La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 29, 1917, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY, JANTAttV 29, 1917. t a mr GTTT LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER DANCING IN SNOW IS BIG FEATURE OF PAGEANT! MJIKY FIRES ARE FOUGHT Forest Service Reports 1176 Fires in National Forests Sixty I'er Cent I'ut Out Before Headway Is Gained. Wallowa County News Enterprise News Items K FROM MEieHBOBJHG 1015 ... ......... ... ...... WK OF THK hlGiURST KVKXTS VOVNU AN1 OLD. TAKK I'AHT. Money to Loan JEava J50.000.00 & 1 per cent ca amount from 12500.00 up, to "jaaa on Grande Runde Valley ' Stums. Star (50,000.00 8 per cent 5a amounts from $1000.00 up, to I'Jmun on farms in Union County. J! 260.0O'; 10 Per Cent . ,S 600.00 : 10 Pw Cent V? 700.00 10 Per Cent 1500.00 (gj8 Per Cont TSiy loarlSalrnproved City Prop rfsrty. - Also an unuMitod amount of capital to loan orK(,a Grande property on monthly repayment . plan Building loans a ape rrjalty. . W. B. SARGENT, President Ik GRANDE INVESTMENT COMPANY LA GRANDE, ORE. I FASH SALE BILLS Get prices on Sana sale bills at The Observer of fice. or IVant Ada got replies. U m ! J j t ; ! SUPERIOR ! R VlfPi i ijEiIY Y 1 VEi ; J j ! S J ' S J J ' J J S J J S S J ! J J I ! j ! ! ! ! J ! S J ! j ; ! i ' i '"We're Always At tour Service" . j Phone Main 37 ! , ; J i J S i J S J 'Job Printing quickly and affix-? ue r- "-- stri ft 1 .... nii.. i.-i.- iti'dl'i: iw tiiv niTTIWknil nAirNIVAT. AT ST. PAITL. Ol'" THK YEAR IN THE .NOKTHW Debutantes to Train At Chevy Chase National Service School Will Initiate Ambitious Girl Hookies into Myster ies of Soldering. Washington, D. C, Jan. 29. (Unit ed Press.) Joy reigns in many a de butante heart here. A second season of the national service school, where ambitious girl rookies are initiated in to the mysteries of soldiering, has been announced. They'll drill and march, and wig wag at signals and shoot, . and the smell of powder no sir, not talcum powder will pervade the air about the Chevy Chase suburbs of the capi tal next spring. The encampment will begin April 10 under the auspices of the woman's section of the navy league. The school will be in session six weeks the course to consist of 20 days. Senator Newlands estate, last year's site, will probably again be used. More than 1500 applications for in struction are already on file. The lied Cross, as was the case last year, will conduct the classes. When in Portland you will find The Observer on sale at the Oregon Ho tel news stand and Imperial Hotel. ::::::::::::::::::::cx - U OBSERVER 5 ! ADVERTISING renders : : : superior : ; : service : m because S Oerver i Advertisers ; reach J J the largest S S ' number of S S readei-s who ! are vitally S S interested in ! J ! buying and S J selling, S because S ! these readers ! i ! make Observer ! ! j Classified j Ads a S ! i part of their j ! business, i J because J The Observer ; J is reciionized J ; J as l.'niuii and j j M j I j The Observer ! ! trained and ! ; I sustains its J J ! leadership ! J ' bv niakint; ! ,ood. ! ! neathly done at The Observer, EST. IS WHICH THOUSANDS, THE WHA T-yOU-MA V COLUMJV Captive Soap. ! This is supposed to be a free coun try. And yet look at our soap. Is it free? No! But it used to be. Yes, soap used to be free. 'It lived in a dish and led a wild, glorious, independent life in ho tels and sleeping cars. It was at lib erty to come and go, (and frequently did, hotel men tell us), with any trav eler it took a fancy to. Or it could stay home and float i n the washbowl. Today, soap is a captive. It is locked up in dark, cavernous slot-machines, with a price on its head. Or else it's chained to a wall and left to swing sadly to and fro. Or it's reduced to a limp liquid and hung around in hot-' ties, looking more like a cross be tween pea soup and salad dressing than its old familiar self. In any case it is bound about by a cordon of push buttons, knobs, cranks and levels which, in its crushed and bewildered condition it can never hope to break through. , Even in private life soap is no long jer free. It used to be soap's delight ito swim in the dishpan; but today it is driven into a little cage, shaken around in the water a while and put hack on the shelf to mope. Ice is one of the cold, hard facts of life that we are forever bumping into; and one of the few things in this world that's what it's cracked up to be. Ice is a paradox. It is used by cold storage men to make it hot for the public, and it would be a cold day for them if they didn't have it. Ice was invented by Divine Provi dence to keep our rivers and lakes from freezing to death. During the summer it comes in chunks and goes in n hurry. It is what housewives and saloonkeepers depend on in July and fall on in January. Ice is found in the stare of box- office clerks and on the shoulders of society lenders. Married women stand on it. in their bare feet just before they go to bed. It is used by Amer icans to cool their cocktails and by polar bears to cool their own tails. Ice rides around in big wagons and has n good time, and when it gets tired of life it melts and runs away. HAKTRIDGB WHIP!'. BARITONE Appearance Tomorrow Evening at the Methodist Episcopal Church. On account of the large advance sale of tickets for Mr. Whipp's recital he is assured of a splendid house at his initial appearance in Ia Grande. Mr. Whipj) recently made a very suc cessful appearance in Chehalis, Wash ington, and speaking of his concert, the Chehalis Bee-Nugget said: "Whipp recital of great merit. Hart- ridge Whipp, baritone, gives best song recital heard here. A singer with an ' usually resonant and dramtic voice. ; Audience refuses to leave hall until I'pncore is given. I "One of the best, if not the best, .musical events ever held in Chehalis Was given Wednesday ( Nov.' 15) in the high school auditorium, when Hnrtridgc Whipp, baritone, appeared , in song recital with Leonora Fisher i Whipp at the piano. Chehalis has never heard more finished artists, nor a singer of more pleasing effects than Mr. Whipp. Mr. Whipp has nn un usually full, resonant baritone, and his program demonstrated the great ver satility of his voice. His remarks prior to each number, giving the history of the selection and something about the author, ndded greatly to the understanding of his songs. His ease on the stage and con stant good humor kept him in close touch with his hearers at all times. ( Mr. Whipp excels particularly in the power of his tones, his resonant quali ties and the very fine tone-shading he uses in interpreting his selections, nlso his perfect enunciation. He is nlso wry pleasing in his selections requir ing dramatic power. Mrs. Whipp proved a most excellent accompanist." PoMlund, Ore., Jan. 29. (Special.) Eleven hundred and seventy-six fires on the national forests of Ore iron, Washington und Alaska burned over iiliOO acres of timberlund, de-f stroyed 25 million board feet of mer-1 chantauie timner worm .s,uuu nu ' young growth and forage worth $12,- I OOO, and cost the torest service $iy,-' 000 to subdue during the lire season of 19Hi, according to a complete re port just compiled in the office of District Forester George H. Cecil, Portland, Oregon. In addition to the timberland, more ton 4(15, and Oregon (i8:i. In number of fires reported, the Siskiyou nation al forest in Oregon leads the district with 24:i fires. The Snoqualmie for est in Washington stands second with a record of 177 fires for the season. The least number of fires occurred on the Tongass forest, Alaska, where three were reported. Sixty per cent of these 117G fires were discovered and put out before they had gained headway enough to cover a quarter of an acre. Thirty two fires, less than 3 per cent of the total number, burned over more than 10 acres and did damage to exceed $100 before they were put under con trol. Any one of the 1144 other fires if left to itself might have become a large forest fire, says District For ester Cecil. Campers caused 23 per cent of all the fires reported. Lightning was re sponsible for 19 per cent, railroads for 8 1-2 per cent, logging operations (! 1-2 brush burning, fi. The re mainder were from miscellaneous and unknown causes. These figures do not indicate that campers are becoming more careless with fire than former ly, but that there was a great increase in the number of tourists and camp ers visiting the forests, according to Mr. Cecile. Nearly $3000 of the $19,000 spent by the forest service in fire fighting in this district last year was used on private land within or adjacent to the national forests, to subdue fires which threatened to enter the forests. Tim berland owners furnished cooperation to the amount of $5,264.03. Excellent cooperation was given by the state foresters of Oregon and Washington. War Oddities Berne, Jan. 29. (United Press) Great success has been achieved by many Bavarian cities in the manufac ture of boots and shoes from com pressed paper. London, Jan. 29. (United Press) "What is the first thing you do when you come out o" the trenches?" a nurse asked a Tommy who came out wounded. "Run to the creek and wash my rifle,-' said the soldier. "Then I wash me." London, Jan. 29. (United Press) A ten-year-old bugler plays every call in the third battalion king's African rifles now on active service in East Africa. London, Jan. 29. (United Press) British soldiers seize regimental badges from their German prisoners and fasten them to their belts like scalps at the waist ot American in- dians. Several Tommies have their belts completely covered with cap- tured badges. London, Jan. 29. (United Press) Smith Hall, winner of the Victoria Cross for saving the life of Captain Learoyd last summer was the guest of honor at Learoyd's wedding. Parts, Jan. 29. (United Press) Franco-Swiss frontier guards are the best of friends nnd frequently trade tobacco or play cards across the boun dary line, the French, however, always remaining on their own side to escajie internment. At some points a rail fence marks the line. Leonora Fisher Whipp. Mrs. Whipp, who will assist Hart ridgo WTiipp, the distinguished bari tone in a song recital at the Method ist Episcopal church Tuesday evening, I January 30, is a virtuoso as an ac- j 1 eompanist, being ut all times sympa-1 J thctic in the extreue, the two making : 1 an nVtistic combination rarely found. J ER S PILLS ni It Ran it. nnr ItriivwUl ft IHumond Hrandj l bold metal l it 1 r'HI.(!H.TFnS SsfctAlsKrliil.k ISTSfVIRWHrRJ "I don't have to advertise," says Mr. Well Sntisfiod. "Every one knows me.." That's true and tho Deonle don't have to patronize you. And lots of j J the new-comers who are coming here ' ' every day don't know you're on earth i S and what's more they don't care. I - " - icioseiy mac union was auie iu suui? M.a fu0 P;n nm that mav invol .'0 than 10,000 acres of open country was only ficU Wallowa misscJ course the clk "'"SLT-tta national forests ltn Z can W shipped out in a special car on of this district for 1916 were distrib- ZXXiS. ft" 'a me to ELer- uted as follows: Alaska 28, Washing- Prosne(.ta Bre ood foP a winnw J- W' .1 ,.u,h two n imi it irvn t n tii t i in itcrui nil . hioik ' i .i . it a- 1 HHICUEST I i a ,ra"..iil Wallowa High Defeated Union High ' Basketball Sold. Team 760-Acre Farm - Wallowa, Ore., Jan 20. The Wal- i0Wa Sun says: Wallowa wins first interschola.stie basketball con contest, 31 to 7. Union high school wi.h several wins to her credit went down to defeat be fore the Wallowa quintet Thursday evening. The gnme was fast and rough at times. Wallowa guarded so team. Wallowa plays Joseph at Jo- sepn next Saturday. iext, ween. ai- lowa makes its annual trip playing La Grande, Pendleton and Milton be- fore returning. The Wallowa girls have the best team in years. January 12 at Enter- t prise they defeated the Enterprise gins team K 10 a. oaiuraay, jauuaiy 20, the Elgin girls team played here and were completely outclassed. Wal lowa won 53 to 3. ' Elgin was unable to score a field goal. In Anna Schaf fer Wallowa has one of the best, if i . " nrisc limn ins L'livaiuiiiuuii -' - - not the best goal shooter in Eastern tain; loans al.e requested to attend Oregon. Fifteen field goals m the thjg eeti first half and five in the last half are Enterprise conceit band will re to her credit. Wallowa displayed a n the dancinff season at the Enter good deal of team work. -e opera house Friday night. Enterprise plays a return game here Q M Heucock has built two 80 foot Saturday night. towerg ut his vesiience on River Last Friday evening the Wallowa Ktreet the ,ace vacated by Dr. J. H. basketball team, made up of players Thompson when he bought his new weighing 120 pounds or less, made the hom(J on the hi buikIin(, 0f the trip to Enterprise and met the team towe(.g u a step p!.el,ai.at0ry to the there of like weight. Working under establishmcllt of a ra,iio station. Mr. the handicap of a small floor and the Heacock sellt all application Tuesday excellent goal shooting of the oppos- t WashinBton D. C., for a renewal of ing sine Yaiiowa luai oi iu xo y same teams meet again aaiuruay j evening as a "curtain raiser to the , girls' basketball game to be played in I The Enterprise high school basket ball team were Wallowa visitors last evening. A game was played with the Wallowa Athletic club at the gym and the visitors won by a score of 35 to 21. The game was fast and at some times was rough. One of the most important land deals recorded here in recent months was consumated this week when B. M. Rounsavell purchased the 760-ncre wheat and stock farm ewned by Kline and Williams. The farm is located in the Willow Springs district and is one of the best in that section. There is 300 acres under cultivation now, 150 acres more can be cultivated which is now in bunch grass, and the rema ing 310 acres is fine pasture land. ! I Part of the 310 acres is timbered which will furnish wood and posts for the farm. The price was $20 per acre. L. Couch, the real estate man, made the deal. C. M. Rounsavell was quite serious ly hurt Monday while cutting wood. sawing up a big tree for wood and 1 when they had it cut nearly off it pinched and the other brother took the j 1 ax to cut -the lower side of the log 1 ( when the ax slipped through his hands ! and striking C. W. just above the ( knee on the right leg, cutting the up- i J per part of the knee cap. It required 1 six stitches to draw the wound to gether. 'It is thought that the knee cap is not injured enough to cause a j J stiff knee. . I One of the biggest wheat deals in ; J this nart of the county for this sea- -1 SOn 6 croD was made at Lostine yes ; terday, when Lee Bell, the local grain ; J buyer, bought the crop of C. R. El-1 1 liott. There was 11,000 bushels sold. j being the fortyfold variety. There Were other companies bidding for this crop, but Mr. Bell's bid was taken, as it was the highest bid. The price was t not given out but it was above the j$1.50 mark though. J. J. Hawley, who is now residing in La Grande, was a business visitor in , Wallowa Monday. Mr. Hawley is now- in the employ of tho railroad company at the Junction City. Stomach Troubles. If you have tro 1 with vonr stnm. '. ach you sh try Chamberlain's Tab- j ! lets. So ma Vbeen restored to t health by hese tablets and 1 ! their cost is it is worth whilejje them a trial. Z5 cents, that 1 1 lIM'iYiOlij H9k r- X GEO. PALMER LUMBER COMPANY Retail Dept. Phone Mainj 1' arm Loan Association Meeting Call- a tor aaiuruav, rcwiumj - W. Alford Very Sick. Enterprise, Ore., Jan. 29. Tin I-In-terprisu Kecord Chieftain says' A party of peaful hunters who ex- R pect to bring 1 elk to town tha last of the week started for the Billy Mea dows pasture Tuesday morning. There weie four sleigas and teams and eight men." rney were iu reum 6u. meat aistuie Wednesday by noon and to start back on Thursday noon. Of Qp th).ee weekg ag0 to be neorer med- jcal ttttention is very low, his concti- tjon b(j. W(jrse the last few dliys. HU many frien(ls an 0VCr the county j,, t to learn thllt he is so seri- ous, A me'etin jlas ijeen called for 3 o,c,ock Satunlav afternoon, February ... . ffj of the Wallowa Coun- ty Abstract company for the purpose of organizing a national farm loan as sociation under the provisions of the new federal law. All land owners of the county who are interested in ob- , his license t0 operate such a station. Don't Let Skin Troubles Spread. Red, pimply skin that itches and burns is embarrassing, and gets worse if neglected. Bad skin is a social handicap and a cohstant source of worry. Coect it ai once with Dr. Hobson's EAema Ointment. This healing ointment kills the germ, soothes the irriKtion and quickly re stores your skino normal. For ba bies suffering thertues of eczem or for grown-ups hol have long fought chronic skinwlments. Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment is a guar anteed remedy. At your druggist, 60c. Our Want Ads bring results. ILtL Trad tUrt. U. is greater valud other corset, dollar foVdollir, in charm of style, in pakfect fit and beautiful finish. Teides all this it is the only front lace corset with the wonderful exclusive feature, the Ventilo BACK When in need of a new corset have a trial fitting in a La Camille. You will be convinced of its supremacy. The differ ent models always on hand. Priced at $2.00 Up Eleven years experience in fit ! ii ting tront-Lace Corsets. MRS. ROBT. PATTISON I 'PhoneRed 822T 'ites. 1702 Oak ! Corseticre QU.CK DELITURIES are a feature of this lumber bus iness. When you give us an or deTou can confidently rely on getting your lumber little ba fore yuu need it. Thnt meani no delay I' construction, no .waiting Vime that you have to ay for. 'ff"'"'' thit over. i JLkLW J I ! Mr i 4 pu. ooc : than anv 1 1