La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 24, 1918, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY. JULY 24. 1918 " 'EX! GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER TSOE TTIREIO rwr. -1! 'if 4p 4f 4? !? 4? 4p 4p 4? 4p 4b "fr J? fr !? J? 4? fr 5C 4? J? J? Jf 4? 4? ft lf 4f fr'. j "Serve Potatoes on Every Table Every Meal" f BED CROSS DRUG i R HOSIERY PRE The Kodak Store it- PLENTIFUL0 .Wo cnu supply your needs here,' at prices far below the actual wholesale Prices of today. Hosiery will be. considerable higher in the near future, and hard to get at any price. Take this Tip 'buy your needs now, and supply yourself and faniily for months to EVERYWHEffr. ! Oocial and S Personal AND NBEMU 1 V A v v SU1M 0S IVy. J. W. Collins is down from Mea-cham. E. E. liuntly was hero .from Joseph yesterday. Dean Spencer was in the city yes terday from Elgin. Mrs. J. D. Fontaine, of Kamola, u a visitor in La Grande. H. C. Scott and wife are among the Arrivals from Enterprise. Robert P. Wallace, from WaHa Wal .'a, 'a a La Grando visitor. G. R. Iluggins, of Imhlcr, was a vis itor in the city yesterday. ; J. D. Casey was down from Mca cham yesterday on business. J. II. Mimnaugh, of Wallowa, whs an arrival in the city last night. J. David Haines left today for a few days stay at Wallowa Lake. F. L. Baker, Palmer Junction mer chant, came up to La Grande last night. , ,7cs?e Ray and E. S. Thomas lird wife, of Joseph, are visitors in La Grande. JudKa Peter O'Sullivun loft on No. 17 this morning on a visit to Portlund. Miss Stella Keith, of Harrington, Wash., Is a guest of hor sister, Mrs, A. Newlln. Mrs. A. C. Sharp, C. C. Davenport and Miss Luclla Bowman are Baker visitors in La Grande. . The Methodist ladies will have Red Cross work all day tomorrow, in the basement of the church. J. H. Hinuman was a jiassoiiKer from Portland thlA morning on Ills way to his home in Elgin. . Mrs. Albert Knight w.in a passeu ger thin morning for Fondloton wliero she goes to visit friends. Mr. and Mrn. Robert Newlln and Bon, Phillip havo left -town for .the. mountains, whore they will spend the remainder of tho summer.. Miss - Mabol Schofleld arrived from Salt Lako City Ibis morning in "response to the summons an nouncing tho death of hor mother, Mrs. N. W. Scbofiold. Archie La'ighlln, a member of 4 he aviation corps at Vancouver, returned to duty this morning, ni ter enjoying' a few days' furlough, which afforded hint a visit with re latives and friends at home. Mr. and Mrs.' J. A. Corey and granddaughter Irene Poston of Dodge City, Kansas, nro hero for a prolonged visit with Mis. K. J. Drown and family, and Mrs. C. II. Finn. Miss I'oslun will remain and , attend the La Grando High School this winter. George Huntington Currcy, pub lisher of the Malheur Enterprise at i Vale, was an arrival in La Grande to day from Eugene, where he has been: voidable KM F' mm.- . fc-i'. .Obey tfce Iinitid States ,"--,-i-- - - - - food admlnintr.aticn's order for t&e sake of the mtn t tto JjEftf-j" 60 MUST SAVE BABIES yroTA I'Ott STATU IS .- I-'OI! ic.nkiixg yuau. Tomoirow 5 "lie Day When V.'ci;;li. ing And !Hcafiuiiiu; Is jine. ""Many of the. pliy.'jical defects wlile.li canned the rojrction of oi'.e thir of tho men coining up loi examination in tiie first draft aij believed to date from some slight troilblo neglected In early child hood.. The Children's Ilurcuii cm phaaizua tile fact that a 'higher standard of physical fitnosa In the rising gorroration can be auuured only by greater attention to the physical condition of children. The roFponno to the mil for weighing and measuring children in beyond expectation but tho commit leo' hopes In have every child In La Grando included l;i this test. Remember the time for tills lesl Is Thursday, July 2!i, 10 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. at Riviera School, Mrs. Garner, chairman; Greenwood School, Mrs. II. S. llrov.nton, rlinir lniii ; Central School, Mrs. L. II. Moo, chairman. Children Included In tills test are from six months lo six years of ago. " ' This test Is tho first step in a larger war-liiue program. Tim lest will -be followed by :joiuo nei niaii- ont-work for the protection of mother's babies and young children.. Die safeguarding and protection of children l:s looked upon as a patriotic duty in view of tho una- wa'itage of human life in- taking a military course the past fcWjcident lo war. Tho hearty co-upcr-weeks. He will remain in La Grande lation. of every person in La Grange over the day and then proceed to his is requested for this dale, Tlmis STATISTICAL NOTES In M:exieo Cily flour Is $50 per barrel In American gold. More than 100,000 women are employed on Prussliin-Iiesslnn railways In Germany as against only 10,000 before the war. Pennsylvania railway Is add ing 70 new trains. United StntcH government Is buying 00,000,000 feet of rail way car lumber. . WITH THE SAGES Endeavor to do thy duty and thou wilt know thy capacity. Goethe. Iiy persistent labor man may attain to all excellence. Demosthenes. Man's great fault Is that ho has so ninny small ones. Jean Paul Klchter There Is u gift beyond the reach of art, of being eloquently silent Bovce. Ho that wnlts to do a great deal nt once will never do any. Doctor John' tion. No ono Is so Insignificant ns to bo sure his example can do no hurt. Lord Clarendon. QUOTATIONS home in Vale. day. July 115. Many of the physicians, nursen Juck O'Neill, traveling passenger and ladies are giving their assict- agent, went up to Baker this morning ;anco in this work. to look after the arrangements forj the special train. which is to convey: TO KUTl'ltX TO l-'ISO.NT. the recruits from Baker, Malheur and j Grant counties to the cantonment PARIS, July 24. ( Uy Pnltfd camp. The special will consist of six, Press.) .Major Tiieodore Roosuvcll. or seven coaches and a diner, and will ; Jr.. wounded while, leading an at tack on a macnine gun nct outh west of SolsKons on Friday- by a machine pun bullet, which hit hlni behind tile knee but broke no bones will return to tho front in six weeks. WISE REMARKS The successful man begins to mind his neighbor's business just as Boon as the neighbor neglects It. This altruistic generation hopes not only to sow the seeds of world democ racy but to gather the harvest. While a congress of nations may not lighten the burdens of democracy, It mav strengthen deinocraev'R hark. Irrespective of when peace Is signed or what the stipulations are, "Made In Germany" will not be a popular trade mark in England or the United States for at least a generation. leave from Baker this evening. jiA.vv ixniAxs ix si;i;vk k. Mrs. Hlackhiiwk, well- known In dian woman of Thorn Hollow, U on ono or her regular viBlts to Grande Hondc. Tho aged matron or tho forest is rather proud of the fact that her grandson Is one of tho recruits In the last diaft. It lo stated lliat no less thin 23 men from the Umnillla reservation went out troll! Pendleton on the last call. NEW TODAY! OBSERVATIONS Opportunity Is always looking for the right man. Everybody Is willing to forgive his enemies after ho has licked them. An electric grill has been Invented that cooks a steak when placed upon It as the meat lies on a platter. As a rule the biggest difference be tween the great and tile ordinary is that the great have worked harder. L06T. Fine Canary singer. He-1 w.ird. Phone Red 22i2. 7-2 t-.1t P1 j The very latest Poxed Stationery from the bes factories East are now on sale at Silverthorn's. All kinds or prelly colors. In Stationery j,.0 and Initial Stationery ai boc a nox. Envelopes to inalrii inesc. are or WANTED To rent, a room house, close in. six- five Red 781. 7-24,2t,pd the best and puVc reason at this slor Dally 23 tf RENT.A-Fn or first floor i !11I2 Pi-nn. real are noi oui oi;(;fij- " V iilshed apartment j Close in. Cail j . Phone Ulack 7-2-tf AUSTRALIAN PHILOSOPHER Time Is a great Institution. I don't know what we would do without It Sometimes I wonder whnt would have happened It there had never been anything. I The doctrine of Immortality In n Nobody has lived FAMILY DRUG STORE LA QRANDCORCSONi ! : ri 1 IFOR SALE Onr TRADE A five I horsepower Westinghousc motor, or will trade for a one horsepower: i motor in good repair. Fisk, 14081 I Jefferson. 7-24 Ut,pd j hard thing to prove. forever up to date. If the tax on the next door doit was xuillrlcnt the animal would wipe mil the public debt. Sol M.. la the Sydney Bulletin. Job Printinj, The Observer, Main 37 The force of Ideas Is never felt till they are voted down. Tiieodore Til- ton. A man behind tho times la apt to speak 111 of them, on the principle that nothing looks well from behind. Holmes. One can neither protect nor arm himself against criticism. We must meet It defiantly, and thus gradually please It. Goethe. : True liberty consists only In the power of doing what we ought to will, and In not being constrained to do what we ought not to will. Jonathan Edwards. Conscience, truo as the needle to the pole, points steadily to tho pole-star of God's eternal Justice, reminding tho soul of the fearful realities of the life to come. Glllott. A knowledge of right and duty only renders one a greater hypocrite unless ho have moral sense and moral life sufficient to conform to his own con victlons. J. B. Walker. When the Intellect moves to tho work of human elevation, the power which gives the Impulse and secures permanency Is generated In-the heart and conscience. J. B. Walker. . -t All the while, did we only sec, . Wo walk In the Muster's company; We fight but 'tis Ue who nerves our arm, Ue turns tho arrows which else might harm. And out of the storm he brings a calm. , ua, Thine lo work'as well ns pray, Clearing thorny wrongs awny, Plucking up the weeds of sin, Letting heaven's warm sunshine In. Ef you want peace, tho thing you've gut tu flu Is Jos' to show you're up to flghtlu', tu. Bigelow Papers, Second Series. EVER OBSERVE THESE? Circumstances niter cases, some times for the worse. Somehow or other we'd rather a man would flutter rather than tell the brutal truth Jurt to be hurtful. We can understand a lot of things, but the necessity for a bit of pink fringe on the bath towel Is not ono of them, II.o Is wise who keeps his own coun sel, hut be Is wiser who knows enough to follow good advice when he gets It A girl may not he very smnrt hut whenever she gets u note from a hum containing the Injunction: "burn this," she knows that's the letter to hung onto. Many a mnn tries to keep pace with n neighbor when It comes to spending money. The difficulty Is that he won't keep pace with him when It comes to earning money to spend. It's a queer world. Some men will buy any number of drinks for men who cnu afford to buy their own and re not thirsty, and yet will refuse a dime lo the poor mnn who really needs refreshment come UO IT NOW. t BLACKCAT HOSE offers you all that is godlin hosiery. Made for Men, Women " and Children, in all gradesT You can't buy better hose at any price insist on BLACK CAT HOSE. Phone and Mail Orders 1 Promptly and Carefully Filled T GOLDEN RULE C One of the COO It. C. U. Stores with an Annual Purchasing Power of , Over 60 Million Dollar . store :444;k' This Is a Union Store, and We Observe. Union Hours A WANT AD will do it. BACK FROM CALGARY W. B. Sargent Reports Poor Crops In Canadian Country. "I had my first piece of whito bread while I was in Calgary Province, Can ada, on my recent visit .there," sai l W. B. Sargent, who only recently ro. turned from a 10 days' business trip to tho Province of Calgary, Cmada! "So, you see that as far a.) white bread is concerned 'during the wur, we here in the United vSt-'.cs are worso off tlan our Canadian neigh bors to tho north. Total Crop Failure. "There will be almost u total failure of all grain crops in thnt province, so I was informed by government offi cials. Their statistics show that there were put under cultivation in that dis trict 2,600,000 acres of wheat, and other grains, in tho South Alberta disti:"t. and out of that vast acreage there will bo harvested less than c.000,000 bushftls, while in- norma, years there would be harvested more than ten times that number :,f bush els. The extreme dry weather drouth-burned the crops. "I spent ten days in the Calgary district, and while there traveled al! over it, malting inquiries in all direc tions, and was told that the Sv.kat- he.wan district is in just as bud un ditior.. ns far as crops arc concerned "The government of Canida will surely have to help these people out An attempt was being made while I was ther; to raiso $1,000,000 fjr ;hc Y. II. C. A. war fund of th i. country, but. owuifr to crop failure, they w.,1) have dif 'culty in doing it. "The Canadian government is also making rr-.n (.ements to flj '.t another big 'Victory Loan,' in which th.j Unit ed iltrtes In previous years ha i laker, n hand. This time, however, tho gov rninent has informed thn peipic of Canada that Americans havi all they can do to take care of their own war loans, and they must take care of their own loans. "I made my trip to Canada by way of Spokane, and all the way between here and Canada I ditl not see any crops that could comparo w'th tlr, crops right hero in the Grande Ron-Jc vallev." WAouf waC tS is nof lia t iiiliiiiilllliililllllilllillllliliiiiiiiliiiiimiiiiiliiiDiiiiiilillillllillllllilillilillilllll li After Constipation -What? , Constipation is not merely a local and temporary . derangement it affects the entire system as it becomes chronic. . First, it creates intestinal poisons, which foul tho blood and lessen the vital ity. : Then come tho in direct and more insidious troubles, such ns Anemia, Diabetes, Dyspepsia, Gas- ' tritis. Intestinal Catarrh,' Pile'' and Hardening of the Arteries. Constipation is the source of numerous serious ail ments. i So all should . beware. . The best way to fcnin relief, correct the trouble, and keep the entire bowol sys tea in normal condition take Stanolax. the kral lubricant. It is i cathartic, it contains l-u&s. It is not habit- lug tasteless, it fl fit thU easy way. i u convincing. ' for ; CONSTIPATION I STANOLAX U for sale in name of city) by I iiiiiiuiiniHMi:;HJMin;t;i!;n:iiiiN':nniiMii;niMir.''iMi!iM;'.iin!iiii:ii;!(nifiiiii;iiii((i!(iiiiHii 3 !1 IS lo nnfl notl no a torrfinn Keep yiurs m I Stasllurd Oil Company J I (Indira) 1 IhloiO.U.S.A. : I " Red Cross Drug Store La Grande Pharmacy Silverthorn's Drug Store Putman's Drug Store. SHERRY THEATRE mi in .TOP. . IK SERGEANT EMPEY'S GREAT STORY. LAST SHOWING TODAY. TOMORROW WILLIAM FARNUM in "THE HEART OF A LION." Matinee Today Children 15c, Adults 35c Children mswr-. t.!"ijJK'.'i Vfl- - V'.'?! .&ir"Vri i r. t) 1 1 a . ...rj. j.i.,. . j i . 'r- rifc.i.wficii Sprgl. Arthur Guy Ijiticy in Vittigraph's master inxluclion, M, P. No 14 "Over tlic Tn Evening ... 25c ...Adults . .....50c I r'.vT'f -f ;f X- A.