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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1926)
Tuesday, August 17, l!)2fi. Paire Four EA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ladranbe rating dfeerte (Incorporated) An Indrpcnilent Newspaper FRANK a APPLEBY .....Editor and Publiaoer HARVEY P. MATTHEWS.... ..Bualoew Manager Publlahed evenings, except Sunday, at 1416 Adama Avenue, , 'L Orande, Oregon. The Obeorver-Star publlahed every Friday. jbmerea at ino x-oaiuiuca hi im. uranua, uregoo, aa dccooq Claaa Mall Mattr under act of Marcb 2. 17 OFFICIAL PAPER OF UNION COUNTY AND THB CITY OF LA GRANDE , MEMBER ASSOCIATED P11E8S The Associated Preaa la exclusively entitled to use for pub : llcatlon of all newa dlapatcbea credited to It or not otherwise ;, credited if publlahed therein. All rights of republication of ,' apeclal dispatches In thla paper, and also the local newa here '.' In also are reserved . . . T SUBSCRIPTION RATES "" ;' By Carrier , Dally, per month In advance- Dally, per aix roontha In advance- Dally, alngle copy TM JUM lo By Malt Dally, per month In advance.. Dally, per alx months In advance Dally, per year In advance.......... Weekly Observer-Star, per year.. ,..60o IJ.oO ...6.0 II. Oo A DVERTI8INO RATES Dlaplay, foreign, per column Inch Display, local, per column Inch.... ..410 ..40c Time contract rates on application. A OENEItOL'H PROMISE "Thy God will inrilto llli-o pli-n- ' tcoua In I'very work of tliim? huiul. In tho fruit of thy body, ' nnd In tin- fruit or thy 'cattle, und in the fruit of Ihy luml, for cood." Ucul. lu:. . ' WHEN LNSl'LL DEFIED SENATOR REED ' mump -c5.5M.wjpr -"V ri -Ml, Au .it.. 4. ttst vSMyWJL ? A- "I rvfus" to imswor," barked Samuel Instill, Illlnolfl public utllitt'-s ma;jiuti when quen-. tluncil dltotit fiinijiaiKn fund tiidu und t lie !iiiiira Biiappi'd liint us hi laitl it. taVjV- ' J If j And Smut or Jim Jtccd, coittU'SH nnd unpcrtHi Ud, puffid IHh clur und tulit - Instill he would be cilid to tht snati , on u vhurfff of contempt. ' DAMAGE SUIT IS WITHDRAWN l America so far has avoided a dictatorship; still, our cities have a traffic cop on nearly every coiner. V - ..... i. If we get the French argument straight, America is re sponsible for the French financial crisis because we haven't kept right on lending France money to pay her debts. I The irrigation test plot on the Sam lirooks place; north tif Imbler was started too late this season to make much of 'i showing but next year should furnish some very inter- esting facts for the consideration of land owners in the valley. The alfalfa crop is the only thing to be effected this season and Mr. Brooks says that the second cutting just made is practically as good as the first and they will Oregon One of Dry est States In The Union ! FARM RELIEF IS TAKEN UP (Continued rtom Page 1) I Prohibition Officers, at Meet in Klamath Falls, Urge More 'Strin gent Laws KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. A up;. 17. (AI tln'Kon b one of thr. dryexl states In tho union, nnd one of Iho few In which fcdiTnl ' ! Iirollthltlnn nrflperM urp nwturt'ri get another very good crop. If the water had been avail- fu" cooperation from municipal, able at the start of the season, it is his opinion that four f excellent cuttings would have been made this year where to v. k. nywoii, northwestern one or. two cuttings' has been the previous limit. Mr. ",'Sv prohibition director who ... . ., ,, , . , , , , npoke here .lust ntKhl nt n meettni- I.rooks came to the valley when the six hundred acres he of the southern oreson m en Dow owns was to be had at $1.25 an acre and old settlers ,wwmnt officers, said he would starve to death farming such land. He prc-l Cn ; dieted then that it would be worth. $50 an acre within hiafaH tim KrcutcHt (hinrn-nt to lhjuor lifetime and he now predicts that the entire valley willi,uw 'r"'t!'( now xnins. ;mc day bo trwiHttd sudiivlea.U fiwo and ten-acrol .sron. siriiiKwit laws 10 curi. the I'Vil and enactment of it Htalti( providing () lu-naMy for rrslKtlntr mi offlii'r were ndxoc.ilrd a prenM- to tho Klnnmth county courthouse folio whitf the hainiu-t, where an exhibit Ion of more than 4i), iftlHs cnpluri'd In thl vtrlnlty In 'recent ruids were displayed. ' , When u parly drives- pasi a rural Swedish Hchool al recess t.ime. the youngster com? to ut tent ion, hring their wooden shoes together with a clutter, bow und doff thuir huts. report that Mr. Coodtlge hud is sued orders to thu prohibition .en forcement unit in Wushini;ton n in fit oiloptlnpr a plan to put poi sons In alcohols Intended for non beverage .use. When the president read thee In some newspapers. It' was said it was the first he had heard of It. As a mutter of fact, it was added, he happened to know only hi a most general way of the legal powers in any such matters. So. ne reports that the president was Informed of a farm conference that might he held In New York , A. H. M, Hutchinson, author of . soon between prominent financiers best sellers from- If Winter ('onirs and farmers' representatives to de 'to One Increasing l'urpose, is nmr-vise aids for the agricultural in ried at tii age of 47 to a gjrl of dustry also were said to he news , to him. KAM.M, Ore. Aug. 17. (Al) T. 11. Wegener, trustee In banU rnpley for the Jordan Valhy I'arnis company, .Monday submit ted u slipuluiioii to the dem'il land bf-jird in ivhiih h" offered to with draw his suit fur damat-e) hi the amount ut $J&i,ihih. The action followed the transfer of -noUs. mortgages und other records al leged to lie the properly of the farms company by Ithea Ltiper, state engineer, to the I'nitcd .States district court of Idaho. " Wegener charged 'h:tt lliw land board hud refused to ' surn.'iider tht; notes and mortgages and that he h:ul been daiuafed in the sum of J'.'Sm.imih. The desert land board claimed that it was never hi pos session of the records und ' other property involved in the suit, hut that, tlus'r were entrusted to Char les A. KIrlcUland, assistant statu engineer by J. L. McAllister, act ing us Wegener's counsel. Jt was understood ttiat papers would not be delivered to any one other than the Jordan Valley irrigation dis trict. The notes were given by. 8 tilers into bankruptcy befoie the' wat'-r was delivered and !t Is now ; proposed that the notes he cancel led. itcconis Withheld I Members of the . desert, hind hoard in a statement si Id that tlie records were whhhdd to prevent their fulling Into the hands of un scrupulous persons who might cause ttouble. They made II plain that the notes und mortgages were turned over to the federal court In' Hois3 with the understanding thut they would not be sold for the benefit of the creditors. Wegener,' over the protest of the creditor's! attorney, ugrecd to dismiss the suit. t The members of the desert land board were defendants in the suit. ' I .; London subway cars lit the tun- nels so closely thut they force out j jsiugnaut ulr by their . ph-lon-llke. action., .1 Dry Weather Causes ! , Cougar to Leave Hills i . ( . i ,. KLAMATH ' KXI.IW. On.:. Auk. 17. (Af). Aiipniwnlly' Uilven down from Hie lilBlilnnclH ly un preceilent drouciil. u laiKe coilK'ir s seen lust nlBht lit Shore Acres less than n mile from -the i'1'.y Mmils on the shores nt t'pper Kluimith hilier-; whi'iu the unlnial had come for u drink. This follows discovery of Ihc inunRled hoily of n deer Die day hefore by u parly or fishermen on Hie south fork of Kpriilfilc river, with truclia liearliy unmlslukulily those of a coupar. i Shore Acres is thickly hnill lip with summer collages. Koreut fires are also believed to have been u conlrlbutliiK factor In driving; the animals from their usual haunls. l io not direct a b'roni; slieani of I water when washlnif the body or aj illrly csr. iteiuove the nozzle and ! allow the water to How Reutly, over I lie body lo soften the mud ol dust. Annoylnz ruttlLS are often caus ed by window lifters in (tin doors. This can be slopped by llchlenillK the handles or by pulling, some packing behind the metal plate which conceal! the shaft of the window lifter. New Fall Felts Curl and Snap Hiiriis with Colored Hands STETSON SCHOBLE (i(M)d Hals , ' $5 $6 $7 $8 N. K. West & Co. Store For Men . Misses J unit) Kent, Gruel a Hug. -gerly, and Mildred Hulght lmvo gone to Milton to work In the fruit harvest. . . ' t New Shipment of Girls Dresses .Made of L'.nglisli prints and IVtcr Pan gingham. I-'aM color, and of very Inli'M .styles. Size 2 to 0 rar;. Vvlvvi nl 10: nml 9:1,2ft See Wlinlow. Norton's Kiddy Shop Infants and Children's Wearables A tux of five per cent on every, meal costing more than one dollar tiiinneu iy the Quebec provin cial government. Leave Your Films At The- Red Cross Drug Store For The Best In Developing, Printing and Enlarging ; tracts, each sufficient lo support a family prosperously. ; fiven now the valley is cut into much smaller tracts than u few years ago, Mr. Urooks points out, and this will con- ' the. valley can be successful here. There is no question do the vulley can be successful here. There is no question 4bout tho opportunity afforded. The acreage is sufficient to support a population of fifty to seventy-five thousand ; people in the Clrantle Kondu Valley. It is probably lo be a;0" lo l,mKI' """in n mm ! I... I 4L :..! ...1... r ... il. ' II' l""J i" iippeiii- ill eouri j food supply fifty or a hundred years from now has notli- iiig to worry about. Potential production is here and tit comparatively small cost. j . COURTESY TO AMERICANS England, unlike France, is not making hostile denion ; strations against Anioricim tourists, but is trying to at tract and hold them. The government is co-oporatitig in this effort with the hotel and transportation interests. I'isnisHlon f Hi' nvimcp of pi-r- Jlirv wan -fcliit;ihl hy I:. A. Kin- j mil t. local Justin- of ij,i n-i "Ijiw i'liforc-iiit'ij( anil making I. nrri'MlH urn w'-ll i-iioiikIi." Ih r-ilil. "lllll Wlllll tfoOil (m II I'fihif. in iln ' i': Hional Mill Hf- Iho lllfll who face ll'iinir KflllfMrt!!':" rrrjtiry l-'n-i-s ,Maii. '"Ill pi'l-Jury, villi liap III- ;ri-:il-i-st u-t-apon or t hi- liOitlli-ciTi-r. Hi and Ills assopiuti's will .sl.-ii. on -llic witlii'ss sland anil Mvi-nr fil.sr ly to anylhlnt;. J "Tin- wonlini: 01 tin- Matnto rov. "Tins; Ih Ik oN.-nsi- l.i nih Ii Hint nt ,ls iliirlrull Ii, oMam a i-nnvli-l Ion. !. "I have hail uo inaiiv vilni';:u, s ; jin Itoolliir rn.-.-1-s ru'itt thut tli-ii iiiii ; nn,.,B tlr nlrt ,nti.,i. i i 1 1 1 e j iiwiim-u iin iirini'ii- mriiwn on i; ; .jviin. hi un; iiiviiiiiiw .iiiupti-u siiKKesi. son 01 Ciller- nlJi wiilk roniam. ,t onlv v it prise Which we usually think of as American rather than 1 '"" iwB'nnini; in i Hriliuh Mnvfira f 1. . . n . . . Ii .... I r.,-,,,,1 IJ.-i I, l..l "O'lliln I In.ln.l.- wa!.-r in U,r ,-..- - m - .,..v.. i, MII1V L'llKHII IKUL- II noniTU llll.ifl.tl ' to prepare publicity matter setting forth the attractions ' wilt. . of their cities and surroundings. Britain wanU to paU;;;r,;';,,Vh;!J;:!..C" iioro of the tourist money that is now spent in KranceJ ''" wx Ki i. iii i an ih,-n Krom prese'ut jndinit ions, she is likely to succeed. When i'"'-'" "M ,.n.MI... w, the l'l-ench' make things unpleasant for Americans, A;ini-;- "' cans naturally stop going there; and if there is any other country that interests the average American as much in I'Vancc, it is England. The . Rritish. have their grievances, real or imaginary, ngainst America, as the French have. Rut they arc less .disposed to show them in public, or get excited about them. The Rritish arc better able than the French to discuss a difference of opinion dispassionately and impersonally. There may bo debate among statesmen and journalists, and unpleasant flings in some of the Rritish newspapers, but there is no mobbing on the street and little or no evidence of personal dislike shown to tourists going decently about their own affairs. ..' It will doubtless be found by our European friends th;.t courtesy is a business asset to a nation no less than to a private enterprise. 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Regularly $6.75 " 14.95 Dominion; Guaranteed elements in a solid ' plated pressed steel frame. , ' ELECTRIC SWEEPERS Regularly $10.00 . 129.95 Dec Vac Sweepers. with all at-., tachments at this amazing price." ELECTRIC PERCOLATOR SETS ' RcKiilarly $30.00 $19.95 The famous Manning-Dovvrnan Sets consisting of 1 Urn , . 1 Creamer - 1 Sugar 1 Tray All highly polished. ' TRY The Oregon Hardware ir"lsvr TliK .V1R fllb M1.NI. a Hi"- ouns'l"T with Mr r ti llh lil amllp. tk i-;::a-' J Cat tl !ts! a'- ts! . !. 4. csa? !n n;.t!::ra V,'inealiM:iMi FIRST
