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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
TUESDAY. AITU'KT 13. 1918
The Observer
Am Independent Newapaper
Published Dolly nnd Weekly t
La Grande, Oregon.
JU Grande Evening Observr '
Publishing Company,
i BBUCE DENNIS, Publisher.
Entered at the Poatoffica at
La Grande, Oregon, as Second-clan
Matter.
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The Observer, 1710 Sixth Street.
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"My Cauntry Tie of Thee, Sweat Land
ef Liberty."
ANNA IIKI.l) IS DEAD.
Death has claimed another person
age of world-wldo distinction. It is
Anna Held. , As an actress, Anna Held
: came in world prominence, and the
stage has lost a wonderful chnraeter.
. 'Prom, coast- to coast life hus been
made happier and people gladder be
' cause of Anna Held.
PRONUNCIATION OF NAMES.
American soldiers have been advanc
ing their lines in Prance so fast that
those who "fight thj battles at home"
have not been able to keep pace in the
pronunciation of the names of towns
' in the captured territory.
For the benefit of thoBe who want
;to know, herewith is. preBentod a .list
oi tne towns tnat figure In the war
news these days and others Unit prom
is to figure in the near futurt, with
their correct pronunciation:
Aisne, ain.
Amiens, amee-on. t
Artois, artwa.
Bcauvais, bovay. '
Bclleau, bellow.
Chatcuu Thierry, shoh-too teery.
Bethu'ne, baytun.
' Chaulnes, shone.
Croisilles, krawsil.
. Pismcs, fecm.
Fero-en-TordenolS, fnir-on-tordi-wn.
Fresncs-en-Wocvre, fruin-on-wouvr.
Iluumont, ohlnon, .
Le-Quesnoi, lur-wainwnh.
I.lgny, lecnyee. ,
Mnrcolng, WiirkwnhiK
Mauver, movah,
Mesiers, mny?.yr,
Nesle, null.
Neuilly, nuyee.
Nisncs, neen.
Oixu, was.
Ourcq, oork.
1'ierrcfonde il'ccnyrfon.
Poitiers, pwuhtceoy.
Pont-n-Mousson, pwan-tnh-ma.ir.on.
Quntre-Ilras, kntr-hruh.
Rncrof, rokwah.
Houlers, rnolny, '
Koisel, rwnhv.el,
: Rnuhaix, rnobay.
Royo, rooay.
Saint Die, san deony.
. .Senlia, san lee.
Soissnns, swns-on,
Kolosmcs, soluim.
.Suippos, sweep.
Thinulicourt, tcen-konr.
Thielt, teelth.
Tongres, tongr.
Touroing, tiwr-kwan.
Vervin, vcrvon.
Veslo, vail.
Vosges, vor.h.
Early American Diplomats.
The first American minister to
France was Thomas Jefferson, who
represented this country under the
t'uiifmlerailnn anil during the revolu
tion before the Constitution was adopt
i d and the United Suites was organ
ized. After the adoption of the Con
stitution, the United States was first
represented In France by William
Nhnrt as charge d'alTulrea (17110) and
then by Oouveneur Morris (17W:) as
iniulsler.
; - WITH THE SCIENTISTS
Electric Hunts that ran ie
used fur signaling itrf Inclined
Ini policemen's helmets tfmt
have been Iuveptcd la England.
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A tPfil for safes that breaks
the best bits and defies Indro-
. gen-noctylonn blow pipe minion
has been perfected In Burope.
By treating young croVkons
with high frequency, high vol I
nge current of electricity n
London experimenter has iimdo
theni'grow more rapidly.
A bliihly nutritious broad has
been Invented hy a European
scientist who replaces milk nnd
eggs with beef hloocl. blanched.
sterlli'd nnd deodorized with
hydrogen peroxide, which Itself
Is a substitute for yeast.
MUCH IN LITTLE
.''tying' la C
than a vice, i
the Enst an art mare
Germany Is trying a new style of lo
comotive, captihle of it speed of (18 mllcfi
an hour. It lis to be used for heavyv
passenger service on the Itreslau-Dres
den and Hrosbiii-Horlln Hues. ,
The mirenn of standards linn found
that better Klaus melting pots can he
made of cloys found In tho Wilted
State ttuin tho clays Imported from
Germany, heretofore considered neces
sary. . ' :
' tlnuse movers rolled Max Brodow's j
dwelling nut In the street In Mlnne-1
apolls. Minn., nnd struck for more j
money. Brodow appealed for pollco !
protection until the movers cauie back j
to work.
'market for electric light plirnts
could ibo developed In South China If
American products can be sold us rea
sonably and give' as great satisfaction
us British plants, which bnvo been re
cently Installed. ,.' ;
' Francis Jones, 'New Tork negro sub
way porter, llirew n bucket of wutrr
on what lie thought was burning paper
and went back to work. When he dis
covered It wns a bomb he fell down
a flight of stairs.
To remain beautiful eat an onion,
half n pound of cabbagn or spinach,
half a grated turnip and n handful
of cranberries dally, Mrs. Anna IVter
aon, domestic science lecturer, told
club Avomen In St. Paul, Minn. '
"""WITH THE SAGES r"
Pythagoras desired to be 'called not
wise, like those who preceded liliu,
but a lover of wisdom. QuIuUUan.
Put oil on the wound nnd It wilt
heal; be meek nnd tho anger of thy
brother win aluto. -Parsee Uimuoi-Jee,
17118. .
Born for a very brief space of time
we regard this life as an Inn which wo
uro soou to unit Hint It inuy bo ready
for the coming guest. Seneca.
Old nge Is the consummation of life,
Just us of 11 play from tho fatigue of
which wo ought to escape, espeelu'ly
when satiety Is super-added. Accro.
' The days nrc ever divine. They
come aud go like mullled and veiled
figures; but they sny nothing; nud If
we do not use the gifts they bring they
curry them us silently nwny. Knier
son. Obstinacy Is, will asserting
Itself j
without being able to Justify Itself,
It Is persistence without 11 reasonable
motive. It Is tho tenacity of self-love
substituted for that of reason and con
fidence. Amlel.
WORDS OF WISE MEN
There Is a vast dllTereiiee between
Information and Ulcus, and the man of
InfiU'limtlon may be useful like n die-
tionary, but may never bo u force lu
the community.
Great men not only know their busi
ness, hut they usually know that they
know It, and lire not only rlKht In lhelr
main opinions, hut they usually know
that they arc right In them.
If you desire not to he too poor, de
sire not to he too rich, lie Is rich, not
who possesses much, hut who covets no
more, aud lie is poor, not who enjoys
little, but he who wants too much.
He who thinks that he can find with
in his own breast that which may en
able him to dispense with the whole
world Is much mistaken, but ho who
tbliiks4luit the world cannot do with
out hint is still more mistaken.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING
By lifting three floor planks In a
new motortruck seats are formed upon
which as men can be carried comfort
ably. A wire clip to hold a cow's tall ,
agnlnit one leg when she Is being 1
milked has won a patent for a Mich- j
I Kiin lurcntor. I
As a Icss-cipotislve substitute for !
un electric hair drier, nn electrician j
In Kunipe has Invented a device for
warinttig combs. '
Some satisfaction.
Another reason why It is, licttcr to be
an aviator than u iooio.i t is Imimisc
Kf your hut blows oil' the other aviators
don't run over It.
Observer advertising will bring re.
QUIT WHITE HOUSE JOBS TO FIGHT
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.hnrles Swciu (on tho right),
PMsldeiits dletntlon since Mr. Wilson was first elected, and Wnrren Johnson.,
frrsonn I stenognipher to Joseph P.' Tumulty, the president s secretary, have i
'Joined II10 nfuiy. Swcm, who has a wife aud a child, will eo Into the aviation I
noire, nuiiH joimson win De BsslKneU to some other branch,
been anxious for some time to get Into uniforms,
OVIOIt THK, XOltTIIWKST
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Portland people are calling for the
savingof all tin foil, which, comes
around tobacco packages, candy etc.,
foe the benefit of the Der. Cross so
ciety. Receptacles have been placed
in many prominent places, and lied
I Cross agnts make the collections. In
lms worK tnev arc assisted by many
u misier companies., inis tin foil is
vuluablc to the government in making
certain classes of war munitions. '
In La Grande it has long been the
custom to save tin foil for the use of
the Red Cross,, and there are recep
tacles in almost every prominent
place in the city.
I5AL-EM, Aug. 10. George F. Rod
gers, shipbuilder of Astoria, and for
mer mayor of Salem, wants to use
cenvicts to bui!(l ships. In a letter
received by the state of board of con
tro ton oldyesdgrR und S",W299,aIa
trul tadqy Rodgers states that he is
satisfied that free labor would not
object to convicts working in the
yards, and he states he is willing to
give full pay for their services.
At least five days ahead of the of
ficial date of launching under the
contract, the steamer Western Plains
was floated by the Columbia River
Shipbuilding Corporation at- -4:13
o'clock Friday afternoon in Portland,
milking the ninth of the 8800-ton type
to leave the ways there, eight of
which were set ufluat since January
1, the corporation keeping up its
record of one each month.
R. E. Clunton, master fish warden
of Oregon, was chosen president for
the year of tho I'isclllc Coast Fish
Hatchery Association at its session in
tile Imperial Hotel in Portland Friday.
Other officers named are: Vice-President,
J. A. Talbot, fish worden-at-large
in Oregon; secretary, II. C. Mit
chell, superintendent of the U. S. Bu-'
reau of Fishermen; treasurer, J. N.
Peters, of the Clatskainic hatchery.
The following executive committee
wns elected: Professor W. H. Rich,
chairman; Julin I.cdgerwood, J. W.
Ban ian, James S. liailey, 1. H. Wilson,
Dennis Winn anil F. W. Smith.
Wheat production in Washington
this season, as estimated on the con
dition of tile crop August 1, promises
an increase of 11,1 17,000 bushels over
Inst year, uccoiding' to the monthly
crop report of the bureau on crop esti
mates of the department of ngricul-
tuie here, made public tonight by E,
T.
Marchetti, Ii field agent. While
winter wheat shows a falling of from
last year of 1,-1:15,000 bushels, spring
wheat shows a corresponding increase
of 4,552,000.
This season's entire wheat crop for
the state is estimated at S2,.'i:j5,000
bushels, of which 0,4:15,000 is winter
wheat and 22,012,000 spring wheat.
Some one has made a mistake that
bids fair to cost the people of Pen
dleton a considerable sum of money,
whichever method is followed. At the
time the new gravity system was com
pleted and had been, as it was thought,
(F1
When a man gets to wanting
real tobacco comfort and
lasting quality he can go
straight to Real Gravely
Chewing Plug every time.
Gravely
no mora
P. B.
: IKS 'Ms
j mm mr.i mi pieies i uimm v "w Af.nf l n
the only atenoernnher im h..
fully proven to be up to expectations
of the people, the rating bureau for
the insurance companies announced a
reduction in tho insurance rates of the
city of from 10 to 25 per cent. This
reduction wus made with the under
standing, either implied or understood,
that the gravity system and the for
mer pumping system would bo used
in conjunction for fire protection, nnd
not because of the gravity svstcml
only. , j
As time went on the council per
mitted tho pumping system to fall into
disuse, and recently the electric motor,
which was the property of the Pacific
Power & Light Co., was taken out und
sent over to Pasco, Wash., where this
company owns the water plant.
Giving as reasons that fire condi
tions in the forests are extremly haz
ardous and that every available man
ii needed for war industries and for
harvesting the crops, timber owners
and lumber operators have asked Gov
ernor Witliycombe to suspend the
hunting season until climatic condi
tions make disastrous fires ir::possibU.
The season opens August 15.
Shippers of exhibits to the state fair'
j will be allowed to transport them in
one direction free, under a concession
received from the railroad administra
tion, through Senator McNary, accord
ing to announcement made by Secrc
.tary Lea, of the slate fair board. Here
tofore the Southern Pacific has trans
ported the exhibits free both ways,
und, with that exception, the conces
sion granted' places the shipments on
the same basis as they have been in
the past. The railroad administration
recently issued orders forbidding nil
shipments for state, county or city
purposes free. This also covered ship
mcnts for charitable and exhibition
purposes. Shippers of purebred ani
mals also may ship them at relense
valuation, rather than nt full valua
tion, Mr. Lea stated.
Women Soldiers In China.
China had women soldiers long be
fore they were known In Russia. Dur
ing the Tae Ping rebellion, IS-TO,
women as well as men served In the
ranks. In Nanking, tn 1853, an army
of 500.000 women wns recruited. They
wero divided Into brigades of 1. '1,000
eni'h and were commanded by women
olllcers. , ,
Poet's Many Qualities.
The poet must alike be polished by
nn Intercourse with the- world as with
Ihe studies of taste; one to whom In
ner Is negligence, refinement a science,
ind art a nature. Disraeli.
Human Machinery.
We have headaches and colds, not J
at all realising our body Is in need i
of some good, pure oxygen. !!
Mechanics tuke much better care of I
their machinery than they do of their J
own bodies. They know that unless I
the iiiiichino is cleiufl'd, oiled anil rest-
ed occasionally It will not run pi op- l
erly. How often do they think of the : J
linK.rtance of cnrlng for their human '
machinery? They run It nt the high-
est tension, feed It on stale air and 'J
Improper food and then become hup '
prised If it runs down. J
).,nnr,wwww. immibJT,- MaMajMBajaiBiiMMMajsjiBi m UjL ' IIHil limii
Peyton Brand
Real Gravely
Chewing Plug
10c ft pouch and worth it
taata o moci Io.ifrr it costs
to cAtut than ordinary plug
Gravely Tobacco Company
Danville, Virgin.
ijk wt m m - ttoih-or , i ; 1
Both have I uUDJjy ' I wiuumm-nrwwmr . j'-'i-uio
CONFECTIONERY FOR SALE. ' I mmwmmmmmmmmmmmiammm
' The Hermann Confectionery, on Fir
street, is now offered for sale includ
ing all stock and fixtures.
MRS. MARGARET E- HERMANN.
8-a,tf ::.'..
.In the Crush.
"I hugged n girl rather tightly the
other idjrht aud crushed some liuport
id ijrai'et'.es." "V0urs or hers!"
Starts
And develops great
power ?nd mikage
because of its full,
uniform chain of
boiling points. Look
for the Red Crown
sign before you fill.
STANDARD OIL
COMPANY
(California) ,
)i1e Gasoline
F. R. MAXWELL, Local Agent.
ACQUIRING A
PERFECT FIGURE
Most women who' have perfect '
J figures did not have them orig- i
I innlly. They have acquired .them. J
I A woman gradually takes the I
shape of her corset so the corset
I produced by the most artistic
' J designer is the right one to wear '
tOjSCcurc a perfect figure. J
jJIDyrRT Corsets
i Kr-iortt Laoed
nrc most symmetrically and ar
tistically designed. They arc
comfortable, stylish and grad
ually mold the figure into those
beautiful lines that every wo
man admires and desires.
PAULINE
LEDERLE
Economy and Your Boys
.Clothes '''
-.-In buying Bttys' C'loUics, as with Anything olsn, ;
tconmiiy Is not ticli n inalttrr of priw paid as'
vultio rci'fived. ' ' ' . ' . ;;. '-, . .
Come ii) and see the splendid values in our new
liiiM of Boys' (t)pnre'l. Extragond .Suits and Over-'
)at?:'G.50 to $20. ....
boys-, . . boys'-;' '.! ;
Mikiiiaws, $5 and up Hate .l..'..$1.25 to $1.75 ,
Underwear ......83c tq $3 Caps 50c to $1.50
Sun and . Tub Proof Ghvn i5c f0tl25
Blouses....:........ 65u up uimes 10 1
Pants 75c to 2.75 Stockings 20c and up
Boys' Shoes, nil leathers, laee and buttons; A to EE
. widths, $3.50 to $5.00 ,
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WHERE IS
Suppose youworked hard nnd had gotten together a bushel
or more of very fine grain, and the grain was very fine
nnd costly. Where would you put it? In an old stove, or
hide It in some out-of-tho-way place? If you did it would
probnbly be destroyed by,, vats or mice insects would make
it worthless; fire destroy, it, or somebody might steal it!
No! , You would keep that costly grain in the safest place,
so you could plant it Und reap the best possible returns
from it. ':" .
How about your hard-earned dollars? You most assuredly
want them in a SAFE. "Why not keep them in this Bank?
We watch your dollars all thotime; and you can get them
at any time.
Member Federal
La Grande
LA GRANDE, OREGON
S P -ETC I A L
Economy Caps 25c per dozen
As long as they last-
Harris Furniture Store
i a.
OA FIR STREET
BARGAINS!-:
A "A.
I MAJESTIC STEEL RANGE,
1 MONARCH STEEL RANGE,
1 ROUND DINING TABLE, 10-ft. extension,
1 PRINCESS DRESSER, 1 MACY SECTIONAL BOOK
CAKE, 1 WARDROBE, 1 LOUNGE, 1 CHINA CLOSET, 1 BUF-
XZcl ,,rc a" BOOds' -
Furniture Exchange
Black 1241- KJ.'DOXOHUE ' Fir and Jefferson
Best Prices Paid for Used Furniture, or will Exchange for New.
lialij.anai .Ii I,,, a
ADVERTISING
IS INSURANCE
An advertiser's advertisement is his volun
tary agreement to do certain things. Good
business policy, law aud public opinion re
quire that an advertisement-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.
YOUR GAIN
Reserve System
National Bank
HARRIS, Proprietor
;; PHONE: Red 8171.
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Job printiug, The Ohsei ver. Main 37.
suits.
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