Thursday, May 28, 1925.
Pape Six
' THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
107 Still Likes the Girls
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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
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Crowding Two Rig Business Days Into One!
HICI HFT
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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,
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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
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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.
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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