3 a t laying 1000 Kst a 1000 feet of road i. h tuff is applied on, tthighwgy, . ing constructed In tlcounty The bard surfacing of t island City tread is -wejl undor Bnd wnile y-.e progress the f lrsBy of putting uu iuo uuuiunic wim up l0 tno average, me worK IsVJnglng along wen louuj- - me Dnuhic is laid on aaaut live incnes to;,, on a heavy ox bijuui, crusoe rock. irten fect.wWe, and the hey steam roller matrasses Ilia mixta to about two mm. a. ami incnes. jg thickness of tae taa caat r&rairedy, the coatract is twa Inches. Tlu,ric (8 being carried ob ia two dfta of eight . flours eacn, one t j,auig crusnea rocs: ior Weoundatloa for the hard surface, andhe other hauls ' ' the mixture. The ate engineprs who are overseeing lf,mwk , worn one Bhlft of sixteen ours & day, Out on Club Work iday , . ; L. J. Allen, O. AC. representa tive in charge ot liatock work In connection with the ays' and girls' industrial clubs of th state, came In again this morning bin Baker and with County Agent jillman is out over thq county tow visiting var ious clubs. They sted thlB morn ing for Island City id Union. The teams for thq litest Judging ton tests at the state (j at Salem and the Portland livestot show are to be selected by s grass of elimina tion, starting wits Ontests within , each club and then iftween the var ious teams chosen orach club In the county. The expend or the boys' and girls' trip to is fairs will be paid for them, this onstltutnlg the prises which will kfewarded, with the possible xceptia!of medals for the best teams. f . Elgin Boy Receives fcchargi . Robert G. Blumesteln who had served In the navy for about two yeaira has received M discharge and passed through hereon his way to his home at Eleln. Us father. Post master Robert Bliimnstein of Elgin, and his brother Larence, came up . to meet him. Ifhisyoung man had an Interesting expeience of many months of active crmlng In the West Indies, the south Alantic coast aad the Gulf of Mexico) At the time of his enlistment he, as an employee of the O.-W. R. &tf. Company. KegtstetVd Holstelns for Hot Luke Dr. W. T. I'hy's most recent ad ditions to the fine dairy; herd which he niaintclns at his sanatorium at Hot Lake wera travelers on No. 6 today tin their way to their new raouie. There were three beautiful registered Holstein cows In the bas gnge car, which Dr. Phy purchased several days ago from the Maple wood Farm at Seappoose, paying 000 for the, three of them.- lletui-n to Eastern lome Wm. Blumcnsleii and rnmlly or St. Louis, No., whonnve visited re latives here, and atQlgin for nearly a month left yestrdsy for homo. They will go by way)' California and Texas making stopsit Portland, San Francisco, Los AMlea" fund other pointB of interest alcig the, way. They will visit relative to Texas too. The entire fr.mily wereso well pleased with this part of Oregon and its peoplei that they y return next year td become perahnent residents. If. I'r Portland i Mm. William Jowle-r left this morning on No. 1. for Portland where she will uit hex husband, Who Just recently nturned Jrom six teen months' oversea. Mr. Fowler was a nwmber of th),31st. Engineers. They will return Us La Grande in n few days. j i fm in Pullman I fToni Taylor left tost night for his h.m. in Pullman. Wshington, wnere he was railed to ttjc beside of his hrnihr. who was Seriously lnjuiea a 'few days ago- Home From The Ballp Mrs 8 Bruce ad little daughter Evelyn arrived Mile this morning from The DalM?, "here they have been for the past tvvo weeks. tione To liiion I ,, Slim" Chanibfrs. well known autti supply alcsnin. lert this morn "X '.rOnlo, to transact business. Mrs C. I-8'1'0" 'mPrnv,n . v Mends of Mis. G. Prison will e Sla to hear that she 1. getUng slons Hot Lake. Brtfr ndgoinS.n operation there, a short Unic ss- "ISpTmuS'- the cl,y this isV Yi". Company employees. tilejiu TlionijiMm In Sew ork . A telegram to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Thompson, of Fruiidnle, announced the rtata ai rival of Glenn Thontpson in New York direct from the occupied xone. H, is the ast one to return- of seven young men who went away from La Grande to gether early In 191$. His brother. Chester Thompson, was a member of the Hospital Unit, IMltKFwt Hog ) the World Bake'- has the largest hog In the world. He belonging to L. F. Bailey ho -lives half a mile north ot town and Is ft Poland China, weighing 1100 pounds and Judging from bis condition could easily be, made to weigh 1300.- Mr. Bailey raised the hog on buttermilk -and mill feed principally. . A hog raiser who re cently looked at the animal, claimed he should be worth iuuu. neraia. - All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs who hare no way of getting to the park for the picnic Sunday, August 3rd. be &t tho I. O. O. F. Hull at 9:30 a. in. sharp and transportation 'Will bo provided.' Croupe Plentiful in Vmatilln Vucaiiooiuu returning, from . thu mountains in the south ot the coumy ma reporting grouse .vpiy plcntifvil and prmlict that wlun the season opens August 15 that hunteis will br able to get tho limit bags tt-HIiau! great difficulty. Very few Itauttillu county sportsmen have ejcniesstd any intention of beating the season lt days by going Into Union county, their Idea being to leave to of that town claim that Bnasarto is "the beat, town in the west by a dam site." county their gamo audlkewlsn ex pects Umatilla county game to be left for Umatilla county Bportsmen- POdlolon Kast Oregonlan. Old La Grande Boy Home J. L. McPherson, formerly of this city, who recently graduated with hon ors from the Pacific Dental Colics'! in Portland, is in town on a visit to his mother, Mrs. A. L. HPhe:ocOi. lit I'uion has not yet decided where lie will c8 adiaiiiistnvtlsn tn France, hs hunted in Now York. Mm. Rusk, fvw weeks ago resigned tho Granili', left for the east to meet lu-r liulfdMil ott his i-etyra ir&m over t:e;id. Starkey School Clerk Here o Paul Hanson, of Starkey, was a bus iness visitor in La Grantle today. Mr. Hansen, who taught for a short time in the La Grande schools when he first came to this part of ?hq country, is n farmer of the Starkey district and has for the past term or so been clerk of the Starkey schjol district He calle on Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe, county school superintendent, while here to inform her that it was to be her task to hav; another clerk appointed to succeed him. Mf. Hansen intends removing this fall to TitlaniQok county, to en gage in ranching. Lee Fine and Family at New Home News has , been received here by friends of Lee Fine, who left with' Wif family for a new location in Canada recently, that they have arrived safe' ly at Bassano, Alberta. Many Oregon- inns are. in the region surroundinfr Bassano. Bassano is the town where the Canadian Pacific railway, built a large dam a few years ago and sitizens locate. Elgin Parenfii Are Proud . c Word conies of tho arrival yester day, August 21, ot a fine young son at tbe home of and Mrs. Fronts Fine, near Elgin. Sr. and Mrs. iine are well known here and their friends will be plesed to know that the boy and his mother are both weil and happy. Jerry Itus-k IjiimI Jerry Rusk, well known La Grande attorney who bus' been with the Red I NEW TOD AY FOR SALE Furniture for -five-room house; inquire afternoons, at 1426 S avenue, of. Phono Red lbaz. 8-l-0'i,p FOR TRAtE and 3 lots C f-i V - n a bargain, house , Dlack 1642. 8-l3t. LOST 6fid lavalior, reward t! turuod to 704 Main Avenue. 8-l-2tp, made of seeds which have ripened anJ became so hard that they seem like small shells. C. N Lewis He Ex-Postmaster C. H. Lewis, of Hil gnrd, will leave this evening on No. SI for The IMilea, at whfch plsw. will meet Mrs. Lewis, and from tMfc they will go to Hoed River, where if J Lewis bought property. They wif make Hoed River their new hom. Jicceivca Sou9.nirs From Samoa- Mrs. A, K. Ivanhoe, county school superintendent, has received from her on, Ensign Forrea Ivanhoe, som lieautiful speciaenscsf the workf the natives of Samoa, whivh have pleased her greatly. Hor on and his wife ru. ' vrngd a couple of months ago fremi the island of Samoa, where they had been stationed for a yar, and they are now at Mare Mand, Califorrlta. f hey sent to Mrs. Ivanhoe Samoan tnppa clotrf, n couple of strings of bends and a wicker basket, ail mada by the, natives. The lappa cloth is a 5 beautiful, large one, made from th pulpcA bark of the paper mulberry tree, which grows in the Pacific isl ands. H is of very durable texture ..nil ftwf. ln w riVsn-tt wHtn ilnrMi uesigns. i ne coloring niavwr ubcs in the strain obtained from grasses by the natives,- and the grass smell is quite strong upon the cloth. One of the strings of- beads is apparently CHICHESTER S PILLS W TWK DIAMOND IIRANU. A 4'ht'rba-trr lMtiniond HrandV Urnfcl-I. 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All union lVimoers monroe I - A I 5 ! the Mansficltlof thl screen, ia J Including Members of the Railroad Brotherhoods films' Brtfemie prints ; "XHE BLINDING TRAIL" t"- - . , l! $2.13 4 $5.7 J A Mighty Picture 11 tht Frozen Nortli. ftl : are requested to meet tonight IV rp0 '( - rr. V e ,'1 at tfip. rthl trail at 8 O Clock Ilk $7-00 Ito m. v 1 trustMlinaji who believed iu,' ! j! ai meClW imil at O O IIUK. K FJdiJ k -woman hA ti&foaa, lie saw n I . I ' BbcMt U!k ; ' - the tmtltyinst. . -ied 1 j vValff ffi r IfodAs 'I ? i w3 . . . A. 1 L . I ! $8.08jK $G8 " Also Two Reel Coined v, f;ia"j ll Business xjfJImportance immmmM. - . mri By jf. C. MURPHY, Pres; CentraLLabor Council v I -aM h J I ARfADF I a Hired GirFi (I ' m IL L "SQLTAKL1," . Tbafu what tiie Thor its doing in thousand j !s!g ay with ! Ck of homes, It solves the problem othire,, vn ij II 11 . 'Mr. and Mrs. Sidney DrW - !i . .M - . 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Jk- mire rci& a Thor the machine fhatt vi'u ul no belts to brtak or slip or 'at'h your -kitl!"r"u"f"rj' machine with the Wooden ilovolvingt'yiinder, eoriibijj11 tiie iiunost eleanlint'.ss with the least wear possible oiricnitm .1 in Slltll, r lh(, lo-Oi-lirniric.i liventin-li j ibly wilt in isiTit SELF CLE AN ABLE! Washes Itself as it washes clothes Always sweet and clean K-r. iVolWfor rttij;: -eo- ...... 11 lure in ft Stt'fl, alljo 1U ! u, A Size for Every Need N. 2o fur the average family; capacity 6 rIhh ,IAIl equal; im galvanized efeel, als. m eiqiiier. So. 57 for the large fan illy, iacily ') tsheets or equal; in gnlvaoiwd itwi, aim lit eqqiet -l it) In iJ persons; eaaei1y V2 wheets or canal; mil vnimt i -No, ,Ji lur iinaJl 1111 jtlllim.K! rutuwiiv l!!)s)ii'et.s ne einuil! nil metal. , " e ir 0 1 M.n,pm Conifcinand See a Ceiuonsation Start Next Week 2ight with a OT' 4- T,it o . , . tHiMin.o Eilsiern Oreson Light & Powei;,,, ' . : Company o o r, tav 'of M.mi, on in ll. r.dhiR IMa tit tf.a than a 1 i . 1 ! f