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"My Country TIs of The, Sweet Land
; ef Liberty."
TONIGHTS. MEETINd.
There is so much of Importance as
regards registrants, in tonight's
meeting at tne Tabernacle, that the
Observer wishes to lend its voice of
appeal to all registrants to be there.
Government agents who are familiar
with certain cancers eating 'at the
core of our young manhood, , have
something to tell, and they expect at
tendance of registrants. The Ob
server knows whereof It speaks,
when it says that mothers and fath
ers wilt be relieved to hear of the
precautions Uncle Sam has taken to
prevent their boys from contamlria
. tion.
; The meeting is, In somo respects,
of greater importance to the regis
trants themselves, than any meeting
yet held in Ln Grande.
NEW OFFENSIVE BEGUN.
American red blood thrills today
at the news that the allies have un
dertaken a general offensive in PI
cardy where only a few weeks ago
the Germans pushed the allies toward
the sea with stunning force, and the
outcome of which -held the world
oinsp. Here Is to tho success of tho
drlve-r-may tho huns be driven out
of Picardy.
Picardy, you will remember, is his
torically one of tho most distinguish
ed provinces of 'Franco. In. Picardy,
ttnturies ago, blood wns spilled by
warriors bold in quantities relatively
a copious as last spring, when the
.allies were knocked off their feet
Maybe Picardy,' like the Maine, dis
trict, will add another chapter to his
tory, but bno more glorious to civili
zation thnn the Plainly disaster of
early summer.
Come on, you allies! Rid Picardy
of huns!
The true test of patriotism is ap
plied to the farmer who leaves his
growing grain and harvest fields to
attend n meeting of the War Board,
ns did a largo number today.
La Grande Is something of a mili
tary center. Since yesterday morn
ing, officers of- the Marino Corps
National Army, Military Police force,
State Guard and Home Guard forces
have been in Ln Grande on various
pieces of business.
August 10th, lust day to pay wnter
rent without penalty. 8-8-2t.
UMOMOTIVH . KMil.NHKIt SAYS.
Overwork and worry cnueo kid
ney trouble. When the ltld:inys
are not working properly, poisons
nrcumiilato In the , system, result
ing In backache novo muscles, stirf
Joints, rheumatic palnn, constantly
tired foelliiK and other distressing
symptoms. George Mcl.nln, Turtle
Lake. N.D., writes: "I am a loco
motive engineer. I had a bad pain
In my back and my bladder ac
tion wns very IrroKiilar. I took
Foley Kidney Pills and was relieved
In o couple vt days."
Sold everywhrep,
, "AS SHE IS SPOKE".
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Some queer sentences turnru out by
the pupils of the Methodist Olrl s
School at Kuala Lnniiur, Mu.ln.vsla.
'. When the form of t verb Is changed
It la called congregation.'
The prime meridian Is called the
eternal date line.
Gibraltar la tho keynote In the Medi
terranean. The finest wheat that ever cropped
grows In Russia.
- The masculine of spinster la bore.
Ho had nothing on except a sword
tfpd be was unarmed.
V wife Is the upset (opposite) of the
husband, ,
The place was taken by storm and
thunder.
Benjamin Franklin looked very
funny yvlth his clothes behind and a
loaf of bread ln bis mouth.
: The cat was thin and pale.
Gibraltar Is known ns tbo keynote of
England.
Sr. Helena Is a place where Napoleon
had been diminished.
! barbarian atntos are Morocco,
Algiers, Tripoli and Turnips, , -
Queen Victoria reigned 00 years. Bhn
was the longest sovereign that ever
ruled In England.
A frog Is a hug with four legs. It
stands up In front and sits down be
hind, World Outlook
SAMMIES GET "FLAPPERS" TQ CHASE :,
POISON GAS
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lilvp'ry pair to be reduced 20 per cent. Just a fowjif the. host'
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One lot Ladies' French Heel Pninps, R. $5.50, Sale $4.40
One lot Ladies' French Heel, 1 strap Pumps, Reg. $5.00,
Side Pi ice - $4 00
One lot Ladies' Tan Low Heel Oxfords. Reg. 4.00, Snle....$3.20
One kit Ladies' Clo. Quar. Spool Heels, Reg. $ 4.00, Rale,..., $3.20 .
Misses Low Heel, 1 ,Strap, in Guli .Metal and Patent 20 per
cent off, .
All Whito Low Shoes reduced 20 per cent.
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Sammy, above, Is boating off a gas attack that Is, he's learntni
how. In addition to the gas masks the American soldiers are provide
with these ' flapper" (ana. The handle la about two. feet long. The
fan part is about two feet square and is made ot stiff canvas, Dj
rhythmic beating of the bottom of the trench, throwing the fan up well '
ever the shoulder after each blow air currents soon displace the gas.
SOME POSTSCRIPTS "
Japaneso government experts nre
raising tobacco ln Korea from Ameri
can need. . ,
A wheel chair has been pattcnted
that can be folded compactly for stor
age when Idle..
Official figures show that the sewers
of American cities are long enough to
glrdlo the earth. .
, English scientists ore' experimenting
with the production of artlilclul rubber
from coke oven gasus, .
Caddies nre unnecessary for golf
players who use n new holder fur clubs
that Is mounted on wheels. ;
; Two Seattle men have patented a
tnachlno thnt Bllccs an ontlro loaf of
bread us a tradle Is pressed.
India Is now raising cotton on 13,
2(13,000 acres of laud, un Increase of
about 7 per cent from lust year.
An irrigation project nenrlng com
pletion lu the Hawaiian Islands will
pierce five mountain ranges and de
liver 50,000,000 gallons of water dally
to plantations.
Forks that carry spring scales to
weigh their contents have been Invent
ed ln sizes ranging from u dining tn
blo utensil to one lurgo enough to lum
dlo bay or grain. Houston Post. :
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STATISTICAL NOTES.
Ohio cow supply has dwindled
40 for cent In n few months.
United States' grew 13,fM,l.r0
bushels of onions and G01,0-0
tons of cnbbago In 1017.
A 31 per cent drop In building
operations wns reported ln New
York city, due to strikes and In
ability to obtain steel.,
As n result of Increases of
wages steel rollers ln the mills
at Voungstowu, ()., are now earn
ing us much as $.S(0 u month or
at the rate of $10,000 a year.
1 India's Prize. Fighting. .Birds, . j
In most - cnnnti-loH Utile birds are
matched ngiiln$f one niinther, for '
benurv of plumage or strength of song,
but In India they nro. taught prize
'lighting. ,
Thaqunll Is most commonly used In
licsn; prize eoniix'tltlonH, null Iho bird
Ventura. who stork ihc lighting kind do
n good trade iiinonir the natives.: The
blrAls are kept In nigi-M. scores and
uteres being on view at the various
Jilrd dealers shop-. Those who engage
In tho sport gn the round of ihotio
shofis, and select those birds thnt seem
nutHTelsnmo to the i other Inmates nf
tlie cage. For the small additional fee
'of flvo cents 111 our money the priv
ilege. Is given of selecting from the
stock In hand. -
Only lllo mule birds nre used, the
females being placed In their cages'
within sight of the battle roynl to .en
courage ihelr mutes to fight. This
they readily do by moans of a peculinr
whistle. The unlives have side stakes
on tho light, but the only consolation
the winning bird rnenlves for perhnps
m few bnifrVw "hint a 'good shaking up
Is a liberal feed of delicacies.
fil'.NH t'AUHK SKItVOt'KNI-aW
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Orange Juleo Is n preventive of
acurvy among children who uso pas
teurized milk. .
xomaioes nnea wim nnuwu iniit
Bpple, celery nnd chopped nuts mixed
n.l.l. ...AUr.Kttnllin .M fl.ll I I'tfllta
Tnck glass nnd ehlnn In hay thnt Is
lightly damp. This will prevent the
ankles from slipping about. "
Apples, cored nnd filled with chop
ped dates or tigs, then baked, make an
excellent breakfast dish.
Parsley and sweet herbs should bc
gathered on u sunshiny day when full
grown if they nre to be dried.
If white potatoes nre Inclined to
turn black whm being boiled, add a
few drops of vinegar to tho water they
are bulled In.
Warmth Not In Surface.
"Tho Britisher Is just as warm,
hearted nnd kindly and friendly ns wo
nro;" writes Herbert Corey in Every
body's, "but he must be operated on
with n full kit of tools before one finds
It out.
"Not long ago I wns riding with a
young nliu-cr on the British front. Ilo
hud Just heard that bis favnrlto broth;
er-ln-lnw was located In sonic unknown
village near by.
"lie wus qullo 'bucked up' about it
I am sure he said bucked tin because
this was a renl brnther-ln-lnw. He re
galed me with stories of the brother-in-law's
youth. Ho met friends nnd
asked where the beloved brolher-ln-biw
might bo found. I!y unci by we ran
across tlio brothcr-ln-luw, standing
knee-deep In mud in u particularly de
stroyed village. This Is precisely whnt
they Culled to euch other!
"Fancy me finding you here, old
'top!' 'Itlpplng, Isn't It? Come ulong
ana tinvo a peg,"'
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Discouraged.
"I've given up trying to keep i
hired girl."
"Whfil's the matter?"
"I've come to tho conclusion thu'
when It comes to paying wagon :
can't compclo with n munitions fuc
tory." '
, The Hesitation.
, She If a ' girl told yon you could
kiss her ,on either cheek, what would
you do?
IK I'd hesltato it long while be
tween them. 1'uuch Bowl.
LIEUT. JOHN MACARTHUR
FACTS AND FIGURES
United States ln 1010 quarried gran'
lte valued at $17,418,582.
United States national banks have
$10,000,000,000 111 deposits.
Pennsylvania railroad has scat 2,5-10
.employees to war.
I -X ! iff
When you feel this hot weather so"
much, why not drop in at Silverthorn's
nnd ask Al Cain for a drink of Afli
Coin. 8-3,tf
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Lieut. Jdhn MacArthur, former
resident of Wilmington, Cel., although
flying at the battle front In France for
only a short time, has brought down
several Oormnn planes. He Is Yale
graduate and a former electrical en
gineer wltb the DviPorit Powder com
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liiNtrnctois in .Miiskolry Must I nder
Ktnnd Tbcir Pupils.
..ny A DR1TIS1I MUSKETRY.,
OPK1CEH.
(Wrlltoh for the Unit'd Proas. )
LONDON. Aug. man who
rldos a bicycle wpndors bow on earth
It Is possible to fall off, jus, us a man
who . Is liftrnlng to r'dc .wonders
how on earth it Is po.;tiblc to stay
on. , -
That Is a contrast which every
musketry Instructor mnsi. l!ep con
tinually iu his mind. It he does net
he will forgffV that to the new re
cruit the rifle is a new and pcrhapi
a dangorous thing. H-i approaches
It with respect. Exactly ns with the
bicyclo he.wondora not only how lie'
will manage It, und what it will do to
him. That is why you cannot drill
men In shooting .as you can drill
them Into forming fou-s, and why
with harshness and Impatience you
may spoil, a good man at musketry.
You are doing more than, to teach
him to do a new thing, jou aro put
ting a strange, liistrdr.irnt into his
hnnds, as you might gh'e him a cur-'
lous animal, and he hai to became
accustomed to It. If you let him. use
It wrongly, If you let, 1 lm flro hU
first shot with a.lobso vlp and hurt
himself with the kic't, you may
make hltn permanently afraid of .it.
That is un obvious carelessness
which every good Instructor avoids,
but he has to; do more, !m has to re
member thnt every muH with Ima
gination enough to leant' at ull must
have a certain gun shyness nt first
even If he never shows it, and must
wonder whnt the first :.!iot will fejc-1
knows Is a hard thing 'a keep that
perpetually nnd conclo-isjy in mind.
.Men Shows iNedvoncss.
Gun shyness Is n well choson ex
pression nnd in the exact souse of
It r,very man is gun shy r.t tho begin
ning, but it is used nioio often simp
ly to describe tliu mora nbvlous Dhv-
sicnr nervousness that some meni
show when they first handle a rllta. !
It Is very difficult to find a cause, for ii
It. It may perhaps be a repugiince
to sudden noise, a repugnance which, J
if you knew the mnli'i post, yoii i
would find to have shown Itself lu
other ways. At tho same time it Is i s
Interesting to note that artillery of-jj
(leers do not find as much gun shy-ii
nesa among tholr men ns niirlit ue!j
expected from the greafei volume vf
noise.: Or It may be the excesslvo:
nervousness of an imaginative man
at handling n dangerous thing for i
tho first time In his life; or it nrij:
In rare cases, bo a d'lllnito fear
some particular accldmt, a four of
which the man himself Is perfectly ii
conscious. i
It was so In n case of n man with J
glasses who pinched badly at every j
shot, lie had n brother who als.ijj
wore glasses nnd who had been i
blinded In one eye by r sudden ex-1 J
plosion. Ho was in contlnunl foari
ot tho same accident. Tho only
thing wus to put him to shoot with- '
out his glasses. Ho wa shortslght-ji
ed but could !CC well enough at the ; J
short ranges. It did not mutter at 1
all that at five hundred r.nd six bun- J
drd and six hundred y.vtds he could
lilt Vnthlng. At two Vundred mill (
threivbtmcliVirire-eould learn In use J
his rille; and when hor'ew to know i
It, he would probably want .IiimaeJC
o soe belter nnd tnko to his glasses
again. '
Dlirirult Case.
But clear cases of -hat sort aie J
rare, and there Is no mnortunlty to J
try nnd trnco tho itcrvins'tess hark (
to Its source. All that 'ho musketry
officer has Is the m;
puzzled, rather sham
who for eonie reason at all that h
can find, trembles when ho gooi ,
down with a tlllo. or bicaka Into a',1
sweat, or cannot soq clearly; and hrt
has to put heart Into Mint man and'
muko him a llttcl more than tho best
of himselfi ,
Tnese -arf- tho most, difficult and
tho most Inteiwstlng cases that an
InstniL-tor has to liandln. He has to
watch them closely, be Toady -to en-1
courage them, see at once when they
aro doing better, K he once letB
Ihenr think that be dosplses thorn,
If ho merely tries to discipline them,
If ho, makes them ulrni.l to speak of
themselves, he will do nothing. For
ho never knows that there muv not
he some simple thing, like that
innn's fear of breaking his glasses,
which can be put right, if only tho
man will sponk of It; und even If
thora is not,- tho moro .-. matt knowj
you nro Introsted In '.ilni, the more
ho will try to master himself. '
. Smokeless Powder.
The advantages of smokeless pow
der, bdsldes Its virtu of high explo
slveness, arc twofold. It does not cre
n!e n smoke cloud thnt betrays the
location of the gun or gunners, nnd at
the same time the man behind the
gun Is not confused for a second by'
n pull of smoke thnt obscures the
range ot vision lu the direction of the
enemy.
A beautiful lot of scissors of every
kind, also manicure scissors, nail files
and pocket knives, all of the very
best and standard makes. You. will
kindly drop in and see just what will
please you, without a doubt,' at Sil
verthorn's. . 7-27tf
LOST Somewhere in this city, a purse, containing $75 in
currency. Liberal reward if returned to XXZ, tjhis office.
Ads similar to the one above appear in most every paper.
Yet some people will -continue to carry large sums of
money nround. Why not curry a t-heck hook, nnd if you
lose it there is no great loss; Hint's the only practical way
to carry money. . ,
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Start a checking account today with us, nnd
pay by check. "You surely know that we have
a safe place to keep your 'money.
Pon't wait 'till you have lost a wallet to start your
. account, but put it in this bank tomorrow mornirif.
Member Federal Reserve System
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDS, OREGON
FAMILY DRUG STORE
LA QRANDE,OREGON.
$100 Reward, $100
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure ln all its stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly j
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Mall's I
Catarrh Medicine is; taken Internally and i
acts thru the Blooff on thp Mucous Sur-
faces of th System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, giving the ;
patient strength by building up the con
stltutlon and assisting naturp in doing Its I
work. The proprietors have so much '
faith in the curative powers of Hull's
Catarrh Medicine that they offer Ono j
Hundred Doll.irs for any rose that It-falls
to cure. Send for ll.t of testimonials. ;
Address P. J. CHTCNEY St CO.. Toledo, i
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Economy Caps 25c per dozen
As long as they last
Harris Furniture Store
H, B. HARRIS, Proprietor
400 FIB STREET PHONE:' Tied 3171.
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Most wo?ien who have perfect
j figure? iTid not hnve them orifr-
i innlly-T hey hnve acquired them.
A. woman cradunlly takes the
shape of her corset so the corset
produced by the most artistic
designer is the right one to wear
to secure a perfect figure.
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- 1 MONARCH STEEL RANGE,
1 ROUND DINING TABLE, 10-ft. extension,
; 1 PRINCESS DRESSER, 1 MACY SECTIONAL BOOK
CASE, 1 W'ARDROBE, 1 LOUNGE, 1 CIIINA'CLOSET, 1 BUF
FET, 1 MU.SIC CABINET. These ore all used goods, as good
ns new and at ONE-HALF PRICE.
Furniture Exchange
Black 1241 K. J. DONOHUE Fir and Jefferson
Best Prices Paid for Used Furniture, or will ExchanRe for New.
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CHICHESTER S PILLS
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HAXOND JUUMI PIU.K fc
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dro most symmetrically and ar
tistically designed. They are
comfortable, stylish sml grad
ually moid the figure into those
beautiful lines that every wo
man admires and desires.
PAULINE
LEDERLE
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tary agreement to do certain things. Good
business policy,: laV and public opinion re
quire that an adverjisement-agreement be
fulfilled. This serves as a protection to the
buyer of advertised goods.
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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