FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1917.
PAGE EIGHT
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Quick Relief for
That Sore
Throat
A sore throat is very annoying and if
neglected it may result in something
more serious. If you have a mild or
aggravated case, gargle vour throat
with
Newlin's Gargle
The sore spots will he relieved immedi
ately and will quickly disappear.
This gargle is a most valuable remedy
to keej) on hand at this season. Jt wiil
protect the children as well as youiself.
La Grande Pharmacy
ADOLPH NEWLIN, Manager
Quick Delivery Phone Main 40
La & ' ride, Oregon
Special Train To Baker.
Ho ye, ho ye! AH aboard the fly.
irift special for Baker, Jan, 9th! La
Grande Add Fellows have chartered
t special train to go to Baker, Tues
day evening1, January 9th. The train
will leave La Grande at 6 o'clock
sharp and return the same evening.
One and a third round-trip fare will
be charged. Passage on this train is
rot restricted to Odd Felows alone.
Any one who wants to go to Baker
and back on this date, is welcome to
the privilege of this special train. Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs arc especial
ly invited to go.
La Grande lodge will put on the
fust degree for the Baker lodge, and
(he degree work will be followed with
a banquet to visiting brethren. Elk
Horn lodge at B.iker is preparing to
cn'ertain their guests in the royal
fashion for which Baker lodge is fam
ous. Any one desiring to go to Baker on
this special train should see Mr. Ed.
Coolidge, at the La Grande National
Bank, or Mr. A. R. Marker, r.t the of
fice of Ivanhoo & Marker, or Mr. M.
Elledge, at his grain and feed store.
Or tickets may be secured at the de
prt on the evening of the 9th.
15-6-8
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DAMP-
Underfoot means wet feet cold chills, etc Well stop it and
buy your shoes at The .T. Q. Penney Co. Store, where you can
buy good shoes good rubbers at prices that meet your purse.
Children's Rubbers 39c, 49c
(Jills' liubbei-s 49c, 59c
Hoys' Rubbers 49c, 59c, 69c
Ladies' Rubbers 49c, 59c, 69c
Men's Rubbers 69c, 89c, 93c
Men's Overshoes 98c, $1.49, $1.98
Boys' Overshoes 89c, 98c, $1.25
Ladies' Overshoes 98c $1.25, $1.49
Children's Shoes : 98c,
$1.15, $1.25, $1.39, $1.49, $1.69, $1.98
Babes' Shoes, soft soles 25c, 45c
Babes' Shoes, hard soles 49c, 69c, 98c
Girls' Shoes
$1.49, $1.69, $.1.79, $1.89, $1.98, $2.49
Boys' Shoes .' $1.25,
$1.39, $1.49, $1.69, $1.89, $1.98, $2.25
Ladies' Shoes
: $2.49, $2.98, $3.50, $3.98, $4.98
Men's Shoes $2.98, $3.50, $3.98, $4.98
AT THE HOTELS
PERSONAL MENTION
Pred W. Falconer, of Enterprise,
was a Baker visitor Tuesday.
Miss Gspelle Erickson who has been
ill for the past few days is recovering.
R. F. Riseling, of Marwick-Mitchell
Pete & Co., was a visitor to J. C.
Penney Co. for one day.
Mrs. A. J. Curtis of La Grande left
for The Dalles whore she will spend
the winter with her daughter, Mrs.
W. A. Kirby.
J. A. Russell, promnent meat packer
c.f this city, is registered at the Im
perial Hotel in Portland.
Messrs. Galloway and Rees of the
Galloway-Rees Co., pgents of the
Overland car, are going to Portland
Saturday night on business.
Mrs. A. S. McGee, of Portland, h
in the city visiting her daughter, Mrs.
J. Horstman and other relatives.
The Champion Optimist.
Governor John K. Tener believes
Cincinnati will be in the running next
summer.
Sommer.
W. W. Vawter, Minneapolis; David
Seger, W. H. Banfield, T. M. Lighter,
Geo. Youmans, W. R. Harms, W. M.
Hariford, Portland; F. A. Harmon, J.
Lottridge, G. M. Ryder, Baker; Clyde
Ewing, San Francisco; T. C. Downs,
Spokane; Mel Green, Milton Clapp,
Haines; H. Kuhn, Boise; C. C. Smel-
cer, Durkee; L. N. Conley, A. A. Ant-
les, E. W. Pease, Mrs. Loyd Carter,
Arch Conley and wife, Cove; F. P.
Robb, E. C. Skiles, Seattle; C. V. Gib
son, Des Moines, Iowa; J. Rea, F.
Shannon.
Foley.
R. Ix)ve and wife, New York; C. W.
White, Boise; Charles J. Wood, Enter
prise; James I). Howlander, St. Paul;
Olsen P. Christoffersen, Minneapolis;
Jesse Smith, Elgin; Tom Green, H.
Green North Powder; Fred C. Green,
Joseph; Paul Heichevt, Robert I1'.
Riseling, J. B. Winstanley, Portland;
G. W. Sherwood, Tacoma; J. J. Do
heny, Seattle; Ben Colvin, Ritter; Roy
Ward and wife, Arlington; R. T. Bar
nard, Jamestown; H. E. Johnson, Wal
la Walla; J. R. Cooper, W. C. Cooper,
Portland; Corbett, H. Griggs, Pat
Doherty, Dan Hull, Edgar Tresham,
T. Baker, Valeria Meno and daugh
ter. Savoy.
J. B. Allen (recruiting officer),
Pendleton; Frank Pack, M. R. Wo
mack, Parma; George Gignar, Union;
Mrs. A. L. Hopsim, Halfway; P. C.
Wright, C. J. Wood, Enterprise;
Wayne Graham, George O'Conner, H
Herring, La Grande; Eugene McGold
rick, W. Balfe, Mrs. S. J. Hall, E.
Steinman, A. E. Lambert, George Fcr-
gason.
125 BIG
BUSY STORES
J. C. PENNEY CO.
OTHERS FOLLOW
WE LEAD
NEW TODAY
LOST A Child's New Shoe, size No.
3. Leave at Observer. Reward.
1-5-tf
Chcken Pie Dinner at Home Restau
rant, Sunday, commencing at 11:30
a. m., for 25c l-5-2t
yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
father, Jacob Luscher, is a prosper
ous rancher of the Fairview district.
The sisters were on their way to sing
at the funeral of Mrs. Hattie Sten
burg, a friend of the family.
FOR SALE 1914 model Ford in good
condition. Phone Red 1542.
l-3-5tnd
FOR RENT Furnished housekeeping
rooms. Call 904 Pennsylvania.
Phone Main 715. St
Father Will Try to
Clear Son's Name
Wcnman Lewis Will Spend a For
tune to Discover Whether Son's
Suicide Is Evidence of Guilt or
Hysteria.
Chcken Pie Dinner at Home Restau
rant, Sunday, commencing at 11:30
a. m., for 25c l-5-2t
WANTED Messenger boys, must be
over 1G years. Inquire Western
Union. 1-4-tf
T UT IT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration have been issued by
the county court of Union county,
state of Oregon, to Joseph Palmer
upon the estate of Samuel R. Deal,
deceased, and alll persons having
claims against said estate are hereby
notified to present the same with
proper vouchers to tne administrator
at La Grande. Union county, Oregon,
within six months from the date of
this notice.
Dated at La Grande, Oregon, this
,rth dav of January, 1917.
JOSEPH PALMER,
Administrator of the Estate of Sam
uel R. Deal, Deacesed.
Dlv.7anfi-12-19-2f.Feb2
In
TO THE
Notice of Stockholders' Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Cove State Bank wil!
be held at their banking houtie, in
Cove, Oregon, on Thursday, January
1 1, 1917, at 10 o'clock a. m.
HUGH McCALL,
fit. Cashier.
Guy Bates Post's
Superb Speaking
Stage Success
Thomas Meighan
And
Anita King
Blue Mountain
Grange Has Meeting
Kegular Business Session Is Held in
Morning C. 1). Huffman Discusses
the Present Bankruptcy Law.
Pittsburg, Jan. 5. (United Press)
Wenman Lewis, a wealthy coal ope
rator, the father of Bernard Lewis,
will spend a fortune to clear his son's
name of any possible connection with
the murder of Maizie Colbert. The
father plans the investigation to
learn whether the son's suicide de
notes guilt or hysteria.
Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 5. (Spe
cial) Bernard Wesley Lewis, scion of
a wealthy Pittsburgh family, wanted
in connection with the murder of
Maizie Colbert, a model, in Philadel
phia last Sunday, committed suicide
last night as detectives rapped for ad
mittance on the door of his apart
ment to arrest him.
Young Lewis braced his feet against
the bathtub adjoining his bedroom in
the exclusive States Villa on States
avenue and pulled the trigger of a
22-calibre rifle. The detectives, hear
ing the shot, forced their way into
the apartment, but they were too late.
Lewis was dead when they reached
his side.
Lewis was found half reclining in
the bathtub, with his foot braced
against the head. The trigger of the
22-calibre rifle was still claspn-.l in
his hand and the end of the barrel
rested against his temple.
Lewis had removed his coat. He
was attired in blue striped shirt, black
trousers and black shoes. His fingers
showed several scratches. On the
bureau were several copies of today's
Philadelphia, Atlantic City and New
York newspapers.
One contained the flaring headline
across the front page, "Girl May Solve
Model Mystery." Underneath this was
a cut of Maizie Colbert.
FOREST NOTES
(From the Forest Service, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, Portland,
Oregon.)
Tests at the forest products labora
tory, at Madison, Wisconsin, indicate
that by the use of four additional
nails in each end an increase of 300
per cent in the strength of canned
food boxes is secured.
Approximately 10,390 acres of de
nuded lands within the national fjr
ests were reforested in the fiscal year
1916. The total number of trees plant
ed was 6,146,637, while 8280 pounds
of tree seed were sown.
There were 133,442 more cattle and
horses, and 605,338 more sheep and
goats using the national forests in
1916 than in 1915. This increase was
in spite of large eliminations of grac
ing lands from the forests. It is ac
counted for by improved methods of
handling the stock and by more inti
mate knowledge of the forage on the
ranges and their carrying capacity.
The number of fires suppressed on
national forest lands during the cal
endar year 1915 was 6324, as against
7018 in 1914, and an average annual
number of 4759 during the past five
years, says Henry S. Graves, chief of
the forest service, in his annual re
port just published. While more than
the average number of fires occurred
the timbered area burned over was
but 155,416 acres, or 30 per cent less
than the average per year for the per
iod of 1911-1915 inclusive. The aver
age loss per fire was $60.41. Forty
four per cent of the fires were con
fined to areas of less than one-quarter
of an acre.
E. L. McClure Draws
Knife at Meeting
Baker County Court
WillAllowNoMore Bills
Friday and
Saturday
Blue Mountain Grange, Jan. 4, 1917.
.Blue Mountain Grange held its reg
ular meeting on January 3, 1917. Aft
er the regular business meeting of
the morning, a bounteous dinne was
served by section No. 2, and the new
lecturer, Mrs. Mabel Anson, took
charge of the meeting. The program
was as follows:
Song by members of section No. ;
roll call, "Does It Fay to Make Ne
Year Resolutions"; recitation, 'Mrs.
Redhead.
Discussion of present bankruptcy
law of Oregon, led by Worthy Past
Master C. D. Huffman, who read copy
of the law.
! Instrumental music, "Wedding of
! the Rosses,'" Bessie Ragain; reading,
'What Constitutes a Good Road," P.
II. Dickinson; recitation, "A Kiss in
, School," Beulah Smith; reading of the
i outline of the proposed bill to estah
. tish a school for orphan children,"
j Minnie Holman; song, by section No.
; 2. Followed by a general discussion
i of the proposed tax on gasoline for
S benefit of the road fund.
I
County Judge Messick Says Funds
Will Not Be Available Until March
1 Change Due to Tax Limitation
Amendment.
Killed In Auto Accident.
Portland, Jan. 5. (Special) Miss
Lilly Luscher, 18 years of age, was
instantly killed, and her sister, Rosa
lind, 21, was terribly injured when
the automobile in which they wore
riding was struck by an inbound Esta
cada electric train at Linnentann Junc
tion, 11 miles southeast of Portland,
Baker, Jan. 5. (Special) The
county court will allow no bills aside
from salaries, wtness fees and thoe
expenditures that are made compul
sory by supreme court rulings until
the taxes begin to come in, according
to Judge Messick, who said today that
the move has been necessitated be
cause of the statewide limitation
amendment. This amendment, said
Judge Messick, handicaps the county
to such an extent that bills cannot be
allowed until about March 1.
Counties are prohibited from going
into debt to any greater extent than
S5000. he clares.
County Judge Messick and Commis
sioners J. L. Dodson and .7. P. Ritter
have lxen allowed until January 2(1
to file answer to the mandamus pro
oeedings brought by C. H. McCollocli,
attorney for the widows who are seek
ing to wdlect pensions from the coun
ty. Judge Anderson of the circuit oon- t
extended the ti no limit and Mr. Mc
Colloeh agreed. The county court had
petitioned for an extension of time,
giving as rea.sons the recent illness of
Judge Messick and the press of busi
ness occasioned by the beginning rf
a new year.
Portland, Jan. 5. (Special) With
a drawn knife E. L. McClure last night
attempted to attack Fred Spoeri and
Jrhn I). Mann, officers of the Forty
, five Efficiency Club, at a meeting of
that organization at the Central Li
brary. He was seized and disarmed
before any injury had been inflicted.
When 125 men gathered at the Li
1 vary to attend the announced meet
ing of the Forty-five Efficiency Club
they found that the hall had been
engaged by McClure in the name of
the Maturity Manhood Club, a new
organization that McClure is endeav
oring to form to supplant the Effic
iency Club. McClure insisted on pre
siding and began delivering a veibal
attack on the Efficiency Ciu
The crowd dem:.-idc.! that Mv.
Spoeri, who was elected chairman at
a previous session, be allowed to pre
side. Mr. Spoeri and Mr. Mann finally
endeavored to eject McClure from the
hall. McClure drew a long knife and
started for them, throwing the audi
ence into a panic.
After he had been seized and dis
armed the police were called.
I Cost of School System.
' Spokane, Wash., Jan. 5. (Special)
It costs the public school system of
Spokane just 13 1-2 cents a' year to
teach a girl the art of sewing, accord
ing to the annual report of Sarah
Hart Ross, supervisor of household
arts in the public schools. The total
actual cost for the year 1915-16 was
$337.87. The total number of girls
enrolled in sewing during the ven:
was 24S8. There were 133 different
classes, distributed among 33 build
ings. The report shows that instruc
tion in cookery conies higher than sew
ing. ' The total actual cost of cookery
for the year was $793.33, making the
average cost per pupil per lesson at
2.77 cents. There were 752 girls en
rolled in the cooking classes dur
ing the year.
BUTTER LABELS For sale at The
Observer office.
Drs. Darland, over Putman's. Adv.