I TUESDAY. AtTGUHT 20, 1918
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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Sullivan Is In the city from
Elgin.
J. C. Schmldt,of ,Wallown, is in La
Grande. ; .'
E. E. Rogers is in the city, from
Enterprise., ' . '
Thomas Burns, of North Powder, la
In La Grande.'..', . . .. v.
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James Evans,, ot Elgin, . is n I.n
Grande visitor.
' L. R. McCubblns
from Enterprise. :
Is In La Grnnilc,
' Chris Peterson is a La Grande visi
tor, from North Powder..
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W. W. Kirkhuff spent the day In La
.Grande, from ilmbler. .
"Geo. T." Cochran has returned
from San Francisco.. ''...'-.
,: D. Davis, of AHcel, is a business
Visitor in the city today.
.P.'N, CasaelI,,of Imbler, is a busi
ness visitor to Lu-.Granile. ., i
;' M. P. Hooper, of Durkee, was a bus
iness visitor in La Grande.
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- . Mrs.' Geo. M. Daily, of Enterprise,
is in the city for a short visit.
Frank Pearson, of North Powder, is
spending the day in iLa Grande.
Fred Mitchell, of Palmer Junction,
is a business visitor in the city.
John Casey left this morning;
a fishing trip to Meachara. .,
,' Mrs. Carrie' Punter,-of Island CI1:',
' has returned from a short visit to Bo
ker. x
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Mrs. Chahles McCrajy returned
this 'morning from a visit with
friends -in' Seattle. . ,"'j ;
. Miss 'Ruth. Roberts 'left 'yesterday'
for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Mnbel
Rhoades, of Lucid Canyon.
Mrs. L. M." Hoyt entertained the
Eastern Star social at her country
home on the White farmesterday af
ternoon. .
; Mr. and Mra. Jack Childs have
returned from their trip through
California In their auto. They -report
a' very nice trip.' ' 1
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Mrs. Hollister and daughter leave
tomorrow for Portland, where they
' will visit with friends and relatives
for a period of several weeks. J
William Wiule has resigned a po
sition as night foreman at the George
Palmer Lumber Mills, in order to ac
cept a somewhat better position.
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Al Andrews 'fent a letter to his
brother yesterday from Seattle, stat
ing that hi and Stoddard had both
reached their destination by auto, and
had a fine journey overland.
C.'H. Carpenter of the People's
Warehouse of Pendleton. Iarin La
Grande today meetjng old friends.
He was formerly connected with
the N. K. West store In this city.
' Col. F. S. Ivanhoe and J. F. O'Con
' nell left "on the ' early train Sunday
morning, via Portland, to make an
official visit at Camp Lewis, as mem
bers of the local war board of Union
connty.
iMr. and Mrs. Colon R. Eberhard and
family started this morning by auto
t,-tltinil unH .Willamette vallev
points, going by way of Walla Walla,
Seattle and Camp Lewis. They ex
pect to be gone about two weeks and
while away Mr. Eberhard will attend
the Oregon State Convention of Elks
lodges, to be held in Portland the be
ginning of next week. , '
'' Utlng Plaster of Paris.
If yon wish to use plaster of parts
tor filling cracks in walls, mix with
vinegar lustead of water, theu It can
be bandied like putty.
Not Teetotal.
' Although. lobsters generally drink
rater, they will take a nip If you give
tern the chance. Boston Transcript.
Silkworm's Fast Growth.
In 28 days from hatching a Bllkworm
increases 4,000 times Its original size.
MISSING
Tho very freshest and best lot
of candy made you ean buy by
the 10 cents worth or by the box
at Sllverthorn's . Dy-8-20-tf,
.... . , ; , FLASHIIHTS. ... ;
It's a prnod thing to be an Ameri
can nowadays. ,.
- The chap who depend! on luck has
a mighty fickle friend.
Mighty few men . cno lose en argu
ment wltuout losing their tempers,
too. .. ... .
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Young men should remember that
he wlw Is once a cheat,Is always sus
pected. ''( i ' , .
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It sometimes gives a man a jolt to
discover Hint a very pretty girl Is also
enslble. ,;.'' -
" The time to be a friend mvhen the
other fellow would be absolutely alone
If you didn't go to him. i
One of the things a young man ought
to be told Is thut If he clients one man
he wins the distrust of many.
' Everybody admits: that life Is a
game of give and take, but too ninny
people wont to be on the takers' side.
It doesn't make any difference ho
rich a mnn is his wife can always find
something In hlui to find fault with. .
Women may like to be flattered, but
we Imagine that they must often get
mighty tired of the gulf that some men
hand out.
Whenever we bump Into one of
those strong-minded women we al
ways congrntulute ourselves on hav--Ing
selected one of the other variety.
WARTIME DEFINITIONS
Prisoners Married .men.
Liquid Fire Prohibition
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whisky, i
nnidlng Tarty 1 p.
box..,'.., ; !
m. at tho Ice-
Hcllevlog Party Friend wife on pay
day. v. , , "
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Ohsen-atlon Post The front room
window. , ' ,
Cnmmiflage Rouge, popdre do riz,
peroxide, et!.' '
Tanks Ilusbnnds whose wives are
In the country.
Reveille Shrill voice exclaiming:
"It's seyen o'clock !" r' I.
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: Listening ' Pbst A party telephone
In Anywomnn'8 ho'use.
. Flank Attack Whet little Willie'
gets for putting flypaper pn baby's
head.
V
i Over tho. Top Your wlfe'si hints to
you concerning her lack of anything
to. wear. ,','
Allies' Three Inte commuters mak
ing up n set of excuses for home con
sumption, v:
Gnssed The result of listening , to
n clintty neighbor's detailed descrip
tion of her appendicitis operation.'
Code The", hard look your wife
gives you when you have company at
dinner and you nsk for more chicken.
Center of Agricultural Production.
The center of agricultural produc
tion of the United States, according to
the value of crop and animal products
for 1017, Is in -west-central Illinois, as
shown by a diagram just Issued by
the department of agriculture. The
states of greatest production ore:
Iowa, $1,330,000,000; Illinois, S1.256,
000,000; Texas, $1,045,000,000; Mlssou
rl, $947,000.000 ; Ohio, $851,000,000;
Nebraska, $774,000,000; Indinnu, $706,
000,000; Kansas, $735,000,000; New
York,' $700,000,000; Minnesota, $040,
000,000; Pennsylvania, $030,000,000;
Georgia, $005,000,000; Wisconsin,
$.")OS,000,000 ; California, $576,000,000;
Michigan, $534,000,000, and Ken
tucky, $520,000,000. '
In 1014 there were In thl country
but five companies undertaking to pro
duce aniline dyestuffs, and now there
are eighty engaged In this business.
v The shoe export trade' of this coun
try will be hit by the establishment of
n great shoe fuctory at Punta Arenas,
Chile, which will be equipped with the
most modern mechanical devices.
Verbal. "'J ':
"It was a quiet Fourth." f .
"Decidedly."
"I don't think I henrd a single explo
sion nil day."
"I heard one."
f'Cniinon crnckert"
"No. I passed a motorist who had
just had a breakdown. He was ad
dressing a few remarks to his car."
Birmingham Age-IIerald.
Hash.
War has not changed the American
darkey. A dusky cook of an American
rpglment now In France was being
quizzed by an officer about the cleanli
ness of that free-for-all army product
known as bash.
"How do you make your hash?" duti
fully Inquired the officer.
"We don't make It, boss," wai the
answer. "It Just accumulates."
Canals In Sponges.
Most sponges have a canal system,
and there Is a continual current of
sen wnfr passing through It, always
flowing In the sume direction. The
water Is made to flow In that way by
a series of peculiar cells, the like of
which has not been found In any of
the higher nnlmals. The sponges de
pend 'entirely for their life on this
water current.
USED OLDSMOBILE
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Eight-cylinder, seven-p8enger418 model Oldsmobilet abso-
lutely as good as new. This Is not a wornout model, but a strict
ly modern car, with every convenience and refinement. Houk
wire wheels and fine grade teat cover. Mechanically, this car is
In perfect shape. Present coat of car new with equipment is
:t ?2350; will sell for $1650 cash. ' V y 1 . ' .
See W. R. Eeinhardt, Sommer Hotel, La Grande .
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DUFFEY
WRITES HOME
COVE BOY IN SERVICE, SENDS A
WITTY LETTER TO FRIENDS.
Talks to Hia Former Companions In
This Community, In His Plain,
,-' ' t' , -Happy Manner..
Grovcr TTuffy, of Cove, who has
joihed the colors, Shows his Wit in the
fYillnwIno lritlpf' tiHill-oaaa,! tn hia nA
friends in the Cove: .' '
To Judd Geerr his fellow rough
necks and other various generates and
degenerates About the town of Cove,
greeting: "'' ' ' . ; '
Fellow sufferers: Being about to
complete my second installment of mil
itary life, I will in a few words eluci
date upon the hardships and perils
first . encountered by "those - dear
boy:', ,
In civilian life I have marveled at
the courage of military men and have
wondered if all soldiers were brave.
They are. There is no question ubo'it
it. The reason is simple: After a few
weeks of this existence, neither death,
hell, the kaiser nor totof prohibition
holds any terror. '
Infantry drill regulations wera un
doubtedly written by a farmer, else
why get up at 6 o'clock in the" morn
igri ? They tried to make a carpenter
but of me. but did not succeed very
well, although the task was a pleasant
o(e to the instructors -at all times. I
got by .fairly well until they Insisted
upon holding an examination, and the
instructor asked me how to cut a raf
ter. I told him lust to suit himself
nibout the matter and cut it any way he
wished.. My grade was not strong
enough to choke an adding machine on
carpentering.
.--Actually, a man getaaajiaed.tQ be
ing shot in the arm in this gnme thut
every time he sees a horse syringe he
begins to roll up his sleeve.
The jokes told on the new ones are
I good. Here is one told on a boy" from
a prohibition state, possibly Oregon.
His fellow compatriots say that before
leaving for the camp he decided to
have a "day off" and rented one of
those swell little dining rooms "in a
city hotel for his party, f A decanter
of "red likker" was served and before
partaking of .the spirits he ordered
up some limburger cheese, smearing it
over his glass. When asked by his
admiring friends why he did such as
that, he replied, ''You see I have been
living in a prohibition state so long
where we have to sneak a drink in
a livery stable or a stock corral that
I can't enjdy a drink unless I have the
familiar odor."
I, of course, long to see old Cove
and her people before II Hit the grit
f,or Berlin, and 1 am wondering what
kind of a winter Sam White is pro
phesying. ; I suppose that the quiet
summer evenings are. punctured with
shrill cries of the .local pool sharks.
Perhaps the bootleggers have all been
run to earth. If so, 'tis well, for
Cove's priceless moral tone will be
better preserved without the knights
of the corkscrew. Which side of the
SQUIRREL FOOD
" " FATHEAD
ONE 6oN6--rHl5
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his one oteRi
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' tH6 SIWK 15
pAOSS 110 VOOF?
ATTIC IM5TEA0
OF PLAV'M6 SAPE
AMD TAKING IT
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EAY- VOO SLOUCH
THE 2."" At-L uJn-O-
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AND LESS IMEOJj S t. I
BePo'Re voo caioI HI-
store do the daily, loafers sit on now ?
This is based on the assumption that
there Is no f iro in the stove.
Now, In closing, which I find I must
do, I wish some of you highbinders
who infest that region of the Grande
Ronde valley would drop a line to
yours truly, who knows enough on
most of you to force you to go to work
and raise wheat for the army.
BOYS AT THE FRONT
. NOT FULL OF HATE
By Lowell Mcllett,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
WITjl THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 10. (By Mall.) The
hardest hating is done at home. And
the nearer one 'gets to the land which
is' no man's, the less of hate one finds.
. Un a town well to the renr, I came
Upon On officer of some rank as he
was soundly condemning the conduct
of an under .officer. The latter had
provided food for, a young German
officer, en route through the town as
a prisoner. . ,i
"Bread and water's good enough for
him,", declared the angry, superior.
"And dry, hsrd bread, at that,"
The dav before. I had seen a batch
of prisoners brought into the 1st head -
quarters back of the line. It was a
hot duy, and they were exhausted by
their march. Two sickly looking lads
fainted and fell just as they were be
ing lined up for inspection. Water
was already being carried to the pris
oners. Some of this was diverted for
the purpose of resuscitating the two
who had collapsed and the others were
then given as much as it was safe for
them to drink., Immediately after in
spection all. were marched to where
food and hot coffee was waiting for
them.
I asked the offifcer in charge about
this practice. . .
"Starving prisoners after we've got
'em won't help defeat .Germany," he
replied. .
Hate 'Em With Shells.
He iad been in real danger of Ger
man shells and bullets for a month, I
without a single day's rest. ' And, it
could be added, the Germans had been
in- real- danger1 from the-shells,,fi)tj
bullets Tie controlled. ": "
'Hate 'em?"esponded the officer
in the line, to the query. "Sure we
hate 'em! J We hate 'em with big
shells, little' shells, rifle bullets, ma
chine gun bullets, bayonets, bohibs and
gas. In fact we're so busy hating em
In that way that we haven't time to
mate them with our mouths. But af
ter we've taken them prisoner It isn't
worth while hating them, is It? And,
besides, what's the use of wasting
good first-class hate on men you've
already captured?" !
A British correspondent whose name
U well known to American readers,
went with me to visit an American
division. He was anxious, he said, to
get at the psychology of the American
private, to learn what he was thinking
and what the wr meant to him. It
was the day after the whole British
line first started chuckling over the
Australians' sizing up of the Ameri
cans as great fighters, but too
rough." The men we saw were part
of the same force that had earned this
real tribute from the rough-and-tumble
Australians.
Picked a "Tough One.'y .
I tried to steer the correspondent
into a group of smooth-faced, bright
looking boys, but he mnde straight
for a lean.- leather-skinned veteran of
BY AHEnN
FRITZ
uots of sfviKe.
OlO THIS
vnoa. til& A IV0;i?f?t V
OK) THE BAL.L MAKlrOf
PAC&S AT THE FATHEAD
.iie forgot it ujas
LAST BALI. AWD TRlEP
TO 5L-AV THE
P6 T '.
Most Extraordiiw
these New Welworth
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Likewise, to know that the price you pay for the Blouse is the ; lowest pos
sihle .price 'at which a Blouse of like character can be sold; that the pri.-e t i
vnu tuiv is in 'fnot the vnt urico at which the. same Blouses are sold in fjie . ih
ini-.r,at' stm-os in tho bircost cities. And is not this assurance Adequate reason I-
why you should prefer the nationally k nown and nationally favored .Walworth
the Blouses that are sold (at the same price the nation oyer? '' ; ;
Tho iiew Welworth Blouses that go on salt- tomorrow; would warrant a nuw.'h
hi.r1wr ni'ii'e than $2.00. - There are iusta limited quantity', and when tluse are
' gone no more 6t the same styles will be obtainabe. It
' Welworth when wantingianiuhcxpcnsive.Bjmi
Welworth, Blouses in This Cty, Hey
ft
' Phone and '
Mail Orders
Promptly and
Carefully
Filled
A
the Spanish war, whose tin hat slanted
rakishly down over his eyes, giving
him an appearance of indescribable
toughness. He was chewing tobacco,
which didn t alter the impression.
Presently the distinguished corres
pondent returned and pulled me Aside.
"By Jove," he said, "it's remark
able! That chap's fighting for the
same thing your President it. You
know what I mean says America's
In it until Germuny learns she's lick
ed, and Jthat then we've got to devise
a way to pievent'any more wars like
this. Says he doesn't believe in pun
ishing Germnny, or anything like that,
but he's willing to see another million
or two of them killed if necessary to
make the huns understand. He thinks
it will take oBput a year or a year
and a half.'! V
The correspondent added his belief
that men who waste their time hating
couldn't fight like the men of thej
Spanish war veteran type.
Tho group of boys with whom I had
talked offered another proof of the
contention. They didn't talk of the
"nun," they talked of "Fritz" and
Heinie."
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a. inese are uiu nnuvicss iiviuco vv
the Australians found "to rough."
MISSING
I NEW TODAY
FOR SALE Good tenm, wagon and
harness. Phone Black 342. 8-Z0tf
WANTED Nursing, by a practical
nurse. 1706 Depot St. 8-ZO-tit
FOR RENT Five room modern house
near the Rivcria school. Phone Far
mer 4015. 8-20,4t
WANTED By middle-aged man, po
sition as clerk; experienced; can
give references. Box (!4U, La Grande,
Oregon. 8-20-2t
LOST A Wnltham Watch, with sil
verine case, open fnce; lost In allay
between I.a Grande Meat market
and P. O. Finder leave at Observer
office. 8-20-21
Observer advertising will bring re
sults. '-MWJ
SHERRY
THE HOUSE
MiWred Manning and Wallace MacDonald in
"THE MARRIAGE
SPECULATION"
By Cyrus Townsend Brady.
A story of the strangest eontniet a pretty girl
ever made and the way it was broken by the
man she loved.
Comedy, "HUSTLE AND HARMONY."
Tho fixed umfaini price of the, Welworth- Ktiiiist,.r
tin mighout tile entire country has '.been' $2.00 for the j
past several yenrfDespitq aiiyaneitij' lviiiteriahi aiid -v
labor costs the price lias' not as yet aivaiiced, while
the quality lias been fully
values greater than evef in the past.-: , '."';-
Isn't there a deep feeling of satisfaction to knmv ihnt
. the Blouse you buy js of the sanie lK'w jnodjsh HtyliV!'
that is being offered for the first iihio'iii Ihc '','l
.try's style centers., . y :' : ' !'.'V V;-';. ' .:''';;
l' nJiin
T GOLDEU RULE C
One of the 600 R. C. U. Stores with an Annual Purchasing Power of
, Over 60 Million Dollar ;
STORE
Few Non-Italian Popes.',
A majority of the popes have been
Italians, but there Is no nntionnl Huh
Itatlon, Pope Clement II, for example,
was a Saxon German, whoso finally
nnnic was Suldger; Clement IV was a
Frenchman named Leo tiros; Clement
V was a Frenchman named d'Agoust;
Clement VI was another Frenchman
named Pierre Itogerj Alexander VI
was a Spaniard, named Vorgln ; Culix
tux II wu8 a Frenchman lind Cnlixiux
III was a Spaniard mimed Bnrgla and
wag uncle tP Alcxnndex yi, These aw
a few examples of uon-ltallau popes.
Especially Grammar.
"Yes," she was telling n group of
friends In tho restroom, "nil of we
girls are going to teach next year."
Topcka Capital. . " 1
Cash paid for second liuud
school books In good condition,
gilvortkorn's Family Drug Store.
S-2U-3t.
FAMILY DRUG STORE
L.A URANOCONCeON.
The
Carnation Case
In the Storeroom '"
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"The Answer
to the
Milk Question"
On the Farm
THEATRE
OP QUALITY.
Blouses
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ninintr.ini'ilhutkiiij,' the"
ntwayg pays to; buy Uk t$.
J,.'jj U'fc ;
ri..-l...'..-1.. . .-.f-i- V 1J
Exclusively. :
i fliis- is a
Union Store, '
..and We
, Oliservo
Union Hours
;';.
card oi' Thanks
-i We wish to 'express , our. sincere .
thanks to all friends and neighbors
during our recent .bereavement, iu the
death of our beloved mother, for their .
kind1 assistance nnd sympathy; ulso
for the beautiful floral offerings.
j ' V. -. - WII.yAM. II. .GLENN, .'
''',,'.'.'.. ARTHUR C. GLENN, 1 '
. :' - GUY J.GLENN, ,
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DAISY SETTLEMIKE,
-MINA STANDIJE'Y," ,
'MYKA Ji'KENZlE. .
8-20-lt
This eonibinntion is
.necessary.' to sup- Ci
...... ..f .,t'f..iti.-i- tssr
ly the intensive, SJ
wiii'-time effort ot!
the- business man.
A feature of. the
soiiikI, belpfiil eoin-
l r liten-iiil banking ssr"
kJ jM.liey here main- NAJ
taineil is to jte.nl
5i business patrons jsk
M the largest possible S
measure of t-oopera- G
JSK tlon. . .
Our officers' eor-
dially invite consul- 'jk
tatioii upon all nutt.-r
ti'i's wherein we cuu
be of ser'ice and
hold such confereu-
ees iu strictest eon- )
fidenee. : - .
' sjiUHi Ol'KNS AN
. ACCOUNT.
United States
National .
''' Bank ;
La Grande, Ore. 03
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