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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1917. LA GRANDE, EVENING OBSERVER. PAGE. FIVU mm Let us develope your films Red Cross Drug Store charge of the building of the branch line road. Among the boys was Geo. Biivsing, a brother to Charlotte Bues :b and Mrs. Bruce Clark of this city. On one of the conches . filled j. which bore the foMowing: "Co. B 1st Batt, Oregon Engineers Berlin or Bust" The Co. C coach's banner read: "Co C is Batt. Oregon Enguv eers, Make the Kaiser Wiser." SHE 4? fr 'Jl' 'X' 4? J? fj? fil? 4? .fi? fj? tJ? ffr J? 1? ff? 4? 4? 4b J? 4? f? fj? f? 4? 4? 4? J? A' J.' 'A X" 4? '.Dance Big Success About 100 couples enjoyed the- benefit' dance given by the v La- Grande Honor Guard Girl? in the Eagles' Hall Tuesday. :; Members ; of Company L, Third Oregon Infantry, stationed in this city, were the honor guests. The hull was decorated in the national sclors. '. ; - : - - , -.- i Observations . Even if you can't win tho race you can at least make the man who does beat you. . We've never seen a landscape that was improved a bit by the sight of a loafer flitting on a fence. ' About the only things we really envy the rich are those extra bath rooms in their homes. Women are peculiar, but only a man would offer to buy a drink for the bartender. i What a happy world it would be if onions were the only things wom en had to weep over. News Of La Grande Company A Will Hike To limber up rusty joints and 'give rookies a taste of anny life, Company A of tho Home Guard will take a hike on Sunday, September 16. J" Each mem ber is requested to take-- the fol lowing articles: tin cup, knife, fork, spoon and tin pie plate. The com missary will supply coffee ana mul ligan. Those who desire may take sandwiches with them, The men will practice wig-Waging from, ; peaks near the city and will drill in extended order. ' ' v' ; ;; ' . :' Will Teach at St. Paul dmogene Russell returned to Walla Walla Tues day night to resume her work as teacher in SV Paul's school after spending the summer here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Russell. Twice Told Tales Troops Pass Through Two troop trains passed through here this morn ing going east. -.The first train did not stop, but it was reported that they were Infantry men from Spok ane. The second train, consisting of eighteen coaches besides baggage ' cars, was made up of Cos. B. and" C, Oregon Engineers, on their way from American Lake to Camp Green, North Carolina. Major Brandon in charge was formerly Consulting' Engincor of the O. W. stationed here, and had ' . Endless Chain All earnestly men congregate . . To aid their struggling brothers. Each question we investigate - Gives rise to several others. - (Washington Star. ! WOMEN WHO WEAR 6 lies. Irudo Mirk. U. S. Pit. OfflMk i J FRONT LACE CORSETS know what it means to be cor rectly corseted. They enjoy the ultimate of figure improvement, their health is promoted, and they are at all imes perfectly comfortable. You are cordially invited "to en joy a fitting of these superb . corsets. A complete line of new spring models just received. Priced at $2.00 up MRS. ROBT. PATTISON Corsetiere Res. 1702 Oak ' Phone Red S221 Confusing the Hens A Conshohocken man who has a hennery near the railway, was com plaining to a friend about some of his fowls being killed by passing trains, .trains. . - " You should hang a time table up in the henhouse and then they could look when the trains were booked to c"me past." said the friend. "Time table be hanged," said the owner. "They know well enough when the ordinary trains will pass. When I've had one killed it has al ways been by a special1." Philadel phia Ledger. , Listening to Good Purpose , (Tit-Bits.) There is a species of sentry groups employed near' the trenches. They are called "likening partols,1 and their duties are to be always on the alert and give timely warning of any attempted attack. One night an of fcer orr'the rounds inspected a lis tening patrol stationed n an empty farm. He asked: "Who are you?" The reply was: "Listenin patrol, sir." "What are your duties?" "We listen for ; the hen cacklin,' and then we pinches the egg, sir." Jt is strange, yet good, to see menN "raised in offices on K. P. (kitchen police), scrubbing pots and pans or doing the. menial tasks about camp. "Service" seems to be the watchword of tho men who have been measured for the olive drab. Company L Notes COMPANY L NOTES But one county in the state Wash ington, can compare with Union and Wallowa counties in richness, in the opinion of Sergeant Alvie R. Morton of L Company, Sergeant Morton made a trip to Wallowa Lake this week with five other members of the company. Inasmuch as Sergeant Morton has travelled through, practically levery county of the state in civilian life as sn employee of the railway, niail service he is perhaps an able judge. Sergeant Williams A. Himes a mem ber of the party which spent a day at tho Lake concurs in "Sergeant Mor ton's opinion. Other men in the party were Privates Wiley M. Gardner, Norval Gates, Lawrence Dinneen, and Leo M. Frye. ' The men of the Company . now on outpost duty will probably be re- X ...4.4. 4 Harness Shop 5-Minute Inner Tube Vulcanizers, G. L. W. Auto Spring Oilers, Dressing for Auto Tops and Cush ions, All Kinds of Auto Top Goods, Auto Tops and Seats Recovered and Repaired, Auto Soap and Hard Oils. T. M. Shannon's Adams Avenue Grande, Ore. 4 Clothes Economy It's the modern watchword of today and should be, with . prices soaring as they were nev er known before. There is ECONOMY in making your purchase early also hi considering your future as well as present needs. ' Come and experience the pleas ure of slipping into a Capps 100 Pure Wool SUIT or OVERCOAT $18 to $35 s '.'- You'll appreciate their real value and the economy in buying clothes made from the raw wool to the finished garment by one firm. ' v-' ; Tho middle man '3 profit is elim inated, the saving is passed on to . you. Guaranteed without an if Money cheerfully refunded V GOLDEN BULE O La Grande's STORE klieved next week by the men now in camp here. Pay-day was Sunday for Company L and the men are happy this week. Travelling between the detach ments keeps the commissoned officers and Mess Sergeant Morton busy. of Lakeview, had passed the examin ation as oral surgeon and received his commission as first lieutenant in the U. S. Medical Corps and had been ordered to report to Amorican ,Lake. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Fisk of this city. He has a wife and baby and who will later come on a visit to Mrs. Gilbert. " Joseph News Items Professor Merrill and wife, the peo ple who put on the "Follies of '17," in Joseph, have departed for La Grande, where they will stage a show. Mrs. L. E. Cavmess has been ap pointed chairman on. the local Wom an's Council for National Defense. On September 15 every woman in the Will Be Repaid for Their Work Women everywhere suffer from kid- TlfAr ' trrmhlo KnolraJtTia i.h&itmnf!n pains, swollen and tender muscles, i United State, between i the ,ages ; of 15 stiff joints-and it is to help those !and 4. wlU be reB'stered wl!h thl" who suffer as she did that Mrs. C. J.;comml"e - , .1 t t,- Ellis, 505 8th Ave., Sioux Falls S. D., I ,0n "day the Jo-I i writes: "I feel sure if any one both- ?.lee CIub 8. formed, u"d" he a'?la ered as I was will give Foley Kid-: dl.r,f 'lonf 183 Lu?lle, McCuy. who rmv PillH n fnir trfnl tho K M.iwill handlo the musical end of the naid for their work. It seems foolisb school. Miss McCully has had sever diiced into the sixth and seventh grades by Superntendent A. E. Claw son. Miss Lucile Boncbrake and Ruth Ha'lgnrth teach Domestic Art in these grades, and A. B. Amonino has charge of the Manual training. The football team will soon ; be out for practise, and, though the boys made a splendid team last year Mr. Amonino expects a better on ths year. Cecil Gent intends to leave his em ployment in La Grande soon to en ter the Elgin High School where he expects to make a star for the root- ball team. The girls are organizing a basket ball team; but more for exercise and jollity than to become champion ball players. to neglect an ailment when there is such a remedy to be had." They cor rect bladder disturbances, too. Sold everywhere. Adv. UMATILLA COUNTY OFFER ACCEPTED BY RED CROSS. PENDLETON, Or., Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) The Red Cross has accepted an offer of th,e Umatilla County Chapter to furnish half the equipment of the Univercity of Oregon Hospital Unit, according to an announcement made at the headquarters here today. The raw material for tho supplies which will be furnished from here cost $8000, and the completed work will suffice to equip 259 beds, according to the re quirements of the War Department. Twelve cases of the finished mater ials are ready for immediate use, and the remainder will be completed rapidly. al years of musical training at one of the best colleges in Oregon. H. W. Amor, a graduate veterinarian of Lewiston, Or., Is in Joseph enjoy ing a two-weeks' vacation. The latter part of July Rev. William Luckel went East to risit. Upon his return a short time ago, he surprised many friends here by bringing back a wife. The happy young bride, Miss Gertrude Shuman, a graduate of tho Northwestern College, at Watertowri, Veteran Will Be Military Instructor University of Oregon, Eugene, Sept. 13 Young men who .take military drill and tactics at tho University of Oregon in the coming yenr will have the advantage of instruction under a British officer who is a survivor of tho great battle of the Sommo, be sides being a veteran of the Chinese and Boer wars. Colonel John Leader, the instructor obtained, has had 21 Wis., was a teacher in Algoma, Wis. j years . experience in the British A large crowd of Joseph ladies en- army, and has had the advantage of joyed a picnic party given at tho An- being an observer In other wars derson cottage at the head of the lake notably the Russo-Japanese of 1904 last week, swimming followed a de- '05. Colonel Leader was until re- licious repast and all present report cently commander of the 16th Royal a fine time. VIrish Rifles, part of Lord French's ELGIN SCHOOLS OPEN A Valuable Health Hint. If the bowels are not working reg ularly, undigested food in the stomach may set up a condition of auto-intoxication and pollute the whole system with poisons in the blood stream. Foley Cathartic Tablets keep the ful bowels open and regular, the liver ac tive and the stomach sweet. ' They cause no pain, nausea nor griping. They relieve indigestion, sick head- famous Ulster division. At the outbreak of the present war J Colonel Leader raised a rogmont and, Single-handed, trained it, instructing E: at the same time a force of young of- f icers. For this work he received the I'cmuiliu VVIlgrHlUlIUOnB oi Dotn uova Kitchener and Sir Douglas Haig, as Elgin, September 13 (Special) well as Lord French. Colonel Leader The Elgin schools opened Monday, 'js expected to reach Eucene in time Sept. 3rd, promising a very success- for the opening of tho University. year, xna numucr enrorica in i October 1. Tfp will atnn nf W.olitnf.. Iir!u C.-U-. i ... . " : -"-"- " ounuui una jr;ur is mo came ( ton, u. u., for instructions froi the at last, however, more high school ; war department and will probably siuocnts are expected to enter next stop at one or two eastern umver XT : t.-.i iriMAM ache, biliousness, sour, stomach, bad . ' . , " sines to inspect tneir military courses. t. a. jus j v, lowa county nas entered tne uigm breath or other conditions caused by clogged bowels. Adv. Sold everywhere.- Work In various branches of mlli. school realizing the high standard of tary science in which an officer must .work done. . Tho attendance of the to oroficient will ho offered hv CrA. grades average ten less than last onel Leader. Other special courses year. , lhe first grade has the preparatory to work In the ordnance Appointed First . Lieutenant Mrs. George Gilbert has received tho news . smallest number ever before enrolled, deuartment and nrm.Tfmiatr' j4ii44ff,4,f,'f''f,,?',,'l' Jthat her brother DrVW, Hayden Fisk.J Manual training has been intro-j0f the army ateo will be offered. If You Want the News of the World the Day It Happens Read it in The La Grande Evening Observer UNITED PRESS DISPATCHES SPECIAL CA BLES FROM THE BATTLE FRONTS IN EUROPE. ALL THE NEWS OF UNION AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. ALL THE NEWS OF LA GRANDE. ALL THE NEWS OF THE BOYS AT THE FRONT. PHONE THE OBSERVER, i Main 37 AND THE PAPER WILL BE SENT YOU BY MAIL (OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS) OR BY CARRIER IN THE CITY.
