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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1928)
Tuesday, January 31, 1928. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Page Seven 14 m m ImpFovem'ent and n v 1 T i n III I TO REMODEL NEW SOMMER BUILDING ..V! Hotel , Lobby and Dining ' Room to Be Made into a Modern Storeroom With only a flny of this niont)i ? ." fomalnlnff, building permits Issued in I.a Grnnilt' nro ranging more Ijhnn $ii,OAA, which 1m a tittle less than the average for this period. V : ( During the -first 'throe woe Us. . (he permits totaled $4,200 ntlil last . j Iveek, from January 23 to January . I- CS, Inclusive, two permits were. is Jne.l. hath for $l(ioo. , j lioth were issued on .Inn. 2fi, .! rno to ",'. J. CJoodnough to :altT find repair a two-story brick build jug for N. K. West on. Depot be ', ' ween Washington- and ' 'Attains TjUhe Hammer hotel hulhllnc , the f-.j. h-ork. to cost $1,000.. Thft ol her ' ? was issued to Willis Wright to al l ter and repair a filling Hiniion on ', inland between Q and Halm, tl;u j juork to cost $1,000. f AVrfrk to Hrjiln Soon j The. work on the New Hntnmer V; Hotel blinding Is sehedulpd to bc ;.: v pin as soon as Mr. Vaughn,: man x 'f. iigor of the Kom mr hotel,., moved from the building Into the Sacn : J iwea Inn.. : According to Jlcrmun V piegrlst, this will probably take j; jplace withln.lhe next few days,-at-ler which time the remodeling fvlll go ahead immediately. Plans are 'to change the hotel ohby und dining room into a yoro room. The upper floor of the hotel will remain ns is it a? pre.i-'-, jent and 'will be operated by Mr. . iaughn, who will rent the rooms. '. h'hls morning Mr. Vaughn nn '' tiounced tliat the private rooms in , fche tipper floor are being tho- poughly renovated. He safd thnt v pie expected to move his location . v (Saturday. Tho second floor. roonis . ; of tho Kommer hotel will have ho 'Pr- Let Us Peep Into Your ; Furnace Problems No -need to worry along for the next few months with a smoking or' leaking fivr nace, when one of our men can fix the. trouble quickly. Phone us today if your heating plant is not acting right; We' know furnace work. PHONE MAIN 58G FRED SPAETH Plumbing and Heating Don't Fool Yourself . Dey vas bilding a big bilding an ay fallar hay notice dat Yohn Yohnson vas going up ladder all day vith hod of brick but hay never dumped dem out Fallar said vat bane do grand idee? Yohn said: Don't say sumtang, ay bane fooling boss. Hay tank ay, bane vork ing. When yu by ensurance that dont bane sure. Yu bane fooling only von fallar an dat bane yurself. Most emportant tang is tu have protection in Kompany dat vill make quick settlement. Dei' don't bane any bargain sale of ensurance. Yu dont have tu guess. Yen you en sure in de kompany ve ;6t, dey bane de best in land. "Ol.K" Reynolds Insurance Agency Insurance -- Loans Bonds conned ion with the Saonjawea Inn, Mr. Vaughn Bays. .Ni'W Itiilldiug IManmil ' In addition to these building ac tivttis, others are In prospect for the coming months, Lust year Mrs. Snyder announced that she would i -rent a two-story brick business building on the site where the Grande Itoude Valley house now Mnnds. No definite t lino for the beginning of this project has yet been announced. MEDICAL SPRINGS PERSONALS MKliK'Al HPIIN(iS (Special) A heavy snow hit this' section Sat urday, amounting to about four Inches, but was followed by nice lain. The grange held a meeting for the public Thursday.- Supper wit served, at the cottage. The stale master, Mr. I'alniiter, was u guest at the meeting. Mr. find Mrs. Morris, of Maker, were visiting guests here Thurs day. , Mis. J., K. Kennedy returned to her home in La Grande Monday alter visiting1 with various friends on H!g Creek, Mrs. t'rdell I.ay, who Is in the hospital, is reported so much bet ter that she will soon be able to come home. Clarence I.ove and Curley Jones are hauling lumber from I'ondosa to build sluM-p sheds. - Cy Turner bought some hay from Hob Wanker recently. A character dance was given by Hie M. I. A. Saturday evening. An Kngllshwnman says she don't see how the slender women of Atuerien manage to dominate their husbands so well. Hut it always seemed to us a slender lady could weep just as much and as often as a fat one. Sonie people say it with flowers by -throwing bouquets at them selves. ' v A Tl My V. IMirdy J A six room cottage eoHting about! $4500, exclusive of heating and plumbing. Many readers would ask, how can such a lliing be? J don't believe It, John Junes paid SK000 fni- n hump not jihv lini.i.i' or as attiactive as that. There are :i certain number of people who do not cart to make tho effort . of building - their own home, with some people it is an effort, with others u pleasure, if you belong to the former, you must pay the. price. Why not begin the new year with a resolution to "Huild your own home now." Tie gin with fi carefully selected plan, one that is complete in all its de tails, so that at the end of your building venture you are noi stunned with u bill for "extras." ,A plan prepared by one that knows how, will save the home builder hundreds of dollars, and may be the means of making a sale at a nice profit in later years. The long living room, screened-ln porch, open stair with wrought iron rail, fair si;:ed dining room, con venient kitchen, three chambers and bath. The little built-in seat On the stairs, one of the many features that sell this house. j Oak floors and trim, tile bajji. rnuKh plaster and wi ght iron lighting fixfureH. all high class ma terials, a nd the eost complete should be less than finiio with ho) water heot. Tho basement too. must not be forgotten, all partitioned' off, plas tered laundry, wilh floor drain.. Purchases Home on Oak from Mr. Lavey Mr. ami Mrs. W. f Crews have purchased the Harry l.nvey home at ltitH Oak street. Tho resi dence, of five rooms, is one nf th. beautiful .dwelling places in that part or l.a Urnnde. Mr. nnd Mrs. Crews expect to move into thidr new home some time this week. At present they are living at I "on Washington nvenue. It Is not often the sHf-centored person I hill in surrounded by a cir cle of admirers. Polish Your Floors by Electricity Here is a wonderful new invention thnt takes ell the work out of keeping floors beautiful and makes this household task a plea sure. Ten times faster than present methods, it enables you to polish all the floors and linoleum in your home in the time it formerly took to do a single room. Sturdily built to last a lifetime and guar anteed absolutely. JOHNSON'S WAX &leetiic floor 'Polisher Thtt tnrvflout new fleet He labor ivrr coiti only $42.50 and we in eludePREEsSl.SU Johnton Limb' wool Mop and hair gallon ((2.40) pt the fmuuiJohncn'i Liquid Ws. Ask for a demonttratlon Try The Oregon Hardware First i MIL A STRIKING LITTXE COTTAGE DESIGN rse mi ft ram . w Xj . I Dining tol4riUtiiLl .Mtil p1vimn: Ibtrfl Living. &W g . tor i-I J"? 'n'l 11117W ht-il U ' 1 I ' j CLO NORTH POWDER P15RS0NALS NOItTIl POWDKR (Special) The l-T. association held a. busi ness meeting at the office of Judge Seneerhux Saturday. After thfl business was discussed, It was de cided to have Mrs. Pat Towers de liver a .lecture on "Abrahnm, IJ11 coln" on Kounders' day. The date wiiH not set. The Ladies' Aid served n two course luncheon lo the public Sat urday afternoon In tho rest room at the Motor Service garage. This was in appreciation of the public's help In their society and commun ity work. Dwight niggs and femlty moved to Hie Ti-avllliou place Saturday.' Nurval f Hsen and family have 1 moved Into the home of Mrs. Ol sen's fnl her, John llalnes and are renting their place to (ieorge Fer guson, j The analysis of the culture of the throat of the late Mrs. Lucy llaynes was pronounced not to he diph theria by the state hoard of health at Salem. . 1 Mrs. Vloia Craig Is seriously 111 with lilcers of the stomach. '. James Wilson shipped a carload of cattle and lildwell and Kvans a carload of hogs Saturday, Jim Wil son accompanying both loads. Mary Christman was a linker Vis itor Saturday. Friday evening a double header was played between the Richland hoys and girls teams had the l'ow-, del teaaiM. The two teams of Fow der were victorious, the girls score being 3:t-l 3, and the hoys 37-13. Some people are kept so busv giving ail vice that t hey haven't time to mind Cielr own business. Mai;- the game worth the can dle. The people who can he won by 'flattery aren't worth winning. noon and attended the- Woman's 1 'luh meet ing. Mrs, Frank Slurgill was a busi ness visitor in linker Thursday af lemooii Well, sir. oii uvn'L Imto to Us- , 1 111 tu my challer nttii-h Uhiky Mr.1 Ii-ait 1h heie Tliur-ia If nnl Inter. Today I- TueMlfiy, Uintormw Is 'edneihi,v, tin Het.t uty I rhui'Mlii.v nml (lien tltin trfil i-Juilr, will Irato to creak ami tfitHiti hard- ; or Hum vft hefore in Imhl up piHIIIllH. I loal ifial. Imiarrli puljit ami Iff-t hut noi U'TLi, tho rtwils wn r 31 e muddy. 1 Claude C. Pratt Lumber Co. XHe Hrll Ttir Cull The Poor Man't Frlena" Near roawlrr. Fbana Mkln III s Television Test To Span Nation Early in Spring SClIFXFCTAnY, N.. V. AF) Transcontinental experiments In radio television for the home are to he undertaken this sprJng by ihe Oeneral lOlectrlc company and the, Hadlo Corporation of America. Short wave equipment for the SPECIAL WOOD WORK Store Fronts Show Cases Counters Cabinets Built-ins Doors Windows Estimates are gladly made. ' La Grande Construction & Supply Co. Charles Harris, Prop. 1501 Madison SPECIAL- January 10 to February 10 Westinghouse Heating Pads $6.50 One Dollar Allowed on Old Pad or Hot Water Bottle Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co. "Always At Your Service'' Marines Find No i Sign of Sandino; Kebels Scatter MA.NAdl'A. N'lcurgua. Jan. 31 ( A I ')--The rebel general. Augus llno Sandino, has apparently drop ped from sight und his men have j scattered, according to ml vices p-achlug Marine headquarters l hero. I An airplane patrol returning 'from .the QuIlaH region, first stronghold of Sandino to fall In Itlie drive, against him, reported all (unlet with no signs of rebels. Krunj jKI'Chipotu which was deserted by, ; Sandino after n severe aerial atf I tack Jan. 1 4 the marine garrison j there sent word that po activity. Of reheLs was 10 be noted. transmission anil reception of pic tures Is to be Idstalled at KCO, ! Hi (ieneiiil Klectrlc's station at (a kin ud, ('al: Twelve receiving sets, similar to the unit denoin-, si rated here recently, will he sot up at Intervals across the country j to test the efficiency of the system j at various illstances. j In the demonstration at Schenec tady the receivers were in homes, lonly a piile or two from the !en- eral Ktectrlc broaileastlng stations, l-mgiueers. are now Interested In more Customers! What would it mean to you to increase the draw ing power of your win dow 42 per cent? Good window lighting makes this possible. As agents for The Edison Mazda Lamps we arc qualified to rcc oriimcnd the proper lighting for your win- . dows PHONE... We will , Gladly Call - II. & s. ELECTRIC CO. Ii. ItohhwMi, Prop. Komniei Hotel Itldg, Ell .,r,vy 41. A p p r o v e J D e a I e r learning whether Illustrated' radio, at Us present stage of develop ment, can be picked up In homes that are many hundreds of miles from 'Mo transmission point. "With short wave transmitting equipment In both Oakland nnd Seheneetady we will he able to carry out our experiments nn a much wider scale l ban has ever been attempted," says Dr. K. l' W. Alexanderson, consulting engineer of the two companies, who develop ed this home apparatus. "Kxperf ments In refining the process can now be carried on in the research laboratory In Schenectady by work In Emerge Our reliable telephone meets your needs and often pays for years of ' service ' by (juicU actior. Home Independent Telephone Co. You Will Stay Young if you will let electricity do your work! There is no need of tiring yourself out every day when" you can have electrical outlets installed at a very low cost. We shall be glad to help you plan for conven ience. See us today,, Electric Service Co. TALB0TT, IIELVtf ServirA Our Mirlilln TVan! Phone Main 124 SPLINTERS Official ruljllcnllon of THE VAN PKTTK.N I.U.M11KR CO. No. H. Wi Ihllill In1 1 n g IiimiI-IioIIimI In IntH hntn-r than iR'Inif linlf-liiikPil. Don't yon? The Limefitone l'rnd itetH ('oinpnny, L of MifrilnhuiK. r Penrt., nre piiltlnir In the Ilk'htH for !Tnclo Siiid'h Alrwuy IhlH week. Mr. Hnrter Iiuh fluirifn of thn work. Tetieher "Why wero you hit?1 Johnny "Hi-rnu.se they ninff thfl hell h'fnre I Rut here." Our new price, on f'KltTAlN TKKD J'hiHler Wall Hoiinl etltn down 111" rout nf your repntr Job. fh-t th iurtlrulnni ut our offirn. They fay thnt over t renOlftAn they hint a fire recently. ()n rllly.en who liv ed rtoj by rushed In th tlephonr lo turn In th olnVm. And thin In what he Hiihl lo the, telephone operator. S a y, we're hurnln up over here. Yon rnll (he fire company nnd le 'em to hur ry. You won't for jjet It, now, will you?" Kprluff. will he hero before ynu know It. You will wont wull tints to cover up the hjiMh nnd make your spring hoime-ctenn-IntC coinpletn. Try our VKI-ATONK u.ill ttiUH. V havfl Hi colorH In hulk. Tho little Rlrln who ll.sed to litlikn fneen nt the boys now miikn eyrs nt them. We urn Hloeklnp up with nice bright new merehun!le. romfl In nnd took our stork over w hen you need a o in e boardfi. VAN PFf TEN . LUMBER CO. ing with pictures sent by KCJf)." '. liadlo engineers concede that numerous obstacles must be over come before the radio fan, silting In his living room, can see as well as hear the musicians and speakers who are giving him a program. Hut the exports believe the diffi culties, wilt be solved in time, just ns were the problems that werd surmounted during the infancy of broadcasting. ' - Women are taking men's places In the world, all right,1 but we haven't heard any stories ye( about the .traveling saleswoman. . '.. ncies 1412 Adams j Vol. 1. Get your lawn mow er bnck In tune, SprliiK'H bo hero pretty soon! Another car of oak floorlnK will hoou bo In. We will havo the ino.st complete stork of oak floor ing In KaHtorn Ore Knn when this nr rlves, TlH're Is ii town In Wisconsin whore they HhtKO nn annu al wolf hunt. Wo wish they'll como and K't he one that haiiRH nronml our door all the time. If your coal pllo la itetlliiff low, try, try a load of KNIOIIT'S Sprint? fan yon ronl. II holdrf fit o lonwer. Said tho small boy: "Mnw and Paw hud nn n ful tinio pet lin' mai iled. Maw uonldn't marry Puw when he wan drunk. And I'aw wouldn't marry Maw when ho wan rfiher." 9
