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Tuesday, February 1C, 1932
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA QKANPE, ORE, r : :
O.-W. STATION
AT HILGARD
CLOSED FRIDAY
By Wllmurth Wclincr
(Observer Correspondent)
HILGARD (Special) The, Hilgard
O.-W. R. & N. station agency was
.officially closed Friday at 2 o'clock.
M. A. Stearns, who has been agent
for almost a year, is preparing to
move to Umatilla, where he will re-j
, sume amies on second trick. How
ever, two operators will be left here
for the present.
Claude and Gene Bartmess left
Wednesday for Alsea, Ore., "to l6ok
over farming 'possibilities in that
part of the state. . .
Mr. and Mrs. ,7111,1 an Dixon, for
mer pioneer resldentsof Hilgard, are
moving back here to make their
home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Price and Mr.
and Mrs. Al Reynolds, of La Grande,
motored to Condon last Saturday to
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Webber. Mr. Webber was for
merly employed in La Grande.
Mrs. Bidder, of Union, Is a guest
,&t the home of hep daughter, Mrs.
M. A. Stearns.
Mrs. Ira Cantrell was a Hilgard
visitor Friday. Mrs. Cantrell is liv
ing In La Grande.
Little Miss Lou Ann Price, of La
Grande, spent Friday and Saturday
at the home of her grandparonts, Mr.
hud Mrs. J. B. Weimer.
Mr. and Mrs.' Pete Townsend re
turned to their homo at the Mt.
"Emily camp Tuesday after spending
the last few months in Baker.
Mr. Hudson arrived Saturday eve
ning to take the place of Mrs. Belva
Galloway as second trick operator at
the depot.
. Mrs. Rose Reevo left last Saturday
for Rieth where she Is visiting at the
home of her daughter, Mr. George
Voris. . ... . .
Two picturesque looking carloads
pf gypsies en route east, stopped here
Friday afternoon. These are the first
to pass this way this season.
WASHINGTON
HIS LIFE STORY IN PICTURES, COMMEMORATING
THE 200TII ANNIVERSARY OF. HIS BIRTH :
7. Victories
. . ; ' .' ; faced AeBiIBoil
Lauroao Harris, Time, Joyce Williams,
Spirit of : Easter. ' They were' assisted
by a cast of about 40. v
.Tho cast for '"West of Broadway'1
has been chosen and rehearsals are
being held regularly. The play will
be put on at the City opera house
Feb. 30 and 27. This 1b under the
auspices of the legion and auxiliary.
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IMBLER
PERSONALS
s .$ s4
By Mrs. Hay Wilson
(Observer Correspondent)
IMBLER (Spccinl) The Ladies Re
lief society of the L. D. S. church
will have a party at their church
Tuesday afternoon. Members are, to
cumo in costume of the Washington
period as a Washington bl-centen-
DON'T FORGET
TO PHONE THAT
WANT-AD
YOU can quickly raise extra
cash by selling some of
those things you no longer
need. A Want-Ad will find an
answer to any of your wants.
PHONE MAIN 60Q
Wuitunglon crossing the Delate
""'He encouraged privateers to attack Bnt- . v
ish tummerce.
By NBA Service '
George Washington s genius in training raw recruits, his aDiuty to rany Congress ana
obtain funds, munitions and provisions stood the colonial army In good stead In the early,
trying days of the revolution.
He was a stern disciplinarian. Dishonesty drew heavy penalties. Deserters and plun
derers were flogged. He once-erected a 40-foot gallows os a warning.
On the other hand, Washington won the devotion of his men by seeking better treat
ment for them from Congress. He often, complained of their short rations.
His shrewd generalship In seizing Dorchester Heights, overlooked Boston, on March 4.
1776, forced the British to evacuate tthe city and leave behind 200 cannon and ammunition.
But when Washington hurried to the defense of New York he ws badly beaten, forced
t Pcseiten and plunderers were flogged.
to retreat in New Jersey and was nearly captured. The dark da,ys that followed, however;
were climaxed by three brilliant victories.
Forced to flee across the Delaware at Trenton on Dep. 8, 177A he seized every boat within
100 miles, so that the enemy could not, follow. Then, on Christmas night, he recrossed
the e-filled river with 2400 men. completely surprised the enemy soldiers, took 1000
prisoners and a large amount of arms and .munitions.
Tliis vlptqry, , coupled with that shprtly qfterward at Princeton, revived the colonistn'
lagging spirits, brpughf a. rush pf new recruits and encouraged foreign sympathy to the
Americans' fight. . -f. . ...
TOMOKHOW: Valley Forge.
nial program will be given. One fea
ture of this program , will be the rpll
call each member responding with
a quotation from Washington. '
A party, in the nature of a sur
prise on Gene Bloom, ' was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Rol
lins Friday night. Those present
were Mr.- and Mrs. Gene Bloom, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Parrens, Mr. and Mrs.
John Morris, Mr, and Mrs. Milo Pratt,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer .Weis, Mr. and
Mrs. Skeen, Luther Bell and the host
and hostess. Refreshments were
served. - 1
The Women's club met at the
homo of Mrs. Chas. Cleaver Wednes
day afternoon. Mrs. Etta Welch was
tho leader and the subject was the
Yellowstone park.
Miss Andrew and students enter
tained Miss Bond and her pupils Fri
day afternoon with a valentine and
Lincoln program. After the guests
had . departed valentines were ex
changed and refreshments served.
Appropriate programs were given
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc
Kinnls. Mrs. Anna Pratt announces that
the sewing club will tie a quilt for
county relief' vork a their next
meeting Thursday, Feb. 18, which
will be held at the home of Martha
Buchanan, and adds that anyone will
he welcome who cares to attend.
The Imbler M. I. A. basketball
team met defeat in the first game
of the tournament Thursday night
In Union 'at the hands of the Mt.
Glen quintet. The game was a hair
raiser throughout so close were the
scores. Five minutes before closing
time Imbler was leading by 6 points,
but when it was time to lock up
for the night; Mt. Glen was on the
long end by one lonely marker, win
ning 88-37.
Tho local ward members of the
L. D. S. church have their annual
conference at their church here Sun
day night. Two short plays were
presented in addition to many other
features of the program.
Lucy McClune, of Elgin, is visit'
; LADD CANYON
; PERSONALS
ly Mrs; (HuirlPS (3 randy
(Observer Correspondent)
LADD CANYON ( Special ) Lloyd
Cross, son of H. S. Cross, Is still at
Hot Lake, where he was taken about
KING UTAH COAL'S distino
tion comes from delivering
extra quality and extra service.
The reason is: KING UTAH
COAL LASTS LONGER.
Call your KING COAL
Dealer today.
UNITED STATES FUEL COMPANY
Largest Producers pf Coal in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY
In hnth 1m VilrrVi onVinnl nnrl t-Vin
grade rooms Friday to . commemorate ngt the home of Mr. and Mrs. J
the 123rd birthday of Lincoln. In '
tho high school an attempt was made
to hook up with the NBC over the
radio to hear a program In honor
of Lincoln. This was unsuccessful, T
as the Spokane station was not
broadcasting the network at that
timo. However, a short, interesting $ $
program was held and followed by
a pep rally In preparation of this
week's games.
Miss Vivian McFall accompanied
R. M. McCoy and William Graybeal
tn Ti-vi rn mhorn nil t Virno a ro visit..
ing relatives. Mr. McCoy expects hlo 10 s"ln8 ttom pneu-
son. Mack, to return home with him. mn"' He was verV 111 but ls
Mack has spent the winter there, lpr now and doing well. .He is
working and attending school"' part th,e ao,n" pI . ;.w.h-'ls-recoy.
of the time. Mr. Oraytaeal expects to "'"? from a broken "P" ls WBlk
rcmaln thero for some time, but tho '"8 now with the old of n pair of
others were expected home last Sat- I uw ' :
urday night. Mrs- ""W w- bler returned
Ross Perry Installed an electric homo Wednesday evening from Bend,
water system in his house last week, "he she' had gone to attend the
Mrs. Gale Beem has been 111 tho '"neral of Mrs. Rosanna Reynolds,
past week of the yellow Jaundice. Who is the mother of Mrs. Pcebler's
Q. E. Conklin left for Portland 't,r' Mra- MaBB'e Reynolds. Both
Saturday evening. Ho plans to stay wmen lived at Bend and both wore
at the veterans' hospital for an in- formerly of La Grande. Mrs, Peebler
definite time for examinations and ' drov0 down wlth her son' Waltef- '
medical treatment. . ! Mr' and Mr"- Henr!' fwln and
The association shipped a cor of .laughter. Lois Jean, have returned
cattle from Imbler to Portland Sat- homo f"m tnclr trlP to Por"and,
ur(jay whero they visited his parents. Dr.
. Lccal residents say they have iised antl Mrs- w- Ewln' and their aunt,
more fuel already this winter than MlB6 Margaret- Dobbin, and his
is usually required until spring. : brother, Sherrell Ewln. They re
Many fuel supplies wore replenished VovUA that Sherrell, who formerly
this past week Uy shipments of cool , llvetl here' 18 working at Hood River
in addition to the wood that , was a"l Miss Dobbin, who fell and
honied from the nearby mountains. . orolI ner hlP ln La Grantle la8t ""
Mr. ond Mrs. John McKinnis spent ' U bedfast but doing well. She
Sunday visiting at the home of his was PIacccl ln body CBSt and onc-
ago. Mr. Ewln frosted both of his
j feet quite badly while returning
j home and has been unable to get
out of the house since. ,
The Get-Together club womexi had
a very pleasant meeting at tho homo
of Mrs. Ethel Sherwood Thursday af
J tcrnoon. The meeting was to have
"been a week ago but was postponed,
due to the fact that every road In
Ladd Canyon was drifted full of snpw
l( and no apparent let-up of the bllz
j aard. After the business meeting,
: which was presided over by Mrs.
Henry Counsoll, the women very
much enjoyed a white elephant' sale,
whtch they had arranged as a bene
fit for their flower fund. Follow
ing the sale, Mrs. Sherwood served
a lovely two-course luncheon. Their
next meeting will be with Mrs. Ver
non Sherwood on Feb. 18. .
IT'S THE
THAT COUNT
r. of o. iivi:s' high honor
"KING COAL"
QUICK STARTING, LONG-BURNING
Handled in La Grande by " , . '
BR00MFIELD & RICHARDSON
308 Greenwood
Phone Main 714
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Feb,
15 The University of Oregon was
selected as one of the seven mo3t out
standing American colleges ln the
promotion of International good will
and understanding during 1931 in
tho national Fidac cempetltion. It
was announced here by Dr. Arnold
Bennett Hall, president of the univer
sity, who Just received word from
James F. Barton, national adjutant
of the American Loglon.
i Fidac Is the organization of vet
erans' societies of the allied coun-
; trlen of the World war, and each year
awards the Fidac educational medals,
one of which goes to the college or
university with more than 1000 en
rollment, one to the Institution un
der 1000 and the third to a woman's
college. This year Princeton was
Awarded the medal In the first group,
Clarkin the second and Vassnr ln the
third.
Cotton's Superiority "
A cottnu-picking suck made of
cotton lusts 3.G times ns lone us a
suck made of burlap, nid u picking
sheet made of cotton Is 1.8 times as
durable as one mode of burl ftp, ac
cording to estimates by the bureau
of agricultural economics United
States Department of Agriculture,
based uiwn cotton farmers' report.
V
S.S$$$.8$S$.i to pull It back onto the track. In Mrs. William Russen, continues to
"FT PTN Pl?l?5fYN AT Q $ fWes aiter tne arrival or the improve slowly. Hor broken, arm has
rjlAjllN XUjIVQVJIN AJjO ehglpe from La Grande, the freight been rather slow to knit but the last
$ f4 tjroin was pn tn way., (:, . ; X-ray shows a small line of knitting.
. : . By Mrs. Lynn Hill Little Tommy Barnes, who; broke A pageant, "Th(i Gifts of Time,"
(Observer Correspondent). his log some time ago, is again at Was presented at the Presbyterian
ELGIN (Special) The deep snow school.- He is not able td walk. the church Sunday night. The pvesep-
and Ice of last week caused the en- distance, but with the use of tatlon was under the direction of
glne of the freight train to leavo crutches and with his leg In a cast, Mrs. L, B. Williams, M.- Jesse Orum
the rails, on the spur, Thursday. An he is able to get along . while at ond Mrs. Paul Sadler. Helen Reed
engine was called out from La Grande school. .' - represented the Spirit of Christmas,
! Chats With J
t Parents 1
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! " I' EATING IN COMFORT 1
1 Bv Alice Jpilsou Peale .
' Suppose that for every meal you
1 had to be hoisted into a chair ap
proximately the height of a Bmall
step ladder. ' ' f
Or suppose that you had; to' sit
with dangling h?gfe atop an uncertain
pile of telephone directories, while
ovon then tle tabl? was so high for
you that you just cleared its surface
with your chin,
Suppose that J h addition ypu had
to us? enormous unwleldly forks and
spoons and lift a, very heavy cup that
taxed your strength.'
' Do you, think that under those
circumstances your appetite would
thrive, your manners would be smooth
and you would go through, each meal
with a pleasant disposition?'
'' Yot'many a child Is expected to eat
promptly, pojltely and Uncomplain
ingly under JuBt ' such, conditions. If
tho child is to acquire desirable eat
ing habits ho must first pf ail eat
in comfort. . . - -
He should sit In. a chair that al
lows ls feet to rest flatly upon, the
floor when he sits well back in his
seat. His table should be the proper
height to gb''yith his chair. " '
When first he begins to feed him
self ' he should have a small tea
spoon with a short, straight handle,
and a bowl about; five Inches across
with steeply sloping but not straight
cities. i
Such a dish holds his food com
pactly and enables him to get It ufon
his spoon without having to puriue
it.frojrf one Bicte q( the disV fo the
other.; , ,- '. ' ...
His; cup should be email enough
for him to. grasp firmly with both
hands. Jts handle should be so wide
that his fingers curl aboucit securely.
And the cup should be no larger
than necessary to hold about five or
six fluid ounces, so that it will not
Beem heavy when he attempts to Hft
It full of milk. . : l '
. Rainfall and Vegetation .j -
In tropical countries covered with
lusurinnt vegetation the riunfall-ts
seldom less than 00 Inches a yeurV .
ZERO
WEATHER
AGAIN
CHECK YOUR
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ALCOHOL; '
75c GAL. .
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SIZE 44021
Other Sizes i'roporlioniffiv.Loic
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resources in building1 dni'i
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Firestone do not manufacture tires under special
brant names for mail-order houses and others to
distribute. Special-brand tires are made without
the manufacturer's name. They -are sold without
his guarantee or-responsibility for service.
Firestone manufacture'eomplote lines of tjres for
their Service Stores and Scrviec Dealers. Each line
is designated by tread design and name. The quality
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stone Tires, special-brand mail-order tires and
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Extra VALUES
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CQBDS
Th Fltcilont p(tntd Gum-Dipolnj pro
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