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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1925)
Thursday, Decemlrer 31, 1925. Pnzc Twelve THE LA: GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Part of Saltus Legacy Goes Into Humane Work sax jh:cio, Cul. (Al) a wn itous percentage ot royalties from tint books of KdKur Saltus, novel ist, essayist and critic, goes toward thf curu of Uumb und dft:nHflrK unlinulH, as was Jits wish before hla death. Mrs. Murl.i Saltvm, thf widow, Ih carrying li out. Mm. Hal tun, )urHdf an anient liumuno worker, uih aided In the founding of homes fur the euro und protection of uniimils and Is up read protection of untmulK and In spreading tho gospel of humane education In the schools. An In itial Kill of $lono by Mrs. Hullus made piiHNlblo tho founding of the Viral Southei n California Illdu-u-Weo Home for JtfK and Cats at Alludenu, Cul., a few niiloa from J'.-iwidena. One of tins contributors to tho cute rprlso, the activities of which hit or wcro merged with th 1'usa dna Humane Society, was the late Mik. Warren (I. Harding, whoso husband, tho late prenldent, was an ndmin.T of Mr. Saltus' books. Anions other leaders In the work was Airs, (lay Hales I'ohI, known on the ta; ns Adele Jtitchlo. 1'he home, while It operated us n Hepurutc unit, provided tomporury Hhelter and food for lost and starv ing animals and endeavored lo lo cate Jjonii'H for the refugees. An average of twenty cats and dogs a day wero saved from pounds and placed in homes. At t s. Salt us a nd M in. 'otst u bur ahlei) (lift San JHego Humane soel ety In giving it benefit, for a slm liar home for San Diego. To n reader of Mr. Saltus' books his fondness for cats is remarked A contemporary writer recalls see ing him one. wintry day on Broad way, New York, accompanied by several cats, and adds: "If by any chance you talked to him about a cat uml stopped for a moment In your story, ho would urge, you, (io on, please.' H was s;ihl of htm, ho who was too urtls toeratlr ever to go Into a store to buy things for himself, would stop at tin first huteher shop and pur chasn a pi era of liver if ho had just made the uciiualntanco of a stray cat in tho street." .Mr. Saltus' regard for aulmats. , anil particularly for cats, is ex plained by his widow. Through a great oxlent," she wild, "it was developed through my Influence, ns animal rescue work in every form Is my life work. Owing lo heart trouble, which iiiaibt It difficult for him to. lift any weight, I resetted dogs and Mr. Saitiifl oils. Wu made a practice of buying meat and bones for these dumb ami defenseless Utile ones, and tinlmals, with their unerring Instinct, loved Mr. Saltus. Ills lint act every night was to take our pet dog Toto for a walk around the H'l'iure." ' 1'iion the death of Toto, Mr. Sallus asked that 11 ashes be pre served in order that they might bo Interred with his own. This was done. Mrs. Saltus. who has arranged that her estate shall go to the eanse lit her death, sums lip the cause of animal rescue work In this rather plaintive utalenient: "The need Is so great uml there lite so few whti cure.' "Kroni my experience," she add ed, "I realize that It Is the hu mans who need educating, as much as tho animals saving, If tho work Is to be permanent." EXPOSES TRUE SELF AT LUNCH Mow City V.iH Mailed , lame in Itautl liiMninicnts Kl. KHAKI', Ind. (AC) A blow on the hp. Inetiried by Col. C. 11. Conn In a scuttle with a Civil war comrad", started this clly on Its way to Us present place us a great manufacturing center of band and oreheHtra Instruments. Conn was an cnthintiusllc cor nel 1st, and when Ids upper lip was lisiigureil so that he could no long er play his instrument, he expert inented in his Utile rubber stamp i.tetory here until ho pcrfeetcd a rubber mouth piece by which he could blow it. Other itinsiciiiim noied It and asked him lo make Itieni similar moiit li pieces. In 1 S 7 :t . he. tnrntd Jits whole attention to that. Three years later a French horn maker, KuKcuc Inipout, Inventor of lim "light valve" in brims Instru ments, called on Conn, and with Jus aid Conn embarked on the loanolnel are of enrnct. . 1'resent ly hi.H eunipiitiy branched Into the Miinulaetim: of all sorts of band instruments, ji g;iiiu-i for Klkhart yiait preeminence in lite field that since then live additional com pan ten until mat! uring w ind and siring lnsiiniiients of all kinds have I -Kljibllhheil theUlh"IVefl here. Ju 1H.4 Hie net H,ilrs of band In M t it nn ills by Klkhart -om panics reached more thuu t;,n()ii,(nij, the Industry ttnphi ing L'immi persons with a :t.uan,atti annual payroll. hiitrdilitlc fur I ngbvli Jcnnu leiin, tiih lcil I'AlClS (AT) - i .nb." smash" and drive." :in npj-Iivd to tennis in- three woids the translation, ot lnHi into Fi nch h:is Ktiinip. d the I jeiH h spnrinig Willi rs tu ;l cam piiign to Iinitmite the Kuuliah ts abni.iry Hum th-ii artkhs on ispMrt ti nts. The I test (bey li.Ue l-ett able t find Is 'chandei). '.' for InK, oup e Lnugin ur" tor iliiv and 'Youp i erase" t,r Kuiash, .ban Saniaxt inlli, tinnier cham pion of Fniie e at tennis, lakes -x. repliou to the tin unii y ami prac liiatulily of the 1 1 ;nisl..l Inn and In an aiie-if tn a sports weekly. i-xKS the platiA ,i tenure the , and i specialty to im eti'i tlte rlmts v et on the courts, l- l the writers tall Hi-m what they v ish. (.;. rui-in fh'-ep-iiiearer? from the Hurt Mouniuin t-tnar if nutnv ns went v slm p in a da v. doing the operation ho rttillfulM iis not to tm tKiu o u biuz'.t. NKW YOltK (Al') The Mar quis Jacques Jb nri de la Falalse Ue la Cutidruy ordered pig's knuckles and then murmured something about how few people Knew the real Gloria Kwanson. "No one, for instance," inter rupted hawrencc Gray; her lead ing inun In several pictures, "would Imagine you eating this particular food." . Gloria luughcd. "And there would be a greater surprise if it were known thai I often have sardines for breakfast," she said. "Vou sec my husbund. Henri, Is a Frenchman. It is not unusual for him to have sardines at the morning meal, "1 didn't think I would like them, but alter sitting across from Henri several mornings und watch big bint devour his, I tried one. Now 1 Jiavo the habit." H was luncheon time at, the Paramount studio on Lung Island. At surrounding tables were Gildu Gray, Adolphe Men jolt, Kichard Dlx, Con w ay Tearle, Alice. Joyce, Clara How, J'i rcy Martuont, War ner Baxter uml a flocik of lesser stars and extras, all discussing the day's work. Four plctuns were being made. The marquise and Iter leading man were working on Funny Hurst's "L'nttuned." "So little of the real truth about us Is given the public," Gloria com plained. "The scandal, true or otherwise, always coiui-h out; the good things only ojcuslonally, if al all. Tho impression prevails that our life Is just ono wild party after anotfter, when ns a mutter of fact It isn't." As a sample of exaggeration, she mentioned tho apartment she Is building on the roof of one of New- York's exclusive hotels. Tho work will cost approximately $J0,UOy. l et it has been publlsheil, she con tinued, that sin; Is b ul Id f jig a home on top of tho hotel at a cost of; $:'uu,ouo. j "My husband's passport soon will! equire hi m (u leuvo Ilia country i for a short lime," she mid. "I am worried to death for fear I will1 be busy and unable to go with him. The moment he leaves uithout me. out will go the siory that all Is not well in my home, 'I here are some -who believe these reports bring gotfl publicity and more box office drawing pow er. 1 don t. i hey mlghft help tem porarily, but in the lonr run llicy hurt." i Her idea of a pleasiint time is to have four or flvo "interesting"; persons at her home tu the even-! Ings and to spend tho week-ends al her country place vlth her two! children. She professed a dislike lor night clubs. I in i Is lttivlun Coninivinliy 'J'hat Xcwr Took a llntli HiKFTSK, Siberia; (Al) Gov ernment sanitary Inspectors have discovered several li anil red mitt n from here a larirc iminiiiiiii- i.r Russians who have never washed or bathed and who have -never USCtl water for Uliv other mtrmiKe except to drink. Whell the Inspectors tried In In. dtlce the natives to bathe, there was almost a tint- Tim fii-Mt who was couipcttijd to batlo- was report d to have illed of rright. The me iu hi is r the commun ity, who live in isr.nl isnlniii.M ,.n,i under the ntcst itrlmltlve condl- (tons, hud never even usl it.i it- clothes or tie lr uuuklng und lallng uiensus . There is good fcellSC til I lie Nimn. Ish saying, -TeU me who you live with, and I will te joti who you are." Maine It therefore your business, wherever vnn re tu t-.a in to that cumitany which every- Oody In the phier allows to be the best company next to their own; which is the best definition that I can give you of good company. I.'iters of Ford Chesterfield in his son, October, I' is. WHAT TO DO WHAT TO DO! M) Gully a 1llgbbrow in lomloib Stagti riny Nuggots LONDON, (A I') Highbrows stunt that sends delicious chills of Ing from the. rcvtvul of John Drlnkwater'M "Abraham Lincoln" at nuitlnee performances. A num ber of theatrical managers of long experience' made known that there are only about (J, tint) ticket buy cm In the Drlllsh cupltal for a play of this character. ', t harles ! roh man iut a serious play on nt the Duke of York's Theatre before the war.' It played to good houses for two weeks and then the audiences . faded. A second play by tho same author, who is well-known literary man, had a similar experience ' Many other serious plays by serious thinkers hnvo born tried since and statisticians of the thea- jtre have hern aide to establish j 6,600 us the maximum number of i auditors "for heavy drama. Christopher Shplcs, Inventor of (tho first practical typewriter und jut ono time editor of the Sfllwau , keo Sentinel, was the first man , to print the names and addresses i of subscribers1 on the margin of j newspapers for mailing. DMW f& PHONE Happy New Year We wish to take this opportunity to thank all our Friends for their patronage during the past year; and assure. you we will do our best to serve you better in the-New Year of 192G. Wishing you a Prosperous New Year, I am Yours very truly , ; J. G. SNODGRASS l'lionc Main 75. Exclusive Grocer .MEMORIAL HEADS NAMED l'ENPI.ETO!f. Ore. All Ilie truKtcca of tlip llardlne Mvniorlal I'ark association, rlcclcd liy the cx ccutlvo comrnlttco of tho a-uwla-tlon at a nicotine in rrndloton De cember 14, huvo qualified and ac cepted, according to Georiyo C. Ilaer, excullvo secretar. The as sociation was organized to acquire a tract In the Illue mountains not far from Meacham to be set aside as a memorial from Idaho, Wosh liiKton and Oregon to ' tho late president of tho United States. The personnel of the board of ment has made numerous changes Charles II. Carey, Portland; Bruco Dennis. La Grande: Sam A. Miller, Milton: Frederick W. Stel wcr. l'"ndleton: Stephen 1J. L. I'en- rose. Walla Walla: John W. l.anif ton.' Walla Walla: J. S. Landers. Monmouth: lloy W. Illtnen l'en dlcton: William Dul.y. Haker: Karl C. lteynolds, La Clrande; Walter Meacham., ltaker und Oeorgo C. Hai r, l'endleton. SwtHll-li I'rliicti a r'l ami lH-scrlptlro ltaillo lecturer STOCKHOLM (Al') The versa -niitv Ku-i'ilm's Doet-prince. Duke William of Soedermanland. second son of Kim? Uustav V, was dim onstrated by his debut us a radio reporter. Karller in the year he heated the Swedish raillo audience with a description of his hit' same hunt ing experiences in India and Af rica. Wilh all four ot tho Scandi navian countries turned In on him lie liivii il ratlin fuenuni . . . . - "u.ui in, Daretlts visit to Finland. wl.,.n . aiKo wuj a pieinuor ot mo roy puny. I!I('KSILW NOW TAXKD TOKVO. (Af) Efforts tu vrv. servo tho pictureaquo r;ekslmw from extlnntlon, duo to tlio inerea. sed popularity of automobiks I, Japan, prompted the Tokyo pre. feciural government to announet tliat hereafter rickshaw tuei would bo exempted from paying tuxes on their conveyances. There are 7.830 rickshaws l5 Tokyo and 3,223 tn tho suburba Owners of these vehicles In tin clly have been rcyuircd to pay a tux of 60 sen for each rickshaw wilh an additional tux of no plr cent. Those in the suburbs were taxed GO sen, with a 160 per cent surcharge. OUR JANUARY r CLEARANCE SALE Starts Saturday, January 2nd. So Old Goods Everything Is New overcoats" SUITS SHIRTS SHOES HATS UNDERWEAR THE TOGGERY Offered Job I -t III lai. m & tlJ. til. 1. K A . until ntinllv mill, taiy uilo to 1'risl'l. nt t'uolt.lm'. t-i t n ottrrvtj I tn: post of nty m:iHitKir l-y ( nrinn;itt. t'., ut :i Hilary of u rar. Hi Firestoee "Most Miles Per Dollar" ' In These Days of High Priced Tires Come To Us COM PARK THKSK PRICES. J7 Oldfield (Quality. Ol'ALITY WITH ECONOMY o'0.3 FAUU1C .'.$8.00 CO x 8' j FAIJKIC :. $ 30x3', j Cord $10.25 31 x 1 COR I ) SS - : $18.00 32 x 4 CORD : ..-.$19.20 33 x I CORD SS -.$20.20 PERKINS MOTOR COMPANY Comer If I and Adantti Phone M-500 D Reliable News IF. "SO-AND-SO" told you that "Somebody" said "such-and-such" was a good buy you probably wouldn't buy it. But if you read an advertisement in 'this paper about the merits of that product you'd have con fidence in it. , Advertisements are reliable. The merchant' or manufacturer who signs an advertisement knows that he must keep faith, lie knows that when you come in to buy you will expect the goods to be just what he has claimed. He realizes that if he de ceives you once, your trade is lost. Never was there a more severe test of the worth of a product than advertising! You can pin your faith to an advertised product every time. It in vites the inspection -of millions and it must he wor thy or it cannot live. Read the advertisements for reliable news of what is wise to buy. Advertising removes risk from Inning. 2 M M M tfllNB9BCailllllNI!I!Big81E9RIIII0liiiBBgS 1 Tl
