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The Observer
An Independent Newpnper'
Published Dally and Weekly at ' ' '
La Grand, Oregon. ,-. ',
La Grnndo Evening Observer
,.. v Publishing Company.
HRUCK DENNIS, Publisher.
La Grande, OreKon, as Second-class ;PePIc com
Matter. protection.
tuufcirly evident of class favoritism in
this railroad matter. t
There are many other things whicS
will be found possible heforo the exi
gencies of the war conditions are met
and overcome, but there is good hcal
jway being made so far in all such ad-
' ' juatmenta and the IntorestB of all tli'ij
IB
Bull! II rflilji l mmm l
in for a full share ofi 44 4. if 44 44
Address All Communicntions to I P.jc0 fxjB 8 another war mcasuie '
Tho Observer, 1710 Sixth Street, i . . . , j
City Official Paper. County Official!
Paper.
masses of the people. It is becoming
HIS JOB TO BANDAGE
WOUNDED HOUSES
Evening Telegraph Report of United eoBnfced never before that the nu-j
Press AM(K lotion. jtuml resources of tho country M' hmJm Boss Carpenter PuStiflg
On Sale In Other Citlea jti all tho people and that everyone is ; . p . y-n n 1
Jrcgon Hotel News Stand, Portland, titled to a share In tho benefits. Tho TeiICD Ullage DdlH UU
ZuTnlaTHoNnt . proeca. is being weeded out, Map.
Portland, 'and coming more and more in disfh-
SUDSCKIPTION HATES
By Carrier
Daily, per month ,
It was a monotonous stretch ot nulj
trench, wire entancletnenla, gaping
Daily, per tnrua months..
..SU).'.
jvor, In fact, it has become so unpoji
Itilnr lift to bp intolerable, which those
1 . , , s , , shell holes, accented by the blackened
! who assume to be In tho favored class I ,, ., ... ;., , , , ,,. ,V
nro finding out.
On this same subject it may lie notn.1
iJaily, nor six months In advance $.1.75
Dnilv. ner venr In advance. . . . , . S7..ri0 ,
Daily, single copy, 5 that tho claim that the war is mosjl
., . nn '11 plan for capitalistic advnntngo is
Daily, per year in advance. r.H0 1 "
Dally, per six months in advnnce S2.H0 also getting n heavy blow on tho sotor
Daily, three mourns in eavnnce. .i.ii
ted nt'ulnst a dull, hopeless sky,
This had onco been beautiful rolling
land like our own Ohio and Imllana
rlch In grain fields, orchards and Bar
dens. Now It was desolation nothing
enuld live there seemingly nothing
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Daily, per month 50el"u ""a '"- ' did.
The Saturday Evening Observer, by of mention. . j We had come on some rising ground,
mail, per year in advance. ...fl.50, , .
Weekly Observer-Star, by mail, per . . and as we climbed we reached the
uruw ui uie siope, anu ot a suauea ic
seemed that some giant had suddenly
j twisted the old world under our feet
j and we wero back borne, for of a sud
den the sounds of life came up to us
out ot a hustling center ot Industry.
That satisfying chug ot an honest ham.
juier.liend sinking willing nail. Iota
year in advnnce. ....... ... ... .$1.50,
ENJOY PICNIC
"My Country Tia of Th, Sweet Land
f Liberty."
THE LOAN A SUCCESS.
All (ho pupils of the Grades and
nml ITlfll QrOmnlu nniitvr.l M:il' llfiv
'pk nl at the City Park and ut i wood, and before us wa a pan-
j tho Wallowa Lake today. Tho ! 0,aina of new building, with piles ot
Ililih School went In a body to the c,ean l,m,1,er ed here and. there,
Lako taking the entire day for huhhiib 01 inauy new uunu-
Ithey had a long program prepared ,nss 1010 vaen too wooa was going.
and had a May-polo dance etc. The
different grade rooms with their
Enough is known of the Third Lib-! '"lienors went to tho park In the
nnornoon and wok . tuoir nineties.
ci ty bond sale to know that it will sur
pnsa the required mark of three bil
lion by thirty to fifty per cent. There
nrc about 10,000,000 subscribers to thia
loan, which is an average of one per
son out of every Bix in the United
States who huvc invested in the bonds
0.' tho government. Every feature of
tho Third Liberty Loon la satisfactory
to the government officials and should
also be matter of great encourage-
ment to tho people. '; : '
The per capital subscription, that is
the amount nf the bonds subscribed in
comparison with the entire population,
shows there is about $40 to each per
son of tho United States invested in
the Third Liberty bonds, while the
whole bonded indebtedness of the Un
ited States is now fourteen billion, or
an average of $78 to each man, worn
and and child in the whole country.
Germany nnd' Austria-Hungary
have a war indebtedness of nearly
fifty billions, which is $.185 for ench
person and about three-eights of tha
entire national wealth of tho prlncfiml
central powers of Europe.
As a matter of being in debt this
oountry has not yet made a start is
compared with tho countries which
brought on the war. 1
The significant fuct is that tho peo
ple of the United States are as a unit
in seoing the business through, regard
less of tho cost. They are ablo to df
so as the expense thus far is but a
light percentage of the country's av
ailable resources, and the reports show
that tho hanks huvo been drawn upon
very lightly to swing this last loan.
The expenditures anil the bond is
sues will ho very much greater than
the present accumulation before the
.United Slates will in any particular
way feel tho Btrcss laid upon It in olevor
the enforced duty it has of bringing
the run-nnuii'k kaiser to terms. But
whatever tho cost may be, tho peopie
are ready to meet it. 4
Mr. and Airs. Daniel Dnyd wero
hostesses to tho Literary Club
members and their husbands at a
dinner Thursday evonlng. Twenly
couples wore present. After dinner
a program ' was rendered'. Next
week Thursday, a reception will
be given to new members at the
homo of Mrs. Hlndermnn.
A surprise party was Eivon .to
Lena Dlshan at the homo of her
parents on Friday evening In honor
of her fifteenth birthday. All her
friends assembled lit the court
house nnd wont In a body.
S. A. Goiter has been called to
Fort Logan, Colorado, where his
brother Call Gutter died of pnou
monln. F. N. Funk Is again working
In the grocery department' of tho
E. M. A M. Co., after having re
turned from Oneida, Kansas, whero
ho was called by tho death of bis
father sevoral weeks ago.
J. F. Druce and son Frank have
gone to rtosehurg, the former to
seek a lower altitude in hope of
benefiting his his health.
Horn, to Mr. nnd Mrs. E. T.
Dngget of Aider Slopo. a daughter
April 23, 1018.
Mrs. Ian McDonald has gone to
San Francisco to join her husband
who has employment with tho A.
a. Spaulding Co. Mr. McDonald
wnB proprietor of the 5, 10 and 15
Cent Store of thla 'cily.
Mrs, Grace Strone has returned
to Kntorprlso after having spent
the wlntor at Portland nnd Van
couver, Tho homo of Earl Chllciurs nl
I'owiiulka, was destroyed by fire
liiHt Saturday,; also tho granary
containing a supply of seed grain
nnd tho Ford cur and buggy. An
insurance nf $1000 only was
on, tho buildings.
Ton coyote pups wero on display
In town Thursday afternoon having
boon captured by Charles SI roll in
oil his place at O. K. Gulch.
Tho Vaudeville Show given by
the girl's Honor '('uards Friday
evening was a grout success. A
good sized house was In atliMidance
niKl the fiitcrlulntuont was very
and njoyod by all.
Then we heard the voice ot a man
who talked real "United States" tell
ing -7 other curpenters what to (lo
om In this foreign laud tltpusanda of
miles from home. '' j
We Inquired bf the boss as to who
he was, and with true sense of bu-
mor he snld: "1 nm a lied Cross nurse.
Aly job Is bandaging wounded houses." '
Putting Villages Back on Map.
"This wus once a French village," ho '
went on to say, "In the center of fine '
sugar beet country. We are living I
now on the site of tho sugar mill," he
said, pointing to a long, low barracks,
which plainly had been recently built j
"We are working for the American
Ued Cross putting villages back on the !
map. In four more weeks we'll be out j
of hero and pn our way to the next
ruin, for there are many .villages that .'
need us. We go from place to place, I
always llndlng that our lumber has j
reached there Urst, so we con get right
to work, clean up and move on again." 1
It Is Just llko pioneering, this re- I
building work of our Ited Cross only
more Important moro Important be-1
cnuso It is vital to the winning of the 1
war that these people come back to '
their soil and plant new crops for fu
ture years of war or peace.
And so the tide of war sweeps back
from whence It came, a Rod Cross
army follows close behind In uniforms
of overalls, armed with Yankee ham
mers and mills to coax back tho found
lings that have been brushed Into
squalid helplessness In the south and
cast.
They are coming back home now,
Just a few days behind these carpen
tersback to the beet fields, thu gar
dens and the fnrms. Soon they will he
feeding themselves nnd thousands of
others. .
Observer advertising will bring re
sults.
Tho following list Is last week's ad
lilion to the chain of Ked Cross par-
held ! ties thut arc being given in La
) Grande.
Mrs. J. F. Phy, donntion ..
Mrs. Henry Hill, party
Total
Mrs. H. C. GRADY
. $5.00
. 5.25
lO.M
Pres.
One-third off on all Hair Switches,
at the Walling Millinery. 5-!!tf
Phono your Want
Onsorver. Main 37.
Ads to the
eammmm
INCH EASED PAY.
There are a guod many railroad cm
pluyces in Ln Grande who are inter
ested in tho proposed advance in pay
of men 111 the railroad service. The
outstanding' feature of the case toi
those who nrc not directly interested j
is the way this advance in salary hut
been accomplished. It has not hem-i
done by a strike or a lockout that i j
one thing, and the public will appreci
ate it becnuse such methods of reach- j
ing adjustment involves the interests i
of all thu people, rcgarless of which !
party to the contention is right and
which is wrong.
There should be some encouragement
to those who hold the conviction thai
this country is lieing run in the inter
ests of special classes the "capitalis
tic" cIiiskos the Socialist brethren ca'l
them, 1 here seems to lie nothing pur-
Every Saving Depositor is Interested
ill tli now I'Yilopal T'osoi'vo 'Hanking Sys
tem, osljihlishod liy the Tnitod Stntos (iov
oriinioiit, nl' wliich wo nro a inonihor, lioctuisc
it in;ilos (ho liniikinjr business nf (lie ooun
try siilVr anil sounder than over hol'nro.
Jut oven more I km -auso it makes practical
ly impossible another of those currency
panics which in tho past have caused busi
ness depressions, shut-downs and lack of
employment.
Part of every dollar ymi deposit in this
hank jroos directly into this new system,
makes it stronger and adds to the security
of your money so deposited.
Member Federal Reserve System
La Grande National Bank
LA GKANDE. OREGON
You'll; Never Get. a Single
ylnshman, by, j Compulsion!"
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Int.
Lb
All
freedom?
A new garment for women for
work or recreation
More comfortable, more convenient ami ,noro '"JJ
nnd ppearance than any similar garment yet deviseu .or women 3
John DiiloM
- John Dillon, who succeeded the Into John Redmond as leader
of tho Irish Nationalists, is the leader ot the Irish fight against
conscription of the Irish. On April 9, when Ltoyd Georgo an
nounccd ln tho House ot Commons that conscription must be ap
piled to Ireland, Redmond led the tumultuous demonstration that
followed. He aroso and, shaking a linger at tho premier, shouted!
"You'll never get a single lrlsbjnan by compulsion!'
wear.
Freedom-Alls are one-piece garments
The newest creation ot Levi Strauss A Co They look and fit
like two piece suits, and are much more convenient. Can be slipped
on In a moment.
THERE ARE TWO STYLES
ofErcedoai-alls-a titfht leg made of khaki, an idea! outing gar
ment; and u loose lee model for indpor work, made of washable
materials in lighter weights. '
: Fast colors in stripes, checks and solid colors. All Sizes.
Call and see them on display
SANDALS
For Boys and Girls '
A big shipment of these Sandals ar
rived this mornincf. and arc now in stock
all reaily for your inspection. They nre
iii black, tan and white.
TAN ANi) CLACK t
Sizes 2 to 5 !)r"'
Sizes 6V. to 8 $1.25....
. Sizes 8'.'. to 11 $1.50 .
Sizes ll'j to 2 SL05
;. .,' WHITE '
Sizes Z to 5 ....SL25
Sizes W. In 3...... Sl.iiO '
Sizes 81 to 11 $1.70
Size3 Hi to 2 $l.l5
TAKE .NOTICE!
Blackmon's Millinery Stock Slaughtered
Aliss Blacknion's ho;iltli havinpr'failod and lie
iiiK. advised ly her Physician to f.uit business,
she lias Toiiuested.tliat lior entire stuck lie sold
at oiio(v She lias cstalilished tlk1' reputation in
La (Iraiule of giving the people the very highest
grade millinery and most exclusive styles at
reasonable prices, hut now tlie stock must go.
TRIMMED AND UXTR1MMUD HATS,'
VLOWKIWv FANCIES,' FI;?KN'11 TIPS ALL
AT ORICATLY R IC1 ) I'CK D PR KTOS.
NOTHING RESERVKI) AND NOTHING
BOUGHT CAN 15E RETURNED.
Mrs. J. N. Armour, in Charge
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: Men:
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Wo havo just received n
new dark brown Knjrliah' Inst,
rubber sole slioe. C:ie or the
best we couhl find This shos
has the new "Ilinex" sole.
Something entirely different
from ordinary rubber Rolfis.
Call and let us show you these
new ones.
The Club
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.jfim(- V k appetite. -
"Give It to'tne. A '
Please. Grand. gj - kl
I -Why Bobby. It fiZMMMkl ! J
I. you wait a tit for MSiZ-n I
. "Poo-poo! That's '
no argument with
WKH&EY5 flttp?
'cause lh flavor. llSiiiWo j
&fter every mealp j
UlUH'ffWi mi II II II ll'Umillnai-tktt. j
CIGAR STORE
Wo carry the Choicest Brands of
CIGARS AND TOBACCO, CONFECTIONERY,
CANDIES, ETC.
Our , Fountain Service Cannot Be Excelled
Ice Cream Fresh Every Day.
West-Jacobs Iildg. EARL N. DOANE, Prop.
Give Us Your Order Now
FOR. NEXT WINTER'S COAL.
Wc will then have time to select the BERT and f;ll
your bin with a quality that will plea.so you when cold
weather makes quality .count.
King and Rock Springs Coal
THE J. D. LYNCH CO.
FUEL FEED TRANSFER STORAGE
You Half-Sole
lYoubShoes
life.
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GATES' Quality TUBES
The Tube with the Test Sample Attached
(intra "(Quality" 'I'ul.es ;m sold nt a yrwc lower than
any other tnlie on the market in the same class.
Yet your discounts aie higher.
It is a inatler of service to yon.
Ant ieijiate your needs and order at once.
Come In and Invpstigate.
Gates Half Sole Station
1105 Foley Hotel Building.
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