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Wednesday, May 7, 1921. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE NINE EOUC T ON 0 NliW YOltK, (AD For the flrnt time- In tho history of Amer Ifun fonlKn trudo. buttinotts men, HtutlentH, uml Ju'uUh of college and university departments of foreign trade courses, will be brought to gether ut the Klcventh National Korcign Trade Convention In Bos ton, June 4, ft umt 0, for the pur pose of improving the foreign I rude career. Announcement was made yester day of the program which Iiuh been arranged for u review of this situation, with un uttempt to re form student courses in u practi cal manner to the profit of both employer and foreign worker. t nvest Igal ion of t his career, v.hlch has been made during the past winter by the National For eign Trade Council, the organiser of the Boston convention, has re vealed a hick of co-ordination be tween employers and the sixty-odd universities and colleges In the rutted States training men for u foreign trade career. It is stated, on the one hand, that there are many thousands of positions in the overseas business of the some twenty-odd thousand American foreign trade business organisations, but that to date no itdeUUte means has been evolved for finding out what the employ ers require In making a fit man for u fit job. The Importance of this subject, 'education lor foreign trade, in r Hpect to the entire convention, is Hhnwn by the fact that this sub ject will lead the entire group ses sion program, beginning the after noon of the first day of the conven tion. T. H. Suavely, chairman. School if KeonotnUs. V'niversliy of. Vir ginia, will open' this session by an ml dress on "What Should Be In cluded in a Single General Course on Foreign Trade." This will be followed by practical 'discussion of I'utttng the Foreign Trade Stu dent to Work." beginning with. "The Need for a Solution." by Eu getio Van cicef, chairman. For eign Commerce Division. Ohio State t niverslly. He will be fol lowed by J. Anton de Haas. School of Commerce. New York Univers ity, who will discuss "Kuropenn 'raetlces." Chauncey l. Snow, manager. Foreign i 'ommerce I )epart imnt . Chamber of Commerce of the inited Stales of America, will then explain "How Chambers ol Commerce and Trade Organlza tlony Can Ass'st." Lastly. Henry Howard, chair man. Foreign Trade Committee. Cleveland Chamber or tominen.i, ..tn the employers sici inn bv saying Business Men Think About It." lions. Mrs. McLean's escape wut. probably duo to the fact tbul0the animals had eaten their fill of ox- Hop Crop Is Contracted, OIIKGON CITY, Ore.. Kudolph Wenger, one of the leading hop growers of the state, whose yard is near Burkplace, has a crew of 1 S nun employed getting the ground and vines In condition for the 1!24 crop. The vines ate al ready beginning to climb the long strings of twine, I-ast year there were harvested from this 80-acre yurd UNO bales ot hops. These were contracted for and delivered to. a. firm In Lon don, Kngland. which has also con tracted for the 1924 yield. Personnel to Be Cut I In Half by Jap Rulers' TOKIO (AC). Drastic re in nchment Is the keynote of a program of reorganization draw u up for the imperial household de partment by the household min ister. Viscount Nobuakt Maklno. The minister. It is believed, In tends to reduce the personnel ui the department from 4,000 lo 2.1MIU. After this is accomplished, sometime after the statu banUot In May celebrating the wedding of the prince regent. It is under stood Viscount Maklno will re sign. He has been household min ister since early 1 f i. The details of the proposed ic- oigmilmtlon are Interesting. Tint culinary bureau, the duties of which arc evident, will he ivdiund to the grade of a mere section. The bureau of chamberlains will become Just a section of the bur eau of ceremonies. The burea i of the hunt will he abolished and millions of acres of imperial hunt ing preserves will bo thrown open by gift to public Institutions or by sale. The, Ijurcau of stables, now thai the automobile has almost re placed the horse In' the Imperial pugeants, will be lowered to the status of u section and many of the Imperial pastures will be turn ed over to the department of agriculture or sold. The bureau of construction Is slated for ex tinction, and the library bureau is likely to be made a section in the bureau of mausolea. Japan Cherry I Honshu i Season tttiincd by 1'lre nitU Kai'tlupmkc TOKIO, (AIM Cherry-rtTuKK.-in time in Tokio. with a reputation as one of the most beautiful sights In the world, will be a comparatively drab season this year. The great fire of last September Is the rea son. Before the disaster Ibero were about yit.unn ciierry trees in Tokio. Fully a third of these were de stroyed In lite fire and many more were so badly damaged thai it will be yours before their former glory returns. The central and eastern wards of the city, the once-famous cherry districts, will be dreary this spring. Call for Bills. Sealed bids will bo received by tho Commission of the Oily of la Grande, Oregon for tho construc tion of the Improvement In Im provement District number 141. within the City of I.a Urande, Ore gon according to plans and speci fications of said improvement, now on file in the office of tho Cltv Ho cortier of said city. A deposit of $i.00 will bo required for set of plans and specifications, which amount will bo refunded If bidder Is unsuccessful und returns sumo to of "What Irish Army Troubles May React in Politics Dl'BLlV. AP) The trouble In the I'rei- State army may yet have; Important political repercussions, j The dissatisfaction canned by ino; demobilization of some 4,000 men and officers, nearly all of, lliem young, and nearly all of them without record of any civil employment, embarrassed the labor market. I But the reniuining army of ami is fairly solid behind the Free j Stale government, and neither, soldiers nor civilians took seriously, the charge of the recalcitrant of-, fleers that the government was, construing the treaty In a oo Kngllsh it-nsc. Kveti among the Republican par ly the suggestion of an army re volt in defense of Republican prln-j riphs awakened no sympathy. In stead of welcoming the revolting officers as converts. Mary Mr Swlmy and other Republican lead ers repudiated them, and . Sean j jVlacKn the Republican candi date, for Dublin County, said if' th;:;e Free State army men w.un ed to mutiny I hey should have done it when Liam .Mellowes and hi comrades were shot and not walled to do ho till their jobs were in danger. WILD BEASTS IX RHODESIA EXACT A HEAVY TOLL I.ONIM'N. l') larm holism in ( hi. iMixh lKrJ'rin(j on llir mirth.Tn l:liH).'si:in frontier liav.' n-ei'titly l.-.-n in a slati of sirs' owinc to tlif iii-livitios of lions. Thr iininutls liavc com' out of tin iuiiKU: ill .iM.vliBlit iwj attacked Hi.- farm animals, currying off t!i:iny of thrill. In some caws the nallves work Ins on I lie farms liavc been ut lacked. uml several have lieell iillacke.l. and several have lieen killed. T!ir lions are often joined l.y l.-oi'.ir.ls mi. 1 have appeared In Kih-ti nniiil.-rs that the settlors are forced to bo ahoiit only In Inrir. .-roups mid to k.vp a conslnnl .Hard ov r lli-lr families and Block. The if. of a railroad employe r. ports a Ihrllllnc adventure in this connection-. Mrs. McLean lefl her home at Caruso on a hicyclc lu visit n. l-hhors. KciichlnB river sh" found two laB--e lions on III,, hank. She was so mar that sh- could not r.tr.at and pre pared t fiL-ht for her life, hut at the first shot the animals ran. She then proce....l and shortly came across n .hie leopard catlnz nu ui. The leopard also made a hasty i.-"li'ay. hut followed Mrs. Mel.riin for some lime. Vrrivinn at the. farm she found it ;,,! I n attack,.! for several verbs try tip- ulitniuls. and many cuttle had been lost. Next day sin was . scorlrd hack to her home by a ..iu-hhor and l. n natives who. on le;ilne Mrs. McLean, found Dp 1 bud bell Irnck'.l all Up nay by GOING ON Over 900 of Our Customers Have Electric Wn In a few more days we will go over the top . CONVINCING PROOF Approximately GOO of the electric washers on our system arc WHY? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE Besides being the best washer made by the world's .largest manufacturer it is also guaranteed by us, and our customers know they get SERVICE fit' ,"'3? Only 7 Days Left on Our Special Ofei Only 20 Thors left of our carload. Our customers have taken 22 Thors in four Days. With 16 Months DOWN And FREE with Eacli Machine Left a $5.75 Fail of Hurley Soap Think It Over Don't M Longer More Thors in Eastern Oregon than all other washers together 800,000 in America Arrange for A FREE Demonstration ' The Electric Store Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co. f "ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE" WASHINGTON AVENUE. PHONE MAIN 31 La Grande Mattress Shop and Weaving Works Mattrcssca of all kinds cleaned and rebuilt: Feather" Ilenovatlng; Hag and Fluff Hugs mndo to order and for sale. Cur pet and Hue Clean ing. licensed Fmnlffntor 1'nrlory IMiono Ii53-W C1IAS. KDWAltDS, l'rop. this offleu. llldB will be reeolvcd to the hour of aovon-thlrty p. m. May 7th, 19i 1 at tho comuilHtiiim ruom in tuo i-lty builillns at 1-a Clrandt', Oregon, utuJ uiiiHt be uoeonipunit'tl by a cert I-fU-d check hi the u mount of ten percent of the amount bid us Kuarantec of thu neceptunee anil compb'tion of contract If nwnnl'-d. ClieckH will b ruturned to un succi'aaful bidders.- ; ,: . Tho conimtuBlon reserves the right to reject any nnd a!! bids. Hy order of thu Commission Al rll aard, 1'JtM. . J. E.' ST13AIINS, llecorder of the Clly of la Grande, Oregon. Apr. ?B-Ht. ' 1 (MEDICINE! Choose your drujjgist na caiefully us you choose your physician. Your medicine is what determines your speed of recovery. Dc sure it is Pure and as pre scribed. ' vp1 reiscaiPiiw iwuggists WHEN YOU OVERHAUL YOUR CAR It pays to look at your ring gear and pinion. We have them in slock and can supply your needs. Leighton's Welding & Machine Works (Automotive pails) SILYtt iitr Special Merchants Lunch 40c New Telephone Directory Covering Union County Exchanges of . 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