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--'-i,i.i,-:.;.;,i;: oa Uiiu iu that locality. U 9&Noc,oiaN, Wtay evouiue, July lit, 7:30. 7-17,;jtj Jul) muling, mo TrosaviT, JiiUli Jl wMiiamw. VEDNEdAY, JULY 17. 1918 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER aE'...inktfci"-' (V BID CROSS DRUG i i i i STORE 1 I J fi Social and I CPSOtial 1 Mrs. Lee, of Enterprise, is a guest of the Savoy hotel. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lynch, of Baker, are at the Hotel Savoy. ' Mrs. Loyd is here from Wallowa, registered at the Savoy. t . J. S. Colwell, of Vincent, Oregon, is a guest of the Hotel Foley. , John Morale, of Vale, is making his headquarters at the Hotel Foley. A working session dale club wus held park this afternoon. of the Park af Riverside .Fred Wcndt and family left last night for La Grande, where they will reside. Baker Herald, Miss Ethel Huuley, sfc.com! micd by her aunt, Mrs. Gray leaves to night on a visit to 1'or. -ad. Maud Tabor, Chas. Hilener, K. F. Pearson, Geo. fi. Bonney and A. C. Barber, of Joseph, aro at the Soinmer House.' Mrs. L. A. Stoop, who has been n visitor in the family of Win. Stoop, left thlB morning for her 'home in Elgin. ' Joe Woods, chief In command' at the Beaver Creek Intake, came down to La Grande, yesterday, after some needed suppljes, - Mrs. W. Donald Sargent, who has been with the Observer for several weeks past, leaves this evening for Tacoma and Seattle on a protracted stay. Mrs. L. C. Henderson and child ren leave this week for Portland, where they will Join Mr. Hender son, who has been away several months. The Misses Clestie and Myrtle Ash . worth, of Haines, are in the city visit ing at the home of their cousin, Mrs. E. G. Stewart, at 2710 North Third street, . L. A. McAllstor, divtson stiirc keeper for tho O.-W. R. &-N., went to Joseph today to look after the condition of things along Hie branch line. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Newsomf, of Seattle, are In La Grande, and will , remain for some timo visiting their daughter, Mrs. L. F, Dunn, at 502 Main avenue. John iW. Bingham, brother lames Bingham of this city, passed through ThAkodafe ;. Stp re La Grande on No i this morning with Arthur Ouy Kmpey, who, while a hospital unit from Vancouver, cnjhorvhig with tho Canadian overseas route to the front. lorces. took part In several import- hint battles in tho first, years ot Mis. S. W. Parson.i Leaves i- 's evening (or a protracteo vs.it with a 'captain in Hie, National Army, relatives and friends i& iWive'. iHe will be assigned to the Adju The return trip will bo made by : taut-General's department, way of California. j Captain Kmpey was promoted to the rank of sergeant In the Catia- ' Ernest R. Gibson, 'of La Grande, I ""11 1vm huf," waa inaliU"1 completed, his enlistment with Cor-jll0,,,e on acc0"nt o1 wom"la' poral wymoun uxiey ana leu night He, is 18 years of age, and chose the infantry.-JBaker Herald. Cashier F. L. Meyers, of the i,a , Grande National Bank, returned this j morning irom a snort Business trip to Portland. He stated he had a very pleasant, though short stay metropolis. - in , The railiwad pay checks for the month of June did not reach La Grande until this morning and during the day Agent Kecney has been busy passing out the slips of paper to the railroad boys. The inenihers of the Mission 1 noon at 4 o'clock at the fire dopart Band of the Presbyterian church j ment. will meet at Hie homo of Mr:. An-j , utiMju. o". . " . , row afternoon at 2:.,0 o'emk. All members are earnestly "'! t oyer U .Pendleton yesterday to attend ue P'11'- fu"e' of ll late. George rheips, the young man who died at, Willie Briggs, of Starkey. and a'Hot Lake Sunday. The deceased was newly , registered twenty-oner, has returned from Portland, where he went to enlist In the Marines. His application was rejected for the want of a single hair inch more In stature. The hoy has had hard luck trying to get Into the service, his application for enlistment hav ing been turned down on two or three formers occasions; Robe,rt Parker of Starkey. was refused enlistment In the navy at Portland this week on account of being short In weight. Mr. Parker PY It three vears above the draft agcldaks, but he thought he would try for a chance In the service so as to "get in the game." Having failed i ?l In this endeavor he came back as; , lar as rennieon ann weni ro woraj ARE YOU BEHIND. J- If you are behind on your subscription to the Evening Ob- 4 server, we ask you to please ! ( -J pay the collector at once, for the ' t 1 1 4: j ,T owuiguHtjf ui me limes igf sure- j !! ing us to cut off those who do 1 4 not Py promptly and we do not I f want to. part with any jot our ! fr subscribers. ' " 4 1 1 ' It is a case however, where 4 jr the Jiest of friends must part 4" . 2 unless payment of the small 4 1 4 amount each month is made 4 promptly. Lay aside 65 cents at. 4- 4 calls there will be no delays. The 4 4- idea of asking her to call again 4 4 must bo overcome, for the ex- 4 4 pense of sending a collector bad; 4- 4 to a home two or three times 4 4 during the month is not only un- 4 4 fair, but it is too expensive, and 4 4 we cannot handle the business 4 4 on such a basis. 4 4 Let us all be one, big family 4 4 together, and in order to assist 4 this paper, in bridging over the 4 4 wartime period without raising 4 4" rates if such a thing is possible 41 J' let us have the small amount 4 4" each month, for it is -numerous 4 4, small amounts that enables this 4 4 paper to pay out $300 a week in 4 labor alono in La Grande, to 4 4 say nothing of a, like amount 4' 4 that goes into paper, electric 4 4 power, lights and the other1 ex- 4 4 penses of operating a daily 4 4 newspaper that furnishes you in 4 4 your own home town, the tele- 4" 4 graph reports of the day's do- 4" 4 ings, as well jia the local news. 4 ! j ! ! ARRIVED IN FRANCE Dallas Green, La Grande Boy, Had Safe Arrival Overseas. A card to his mother, Mrs. C. E. Duffey, tells of the safe arrival in France of Dallas Green. He was with the La Grande boys who enlisted in the aviation department early in the year and a large part of the time since leaving homo -he has been at South San Antonio. The news of his safe arrival in France will be received with great satisfaction among his friends at home. Mr. Wi. Ash was in receipt of a letter today from his son, Arthur, another of the Ijii Grande contingent of young men in the aviation service, that, ho left New York last Friday and is now on the water. A portion of Arthurs recent experience will be giv en later. TO CARE FOR CRIPPLES Vur Department AfuiouiiccK If Wiintx o Help From CiOwiiK. WASHINGTON, D.C., July IS. -Tho inovenient among privato citi zens lor finding Jobs for crippled soldiers is emphatically disapprov ed by the War Department. Surgeon-General (lorgas declared today that the rehabilitation of the crippled men will be dono thor- oitghly by the Government. Recently Captain Archibald koofovcH asked his father, Colonel Roosevelt to find a job for ono of hia sergeants wh returned from France, having lost a fiaifti. GUY EMPEY A CAPTAIN illcro Or Canadian Pui-com Is ,iav j An American Ofricer. WASHINGTON, D.C.. July 17. :the war, was today commissioned !0r - ITTM T,T,r.T iBlCikAxlVm. UKfcUii U. JX. - v.i... tioaiis '!'" All Allies Afrn-fMtln KR.flH 271MHMI. vA3MiNni-riK. uc. ji.iv 17 rjr - lglnm today wan given a new rrcH)t of $l.!.xn.0(ifl, niakinc th t..i ,,,.., , bcIeImiii bv tho Unit the. oil StatPS Government JU3.4SH nun jand total loans to all allies 16,268,-!w,lh 270 000. SOME WARM DAYS. ,..i.... .. i .. '., I miiuy ui lui iiuuii i cisii'i :u, uihi it is believed by many that this tem perature will be slightly exceeded when the reading is made this aftci- . J. 11, Teare and Fred Spaeth went very popular and the funeral was; the fin pods. The yields aver- largely attended. He was a prom-jage about 2 4 tons of hay per inent official in the KnightB of Co-jncre. When harvesting for seed It'mbus, and the 'La Grande ' attend-; the crop should be cut Boon after ants ore prominent officials in that (the, lower pods are ripe, at which order in fta Grande, v time the upper pods will he mature 4 . jand Ihe plant will he carrying a There should be no reason why maximum quantity of seed. Pin pie your son, or daughter or Mend I vetch is less exacting as to the should not have, a Kodak, when Itlnie or cutting than common vetch. "1 trust that, tho year will not you can 4uy one at Silverthorn's ! as the seed shatters less readily lonly see the, goal reached of sav for Jl, A 12. "n. 15. $4. $5, t", 'Thrashing may he done with an or- ins one hundred (huwsnd li-.r. !. 110, 1,.liJ, 115. 120, $2 Idlnary thrashtng machine. !of Infants and young children, hut iffTa up to any iwnotint you wish to that the work may r.o sueccjnlly are n tl Kastmnn Ko- Anu will have full in btl using thpni, witli- structlons ' exira FAMILY DRU9 STORK What the American Red Cross Is Doing. THE RED CROSS has organized fifty base hospital units, nineteen of which are now seeing service, in France. In tea others, the nursing . personuel has been supplied by the Red Cross. 7. THE RED CROSS has Instituted roiling canteen service back of the Americas lines. The canteen pro vides coffee, sandwiches and other refreshments to the troops. , THE RED CROSS i has opened 1 a . TO ,HEU THE PEOPUE OF v FRANCS AND BELGIUM. The Red Crest Hat Sought ! To conserve the sick and wound ed among Its defenders. , To conserve the health and spir it of the troops, . , ' To conserve the households which are maintaining tho culture of the soli end the fab- rle of self-government In the ' war zone. ' To conserve the coming genera-, tins by Its booking of three score children's colonies, , To conserve the , children by maintaining villages for sever nl thousand of these little refugees. . 'To conserve the refugees by health centers and tuberculo sis prevention. scientific cam paign against trench fever.' THE BED CROSS has undertaken to provide the entire supply of splints for the . American army. THE RED CROSS will furnish the entire supply of . nltro-oxlde for use In surgical - operations. THE RED CROSS feeds and clothes " entire popula tions In time of . need, THE RED CROSS is caring for . To conserve r,n(l rlillrtrpn I nity life. In France. 60,000 T In Poland. . J?----Jf-5-9 IHE RED CROS? has established movable factories for the manufac- turo of artificial Ice for our soldiers during tho summer months. THE RED CROSS is prepared to earo for any Americnri soldier who may return from the war a prey to tuber- culosls or maimed or blind, , . , . . ' . (. THE RED CROSS will send food par cels to American prisoners to Ger many. Each parcel contains meat, . butter, sugar, Jam, coffee, tea, salt, rice and dried fruit. The American Red Cross In more than a hundred ways 1 renslering service here and abroad that saves human lives and maintains tha fljrhtlng spirit of our allies. The Red Cross must always be financially prepared to deal with the unexpected emergencies arising from war conditions. In theso emergcnclce immediate relief Is the PROMISING NEW CROP Purple-' Vetch Ik Well Suited I-'r I'arific Const Slates. WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17. Purple vetch gives promise of helm; a valuable addition to the list' of crops that can be grown in' thn South and Pacific Coast States, whoio winters are not sovore, ac- jcnrdliig to Farniors' Bulletin 9(17, Just published by tho United State:; Depaittiient of Agriculture, J'hls vetch, which is similar to tho com mon and hairy varletios, liut is-, loss hardy, waa brought to the United States by tho Office of For eign Seed anil Plant Introduction in 1899 from Italy. In California, where experimental work lias been conducted, it ha proved ono of tho best, If not the best, crop for use, as green manure in orchards, jand In commercial plantings It han 1 been tiioasht well of by the far. ,018111 who have ttst'd it. In Wast- I em Oregon and Western Washlng- u can no grown successiuiij an n sped crop, the yields avorag Ihr from 12 to 15 bushels aa acJe. ft 1ms not bfn sufficiently tested in the Southern Slates to deter m i no definitely its value in local iticn whoro common votch is now hoiiiB grown, but aa it requires fimii if 5nj3K aimiiar tn thn raitiiimii i varieties, according to the bulletin, it seem). proBabI, ,hat Jt mKy lan excellent piirnose, in. this region well In the Western United Stales. Jt is of high feeding value and snakes good hay In paslnrage. Under average conditions pur. . pie vetch will stand a winter pcraiure 01 ii (logrorp atiovc sere "ttlu "r n" '"J1"- Where ,"" "'"i"--i ' ni nHKiy m itaii nciow mis marK it jsown in the fall. With colder win- iter conditions, spring Beeding Is . ossentlal. In lOCalitllil Whore I common veteh has beon grown sue-n England in behalf or tlio chil.l -! ressfniiy and tho necessary baetcila,in Is evidenced by the fact Hint! have been established In the soil. Hi,,, infant dr-ath rate In ttngiami ' It Is not necessary to Inoculate fo' jfor the second year of tiio wsm purple vetch. was the lowest In her history. ' A;-; I'urplo vetch should bn drilled indention is new being given to .'dii. , close drills or broadcaster at thelcatlon and labor conditions for th-' Irate, of 60 to 80 pounds of seed , MT ' m arVM,i- ,. h h,, ; wtth , common mower, having a 8lva,cr attachment, It should ho c, tor hay during the period r,.om full hloom to the formation r Mr. M. K. Parker went down loi develop as to set up certain lire Elgin this morning to visit friends. Iduclhle minimum standards for th ' 'hCBlth, educailon anil work of Iti'- I, American Child." The Woman's Relief Corps will j. Oregon's quota of (he 100,000 !., serve ice cream wnd cake on the &6i. i lawn of Julius Roesch's residence, Fri THE RED CROSS Is the link between th American Deouio ana ins Ameri can Dreadnangbis. It is the official agency through which gifts front tho people can be made to the Navy, THE RED CROSS Js enlisting more than one' thousand volunteer nurses month, and la training thcra fr wort In the Held. It sends them to the army fully trained and equipped. r THE RED CROSS has furnished five baso hospi tal units for tho navy pliysl clnns, nurses and equipment. , THE RED CROSS will help the families of our enlisted men to maintain their standards of health, education and Industry, THE RED- CROSS will supply warm garments, kit cases, necessities for the wounded. y THE RED CROSS will provldo san itary units to keep a sharp eye on ine snrrounii- home and commu Tn,8".".! to word oflf pos-1 --f--Jf-!J-i?- slble epidenilcs. THE BED CROSS . will supply our men when they are prisoners of war . With food, soap and cigarettes. THE RED CROSS Is building houses In the cantonments where "rookies" will lie provided with comforts and pleasure during convalescence from Illness. THE-RED CROSS Is constructing a chain of recreation huts In eonjime - tloo with tho base hospitals. To each hospital It sends each nwnth 800 books, 400 magazines and 2,."iW) newspapers. only effective relief. GERMAN TREATMENT OF FRENCH PEOPLE Baroness lluard, an 'American girl who married a Frenchman, says in an article in the August American Maga zine: "Compared with what happened ir"'- ,'ZT . 7ZTVU A elsewhere, the story of ,mr little vil- J" AltaacnU. M- SCepot j lage is actually a bright one! The! hi h- 7'17tri evacuation was so liurncil nl that When tho average woman buys point that the Germans did nut have her, groceries or rrnlls or vegot time for their usual systematic ami abb's efto is most particBlar and atrocious work of desti uet ion. How-j buys only tint beat So If .should ever, the nine days they apent there 'tie with iiie. ipdje who wish colli were black enough. !wxla water, I4e' dl'Vim siindnos or "The officers and tho soldiers made jr,l",,.v drinks. Tiy should demand victims of every woman in the village I n"d hy JI- If you will no- from E-iris of .inlv ten wma. i .,!,! ':l!,', ihe ctmifilimis yon wiii nsl- women who wen? bo iiffUoted pfaysh--: iy that any man should have piticil . them, even if he did not feel repulsion toward them. This I say out f my j own kn?ywiedi;e for it hspcd in j my village and these women ;msl little j arirls were personally known to me. Mine . was only one of hundreds of towns to which the Germans rmne;' 'and, as I said before, its storv is tmo ! I of the least horrible. Hut bnoit it ; home to yourselves, if you mmt t i know the kind of enemies we m-v ftjrht; inp;. How would you like thmn lo( come to your town?'? SAVINS THE BABIES Oregon's (Junta I'nr 1'liililicn'H Year - ' " 'la'il Al .. j I'lesidenl Wilson lias approved ;th plans for Children's V-ar. H- teni-isays: "Next to the cliilv of dulng everything possible for tin; soldier jat the front, there could lir-. It seems to me, no more patriolir snonld neidntv than that of nrolwiint lt. ' children who constitute one-iiiiui f our nonulatinn i "Tho ruccpks of tlio frnr. ni:.,l,. children hv ihe lclhtr"t S Iw'li V? Z JZ Si. ,s 1 !Z l j, he conviction among the alTies'toi i that the protection or childhood in I essential to winning the war. j I "I an. clad that ih mih.. process aie'beiiiE wt afooi in ihi-; icoimiry. and I lir-a-tl!y approve tit-' plan of the Children's nureau and! the Women's Committee or Iho' Council of National 1 Defense 'fur ' j making the second year of the w.ir one of united activity on behalf n! j children and In that sense a CtiiM-' Iron's year. j YOU-CAN PR0FI1 JU 4 By Inlying yom-8ttiiH!Mr Kft'ds here. ...Wt, have Im'cii iVtrtiuiate in placing large orders for Sunutur goods long before the advance, : aud now give you full benefit of these savings. , : ' v : V sli iwn in these suninier froeks, and priced at ike you think of I'lsone and Mali lrder I'roinptly mid Carefully Filled 4 , LA GRANDE - . ' ' ; SUGAR HOG ARRESTED Multnomah Hotel Waiter Is Held As German Enemy Alien., I WJRTLAN!), July Hi. "Here's one j lump for mysoif and five, for the; Kaiser," -announced Carl Lincko, Gof- man alien oncmy, employed as waiter ! I at ten Multnomah Hotel, as He Helped J 1 himseif to six cubes of sugar for Ws s i coffee a few days ago. Unske's eo-, workers, who overheard his remarks, j reported the incident to the federal authorities. . .. ( The unnaturalized pro-Hun was ar- j rested yestcniay and lodged in the county jail, where he wiii be detained : until aiahority is received from Wash-. ington Tor his internment until the close oil) he war. '. anks in "Mr. Fix-it, Ar- imd Saturday. 7-17-21 'NEW TODAY! FOR SALE One-ton u.sciHiu ito truck. ! McCrary Auto Co. 7-17tf ' m.Aly itrop in at saverlhorns KoMulala snd Icive Al ai pmpmi' for you one of his specialities, a Hvk Vonm Stindjio." I)y ;it FAMiLY Df?UQ STORE L.A GFIANDCOPCQON. Toplcas Sport Model I ,,!. Vmiv Kc J LtiUh OUr liCSt Comfortable FKONT LACE CORSET the iinly corafft with (lie patented VENULE Back and Front Shield fitted to the corset designed for your figure. There are LA CAMILLE MODELS for every figure. They arc always fittcl by a scientifically trained cor svticr. This service goes with the corset and such cnmfiirt. A full line of the Intest models at wnys on hand. Priced at 2.00 and Mrs. Robt Pattison Corsetiere Red m in a ! lies. 1702 Oak. Phon cresses re now in demand our lines are eomplele, all old times. T GOLDEN RULE C , Ouotitt) ttu, jwne-'ftuced tut k)ut at the 60B R. C V. Stores with art Annual Purchasing Fewer of Million Dollars STORE f"" " MERRY ! THEATRE - , .......... jpTlll!! HOUSE The Flvoriti HARRY M0REY, in ; ' , A Bachel or?s Children Also a Comedy and aa Educational Reel Tomorrow MAE MARSH, in " "FIELDS OF HONOR"' Ready to Cook in a Jiffy Just the Vouch of a match and year Nes4 Perfection Oil Cook Stove is rady for cooking. No . waiting fortthe fire to burn up. Easier to olerate than ailal or ; wood stove Ho saoke on odor; no dust orldirt. Bakes, broUa, roasts, toasts! ail the yeaf All the convatience of gal. cool kitcnen ft summer. Is 1, 1, J el . or without 4 jo-4 STANDARl 4 fcSifBtf s!j OILQ 'tlitornia) J f NEW PERFECTION OIL COOK STOVE T. S, MAXWELL, LOCAL AGENT, LA GSAHDE, ORE. This Stove For Sale hy ,J II. B. HAKHIS, I,A GIlANllK, ORE. ' W. H. HnllNKNKAMP C, LA GRANDE, ORE. ; F. Ij. LILLY, I, A GRANDE, ORE. - . fJfJi.iiKN UVi,K COMPANY. LA GSANBE, ORE. CLVPB K!l!i,K. iSLANIJ CITY, ORE. UNION' HARDWARE, UNION, ORE. " .- Olh STOVES A Week Harris Murhiture StOr 4m Hit STHKKT !; 1 t the new styles a figure that willv . - . -This is s : Union Store, . and We ' , Observe ;: Unios Hour f i ; OK QUAMTr.T..... ...... A Kw Pcrteet Ot Cook SVv K(l kathwi t Itrt 4 friend wfeo sm , Uied In l,0,M hornet, IfHunjHnrlvti a air to cpaaw. t4 trtret foae iitlK a tea?. . r round. And a . whh I ! 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