La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 16, 1918, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textwimwinan-A-V: ftftTOBER 16j IMS H PAGE FOUR MOAT Il GRAyPEWENINOL OBSERVERfj it The Observer Aaj Independent ' Newepape , Published Da'ily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by ILa Grande Even ing Observer Publishing Company. BRUCE DENNIS, Publisher. Entered at the Postof f ice at La Grande Oregon, as Second Class Mail Matter. Address all Communications to The Observer, 1710 Sixth Street. City and 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, Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ' By Carrier Daily, per month- 65c Daily, per three months $1.95 Dally, per six months in advance $3.75 Daily, per year in advance...... $7.50 Daily, single copy. Be By Mail Dally, per year in advance $5.00 Daily, per six months in advance $2.50 Baily, three months 'n advance. .$1.25 ally, per month .50c The Saturday Evening Observer, by mail, per year in advance $1.50 Weekly Observer-Star, by mail, per year In advance $1.50 My ntry TIs of Th, Svnet Land 4 f LIMrty." FAKMHltS AND lAltMUItS. Edltdi1 -Chapman of' the Oregon Voter lilnks ho Is. 'farming. "' , Ho has a ranch:, j down near , Amity whore he ruisos goals, pet pigs, etc., and in .following this recreation Chapman thinks ho Is farming. Far be It front us to awakun him. but when we asked him to- como to Eastern Oregon and with us visit f.'fty farmers, we did not mean potato patch farniors. - We did not mean tho Wlllametto valloy size farmers,, for, they, are truck gar deners, , but wen did mean the real genuine farmer of tho big ' EastoVa Orogon ,. eounlry, wklcli produces termors of bigness'," " ' r " We expected, Jihn. tp,, see,, Floyd McKennojn, -'Charlie Fluylo, Albert Iluntor, w. v Ijodbotlo,r,, Frank Conley and men bl that lypo. - hit Chapman! comes back ut ua"'junt as the Willamette, valloy aiWuyj jeomos back )k at pauteim Oregon, paying the, i, is a .farmer!) ',' ( , 1; too, Rather! than argtio" Hie ' point, rather ttjaij 'Insist that Chapman, l a goat jifmor' and ' a ' pig fancier, wo will 'lot It stand and consider l.lm In tho futurb at just what he c'nlnu) to be, a "i'armer." Tho' In vitation still holds good, mid wo want him to came, but whon ho doos come wo htlpo io will not hu m.'llato us when eomo of tho ubovo- T-iuiicd ranchers begin - tulklng about coniblnoB and hendors and bands of('a thousund cattle by nsk . lug for explanation us to what thuy mean. . I .'.'.'!; , , ' ;,' Huro Is -the way .Chupmun du f'nes himself as a furtner and lot no cuo Injure his 'Cuellhgs by. taking Issuo. with him: !.' Our gujnlul.1 rhml, llrucv" Dennis editor oft tliu l.a G.riiiiilo Obsurvur, pUDsus a li'w -reitjarks, oil- i'hu .Voter and sugioHts thai "11. wiiilil do Chapman! good 'to get out lu tho hroud, opon country uml uat rye lueaU with tho IJainiers; It would do him good to mix with iliu nii'ii and womcu who loll on tliu i anchor, of Oregon. Wo hereby tender liliu an Invitation to rotuo Into the Knst orn Oregon country as our gumi and - wo will together vliilt nrty ' farniors." Bruce, your invitation w irms the cockles of our heart. Wo will ac cept It at tliu first po.iHili).. iipix i tunlty. To visit fifty Union ci'in.y farmers In such dilii;htlul coii'iuiuy is a prtvllogo Lmlcml. Our month waters with iLtitlriputlou of the Mod meals, and wo'ro so imed to ur bread that a chungu to iui id old ryo will bt I'xvccdlugly uvevpi oblo. W$ have forgotten what the straight article tastes llko. Our only t,6iihlu will ho to got away from our own furm tor u lour Chough time to muko tile trip poh siblo. . We spnnd tho greater pun of our time In luaiiuui labor ou oil" owe farm.. Wo had Ithreu hliod men on the place lust spring, hut beforo mUlKiimuier the Inst of the three was gone, anil slum that time It has been n enso of HtriiR glo from dawn till dark to gut ti e work done, True, we Save had. mmio oppitr lunlty to mix; with our own farmer iclphliors, ' who havo'voiy definite ideas on Iho war, tr.xation, prices pnd wrathor the four sulijeila of ci grossing lutorost to tho farmer ' and from (.thiMii we got numl of the Inapinihjon for our. Voter arti cles. Each . week wo lnumito to aquaece i-in it enough u Umaitian i iMin ot'itorlal labors, and about every otii?r wec.'we manage to )tea( away long enough for a trip to Sulom i and ' Portland. Incldontaily we managed to get to the state pints convention in Coos county, laid paid for the trip by the pur chase of a pure bred. pig on the way back, bringing him In triumph In the tonnoau of our touring car u'.l the way . from Drain to the farm, 125 miles. Ho Is growing splendidly. Hut all the pigs, cattle, sheep, goats and chickens need daily work; we had to build a now granary to. hold the winter's feed; there's a. lot of fixing needed all ever the place; the corn crop, has M be gotten in yet; the kale must to- cultivated; the plowing season comos soon, with Its soedlng of 'v inter crops: the immediate out look la strenuous, with hired help practically out of existence. So don't know when we can get away, Iiruce, but we'll be up to see yo and the farming fifty, and know wc will have a happy time and will got a lot of practical pointers on farming and editing. . CIll'IU HIM, TKI,I,S WHY. The establishing of normal schools Is a question that many do not on tho faco of tho argument sco much reason for, but that there Is ample reason, In fact a powerful reason for tho establish ment of such schools is ; given, by Churchill,; asi'lfdli Buperlntendont lOWS!. f: First: That thoro is a doarlh of touchers,: a' consldorablo .number 'of schools In tin al districts having fulled to. opou this full ton; want of teachers. Second: That about 20,000, .pu pils in this state: fail each yonr to niake their grade. As It costs $50 per pupil each year to educate a child In the elementally schools, Oregon Is thus compollud to Bpond uinuully, under present conditions, the sum of $1,000,000 in rein structlng pupils in its elumen'ary schools, About 40 por cent of this cost, or $400,000 is ascrlbod to In competent touchers who, have r.o' been trained, for their work, j ' Third: ; That additional - rornml echools, are a vlta( war. necessity. i's the prosont boys and girls who nfo being educated will be called upon for. luadorshlp 'In- the ndjimt- ment period to follow tho wr.. The rjlllod cpuntrics, ftllowia v,'tUcjr., cUu catlonal' aiifeguards 'o' dioj P tho beginning '.of the war llh ,disnsi tmus results1, and America giioiihi Piiotlt by their inlutuko ahd scrf'that ihe wirk of cducatlou la maintain ed. '' ," '1 . sThe inioasuro 'provides for I ho lo cation 6f one .of tho schools at Ash land and the other in an Eastern uitgon town, to bo cliosun by ttio Hernial school hoard. Tho mlllago tax provided for tho maintenance of the two schoolh ' totals nooitt 75,000 yonrly und h establishing t'H'm tho sluto wou.d a me the dlt foieiico between this sum and i 100,000, tho amount that It now cocts . each year to rolnstruct pit oil.' hocaiisu of iucompeteut teach ers. '. .:, . ;'" ' TEACHING ENGLISH. . English Is being tiiught to ''runch girls In Franco under the iiUHivlces ' or the Y.W.C.A.' It ., is proving extremely ' popular. MII.DIHItS STIU)INI, Tho Aiiiericun Library Assocla inii has IiuicliiiHed (100.000 books i n iiiechiinlcal, technical and scien- t'llc subjects for the American sol- iller. The Federal Reserve System Helps You It was created primarily To help the business men ami farmers; Tn provide plenty of eiirreney at all times; To el'feet a steadier supply of credit. The system merits the support of all good citizens; it must have yours in order to reach its full development. You can secure the benefits of this great system and at the saint; time assist directly in developing it by depositing your money ' with us. Member Federal La Grande National Bank mi. k i ?.i!SiSS!SiSiVi!e i II... , ' II " 'IN THE STATE! JXIl'llIKH ItEHl'l.T I.N DEATH. Baker Leo Crawford, 30, em ploye of a local mill, succumbed Sunday to injuries received some' time ago, when he was crushed be neath falling timbers. . i PROMINENT MA HON PASSES. ,Buker Isaae H. McCord 53, dtod Sunday, following a paralytic stroke, suffered several'weeks ago. Mr. McCord had been both the sheriff and . recorder . of Baker county during his residence there. He was prominent in ' Masonic cir cles at one time Master of . Baker lodge. At the time of his death he waB engaged In the development of his mining property In Mormon Dasin. A wife, , two daughters and four brothers survive him, I AI,I,I; LIMB COSTS LIFE. Albany. Mia. Maude Taylor was instantly killed and Harry 0. Cur ran, seriously Injured,, when the limb of - a pine tree fell on a sleeping party of campors early SuLday morning. v ' DOl'ULAS SHKIIH'E'S IIAL'f,; Goorgo J. Lewis, claiming to bo proprietor of East Burnslde Gar age, Portland, was arrested , at Shady Point near ndseburg, Sun day morning, by Doputy Sheriff Itufferty. About 150 quarts of whiskey wcro found upon search of the automobile in . which Lewie wns travelling through the sluto. !;! hTI'lftKNTO 'illELPfJIN,. HAItVUHI'S Hood Rlvor. Tlie 105 students of . llio Hood 'lilvor schools and the 400 students of valloy schools who arslsted In harvesting the valley a ipj)v WP i l'fll,u rfl pd t0 work, M on day: aftar: earning -more thun $18,- i ViAIR FEDEIIATKIN, I,AU.nii:p. . North Bend.-r-Federation of the women's clubs of the city and af filiation of tho nowly-formed cr. ionization, with tho State and Na tional Federated Clubs of Alm.riea, us effected at a ropresontativc 1'ieoVlng of club members hole here Saturday. KLAMATH ELECTION CALLICD. Klamath , Falls Notwithstanding the controversy existing ' rega-tllng Us legality, a city election . will be held at Klamath Falls noxt mouth. NO SOCIALIST CANDIDATE Albany. -At the closo of the tluio In which, nominating, petitions may he filed, no HoclulIstjcandtdr.t'j. had appeared, for Linn, county ofticos. AtVEl) . SALEM .. WOMAN PASSES. 'Bulein. MrB. -. Josephine Martlia Ford .died. Jit "tlio Homi of h daughter, Mrs. II. J. Echuldornian. WEALTHY ' OliEGONLW DEAD, Portland, -j-' Simon B. ' Barker, roiiclior, banltei" and business man, and one of the wealthiest men In pregon, died of pncumonli fn Cln oapo . Saturday night,' nftiir an 111- t4dBS of three weeks. - 'Mr. Barker owned thousands of a-iVos of laud In Gllllnni County, vss president of tho First National Unnk of Condon, treasurer of llio I'tlhlun-Harker Shoo Company In Portland, aiurowncd largo blocks of proporty ' In various piMls of the city, Including the Barkor Apart ments at 685 Irving Strnat. Mr. Darker wont to Chicago thro) woeks ago with a shipment of sheep purchased on a trip through Mon tana, Wyoming and the Da.cotas. lie was ill with typhoid fevor, eon ti acted from drinking Impure water when ho reached Chlcugj, I'nou n.tnla followed. CKiAKETTE KIIOWEIt.' ' Martin V. Merle, a K. Of C. war woik secretary at the "front evolved a t'chome to boinhard the advancing An orlciin ,y oops with cigarettes and carried t out successful on tile ChatouV Thlorry front. '" ADD PIE TO MENU. ' The Salvation Army 'bus added nlo to its coffee and doiiuhnut menu closo to the front line trench- It's an American institution for Aniorleon soldlors. Reserve System '. (.. ' - The newest shoe you can buy, Taupe Grey, All Kid Leather, Louis Heel. Thia ' I is a high grade shoe and we have all sizes, triple-A to D widths. This will be ' the last season that we will be able to get colored, shoes. . We have the latest colors in our stock the new Golden Brown; all leather, Dark Brown, Cloth ' . Top, Taupe Grey, Cloth Top, all widths, Louis' heels. If you have trouble get- - ting a fit, PARADISETflFjTWi PACIFIC Palm-Clothed Islands That Have , Xl of the Riches Man His Any ,.i t .';"1 to Covet , .' Tho Ilttle-known-Trobrlnnd gronp of islands Is a cluster of palm-clotheil- gems that stud the emerald Pacific a. hundred-odd miles northeast of Sa murai (1'apua). They , are tho real thing in coral romance. The natives are of the Melaneslan type, happy peo ple with a fondness (especially on the part of the star-eyed maidens) for Europeans, who have exploited the rich pearl fishery. They are advanced In urts and crafts, and produce a tre mendous quantity of carved weapons and ornaments, which are eagerly bought by tourists from curlo-dealere in Sydney and Melbourne. Before competition set In tho island ers did not get much for their pearls. Gems worth $50 and $75 were freely bought for as many pence. Tho group is Hut, but la richly clothed In Jungle, and produces vast quantities of excel lent yams, which are traded. . Good climate, gorgeous scenery, blue eeas like billowing silk, diamond-dusted benches and splendid Bshing and shoot Ingl ; . v,.;:ei''. ;(,,, , , .( ' : ''Bluff Thai 'filled. ' -1 General Plumer; who hu recently been recalled to France from Italy, can be very lronlcal when' he chooses, as the following story proves: Shortly before the war, when he held the Irish i command, a regiment was being maneuvered before him on a field day, and thai colonel in charge succeeded in getting his men mixed up pretty thoroughly. However, he went grimly on, and at last, calling a halt, rode op to Plumer with nn air of Importance. "I flatter myself that was extremely well done, sir," he said, evidently with the Idea of trying to bluff that noth ing had gone wrong. "Oh. excellent," wns General Plant er's suave reply. "But may I ask what on earth you were trying to UoJ" Pearson's Weekly. SEUVE INDIAN TUOOPS. Y. M. C. A. huts where Indian troops nre served now number, 75, cr follows:- Franco-': 15, India 13, Mesopotamia 35, Egypt 9, East Africa 4. . ' - - WANTED Clean White Cotton Hags at the Observer Office;., 3c per lb. ' USED CAR BARGAINS Ford Five-Passenger, good as new - Ford Five-Passenger 1916 Model, repainted Eeo Five-Passenger, self-starter, in first class new top, seat covers, repainted Maxwell Five-Passenger .: -. 1 Ford Truck, just overhauled ........ : : Maxwell 1917 Model, good as new ... Maxwell 1917 Model ... Maxwell Mascot, Waterloo Boy Tractor and new three 11 in. bottom Eock , Island Plows; will guarantee this outfit .. TERMS Maxwell Service JEFFERSON AVENUE. ii'. 'ii'vur :i j. Armstrong; Just Received by Express give us a chance. .... Secretary ..Daniels doesn't want any conscientious- objectors - on- his ships., ' Don't be Btubborn, Mr. Ser cretary. Let' the- fellows' take ride, on tlie boats until (they reach Ihe middle of the' pond and then- you know. Knoxvlllo Journal and Tribuno. ' Salem Journal Public Service Com missioner Corey returned today from holding a number of hearings in East ern Oregon. While in Wallowa coun ty he held a conference with the offi cials of the Eastern Oregon Lumber Company, which has a logging railroad running into Enterprise and the far mers along the road who are anxious to ship their wheat over the railroad. The railroad agreed to haul" the grain for nine cents a bushel, whereas it has been costing the farmers 30 cents a bushel to. get their Wheat to Entcr priHO. '...-. A building feat cbmpqrabTo 16 that- of tho Vancouver cut-up mill has been accomplis v.l at Ri.i-shf ield v 'th the completion of a bridge inOO feet long in seven dayswith a, force of 13$ sol dier laborers.1' This bridge is part .of a spur ta.4 lailrpad. being built to the Boutin tract of spruce,' . ' , ... Mlnor Scales. , There nre two forms of the minor . scale, viz., the melodic and harmonic. The former is simeUmcs . culled the vocnl minor scnle, because It Is easier to sing than the harmonic. The hitter has an -augmented second between the sixth and seventh degree, and this Is difficult to sing until one lias acquired a certain degree of proficiency. Tho harmonic minor scale is more used In Instrumental than In vocal music. Beggar Made Good Money. A lucrative profession was the de scription applied to begging In Edin burgh, Scotland, by n magistrate Iho other day. ' A man who was brought before him on therchnrge of brgglng was found to have collected In one morning nearly two dollars In half pennies, nbotit two dollars and n quar ter In pennies, -and Just -a little less than three dollars in f liver. lie wns sent to prison, for 20 days. A WANT AD will do it, in good repair M ' r'jjj J 4 ii V,3 ' 8:30 P. M. TO RESPONSIBLE PARTIES. )i til I Ladies OIUTDABY. . Mrs. Ifarriet Ann Newklrk Scott was born ; at Shopior, Wisconsin, February 6, 1850,. and died.at.her liome,' 2614 N Fourth Street, Tues- (iay,,evening, at the age of 68 years 8: imonths .and 9 days, succumbing to heart trouble with which she had suffered since . last fall, although novor seriously until the past month. -', ". Mrs. Scott had been a member of the Rebecca lodge and Women of Woodcraft as well as a faithful and conscientious worker in tho Christian Science church for a num ber of years. w A husband, John Scott; a daugh ter, and two sons by a former marriage Mrs.. Frank Ross, , La Grande, Lewis Ansell of Hazelton, Idaho, and John Ansell, of Astoria; two . granddaughters, Mrs. . M.t, C. Cimibs and Mrs. Grant Lyman, both jf La! Grande, and one great grand child,! Dale GonibB, survive her. . .Definite funeral, arrangements have not yet: been, made, save: that tliu bbsequies will be held from tiro' liome.- -, , ii. ... .'Lewis. .Ansell, ofj Hazelton, Mrs. Finnic ,-L. Jones, 'of Westfall, M,. W.. and Rr L... Scott,, of-Beulah, Mal heur county,., .and Mrs. Z. T, Smith are expected -to .attend the .funeral -set vices; from .outside points.:., - HOOKS IN TKENCHES. - Bopks of the ' American Library Association. "are being' takon into the front line trenches for the cr,l(iiei-8 through the aid of the Y.M.C.A., K.. of C, and Salvation Army workers. . 1 CROUP. If your children are subject to croup get a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough ltemedy, and when the attack comes on be careful to follow the plain printed directions. You will be sur prised at the quick relief which it affords. Adv. Beautiful Stationery, In boxes and in, bulk, Also by the pound. Pretty initial . stationery at popu-. Inr prices of latCBt pattern at Sll- verthorn's. , FAMILY DRUG STOR1 LA GBANDCORCQON. Dallyi 10-14-tf , . . $450 $3.75 condition, $525 : . $475 i $525 .$700 .$650 $300 ... ....$1350 Station PHONE MAIN 71 ,i - nun Shoes WASH THE KIDNEYS ! All the blood in the body passes thru the kidneys every tew minutes. This" is why the kidneys play such an important ; role in health or disease. By some mis tcrious process the kidney selects what . ought to come ont of the blood and uikes it, put. If the kidneyi are not : " jrood-wOrkmen and become congested . i.--poisons accumulate and we suffer lorn . backache, headache, lumbago, rheu matism or gout. The urine is ro(ter, , cloudy, full of sediment; channels olten 1 ' get, sore and sleep is disturbed at night. ' ' '' So it is that Dr. Pierce, of the Invalids' '' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, '-' N. V., advises "Washing the Kidneys," ,( by drinking six to eight glasses of water , , between meald and then if you want . , ; : to take a harmless medicine that will ,. '. clear the channels and cure the annoy ing symptomH, go to your nearest drug- ' ' fist and obtain Anuric (double strength). ' '( . ' hlB Annric," whioh is so many times ' ., more potent than lithia will drive out 1 ! . ti e one aoid poisons and bathe the kid ueys and channels in a soothing liquid. . . . .. . If you desire, write for free medical advice and send sample of water for free ' examination. Experience has taught :J ' Dr. Pierce that "Anurio" lis a most ' ""' powerful agent in dissolving uric acid, ' i as hot water melts sugar. "Amino" is a regular insurance and life-saver for aU. III - is sunerior to any other front lace corset, for without the 141. features no corset can pos sibly, be just as good. It contains the master touch of scientific construction. ' tr i , ... i x ou cio not sacrifice com fort for style and you do not oa.iU.iuu styie ior comfort wnen you wear A complete line alwavs on band, priced at $2.50 up. Mrs. Robt. Pattison Corsetiere Phone Red 3221 1 Res. 1702 wuk street. ; ...