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VAGK SIX '
1 LA GBANDE WEEKLY OBSERVER STAR
' ' sait'rday. jitnk h, m.
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With the Colors
OVIIH THK TOf'
( Continued From I'aire Vivo.)
. Dearsot Mother tiad Father,' '
ijut Srturiluy I w over , town
with t'.uy Spencer, and I certainly
would have given a good lot If you
and Jean could have been wlth.uio.
- It wan a strange sight, nnd one that
ww so' entirely different; to what
we liiiva ever been nocusConied to see
luil tlml 1 know It would have been
of fully us niuoh Interest to you an
It was to me. v. . '.
, I ani going to draw you a picture
of Shu .Antonio on a busy Saturday
night, and then nee if you would not
like to attend one of them.
of the arrangement of the elty. Some
of the buildings are of the iflodern
type, while others are .'old styled,
uud have heeu here for a hundred
years or more. The elty Is well light-'
edi and the little, crooked street"!,
wind In and out making a rather
pleasnut picture which makes you feel
Uku you were In some foreign land.:
Then It U time to go buck to camp,
so you go down to the taxi service
station where the cars come In every
thirty seconds, and the caller, calls
HAS ANTONIO H.VITItl.AY MfiHTand ice cream parlor nearly haseitli-) More than onee some poor fluidler
un 'orchestra or a piano In It; From ,,OTU ". . ... m
... dying condllli.B. resultiug from lus of
the roof you may gel a good ldea! blooa U11Q caused by lilt
long journey from the trenches. After
mi cjtuiuiuatlon the doctor announces
that the only thing that will save lilm
is n transfusion of blood. Where Is
the blood to come from 7 He does nut
httve to wait long for an answer sev
eral Tommies Immediately volunteer
their blood for their mate.' Three or
four are accepted; a blood tost 1
made, and next day the transfusion
Hikes phico and there la another pule
face tu the Ward.
Whenever lione Is needed for some
special operation, there are always
uica willing to give some a leg If
iH'clWiry to save some mangled mate
from m-lug. crippled for life. More
than one man will go through life wltb
unuther. man's blood running through
his velus, or a piece of his rib or Ills
shlnboue lu his own anatomy. Some
times ho never even knows the name of
his benefactor.''.!'..'' '",'.
The. spirit of sacrifice Is wonderful.
For all the suffering caused this walr
Is a blessing to Englund It has made
new men of her sons; has welded all
classes Into one glorious whole, ?,
. ' And I cau't lielp saying thut the doc
tors, sisters, and nurses In the English
hospitals, are nugcls on earth. I love.
Jhein all and can never repay the core
und kindness shown to me. For the
rent of my life tbe lied Cross will be
to me tho symbol' of Faith, Hope anfl
Charity. , . i
After four months' In the hospital, I
went before an examining board and
was discharged from the service of his
Hrltiinnle majesty as "physically unfit
ior runner wur service."
I'lctiire yourself standing lit some what field they are going to. The
doorway of one of the leading down- fellows pile Into. them like they were
town stoics on Houstn Street, In no wild, and there Is a perfectly good
of the most old ruslilohed'and quaint' reason for that, for many of them ave
little cities In America. Abut seven out on time passes and miiHt be home
o'clock the lights are turned on, and
I lie people of the. city begin to swarm
the ist reels nuil then from Sam Hous
ton,, TiiivIb, , rirooka Vleld and Kelly
t a certain hour, or got the Guard
llousn, so first up first served and
tho ,D--, take, the end man. Then the
car Is loaded und heats It lor Kelly
3 aud'2Vcpiue the Taxlea' by . tbe Field, ahout'seven miles, mid It really
: li uodrcds, ' bringing thousands bf sol
liters to town. These men are from
every brunch of the service, anil1' look
very much alike ..to;one"who ;ls not
accustomed to reading, the different
hat cords and Inslgna .'worn on the
collar. Thtr. off leers all. come out to'.
beats' .'Jt too. They make the trip
about every. thirty minutes, and there
Is a rontlunoiis streiim of cars going
back and. forth from about 7 p. m.
until lifter midnight. It is I he same
way to all of the other fields.
This will give you u pretty good
genua cooi ovenvwj iur,.nu soon m&iidea of the-arrangement '6r things
narrow little streets ro a stroain Miners, and. I believe that you would
humanity, so .closely are the people have Just u wusdaiful time. for a few
and soldiers packed together that It
it iuit, Impossible for one to cross
., from one side of tho wulk to the .oth
er witnoui gotting nearly run over..:
Hundreds of big cars ; mpyo slowly
. up and down the streets, sol close to-
; .; aether 'that oil wonder liow,they'
. nianage to nul'.riin' Into ohch' dtheiy
. All of j the stores stay ( open unifl
.: twelve o'clock' on Saturday evenings
for nearly every other window has
. something for tho soldiersomething
to get- his monoy. They ure many
Jewelry Stores und. cnrlo shops, with
. bright Mexican band work of all de
scriptions, ,fi nit- and' candy stores,
- and u grout many cafes and Ice oi eam
parlors. In fact tho town Is -more like
a carnival than a elty.;Then wo leave
, Houston, und go back to Commerce
weeks heiej
. - . - - .
You would experience u how sensa
tion 1n regard to the heat too. II. gets
as not as 1 lu to 120 In the shade, and
one perspires something awful and
becuuse of Ihal very reason you do 1
not -notioti 'It as much as In La Oninde,'
whei) It Is !I5. I am ' getting so that
do not mind the heat a great deal
although you do not feel very ambi
tious during the afternoons of . .each
WAR TIME ECONOMY!
, The 1918 CHEVROLET weighs only 1835 lbs.
It's economy in the use of gas. oil and tires is
remarkable. Plenty of power makes it very
easy to handle on the road. ,
PRICE $785.00
Fully Equipped. Subject to change, without notice.
W. H. Bohnenkamp Go.
& After my discharge I engaged pass-
ago on tho American liner New York,
and after a stormy trip across the At
lantic one momentous day. In the haze
of curry dawn, . I saw the statue, of lib
erty looming over the port rail, and I
uuy. i e uiguis are tieiigniiiiiiy cool i wuuuerai u ever again 1 would go
nnir one usually gctB a fine rest.
I asserted my rights as sergeant
yesterday and drew a pair of nice
sheets,' n good pillow, nnd a pillow
ease. Those I turn In each week and
they are replaced by new ones, or
clean ones. I guess there Is soipe stylo
IH POTATOES FIGHT
TTiey ave heat.
"Who ! tv. you ea Matow
Street: where the arched l,i ldii.s ornii t0 that,! Wo are ulso allowed quart-
the little San Antonio river. The i ers wl,en thW 'w available, so It
land being almost f!nt, there Is no
fall to the! river 'and 'It 'stands nio
tiimless, lined on ench bank with ce
ment walls which come about three
feet above the waters ml ire From
is pretty fine, I sometimes believe
that the non commissioned off leer
ihas a far better time than the man
jwlth he -commission, tl do know
this we have a fur bettor chance to
this there ui'o grass terraces extend- nelp tlle men "'""If. and to be with
Ing up to the base of the buildings itllem' A gn,Mi non 'olu CUD l0 t,1,ee
which line the banks, for, the river "m,'t"" Kom whipping tho cotii
rus right through the business .,..'' Into simps, In drill, nnd In class
Uo of the city. The bridges which lwork that an officer can, so If si
never get u commission I am pretty
waU-fliitlflml, und when this "war In
over I will liiivo the sallsfiictlon of
knowing my, men a whole lot- hotter
than tho commissioned men of the
company. Afler all it' Is In a great
many times the. Bergeiint Vfclio maltoR
the recoiiimeidutlon for the promo
tion of the corporals from' the ranks
and In this way has the opportun
ity of starting the man on the up
ward path; :
Am sending you a picture or the
unit that I. was in. you will find Pri
vate Klchnrdsnu In tho reur ntnji
standing on his hind legs. Tho next
one tniit nicy take i win do in the
file cloHet'H, with the non emus.'. V
Th Ih Is ouiMigli for one spiiHin, bo
f 'will close with lots of love lo all
from your son.
But.' II. II. Rlcliardsn.
t oss it,1i,ref Jieoutlful picturesque
, riSohllectiire, . and,ninny; ijilored lllhls
" ttl seen' 'U'luilg the' ' iKiliks of', tho
stream, ;.:''.; ';'. '!,;;.'.'.;..V '; : ., ' ":.,'..
1,1 i hero we go up to some open
''." - "I' dance' hall, or roof garden, l'erres'
-Istme of the best, on the, top. of a
, r wven story building. Here there Is
a-good orchestra and a tiled roof nfi
' Inrge square tllos, which have been
polished until one can almost see
. , themselyes In them. Here hundreds
.-' of people come and dance, people
vi . fun all clnsses of society, for no one
knows the other fellow, and most of
, , , them don't care.;- You may go to the
edge of the building iand look 'out
,wer iie city. From time to time yon
con hear strains of mimic from some
other orchestra, or Some player piano
: for Sun Antonio is alive with musical
. entertainers, and every restnurant,
"lH-J!1 lliu-tAn n.lfli .ha l,u, A '
and give them hell." .,'
And oven then, though It may seem
Btrnnge, 1 was really sorry not ta be
back In the ' trenches with my mates.
War Is not a' pink 'tea, but in a worth
while cause like ours, mud, rats, coo
ties, shells, wounds, or death Itself, are IIU IS KNOWN TO ALL
far outweighed by the deep sense of J And Observer Headers Can IJepend on
satisfaction felt by the man who does) . What He Says.'
I,u ljt" ' -' Who is there In ' ha Grande who
There Is one thing which my ex 'doesn't know Mr Larm-T
perlence taught me Uiat might help tliaj Who would he unwilling to profit hy
boy who may have-to go. It Is this his kindly advice? '
anticipation Is Tar worse than reallza- j ". When so well-known a citizen as
tlon. In civil life a man stands In awe: Mr. Larm speaks out, ,
of the man above lilm, wonders how ho j Doubt sneaks away, skepticism
could ever All his Job. When the time :muRt vanish '
comes he rises to the occasion. Is up j . Em.y kia;,cy uff&,.r l UGrantlo
anu at It, and Is syrprlned to And bow should profit by Mr. Larm's ex
much more easily than he anticipated I p(,rjencc
.he ijlls. his responsibilities. It is reallj ,an.t t remanMe to expect; flnaI).s
so out there. .- : ij, do ns wei f0P ymiT , ;(,-,..,.,
Ue has nerve for the hardship,; the A. j. Urm owner, 15101
u r,'..0 . 1'e,l0r.e:'ll,S """ h ,U"JJ mon St., says: "Doan's Kidney 1
IKHV NlflO I1ANISIIKH I1A( KAUIK
. Mrs. Kffio E. Kleppe, Averlll,
Minn., writes: "I was at a sunitar
I ii in three weeks nt one lime, two
weeks another time, for rheumatism
.mil kidney trouble and got no re
lief. On my return home f began
using Foley Kidney Pills nnd found
immodlaio relief; a half bottle com
pleted tho cure." This Is" furthir
proof that theso wonderful pills give
relief wbcro other treatiuents'Tail.
Unoquale'd for weak, sore, aching
kidneys, bladder,' back, ; iiiuscteB or
lolnfii." Sold averywhero. ,
Observer ndvertisinir will bring ro.-
stilts. .- ..
TIM 10 FOH SI'ltAYIMl
r -.-,-:-:-
1 tianlctu seeds i juvekets 2 far Ac.
i 'berry's l''IorislK.
0-.3t
Dose of Arsenate f iMad HJioiiId lie
. in KeadiiusNN. , , . , ' .
Eggs of coddling moth are now )te-
lng deposited In utmndauco'anti both
apples and pears should be sprayed,, n unnec, tor you to ouSerwiti
witn tour pounus ot arsenate of lean ; blotches, rinawonn. roahes and
Heal Skin Diseases
half as much If powdered form
used to lull gallons of water, says
Prof."' A. I.ovett of the O. A. O.
oxporlmtuit atutlnn . , .
"About ten days are required for
the eggs to-hatch, but. should ilio
present warm. .evenings' prevail the
majority of the first brood will bo
hutching soon and the poison should
be. In place so that their f lri t Jimal
will prove their , last." ' ,',,;!
siaular skin troubles, A little cento
obtained at any drug store for 35c, oi
$1.00 for extra large bottle, and promptly
applied will usually give instant xaliet
from itching torture. It cleanses and
soothes the skin and heals quickly and
effectively most skin diseases,
Zemo is a wonderful, penetrating, dis
appearing liquid and is soothing to the
most delicate skin, h is not greasy, is
easily applied and costs little. Get It
today ami save all further distress. .
. TheB.W.Itot.CB.CIevelaiid.0. ' -',
riiiriiriririi'iruiijij'jiuijwf
i
relief lu tbe fun nnd comradeship of
the trenches and wins that best. sort of
4: HMiK 'l,AHS Pit AH'
Pills havo pi cven n great success in j
happiness that comes with duty wall Ti Tu U,T. , ,
jyjjj, gladly recommend them. I know from
. THK RD. ' ' ' ' wey: ure nu inuu is;
'..,,' - i-; claimed for them. When I get pain!
; across my kidneys my kidneys are noti
i acting as they chould, I take a box
jor two of Doan's Kidney Pills nnd:
they never fail to fix me up in good,
shape," '
Price HO: . nt all denlers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Douii'8 Kidney I'ills the same
that Mr. I. arm had. Koslor-Milbum
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Ailv.
A picnic gathering .of the mem
bers of the II 1 1) lo class of tho Metho
dist .Sunday school was held nt Riv
erside Park-'-yesterday afternoon.
About Kovnnly-flve wflre prosent to
take pint In .tho affair und nil par
ticipants wore highly pleased Willi
the success of the event. .'
A WANT All will do it.
News of the
Q) i i J 1
; fel iWifny ii
i?lRRT METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.
, i, Hev. Winters will conduct the ser
vices both morning and evening. Holy
Coiniiuinlon will follow the morning
service. The evening service will be
In the. nature of a patriotic meetng
and the subject of the seijnon will
m: ' Principles of Kverlastlug
Peace."
o .
Clll lM II Or? OUR I.ADY (H' THH
VAI.I.KY.
i The nummer schedule or Sunday
services Is as follows:
r i First mass, 7:110 a. in.
; Second macs, 9: IIU a. m.
-Followed by henedlrtluon.
s VVewk day iuiihs at 7::in n. in.
P. J. nHISCOl.1,, Hector,
'v RosWenre HU3 I. avenue.
Phone Main !l.
SALVATION ARMY
, Jefferson Street.
Florence E. Pogue, ensign,
rapt. Mac Flock, nssistnnt.
Holiness meeting, 11:00 a. m.
Iluntinv school, 2:00 p. m.
Y. P. L, 0:1D p. m.
Salvation service, 8:00 p.
SOME
CORSET
FACTS
Morning service, 11:00 a. m.
UPTON II. (llltllS, Rector.
There will lie'io service Sunday even
ing as the rector will attend the pa
triotic service .t tile Mrl Methn.llsl llt t)fi nome of M,. Tu,.ni,0 ;nl nn,i ,
cnuien. ',:.;.., I Ave., next Tuesday, nt 7:!10 p.m.
Rectory 1502 Fifth St. j '
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
M Street.
K. W. Iliissnrd, pastor.
Sunday school, 10:00 n. m.
Morning service, 11:00 a. in.
There will be no services on J.in
null June !. On next Sunday the
!paslor nfflciates at n dedicator ser-
METHODIST-EPlSrOPAL CHURCH
'. SOUTH
Corner Kir nnd Jackson, Streets.
W. II. Smith, pas'or.
11:00 n. m. --Children's Day program.
C.IO p. m. A program under the!vipn i tiib Dalles, nnd on 'he fol.
auspices of the Kpwnith I.eiijiue. ; ilwM,. Sunday ut the meeting of tin-
jSuhject, "Higher Kdiiciilinn." The I'aclflc Syniul In Ynkiniii. Mn.
F. W. IlliSSAItl).
: HAPTIST HI It) II
Sunday School at St : 4f, a. m. f
Preaclilng at 1 1 ami s.
, Rev. E. O. Olio will preach morn,
lng anil evening.
B. Y. P. V nt 7:00 p in -Prayer
meeting Thursday tit SMI0
p in. . .
livening meeting will close with an
address by Professor A. ('. Hamp
ton, superintendent of the Lu tininile
I'.chbols
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Corner Spring nnd Seventh Streets.
Itllile School nt !i:4 n. m.
LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Tnliemarle Fourth and O Streets,
t hou. .1. Black, blahnn.
M. I. A. meet Tuesday evening, at 8 'ol"rk
V;.J; social hour after class work
PRESIIYTERIAN CltyRCU
Sunday sr'oiinl a S:4ri a. m.
Regular service at 11:00 a. in.
Rev. i. A. Mi Khiley of Salem will
i.peak.
Sunday school will give Its nuniinl
Children's Hnv proKinm In Hie even.
iCIIIUSTI.W KI'IK.NCK SOtiF.TY
Senior and Intei mediate Christian
Primary every Tuesday, 4:00 p. n. .Endeavor ' n union nieet
Religiflus class, Thursday, 4:00 p. m.,1" Rt ' o'clock.
Relief soriety, Thursday, 2:00 p. 'm.
I Corner First nud Washington
Siiiulay iiioi nlng service ut 11:00.
Subject. 'Clod the Only Cause nnd
Crenior."
j Sunday school nt 10 n. m.
Wednesday evening meeting? at 8
lo'rloek. .Tli reading room Is open
to the puhlie Sunday from 3 to f,;
i Wi dnoFdiiy and Snturdiiy fiom 2 to
f. All are cordially Invited.
There are, of course, good
corsets nnd bud corsets
A good corset molds you to
Its shape.- You mold a poor
corset to your shape. That
Is why your figure improves
under the influence of an nr
tistienlly drsignrd and well
made corset.
C hoir practice, Sunday, 7:00 p. in
SPIRITUALIST
VIOLIN LVNTItlCTION
- ,: ir -.-t-i.i4- d'uittiiiu
Tlolv rommunion excent first Sun I First Rplrilunlist Churih of ,n . Miss Young will receive violin
lloly Communion, except first Sun- 0n(,e w, n,ct over Harris tlrorery Ip-ipll'. nt her Hindi.. over Pntmsn's
day In the month, 8:01) a. m. i Store on f'lr street every Sunday eve- luni: Sl.ne. Phone lied s:it
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.- . .ning at 7:30 o'clock. ' Residence. Ulack 631. 6-1-71 ml
frt-ri t ! -"
are designed by the most
skillful and consequently the
highest paid designer in the
business. if-
PAULINE
LED E RUE
Y c; rtt
MONTANA
ISi
The Land of Independence'
Because
S
I of This:-
2n,000 new families find! homos iiv Montana every year.
' i wwi iwtr i. i i ' i . -y
.i.i-jjij.tnju acres oi new sod oroKen eacli year. ,
At. the present rate of increase MONTANA within FIVE
years will protlnee moe wheat than -any :'six states in the
i nueci states. i ,,..; v v :
.Scores of farmers from Southeastern Washington Imd
Eastern Oregon are buying farms there everv week.
We are taking on an average of six to a dozen people to
inspect our lands weeklv most of : whoni hnv.
Write Ray W. Logan, Agent, La Grande, Oregon.
Montana Rainfall is Ample
. 1910 A verage ...
- j Official Average
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The most significant feature of thiB rainfall,
however, is that it comes during the summei.
months, while the frain ic actually growing.
The average for the month of Mny being
inches, June .1 inches, July 2 inches and August
2 inches. Thus, the wheat::which is just ap
pearing from the ground in Mqy, is kept con
stantly soaked until harvest,' which comes late in
August. This differs from other 'states, and
wheat countries, which apparently have ns great
or greater rainfall, but receive no tnin in the
for 16 .yt-ai's i. . . .v; .,! .'. 7. ... , , ,
SOM l OF Til E WET !yiI ARS.
24J5 inches.
16.5 inches
....... i ....... : i ... 28. inches:
.... ...... Vi..;... 22.5 inches' '
21.3 inches -
.'. . ; . . 24.5 inehesvi
. h j '' '
summer months'. Crops in such localities rarely
receive any rain at all after it. is ready to
head out. Our Montana rainfall, liewkise is an
approximate duplicate of the above, which is
the official figures for the Lethbridge district ,
The amazing cropsof 1M7, in the vicinity
of Stirling, Raymond aYid New Dayton, where we
have extensive holdings, were produced with less
than 11 inches of rain, which was, with one ex
ception, the lowest 'rainfall in 1ft years. '
Can You Do As Well In Your Home State?
Mr. Former: Read the following thoroughly authenticated official averages of wheat yields on
farms in that portion of Southern Alberts, tributary to oar offices at Stirling and just across the
international boundary from our principal Montana holdings, then answer the question propounded
tu Liir uihivc ucdtiillMrM. .
Mr. Hall, of Milk River:
I'lax ..r ...37 bus.
Wheat , .. 7ft bus.
T. W. Patching of Raymond:
Averaged Wheat 65 bus.
Otto Welger, of Ray mo ml:
Averaged Whcnt !ift hus.
C. Urunsdale of Burdett bought farm tor
$:i.50l).IIO, threshed 8.1GU bushels No. 1 wheat at
$1.1W. which brought $l:i,44fi.lM), net gain of
jk!i,!Nii).lN) in one year. 1
Ijirs John.iof, of Burnett, 57 hushels per acre
on liX) nciva, grade No. 1.
Mr. Hunt, of Commerces
On Summerfallow 58 bus.
Disked in crop Und year) 35 bus.
$100.01) per acre crop in two years with one
plowing. .' ..,,
C. H. Mnhnod of New Dayton, from 320 acres
realized 11,060 bushels wheat. .
The Pilling Ranch, in the Cardston District,
threshed over 800 acres of wheat yielding forty
bushels an acre; average weight per bushel
sixty-five pounds.
Yield of potatoes at Lethbridge Experimental
Farm. 757 bushels per acre; Red Fife Wheat, 68
bushels per -acre.
Ray. W. Logan, Sales Agent
Vnion, Wallowa. Baker and Crsnt Counties
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La (.ranoe Natiaaal Bank Butktlns.
LA GRAN DR. OKECiON.
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