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Monday, November 25, NEARING THE END Only One Permit Taken! uui j-iast weeic lyzy Total About $334,947 Tho building year In .n 0 ran do iB waring nn onil, nlthutiKh penults issued ( and actual construction completed so' fur reaches it 4otol iii ?;i:h.!U7. " - ' '.' I Miring I ho liiHt week, from Nov. IS lu '2.1. inclusive, o:ily om- permit vflr, issued ly ('lly Kceordcr J. K. Stearns, ifmt amounting to $7 ft, C. WilKOU tOOk OHt ' II. pOrllllt for Frdnk Ohio tn erect a garago mi Lit no between Walntil Mini t in I; o:i With the coming of winter weather, new projects are g.-eraliy being held-up, although tin rmiud ellltg of thn old Colonial theater is expected to result In u fairly large - penult, which Is likely to ho taltea . out before the first of the year. Tho theater Is scheduled to M! opened ' an .Ian. I, The largest singly building com pleteil in Hi I'll was the Kastern Ore- won Normal school, estimated to j jjavo eoHt ahput flfin.uuii. ; Good Suggestion, Anyway f t would ho a pciiectluii.' said .('nolo Khon, "If cliicliotis could he ) odiiesited liko pnrrots so ilat on :i dark night iley'd ho able In holler for tiolp ti (Ml nninc -do pursuer." i .Washington Star. Biigg9s Annual Clearance Sale of Wallpaper , $1.50 Rolls ,-Now.$1.00 $1.00, Rolls ' 75c Rolls' Now 50c JV'TjOc Rolls Now 33c 35c Rolls Now 22c 25c Rolls Now 17c 15c Rolls Now 10c All 10c Rolls Now 7c B UG G Paint Company s 15 to your fuel with Iron This automatic coal burner is now available for small homes. It burns the cheapest praties of coal gives you regulated heat at all hours of the day or night without attention. We will gladly give you full details wc can show how easily we can make vow present heating system thorough ly modern and the fuel saving will quickly cover the cost. FRED SPA 1929" Ancient PenrU ' flpnlojilsis have ilisiinoroil In Cnlirm'iii.'i ii ciilli.ciii'ii f ion poriria niiiflna In size f nun tlirco In II vf filsiwnlhs of nn Inch nnil riiiiM'il to be twdity-llvo tliousimd vwirs nlcl. Tlip lliul, inailc ivlillo illtfulnj nrmind uiiilimiirhed rnckx. Mill ro lulus some iif lis niilunil hcniiiv mid was evlilonily bid ilipie ly llm IH'vilcct'swir of the oyster. The Water Way Throe-quart pre of the hndv's weight is water. That Is why II : n essential in drink water ami re j now Hio wado. Water provides n j "cushion", I'm- iho tissues, which otherwise would rah :md Induce r I rllalinn mental mid physical.. . Used for Coughs j Over 50 Years Coughs show tin irrilaled condl lion of tho throat and air passages. Croupy coughs are frightening, hronehiiil poukIih weakening, .night j coughs and tickling throat are j troublesome. For mnro than Go years Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound has been tho estahlished : Cough Medicine, safe and depend- Able for .children and m own per-I sons. Tho very first doses spread a healing soothing coating over the inflamed throat and couuhlng stops. It loosens anil raises phloem without effort. Children liko It contains no opiates. It' exatly suits elderly people is mildly laxative. Hemomher the name, Foly's Honey and Tar Com pound, and ask for t. Adv. LAST CALL jDur annual wallpaper sale w ill end this week. All 1929 pat terns are subject to a drastic cut in price'. Come in we'll give; you a price on re papering one. room or the entire house, in cluding hanging. if DON'T DELAY ave 50 on cost alone the Fireman LA liy Chester il. Dlsipio 1 Tho housp us illn.straied uitovu is hut lii feet G inches wide a:ul can very easily 'J contained on a :tft fnut lot and Ktill allow sufficient room for driveway to tile Karate, which may ln located oUhor in the rear yard or made t part, of the house. . " 'llie exterior walls are of either J n, silver Kray or while so as to of- I for a pleasing contrast with the ! dark blue nri'en roof, which is com posed of nhout 05 per cent hlue Krecn shhiKles, 15 per cent blue and -ii per cent dark -urreen shinh'::, wltli all exosed sheet metal worli, mch as downspouts, iuilers, etc., painted aiplc nreen and all trim around doors and win dow.', porch columns and lattice of rich cream color. Shutters should Ik. employed on the first floor and should lie painted a dark hlue Kreon to harmonlzo with the roof. Tin1 livfm,' ronin Is distinctive ho- MANY AIR MARKS : MADE THIS YEAR Daring , Fliers of Four Countries Lead in Sur passing . Records. 1 lly Allen (juliiii Aviation Kdttor ( Assoelateil i'ress I'Vaturo Service) WAHillNUTON (Ai') This year 1ms been a field tlay for record smashing by aviators of the United Slates, (iermany, Krnnco and Mnr lanl. ' Thirteen new world marks have been placed on the rolls of tint rlerailon Aeronautic Internation ale, tin- Kovoriiintf body for aero nautlo conlesls. but only four wore for major events. 'IVft of 4,lie( major-records vvopl oftMsinttTr .tates. Iln-'nplann altitude record -' of 3 .&(;; feet by l'.feijt. Apollo 'Kotieek of "the navy, and the much broken refuelinic en durance record finally' placed at 120 hours 17 minutes by .Pale .lackr son and Korest. (J'Urino., of St. Louis. Great Britain's coat rlbut ion was tho performance of Stpindron-I.ead-er A. II. Orlebar, who raised the seaplane speed record nearly 4 it miles an hour to .'157.7 miles nn hour. The fourth major record, the land plane altitude mark of 4I.7H4 feet set by Willi Neucnhofetl of (ti rmauy. is to ho the object of another assault soon by Lieutenant. Soucek. Herman aviators took tho lion's share of the J :t new records, helnff responsible for six. Three were made in tho I niied States and three in KrMiee. l-'our of the Ger man records were the work of one man. Tho nine other new records this year are: Speed for 5.000 kilometers: (iirler and Weiss of ranee, Ilfi.N2 miles and hour. Speed for I.ooii kilgmeters (with pay load of l.ooo kilograms) : i'all lard and Camplan of l'Ynnee, i:s7. 1 US miles an hour. Instance, air line, liht planes: 1). K. Ziinnmrly, .Marshall, Mo., Named Prettiest In Screenland There's only one preity worn fill ttr-l..! Yi 1.1 1.1 f.ii.l 1 In that' CorJuno GriJIitb. pictured above Who y.n hi? Well, ;ioria Swation .-ays no, and nho inean It. All other beauties "aro jtial I; jteV raid Gloria, 1n praising ; Giimih. . . 1 I t.. ,.,, fr in -- 1 I n'' Juror went on a hunger , -- iMirntr mid uiiMWH oroiemed Hi nue, ' SSN r tu , 1 , ......... Ii SWA tfrJ4 PWL " il GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, COLONIAL FOR A NARROW LOT, Putrid lx I ' Ifttb pom- 1 L7J CT tr. Livto Da .J I cause of. Us phapo, old-fashioned Colonial mantelpiece .and quaint Colonial, stairway lejidlnK directly from this room to tho second floor with ii vpnee beneath the stairs Brownsville ,-Texj,:.: to,." Wlnnipotf. rjinailn, J.'Iifio niHos, . .' i1 Spend for 100 kilometers (pny load Goo kllotfrtims): Uolf- Starke of Germany, 101.51 miles nn. hour. Speed for fitift kilometers: (pay load 500 kilotft'atiiH) liolf Starke of Germany, I4tl.fi miles an hour. Speed for 100 milometers . (pay loud l.ooo kllOKrilms) : Itolf Starke of Germany. 140.2 miles an hour. Speed for find kilometers ' (pay loail 1,000 kilograms): Itolf Starke of (Jermauy. 101.51 miles. an hour. Altitude with pay Joan" of 2,00 kilograms: de Valssoati of franco. 15,s:i7 fool. . ' , : ; " . ' The 100 and 5oo kilometer, speed marks with pay load of 500 kltn-tfi-ains . formerly . " were ; held ,'"' Cnited Stales navy filers. , One new inarU has boon.. record ed in the recently established cute-, gory mark of .Mile Maryso Jtaslie of Franco, who.- stayed aloft I'll hours 47 hilnutes :to seconO"- That is, 20. mlnntOH lotitfer,. than the niiofflcldl Aitiricnn' record of Miss Kllnor Smith of Now' York. " Uesides the world record, three American records were sol up as well as several unofficial American marks. ' . '-- "... Zimmerty supplemented his world distance murk, for litfht planes with an official American litfht piano altitude mark of Si'o reet for slntfle sealers of bp tween 4 40 ami 771 pounds , In weight. i lvennoth Gale, l.os. Antfeles, tna'le an altitude mark of IO.fil'2 feet for two-seater light planes, and J.leulonanl Soucek net a now American land plane altitude rec ord of :t:t,l40 fuel. 1 . . Among the most notable of the unofficial marks nro those1 of Capt. Frank 1 lawksI 7 hour ,4:1 min utes for a woMt to east: transcon tinental tiori'Hlop flight, and )! hours Irt minutes Ti seconds for the east west ho. This nnd other unofficial rec ords, Including those or. woineh, aro awaiting nccoptnneft hy the Nit tiohal Aeronaulio association. Criticism's Effect There Is no tnior tost of ft mnn's qunlllles for ponuaiiotit sncc.s8 than tho way ho. tolios crUIcisiil. The little-mlmlcri rutin ciui't alftml It. It pricks his oirollsm. He "crawllshos," Ho ihiikos oxohsob. Then, when ho limltt Ihu eicuses won't tJlko llio pluop.of rosults. lie sull:s nnd pouls. II never ocours to h i in Unit ho tnthl prollt from 1 1 to incident. Thomas A, Kdlymi. .; : Am m HOW'S YOUR PLUMBING? Do your faucets leak? How about the drain in your bathtub and sink? Do they empty rap idly? Let us look over your plumbing at this time and put it in good shape for the winter. Lynch Plumbing Co. beinff devoted to. n wide entrance If desiroil, toliel room and closet for morale of ciihor ooats or eanl tablor. ' Tho dlhin room Is rather unhpie Inasmuch us windows aro to be i found on opposite walls. Tho kitch en Is well arniiwed with ample '1ttfl.it and, ventilation afforded ly jls exposure on tliroo sides with provision made for .attractive din ing nook and Incinerator above the fink. shoutd this feature he doslrod. Two light ami well ventilated lu drponiK with ample closet spaco and convenient hath with arch ovor tub aro to bo found on the seeo:td floor. All floors t hroutfhout, with the. exception of the kitchen, nro uf nek and all Interior uood finish Is of true Colonial character and should be painted either white or a dolieale Colonial ki'cch with dull brushed nickel and Kb' hardware. Tho estimated cost of this hnuso In between $7,500 and I'I.ihhi, ex cluslv1? W heal inif and tilumbiiiM-. prospoctf W being locked up for u wook, In Atlanta, Uu. A mistrial was .declared. . . ' Dickwird Flight Impossible Tho hlnhnrh'al survey silys that birds cannot lly backward heemixe. llio foal hots of hi his point back ward so (bat (f n bird ullempU'fl in lly backward tho ah' would rntvo ibo fentllers forward nhil rcslstanco or the air would ho finch (hut tho bird could imtko no progress. , ; 1 , ' , Humbug Few 'people wlio itso tlio word "Iiuuibug,rnso glllily roallo lliul II Is a corruption of u well-known Her man port, lint yours nj.ro, when wars. worn common on llio Cnnll nont, -so ,)u!tn.v false reports ennio from Hamburg lhar pooplp used l say slcoplleally, "'rinil Is llum bti'rg!". ,. So "linniburn" bocamo enr rnptod Inio "humbiin.' I in i iff can ition Gooduaugb and Kelly put In a partition for tho Larlson Chevrolet tfitrugeJjtst week. Heady to ltonr Now IInu;0 The Johanson lnnise on Thirl street Is now ready for the roof. Good na ugh and Kelly aro doing the work. . Complete Fivc-ItfMHii Homo It. A. Crawford just finished a five-room home, on the corner of Sth and M streets. Ilulhllng Chicken Ten Arno Voelz Is building a chlc!ce:t houso at his liotno In May I'ark. Ilcpalnlliig find Kals'mhuil Tho floors havo bnen repainted, anil iho walls Imtsomlncd In tho La Grande. Klectrtc company. This was done by Hugg 1'alnt company. Itepaporltlg .Tho Houth MetboillHt church Is being repapered by J. .Miller of Noah's paint shop. . Apai'tiiK'iilH Itcpahd The Harland s npiirtmonts wore repapered last week by J. Miller of Noah's Faint Shop. ' INirHTlng S;m IIooiiih W. C. Frleberg of Noah's Paint HIiop Is papering sOmo rooms at tho homo of Frank H. Jesler on N ave- "improvement Gossip ORE. GERMANS PLAN V GREAT BARRIER jEngineers Would Reclaim ' Huge Section of North ; Europe. From the Sea. . i Hy Charles It. Foil In (Associated IT"fK Xtnff Writer) ItKCI.IN (AI; A project ror reclaiming a van. section of Kurope capable of MiippoillhK VO.ona.ooo people and which wink tnlo the North sen f.Oo.ooo years ngo is be ing disciiMsed hy engineers, if ever mulorlnllxed Its sponsors believe i tho scheuio would go far toward solving Kuropo'ft problem of over popubtllou. Technically tho pln:t Is foaslblH, H.'iy tho ongluoms. They do not, however. aC.empt to forocast how the political problem of dividing tho land among Fugland, Itctglum. Ii'olhuiih Denmark uhd Germany would ho solved. Tho project roil torn pin to a hugo ( dam some &mi miles long from off Hpuril llrail, Kuglaml, to tho north ot n end of Henmark and another dam across tho K:igllsh channel x from lnver In Calais. Jt Is figured Hint tho main dam would rest upon I n former mountain chain which is j Inow froiu fo.47 motors (75 to I 154 fort) below surface, I Hack of the harriers would bo land covered by ait average or HO foot, of wiitot. Tho schomeiH say that draining this would bo com paratively easy. Then there would tumour it irreat H retch of land which formerly connected Fnglaml ;, with tho continent and which Is believed to ho rich In agricultural and mineral possibilities, ( A net work of railroads would j carry traffic now borno across it treacherous ocean waste by steam ftrs, Heligoland and tlit Frlesian 1 islands would bo highlands In the I now country. Hamburg would be ! an Inland oily. Holland's Ztlyder 1 Zee would be drained and tho dike troubtcs of tho Netherlands would ( ho only memories. The Kiel canal would ho the out let for tho I:ibo and Wosor rivers. Th( Uhlno would turd sotithwet wunl from t;B present mouth nnd Course through a channel along the present I Hitch and Itelginn coasts of Calais, Franco, nnd the Thames would twist away from Its mouth near London and flnallv emmv lu- ! to (he present Fngllsh channel near Dovei1., Fuit-hermoro there would he, no nerd for iho projected ir:ich-Kugllsh tunnel under tho channel for those countries would . hove a frontier (M'ossablo by rall-J roads or motor highways; I ENGINEER SEES CITIES DRAWN TO AIRPORTS ' CLKVKhANI) (AI')- Instead of Ibo cities drawing nirpniuH nearer Ibelr hearts. Wilfred J. Austin, a builder of airplane stations, sees tho remote avialbm fields pulling sections of Iho city their way. Austin; a. loaditig designer of landing fields utid stations. Is luis Infc,' his now iIcsI.-tiik on this belief. "In flvo or t,en years planes of it wing spread of 100 feet likely will br milking roast to coast non-stop Hights," said Austin. "They'll need loom. Hangars must have large clear roof spans with larger floor areas unobstructed by pillars. "The psychology nf safety. is an Important cohsldemJ ion In airplane travel, ami with tho larger ami wifor planes must bo Constructed airports that give passengers great er assurance. . "If tho landing speed of pianos wa out Id 2ft miles an hour, pas aoJiger airports tn the heart of tho city would he more feasible,'' Oho or Austin's new station do Klgns Is Xnv a city, like Cleveland, on water, land and air routes. A runway extending from lake, wharfs, uf.TOHS rail lines nnd iluto mobilo roadways ho tho airport, would Miahlp passengers lo trans fer between any of the transpor tation branches without Inconven ience or discomfort. BUY Build your house as ifirmly as you can; it will then stand like a rock. Fine lumher throughout is the safeguard of your ultimate satisfaction. An extra penny spent for our quality lumber means dollars in enduring worth as the years pass. Incidentally, our prices are very reasonable. Let Our Representative Check Your Costs BOWMAN-HICKS LUMBER CO. is ' ' "Flour" FromTrlci C3'J.nJ . Ii'liiiulcrii lii'iit dri'd t'odllHli to h poniler, nlilcli Is used, ns u mdiatl Into For Hour In milking bread. Maanlng of "C.nnda" f.i.ii,.n .vnr.i inui i which luciiiui n cnTiln. . . . . .. - you woro long onsomo of SPLINTERS Official Publication of TH VAN PISTfTUN LUMBKFl CO. No. 87 Thin is Tbankslv Ing : week,;, j.ot us hotio ilial every render of "Mpllntors" has a fine Thanks giving day with lots of turkey ami "stuf flmi Kosldonts nf La Grande and tho ft run do . Jlondo val ley have a lot in, bo thankful foi;. She: ".My unelo In Vonb'o' . is sending mo a gondola for XmiiH hut I don't know how Til over learn to play il.". ; Ho: "niiimny, you don't loitrn. to play ii Kondiila v o it wind It up nd It plays Itnelf," A. C, J'almor, of I'nlnicr n grocery, liontou iVr Second sts has Installed Nir.lKTAL woatber strips on his doors and windows. An Illinois woman js mayor at 35, A woman who will ad mit sbo Is 35 do serves some kind of honor. A customer of ours was In Iho yard Sat- VAN PETTEN LUMBER CO. For Health TheGABRIEL Oblong Steel Furnace Will give you plenty of heat from warm, moist circulating air. With the Gabriel installed in your home you will be insured against any leak-, age of smoke, soot or that dangerous unblirned coal gas (carbon monoxide). . - Full Details Gladly Given NATE ZWEIFEL BETTER LUMBER iu'uiii m'pi. rnnnu main o Iti'tiiil Dept. Phono Main 8 Page Seven -JW..H" 9' th BtocUrt' that Wiji-i! "rpailjUMtetV; ;ln flic- I't't'i'iit Khaii'down, '.yml l-robahly realUi. tli-re Ih Hoinctliiau tn that aiK-lrnt .' "Jlafy roniU( I'aKy in i. s Few Wlid BuRaloot Loft ; I Tliorc- itro no wild hnfTaloo fi ho', found except In Hit big guma nf- upop, lucn i fPowaumo Action;'! park. vol. a unlay and stales that ho is wearing, an ovoroput, that ho hoiiuhl Iif years ngo In Jialtlmnro for fii.fii): Mo had It ro ll nod 10 years ago. Wo cu e going to fju it bragging about tho suit wo bought In 'L'l that Is mill "as good as when It was now." Wo have somo real honest to goodness cheap p r I o o s on paints, varnish, lac ipier nnd enamels. Wo want to clean out tho balance of a well known brand of paint before Inven tory time, so Inko advantage of the cheap prices. ' and Comfort
