La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 10, 1918, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextX ; jr.; - .4 T7 "7T T."-" ..-.,'.- Wi; ..- v-v,.. v, PAoio four & 4 . ' '. ;: 4 ;,: ,? ,W::i)NESl)AY ,)ULY30, J918 V ' 'iA'aKANDli EVENING ' OUStiuVisit :T4 If "if :': ifc -j I ' The Observer A Independent Newspaper PBblbhed Daily and Weakly at ; La Grande, Oregon. ; I Grand Evening Obiarvar ' Publishing Cnmnnnv BRUCK DENNIS, Publisher. ' Entered ai the Poatoffice at La Grumle, Oregon, as Second-c Matter. claia Address All Communications to The Observer, 1710 Sixth Street. City Official Paper. County Official raner. Evening Telegraph Roport of United ' , rresa Association. On Sale In Other Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland, : imperial Wows stand, Portland. - , Multnomah Hotel News Stand. " Portland. SUBSCRIPTION RATES " By Carrier ; Daily, per month .65c . Daily, per three months Sl.VS . Daily, per six months in advance $3.75 Daily, per year in advance. .... .$7.50 Daily, single copy. ........... 5c By Mall ' Dally, per year in advance... ...13.00 .. Daily, iwr six months in advance $2.50 Dally, three months'iri advance. .11.25 Daily, per month. ..... 60c . The Saturday: Evening Observer, by mail, per year in advance $1.50 "' Weekly Observer-Star, by mail, per v year in advance..... $1.50 My CeuMry Tie of Thee, tweet Lena' -.ml Liberty." SCARCITY WILL UK KKI.T. TAklOH KTIIICT' COXTHOI. OK ; AM. lti:i tltoss wool,. risk their lives for "lut,lr sand to' their families end The New York Times quotes the statement of the War Industries Board, made after the eonferonro between Ilia Wool CommoditieM Sec tion and the Amcriran Hil Cross, as follows: ! "StrlnKent methods fur the 'con servation of raw wool for military purposes have hocmuo so necessary that a conference was callcil be tween representatives of the Wool Commodities Section of tho War Industries Board and (lie American Mod Cross. At the close' of tho conference the following statement was authorized: . "It Is obvious that tho first al lotment of this wool must go to tho military requirements of ' the Buvoi nmnnt, and that any surplus re malninK will first be used for rill log the requirements of tho Amer ican He,d Cross, bb next In urenrtW ance .to the prosecution of the war. , "In view . of the uncertainty In ocean , shipping It cannot , he de finitely known nt this time ns to Porob. The Rod Cross Is required to adopt a standard that will go furthest In supplying a good quul Itv of worsted vnrn suitnliln ftir war. purposes.. All contracts for1"' '8 -YANKEE this yarn niust be, mode by .the' WANT EGGS' Department of 8upill;s at National i , ... HetKlqiiiirtern, for which the ne cessary wool will be released, on A new arrival In 'France recently I id dopjiri. Joined up with'a certain outfit now I ents at home... It Is only Just to in Picardy. He hadn't learned what iuci.is.-iio. aim ui ineir- raiiiiivsian eifu is n French. Hut he ro led and dependents that our righting j into the first shop he saw that looked like it might sell eggs. He tried every way he knew to tell the shop' keeper he wanted eggs. Then he re' sorted to sign language.' A box was on the counter.- The American spied it, hopped up on the 'counter, sat on the-box, then jumped down and flap ping his arms wildly, "cockled" loud and long. Still the French woman did not un derstand. Other soldiers passing by saw the performance and called 4'oof to the. unfortunate bunkie. He fairly stormed the shop with: "Woof! Woof! Woof!" The shopkeeper retreated. " . "Woof! Woof!" exclaimed tho American. ' ,r Then a light dawned in the shop keeper's eyes. A minute later the doughboy had a dozen eggs. men avail themselves of this op portunity. ; -..- Every American enlisting should tnko out this, Insurance and ca; ry with him Into dauitor the .hoarten. ing knowledge that whatever uap- peus, himself and his dependoiue aro protected by his tiovornmcu . o FOR "1 BY FRED S. FERGUSON UTlTLt TIIL' A t A XT 1TI Utf TT order from tho Department of Sup- T " V Vr.', n t piles, hy tho War Industries Board. i.T.. ,,, , U'lA' t J"ne..,a:.y Mu' as fust as It Is ohtolnnble in excess) .0of , U on,of thf first thlnSs thc jf the necessary requirements of i nl"ian softer leorncu u s.t in tho Quartermaster's Department. "na, .. ' . "Tho Red Cross will place these.' " ' ' pronunciation of thc orders for yarn to he delivered to j F renchman's word for egg. ; the Red Cross Divisions as fast as! The doughboy is a constant 'ag tho Bureau of Development at Na- 'bunter. , On arriving in a village while tional Headquarters - advises' tho n the march thc first thing sought is number of 'article for Chapters at 'the souce of the town's eg supply. each Division will be required to! If the troops remain for mi length make. . '''. ' , .. . jof time the- hens of the villaire aic "The now plan will do away with (-.ei Uin of a busy session if rtev ' the prnctlco or Red Cross Chapters pect to keep up with the demand. buying yarn Independently' In the j it is nothing uncommon to hear a open market. The purpose .or the , ginning American tell of having ruling Is to consorvo yarn and sta- j stowed owoy. a dosen eggs ot a sinHo hlllze Its price. The custom or ln-;meai If officers exuect to have er-s dependent buying has resulted In . at their -mess, their orderlies- must "..luiufc t.ii rati. UUKI I ,, ,,! hl.,t . , .f th .,.,,,1, ,, ,., i, ; ,...,. i., wn amount ui wuui u, wui , ; boys to. the hennery. It's a wild race among the. contents r be available for Red Cross purposes 'yarn In some Instances to .exorblj-!.-.. .. . . . ; , ,.., ho after the original military needs of ant. riguresi . r - - ' - - - - y. tho ; Oovernincnt ore. satisfied. It j "Chapters can secure their yarn Is believed, however, Hint unless only upon specific requisition thru unforeseen conditions arise,-a mod-Jtliel Divisional . Hcadqnartcra. To crale quantity of wool will be-. nv- preclude the keeping or yarn at ntlable for the Red Cross. home by Individuals, all wool niu.,t Furthermore, In view of the,bc accounted' for . in: finished gar- nrohable scarcity ot wool It is car-iments aftor each Isbuiv This move ) r TRYINC, OUT JJUANCE IN GARY Such . delicate nuance of. tone shading down to the vanishing point." bury, (Ind.) PoHt. Any writer who tries to use the word nuance in Gary would better stick . around and read the proof. Chicago Tribune, . -- , :-o- ' A New Jersey woman has Invent ed a .mesh bag to hold a door key pocket- y The reports from several county fc exemption"' boards complain or the farm help loss In the current draft. according to the Oregonlnn. The : Sherman county 'draft, board reports that the taking of sixteen men will' exhaust all of class one, and that It will -.hamper, the harvest, which' will ho at its helglft on July .25. i: The : same . complaint comes from k several sections of Oregon, ! - The hcad of. the' Sherman county board !, soys; . ':' '' .-';' .'; : "Every one of the sixteen pros 1 pectlve selects ' Is a skilled farm I worker, nnd it will require at least forty ordinary farm bands- to re s place lhem." f : . : ' ' Tho disruption of arrangements :. is ..not alone with those 'Vhd' will find it difficult to care, for their crops, but many of , the, drr.ft regis. : trants themselves have trnpB jf their own " which they wore induc ed to put in under the pressing cry that the government needed all . that could be raised, and that the man- who could . reed a hundred soldiors was ns efficient against the Hun ns ho would he, ns one single man In the ranks." The patriotism of those who furnished thefond4! was extolled almost equally with those who. wont to the front,, on the theory that soldiers ere effect ive only when they ere fed. It probably all comes under the inexorable rule, that this' war' will . Involve sncrlflce not particularly that or rink In the service, but In nestly desired that- the use of wool yarn ror non-essontlnl purposes e discouraged in every posslblo mnn- ner. ;-. ' ''.- "Tho War Industry Board will "lold the Jlepartmentt of Supplies nt Nationnl Hendquurters of the Red Cross strictly responsible for tho release of , any wool , required by manufncturoi'S for Red Cross ptir- wlll toko all' yam In the army anil navy colors from the public market bo that none can be purchased and made up by Individuals Into girts. This , will slop the overlapping -of efforts, so that a soldier or sailoi receiving -garments' from, the 1(;tiI Cross will not also receive from one to a .dozen duplicate garments as personal gifts. . ' : CAR; DELIVERY SCHEME. Seattle Denier Hits On Novel Plan i For Moving Autos,; Drlvonwoys among - nutompblle dealers have been in force 1 almost since the, advent of the -motor car liuiiisfry, but 'it remained tor W. 9. Dulmage, the leading machine dispenser In Seattle, to combine de liveries to his distributing station with a maximum ol pleasure Tor nil concerned. Dulmage needed fifty cms in a hurry. Fllty insistent patrons were' clamoring tor their Chevrolets, par ticularly -since" the blgge,st holiday of the year July Fourth was coming. So It was up to the Sent, tie man to got busy. There wob only one way for Dul mage to ,get cars, and that wn.i through the Spokane warehouse of the Chevrolot Motor Compnny of California. "Give mo- fifty cars for Immediate delivery," said his wire to Manager W. C. Henrlcks, it the Chovrolet company at Spokane. Sure-we will, but where are you going to get freight equipment to move them In," was the answer. Dulmage Jumped over rrom Seat tle to Spokane, and there he, hit On a novel scheme. Hnlf the popu lation of the Inland Empire metro polis was talking about, the. races In Taconia, July 4th, whore ' Cliff Dttrant, Earl Cooper, Eddie I'ullen and other speed stars were to bat tle In a big nice on tho nationnl holiday.; So what was' easier than to offer free transportation to the race fans, and at the same time' have a drlveaway of . tho needed OI R Dl'TY TO AI.MES, Let us always remember and em brace every occasion to acknow ledge our debt to our Allies, who have held back the tide that threat' ened to onguir ub with them wliilo ! wo were Unaware Of . our danger nnd prospered while they bled. Lot us ever walk humbly before splen did : unconquerable France, grim I and uncomplaining England, valiant and surfacing Italy, and let us stand uncovered in tbe presence , ot poor, ruined Belgium, the bravest! ot all the sons and dauguters ot men, who grappled tho beast with her bare, hnnds and held him u bvlet momojnt- -untlL- the hods of defense could be assembled And through nil tho dark days ami years to come let us keep, our bodies strong, our minds clenr, our hearts puro, so that when wo hnvo finisn ed the horrid butcher business wo enn wash the blood rrom on hands aud leave no stain upon tile.,', brush our garments and leave no smoke of battle upon thejn, and present our souls to our God unWuhlilng and unashamed. In this spit It let j us go to each dally task, however j hard it may be; In this spill', let. .is I rally for war as for a holiday, fori thc day or victory will Le Indeed thc holy day or tho world s re demption. From address bv Clar ence Ousley, Assistant ' Eecrotary ot Agriculture. You Can Put Up Better Preserves This Year Than Ever Just use half Karo and half sugar. Karo (crystal white) in the red can. This makes a' rich, thick preserving syrup, with a fine body, that blends perfectly with the fruitjybririgs out the flavor and freshness of the fruit and it never "can dies" nor crystallizes. CRYSTAL WHITE KARO SYRUP corhes in 2-lb.,' 5-lb. and 10-lb' cans. ' PATTISON BROTHERS GROCERY Phone Main 80. 1 . "Why Hufft'i- ,in tlic suiiiiiu'i' lu'iit, wlicn siici'i, , cool, iioiH-hnfiiij.?, "lioii-iiTitiitinj,', iM i fctrf ittin,' j ; j,' anion suits will luinu you lvlicl' niul.kvop n Vit'ortaljlf'. , '; " 1 We (ry a witlf (isst.rtiiicnt ol styles, mm recti - fU most anoilV in the garment desired. Loose-ntting Athlet. Ic Suits for Men and Coys, ; ... 7.1c to $5.00.' A form-fittingVlInion Suits for Voni and Children, 60c to $2.73. ' $389.25 WAS LOST BY1 A MAN. !' ' lie eaiTied it in a purse. Tlio purse was kept m lus .inside coat pocket. The pocket was pinned with a strong pin. The man lunij his fo.tt ii loi a tew .minutes. W-lifii he returned -the money as gone . ' 1IM lie keit Ins money in the liiuk, Ins would not have liapp'.'iieii. "WheiiV'oii caiiycasli yon. ay. every-. . tliingVo lose aiid nothing Ui gam. WlieiVyoXcarry a (iiet-k book yjoulmve everythingfi gain it id nothing to lose. Member Krdcral Itcserve Syste m La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON ' SOLIIIMIt INSrilAXCK, adopted Socretarv McAdoo has called un. on nil loe:il draft hoanfs to acquaint drafted men with the provisions of tho soldier-insurance law and to . !nrea evnrv flrnfteil man tn tnkn nut I A little "want ad nskini; Tor . ,' , " , . . ,t nuo iiiiioiuviBii mru in iiii.u vuin iiuiii cipunuiie u. lent-a. the upsetting or plans which were j . ,, insurance. The boards have t, . . n ,., iji-ni i in miit.-u null iiieiuiuin lu to be one ot .the best ways to help f " responses with. I,;, then, , lh8 edHpntlonal work. win the war. NoirrinviwT xkws. , I, in two . hours. Hereto nleht Hen dricks and DiilmaKe had slKned up enough teal drivers to move the e,n. : tiro riiiiivan, and by the nflernoon of July" 2, every Chevrolet which started was In the DulinnRO sur Ke, ready ror delivery. The Hpokane-Honttle drlvenway Is nrnhahlv the hardrnt ever m.nln. year was In lilti!.' whon l.SOO.uou ,( ,pte or this the Chevrolets boxen were produced. This yenr's al ,-ivel In perrect shape. The dU crop will be larRer fruit, nnd en- ,anr(, Mwwn lho (wo vashint.,n tlrely free from futiKUS. clcs Is shout S2f, milei, and v-'ith Word comes rrom EuBene thnt tw ,,,, ,nllntn ,K,, between a Hiui'Ker, uuj jmiik una ui mo Hut lilt e of the inn, I Hood River apples have decreas ed in production from 1,200, uuu boxes Inst year to an estimate of 900,000 this season. The banner The law nf folding Insurance to our fighting forces has well been called the most Just nnd humane for Its soldiers and sailors. Tho government nnd the American peo ple recognise tho justice of afford iiiK this protection to the men who BaaaBaBBssBBBaMBai OIL STOVES A Week Trial Free Harris Fur hitb Prt II, 11. HARRIS, 4110 Flit HTltKKT re Store prletor l'llOXK: Ited 8171. . V ' Is pnved. yet nt the end of the run the rirty drivers hanked Dulniniie for it Brent nutlni!, ns well as the savlni; or quite, a sum of mnney which otherwise would have been exneml. ;ed for railroad rnres. last selected men, at the last min ute, went over to Albany, whore he was arrested and taken hack to Eugene and turned over tn the sheriff. Tho man pleaded guilty, and paid tho usual penalty. The same man had recently been ar rested I a Juuction City Tor hont-j We hove the word or Mrs! W. II. c. legging. . ithat the following occurred at the At the Cornelius ranch, near ft h , ; 1'ortland, are n lot of happy borryifi , f ,. ... pickers, who whllo savltiK the crops there, are also having a Kootl time 'in the Women Warkora' Reserve ramps provided by tho Red Cross auxiliary of Portland. Tho Jerrer ' son High Kills, now occupying this ramp.' have called It "No-man's land" camp. ' Hood river apple . growers, . whe are. not satisfied with the present orchurd laws of the state, are now preparing a bill to present to the next legislature, calling for a radl- cnl modiricnllnn Of the bill. At prese,tit, only 30 days ore given the growers In which to burn the primings, nnd only recently n number or very prominent orchar dlsts were arrested, and paid their fines, amount to I2R each. The men arrested were C. P. Bone, W. H. Chapping; E. M. Benson, C. N. Bavlln, J. F. McLean and Albert Meier Teacher ''Whnt is the Emperor of Japan called?" Informed Hov "McAdon," Knnsna City Star. Despondent Is often caused by In digestion nnd constipation, nnd quick ly disappears Wink Chnmhcrlain' Tablets are tnkcy. These tablets strengthen thc digestVAi nnd move thc bowels. Adv. Have you a filce bathing cup. ir not, you will find the one you want nt Sllverthnrn s at wrkvaas fol. lows: anc, flc,r.r.anl Jl.nn. l Dy 7-9 ft el LIB, I IliP ' llli FRUITS FOR CANNING! Anticipate your needs for canning, Place your , order now. We deliver, fresh from the fields at the following prices: Raspberries, per crate, -If crates are returned, - - $2.50 52.25 ROYAL ANNE CHERRIES "LAM11KRT CHERRIES B1NI1 CHERRIES I' I! 11 RANTS GOOSEBERRIES V .l 35c Loganberries,- per crati Apricots, 24 ponnd crate $2.50 $2.00 Union Store Open 8 a.m. Close 6 p.m. Saturday open until 8:.'ll) p.m. Hooverized Grocery Across the. track, next to Stilwell'ti Cash Market. United States Food License No. G5U265. War read "VVc make Var Bread fresh every day. Every Monday and AVednesllayr-rcgular JVar Buns. Try our Liberty . llread. We also nave the most complete Doughnuts, Sua the city.' . All made aeeordiiT ne of Home-made Pies, Cakes,' , Ctjliee Cakes and Cookies m Government regulations. DUTLIBARERY 317 North Fir St. Just Acrpssthe Track ..V . cult, none ot 16. touci our stote ical. Ni omrnicnoe roans, top HJ 'k. s. Y A Hw Perfec tion Oil- Cook 8tovoiseu kiub- cn comfort convenient:. Aik i your friend who hai one. Used in 3,000,000 hotnei. Inexpentlve, eaif to operate. See them at your deal r ' today. tlie bother ot of the match is ready for o smoke or of gas. - stsall the ave a cool "ICookinComfortNow- ' for I hate just bought a New. Per-, fection O A Cook Stove," says this housewife, No dust or coal or wood. and in a ji cooking-. Econo; odor. All the Bakes, broils, year round. kitchen in summer, la 1. 3, S and 4 burner Cfl, with' or wiUiout ov.ni or bisct. Aik Tour dealer todlrji . . STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Ctlifornb) - NEW PERFECTION OIL COOK STOVE T. K. MAXWELL. LOCAL AGENT, LA GRANDE, ORE. inis stove ror bale by II. B. HARRIS, LA GRANDE, ORE. - W. II. BOHNENKAMP C, LA GRANDE, ORE. F. L. LILLY, LA GRANDE, ORE. GOLDEN RIFLE COMPANY. LA GRANDE, ORE CLYDE KIDDLE, ISLAND CITY, ORE. UNION HARDWARE, UNION, ORE. iBsafca.4 -.A-fc,.. AriiaJk,C ...