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15a 'i&timte nmtm iffbssxvst MMeeeian. tarwr . I a an I it Ada, I .7. J An Independent . . Newspaper i Prints the News the J I D7 It Happen. Phone The the Neva Your Want Main VOLUME' XVII 'STIFF LINE MEETSTHE FOCH PUNCH INDICATIONS POINT TO A STUB BORN RESISTANCE IN THE VICINITY OK ROYE. ALLIES ENTER OUTSKIRTS OF BRAY BY SLOW DEGREES Notable Increase In Artillery Fire All Along Entire Line Enemy Troops Moved Up From Best Reserved to Halt Allies Minor Attacks Made. WITH THE FRENCH 'AR MIES, Aug. 14. (By United Press) Developments prove to day that Germans are de termined to niake a stand in the vicinity "of Roye. : The second and 18th (fcrinan armies are 'of fering stiffcr resistance daily. For the past 24 hours there has been, a notable increase in shelling,, especially gas attacks, north of Morlancourt, where the Americans are fighting, in and about the Ancre valley. Allies, north. of the Aisnc, re pulsed minor attacks and are ad vancing slightly near Bray, at which place Americans and Brit ish have penetrated the 'town's outskirts.' . Rupprecht's gunners are con siderably busier oil the forward Aisue. Allied airmen continue swarming the sky, and harassing Boche transports. Troop movements behind the enemy front show the German? are determined to make a stand ARTILLERY FIRE HEAVY. PARIS, Aug. 14. (United Press) The official communique says today: "Both artilleries are showing great activity between Avre and the Oise liver, especially in ltoye and the Con chy sector." O'EKMANS REGAIN BALANCE. PARIS, Aug. 14. (United Press) Germans have regained, their equilib rium in Picardy, at least temporarily, and are apparently determined to make a stand on the, Bray-Royc-Las-signy-Noyon line, but the showing an unusual jump on the whole front. They are trying small raids to pet prisoners, and nro persistent in (heir , air recoimadHiinceg to learn what the enemy intends doing. Foch is exerting strong pressure at vital points, keeping the Germans guessing. - ttUPPRECHT IS PUNISHED. WITH THE BRITISH FORCE, Aug. 14. (By United Press.) Prince Rup precht's hold on the west side of the Homme, and the Nesle-Noyon canal, remains exteremcly unsupportable. '.British and French maintain a dinbol icul pressure from Albert to Ribccourt. The Germans are profiting to the full est extent from the old Sommc lines, but are heavily smitten by artillery. . Almost a third of the German divis ions at this front have been identified as the Kaiser's precious reserves. SERVICES THIS EVENING Anniversary of Hospital Unit's Depar ture to Be Observed. With services suitable for all con cerned, the annual anniversa'-y of the departure of the La Grande hospital uqil for France one year apo today, will be observed at the Methodist church thin evening. At the same time a fajrgwell for the seven men who leave for war via the Benson Poly technic tomorrow morning, will be held. . Singing, pantomimes, readings and an address by Robert Eakin appropos the anniversary, and a short lecture by H. E. Dixon constitute the pro gram. This will be followed by a short prayer service. XHillT WOltK 1X ISIOASKS The Y. M. C. A. Night transport rorvice in London Is accomodating :'.n.on soldiers a month. Formerly 7000 a month .-was considered a laVe undertaking : MME. PADEREWSKA Mme. Paderewska, wife of Ignace Paderewtki, Is head of the Pollen White Cross and hae raised a corps of Polish nuraee for service in France. ' AT HIGH SPEED WARD EMIGH PLEADS FOR CAR CONSERVATION. 'Patronize Home Industry" His Theme Keep Good Money to Spend With Home Merchants. "It is the patriotic duty of all in the shipping business to save cars, wherever and whenever possible," said Ward Emigh, president and man ager of the Valley Creamery Com; pany, with headquarters in Walla Walla, who is in the city today, "I know, of course, that the average farmer is as patriotic as anyone else, but sometimes they are deceived by creamery agentii telling that their weights and tests given, them by the home creameries are not as good as if they would ship to Seattle or Spo kane. i am told by our, local, manager here in La Grande that there are up wards of 100 cans of cream shipped out of La Grande every night. The express agent states that it requires an extra car in the train to accommo date the business, and three extra men on his part, with extra trucks to handle these nightly outgoing ship ments of cream or butterfat. If the farmers could be made to understand that all weights, as well as cream tests are governed by law, and that weights and tests made here in La Grande must bo the same as made at any other point, and that if they would sell us their cream, at identically the same price tney re ceive in Seattle, less the cost of the freight, the government could use these extra cars to much better ad vantage, I am sure they would be willing to sell us thir cream here, and that would keep the money at home. These farmers and dairymen come to the city once a week, at least, in order to do their trading here; why not pay for their goods, whatever they mav consist of, with money tney re ceive from us for their cream, and keep that good money circulating here at home ? "Any one of the creameries in Lu Grande could take care of these cream shinments. make it into butter, and ship the surplus butter to other mar ketsafter supplyng the local demand and these outgong shipments of but ter would take very much less car space than would be occupied by 100 cans of cream. Dairying at Its Height. ' ''We.; never have paid, in years, such high prices for butterfat and cream as wo are now paying. And in spite of the high cost of hay, due largely to the dry season, farmers should increase, instead of diminish, tho size of the herds, as some arc doing. "And there has never ween a time in tho history of tho country whe.i the government called more, loudly for milk ithan at the present time. "Do you know how many miliians and millions of cans of condensed milk it takes to feed our army now in France, to say nothing at nil of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers now in training camps in this country? ''No wonder that Uncle Sam is call ing on the farmers of the land to pro duce a double quantity of everything on the farm, and this means more milk, for home use, as well as for the allies fighting with us in France." HONOR GUARDS CHANGE DATES. The Honor Guard girls will not work at the Red Cross rooms tonight, but it is desired that ail . who can, should work in the afternoons this week. Military drill will be held tomorrow night at 7:30 sharp, under Corp. Gene Good, and promptly at 8 o'clock there will be a meeting to discuss picnic plans. DAIRY FARM NG LA L P. DAY 13 II CP" C. E. HENDERSON'S SUCCESSOR CHOSEN BY UNANIMOUS VOTE LAST NIGHT. MISS HINOMAN GETS ' A CALIFORNIA POST Many Teachers Have Resigned to Take Government Positions List of the Newly Elected Teachers to Be An nounced Soon Capable Music Su pervisor Goes to Palo Alto." '.: ,.','''. i At a meeting of the La Grande school directors last evening, the of fice of director, held by C, E. Hender son, elected by the people in 1917 for a three-year term, was declared va- cunt, due to his removal from the dis trict this last spring to engage in ship building at Portland. L. P. Day was unanimously elected by the board to fill the vacancy. ' : ' . This continues to give the district surrounding the Greenwood and River ia schools representation on the local school board. Mr. Day has previously served upon the board, retiring in 1917, whereupon Mr. Henderson was selected by that territory as a can didate and was erected. The unani mous selection of Mr. Day by the board is something pf a tribute to him by his old time , associates and Mr. Day is said to be considering the mat ter favorably, although he feels that he has given time enough to the dis trict in past years. Friends of the schools are hoping he will decide to accept. , . ' . ', Many Teachers Resign. School officials here have recently received a number of resignations from teachers elected, both in the high school and grades. Miss Helen Cur rey and Miss Helen Johns, populur high school teachers, are both employ ed by the war industries board at Washington and have resigned. Other vacancies in tho high school, caused by the resignation of Principal Mc Neill and the death of Mr. Fulkerson, have been filled and their successors will soon be announced. ., Miss Sue Wllls'on has rpigncd as if grade teacher to accept election in the Portland schools. Miss Dudley Tobin, Miss Dove McGoe und Miss Rao D. Morrison have resigned as grade teachers from the Rivcria school, most of them to accept government posi tions. . - Miss Cecilc Hindman, for a number of years past supervisor in music in the La Grande schools, was recently elected to teach music in the Union Htgh School at Palo Alto, California, the seat of Stanford University, at j salary of $1500 a year. The resigna tion of Miss Hindman from her posi tion here was recently received. Pa trons of the 1 Grando Bchools and friends of Miss Hindman generally will regret her resignation, but rejoice in her distinct promotion. A successor to Miss Hindman will doubtless be soon announced by tlic'i board, .as a complete roster of teachers is expected to be handed out at. an early date. ' . LUNCHEON IS CANCELLED. The twenty-five cent luncheon that was to be given Thursday afternoon at the M. E. church has been can celled. RECRUITING FOR CHORUS STARTED COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO I.MI'ltlOSS PATItlOTIC Dl'TY AND liE.NKITrS. Committees' have, been appointed to take up the ninltor of recruiting iuemb?i'Hhlp3 to' the Coiumunity Chorus. This is done in pursuance to a '.esoltition adopted at tho last mooting of the chorus last Monday. Dr. MoKmun. pnfddeut of the as sociation, today named the follow ing people to recruit membership, so Ml ni: to nth la individuals that It is their patriotic duty to put the chorus to Its fullest tilrcnghl. and that tho individual hluiselr will reap benefit therefrom: A. W. Nelson. Mrs. Ray Login, Mrs. Clyde Zimmerman, Mrs, H..J. Kitchen; Mi-s. A. H. Prince. Mrs. Ocprge Stoddard, L. H. Dramwell. Miss Mabel Herzlnger. Mrs. W. Mary Wai nick, J. I). Blator. H. E. Dixon, Mrs. J. F. Corbett, Mrs. Robert Ncwlin, W. F. Landrum and Miss Blanche Snook. , . ' GRANDE, OREGON, A EDNESDAV, AUGUST 14, 1918 ITHE THiRtf CALL ; ON FOR. NURSES '";:,:", i 'i '. j :'; ':.; '! REGISTRANTS ARE DOING A SOL EMN DUTY TO VllUIK COUN TRYTO PRINT NAMES. r ! b 'I' t WANTED, 25,000 NURSES - ! i- The uppcal from our hospitals -J-! In the field is imperative. They -J I- must have every nurse who can be spared. ' The places of those J withdrawn from, the hospitals I- must bo filled immediately by j student nurses. Tho call must J- be answered from every part 4 of the nation. Let there bq no j- woman 'slacker' in tho land." I Anna Howard Shaw, chairman, -J-S- Woman's Committee, Council pf -J- I- National Defense. '." -;'"' '; ;: ; v."') ' The Observer only tho other day published this call to tho young women of La Grande and Union coun ty, and no doubt some have, already registered, at the various appointed places, both in the', city and in the county. . ' . 'If those in charge of the registra tion places, will phone into this office, the names of those who have already registered for student nurses, the list will be printed from day to day so that all will know ". who ufe the pa triotic young women of Union county. Who, will send In, tho first list of registrants ? ' " ' iLest any forget, the registering' places are printed below! r Wjomen who desire to enter this service of the government can regis ter here in La Grande with Mrs. Feeb ler, Mrs. Albert Huiiter, of Mrs. Ray Logan. ; ; ! Outside Registering.- Places. Mrs. Minnie Baird, Union. Mrs. Chris Johnson, North Powder. Mrs. Hugh Huron', imbler. Mi's. E. E. Anderson, Cove. I Mrs. Mabel Burnett, Stnrkcy. - AND JUVENILES OX WKEK'M Ol'TINU TIUP HAVE THE IIHKiKHT THUS UVIOH. fishing. Summing iind Itnltlo itb Pine (''ones MnkrM iircul , . ' Fun For All. . So'crotry A. II. Prince, who left' La Uruudo, August Urd., with the Juniors und Juveniles of tho asso ciation for a woek'n outing on Cuthftjrlue Creek nine miles north of Union, returned by uutos Hi roc uutos and a- truck, latu last Satur day night, with a much tired, and all-n bunch of kids, who, notwith standing Unit fuot, suid that they had the II lire of their lives, and will be roMly next year Tor n simi lar experience, . Ono of the rules laid down by Captain I'rlncc, was that ouch bov lu the panly must do his share of Urn cooking while In cump, lu re lays, and all hud thojr run at II, but, when it cump, to do the (IIfIi- I washing, it was not unite so futi lity. ' ! . A largo swimming pool, right at jthe camp grounds,, furnished all I the enjoyment, us well sh clean I bodies, that It wus possible to I crowd Into the week. i And Hulling you nc,vor bow ithu jlilco of it more than itituy could cut, the, finest of the 0nnv tribes. I A large sulmon, wus also added to the zest of the outing. ; The boys hud a great time fight ing with pine cones. , Sides were chosen, with a captain to letd the charge on the etir,!iiy. A few bloody chtns und eyes testlllled to ithe earnestness of the sham battliyi, ; bitty, as no one suffered much. Rtid it was rctilly like the shunt tmtlh's isoldlers In the regular arinv are ; trained to engage In, In order to intake better men or them, the ro sins of these, mlinlc bailies were '.highly satisfactory to all. j fl'he mimes of tho Juniors vwere. Robert Gary nml Alfred Bobbins. I The Jutievlles wer Geno Coiner. iUavIn liellliiKiT, Kenneth I'lerson, i James Smith, John Heir, Melvln ! Parker. Sheldon Uiownton, West ley Brown and Howard Mealy. Art iltur French, I'atil Meyers, Mclvln .Hoc, Clark Fitzgerald und Ed Fltz I gor.-t Id. j Gene Coiner, as Captain of one jcouipany, twice defeated In a btt.ttle 'Willi pine concp, (ho other coinpatiy cuptalnd by Paul Meyers, both icompanios being aboift evenly jnvutch in numbers and weight, jUenc said ithut they thought It Igreat fun, Just like the sham ba.1 I (Continued on Fege Two) BOYS OF 21 REGISTER OH AUBUST24TH PROVOST MARSHAL ISSUES OR : DERS CONCERNING YOUNG MEN OF COUNTRY. UNION COUNTY'S LIST WILL LIKELY BE SMALL On Basis of Past Year, It la Expected That Comparatively Few Will lie . Required to Register In This County August 24, When All Those So In ; eluded Must' Register. WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. (United Press.) Evidence that Uncle Sam in tends to prevent boys' of 21 escaping registration for any material length of time, was shown today when Provost-Marshal Crowder announced that a new registration will be held im mediately. On Augusb 24 all those who have come to 21 years since June 5, the; date of the last registration for boys of 21, will be required to register. , While there has been no official action taken for Union county today, it is presumed that the registrations will be conducted much as they wore Inst June. The number to be thus thrown into the registrant list In this county is entirely speculative. For u period of one yoar ending June 6 last, 102 came to that ago in life; the num ber to be registered August 24 will undoubtedly be small. ' , Such registration concerns only those who have become 21 yearo of age since June 5, 1918, and must not be confused with the larger registra tion to be made in September. Late News MAKING FINNS FIGHT. WASHINGTON, Apg. 14.The Slate Department has . learned that Germany has determined to demand of the Finnish army to prepare to march on the Murman coast in two weeks, at tacking allies, Including Americans, who have landed there in the Archan gel campaign. The order went in the form of an ultimatum. I. ASSIGN Y REPORTED FALLEN. LONDON, Aug. 14. The Pall Mall Gazette declares it is understood that Lassigney has been captured. STIFF RESISTANCE NEEDED. , ZURICH, Aug. 14.Thc Frankfur ter Zeilung says Germany will makj. the greatest efforts to defend Chaul nes, as its fall would mean retreat on the whole Somme line. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TO MEET FRIDAY IMPORTANT BUSINESS SESSION CALLED FOR FRIDAY EVEN - ING OF THIS WEEK. Mutters of importance pertaining to the student body of the high school will come up for consideration at a meeting 'of the boys of tho school, to be held next Friday evening at the high school auditorium at 8 o'clock. Audtner Playle, pcsident of the stu dent body, is calling the meeting. Every boy who was a member of the school last year, or will be this year, is urgently requested to be pres ent, as the meeting is of more than usual importance. . ! j -j j j- j i j- SALVAGE SHOP CONTINUES. Proposed reduction of solicita. ' lions as outlined by War Chest policies everywhere now in use, do not deal witn salvage shops In the least for the salvage shops utilize, generally speukmg. only what otherwise would be waste. The salvage shop is an established Red Cross institu tion, and the belief that has been current recently to the effect that War Chest plans stopped ' salvage shops, is of course mis- taken. People are requested to continue their salvage patronage as always. , tt j f j MISS RAY SAWYER Miss Ray Sawyer Is carrying on the work of supplying sheet music to the American regimental bands at home and abroad. . LEADING FRUIT TELLS WHAT HE THINKS NEW . PLANT WOULD DO. Believes . Dehydrutiug Plant Could lie More Than Supported in Union County Alone. C. M. Stackland, of Slackland Bros., well known growers of fine -cherries on the oldest orchard in this part of the state and who cume m last even ing to take part in tho drill of his company of the Oregon Guard, just before drill began, wanted It known right out loud in meeting, that he ould head a list of growers and far mers in his neighborhood, Cove, for the signing up of a five-year contract for his product!!, to start the proposed dehydrating plant in La Grande. . "I know full well what such a plant would have done for us in seasons past," he snid, ''and of course this present season Is not a very o-ood ono, oven for late fruits, but thcro are other sections of Union county where, I understand, thsro arc very good crops of potatoes, as well as other lute vegetables nnd apples Unit could bo Biivod by this new process. "But, suppose we all get down to brnBS tacks and count noses in our grangos in Union county, as well ns our neighboring county of Bnkor, hold meetings in grunge halls ami invite some agent of the cumpuny to come out horo and meet us.' I, for my own part, ant firmly convinced that in less thim two weeks' campaign, with the aid of the big growers, loudurs in growing vegetables and . fruits, Ve could miiko It worth while for any big company to put up n plant in Lu Grande, on tho free site offered by J. D. McKcnnon, und it would have sufficient-signed contracts to erect its plant, in time for early vegetables in the spring. . "I know, front what tho growoi suy lu nnd around The Dallns, where a company lias a plant in operation, what it la worth in good round dollars to them that plant saves thousands of dollars a year, in its purchase for high cash prices, everything they enn raise, much of which, tor .Ack of such a plant as this, went to waste in for mer years, or was fed to the hogs. "And T know, further, thut the far rrers who tic up with that plant, take away from it almost 80 per cent if their hog feed, which is almost clear profit, being what Is ordinarily con sidered waste matter . "The payroll of such a plant, which, I understand not only runs the year around, but, like the one you tell me of in Salem only erected less than a year ago is working three shifts ev ery 24 hours on U. S. Government con tracts, cmplovnig front 00 to 80 op. raters each shift, at good dally wages, would do the same thing in Lu Grande and tho money received by farmers for j their products would be paid out here at hiimc. ''Of course we have in La Grande, outside of the big O.-W. R, & N. pay roll each month, two lumber compan ies, two creumertes, as well as smaller manufacturing plants, which employ fa lot of pcoplu who make their hmies ! in La Grande, but why not have ::i 'other even larger payroll, with a fui j tory running the year round, mostly I for the benefit of we farmers?" SIOK.MH LIKE A l)lti:.M, Sausage and polaloes for 12 j .rents and liver and bicon for lb! rrnv s are prices chin ned frjlrlt'i-r ana sunors in t. m. u. a, nuis in I England j SAMUEL REICI) DEAD. Samuel Reed, aired 75, died in this city yesterday. The funeral will he held from the Bohncnkamp chapel to morrow at 2:30 o'clock. GROWER TALKS NUMBER 273 5Mi1f.il HOT RIGHT; ill LIKE YB OFFICIAL REQUEST FOB ELIMK NATION OF THE WORD IS ASKED BY MARCH. , 1 TOTAL MEN NOW IN FRANCE 1,300,000 General Murch Makes Important An . nounccmentB In Interview With Cor-, - respondents Illinois Troops Fight ing In Picardy Sector Pi isoners Are Clubbed By Huns. WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES, Aug. 14 (By United Press.) Two capture4 British sokliffft; who escaped from tho Gennuu prison camps, declared -j that allied prisoners, including the Americans, arfe clubbed with' nfles at the slightest provocu; turn. Slightly wounded prison- : ers immediately become'scrious- : ly ill through lack of treatment. GEN. MARCH ISSUES NEWS WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, (By United Press.)-.-Chief of Staff March today made marly important announcements, in cluding the following facts: -' i .. There we now ;0 complete American divisions in France. This. would briiig-the.total orga-;. nized force to a, million, three hundred thousand men. He said the Picardy salient is now being reduced on a fifty-mile, front' to : fourteen miles of depth, and this makes the nearest point to Paris fifty miles, i "SAjUMlES" ISO MOKE. General March, appealed for. elimination- of the word ("Sam- my.' He said the Anioi ioau sol diers prefer "Yanks." , .: He declared the liJlst regi ment of (he ICtrd division Illi nois troops was the American unit in the Picardy offensive. On July 2.'5rd, in 24 hours, tho 28th division Pennsylvania troops suffered -1(J() casualties iK.ar Dormaus. PENDLETON J'JIB ROUND-Ut V . v TO BENEFIT RED CROSS , PENDLETON,' Auu. 14. Pendleton will stnifO1 her ninth nnnual Round Up next month for the benefit of tho Red Cross. The directors of the big frontier show offered to contribute the entire net proceeds to the Red (loss and the offer was accepted by thu organization's representative a few days ugo. ; Tho ninth of Pendleton's famous opic dramas of the west will bo held on September HI, 20 and 21 and,, de spite the fact that some of the famous cowboys and buccuroos have answered tho call of their country and nro now bulldopKinp; the Hun somewhere in Franco, there will be competition suf ficient - for tlte prizes and trophies. 1 he usual proeram of wild west sports will be presented hut there will be add ed touches of tho military and pit-' tnotic in keeping with tho spirit of wartime. No person has ever received a sal ary or dividend from the Round-L'p but heretofore the profits of the show have been devoted to civic improve ments in Pendleton. . In these tunei, however, the directors decided that such improvements should give wnv to war enterprises, and made their of fer acrordinnly. SIR. PIEIK ETO LECTURE' SitvIcc FIiir I (iranire Hall lu lie Solemnly Dedicated. Blue Mountain (Grunge has a service flag thut would be envied by any tfraiitt;o, and the Grangers purpose to dedirote it solemnly and suitably Fri day night. , ' i . , Walter M. Pierce has been secured to deliver the address of dedication. aeKtimifHiivieiism i ...... i : 4
