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MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1917. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. PAGE THREAT "SEMD IT PLEASE" COSTS mER- Haveyou abuMing GHAFiTS 575,000,000 ANNUALLY " Central" Appreciates Your Kindness There are three operators concerned in every telephone call you, the party you are talking to and "central." All three parties must co-operate if the best ser- , vice is to be had. . The telephone operators are human, just as you are. ., Being human, .they appreciate kindness and cour tesy, but resent unkindness and discourtesy just as any of us do. Kindness begets kindness, courtesy creates cour- v tesy and patience encourages patience. If you wish to get the 'best out of your tele phone, make it a point to be kind and courteous 1 to the operators. HOME INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE CO. Alsace And Lorraine Are Starved By The Germans By HENRY WOOD (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the French Army, July 26 (By Mail) Alsace and Lorraine are being milked dry by the Germans while they still have the opportunity to do so, according to authoritative in formation that has just reached France by way of Switzerland. So clean is the final sweep now be ing made by the Germans both of everything eatable and usable, that the condition of the civil population, Lorraine, still rank as German pro vinces, is little if any better than that of the inhabitants of invaded Belgium. All metals that could be used in the manufacture of war materials was long ago taken by the Germans including the church and school bells, organ pipes, door knobs, stills end cooking utensils. Among the latest things requisitioned were the famous bells of the Strasbourg cathedral wfliich were hung in 1806 to replace the historic bells destroyed during the 'revolution. Food restrictions and food requisi- tions are now being imposed. Not only are the Germans requisitioning all live stock but the inhabitants of Alsace and Lorraine are under mili tary orders, with military penalties attached, not to kill a single food animal. RenuiRitinn is alno beinc m&de of smoked meats; dried fruits, potatoes,! vegetables, wheat and flour. The restrictions have reached a point where the farmers are no longer allowed either to milk their own cows or collect the eggs laid by their own hons. All this is done by the German soldiers in order that every particle of food may be controlled and may go to the German authorities. As the farmers no longer have the use of their own milk, butter is no longer to bo found. Oil and coffee are also no .longer obtainable. I These conditions coupled with the , liquidation by the Germans of all pro perties owned entirely or in part by French capital and French people have reduced the position of the civil population to one of half starved and abject misery. Miss Ida M. Tarbell Charges American Housewife With Carelessness Commercial Economy Board Discovers Delivery of Housewife's Goods Is .An Expensive Lux ury Word At War Cannot Tolerate Sloth, Waste and Indulgence. . (By George Martin, United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, August 13. Wherein Miss Ida M. Tarbell lays the charge of intellectual shiftlessness at the door of the American housewife and points out that it costs her merchants $75,000,000 a year to lug home her packages for her. . : "The greatest immediate war benefit of curing this laziness in milady," said Miss Tarbell today, "will be to release 100,000 able bodied delivery clerks as fighting men at the front." Pausing just long enough to take a bit of the sting out of her charge by saying she believed all the American housewife needs .to cure her is the government's suirf?es tion, Miss Tarbell went on: "The Commercial Economy Board of the Council of Na tional Defense has discovered that the delivery of the housewife's goods 'is one of the most expensive luxuries we indulge. ' "A world at war cannot tolerate sloth, waste and in dulgence. "On a food bill' of twelve and three quarter million dol lars in 1916, Washington housewives paid $900,000 for having the stuff sent home. Ice, bread, milk and ice cream cost the most. "What is true of Washington is true of every American city, town and village. The board estimates that the gross delivery expense of retail grocers in the country is $75,000,000 a year. What for? For the hire of men to put up packages, run wagonit and trucks, put your things at your door, not once, but often many times a day. Housewives visit the stores in cars, carriages or on foot, but they never think of carrying home anything. "The merchant is partly responsible. His willingness to serve her careless livering an article to exceed the cost of the article. "There are a few towns in the coun try where the delivery has been stamped out Ann Arbor, Michigan, has had a sensible system such as we all need, for eight years, Formerly they used 70 wagons. Now they use only 18. There' is but one delivery a day. Every womnn knows what she wants and all that Bhe wants and gets it on the one delivery. All women could do this. . "There are a few other towns where cooperative' delivery has been installed and effected a tremendous saving. "I am sure each city, each woman will do her share to get this system throughout the country. They will free 100 000 men for useful service and irregular habit of buying is one way he builds up good will. The women have come to feel that if they carry bundles they will be classed as undesirable customers. ':' In our great cities the cost to the . when they do. department store of delivering pack-. "A package in the hand will then ages is from 8 to 25 cents apiece. '. It is not uncommon for the cost of de- Buy Your Printing MOW! All lines of Printers' Materials have been rising during the past year. Our Stock of Mater ials is a complete one for you to select from. We Print anything that can be printed and do it the right way. Commercial, Society and General Forms for your inspection. be as truly a badge of honor as a Bed Cross button on the waist Foley Hotel Arrivals. Now that prices are high it is more than ever important that you give careful consider ation to the roof you are going to put on. 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Ward, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Fales, Kamela, Wn.; A. D. Tierney, Baker; Dan McKenzie, Wallowa; P. L. Dur fce Baker; T. P. McAndrews; H. IT. Hostetler, E. St. Louis; E. Hedrlck, Salem; J. H. Canansdle and wife. Col lege Place; L. R. Hawley, Walla Walla; A. M. Simpson, Baker; H. Garwood, Joe Nelson, La Grande; Mary Ogle, Penalosa, Kas.; J. F. John , son, La Pine, Ore.; S. Metzgcr, Endi 'cott, Wash.; James L. Woodoll, Sum ', mcrville; John Meromy, Seattle; Wm. ! Phelan. Washington, Aug. 13 (United Press) President Wilson's name will go down in history among the score or more great war statesmen in the annals of the world. Here are some of the facts of his life your children and grandchildren will learn from their school books. Born Dec. 28, 1856, at Stanton, Va. Ancestry, Scotch- Irish on both sides. Educated by (his father, a noted scholar, and at Davidson college, S.C., Princeton college, University of Vir ginia, Johns Hopkins University. Practiced law at Atlanta, Ga., 1881-83, Served on teaching staffs of Bryn- mawr college, Pa.; Wesleyan "Uni versity and Princeton Univcrstiy. President of Princeton college, 1902 - .10. Eastern Star Check Acknowledged. Mrs. Fred Schilke, formerly grand matron of the Eastern Star has just received a letter from the chairman of the Masonic board of relief acknowl edging the receipt of $500 which was contributed by the Grand Chapter of that Order at their meeting In Port- States, 1912. Author of "Life of George Wash ington," "History of the American People", "Constitutional Government in the United States" and other his torical and political works. Foley Hotel Arrivals Saturday C. P. Lackey, City; Mrs. J. Casey. Portland; Mrs. D. Sommer, Elgin; Mrs. J. Michell, Mr. A. Michell, Mr. S. Michell, Prineville; Miss A. Mc Carllough, Prineville; Miss Bess Hendricks, Cascade Locks; F. I. Brown, Boise, Ida.; O. J. Baum, Port land; Elizabeth Mitchall, Marie Mitchall, Wallowa; H. Jones, Minam; Wilifred Hilyard, Minam; L. F. Tem pleton, Pendleton; M. Griffin, San Francisco; L. Anchoff, L. J. Wattson. Portland; Dick Young, Enterprise; W. F. Fehl Haber and family, Dubair, Ida.; P. M. Wilhams, La Grande; H. C. Plass, Thomus Da"is, Henry Pieper, City; R. E. Nichols, The Dalles; Syl vatcr H. Burleigh, J. iR. Wagner, C. L. Knodell, Enterprise; C. P. Lackey, City. Elected President of the United ishing. Fleetwood High cchool voted in Fort Rock valley. Coquille Chees factory here flour- 4? ft 'if 'if 'if 'h 4f 'if 'if 4f 4? 4? if if 4? 'if 4? "if 4p "if 'if 4f 4f s LET US DESIGN BUILD AND ERECT YOUR MONUMENT OR MARKER Vermont Marble & Granite Works Corner Cove and Jeff. Ave. Phone Red 61 Auto For Sale Paige -Six, Seven Passenger Good As New A Great Bargain ' Inquire at IMPERIAL HOTEL Phone Black 641
