THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1917.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
TAGE TERES
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Observer, who the winners were
in the Rod dross Tag Day sale.
The sale of tags went beyond the ex
pectation of all in charge and it is
expected that the number sold will
total nearly 3000. Over sixty mem
bers of the Honor Girls sold tags and
Cirion Have Your Picture Taken !j
By Mary PickfordU' ---
Three Small Houses To
Be Sold Quickly
1 Two-Room Ilouse and 3 nice lots, near Palmer
Mill and Round House.
many of them sold . over 50. The
girls won the admiration of the pub
lic, by their tireless efforts in behalf
of the Red Cross cause.
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Juno 11th the last day to pay water
rent without penalty. Adv. 6-7-3t.
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1 Pour-Room House and 1-2 acre fine garden
ground, planted, a few fruit trees. Near Green
wood School.
1 Five-Room House and large sightly lot on N Ave.
Room for another cottage.
FURNITURE in two small
to close at once.
MR. WORKINGMAN, here is your opportunity
to furnish your home for little monev.
Here is an opportunity for a wage earner to own
a home while paying rent. Small payment will
place you in the 'house and most liberal terms.
Terms can be arranged.
No Phone, Call at House
F. D. HAISTEN
1202 N. Ave. & 6th St.
K 4, 4. 4.
LOCALS
& Advertising in Brief
,RATES
Per line, first insertion 10c
Per line, additional insertion 5c
Per line, per month $1.00
No locals taken for less than 25c
Count 6 ordinary words to line.
To have a clear, rosy complexion
it is necessary to give the skin, the
' proper "food." Our preparations for
the skin contain this food. Levy?
Vogel Drug Co. Adv. 5-24-tf
Douglas Fairbanks as a cowboy
visits New York. You can't imagine
the stunts he Uv.es. You will have to
see it Sunday at the Arcade. Adv.
6-7-tf.
Visit of Head Consul Boak.
Head Consul I. I. Boak, of the W.
O. W., will be in Union next Satur
day evening, June 9th. He will de
liver a patriotic address to the mem
bers . of the order and friends. Mr.
Boak is one of the leading fraternal
insurance men of the northwest, hav
ing his headquarters in Denver, Colo.
He is a very able speaker and as this
is the only lodge in this part of the
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houses. Real bargains
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state where he will appear the mem
bers of the local order of W. 0. V.". will
: attend the address in a body. Ar
rangements are being made by sj.na
' of the local members to have Mr. Boaic
! stop here in La Grande at noon so as
j to meet the members of the local ord
i er and join them going to Union that
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i Juno 11th the last day to pay water
rent without penalty. Adv. 6-7 -3t.
1 The man and lady who do their let
ter writing on Crane's Linen Lawn
stationery may be assured that they
I are making a notable impression.
j There is nothing so noticeable as
quality in writing materials. Classy
stationery in all of the late designs
at the Silverthorn Family Drug
Store. Adv. 5-31-tf.
$1.25 WILL BE GIVEN
to each of several schoolboys who ap
ply for work in delivering The Satur
day Evening Post to customers. On
ly schoolboys clean, gentlemanly and
ambitious need apply. The $1.25 is
in addition to liberal cash profits and
many other advantages. Apply to
Newlin Book & Stationery
1114 Adams Ave. La Grande, Ore.
Supply yourselves with our beauti
ful box stationery now. As yet thore
is little or no rise in price here
Newin Book & Stationery Co. Adv.
6-7-tf.
Red Cross Tag Day Sale.
Announcements will toe made in the
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS.
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6 1-2 Per Cent Money.
$30,000 for long term at tl 1-2 per
cent interest for loans Tm Grande
Rondo Valley farms. See W. B. Sar
gent at La Grande Investment Com
pany at once. 2-2-tf
Distinctive candies for those who
want the best. Levy-Vogel Drug Co.
Adv. 6-24-tf.
Money to Loan.
On improved real property in Union
:ounty, no delays, current rates. La
Grande Investment Co. Adv.
We carry a fine and complete line
of fishing tackle, the kind that gives
satisfaction.' Levy-Vogel Drug Co.
Adv. 5-24-tf.
Will Join Engineers.
Andrew Bol'.ons, youngest son of
William 'Bollons, district superintend
ent for this division of the O.-W., ex
pects to go into the field with the
corps of engineers which is being or
ganized in Portland. William Bol
lons, Jr., his ?ldcst son, who is work
ing on railroad revaluation at the
present time, made an application but
was told that he was more valuable in
his present po3ition as an employe of
the government and advised to re
main in the service.
Prices Change.
Not to have read an ad for a week
is poor business policy. Values and
prices constantly change. "Read the
ads. '
Many people were . shot in the
Camera Raid last Sunday. Everyone
was out with his machine and many
goo,d pictures have been added to the
album. Get into tho picture game
with an Eastman or an Ansco ko
dak. A complete line of both East
man and Ansco machines and supplies
nt Silverthorn's Family Drue Store.
i Adv. 5-31-tf.
For upholstoring and repairing,
mattress making, carpet and wall
cleaning, Black 3171, Houghton Bros,
successors to Lee Bellinger. Adv.
The Observer On Sale. .
j When in Portland you will find The
I Observer on sale at the Oregon Ho
tel news stand and Imperial Hotel.
A complete line of Universal Vac
uum Bottles, Food Jars, Lunch Sets.
'etc. Levy-Vogel Drug Co. Adv.
5-24-tf
j The buying power of the R. C. A.
, is over fifty million dollars annually,
i The Golden Rule is La Grande's R. C.
U. store. Adv. 6-6-lt.
j June 11th the last day to pay water
irent without penalty. Adv. 6-7-3t.
Singer Sewing Machine.
New and second-hand machines sold
on easy terms. No interest. Repair
-p.
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. Smile, please! That's it! Hold It, just a moment! ' '
Mary riekford Is about to take your picture with the assistance of none other than Count llya Tolstoy, sua of
the famous Russian novelist. Soon after arriving in this country recently the count paid "Little Mary" a visit at
the studio during the production of her new Artcraft plcturo, "A Romance of the Redwoods!" The' well known
Ensslnn displayed great interest in motion picture production and assured "America's Sweetheart" that she ra"
"Russia's Sweetheart" as well. But, then let Mary take tho picture. Are you ready? ; Watch the birdie! ,
work a specialty on all machines.
Cha.s. M. Shapland, agent, New Foley
Bldg. Phone Black 1051. Adv. l-17tf
Interesting Curios on Display.
A very interesting collection of
relics of the Spanish-Americun war
are on display,.in the window at tho
G. S. Birnie Jewelry fetore. The col
lection was picked up in the Philip
pines and consists of two small pieces
Of telegraph cable, a hat ribbon worn
by a sailor of tile Spanish ship, Reina
Christina, a base fuse for a big gun
used in '98. Shell for the German
'Nordenveldt machine gun also a relic
of 98; a common three pound fire gun
shell, firing pins for two rifles, the
Mauser, (Spanish) and the Norden
veldt (German machine) and besides
this a three pound powder case, a
lime fuse for Shrapnel, shell for a !
one pounder Hotkiss revolving cannon
and a powder brg for a 15 centimeter
Spanish gun are exhibited. In the
Collection is also found a piece of i
Teak wood taken from the top of the
Spanish Flag Ship the Reina Chris
tina which was sunk on May 1,. '98 in
Manila Bay.
H. E. Dixon has added another
relic to the collection of antiquities
falo gun weighing 25 pounds, probably!
used in 1840. I
Ask for Palm Oil soap 8 bnrs for
25c. Soothing and healing. Levv
Vogel Drug Co.Adv. ' 5-24-tf.
We p:iv better prices for used fur
niture. Phone B 1241. Cor. Fir and
lefferson. E. J. Donohue . 12-20-tf
Second Hand Furniture.
We pav best prices for second
hand furniture. DYAL'S FURNI
TURE CO., 404 Fir St., Phone Black
8351. Adv. 12-4-tf,
All motorcycle and bicycle accessor
ies at cost. Now is the time to buy.
Leighton Garage. 2-17-tf
Young Man Joins Navy.
Jay Millcring, prominent young
man of this city and nt one time one
of the leaders in athletics in Eastern
Oregon, left on No. 5 last night for
Portland where he will enter the ser
vice in the United States Navy.
We pay highest prices for hide and
sheep pelts. Peoples' Meat Market,
1119 1-2 Adams Ave. Adv. 12-5-tf.
Dance at Zuber Hall every Wed
nesday and Saturday nights. 5-18tf
You will see the usual rough and i
tumble "Fairbanks Fights" in "Man-1
hnttan Madness" at the Arcade Sun-!
day. Adv. 6-7-tf.
The Foundation of a Happy Marriage
In the June Woman's Home Com
panion a writer says:
"It was Jane Wel.sh Carlyle who
wrotes these words after thirty yenrs
of married life:
" 'I married for ambition; Carlyle
has exceeded all that my wildest
hopes ever imagined, and I am mis
erable.' "Science has taught us a great
many interesting things about race
progress and eugenics, but the fundif
montnl principle of eugenics seems to
have discovered itself very early in
the history of the race. Healthy chil
dren are usunlly those who are born
of happy marriages."
Press) Emmett Gclligan is opening
up today what is believed to be one
of the richest gold, silver and copper
mines discovered in the western part
of tho United States in many years.'
Galligan says the body of ore is 125
feet wide and runs $12 a ton in gold
alone. It also contains five per cent
copper and two ounces of silver to
the ton. , The vein is believed to be
indefinite. Gclligan estimates $15,-j
000,000 in ore is already blocked out.
The big body of ore was discovered
at a time when Gelligan had about
made up his mind to quit.
AMERICAN COM MiSSION '
SAILS FROM VANCOUVER
Vancouver, B. C, Juno 7. (United
Press) Bound for Persia and the
Caucasus, two American relief com-,
missioners sailed from Vancouver to
day. They are Dr. William T. Ellis'
of Swarthmore, Pa., and Charles E.
Beury of Philadelphia. Both are mem-;
bers of the American Commission for
Armenian and Syrian Relief. Their
task is to investigate and report up
on the work of their oreranization. The
Uip will be made over the Trans-Si-!
berian railway.
Lawyers Fix Scale.
Bowling Green, June 7. (United
Press) You can get a divorce and ali
mony here for $50, but it will cost
von $500 to be deferided on a first
degree murder .charge, according to
the attorney rates agreed on by lnw
yprs today. Other prices are: Con
tinfji.'nt fees in damage cases, 33J per
cent; second degree murder $300;
manslaughter $200.
Attempt On Pnpe.
Rome, June 7. (United Prcssl-
The Public is Cordially
Invited to Attend the
Opening
oaern
Saturday Evening June 9th, 7:30 to 9:30
All machines will be in operation by expert em
ployes. "We want you to sec them, especially
do w e want the men to see our latest style col
lar ironing machine. The only machine like it
in Eastern Oregon. Positively does-not stretch
your collars.
Carnations For the Ladies While They Last
Modern Laundry Inc.
a C. C. PENNINGTON, Mgr.
Pope Benedict has suddenly suspend- '
ed all public audiences. ' His act is
reported to be due to the fact that
many threatening letters have been :
received. 'At a recent audience it
is declared, a war-crazed man - at
tempted to attack the pope. He was-:
seized by guards.
Mutual Profit. '
If advertising were not a thing of
mutual profit profit to the reader of
advertising as well as to the adver
tiser there would be no advertising.
BRITISH NOW FORMING :
'"TRADE CORPORATION
London, June 7.-r-(United Press)
Great Britain is already preparing for
the trndewar which will follow ces
sation of hostilities. A British trade
corporation capitalized at 10,000,000
pounds has been formed to finance
large overseas contracts after the war.
It will furnish financial assistance to
obtain and execute orders abroad.
TODAY'S WAR RECIPE
(From Biitain's official win-the-war
cook-book.)
Fish pie, for four people. One
pound of fish, one tablespoonful of
margarine, two hard-boiled eggs, one
tablespoonful of maizo, chopped pars
Icy, four heaped tablespoonfuls of
cooked rice, one cupful of fish stock,
seasoning to tante. Boil and flake the
fish. Grease a pie dish, put a layer of
fish at the bottom, then layers of
other ingredients. .
A wnsteful cook is the enemy of
her country. .
BUTTER WRAPPERS
For sale at The Observer Office.
of the
Laundry
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Rich Mine Opened.
Baker, Ore., June 7. (United