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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1925)
Saturday,! January 3, 1925. THE LA '.GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER F PAGKiHWIC V,Wl Local News In Brief Grande on u,. business tfip..;iMr. ; Kelt nor Is registered ui tho ;Mum- hut hotel. I A. Shaw of Kuminervill Is now registered at the Hotel Koley. coming i:vi;ts March B, 6, 7 District high school basketball tournament at Union. Marias, Giowi Johnson. " W. C Sturpill, John Moyle ami Clint Vun 4 Kleet. etpuii 'rosiiion Mi:a Mildred Weeks hua ncccpt- position at-the Court House ,the County Ilwonlcr'a office. turns from Mid die west 1 Iivtl K. Wallis. pastor of tho 4 7 md City church, hits recently n r ni'd from n trip to Ch leu ko 'spud other polnla east. He reports pin enjoyable journey. rn Honeymoon Mr. anil Mrs. Clarence Woodc!! 'returned to La Grande th!s morn- iB from a honeymoon tr'p to rort tnd. The young couple will spend few duys here and will nftcr ards .be at homo at Nampa, Ida. I j. Den ham, attorney of Klgln, stopping at the Hotel Koley. To Give Talk Halph ny-ia will be the prinel-! Jump s Gekeler4 of lin.. is now stopping at the Sominor hotel. 1924 BEST i ; - FARM YEAR SINCE 1919 (Continued from Pnero 1) It. J. Kllcru-n returned yesterday I uro u follows: OUU.UOO uKulllHt H25,UIu,(lOU the vuhle. of Ms l'J23 crop. "Tho chuiiKi's In. the. 1024 farm vulues of other important crops us compared tu the l'J2'i values from Holse. Mr. Kitchen made tho 11)2:! - pal speaker ut I hi- Mrn'i Korum of I trip on business. the. Miithlxlist church tomorrow HI ton o'clock. Mr. Myers will speak on "1'ylhiiEoros,'" ancient phil osopher upon whos.- principles the Knights of I'ythws arid their or ganizations urc established. Barley ..- Hleo ....... To Hold Mitlinj . The annual meeting of the I .a Grande Country club will bo held at the club house on the evening of January 12. At this meeting seven directors, of tho buurd are to be elected. The board -of dtrt'ctors is composed of 15 men seven of whom retire at the end of this year and eight at the end or next. Miss K. J. ftobrrts and Mrtj.lNel-7i:l,ucc lie II. Grace of Cove are now reg- llQ - istered at the Kommcr hotel. Flaxseed (Huy Mrs. W. J. .Itobertson of. Telo-: . caset was in 1A Grande. thliMprn-'; Ing on a shopping trip. ; J Vt obacfo XL Asa W. Eggleson and bis sister. JJye ' t.- . . i t..,.i,i, r.r irt.ti.r "txseea .. .1 107.0.000 37.150.000 SOl.Oltti.OOO 1)71.000 35,U51.00( 1, SiHi.iSO, 000 137.270.000 47.O.M.00O 25r,34l',,0O0 68 Oti 1.000 fi8. fil 1.000 4i;7.ti4.S,OUO doomed f,or this reason: Wltji but 70 per cent of the prospects buy ing, the factories filled all tho or ders and soon got uhead of themselves. The return of tho son of the soli to our markets, therefore, de serves first position as tho most important and significant develop me nt of 1024. General business as reflected by tho Unhsonchurt is now slightly above normal. Wo may or may not see continuous and growing prosperity this year, but. at least ono of the necessary conditions for such prosperity has been fulfilled." prise are spena ng -u.e m.er ...VVrk.f oalm.lation of tho above figures immedliitely ciuphus zos California. IVoostiii- Show Iicno Banks of Spokane, repre sentative of the Hereford Growers' Irani -all. , spreading the gospel of the Ogden H. G. Avery, county ngrleutluri-1 Live Slock show which is to be i t. is back in his office In I.a i held at . Ogden, I'tah, starting 'iinndo again this morning after at-lTuesday of next week. The Ogden ndinff a farmers meeting at i ne i Livestock show, necording to Mr. alles yesterday. The, principal Hanks Is well worth attending and lllilg' Oil in" prunr.im wuii it in ik by W. J. Rplllnian of the Bureau At Economics, of Washington, V. C. is one of tho largest held anywhere in the country. Chief among the eastern Oregon exhibits n't the show will be the Chandler herd of Herefords from Baker. !,i PersonaliMention. rue SplrJt An Instance of practical nhtlan. iropy wr.s recently uncovered hen It wts learned that & KraUtf i' l.a Cl:'ande business men were lie benefiictors who provided a ! Miss Isabell Miller nnd Miss Kl iurkev dinner with all the itarnlsh- la Nelhans of l.a Grande left via .' luus for Hie Inmates at the county stage this morning for hlgin. liXir farhi on New Year's day.. lu l Hteii im.ere ri'niioiin nil' iuiwiu n. i'. h'iju. i . n.u i :ind net were J. M. Smith. V.. H. chant of Kntt-rpf : tc in M:ss Mildred 1 ovett left .J. orm 8itulUlon. he fl.rlnr will 24 this morning, for Uakcr. Miss nc $7l)0 000 000 moro for Lovett Is taking music lessons In yni cn)pa t)uul for linker from a Miss Florence French.- jB8l y01ir.s- . As lm.nlione.l earlier 7 r, V . "'th furmer has not only benefited George Perry of 1-a Grande left,. ... . , j hl.i..r ricei. this morning for Salt Lake. Mr-( uut ho has also benefited from an- l'erry is maning mo inp ior ... nce: that Is. those com- health. t imoclitles which he has to buy, . ' .' Ihumelv: llulustrial coiiiinodltie.s, Miss Mary Oeer of l.a , Cinlnde, ,mv0 i,.naoi downward so that left on the urancn train mis niurii- ing to spend the day in Klgln wltn relatives. . , the ratio of tho rurm dollar to tho industrial dollar is today higher than It has been for any time since 1919. "Hccovei'y of Farim-r" 'TWW particular occurence lias Mrs. V. K. Shumurd of l'ortlnnd arrived in la Grande this momma to visit over the week-end at tilt ueen referred to variuusiy as the J. 1). Fitzgerald home. return of furm purchasing newer. to iiuul' i or ihenl mean iiu tne All thui iiie fanner Is WIFE. MURDER "k,i" ln tho "" wilh loih . I iiiuuey uiiu iiiu luiiiituiiuu iu di'vuu It. (Continued from Page 1.) ,,.A return Implies, ubsodco and Hunt's Letter ' (Continued from Tago 1.) unun ainctt iv w;fa .'iriv'sit'tVWo'- I i nilu'dcv unit a.'hif tf U'ri ilthjp' J another voltintoe feet. East in Grip of Snow; Then the mngicinn and an as sistant, with an ordinary cross-rut saw. begun sawing the trunk m I lwo If they cut the trunk in two, 'then certiilnly something dl.slnw:i I lug and paint ul m-cmcd certain to (happen to th lady, since-. with thead at one' end of the trunk and nciv''.1 pulled tcfveriiei' afealn by that li the time I he m-mile recoil vein-3 alter the holuluys. Kinjr Boris has ivfifarM to culifirur Nick l.oiigwoith's campaign for n prisom-r'u ileiii)iut-itlunce. Thin (he siK 'iikcrnhin of the mxt liuuso ulilm.li. lw ii-m tnt int r in.-.l i1iih took hold of her 1 mwl ,K,v,,ll'ed uie elitiuT Hint either xhi) lns:stenee of the Judicial and wti iMuiiu in- vnuin, in- i'ihi ru, police uuttioriiivs mat tiic niur.Mts Vice Iresident-elect Duwoa a close f he state would he lust ,s:rv'-a race as nuisielan. by carrying out the defdh p'ualty; In ex plaining his dec.. -don. the king B.iid: MtMlel Prisoner Wins I'llttlnii of Kiu; I A ts'gttbir AOverum r ts :n the ground pcniUiluV inerehiiiidisi'r. a do- 1-4 M ill ... . . ri'CC ui uw oiner no one coum sin i rrunn(.nlni:nn Tr Till 1.1 u. I.ill.r In lluiiaJUllalluu 13 Jill.""" -"f -"v " (Continued from Pago 1.) . two also. JukI wlt.-n the saw had cut ubout j ono-tblrd 'the way through the ! trunk, and its Jagged teeth must from Norfolk. J have been about ;rasplng the lady's The weather bureau predicted ribs, she let out u dreadful,, nerve- tho snow proltably would conllnuoracking shriek,. most of the night, but the wind would die down and the therniom eter rise. Harrison, nervi'n already UuUt by thti thought - that if. ! skeined certain, 'llie woman -w:ih I ; v be bisected, then he, us an acres- I WASHINGTON IIAKI) HIT . 8orv lo th act. might be held j WASHINGTON (AP) Wash-! jointly responsible for her murder, Ington, for the most part, wuiked i jumped at least two feet high, to work Friday with trolley traffic) turned precipitately und ' beat it." badly crippled by a fall of snow. J Senatorial dignity, political bra Except for Pennsylvania avenue i vado. all thougbl of hardihood and from the peace monument to the ) ti0 appearance of things were for trensury, street railway'traffic was gotten. I'at wanted away from most intermittent and for hundreds j there, and ho stood not on the of government employes it was a1 order of his going, but went, case of walk or slay at home. j That the apparent bisection of It was the Becond snowslorui in ' the lady was completed, and that almost us many days for the na-' she was somehow joined lugethcr tlonal capital, which In the pnst . again so there was no need for four years has, seen scarcely more j calling the coroner, was (jf minor snow, storms than that number. . I interest to the' seuulor from JSlis- sh-slppl after ithat. j He hopcSi However, to have his Child's Rubber $1.95 Chilli's Kulilx'i' lioots, f!ccc lined, nd tops. little folks really enjoy Idem. Keeps tlicm . warm and dry and tde price is very low S1.95. airal-r until htoJKrrJv Jv jjU; at Xopn.ent plumber last night. . s( .j f, .1 J r. I 'h,...e A hatchet nnd a hammer, each1'; ",,, et the full significance of this 4 :'AG0 j I i Morning Dally Otryr, Janu ary 3, ISI'S Firemen .'Al Kerne we must understand 1 and (Frank Plko have Announcement: 'Beginning today, we will havs an ad on this page regularly throughout tho year an ad that we will try to makjj interesting lo every household .in, the; ;.-. J , .t.iciiu ijli.'nU.l' i La Grande territory. Wo urr;o you to follow it closely. There will be something new every day about established home conveniences, dings of national reputation, guaranteed per sonal needs" interesting facts about everything IhafyoUjTiuy ,!t a Drug Store V iuvici.L u "V 1 and why he has been ther wtlh s;ran7s ?1 mur -jui3 things were supposed the basement, according to detec- tives. Blood stained clothing was found nearby. Two valuable dlamoftd rings are missing and tw'o diamond car rings were unmolested. (ia-hes in Head. Twelve deep gasheB. several oTI them three ana four inches .Ions, had been Inflicted on the woman's head.. The' knuckles jof her rigUt hand had been broken and cut in an attempt at defense, according Ui a, iiolice theory '..'K t' -( f' :':i-' !" Areordirrrl to' JHaiinrt--tiM,HhW plumber, they came to the house .late yesterday and found the body 'huddled at the bottom of the ; basement stairs. A doctor was 'called and he called the police. 'HILL named"" LA GRANDE- - -. PRESIDENT (Continue the fnv't1) ;,!JV lj,-'(,n in to have been in a reasonable bal ance. We may assume that the farmer was then receiving $1 for ills crops, $1 for his livestock and that he was paying $1 for the in dustrial commodities that he need ed. I'nder these circumstances trade may go on fseely and every one miu keep busy. By 1020 we find that things have changed. The farmer is now receiving $3 for his ci'ops. an increase in In come of 200, per cent, and he is paying, $2.50, or an increase of 150 Hyr cent, for the things that ho imist buy. Money flowed freely, i "No Sale!" "Tho following year the most drastic price decline in history broke In upon this generally pleau-ant--scunel: :.-lrm prices - lobog- 'fMhViduhUUlho furiiiF:-wa -ngiiini receiving $1 for his crop. Jndus IrlaT" tfte,,1Tm"ennf 4n- -for -ie ...1 I., Hi l.w.llt lllll ttlOl- lllll tl.ll KllC- t'r-f tin Morlnitsl J nnrt llii- ftiAb nl;l tli,e yekr found conmfofnly 'jitees al $1.50. Thus the farmer hud but $1 nnd the thlhftfcho wanled wwe priced pt $l.fi.'' No siile!'"." ' ' ' "in l!)2fi'rh'(i slftiaiioh was hoiiui Whht' better, 1ltd still tlm farmer's inninih iioin' hls' erbps was only Si.4(f;' while1 Ihe'' I hlngs ' ho. needs moleli to regular engineers. " I'nlon Cut (ling Jack, the irre- sponlhsle who never falls under, bid always on lop, was in I nlon Thurs day and .Friday, W. H. Sargent was over rrom l.a Grande Friday. KIgin Jessie, Hlndman kilh-d and dressed 13 hogs Thursday that dressed over 300 pounds each. This would do credit to a corn country. Geo. Mapes, of the M. und M. company, at Klgln, visited La Grande yesterday. J. I). McKcnnon's family are well and tho house has been thorough ly cleaned and fumigated. And lis we start this series of adver ti.sinp; messages to you, we pledge th is organizaUon to betted and greater serv- 1 ice in the New Yeaivi.Wo, assure your, complete satisfaction here under all conditions-. Glass Drugs, Inc. "If It's Sold in a Drug Store, We Have It.n without, tin; formality of a vote, ' h's appoin.tjiiient belng'niade'b ilc ' chimin Ion- , . . I I Thfc appointment "of. a niiinlclml 1 tl,.... InlM.n'iM. rtrJil Ml- i " .i. . ..j niiuiu.'.c i.i.'i..ri .....i.i nnui i nr. Mill 'stated that ntf appllcitllqns " ' u" ! nnd been received" by Mni'Und' that ('H'" yeal- 'l91ti, however, has seen he would like to hear tile wlsheslthe rendhistmerif completed- Farm (of the commisdon. ' The' recdMe' pr's; for crops have 'risen to informed the bodv that the pres. ; $ UbH -and industrial' vriees have ent office jioiatiOuilB.U.. .&LS.;V',J VA'Klnxo . nniicr Is ter. would continuo in office un-. OffaTFr in the market tor the first , til u.-suwwwor wwh4-to',n Wltt: JW .0ituist ; was reappointed, so !he commis- u billion dollars more t ban ho had sion decided that it would defer last year; In cash, and the acciim-th- appointment milll a later date, h'hited needs of three lean years With these matters dispensed -.clamor to be filled, 'with the commission adjourned by l-jiullibrium Important, motion. " I "This balancing of Income and ( To Announce Apimintim'iitK ' outgo Is vitally Important to the I Naming of persons appointed by farmer and to those who do busi hlm to hold c ity orftces will be I ness with him directly, but it is made during the next two or three 'also of unusual Importance to ev ilays, City Manager Crews told anjeryone In the Tinted Hiaies re : Kvcnlng Observer reporter. The 1 gardh'ss of occupation or financial ! chief or police, fire chief, city r1- j position. First, the farmer Is it ; corder. city water und streets su-' primary producer. Money In bis ; perinten'lent und city attorney np- hands works Its way through our : poiutments are In his Jurisdiction, wholt, commercial "fabric.' More It is believed that in most cases ' ImpoqltinT 'flf a'rt " Tmrr 'is" th"" fact , the same officials in office now will j that Jhu, Oirn!!T.. rt,ri'st'.,.,!rt. r,,,,' ! be retained but this is more or less 30 p.y- .cent -of our toiul' market, conjecture and cannot be verified land if it Impossible to have a pe I until Mr. Crews makes public his I rlod 4' ' Vrosnerity uHe' nil groups appoinlpients. are relatively jirtMirt-rvHS and uire The commission will meet In buyinfc ucttviy ilTlje l-pu 'tri-ljUH-regular- session next Wednesday Inesn vbiclv siirlerr 1h tlie'' f;ilr of night. 1!22 itrttl ran over into 1!2S was f OUR BIG SIXTH ANNUAL JANUARY STOCK REDUCING SALE NOW GOING ON Save Now 107k TO 300 KEDrCTION On Our Entire Stock 'of Quality Merchandise Outfitters for Men and Hoys When you see -the1 beautiful patterns orf diuii(w'; Lunch Cloths and Pillow Slips, yoii will want to .vvork them for yourselves. Art &,Babj' Shop "Kverything for the Bab" aK.MSTITI'HINR HoUil Sommir. BI'A.MI'IKO Bultei-ick Ptitlerna D. M. C. Thread ca SUNDAY ONLY 5 Acts Vaudeville 5 Featured by Arcade 7-I'iece Orchestra K. Gekeler, Leader Overture ' Special Cornet Solo, "Arburklenian Polka Played by Andrew Loncy, Jr. l "' 1 ' lift Boots.., m il . . -' I tK rim- I..:.' ... ! 54 STORES ' 'J?' ' '' ' : , . - . ' ' -. ' - 1 mi j J in I.,, in, 1 in, ! .m.wl iii..iwiiin.n.....M.WMMMii. w..iim.Mii.ii i.i.ni li.iiiiiih lii 11 ililiiiiii.i I' I'f .1: 1;! I'.XxriV U lib. boon pro- I . . . , BUCK JONES ' ' ;:":) IN '-. ' -; . "Winner Take All". A., ; Comedy "Upon the Farm" ' ' i I !. I t I '.,7. ,,V 1 1 '''''' ''' 1 '"'"I 'j -I..; ,.' '-,., --.f. l . 'VJ'.lV'f . , l 4 BIG DAYS STMiG MONDAY " . . " V t . .... ' - - '. IF VOU'KE MAKKIIOI) you will want lo see lliis koikcous classic of comedy! , IF YOU'KE SINGLE You uurtly MUST see ill Don't say we didn't warn you! ---i$1effiui Stt Wpffi, Come early and avoid the crusih, ySL-iS IW r$f0h $4 i or better still, attend a matinee gJ fefe , . performance. WtA tBB . . " -Mp wwM Mfmrr-- ''1. IlCSnm IIMAIIJJ itna . . -il 1 A F- - IlCWFI) M t cue Mwmm::! , The Beautiful Scenic Ilamblos of a Haindrop and the Gi irtland Uice Spoil Lipht ScliUide an.l Fane.. fi Kuenc Toll at the Orfr". Fe;'tuiiiitc "ISa.iidad," by Miltnn Afier. fjC? "THE STORE WITH A CONSCIENCE I ;
