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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1927)
Saturday, January 1, 1927. IJA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Ml-.- .1 - .l.l.l.l.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.. Local News In Brief .i i .I - i i i I i . ,,. n n . , o Jtellllll In Work-- r Sllsa Lillian lVmitiiKton resumed liiir duties as nurao at tho Urnndo loli l'.' ltallul t.ila mcirliln after mi fclmoiu'i or four wiok.i. follow ing iin operation. Lett l'or Portland Mra E. HHlIDlTSl'tt lft hCfO yesterday for Portland where she, will spend r.ew xeurs wmi-uer mil...- ihn ltev. Murk Noble, at hlM home there. tiho plans to rc- urn lo J.a Grande about lueuduy. Uuvo For WusliJiiuloii After siiondliiff the Christmus holidays here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Q. J. Price, Alius Veda I'rien and Itussell l'rlce will leavo Holiday morning for Seattle, Wash., where they aro attending tho Un iversity of Washington. Ltuvo Sunday Moniliur . ltaymond 1'uyton will leave hero Bunday - morninff for Corvatlls, where he Is u. sophomore In phar macy at tho -Oregon Agricultural college. He' spent the Christmas vacation here with his pandits, Mr, and -Mrs. I'". O. I'ay'.on. 'A'u. Vl'il Parents --T. It. Maxwell will leavo the fli.-it of - the week for- Ashviile North Carolina, where he wlwll visit his mother mid father, lie has not seen his parents for 11 yAurs. ' Mr. Maxwell Is munnger for the Fletcher Oil company here. I'll louto to Monmouth : Miss Krnnees Kelly left last night for i'ortlnnd, where she will visit until Kundiiy evening and go ,1Yoni there to Monmouth, where She Is .attending the Oregon Nor mal school. Miss Kelly hus been Msltlng here with her parents. Mr. .mil Ah a. W. C Kfii'lly during the i'hriatmas vacutlon. l.enve Tomorrow Night ' i "Miss Pauline I'nyton uml Miss Gwendolyn Huehanan will leave here this, evening for Monmouth. .Ore., where they aro students ut --th.u Oregon Normal school. They vhfive been spending the Chrlstmns holidays here, wll It their parents Mips l'ayton is the daughter of Jlft" and Mrs. K (I. I'.i ton awl Miss Buchanan's parents nro Mr. and Mrs. W. IS. Huehanan. .Sirs. Richardson to I'lny Mrs. Harley Klchardson will be otv I be pipe organ at the Pres bvterUn church tomorrow in tiu place of Mrs. J. A. Tedford. who hits so successfully occupied that position for the past year or more. The Tcdfords ure leaving l.n Grande to make their homo In Santa Kosa, Cul. l.eitve Here Kunday i- Sheldon and Wesley Tirownton will leave here Sunday morning, fjy auto, for Seattle. Wash., where they are siudentn at the Cniverslty !mc rolls its A Map COME of Washington. They have been in La Grande during tho holidays with their parents, Ir. and Mrs. H. H. Itrownton. Sheldon Is a junior In pre-nu-dlcs at tho un iversity and Wesley la a fresh man In pre-luw. Visiting Hero Today Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Paytou and daughter, CJruce, arrived this morning from linker and nro New Year's guests at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Hurry Gibson. Miss Grace l'ayton will leuvo from hero this evening for Corvallls, where she Is an Oregon Agricultural col Ipgo Btudent. lie I urn to 1 'oil la in I Miss Corrlne linker left this morning for Portland, where she is attending Ucnkc -Walker busi ness college, after visiting hero during the Christmas holidays at tho home of her sister. Mrs. Hut Uohnenkuinp. Miss Haker gradu ated from the local high school last spring und hus muny friends here. , Loft For Port lo nil Miss K tltcry ii Mo ran left lust night for l'ortland, where she will attend the, Union state Christian Kndcavor executive meeting, which sturted there last night with u New Yeur's party. Sersslui.s will he held all day today und this evening there will be a New Year's ban quet. The meeting will close to morrow evening ut five o'clock. Miss Morau will return to m Grande Monday morning. CELEBRATION IN NEW YORK IS EXPENSIVE (Continued from Pa.-e One) any of recent years, managers said. The Waldorf had a cover charge of $10. which included dinner and souvenirs. Other big hotels such as the Commodore, Pennsylvania. MeAl pin. lilltinore, Koosevelt. Kit?. Carl ton. Vandcrbllt. Ambassador, Haint llegis, Mnyfalr, Marguery. Madison and Aslor entertained from 1 Olio Lo 3tl00 guests at a charge of $7.50 each. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. (AIM President and Mrs. Coolldge lent a hand Friday night in the nation's I farewell to the old year and Its reeling to the new one. Quietly, in the seclusion of the White House they awaited mid night to offer a solemn, impressive touch to the noisy New Year's eve celebration v:ilch had been gath ering momentum here throughout Hie evening. They had enlisted the aid of five marines--a trumpeter and f(ur IrumbonM "v.'y'i4-l,i working out an Innovation: Music from the roof of the White House al the stroke of 1 2. ccaseksr, course, pyNewYeaFl WE'LL SEE Moec Jamiiar THE STARTING DAY OF f0UR ANNUAL JANUARY CLEARANCE EVERY ITEM IN THE ENTIRE REDUCED 'THE STORE WITH TODAY MEANS MORE THAN NEW YEAR'S (Continued from Far On, Kstlmntcs of the amount of lu:m values which will become available for tho -next four years follow' - 1 H27 f2ti2.fi3S.S-l4: l'JS $:i7i, MO.GuG: 1 It 051; mo -JiilMI.KIta.tiSti. 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Montana ..... J Nebruslia. Nevada j New Hampshire ; New Jersey ; New Mexico New York 1 North Carolina .. ! North Oukota .... Ohio j Oklahoma Oregon , Pepnsylvan a ! Hhode Island .... ! South Carolina .. Jsouth .Itakola .... ! Tennessee ; Texas. jl'tah Vermont Virginia i Washington I West Virginia .... Wisconsin l Wyoming Guam I Hawaii ; Plilll'ppinvs ;.. DAMAGE RUNS HIGHER THAN $1,000,000.00 (Continued from Page One) little or no damaue apparently waa done. The shocks in I'.rawley were continuing at intervals at 2:2ii a. in. The cafes and resorts in Me::l cali were crowded with New Year's merrymakers nipl they stampeded into the streets a: tho hr-t shock;!. The gale at the International tt no, ' closed nightly at !i o'clock wei'o .opened by .the II. S. cusioms of ficers to permit ic people to cnj:;j to the American side. At. 1 leber which was first rr-portnd to have heen badly fbtniaued th post of- hut w& lialt YOU ALL 20 TO 50' A CONSC!E!XE SALE Compares Today With Time 25 Years Ago A unarter of a century is n lung tSnu) and many,' 'many 1,'lutngeg may tako. place during sucli u period, i - Karl J.'" Staekland. of Cove, used this as the theme Cor his New Year greetings to his friends. . He says: "Thirty years ago I remember when eggs' were thro . dozen for 25 cents, butter lo cents u pound, milk five o-nts a o.uart, the butclu r gave awny liver unl treated the kids with Im logon, the hlreil girl received two dollars a week and did the wash In'. Women -did not pow der und paiiit (In public), smoke, vole, play poker or shake the shlmmte. ' "Men . wore whiskers and boots, chewed tohueeo, spit on the side wall: and cussed, llccr was five cents nnd the lunch was, free. Iiboreis worked 10 hours a duy and never went on . u strike. No tips were given to . waiters und the hat-check graft er w.in unknown. A kerosene hanging lamp and u steroscope In the parlor were luxuries. . "No unit ever underwent nit appendix ' operation or bought 'glands. Microbes were unheard or, f-.dks lived to a good old age and every year walked miles to wish tlnir friends a Merry Christmas. Today "Today, you know, everybody, rtdt s in automobiles, or flys. plays golf, shoots craps, plays the piano with their feet, go to the movies nightly, smokes eig-drt-ts, drinks Itukus Juice, . MmiU'.l the 11. C. of I i. on Ihe opposite party, never go lo bed Cio same day. they get -dp nnd. think they aro having a wonder ful time. ' ' ' . ? "Tlies. uie the days of suf frage! tin??, prof Peering, exeet-s UiKts and prohibition, and." if you think life. Is worth living, 1 wish you a happvNew Year' fice was found to be damaged and .windows of other edifices broken. Ill Ceutro apparently suffered but f minor damage, broken win dows ami crockery only being re ported. " Ken ring to return to their slink (in ViMiiifj 'vtlilittitM ut' C.alovi.'O and lleber gathered varound hugoftliKH lMil 'x' lIL'red ttuiiLtrea on vacant lots, a num ber' of the residents of Caloxlco I reported that the first three quakes I weie of such intensity that they ! were shaken out of their beds. LEGION SHOW . VIEWED BY LARGE CROW D (Continued from Page One) from the audience. - ' YcMleling Numbers" . (tIn.the t'liflh uct Uu-, audience wus tatiejj to the Alps l'or a time, when Mr. and Mrs. Kiitz Hoffman and Mr.-and Mrs. Chris HUde- to wisii you STORE SAVE PRAYER OF A SPORTSMAN ; . Ity ItePhui lira ley , "Uenr Lord, ip the buttle that gies on thruUgh Hfe r :; I ask but a field that Is fair. ' . . A chance that is equal with all In tho strife, ., A courage to strive und to dare. ; And If 1 should win. ivi' It bo by the code ... ; . With my faith and my honor held high: And If I should lose, let me stand by the road . And cheer as tlm winners go by! . "And ljord, may my shouts b ungrudging und cbvar. . . A tribute that comes from me ncari. And let me not cherish a snarl or tt sneer Or play any sniveling part; . . Let me say, 'There they ride on whom laurel's bestowed Klnco they played the game better than 1,' Let me stand with a smile by the side of tho ruiid . And cheei: as tho winners go by! ' "So grant'nie to eoniuer?df cono.uer 1 nan . . i Hy proving my worth In the fray: f . ilut teach me to lose like u Itcgulnr Man -, , v' : And hot like a caveh, I pray. .,' Let mo tako off my hat to the warriors who sirode ''" ' . ; : To victory .splendid and high, ' ' Yea, teach mo to stand by the sldo of tho' Voad And cheuL as the winners go byl' bra mil appeured- In typical native coNtume with u group of yodellng MU in burs. These people ut one time lived In Switzerland and know just how it is done there, und .their part in lust nights program was unusual. . So well was It re ceived by the audience that they were culled buck ugutu und again for encores. ( - Cole m in i Appluudcdl Pei hups the biggest hit of thw evening was Jock Coleman, Scotch comedian, of Pendleton, who with the other actors donated his part in the program. Coleman ap peared In his Scotch plaids and the audience was In an uproar tho min ute lie stepped on the stage, ills clever Scotch songs, uccoiupuuled by Just enough dunce steps, ure unrtvnlcd. After ho wus culled buck, to the'stago he gave a per sonation of the famous Scotch comedian, Harry Luuder, In his I'drlnking" song, and thot?c attend ing tlie show last night aro. under tho Anjprcsslon that Lauder him self couldn't have been better. , . .- Ibmeing Act The last act was a dancing uct, In which Mtlllkcn und Wright up. pearcd. Their first nuinber;was one of the modern juzz numbers, the "Sugarfoot Stomp", which was delightfully executed. As u second part of their act they danced the ".Merry Widow'" WulU, ' : An added feuturo of this uct wus a ripanlsh dunce, In which In Spanish tango. Ilea 1 1 .e About $100 Although the legion committee had not finished checking up tills morning it is thought that about $400 will be realized from tho frolic, to be added to the 1H27 convention fund. The sit vices of all persons taking par,t were don ated and the use of the theuler wus donated by,.lhe management, Mey- GREETINGS We Wish All Our : Friends ': ; A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS . ' ' NEW YEAR . ' , ART & BABY SHOP ItltAWl.KY TltKMUMIS ISKA WI.KY. fill., .Inn. 1. (Al') Abotit thirteen earthciimkes, all of thetn lasting some time but fmir iiaitlculaiiy heavy were felt here early today. The first was felt shorLly' after midnight. The quakes were described as not of the rocking variety, but long drawn out and isliarp. The temblors were said to be of greater intensity thun ever felt here. Ontario is being overrun by snowy owls from the arctic, lately. Wi.so old owl: ' SAVEwVA 5 DRUGSTORE Kill the Germs in Your Nose and Throat THE KANTLEEK Atomizer Ih Irtlk-lM'Oor, r!ntf-H'()or ail-I lilr-tllit. AiiJlJHlull' HOthut fltlu-r w ii t r solutions heavy oils limy n? usl'I. A'l JiiHdible to iIiIIvit -l li.-i-IlKlil or heavy siruy , $1.25 Glass Drugs lac La Graade, Ortgoi . ers und llowen. . Ur. j Itay Murph'y. comnillteo chairman, , who -antiouneed the numbers, expressed thanks ' to everyone who helped to make the matinee n success. , In .behalf pf the legion this morning. ' At the - lie giunlng of tho show lust evening Ir. Murphy also . announced the next American Legion show, which will be Jan. 24 und 25. This. will be the second annual play spon sored by the legion post., , Obituary s FfXKKAlj MUXIAY Kuneral services for Mr., Whlllng. niackhuwk Indian' war veteran, who died ut Mt. Glen yesterday, will bo held Mondny afternoon ut 1:30 o'clock at the .Huhneukanip mortuary. Jntoripent 'wtlt hike plucojn tho L. 1). S. cemetery, A. . MI LIIOLLAM) Andrew 'jackson-f MTilhollundi aged 00 years', two .months nnd 1 1 days. ;dled " last pight ut "S:::5 o'clock following seviTal ' weeks' Illness Jack V.Mulhollund, us he is known to many, was - born at Pleasant Hill, Ore., Oct. 2U.M8U". but when still young moved to the Grunde Hondo; valley, where he made his home for muny years. After leaving here he went (" Yakima, Wash., unh from there, he , moved o Twin Kails Ida., where lie lived for many years, being In the grorfery business; In both these cities. Aboiit 12 years ngo he returned to-lji Grande and lived here ftr nearly four yeurs, then moving io Hubbard. Ore., where he resided until death, owning a logunberry i. ";"'. there and being a member K We wish at his'thne to ex- ffl I lljj .! Zk. . press our appreciation for your . (JlslillW l!veY- S5J a " Patronage during the year 192G. . ; MJpiVA llUlflffi ' -5 You are no doubt convinced that f M r,nWv ' (U;llit-x m'chu"di?iat the low- ' ( -m VU W I 9W( You cm fet:1 assured that we A WA mftw ! M will .refill our entire stock with fh V im' rnerchandise of quality for men, gfRfc -J jl hll'VnVt ? W'J&&y vomen and children in all the : jr "1 It j 'nWmu e fLi lf2& latest styles and start the New , f -M ;1 iU &tyj&! Year once over with the lowest S iiluu" . prices in. La Grande. ; , , IllHul I ' Happy New Year Wy NeW York Store - Kp Wti , ' '-. Pr' ' Destroyers of High Prices J S 'j li Ssfrjfj. ) III 11' A of the l)oard of directors of tho Hubbard Loganberry association.' Ho wus brought to Hot Luke" tor medical treatment ubout two months ago, but his condition was .too serious lo bo helped much. He- leaves to jnourn his loss four brothers, T.' It. Mulholland, of La Grande; J. H. Mulholland, of Palmed Ore.; -Dick Mulholland,. A R CADE ; "' EDVARD -v -: H0RT0N THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING x SUNDAY VAUDEVILLE ' ;' Starting MONDAY MakyPjckfore O00MING ... in Prbs- . pcrity , . . Health .4, and Happiness! . G J. Breier Co. ; of Prlnevllle, and Arthur Mul holland, of fori ui lie, nil of whdm at one time made La Ornndo their home, besides 10 nieces tiiid oun nephew, and many other"JtCr ntlves. ' ' ' , ' Ti'T' The body Is at tip Zimmerman chapel. Huodgruii- : Funeral. ,nr- ; not yet' -heel! ' rungciucnts have made. TODAY EVERETT See the Svveetheart of stars In, her iA'amatic aecomplishment' brimful of human interest,'; tense' with suspense. ; ;; ; : : , Admission - - - - , 35c Children - - - - - 10c
