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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1917)
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1917. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. rv;r: threw received here from Senator Chamber lain. Needs of other sections are more imperative than are the north west sections for fertilizers. PRIMER TELLS HOW TO PLANT GARDENS - THE OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE. This Double Decker Is the Newest Paaoda In America Lawns To Go Into Spuds. Walla Walla, Wash., May 3. (Unit ed Press) Trim, well-kept lawns around -the Washington state peni tentiary here will be planted in pota toes and other vegetables, .prison of ficials said today. The potato patch alone will contain three acres'. fftfl :; AM. XX- New York Committee Encour ages Tilling of Vacant Land. COPIES OF BOOK SENT FREE W : Sifts j NUMEROUS places., peoples and events have Inspired fashion designers to create modes from time to time that were either clever adaptations or just suggestions of the originals. Military headgear and uni forms were for two or three seasons the vogue, and the influence was seen in every Imaginable item of the femi nine attire. There was a vogue for Russian turbans, blouses and coats, also French, Scotch and Belgian, each a in his Individual way, afforded very interesting and smart effects. . - . Japan and China bid fair to lead prlng millinery, and this fetching hat Alcohol O. K. for Horses. Tacoma, Wash., May 8. (United Press) James McCormick, proprietor of the Seven-Mile house is a free man today because he was able to convince Justice Linck that four quarts of al cohol, discovered in a box under sacks of grain in his buggy Saturday, was intended for 'use only to rub down race horses. The court ruled that rubbing a race horse was a mechani i i p . . 1 " ' ( (aoc3 NACk-l-HcKKA-KlCKI VACKIHocKA-? i ii - of blue Msere straw is decidedly pagoda-like. Gay embroidery decks the top story, the lower being simply band ed. .Such fluffy rufllcs as ore to masque under the name of parasols dainty little coquettish affairs that so ably as sist Cupid, all pink and chiffon or silk. Still there are sterner affairs that are to be used by the young lady of sports inclination, and these ore paint ed and usually are accompanied with a bat of like material to be worn on the beach for protection. ANNA MAY. cal use of alcohol and not in violation of the state liquor laws. No Nitrate Plant for West. Portland, Ore., May 3. (United Press) The chances are against the Pacific Northwest in its efforts to se cure a government nitrate plant, al though the war department will con sider locations in Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho, according to a letter DOINGS OF THE DUFFS. High Price for Milk. Portland, Ore., May 8. (United Press) Portland milk consumers are today paying 53.60 for quarts de livered under the latest advance in milk prices effective the first of this month. There had been some talk of raising the price of milk to $4, but the larger dealers decided that a 50 cent advance was enough, j THE WHA T-VO U-MA V COLUMN By "GM" Suspenders Suspenders used to be used by man to support his self-respect. And the amount of his self-respect was in di rect radio to the number of trouser buttons ho had to attack it to. If he had eight buttons he was all right. But if he only had seven buttons ar.d a nail he wasn't very respectable. Or elso he wasn't married. Or if he was married his wife didn't care mucn about him. Which amounts to the same thing. But those were the days before it became fashionable for the average man to bulge in the middle. Since then we have abandoned suspenders, hunf our trousers on the top rung of our stomachs with a belt and let it go at that. s Made to Fit Gown. (Life.) "Can you alter that gown to fit me, do you think?" , "Certainly not, mademoiselle. That isn't, done any more. You must be altered to fit the gown." Invited to Joseph. Joseph expects to have a flag rais ing of their own before many weeks and Union County are cordially invit ed to try Joseph hospitality on this occasion. They will be welcomed and entertained. Joseph Herald. Once a Peat Bog. So tremendous has the munitions industry of Great Britain become that now, at one spot, which in 1913 was a peat bog, there stands a settlement employing 25,000 men. There Is more Catarrh !. this section of the cotXntry than all other Ulseasoo put together, and until tho l.-.st few years waa supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced It a local disease nnd prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to euro with local treatment, pronounced It incurable. Sci ence has proven Catarrh to bo a consti tutional disease, nnd t!ier.'f:r- requires constitutional trenlment. II-U'b Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ol io, Is tho o-.!y Constitu tional euro on tho rr. '.r!:rt. It Is taken In ternally In doses fr'-rn 0 drops to a tea epoonfui. ' It acts dlrcctV cr, tho blood and mucous surfaces rt the system. They offer one hundred dcl'-.rs t"r ir.y case It Inlls to cure. Send for circular ai"i tes timonials. Address: F. 3. CHrrTHY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold hv DruTists, 7e. Voire Efoll'a 'mily Pills tor "ocstlpatloa "Get the Seed In the Ground Early," li Exoellent Advloe Makes 8uggestioni For Planting and Gives Dates on Whioh Certain Vegetables Should Bt Planted to Get Beit Results. The food supply committee of Mayoi Mltchel of New York, of which George W. Perkins Is tho chairman, la behind the garden farming movement with an appeal to cultivate every available foot of vacant land in tho city. The com mittee started tho distribution of 100, 000 coplos of a "garden primer" pre pared under tho direction of Mr. Per kins. ' The primer points out that the only tools needed in a small garden are a spado or spading fork, a hoe, a rake and a piece of cord. The following di rections are given: First of all, clear the ground of all rub bish, Btlcks, stones, eta Choose the sunniest spot in the yard for the garden. Big up the soil to a dopth of six to ten inches, using a spade or spading fork. Break up all the lumps, if you live in a section where your neighbors have gar dens you could club together to hire a teamster for a day to do the plowing. After your garden has been dug up It must be fertilized before any planting Is done. Use street sweepings If you can get them. The fertilizer should be dug Into the ground, at least to the depth of the top soil. The ground Bhould then be thor oughly raked. Lay out the garden, keeping the rows straight with a line. After the rows have been marked off the next step Is the open ing of the furrow. This Is done with tho hoe. Tho seeds must bo sown after the furrow Is opened and Immediately cov ered with soil, carefully pressed down. In buying seed it is best to order from some well established seed house. Begin to break up the hard surface of the soil between the plants soon after they appear, using a small stick or hoe, end keep It loose. By constantly stirring the top soil aftor tho plants appear the neces sity of watering can be largely avoided except In very dry weather. Water your garden very early In tho morning or after sundown. It is better not to water when the sun la shining hot. If insects or diseases appear It is ad visable to lnqulro of your seed store as to the proper remedy to use. The primer gives a chart for a gar den 30 by 20 feet and mukes the fol- lowing suggestions for planting and approximate dates: Parsnips, May 15, rows twelve inches apart; Swiss chard, parsley, April 15, rows twenty-four Inches apart; spinach, April 15, follow ed by late corn on July 1, rows fifteen ! inches apart; onion sets, April 15, rows twelve inches apart; radishes, cabbage, i planted alternately, April 15, rows ! twelve inches apart; early lettuce. April 15, rows twelve inches apart; beets, April 15, followed by tomato plants Juno 1, rows fifteen inches j apart; carrots, April 15,rows twelve I inches apart; turnips, April 15, follow I ed by late lettuce July 15, rows fifteen inches apart; peas, April 15, followed by lute carrots , July 1, rows fifteen Inches apart; beans, May 1, followed by late beets July 15, rows thirty inch es apart; pepper plants, eggplants, June 1, rows thirty Inches apart; cu cumbers, June 1, rows thirty Inches apart; early corn, May 10, followed by late spinach Aug. 1, rows thirty inches apart, and corn, May 20, rows thirty inches apart Tho primer gives detailed direction for the planting nnd care of each veg etable. Copies of tho book may be had free by application to Mayor Mltchel's food supply committee, 71 Broudway, New York. Tho food supply committee of the Westchester county commission of general safety, with headquarters at White Plains, N. Y., has begun to is sue bulletins on gardening. The first urges: "Get the Heed In the ground. Every warm day that passes in talk and organization makes the harvest a day or several days later. If you have a garden plant it. If you are ready to do your bit, but do not know where to begin, write or telephone for infor mation to White riains 1303." A FINE PLAN THAT FIZZLED. Gerard Says Gormany Expected United States to, Pay For War. At a national defense dinner given by the Pilgrim Publicity association In Boston James W. Gerard, former am bassador to Geruinny, declared that Admiral von Tlrpitz and the German roiehstng had seriously proposed the in stitution of unrestricted submarine warfare against England with the in tention, "when England should have been subdued by hunger, to come over to the United 8tates and. collect the price of the war from us." "I wnnt to tell you," Mr. Gerard add ed, "that if wo had not gone Into this war Germany would have fulfilled Its Intention to come over here nftorward and attack us and would havo done so almost with tho applause of the rest of the world. I can tell you also that ev erything consistent with honor was done to keep us out of the war. Be yond that I am sure none would have us go." A Cackle as Evidence. As a man was about to be acquitted at West Chester, Pa., of chicken steal ing one of the hong brought in as evi dence greeted its owner with a cackle of recognition and convicted the prisoner. " WU 1B, IXUINW lJ PeCH! THAT'S Mike Gibbons May Box. Portland, Ore., May 3. (United Press) With the approval of Mayor Albee secured, it is considered likely today 'that Mike Gibbons will be al lowed to appear here May 8, despite Chief of Police Clark's recent ulti matum that no more professional of semi-professional fights could he staged in Portland. Annual Cean-up Campaign On. Yesterday marked the beginning of Clean-up Week in La Grande and will last for three days. The city and Neighborhood club are giving things a general spring cleaning. Getting rid of all tin cans and old rubbish. This year's cleanings are much larg er than ever because of interest taken in the work and efforts of the Neigh borhood club. PRESIDENT KERR CALLED TO WASHINGTON. Agricultural College Presidents and Federal Officials Will Confer. O. A. C, Corvallis, Ore., May 3. (Special) The federal government is depending very largely upon the land grant colleges for assistance in solv ing the food problem and the presi dents of these institutions have .been summoned to Washington to sit in conference with departmental officials in the consideration of the war situa tion. While President Kerr of the Oregon Agricultural College was almost over whelmed with his duties in connection with college matters and with the food preparedness campaign in Ore gon, he promptly responded to a tele graphic summons and started for the east on Monday. Much responsibility is placed on the land grant colleges in the matter of leadership in tho food preparedness campaigns, and in the matter of train ing men and officers for the various Dry Wood, Poultry Supplies, Feed, All Varieties Seed Potatoes Highest Price Paid For Poultry SMITH-NOBLE PRODUCE CO. Home Ind. Phone M. 734 Union County M. 291 GEO. PALMER LUMBER COMPANY Retail DepL Phone Main 8 nlCS I'" TTieiiii military anl civil activities. In conse quence, Prvside.it r-err bus expressed a hope that the: vi'.l be an opportun ity to confer wit'.i Scc:tory Houston of tho Department' of Agriculture and wili'.i t'ne Adjutant General cf ohe War Department, and that final plans might to agreed upcr. rcgaiding the status of men who are held for farm and other industrial 3trvice. It is his idea thut such men should be given the same recognition ' in, the present emorgency as those who may enlist in the army or navy. ' if J. W. -Bush to Handle the Simplex Line 1 Effective at . once I will be agent for everything produced by the Simplex people, includ ing gasoline engines, separa tors, silos, ensilage cutters, etc. Anyone interested in any 4of these lines can get into ;ommunioation with me by writing mo at La Grande or telephoning Red 1312. Litera ture and domonstrations gladly given to anyono interested. ; The Simplex goods are uni versally known as standard and need no boost words they speak for themselves through their .record of satisfaction wherever used. Will gladly come to your ranch to discuss these lines. Territory includes Union, Wallowa and Baker counties. J. W. BUSH in Lu Grande, Oregon 1 T LA GRANDE, OREGON QUICK DELIVERIES are feature of this lumber business. When you give us an order you can confidently rely on getting your lumber a little before yon need it That merna no delay in construction, w waiting time that you hav. to pay for Think that over.
