"Wednesday, July, 24, 1929
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
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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
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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
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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