Tuesday, August 13, 1929
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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.
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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.
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"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,"
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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
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FOR VACATION
DAYS IN
GLACIER PARK
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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.
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