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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1922)
Saturday, January 7, 1922 LA- QltANpV EVENINO (CVRSERVJTO 11 :.-).. Local News In Briefs j; I l(m ylan m, Any La Grande subscriber to K Pet c vri..i,i i . I man who formerly was In tue luin '. the Observer who does not receive his paper by 8 o'clock in the ev- enine, please call Western Union. Main 24, and a special messenger ' tie wing old acquaintances. t w uerlng business In Union, and tI clnlty. In n La Uranil torlav r. (jolng to l'ortlnnd C. W. Pebraskn left this morning for Portland, wliero he will trans act business, j- 1 i ., ,( ,. .. Over from I'nltm Earl Swiger, prominent Union farmer, arrived in La Grande today on No". 17. At Foley Grover Duffy, prominent Cove banker, is a La Grande vlBitor to day and is stopping at the Foley. Ift for Pendleton' Mrs. E. B. Agee, who wakes her home at Enterprise, took the train last night for Pendleton, whore she expertB to spond a few days visit ing friends and relatives. (ioiiiR to I'oitlnnit ; Mrs. H. D. Austin, took hor de parture, for Portland last , night, where she will speitd a' few days visiting with hor sistor, Mrs. C. F. Carltpn. v Inibler Man Here Clement Thatchor, who resides at Inibler,. is registered at the Foley hotel today. Leaves for . Perry-- Mrs. L. G. Murray and baby boy jleft last night for Perry, where they make their home. They have been visiting .in La Grande on business. Inibler Couple- Mr. and Mrs. E. 1). Tuttlc canieilK for Knmela, over from Inibler yesterday and are registered at the Foley. At Snvoy S. McLean, lumberman of Vin cent, Is a La Grande visitor' today. He is at the Savoy. From Xorlh Powder O. K. Olson, well-known resident of North Pow.Ier, is in La Grande Children Leave Llttlo MIsb Atha 'and Master Woodrow Danicrcll left this morn- where they will spend a few days visting with their' grandmother, Mrs. M. E. Cook. Lendies from .Meaeham - Mrs. John Dackweiler, Jr., and Mrs. John Dackweiler, Sr., are 'visi ters in La Grande today. They hail from Meaeham anK are stop ping at the Savoy. At Kninmei today and Is registered at the .S-Lt ganoid. WpeU at the So'mmer : ; I hotel last night en Touts to I51gin, jMlierpri.se .um riere W. " A. W'ronn, prominent Enter prise man, is in La Grande today on business. He is staying at the Sa Went to Portland Mr. and Mrs. A.nB. Duniels left lust night for Portland, where they will spend a few days visiting with Al Daniels of -Ibab.eity., I To Spokane i Mrs. E. Jacobsen lert last night for Portland, where she will vl.dt with her daughter, Mrs. 11. V. Cood man, who Ir quite ill at, present. Hiitci-piisfe -H.'aoppera p ..: Mrs. Bok and mother of Enter prise are in La Grand today shop ping. They art guests of Mrs. B. Fitigerald while here. Over from Idaho-- Guy Byrkitt, of Boise, Idaho, was over last evening- consulting . Fred Falconer regarding aheap buainesi. Mr. Byrkitt returned home this morning. t ' MAY RESUME TUBK SERVICE.' ' (By Associated PrttiY-- ' CHICAGO, Jan. 7. Transmission ( letter mail between postal stations by pneumatic tubes is expected to be resumed in Chicago and other cities, it was learned Thursday. Contract for the service are said to be under cpnsideration by Postmaster General Hays. (jotng to Baker Mrs. Mary Hoffman, who lives In Baker, returned to her home this morning after spending several days visiting tn La Grande with her daughter, Mrs. Grover Alrersoa. To Telocaset ' Mrs. t. Robertson left this morning for her home tn Is'o?!"' after Bpendin ; the day In La Orande doing' some shopping and transact ing some othor business. Leaves foe linker . Mr. V. S. Irvln.who makes his home lit Sumnfervllle, went through La Grande this morning enroute to Baker, where bo is going to visit his son, Billio Irvin of that city. timders Games Today Tubby Zundel's squad will battle Carlyle Huntley's five this arternoon at 3 o'clock and Immediately after wards Richard Lyman's quintet will play Forest Holmes' squad. This is the second .series of grade "bas ketball games.. . . ' ; - Just Thirty Y ears Ago in the Grande Ronde Valley (From La Grande Q'azotte' jt January 8, 1891). , v; La Grande's population,; accord ing to the census of l:iO was 8.600. The. advance , population Since that time justifies a claim of a, present population bf .1,000. At iha last city election held iij March, J89'l, 604 votes wero cast. An en rollment of 659 pupils Jfl reCordod S3 the La Grande high school. i - '., Tho bodies of Joe Makinsy and Arthur Suman, who were killed in the wreck last week were turned over to the charge of Undertaker fionldor and given respectful burial J ! ?; AUi ortltnunoo. :Kh Introduced nt His head was crushed thus defy-- the vniinill meetnig at the -council Ing efforts to identify, him. meeting Wednesday to negotiate! -i ' bonds amounting to 830,000 as a .A leap year bull was given In fund to he used In the construction I Slater's hull by the , La Grande Ho ot waterworks. clal club and the ladies are to be , congratulate don the wonderful dec- A meeting was held In Slater's I orations, splendid refreshments and hull last evening for the ipurpose of organizing a society for. mutual Im provement, instruction and sociabil ity. Tho organization begins with a membership of about one hundred., .t liucgurd Geary, one of the em ployes of the Union Pacific machine shops at La Grando, was Injured Tuesday by being struck in the bnek by a heavy door of the coal house. Tho accident will cause him to quit work for several lays. The opera hou.'e band was organ ised this fc.-eck (with the following members: H.- II. Dai'.ey, Thos. Hoy, Thos. Lawler, Jas. Whalcn, Gurret Tall, John Synhorst, Joe Snodgrass, Ed Thomas, Frank iLeavltt, Chaa. Wlntormelr, Douglas Allen and W. F. Snodgrass. An Indian was ran over noar Pen dloton by.Dastbound train No. 26. general good management. fifty couples were present. About Efforts are being made to form a baseball league. Games will prob ably be pluyed weekly between the following towns: La Grande, Gard ner, Waila Walla, Moscow, Baker and Spokane. trustee, J. A. Matott. ',':,. , ,. ' :.-';V..irt.lr V jj La Grande dlvlslori No. 305, O. h! ('. was instituted New Years night, by deputy Grand Chief Conductor, A. B. Garretson. The following offi cers were duly Installed: C. C, C. F. Brown: assistant C. C, E. T. Murphy; S. C, F. D. Seely; J. C C. S. Crater; lnsido sentinel, J. F. Richardson; outside sentinel, W. H. Kelsey; division committee, A. V. Martin, chairman, William Mahcr and A. P. Nash. An installation took place at the K. P. lodge of this city Monday j ovening. . C. J. A. Matott olfi-. elated. Those installed wero P. C, , F. T. Abbott; C. C, Win. "Stephen; i V. C.. J. S. Mills; prolate, W. n. ! Palmer; keeper of records and'BeaW, J, W. Knowles; master of finance, W. D. Berry; master of exchequer, , J. W. Scrlber; nmstor-at-arms, J. A. Hanlcy; inside guard, G. M Richey; outsido guard. J. F. Baker; 1 Old Tyme Dance KVKItY ' AT 'STIirtWDAY l'HKU KiHT ' HALL . fOO.OO PttlZK : s.i-i glveV to the be ti style waltzg couple Between La GrandcV Baker, reiki leton and Wnlla i!la. Gorned by same rul as in tub past. iwers J. Jan. 10 last day to pay water rent without a penalty. l-7-2 Scout UumcS Today 1 Th-second sories of the Ttoy Scout' baBketball games will be play ed this afternoon between Sheldon Browuton's and Francis Robinson's squads and between Leo McCorkle'arJ and Howard Beatty s Bquads. The games will, cummenco nt 4 o'clock. lleadiiuai'terii lit La Grande ' ' ' J. E. Miller, representing Albors Bros, of Portland, -has decided to make La Grande his headquurters. He travels throughout eastern Oro gon and will make La Grande his home. He is known among the'.' traveling men as "Flapjack" Miller. I lit Los Angeles Uncle Sum Brooks tuok the fore part of the winter here very graco fully but tho other day ho dicided he wanted to go to the play grounds I and left Tor 'Los Angele3, where lie ' Seniors vs. Juniors -.: i will remain for several months. Tna s(mion) will iplay tho Juniors : for the Intel-class championship next Tumbling Class Monday night at 7 o'clock. Owlti'f The seniors tumbling class met to the fact that . the Specials wlth tuday at. 1 o'clock and the boys', ,iri,w frQm the tournament the Buck to Hilgaril Mrs. Howard Stnirct returned to her home In Hilgnrd last night after , pending a few days In. La Grande on business.- : . I '- ' ' Back to linlilei- I V. K. Long, who is connected with ho Inibler ,banlt, was a La Grando Visitor ye.iterday and retunic.l to his home this morning. Sirs. Firkins. Leaves I Mrs. II. M. Firkins is leaving to night for Walla Walla, where she jivill visit with her sister, Mrs. C. U. Weaver, who is quite ill. An other of her .sisters "will stop in .a Griinue lonny enicuiu iu j.i- Inela aflvr a visit at Huntington. class met at 2:30. Both classes :iAe under tko charge of Mr. Hoop er and are undergoing some stren uous practice pr'cptmitory to the circus which they expect to pre-: rient some, time next month. championship will bo decided be tween these two teams. Professor to Prencll ' Prof, i W. . R. DilvIs,' head of the EnRlish department of Whitman college at Walla Walla, will be in Teams Practice i... Grande tomurrow and will sueak The following, teams,: will prae- in the Presbyterian church, morn- tico tonight at tie,deslgiiated.hQurs;ing, and evening. . Prof. Davis Is one of the leading educators of the M. ir"A.'s commences at 8:30, the Stoddard I! rot lie 13 at !:00 and the Clerks from 6 10 8. The .leaguo is well under way a this time and much timo is being devoted to prac tice. ' northwest and was one of the prin cipal speakers at the institute re cently held here. Sharpen Your Appclilo with MAY'S MAYONNAISE 40c 8 nr.. butt to it the Exclusive AM) ' H.r.i.uM'i U'lVilFI.' N. ADesilet Visiting at liilon Mrs. John Spray nnd three ehil ,dren nttirncri to their home In Jo seph this morning after n two weeks' Htay with friends nd rela tives in Union. They roport a splendid trip and are surprised to neo the snow over hero. According to their Bttitements Union has hud practically no snowfall in tho past two weeks. DANCE REX HALL SjSVKItY'.TIIl'KSDAY 0I1I Tljne Dances l-l-:iiY jSATI'ISDAY M.mIi-iIi Dunces to Tin: ST-(ti:.v oKt'iii:srit.v Courtesy Shown to Kvciyono N. A. Desilet, Manager ' l'avin for Tncoinn . ! Mrs. C. S. Dunn Hnd daughter 'will leave this evening for Taruiua to join Mr. Dunn, who is engaged in the laundry business in that city with George Gilbert, formerly of La Gradne. Tho Dunn family Is one of La Grande's substantial and well Unovvn families and it is with con sidorable-egret that people here learn of their intention to locate iin the coast city. However, the be3t of wishes of La Grande people fol- !low them. ; . Want to Look Your Best? ONE OF OUR MADE-TO-MEASURE SUITS or 0YERC0ATS IS THE ANSWER Quulity that g mi service nu friend tif everv 11 in Wear O'LTR Tailored clothes. 10 off on all V, it!S ait i- 'a lilies it Who ll- X on itnv sat 1st alimn Alien m mv OUR ustom Tailnuvd clotlies. (jeir quality Never 1) i sa pi o i n t s. and overcoats The Wardrobe WOOD W. BERRY -Dry Cleaning a Specialty S'T-A TODAY SUNDAY THE : ItCHl Wpell. binder Slinipter Valley Is Prosperous W. A. Hawley, of Suinptor Till-' ley, who has been down-, (or the past two weeks "visiting his father-1 in-law, Uncle Sam Brooks says that ' Sunipter valley Is really prosperous. and everything Is going good. Tho j iOKBtng camps are oipenlng up, the! mines are taking on life and ovefy j rancher is us busy us a hoe taking cure of his cuttle and milking cows. "I don't bellove there Is mnj-h wronK with the country;":, said Mr. Haw-toy,-- ."To Mi it lieems this tle-j prossldn Is iarseiy with the pooplt' I have noticed that mfen wlio' kept on working and did not set .carrietii off his feet whon lie made a few thmisund dollars .ijjstllL'orkllig and tloinu first rate. Mr. Ilawlcy was on his way to , Mobcow, Idaho, where lie will spend a few" weeks. ' Mrs. Hawley is spending tho( winter with their son in Kugeno. ; Prominent Visitors J A number of prominent Tinker men were In a Grande yesterday ion busines.i connected with the clr-, ! cult court here. Hlatne Mullock, stiite fish and ganio commissioner, was one of the visitors. A. N. Nlch !ols, an attorney, was another. Judge Morton Clifford was the third. The latter was circuit Judre in the days when linker county was composed of the present counties of linker, I Vnlon and Wallowa. He Is now the j senior member of the law firm of Clifford and C'orrell. ; PltlNCE Y A. MAG ATA ILL. TOKIO, Jan.' 7. Field Marsha! Prince Yamatrata, one of the elder statesmen, who has been a prominent figure in Japanese political and mili-' tary affairs for many years, is crit ically ill at his home here, it was an nounced Thursday. Happy Hour Service First Methodist Church' -SUND F.irtVnJ 'AY. EVENING . il mutes of Solljr Cpoir of 2 Voices Address: "CiIST'S LAWS OF LIFE" I'cijrilMir!iorrf Sins of !rcat Hymns All Are Jnvi'U J mi i m -y- 7:W4(WJ ; :H. O.'MVIS - "The Silent i Ajrm) . Call77-: 1 A l'lltST N.VIlbNAI. ATTUACTIOX The drnmn of one wtiinmt nnd ninny men In the liill of tin-Ills and of a ulant. woll-doir pullhiK- between tilt hlootl chII of the woll'-pm-K and dog .devotion to (lie irl. IPs from II. i. lOvart's Saturday lOveiilng IONt story, "The L'l-o.ss ' , . . , .(,,.. j See' the Wonder-Dog of All Dramas Strongheart, the Killer more than human. MONDAY "THE SPORT OF KINGS"' ; ' A Big Racing Drama, .Lin. 10 last day to pay water rent without a penalty. l-7-2t "THE STORE WITH A CONSCIENCE Our Third Annual January Mafce Room Clearance Sale 1 ? i - .a KVKUY AK'TfX'Li: l.T-DM hi). MM'lllMi i.h- SKIJVKI). (ITU KXPIIfK SHM.K III- HK'U (il.'AI)K M KIM rJANUISh TO SKLhd l l.u.vi. now isTiii:TiSn:fsAvi:()N hvkuy ih i;- rilAsi-:, liming Tll-M;.iit:i f January. Outfitters lor Jileii and 1!vs. LEGION RALLY Regular Meeting, La Grande Post No. 43, American Legion, Tuesday January 10, 1922 Preparations tc be made for State-wipe Membership Drive Come onfall you Doughboys, Gobs and Leathernecks! LET'S GO!! Eats and Smokes arcade! SUNDAY ONLY .jgSSVv RE'CO FILM COK1PANV presents 'ikVENDER-. I AND y- -OLD' LACE-- FromtJ.et.torylgr WpfWHE REED "With MARGUEniTE SNOW- LOUIS BENNISON and SEEN A OWXN NOTE THIS l-'Il-M WAS ADVKUTISMI) TO suowv iiki!k r.Ki'oiu-: i;n on ac ' CorNTOKTIIKSTOUM WASNKVKU Iv'K CKIYKO A HIO TI.'KAT DON'T JIISS IT! 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