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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1925)
Monday. June 15, 1025. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Page Five Local News In Brief COMING EVENTS It''rulnr school election from 2 to 7 j. in. June 10. Mr. Juis better Miw. Alex I uvis, who lias been very, III tor tlio p.ist month at her home ii car here, hi reported im proving at the present (bur, Her daughter. Miss Nellie Davis, wan called homo from California, lo be ' with her mother. Airl veil from Grand Junction--. Mr. and .Mrs. I,. Harper have arrived in l.a Grande Horn Grand Junction. Colorado, and expect to inn Ue. La Grande their fit turn hoiuu. M r. and Mrs. Harper are the parents of Mrs. Walter S. Price of the Plggly Wlggly store here. To in.uk e home hero ; Mi', and Mih. I.. It. Punly. of (rand Junction, Colorado, have ar rived in I -a Grand- and will maUe this city their home. On business .Miss Klsie Dachetdor, of Port land, representative of the A liter if in I-M lien tional Association of Portland, went lo Wallowa, lit In morning on a few days business trip,! 1 Unite from SHtkanc Miss Iteryl Jones lias relit rued to her homo, in IJa iGi'andc after spending the p;iHt three weeks In Vpokiine. Washington. She alt end -ed Coninieneenient cxeiciscs there. Home from ('nUe;e , ' - Mi.ss Gertrude Wagoner haa 're turned to her home in l.a Grande, . after spending the past year a stu dent at the l iitversiiy of Oregon at Kugene, Visit relative .Miss Miieiyii i.eanion. of noise, I w;:r in Ha Grande this morning on her way to Wallowa. She will sit for two weeks with her grand - mother and other relatives at Will. low i and Losttne, , . Weni I nteiinl' Mrs. Kloyd Mann, accompanied ' bv her sm:ill son. Hobby, went to in i.ii miwi ini. i i in rihillMimililMI 1 And Stormed until at times we had more than we could serve, because this event found us prepared with Quality Merchandise to back up every promise that promise of -Values and Bargains. That's the promise that. La Grande people have faith in the promise that caused them to pack and jam this store every minute of the day . Saturday and Monday.. The Clothing Went Like Wild Fire! Men bought as they never did before. Why not! Loss than July clean-up sale prices were put into force RIGHT NOW early in June. It a store-wide lowering of a!l prices down to a point making escape from buying practically an impossibility to any man, young man or boy interested in new. Clothes, Furnishings, Hats or Shoes. A Half or More of MUST BE 4 Lower Prices Will Do The Work The tangled mass of merchandise accumulating from Saturday and Monday's sell ing will be straightened up and we will be all ready for the crowds that are coming Tuesday, and every day this week. i M Style Quality Knterprisc thin iihuiuiik on th brunch line (ruin, They will visit with Mia. Mann's parents liters. Alls- Horothy Mann, wlio has been visiting Hun- lor some time will return home with them. lU'liiniitl frum Portland .Miss lna Scott returned to her home at Joseph thin morning af ter spending ho me time In Port land a student ut the It, -nkc Walk er IIUslUfMH cllege. ltetnnietl home. Mr. and Mih. Kred Smith re tin li ed to I .a (itiinde this morning on train No. 2i, after visiting with tlteir daughter. Mis. honald Nich ols at Seattle, Washing! n. They al so visited at Monroe, while away. They Were gotte two weeks. Weill to Alicel Mis Krline Blrchf leld returned to Alicel tills morning where she Is employed. She was accompani ed by her sister. Miss (Mile Hirch field, who will visit with ln-r tor several days. .'Kiting yesterday Yesterday must have been a hum day Tor fishing as H. W. Tel era, chief dispatcher for the O. W. H. and N. Company, who claims to be the best deep w-ulcr fisherman in Oregon, came back lo l.a Grande last evening with only om fish and J. C. McKarland. truln dispatcher, who says he is the best fisherman in the west, ret in ned home w ith only ten. They were fishiut,' in the Wallowa. Hiver. Mairiaye license IssHied Marriage licenses w ere Issued Saturday lo Walter Cross and Miss Dorothy Wink, both ni Klgin, ami to Herbert Dewey' Cassidy, of Ma ker, and Doris Nodine, ol I'nion. At tended Commencement Mrs. Harry Turner has returned lo her home in l.a Grande after attending the graduat ion exercises of her nephew, Harry A. Kuochs from Puget Hound I niversity at Taconia, Washington, last Wednes-iby vl-l,,v. she also attended the Daugh 'n.ra of the Nile Ceremonial at port umi last Monday. j , Won third According to word received in .tl Grande I'nion Slake M. I. A. won third place in the yom.g la- We Weathered Tuesday at 'THE STORE WITH dies pulilic speaking contest held during the M. 1. A. Jubilee at Salt Ijiko 'It y, I'tah, Miss Kossoin, of I taker, represented the I'nion stake. ! Here from lies Moines Mr. and Mrs. C, A. Heaver, of Hes Molm-s. Iowa, arrived In l.a Grande Inst night for a visit wit h their daughter and so.i-ln-lnw, Mr. and Mrs. K. It. Appleby. They will visit several pluces in the North west. Mr. Heaver la in the brick and tile manufacturing business in lowu. Iteiurued lo I.lgin Mrs. Cora Cowan and two child ren returned to Klgtn this morning after spending the past lour days in l.a Grande visiting Mrs. Sulli van here. They went to Pendle ton yesterday and spent the day j then'. ltetnnietl o Pendleton M r. a n d M rs. J . T. Tlictni I son returned to their home at Pendle ton Saturlay after visiting In l.a Grande at Liu home of their daug hter. Mrs. George 1 trace, since Wednesday. Attended tournament Mr. and Mrs. It. K. W-ut kin's, ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. Itoy 'urrey mid Miss, Fonda. Hanks motored to Walla Walia, Washing toll, early Sunday morning and at tended the Golf tournament there. Here for week end 'Mr. and Mrs. li-n Oshorm of, Milton, spent (he week end in l.a Grande at . the home of their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. I . Put inun. Attended Conference Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Krdly. or Halter, spent the week end in l.ti Grande. They attended the I .. 1 ). S. Conference hero Saturday und Sunday. Here from sail like t Hiram G. Smith, Patriarch of I he I,. D. S. I "liurch, from Salt Lake City, t'tah. spent the v ek end in l.a Grande. Mr. Smith won a principal speaker at the !. D. S. conference here. Home from .Mcdi'ord Miss Zola I.ofiand. accomp.tnied her mother. Mis. C. W. I.of iand. has returned to l.a Grande after spending th.-pal two weeks Iteturiied rrom I da bo at Medford. Oregon. I Mr. and Mrs. John Wright have returned to their home in Ha ArrHeil yesterday Grande after a two weeks trip to Mr. and Mrs.' Harold Iktk-r ar- Idaho, where they visited their rived In l.a Grande yesterday from daughter, Mrs. Zella Ditterly. Seattle, Wash log! on. They made They report an excellent Irljv 9:00 A. This Stock SOLD A CONSCIENCE" On Trains And Vacations letters must often bo written without the con venience of a desk -frequently In a hurry. Lord Baltimore Writing Portfolios tire made for j ifcl such emergencies. The writ ing case cover, plaiv.l on lap, knee or chair arm supplies the ties!;, and the paper is fabric finished stock of high quality. Coin pi etc outfit with 50 sheets and "4 envelopea. 50c Glass Drugs Inc. La Grande, Oregon the trip by auto leaving Seattle Saturday afternoon at :i:30 o'clock and arriving here yesterday at ten o'clock. They will visit here tor two w eeks v il h M i . Maker's sis ter. Mrs. 1.. T. Kiugsley anil his mother Mrs. Oliver Hoyes. Here yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hell. aecom pan led by Chester Lechance mo tored to l.a Gramle yesterday from Wallowa and spent the day at the J. C. French home Jterc. Values Bargains gui nil ,T It One -Man Graduating Class Mclbourn C. Hosp war the only prod ua to at the Aiken School for Boys at Kunsu City. William Allen White, left, editor of Emporia. Kaa., de live red the commencement address, urging Hosp to "hold back those changing too rapidly or spued up those who are holding back." Uelilrnetl 1 ionic Mrs. Charles Cleaver, who has hetm visiting in l.a Grande for the pat Week with Mrs. William Mill er, was joined here yesterday by Mr. 'Cleaver, who has been In Ne braska and lowu for the past three weeks' visiting relatives, ond t ho two ryturncd to their home at lia ble r..- Motored in Heliv Mr. and Mrs. Harold Herron mo tored lo Helix Saturday evening" and spent, the night there with Mr. and M rs. Hert Warren. Sunday they went to Walla Walla. Wash ington, and spent the day there vi siting friends. Mere from itoepn Station Agent K. M. Calvery, of Joseph, motored to ai Grande Sat urday and spent the week end here. tuartct Given Praise In the recent issue of the Pacif ir Northwest Heal K.state Hulb'tln Hi comment on I he recent conven tion Includes the following: "the l.a Grande boys had their quartet present, and I hey promised us that the quartet will be oil the Job at ISelllugitam. l.a Grande Is going after the convention for HtL'ii, and our prediction Is that if they bring I he quartet with them, any city that takes the honors away from litem will know il hay been thru a battle," Personal Mention j Herman Siegi-lst. has returned from a 'biotor tr( to Portland. ! Mrs. J. I.. Posh r went to M'gin thin morning on the branch Mn train on a business trip. She mak ies her home neai Island City. Mrs. Grace Ilolllngswort h turned to her home at Vincent, this morning after spending a short lime shopping here. Geojffe Jtatcliff returned to Vln cent this morning alter .spending. the night in l.a Grande on busl Mis. C. M. Hutchinson wenL to Joseph this morning to spend tin day I here on business. . . Miss I l is 1 1 ughes went to Hine Inirt Ibis morning to visit there for some time. j I ioherl Sullivan has accepted i position at. I'nion. P HITI.AN l MAHM.TS POUTI.ANM. Ore. t I : the Ah sociated Press). Cuttle steady: bogs 11,'ic lo :if.e higher; sheep, stow today. HgKS and buttei fat steady; bul- I terfat He. S.V l-'HANCISCti1 (Hy the As sociated Pri-HSj. llulterfat ft-ie tore today. Quits Guard in;or General ocorgc c. Kicioinis tvill 1'ivn tin hl nont In Wnshlnutofi ' Markets . .At fejhnii chief of th militia bureau nmlf(ir ,hHr lU(,rry throughout t-4 rttu, U hl homc ln 011 ,M-'city and In some sections i "r Tr-,,t Prior to opening h cam- pii't-n for election to Congros.i. JUDGE DENIES ANY "BAITING" OF TOURISTS (Continued from Page One.) be done about tourist baiting in l.a Grande. It Is not sufficient to warn travelers to avoid (he town. They must go through but they arc not stopping any longer than nec eccary because of this reputation." In cloHlng. Judge Hrady remark ed that when John Hrady, the editor, was on trial he was of the opinion that he should bo allow ed to go free becnusu he had made tin mistake of taking the wrong road Hiid thought that hi' was right In trying to ntiike up time. Hut the judge couldn't see it that way. LA GRANDE LEAD CUT BY BAKER (Continued from Pago One.) the management of the I. a Grande club released WllllaiiM, shortstop, and I Mitch Holtz, first baseman, today, and more re leases may follow within a fe.v days. Harris Krcnch, manager of t he J 'I rates, has several men In prospect to fill the vacancies nnd expects to have the club up t winning strength for the return game with 'Haker here, next Sun day. Peculiar Situation Kxlsls. La Grande still - retains a one game bad over Halter and Pen dleton with six games won and i hree lost. Maker and Pendleton an; tied for..second with five games on the credit side and four1 on the debit column. AValla Walla Is In the cellar . with two games won and seven lost. The league t bus presents a peculiar situa tion with three teams above .6 'Mi and one below ,2f0. Should l.u Grande lose to Halter next Sun day and Pendleton win a ret urn giime with Walla Walla, all three teams would be tied for first place in t he league, l.a Grande I 2 A 4 li C 7 S ! Huns a 1 2 o a 0 o 0 n :t Hits o J a 1 1 o 0 1 0 7 I hi kcr Huns 0 ii 2 3 n o 0 I It Hits I li I 2 2 1 I 2 --Hi HiittcrieM: ,u Grande: lbdn and flarth; linker: Hrandt ami Howeis.1 pi;mu;ton is virion Pi;.ll.lI'(N (Special). Pi db'ton and Poker maintained their' tie for second place In t he HI tie Mountain league when Pendle ton defeated Walla Walla, 4 to J, and Ha Iter walloped Ha Grande, ! to :i In today's games. Peiidieton won on its ability to ontiect with Partis offerings al op port tine moments. I Mm lay, south- iaw ace. l.-l the Walla Walla lub down with two hits, one in t be first and one In t he ninth,' Idle Pan Is allowed but six hits, md struck o it eight. Hunlap whiffed 1 4. Pendleton scored one run in the' second, third, fourth ami slxt h. In the first of the ninth with Hlackman on base, O'Kourke lam-' basted one of luinlap's offerings into deep center field for il home run. For Pendleton Ha rl nd knocked out a four-base chit In the slxl h with no one on. Score: It. If. K. Walla Walla 2 2 0 Pcndb ton 4 (i 4 CHICAGO ( A 11 While Chh ogo eanirhind slugtfered under the most rrlfic blow In lis history, guns, blazed Sunday morning, sending i i' man to the hoHpltal with dan rous wounds and Intensifying the police drive against, the under world prccipitulcd by the killing of Charles Tn-inblry, babllue of the Hhie (loose tnn, was th victim of the uukown as,illants. The shoot ing was witnessed by ro peiKons. Meiinuhlle the consolidal I'd for ceM of the police department, sta te's attorney's offh-eH and sheriff I are .jiKing a drive against vlob-n-l ce whieh at d o'ebick Sunday nlnht 1 was officially reported to have net-1 ted arrests of 2t0 suspects. Six thoiisind polc"iMcn spurred in by Chler of Col lee Collins' or der that by Mote lay every ganufsler inust be behind the liars. Hftirched the ity und In sortie sections made prael tea lly ft house-to-house drive. Arum, ummuiiltlon und ll'juor were POLICE ROUND UP GANGSTERS COMPANY GETS HIGH RATING (Continued from rage One.) Jackson it is not a very beaut l f il place. It is situated on a level prairie covered with short grass. The soil is rocky und very hard. I pon arriving In camp the com pany began driving tent pegs and arranging cots. Tom G Williams, Sidney Heed und Cecil Stilca were given K. P. for tho day. The men worked steadily until about 1 ::tti o'clock whin dinner was served. The dinner consisting of fried ham, mashed potatoes, peas, jam and coffee, was pronounced u success. After dinner the assembly was sounded and the company fell in for stuad arrangement ami teat pitching demonstration. At 5 the company was turned loose and most of the men went to Med ford. Ill the special details were Hussell Price and Ml I ford Wheel er, orderlies, und Kenkles, Gates und Shanks, guard duty. CleanliiievM I ho Watchword Kach siiuud is assigned to u tent and is responsible for it and the street directly in front of it Cleanliness Is the watchword of the camp. Kvery effort is being made by the officers lo make the camp cleaner und more conven ient. If the plans of the Medford Chamber of Commerce arc car ried out tho nuccess of the camp Is ansa red. I he program lucl id free dances and movies, uulo trips. music, etc. riVi; I'Alt WKKTKHN TKAMK i;vn;it run polo titm; CGl.OHAIH) SPHIN'OS. Colo. (AP Preliminary play to the na tional polo championship will be gin August 1" when five teams from the western Hocky Mountain division meet here in an elimina tion tournament. Krom the teams entered will be selected a, quartet to contest with the tournament winner of ; he Hastern Hocky Mountain division, which will he determined at Kort Leavenworth. Kan., June 21. I dvlslnnal winners will compete In the national Inter-clrctilt tourna ment to be held ut Philadelphia next fall. The five teams entered In the western mountain sections ure; ttroadmoor nnd Colorado Springs. both of this city: the army officers' fours from Port l. A. Hussell. Cheyenne. Wyo.. and Port Meade, South Uakola; and tho Wichita, Kan., iiuaiiet. Tim Broadmoor team at present reigns u fnvorile. having number ed among lis players several gath ered from the famous Mldwiek team of l.os Angeles. Phe hand that rocks the sterini: gear Is the hand that ruins the world. A girl friend tells us she refun. ed ii man's heart because his lace v-chl iWth UjyH.' hn-MiiM-i', ECONOMY! Von will find the great r( economy in buying at the New York Stint'. Your dol lar will always carry n dou ble load. One buying pow er makes this possible. Com pare our piitv nnd you will find thai they are the low est. Visit our Mure licfoiu buying. The New York Store Destroyers of High Prices 1216 Adams. Aw. See Our Windows Buy This Home 5 - room iiiodcrii IxniM1, close hi no ) Aw., K:tSO(l; KI.OiHi cuh. balance lernis. 2 acres of rimmI hi ml, 2 -room liou-e on atMMi street. I,.VM, 0 M7 1 neicK Irrigitt eil near Union. J'llcc $(,rIMI; 2HIO vnsU, balance terms. WEEKS & HLAC& !ti;,i.TGit 'eV hUj Hbl. Iiisunimc - I -onus Notions and Gifts TUVH I'nl: TI.K I '1 1 1 I.I Mi ION IIUXKIl (III--IH I'Olt KVKIiV I'M-; HAITI. DM Kelt Till-; ll.MIV I'lNKKK TOVK. I'lV. Art & Baby Shop 'i:vi:nvTiiiN( i on thf, nAiir" HESISTITrillMJ lliilrl Koiiimir IIM. KI'A"tllIJl uirrruucK rATTEiuia . i. o. thhead About Billion One ; Thousand Million, Etc! ; (Continued from Page One.) ' conversation of this kind, then it' safe to say you never tried. " ' ; ; What official Washington can'i understand Ik why almost cv'ry Chinese who com en to this coun try for nn education returns home ; a "red rail leal." American edut f cation doesn't work that way on most Americans. Why hut it so Jazzy un effect on the Chinese? ' The correct unswer Is that it Isn't so. The facts arc these: "Treat 'em rough." Is tin? uttl tudu of the typical foreign rcsi- '. dent of China toward the Chinese. Governiiieiitally America, has been more considerate of China than any other countryexcept recently and doubtless for her own purpo.scH. KumnIu. Hut the aver: age individual American in China ; treats the Chinese much us they're treated by the rest of the foreign sojourners there harshly, arro gantly, often even ubusively, to the point or blows. The mases of the Chinese, , peaceable and patient far past vir t lie's point, and too densely Ig norant and downtrodden to possess it spark of spirit or so much us realize what they're being sub- ; jected to. uecept all this as part of. .' their day's work and say nothing1. Hut when an occidentally-trulned young Chinaman returns to his native land, with western ideas bred Into his mind and much of Ids racial meekness bred out of It, it angers him to see his country men knocked about without re senling l. "1 wouldn't stand that. he advises. "He's a Holshevik,'' exclaims every foreigner within hearing. They honestly think soi too, and that's tho way the news Ls sent hack , home. . ? ' '. That Hussla seeks to win the Chinese to herself by arousing antagonism among them ngilnst the rest of the world probably is' true. The worst of It is that the,., t rest of the world's behavior to ward China has been such us to' make this pretty easy to do. . UOTEL ASTOD , 2nd Hill Lm Am.!., IV EVERY ROOM h PRIVATE TOltfr " 50 S n.ih. New, Modem '. Close to Shopping District and Theatres FREE GARAGE Tariff from $1.50 She worked In u "Hargain Haseiuent." Just a poor girt. Hut glamoro is. ( Kager to live. Who wanted happiness. Had never had a good time. Had never had love. And a man came along. A mil- ' 1 tonal re. Her millionaire. Promises. Playing with love Tor a week. And after that. Hack to work. .Memories. Then, a big surprise. Oh! She- marvelled. She danced. She cried. With Joy. K.:o her! . VIRGINIA VALLI and NORM AN KERRY "THE PRICE OF PLEASURE" HKN Tl'RI'IN In "A Kitsplieny Ilomuncc" And Fox Kriuciition "The Hull Fight" Eager for Love! JINN TODAY Tin1 10(1