La Grande evening observer., April 20, 1927, Image 4

Wednesday, April 20, 1927
Page Four
TX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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- FRANK B.ArPLEBT-.- J, Editor and Publisher
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' THE LIFE OF MAX In God's hand Ih the houI of every llv
xilny und tho breath of all munklnd. Job 12:10. -
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Highway Board
Refuses To Act
On Wilson Road
rOHTIANO. On-., Apr. 20 (KVS
Tho ato highway commlMilon
I nnd momliera of tho county courts
I of . Tillamook and Washington
' county by unanimous vote last
' night refused to grant a franchise
for construction of tho proposed
Wilson Itlver toll road;
Promoters of tho road project.
Messrs Heals and Chandler, dls-cun-vd
tho project with the com
mission but refused demands of
the commission Hint contracts for
construction of tho road be let by
competitive bidding, and that tho
highway commission be allowed to
supervise tho work. Tho commis
sion Insisted upon tlicso conditions
because It believed that tho statu
i eventually would bo askod to buy
tile road.
After tho Wilson road franchise
was disallowed, tho Ncslucca. Im
provement association asked that
when tho commission wants to
build a short cut between Portland
and Tillamook that tho route be.
tweon Beaver and Carlton, via
Meadow Lake, be considered. This
is SO miles as against 87 on tho
Wilson river, and Is estimated to
cost, I504.0OI) as against $2,750.
ooo for tho Wilson route '
DIVORCE promise Hotels Hire Umbrella Men To
Foil Monte Carlo Knee Gazers
MONTE CARLO. Apr. 20 (Af)
The short skirt has created a
new kind of flunkey here.
He la the umbrella porter who
stands hi front of high priced ho
tel h und restaurants and rushes
forward with an umbrella 10
shield women guests from the
start- of the public. All the best
lint it I u ii nil iiiitrtrMt rtutfiiir:intn
I have udd'd the umbrcllu porter to
! their tip-list. Jle expects a frunc
J for hi offices.
When skirts receded pant the
knees fulr vlsltois began to com
plain to the hotel managements
that they were belntf tared at
when they alighted from their au
la if" they unnouneed as well art
"extrawdnary" and "very rude."
Most of them "couldn't Imagine"
but a few of the moHt modern
said point blank that it was ther
knees which, seemed to be attract
ing attention. ,
Hotel managers discovered tint
there was an established order of
knee-ii;frH who devoted a lai'K".
part or their time to the aporl.
which they described as the sole
remaining free amusement In Mon
te Curio.
The hotels broko up the gam a
when they Installed tho umbrella
bearers who invariably are elderly
New Rayons and Crepes
Bright Spring Patterns
G5c to $1.25 yd.
N. K.West& Co. Inc.
La Grande's Leading Store
for Over 25 Years
tomobilcs. It was "most annoy-1 men with stiff necks.
IMBLEIt
PERSONALS
f That EhkIikIi teluvision device by which peoplo cn see in
the 'dark will be useful for getting around London in tho
jdiiytinie. ' ' . ' '. , , 1
r The Russian goveinnient wants to take care of evory!
ico'untry's business but its own, and doesn't make any howling
'success either way. ' ,
5 One of these days those excited Shanghai and Peking cor
'respondents,' just for a change, might sit down calmly to their
typewriters and give the intelligent American public some
i Petition Denied j
By Commission
by the Interstate cummereo com
mission. The ansoelatlon demanded that
the ruads arid nMun operating lu
rail und water carriage through the
WASHINGTON', Apr. 20. (Alf) 1'uimma cunar be required to pub-
'A petition of the Itostun M'ool Hsh Joint rates and adhere to them.
, Im.lo aHHoelation for a rceonsid- The commlsHion originally denied
jcniilon of Its comprint against . lhe complaint In January. -;
I railroads and steamships handling Ship rates at. present fluctuate
J wool from the I'aeiflc count fo the and will continuo to do so under
Atlantic. Heuhoard was denied today the commission's refusal.
SILK SCARFS
New Novcltv Prints and Colors
$3.25
NORTON'S KIDDY SHOP
Better Merchandise Lower Prices
HEAD THE OBSERVER CLASSIFIED ADS,
II
IMHI.CIt Hperlul) Imlilcr und
WuIIomii iilnyed bHMlmll hero I'rl
iluv, tho Inililcr tciini wiiinlnK 17
to 10. w
ilr. I'urllln Krefer l very 111 lit
tho humo of hor diiuuhtcr, -Mm.
John Jjino. In Im Clnmdo.
Mr. and Mm. Kverett Koown und
I'm by, Morrill Unymunil, of I,a
(iriindo, Mpent I'lUBtpr with Mr.
Keown'B mother, Mrs. Mlln M.
Wulker.
' .Mr. mill Mm. John ltlrchfli'ld
were itiieHW of Mm. Kllik M. Walker
Hunter Kuiidiiy. '
. Alvitdure .Andrew left Tluimdliy
for Suntu nurbarii, fill., where he
will visit for n while, lie iilnimi
. ... 1 ...HI, 1
to orillK Mm iiurmi. .,.,
hint. They Imvotflieeii miioiiiIIhk tho
u..,,A. In fullfnriilii with the T HOI1.
real information about the Chinese Nationalist unrtv. what I'inrk AmirewH.
it is fighting for, what it has accomplished so far. And we!mnyh',t11.hei;
sucirest that thev leave out most of the Chinese names when i.itor. . I
Mr. and .Mrs. Tom uueKiiwui. in uawes und jay juiwes were Hll.
La Orande, were guests of Air. and Kikfl vlsltura .Sunday. Tiny livo in
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt 2nd
promiHeu ner wealthy husband,
both pictured here, that when
their daughters were 'married
shq would grant him a divorce.
Muriel Is now Mrs. Krederlek
Cameron Church, 2nd., and Con
suelo is now Mr. ICarl K, T.
8ml th. And their parents' df
vorce by the Paris cuurts, where
suit whm Instituted some time ago,
is said to bo imminent. If the
decree is gran tod, Vanderbilt, it
is reported, plans to marry Mrs.
Barclay Warburton Jr., this summer.
HILGARD
PERSONALS
doing it.
HII.OAUI) (Special) Clmrle
i Seventy-six new members in two days is a record to be
proud of andthe chamber of commerce membership who ac-
icomplished this have done their organization an important1',1'";.' M-
jservice. wot oniy nave tney maae tne cnamoor ot com
merce stronger by securing the additions, but they have
Mm. T.
evcnlnu. I
. Several from Kluln, Hitmmervlllo
and Allcel attended the Hiwter ln-'
Itliekniiiii here wunilny
Mrs. John Lamoll, ' of
wero llllKai'd visitors
M. ituckmon hero Sunday iM cirnnde.
Mr. anil
l.a Orumlu
Htindny.
Mr.-and Mm Hnrl l'iiye were at
HHlranl Sunday on Inislnesa.
Mrs. I'ete l'lalh'0 was In l.a
Grande Monday.
given each person enlisted as a new member something of 'fratt. of i.a omnde. j Mm. Mary o. voiins : workinq
benefit. A chamber of commerce works both to the credit' "S day S M"y WeH" lcfl Turfc .
of the community and the individual if the member takes an Ktandmother. Mm. win m. waikcr.i d. w. sunror.i movi to minimi
... Clarence Keown Ktieiu imihici- rrt,tay from Weston. Ore. '
j:- '.'Li Z' .' - ii' ii fu'ndiiy with (licndM In l.a (Irande., Mr., and Mm.. Iwnitm Ilawrs
q. tH -""l. wnro Hllitnrd visitors Saturday.
They called at the homo of Mrs. ('
Karl Kayo. J
Meetlnu'S will he conducted in
the union hall this week liy tho
llov. NelHoll Knlicht and Clalldo I'. ,
active part with that as his goal,
PERRY PERSONALS
" The Nobel peace pilzc of $15,000 was awarded last Sop
tonilici1 to Strcsemann, the German foreign minister, for his
contributions to the cause of peace. Now he is having po- jiiititY, (Specitii)--Mm. Ooi-ko
liical trouble about it. The Voelkische party, ultra-con-MJ", ioii'inir in i.n
soj'vative, insists that he must not accept it, because there,' m"'. Vni ii. i:ari liaum and
isja nutioitul'luw forbidding Gorman officials to accept gifts -''"" -;p1 r"'r, J'"1'1
irT , . , . n.7 i i . i ii i ml the coniniuiilly hull hero 1'Viday
pfizo is a dreudful peril to Germany, and might encourage M"ry " Ku",
V . . : , ., . . . , lcalhls Institute lu I
ueiinan suiiesmcn in tunnel eiions to insure i!.uiopeiin suiuidny.
police. From this distance, it looks as if Germany s War
mjikers have hurt , the Fatherland more than tho pcaco
nilikM s. ' Still, there seem to bo some folks left over here. too.
who. think it's unpatriotic to try to get along peaceably with '..iV iViid,yha'srnoved'this
otjher nations.
attended
Clrando
Mr. hiiiI Mrs. Olo Mnllison and
dmitflller, Neva, were l.il (.irando
visitors last week.
J. II. Welmer. ot Cove, has leas-
Special Meeting i
Of Lodge A t Cove
COVK. April - 20 (Special) .v
sjiei-lal meellui. when the second
and third iIcki-ci-h were oxcinpll
I'led. was held nt I he I. O. O. K.
hall here Salurday evening, (lilt!
IA'IIiiws lielni; present from Ciiioil
und Suhimerville.
Several women of (lie Itobeceii
lodKe also attended the- nicetln)?.
'J'he Cove women served luncheon,
covers being luid fur 70.
ot
Hintrd and litis
ruinlly there.
Mr. ami Mrs. A. O. Alley,
Cine Cone flllliiHr station, were re
cent Terry visitors.
Mrs. John Camp and Mrs. Jo
seph Ulchl were hern for tho school
vtx i,,ih 1,'rlihiv eveninir.
through them and cut out their filthy lines trtid scenes. And . "", .
. ....... . , made a trip to
. PADLOCK FOR THKATKKS
I'Th'oso In charge of some of the plays now before the pul)-
We'l warns the New York district attorney, "had better
.wj)inen in night clubs had better put on clothes."
J The' warning has teeth in it. Governor Smith has signed
tlto Wales "padlock bill," which authorizes the closing of
jitjices of entertainment and the prosecution of producers and
'actors when the licensing regulations arc violated. It is ex
'plaincd as applying not only to nakedness but to any "ob
'.suVne, "indecent, immoral or impure drama, play, exhibition
ojj entertainment," and it makes theater owners responsible eimdren were im .c.niude visitors
If tir the character of the entertainment in their houses. j Mr n..' i.aVsen and two smuii
w ho are visiting relatives
are expected home Sun-
liuviil Johaiisen
l.a. Clrande . lust
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Muthson
were visitors at tho Morris homo In
La tlrande lust woelt.
The small son of Mr. and Mrs.
Darrell Low Is ill of the liii-tlsles.
Mr. anil Mrs. Leonard Northeott
and dauKliler. Lunilue were Mliop
phiK In La t.rando last week.
Mr, and Mra Turval llunsi'n and
i:.
f This is drastic, but recent experience shows that drastic . children,
'treatment is needed. When private censorship fails, public' j' .' luh'
censorship must step in. When owners and managers ot en
tertainment places will not do their own censoring, the police
must do it. The devil is potent, but the general police power
of a city or statq can still make a pretty good showing against
him.
I A New
Telephone
Directory
4
will be issued soon.
i Install a telephone and get
j a listing in the directory.
;
I '
I Home Independent Telephone Co.
A. Saym ami J. Ku Culuvun
wen- visiting I ho school hore last
wook in tho Interest uf boys' and
girls' club work.
K. Smith was a recent I. a
Grumlo visitor.
l.ouis tiiuhum unit a visitor to
l.a (irande Saturday.
Jack Mutolt und family, of l.oue
Tier, were vUltlnu the J. A. Matott
family at Perry last week.
Guy Tripp and family wore week
olid visitors in Lu U ramie.
Mrs, t. Kslos recently called up
on trlotids lu l.a Orando.
Virgil Kvter und wUv were re
cent visitors.
Kdd lfcl was a I.u Uraude vis
llur Huturday.
.Ntrs. John Starr, who has been
ill lor several weeks, is reported
to be son hi better
Kmmelt Smith and wife ivcent
ly visited frauds in Im. (Jrande.
Min. Mary Murray wus called to
Seattle last week by the Illness of
her sister.
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Pure
use less than of
higher priced brands
MILLIONS of POUNDS USED
BY THE GOVERNMENT
i;u;i;nh 27 auovi-:
Kl'UKNK, Ore.. Apr. 20 t.M)
liugi ne's mercury slipped down to
a new April record last night,
registering 2 7 degrees. It wus the
coldest April night on record ut the
local weather office.
The sun cuum up bright and
curly, and shone with a brilliance
that wum vspeeiully appreciated af
ter tl'i past wevk uf cold rain.
More g'ief fur Huekinghum Pal
uee. "Hlg 1UH" Thompson has
bwu clccU'tl uiuyvr ot CUttuu'o!
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