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PAGE NINE Saturday, March 22, 192-1. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER J It's a Tough Life These Ball Players Lead! leeimm in Mh-suurl ts chosen by (he national eoaventlon. With the stul e primary sihed tiled for August thti gubernatorlul contest has not even begun to tf el warm, but announcement of cau dldiilii of both parties Is expected to be made shortly beforo tho state conventions. No l ulled .StutfH a- r.ator is elec ted In Mhourt this year. Olhrr speakers Include Tom Davis of Unite, Mont., past tiovvr nor of district .number Hilt, Welling ton I'ojrjf of Wcnatchr.is, Wash,, and li. A. Ilooth of KiiKonc Ore.. Visits lo the Industrial sections of the rliy and sljrhtsfeliiir lours have been Ineorporuted In the pro gram. A Rolf tournament will bo held on the final day of the convention. PICCADILLY TO BR GHTEN Age of Jazz Putting Its imprint on the Face of ; London IMccadilly Is (!hrmoinir Pun I LONDON. (Al') The age, OC iHV.'A If lillttliur II lliirii-int nn tli fact of LunUuii just as have Hum uiul manners come untl gone In this i uhl i lly by t lie Thames, A great . uviii oi iruui has been taken out ' out of tu ohl saying that turnover i far the Briton strays from homo uml no matter how long he . remains In foreign lauds, London t will 1h thi same when. he return an when hi leaves. Ho far as the , heart of her night-life, Hceadllly Circus, and the editor ofher shop- 1 ping district, ltegent Street, are J concerned, th Loudon of 1924 1h 1 Jar, fur different from the London . of own so recent a year as 1922. i Plead Illy Circus that once was I ho dignified and sombre In out - ward aspect, 1h abls.ft hy night j wll h tho flashing, vurl-eolored i , lights (,f electric signs. The red i nosed, billowy cockney women still ' squat around the fountain In the flowers to passe raliy, but the street , lamps uiiti once maue suauows (Of their slouehy felt hats or soot- covered kH-uw.4, nee in but dtm flickers of flame, in the flood of dueling white am) red and orange . and green beams that bathe the sidewalks and the streets converg ing at the Circus. Down Conven try Street to Leicester Square, a hrassle shot away, almost every building carries a twinkling mass : of iucundescents, and at another angle off the Circus,, Shaftesbury j j Avenue is equally bright with ttsj Mine of sky-signs out shining lit Isturs of heaven to advertise tlio ! stars of tliealreland. , As yet the display of light in ,,.. The roads are paHKalile i nil IMccadilly seems but a weak lull- (traffic seems to be normal for lliis tiillon of the "real thins" to one',,,,,,, of war. Willie the absence iwho.se eyes have been thrilled by lllroadway, but each month mole and more JJrltlah business men -abandon their ingrained dlslate for display advertising and blfTKcr ('and brlKhlcr sings add their glu.ro I to the llieatre district. There Is as t yet nothing mo amusing us Ihe kit - leu that used to play willi u ball 'of twine In Ihe lights oj-er Tlmmes r Kutiare. bill there is the dog, lion ;zo, the Ilrlllsh Counterpart to Kelix r of Kraz-Kat, puffing at clgur- ten.e ins ia,i waBKingiiiio e run - . Ing most happily. And then there is gsueh a sign as Broadway - may never have a. coeklail shaker .HhaKing away vigorously In tho - ;llBhts above Ihe pavements , ill vihs iiuniiniiiu iiuiii i itia- jdllly Circus runs Iteffcnt .Street, but ' Jl I .-II 1 Wllitl l U!lU IU V Ke !us a year and a half ago the build '.ings along its half-mil arc were tlhc one line of Parisian uniformity 'in all the inn mho-jumbo of lon jdon's architecture. I tul Mix ut 1'i'i't I hut VuhIi tlHl( !for'lhe Victorians I no mor... Willi ( Iortea all well again from their re ;ihe exception of a short stretch of cen,1 of Wncss. mi few yards Ihe bulhlings he de-I elgncd havo been torn down In re - ,cent months. Those which replace ,thcjn arc no moro alike than the j toweriiiL' structures of Broadway. ! Thev are cleaner anil brighter and ' bigger and .more niCKlern than Nash's end most of them are of sturdy while stone, but the conser- (vative souls of London detest Iheni land cprefn their sense of out- j dnyn, but is al work again. 'rae In biters to the papers. One' On Krhlay a storm raging fmni man has taken' a vow, which ha I the mirth, co.ver.-d the bare ground 'has called upon all who can read 'and summer-like country with a 'lo wllnes-s. that never .never again j new shroud of snow. 'will he put fool in llegent street i Hei-t Van hauled some grahi jnow that "Nash's yurdrant" of (four-floored hulldlng has been de- :molishcd by the uncultured hands. Jof modern business. ' : 'M:iltO i;il CVIOUS UII.Ij i CONVF.NK THIS NIMMI.K t ' , i VIIILAMKU'MIA. ( AT) A call for the twenty-sixth annual nation- al convention of Ihe Negro -lover it now. 'tlonal llducatlonal Congress hfn 'been issuei for the w-ek of June! Clgarctlc I-'ot -s Confri-. 'Ifi to 21 by J. Silas Harris, prcsi- SAI.KM, Ore. urfh-irs of I : dent of t hat body. The meeting : Woman's Christian 'I'- :npi !ai! will be held In this city. union from Portb-nd were 1p j Among the questions scheduled conferring with Sain A. Kok-t. s for livcuston will be the provis- retnrj1 of s'.j.te. wi'h retalion Ion of iid-.tuate employment for phieing on lh- hallo! at the .", tjir Ihomands of young negro men vemhir election an lniii;;iiv- m and women who uraduute each sure, looking to '. ite abnlition 'year from his itullons of learning, i'lie owrerhip of homes, by negroes will be stressed. Govern ors of several si ate have been asked to appoint delegates to the convention in order to bring 1o gelher the bc.-:l thought of the ' One of the special objects of the jconventl u will be to promote 'the harmonious and sympathetic relationship between the white and Jipro races In this country. Weti: hi Change IHvlrctl. ! rKNIiLKTON. Ore. A request ! 'of the department of agrlculturej jfhat tic. ,rsI of whlto wheat j ifor-No.'-! be changed toui fio to; jr.S pounds was made at 11 public 'hearing on wheut grades and dis-' (counts conducted here. ! i State Market Agent Spence pro-' 'sided, with lr. II. C. Taylor, chief jof the bureau of agricultural eco-j 'monies, II. .1. ltesby. in charge of! !the grain division of the bureau of agricultural economics of Washing ton. 1 1. and Albert K. Nelson of Nile federal department at Tort-; land, representing the government.! ' Turkey NeeiU lrrimi KxiMTts j CON ST A N T INUI'I . K. ( .V ) t .Messages i eceived here from An Kora ut forlh that the Turkish government has decide! to engage ia number of foreign .-peciallats to work wllh the vHrtous mlntstcrla'. departments. A sum of money to metthe pcn-e involved appear in tli- VrlK btrUt". I! is ;.ail that more than :: such posts will be filled by forcigntra. p 'mm$$P w mm I . li&rw VCpr. Civ? si l ." J Vcw York Ginils Not Ion: I l.oai;ii, champs. Ic-ft ivniii-ylviiiiia siaiion. jsew rorK Lily, int uiner uayi for their tratalnc camp ut Saiasula. l-'la. Mnsislrnto McQuado (ilorby), a club onlcinl. was In the group, a :w Bill Kyan (X), veteran pitcher. .Tho otlicra In the eroup are rookies and writers. ....-. I SPRING WORK NI 01 LIST Park People Preparing for Warmer Weather; Conditions Reported as Favorable. TUB I'AliK. (Hpi-oiul) Nrurly all an1' propurinK for :in tsirly ; atnrt with their sprlni? work. The ifrcnoral conditions uru vi-ry -favor- of srlo wlvi affect the lowe r put of t),e country which ib pends on ,vlll(.rH r cutlierine cr.ek for molHlui'e, here there Is always an ample supply of water. The indi cations are that the fanners de pending on water, should plant Ihelr crops as early as po.ss,hlc ! sn(; ,,u. oarit.s, icn,,mrng nenrlj variety of seeds. paring nearly similar winters of the past, early frost may be ex-1 period with damage to certain va-i riely of plants. There Is very lit :0 Bno. ,n ,olmta3. j whU(, lu, ,.,. ,.,y ,,. ,vhiu. , a (,B1U1CC, t nu. H,mi -,i , rMna Cn llu.ro . ,,v,.rul 1M(, r r -. Tlu,,. j,ri. ! un(, ,l(.c,..ll,. ,,.nH ,-,. ,, . ti... ,. snow' on Ihe mountains. In a coun try where rains are not dcp"inl- able, Mrs. S. T. Ciodsay was down lt the elty-of I'nion a few days t!iis week' on business. lOd; (flllosple and family are re- ." w.in.,iw iiuu.m. ,i M . ( r ,,rn,n- -orgc l.osHy, llig -'rro. I-'rlday, Kn,nk Wigglesworth and h'.s nis vr' l '' ' h-aning and re- Paring ine oiu .Ma nous. u hlch they will occipy in jtno nrar fulur. ' Joseph Lay has been on Ihr i"st 'with la grippe the last sicl few , from Clarence Vanorder's the ,Pri of the week. Henry .Miller is busy putting up smoke house for It. rt Vi:n. 'Maysel Lay v.as kept bmn- from iscnorti on aecotint of hi griiine, but i is getting on nicely at present. 'Air. and .Mrs. Joseph Lay's Hy had a spe 0r la grippe lr.n ing. nearly all. week, but arc ne.uiy alljthe biaiity and ceunfort th cigarette, in this state. Klunks were obtaim-d by V:t .men and it was siid that the ess-u-y petitions would be pine eiriMilniloti within ihe next days. I'nder the lar prnpor.ei the women, il would be mra to -1 1 or advrtlse for s.ile ci ettes in this state. Simply : Wonderful Nly P As clean and beautiful as the first day you wore rj-that is the way iurn the dresses and garments you senor us tor l ry uy wiin some have we kir i prised with the Modern VtAlt OX I'Ati IXIM)HSi:l) KAI.KM, Or. The Million Coun ty .Sunday Heliool Council of lte liirioiis lOduciilion, which closed iW convention al Staylon went on rec. old indorsing the movement sinn ed by the Woman's Christian Tcnipcraih-e t'nion looking to the ul'olition of cigarettes In this state. The iiiiestion of barring the sale and advertising of cigarettes In Oregon will be refern il to the voters lliroiiKh an Initiative peti tion now being drafted In Portland. 1 1 was said that I he measure will ifo on the ballot at the general election in Novemliei'. (lovi rnor pierce has announced that lie probably will approve tho measure. The Garden ! -I Tlu Investment Value of (invdens- Two suburban dwellers a few years ago. before property prices beiran souring, ' bought tnodesL I Moines on atljoining 50-foot lots. (Tlure v.as little to choose from Ih- ween the two houses, they beiiiR erv similar in style and uuallly ith the same number of rooms, ( Hip owned expended 11 lew lllin- dre.i dollars on trees, shrubs, vines, bulbs and plants for the decora- lion of his hmue, converting the buck yard Uito a. very aitractiv and artistic flower garden. Last year each had an offer to Hell. One was offend $i,,(m and the other ?s.rait. Th larger offer was made the man who had pro vided decorative planting. Holh houses had been kept in excellent repair. Ib-re was a concrete ex ample of the value In rash of deco rative planting. In the $s,rnii garden, the main dependence had been placed 'in annuals after the early bulbs and shrubs ami the ,) une perennials had bloomed. Marigolds, belli lYencl and Afrl- an wi re used in iioiu groups, ear- South'sji,., Minnas gave the needed color niphcsia. lilue annual larkspurs and white flowering tobacco n? lieved the brilliancy of the yellow and scarlet of the marigolds and zinnia:;. Asters made a fine September display. Splderworl was planted In nooks among the shrubbery t cm liven the greenery of -the foliage after the blooming period. In fact. la,3tjth:H Httle garden became the show p!:u e of t h'e neighborhood. Afer tv- initial eKpendllun for the in land shrubs, liie yearly upkeep s-l- g" , ,iui:i ran u-v $5 for seeds and a few plants. Ashle fnun the s itisf;tetlon f'im-;having a liberal supply of flow ,-r culting rit;lit at the door jto tiie home atmosphere, they add, value to properly. Many real! testate men. realizing the attrac-i !ejiveness of decorative planting, are. refnow eiug lo It thai Ihelr prop-' re'erly is made attruclive and hire-e-t inpii.seape gardeners lo keep it In lo trim until it Is sold. . o- Any heme owner may have beau-n- tiin! !iome grmiuds even on a small of lot the v fir"! year of his oc- 'cupar.vy by tt'e us of annuals ju-n- ie'-nusjjr plant'-d and arranged e . ;j ! -ii;,! is p realises. The cost of t noiiL'a to make a beautiful artistic garden 1h slight aid the cure required will not be more; M.j'ii a. few hours a week after the initial preparation of digging and fertiii.inf.. cleaning, article wjjjoi ne , . - f 9 result. Laundry REED FIGHTS L Clashes with McAdoo in . Competition for Lead ership of Missouri Del : egates. . - ST. 1-oriS. (Al')--Missouri Is be)n politically torn a-sundcr In the congest for delegates to I he 1 emoeralic National convention. with I'llited States Senator James1 A. Iteed fighting the McAdoo for-' ees at every turn. The stale con vention, where the delegates at large are chosen, will be held on April 1 r at Springrield. The flitrlet delegates' will be cl one n at conventions held In each congressional district. The fight between Heed and McAdoo has been carried Into every dlslrict. Senator Heed has been touring the slate, and making speeches in C NTH which he attacked the. former sec- j 8outh of Adam's avenue. Th.s retary. of the: treasury on his re- ,ttml jH fenced and cross-fenee l cord with the Doheny oil Interests. vith KOO, f,.lu.1.H. There Is a goo 1 while nt the Chicago "get together" four-room ho jse with large sleep meeting of McAdoo's friends, Iteed lnR vorcu. There Is a. good gar was referred to ns a "renegade, nw,. jixlG feet: good tu-w wood Republican" by members of tho house. M;io feet in which theri? Missouri delegation. The McAdoo organiwition lit tho state Is headed by l-'rank I'arrls, chuirmau of the 1 lemoeratic stale committee, while the lt'ed forces are being led by J-Itl Glenn and iJcnuell Clark. l-'ew fireworks on Ihe Kepubll ran side have been reported uh yet. but this campaign Is expected to open up about the 'time of the - Republican congressional conven tions. At . the presenL time the I'oolldge forces are displaying a 'calm confidence ami saying little, while Senator. Johnson is expected to enter the stale sometime dur ing March and' make his pica for support. The Jlepuhlicun state convention to elect delegates at large will also be held at. Springfield and will be on. April 29. "There 1h a rather warm contest on for Lepubltean national committeeman to take the place of Jacob Labler, who is not a candidate. The race at present has fdminered to Congressman L. C I iyer and !r- II. Clements, chairman of the Itepubllcan State Conitnltleee, The national coiiinill- ; Kathleen Soprano I'lANO AND VOCAL INSKUCTOK Coach Accoinpiiisl Sluclio Eastern Oregon Music Go. Telephone Main 119 Jlcsidcnce I-'oley Hotel, Main 773 VvJA " MijfLifiii-iiiiii iii "Hi- )i?"y3( 1 RO CLUB L Fifteen Hundred Repar ians Expected at S)0 . kane, Wash., Gathering KIMiKAXK. Wash. (AC) .More than Ifidti ltotarlaiiK are expected to attend the eleventh annual eon. fereiu-e of the first Itotary inlor nallunal dlsirict. which will be held here for three days. April l;l and 14 and 15, next. Tho district enibnui the states of Washing ton, i )rti;on, northern Idaho and Ilrlllsh t'ulutnbla. Ituslnes; sessiiutH, Interspersed with numerous special entertain ment features, will occupy the at tention of deleKatca tlurin the first two days. Addresses by protnlnent Kolar ians. including Miles II. lliKley. governor of the first district, and Kates Snedeeor of rortlund. Ore., past International pn sident, luive l4'fn scheduled, lr. Charles R Ktki'libary, president of the R)iu kane Kotary club, will givo tho ad dress of welcome. Henry Sui..allo. president of I h" Inivetlty of Washington. will speak on "fellowship us the busU of International (.'o-operat Ion." Dr. A. 11. t'pham, president of the I'nlverstiy of Jdaho will' also de liver an ai'.ilrets. Will Shelly of Vancouver, 11. C, will tall; on the "Kmployers rela tion to Ihe Kinploe." We Offer 'lvi' acres choice land, located 'ijusf. cast of the city limits, just is built storage) cellar chicken lj nise is good right ft, hleUenHwrSH . feet. The Wei water for ll ouse well, good water. Thcr can lug well that water puinpe d from for irriga-i tion. Some water can bo ob tained from dlteh. Good gravH road to main road to clly. If you are Interested in good small place, see us fur Information. La Grande Investment Company ItOMIKI) IlKAIl'OltH licllnliln Axi-lilH for lli-llnliln lllMII'lllll't' ('Ulllil!lll-K. I all I AiIiiiiim Am Slnlll 7.V2 I jVjA Campbell! MEET APRI f Hint JjjiffTni,-s wiitdi- for . . C nll it,,,,.! t-iitl.l-. - . - JMd!xi1iik well that walor fPJ ' ' j. Thirti Tile Cajidltlsoy rK.SUl.KTON, Ore. Karl A. Williams, republican, has flleil his declaration' of candidacy for his party's nomination for Ihe office of recorder of conveyances. With his entry Into the race there are now three candidates seeking the) nomination, Norhorne -Berkeley, j democrat,, has filed his declaration I at a. candidate for the office of j Justice of the peace In tho I'undlc- ' ton district. I itiu:i matisu fleo, K. Howe, of Union, Ore., j saltl: I "Many people of T'nion know ; that I was almost' a hopeless victim I of rheumatism last I Tall, when I began J taking yo ir Whirl- ( wind Kidney ttudj ftheumatlc Tablets.) 1 Imve not had a ' t w l n it ft or sign of rheumatism for over a month, I wish every Old Vet eran could try It." .Chief ' Whirlwind 1'heso Tablets are also - reeom- mended for all Kidney nnd mad der derangements. Sold on money back rmirantee by all La Grande druggists. , $1 per box. . : DO IT NOW! OWN YOUR HOME Start Today If you want' a strictly liigh- class home AVo II sire It l'oe Sale If you want a medium class, modern home Ko Unto It For Sale If j'ou want a cheap, small j home Wo Hare It For Sale If you want a good building lot In any nart of La Grande We ItAvo It lor Sale If youwunt a farm, nloi ranch, fijflt ranch, ouo to wpniisi I II tract r nave It Vor Kalu If you want anything In the al cHtute or Ins i ranee line, talk it over with us before you buy. PYRAMID LAND CO. Main 79 1'. N. Morrt. O. Ii. Hurry, W. II. Worry ltoudcd lu-aluirn MONEY On Improved . Union CountLnj write j. Uf-ruimcr, 225 Hcrtry BIdg. Portland . - Ore. 'I'll hLj.ii III 1 1 IVIff'I'l II 'ill Lovely Easter D ROADWAY AT STARK Portland, Ore. YOU AUK ASSUKED A l'KIJSON AL HOSPITALITY AND INDIVID UAL ATTENTION through tho combined efforts of u stuff, who alter years of train--ing'understaiid tho need3 of the "avelinjr public. riosin nANirrw: tlm I'.EST Arthur H. Call Main 714 and Just Say Mi We will take care of be money ahead -. Stiles & Co. PHONE MAIN IU Always on the Job With the BEST COAL! IS HERE In every wanted Springtime color Prices $1.50 to $3.00 The Bootery Inc. 206 Depot Street t'liune Main 113 "A Taradisc for Tired Feel" Home of the Arch-Aid Shot . GUOVliR SMITH, Mjr. TO i'jAi AT Meyers Manager. ' n your needs and you wilj Hosiery