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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1916)
LA GltlNDK EYEN1M1 i ii i OBSERVER WEDNKSDAY, N0VKMH1SH h 19.1G.. '- Copyright Hart Schaffner & Marx Do you know where the buttons on your clothes come from? IT is an interesing little story; if you are a wearer of Hart Schaffner & Mnrx clothes, you will be doubly interested. The material for the best buttons and that is the kind Hart Schaffner & Marx use grows on trees in tropical cli mates. The growth is in the form of a solid nut, which becomes harder and harder as it ripens; they finally drop to the ground and are still further hardened by exposure to the sun and weather. They become so hard that they are known as vege table ivory, and for all practical purposes are as hard as elephants' tusks. These nuts are then turned into buttons. Hart Schaffner & Marx use more of these vege table ivory buttons than any other concern in the country. Some electioneering of our own WE are out for office; we want to be chosen to repre sent you in the matter of good clothes. We have a wonderful following now we want to increase it and here are good reasons why you should support us: Your interests always comes first at this store. Our salesmen are hired to work for younot us. You get Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes here they're the best in the world. Because we sell these goods, we are style leaders; our values cant be surpassed. We can fit any man and guarantee satisfaction or your money back. Prices $20, $22.50, $25, $27.50 Gordon Hats $3.00 Stetson Hats $4.00 Manhattan Shirts Tilt Shoes $4 to $6 Interwoven Hosiery W0r Koiser Xeckwcar HE OBSERVER liARKE LBITKH. Editor and Pub lisher; J. U. MEYERS ami H. B. I LETTER, Owners. Iitcred in the Postotlice at I lli-nndo, Oregon, as second class matter. AODNESPAY, NOVEMBER 1, 19Hi I THESE ARE TRYING PAYS. 'hese nro the days that try an edi ts soul. Iipening one s mad is a task that is ally pleasant. hero is always the chance for a rise. Int these dnvs the mails seom to X only political advice. c:e mail brought communication? li the 'allowing: iti-Snioon League, Portland, Ore- -flvo pages against the Brewer's pdment. estern Headquarters Republican lonal Committee, Chicago, 111., lypewritten pages. Micity Service National Republi can Committee, Washington, D. C, four pages and leaflet. "The Other Side of Prohibition," published in Cincinnati, Ohio, four pages. Publicity Service Republican Na tional Congressional Committee, Washington, D. C, four typewritten pages. WOMEN IX POLITICS. When women go into politics they must expect to get hard knocks. They cannot go into the heat of a campaign and expect to be treated like ladies. Newspapers are not always run by gentlemen. Rowdies will insult wom en street speakers. They must suffer these things for Republican National Committee, j tilp ,,, 0f tne cause they represent. Chicago five typewritten pages. Department of the Interior Ru reau of Education two page plen for the Eskimo. Republican National Committee, Chicago Editorial of Chicago News opposing President Wilson. National Woman's Party Headquar ters, Chicago Three anti-Wilson car toons two typewritten pages. Hughes National College League, New lork one page typewritten. nti-lllue law League, The advantages they gain from women's suffrage must compensate them for the disappearance of the days of chivalry. Editorial Comment. Oregon two typewritten pages urg ing repeal ot feumlay closing law. Most of the mail goes into the wasto paper basket. What a waste of time, money, labor, postage stamps, and paper that precious article there is in this world ! Looking for Auto Traffic As soon as the highway is complet ed through this portion of the state there will be 125,000 automobiles pass over it in ono year. Rluo Mountain Portland, j Eagle, Canyon City. LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT BY S. W. STRAl'S President American Society For Thrift It would seem from these instances that there is no end to the ways in which thrift can be practiced when necessity demands. With all our reputed extravagances as a nation the report of the postal What's The I'se? What difference does it make wheth er the word "obey" is left out of the marriage service or kept in? Any hus band who expected his wife to obey him would be a dime museum freak. The Kugene Register. If death should come to you today, would vour faniilv bo Dracticallv or entirely penniless? Would your wife have to go to work? Would the chil dren have to quit school before they had learned enough to earn a decent salarv? What outlook would thev have for the future? These are the ikrnlilomc the M'iilnU's nnfl h!!ilrnn i-f the average man have to meet and solve ihiilv. These are miestinns everv mi n snouui nsK nimsci' seriously. It has been said that the difference between a rich man and a poor man is a few cents: A rich m:in snends a little less than he earns and a poor man a little, more than he earns. The poor man looks at the rich man and throws discretion to the winds. "I'm going to have those things, too," he says. And he cuts down on his savings or ceases tp save altogether. The Germans have always been held up to us as models in the mat ter of economy and thrift, ar.d now , . I savings just issued show that the when economy is more nc.n, , .. . . 100 than ever before, their ingenuity 'and ls '""sing in thia resourcefulness are notable. It reported that German troops when working to the rear from the trenches country. In the month of July, the mid-summer month when vacation. and holiday spending of hoarded fundh p. ..... .,tc wtuuivn j ui mmmuu IunOft, lire extended m long lines so that they reach their height, it is shown that all may hunt on the way for bullets from French rifles. Tiiese are made from copper alloy and can be used in the . munitions factories of Germany. For every two pounds of bullets 2 cents is 'paid, and for every French 75-milli- meter shell 5 cents is paid. More is i paid for the largo English and French sneus with the copper bands. And ! this is not a!!. A well-known German I doctor has suggested to the German j government that experiments be made I with crows, with a view to using the .tens of thousands that follow the armies as food. l)r. Schnee himself has experimented and savs that pickled the flesh is edible and that from the fat can be produced lard which the Russian pheasants use. records in postal savings were stir- passed; with a net grain of more than 00,000, against ono of $342,940 in. July, 1015. While the gain is reported from all parts of the country, it it noted that New York, Chicago, Boston, Detroit Pittsburg. San Francisco, Portland. Ore., and PKili,: v.u alwut 42 per cent of all deposits. Chicken Dinner. Come and get a good chicken dinner """ na,i- ""n't forget the date Thursday evening. Given by the ladies of the Christian church. Adv. 11"1-lt-Our Want Ads brm results. T "V.
