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THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Saturday, April 21, 1923 u PAGEri:ift:;;;..:;:r.:. evaxgeUstholds , .'mbtinc 'sunday (,'Kwieiid R:'6.' afriflier,'. of, tioise, Mkbo, l)8.ar'riyfl in'La'tiranda for Ih , purpose: of; hoMiif ' Alven?ral jcvanifellstic "Veilijr '.hi jluriiiR the next few wteks,' nunftouns that JJif first niftnr .will :he held Sun Adventiit church aero from the hiirh school on 'M avenue. , Reverend Wagner expectH to take np matters that pertain to tne con (iitlunn that are mairmininir in the world in the light of Ilible prophecy. The ineotuifjn are open to me puo lie and all arc cordially invited. Preachers who arc so cajtorly try ing to do something unusual might try (ireaching the old-fashioned gos- Vnv evening ' 7'-IO- cllt in tn'PM Dependable l THE OLD HOME TOWN By Stanley Weslenhaver & Gilbert ri. v.. oos- 1 y To STAfST UOSJW ; v (AM com to .V TV- fceS : f Bli-L. WGO&. AT THE lLMBC(? YAftD SOLD A uOT I OF (UOODShCLUlNOf TEN BuMDlHS OP LATH AND A POLL NTT FORGET i m-- 'E - '. . I ! Personal Mention! 350 SENIORS K. C. Gettings came In from F.lgin Inst i cipnf on a short business trip and Is stopping ul the Foley. M rs. lf, .1, Mead, who makes her home at 'Vincent, is among the out of low ii visitors ul the Savoy. Karl Alurray. wuh ft Lit Grande vis itor yesterday, from his 'home tn Tarry. Mrs. .leiinlL- Moss, of (taker, arrlv ifl in La Orninln lust niKhl to visit over the weuk-eml willi Mr. and Airs. AturiiH Hooper. Mi'H, (. M. DallaH, who .ronhleH In Wallowa, left l.-iHt evening: Tor I'ort land whei'u Hlie will vIhH lor several daH. Air. ninl A I m. U. ('. ThopniHon, of (IiIh city, returned home last e.venliiK from I IuiiIIiikIoii, where they have heen on a Hhort visit. ; . Ttfe Bcst.lVicnd You Have MOTOR'S DAY WILL SOON BE HERE yfrHjve Vi'cparcrJ for it With the Largest liiid Most Beautiful Line of Cards Ever o Seen in La Grande. Mt'H. J. I li'hricrHon anil son. AhhcI, or l.u UnillfU1, lun lust ItlRht foi- I'ort l.iiul whero llicy will hih-ih! Hie wuiik fjicl on btiMlnuHH. TO GRADUATE were given by, the directors and arc an follows: Indian department, Pen dleton; Dancing hall, La Grande; Pageant parade, Raker; Hinge coach es, Pendleton; Toll Gate, Union; mu sic. Hot Lake: Days of '49 Games. j Pendleton; concessions, to A, W. Nel son, C. U Caldwell and II. E. Cool- iidgc; the assistant pageant director, I H. E- Coolidfje, first aid to Dr. W. T. Phy; publicity, Bruce Dennis, La u ran tie c-vening unxerver, cna:rman, E, li. Aldrich, Pendleton East Ore gonian, I. B. Bowen, Baker Demo crat, site committee, the entire execu tive committee with "W. C- Caldcr, Baker, Sam ThompHon, Pendleton, F. B. Hayes, La Grande, and M. S. Levy,: Union; handling of auto traffic andj parking ears, delegated to the State i TV,. rf: hnnrr,nn .irwl U Vl'nl- Department of the United States will be asked to police the grounds. Mov-i ing pictures and the remainder of the unlinished business is yet in tne hands of the executive committee- Lease Site. The entire site, which will be se lected in the future, will be leased by the committee so that they will have complete control of the conces sions, etc. No baliyho concessions, iA .... .,,.1 iu isl-a ...ill l no- u mi ill uin uiiu iiic iiivc nui uc J'w i - the unanimous vote of the directors. Sentimental Side. Sentiment, romance and history, which are knitted into this highway as in no other home seeking trail in 1 the world's history, will in general, be pantomined and depicted in the pageantry on that occasion. Enthusiasm is marked in every, community and the Old Oregon Trail ; association and others interested in the pageant, prophecy that the event, will be one of the outstanding feat-! ures of its kind in the entire west.1 FROfVl OREGON ui! iuomoti-:kn 'ii.rt;i;i with MINI .sl.(. MAIL. (Continued from page 1) J. Frank Heard, sole trustee of the Dorando Oil Syndicate. Charles Shcrwm and Harry H. EUGENE, Apr. 21. Approximately uoO seniors will be graduated from the University of Oregon on Com- Schwartz trustee of the General Lee mencement Day, June 25th, a marked j development interests. ; increase over the number in former Charles I). Spann and Benjamin graduating classes, according to I Carl Hatcher, attorney and 'property Mrs. John Iti-ld, of Halms, left hist evimliiH; 'or lOnterprise. where she1 was called by the illness of a relative. Mrs. II. I'. Snider, of Knimctt. Ida ho, returned lo hep home hint even In if after spend In several da m In Knlcrprlsu visiting friends. 11. f i. Mnnpp parsed llirouli Lu trrunde huHl, uvenliiK from his home lit 1 1 u n Hunt on, en roil I e. lo Cortland, whvi'e he was called on hnslnews. Carlton Spencer, registrar. The lf)22 graduating class numbered 250. the total numbers in other recent class es were: l!21, 220; J!)20, 200; 1910, 144; liilH, Ki4; 1!H7, l.'I7; 12; and Wlh, 1UY. Dr. Henry B. Wurd, professor of .oology at the University of Illinois and national president of bigma ai honorary science society, will be the Commencement speaker at the Uni versity. Dr. hdwaru hllery, dean oi the faculty of Union College. Sehcn esLuily, N. and national secretary oi bigma ai, will celiver the Bacca laureate sermon, June 24. His tonic will be, the bpirituai Involution of M.in " Dr. Ward is a graduate of Wil liams College and Harvard and was dian of the school of medicine- of Ihe University of Nebraska before he joined the Illinois faculty. He was formerly president or the Associa tion of American Medical colleges, and has written widely on scientific subjects. Both of the visitors will instgll the Oregon Chapter of Sigma Xi while ut the university. The install ntion ceremony will take place in the 'Woman's building on the afternoon of June 22. The Sigma Xi banquet Book & y Newlin Stationery Co. Bll ''- 'j'-. i ISHERRY'Sfil II j TU1JAY OMLY' U ft Airs, (icorire Itatchnlil and Donald, mid Airs. Anna amlHrn. oi : will be held in the evening. Walla . Wallii, arrived in Im (Irande hist evening to spend some time visit ing us the guest of Airs. Alurle Stevenson. ( 'eel I Moi'Kiiii who uttemlK scliool In Ui (iivinde, left, last evening for IiIh Iioiiii' In Katnelu, where lie will spend t he week-end Willi Ills par en is. It. K. ; IhtHketl, of Kreewater. re named to IiIh home l:ist evening, af- hi:i imti: I'Laxs i:rri:t-n:i) rtut oiti;.N tkaiij ia(J!;a.t at I'mox aii:i;t vi:sti;udav (Continued from page 1) ways, inasmuch as It is the original Oregon Trail ovej- which came the foundation stock of the present civ ilization of the northwest." Meet At Hot Luke. At the close of the Union meeting, ler spending several days in Wallow.t the executive committee, . as the on business. guests of Dr. V; T. Phy, met at Hot i.nko and prepared many important Miss Clurlse Conkltn, of Cove, is m town visiting ut the .1. K. Stearns res idence over the week-end. Juke SwJUert eame down from Vin cent last evening on a short huslnesvt I trip. Mr .and Alts. Yrn Hujc and ehil-dn-n eame In from their ranch tn th" vuMi'V and spent today shopping ami VtHltlllg. "Ufe Danger Hoy l' Anderson of llalivr is jimone jthe out of town guests at the Savoy I today. He is here utti-ndtHK to husi ' lless. Mrs. AI. liiiiilvr will la tonight fur Portland, where nhe will spend n wei-k vlslilnir Mr. Hunker, who is t nt plnyed In t tin I Joseph was represented among I In oul of town gneslM at the Savoy e leitlay by rhus. Waller. Point" II. K. Mini and M. I l.and.rs ei inunit; the linker visitors tn this fit; VnTd!i . 'I'ln-y w ere registered al the tiaoy. Willi an All-Slar Cast liicltKling Carinel Myers, Joheph DowliiiB and W. 1. ("arlelon "After a bride has reniodi'led her husband's home, her next step usually is to try to re model her husiiand.".. Not Merely n l'lay, 15ut Life Itself, You'll Say 1 1 wuiiuw a was represenirii anion;. tne oni Ol (own gilesus al I lie l-oley ! yesterday ) O, It. .MtCinniM. lie wa.t her' atlindlng lo IiiinIiiiss niultti.s. matters relative to the program. Hudget Adopted. A hutlKfl was adopt eft- fr ' mediate traveling expenses, mats, and ruts, snnitary construction on the grounds, building of wa ter systems, publicity, thai tot aled $HMK The fund is distri buted as follows: Pendleton, La Grande and Baker, each i$l"00; I'nion and Enterprise, each $100; Ontario, Joseph, Wallowa, each $2(10; North l'owdr, Haines, Huntington nnd ElKn, each $100; Hut Lake, $.0; Wallowa Lake Amusement Park and Leslie Amusement Park, each $30. Budget I'nderwritten. The entire budget was voted to be underwritten, each town in its own way to subscribe its amount. No stops will be taken until the full amount is underwritten, as a protec tion against bad weather on the day ot the pageant. An immediate call will be issued to each community for 25 per cent I of its quota. It is not anticipated j flint the full amount of the budget will he required or that any material additional calls will be issued for subscriptions. Details Assigned. The distubution of the various gen" eralheads in the pagennt program accountant for tho Texas, Alexia Drilling syndicate. Louis M. 'White, of the Louisiana Lease syndicate. Charles H. Kreigh and Isaac C. Howard', connected with the Kings bury company. James C- Foster, jr.,- Frank" L. Moorman and II. L. Babson, connect ed with the Spoonts company. General Robert A. -Lee. Philip Goldstein alias Ralph P. Gib son, Nathan Sang, alias H. J. Lang, Max Hirsch and Walter Marks, con nected with the General Lee develop ment interesst. . According to postoffice inspectors there were 313 companies merged in to the Doctor Cook company. There were capitalized for $388,801,000 and sold $1)0,000,000 in stock.. The Rev ere company merged 125 companies with a capital stock of $19!,000,000 and stock sold amounting to $30,000, 000, according to the inspectors. The Pilgrim company merged 20 companies which had sold $7,000,000 in stock, it was said. In making public the figures. Unit ed- States Attorney Zweifel said the .rhe Largest Chain Departments 'Store Organization in the World" 371 DEPARTMENT STORES Realities vs. Habits of Thought There is a. apparent glamour, to that which is farther away, but like the pot of gold at the ' foot of the rainbow, it exists only in the imag ination. That better merchandise and better prices exist somewhere else than at the store at home is merely a fancy or habit of though't. V If you want low prices, you will find none lower than our prices for our quality of mer chandise.'. For quality-values, ours cannot be equalled; anywhere at our prices. For styles, the newest are displayed in all of our 371 De- . partment Stores as soon as they are shown in New York shops. . TRY OUR STORE The Largest Chain Department, Store Organization in tlie woiiu MANY ENJOYED LO.S.DRAMA i'laytng to u large crowd, the "No-Kami- Dramatic Company' presented Liiu "Old New .Hampshire. Home" for the Itmlil of the 1 4. I. S. religion (lasses. In tho high school auditorium in a manner that met with nothing hut the highest approval from those pres ent who pronounced the drama inter esting, amusing and full oT delightful situations from curtain to curtain. The plot, in brief, den It with the driving or a daughter from a New Kngiand home, due to a secret mar riage, by her stern J'uritanieal father, and the later clearing up of matters that resulted in the father joyfully welcoming liis daughter back to, the rine; Oliver Stanhope, a young black smith in love with Mabel, t;. JJoyd Valch:Ieb Watkins. a country boy "up to snuff,, nor a bit green, Clayton Coalwell:, Mickey Alulllns. a traveling tinker. Grant llean; Aloses Cazlnki. a J tebrew glazier, .Jacob II. Tray nor; Itawiinga, In league with. Van I imam, .1. A. t'oyne; Mabel Winthrop, Farm er Whithrop daughter, Kalhryn Alel-calf;-Tilly, her maiden aunt. I.ottb Traynor; Airs. Winthrop. the farmer's wife. Kin ma Waleh: Motrins, a yomiK lady with a mind of her own and not afraid to speak it, Aluy Sirrine. Kach member of the east played his individual part with a. finesse thai met with complete approval. All were dually high in their ability, but pos- ; slbjy special mention might be made 1 1 of the character played by Jacob II " STARVATION STOIiY HOAX. (My Associated I'reHs) NOItTHI'OUT, Midi.. Apr. -Jl Kd ward Horn, one of the three who risk ed their lives traveling across th. slush ice and open water this wcck and who reported nine men and wo men starving on South Vox Island, causing airplanes to be sent, today ad iliilted thai their story of starvation was a hoax and part of a plan to g-t tobacco for woodcutter on the Island. investigation showed there was anlTravnor. Orant Mean, and the spirite average of a stockholder for every! portrayal of Alurfins, a young ladi $100 of stock sold. This would give with , a mind of her own and not af- ij 704,450 investors in the companiesjruld to speak it, by Alay Sirrine. i named in the indictments and about! Itetwcen acts selections were playeo ;i 1,.U0,000 investors in the mergedjtv the foil. companies, or a total of. 2,004,450 persons. rgedjty the following trio, Lindsay, violin; Uosonbaum, drums, and Or ecu, piano. Clark Fitzgerald, accompanied by Mildred l.ovetl on ths piano, rendered two beautiful violin solos. Air. Kftz gcruld has great ability as a musician and the audience was enraptured will- DRUG SMUGGLER NABBED (My Associated Press) MONTREAL. Apr. 21. Seizure by the British authorities in mid-ocean I liis rendition of a drug smuggler transporting The cast was as follows: $.")00,000 worth of narcotics from Farmer Winthrop. a rugged New Germany to Canada for distribution Hampshire farmer. Win. I . Hanks; here and in the United States, was Kdward Van Husen. a polished villain, disclosed by the police Friday. secretly married to Alibel. Seth Sir- Be on Hand When MIL BILLINGS SPENDS 11ISDIME .Mi-h. Ktilltryn CIi';ivrr. liu hi Hin-lnlthK tin wintt-r hi l.i f' 'ie f''my delicate garments O I 11 you hate to discard as worn out JLf Made to Measure Suits 329.00 to $33.00 Young Men's Ready-to-Wear SUITS $32.00 to $12.00 The Toggery Andrews liros. lUlramlc with her son. H. H. Ceai-r, land lamllv. (eft (ids morning on No. j 1 for I'm (land. Mr. and Airs. .1. Mailer, who , mal.e thetr home at linker, 41 re in town visiting and whopping for a I Ibhorl time as a guest ul Hie Foley. 1 1 I i Grande Small, of Maker. Is In t.-l n 11 short business trip, lie I In registered al the Sawiv. I Ailli Comedy 4 ( ' , "NO Ll'CK" HIVKItS IN FLOOD WINNKPKti, Man., Apr. 21- -With many districts in central nnd! southern Manitoba reporting a; icady rise in the Assiniboine and! Kcd rivers and tributaries Friday,! the flood situation showed no i;n-1 piovement Friday night. j Many families have been forced to leave their homes, others are isohit-' cd from nearby towns by lakes o'i water, and thousands of acres of farm land in the low-lying districts; reported conditions slightly improved.' with the waters receding very slowly. "JERSEY CREAM" HKST HV ACTUAL TEST A SITKKIOU FLOl'K A SITKUIOU VALl'K SOLD WITH A (Jl'AUAXTKE OK SATISFACTION OK MONEY I5ACK ONCKTSED. ALWAYS t SED 49-lb. SACK. SI.9S; B15L., S7.72 ANY ORDER I'NPKR $2.00, 10c DELIVERY CHARGE; ORDERS OYER S2.00, NO DELIVERY CHARGE. PROMPT DELIVERY RELIABLE DRIVER PHONE MAIN l'J WHERE THE THRIFTY THRONG HOOVERIZED GROCERY 1 j Our idt-n vt hrnvin a nlac-' llwhirt1 t!u- larkyarl knk n (rmxl nsj, thf front lnwife. '