La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 08, 1921, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Textu a o . i Local News In Brief. I :.. bpeud Wcek-eud lu Bak nu aira. R. Worrell apcnb , lio -ua W(ll frt.nd lu Baker. YMiing lu' Bakeiv . J- W. Kedhtad Is.Tinitlng In Baker. While there, she will be tbe .gueiib t Mrs. Sheff Smith. Kotiiiii tu linker i mi. and Mrs. Joe Scuulta. who f have boon visiting In La Grande as surais or Mt. and Mr. M. returned home. Ila- Kcr Herald. Rclurn from Vacation er, and Mrs. J. u. Robbins return ed last night on No. 18, after spend ing a two weeks' vacation in Seattle, lortland and other coast points. New League Opens Series The first game in the Boy Scouts' Basketball League was plaved Sat urday afternoon in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. Patrol No. 1 won from Patrol No. 2, by a score of 8 to 2. Wife Bi'aler Arrested George Johnson was arrested Sat urday night and charged with disor derly conduct. He was released on his own recognizance. It was llol thm Johnson mistreated his wifo hv h,.t. ing her. His case came up in police court yesterday morning and was con tinued because the defendant was out of town, i ' Improvements Being Made The interior of The Toggery is un. dorgoing some important changes. The shelving is being extended to the rear end of the store, and new furni'ii'e has been ordered forthe entire estab lishment. It will probably be several weeks before the latter arrives here. Pioneer Visits Portland J. W. Minnick, pioneer resident of Union, is a Portland visitor. He is here with his. son, W. A. Minnick,-city clerk of Twin Falls, Idaho. Mr. Min-j nick is a native son of Ohio and mov- I cd to Union in 1878. Oregon Journal, i Social Hour Is Planned The' Women's Foreign Missionary Society of tbe eMthodist Church will mecn Wednesday at 2:30 o'clock in the parlors of the church. A short Jesson will be followed by a Valentine Social and refreshments will be serv edi All women of the church especial ly strangers, are invited.. : j COMING EVENTS. J, Feb. 8. Baker-LaGrande bas- i ketball game at high school E'm, 8:30 p. m. Feb. 9. Union County Ad Club banquet, Foley Hotel, ' (!:.'!() for farmers. Feb. 7-12. Fanner's Week Convention. J. Feb. 10. Dr. Louis Albert I- Banks lectures at Methodist Church, 1:20 p. m. Feb. 14-10. Piune Week in Oregon. '! f BOY'S SUITS AT COST! A Complete Run of sizes in the Latest Models. in SERGES, TWEEDS, COKDITKOY, niid niiiiiy other fabrics in the All-Ycni-Uound AVt iht of Cloth. Compare Our Prices Uefore Buying. PAY CASH AXI) SAVE Clint's Clothiery "The Store With a Conscience" 1108 Adams DANCE TUESDAYS SATURDAYS fTi'krt (tlven Karh La'ily DaiM-er fur Pritc To be (iiven Avay Lacll Tuesday Night. Drawing at 10 o'clock. REX HALL N. A. Desilet, Mgr. Announcement OLD-TI(ME DANCES will be given In Rix Hall on Thursday evenings. Nothing Ductile graceful, Id-tlnn dances will be danced." Music by Undsey's saperb orchestra. ETerone enjoyed the first danci; be sura and attend those to bi givO. fersfeas by appointment Call Main 4J. Visitor V Kphnenkamu Horned- Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Grady, former residents of this city, arrival Satur aay evening for a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bohnenkatnp. iney are fendleton residents now. Is Somewhat Better- Eileen Groupe, the little daughter of Olaf Groupe, who has beer! under treatment at Hot Lake, is doing well as could be expected. Legion Meeting Monday The regular monthly meeting of the American Legion Post will be held Monday, February 14. Will Itcttrm Buiidiiy John F. Blrnejr, county roadmasr tor. will return homo next Sunday fncin a several weeks' trip to Se attle. Scouts Play Tomorrow The next game in tne rfewly or ganized Boy Scouts' basketball league will be played tomorrow afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. Patrol No. 8, known as the Tigers, will play Patrol No. 4, known as the Flying Eagles. , - . iA ""'n'-' from C"nda- W. T. Hussell and son. W. W. Rus- !!e" are visiting with Mrs. Fred Wil cox and rrmk Kussell of this city They arc from Alberta, Canada, and expect to i nil !he corf ng two weeks here. Mis. Wilcox and Mr. Russell nie duughtcr and son'of W. T. Russell. George Cochran Home George Cochran, popular attorney of this city who has been spending a number of weeks at the Hot Lake Sanatorium where he underwent serious operation some time ago, Is so Improved that he Is now able lo be about enough as to have been moved to his home btere last onlng. Accepts I'oslllon III Pendleton Mrs. Edna Morrison has returned to La Grande after spending the past several days in Pendleton whepd ahe haa accepted a position with the East Oregonlan. one of the newspapers of that city, Mrs. Morrison will do stenography for snort tune, after which sh,e will go on the news' end. (Jllaiillltiiir l.ifled Thb only diphtheria quarantine In the city was lifted, yesterday after. noon wncu llie j. .tt . WUIKUr home aflJtiu V.atreet was released from tiuaranllne.' Only two cases of con tagious diseasos were reported yes terday, v. Botrr-r!-(ru8rantined They arc at the May Donovan resi dence, 1503- Y avenue, and the Ful- Viler residence at 803 Jeltcrson, t. . ibastcrn Oregon Leads in Criminals fcastcrn Oregon counties lead all in the state save Multnomah in the num ber of criminals sent to the state penitential-', says Charles Z. Randall, deputy district attorney of Umatilla county. He quotes from the report of the state board of control. Umatilla Baker and Union, in the order named, have sent more prisoners to Salem in the two years ending November, 1920, than any other counties in Oregon. Umatilla also lends all in the number of murder cases, he says he believes. Hull Call Jliiy Itc Omitted There- will probably be no annmil roll call of the local K. of P. lodge Mils year because of the many other Irdpe events coming wilhln the nexl Tew week's. Next Monday night the grand chancellor and the grand keeper of seals will be here. On IVbruary .19 a large number o members of the local lodge will go Hi linker where the anniml roll rail of that lodge will be held. A Dokkic ceremonial Is also being' planned for the near future by the local lodge. Speaker for Patriotic Exercises - Judge T. H. Crawford will be the 'speaker at the high school next Fri day, when special patriotic exercises will be held in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Other features of the program will be pa triotic singing and the flag salute. In the U. S. history classes, Lincoln will be the main topic of discussion dur ing the diy. Lincoln's birthday an niversary is on Saturday and thi being a school holiday, the exercises will be held the preceding day. I Klamath Wants Shorthorns L. A. West, of Klamath Falls, is here inspecting a shipment of pure bred Shorthorn cattle which is to be .-hipped to the consignment ale at Klamath Falls,-under ,the supervision of the Klamath .county farm bureau. The farm bureau there is arranging for the finaucing.of the sale with She Kfiunath county banks. The ship ment wHI toclude 20 head of catt'e. Mr. West expects to finish his work by tomorrow. ' " -i-asainfl tn buck." ' . it Winning Aeveiops any human helm I quit o much as meeting every alnle j j obligation. nal or Implied, that he I ' fer assumes. The Brewnt day habit. !' ! known 'In alang as pasting thj bck."il I Is kcepinr thousands f men from snc- ws. Whitr yon may have agreed ! to do. even If It seems nnwls or no- !J : raonjhl.arte!vanl. Is tbe thng that ; tnosi be done at all enstm. T accept I the fall nieanre of todar'a dat.es and ij ruponsibilltlM antematirallir Ilia ru ( for greafr duties andreponiibilitle J porrow. 'ji8m Whitman & 1ST, w a IF ER MEETING WOULD ENTERTAIN NATIONAL CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. Mdwin P. Gates Says He Is Well Re , paid for Western Trip By Recep tion Received litre. ' PORTLANP, Feb. Portland seek the- national Christian Bndfj convention in 1923, the first gel gathering which Hill follow the vention in New York next July, cording to a decision reached at Meeting in the Hotel Portland yester day afternoon. Portland's strongest competitor U Des Moines, Io-wa, but it is believed 'game of ball and throughout tlie game tk.fr . u. i v:-i. tu.) -i kl- ti i - ,ai viic iiiifloiwiici j wimiii hip Northwest can make at the 1921 con vention in New York City will out weigh any appeal the Middle West can put forth. Edwin P. Gates, geeral secretary of th United Kneitv nf rht-ietian Vn. deavor, and Paul Brown, national in-1 termediate superintendent, arrived in Portland at 8:30 o'clock yesterday from La Grande for a busy day on the convention topic. "The central Christian Endeavor of fice at Boston, made quite a sacrifice in letting Gates come out here," said Brown, but Gates added he had been well repaid by the reception he receiv ed at La Grande on Sunday at the Eastern Oregon convention. LAWRENCE VILLE, 111., Feb. 8. Emmet Bunyan,' school teacher, and five of his pupils. were killed outright yesterday at the Crossroads school house, tVp and a half miles west of here, when a can of nitro-glycerine exploded. Another pupil, is expected to die. 0 AND The explosion occurred during thef will-power, manipulate his voice to noon recess when one of the boys found an old .can partly .buried in the bank of a creek near the schoolhouse. Not knowing itB contents, he tossed it across the creek to another. boy and when the latter tried to open it there was a terrific explosion, crumbling one wall of the schoolhouse and hurl ing the teacher and six of the pupils out 50 feet through the air. This is the center of the Southern inois oil field and the can was such as is used to start oil wells flowig. . '"Cigar Nomenclature, .. Th. DOpienclatitre of the eifar'trari? Is one of the vei interesting phase of democracy. Ne gentleman Intent npon building up a market fer a in cent cigar ever named It fer a states man. Be complimented. Instead aa actor, a philanthropist, a race horse, a hjpnthetlesl Indisn maiden or sup posltltlous Spanish grssdee. T hsre named a 10-cent cigar for a statesman would hare been to "queer" both the Clear and Its Inrolnntary patron. The people would not hare stood fer that sort of thing. It irnnld have pre sumed a certain superiority which thej woold hsre rebuked both at the cigar sisnd and at the polls. Philadelphia Public Ledger's "On Second Thought." Te Writs Well. For a man te write well there sr ivqolrcd three necesssries: to read the 'est authors, observe tbe best speak- ana much exercise er his own sirie. In style, to consider what ought is he written, and sfter what manner he must first think and excezltate his matter, then choose his words and ex- ,raln wlSht f either, then take f"rp ln Placing ana ranking hoth mat. ter and words that the composition be comely; and te do this with diligence and often.. Ben .lonsnn. 317 N, Fir St. Phone M TM, SEE THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR ANNIVERSARY CAKE IN OUR DEPOT ST. WINDOW Otiler Inker! for Illi (It (!, WwIiIIiijc mul ( Mt-ilrrilii( i.nkr. CukfM mmle for unjr occnhloti. MmioKmitm mm til$n np. Ird Mud niHilp in SiiKr rr ( liilt. I'rttiri-tMl H lt lh', H'. ftvit lnir llenltli H;ch1, It etrfitiiJiiM llt M'htf id the. WhHt. It U iiutrHioiiM hikI drlk-liMi, tU:iMainMlJ l phwrlHM. Joe puch. . . NEW IiiinNh l"Mlry. Try them, 3 or fi. KiiglMr'llMtr llUulla. d. Willi xncrl lind.-r. iirn. iliiiNia wlih chrte. . " , I hrne Ifimiii done iii lif himdla-'of 12. 23' . I m-iianilt .Mi-Mina, liii-ge ulmt 'Hk diaeil. , l,iigllli Itork Cke, UOo down. Whenorcfering tread call for k6THER:S, "BREAD, lo that we may? ju the bakers with families, who are out of work fti La G-jnde today, totworkr - . nu,H uiikiiwiiki ww i w TAKE FAST GAMB SCORE OK 34 TO.21 RESULT LAST EVENING. Game Marked By Good Sportsmanship Throughout Score Shows I'laj. Even At All Times. The Railroad Shops basketball team defeated the Bankers' team last night at the Y. M. C. A. by a score of 34 to 2l The score was 15 to 10 fa i ui 6T the winners at the -end of the frrat half and the winners a ded 19 points during the second half, while the Bankers added 11 points. Both teams played a mighty giod W9S C1CM", 1 lie iwiifccia wcio ly handicapped in not having '.heir full team, Mctcalf substituting at cen ter. - ' The line-up of the Railroad Shops was as follows: V. S. Kelly and E. Hesse, forwards; Wm. Stanficld, cen ter; P. Atwood and R. Welch, guards. I The line-up for the Bankers was as follows: T. Scroggin and George Por- ter. forwards: Glenn Motcalf, center: Don Nichols and Grant Gcddcs, guards. Chester Lindley was referee and B. , B. Christian was umpire. John Don ovan was official timekeeper and Har ry Clark, Bcorer. For the Railroad Shops, Kelly got 8 field goals, Hesse 5 and Stansficld 4. For the 'Bankers, Scroggin and Metcalf played a good game at for ward and Nichols wis strong on the floor. SWEAR WORDS MAY LEAD TO RECOVERY SOUTH BEND, Wash., Feb. 8. "D n it!" With that expressive phrase, a log ger, who last November lost control of his vocal organs through an nl tack of paralysis, gave his nuisc his first verbal indication of 'his desires, and she at once decided that the pa tient could, by using a similar amount better advantage. Subsequent events have proven sho was right. The logger wss brought to the hos pital in a helpless condition and seem ed unable to speak. Recently he be came hard-pressed to make his attend ant understand what he wanted, and, growing red in the face as though from over-excrtibn, exploded the cuss word that miy lead to partial recov ery. STANFIELD WILL HAVE NEW $50,000 LARGE HIGH: SCHOOL STANFIELD, Feb,8.-t-Through ac tion taken Saturday by the' school board, R. W. Hatch! architect of Pen dleton, was commissioned to draft plans for a $50,000 high school to be erected here this summer. The money for the building is already available and work on the building will be rush ed as fast as possible. The new building will be two stor ies in height and have 10 class rooms. There will be an auditorium and gym nasium so situated that 'they may be thrown together fdi" large meetings when desired. TheV'irh ichonl will be of concrete or hollow tilo with u stuc co finish. . . . , j., . . ;. Malleweth. The celebration of llallnwern dates back to antiquity, ft was s holiday i'nn.,blnln elassle mythology, Druldlc beliefs and superstitions of that far away time. The i-lisne to a social anniversary was gradual and Anally becnnie a recognized time for general merriment. Feb. 10th Inst day to pay wutcr rent without a penalty. 2-H-2'.. 107 Depot 81. Alain 75 FARMERS OF COUNTY AKE l. SESSlgN (Contgiued trogi Page 1) tereat this winter, Amqjig t mat ters that will be taken up in this re gard are economics)! feed ratio and breeding of better types of duti v cat- Ug. The marketing proutem will tlso be discussed. E. 'B. Fitts, dairy specialist, whn has a national reputation w a au thority on dairy cattle, will be one nf Lthe principal speakers from 'the out side. He was one ot the judges of the Eastern States Dairy. Show List fall and what he has to iiy wit! be of interest to all farmers who are now in the dairy end of farming or expect to add a herd to their other branches of farming. - Fred Merril, of 'the dairy council of Portland, will also be here tomorrow. He will discuss mutters relating to the milk question. Thusday's meeting will be devoted to animal husbandry, Friday's meet ing to poultry and Saturday s meeting to business mutters. The most im portant of these Is election of farm ! bureau officers for the present year, j iNEW TODAY! 9 I FOR RENT Sleeping rooms, close in. Inquire Belmont Hotel or Phone Red 124 ll 2-8-3t LOST 1921 License pinto No. 7021W. Please return to Observer Office. 2-8-Jltp LOST Black leather card case, liciv- ko-Walker Insignia. Leave at La Grnndo Nat.ionul Bunk. 2-8-3tp FOR RUNT Two rooniH for llglil housekeeping, two blocks from high school. Man and wife, or two young ladies proforred. Imiulre at Observer. 2-S-L'lp Feb. 10th last day. to pay water rent witnout a penalty. 2-B-it. FOR TRADE A five-room niod-rn house in Portland for one in La Grande. Pyramid Land Co. FOR SALE A five-room house ar.d large lot in the 1500 block on N n'e. This is surely some bargain, p'ic $1800. $800 cash. Pyramid Lund company. WANTED A woman or girl to help with housework and enro of chil dren. No laundry work, good wag es. Write or phone, Mrs, W. C. Jackson, Enterprise, Oregon. 2-8-2t. What Solves the Greatest Problem in Your Home Today Watch This Snace i LET US HELP YOU WITH YOl'K INCOME TAX Why not lnive your tii(M)!,u lltyiorl rorri'ct? We nlvo your fniiiin inl a! fail h nu.I riKiitH unr -'Xpert caro und clost; ui inly and Inviu'lt'.bly hh'vo Hotiiv- lax tu our el Ion U, io( by Ixattng Hit; Covt'i'iiinviil, but by goMlng your "lint in romu" rlyht, S. E. BURGUNDER - Public AreiMlntimt liit-iiuio T.ik KrMirtM A Speriillty l.li Oi-iiimIi', Oregon I'hiinv Oriir-e lllark 2 IB I; . Ili'sldcnri- llhu-k 35tl. Onire with O. J. Illuck lli-iil' Kslato Orfiio ! I ii I I i ARMY BLANKETS New $7.75 Now $5.00 : . . Reclaimed $7.00 Now $4.50. . The U.& Anny Goods Xa f 20GDEF0T STREET . We ar9reparcd with a goodasup 1 of lancy Naval Oranges for you. i-none .Main 76, "J. G. SNODGRSS. 2-5-lt. ; . Feb. 10th lust day to pay wator rent without a penalty. 2-8-2f. MOXKY TO I.OA.V. We can make' two loans of ton CARffS wm'$ Where your Gredit is Good Use it COMPLETE La Grande, Stops the Itching, Clears the Skin Yoii tht! vrn who suffer from Jilc.ciiin arc yii on c of tlfsimir duilro satisfied that nntli- 'iiiK will rid you of a persistent malady 1 Eczema ''hangs on" and it requires time to (Tfeet a permanent, cure you should exercise the KTeatesSt eaution in the seleetimi nf the remedy used. Ordinary ointments and lotions are., unknown (jiiantities avid theminsist upon knowing just what you are nsing you may at the piy-irnt time lie losing ground' hv using a remedy you are not ahsolutely sure oi. NYAL'S ECZEMA LOTION M is in our opinion the host lotion you eould pos sihly use it relieves the itching and irritation after the first application its eontmted uso will work wonders. ' -: .'-, lift . us .tell you more and Know tne toriiuila eertain as, ito what you Nyal's Eczema Lotion comes in ' 50c and $1.00 Bottles.' ' . Red Cross Drug Store RCA BE -TODAY- ii HITMAN' MKN'NKTT Presents .TIIK I'KKK'LKSS PHYd'IlUJ IMIOTODIJAMA OK TIIK DATTliK OK U)K AND 11ATK. I I l I I il -vi.;i)Ni;shay only- "WANTED AT HEADQUARTERS" The Most Daring Criminal Plot Ever Con ceived by Human Mind. thousand dollars each, on Jlrnt mortgage improved valley farm prVerty. Security Land Savings Company. .- 2-8.Jt Plant Snlo Tltirsdsw. it Cherry's begins on 2-8-21 I'YCLAMEX I'Ul.N'T HAIfR. t Don't forget tbe sale Thursday of these beautiful plants. See our win dow.. Cherrva Florida ' S-B-at HOMEFllRNISHER Oregon about ths lotioii we you can ho ahsolutelv are applying ( , . ,' e . mm aw immm 111 ( i' f : i ; ' f i i 2' f i: i ' '"