Wednesday, January 4, T5S.7,
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE TlIBiSS
'""""""""""""""""--"-"--'iiic roadway in the whole world, wc All huil to the i pathfinder who
! MAT?TfTTP CiT? Alinf At inn rr to , Jiciumot afford to detruvt from the madu a Kood fiBhL .All hail to eaih
l iunniviiu JL UlillAiUN IJvAIL lb . r beauty of iu nunio, Imt we can in- state that contributes its Micht to
I IT'sPT TyypI t TV niTMHAHf lfPIOirT 'UtTibe on an arch nuuimintr this great honor the hero, who never dil lajr.
J I-UaUOai-U hi JJUINMA.M U JvJUll 1 J, highway at The Dalles: "This is the To honor Hie patriot who hoisted our
tic-m r ..I. ...;.. u;..... lli..w....... ni. f!,.u.
PUNHAM VYKlljIII.
THEY ALL DEMAND IT!
It.,.., UII .... ... ... . .
th 7.1 i V we appropriately marK nake river and other mountain
inc itiu iirpjrun Trail, for anything streams and has caused the desert
i . .. !" , (lo"1K. worlh lloinK ,,lnont the rose until almost the
win, and us I traveled over this uld whole length of. it is one alfalfa
.... ., man sixty years ago at Held, fruit orchard and potato patch,
. ,ht .1, M lhat 1 .k""wi"'ith good comfortable hooies every-
r th Hlun "y eve,y mllB oi; where you look, dotted nilh thriv-
inis old trail was then. I there- inp tnwn and vili,. J,i,i. ,..,..,
lore, suggest it to be layed of into once known as the Great American
uno at tne Beginning . Desert,
of each division the old trail shuilj Comineiiciiig near where llaVer is
' spunned by an arch with the now located, the old weary l'ilgrims
number ami name of each division in- looking down on miles of reen pas-
......... uivicuii, me name 01 cacn lures, along the Powder river, tiuly
cuvisniti indicating to the traveler an oasis in the dtseit; to greet the
oi ttiday what each division of this eye after emerging from hundreds
'HI trail was when first made and of miles of brirned desert waste,
traveled by the weary old immigrant, Then on to I.adif hill, looking down
111 Older that. Ihu nm..,.) ,l I.. I :r.. n.'.l.. n ... i i
r.,..v..u mj in, mi. utruiiLiiui ijiiimic jiiimit! vai-
eier and tourist may know .that he lev all a vast green expanse of coun
ts speeding over very sacied ground try, most beautiful to beliold; a pano
in every mile of wnicn are silently itima at your feet where human and
loving mothers and fathers and dearibeust can rest in coniforU. Crossing
children in obscure, isolated, anil uii-lthe Mine mountains to the Umatilla
maiked graves. J river, Wild Horse, Walla Walla river.
mu . ' ""Hiion. liutter and lliivh creeks, all looking
iherefore, apprehend a brief de-'good and habitable,
scnption of wnnt each division of We name this division for its be.iu
the conditions of the old trail ofitiful green valleys, its intervening
three-score and more years ago, and mountains and the ousis. Division No.
what it is today. There should be 4, or. the Blue .Mouiriain Division of
erected three arches on the Missouri, the Old Oregon Trail,
river, one at each starting point, In- j Division No. 4 consists of lumber-i'"i!'i'tncl'-
"'oseP'1i um' at Coun- ; ing,' mining, stockruising, hortirul
cil Bluffs, inscribed thereon "This is turo and agriculture or really the
the lust division and starting point iwheatfields of 'Eastern Oregon and
oi Uie Plait river and Butialo di-1 Eastern 'Washington.
)n of the 01.1 Oregon Trail." Coming to Port Dallas, the end of
vision of the Old Oil'gon t rail, to
Astoria and the Pacific ocean.
In dedicating this great national
highway with al its modern improve
ments of four score -years, to the
memory of the first old trail-blazers
aiul pathfinders, that their young
and rising generations may appre
ciate their grand work in hahitatinK
the wilderness and establishing civ-
l. (irtuiile, l.lke livery t'lty and
Town in (lie I liloil, lieveUes ll.
Peopl.
lied.
wllh kidney Ills want lo I.e.
fSlllS
COVE, Jan. 8. I Special). -There
were many New .Year dinners Hlon
day. Kriind mot with friend to wel-
ome in the glad now year. "Happy
I ,
given at tne nonie oi .ir'. una airs.
A. II. Orton. a .family affair.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen entertained
a number of friends Monday. Cov
ers were laid for ten.
Mr. and Mrs. Philin Lo.-kwood en
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Judd Ceer and
Air. and Mrs. Cluudc J Pickett. It
was another family nffnir.
A big dinner was given at the
homo of Mr. and .Mrs. E. 0. J'ulji.
hvangelistic services began at the
Haptist church on buruli.v evening.
liev. ford .Hunk of New Plymouth,
Idaho, assisted by several singers, is
conducting the service. The house
Whi n one s ( mo inriurnsi m-w iear" in not. in emnlu oroeliiiir
ii;..ii..,. ..i. M,.w.i acning oai'n. . K,.iiVi)ui comes laden wnlh houo t int the
I..v'imr i'l.e ii,.latioii of our. lnviit I ""t!' There an. many ,cm1..h,,h , new year will bring joy and hnppi-'was filled with People from all lie
and growing state. ituouv un.i relieve n..i imo. uesx, hen the old year goes we nominations. At the close of the ser-
Advocates I'xposiuon. r " " .-"" "ui cures ami iroumcs as we'vico a waicn nieoiing was nein aivi
t it be done bv holding an Old I '"K l',sllls if tiionsamlM. Mere Is i.njwould a cloak and pick up the ; the bells fr,.m all ovfr town rung out
Trail Exposition at the Metropolis '""'' evaienee oi ineii ie.i n. inreans or nio with the advent of. to uahei in the. new year,
of Oregon, in 1927. That all states! ' ' Si"'neer. 1""7 Jackson Ave.,lhe new year and at least try to! One of the pleasani. events of the
through which this grand old trail ',:iy:i "' ,,UI recommend I loan's KUl-jweavu the pattern straight. IChitstmas season was a New Vcar'h
m- i ins irum ,-.v. .. .... . . wi.i.uii n. new i ear s nail was Itelu .Mon-iPariy imocr the auspices in tne i.a-
iiilng on ihe wagon weakened mv dav niglit. . 'dies' Cluild, at the homo of 'Mrs. A.
1 here was n New Year's dinner U. Conklin on Snturday evening. 1
passes ma: have the pride and nrivi
lege of contributing to the exposi
tion, to perpetuate the names and
work of this, grand tinny of -old pion
eers, .the sentiment is prevalent in
the air that Portland shall hold a
great national fair to honor the aged,
the feeble and frail - who came to
Old f)i-fxriui over I Im (llil llt'i.tr.m
I Trail.
Pay tributo to the trail-blazers ore,)' ' Kidn
it is too late for the work that hei ''.! eer luW
did in founding our. state though Jli'rs., Uuriiilo, l
many have passed on to the laud of J
the l,ord. To honor Uie dead as the A lobster has
kiilneys ami I ol'len bad headache ami
sharp pains Ihrouah iu.v kidneys. I'ul.l.i
made the trouble worse ami my kid
neys were li regular, lb action, main's
Kidney kills .soon stopped lln back
ache and Vid tne of kidney complaint."
, Price, i; at all dealers. Don't
simply ask. Vc a'Hi'lue.v remedy get
1,'IHll tne same lhat
l-vVlcr-Millmrti i;o.,.
Pivo h jndrod was played and prlM
wero ttlven. The first pri was
awarded to Mi-a. U B, Carter and Mr.
A. H. Orton, and the consolation to
Mrs. Claude Puekett and Mr. Cahr-
les Da Haas. This Dartv is una of a
series, of semi-monthly parties that
will b (r'ven until the beginning of
Lent, and are pf a purely social na
ture, i
Mr. and Mrs. J: J. Conley have
been spending Bevtral data In La
Grande the guests of thoir daughter
Mrs. 14ay laoodnough.
Mr. and Mrs. L. N, Conley are
also Lti Grnndo visitors.
Mr. nnd Mrs. John Dean will leave
Tuetdajr for Ix Angelas wuere they
will spend the remainder pf the win
ter.
Mrs. P. W. Conklin lrnve a, small
dinner on Sandny in honor of her
laughter 'Marion, who is noma jrom
Whitman collcigp.
spirits feel.
as manv as KiO.imH
known (o lay
at a time.
uivision intn covereu a vastiWat;on iransnortation savm on lv via
stretch ot six hundred miles of com-1 the Barlow Koute around Alt. Hood,
paruiiiely level Plat, river plain, to:the families and nil their earthly
the base of the lioekies, uninhabited belonging were placeil on crude 1 log
except for Indians and vast. herds :afts and. 'in' boats and floated down
oi buffalo. 1 . ithe Columbia river to Port Vancouv-
iww it, is one great corn ana-- iuic aim Astoria. v nue tine poor, ; ;. 4
lall'a field with tnousands of com- faithful beasts of burden were trail- ' 1 (
forlable homes and many thriving! eil down the rough gorge of theCo-!1 '
lmvviis and villages. I lunibia to the Willamette valley. U-lutlJ
, Crosses Kockies. r '.A I tlicu'TliiriH lattd imrenuitv of man.hasla .
Spanning the 'old trail with an cdnstructeU' down this great river o( ........
nun an tne base of the Kockies in-1 the West, the most sublime and see-'
scribed No. 2, South Puss and Rocky ' . " ". - . , .. .'?.'rrr,
VNEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
arc now in .order; make one of value to you by
letting us supply vour meat needs. We have
the best.; ,
. The M. A. Stilwell Meat Co., Inc.
duality Market Fir St. Market
Next to Skaggs , J Next to Harris Groc.
IV nlintinn ,hi.iui..n ..C tA ' r
i. 'CKuai
nan. ihea, ciossing as it did the i 2
uacKoone ut tne world, to the wa
ters of the Pacific Ocean, being the
route traversed by den. Fremont in
the early forties, and by tne ..Mor
mons in 1847, traveling to the Great
Salt Lake valley making the Old
Oregon Trail a verv dear remem
brance to those people and their de
cendants jointly with the first old j
seiners ot old Oregon.
Now we come to Big Sandy, the
thiid division of Old Oregon Trail,
and known as the Great American
Desert for several hundred miles to
Powder river. Tnis division brouKht
more hardships, henrtaches, grief and
sorrow than all other divisions com
bined for it was on this division that
most of the cruel Indian massacres
perpetrated and the deadly cholera
scourge of lHr,- raged, making- it a
veritable burying 1 ground., 1 I feel:
safe to say at least two-thirds of the;
estimated persons 'per mile ' for the
length of this old trail, are .silently ;
sleeping in isolated unmarked graves
in mis division. . The roadside; was
ddci, ,in.nn iiritl, n lao- nf ..It.,-
tening bones of faithful beasts .'of ill
l.nr.l..,, tl.ut h...l f..lU. rumIWA.l ..H.lilfl
exhausted. So we feel . it . .appro-
j printe to name this the ''Graveyard ; S?a
i .....I t. r!....n. a : n . 1,: Ka
3 ,..., liic uitu, jiiiciicuii resell, ii1
w vpion. . 01 uie utu megon ,xrauM,..i
" What is this division today? "Why
man has,, converted . water . from .old
A REAL
FIERY, ITCHY SKIN
QUICKLY SOOTHED
BY THIS SULPHUR
.1
if end 10 -Sulphur, ayilensnnt cream,
will suothc and lx?ai sVin th;it is irri
tated or broken ouj with eczema; that
. is covered with ugly jash for pimples,
or is rough or dry. Nothing subdues
fiery skin eruptiorij so; quickly, says a
noted skin specialist. J
' 'J'he moment this' sulphur preparation
is applied the itching stops and after
. two or three applications, the eczema
is pone and the akm-is delightfully clear
and smooth, bttlpnur is so precious as IB
a sum remedy because it destroys the
parasites that cause the burning, itch-
- niK or disfigurement. MenthoDuIphur, 1 1
' always heaU eczema riuht tip. -. I
:' A small jar of Howies Meiltho-Sul-. !
'Jphur may be had ;utx any good drug' j
store. "'- ."
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PU
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MAN'S
LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR AND MILLINERY
V Successor lo Campbell Sisters
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FOR MEN NOW IN FULL SWING
YOU WILL FIND GENUINE REDUCTIONS AND BONA -FIDE PRICE
CUTS HERE: A BARGAIN EVENT LONG TO 1?E REMEMBERED.
ONE LOT OV .
-M EN'S- DRESSY- -
BLACK OR BROWN
WORTH TO $10.00 ,
98
LADIES! Laoies! Listen to tins good nwk-JT.
Our cntu'eVtocklof coats, suits, dresses, sldrts, blous
es, corsets, hosidhy, sweaters and
Millinery
priced to move them, with NO REGARD TO COST OR,
PROFIT.
Avail your self of this opportunity, and supply your
needs now.
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For Sale
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SPECIALS
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' THEM '
MKN $ 1 1)0
I WORK SHIRTS
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4ih, we will soil
i Men's jjBlue and Gray Chamhiay Ioavy Work
j Slih'ts, wortH 51.00, to anyone making a pur-
cluise oi' ?2.0o or over, for the .small sum of,
2!lc
Limit one shirt to a customer
OUR
ENTIRE
STOCK
SACRIFICED N
FOR
each
We Offer! J H ETOGG
WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE EXCLUSIVE SALE
OF THE GRANDE RONDE MEAT COMPANY'S FURE
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AND WE ARE READY TO SERVE YOU
An oiUKlde propprty lhat will mnke
Ronit'omAa pood lioino. 'I'IiIh pi-operly
van prlre at $17;o.00
rtul Xntv''Vtf'diirvl
Tn Jir.TTi.IMI
Tlie "nt I the south ir.DH tcol of
Lot & of IMbck 3 Hfcme Investment
Aildllion to .a liranllo. This place
Ih aim feet uth of Ihe paved road
to Island Citvl The noil in Bood. TJio
limine In well Aillt. flvi rooms. There
f a kooiI wooVhoiific find an otiUldc
eellnr in It. t'Hirken ljoiiBe and sard.
Seventeen pnodyounBrrnlt treeii on
the plare. Term nrin)f"i
Andrews Hrotliers, Props
1211 Adams Avenue
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WHY PAY IIFAT?
We hnve several plap.i lliftt ran be
Rppuifd hy ft Bmll pavnirut down, i
then monthly paymenln to fult you.
La GranrJe Investment,
iftl That Last
Company
Reliable Agent fur Reliable
liisiirnni c Companies.
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Invest Thai Money You Got for a Christmas Present in
J. HxPEARE & SON
& Grande's Leading Jewelers Established 1SD0
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