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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1945)
Iaie Few .' --'XXIV ' PARLY the next morning my JLi father took Mr. Cutter back to the ..Insane Asylum from whence he had come. "He was supposed to be harmless," he had explained. "When his case came ur'ln Trustee meetins. the doc tors said he could be discharged If there -was anyone to take the responsibility for him. I couldn't m man kept In an institution Just for the lack of a place to go." "Of course you couldn't," my mother said warmly.- She was feellhg'.very benevolent. Wo were at home. One after another, the mem bers of . the Sidewalk Society called up to talk about the Are. f'Yes, it's most unfortunate," my mother said.'" But secretly she 'was as relieved -es they were. Through no fault of our own, the American House was in ashes. It had been Insured for $2500. i The day after the fire we girls spent every spare minute on the steps of the Town Hall, facing the ruins, which were still hot and smoldering. Time and time 'again we shut our eyes and opened them. We could never get aver the surprise of it. The whole village seemed lighter, as though e , shadow, had been lifted. - In place of the American House we saw only a back yard, a stable, and a stretch of field to the bay. i "I can't believe it s gone," Sue kept saying. Her voice trembled; Sue had liked-the American House better than any of us. She had a chance to run things there. '- ' '' "It's gone all right,'7 Julia told r. "And It's a good thing; too." 'Julia was, as always, practical. But she was sober, too.- ' ' Perhaps ' she felt as I did.' 'Though I wanted to live at home, I didn't want to lose the Amer ican House entirely. I wanted to be able to go in it at any time. To listen to the drummers in the office. To smell 1 Mrs. Guptlll's bread from the top of the kitchen stairs while I waited for Jay. To vet my hands on- the register whenever I felt like it. Once in a Summer Sandals 5553' ana i . By MRS. ANNE CABOT i Cool crocheted flats make mar velous hnt-wcatlior lounging shoes. The sole is crocheted of heavy rug yarn. Tics and criss cross straps are made of bright checked cotton, gingham or pas tel pique Pattorn includes sizes lor small, medium and large san dals. i To obtain complete crocheting Instructions for the summer san dals (pattern No. 5553) send 15 cents in coin, plus 1 cent postage, your name address, and the pat tern number to Anne Cabot, La British Actress HORIZONTAL 50 South Amcr 1 Pictured stage (ah.) star, 51 Discipline 13 Registered ?'""wnrrt nurse (b.) 54 sl,c nn 14 Special type of heterodyne- VERTICAL 1 She is a 2 All 3 Tantalum (symbol) 4 Polish 5 Newspaper 1 tinr.igraph 6 Arrive 7 Redact 8 Muslrsl Instrument 9 Like (miIHx) 10 l eft end (oh ) 1 1 Hardens (radio) 15 Greek letter 18 Possessive pronoun 18 Drag through mud IB Fuzzy cover ing 20 Row 23 Allot 23 Demigod 24 Mountain nymph 26 Farinaceous men I 27 Sinew 28 Heart beat 20 Isle of Wight (b.) 30 Morlndin dve 31 Withered old .!. Prirf la Ttirtirt hf 38 Country In Africa 40 Individuals 41 Blood (tuOIx) 45 Great Lake 46 Peculiar 47 Louisiana native of 1 s f I1 MM8 P 1' P F &p 15 nr rs a twn Trf s r p a ' tri jjA si T T W pj if 3 h w M m " it if" fi I I I I I I l I I I I I l 1' 1 while I might even want to sit on the well curb in the cellar. Of course, there was still the stable. On the second day we could go close up to the ruins. From there we could pick out familiar ob jects. The office stove, with all its covers missing. The bathtub, black and dented. A plant pot, holding a charred stub that had once been my mother's geranium. One of the telephones, now only a crank, a mouthpiece, and a tangle of wires. Broken pipes, lying In heaps, like Jack Straws. Radiators, already rusting. The furnace, half burled, Its arrow on zero. ... rpHERE was something dlsturb- Ing about seeing these thing: once decent, orderly now stripped and littered, right, out in the face and eyes of everyone. Something that made us resent other onlookers.'. "Go right straight home, Julia said fiercely to children who tried to Join us. Uo right home this very minute." ' On the third day, wearing old shoes and aprons, we ventured in. With long sticks to help us, we picked our way over the debris. Over bedsprlngs whose colls had snapped and splraled. Broken crockery,' A' great' sheet of cop per that had lined the tank. Bricks that still held a little heat Only the base of the chimney was standing.1 A fiat of metal had fallen over it, keeping it clear of debris. ' I put my stick down in it, won dering if it would come out smell ing of kerosene. "There' some thing in there," I called. Sue pushed me aside. "Here, let me." She took my stick and poked about. "So there is," she said. ' 'We leaned over, forgetting our dresses. There, still recognizable, was the paperweight and the brass-topped Inkwell and Mr. Cutter's chimney plate. They were black now and crusted. Once they had all been round and shin ing. ; . " It was easier to go home than Washington , , Merry-Go-Round Continued From Page 2 been introduced first. Even Well ington Koo's resolution to refer the matter back to the original committee was brushed aside. ' As usual, most of the Latin Americans come to Stettinius' support, and he won. The vote was 33 to 13. But among those voting against tho U. S. A. were China, the three Russian delega tions, France, Australia - New Zealand, Greece, . Yugoslavia, Mexico and Czechoslovakia, Hastily Stettinius adjourned the meeting ducked out of the door without calling up the other point on the agenda. Editorial (Continued from Page 2) In addition the county will re ceive about $44,995 from income tax revenues to offset tho levy on property for the county school tax of approximately $10 per school census child. What is going to happen when these. funds arc no longer avail able? That Is the question to which we should at this lime be looking for answer. City News In Brief Justice of the Peace Fred H. Guthcry nf Elgin was transacting business here Monday. He was accompanied by Mrs. Guthcry. - v.. a. spencer ot me union pa cific's Portland right of way de partment was transacting busi- iii-sb in uu urmmc monnay. Grande Evening Olu'vrr, 709 Mission St., Sun Francisco, Calif. AMHtr l I'rrvltrttN l'te 12 Continent 17 Prophet 19 Dropped 21 Gorges 2J Charge for hauling 25 Moistened 26 Kxtra 31 Pick 32 Moat rowed by tliieo persons 33 Was indebted 35 Novice 36 Ancient Kino pcan country 37 Soaks 41 Ages 42 Net 43 Small part 44 Fish sauce 47 Greek letter ' 48 Kntomnlogy (ah ) 51 CVntiliter (,il ) 52 Senior fab ) i r sir nte PR C! . T SEfc; L T. wmmm m it might have been, for Benjamin, Jay, and Ada were with tis. Ben jamin was to run the stable, grad ually selling the horses and equip ment Jay would stay Until the contract for the stage! expired. (Being young, we lived H re present) Ada was to do the work until my mother was rested. (Halt a dozen times a day my father tried to get her to go and '' down.) Mrs. Guptill had gone ir her own home, thankful, she said, for a chance to do her own clean ing. - . Right after the fire a letter had come from Cousin Victoria, who, mercifully spared by the comet, was giving her attention to other things. Would Mr. Googlns be available to work for her at Bal moral? she. wanted to kr w. "Mr. Googins?" my father re peated, bewildered. ' "Mr. Googlns?" we echoed. Then it came to us. She meant Boshy. ....... It was the first time a Job had ever been offend him. He took it, tickled to death, without even ' asking about pay. i )N day early in June, my mother and I were in the sit ting room. She was sewing and I was standing by the open win dow. The air was warm and sweet with lilacs. The day was quiet, too quiet, I thought "Now Lucy," she began, "if two- thirds of twelve . , ." "Here's Papa," I said happily. He was coming up the street with a lively, Jaunty step. "He's wav ing something." He come into the yard, looking very pleased with himself, across the piazza, inside, and . ver to my mother's chair. , ' " "Just take a look at this." ha said, flourishing a piece of paper. "You, too, Lucy." It wa a check frorr! the Insur ance company. A check lor $2500. It was the first time I hi.d ever seen such a figure outside of an arithmetic. 'Just' think what that will buy," he gloated. My mother reached an in sistent hand. "It won't buy one thing," she told him. ' "It will go right in the bank and stay there." THE END For Tots By SUE BURNETT This dainty little party frock is bound to please a mite of two to six. Ruffles will make her face look even prettier! - " ' Pattern No. 8745 Is designed for sizes 2, I, 1 5 and 6 years. Size 3 requires Hi yards of 35 or 39 inch material; 2 yards machine made ruffling to trim. For this pattern, send 20 cents, in coins, your name, address, sjze desired, and the pattern number to Sue Burnett La Grande Eve ning Observer, 701) Mission St., San Francisco, Calif. Official Records Water turned on. May 2(: ' Mrs. John Leslie, 1808 Pcnn uvenue; George Batley, 1U22 Ben ton avenue. Building Permits Helen Carpenter, repair two story frame dwelling, 2907 Third street. 'SO. George W. Brown, erect one story frame chicken house, 2108 Walnut street; $30. Hold Everything u cbjwm mmt mmt u tmm pmcm. Our Boarding House OMWCftleSWlf FOUILV VnMB VOURTMiS IS 1 . T . HERTS J'SAce'wE Took a" th j IfHLT jTASTroV.oice-iw.cOAL-oiu BOilSS Ks TENis further UP C first. IVft r pV : tOALivvosrsAteR.-rweN zsoumhy y migut . awmt's a lot out op-vfir v A I fl : fcvS&s voeee BewroAEDV -"-x'av ,j &Noumb:Vad 3 ourww.- - g : - ' I IV' : lNSttT42!Jl HOTTBRiM hi SlWCB TUB - ff W ' I , ; ; LET'S CWrXMfeBTHBj4 ACRWBS- LVST . 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