La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 16, 1927, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextWo1ni.silav. February lfl, 1927. Pag' e Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ii CaQ5rmtbe fonmq (Dbsrrdcr ( Incorporated) An iDdrppiidcnt RenmiHr FRANK a APPLEBT. -Editor and Publisher , UARVET F. MATTHEWS... business Manager Publlahed evenings, except 8undj, at 111 Adama Avenue, La Grande. Oregon. The OL server-Star published every Friday. Entered at the Postofftce at La Grande. Oregon, aa Second ClaM Mall Matter under act of March i. 17 . I OFFICIAL PAr-KR OF UNION COlrNTT AND THB " CITT OK I,A GRANDE : MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to uh for pub -llcation of all newa diapatchea credited to It or not otberwtaa credited If -published therein. All rights of republication of apeclal dispatches In this paper, and also tba local news here in also are reserved. 1 ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES lij Carrier Dally, per month In advance.. Daily, per ail months In advance.. Dally, single copy T6o .14.60 By Dally, per month in advance. Dally, per alz months In advance Dally, per year in advance Weekly Observer-Star, per year - (oo 2.t0 $6.00 .$1.00 ..4 Do ADVERTISING RATES Display, foreign, per column Inch Display, local, per column Inch Time contract rates on application. FOOLISH KI'KKI'H "Then Kid his (Jnh'al lfe . . . Ix.nt tluiu Mill retain thine Integrity? . fume Cod. and die. I'.ut he ' huld unto her. Thou speukeMl as one of the f,jollih women Mpeaketh. What? .Shall ve. receive KOod at the hand of God. and Khali we not weive evil?" .loh 2:9. 111. The Dalles To Purchase Site For Hospital . T11K DAI.l.KS. Ore., Feb. 1 (AP) At a special election hero yesterduy two bond issues, one for 115,000 and the other for $17,000 curried by big majorities. - Tao Issue for 115.000 was for the purpose of buying a site for the Kastern Oregon tuberculosis hoa- I pital recently located at Tho Dal les: for completing the rjoroais I park scenic drive which will serve 'the hospital; and to defray the cost of making sewer connection for I the state Institution. The yote on thla tissue whs: Yes. 771: no. 119. The $17,000 bond isituo was for cleaning up existing debts against the civic auditorium, about half of the shortage, having been In curred at the time the building was erc-cted. and the balance represent ing luas in operation. The vote on this was: Yea, 604; no .67. CALIFORNIA COUNTS DEAD AFTER STORM (Continued from Page 1) Bride of C6unt -jr-y ; If ) J'- ft .3ft, ; by lu nd' Hail com-; i . - " : ? Speaking of anniversaries reminds us that The Observer js starting its third year under present ownership. i i . : , . S English church folk are "fighting over the revised Book it)f Ctii'imon Prayer." 'If we may venture a timid suggestion, :why Jfiot pray over it? I. j... . ... .... .... j KJtnsas is going to sell cigarettes openly instead of boot Jeggitig them, and people are going to smoke in plain sight nstead of doing it back liehind the bain, and many good jjieopfe are going to be horrified. ... t Lawyers' wives needn't blame them so much for taking an occasional fee in the form of stock certificates. There was a foolish lawyer, you know, who did a little legal job for HcniV Ford, and took his pay in stock that he sold later for $7,omooo. ,.y.. An armory, if built in Ii Grande, like any other public or pijvate enterprise will have to. pay its way if it is to be utilized. We think there is adequate demand here for a build ing suitable for community use,. ' If It is needed with reason able frequency, the proortioiMtectst of lighting, heating, and mitor service will lc small. ' s ' - : i AN ANNUAL PIONEER GATHERING T6e banquet sponsored by the Sons 4ind Daughters of Union county.' Pioneers conimenioi-ating Oregon's birthday was, So successful and so replete with educational advantages .that Jvc hope it is continued year after year. It should be an iijmijal event, a regular occasion when fitting tribute 'migiit lie paid by word and attendance to those who bad the linking of a great state, a, wonderful county and city. It should lie a time when youth as well as age gather to gelhoV, the one to gain knowledge and inspiration as the othcr'gives from a vast store of human experience. ! There is much about Oregon that the average citizen doesn't know, much thai' can !e learned from 'a birthday ob servaiion such as was provided at , this banquet and the chamlier of commerce piogram. No stale has a' more ro . Jiiitntlc history. Few stales have so many events and achieve ments of the past to inspire the new generation 1o equal and greattr accomplishment. . Inj Oregon, for example, at Oregon City was established the first newspaper west of the Mississippi,. The Spectator, no lofiger in existence. And when we. realize how old arc manytof the cities and towns in Missouri and Iowa and Texas, this fact is esjiecially compelling. , In the court house at Ore gon City, which was the first seat of government in the great Northwest, is the original plat and charter application of the city tyf San Francisco so we were informed in a recent an niversary edition of the Oregon City Morning Enterprise jAstoija was a river town many yea rs. lie fore the great Mis sissippi valley was pioneered. To the rest of the tuition, Oregon is a new state, a pioncei country. In history it is a rival in age with man of the most staid and densely settled commonwealths. Hut it is, nevertheless, young ami new. It is new in opportunities. youlKful in strength and resources. It is young, very young whenSmeasured in tcinis of what the future will bring, men HuredTin terms of the Oregon that can and will be. That con fident look forward, made secure by' the -'years that have ponc.Jis the significant thing in Oregon's birthday observa tion. ; . ' . Maybe east never meets west, but Missouri and Pans aren't -bo far apart. Miss Olta Quentell, former Missouri girl (above), has Just been married in New York: city to. Count Giltes de Dallin court, 'descendant, of the,- old French nobility. - Death Toll Now Figured at 100 In Herzegovina UK! .GRADE. Feb. IS (AD Itfporta today from Henuffovina, Bosnia and iJulmtUia Indicated that the diath toll from Sunday's earth qiiukf would not exceed 100. The fact that the rontons shaken in Juko 81a via wore sparse ly settled prevented an extremely heavy death list. The number of hoiifteji thut collupsed Is estimated mthe coast tu the at 200. tuiuth was demoralized mi lueM ana ninn watvr. iwn t-uiu-. munic-atinn between Im AnKelett and San Dleo wu cut. I-a Vlda Hot -Spring, a health report In Orange county, wan wiinhwl away but there were no canuultles. A hurricane at Taft ripped the mufs off several buiidinK. Mitti Kenee Adoree. motion pic ture actress and 50 of her col leacueii were snowed In at Mam moth Hot Kprimr. In the htch Sl erraM. Kood wan Bent to them by airpbinc. Devil'n (iate dam in the San Kernandino valley waa a po tential drainase point of high wa ter. Some towns there were deluged under four to aix feet of water. Ii!" iiH'he of Know The affected area extended from the Aleutian Inland to 1 stiver Call fornla and fro Hawaiian ialaiidn. CouimKnlcatlon remained dlffl- Summlt obHervatory In the Si- cult today. Only a few- doctors erran reported 127 Inchen of nw. Wn emergency medical supplies .Mount Wilson reported 7 incbn could i;vt to the scene by airplane. of precipitation. Ihe rainiaii cince New Fabrics for Spring 1927 Presentation of New Silk, Wool and: Saturday In muxt of the area ha ranged from 3 to 6 inches. The weather ff recant today called for ntill more. wokkmkn Hi.ri;n KltKSNO. ial.. IVb. 16 (AP) Workmen attempting to recover th bodies of eleven viftims of a snow nlide near Camp 72 of the Southern California Kdlson com pany In ihe Sierras east of Kresno. were stopped today aft a safety measure, information received hero stated. The danger of additional alides was Riven as the reason. According to- meager Informa tion, six bodies have, been recov er -d from the slide and three have bet-na placed on a Han , J nasi n In jantf eastern train due to reach Krcsno this nftornoon. Information from Hig Creek stated It was raining in lorreutn, making attempts to uncover the bodies more difficult. Twenty tremors came, within an hour, just before dawn Sunday. The damage, will take weeks to re pair. Jtallroad tracks were com pletey ripped up In many places, as will us telephone and telegraph lines. . CHICAGO. Feb. 1$ AC leath er severe earthquake shocks were, registered on the weather bureau ipamo;raph at the t'nlversity of Chicago over a period of nearly five hoi'rs ending at 12:3y a. in. today. The quakes started at 7:47 rent rat standard time. Tho dis ttirba nee was aloiit 8,5 0') miles from Chicago. ; Efforts Made.to Save Entombed Dog Presentation of New Silk, Wool and Cotton Materials for Spring - : and Easter Costumes : SPRING, when fashion ieveals its loveliest styles in vear-: ables, seems to iiave laid1 its fairy fingers as never be fore on Dress jGbods and Silks ! ' In design, in color and in veave, Spring fabrics were never more charming than these. Prints, Plaids and colors seem to outrange hitman imagination and there is no end to the srnart novelties for one's selecting;'. Beautiful New Designs in Silk Floral and Geometric i $1.75 Yd. To $4.00 Yd. f THE NEW NOVELTY WOOLENS . ' -" For Sport Frocks, Suits '-. and Coats $2.75 Yd. To $5.00 Yd. ; Pictorial Review V. Patterns In the newer Spring styletj with full directions ai to cutting out. tewing anl fitting. See the lc cash coupon "In the Pictorial He view fashion book. TltAVIX l)T Mtrnill tR'AtiB 1 La Vraude lor t-.m . M. . 4:lm p m. 1 " " Haki-r ami llil.e - l:il& A. M. . I :a. IV M. j . " " BkT milr . R:Sn . . ' ! " " I'rudlrKm - 1 1. (Hi A. .M. - t:SII .!. IMtl'.M. donnrrllon st Prndlrlnn for Wslla Wslta. Tasca and Purl laud; al Portland all points Kouth and Norln. 1 ;raiidc In-hK I'Ihnjp la ,, All Miak-ro liair f nr tMa-r. I SI'AltTANSHriif'.. .s. c. l--t.li. 1. . l .M A umk imiiriMulieil in ii 3v- Cjl'IT IIOll'.S rnt tiiulerrMiind lnl!tKeway t-iiim- HII.I.YWtM!. i'al..i Ki-li. K imI t-unsitierahk. (-iH-tTii (oday li, (Al'i Many rt-nidi-nta 'of ljiurt-1 Sparlansl.ur ruiinly farini-rs. wv-j I'anyiin. ''t of h.:n-. fr iir.-par- eral of whom have tried with dyna-l ... , Vilkiiioii N; K. West & Co., Inc. La Grande's LcadirTg Store For Over 25 Years V Kyi J : ": "V : - - i ..... . . .i..-.-fl ;.. , tng at II o'clock to vacate their homes us a h avy downpour of rain threatened new landslides. Scores of officers and volunteers were mite to liberate the animal. Yesterday muffled bark was beard and Vainly Kelly. f.irmr, owner of the hound, nax eiicmir- working at the wene of a big slide ed ti believe that hid dog would , ie rwiiod, Wore last XiTuul.y when the dK became lodged In the opening of a fox den, farmers have sought to reach It. . A MhalL was being sunk tdny and workers found' that prouresN could be made only by using dyna mite. Considerable earth had been removed anil a sixeable oak tree uprooted but still a bit of rsolid nVk separated the dog from it. master. leleruiine whether a buried house contained human occupants. Mtli: I'lMlM HO.MKS HA NT A MONICA. Cat.. Feb. lfl (A I') Between four and six hun dred persons have been driven from their homes In t he south beach section of Venice, near hcr by tho storm during the past "24 hours. This whs revealed In a check by police und newspaper men to- lay. The flood siliiation was relieve, Homcw hat loi.tiy w h-n a u t horl t ies lynamlted the old floAd irati-s at I'laya lerey. permitting the wnt- in Ihe Venice canals and tttc Xel Key lagoon to escape. S-nators have complained thut ey hv felt "depre.Hsed ami tired" ufter a day in the senate. I tend tho 1 'oniiresMlnnal Kecord iih you'll we the reason. M J 1 i si Suggests Ring in Senate for Fighters VASIIIN:T.. Feb. Ifi. (AIM The ira nf flying congre.Hslonal fl;ts foind huinorixtlc outlet today in a moveuuutt to apply the order ly jir'H-esew pf the. prlxe ring tu future houtM among senator a nil representatives, but when the pro posal w;m presenteil on the hotie fltor matters threatened to take a serious tnrrn. In the mldKt of a Joking dlwiiM slon of the need for a capital box ing commission. kcprefentntiie Itbtnton of Texas, who yesterday wrestled with a colleague In a com mittee meeting, challenged two or threet of those who were In nta lift ing him. The challenge was laugh ed off and later an effort to raise It from the record failed. iit. txn; IHKS I'OKTI.ANO. Ore.. Feb. IS (AO - lr. Ibnry Waldo Co-, donor of four sltitii.es to the city of Port land, Including a faiiMius cn.ue.H Irain bronro of Theodon Uoosvet died yesterday at (Uendale. Cut., of heart disease. He was stricken three weeks ago.- UNION TERSONALS 'i It ssinsuaas VKV 1. .-l- li.r... A TIMELY PICTURE! Clocks en tht stockings no longs art coniidtrtd startling. Misa Bst I j Courdat, of Loa Angtka it tttowir.g tham hart I'MuN t Special i Twice during the past week have Ihe Heboid buildings here been fumigated be-1 tenure of senrlct fever eawes devel-l oping in the schools, one i iM:cnrred tu the high sellout and me In the grades. Prlm-lpa! v. V. Connor f tlve South gradentutld- log was tiuarantinetl away front thel school for several days leeausc one! of the cases was In his home. Thel other one wan a small child in thel Andrew Mulvrhlll home. Cllhert 1 ttllmon. . stun II son of) Wash IHHmttit, of South Union, taken to ttakcr for an appendix op eration the hitter art of the wrek. From last reports Ihe Ih.v Was do-j lug nicely. While working In the tmimmll tmiuinc rifiuanuient of the Uumnr b!tti the nrt of the 'vg'- freshman, se verely cut his thumb on a saw. nceessilating the removal of the nail ami a part or one Irone. After having the injured hand attended to by a physician he went to his home i war. Te Incase! for the re mainder of the week. John Miller, the man v. ho wan injured a few weeks ago by be-) Today in Washington Congress convenes at noon. Senate tackles branch banking. . l tiioKit eniiKitlers miscellaneous ing struck by a train while working I i.iij,- , . with the section crew smitn i l'n-l n,,.,-,! r i.v tit.t..l liears Ford I tj suit. ; ion. is able to walk around and Is Lrradtiallv recoveiim;. lie will soon be able to go hack tit work, not Hons.: census committee cx-.l on the track, byt at some lienor j a mi tiers r'nppolntment. j wwrk- 'the first of the week to her work in- Mrs. W. O. Haggerty Is at lltthe hospital. , Uike slaying with .Miss ldith Uovig A,,XH Htlith Kvig. a primary i who is in the hospital recovering leau.her m the north' building tu i from an operation. Cnlou schools, is al Hot like! With the mill w hich, was shipped J where she underwent an-uppen-: from Mlehigan recently mw here dlx operations few dayn ago. und work mi the buildings and mill pond under way. It looks a if L" n ion will soon have a sawmill in operation. Hcsm and. m will operate under the name of Oregon Trail mill. Miss Iter t ha Moyettc. a nurse from the O ramie Kmulu Inpital nt ai Urande, who has been visiting during the winter at the home of her parents'. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aloyette here In I'nion, returned MiS. Sterile. Wigglesworth ' audi her daughter Myra. who is a teach er In thr Wallowa liigh schd. 'were visiting, in Cnlon over the week end.1 The Wigglesworths formerly lived .here. Iron blocks with the words, slow down, are being placed along the highway through Oiion. at tho in tersection with side st roots. This work is being done by the street commissioner. , READ THE OBSERVER CLASSlFIEb A 13 JERSEY DRESSES At Reduced Prices; Age 2 to 8 : .;;.;:::::.?2.98 Age 7 to 14 .....;..$4.98 Age 14 to 18 '., ..$8.98 This is less than wholesale prices. Children's Shoes at Norton's Kiddy Shop m To render you a prompt, reliable service is a pleasure to us. Home Independent Telephone Co. f i i i i 1 - i in i m tags' I ill lillia.Mimwi 1 - y It - - i - - I r 1 i I i mm: si; W 1 !! a AS YOU'LL FIND IT put your personal affairs on a business basis Open An Account With Us To Day .... Deposit Regularly the Money You Receive . ; . pay your bills by check it's a good receipt La Grande National Bank