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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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