' 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.
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...nnnLWn'
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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
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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. .
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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
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