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
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The Observer. 17H) Sixth Street.
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"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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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