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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1922)
Ha SUV VOLUME XXVI SECTION TWO LA GRANDE. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1922. ikmhkk ok assoi-iatkd i'iikss NUMBER 60 AH AROUSES ONTARIO CLUB Days of Breadline Return Claim Made that Idaho Sen ator, Would Take Recla mation Funds from Ore gon. ONTARIO, IVc. -1.V-At a meat inn' -'f the commercial club directors Wi'dius.hty approval was gives the rtimmunifatioiis sent lo tl;e Oregon lie legation in cunjn ess protesting iigaii.vit the IJor.in li!l which would defer nay payment upon government reclamation projects for five years and extend the time of payments of the but; nee for -10 more years. In this communication it was point ed out that the settlers in Idaho, under government pluns are not pay ing a i much in maintenance and principal as are the farmers under pumping plants in Malheur county, and that the Idaho lands nr fully developed and well stocked and in t'very way able to pay despite con ditions. It was also called to the attention of tht. delegation that lands in Idaho under the - government ditches are held a, from 21)0 per lie ro upward,- and that if there is any place while irrigation is suc cessful and ustifies it.-clf it is in the Boise valley. lirai'd Kcclam a ( ion Fa i lure. The petition of the club is that in asking for this extension the Idahu ranchers and business men are; branding leclamatioti a failure; i that having had nearly lil.OOU.OOU from; V iQ wfel x.i h-., i -1 kv v ' v J ,.-.4. I - -tf The out-of-work and the needy ar many In Now fork despite reporta that uncmpluvnu ni it m n inw fh!l.trw1"rn conducted at Cherry atrcot, Now York. flr.Ua iia otVcnnge In Inm-ascil (Inuainl at l.lii ikum-ii. 1 I 4 US SAME PRICE For over 30 years b afeing JOHN DAY HIT 10 E Business Block in Interior City Wiped Out by Fire Startin efroni a Flue. LETTERS G TO IMBLEHiTES HEN 5 oxea i IMBUCR, Dee. lo. Mrs. Miles. Woodell and daughter Marjorie went j to l.a Grande where they will spend ia coupler of days donitf Christmas;, shopping. vd Lloyd Woodell is having trouble) with his eyes, and is not attending ji school at the Present. ! h Charlie Oswald of Summerville, M Tourist giraffe). Ionian ine i ie.-.anL uiu' liuim: Friday evening;, December 8. fire started about 1 o'clock I Mrs. Huron spent .Monday in La the recjamsition iunds; tour times bAKKR. Dec. 15. John Day suf what the state has put into it, the:fmM- a serious loss by fire when Idaho people apparently want toxhl! ik,nAon rcsUiurant. and John Day keep that lor all time awl never re- jTiiminj? and Plumbing- company were pay, wime ureKun raucners never destroyed and the nav,. nan an opportunity to scuie i JUrn(1j even that which Oreifon put into the i r,n fund. IThnwihiv in tho DenRon restaurant. I Grande. If the Idaho people can justify Uihieh was totallv destroyed, the loss The "D" club of the hiirh school their continued raids upon the rec-;nnt i,Piri, eovired bv insurance. Johniaro givin? a party at the school Stationery ! o i: CI T s A nii'P assui'lment nf fiincv boxed papers witli card. l)ap.'i- and envelopes rotlier or separate In Travelers and to- linn!,. i Stylos. To lit ail purses jj Jnmation fund,' then tjuly it is be-; )(.n5on was proprietor of the busi- jTvven acre mat ine iipponeiiiH oi n-;ness. The fire started m the liue oi rigatioti in the Middle west have'iu, building1. been furnished an irrefutable argu-j -r-ne building of the tin and plum nient against further government ac-:jnp ghop is a total loss, though C. W tivity in reclamation. In plain Hock and W. W. Howell, proprietors, won Is it nnmnr.q th;it Itbiho wants : i.l in ui;nn th.. nntint 10 uoiuiy roo me recianiaiion jihius i rrjm jraraire is the and prosper at the expense of us.T..0n. n Chinese. W. C. Kelsev neighbors. mannger of the business. The Kither this is po or Senator Borah building- is a hew concrete structure has introduced this measure with no and the damage was confined to the personal hope of jrcitinr it passed, ' r0f 0f the building, but with the idea that it will make 'j'he damage of the fii'e is estimat cxcellent campaign material for him ed -at between $5,000 and $10,000. two years hence. Anyway. Ontario tt 2 o'clock it was thought the ad believes that it is time to call a haltlvancc of the flames was checked and there would be no further damage- (.hvintr to the extreme cold fight ing of the fire was very difficult. The thermometer registered '1 de crees below zero here last night and at the time of the fire was 10 degrees above. The citizens of Canyon City aided greatly in com bo ting the flames, coming to John with several hundred tect ol There was a good water prcs which with the help of Can- i von Citv probably .aved the town The second series of the madcap m ,conip eto. -flesiruction. hoop collisions took place last eve- house December 15. Letters will be awarded to the football squad. 3 Killing, walking, olfin, motoring. nviating, shooting, hunting, fishinir, J everything, in fact, that women duljl property of, nowadays, except cooking u meal, :;ml t.u.tcs. 50c to S.I.OO Make II :i Useful (Jift Ate fir- v)i) 7 (More than a pound and half V'0? 'aO'' for a quarter) USE LESS than of higher priced brands Satisfaction Guaranteed MILLIONS Or POUNDS BOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT S! (V rPERlPIK) DRUCGIOrS j ft on such practices, if the west ex pects any further extensions of the reclamation service. JUillEl CiMliWI theygotta have pants. ' " ' ' " - - I : Harris Grocery Gifts -That Last J mng alter school with the juniors unmercifully taking the joy out of life for the fre-hnicn, .'15 lo 2, and the seniors surprising - the sopho mores and swamping them S4 to 7. The freshmen played good consistent ball, .scoring ore point in each half. llus O'Connell in the short time !;at the referee allowed him to play, breught his basket average up con siderable and it was rumored that Uus imagined he was at a ba-kct so cial insiead of a Im-ikeibail game. Jloirot a few anyhow. Tne mighty s.-uio- i d'.im founded the sophomores by displaying some teamwork, which they had equally surprised the the juniors the night before by not displaying. '1 he standing of the classes at present is: juniors, seniors, .Tuii; Mphonut es, .500; freshmen, .000. This evenir.g the freshmen will play the seniors and the jun iors will tiickle the sophomores. 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