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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1923)
eMT r - Monday, May 21, 1923. Local News In Brief fejj tttittttttnn O CO MI Nil KVKNTS W May 25 La rande hih school St t commencement exercises. tt tt May 31 Haines Stampede. tt W June 4-5 Horse and Cattle tt tt Raisers Association Conven- tt tt - tion at Union. tt tt June G. 7. S-j-Fiftcenth Annual tt tt Livestock Snow at Union. tt tt June 23-28 (iramle Romic Chau- tt ' tt v tauqua at Riverside Park. tt . ., . tt July 4 Old ttregon Trail Pa- tt tt cant on the summit of the tt , tt Blue mountains (tentative) tt V tt Sept, 25-29. Union County Fair tt ' M at' Elein. tt tt tt tt q tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt Afci'iitH 7ivV tuition ; CI. l 'Dittoni formerly ,fompIoycl hy Hill's I epnflim nt -Store, him ac cented A'jitMitiJn iit tho Standard Oil Company.', M, A.. Buldette liaa tnkvii lila nosllibi in;;the department store. Trial INtMiiiiiLM . The tria of O. V. Murray and his partner, op the charge of theft, set for this triornlntf In tho juunielptl court at ten o'clock, has been post pancd. J Knmiiuitllnh On fhe final .exiLhilnallnntt of the school year are In piotfi-ess at tho hiirh scliool this woek. for nil chtMsen with the exception of the Seniors. who took J their exams at an arller date, 'J Watlmvn ,tV .ra.liiat(i 5loni((iy land Tuesday will b.'tjOien up with finul- examinations.. '".Tuesday evening, iho, Junior-Senior b a liquet t; tvllj take ,plaev after. '"which ' thL Clans-day (j-xer-jincH will bo held in.tlu: iryinnaniuiH. J NVeOneschiy rvenlnV KuuorliUenthMit and" M rs.''Vhito will cntJ'rtaki the sonlov.v'- Thursday the alumni wis hold, tho annual reunion, consisting f a banquet and dunce. i no comnn-nccmcnt exercises will be held Friday evening In the irvm miHium. H- Ik expected there will he seventeen (rraduatPH. The speaker will be ltlihop Uemlnglon, the new episcopalian .hiHhop in this territory. All who huvo hoard him speak once will bo anxious to hear Mm again. Wallowa fctin. Invited to J'aKeaiil l'upils In (lie public schools of KaBtern Oivgon, under the super vision of their teach ors, aro pcr.son nlly inviting their friends and rela tives who reside In middle western and eastern cities to visit Oregon in July unci attend Hip "m OvSn i ral ceieuration ut Top O'ttlue Moun tains on .lily 4th. Already manv hundred of jleitcrs have, been dls-i' patched stating the purposes of the celebration, lescrlbintf IU setting and urging ultcndunce. ; It is ' believed1 that through this activity of the stu dents many will' attend the celebra tion who nifcht not otherwise come. Baker Ncrtocrat, Iload Dnumjjt'd There: twn. not'fonlv one ..eJoudJ-' hurst but two last Wednesday night just below I Gypsum on' the north west railway on Snake river and It was a ircmchdous tiling, water curry ing rocks iuid mud rushed over tho railroad track carrying It for a eon sfdcrablo dlftauce icm ulring Hcratiers to jremove llj but the greater rlanuigo was done td the county road which' was for uhoflt. a uuarter of a mile or. more tvanhei Into Snake river. IH repairing Iums already been com menced. Tliree or four sheep camps Every Once in a ; While---- You meet a man who started business on a shoe string - . And if he is successful you can bet odds that he 'didn't trip and get it untied. We are steadily increasing this business be came the same good Values that we heralded on our opening day arc here and open now a hundred times a day. i - For Decoration Day we admit here in print !' having the strongest values in the city and we t can prove it to you in person. ; Michaels-Stern Suits $19.85 to $47.50 : Arrow Shirts .. $1.45 to $7.85 Allen A. and Cooper's Union Suits, $1.45 to $6.45 ' Lanpher Straw Hals $1.95 to $9.45 Cheney Neckwear 70c to $1.95 Tine Shape Hosiery 1 25c to $2.45 Edmonds' Foot Fitter Shoes $7.45 Nettct6n Fine Dress Shoes : $12.00 to $13.50 STANDARD MERCHANDISE OF MERIT i pNlT(gTHIE I of Iho Hlun field bunds were washed ; Into Hnuke river and a number of sheep (1 1 owned. The cloudburst Drone 1 ...... til. Wis .. t ,,I,.UI ..n.4 Mnllnlliul !for about four hours. Baker Dem ocrat. Tti 1 K. O, t'tmvtiitloii . . Mrs. Vincent Palmer left yester ItUiy for Portland to attend the P. K. i). convention that is being held .there. Attend Cumeiitloii .Mrs. J. I). Lynch and Mrs. A. K. Ivun'hoo left yesterday morning for Med Cord where they will attend the meeting of tho State Federation of Women's clubs. .State I "he Marshal Here I Kd Kahd, formerly sheriff, of Bak er county, but now Htute fire nut rati ul, spent a few days In La Urunde on bustucs-:. . . ' "liildjjo Club j There will be no Thursday Bridge this week, but on the 3 1st of May, It will-meet with Mrs. George Cochran. Crosby Here J. F. Crosby, of San Francisco, Is .n la Grande today looking over tho itiunity. Mr. Crosby had been hYoui;h Kastern Oregon a number of titles ami always had a desire to vi:ft Iji Grande. To gratify thut de- sio and shake hands with a few lends, he is here today. 'o. Attend Convention L. N. Jenwcn, C. J. Black m L. A. Stoop will '.start n the morning by automobile for Boise where they will spend tho remainder of the week at lirixtiny Ihe Interstate lteal . Estate 1 Men's convention. . KxpcrtH Skin Jlonm Hoou Mrs. Fred Oelbel, of La. Grundo. who hns been teaching here for th-J past nine mouths, expects her sun, Fred, home soon after his graduation jJunu 1, from a Washington high school where, he is majoring in a commercial course. Following is a Mothers' Day program in which he took part, the story being clipped !from a Bremerton, Washington news paper: "Three hundred members of the C 8. Navy and Marine Corps were brought back to the days of. home and mother. at'Mothers Day" ser- j vices held yesterday at the Navy Y. M. C. A. from 4 to 6:30 o'clock. Uev. J A. G. Bennett, pastor of the Metho ' d ist eh urch made an p. 'J.; i ess on 'mothers nni tV.o meaning and causes or ftl other's I ny observance. The program was made possible by co 'operation between the Y. M. C. A. ,and cliurchea of Bremerton. Charles jton und Port Orchard. Thirty wo jmcn, representative of the churches, acted as' hostesses for tho cetebrn. tion. A muslcul program consisting ,or a solo by Airs. H. H. Basler; nuin ibera by the L'nlon High school quar It.'t. consisting of Krnest Duke, FnM (Gelbel, Warren Dcwar and .lack Me iKlhlney, accompanied by Miss Gohs land -a solo by Mr. Hoach- completed the alt-splendid musical treat which was well applauded and received by the service guests." I. Professional spy says many re ports he made as a private detective were fal.sev Next thing' we ' know somebody will be claiming novels aren't strictly true. Selling eggs is a simple matter. I isn't necessary to use a tissue papci wrapper to hide the rotten ones. THE LA EPORT (By Associated Press) IN1UANAPOL1S, Ind.. May 11. Or. B. Master of Philadelphia today reported to the Presbyterian general assembly - as American secretary of the Alliance of Keformed Churches Throughout the World Holding the Presbyterian System. After reviewing whut h'is neon ac complished in the bending ot cloth ing and shoes In Kurope, and fixing Approximately 43,3uu, the sum sent abroad by the constituent churches, the report,' referring to enlarging field of evangelisation' says in part: 'More than half of the 100,000 0r our brethren In I Insula live along the Volga Kiver in southeastern Hussia. where the famine la worst. And now another fact Is beginning to loom up that there Is a great movement In Kuropeun Hussia, east and southeast of Moscow, reaching to the Vru! mountains, where hundreds of thous- unds who have left the Greek church have formed themselves Into congre gations called . Prcshyterlanskl, be- ause they have elders. If they noM help, shall we refuse to help thorn? More than this, we cannot say at present, wo must wait for the devel opments df God's providence. But we ought to pray for them as they struggle to tho light. i N D I A N A PO I A S, M ay 21 . 1 V. Henry B. Muster of Philadelphia to day submit ted to the Presbyterian geneinl assembly the fisth. annual ro- port of the Presbyterian Board of Ministerial Holler and fsustentatlon. of which he is general secretary., He mid the fact that more than one half of the Presbyterian churches had a membership of less than 100 npiece made necessary a pension sys tem sustained by tho larger and rich er churches. The Presbyterian church was a pioneer In such a pension sys tem, but It was inadequate. The relief department of ths board needed $t,fOO.OU0 a year for income for retired ministers, widows ind orphans of ministers, and for support of tho three Prcsbytorhin homes and the tuberculosis sanatar lum. Tho board needed another $500,-, 000 a year for the church's sharo of annuities In the sustcntatlon de- j purtinent, which is one-fifth sup-; ported by the previous savings of the1 annuitants. 1 Dr. Master pleaded for an endow-! mcnt fund sufficient to fiwz Cur the growlnir '.?:r.tuuiH of pensioners, and isked the general assembly to set up a new laymen's movement to raise in additional endowment of $15.- 000,000, during the next three yea re. 1 RECEIVES NEWS OF DEATH OF SISTER Mrs. Irwin Kk'fri or La Grand' received a letter Sulurday conVoylniy i.o her the tmd news of the death or her sinter. Mrs. August Kluhrer, who died Jluy 12. In the GolsiiiEer Me morhil hospital in lJunville, Tent)., at the ctoHe of an illm'rA of ltf da'8, her lealh was dlrertly due to acute 8ti urativc aiipemllcitlH. She wax iii 'erred May J4th at 2:30 o'clock in '.he arternoon hi the JViiminliiiljurj! ceinetcry. , Evcrythinc is a benefit to some body. Think how much easier Influ enza has made it for doctors to diag nose n doubtful disease. NEW TODAY FOR RENT Well furnished modern apartment. Call lo'i-M. . 5-2-tf FOR SALE Leather unholsten-l parlor suite, Majestic range, Uni - versnl heater, dining table, Princess drossor, hall rack. 1407 Sixth SI 5-21-ltp LOST In Finitdale, one pair child't L-"ld rimmed glasses. Finder cnlli& Son. Read "Bunting's Bargains. L'04-R. .Reward. 5-21-2tp 6-3-" NICE LARGE airy rooms. Hot and cold running water. Chris 'Miller. 1510 Adams. 5-21-tf LOST 'Between Union and IiGrnnilc a hlack g.'ip containing baseball suit. Finder 'please return to the "Home Plate.' Suitable reward of fered. 5-21-2tp FOR RENT.. Three furnished house keeping rooms, yo.uu. I'hone lhz M. 6-21-2t FOR RENT Two furnished house keeping rooms with garden. Ground floor. Good place for children. Call 300-W. 6-21-3tp K0R SALIC One .Jersey cow. In quire 802 Third street or c.-!l 27H W. 6-21-21 FOR SALE Five room house. Eight lots; all household goods and one span mures. Phone 149-J. o21-utp FOR RENT First floor and base ment of building, corner Jefferson and Elm. Will divide into rooms to suit tenant. Apply Mrs. Fred J. Holmes, 1702 Fourth street. Phone Main 715. 5-21 -Ot FOR RENT 4-room modern house. Call 389-M. 6-21-2tp WANTED Middle aged woman to woiic on ranch. 'Before 0 call 447 W and after 390 M. 5-21-tf ROOMS AND BOARD Clwe in. Coll Main 787. 6-21-lt I OO OCj OOO OOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOOO o Reynolds and Zimmerman Funeral Service Parlor, Licensed Einbalraer, Ambulance Service. Phone Main 62. 1505 Fourth Street, La Grande, Oregon J. E. REYNOLDS C. E. ZIMMERMAN, Licensed Embalmer. GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Find It Here Copy for this colimn Must be i I la by iu:w a. h I... p- ATTENTION KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS RunlnPsR nf minora nee Monday eve ninnr. Bv order of C: C. 6-19-21 Thorn's: ratn nirP thill? nbout Ku- ropcan nations. They usually take turns getting revenge. Many a man thinks he is democrat ic just because he is glad some mil lionaire's son is turning out budly. A Christ inn flation is one that con fnina nrwlnr-uuiil irirl nmnlnve nnd rescue nomes. And new' wo know whv Caesar spent all that time : in the north of Europe. Ho wus collecting tho in demnity. A GOOD TESTIMONIAL ' Silverthorn-Wright's, La Grande, Oregon: Last January I bought of you two bottles ot your germiciuu and dandruff eradicator for falling of the hair. I wish to thank you for what this has denft for me- My hair hns stopped falling, I have no dand ruff. Please send mo for a friend of mine, two bottles. Enclosed $2.00. James Whitney, Sedalia, Mo. fi-21-tf Union-La Grande Auto Stage. Leaves La Grundo 8 a. m., 1 p. m. and 6:45 p. m. for Union only. 5-21-Gtp No doubt a lot of preachers with empty pews wish somebody would ac cuso them of heresy. When a man says there is no use discussing a thine; because it's set tled, he means he is afraid discus sion will unsettle it. NOTICE Ida Eel! clvinp; complimentary fac als In Delcano iroods for tho next few days, is at tho Paris lieuuty fahop. Sommcr BldU', rooms 4-(. D-19-2t Isolation is no lonircr sulcmlid ex cept as campaign stuff. A rigid diet always niakos you feel better, even if it doesn't reduce any thing except the grocery bill. "Hcacock's Radiophones are four times louder than any other on the market, easier tum'd, and made right. Enterprise, Ore. 2-12-Ht LumDagu This iB a rheumatism ol the mus cles of tho back. It con.ns on sud denly and Is quite painful. Every movement aggravates the disease. Go to bed, keep quiet and have Cham ibnrlain's Liniment applied and a nuick recovery mav be expected. Mrs. F. J. Dann, Brockport, N. Y.. writes "I can honestly say that Uhamdor lain's Liniment cured mo of lumbago a vpnr nrro last summer. W hrn I t hptVnn llnlnir it. I was flat on mv back in bed and could not turn to tho left or right. I had a bottle of Cham berlain'!. Liniment in tho housa und this was applied to my back. It promptly drove away the pains and aches." Adv. Tho two influences that persuade man to keep his word are a high sense of honor nnd a dotted line. We have alwuys 'ready for vnu by the pint, quart or gallon the best ice cream made. Hnnelwood or Blue Mountain. Try it. Take a quart home 1 with you an.l you win nccome n mosi I regular customer of our fountain, j Silverthorn-Wright's Fumily Drag Store. 5-21-tf I Buy used cars from C. W. riutitlng Life is just a little interval of freedom under suspended sentence. Have you seen Fager about paint ing you car. Phone 317-J. Shop a) 1902 Greenwood St. 2-17-lm What we need, apparently, is a for eign policy that will let us sharo in the oils without sharing in the broils. When you are suffering with rheu matism to you can .hardly get around just try Red Pepper Kul and you will have the quickest relief known. Nothing has such conccoVatcd, pene trating heat as red peppers. Instant re lief. Jut as soon as you apply Red Pepper Rub you feci the tingling heat. In three minutes it warms the tore spot through and through. Frees the blood circulation, breaks up the conger tion and the old rheumatism torture is gone. Kowlcs Red Pepper Rub, made from red peppers, costs little at any drug store. Get a jar at once. Use it for lumbago, neuritis, backiche, stiff neck, sore muscles, colds in chest. Almost instant relief awaits you. Be sure to get the genuine, with the name Kowlcs on each osckage. OOO OOO 00 0O0 00 OOOO 00 00 00 ooooo RED PEPPERS Ei RHEUMATIC PAINS Chain Wood. Phone-M Ml 5-U-H Another eood way to get thin to music is to keep on working while1 the dinner bell rings. n.. twin, n w nntlniv & Son. Read "Bunting's Bargains." I liuv used cars from C W. Bunting Xr Snn RpdH 4,RiinHiii.'s Rnriraini.'' 6-3-tf Beautiful stationery. Please let us show you tho latest in all Kimiu 01 stationery in boxes or in tablet form. Wo have all the nrottv tints in largo or small boxes. Ycu will find our prices most reasonable at llvor-rhnrn-Wriirht's Family Drug Store. 6-21-tf Chain Wood. Phone M 647 6-11-tf NOTICE There nre many imitations of oste opathy. Tho undersigned are the only osteopaths practicing in Union coun- ty IR. H. E. SCHOEN, DR. INGLE & INGLE. B-9-tf FINEST QUALITY Certified Netted Gem seed potatoes for sale at La Grande National Bank. 6-10-lut NOTICE All business firms who have bills against the high school, please send in your statement immediately, 5-17-41 If ttnn tinnl n tmsa nf nnv kind for rhii(J or gmwn person or an abdom inal U1101 ICl J'UU Wll liuv n stock of these at our store. 'We fit t K..f ,.m11 ..Kc.ito Via cnttwrnf. HUfWO limn "til niiiu.j.i -r iv..: ' R91-tf 1! NOTICE rnnenssinns to let at Mcacham for Oregon Trail Pageant. Write C. R. Estos, Moachnin, Oro. B-18-lilp NOTICE All 'kinds of cement work done. Let us figure on them for you. Call E. W. Olson, 291-J. 5-10-6tp ATTENTION MOOSE All Moose and Legionnircs wish ing to uttcnd Frolic at Enterprise, will moot nt I. 0. 0. F. hall at 0 m. tomorrow morning, bunuay, May 20. liv: Great wortn mookc. 0-ID-lt CALL FOR BIDS 1 Scaled bids will he received by tho , Commission of tho City of La Grande, Oregon, for the construction j of the improvement in Improvement District number iza, witnin ine iii.y of La Grande, Oregon, according to tho plans nnd specifications of said improvement, now on me in tne ni fico cf City Recorder of said city. A deposit of $5.01) will bo required for set of plnns and specifications, which amount will be refunded if bid der is unsuccessful, and return same to this office. Bids will ho received to tho hour of seven-thirty p. m. May 30th, 19i!3, nnd must he acconrhnnied bv a cer tified check, in favor of the City of La Grande, Oregon, in the amount of ten (10) percent of the amount cf Ind. as a guarantee ol ine acceptance and completion of contract, if award ed. Checks will be returned to un successful bidders. Tlie Commission reservca the light to reject any or ali bids. By order of Commission Muy 10th, 1923. J. E. STEARNS, 5-18-l0t Recorder. l'm l'AMv KIIOOTIXG wo carry a full lino of .2 rifles, Hlu'lls and all kinds of Ammunition, Itt'volvers, hunting knives, camp outfits In fiirt csvcrylhliiff nciMlcl for tho HjmrtBinan or hunter, for sniull and biff gamu. F. L. LILLY I'lioiiu Jlnln 7.-.II 1 1 IH Adams TODAY P.UDDY MESSINCJER in "ALL OVER TWIST" Two Reels of Fun oooooooocoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooi o . o S 2 o - . . . o o New Chiffon Silk Hose in Black and Gun Metal at $2.75 per pair. o o o French & Greene Ready-to-Wear and Shoes oaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooongssoa Furniture Exchange COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS Oil Stoves at Prices to Suit the Pockctbook ED DONOHUE, Prop. Phono 474-J Fir & Jefferson OBSERVER ADVERTISING will bring results This Week Tempting Reduction On Our Entire Line of u Single Pants f $3.75. Pants $2.95 $4.75 Pants .....l...-...! 4.3.80 $5.75 Pants ..$4.60 $0.50 Pants $5.20 "$7.50 Pants ...:.....$6.00 $9.00 Pants ................$7.20 Ash "The Store That Itccns Iarcade A PIIOTODRAMATIC THRILL TREAT "PAWNED DY FRANK L. PACKARD Splendid Cast Includes TQM MOORE AND EDITH ROBERTS Also Showing PAGE FTTH o S o o o o o 0 9 o t 0 o o o o o 0) 8 o o o o o o o o ,' o o o o o o o o a o New Lace Cascades Also Linen Collar and Cuff Seta in Colors . i ' Priced 75c to $5.00 i Bros. Faith with the People" TUESDAY 19 "WHO'S WHO IN LA GRANDE" Sec Yourself as Others Sec You II "THE STORE WITH A CONSCIENCE 1 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000,