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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1918)
X iPAGE EIGHT LA QKANUJi EVKXLNU OJ-WKUVKIi. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1918 'k : V, Holding Down the Bills Is the Housewife's Problems IN' THESE DAYS OF I'ATUIO'IC ECONOMY, THE WOMEN ARE FORCED TO HOLD DOWN ON THEIR HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES. BCT THEY SHOULD NOT LET THEIR EI-KORTS BLIND THEM WHEN IT COMES TO BUYING DRUCS. GOOD DRUGS AUG SOMETIMES EXPENSIVE. CHEAP DRUGS ARE APT TO BE STILL MORE EXPENSIVE. WE SELL ONLY GOOD DRUGS THE KIND THVT ARE EFFEC TIVE IN CURING SICKNESS AND DISEASE. OUR PRICES ARE AS LOW AS GOOD DRUGS CAN BE SOLD FOR ANYWHERE. IT IS POOR ECONOMY TO BUY CHEAP DRUGS. "QUALITY IS THE TRUE TEST Or CHEAPNESS." JOHN I). TMKTA 1 hilkvs srcc'Esson.""'"" " X U. S. SOLDIERS "OVER THERE .-wv...;.i. r , :TM::A .: . n&i-'i-: :":v.fcf,;WS,.' kmW r-7 ---4rs.V-h-vv-;-JU "ovIR there" V Mi il ?J CtfK V Qo N N E B-5 BQlUrfa UP 8HCUS Why I temain Gold? When we cm furnish you with good warm clothing at prices you can afford to pay. ' ' . Boy3' Unions Mens' Unions Ladies' Unions 69c, 73c $1.49, $2.19, $3.49 69c,.89c, $1.25 Men's German Sox Boys' Mitts Ladies' Sweaters 98c, $1.19, Sl.GU 23c, 49c $4.98, $5.90, $6.90 WE OWN 175 STORES-AND STILL A-GROWING Men's Overalls $1.19 "via 358 "Back when the nation was neodin' sons Most 'em natcherly took t' Runs, 'CcntirtK Jim and fie snya .i;avs he: "1 choose sticks an a drum lor me. i The man who recognizer! and fm-' normalized the value of ."Old Jim 1 Wade's" drumming in '0", knows that ' human nature has not changed in the-: half century since Jim put pep Into, the boy3 with his rat-a-tat-tat. i This student of human nature is John D. Wtlls, erstwhile smithy, traveling showman, U. S. cavalry man, machinist, journalist and iinrl lv mnnairintr editor of the Buffalo Rvenlnii News and author of several i John D. ': m Leather-faced Gloves ! 23 ! II. r I'M . S !ncnraarafed. J Awnion IMACY Adolph Kewlin, Mgr. Quick Delivery PIkjiic .Main 10 La Grande, Oregon m;iN NEWS NOTKS ELGIN, Jan. 10. (Special.) Mr. Faroungian, an Armenian, will speak 1 1 TO-DAY Killl ? From Your irp '7 Hardware V f or Grocery Dealer with the i lis relatives. Jesse states that i'.orsity is well filled ai:J the f.Mi as usual. lie will re:s:r!i work at the univoi'sity next i'.-i- in .the Methodir.t-Kiiiscopal chuiv1) this eveninr on the treatment of hi.i country hy the Turku. Hir, hu'ture will he for the benefit of the relief fur.d. The first motion picture show vns Kiven hy the city council last Trid.iy evening in the city hall opera house. A second show will he given next, Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ha.kett and their children made a business trip to La Grande Inst week. Sir. L. Deahani went to Lit Grande last evening, where lie will transact business until Thursday of this wee!.. Jesse Witty, a yo;:r.c man of Klj:in who is attending school at the Univer sity of Oretroa, is visiting in Klein -jajL-jLLH. .. l - - - ' : : . ft 4? 4 HK& 4? 4 $ ? i 4 1 h '0? '$? h ft? 4 s ri? fa r& 5? pb b rA t volumes of delicious verse "Old i fhs man whoro pen has traced theso Cood-Iiv's and Howdv-Uo'B" mid t lovable rliymes knows the heart of "Vour Folks and Mine" already well t)le soldier, and tho wants of that known and well loved, and now a ! ,e.irt. Ilo knows that after the mad rif.n volume, "Rhymes of Our Home ' Ilt.r,3 0f battle, the heart yearns for something soothing something sweet somothing of home and the home folks, and John li. Wells means that they shall have it. Ho is going to tako it to them. Ho realizes that his gun-carrying days nre past, but like "OK Jim .Wade" ho will drum tho hoyR along with songs of homo and home-lifo and songs of other soldier boys. Big-heartedncss, sacrifice and ''" i'M swell tha Lreast of Folks," just published. John D. Wells does not write about sirens and Bexos, nor aeons and cnitmns. It takes no lecturer to inturpret hla poems. They tell of simple, homely, cvery-day things of life. They nro full of. music. They are full of truth. To re:-.d them once is to read and rorond them many 'times. They grip tho heart as Riley's poom3 do. 'Tis said Hiley's mantle lius fallen onto .Wells's .hnuldi - overy soldier who listens to WoIIs'i tale. "A Cavalryman" Wells will not be privileged ti whack at tho foe with butt and bay. onet. but ho will make every motfii er's son who hears him read "An Old Sayin' of Mother's," whack witt uouoic energy. This Is tho tnlo of a trooper, a folio wno uaa no uoa Who earned his pay on a scrubby bay! at the left of a ragged squad; 1 Booted and spurred and cursing,! with nary a thought of good, ilo made but one, as tho rosters run, of tho Fighting Brotherhood. Incorporated Formerly The United Store crowd around the spuare salute. Then, just to prove thoy could pljy old-;;tylo music and flay it risht our band avo the "Maraci!laii:e." tood at ! Int. on H.C.l'.L. ru v i;i-:t (;!:!)::!: lo hi, day. Mrs. Jesse Smith of Elgin was taken '.year. to tho hospital last .Saturday, where alio underwent a surgical operation. Elgin citizens can find no reasor. this winter for jroin;r to wpond the winter in ( 'a'ifoi 'ii i or' l'tnr.:i v: rirci".;:;t of lh" lovelv we a livre ''he warm spring-like weather is f)?i:ij':i;i out the pukw wilhws ar.;! the early wdd fhjwers. So:ne f::rmer:i (.tite t.hi.t tiieir fruit tree:; are jaii.tiaj out r.ew growth which a severe frost might damage the whole tree. The high school mid-year examina tion exemptions were granted this Sammies Jazz Band Makes a Bis: r 1 1 Mil.). TP . .1 i-ryti W le Small. Matters 'tA r.l. jt.1- J. frl T3 T9 t Act Way Vi;:;a :! titf:.' w;i !i i ui.ta but th-y r.iu;;". rt tier n't : : l.:.-. ni-l ' r i:.M . Tim :::!.:.; it-.it. l:i;i- T)r c. eht as the poilus brand over their heads; then ii.i ' too B Tl T H and Important Matters Thai: Cause Constant Worry Taken Care of By Observer Classified. Mlilila't l i -.tarli'il i.i:t 3 t'fiiu'i'il.. Hot ,aln r. v, i!h (ho '.'! tov. i,h ti: ' ;inpc;i. TO THI5 FAItJIKH: W want people rcsidins; i' At raral diatricts to feul ht to use Observer Classi fied (r time. Write your li ui mail to The Observer, or 'fhoa Ms in ;)7. If you ' will but stop an 1 tfciiV, you have many things to soil that you can advertise Start Something- It Kvuch iho puMi:' wit!, a 1 ii- prnpeiiiti'jn i;t a tiitw wki tuBtncht rnn lie trnr.i aotJ with ft full iny of lu;si 11 pmc hours nhoiitj fur a Lio:i, Use Evening Observer Classified Phone 37 No matter what your ; t'u. a:, aad ;::oi.!i! l.i . (u and i.it dir., a r.v.,1 wt (l.i..-,ii'il iV:;c. IC- .a 1 .111. t ci, ' i i. iic, ill t:i .,:; . : it" AM 'I ri:;v h ! l f.Mir.-n'c :i 1171 t o.i to the y:.-'.z 1 r.roti'ul !.!:e viHa'ro k'i:i'v.a will: their ' 'i )'!nl":.; i: i!ir V.'y-v ' :;.:-.icd ai a !-:k! o." : (.H .1: :: tiil yoar a-t:,il. :ir. of recin- : :.:! i..":x!k;1 ol' toy::, l.-i ; ri:n:ii-i' ; :'.:'p rir1:- n'H 1 ti'.- Ati'.cric- I)' Arc ! i:: Tin y :ii ihr in the sunli ished lliein they'd blare a march tune so full of j pep that you wanted to grab a rifle j and start shooting every Bocho in ' creation from the Kaiser down. ; It was great tor i:iat Kind of ; music. lint, when the American hombrcs ' o.ine:l up now, that was music. Pre:!" soon half tho population of j town was flocking to the sQuarc to ; ret an earful of the new article. They never heard a jazz tune before today. Iiow that old band did moan; I trombones Ideating, big horns oonin-1 ! iiig, bui;les squawking and cymbals I crushing Just the right, kind of crash i at the right place. In two minutes ail tile audience was swaying under t'.f rhytbinic spell of the j.-.zz. If til'. (Inner, hrd dropped out it would hr-.vc lurule ro diffeionoe; a thou pear.mty' wooden sboes were bcatir a elr.ckt'ly-olack-claek on tho cold The Reeorder reported as fo'Iowi;: Funds on hand and ustimato of probable receipt.; and disburnoiiiuutu for Jr.nnary, Keruaiy rud March, 191S: Fund Water 213C.7C $ 2Sr,.H Contlurreni . . .Hi ! '..DS tJ4U.38 Itoad 1253.17 I!. C. P. L. I Piiil-Jng . . 2 C 1 9 . fi 2 ;?pef ial Int. . . . 2'-l. '! i; i Tliip. Horn! . . r.7.'i4.1 ! ', Revolving . GDIi.Uo District ! S7(X 2nd) 1203.'73 Fi-ptio tank . . ..;7i'2.71 Sundry Imp. Funds ... 49-11.92 Bonds Uondu: 4000.00 Int. on Imp. 57211.00 Salaries and Dills: liOIIO.OO 13SC1.30 Kst. Surplus 54533 D.4C ; JOHN COI.LIElt Kecordor, riK-'I'TTKHliS Wll.i, HUM) MF.VS CLOTIIiXG VP Wool (.'rowers Charged With Hoard in;; rroduct for lllghoi' Trices. . 20-1. 1G $47S0S.13 $11!)90.0() OVERDRAFTS Cencral Fund: 5 0477. 32 0477.32 Imp. Dist. Interest 13630.07 20197.39 CIIICAOO, Jan. 10. (Special.) Prediction of a radical iiIciih ia ; l!:o price of men's clothlig, aa alle I f-ation that wool growers, not satls 9.7 i ., f'cd with an advance in the price of wool from lb cents before the -war to 7j and 80 cents a pound at pres ent, are hoarding for still higher prices and pla:i3 to luemoralizo con gross for government control of both wool and cotton prlee3 were out; standing features of a mooting hero today of the National Association of Retail Clothiers. ' 1 (Kett-Iphs (Jan.Feh. 1!H7) 03-1. e: i-.ip. r,md:;l (11242.5111 S59S80.76 (Dills to bn paid, Jan., Feb., Int .Oil rator bo::d $1225.00 Mch.) ( 1ESTER S PUIS M. MIoJ ivin kiwi n IHrt. (hfej..JiTftr icfi41a ? opon all aromitl ilie ;; loennd on tin; wiml S in tlu; fronziort Ani-rny-linie raj; set! to Khuttors vt'i-i rgiiuio and folic cv-si'lij (irinkin ti:?1 .th pov:cr. Well sir, tlioy jazzed every ja;:;; tiu'.c t !:; knov.' and then, for an ox tr.i encore wo pet "Just J'.cfore Ihc I'altU1, .MoL'jer" . soi ved up in j:z;: moaf-trres. Wheji tho n:i::;ical r.pnsm was over: the Vv nch band played tho ''Star j i':)nTi;.C(l Hanner" and everyone, civ-; iliini, pniliirt ar.il . Saiuniiey in the; lllZ. iUiVil liLL ZLZ :. .,. V 15 Vi .'.(I'li.'s i'i'idt! u t!i I1;!-; - J-o.nuv.cd Hauner and everyone, ci-. h 'iu ' i::. ;. iliiui, poilus aiv.l . Sammies in the ; ..r' i I V lliliit'i' 11 ii!ii;M'y"ll, wi. in i t' v.iuie THE I v nia'Ki'.;t' wili he? .'.(' OlH' only. (lit, itnd al'ier l'i'Ldiiy,. i i-voiiiiis until 12:00. Shell fish in season.' IRE GAFE A lis Avcnnc the (!rnilc Konde ilcat Co. Has Me r. 11 J JLS TOMORROW Results alv.. 3. Uiiv;Jvv to I't- and til.' Ci.is: ; C.S fo.liill'tH. cad -d C llle I-? (1 j its 'XT. If its for Reiit-f'voiie! If its for Salo-Advitc! If its for Exchance-Advert; If its a Want Adverh'sr-! It' its Lost-Advertise": If its Found- dvcrtise! and Tii!: si v.i sr v.v 'it in:sr i:r..-i i ts is tm::oi ;h R'wirT .'V'TT Alma M.usbeis in H3 BUSY DAY A Yrir-ngk Gloom Chaser A givls' slipper found ill the desert Icat's lo the discovery of gold and happiness for Firefly, the dancer. A Western that i3 different! i Orchestra Music OF T
