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County News :tW, jEttflttttg Want Ads VOLUME XXIV. SECOND SECTION LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1926. NUMBER 11 MARY W NNER IN HOLLYWOOD (By Dan Thomas) llOJXYWOOD, July 23. (N13A fcipeelal) Whut't In a name? Milllona-if your numo happens to bo Mary. , ; Out here in tlio fllnH colony they're superstitious about namps. And especially about Marys. If a film aspirant is named Mary, they figure, her battle Is half won. Mary, as the song used to say. Is a' grand oid numo. Nothing fancy, just an every day, staple mi mi', unpretentious and plain. Hut it ha. it all over tho Gwen dolyns and Lyncttes and Vyvyans und OdettAs. If Mary Smith comes to Hollywood to entor tho movies, Hhc'd better think twice before sho cliaiiK'-s her numo to Dolores lei plppurino. Few Marys ever full in the movies. " Perhaps the queen of them nil is Mary phkford. ''America's sweet heart" made hor bow as an actress lu her native city of Toronto, Can., t the atro of five. Her first ap pearance In motion pictures was with D. W. Griffith (n ,1912. ProsjH'rous Kvep Since. Since then Miss plekford . or mora properly, Mrs. DoiiBlas Fair banks has tasted nothing1 but suc c'ckh. She has had the touch of Mldns. She onfunlzed the Mary J'lckford company ,of which sho -In the principal owner, in 1918. To day it is one of tho beat money makers In the business and most of tho profits bo to Mary in addi tion to the salary she pays norseir. Mary Miles Mint or migrated hern from Dallas. Tex., when only (i and entered the movies. Before rrtirlnic several ,yenrs ago she iiinnsed a fortune pf more than a million dollars. Young Mary TJriun, not yet out of her " 'teens," Is another of tho fair sex to prove the value of a. nannff She also hails from Texan, having spent most of hor girlhood days riding tho plains with noigh ' boring" cowboys. Mary had hardly, arrived in Hollywood before she won a beauty contest that launch -her on a celluloid career. Sho rose to fame, almost over night in the role of "Wendy" In "Peter Pan." From Chicks to Stardom. From taking caro of Httlo chicks . on an Illinois --poultry, farm HERE'S WHOLE STORY OF S-51 ! Wth &l ir rfSfMJ jy I With The Realtors "VV'e L-an'l kei'p on experiment ing witli state finances and expect eastern capitalists to invest In Ore gon. We've got to use our common sense," declared A. A. Smith of Baker, In nn uddrem on "What Western Oregon Needs" Thurs day aflurnoou ut the Orcgou state session, . ( Visitors whoso mouths, watered at the cherires In I'nion county's display of grain, fruit und "golden fleece" were glud to find ut the foot of the stairs several holpyour self boxes of lilngs and apricots. "Your Oregon highways wore a revolution to me," said Glenn D. Willainun, of l.os Angeles.- secre tary of the California Ileal Estate board und editor and munuger of u thigh cluss trade journal known as "California Heat Estate," Jlo und Mrs. Willaman motored Into Ore gon for tho first tltmn when they came to La Grande this week for the Northwest convention. "Your roads nro bettor than wo havo in our state, though you haven't so many of -theiu. 1 marveled at your urenltectural bridges, the plun of route to Include the finest scenery, and the permanence with which your highways uro built." J. Howen and un exhibit or ores from the Mother l.odo mine In the display room . ut convention headquarters tell eloquently of lin ker's hopes for a futuro In copper, Howen knows his minerals, having been in tho mining business, part of the time underground, for all uui u tew oi mo iubi i6 yeura. . Closer relationship . of fttutn and national associations Is udvocuted hy President A. tl. Burnhlset of tho Northwest Ileal Estate association, who-was made pi-evident of tho Nntionul Board or Htuto Presidents und Secretaries ut the Tulsa, Okla.. convention, lie will soon appoint u commltteo of stato association executives to confer with a com mittee appointed by- ltobert Jeml son, of Kirinlngham, national pre- PROGRAM READY FOR PORTLAND'S ! BUYERS WEEK POllTLAND, Oro., July 23 (AP) ; All Is In readiness for the Four teenth Annual Buyers' Week to bo held August 2-7 In Portland, at which tlmo one hundred and thirty-five of tho leading jobbers and manufacturers of this northwewt. metropolitan market will bo host to tho merchants of tho fourteen1 western state. Alaska, British Co- i lumbla and tho Hawaiian' Islands. One of tho most Interesting uuuV, unusual programs of entertainment' ever staged for tho benefit of mer chants has been nreimred liv thesn sldent. to discuss wuys und means h08l8 1(YOnt lho tlmo, of their nr- or wonting togeuier. rival until tho last day. there will' bo something to attract their ut-i Opposition to the reforestation tentlon in tho way of educational' bill In Washington on. tho ground talks and fashion show., inter that It provided no moans of re- npersed with entertainment for tijo placing llfo timber revenues it . rotaxutlon of tho merchant. - u, would remove, nnd thereforo jtailroad faros ' will bo refunded ; incaiu nn aauru uuruen on ine ni- to merchants whoso purchases ag grcgato $G00 or mora during this week. -V Iieturns from merchant Indl cato a lurgu attendance that wilt exceed previous records. Cars of merchuntu will bo met at tho de pot hy special committees who wilt curort them to the various ware-; houses nnd manufacturing cstab- rcal cstuto because the lands linhmenta immediately after regis would not rent for enough to pay j tint Ion at Buyers' Weok lieadquar-i tho taxes. jtora 1 i . i. 4 ready overtaxed renl property, was voiced by Frank C. Jackson, secre tary of the Tax Limiting league, In his talk boforo fellow Washing toniuns yesterday afternoon. "Washington 1s tho only stulo In tho union that hus done nothing to remedy Its tuxutlo situation," ho said, adding that people are al ready taking their money out of Here is the first view of the U. S. submurinc B-61-, obtained ns tho water was drained out m iier dry dock, nnd navy workmen prepared to enter ft hfl bring out the bodies of tho crew who perished nt their posts. Notice the crumpled prow, tho great gash; in her sldo where the City of Home struck. Two of the pontoons that floated her to1 tho, .Brooklyn navy yard can be seen, nnd the half masted flag. The ship cost $2,500,000 and can bo rcoondltfcmed, offivtuls estimated, for $7Go,imh). fllmlund's notables. Success has met her at every turn In the road, j She made her debut. in motion pictures In New York, playing In a series of one-rceters. With the,' signing of a contract with Famous! Players-lJisky several years ago,: Mary's fuluro, was assured. Iier most recent appearance is with John Unrrymoro in ''Hon Juan." having been loaned to Warner Brolhers by First Nntionul, whoso contract she now holds. "It was just in tho tturs that I was to get tills part," That's what Mary McAllister thinks of her good luck charm. She played opposite. Harold "Ited" Grange in "The Ilainmek," which hos just been completed. Manv of Hollywood's picture stars JUary 'sought this role with tho famous Sister Mary . Says: ! 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Peach salad L an unusually de licious fruit salad that . can be used in pluco of a dessert. 1 Pcnoh Salad " Four fresh peaches, Vj eup white grapes, sj cup fresh strawberries, ' tablespoons blanched and shred ded almonds, 1 , package Nouf chatel cheese, S tablespoous cream, 2 tablespoons lenlon juice, ;Vi tea spoon suit, teuepoon pepper, 4 tablespoons currant Jelly, cup whipping cream.. ' i Chill peuches but do not prCl t until ready to use. , Cut grapes In halves nnd remove Bceda Hull ! berries and cut 'in riuartnrs. Mush j cheese, working In ; creum nnd I lemon juice. Season with salt and j pepper and beat in Jelly. Chill l while whipping creuni nnd peeling j the peaches. Cut each In quarters, ; cutting deep enough to remove the j stone but not separating the. qtiitr- ' ters. i'luee eae.n peuen eup in u. j cup of crisp washed nnd thor- I case of a "Mary" victory. t I Slartcl When Only I.V ! 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