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PAGE SIX LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917. MM W. 0 ffttllM W. M WW JT UNEXCLLLbU MJUMAIN btKYltfc J SPECIALS 4 Fresh Strawberry Sundae Oriental Sundae -4 Carmel Cream Sundae 4 Butter Scotch Sundae "I Marshmallow Delight Grape High Ball Loganberry Rickey j "The Taste Lingers" Levy-Vogel Drug Co. et p .f .f 4. 4. ) if .f .f f .ff $ j fr 'J. 'l' ffr 4? fj? 4? 4 4? 4? 'Sf 'ip 'if 4? 'Ii"!' 4? 4? fr iC 4 4 -ft Across the Track , OIL- STOVES We have some especially good bargains this week in oil stoves HARRIS FURNITURE CO. Phone Red 3171 H. B. Harris, Prop. CANADIAN TROOPS HAIL AM 'S E ENTRY INTO THE GREAT WAR LEGAL NOTICES Cowty Treasurer's Call for Warrants. Road Notice, the undersigned county treasurer has funds on hand with which to pay warrants drawn on the wad fund from number 929 to num er 10W both numbers inclusive. Interest ceases on the above war canto on the date of this calL Dated at La Grande this 11th day f June, 1917. ' JOHN FRAWLEY, Treasurer -of Union County, Oregon. Adv. June 9-16-23-80. July 7. Minimizing Fire Loss Along Railrords Lines Farmers Asked to Co-operate With Carriers to Prevent Property Destruction. Portland, July 7. (Special) The season is approaching when greater danger from fires is present. In ad dition to other risks, the riDeninsr fffields of grain which border the lines 01 the railroads are a source of es pecial hazard. The precautions taken py the owners of the crops have proved valuable, but constant and con j'tmued vigilance 1b necessary to pro- Going to Camp at Chautauqua? Phone Main 10 and have us take your outfit to the Park. Two Auto Trucks and Teams. PROMPT SERVICE We have dry wood and Rock Springs Coal. The J. D. Lynch Co. BY F. W. GETTY. (United Press 'Staff Correspondent.) Witley, England, June 10. (By Mail) The one spot in all England where the news of America's entry in to the war was received with the greatest enthusiasm was the Canadian camp at Witley and Bramshot. Canadians here regard their Amer ican neighbors "more like friends than brothers" and look forward to having United States troops shoulder to shoulder with them soon. Jf there was one man in camp hap pier than any other it was the Cana dian bandmaster. .' "The Maple Leaf Forever" was about the only reliable marching tuno his military musicians had on tap: American airs sucn as "Dixie" and "Marching Through Georgia," an ex ample of Canadian neutrality now ring through the Surrey hills as the Canadians march, and the officers rise from their paces at the table when the band, which plays outside their mess at meal-times, strikes up the "Star- Spanged Banner." Witley Camp is unique In one re spect. It is perhaps the only camp in the world where the cook is not the "power behind the throne." The newly-found Canadian efficiency has extended to the kitchen, and of ficers and men live on war rations that are outlined by the authorities months in advance, with every detail of the cooking prescribed. "Disciplinary action will be taken if this diet sheet is deviated from" is the ominous warning postedjn the camp kitchens over tho weekly diet sheet. Not only are the menus drawn up for the culinary department, but exactly how much they shall serve each man, and how they shall cook the dishes is outlined in prominent black type. "The health of the men depends on the cooking and cleanliness of their food". Major-General G. B. Huehra. ' C. M. G., D. S. O.. commander of the Canadian division quartered here, said when he issued the orders, and the camp physicians say that the average health has improved noticeably since the new regulations went into effect. Another result of the efficiency measure is that the Canadians here today are better fed than the civilian population of London. The percent age of wheat in the flour that makes the Londoners bread has been appre ciably decreased, but the overseas forces still eat white bread. Pota toes, now worth their weight ire gold throughout the country, are supplied the Canadians without restraint. It's a good thing for the Canadians that they had this health-producing diet system, because the winter they have passed through has been the most severe England has seen, to fifty-four years, and the hills of Sur- rey, the highest spot in the South of England, have 'been exposed to merci less blasts. The day on which Canadian Pre mier, Sir Robert Borden visietd Wit ley and Bramshot was typical of the season. The brigades on review would march from bright blinding sunshine into a veritable blizzard of sleet, the head of the column often hidden in the driving snow while the rear-guard shaded their eyes from the sun. Youth is apparent everywhere throughout the camps. The Canadi ans are a younger, fresher lot of sol diers than any in England todav. Al ready tried under fire in the Spring offensive they have proved themselves equal to the finest in the Allied arm ies, and in a short time fiftv thou sand more of them will be going over to do "their bit." ILL MM f Z Vmi MB Vx I-, . 1 ( The Reynof e of ifie meeting 7 Prepare S Lo w Round-Trip Fares via 'PORT C AND Stop Manure Waste. Washington, D. C. July 7. (Sne- cial) Farmers are urged in a state ment issued today by Assistant Sec retary Carl Vrooman to make every. effort to save the vast amount of val uable manure now allowed to go to waste in this country. Assistant Sec retary Vrooman estimates that one- half the manure produced in the Unit ed States is not used as a fertilizer. there being: an annual loss of material worth twelve hundred million dollars --once and a half the value of the' country's 1916 wheat crop. ROUND-TRIP FARE! TO PORTLAND for National Education Association Tickets on Sale July 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13; return limit July 13. Apply to J. H. KEENEY, Agent La Grande. Oregon $11-60 The Webb-Kenyon act is now in full effect. An anti-German movement has been started in Mexico. ' Let us print your ram sale bills. are trying to maintain free frotn J danger. lirm. . me menace is present everywhere. tect from fires. General Manager J. P. O'Brien the Oregon-Washington Railroad xr i navigation wmpany. who has iust returned from a trip of inspection The harvested crop is stored in ware over the lines; has made arrange-; houses along the line; loaded cars ments for additional protection and is1' await moving; stations are congested hopeful that the losses for 1917 will with varied assortments of frniolir be less than for previous years. Ho much of which is inflammable, and savs: yet the railroad comnanies are re- "While we have had fire patrol diicing f;re losses each year by con- for years, and our section crews and trainmen are always on the aiert, we are adding to our protective stant watchfulness of employes. "As a rule, we find that those whosj property adjoins the tracks are will- measures. On all trains operating, lnS to join with us m our efforts to through territory where the dancer is I prevent loss by fire. They recognize greatest, particularly through wheat i tnat tne railroad owns nothing but sections, a watchman is stationed on ' the right' of way and that when they the rear car. His duty is to keep cara-! K outside of this to prevent loss they ful lookout and if smoke or blaze ap- i aro tryng to help the man whose hold pears the train is stopped, and the nKs are endangered. The fires which blaze extinguished. I originate along the railroad tracks ara "Our right of way is kept as clear : not always caused by sparks from lo of inflammable material as possible, i cmotivcs. 'but no matter what the Adjoining this, we work in cooperation 1 oriK'n we are willing to help ex with the owner of the land. It is es-i "Kuish the flames, sential thot a safeguard for grain-! "There should be a better under flows be provided. Tho cutting of standing between the farmers and the j a swath, the plowing of a furrow, and railroads. Our interests are intei'- the burning of the stubble are thinj,-.; dependent. We can accomplish much that should be looked after. Here is 'for our mutual welfare if we work in where the farmer can assist. In ord- harmony. We are interested in cro; Bargain In Pasture Land One Block East of Depot Phone Mais 10 er to garner his crop he has to cut n way for the harvesting machine, and to protect the remainder he shoul 1 run a furrow. Reapers and horses ti draw plows are not a part of railroad equipment, and so we expect assist ance from the man whose property we conservation. A field of grain burned over is a lost product. The farmer loses, and the railroad loses. Neither one of us is in business for the pur pose of piling up a deficit, and if wa get together there is possibility that we can each profit to some extent." .240 acres of pasture land east of Alicel, one half of the tract is extra good soil, watered. Owner a non-resident and has put a price that certainly should be picked up quickly by some farmer in the valley who needs a good piece of grazing land. The price is $5.00 per acre. The land is situ ated in Section If Twp. 26 South Range 40. Geo. H. Currey Next to Observer Office .Phone Black 2001 HE WHO MOTES REAL ESTATE 1708 1-2 Sixth St La Grande, Oregon Next to Observer Office WOO CHAIN WOOD and CORD WOOD Prepare for the coming fuel shortage This advice is based on facts and hy ordering early. for your own good. GRANDE RONDE LUMBER CO. i i is :
