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oa Uiiu iu that locality.
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VEDNEdAY, JULY 17. 1918
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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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.
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. 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
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,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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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LA GRANDE
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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
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MERRY
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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
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STANDARl
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'tlitornia)
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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. " .-
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A Week
Harris Murhiture StOr
4m Hit STHKKT
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a figure that willv
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Union Store, .
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trtret foae iitlK a
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