Saturday, May 30, 192."
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Pa kg Five
Local News In Brief
CO Ml SG EVENTS
Special municipal bond election
Juno S.
Union I.ivo Stuck Bliow at Un
ion, June 10-11-12.
Regular Hchoot election from S
to 7 p. in. June 15.
Here from Wallow n
Valley
raiuher vvua In Lu Grande y eater-
day on a hiiNinoHS trip. I
At (he lake
Kd Anderson of Wullowii who ls',D
spending s' veml duyii at Hot Lake
vus a visitor to Iai Gnuide yeater-
Motoml to Wallowa
A. T. llltl motored to Wallowa
yesterday on business. JIo return
I'd lust evening.
In rortlnml
('apt nin 1'aul Hut hawuy, occom
punted by Glenn Thompson
Viet or KrU ley, ure spending
week oiul in Cortland.
To v b ;t lien-
Mr. und Mrs, U. K. Trill Hrrl'-!
1
ed yesterday from Kntorprlse and; Mrs. Hu" Bki'H will have to
w 111 visit relatives here Tor aeverul-hlght for Halt Lak.' city, t 'tah. uf
Hxya. '.ter a few duys spent there visilinj;
, , J friends she will go on to Bisbee,
At llunlliiutoii Arizona, where she will Join her
t l-ran'k Birlew went to Hunting-, husband und they will muke their
ton this morning and will spend 'home.
ihe day there, returning to La "
Grande (hit; evening. .Motored lo linker
. . 1 . Mrs;. K. M. Hall and . dnuuhter,
At Baker
.lins Mildred Webb left yester-'
day morning for Baker to. visit
there for several days at the home
of her brother. Mr. and Mis. Clyde;
Webb.
Lrate tonight
! MII.ssch Goldie and Gladys Ow-
will leave tonight for Kansas,
where they will spend the suiu-1
Iner visit iuj; rebtilves. 1 .
To nltend Ben I ike- Walker
Miss Phyllis Scranton left this
morning Tor Portland where she)
will enter the Benhke-Wtilker Bu-
: Silicsr. College. 1
Had Operation
After an Illness of two
months
M. H. Payton underwent a major
operation Thursday morning nt-'
Grande Itonde llospllal. He fa re
ported getting along nicely at th.
present time.
, L. '
s Here from Baker i
Mrs. Carl Tucker litis, arrived ia
it Grande from Baker. She will -
(ke care of Mrs. George Meserve'n!
3lhlren who have tho whooping.
T pugh while here. Mrs. Tucker is
ir irs. Meservo'R sister.
t Lake
;Mrs. Pred
Zuble. uecompunied
her daughters, lone and Maxlne
1 Miss Kthel Burbrldge. went to
' lllowu Luke
this morning and
week end there.
J! spend tin
sscd Through
lisa Cora McCrae. of Wallowu,
sed through La (.ramie, via au
toilay. on her way to Cheney,
shington, where she will enter
Washington Stale Normal
ool for the summer term.
iiig here
fir. tnd Mrs. L. K.
1" el in Lu Grande
Burbrldge
Thursday
, Pi
Port land and will visit here ;
V'r'veral days with relatives.
la-t night
-s. C. W. Lofiund und her
liter. Miss Zelu Lofiund, left
night for lorest Grove, Leba-
nnd .Medford. They u 111 be
IWO WI'L'KS.
mii l iiloii
iMr. and Mrs. Jim Hutchinson
lie visitors to Lu Grande yester
y from I ' nion. M r. 1 1 utehlusuii
'cashier of the I'nlon Bank.
otitn'd to Pendleton
.' Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Norton mo
1 sred lo Pendleton this morning
-iid will spend the week end with
Mrs. Norton's parents, Mr
' Mrs. Matlhews.
M,r. Cnsey here
W. H. Casey is (n La Grand
business. . Mr. ( 'tisey formerly
made La Grande his home and he
. is also shilling hands with tils ma-
ny friends while here.
Mere on Business
Chas. B. Kruier is in La Grande
from Portland on business. Mr.
Crazier represents the Kqul table
Savings, and Loan Company
porl land.
of
:
. jtlon of offices. In view of the grov. -
lien- Mmpphin hng popularity or uulomobth s us u
Miss Bnth Chenowilh, of Knter- means of transportation." said Mr
prise, whs shopping In Lu Grande Smith.
Vstenluy. She was accompanied' "With downtown land values ut
ijher home up the branch line by high rotes it Is obviously Impossih
i Mae Seals, who is visiting In le to provide free pirklng space."
Memorial Day
TODAY VK PAY A TRIBUTE OF IIONOlt
'( TO OUR SACRED DEAD
j Our Place of Business
j Closed all Day
i
j Clint's Clothiery
i "The Store With a Conscience"
I La Grande
: Heals will
then1.
from Portland. MIhh
spend tho week end
At Boise for week end
MIm M"lha Jlunkit loft lust nlKht
for Hols, Idaho, to upend the
week end there with frlendti.
Returned frum t'ortlnnd
I Mr. und Mrs. V. II. Iteiiter nd
'small son. Hobby, returned Thurs-
day afternoon from a motor trip
(to Portland on n business und pleu-
"re trip. They were one four
Vbdthiy Here-L.
Mrs. J. It. Iuvea, who lias bet
Toronto. Cnnnilii, for Home lime
arrived In La Grande uiul will
visit her for one week at thehoim
of Mr. and Mrs. O. It. Williams,
after whleh she will go to Vancou
ver. R t, where she will join her
husband,
.Motoring to Port land
Mr. und Mrs. A. J. Hlanue and
daughter, June, left this morniuK
by auto for Portland to nixoni-
and- lly Miss Ann HtaiiKe liome. Him
(hyi has been unending school at fit.
j Helens Hall In Portland during the
qpust school year..
1 - 1'v Tonltflit
".Mrs. J. Holmes, who are visiting In
La Grande from Wlnehesier. 11 - j
nho. motored to linker yeBtorday.
They were aceoinpanlcd back to
Ia Grande last evening by their
son. Halbert. They drove to Kn-
lorprlso today for Memorlul ser -
vices there. .Tin y were accom-(
panted iy .Mrs. GeUiles ana ner
daughter
Personal Mention
Wr, McCarthy of Hot Lake
in AK (irande yeslerday.
,
Blrhard Davis, of I'nlon, w aa
uinniiK lie oiu-oi - low n visiiorn in
In this city yesterday.
j
William Bueknell was u business
.visitor to Lu Grande from Portland
yesterday.
'
I.eltoy Parsons, of Lostlne. was
in La Grande yesterday
nctic
busl-
Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Baird,
of
-I'nlon were shopping in La Clrundo
iyesterduv . , i
Miss Chloa Taylor went to Pnlon
Inst evening und will spend tho
day there today. She exacts to j
return to Lu Grande this evening,
Mr. nd Mrs. Shoemaker wero
visitors to Lu Grandu yesterday
from Wullowa.
1 -v.
' Lyal Stiinghum was In La
Grande yesterday from Jinbler.
, . - . .
'..Mlrs Vertle riser was shopping
In Lu Grande yesterday from her
home at I'nlon.
Mrs. Mario Getehll, was In La1
.Grande yesterday from I'nlon.
' "
Marie Murphy whs shopping lu
1 La Grande yesterday. She Is from
.Wallowa.
Prank Sion. of Pumpkin Bidge,
was a business visitor to Lu Grande
yesterday.
Brueo Cox und L. !'. Allen, both
of Wallowa, were visitors lo lt
Grande Thursday
Improved Equipment
May Send Buildings'
Up to Sixty Stories
CLKVKI.ANH. (API Bulldlnr
and owners nnd managers, faced wil h
I improvement h In mechanical e
Mtiiimient w hleh prospect a new
type of office building that can
on raise, Us head to C(i stories, vvlh
glv
this feature prominent dls-
russlon when they meet In conv
(Ion lie re June S-12.
Another project of growing Im-
portmice Is that of the skyscraper Adelheid. wife of prime Adnl
garage, according to Lee Thtuup- berl, has two young children, and
son Smith, president, or the Nation-j
nl Association of Building Owners
and Managers. The availability of
parking facilities may soon become
a determining fuel or In the selec-
Ckild Tortured
I ' ''1
, -4 s
, V '! s j
" :f&'&8 i
witli her hands in stocks and tied
wit li rope around her neck, Mar-'
jor(l KiiZlliH.th NYJiei. (;( us found,
!n tu. atlic uf th(, lnlm. (( IOJ.j
,,Jiri.Mts and Mr:i. Anthony
NVln-r of Chleago. Sereanm of iln-
t.aus,.u ,.iKh,,ora to cuUj
,,0((.t, -
he declared. "The provision of.
parking space is a deiinih' service
that is wortii a charge. This brings'
us s-juarely face-to-lac. with the
question of garages, upo'p which j
their tenants have first call. These
garages, without the use of eleva
tors, run up to eight stories.
"We have recently formed a
committee which i:; devoting much
time to the study of this Important
problem, und it is hoped that this
i;.
committee at the convention will
be a hie to give the association u
definite recommendation for meet-
lng this problem since rental vul-
ucs are being affected in many cit-
ies-by the availability of parking
farilit ie;;."
the convention also will eoiisid-
jer tho extension of tho building
planning service of the oigunl.a-!
tion. which provides for the
ehiteets and owners of prospective
buildings Ihe benefit of the exper-
' tience of lb.. Mm-
the nuttou in idanning their build-
lng.1:.
" The
building planning service,"
sidenl Sin it h. "hat: taken
said Pi
the guesswork out of office build-
lng construction. Its advent murks
t he depart ure of the old type of
.office building monument, built to
(gratify the vanity of a firm or tn-
dividual of wealth without thought
.to its economic soundness."
( Advance regis! rut ion:; indicate
that thcer will be M bast Tun
building
I present.
owners and inahugeri
German Princesses
Lead Simple Lives
In Their Adversity
t POTShAM (AP) The .six wo
men who married 'he -urns of the
i former German emperor now living
i at 1 K.nrii, in ! lot la. id, deprived ol
'the court Iile which they thought
would be Iheici. h:ive turned Jo
, humbler duties in diifervnt parts
lor the country, and appirenllv with
contentment and success. On the
whole thejr lives are iuief. and
given over lo tin cuie of their
children.
The t'orbi"! crown princes ,, i V
cilie, divides tier time between
the ensile at fiois ami Potsdam. A!
(lets idie is aetive in charitable
worl-s. and here she devotes her
self lo Ihe education of her chil
dren, four sons and two daughters.
Sophie ChutlnM". wile of Prince
Kilel Ci ledrh h. lives in seclusion
here with her husband at Villa In-
L-'enhebrl. The cmim1. h:i m m.
children, :tnd !he in ineesM devotes
itiio h time to ailili iies,
wit h Iter husband lives the ijuh t
Iile of country gentry on an esinte
near Hoiubnrg.
Alexandra N'u t'Mia sicnn-il a di
vorce Irom Prime August Wlllodm
in Her son. a b'y or )
ears, is being educjHed at I 'ols
d;.in. She has mairb d a naval cap
tain, i: um:i nn, and lives In Mun
ich. This priueess w.i;; one of Hie
mrwl l.eanlttnl woiim u in Ihe l!o
henzollern f.miily eirele.
tna Marie, the wife uf Prince
linear, still lives In pot.tdarn Willi
In r husl and who. for a time anr
Ihe revolution, work d in a Berlin
bank. She is the mother of thf-e
sons and a daughter, and devotes
her time to the car. of her famil
and lo r h'tne.
Marie AiiguwLt wis married to
Phine.. Joaebim from 1 1 1 ; to llri'o
tint .iu.-t as the itnal decrei- of J-cp.
ara'ioii was about to be irsued.
Joachim (onsinilt'd sohide. jn
.laliuary. lit".'., the prhires mar
ried a country gettllemall. Teddo
llleoert. who bail', (nun an old
la mily of I iresden iiid;il ria lists.
Pbtilda May Aniline
Cottliid nf Boltia
1 TALLAMASSKi:. I la. ( P
.Only siieh boxtng and wi'S'Ilng
matrh'-s as h'lVe been licensed hv
ihe stale boxing and vv r h' ling
commtnsieii be pfitiiitied in
Florida uft-r July 1. under tho
i;o isioi.s of a b.ll b,i:ig toiiKbi-
SAVE -with
SAFETY
DRUGSTORE
It is the fixed policy of
this store to recommend
only ' remedies that are
reliable and to Mi ll them
at fair prices which all
can afrmd. This is more
than gooil business it
is good ctliies.
Aspirin Tablets
itinerate juM what we
Uleal), They iile ni'lde
seieiitii'leaily I'niiu True
aspirin and enry o.ir
personal g iai-antec,
A big bortle of 1 n.T
Pun-test Aspirin Tab
letsand they give al
most immediate relief.
Glass Drugs
Inc.
La Grande, Oregon
plaled y the slaie lei-'islal ure.
The t'limmission. under the mea
sure, would have the :te author
ity to Issue Itcenefis and permits
to conduct, partici;le In, promote,
advertise or officiate at s uch ev
en in.
In addition the cnnuiib'siou
would be vested with full power I')
make and enforce rules for the re
gulation of such exhibitions, and to
hear charges, examine wiinerses
and enforce penalties for the viola
tion of such rules.
The former kaiser continu- s to
say nothing and chop wood.
VMKT MA Ilk IC'I'S
I'ukTI.AMi. t ire. ( P. the As
sociated Press) Yesterday's wheat
itmtutions inclwh-d: hard while,
51.n:C western red. jLTiti.
MAKKLTS LOSi:i
Markels closed trnlay because of
observance of .Memorial d a y
throughout the t'nit'-d Hi ales.
my-.
s- r
4 'K
Markets
it
X'- . a rt-
Mrs. Marl'' pen ry Stafford. t!ie "Snow Baby," so named because she
was born farther north than any other while woman, and the daugh
ter of ihe late Admiral Peary, christens ul Brooklyn, N. Y., the phine
carrier Peary, which will lie use, by Ihe MaeMillan Arctic Kxpedltlnn,
In the giiiop. from left lo right, ure Or. lunuild B. MiicMHIau, Bob
eil I' Peary- Mrs. Peary (widow of the explorer) and Mrs, Stafford.
If.
I 1
4 :
THIS IU ST OK TIIK I'Oriv.
i hill) fur lir Ilr.ly Year, In to
ftftiifti Htftanna, lhr Ainrrlc-iin
flrt lime Ihe rope ever has
3 V
LETTER WASTE
IS AVOIDABLE
WASHINGTON. (API Post
master General New lias deter
mined to attempt to curb careless
correspondents und prod pared
post users who are responsible lor
u drag on Hie postal service which
causes an enormous economic und
considerable linunclal loss each
year.
With u view to reducing dead
letters und parcels, now going to
Ihe dead letter olfice nt the rate
of iH.miujHiu letters und SUS.dUu
parcels a year, (he postmaster gen
eral has designated the week of
J line 1 to 7 us "Better Mailing
Week," during w hicli a nation
wide campaign will hi conducted
to educate everyone to use more
care in the addressing uf mull.
"If everyone who mailed U letter
or parcel put a return address on
Ihe envelope (anil the proper plai i
is the upper left-hand corner, not
the back )," says t he postmaster
general, "t he dead letter office
could be closed und u vast amount
of money, time and energy saved.
More than ;'.t percent of dead let
ters contain no clue to the sender
on thy envelope.
J "Mistakes ure bound to occur,
but Invest gallon of claims und
j tjiuplulnts divulges that. In
vist majority of cases It Is lh-
I mailer rather than the poslul clerk
j who makes tho error. We arc go
ing lo try to .lo better. We ure
striving for thai goal of perfection,
and we would like for you to co
operate with us and help' reducing
that appalling dead letter revenue.
11 can bo done by:
"addressing letters plainly, leav
ing nothing out that will help the
carrier make delivery;
"Putting return address In up
per left-hand corner;
"I'siug strong cord und stout
per."
Of the 1 l.SiKt.dOn pieces of mail
which went to the dead letter of
rice last year, luo.tioo b-tters were
in perfectly blank envelopes
i 'ash removed from dead letters
amounted to jrf.fi;i which was
turned Into the Tutted States trea
sury because its owners could not
lie located owing to lack of re
turn and other addresses. Postage
si amps it mount aing to $ 1 -1 tJ5
were similarly found in undcllver
ablo und unreturnable mail.
Checks, drafts and money orders
amount lug to likewise
were found but they represented
only so much paper because Ihey
I could not be cashed, and have to
i be held a year for reclaiming, then
to be desl royed.
The revenue of the dead letter
office Insufficient to keep that in
stitution functioning but It is nol
, nearly enough to pay the annual
4
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iin liy Franroln (:w p.
hp linvrllrd In Ihr ( hun h of
rhitrrh In Kume. Thbi Hi the
fv.fi fur a foreign trtlx.
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f -i9 A, Jt
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Getting Back to Beer
rvv7e vT 1 1 r"4 Vt.r wd
Viti t zh.
I s l Tv t.Mi J A" '
i hev knew where to go and Ihey w ent there. These people, mostly
Americans, are w-alktug down (he main street of Windsor. Out., 'lo
pull a tew corks and sample the new 4.4 beer. This only purl of tlte
crowd.
Unknown Abyssinia Great
Factor In Africa's Future
NLW YOBK (AP) Abyssinia,
the hermit nation of Africa, Is the
enigma of iniernalional states
manship, according lo the official
report or the Kducatlonal Commis
sion to Kast Africa, which is now
leing distributed by the Phelps
Stokes l-'und. The one great naliv
empire or the African continent.
Abyssinia has recently been admit
ted as a member of the League of
Nations, although so little Is known
of It that the estimates of popula
tion range from 4. hoe, into to
(MMI.OUO.
pncoinuered, unknown and un
developed. Ahyssinia is at once a
country of great material resources
and of serious and difficult prob
lems,' "tlu report continues. "The
most unique eleccnl in the position
of the empire Is its independence
of Kuropejui com rid. The remark
able agrlculi ural possibilities, in
cluding utmost half of the cultlvat
able soil of temperate climates In
Last Africa, must inevitably re
spond to the demand of the world
for tho neceHsilles of life. The In
creasing facility of transportation
and travel will neccs.mrlly compel
the participation of this great em
pire in the economic activities of
civiJiKHtlon.'
"The geographical post! Ion of
Abyssinia In northeast Africa with
Kuropca n colonies encircling its
territory, nut loiui list le l-Jgypt close
ut hand, and restless India not far
away, all add to (he impending
character of Ahys.iiniun poNnthil
it li s.'
Afih-n Awakening.
'in the present awakening of
Africa und especially of Knst Africa
it seems certain that this great
inland ciilpire will be forced upon
the attention of the world.
"The vital problem now confront
ing not only Ahvsslulu but also Last
Africa nand the nations whose
peace and prosperity are Involved,
is how und when that empire Is
to become u factor in world iilfuir.t.
Shall It be by way of oxplullat lou,
whel her by selfish cIiikscm wit bin
Die. empire ,,r by rid bless rivalries
of foreign agencies, t hus adding
allot her element of perplexity in
International relationships? ir
ahull II lie by way or international
ro-operal lott and ( he encourage
ment 0 the Abvsslnians to adopt
!he processes of development based
on sound economics, sound sociol
ogy, sound government aitd above
all, sound edm-ation rehiled to the
physical welfare, the meiital capac
ities Hod t he mora and religious
Ueed.'l of I lie people
The successor lo the famous Km
peror Mcm-iik; who died in I'.M'K,
was deposed In 1 !' Hi for aid l-t "hris
tlan intrigue und a daughter or
Mem-Ilk was named as empress
with her kinsman, Bus Turari, us
prince regent and loir to Ihe
Ihroiie. This ruling fu-tnHy Is com
monly supposed to be descended
l)tl for Httpporl of the "Nlxle," un
post it I einployeu cull U letter or
puree! mo Improperly addressed
(hut tl cannot be delivered to the
oddress'-e nor returned to the nn
der vvilhotit special treatment. Thh;
hpecki) I real ti lent, called directory
service, ertsl.H Ihe laxtiayers $1.7-10,-tali
a year. In New York City u
lone costs $!'H a d.ey to hmk up
uildresMeH. Approximately jiMi.umi,
una pieces of mail yearly ure kiv-
n dlreeioi y servlee. The simple
i.dditlnu of u return addreKs would
obv late it entirely jm.h otnclals
HIGH CUSS VAUDEVILLE BILL AT THE
ARCADE SUNDAY
Headed by "The Pan-American Four" late with the Shuffle Along Co.
We Riiarantee this bill to be one of the best on the circuit.
Orchestra and Pictures.
TODAY
"INEZ FROM HOLLYWOOD"
With ANNA (J. NILSSON and LEWIS STONE
from Solomon and the Queen of
Sheba. The Abysslnluns ure Chris
tiana of the undent Coptic church.
The masses are eager for education
but Ihe patriarch Is said to be un
friendly to the activities of mis
sionuries of other faiths. On the
other hand Bus Tafari gives every
evidence of wanting lo co-operate.
Mot Cuimble People.
In summing up this "land of
striking contrasts" the report says
that the Ahyssinlaits ure "possibly
the most eaiuible of African peo
ple, certainly the most highly de
veloped In native governmental and
community organisation, but ntnong
the most backward of all Africa In
the benj-flts of sanitation ami hy
giene, almost entirely lacking In
the advantages of school systems,
strikingly burren of the necessities
and conveniences or civilized home,
and remarkably sepuruted from tho
FEED
Hulled onls
1 tolled barley
Whole corn
Cracked corn
Ylimln lvbfMit
Cracked wheat
Mill feed
Hereon lugs,
Hn by chick feed
Oyster slielt
;rlt
Hum lfly
Kornttii feed
Ask Our Prices,
La (irande
Warehouse &
Storage Co.
Phono Main 791
ti
Embroidery Threads - Heads and Koxed Gilts
Art & Baby Shop
'i:vi;liviiiiN5 I'oit Tim iiahv
IMSIHCIIIM; llolol Konimcr IIUlK. STAMI'INO
llll-riKllK'IC I-ATI MIINS l. M. i. TIMKAI
HttinulatioriM and protlta of Inierim-
tional exchange. The elimination' .
of these strange and Interesting-"
contrasts Is a prodigious task."
I r. Thomas Jessie Jones, edu
cational director or the Phelp:
Stokejt fund, heudel Ihe commis
sion which spent six mouths in Kas
Africa, supplementing a similar .
study which was made, under his
leadership in West, South and
Kquuiorial Africa In IDo.
At the spring meeting of the Na
tional Automobile Chamber of
'onimercu held recently in New
York City. It was decided that the
next annual New Yoik Automobibi
show be held at Grand Central Pa
lace. The change two years ago lo
the iig Armory was made In-caus-,-exhibition
space was inadequate,
und entrances and exits were too
limited to handle the crowds. TIm
Palaeu has added tin entrance on
Park Avenue; built new bridges
connecting the third und four! h
floors with the new Park-Lexington
Building; provided tin eiitrunco
for exhtbtors and dealers and has
doubled the elevator service.
UOTEt ASTOD
2nd & II iU Loi Am.Im
EVERY ROOM has PRIVATE TOILET
50 Baths New, Modern
Close to Shopping District and Theatres -FREE
GARAGE Tariff bm $1.50
SPECIAL
Another shipment of
these shot's at the same
low prices:
Ladies' Two-strap Kid
Comfort Pumps..$2.95
Ladies' One-strap, Kid
Pumps $2.95
Ladies' One-strap Pat
ent Pump 52.9.)
Turkish Towels, 18x3P,
2 for Me
Men's Athletic Union
Suils 49c
The New York
Store
til Id Ad a mi
Exchange
Two family limine
ou rirsl SI., to ex
change for ti good
HiiuWMw vmumi
0
1'lv c-acre tract with
extra good Improve
ments hi .May Park
to evebuuge for city
properly or n gootl
new atitu.
WEKKS & BLACK
iti-:AinKs
New 1'idcy Itldtf.
Ininaiice - Inuif
Children's
Clothes
Kvoijthin!;' Kiom
Hose to Hats
Hiickliiwl U u (1 e v w car,
Vests, Hloonicii'., downs, etc.
Dresses and Suits, Hats,
Caps and lionnets.
Coats for girh and boys.