La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 07, 1930, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextTuesday, January 7, 1930 LA GRANDE ; , fiNING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Page Five day in La Grande Monday on buai- 11088. Checker Kirts Itusy The checher tournament which has boon can. si lift much Interest among local rivals in under way now. Mr. Cooper Ik hi the lead with 1 i games won and Jo lost. Kloyd Ua::ter comes next with eight games won ami 10 lout, Snyder is next with soven games won and seven lost, Otis Veal has won hIx games and lost six games, I-J. K, Jlmiey won five and lost one. Hud Heard won four and lost eight, Hcek won one game and lost live. J.oren Carver, air. Newman and Mr. J'oston havo not as yet played any games. 11, V. Smith is a new contestant In the tournament. Program Held An interesting program was pre sented Sunday night by the M. J. A. of the first ;md second wards of the Jv. I. S. at tho Ml. Glen church. Vho slogan was presented by Nephi loopibs; Mrs; Helen M. Geddea nans1 a vocal number; an inter esting account of the life of WIU lord Woodruff was told by L-elH Wright; Miss Harbara. Hlatt pre sented a vocal solo, and a piano sc. led ion was played by M,rs. Nephi Coombs. Triit'l'io Accident iJrlveii by C. K. Kipp, of Cald well, Ida,, and William Zirkovieh, of La Grande, two earn collided at 12:85 p. m. yesterday at Kir and Jefferson. 'J'Jie character of the pavement was "snow and Ice" and in his report to the police, Mr. Klpp said the accident was unavoidable. Ontlssioii , t The nanys, of lOva-OlsonInno'r sentinel and , '.Flossie Kngle, outer sentinel; officers of the Supreme Korest Woo.drtian circle were omit ted through an error when given to The observer in a recent story of the installation. J-Ilks Dance Tonight The committee In charge of the Jlks dance, to be Kivcn this eve ning as the first of the new year's series, announces that a Spanish dance by two Wsenorilas" will be one of the features of the event. Much Interest has been shown in tin dance and a large attendance Is anticipated. Funeral Tomorrow . Kunernl service's for the Hev. William 1 laird will be held nf Mak er tomorrow" afternoon at 2 o'clock, according to ; word received here today. . Kvnngclisltc Meeting .1. J. Gillespie, of Salem, ,ls here today and this evening will con duct an evangelistic meeting in the church of God, at X and Spruce. Ifis subject vrtll be "God's Remedy for Sin." The public is invited. lieturned to 'A'he Dalle Mrs. C. A; H r o d i e ret u r n e d to The JJalks after visiting here wllh her daughter. Miss Mary Could J 'arsons, for a week. Kclnni in a' Kew Days Kherwood Williams, who went to l'ortland last weekend on a -business trip, is expected to return in a few. days. YMtlng Here Mr. and M.rs. J. M. Koby. or l'ortland, are visiting at the M. M. Hunt home for several days. Mr. Koby is a former manager of the .1. C. I'enney store at JOugenc, wliere Mr. limit was employed. J'Yom Hot Ijkc M. M. Hunt who has been ill for some time, was removed to his home front Hoi Lake yesterday. Knjoynblo Trlpr Mr. and Mrs. Charles K 3 1 tides brand have returned home from Uishinton and Uritish Columbia, Avnere they spent the holidays vis fling with relatives and friends. They report a most enjoyable trip. Hun Hre , The fire truck was called to the Greenwood school at 7:45 o'clock Utis morning because of a flue fire. There was no damage. Making I'reparn1lns The La Grande lodge of Masons is making preliminary arrange ments for !i county meeting to be 1F2 IN TM1 WBST Store No. IS La Grande, Ore. Jumpers -Overalls Ilig cut, durable gar ment's, designed to please by exceptional service. Coats . $1.29 . Overalls $1.65 held sometime the latter part of January or the first of February at La Grande. All the county lodges are being invited to .par ticipate in the degree work. At the Hotels i I-:. I Tobln, Seattle: Krud Mull, Halter; J. H. Spilth, Walla Walla; C. W. Todd, Sunnyslde; J. c. Itatcheldn, Walla Walla; U A. Grunk, Walla Walla; Kd Johnson, l'ortland; It. W. Leonard, Walla Walla; John Sue, Kpokuno; 1 l. Sutherland, linker; 13. It, Keller, l'ortland; Henry Lloyd,' Milton; J. Meyer, Seattle; William Dixon, l'ortland; Jack JO Hanks, Port land; V. Kaun, HoIse: , Mr;-'and-Mr. J. L, Stearns, Portland; A. 13. White, Pendleton; W. It. Harms, llolse: It. H. BcnuehainpH. Omaha; J. C. Smith, Portland; C. P. Hags dale, Halter; H. Miller, Portland; M;r. and Mrs. if. A. itoss, Portland; Carl Rodgers, Portland lire among registrants at local hotels, -V Called by Illness Hurry Kreneh has been called to KansuH City, Al'o.. by the sudden death of his brother Charles, who was killed In an accident. He was expected to arrive at his destina tion yesterday. While there he intends to visit relatives and will probably bo gone about three weekH, Mr. French's home was In Missouri until he came west about ten yeaiH ago. r ; J tot ur tied to llermistou - ;.Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Prindle, of irermiston, who have spent the holidays visiting at tho N. H. Mor rison home, returned homo last night on No. 23. Mrs. Morrison and Airs. Prindle are sisters. To Move lint? Mr. and Mrs. A. 1(. Moore, or Portland, spent the day in La Grande yesterday In preparation to their moving here about tho fif teenth of this month to make their homo at the Grande Hondo apart ments. They returned homo last night. 'Mr. Moore' expects to take tho place of Mr. Junes, storekeep er for the O.-W. Visited Here : 13arl Zeelc and family, of Hend, who visited at the F. O. Craig home over New Year's, left yesterday morning on their way home. Mr. Zeek is a'brother of' airs. Craig. Hero Yesterday airs.'F. iM'arie Fndburg, of Bak er, spent yesterday as tho guest of Mrs.. Peter Hedgren and Mrs. Edward Streiff. lieturned Home : ' .- -. Miss Mildred Hiatt, vhrthas been visiting he-'t'.6fin1v,lifiiitfa H'iatt since New Year's eye.-Jius return ed to her home iii Huker." From Paradise Mrs. o. L liodmer, of Paradise, spent yesterday In l.u Grande, be-fore- continuing her way to Phoe nix to visit her father and brother. She drovo from Paradise to La Grande yesterday. Mrs. Hodmer expects to be gone about two months. ' Vacation Trl r Melen Dahlvang leTt recently on her way to Kansas City and way side points, expecting to be gone until the first' of February. She intends to spend-' most of her va cation In Denver and vicinity. To Attend Deliver Meet K'. K. Miller, of Union, and F.ni est Johnson, of Wallowa, ''were among five delegates named ul a meeting of the Cattle and Horse Halsers association ut Huker yes terday, to attend, the meeting of the American Livestock association in Denver Jan. Lr-17. Leaves Hospital ' Mrs. J. L. Hawes and young son, of. ;M'eachami, left the Wonderlick hospital yesterday to spend a few weeks with her mother at 1507 W avenue, after which they will re turn to their home. Kxpcvled Home . iM'iss .Vera Beutty, University of Washington graduate In business administration, is expected home this evening. ' Ketumcd Home , ' ; ' C. H. Dodge and , Mj and M rs., U. D., Smith, or Pomeroy.i Wash., who yisited air. and airs... June HUileiip ,for several'days, have re-, turned home. Mr. Dodgo and airs. Smith a'ro airs. Staloup's father. aud sister. Arrived This. Morning J. 1-J. Hiiodenpyle, of Pendleton, arrived this morning' on business. Marriage Situation In Baker Improves TiAKliHi Ore., (AP) The mat rimonial situation in Baker county was considerably improved in 1HL'!) over lflS, according to figures re leased by the county clerk's office. In !)!!! 'there were 170 marriage licenses issued and till divorce sijjts filed.,, Of- the G3 suils filed, 57 resulted - in'-' decrees being , issued. In UiUS there were 3 7fi 'marriage licenses issued, 103 divorces filed tind 8 8 'divorce decrees .granted. 1 HU-. LOI S LISTED On IVusiness - , E. Crossen and M. K. I3ue, of Haker, were business visitors in La Grande yesterday. Spent the ly airs'. J, af. Casey and daughter T'lorence from "Meaeham sjient the .' 5Lrq'jSKE. .'!Or.o.w- (AP) 1'Tre lossesln 'ugene for tlio year lli! wyro ,52,3;i0, Recording to W. E. NusbHjv'Ufire chief. insurance totaling'' ?,0Tr).' was collected on firesr Anlioi'ber and Novem ber went without' fire loss. a. 3U'shlk;ht. dies POK'ITANb,. Ore., Jan. 7 (AP) r-. .(1. .'Hush light, former mayor 6f;;'PuHlandv;,and state legislator, wir6 suffered a heart attack while attending the funeral of tho late Governor I. L. PatteVson at Salem, died yesterday. Mr. Reynolds Is Laid to Rest In Cove Cemetery Ily Mrs. 'A. ti. Coiikllu (Observer Correspondent) CUV IS (Special) After a long illness Win, Heynolds died at his: homo here early Friday morning. I Mr. Keynulds had been In fulling! health for a vear or more but had been confined to his bed for several weeks, lie was bom September J10, 1S4U in Tennessee. All of his early life was passed the're. . In an ad joining county ia tho same state he met aiiss Li..ie T. truer who bo came his wife June. 12, 1S7G. (Jne child was born to them that died la : infancy. .They came west , in 1 the nineties living at the mines I near linker City for a few years before coming to Cove. In 1 sit i they bought a home in Cove where they have since made their home.; Mr. Reynolds only had one bio-! tlier who died in the Civil war.1 airs. Keynolds was an only, child and in losing her hu.vband she Is left without kith or kin, Funeral services were held at the Aletho 1 dist-Episeopal church Sunday af i ternoon w ith Her. W. A., Winters in charge and Interment in tho liosu lildgo cemetery. ) air. and airs. Geo. aiiller eele- bratcd the 55lh anniversary of their marriage at the home of their son, Frank aiiller, New Year's day. air. and Mrs. F. . aiiller gav.s a little party honoring this event. Covers were laid for twelve. For the past three years this couple have spent j their anniversary at their Califor-' nia home but this year they pre J ferrod to spend the winter in Ore- gon. t .Mrs. Geo. Miller clehruled her J 7 1 st birthday a tew days before, .j December 2H being hev naial day. ! Her daughter, airs. Jack Smith, J gave a dinner af this time honor ing airs. Miller's birthday. Covers were laid for six, M r. and airs Jack Smith, air. and airs. George aiiller und Mr. and airs. E. E. aiil ler Tho group of girls who were studying missionary work under ai is. i jillia n Allen last yea r, were entertained by airs. Allen Thursday afternoon. The girls bad received a number of letters from the mis sionaries in foreign lands and at this time letters were written In reply, each girl enclosing a gift, of an American-made handkerchief. airs, aiinnette Sentner very de lightfully entertained a few friends at her home Tuesday evening at a watch night party. New Year's day Mrs. Sentner opened the swim ming pool for free swims. There were several people from Cove and La Grande who enjoyed the privil ege. Cove is very proud to be the j home of one" of 'the' two Union county boys vhn u.iv lifted as hon or students at the University of Oregon. Francis (,'oud Is the Cove boy listed. Francis, Carl, and Kobert Coad and Edward Hloom left Wednes day afternoon to resume their work at the university. Miss Dorothy aiills will leave Sunday to resume her work at Whitman. She has enjoyed two weeks vacation. The young people of tho Baptist church hud u very enjoyable party at tho L. D. S. community hull Friday evening. Contests and tfamoA were played until a late hour when lunch was served. Those present wero .Mr. und airs. Georgo Ander son, Eugene and Louise Anderson, Albert Conklln, Lois and aiae Fish er. Mr, aud airs, Georgo Golay, Dorothy, Bessie und Leonard Golay. Mr. und airH. Eddie Hartley und two children, Alva Hartley, Hurolu Johnson, Gruydon Loree, Mrs. Charles Hancock, Phyllis Hancock, Ben Darrel und Bernard Dellorde, Darcy McCool, aiuxlno und Lloyd Murchison, Wallace Nelson, M'ul vina and Kdward Lund, Eugene Hohinson, Millard, Dean and Par del! VanDong, Mrs. H. D, While and Utah and Bertha White. Ice Jams Cut Off Water For Time At Union Hy W. V. Connor (Observer Correspondent) V N I o N (Special aiondny morning water users in Union wore hardly able to secure enough water through tho pipes to supply their needs, tho pressure having gono down during tho night. Men wero sent up Catherine, creek to lo.catc the trouble which was found to be tho Ice jani above tho intake. Tho obstruction was soon removed and the pressure In the pipes was soon back to norinul. t At their regular meeting lh the K. P. hull i Saturday afternoon Pieston Belief corps number 22 in stalled its officers for tho new year. Mrs. -Alary Mlnnick acting as In stalling officer. New officers for litau will be: President, -Annu SchoonoVer; senior vice president, Nora Cheney; junior vice, Afuy Scott; secretary, Hello Huslck; treasurer, Pearl Chad wick; chap lain. Pearl A1,Hlcr; guard, May Scott; assistant, Lou Jithrop; con ductor, Lillle Fickle; assistant,. El la Zeek; .patriotic instructor; Lou isa Hurwell; press, Agnes Paddock, and color bearers. Alary Elliott, Lil lle Cross, Cora Griggs und Eunice Seh nek. Nora -'Cheney, tho. rctlr fng president, -'wis the recipient of a present from the corps, Agnes Pudfjoek making fho presentation. Following the lodge meeting the members enjoyed one of tho corps' usual "feeds." - George Foster, who Is now mak ing his home ut Hot Lake, was re ported as seriously ill this week. Union High busketball boys play ed their first scheduled game of the season when the North Powder team was defeated by . a narrow score on the Union gym floor Fri day night.' 'Jnal score was Union 2H, North Powder 20. Union's line up during the game included Par ent. Davis, Miller. ,1ilde, Conklin, Cdlklwn.a-iu(.(Uuui). . i The remainder of tho season's schedule includes: , Jan, 10 La. Grande there. Jan. 1 1 Wallowa here. Jan, 1 7 Baker here. Jan. IS Haines then?. Jan. HI Wallowa there, Feb. I Enterprise there. Feb. 7 Huker there. Feb, K-! Enterprise here. Fob. 14 La Grande hero. Feb. 15 Haines here. Thia leaves throe weekends open for games with other shchoulH und u return guim with Haines High school.' Cove, Imbler and Elgin will probably be Included in the full schedule. r T. M". Haird was culled to Haker last Saturday by tho death of Ills father, tho Uv. William Dalrd. Funeral services will not bo hold before Wednesday, the delay being to permit a sister who lives at a dlstaneo to reach Huker in time for the service. A new man Is tem porarily filling the place of T. M. Hnlrd hero while lie is away, air, Halrd Is local manager for the AInc.Alurr store located here. Cecil Jones, son of Mr, and Mrs. Charley Jones, who has beon in Portland for several weeks at' n hospital, Is homo again and enroll ed in tho local school. Ho was in the hospital for .treatment for ah injured urm, George Sclbird, publisher of the local Weekly Kopubllcuu. iB nurs ing a very sore shoulder tho result of a full at his home a few days ago. Although tho Injured shoul der is painful Air. Sclbird has been able to, be at his office and look after his work. TALKING PHIL SCOTT NOW AS FIGHT FINALIST In butterfat Is partly duo to the Increasing mho of oleo a result of depressed labor conditions na tionally und Ideal production con ditions during tho last year. Or dinarily butterfat stocks in storago ut this time of tho winter uru high, but this year much higher than usual. Ho declared that there need bo no alarm as to ovor expan sion of the dairy Industry, na thia is hardly true as statistics show seven per cent fewor cows on farms now than 10 years ago. However, average productions has increased duo to better breeding, feeding and management. "Tho stability of prices under such conditions will depend upon the control possessed by tho pro- producers ovor their products." air. Selfors mild. "To provo this reli gion tho farm consumers of oleo all over tho gallon (should use butter for 10 days and tho entire surplus would be wiped from tho murkot and wo would not havo anything to worry about." $H(i(l,12.KO Annual J 'ay roll Figures on the dairy industry in Union county showed that the val ley has 5,(100 dairy and 1,780 dual purpose cow's, a totul of 7,380 dairy cows over two years old. Conser vatively estimated, theHO cows pro duce 1,038,300 pounds of butterfat or an overage of 222 pounds per cow. This butterfat sold ut an average price, for 1!2P of 4H cents a pound, making a total of $780, 412.80, , ' ' , .... Tho uvorago ndlk production la , nearly 6, 000 pounds per cow or u total of 8tf,900,000 pounds. Thia milk, if fed to hogs und chickens, hua a feed value- of 20 conta per 100 pounds, of $73,800. Thia mnkea the grnnd total value of produc tion of dairy cows in Union county exctuslvo of the Increase, at 800, 212,80, or a monthly lnconVo of $71,084.33. HuUerrut Average) High Air. SclforH said that while tho average production of butterfat la 188 pounds, tho averago for Ore gon is about 200. In tho Hulry Herd . Improvement' ' association,1 from May 5, 1028 to May 5, 1920, the average production of butter fat waa 280. C pounds, On6 feature that makes dairy ing very ottrucllvo in thia aectlon, tho speaker said, is that "wo can produco alfalfa hay, tho most im portant rouu-Jiage, chapor ,thun , anywhere else." Albert It, Hunter, secretary, re ported briefly on tho work being ; done by tho homo marketing com- . mitteea, ami in visits paid to granges by tho president, A. W. Nolson, and himself, air. Nelson appointed a hotel convention com-, milteo during the business part of tho luncheon hour. NEW YORK, Jan. 7 ( AP) The second annual "liattlo of the 1 'Mints" ut ailama, Feb. 27, may yet become an international alrug gle with Jack Shnrkey, the Hoston gob, in one corner of tho ring and Phil Scott, London's most famous fireman,, in tho other.. V r ;! Hack from HpHlun.and their vain 'efforts to. induce Sharkey -to meet Tuffy Griffiths nt Miami, ADuJison Square Garden-offlclalo have begun negotiations with Jimmy Johnston, Scott'a plnt-sl.ed munager. Financial matters already have brought discussion of a Scott Shurkey mulch to an Im.passu but the wrinkles eventually . may ho I ironed out .to :.Uio.. satisfaction of i evci-yomv concerned, ' " Tho garden makes no secret of tho . fact that It would prefer Grif- flths us well ua several otherH to Scott, hut Shnrkey appears adam ant on tho subject, of Tuffy und Hruen despairs of bringing the Huston go.b around" to the corpora tion's way of thinking, Scott may turn out to be the only heavyweight uvullu.hle for the date und, ut the same time, agreeable to Shnrkey. DAIRY COWS BRING 'LARGE SUM YEARLY (Continued from Pago One) today at noon at tho La Grande hotel. . The annexation problem was dis posed of when no-opposition de veloped to laying It on tho table. W. C. JJorkins mudo the motion, which was seconded by F. A. Epling, Following tho veto there was some discussion. Air. Selfors gave some very in teresting fiKUroH, m'ost of them, pre pared by himself, which gave local business men, a new Insight Into tho significance of tho dairy In dustry, incidentally, air. Selfors pointed out ihat the present decline' "TOE "Ef you wanla say that smile ! All Outdoors All Talking - All Real The greatest outdoor classic ever heard on the screen! m in n Ran & m" GARY COOPEK . WALTF.n HUSTON RICHARD AIU.EN MARY BMAN , ; NOW SHOWING Only Two More Diiys jj' as ? ' ' fifo ' ..." ' ' ' . Paiwiimn lIlrllE T ' "-ii 0""YtT , !"F!frfyi. in Ilic moHl (Iay.z1itig film miiHiual laiigli rioi ;vcr IIKAU1J ilh MW' Wv' IW" "' ' ' Uc SerctM.. .They're all hi U. The World'H F.nu.icHl pf) - JV .- t M 'flMW Four Men ; ' Croud way's Bloulcl Beauly; New -York's ' - : M ' - I ?' S " 'fikWil r,rou,U,Un,,w,l . . Swiftest, Sweetest Chorus ... Marvelous Melodies hy , ktM N St ft? ' UnroMorxinonn the Foremost Popular Composer! WW 1WJ,: C" &f r ofihv,rMm,,m,ely It's a W" Irom start to hnish! 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