La Grande evening observer., July 13, 1918, Image 4

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"My CouaVy Tie of Thee, aweet Lend
ef Liberty." :
IIBAL MEN WANTED.
The oyvloiis purpom? ;6f tlief.Ba'
lectlve (Jraft Is to get the , light
meu for jlhc. right place. The clns.
sificatlun! wore not for the pur-
: pose of, providing .subterfuges ' or
-.i
for any ' other purpose than tlml
of placing' registrant- where thov
, rightfully , belong,. In order to get
tho best that ran be hud from nil.
' It is a distinct honor .for a young
man to be In the list oXtthoBdruft
callo, " although' tliej 'poittrtar'? notion
has been directly to tlu.'. .'-contrary'.'
He Is the ideal , patfj7tr: WU'Ilf.
those who have gonoNnto' the sor
vlco by "voluiila,ry Induction" and
a very large in'oportloVVof . whom
are either, under, or above the draft
ege, it is no.
WOMEN CHAUFFEURS FOR WAR. DEPARTMENT
Four of the passenger automobiles of the depot' quartermaster's office,
war department, are being driven by women, and their chiefs are satisfied
with their work. "I love the work,1' says Mrs. Lours Torbet,' who Is shown
taking a buss from one department to another. '
Play Ruins Boy Clothes I
tkio
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a
wrM-cetsfiiui, Jljl
ion clothfy,
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OllgfcSt WIlllcV
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sharper
turn for
But it's ha
wear tho J
save his clothes yon would not cAii-e to ha'vo yoiirJ)o,v;,top playing. Games
s wits; they make linn blight anil keen as a razoi', and lay tue lounua-
rdy manhood. , ' . " v .V. ... " ..... , ,. ...
'and for that reason von sIkmiKI I my tjie elothes that .will
uaintaiuing godd aiipearaiiee.- 'J'liat is why ;- ' -
AGUOD CLOTHES FOR BOYS jS ? H I i fy
who wult iot" Ihvit ' Order. Bid .nor
euuaiiy patriotic, und just as .really
as the, others o serve, their country.
This class of registrants, is becom.
lng nearly exhausted, although
there are still others left In Union
county and 1helr,-)ositlon is: 'I am
ready to respond; when culled liinl
will go at the tlmo and to tho pbie i
whore I can be ' of t be . best ser-
vico." --.j ; ',,,;,'
It is an honor for the young n.uci
of tills iiuderstandlng and Inclina
tion to know hhat'he has been, rel
ected because of his mental, umral
and physical fitness. r If hey ore in
reality the young mun who are do
pended upon to save the country..
The government' (loos' hot' neej! t! ii
"boobs" and "sissies." They would
do little goodSlf they were' com
pelled to go,:' 5Bpeclally;,lliose whoj
have been ablc In one-way or( an
are continually doing . things that
will junke a good many citizens ro
vlse tholr rBtlniatcs of what con.
stltiitea doing one's bit. It Is al
together loo ' easy and simple ( to
say In. a casual way, that soldiers
drill and fight, while Chilians plant
war gardens and buy Liberty bonds,
earn .beug thereby relieved of fur
ther responsibility, says the Spokes
man Review.'-j ,'.. -.- v
iTIie civillansj ljave,no .right to gcit
out of It .as easily ns '.that.-. r For
the soldiers know nothing of ""bltsi"
they do all that Ib In them re
gardless of ' allotments or. quotas.
Not only diii they, drill and fight,
but they buy Liberty j bonds too,
and. when they can 'they; plant and
cultivate -war gardens., ,.. . f : ,
.Thpro -lH a gnrden: at Cainu Dix
In Newi Jersey that - covers almost
400 acrcB, and It Is all worked by
1110,11 from the camp. .There Is h
whole' nua iter - section planted : to
poliilo and 30 ncres each of corn,
onions, : beans, pons a and . beets.
Cnuip . Dix . Is . making i.'yery lltttn
demand lust ow oh- liio (tuartoi;.
master's department yfor)!' t rejli . vc
getablos -and -Is- demanding 'few
f-clght cara to haul potatoes and
beans.-r JC ' A, ' '
other to oiitfigure tlio draft regu
. Kit Ions. Lacking the, red if Mid to
volunteer or Hi moral and physical
courage to . f((ce - the jl.Wt,, they
would be a drag instead e( a help.
-Tin) government knows this. and Is
acting accordingly. It would be to
the hospital 'the most of the tlmo
, anyway, for . the spineless and the
weak-kneed, and thuy are - not
wanted. .
There Is a future ahead for those
who go, . What a wonderful cause
It la that enllBts their sacrifice ill
this tluuy Wlmt an accomplish
ment it will b when small nationo
of the enrth can hold iip their
heads In defiance of the ruthleo
power of might? When Armenians
aud Belgians and HumanKins and
all other nations can maintain their
Other crimps liaVfl;:th()lr ;3arflotil. '
loo, anti some or ineni'. nave.. 117
platits':wneW food'Srtd!cldthlife art-'
kopt from :,beng,,'Wjisled...Jt -?uld
bo easy for the anny to. say: ".'t"'".'.:
do the 'fighting, let. Hip ; clvl'llaus do
theii. Knrijening and the conserva
tion."; '.But the ariiiy; does. not. pro.
ceod . on;, that prlnclplo.v' Jt doeB 'everything-
ih n't It niks.'tlipl. people nt
home to do. and got n'blt flirlher.
So the people at home should be
careful i about : picking out iimhel
"bits", of service to perform.: The
only ndc(imto "bit" ls tlie-llmff'.of
Individual strength and endurance.
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Copt. Joo Keller, state parole of
ficer of Hie iienitcntlary at Salem,
reports that paroled iiien, of their
own initiative, have cither - Joined
the arAiy or navy-as enlisted men.
Most ! or three .'imH' have been re
stored "(to 'citizenship .by Governor
Wllhyconibo. -" -' v
For I making ' seditious' ' remarks,
Mrs. Ah n a Kxliiie.'a muiilc'teacliei
in, Portland', Was fined 1 00' .by.Fo
doral Judge Wolveiton. "... She is a
Ocruiap by birth,' has" liocu1 In Iliu
United States for 2(i 'years,., and
gaincih .American cltlzeiiKliip ' ' by
marrying an Amoriean; She was
heard tto utter theso .Bontlments:
"Germany will win tlioi war." "Tho
kaiserils a good, pure man." "The
stories: of cruelties by German sol
diers ere all lies." "Tho newspa
pers lie when they toll stbrios of
cruoltles and say .that Gorman
troops cut off the. hands of Dolgian
children' "There has been
many bad deejilB committed under
President .Wilson as .under the kill
Bcr." "Whatovor cruellies wero done
by tlio Germans were unintentional
and had the kalsur heard of them
lie would have, stopped them.''
Sell, so legula ily s
the wearing -perio'
. clothing. Thev have
than in Men's clothing. ;Aud tlieyliave f'iHic1 tluit-the priee is not more.
Buy an XTRAGOOD Suit for, Your Boy Next Tiino.
$6.00.to $13.50
T
!i; .season to f ii ( s,ame iiioXlij-i's. 'J'liev have learned that
XTRAGOOD Atiit is'tvu e"as long as the ordinary hoy's j
that the designing and fabrics are the same or better' J
"i- ni an. ! ii n.i 'J
Government, through Representative
Slnnolt to revive the Sumpter -Valley
irrigation project, ceuipletion
of which would water about 80,000
acres oast of Baker. The Thief
Valley Company, reclaiming 77,000
acres near Iiaker and adjacent to
North' Powder, which owing to the
war had 'to cease work and which
with neutrality, but it was linncutri
for Americans to sell them to the al
lies. ,, . ''-' .'v,
But when all that has been said in
defense of the allies and in proof of
Germany's guilt is corroborated, by
the German who . was the kaiser's
friend in youth arid who was his dip-
.;W. I). Ayrc, federal food ad
uilnlstrator for Oregon, has just an
'nounced. a change" In .regard to tho
purchase, of. ffoiir.-'Jto ,,tioi;rade
tlona'.govenlB'Uhe.c8jL,OT!leal
flour ,by. mills Bnd,.whM,tale,rs:. pryi
viue.mriiios 2i, :i hum miui
re't'iillers "sliould not purchase more
4Mnietd''nitr cent of tliclr last year's
roiiuli.oiiientB," says the official an-
nnnrfreniont. '.'This nee.QSbituted a
great amount :'nf supoilslon -'in tle
Issuance; oreei tincates, etc.. ;anu, i
am pleased' to" uunohnco thab: these
rules have been repealed and re.
tall - dealers nr.o, therefore,, permit
ted to niirelia.se -their reasojhable re-ntih-nmrtilu.
liuil! exeetfiilinc -fa A1 00
days' stiinity,1 wftnotit recelvlrig feor-
tlfleates from this office. All other
ules und regulations governing the
handling or. wheat flour are lu full
force and effect.'.' ' , ', '
HIS DEATH DEPLORED
Neighbors Severely Keel The tumi.
Of Mr. 'Weaver.'.' ''
Hoferring to the death of ' John
C. Weaver, tlio man who was found
dead from a' gunshot wound at' the
Jarbo Meadows, dear the, Looking
(Mass, a letter has 'been received by
the Obsorver . which says:
"Mr. Weaver left the Sam Sims
ranch, where he has made his home
tho past -'two" years, on the even
ing of July Slid, jind he was- not
seen thereafter until ho was 'found
dead threo days late,r.' Mr. : Weaver
was a good man who made friends
wherever he went. Ho was always
doing kind deeds fur others and it
was in doing so that he lost his
life.
The nelchhnrs had planned on
going to Jarlm Creek to have din
ner, on the. Fourth nud Mr. Weaver
had taken his lied and had gone
over the night before to cateli fish
for, tho crod next day. It was while
ho was standing .on a log fishing
that he was hot by an unknown
party. The supposition Is that he
was taken for a bear as he had
on a hlark coat. No clue ha-i ynt
been found of the man who filed
the Talal shot.
"When -he did not return at the
appointed time a searching parly
was organised and It was two days
Plans for the celebration to lie
held In Salem at the time ot the
opening of the bridge, across the
Willamette . are progressing' in a
satisfactory manner, according to
Frank. Wrlglitmnn, chairman of tio
executive committee. As yet. It Is
not possible lo name the exact day,
he Jiald? bill It will .-. be probably
during the last week In this month.
The bridge contractors are running
a work 'or two abend of thblr
schedule which (required, the com
pletion of the bridge nud 'accept
ance , by 'August .1. ' '
Oregon has been furnished with
;20 pev cent more rifles for lis
liomo'guards, unit, than pny other
slate, according t n letter received
basis' of Ml por colit 'their' 'nillllla
from" 'the ordiianeo depart nleiit. bj
the adjutant gvnoral's nfflre. Other
states have been given 'rifles nil the
strength of April 1 apd Juno 1 or
last year. Oregon has riNos for 70
per cent ot ' that 'strength. .This
fact Is cited by the war department
as reauon for Its refusal to. provide
more aims for military milts In
Oregon. '
Slate Land Board, hdlds some prior
Tights to the waters of the PdwdeT
Kivcr and tributaries, but It Is be
loved that tho two projects can' Tie
combined. , " .','.' ' ' '
has an extension-of time frbm the lontJci representative in all negotiu-
uoos ..witn ureat. lsriuwn tnrougnout
the critical-years' from l'J12 to li)14
the scales fall from thejyes of Vor
Bernstorff's dupes: ih-'Artieilica.;' The
publication of 'the1, memdrahdunv of
Prince von -Lichnowsky accomplished
what wos'ifnpossible to a iriotirttuin of
evidence. Then' it wis prbved beyond
dispute that' treaties' had' been 'nego
tiated making most'' generous conces
sions to Germany and only nwaited
ratification at Berlin when war was
declared; that 'the . only obstacle to
smoothing over the Serbian difficulty
was " the kaiser's determination to
fight; and the man who conducted all
. Miss Klla Nolson; wns lie first
Baker 'girl employed at the local
mills to surfer ' Injury, she -losing
the second finger and portion of
thumb of' her right bund yesterday
by a saw at the box factory of the
Baker While Pino.'iiUiiiber Com
pany. -;. ' :;'. V.;--r ''-.-. !'' '. :
A recent di&patch ' from Hood
Itlver announces that - the Hlght
He.verend Robert L.- Paddock, Uisli.
op of Kastern Oregon', Is serving as.
the first American chapaln on the
Italian front. Bishop Paddock has
been detailed with a group of 2000
American amb.ilanco drivers recent
ly ordered to the Italian front. He
left Oregon a month ago.
ment. The pan-Geitnuns in their
megnlnnuinin are the ones who
brought about this calamity upon, thu
Germnn people." . ... : '
: When we consider that the love of
Germans in Amorica for tho. Father-!
land was so strong llmt for , years ;
they believed the cause of their native
land, to be jn..t in, in-1'iaiK'e of ac- ( a
cumulated ptaol to the .contrary, wo
can oonceive how iljey luust baVc been
Avei'whvlmed by i vidt'iitc ; of ' guilt
'which they could nt Iffspulo: - When
iuchi a confession .is' bxtorted 'frOnf-J
, Drop in at Sllverthorh's , Sodu
Fountain and ask Al Cain for hls
ltitcst Fruit Salad, also Over Tho
Top, and you will then feel most
cdntent with the world In general.'
Dally 7-12 If , , .: .. ,
; , :. How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Rewero
- ..,.K h Mnnn, ktf':
uisiiiiii. uiui iiou-comoautiu' nunerenui cure1 by Hall's catarrh Meaicine.
WHAT TO VHK TO ,' ,
KMT' AI'PKNOICITIS
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these negotiations on Germany's be
half's testified that the world justly
attributed . to Germany "the sole guilt
for the world war,'' : , ,,
. This final recognition of the truth
is made by "An Open Confession" by
the Milwaukee Germnnia Herold. It
confesses that it .took in good faith
and repented the whole structure, of
lies whichlhad been built up in Ger
many's defense; and it says -
Now, we and with us the rest of
of Germany, what '-roust bo the feel-l Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been tken
. . . . i . . ' i V catarrh sufferers for the past thirty-
have been eombnlmils, either directly
6r. through their relatives, und who
have endured much: suffering,, when
the1' truth fsrntually '. d-enchcx them'f
It has .already begun do leak out, and,
it must Inovitahty reach 'tho whole
people.'. Wlmt a punishment, awaits
the kaiser and his feilow-coiispirators-
at their hands, n it is to be propor
tioned, to the niag.iitiiiie of the crimc-l
FAMILY DRUS STORE
, LA ORANDCOKiaON.
vmts. Atiil haji-hflcoinfl known as the
t rellatle remedy for Catarrh. Hall's
CaVrrh Medtclno acts thru the Blood on.
theWucoiuY surfaces.- expelling the Pol-
,fwn VOTn Blood and healing the dts-. '
eencirinortlotis. - . t '
' Afte yoia have taken Hall's Catarrh
iMeJIclrte fof a short time you will see . ,
great nrarovemenl in-your general .
health. Bfart taking Hall's Catsrrh Medl
etnn at once and net rid of catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. .1. CHBNET CO.. Toledo, Ohio,'.'',
' Sold by all Drurolata, TSe. . , '
Uii Grand peopUC-shouWi' knov .P world, "which then credulously
S1IIIJIW . DUCKlDOrn ;, -mroUt,- giyceriUe,'-1'1:"! i-uiitiikcw ui iiju i,n.
cto.'aB. mlxedlln All.ei;-I:ka. "flushes..
the ENTIRE (bowel I tract ao. com-
pletelV that' nipettd IIHta. Is", PreWmt-
ed.i onb sPo6NlFcLADi!:rt-i-.kA
relieves ANY tASbt sour stomach,
gas or ennstipktion; .because it re
moves ALL four matter which
clogged and poisoned your system.
The INSTNT action surprises both
doctors and tfatlonts. ,6: YD. JJut-,
nnm: V . . . ' - ,1 'i 'Adv
Xantippc.
Adv. 7-12-2t.
a)mtted
"cintrolled ''Weal
TRU1H IS -Ai
Iniquity of German
Laid Bare." '
'"' (The Orogonlan.)
Conviction of. German' 'iniquity has
at lust come to some of the German
newspapers in the United 1 .States
which could not be shaken in their I;
fidelity to the cause of the ' Father-
land, eyen after the United States do- J
clnrcd war. No impression was pro-J
duccd by the rape of 1 Belgium,' for n
they believed that country , to bo in J
league with England und to have per- I
mittcd French airmen to spy out the J
land. No attention was paid to the J
diplomatic correspondence which pre- !
ceded the war, for it came from taint
cd enemy sources, . and ho attention
was paid to the suspension of Austro
German correspondence. The chnrgr
that hated England deprived Ger
many oC her place in the sun and of I'
freedom of the seas, blocking her It
colonial expansion, was readily cred '
iled, Sale. of munitions by the Gci4-!
minis to the 'Boers' was consistent ji
. ' - . . . ... ...
sit. We know now that the British
statesmen and with them the slutc's--nScnf
t.he allies did not only have no
warlike measures against Germany in
mind but to ' the last minute 011
dcavored.to their utmost to avoid war.
The blame for Jtho lpoitshcd l;es W4I1
the German government!"
The Herold tells the stqi'V-of the
Lichnowsky, memqwidum, the genu
ineness of which, it says,1 ' is -doubted
Lv Mn Ma " I, ronrints hiff anmnitni.
Up UL UlU lllUICllllUIIV, Hgillll&l. ytT- I gjo
many, and it, says:-. , '
...flWihq carries the blame . that the
Gjjjyman people were goaded-into i
furious hate and thereby .into a war
animus? 'Only those in the-service. of.
the junker (landed : and industrial),
who are the ruling military caste in
Germany, in control of tho govern-
eMeBnMewwnwiiiiiiiiayegaaaEtsai
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i ion r IK" Ml, 1 1 1
STOVES
kek Trial Free
rhiturc. Store
AKIU3,. Proprietor '
"... '.' ': . PIIONK:
Bed S171.'
SOME
CORSET
FACTS
and two uiehts before the boilv
national and political and re'lkluuj was found. '
entity without (fir. When the
privileges of government may lie
with all Ihe people and not. be sub
icted to the, autocratic rule'.of Ihe
srlf-appolnted few. It Is au , ob
(ect worth righting for. Ileal men
ard needed foiv, this , business, , and
there I's no plce,: for the cowai My
or the IndlfK-rent. . and they will
fill a niiirti smaller niche In' hiimnn
affairs after the great' work- hf.f
been accomplished. '
ItUl.Vfi VOl It HIT.
The,; soldlew in - tin- big camps
Mr. Weaver has lecn a member
Inidnd of sending all future com.
inlt tiicnts from Multnomah county
to the eastern Orefon hospital for
the Insane a number, of patients
will be transferred from the Oregon
state hospital to, the eastem Ore
gon hospital, tiB a inenim of rellev.
Ins the crowded condition at the
Salem Institution. This change In
Ihe pljiiH of Ihe state board , has
been nimb- ut the request of Or.: w.
1). -McNary, wpucrlnlendeiit id J the
eastern OieKon hospital, who said
or. the Odd Fellows for thirty soars '!"'' "T""
or more. He leaves several child
ren and among them Is a son who
made
The number of persona
MONDAY and i
TUESDAY
rtBi'D
Is , rervlng ' In th I'ultcd
army.. He was a devoted father
and mado a host of friends, who
ari grieved to know, of his death."
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Dr. Slelner attributes It lo war 'con-dllions.
Xanjiho''- j !
Adv. 7-12-21.
' Tin-, Roiitheru Pacific today filed
with the public service, commission
h annllmlliM fnr nnlli.trllv tlt.rlllHC
WhenA lady, needs the finest !, ,,,.,, .I1H1.,, ',,, v I,. .
Kmbroldery Scissors or Mnnlcure ',,,... i,."--,. - Th mmniuiv
1 says It Is short of men ami tho
latent there Ik needed at a more
'important plato during the period
sho wants al Silverlhnrn's.
Dally 7-13 tf
FAMILY DRU9 STORE
' LA QRANDK.ORCaON.
'.-"of tho war
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J The Haker Coniiuen-iat Club has
inppcnled for assistance from the
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389.25
WAS. LOST BY A MAN.
J e carried it in a pu'Wc; Tlie purse was
kept in his inside opsit pocket The
uicke(. was pinned' with a strong piu..
The man hung his coat, up for a few
iniiiutcs. AVhen he.rt'.turiied the money .,
was gone , .- . ., . : .;'., ,
Had la; kept his money in the bank,
this would not haVe happened. -
hen ymi c'ariy' cafili yoti have every- ,
tiling lo-lost) and nothing to gain. .
hen you carry a check book you have
eVrytl"iiiig to gain and nothing to lose.
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Member Federal Reserve System
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La Grande National Bank
.' : ' ' EA GIIANDE, OREGON
tiiiiiuiniiiiaiuMnij
There are, of course, good
corsets and bad corsets ',
A good corset molds 'you to
its shape. You mold a .poof
corset to your shape. That
Is why your .figure iniprovqs
Under the infWucelof nn' ar
tistically designed . and well
tnade corset. I i
Ave,!
ODIRT
ox Laced
eeaaaVaae1ieateelea1efMs1Maa4
"Micw McXfltitifpe
r nrjiri 111 1 nna.
W-, !Mr,tfaU
ARrAHFi pauhne
1 i.irni irnir
1 are designed by the most
! skillful and consequently the
J highest paid designer in the
J business.
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ADVERTISING
IS-INSURANGE
j A advertiser '3 ac.yerscirient is his voluu
j tary agreement t6 ddor tain things. Good
lutsiao policy, law. Jid public opinion re-
quire that an advertisement-agreement be
fulfilled. ' This serves as a protection to the
buyer of acl vcrtiscdoods.'
If, by chance; you have an experience with
the deceptive selling practices or mislead
ing advertising, please report it to us. :
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