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THURSDAY, AUGtfST 30 1917. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. PAGE r USED MOTORCYCLES $35.00 And Up Liberal Terms. ! " W. H BOHNENKAMP CO. " CU or Write Cove News Notes Cove, Aug. 30. (Special.) The last of the cherries were finished up last week. About half have been used in canneries and for maraschino pur poses. Four companies operating here have, taken about an equal amount, all shipping East. A About 16 carloads of black cherries lave been shipped to eastern mar kets and two carloads Bhipped local ly. The minimum amount to a car is 2000 pounds more than has been taken heretofore, which on 16 cars would mean two cars more. Tom Johnson shipped a carload of cattle to Portland last week and is preparing to ship another soon. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Dalton and fam ily are preparing to sell out and move "to Louisiana. Mrs. Fred Houx returned last week from a visit in Walla Walla with Mrs. Blain "Geer, and in Milton where she visited her daughter Mrs.' J. H. Taylor. J. M. Atterbury and family have moved into the Stevens house north of town. Rev. Mr. Bane and family moved into the Buchanan house. Royal Jones and family have mov ed to Union. Mr. Jones will work in the Union Flouring Mills. Mr. Rowe and family, of Midvale, Idaho, have moved into the Duffy house up the canyon. Miles Belding, a former resident of 1 returned home Friday evening of last week. .Miss Eunice Ramsdell who is taking the nurse's training course at the Multnomah County Hospital, reports that she likes the work very much, but finds it very heavy. Hay is selling for $20 per ton here and hard to get at that. Rev. C. C. Pratt has left for the district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Miss Pomona Stacktand is enter taining Miss Lila May Aault of Juntura, Or. - ' Miss Mabel Gibson went to Cricket Flat, Cherry Day with her sister Mrs. Sam Richards. Miss Gibson will teach in the Pine Grove school this year. . Alfred Ingram and family will move to Medical' Springs soon. Mr. Ingram will teach in the school at this place this year. Mr. and Mrs.' Matt W. Mitchell spent last week at Medical Springs. Grover Duffy failed to pass in his physical examination for entrance to the Hospital Corps and has returned home. Fire has been raging in the for ests near the mouth of the Big Minam for two weeks. A dozen or more men from Cove are helping to fight it. Charles Playle, Floyd : McKennon and Charles Webster have recently bought the Colon R. Frazier farm of 1280 acres, located on the Sand Ridge between La Grande and Cove. . Wesley Smith had a serious acci dent with his "speed 'em up" cat last week. The machine swerved, ran Cove has been visiting his sister Mrs. 'into a ditch and telephone pole, dam Pearl Chadwick, in Union Junction, i aging his car considerable. Mr. Belding is in the Army eervice 1 Mrs. Wesley Smith and son Clarke, and has recently been promoted to are living in La Grande this Summer first lieutenant. He was on his way Clarke has employment there, to American Lake, stopping here on I Cove has sent $82 to the sufferers at a short furlough. i Sumpter in answer to their call for Mr. and Mrs. John Martens and help, family have moved to Union. i Mr. and Mrs. Robert French and Harvey Lantz returned home last' son Stewart, Miss Bonnie Severs and umV frnm Towa. where he has a pood Miss Bessie Kelley, motored to El- position as assistant chief in' the col lege experimental- station at Ames, for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lantz and son, who have been visiting friends and relatives in Cove and vicinity, will return to their home in Woodburn, the last of this week. Mr. Lantz is lensburg, Wash., last week. John Parker has accepted a posi tion with Rowe & Richardson in the Valley View Flouring Mills. Everett Youwell has been home for a few days. ' His mother returned with him to Stockton, Cal. Mrs. E.'O. pttoand daughter are instructor in Manual training in the visiting Mrs. Otto's parents, Mr. and Woodburn High School. This is his, Mrs. Lahrmaijn at Aiamosa, oio. fifth year as teacher in this school. Gus Houx, of Baker, spent Sunday wth hiB Uncle Fred Houx. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Richardson and family, of Big Horn, Neb., have sold out and returned to Cove to make irn,i -nth la uiaivino- tisi t iithfir ; it their oermanent home, on Katherine Creek. j Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCall recently About thirty-five ladies, members 'entertained Mr. McCall 8 mother Mrs. of the Red Cross, met at Guild Hall S. E. McCall, of La Grande, and three last Wednesday for work. The princi-1 sisters Mrs. Horace Kinney, of Oak pal work on hand was shoulder capes land, Cal., Mrs. Walter Francis, of for the soldiers. The. ladies are Sidney, 111., and Mrs. Arch Bacon, of working faithfully and are accom-. La Grande. - , plishing much. Many finished arti- Mrs. O. E. Huntley and daughter cles are ready to be sent to head- J have returned to theirhome in Cup uarttfrs. They will meet again this run, Idaho. Miss Marion Conklin ac week at the same place. Icompanied them. Mrs. C. C. McCown and son Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Mitchells visit of Grandview, Wash., who have been in Medical Springs was shortened by the guests of Dr. and Mrs. McCown, the burning of the hotel at which they WANTED - - Apples and Potatoes To store for shipping, we have modern warehouse facilities for handling your crop. LA GRANDE FRUIT CO. LET US DESIGN BUILD AND ERECT YOUR MONUMENT OR MARKER Vermont Marble & Granite Works Corner Cove and Jeff. Ave. Phone Bed 61 L TO PLAY FOOTBALL , Qualicum, t 3. C, August 30. (United Press) Patients at the hos pital opened here by the military hos pitals commissions will play baseball, golf, cricket, basketball even foot ball instead of securing their, ex ercises iby the usual hospital recre ation.'. ' : r The patients are each asked to se lect their favorite game and are then given a physical examination to see that they are able to play it. Sports however, are compulsory, as these in charge of tho hospital say that proper exercise is necessary in overcoming battlef ront injuries. '. . ' ' A new unit is being completed to the hospital and will bo m use be fore the end of this week ' DALLAS MEN ASSIGNED POSITIONS Dallas, Or., Aug. 80. (Special Dallas men who have recently been commissioned in the national army left today for stations where they have been assigned to duty. f Captain Walter L. Tooze, Jr., Lieutenant Les- e O. Tooze and Lieutenant Robert S. Kreason have gone to American Lake while First Lieutenant H. W. Brune goes to the artillery camp at Fort Stevens. ENLISTED MEN WILL GET COMMISSIONS Men In Regular Army Given Commis sions If Good Material. Washington, Aug. 30. (United Press) Here's encouragement for conscriptable youths who have not been drafted yet, whu have failed to get into officers resorvv training camps and who still want to go to the front as officers: Enlist in the regular army. , If you show that you ar officer mater ial, you'll get your commission. . A case in point: An anxious father wri'e t-.' Vash ington to get the re .ease from tho regular army of his sup, who ran away and enlisted about nine months before, so he could go V: an officers' reserve training cainp. "Not much," came ba';'t tho an swer from the commander of the com pany in which the soi was serving. "The training camps wcu't got this young man I saw him first. He made good. He's nov u non-commissioned officer. I hava reioituneivl ed him for a commiov-.on in the regu lar army. "I assure you that he will pass the examination and he will probably hold his commission and w in France be lorp the class now a the training camps have even graduated into the officers' reserve." This is but one of 6,000 commis sions which will be issued to non commissioned officers who rose from privates in the regular army within the next four to six months. Upon the recommendation of the General Staff, the "top sergeants" some of whom have done , duty un der two generations of commissioned West Pointers, and who had resigned themselves to non-commissioned lives, are going to be given their chances in this war as commissioned officers. WASHINGTON FAIR OPENS TODAY; BIG ATTENDANCE Chehulis, Wash., Aug. SO. (United Press) The southwest Washington fair is on in all its glory today. Thousands are attending the annual Show of grains, fruits, stock and home and factory products. A delegation came here from fort land on a special train today, which is known as Portland day on the of ficial program. Tomorrow Is Se attle and Puget Sound day. ' .- K. 0. M. Picnic Will Be Held Sunday The Kansas-Okhvhoma-Missouri pic nic is Sunday, Sept. 2. The officers and those1 who have been active in promoting the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri annual picnic have been ques tioned often as to whether there will be a gathering this year, and this article in to assure them that the an nual get-together meeting of those who came to Union county from these three states will be held this year as usual in Riverside Park, La Grande, and not only this, but everything points to one of the best social times yet held. : They have secured Rev. G. L. Clark to make the principal talk, and that in itself will be worth making a special effort to be pres ent and hear. There will not be so much time devoted to program as heretofore, as this feature in the past has been so lengthy that no oppor tunity was given for the real social features. Members should remember the busi ness meeting at 11 o'clock and be present then, as there will be several matters to discuss that will need to ! be settled this year. We want to I spread the luncheon at 12:30 prompt and start the program immediately thereafter. Remember the rule of the association is to hold the picnic rain or shine, and make your preparations accordingly. The public is invited to the after noon program and the park is also large enough for everybody to plcrjc therein, although the K. O. M. body will have a separate noon hour. Reg istration books will be on the grounds and all those who hail from either We Never Substitute IWe have built up our grocery business on the principle that people know what they want and ; are entitled to get it. If you ask for an adver tised article in this store, and it is ia meritorious one, you get it. If you ask our opinion as to : what is best in a certain line, we will tell you to . the best of our judgment, but we never try to induce a customer to buy something "just as good" because we make more profit on it than on advertised articles. Don't you think you should give all your gro cery trade to such a store f A full line of Fruits and Vegetables Our Corn on the Cob and our Tomatoes are es pecially good at this time. The City Grocery & Bakery The Home of Fancy Groceries of the three states are expected to make themselves known. Many pleas ant meetings of old time neighbors has thus been accomplished. LIQUOR DEALERS PRE PARE FOR PROHIBITION Victoria, B. C, Aug. 80. (United Press) Victoria liquor dealers are preparing for prohibition. Large quantities of liquor are being shipped from this city to San Fran cisco, the value of the first ship ment alone being $10,000. Although many are expected to lay in a large stock for private use, liquor dealers believe they will not be able tg un load their large stocks by October 1, when the law goes into effect. Engineer Killed. Seattle, Aug. 30. (Special) Engi neer W. B. Durush of Spokane was killed and C. F. Ellis of Hillyard was injured when the ongine cab and two express cars of a westbound Great Northern fast mail Arain were de railed Sunday near Trirfdad station. Don't forget, Jitney HALL Saturday night. dance, HEX 8-30-3t ALFALFA K AY BALED AND IN THE STACK Carload of Tono Coal Just Arrived See Us if you need Coal and Hay SMITH-NOBLE PRODUCE CO. Home Ind. Phone M. 7J4 LA GRANDE. Union County M. 291 OREGON. CAMP BRINGS PROFIT TO Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 30. (United Press) The American Lake canton ment is bringing increased prosperity and many men to Tacoma. The city is crowded and all lines of business report an improvement in trade. The Commercial Club is endeavor ing to find accommodations for the families of officers who will coine to American Lake. A special commit tee has compiled a long list available houses, apartments and rooms, but the list, say club officials, is far tod short. were stopping. They were very for tunate in saving their wearing appar el but had to seek lodgings elsewhere for the night and were brought home Tuesday by Lee Wilson. It is thought the building caught fire from a defec tive flue. Mr. Finley, who has been living at the Soldiers' Home in Roseburg, Or., was married to Mrs. Wells, August 8, and they are keeping house in East Roseburg. The many friends of Mr. Finley in Cove wish him much happiness. Mrs. Wilson has sold her. property in Cove to an Austrian from Rock Springs, who will take possession the first of November. The place sold for l I I l l II I 'I Time Now Is The Subscribe To The Observer The Observer Is Improving Its News Service Every Day. 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