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Friday, June 13, 1930 Charming Luncheon And Bridge Party At Enterprise, Ore. At u charming luncheon und uf tvrnoon uf uritlKv. Mm 1C. J. i "111111)1, . aiij her sister, .Miss Anno I'Yilci'hcn, wero hostesses Thursday nft. rnuon nt .Mrs. t'uiiipbi-H'g home in linterprlsc. Guests included women from Enterprise, Joseph, Wallowa and 10 from l.a tlraiule. 1'alnted daisies In blue (jluss iols were effective centerpieces or the luncheon table. The. rooms wero attractively arranged In flor al d'-coratlons of white lilacs, snap dragons and other blossoms. Luncheon was served at one o'clock. , Mrs. Ira I'arker sang two de lightful tfolos, accompanied by .Mrs. 'miff, lloth Mrs. l'nrkor and Mrs. 'raltf are of Enterprise. Seven tables of bridge were at play with Mrs. II. N. Ashby win ning first honors and Mrs. Clyde Keltic receiving tlio second award. Consolation award was presented to .Mrs. McCully, of Joseph. Thursday Bridge .. Meets at Resort Mi-vera 1 members of the Thurs day Jlridtfo club are at Wuftowa l,nliti this week and yesterday aN ternfion the club held its reular mouting there, when several-othora drove to the lake to spend the day and last evening. Mrs. W. U, j3oh.nonkn.mp -has as her guostn this week. Mrs. J. L (lulling, Airs. Anna follack and -Mrs. J:mma Grundy who has Just returned from California. Among those who motored to tho lake yes, leiday wero Mrs. Kooert Puttisoti, Mrs. '. S. Ivan hue and Mrs. V. O. Applegale. They are expected to' reiurn home today. ' 41 f':-: Diversity Club , Meeting at Park Twelve members of the Diversity club met for a ottuck luncheon at 'the Kiwi-side park ytrsierday. loiter in the afternoon a .business meet ing was held. Mrs. Myrlq Thomp son, of JMIgard, was a guest.' Mrs. Io.sho Duncan. Mrs. Kred liees and Mrs. Claude Packett had charge of . the entertainment, Prizes at games were won by Mrs. Horcncc Jvhigsloy, Mrs. J'hllHr I.ockwood. Mrs. Aiico Johnson, Mrs. Herbert JS vans' and Mrs. John I 'rice. The next meeting will be lii-ld in the afternoon, Juno 20. Blue Mountain Auxiliary Meets The I II hit Mountain can ton and auxiliary met last night in regular session with -3- members present. 'iiMowinir the, business sessions the usual military drill and practices were held, which preceded the .serving of delicious refreshments. During the auxiliary business session reports were given by , the following delegates of the J,fiHos Militant, who attended the conven tion in Portland: Mrs. V. K. M ( t nire, mvh. k. v. -MCJnorson. Arn. I..M. Morehead. Mrs. C. K. Hragg. .1 i s. Flora Ciolding - was installed viee president to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. Miu- FRI.-SAT. Oh, how he could Love and Fight . . . Until too much Fame Swelled his Head! Laughs Thrills Romance Knockouts All-Talking with JAMES GLEASON Johnny Walker Marion Shilling Directed by James Flood I STATE 4 . ua nio Harnett. An entertainment commlttct was appointed consist ing of: lira Alice Hug, La Grande; .Mrs. Mao Gamble, Union; and -Mrs. I'ciirl ltlchards, Cove. An Invitation lias beeji received by the local orders from tllo Wal lowa and Enterprise lodges to at. lend an entertainment they will give next Wednesday in honor of tho warden of the Itebekah assem bly. Mrs. Maude Hogors of Enter prise, and of tho grand warden or tho Oild Eellows. A picnic and weiner roast is planned for the Ulue Mountain 'anion and auxiliary for Juno 2il In the Wallowa canyon. Happy Afternoon At Kennedy Home 1 lie Stitch and Chatter club of the American Legion auxiliary met yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Kennedy on Cherry street.. A very pleasant af ternoon was enjoyed and tlmo was spent in making baby dresses and working on a quilt. Mrs. Kennedy served delicious refreshments betor0 tho close of tho afternoon. Next month's meet ing will be held In form of a pni nic at tho park. Announcements The D. A. R. will moot Saturday, Juno 3 4 for a no-hostt'Hf 1 o'clock lunohoon ut the Sucajuwea Inn in observance of fluff day. It will bu followed by a mooting at the home of ilr. "Lynno Hohnonkump. Swimming Contest To Be Held Here ; A swimming organization, with teams from the Bowman-Hicks and M. Kmily Lumber mills, the state highway shops and the O.-W., was formed last night and arrange ments made for a competitive meet hero on July 9. Any other organ izations desiring to enter the meet are welcome, officers wild today. Events will consist of 30 yards free style, 30 yards back stroke and 30 yards breast stroke, plunge for distance, relay race each Uwimmei' ta swim lencth of tank- j. four men per team, medley race, threo men each to swim length of (tank (one using breastroko, one back stroko and ono free style). 1 and a log rolling contest. J. H. Pearc has been asked to serve as referee. :at i,am vi-.;i:tai!I,i;s liltl.Nt; IOWA MAN 1IO.NOII - Ul-.K.Wl L.Usli. ...Iowa ..(AI').t Sam Kennedy Jr. has demonstrat ed Ihat an luwali can become a "master farmer" even without tho traditional hogs and corn. Vegetables gave Kennedy his title. He grows and markets more than 22 carloads of unions, onion sets, cabbage and potatoes eaeli year. He owns 400 acres of peat laud and rents 30 acres more, which produce his vegetables and have given him the highest sugar beet yield in Mie lowa-.M lunesota territory of tho American Sugar Iteel. company lor To.ur of the last five years. Ho Is a thorough student of peat iand problems and one of the most successful users of this typo of soil in Iowa. no m:t.r i-ic;isii r.vnii MAS I'OIU'KO Ills Al'l'in i ris ST. I'AUIj iLlnn. (A I') The pig should worry if a neat civilization becomes self-conscious about him. Ho has proof Ihat It was civili zation Ihat niatlo him piggish. Tho agrirulttmil research center at the state college hero stands ready to testify that the i-easun the hog "hogs" his food -five times as much as ordinarily would be necessary for him Is that the de mands of civilized man. his keep er, for rapid growth in the por cine carcassare tile cause of his overgrown appetite. I.'. 1 Kerrin. swine specialist, says Ihat in their natural state hogs grow at only about one-fifth Great Towers Erected At Oregon Point To Check Up On The Columbia PORTLAND. Ore. (AI')-t-At The llalles, on opposite sides of tho Columbia river, two sleel tow ers have been erected by the Unit ed .States geologic survey for the purpose of gaining moro accurate knowledge of tho habits of tho great stream. This c(Ulpnint, installed at u cost of $7,000 and palrl for by the federal army engineers, marks the climax or 51' years of record keep- j lug or tho idiosyncrasies, habits, i potentialities of the fiow, a time I ; out 1 ho world. I Since IS7.S the gooUigiV survey ; has been gathering data at that f point where the new lowers tdaud, ! but the record tva obtained I through the u.se of .small boats in ; midstream and the r''.sul(,s were i not as aceurale as desired. Now j hteel cables connect the towers, J set 1- lu feet apart and a two man ' cablu car Is MWiiiig from tho llfic j and may be operand fnun either sh'.iro high abuve the water's stir i face. I Suspended from 1 his car by a hig lino is a meter that may be lowered am) rained at will and u hleh measures the speed and flow of discharge al alt stages of flood. .t Jow water tin? f'olum bin is bu feet deen beiiea..- thm J cables. i f Much Information Available j ' A lhc result of the charts made by the survey through more thani t hair century of observation j much information is available for the vast uati-r.-diod of the .'ohim .e!o the Snake rf- er Thrw j :- MODEST Trade Marke Registration f,'-H ,0 UK TM t P.. Ofil ftri'ali Kifbtt lirttnrt Surely, I'll so with you. Of course, wo girls always lunch logcllui-." Tuning System Provides Selectivity On 2 Tubes Equal to Other Methods WKN'ATCH.KM A1') The ne cessity and valuo of advertising and merchandising as ii means of increasing tho sale and Improv ing the price or pears was stressed In a statement issued -by the Pa cific Tear Growers association'- o.f which David It. ltoenberg, JLed fonl. Ore., is president. Approximately JSO.000,000 is in vested in 0.000,0(10 pear trees, now growing In 1'aeific coast states, the association pointed out, and tho significant fact brought out was that less than ono half of these pear trees have yet reached bearing age. the rato maintained by good swino raisers. KOHfilA I'Ali.MKItS SI'lOM) 2n.ooo,oiMi o. i'i;iiTii,iy.nu ATHENS. Cla. (Af) Georgia fanners spend 10 per cent of their incumo for commercial fertilizer, according to John I.. Anderson, ex tension economist in murkctlng at tho George stalo college of agri culture. ' t- Tho cash value of Georgie crops rnr lllL'll was f ('. ooo, 000. an In crease of Jan. 000,000 over iuiis. rue lirtlllzer bill was about :'C, 200,000. This is a rather largu percent age of income for commercial fer tilizer, says Anderson. Ho urges that It be made a supplement to soil improvement by (ho us,, f legumes and livestock on farms. iw.vt; cakoi, iicsv HI.CMAItKST, Humanlu. June 10 (AH King Carol 11. seeliing t". unify the entire country afler tho dramatic events of the last Tew days, was busy working today on the formation of a new cabinet und trying ror a. reconciliation wllh Princess Helen. In an efrort lo learn tho extent of tho remaining nallonal opposi tion, ho summoned General Avers cu, head of I ho national opposition, to tho palace. Many Attend I'arin Sessions B1S.MAHCK', N. 1. (Alnu,-, man j,:,ou North Dakota farm men and women attended the scries of nino economic "outlook" confer ences which began at Cundo and ended at Jamestown. Flies contaminate food, spoil milk and spread typhoid, erysipe las, tuberculosis, pink eye and skin Infections. VHvk have been sus pected of spreading many other disease.. studies of posslhlu powy devel opment locations havo been bused on the survey churls and figures Cascade locks, The Dalles and Umatilla rapid. Tho estlmaled horsepower al each site was de termined In this way. Irrlgatlonal possibilities, flood lorecusts and other more or less vital Informa tion is also obtained here. The survey maintains t'5 simi lar stations in Oregon, but the one at Tho Hallos Is tho largest and host oriiiitiiiofl ii-t.wt ..r t -vt i or. Tho towers, each 5fi feet high, were erected under direction of (J. N. I'anfield, district engineer", and assisted by Jt. H. Ma rnes, asso ciate engineer, of Tort land. A rniipic Feature Ono unique feature ut the tower.-; is tin. aviation lights. On the cable crossing tho river are strung four lights, while large signal lights which flash code letters surmount each tower. Tho sig nals aro equipped lo tu.n orf and on automatically at night. The Htatfou, It was pointed out. Is on an air roulo and near a landing field on tho Washington side of the rivor. With its new equipment the geo logic survey will be able to record the temperament of the Columbia more accurately than It has been possibh to do before. The ation was made possible through financ ing by the army engineers who Will ah-u gain valuable data. Work was toiitpieUd about two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE MAIDENS -:- Applied For U. 6. Patent Offlc Ihat the ruluro will bring lower prices and. poorer returns unless something Is dono to make people eat and uso moro pears. Tho Cali fornia orange and lemon growers faced u similar situation several years ago. the pear association re pelled, but they met It by estab lishing an advertising and selling fund runglng all the way from 5 to J 5 cents a box. As a result tho output of uranges and lemons has moro than dou ble 1 during tho past 0 years, the average price per box also has doubled. James Gleason At the State In "Swellhead" Tho Stale theater's change or programs tuday brings that cxceV lent actor, James Gleason, In the Tiffany all-lalking production of "Swellliead," directed by James Kluotl and recorded by ItCA I'holophono. Johnny Walker, Jlarion Schill ing. Natalie Kingston, fall! Hurst, Ulllan I.elghlon and a lot of oth er good artists support Gleason In that A. 1'. younger story or a young fighter who achieves suc cess through the support and en couragement of his friends and then gets so swelled headed that ho loses his friends, loses his con fidence, loses his girl and nearly, loses his title of champion. ll.ow he regains nil ili,.i i, i,..u lost ami holds onto his tille Is sa'ld i u provide "Kwee head- ullh ,, Ihat goes to inal.-n t.i..i mom. comedy, suspense, action, romance anil thrills. Tho plcliiio will remain al the Ktato thealcr loday.am tomorrow. K.NOCII AltDKN" HACK AI'TI WITH :it 18 VI.'AIIS NKW HEKN-, K. C. fAIMtt I might havo been a modem Knoeh Arden triangle with tho principal uhn meters reversed came to light hen. r.M-entiv About IS yours ago Mrs. Amu ipoek lert her hiiHbiind and chil dren. Seventeen years her husband waited and watched for his wire to return. A year ago he married again. Now the first wife has come home an, Mr. Ipoek races a charge of bigamy In the superior court. New S DRESSES Prints, Crepes, Georgettes, Pastel Shades AT POPULA R PRICES $10-95 -$15.00 -$19.75 PUTMAN'S Ready to Wear and Millinery BOYS' WASH SUITS AND HATS Wash Suits, age 1 yr. to 8 yrs. Made from best quality cloth and guaranteed fast color 49c to $1.98 NORTON'S KIDDY SHOP SEEK TRACES OF OLD OREGONIANS Scientists Digging For Keiics Left by Kace Once Inhabiting State, Iiy Kva Noalon (As Written in Medford Mall Tribune) MEDKOICD, Ore., (AP) From a mount ut tho foot of Kcho moun tain on the outskirts or Gold H1U where the Indtun lover oneo wooed his dusky mate, whoro salmon leaped hijfh In tho clear waters of the Huguu rivor daring tho sinewy warriors 10 ' snare thorn, where a rapidly disappearing rnc0 hundreds of years uro burled Its dead sitting: up the white inn it will this week excavato skeletons and their pos sessions to be placed In a museum for tho use of scientists. !.. S. Cressmnn ot tho University of Oregon, representatives of tho Oregon Historical society and other scientists will be in Southern Ore gon when tho major excavations projects is started. J'reimlnnry excavations will be made earlier in tho week at the mound discovered a year ago by Hill llittle. rancher of tho Gold Hill section, whoso collection brought front the burying grounds has aroused tho Interest of scientists from all sections of tho Pacific coast, . Tho pottery, arrows and knives aro so constructed as to convey characteristics of a moro highly developed people than tho Indians known by Oregon pioneers. Just who thesu people were, who chose to bury their dead on tho bunks of the river, where tho water seeks a moro even flow and Kcho moun tain, heavily wooded .with over green trees, rises like a monument above their graves will bu perhaps be known when scientists view the excavations. People were allowed entrance to i thu grounds for a, short timu after H title made his discovery. Des truction ol tho relics necessitated closing tho mound until scientists could be on hand to supervise tho work. Long pipes of stone, perfectly moulded s a Grecian vase, were the first things found by Hlttle. "I thought they wero some kind of a. musical instrument," ho said, "but 1 couldn't get a tune out of them. "1 then saw what- I think is to bacco caked on the lnsido ot one I of them. The pipo of which ho spoke Is the most beautifully con structed of them all with threads at lhc '"d of the stem and a thin band carved round tho middle. It is smoothly hollowed out lnsido as aro all tho others, but is covered at tho end with a substuueu which Is believed to be tho remains ot tho last pipeful stnoUud. Skeletons were found of men, burned sitting up with their knee tuckel 'tinder their chins. "A's many as t'lvo wero loeuted- in ono gravo placed In a circle ml facing in. With them were the arrows and knives, mallets and stone, hatchets which they wero taking with them to the happy hunting ground. A skeleton of a woman with tw stone weapons crossed over her breast was also unearthed. No beads nor metal ornaments mloriu ed her tomb. The absence of them In all tho graves leads scientists to believe the burying was done - '" l"'fo'0 HM was known to the. """"" ""! u u.-.oiu while man's arrival on this coast. Itroken bowls of stone und !ml Ic(h, obviously used for pounding and grinding stone corn aro sim ilar to those loft hero by the In dia nn, well known by tho early settlors, as are tho many arrow heads found in tho mo-.uul. s'itdv iu;'rri:it-K()iTr mictatj TO nI rOMMKKCIAIj UHK AVASIIJ.VCTON (Al') Metals, sort enough to bo cut with a knife, which decompose water at ordlnnry temperatures ore being ntudled by the bureau of mines to find wider commercial uses for them. Of this group of alkali metals, caesium and rubidium must he kept in a vacuum bceauso If plnccd in dry oxygen at room temperature they Ignite spontaneously. factum, rubidium ond lithium generally occur together In nature, ummer it Is pointed out. Slh'cry whlto and of very light weight, they tar nish rapidly In air. Discovered through uso of tho spectroscope, caesium and rubi dium aro employed in the manu facture of photo-electric colls. Caesium Is finding uso in the man ufacture of radio tubes. Lithium is widely employed for medicinal purposes. In pyrotechnics, lithium ehlorldo is used to give a crim son color to fireworks and signal i lights. i Although tho . minerals from which those .three metals may be ' extracted aro distributed rather ! widely in nature, tho known min- j orals and deposits rich enough to ; furnish large supplies &ro few, j bureau chemists say. j lluelmreHt Pfirnl nrnehi litis di vorced wlfo Helen queen; mother arrives home. OREGON ROAD PARK MEASURE UP TO HOUSE '-" AVASIUlNCrTOK, Juno 13 (AP) Kxehango of revested Oregon & California grant land for timber land bordering Oregon highways has been authorized by tho senate and went to tho house yesterday. Tho bill was sponsored by Sena tor McNary. im.ij viii:ia' i;ioiim:i PORTUVNO. Juno 13 (AP) Tho MeNary bill to permit tho ex chango of. grant laud on Oregon nignways jor private tlmhcr laud .was first suggested by tho Horn! chamber of commerce, and the movement wus. endorsed by the ! REYNAUD'S 1 L BEAUTY t SHOP All brandies of beauty skillfully done by ex perienced operators. PERMANENT ; WAVING 5.00 up t Call for appointment PHONE MAIN 789 PHONE. bNEUFOLEY! MAIN 70S J J9LDQ.) Packers and in (Grande Monde Oily (.i-ocery Economy Grocery Hoover and Market and Market Market Main. 75-50 III Main 573-48 Main 755 When the "VOICE OK A WOMAN" speaks it will pay you to listen! We bave con sidered bcr requirements, and that's why wc have marketed in LA GRANDE in the past few weeks Eighty-throe head of baby beef. If your steaks have been unsatis factory try a real one. it's here! T-Bone Steaks Tender, Juicy. Veal Steak Loin Cuts. Sliced Ham Choice Cuts. Hams Half or Whole. Coffee All Leading Brands Hills M. J. IJ. Monarch Schilling and Royal Club Pound 44C Angel Food Cakes Special , 19C WHITE STAR Tuna Fish Medium -t r Tins Flour We Feature La Grande Hard Federation Flour Sat . S1.59 White Spray Washington Hard Wheat a. $1.95 lalo governor Pultorson. Garden clubs and chambers of commerco of tho state approved of tho plan and lent support. Tho bill is designed to give to the state title to such timber land as borders Its highways, to tho ex- Main 759 (3 phones) Corner Cedar and Wash. Every, one wishes to save money on their various purchases but no one wants to sacrifice quality ever for price. AtJ oel's you find the best of every thin g at lower prices. Fresh Green Peas, 3 lbs. .li.Wc Head Lettuce, 4. heads ,....2::2'22l:.25c Evans Corn; can 1 27c Post Bran Flakes, 2 for 2. ...25c Jasper's Graham Flour, 5 lbs. .. .22-23c Fresh Cottage Cheese,' pint TLj.:...' Broken Pineapple, ge. can ):,:...::::LL25c. Libby's Apple Butter, 2-lb. can,:.::.....25c Certo, bottle :..28c Jumbo Peanuts in glass, 1 lb. , .......27c Beef Shoulder Roasts,' b'i2u:2......25c ' tfea.1 grouiM for loaf, lb. ::L:..3Me . Rhode Island Red Frys & Hens MEAT CO. Distributors of Mt Emily in ATTENTION 35c lb. 30c lb. 30c lb. 28c lb. Sirloin None Hotter. Veal Roasts Host Shoulder Cuts. Sliced Bacon Uined and Lean; Breakfast Bacon 35c lb. Half or Whole Striu. GROCERY DEPARTMENT Chocolate Itishops Sweet Makes in a Minute II 1 Pound nt Tins 79C Chocolate Eclairs Fresh Stock for This Sale, Pound Monarch Fancy Quality No. 2 Tins iT - rv f 5 For Cane and Maple Syrup One 2 Piece Fruit Set More Than a Dollars Worth 'F'r 69c Peaches Yacht Club Mclba Halves 24 Tins jr. 2 For 40C Pago TKrce tont of oat! -half mile otf either sldo or tho road. This would per-? mlt tho stato to take whatever steps it desires in tho matter of controlling unsightly signs : and other objects tending to mar scen ery. - - "--,.!'-..,. Products in Fir Street Market & Gmcory Main 700 35c lb. 25c lb. 38c lb. 49c Grape Fruit $l.UO FRISKIE'S T ' p
