La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 18, 1924, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Text4 Friday, July IS, 1921. TTTTC T,A GRANDE ' EVENING! OBSERVER i ( PAGE FIVE H4 Local News In Brief Impitivitiu , Therl Green, who wus ope ulcd ui at the Grande Uoudo hospital Hun day evening lor uppcndicll.n ia report utl much belter today. To llulltl Home iMiH. Kvelyn Itus'-nlKiniu took nut a prcmlt to build a home on Sixth street bet ween ( and M avenues ut a cost of $-ttOt,' today. Jlriv from New Aealaml Mr. nnd Mrs. l It. Wrlfht and Miss Una Stjph'N and li. (inylord of New Zealand were in Ijifirumb this morning for u short linn on ueir way lo Yellowstone park. AViirdow IMsptay The OwillianiM Pul:ry hats u dis- play todajw tn the show windows or the PaltiHon (iroeery eotupany that Is attracting much attention. The display eons sis of elaborate .cakes, pastries, etc. Grows Nice Flowers The city .offices were brightened this morning by a beautiful hou iuct of gludiolas and other blos soms, a gift from Mrs. (J. M. Strain who grew them herself at her home, on Monroe uvenue. The flow ers are un usually lurgu und are brilliantly colored. Proud of Hotel The residents of Joseph have every reason to be proud of their hotel, as since it has changed man agement a great many Improve, meats have been made which add to the comfort of the guest and also make one look forward to a return visit. Jt now compares fa vorably with hotels in cities of much larger populations. I'mlerwcnt MTation Mrs. Fred Spaeth underwent a inujor opcrat ion at the Grande MAK13 VOUU SAVE DOLLARS 2.'0 Pair tiADIKS' JIOSE TilUE SHAPE MAKE . $t..r)() Values Our Entire Line of Special IV'ow 93c MEN and ROYS HATS Reduced II. S. Army 25 Per Cent WOOL KHAKI SHIRTS Special, $3.45 150 , t, , MEN'S FELT HATS All IVjcii s and Boys . ; .. K, KHAKI CLOTHING Reduced 20'o ALL SWEATERS Now on Sale at 33 1-3 Discount AW Men's and Boys' STRAW HATS One-Half Price SAVE MONEY NOW YOUR GAIN OUR LOSS Standard Merchandise of Quality. Our entire stock goes on sale. Nothing reserved (UNT (jpTHIBgy "THE CASH SALE ONLY Itondc hospital this 'morning. At the time of going to press the doe tors hud not comptclcd and had Kiven no report of her condition. I lark to Pendleton -M'sk Cora Wilson, who has been spending two weeks with Mrs. Grace Powers at Med leal Springs and who closed her vacation pe riod by uUcndlng the pioneer meeting yesterday at the park, ro I nrned to her home In Pendleton last evening. Take Motor Trip .Mi; ami Mrs. Sherwood Williams and two daughters. Helen and J Jen ii, left yesterday ufteruoon on a .motor trip to Portland. Scuttle und i other eoast points. Their ultimate destination will bo Crater lake where they Intend to spend several days before coming home. They will bo gone about a fortnight. . Former l'rlncfpnl Here A. H. Prince, former principal of J.u Grande's Central school, ac companied by Mrs. Prince arrived In m Grande ihis morning to spend several days visiting friend and renew acquaintances. Mr. Prince Is now located in Los An geles In the agricultural depart ment of the public schools. He was in charge of Central school some five years ago at which time lie did good work und was" noted for the way he enforced discipline among the students. On leaving here Mr. Prince was In Portland for a year and later ut Corvullls bo fore going to l,os Angeles. - He Is now on hiB vacation and will re turn to California in a few days. Home from Southern Ti-I Mrs. S. C. Zuher, who has been absent from the city for several STOCK REDUCING MONEY RAISING SALE GUT IN, MEN! GET 0UT',11EKCI1AND1SE! ; That's the battle cry in the Clint's (lothicry "50.000 Sale that is Koing on linht now under your very ,r4 n(jse--rat, piiices that ; are under' any sale prices previ ously 'attempted' in La Grande. . ' You need these goods and we need to sell Hi em. That's the condition we had lo meet and there was hut ono thins to do and(wc have done that nobly. We have made prices that will bring you in and put the goods out. We have cut deep reduced everything sensationally to figures that La Grande has never attempted before in a store like this. COOL SUITS, Ft ANN EL TROUSERS, SHIRTS. HATS, UNDERWEAR Everything in this store is in this sale. It's a Sale lo the finish that will bring men and their families from all over Union county. ' COME COMPARE! 'Hero arc a few of the items hundreds of others that will attract another storeful of men tomorrow! $2.45 JANTZEN SWIMMING SUITS and SWEATERS 10 Off Regular Price STORE WITH A CONSCIENCE" weeks while enjoying a trip' to coast points und a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Jack Chile's, in Oakland, California., has' arrived homo looking fine and fueling young and spry. At Seaside she enjoyed the beach and the bathing nid down in California she visited the principal resorts. "1 was im pressed with the greet number of American people who are hurrying ulong from one place to another 'with nothing to do." she remark ed. "This is a great big rich coin j try that can afford lo havo sucl ;a large percentage of lts popula tion out of work, but I guess that is the penalty of a country that lb jrieh in natural n sources, rieli in cillxcnalilp und rich in Intellectual ity." - Personal Mention Mrs. William Moore left fov lin ker lo visit Iriends today. Miss Margaret Kellcy, who has been visiting here with Mis. 11. K. Melville, returned to In r home In Jamltson, Oregon, this morning. J. V. Kitxgcrald of Pendleton, was registered at the Soilimer ho tel yesterday.' Ho was hero on business. II li,.L-unt i.t rnmilv rtf Itllke were In la Grande yesterday. They returned io uuKer nisi evening. While here thev reirtsiered at the j Sommer hotel. Frank Plerson. formerly with the Carr Furniture company- of- la Grande but now travelling out ot Portland, Is registered ut. thu Foley hotel. ' Scott Calllhan of I'nion, is in La Grande today en 'route Tor The Dalles. , '.-, Miss Marjorie Warnlcli has re turned from a ten day visit In Portland. - , ' Mrs. n. V. Hill of Telocaset was in La Grande thts morning on a All Our Regular Stock. AH Former Prices Will He Found on the Gar ments. AH Leather WORK AM) DRESS GLOVES 25'o Discount . All NETTLETON SHOES AM) OXFORDS NOW $10 Pr. Iron Clad Cotton Grey Mixed. WORK SOCKS Special, 18c All TRUNKS, SUITCASES AM) GRIPS At 20 Discount TOM SAWYER WASH SUITS ONE HALF PRICE t TIM: OLD HOME TOWN i- - By Stcnlev T "I MEARKE50T 1 ME ORESSEOJUsp (well JUST) Krir?S7&3. ,Jtkt WCHHORse liKB-m' cheat' phetcno I wjwmm iicc-"- rsSi) -nDiN J . I vo sold me I e oy mors w IMP TALKATIVE ELEMENT OF THB TCti l ' NEATLY WORRIED ABOUT THE FLASHILY . feSeJ (PRESSED EOBERT PB)N5' SOeJNCOM shopping trip. Mtss Kuby Wllsnii, who bus been teaching In La Grande this season, lett on her vacation this morning. She will vls'.t her parents at Her mes Beach, California. Mrs. W; II. rJafford -rcturnid -to Ia Grande this morning from Tra ver City, Mtehigailv where she hus been visiting relatives. Mrs. H-nry Hyde of Vale, who (has been visiting Mrs. A. J. Nash for the past week, left ttiis morn ing on No. 0 for Prairie . City, where she will spend u few days before returning lo her home. C. H. ZurcmT. Knh'rpruH! mrr chunt, was in l.a Clranth yrslcnlay on biiKtm-HH. Ht n'KtaU'rt'U ut the Soilimer hoti'1. T. .1. MontKoint'ty. liunkrr of Ila kiT, went through l.u tlnuulu un liis way homo from unending a hunker's meeting in i'urlland yes turday. MILL PLANS BY OFFICIALS (Continued from pave 1) Mt'iit of I lie company, hnnitfht I lie imperil here hoiuo t ine tiifn. Ill Merrill they were thoroughly Konu ovir iiml finally "ukeheu" ) ii nl were Bviit from there Tlles- ! Aa houii iih the jiliinM arrive I hem the Kinking will IickIh and !ciiiiifl-cte eeiint imicIIuii work will ; Hi art, ' Ten curloarJH of J ii in !. : are nl ready on the K' otmdi ' uwalliiiK t he time win n it w ill ! hi' tiei'Oeil. W. Vediler. of I. a jlrniU'le, will he ill ehtii'Ke of. till eonslr irlion. , No more men will be put to work tlutn ore now employed hy ithe eoiupitiiy until- the lonerei-j work Ih linlsheil. . The lnNMhiuutiei-8 of'lhe Ml. Kmily Tim her coin puny were t j- dny niovril from the uptown of I "wvh In the New l'uley liulhllli,; to tiie new uiriee iHiihliiiK ut tin mill Kite. in i:m; or sawiu st cosis i-i.M; ol-1 ii; MeMINNVIIJJ-;, Ore. I'leudlnK guilty In the Justice court of .1. ). ItOK'TH o the ehnrKe of operutlllK lit Huwiiiill tieiir hreiih and thrilier nnd hurnln HiiwdiiMl anil other rehire, W. IJ. (-'osier of lite l-'oHter I .timber ciiinpjiny, wiiu fineil '!' un eo.s'H. l-'oster wa iteetised by Victor A f fuller, forest runner, of not iuch-Hiii' the area used with ji fireproof wall Hlxlfeu f ft; t hiill ;im required by luw. f ;. Postal Employes Have Anything But Easy Life. (Continued from page 1) ei letters that are turin-d v t r to t'ncle Sam for traiiHportation. SometimeH the Mtreet addreHH In hielftPH'. HoiiietiuieH the town, el'y, or Htjite )h not there, H(i:netillieH the writing Ih ho terrible that il'b ImpofiHlble to read It und some times the letter 1b put in with out any address whatHoeier! II us that ever happened to you? MEW TODAY hue tn ilirileiihjr experienced In colleeiliKr I'linrcift for ndver IKbiir (but Ih listed under cIiimsI Mill ndverlNlu; nod under On? "new today" bending, die I'vp nlnie Ob-erer will lien-nflrr InUf no clarified ndvertKliuc or ml vert !iiitr be run ri "new lNlnj" utdcKM the ndverlliitf f iM-onipiiuled by easli. POi: KAI.)-: l!MS Miiick Tour lour ing car. KiiKbie overhand d. good battery, top and unbolstery. In quire i:tnr, y , 7-M-tf . I'oi; MI-INT h'lve room modern bouse. See (',. 1 1. 'urrey Ileal Kfilnle Agency. 7-tS-2t roil SAI.K I'ryers. crali" fatten ed. Phone 2 Ml M. 7-lS-21i l-'Oll HAM', Young Andn-Hberg Itolter canarbs. Iil5 Spruce. . 7-)8-Zlp WANT MP -Alan and wire to work on ranch. No children. Julius i-;sher. Alicei. ore. 7-l8-5tp WANTIJP TO TKAIH-: I2"0 lb. , t'iiu for d l ord. Perry Uoiyfc , LtK UrnnuV, Ore..,, , 7-lb-2tp And, referring to the ultlnmie destination of tho letter or par ed Isn't it Just, a woo bit aur- prisinK ut the number of cure tessly addressed let tors that real ly . fft there? If you pet somii thlna you cun't decipher, take Jt ,.to the postofflce and a hun dred to ono you'll find out whut it( says- Tho postul clerks got so used to rcaJInfc rotten wiitlns that they're exports. . - Practice makes them perfect. Lots of other nulsirfiees tuke the joy out ob life., ulso. v Kor tho aako of brevity I won't go Into detull but here's a par tial list. 1. -Putting an vnstamped let ter In the slot with, two copper pennies. 2. Mutllnjr a lance number of letters thrcuifh tho slot instead of handlnff them through the win dow. Saves a lot of sorting if yo'J do the hitter. 3. I-oslng that box rent re ceipt before you "pay up." . 4. Stamping a parcel poHt package, using your own syntem. The postage on the packngo doesn't always agree with the zone-finder's rules. &. Wrapping a package poor ly. Tho clerks certainly do like lo do it.- over for you. 6. Tho annual Christmas rush. That's Just a fow of them uut It isn't 'alt; 4'imny Happening' Many times amusing oeciti ences brighten thfc dally giltul. Kor exumiile (and this has hap pened) some fellow gets a puc age froin a mall, order concern and turfl , from tho window to sturo'liis local merchant In the race. ; W' lot of thu -readers lutxt hni that ixpeiieiue und It Ihh t exacUy -4itiuuuuiL Then again, u mun gets a let ter siiilp'osed td have u. check in II. Tho' sender' forgot the chec.t however, and the air turiiH "blue. then ajid I hon. Anticipation thwarted, even temporarily., Jhw its 1, .iiuor. , And- su on" ; " TIim "Oilier Side. All I he trouble, though, in'l on the iiiHlde of the par(illoi separating the working tables and the lobby. ' Not uU'. The patron has itiluho for grief once In' awiuie, mil ai una h NtatintlcH were available, they would show he was light atou' nnee In, twenty times, with t'e poHtofflc, tight the other nine teen. Doing Your Share, A few Himple rulea that would help both the patron and the iMiMloftii force follow and tley aren't hard to follow, cither. I. Address letters legibly, care fully and then Htuinp them. 2. Wrap parcel poal packajf' firmly, address them on hotn sides and let the , clerk welnh them. 3. Trust tho Integrity of I'neie rtniii. l,ettfi's are very rarely mlHlald. 4. When putting a money or der In an envelope, fold over the little "ear" that signifies tin amount for which the order Ih good. Then, If' the receiver rips hlH lotto open the chances ar. that the "ear" won't be torn off And open letters with u letter- opener or some Him liar Instru ment or else tear louse the flap. The contents usuully escape duiu uge then. fi. Mall your letters In plenty of time to catch the train und ,f lute, take them to the depot. li. Don't send fori (.. O. 1. packages unloHS you're sure you can pay for them when they u rive. There are more rulcH that could be followed but those are uinuiM tho important ones, Tiie mail man really works foi I he patron and arter all It'H a test us to whether the patron in a good boifs or not. Bishop Smith to Spefik At Wallowa Lake Mcci (Continued froth Tuge Ono) Itev. J. I. Cotllngbiim. a re turned missionary from China, hn.i a cliuH each morning, giving In struction In missionary work. It-v. I' M. Jasper, who is heud oi the Sunday school department foi Die Oregon district also gives Hi nt met ion each morning. Itev, Vernon Hall Of Payette. has charge of Ow recreation. Paste. s from tho different churches Ii the district buve charge of lb.' evening evangelistic services. The big event of Ihu camp meeting will be Saturday and Sunday when I Us hop II. f'stT Smith of Helena, Montana, , who is the new bishop for this district, will eonditft the services. Ho thnt alt inuv attend these mediums luor. v ill n: .no. Mv.txU-v in Hi ' ii luoUUd. .Uurch . ii .ottfrpu. H i. day.- ", t mlts during this period "at a con Vhe busings nteting of the struct ion . total of ?2(J.167(fi"0, tump gui.nds u.um, elation w.! i e which Is 8 per cent greater than 1.. Id Holiday af ;rnoon, fr the ftnt half of 1U23 und 11 The l-Jpworth League tiKltt(ie, ( per cent greater than for, like which .uh held ut the rut. i, period of PJa2. In the Kan Fran-g'-tunds the wee proceed Ins llejcisco Hay luetropoliluu ureu, M I camp meeting, closed with a set ! umnlcapalU les Issued $.r.ii7:;,iHii ico Sunday morning. The leagti In building permttH, 8 per cent ' wus highly successful In .cveiy; way, iiaving a larger ullendaneu than the cump meetings. Hev. Set or, of Pendleton, Dr. Luther Lovejoy of Chicago. Uuv. M. (i. Keith and wife of La 0 run do. Miss Klten Ewlng of Lai Ifiar.ue, irs. Joaie ltlo..iund ol I Humpter, all taught clanses mg uiu murmugu of the umtl- lute. The Pendleton delegation won the tdcturc of the hike which was!4;ifi, kIiowh a gain of ttitt per cent offered us a prisso for the be&tjover lr$ und of 185 per cent showing made by any delegation, lover M22t while Salem, wilh Jl.- 'I he number of people atlendlng) lu7,2f5 gains per cent und was maltlpllcil by tho number ofjlKK per cent over the respective miles they came and by the num- previous cainpnrutlve figures., ber of classes they attended. Th) Si -at lie reports ft r 4 B porinitH h htgheHt, score took thu priise. Tho sued al u coimtrucllon cost of Covo delegation .won the prlr.1 tor tho best poster designed to bo ise i In udvertlHing thu lukea per cent over that of tho pre-; camp meeting. Tho Methodists have improved miows 31 per cent more Ihun for tho grounds much this year. A tho same period of lust year and bridge has been ouilt across the 11 per cent over that of 10:12. Ta rlver I nd a road cleared lea. ling . coma, reporting $5,8.16. 27 5, show Into thj camp grounds, . ,a 55 per cent gain over la.st year's BUILDING IN CITY LEADS BOISE, IDAHO (Continued from agr 1) couver und manv other cities. Ctms Itulldliig, , Building permits to the number of 91.1104 und calling for $250, s fa. :t In cont ruction costs were Issued In 79 elites of the seven pacific coast slates during the first six months of 1924, as Hhown by a special semi-annual building survey Just Issued by S. W. Straus & Oo. - , Although this volume of con struction amounts tq more than a qnarier or a winon or doiiarH, it reflects a slight recession in build ing activities from last yeur, be ing 4 per cent less than the total for the first half of 1923. but !s .10 per cent greater than that of the comparative period of 1922. This slowing down of building programs, in keeping with ' gen erul business policy throughout the country, Is purtlciihirly eyideiit In California where 5ti cities com prised In the S. W. Straus & Co. survey report a total of $190,151, 007, 9 per cent less thun tho totul for 1023 but 27 per cent greater thun for tho first half of the previous year. Shows Cain. Washington, Oregon ami Ariz ona show substantial gains over both 1923 and 1922, while Ne vada and Idaho show reducl Ions l rum but h previous totals and l1ah a 15 per cent Iosh from 1921 but a 73 per cenl gain over 1022. The .moKl .Htuhlo building-, activity Ih that of orcein wiicr three of the four eiii'-H Included show trains over 1023 und nil gained over the previous year. . I. oh Angeles reports 37,748 per niils Issued calling for a con struction total of $78,818,738 for Ihi? six, liionl Iih. Pi per cent les than for the same period of last yea but 32 per cent greater, than lor (he fhHl balf of 1022. in Dm I .oh Angeb's metropolitan area, 15 iiiunlflpulltlcH report $ 1 05,4 40,800. a 12 per cent reduction from hint year but n 41 per cent gain over the previous year. I'-.n .VnneMfO lilted 5;i!Ml per- Vuur Trip to Hallow n Ijike Would W, Incoinplete Wllboul a Vlsll lo The Jennings Hotel, Joseph (t 'nder new management) . II. M;mi;itr. Proprietor. I'or n meal prepnrcl by mi e.M-rlciiced conk ami M-rveil Just like you would wish it servcil borne, 'I'IiIh Is the iitot lniMirlant part of tho trip i;at n lit cafeteria nnd not only Mive money but enjoy better (juallty final coolicd the way you llk( Ity walling on joiirsclf yon Mie ittv. wall cr's cH'iis4 mill tlpt, sclec', , the ilitii'M you like, find reiilly , enjoy jour iwiil.-i niort. THE IJLACK CAT Infants Shoes In infants noft koIch and the "Hciiltli WalkH" and 'St:Jf Stalls" for the baby's luarniiig their first (steps. Art & Baby Shop "Fvcrylhing nr.MHTiTcin.xi Hidi'l more thuu fur the rirt six mouthy! of last year und au per cent more thun for the first half of the before. Portland Issued 7ti4ti permits at j 9 16.0LtL,K65 In construction eon is. lit per cent over comparative f ug- i ures of lust year and I U per i wil ; il.ir-juver thoso of -Wfj'i, while Kugeno and Salem reflect the building 'prosperity of Oregon lo a remark- ablo deg roe. Ijiigene, with $l,rfifi,- U2.tft, u 22 pirr cent gain overt the 103 compuratlvu tolul and vious year. Spokane's 9 1,!tit5,b74 comparative figures and 102 per cent over thoso of tho previous yean, Satt Uiko City, with 8 per mits to cost $2-,831,IS , fur tlu riint half of the year hIiowh a Hi per cent reduction from 1!)23 but a tiS per cent gain over 1KS2. Ogden's total of $8iPtil50, Is 19 per cent over that for thu first six months or hud; year and 1)1 per cout over that of tho previous year. Sun Diego reports 2Xfclt permits to cost ii, 655,032, January to July, a gain of 18 per cent over hist year and 63 per cent over 1922 comparative figures. Sacrumento's l?3i) permits at a construction cost' of $4,277,480 for the first half-year is 2 per cent over that of last year but 17 per cent less than for 1922. Long Iteuch burned 2710 permits for tho six months calling for $tlft 82(1,7110 In coHtH, a 12 per cent re duction from last year but a 47 per cent gain over 1!22. Oakland's 64,70 permlta to cost $14.3!i2.i:tr show a 4 per cent gain ARCADE TODAY - SATURDAY Talmadge SONG-LOVE A ilriimu of lliv Inl uhsIiiii:I, luvv , "t it ill wit ilniiMT.' ; FOX NKWS AND FELIX THE CAT for Uic Baby" Soniiiirr. Mhlic. tiTA.Mri.Nti ALL HOUSE DRESSES . ON SALE Price AT French & Greene ( , over tho first half of 1023 und an 18 per cent guln over comparutivo mouths of the year before. . . Many other cities report sub stantial gains over last year as ' wolt as 1922, the must notable being Tucson. Stockton, Venice, Sun Uernardluo, Uiverside, Hunt-"' ington I'ark, (ilendale, llerkolev,' lleverloy Mills and Alameda. . - SATURDAY AND SUNDAY , 7-room inoiU-rn lioim; on tint rorm-r of Fir unU Z. NU i! luw n, uliuilii tries, un I ioiic.h. I'lc. Ijuku grouinlB. ltiuxHiU, ul! liln.ls of fruit troirtf, Koud ffiiriltn. und wash lioiiHi! conneclcd wltli lioiiMli with liut und void wnlur. . Also i.nRinu und cvn tilfiiKul p imp for InlBiillon, licBldiH 4 aliuroa In dltvli. Nt-w barn. Rood Burnu, chicUt-n Iioiimh. woodlnJ, huk'ii burn lot Willi hlull i:hlcki-n-proof foni'o ull up tn u:ood h)iuio( This IB .1 good hoini'. I'rlrn 13780.00 Tonus Come und (too this LOUIS SANDOZ We have moved our l'roscription liusincss from the Foley Bldg. lo our new store on thu corner of Adams and Depot. ii FOR SALE . I . ii