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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1925)
' THE CX GRANDE eShENING bBSERVElT Thursday, DecemW 10, 192"). Pacrc Five ' 1 Local News In Brief COMING F.VKXTS. December 28 Kleotlon to voto 11 1 mi school- midget To I'liinn nil llusliicss . '. H. 1 Andrew, J. il. Thompson anil Jon Smith mpde a short bus iness trip to Vtiton ycstcrduy. 7 At Hot Uikc ; Chris l.und, who has been' JH , for some tlint. is now at Hoi Lake : wiiiatorlum receiving medicul aid. Ill fft. Ilbmo V Oonnld Kunk was unable to, he at work at the Hed Cross Jirug store yesterday hecuu.se of Illness. jktTtS OIL llH.-dllCSS I Janu s Clifford, of Wallowa, was In Jjl Grando Wednesday on bus iness. Ho registered at the Ho 111 iwt hotel. ' , to Voi-Daml i Returns From CiWornla . Mrs. Charles Ontnp and bcr fa- I 1 MrHm ,K. courliicv returned to ther, Air. tinvin, ln this- mornttiK her home in l.a Grande this nmrn for J'nrttand, where they will vltilt-1 in- iroin San r'raiieKeo. Callfor friends. jniiu where she was culled i,y the Molhcr ami Itnhy o Home K Mrs. Clyde Hunting and her ba . ly hov returned homo from the. Jiospital toduy. Mrs. Umb Is Recuperating in yesterday's issue or The CUmer Mrs Roberta lotmh has recov- v,.r t.,,Uort shot- were quoted at ered Hnfl'iclently from her recent ' $4,or, 1U)(l ,vri,u,, ,,i(,npa at $(i.yo. operation to leuVo - the Grande., Tllu ni-lers should have been: eom- Itondo hospital today. On Way to Imblen K. O. Bloom, of J-Yopwater, was in the city this morning on his way to lmhlr, where he will he em ployed for the next three weeks. Itetnnis From HnCer j ; Mrs. Anna rltilman, who has j been in Raker for a short time on business, has returned to her home lie re. Hero From lortland t larence "Kat" t'tapp arrived injointest Draws Attention l.a CSiande this mornlns: from 1'ort- , laun, wnere ne now numes jus home, and will visit here for some time with relatives and friends. He formerly lived in La Grande. In City From TnlOll . - Mr. ana 3irs. i ranK 1 onnor ana : Mr. and Mrs. Kd Miller and fa m- 1 fly. nil of Union were in I,a Grtin. de Tuesday night. Then atended 1,'IJlossom. Time." left for California . After visiting at renuieion ami ;inost appvopriate names submit Helix ror some time Ivs. Klla.ted. The first prize is the. diamond lenders of this city, has left for ! rjng lts. il; the second, a $10 nier- ; Calltornla, where she will spend I t-htindlse check, and Die third, n the winter. , Pci'vv Patient leaves llwpllal rs. I.. Jj. orthcott, who was ! operated upon at the Grande Ron . lie hospital recently, returned to . iJier home at perry today. S - 7-,'-. 'To Visit Pnii'iits Mrs.1 WiHlum "Workman went to Knlerprisc this morning. whe?e she will visit her parents for several davs. She arrived in l.a Grande yesterday from her home at IVnd and visited lust night with Mr. Workman's mother here. To Attend District .Meeting i Miss Gene Workman lias return ed to Iai Grande after attending a . meeting of telephone operators from all over the state at Portland, fihe will go to Pendleton this eve ning, as a representative fnm. the local telephone office, to attend a district meeting. II 01 ne From Tdeilo Mrs. K. A.. Thornburg was in I .a Grande this morning on her ' way home to Knterpri.se. She has been at Toledo, Oregon with her daugh ter, who underwent an oper.it ion for Appendicitis, for tho ptisi two weeks. ,1 11 ton Grange to Meet 1 ' 4 Dr. w. T. Phy. master of the nion Grange, announces that the egulnr meeting tonight will fea ture the program announced for Iwo weeks ago. J. A. Nice, of North Powder, who was to assist them was III and could not come. Rut he. nnd a delegation from his Xmas AT CLINT'S Our Store just brimful of u-ful Xmas Gifts for Men and Hoys of Qualily Wearing Apparel at Moderate Prices. iint5 imnm 'THE STORE WITH group as well as u representation from the M'-illcul. springs Grange will atii-nd this evening's meeting, , Mrn. .Minnie (;. Bond, lecturer of fh I Iriii'nti urnti. r:miiiu will j liver u tulk, ami J r. 1'hy Is to speak. rrrnr CiiTi'r1'd In the heading of a frontpage story in las: nlRhr's issue of The Observer the. following "Father and Sons will I dne Tomorrow l-'venlng" should buve rend "Pa til ers and Nons Will Dine Friday Evening-" ! !lrle I'm "(Utissuin Time" Mrn. Hector McDonald and Ira. Charles Hunter motored to m Grande from Wallowa Tuch. even ing and attended "Blossom Time" presented at the Arcade theatre that evening.' They remained here all night and returned to Wallowa yesterday. . 1 illness or ln r broiher, Robert Mur- ray. de. Jle also returned to J.a Gran- Prlcc-s TnuisjHwd in .1. C l'entlev's advert iscmcnt fort shoes $tf.it0 and lined pumps Htattv (J unices 'i iiiH Tlie Motor 'Transit company an-noimt-'-d thLs morning that the sluice that formerly h-it Joseph at !t n'i-!iii-L- l.i t )w 11 l icrnnnn will now i(.ttvc, there at 2:15 o'clock. arrivini' in l.u Crande 45 minutes rarlier than before. They will con tinue this schedule during the winter months for better connect ions and service. A ,.nitue contest is ottractlnff i considerable attention to the show wiudew of the Himie's jewelry ; store, where a beautiful diamond I rinj?-v;lihout-a-namo basks in the hulm'ra!'o ot passerby while it waits to be awarded to the lucky contestant. There are only two ,nor.. davs.tn which a name muv the submitted, the contest . closinir it ! p. m. Dec. 12. Superintendent J. T. Longrellow, Mrs. W. 1'. Mc Adory and Robert S. LOaktn have been chosen to decide the three na-reluindise check. Consolidation Statute Not Favored by I. C. C. (ContJmifid from I'age One.) train control devices, the report, continued. A slight reduction in the number of accidents at grade crossings alf-o was voted, from 5, "is in 1 11 2 :t to fi.rjn in HiL'4. In its task of fixing the valuation of the railroads of the country un dertaken several years ago, the com mission reported considerable progress. With respect to steam railroads, !3 percent of the an connllng reports, 70 percent of the i-ngineeiing reports, and t!4 percent of. the land reports have been ram- , pleted. while work on the balance was sabi to be well advanced. The valuation work is linked with the reriipiiuv by the ("nited States of half of railroad earnings which ix- cei-d a "tair return" and ihis was I declared to have brought payments lof $r.!t-tl,K:s;i to "the 'I'reasury. where they are placed in a rail road contingent innd. The issuance by rail roads of Re. ciicitics having a. total par value of $ !Hi7,777.0nt was approved dur ing th" year, and among the more J important of its uetlvities directly to ehiff railroad charges.- Die re port noted action taken under the 1 loch -Smith congressional resolu tion, which din-d 'd investigation particularly or rates on agricultur al products. The situation in the western half of the country, it A CONSCIENCE Gifts SAYS PEOPLE DEGEN T G HOT I.AKK (Speelul). That Im proved methods of transportation. wfth alt their advantages, have brought a deKenerutton of clvfliRi tion .was tlie theme- of a short' lall iflven by Dr. W. T- Phy when: u program wax J) old liure hust nlKht. "A I ways i n t lit west wa rd t re !; of civiliKatioii." said Dr. Phy. "we find only the- bravest, the stronif-l est ami the most courntfeous set- Un& forth to new lands wheat transportation Is difficult and haz ardous. This was true ' wh.ni America was settled. It was true when tho first hardy pioneer pushed westward . to our Pacific, coast. The defeneration of the first fine American slock, of Hie residents settling states like Ore-. iron.) has always come when ront.-i and methods of transportation were made easy and open: to all." J Dr. Phy, In speaking of the air i plum, declared that no one can; predict' what revolution It will have made both in pusonwer an I , freight traffic wllhln even the; next' flvt yenrtk Three sjudents of the i,n Grande' hlRh school, Tom Hruce, Dae r'haNton and Jack Ulatt, droe out to the lake for tho proprain and assisted with sever! muslril. mi tube 1 a. Tlruce offered a solo. , "My Wild Irish Hose," Hlalt hell! the audience with some of his, jazz,-while t'barlton and llruee tfnve a Ktiip of popMlnr duets. A, liriscoc, oiKanlst at the Pendleton theater, also sanff a Stoup of HOnffH. High Officials Will Charles P, Oh ling, deputy gland worthy president of the Fraternal Order of Kagles, O. K, l.ee, state president, and William Mills, state secretary, arrived in La Grande to day nnd will address a meeting of the local aerie at 7:30 o'clock this evening at Kagles hull.. The lodge is putting on an In itiation in honor of the state presi dent. The three officers and the degree team of I-a Grande will go to Rwker tomorrow, where they will help Initiate u large class Into the Raker aerie. : -i ttzi rp,. 1 i i- ! i r i . I un m circuu toun (Continued from Page One.) According to the liushnells. 311 e was enticed from their home by George Wilson, defendant in the case ,vho will seek to prove that he was justified in removing her I from an undesirable situation. The Uushnells, it is said, are foster parents of several girls. They re sent the alleged interference of Wilson, und others ."whopi testimony will draw Into the case, and are seeking to bring l.illle back into their home. i Adoption papers admitted as testimony show full lie to be under the age or' HI . 1 Her mother, who was in Die courtroom this morning, and who says that the girl was adopted without her conesnt or knowledge; declared to an'attorney In the cor ridor that the girl Is nearly a year older than her foster, parents have testified. 11. J. Kitchen represents the prosecuting witness. H. I. Hess Is attorney for the defense. The dis trict attorney, Carl G. 1 b-lm. Is present as counsel for the slate. Jack Hilary Will Face A More Serious Charge (Continued from Tniro One.) near future. The dismissal ot the charK' of cruelty to animals will also result in the emilnp off of Hilarys trial set for next Monday. Union Pig Club Boys Reorganize For 1920 The Tnlon pifr club boys re-organized yesterday afternoon "with the help of the county URcnt. H. G-. Avery with Uoyd KdwardH, or the I'nion experiment station, as lender of the club. Several oT the boys are planning to buy purebred piKs this year and expect to take away somP of the prizes that have been Rotmr to the Oove. Imbler dnd Island City bos durinff the next year. Tn New York, when n mun vnk cb up shot he wonders If It was hln wife, or a butKlar. ReadinK the New York ilispalch es Indicate bis Rrent white way 's rejily her (treat fight way. s id. mas been brought und r ex amination In pruceedltirs und'-rtli resolution. "Although thf hearings now being held In the western diMrlet are broad In scope,' the report ad fled, "It Is recognized they will not afford a record upon which the mandate of the Hoeh-Hmtth reso lution can be fully compiled Mlth. even In the western diMet. How ever, h" is hop"d that these )it-ar-ings will afford a means wljerby situations of pn-sMiig lmptriince in the western illstrlrt may be brought before us for consideration prior to a more comprehensive study to he made of the rnte struc ture as a whole. "We are now cngiiged in work ing out the detslts-of a comprehen sive plan for such S- study; The tank assigned to ns by the resniu tton ts en1 of magnltud'' whi' h it will t:ik' time to complete, f'ur rnt work Is tntlng the eapaetv of oiir forct and when the nation wide study wp contemphtf' r nn d?r way thow forces will be mnd luate yj)wSl.lV'T'''iwt.S What Shall I Give Him this Christmas? Here Arc a Tew SiiKKt-stion: f lira vs. pipes and tic cvssorles for the smoker safety razors, sha inw necessities for dad and big luother. Photo Albums lor last sum mer's pictures and a iit-w t'amera or Kodak for pext 's immer bath spray shavimr mirror vacuum bottle, etc. Your Itexnll K:ore Will Silt Your Gift Problem. Come llnrlv -Things Arct.o InjC I'ltst, Glass Drugs Inc. La Grande, Oregon PORTLAND GRAIN' MiAHKI'T PORTLAND, i.e., (AP) Wheat ItRli. hard while. December at Sl.fi5; January it $l:tiHi hard white H.. s, Haart, soft white, west ern wnitn, December and January, :il.ii.r.; h:rd. winter, northern spring, west 1 m re 1, December and January, :jl.F!'. Oats No. 2 white feed and No. 3 gray, Deremoer and January, "30. Corn r.'o. K. Y. shipment, De cember Mid Jnnii:ry. $ 1 5. 5fj. MARK KTS AT A f.l.ANCK XKW VOliK. (AP) Stocks Ir:r;:-.;'r.r; c-.ctcr aha res react.1 It on Us Mixed; lira?.! linn issues higher. , foreign exchange Rtendy; ster ling and fnfnes firm. Cotton Lower; decreasing spot lemnnd. Sugar Kasy; larger Cuban chop estimat'K. Coffee Firm; higher Brazilian market. CHICAGO. (AP) Wheat l'irm; Mr. hi si neks. Corn Strong;' foreign buying. ' 'attle..-Wcik. - ; 1 ' . Hogs Steadier; light weights active. SAN I-ILANCIHI'd (Al'l rr:il -".II here t-n.lay. nut-1 Starting FRIDAY a viti,i)iu:A'ri-.it! A sphitrd. fiery shilllon who tlv ilorninaled his rovintf baml of 1 I horses like an emperor. Tliriil . , .. i.ai,iv rluJ.i ! nfrainsi Die hncMc of lvlllnlion. lisii- Al.so A omi;iy TONIGHT "THE DE.MON' Markets j Star i. B i I I I 1 1 l i A-Sr First Xmas Packages .Arrive at Post Oifiec (Continued fiom PaB On.) ithe letter or package. i "it is 11 fact that three-fourtliB ;of all mail that is posted throuvh ,out (he fatted Slates is pouted alitor o'clock la theMtfternoon otf each day. DuripK "the Christmas sea' I son this year It mtwht be a timely ' suftTKestion to re vers the Kcuernil .year and mail curly und often, thereby posting three-fourths of the mail before 3 p. in. each day. "The proper delivery and dis patch of mail durtUK the Christinas seasou of each year is the hiKirest tusk the postofflce department un dertakes, ami as it is the peoples I service it calls on, Die' people 1o cheerfully assist in the extreme I hour of emergency. If the hefore- j mentioned mailing schedule is fol lowed, thereby saving time, . the task will be wonderfully expedit ed. Time Is money and the money Hie post office department spends Is your money. n. P. 0. ELKS WILL ASSIST SANTA CLAUS (Continued from Pnve On.) J Grande Is expected to be at the , party on CJiristmus day. None hun to stay away, whether his fntlwr Is the richest man In town o j poor as the poorest church inouu This Is a party for the children, !and children do not draw social lines, T he Kl ks a re reeogn Izi n g, ho w - ever, that there are homes in La Grande where Christmas phllan t h ropy needs t o he ex pressed In ' gifts more substantial than toys ami tinsel. And they hive made full preparation to carry cheer Into families that otherwise might f.nd the day less Joyous than it ought to be, A request is broadcast today for the naincH und addresses o' needy families. If anyone knows of one such In l.a Grande, he Is asked to call the lodge, headquar ters, or some member of the Christmas committee, which . in cludes: Harry Hoffman, chairman; C. 1. Perry, secretary: Hugh K. Hrndy. Lester Uraniwell und Kd Meyerslck. Kneh case reported will be In vestigated, to Insure a fair dli- slon of the Christmas fund among! t hone who merit assistance, tm.l delivery will be made the day be fore so that the chicken and some of the vegetables anil fruit may bo prepared for the holiday din ner. Most or this Christ nius Joy tint the Klks are spreading Ik the fr ill of the '4i show they held this j fall In accordance with their tra dition but t he fund has been swelled with contributions from 1 the benevolence treasury In ordi r that Santa Clans can proceed the very Jnst HtoeklnR wit liont fear that his puck may run Mhurl. Toys TI.VUKII TOYS- - IH1M.S - Tl(l, rill'.STS . VMl:K IIOXKi im.ay iioxi:s . iikaiis - sti-i.''hi Animals "KOI.I.lr." AMMAI,S - HATTliKS , li.M.i.s - i:i'H. . , Ami fill klilils of toys for tllo i.nmll - 1 1. ' lovely for the. ('hrlslintiM tree. Art & Baby Shop IttO-l Adnibs Avenue, Iluttcih k rattemi - I. .i. V. ami Nun's Boll-proor Tlircnil, V.tc. JAMES CRU2ES successor .fhn vony .01,0 to etorna M"" ra...a. ,1,1. J"""r Clreav And . a nil, , story. BtTTV w ...nnnLWn' - ,--T III IV I A00lH ,uw-' . TODAY Friday Saturday Adults..50c; Chfldrcn 10c - Contested I',. s m-rt B I : I J 9. . !l Thomas 1 Woodleck of New oi-l has been luimed by I'resUkrit Cool idK to Die Interstate rrommeree Commlnslon.iut radical leaders In the Senate have twice succeeded in blocking his confirmation, and In the forthcoming ses:.n o( t'onmes they are expected to reiew the light.' PrlneUllo Ha Ids Itusy PltTNKVlf.LK, Grp., Surplus alfalfa hay on the Ochocb irrlgat- ion project is being baled and ship- ped thin fall to Portland and lower Columbia river points by U. H. Mo I Mlckle, Hedmond warehouse man. Iletween Hit; and 200 carloads will be shipped over the Cliy of Prlne- vllle railway. It 1s estimated. Ap proximately 15 tons are loaded to the cur. Second and third-crop alfalfa from smaller holdings und the lands of the Oregon Western Col onlaation company and the oehoco 'Irrigation district is being baled. Two hay bailers are In operation and the work Is being niched while the weather Is good. -Nineteen cars have been shipped to date from Prlnevllle and Wilton station. GRID BANQUET THIS EVENING o . ...jg ic'ontlnucd from I'atfo One.) O Kr:un will I"? rolli.w.'il. l.ut Informal talkH will In. ulvrn lv J. 'I'. l.omr i.'llow. Hu)..ii inlii(l'iii, 'I'hi.rson I Iti-niH'tt, tlu. n-v coach, lr. 1 ut - q ton and Mr. , (il.'isN, mjiiic or tho'O foolbull nui-n ami otlicvM of HicIq KOchI portion of llu.M'? present. io A Inrltey im-nu thai hi'tAlnH with !o lo coi lilallH anil finish. -a off with pumpkin j.le Keneroulj- topped with whipped cream ha.s been pre- - vr , lahliH. "Where Men Were Men'' Fperial Muwcal Interpretation' l-ared uniler' the direction of Mlw .ols G. Davis of the domestic, scl I'liee deparimeul. ' 1 . Footballs and oal posts wound ' with blue and white ribbon will flKure In the. decorative, scheme! worked out by domestic art gbrls ' under Miss Stella, -Winter's super-! vision. The flowers will be white j chrysanthemums. Place cards and J favors will harmonize with .the football motif. - . . . , Kvin L-ll'lu nf tlu. .Ifiniwtln . ' ! ent't; department will serve the! courses. , , CITY DADS I IN LIVELY ; v SESSION : (Continued from Psge One.) tion of the detention hospital to persons with contagious diseases, in the residential district In West l.u Grande near the Grande Hondo hospital. He said that .efforts were being made to build up th it par! of the town and that such a n Inst it ut Ion t here wo'ild prove a handicap to property sales. - Commissioner it. P, I jindis re-, piled that there would be- nothing objectionable in the hospital. After some discussion it waa' de cided t hat Mr; Dixon and others interested would visit the con tagious hospital1 in company, with city officials to further Inspect the place. Company iliinishoH ttimds. In reference to the Stutu pump er truck, recently purchased for the fire department With the un derstanding that tb selling com pany would put '.ip a '.'n-year bond, un agreijmcnL satisfaelory to .bollv parlies In the sale was reached and the city attorney and the cly manager wore given authority to close tho deal, following a final inspection, which will be held to- day. Complaints of, inadequate sig nals at railroad crossings and . n oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.ooooooooooooooooooo SPECIAL We will have on Special Sale Saturday, tho most astonishing line of Coats, Cloth and Silk Dresses ever shown this season in this city, at such low prices that will be an agreeable surprise to you.1 1 12 Also a line of new Xmaa -Novelties, it a point to sec them. . X I o ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo SNTHE COVERED WAGON ' ARCADES GIFTS FOR HILT Knit Ties ............:.;...69c Cut Silk Ties.....l!i..85c. Silk Sox ..: ,;:....-.69c SilkiSox ..........J....,......7Ic Silk Sox ...:... 98c Suspenders, boxed ....69c Suspenders, boxed ....79c Slippers......98c to 2.98 Initial Handkerchiefs, each- , 15c I j CO STORKS j TUB HUB discussion of "stop streets" ' near srrhopl houses here took up some time. Tho commissioners ordered : that both matters be' investigated for further consideration. Iteforo adjournment bills forth, mouth or November and estimates entered by contractors were ap proved ami ordered paid by war rant A. UOTEL ASTOO EVERY ROOM hat PRIVATE TOILET. 50 S Baths New, Modem - ' Close to Shopping District md Theatres FREE GARAGE Tariff f.om $1.50 Make The Foley. Hotel Block. CK-iramounhi Paris A Kr: Vwt - r I 4 r-
