La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 10, 1918, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextTIICnDAT, JAaU.VuY 101918 LA GliAXDR lIVEXIXf GLSEllViiii NEWS OF LA GRANDE j and Is neelm; to rushltif: through or tho equipment of cuKlnt'a ou this division. ' ltoKisterctl lit llic Foley Mm. O. l. ltnliliia mr.t daughter, of Union, arc registered at the Foley. .i(!kimi !! i icro waiter lan- Hrlvn for Armeninns On Or. II. dall. of Joseph, hits accented n posl ! L. Underwood has fiiMili-.hcd thy Oil- lion Willi llio Joo Holly barber shop, rent r with the followlnt? Hlatoi.ii'iit I relating to tho drive Tor the Arr.'.en- lliisinc.-a Visitor r. L. Flnklon, ; lil"8 ""w n? Another challenge! to representative for Crane & Co., of i tno humanitarian makeup of I nilcd Portland, is a business visitor hero. I Sk'-tos citizens has gone forth and is ! now gripping Union county. The ios to Mcarhain Miss Hess ll,lv0 ,lmt now confronts this ron:i ntth was a morning pnssontter for, ty aud 1,10 Etat0 at larno 13 nn Ar- Moachnm tutor spending a few days' here with frlend3. M Itctiii-n to Mc-nrhnm Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Collins left on No. 17 for their homo at Meachani arter spending & week hero with Mrs. Collins' mother. Leave for Scuttle F. Proscott and Win. Hamilton left tills iiiornlns for Hcnltlo whore they will appear be fore tho Washington Hoard of Phar- niacy. . - Leaves for Pdi-tlnntl Frod J. Holmes, Fuel Administrator of Ore- Ron, is leaving tonight for Portland on company business. Operated On lid l ord, manager 0! the Star theatre, was operated on for appendicitis this morning at the Grande Rondo hospital. Ilndititor Man Here II. J. Lam bort, manager of the Portland divis ion of tho American Radiator Co. npent a few hours hero last night between trains. J (Jo to Funeral J. Fs Corbctt and E. Thomas loft on No. 16 for Boise ' to atend the funeral of M. J. Corri K.in who formerly was mechanical foreman at Huntington, Oregon. Army Qu-.rtormaster Injured Wm. Wllkerson, a quartermaster in the army, has returned home after receiving a medical discharge. A horse fell with him and injured his nnkle. Visits Mr. and Mrs. Thorpe Mrs. T. M. Kuchler and son, of Arena. North Dakota arived to spend Christ mas with her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Thorp. She may re main for the winter. filves Card Party Mrs. D. II. .Ies3e was the hostess to a card partv last night, given for tho benefit of tlio Ited Cross. There were four tables. High honoi-3 were won bv Mrs. F. E. Shiimard and Mrs. L. .S. llnnford. Dainty refreshments were served. w Pnsr.es Through l.a (irande Cap tain Lige Worsham of tho machine gun corps at Camp Lewis, who was formerly representative of tho Gold en Egg Macaroni Co., in this terri tory, passed through La Grande to day on his way to Salt Lake to attend the Golden Egg Macaroni convention there. La irande Yiilcanl.inff Co. Sells Out W. H. Iiohnenkamp Co. have just purchased the vulcanizing plant of tho La Grande Vulcanizing Co. nnd are busy moving it to their new line service station. Mr. Strong who has been running the plant will con tinue in charge of it. Considerable equipment will be added malting the plant one of the best in Eastern Ore gon. Send Him Cookies It was decided at the last meeting of the La Grande Hospital Unit Auxiliary to send each member of the unit a box of fruit cookies. Each mother will provide a box for her own boy and send them Monday or Tuesday. Boxes mu3t not weight over seven pounds. There are several boys who have no parents, and anyone wishing to prepare a box for one of these may do so. Names will be furnished upon application to Mrs. Fred Currey. Will Equip Kngines The O.-W. E. & N. will equip 60 Mallet nnd Mikado engines with the automatic stokers. One big Mallet has already been equipped on the La Grande di vision. Six Mikados have been equipped at Portland and several on the Se.ittle-Centralia division. Carl S. Rankin, the mechanical expert from the factory, who ha3 charge of all of the work between Seattle and Huntington, is now in La Grande moman relief fund. Visualize, if yon will, a grand total of 2,l-!0,Of)o wholly destitute ciirvfvoti, of the hor rible atrocities in Asia Minor, Syria, (including Palestine), Caiuasi:?, an'! Southern Mesopotamia, with 400,000 of that number hapless orphans without food and actually starving to death every day; picture, if you can, a people that onco constituted the cradle of the Christian world for In Armenia rested the first Christian nation of history; paint jn your mind's eye a people literally torn asunder, butchered, tortured, starved and mistreated In a manner 110 other nation, not excepting the Jews, ever was tortured; picture these conditions and you have a rough but not overdrawn panorama of the terriblo conditions in Asia Minor today. It is to step to the re lief of these , starving babies, husb andless widows and tortured people, that Americans are digging Into tlklr money bags this month. The La Grande Y. M. C. A. board of direct ors Is handling the diivo In this county , the sum of $3000 having been -apportioned to tills county by the officials of.the diVo at Washing ton. Committees a;o being, formed in each community 'of the county to look after local affairs and during the week commencing next Tuesday It Is hoped to raise tho necessary amount. Reduced to the last analy sis, 55.00 will save a human life in Armenia from starvation for a mouth. JAPAX IXKI.l'KXCKS THIS lTSSAH SMOCK f JSP v W ! 1 . . pit i "'A., Aborp. a lovely American lndv at tired In a Japanesev garden costume of the English and French peasant smock variety a sort of alliud com bination in clothes. The smock is of creamy tuss:ili silk with rich Japanese embroidery finishing its kimono outlines, a soft plain crushed girdle supplanting the conventional obi of Japan. ANNOUNCEMENTS AXXOt'NCEMEXT Tipworth League Postponed The Epworth league meeting which was scheduled for Friday nifiht has been postponed for one week, V. M. C. A. Class ill Telegraphy Class meets at 7:30 p. 111., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights, two hours each even ing. Six more students wanted. Call at Y. M. C. A. building evening, for particulars. Students placed in positions as soon as they qualify for either railroad or Western Union po sitions. l-lU-HTc C. W. I!. The C. W. B. M. to Meet. M. of the Christian Central Appreciates Your Kindness There are three operators concerned in every telephone call you, the party you are talking to and "central." All three parties must co-operate if the best ser vice is to be had. The telephone operators are human, Just as you ore. Being human, they appreciate kindness and cour tesy, but resent unkindness and discourtesy just as any of us do. Kindness begets kindness, courtesy creates cour tesy and patience encourages patience. If you wish to get the best ont of your tele phone, moke it a point to be kind and courteous to the operators. Home Independent Telephone Co. church will ivei-t with Mrs.' J. P. Calthvell, 17u5 Washington avenue, Frl.luy afternoon, at SNIO. Fivsli.Ytcri.tii Missionary Society. Tho Vroftiytorlan Missionary So ciety will meet with Mrs. A. Ander son, ii07 Adams avenue, 011 Friday afternoon at 2:110. All ladles of the congregation cordially Invited to be present. ' 1-1 0-1 1. Honor Guard Girls nnd others who will do Red Cross work tonight, please meet at the Kilts club prompt ly ut 7:15. living scissors. ucmm.vii: SALIl There wiil be a rummtigo sale In tho Presbyterian Sunday school room S:it'ir-.l:ty, Jenuary 12, at one o'clock. 1-D-St. IMFOllTAXT XOTICK TO HEtilSTHAXTS Tudor Jurisdiction of This T-ocnl Hoard Whoso Onler Numbers Aiw ltetueon .n. 1 Kit and No, 13:10, Inclusive. Thera has this day been mailed to you it questionnaire which you ore required by law to execute and re turn within seven days from date hereof. Failure to do so constitutes a mis demeanor punishable by not to ex ceed one year's imprisonment; and such failure may also deprive you of valuable rights and result In your immediate Induction into military sorvlce and trial by court-martial. Dated Jan. 9, 1918.- J. GARFIELD KINO, Member of Local Board iNEW TODAY! FAIt HA l.ll Dry Slab Wood. Sf,AIl WOOD A measured cord at , .3.B(). Phono Uod 18K2. 1-111-2 Ip. FOB RENT-r-Steiini healed bedroom. Lewis I'hltf. 1-1(1-11 Last Number High School Lyceum Course FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11 High School Building Admission 50c Art i. i, r v - i life 1 lie nv: DR. RUSSELL H. CONWELL. Si!KN' a man rounds out more than half a century of active lecturing, yy with n record of having delivered a single lecture more thiin n,000 limes, ... iiif t:iiiiim:i(Uii I mil ii Hire iiiiuii.r in nmiiin.-i uuu jui'iiHi; tun lu.-'ti i'- tlic cxtriidrdlmiry record nf tho dean of American pint liiif.n'M II. Conwell (If Temple University. Philadelphia, whose ' of il;mioml.-i" has become n classic. Ir. Conwell can devote .'!.'. 1 uf time to lecturing, nnd this community Ik fortunate In of (he few lecture engagements mnde for tlie present lyeetim ai'pi'iininci' nf this eminent divine, the oldest lecturer In point of ii . i.e mi the American platform, but with n messugo very young, will bo a ', I);-"Ac:- f.ril-!t h'cjiiro hut ti !i:i.;' t-v ining i'!t seiiK.in. 'i'ii- community. Chatter No. .IHjo Reserve District No. 12 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK at La Grande, Oregon, in the State of Oregon, at the Close of Business on December 81, 1917 RESOURCES Loans and discounts $1,085,030.65 Huluil: Notts and bills rctliscounlcd 67,500.00 $1,017,530.55 Overdrafts, none. i'. S. liom'.s (other than Liberty Honds of 1917): U-. S. lion is deposited to secure circulation (par vttiuel $ 72,000.00 IS. S. bends anil certificates of indebtedness pledged to secure U. S. deposits (par value) 10,000.00 U. K. bands and certificates of indebtedness pledged to secuie uostal savings deposits (par value) 6,000.00 Total U. .S. bonds (other than Liberty dlonds) and certificates of indebtedness 87,000.00 Liberty Loan Bonds, unpledged, SV4 per cent and 4 per cent t 49,000.00 lionds Securities, etc. (other than U. R.) : Securities other than U. H. bonds (not including storks) owned unpledged $ 2.1,319.0? Total bonds, securities, etc 2:1,319.00 Stocks of Federal Reserve Hank (.r0 per cent of subscription).. 7,2I0.0() Value of banking house 4!),4li4.:jO Km nlUire and fixtures 7,501.50 Real estatu owned other than hanking house 4,550.70 Lawful leservc with Federal Reserve Hunk 2,H76.4-I Cash in vault and net amounts due from national banks 121,168.18 Net air.o-.tnts due from banks, bankers, and trust companies.... 17,317.5 Check on other hanks in the same city or town as reporting bank 82H.07 Checks on batiks located outside of city or town of reporting hank and other cash items 8,120.31) Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due "om U. S. Tre.-.5urcr 3,000.00 To'.al $1,422,882.02 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in $ 200.000.00 Surphii fund 40,000.00 Lfwivid.-d profits $36,805.02 L' ss mi re-it expense, interest and taxes paid 20,650.69 16,154.93 ( i-("j!.-.t!".f notes outstanding 70,885.00 N'cl ninou'its doe to National banks 33,107.70 Dcmr.nd I "- rosits (other than bank deposits) subject to Rescrrc t'd-'posiis pttv.'ihle within day?): Individual kp?its subject to check 624,498.9) C.'t ' !fi ca'es of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed) 141,162.22 Certified hecks 137.30 Other dcr.iand deposits, school savings, accounts 1,390.03 Tim Dci'O'its subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days, or sub ject, to 30 diys or more notice, and postal savings): Ccrtifi -at i 'f deposit (other than for money borrowed) 281,129.00 al p;:-in;:s deposits 5,000.00 I'nitctl S'.-'.t'' Deposits (other than pastol savings): Ot'ier I'nitcd Statrs deposits, incluciinir deposits of U. S. dis- bui -tin;.' offUer 9,417.50 Tr,t:.l $1,422,882.62 State ' Oiet".n, County of Union, ss: I. F. I . Meyers, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that tV.1 above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. P. L. MEYKRH. Cashier. Subscribed ami sworn to before mo this flth dav of January. 1918. H. A. ZUKHIIICK, Notary Public for Oregon. Mv rermni'Ft-m expires December 13, 1920. CORRECT-A!tl: A. T. HILL. FRED .1. ilOI.T.f Efl, J. C. SNOIKJHASH, Directors. i PEPwSONAL MENTION 1 - J M. H. Allen, 'deputy stato labor commissioner, of Pendleton, Is In tho city for a few days. Mr. nnd Mrs. K. P. Andrews left last night on No 6 for Portland on business. Mrs. Lot Snodgrass and Mrs. J. Van liiiren leave for Portland to night where they will spend a week with friends. - John Wella, a prominent farmer nf Starltoy la a business visitor here today. Miss Mabel Horzlnger left for Portland for n week's visit with friends. f days here. Mr. nnd Mrs. J. F. T. Oulloway of El:;ln are visitors In La Grande. W. O. Forks, O. E. Toi-Its nnd K. Sonimer. Clins. Harris, rep:v.jutailvo for Hope automobiles, is spending a few w mlssloncr vlHltor. J, Townley, Union connty'tsom- is a Ln (Irnnde business Kile McKlnzle of SunnnnnrlJJ la roglrteied at tho Foley. F. A (Irahtim of F.lgiii acting business bore tir-:i)t- Mr. and M:.i: J. Ltlii ;.l their home In Enterprise a. lng friends in rortlund Grande. f 9 i " Jt?i Is trans M ' " ?! .- 'i ti neij to icr-rislt-- nnd-La Classified ads solve your i;Want problems. - ,.vt A Penny a Day Means a I Kit-a-Month for : a : 'Boy--at the Front Is Every limn, woniiin and child in tin's city can help Irccj) one of our boys'' .it tin; front supplied with ciiriirets and tobacco by .setting aside one cent a day', for each working day. M Just think what this little sum will do! For 25 (Hints wo will enter yourj name on our Tobacco Fund list und will send 45 cents worth o smoking to bacco and cigarets to our boys in Franco, jn the kit will be n postal card"? stamped and addicssed to you, and on the kit will be a raiuest to the soldier asking him to write a message to you on the postal and mail it. 2 The I fed Yoss takes charge of these kits of smoking material and dis- tributes them; the French government sends back the postal bearing ;i onc- cent United (States stamp and admits the tobacco fi 'c of duty. Surely if as busy an organization s the Red Cross So'-ietv and as pro? occupied officials as those of the French government will o ;. things see that our soldiers get a chance to smoke, it isn't asking niiicii to ask ji.ii" to set aside one cent a day for the purpose. Send in your contributions of any .-..in.ant 25 cents, $1.00, .5.00, or more.! For every 25 cents that you give, a separate postal bearing your name goes? to the front. 1 Here's 45 cents worth of tobacco which is sent for your quarter: A package of Tuxedo tobacco and four books of cigaret papers. Three pouches of Bull Durham Tobacco and three books of papers. Two packages of Lucky Strike cigarets, twenty cigarets in each package. A return postal card addressed to the contributor on which ' the soldier will pen his appreciation and gratitude for the gift. THE OBSERVER TOBACCO FUND