La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 03, 1918, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, JAN UAUY 3, .1918. ' LA UliANDti EVENING! OLJfiUKVlili PAGE T1UU0K NEWS OF Baker Visitor E. R. Wright of Baker is hero on business. , Cecil Calloway Here County Com missioner Cecil A. Galloway of Elgin is at the Foley. v .Mild Iliiin Fulls A mild rain 1b . fulling toduy. In fuel it might be caHod a drizzle. Here from Imhler W;. W. Brooks and John Cole from Imbler are regis tered at tho Sommer. Commissioner Townley Here W. J. Townley, county commissioner, is reg istered at tho Foley from Union. . Elgin Visitor R. L. Shoemaker, a prominent business man of Elgin, is in the city, registered at the Foley. Imhler Orchardist Here Chas. A. Bingaman of Imbler, a well known or chard mun, is registered at the Foley. Returns .to .Enterprise W. W. Zucher, who has been in Portland on business, returned to his home in En terprise this morning. North Powder Visitors Those reg istered at the Foley f rom North Pow der arc: Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Muys, Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Dnlton, Herman F. White. Here from North Powder II. A. Monday and wife and R. W. Parker and wife are registered at the Sommer from North Powder. Returns to Pendleton Mrs. Sylvia Foster of Pendleton, who has been confined to tho Grande Ronde hospital for two weeks, returned home today. w m m On a Furlough J. L. Collins, of wagon company No. 31, of Camp Lewis, Is hero on a ten-day furlough to visit liis wife, formerly Marjorie Kline, and two brothers. m O. D. Klilrley Dead Nows has been received ot the death of Mr. O. D. Shirley, of Elgin, at Hot Lake of tuberculosis of the kidneys, His body was shipped to Elgin this morn ing. Visits His Hi-otlicr E. Desilct, brother of Norman Desllet, Is hole with his two children from Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. It is the first time for fourteen years that ' the brothers have met. E. Dosilet 1b a cigar dealer in Medicine Hat. He was formerly manager of the Hotel Royal there. ' Will Work at Y. M. C. A. Miss Beatrice Patty has accepted a posi tion tit the Y. M. C. A. as steno grapher and office clerk. Miss Patty, With Miss Gladys Black, will handle tho Army Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross collections and will also assist tho local exemption board. Candy Business Looks Up Jimmio Bannon, a well-known candy man, visited his trade on the branch today. He reports that candy manufacturers are allotted 80 per cent of the sugar formerly consumed, instead of 00 per cent. Consequently they will be able to handle about the usual amount of the candy trade. Birthday Celebration A must en joyable birthday dinner was given on New Year's day by Mrs. Clarence Charboncau in honor of her husband's birthday. Among those present were Mrs. Floyd Charboncau, Claude Lynch, Andrew "lioncy, Chas. Bingne, I. L. Sherman, Floyd Charboncau, Willard Carpy and Oscar Johnson. The birth- The Red Cross Drug Store The PRESCRIPTION STORE ! iiiiiiiii ins iiiiii miM gMMMiMEMiggijMmMi 1 rPFAT FMF OF f4F A SON QAI F 1 i : . LA GRANDE day cake was decorated with the cor rect number of candles, and after the toast nnd speeches, the evening was passed in listening to good music and singing and playing cards. . How Company Flection Rescue Hose Company No. 1 held its annual election Tuesday at the firo station. The following officers wore elected: Pat Foley, captain; L. L. Snodgrass, first lieutenant; Jas. O'Neal, second lieutenant; C. L. Mackoy, president; Nute Zweifcl, vice-president; C. P. Cayler, secretary; L, M. Hoyt, treas urer. ' Lecture on January 11 Rev. H. L. Ford has definitely decided to give hia illustrated lecture on the "Home of tho Muneater" on Friday, January 11. About 150 pictures of Cannibal Island scenes will be shov.'n also the picture of the mun who said. "White man tastes better than ripe bananas." Returns from Coloiado-.-Colonel F. S. Ivanhoe returned to La Grande on New Year's evo after a week's visit In Golden, Colorado, where he and Mrs. Ivanhoe went to spend the holidays witli Mrs. Ivanhoe's family. Mrs. Ivanhoe is still in Golden and will be gone for a month visiting in Omaha and Chicago and other east ern cities before her return. m m Christian Church Home Coming The Christian church of this city will hold its annual home-coming, Sun day, January 6. Thero will bo throe servi6es during tho day at 11:00 A. M., 2:30 P. M.and 7:30 I. M. The members and friends will bring their lunch baskets and nil will lunch to gether in the church ut 12:30. The choir is planning to have special songs and a day of great social and spiritual uplift is planned. . Watch Party A most pleasant watch party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Benham, 1!K!0 Second street, Monday night, when s:n even score of , friends gathered to watch the old year out and welcori" the new year. Games of various kin Is were indulged in and refreshments were served at a late hour, the gues .s departing soon after the birth of 1913. ! PERSONAL MENTION : 'V-"""""""""""""""""""""- BORN To Mr. and Mrs. Leo Anderson, or La Grande, a baby gi "1, on December 21. Ward Lamb of Imbler is register :d at the Foley. P.. E. Anderson of Cove is at t'ie Foley. F. F. Wiltshire of North Powder is registered ut the Foley. O. E. Royder of Elgin is at f.c Foley. F. W. Farlanc of Enterprise is a guest at the Foley. Milton W. Hoswell, of Closset & Dcvers, is out on tho branch on bus i- Dante's Inferno, the poet's concep tion of Hell. Star theatre, Satur day only. 1-2-3 1. Cameras, kodaks, films, develop ing and printing, at Silvertliorn's Family Drug Store. 1-3-4 i. "PAY ME, , .j. .j. .J- .5. .j. TH AT VACANT 1IOI KF . . .-J. , is a standing reproof to its J , owner. Either it 1b not a desir- .J , able plaeo to live or it has nut , been properly advertised. If it ' . Is not desirable, make it so. -j-. H tho rental price is unreas- .j. . onr.ble, reduce it. If It lias not .J. been properly advertised, make .J. amends for that blunder by phoning a want ad to Main 37. ; , .j. 4. 4. .j- .5. .5. .5. ! ! .j Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats, Pants, Sweaters and Shoes . "v-i STAR, SATU RDAY ONLY M Ralph Russel Writes About Hospital Boys (Letter front Ralph Russell of the La Grande Hospital Unit, to his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Russell, and family.) France, Nov. 23, 1917. Dear Folks: I received your letter last night; they were the first I h ive received since we landed in France. There was also one for the Sigma Chi house, and the latter gave me a lot of news concerning the school, etc., and I kind of wish I was back with the boys again. t Everything is going-along nicely; we were here about n week, when they turned the hospital over to us. The Colorado boys started it, but they were transferred to another town, about seven miles from here. The hospital is located in an old castle, which is built in two sections. The first part was erected in 151C, nnd the second part in l(i:!2 and was used as headquarters by the Germans dur ing the Prussian war of 1870. We rented a couple of rooms anil fixed them up for club rooms; there are two large fireplaces, they sure are nice on rainy days. We built tables and benches. The grei.test dif ficulty is getting wood. Rending material is very scarce, and the only English paper we get is the New York Herald, which is published in Paris. Every time any important news arrives, an okl man goes down tho street with a drum, stops and tells the people, then goes up the street a block or so and repeats the perfor mance. Another queer thing is to sec tho old town shepherd gather up" the sheep. Instead of a drum, he uses n little tin horn, and when the people hear it, they turn the sheep out and they are taken off to pasture. Wo are getting very good meals, and every one of us is getting fat an can be. About the only fruit fta cun get are apples, raisins, dates and figs. They don't seem to know what or anges, bananas and pineapples are. I understand we get a ten-day fur lough after wo have been here threo months, and I surely hope it is true, for I would like to go Paris and sco a bit mure of France. We are close enough to the front to hear the cannon and see the flashes at night. All the officers have left, with the exception of two lieutenants, who have charge of the hospital. The rest have gone to some other town to go to school for five weeks. If you are sending any kind of a Christmas box, you had belter get it started pretty soon, as it takes some thing like a month to i:"t ;.ny mm!, and there has been trouMe in keeping 'the different, soldiers' mail s?pai'r-tcd jus the United States troops are scat tered nil over Fiance, i Well, niu:;t close as it is tin'.e for jtaps; but I hope nil of you will write j real often lis it is rather lonely here. I From your loving son I RALPH RUSSELL. j Sergeant !t. W. Russell, ! Field Hospital Unit llii, I Sanitary Train 117, I A. E. F. AY mi:." .j. i "P. Genuine Reduction on All Lines Now jSJFJT JS Cj TP JF" IS If &8 . Harry Keizer Writes to his Aunt and Cousin (Letter from Harry Kelzur to his aunt, Mrs. C. E. Henderson, of this city, uud to his cousin, Avis.) Camp Orant, 111. December 3, 1917. Hear Aunt Alma: Your welcome letter just received Willi Avis' enclosed. Your letter was doubly welcome as I had 10 celved none since I got back to camp. Wo had 11 nice time in Chicago last week. ' We havo it pretty good hero with heated barracks and plenty of chow, as it Is called hero. Also wo aro woll supplied as to clothing, bedding, etc. We have Infantry drills of all kinds and as much of tho artillery prepar ation as wo can get without a range, but we manage to get everything but tho actual firing. Wo aro to use the French 155's, about six-inch cal ibre when wo go across. Wo have French officers and soldier visitors all the time; soino paraded with us in tho city.' The wildlors bore are from every nation In tho world com ing from Chicago's great melting pot. My hunk mate Is a Russian Polo named IVnosky; others in my section aro Neal (Irish);. Estell (French); Tomnsco (Wop); Para dise (French Wop); Maria (French Wop); Gondreau (French); and a few from below the Mason-Dixon line, so you seo we have every kind of accent here. I would appreciate a letter from I!ua and also Dot. I can't think.of anything I need just now, but thank you for your kind interest In 1110 and hope you will write- 1110 often. With regards to Charlie and the kids (i suppose they are beginning to feel nnro than that) I will close. Your loving nephew, HARRY C. KKIZUR, Battery E, 333rd F. A., Camp Grant. I Camp Grant, 111. i December 8, 1017. Dear Cousin Avis: I was agreeably , surprised lo receivo your nice letter, j It seems sfrun;:e to receive a grown up letter from you, as I can only re j member you as you looked when I saw yoii last. J If yon will excuse my wrltiiii; . with a pencil, it being too cold to go ! to the Y. M. C. A. where they have j writing tables, pons, Ink, etc., 1 will , try lo tell you something about our life and experiences here, j There are ahout lfiu of us in bat tery E out of about 220, the original I number. Some went to Texas am! aohie to Fiaaeo. We take turns at being our own waiters and work hi thu kitchea also. I havo been wait er oiejlt lime-; willlln (he last two months and in the kitchen twice. Our kitchen used to bo soinewhal dirty, our dish t-.iwels were the kind that you could stand ill the corner or lean again: t the wall, hut lately we've- had a little reform and lliinrs have chanced considerably thouiih the cook still stirs the fire and Hie potatory Willi the same poker. Jut! why lie slim Cie firo first Is more Goina On At No Chance To Buy Such bargains in Men's and .Young Men's Staple Overcoats in the future. Woolens arc high and going higher, hut tlicso coats wore, bought before tho advanced prices. Every one is a conservative style, and everyone is an ex-' (optional value, even at our regular prices. . Lot No. 1 Men's and Young Men's OVERCOATS Sale Price $7.50 Broken Line Men's Union Suits, reduced . .20 per Cent Broken Line Men's Ribbed Underwear. Choice, each ............... 59 Broken Line Fine Wool Drawers, $2.50 values, each ...98 Broken .Line Men's Dress Shirts, values to $1.50. Choice. .754 ' ! Watch Our Ads Members than I can understand, but probably ho knows best. We have nearly nil the prelimin ary drills In tho artillery, but our sixtoen weeks aro up January 1, then I guess it In a case of "Where- do we go from here?" Wo have no artill ory tango hero, so havo confined our shooting to tho rlflo range, where I made 130 out ot a possible 175 on tho 100, 200 nnd 300-yard ranges. My score, was fairly good, 105 being necessary to qualify. Tho times 1 was out on tho range, tho whole regi ment ofiearly 2000 men wero there and It sounded like u Chlneso New Year. Wo went to Chicago, 10,000 strong to seq tho football game between Camps Custer nnd Grant, ami as you like tho game I will tell you something about it, also our trip. We wero up, had breakfast and wore off for the trains befora daybreak last Saturday morning and arrived in Chicago about 1 0 : it I) A. M. Wo weru all supplied with sandwiches 1 and ate them just before reaching tho city. It was the noisiest trip I ever made; wo nearly raised tho roof off tho cars with onr yelling and, singing. We wore all a trifle ex cited and scared, I believe, when we began to assemble from the depot for tho parade, especially when wo saw the gre.it crowds of people, but after we had gone about a block wo found the peorde wouldn't bite us so we swung Into step with the bands and marched like veterans, or so the papers Bald that evening. I think tho first thing that put me at my case was to hear a young lady In the crowd say, "Oh, what n cuto little soldier; I would like to tuko him homo with mo." There were two little soldiers ill front of me and both looked like tho guilty one, as near as I could Judge. Wo marched through the loop district for a white and assembled ill Grant pari: annul noon, nearly overflowing It. We sang a few songs for the crowd and then boarded the elevated steam lines for Stugg park at Chicago Uni versity which Is pretty well south In tho city, on 67th street. Camp Grant won tho game, 1-1 to 0, before a crowd of 25,000 people, including between 10,0110 and 15.000 soldiers. Shi.verlck, a former Yale star, I be lieve, made tho first touch down. After the game wo all streamed to ward the nearest olevaieil electric trains and surface cars. The steam elevated trains aro fast and nmko but few stops, being patronized mostly by tho moneyed class, and as we wero paying our own fare back we preferred the jitney ride. A lot of us liHt the cars in the loop district and the bunch I was Willi began looking for n restaurant. I found Lot No. 2 Men's and Young Men's OVERCOATS Sale Price $10.00 of America's Most Powerful Organization the i. C. U. where they wore going then went to mail a letter at tho P. O. Wo had , supper in a cafeteria nnd after I got 1 tired riding around with the boys I went to u hotel but couldn't sleep much on account of tho noise. When wo got back Sunday night I was on guard duty for 24- houia so was pretty sleepy Monday niglt. As this Is probably about all you cun stand at one lime, I will close, thanking you for your nlco letter and hoping to sec moio of them. Say hello to Venter and Izlna for mo and regards to Aunt Alma and Uncle Charlie. Your cousin, H.UtRY C. KEIZUIt, Kattery E,33ud, F. A., Ciiiin Grant. o O. 1,. Ak-NOWX IS HAPPY (Continued from Pago 1.) is green und plenty of it. It has rained several davs nnd ninde it n ! littie sloppy. The people sure- havo ja great way of tilling their ground; they do most of it with oxen and use ! but a very few horses, und instead of driving their hordes abreast, they have I them in a line, one in front of the ; other, nnd uie a jerk line instead of two. I hey do their threshing w ith the old horse tread machines, We havo taken charge of a camp I hospital and huvo about all we can do. We havo organized a club among our selves, so we have got some place to do our writing. Our quarters are in old buildings; they look like llniy are a good many years old. All the people are limited on their ! food, such as notatoes und bread, and Ili;ivo t. ,r,.l n nerndl. frmil 1 lift l'Ynneh r'OK HKNT Furnished apartment. Mrs. J. P. llallcy. Phone lilack lo'Jl. l-S-tit.pd KOK SAI.I'' DltY WOOD. WOOD Dry Ill-inch wood for sale; delivered promptly. lllack 21)1. l-3-2illp. FOUND One black Herkshlre row; weight about, Hon pliundii; no maiks; about 10 days ago. Grande Hondo Meat Co. , 1-3-tf. FOUND -A small pig. Call DOS Third Street. 1-11-1 Ot. School books, tablets, envelopes, all sizes fancy boxed paper, initial corrcRpomieuce paper at Kihcr thorn's F'nutlly Drug Klore. l-li-U. 'PAY Ml). Lot No. 3 Men's OVERCOATS Saie Price $12.50 " Watch Our Windows Buying government to get their wood. . ' Well, will close for this time; will write again. ,. As over your friend, ORION L. McNOWN, ' l(!7th Field Hospital, ' 117th Sanitary Train, American Expeditionary Force. : Fr-cn.'t Lacod through the corsets them selves. - ' : We cannot hope to con vey in words the merit of a corset which finds its most fitting expression ib figures. We can only toll j'ou that the new design of MOD A 11 T Front Laced Corsets seem to have ac quired an added grace and to impart to the figure still something more of beauty and of poise. We consider MO DART the best corset at any price. PAULINE LEDERLE