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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1919)
oo oo SUNDAY. Al'tiUST 21, j,f)19 n , LOCAL" r k-. Yell K.nfti 'Mn llinled in iTnion K. B. Hill; for man)) years-a resit dint of the Grande R.nde, moj hi death, in Nevada a few days ago when he was shot by some unknawn person. The trouble nrqce over the rights to water for Irrigation. Mr. Hill was a large land owner In Nev ada and -had ditches of considerable length to cover his lauds with water. Other owners contested his right to Water and it is presumed that ene mies hired an assassin to end his life. His remains wore shipped to Union for burial Wednesday of this woek. (iui-fnrtl rlls Heavy load J. P. Welch, of yie R. D Bade Auft Company of this city, who bought a new Garfofd two ton truck from Portland a few daya a0 the , first of the make to be sen here has ntnrtcdj light fti to show the farmers of the valley what a remarkable worker it is. Yesterday he took the truck to the A. T. Hill farm, tl;ree miles from town, to make good hln THE 8UNJ)Ag MORNING OBSERVER TUTvAiR atives at Hood Rlttr. ArriMtfd for Killing !'. John Walden, district game war den, arrested six Starkey mei about a week ago on the charge of killing dee out of season. Pour of th men, 11111 Griggs, John W. Wells, Aloifio fcigram, and Alvin jlurnott, pleaded guilty and paid a. fine fo $25.00 and costs each. Tue charge against Ralph statement that the, Gar.'ord wouldSelwIn was ifismfssed and Charles null a load at least twice Its specifl- Griggs decided to stand trial. His OM Folks Have Fine .Meeting What is known as the Old Folks of Union had their annual gather ing on one of the lawns of that city Wednesday and a very fine time was enjoyed by the members .It was held under the auspens of the W. C. T. U. and Mrs. Turcell and Mrs. Tom Wright were among the active mem bers who arranged for such a happy occasion. A qualification for member ship in this society Is that a person must bo sixty years of age or older. His Pie I In No I.kc Union County can be (proud of one pig anyway. Last week when Mrs. Ivanhoe was looking over the papers which had been sent in by the Hoy's and Girl's Industrial Club members, the quqestion had been asked pig raisers how they treated their pigs for lice- Clifford Blockland, of Is land City answered "My pig has no lice." To Iteturn Oils Kvenlng A. C. Hampton Is expected to ar rive ' tills evening from Portland where he has been attending a state teacher's meeting. Mrs. Hampton and sister. Miss Angela Bowler, went to Pendleton Wednesday to visit with friends and will also arrive home this evening. Go to Wllowaf Lake for Weck-Kml Dr. Ray Murphy and wife, ac companied by Mrs. MtirpTiy'a broth er, Rollln Griffith, and Dr. and Mrs. David Hill of l"endleton, motored .over to Wallowa Lake yesterday to spend the week-end. ed capacity, two tons, and further that he would haul such a load from th field, hich Is considerable of a feat. Seventy-six sacks of wheat were Rotuni froin S"mmcr's Visit hearing will bo held tomorrow before A. C. Williams, Justice of the peace. loaded on the truck and five men piled on top of the load. The truck pulled the .whole load 10,200 lbs. or over rive tons trom me neui without the least effort. Mr. Welch Is looking for doubters of th pro mises ha makes for hia truck .nut it ready to show them all. Attempts Jail Break Harry Williams, the 14 year old boy who was arrested several days ago charged with the stealing at the Victor Bckloy and Ha! Bohnenkamp care, mode au attempt to free him self from the city jail yesterday morning. He had saved up a knife and fork and had tried to make a file out ct the knife. Tearing up tho pipes which formed the plumbing in the room, ho had started d'gg'iig through the plaster of the walls. Tho Chief of Police bad token pity on the young prisoner and had placed him In the larce room at the back of the city Jail. Since the attempted break the prisoner is now rostlng In a cell. Joins Walling Millinery Store Miss Norma Yerger, of Portland, a trimmer from the wholesale house of Mullert Roos Co., has accepted a .position for the season with.tho Wal ling Millinery Store. lrt-nviw to Visit lit Hood Itivor Dr. Lester Murphy left last even ing to spend the week-end with rol- Guy Kllis, one of the proprietors of the La Grande barber shop, re turned a couple of days ago front u short holiday at Laramie, Wyo. Mrs. Kilts and children who had been visit ing relatives at Laramie since the early part of the summer returned home also. Franz Praebstel on Visit Franz Proebstel and two daught ers. Elizabeth and Francis arrived from their home near Mivsoula. Mon tana, Fiday evening on a visit to Mr. Proebstel's mother, Mrs. L. F. Proeb stel, and Bister, Mrs. E. L. Kcklcy. His part of Montana is in the dry belt this year and products have been reduced There Is considerable damage from forst fire in tho west ern part of the state, but many of the stories have been exaggerated. Mr. rroebstel snys. xnnounced ull expected to sea some It is doubtful It ev.'n the strongest Uiiyuos admiror ever expected to see such a handsome car as has boon placed )efore theiO. II has stopped from tho medltiau car class to the high class automobile und every thing about it is of the best. Tho lines are different and ho designer who refused so long to rnlso tho hood linos has had a chungu of heart and gone the limit, in making tho hood appear in the most synicirical man iter with tho rest of the beautiful features of tho car- ,u3.tp minis u g,)Ao.Mi s.n.vD utstuss,U ujiiiav uii:2ii.tm, -,) iijs.(ud putt luluoui iiii j.i esiiu.KV A'UO J 'sa.DtJOAV )U.).jJ.IU A'SUlUllp. .uk ssuissod joj Mj.uod 4I111H.J0.U u .1SIMJJU till 9UIOJ WAV POOtll U tlHUWl i ii.u puv "sj.m1j.ms uois a'iiu'u u .l.lll.liAd U XpIUOd.ll IIIKlUSSdll jju.l,u uuus a urn iiisUido puu da.q JO KJIUM1 Oql SUOHU.I S0MKU3 poM.OIU ll.Hl.Ulll (U III lJO.U .ll OJ o A'.ui.ipn.i) u t os 'liin .moil .ii. Oil) JO l.ltllKUd U Ultll OJOlll 31lltnll s -lueubajj s ss.iuii.)UiJit Bujujojc, ip-ojo Buiujow teiu. McOltAltV HAS llltOAI) SMIM-I AS I IK UK.MONSTILATKS TllliM. The low purr of '.he now; Haynes model Is not unliko a welcome show or on a hot August day; It Is liken ed unto tho cooing of lovors, to the sound of tho babbling brok in the distance. That's the way tho pootle Charles' McCrary. who handles the llnyiios, described the now car and all admit that his judgment Is about correct. When the now Hiiynos models were Wheelbarrows in Africa. The trndc In wheelbarrows In South Afrlcn in normal times averages bo twocn $4!,W0 mid J."0,000 annually. Local Pastor Closing Two Years' Good Work Rev. W. B. Smith, pastor of tho Methodist Church, South, of Ii Grande, is just completing his second year of ministerial work in this city. Ho has spent two years here that have been marked by very1 pleasing success for his church, (jie work llie various ucparuiieius, me auiuiu; School, Epworth League, grayer jiect ing anO preaching services having all grown noticeably and most satisfac torily. In the Sunday School espec ially has the waik gone well; the re-J port this year shows about bJO names enrolled in the acliojl. Tho Pnrsonutfc Club, a ver prof-, itablc adjunct of tho Kporth League of Christian Kjulcav.or, has been or ganized us a valuable fentuiv aildiag to the social life or the young people in the church. Its seventy-eight mem bors meet oneo every month on the first Tuesday. Tho Parsonage Club was responsible for the purchasing and remodeling of the school proporty on Jackson mid North Kir streets nnd unking it into a very roomy und con venient parsonage nnd has come out in the short time it has been in ex istence free of debt. Rev. Mr. Smith's church went over the top in tho Centenary drive, as did every other church in tho Conference. The whole church went $20,000,000 over the top. It was tho missionary secretary of tho Methodist Church, South, who in 1010 conceived the idea of the Centenary movement for world evangelization and called together one hundred men nt Memphis, Tennessee, who organized the drive nnd persuad ed the other evungelicul churcnes of the nation to come in. This church has established a very high moral and ethical standard nnd expects of its members a life that is above question. The pastor declares his church to be no respector of per sons and to stnnil ready nt nil times to serve fur the uplift, tho betterment nnd tho salvation of the people of the world. o I I' Gmndo, Oregof? ) NEW TODAY! c J FOR 8ALE Milch Cow. Phone Red -------"------"------- ton S.W.K Gentlf riding or drlvlna ,ponyj cheap It ut'onco. Cull ?LOST Bfcie serge! coat on north aids Red 3201. i v 8-24-3t of track. Findes le9o at Observer. MONEY TO LOA& .it j and 7 pur cent, on Union; Co. rarma. School funds and prlvhte ifunds. Cull oi write II. K. llixoi. Foley Bldi;. 3971. 84-tilp Reward. 8-2-2tp. ANYONE knqa-ln urite SYji g address oi Miss M,.,.ir..rllA VA'ltllM nlnnan tlntlfV J. W. White 71 5 1-2 Sprague Ava Rpoknno. WWdi. 8-24-3tp. DO YOU KNOW Icft For Kast Lust Xlglit Engineer T. J. Carson, of this city, loft last night for Portland, on his way to his old home nt Fondulaok. Wis., to visit relatives for a month. In Portland ho will bo joined by his two sisters nnd they will make the journey east together. l.eacs (o Tench In Milton Mrs. Mabel Williams leaves either today or Imorrow for Milton .where she will teach tho coming year. She will stom in Pendleton a few days to visit w'th Mrs. Lulu Norris. Mrs. C. U. ConHncy Hu.vs Homo Back Mrs. C. E. Courtney, who sold her farm a Tow days ago, has bought it back and will tako possession im mediately. Buhl Visitors licuvc Mr and Mrs. J. M. Campbell and Mr. and Mrs. E. J- Srlke., of Buhl. Idaho, loft yesterday morning on No. 17 for Pendleton ancr socnii'iis few days in I.a Grando. Ilcrli Browning Visitor Hen Herb Browning, Wallowa represent lativo of the Oregon Grocery Com pany was In town Friday transact ing business and meeting friends. Miss Jeannettc Wheatley has re turned froml Berkeley where she at tended summer school. Kiitcrpriso Folks Stop Over Mr. and Mrs. Dan Boyd, of En terprise, stopped over in La Grande yesterday on their way to Portland to spend a biof holiday .Mr. Boyd Is an attorney at Enterprise. Remember! Monday Night, August 25th ARCADE THEATRE STAR Thiit there isn't money enough hi exist ence to do the world's business for five days in succession i How then are the vast. numbers of trans actions which occur each day consummat ed. The answer is easy, and the simple word "CKEU1T" explains the whole mat ter. If it were not for credit, the financial structure of the would, now so solid and impregnable,, would ctUlapsc in a day. When u r It coin idence is de- jiridence is gone bus- credit is doie away w stroyed, audi when eo mess stops, TODAY THE Fred Siegel Stock Co. PREStNTS "BABY MINE" icreani froirySlji A ST1RU1X(! I'll OTO DRAM A O V Til ft M EX 1 V A X l!OWI)Kli "BOOTS jAND SADDLES" -A,,d-TlIATUXXnr, 1'TNNY 00 M KIM AN Bilj West "THE CHAUFFEUR" A Two Reel Scream. We have ctaifideiK community, and are tend to them aiv dign iciiii to uieiii aiiv uigiiiiicu anui so that they cln purchase, tl t hey need and py for it while'u in the people of this lad, therefore, to ex fied amount of credit, ic Furniture using it. I Ins is practiciHfy the only way the man of average means will get ahead, and for that reason we have adopted it ill our business. CARR FURNITURE CO. Where Your Credit Is Good Use It! A Sen irt to Finish. RESERVED SliAT TICKETS NOW OX SALE, First Five Rows Lower Floor -1-V, Flus fa War Tax Last Four Rows Lower Floor -Ifa, This 5c War Tax Remainder Lower Fluor, tiSc, 1'lus 7c War Tax Balcony I51c, Plus -Ic War Tax NOTE Better (.let Your Seats Early. MMMutaataaCMIttK Red r OSS Drug Store Th Preacrlptloa Htora. Have tho label, which stands for fair working conditions, put on your I job printing. The Observer Is one of j I the two shops in town observing unior j prinriples. Phone Main 37. i Motors Irom Boise, Idaho Mac IOroo of Boise. Idaho, arrived last nlRht for a visit with friends of this city. Mr. Loree came overland from Boise. Guests Trom rriiiUcton Mr. and Mrs. A. Thomas, of Pen dleton, aro visitors in La Grande and ore the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. It. Buell. ' n,.i.,ni from Cottaiie (irove Dale Hawkins returned yesterday morning from a visit to t.oiws j Grove. GOVERMENT TEST show Bruns wick tires best. Users' tests show Brunswick tires best. If you want a tir6 better than any you ever had Jjise a Brunswick. o GET THEN AT ' Own Your Own Home Can you afford to take the ehance of having to move in the winter aftei; your fuel is all in the dry. Again if you do receive the notice that the house you arc living in is sold, where are you going to secure another home. You may say, "Well, if I iian't get a bouse in La (irande I will go somewhere else." That sounds Oasy, but all of the other Pacific coast towns are just running over like La CJrande. Again, you do not want to leave, you want a home right here. Uiok over this partial list; if you do not see it here, I am. almost sure to suit y6u from my large listing. Smith's Garage. c3 Three mnilcrn liamcs m ar hih school. If you tire intf rested in this aection of the city, cunsutt Mil. Lai'Ke nKniern home neir hih school, 120x110 fi'ct; jfoful plumliinw, fire phue, Rood property. We can make very .reasonable term., M olcr n five-roi-rti luinpalow, with full hajp mcnt, fireplace und. ull fnudetn eoiivenienceH; near hilr school Modern hunyalow for $t(ir,n. You cannot huild tho hoUKe fir anything like thin amount. Cement valkn ami ccwer ull paid for; n snap. Investi gate. Immediate posseshion can he given. Furnished modern home, six rooms, with three lola, close in on Monroe tttreK; all for $2i00, with a small initial payment. This price cuts the hitfh co.-iL of living. Nice four-room home on Fourth street, partly furnished, ull for $1000, with easy terms. J-jKht-room house on N. Ash, with K'wl Imrn four lots, ipiile close to the shops, price $lilV0; initial payment $li00, Jmlaiue like runt. Ten-room furnished hou"e, three apartment? routed, besides living rooms for family; the rent als will make the monthly payments. This is on Adams avenue. Five-roon modern houKC on W avenue, four lots, trariu'', etc.; $"jfto llown, -Iminncc $25 pel month, 'l.is sounds better tbtn constant fear of a notice to niovc. s A'o'ir-root' modern house r J1000, only $200 ( fur 'first payment, hJanre like rent. Thin sounds better than a ntire t't povo irthe wiptef time when yourjcl ;)Sll Oored. There Is j.Oinir to lie a liit of Hint KninR on this wintor. Tlii ii the oku of owniiiB your own home. We hiivc mnny other properties. If you retilly want n home, or if you think you must buy to bo sure of a place to live in, conic and let us reason together FAHMS. 2!l! acres on SarolriuVv, nicely located; posses sion immediiitc. 2lKI-aiTC farm near I.a (irnnde, I'JO in hay; the price includes 11)0 tons of hay. . lfifl-nrrc farm near m Grande, well improved new buildings, modern. 10 acres in I-'ruitdale, very close in, for only $:!000, easy .terms. 12 Acres jxiAt off Inland City pnvement; pood . now electric pumping plan4; five cows, heifer and culf, hogs, 200 chickens, horse, wagon, imple ments; verythi.g for?4000. .'his i. u good buy. 40 acres near South La Grande, fof only $300p three-room hiesc. . Big 'J000- acre stock ranch, with stock and im plement induing lOOOhe.l of sheep, all for f."(i,0UO. f will be glad to give particulars. 2000-acr stock ranch, well improved; 200 acre in cul.ivntion; inly ? W per acre. M'lacres pasture land ailjoining city limits. ?'0-acre stock farm, 6 miles fnjjn I.o Grande; SO acres in cultivation; we'd watered wilTi spriOgs. This is an estate, must be sold; prico $1500. :i() actO. near Summervift.', price W0Q0; jji pO'ed. O ,N T before preservi i 1 J . Your ) n . O O o 00 f o s La Grasde. 0 o o o o o GEO. H. CURREY a Real Estate, (55) o o sum
