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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1925)
Thursday, May 28, 1925. Pape Six ' THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER 107 Still Likes the Girls A Store Closed Saturday, Decoration Day BIG DOUBLE HEADER THK PA H l. (Hpecfal) Cath erine Is sliM high hut very clear and catcheH or large rainbow trout nro reported right, it I on nr.' The catches ure not so much In tin numbers of fish, Tor while (be wa ters are high und cold tin little I r sss, lb i V Crowding Two Rig Business Days Into One! HICI HFT i l l "a flhhes do not ri'iiillly bile. Young and old made up a pnr Iv lust Sunday going to Pig Creek where all lHtrticlpiiti il In nn old time base-ball Rami; in which much sport und merriment, were, the re BUllH. A Vaudeville art was on the pro pram Saturday evening at the 111k Creek School bouse, A numher of tint Park people attended and re pott a most enjoyable show. Mrs. Pydiu Vimdevaiiter wan visiting lier sinter Mrs. Alice I.ose l.v. Pig Creek, Sunday. Mm. Lose lv Is the mother of a young baby. Iloth am doing nicely, j Miss Oella Vandevanler was a! visitor to the I.oseley home Sun-i day. Prank Wlgglesworth transacted business in Union lately. George MrOoive was a visitor to Union recently. pert Van went to Union on busi ness a few days n no. Joseph (,ay went ly teniii to Ta lon bringing hack a new cream se. pfirator thai, he bought from the I'nlon Hardware Company. Leo Kilburn a I'nlon resident Is herding one of- Pd ' Miller's band of sheep at the old Jerry Thomp son place. Mrs. Hose Lay motored lo lVik r Monday going hy way of liig Creek taking along with her Mr. and Mrs. Hob Wanker. They re turned in the evening. Clarence Vanorder went by nu lo tho Queen City on business Mon day. Joseph T.ay limited a load of wool to the llakor Market Mon doy. Kenneth Vanorder bought a. new Ford runabout and phuiH a trip wit h his mother to Walla Walla In the near future, .ft1 , if . tl, ' -:iL Vc-V .fi': if A 1 i Friday will be a day of Great Bargains at French & Greene's CLOSING OUT Positive and substantial savings will be found in every section of this store. Every department filled with new', up-to-date seasonable Wearing Apparel and Footwear for women and misses at prices not to lie equalled ANY WHERE nor could you expect thorn here if we were not closing out and retiring from business for good. So come without fail and reap the benefit of securing Stylish Apparel at tremendous savings. SALE Thoy never cot too old to liltc tile girls. Juhnathan Fuiilli, 107, who lias Just moved to th Holuit-is' Home, :ti );uivlllf. 1.!., U'ltjiliH he Illtca them, although he thlnUa "Flupperft" nie pillv. Johoathaii, ahown ahove with Maitha LladfWiv. vn lua-n U Mailoa, la., and jtutweil hlrt lV7lh year on 1 lec. 3 1:ihI. He turn never dianlt l.-i'ior, ehewed or suioked to itaeuo and Udievts cornhivad and Ioiiji walli.-i ma in.-evk-d for loHBevlty. TMrolt wortmn pnfihid her Ihih hand out n e'ond atory window. Jle Hhould rent u hunKtilow. 9"lonH vn to $4 a orate will hurt the ehewinK gum hiiNlneNH. OUTLOOK GOOD r nmiiiiiiTii WAT.I.OWA, Ore- (Sporlal) .TameH 1'lana and Vernon .MeKeit y.le, returned home the hut of the week, from a, several day trip in to the Chieo eountry. 'I'hey' mtnle How long will it yr fa 1)7.' lflHtl The test of paint Is not its price or its ap pearance after first application. Rasmusscn Pure Paints positively answer the question of "how long it will slay paint ed" You can rely upon them for lowest coii lie cause they last longer. Rasmuuen'l (( highest for covering capacity, opa city, finish, 1om Btid fiutneu of color. Only the finest rtd purest of paint ingredients go into a Rasiuusscn Pur Faint label can. Ask your dealer for color cards. Ask your painter (or an estimate. I tlie t rip with a ttiieli, tarrying a ronldenthl( load. The rain in (hat portion of the comity haw heen very heavy durlrtff 1 he past, week, making (he road.s very muddy, and they Htato they e-perleiui-(t nuich tlirrieully in making aoitin of the 111 I In. having: to use teama In places. John 'ouch, of I .cap, delivered some fat Iiokh hero tho kiat. of the week. Oeorpro folomnn, n Powwntkn fanner, was u hunineHH visitor here the latter part of tho week. Mr. Coleman atales the cropft are com- jintr alon ftno that section of tho i country, and that tho rainfall has heen very heavy there durlnK the past few weeks. Practically all I'armorH havo finished their nprinr Heed In u 1 here. Mr. Coleman 1h preparing to commence plant iiif: his corn crop soon. He expects to plant ahout twenty acres. John Jacobs, of Klk Mountain, was In this section the last, of the week. He states that the rains ot the paHl two weeks have reached well over that section of the count ry, and that tho roads have heen very muddy. Mark Courtney and son of T-os-t hie. were business visitors hero the last, or the week. KiiKeno Cast In has been work ing for K. J. Conner tho past sev eral days, H. O. Anderson and family, and! Mrs. T. M. Oastln, of Wallowa vl-1 sited the lout of the week at Mrs,1 J. II. Gastin's. I Duano and U. V. I.athrop or T.cap commenced plowing sum mer fallow luring the past wcok. They havo been busy for tho past few woekn with their spring seeding Jtov, CI, IT. Focsc, lias hern elec ted as a delegate to attend tho stale grange meeting, as a representative of Wnllowa grange eng. Cieorgo Cusslns finished planting his corn Iho last of Iho week. He has about twenty-five acres plant ed to this crop this season. A number of IHamond Prnlrto farmers have heen busy tho past fow days working on irrigation ditches, getlng thorn in shape for irrigation season, ; PAINTS & VARNISHES RASMUSSEN PURE PAINT That'i the name of the paint to Use tor the outside furtiiccs ot your house, BiirKc, etc. It is the very hlgheBt imalitv of paint ohtninahl for protection tttinst weather. 1 he wide range of attractive hunmm Imu colon make it easy to decide on your color scheme. l;uli direct tuns on the label, Grande Rontle Lumber Company m Ladies' Conifoit SlipiM'i'.s l''oinH-l'ly prict-d itt Now All While rumps and Oxfords In f'Hhcr li:i(hor or fniiric All Our Kid Oxfords In wolt eoltM. Itlaclc or In-own At All ISaby Soft Soles I'liivcl r. giilarly nl up to Jl.: 4oc I'cr Pair All Ilnhrilrngs, Tuis licads Onianicnis ror I't-lday Only Half Price All Silk l!louscs Half Price Any Sweater in the store at $2.95 A Real Bargain Bath Robes at a real price to Close Out KAYNl.1t ami VAN HAAIIT. Well Known ilrands. of Hlik Vests, heat grade. .S'. '2:1 Hloomcrs, best grade. ...SH. 27 Rlep-Ins, best grade fjii.TH KAYsFfi: and VAX KAATi'F. Well Known Itrands of Rilk Vests, best grade. Hloomers, 'best' grade.... SjCi.27 Htep-Ins, . best grade $a.7 Extra! Tailored Suits At prices you never expected to see. Extra! Tailored Suits At prices you nevw expected to see. Extra! Tailored Suits At prices you never, expected to see. FRENCH & GREENE Selling Out! Closing Out! Getting Out! Just Received ! Tlio Ititest creation In Ijmy Silk How, houKlit lo n-tiilt ut ?:i.r,. Sale Price Just Received! The latest oi'PMtlnn In Fnncy Slllt Host', bought to refill nt 3.r,n. Sale I'i'Ice 82. 2.1 WVnlth limy not be a cui-no, btlt It caiiHcs a lot of ctisHini;. Try This One FOR SALE 5-R00M MODKRN 110MK will le sold at cost. See us nt once. The Grande Ronde Lumber Co. Retail Yard across tracks on (.reemvood Ave. I Wlieii you uunt io nerut ch your J he.ul- jui try tin? stum of Tom Oiiz-t, I'.i. n Ioimmt cireu.t clown, liuW HI Jltttt to anyone who tun do Ot nick, j Ohio, MeHp.if hi k, fhallfh(e Ili tn' "" " ''Oitfi with hai tn it If tilKln oviilMl Well Built Houses Would Save Lives In Tornado Country PHAMPATON, lit.- (AP) If onRlnnorliiK sclenoo were applied to the deslRn and const met Ion of dwellings ond school houses they could easily and Inexpensively he modo proof against tho devastation of tornadoes such as recently vis ited tho five mlddlo western states, aeeordtntr to C. C Williams, head of tho department of. elvll eiiKtneerlnff of th Unlversltyor Il linois. 1 Even frame and stucco houses" can he built sufficiently strong to withstand tho force of a tornado, Mr, WiilUinis said. The strefmcs In a frame dwelling due to wind are calculable nt nil critical points nnd the strength of timber nnd the holding power of nails nro well known, so the entire structure ad mits of sclentlfio design compar nblo With ft Steel riveted tiUllUlllK. "That dwellings, school houses nnd churches readily collapse un der such n storm is duo to tho fact that the design and detulls of f raiuiuK, nnchoraffe and t les have been left entirely to tho tradesman. who has ilttle knowledge of the cahracter of stresses set up Inside the structure that he is hulldliiB, Mr. Williams declared, "lfr mere Iv erects one part on top of anoth er, with toe-nails at best, like a pile of child's blocks, and when the wind comes the pile offers very little resistance to the destructive force, "Kven architects have been en trrossod In the appearance and con venience of dwelling to the exclu sion of careful thought to I he sta bility. They havo unfortunately accepted the tradesman's framing and details. "A study of the denlffn of i frame dwelling shows that a well sheathed house of average slue can be made proof against a loinado at an expenditure of less than one percent of the total cost of th house. "Man is continually combating the destructive elements of nature. , M'edUttl science has largely r'Hiov I cd the scourges of ili.Hi'iute. Tor nadoes are no more a visitation o providence to which man must su pinely submit than ere the pin-uiit-B of the Middle A tie, Kngin eettng science, U applied to the de- s-lgu und construction of such buildings as dwelling and school houses, ts amply able to prut or: ho man H(e from wholesale tie struetlon by wind, and the rutlurc lo take advantage of (his fact in 'Seattle PaStOF ChOSCIt mi! cuiint'Miuiun ui niuiuiii nn: i.-i u relic of marol Interia fitting the ng of smallpox and the black death." Cltieknmas .tail Hitiken. OURCION 4'ITV. Ore. Four prisoners escaped from the Vaol-. amas county jail Bhortly before midnight, and nnotlier given n doy'a leave of absence to visit his sick daughter ts mlHHing. The es cape was made by the use of dupli cate keys, and four doors were un locked to allow the imprisoned men their freedom. Tho Jail breakers are: Gay I'pson, of Portland, serving time following the ail mission of moonshine manufacture. James O'Oonner of Portland, charged with u statutory crime awaiting trial In circuit court. Charles William and l.eo Adams hoth of Portland, arrested near rfandy Saturday and charged with possession and transportation of moonshine. For U. of 0. Services In Bronze fnlvorsily of Oregon, Kugene. Ore. (Hpeclal) Hev Prank I. I Matt hews, paslor of the University Baptist Phiirch, Seattle, will de liver tho Haccalaureate sermon June 14. ot the graduating exer cises of tho 1925 class of tho Uni versity of Oregon. The Uev. Mr. Matthews Is himself nn Oregon Al umnus nnd will attend the Com mencement week exercises and the reunion of tho class of lS!)r, of which he was a member. While nt Oregon, tho Uev. Mr. Matthews was captain of the var sity football team In Ills senior year nnd held tho office of presi dent of the rumpus V. M. C. A. He has been pastor of the University Unptist Church in Seattle since lit is, and served previously for ten years In the pulpit of t h e Pi rsl Unptist Church of Kedlands, Cal. luirliig the war. he was a lecturer in the California army camps. The Uev. Mr. Matthews Seattle church is near the enmpun of the University of Washington nnd his congregation contains a number of Washington students. His two sons are undergraduates In the U. of W. The Uapt 1st clergyman Is familiar with student life and Is a friend of the undergraduate. The Haccalaureate sermon will be delivered In the First Methodist church, Kugerte. Oommencemen: exercises for the class of more than 400 will be held on the following day, June 15, In the Woman's hnlhlinir nn thn nuniniia with 1 Uw n ,'joel TI. 7llldebrand of the Univer sity of California as the speaker. Xonilsls of Ttcdhug Found In Tiny Manitoba Scorpion WIXNin-XI, Man. (AD Pre sented to t lie world by Prof. V. W. Jackson of the Manitoba Agri cultural college, n scorpion is re puted as sure death to bedbugs. The little warrior which has been waiting a name, was brought in by a small hoy when Professor Jack son broadcast by radio his suspi cion that sueh :i seorpion-tnight be In Manitoba. The new scorpion Is smaller than the bedbug, but in numerous ex perimental combats has always killed the famous nocturnal tor mentor. The bite of this scorpion Is not injurious io humans. Unlike scor pions in the tropics and in parts of . Manitoba, the bedbug slayer has no tall. , After the boy produced his Bpe clmen, the bedbug slayer waa found all over Manitoba. PKM.UTI'OV WIXS CASK, PKNDLKTON, Ore. The Inland Construction company or Portland lout Its damage suit against the city of Pendleton here when a motion by the defense that a non-s-.ilt he allowed was granted by the Judge Campbell. The mo tion was made by counsel for the city after the plaintiff company had presented its testimony. The construction company sought damages of $to.(nio, claim ed to have been caused by tho changes in plans authorized by tho city while n septic lank waa being built. fa ' r j 7 : A bunt of Jefferson Davis, fimt rm Ident of the Confislerate states, haa been mad In bronau by CVI., Nrlll. Kulptor, t tXillaa, Tex. Hcnlkni will ba vlaifd in tha aviioola thruuhuut lh ou.tti.: Our Store Y Close Saturday Memorial Day Let Us Help You With Your Picnic Lunch Make your selection form flie following: Hedhend's Honst Ueef and Beef Steak just heat nnd serve; Caked Ham, Luncheon Loaf, Uoiled Ham, Minced Ham, Summer Sausage, Saratoga Chips, Olives, Pickles, Assorted Cakes, Cream Brick, Sw iss and Cream Cheese. Picnic Sets for Six, Only 2."c J. G. SNODGRASS 111 Depot St. 1-AcliiMive Grocer Phone Main 75
