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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
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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
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