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Tliurstlay, February 10, l'J27.
Page Two
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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Dependable
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Smartly Tailored Suits and
Stylish Coats for Spring
' Here are the choicest apparel ideas for Spring with the new short jacketed
.suit of tweeds and sport' materials high in style's favor. Coats are colorful, some
fur-trimmed. Sport and Top Coats will 1)3 much in demand..
; With the arrival of bright days you'll want to keep pace with Spring in your
dress. This early showing is not only 'authentic in style but unusual in pricing;
' Come in see the values for yourself.. '.
THE SUITS
$19.75 and $29.75
Dependable
t) Quality
POMONA GRANGE
HOLDS MEETING
Several Resolutions Are
Pasfeci Rodent Control
Work Is Praised
WATJOWA. Oro I'Vh. 10 (Rpe
clul) Tho Wallowa county Von
ona Ki;auir meullng: held hern Feb.
fi wus largely attended by mma
. liers .rfroni. various parts of the
County. J. W. Miller., of Aider
Hlopdi, inaster of thn organleatlon,
was preseult and opened In tho
fourth di'Ken for a short business
session during- the forenoon, at
which time a number of resolu
tions w-re Introduced, but due to
1 ho limited time, they were held
over 'until Ihu evening" session for
discussion.
Dinner was served io upwards
of 100 persons, in the dlnlngroom
of the 1. (. O. V, hall by the wo
. ln-n of Wallowa grunge. At two
o'clock In the ufternoon an open
- .ntertulnment meeting wits held nt
f the gymnasium, with a liirge crowd
attending. The. Iter. O. II. Knew,
"lecturer oi- the Potnona grnnga
buvlnlr charge or tho program.
Av-lhe first speaker on thn pro
grmn. U K. Allen was culled upon
to represent the cily and deliver
nil address of wWroinlc. In a few
well cjiosen words Allen, expressed
iippreclalion of tho work being
done by tho oricanluitlon, and stat
ed that In- was pltu-d to notn
the progress being made In coop
erutlbn, mentioning tho rodent
control district, recently formed
nud crrorts 'toward cooperative
roadi, .blinding plans etc. in
closing; his remarks he Vntertained
n hopo that 1hei meeting would
provijFt'a plensunt anf trofltnblo
one.
HrUc Cox,, president, of tho
Wallowa commercial association,
was toio next speaker culled. Cox
pointed out thn fart that coopera
tion Along the lines of farm In; in
dustry has a beneficial effect on
till hOKtneKS carried on In a ootn
' i.iunif, as whom farming is pro fit -(
htf filler business Interests are
olso profitable, und that eaeh de
pcrdihd to a largo extent upon the
'others Cox also stated thut the
, t oinmerclnl association stood ready
(it ntp times to lend aid to the
Krniirtt and other orgnnlxatlons in
putting over any project for the
: benefit of tho community.
' A i)umber of out able speakers
who fxpected to bo in ottmulunre
- tit tlte meeting wero upahla to
I'onwM
'Hi play "Hack to The. Farm'
whlcft was pre nteU last week by
st u dej is of the high school, waa
put oft during tho aftornoon'tf pro-
NEW!
HILL'S
grtim and was greatly enjoyed.
Musical numbers were rendered by
the following: The Olseii quartet
of l.ostlne; Mrs. llanuttrnet and
Mr. Khaver. on piano and flute. A
vocul number was Kiven by Mrs.
K l h e M oo re : , read I n gs by M rs.
tieot'KO Tllton, of I.OHtlne; I-'red
Mnstrude, or Alder Hlopo, and
Wllda McKeniele, qll being much
enjoyed by tho lmge crowd pres
ent. Hopper was served to the crowd
al. o'clock which an evening sos
nIoii was held. The prlnelpln boui
llons coining beforo . thn evening
whhIou was In discussion of reso
lutions which wero introduced In
(he ttMornlng. A resolution or a
conmiltle,) rrom Wallowa griinKe,
relstlvn to tho need of a state In
come tax was favorably pasNcd,
with members expressing them.
heiveB mueh in favor of such a
method of luxation.
H)1iitioiiN PaN
A resolution usklnfr for forma
tion of boys und girls nil f club, and
various other club work, was also
piisHfd, this to b worked up
throiiKh cooperation of tho county
agent service.
A resolution asking for rrentlon
of one or inure cow testing asuuciii
tkms nlso nwt. with hivontbln np
lirovul. and plans were discussed
relutlvo to having this work rnr-
V ; trJA 1
NOltODV DOritl.KH for Sally Itsml. petite tilm t;ir. Hhe
does nil the doubling herself, ami hero she U In en unusual
' posek "You Just rnn t keep In shapn without tloins; ft lot
nt acrobatics," dec Is res Sally. Which indicates thai Bully
fiiuftt spend iiinst of her time plftvluc gymnast.
THE
$12.75
rled on In connection with county
aKent work.
A resolution or appreciation of
the aid of county court members
and -others In securing the service
or a county uwnt w"ero also ptissefl.
A reHo'.ution asking that one day
earli year be designated for t runs
action of burliness matters coming
hefitre I he county orgunlnntlon,
. was Introduced and discussed,
lwwever, no definite arrangernrnts
, were worked out.
A class of several members were
j given the fifth decree. The next
n ting of the Pomona grange, will
be held wKh linnaha grange, early
In Muy providing road conditions
aro fjond nt thut time, otherwise
ihe inei'timr will ho held at Joseph.
W. It. tiekeler and wife, of lAL
Cirande, were prow-nt during- thn
entire meeting ami tiekeler, gave a
talk relative to the progress of thn
gram,'" In Kitstern ( repron coun
ties, and iirseil (hat efforts be used
lo inrretise the grange member
ship in all subordinates during the
coming year.
Walla Walla Fire
Loss About $60,000
VAI.I.A WAI.I.A. Feb. 10.-Klre
lnsses In the elty nf Walla Wnllll
during mid wero $r.9,)ta4, ucenrd-
Dependable
Values ,
COATS
to $39.75
Dependable
Values
Ing to Fire Chief Tom Cqsey. "..
I Tho loss on buildings was. $ I 7.
348.1 fi mid the loss on contents
was 42.4HC. the hitter being the
I ohm of the Hanger and Thorn pHon,
store gooils as reported by 1 he
Insurance adjusters.
The department responded tri
208 alarms during the. year us
compared wlih 144 during 1 92fit
of these .164 were by telephone.
27 by boxes, eight by aero and
19 mill alarms. ;
The department traveled 00,4
miles In answering l hese alarms
find Its netnnt working ' time at
fires was 1)3 hours nnd .Gfi minutes.
The buildings nt-1 risk's in fires
were valued at I 1 RTr and the
liiHiirnnee -Joss 'on the fires was
ftir.9K2.-
It Is no wouiWt w gn etriiod
after tinKU'kliuc micIi a splendid
lot of wallaM'r that will uiakr
mail onler Ikjumos lianl to catch
amtiml l a 4ranu.
Two ions of kalsoniliui ranui in
4n1a lc for a fi lb. iM'kayo,
IVtpl aid alna4iy mskUig "In K
gssl katsotnlno?" W toll Uuni
ritipliatkMilly that It Is the very
Imm ntonny iti buy. Hot and
rAtl wator. FYom (Im lookN of
thliifrs Mople will Ihi ilmb
liuc over thenvHeej huylug kalso
mine and waltMip-r and pauil and
nil fmiu lite lratt l.umlMr mm
pany. We do not iwptTt to kcp a lot
of gtKxLs imi nur slietve. We luive
already fswig tho nkaul of low
prices and aanm ikma on Old Man
High lrkii till wo sluutrod Ids
totHh and rinsed his tiytw. About1
anoilwr blow llko tliat and HiauIjI
fellow wiU bei out of omiuhIwOoii
WalltaMir an cJieap a IV Mr
single' roll,
Claude C. Pratt
Lumber Co.
"The Poo iUh't rrtesd"
Wow FOondry. Pboae Halm i
MTOMCK.WILL
DIVORCE SINGER
So Says N. Y. American
Today Millionaire Is
sues a Denial
rifirAOO. Fob. 10 AD
Harold R MrCornHrk, of the har
yenter " family of millionaires,
denied today chat hi wife, Gttnna
Walska. beautiful Polish singer in
to divorce hi in. He In her fourth
husband.
PAnifl, Keh. 10 (A.P) Oanna
Walska today refused to dlsciiKfi re
ports that Mho .and her husband.
Harold V Mcformlck. had sep
arated and thai a divorce wns con-ii-mplutf-d.
iuMA(i; kaii at i:m
NKW . yOKK, Feb. 10 (AP)
Th romance of Harold K Mc
formlck, harvester machinery
maenate and Oanna WalHka. Hind
er, in at an end, and u Paris di
vorce lit Impending, the Now York
American nays today, f'onflruui
lion of reports of their separation
has hern obtained from friends the
paper say. - . ... , i (.,
McOormlek loft New York for
f 'hlsurn vfat aHav. t hn nnm-Hnn nor
fmys. to ron for. with, Clarence -lar-
(rou over the separation, and ho
fore hn left, he told friend that
he und' Mmci WalHka wr
"through forever." .,
A financial settlement; In anti
cipation of divorce has - hern ar-
! ruftKed, the story turner la.
' Me.rormlck suddenly, left iho
liner Tarts a year ago and can
celled passage. Hla wife sailed at
that time with the announced in
teiitlon of appearing; In opera and
concert work abroad. Mc(ormlck
followed two days luter but return
ed to thn f'nlted Btates alone with
in two months, saying1 he wtould
rejoin hla wife after attending to
hu sin ess here.
Married In ltS3
The chairman of the. board of
tho, International harvester com
pany and Mme. Walska, widow of
u Itusxian cavalry' officer were
suddenly married In Purls In, 1922.
Mccormick Is the singer's fourth
husband. .
Within a year after her arrival;
here In 1910 Mme. Wa I ska rnur-
1 A LETTER WORTH READING
These are the experiences that
count. Upa hill in high thatyou
have never been able to make
before a noticeable increase
in gas-milea old fuel knocks
eliminated.
Thousands of motorists all
o vertheCoast have been setting
Proved by
THE PUBLIC
WEALTH? YES;
. .VIM. Dein.lt Iliii'cini
Mr hiishand'H iiiilllnns fnilcd to
hrinK- nuirltal tnipplnem tu Mrs
lloriieff- lmtKe. Jr.. wife of Hip
8m of the. hit uiitoinohjle nKinii
fuiUiirer. . ..Mru I)i.IKp. who .wns
Mihs .Iiiis Knowllon. luts brought
suit for dlvon-e jit Ufti-iit- rhe N
plefured above with the two )oilLre
Childreii ul the (iroKse 1'ohU
.Mich., palaoe. built for her bv
youriK tlKe, who Is sniil to be hi
ills. 'J he Jixlices were muri-ied
In lltl. . -it's a bud IhliiK' to have
too ntiieh money." Airs. UoiIkc'h
fjilher, A. 'I . K nowlion. was uuoted
oh cominenilm; when the suit w:ts
filed.
rlfil Dr. Joseph i-Vuenki'l, neuro
logist. MeCortnlok met Aline. AVnlska
I h rnuKh I r. Kran ke. In 1 y J 9
Mme. Walska. Mc 'ormlck und
Alexander Cochran, Yonkcrs car
pet manufacturer, mot on a trip
to Korope and tho romnneo that
ended in nVarriujfe of Cochran and
tho si nirer hegan at that time.
Meunwhllo Kdith Hookefeller
McCormiek estranjcd from the
harvester maKnnto was living in
Kurope. Hhe returned ito America
and was Inter divorced In Chica
go, about tho same time Mine,
difficult hill for first time
with the new
a a BBsss a a a a .mM a m a ... a a
a9L
mating results with the new and greater
General Gasoline. Here's why!
The new General Gasoline is highly
volatile but perfectly balanced. That
mcans more gas-miles, and at the same
time more power.
No acids or tulphur.That means a clean
Loolt for the Green
HAPPINESS? NO!
.. 7 r-. -
WalHka and Cochran were divorced
in Paris.
Th American reports that Mc
cormick, has become a compara
tively "poor man," with an income,
hardly in excess of $100,000 a year.
The settb-ment of Mme. Walska
and a 60 per cent ullotinent of his
property to his former wife have
reduced his fortune, tho news
paper says. Also he presumably
has spent considerably on Mine.
WnlsUa's operatic ambitions.
Mme. Walalta's endowment from
her various husbands Is estimated
by tho American to bo ut least
and greater
O
mm
motor lesscarbon and no foul
ed spark plugs.
This greaterGeneral Gasoline
costs no more. It's worth a
premium. IndependentDealers
everywhere serve it.
Remember "It's the end of the
run that counts." Use lnrnlui
motor oils.
For Fords use Para4rd.
Probably you too have had some unusual
experiencewiththe newGeneralGasoline.
Write us about it. General Petroleum
Corporation, 701 Matson Building, San
Francisco.
Sold through
INDEPENDENTS
and White Sign-
Bean Growing Is
Profitable ln
: The Northwest
Ttmt benn (trowing can ta mm.
cesnfully conducted in certain dls
triuiH or Noriliern ldalin, JOaMnrn
VViiHhlMKliili und Kutern Orriton
without sprlotiHly Interferlpir with
wheiil KruwiiiK. 'ho mujor IndiiHtry
of iheHti dlMtrirlH In xhown by a
muily inude by the 1'nitml Stutc
ili-imi tment of Mcrlcullur. :
Upounse f wM pentH nnrt 'tlm
lack of e no u it avnllHhla nitrngrn
In lh nll to Klve KUlnfnolory
yiflilH under pnntlnuoua croprilni!,
farniprn of the KWtlona havo
fniiiiil It iiniirofltnllle to grow it
crop of Krnlu overy year. An d
Folutlon of th wped and hoII proh
lem many farmer Hummer fullow
their land every xeiond or third
venr. ltntler thlH'HyMlem of farm
iiiK from one-third to one-half nf
th land Ilea Idle each Henaon a
clean c-ulttvated aummer fallow.
1'he atiidy further Indicate that
heana ami wheat tire much more
liioriiabln for tliena - nrena than
wheat and aummer fallow. , l-'ur-therniore.
Ilia laud, will produce
ahoiil aa Kood cereal eropa after
heana aa al'ler an ordinary Hum
mer fallow. Cultivation of the
hean crop replacea the work necea
aary to care for the hummer fallow
and leave the aoll In excellent con
dition for plnnllnic winter wheat.
Jteuna do not compete Herinusly
with wheat for labor, and the two
cropa can he Krown with pracdcally
the aame equipment.
Ketalled facta hrouKht nut In the
study are contained in Karmera'
Bulletin No. IMiO-K. "Bean Orow
InK In Northern Idnho, Kaatern
Vnahlnirton and Kaatern OreKon."
A copy of the new publication may
he obtained free, mh Ionic aa the
toipply laatH. upon application to
: the department of usrlcullure,
WashlnKton, 1. O.
JO.oati.oiui".
Mccormick, retired from, active
busineaa for Home time, in Bald to
have declared ho is through with
matrimony forever and contem
plates apendlng tho rest of his life
in sports und in traveling.
Transmissions of the Moscow
UllW hrondrasllng station are
easily rcrelvnhln in lndon u.t
almost any hour of tho dny.
A Belle I'lnine, Ka.l., hanketball
team defeated a Caldwell, ICas.,
quintet by a 2 to 0 score.
Do SuaiUf Bi
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