La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 18, 1923, Image 3

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- THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Saturday, August 18, 1923
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i ROAD CONDITIONS IN
EASTERN OREGON
Prominent ainon the social events
of the past few iluys was the wed
ding of Miss Mildred iRiddle, of May
Park, La Grande, Thursday to Wil
liam 0. Douglas, of New York City,
N. Y.
Reverend William Crosby Ross, of
the La Grande Presbyterian church,
officiated, using the beautiful ring
ceremony. The marriage was sol
emnized at high noon Thursday at
the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. M. Ross.
W$ . DouKlas was formerly a
teacSier in the La Grande high
school, teaching Latin and mathe
matics and is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Oregon. Mr. Douglas has
Harvey, for a few weeks. Mrs. La
Violett was a resident of this city
fur several years and is well ac
quainted here. She is returning by
way of Pasco, where she will visit
friends for a short time.
'Mr. und Mrs. Joseph A. Hill are
visitors in La Grande, at the Folev.
Mr. Hill is president of the Hill
Military Academy. Thev have among
local friends several boys who are
students at the academy.
Mrs. Hill is well known in social
and club circles and as a writer-
A few years ago she visited La
(.ramie and attended one of the fa
mous Neighborhood club breakfasts
made his home in New York City 'when she was representing the Ore
for the past few months studying Igonian. Today in speaking of that
law in the Columbia University. event she said: "I never ate a break
The happy couple are at present! fast before or since that was any
at Wallowa Lake . park and nvil! .'thing like that breakfast. Say, those
short v leave for New York Wtv not rolls with lresti duller, ami all
With many tourists and vacation- sradu In Rood condition. Cndcr con-
ists now wending tholr way to Wal- .tract for macadamizing.
Iowa Ijikc.park to epend a low days! Heppncr-lloppnci Junction (junc
or a few ui-k during thj August ; lion .of Columbia Hlver Highway)
lit-at. the report by the slate highway ! Mac.adamliied and in excellent condl-
eommlsslon on the condition of tlie iji tlon.
where they will make their home.
A family reunion was held In Im
bler at the home of Ella M. Wulker,
when all of her s,ons were home for
the first time in neai'ly ten years,
Mr. .and Mrs: . Archie - Keown and.
children Archilene' and 'Arnold of
Alicel; William J. Keown of Salt
Lake City; .Mr; and. 'Mrs. Joseph L.
Keown of Ord,' Nebraska; Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Keown of Enterprise,
Oregon, and Clarence .and Raymond
the other good things, wow, it makes
my mouth water right this minute,
and I am surely glad to be back in
La Grande where they have such a
wonderful ladies' club."
Mrs. Gertrude Miller of Portland,
will arrive in the city tomorrow und
.spend several days here with her
mother, Mrs- Krank Pike.
One of the foremost social affairs
of the past week occurred at tne
The invited Ss we Leolmnl of Mrs. H, H. Cleaver, w
Ludington, Joe Ross, Mr., and Mrs. " sec, inursu ay ae.noo.i i.um
J. wf McComber of Portland; Mr. ef 4 f?e k. whe,',.bu
ami Mr Leslv Holmes of I-a Grande. I lnlJ?lx?' a 'e'.tful
A. .lelicious chkto. dinner was' -,,. which ncluM vocaI
serveu ai ii..y aim y- "' '"'solos by Isabel Miller and Flavia
cream aim caae were servet".. it war,.p;,,0- on.i fi.,.1., M.'ll.,.. f th
a beautiful day for the occasion and
everyoouy naa an en.ioyaoie ume.
Upon retiring, Archie, the oldest son,
piano, was beautifully rendered
(Refreshments were served on the
'bv- Misses Genevieve Hanna,
(iramle-Joiieph highway Ik of especial
interest. It rends aa followa:
I j, irMiide-lM'ili Highway
(lload lo Wallowa l-uke)
Iji C.rande-lslund City Paved.
Island Clty-Allcel Excellent nm
cudatn. '
Alleel --lmbll'i- New grade in fair
condition.
Inihl.'i-Klgln Old road over hill
very rough, lint passable.
Klgin-Mlnnm-I.ostinc Macadam
ized and in - excellent condition.
Lostine'-KntPrprlHe t.'nder con-
Mlruellon: turn off at Wade Cross
ing and take hill road to Knterprlse.
Knlermlse.Josepn r;xceneni mii-
eiidani. .
Joseph-Wallowa Lake uooa conui-
lion. '
he condll on or otlier lllgnways in
TCasUrn Oregon Is accurately descrlb
ed below:
Itiikei'-Coiinicopia mirnuay
n.iker-Hnll'way 10 miles mncad
am; 21 miles graded roadbed. Bal
ance fair county roadf New grade on
lower l'owder river between I.ovi.
Bridge and Illack Bridge now open to
traffic.
llaki'C-l'nttjr lllgliway
Road over Dooley Mountain now I
open. l'-air county road. ij
Oregon-Washington Highway '
I'endlelon-Washlngton Statu Lino .
Paved. '
Pendleton - Pilot Rock 5 miles of i
good earth rond: la miles macadam.
Pilot Rock-Vlnson: 15.7 miles ma- ,
cadam in good condition. jl
Vinson - Butter Creek - Jones Hill i J
says, "Mother, this is the en.l of a Katheryn Moran iIeIen miohr Con:
stance Cleaver and Phyllis Dunn.
ti. Moe, Mr.-i. riooerc cak-
Reverend and Mrs. William Crosby
Ross of this city, recently returned
from a delightful vacation aulo tour.
. They were accompanied by Miss. Jen
nie Lang, of Wilmington, Delaware,
mis. i.
in, Mrs. S. M. Jackson and -Mrs. L.
Dunn were joint hostesses.
Miss Eleanor Glass, who has re
turned to La Grande- recently from
Old Oregon Trail l'.asl of Tin? Dalles
Ontario - Huntington - Baker - 1-a
(tntudu - Meacham Macadamized
entire distance and in excellent condi
tion.
MoHcltam - Headman's Puss Ap
proximately flvo miles of the dlstunee
between these points. is unsurlaced
bid In very good condition.
Deadman s Pass - Pendleton lx
cedent niacudaiu.
endleton - I'matilla - Arlington
The Dalles Macudamlzed entire dls
tance.
Old Oregon Trail West of The Dalles
Colombia Hlver Highway Sollmi
The Dalles - .Mosier - Hood Hlver -Cuscu'le
Locks - Portland Paved en
tire distance.
Portland - Scappoose - Deer Island
Clulskanie - Astoria - Seaside Paved
and open to travel entire distance ex
cept two short sections at Rainier re
uulring one-way traffic with conse
quent short deluys.
Hooter Slay I'lek t'lslirrles board.
JCNKAC. Alaska, Aug. 17. Sec
retary of Commerce Hoover proposes
the appointment of a risherles ad
visory board, headed by Ooveruor
.Scott G. Bona or Alaska, to assist in
the solution of (lie territorial salmon
llsherles problem. It was revealed
through the publication of a tele
gram from the commerce secretory
to tho governor.
According lo tho telegram, which
was dated Juy 23, Tho propuacd
hoard would consist of Governor
Bono as' chairman and the menihura
of the territorial llsh commission..
Heuulor Wesley I, , .Jones und Con-
grcssmnu Liluliey Jl. Hadley of Wash- 1 Wo know or a man who Is so ihin
Ington and Henry o'Malley. l.'ulttd 1 tltat he makes his living by diving
States fisheries commissioner, who lln bottles ami pulling out corks.
have spent the Insf six weeks In an ln
leusivH study of fisheries conditions
from the l'rlbllof islands to Juneau,
arrived hero. They will visit Houtli
eastern Alaska before returning to
(.Seattle,
An axe, please, for tho maid who
when peeved begins to pout.
, . .. r ,.i . - milieu iu uianue- icceiiuy iium
who :is spending the summer months. ,lejghtfl1 visit at Pavette Lakes,
with . Rv uni Mv .Hns. ti i i i i i .
with .Rev. and Mrs. -Ross.
The party was absent from La
Grande for three weeks and visited
many points in western Oregon, stop
ping at the . seashore for several
days.
t
Mr. and Mrs. George Wade and
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Conditt enter
tained at - the Wade home, better
known as the West ranch home on
the Grande Ronde river near Jlil
gard, Tuesday, August 14. in honor
of the Wetnmachic Campfire Girls
and a few invited guests. Dancing
..was in order of pleasure, punch be
;ing served earlier ill the evening,
later delicious refreshments were
served by the hosts anil hostesses.
Those present were Eleanor Cleav
er, Margery and Virginia Warnick,
Madaline Barbeau, Helen Schilling,
Phyllis and Gertrude Scranton, Ade
laide Clark; -Marjorie Condit, Edith
Wade, Dorothy and Franklin Eber
hard, Georgia Wade, Nell Grimmett,
'Mr. and Mrs. Colon Bberhard, Mr
and Mrs. C. H. Scranton and Mr. and
iMrs. Ray Ledbetter.
' s,
'Members of the 500 club of Wal
lowa were charmingly entertained
at luncheon and at cards last Thurs
day afternoon by Mrs. Paul F. Iltohr,
,at her home in Enterprise. The
.house was profusely decorated with
sweet peas. Mrs. Bruce Cox won
'high score and Mrs. J. B. Gregory
claimed the consolation prize. Mrs
Kohr s guests were Airs. A. c lui
,'ley, Mrs. J- B. Gregory, Mrs. G.
E. Dale, Mrs. J. K. Ravenscroft, Mrs.
J. P. Morelock, Mrs. C. A. Huntei
and Mrs. C, B. Smith of Wallowa.
XUrs. Edward Holmes of La Grande
and Mrs. Aaron L- Olmsted and
IMrs. W. H. Platzoeder of Enterprise.
Enterprise Record-Chieftain.
,
Grant Bean and Miss Belle Dahl
I'strom were married at Logan, Utah,
Wednesday, August lo. They - left
'here by car Monday, accompanied by
Mm 1iirv Bpan. mother of the
groom and Mrs. P. A. Grant, mother''
of the bride, tin their return uiey
will tour Yellowstone park and ex
pect to be back in La Grande afler
the first of September.
.Pnih the bride and the groom have
lived in La Grande most of theii
live and are very well acquainted
here. Miss Dahlstrom was employed
In- the telephone company and Mr.
Bean is an employee of We.-itenhavei
& Gilbert.
Mrs- Grant and Mrs. Bean will
visit relatives and friends in Utah
for a few weeks.
T'i- Ladies Aid of the Methodist
,chu -ch met Wednesday afternoon in
regular business session. several
'thing of special importance, among
them the setting of a date for the
bazaxr which will be December 7
and 8. nnd the election of officers,
weie attended to.
Jlrj. G. W. Baars was elected pres
ident. Mrs. C. E. Short, first vice
pre.ddent, Mrs. A. W. Nelson, second
:..,ri,lont Mr. H. M. Tnllv. sec
retary, and Mrs- Sherwood Williams.
tni.'1'irer.
'Deiicious refreshments were serv-
pd hv the first divi.-ion of the
church.
Mioses Ruth Alcheltree and Anna
Piersnn, of Wiilington, Delaware, are
spending a few days in this city
guests at the home of Rev and
'Mrs. W. C. Ross, after their sum
mer school course at the University
of California.
' '
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Willering and
daughter, Mildred, left this morning
for their home at Seattle after a
two weeks' vi-it in this citv with
Everett Wal.-inger and family and
Ernest DeLong and family.
Mis.; F.uth Moore, of . Clarinde.
Iowa, left this morning for Port
land after spending some time here
visiting as the guest of Rev. and
Mrs. H. K. Wallis. of I-Jand C ty.
Miss Moore is a niece of Mis. Wallis-
M.- . James La Vcilett returned to
her home in Portland thi.- morning
after vi.-iting her aunt, Mrs. J. T.
Idaho, has; as her house guest to
day, Misses Brown, Moore and Mc-
Kee. of Nampa. Idaho- Thev will
return to their homes this evening.
-
Rev. A. R. Sitton, accompanied by
his brother-in-law, T. B, Kilpatrick,
and wife, are spending a few days
in Enterprise with L. K. Sitton, a
son of Rev. Sitton.
.
Mr. and IMrs. ' F. B. Hayes spent
the week-end in Pendleton visiting
Mr. and Mrs. R- M. Mayberry.
Door (movie definition): Some
thing lhat always collapses' when the
hero's shoulder hits it, but resists at
tacks by the villian even when he
uses a haltering rum.
"ASK THE ENVELOPK"
AND KNOW THE TRUTH
Today's Buick is the choice
of the American market. It
took yesterday's Buick to
make this condition possi
ble, l'or much less money
than a new one you can own
the same car that helped
establish Bulek's accepted
supiciiHtcy. All the in-built
i u a I 1 t I e a by which
new Btiicks are judged de
pendable operation smurt
ness of lines all are yours
ut a price no more than
asked for a cheap new cur,
too small for your needs.
Southard & Shinn
1'scd Cars
11 10 Atlanta Ave.
County road. Very rough and
rocky but pnnsulU ,
Jones Hill - Heppm-r Standard;
HATS
NEW AND
DISTINCTIVE HATS
For Men and .Young
Men
The Toggery
Andreva Bra.
Everything in
Men's Wear
Specials for
Saturday
The new Fall Maple
Peanut Clusters have
arrived. These with the
Oriole Chocolates of
True, Fruit in Orange,
Maple, Raspberry, Pine
a p p 1 e, Strawberry,
Cherry; also Caramels
and Honey Nougats.
Special
Saturday Only
41c Pound
14 Pound 11c
Newlin Drug
Gompany
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Only the Best
New Shoe Styles
!'-Einninr a n-w S'-a.son. woimn
Instint'tivt-Iy turn to thin Stnn
fur BktlUiil iidnptatlonif of the
n!Wt'8t fuwhion thciiu-H.
Nor art- tiny illHiippolntiM, for
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tation d fxford to nw nt nov
'ltin. Is pnp'SfnN'il hTr earh
partk ular riation of a mod
scl ct'-'l hi-ratw it Is thf moct
uttrai-tiv, hft fittinir modi I
which has been created.
Tlie Bootery
Inc.
A Paradise for Tired Feet
Home of the Arrh Aid Shoe
(.HOVER SMI I H. MRr.
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A cool, comfortable placo, where
IKVK'K is our motto.
Cold drinks for lunch ' Hervod from
10 A. M. until 1 1 I. M.
Don't foigtt, vc arn niuklnir frt-sh
OranKcadc anl Lemonade wit h our
new electric, device. Our HaleH havo
increuued lou per cent. TltY IT.
The Palace.
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1 m Sport t 'lot hen, l-'latiiiolfl, v.U; will m
serve beat and look b-rt wln-n Iry-
K NICKER SUITS
P
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earing r rices
' Just the thing for your vacation, at prices you can't af
ford to overlook. The best grade Tweed, in two and three
piece Suits. S
$19,75, formerly $27.50
$13.75, formerly $18.50
$14.75, formerly $19.50
Tw eed Knickers
$5.95, formely : $7.50
LADIES READY-TO-WEAR
AND MILLINERY
CQEitaim Itie
of 3 &
fhefi
m sun-.
Better than Fresh! fT-Bt
salads Better for fruit cocktails. Buy it from your
frrw Kf fh on rr rlnvn fViill mrpi tirrVt nnH irnn
have a most delight- T)nrit 1 fv Kaw u 1
tui breaKtast dish-xvtiL- y n ji vc
Prefeffed
QUALO w
FRUIT VEiGETABLES PHESEP.VES FISH CATCHUP COFFEE
Alien & Lewis'-BEST brand
PORTLAND. OREGON. U.SA!
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'LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS, LA GRANDE GROCERY CO., LA GRANDE, OREGON.