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Tuesday, August 13, 1929 rrtriJtiifiiti LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Three Society News Helps Board Mrs. Harold Grady Complimented At Charming1 Party An Interesting summer a flair look place Inst evening when Mrs. .Anna I'ollack. Mrs. l- S. Ivnnhoe mill Mrs. W. II. llohnonkamp were I lost esses at bridge complimenting Mrs. Harold tirady, of Hnoramon tn, who Is a popnla r I. a (Ira rule Kiiosl just now. The party look place at tin; ilohuenUamp home on Heeond turooi. l-'our tahlcs were at play, villi Mrs. I'hase l!nhnonl;iimp inaliing high score. I'ollowing bridge lh(i hostesses served. Mis. Grady Ik here with Mr. (Jrady, whose former home is UiIh rity. Tli are the guests of Ms mother. M rs. Kninm (irmly and are visiting with thi-lr many friends In re. Royal Neighbors Official Visits ami socond prize, wo ni in Mrs. IS. Iiiiffy, An out-of-town guest of the! evening was Mrs. Kitchen's mother, ! Mrs. L. K. Dairy, of I. oh .Vleles. 1 who in spending tho resi of .the; Hummer horn at. the Kitchen homo. ; Hef reshments wore served fol low;!! bridge. Announcements Mis. Kleanor MeC'rovd-le, of linker, district deputy of I ho Koyal Neighbors of Ameriea, was ft spoe lal visitor at the meeting of the I .a Grande lodge Inst night at (he bid Pel low's leinple. Mrs. Alia 'fnh:irno, oraelo of I ho I or I ye hero, presided at the business meeting. chief union?? mailers of business to he discussed wiih tho approach ing d I st riol iiiiM'ting to he held this year at M I It on-Kroo water, Quito a large delegation Is ox poo tod to attend from l.a (Jrando. Tho dato of the. meeting is September 11. Bridge Party At R. J. Kitchen Home Mrs. H. .1. Ki at a delightful : evening when : numlier of her f mally at bridge avenue. Three tables 1 llnth Urainucll ehen was hostess uinitier parly last ho entertained a iends unite infor it her home on O a I play. Miss high srore mm! OFFICE CAT maoi makh ma. ' 1 i vision A of tho Loyal Sisters will moot tomorrow afternoon at tho homo of Mrs. Jennie Uyers. Tho Good Times Dancing oluh plans to havo a picnic at I ho I'ino. I'ofif. camp grou-ids. Tuesday, Aug. 2. Momhers of tho group and their friends are cordially invited to attend aad enjoy a picnic, xwim inlng and a social lime. fa li Tf-V.TN:.V. ' I I HEAVY RAINS ONLY CHANCE TO END FIRES (Continued trorn ia 1 Knmo married people slam doors when they feel Ihat way, and sonift have children in Ijek. ft ' hard for some women to F.learnahat, in I'jhig l$r husband, they mustn't try to hurry Urn sucker into biting. . V I Aon us Von ami I A foul there was and ho saved his rocks, even as you and 1: hut ho took thriu out of tho old strnnj? box when a salesman called with sonu' wildcat stocks, ami tho fool . was stripped down in his socks, even as you n,nd I. 9 "I'apn. hai was th sionp Hue?" "That was the ulnrioiK crioi), my mhi, when a man n('d n wonuin to marry him." Wlfo "ln you know, you nro t?rowlnfr handsome, huhhy lliislniiid --' Ves. It's a way I havo when It gets anywhere n-ar your hirt Inlay." Tin Intrmlcr "Sir, I want in speak to you about your da lighter." "Thank Roodness, I thought yon were soiling insurance. Ted What is the dlfferonco ho tween a Scotchman and a storauo battery? John T dunno. Tod Yon can't overcharge n, Scotohinan. A Utile r-year-old sat admiring a picture of M is. Hoover ill th! Sunday pictorial section. "In this Kve?" askod she. "Why no honey r-'plled her parent. "Well," contin ued tin puzzled child, "you said that was (he first lady of the land." Another good way to hoOFt cloth ing sales is to open milk bottles w it h your t humb. "On," said the landlady, "and never dampen my bathmat again." My girl has unite upset the dope That foids the public very much, She doesn't use that fancy soap Yet has a skin I love to touch. "Daddy, may hav. n dime?' asked Utile (Jeorgio. had obliged with a smile:. "This time you won't make nje givo it back after tho company's gone, will you. daddy?' was (loorgie's loud remark. Who remembers tho old fash ioned town drunkard who vfa "converted" every summer nt the protracted meeting? rhlp off (be Old Itlock A l.'i ca libit rvolrr had bcp fiicd poini'blank at liini, the bui ld iHiicit-ntiitg hit ku1l and ei tcring i ho wotalwork. Turn pa, (I 'la.) cvs. t romlc Artist This joke. OUBht - to be good. I've had it In niy hea lor ten years. Heartless IMitorSorta ngod 1 the wood, as it were. T,ov. may be the greatest thing In the world but it won't make some folks do thing that pride will. Fnn-1 Father: "What's the mat ter, niv dear?" iMughtt-r: "Frcdie and I have i . pa rtod for ever." I'm. In that case I Mjppose he won't he around hero for u couple ot nights," t I low plno tinihor, had leveled nearly I 12.00ft acres in two hours and 1 forced two contingents of fighters) to abandon tholr camps and flee for safety. . Other fires in the region, some ! of which had been reported to be under control, flamed with renew- j od vigor today. Tho obstinate Che lan forest fire today had covered a thousand acres more, bringing I tho total toi 11,500. f Utile Hope of Ucllcf I In Idaho, Oregon, M on tana and . Canada forestry officials reported . major fire beyond control, with I little relief in prospect from the wen l her. 1 1 en vy ra i ns were sa id ' to ho the only means hy which tho flames could he quenched. In t Manitoba. Canada, Provincial fores try officials reported tho most serious fire conditions in many years. A las minute shift In the wind saved the town of Duttnis for a, time thought doomed. The town of Ilennie was reported In be out of clangor from a huge fire in that district. The Hold mountain and Old Man creek fires in the Selway forest of I Idaho still hold fighters nt hay af ter two weeks of fighting. They had covered S.f.oo acres. The fire In the Salmon river county of the same still was out of control afLer having burned over an unknown area. (t.ono Acres (tuincd It wan certain, however, that up wards of li.oon acres had boon de stroyed. .Several farm buildings, and wheat fields wore consumed near Greer, Idaho. In ' addition to these Anv.cn ot major . proportions, . some of thety (Tovlng areas fft JToft acres'. Were, baffling flghters In Montana, and hundreds of smaller blazes were reported out of control through out the northwest. Resigning from the Bureau of Ag ricultural Kconomics, V. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, Chris L. Chrls tensen has taken up duties as sec retary of. the recently created Fed pral Farm Hoard. Christensen has been hi active charge of co-operative marketing research In the bu reau since 19-fi, and his. training previous to taking the government position was received nt the Vni versitf ot Nebraska, University oC Copenhagen, and the Koyal A grig cultural College ot Denmark i Flouring Mill At Union Busy Handling Wheat By W. V. t'oiiuor Observer Correspondent) I'NIO.V, Ore., tSpeelnl) Xew wheat is now' coming In from the surrounding ranches nnd the local flouring mill Is starling on its busy season. Only n few ranchers are i st ill using-the old sark method of handling -the grain, reports an em ployee of the mill, nearly every body having adopted the' bulk wheat method of hauling the grain to the milt. The llev. C, A. Quinn and family drove to I'nion fromi Wolser Hun day morning nnd are spending a few days visiilnjf with friends here and In l.a Grande and Alice!. Mr. Quinn was pastor of the Union Methodist church for four years and his daughter, Marlnn. watt a student in the local high school. Tho party will leave for Weiser Wednesday morning. Uay DeT.ap, graduate from the I'nion Hleh school and mem- .her of the basketball team which j played in the finals In the district (tournament last winter, has regis , f red ns u student at I'nlversiiy of Oret-'oii ii ii .1 will nnlpr th:it wchool this fall. Miss l,n Verne Clark was a vis itor at the Kastcrn Oregon normal! ( Friday of last week. I Kenneth Storio ' who has been hero fro m O n t a ri o part of the summer Is leaving this week for the latter place where he will again be a student in the Ontario high school. He formerly attended the ; Union schools. I ; Uss Kdna Amell,- daughter of Harry Amell of South Union, Is visiting with her mother in Spo kane, Washington for a few weeks. Miss Verlio Felser, accompanied by her mother and Aliss Poroihy Busick, arrived home last week from an extended auto trip into Idaho and Wyoming. Tho party visited Yellowstone park where they camped several days, Casper, Wyoming where the Feiserii form erly lived, and at points in Idaho on their way homo. They report n very pleasant trip. I F. It. Conner, proprietor of the Connors Inc., clothing store, was In Portland last week buying goods for his store. Will Kennedy accompanied by) his wife and daughter. Willmary. arrived In I'libm Thursday for a week's visit with hit mother Mrs. J. V. Kennedy and olhej- relatives. , Mr, Kennedy's home is In Portland, t'nion will be host to tennis players of Kastcrn Oregon and from other points this weekend. The new cement courts are In excellent condition and local players are ar ranging to make tho visit of these people as pleasant as possible. For any Information write to either Fred X. Fox or I.. 'A. Terra 1. A now' addition to the local miuad of tennis players is .lames Session, who is hero for the summer vieit Ing with a brother who lives near Hot Luke, lie attends a college in Indiana and has been playing on the college courts, Mrs. Viola Parker was chauffeur and chaperono for a parly of Kpts copal hulles who went to Cove Hun day for a special moot lug. The auto load tncudcd Mrs. Alma Hoh rig, Mrs. tirienne, Mrs. Maggie Itell and Mrs. James Johnson. Vlial atatlstlcs of Newfoundland show a slight increase in deaths over birth. FOR FALL New Printed Frocks In smart tailored models. In all ' the new soft autumn shades. PUTMAN'S l.ii Grande's Exclusive Rendy-to-Woar and Millinery Standard Time in America Standard (into is a civil lime es tablished by law. In lite I'uitcd States there arc four standard lime zones adopted by thy railroads, cur responili:i s'cventlly to nfeait local time, of the wvonly-lifth, nineteenth. Otio niiiiilred and lift ii add1 out hun dred and iwetilieth ntorlilians west of Greenwich. II is computed from the sun, not. from the shirs. knocks i i use -k j. FOR VACATION DAYS IN GLACIER PARK li Glacier National Park, that magnificent Rocky Mountain area, is a vast scenic vacation land on the main line of the Great Northern Railway. Tree Tea is served in the Glacier Park Hotels, and on all the trains of the Great Northern. There's cool enjoy ment in a fragrant glass of Tree Tea Orange Pekoe Iced. Relaxing, refreshing, a treat for vacation days everywhere. Served by the GREaT NORTHERN RAILWAY and Glacier Pork Hotels Announcing The Evening Observer's Fourth Annual CO O WING DOX. Next Week August 20th to 23rd Four Interesting and Instructive Days of Cooking and Meal Demonstrations Under the Expert Direction of Beth Bailey McLean Former Associate Dean Iowa Slate College, Author, Home Economist TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, AT UNION, Women's Club Building, 2 p. m. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, AT ELGIN, High School A udi tori um, 2 p. m. THURSDAY & FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 & 23, at La Crande If. S. Auditorium The Observer Free Cooking Schools under Mrs. McLean are always new, unusual, entertaining. Special foods, special recipes, new methods will be featured. Don't fail to attend. WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND ADDED FEATURES! The Evening Observer "Eastern Oregon's Leading Newspaper" SI. L I- aw
