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ifji m ii mil i iii ii.t jl ij ' 'J ji a iwipiiiiii" '" Up WOfJAN OF 83 KNITS FOR SOLDIERS MUS. ;i;.TlEI)JNp WANTON HAS ILMSHKi SKVKJtAf 8VRAT. 3; . KIIM ANJ StX'KS. Mr. 1Mj MonlKoiucry Injured liy toll; Mrs. OirKlll Huh fliMum,, Tw6 Uti-kd oidj ' Other flows,- , ; AOtVfl. , (Kast,. Tlretronlrin Special.) HELIX, Feb. 26. JMrg. Wallace CrglHM .Cold Springa ha 30 two weeks' old'chlcla. A Hufflcivnt number of- poleii have been aecured to complete the l-trin line 'Miss Eunice SmJth. nnHinti.ni hiuh ihool toacher, nan resigned, owing to -the Henloua illnctw of her mother, and left Sunday for her home at Aslrtand. ; .Mra. J. s. AnderHon has accepted the position, beginning her uutiea Monday last. Mrs. AnderHon taught here 6 years ago, at that time Miss Wllma Burrows. Service Man bptllcuted. A eorvicolag was dedluutud at the Kebckah .lodge Thursday evening, Jack Sl.clc and Eurncst Oilli-ttc be ing ttioAnombers In service. The Ho bekah.N are making a flag for the I. O.' y( F to be presented. Beside the a?'Ve named Claude liusscll and Walter Clark have joined the army. ,Wm, M. Spike cume Munduy from ltitavllle to take the place of It. M. Wilder, at the N. P. depot, who goes to RiUville. Mrs. Spike accompanied her husband and they huvo secured rooms at the M. D. Smith home. Mr. Wlld'"s family will probably remain unlit the close of school. "Willi Oavldson, 6 year old son of! v.. ji. uaviuson, rural mall currier, swallowed a violin tuner one evening lust weok. The Knights of l'ylhiuH lodge gave a social Wednesday evening last, invit ing a few friends. A muslcul pro gram and Hooverized refreshments were among the features enjoyed. The annual It of P. ball followed Friday evening. Miss Kate Bailing lectured on mis sionary, work Monday afternoon. Twenty three members of Helix lodge I. O. .0. F. attended the con vention at Ktanfleld Saturday night. Is Injured by Fall. Mrs. Mary MontKoinery fell Friday and slipped some of the bones in her left hand, requiring surgical aid. Hhe was also badly shaken up by the full. neaeasiXaWn her being In bed for u fow days. - The accident occurred on her 76th birthday.' Mrs. Catherine Stanton Is celebrat ing her 83rd birthday anniversary to-daf- knitting for the soldiers. She has knitted several pairs of socks umi sweaters Announcements have been received of a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Campbell (Jean Mctlregor) in their Dakota home. Mis. Will. Piper and son Will are home from California. Mrs. Kotherlne Tim merman is home from a trip to Nebraska and Culifor- niu. covering several weeks. Earnest Clhormley is home from Idaho where he suffered a two weeks siege of pneumonia. Alf. McAlavy Is home from an east ern trip. James Hill and Fred Kuymond were recent visitors from Pendleton. Margaret Walker and Itlunrhe Lewis walked from the Lewis home 6 miles, Saturday on a wager. HUSH WHEAT 1'ltOM. COIAMEADO DKNVfilt, Col.. Feb. S6. Approxi mator 600,000 btllshels of wheat is to be Bent from Colorado to Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico und Utah to prevent mills there from an en forced shutdown due to their reaching the end of their supply of wheat avail able for grind inir, J. K. Mullen, chair man of the milling division of the federal food administration for Colo rado, announced tonight. WASH THE KIDNEYS All the blood 1n the body passes thru Uiei kidneys every few minutes. This is why the kidneys piny such an important role In health or dicease. By some nus- terlnus process the kidney selects what ought to coiuc out of the blood and takes it out. If the kidneys are not good-work ntpn and become congested poisons accumulate and we suffer from backache, headache, lumbago, rhen mattsiu or gout. The urine is often cloody, full of sediment; channels often get sore and sleep is disturbed at night. Ho it is that Dr. Pierce, of the Invnh ls Hotel and Surgical Institute in Kuffalo, N. Y., advises "Washing the Kidneys," bv til-inking six to eight glasses of water between meals and then tr yon want to take a harmless ntedioine that will cleat1 the channels and cure the annoy ing tvmntoms, go to vour nearest drug cist hd obtain Antiric (double strength). This-Anuric," which Is so many times mors potent, than lithia will drive out the uric acid poisofis and bathe the kid neas and channels in a soothing liquid It you deBire, write for free medical advice and send sample of water for free examination. Experience has taught Dr. Pierce that "Amino" ia most nnwerfnl aa-ent in dissolving nric acid, as not water meiw sugar. 0.10.. .e. regular insurance and luc-sawr for alt FOR SALE Oil TO TJtADB for Rood sec ond hnnd automohie, one nil steel 10 bottom 14 -in. eimine rjanur plow olmost Kood as new. If . interested address Ilox :0"S, Kcdmond, tpregon. GRAND OPERA SINGERS BATTLE OVER CHILD 1 - V, ' !2- d The child In this picture Is the cen ter of a bitter court flKht being wa ged lu New York by her parents. Ar dianu that's her name is four years old. She Is shown In Ihe arms of her mother, Mme. Margarete lUatzenaucr. Metropolitan prima donna contralto. The baby's father. Kduardo Ferrarl Fontanu. former Metropolitan tenor. was divorced some time ago and Mme. Mnlzenuuer was given custody ' It . kj r i :f. - . V X ARE YOU A SUGAR SLACKER? SOME ARE DISCOVERED HERE The "sugur slacker" is the latest discovery. Peeved because the Hoover i . . ..... (regulations have banished the sugar I bowl from the table of the restaur- iant and limited the individual sugar ration to so many lumps or spoonsful, It he "sugar slacker'' is carrying sugur 'to the restaurants in his pocket, so. at least, one eating bouse proprietor declares, and states that It is surpris- j lug to find that some cf lliees slack- era urc very representative people. j Also some of .the grocers have dis- I covered that there are not a few of 1 QUOTA NOT REACHED IN SKILLED rmatilla county has failed to make ber quota in the registration ut skill ed workers in the I'nlted States Ship yard Volunteers. The quota of this county was fixed at and so far only 3h regist rations have been reported, although ten counties of the state have gone over the top. Oregon! quota was 3 J ft 1 and to dale .'Jl'iiS skilled workers have re)?- fm-m .implements and carried away if.tered. The campaign for listin,; th" the able, hodtrd population. Trans skilUd artisans of this county has imitation is the vital problem of the been curried on thrmiKh four-minute war and it is much better that wc speakers and publicity for the past send mofiey and labor to France than two weeks but those familiar with the' to add to ihe already reat transpor sit nation declare that the failure to tat ion difficulties. The machinery reach the uiiota is not due to slack-Van be bought there as economically illff hut In the relatively few skilled laborers in tills county. The Indus-:. tries of tills county are not such as o.veiop .-., 1 unison m.. 11 ... neeiieil III the shipyards and many fo the curuciiters have already g"iu' to the shipyards or have registered, 47 REGISTERED MEN GET CLASSIFICATION The following Is the classification of 17 more 1'niatilla county regis trants as established by the district board : Uoy tf. Hart 1-e. ltome Kemp --c. Hubert '. Mills r,-x. Hubert J. Vick 5-x, Henry C. Arkell 4-c. Harold I. Locke 1-f. John F. Arkell 4-c. Kd ward Crow -c, Clarond Ithea. 1-e. Uoy Howard 4-c, William It. 1-aing ; G-x, (inuir J. uuipbell 1-e. t'ainille j Delatour 2-c. I.utlier II. llolesnpple 1 1-e. (It-urge I". Chirk 1-e. John V. Mentter 1-e, Itenjalliln .1. Hendrii-I-sen 4-c. Anderson ShipiH-ntower 1-e, Jesse K. Illltiert 3-J. Kdwanl K. Lie- segang 1-f. William 11 dangler 1-e.: Hen.laniiu 1C. lOast rid;;e u-.l. Charles; K. Kastrlilge 3-J. Charles' K. Harrah 4-c. KrncsL T. French 4-c, Hans C. Nlelson 4-c. Albert V. Michael Jr. :t-.i. : Hert l'lillan 1-e. Clifford Hai-.istei '. 4-c. Fred I... Huchanan 4-c, I'red 1-:. Hlinn 4-c, Uoy I-:irktiatrick 4-c. (iwen W. llliert 1-e. Steve F. llanuil AiImiiis It. Nohlln L'-c. Floyd T. l'ln kerton .'i-.i. Charles I,. llursl. 4-c Herbert .l. I'oylen 4-c. Frank K. Fcaglns 8-.1. Walter 1, Cresswell 4-c Harri' I Klnsinger L'-c. t'lareliee W. Flick L'-c. Jam(-s H. 'ltyrnes I'-c. John H. t-'llillll 1-f. IMmer Olden Crow 4-e. Herbert A. Thompson 4-c. Jesse H.i: rington -J-c, Theodore C. Parks '-c. iryllSS IVlUKt-iArM KtLAlU H;R WORK FOR FRANCE . Says I 'arm iliis Arc Needed to l!e II claim United l aud E.."oo Acit s Alrcatly ('iilthatcil. j Western Kirls wit h strong const it u- tiniiH and willinu: dispositions who ! can speak French, .and operate farm j tractors are needed to till the land j and aid In t he rehabilita t ion of the I (devastated districts of France, said JjjMisa ,mifr' Mur.an jestcrday at her SEMI-WEEKLY EAST OREGONIAN j'ENDLETON, of the child on condition the hus band -lie allowed to see it at the home of a friend, every Wednesday andi,raska bv Ernest Hutchinson. .Saturday Tin? father now an Italian j army officer, is now back in this j country on leave. He charges thp I mother denies him the right to see the child. Mine Matzenauer was j born in Hungary and objects. the husband as. to his wish that th child learn something of tlif Italian j lnnsuuse and customs. . their patrons who are peeved because "fc"""""" it.ju.it mou i" purchase so. tnuiiy pounds of wheat sljHUt,u w.m, every sack of flour. ..We ,i,in t like this substitute bread and all the substitutes we got with the last sack of flour Is honie yet. one woman declared, and there have been so many like complaints that the grocers are wondering if the average housewife appreciates the reason for tli Hoover older and if there isn't some way or bringing home einphati- cnlly the necessity of sacrifice in every homo. hnmo. No. 2 1 fJ Madison A vonut. She recently returned from France, where ;fur nine months she has been en Kaptl in relief work tinder the aus-m-es of the Anieriean Fund for ' French Wounded of whi'h he is t reafsurt'i". Tin' eivillnn division of the organi zation has taken charge of twenty- cjK)t villages in. the A. sue repion and of eleven near Soissons, .Miss Morgan : said. Since last June they have put r.5U't acres under cultivation and have planted 7,;Pu' fruit trees. The cost of the work was $1Mumi u month. "We need farm labor and machin ery, Miss Morgan explained. "The Oermans syslematically destroyed ull us hero "We want to get young women of practical agricultural experience, pre-j ioa.; bmu.. m.,,..... '"' ! leg. s. in groups of ten with u lender , and will; sufficient backing to insure i the success of the project. Americana 1 do not realize how fundamentally """J piU'tant the agneiiMural solo 01 tnc re- si oral ion work Is. They do not iiih deistand tin- Fronchinaii's attachment to the soil nor the instinct that makes him return ut the first oportunity to his birthplace und live in a pigsty, if necessary." Miss Morgan said she has returned to America to raise funds to carry on the work and to co-ordinate the acti vities here there are 600 coniinit- tees with tile work abroad. She wiiljon, jn training at Camp Kearney, two return to France in about four weeks. polo teams clashed on the Coronado 4 I Country club grounds today before a ALL I tlSTS I'P 75 PUIS Ci:NT j h,rge number of spectators. Cener- Oflli-ial ItcWIew Shows War's FITocI oh t;ciicriil Commodft jcs. WASHINC.'i'l iN", Feb. L'li. Average wholesale prices have increased 75 per cent since the world war began, according to a review made public to day by the Hureall of Iibor Statistics. Most of tho advance bus been within the last two Veui-s. From January to liecember C117, the wholesale pricvr of farm products increased :tll per cent: food 2X per cent., honsef urnisliiug goods :17 per cent. Almost the only relief afford-. " 'rci'cloJinTiud'anrbghUnrlJmlsiHENRY ROSENBERG land meat i)iud;uMs decreased o per cent. lie-tail prices huvo fluetuateti at a lativelv lower level than w holesale prices, inesseil poultry nntl uranulat ed snsar only, of twenty-eight im portant l'ooiist tiffs, show a litrser per centHRe of iticreaye in the retail than in the whnle-ale prices. xi i sn i ii ;khk t aai.. WINMI'Kd, Manitoba. Feb. 2(J. -Western Canada is in the rip of a severe cold spell. aecordinr to re poits reachins here. At Kamloops. H. t.. the temperature early stood at iv l -o ami at Minnetbe a. Manitoba, it w;:s below. Vaneouver. I!. t, re porti d above Weather bureau of ficials predict cent i nued cold weal h- or on the pi all ies. M'NARY CONFIRMS NEWS KEUAKU1NU NEW WHEAT PRICE In a letter to W. W. Harrah, Sena tor Charles Sj. McNury says In relation to the new northwest whe:it price: "I feel that much has been accom plished w'ith respect to the wheat crop of this year. yesterday afternoon n nal arrunKcments were made whereby the glowers were guaranteed a pri mary market for this year s wheat crop. In a signed' statement Mr. Hurley made a rate of :!.r, per toir on wheat from Pacific coast termi nals to Atlantic ports, thereby con firming to tho food administration's promise to give the farmers a Chi cago price." - Messrs Nelson and Booth, farTners union representatives who were ut Washington, were here niKht before lust and both confirmed the reports of fhe arrangement whereby north- J west men will obtain the Chicago price j this year. MRS. HUTCHISON OF PILOT ROCK TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Surah I Hutchinson died last , night at t lie home of hxr son. Kmest K. Hutchinson, in I'iiJi itock. Her home was In Hardy, Nebraska, to i which place tho body will be taken for. burial. I Mrs. Hutchinson, who was 72 years iold, was the wife of H. C. Hutchinson, brother of .S. P. Hutchinson of this ! city. Her husband died several years i ago. Hho came to Pilot Itock last summer to visit her sons. Krncst und Will Hutchinson. Two other sons, Arthur of Otis. Colo., und Kd of Florida, survive her. Her body w ill be accompanied to Ne Funeral services will be held to- j morrow afternoon at 2:20 at the Brown chapel and the body will be! taken east on No. IS tomorrow, it was; announced liite this afternoon. 1 RETAIL FOOD PRICES ADVANCE 2 PER CENT IN MONTH JANUARY I WASH INUTON. Feb. 27 The. la 1 bor department announced retail food i prices increused two per rent lor the month ending January fifteenth over i the preceding month. Flour. lard. : bacon and cornineal decreased one , per cent, hens increased eight per 'ctnt: eggs and potatoes six; butter I four and beef two. in the preceding year the price of food as a whole ad jvanced 25 per cent. TELEPHONE TO TAKE PLACE- OF TELEGRAPH ' O-W R & N. Offices Are . ' . ' T e . EnUlDDed fOl' ieVV bei'VlCe 1 as Result of War, i Indications are that the telegraph will irive way to the telephone at . j W U. & S. offices us a result of the I war. Yesterday telephone workers : arrived ill the city and installed te!e i phonic headpieces in the local office I of the tl.-W.Jl. & N". and proceeded j on to equip other offices along the j line similarly. The telephones : themselves and special telephone ! wires had been put in some time ago ; ami an order to cmduct the com I pany's wire business by telephone In- j stead of telegraph is expected any day. Tile war has ut the supply of tel- , ,i,m-n 10 a point where 1 he r.( n,.(,.1(ls t..,n longer fill t heir can no longer mi meir needs. Many telegraphers have en- ,, .,,,,1 Y. ,1.ieos . r- vil.( ,,f' ,)M. .,,.. and navy and oth - '., ,j, ..,,i,,rs , ,,Uier ca- ,,iloUi,.s. , eslinialed that the next this division of the O.-W. tiKNKICAUS I.KAI) I'UI.O TRIMS .Men Caiitaincd by Tntlilll Winn latch ! til San Iliego. I SAN 11IKSt, Cil., Feb. 1R. Led by itwo brigadier generals, A. M. Til til ill land I-reroy S. Lyon of the 40th divisi- al.Tutbill's tcani won. seven goals to fourf The deciding goal came in the sixth and final period. Tliis was General Tulhill's first game here and his wtirk was a feature of the contest. one of his team's goals being scored by him and another made possible by his accuracy. A gill will believe everything a man tells her during courtship, but after marriage well, the accounts vary. HOME WAS BURNED WITH $5000 LOSS Fire last niht destroyed the home of Herman litisenbern on his ranch 1G miles s.unhwet of 1'endleton. causinsf a tbiin- aiie that is estimated at $:. The hoiii-e was on the old iVdro place imw owned by Mr. Koyen- horti and wns a larse Ihmmp. The house and Jiaraee adjoin- in4 w ere but h burned but a car in the ua ratio was saved. Ue- ports reeeived Indicate that the house wit h mot of the eon- tents w ere ent irely iievtro ed OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH KToitH i:xti:k.s aiiot T V f jii.i i:' i,in .i:t)ii(ji; jeneri l-S IR EN BY Wl CSON The removal of General Sir William Uobertson as chief of the eeneral ' ''.-' " j II ft .tr- "y 1 Eaaw.1 1 Zmm ITf i - ' : ' 771 , ' ,5 - i I A staff of the British armies, aijd theiweek end visitor here, appointment of fieneral Sir Henry' Albert Kennison has purchased a Wilson to his place, have created a share of stock in the men's clothing storm about the head of Premier store he"re. Lloyd CJeorirp. of Oreat Britain. The Mr. and Mrs. Bill Glen who have Loudon public has been very much been visiting here have moved to La agitated about the situation. iSrande where they will make their home. rkX'TT" CTITnPVT 1VTT T w- T- Kidwell and sons were isit- UlSti bllLliiAl VV1L.L, ors here Saturday. MANAGE ATHLETICS Clayton Knotts has returned from OF P. H. S. HEREAFTER AMKX1JMKXT PKOVIIHNO SAME! IS AI)Il:i TO STI DEXT ItODY COXSTITITIOX. At a student meeting held at the high school yesterday afternoon, an lamendnient was added to tjie student hotly constitution which provides for one student manager for all athletics. : There were only two votes aguinst this 'amendment. In the past tho plan of one manager for each brunch ,pf athletics has not given entire satisfaction. The maiui- ger was generally a student playing on the team he managed, hence he did not have much time left in which to schedule, games or attend to his work. Under the present system, however, the manager will bo a student who will not yet out for athletics, and therefore can devote a good part of his i Sunday here. ilare time to hs work. j Lmian Cooper was an over Sunday A new system of ticket selling for!vlgjtor here. the basketball tanie with liaker hish i j m r Cooner motored ..... .... ... school rruiay nii;nt, was suyifesieu oj ito pen(ileton Sunday. iiooiong ,:iw wicu Captain Jones and adopted by the , Mrs Jose Dull of Idaho is here vis- I offensive, the methods are fiasco .ajid students. Kach student is compelled . ting "taPr father Marion Smith. Mr. j troops and civilians are UMiKhine. to take two tickets and is asked to do j;mith had not seen his daughter for The British staff expect the Ser ins best to sell them. If each stu-twe(ve years. j mans to put up a hard fight hut re-, dent will get rid of these tickets Mr. Eugene Vincent of the Vniversity i ccive a drubbing, it is indicated the Jones feels that more interest will hejot Washington is visiting at the home 1 Ccrman troops are acquiring a. cold shown in the support of this or future j of Mr and Mrs. C. Scharpf. Mr. sweat, fi-ome German jpxisunet id games. ! Vincent together with Philip Martin j mit they do not' believe the J?ru$- ;0 t)1e same school, won over the : sians' ' plans will succeed although WTI T MAKF HOTNF T(7 IiniKr r XVA5S 1U liUUSlli C AIN ASB FOR THRIFT STAMPS ion limn x oiiinuo, rii(!Tl..N'l..iiro.. Feb. ;r, at a meeting of the slate executive com mittee and county chairmen of the ; 1 'regon War .':i iims Stump organlza j t ion, plans were outlined for a state ". pom n ,..,,,,. .... wmc. nnii-e-i.-nnose .11101 l',M '"'; to be made durlm; the week of March , l:i to I'll inclusive The canvass will ! be in no sense a drive fur money. ; Volunteer woi l eis wet'. unit in their conviction that mir.n ,W llw. thrift e:l ll ; 0:1 i LJ :l HS Ollt- i1 lined l.y the Federal Was Savings i somniittee, the ... I ,.!!, iMhould be in the nature of an educa i titmal undertaUinir. The object uf j the canvas1 will he to explain tt every householder t he virtues of thrift, par I tienlarly in this time of war, and to (hammer home ihe patriotic necessity Ot in vest ins sahis in the war fund , through the medium of Thrift Lamp9 ; a nd Wa r v i n p s St a nips, i nce the objects of the campaign 1 are understood, it is the belief lhat ;the Thrift Stamp movement will Bather momentum of its own aeorU and will pile up more that 'icon's i $ 1 7. mom iptota of the national $2.- Ot'O.tioO.neti mvxi for the year. t'oimty ehairmen present ei'lalued some 'f the difficulties attendant upon a huust'-lo-hoiise canvass hi the outliving rural distriets at this time of the ye;ir. All reported county ornanl ! zatious o:' stnm.ii men and true, liow ; ever, and pleiUed themselves to leave 1 no stone unturned to ko nver the top with their part of the j.roram. soi.i)ii:i;s vtTi--s m: toixn u Majority of I'nioii ernntent in ( iiuada is Iiu-rea-M-d. PTTAWA. Feb. .ti. The official sa ilors and soldiers' vote taken in France, in Canada and in th1 Vnited States, announced today. has in creased the majority of the union rov erument in parliament to ;. It was 4.". when the civilian heme ote was counted. The soldiers' vote taken in Great Hritain has alt been allocated to the cm'tituoncies an.i a staff of 0 offt crr ctii'itiicnced to count it yesterday. It is expected it Vlil be completed b Wednesday, w ht !i the uovernment's majority m:iy be further in fntil nil tin- f.ii-1" ai-p Kn.-nii Vt us assnntr tti:it ili-jr lsl.-.ml was ll-f-iK-i loi;;-!' luimi'i. 1, 1913. FAKE "HOLD IIP" AT ! PILOT-ROCK PARTYi Hi. HAIU'F IIOMK INVAIFJ WIIRN ltl PAHT" IS AT ITS HEIGHT. Miss Wilson Starts Knitting ( lass; j Other Intcrestlnic News and J'er j MMial Notes of Interest l Ums torn ! ifiiinily. - 1 (Kast Oregonlan Special.) 1 i PILOT ItOCK. Feb. 27. A number 1 iof local Odd Fellows motored to IKtanfield Saturday to attend the 'county convention of Odd Fellows. jSome of the men from here took unasters degree. Those going from '' here were Wulter Smith, J W. Hte Ivenson. Charles Smith. L. K. Hoy, Carl Hemphill and Ernest Hutchin- son. ! Ur. H. H. Hattery was here Sunday ion a professional call. He( was ac companied by Vivian Gibbs. ; j Arthur Kidwell has been quite sictt ithis week. i Ilohl-I'p Is Staged. The Scftarpf home was the scene of , ipiite a hold-up Sunday night. Quite a party had gathered to spend the eve ning playing cards. About ten o'clock jtwo masked men entered the room land the occupants were ordered to raise their hands. From the differ lent men the "robbers' collected about !four hundred dollars. When the ex icitement was at the highest the men 'unmasked and were found to be j eorge Done and Levi Eldridge. Mr.! !Mr. Bracher who furnished "CiOO of: the loot was later found to be one of j me conspirator.. , I Evelyn Kinman of Pendleton spent:' Sunday here as guest of Clara 'Scharpf. ! Mr. and Mrs. Omar Harris are (spending the week at the home of iMrs. Harris' - parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wegner. 1 l'earl Fletcher of Pine Orove is vis- iting hiS mother Mrs. Matheny moiner job. Jidiucii:. , - rtunyan of Pendleton was alMr. and Mrs. W. C. O'Skillivan, Sr., I Maud Portland where ne nas oeen anenu ing school. ' K. II. i-ester went 10 renuieiuii . urday to remain over Sunday. Robert Simpson of the Simpson Auto Co. of Pendleton was a busi- noss visitor here Sunday. ' KiiNting Class Started. ; j Fdith Wilson has started a knlt-J ting class takintr as her 'pupils the j girls from the fifth and ixth grades, !xhe class started meeting Wednesday Afternoon but has been changed to i4riirfiv. Several knitted articles have been turned im by the girls. Jack Hodges was a Pendleton visit-' or c-unuay momma Ford truck from the Bond Auto Co. Vick Homaseoux was a visitor here aturdav Bert lieeder was transacting busi- j ness here Saturday. -Mr and Mrs. Walton Roark spent ; I Whitman college debating team 1 Thursday night at Walla Walla Mr. Vincent will return to Portland soon. lUturns Home 1-roui Visit. jrs TrMai has returncd to her home after a short visit with Mrs. Bur Hinkle. Mrs. Troxal brought her 'baby here for medical treatment. A freight car containing Chevrolet touring cars for the Bond Auto Co. I derailed here Friday, causing the ,rlh, to be several hours late. ..,, .,io I A nuniDer oi juuus from 1 "' motored to the Bill Porter ranch ; &unaa "eu "j.- i Miss Winnie Smith was visiting her mil Hutchinson was in La Grande . . 1'" " " Grandma Hutchinson is seriously ill at Grace Hospital. Little hope is held for her recovery. Krnest Hutchinson was in tanfiell uturua. ,u J niiatti 1 five meaurea to reduce the nujulcr.f tin account of colli weather causing, un atLI U . ' . , . It cases of mental disease: the water P-Pes to break, he uater , t.heckjn th ccssive u of aUo. was stmt otf several mornings st 1quo checkinff the varJ8 of week. f,.,;K- in jveneral diseases, teaching mental bi to the Koy Simmons house soon. uisiiiNti n niani;T daii.v. H'rlcans lo lie Kept luformed j nents to look after incipient r ajd AtMHit lYtngw in i-Ttttice. j convalescent cases. WASHINGTON. Keb. T. Issuance; The thirteen stato bospitaUl hpld of a daily official report by General ,37.000 patients; 9.40T persons wcto I'ershina; on activities at the Anieri- I can front In France may besin shurt- ly. The reports probably will be jav- er. to the press at General Pershing's head'iuartcrs, althoush the plan has not been worked out In detnit as yet and Gan era 1 l'ershlns's .deslrea llu. dodbtedly will he followed. The war department will make inbiie iirnmtnlv. M r. Haker ' liUl tout ed, the names of officers or niendation tor the iuno, is more aoutt la commended for gallant action' '.New York City, the report state.,. Rheumatism Back With No Let-Up In Its Torture. Pretty 'soon you will be reaching for the liniment bottle again, for the million of little pain demons that cause Rheumatism are on the war path. Winter weather seems to awak en them to renewed fury. But your Rheumatism cannot be rubbed "away, because liniments and lotions cannot reach the disease. It is in the blood, and only a remedy that, goes deep down into the circula Quicklg HealsV , ) V Itchings and TT : Irritation$7 yry f Bathe with the hz ana Apply Osstaent If Cuticura did no more than tooth and heal eciemas, rashes, itchings, and burnings.bringinfi: speedy com-! fort to tortured, disfigured men.j women and children it would be entitled to the highest praise, tsat it does more. By using the Soap exclusively lor toilet purposes, with touches of Cuticura Ointment now and then to soothe and heal "the first sign of skin troubles, you vill in many cases prevent in esc aauca ing experiences. No matter what you pay you can get nothing'i)ettr Sural. Ex f.WM.lt AMra post card : "CMacara. DPt- IT. ! jxxa everywhere. Soap 23c. Ointment 2ondaOC- NEWS AND PERSONAL i NOTES OF STAN FIELD (East Oregonian Special.) Mrs. Dura Bowman ot Los-Angelea visiting her brother James Hoskina. . . tr Thursday evening Miss Rachel fia- zen entertained at her home a num- ber of friends in honor of Miss Anna Lee Shahan the charming nance ,or Lawrence O'Sulllvan. A number of beautiful as well as useful gifts of lin en were bestowed on: the bride-to-be. The fullnwincr Dersons were -presetTSi Mr. and Mrs. v. t;. u auui"n, Miss Juanita Dupuis. Julia Haggman. Mary Connolly, Margaret Pagan, Dor othy Evans, Mazie Riesling, Irene Rhea. Esther Scholl, Messrs Laurence O'Sulllvan, Chester Dupuie. Olney Sal lng, Don Pruitt, Lloyd Thomas, James Hasan. Tom Bagan, Jack Nioklnchinkl the. guest of honor and the hostess. A pleasant evening waa spent and dainty refreshments were served. R. A. Holte spent Friday in Pen dleton. Dr. and Mrs. Alexander . Ried f jHermiston were in town isaturaaj. Mrs. J. B. Jtinney. ,i spending the week in Portland.- J W..C Howard, formerly-; of thla place but now of Miton. attended the convention tier BafurdAV. - - -VV' F. E. Schmidt ot Pendleton wai in town this week. - - ' In pflm-n(5 JjjVO niinrlMl vf' e-. Job on West Front is . -, Opinion pf Militarfejs (WiU.lAl -t BRITISH FRONT.. Feb. a5.-Cr- man militarist propaLgandints , hvo bungled the Job. A careful .study of today's west front situation reveals that Germany's mdst stupendous (propaganda is an utter Iauwe e- j spite the utilization of every -method Uo create terror amons. the, tf 0041s na civilians, increase the tension and , . , 1 ... -. 1u.At.va 1,a they'll slaughter toe German forces. French civilians openly . doubt the much heralded offensive will be launched. French soldiers say Lfet it come.'' Prisoners confirm the re el en the line troops not slated for 'the ported German food shortage, saying push are on reduced rations. ' -' - r .o-. 1 z' 1.V6AXITY OSf INCItKASE. STATE BOAIU itFQKT8 . T t w a tk- 1 p.(als . wUn one-fifth more Datlenls than they were built to hold, and the rata of ja- 1 , " i annual report ror mil ot iw jhiuii hospital commission, to be submitted to the legislature .tomorrow. t. The -contmtssfoners express 4h be lief that nearly one-half of all cases of insanity are pre rentable, and urtfe Kiene to the public, eUmmaUng. -ei- Ureme poverty and extexiditut the oiU- patient department of the state bv ipitals. -with more free clinics for moo tal and nervous disorder, and tie! admitted during of whom ..3e were now cases and - 0t7 were -real nutted ; 91.2 per cent vt ine palieofS were supported entirely y that stalo which expended ?S.:t on their ! care. The annual per capfti cost : kept down to Jliy.li;. but this was an lncrease'of S.il vi r the per capitu owt two Htir aga Tho need! of inc roasted as0i'Wo- on the Job its Old-time Fury tion, nnd rout out the 4iseaae ganna. can rid you of thU disabling diieaaa. S. S. S. has given some wonderful results in treatinjr Rheumatism. Be ing a purely vegetable blood remedy, it purities the blood of every gr and thus removes the cause of Rheu matism. Get a bottle to-day at yoor drugstore, and itart on the right treatment that will et result i r advice about your cane Jn be had by writing to Mdical Director, 26 Swift Laboratory, AUaoU, 5 a.