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BWF LA GRANDE !
Returns from Portlsftd Vlrs-ll Bol. a i
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Visiting- Here Gilbert Hunter of
0. A. C. Is visiting frierids for few
dBysv,: ,:!i'-i-rit:'-V
Return from Horo Mrs. George
Stoddard returned todey from spend
ing Thanksgiving- ait Moto, Ore.
0.-W. 0 fVitlaf 4eriD, E. Clark.
O.-W. K. A N. official, is In town to
day from Portland eh business.
Return to , Meechsm Hm. D. W
Grander . and. daugbt, Hllvard, re-i
morning- after visiting here .the past
weeK. .
Return to Summerville Mr. and
Mrs. G. L. Spencer and two children
ol Summerville returned home this
morning after a visit of several dnyj
here, with friends. . ,
.
- Returns to Camp Lewis Lieut. W.
Hayden Fiske, of the 84Kth Field Ar
tillery, returned to American Lake,
Wash., this morning after spending
Thanksgiving' with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. 1). B. Fisko, und sister, Mrs.
George Gilbert.
SSSSSBSsBjSsBBas:
' Returns to Summerville Huns
' . ' " '4 ' . . I Hacker returned to Summorville this
Will Vfclt hi Jofcepa-Hr. nd ars.'w.ninn,CK,l6pendine ' few days
. ,,.'
V111 Drill Indoors The Home
Guiii-a will drill in the Y. M. C. A.
beginning Tuesday. All members are
requested to provide themselves with
suitable footwear.
Returns from Portland Francis
Krause, eleven-year-oid son of Phillip
Krause, returned last night from a
week's visit with his grandmother in
Portland.
! J
Red Cross
The resprlppn iBvpr?
at Hex hflll ' TIiav nlnvawl Thftnlf ulv. I . . . I
ing night here and delighted a large
crowd.
ELilistn in Marino Corps Charles
Leonard Wilson of Lostine enlisted fn
(U flvr uiu,itvi a HUHir uiiii iniW
ii m . lliV i. I
runes iruiu itiwu. mwniiiKu Biuifr-
Ing .steady pain she always had a
smile for every one thai came to see
her. She wishes to thank those who
the Marine Corps, through the local j wore so kind and pleasant to her
recruiting officer, Wednesduy night : while she was so til.
and left Thursday for Mare Island,
California. ,.
Football Men Will Ho OuestK
The membors of the La Grande foot.
Services t Chrhttinrt Chows
Rev. D. D. Randall will preach at
the Christian church tomorrow. VI r.
J. B. Daly win sing, "How Lovely
ball team end their eoach will be I Are Thy Dwellings." At T:3o. the
Jbm Band Returns McElroy's jnitz
band returned this morninc from
Baker where they gave a dance last Just came and worked one! day and
the guests of tho La Grande busi
ness men at thoir weekly luncheon
next Tuesday at the Foley hotel.
r
Guns for Homo (iunrtl Arrive
The long expected guns tor the Home
Guard have arrived and will be Is
sued to the men Tuesday. . As tho
cases have not been opened yet it
Is not known just how many or what
inke of gun has been sent.
.
Will L:nve for Portland Robert
Casebeer and his mother will leave to
morrow for Portland, Mr. Casebeer
having enlisted in tho clerical depart
ment of the Aviation corps. Mrs.
Casebeer will remain in Portland.
' '
Mrs. .T. P. nosers Improves '-Mrs. J.
P. Rodgers, of Arlington, Ore., who
has been sick for the last six weeks
is getting along very nicely. She Is
nt tho homo of her brother. She
will be ablo to .leave, for homo In
about two weeks. She came hero to
gO to work in one of the local camps.
well-known Bible School man will
preach and on that . occasion the
mixed quartet will sing.
;
Overland Cars , Hold Two Over
land cars were sold last week, by me
local ', representatives. Galloway
neos Co.. George Baker of Cove Is
the fortunate possessor of a 1018
model 90 five-passenger car and
Arch Spain of North Powder pur
chased an 18 model 85-4 five-passenger
which Mr. liees piloted ' to
Powder last Friday. i
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Leave for Visit In Washington
Mr. and Mis. A. W. Lcffel left last
night for points in Washington. They
will bo gone some timo and will visit
Mr. Letfel's parents, also i their
daughter, Mrs. W. C. Wattehbiirg,
who resides at Bremerton..
Sitverton Two and a half miles of
hard-surface highway .eonipletedto
Mount Angel. , ;C
Coast lumbermen get contract for
40 million feat ship timbers to be sent
to Atlantic and Gulf coast 'shipyards.
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'SOMEWHERE 11 FRANCE'
Tou
whst a
Do, )rau know what it moans to a soldier at' tlie end of a hmVl day's work without ' a smoke i
fem?mber how .often "at home" vou were stranded, hut think of vour soldier friend at the front-
'sinoke" would mean to him. Thousands of our hovs are "somewhere in Franee" without their favoriio
gmok they are fighting for you. Won't you contribute 25c to supply your soldier friend with a week's '
supply of smokes? ... V '
v:-;:-? Grande Observer
Tobacco Fund
ha iUst been started, to supply our hoys with their favorite smoke. Will you help to make it a suceess?
This has been endorsed by the government. Through the efforts of this paper, arrangements have been
made' with the American Tobacco Company to send 45c worth of tobacco for 25c.
Here is what they will get: ,
,2 packages of Lucky Strike Cigarettes. Retails at 20c
3 packages of Bull Durham Tobacco. Retails at 15c
3 books Bull Durham Cigarette Papers
1 tin of Tuxedo Tobacco - - - Retails at 10a
4 books of Tuxedo Cigarette Papers
.. , 45c
' return post card is enclosed in each package, so that
every contributor will receive a personal acknowledg-
meiit of his gift. You will treasure this message from '
the trenches. Everybody wants to give a little. Will
help make it a success by doing your bit?
you
Contribute! Organize your club, your town,
your office, your factory and, give the boys
just a little comfort their favorite smoke.
ft
THE OBSERVERS TOBACCO FUND
ii i ro ii in
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I1L.L.I1.U ow an I
MiLlETS
A! VERSAILLES
VERSAILLES, Dec. 1. The allied
war council oponcd here this morning,
Premier Clemonceau presiding.
The council plans to attack the
problems before it immediately. .,
Many important points already sot
tied, but announcement not made. ,
Kenneth Carpy ;
- Writes From Front
The following letter was rocelvod
by Willard Carpy from his brother,
Kenneth, who is with tho Hospital
Corps:
v " On the Pond, Oct. 20, 1917.
'Doar Brother:
f U098 you had a protty good Idea
of the navy. This Is my clghtli uay
on the Atlantic ocean and tho farther
we go tho more respect' I have for
Christopher Columbus. Wo have
two meals a day and numerous life
boat drills, the latter being very ex-,
citing at tlmos. But I am just llkb,
'Valley Forgo" (Hop). Ho says
that ' there is no - use to drill If a (.
torpedo, hits us we'll never got out!.-
Unyway,
v" The Values We Offar in
Popiilar Priced Furs
arc evidence of the un
equalled buying, power
of this store through tho
H. C. U. When you note
the better quality and
the lower ' prices vou
will agree that it pays
you to investigate the
methods and the ' mor-.
chaudisc of an Ii. 0. U.
store. :..,
wm l
Newest Barrel Muffs
$4.98 to $18.00
New Shape Scarfs
, $4.50 to $15.00
T" GOLDEN RULE O
Qstfifaj At NM-Dssst ka-
CHILD'S FUR
SETS
$2.98 to $5.00 Set
McCall Patterns and Magazines for January
four versatile musicians were artists
nrannv Is oh tho boat but we don't On their Instruments and switched .
a good trade in 20 aero tract. Bo
2B9 La Grande. Oro. ,
... lJrl-Sat-Mon-Wod-U.
get to seo our nelfehbors very often, .from one combination to another (
We get two hours a day on deck ;witn pieastng eiieoi. jneir oubv io-.(
and all lights go out nt 5 P. M. so 'stru mentation proved to be the banjo,
you see, rresn air is mo moot expuu- .vwvumni .......
sive thing. - tlon and the music they got out of .
. We had target practice yesterday their respective InstrunjontB . was,
and ougunnors ware very effic.-jnt. something to talk about. The 'drum-1
Every, tlmo a Btrangohlp passes out nier, besides his rtisular beat. iok
on the horizon our guns are turned a sde on the trombone and )P did,
on '.thorn and the torpedo boam hund enough work oft the sticks for two
them off. Several English and.hut managed to jump the drummer
French cruisers joined us this morn- 1& n several occasions. , The banjo ,
player had a cornet tucked under his .
r .... . .... I nhnlr whloh lin hiMllort Ant to holn HM,f WA.Mf
marino cuasois. wo ouwp H"" j .- " " WANTED Girl to do general houso-
water line and all stair ways are , along . 'a v work and cooking, Apply Wallowa
guarded. I was lucky and drow l ' Altogetnei l ie oroneaus. was s. Hosnltal Wallowa Oro 12-l-t
. .! h.l .clever and musical orsnnliktlon ahd "ospuai, waiiowa ure. li-i-iii.
lop 'OUOK. ' iney um uii inreo uimi. . ..L . a '
me. ' : '
X' haven't been sea sick yet but I
-Salesmen to carry our
line of signs, calendars and novel
ties, everything" for the advertiser,
nothing omitted. Splendid offer
to the right party. IlcforoncoB re
quired. Cannot afford to miss
this opportunity, i Write, for par
ticulars ; today. Mahon Novolty :
Co., Kenton, Ohio- 12-1-lt pd.
was quite dizzy the first two days,
Here are tho boys that are still feed
ing the fish. Murphy,, Bill ,S Hap
perset, Albert Curroy and Red
Smith,' We aro not , allowed to
smoke taut not very .many of us want
to. We spend most of our . time
down In the holo talking about sub
marines, six and eight-Inch guns.
torpedoes, periscopes, life-ugajs.nnul;
serviceable life-preservers.
NEW TODAY
. FOR SALE Fat Chickens; Fryers,
I. 20c lb. Phone Black 8961. C.
S. Shultz, 1904 E. N nve. 1 2-1-2 tpd
WANTED 8eattle property. Must
. have good value. Might offer you
State fair has cash surplus of $11),
297. ""
Roseburg--County mag spend $50,
000 remodeling Courthouse and jail..
Oct 28th (Sunday)
, "Welcome the morning."
We are sleeping now with all our
elothee on and llfo belts handy. Our
company gets rafts if any accident
should occur. ' Wo are about seventy-two
hours from port. I rather en
joy the danger zone in day time, but
when the waves are ten feet , high
at night It Is quite nerve-wracking, 1
especially, when we talk to some of i
theBO Bailors. One of thorn had me
down to the bottom of the ocean
three times last ntght. We have !
Just been discussing the meat we had I
for breakfast. It certainly whs no J
domestic animal. Some of the'
boys thought it was sea-dog, eroca- j
one, leopara or alligator meat; no
l one knows yet. ,.,
Have just been on deck and was
sent down by tl.e Chief Boatswain,
Who blow a shrill whistle and said
In a deep voice, "All troopers below,
.all hands on deck." I think the
gunners are going to practice. "All's
Well" Bounds pretty good to me In
the middle of tho night. I was tell
ing John Waller when we were ou
deck that "I have a strange feeling
all day, just llko tho one 1 had the
night my grandfather died." He
slid "Two more days of this will kill
me." . Then ho asked me to sing
"My Little Girl."
Drill
Oct. 29 (11 days out)
Wo havo passed another interest
ing night. Bill S. and I sneaked up
to the hatchway last night about 11
P. M. and listened to the boys in the
lookouts shout "Hollo on the bridge,
red light sighted Btnrboard side of
cruiser." Bill S. made the remark
to me, "I guess it Ib nothing but a
submarine." I think we are Ib the
Bay of Biscay or tho Mediterranean
Sea.
1 have been working in tho dining
room, cleaning off tnbleS.There ere
forty tables in our dining room, and
there ere sovur. inBf !) i ''here
are about 3,600 soldiers and 400 men'
In the Bhlp's crew on this boat.
October 31st.
We are safe in some harbor. 1
think we will land tonight or in the
morning. The trip has been quite
tiresome and the water Itbd, but
everyone is In good health and spirit.
heard we might get some wine and
sandwiches when we land. I will
write as often as possible.
With love to all,
KENNETH.
I am going to mull this letter on
this transport.
READ :
What the Portland Oregonian Said of the
Ben Greet Players
BEN tlEIJLIlEflS WIS
SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS POR
TRAY "MERCHANT CK VENICE"
Portland Turns Out at Auditorium to
See Notables Produce Artis
',' tic Presentation
mi
Will (ilve Dance Tonight In Hex Hall;
Music Is Distinct Feature.
McElroy and his jazz band re
turned today from Baker to play a
return engagement at the Rex hall I
tonight. Thursday night I.a Orande
was Introduced to Jazg mr...!c dished '
out in true metropolitan style. The
Tho Ben Greet Players, Internation
ally famous, came to the Auditorium
Monday night and gave with true his
trionic art a presentation of "The Mer
, chant of Venice," featuring a charm
ing young actress, Grace Halsey Mills,
In the role of Portia, and Erskine
Sanford, a well-known player, as Shy
. lock. ' ." .
' The presentation was made, as aro
till the Greet productions, in the Eliza
bethan style, with no scenery what
ever save backgrounds of rich velvet
hangings. The costumes were nlubor- :
ate and colorful and the offering had
a positive uniqueness and distinction
in its lack of scenic trappings. . -
Of the popularity of ''Tho Merchant
. of Venice" and its appeal, Ben Greet
is quoted as saying: "
"For the highest form of poetry, for
i exquisite and elevating thought and,
. philosophy, we have here the perfe:
tion of drama In all its forms, of plot,
underplot, construction, accumulative
'. interest and intensity, and, best of all,
.: its humanity and picturesqueness; for
1 thene reasons, this comedy will endure
to the crack of doom." , ,
' It is one of the most Signified nnd
compelling presentations as made by
the' Greet Players. The players are
intensely capable, serious in their nrt
und trained in excellent fashion to de
lineate Shakespeare's folk.
Tho Auditorium wss filled with nn
appreciative audience, special sections
having been engaged by the Shake
speare club, the Portland Women's
club, the various high schools, tho
Mondny Musical club and others.
Following is the cast of players:
Following is the cast of players, in
which there is no star system, and in
which each actor proved himself cap
able and experienced:
Shylock, Erskine Sanford; the Duke
of Venice, Elwyn Eaton; the Prince
of Arragon, George Hare; An
the Duke of Venice, Elwyn Eaton; the
Prince of Arragon, George Hare: An
tonio, a morchsnt of Venice, David
Munro; Bnssanio, Lvnn Starling; Sa
ldino, William H. Morton; Snl.irino,
Ross Grant;, Grstlano, Wells Watson
Gillis: Lorenzo, Albert J. Carroll; Tu
bal, Elwyn Eaton; Ijiuncelot Gobbo,
George Hare: Old Gobbo, Albert J.
Carroll; Balthasar, Kntherlne Sayre;
Jessica, Nancy Vermeil; Nerissa, Ag
nes Elliott Scott, Portia, Grace Hulsey
Mills.
SEE
These Same Players at the Arcade1
MONDAY NIGHT