MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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THE PARCEL POST ENABLES COUN
TRY RESIDENTS TO TRADE WITH US
BY MAIL. WHEN YOU NEED ANY
THING IN THE DRUG LINE COME
IN PERSON, PHONE OR WRITE.
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La Grande Pharmacy
ADOLPH NEWLIN, Manager
Quick Delivery Phone Main 40
La Grande, Oregon
EXPIRES TODAY
EXHAUSTIVE SURVEY OF SYS
TEM UNDER WAY.
When Renewal Com eg Up It Is Ex
pected Changes Will Be Made.
Lu Grande's contract with the East
ern Oregon Light & Power company
expires today. Before it is renewed,
it is expected that a thoroughgoing
research will have been made relative
to the distribution of street lights and
other matters. Commissioners are
not in position to say just what will
be done but at the next meeting,
Wednesday night, the contract re
newal will come up for official con
sideration. It is understood that the
gross outlay annually for the street
lighting system is tobe pruned if
such a thing is possible, which will
likely mean elimination of some arcs,
although nothing official has been
suggested in this respect. Before
closing a new contract it is expected
the commissions will 'be ready to sug
gest several redistribution proposals
in the way of arc lights and clusters
as well.
Get the Habit Now
TRADE AT THE UNITED STORE AND SAVE MONE
School is coming fast Kiddies will need new togs We have
them and priced so you can outfit two in place of one.
School Dresses 49c, 69c, 98c, $1.23
School Bloomers 25c, 49c
School Ribbons 19c, 25c
School Girls' Corsets ...49c, 69c, 98c
'School Tablets 5c, 10c
School Erasers lc
School Pencils lc
New Ginghams 8 l-3c, 10c
New Percales 6 l-4c, 10c, 12 l-2c
New Cheviots 10c
New Galatea 15c
Boys' School Suite $2.98, $3.98, $4.98
Boys' School Waists 25c, 45c
Boys' School Shirts 25c, 45c
Boys' School Caps 25c, 49c
Boys' School Unions .-25c, 45c
Bovs' School Suspenders 10c, 19c
Boys' School Ties, silk 25c :
Boys' School Ties, wash lUc
Boys' School Pants 49c, 69c, 98c
Boys' School Hats 49c, 69c, 98c
Boys' School Shoes
....$1.15, $1.25, $1.39, $1.49, $1.89
BOOSTERS IN WALLOWA
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bugled and the businessmen talked
and it was by all odds one of the
noisiest invasions Enterprise has yet
experienced.
LOSTINE NEXT STOP.
Men and Women fall and Leave Their
Greetings to Lostine Folks.
Lostine, lAug. 28. '(Special) Be
tween the hours of 9:30 and 10:30
Losti.Hi was this morning host to the
La Grande automobile party boosting
the race meet. Once more the Joseph
buglers bugled and the visitors visit
ed and hob-nobbed and were hospit
ably leceived during their stay here.
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STATE FAIR AGEN'I
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HOME FROM
ClK mid Tillamook Counties Will
.Support State Fair. '
Coos county and Tillamook district,
as well as other coast counties are go
iing- ts have exhibits at tho state fair
this year, and are going to attend m
libera) numbers, according to Fred B.
"Carrey, tStnte Fair representative,
who- returned yesterday from tin ex
Wctn&xS tour of the western part of the
Ktate on that mission.
While he was in Coos county he wit
yesse! the allegorical wedding of Miss
bos Bay and Eugene Lane, and de
tlares that it "was some show."
"liue sawmill interests of that coun
try are wonderful" declared Mr.Tur
ey. Mills are enormous, ship loading
s brisk and it looks like a beehive of
industry." j
high living that no New York taxi
possibly could teach them. Wild ani
mal life, glaciers, glacial lakes, ever
lasting; snow, luxurious hotels, beau
tiful automobile routes, mountain
climbing, Colorado sunshine, meadows
WALLOWA TOO HOST;
Sawmill and Farming Town Receives
Boosters with Open Arms.
Wallowa, Aug. 28. (Special) It
was about the noon hour when the La
Grande contingent reached Wallowa.
Larger than Lostine, the city required
more time for the ollicial visit, and
the businessmen of Wallowa upheld
the famous Northeastern county's
of wild flowers and piney woods are fame for hospitality in fine shape. At
only a few of the delights of this i this point the Joseph buglers were al
region. Governor and Mrs. Hughes lowed to return to their various walks
wero introduced to the scenic won- of life, but not until the place had
ders hereabouts on their automobile been properly serenaded and the race
ride from Lyons Sunday following the meet nt La Grande advertised. But
Denver mass meeting. The candidate here elsewhere, tho merchants and i
win icniain nere until next I'ruiay at-
ternocn, when tho campaign trip will
be resumed. Topeka, Sept. 2 and
ARROW COLLARS, ALL STYLES ,.. , 15c STRAIGHT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS
DO BETTER AT
THE UNITED STORE
125 BIG BUSY
STORES
J. C. PENNEY CO.
the record for annual regattas at As
toria, September 1 to 4. These dates
have been officially designated by the
Pacific International Power Boat as
sociation for the champion speed-boat
races ol the .Facihc coast. Entries al
ready include some of the fastest
speed-boats of the Northwest. The
Foreland Motor Boat club is arrane-
ing the annual cruise so as to include
Astoria on the regatta dates.
In addition to the speed-boat con
tests, there will be fish-boat races and
sailing-boat races between the fisher
men of the Lower Columbia. These
events always provoke intense rivalry.
An unusually attractive list of prizes
will be hung up by the committee this
year. Cruiser and yacht races will
also bt promoted.
The social event of the regatta will
be the "admiral's and queen's ball," to
bo hcid at the Port of Astoria docks
on Fiiday night, September 1. Gov
ernor Withycombe and other promi
nent slate officials of the Northwest
will be in attendance.
Preparations are being made for
Kansas City, Mo., on the evening of
the same date, are the next stops.
CANNON SENT WEST.
HUGHES RESTING
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Eldredge, owner of the (Independence
expended over $100,000 on a tract creamery, narrowly escaped death
Monster Studied by Hundreds Yester
day While in lards Here.
Bearing , inscriptions, signatures,
prose and poetry written by patriots
from coast, to coast, including Billy
Sunday, a new cannon of the 14-inch
type was in La Grande yesterday on
its way to Seattle. Most of the signa
tures were in the nature of appeals
for the eight-hour day and verse-ar
guments for it. Billy Sunday wrote
his name on the cannon when it was
coming through Nebruska. Hundreds
had scribbled on the monster.
businessmen from La Grande took i elaborate receptions to old-time As-
enough time to visit their fellow busi- torians who have been invited from
home
nessmer. aside from boosting the 'far and wide to return for
in an inter-county sociability
race3,
lished
viewpoint.
From this point on in the autos
went more by the individual route
than had been the case thus far.
Mrs. Small About the Same
Reports this afternoon are to the
effect that Mrs. Chas. A. Small con
tinues to about hold her own, there
being little change either way in her
condition.
FAT MAN MAZAMAS
Cnnmerymiin and Wife Injured.
Independence, Or., Aug. 26. K. C.
ner Kates park for a summer camp. Tuesday evening while driving with
Coventor and Mrs. Hughes are stop- his wife from Salem to their home
ping nt the Stanley hotel, "roughing heie. When about four miles out of
it" amidst surroundings as luxurious Salem Mr. Eldredge lost the road and
uas iuiythinK obtainable in the coun- his seven-passenger Buick went down
itrj's fines t Jiostelcrios. They feel a 40-foot embankment. Mr. Eldredge
Tight at home among the prices, too. received several bruises and Mrs.
Hhe rates being $4 a day and sky- Eldredge was more seriously injured,
ward.?. Newspapermen with the can-: The machine was being driven at
folate, who try to trail him on auto- aliour 10 miles an hour when the nc
Boobifc trips in the Estes park region, tident occurred. The car was only
will learn something about the cost of slightly damaged.
Is Among 25 Who Go to Top of Mt.
Emily Yesterday For Sport
Art M. Sanburn, a traveling sales
man weighing close to 300 pounds, ad
ded to his hiking feats yesterday by
following Roy B. Currey to the top
of Mt. Emily. The pedestrains found
about 23 others had walked, rode1 or
motored to and near the top of the hill.
They report that timer 1 nomas is
busy staking off lots for summer
homes at Hog Wallowa, as reported
in Saturday's Observer.
Astoria Is Prepared for Uegatta.
Astoria, Or., Aug. 28. A commit
tee, under the leadership of F. C.
Harley, is closing up the final ar
rangements for what promises to be
coming week in connection with the
regatta. A sacred concert, with ap
propriate addresses will be given on
bunoay, September 3.
LEIGHTON S GARAGE
La Grande, Oregon.
The
Garage of Satisfactory Service
ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO.
AUSTIN BROWNELL, Manager
HOUSE WIRING A SPECIALTY
. Suj lies and Heating Devices
Phone Main 726
Sommer Hotel Building, next to Western Union
WAR DECLARED -(Continued
From Page One)
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paramount idiimU
First Screen Appearance of the
Famous Ziegfeld "Follies" Star
ANN PENNINGTON
In
"SUSIE SNOWFLARE"
A Photoplay of Broadway ami tho Home Town
Also
Paramount Pictographs
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
respect of the rights of each others
subjects. Ihe final step was the send
ing of Italian troops to Saloniki. Italy
and Germany severed diplomatic re
lations last year.
Italy's action probably will have lit
tle effect in the military situation in
tho immediate future, although an the
war goes on it may have a more im
portant bearing. On tho Austro-Ital-inn
front Italy finds active use for
hardly more than half her army and
in future can send available troops
to any front. Having committed her
self already to the Macedonia cam
paign, Italy's step is of no significance
aa respects that theater of war.
Germany hereafter will be free to
take such part in the Austro-Italian
campaign as may be decided on by
the Teutonic allies, either in the way
of leadership or by utilizing her sol
diers when needed.
CONFERENCE IS SET.
Mexican-American Affairs To Be Dis
cussed at Portsmouth.
Washington, ' Aug. 28. It is an-
i nounccd the joint Mexican-American
commission will meet in Portsmouth,
N. H., earlv next month. The an
nouncement followed a Lansing-Ar-redondo
conference today.
adopting it in the United States. The
government railroads in Cnnnrfa. Mr
Dunn avers are an utter financial fail
ure, the excess of the total amount
they have cost the public (exclusive
of comparative taxes) over their pres
ent value being $208,000,000 or $154,
378 a. mile.- With rates that are un
justly burdensome to general tax
payers, the lines have displayed evi
dence of construction waste, extrava
gant mismanagement, inaccurate ac
counting and "pork-barrel" improve
ments that would seem unbelieveable
to one not acquainted with the inevit
able attributes of government owner
ship. With a capitalization of less
than the construction cost of the In
tercolonial railway, one of the Cana
dian government lines, the railroads
in the United States handle 6 per cent
more passenger traffic and 27 per cent
more freight traffic per mile with on
ly 2.6 per cent greater operating ex
penses. The major cause of this
showing has been "politics," and the
attempt of the present management
to eliminate political influence is met
with local opposition and a general
lack of assistance. The picture, cer
tainly is not pretty, but as an educa
tive one it has great value.
SHERRY THEATRE
"Always the Best"
Last Showing Today of
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
and
BEVERLY BAYNE
In
"A MILLION A MINUTE"
SENDING MORE MILITIA.
Ohio,
Vermont. Kentucky Militiamen
Ordered to the Border.
Washington, Aug. 28. The war de
partment announced today Ohio, Ken
tucky and Vermont militia has been
ordered to the border immediately.
ADE
"Best bv Test
Committees Formulate Program.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 28. The
executive committee of the National
Council of Administration of the
Grnml Armv nf t.hp T?fmihlic met at
its rooms in the Mehlebach to formu
; late the official program of fiftieth an
j inial encampment of the G. A. R. The
, credentials committee met in the as-
sombly room this afternoon. The two
i committees will meet again tomorrow
and their work to the tlrst semi-or-ficial
meeting of the encampment tor
morrow night at the Convention hall.
Canadian Government Ownership.
(Electric Railway Journal)
In the "Journal of Political Eoon
omv" Samuel O. Dunn has made a
critical and exhaustive review of the
subject leading unmistakably to the
conclusion that the results obtained
constitute a powerful argument in
favor of abandoning government
ownership in Canada and again at
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