WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1918.
LA GRAXDTS EVEXIXO ' OBSERVER
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Hill's Department Store
"Over the Top"
By An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
Machln Cunntt Swing In Frenes
tcurliiin, WIT. by Arthur uui luyvJ ,
8VNOP8I8.
CHAPTER i-Flred by the news of tit
sinking of the Lustlanla by a, Clermun
submarine, Arthur auy Empty, an Ameri
can, leaven lila office In Jersey City anil
Koca to Enaiuml where he enlists In the
UrlllHli army.
CHAFfEH II After a serlod of train
ing Kmpey volunteers for Immediate serv
ice anil soon finds hlmiielf In rest billets
"somewhere In France," where he llrst
makes the acquaintance of the ever-present,
"cooties." M
pw A PT 1,1 R TlT1ftii()v AltenilH hla first
church sorvteeB at the rout while a fler
nian Kohker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTrtK IV Empey'e command toes
Into the front-line trenches anil Is undor
nra lor mo nrst iimo.
CHA'PTKlt ' r--lCilipey learns to adont
h n-..-.:; tr ine Brnsn Tommy. "If you
arc going- to get It. you'll got It, so never
worry."
CHAPTER VI-BarK In rest Dllltts, urn-
pey gets his llrst experience us mens
orderly. .. , -
ntAWKB VTI lCmney learni how the
British soldiers sro leu.
CHAPTpit Vlll-Bnck In the front-line
trench. Kmpey sees his first friend of the
Irenrhes "no Went," I
CUAPTBrt IX-EmrcV makes his first'
visit to a dugout In "Suicide Ditch."
CHAPTER X-Kmpey learns whet con
tltutce a "duy'a work'! In the (rout-Una
TMTX'PTKR XI-Kmpoy goes "over the
top" for the first time In a charge on the
QermRn trenches und la wounded by a
bayonet thrust.
CHAPTER Xll-Empey Joins the "sill
cldo club" as the bombing squad Is called.
CHAPTER XJlI-Eucb Tommy gets an
official, bath. ...
VllAT'lTITi XIV-Kmpey helps dig an
advanced trench under Uurmsii fire,
CHAl'tElt XV-On "listening post" In
No Man's Uuul.
CHAPTER XVt Two artillerymen "put
ono over" on Old Pepper, their regimental
commander.
CHAPTER XVIl-Kmpey hns narrow es
cape while on patrol duty lu No Mane
Lend.
CHAPTER XVIII-Bnrk In rest billet"
Empty writes an.t stages a farce comedy.
CHAPTF.R XIX Hnldlers have many
ways to amuse thcmtteyes while "on their
own." .. '
I CHAPTER XIX. '
On Hit Own.
1 Of course Tommy cannot nlwnys lie
producing pluys under Are but while
In rest billots lie linn numerous other
ways of amusing himself, lie Is a
great gambler, hut never jilnys for
large smites. Generally, In each com
pany, you will find a regular Cnnllcld.
This man bunks neurly nil Iho itnines
of chnnce and Is nn undisputed uullinr
lly on the rules of gambling, when
ever there Is mi argument among the
Tommies uhnut some uneermlii point
us to whether IlougliUm is entitled to
Wulklns' 8lxieiH-e, the innlter Is tnken
to the recuKiilxcd nuihortty mid his (le-
clslou Is final.
The two most popular gnmes tire
"Urtiwn tuid Anchor" und "Houko."
The purnpliernnlla used In "Crown
nnd Anchor" consists of a piece of ean
vns two feet by three feet. This is
divided Into six equal squares. In these
squares ore painted n club, illitninntl.
heart, spade, erown, nnd tin Hnchor,
one device to n square. There nre
three dice used, eneli dice marked the
siime us the rnnvus. The banker sets
up Ills giiiuhlliig out lit In the corner ot
it billet and Blurts bnlly-hoolnc until a
erowd of Tommies gathers around;
then the game starts.
The Tommies pltiec bets on the
squures, the erowu or anchor being
played the most. The hunker theu
rolls his three dice and collects or iys
out us the case may be. If you play
the crown and one shows up on the
dice, you net even money, If two show
tip. you receive two to one, and If three),
three to one. If the crowu does not up
pour nnd ymi have bet on It, you lose,
and so on. The pen-enliige for the
bunker Is large If every square i is
Played, but If the crowd Is partial to,
IV
conic in and let its
styles and shapes are
particular hat for your
say two MiuareK, he bus to trust to
luck. The bunker generally wins,
The Kitine of "House" Is very popular
ulso. It takes two men to run it. This
giune consists of numerous squares of
cardboard containing three rows of
numbers, Ave numbers to a row. The
numbers run from one to ninety. Each
curd bus u different combination.
The French "ostuinlnets" In the vll
ItiKeR are open from eleven in tlio morn
lug until one In the afternoon la uc
cordunce with urniy orders. .
After dinner the Tommies cougre
gute ut these places to drink French
beer at a penny a gluss uml piny
"House."
,,As soon as the estnnilnct is sufl
eleutly crowded the proprietors of Hie
"House" gumo get busy nnd, us they
term It, "form u school." This consists
of going around nnd selling curds at ,
u frnnc each. If they have ten in the,
school, the backers of the gitmo dc
duct two fruncs for their trouble mid
the winner gets eight fruncs.
Then the gnme slnrts. Eucli buyer
places his curd before him oil the ta
ble, first breaking un mutches Into lif
ted! pieces.
One of the backers of the gnme lins i
a small cloth bug In which nre ninety
card hoard squares, each with a num
ber printed thereon, from one to nluo-
ity. He raps on the tuhle and cries j
j out:. "Eyes down, my lucky luds." I
All noise ceases nnd every one Is at- 1
tentlon. .
The croupier places his hand In the
bug und draws forth n numbered
squnro uud Immediately calls out the
number. The innn who owns the card
with Unit .particular number on it,
covers the squnro with a mutch. The
one who covers the lirtceu numbers on
big curd first shouts "House." The
other, bucker Immediately comes kover
to hi in and verifies the curd by culling
out the numbers thereon to thn mini
wllh the bug. As ench number Is
culled ho picks It out ot the ones
picked from the bug and suys, "ltlgbl."
If the count Is right he shouts, "House
correct, puy the lucky geiitleiiuin, und
sell him a curd for the next school."
The "lucky gentleman" generally buys
one unless lie litis u miser truce lu
bis veins.
Then another collection Is ninde, n
school formed, nnd they ca try on w llh
the gnme.
The culler-out has ninny nlckiiumes
for the numbers such us "Kelly's liyc"
for one, "Leg's Kleven" for eleven;
"Cllckety-cllck" for sixty-six, or "Top
of the house" memiliig ninety.
The game Is honest and quite en
joyable. Sometimes you have fourteen
minihcrs on your card covered ami
yon nre waiting for the fifteenth to be
culled. In an Imploring voice you cull
out, "Come on, Wntklns, chum, I'm
sweating oil 'Kelly's Kye,' "
Wntkins generally replies, "Well,
keep out of it draft, you'll cntch cold."
Another game Is "I'mitoon," plnyed
with curds; It is the same us our
"lllaek Jnek," or "Twenty-one."
A curd game railed "Itrag" is also
popular. Using it casino deck, Die
dculer deals each player three cards.
It is similar to our poker, except for
the fuel. Hint you only iise'three cards
mid cannot draw. The deck Is never
shuflled until n mn i shows three of n
kind or a "prlle" as it Is culled. The
vultie of the hnnds are, high curd, a
pnlr, a run, a flush or three ot u kind
or "prlle." The limit Is generally a
penny, so It IB bard to win a fortune.
The next In popularity In a curd
guine railed "Nap." It Is well named.
Kvery time 1 played It 1 went to sleep.
Whist nntl solo whist nro played by
the highbrows of the company.
When the gnuiblers tire of nil other
games they try "Bunker mid Broker,"
. So you see, Mr. Atkins hns bis fun
mixed In wllh bis hardships ami, con
trary In popular belief, Hie rank nnd
file of the British tinny In the trenches
s one big happy family. Now In Vlr-1
glnln, nt school, I v ns fed on old Mc-
(lufTy's primary reaiicr, which gave me
Mil opinion of un Kiigiisliinun about
equal to a "ft Minute Man's backed up
by u Slnu Feluer's. But I found Tom-
Iu"y 'I"1 iff. best iiiuin im3 14 e'B -
llf inti ii through mi.l llirnugli. lie MeVM
Ibliiks of Liuictlni i-is iimcem, If una
inukes a rosily ii. .,inke uud Tommy
juiys wllh his bloo.i. there Is u gvn
; oral eonileuiuiilloii of the iilfieer. He
i Is Just pitied. II Is PXHelly the Kiime
us It wus with Hie. Light HrUutle ut
. llulucluvn, to say i:..ililng of liulllpoli,
, Neuve ('Impede lir.J l.oos. IVrsouully
; I remember u Hale Incident where
twenty of us were sent on n trench
mid, only two of us returning, but I
will tell this story Inter on.
I said It wus a big happy family, und
' so it Is, but us In ull happy fumbles,
there lire servants, so In the British
army I here are ulso servants, ottlcers'
servants, or "O. S." us they lire (oruied.
Ill the American urniy the common
niitue for them Is "dog robbers." From
a controversy In the Kngllsh pupers,
I Winston Churchill ninde the i.tute-
inenl, us fur as I can remember. Hint
I ho officers' servants In the British
forces totaled neurly two hundred
thousand. He claimed Hint this re
moved' two hundred thousand excep
tionally good und well-trnlneil fighters
.from tbo actual firing line, claiming
Unit the officers, when selecting u man
for servant's duly, generally picked the
mini who timl been out the longest and
knew the ropes.
But from my observation I Hud (hat
a lurgu percrulugo of the servants do
go over the top, but behind the lines
they very seldom engage lu digging
(turtles, futlgites, parades, or drills.
This work Is ns necessary as uctuully
eiiguging In nn attack, therefore I think
It would he safe to any that the nll
round work of the two hundred thou
sand Is about equal to fifty thousand
men who nre on straight military du
ties. In numerous liistnnces, officers'
servants hold the rank of Innce-cnrpo-ruls
und they ussume the same duties
uud uulhorlty of a butler, the one
stripe giving hltn precedence over the
other servants. : .
" There lire lots of amusing stories
told of "O. S."
One day one of our innjors went Into
the servants' billet und commenced
"blinding" ut them, saying that his
Jiorsc had no straw and Hint he per
sonally knew Unit struw hud been Is
sued for this purpose. He called the
Inuce-corporal to account. The cor
poral answered, "lSllnto me, sir, the
struw wus issued, but there wasn't
enough left over from the servants'
beds; In l'uct, wo had to use some of
the 'ay to 'elp out, sir."
It Is needless to suy that the serv
ants dispensed with their soft beds
that particular night.
Nevertheless It Is not the fault of
the Individual officer, It Is Just the sur
vival of a quaint oltl English custom.
'ou know mi Englishman cannot be
changed 111 u day. ,
lint the average English officer is a
good sport. He will sit on u fire step
nnd listen respectfully to I'rlvute
Jones' theory of the wuy the war
should be conducted, . This war Is I
grntltnilly ' crumblllli; the'' once- Insure t
immutable wnll of enstu. : ' ' j
You would be convinced of this If
you could see King George go uinong ,
his men on an Inspecting tour under I
tire, or pause before it little wooden
cross In jiome shell-tossed field with
tears In his eyes its he rends the In-
scrlptlon. And u Utile Inter perhups
hcntl over a wounded man on a stretch- j
er, putting him on the head. i
' More Ibun once in a hospital I have :
Seen
tilled lied Cross nurse fetching '
nntl currying for a wounded soldier,
perhaps Iho one who 111 civil life de-'
llvered the conl nt her buck door. To-j
day she does not shrink from lighting ;
his fug or even washing his grimy
body. ,
Tommy admires Albert of Belgium be-1 the brigade machine gun company. It
cause he is not n pusher of men; he , almost broke my heurt to leave my
lends them. With Id in It's pot a case : company mates,
of "tuke Hint trei.ch," it Is "como on i The gtin we used was the Vlckcrs,
und we will take It." j Light .303, water cooled.
It Is amusing to notice the different i I wus still n member of the Suicide
characteristics of the Irish, Scotch und club, huvlng Jumped from the frying
English soldiers. Hie Irish and Scotch ; pnn Into the fire. I was assigned to
nre very Impetuous, especially when It j section 1, guri No. 2, nnd the first time
comes to bayonet fighting, while Hie '"In" took position in the front-line
Englishman, though a tiille slower, ; trench.
thoroughly docs his bit ; he Is more ' During the day our gun would be
methodical mid has the grip of a bull-' dismounted on the fire step ready for
dog on ll captured position, lie Is Instant use. We shared a dugout with
slower to think ; tbi.t Is the renson why ! the Lewis gunners. At "stand to" we
Iio never knows vfv.n he Is licked.- would mount our gun ou the parapet
Twenty minutes before going over; nnd go on natch Inside It until "stand
the top tbo Engllsl Tommy will sit on i down" In tho morning. Then Iho gun
tho lire step nnd tnorouguly cxninliie j would he dismounted und ngidn placed
the mechanism of I.;:, rllle to see Hint It ; in rendlness bn the fire step.
Is In working order mid will lire prop-i We did eight dnys In the front-line
erly. After this ev. nliiiillon he Is sat- trench without anything unusual hnp
lslled mid rendy to incel Ihn Bodies. ! penl'iig outside of the ordinary trench
lint the lrlshmui. or Si otchnian sits : routine. On the night that we were to
on the llro stop, hi rlllo Willi bayonet "carry out," a bombing rnld iigninst the
fixed between his knees, the butt of
which perhaps is sinking Into (lie mud
the bolt couldn't bn opened wllh u
team of horses II Is so rusty but he
spits on his sleeve nnd slowly polishes
his bayonet ; when ihls Is done he ulso
is ready to iirgue wllh FrlU.
It is not necessary to mention the
colonials (the I'ail'iillans, Australians
uml New Zenliinders), the whole world
knows what they have done for Eng
bind. The Australian nnd New Kealunder
Is termed the VAnznc," taking the
mime from the first letters of their of
llclnl d-situation, Australian nnd New
Zealand urniy corps.
Tommy divides the Germnn army
Into three clusses nccording to their
lighting abilities. They rank as fol
lows; Prussians, Bavurtnns and Sux
ons. When up' against a Prussian regi
ment 11 Is u case of keep your nnpper
below the parapet and duck. A Imag
ining all the time and n wtir Is ou. The
Bavarians are little better, hut the
Saxons arc fairly it.uid sports and art
willing occasionally to behave as gen
tlemen mid tnke It easy, hut you can
not trust any of them overlong.
At one point of the line the trenches
were about thirty-two yards ,uiurt.
This sounds horrible, but In fact It was
cusv. because neither slili rtiuld nhull
,' ,,,,,, fl.,mt.ue trench for fear
shells would drop Into their own. This
eliminated artillery fire. j
In these trenches when up against
the Prussians und Bavarians, Tummy ,
hud it hot time of It, but w hen the Sjix-
i uu "took ovtr" it wm pii uic; they
would l across that lliey were H-
OQt uud would uot firn. Both sides
would sit uat the parapet uud carry on
u conversation. This generally consist
ed ot Tommy telling them how much
lie loved the kaisrr, while the Saxons
Informed Tommy that King (leorge
wus h particular friend of theirs und
Hoped that lie was doing nicely.
When the Saxons were to be relieved
by 1'russluus or Buvuriuus, they would
yell Ibis Information ucross No Alan's
Lund uud Tommy would Immediately
tumble) Into his treuch und keep his
hend down.
if an English regiment wus to be re
lieved by the wild Irish, Tommy would
tell the Suxons, uud Immediately u vol
ley of "Donner uud Blllzens" could
he heard und It was Fritz's turn to get
it crick In his buck from stooping, uud
the people lu Berlin would close their
windows. .
Usually when nn Irishman takes over
a trench, Just before "stand down" In I
the morning, he slicks his rilie over I
the top, ulined In the direction of Iter-'
lin, uud enguges in what is known us I
the "mud minute." This consists or
tiring fifteen shots In a minute. He
Is not ulmlng ut unythlng In purliculur :
Just sends orer eucn shot wltn u j
prayer, hoping that one of his strays
will get gnme poor unsuspecting Frltis
In the nnpper hundreds of yards be-
kind the lines. It generally does; that's i
the renson the Bodies hate the man
from 1'lrln'g Isle.
The Saxons, though belter than the
ins, hough belter thun the
Prussians u
uy'.n H,elr muke'upT'i
trait of treachery in their makeup
At one point of the line where the
trenches .7ere very close, a stuke wus
driven Into tho rround midway be
tween the hostile lines, At night when
it was his turn. Tommy would crawl
to this itnke and attach some London
papers to It, while ut the foot he would
place ting of bully heel, fags, sweets,
nnd oilier delicacies that he had re
ceived from Blighty In the ever looked
for purer!. Later on Fritz would come
out und get these luxuries. :
The next night Tommy would go out
to see what Fritz put Into bis stocking.
Tho donation generally consisted of a
paper from Berlin, telling who was
winning the war, some tinned snusnges,
cigars, und occasionally n little beer,
but a funny thing. Tommy never re
lumed with the beer unless It wnn In
side of hltn. Ills platoon got a whiff of
bis breath one night and the offending
Tommy lost bis Job.
One night a young English sergeant
crawled to the stake nnd us he tried to
tletnch the German paper a bomb ex
ploded and mangled him horribly. Fritz
had set n trap und guinetl, nnother vic
tim which was only one more block
mark against him In the book of this
wnr. From that time on diplomatic re
lations were severed.
Itettimlng to Tommy, I think his
spirit Is best shown In the questions lie
nslis. It Is never "who Is going to win"
but always "how long will It tuke?"
CHAPTER XX.
"Chatt With Frltg."
We were swimming In money, from
I be receipts of our theat rical venture,
'nnd had forgotten all about the war,
when an order came through that our
brlgnde would aguln tuke over their
sector of the line,
The day that these orders were Is-
sued, our captuln assembled the com-
pany and asked for volunteers to go to
Hie Machine Gun school nt St. Omar.
I volunteered and wus accepted. i
Sixteen men from our brigade left I
for the course In machine gunnery. :
This course lusted two weeks end wo j
rejoined our unit and were assigned to !
German lines was pulled off. This raid
ing party consisted ot sixty company
men. sixteen bombers, and four Lewis
machine guns with their crews.
The raid took the Boches by surprise
and was n complete success, the party
bringing back twenty-one prisoners.
The Germans must have been awful
ly sore, because they turned loose n
barrage of shrapnel, with n few "Min
nies" and "whlr.s bungs" Intermixed.
The shells were dropping Into our front
line like hailstones.
To get even, we could have left the
prisoners III the fire trench. In charge
of the men on gunrd nnd let them click
Fritt's strutting but Tommy does not
treat prlsoucrs that way. '
Five of them were brought Into my
dugout and turned over to me so thnt
they would be safe from the German
fire. I
In the candlelight, they looked very nnd Oregon Grape mot, made up with
much shaken, nerves gone nnd chalky i chemically pure glycerine and without J
faces, wllh the exception of oue, ai"." nl'hol. This can lie
great big fellow. He looked very much i "l:l""'ed ,'" .;ad-t":uw M form in : J
.1 pnso 1 like,, him fr.,n, th. .. 1 ? .""V CCM!' V"1'8' 115 dURS,Sl have Sold '
-. . .. ..
I got out the rum Jnr and gave each
a nip anil passed around some fugs. '
the old reliable Woodbines. The oilier
prisoners looked their gratitude, but j
the big fellow suld In English. "Thank
you. sir, the rum Is excellent and 1 ap
preciate It, also your kindness."
lit told me his name wns Carl
Sehmblt, of Hie Sixty-sixth Bavarian
Light Infantry; that he bud lived six
.-,! i-lJk
ir city bet-
to Coney
years in -ew 1 ork (knew the cil
ler flinn I ill. II hn.l lu..,,.
ui,.,,.l ,,,! ,.,v.,r .,r i,n ii..
-
wus it regulur fiuT 1 courdn'i'iiuli Ilfm
believe that llu Wuguer wasn't the
best bull pliiyi-r In the world.
From New York he hud gone to Lon
don, where he worked us a wuller In
the Hotel Bussed. Just before the war
lie went home to (lenuuny to see his
parents, the war came und ho wus con
scripted. . He told nit) he wss very sorry to
bear Unit London was In ruins from
the Zeppelin raids. I could not con
vince him otherwise, for hadn't he seen
moving pictures In one of the tiermnn
cities of St. Paul's cathedral In ruins.
. I chanted the subject because he
was 'so stubborn In his belief. It was
my Intention to try und pump hltn for
Information as to the methods of the
(iermtin snipers, who had been caus
ing us trouble In the lust few dnys.
I broached the subject and he shut
up like a clam. After a few minutes
he very innocently suld :
"German snipers get paid rewards
for killing the English."
I eagerly asked, "Whnt are they?"
He answered: -'
"For killing or wounding an English
private, the sniper gets one murk. For
killing or wounding nn English officer
he gets five murks, hut if he kills u Iteil
Cup or English general, the sniper gets
1 twenty-one duys tied to the wheel of u
; limber as punishment for his careless
ness.
Then he paused, wailing for me
bile, I suppose. .
I bit nil right and asked him why the
. snpPr waa punR1Pd for killing un
S'fh wllh . he
plied :
"Well, you see, If all the English gen
erals were killed, there would be no
one left to make costly mistakes."
I shut him up, he was. getting ton
fresh for a prisoner. After n while he
winked at me mid I winked buck, then
the escort came to take the prisoners
to the rear. I shook hands und wished
him "The best of luck and a sufe Jour
ney to Blighty," - '
I liked that prisoner, he was a fine
fellow, had un Iron Cross, too. I ad
vised him to keep It out of slrht, or
some Tommy would be sending it home
to his girl In Blighty as a souvenir.
One dark nnd rainy night while on
guard we were looking over the top
from the fire step of our front-line
uciicii, wiieu we ueuru u noise iinme- j
umieiy in iroiiL oi our iiuroea wire.
The' sentry next to' me challenged,
"Halt, who comes there?" nnd brought
his rifle to the aim. His challenge wus
unswered In German. A enptnin In the
next traverse climbed upon the sand
bagged parapet to Investigate a brave
but foolhardy deed "Crdck" went a
bullet and he tumbled buck Into the
trench wllh a hole through his stomach
and died a few minutes later. A lunce
corporal In the next plutoon was so en
raged at the captain's death that he
chucked n Mills bomb In the direction
of the noise with the shouted warning
to us : "Duck your nappers, my lucky
Inds." A sharp dynamite report, a flare
In front of us, mid then silence. .
We Immediately sent up two star
Shells, nnd.lJi Jheir Jbllt jrou.ld see two I
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I This 6th day of May,-1918.
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" FROM 2 TO 6."
Thursday-Friday, Star
Red -blooded men of courage are on
the firing line and there aro mnnv
anemic, weak, dircouraged men anil
women left nt hoiuu.
At this time of the year most people
suffer from a condition often called
Sluing Fever. They feel tired, worn
out, before the day is half thru. Tbev
may have frequent headaches anil
sometimes w pimply" or pale skin.
r.toodless people, tiiin, nnemic people,
those with pale cheeks and, bps, who
have a pour appetite and fivl that
tircil, worn or feverish condition
the springtime of the year, should try J
alterative and blood pnrilier. Such a
one is extracted from Uluod root, Golden J
Seal and Stone root. Oneen's root a
lt Ior mlv V(.ars aa i)1)Ct)r fierce s
tlnlden .Medical Discovery. It is a
standard remedy that can be obtained
in tablet or liquid torin.
A good purge should bo tnken once
''ok w ' persons who have a
movement dailv. in order to eliminate
matter which may remain and cause a
conuinoii 01 uuto-imoxication, poison
ing the whole eyst-m. To clean the
system at least once a week is to prc- j
tire health measures. There is nothing !t
' ' MltKlllta. i HOC 0 lll,t,llJ !1
pood for this purpose as liny pills !
mAe "P o' the May-apple, leaves of
uioe nun j.inip, ami sold oy almost,
nil druggists in Ibis country as Doctor i
i Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, sugar-coated, i '
jeasy to take. . . mmm
r mwm 1-
u -
That's fair. All we ask is
to(,Prv niKl l(t us SUOW VOU OIU' ffOOfls and OU1' pll'CPS,
,v, . . V1lf ,1110i;i-. ,., l-,lnw wi li.'ivi.
j "cmihv, nc uam un- m
fair holiest prices arid V
ou will
cost no i,,oi'c than others ask
Phone us your grocery order today
HARRIS GROCERY
Phone Main 70 nnd 77, Farmers J31ack 192 -'
408 North Fir Street Across the Track
"United States Food Administration License No. G5026B."
What Does L J. Simpson Stand For?
" Your
Kind
of
a
Man
for
Governor"
For Americanism, first and foremost.
For Republican principles.
For patriotic support of nation's war activities.'
For the development of Oregon's vast resources, and
the encouragement of agriculture.
For frood roads. -For
rigid law enforcement.
For nation wide prohibition and women's suffrage.
For patriotic co-operation between employer and em
' ployee.
For national, universal eight-hour day, excepting agri
culture. For better working and living conditions for the thou.i
' nnds of workers nnd luborers throughout tho
state.
For the greatest possible moral, social nnd economic
advancement of ail citizens of the state.
For an efficient stutc educational system.
For a clean, impartial, businesslike administration.
"Policies hacked by twenty years of practice."
"Your kind of n man for Governor." is
f : L. J. SIMPSON
:',' (Republican.)
Primary
FRIDAY,
MAY 17th
Paid Ad. issued by "Simpson for
Bldg., Portland, Oregon.
ill-
OIL BURNERS
Your wood is gone, the summer is hero, that
oil burner that you have longed for is ready
to install in your Range PRISE TRAIL and
guarantee cover your dollars.
BUY THRIFT STAMPS AT
Furniture Exchange
Fir and Jefferson E. J. DONOIIUE Black 1211
Best Prices Paid for Used Furniture
1 1
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i
MMejea
Mr. Grain
Are you prepared to handle your grain in bulk? Do not
wait until Spring and Summer when you are buried with work
nnd worried with labor shortage, but build your grancries now.
You can buy the lumber nnd roofing paper for a first-class
1000 bushel portable granary for $51.58 and it will last for
years. Sacks for the same amount of grain will cost you
$125.00 and this would be a dead loss aguinst this year's crop.
A granary of this size can be moved anywhere and can be
filled directly from the thresher, doing away with high priced
labor handling nnd sewing sacks. .
The boys in the trenches need the sacks for sand bags for
tho protection of their very lives nnd perhaps your boy is
among them. .
Spend your money in your own valley by buying lumber
manufactured nt home. When you buy sacks pnrt of the
money goes to India. '
BUILD YOUR GRANARIES NOW
Be prepared by building them before the farming season
opens up. Be sure to get good lumber, well seasoned, as low
grade lumber will give you trouble in a few seasons. Don't
use green lumber.
Save money keep whnt you spend at home prevent loss
and damage from exposure to weather leave the sacks for our
boys in the t nches; help win the wnr by building gtanarics now.
Portable granaries of this type are universally used in
other sections. One trip with a good team will haul the ma
terial for one granary- For particulars as well as prices on
Union County lumlpr for all farm purposes, see
The George Palmer Lumber Co.
LA' GRANDE, OREGON
BRING US
YOUR
GROCERY
LIST
AND UT US
SHOW YOU
OUR 600P5
AND
OUR. .
PRICES.
for you to hrinc; in your gro-
et, Mu.... v ,
nntl tliat our good groceries
for inferior grades
Governor League," 411 Selling
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