La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 08, 1916, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Til UHSDAY, JUNE 8, .1916. S We Say the Prettiest- For surely there never were nny prettier Wash Fabrics than we are showing. . ' WASH SILKS, VOILES, ORGANDIES, FRENCH GINGHAM ; AND TISSUES " V And When you consider that the prices are so very little tjje goods become doubly tempting.. ? Reduction Sale on all Coats and Suits Marshal, l'he pr.sition is thoil hi'h eht honor i the (rift of tho l-'nctiiiy and is bestowed on the basis of high scholarship and persdnal character. The chief dutyof the Ma'-dial is to organize and lead the several proc essions which form a part of the Com mencement program. Every day our selection gets smaller. Don't put off looking at our line if you are going to get a Coat or Suit this Spring. Hill's Department Store :l I.- If AT THE MOVIES AT SHERRY'S. Man Icll and Coat oh Become lost in Wild Section of Jamaica. Robert B. Muntell, star, and Frank lin IB. Coates, author, of the Fox film , drama, "A Wife's Sacrifice," had a real adventure while working on tho picture's production in Jumuica. Coates, fresh from his adventures while exploring the dark spots along the River Amazon, und Mantel), an enthusiastic seeker of the unusual, fell to comparing notes on their travel a . oyer the globe. This led to a discus sion of some exploration pictures in which the writer was seeking to in terest .1. Gordon Edwards, the Fox film director. The actor and author decided to vis it Feme gullcy, in un isolated spot on the island, to secure some "color" first hand. To their surprise they found it impossible to secure guide., so bad was tho reputation of tho hill . bnndits who were said to inhabit the district. But Mantcll and Coates went anyway. They reached the wild snot in good time, mounted s on fresh Jamaican horses. But in 'the semi-darkness of Will Have to Watch Japanese London, May 25. (By mail) Pem berton-Rllllim. ixhn i fi-vino. in awiV. en England in the matter of the b,eK'n a walv' 1 Pronhe8y that, within ods of killing, the less likely the world would be. to see war. "War can be wiped out absolutely," ho declared energetically,, "by the de velopment "f the air service. Two na tions with hr.undred thousand aero planes each wouldn't dare to fight ea h other. One could wipe out the other oven night, and, facing such ter- rib e chances, no nation would wish to mastery of the air alnd who made the he ext te" Vl!ars it will bo possible charge in the British parliament to for mitlon8 to use at least 100,000 which he has been recently elected aerP''ies in warf.-tro. War is de that British airmen were being murd- , veloPlnl? 'n that direction." erod wore a purple dressing gown ' "Have you an idea as to the possi mid called me "old sport" as he sat bility of awakening the United States at his breakfast table being inter- to tne importance of air prepared viewed. ,ness?" Once or twice ho' called to his sec- 1 "l t,link you're like the English, old reetary, standing nearby, "Where hi sPolt- You know what the Irishman the world is my breakfast? Why sai1 about us? He said you speak doesn't someone ibring me my break- to an Englishman once and the Eng fnst?" lish won't answer. You speak to him "Hove you ever been hi the United a second time and he doesn't answer. States?" Then you hit him on the side of the "Yes." jhead with a brick and he looks around "Do you suppose tho United States laml sa-vs- 'J ,)ef? yU1' pardon. You could be wakened up in the mutter 0f spoke to me, didn't you?'1" air service?'' - I It was at this point thut Pemberton- "Not until you begin to get .some Bi"in" sai(1 that, sooner or later, tho hard bumps. ' You'll get them some Unitcd States would have to look out day, too, from the Japanese." fovu Japan. - Pemberton-Billing has raised such ' "They're able people," he said, a tumult, conversationally, in Emrlhmi ' ' about the nir service that. his ideas of how great and extensive the air ser- Orphans' Auto Outing. New York, June 8. As in forme: the feme they became lost und, wnn-jvire should be made are of interest. ' ye:u s, live thousand' orphan children doted most of the night. Having no compass they did what both nnimi.ls and men will do worked about in a complete circle, arriving about sun rise nt the point where they started. Edwards was just organizing a re lief expedition when the two wrn doreis returned. With no question Mantell stepped into his "part ias the count of "A Wife's Sicrilice" and fin ished one of the many dramatic sec tion of that film drama, ihs idea js to nave tne air service ot ftew voik were given their annua; the greatest arm of tho British forces, automobile outing today by the Or Ile helieves that it can be made more plians' Automobile Day Outing as powerful than any hnvy. sociation, at Donnelly's Grove, Col- "I contemplate a force of 100,000 lege Point, L. I. Horace de Lisscr, aeroplanes soon and n force of 2,ri0,000 who last year provided the food for within the next ten years. In general somcfi.OOO children, is President of there o'lffht to be fivo different kinds the association. Society folk who do- of acrojilnnes. First there will be a "a tod the use of their cars last year scout, small, ond verv fast. Another wili again loan the machines, both 'will ibe a heavier machine, armored I commercial and touring types, for this tor bomb dropping, carrying, perhaps, ' county. j.ne inmates oi var he i Manager's Report. General Manager's report for week ending June 3, 1916: To the Commission- A firs at BOO K avenue burned the roof off a small luuiso anil damaged rest by fire and woter. Nino volunteers rosponduJ. One call to Y and Third wns respond oil one bomb. "The third sort will he a cheap and large machine, made in vast quanti ties, for ordinary battle purposes. "A transport aeroplane will rank next in importance. It will be cap able of carrying from 15 to 25 men from one Dtirt of a battle line to n. other and also of moving guns, nmmu- ! ious children's orphanages look for ward to this outing with enger joy, and the fulfilment of their wishes de pends entirely on the number pf cars and money given for this purpose. : GOO Detroit Business Men to Camp. ably have five or six decks." Such h machine would rank as the army niotoruus. to nv ten men. inis lire wis out. ' , . .. " -. ont. Wore the dena.-t.ment ,-,-iv, . ;" '"" o ner supplies; it will prob- Tho water department spent $ll.f0 reading meters and $17.25 on repair work. 'The poli-e arrested nine; six violat ed the tnifii:? ordinance and three wer-; drunk. Had one special officer on ac count of the carnival and to enforce tho traffic ordinance. Collected $70.00 fines. . The street superintendent snent $33,25 for teams and drivers; $17.50 for labor; $1.50 for tools and $24.00 for cross walk lumber. Had four days prison labor. Finished grading S avenue, rebuilt cross walks on Eighth . and M and Eighth and N avenues and on Palme rand Fourth. Flushed busi ness streets and cleaned gutters on Jefferson avenue. The recorder collected $70.00 fines; $2.00 pound fees; $1.50 for three building permits and $7.00 dog li censes. He issued a carnival license on treasurer's receipt for $45.00. Ho issued a warrant for $15,0:!3.84 for tho payment of Imp. Bonds No. 140 to 176 inclusive and one for $1000 on inter est on sewer bonds. He issued n warrant for $1210.85 on tho Imp. Dis trict Interest fund on coupon ten boilris No. 140 to 17(5; coupons eight Detroit, Mich., June 8. Grand Is land, a private game preserve of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron company, lo cated off the South shore of Lake Su perior, will be the camping ground of som. 000 Detroit husinnss nnd nrn- "Thcrc are going to be huge battle- fcssicnnl men who left here todav on planes in the future that will carry the Steamer City of Detroit III' fcr batteries of (perhaps four five-inch the annual cruise of tho Detroit Board guns Or three six-inch guns with fire of Commerce. The cruisers will ar coatrol like botlleships and with a rive at the island, which is said to be captain nnd crew." " jone of the most beautiful private "Get your army and your navy, too, ; parks in the world, early Saturday into the sky. Make your enemy come morning. The return trip will be into the sky to fight. Move your made in time to reach Detroit next troops into the sky; feed them in the Monday night. sky; lot them live in the sky. Just as Napoleon used to force his oppon- j-"' Advises Mothers. To Be Careful. ents to give battle on fields which he I himself had selected, so let the gener-1 A word to the fond mother about ills of the war-to-be force their one- the danger of handling books in the mies to come up into the sky to meet homo from circulating libraries where them." ithe organization is such that it does This is the philosophy or Pember- not nulre books to be disinfected ton-Billings's campaign; 17? time they Qre returned. With He has a verv definite idea of the i a the enre and energy of the health p'ane that would be made for the use ' f "t,ift!,0USands f fhome.s ln of the o.linavy "infantrpne of the-, wa ?' Twill Ton sky, tho machine that would make un t u. j .i : ' i the hulk of !h Vv flnlill,, uu 1'" ""upi circuiaunK "We would stamp the metal, by the thousand would be standardized. The frame? 111 . . . '.libraries unless the people demand tho wings out of disinfection of the bokn to destroy m.lhe, ?art.a the germs of disuse that thev othcr- on bonds Nos. 300. 310. 310, 020 ;S27jwvUld be of steel tubing and the Wc often see a mother with4 her in- f"1'? s.10' 3o9' 'm t0, !18? and things couUlbe put together quickly, fant,in her Rrm8 tnnt is bcine lulleii .587 to dU., and on coupons nine bonds strongly nnd scientifically, like you to sleep while the mother is rending 257 and 258. He issued it warrant on: in America put together your r.mall, i,00k from a circulating library, the water fund for JH2.U5 freight on popular automobiles that you make by Tuberculosis is only one of several ear loud of four inch ripe; $12.45 lor the thousands. Tho (pre-war cost of diseases that mnv be communicated bv supplies and $18.40 for supplies onauch aeroplanes would have been unclean books. " Registered at Sommer Hotel U . j I 11.. : I ' . . . . ..it- i.iimiiipi-iiv imm. mo issiii-ii aiiont n thousand dollars apiece.-' J132I..07 salary warrants and $1100.. 0 .'But could vou develop pilots to! labor warrants. He issued warrants ntnii en mtitiv jiii nitili!nna ?" ' for $r,0.00, $2.25, $01.50 nnd ,00 'cents I ..j ,. KX,-nrnnlce lo ,iCvclop 5.000 ! C. ( Ragsdale. Joseph- A N on labor fund on vouchers 1,0, 04, (.7, ,,ots , ,- ,,,, within m 1 t , r Geo Youmans Portland- J "?14 70o!!dvoVneHMonwnt fr i onthS. I would use a cycle -track. F. Wilson RJhesr N Y - Paul ? The treaBuw rcce" ved J5 4 25 wa-1 ?,mI ?TW 0 P"M' ri1" Spokane; Wm. M. Hanford, tor warrants; $1501.47 Imp. District Installments; $214.10 Imp. District Interest; $1.95 interest on District No. 00; $45 carnival license; $18-5.79 turnover nf May teceipts from tho re corder. He paid $1148.00 water war rants; $530.00 Road warrants; $111.35 Park warrants; $114.70 Library war rant; $18.40 Contingent warrants: $00.00 Imp. District Interest nnd paid $072.58 for general fund wnrr.inti, $9ii2.42 face value bought for the B. C. P. I.. Sinking fund. May water collections were $2018.84, May MS1 j were $1U35.13. Respectfully submitted, , . , V.J. LAFkY. mg track for horses. Jack M.irohud. C. H. IJiurrhman. Port "First, I would nut my pupils on land: I.ir.ie Wells. Alicel; T. Il!ra- the cycle track nnd have them learn muter. Portland, Mrs. E. A. Munefcrd, the sense of balance. Then I would Pendleton; H. I,. WrighL Portland; put them in automobiles to have Flizabeth R. O'Connor. JT F. Oliver, them gain a sense of speed. Wm. Purnhnrt, Echo: S. Burke, U F. The cyvlo track and the automobile Evans, Ixistine; C. A. Wolfe, St. Iouis; track would give them head-training. H. D. Atkins, Ontario; W. Rainbnlt Then, by controlling horses, their and wife; H. D. Atkins. nanus would oe irainea and iney would lie trained nnd they would be ! reaily to take up flying very shortly." ! rrom details, the ne"v member of. Whitman View, Walla Walla parliament paed again to genemli- Wash., May 24. Charles I. Yennev ties, llo put forth the old nrgument n n haw the honor of leading the that the more terrible war becomes, Coinmencomcmt pnwession thi year owing to improvements hi the meth- having bcn elected by the faculty as Scholarship Rewarded. Stout Women Find La Camelle : Corsets so Very Comfortable Because of the- Ventilo Back and Front Shield A trial fitting will convince you. A model for every figure. If more convenient I will fit you in your own home. Prices $2.60 and up ' MRS. RCBT. PAfTISON, Corsotiore Res. 1702 Oak, Phone Red 3221 IT IS EVIDENT Our service is the best. Our system stands the test. And our prices do the rest. v IT IS EVIDENT Harris Grocery PHONE MAIN 70 FARMERS PHONE B. 192 408 North Fir Street, Cross Track STORAGE COAL - wnMiiiiiin1 iiiiiiiinniinwrimMiiiiTi 1 Just Received a Car of Peacock Celebrated Rock Spring Nut Coal, Just the Thing for Summer Use. SAWYER-CLARK COMPANY, Phone Main 17. Corner Jefferson & Greenwood Streets. YOUR CHOICE OF COAL We carry every grade and size for home or factory consump tion at the lowest prices per ton. keeping old trade is just as important as getting new customers. We do both by giv ing our customers what they waint. Storage rates are on now. Provide your winter's supply of tuei, line tne gooa nouse wne, who cans fruit and vegetables for your family s winter needs. Begin now and lay away o ton or two each month of our LONG LASTING HIAWATHA. This coa) won't slack or spoil and you will save money. Price advances , August 1st. CHAIN $2.50 GREEN WOOD $3.50 DRY FULL, LOOSE, CORD DELIVERED LYNCH and STEWART Jefferson Ave. One Block East Depot. Phone Main 10 f'-VB, r vi 1 . VtX CELEBRATED CHINESE HERB CO. (30 years practical experience) The Famous Chinese Herbs for All Ailments of Both Sexes , CONSULTATION FREE ' Office Hours ' Jefferson Ave, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. La Grande, Ore. f RYlPTOlf l GLASSES i made by us cost no more than Kryptoks made by other opticians,' but the Kryptoks supplied by us arc better, being finished on specially made machines and in the finest, most com pletely equipped retail option! factory in East ern Oregon. Dcsides, we do all the work under one roof from the examination of your eyes to the accu rate fitting of the fin ished glasses. i J. H. PEARE&S0N J Optometrists & Jewelers LA GRANDE, OREGON BON TON RESTAURANT 213 FIR STREET PHONE RED 1241 Expert Chef, American and Chinese Dishes Noodles and Chop Suey a Specialty OPEN AT 6 A. M. TO 1 A. M. Furnished rooms up stairs Wong Dan, Prop. W HY? Always at Your Serrice We Consider Your Success Paramount to Our Own Because our success depends on the development of the communities served by us and the prosperity of their inhabitants. We have made large investments for your convenience and comfort, in property which cannot be moved to some other locality if our business does not prosper as can yours There fore not only from public spiritedness but from business interests we wish to cooperate with you in anything tending to further the welfare of the community. No proposition is too small to receive our cheerful and thorough consideration and active encouragement. Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co. , Telephone Main 34 One Word, One Cent, One Time.