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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1929)
"Wednesday, July, 24, 1929 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Three r Putm an s SUMMER FUR SALE TlBl.l By Tllfl BAKER FUR CO. 3 Days Starting July 25th Consisliug of a large variety of the choicest quality fur coals, patterned in the smartest styles of the coming season and offered considerably below their future prices. They represent a wonderful buying opportun ity to you. This is the logical time to purchase, your furs. A deposit will hulil your selection until wanted. Here are a few of the numbers offered r $375.00 Hudson Seal Coat, pvked at '$325.00 $225.00 Muskrat Back, now priced at $175.00 .$225.00 Russian- Pony, now priced at $165.00 $250.00 Silver Muskrat, now priced at $195.00 $325.00 Brown Caracul, now priced at $265J90 , $375.00 Squirrel Triin'd. Hud. Seal, $315.00 $25.00 Fitch Trimmed Sealine, now $225.00 i Also a fine assortment of fur searfs from 37.5 ( up. All purchases, may be made under suitable credit arrangements Your ' Fur Repair, Remodeling & Storage Will receive expert advice and attention during' this sale. Ytmr inspection invited. Crops Damaged By Weather In Wallowa County Society News a Miss Geneva Sayre Will .Ponvn Tn If 111 iVV- UU 1 11 , J. w Work In China MisH (Vixvu Sayn In rxp'Oti1 to arrive In m (iiandn next Momlay uiul will liavo a short visit wlth'hrr purrntH. Mr. and Mrs. K, A. finyro anl wll li lior many f rir ii1h liprr bffor slip wiils from Koaitlc on AUKiist '2'. to rcKunif her work in China. MIsk Sayn was HTjuJiLatfMl In Juno from thp eoHKP at ttrewi vIIIp, llliiioiN, recflvlus aor H. A., and lias roniatnod in the coIIpk1 town to Ih Up somo nttiHtlonut work thiH Kiimmor. Klii will have next wfc-k in l.u OiaiHlf. will f?a on u trip of a wrok or t-n ilays and wilt h:ivp anothoi- short visit hero ho- for stun lute on lior Ions voyag ) und hor nexl period of sorvifo on the mission fi-M. MIkh Sayr lias lier-n In tills country for tin last two years. Just prior to that because of war con ditions she, a ni on K" others, was ordered by the t 'hlut-.it' govern nient to leave her post. She hnl heen for nix years ut the head of a girls' bon riling wliool under the Hiipei-visian of the Ktvo Methodist ehureh at Kai l-'eiiK. Ilitnan Chiim. u Uislrirl in the north central part nt t lie great country. Her many frb-nds will he glad for the op portunity to see her agnin before he leaves the borne land. Woodcraft Circle Meets Yesterday La flrnnde Circle No. 47, Neigh-j bors of Woodcraft met lust evening) for t heir regular business session I al the Knights of I'ythiiis hall, I with thirty members present. Intr-j big the meeting one member was' taken in by transfer. Neighbor 1 Mlle I teVine who was eb-cted to rpres-nt this distrlet at the Ciraml i'irele, meeting this ww-k in I'ort Innd, was leaving la.-it night to be present nt the sessions. The cirrle b feeling rpilte Justly proud that on of thdr members wn chosen thus, und are. looking forward, with great expectancy for the return from tin meeting of so capable a member. At the same time neigh bors Mllle Alstott. Mnry Yeske, Mi. A. M. Imhl. Ada Chirk and l.ury Htiell were leaving as visitors t the gat luring. Choral Society Has Meeting r.-(nli rs of the Choral society or th Luthernn church met last eve ning at the lioine of Mrs. N. NVbtnn on Oak Street, with ii very profit able meeting reporti-d. The chief item of business was the final plan lor the dinner which the society in sponsoring at the church this eve niog as u benefit for the organiza tion. So-Ne-IIe Club Is Entertained the Clypsy trull which lead them th the Cove swimming peal. Lunch wus KnveLatj momi on the- picnic, grounds and there followed :in af ternoon of. swimming, games and social visiting. i ... j Mrs. Fred Eyer j Honored Guest By ii. V. Mrt'k (Observer Correspondent) . WALLOWA, Ore., " tlM-ial Wry ' unfft'voruliK weather for crOw during the mt wi'ok or ten days, has been the cause-, of n large amount 'of "damage to crops hr this community, A .strong north west wimt which has been blow ing almost dally for-Mbe- past' sev eral weeks-i4ppi fo dry a,) I veg-. i-iatton' uii batily. The' ' soil in; many of iho grain fields seems to he moist only a few incMen below the-surface but the straw in many spots ban become dry and In then? places ,be grain ' is miito batily shriveled. The grain on the north and west slopes seems to have sm'Pered the- greatest damage from the hot drying .winds. Jn several fields over the country where the grain is grown on, enst slopes w h ie h a re p ro t Ht ed f ro in t h ese winds 'the- grain does mH show much signs of having burned. The spring grain on . dry 'land is badly hi need of rain or cool weather at thi.s time, as much of It is becom ing brown and wlll.no doubt bo giently damaged if the hot dry went her cvn tin nes much longcrY Maying has been' hi progress on many of the farms In t'u valley during the past two weeks, farm ers havo found this an Ideal time in which to get the hay taken cart of in good shape, a-s there has been no rain to delay work of putting it up. A number of farm ers say that they have found it finite difficult to get sufficient hay hands this- season. The greater part of the hay In this, end of the. vuUjt'.v is very good according to ( I'iii'iners, . many now meadows which'- have been seeded during the past two or threo years have produced exceptionally heavy cut tings this year. Some, cuttings of buy on- the grain farms in; the hill section; has been started dur ing the past few days with sev eral of the farmers cutting bnek swathes around their wheat fields getting ' ready to harvest with combines. A largo portion of the grain in the billn will be cut with combines again this season, a number. of the new type machines have heen purchased in this com munity by I'armerH during the past year or two and theso are still in good running order nnd other machines have been pur chased this season. L. V. Luthrop was in town the first of the- week moving out a new combine which In; purchased recently. I'astureK and ranges have dried up rapidly and but llftlo green .feed is avail able for stock. In' the higher sec tions at this time, even In the timbered sections, the vegetation lias started drying up much earl ier than usual, making the forage ry tough. . L, Couch, local real eslale man Is a pationt at the hospital here, suffering from some severe in juries wl(ich hft received about it o'clock . Kriday when a oar which, he was ..driving collided i with . a Kord roadster about two. and n. half' miles west of the: drinking fountain In the Wallowa canyon. Three persons were rht Ing- lu the e'ord car and all were more or less Injured by the aolld impack when the cars came to gether. Mr. "Couch, vas.: thrown out of his car und received a frac ture o fthe. shoulder and u broken Jinee-cap and had. stn'erul of his ribs broken loose froin his back bone besides several other severe bruises.; A ' smalt - son, l'hillip Couch, who was riding with his. father had his cheek bone frac tured by being thrown n gainst the front of the car. VurioiiH reports are heard regarding the cause of the wreck, which It seems occur red ou a curve in the, road. The Couch machine is said to have been a little too far. to (he wrong side, of the road anil the other driver attempted to swing to. the opposite side when the - cim-h co llided. Mr. Couch is reported to he getting along quite well ut this lime ami If nothing sets in dur ing the next two or three days, has a good chance of -recovering from his injuries In good shape, accord ing to the attending physician, sician. Many people havo made trips Into the timbered ureas of this section recently in eureh of huckleberries. The berries ure just starting'to ripen In some of the earlier localities at this time and some who have been out for a few hours liavt been successful In gathering small quantities of the fruit. There has been no dam aging frosts here this season and some who have been out Htate. they have found places where the hushes ure welt loaded with small green berries which will bo get-, ling rlpu during the next week or ten days. Some of the best huckle berry patches In the north woods have been badly eaten off und trailed down by the large band a of sheep which are summer rang ed there. Mertn Robertson of Corvallia, returned here recently to resume work for his I'ncle. John com h. through the- harvest season. Klmer Osborne and Utvnn TCng Itsh who ure tanning a large tract om land belonging to J. II. liauii. In the Lent) section huve been busy recently cutting buckswnthes around their wheat fields. the central organization. A move may be made for affiliation with the American Hop Orowers' osso ciatlon und the federal hop stabtl iKullon corporation. HOP tiltOWKItK TO OK(;.MZF. SALKM, Ore.. July. 2L (Al1) Oregon hop growers will meet In Suleui August & to organ!.) u K rowers' association. Action for cooperation under the program of th federal farm board and for opposing .legislation looked, upon by hop men as ' undeslruble may be taken, -local growerH say. Among offioerH to he chosen prob ubly will be district, secretaries through whom, the various dls vricts wilt be kept In touch 'with 1 f 1 W To compliment their sister, Mrs. Fred Kyer, of Ooldc-n, Colorado, Mrs. Julia It. Cunningham ami Mrs, b K: Ivan hoe entertained at bridge last evening at the Ivunhoe home on Fourth street, Four tables of bridge were at play. Lovely baskets and bowls of nosru rt i u ms n nd rose u ere used in decorating the- rooms of the home. High score for the evening was made by Mrs. Kyer. At, 13 o'clock luncheon wan served by Urn two hote(yes. Mrs. Kyer is to be honored at u number of Interesting affairs dur ing her.stoy here. Congressman Dies At Capital Today WASHINGTON. July 24 (Al') tirprescntative leslle J. Steele of Georgia, died early today in Gar field Memorial hospital, where he underwent an operation Monday. The representative, whose home was lb-cut nr. Go., was tin yen in of age. He entered the hospital a week ago for preliminary treatment for gall stones. Hlood transfusions were necessary during the; opera tion, which required several hours, bul hope for his recovery was maintained almost to the time of his death. He was first elected to congress In November, l!i:'(! ,nud wns re turned to his seat In the last election. Member of the Po-Ne-H'- club bad a splendid party yestenlny that ft-c-m to be their habit. In th morning nt tn o'clock, thirty of thm met at th horn of Mr. a ARTISTIC Our expert stone, cutters speciallw la making lusting monuments from both do niestlr and Imported stones. Their skill Is expressed In many ut Untie ddtfns we con carre a monument to toiit your own Individual tastes and at the same time keep the price wit I) in your means. Iel 11 Show Yon. Cemetery Memorial Works C. II. McCLURE La Grande, Ore. Tor Health . drink upton's tea Because all recc3niie, in Lipton's, the true health drink. Refreshing and invigorating, it contains many valued vitamins the key to strength and health. And remember there Is no more fragrant and no more truly deli cious beverage than Lipton's Gold Medal Quality lea. LIPTON'S ORANGE PEKOE AND PEKOE ICED TEA Help Comes To Heat Crazed Boy Too Late I.AS VKfiASo New, July 54 (AIM 'Rescuers reached William l.und berg just too lute. Kxhausled by t h ree da ys of unbea ra hie desert temperatures, weakened by a head injury which had rendered him temporarily irrational, and tortur ed by thirst, he died Us aid ap proached. The body of the IMl year old Ran Ob-go youth, who came to South ern Nevada- this Hummer to build for a rigorous winter of study and play at the I'niW Stales Naval Academy In Annapolis, was found late yesterday 15 miles northwest of ttieen Monster mine. I.utulherg apparently hud walk ed about 75 miles since, cruzej with pain and fever, he rushed out of the I'otosl mining camp, 2u miles sout hwest f here, late Sat uiday. Neurlng exhaustion, his -sensus re turned, lie had removed the shoes from his blistered feet, and fasten ing his hankerchieC to a stick hud made a pitiful banner he thought might cutch the-attention of some rescue parly. Hut death came first. At 77, Feels Like Hitting Old Trail "We 'old timers who came to Oregon In the 70s hud to be strong and husky because It was u pretty wild country In the eurly days, I came out in "711 nnd went Into the lumber business. I could hold my. own in those days with any lumber I XiniOKR W'fKM Jt jack and It hit me mighty hard when 1 had to go on the sick list about five years ugo. "I had: stomach trouble so bad it made me sit It to even look ut food. I hud practically no appe tite und wns In such a nervous, run down condition I coul In't sleep, f also bad rhvumutisui in my hips and legs. At limes I would have bilious attacks and wns cnnsHnut ed practically all the time. "To took at iiih now you would nevr know I had a slcl day. Sar gon picked me right up nnd I fwl right now like L could hit the Ore gon trull again und hike with Ihe best oC 'em. "The Saigon Soft Mass I'lHn are fine loo. They put my liver in perfect order und rid me of con stipation and biliousness." Nichols Wlsner. retired lumber man, li 04 Madison Ave., Port land, Oregon, Sargon may be obtained In (.a (i fa tide at the Kid i 'ioss I bug Store. Adv. pss n w i Free Delivery Pattison Bros. Grocery The Pioneer Service Store Sit on it Bounce on it You Can't Hurt it White King Bubble Ball $1.49 Exceptionally low price, including 3 bars of Mission BeJl Toilet Soap and one large package of White King Ma chine Soap, just a few deals left. Homo jiTown green Ix'iins, 'A llxs Watermelons, ice cold, lb. 25c 4c Extra large bunches of beets, carrots and p turnips OC Elgin tomatoes pound i 25c Idaho canning apricots, box Field cucumbers 2 tor Green Peas pound Summer squash pound $1.35 15c 5c 10c Raspberries, Logans and Blackcajx) from the Cove are arriving, prices are lowering some, but expect them to range from about $2.25 for logans to $2.75 on the other varieties. Call Main 80 V 3 UWn7 pi!ll!il Greater Values Bigger-Better Bargains : 1 for you oh Thursday, Friday and Saturday i We Must Dispose of the Entire Stock of DEL'S SELF-SERVICE STORE by Aug. 1 if humanly possible so we are going to offer you exceptional inducements to supply your needs now. Oiie lot of Women's Footwear . Close Out Price $2.65 One lot of men's seam less and staitdess cotton sox, blue, black, tan, grey, 10 pair Men's silk & wool dress sox, novelty plaid pat terns, reg. 5()c value, 98c Men's novelty silk dress sox, worth to 50c. Clijse ; 29c Men's liOc garters Close out price 29c Men's $1.0(1 ad $1.25 lies. Close out 7 On price Women's pure silk chif fon hose, fl- JTj S'J 0(1 vmIi.i. Vltw Women's full fashioned out size silk hose, ser vice weight jr $2.00 value . P Children's cotton hose, good colors, reg. 2tic value, 2 pair 29C Children's sport hose, li)c 9Q value Children's new half hose, values -I Q to 35c , LOK Women's rayon slips, val. to $ close out val. to $2.25 JA 29c 1301 Adams Ave. Across from Hohnenkamps A pair of Regular ,50c Value Dress Sox FREE with every pair of men's and boys' shoes and ox fords, at $2.35, or over. Choice of a number of articles Kelt Slippers, Neckties, Flowers, Hosiery, Novel lies, elc, Vulues to $1.25. FREE with every purchase of $5.00 or over .. One lot of i Women's Footwear Clo.se Out Piice ; $3.65 One big lot of men's, women's and children's Sport Sweaters. New pat terns, values to $3.00 close out r price : tDl.UO A fine lot oi women's and Misges sport sweater at extremely low close out prices,' . Children's white canvas j slippers to close Jq Children's Shoes sizes 1 to 8 to close A f out 4yc , Misses and children's slippers, & oxfords, size ll'a to 2 to close out . $1.95 A dandy lot of men's and boys' heavy wool Sweater Coats Blue, black, red nnd i ' i maroon. Values to $5.00 $2.95 Boys' oxfords size 1 ta 5, to close (Cl QPI out' . piL0 Boys' oxford size 2V& to 5a to close (jfj 0Ej Men's House Slippers, leather or fl a. felt :..;.,.:... thl4D i Women's House Slippers r.!... 69c Brown, canvas outing shoes, size Z'is to 5 65c White Champion Keds Oxford Style '7Q on sale A js Women's rayon bloom ers, $1.00 , cc value A wonderful lot of hand made ornamental flowers values to 75c A fine lot of men's and boys' shoes and oxfords in tan or black. Worth to $5.00, close out price $2.95 Another lot of men's shoes and oxfords, close price . $3.95 One lot of Wizard and Dr. Scholls Arch Sup ports $3.50 to $5.00 values, etose out fCkA price UC Women's Misses' and children's Walsh dresses nt very low, close out prices I 49cto$1.58 One lot of men's and boys' white canvas ten nis shoes, size 6 to 111 Close out. Of? per pair .....i...DC One lot of women's foot wear, small sizes. 21 to 5 suitable for house slip pers or garden shoes. Close out OK price AOL 7 Fred Toung where ihey took np