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THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner
Entered in the Pcirtoffice at La
Grande, Oregon, as second class
matter. K. . '
arrives in Boston. This is quite an
item on large shipments. .
The two wool warehouses in Port
land have been In operation only a
short time but they have demonstrated
their need to the woolgrower. The
business last year was not enormous
ly large but it opened the way and
! clarified the atmosphere to such an cx-
QlTRSflRIPTOON RATES.
Daily, single copy . . tent that this year it is very doubtful
Daily, per week ,,V J5lif any of the Boston buyers succeed
Si pPeerrs0m ins WadvancW
Daily, per year in advance .....f7.00 It will go to Portland and be prop
Daily, toy mail per year, in ad- erly warehoused, where it will be held
vance i.0C for the grower until the market reach
Weekly Observer-Star, per year ieg guch point ag he desireg to sell.
in advance - - j We can gee no reason why this
" ""' 1 , ' " movement has not greatly helped the
Advertising n-ates on application. All wooi industry of Oregon, '
copy ior display novwumg iuo, j
reach tne oilice ine aay oeiuro m
ad Appears.
Address all communications to THE
' OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street.
WORMS AND WORMS.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
company, has just issued, a booklet
the world-wide war now on. Should
this come to pass every able bodied
man within her borders Tegarmess oi
military age limit should prepare and
willingly place himself at the service
of our government . Young and old
we need organization- and training.
The younger to go whenever called,
the older to be able to systematically
and efficiently "handle events which
may need attention in; their home
towns or surroundings. I suggest that
we take up this matter and start
things moving in La Grande Organ
ize a home guard. Plenty of us old
fellows know how to aim and shoot
straight. Try us out. . There will be
work for all no matter what foreign
country we mix up -with. Let La
Grande set an example which , will
spread not only throughout Oregon,
but take in every state in the Union
let the slogan be "Fight we can and
will if fight we must'
J. W. EGAN. .
PORTLAND AS A WOOL CENTER.
I telling people how to live a hundred
years or more. Besides admonishing
f everyone against poor sanitation
Plf...'..--:-1 ' urging them to cut out meat and
One o Oregon's great crops is wool. ejfg8 aB jjet( recommcnding vegetables
Tor years and years tne worn b'uw. and green things, the .booklet tattes
has taken pride in growing an excel- UD tne subject of worms. It shows the
lent quality of wool. Ho prepared it ( hook-worm according to this eminent
carefully and waited for tne men author enters the body through the
from Boston to come and buy it; he gyn uauaiiy boring its way in until
; had nothing to say about Holding it a blood vessel of sufficient size to
for better price; he knew little about wrry jt & f0Und Wnen it sails up and
the wool business, outside of know-fdawn your circulation like s banker's
ing how to grow good wool.,' , ' ' ' fyacht on the .Columbia.' Finally he
-t The Boston and other eastern buy-1 Kt8 into your stomach and then into
ers woum come out ana mane oners the bowel where he lodges and 'begm3
for the Oregon wool and the offers ' doing business. Multiplication of
were accepted because . lthere was this worm is fast and furious: he
nothing else to do. When every oth
er line of business went under the
clamp of keen competition the wool
buyer remained supreme and his posi
tion was lofty and unapproachable.
sheds his hide often and is ready for
battle every time his hide comes off.
He sucks the blood on the inside of
the bowel, finally letting loose leav
ing a wound which bleeds.. As a re
Lately Portland has conceived the suit of this worm's presence the pati
idea of establishing wool warehouses ent 'becomes weak; his blood gets thin,
and two are now in operation. JThe . he is emaciated and has no energy.
completion of the Panama canal was j : The booklet also deals with malaria,
the direct cause of this movement which is one of .the most common of
which is of vital interest to woolmen, 1 all complaints. It shows the mosquito
for it is found there is a saving of and how ihe operates in sending tho
7 cents a hundred in freight on wool malaria germ into the system, depict
from Riverton, Harney county (which ing every stage of that unpleasant dis
is the most interior rnilpoint at pres- ease.
ent) to Boston when shipped by. rail ' Unlike most medical work this little
to Portland and from Portland to booklet ii brief and to the pi nt. Com
Boston by water, "r ' j mon English is used in description and
The railroad rate from Riverton whole "thing, enri be read in fif-
direct to Boston is $2.19 a hundred. teen minutes. '
from Kiverton to Portland the rail- ior lurt.ner, Knowing , or .worms
road charges are 95 cents a hundred, ' and microbes it is a good thing to
and from Portland to Boston by water nave lying around, ipnd for advice on
through the canal the rate is 45 cents. ! wnat to eat in order to live to a ripe
making the total rae from Riverton ' " EBe the booklet is very valuable..
to Boston by way of the conn), ?t.40 i. - - n fr -J
against ?2.19 by rail to 'Boston. , , The United States Senate is said
There is, another feature that is to have been "moved to tears" whan
important to woolmen. When wool . Washington' farewell address was
is snipped to Portland and stored in read by Senate- Johnson of Maine.
the warehouse it adds weight 1-ecause ' Senator Johnson is surely an orator to
of the damp climate, and when it is accomplish, such a result. ''',
shipped by water route it adds more j ',-.
weight. But when sent by rail from Preparedness Urged.
the dry climate of Eastern Oregon 1 ,La Grande Feb. 28. -(To Editor
and routed over the dry deserts the Offrver)-Our country from present
i .. . . ' .7 " " outlook stands to have trouble thrust
w-ooK continually shrinks ivpm the upon her at an hour's notice even to
time it leaves Eastern Oregon until it the extent of becoming smbroiled in
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SYSTEM OF BANKS
THE FEDERAL
WHICH OUR BANK IS
BANKING SYSTEM, OF
IS THE BEST BANKING
RESERVE
A MEMRFR.
aioicni even invuuni uui.
THE MEMBER BANKS HAVE PUT 137 MILLIONS OF GOLD
INTO THE U. S. TREASURY. ON THIS GOLD THE GOVERN
MENT ISSUES MONEY. '
WE CAN GET MONEY WHEN WE WANT IT BY TAKING
OUR SECURITIES TO OUR DISTRICT FEDERAL RESERVE"
BnnK.
YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU WANT IT WHEN
YOU ARE A DEPOSITOR IN OUR BANK, ', "ncn
LET'S DO BUSINESS. COMEIN.
; , BANK WITH US.
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $60,000.00
' Smoiucm $1,000,000.00
C. C. Poningten, Vice President
E. Zundel and H. E. Coolidge,
Assistant Cashiers.
AMERICA'S GREATEST RURAL
DRAMA SCREENED.
' F. L. Movers, Caabier
Fred . Holmes
C. C. Penlngtoa
A. Bloklaod
DIRECTORS.
J. G. 8nodj:rass
H. S. Bro-vtoton
A. T. HU1
J. P. Conley
F. L. Meyers
H. E. Coolidge
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Famous Players Adapt Denman
Thompson's Classic, "The Old
Homeeteacl.''
In the flood of thrilling romances,
vulgar comedies' and sex dramas, it
is a relief to find a good old-fashioned
olav like Denman Thompson's .rural
classic, "The Old Homestead," being
adapted for the motion picture screen
This beloved old comedy-drama, which
for over thirty ye.rs has held the
laughter and tears of the public under
its magic spell, has been adapted by
the Famous Players Film Company
and will be the Paramount Picture at
the Arcade Monday and Tuesday.
"The Old Homestead," like "Uncle
Tom s Cabin," has proven its popular
lty and its undying interest to genera.
tion after generation of theatre.
goers, and it is estimated by Frank
Thompson, son and heir of the cele
brated author-actor, from rwfhom the
rights to the adaptation wore obtain
ed, that in the three decades during
which the play was being presented
on the stage, it was seen by over
twenty million people in the United
States and Catiada. Though it might
seem that such an estimate was too
high, it must bo remembered that dur
ing the entire period that Denman
Thompson wos . presenting the. play
ana appearing as tne bjloved Josn
Whitcomb in person.- there was at
least one other company tourine: the
country m tne same play.
It is interesting to know that
Thompson drew his characters rom
real life, and that the name JoshuA
Whitcomb is actually a composite of
the names of two New Hampshire
neighbors whom the author knew and
admired. The scene of the rural por
tion of the drama was laid in and
about the Thompson home in the farm
district of the adjacent country, and
every character in the play had it.3
counterpart in real life.
In that fact lies the oxnlnnninn nt
the universal nppeal which this simple
piny has had from the dny of its first
presentation. It was away back in
1875 that Thompson -fi
4l.n fl. ; .. 1- l. ; . .
"cu iwuuL-n ne worKea out as n
short sketch under the name of "Josh
Wlhitcomb.!" The success of this short
piny encouraged him to expand it into
the form in which it was presented for
over thirtv vears ns t.n fnm;iu.
uia Homestead." It is. of course, tni
version which has been converted into
a muiion picture.
in the role made famous im rion
man Thompson there appears Frank
"wee, tne distinguished character
actor, Who. after n Inner
ful career on the speaking stage, be
came a member of the Famous Players
j-.v..,i.i,y. nir. ijosee will be remem
bered for his notable work in "The
Eternnl Citv." "ThA M.,0..'
and other productions by this pioneer
feature concern. As Josh Withcomb he
will lhave the greatest opportunity of
Books in Great Demand.
balem, Ore., Feb. 25. A;nn
ft Mnnrl nnV!il - J i
m" ?"u,,1fV,leu y miss Cornelia
""..vm, siate iiDrannn, to the state
library board nt its meeting no
?U!8 GKEMNB
WHOLESOME
HABIT
in Ho Other Way Can You Get All the
Richness and Flavor of the Leaf .
"SPEAR -HEAD" BEST CHEW
Many prominent physicians declare
clicwing to be the most wholesome way
of enjoying tobacco. 3
"I began chewing some years aero,"
"id one, and I soon found that it is
ic only way to get the licneiit of all
t.jc rich juices stored up by nature in
j c tobacco leaf I refer, of course, to
t.u. plu? form of tobacco, which is the
n"tral and the cleanest form.
TlJTi C 'V'!'S F?otl ,&;'ilcco ,ili: Spear
Head ma os the salivary glands more
a.ive, which ,ti turn has a beneficial
efxet : on the w!,olc intern. Add to this
t..c sweet, mello-.v, delicious Havor of a
chew of bpcar Head, .-..id vou have
"e iMPhcst possible deCrce of tobacco
sal is faction,
, "1 mention Spenr Head because r
have found that this br,,d is exeep
onally pure, bciu- made in a fac
tory that s run strictly according to
furc-iood rules." 6
rv",1"1 m:Vje p1' m-ripcned
I - ley. whii-n. K aoMiowlPi(:H to be
e nchest. msWM, linrst flavor to!
I. ...co leaf in the world. And it i
provmcc, ly the latest rrocessc whldt
-I;;- ':''-'c bxll--y 10 tne s-xkkih Oc-
'o'c:,- r.fi?:ar a hcV
er7,',tia;- ice 'ciiX
' "Mirsch-Wickwire". :
Spring Suits for Meii are Here
You have seen these clothes advertised in the magazines now
come here and try on the new Spring Models. V ,
We sell them because' it is the policy of this store to supply ';.
the best in every Jine of merchandise, and we know how these ... ,
clothes are made., ' : V j
The splendid styles made of fine quality, hard ' finished . and -soft
finished woolens, combined with the best tailoring and fit- : -ting
qualitieswin all who come to see them.
They will win you too. You who know what is what when you
, see it. Let the clothes .themselves prove it. Try them on.
im . i A PRICES RANGE FROM $20 TO $30.00.- -
Sold in La Grande Only at West's
Men's Interwoven Hosi- . '
ery ...i..:........ 25c, 35c, 50!
Men 's " Big 4 ' ' Hosieiy
Two pair for 25c
Men's "Tilt" Shoes all .. ;
styles $3.50 to $6.00
Men's "Bergman" Log- . .
gers . $8.50
Men's "Manhattan'?
Shirts $1.50
Men's "Gordon" Hats ......$3.00
Men's "Keiser" Neckwear 50;
Boy's "Best Ever"
Suits ..'...............;...... $5.00 Up
Boy's "Kagnee" Blouses :..50c
. Boy's "Eagle" Brand Caps 50c
Small Boy's "Koveralls" ,.75c
Boy's "Boss of Road"
Overalls .:....l...50c and 60c
Men's "Boss of Road" ' .
Overalls ;,;;..,:,: $1.00
. Men's "Bell" Brand Sus
penders 50C
aj:ig.iiMibjtMJjr
1
Every Woman is Interested in
the New Spring Styles
and almost every La Grande woman planning '
a Spring wardrobe has been in during the past
few days to see the -; ''
. NEW. SPRING SUITS, DRESSES,
COATS AND SKIRTS -
which are now aniving daily. They have all .'
the dash and chic with just a touch of quaint- ;
ness that rrmke the Spring Styles so charming. - -We
invite you to see them today. .
SPRING SUITS
SPRING COATS
SPRING DRESSES
SPRING SKIRTS
SPRING WAISTS
$15.00 to $50-00
$10.00 to $35.00
$10.00 to $35.00
$ 4.00 to $15.00
$ 1.25 to $ 7.50
yesterday afternoon, the number of
books loaned from the library dur
ing the four months ending January
31, totaled 10,758,' an increase of
2109 over the corresponding period
last year. '
Our stock of books has been al
most exhausted in spite of the fact
that the records show that there
were about 8000 out of the 17,000
loaned on February 1, but so many
of our books in the general loan col
lection are reference (books that
there was practically nothing left
books in the teachers' reading circle
list. We have, urged public
libraries to buy these, but their book
funds are so. low that they get al
most nothing bu fiction and chil
dren's' books. Feelings that - they
ought to get them, however, we
favor borrowers who live in the coun
try, and have Ibrought from five
to twenty copies of some of these
books which- we thought would bo
useful for years to come, but have
not felt justified in buying more
copies of the books which will prob.
Have your pictures made on Cyco
paper and note the contrast, and snap.
Ansco Speedex Films and Cyco Papers,
the height of perfection. At Silver
thorn's Family Drug Store. Adv.
2-24-tf
R. I. Bed Cockerels $1J50 gga
$1.60 for 15. 605 Jefferson Phone
Black 251. ' ' 2-24-251.
that- could be used to make up i ablv not 'be returned on the course
traveling libraries or to loan to pub- lor anotner year.
he libraries which depend upon us
for thoir recreational books, says
the report. We have in stock plenty
of pamphlets, such as we use with the
club libraries, and send out for refer
ence, and a few books which are no
longer of vital interest, but practi
cally nothing else is left.
There has been a great demand for
The board decided to subscribe to
the public affairs information. Ian
institution that provides information
as to public questions and legisla
tive matters, it also decided to
make arrangements as soon as pos
sible for having filed in the library
copies of newspapers containing
legal notices.
5 Been
Thinking
About
That
Go-Cart
ft 1
for baby? I have received a large shipment of 1916 models
in the SID WAY and RAMBLERS line of Carts and am
showing the most attractive patterns brought to La Grande.
Prices are most reasonable 14.50 to $25.00.
I will take your old cart as partial payment on a new
cart or Bulky. Come in and I will show you the exclusive
features that make the SIDWAY the. most desirable cart
for baby.
F D HATSTFN furniture on
r V 1 EASY PAYMENTS
Arrived
Oar King Egg coal. Order
now and be prepared for the
severe weather which' is pre
dieted. There is no better
fna' tVi an TTin.l?.. i II
wvu mini i Amg Qtji
PHONE US YOUR
ORDERS
LA GRANDE FUEL
COMPANY.
' 106 Fir St.
FHONE :: MAIN 700.
Opposite Thome & Wilcox
Grocery,