1 F M
j (LOCAL BRDDziFirll
grouts to Serve Waffles
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock the
Methodist' Boy Scout troop will serve
a waffle breakfast, to their fathers
and, members of the troop committee.
scout Master vamcs u. naun ana as- i
distant Scout Master Harvey Carter V
explain the reason for not inviting
the mothers to ihe breakfast by say
ing that neither. th,e masters nor the
tcouts are certain of their ability as
jvaffle makers and are timid about
Risking the critical mothers' palates.
J'Maybe next time" they say.
Returns
Mrs. Barney TlUotsen returned last
Bight from Boise where she attended
funeral services for .her brother. Ar-
thur Fletcher, who passed away re
cently following a stroke of apoplexy,
Mr. Fletpher. was one of the three
, JPJetcher brothers who owned and op
. ratcd the Fletcher Oil company.
Baby Girl Born"
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,? feivu. oiiu mia. iv. u. Miim-kun ui V wiw
n hnv. nM i..
ppiijiius vi m uuujf gin uiiii unti, , . " " r ;
17- They have named the child Donna today-
Rael Mr. and' Mrs. Whallon make!
their home at 2702 North Greenwood. ' Pussy Willows Out
' . j Pussy willows, heralds of spring.
Qa Business are growing in profusion in a slough
F, W. Allen, of Portland, Is among near the highway the other .side , of
the visitors In La Grande today. Holmbler. Thee are the first that have
Is transacting business for a newly i been reported in this vicinity this
.prgonlzcd Portland oil company
wiich he represents.
Wurrlcd
.i. John Frederick Kunzler and Rosa
B. Shuey obtained a marriage license .
Irom the county clerk yesterday at-
tcrnoon and were married by Judge L.
penham, justice of the peace. Mr.
JKunzlcr gave his address as La
Grande, and Miss Shuey lived at Hll-gard.
Motion Day
Regular motion day will bo held
in the circuit court on Monday, with
,Judge J. W. Knowles presiding.
i Bronchial Trouble
MODESTO, Cal.,
"Dr. Pierce's
VOvJT j Golden Medical
I g Discovery was of
; I ?L y BO much benefit
1 I sSNfs to me years ago,"
sald Mrs A- H'
HJ M Pemoerton, of 106
i ip Spruce St-. '1 was
.,fl man but a mala
rial weakness and bronchial trouble
- made me feel like an old one. I
could scarcely drag around to at
tend to my household duties when
, I started to take Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, tout a few bottles
of it rid me entirely of all malarial
. symptoms and gave me strength -and
endurance It also helped my bron
, vOhliU trouble a great deal. I began
: to feci better, even while taking ,the
fjrs:t bottle." Ask your druggist for
1 Div pier;es Discovery
It's got to be good to be
ADVERTISED
All the king's horses . . . and all the king's men can't
'. make a. success out of a bad product. No amount of
; advertising wiU create a market for iti The more it's
advertised, the more its defects become known.
-. But a good product well advertised grows as swiftly
i and naturally as a healthy plant. People try it and like
it. They tell others. They like it, Soon; that . product is
; found everywhere . . . and its name, spread abroad by
1 advertising, is on every tongue,
. When you see something widely and consistently
advertised, you can be pretty sure it's well worth hav
ing. If it weren't ... if it didn't represent an honest
and worthy value . . . the maker couldn't afford to
advertise it.
Look over the advertisements in this paper. Some
: of these names you know. Others perhaps. are new
. comers, potential friends bringing some new comfort
ox; convenience. But all are entitled to your trust '. . .
all are here becatfse they have something real to con
tribute, to your advantage . . .. your service . . . your
happiness.
County Audit. )
The county auditors, who visit La
Qrande periodically, - went ' over the
county books yesterday it Is reported.
Tn Meet
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union will meet next Tuesday, Jan.
26, at 2:30 with Mrs. T. E. Plerson,
1205 N avenue.
Program"
The-La Grande L. D. S. First Ward
of the M. I. A. Is sponsoring the pro
gram, for sacrament meeting atv7:30
Sunday evening at the church;, .The
boys from the Trail Builders of the
primary will act as ushers and also
take .part pn the program.
Ragles Meet
Initiation was held last night at
tho Bogles lodge meeting at the hall,
after which the men were entertained
at a dance given by the auxiliary. .A
Marge initiatory class is expected to
f bo- taken into the lnrlcn nMt Thiiwt.
.
Idav Rveninc. Rav Patton. nresldent.
year.
Elks Meet
The , Elks met last night at 8 o'clock
at the temple for a regular business
meeting, and Norman Desilot, chair.-
man of tho past exalted rulers night
committee, reported on tho activities
exalted
night will be held eb. 4.
Close Early
Starting tomorrow evening, all drug,
stores in the city will cfcose at , 0
o'clock on .Saturday evening instead-
of 10, It Is announced. The druggists
of the city have agreed on the new
closing time.
Depews Business hit
Chnunpej Depew was an well
known as an orator and ftf i.er-iin- j
ner speaker that many people lose
sight of the fact Hint he was a
prominent lawyer, bank director onfl
railway executive. He served ivr;
terms In the United States senaU?
and attended every .republican na
tional convention from 1SSS to 11)24.
In 1024 he was a delegatei hut : UH
ness prevented attotidance.
'DID VQU KNOW '
we dp wet wash 4c pound damp
wash fic lb. with flat work
Ironed. Save the drudgery of
home washing, also chances of
bad colds for only a few-cents.
Modern Laundry
PHONE MAIN 77
Alive Again At
y.W.KA. Event
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. In the gay nineties, the day of
the Floradora gtrl, when melodrama
reigned supreme and "Alter the. pall"
was the .popular song of the ..day.
Laura Jean Ubbey, one of the most
sentimental , of the novelists, wrote,
"Was Sho Sweetheart, ..or Wife'" .The
wedding scene. from that melodr&raa;
will he only one , of . the . treats that
will bo presented at the Vtottiodlst
church next Monday evening at 8
o'clock, when ' the' program' of the
"Gay Ninettes" la produced, for the
second time.
' W,hen , presented before the Young
Women's ..ucatlonal auxiliary atr .a
recent meeting it hjet with Instant
success, and many . requests . wero
heard to have the entire program
again. Miss Mabel Doty states. The
costs of. the various, suits, have .been
rehearsing, the program ; has been
augmented and Miss .Doty believes
that It will be one of the ,nb en
tertaining events of the entire win
ter. "Was Sho .Sweetheart or ,Wtfe?"
That question will be answered by
ah able cast . who' present the wed-,
ding scone.1 ;Irene Thursby, 1 the
bride, Is portrayed by Mrs. Cori:Hard
lng Scott; wh$le her fiance, Austin
Mordaunt, an adventurer with as
black a character as woman ,ever
, painted In a .melodramatic novel. Is
'.played ,by Mrs. . ; Thomas .Mopulre.
uelda'. Forrest, who rises up from
he past to haunt the adventurer, is
Wallslneer plays the part of -Sarah
Jones, .who sees "that Justice .will be
done-"; Miss Mae Stearns is the min
ister; iMiss Nello Qrimmett, .mother
of the bride; Mrs. Homer Leffel, as
.Senator Mordaunt, father of the
bridegroom; Miss Sarah Will lams on.
father ,of the bride. Quests in cos
tume also .attend the .ceremony.
' MIbo Mabel Doty will present the
high lights of the '90s; after which
Miss Morelock and Miss Myrtle Hoyt,
assisted by the sextet, will panto
mime "Daisy Belie." a song of the
period. A skit, "All On a Summer's
Day." will he presented by Miss Helen
Williams, Miss Jean Williams, Miss
Agnes Palmer and Mrs. L, Skecn.
' A sextet, composed of Mrs. Sher
wood 'Williams, Mrs. Hay Fuller, Mrs.
Bcott, Mrs. H. C. McQIay, Mrs. A. W.
LNolson and Mrs, R. P. Tyler,, will
stng a group of songs of the '90s.
Miss, Ruth Margaret Hall has ar
ranged a skit, "A Sunday Afternoon
in 1890." which wiU be presented by
Miss Nell Mahaffey, Mrs. E. 3. Heass-
ler, -Mrs. Beatrice Young and Miss
Jean Williams.
Rabbit Fur Widely Uted
Use of rabbit skins In the fur
trade Is Increasing rapidly, due to
the' disappearance of many of the
finer pelted fur animnls. More rah
bit fur le now used than any other
kind In the making of fur garments.
Jrimlmngj?, glove linings .and felt .for
hats.
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Now levea lirRilu mi Tiiliiilintclile
rioort condition! were described as
after
LOSTINE
PERSONALS
By Jrs. Win. Wlggans
(Observer. Correspondent)
LOSTINE (Special) Ben Kelley
left Friday for Pomeroy where he
wilt spend some time on business and
visiting friends. -
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Allen Mn
company with Mrs. Obber Ward
drove to La Qrande Wednesday.1 s
Mike Gray and family, of Bend,
have been visiting relatives here.
The Misses Martha and Marjory
Fisher were weekend visitors with
friends, in Enterprise.
Mr. and Mrs. George Tilton were
In La Grande last week ,visittng their
daughter, Mrs. Henry Counsel!, and
other friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Haun and daugh
ter. Kathleen, were JUi La Grande
Tuesday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Roe
Buchanan.
Mrs, Wm. Wlggans entertained Mra
Max Cook, Mrs. Sturms, Mrs. Poley
and Mrs. Irwin Whltmoro at dinner
Wednesday.
The Christian Ladies Aid met Tues
day at the home of Mrs. O. J. Poley.
with 17 members present. After the
business meeting the remainder of
the afternoon wag devoted to .hand
work and visiting. Mrs. Poley ser-
vi.h nnnii. nin nnri tea. The next
mcctlnc will, be- held, on Feb. 2 at
the home ot Mrs.. Charles Pago.
Van Goodman, of .Tfreka, Cal., and
Miss' Elnora Hansen, of La Grande,
have been spending the week tn Wal
lowa county. ' They . were Sunday
guests, of Mr- and. Mrs. F. B. Leonard.
' r.H,.
family Wn$ mys'rot W this wec
Trout creek.
1 A number of friends of Mrs. F.
Whltmoro, colled on hei, Thursday
evening and spent a very pleasant
time playing pinochle.
Mrs. Earl Allen has been HI tor a
few days of tho flu and was unable
to be at the post office.
After the meeting of the Rebekah
lodge Tuesday evening, the members
went la a group to the home of Miss
Bculah Mnglll and hnd a social hour
and refreshments. There were 12
women present.
Two more men of Lostlnc were put
to work this week by the highway
commission.'
The hard timo dance given at Los
tine Saturday night was not so well
patrpnlzed.' The admission was a
dollar's worth of groceries pr pro
duce to be given to the needy.
MARVIN, CHILDEItH TItlAL V1X
, OI'KN ON NEST MONDAY
(Continued From Page One)
ments against County Judge Edgar
Marvin In connection with the Joseph
bank was found to be groundless by
the auditors checking over the books,
says the Sun.
According to the report Judge Mar
vin was charged with having failed
to pay interest to the bank on a note
and the auditors uncovered records
showing that the Interest had been
paid and entered upon the books of
the bonk In the Cay's business.
HEMLOCK GROCERY
207 Hemlock St. Phone 212-J
GOOD GROCERIES AT LOWER PRICES
Specials for Saturday
CALUMET BAKING POWDER, 97
Pound Can t I C
GHIRARDELLI GROUND CHOCOLATE, 9Q
Pound . OOL,
GREEN BEANS, 2 Cans K
No. 2 Twin Peak Brand .'.
SWANSDOWN CAKE OQ
FLOUR UDKj
FANCY JONATHAN APPLES, 65c
Baked Goods Specials
MINCE PIES, -I Q
Delicious, each J.IC
SPICE CUP CAKES, . - r
Jack Frost Icing, Doz LOis
FRUIT COFFEE CAKES, 25C
Quantities Limited Two Deliveries Daily
AS RAGING FLOODS MAR
river flootlMl 50.000 acres uml maroon
the Worst In history in the entire T
a break In the levee bd sent tnc
This Game
of Golf
$$$)(
By O. U. Kevtcr
Wiffy Cox sarved notlco In the first
show of the winter season that he was
going to be .tough for tho other boys.
He won a goo'd match play cham
pionship the open affair at the Lake
Merced country club of San Fran
cisco. Thc'itouruament Is one of
tho three most Important events of
tho Pacific coast winter program.
. Ac in the national open. George
yon Elm was runner-up. knocking
of Joe Kirkwood along 'the route
to a meeting with Viffy. If you
will pardon me. I will pause to In
sist that the name, or rather the
nickname, is Wlffy and not Whiffy.
I do not like Whiffy; It conveys an
idea of whUflng. or striking out, as
tu baseball, which I usod to write
In large quantities, many years n:o.
As I take it, the name Is Wlffy,
a contraction or Wilfred. And cer
tainly the Brooklyn boy's swing is
sufficiently' accurate to reliovo him
of any suspicion of whiffing golf
balls in any situation
No Young Huts pur
. .Wlffy Is not among tho flaming
youth, 'contingent. He Is by no
, means eiaeriy, or vencraoio. mit
9 iB rtot)g in tho thirties; and his
whimsical features are crinkled
yith linos which group themselves
readily Into a very flashing smile.
At Interlachen during the 1030
open championships it was extreme
ly warm. Jt was1 warmer than that,
! with tho pretty utile
; cvaMo. , Everybody
"the world about I
Bobby Jones camo in from bis
first round in such ''shape that I
had to cut his necktlo off; tho knot
-wa,a drenched and "set." Cyril Tol- ,
ley put in an appcaranco which In
spired Herb Graffls to the best lino
of the tournament.
. "Mr. Tolley," suld Mr. Graffls, "re
sembled an iceman who has carried
a hundred pounds of Ice up flvo
flights of stairs and found tho lady
of tho hot i bo was out."
Charlie Hall, the hard-ldtting Bir
mingham professional, now president
of tho American P. G. A came In
with a 92 and gave up.
y "Thin championship." sold Char
lie, "will go to the man with the '
thickest skull I" '
X told that to Bobby, after he'd
won. He grinned. j
"Maybe it did!" ho rejoined. 1
Heat Veteran
$&r. Cox appeared to suffer less
.than anybody else. Habitually he
appeared dry and hard and uncon
cerned. Then a story ran about tho
place that Witry didn't mind the
heat because he had been a stoker
on the battleship Texas.
This had tho makings of a good
little story, if true. I went to Mr.
Cox with it. He bridled somewhat
you never can tell what a golfer
WiU get offended at these days.
"Why, no," he said. "There's
nothing In that, at all. It was not
tho Texas. It was the Dakota I"
Tho field through which Wiffy
00N 7500 IN MISSISSIPPI
id 7.100 iirson. In the MlKsUslnnl
ullutiatchio Iwslii. The pliota here
swirling floud wutcrs Imu t(e. little
proceeded at Lake Merced was no
soft cne. It Included Billlo Burke,
open champion, and his touring
companion. Georgo yon Elm; Gene
SnroKen, Horton Smith, medalist,
who. had to retire following an ac
cklont; I Walter Hngen, Harry Coo
ler, Jce Kirkwood. Mortle and OUn
Dutra, Fred Morrison, Willie Hunter,
antl plonty of capable stars.,
Wttfy really is off to a good start,
this season.
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Sporl Slants
3$$1$$$3$$M
By Alan J. Gould
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
' Pro.; Billy MoCarney, long ono of
pugilism's be t known journeymen,
so far forgot himsolf on tho way to
Miami recently as to step off the
'rottler" and wire as follows to our
Mr. Edward J. Noil, the boxing ex
pert: "Jacksonville Fla Jar. 0 937P
"Eddlo Neil boxing editor Associ
ated Press New York N Y i
"Canvass of male passengers on
train majority of them residents ot
Florida 'indicate whopper gate at
Miami for Schmeling Walker fight.
'BILLY McGARNEY."
Tho onthusiasr, or Prol. McCar-.
rey, who has been peering intently
for many years, cooled rapidly upon
ms
arrival on Miami's famous
shores. Forthwith he wired , Joo
Jacobs, Schmeling's manager, that
tho prospects for a "whopper gate"
wcro very poor indeed and the fight
was called off. ' .
, Fascinating, though. Is that pic
Savings for Saturday and Monday
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Santa Clara
the Sweet Kind
2 -Lb.
Carton
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DARIGOLD
MILK
4 Cans
25c
You Are Your Own
. 35c
ileltA arret betow MemplilH. Tenn.
shows a street' In Slinrkey, Miss, Just
town.
ture of Pijof. McCarnoy. threading
hio way along tho Pullman aisles
interrogating the . nuilo passengers
and gaining a rosponse so enthusi
astic that he- was moved to leap
off at tho first stop In Florida, rush
Into the telegraph office and send
the glad tidings prepaid.
Dropklek iteconl
A trifle belated, to the extent of
10 years, recognition has gone to a
grey-haired citizen of Birmingham,
Ala., for booting tho longest drop
kick field goal la football history.
Ho Is, as you may already have
noted, J. P. Ross, and he achieved
his record performance in a game
between, tho Birmingham A. C. and
University of Alabama. Nov. 13, 1802.
" To .Jerry ' :Bryan of Birmingham,
I am Indebted for a full story of the
facts, all of which have now beon(
substantiated, 'by friends of 'Ross
and placed' In tho hands .of Parke
tx. uaviB, grmmm Historian ' ana pistols, still strapped to his legs,
record-keeper.'., Ross's kick won the1 He refused to see her yesterday
game- for Birmingham A. O., O'to 4,JiWnen sho went to. the prison to say
as fiold goals counted ono poinb more goodbye, because, ho said, he had
than touchdowns tn tnoso days.
Conttellation Stationary
The consteltntltm known us thajthe electrocution chamber.
Hroat Hipper steins 10 more nrounq
the North slnr once every 23 hours
and about 50 minutes. Thle mo
tion Is, of course, meroty npiuuent,
ns It is the' eurtb which actually
moves. ' ,
Wqlt toes Far Dqwn
The. docpest well that has" yei
boon dug lflbmit n iuIIq uud three
qua rtrn t1oD '
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SWIFTS PURE , ,
LARD
2 Carton 2QC
FULL CREAM
CHEESE
16c
Pound
WHITE MEAT
Tuna
So. Vi .1
Can
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Best Foods
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Jar 25C
Fine Cane
SUGAR
10-lb...Bag 49c
20-lb.; Bag 97c
BUTTER
2'ltoll : :.53C
Judge as to Quality
Piffffly Wiggly
RAILROAD WAGE
DISPUTE APPEARS
NEAR AGREEMENT
(Continued From Page One) ;
I of tbs railroads adopting , tho . six
hour day.
The resolution was offered Dy
1 Chairman Couzena of the intcrstato
commerce committee, whloh car) lor ;
had approved it unanimously.
The commission would be asfed
to report by December 31, 1932. ;
Couzons said reports had como 10
him that If congress took bqitio in
terest In the six hour day an agree- -:
mcnt might be reached between con- :
J tending factions.
Couzens said he had ;becn informed
i tho principal point of difference at ,
i tlie Chicago wage conference was tho
six hour day and there was a lack of
I luforiruition as to the effect the short
er work day would have on preuent
conditions.
ITWO-BILION
DOLLAH BILL
UP TO HOOVER
(Continued Prom Page One) .
f Oaten Dawea, of Chicago to head the t
corporation.....
The house appropriations commit
tee Is prepared to speed through that
branch of congress an appropriation
of 9500,000,000 to start the .corpora
tion functioning..
MITCHELL INSTRUCTED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 yp) Tho
senate today requested Attorney Gen
eral Mitchell to advise the senate
judiciary' committee before agreeing
to a settlement of the government's
anti-trust Auit against the big radio
corporations.
GARNER .FAVORS VOTE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 33 (A1) Speak
er Garner said today "a lair Inter-,
pretatlon of the rules would seem to
permit a vote" this session on both
re-submission of the 16th amendment
and on modification of the. Volstead
act. .... -.
ELECTRIC CHAIR
EXACTS PENALTY
(Continued .From Page One)
when .100 or more police, armed with
automatic rifles and tear gas 'bombs
swarmed .over an upper west side
apartment house and dragged Crowley
u nuuuuni nuu nun viiu viuuu .
heard she was "going with a cop." '
His last fe.w minutes in his death
cell were spent eating. Ice cream and
admiring a. picture he had drawn of
Ha entered the death room with a
grin on his face and his fists clenched.'
"Hello, sargef"' he said ini greeting
to one of the officers. , '
As the head electrode was fitted ho
mumbled, "My last wish is to send,'
my lo.vo to my mother." ; "l..f(
Ho referred to his foster mother,';
Mrs. Anna Crowley, who had' given;
him the only name he ever had andi
to whom ' tho body was turned over
today.
January 23 and 25
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tl Pounds . 25c
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