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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1928)
Thursday, Decemlx-T 13, 192R LA OTCANDE EVENTNO OBSERVER I'apfe Seventeen Local News In Brief j Mis ItaiiU to School j Mlta flertha Hums, of La Grande. hna returned? to I'orUand whert) slip la a gtudent at Keed eolleKe. J iMirliiK the ThimkuKlvinir vacation at the home of her pa reins In this t city. Miss Hants became lit from ; influenza. GUARD DEPOT WHEN HOOVER i TRAIN COMES SENATE ADDS i $250,000,000 PROHI ITEM Sth Kerrlnr III K'th Herrlne 1h tho flu. suficrlnR from Mr. Donovan Ill Jess Ihmovuu, of Ln Grande, in ll Of the fill. 5 niiM IHirfcT IN Noah liuifey, of ill of influenzrt. .a .Grande. Is 111 IVom Slumps '. ' Jna MmlHtilmiK, student at fhe lot Grandt Husinejis college. Is ill at her hom this wt-ck tj from mumps. Co' to Hot Lake Norman Wela, of Ia Grande, visited at Hot Lake today. To Ihirkecw A. L. Harlow, of I.a Grande, went to Durkfi and 1'nity today. In 1-Yin 1'itioii Krank H. Ktunfill, of I'nlon, Is a visitor in I.a Grand today on husiness. Volley GnmcK lhived The volley lull Karnes played yesterday hy the kMh nf the I.a Grande High school reunited In a win for the senior firm over the sophomore first and a victory for the Junior second tram over the freshman Hpcimd. .)' Oliver Better , Joh Oliver, who has been 111 of lnfluenxa for the him ten days, Is reported to he better today. He It at hi home at Adam ave nue Mr. KiiImmy VWtv- H. It. Knlierg, of Hakcr, arrived In I.a Grande yesterday. He Ik nt the Foley hotel. Ilcre Prom Wallowa Mrs. Kliner Houthwlck, of Wal lowa, arrived in thiti city yesterday. Phe . is at the Vob-y hotel. (Mrs. Stark lt'turn I Mrs. I.ee .tark, of I.a Grande, returned thin morning from Alt.er , lu, ("anadH. where he ban been vlwitiliK lo r sister. Mrs. W. S. John son, lor tiie past two weeks. Mrs. Stark says th weather in Canada has beenilovely. with Inn two or three cold days. l'ntlcr ArrcM Itay Gamble, cbartred with oper ating a IorkIuk truck over rood prohibited by the chief of police, min arrested yesterday. Trial will lie hehi tomorrow. Miss ItasmtisM-n Ill Miss Bertha Kasmussen, who works at Jteynaud's Beauty shop. Is seriously ill at her home. Small I ire The fire department was railed ; to the home of A. T. Hill yesterday evening about ft o'clock. A small fine fire did practically no dam-1 ime, it is reported. I Mr. Smith Conies Hayinond Smith, of Wallowa, ar rived in I.a Grande yesterday. He is registered at the Foley hotel. Mr. Ithtuli Here ' l' H. lElffKlr, of Wallowa, Ir.r visitor In t hi city. He- 'arrived yesterday and (nut the Foley hotel. Leaves fur Washington Mr. and Mrs. J. c. French and grandson. Jack, Koyle. of La Grande, left this morning1 for Cal vllle. Wash., to visit Mrs. French' Sister, Mrs. W. Myers. To KIkIii Today C. J. Zeanier. of Elffin, passed through La Grande this morning on the way. from I'nlop to his home. Mr. Hunter Visits Charles Hunter, Wallowa stock man and farmer, passed through La Grande today on the way to I'orUand where he Is taking a ship ment f mock. From Cortland. Mr. Hunter will ko to Kugene to visit Mrs. Hunter and his daughter. Virginia, who is a student at thft I'niver.Nity of Oregon. Goes to fi(4n Waiter Mi an, of La Grande, went to Ogden, Ctali, today to bit with relatives. Miss Mary Kills, sister of Mrs. Hean. died at Ogden, Wed nesday, and Mr. Bean will attend the funeral. Mrs. Bean went to Ogden when her sister became ser iously ill. Mr. Bean expects to bo back in l4i Grand Monday. To Vl.xll hi l-;mr prise Mrs. It. L. Kenedy, of Colfax. Wash., has been visiting her nephew, I". M. Kenedy, in 1 .a Grande, and went to lint "r prise today to visit her daughter. M rs. K. If. Miller, and son. c. rlt. Ken edy. for two weeks. VNHs in City Thad Breeland. of Portland, rep resentative of the General Petrol eum company, has left La Grande following a short visit. Traffic Accident Two cars, driven by Floyd L. Pearson and Karl Lynch, collided at Sixth and Spring yesterday, ac cording to police records. Neither ear was damaged very -much, it is said. Goes to Boise J. K, Plowman, of La Grande, employe of the Mt. Kmily Lumber company, went to Boise today. He expects to be back in two days. Here Por Hay Mrs. Frederick, of Kameln. Mrs. J. Hawes, and Gerald Coruin, of M ear ham, arrived in La Grande this morning to spend the day. Mr. Gavin Has Operation .1. J. Gavin, well known former resident of Lu Grande, who under went an operation nt St.' Vincent's, hospital In Portland yesterday morning. Is reported to be recover ing nicely, according to a telegram received in I -a Grande by his sls'er. Mis. Charles Gump. Hero From Portland A. K. Malnuiuisi. of Portland, representative of the Pnion Pacific system, arrived In La Grande yes terday. Mr. Malimiulst went lo Huntington today. Hot urn l-Vim Portland Or. Lee B. Bouvy and Or. W. P. McAdory. of I -a Grande, have re t timed from Portland where they attended a meeting or the commit tee in ehargo of the Oregon State Medical society convention which will be held lu La Grande May 10 and 17. Dr. Bouvy Is president of the society. VWis Mrs. urbrick Mrs. Pliilomen Sturgls. of Cove, was tile guest of Mrs. H. A. Zur brick yesterday in La Grande. Tfco Itev. Pliilomen Sturgis is rector of the Church of t he Ascension at Cove. He and Mrs, Sturgls re cently came from Boston, Mass., to make thefr homo In "rejrnn. .Mr. Donaldson llcrp N. f. Donaldson, county agri cultural agent for Wallowa county, arrived from his home at Knter prise yesterday. Mr. Ionaldson Is at the Hacajawea Inn. I.a OntiMlcllny Honored Ui lievlpg in i be adage, "train them up in the way they should go." Phi Kappa Phi. the national scholastic houur society at Oregon State college, again honored the highest ranking freshmen of last year when special certificates of achievement were Issued Wednes day to Tf sophomores. Among the 5K were: Itobert J. Woody, La Grande, and Morgan Brace, now deceased, of Knlcrprise. (Continued from Pag 13) sembled at railroad stations In towns and villages along the. right of way. Descending the eastern slope of the Andes, j he train atnpped for an hour at Mendoza, situated in the foothills and within night of the snow-covered peaks. A throng of more than IS, ana persons .lost led in and around the station cheer ing and applauding. The governor of the province of Boraunl and his of licial stan and also the mayor and officials of the municipality lave Mr. Hoover a warm greeting. I 'ails lo Sec Statue Fa; Her yesterday at the highest point of t he raHrnad. there were snowstorms and clouds, and Mr. Hoover was not able to see the famous statue of Christ of the An des, a monument to peace between Chile and Argentina. Allan Hoover, son of the president-elect, rode on the electric locomotive which pulled the train over the Andean divide. His tather was also invited lo ride In the loco motive but decided that he could get n better vie of the majestic panorama from his private car. It was late in the afternoon when the train ran out of the almost un tnhnbltcd mountain region into the foothill country. Brief stops were made at lilt lu towns so t hat the 'people assembled there might catch a glimpse of M r. Hoover on the rear platform. The governor and local officials in every province hoarded the train to accompany It through their territory. Itobert W. Bliss. Fniled States ambassador, and the official of the representatives of President Irl goyen, joined the train ai the cold, hlrnk, snow-bound station of Las Cuevas. at the Argentine end of the two mile tunnel through the Andes. To Arriw iMtv Today The special train pulled Into the station at Mendoxn at 7 p. in. and an hour later the Hoover party was again under way, hoping to arrive at Buenos Aires about fi o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Hoover experts to remain in Buenos Aires until Sunday morning. Then he will take an Argentine warship to Montevideo, t'ruguny, where he will arrive Sunday afternoon. Monday will be spent In the lru gtiayan capital and from there he will go to Itlo de Janeiro on the P. S. S. ( tab. Although the sched ule after leaving Kio Janeiro has not been announced, it is probable Hun Mr. Hoover would visit Ha vana before returning to the I nil -ed Stales. ' (Continued from Page 13) Doubter dam bill from 1 1 2..ona,huA to $lli5.0()0.H0. ' Increased authorization for tho. federal building at Portland, Ore.( Was approved. ; APPItOVK LFWIiT HILL ' WASHINGTON. Dec. U (AIM The house Indian affairs commit tee today approved the Lehvitl bill to authorize the secretary of the thterlor to contract with stales for education, medical attention and relief of Indians. Approval, how ever, did not come until after the Insertion of an amendment to In clude contracts for supervision of Indian agricultural problems. ' The measure would authorise the 1 tit erior secretary to place Indian affairs directly under state super vision, paying 'qver federal funds !tnder contract. operation aids king(;eorc;eto combat illness (Continued from Page l.t) his condition was extremely grave and he was looking down the valley of the shadow." It was officially announced this afternoon that the Duke of York had cancelled an engagement to at tend a Farmer's I 'niott dinner at Northampton on Saturday. The crowd on hand to watch the posting of this morning's bul letin was larger than usual be cause of the sensational nature of yesterday's developments and wide spread concern as to how his ma jesty had stood the shock ofMhe operation. 'row l I'agcr For News The crowd surged forward eag erly to read the report when It was placed on the palace railings. Among the spectators was an old army pensioner who had been wailing in the cold for hours and bail watched the changing of the guard. He smiled with satisfaction as did many ot hers when it was seen that the bulletin was of a somewhat reassuring character. COVH! MINSTREL SHOW WILL BE HELD FRIDAY By Mrs. .1. It, Prkti f (Observer Correspondent j COVK. Die. (Special) The on nunl high school minstrel begins promptly at K o'clock Friday even jliig. J Clarence Bertsch is unable to at ) tend school us he has the mumps. ! Mrs. J. K. Mills ami Mrs. L. M. Laird are entertaining the Ladles' Guild at the home of Mrs, Mllist Saturday, Dec. I A. Mis. A. G. I'oukUn U driving a new Chevrolet coupe. The annual election of officers of l 'berry chapter. Order of the Knstern Star, will be held Wednes day evening in the Masonic hall. The strong wind Monday morn ing blew down several telephone poles pear the Baptist church, Jesse Lincoln, w ho has been working at Knterprlso for some time, is at home for a stay of three or Tour months. Charles O. Burdiek arrived Mon day to take over the Cove electric plant. Marvin Blake, who has been operator' of this plant for about five years, is going Into the engl- ! neering division ami is moving to La Grande In the near future. her home here Saturday after via- 'whore Mr. Stearns will be chief dis hing the past two weeks In Ton chet. Wash., with relatives. Mr. and M i s. I . Hudson and their family of ix children aro all ill at t heir home in South I'nlon with the influeii.a. Mr. and .Mrs. Millard Stearns moved to I .a Grande this week patcher at the depot. Mr. Htearmi takes the place of the lute Harry Swart. i Clyde Slarsh, fifteen year obi son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Turner, wiiji taken to the Grande Itonrte hos pital Sunday, III of aptnnl menin gitis. 1 UNION PERSONALS FLU EPIDEMIC IS . NOT YET AT PEAK IS REPORT TODAY Obituary Passes Through Cliy Leslie Wilson. of Portland, passed through La Grnndo this morning on the -way, to Boise to spend a short vacation. Mr. Wil son is employed by the Jlarkins -Transportation compnny. ri m.hai, si:u ici.s Funeral services for P. Grant Wilson, who died yesterday morn ing, will be held at the Snodgrass Zimmerman mortuary at 2 ' o'clock Saturday afternoon, it was announced today, Burial will be in the SilliiriiervHle cemetery. Junior Honorary . Society Suspended I A NX A I i 1 1() It. M ic h .. I )ee. I 3 (A P Sphinx. junior honorary society of the Cniversity of .Michi gan, has been suspended as an or ganization after an investigation of statements that liquor was used In an initiation ceremony hist week In which three Itiithitus wei'e scalded serioiislv. vfi $ ill l 59-5r5SjSiiSi5i-. (5 THE FEMININE GIFT OF REAL DISTINCTION! We want to make it easy for you men to choose a proper gift for some lady of your choice. Here are a few sug gestionsany woman would he glad to receive any one of them as a gift. Come in we will aid you in solving your gift problem. (Continued from Page 13) formation regarding the critical aspects of the disease. Informa tion must be obtained, It was ex plained, before the board can make a formal slat emeu t of the lot lu nza situation. Yesterday's total of 4u.X0 re ported cases, was Increased today to 41,003 when the state health officer of Tennessee reported 243 new cases in t hat slate. Public health officials stilt believed that not more than one-filth of the ex isting cases are being reported. The situation In New York, while still not determined, was thought j ftot to bo serious since I r, M. Nicholl. state health officer, tele I graphed to Surgeon General dim ming that while infhieir.a cases are ' not reportable In his slate, health i officers are required to report nn j usual prevalences and they have made no audi report. Toilet Sets t'yr.illn s, is. n H.irry, nnd nllinrs $.1.00 to $32 Perfumes T'OIy - HnuhiK.'int. furrnn. Kluirl nn.l Cani Noiiii 95c to $13.50 Pen & Pencil Sets I'nrKi-r. Xluirrrrr :i n.l W:i lermun In lntc.il ,I,hIuii nifl rnlnrs ?fi.5fl to $15.00 Candies Voit.-in'n :iinl l.iKKctt'n. In Klt'iil vuiit'ty in Xin.i 50c to $5.00 Shop With Safety at Your Rexall Stoi GLASS DRUGS Inc. 41 Li lSi:COl III-: ATI I IN POHTLANH I POItTLAND, Ore., Dec. IS j (AC) A second death from Influ j eri.a within 24 hours was reported iin Portland today. Daniel H. Dlck j off, H4, was the latest, victim. The city health bureau today re ceived reports of 4f new cases, ( making a total of 234 In the city. j STI'MINT HADLV 111111' j SAN FBANCIRCO, Pec. 13 AP Lee Plnod, Stanford I'nlver- aity student, was perhaps fa la My Injured t his morning when his automobile collided w Ith another on the highway near Belmont. ROMAN MEAL PUDDING A . I ( Ik r- I ... u l treat! Easily pre- )cliciOUSf pared, (..ook now ami let season. Ask your dealer for ROMAN MEAL recipe folder. SSI r I . il VV I By Mrs. Bert Knight (Observer Correspondent) PNION. Ore. (Special) Mrs. Klixabi th Taylor returned home Tuesday from Portland where she had spent the past two weeks Unit ing with her daughters, chloe and Lucllo Taylor. L. K. Wright and IL If. Itnmicv attended the funeral of J. Wal den at La Grande Sunday after noun. "Miss Alice Muniuardt, county health nurse, was a I'nion visitor Wednesday. Among the Christ mas shoppers In La Grande Wednesday were Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kuhn and -Mrs. .1. i, Gihnore. L. A. Wright, Pnlon county game commissioner, left Sumlay for Port land on business. He will attend the game commissioners' meeting t hern this week, returning home the Inst of the week. Mrs. Viola Parker returned home Sunday after a two weeks' visit In Seattle, Wash., with her daughter, Mrs. Jennie Jurlch. Mr, and Mrs. Pred l-'ox were La Grande visitors Monday. M r. nnd M is. Howa id Ash ineiM have ret u rued to their , home In Vukima alter spending several days here on business. M rs, John Jacobs, of Noil h Powder, was visiting and shopping in Pnion Tuesday. W. 11. Vogel was a business visi tor In La Grande Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jones are the proud parents of a nine pound son born to them at their home In North I'nlon Tuesday. Charles B. Prattler, representa tive' for the i'ViuHiible Building ami Loan association, of Portland, was transacting business In this city Tuesday. 1 .Mr. and Mrs. P. It. Conner were business visitors in La Grande Sat urday. Mrs. Charlie Cross returned to FRIDAY and SATURDAY t- B MS SUGMSTeO 8Y TH 6 If JACK LONDON STOHV . TH6 lANCASHIftfc QUEEN" KK'AIHH) CORTKZ nnd CARMEL MEYKRS ALSO Tarzan the Mighty" it- FRIDAY and SATURDAY 'M 1 i Ay I .' -yt t .4 it' i A hi r GOLDEN rir-i or IlliUlllv I III) NtlH-r-SKfH KI Comedy & Metro News Today mix nu.vn- . .... ..... .. .i.o 'KiiY IV "While The City Sleeps" : ((IMI'DV TOI'K'S. i ........................ 4 " ' f S O cn its '3 i t ? 1 1 i i i: i : site s ! ' : w 'w C5. o V3 t i r to e u. a s; as ADULTS 10c. CHILDREN 10c. TODAY - FRIDAY and SATURDAY No Gnntn Htry of IjOc Honor t'i Mirage has ever been hihll Storv bv RUPERT III GHUS i i' t lie was u rif(liler with gloves Hhe wits full of fire nnd fight primitive Sweet hearts . . . they fought each other .... and loved. Just two Ihiiiiiiiis. Came wart . . . I....... .f ...iiiii i w nurl ) V Blorifieatioii of love through "V vkV.3 sacrifice c'unger death! 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