Tuesday, August 10t l&26:'
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CA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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(Incorporated)
Independent Newapnoct
FRANK B. APPLEBY..
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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.