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The Observer
A Independent Newspaper
PBblbhed Daily and Weakly at
; La Grande, Oregon. ;
I Grand Evening Obiarvar
' Publishing Cnmnnnv
BRUCK DENNIS, Publisher. '
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La Grumle, Oregon, as Second-c
Matter.
claia
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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
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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
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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
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OIL STOVES
A Week Trial Free
Harris Fur
hitb
Prt
II, 11. HARRIS,
4110 Flit HTltKKT
re Store
prletor
l'llOXK: Ited 8171.
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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.
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