La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 10, 1926, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTuesday, August 10t l&26:' Pe Pour CA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER aw? (Incorporated) Independent Newapnoct FRANK B. APPLEBY.. ..Editor and PublUhtr i HVKVEt K. MATTHEWS.. ....iiualDtaa lUuiir . fubilKbod evening, except Sunday, at 141 Adam Avenue, ' I Orende, Oregon. Toe Obaerver-SUtr publlabed every r'rlday. Untered at the Pcatofflc ut La Orande, Oikod, aa fcVcoad ' Claa ilall Matt.-' under act ec March 1. 1H OKFICIAL PAPER OP UNION COUNTY AND TUB " CITY OF LA QHANUE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PHES8 The Anoclated Preaa la excluatvely entitled to use (or pub lication of ail new dispatches credited to It or not othurwiM credited If publlabed therein. Ail right of republication of pedal dlipatchea In this paper, and also the local new here in alo are reserved OF REWARD FOR FIREBUGS INCONSISTENCY, THY NAME IS EUROPE SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier In ailvanro Dally, per month Dally, per aix month la advance Daily, (Ingle "TP ..14.60 SO By MaJi per month In advance. Dally, Daily, per atx month In advance. Dally, per year In advance. ..60o Weekly Observer-Star, per year .11.50 16.00 12.04 ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column Inch.................... Display, local, per column inch- 'iline coutruct rates on appliuatlob ..420 ..40c KIGHT1.NO FOREKT FLAMICS. M Kb FORD, Ore. Aug. 10. (Ai). -Approximately aoo men arcre re ported today to bo fighting rlcien furrat flrai on stato and national tlmborlaiid In Jackson county by lo cal forcxt officers. Klglit flnn blaied up jrestiTdsy and an- blam ed on liiuetidiariro, Mix In the Mv ana nwk dlatrkt one near llulte flails and another north of (.old Hill. Klctis were poktrd today by llic ' federal forest offleers I'alling at tention to rewanbi of $500 for the armtt of fire buRK. Neveral thou sand acres liave been burned In the KtaiiM enfli dlMtrlet and one fire tliem ha a front of four iiiIIih and Is being fought by over fit) nien. SAI.KM, Ore. Aug. 10. (A I'). Incendiary forest fires ;ln the unite caused tho state hoard of forestry yesterday to issuu a proclamation offering a' reward for $500 for In formation leading to tho -Arrest and conviction of any person found guilty of the crime. A mem ber -of the department is to make an Immediate Investigation of re cent forest fires in Douglas county. Htato forester Elliott said yester day that there arc no serious fires in the state except in Douglas and Klumath counties. TIIK I'OWKIl IS GOD'S "And Balaam said unto Hala!;. I-o, 1 urn comu unto thee; have I now any power at all to say l anything? The word that God pullcth in my mouth, thi.t shall 1 sm.uk." Nu. 22: 2i. MTlATlUa IMI'IIUVKIl ' HOHKRl'Ifft. Aitff. in flt't .' J 111 I Tho forest fire situation In Doug- i ' ' . . .... ... las county was reported greatly . Another thing wrong with this country is bad feet, I improved thi., morning, in the -I Higher regions tho night was quite leold with even a light frost In . - nwinu ovviiuud. i itV IIUMIIMliy WU i t t... !!!. 11. 1 I! A ' r. ( . Il.ln. .....I - i .. ' tt .uuna iiku uiu luauiiig iiiiericuu lIHIUSUy just now 18;' "" uur"m bsciTing centennials, not to mention sesquis. c;iused by shoes that ouk pretty and don't fit. ; . , N foo OPPORTUNISM T I ' f' v ' YOUGUMCHEVW V if !.' V : VtONEV GRABBED ! m W j V ' , . j Armstrong Shoes for :i . Women : Quality Shoes That Fit." ; N. K. West & Co. Inc. La Grande's Leading Store For 23 Years . ago." Mr. .Smith has followrd up s-veral clues but all of them have ended Iu a failure lo g"t any line on the whereabout of the mach ine. ' 'A dance under the au.piees or the 1.. I). S. Sunday school board was held Friday evening at Ihe high sehool gym. There was a good attendance. ' Mrs. J. B. Scott und her daugh ter, Mrs. Gladys Cams, the latter of Island City, left Monday niom- Inj by car for I'ortland. 1 hey will visit In the Kose City for a rew weeks. ' the Now somebody says the men are going to have beauty jiiii. fors of their own. And, goodness knows, they need 'em. ... : . Vood alcohol is u bad beverage, to be sure. Still, it's queer the way a lot of otherwise intelligent people seem to think that regular alcohol is good for the human system if it's only "pure." niowiy mat tiiey were easily eon trolled. The county natro) report ed that fire lines have been placed around all fires except the one on the Myrtle creek-Day creek divide jand at Olendulc. These however. can be easily handled It is believ ed, und foremen In charge have predicted that further progress will be cheeked by noon today. UNION PERSONALS to preform .was Cheyenne Kiltie Mury. Lucille, GHniore, granddaughter of Mr. und Mrs. y rua Wllllums. Hi-rived In i'nlon KH- WALLOWA PERSONALS 'WALLOWA., Ore., (Special) Mrs. Ilol Ituckvr, of Parsnip orcek; was visiting -Mrs. 1- V. Lath rop recently. ' John Couch, of Leap, has been busy several da ' the past week coiiiblnlng his crop of winter wheat- The wheat Is of the 10 fold variety and is reported to be running about 15 sacks an acre. A number nf other fanners in tho hil'l sections have finished cutting among them being Kred Hearing. land H.' O. Harmon, who reported a yield of about SO bushels an ac-c. Charles Kllnghammrr and wife. visitors hero the in ueh or the punt week combining his wheal crop ut the i:. . Couch ranch Id ,. the hills. ".: Numerous breakdowns with Iho Hutching have deluyed cutting. Mrs. Meek and sons, , of - Lcapj wet'is visitors wen? inn last, of week. - t :.. Smith, of 'Minam, 'twas an the Gastln runch Sunday helping1 Hoy (lastin do some repair worlil on his Ihreslilng outfit. Ho expects' to start threshing sohfe lime dur. lug Hi" coining week; having about' ten days run in tho hill section!' I and will then move. 6 the rallfy, where It Is expected that some of Ihe crops will bo ready , (o com- inenee on. ' 1'otter ' and ' '-nobertsj 1 wlio are operating: one, of' - John'1 ! McDonald's ' stntldriftry.', r outffta moved to tile it; J.. tron'uef . farm .ore Whiskey creek the 'littler; .'part of' the week. vlie're -'-vth'ey.''have! 'don; some ihrPHblnir.' The yield of wheet at this firm Is bhIiJ '.tb.'.iiayc-.beta , slightly beter ihan '16. bushels an : acre. a ' .'.'"'- - i Oscar Jlaxwell- ilml Klmer O:, . borne wuru visitors hero ihe last of tho week. , ''!''-' . i. ' r- K. A. downing, of., 'f.cup. wasl" combining grain for Cliurles Kling'" liumniur recently. . T1' . . ''' lid Hell and son I'tslie have beer? helping It. J. Conner; thresh the past, few days.: '., ' . ed u liosition In an office. Juhnnv Martens aecoiuuanlcd' by of .'l;cap, were Mrs. Martens and their son Clark first of the week. arc enJovlne a- short vacation bv'i Koy llastln hauled wood LET 'EM STAY AWAY " An unnamed concfjpondent, writing in the consciTatiw"01111 on Hiiinmy ni, WALLOWA riKK STAIM'; WAI.UWA. Or;, Auk rial) An elt-clrie storm of ennui. I ruble Hrrrily HWept over IhlM eounty Sjilurdjty 11101-1111). mid I.I 3 lonHtune.- lacnin. A ilemlid proraiu liaH !h;'eii urraiiRt'd and tlii-re will alt'o .! a dinner m-i vi d after the pru- wni.iKrain. w : Kreuz Zeitunir of Hnrlin. advinos Gorman IouHkU ivr'::V " is r,,,,r,'J.. 'r 'VI HtTl "M .ri r- f rl,d rr... La - - t --...vvw v.. ; many niai immv iiiim uiiiy rrBiin, ,t'nn' H lilit Hcliool l-aelier for I It' It rip, unity iiv111 uiu unitt'U OLHies. lTieilCa. nC explains. nH3"ir 1,1 "U " iiiiity chtk counny iiiaineiti.-tTici i. parttneiit Mn- rosier fai- i leaeni-rH lor wxi seliool yar .. i ii u k in iu "in in.- cum pii'ie ami i lie liiaelllll I'p'ery ready y start. One or two from i dav evenlnir for u vfult nf Mevernt tnuiiic- n niiilnr fi h. intn WfiKlirnP. Meek'a llio hitter purl Of the week. I'NION. (Kpeehil) The annual.! weeks. Her homo in In Holse, Ida.jton und Western Oregon, n'hey lotl;)- Jtmies Woods und fuinily and Ira Old Kolka plenie which Ih sponsor-)Khe will return to the hitter plaee ahout a week ago and whllu Mr. Lllehfleld and wife were Sunday ed rueh year by the local W. C. T.jl" time for school. ; (.Marlf-ns Ih uwiyMr. Hradshaw; of visitors at J. It. Gastln's. I', ortranization will he lu-ld m ( rf,. John wortmon and Mr.!1 (r",J,, '8 'J"r In e.harf. Mrs. John Touch and daughters, (ioodbrod hike on Thursday of this i Koy 1 'on kiln who uecoiiipunied a tlu' ,rundc Konde lumber yard.' ic'Urlee and May. were visitors here week. CatH will be furnished In iro i inttl...f r i .....n.. rri,iH i it n,...id i. oi,.Pn.,n i,. uh,I..t Tuesday. to I Ik- homes of those who ure mi- t-fiiiiplng trip up" Tuth.-rlne ereek liarvestinp this year with a .qcwi; Uscttr Mxwtl1 ,l,is 1,1 able lu walk and they will b,- taknj;isl week arrived home the latter ' combine, lie will operate tlic nia-- - lo the RioundH and brought home i nart of the week. . ii hlin In tin- n. li-l) t.ordoml 4 . f Mias Vem Shaw n employee orilXor,h Towdcr. where lie owns (lie IovhI bunk in spending her va-' w'h, !,t 1mii1 - v - : iiui: .ianioru a imrisi wno was busy Nebraska Is the orily'fitato. In Uirj" I'nlon which has no-bonded " oi; fl on tint; debt, ' aeeordiiiff to Coag; ressinan PhallenbcTK-er. ..' ' Someone so in? weekend stole 33 waukee. . ! . ' j way drosva for. In , thft Mil The sailors of llcriry Pord'.s flept no doubt, ejaculate, "KHwcr inj1 timbers." , - ' t- eitllon on u camping trip into Yet park. Sho - went wllli tlrande on " ------ . ' . . . . v. nv, viiiiiniiiO) ucii) ..... . nothing; to offer cultured Europeans.' Scratch an American 'T. and, you are sure lo find he is nothing more than a piece of huA' ,r''" "tailed iy iiuiiininir. macjriinery... . WTiicli seems.: to be another verification of have leen elected to tills position lint in Ihe meantime they secured better positions or plaevs ln'areiv their, homes and taileil to itc. cejit the place in the I'nlon P t ii nt 11 this time pr.ietleatly nit fir, I Itu.l nllli... 1....... ... I iul 1 inevon-repeaiea, assertion mat "machinery won the War. ".brought under control. Anyjvayl if8cifi'(Mmttf)i''.riuefiy' If "cultured Eurorana"j--J--- : wum, w ltinaiit away irom our vulgar ana contaminating- ment famine, disease and death schools. shores, that's all light with us. Especially if thev make'??" !',' .av0'?,lM " ul1 t'u"uln i Moyd i'roiand. oral iiowwuii. sure, to include lecturers and borrowers. . The fact lis that'r.'rhenVS America' is not falling over itself to bring any kind Of fruition Into the Arctic concerned .mrifcfUonie last week with the Europeans here just,now. It might lie a good thing if there X.moT'5' :h;ZV"uZ were less travel in both directions until present passions "Alo,' he said, "tne world path lowing to low prices olfr-d on th and grievances had a chanCP to Rlihsidp Pvpntnnllv nit of slorn11 w!" be mapped out long 'market t present. j ii i , - , . " ,bfore they make thenuielves felt ; .Mrs. l-rii '""" "ciiii. biuvy lunuur,. eacn conuneni migm and the sclencu of meteroloify will , come to" appreciate the virtues of the other' and talk less b! on aH "c,'ncc deaiinc m ad- r.f iho .tL.j. r.,t. viinco Information which will ;Of the Other's faults. make josslhle world wide adjusl- ; - nient of weather conditions." I The charting of the air will also laid In solving- the problem now 'reared by the mnnv who see in -has shown a drop in commodity prices. The index figure yeSrsm" Z "ZZ or many for Aug. 1 is the lowest since the same date two vears ap. c,n'in'8- Tht! ppr uir win proi- uijij- ii iuuiiu io ut1 amiiiKen in number of "one-wuy streets ell lain out as those of cilv traf- jis inat only risinp; prices-are good prices. The consurninj? public, however, has never been convinced nf that, usually ; greeting lower prices with frank gratitude. Now business ; itself is coming to feel that lower prices at least have their ; coinpensiitions. Ihe reason for this changing viewpoint is clear, business generallv d'l;iin'd hen- for uboul I wo w-eek3 ,I)L, owinp to illnefM of his amuU ehll- j urt'ii, was able to resume nm trav H'lu the Itrst part of thlf week; III home Is In Montana and the family were out on vacation wh li .'they were slopped here by thu llliies of, the children. , ' - ...- LOW PRICES. HIGH PROFITS ,For the eighth month in succession, Bradstreet's index : jne average decline is not great, but significant. Ordinarilv this would lie taken us a. bad sign. The business tradition flc. say the experts. is niiiKing money. The risnur 'Siock niniKct is popular evidence of that. Statistical evi dence is found in the enoiimius volume of railroad freight ; named, dn the steel and automobile output, in the bank clearings and wage-payments ant) other accepted indices ot business activity. There is no mystery about the mattci ;Amencaii industry, through high efficiency and quantity prooucuon, imds that it can make more money by selling things cheaper than by selling them dearer. This is an ( economic mystery which still piuzles. th,e Old World,. A Long- Inland mini son .(ent.v-rie cwila and lin n hid him pui Kun meter, truing hlm bank. WEATHER MEN TO OBSERVE FROM jiif the cnrs to come won't he in an orrire hulldinif hut In n balloon AHMW I'l (IIHll! 1 "ononmBS - thus made '"''" LUUIit , pnssihh- will result In accurate . ' forecastliiK of atmospheric condl. lions Tor lunir periods In advance , all out the world. Ni:V YlillK. Auk. 111. (AI'). Weather men of the future may pursue their profession I.Ik It ul. I -So It will become possible v-.- ...u ...... eiouti iiui'. , predict rar In advance when a ( ertaln pioneer teornlovlsls certain part or. the' world will he believe Ihut the weather bureau j subject to drouth, und Ihe const . to . Safety Gmfinfaiuy Q IIIAW.I, HY MOIUH MAi. , l.fne Ijifintiulo for ,fi-.eih anil Walltmii l. imi A. M. ' , " " llBkrr nml Ihdsc . t:.toA. M. ". " linker mil) ' I'entlli tim . 1 1 :IHI A. M. . ;l:ail I". . 4:IMI I' I :UII I' It:" I' t'niintietlnn at I'rndbttiii for Walla Wulhi. I'uko and Und; ut I'ortland ull ptilnl Houth and North. l a tiraiidit lesit riHHie lot , All .Mcsleni I'ltalr tar htoites. I'Olt- r rank Stureill, Marelda Sturgill, Mm Klora Kteltdoek. .Mrs. Sadie Connor, and about ten Campfiie arrive,! home from Wallowa lake l hunuhiy vnlni; after spending a week camping there. Mia. M.orcle VunHoulen who was uIro lt!i the rrirln tilop p'd off in Kiilt-rpriM" lo isU with her brother Tor a uhih- lu tore turnlui; home. Wall.-r Sti iitijhaiii. ol Inild-T. was a visitor al th'1 tamp tot sevi-iat ilavs. " Six h nd red htm by wen delivered at the Junction hist Monday for tdilpiin-nl to !.-' and Son of Itak'T. 'I'luH- laniliH wrrt brought in by IVlersou and I'rosphiiMl. ,l tii- (r.ivf iiin'wime iiiim- tuier own rs fiipp-U mil wt'ekiuo' about six carload lo Woodman II in the of Maker. II W'.u a I I'resub nl (iniliiim of Ihe Utile Mountain Lumber toinpuny his bet n n I Hioii Tor s vt tal days looking alter ltiisun M matters. A sale of the timber hnldiiiKM of t he company is reported as pending. Wilma Moneiiei, the tillle Kill u Iio attracted so much attention at the. I'liiou stock show during the past two seasons, has been mukliifr the roimdn of other similar attractions (his summer and Is everywhere meeting with the same treatment that site and lu-r horses were accorded here. Her Inst place I'.. I'. Iteuter made a trip to Wat ke last Thursday returning home (he ' same evening. JI; brought home Several of I lie girls who wen eumulnir there. . ' There has been no real InfoTmu Mlss I'leo Sprne-r a graduate ,rtf udh'as' yet eonoenilnir ; the . tjea. the I nion .high, schotil lust yeUrVia car that wuw luhnn -ro 4hu. now lu l.a Grande shohus accept- Uye of Italph iSmith about a niojitli Girls' Voile Dresses vai.i i:s to. $n to t'l.t)si; oit'At $1.49 Olllin Toy Aue 2 lu li OiiIIii? Tosrs Age 7 lo 11.: $1.1:, . Norton's Kiddy Shop ' Infants' and Children's Wearables , they specially like say ; : its -NBA. Psrlt Burrs Hr.R LEm ARB V.ORTH adtlloii. Thh t Mile. Itngurtf, th rrtsbui dsneft, Acd her nndrrplnnlni Is h Fresh Fruit Flavor ABSOLUTE rnthusiV.m among wonicn who JLx. lwvc u.-cd Royal Fruit Flavored Gelatin! Bubbling over into letters : "We think the Strawlxrrry delightful. The taste is just like fresh ripe fruit," says Illinois. "Roval Lemon tastes like gelatin with fresh fruit juice added," Pennsylvania declares. "The 'Tlx flavor is a real fruit taslt" Piwuie snapshots of the children hcctniic tiie inicelcss kind. TUB SIMPLKST CAMEUA UICAL A Iti ownle will Kive you pie. ttitva-- cuod pictures the laslest vvny. - up. Iel us show you Ihe aittitis lionie lastmaii-mttdi-. models. all Kntlak rilin, Ihe di peii-(lib- kind. Prompt rin IhIiIiik. I It1' HUallty kind. Kcd Cross ,Drud Store Or 5- , .1" 'f. ' s;'?;;i:v. Raspkrry tasted as ihotiyh 1 had made it with the juice from my owii bottled krrics," writes Iowa. No "synthetics" nor artificial flavors. . Jiist from . the fruits themselves comes the wonderful fresh fruit taste which has won such instant delighted welcome for Royal Fruit Flavored Gelatin. ? Unspoiled, delicious, fresh, the flavors come ' to you carried by pure gelatin crystals. The fra grance alone is evidence of this purity no trace of "gluey" odor or taste. (Pure gelatin has neither!) ' fy COURSE you want the very purest and. best for your children, in whose lict geiatin is so essential. You know you can trust Royal Fruit Flavored Gelatin, just as you have always trusted Royal Baking Powder. Ask for it by name at your grocer's. The red package, the same color as the Royal BakW Powder can. I ROY At. STRAWBERRY: With tlie htrfnufxirufck M.iie of t' "best herrjin tlicuwU Jwm it liojtiKitj Iiii'vt ii mmlt Royal fruit Flavored 3 SMudc by the makers of Royal Baking Powder riVB FLAVORS . Siranbtrry, Rafptrry. Chtrry from the fruit juices. Orangt nd Lemon from Oj of Orange and Oil of Lemon. Gelatin lor thai mui h.