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VOLUME XXIV.
SECOND SECTION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1926.
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NUMBER 198
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Motoring
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Soldiers hi Songs and
Sermons Memorial Day
I I Grand Army df Republic Chooses First Presbyterian
' S aii V v. re.i;i aai 2 ri
lC, i; .40thef PatrioticiOrders to Be There. .
..'Vfonuiiemorafion of " the soldier dead will be observed by
Nhtarly every congregation' tht meets for worship in a La
Grande church tomorrow. . ' . 1
The First Presbyterian- church, chosen by, the Civil war
veterans as their official gathering place, has prepared to
receive, not only the Grand Arm of the Republic and its
allied order, the Women's .Relief cprps, but the United -Spanish
War veterans and the American Legion as well. '
. . The Rev.. William Crosby Ross will bring a special mes
sage to the ex-service men of three wars, and will empha
size the significance qf the nation's yearly expression, of
appreciation through testimony and loving deeds.
Children' day exorcise will t-L
ture the Sunday school hour at the'.
Presbyterian , church., -The ' little
folk hRvo pr cparon a program) for
. which tho grownups aro Invited to
le present. The annual offering
for mixtion work will bo received.
; Junior - Christian Undeevor will
lie at 4 p. m. and the Intermediate
at o'clock. .,.-. .
-V First Methodist J ' y :;'
.". Mis Celia dowen, tho flint mis
.slonaryever.aeht, out by the Inter
national conrorebco of -the Metho
dist Episcopal church, who Is home
after five years agent In China, will
lie the speaker at the evening sorv-
Ict' at 8 O'ClOClt.V ; . i'-:
The Golden Standard': wlil bo
the theme or Dr. Henry W. Parker's
Memorial day sermon In the morn
lnff. The choir wilt sine In keep
ing wltH the day. Bible school will.
1 bo' at ' 9:45. a.. W . Tho Kpworlh
league, At Its aervico, at; p. m..
vjll discuss "The Christian and the
Color, lane" '
- Ixtiiml tllv Community , , ,
: Misn' Cowen will appear before
the . Island City Community Hun
day school for about. 10 tnlnulcft
before adjournment tomorrow, tell
ing of her missionary work In
China. She also trill deliver an
address ut the It o'clock breaching
service.'. ''- 1 :, '
The young people's meeting will
boat? p, In.. Homer Bchroeder. to
, be '- tho leader.- "'The . Christian
mill the Color Line'; will' be the
theme. V ' ' '
, ' 'tint Wafitlst
'.Memorial uay-a memory
will be tho tnenie for in o morning
sermon that the' Ilnv.: George Al
bert Pollard will preach tomorrow.
In his talk to the little folk, ho
will- toll tho story Of : "How -the
Civil War Made a Brave Man."
Hundit.y .school will meet at S:46
a- lii., with a closing1 assembly at
10:311. ' The men's cIubs. under the
pastor's leadership, will bfc, at 7
p. in.
Pictures of "The Children of Is
rael in .the Wilderness"' will be
shown at the service at 8 p. ui.
- ' - St. Petor's F.piswpal
There will be special patriotic
iimulC' alwl a sermon by the Rev.
Oliver It Hey, rector, on '.'Memorial
Day" at Iho nervice of morning
prayer In St Peter's Kpiscopal
church tomorrow at 11a. m. Holy
'euchartst will be at 8 a. in.; church
school at 9:45.' - -1 "
I Quest ions will bo answered at
the mission service at 8 p. m. The
Ireclor's subject will bo -. 'Trinity
"Sunday."
'. Central Church of Christ
' presenting his ideas of the spirit
In which the ceremony should b
approached, the liov. C. V. Dunn,
pastor, will deliver Hie third of his
discourses on "Tho lord's Supper"
ul Iho 11 a, m. service.
. Bible school will open at 9:45
H- m.. the men's class., meeting at
tho city hall. The giving- of the
decalogue will be studied. -'
The Kndeavor societies will meet
iit 7 p. m., the seniors receiving
the members of tho Kpworth league
as guests.
- Kvenlng worship will bcin at 8
p. m., the pastor using for his
Hllbject. "What Does the Bible
Teach About Helir' There will be
ii sermonettc for -the boys and
Klrls. Special music has been ar
ranged. MrtliodKt Clinrdi Kuutlt
' Kor bin Memorial day sermon
in the morning the Itcv. J. A. Hall
lias chosen the subject "In Memory
if the Prince of peace." 1 An ovan
nllstic sermon will bo preached
.at the 8 p. m. sen'lce.
; Sunday school wilt bo at v:4
to- m. '
The pastor extends a special In- .
vttatlon to young men and women
to join the young people's class
taught by W. H. Starmer, Kpworth
league-meets at 7 p. m.
(fiurch of the Naxarciio
Spring weather and. lures of the
outdoors are hot dlmlnlahlng the
attendance at the Naxarene Bible
school, tho ltev. I IX Meggers,
pafitor, observes. Tho uttondanco
register has held up well all sea
son. The Bible speed test In the
Intermediate classes Is unnounced
for tomorrow. '
Morning worship, will bo In
chargo of the pastor. At 0:80 p.
m. L. P. McPanlel will speak to
tho N. Y. I'. 8. Tho regular eve
ning service wilt be at 7:30 o'clock
with an evangulistlc sermon by the
pastor. ' .
Seventh Day Advcntist
Tho ltev. 11. A. Smith, of College
Place. Wash., conducted tho serv
ice at 10:45 u. m. today. Mr.
Smith la. a missionary recently re
turned from Korea. Ills subject
was "Growing in Grace.'! Sunday
school ww at 9:45 a. m.
; hiir. li of brlsl. Scientist
' Kor the service at 1 1 tu m. at tho
First Church of Christ. Scientist,
the subject announced is "Ancient
and Modern . Necromancy, alias
Mesmerism and Hypnotism. De
nounced." Sunday school wilt bo
ut :45, ;
Wheat Is the largest grain crop
In the world, corn Is second.- and
rice, third. The United Stales pro
duces' 20 percent of Iho .wheat.
crop, 75 per cent of the corn, and
less than 1 per cent of tho rloo.
700 Buliseyes
MlW ffelrn- Llghtburn. iTycaroh
Crestline (O. high school girl, ha en
a new world's record for Junior gtr'j
In marksmanship, tine scored Hi
hull?eycs in succession, and riu I
hooting beraure of dnrkne und nU
. .t because she had missed.
mm mm-
lSm HIS'
Ho carrlca on I. Ills granilfatlicr
i niny have died ln,llie Civil war,.
I Ills, father In . the Spanish-Amer
ican war, ami lil-s lirotlier Jit Ihe,
world war, but he wear (lie ml-:
urs t'liclc Sam luvca tin- best to
day. .Memorial day Is the civil
war .veteran's cla-:. and Ills day
Six Local Nazarencs -
Going to. Convention
DHckhU'h from al drun'do o th
Idulio-On-Ron. 8trict;ttHenJly of
tho church of ;thp Naxtirono, which
ia to convent ut Nainpa. Irla.; Juno
2-7; will be thfe iOvi. and M ni.'JLl)?
MpffjforK,- " Hdw'coci"1' jordon,-, Mrs.
Kloyl Moorti.1 Mrs. -CIuihIg Moton
and Mm. U-stor l6nfi. Thoy plan
to lavn Tiio8dV inornlnc:.
Mr.' Jordon wiH -rcprftHvi' tho K.
Yv P. R; Mrs. JsOiiff, le. Women's
ore If: ii Missionary' npcicly,. .and
Mrs. Muoro and Mr.. Moton. the
church.. . ' "; 1
- Hi'tvIcVh riurlliK' the?,paHlor! ab-
Hencu will .continue roff u ltrly , Ih-
t(T. Lonsr will havh ,liartf or tin
mid-week .prayer nierUnt?.'; -, Next
Sunday's services, will .be conduct
ed -by H- H. Cleaver und Ja'u Ore(f-
ory. ' - :-; ' N .
HASQVITV KNIS, WILSON 1
Mnrklntr tlm clotrti of thn ten son
us wcIIhh the'end or thh attend-
nnco contcHi, a bun'iuct will inlor-
tutn thn memborH of the Men's
Corum Tuesday. 'at (l:Hn pj ni..ln tho
basnmenl dininfr room or the KlrHt
M. Ka ehiirrh. 1om-rn In I he race
will be rHiilred to wuh the dlshns,
Ihe rommltteo announces. . AHer
dtum-n A. 1. I'herry will fihow pic
tureij from bin recent .trip around
Ihe world. Through an error on
the announcement cards, confusion
a to the exact date, of the meet
ing has resulted..,'. The time uhppld
have. read Tuesday, June t.
After sea rch in k d espe rat e I y a 1 1
nlpht Tor h man repbrtpd iniHsittR
when a Hartford building collap
sed,, one of the rescue party Jearn-
d that he himself was tho 'sup
posed victim. : K
Memorial Day Originated In
Colonial Mansion in Georgia
(Hy M'.A Service)
' Th! Memorial day Idea won born
In a stalely old Colonial mansion
of Columbus. Georgia, the home of
Mrs. John Tyler, .on April 'Jfi. J86fi.
The wounds of ' the Civil war
were Tresh in the land. ' Aching
hearts were stealing to cemeteries
to bedeck tho graves of soldier,
sons and husbands who had died
fighting for the blue or the gray.-
Thousands of others sought
irave of those called "missing"
and longed for even a grave to call
their own.
It was then thah Mrs. Tyler call
ed together the women of her town
and organized a ladle Memorial
association. The women, went from
Mrs. Tyler's home to I J n wood cem
etery in Columbus where formal
Memorial day exercises were held,
and the women solemnly pledged
to carry' on the sweet task of decor
ating the graves of the soldier deai
on the same day eurh year.
Within a very few years the Ideai
had swept the 'nation until Me- I
7 Survivors
of Civil War
Now On Roll
Tiirie-Worn Veterans of j
American Rebellion to
Have Big Part in Day's
Program. .
When the roll b called for Oli
ver P. Morton post. No. 3d, of ilia
Ornd Army of the Republic, Mon
day morning at tho Memorial day
services over flag-marked graves
at the cemetery, not more than
seven men will answer, to their
names. '
Only seven time-worn veterans
survive of all the 60 or more who
might have been mustered from
the valley for a Decorutton day
observance St) yeurs afro. But thoy
aro seven soldiers, with patriotism
enough burning in their honest
breasts to tgnito u, whole army of
heroes,
"Open IW in Order
Now that tho number luu ho
dwindled, the poBt no longer holds
Its separate meetings, but Joins the
Women's He Hef corps every third
Saturday of the month for an after
noon of reminiscences and fellow
ship. "Open post," as the occasion
U termed, usuaify gets tho veterans
out, too, for W, it. C. ladles never
fall to provide an entertaining pro
gram and p. hearty meal. -, ,
Iiut even though they have no
regular sessions, the members
maintain regulation post formu
tlon. A. J. Martin Is commander.
U. W, Alien la senior vice, and K.
M, Murphy, of Allcel, tho Junior.
The He v.- J. W- Oliver, a retired
Haptist minister, acts in trlplo ca
'paclty us chaplain, adjutant and
iuarlurmuitcV C...C, Caldwell, of
Terry, Ih guard officer of the day.
The other two members, less often
in attendance, uro Adimi" Htultz.
whose home Is In old' town, and
Jou Anscn, living beyond . Island
City. . - ' -
: Two laMed Itet-ciitiy
( Just within the last three months
two of tho members were called
to join the ranks on the other Hide.
They were Freeman Ididd and C.
M. lilddlo. ' - ,
"it is aiAout Impossible to get a
quo ru in for -action now," Henlor
Vice Commander Allen was mourn
ing Thursday. " "You ace, It takes
seven for a quorum, and we hardly
ever have more thun. five. . Why.
our desk has hardly been open in
the lust two years except when 1
unlocked It to take out some
books." ; ;' ' '
Iiut a bit of heart was put Into
Oliver V, Morton post (h
other (
day when the commander from
Wnllown vouchsafed news that he
was moving to Ja Grande soon.
and wanted to transfer hts mem
bership. He had the word of the
"w " , "'V, , ;
U'.'I.!':1 t ft!:H' VL'lV". Ut I
'And that would make it eas?
for us to take up our reguhar work
again," explained the senior, vice
commander brightly.
None of the seven men who now
compose the post were among the
organizers. Mr. lAllen remembers.
Hilly Thompson, who moved to
niotiul day heenme a legal holiday
so decreed by congress. The date.
however, Is optional with the states
theniselvc.s.Several southern states
adhere to the original dale or April
2G. But most of the plates celebrate
Memorial day on May 30 when
flowers are in bloom for decorating
of the graves. t
General John A. lxgan of Civil
war fame Is credited with the first
general proclamation setting aside
one Memorial day each year as a
day of tribute. .
In 1X68. when Logan was com
mundrr In chief of the G. A. It.,
story has It that his wife returned
from a southern viwit and told how
the grave of each Confederate sol
dier at Petersburg ww decorated
with a wreath aid a Confederate
flag.
II was Ihen (hat "Black Kagle"
Ixigan Issued an order from O. A.
jit. headquarters on May G, 1868
maklnir Memorial dav a nurlbnrn
as well as o southern custom.
J66 HIS DAY 1865
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Portland last year, ia the lust sur
viving member of the original
group, he bolieves.
i JusL how , many Civil wur vet
eruns rest In cemeteries over the
valley, the orfleers of Ihe post were
unable to tell. Something like a
hundred fKigs are put out on the
graves each year, they estimate.
There are Union soldiers burled in
ull of the -I, a Grande cemeteries.
KineerH' Graven I'laggcri .
Memorial day flags In most coses
murk tho graves of pioneers as well
as war heroeH. The country was
too new in the rebellion davs for
troops to be mustered here, but
many of the adventuresome young
soldiers came lo Oregon when they
received their discharge from the
service. . - ,
The middle west was bandy set-
led in thoe days, as testified by
Mr. Ally's tale or how he and oth-
er Iowa recruits were sent to the
northern border to quell the Indian
disturbances that' were adding to
the government's (roubles. After
ward he fought under old Geneivtt
Price in Tennessee.
One of the SO, Otto eastern Ten
nesseens who staunchly supported
the union from which the rest of
tthe state seceded was Chaplain Oli
ver. His Is an exciting story of
escape, under Ihe protection of an,
old hunter, across the Cumberland,
mountains to the camps of the fed.
rul forces. Only jt, lad of IK then,
he fought with the loyalists, and
dally saw lib old friends and neigh
bors among the prisoners brought
back. His father's home ww in
the path of the fighting for the
Kreat'r part of the war. The house
and fields were continually plun
dered, though his valiant mother
struggled to keep her possessions,
and once look1 a bullet from a sol
dier's gun when he taunled Iwr
with the sack or gold after ho had
robbed hen , '
Heven veterans of a great na
tional struggle, with not seven but
seventy times seven stories. They
have swapped them.: over t the K.
P. hall, where the Women's Keller
Corps holds open post. They will
alt be new and ready for repeating
when the Wallowa post adds its
force of four veterans, with their
volumes of tale to be retold.
"Someone. Is x hurting a little
dog," shrieked a woman, Thursday
morning as agonlwd yelps sudden
ly filled the air.
DR.ENGESETTO
PASS ON PULPIT
CALL TOMORROW
At Mie close of. tho. sermon and
oomiiilinlon aervico at Iho Zlon'
Lutheran chureh. Hunday morning
tho Itcv. Andrew Knffcfirt, of Port
land will glyo to the, members ot
the church council hl decision on
acceplunco oC tholr visitation to tjio
pupll horo.. v ',;; J !..",:'..!:.., :
Mr. Eniroset, who -was Invltod to
lake charge or theiHIon pulpit soon
after his vlalt to iA.Qrandn a. few
week ago, l at. present pastor of
the Church of the jtodecmer at
rortlnnd. . ' - , 1 :
He will conduct the rlteB of holy
communion, and will; preach a
morning seriikon on VTWn'Man Vho
t'amn to Jesus by Nigh'.." Instead
of the usual Luther league moctlng
in the evening, the Portland min
ister will preach, hla topic to be,
"What Wilt Thou Have Mo Do?"
Hundny school will bo at 11:45 a.
m., as uHual. . ;
About the time , the roads are
begging rides from motor tourists
and lar carried off by tho wheels
or machines, It will be time to put
Ihe old bus avfny fo'r the wlntes.
To Travel In
A K.mirt heiH fot traveling Is I
Wise rell with txind und rtat bow i
ll.il.l lufrets
Radio
SUNDAY, MAY, 30
Mountain Standard Time Stations
: K FX F, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2l.Sm-1200kc), 11 , m., First
Prcsbytbrlan church; 7:80 p. m.,
First Methodist church. -
i KOA, Denver, Colo. 32ll.4m
ttlioko), 11 a. m., AuKustana Luth
omn church; 5 p. in., Denver Col
lege of Music; 6:30, KOA orchestra;
7:30, Augustana Laithoran churoh. .
I'aolflc Standard 11 mo Stations
' KFt, Ijos Angeles, Cat. (47.nt
(I42kc), 7-7:30 p. m., Qrobe Byn
chrophase string ensemble; 7:80-8,
JlmVJack and Jean trio; 8-9,
Aeolian orgun; 9-10, '' Movlcland
syncopators; 10-11, Packard Six
dance orchestra.'.. . ... .
: ! KFWII, IlollyHWHl. Cal. (252m
I IDOkc), 0-11 p, m., Wurner Broth
ers movie frolic; a Memorial day
aditlon. ; ' ' .
1 KUW, Portland, Ore., (4l.5nl
(iloke), 10:25 a. jii Mrst Presby
terian church; 7:30-9 p. n church;
9:10-10, Chevrolet; symphony or
chestra. " .
K 11,1, Im AiiKeles. Cal. (lOS.'Jm
TlOkr), 7-H p. m.. First Methodist
Kplscopal ohurch; 8-10, special Mo
morlal . day program.' - ;.
KNX, llollvuwil, Cal. , (.1.16.9111
KOOkr), 8-9 p. m., First Presby
terian church or . Hollywood; 9
10:30, Ilusslan string quartet.
. It TAB, Oakland, Cal. (2.iB.tm-l'Jli(lki-).
11-12:30 p. m., services;
7:45-9:15, services; 9:30-11, con
cert ,. V '
One solution of Ihe problem ' of
education in American universities
would be In the imposition or tusks
that would completely fill the time
of students with hard work, .ac
cording to President Augell' of
Yule. , .?w ; . .;!
' Karmrs are the largest users of
Ihe single exception of the rall
Iho single, exeeption' or - tho : rull
roads. Nearly sixteen . billion horse
power hours are used annually on
farms. - '
A mall carrier and a Iruck driver
rushed to investigate v and found
a risUul or dug whose feelings were
injured because It had been left
shut In a sedan. . : , i
La Grande
To Observe
Day Monday
Tribute Will Be Paid to
Soldiers Who Made the
Supreme Sacrifice f :r
: America. :' " -
Mindful that the yearn are short ,
till the last blue-coated veteran'
will have, Joined tk etherta
ranks of his comradoa en the oto- ;
er side. La Oranda ia potting way
her busyday occupations Monday
to commemorate with lifting rev-,
erence the deeda of thoa who rose '
long ago to toe defense ot tho
flag. . ' ,- .,. j, ' ; .'.'
There will be tho alow proeeaeion
to the cemetery, juat as there have
been Memorial day procession an
far back as the oldest reetdeat can
remember. Flags and wreath ot
flowers will be planed upon the
graves ot the aoMter dead.: And
then, with the crowd gathered re
specif ully around them, the boys of
'HI dim-eyed old men. now will
road the stately burial rites of the
Grand Army of tho Republic, Th
American. Lertan flrlotf squad and
bugler will asalst. , ... -.,'.' . : . ., , .,
From the graveyards. their
throats tight from mingled pride
and mourning, the O. A. '.B,'i with (
all the other patrlotlo bodies, will
come back down town) to tho Pres
byterian church, where' the Me
morial day program will be given.
, llrady to Rpcok .
; Justice Hugh K.-, Brady, an ex
Bervice man and a member of tho
Amortoan Legion, has been chosen
to deliver the address.
Fifteen mlnntaa of muaie by thn
I a Orando Military band will coma
first raartlal jUtw tnat will aak
the heart beat fast and tae.blood
bound to bo oft on th march. ,
Then the peopla will rise together
and sing "America." j ,
'The Rev. J. W. Oliver, chaplain
of the Oliver P. Morton post No.
6, of the O. A. R., will give thn
Invocation, c
'Raymond 0. Williams will slnjt
a barltono solo, following which
will be reading o( the ritual by thn ,
"boya in blue." -
The program Witt dtoee, after
Justice Brady's speech, with a ten- ,
or solo by O. Xy.' DuUon. .,:.'
. Dinner b Arranged.
- Immediately Uterward, all thii
ex-service men, from the Civil war1
veterans down to th latest out of
uniform, will be guests ot the Wo
man's Relief corps, the American
Legion auxiliary and th Daughter
of the American Revolution At din
ner In the Knights of Pythias hall.
The invitation Include also th na
tional guardsmen, and th mem- ..
bees of other .organisations that
are to take part ia th parade..;
The procession I scheduled to .
begin promptly at 10 o'clock. Bo
that there may be no delay, Ray I
Williams, who Is chairman of tho ,
day, has requested each group to
be at Its appointed place by 9:45.
National' guardsmen aro to meet
at Zuber hall; the Grand Army of
the Republic and th Women' Re
lief Corps, In front Of the Odd Fel
lows' temple; the American Legion,
the United Spanish War Veteran,-' -the
Sons of Veteran and all the
allied patriotic order, before the
city hall. v..;. , . '
. The band, preceded by the color
guard, will lead off the ' parade
from Zuber halt Behind the band
will march th Oregon National
guard, a escort of honor for tho
Civil war veteran, who wtll foU
low In automobile Their auxll- .
lary. the W. R. a, will ride be
hind them, i Next In lino w.111 bo
tho D. A ,R., the U. a W,JliH
tho legionnaires and their auxiliary.
They will berJolHrffed by the Sons
of Veteraus, and by the Salvation .
Army corps. The Boy Scouts of t
America, have been delegated rear .
guard for the parade.
Lino of March
Down Washington avenue froi
.uber hall, the rolling drums will
leiHl the procession, thence acro
on Greenwood street to Adams ave
line. Proceeding the length of the
buslnoxs section, the marchers will
turn Into Fourth street, to tread
the long blocks to the ' Masonic
cemetery, where the opening rite
w'ill be solemnised., . .
rto celebration Is planned to fol
low the niarch, the program and
the dinner. Memorial day, thn pa
triotic bodies mind, was established
for remembering, not rejoicing, f
t" m ,