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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1923)
fettle Eiimfam. h t--T .' . i. - J. - 1 '' . VOLUME XXVI SHpttON TWO- LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1923. . NUMBER 184 ! UHJUN S EfPBlA I'MON, May 10. Mrs. ' Ed Willi' mid family made a trip to. LaGrandc Saturday. They returned to Union Saturday evening. The -Mn'g Community Chorus par ticipated in a4 special sons: service at tlie Presbyterian' church Sunday evening. . Another packed house witnessed the second class play at the hiph school assembly ' Thursday evening when the Juniors put en the royalty comedy, "Stop Thief." Miss Heltra Nlilson coached the cast for this play and every character was well rendered. The play is fact and full 01 action ana kept the audience an uproar most of the time. Choppy Jonnson as the bride-groom'-to-be, Ar chie Campbell as the burglar, and Al ta Tanner as Mrs. Carr were prob ably the most papular parts a thouch it would be difficult 'to decide which parts were the best played. Follow ing is the cast: Joan Carr, Leona Itoscwall; Mrs Carr, Altu Tanner; Caroline Caw, Ruth Worsham; Madge Carr, Constance Hughes; Nell, Marie Shaw; William Carr, Carl Gilmore; James .Cluney, Choppy Johnson; Mr. Jamison, Willie lluggerty; Dr. Wil lougliby, Mollis ilutrick; Rev. Speldin, Beau Callihan; Jack Doogan, Archie Campbell; Joe Thompson (plain clothes man), Dick Vanllouten; Ser geant of pi-lice, Henry Cadwell; po licemen, Clifford, Minnick, Leland Horn and Max Burk. Hubert Wilkerson, principal of the Greenwood school in l.a Grande, was over with some of his boys to par ticipate in the field meet' Saturday afternoon. Nolan Skiff, member of the .Ob server staff, came over to Union Saturday to help officiate at the field meet and cover the events for the paper. - Dr. Clarence W. Erwin, whose den tal parolrs are over the Wright Drug store, has just received and installed a new dental unit which is said to be the last word in up-to-date dental equipment for dental work. The cost cf securing and setting up this elec trically equipped apparatus was just about one thousand dollars. Rev. Quinn of the local M. . E. church and Rev. Joseph Chester of the Baker M. E. church' exchanged pulpits for the Sunday evening ser vices. E. 'A. Sayre, principal of the Island City school brotfght a bunch of grade boys over to the track meet Saturday afternoon. Coach Burwell, Austin Martin, Lawrence Martin and wife, and Geo. Conklin were Imbler visitors in Union Saturday afternoon. They came over to witness the field meet. E. E. Bragg was in Union Satur day shaking hands with old friends. Claude O. Hurnmell was over from Pendleton for a few days last week visiting with friends in Union. Mrs. Faye Catlin made a visit to Unicon last week. She was looking after some work connected with the Red Cross society. Hotel Arrivals. Arrivals at the Union Hotel during the last few clavs from nearby towns were: Mrs. V. Torev, William Baird, William Smith, T. H. Carroll, J. L. Howe and G. M. Ryder of Baker; - Mrs. C. II.' Gassct, .Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kinman, Jay Conley, J. J. Adanis, E. E. La Freimir, and C. E. Grant of La Grande, and Geo. E. Ray hill if Pendleton. The high school debating team, Misses Audrey DeLap and Vera Shaw, went to Pendleton' Friday and that afternoon they met the Pendleton team ill a contest for the Eastern Oregon vliampionship. Pendleton's team contained one student who was state champion last year so the girls feel that thev have done exception ally wi.ll. nven thoutrh the decision was against them. John Hough of the high school faculty accompanied the team to the iiound-Up city. Frances Dobbin and Harold Hal came over from1 La Grande Saturday - evening to spend the week-end with relatives- here. Charley Connor anil Dr. Little, two. Coveites, were here Tuesday evening, flicy returned to Cove the same evcninir. C. E.. Short, member of the N. K. AVest to. store, was a visitor m llninn Kntimlav. Pat Powers "held his last dancing lesson at the Union Hotel Saturday evening. He in- leaving in a short time for the Enst and says that he will lie here again this fall with all the latest dances and will resume his class. Three of his pupils from Union attended the ball he staged in Iji Grande Friday night. They were' faMiino and Kenneth Hutchinson anil .ffnrv Ellen Pumphrey. Mr. Hutchin- The Babe. Shares the Spotlight a. ,,.ni hi. wh -nnlh 1 "Ihn wholn show" at the Yankee Stadium, but President Harfllug was ' somewhat of an attract'on himself when ha wont to-wo the Tanks defeat the Senators, 4 to 0, Bab" very srnclously welcomed tlie president to bin provlnco and 8iammd out a homer or the odiflcatlon of his ills ( tlngulshed guest. .jv , .. , son accompanied the children to Iji Grande. Sunt. Hamilton oand Priri. Toller were over from La Grande with the track team Saturday! The Woman's club held a silver tea at the Union Hotel on Thursday af ternoon. There .were, several cuests besides the members present and all enjoyed a program. The club is planning to aid in finishing the eym nnsium. : -' - Sunt. Cnnldin is riishinir thn work on the - gym stage in the hope oil having it ready for tlie .various excr- in' the' University , of Hawaii, with their future use and exhibiton con trolled by the governor. Another bill before the legislature would designate a proposed territor ial athletic field here as the "Kuhio Memorial Stadium1' in honor cf the prince. , ' s Several other steps have been taken to preserve the memory. These in clude naming the rehabilitation tract, on the island of Molokai, "Kalanian aolo," and designating a park and cocoanut palm grove hear the settle ment, considered one of the finest in the islands, by the same name. Under a bill adopted by the legis ianaole, Is granted a pension of $500 monthly for s the remainder of her life. ILLI NO COT J. H. and O. W. Orton. .father and !i,., j :m,j k tun o-nvoi-nnr. son. have nurchased the blacksmith iUi Mni.ui Pi;..h.ih Knlnn- SIlOp Oil 1UU1U bblCCb, iiwill kjim.vii and san. . . " ' ;' , "'.'', , Cove Wins. - ' ' Cove played her first game of the season against a team' from Union, on the Union 'diamond Sunday after noon. Bloom worked behind, the bat for the combination team, and Han sen of Union and McGmnis of La Grande were in the box. BrazH pitehed for the Chemans' the first part of the game and was , relieved bv Alexander who finished the game in his usual smoky style. Murchison caught for Cove. Th pickup team made a rally in the middle part of the game and ran, in several scores dur ing one inning. But most oi me lime Cove had it about all her; own way. Final score, Cove 18, Union6. PLANTS ROSES ' - ( l'A.N'A. III.,-May 10. This little city which lias been furnishing 14.7Ull.ll0i roses to ita slstor cities of the United States yearly.i.wlll probably have In creased lla production to 25,000,000 h'nfnp. lh t.itil nf thin vi'iir iLPrnrcl- Newell Martin ami Everett Kuhn left Saturday night for Pendleton and.j nouses now . In process ot construe- Portland where they will visit during their vacation weeks. Everett will also go on to Corvallis 'before re turning to Unicn.' He is planning to enter the O. A. C. next year. A car driven bv a La Grande man named Donahue, is in the ditch along the highway in South Union as the t ... : i-... n..t I result OL an acciueni atu-urcmy iiikih. He was going around a car driven by M'r. Castor of .Union when the car skidded into the ditch. According to reports here this morning Mrs. Dona.- hue was badly out up. sne was tan-, en to Dr. Gilmore's office and later to the hospital. The oars were just entering town when the accident occurred. KEEP FILMS OP ISLAND PRINCE tlon here. Wlillo tthofe arc '20 acres of rose KtowIiik ground umlcr ku.xs . .hero now, tifc udOll.lon of Hi acres is con templated, '. lurpe part, of which Is acliialty umlor preparation und upon which Krcen.houi'B art being crodel. Whii- ('allfornia' leadK In free rtoiIU rosfflj .Illinois records rfliow that thin Htafu- la vftirHlu-Hd- in kiow- lni'v iohc8 for cotnnieivlul pniposiiH There nr0 plunts, vach avor- ubJuiij 3" perfect roses a year it I. rami. lliren Jitindrod $ mtd fifty thousand )lautH nre uudor- glass nt Aluywood. a (.'IiIcuko suhurh, whiln IKtO.OOO plants are in bloom most of tho year in Martin Grove, III. The soil hore lias been found by experts to bo tho most suitable lit dig -country for ros culture . and this, more than anything else, ac counts for tho development of .this Industry to th4 huge scale 'it has assumed.' The rose plants under cul tivation here are imported from llntf land, ttnd arc. known as grafted rosea, haviiiK their origin In (ho marsh lands of the tiiUish I si us. They aro continuous bloomers, summer and winter. , . . , , . . 25 Reduction on Rcady-to-Wear Clothing Beginning Monday, ' May. 7th,, To Saturday,- May 12th, The Toggery Andrews Bros - - POST OFFICE 6 B6 Japanese characters. This neccssi tates the employment of Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, and Korean clerks. The mails between Honolulu, the Orient and the South Seas nro grow ing in size, according to figures com piled l 1'ostina.Hlcr .MuiAiliuii. tu 11)21 ull classes of mail to China. jJnpim and Manila aggregated 3,804 uags, aim linn risen tu S,i)M in VJ22, an incrcasa of 128. . , HONOLULU, May in. That the spirit and smells of the Far East hover over th0 Honolulu post office as ono of the prime evidences of the city's cosmopolitan position at "the cross-roads of the Pacific," is revoal od any day on which a vessel arrives from the Orient. Dead snakes, mah-jongg sets, Fili pino ' smoking tobacco strong enough Do knock a man down, strange musi cal instruments, pork betel ' nuts, dried fish, herbs for medicine, jade mandarin coats, silks, fans, ancient eggs porcelains, kimonos, idols and material for soups this is a typical list of items that may be found in1 any mail from Japan, China and the Philippines, according to Postmaster D. H. MacAdam. The miscellaneous packages also bring with them a tremendous amount of detail work, format least .50 per ocnt of all the letter and packages in a mail from th Orient arc. ad dressed solely in tho language of their origin, which must be trans lated Into English before they enn he distributed. . For instance, out of recent mail containing 12,000 let ters, 6,000 were addressed only in SHARP SHOTS The astonishing thing to us is the leilirth of time snmn ,.F tint ,li,.nu can last. Correct this sentence: '.The grnnin went four days without a shave, but Iho bride did not think his lovo had grown cold.'' A hothead is one who hardly can restrain his impulse to send some body else out to fight. It frequently happens that those who know the most about "good nwn- ncrs" knew the least about kindness . The annoying thing, about Wine thirty minutes, lato for an appoint ment is that you must wait thiry minutes for tho other fellow, . The only B. A. that interests soma; . of this year's seniors stands for BW ting Average ' oooooooooooooooooooooooooo o o o o o o IMPERIAL TAXI MAIN 580 I'ROMPT SEItVICE After Midnight CuU HERMAN'S 134 J looooooooooooooooooaooooooa, o oooooooooooooooooooooooooo o o Seed Potatoes FOR SALE 1 liarllest of All. Karly Itosc. . l'ride of Miiltnomali. A sniull aniotillt of'llils excellent-seed available. ... . TIMOTHY 11AY i ." Ilnliil. A I'ew I'arloailn I'or Salu $25.00 er (on, f .o. b. ears I Smith & Frees HONOLULU, T. H May 9. Mo tion picture "films of the slate fu neral of the late Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, last of the ancient Ha waiian royal line, who served as, delegate to congress for twenty years, would be purchased by the territory sml nriwiirvfwl fni. nrmtlrit.v n He- ' picting the last royal' funeral, under the provisions ot a Dill now unaer consideration by the territorial legis lature. . -i. . , - The bill ' would appropriate $7,500 fc.r the purchase of 8,000 feet of films, and directs that they be placed mmmmmmmmmmitmmmmm - i STOP CATARRH! OPEN NOSTRILS AND HEAD Says Cream Applied in Nostriki Itclicves Head-t'olds at Once. ,.-..-.--.-.-. Garden Hose Twenty Per. Cent. Off . This Week. Only T Buy 'Your Hose-Now '" and' .Take Advantage , ;.- Of ..' . . ': Tliis Big Saving l J Jf vifitr mi-lrilfi an- (liitd and vu Itritd i- .tufi'itl flrtd u runt hrcnthf fm-ly Inihih' ! h -"id tir .trtrrh. iut p t ti Mimll l)til' 'f KlyVl'n'mn llalni til utiv tlrui Mute. -pily 9 littlHof tin fr.C'innl, nt i ptic tr'-;im into y.iiir ti' InU imI h't i p'MMt thfiiyli vvcry nir iw-o nf v-iiir tii'.id, -thiiiir und fcpxliiifr tli itiiti'in'd. m-..ih mtutu4 luniUntm mid vmi crt in-tMut ndief.- Ah! Il'-w p-h! it fwU y..iir TrtM,l IrtN atr -ri, yntr Immm i rh-nf, n iiH.rr libii'.'. "fimllliii'' . M-.win; !iu f..r KnMili. i:iv i'ri'iira llilm i-MU'! Melville's Hardware 7 118 Adanis Aie. " Pay Cash and Pay Less ! II Gosh, How the MoneyJ Rolls In THE merry jingle of the cash registers in the filling stations' that sell Veltex gasoline is the tune that carries the mo ' lA'ist back to "Ole Virginy," ; ' t When they see so many other car owners buying Veltex they sit up and take a healthy dose ef notice. And, when the effect grad ually registers on their intelligence Bector they begin to figure that a bundle of noodles is better than one. : ' -There's more resil satisfaction driving a . car with" Veltex in the business end of it than nost fellows imagine. ' ' - i ; There's quick get-a-way, instant resnonee to the throttle, speed when you want it, and steady pull on the hill when thp carburetor's letting in this super-gas VELTEX, THAT'S HER. ' MM FLETCHER lOlL'.COMPINY Call Main m oooooooooooooooooooooooooo . Our Display Of FRENCH WILTON RUGS is one of the largest in Oregon. We have-nearly fifty 9x12 and 8 ft. 3 by 10 ft. 6 French Wiltons for you to select from. W.H. Bohnenkamp Co. Four Fhroi'8 of Fine Furniture '?' "Down Thru the Years" There is a decided adviinlane in having the right sort of connection with the right sort of House. It is our be lief that we give (lie right soi l of connections and sincere ly try to live up to our high polices of being the right sort of House. a Possibly right now you are not in the market for Do--nicstic Coal, but when you arc wc feel sure that we can make it not only interesting but advantageous to you to have your inquiry. We Handle the Following Coals "ABERDEEN" The Best By Government Test. "PEACOCK" KOCIv SPRINGS The Summer Fuel Sawyer-Holnies Merc. Co. Phone Main 17 BRICK LIME CEMENT PLASTER ' v. iV.'Vv -5. V i . y ftv; it 1 i t"': jl-rrli mid. lt'i ft d'.'ll.jli'-. '
