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VOLUME XVIT.
LA ORaXTH'I. (RKO()N;"FBIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1917.
NUMBER 24
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UNION C0UNTY
SENDING MANY
HUH EXHIBITS
WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED
AT OREGON STATE FAIR
NEXT WEEK.
HOGS, HORSES AND CATTLE
. INCLUDED IN DISPLAY
Owners Pay Most of Expense of
Transportation; County Has Sep
arate uooth.
Union County will be well repre
sented at the Oregon State Fair at
Salem next week, not only in' quantity
out in quality also..
Albert HunteT will be there with It
' head of Percheron horses, headed by
tne great sire and champion stallion
Khromer.
Arch Conley has sent a car cf
Chester White hogs of fine quality.
Ed Meyersick has entered a string
, of brown Swiss cattle.
J. E. Reynolds has some registered
Clydesdales, one stallion and two
mares.
J. A. McCarty has entered a reg
istered Morgan stallion.
H. C. Bidwell, of North Powder, will
have a splendid exhibiit of Arabian
horses, headed by his famousArabian
stallion Sultan.
M. S. Levy, of Union, has taken
down 30 Shetland ponies and equip
ment. II? also took four boys along
to ride some of the ponies in the
Shetland pony races. .
G. S. Levy, of Levy-Vogel Drug
Store here, has sent in a sr-mg of
Kentucky saddlers, hea-V J by , the
great sire and show horse, Calloway
King II, the sire that has made East
ern Oregon, aiid especially the Grande
Ronde Valley, famous for its saddle
horses. Among his horses is also the
young stallion Coeur de Leon.
There will also he exhibits from the
experiment station at Union and a
great many agricultural exhibits froin
the various farmers in the valley. Un
ion County will have a booth all to it
self at the fair, and from present indi
cations, there won't be any empty
spaces in the booth.
The ones taking the stock exhibits
should have additional credit for the
publicity they will be giving Union
County and this valley, as the major
ity of the expenses will be paid out of
their own pockets, and the prizes they
may receive will certainly not make
good this amount.
G. W. Delay and W. J. Townley, of
Union, went into Idaho some little
time ago with exhibits of Shorthorn
cattle and will make all the fairs east
of here, that is, Weiser, Ontario and
other places, winding up with Boise,
Idaho.
THE LOBSTERS STAY AT HOME NOW ON ACCOUNT OF THE WAR
The Honor Guard girls had a splen
did turnout at their meeting last
night in their new club rooms at the
Y, about 80 girls being prcseet.
The Winter's work was outlined,
and for the next six weeks the time
will he devoted to a first aid course
under the direction and instruction of
Dr. R. L. Underwood, who gave an
outline of the worK along this line at
the meeting last night.
A short program was given, con
sisting of the following numbers:
Piano solo, Iva Wilson; vocal .trio,
Jeanejte Stoddard and Gladys Blank,
accompanied by Mildred Bush on the
piano, and Florence Lynch on .vio
lin; violin solo, Florence Lynch; and
a very interesting talk by J. Garfield
King, of the Y. M. C. A.
A great deal of interest was man
ifested in the fact that Lucille Dan
fftrtli. nf Portland, state leader of the
Honor Guard is expected here some
time this week to pay the local order
a visit.
Plans are being made to conduct
ilinnn nf the F.fldes' Hall, once 1
month, for the purpose of increasing
the fund for furnishing the new club
J10 Y. Thev have already
obtained a rug, a couch and mattress,
and a couch cover.
After the program delicious re
freshments were served which Act
ing Chief Jess Stiles and W. F. Ash
man, of the fire department, Night
Policeman Christiansen, two hoys who
are in custody in the city jail, and p
number of visitors at the Y. helped
to consume.
'VSfc
Feeding Young Lobsters ..
if Iff fet0.i?
Mr. Broiled and Mrs. Canned
Salad Lobster are "seeing America
erst" this summer. The reason is
that they have been judged to be
luxuries and are forbidden by the
allies to take up cargo space.
Canada practically holds a monop
oly on lobsters, with 90 per cent of
the world's supply to her credit
:iK'ty per cent of this amount has
heretofore been exported, almost
every country on earth helping to
eat u) the nine million pounds which
constitute the world's supply of the
' canned article.
it has been estimated by Canadian
an!,1 ( :ii its that while it takes 60
pi'"l''c- in the United States to eat
a ui.e-pound tin of lobster in a year,
I ti',HB in uieat rsriuun or Jt'iance
wili i'ct away with the same amount.
But ibis isn't-because the Americans
don't like lobster. No, sir! it's be
cause they like him raw. This year
Anu'tu-ii will have to increase her
cotisumfit ion of the lobster of her
choice in nrder to restore the bal-
am-i
Showing
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lobster available on the spot arc the
Nova Scotians, of which nearly three
million dollars' worth are taken
every year, a little more than half
of these bcinc destined for the can.
The Dominion is proud of its loh-J
ster innustrv and KnpnriR nn nmmint
, I-- w. wi ivijuui w wh'huij win iui cycijr luaii,
woman and child in Canada, on keep
ing up the hatcheries, of which there
are fifteen in Nova Scotia. These
day-nurseries of the sea are said to
have taken care of over seven billion
pink-clawed youngsters, each of
Whom doubtless dreamed of a glori
ous death on Fifth Avenue.
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Period tiiie To
- German Agents
INCITED BY FALSE REPORTS
RUSSIANS BECOME
VIOLENT.
PEOPLE DEMANDING .
WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS
Are Told That Kerensky Is a Dictator
and Is Attempting to Gain Power;
Attempt to Kill Premier Made.
(United Pess.)
Stockholm, Sept. 21. Russia has
reached the reign of terror period. The
people are demanding wholesale exc-
cutions.' The bolsheviki party mom
bers, Petrogvad soldiers and Work
mentis Council are demanding the livcg
of former' secretary Paul Miliukofjf,
Michael . Rodzinko, president o the
Duma, and 20 Duma members.
Germany's propaganda menace
Russian more that the German
Army. German agents are deter
minedly attempting to kill Kerens
ky. The agents spread scores of
false reports about Kerensky, intend
ed to create dissension.
The picture of Kerensky standing
in a Napoleon like position is being -circulated
throughout Petrograd. Th
German agents unceasingly whisper
that Kerensky is a dictator. Many be
lieve that Kerensky is attempting to
assume dictatoriate powers.
BERNSTORF PLOTTED TO : ;
TRY TO BRIBE CONGRESS
YPRES FRONT IS
SCENE OF BIG
ARTILLERY DUEL
GERfHANY- PREPARING FDB-
AFTER-WAR CAMPAIGN
(United Press.)
Washington, D. C, Sept. 21. Hou3o
and Senate leaders are determined to
unearth the organization throunrh
which Bernstoff worked. A searching
inquiry has been demanded. Congress
men admitted that Lansings revolu
tions showed that such an organiza
tion existed, but insisted that it work
ed without the legislators' knowledge
or official hacking.
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' (United Press.)
Washington, D. C, Sept. 21.
Bernstorf actively plotted against the
He asked Berlin for $50,000 to influ
ence Congress, the State Department
announced today.
The department has published tlin
following note that Bernstorf senfc
January 29, 1917:
"I request the authority to pay up
to $50,000 as oh former, occasions t
influence' the Congress organization
you know of, which can perhaps pre
vent war. ,
"I am beginning n the mcantima
to act accordhVily.'V; . . ; ,
, It the boVky!iwmstance .theiM
lie official German declaration iTT'a-,
vor of Ireland was to gain support of
the Irish influence here.
The State Department did not an- 1
nounce the name of the organization
Bernstorf mentioned. How the Amer
ican government secured the message
is kept secret. '
News Of La Grande
BRITISH ADVANCE BEHIND RAIN
OF STEEL; AIRMEN ALSO
TAKE PART.
(United Press.)
WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS.
British Headquarters, Sept. 21. lie
hind an inferno of bursting steel the
British continued to advance along the
Ypres road. The greatest artillery
duel of the entire war raged last night
on the Ypres front. The German pris
oners said the British fire was the
deadliest since the beginning of the
war.
The British used five distinct lints
of barrage fire simultaneously. A
great number of British airmen par
ticipated, flying low, pouring machine
gun fire into the Germans. This is the
. (Bv United Press.)
I'.AIfrX. Anir 1.1 (IV. Mm in fli.iMiijuiv' nviriPinL. Leaves for Portland Ruth Woo(
, . " ' " " v ' ,. ' t.; . ' f , : ruff left on No. 17 this morning after
during peace was to prepare lor war. With inexorable j having spent a short time here with
logic she lias reversed her maxim and is now preparing for Mrs. Walter Kivette. Miss Woodruff
l. ;icc 1nmi!.r war Knxi. Ontrev ilnmit.v mid inomlw nf will make a short stop in Portland he-
will attend normal this Winter.
Leave for Round-Up Mrs. I. R.
Keefer and daughter May, and two
sons Lloyd and Boyd, went to Pendle
ton this morning for tho Round-Up.
the ParlianiVntarv Commission i'oiv Foreign Affairs, dis
closes a Dart of this formidable after-war camnaiLni in an
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The principal foreign one of (icrniany's commercial ac
tivities is Spain. The (ierinan consulate at Barcelona has
lately tripled its offices and employes. A German associa
tion lias also been founded to develop the tourist industry
in Spain. Uesides developing hotels and traveling facili
ties, this league is working to entice Spanish students to
visit tierman universities.'1
During a lrccnt gcrmaiiophile meeting at Santander, Si)
nor Zamora. deputy, announced that after the war German
capital would he poured into Spain, and that German firms for previous service men only). Na
would establish new important branchers, so as to sell Ger-, tionai Guard-Coast artillery rPs,
!,, j ., , , ' j. nil n:, ,.' a ...,, cavalry, field artillery corps engi-
mi.iii piuuuriH o.n ii fin iiin.nuiL uie iliura c upturns icKu-, eers National Army Engineers,
quartermaster corps, ordnance depart-
Army Branches Open The branch
es of the Army that are now open for
recruits are; Regular Army Infan
try, cavalry, field artillery, engineers,
quartermaster corps (for cooks and
bakers), signal corps (for radio and
telegraph operators), medical depart
ment and the ordnance' department
losses were light.
fii'ci- tirna r J v wi n r Vina liaon occifrni rl
the task of machine gunning infantry, i latioiis, will be barred off other European markets
General Haig leported complete sue-1 lu're IS lio doubt that Germany IS already preparing tO mcn (for applicants presenting let .er
cess of the British attack. Briti ,h Min TfKrV ti-.wln mIW thn -nv A fi,.m in Milrm , fiom. chief of ordnance.)
I (lt 111 1 l IU I O l.llVIV IU IV 1 H J. . 11 JLJ. O. J. J. -LJ-l. A-All L-t- m W
wb.irh used to deal with a Nuremberg toy factory, has been Attending Round-Up Mrs. Eva
advised bv the latter that as they are prevented by the war Remiiiard, of La Grande, Mrs. h. c
from serving their Italian customers, they have "made ar- IZ?! 'j
rangements with a firm in Madrid which is taking their : morning where they will take in the
nlnee temnorArilv. Every facility is offered as regards Round-Up after which they will go to
payment by the Spanish representative, who is even pre- jPortIan1 for a tw0 weeks' visit.
pared to wait for a settlement of accounts till hostilities
have ceased.
In Switzerland German commercial travelers are busier
than ever and waging fierce competition against their for
eign rivals, ft is interesting to note that the paper short
age, which is felt nearly everywhere, seems to be unknown
in Germany, at least to judge by the press. The "Berliner
Tageblatt," for instance, contains 36 pages of commercial
advertisements. '
From these indications it is apparent that the commer
cial struggle Germany is preparing to put up after the war,
is likely to be as formidable in its way as her military en- or three days. While there she saw
' TfrnrifMj an" Mr8, l urner "liver, wno wisn-
jltipjiSLS. ed to be remembered to all their La
Grande friends
MGWADE IDE
MEDITATOR OF
FRISCO STRIKE
(United Press.)
San Francisco, Sept. 21. Gilvin
McWade, local attorney, has been ap
pointed Federal mediator of the iron
workers' strike. Heretofore W. T.
Boyce, accident immigration inspector,
acted as mediator. '
. It is unknown whether or not Mc
Wade will replace him. Representa-
tives of the employers P'f ; I WORLD SERIES BEGIN
lire ueauiwueu. nun wvincia Bay tiivr
see no prospect of a settlement.
Rioting broke out in half a dozen
sections of the Mission district in con
nection with the street car strike. A
crowd of 300 attacked' street cars
with rocks.
The mob reformed every time the
police dispersed it.
Visiting in Wallowa Katie Brooks,
of Tuttle, Idaho, went to Wallowa this
morning to visit for a week with her
sister Mrs. Ella Collins.
Go to Round-Up Mr. and Mrs. A.
B. Blood went to the Round-Up thin
morning.
Mrs Gibbs Returns Mrs. Upton H.
Gibbs returned Friday from her visit
to! Minnesota. She came by way of
Winnipeg and Spokane, stopping with
old friends at the latter place for two
chijdrcn, who were also there, will re
main there until Sunday.
Take in 'Itound-Up Leslie Moore
and Bud Towery went to Pendleton
this morning to take in the Round-Up.
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Will Give Reception This evening;
at 8 o'clock the Epworth League will
give a reception to thcrtcachers and
pupils of the High School in the base-
: mcnt of the Methodist Church.
Go to Round-Up--Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Penewell and Mrs. D. W. McPher
son went to the Round-Up this morning-
Arm Crushed by Harvester Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Struvu, of Watsonville,
Santa Cruz County, Cal., stopped here
vernight last night on their way home
from Idaho, where they had been call
ed by their son Hans on account of his
having had his right arm badly crush
ed in a self-propelling harvester in
Indian Valley, Idaho. The injury was
such tht it necessitated the amputa
tion of the arm just below the eibow.
He returned to California with his
parents.
Visiting in Elgin Mrs. H. E. Bates
went to Elgin this morning to spend
the day there with her sister Mrs.
Frank Taylor, of Seattle, who is vis
iting her parents Mr. and Mrs. S. S.
Gent, of Elgin.
Wants to Arrango Match Earl
Vosberg, of Vosberg Bros., Enterprise,
is down to see about arranging a
wrestling match between Jack O'Neill
and Jim Norgaard at the Enterprise
fair next week.
IN CHICAGO OCT. 6
Cincinnati, Sept. 21. (United
Press) First World's game will be
played at Chicago October 6th.
If he's a live merchLnt you'll find
his ad in The Observer.
Mrs. C. B. Johnson went
Round-Up this morn'ng.
Mrs. D. H. Steward returned Wed
nesday from a two weeks' visit in Ba
ker, with her niece Mrs. H. C. Rippey.
to tne,
On Way to Round-Up The James
Mimnaugh family, of Wallowa, pass
ed through this morning on their way
to the Round-Up.
Mrs, E. Washburn went
Round-Up this morning.
Returns to Portland Conductor
to the Grady returned yesterday from a short
Personal Mention
stay in Portland. Mrs. Grady and morning.
Sadie Young went to Walla Walla
this morning to spend a few days vis-.
iting at the Fisher school of Music.
Mrs. J. H. Morris went to Pendleton,'
this morning for the Round-Up. j
Hester Davis went to the Round-Up
this morning. i
Mrs. B. W. Carr, Mrs. R. Clapp andl
Mrs. W. Lane went to Pendleton thi
morning to take in the Round-Up.
Mrs. W. L. Slater and Mrs. Cora
Richards went to the Round-Up this.
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