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TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1917. LA' GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER CLEAN-UP All Ladies' Two-Tone Colored Shoes, both button and lace styles a" reduced prices. (Black Shoes with white tops not included) One lot Ladies' Shoes in button and lace, in kid, pat ent .and gun metal leathers. Regular $3.50, $4.00, and $5.00 shoes. Sale Price, per pair $2.35 One lot, about 40 pairs, Ladies' Button Shoes in odd sizes, $4.00 to $5.00 shoes. Sale Price per pair ......$1.00 One lot Children's Shoes, 2 1-2 to 5 1-2. Sale"Prie2 per pair - -75c One lot Children's Shoes, 6 to 8, Sale Price per pair.....-.: - --900 One lot Children's Shoes, 8 1-2 to 2, Sale Price per pair . 100 II THE BEST PLACE TO BUY SHOES RENCH SHOE COMPANY KATl.NG A PLEASURE when you have a normal uppctite. Loss of appetitie indicate!! that the stomach needs to be cleaned, sweet ened, and stimulated to healthy action. TONIC DIGESTIVE is sold for this purpose and guaran teed to give relief. Sold only by us, $1.00. LEVV-VOGEL DRUG CO. , La Grande, Oregon. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the unduralKiied. have known R J. flieney for the last 15 yeurs, and nellevo htm perfectly honorable In all tiuslm-HS transactions and tlnanclally able to curry out any ohliKHtlonft mnde by his firm. NATIONAL. HANK OF COMMERCE. 4 Toleilo, O. Hull's -Catarrh Cure Is tnken Internally, ucttnK directly upon the blood unit nm toUB surfuci's of the Hyuteni. T slllnonlnls vnt free. Price "6 rentH ler bottle. Soki by nil nniKirlsis. Take Hall Family Pltla 1 r conallnnllnft but by all means let us have the equip ment and give the children the ad vantage of it this year t.s well a those of the future. Dr. Law made a professional trip to Haines the night it was th'rty degrees below zero and did not get home until 2:30 in the morning. Ho say that ho is sure it was cold, co was tin team. He did not have any roads broken part of the way so had to go very slow and make his own road. He pre fers the auto for travel at night. Hard Winter. The pioneers say that this is one of the hardest winters ever known in this part of the country. The snow is deep on the ground and we have had somo of the coldest weather known at this time of the year. We do not hear of any food shortage for stock yet and everyone seems to te enjoying the extreme cold that is pre vaiiing. Mrs. Wjckes is still very ill and she docs not seem to improve very fast. daughters in La Grande. The 1916 Christmas exercises at Cove were a departure from the us vvl sterotyped form. Instead of each cvurch holding its own, they all joined in a community Christmas held in the Opera House on December 24d An appreciative audience which taxed to lis utmost not only the seating capac- . "" l" standing room, en- i joyed the following program: I ' Scripture lesson and prayer, by the Explanation Present Statuts of Adam kov. c. C. Pratt, followed by an I son Law Sent Out liroadcast Offi , umentat Uuet, "Woodland I Echoes", Misses Fay and Irene Pratt. ! Recitation Bunyan Anderson, Jr I ..iianuii-Leia iicll Saunders. OFFICIAL CIRCULAR cials Are Disappointed in Delay in Putting Administration -Law into Effect. WEATHER IS COLD Thermometer Registers .'10 Degrees Hclow Zero Several Weddings Re liortttl Pioneers Say Winter Is One of Hardest Ever. NEWS ITEMS F fill GOV E Funeral Services of Mrs. Andrew Anderson Held Marion Hlcv ins Is 111 Son of Dr. Saunders of Brookings III News and Personals. North Powder, Jan. 2. (Special) Extremely cold weather prevailed here the fore part of the week. The ther mometer registered t!0 degrees below in town and somo people claim that out in the country it went lower than that. We know that it was low enough and we were glad when the weather clerk choose to call it off and order warmer weather for us. Several wedding are reported in the past few days. Among those embark ing on the matrimonial sea arc James Hardy and Miss Lillie Graham; Mr. Ed Davis and Hattie Meyers, Mr. Ar thur Gorham and Miss Iieulnli Younce. An epidemic of marriage. has visited North Powder and sev eral moro are planned for the noa future we understand. All these young people have the best wishes of their friends in their new life. Robert Hurdotte and Homer Pear son took Christmas dinner with the Ashby family. Denth of Haby Spain. The three months old child of Arch Spain und wife died very suddenly the oilier day. The little one Has not been strong and heart failure was given as the cause of its death. The family have the sympathy of tlnir friends in their sad bereavement. Tlio infant daughter of Mr. and Mni. Brothers is very ill with double pneu monia. The little one was taken vei y suddenly and very little hopes are entertained for its recovery. Miss Anna Taylor anu lor mother left for Idaho points and Salt l ake on December 'JO. Miss Tnvlo.- nil! tear!: at pomp place in Utah f ir the rest of the winter mid her niii'J"" :''. visit with a daughter who liver, ai l'.lacl; font, Idaho. They will -ivt return here before spring. Christians Exert U-'s. The Christmas xwr- at t! Cove Ore., Jan. 2. (Special.) The funeral services of Mrs. Andrew Anderson, uged SI), were held Tues day afternoon, December 21, from the Anderson home. Interment at the Cove cemetery. Rev. C. C. Pratt of ficiating. Mrs. Olivia Anderson was born in Christiana, Norway, October 27, 1857, Vocal Duet Madams Otto and Love. Recitation Wallace Pease Jr Mandolin Quartet Madams Conklin and Love, Miss lone J,ove, Leonard Love, A dramatized "Vioit to Santa Cuius Land" Primary grade, Miss Ora Brown, conductress. Tableau, Uncle Sam and the God dess of Liberty-Carl Peterson, Dor othy Bloom. Christmas Anthem Chorus, Choir A. A. Antics, Director. The distribution of treats was fol lowed by two reels of films. A joint nublie inKtnll.,t,nn r- X, ... . ..t.viiu ul Tyv Local brotherhood men are discuss ing the official circular sent out by the brotherhood chiefs following the recent develpments at the New York conference. Special circulars putting up to the j 400,000 members responsibility for the brotherhoods in their controvesry with the railways over the application and interpretation of the Adamson act, were sent broadcast by wire after a conference of the four .brotherhood heads in New York. Announcement of the action taken was maue oy William u. Lee, presi J-odge No. ill, p. 1,,-ti jt and (jner. dcnt of tne Brotherhood of Railway iy Chapter No. 12S O. E s wns h,.i i I Tralnmen' prior to nis departure for I ... 1 - ....... . u ,,. .,rt-:.i i... tu ....nut-r .,, una. st. John's eve. Cove Lodge No. 91. P. W M. Ben Duffy installed Dr. L- Metown as worshipful master who then installed the following Chas lowell acting as (..and marshal: John Dean, senior warden; Wm. i-iusnetes, junior warden; M. J. )uf. j the west. He was accompanied by the otherorotherhood leaders whose con ference with the railway managers re sulted in a disagreement. The public statement of the chiefs says: "While meeting with President Wil son last August, at his insistence, our mi am mm m Ik 1 6 CALIFORNIA is a garden of delight where earth and sky and air have seemingly been fashioned by Dame Nature to charm the hearts and minds of men. All runner of sports and recreations are enjoyed out-of-doors. Polo, golf, tennis and automobiling over countless miles of beau tiful roads, and the way to go is via Union Pacific System We will be glad to furnish complete in formation, and help plan your California Trip. J. H. KEENEY, AGENT ing us installing officer, with '.Mrs mid came to America at the age of 15 i ';ll"l Kees acting grand marshal. Mrs Anderson, worthy mat ion; John Dean, worthv .it,.. m... ..w... ...v.ui, associate .Matron; Bessie Lay, conductress; Mrs. Powell, associate conductress-' .Mldred MeCall, secretary; Mrs. Alice I'UIty, treasurer; Mrs. Constance An tlerson, chaplain; Mrs. .Myrtle K.ri. ees, mar- j years. Un October 20, 1881, she was married to Andrew Anderson in Chi cago, 111., coming to Oregon in 1S87 with four children. Mrs. Anderson is survived bv her husband, two sons, Charles of Port land, Ceorge of North Powder, and i three daughters. Louise of California. Mrs. l'b.rence Hunt and Mrs. Edith i trom v'ganist; Mrs. Maud'lf I'ager, both of Cove. Mrs. Anderson ! v as a member of the local M. E. I church. 11. E. lilevins' daughter Marion, is very ill. Dr. McCowan is In attend ance. It will lie of interest to some of the Cove readers to know that Dr. and Mrs. Clark Saunders of Urooklings Oregon, have taken their son. who suffering with an abscess on the brain, t the hospital in Portland. Misses Helen Antles and Lois Comstoek entertained at the home of : Mis Antb-s Wednesday, Dec. -7. in . hn;;u:- ,,f the boys and 'rirls who are j home from school for the holidays. ' The holiday season aid home tics jt'i-o responsible for the return of m;'.ty ! of our boyii and girls, among whom arc Vera Pease, who is teaching school on Smith Mountain; Floyd : '.ni!e-i from Washington State Col-' 1 I'T'c; Miss Delia Lund. Herman l.u .d. Kay linker and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred. : Ingram, from Monmouth; Philip i Conklin, from O. A. C; Miss Vina' ' Cenley, from Whitmat. College; !liss ! I e!a Avers. Kdwrrd C,i:nstock and ' Clunk I'ekerslev, from V.'aila Walla. , Wash. V'l'v basketball gi'ls will give a I leap year dance at Macabee Hall , ' Kiiday rvening. December ;!0. ,a. lire h were ver and a u'.h av- large : verv ecle- good crowd er. joyed ;':;e en.ei much. No'-th l'ovd;'i brates in good style. The sihonl has r-!"e -o;r.u Mit' plies for thnir domostu' -'.omc and manual training dopartP'ev, wi.i.h have l een bady needed, Nor'h Pow der ha a fine sV.ool liuiblii;; and only needs equipment to h. -j one f lla. host schools in this part of t ie state. It may take some money to fix it up M.-s lew Mr. spon i!ir with Mr a : c City an ' Van Vlaek has be davs with her son. Ed. 'id Mrs. Harlan (Vgar :tr t'-.' holiday in Piairie Mr. Cogai's parents. Rev 1 roublood, I Charics An,!cr-on of Portland is i:; ! town for a few days, railed hero by : the death ef his mother, Mrs. An-j drew Anoorson. Mrs. J. W. llu:h returne.l Tuesjay aftir spending a few weeks with her treasurer; H. ;. rtvin I committee waived their reouest for tury; lien Duffy, senior i1,.m..,,. i i.- I time and a half for overtime, which Anderson, junior deacon; C. II. Powellj ' was 'u"y " Per cunt of their demand, I marshal; S. A. Anderson, Jr., senior , 11,1(1 at ,hu suggestion of the president "-""'"i " - Anderson, junior accepted ins proposition, which was: steward. " 'Concession of the eight-hour day. therry Chapter No. l3 O. E. S I "'Postponement of the other de Worthy Patron S. A. And ei'snn ..,.f ' mand. as to the nnvmont. for nvnrtlmn and the counter suggestion of the rail way managers until experience actual ly discloses the consequences of the eight-hour day. ' 'In the meantime, the constitution Ina by authority of the congress of a corn- Mrs, mission or body of men. annointed bv the president, to observe, investigate and report upon these concessions without recommendation. " 'Then such action upon the facts as the parties of the present contro versy may think best.' "Our men believed in so doing they would secure the eight-hour basic day at once, but. the enactment of the Adamson eight-hour day, effective January 1, 1917, made it necessary for as them to wait patiently until that time. social to find later that the railway compan ies first communitv C hris,,,. l.w " "l?" PTeed,n!rS is over. Her verdict is", ,.. 7 7 5 niuuni s eniorcement e l,... . i . , eignt-nour law, and at this time tne entire matter is in litigation, such litigation making it impossible for the special committee appointed by t o president, as provided for in the law, to proceed with their investigat'oa January 1. "The probability of additional MC gation being commenced ' y the rail roads, even though 'he law is declared constitutional by the supreme couit, will seriously affect such i:iv liga tion, in fact, can and likely w:'l de lay the investigation until the com mission cannot make its investigation as the law contemplates, thereby de feating the intent of the law and at the same time postpone the benefits prom ised by the law. which will unques tionably meet with general dissatis faction among the membership of .-a railroad organizations. "The entire sit tint i -in i- i be placed before the membership by spy cular." shal, M. J. Duffy, warden; B. E. An- V l""nei; Mlss K"cl Iiooth Alu; Mrs. Mau.l M. Anderson, Kuth; Mrs. Dorcas Ulevins, Esther; Mrs! Jean McCowan, .Martha; Mrs. Khin lireshorer, Electa. After the installation a banquet was ""' ev. ctias. Powell ic.iMiiiaster to i s "oui wnicli was enioved bv all. " than those of In taking our ; l-'i'oin it we draw lessons oth l m istnus tide, stand upon tile e.ni,. '"Miy j.latforni, in which not one a-"onmuUU,al 1)l;,k was Us0( Wf, I heh.nd us all persoi.alitv and eli-interesi, and as a anited con'imun "t.v srond tor the greatest good to the c.iiatest nuniber. "I csl e forget" in the zenith of -'v'.-s in our really first comnumit v Hoi't. ai.d be guiiiy f the crime of " api-.eciatnm of, the personal effons or some of our citizens that made our .mmtmily Christmas fossil,!,. w t ' cast her whuo ballot of o these anion u l-.., i.H r.tioned: Ali.ert J. Conklin. nmv, v, Ileal .: , v.-1, .. 1 I. ... . y," iMi.u, i.u . I.. L . ITatt, manager; J. M. Mitchell. ':nan finance; A. A. Antics, chair i'logram; Key l;0U, ehainnaa unicutal music; Kobert P.axter. ;a;a:i decorat:ons; II. E. lilevens :ni.in treats; LaVo Kichards. se :g tree. We are doing our best to give you first gualitu work in our 3 specialized de partments. LAUNDRY DRY CLEANING CARPET REN OVA TING lias U,a ' i'e-!iear.- general 1 : MPST ACI1K l; C 1' IMV EUS1TV AT CHICAGO IS OX TODAY ' STANDARD LAUNDRY COMPANY urc- Geo. Gilbert, Mgr. Wedding mcnts and the Oliscrver Job I ment. invitations, announce ailing cards printed at Printing Depart-lll-'Ja-tf. Chicago, Jan. 2P.y t'tiited Pres.-I Husky seniors, shaved slick, lined up at the University of Chuago todav and heard Pat Page, assistant athlete coach, read the rules. " I Any senior discouraged by the foe- Mo progress of his hirsute plumage wno applies a razor, will he ducked ; by his bearded class- will pick th .IXuri.av.t inn,. growth at the end of the four w.w contest. A loving cup, mustache style Will lw tlir. ....U.. J i , , . i.aKe .Micnigan mates. Senior co-eds male with the mot 1 ttannu ft . T' r-Kr.V-"f ,'T'-'l.J j '1 U m '"t iiupiiy,
