Saturday, December 28, 1929
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA" GRANDE, ORE
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VINE AND BRANCHES I am the vine, ye ure the brunches,
lie that ahitlelh In me, and I In him, the same brlnseth forth
much fruit; for without me, yoean do nothing. John 15:5.
Abe Martin
Wnyno Kite Is a most consid
erate an' polite feller to meet so
cially, but coniia toward 5ou in
Ills auto Jc.it secius to literally
transform lilm. "I'll go if Sen.
Urookliart won't bo there," sold
Lafo Bud, when asked to attend
a dinner fer Jnko Bciitloy, wlio. al
most sold Ills farm yesterday.
He Who hesitates gets run over.
Noses of giiis are turning up, according to a Kansas City
urtist. Not from pride, but from independence.
A NEGLECTED RESOLUTION
We have no wish to preach, and are well aware good reso
lutions constitute a tender subject seeing how nearly all
of them; are broken within the first few weeks of each new
year. Nevertheless, we venture a wisp of advice to those
who are about to greet the first day of 1930 with" definitely
deciding what they are or are not going to do.
This suggestion of ours is not new, but because it is not
much used, may be called as good as new. It does not require
any special preparation, such as throwing away ash-trays
or smashing cocktail glasses. It does not even involve suf
focation of a habit, harmful or extravagant, and can be
quietly applied without attracting special notice from any
one until it gets in good working order.
Theixitsxbecpme a-mattev for comm(entbut only of the
most praiseful sort. In the Dictionary of Desirable Traits
it is defined as tending to your own business
in assorted sizes, to fit even those who have little business
to attend to.
Officers Named
At Meeting Held
By Elgin Club
PEKING SKULL IS
NEAREST TO THE
BUSSING LINK"
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FEASTING
As some of the details are given of the world-wide 'observ
ance of the Christmlis festival, the great aggregate cost
indicated may suggest that feasting is now more elaborate
than in the olden days.
What seems most interesting and impressive is that the
modern festival, while its cost in the aggregate is unprece
dented, is characterized by a more general distribution of
the gxiod things rather than by the elaborate features of
ukl. Even the pre-prohibition manner of celebrating New
Year's eve in some of the American cities seldom brought the
description of a Belshazzar's feast. Americans, with their
dinner clubs and banquets of their many organizations, eat
in the company of one another more today than ever. Yet,
even in the period of high prices, the dollar dinner or lun
cheon is largely maintained.
I Recalling the feasting of Old England as described by
Dickens and Sir Walter Scott, one gets the further notion
that modern feasting is more simple than that of old. The
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners of the Pilgrim Fathers,
one gathers from their description, occupied no little thought
and provision in their preparation. In olden times, some
great gifts also were given. Here again comes the thought
(hat while there are instances today of the' exchange of
very valuable gifts, the colossal sum that goes into Christmas
presents is due to the fact that gift-giving has become so
general.
The cost of the modern festival is so great because of the
effort to get as many as possible to the table.
UTAH
ABERDEEN CO AL
Is the Coal to Burn
Nut size $12.00 per ton
Stove size - $13.25 per ton
Lump size - $13.75 per ton
Sawyer- Holmes
Mercantile Co.
Phone Main 17
By Jtrs. Ii. 12. Hill
' (Observer Correspondent)
ELGIN, Ore. (Special) The El
gin community club elected officers
at the regular December meeting
held at G:30 at the Elgin bakery.
The office of president X tho or
ganization will be filled by appoint
ment by the board of directors of
tho club and the masters of the two
local granges, J. E. Witherspoon,
of Cricket Kbit, and C. H. Moore,
of Hock Wall. The club . elected
Arthur Hallgaith as two years di
rector, F. W. Keller for one your
and Fred Hall still has one more
year to serve.. Henry Hug was
elected vice president. lr. K. .11.
ymltli reelected secretary although
duo to his recent illness he was not
able to attend tlio meeting. I.. K.
Hill, E. E. Karmnn and M. M. Ar
ant were a committee appointed to,
arrange the dinner and entertain
ment for the January meeting.
Ten people wero baptized in the
Grande Hondo river last-Sunday af
ternoon bv Air. Jarvis. For the last
several weeks Mr. Jarvis has held
revival meetings In Elgin, at this i
lime they are being held in V the
American Legion hall. . I
Oscar Hendshadler left . last
Thursday ror the "Wlllomett vat-.
ley where he plans to stay through
And it Comes ''nler- spent Christmas,
Willi Ills oruLiiur, ui. utuisB !.!-,
shadier in Portland. He also plans ,
to, go. to Kugenc where his parents
and brothers and sinter live,- 1
A very Interesting meeting was
held at tho Presbyterian church last
Wednesday evening. Beginning
with it pothiek supper at 8:30 the
evening's entertainment took the
form of a reception by the church
for their pastor, the Hev. Jv. li.
William, Mrs. Williams and fam
ily. While the Williams family
have lived here for some time he
has served as supply pastor, but
litis now been elected by the local
church as regular pastor. Mrs. A.
KAooatra, on behalf -of the congre
gation presented them with a beau
tiful Calla Hly. Jlin. J-.ee Golding
shared In the evening's festivities,
as It was her birthday unnlversary
and also honoring- her as the mem
ber of longest standing in. the
Ladies Aid society having- been a
member here for 30 years. She was
given a lovely vase. A brief pro
gram of musical numbers by Marie
Karris and SCclTa Heed and a read
ing by Mrs. KVoostra was given dur
ing the evening.
lona Foster who is attending Al
bany college, and her sister. Kayo
l-'oster of the College of Idaho are
spending the holidays with their
parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Foster.
Vernal Khoemuker is home for
the holiday season. Hx? Is taking
prt-medies at the state university,
r,;iluo liichards is spending the
holiday season with his parents.
Ma' and Mrs. .Sam Richards, of
Cricket Flat.. He has been attend
ing the state college where ho has
been prominent in student affairs.
Mrs. lee U'obbs, of North Pow
der, came down last Friday to stay
for several days with her daughter.
Mrs. Joe Scott, of Fairvicw. north
of Cricket Fiat. She was accom
panied by her son who returned to
North Powder that evening.
Mr. nnd Mrs, Joe Jones enter
tained thHr two sons and their
families over Christnuis, Mr. and
Mrs. Ibib lirock and children of
Grande and Mr, and Mrs. Glenn
Jones', of Hllgard. Mrs. Glenn
Jones is planning to remain here
for a few days.
Mr. and Mm A. It. Hill and WJJ
ma spent Sunday t Knterprlse
with the Guy Armdd family.
Mr, and Mjth. K, K. Chandler had
an their Christmas guest, Mr. and
Mm. Charles .Chandler, of Ia
Grande, Mr. and Mrs. Muyd Chan
dler and family, Miss Myrtle Chan
dler, of Portland and Mrs. Mury
Chandler of KJgln. - ?
W. sr. McCo n ne 17, of Ny jwi .
'spent Christmas with hi mother,
; Mrs, McConni'H nnd sinter, Mrs.
Seott Harris, of Kigin. Mr. Me
Ctmnell is heavily interested In
Mheep and reports condltKins In his
business very witlufnctury,
George Chandler has just return
ed from fdx weeks trip to Yakima'
and Portland. Ah Is uauut with
resident? of this country, he was
glad to get home, fiuslness condi
clitions there nri very similar to
thofQ here, he flndu.
The Women's ehib held a social
meeting Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. t,. ifenbam. pre
ceding the meeting Mrs. Kllb con
ducted practice for the cantata
"JUathtr" to bfc sitti at-t muuth.
block of travertine In which It wua
found.
To skull was brought Into the
assembly room in tho arm, of lr. ;
Davidson Black, formerly of Tor
tonto, who Is honorary director of
the genoxolo research laboratory at
tho geological survey hero. Dr. '
Black, who is also a professor of
anatomy at the Rockefeller Foun
dation hospital, handled the skull
as though it were tho most deli
cate piece of chlnaware, he placed
it on a table while the spectators,
eagerly craned their necks, among
those present were Dr. Sven lJedin,
the noted Swodtsh scientist nnd
explorer. Prof. Charles Wilson
Brown, head of tho geology depart
ment of Brown university, ami
Prof. Grahau.
Dr. Black gave lull credit for
tho discovery to W, C, Pel, youth
ful Chinese member of the geo
logical survey who unearthed tho
skull on Dee. 2, tho last day of tho
season's work.
Dr. Black called particular at
tention to tho vault of tho skull
form, its massive brown ridges to
the occiput and tho whole right
side of tho skull, supported, when
found, In a relatively soft matrix,
which has since been removed.
"In tho present state of Us pre
paration," Dr. Black said, "Jt thus
becomes apparent that the brain
case has been almost completely
preserved while most of the facial
region would he lacking."
May Settle Disputes
Mr. Andrews, who had n private
view of tho fikull last week In tho
Rockefeller hospital where the
skull is once kept In a safe said;
"Tho skull will settle onco and for
all many points about tho early
human typo which heretofore have
been in dispute as it is so pearly
complete giving scientists much to
work on. It is more complete than
anything of tho kind yet dis
covered." 1
Tho skull was found deep In a
great cave. ' Nearby were many
other bones, chiefly animals, but
no tools and no signs of fire wero
discovered Indicating that it was
the skull of a man living prior to
discovery of toots and fire. Many
of tho bones found were those of
hyenas and fromi this It was de
cided by Home of the scientists
that men and animals might all
have lived in the same cave.
PUTMAN
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The Town Doctor
(The Doctor of Towns)
Says
TtU&IltfS A KIG.V AT VOI R '
KfiBOW
There Is a sign at every railroad
crossing rending, "Stop! Look! nnd
Listen!" yet nearly every day
somebody gets knocked into etern
ity by a locomotive. Kverywhere,
thinking highway commissioners
warn unthinking motorists lo
"drive with discretion." "don't puss
on a hill' "slow down," and all
those things: still, a newspaper
without a list of automobile fatal-
Hies is the exception rather than
the rule. - . ;
As people sallt walk and drive
blindly in front of speeding twenty- ,
ton locomotives, and as darn foots
under steering wheels still kill
themselves and endanger the lives
of law-observing and caution-ob
serving citizens, just so do some
conVm unities remain sound asleep
to their opportunities, constantly
slipping more and- more Into the
valley of "what used to be," while
other live, wide-awake towns "take
telling," shake ofr their shrouds of
lethargy and get going to a bigger,
brighter, and better day.
What do you want In Ia Grande?
What does 1m Grande need to make
H what you would like it to be.?.
Whatever you waut whatever
I jO,-Grande needs, you can have it
if you want it bad enough ami will
"take telling" to get it.
If it's factories you want, get
"right" yourself, incite la Grande
"right" by making it it HA 1Y for
factories, und the result will i:K
factories. If it's homo builders
you want, the samo 1b true,
There are more mu uufaclu re i s
seeking locations for new factories
than, there ar towns ready anil
right for factories. There arc
thousands more people in the mar
ket for, and just waiting to get
"sold" on, new home locations, thuu
there ure eom'munities which can
rightfully lay claim to being even
senil-auallfied for Ideal residence.
There Iff a sign at your elbow
both elbows. That sign If. a sign
of the times, telling you that never
in your life has la Grande had the
opportunities that It has today.
Kverywhero you turn there is
proof of It. Kvery place you go
you can seo Jt ir ymt UJOK and
heart It If you 1AHTKX.
Decide on what 1m Grande wants,
find out what it needs, KNOW
what It hus, what It lacks, where
it is strong and wher it is weak
Do n't gu ess K NO W. Th e n get
going to get ft.
Copyright, 1H23, A. D. h'tone. Re
production prohibited in whole or
In part.
This "Town Doctor Article" pub
lished by The Observer lu coopera
tion with the Lions club.
MONDAY...
...ID EC. 3
As usual Putman's will offer quality merchandise in their annual
clearance at bona fide reductions. Every garment from our carefully
selected stocks . . . everygarment carries the. original price tag and the
January clearance price. z j "
Make your selections now. and save one fourth to one half on highest . . ,
standard merchandise, Putman quality guaranteed.
All
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EP OJ TT M A W S
MENUS
fly .Sbdt?r Mary
Though it seems Uko a, perfect
ly simple undertaking for the aver
age woman to get three meals u
day for her family and onty one
houwo guest, unless careful plan
ning is done ahead of thn,e Hhe will
find slso'a an extremely busy per
son. Too often the prenenro of n guest
In the boiis means extravagance;
in feud. The housewife hesitates
t ust up left-overs and they are
wusted.
I ' f j 1 11 to ue left-overs In siilads,
tlmbales, fritters, croquettes, meat;
pies, rumikliiH und Innumerable
"made" tlbihes for luncheons.
I ort't try to serve elabomtfr
meals. Him pie menus, well thought
out. built around one perfect dish,
will prove more HallsCaetory than
too much and too rich food.
Tho following menu Is simple
und nut extravagant. The lunch
eon main dish is a left-over that
any hostess may be proud t serve.
ItltKAKKASr Haiv.-H of grape
fruit, cereal rooked with ehopped
fis, crisp fjrofled bacon, whole
wheat toast, milk, voffv
lA'Xt'UKON t'lumtreune of rice
and meat, mixd relishes, popovem,
floating Island. urup cookies tea
JfrlNiNKIt -Untied fish with egg
auce, Hlioestring potatoes, gUiced
pa rsn ipK, corribtna t ion vegetable
y;jlnfj, canned peaches In raspber
ry Jeiiy, coeoanut caite, miikj cof
Fe The dinner Haunt offers an op
portunity to rf left-over vrgetfi
blett and the dessert uses bTt-over
jui'-e front cnitncft raspberries. The
peach juice can bo used In Himllirrf
fashion with noma other combina
tion. ehui'tmiNO of Hire and Merit )
One cup rice, 2 cups choppt
left-over meat, 1-4 uuu dried bread j
erumrm, hot water, stock or gravy, i
salt and pepper. j
Wash rice through several wa
ters. Put Into a large, rotrnd-bot-tometi
saucepan with '1 cups eotd
wuler and I teaxpoon Halt. Itit
over a hot liro and cover closely,
Bring to the hulling point but do,
not lift cover while cooking. When
it boils hard, reduce heal and boll
slowly for ten minutes. Hemove
from fire and keep hot for ten
minutes, ttemovo rover and rlc
is ready to use. lUo bottom und
sides of a well-buttered mold or
deep pan with one-half inch layer
of rice, (,'omhlne meat, crumbs
and hot water. Htmk or b-n-over
gravy, using enough Uuuid to nuike
tho meat moist enough to pack
solidly, l'aek meat mixture In
rice-lined mold and rover with
riee. Hit-am 45 minutes or hutcc
one-half hour. Turn out of mold
onto hot platter ami iservv with to
mato sauce .
Library Ghats
IN THI WIST
lly mIh K, lly. Mhrariaa
A list of Interesting new boAs
which havo recently been placed
into, elreulattou at the puhflc li
brary follows:
"Ctnl Akcley'a Africa," Akcley.
Lnder Tropical Sens," Heebt.
"Airplano and Its. KiigLuc"
rhuCftcM & Taylor.
"Homo Modern loel," Davidson.
"Thu Art of Life," Kills,
"Then I Haw tho Corrgo," Kfrttf
drau. "The Me tit (iud and Abraham
iJosom," Orcen.
"New Wurlda to Conrpicr," Halli
burton, "Males Management Kunslameu
talH Kay.
"Keeping Mentally Kit," Jastmw.
"I.Ifo and Ueutti In Sing Hlng
l.awes.
Mly 'Ur' JMHiwlg. : v.-- V;--
"An American Wunum and Her
BtmkV'-Mott. r
"Home," Norrkf." .'
. "iRleHlgest lvitig." Ulggs :
"4obiv Jacob AaLur," HmUU.
"lUuUant Story uC 4esuMf" Sectie
Arttrit learning." Thorndike.
"1'arenta ott ProUUlmi Van
Watorn.
Mayor of a Wisconsin town, an
mmmtlmr that ebesfKer ht a ilsiv
geroua form of gambling prohibits
it in all public? pbrees. Nf?xt thing,
no doubly that tovva vvltt tuxvo o.
firemen's strike on its hands.
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Men's sizcs..4'.
Boys' &hcs..J1.29
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a most fitting oppression to
luirk the gmvo ot a. depart
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You can cho-o&o froia our
fargo stock of domestic and
imported Htone and ws will
parvo It to suit your own in
dividual laslo.
Wo uil you In nmltfng a
selection o that will e&m
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Works
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ruo it, ,
Wo are experienced shippers1.
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