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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1927)
General News (glBtA? lEWlttttg tWlWr 1 County News VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 2T), li)27. TnUMBER 2-13 RED CROSS' JOB IS BIGGEST YET! THE RIP AND TEAR OF A MIGHTY FLOOD Mississippi Flood Disaster! Dwarfs Other Trage- 1 dies of the Past j WASJriNOTON. Mty 2r (Al') In thH Mis.4lK.slil flouit, til Ainr-i-itiin Ittnl Cross K";i runCi'mited lit rt-atcsl task since the World war. It Is the worst tllsstr of the Kind In the history of I ted t'rosw relli-f work, enverinii mure terri tory iiutl Involving more iiiilivhUiitls 1 1 ixi ji the S;in l-'rumiseo fire In ltfO.1. (lie Ohio Hivw flood m 1U13, ur tlie KlorUlu hiirrleano lust fall. With a p p r n x I m a t e 1 y 3'(i. duo homeless and nearly L'OO.ouO livinK In ooiieeiilnillon en in pi, mure persons aro in the tsoelety'H era re than nt. any previous period in pcaeetinie. In addition to the flood, il is alo sucforinK the victims of fcliree tor nadoes and .one miti e explosion (; ..... J rvr.jF: s .v. LONGHORN DOGIE IS DISAPPEARING L OS I S 13 I'OIMIS us to -Mil l; 'leaihiK (lirouh this 100-fout erovao, the Yazuo river is shown h ere as it washed away part of the levee near aoo City, Miss., and Inundated the tinest "residential t?u tioii of the delta town of tfituo. The water to the riuht i 1 Fi feet deep. Jn this .section the flood cover s an area HMi miles Ioiil' and :til making Ihfc period dwarf that otImllt'M wide. The water thai rushed through this break efushed the h riel; walls of a cotton compress at Hcpteinher-October. U'-ti . which! Yazoo City and 10,000 bales of cottun valued at $1,000,000 went floatiiiK through the streets, of the lied Cross officials then described town. ' as the worst tu their knowledge. ' - - , eluding, ; it did, the Florida hur ricane, floods in Illinois, " Kansas, low a and Oklahoma, two fires In Alaska which destroyed whole vl-laiu-K. n tornado in Ohio, the Cuban IturrleaiieU in the West ladles, lie spite the number of disasters then, only 1 L'o.ouo persons were under i he society's care. The ohiu 1 liver flocnl more near ly paralleled t4ie Mississippi disas ter than any other which has en- organization of its disaster relief j 9 MEKVCIl IMSTItl'ST ll.WKS , machinery aim was unable to cope with such a situation as It can at present. About 3:'0,000 were made honielesK in Uaytuu and the 14J oilier cities and towns Inundatrd in 1313, and $,472.:'S7 kuh e.xneml ed in (eedinff and clothing refu gees and helpitiK them to recon struct their homes, us compared I'AUIH ltobbvry U punished in 1 'ranee because th French, distruslitif? banks, tarry liti'c sums or secrete them .tt home v'Rose Restival Now Is Staged By All Oregon iL'i'd Mm efforts of the lied Cross. Mith the, minimum of flO.ooo.oeo which then was just heyinnlnx the I siuyht ni the eurrenL emergency. A man H,nt President CuolidKe J two lion cubs. However, wo htiven't seen any picture of Mr. Coolidffe In a caj?e with them, ; Mussolini's example notwlthstuud- i Injf. " t i S .JMfW Goo wholesome fooO k '8Vfeor c,rv xn' 1 Si rai O GWILLIAMS ELECTRIC BAKERY l'OUTr-AM, May 20 Port land's annual I Eos' Festival ami pageant "Itowuia" will be present ed on the most elaborate am! col orful scale yet attempted for the entire week of June 1 S to IS, -will be replete with event of an edu cational, thrilling und apeetaculur nal tire. I Koine Idea of the niiiKnitudo of the IH7 fiesta and Its Jimny nt , tract ton. is Kalncd from the offi cial program which has been con ceived and arranged by Hal M. ( White, general manager of the ; festival and mammoth pageant. While the Host; Festival Is staged in Portland each year, the event Is now one that includes not only alt-Oregon but many cities and communities In Washington for the floral and merry k liana parades are attracting mure en tries of floats, bauds und march ing organizations this year than since the fiesta wuh first presented ( In 1 HOC. ' . Parades, rose shows, floral and electrical decorations of the street and park blocks, military, police and Tim di'purtmcul reviews, sham allies, und air circus, a children's pageant feat u ring I 000 "human rosebuds", llie first Chinatown Ori ental carnival and live evening pre- j m ntaliun. of the great pageant ! ltoaria with its cast of 3000 c- Almost as Scarce in the Southwest as the Fam ous Dodo t'ACIIK. Okla. May 2 (AP) TIhv iIokic, immortalized by the wailing songs of the cowboy, has nearly joined the dudo In extinc tion. officials of Wichita national park who are seeking to purchase a nucleus herd of the longhorn cuttle so that the species may be perpetuated are having a, difficult time finding the animals. Concerned over the dwindling of thn herds uf half-wild cattle that once roamed the plains of the Southwest in countless thousands, the I'uited Slates I lepartmenl of Agriculture liar, set aside (3,000 Tor the purchase of animals td stock a herd In the Wichita mountain game preserve. H. H. French,- park supervisor, who bus been commissioned to purchase the ieiighurns. bell' Ves It will be necessary to go below the Uio tlrande into Mexico to find them. The purchase Jjind will not become available until July l.-but French has been attempting to lo cate specimens that may be ob tained after that date. 11,; has been unable to arrange for Ihe pur chase of any in Texas, where they once were found in counties num bers. Ilcef Moves In I. onuhorns have been supplanted as beef cattle by herds with thor oughbred strains that attain great er size and are more easily handled. The name, dogle, originated In the vocabulary of the range und although the cow-hands were wont to put it Into their songs, the ref erences tire mostly uncompli mentary. This speeleH of cattle u believed to have been of Spanish origin. They multiplied rapidly on the Texas plains during the .Civil War when there was no outlet, and their movement to northern mar kets, after Ihe war, over long and difficult trails, has became an out standing part of the Soilthwcsf's history. 1 The longhorns, when purchased, ' will be placed in the best pasture I the Wichita preserve affords, shar- j lug it with a herd of elk. j MINNKAPOUS- A 20-mile run; Is Just an ordinary workout to! Harry Duel I, truck driver, who ! lately ran 90 miles in 1 3 hours ; aud !;" minutes to claim a better! mark thun that of Hupl Indian! runner. j Iuelt says he runs as far as 4t miles once or twice u week, ilei ) lost 15 pounds on his !)0-miin JAl'Xl'j jaunt, weighing but Mo pounds when he finished. He had planned to run 100 miles, but a crump in his leg stopped him, Duel I has made a hobby of distance running since, he was u boy. St-enietl Clgntvtlcs ItchtnteU LONDON' Scented cigareltci ure under fire among London tiv atergoers. Many theaters hi 'London, und practically all the movie house, permit fuuoklng. Muny women smokers use perfumed cigarettes. "T:ose perfumed cigarettes make us faint," )u ix rather general com plaint. Kven confirmed cigar el te mo'i ns, who have no objection to un adulterated tobacco, aro objecting tu scent-d tobacco. CHOONi; V(U It WDAPONS HeMboys 1n a New York hotel are trained by an ex-marine. What are the boys going in lor now ' bayonets? . . Maybe theye're just i taking a Utile grenade drill prior I . . . . Or, auaiii Ihe idea may he (I trench warfare from the bat hi ub ' when the sailors are in town. 1 X .... TOU .... THE MOST PARTICULAR QOFFEE 'DRINKERS in the world . . . demand the best. Wc have found, after enjoying your patron age for nearly half a century, that there is only otic thine- vou arr. in tercsteil in concerning your coffee the quality must be invariably high. CoJrii West Qofjcc has hclpcil to mold that taste preference. Selec tion of the finest berries from the World's choicest coffee crops roasted, and blended in the matchless atmos phere of the Pacific Northwest. That's golden West Qoflce Hjliere is no substitute br QUALITY GoldeifeWest tors, dancers and si users, one hun dred musicians f rom Portland's noted symphony urchestra and IloO animals. Kosaiia. an ai-goiical pageant depicting the influence of the rose upon t he progrcsji of civilization uaM written by Doris Smith, dram atic director of the spectacle. Thn music is by Charles WakeMeld Cad ma 11 and Marker J'yiklns and John MiltK. nationally known us a director of large inuslr-ul organiza tions, has arranged the overture from the Cadman music and will be director of the pageant. While Ihe parades and other events take place in the business siM-i ton and public parks, Kosarla wlih Its mammoth east, will be pro s ni 1 d at t he new civic stadium upon Ihe largest find most unique Ml age ever built for pageant ry In I lie West. 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