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FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917. v LA ' GRANDK EVENING OBSERVER PAGE FTVa Try This Talcum It Will Stand the Test Thora is nothing better for the toilet or nursery than a delight ful talcum powder. It is good for the ekin and pleasant to use. Squibb's Talcum is a pure antiseptic powder of impalpable fineness. It is heal ing, cooling and refreshing in effect; especially desirable as a face powder in hot weather, as it does not dissolve in perspira tion or clog the pores of the skin. " PRICE 25 CENTS Comes in Violet, Carnation and Unscented Red Cross Drug Store Coming Events July 14-19 North Pacific Sanger fest, Portland. July 13, 14, 15 State Editorial As sociation at Pendleton. July 15 Applications for commis sions in army training camp must be in. July 15 La Grande Commercial Club entertains State Editorfal Asso ciation at luncheon at Riverside Park, 6 p. m. July 18 Dance at Rex Hall for the benefit of La -Grande Hospital unit. July 21-22 "Speed 'em Up" motor cycle and auto races at La Grande. August 4 to 10 Buyers' Week in Portland. AMUSEMENTS. Arcade Theatre Motion pictures. Colonial Theatre Motion pictures. Sherry's Theatre Motion pictures. 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. Dance at Zuber Hall every Wed nesday and Saturday nights. 5-18tf Money to Loan. On improved real property in Union county, no delays, current rates. La Grande Investment Co. Adv. Farms wanted to MARS. Adv. sell. J. L. 7-ll-3t. Soft Summery Dresses at clear ance prices Kirtley's. 7-12-2t SHOE SALE A few dozen of Harlow shoes left; closing out at $1.00 to $5.50; lots of small sizes left. The Toggery. Adv. 7-7-5t Currants! currants! Order them fresh from the bush. C. S. Shultz, 1904 East N avenue. Phone Black 3691, 5 to 7 p. m. Adv. 7-14-17-19 pd J. L. Mare, real estate and rent agent buys and moves house. Prices talk. Adv. 6-7-tf. Which is yours? Among the ar ticles recently taken from residents of La Grande are: Five ladies' hand bags, two, emerald rings, 'one brooch, one necklace. These have been found on "The Girl in the Checked Coat" and will be returned to the owners at the Colonial theatre on Friday and Saturday. Adv. 7-11-tf. Shoe Sale. A few dozen of Harlow shoes left; closing out at $1.00 to $5.50; lota of small sizes left. The Toggery. Adv. 7-7-5t. i Keep Cool It requires no great expense to dress atrractively and also in accord with the season. . Kirtley's Sale solves the problem. 7-12-2t For tan and sunburn use a jar of good cold cream or the vanishing cream to whiten the skin. Try Sil verthorn's cold and vanishing creams. -Adv. ' 7-10 tf. Letters From the Front The Observer would like to receive "letters from tho front" from the I boys who have Volunteered In the I army, navy, marine corps or other Sam's service. iAdv. 6-8-tf. Night Prowler Considerate. A few nights ago the Valley Cream ery was broken into but the intruders 'seemed to have no special aim in ' mind as nothing was missing. The lock of the door was broken but no other damage was done. ' Sale Prices at Kirtley's are still at tractive. 7-12-2t Second Hand Furniture. We pay best prices for second hand furniture. DYAL'S FURNI TURE CO., 404 Fir St, Phone Black 8351. Adv. 12-4-tt SCREENS FOR WINDOWS Made to order at reasonable prices. Red 3521, C. J. Matthies. Shoe Sale. A few dozen of Harlow shoes left; closing out at $1.00 to $5.50; Iota - of small sizes left. The Toggery. Adv. 7-7-6t. Try the Chinese noodles at La Grande Restaurant. Adv. 7-10-3t i Fashion's demands are easily met by the patrons Of Kirtley's Clearance Sale. 7-12-2t Bathing caps, new designs--all col ors just arrived. Prices from 25c to $1 at Silverthorn's. Adv. 7-10-tf Singer Sewing Machine. New and second-hand machines sold on easy terms. No interest. Repair work a specialty on all machines. Chas. M. Shapland, agent, New Foley Bldg. Phone Black 1051. Adv. l-17tf Shoe Sale. A few dozen of Harlow shoes left; closing out at $1.00 to $5.50; lots of small sizes left. The Toggery. Adv. 7-7-5t Shoe Sale. A few dozen of Harlow shoes left; closing out at $1.09 to $5.50; lots of small sizes left. The Toggery. Adv. 7-7-5t. Dance at Zuber Hall every Wed nesday and Saturday nights. 5-18tf Fresh fruits, cantaloupe sundae, sherbets and ice cream at Silverthorn fountain. Adv. 7-10-tf. Have you lost any articles of value? If so, your property may have been found on "The Girl in the Checked Coat" Upon identification it will be returned to you at the Colonial theatre on Friday and Saturday. Rdv 7-11-tf. 6 1-2 Per Cent Money." $30,000 tor long term at 6 1-2 per cent Interest for roans on Grande Ronde Valley farms. See W. B. Sar gent at La Grande Investment Com pany at once. . . . . v2-2-tf Pure Milk, Phone Red 1971. The Pure Milk and Cream Co.'s phone is now Red 19771. Adv 6-28-tf. The Observer On Sale. When in Portland you will find Th Observer on sale at the Oregon Hp tel news stand and Imperial Hotel. From Gooseberry Ranch. ' Gooseberries? Yes! Good ones, but they are going fast. The dry weather has cut down our crop. We will have to take new orders now at 30c per gallon. Order now or regret later. M. R. Thompson, Alicel. Home Phone 27x1. ' 7-23-2t 4 TRENCH TALES. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 'I was just past the line when a sniper got me in the foot, and I hopped back, hoping that he would not try again," a Canadian, was "ex plaining his wound. "I got into a communication trench and almost fell into a German dugout, As I stumbled about the entrance, I heard shouts of 'Kamerad!' and 'Mercy!' There wore two Germans down the hole, and I called them out. They would not come at first and I wished that I had a bomb to persuade them I only had my rifle and bayonet- But they came out at last with their hands up it i3 shameful how thev surrender and I made one go in front and the other support me. A digging party, were the first to see us comine along and starteU to laugn soon as we appeared. I handed over the prisoners to the supports and hopped along to the dressing station. The surgeon told me that my wound was cood enough for England, be cause the bullet had smashed some of the bones in my foot. We found it in my foot. It was quite flattened out. "The coolest thing I've seen out there," said a private of the Argyll ! and Sutherland, "was after the ad Ivcnce had broken into open fighting. ! Our shell-holes were next to a bat talion of the Gordons and I dropped into one of them for a visit. "There was a sergeant-major in tho hole, shaving as calmly as if there were no such things as shells flying around.. 'Man, Serjbant-major," I saidj. ye arenae feur't?' Says he, 'I left my , fear by the side o' the Lossie. That's the river that Elgin stands on. And,! we had a bit of a crack then. He told mo he had been an athlete in his day"" and when ha tnlH mt hin nnmp. T lenmv ' i him for a man; famous on the cycle track. We were talking away when suddenly a Boche turned up at the crater lip. How he got there, Heaven only knows, but wo were a bit mixed up with the Germans 'round us near and far. This Boche had an ugly look as if he meant mischief, but it dinae disturb the serjeant-major much. He just laid down his razor and picked up his rifle and bayonet, and sauntered out with soap down one side. of hjs face. "The Boche had a bomb in his hand, but he dropped it without drawing the safety pin, and he up with his hands. The Serjeant-major rounded him up into the shell-hole, dropping him in by the scruff of his neck.. Ho made the German hold up the mirror till he finished his shave. MORE THAN 3,500,000 ' MOTOR CARS IN U. S. Washington, D. C, July, 13 (Unit ed Press) In 1916 there were 1,067, 332 more motor curs registered in the United States than in 1915, an in crease of 43 per cent. The gross total of registered cars, including commer cial cars, was 3,152,996; thq number Of motorcycles registered was 250,821). States collected in registration and license fees $25,865,369.75. Of this $23,910,811 was applied directly to construction, improvement, or main tenance of the public roads in 43 states, according to figures compiled by the Office of Public Roads. DEMAND FOR ALUMINUM INCREASES Chieaeo. Julv 13. The United States will .require 50,000 tons of aluminum a year for aeroplane and motor vehiclo construction to carry on the war against Germany, according to Dr. F. C. Weber of Chicago, a chemist and experimental inventor. This amount of aluminum, weDur snvs. cannot be obtained from baux ite, its present source.. We must use kaolin, or fireclay, which the Germans have been using since their source of French bauxite has been cut off. Web er says this country's' supply of kao lin is practically inexhaustible- ino largest deposits are in Illinois. Weber has submitted nis tneory to Sncietv of Industrial Engineer?, which in turn will take it up with the Council of National Defense. AMERICA'S BOARD OF WAR DIRECTORS Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is head of the Labor Committee of the Council of National Defense. At times, Gompers has been accused of having a chip-on- the"- shoulder dis position, but declaration of war found him most amenable to reason. Wo must see to the conservation of the health and welfare of workers en gaged on war jobs, and that rush wow is not done as it was at first done in Cnniorui hv Vponine- the shifts em ployed such long hours that the work er breaks down and proaucuon bui fers in quality and quantity. He must determine in what kinds of work women can replace men, ana must heln to determine which classes of Miio wnrVprq will serve the na tion better by staying at their task3 than by joining the colors. He has yielded to pressure and not only eats but sleeps at his desk. The other day he looked tirea ne is neu. - ing 70 to a question aDout ms neaim he replied: ' "I don't know, and I don't care. It s a, fight, and I'm here to fight." : GERMAN IN NAME ONLY. Washington, July 13. (Unitad Press Frankfurter, Keppel and Lippman. German sounding as tnese namea may be, their owners are working 18 hours a day helping America beat tho Kaiser and Keppel's parents were Irish. ti. i: -.7. Wnltv T.mnman r i I lliiniui n-t r i and Frederick Kepel re Secretary of War Baker's confidential aaviscrs. All left lucrative positions to enter America's service. Dr. Keppel was dean of Columbia university when the war broke out, but he got a leave of absence, hurried to Washington and joined Baker's staff. His hours are 9 n. m. to 12 midnight. Felix Frankfurter nad war aepan ment experience as War Secretary RHmonn'a ritrht hand man under Taft. When war came ho was a law lectur er at Harvard and was also handling important cases, before the supreme court. Walter Lippman's chief task with Baker is solving economic war prob lomo TTn lias written several books on diplomacy and economics nnd was editing a magazine when uncie oam jumped into the ring. Fire at Loiter Residence. A fire alarm turned in yesterday af ternoon took the department to the loiter home on Second and Spring in Khort order. When the department arrived they found some bedding in the cupola burning. The maid's room was too warm for her to sleep in the night before Pi sho took her bedding to the cupola, she also carried same Worn by iWorking Men From Coast to Coast NOHOLS PANTS ' Are Guaranteed 4, Six Months A new process in weaving has revolutionized the pants making industry anil- . created these wonderful work pants. " ' No more , mending or sinceNohols Pants came ."'Nohols Pants are made enough for best, but strong enougn to stand tne naraest wear, WEARPROOF, SPARJCPROOF, TEARPROOF, HOLEPROOF Men's Nohols Pants See the Nohols National Advertising on page 78 of this wee ks' Saturday Ev- , Suing Post ' . ' ' Remember you will find them in La Grande only at this R. C. U. Store--Where you always find the best merchandise for the least money - Fall styles in M. Born & Co.'s Tailored to Mcasmv. Clothing Society and Personal 44444 ANNOUNCEMENT. A Jt, 4 4. Social and club news for this 4 1nr.o4-mAnf cHMllrl VvO IT WATT. t.O I jl. ru,, w nhsvno nr nther- wise, during the forenoon. Such J. news turned in after 12 o'clock, 4 noon, will frequently have to bo " held for publication the follow- j. j. J j. J. j. J. J. J. -. Mrs. A. T. Hill entertained at a Kensington tea yesterday afternoon in honor of her sister. Mrs. F. A. El - liott, of Salem, who is very prominent in club and Red Cross work of that city. About tlurty-nve guests were present, among the out of town guests were Miss Mayne Elliott, of Vermil- km Grove, 111.; Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. Head, of Jefferson, la.; Mrs. Kinney, of Berkley, Cal.; and rUs. Seitz, of Eugene, and Mrs. George Huntington Currey, of Vale, Oregon. The Mission socieyt of the Presby terian church met this aftemooni with Mrs. George Gilbert. A patriotic program was given and Mis. Moss man spoke on the "Effect the War Has on Foreign Missions," . after which a social hour was held. x m Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Elliott, of Salem, are guests of the A. T.'Hill home this week. Mr. Elliott is State Forester of Oregon. Ernest Watkins, of Bandon, Oregon, matches with her and laid them on the tin floor whore they were, ignited by the sun. The only damage done was the burning of two mattresses, two quilts and a pair of blankets. Due to the presence of mind of some of the firemen, no water was used, the fire being extinguished by the use of chamicals. Against War Speculation. St. Paul, July 13. Representatives oS six million American farmers aire here this week to complete organiza tion of the American Federation of Organized Producers and Consumers which will lead tho farmers in an or ganized fight to prevent war specula tion and to insure reasonable prices. Announced objects of the confer ence are: First Establishment of i maximum and minimum prices for , food products by a commission to be j headed by the Secretary of Agricul ture. Second Prohibition of specu- lative activities in boards of trade, stock exchanges and chambers of commerce. Third Government con- i trol of the marketing and distribu tion of necessities of life. I Clarke Lcitcr, editor of The Ob server, left last night for Pendleton j where he will speak today at the Editorial convention held there. I If they don't live up to their guar antee you get a new pair aboslutely free. patching to town. in a number of stylish patterns, smart fitting, good- i -mil 1 1 $2.50 Boys' Nohols T GOLDEN PULE C" La Grandest R.C.U. Store who has been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Hill for tihe past ten days, leaves tonieht for Eugene where he will, join his company of the Coast , Artillery. The younsr women of Auxiliary A ! of the Red Cross wish to do their mt in making "our boya" of the Hospital i Con's happy and comfortable while away and so they have undertaken! to ! make comfort baits for them. The f young ladies hope' to have a well filled ' baer for each man. If a friend or I mother of any of the boys should care ! to fill a bag the Auxiliary will be glad ! to send her one all made. In order , to have money enough to fill these bags with tne necessaries ana corn- j forts the Auxiliary will nold a cooKea food sale Saturday at the Snodgrass Grocery, and will be pleased to receive the patronage of the public. . Sam Harris, of Cove, ifl staying at the Savoy. tWv iB. Coffinberry, of Hot Lake, is at the Savoy. Mrs. Jerry Maxwell, of Wallowa, is at the 'Sommer. R. N. Crawford, of Heppner, is stay ing at the Foley. E. E. East, of Pendleton, is tered at tho Foley. regis- G. W. Snlladay and family, of Jo seph, are at the Savoy. X fr 4p fc 4 4f 4 4r 4p 4p f Harness Shop Tents, Wagon Covers, Canvas, Ropo, Leg Aprons, Cruisers Pack Bags, Sailor or Dunnage Bags, Stockmen's Bed Sheets, Sleeping Bags, Folding Water Buckets, Army Duck Leggings, Leather Leggings. 1 M. Shannon's I Adams Avenue La Grande, Ore, T 5$ , 4 4. 4. 4 4 4 THE NEW STAR BARBER SHOP The one place in town where quality and up-to-date service in Barber Work connts. Our slogan, Star Quality Service must be maintained Next Door Levy-Vogel Dfug Co. NOHOLS PANTS ARE Cheaper Than Overalls Pants :: New Shipment Lee Union Alls Just Received A. R. Cape and S. D. Burch, of El gin, are at the Sornmer. Amv Chamber, of Entonries. i a city visitor staying at the 'Savory, Mr. Calvin Goss, editor of the-Sentinel of Cove, is in La Grande today on business. George Scibird, Editor of the Union Republican left yesterday for Pendto ton to attend the Editorial convention. Miss Nita Hunter entertained Tues day afternoon in honor of Mrs. George Huntington Cunrcy at the country home of Albert Hunter. Enterprise residents registered at the Foley are: Geo. P. Cheney arid) wife, Miss S. V. Heatort, Mrs. i. McGail and O. S. Hamilton. , . DR. FRANKLIN MARTIN IS- CHAIRMAN Dr. Franklin Martin, of Chicago if dhairnran of the Committee on Medi cine and Surgery of the Council' oJ' National 'Defense, which is OrepairuW' to fight the battle with death which will come for many a .young Ameri can after tihe battle with the Ger mans. , Dr. Martin looks the port of art eminent surgeon a strong, decisive face, clean shavem, with a chip-of- graiute profile, a thick crown of white nair, and tne cutaway costume traai-, tional in the part. He has been up' to his eyes in work from morning until midnight in the work of enrolling cho qurgeons and physicians of the nation. and of listing standard medical sufi--plies, not to mention standardizing? alt others and mobilizing tbo medical, and surgical system of the United States for its part in the fight. 4p 4p k 4 4p 4? ft Hr 4? S8 8- j