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i Tuesday, July 3, 1934 '
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER LA GRANDE, ORE.
Pajjre Three
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President's , Board Confers to End Ship Strike
,1. METSOPOLUS
NOBLE GRAND
OF LODGE 154
WAUOWA COUNTY'!
PIONEER PASSES'
Miss Mabel Morton
Society Editor
Phone: Mala 600 Until Noon
! Comrade S. A. Anderson, Given Party
By Daughters of Union Veterans
On His Ninety-Second Birthday
Monday afternoon, July 2, the
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Civil War, celebrated with Comrade
B.' A- Anderson at his home at 605 M
StY&lue, that day having been his
92nds birthday anniversary. The af
f ternoon was speht with games, music
and conversation, Mr. Anderson, who
( la the only civil war veteran In Un
j ion county and who is in the best
j of health, enjoying the afternoon very
much. Included In the refreshments
I were two large birthday cakes made
f by Mrs. Ray Buell. One was decor
ated with 82 small silk, flags and the
Mit her with 92 candles and the in
i -scrlptlon "Happy Birthday." The
Daughters presented Mr. Anderson
with a large bouquet of red, white
and blue flowers, as well as other
flowers and Ruth and John Oliver,
youngest children of the late J. S.
Oliver, presented, him with two bou
quets. Daughters presents were Mrs. A.
Neuklrschner, Mrs. C. R. Buell, Mrs.
C. H. Blystone, Mrs. Robert Victor,
j Mrs. E. L. Evans, Irma Martin and
I Mrs. J. S. Oliver and children. Mr.
) Anderson's son, Logan Anderson, of
: Cove, was present also,
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! E. 0. N. Graduate
! Recently Weds
At a very pretty garden wedding
Miss Dortha Dean Smith, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith of Pilot
Rock, became the bride of Leo A.
' Eaker, son of F. L. Baker of Pendle
ton, at the Smith home at Pilot Rock,
4 Rev. A. O. Pearson reading the cere
mony. - The bride was lovely in a dress of
; ivory boucle, hank knit, worn with
i hat to match. She carried bride
) races. Mrs. Ray Plnson, matron of
honor, wore a charming frock of tee
green crepe, with gray accessories,
while the two bridesmaids, Miss The
rese Monterastelli and Miss Margaret
Smith wore smart gowns of boucle
with matching turbans, Miss Mon
terastelli being In pink and Miss
Smith in coral. The three attendants
carried bouquets of roses and carna
tions. .- Ray Plnson was best man, and
Louis Plnson and Martin Leuer were
ushers. The bridal music was played
by Mrs. MacMartln.
' The bride Is a' graduate of the
Eastern Oregon Normal and has been
teaching at Pilot Rock. The groom
attended the University of Oregon
and is a member of Kappa Sigma
fraternity.
.After a wedding trip to Yellow
stone Park they will reside at the
Colonial Apartments, 311 South Main,
Pendleton.
1 Senior Class In
Party at Zaugg's
There were 32 members of senior
class of the M. I. A. attended the
party given Friday evening at the
Fred Zaugg home In the Mt. Olenn
district with Miss Eliza Zaugg, Miss
Zlna Zaugg and Carl Zaugg as the
hostesses and host. The evening was
devoted to games, first on the lawn
and later within doors and refresh
' ments followed.
It was announced that the Sr. class
Sewing club would meet on July 11
at the home of Mrs. Ernest Zaugg.
Women's Society
Has Meeting
The Woman's Missionary society of
the Methodist church, South, held a
business meeting Monday afternoon
1 at the church, with the president,
SPLINTERS
Published by
VAN PETTEN LUMBER CO.
Hugh Leonard, Editor
Many, a man thinks
everybody at a sum
mer resort goes there
for his health until
he encounters the ho
tel proprietor.
Grandfather: "I never
see 9 blush on a girl's
face now. It was dif
ferent in my day."
Flapper: "Oh, Gran
dad, what did you say
to them?"
It's getting Just about
time to think of re
coating your roof. We
have a large stock of
BLACK STONE Asbes
tos roof coating and
are selling it at a real
reasonable price.
Wagon reaches, rack
sills and material for
truck bodies cut from
good strong red fir
we always hove 'em.
"I think there's Is
company downstairs."
"How do you know?"
"I Just heard mother
laugh at one of papa's
Jokes."
"How would you like
to have a hop in my
airplane?"
"No, sah, Ah stays on
terrah flrmah; an" de
more flrmah, de less
terrah."
If you paint your
house with DUTCH
BOY White Lead, you
know that you are
getting a real Job of
painting. Why take
rhances with cheap
paint it costs more
In the long run.
Don't forget our gar
den stakes. They are
Just the thing for
large plants.
Mrs. Eula Webb having charge of
the business meeting and conducting
the devotlonals. Reports showed that
during the past month 39 visits were
paid to the sick and seven plants and
nine bouquets of flowers sent. It
was decided to hold a hostess social
committee some time the latter part
of July, the exact date to be made
known later. Mrs. Eula Webb was
elected delegate and Mrs. Ella Baker,
alternate to the missionary part of
the conference which will be held on
the afternoons of July 12 and 13 at
Milton, Ore.
Campfire Group
Picnics at Cove
The Dorlon Campfire group recently
enjoyed a picnic and swim at Cove,
Mrs. Worrell taking the girls over to
the picnic grounds from La Orande.
Those who attended were Betty Wag
ner, Nancy Lindsey, Marie Worrell,
Juanlta Clark, Mary Ellen Wagner,
and the leader. Miss Alice Milne,
with Mrs. Worrell.
1014 Take Part In
Stadium Playground
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Com stock, Pyle, Clark, Case, Roe and
Torrence; high school, Leonard, John
son, Fredericks, French, Glnsey, Rudd,
Frees, Williams, Gunn, Theis6n. Subs:
O'Rourke, Trowbridge, McCormlck
and Dawson.
Players on the senior teams are,
high school. Rothwell, Koyle, Tupper,
McGhean, Williamson, Frees, Blck
ford, Geddes, Dunn and Waldorf f;
Greenwood, C. Pyle, Biggs, D. Pyle,
McMasters, Roe, Folsom, Taylor,
Comstock, Victor, Stewart; sub, Mil
ler. '
Miss Horton reported that a twi
light kitten ball league for men is
being organized, and scheduled games
will begin next week. 1 So far the
Greenwood A. C, the Greenwood Jun
iors, the Barbers, the Lions, the
E. O. N., the Elks and, the Union
Pacific have entered teams, and the
list is still open for more entries.
Soviets Plan Diesel Motiur Race
MOSCOW VP) A road race to test
the suitability of Diesel -motored cars
Is to be run In July from Moscow to
Tiflls and return. Twenty foreign
firms from the United States, Eng
land, Germany, France, Switzerland,
Austria, Italy, Hungary and Sweden
are expected to have entries.
In Ill
Clyde Balding, who has been ULal
Hot Lake sanatorium for the last sev
eral weeks, Is reported to be some
what Improved but as yet unable to
return to his home.
SOCIAL CAJJENDAE J
Tuesday, July 3
8:00 Auxiliary to Mt. Emily
Post, V. P. W at Eagles hall.
8:00 Neighbors of Woodcraft, I.
O. O. P. hall.
Wednesday, July
Fourth of July with countless
picnics and family reunions.
Thursday, July 5
8:00 Eagles Auxiliary at the
hall.
Friday, July 8
1:15 Lucky Dozen Picnic at
Riverside Park.
"Why do married men
live longer than sln
$le men?'.'-
"Oh, no they don't,
ft Just seems longer."
We have the nicest
stock of three-eights
inch oak flooring on
hand right now that
we have ever had. It
goes together easy
and makes a tight
Joint, and Is clear.
Doctor (who had
painted- patient's
throat) : "Three dol
lars, please."
Patient: "What I
Three dollars? Why,
I had my whole kitch
en kalso mined last
week for W,"
We Sell to Sell Again.
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CAREYS WILL
LEAVE JULY 4
FOR MID-WEST
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carey and
family are to leave tomorrow by train
for the mid-west. Carey, who Is
exalted ruler of the La Grande lodge
of Elks, will attend the national Elks
convention at Kansas City and while
he Is there. Mrs. Cnrey and the child
ren will visit in Oregon, lit.
During the trip they plan to attend
the World's Fair In Chtcogo. Follow
ing this he will get a new car for the
Bunting Co. and they will drive home
from KansaB City. They expect to
be away about three weeks.
M. R. HIBBS'
BODY FOUND
BY DAUGHTER
(Continued Frum Page One)
got in touch with authorities and
Sheriff Walt Altman, of Grangevllle,
Ida., ond Coroner George W. Trenary,
of Kooskln, rode many miles on horse
back to the ranch. Hibb's body,
meanwhile, was taken to Enterprise,
Ore., for burled by C. A. Colllnsworth,
who made part of the trip on horse
back. They disclosed after findings yes
terday, that the charred remains of a
man, undoubtedly the "nutty" one,
were In the house ruins with a re
volver in it.
Hlbbs' horse was also found in a
corral, unsaddled but still wearing a
bridle.
Putting their findings together,
Sheriff Altman deduced that Hlbbs
had Just returned home, that ho was
shot after he unsaddled his horse,
that the '"nutty" man then fired the
house, and then committed suicide,
also by shooting.
But no one knew who the "nutty"
guest was.
Hibb's body will be placed beside
his wife, In the Enterprise cemetery.
He was about 70 years of ago and
is survived by three daughters, Mrs.
Barton, Mrs. Ralph Stlckney and Mrs.
Paul Butler, of Joseph; two sons,
Eorl, who hod lived with his father
until recently, and Milton, of Mon
tana. POPPY DICK A. MS liAltHLh
i china's m;w Liri;
NANKING W) In an effort to
break down China's billion-dollar
narcotic traffic, one of the worst evils
in the country, General Chiang Kai
Shek, China's crusading leader, has
forbidden opium smoking throughout
the nation.
Offender caught making, selling or
smoking the poppy derivative will be
rigorously punished.
This is part of the genernl's "new
life movement" which seeks the moral
rebirth of the Chinese. .
Era ri'M i&is?V ,j! .. . ;,
P wmmWW' t iJttfVw JLo me a cigarette .
IMfrWM: - the best smoke8 If, a '
WMtMMWMW &iH&tSymS short smoke... and then
MuCa'KL rwWW -TV I like them very much.'
KVb HAD A BERTH in the. ninth
yjMjfgfi scfjpr. It was a heavy train and a cold
9 pr night snowing and I thought about
the man with his hand on the. throttle. '
e I admire and respect those men."
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Beeklng to end nn Industrial war that has cost Pacific coast ports millions of dollars, President Roosevelt's
newly created National Longshoreman Board Is meeting In San Francisco "socking a basis for co-operation
between worker and emplcyer." Left to right, the mediation board members are: Edward P. McQrady,
assistant secretary of labor; Archbishop Edwnrd J. Hanna, and O. K. Cashing, attorney.
MRS. DUNBAR
AND PARTY AT
LAKE RESORT
Mrs. Saidte Orr Dunbar, her son,
Allen Dunbar, Mary P. BUlmeyer and
Corden Baxter, all of Portland, stop
ped in La Grande yesterday en route
to Wallowa Lake where they will re
main for several days' outing at the
resort.
Mrs. Dunbar is prominent in the
Oregon Tuberculosis association work
over the state.
FIREWORKS IN
CITY LIMITS
NOT ALLOWED
City authorities issued another
warning today agnliwt use of flre
crnckers or any explosive fireworks
within the city limits tomorrow, July
4. Sparklers and cap guns are legal,
but flrecmckers, romnn candles, sky
rockets, etc. are against the law, and
anyone who shoots such fireworks off
will be liable to face prosecution.
ENOCH MORGAN
IN COLLISION
Enoch Morgan, of La Orande, fig
ured in a minor traffic accident Sat
urday in Baker. No one was injured
nnd the cars were only slightly dam
aged. Will Rogers say3 It's surprising how
many people will vote for a rascal.
We've no doubt this view Is quite
generally shared by defeated candi
dates. .........
71 pirti'.ye yvAi yy y.
Kiwanians N ame
New. President
Dr. William J. Carrington,
ubovo, Is the now president ot
tlio Khvnnls Clubs oC the United
Stutea and Canada, elected ut
the Toronto convention. "nr
riltgtou Is a resident oC Atlantic
City. N. J.
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D. D. HALE WILL
SPEAK THURSDAY
D. D. Hale, well Vnown Portland
attorney, who is state president of
the Fraternal Order of Eagles, will ba
the speaker at an open meeting at
the local Eagles hall Thursday eve
ning. July 5 at 7:30. This meeting,
however, will be open to men only,
but members of the locul Aerlo of
Eagles are Inviting all men of the
community to attend the meeting
and hear Mr. Hale. There will be no
admission or charge of any kind for
this meeting.
Mr, Halo 1ms been In Etmtorn Ore
gon for the last week visiting the
various towns Baker, Ontario, Pen
dloton and others In the interest of
the organisation of which ho Is presi
dent. TWO CARS IN
WRECK ON ROAD
EAST OF UNION
Report of an automobile accident
Saturday four miles east of Union on
the Old Oregon Trail highway was
filed with the state police late Mon
day. Cors driven by Walter Keolo, of
Vale, ond Arthur OUlcy, of North
Powder, figured in the nccldont, unit
the report said occupunta of the Qil
ley car suffered scratches and bruises
and wero treated at North Powder.
The report said the Ollley car went
out of control and crowded Kcele's
enr off the- road, where it overturned.
Then the Gilley car again creased tho
roadway and overturned on tho loft
sldo of the highway.
Angel Meteopolus, of La Grande,
was last night Installed as noble
grand of the Wallowa lodge No. 164.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Other officers Installed were Cle
tus Rice, V. O.i Cal Clann, R. 8. N.
O.; Marlon Womack, L. 8. N. Q.;
Ward Hescock. B. 8. V. O,; O. R. Pal
mer, chaplain, and Louis Larm, conductor.
MILITARISTIC
FORCES SEEK
JAP CONTROL
(Continued rrcxa Page Oat,
considered itself compromised by a
financial scandal In which Hideo
Kuroda, vice minister of finance. Is
Involved. Individual resignations
wero given Salto, who transmitted
them to the emperor.
The scandal grew out of the oper
ation of the bonk of Formosa, a semi
official institution.
Many quarters predicted that Salto
would be directed to form another
cabinet.
. High officials of the army want a
cabinet which favors expansion of the
service, while the navy desires a
government which Is certain to take
a firm stand at the 1035 naval con
ference. u. P. JUBILEE
' PROCESSION TO
BE COLORFUL
(Continued From Page One)
. Rep. Walter M. Pierce and H. H.
Cleaver will head a celebration dele
gation to attend the Fourth of July
ovent ut Echo, Rep. Pierce Is to be
one of the speakers,
Besides tho American Legion drum
and bugle corps, the celebration wilt
bo represented at the Baker Mining
Jubilee tomorrow by Miss Vesta Mit
chell, candidate for the U, P. celebra
tion queen sponsored by tho Rotary
club. Miss Mitchell was selected
from among the qucon candidates
yesterday afternoon by a drawing,
held at the chamber of commerce
oftlco.
('of ret' Tn-cV Sduid lit Millions
SAO PAULO, Brazil (!) Soo Paulo,
which produces about half of the
world's coffee, has 190 plantations
with more than a million trees each,
tho state department of agriculture
reports. Seven plantations have more
than 30,000,000 trees, each, eight
others have 120,000,000 and still olght
mor0 have 15,000,000.
Big Dance
at 1
Pleasant Grove Grange
. On July 4 th
Evorybotly Welcome
JOSEPH (Special) Walter Boner,
residing west of town, passed away
Monday morning at about 0:00
o'clock. Mr. Boner had been about
as usual Sunday. He complained of
not feeling well some time during the
night but his condition was not re
garded as serious.
He leaves his widow, two sons and
one daughter. There are also two sis
ters, Mrs. J. B. Gregory, of Wallowa,
Mrs. Clark Amey, of Enterprise and
one brother, Clarence Boner,
Mr. Boner was a pioneer of Wal
lowa county, having lived here most
of his life. He wan a good man and
leaves a wide circle of friends.
Funeral arrungements have not
been made.
CITY DADS TO
MEET THURSDAY
The weekly meeting of the city
commission will be adjourned from
Wednesday night, July 4, to Thursday
night, July 6, because of the national
holiday, it was announced today.
LIBRARY PLANS
NOON CLOSING
The children's room at the La
Orande public library will be closed
during the noon hour from 13:00 to
1:30 o'clock each day for the rest of
the summer, members of the staff
announce today.
Permanent Waves
Includes Flngerwave, .
Haircut, Shampoo
$2.50
Others at
$3.50
and
$5.00
0t a Wave for Swimming 1.76
All Work Guaranteed
CINDERELLA SHOP
Phone Main 360 1113 Adams
PURE ICE
Delivered dally at your ' door.
Prompt and courteous service,
C. E. SHEWMAKER
ICE SERVICE
Orande Rondo Packing Plant
or phone Main 380 or 911
If You Are . Moving Between ,
Portland & La Grande
. Try .
Bond's Transfer
Operating anywhere for hire ser
vice plus common carrier freight
line service.
La Orande to Baker
Phone Main 709
'" 1 - S) mi, licoiTT & Myiu Tobacco Co.
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