La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 16, 1918, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextiUY .UiM rvvsn A V OCTOBER Ifin 91 R -i --r j i i ii in r ' ' ' ' ' """" 5 S f it V F w Clla1l1lllllt!l rj.-'i-J,. I ;! TK Kirschbaum Gode 1 1 In Kirschbaum Clothes you will find the old time standards still upheld--all-wool fabrics the finest of materials' and tailoring. $25.00 to $45.00 Hills Department Store CROP ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN MADE rr;ii:iiAi, kiki.d aaent oivus ... STATISTIC. : Cereals Have . Their Vps Downs Till A' Your. And LBLER YOUTHS ARE REJECTED O. A. O. KKPOHTKD 11ARKACIU T't'l.l, b'OH I'ltEtrKNT. IV.bito Digging 'Willi ' flood Yield i . . t Ih Oil Morlls M.ulo A ' , Corporal', , :';,:,...' HURLER. October 10. (Special.) i Charles Witty, Keller Strlngham and Harold Rlngaman ire turned homo from Corvallls this week. As Ihe barracks were filled, they were refused admittance to the O, A, C. where they had planned on taking training. , - . J. H. MoKoown came over from Waltshuiig, . Tuesday-, for a visit Willi IiIh boys. JIo wns nccompnn i ' !od I ' on I !hhi return-' 'home- Thursday, by hlB son ftverett. ' ' ' The Imbler schoolB have been runpendud for about two weeka as , B .precautionary meunuro against the mi r ofttl of Influenza. Thus far r.o conns huvo been reported here. Mm. WHIIn Sargent and dnugli tr liavo gone to Washington to 'visit nt tho homo of Mrs. Sargent'n ' parents. ' fl . ', 1'otnto digging will he next on tho program for Imbler furmors. As Instance of the excellent finality of tbo product . Is the yield of 36 pounds from five hills raised by J. L. Andruws. present Indications ore that a fair price may be socur, cd. . 1 f. . ..- . . Mrs. Dora Chlldors and family returned to their home In Lower Cove Saturday. ' (Miss- Ruth Larson, of La Grande visited ovo the wook-end with friends In -Imbler. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Westcnsknw expect to leave the flret of the week for Muntl, Utuh. John S. Morris, who answered .Ills country's call July 23, 1918, has V'Cuuse of. his marked ability and u!l-f lodged fidelity, been promoted .to. the iijiiilt oj corporal. He Is now stationed ht Camp Fromont, California. ' , George urgussqu was a visitor id La Griindd Saturday ovcnlng. ti Mrs. Archlo Keown visited In La Grauclu Salmdny evening. . 1'rospecls bidlcnto about two weeks' moro of threshing in Ihls vicinity. J. 0. Glllmoro had the misfor tune Frliliiy to have his face bud ly cut about the cyo. Sovernl stitches woro necessary to closo tho huge pnsli. Mr. and Mrs. J, II. Walkor and Mrs. Itufus Kcefor nnd children, wrre Klgln vlsltois Sunday. Charles Squires returned Satur day from Portland where he went after two new 1'atge cars. While away ho vlsistod with his son, Al Lert, at Cuiup Lewis. He was ac companied on the return . trip by Don Meyers, who drove one of the ee;s. . ; Ij A. Strlngham lpft this week for Suit Lake to visit with friends. ' Mrs. William Henry and Mis. Frank Perry have been called to' La Grande by the eerlous illness of Mrs. Jennie Berry. Mrs. Pete Westenskow was a vis llor In La Orunde this week. . - MrV' Bodiner, La Grande linple- mcnt dealer, wus a business visitor in Imbler Saturday. Mrs. Morlln Henry and children left Saturday for 1)1 ue Creek, Utah, to Join Mr. Henry, who Is farming there. - . Mr. - and Mrs. J. T. Sturglll nnd daughter, M'hh Marlldn, of North Powder, have been visiting at the home; of Mr. nnd ; Mrs. William Wlggana. Lylo Kiddle visited with his nav- c-nts, at .Island dlty Sunday. ,, unaries jjonsnauier nus coniraci- cd a bad caso of lilood poisoning from the wound of a splinter which he ran into his finger . somo time ago, 1 i ' "; TRAINS , DKLAYKD Duo . to the derailment of three box cars loaded with lumber near Quartz yesterday evening, trains r, 17, 18 19 nnd aspeclaj passonger tiahv from the east woro deluyed snvernl hours today. The engineer being suddenly taken ill,' tho conductor attempted to fill his place, resulting in tho dot ailment. . t , . BUYS IMPERIAL HOTEL Mr. Johnson Purchases From John ; V Jtmicli. Tho Invperlnl Hotel, which has been run by John Dnuch, har, changed hands nnd Mrs, Johnson has bcconio the owner. She also owns and juns tho Oregon hotel. The manager of the Impo'lu'l will I'D Mrs. Aydo, hut tho general sup' orvlslon Nylll bo In the hand of MrB. Johnson, who will also con tinue to conduct the Oregon. IiOOTBLAl KS IIAVK I'KillT. A typical street fight was per formed to tho excitement of by sicnders yesterday arternoon when the Italian brothers, bootblacks, cn tfred Into u vigorous ivrgument In regard to their individual rights nnd privileges In the prosperous bootblack concarn which they con duct to tho rear of tho Sllvorthorn Drug Store. iXo Injuries aside from bruised . feelings hnve been .received, however. Ituslness as usual tlilB morning. FOUR PRO 11 SO T From tho Midland, Michigan, Ho T'lbllcan, Iho nensparer In the tor ".nor home town of M:.ck Ulchi.y of J-a Gruule. tho following blood cuiclling story appears: Mrs. Herbert McNeill returned Ironi one of tho United Stales army camps last week to her homo in Tarwell wilh the body of her dead husband who hnd died from pneu monia rosnl.lng froin the Spanish influenza. The astounding Information given here Is taken verbatim front's let ter received Tuesday by Mrs. Charles Ilrldln of this city from hjr slstor who lives at Fanvell, west or here, end who Is an intlm Mr. friend of Mrs. McNeill. American! will shudder to think that such a crime could be perpe trated by doctors in our very fciidst. The lrtlor read! In part: .. "She (Mrs. Sadie McNeill) was rkht with Herb when he died. You know ho was poisoned. Ho had pneumonia, but was belter when Sadie reached there. Then they r.nvc him this poison which killed l.lin In an hour. "There weto four pro-German coders In this hospital which did the work nnd poor Herb was one o'- their victims. S.idlo snt Sunday end saw 150 dead boys carried out lost hr, poisoned to ilealh. The vt.y they caught theso doctors was rue of them was taken with In fluenza nnd rcnllted he was going to die, so he told what ho and these other three had been doing. They turned the whole four of them ever to the firing squad, but thai death wns too good, dun't you think? This all happened while Sadie was there and saw It, so it's tbo whole truth.'' Herbert McNeill was a well Vt.oVn blacksmith of Fnrwell and oi.listed a year ago In tho army. He has n brother living In Clare, and n second cousin lives In Mld- jlund. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 15, Re Difru received and field observa tions made by V. L. Kent, Field Afent, U.S. Bureau of Crop Esti mates,', for' Oregon, .during , ho month of September, Indicate jU general crop situation on October 1, 1918, about as follows: Weather Conditions. Except for pretty general rains all over the state, about the middle of tho i month, September was clear nnd warm and very favorable for the jhcrvestlng of seasonal crops. The jcouthern portion of the state also i had a good rain on the 21st and ,22nd, bringing about the best mtlsturo conditions in that section v t this date in many years. In t few localities water spouts did scino damage to fields, roads and even 'harvested crops. The weath er cleared very Bhoitly after the rainfall of the middle of the month hence practically no damage was done to such crops as were being huryosted at that time. . Grass has sturted nicely in some localities, buc now needs rain for further growth. ' ' : Corn. The rains of August and September ' largely k overcame the affect of the earlier dry weather, and the corn generally Is making a fine showing. . , Harvesting of the crop 'for silage was pretty gen oral during the last week of Sep tember, , with 'much of the ' crop practically ripe enough for seed In the south-western part of the Mate some husking of shocked corn has already been done. Winter ' Wheat. The wheat belt of the state has had the heaviest preclpatlon during the month just passed that has fallen during Sep tember In many years. A very few wheat growers decided to sow "In tho dust," and seeded ' during the early part of August. Such fields liuve had the benefit of two short rniny spells, and are making a fine showing of growth at the present time. - Much summer fallowed land was seeded to fall wheat during the lust wheat In September.. Ow ing to such favorable seeding con ditions it IS expeoted that ' there will be some Increase over lust year In the winter wheat acreage, but a corresponding reduction ' in tho ucreage 'of spring wheat. Spring Wheat. Only fair yields In most Instances, with many fields running very low In production. Quality of the crap only fair. Onts. A very unfavorable grow ing season for oats. Many fields bad no rainfall from seed time to harvest. Yields as low as f Ivo buthels per acre in some cases. Fif- tton to 20. bushels per acre unus ually good per acre production. Very light weight per measured bt.shel. Darley. Ten bushels por acre, nverage crop in some localities. Some few fields in eastern part of stnte producing 40 bushels por acre but most reports 15 to 20 bushels. Occasional field in cestem part of state produced 30 bushels per acre. Potntoes. Earlier plantings con siderably affected by continued dry weather. Later plantings material ly benefited by August end Sop tembor fains and should make very fnlr crop. Tubers generally pretty free from disease. Beans, Harvest nearly-, finished. Very llttlo, loss from mid.Soutuniber Veins. Yield of sinali whjtej "vari ioti.es ranges rrorn ltioo pounds per acre down to practically nothing; Quality generally very fair. Apples. Apple picking was well sturted at the close of September, and will be practically finished by October IS, Hood River apples ure reported ns being largest slzo nnd best quality In many years. lOlsewhere the crop suffered mater ially from tho dry weather. l'onrs. Tho pear crop has ex ceeded the early estimates. Bart- Ictts were a good crop and sold at good prices, mostly to canneries. The French varieties were being parked and shipped during the lat ter part of September. Prunes. A record crop of runes harvested wllh practically no loss, Is the situation with this fruit. In tho southern district (Douglas county) harvest was Krctlcally completed during the est week; In September. In the Willametto valley the season will extend Into tho early part of Oc tober. The state's crop of dried prunes Is expected to be in excess of 40,00(1,000 pounds. NO PERSONAL CAM- 1 ' PAICtNTO BE MADE (Continued Prom Page 1.) COHltKTT U NKItVl, FRIDAY. The funeral exercises over tlio icmalns of Joo CorKett will be hold Friday morning. No definite fur ther, arrangements have yet been lliade. The hnilV Will nrrlvn Innm,. roV morning from Hrooklvn. N Y Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Corbett accom- I anylng It. SOI.IIIKIW l.KTTFRS. , At one K. of C. embarkation roit buildings, 20,000 letter-heads end 10.000 envelopes vein distri buted in one day. The Finest Assortment of Box Candy that money can buy you ran find it nt eilvorthorn's Family Dtug Store. 10-10-tf 'For noaryl four years I have been privileged to serve the people of Oregon as governor, endeavoring to give tho Stulo- a sound, dignified businesslike admlnlstiatton. I ' be lieve that I have kept my pledges. I am -willing to allow the record of my four years' stewardship to stand as my only campaign document. The people have that record be fore them and upon It they must base their judgment for the future. "For'many months I have been extremely busy on the organisation of war woik. ; This work Is by no means completed, nor wHl It be for en Indefinite time to come, I wculd like to complete the task. 1 would like to be Governor of Oregon when our boys come home victorious from war, for then I would, be in a position to enfor'd the unwritten guarantee that I '.one returned soldiers and sailors shall receive their jnst rewards and thai they shall be accorded the proper reception a's they Jtep bad; into civilian . life. My heart and iny hand have been and will eontinue to be In this war work just as my heart and my hand have been, and always will be with our Oregon boys. Throughout my administration I rave uone nonesity wnai i nav oe lleved to be my duty. I shall con. tlnue to do so. If the voter? of Oregon believe that I have served them faithfully and well and if they reel that I can be depended upon to give, the very best that Is in. me In approaching the enlarged and more . Important developments that will come with the close of the war I shall Indeed appveciate an expression of confidence . and shall strive diligently' to merit the endorsement of re-election. It li for the people to say and I feel that they are quallflod to pans judgment' without tho disturbance and . Interference of a personal campaign." , . , WAS OREGON'S BOSS GAMBLER (Continued from Page 1.) .IB the ''boss" of nil the gamblers, nnd his Influence was manifest In r clitics nnd In everything that ln Inrfered with his interests. So suc- coEBful was he financially that about 1894 he was on the look out for a larger field of operations, and with about J100.000 he Went to Chicago, nnd after getting on to the game 'organized his nlnns r.nd engaged' in bookmaklng. Here there were those whose abilities were hard to' cope with and he found tt a ' losing venture. After a few years he irecapltulated and relumed to Baker. At this time Portland was the gambling center of the West, and the old Portland Club was In exlstonce. Dale went there nnd formed a partnership with Larry-. Sullivan and others and secured control of the Portland Club. They had things their own woy for several years, but finally their game was too bold, and the police demanded that It be abated. Tho newspapers took up the fight and soon Dale found It expedient tc change location. He went to San Francisco and after a time opened the Hotel Dale, which he conducted for several years until he was stilcken with a paralytic stroke, which loft him an Invalid up to the time of his death, A gambler and a drinker nearly all his life, It is said that for the past several years he was a changed man. He espoused religion and be came one of. the moat rabid pro Mbltloiitsts In'CaUfdrnla: 1 ?r j :! ;) t Dald was about 75 years' of ? age! when, he diod and surviving him Is h's first wife, Mrs. Anna Dale of this city, from whom he was di ve reed; his second wife, residing In San Francisco, a son Colonel Harry Dr.-e, of the American Expedition ary Forces, nnd a married daugh ter, living iu the East. He had three sisters also, or whom Mrs. L. Bynin, resides here. SK11VI.VO SOLDIERS. The Salvation Army war workers are operating at 831 units In this country, England and "in the war zone. NOT DI E TO SEX ALONE. La Grande Women Have Learned the Cause or Many Mysterious l'ains and Aches. Many women have come to know that sex isn't the reason for all back aches, dizzy headaches and urinary disorder. .Men have those troubles, too, and often they come from kidney weakness. To live simply, eat spar ingly, take better care of one's self and to use Dean's Kidney Pills, is bound to help bad kidneys get better. There is no other remedy so well- recommended by La Grande people. Read this ense: Mrs. A. A. Couch, 1.122 Jackson Ave., says: "It has been quite a few years since 1 have had occasion to use a kidney medicine, but speaking from past experience, I know Doan's Kidney Pills arc a good, reliable remedy for kidney disorders. Whenever I have an opportunity to recommend Doan's I do." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a' kidney remedy (ret Doan's Kidney Pills the nme that Mrs. Couch had. Foster-Milburn Co., M fgrs., Bui fulo, N. Y. Adv, CHROME ORE IS NOT CONSIDERED OOVERNMKNT ItKWHKS TO AD. Jl'BT IHIK'KS. Means Much To Eastern Oregoninn , Producers Of Chrome ' Iron Ore, Senator Charles McN'ary and Re presentative N. J. Slnnott, of Ore gon, In letters to William H. Craw ford, local secretary of the war resources committee, state that their efforts to effect a satisfactory chrome ore adjustment with the war industries board at the capi tal have so far been unsuccessful, says the Portland Telegram. , Mr. Crawford telegraphed - to Senator McNary telling him of the condition of affairs, as they exist In the chrome industry of the state nnd asking that the senator take up the matter with the proper officials to see it a definite 'conclusion to fixing the price of the chrome could not be made. , The head of the chemical division of the ferro alloys section of the war industries board gave no satisfactory answer to the plea for fair adjustment. Senator McNary says that great injury will result unless corrective measures are taken at once. The answter of Representative Slnnott Is just as blunt In its ack nowledgment of inaction on the part of the government officials toward the approaching ruin of the Oregon chrome Interests which con sist of one-third of the chromite ore possibilities of the United States. Representative Slnnott as serts that he has brought the mat ter to the attention of the war in dustries board authorities irepeated ly but always without results. AU of these endeavors to obtain neflnite statements as to the future of the chrome plants In this state have resulted In nothing and the situation remains where It waB be fore the matter was taken up with the government despite the fact that telegrams and press statements have been sent out In behalf of the Oregon chrome producer. All this. is In view of the fact that the cevernment not a long time ago, ciled loudly for the Oregon chrome men to speed up their production !n order to save the country from a Berlous shortage of the important, r.etal. It seems that now since the state industry has just gotten t'U its feet the big interests have been able to obtain a cheaper chrome from foreign countries, with tho result that the domestic ore Is entirely forgotten as long as the steel men can get enough ,'of tie Imported chrome. A question that the government may havo to consider, is no satisfactory adjust ment Is made Boon, Is whether or not it can face the possibility of a shutdown of domestic chrome pro duction, i , TIRE THIEF IN CITY. Several tire thefts have been re ported of late and the thieves are getting so bold they have been known to take tires from the rear of a car standing in front of a place of busi ness. No clue to the guilty ones has yet been found. During the Present Conditions AVOID CROWDS Phone your orders early All orders delivered promptly to your doorstep i, hinh cVinniri be taken in as soon as g possible after delivery. Use plenty of whole some food, PHONE MAIN 70, for your Fruits, Vegetables and Groceries. , Our Stock Complete and Sanitary. Harris' Grocery Phone, Main 70 and 77; Farmers, Black 192 408 NORTH FIB STREET ACROSS THE TRACK "United States Food Administration License No. G50255." WARRANT 1SSCKD FOR ARREST. . A warrant has been issued by tho Federal Court at Portland far the arrest of W. E. Peterson, em ployee of the railroad at Telocaset and who is being held here for pro-German statements. Deputy Marshal S. F. Pace, who is at pres ent at Ontario on official business is expected rlthln a tew days and will take Peterson to Portland for trial there. HKHKlMi WORKERS. , The Jewish Welfare , Board is seeking four hundred men above draft age to do war work at home and abroad. SUlITS 128.00 TO $86.00. These are a special line of end aways. iK fit guaranteed. The Tog gery. 10-16-3t. DOING WORTHY WORK. . The War Camp Community Sor vice has been actively established in 62 cities in this country. Sour Stomach. 1 Eat slowly, masticate your food l.nn.,nl.lir aKofnin frnm mpflf for n few days and in most cases the-sour stomach will disappear. ' ii ji noes not, take one of Chamberlain's Tab lets immediately after supper. Red meats are most likely to cause sour stomach and you may find it best to cut them out. Adv. Those Hand Purses of ' pretty patterns and the very, latest Shop ping Bags, you will find them at Silverthorn's. FAMILY ORUCC STOBI LA flSANDC. ORSflON, Dally 10-14-tf kiLa)lMlBa1la1lMl j Don't Always Blame the Telephone j j ; Operator When You Are j i Called By Mistake j , , -Were you ever called to the telephone when another number was wanted? i When this occurs, tho operator, to be sure, may have humanly erred by ringing on the wrong line. More often, however, it is the fault of the person making the -call. People often ask for, 456, for example, when 546 is wanted and then cither "hang up" when the mistake is realized or be come impatient when the wrong person answers. . Unf a,miliarity with the work of telephone operating often prompts unjust criticism, Please don't forget the earnestness of the operator's effort when some occasional service difficulty does arise, . t - Home Phone Co. Closed on Sunday Beginning Saturday, October 20 ' The Oregon State Council of Defense has requested that no delivery of petroleum products be made on Sunday. The Standard Oil Company is glad to comply with this request, and beginning SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, and thereafter until fur ther notice, all of our distributing stations in the state of Oregon, including our automobile service station, will be closed on Siindnv. No sale or delivery of any kind will be made on Sunday. As in the ease of our previous announcement regarding the sale of gasoline and engine distillate, only between the hours of (i:00 a. in. and G:00 p. ni. (now week days only), this request is made for the jnirposc of conserving man-power, and we know that our pa trons.will patriotically cooperate in making this important meas ure effective. ' . Standard Oil Company (CALIFORNIA) . T. Ii. MAXWELL, Local Agent. 4 I 4) V