La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 28, 1918, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Textf i i i BSD OBOES DRUO STORE The Kodak Store .Mrs. George Palmer few days in Portland. Is spending Mr. nd Mrs. Grmt Parker are spending few days in Portland. A marriage" license has been la-, sued to Ivan Bailey and Lulu Carlton, both, of this city. T i Social and. Pcirsonnl Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Reynolds left for Bukef this morning. ., . ' W. H. Robbins of Joseph, is a business visitor in the city today, : S. R. Hay worth , arsjved home from a business trip to Portland. J. H. Morelock, a prominent citl. ison of Wallowa Is In the city today. Royal Allen, Supt.;. of Schools of Cove,- was a visitor in theclty to day.:''"'::'' " 1 ''.-:v .'.' :':"'''' A nrncrifim An hinar held this af- iternoon at the Sacred Heart Academy making the close , or their scnooi year. - ; - ' Yesterday was motion day in the Circuit court- The docket, was read and; cases that are not to be tried were dismissed. . . Mrs. Walter Phlpps and r baby daughter' Arietta left this morning for Baker to spend a few days visit ing with f riendst . - , Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kinsie have returned home from a trip to Port land, . "i Fred S. Ashley,' an uutonioblle dealer of Enterprise) is a business visitor in the city.- - .- '.'.. 4 Floyd Brunt, a prosperous rancher of the Powder Valley, is spending the day In La Grande. ' .J. Ray Johnson, a prominent far mer of tlio Wallowa county is spend ing a few days in La Grande., ,::..- : " J. B. Courtright, of the 0. W. R. & N. Freight Claim Department Is u business visitor in the city today. George McMath,' in charge of the Tax and Right of Way department of the 0. W. R. &' N- Co., is trans acting business in -L Grande.,-. ! V Mrs. Ed Hales and little daughter of Seattle, who have been visiting at the home of Mrs. D. J. .Jesse, were east: bound passengers today. -v : ' ii '' . -: ' Mrs. E E. .Bragg, who has been visiting In Portland the guest, of her daughter, Mrs, Dan McLellan,. has returned to her home In La' Grande. Miss Minnie Holmnn, who : has been teaching In the' ' Davenport, Washington public schools,' arrived home last evening to spend the sum mer vacation. .?;..,( . '. Mrs, A. M. Runnels, who has been visiting in Portland and La Grande returned to her home in Joseph to day. ,-. (., . ', , :s Mrs. .' Wlsslcr came over from ha hnma In . Panfllptrm .' and . will visit for a few days at the homes of her daughters, Mrs. Gall Sturdevant and Mrs. Earl Doane. Johii B, Chrlstensen' cariie down from his home in Haines and is spending --the day ... visiting with friendB. - Mr. Christonsen will leave In the hVo'rnlng for Camp Lewis.' , Miss Maude Alexander, of Baker will arrive today to visit at the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. J, C, Henry, :., ..,-. : Miss Wilma Oesterling, who has been visiting in Portland, with her sister, Mrs. L. L, Douglas, returned home Jast evening. ' , Mrs. S. S. Nye and daughter, Mrs. Harry R. Turner, left this morning for Seattle to visit with relatives for a couple of weeks. :- h - . ' ; The Catholic Ladies' . Red' Cross H-knittinft unit -will-meet' Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E, E. ' Kirtley, corner 4th and. Spring. . ' '. ... . ' Mrs. Sylvia McKinney and children , who have been visiting at the home 1 of their cousin,' Mrs. C. F. Calkins, returned to their home in Portland . this morning. Chas. Shepherd, who has recently been employed in the American Ex press Cornpa'ny office, will leave to morrow to accept a position with the Recorder at Elgin. -, Miss Ether Gulling, who goes as stenographer with Base Hospital No. 46, has received her transportation and will leave Wednesday or Thurs day ; evening direct for New York, where she will join the company and proceed to France. , Yesterday, Mrs. Jensen had the misfortune to fall and break her leg. Today, she was taken to the Grande Ronde -hospital by Dr. Dora Under wood; f As'Mrs. Jensen is eighty-six years of. age, the .injury : will, no doubt, enforce a long period of con finement. ' : , V" . ' : :- 'i:Z :'1 '.' ' Daniel Boons' "Relegan." ; Instinctively llko answers the call of like slid' perhnpi The" reasoff so many of -us. venerate the memory of Daniel Boone, great pioneer, explorer, hunter mid-surveyor, fa that we have n simi lar gift fpr spelling. The Columbia I Mlssonriai reprints the following let- ! ter, written by Boone shortly before his death: "All the relegnn I liave Is i to Love and fear God believe In Jesus j Christ do-nll the good to my neighbor , and my self that I can and do as little ; harm ns I can help and trust on gods mnrey for ' the , rest." Kansas City ! Times. :". .' ;;"' 1 ;' Mrs. E. R. Iead and daughter Mabel left last night- for a visit .with relatives and friends in St. iLouis and other points in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois. '.' ' - Newest Devices of Surgery For Our Wouijdecl Soldiers Nitrous Oxide and Fluoroscope at Hand to Give American Wounded All Chance in World. The best Is none too good for the ir.nmled American-soldier, . That is the lied Cross Idea. ' The minute sci ence finds an improvement in surgery It Is adopted In the Red Cross army hospitals, which are models of up-to-the-instaut completeness. ' -This fact Is vividly emphasised In a ncent news dispatch from Itoglnnld Wright Kauffman, author of "The Bouse of Bondage." Kauffman had been allowed O accompany a badly wounded friend into the operating room ! ''. 1 -J . -Come on,' said the Interne ; 'your Mend's In there. He's about played oat; can't stand chloroform or ether. 04 to give htm nitrous oxide.' "1 knew that for n patient whose re ststaace has been diminished the dif ference between the old anaesthetics and this new one is frequently the difference between life and denth, but I also knew that nitrous oxide Is not oa our army list mid that no supplies listed a year ago In Frunce. : :' "The Red Cross has put up n plant here.' explained the Interne, ne open ed n door. Bill lay oi the operating table, and the snrgeona were at work. " They're nf ter that abdominal wound,' the Interne told uie. 'They're working with the fluoroscope.' "Above Bill's upturned feet and about a-yurd awuy stood an X ray ap paratus. Its flesh piercing light fell on a disk, of metal that an orderly held over Bill's bared , waist; The violet rays passed through the disk and into the patient's abdominal cavity. The surgeon's eyes followed them through the metal aiid Into the flesh. Hu knife plying fingers worKcrt under the diss .and deep in tfce wounded man's belly. He cut with (lint solid plate for a window. ' .' , ".'He can see what he's after before he gets started,' my guide exulted,, 'and If he overlooks any shell frag ments there Is a magnetic contrivance that 'sounds a tuzzer when; he gets near them.' : '' ;' "It would ba all right, they told me. Thanks to tlio fluoroscope mid the ni trous oxide, a stay here under treat ment and then a rest nt one of I lie Red Cross convalescents' cnuips by the seaside would fit BUI lor a return to the trenches." . : . Lleoiice Root In Demand. "Licorice not Is found la various parts of tlio province of Cape of Good Hop". After lis Introduction there a number of farmers planted It and then, probably on account of the lack of a market, neglected It. Later It so spread in certain localities as to be come n pest difficult to eradicate. Now, Its usefulness has been recognized, and the diggers pay two cents a pound for the privilege of digging It. .,, .i "7."S?! ' :: v Average Values. ;.; In estimating quantities of bulk It Is of considerable help to have unit fig ures handy for multiplication or di vision to get the required result. The following figures ore recognized aver ago values, giving weights lu pounds for .one cubic foot of the mnlurlnl named: Soft coal ashes, tightly packed, 43; cinders, 40 to 45; hurd or-anthracite conl, EG to 60; soft or hlluiiilnnus conl, 47 to 62; coke, 23 to 32; Iron, 430; lend, 700; pitch, 75 pounds per cubic foot. ; ' Weakness. . '" . The -.fearful unbelief is unbelief In .luiwlf. Carlyle. : ' '. '- ".' All Over! , " Billy and hie mother l.nd been to the movies one afternoon to see "Jack, the Glunt Killer." During supper a dis cussion arose between his two older brothers as to whether they should go' or not. 1 Billy listened awhilo aud then spoke up: "There ain't no use you boys talking 'bout gnlu' to that show tonight. , Jack killed the giant this afternoon." , .,...': . '. You will find it a Very Simple Matter to Select Your DECORATION DAY OUTFIT HERE '-."Decoration Day would not carry so much significance were it not a Dress up day for Meu. ; Aside' from your .Suit, this is a spendid time for replenish, ing your supply of furuishingsaud in tinic for suininer weather. 1 Time to throw your derby 'iu the v ash can and buy; a : Blue Serge SUITS- for Decoration Day $15 to $30. A serge suit it an all-round gener- . al utility garmentd Defittiiig every oc casion. Hero are serges in the smart conservative cute for ; young, niciii 'Attention to v de tails, linings, etc especially marked. Straw Hat ; (let a full sea- ."''5 ' ' ' - :" v son's wear out of the hat you buy. Priced- here at $1.48 to $3.00. .'Ltit us lielp rig. you 'out in your,, summer , outfit." You'll find you arc couipletely at home ' here, and the pric es are exactly right i 4 X St We are 1 NEW TODAY I FOR RENT Modern, B-room house. Call Main 780. 5-2S-U 60LB2M RULE O "We close Sntnvlnv5 ;'; ".. FOR SALE-r Horse, Wagon and. har ness. Phone Black 1642. y v .V ' '" :-i;..:'.;'i :; 5-28-2t FOUND A Eoston Bull dog. Port land license Ho. 2179. J. F. ', Bingham: ' Phone B. 3632. ' : ' . ." . ' .-.'. . ' . 5-2S-2t p " Job Printing, The Observer, Main 07 LOST.- Pin, with large amethyst set ting... Pindcrtctum to 1102 0 Ave. and receive jewartT or. Phone R. 771. '.- . ' 5-2S-2t JL. ' . . - ' . Agents tor - ., n. , . McOaiis Quolihj iSdwe-TKictA fotu ias J 4 Patterns. Om of the 60O B. C. U. Stores with an Annual Purchasing Power of ' 1 Over 60 Mniion Dalian 0 tl0tb- 14 LA ORANDE lgif STORE ? X " Mrs. E. J. Brown, who has been at Seaside attending the meeting of the Rezekah Lodge, and visiting with ' friends in Portland, has returned to her home in La Grande. G. E. Hayden, of Enterprise! and E.-.N.- Jacobs of Union are in the city to attend the meeting of the Union Wallowa counties Fire . Association which meets this evening. J. H. Mimnuugh is in the city from IWbllowtt to attend the meeting of the Union-Wallowa counties Fire As sociation, which meets this evening and of which he is a director. s: Miss Maude Norris, who has been spending the winter with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Norris, - has returned to her home at Elk . Rock, Oregon, to spend the summer months. , . Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parker, former residents of Ln Grande, who have been visiting here for the past few . days will return to their home in Walla Walla tomorrow. They made ' the trip by auto. The Honor GuBrd girls are re- quested to meet at the Hotel Foley at half-past .eight for the purpose of marching in the parade that will bo given this evening in honor of the --drafted boys who leave tomorrow. A. W. Perley, special 'represents- j tive of th O. W. R. & N. Co., who i has been attending the International: Fuel Association in Chicago, arrived: in La Grande this morning and willj spend a feW days here before return-: ing to his home in Portland. ' Mrs. Herbert Browning and son,! who have been visiting with friends and relatives in La Grande an Enter-1 prise, returned to their home in Kll-: kitat, Washington. They are ac- i -companied home by Mrs. Browning's: sister, Miss Winifred Kay. of Enter-j prise, who ,will visit with them for ; a few weeks. . ' SOME CORSET V FACTS THEATRE .... ....THIS 110UHE OK QLAI.IIV ......... -. ' " "' ''.-V- "; ' ; . -j . ' i TODAY ALICE JOYCE The Madonna of the Screen ; '-'The Song of the Soul" A Wondrous SIclody of 'Motherhood A Ucfraiu you will Nevir Forget.-. "Cape-to-Calre Rhodes." . - So thoy culled him, mockingly, whe Cecil Rhodes, Idenllst and pirate', en plro builder mid adventurer, dreniued failroad tlirougli the African sand that should run straight from the Cap of Good Hope to the shores of th Medlterrnnenu.' "Nonsense 1" said 111 Itiltlsli government,.' forgetting tlia this ninn's "nonsense"' bud given: th empire n territory greater than Frpnqi , Gorninn.v, Auslrla-Hungnry aud.Iiulj all tngerhrr. .- S Cecil Ilhodes inerel went out mid built, the rnllroad tlin Uiriipd a desert Into a" nutlon. Work Outloolv. A WANT AD wilt do it, NOmt'K OI FINAh 8UTTI.KSIKNT Notice is hereby given to all concerned, that Nannie Hal ley, ad ministratrix of the estate or James P. -Hiiliey, deceased has filed In the County Court of Union County, Oregon, her final , account - as ad ministratrix of said estate and said court -lias sot Wednesday the 6th day of June, 1018, at two o'clock IV M.: at the County Court room in La Grande, Oregon as the time' and place for hearing such account all objections thereto. - Nannlo Halldy, .! , . Administratrix, . :'-fv' ' ' May 7-H-21-28"Jimc4 Job Printing, The Observer, Main 37 There la more Catarrh In this section of the country than, alt other dUoases put together, and for years It was sup- Jinaed to be Incurable. Doctors prescribed' ocal remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced It Incurable. Catarrh Is a local dlecaoe, greatly Influenced by constitutional con ditions and therefore requires constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medi cine, manufactured by F. J. Cheney ft Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is a . constitutional remedy. - Is taken Internally and act thru the Blood en the Mucous Surfaces of the Systom. One Hundred Dollars re ward Is oftereM for any case that Hall's Catarrh Modldne falls to cure. Bond for circulars and testimonials. . . F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, Ohio. . . Sold by IruKcists, TCc. Hall's Family fills for constipation.; There are, of course, good corsets and bad corsets A good corset molds you to its shape. You mold a poor corset to your shnpe. That is why your figure improves Under the influence of an ar tistically designed and well made corsot. j TlfolMRTORSErfi We Have The Following Kinds of Flour ' Barley Flour, Out Flour, Com Meal, Self rising Flour, -Hice Flour, ye Flour and Buck wheat Flour. . Wheat Flour is off the market for the time being. ' .' -; .; ;. "; : ;',;- - - Pettijolm's Breakfast Food, a real snap for the price.- Hegular price 25c, tijir pritro . .15c Paper Plates, 25 in package, . .'.'. .14c Paper Plates, not in package, dozen i .... i". .6c Wax Paper, per roll . . . . .5c 10-oz jar Buckeve Mustard . . . .... . . . . . .22c Toilet Paper, 4 rolls for. .... .7.'. . . . . .-.-. . .25c . Full Cream Cheese 1 .30c Bacon Briskets, er lb. . . . .38c Columbia Ham, per lb. ... .... . . . .33c ' Fancy. Grape Fruit, each ........ ,: .... . 9c Layer P.aisins, per.pkg.. . . . . . .13c Argo Corn Starch . . .' . ... ..... . . .10c Bex Lye ..9c Babbitt's Lvc . 13c Bed Seal .7. ........... ... 13c 1--iiAo.'.-.'i";'j Uy?t f.r'sflt' A , A M ft-, AAAA YOUR EYES are breadwinners, Muster minds and willing, hands are no good with out them; They are the only ave nues to enjoyment and education, improvement and success. ... Can you afford to neglect them? Our optical department is equip ped with the most scientific instru ments to insure' correctly fitted glasses. We invite you to come and inspect this Department. r v '.We surface and grind, our. own Lenses. ' . ( - . o I I I J. H. Peare & Son ' La Grande's Leading .Icwckrs and Optometrists The Mammoth Grocery C. It. SIMKINH, l'roprielor rrcnt Laced are designed by the most skillful and consequently the highest paid designer in the business. . 'vai PAULINE CEDLERE Follow the crowd to HUG'S MODERN GROCERY CALL MAIN 35 Fresh Peanut Butter in bulk, 19c per pound. Fresh Saratoga Chip3. Fancy Tillamook Cheese Staple and Fancy Groceries.' Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Thin stoic will close at 12 o'clodc noon Thursday,' May 30, Decoration Day. PHONE MAIN 82. ; 1211 ADAMS AVE. " YOUB PATRONAGE SOLICITED