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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Til UHSDAY, JUNE 8, .1916.
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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
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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
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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.
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HY?
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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
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