La Grande evening observer., October 11, 1918, Image 3

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1918
LX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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r"':i 'REMEMBER nt
We Quit Business for Good
STORE! FILLED WITH EAGER BUYERS ATTENDING THE
m OUT SALE
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OP DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES, HARDWARE, ETC., SACRIFICED,
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REMEMBER
This is a Quit Business Sale
Never in the history of La Grande have the people been offer ed such a wonderful opportunity to buy merchandise at prices that are in many cases lower than, the present wholesale prices of to
day, as is now offered you at our BIG CLOSING OUT SALE Thousands pf.doUara worth of merchandise hap been sold from our stocks, still the selections are good and many thousands of dollars
yet remain to be sold. It is our firm determination to close out th is stock within as short a time as possible, and there will be no let ting up to the cutting and slashing of the prices until every dollars
worth has been sold. Remember, these good things will not last f of ever, so by all means take advantage of the wonderful savings to be made, and come every day. Think what a wonderful oppor
tunity this affords you, coming as it does just at the beginning of t he winter season and at a time you will be needing the very kinds of merchandise we are offering you. Below you will find just a
few of the many bargains we have for you These
ese were taken at random throughout 'the Btore, and space does not permit us to, quote only a few,, but the store is ablaze with god bargains.
' You cn buy 4 rolls of Crepe' Ash rubber tipped Door . One i lot of Women ' Dress - One lot of Children ' Shoes, Children's -v black : ; liibbed . One lot of IWys' heavy cot
Toilet Taper for ' " Bumpers on sale for.v.'; ' Shoes, values tip to $6, are ' " all kinds, values up to $2, Ilose, double knoc, regular ton fleeced Under NhirtR
: 25 bein.' closed out .at iair ' on sale at, per pair : values, hIUiswh, arc ot- and Dwiwers, regular 75e
- ....in8 closed mit,av pau:i; ,. ,, . ... . f cred at, per pair , values, are bein closed
....... 1-inch Harness Snaps are , - " : ' ' out at, per Kamient
We offer 10c size bottles ,o- bwng sold at each ; - . - . nf-r.irtnm' 49
IifhinoOilfnr - : ; - ' . , . ., otfca a lot of CAiitam 0no lot of AVotnen's black V
Mac bine Oil for , , , , , . : ;. Scrims, with fancy colored , Uotie 25c. values, are be- -
;;::v;t4.'c:,v';- - ,.f o , 0,1,5 lot of Women .s Dress borders, at per yard inir offoml nr ner'nnir '
We are offering 3 dozen ai,' ri7, i i iia '. J ' mS ont.ua .at, pei -pan ,. , . . i "
' Spring Clothes Pins for ' ;. . Shoes, values up t,o $4, m -i-i,,,,,., .k ,tt . ;17 Men's extra heavy dark col-
r i u t ' '" n "Vi "" ,20 ,' "i ' : sliihll siies mostly, are be-' ' '" mmmm? ,."0b . orcd Wool ,Under Shirts
One lot .Men a Lmen Collars -' I: :1 ' 'i K '. .i, , T. , .
iw.lw-Mne(Wi nut nt - : r ing closed out at, per pair,' ...You can buy 5o pjiekages of 'od,. Bleached 'Jxrkish Tow- ami Drawers are beuit;
, a e:bung closed : out at,. 10r Tnk TaWcfs arb b(ing of M&f'l' , ' els are bcinff closed out at, closed out at per garment
ciioice , . fered now for, each ' -: '' ;,:'v " ; ! v ''each 1 $1.49
. 5 ' " M rv.: ' , ' ! , ' .. , . ,i ,,,,, . .:i -jM ! 28t : .
' " 'f ' ' ' " ' ' ' '. ' , i w ' tt-m ' ' 20c. packages ivr if f Needles, '
o- in w ': You can buy your choice of ; ,:Oiie lot or:,; Women s.lign . .eoiwwtii 6f''a i'omluna-"1 im ,- 1in i r,lf' Men's cotton fleeced Union
3-n,ch Copper Wire Coat and lot of ,Mn8 ni u Top ' . Top.DreM Shoes Tallies l; ti01l of Sewing Needles ohuui s fleeced lmcd Cot-
and Hat Hooks-are being ' Work Shoes, values up to ! up to $8.50, are being clos- and Darners are being of- ton Union Suite, $2.00 val- hints, v.uu. s, au oeing
offered at, each ,' J $9, choice, at per pair ' ed out at, per pair fei'e'd at, per package ucs, are being closed out at closed out at
... '.1 . ' $5.98 . $4.98 .. ' 8 ' . $1.49 $1.43
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THOUSANDS OF WONDERFUL BARGAINS AWAIT YOU ALL OVER'THE STORE EVERYTHING REDUCED-COM E EVERY DAY TO THIS BIG SALE GET YOUR SHARE OF,
: THE GOOD THINGS WE OFFER. ;
NEVER AGAIN SUCH A
SALE.
A MIGHTY SALE
The Goldeniiple Company
NEVER AGAIN SUCH A
SALE. ::a-'i
. LA GRANDE'S BUSY STORE.
A MIGHTY. SALE
TEACHERS BACK
RED TRIANGLE BOYS
OliGANIZATIOX OF "VICTOnv
UOYS AND GIIU.S" COM- ,
ri,CTKI AT SESSION
J. L, Cramer. General Secretary
of tho local Y.M.C.A, presented this
morning tho matter of the "Vic
tory Boys and Glils" to the teach
brs, at the Tri-Coiinty Institute and
the proposition was heartily en
dorsed by the teachers present
Mr. A. C. Hampton, Sirperlnlond
ont of the La Grande schools, has
been, appointed as chairman, bj;
the state, committee, to take charge
ot the drive Jn this district.
The "Victory Boys and Girls" is
an organisation of the boys and
Klrls of the nation to assist In the
biic allied drive which comes on In
November. - It Is a continuation ot
iho movement Btarted last year in
Iho Y.M.C.A. drive for funds, when
tho boys of the nation were asked
to give 1, 000, 000 of the $35,000,
000. asked for by that organization
m.d much more than a million
dollars wore pledged, earned and
paid by tho boys. The plan Is that
boys and girls Qt High School age
snail be organized In to the Vic
tory IJoys and Girls and the slogan
will be "One Million Boys and Girls
Eehlnd One Million Fighters,"
with tho aim to earn and glvo to
n.uke our righters nappy, u is es
timated that 5 will provide the
cninfnrtn furnished by the Y. M. C.
or the Knights of Columbus for
period of three months.
Every high school in Union and
Wallowa counties will perfect a
local organization and report to Mr
Hampton, who Is the chairman of
the district. "It is planned that
the boys and girls themselves will
do most of the soliciting and I .have
.to doiibt.'v stated Mr. Cramer "re
cently, that 5. 000,000 or more
will be earned and paid In by the
boys and girls. The money will
go through the regular "War Chest
Tieasury."
A button will be given to each
boy and girl who pledges and pays
to this fund, and a beautiful ser
vice riafc will be presented to each
nemo represented by a boy or girl
who has Joined tho "Victory Boys
ar,d Girls."
Y. M. C. A. BOYS HELP
TO FILL WAR CHEST
Nation-Wide Organization Being Per-
' f ected By Red Triangle Boys.
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"A million boys behind a million
fighters," is the slogan under which
the "Red Triangle Boys" will achieve
their goal in the coming United War
Chest campaign.
The chief aim ot the "Red Triangle
Boys" effort is the development of
boys in intelligent, sacrificial invest
ment of their lives in behalf of the
"great cause." The appeal is to earn
anil give.
On November 11, the United War
Chest drive for ?133,000,000 will be
launched throughout) the country, the
Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., War Com
munity Service, American Library As
sociation, Knights of Columbus, Jew
ish Welfare Association, and Salva
tion,; .raising in the joint campaign
their required quotas, rather than con
ducting separate drives.
The organization of the boys', di
vision of the general campaign, which
will -be an integral part of the whole
effort, Vill parallel the general cam
paign organization at every point
nationally, by departments, by states,
by districts, by counties, by cities, by
towns and out into the rural commun
ities. The men appointed by the National
Campaign Executive Cabinet to pro
mote the boys' division of the national
camoaiffn are:
Arthur N. Cotton, national execu
tive secretary; Alex F. Osborn, na
tional publicity secretary; Frank Rit
chie, eastern department; J. B. Wit
hee, northeastern department; W. L.
Chandler, southeastern department; L.
Paulson, central department; f. M.
Cheley, southern department; A. D.
Brewer, western department. '
: octal and yi
Personal
Mrs. J. W. Jones of Enterprise
returned home this morning after
an extended visit In Portland.
Frod G. Potter, of Promise, Clar
ence F. Davlcs of Troy, and F. M.
Rood of Powatka transacted busi
ness In the Land -Office 'here yes
terday afternoon.
Mrs. Elmer Lannlng, of Walla
Walla, left this morning to. bo the
guest of her sinter, Mrs, R. Isltt,
of Elgin, for the next ureefc ('' ,.yvf
Mrs. Ella Rusaw, of Milton, pass
ed through town this morning en
route to Elgin, where Bhe will visit
with Mrs; R. Isltt for the ne
week. - i , p-
Long-Felt Wart.
To prevent a cow switching her tan
against a person milking her there has
been patented a clamp attached to a
steel spring to be twined around one
leg.
Hospitality.
There Is no unconcern, almost osten
tatious, to equal that of the hostess
who pours the clotted cream on the
guest's peaches aa lr ciottea cream
were an everyday Incident In that
household. Blessed Is hospitality. t.
Louis Globe-Democrat
Miss R. I. Jarrols, of Evans, left
this morning to be the guest, of
Mrs. Myrtle Turnbow, of : Joseph,
for about three days. ,' I
Mrs. W. M. Nichols left this
morning for Vincent to bo the
guest of relatives for the next
week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. White and
children, of Lebanon, passed thri
tewn this morning eh route to Im-
bler, near which placo they con
template locating.
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RED CROSS DRUG j!
STORE ; 'j
The Kodak
Store :!
Mrs. Wllllnm WlgleBWorth, of
Union, who has been, visiting here
for the past three days, returned
honiO'- tills morning,
' Mri Fi'Wi .Wppd, ofjEllonsblirg,
wasmngion, wnu nus ueun viniuug
ut the home ot her son, J. J. Chit,
for the post two dayB, left for Wolf
i-or, Idaho, this morning. '
How to Carry Ink. :
When traveling fasten all the bottles
and small Jars by ndhcRlve tape. Fas
ten the tape to one side of the neck
curry It across the cork and down on
the other side. Celluloid and Ivory
boxes and jars mny he fastened In
the same way. They are easily opened
and yet so securely fastened that there
la.no danger of leaking.
Mrs. M. Waller left this morning
for Wallowa to be at the bedHlde
of her mother, Mrs. M. J. Reagan,
who Is confined to her bed with
a broken hip. . : i f. '
Mr. and Mrs. William Evans of
Molson, Washington, left for jKn
terprlBe this morning to be . the
Kuests of relatives for a few days.
From Enterprise they will leave, for
Another Feminine Industry.
"Girls wanted for men's neckwear,"
reads the advertisement of a depart
ment store. But we Imagine that a
man would be uncomfortable wearing
a glfl around his neck. New Orleans
States.
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Worth Knowtno,
The poat office has no special de
partment for handling letters marked
"In Baste." Kansas City Journal.
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Kansas City.
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Mrs J. C. French, of Oldtownj re
cently received a letter from her
ron, Alva Crowley at Camp Mead,
In Maryland. He states that he has
just recovered from a case of Span
ish Influenza, a light epldemie of
which attacked their camp, i He
writes that In this . Instance, . the
course of the disease was similar
It. la grippe. '
Rev. A. W. Roberts, pastol of
the Island City church, who i has
been seriously ill with pneumonia
s reported improving,
Tom Thumb.
Charles Sherwood Strotton (Tom
Thumb) was born at Bridgeport,
Conn., In 18H8. He was exhibited by
P. T. Barnum In various parts ot the
world. lie married In 1803 Mercy La-
vlnla Bump (Lavlnla Warren) also a
dwarf. When first exhibited Tom
Thumb was only about two feet high.
but he grew to a height of 40 Inches.
He died at Sllddlcborough, Mass., In
1883, - ,
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Earthquake In Italy.
Statistics gathered In Italy throw
throw some light on the question of
the relative frequency of earthquakes
by day and by night It has been al
leged that the supposed greuter fre
quency of nocturnal quakes Is only
apparent being duo to the fact that
quiet conditions at night make the
shocks more readily perceptible. It
appears, however, that considering
only those shocks which were so In
tense that thoy could not have es
caped notice at any hour, 8U5 occurred
during the 12 night hours.
Few Really Sincere.
Sincerity Is an openness of heart;
wp find It In very few people; what
we usually see is only an artful ills?
simulation to win the confidence of
o tliers, .
Box With Brain. ,
A Pennsylvanlon is the patentee of
a combined mailbox ana muK-oottie
holder, which can be freely opened
for tho Insertion of their Intended con
tents, but are locked against theft
when any tiling has been placed in them..
Keep Your Saving System Going. .
It is poor policy to figure to cut your
denoslt one week mid make up the de-
itetioy nifc pay-day. This course will
soon, lirtyiiv ; ui jrvui Damn ,pj..wui
youlMlria.' i.Ootl a little money ahead
and' then you will wonder how you
could have enjoyed yourself a minute
while you were living from one puy
day to tho next, constantly putting off
your creditors,- and without a cent to
fn)l buck on should you become 111 or
lose your job. Norton Spirit .
8neezlng Superrtltlont.
In Scotland It has been maintained
that Idiots are Incapable of sneezing,
and the power to do so has been
deemed evidence ot tho possession ol
a certnln degree of Intelligence. It
was a Flemish belief that a sneeze
during a conversation for a bargain
proved that what you snld was the
truth. The Chinese believe that a
sneeze on New Year's eve means bad
luck through the coming yeur. The
Jupunese hold that one sneeze means
that some one Is praising you, two
show blame, whereus. If you sneeze
three times, you are merely III,
The StIek-CarryIno Habit
Tho stick habit Is much more com
mon In England than In America. In
Now York, or Boston, or Chicago, or
any other American town for that mut
ter, you seldom, bco a youngish man
curry a stick. As a general thing he
Is too busy to be bothered with a piece
Of wood lu Ills hand, lie carries his
paper, of course, and he must have oue
band free for a cigar and for raising
Ids bat '
Pour From Prison.
If men are the helpless creatures of
their environment, how then do you
account for the fuct that In tills prison
thero are three separate and distinct
grades? Slnco the environment Is pre
cisely the suine, how do you explain
tho segregation of the luinntes Into
throe wholly dissimilar classifications?
Leavenworth New Era.
' ' Fearlets. '
A man who makes $15 a week hns
been advised by a writer that he can
marry and get nlong, providing be has
saved up a fund. That sounds reason
able. A man who can snve n fund ont
of a $10-a-week salury has nothing to
1 fear from marriage or anything o!sc
uunsas uiiy mar. ,
j NEW TODAY
It Help Some.
Remorse Is llko a wooden leg. It
helps a man on his way, but ha can
see where he would have been hap
pier without It. Idaho Statesman.
The Snake's Rattle.
The ruttle of the rattlesnake is do-'
vcloped from the single collide scale
or epidermal spine, which In most
snakes forum the internal tegument of
the tull. 'J'lio bone on which the roof
of the rattle rests consists of the last
caudal vertebra and Is covered with a
skin which Is the beginning of the rat
tle In young rattlesnakes, .
Soo "Say, Young Fellow" Arcade
today. - ' ! ' - 10-U-lt
CHICKEN PI IS SUPPER.
A chicken pie social and supper
will be given at Summervllle for
the benofit of the Red Cross on
October 12th, beginning at 4:30 .
p m, This will be held at the Red
Cross 'rooms arid tbo publlo Is In
vited. Only 35 cents for a full,
big bang-up chicken dinner. Adv.
: 10-8-31
The Soda Water business Is Ht'.ll
good at Sllvorthorn's. They al
ways serve just what seems to
suit tho trade, and that Is what
brings stlie people to their stiro.
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FAMILY DRUd STORE
LA SSANOCORiaON,
is1ssJMstit1Mtattsrstsstt
Case Tractor
FOR SALE 10 acres, half mile north j
of Island City; one team, wagon and I
" harness; four milk cows, Jerseys;
one Ford car. I, N. Kerr, Phone,
Farmers 197. ' ' 10-ll-4t,pd
WANTED A girl to
school and Saturdays.
work after
Black 88(11.
10-1 Hit
LOST Straight gold handled umbrel
In, in Postoffico or Golden Rule. Re
turn to Observer ' office; suitable
reward. 10-1 l-2t
Doug. Fairbanks, Arcade today.
10-1 l-lt
WANTED Several common laborers.
Inquire E. O. U 4 P. Co. office,
1315 Washington Ave. 10-11-tf
10-18 LIGj2-PLOW.
The greatest Tractor ever produced by any
concern has now arrived in La Grande. Let
me show you this machine and gpje you a
demonstration. It is made by that old re
liable J. I. Case Co., and is the best you
evef saw. '
J. A. CHANDLER, Agent
PHONE BLACK 3702.' v