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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1918)
i'AUt: i)Uii LA UlfAJSiiJrJ iiVJJNLNa OUSEUVEH 1 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1918 IT WILL PAY YOU TO SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS DURING THE To The Public til Nearly ever' item of merchandise listed here, as well as all other mer chandise, is constantly ri.'sng in price; The prices for all woolen materials are quoted from 50 per cent to 100 per cent higher for the coming1 year, and we are now offer ing woolen materials at the lowest possible prices. Some of this mer chandise it will be impossible to ever duplicate. You have 30 days' time to sup fly your needs; beyond that we can not maintain these prices. In view of existing market con ditions, it is impossible for us to reduce the price on staple merchan dise. Many staple lines which we purchased months ago could not be bought from the factor' for the price we are now offering it to you. All thrifty shoppers will supply their needs for months to conic, as quality merchandise will be scarce and prices higher. Boys' Blouses Reduced 20 per Cent BOYS' SUITS AND OVER COATS The largest stock of boys suits in La tirande to se 1 e c t f r o m, and e v e r y o n e reduced 20 per cent. Some with belts in t Ji v. fall styles, others plain. Pretty b 1 n e serges a n d mixtures. All wool si i its. JAN. 2ND TP JAN. 31ST Ladies' Shoes Every Shoe in Stock Reduced. Nothing in the Basement Everything on Sale MEN'S HATS AND CAPS All Gordon and Stetson Hats newest shapes. f f Over 2000 to select from. Every hat and cap reduced. " w per cent Of BARGAINS 3'oit will find al . :v store. Many more await your inspection. Thrifty shop pers' should tak advantage of these and supply their needs for time to come. Handsome Nfcv; Silk Petticoats. . . J per Cent Off Ladies' Wool and Silk Knit Sweat ers r. 10 per Cent Off Ladies' Waists, crepe, silk and voile; all new this season ........ j.. 550 per Cent Off Men's Cotton Shirts, starched and soft 20 per Cent Off Jjlankets We-1; vo;.:iiap anil cotton, !) to "' --les in both. Your ; ; ted. Indian1 Blanket?- .'"',i.. rii , robes; pretty pattern'. ..m J colors $5.70 to $8.55 Comforts All grades and colors to select from. .,. . ... .$2.00 to $4.50 Every Pillow Reduced 10 per Cent. Trunks and Suitcases .....10 per Cent Off Bathrobes (Ladies' and Men's).. $3.60 to $9.00 Silk and Crepe Kimonas 10 per Cent Off Men's Cloves, all kinds, for dress, work or driving, reduced 10 per Cent. Men's Wool Shirts, something you should take advantage of, 10 per Cent Off. Towels and Crashes a good time to lay in a supply. All reduced. You will find real; bargains.. if you sit this store. Sec tlieni on display. Cretonnes, Scrims, Towels, Crashes, Household Linens, Sheets, Pillow Cases, Spreads, Sheeting, Pillow Tubing, all Yard Linens, Lawns. Longcloth, fndia Linen, Swiss, and all White floods. You will find dozens of bargains in our Ladies' Shoe Heparin. ent. Here are some of them: Service shoes cheeper than the so-called "cheap"' shoes. COMPARE THESE PK1CKS So. 00 Utz & Ilunn and Pingrce makes, Cu ban heel, button or lace, welt soles. Price $3.90 values 43.6C $-1.00 values $3.20 A hi assortment of low heels; gunmetal, patent and kid leathers; colored and black cloth tops. All Jteduced 10 per Cent. 11 pairs light grey bu'.ton kid shoes; widths A to 3. Regular $11.50 $3.95 A liitf assortment of odds and ends in col ored tops and black. I,ace and button. Grey top, cream, ivory buck tops. Tan Russian calf, lace, all leathei You will save money if you can find your size. TKKSE SHOES 20 PICK CK.VT OFF A special lot of children's shoes, high tops, 10 per rent off. Prty slippers, 20 per cent discount. These are only a few of the bargains you will find if you visit this department. Household Linens 18-inch Art IJncn, yard 36c .'ill-inch Art Linen, yard 51c, 6c, 90c, $1.00 ol-imdi Art Linen, yard $1.50 :u;-inch iluteher's Linen, yard 40c, 58c IK in-!i All Linen Scarfing, yard )5c 7.7i All Pure Linen Tablecloths $4 to $5.00 70x88 All Pure Linen Tablecloths $4.50 to $S.15 7xl0fi All Pure Linen Tablecloths $fi to $9.00 72-:nch H!c: hrd liamask. all linen. Price, per yard $135, SI. 50, $2.00, $2.25 and $2.48 7;!.ijidi Mercerised ilama.sk, yard HIV t1 1 -inch Mercerized Damask, yard 54c 00-inch Loom Damask, yard 80e LADIES' COATS, SUITS, AND DRESSES In the season's newest creations. Every garment an exclusive de sikrn. . LADIES' COATS, 1-3 OFF Every coat in our entire stock reduced. LADIES' SUITS, 1-2 OFF A chance to get one of the sea son's style leaders at an under cost price. Every one reduced. DRESSES 20 PER CENT OFF Silk or wool. Every dress re duced. Your inspection invited. s ' ' . -fey ar.:'ai::erc;s nTCMf HART SCHAFFNER & MARX SUITS AND OVERCOATS Every suit and oven-oat new this season. Some of the fabrics in these suits can never be duplicated. Every suit guaranteed and all wool suit. Blue serges, plaids and mixtures. ALL REDUCED 20 PER CENT Men's Wool Sweaters Hed, Xavv, Oxford, White, and P.lue and White, "10 per Cent Off 10 Off on Ties Pretty Christmas Patterns 25c to .?2.00 Values - I jf FURS Some of the very newest sets and just at the time when they would be the most needed. You will find here Black Fox, Bed Fox. I.vnx. Opposum (black and natural), Baccoon, Rus sian Wolf, Musk rut, .Marmot, Hudson Seal and novelty sets. Also hundreds of odd pieces, both scarfs and muffs, at remarkably low prices. ALL FURS REDUCED Silks :iii-ich lilack Taffeta, yd. $1.25, $1.58, $2 lil-inch Taffeta .ail colors; yard $1.58 M-ir.ch Cros de Londres, all colors, $1.80 40-inch Crepe de Chine, all colors, $1.58 27-inch Messalincs, all colors; yard.. 90c "H-inch Messalines, al! colors; yard $1.49 li'J-inch Fancy Piaids and Stripes. .$1.G9 Wood Goods 3i-inch Slorm Serires, ail wool; yd. $1.95 42-inch Serges, all wool; yard $1.42 :i0-inrh Series, all wool; yard 951 40-inch Storm Series, all wool; yd. $1.42 50-inch Storm Scrjre, all wool; yd. $1.90 Mfl-invh Patistos, yard 95c 42-inch Poplins, al wool; yard $1.90 50-inch Kpingles, all wool; ward.. .$2.12 SAVES ARMY WASTE Uncle Sam Makes Money Refuse From Camps. of War Department Has Saved Upwards of $2,000,000 on Watte Materials of All Kinds. placed In rlmrce f jlie fllvTsliin f conservailon. Ho has the dlsilncilon of hnvliiK called tlm ntliMitlon of the wnr dennrlinent In the vast wivlmr that would result If earn were exer cised In dlsposnl of refuse. Thus far (he department has saved upwards of $2,000,000 on wnslo materials. The RiirluiRP from (ho mess of from 10 to in soldiers, It Is estimated, will feed one hojr n tiny. Mukh will pnln on on nvoraK" of one pound a day mi this Vnshlnicton. Waste mnterlnl la ho. ""on for the first 1M days, eovern- Iiir conoerved hy the war department. ,'I1"'''"' have determined. The nnd money Is linif made out of It At every National army und Na tional (iuiird camp special omcera have been detailed to have nn eyo to the penny to lie saved throUKh careful conservation of vrnato mnto rials, ll. fuse from the mess hnlln nro helns placeil in separate receptaclaa, ferllllzer from t. t,es In tn ho n'fnse from each cantonment will ! sulllcleiit to feed 4,(KS h,,es a day. This means an Increase of I paimm pounds of pork for I tic country each year. Colonel Klllson has Injected Into ramp life a certain class distinction In the disposal of xarhnitc. At Hie rumps the can- of the Kiirniiee Is a Sold to farmers llvlm; in the territory "'f"1"1- "'ereinonlnl. Waste imiterlnl of I he (iimps to save freight rntea, ' '"'hied Into classes, and a spclnl : and pirlinee llhewl;,. Is to he disposed '"'''''Plncle Is provided for ea.-h el.,. of to the lil(.'li,.st I, i, , .r ninong stock ' n rn" for hones, one fur rope i nen ralnltiK hues. "d twine, another for rims e for .Lieut. Col. .1. .iKt n Klllson has been ' nn'"'r' f"r ,ni" n"d Inllnw. one j for bottles, one for tin enn. nnothii- for SWeepTii' iiinl piere.s i.; nmoi-i-ii, and still another for KiirbaL'e. Practically all of the refusal Is sold. Cans, bottles, bones, fats, pnper ami ras have a ready niarliei. and the izarhiieo propi-r is carti-d awiv for a hoy's hanquet. The worfhh": n-fuse Is lillliied III order t lin n- to the strict sanitary reflations of the camps. ALBANIAN PRINCE AT WORK William zu Wicd Asks Aid of German Federal Powers to Keep Coun. try Independent. liottcrdain, Netherlands. prince William nil Wicd. the former prim- f Allianla, bus by no means elveii up hopes of r.ralnini; the realm ihi,h be rilled over fur so short mcl tn. bled a ierlod Imuio.liiitc'v prior to the (.rent l.'uropcon (ouilaciaiion. Ills lalest stel, has been Scm rial io Toe rerl.iail Teueriil pllnces", wherein he deals at length with the development of Albanian affairs and protests ai'ulnst the protectorate of Al bania proclaimed by Italy. He nreues that an Independent Albania offers ihc securest basis for a lasting pence In the Haitians, and that II Is therefore in the Int. rests of dorni.my mid Aus tria. Turther, Prince William assorts his own rights to the throne of Albania. a melon- ANIMALS KILL 24.350 CATTLE Preying of Wild Beaots In West Causes App.-al to Secretary of Agriculture. Alhuquonpio, N. M Members of the New .Mexico Cattle and Ilorso ilnovers- nssochillon have appealed to ihc secretary of apiculture for Inilue i!i:dee.;Hl:dlturc nf JUSI.Ouil ,,f f,.(i. en., .an...; . .1. , mi cl.i., , to eotnlnll the raxacs upon stock lr produtory animals. ilmutetl Imsctl upon the tax rolls plsce the number of head c.f live sfocic destroyed by mnuutnlu linns, wolves and coyotes as follows, during the last year; Cattle, 21. .''.oil, valued at $1. H7I.IHK1; ibecp. 1 ..", M hj, yi.ili'i i.ooti; horses, S'.i). 521.2.",u. It Is conservatively estimated that MVXIIMHW pounds of edible meat is de stroyed nunualiy by wild ni.liuulu. I-K1TEKS 1'KOM THE I-liONT (Continued from Pago 2.) Society news for the Observer tdiould be scut In Friday. rhono your Want Observer, Main 37. Ads to the LOST Everyday or so lost articles are received for their owners. If you lose something, Phone your lost adv. to Tho Observer Main 37. Won't join Ihe engineers, for they don't run railroad trains. I hardly know which is lu st. Toiterht as 1 was walking down a dark strec: :m old woman ran out to M cl tne and lock hold of my hand. She was very excited and wauled me to follow her. She took me through, a kitchen into a barn and showed me a horse that had foundered. I felt .sorry for the poor old winnan. She Viih filling pretty i.,ul but I couldn't lilt him up on bis feet so 1 said "finished, finisbi it," and walked away. The only way we can bear any nev..j ii to watch ihe expression on tb.e peoples' faces when the "town j crier" tell.; them the news every j morning. If Ihey bloile we figure j there has been sonic kind of a vic tory, but if they frown we don't know how to figure. Well, I must close brother. It's almost 8:00 o'clock and I'm not In bed yet. We have a town clock that boots like an owl which adds to the lonliness of a still, snowy night. I am In perfect health and I havo a record of not laying off one day since I joined the army, for sickness. With love to all, PKIVATK K. D. CARPY, j 17lh Field Hospital, 1117th Sanitary Train, i A. V., via New York City. P. S. Here are some verses a sold- : ivr wrote: I)K()UCIIT-STi?.ICKEN CATTLE CARED FOR BY U. S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION "Our Boys in France" TOBACCO FUND T ;ar Out : . Much Money a Our Fighting 1 age Enough for . ,;on, Till It In and Send aa j Can Spare to Buy Tobacco for JGach Quarter Provides a Pack i Man for a Month. To Hit' Tobjwco 1- und nrparliiii'iir, The La (irandc Olwcrvcr: Kudosed find to 1 niv I'ni'kacs of toliaico, throiiKli "Our Hoys in Fraiiiv'' Tohac 'o Fund for American fighting men in France. I understand that each quarter Imys one jiack aire with a retail value of 43 cents, and that in eai li package will he placed a postcard, addressed to .'-, friend, the soldier, will inks. me, mi which tn iitfreo to send n. Name .. Addres; City Street ; k.s. -' -v j :- .v-r; ;. i -- "-' - ' - - 'ix-iisaK) The Mist M;ht at f 'amp. i I'm there with two1 thin blankets, As thin as slices of ham A (ierinan spy was likely tho guy Who made them for Uncle Sam; How did I .sleep? don't kid nic , My bed tick Is filled with straw. And lumps and thumps, and big fat humps, That punched me 'til I'm all raw. i Me and my two thin blankets. As thin as the last thin dime, As thin, I guess, as a chorus girl's d ress. i Well. 1 had one h of a time; I'd pull 'em up from the bottom, j (My nighties, my U. V. D.'s) ' A couple of yanks to cover liiy shanks I And then my dogs'd freeze, i I I ou could use 'em for porous plasters Or maybe to strain the soup: i ( My pillows, my shoes, when I'd try to snooze. And I've chilblains, cough and croup) I Me and my two thin blankets, I Iiundled up under my chin, j Yes. a Gorman spy was likely the guy Anil gosh, but he made 'em thin. "PAY MK." Til 't.i'li earn Iicn.t of cattle nit of lite -nslain Ihi'ir.. Coi-.s,-;-,,,; l;.vt rooni-itiotioa thronph tho effort of (lie I'liitoc! Stales Food Admmistra.fon to brin 130000 I... r-ht-strifkon .l.stru-ts nnd pl.ice them in territory whore tl.ore is ample rturage and'watcr to ,f ,lu'5 'Mromel.- important bccaj of tho vcuKl shortage of rUt. V V. ft. Txl UniiiiluU(a. Pay Me :t5 3 f
