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PLENTY OF SNAPPY MUSIC FOR CELEBRATION HERE
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
Drum Corps and Bands
to Provide Lively
Tunes For Jubilee.
Assurance that three crack
drum anl bugle corps and two
top-notch bands will be here for
the semi-centennial U. P. celebra
tion was received today when a
letter came to John R. Garlty
from Richard H. Guy, drum corps
manager in Spokane, stating that
the Spokane American Legion
drum corps of 20 men and a drum
major, will positively be here for
the Jubilee.
There Is a strong probability al
so that a fourth drum corps, the
Boise legion championship corps
of Idaho, also will att?n. The
other two corps to participate In
the celebrntlon are La Grande,
Oregon state champion, and En
terprise, one of the finest corps In
the Inland Empire. The bands to
play here include the famous Og
den and La Grande bands.
Two former La Grande legion
naires are now playing with the
Spokane drum corps, Pete Russell
and Ed Stephenson, and will be
with the Washington state cham
pionship organization when it ar
rives here early the morning of
July 20. The corps will remain j
here two days, leaving for home
at 0:15 p. m. Saturday, July 21.
Garlty, who Is drum major of
the La Grande corps, also Is chair
man of the celebration commit
tee In charge of the drum corps
portion of the three-day program,
Award Decoration Contract
The contract for decorating or
the streets of La Grande during
the celebration, haa been let to
Flsk and Flsk of Hlllsboro, Ore.
The agreement Is that the com
pany will furnish all decorations
for the streets, intersections, etc.,
free of charge and solicitations
will be made only for the store
frcnt decorations.
Decoratior.3 will Include lights
across Intersections, banners t
frequent Intervals across the
streets and the decorations for th?
store fronts. Mrs. Peggy. Flsk, rep
resenting the company, is hi La
Grande contacting the merchants
with regard to the decorating of
tire Individual stores.
MKKTINtt WIDELY ADVERTISED
The annual Western Union
meeting of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, to be held
July' 17, 18 and 19, received na
tional publicity In the June copy
of the Locomotive Engineers Jour
nal published at Cleveland, Ohio.
They advertise La Grande as "The
largest small city in which you
ever met," The article used was
by the pen of C, M. Humphreys,
of this city.
THE TOWN'S FIRST BALL CLUB
LA GRANDE STADIUM IS
FINEST IN EAST OREGON
The La Grande stadium, former
ly known as the La Grande High
school athletic field until It was
rebuilt this year under the CWA
and the FERA, provides one of the
finest sports fields In Eastern Ore
gon. Here is where many of the
outstanding events of the Semi
centennial Union Pacific celebra
tion next week will be held, and
with scats being arranged around
the quarter-mile oval to seat 10,
600 persons, and with standing
room to be available for 2000 more,
celebration committeemen believe
It will provide an ideal spot for
the events scheduled there.
The field's history dates back
many, many years. Probably one
of the most important sporting
events held on the field took place
In the year 1910, when La Grande
High won the Eastern Oregon
track and field championship in a
meet that was outstanding in that
every existing record was sur
passed! Since then many a record-breaking
performance has been ehalked
up on the field.
Another event of outstanding
Importance took place there sev
eral years ago when the leading
American Leeion drum 'and bugle
corps of Oregon during the state
convention here went through
their drills and numbers In the
state drum corps contest. La
Grande's corps took part that year
only as host corps, but last year
the local organization won cham
pionship honors of Oregon, which
It still maintains. The drum corps
contest next week will be the sec
ond major demonstration of Its
kind to be staged in the stadium.
The stadium, normally. Is only
partially surrounded by seats, but
for the celebration It will be
ringed completely with benches
and grandstands. It contains a
quarter-mile oval, wide enough for
10 lanes of' runners. It also fur
nishes an Ideal baseball diamond
and football gridiron, and many a
stirring contest of brawn and skill
has been witnessed. To the north
of the oval Is a modern tennis
court, and Just east of this court
aro horses hoe courts. The stadium
la directly west of the La Grande
High school, on property belong
ing to the city board of education.
The field, itself, is perfectly lev-
elj and at the north and northeast t
j sections where it has been built
I up, cdncrctc retaining walls are
! constructed.
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One shirt, one cup, (wo mils and a couple of lints was all the
tj iilpitieiit but they were champion of their day!
WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
LA-GRANDE NEAR IDEAL
Weather conditions In La
Grande, which will be host to
thousands of out-of-town people
here next week at the Semi-centennial
Union Pacific celebration,
very nearly approach the Ideal
and this is reflected In statistics
showing Union county to bo
among the most healthful districts
In the Pacific northwest, which in
turn Ib regarded as the most
healthful region in the nation.
La Grande's summers and falls
aro particularly marvelous, and
springtime and winter do not lag
far behind. Weather extremes,
damaging storms, etc., are practic
ally unknown here, sheltered as It
Is by the high Bluo mountains,
which result in moderation lu cli
matic conditions. ,
Federal records show the normal
precipitation for La Grande to bo
19.45 Inches annually, widely dis
tributed over the- months of tho
year. Normal rnlnfall by months
follows: January 2.21, February
1.8V, March 2.00, April 1.07, May
2.05, June 1,47, July .37, August
.70, September 1.23. October 1.53,
November 2.22 and December 2.08.
The normal range In tempera
ture for the year Is a little moro
than 100 degrees. Last winter the
mercury dropped no lower than 10
above zero, and the maximum last
Kunuuor was Jut over tho 100
mark. So far this summer tho
warmest has been 1)5 above in La
Grande. For the last eight con
secutive months tho normal tem
pornturo In this city has been ex
celled. Normal snowfnll In the winter
finds around a foot in December,
a couplo of feet of snow In Janu
ary, and about a foot In February,
but frequently moro or less oicn
winters occur with litt le snow.
Last year less than a foot of snow
fell throughout the winter season,
and during nine-tenths of the
winter montha, tho ground was
bare of snow and grass was green
and growing.
Normal winters hero aro cold
eiiough to provide a natural bal
ance, intl this' nmo rule applies
to tho other seasons of tho year,
with tho result that La Gratulo
normally enjoys a pleasant, health
ful, hard-to-beat climate,
1
si;i;kin; om j-h ti ici;h
Anyone with old railroad pic
tures Is urged to bring them to
the chamber of commerce office
not later than Saturday morning.
They will be used during tho
SeiniCentennlal U. P. celebration
hero next week.
Moro than 2000 persons in New
York were active in soliciting
funds recently to aid Jews In Ger
many.
LUKSON
INN
is ready to
serve you
Ask anyone of hundr&lS of did1 pat
rons where to go for u "good cold
glass and a nibble" They'll say,
"Out to Lukson's."
During or after the Mlebrntlon you'll
enjoy tt out here where It Is cool, c(wV
and comfortable.
JOE LUKSON, Prop.
On the Oregon Trail Highway about
One Mile Eat ot Town.
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All Hail! Union Pacific Old Timers
Two long bars right in the heart of tho ci ty.
Welcome to La Grande for YOUR Semi-Centennial
Celebration. We are glad to see you, whether you
live here or not. This celebration is for you and your
friends. We hope yofl will enjoy it. Everything that
goes on during the entire three days is for your en
joyment. And, of course, with go many things to see and do
you will want a cool refreshing drink. We are pre
pared to serve you with MARINOFF BEER and a
tasty "Dutch" sandwich of some kind or an appetiz
ing sea food salad.
THE HOFBRAU
Next Door to Glass Drugs, Inc., Just Off Adams