La Grande evening observer., August 15, 1924, Image 7

- Friday, August 15, 1924.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE SEVEN"
CLERK INVENTED
FIRST P. O. BOXES
; IN YEAR OF 1810
WAK! I INGTON. (A l) Tliomus
Itiown, a clerk In the KU-hinunil,
Vtu. punt unlet hi mm, bus hem
given oft'lcia! credit Tor liuvln?
Invented the "post ofTice box."
While thero ure lu puNt office
Ut'purtliient reeordK lo show thut
lfrown was (he ftrat tu niukc and
put the post office box In lisp,
there is nothing on tile to ll
prove the clulm ntude for him liy
his greut Knindduughti'r, Minn
Mary V. Iwis, or TulluhasHcc,
J'ltt.
Postmaster Oncral New, there
fore, has replied lo a letter from
Mltci Lewis presenting the. claim
by stating he Is ready to Vive
Urown thu'benerit of llio doubt
und ucknowU-dgu him as Iho lu
velilor. Urown's memoirs, published
Bomo after his death, rully set
forth the circumstances leading
to the Invention. Ho wrote:
"1 was the- inventor or planner
of post ofrice boxes. These were
Unit's of enjliargo, non-lntercourso
etc., and of course speculation was
fife. The first news was Import
unt and therefore there was al
ways a rush lo the post office, as
boon as the mall camo In, for let
ters. fla universal plan was to
liaiul out letters from a round
pane of glass from file front win
dow. I have seen the-whole street
blocked by people waiting their
turn lo get to the window to usk
for letters."
Urown was asked' to devise a
plan lo remedy the situation, lit!
did so by lilting a partition acruss
it large room, filling it with pigeon
holes covered at one end with
glass wllh each liolo numbered in
front and bearing tlio iianie of ths
box holder at the open end.
About 4IMI boxes were quickly en
gaged at fio cents for each three
months. llruwns plan Is still ut
ilized throughout the smaller cit
ies und towns of the country.
Marie fun-Ill's Will Hal's
At'lurs from Her ilfl House
Laughed Two Weeks Ago Now They're Worried
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The smile has gone from the faces of Hlchard l-ocb and Nathan lAHltHjId Jr. slayers of Bobby Franks. "Two'
weeks ago. when the fight to save Ihem from the gallows started, the two youths took the proceeding light'
ly. they laughed and joshed with each other. Today it Is different the picture at the right shows the serious
strained look that envelops the boys', faces. Perhaps they are now experiencing the "thrill" they sought:
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Forgct-Me-Not Day to
Again Aid Disabled Men
C1NNATI, (At') Wounded und
disabled veterans of tho World
War, patients in hospitals and .in
stitutions in various parts of the
United States, will devote much of
Ihelr time lo making little paper
anil cloth forget-me-not flowers
to be sold throughout Hie county
November 8, "National I'orget-Me
Not-Day."
ltaymolifl A. l,asauee, national
utljulant of the Disabled Americ
an Velerans of the World War,
said that prepitrallons for the ob
servance of this day nlreutly have
been made by national and state
officers. Tile flowers, as In form
er years, will be distributed by
young women, the proeeetls of the
sale going lo relief legislative aid,
hoNpitulli'.allon welfare anil rehab
ilitation assistance of disabled vet
erans. The wsnt of the veternns
KTIlATI''OltI-ON-AVtN, "
Tim lule Miss Marie I'orelll left
un estate valued ut ubout Jl-",-unit,
and bequeathed ull of her
property to Miss llerthu Vyver, her
life-long companion.
Mason Court. Miss Corelli's
Stratford residence', is lo.be pre
served inluct with lis garden and
paddock, and alter Miss Vyver's
death, it Is lo bu preserved for the
benefit anil service of distinguish
ed persons visiting Klrutford-on-Avon
from far countries. These
visitors ure to lie selected and re
commended lo Miss Oon lll's trus
lees by the council of tho Society
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i.. fnrelll. liowi'ver. "ulisolule-
ly exclutles actors, aclressi s, and
all persons coiineebU with 11"'
stage," and "most strictly enjoins
that no persons connected with
ritratlor.l-on-Avon, . .. ol rlcally or
otlierwise, shall bo permitted to
co-operute or be concerned In the
currying out of Hie trust."
Women lo launch Movement
I'm I'lolilhtiloii in liei'iiianj
HI0KI.1N. (Al' Welfuru work
era who have visited tile Ullltt'd
Slates within the lust few months,
chleriy ror Invi-stlgatlng Ihe tiues
tion of prohibition, returned re
cently and have announced that a
nioveiiieiil, sponsored principally
hy women, would soon bu launch
ed hero lo make Oermaliy dry as
quickly us possible.
.Meellngs with tills end In view
have been held til Herlln, l.cip.lg.
Hamburg and. It Is said, even in
Munich. Ihe home of famous
brews. Mosl of these meetings, It
is announced, have been private,
the purpose being lo urouse lliis at
tention or Ihe wolie n whose Influ
ence is lo lie used eventually 111
initiating the movement through
out the country.
The main speakers ut these
meetings wi re Ihe wo Il plohlbl
lloiilsls who told or their visit to
America und gave Ihelr views on
the situation . there. .
A soft answer turneth away
wrath, but It encourages bores to
cull you on the teletlitille.
s Tcbccies
7liuj ROUND TRIP .
h I Excursion
kfV Fares
on sale daily to Srplfinber IS
I I Chie-BO . . M.OO f--i
Detroit . . . 100.62
i i WhiriBlon s mmmm
I New York . . 142.40
CnrrrtpondinR rares to nthtr im-
f 1 norMnt centers. Final rM nut
I n limit October 31. 1924. Liberal
. "I Mop over privilraei wvg and
ill reliirntnK. A Hr trip 1- Yrll m-
j ul Mune at small additional cost.
5 ODoi
f i. ii. ki:i;m;y j
will bo uilinhilKtcriHl IhrotiKli tlio
ii ai iuiuil organism tiun, which now
has a membership of 100,000.
Numerous women's origin txii-,
lln, vcleran'M HOi'lrlli'H and fru-U-rnal
ordcra Mniniffhout the ITnll
t'd Klat-H liavo HtiilfU'd tlivlr in
li'iillun of aKaln li-ndlnK tliir hup
port and cooperation to tlio uctlvl
tUa or Ihe "KorKL-t-Mo-Not-Oay"
workers.
lflJIroy Iakc Popular lU'sorl.
IUTZV1MJ:. Wash. Mt-Klroy
lake, south of lure. is becomlnK
f ultn a Bwlnunlnff n'Hort. Kor a
nuiubor of years Iho luko was slimy
and dirty, but this year It is said
t o bu one of 1 hi1 cleanest in t he
Inland Km pi re. It is planned to
erect bath houses them soon.
READ THE CfiAAKIFIKO AIM
BUENOS AIRES
BUILDING BOOM
IS GREAT ONE
m'KNOH AIHKS, (AP Buen
os Aires is In the midst of the
K rent est building boom In Its his
tory.' More than 27,000 building
permits wero Issued in 1923,
which was a record but during Ihe
first quarter- of this year the ftfi
tires are 50 percetit greater than
for the Kaino period last year. The
Browing" congestion of population,
tho long prevailing high rents and
some reduction In tho coat of
building materials are responsible.
.Altitude and modernity are the
keynotes of the new construction.
Tho architectural traditions, dat
ing back from Hpanish colonial
times, which have kept much of
tho roHldentlal purt of tho city
from rising above oo story, havu
been abandoned entirely. The ro
mantic old patio with its fountulii
around which so many of these
rectangular ono story structures
are built, has been doomed. In
their stead two story chalets and
cottages or Kngllsh and Americ
an dualgn arc being built, especial
ly In the roomier spaces and sub
urbs or else three Hory city homes
of Krencli type. The new homes
aro being equipped with the most
modern sanitation and household
conveniences.
The new office buildings are go
ing up to ten stories which will
overtop most of the buildings in
the buslnesi district. The city It-,
self has contracted with an Am-
erlcan firm for tho opening of a
new broad diagonal thoroughfare
from the Plaza Mayo to Calle La
valle, and the construction there
on of several blocks of ten story
buildings.
Children are logical. They usu
ally receive with, astonishment the
pewe that dad is an important clt-
Iseu,
Thero aro two classes; dream
ers and doers. One howts for light
wine and tho other plants grapevines.
Furniture Mad of Oak
Popular la Germany
HAMBURG. AP) The furni
ture makers of Germany assem
bled recently in Hamburg and ex
hibited their wares for the first
time in a number of yoars.
One of tho most attractive ex
hlblts was a group of rooms deco
rated, exclusively with Old North
German peasant .art which flour
ished when the rural districts pro
duced and supported their own ar
tisans to supply them wllh such
furniture, as fitted Into the low
studded rooms of the farm houses
of the early periods. The rural ar J
tlsao disappeared when the Indus 1
trial ago camo with ' t machine ;
made furniture, and he never hat
come back. Hla work today is cop "
led by machinery, but faithfully
copied, and well made. -.
Oak la tho popular wood. Hardly
any other material was seen at tho
show.
God bless salesladies who oaa
keep a man from feeling ombar
rassed when he Is ahoppUif for
his wife.
READ THE VLAIUIIFIED AIM
.1 miM
mm m m n
wmnce
;itll PLANS ADVANCE.
O. A. C. Corvallls. (.Special)
With the arrival of I'oach Paul!
SehlHHler. football mentor, on the
en in pus, plans for Ihe opening of
the season September 15 ure, being j
Htarled. Two nsslstunt freshman
coaches are yet to bu picked, j
SchiNsler comes to the college as .
head Tool ball coach only, though
he may assist somewhat in coach-
ing other teams. He has coached!
rootball, basketball und baseball'
for the lust 12 years.
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UVX A IS-1'LATE
FORD BATTERY
$16.50
I'OB
CARS WITH
(-Volt (itai'llnR anil Iilglillug 8leuis
Il-A-D-I-O-8
Perkins Motor Co.
LINCOLN - FOnD . FUItUbON
''uiirlli auil Ailsnu I'liono Jlsln JII0
In homes
of gentle breeding,
quality rules the coffee
FROM such homes "and- from places
where folks instinctively discriminate, a
tradition has arisen that designates the
West as the home of wonderful coffee.
Quickly, the tradition (and the name of. a
certain brand!) has spread from the
Pacific to the Mississippi.
To prove that this tradition is well
founded, break the vacuum seal of a tin
of Hills Bros. Red Can Coffee and let
that ar.oma tell its storyl Double-check
it by iislinr the marvelous flavor of the
beverage itself 1 Yes, it's wonderful cof
fee, without a doubt.
With all its' high quality, Hills Pns.
Coffee is not high-priced. J f is econom
ical to buy and economical to use. ,
Hills Bros., San Francisco.
iiills'bros coffee
SI. 1 1 Ol'F THE OliO OM-;
and slip on Iho newly ul
canlxed one done over by us,
tintl sec how much better
your csr will ride. Jm-v
I lite a brand new lire and
that's a fuel. And It won't
cost you half the price of a
new one, cither. Our vul
canizing is a blessing to thu
uuto owner. ' 1
OREGON TIKE A
UATTEIlY t'O.
107 1 lr HU Main 6I
to I
In the Origin fit
laiuum-Fark vkhh.
keeps tht coffee fresh.
Say Buddy-
- Sign Up in the American Leghjn Now! '
Send this Coupon and Two Dollars to
, ' OUb W. Palmer, Adjutant, Lit Gnuide,
' today. ' : .' - .
Name
Address
Service Organization .
Let us fill out your Coiiipenuulion Blank.
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Try it for yourself! You'll recognize at
once the pure, fresh -milk flavor and the
creamy richness that distinguish Borden's.
- Behind Borden's Evaporated Milk is 67
years' experience in making milk products.
The result is the very finest grade and qual
i ity of milk that anybody produces made
by the same company that has given Eagle
. Brand Condensed Milk to three generations
of thriving children.
Borden's Evaporated Milk is for every
cooking use wherever the recipe calls for
" milk. It is wonderfully convenient, and its
VbVilVIII' tt ia dill i U J
and coffee, use it in place of
double cream, just ss it come
from the can. Diluted with
an equal amount of water,
Borden's Evaporated Milk
nay be used the tame as or
dinary bottled milk. '.
Your grocer can supply you
with Borden's insist on
having it. -- -
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Memorial, 'roi
ASK fOIl
PURITY
BREAD
First for Quality
La Grande Bakery
K. J. McWilliams - -
PURITY BREAD SUPERFINE BREAD
MONUMENTS
ORDER THAT
MONUMENT NOW
We have made a pro
found study of monument
building,', and an order
placed in our hands is sure
to receive faithful, Intelli
gent execution.
We Will Gladly Furnish
EstimatM
Blue Mountain Marble
Granite Company
iii(i)Jiil)iiJii,ililliiiLli!iiijiiiu;iiiiu,J
laoj We La Uraode, Oreoa
THE HOTTER - THE BETTER
NOW
IS TIII4 BKST 'IIMK TO HAVE THAT NjiW LINOLEUM LAID
DON'T
WAIT UNTIL COLD WEATHER
SEE OUR STOCK OF (
Armstrongs Linoleum
for Even Floor (A) ln ih How
W. H. Bolinenkarop Co.
FOUR FLOORS OK FINE FURNITURE .
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