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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1918)
The Observer Aa Independent Newspaper " Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon. La Grande Evening Observer ' Publishing Company. . BRUCE DENNIS, Publisher. ' Entered at the Poatof fice at La Grande, Oregon, at Second-clasa , , . Matter. Address All Communications to The Observer. 17H) Sixth Street. City Official Paper. County Official Paper. Evening' Telegraph Report of United Press Association. On Sale in Other Cities Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland. Imperial News Stand, Portland. Multnomah Hotel News Stand, Portland. . SUBSCRIPTION HATES ' -. By Carrier ... Daily, per month 65c Dally, per three months... ......$1.95 Daily, par six months in advance $3.75 Daily, per year in advance $7.50 Daily, single copy. 5c By Mail Drfily, per year in advance... .;. $5.00 Daily, per six months in advance $2.50 Daily, three months 'n advance. .$1.25 Daily, per month,. .. . ,. ,..".. . ..60c The Saturday Evening Observer, by mail, per year in advance. . . . .$1.50 Weekly Observer-Star, by mail, per year in advance ......$1.50 chlnoiy put n readiness for its 'tadk. c vr V '.. I "In normal times Federal taxoj aro Incousequontlul and impose no 'burden on tho tuxpuyor," said Com !nilBlonor of Internal Revenue, Daniel C. Roper in commenting on Ihj work ahead o( him. . 'Their collection is a simple matter, In volving principally routine work. Uut this year wo are engaged In a wnr upon which depends the safety uot ouly of the United States, but i of the world. The collection or xo vast a mini, so large a part of ' 'he puoplo's earnings, -Involves the i imiralo of our civil population, tho j keystone of our success In tlo war. I "National patriotism and solid-1 nrity, engendered by tho war, Iiiib ; contributed largely to our successs I in - the past and augurs well for j liio future. ' I bnllove the majority ! of our tnxpayois now understand j and upprecluto more than ever tho nhjfctlvo of the Bureau of Internal Roventie the, collection of a fund every, dollar of which goes to the support of Americaa arms and the speedy conclusion of the war." "J'HKV'ItK DOXK," BAV8 IIICIIMA.V "I know . those dtitchmen and thty are done; , they may have to fight on for fear of ' their war lords, but I tell you them dutch men lire done they're quitting the game, and you'll never see any more pep like they had at first In the Germans. " - '- This la the remark made by Her To collect wlthln,a few . monlhajiutn Roesch, who was born and task con-(raised lu the old country until he the Bureau of Interna', was quite a boy. And Mhen h-j Revenue.. This Ib the uuiount tho continued: now revenue bill now being framed j "1 know those' fellows pretty well Is expected to yield. It la difficult jnnd down in -their henrla they are . to realize the immensity of thlaitlied of soelnj. the Kaiser, the. Uly Country Tit of Thee, SwMt Land of Liberty." .' WHAT S,()0(),IN)0,0l)O MICA.VH. K?, 000, 000, 000 is the fronting the Bureau sum. uud yet $8,000,000,000 19 losu than oner-sixth of the Annual Income qf tho United Slutes, which has pledged Its entire resources to the Successful prosecution at tlio Wool Is Necessary For Fighters 7 Buy Clothes Right and There's just one message that we want to get to you and it's for the country's sake, your sake and our sake. - BUY GOOD CLOTHES; THE KIND THAT GIVE LONG, HARD SERVICE. It's for the country's sake because if you do buy good ones, you save wool and labor for ySikt work. ' It's for your sake because you save money for yourself and you help the fighters. ' It's for our sake because when we sell such clothes the Kind Hart Schaffner & Marx Make we know we have contributed samething to the cause. , '- 1 v . We make some money, too not as much as if we sold other clothes. But there's more than money back of this; there's a principle and that's sometimes better than money. Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoats, $25 to $60 Crown Prince and a lot more of tlnso high bums drawing down blgj; siilmlftg overy year which the peo ple pay from their earnings. Tho wuser iiue.v sometniiig was com- open This Store Closed all Day, Labor Day, Monday, September 2nd Store Closes Saturday 8:30 P. M. 23 Store Closes . Saturday 8:30 P. M. in hor statements, but some that she, makes do not to hang together; For In- wuuld not Btand for his stuff, nr.! ';. (tunc she mourns the fact that she iitiiur thun have an .uprising at !,aB not Aeon nhlo to moot tho "men . . ... i the American, people a conipiohou-, ' mu no cliono tills way, to ; reiluco rolb-s" vet alio Iibh been .married. Hltin of the Sum they, will 1)0 callod rOOi'i'uitn people 'ttfWbakllu'gif: Iti tho ',i has two llltlo hoys. Mtict I .-. , 1 l . - ' - - - I 1 ... .... ... , .... :-, - - -.. ... ! . ., .l .... war. How well this pledge Is bo-! '"B- That old sport saw' that the of tl.om lug carried out is a muttur of pies- ' king man or Germany some (luy ;M0, out- day history. ' ' I In order to bring to tho mind of upon this your to 'contribute by dl nrl .InvLilInn In li tiiion.rt ,.P llm I HlTOnO. 1 ' . . , - t 'war, the Bnieini of Intornul llov , cnuo hus propurud a sot of figures ohowlng 'that, If divided according .'. to population. It would fticau'V per , i eaplta tax of 170.70, or luoio thun iJ .'l0,l Wo military . collar lupo that ho could contlnuo on his ;mv0 i)eon able to moot them Home I'iiuo in her -life. It has ill- "tliSO per fumily. Tho amount'" nr , money In circuUilinii August 1, among n popiilnlion of, jMI. 032,000 was' $52.44 per capita'.' . Tfie toliil value of all crops on , Amoricnii fariiis In 1010, the Inntl census year, wu S,000,000.000. . The) total value of all live stock on : farms Junuary V, loin, was alight- " weili;ing ream such os you novor ! ly lo'is. than ;I,000,000.000.; rugnrdlosB of the condltkn i r iiini) year, therefore, tho ttpayrM. ""M people. - They" don't 'anuidlng lo the pronoaed t'orms ofj':"'' anything for the people, ex Mho new hill, nro called unon to ' kuP "1!m 1,1 Power. Tin ' uay more than the 'aggregate vuluo ,1 of all farm" crops in the United ' l'ouplo. wonder why tho Gorm-um .,vuyH I0U11 mli(i V,,B11 w,m, will don't rebel. They ere afraid ' to. pc,nly admit tliut sho Is a good Tney -hnvo Boep those. who, tried it cook she undoubtedly la nil that meet their death Oit the spot Ulld ..hn rlnliiiM. m nnmn - alnnc with sour unswoiB yoii men of luarri- iirouiio IholK nocks. ; But that won'.'puMo ngo, and wo will put on always bo for Hip Kaiser is dono. oxll.a ,.iu,ic tu handle llin mnil llo uh duo for a grabbing ono way;.lt .iaHI!C,g i,utwoon marriugdalile or tlu other, and a'.' I regret Is Jruntio Hondo men and this Mon lliat it in cooling so many lives to inlm lmlv. give It to him. , -. , I ' 'I aeo I'llnco Huppreciit Is to ho iiiiii'Jil. I'll bet they will have IWITH THE COLORS j all around us and no one was hit! ; "We are safe now, though. But I am still frightened a little. I guess' I had better answer some of those Ep worth League letters that I received some time tigo. "There is no question but what we are doing'Som noble"wdrk over here. Last night wo slept in 'pup tents,' which blew down. And it was raining like the dickens! "The Germans e;isi 3000 men for everv three vards that thev took Ilion th W. nil tho vni-ilu tho ! next morning. "What is the latest song? 'Keep Your Head Down, Alabam,' is quite popular over here. We have lols of fun talking to the English soldiers here. . various ways,; thirty-two bridges and ferried across the Tennessee river.' I had charge of my section of that train and did not at any time hold up the movemen-v of the train for anything in my section. So I think that is pretty good." HO.NOli Ul'AIil) JXI.U WIMM.I)Al,. WOltK Perhaps' a local which has not boon A letter from Mrs. Rhoda Marks to her mother, Mrs. J. T. Harvey, 2103 first street, states that her son, .Lieutenant Dean Smith, . who been stationed at the Scott Field, was chosen with eleven other boys from hundreds at the aviation field, to do export' Hying lno Oregon Militia stationed at La at a big carnivul held there. Mm, 0'ande. On an uvcrage' four Marks Haiti : "I cannot describe the !s'lUiul8 o eight mombors ench have I been meeting ut the Y. orsanlzalltm reoalving duo prominence,., but which-la neverthe less a highly efficient one is, the Honor Guard of tJi3 place, of which Miat Naomi WIIKampon Is .. piosi. dent. Among its other -.activities is lint or physical culture drill every Thursday evening a'. Half past sev en, under the direction of . Ceno Goodc, member of - the'.jdotuil of and known as "setting-up" exer cises. These exercises aie pecu liarly utiapted to of rice workors and. ethers who have little timo for longor periods of recroatlon, hut would be, bonefltod by light exor cises of this nature. Tho-: Honor Guard will, In : tho futuic, meet in Rex Hall. ' Wo have, no doubt but that many la dles who aro not now nieiiihoiH would fool amply repaid In putting in their membership In this oi- guiiiziitioir at once. sunsation that came .over me wheii Duen "icellug ut the Y. M. C. A. , , .., . , hllil,;i,l to t.,ln Ihl. , . ''W..11 t'll l.,. t i u i !l oi,w uioiiiiL into me uir aim e '" ,M,a """B InS, I pJIh 1"' Iilt0 " '"' "e- Prform- scli!'eU b' tho niilitary authorities win the war. Happylny, KENNETH." a ,ot of gtunt8 which fye J( for the regular -United State, Army -A lollnf fn I lu .1.1' 11 UUIUIU IIIUL 1 CUU1U IlUItliy HlllIIU .. ...... 'J ....v..vo .... him. Seine Turn. The din.1 uf a French clock is per foratcti and behind it are numbered disks for both 12 mid 24 hour time, either of which can be turned to show the figures through the openings. Job printing. The Observer. Main 37. week from Sheron Stoll, who is sta tioned ut Cump Jcsup, Cicorgia, reads j us follows:. "I have been away from here. 1 1 went to Detroit with a bunch of men. There were two hundred men and three officers to get a convoy of ti ucks. Wo brought back 90 Packard trucks and ten Dotlgc cars. We had a nice trip and spent a week in Detroit uu,u u..i .... . . "; tnree imndred boys rejected out of tiff und thon we can, have a pcaco eight .housantl. It looks as if this - , hllttoh u'oillrl no to Hlharl,, . - fUtM fn 11.10. plus the value of "'" "' on,oii.,ng. R nil farm animals. Herman's onrnestnes,, can ' never to eat and wt-ur and good blanket 4 Tho tax amount, to- nracticnllv be doubted. And he is ready to 'ia to sleep on. Wo sleep In inn ma uiiiuiiiiia . to iir.itut!iii. . i- lents of course. It will bo much or.o-thlrd of the total -value of man- enlist with Uncle Sain as soon as better w1(m we get out of the. uf.ctnred product. Cs : reported lo' will.. be taken. His reli- We l" "" ' , , , , line now. Underwent vaccination Hie Census Duieuii In 1014 24,- "'e" hllVB 1,epn slaughtered in thli ror , pox lu typhoid. I.ut-dld- 2 10,435.000. The value added lo ,vur- ' ! ''hnnce to get n't think that small pox will be ef. I, . , '.,. ... u. . . fectlve. We also get another, shut inw mntorlals by mnnufaetiiM. !,n 11,1,1 lH)ln tu,,B tll,B bloody tin- ag;,i,v, lB,iVC days und then we which 'represent! the Health pro-V'". helping -to Yunk the Kui. leave the Casiiul CCanip and go in ..not make me a bit sick, but there were lols of Hie boys who fell In the line and hud to he carried in. : Two of the boys died from the 'vaccination." ....... killed peace .. Mr. iind Min. .1. J. Hawley IIiIr ook"ririiiYori a letter from their son,- Vwlolgh C llawloy. Iticutt'd at tramp Fremont, tialifornia: "V-)!I. I nnsst'd all O. K.. so am a sottllcr now. There were about ! ami .were sixteen days on the road, Tho Red Cross met us in every town of any size and treated us to ciga rettes, sandwiches, soft drinks, and gave us a general good time. Hut I will say one thing: We got most of our best treatment north of the Mason nuted by ' manufacturing wns lnj,0,rf ,I,B throne. WHO WANTS A WII'K? 1:UI, lit.S78.34B.000, or but 2:1. ! per rout more than the proponed tax levy. , . .. .. ,. Tiieae figures ara presented by Probably, realizing that the wif the , Uurcau of Internal Revenue.; jinurket Is heavy and sluggish due lint with the view of preparing the to so many of the boys leaving AtilOi'lcan people for heavy-. sacrl-Tor Hie, front, a lady in Glasgow. ' flees, but to bring home' to tlieiu :Montitna, ))aa atldressed the follow- a b'.ubo of their responsibility In lug coniiiiiiiilcallon to this paper i the viay of necessary economioa. "Printing Office, La The, new levenue bill N being drawn Oienou: Please put this "ndd In In a manner to liupoe the least your paper and If "on got mo a nr.d Dixon line. I will finish the de tails of the trip. We have the record of moving the largest convoy in the shortest time, over tho worst roads, without leaving any trucks disabled along the road, mid over the longest distance, which was 981 miles.' And during that time we reconstructed in Dot my, I -was proud f Now that ho has been chosen by the government to go to Klborl's r'ii'Ul at Itoanoak, 'Arkansas, to act as instructor I can toll you I ap preciate his worth more and more not only what he Is to mo but to our country as well." MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED, j Applicants to whom licenses have i been issued since August 19 are as fellows: August 19, Garfield Thomas and Mary Horrcll; August 19, Denver Charlton and Ida King; August 20, ; Elmer Earl ami Margaret Lily; Aug ust 21, Charles Iiurden and Louise ; Lawrence; August 22, William J. Mc- . Shane and Leah Elsie Kennedy; Aug-1 usti 24, Harold C. Sheffield and Ger trude Conotney; August 24, Roy I. Ainsworth and Pauline Goodman; August 2(5, Floyd W. Hewitt and Edna Waldrop. - ' - S P IP C I A V Economy Caps 25c per dozen . ; As long as they last Harris Furniture Store it B. HARMS, Proprietor 400 MB STKEETCYS IMIONE: nod 8171. A letter from Kenneth Carpy to friends in La tiraitwc says: ' "We will all remember the four teenth and fifteenth of July. I was the gas guard on the night of the . foui tcenth. When the (.icrmaus tried reeir mini great onensive .it siarieu , OrandH. about 12:10 a. .ml, and big and little shells fcreeched through the air and ! lit all around mc. I jumped up in the air and turnctl around about three I burden possible. Every man will Jaidper I will sign for your paper times before I knew what to do. bo assessed nccording to his In. lor ten years. I am forty year old "" "" n!l5 l,,e ' asnos ami star snciis nil along inc line linn r. stra'ige flashlight about a hundred i come each will bo called upon lo with dark blown hnlr and brown Jeyc3, a tlno cook and good natui'- varris nwnv in the wontU fund I snw ! several fence posts walk around before it started). 1 strained my vocal cords j shouting 'gas,' turnctl the horn to wake the boys up and then started for do hia share. Tho amount of Fodcral tuxes ed, Would make sumo man a love collected from ull sources dm in.- of a homo nnd a good pardner ton. .lie lust fiscal ycur was $3.(104.- Am a widow with little hoys, aged O00.000. In collecting more than and 10. I huve not had a chance the trench. The boys came out of J .... , .i t, . . . .i , . . . , . , t heir s coping quarter quite rapidly, twice that sum this ytyr, tho Bur- to meet tho mr,n iolks. Have hnl ' ' ' ksm i-tiu of Internal Hovenuo is ontlclp- nothing but work und urn getting f,)0iing it into the trench. Wc staved (i ting no uiiusliul difficulties, but tired of Junt work. So have took prepared to benefit by past ox-:T1b way to get a little acquainted pcrlence. . The force or orflre nnd, 'They can answer through fluid employes has been increased 1,'in per office, and oblige, Mrs from approximately -4,600 to 0.000 piidnlph, Clnsgow. Montana." n'ud tho entire administrative ma- Mis. Rudolph Is very frank there nine hours under a grilling fire ducking every time a shell exploded. Then wc' had to come out to receive "",r,the wounded, or rather, send them or Anna ' down the rend. Oh, it wns a bloody , hash! Wo left the next night and 1 thoi' u-nro Rtill nholtintf thp hnanital. nni' Our company is sure lucky, shells lit Secure as Never Before Wc have been in business for many years, but at no time have we felt so seeure against sudden calamity as since becoming member? of the Fed eral Reserve System. It fives us assurance t1 at we can realize upon a substantial portion of o ;r assets at anv time. Member Federal Itescrve System La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON ' " La Grancfe Mattress Shop And Weaving Works Mattress Making and Repairing, Feather Reno vating, Mattresses Manufactured, Carpet and Fluff Rug Weaving. One block cast of Flour Mill, Phone Red 132. All work called for andtlelivcred. Mason Jar Rubbers Wc Iuivc but a few dozen left, and while they last you may have them at the low price of 3 dozen for 25 ; Furniture Exchange Black 1241 E.J.DONOHUE Fir and Jefferson Best Prices Paid for Used Furniture, or will Exchange for New. mm a -
