La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 26, 1914, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextWARSHIP BUNTING I EXTRACTS FROM THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE ORE CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 'fr it Takes a Lot of Flags to Fit GON MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION PUBLISHED IN THE OBSERVER TUESDAY. JUNE 23. . ' Out Uncle Sam's Navy. i : . :' I USE COLORS OF ALL NATIONS. FRATERNAL ORDERS. READ CAREFULLY: Co-operative 'buying of staples by merchant house, was set in motion this afternoon when Geo ing for the appointment of a committee to take up 3 ture of a busy second day of the eighth annual co tion in session here. Discussions prior to the resolution's adoption i jars, spool cotton, and similar staples can be bough Oregon merchants with such quotations as will per mail order quotations. s of Oregon as a method to combat the mail order W. Hyatt of Enterprise fathered a resolution ask uch a step. The movement was the crowning fea nvention of the Oregon Retail Merchants' Assoc ia- ndicated that the scheme will work out; that fi-uit, t by car and trainload lot and distributed to the mit the retailers to combat with actual prices the. "tlrt :.i . LISTEN People of La Grande and Union County: This is jupt exactly wiiat our preai Syndicate of 70 stores is doing at the present time. We aiv buying in such enormous quantities direct from the manufacturers for spot cash that we can and do compete with all mail order houses. We will be glad to have you bring in your cataloge and compare, prices. . ... . Buying for 70 Big Hustling Stores, paying spot cash, knowing where to buy, knowing how to buy, selling for spot cash and cutting out all unnecessary expense such as delivery, worthless. premium stamps. Why should we not be able to meet the mail order houses prices and in fact undersell all competition. New Ounmetal Colonia Pumps, $2.98 Xew Satin Pumps, $2.98 New Guntnetal Pumps, $1.98 New Fall line Ladies' Shoes, all styles, all;sizes, $1.49, $1.98, $2.49, and $2.98' House Dresses, 98c, $1.49, $1.98 Ratine Crepe Dresses, ......$3.98, $4.98 Hope Muslin, 6 l-4c Pequot 9-4 Sheeting, 26 3 -2c Red Seal Zepher Ginghams, 10c Children's and Ladies' Hose, 10c Waists, the newest in voile, 98c Men's Dress Shirts, ......49c, 98c, $1.49 Men's Soft Military collar Shirts, 49c, 98c, $1.49, $1.93 Men's Sox, 3 for 25c; 2 for 25c; 25c Men's Gloves, 25c, 49c, 98c, $1.45 Men's Overalls, 49c, 69c, 79c, 83c Carpenter's Nail Aprons, ...25c Teamster's Aprons, 49c Carpenter's Extra Heavy Over alls, $1.25 Boys' Shirts and Waists, .'. 25c Men's Underwear, a garment, 19c, 25c, 45c Men's Unions, .....49c, 89c, 98c B. V. D. Unions, ..89c L. I). S. Garments, 69c, 98c big BUSY STORES The United Store J. C. PENNEY CO. Inc. WE LEAB; OTHERS FOLLOW Indigestion and Constipation. - thing to relieve me. Chamberlain's Tablets helped me at once and by "About five years ago I began tak- usin them for several weeks I was ing Chamberlain's Tablets after suf- culei1 of tl,e complaint,' writes Mrs. fering from indigestion and consti-' Mnly E- McMullen, Phelps, N. Y. For pation for years without finding any- sale by all dealers. TEAS , Ro?al garden Teas-perfect in fneir delightful and satisfy ing flavor cost no more than ordinary tea that comes in chests "vjhick often remain open, exposing it to the air, Y?hich impairs its strength, and jla-Oor, and to dust, CnicK mxr? contain harmful germs. Try a package, of Roal Garden Teas, it be a re velation tO $OU. 34 We carry the Royal Garden 'Peas in the following flavors at 40c a package: Oolong, Ceylon and India, Green and Black Mixed,, Uasket tired Japan, Teed Tea. Sole Agents PattisonBros. Grocery TWO DROWN nil i ii- HAht Walla Walla, June 25. Joe Baker, aged 35, and John Amen, aged 22, were drowned in Snake river yester day afternoon, the scene of the drowning being about five miles north of Moore. The bodies have not been recovered. The two men, with another named Carmine, were fishing and swimming in the rivnr. Anipn tmnerl rvff n I shelf on which he was standing in shallow water, into a deep hole in the swift flowing river, and Baker, who was an expert swimmer, plunged in p.fter him. Amen went down and Car mine ran for a rope which he threw out to Baker. Baker was unable to reach it and finally went down. Carmine then went for aid in re covering the bodies but they could not be found. Amen's home is in Wal la Walla. His father, John Amen, is employed oa the ranch of the elder Carmine. '$isj'$.$.SsSS?i$cS.$ ADDITIONAL LOCALS All cooking utensils that were left at Zuber hall from the Merchants' banquet will be left at the home of Mrs. J. T. Richardson, 1012 Sixth street. LOST Between Union and La Grande, one Brussels rug and two small ones wrapped in canvass. Kinder notify T. II. Foster of Un ion. 6-2G-7L Only One Entirely Satisfactory. "I have trie.! various colic and diar rhoea remedies, but. the only one that has given me entire satisfaction and minll me when I was afflicted is Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera nnd Diarrhoea Remedy. I recomnwnd it to my friends atill times." writes S. N. Calloway, Stewart. S. C. For sale by, nil dealer, Adv. Each of the Big Vtutli Carries About Flvo t Hundred Entigni of Various Kindi and 8nt Svr Tsits to Whioh the Material la 8ubjeeted. Something like f.Hii.000 a year la re quired to keep Uncle Sam's ninny naval retixeU properly equipped with flags. Id addition mum ever) other depart ment of the government appropriates various sums for Hags for buildings and ships under tu control In all. It Is safe to say the United State speuds 125 ,000 a year for Hags. The largest factory helougs to the navy. In a large rouin. called tbe "flag lort. at Brooklyn uary yard bal a hundred skilled needlewomen and quite a few men are kept constantly at work Officially It Is the unvul flag making es tablishment. Thousandu of flag are required to supply tbe hundreds of vessels, from battleships tu launches. On eutering the Hag loft the visitor's first Impres sion Im a blnze or eolur. Hulls of bright bunting are heaped everywhere. Long linen of electrically driven Hewing uia bines, wltb women operators, ore reel Ing off and putting the finishing touches to American and foreign ensigns of many different hoes and sizes. In nddl tion to our" own flag the navy has to keep n supply of every other nation In tbe world which baa a const line. Each battleship, cruiser, gunboat or scout lit tbe uavy requires about BOO Align ,to ontnt Its flag locker properly. Heniiert up. they make a pile shnnlder hlch and twenty or twenty-five feet imiir. I lie foreign Mags. Incased In mo ras bag. rWr the name of the coun try sti-nclM on Hip end The remain der. Irii-ludliiu Hair for ordinary use. igimllug. etc.. are wrapped without hags and niiinlicnil m the end. Ench ting tms Its separate plare In tbe flag m ker A iiuiirtermnster would be re :iiili,-il -m-i-iti-h ir one became mis I'ln.-wl l-'.iii h ship follow the Hiimeor ler in !.-. so t lurr itny one fiiiiilllnr with tin. tl.m im ker on one ship known ilie loi iitlnii of every ting on iiuy snip. (,'ni'li- Sum pays iilmut $3.riIO to outttt ench ship in tile service. This miiltl plied by the numtier of ships will show that tlnu'M are not an inconsequential item ot navnl expense The forelgr, ensign are all made twenty-live feel innc and thirteen feet wide. They are used whenever an American warship enters a port of another nation. The Hus: of the visited nation Is hoisted at the fop of the foremast while the American ship salutes. It Is also hoist ed when returning salutes of foreign vessels in American ports The (mist showy mid expensive Hags In the lot are those of foreign uutlons although the Culled States has two ttiiL's that are close rivals, the tings of the president ami vice president. Thev require the lunaest time to make ot :in. Haas It takes one woman a month to finish earn one The president's Mas is a I ii in- ground with the coat of linns ot the ('lilted Stales In the cen ter The lite d:ed eairle with out -trHidHMi wind's and other emlileuis are rill nmid eiiihrolilereil In llk The silk used costs ?!l ti pound. The vice presl dent's ii.-il' Is the iHtjit of anus on a field ot white Koth Hugs are made In two sizes. Ill hy H feet ni'd :t by ft feet I'he inreiT is used on ships and the smaller on launches and similar craft. The largest Mag made Is the United States enslun No. 1. which Is Mil by 11' feet. It costs $411. The Hunting used In Hag making Is put to severe tests before the flan link ers use It. One day a sample bundle Is washed In soap and water. The next day the same process Is followed with salt water It Is then exosed to the weather for ten days, thirty hours of which must be In tbe bright snn. If It doesu't fade In that test the govern ment experts pass It Then two Inches wide of the warp Is subject tff a pull ing strain of slxty-flve pounds. Even with all those precautions a ship Is al lowed a new set of flags every three years, while tbe signal flags and ship and boat ensigns In frequent use must be replaced every few weeks. One flag or pennant, rather, most used by the navy and least known to the public Is tbe commission pennant It Is hoisted to the masthead of every naval vessel when It goes Into commis sion and Is never removed. It Is a long, narrow streamer., blue at the Btoff, with thirteen stars In tbe field, arranged In oue line, and the flag di vided Into two stripes, red and white, tbe red at the top. When shins long on foreign stations leave for home a new commission pennant Is always hoisted. Usually It Is one made and paid for by the crew. In some cases those "homeward bounders" stretch out 300 feet nud. made of silk, cost a pretty penny. The thousands of white stars used In iinr own and many other ensigns are made hy an elcctricnlly driven ma ttiln'e which cuts them In fifty or a hundred lots rttuht different sizes of stars are used - Kansas City Star Superfluity. "Ton never admit hsviife made a mistake!" "What's the use?" asked S.wintor Sor chnni "When I imike 11 mMake there tre nlwayp plenty of people to talk hluiiit it without my. joining In." Washington St.ir Read the advertisements too. A. F. & A. M. La Grande Lodge No 41, A. F. & A. M. holds regular meetings first and third Saturdays at 7:30 p. m. Cordial welcome to all Masons. C. W. NO YES, W. M. A. C. WJLLIAMS, Sec. B. P. O. E. La Grande Lodge No. 433 Meets each Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in Elk's club, corner of De pot street and Washington avenues. Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend. M. B. DONOHUE, E. R. ADNA B. ROGERS, Sec. ' mi 1 in-- WOODMEN OF THE WORLD La Grande Lodge No. 169 W. O. W. meets every first and third Fridays at I. O. O. F. hall. All visiting members welcome. T. J. ORMOND, C. C. J. H. KEENEY, Clerk. MODERN WOODMEN OF AMER ICA La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets on the first and thfa'd Thurs day evenings of each month in the K. of P. hall. Visiting neighbors welcome, H. C. BALL, V. C. W. F. LANDRUM, Clerk. ROYAL NEIGHBORS Meets every second and fourth Fridays every month. All visiting members cor dially invited. NELLIE CHARBONEAU, Oracle. LILLY C. KIMMLE, Rector. REBEKAHS Crystal Lodge No. 50 meets every Tuesday evening in the I. O. O. F. hall. Ail visiting mem bers are invited to attend. MARY SIMMONS, N. G. EVA MONROE, Sec L. O. O. M. La Grande Lodge No. 850, Loyal Order of Moose holds regular meetings, second and third Monday night in Moose Home on Adams street Visitors always wel come. ANGUS STEWART, Die. F. A. EPLING, Sec. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. A. L. RICHARDSON, M. D. Physi cian and Surgeon; over Hill's drug store. Phones: office, Blk. 1362; residence, Main 730. DR. R. E. L. HOLT Physician and surgeon; successor to Dr. N. Moli tor; corner Adams avenue and De pot St. Phones Office Main 68: Residence, Main 730. DR. M. K. HALL Physician and sur geon. Office WestJacobson Bldg, Phone Main 53. Rooms 11-12-13. C. H. UPTON, Ph. G. M. D. Physi cian and Surgeon. Special atten tion te Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Office in La Grande National Bank Building. 'Phones: Office Main 2; J Oft xveiaence main a. DR. H. L. UNDERWOOD-Physician and surgeon. Diseases of the eye a specialty. DR. DORA J. UNDERWOOD Dis eases of women and children". Of fices Adams avenue, over- Red Cross Drug Store. STEOPATHS. DR. C. H. DAY Osteopath Physician. Over Lilly's Hardware Store. Phone Main 63. Res. phone Black 21. VETERINARY. DR. P. A. CHARLTON Veterinary surgeon. Office at Hill's drug store, La Grande. Residence phone, Red 701 office phone, Black 1361. DR. H. W. RILEY Graduate Vet- erinarian Hospital, 1409 Madisop Ave. State Stallion Inspector Stock inspector for shipment Home Independent Phone, Black 41. Farmers Co-Operative Phone, Main 17. CHIROPRACTIC PARLORS. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Cross Lodge No. 27 meets every Monday night in Castle hall (K. pi P. hall). A Pythian welcome to all visiting Knights. H. E. DIXON, C. C. R. L. LINCOLN, K. of R. & S. 0. E. S. Hope Chapter No. 13, O. E. S., holds stated communications the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Visiting members cor dially invited. MRS. A. C. WILLIAMS, W. M; MARY A. WARNICK, Sec. F. O. E. La Grande Aerie No. 259 on each and every Friday evening at 8 o'clock in top floor of Foley building. Visiting members cordial ly welcomed. W. C. HANSEN, W. P. L. F. BELLINGER, Sec. WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT CIRCLE No. 47 Meet second and fourth Tuesday nights of each month at Eagle's hall in Foley Building. All visiting neighbors welcome. LOUISE HILARY, G. N. LILLIE ALLSTOTT, Clerk. UNDERTAKERS. W. H. B0HNENKAMP CO., Un dertaking and Embalming. Strictly modern. Day phone, Black 241. Night phone Red 3971 or Red 3412. 3ENRY & CARR, Undertakers and Embalmers; 20 years in business; day phones, Main 62; and Main 95; night phones, Main 707 and Red 8131. DR. GEORGE T. DARLAJJD, DR. MARY V. DARLAND. alls ans wered night or day. All diseases. No. 4 Depot St. Phone Red 1751. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. B COCHRAN & EBERHARDiCo. T. Cochran and Colon R. Eberhard Attorneys. La Grande National Bank Bldg., La Grande, Oregon. T. H. CRAWFORD; ROBT. S. EAKIN CRAWFORD & EAKIN Attor neys at law. Practice in all the courts of the state and . United States. Office West-Jacobson build ing, La Grande, Ore., rooms 9-10. R. J. GREEN Attorney-at-Law Rooms 9-10, Sommer Bldg., La Grande, Ore. Practices in all state and federal courts. REAL ESTATE, NOTARY PUBLIC. SAM PARKER. A. C. BRACE. PARKER-BRACE CO. Real Estate, Insurance, Collections, Notarial Work and Auto Service. Office Phone Black 471. Residence Phone Black 221. Office over Newlin's Drug Store. j ENGINEERS INTERIOR ENGINEERING COM- fAisx, inc. All branches of En gineering and Surveying. Investi gations, Estimates, Reportsv,L. D. Howland, local representative, La Grande National Bank building. CARPET AND RUG FACTORY 1802 East Pennsylvania Ave., be tween Cove and Island City avenues. Rag and Fluff work; scientific clean ing. Phone Red 741. Have Your Wall Paper Cleaned, also calcimine cleaned and calcimined. Done by expert $1.00 and $1.50 room. Call F. E. Finnerty. Blue Mountain Hotel. Black 1341. Read the Advertisements too. telegraphy! .L'tARN TELEGRAPHY DURING VACATION 1 If you want to learn tele- 1 graphy at home during 1 tacation telephone 1 Red 1961. Good Pay Big Demands j Uncle Sam's Loan Office Loans Money on WATCHES, DIAMONDS . GOLD, JEWELRY We sell unredeemed pledges less than wholesale prices. We sell clothing, shoes, suit cases, gents' furnishings at very low prices. Hll Adams Ave., Foley Bldg.