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Store 114. I Social and Personal Andrew; Blockland left this morn . ing on a business trip to Portland. Mrs. Frank Baker of Pendleton, spending a few days In the city. IS. l'oluck, of tho City Grocery v and Bakery, is; in I'ortlund for a Dtay of a few days. , , Chle Clerk J. W.. 1'urccll, of Su. perlntendcnt Bollons' office, return ed from The; Dalles Monday. , . , I. L Sherman, of the O.-W) R. & H. offlccB, left Sunday night for Los Angclos, '. on his annual vaca tion." . - , Frank Tuckey returned, yesterday f 1 0111 a four month stay at Clear Lake. Wisconsin. He will take a position Inthe l'olnck Grocery. Miss Elsie Sullivan, daughtur o JT 1). Sullivan, loft .mi this morn, log's train for Soattlo for an cx tonded visit with relatives and I r lends. , Mrs. Ellis Young,, who Is Inking a co u rso In a business college at I'ortlund, was an arrival . In La Grande this morning. Mr. Young Is in Franco. v Division superintendent ;-V. Uol Ions, who was called to Portland ' a few days ago, on busiiic&s con nected with his department, is ex pected home In a day or two. Little Frank Cullen, - who was soiinuslv In an auto accident Holi day has boon taken home from tho hospital. While still Buffering con siderable pain he is improving ra pidly, y , ' 7 : Vernon 8. Allen and - Miss Mary Davis, both of Union, Were mar- , l ied at the M. K. parsonage yostor- j. uay urtnrnoon, July 17, ltus, ltev. Fopse, pastor of the M. E. church, officiating. , A. J. O'Reilly, and Miss Helen Cowgili; assistant state leaders if boys' and girls' clubs, arrived on Ihn nmrnlnfr triiln nnd will elvn ll scries of lectures In the county ... r, 1, ueuuu ui yj. t. j. "ui n. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Bohnenkamp have returned from an auto trip to Pendle ton. They went by way of the toll gate road-through Summorville and returned through Meacham. They re port the loll road much the best. ' Mrs. Williamson, wife of Lieutenant Joe Williamson, hasiarrivej from Cali fornia, having been called home on ac count of tho illness of her father, Mr. Ed. Ayrcs, Lieutenant Williamson is an instructor in the signal' corps in California. Assistant District Manager lu Bois has Just returned from Imbler and Klgln, In which towns he or ganized committees for. the purpose of taking a government census for , war activities of the government, aB Is now going on here In La U ramie. .'Mrs. Fred Karnes, of Telocuact, has gone to San Francisco to visit Camp Fremont, where her son is in training. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde, Peterson -und dnughter, Phyllis, accompanied her. They will visit at Eugene and New berg before returning. They will lie absent about a month. Tonight is the regular night for mil itary drill or the young Women of La (irande. The officers of the militia have undertaken the training of the girls, at the request of the Honor Guard, but non-member3 are invited to participate. Business girls are es pecially urged to lake up this training. The time is 7:;)0 nnd the place, the .'city hall. . . ' Superintendent J. F. Corbet t and Mrs. Cofbett returned to La Grande from Minondoka. - Idaho, where they went - to accompany their son Joe, and left him at that point, he biding en route to the east In order to Join his ship, Ihe cruiser San Diego, on board of which lie Is one of Uncle Sam's ''jackles." The suite of rooms on the ground floor of the ney Foley building, for merly occupied by J. T. Williamson and the Mt. Emily Timber Co., has been divided into two sets of offices. The two rooms on the east are occu pied by B. ' F. Owsley, representing Kerr-Gifford & Co., the grain buyers. The other two rooms are retained byjcatlng a medicine free to all, called j the Williamson ilnd Co., who arc con-j "The Serum .of Silence," 'Russell T. j tinning the work of Mr. 'Williamson j Edwards, - of Washington, urged! in the making nf township plats and .'members of the Women's Associa-i government land papers. limn 01 i.oiiimerce or the United , WANTED. To Tease or buy, small Stntes of America, In session here,! house,, with about a bh'ick ot. WANTED Clean White Cotton to start an endless chain or users I iHnn Write Cjias. Edwards, Rags at the Observer Offico; 3c! of this medicine' In offset tho pol-j Enlei prise. Hon 485, per lb. . jsou "E German propaganda. '1-I8 5t pd ITRSDAY. JULY 1H.191S . 1 , jj BED CROSS DRUG :i STORE m s !' MA 1 1 It i't !! jj The Kodak -meWiM i u- !: tlon. , We can uot disobey the government'? orders on tho paper question, for the shorluge is so apparent J that the War Hoard has Is. 4 sued repeated warning to 'conserve ,m paper possible. 1:4' In the city of La Orande J 1 4 . we have a collector who 4 calls once, each month at 4 every home. I'lease arrange j , to puy the young lady when j" she calls,. Repeat ; calls 4 cannot be made for it is too expensive and It Is not 4 ' right. If you , want .. the J . paper ' kindly .arrange for $ prompt and regular pay ment. , If you do not want It be kind 'enough to ad viso either the colloclo.' . or thls office nt once. 1 Jv Iv j. .;....... .j. .j. 4. .j. HELP S4-VE THE BABES Message I'Yom (iovenior Nets Portli V Tho Importance Of Help. A message from the. Governor reads.:. -"Because of . tho many problems of reconstruction which are ttri tain to follow the termination of tho world war and also on. accunl of. the .IncrevliiK demands and le snnnsihililies' of citizenship it is now inoro important than e,ver bo fore that cinphasis be placed-upon child welfare work. Upon the youths of America who are privi leged to witness the "history-making events of this stirring epoch will devolve tho duty of carrying rot-ward to posterity tho splendid precepts and lepsons of national patriotism which are now being de. monstrnted.' ' "Mindful of these responsibilities which rest upon Young America.' it is indeed . a pleasure Tor me to in dorse heartily the Children's Your program outlined by tho Children's Bureau and Women's Committee, of the Council of National Dofenso. As wo enter upon our Bocond year of j tho War it is cnllioiy fitting and proper that we Increase our efforts to conserve the liio and health of American- children as far as possi ble and raise their educational, oioral and working standards to the highest planes attainable. lixneninents ma 16 In Lnglunu huvo found child welfare work im. porathe lu relation to general wai activity and prcparednoss, Ameri cans aro today omigcu 10 icu- hub movement as a necessary war -Issue. , ..f tl.n iidlul.tn tU'Oiri-eSH bo State of Oregon , has made In child welfare work and feel safe ( Iniln predicting-that Oregon may . 'linnended noon to do Its full" si: depended upon to do Its fulT share Iri carrying out the ChlldVon's year program inru me ei 1 mivu l uihi"" gallon which lias this movement in hand." SdMMERVILLE NOTES! Vidies or lted Cross to Have a Social V U..f....... I?.,....in.r ncAi omui uu; n. ; iik SUMMEHVMjLE, July 17. (Spec ial.) The Red Cross, of Summorville, will give an ice cream social next Sat - j unlay evening, the proceeds to be used for the benefit of tho Red Cross. Miss Iva Hug, of Pumpkin Ridge, is : trench, lie sent in the number us IV visiting at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. i ""l- Leo Fine. - " 0. rung up and asked him how Andrew Tucker, of the flat cast of.j lle "rrlved at this unusual figure. ElgMn, purchased 20 head of cattle j "Well,' he replied. "I'm certain from II. 11. Hug, of Pumpkin Kidge. j "'""'t "ir- one, because I counted him : myself, lie's hanging on the wlro Just ION LISTED IN MAIONES. . ! ' front of me. I estimated, -the two ; thousand. 1 worked it out nil by my- iself In my own head that it was Freeman Lubbers is nno or Ihe . healthier to estimate 'em than to walk local young men who havo recently about In No Man's Lund nnd count enllsled In tho marines. Ho left 'em!" Australian Soldiers' Mugnzlue. for tthe Mare Island lieailiiiuilors on Sunday last. .1111. MAILMAN IIIOIIIC. Mr. F. A. Hiii'tnan. manng'M' of (he, lOaslern Oregon Light & Power Company, is flown from Halter on one of his regular tours of inspec tion over this territory. WIIEATOKOWEItS PASSED No Cull For New Twenty-Oners In ' I'nlon County For August. The wheat-growing counties, which- Include Union, will not bi called on to furnish any part of : Ihe state s quoin In the call for h f 0 j Prom the state for the, five days fol lowing August 5. Hoards which have exhausted all or class one are directed lo complete their quotas limn the new registrants. Wheat-! growing counties are exempted. This is lu accord with Instructions to ef fect Ihe 'least possible disturbance to Industrial conditions. llesldes Union county, the coun ties of Umatilla, Wallowa. Sher man. Gilliam and Morrow are passed. "SEItl.M OF SILENCE" Kit UK Amei-lcan Wuicir Crged 1 lo Si,.t Endless ( bain of PrcYs". CINCINNATI. O., July 17 Advo .J. .J. .J. .J. .J..J. .J. .. IMJ.NT IliKI, HI" Iff. If the Observer Is com. pelled to cease serving any one with the dally paper we ask that person not to feel hurt, for It Is because prompt payment has not been, niadq for. hlsubscrlp. .J. 1 &4 - Slut nun. Konlchi Okshliua, Japan ese minister of army affairs. ; PRAYING PALM TREE DEAD Used to Prostrate Itself in the Evening While Templo Belli - ' Rang. .:-,., ;. Tho praying palm tree of Farldpur, about which certain Interesting facta wero published, Is dead.. It may bo remembered that this tree used to pros trate .Itself in tho evening while tho temple bells rang, calling tho-peoplo to prayer, nnd it erected Its head in the morning, This process was repeat ed every day, to the bewilderment o thousands of Hindus, . who naturally came to look upon It as the nbode of Some "dovaln". (god). Hundreds of fered pujuhs to the unknown "devntu," which all went to fill tho pockets of tho owner of the tree. Miraculous cures were reported as a result of pu jah offerings. ; The curious phenomenon attracted the attention of Sir J. C.Bose, who, after much difliculty, obtained permis sion fE the owner o the tree to inves tigate the matter. He devised special Instruments all of swadoshl manufac ture and began to take records. Ho found Hint tho palm tree fell with tho rise of temperature und rose with Its full. Uncords, obtained with other trees brought out the hitherto unsus pected fact that all trees were moving, j "J" movement, being In response to j ; - - ' "(hp tvlwili rif thn vni'otnltlo u'urlil In cluding rigid trees, perceive the changes lu their environment and re spond to them by unmistakable signals. They thrill under light and become de pressed by darkness; Ihe warmth of summer and frost of winter, drought "id ruin, these nnd many other hap- pvnlngy-lcuve a subtle impression ou Uo fe "'0 plant." ' ' Anzac Makes Safe Guess. A company commander received an 1 order from battalion lieuduuiirters to : send Jn n rVMurn giving the number of dead Huns in front of Ills sector of An Ovation. "Never got such uu ovation In my life." . j "How so, girlie?" ', "l'ou know when-a young man lifts his hut to a Indy every young man who happens (0 be with him does the same." "of course." "Well, Ferdy bowed to me from the midst of their marching club and 300 young men lifted their lints." The Balm of Forgetfulnesa, "Did you ever break a promise'" "I try not to do nnytlilnfe so violent," replied Kenulor Sorghum. "If n prom- (Sft ilnB (0 n disposed of I don't break 'udo away." It. 1 let I jNEWiTODAYj rOit SALE Uothy hay, $18 per ton. Call liners 164. 7-18, 3tpd. FOR KENT.-i-A ,3-1 tjoin Cottage, furnished 1321 Re,d :ntl. t Ave. Phone 7-18-tf i. FOR RENT Large room, with sleeping potftiijf modern conven iences. Uoiird If desired. Call Main 25. Y . 7-18-;St,pd iOST A iiihi eather pocket 4U bill, a 3 purse conlaiBiligj bill and L. Flniliir re Reward. 7-18, 3t turn lo Obsfrvs JAPANESE MINISTER OF WAR i ting JnrjC ?tJ, - t , . - . - - country wai at war with their land. They Ignored her. and aha was left much to herself. And yet One morning as she was walking tip and down the deck In her solitary way she passed the steamer 'chair of a middle-aged English woman who was knitting nt a gray woolen sock, re lates a writer In the Christian Herald. And suddenly she paused lu her walk and held out both of her hands. "Oh," she c-led, In very good Eng lish, "will you not let me knit ft few rows on that sock? The English woman looked up. And her face was cold and rather hard, "I think." she -said, "Hint you would scarcely want to knit on this snekl For It Is going to an English colonel my husband Iv , , The little Austrian woman' looked at the colonel's lady. And thero wero tears In her eyes. "Listen," sho said In a low, shaking voice. "I, myself, have a son. He Is an officer In the Austrian army. Rut If yon knew my son I do not think yon would halo him ! If I knew the colonel, your hus band, I do not think I would halo him cither. . " Sho paused for a moment before she went on, and then "now that the world is torn by wnr." she suld. "wo women must do what we enn to keep a little lovo In It May I, perhaps, knit a tew row on tho sock 9" . Silently, but with fears In her own eyes, the English woman handed over the gray wool. . ' , OBEDIENT TO OLD COMMAND Palestine Farmers Still Remember Biblical. Injunction In Refer. . enee to the Gleaners. . After the lentils nnd similar crops of the bean family have boon galhered In by Uiii Palestinian farmer, the bnrtey nnrvest comes noil, 111111 insny mo Wheat. t When harvesting, tho men wenr n leather apron (ind soinetimos 11 lnrgo padded glove. Tho women have nono of the protection provided for (hem, says the Christian Herald. Sickles are of two kinds, one, Ihe kalnosb, Is small nnd with quite n dull edge and Is employed when tho crops are short nnd scanty. - These do not cut the straw, but! rather help pull up tho f grain by the roots or break off tho brittle stalks. The other, called mnn pal, is much larger niid supplied villi short, slanting teeth, and Is used the tall, well-grown grain Holds, Kenning, with these simple linnle- ments nnd' binding tho" sheaves with ! their own straw, n tousldcrnhlo amount is left behind and many of tho ears drop off, but once the reapers have advanced, they, actuated by al most religious scruples, will not pick up that which lias been dropped, even tnougn they be severely poor them-this face. selves, for they unwittingly follow n j .Ho worked around for a cotiplo command not given to them but to for- 'Honrs, saying practically nothing, mer Inhabitants, the tillers and reap- :llt Bf.i.m1U!y as satisfied as could era of this land: "And when ye reapjj)0 Flmlv ho looked at his watch the harvest of your land, thou shall iRml e.M ..Olloi(, ,. huvo to. go. not make clean riddance of the cor- U.B He' want bad t0 th() com. x;t$u B"",er auy s,uu,,i"B - iihe. "chler doughnut dipper" talth- THOUGHTS OF HOMEimily going over the top and ot the Iwifo nnd baby back in New ' Eng- Soldier Could Not Itoslsi Long bind. '. Walk To .See " i'i-ciiiIh. j Next day, about ''noon' they wore liy Frank .1. Taylor, Ibus'y at work wlien tho chief ( United Press hlal'l Corresimndont.) WITH Til K AMEHICAN ARMVIdoor IN FRANCE, Juuo'ltt. ( I)y "Mail. j Ho was one or those quid, like-' able sort of chaps who says llliluj und does a lot. He never talked i enough- about himself so that you j could know lilni, yet you liked bun ; and trusted him because, you could- i n't help it. - j He used to come In from the! trenches during tho day and do' anything ho could to be uscliil ; around the Salvalion Army hiit run by the Melntyiu Sisters,, of Mount Vernon. Now York. Ile would stand watch at. night audi come back to help tho girls In the daytime. They couldn't'' 'inysiiude ; li 1 in to sleep. . Oilier fellows cnuio and workcl and told their slories .and got thoir words of cheer from the girls nnd ' went, lint this chap-was always on tho Job, ever working ami nuvur saying anything. ' 1 lle DiHitppcni.s. Thou Ills company : ', moved, and j the girls missed llieir chief doui;li-, nut dipper. 'I'hc; :ol'ten i ti 1 11 i 1 c.ct wliat had happened .. to. him. Hut no one knew anything uboul. hiiii. and they lie-nil from him only thru an occasional brier note frrun the trenches a tow lutles to liio north. ',' One, morning Miss Irene was nil-j ling doughnut dough, und Miss (ladys was dipping, tliem In th'' boiling grease, when the former chief doughnut dipper stumbled in-i to tho hut- lie looked tired ami lootsoro, and he was dusty, "(lee, It's good lo see you," he; naiii after the girls had. given. .11.. drink nnd fed him some doughnuts' which he uto silently. a "Well, how are you?" the girls aske,d. . , "All right, thanks," hu smiled . meekly. . "'limit Tilt "Miles." ! "Where Is your company?" I hr.v ! asked. "Up the line In some woods. "How far is it?" " 'lloilt. (Men miles." "Did you walk, all that way In the dust and sun?"- 4 "Most of it. Somotimi'3 . I was in fields," LA OIIAKDE EYKNTNC1 'oRSKUVlSl? WOULD KEEP LOVE IN WORLD j Pathetlo Plea Made by Austrian 1 . Woman More Than Her English I . A Sister Could Refuse. f?v" She wss a little Austrlnn woman f and she was crossing Ihe ocean oq n'j( great hostile liner. Most of the other iTj women were the wives of Englishmen , and .Ihey, coijld .noj Jnrget lh?t l,'rJ."il By buying your Summer NmmIh here, ...AVi' bavo been f'ortmiutu -in placing large order for Summer goods long before the advance, , and now give you full benefit of these savings. ' , Wash Dresses 'iye now in demand our lines are complete, all snowiKin inese .Mininier rocks, nun pncea at a make yoiWliink ofVld times. Phone and Mail Orders Promptly unit Carelully Filled t j V i , Quatid 'Olio of the 600 It. C 'f-.t-4 LA ORANDE "Were you on watch last night." "Ye.ah." "Then you didn't huve any nll'ip.'" .vno.'.' . , ,: :. ''Why did you couio clear over liere then?" . .. - . , .''I wanted to see you(" k lust. Wanted To Look. Well, wero glud to see you isunjly; What can wo do for you?-' Just let mo look at you and ' "And what?" - "And cook some doughnuts.'.' "All light, but you'd hotter down and sleep n while first." "1 don't want to Ho down, would.-be time wasted." " "Wasted- It's Just ' what ': llu HI 'need. "No, It Isn't what I need, I want to look nt you . , l.ovcd Ones At Home. "I ve got a wife and llttlu baby back home, and I lovo thorn. I like to be here because seeing you 'takes me back lo Ihem. This I ought to sleep, morning I knew but 1 Just couldn't go over tho top tonight without seeing you again. That's- why I want lo look at .you and fry u few doughnuts for you. It . takes 1110 back to them," ho finished, with far-away look In . iTwo s"" azk w n-i i"doughmit dippur stumbled in the Ho was dirtv and dusty and his lace was worn, but, his eyes sparkled brightly. ' ! SHERRY JTHEATRE HOUSD OK QUALITY-. 1 TUB -T.0DAY "They Al8o Serve, Who Stay at Home." GOLDWYjX, PRESENTS MAE MARSH ii a Story of Pluck, ' Fielcfe of Honor, ByU'yin S. Cobb. " 'I'lip-SI'ii'v of tlivSliot Hint UiuiK Around tlui World. "Its a Goldwyn Picture." OIL STO YES ' 1 A Week Trial Free Harris Furniture Store B. HARRIS, Hid l'llt STREET YOU CAN PRjOFIT'-il --7 4.- ... ' 1 ' ..-. t'-t -- aai.t i . . , , OCN RULE O U. Stores with an Annual Purchasing Power of , Over 60 Million Dollara STORE fumes lip Smiling. , ".lust thought I ought to como back unit tell you I'm all right," ho said, "I was, afraid you'd be worried.. My wife and baby would, anyway."- "fou so out thero under tho tree and go to sleep," 0110 or thu girls ordered. " i' "All right, I will," ho said. "1 reel llko sleeping. You don't think I in crasy, do you? I Just had to see you. It took me buck to thc,ni." WOMAN'S MAM, Ml, M HUM. Wll.l 'I balet) cooking because what ever I aletgavo 1110 Bour slonwic 11 and it bloaled fcoltiig. :I diuu but .v.iler and (Ijlvo oil by the su 'on. .N'otV.ni; holpd unul I tried aim. pie buckthorn! hiirki glycorlno, 1.1c , us mixed In Vdlor-a-kn." Hoc '.use It flushes tho ItNTltli bowel tract completely Adl4-i-ki relieves ANY stomach case, sifcir sfoiuacii, gas or constipation andprip'entH appendi citis. The INsVjlT action Is surprising. -C. TX I'lltnuiUi La lUrande, Ovo. I 1 I'O.M.IHTI'UIC IM APPOINT ED TO SOLICIT (Continued From Pago 1.) at their very doors, will bo a qucs. tlon or opportunity only, The Tame of dehydrating plants, and wliat they do Tor the farmer, needs no further advertising, al though, ir thorn- he any this side of The Dalles, or Salem, who want "lo be shown," ; llko any. old . Mis sourlan, Armstrong is tho man who can do It, for ho is thoroughly post ed himself In all the details . of this particular business, besides be ing a riuent. talker. Slnco Doctor llacon and nunier-. 'oils others. Including several -rait- road officials havo asked that a comprehensive description or 1111s particular ' method of de.hydratldg Proprietor . . VIIO.MC: lied 3171. of the new styles iiirure tnas win This la a 1 1 Union Store, . and We Observe -Union Hours .. vegotablea and fruits bw ' given tho public, Tho Evening Ubaer.t:4r - will du so, at a. future, date,., and '. thu reader will bo surprised, '.ifotL only at lis simplicity, but effective.,' nuss of this particular nietboi). be ing ono reason that the quartennas-L. Uy-general of tho army has inado: such large contracts with this : coUi- j pnny for army foods. - ; , As , Mr. McKonnon said,. ,.a Orando will be Indeed very fortuu-'i, ate ir it can got this company 4tuf-V liclently Intorestod in thla xoUut!y;: to accept Ills' offer of a free 'build-' log site, because, hi the fl ret place,' all kinds of building niaterjala havo advanced almost -100 per cent, especially is this true of steel -and Us .products, but thero !ls- "a vbtg. chance In our -favor, if the : farmers: of these two counties stop Into the, broach, as did those of Wasco, Hood River, Marlon and "Polk. "jv if It is war, and -war materials (kka? big nionoy, but the farmers'., ton.. traeta ''will mean big nionoy ?a , thorn, us well its to the uianufac-' tuier. -j;") ' Will Union County , farmers, lead the way to Victory? " 1 ' ' ' J Huffman says "Count' me In.."' . "V'' '' "" " :. I ' ' : :'';r:K-.;' When the average woman hvys her groceries! or fruits or- veaeU allies sho is j moat j particular - and ' buys only thi best Ho It should be with the soda wator, fcidlesj who. wish euldl a cityim sundaes ,01; They should demand fancy drinks. anduhuy tho tt,,a i It vnti-.,ill khtti ' jdllldns you .will naU ttce those coi 11 rally drop In I at silverthura's have At Cain prepare" 1 Fountain andf for you' one. of his specialities,''. Rex Pocan Si indHe. , . ,Dj' at Sll i J I ; 7? aaaaaiu . FAMIL1I ' LA Bti MocoKaeN.:,' ACQUIRING A PERFECT FIGURE Most women Jwho h lve perfect figures did ndt have them orig inally. They h4ve act uired them, A woman gradual!; takes the shape of her corset 1 9 the corset' produced by $he nost artistic designer is thejl ight one to wear to secure a pcjrfect Figure. ' .' lpDlRt (AORSSTJ Front Jctk.oa are most symmetrically and ar tistically designed. They are comfortable, stylish and grad ually mold the figure into those beautiful lines that every wo man admires and desires. . PAULINE LEDERLE 'Aim I'HkLB ;-.!': XIV ! M ' :!1