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' iIS 'G'jiAdOiM EriSWEs'tfi OBSERVE!?
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New Food Administration Regu
lations Effective Today, Oct. 1
Hats
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You may purchase yonr HO-day requirement of sugar nt onq
time, based on two pounds per person. No sugar salsS for enn
ninir purposes except on special certificates from County Food
.-Administrator. r. ' !'. '
am so .well known that
well-informed people al
ways .connect tlie jiaine
Gordon with hat perfec
tion.' -
Bread Will Retail at 10 Per Loaf.
Remember we nre operating under Government License No.
G.r(l255, and at all times conform with the Food Administration
orders, which require that nil goods must he sold at a reasonable,
margin over cost, and not what it is worth on the market.
Yours for the Right Goods at the Lowest Consistent Price.
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Be sure you select the style that suits you best,
but be just as sum you select the- best hat that
money can buy the Gordon. ' ' '
All the new styles and colorings for this
season are here awaiting your selection ' ,
$3,50rto $5.00
Hills Dept Store
TELLS OF OUR
BOYS IN FRANC
(Continued From Pago I.).
. Jy 'snUIn,' around'! I foi'iU nil cil
them In flno spirits, nnd looking fit
':.-'anil fino', '. you could . no;, toll by
' tholr looks tlint'-thoie lial boon a
;t .'(lclvo,;:not a; band nor n wound, 'nor
.' ii Hipp hobble or 11ng wont 'by any
0.' them. I nuisi. wjr with' one ex
ception. ' Ono of the boyB of whom
1 'am not sure, hai rctnuliu 1 l.oino
Ay this time. Ab w-tn wounded
some tinio ago, hill If gutting along
flno and yesterdn wlion 1 Hied id
.find '-him- In the hospital. I found
;tlnt, ho hnd been sjiit out: Ho Is
mm of the Valby loys.
"Wo. visited wl'.h them f'.;r nil
hour or moro lelllog them cvo'y
lltlng wo k'new an. In fw things we
'nro not sure n'Mtit, trying to nn
war '..-thaiT . qnottio w wl.otho' no
i hnd any information or no, I so"t
' ol ciifj' tho roll when I mop in (in
.1 ItomV iA nil," boltovo m,-. ; it's smite
Job Iff- daddy u family if imom than
: a 0 when they nro all 'jo;m.. ,
1 "Ono of tho flint ono? I inot was
nr. Itolnlrk, Flint Llc'ihuuiiit, and
onp of tho finest men I nvor, m?t
1 tell you .now,: the boys arc for-
.luiinto in. having him vHli them.
. 1 did not get to ae tho other of-
flems: All of tho officer nro very
fine, indeed.
"I saw Hnlph Poston at first,
anil after looking him over ho tool;
uio i to tho other boy.i. There wt
stood In a group shaking lunula nnd
'tilltlng all at onco.
- "Jess Andrews In spreading out.
and has tho - real soldier's : move-
ineut and uppoaraneo. :
"Cub Uuniott Hi i 1 1 holds first
place us geno-ial boxer, and .cootie
sraldnr.
"Willie rioyd steps around r-s
though ho owned the ground on
whteh the tent Is pitched, his rud
dy complexion fits in well with
army 111 o. ' (
"Sorgeant -. Bussett finds that
I 'France agrees wth him 'perfectly.
Ho will soou publish a book on
'"The French Language as I Know
It."
' . '.'Contillu, whose first name Is
George, Is at present, 'Top Htuffor'
and II. takes all of his time trying
to Bluff ihu rest of the unit.
"t'arpy carps rnnalilerably, but
. the boys only consider It n mat
ter of a crabbed conscience and wo
till know that n certain amount of
. ciubbui', cuasln' or carplu' la tho
game Is necessary so they let him
do the work for the bunch.
"Iii-nlaiiey l grooming for the
next 'Itonuty Show' soon to ho
Hilled orf in WasliliiKlon, I.C,
tlmt Is when the war is mor.
"Albert Ciirroy, alius 'Cap,' has
been driving the officers around so
, much lately that he thinks tho
ether, hoys should dilute him as
well. Ills beard Is even growing
fnster.
"And for nuletly going about his
side, and the rest of us couldn't
notice It either.
i "Sidney llnppcjniotl. Is well-named,
he's n good soldier 'I'm telling
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E, wwiiu,. ' llil,,jr ni.Ll.LII Ulllllim
I when not on duly.'.
"Tubby Ingle Is' onvlod by at
least throe other soldiers, lie Is
the chief Irnnsport for the depart
ment of cryatalleiy In the unit.
'No army can conquer unless It
grows therefore If Davlo Johnson
keeps on growing, ho'll bo a man
a real niuii-noldler. - ' ,
"Tho Hanio might bo said of se
veral 01 hers tlnio will tell. Shields
Is nlroady brushing up his pnttooR,
waking ready to celohralo the
Pourlh of July In , well not In
1917.
"Tho ingical thing Tor Clare
Shores lo do is to enter the tank
school. His knowledge or Fords
makes him a winner. '
"The Htrlnghum hoys si 111 uphold
tho reputation of tho Valley so
far na making n noise and a good
Impression ure concerned.
"Smiirthwulle Is In a class by
himself. You can wall around a
long time seeing Tilni ho Is usually
so busy.
John- Stodda-rd bus seen mora of
this country than niost -of thn other
hoys,' his' height is rosponslhlo for
that ho' sees further. ,
''(Ihesler Thompson, tho Solomon
of the Sanitary Train, Is just about
teady lo foretell tho I line of the
flr.lsli or the warwhen tho linn
Is licked.
"Doe Veins said he was glad to
got out of Iho kitchen work, he
cniiRo he was gulling too fat. Since
no has linen dctalluil to oilier du
ties, tho oilier boys are gel ting
fat. .
"Kennlo Wllllmunnn may be the
youngest member of the null, but
he Is not tin; least nor Iho last,
nor the losl he's all there.
"Winters, --Young,' Kelley, . Klein
and I.elTcl are ut ill on the payroll,
lu tho service and out ot Die guard
house.
"I'ete I.arsen Is writing n his
tory or himself. Including the war.
Allor this strnggje Is over wo may
soo a Sign , over some large eale-
nulldlng used for oilier purposes
"Lowln Urns.., Auiei icalne, Shell-
Venders, Kverythlng In the Shell
(lame from Snail to Soisson-
tjulnzo.'
No man In the A. K. F. Is bet
ter prepared to apply tho 'Full
Nelson' on Kaiser Hill than l-'iltz
l.ott.es, ho Is ourj' waiting for an
oiien road to Hill's niiuimer home.
Sergeant .McMaiiiis Is as good-
looklnt as ever, If not a llltle more
since coining to France. It is
impossible for somo folks to Im
prove lu good looks hut that Is not
true of Sergeant Mae.
MrOliials. .Moon and Murphv
tiled to form a ".Male-Ouai lette'
hut were threatened with conrt
ui'iishal. Since then there has
been a decided falling orr In the
ure of doe-powdeis-- by Hie other
oeys.
Whenever I meet 'Olio l'etper.
I can see the whole inside of Hus-
rcll's Meat Marked Including mv
good happy-fared friend, Charlie
llJlMiua.
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iiuuimn in,- iM.ii .-.i.im'aiu
y :: ojx 'Xld
Poets and novelist- talk about the
'hunter's poradiao." This still ax
istsj but it is no longer at tho door
of the hunter, or even within a few
hours' journey. Tho lust ; great
haunts of the. big' game today nre
the Canadian Rockies and Alaska.
In these two places big game is yet
plentiful, and the reasonable sports
man, who has nothing of the "game
hog in his system und what good
sportsman has? may satisfy his
ambition to enjoy a few weeks of the
same sort of hunting that "Leather
stocking," Cooper's fumous hero,
found at his very elbow, and to place
on the walla of liis great hall or his
dining room, tho heads of moose,
deer, Rocky Mountain goats, bear
and other specimens as witness of
his prowess as a marksman.
In tho Kootennys in Southern
British Columbia, the sportsmnrt
still can find within a few miles of
each other, what stands today as a
record list of big game, six different
animals, the moose, niule deer,
Kocky Mountain gout, Rocky Moun
tain sheep, caribou and grizzly bear
(ursus horriuilis), the last named be
ing tho greatest prize' a North
American hunter can secure. The
Indians believed that the possession
of a necklace of grizzly bear claws
made a brave worthy of the name,
and the white hunter has always
made it a point to deal with the
grizzly with the greatest prudence
because.' old "silver tip,.' when
wounded, is one of the moat feroci
ous animals in the world.
It has been stated many times that
nnimuls do not think, that instinct
ell' them tc do things cr not to do
.1? Stood Tfapfsiid Huul
things, but if tho big game animals
do not actually think, they approach
very near to the process.
In sum
mer, when the closed season pro
vents the hunter from shooting
them, they remain in thd valleys
within easy reach; but as if "tipped
off'' by the intelligence department
of the big game army, they promptly
hike for the mountains as soon as
September comes, apparently under
standing that the ooen season in the
Canadian Pacific Rockies begins in
September, and move up to high
altitudes.
There are plenty of good horses'
and guides despite the war even a
sixty-year-old guide can make the '
average man "go somo" to keep up
when on the trail and thero is
plenty to eat, both in tho woods and
in tho packs under the "diamond
h-tch"
Harris Grocery
A " Phone, Main 70 and 77; Farmers, Black 192 '
Si 408 NORTH FIR STREET ACROSS THE TRACK
4 "United Stntes Food Administration License No, Gn0255."
I !'
Hughes Yuzovka.
Tho first successful Iron and steel
mill In southern Kusslu having been
established forty years ago by a man
mimed Hughes, one of the largest steel
centers In Ukruinln bears the name
iuzovkn In his honor. Gas Logic.
Muchadoo About 0.
A llttlo book with the title' of "The
Vest Pocket Argument Settler" l.ns
been observed nt a book store. Now
who In the world ever had such an ar
gument about. n vest pocket as to try
to write n book nbout It? Maybe the
book wasn't about vest pockets, after
all, . ,
Sergeant It lib. llo boasts that he
lias ' been farther ' oast than . any
point In Franco, but I doubt It. llo
docs hold tho record for. having
c.'.used many casualties, not in the
llun camp, nor In tho air, but tho
Cootio's ranks, found evoi-ywhoro.
"Rydor hns no equal under the
fag 111 his ability to keep the
kltdhou. standard-- high. '."That's why
llic boys, all gain right along.
"lioliina aids: Colon In going
iironnd among the cola scattering
sunshine and helping, tho boys for
got that they are sick or hurt.
Whoa tho whole thing Is ended,
Hilly Sllverthoru will make a for
te ue telling nil nhiul the things
tliat didn't happen anil tolling It In
his wr.yi the way of Iho 'Silver
Thorn' Good Night! 1
"There are two other follows who
I. ad strayed In . tho camp Mertun
Westering and Teinpleton both
able to at lunch and wurk viuno.
I am proud of the boys' and am
glad to bo able to see and oversee
Lliein on occasions.
"One or two names hnvn slipped
my mind, but tho hoys nro there
and always toady to give n good
account. of themselves. Here's
three cheers for tho Lit Grande
unit, their home folk und the flau,
"Hip, hip, .hurray! lllp, l.lp hur
ray! Hip, hip, hurray!;. ('',.
''Well! 1 hlu silro; Vhn 'arer Veaily
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TIIfFOUi
TO BE SLICKERS
(Continued from Page, One)
thirty Individuals who hnvo re
fused to subscribe to bonds but are
conslereii by the wo-: kers here to
he in' a financial condition enabling
them to flu so. will again be soli
cited by a committee. It as fur
ther unanimously agreed upon by
standing vote that unreserved pub-
lii ',y and ar,P- other measures nee-
osjiiry lo colleclion of loans which
r.rc not voluntarily forthcoming up
cn solicitation by other committees
would be used. , Leniency for the
I'lnaiic.ially unable will be observed,
however. . -
According lo the eslinialtnn of
.tr. I.arisini, chairman of this dis
trict, the iiiajoi Ity . of the remain
ing thirty will readily -respond to
the call when 'the necessity Is fur
thor urged upon Ihcni.
l-'cw ruses Drastic,
"Probably.; tib mure tliAa .'3"lx '. or
seven of tho .oacs under consid-
for'me to stop. I alo slipper frith jenilion will demand drastic- mens
the hoys before leaving for home, lines mf coercion." said ' Mr. Larl
and a fine feed wo bad roast mm. In addressing the ineollim. "It
beef, bread, butter, bonus, corn
und coftee, with fruit to finish I he
meal. Can you beat it?
MIIH.
SCHII.KI-: KF.TI'ltXS
1-itOM WOltlv () Fit STATU
,,..,. .,,, ,,r ,,,; , , ,, ,,,, kiijw.ii iia.s pic-kiMl up a pair
face cleanly shaven and sinlle-he. r creain-coloieil ocn. nine years
decked. Sergeant Hoy fnri-ey would ;eld. to ,.,! t i,i. rather rr ..,-
'ho an easy winner for first pilzo
nt a Quaker wake. ;
''Jay Conlcy. Hint Knight of the
Bandrlrlge Itnnch. holds first place
e.s chief tenor In the unit. You
wouldn't know Jay If you ronld
hear him slag or miliar see hlmjif cxpcri,
When lies Hinging.
"Foley, or tho Jerry persuasion,
haB a tunuslncho which would make
a copper milk strainer blush lor ln
. efficiency, yet ho will peislst la
.wearing that thing as a noseguaid.
"Charles Sergeant Harding, -who
vei.lr. The weight of each Is
;Slin linn nili,
"Oils Palmer never falls to ninhe
himself known win n he conies lo
town, only tbls morning he drop,
ped In before I had crawled out.
and observation- count
lei anything, he will make a good
'read c-Kiiiniislotiei " when he goes
homo, ut. least 1 will vote fm- him.
That boy cm write a small book
on French ln;,ds.
'I did not. see the
Is our aim to have thjs loan re
present Hie voluntary sacrifices of
the people here toward this great.
cause. We will not be Prussian In
our inothoiK Such steps as we re
gfei, to say may filially be necess
ary are only taken out of consider-
Mrs. Fred Schllke returned hoiue!l'on to tlioro who Have sarrijicod
lliis morning after a two weeks' " greatly anil who woniu otnerwlse
nhsence. While away she attended ! ' present moir weaitaier. nut more
the State Federation of Womeirs "ntseily neighbor In this proposi-
Cliibs. the. Slate Council of Defensj''!'""1 "r supplying the government
and the Oregon Congress of Moth- ;"i the needed funds."
ers. . llcmnrkahlo Organ Iznt Ion. ,
Mrs. Schilko stales that tho Ore- one tact Impressed upon all
gon Congress of Mothers nrranged Unoiiuhont the campaign Is the ef
a special department In the F.du-, ri. iont co-operation and teamwork
callonal building at the Slato Fair. ij ti, combined efforts of Mr. Lar
The scientific euro of children was jip(m nml a,;isul,S. The entire
demonstrated and much henericlal j tt0, ldng orgajilzation for tho col
literatiiro distributed. Mrs. Schllke ,.,.tinn of bonds in thn cltv has
been formed nnd has accomplished
its work In less than threo weeks.
Allhouch three weeks praetlrally
! represents the working period here,
rt-.ithor says that she rinds the
slato fairly teeming with child wel
fare projects.
Another Interesting feature at
Ine Fair, according to Mis. Schllke,
was the doll house prepared by the
i.e. Grande public school nnd furn
ished by the children of the second
gvade. "Probably thousands or in
terested youngsters viewed this
lece of handicraft," ' said Mrs.
chllke.
many months have been devoted
by a number of those taking charge
of the campaign to the arrange
ment of essential details, clerical
work and related matters. '
Gully for Bill.
There wns nNclty lady visiting somo
relatives In the country nnd lis she
wns walking down the lnne she saw
some calves. Thinking to display her
Marmoset's Rival.
Mrs. Ellen Walker of Philadelphia
keeps ns her mascot n land turtH' j knowledge, she remarked : "Oh what
which Bho has hnd for twenty-five pretty little cowlets." Hill, the farm
,, J"rs. since it nrsi wnntirrcr. into tne hy. enino up about that time, heard
Oilier IWH I i,ir,l'F , l,nnin fTI. ..l la ' . .
ralincva ii, ,ii, .,, i. ,ii ., i i . . . ... ""'" """iner remarks, nnd said: "rcxeuse me.
t.v. nl wMk lol,..f fc.l . . ".' - "i'ii noil ner m nu ner iraveis in a
-" - " "ueu lerins. I
need to or not, spends most of his
time under cover that Is in thn
BLOWS ISAXK TO lll'lt.V MOXF.Y
Spurned by the villagers, among
whom ho had lived an upright life
for two years, when they learned
1ib had been a bank robber, Join
Olfell, discouraged, gets out his
tools and breaks Into the hank and,
V'ling all the money, 'sets fire lo II
in revenge for their lack of char
ity:' But "befo-ro the bank--'- notes
ere moro than scorched, the 'detec
tive who, had sent him tip bofoi-e
and the. girl he loves, enter the
bark. What happens to - Olson and
how he finally proves he Is all a
man. Is shown with ' great (Iraimttic
force In "All Man," the ViUg-raph
lllne Ribbon Feature, which will be
seen In the Sherry-Theater. Har
ry Morey and lielty Itlyllie have the
leading roles in this powerful dra
ma of ; lovo ami mystery. Last
.showing today together Mtli epi
sotle No, 2 of a. fight for millions.
Mrs. Smith Recommends Chamber
lain's Tablets. ,
"I have had more or less stomach
trouble l'or eight or ten years," writes
Mrs..G. H. Smith, Ilrewerton, N. Y.
"When suffering from attacks of in
digestion nnd heaviness after eating,
one or two of Chamberlain's Tablets
have always relieved me. I have also
found them a pleasant laxative."
These tablets tone up the stomach
and enable it toperform its functions
naturally. If you are troubled with
indigestion give them a trial, get well
and stay well. Adv.
SINGER SEWING MACHINES.
The agency is with Coolidgo's Paint
Store. Get one of these prize machines
and your sewing troubles are over.
Some good second hand machines for
stile cheap.' RICHARD. WOOLSEY,
9-28-(!t,p. '. Assent-
MOREHOUSE
BUSINESS COLLEGE
Oregon Hotel, La Grande Or
is offorinir. rapid advance
ment to those desirous r a
position by tlie first, of: tliiv
year. . .
. TttlograpiiyTypowrittjig,
Bookkeeping, Shorthand. '
Tuition reasonable.'
W. D. MOREHOUSE
'Principally
Job Printing. The Observer. Main 37.
New Machinery
We have installed $0000.00 worth of new machinery; wo
make bread ready for tho oven, 38 loavc3 a minute.
Complete line of Home-made Pies, Cakes, DiTughnuts,
Snails, Coffee Cakes and Cookies. All made according
to government regulations.
DUTLI BAKERY
317 NORTH FIR ST. JUST ACROSS THE TRACK
i: -Sleep: Sweetly 1
Coffee, -tea and some oilier drink:
wheniakenatthe evening meal tend
to Keep some people awake.
One orf -the merrfcs odF
i supply tent. I found him yester--.
flay as ho wns shaving, and after
shaking hands nnd visiting a mo
uiieiit ho put' up his rar.ur, forget
ting that ho had shaved hut on
am sine, although
they wear tlie same name.
'One of the pi arson boys spend)
ull his leisure tlin- In practicing
penintin.hip. lls 'Ci usor' te.iches
In L,i Grande and lives In Port
hi.id. .
"I'om n little disappoint, d lu
basket mode for the purpose. During
the Rummer It spends Its time In the
garden nt the Walker home. In tho
winter It Is kept In tho basement
WANTED Clean White Cotton
Rags at tho Observer Office; 3c
per lb, . .-...... . v
miss, but them's bullets." Hoys' Life.
Optimistic Thought
Self-ndorntion Is the stock la trade
of a feol. "
Observer advertlsing'vvill iringi
suits.
re-
is that it never affects nerves or heart.
In fact one can drink as much Postum
as he pleases just before , bed
time and no ill results follow, for
PosiunY is pure'and absolutely
free from caffeine'or any other
harmful drug or substance. f
Postum comes in two forms;
Posium Cercal,which must be boiled,
and Instant Postum, made in the cup
in a moment. They are equally delicious
and the cost per cup is.about the same.
V
There's atfeason