La Grande evening observer., July 17, 1928, Image 7

Tuesday, July 17, 1928A
LA GRANDS EVENING OBSERVER
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START WORK ON
' $8,843 STATION
Building Permits in La
ilrande This Yeai Reach
Total of $169,008
The total of new construction in
l,a Orande for this year jumped to
$ J CO, oiks this morning with the is
nunnee of a permit to Kelso nnil
Stone to build a $;,(" dwelling
place on O between Walnut nnrt
Oak for W. D, KoIho. Thin was the
second permit received by45ity J if.
ronler J. K. Stearns ' for u new
home thta month, tlie other being
irranteil Inst Huturdny to limeron
&. Hrngg to build a fZ.flno rcsl-ili-nrO'On
Monroe (or hoy Pnul-
The largest permit issued so fur
till- month whs taken nut .July !i
by J I.. J. Nielsen, successful bidder
lor thn contract to erect Ihe new
Kastcrn Oregon I cvclnpmcnt com
;uiiiyu electric station on (ove nvo-
l-iuns for me ronsinicuon. of me
station, were announced . n few j Portland
months ago nnd prp-llniiiinry woi-k.&iiem
was sinrieii somciiiiio - iiitcrtvai-us.
Kids were opened enrly this month
for the project end Mr. Nellsen was
Ion- bidder. ,
I To Cost S.fHS
rne nuiuiinK. wnicn is to ne two
storiosin ht'lBht and hullt of con-
cretn and Illicit, will cost S,S4:i,
nccordlnff to the estimate. .1
Building permits issued for the
week of, July 9 to 14. Inclusive,
follow:
July 9 H. P. Nielsen,- for Eastern-
Oregon Development company.
to-erect a two-story electric station i j niake this campaign nn the
on Cove nvenue between Cove und , reeorti of the Cnolidce- ndmlnlsfru
Jslnnd, to cost 8,84:t. I Hon. The democrat are going to
juiy ii-innries i-.. Harris, lor .
1o niter and repair
mrw-story
brick buildinp on Adams between
Depot nnd chestnut, work to cost
$-400. : . '
July 14 Cameron & BrnKff, for
P.oy roulter.' to erect a one-ntory
nome on Aronron avenue, between
lemlock n'nd Greenwood, Work to
ost $2,000.
I A Rmatl tiiwn In ono- where- the
Iditoi' prints the vac;
Ihe loading citizen.
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ill on leltOi-fl nf
RasuurMsen fm paint and varT
nish nuality our service for
help in. Kolectinn what you
need.
AK fur KaHmiiKHcn cnhir
cards.
W. II. .
Bohnenkamp
Co.
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I Elettric Service Co.
2 Service Our Middle Name
(Ph8ncMain 121 1412 Adams
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 000000000000000000000000000
Less Building
In West States
First of 1928
Although J-a fl ramie's hnilillnit
total of 2S.mil for the nionlh ilf
June was .less Ihun fur 111 Mime
imunth in 1927, when Hie umoiini
ja 37r.CS. tlilB city's construction
"activities were In iitinut the same
proportion as In oilier cities In the
west. ',"
A check i.y the 8. Strauss A
Co. uf 98 cities showed h reduction
of nine per cent in hulldng per
mits Isyied during the first half nf
the year as compared wjtll the flg
lures for 1927.-. '
t . 1ji Crnnde's half yenr total was
$15l),7i;r, a considenihle , amount
less than last year's six-month flg
j ol more than $iilil.MMI. i
1 Oregon l-lty s hiilliliug records
I for the first hulfMif this yenr. cnni
. pared with the. first six inonthn of
1927. follow: .:.',
I'lly li inn. 192S' 8 mo. 1327
Astoria :... -. 70.11011 f 411.(1?'
hllgcnn ' 9K3.SIIII H.Ti 1 7
,Klam. l'vls o. 477.01)2 vl.2114.229
Mni-idlf'ld v 49.01111 lll.S2fi
'.Medford .. lK4. 9115 339, K0S
. 13,41l.64fl 2(I.H!0,il6
. : 1.II71.3JS ' 1,606,327
:
I Hoise .!...-..
j(in; Kails.
ji.ewlston .
Ixamua ...
Irlnlio Plgm-ii
3U9,9K5 $
17H.HWI
410.4411
4110.008
1 1 3.000
423.080
193,11(1
1 1 4.771-
...
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HtHJVfciK HAS
BEST CHANCE,
WRITER SAYS
(Continued from Page 1)
ule cnmliin.-Ulon of Henator
J nines A. Heed'H "turn the rasealu
ol." Und prohibition modification
lM.s:ies.
To wiri' the election, onn onndi
JatD must Ket 26 electoral voteH, a
m.'tjuriiyt uf the whole number of
531. . Smith's starting point Ik the
solid, smith, the ten KtateH. which
have 114 electoral, vuten. . Thewe
Smith appcarK qt'lte certain to get
tlioiiKh they (ire not entirely con
ceded to him. One cannot remain
loiiff la the ho ut h wi,thouX eomlnff
J to the conchiHlon that he will get
; all of them. , r, !; "
I The Houth Is politically diy
democrntid for the winie reaiwn
the neio. It has never, forRotlen
the reconHtructlort day nnd' the
carpet hanKei-H -hiyH In which then'ihe lady who was likely to be mi
neurit voted and held the offlcen. To
vole the republican ticket In the
south JuHt isn't" IhouKlU nf lietiift
done. '
. Smith St ron k In Kat
- Smith also cotintn upon (retting
an additional 8!) votes from-the five
eastern states. New York, Massa
chusetts, New Jersey. Rhode Inland
and Connecticut, The republicans
diHpute this cleam to every one of
the five states,-nnt excepting New
York. Smith's own. If he should
net all of them, nnd the solid south
he would Iwtve 03 electron) votes.
For the halnnce. he. looks first to
Missouri with 18, Senator Reed will
i-ampiiiKn for Smith and try to car
ry Missouri. Its two hiK cities are
wet, although the country is dry.
He. will also count upon Mary
land, with eight voles. Missouri
and Maryland would bring his to
la) to 22!). Montana and Nevada
with a total of seven votes, might
go democrutleigain this year. II
they did. rfmith. by carrying them
and the other states listed, would
still fall thirty votes shy of elec
tion. Democrats pnk to Illinois, with
twenty-nine; Wisconsin with thir
teen: Michigan with fourteen ami
iMinneHota with nine as the besf
'territory In which to gain the re
mnining votes. They nlso hope to
carry some of the west and middle
west on the agricultural Issue.
I Smith Vncerlflln
! Smith is not at nil certain nn
(carrying the five eastern stoles in
.'the first group listed here, accord-i
ng tto well informed political!
(writers who have been attending)
j the two national party conventions.;
I Both campaign managements are
That
Handy Plug
you'll want it now
during these lazy
summer days.
Phone today for an
troing to liattle for these HtaleH. nnd t
for border stales like Kentucky n ml
1 enncKseewilh all their might. "
- Thft actual caniialgning will pel
under full .steam,.' rather late tills
year, because uf the notification of
Hoover Aug.- 11. From that time i
on to -election : dayV the campaign
bfds' fair - to " lie of high pressure j
nature, with republican office hold- '
ers throwing their Influence to the I
herd of the ticket, to stop local
democratic Inroads and democratic
leaders working hard to win for
and with Hmith.
The- many Issues Involved in the
carjipalKii - forecast an unusually
large Vote." Many men and wom
en who will start with mild con
victions are apt to find themselves
becomlng zealots as the days go on.
In thJs posslhilltv lies a great deal floor, with a stairway to n gooij friends to hold a dinner cominem
of the promise of an' excitiim idee-.ventilated nttic, where, nn jiddl- oratipg his birthday "regardless of
lion year. , itlonal bedroom might ho finished where I hm." He wns horn In
' : off In tho guide, opposite the stalrf H"rge, Smnnlenne, Norway July 10,
Denies Comparing 1
Candidates9 Wives
NEW VOnK, July 17 (AP)
Thej'New Vnrlt. Times today pull-
llshes a. letter from Frederick H.
GlllftC- senator- from Nassachu-
Hi;tl xlimyiiiB ho Instituted n puh-
lie, rfomparlson between Mrs. Her-
bert Hoover anil Mrs. . Alfred K.
Smith.- , , ,
'The; only foundation for1 tho
canard." he, snld,'-B this:. , ...
. ."I was talking to a small group
they were-: doubtless. -Interested In
tress of the white house, I would
telktlie about ;Mrs. Hoover, whom
I knew very well, hut that I. could
soy. nothing about Mrs. Smith, for
I had -never. even setn. her.'V
Frank T. Hines In
Pendleton Today
PKXPI.ETON,
(AP) Frank T.
Hines, director of
the ' veternns 'hureau, . arrived in
Pendleton today. He will visit the
Walla Walla veterans hospital and
Inspect the site of the, modern in-,
flrmury hiillding; which will be
erected nt a cost . of S250.0IMI.
Plnns for the buildliiK nre being j
prepared at AVashiiiKton. A Walla
Walln., delegation met Clcjn. I lines
here..' ,
TEXAS GROi:i I'OIt HOOVI.lt
DALLAS, July 17-(AP) V. a:
Collins, of Dallas, former state sen-'
ator, presiding at a rally of and-,
Smith democrats here todav. iireed
every de-mocrnt In Texas In vol'
for Herbert Hoover for president
nnd repudiate ' the. powers of In!-,
Quily." '
CAL GOES
00:: iiei i Jiii in
Comfortably eaconced In a chair perched In the bow of a canoe.
Fisherman Coolidge, celebrating his fifty-sixth birthday, Is shown
an he was about to embark from the dock In front of his summer
While limine at Cedar Island, Wis. 1 Rack of him is Hob Roy, his
white collie, John iJiRuuue, Utf guide. Is steadying the canoe as
, he prepare! to board it, y
A POPULAR TYPE COTTAGE
f 1 '
fLT i
J loaa . ioii cut
f I" BCD ttol I
Hy AV. V. IMinly ;
Tin. iiitin fnitHtm hero iiiout rnted
provides all the rooms on the mainr
iway. it would ne unticuit to nna
n plan, where so little space has
been given over to hallwuys; In
fact every Inch of space hns been
(utilized, Tho rooms ure all.. good
nlxn. hedrnmns with ernss vent lln-
tlon, good wall space for fin iilturn,
well as roomy cont closets. An
ideal homo for n small family...:
j, a small screened-ln porch, that
flln -tie used both for llvlntr nnd
enting purposes. Is located at the
rear, renched from the dlning-ruoul
through French doors. Hide lights
nrn used In addition to the doors so
as to darken this room.- -. -
i Th kllPhen ,s eommH Vlth a'
hullt-ltt breakfast nlc6Ve:"'Whi1ulckly wpi-)iliii the regard of his
" grade "door .serves ns the 'real- 'cri
!trance door us well. . A full hose,
ment provides ample .room for tho
laundry and dry room, boiler and
fuel, storage nnd fruits. , .
The exterior walls are of . frame
construction, with cement plnster.
;a rough texture, for. tjie : walls,
timber work painted a rich brown.
:ith sash white. Hoof shingles
stnlncd. - ' '
The floors thromrhoiU are or flak.
with oak trim, nine In the bed-1
' , ,
Tlln flonr
in the bath, linoleum 'over nine
floor in the kitchen. Rear porch
.floor of cement. Wails a rough
textured plastered tinted:' 'The
cost is placed nt $4,30 to $6,500,
exclusive of heating and plumbing.
Al Smith Bars
"Boloney" Pictures
ALBANY. N. Y., July "17. (AP)
'Moloney' pictures nre bar rod- by
Governor Smith. Photographers
asked him to pose Inylng bricks at
a state' offlco building. .- "Nothing
doinff' said the erovernor. : "That's
a boloney ' picture. . K very body I
knows I can't lay bricks ami If a j
real bricklayer onnicht me at It
hod tuiy boloney, too."
FISHING'
' " ''
Amundsen's Chair
' Empty At Dinner
. 1.08 ANOKI.KH, July 17 (AP)
All empty clmlr nt un unhiue din
ner served In l.os Angeles last night
carried out a wish expressed by
It on hi Amundsen during the last
visit here' of tho tumous explorer,
now lost In the Arctic.
On two sides of the table set for
three sat John Murphy, l.os An
geles attorney nnd Haakon if.
Hninmer. former - companion ex
plorer of Amundsen.
A chair draped with the Norwe
gian colors signified Amundsen's
I placo of . honor at the tuhle.
' Durimr his Inst visit to the Pacl-
nc coast, tne cxpipreryfoiu nis two
. 1 n .
, - KNOWN IX I.A filtAXDK
Artiny ll Qrunde .residents linvo
followed nccoilllts of Hoald Am-
iiml.oii'H .lUnunranm, villi l.-A,.n-
J er anxiety hecnuse of the ract that
they have met the world-famous
xplorer Btl the occasions when ho
lectured hero ort tho Klllson-White
Chautauqua circuit several years
-ago. They rccnll that his leelure
progrnnia .were fascinating- Visits
vlth him, during his stops hern
"were particularly Interesting as
I he was , always eager to malic
'rlendn. and had a personality that
Hsleoe):,-; .1,1.
Acute Patriotism
Cause of Action
LOlAlN, Tlelglnm, July 17
(AP) An attack of "acute patriot
ism' Induced by a parade of Rel
I gian war victims on Sunday Is the
Pce Uingnosls of the motive
which on yesterday actuated
Kd-
lrren.
to destroy the rec
tor's balustrade on the new memor
ial library of Louvulti university.
"Long live Belgium, Franc nnd
America; they are not all Roches
like Rector Jndeuze," ' Morren
shouted as he climbed along the
.line nf symbolic beasts to fondle
the Relgian lion before descending
to surrender to police.
The controversy over the balus
trade resulted from an inscription
which Whitney Warren, American
architect, hftd Insisted should be
carved- on it and which the rector
of the. university banned. This In
scription rend; -
"Destroyed by Tyiitonle fury; re
stored by American generosity,''
A- man Was arrested In New
York afler' selling Ihe Brooklyn
brldgn . twice. Just the man to
head Al Smith's campaign he
could sell the . sidewalks of New
York In the farm bell.
Now much
to paint
this house?
JhVEN if you save more than
a dollar per gallon on cheap
paint, thecost chart' shows
you will save less than four
dollars on the house
PainV
is a quality paint that out
lasts cheap paint 2Vl to 1 1
See our cost chart proving
how Quality Paint saves
$210.24 in five years.
W. K. GILBERT CO.
FIND IT
HERE
Oopf fur lid column niiibl tw
, , in bf a. m. ,
INSLHAACK AND HOMS
fiverythlng Hut Life lusurunca
,w. a i.nvi;ktaiknt ix.
i . O. W. WAHNUCK
; si:it U i: 'vo car ovm:rk
1 When you lucak u windshield in
side glass, take your car to lih;h
iV'dHou's Art und (.lift Shop, wlft i
II will be tjulclily and correctly ril
led at the right . in Ice. They tipc
caillxe In all kimls ul rlass work.
. . 7-17-fd
, rar;ais
. Special Bargains will bo found
each day ul Richardson's Art and
Otl't Kluip. V isit the shop und lake
advantage of these values, In Diu-ne-rvuro,
(llusswure, Pictures,
Lump-). Shades ami many other
Unj'Swhlch will lie feulured. ;t ;
- 7-17-&I
; ; " - t
; Dennlson's decorative crepes add
effectiveness to your . store win
dows. ' We have Ihcni In every
shade nnd deslr;n. , Newlln Rook
Store. . 7-lS-tf
Wahl, Wuftrman, TarK Fountain
Pens und Kvorstarp Pencils at
Newlln Book Store. Guaranteed in
every respect. 7-lH-tf
Hcmstltctilng, meriting, button
holes, etc. Norton's Kltidiu hliop.
OLD TI.MK DANCK
Kvery 1 hurs. night, Kulter hall, be
ginning July Hi. New management.
' 7-l7-:tt
Headquarters for periodicals nnd
magazines. Tnke along some on
vour vacation. Newlln Book Store.
Our circulating library affords
you good reading at low price.
Newlln Itook Hloie. ' , 7-KI-lf
Cwlur shingles arc rapidly gnliix
up In irlc; however v urc still
M'lllng ihe Stai-A-KlatM al $1.00 n
ibousanil hut don't know how
much longer wo van c(Hil(ituc fur
that ricc. If you arc figuring nn
shingling a big 1st in fst had Im'I
tcr lint dclny in securing your
dar HhlnglcM Just ns iilck as ihih
.ilhlc, 'We ore offering the balance
of our coffl water kalnomliie at Jllh
a iMickngc, " Sontn pcfiplo have ull
their hay cul and put up: now tlu
aro biillillng more fcic ennw
(ucntly xve 'nre. selling in rc fciM'-
fng at a less rigiirc. If ytm. want
some luirgniiLs in odd mlhIi (.nine
here. Also we have tt MpfenilM
iiM'd piano thai yon can have for
tf.- ensh. Dou'l delay. Or would
rade It for emvs oi"j,ws. , ,
Claude C. Pratt
Lumber Co.
Wo Sell For Cash
'"llio I'oor Mnn'p Frleml"
Near Foundry Phono Main !!-tN
No Sunday I 1ms I nam
TIME
to
Screen-Up!
We make Screen
Doors and Windows
of any size or shape.
Hurry!
The Flies Are
Here
La (Jrandc
Construction and
Supply Co.
Aimee Declares
She Is Daughter
Of Mrs. Kennedy
-UOS ANOKLKS, Cal July 17
(Al') As far ns Aimee Sample
.Mcpherson is concerned her fam
ily life Is an unmuddlcd ns thn wa
ters of Ijike Tahoe to the shores
of which she went from here yes
terday to conduct nn evangelistic
campaign, Before leaving she made
it known that she had stopped an
Investigation by u group nf her fol
lowers concerning her real par
entage.
ilrs. McPherson said there was
no foundation for the assertion that
.Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Is not her
real moihec. ... . . ; 1.
Stating that- the committee had
sent to, Canada for -all records' rev
gardiug her birth to .determine
whether she might not, he '.the
daughter of her father -by a-mar
rlago. previous, to that with .Mrs.
.'..i.i 1..
.- r . "' 1 '. l
vs- NOW jkl - :
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OUR OFFER ,
TIk Houbchulo Kit contdint 1-40 t
watt, J-60 watt and i-ioo w.tt lamps 9I.OX
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ALL NCW TYPE EDISON MAZDA LAUpt
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.... Prulktwry..i Keep bfurcLdinpi on Hand t .
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.-"Frank Robinson, Prop.
SPLINTERS
' Official Publication of
THE VAN PBTTEN LUMBER CO.
A certain business
man of our ncqunln
lanco hns "been n
aummer widower for
ten days or bo, and
brngs thnl he hnsn't
hnd to wnsh a
breakfast: dish. ' He
drinks till t U out of
the bottle,, takes the
loast off the toaster
and" bolters It from
the hutter nncknge.
Bananas aro eaten
from the peeling.
The butler knire Is
held under the fnii
pot, nnd breakfnst Is
3ver. And everybody
knows n coffee per
colator should never
he washed.
Before they were
married he told her
he would ' move
heaven - and earth
for her. And now
he raising hall, t
Julius itpesch Is do
ing some concrete
worU . on His new
garage .building-, oit
Ihe corner of Green
wood and Jefferson.
Wo would llko the
fellow who knows It
all much hotter If he
would forget part of
it.
H. V,. Ihtigg Is back
n thn Job working
igalu after his trip
:o Michigan. -
Wo had the term
'mixed choir' ex
tdulned to us yester
lay. Home of Nun
;ut) slag, and. some
tt 'em can't.
Friday Ihe thir
teenth word was re
reived In fa CJrande
that the new Nor
mal school wns a
sure go nrn) now wo
aren't superstitious
any mor.
VAN PEITEN
LUMBER CO.
Kennedy, Mrs. Mcpherson said:
'Of course 1 am her daughter
any other Idea Is ridiculous. '
Before leaving for Ijike Tahoe
Mrs, McPhttrson announced plans,
for n three months tour of Hurope,
beginning In September. '
Dr. Mead To Visit
Pendleton July 19
PRNDLKTON, Ore., ' July 17
(AP) lr. K I wood Wead. reclama
tion commissioner, will he In Pen ,
dleton Thursday, July lb. to con-J
frr with local interests on. Irriga
tion problems of lJma.tllla county,
He will meet groups interested in.
reclamation and confer with repre
ental Ives from fitnnflehl. "
.rrn.w um'i.omat inns
WAHHINOTON, July 17 (AP)J
Manuel d In Vegu I'lildvriin. rii!)
nnlftd ruhiin diplomat, riled here to,
day. '. ::'V'' ''.'i .
Vol. 1
i:. K, Henlty la mak
ing several improve
ments on his jilaca
nn h Avenue.
Wouldn't It be fine,
if thnsn who have
innney would "e It
In the way thosa
who hnven't money
think they would
use It If they hnd It?
Orvlllo Wright, who
lives on V avenue Is
doing quite a little
work on his piano,
making additional
room for the fam
ily. Here's n little repar
tee that happened In
our own place of
hiifiness thn other
day:
"I can't hear myself
hlnk."
'Well, you're not
hissing much
"There were dozens
if people, nt the
1 rain to see me off."
"pld you pay nny of
ilium?"
!
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