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page mun LA ( II I A N 1 J 10 1CV IN(1 () PSIi I V K l - mv;.):-SATURDAY. 'ATTOUST 17, 1918 : T(ic; Observer '.' Independent Newtp.ptr 1 rabliihed Dally; and Weekly at 1 Grande, Oregon. - U Grando Evening Observer . Publishing Company, j BBUCE DENNIS. Publisher. b'ntered at the Postoffice at ' . La Grande, Oregon, as Socond-class y ' Matter. Addreae AU Communications to Tiie Observer, 1710 Sixth Street City Official Paper. County Official - . Paper. Ercning Telegraph Report of United Press Association. On Sale In Other Cities Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland. Imperial News Standi Portland. Multnomah Hotel News Stand, .' Portland. SUBSCRIPTION RATES , By Carrier ''. Daily, per month .65c . Daily, per three, months $1.95 Dally, por six months in advance $3.75 Daily, per year in advance $7.50 Daily, single copy... 5c By Mail Dally, per year in advance .$5.00 Daily, per six months in advance $2.50 Dally, three months 'n advance. .$1.25 Duly, per month. ...... ... 60c The Saturday Evening Observer, by mail, per year in advance. . . . .$1.50 Weekly Observer-Star, by mail, per year in advance. S1.0U My Cranky TI of Th, Swut Land AWAKENING OF RUSSIA. From Into news dispatches, Russia la uwake and is striking In all.dlroc , turns at the Bolshevik!, who betrayed the country in the hnnds of the Prus sians, nnrttho country which nppar enlly was. crushed a few months ago, bills fuir tt again become an Import unt factor'.' ill the war against Ger many. In alj parts of tho vast 6oun try, fromji the Caspinn Ben to the White seayirtd from the Siberian P.a clfic'couKtfHo Moscow, peasants and tlio liberty-loving class of. stricken Russia, whjo Jonce were near renliza tinn,pf pomiqal and religious freedom, only to be qgiin thrown into the hands or" iinni'chinrc hy tho Gorniiin-mailc peace at djrst-l.ilovsk, aro rallying From the Jtod Cross News Bulletin the following quotations will bring good cheer to llio.se whose relatives are In the service: , No better nilvlce could he given to soldiers In enmp or about to leave for camp than this:. "Tell your troubles to the Red Cross field director." In every camp and cantonment there Is an ottlclal lied Cross representative whoso wile business Ik to cuter to !ie needs of enlisted ineu. If a soldier Is worried nlinut his funilly back home this Red Crow muii will see Hint the problem Is solved sat isfactorily. If thn soldier or nnllor Ik sick In ciimp amKI'iinnnt write to Ills relatives or family; the Red Cross muii will at tend to It for him; ' ' . " . In short, tlin Red Cross bureau of niilltnry relief Is organized to help en listed men In every way and the. Red Cross Is eager to have the-men use this service, . ..'. . v, " The Red Cross field director enrj .he found tit Red Cross' Iiendiiiurters ;lu slde tle ramp cantonment. NVi 'mnf ter what the soldier or sailor's prob lem luiiy he, he will do well to consult this representative. ' . 1 ' i Ofl reasAfi 'tlio Amerienn penillo re i'sjr)y gave $?0.nofl,MO to theVfRert Cross was to continue Hits service and enlisted men should avail themselves of It freely. , " Thefimil!les of Roldlcrs and sailors also should appeal to their local Red Cross chapters for hflp In any situa tion. ' The help always Is confidential, Thmo will ho no publicity. Camp service lias grown to' he one of tho largest phases of Red Cross work. . To Indicate the volume of this work It may he stated that up to April .10, 1018, the' Red Cross had distributed 1rft22.000 sweaters, 041.1171 mufflers, wristlets, 454,509 helmets, l,8D2.n pairs of socks. , r ... . The work Mr the fanillles of enlisted men by tlio home service department hus been equally Impressive. To.June 15 service had been given in some form to 202..'I02 families and $2,001,S27 hud been expended In this relief work. Thero aro now ' :;0,C0G homo', service workers In the United States under Red Cross supervision. Then there Is the canteen service with more than 7IK) units ready to meeH lrooi trains to give refreshments to the men. or to take euro of those who become sick en route. . The convalescent houses are hearing completion In all camps to afford en listed men a bright, cheerful environ ment for tlieir hour of convalescence. Provision ts made for entertainment' mid .social diversions, which are pow erful aids In the convalescent stage. The 'communication service of the Red Cross keeps families of enlisted men Informed of their welfare both here and abroad, If the men are sick, wounded or captured and unable to keep, up correspondence. . ;."'.,i T.t'ff, "tm Of- ' T UtST, RECEIVEDNEWEST. IDEAS IN WOMEN'S DRESSES . Copies of high grade models with every feature carf eully . 1 ( reproduced. Their quality is high, the price low. ' ; Silk Dresses in many colors, " . $13.50 to $50.00 Wool Dresses plain and fancy, $15.00 to $40.00 " Jersey Dresses, Newes colors and styles, $27.50 to"$50.00 1 ; ; :.' ;:v ' . ' ' . New Waists of the finest workmanship and style, at most moderate prices; White,' Flesh and Suit Colors;: Crepe cle Chine and Georgette $4.00 to $13.50 A UNION STORE '. I-1 Fur tlted Less. In the ne.v suits for full the absence of fur triiamlnvs' Ik notable. This Is partly on account "of Hie very bl.4u prices of furs 'hnw'iiud partly because women. (ire. at present wearing nil sorts of Ions stoles, cupes and coatees of -fin over their suits and drosses. It Is thought this fud will carry into the coming' full mid wlnler, and now In these iln.vs of thought for conservation of materials, all these little Items lire considered by tlio manufacturers. Military Influences. -Frocks showing the Influence of naval nnd military lines and coloring will prevail in misses and Junior fu&h- ions for full. yy AVE JUST WILL LEAD. Mi ' There is no gainsaying It, county will just lend the procession. Not only are our men anil women first in this, that and tin other thing, hut now the younger fenerations step oul V' the front and "put one over" on flic rest of the state. ' - . to the uid fhe C7.cclro'Sldk;'(in.Wk-h r 'yi'l'lf hoys .bavq jjiilojiCij ilu and tho jHI(eil cxpcilitions both in Northern Russia and the Knr Eust. . From AjtchjiiiiKel allied troops have niiidc Koodii'jJKi'css southward lowaril Vologda mill hppurcntly arc oieratinir in three cohipuis against the llolsho viki,'Whos opposition is reported to huvo been'nfrly detei-niinctl.v.Tlie oc: cupution of IJiiku 1V Rrllisli trooys who camo north irouirh Persia, is a blow to Germans and Turkish proton tiions, nnd strengthens England's pos sessions' In. India, To the north the Czecho-Slovnks are in force' oloidr the Volfra, under command of capable Russian generals. In EastcYn Siberia tho position of tho allies, apparently is improvyiir more troons are Innd o ! lit Vhullvostok. ' I crs, pavd welcome, as did the most beautiful homo on the Pacific coast Umon with 'its" vidc, coujls, ' its spacious rooms, cnccriui inleiiors, ex.'iuisiio on paintinits. Wc stood on the court of Louie Xfiupspn's home lookini; slrnie;,!. downwuid intontlie .ocean sixty feet belof, iinil uiai velcil at the grandeur; we raised our eyes anil with our great est possible vi ;ion belr,;Id the waves as they came d.isliinc; onto the break ers, tlmasinnally it ship traveling on its cburt.e bctwwn'fctti Krnncisi'o iihil ecoiiomieal way of dressing for the Portland or Heal lie could be scenoul school' J'fur by adopting a Ktandurd 011 11 K' Oican'it liiKhway. Then, f;i ini: ' . the casR a great te.icb conlaining over un.foim in conniM-tion with the ca.IrL n vkvd will. HolsUun vnt work. It in tho syme old Hlory, fur j tic, im'uut eyes. 'Nil' lieautiful Toli Union i-ounty is content to be nowhere!11 '"W'1 physii-iil cxlcrioi' of , , . the country hui 1'oumlinj the home, has but in the first nuilMiiul pivot unit, (.art,fuiV )cn preen-e.i by Mr. Siinp P: that. son, nnq uHitte from the perfect drive- ,. ' - ' - ' V ways, one sees this place just as na- jture made it, excepting of course the ' well-proportioned modern home which i has been so carefully erected , i A peculiar feL'lin grasps yuui? stand iparvelmg at the wonderful re FLYCHAf v.. ....... CAPL H. FROST ! . - -.iV - W iT: " 1 1 tr A UNION STORE ". " s::vto affairs, was present with the usuai dignity,' which is not nszumeii, but1 perfectly natural, to five stand ing to the work,' including the reso lutions. . . .i . - ,, Lloyd Riches, secretary to the' as sociation, 'and the Beau Ilruinintl! 'of the party, was the liveliest ir.an o:i the-job and at the sen food dinner, succciidcd in putting away mere clams for his size than any man who has ever attended a public function on Coos Bay. But the man who desc.'ve special iieii'uo in umi'Ki.rice i.y is i,. c. Ingulls, of the Corvaliis Gazctte- Timcs, for ho is our new president. C. E. is a descendant of John .1. Tn- gulls and writes editorials, that s;-r.dr Mr. Piper to the' dictionary, and cmis- ds Chapman' (of the Journal) to grab , his book of synonyms. And, by .;the way, sptuking of Cbap Lman, no one should ever confuse C. C. I Chapman, who publishes the Oregon , Voter, with that "other Chapman," who writes the wierd editorials' for Jackson, of the Journal. They aA: two cntiicly different men in appear ance, in manner and, wc think, in in tellect, even if the'report is cur.cnt that Jackson hired his Chapman to give- flic Journal editorials a high- l brnw. learned tiritre. C. C. ChanpAnn. i Ono of the best equipped as well as , f th(, VoU.ri is a roBUjr fellow, and moot beautiful and spacious of the I vvhjlo we i,)VC to lmxm with him, say Rea Cross nonpiuns overseas is unit t,,in n))(ut nim '',, )illtcn l0 21 of the American. Red Cross at .., .... ,i,:, i. i.,,,.. .. i,(. i cHni.i ...uii, u i v ....v - . ,...j...w.., kiiu..iiiu, v, ninui uvfh n. r . t- , t. - .Li.t ... - i E7... u.. ti . - ! terms of commercial interest t ) Oi j- , iua, ii.d uiiuvi iiiiii mii dui ycunn WHERE IS YOUR GAIN Suppose you worked hard and had gotten together, a bushel or more of-, very fine grain, and the grain was very fine and costly. Where would you put it? In an old stove, or hide it in some out-of-the-way place? If you did it would probably be destroyed by rats or mice insects would mako it worthless; fire destroy it, or somebody might steul it! No! You would keep. that costly grain in the safest place, . so you could plant it and reap the best possible returns from it. ,' ' t ' ; ' ".'''' ' How about your hard-earned dollars? You most assuredly want them in a SAFE. Why not keep them in this Bunk? We wntch your dollars all the time; und you can fjet them at any time. . Member Federal Reserve System la-Grande National Bank ' 1 , , .. LA GRANDE, OREGON A, '? " lis, nevertheless, u man who thinks in Wimssii and physicians and wcll-tralncd attendants. gon people, and with-it he possesses a congenial personality that u a rie- I cjjled asset to any man in public or private life! I To get back to Ingalls, our' new president. He is from Kansas, which llv Ilrucc Dennis. ' There is one especially bright spot 'suits obtained from the marriage of in the history of the Oregon Editorial ! sturdy nature to the highest class of. Association, and that is caused by the j m l; you ponder at the grandeur, then recent meeting held at Shorelines, j this thought presents itself: A man Murshfield and North Bend, on Coos whose boyhood days were spent on the Bay. . ocean nnd its shores, whose daily tasks Carrying their 'war burdens, bend-1 took him over the rugged country forc ing under the load of troubles now at-! i"tf him to climb rocks until he was tending the operation of newspapers,-, weary of limb, might have been in somc members suffering, from the 1 clim-d when opportunity presented, to broken family circles where the scr-i eek the. city and the bright lights for vice had claimed u son, the editors his home. Such might have been the of Oregon lournHyed to Coos Buy this . inclination with many, and no doubt year to hold then- annual meeting'. it would Have been. Yis. It is unite a trin to the Hav. 1 man a, man whose heart beats will Krom Eastern Oregon a night arid a"1"5 fiod, who appreciates the greatness day are required to make the journey.1 "if iSrttlre, whose hand is willing and but the delegation from this section , whose, bra in is clear, to seek for two of the state , like editors from other 1 yejHlie exact spot on the rugged sections, were wclbrcpnid for the ef- j Pacific shore where he should build fort made and today claim as friends I his home. Easy transportation never ; and neighbors tho big hearted people i promptedi l.ouie Simpson to build tf lit . fi.,i .if lli.u.,n ifl.ir.1, , i. .n i S llO 1'OlleT . fill eleven VKHl'fl II t?n U'ltnri i h.n-e again been proven incapable of j known by this state, as a whole. I he built it, horses were menus of trans-! dealing with the vast problems which There were three points of enter-! pollution and it required two and a' 1 tainmvnt. The Murshfield people i naif hours to make the trip from 4 I abundantly kept afloat their well Shmvacres to North Bead. .Because 1 known banner for being great enter-1 1.oiii" Simpson loved Oregon, because j miners, even though Charlie Hull was I he loved the ocean, because he loved: forced to be in Erisco duriiui the visit; I nature, with her rough and rugged I North, Bend, with her wonderfully in-1 locks, he built the fin-st home in the i terostirig industries, and Shorcacres 1 state, and then by slow, steady pro-! the prettiest spot we have ever seen, j cess he developed a splendid ranch.! Murshfield led off with receptions, ! He sells his' i-Rgs and battel fat and' dances and a big banquet, each event j knows to n fraction of n penny how i showing the polish and refinement of ' the market star-Is fur his products,- million American soldiers in France, In well oigani.ed community peopled 1 proving that Shorencies, In-siiles being i 1 with high grade A met lean citizenship. ! the bounty spot of (he coast, has its North Bend look to the educational place in the sim Ix-cauje it is a pro lend,, and opened wide her industrial during section as well, plants, including ship building, spruce j . plants and saw mills. While at Shore-I Editors often think iiu-y will have a acres the wood was piled high one the ' business meeting. Somehow they get ' fireplace, while the great, big Pacific I it. into their beads that is the reason ! ocean sang its lullaby to the hunch ' for meeting, but business and pleasure j anxious visitors who had heard much ' dn not hit it of well together. The ' of Shorcacres, yet few of whom hud oxi-hnngr- of expeiein-rs in different I ever experienced the real pleasure of localities holds iin interest all right, j making this wonderful spot a visit. i but in the Inst' analysis an iditoi-tnl i Mr. and Mrs. L. . I. Simpson declared j meeting 'is a social fuaetion. It i.- i 11 legal holiday when the editors 111 lived. The fullblood HcMcins wen put aside, the pun-bred poultry ceased to receive attention, the dairy ut the ranch was turned over to other hand . and Shorcacres with host ami hostess, entertained the newspaper fiutortiily. The swimming tank, which is a put I of tin- home, beckoned to the guests, and with its, ocean water bcult-il to 11 comfortable Icnipc'lilolv, afforded gient amusement to the ones who jtwin. The magnificent gardens, with their clusters upon clu-tois of flow- Hiis nejifs 'is reassuring to the nl . lied leader!, who decided to tuko steps toward lujjdipg urmed forces in Si beria only after long Consideration and exchange ofiplohiatieiil views on the effect such tfn enterprise milght havo or the Russian people. It would ap pear .that the proper course is being pursued, aiul that the central powers t,-,.A on,,,, thn ..1... ,,f il. tammcnt. ..., .... ,,..,...., ... .... . entire world by Hohenzollcrn ambition foi world dominition. Encouraging, however, us reports nisy be, the war will be fought out on the fields: of Franro, Belgium unc Italy. Chief of Staff March, stated or.Iy a few days ago, that with four undertakings, advanced paper prices, labor costs, in fact everything jhab tniu to ninln ., M.. complained, for it was not a complain. : n,aRCS n'm l"M miKamore .luei-es.- jng crowd, and the desire to increase ! L . "Ic .'."''"!. effoits in war u-,,,-1: ,,,,.,. , i somewnut oi a musician is mis man, every hand. The resolutions committei tv-tik'-'d overtime at this session. It resolved tticiiinst C. S. Jackson for .-rratifyi'vi his grudge against the coui'try press, resolved against the N'nn -Partisan League, throwed a .bouquet at the Slatl- (i-'Ontrp lllirt dill n lot ',f tlontrt: in 11 resolute manner. All -of winch -j ...... ,t... it: e :r .t l I -,-, 110.- ,o,,v, t,g, .0, :aa..t,c a5s)ciation. not ween u goo.i clop tn l e.-oiniio:iK, some people might have v.'oiuicrc I why But it look a big oditors meet. , . Elbert Bedc, of the C:"R niinel, was on active worke for he directs the choir in the com munity church, which he worked so hard to obtain in Corvaliis, b'J his greatest success is when he pulls out the tretneio stop' and sings "John Brown's Body" a Kansas classic. That he will make a good president is a cinch. He conies from that kind of stock. -So here's betting that '.bo j coming -year will be a good one' for & ECONOMY'' We wish to liny the school bonks that you have, used, hut are still (11 good coiKlitimt. These liaottt 111 Uo '..nit, .l,rt Hie. Riiiiin s iii-o used in ClOVL (, t.uiscs piopo.-eii. i-rom it4:King tlio public school al present, tiuly tunny sp.ceh at a ba'inuct to I V ,i-jt swatting the man who disagrees with Ihi; business end of a couiitr-,- news paper, Elhot is a past master. j Ed. IJ'o.-lic, of Oregon City, who is j frc'iu-'nlly mentioned as a corner in FAMILY DRUG STORE LA GRANDE.OHESON. Wc save our patrons niany dollars annually, at an expense of about onc:tcnth the origuia! cost of goods. A discarded $10 Suit is often made wearable again for a small sum. Zwiefel Tailoring, A. B. Rogers Foley Hotel Building, Adams' Avenue. ! PRESSING CLOTHES IS AS MUCH AN ART AS ! MAKING THEM I IliC allies can go through the German 1 little lines when and where tho com- imuiding officers choose. And the all-intporlaiit thing now before our . I'Atiim's guiding band is to get these , nieii to France at the earliest possible niunicnt. Our nrniy, though comparatively smnll, 11s armies of present-day war fato goes, bus demonstrated its abso lute superiority over the Prussian sol diers on the fields of France. And. as General March has pointed out. bullets and bayonets i the only way to bring the German military leaders to the point of reasoning. In Ibis way, nnd this way only, can Ihe hun be brought to a realisation that civiliza tion has outdistanced their ideas of tontUtcliug world iffaiis. 1 much on the same outer as a:t ol.l '10I J tlicrs' reunion, for there ymi ni.-cl I (be fcllowi, you baven't sect for a; year or more. Yon visit, and afto- al', I vi.-.iting is tin- fiord, old fadnoni"! tli Oil ill the win Id for men. as well a VVOOIi-ll. '1'be meeting bad war mai'u:-- all nv-i il. The whole question was, how ran ihe ncwp.,pe's do more and at I'-e same time be able to run. The ,'en"-.-al : public may not italr-'e just hiov hrav- ! ily the frnt(-i-nity h:;s ln-en dr:i-r-l n('0i ' sill Ut: tyt. of, ij-.ico for -vivv't 'im.-'i'. . Wf chiiii IfHil tu ii'nii(tj - and lliuriiiiylily pri-ss aiiv kiin! of Vt'iiu'iit it ijnst In done oil a Jldl't'- ' . . in.'iii .1 ins mi' 1 1 i 1 4 . . rititn.s hi cvi'iy ii(iiiii(i', nusi-s Thf iiitp. lii'Liys nil-, Ihf inlur, uV't' 1 1 W - ir.-ti'incnt tin ai)- t M',ii',iin'r n m-wiii'ss iiiiiM'ansfs it In last imii'li li'iim i'. Let us com-iuce vn. 1 sa'iitarv sltiant clutfii's jH'cssiiiir inacliiiii' ( i...l ii,-, .A..... il, ik.,t. I .1 :.. 1 1 - 01 I 'i 1 1 1 ii-vi 1 u oyiuiiii ooiit .M Itl il I II , O- Xc Wilson Bros., Tailors New Foley liuikliiuj :: Cleaning, Tressing :: La Grande, Oregon ind Hat Elocking. Masri n Jar Rubbers U r 1 1 1 l (i a Miavi' 1111 wloZCH Furniture Vt' . Iiavo liiitU i'uw diiV'ii left, and whilf rlwv at 1 ni- low jiricc ot 25- Exchange 1 1 JJtacK HU E. J.-JHM)l'E Fir and Jefferson Best Prices Paid for Used Prrilure, or will Exchange for New. ' ' ' ' "'-- 'lffiTitfifikijfjjuffiauiJjjf-jii ADVERTISING IS INSURANCE An advertiser's advertisement is his volun tary agreement to do certain things. Good business policy, law aiid. publig opinion re quire that an advertisement-agreement be fulfilled. Tliis serves asa protection to the buyer of advertised goods. v If, by chance, you have an experienco with the deceptive selling practices or mislead ing advertising, please report it to us. .1. i I 1 - S, '1 4 1 ill I ' 'A
