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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1929)
P"e Four Sft T'W 1 r LA GRANDE EVENING .OBSERVER. LA GRANDE, ORE.. - , Monday, April 15, ,1929 (Incorporated) An Independent Hewripanpr j .'ti-i. nr it FRANK B. APPLKBY Editor and Publlhr i" HARVEY F. MATTHBWB Business Manager " Published evenings, except Sunday, at 141 Adama Avenue, tt. Grande, OreKon. The Observer-Star publlnhed every Friday. : Entered at the I'oslofflce at La Grande, Oregon, as Second Class Mall Matter under act of March I. 1879. I OFFICIAL PAPER OP UNION COUNTY AND THE . CITY OP LA GRANDE V I MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclnted Press la exclusively entitled to um for public (Ion of all news dlepatchea credited to It or not otherwise credited If published herein. All rights of republication of apeclal dis patches In this paper, and also the local news herein also ara reserved. ' i National Advertising Representative . , ... - M. C. MOGENHEN A CO., Inc., nan Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago,' :: ' ' : Detroit, New York SUBSCRIPTION RATES'-. '!'' ' Jy (lariicr ' Pally1, per month In advance ,.....,...,....... '.. 750 "Dally, six months In ndvance : 14.60 Dally, single copy .. ,. .... 6c ,,,-, lly Mall . ' Dally, per month In udvnnco 60o Dally, per six months In advance. I!. 69 Dally, por year In udvunce :...........r. .Ift.vO Weekly Observor-Htur, per year......,...,.........l' '.. .. ....... 12,00 f . ADVERTISING RATES , ,' ' ; Display, foreign, per column Inch ..........'...:..."....: 2o , ' Display, local, per column Inch .'. r.......r.....' 40o si ,Tm contract prices on application. - - ' ' ii n 1 1 ill - ! J ' : Every time La Grande has a hard, 20-minufe rain there is new (evidence of the need for storm sewers. Present Jni tary sewers are inadequate. They cannot carry the load and flooded basements and streets are the natural result. If the city continues to grow, the storm sewere requirement must receive serious attention. - . ii Hi i , LA GRANDE HEARS THE yiTAPHONE . Twenty-five years ago the small boy marveled at the crude one-reel moving pictures that lured . the infrequent dimes from his overall pocket. Pictures that moved! an experience for adults as well as children that' was not soon forgotten. Today the small boy 'takes theni as a matter of course and assumes they always existed and ' marvels anew at pictures that talk and sing as they move. 'Ten years from now they will be regarded as ordinary and the sophis ticated youngster of the next decade will accept them in the matter of act manner he accepts three meals a day, turning to the third-dimension picture, perhaps, for the new thrill that scienco and invention constantly provides. That there will always be something new and better in entertainment is shown quite conclusively in the sound and talking equipment just installed by the Arcade theater here. With the newest and most Complete Vitaphone mechanism in operation,' La Grande people .iivvntlin siimeopportuiiitiea.jif.jietipoUUn centers apd the crowds that clamor for admittance is ade quate proof of their appreciation. The first talking feature produced with the new equipment made an excellent" im pression, And it is the forerunner of many for the future. The industry has been revolutionized and talking pictures are the thing. 'We are fortunate to have the most efficient equip ment here'for their production and the La Grande Theaters fire to be congratulated. The transition from silence to sound in pictures' is one means by which this community keeps abreast of the times. , . , SERVICE INSTEAD OF SPEED A . J In a recently-published book telling of his impressions of America, an English traveler complains that he was' greatly disillusioned when he came to ride on American railroads. ' j I For years, ho says, he had heard of the great speed of the American trains, rushing across the mighty spaces of the continent at a lightning clip to bind together the widely bep.;rated cities and towns of the nation. Yet when he came to rido on them, ho says, he found they did not go as fast as the trains of his native England. I Tho visiting Englishman, naturally, was disappointed ; and probably it ,1a, a surprise to most of the rest of us to learn that he quoted from timetables to prove that English trains , averago greater speeds than our own. The whole matter' Is explained in an article in the April issue of the World's Work by A. W. Somerville, who analyzes recent changes in iailroad operation. , ! As long ago as 1893, he points out, American trains were physically capable of traveling at. more than 100 miles an hour. In 1901 an engine went five miles at a rate of 120 miles an hour two miles a minute 1 Yet today the fastest sched- uled train in the country makes only 06 miles an hour, and a j 45-mile average is considered very good for a main line train over a long run. ' 1 To begin with, this IS-mile-an-hour schedule includes the! time lost in all stops which means that the train is actually 1 doing about 00 between stations. In addition, it has been I found that the wear and tear nn equipment at the extreme I high speeds makes last schedules too expensive. And on top ' of that, the den.i.nd for safety and comfort has caused the introduction of much heavier cars, win, ,.... ,i i.... I tion in speed. . Punctuality, und not high speed, is the great goal of the railroads today a goal that they are attaining with ever greater regularity. And, really, they are quite fast enough as it is. The man who craves anything much faster has the airplane to servo him. APRIL 15th TO 20th Figured Suitings ( JDEAL for sport clothes and ' warm weather in general, for ' they are absolutely fast colors. This material comes in stripes, floral, and geometric designs. rjURING this National Spring Sewirg .Week is the time when all those who enjoy "turning a good seam" turn in here to refill the sewing box -, get new ideas for Spring clothes - - and "choose patterns and fabrics to turn then ideas into a reality. Pictorial Review Patterns you will find are a great aid in accomplishing this. AH the new materials are here, in .cottons, silk and woolens - - and the prices are right. Our staff ,wjll" be more than helpful - -if you require it. ' . .-''...",..: . 50c 10 75 c YD. ' life i ! '):: Gahradine. Junnle Print ';; -ND basket weaves in cotluns. ,.'.i .. . nro popular for sports enseni ; blcs and where service is required.. These are 36 inches wide and are - sun and tub-fast colors'.' k 60 c YD. Figured Batistes QO jiopular for dainty frocks, in lovely floral and geometric de signs in colors and combinations that are truly spring favorites ; the colors are sun and tub-fast. 50" -fe';'w'' Peter Pan Ginghams rjpilAT serviceable material, ideal for warm weather clothes that stands the laundering so nicely and the colors are all guaranteed sun and tub-fast. 50e e YD. LUSTEROUS PRINTED, SILKS Renbg Lawns , JAINTY sheer lawns for really warm weather wear, small floral designs lend themselves at tractively. They are 36 inches wide and guaranteed fast colors. kc YD. , NKVKIi have printed silks been more popular than this season promises. Large floral designs, dots, geometric, stripes and "modem art" paU tern's are among the newest of the new.. Full 40 inches wide, always XUttillg,.tv an advantage . ' $n.)0 $V50 . i riejed ,,v,..v ,. t , TO . O YD. A 60c Sewing Needs NOTIONS of all kinds are now . on hand to help you in every way to create more attractive gar ments buttons, braid, thread, nee- r- rllpc fmui 't hillllliu csnuuMt'o ninu etc. In Our Notion Dept. Pinehurst Voiles 100L and airy arc these lovely quality voiles, full 36 inches wide in a varied assortment 'or col ors and combinations; guaranteed color fast. 45c and LA GRANDE'S LEADING STORE FOR OYER . THIRTY YEARS ii TRY W. K. GILBERT CO FIRST N:K.West&Wo..IncS Pacific And Ryan luc 'Oliilxiny an.l tlu Kyaii l-rlilt 1 Tlin ni-w rnrnomllon l r,...ii,.l. ron.imny. thrtwo lunowt trult ',.,, ., , ,, ., .. .,,, . . . - I t'(tlllllHlllM ,i...tl.1- I,. II... l.....irl 1 rJ7lt firmS iWfTfifCj No, thet. ,o the (!, u...i.l . rl,lt i ,ho GS "" he menteU K'orporwllon wu announcnl hrre coinivinlca in WasUlnfrton. OrcKtn. . ItuUuy In l, it,.( 1-,vn,a lo .ihi- l- j California, Maho. Montana. Ltnh, SAl.KM, Or... April ltA'I. j'J ,,04. 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