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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916.
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Professional Dinectony
FRATERNAL ORDERS
A. P. & A.M. La Grande Lodge No.
' 41, A. F. & A. M. holds regular
meetings first and third Saturday
at 7:80 p. m. Cordial welcome to
all Masons.
ROBERT S. EAKIN, W. M.
A. C. WILLIAMS, See.
B. P. 0. E. ELKS, La Grande Lodge
' No 433. Lodge meets each Thurs
day evening at eight o'clock.
Home and club privileges cheer
fully extended to all Brother Elks.
FRANK C. BRAMWELL,
, Exalted Rutar.
ADNA B. ROGERS, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Cross
Lodge No. 27 meet every Monday
night in Castle hall (K. of P. hall.)
A Pythian welcome to all visitng
Knights.
A. W. NELSON, C. C.
DBLILE GREEN
K. of R. & S
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMER
ICA La Grande Cam. No. 7703
meets on the first and third Thurs
day evenings of each month in the
K. f P. hall. Visiting neighbors
welcome.
H. E. DIXON, V. C.
CHAS. JESTER, Clerk.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD La
Grande Camp No. 169 meets every
first and third Friday at K. of P.
Hall. All visiting neighbors wel
corned.
O. L M'DOWELL, C. C.
E. W. EASTMAN, Clerk.
L. O. O. M. La Grande Lodg No.
850 Loyal Order Of Moose holds
regular meeting every Wednesday
night at 8 p. m. in Eagle Hall, fifth
floor Foley building on Adams Ave.
Visitors always welcome. Dues
payable at Young's Sweets.
GEO YOUNG, Die.
HARRY SWART. Sec.
F. 0. E. La Grande Aerie No. 259
on each and every Friday evening
at 8 o'clock on top floor of new
Foley building. Visiting members
cordially welcomed.
J. P. RUSK, W. P.
L. F. BELLINGER, Sec.
O. E. S. Hope Chapter No. 13, 0. E.
S. holds stated communications the
second and fourth Wednesday of
each month. Visiting members
cordially invited.
EMMA L. KIDDLE, W. M.
MARY A. WARNICK, Sec.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS. Iris Camp
meets every second Friday After
noon and fourth Friday evening,
evey montfh in K. of P. Hall. All
visiting members cordially invited.
MINNIE BUNTING, Oracle.
LILY C. KIMMEL, Recorder.
REBEKAHS Crystal Lodge No. 53.
Meets every Tuesday evening in the
I. O. O. F. Hall. All visiting mem
bers are invited to attend. .
ADLA CHILDERS, N. G.
ROSA GLASS, Sec.
K. & L. OF SECURITY. Mt Emily
Council No. 2646. Meets second and
fourth Thursday evening at 8
o'clock at Eagle hall. Visiting mem
bers are welcome.
- C. E. STITT, Pres.
C. W. COOK, Fin. Sec.
VIOLA L. HOGUE, Rec. Sec
PYTHIAN SISTERS of Rowena Teji
ple No. 9 meets every second and
fourth Friday evening at K. P. Hall.
MRS. LIZZIE HAYWORTH, M. E. 0.
LOUISE LANDRT M. of R. C.
WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT CIRCLE
NO. 47 Meet second ana iourtn
Tuesday evenings of each month
at the Eagle hall. All visiting
neighbors welcome.
LILLIE ALLST0TT, G. N.
LOUISE HILARY, Clerk.
PHYSICIANS AM SURGEONS. .
DR. R. E. L. HOLT Physician and
surg n; corner Adams venuo and
Depot street. Phonos Office Main
68; Residence Main 730. Hours 11
to 12 a. m.; 2 to 5 p.m.; 7 to 8 p. in.
DR. H. L. UNDERWOOD Physician
and surgeon. Diseases of the eye a
specialty.
DR. DORA J. UNURWOOD Dis
eases of women and children. Of
fices Adams venu. over Red
Cross DTTTg Store
EYE, EAR, NOSE. THROAT SPEC
IALIST DR. H. M. BOUVY Practice limited
exclusively to diseases and surgery
of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and
k. nf nioHPi Office West
Jacobson Bldg. Office phone Red
3431. Residence, Main 39.
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS '
DR. J. L. INGLE Osteopathic phy-
DR. MARGRET INGLE Disease!
of women; care and feeding oi cnu
dren. Office Room 37, new Foley
Bldg. Office hours 10-12 a. m.; 2-5
p. m and by appointment. Office
phone Red 1761; residence Red 881.
CHIROPRACTORS
DRS. DARLAND Chiropractic par
lors 4th and Depot street. Phone
Red 1751.
nnu AT.T.PTM ALLEN Chiroprac
tors. Office hours 9:30 to 12 a. m.;
2 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m. Phone Red
8231; over Family Restaurant, 209
Fir street, La Grande, Oregon.
VETERINA-.Y
DR. H. W. RILEY Graduate Veter
inarian Hospital. 1409 Madison Ave.
State Stallion Inspector and Inspec
tor of Stock for shipment. Home In
dependent Phon Black 41. Formers
Co-operative Phone, Main 112
DENTIST
E. P. Mossman Dentist: room 6
and 7 new West Building. Phone
Black 1621; Office hours 8 to 12 p.
m. and 1 to 6 p. m.
ATTORNEYS
CRAWFORD & EAKIN. T. H.
Crawford and Robert S. Eakin, Att
orneys at law. Practice in all the
courts aof the state and United
Sttaes. Office, West Jacobson build
ing, rooms 9-10-17, Le Grande Ore
gon. 'OCHRAN & EBERHARD Geo.T.
Cochran and Colon R. Eberhard
Attorneys. La Grande National
Bank Bldg. La Grande, Ord.
E. W. EASTMAN Lawyer Office
Rooms 1 and 8, La Grande National
Bank Building.
R. J. GREEN. Attorney at law
Rooms 14-15, Palmer-Roesch Bldg.,
La Grande Ore. Practices in all state
and Federal courts.
ALBERT SMALL Attorney at Law.
Kooms Zb, zi la ttrande Rational
Bank Building. Practices in all
state and federal courts. Phone
Main 11.
AUCTIONEER
ED STRINGHAM, the Reliable Sales
man. Farm and Stock Sales a spec
ialty. Satisfastio i guaranteed.
Clerk books furnished free. R. F.
D. No. 2. Phone Farm 1x6.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
H. E. Roskamp, Contractor and build
er. La Grande Ore., Phone Ke 1981.
R. R. NEAL Civil Engineer. Office
City Engineer over Fire Station, L,a
Grande, Oregon. Plans, specifica
tions and estimates. Surveys of all
natures. Office phone Main 708; Res.
phone Red 1171.
ARCHITECT
MILTON S. BLOCK Architect
Sketches and estimates cheerfully
furnished. Office, Room 26, New
Foley Building.
C. B. MILLER Architect, Room 23,
New Foley Building.
W. L. STRINGHAM Instructor of
piano. Studio over Young's con
fectionery. Notice of Meeting of Board of Equal
ization. Notice is hereby given that the
County Board of Equalization for
Union county, Oregon, will convene at
the court house, La Grande, on Mon
day, September 11, 1916, and publicly
examine the assessment roll, correct
all errors in valuation, descriptions
or aualities of land, lots or other
nronertv. as assessed bv the county
assessor, and it shall be the duty of
all persons interested to appear at
the time and plave given.
All persons having grievances re
garding the 1916 assessment may ap
pear before such board and present
their affidavits containing grounds for
complaint. All such affidavits must
be presented during the first week of
the meeting oi the ooara.
U. G. COUCH,
Assessor for Union County.
Adv. 8-21 to 9-11.
Our
Coal
Creed
WE believe in good coal, in
clean coal, in coal that looks
good, burns better and heats
best of all.
WE believe in a business policy
of fair prices, square dealing
and liberal treatment of cus
tomers, great and small.
WE believe in a discriminating
public that knows what it wanta
and knows whore to buy it.
WE believe in ourselves and the
goods we sell.
WE believe that we have the
most desirable stock of coal to
le found in I-a Grande.
Sawyer-Clark Co.
PnONE MAIN 17
PRICES IN
BUENOS AIRES
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 1.
(By Mail) A cake of toilet soap re
tailing at 25 cents in the United
States costs $1.71 here. This is typi
cal of Argentine prices generally.
They are perfectly terrific, stupefy
ing, incredible. Drugs cost three to
four times what they cost in North
A m.r! it a nwlmnl'H rtrtfll Kvlltaliau Wh
cents each, everyday gloves $7 a pair.1
A 4-room. steam
m heated nat in a
good, but not aristocratic part of this
city, cannot be had for less than $110
a month. A similar flat, minus the
heat, may be had at $52.80. There are
four or five months here during which
heat must be had; and Cardiff coal,
practically the only kind on the mar
ket, costs from $28.16 to $32.80;
sometimes a bit more. In the re
mote suburbs tiny little boxes of
houses may be rented for $32.50 a
month, sans heat, sans lights, sans
everything else except four walls.
These quarters ere too far away from
the business center to be considered
by a man whose business hours are at
all exacting. Expensive heating and
lighting must also be considered.
Transportation is cheap. If he can
ctnnrp thp t.imp hp run t.rvol twift
high, as Argentina is a meat country.
The very fanciest cuts of beefst-eay
may be had at 25 cents a pound.
Ribs and rump steaks cost 17 1-2
cents a pound, mutton 13, veal 30 1-2
cents and pork 22 cents. Other items
of (household expense will be about
like this: Butter 44, bread 5 1-2, coffee
44, tea 39 1-2, granulated sugar 11,
chickens 35 cents a pound. Milk cost3
eight cents a quart. Eggs are 48
cents a dozen. Potatoes cost 35 cents
for 22 pounds. Oranges are 66 cents
a dozen, bananas 22 cents a dozen and
apples six cents each. A suit which
would cost $25 in New York or Chi
cago or Ban Francisco, costs $45 in
IHuenos Aires. A pair ot $5 or
American shoes costs $15. A $3
American hat costs between $6 and $7.
An ordinary suit of winter under
clothing costs $10, United States
money. The man who buys his wife
a not over-fashionable walking suit
must pay $50 for it. If she is not too
particular, he can get her a bonnet
for $20. If he wants to keep up with
the news, each paper costs him four
cents. The price of a 15 cent Ameri
can magazine is 26 cents. The beer
is good but it costs 13 cents per glass.
A waiter must bring each glass to a
small table and every time he expects
a tip of four cents. Whiskey, includ
ing the tip, is 22 cents a glass. There
is practically no such thing as a cigar
for less than eight cents and these are
ipractically unsmokable. Havana
cigars cost from 44 cents up. The
man who falls ill will have to pay an
ordinary family doctor $5 a visit. If
his teeth hurt him, it will cost him
$5 an hour, to have repairs made, un
less he goes to an expensive dentist, in
which case there is practically no
maximum limit. People who like to
keen clean must nay to their washer
women approximately the same prices
as are charged by the highest-priced
New York laundries. Koughly speak
ing, it cost about twice as much to
live in Buenos Aires as it costs to live,
not perhaps in New York, but in Chi
cago. A citizen of the United States
who goes to the Argentine metropolis
to live, on the same salary he re
ceived at home, may consider that his
income has been cut in two. and will
be financially wise if he readjusts his
expenditures accordingly. Living ex
penses are higher in Argentina than
in any other country in South Amer
ica. In Brazil the average is only a
little higher than in the United States.
Chile and the countries in the South
American north are rather cheap.
This does not refer to all commodities.
Some articles are very expensive. It
applies, however, to the average cost
of living. As an offset against their
lower prices, incomes are generally
lower in the countries where living is
cheap. Why prices are so high in
Argentina is not entirely clear. For
one thing, the country's population is
small and it has plenty of money, so
that, if the cash were evenly dis
tributed, the per capita wealth would
be 'high. Furthermore, it is not a
manufacturing country. It lacks
workingmen in sufficient numbers, it
has little water power and it has al
most no fuel. There is considerable
prospecting for oil. If it should be
found in adequate quantities, it will
be a God-send and ought to make bil
lionaires of the discoverers. In the
meantime, manufactured articles have
to be brought from a long way off,
which costs money. I'inally, internal
transportation facilities are primitive
and shipping, plying to foreign ports,
is in a few hands. To a considerable
extent, however, it looks as if it is
expensive to live in Argentina simply
because the peiple who furnish the
necessaries of life are able to extort
the money. The average Argentina is
not paid for his work in proportion to
what he has to pay for his living. A
comparatively small number of men,
mostly cattle and wheat kings, make
huge sums. There is a fair propor
tion of rich middlemen. A great deal
of the big money the country produces
belongs to foreign investors and goes
abroad. A salaried man is consid
ered in possession of a good, round in
come if he receives $150 to $200
monthly. Of course this does not go
nearly so far as it would in the United
States. A first class printer or loco
motive engineer may make as high as
$175 monthly. Bricklayers arc paid
from $2.50 to $3.50 daily but do not
have work all the time. A carpenter,
who also has periods of unemploy
ment, earns from $1.50 to $2.50 daily.
There is a wide voriation, according to
season, in what an unskilled laborer
receives. At times he gets as low as
! ,'10 pesos and at others as high as 80
pesos monthly, or. in United State'
money, from Jl.1.20 to $35.20. On a
farm, it is possible to imagine how a
man might live on the latter of these
two sums, even in Argentina. How ho
succeeds in doing it in Buenos Aires,
and how, in particular, he succeeds in
doing it part of the time on $13.20
per month is a puzzle. It seems to be
the consensus of opinion that he can
get enough of a poor quality of food
but that his shelter is such as would
revolt a self-respecting hog in the
United States. Ho wears whatever
clothes he can pick up.
All Engineers Called To Meet.
El Paso, Tex., Aug. 22. It prac
tically has been decided that all man
agers of Federal Irrigation projects,
all engineers in charge of reclamation
work and all heads of legal depart
ments connected with the many re
clamation projects how under con-
"uv"""l
ernmeht throughout the United States
will meet in force in El Paso during
the annual convention of the Inter
national Irrigation congress, which is
to meet Oct. 14 to 18, next.
This will be the first time in the
history of the congress that oppor
tunity has-been given the delegates
to meet in a body all the practical
men engaged in carrying into prac
tice the plans outlined by the con
gresses at their annual meetings
since the systematic work of re
claiming lands by means of stored
water s began 25 years ago. For
that reason interest in the 1916 Irri
gation congress has been greatly en
hanced. Owing to the number of new ques
tions which will come before it for
discussion and settlement the Interna
tional Irrigation congress of 1916 will
rank as one of the most important
congresses to be held since the work
of reclaiming the wasto places of the
country was first inaugurated a
quarter of a century ago.
It has become more and more ap
parent, each year, that in the reclama
tion of lands by means of irrigation
as much attention must be paid to
preventing the water logging of ir
rigated lands as is paid to the getting
of water to the lands. When the
question of irrigation became a na
tional question attention was chiefly
centered in the matter of conserving
wnt.er nnd nnnlvincr it to the lands to
$6be reclaimed. In the intervening
years it has been learned, often at
bitter cost, thot there is such a thing
as putting too much water upon the
reclaimed lands. As a result more at
tention is being paid now, than in
former years, to not only preventing
the use of too much water lor irriga
tion purposes but to providing ways
and means for relieving the over
watered lands of their dangerous
burdens.
The matter of drainage will be one
of the vital questions to be discussed
at the Irrigation congress when it
convenes in El Paso in October," said
R. F. Uurges, president of the con
gress. "For that reason the presence
of the practical men of the reclama
tion service, the project managers and
the men who have made a study of
the laws on the subject will be of
more than ordinary importance and
will add greatly to the value of the
discussions of the questions when they
come before the congress.
"There are at present 27 irrigation
projects under way in the United
States under Federal control and the
coming of the managers engineers and
legal advisors of all these projects
will odd greatly to the attendance as
well as to the prestige of the El Paso
meeting."
Song Ghost Haunts Jose Collins
Jose Collins is haunted by the ghost
of a song.
When Miss Collins first came before
the public eye she was greeted ev
where as the daughter of Lottie Cc'
lins. This, of itself, was nothing to
trouble her; but whenever one men
tioned Lottie, one nlways mentioned a
song in the same breath the famous
"Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay."
It was Lottie Collins who composed
the song and wrote its words, and who
then set London and New York wild
with its rollicking air. They couldn't
get away from it, no more than Miss
Collins can get away from it now.
"Probably now that I'm in the mov
ies," says Miss Collins, "people will
forget that a singer ever existed in
my family. I'm going to forget it
myself for- a time."
Miss Collins is the star of the Will
iam Fox picture, "A Woman's Honor."
Viola Dana, the charming and
gifted little Metro star, who made her
debut on the Metro program in "The
Flower of No Man's Land," is at
work on another five part wonder
play. The next offering, starring
Miss Dana is as yet unnamed. It is
an unusual story, of great power and
with many grinning dramatic situa
tions, artistically blended with delight
ful lights, scenes and comedy rehet.
The story was written especially
for Miss Dana by John II. Collins,
who will also direct the star and a
strong supporting cast in the produc
tion. Mr. Collins was associated with
Miss Dana when she was starring on
the Edison program, and came to
Metro when she was engaged for that
program.
Cicarettes Made Under Most Modern
Methods
From all indications it will be but
a short time before the smokers of
Ln Grande will cease to "ARK DAD"
about the quality of SWEET CAPO
RAL Cicarettes.
The representatives of the manu
facturer are making this quite un
necessary. Special demonstration
crews full of pep and enthusiasm are
in town and it is only necessary for
you to listen to them before you be
gin to experience a desire to try this
old-time cigarette.
SWEET CAPORALS were first
manufactured in 1873 and one of the
arguments used by the demonstra
tors is the fact that these cigarettes
have stood the test of 40 years. A
most interesting talk is given by the
demonstrators. They show you first
for your inspection the actual tobac
co used in the manufacture of this
cigarette, and maybe they don't know
all about their product from A to Z!
Their confidence in the quality of
SWEET CAPORALS almost convinc
es one of its merit and a trial does the
rest.
Great stress is laid by the manu
facturers upon the sanitary condi
tions under which the SWEET CAPO
RALS are made. It is the demon
strator's boast that if the smoker
could only look into the SWEET
CAPORAL factory and see for him
self the high grades of tobacco and
paper usedvand the care in manu
facturing this cigarette, he would nev
er cease to be a SWEET CAPORAL
smoker.
In connection with the manufacture
of cigarettes, Mr. Alfred McCann, the
pure food expert, of the New York
Globe has written a long article con
trasting the sanitary methods used in
the making of cigarettes and the mak
ing of food. He tells of a trip
through a factory of The American
Tobacco Company, in New York i
where the greatest care is taken to
secure cleanliness, where the hand
ling of the tobacco itself is done by
scrupulously clean machinery, is en
tirely opposite to the rumors which he
had heard concerning the conditions
of the tobacco factories.
BUT SAY The demonstrators are
in town Go see them yourself and be
convinced. Adv.
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WANT ADS
FOR RENT
FOR RENT Front, modern bed
rooms neatly furnished, newly
tinted, moderate charges. Call
Main 701 or address 1607 Sixth St.
Adv. 8-20-12t.
FURNISHED housekeeping rooms.
Call Red 962. Adv. 8-17-tf.
FOR RENT Bed rooms and front
bed sitting room nicely furnished;
moderate charges, 1612 Adams.
Adv. 8-1-tf.
FOR RENT House, corner Spring
and Walnut. Phone Geo. E. Wells,
Farmers 18X6. Adv. 8-14-tf.
FOR RENT OR FOR SALE On
September 1st, nice modern reai-l
dence, close in. Call Rsd 1311. I
8-21-tf :
FOR RENT Furnished House, m d
ern, close in. Piano. Phone Main
10.
TWO FRONT ROOMS to rent with
or without board. Red 8832, 1434
Adams. Adv. 8-22-tf.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE One two and one
half inch wagon. All A-l. En
quire Grande Rondo Lbr. Co. Phone
WAITED Housekeeper for wid-
FOR SALE 160 acres timber land, ower. Call at Oregon hotel Adv.
$1,200; $500 cash, balance stock. 8-18-Ctp.
B. T. Roberts, 1603 X avenae, La ,
Grande, Oregon. Adv. 4-4-tf. WANTED Young men and women
j0 iearn the insurance business.
FOR SALE L. C. Smith typewriter Commission or salary and commis-
No. 2, first class condition. Phone 8;on while learning. Positions In
Red 1482. Adv. 8-18-6t. Eastern Oregon and Washington.
FOR SALE-Six room modern bung- G,ve rice d state experi-
alow, almost new, steam heated, "ce; nte to. .C' S-
good furnace, full basement, dry iWalla Walla, Wash. Adv. 7-28-lm
all year, laundry tubs and all mod- " ,
ern conveniences throughout the WANTED Good country butter,
house. CloRe in. Will sell on easy Call Red 3231. Adv. 8-22-tf.
terms. Call at Observer office.
Adv. 8-18-tf. FOUND Package containing ladies
. underwear. Name on slip H. H.
WANTED Old bills, notes; no mat- Wingo. Owner may havo some by
ter how old they are or where proving property and paying for
debtor is, we take them outright advertisement. Adv 8-23-tf.
IS YOUR CARINSURED, OR
Should
Your
AUTO
And be totally or partially destroyed would you have
to stand the loss personally?
WE CAN INSURE ANY CAR MADE
Let Us Insure From Fire,
Your Home, Furniture, Piano, Garage, Merchandise,
Business Property, Barn, Implements, Grain, Hay,
Etc., Etc.
We Also Write
Life, Accident and Health, Bonds, Plate Glass, Hail
and all kinds of
INSURANCE
If It's INSURABLE Currey Can Insure It"
George Huntington Currey
Manager Insurance Department
Geo. H. Currey
Opposite
Y. M. C. A.
Phone Black 2001
HE WHO MOTES
REAL ESTATE
Building
For
The
Future
The young business
man measures the
importance of his
enterprise by the
A'ision which he has
p of its ultimate
growth.
P The Officers of this
W Institution, in like
up- manner, measure
the importance of
his bank account,
not by the size of
its initial deposit
but by its possibili
ties for develop
ment. We cordially invite'
tlhe accounts of
young men embark
ing in the business
world.
The
United States
National
Bank LaGrande,
Oregon. ,
oh our claim brokerage plan. Ad
dress Box 144, La Grande. Adv.
8-15-tf.
Catch
Fire
108 Elm Street
La Grande,
Oregon
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