La Grande evening observer., December 22, 1914, Image 4

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TUESDAY, 'DECEMBER 22, '1914r
LA Git ANfi E VENllG' OBSERVER
TUir ADCITDI?D town and made hers eat in the
, J IJC, '-' LDiJl-irV V JLiri kitchen, since which time the question
,n.. toxtvtto wjsi. lhas raged with more or less fury and
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner. wh,e hag chosen np gj(feg on
, : ZZTrr it- Half of us want the girl to eat
Entered in the Post Office at Lc j the kitchen, and! the other half
Uranae, uregon, as aeconu have her at the table.
matter. ' ;., "As for the girls, they are divided
; too. Half of the girls who come to
Advertising rates on application. Ail see about places ask us, 'Do I have
eopy for display advertising must to eat in the kitchen?' and the other
reach the office the day before the half ask, 'Do I have to eat with the
ad appears. (family?' And of course its just our
luck that the people who wish to dine
Address all communications to by , themselves never can find girls
THE oUr, 1710 Sixth Street. 'XsUt8 TS&fi? wtth
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: their help usually lose them because
Dmilv sinele cony ...i. .' 6c saia neip nas oeen spoueu bu.hc
Daily, per week
Daily, per month
Daily, six months in advance
ntlv. nnr vear in advance.
Dally, by mail per year, in ad
. 15c 'else."
. 65c
,.$7.00
a 4 nn
vance
Weekly Observer-Star, per year
' in advance... l-0
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DANGER GREAT, IX)SS SMALL.
4. .j. 4. 4. 4. 4.
PECULIARITIES OF WAR.
4. 4. 4. 4.4.4.4. 4.
(By WILUAM G. SHEPHERD)
On the Hungarian Frontier, Nov. 6.
-(By mail to New York) Our little
the off icialls of the Forest Service, r 3entjne, throURh a great lou
carried greater danger from nre 10 door lntQ the mudjy passage way
the National Forests than any,, year of a building. A side cbor opened
since the establishment of the or-'andi we entered a huge long room,
eeta. A long dry. season, sustained wann and well lighted with oil lampB.
periods of high temperature, recur- Three long tables ran the length of
ring hard and steady winds, and, in the room. There were the remnants
some places, unusually hot, dry of a giant dinner on them, Which sol
nights, rendered the forests exceed- diers were clearing away. A piano
ingly inflammable. In fact the weath- waH banging. A huge man with a
SSI were said to be worse Jolly face was singing Men sat about
than in 1910. when the disastrous I.u-. tab.e. small
ho fires occurred. traduction to the Austro-Hungarian
The total number of -ft res during hea(;(1uarters.
the season of 1914 which threatened Jn thjg ilte town s;xty nowspaper
the National Forests and had to ba men are lodged. I t requires a small
handled by the protective organiza-' urmy 0f officers and soldiers to care
tion of the torest service were 0,112, f0r them. 1 ho town is set asiue eu
or 1,000 more than in 1910. Of this tirely for the press and every soldier
6,112 fires, 81 per cent were extin- to be seen, every horse, every one of
guished before they had covered 10 the scores of supply wagons, every
acres. The percentage that burned automobile, every officer-all have as
over more than 10 acres was smal- 'their duty or purposethe conv ence 0
ler than in any previouse year. The SSSS In
most serious of these fires oeurted in 0Jhe comfu.t3 which the writing
Western Montana, Northern Idaho, men ha( there are twoiiutobusseR at
and the Pacific slope. In the central their djRpoSBi which make regular
and Southern Rocky Mountains con- t . between this, little town and
ditions were more norma), and only headauarters. -And, on the road, you
I number of of ten see train of f
eral Count von Hertzenderf, the chief
of staff.",- , . ..
This was far more than an Ameri
can or any correspondent could have
expected in the way of Austrian
courtesy.: The Archduke Frederick is
the commander in chief of the entire
Austro-Hungarian army and) General
von Hertzendorf is next in command
as chief of staff. The next day Col.
van Hocn escorted several corrp-spond-ents
including myself to the field) head
quarters and we were shown into, a
room wnach was enierea snoruy yy
grey-haired qufet appearing gentle
man of slender stature who greeted
us with as much ease as if the oc
casion were a reception instead of an
incident in the world's supreme fcvar.!
He spoke to a German correspondent)
in Herman, to an Italian in Italian, .to
a RuHh in French and I do not know .
how many other tongues he commands. I
There was not even crepe on nis arms
for the son who was recently killed
in battle. Another of his sons had
just been wounded. He asked j mo
about my country .and its feelings to
ward Austria and I told . him ithat
what the United States wanted -was
the truth; . I ',
"We want you to have the trutn.
he replied. Then he told ub there
vore i of lis (hat. we must be very
careful of our healfv when we .went
to the front and carefully regard all
the regulations and precautions! thr.t
the doctors would impose on us. invn
hn went back to his maps and his.
duties of directing millions of men on
his million mile chess board and we ,
went back over the hills to pack up.
il
The N. K. West Store will stay open Wednesday and
Thursday evening only, ; ;
- ' ' ' ' "' 1 ' ' J.- ii r " r.
Of Course You Want a Gift for Some One
lt0Mtk Store:
and priced lower than you anticipate-hundreds of appropriate and desirable f
gifts are always acceptable. " . ,. " - ... . ' ' jf
v Take a Tip from Santa 1
' V' '':' : ;': . r-i: ; . y ' ' : VV; "' . ' . '
It will be the useful 'gifts that will be moi-e : appreciated thi8;year and hey y
;..), ...Mcf i-.prir.lA nw hn yin ir. Smokiner Jackets, Ties, Bath. Kobes, f
fiAmhinntion Kfits. Hosiery. Sweaters. Suspenders, Leather Goods, .. Caps, 4-1
Gloves Shirts, etc. for the men folks. Purs, Waists, Petticoats, Gloves, Bou-
doir Caps, Hath Robes, Kimonas Slippers, Handkerchiefs', etc. for the women..
All displayed for easy selection.- , ; ' vJi';-. . 1 . 1 ' r ; ' ;' ;;" "'s X
15 per cent of the total
fires occurred in this region. A pre
liminary estimate shows that the to
tal loss of merchantable timber will
probably mot (exceed S40OJ0OO. In
1910 the corresponding estimate was
nearly $15,000,000, although later ef
ti'nates materially reduced thi.
amount.! , .n.t- . s
It is estimated that the value of
the timber threatened and saved in
Idaho and Montana alone aggregates
over .$59,000,000. In Oregon and
Washington, experts estimate the
value of timber saved at $24,000,000.
This does not include the value of
non-anerchanta'hle timber, young
growth on about five million acres of
land, or several million dollars worth
of ranch and other private property
which lay in the path of the threat
ening conflagrations. ,
The figures given represent the
number of fires reported up to De
cember 1. When the complete fig
Tires are in, it is expected that they
win aaa large amounts to the
vaJue of property threatened
saved, - - v
total
and.
SHALL THE HIRED GIRL EAT
WITH THE FAMILY OR IN
THE KITCHEN?
' In the , December American Maga
zine George Fitch, the Illinois 'hum
orist, writes nn amusing article about
the ervant question in small towns.
The title of his article is "The Ser
vant Question in Homoburg." Hu
says that in Homeburg only one fam
ily, that of Mrs. Singer, has any ser
vants. The rest have hired girls. On
the question as to whether the hired
girl should) or should not cat with' the
family Mr. Fitch writes: -
"Abut the only hired girl problem
we have is the following; "Shall the
girl eat with tihe family or in the
kitchen? Mrs. Singer wished that
on us. Ten years ago there was no
question at all. The girl ate with the
family, and waited on the table when
something was needed which couldn t
' four or five small
Ul lCll v. - ... . . . I
beer which will oe
consumed, in large part, by the news
papermen. The correspondents pay for
their beer but their food is furnished
them free. In this great room where
I ate my hot. belated supper the correspondent-,
do a great deal of their
writing and here the censors, who are
appointed to cteal in Various languages,
talk over the copy of the journalists,
read out tiews at mealtime and give
instructions as to postal and telegraph
arrangements. v'i -
An auto was waiting fdr me and
I was whisked to a whitemashed house
on the outskirts of the town where a
room had been reserved for me., ihe
family was Polish All about the
walls of ihe little room were pictures
of the Christ and the Virgin Mcry. I.
was the parlor, and three c ocks were
ticking away merrily. I have been
in scores of such houses in America.
I recsniVrcd that one time m a Mas-
saehr.sett town, during a svrir-v, !.
slept for four nights m just sue..
Polish home waiting. for the deputj
sheriff to come and put the family out
into tl- s street but the sheriff had not
come and I had missed my story.
There had been two clocks in my room
in that house in Amemca. Poles
seen, to run clocks I locked two of
the cVks in my valise to muffle them
and went to bed. It
just as I was droppmg off into slum
ber as if I had) been pocketed by the
Austro-Hungarian war department.
iJ" t ,.,- in -mall town, a hundred
miles from the front and no way to,
set there except Dy army
tho Pulish woman rapped at my dow
to tell me it was seven o clock m the
morning. At breakfast time in the
UK room I found that my status was
absolutely military. I received in-
w T was to go to the
i-eadquartcrs town nt ? o'clock. I took
the long ride over ine n...--. ...
in a winwry suii."-" ...
" i ir whn has entire charge
of all the field forces of correspondents
andl he had a pass ready for me. J-
"Tomorrow," Col. nocn ...v.,
'You are to be started for the front,
American Shipping buffers.
Cotton Seed foSheep. ". I
Pendleton, Dec. 21. An innovation ,
that gives promise of , being t very
profitable to eastern Oregon sheep !
men consists in the use of cotton seed i
cakes for fcedling purposes ' The ',
cakes are being used here for the first
time this winter and some of the big-
fgest growers are trying out the new
method with good results. The idea
was picked uo last winter by J.. N.
Burgess and he is feeding the cakes A
to the Cunningham company's sheep. ' J. J. .t. A A A A A A A A
outline uiub,, iv. x-s. outiiuciu onu T -r . . nn ... . .
G. Warner are some of the other .New York, Dec. 22. At least fifty
growers who have taken up with the figantic ocean liners representing a
pan y, (total value of a billion dollars are ly-
The cotton seed) cakes come in nut in " American ports today as
form and are what is left of colton'f result of the European war. The
seed after the oil is taken out. j The loss sustained each day by the van
cakes cost from $38 to $40 per ton ?8 steamship companies through the
delivered here and come, of course, j idleness of their costly vessels is al
from the cotton belt in the 'south. I"18 incalculable. '
Four ounces makes a full feed for one !TIThe, Atlantic coast poi-ts of the
sheep and the cakes have 10 times United States in nearly every instance
the strength of alfalfa and four times . contain one or more ships either in
he strength of barley or com." The i tented or laid up through lack of
cakes are thrown upon the grown and trans-Atlantic travel. Boston and
the sheep pick them up. : "- ; New York are harboring the greatest
The feeding of the cottonseed' bakes I ""?,' . V'' ' .L
strengthens, thq sheep, generally and '', . Wljen the war first broke out, many
make them produce more :wotl and' big German liners were forced) td put
the ewes give more milk for thelambs. back' into American ports to avoid
Last winter a prominent grower in I raiding by British) cruisers. Others
Idaho divided a band of sheep; feed-1 were ordered to disband crews and lay
ing one half the band on alfalfa and "Vjn our Prts until the end of hos-
He found that the band to which the ! The two great German lines, the
cakes had been fedl produced an aver-! North German Lloyd and the Ham-1
hd-b of twn nni.nn nf wnnl nor lionH i burg American own forty three ves- i
more than the band that had been fed se'a now enforcedly idle in American
in the customary manner. : ( ports. The ., White Star line - was
The profits in. the sheep business ' forced through, lack of business to
depend largely upon the ability.pf the i oscontinue the sailings of . the Cednc,
gi-ower to keep his sheep in, good the C!"0 ?nd the Cymnc. . The White
physical condition. Sheep that are stf r Dominion Line discontinued the
"not doimr well" do not W. Ww sailings of the Laurentic, Canada and
fleeces anSl the fleeces are always off . TeJom,c: . .
grade. When ewes are not in good! The Wg piers m Brooklyn present
shape they do not raise the normal some disconsolate scenes of suspended
number of lambs and are unable to activity. At one pier are tied three
take care of twins when they have We ocean greyhounds, their sides
v. i : u. A r dirtv from lack of paint' and with
Smythe that when sheep are in fine winches andl brass work rusted from
SHOP EARLY IN THE DAY AND AVOID THE AFTERNOON BUSH.
Frendhi line are working night and
day handling their increased business.
iEnglandl having control of the seas,
her big Trans-Atlantic lines are still
doing business but travel and trade
have diminished to such an extent
that all are suffering. The Gunard
line is operating all of their vessels
either in commercial business or for
the Government of Great Britain. The
White Star line is also operating all
of its steamers. , . . ,
Notice.
NOTICE OF THE . RECORDER,
of the City of La Grande, Oregon, of
the assessment of Improvement Dis
trict No. 97 of the City of La Grande
Oregon.
NOTICE is h ereby given that the
assessment for the improvement of
the west side of Wadnut street, from
provisions of Ordinance No. 806, Se
ries 1914. . "An Ordinance declaring
the cost of improving the west side
of Walnut street, from the . north
curb litfe of Main Avenue to the south
curb line of - Washington Avenue by
gradng the . same to a proper sub
grade and . constructing thereon a
standard five-foot concrete sidewal'-.,
determining the property to be bene
fitted thereby; levying an assessment
thereon to defray the costs and ex
pensesof said . improvement; provid
ing for an assessment roll for the
same, and directing the entry of said
assessment roll in the Docket of City
Liens; providing a time when the
same shall become delinquent; and
requiring the City Recorder , to, pre
pare a special assessment roll in ac
cordance with the assessment devied
herein; and to collect such assess-
MEAT INJURIOUS
TO THE UYS
the north curb line of Main Avsnue "J? "l -. ' F5W L . , i
iTiv " " ..X Z i; f winM. Distnc- No. 97 in said City of La
Avenue being disWH No!' 97 of"ihe to8
r.:t'r -?j rw j- ii,,, for collection and the same may be
. U1 : -"-.paid to me at any time within ten
(10) days from the 21 st day of Tl
1914, "without penalty, inte'ret.t or
cost; and each property own r i
hereby notified that on application to
the undersigned within ten (10) i y.s
rrom the 2lst day of uecember v.l-.
which is the first date of the pulj'i
cation of this notice, they wil
allowed to pay such assessment :w
ten (1Q) annual installments, the fir,.
installment thereof being du? .nd
' payable . on 'or before the 21st day
of Dec. 1915;; If application is no'
made as above specified, the ' -huU;
amount is due, payable and wi)': be,
come delinquent on the 2nd d n' -f
Janu. 1915..' The assessment r
shape it is .normal for awe to have ' " They are the Kaiser Wtlhelm
A small
t, .nJ u c rfu c 11. the WORSer R.unurai, airu h,mb
u i j.- i'rTpririn tier virosse.
ranun viKOrous woik is. aone w save u. nar.A f mlnrH
all the twins. It is their intention to 'cw ,VX ,7 J.v
mix 25 per cent of syrup with the cot-, J,ners and a TjLV?0
ton seed cakes and feed the ewe bands owning from one of
this winter.
somewmig was neeaen wnicn couiun c i"" l" v.w r.wi
be reached. Then Mrs. Singer came but first you received
each vessel tells that fires are being
I kept to prevent freezing.
I At another Brooklyn dock stands
J the mighty Vaterland of the Ham
iburg American line. At the time
of launching, the Vaterland was her
r aided as the last word in ocean liners.
iHer cost was estimated! at over $,-
000,000. Her tonnage is greater than
I that of anv liner afloat. Today she is
; American line because every day of
From London comes the report that idleness is piling up huge costs on idlo
an innovation lias lately been made by j investments. x ;
ninvnr on tho Tvneslde Kolf. course In one of the long warehouses at
at Rytown which may be adopted on .the Bush Terminal docks in Brooklyn,
DOGS ARE NOW USED AS
CADDIES IN ENGLAND.
Retriever Hai Been Trained to Do the
Work of Boy.
Take a tablespoonful of Salts if Back
Lurti or Bladder bothert Meat
formi urio acid.
OWNER LOT
Mrs. L. E. White,
E 1-2 of Lots 7 & 8
J. A. Whitby, .... 9
L. D. Howland, ..10
We are a nation of meat eaters and
our blood is filled with urio acid, says a as follows:
well-known authority, who warns us to ' ALL IN' BLOCK
be constantly on guard against kidney
trouble.'
The kidneys do their utmost to free
the blood of this irritating acid, but
become weak from the overwork; they
set eluggiBh; the eliminative tissues clog
ana inus ine waste is reiameu in -,ne il, u. nowiana, S. lo
blood to poison the entire system. j ft. of .11
- When your kidneys ache and feel like Robert Eakin, N. 32
lumps of lead, and you have stinging ft. of ........ ..11
pains in the back or the urine is clou, i. Robert Eakin, .... 12
full of sediment, or the bladder is irri- I
table, obliging you to seek relief during
the night; when you have severe head
aches, nervous and dizzy spells, sleepless
ness, acid stomach or rheumatism in bad'
weather, get from your pharmacist about
four ounces of Jad Salts; take . a
tablespoonrul in a glass of water before
breakfast each morning and in a few
days your kidneys will act fine. This
famous salts is made irom the ocia ol
12. ROMICS
DITION.
BLK COST
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By order of the Cciumiasioii,
LEE WARN.'i.K.
' City Re-.wier.
Adv. . 12 CI r.i.
1W. E. McClme
the coif com-ses In the Dnited States.
In order to ovoivoute the difficulties
crented by n scarcity of caddies the
nearly one hundred sailors, members
of the German vessels interned there
are being housed. The Hamburg
American line and the North German
An Honorable History
FOR 27 YEARS THE
La Grande National Sank
has ministered to the wants of clients through
good times and through hard times, doing its
best always t render substantial and efficient
service. Its reputation for solidity and progres
siveness has attracted a powerful clientele.
You are invited to identify yourself with
us as a depositor, and grow with us.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon, Designated Depository of U. S. Gov
ernment Postal Savings Depository. Capital $200,000.00; Sur
plus, $50,000.00; Resources, $1,000,000.00.
FRED J. HOLMES, President; C. a PENINGTON Vice-president;
F. L. MEYERS, Cashier; EARL ZUNDEL and H. E.
COOLIDGE, Assistant Cashiers.
. . i - kin lKn-
piayer in qmm.ua "'-" ''' j Lioya a,as fitted up the warehouse with
dor retriever to cany his clubs and . n j n
hunt for lost bulls. The experiment
has been so successful that It may not
be many months before the profes
sional cuddles on ,most of the golf
courses will find tholr occupation gone.
The Inventor or the Idea first taught
his dog to limit for balls. After a few
days this proved so successful that the
retriever not only brought in the balls
ho had been bidden to find, but others
which hnd been missing for mouths.
The dogs were next taught to carry
the clubs. A strop four Inches
with a hook in the end was fastened to
the mouth of the bug. The hnok was
then attached to the dog's collar, and
the bng whs hnng In place by a girdle
tnctrcllnK the dog s body and the bag.
In speaking of his dog caddy the
golfer said:
"It Is curious that the Idea hns never
been developed before. There is no
question that my dog's enddy work is
much superior to that performed by
any huutau I have over used. Tho dog,
being used to shooting, keeps well in
'at heel.' so Hint 1 run snatch the vari
ous clubs from him without any dltU
cnlty. When I lose a ball 1 merely
bunks andl small stoves and all day
the men sit idle waiting for a chance
; to either work around the docks or
' smucrirle themselves out of the coun
try. They all wart to fight for the
Fatherland but the laws of neutrality
prohibit them leaving the United
States unless they are American citi
zens. To" get around this law, a
thriving trade has sprung up among
naturalized foreigners who sell their
naturalization papers for amounts up
to $100. With these papers, the Ger-
. mans pass the port authorities and
,on !,.,v, tt,o irtv,,.i,t ;-
izens.
Th fleet of the North German
Lloyd line, the proudest Trans-Atlantic
fleet in history has been deciminat
ed by. the war. Tied up at docks in
the port of New York are six of the
line's bieirest vessels. They are the
Kaiser Wilhelm 11, the George Wash
ington, the Grosser Kurfurst, Fried
ericb Per Grosse, Barbarossa, and
Princess Irene. Many of the North
; German Lloyd and Hamburg Ameri
I can vessels have also been taken over'
i by the German government and are
; converted into scouts and cruisers.
At. Boston lies the Kronprtnzessin
Cecilie whose palatini equipment is
have to ordrr lilin to 'dead bird." If i known to thousands of Americana.
he hns to rouge a good ileal 1 give him
more freedom hi IiIh morompnls. From
my point of view t!ti dog Is so much
the superior of the boy us a caddy that
1 expect to 8ie docs used uulversally In
the future."
Alongside her is the WittckinA the
Willehad and the Koln, vessels of les
ser size.
The idleness of the big liners has
increased the business of the smaller
neutral lines tremendously. The
freight departments of tho Uranium
line, the Russian Norwegian and the
2
i
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grapes and lemon juice, combined with J jp rf-j
lithia, and has been used for generations OC sO
to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys, ' J bbski ,
no longer a source of irritation, thus : I Transfer " and ' DftlivPW
ending urinary and bladder disorders. : ! . r, . !
jad salts is inexpensive and cannot J Piano Moving a Specialty J
injure; makes a delightM effervescent J Rock Springs and Hi?,- !
iir.mn-WHTJM' nnnK. nun nniKNiv fjin iiihkh - -'
a mistake by taking a little occasionally ; watha Coal
to keep the kidneys clean and active.
Adv.
Yellow Pine !
;! Wood. Phone Main jlO. '
TrjT Birnies Jewelry Store For
those belated ideas in Christmas pres-
. ents. We will be pleased to suggest,
. but you will have to hurry, Christinas is
very near, ' , ....
Engraving free and we"
promised no delay.
deliver when
G. S. BIRNIE
Phone Black 971
La Grande Oregon