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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1918)
' UK GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER SATURDAY, OfiTOBER 2fi. 19181' The Observer v Aa ladependent Newspaper Published Dally and , Weekly at -La Grande, Oregon, by Im Grande Even ing Observer Publishing Company. ' BRUOB DENNIS, Publisher. Entered at the Postoffics at La Grande Oregon, a Second Class Mail Mutter, Address all Communications to Tho Observer, 1710 Sixth Street. City and County Official Paper.- Evening Telegraph Report of United i Press Association. . On Sale in Other Cities Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial News Stand, 'Portland; Multnomah Hotel - News Stand, Portland, Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Carrier " . Daily; per month ....... ...... ...65c Daily, per three months.. ....... $1.95 Daily, per six months in advance $3.75 Daily, per year in advance .J7.50 Daily, single copy......... ...Cc 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 ... 60c The Saturday Evening Observer, by mail, per year in advance $1.50 Weekly Observer-Star, by mail, per year in advance $ 1 .50 My Cwuitry TIs of Thw, Swxt Lane ; f Liberty.' The Soldier's Mail; How It Is Handled. The mail service for our army abroad has now been tnlion over by the 'army. It, is handling a million letters a day that uro received in .Franco from thia country, and about r-.. 800,000 letters u day that are mailed . in, France for soldiers In Frunce. i It ' has warehouses for sorting mail at French porta.: It has railway mail clerks on some 2000 miles of French railroads. It has a central posloffico at Tours, permnnent postoffievs at . various points, mobilo posloffictfs right up to tho'firing lines' and mail orderlies attached to each company of .- troops, . j , . , . . , In the past, when the mail service for the army jrafl, under 1c1!1vilcou,lrpi, great delays were caused In the deliv ery of mail by tho necessary secrecy .... concerning troop movements,- Now, under military control, all movements . of. the mobile "postoffices are' tele graphed in code to. .the distributing - postoffices and the) letters follow she , soldiers as they march. AH the hos pltals notify tlie central postoffico of the identity of wounded soldiers re- - ceived or transferred. . The central ; postoffice works with the central rc . cord division of the adjutant general's off ico,1' where every soldier i the army Is card-Indexed, and 150 men are there constantly employed search ing out addresses. A system has been ' devised by which delivery may be quickened to "replacement units" who have been scattered among widely separated troops. And various means have been found for overcoming do- Inys duo to luck of shipping -facilities or congestion xf mail at crowded posts. It Bill! remains true that mail for some 50,000 soldiers in France is de layed because tho letters are inade quately addressed. In the future nil such letters will bo stopped ut Mew York and returned to their senders. 1c is estimated that 300,000 letters a month "have been delayed in the past because the men were in. "replacement units." This "floaters' mall". Is now being handled expeditiously.!.. Tho de lay duo to censorship' is not great and it is being reduced. The army authorities aro uwaro . that nothing sustains the morale of a soldier like letters from home. The tnobilo postoffices now keep up with tho troops; the mail Is! received with the rations at the kitchen, and the ... whole reorganized postal service is de voted to providing that the dough boy's letters shall reach liim as promptly and regularly as his meals. lif '(rfewM'lr the- ftah'wHo'ttas-ftsW-'HJ-' pfpty 4i own town, Nearly every town has its home detractor who thinks it smart to call it a "jay" town. Of course, if a man's town is not sporty enough for him he ought to move; whether that would help him 'or not, it would the town. It is not the sports or the sportlness that makes a town, . Most towns are made by tho "Jays" who attend Btrlct ly ' to ' the ' Christian-like attitude of their military commanders. '; "Gay White Way" was a jay, and Is yet. Come to think of it and examine the list, jt will be seen that every man in aft, science, literature, production and commerce in ull America today cither is or has been a jay. ' ; ' ., ' " ! It is a safe" rule that tho jay who runs his own business gets along fur ther .and is worth far more to. any town thar. tho sport who tries to run other people's business. A town is seldom the rcsujt of vir gin natural conditions At any rate it was man who saw tho natural ad vantages. Many a good town has been practically mado by one man. But he was a booster, not a knocker. The first process in the improve ment of any town is to convert or got rid of tho people who aro knocking itj. Normal Schools Are Needed, . Vote For Them. " This paper i conservative when it comes to adding an ' iadditionnl tux to burden that property is already carrying, but the education of children is something that appeals to all think ing people more than docs the ex pense of that education. . Wo will confess that every dollar how' raised for education does not ob tain a dollar's worth of benefit,' yet wo' are going to plead for the normal schools for tlie reason that the com mon education is being neglected for what is termed "higher education," uiid tho only way to havo common education is to linvo normal schools that wilUtrain teachers in work suit able for.the grades; and rural schools. ihe cause is far-Benching and so genuine Hint the Observer calls upon every person interested in the chil dren's education to support the bill on. .'November 5. No school Will be established until after tho war, tho board of regents has determined that fact, and the reason it is being voted on now is because the Inst legislature, prior to our entering wur, placed it on tho ballot for the people to decide. Vote it, for it is right. Wo must have tenchara to train the children and we cannot have good teaehcrB without first educating them. AUOINO TIIK EDGK8 .J. j j f j fc 4 S "I v He was a soldier with soma. bus iness acumen, he was. Among the drafted boys who left Union coun ty, he walked the streets waiting for the train to arrive. JJany peo ple were on tho streets and this young doughboy, with more Ini tiative than most ,inen, saw our Japanese bulldog, Toco, at the, cor ner of ' Lilly's hardware store. "Boys," Said the recruit, addressing a number who had gathered around him, "I don't mlml going to war; I don't mind leaving the valley, but 1 do liato to leave my fine old bull pup," and . with that he strok ed Togo's worthless brow. "I think boys," the. doughboy contin ued, "I will rartle him oil and then I'll quit thinking about him." With that he led Togo Into the Sliver Grill and for over an hour sold tickets on the , "most wonderful Japanese bull pup that ever chewed a strap or ruined a flower bed." The pockets of the soldier wore filled , with money when he an nounced the sale ot tickets closed and the rattle took Place. One of the Bean boys, who was also going to war, drew Toko. With affec tionate '.embrace tho' boy who con ducted the raffle bade Togo good bye, took his money and boarded tho midnight train for the military camp. The. fact that Togo Is tho Observer's bull pup caused us to look Up all tho dotails . of this transaction and later caused us to call on Mis. Iloan of South La Grande, Identifying our pup and asking hor to release him which she gladly did, Wo think a grout deal about the 'boy who promoted the raffle. JIo Is some chap' and If we ever moet 111 in tho best cinur In the city Is none too good for him. That:. hoy .i.iwheu tho Yanks overrun Berlin, will grab tho kais er's castlo the first thing and will havo a retinue of Boche servants brewing 111 in the best boor in the wrecked Empire. " Ho ' "will have everything ho sees and may j Moiley, buy Mun- j JtLSfe I ; sing underwear. ; - J 9 "miSwtv't h . Hlvplnaivn AffintS I ! ; Hart Schaffner & j Marx Suits and j ! 1 Overcoats. J i - Cold weather needs of the Highest Quality, always at as low a price and often lower prices than you will find elsewhere Men's Sheep-lined Coats ....:..:....':.....'..'.. $10 to $20 Men's Wool Mackinaws .......$9 00 to $15' Meii's Leather Vests $10 Men's Heavy Wool Pants ...$6 00 to $10 Men's Union Suita ;.: $1.75 to $10 Men's Wool Socks ............... 50c to $1.00 Men's Lined Mitts, Gloves i.....:...........:.......$4.50 to $12 v Men's Wool Stag Shirts ................;.,.....$4.50 to $12 Men's Wool Shirts : ....$2.75 to $8 '.Wool; Dress. Goods, a big variety........$1.00 yd, and up Ifeavy Weight Coa,tings .:1.....'.,.::.......$2.50 yd. and up Outing Flannels, all colors .. .......,..'.....23c yd. and up Women's Union Suits $1.25 to $5.00 Cotton Blankets, heavy weight .......:......$1.50 to $4.50 Wool Blankets, full size ;...:..,..:...:.:......$7.50 to $12.50 Coinfortei-s, best quality :....;.........-........$2.75 to $6.00 Indian Robes, fast colors ....:..;.....-..:.:....$2.75 to $12.50 ' Wool Batts, Ml size ...:J .H.....!..$3.75 to $5.50 Gold Scul Paes, Arctics, Rubbers all styles. Tin; lightest and best wearing rubber footwear made; also, '. Alaska Socks for Rubber Shoes. ' Grande Friday proudly proclaiming mand Unit the staliie of Illsinarck bo rod need to souvenirs' for him to sell to tourist after tlio war. : that' his fall farm work was never so well up for winter due' to' tho ex cellent, wenlher, . and also waiving tho. banner of good cheer for next year's crops. "Never knew : It to fall, when the Grande Ronde start er its winter like It has this year, tftat an enormous crop U sure to follow. No, I did not come here the samo year Uncle Bon Brown de- came, but I am somewhat of Passing of Tom Paxton, of . Baker. Td have n young man cut down In (ho zenith of his usefulness atoms hard indeed, and such was the case of Tom Puxton, city editor of tho Bar ker Democrat, who died last evening of pneumonia. , Tho newspapermen of tho Jiorthwost will feel deeply tho loss of Mr. I'nx ton, for he was one of tho coming men of this sectidn,, Young, earnest, sincere und . active, ho had laid the foundation for a useful life in Kast- trn Oregon, These things lire hind fur nil to bear. It is a timo in the world's his tory when events nro no . longer small, and even death is not appar ently preceded by much warning. So, t was with Tom Paxton. He was ti.ken hurriedly, without wurning, and as a result Eastern Oregon people Join tho newspapermen In mourning hi.' loss. Aside from attending to public business as a county commissioner Oucll Galloway farms a little on the .side and raises sonio very good bull calves for the market. He .also sells automolilles and oc casionally talks Mollne tractors when, his partner, ' Hal Reese, Is either in Grant county or 'Wash ington stnto. Cecil was In I.a pioneer and f am. a woathor obser ver for truo. I can stand , on the hills around Elgin and prognos tic until every citlen on Cricket Klnt will believe mo to the extent of making winter preparations on my word. " .-,.. . . "My advlso Is always good, for I tell them to get In lots of wood and hay. If the winter is mild, thfcy have plenty 'left over and are happy, and if it Is a hard winter, some one will say 'that fellow Gal loway knewwhat he was . talking about.' : But seriously, things aro coining fine with tho iranchers. We are all lir good 'Bliapo for the snow and bur laud Is BQtting In fine condition for a bumper nc.y. season.'' . . ,. A. 8. fiennett Candidate. Justice A. S. Bennett, of The Dalles, will ba candidate for the position In tho Supreme Court made vacant by. tho death of Justice F, Frank Mooro, according to the an- crorMnouucomout of Harvey G. Stark- weathor, chairman of the Democratic- National Committee. Waltor E. Meacham, secretary of tlio ; Baker conunieiclal club- and dealer in high grade canines, was in La Grando yesterdiiy speculating on tho normal school question and adding his might to put it over for some place In Eautoru Oregon. When asked about tho city of Wea- (Continued on Pago Eight.) j NOTICE. : I, the owner of the purse lost night of October 18, give last notice to par ty .that found it. Call at 1707 Jeffer son street or phone 'Black 1042, or im mediate steps will be taken to recover samo. Full description will bo'given for same to party when returned. 10-24-lt,pd. CROUP. If your children are subject to croup get a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough . Remedy, 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. Combs and tooth brushes of all kinds and manufacture, in large quan tities are now in stock and at prices that will fit your pockotbook, at Sil verthorn's. 10-24-18 FAMILY DRUG STORE LA SRANDI,OM60N.. GETTIN' RICH1 : -it'1 Did you ever study much about .. . -., :v , getting rich? - - Some people arc getting rich, and, apparently, . with great case. . l)o you know their plan? In ,; many-instances hero it is: -They commenced by laying aside a fixed portion of their income; this they deposited regularly in banks, where it was allowed to accumulate. Arc you working along this line? Wo, encourage small accounts, and always give .them-respectful attention. We are not" in the the least particular about the size of your first deposit; any size 'from one dollar up, will be received. Member Federal Reserve System La Grande National Bank THE NDERSIGXED WILL OFFER FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, AT ANCH 8 Miles Southeast of LV Grande, Oregon .7,1918 BEGINNING AT 10 A.M., THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY, 80; Head of Horses - It's the "Jay" That Makes a City. Any city or town Is exactly what Die people who live in it make it. Cities do not grow up they arc built by tho enterprise and energy of their inhabitants. A town is no better oi worse In any respect than its average rillzcn. The best Hung in a town is (iintit l'higi)ln Wrockott. Camp Lewis. What is said to be the lonm'st flagpole lit the (world, 3(fl fi ct long, was wrcckd, iMuniluv fehllu twine hnltlml Inln Hi broadest-minded, most progressive Luva. , Severn! UumpU-luil. Iwejt , citizen: and die most damnable thing linun'o to place the pel before." I '.;"' - ' " I The Observer cannot refrain from editorially wishing two of our beat young people, Mr. Charles Kamsey and Miss Irene Murphy, who wen joined ill huly wedlock Wednesday evening, the best that n kind provi dence run bestow. They arc excep tionally worthy people and' belong to the solid, substantial clement of so ciety. Iji Grande is proud of them both nnd commends them to the peo ple of IJoise with the finest recom mendation possible to givo to young folks who have nlw'uys done their best in everything undertaken, and who are entitled to the respect and good fellowship of all right thinking people. HOOVER IZE YOU WILL, IF YOU BUY YOUR FURNITURE FROM HARRIS FURNITURE CO. BY SAVING TIME AND MONEY. NUFSKD Harris Furniture Store . H. B. HARRIS, Proprietor 06 Hit STKEKT FHOXE: Red 8171. 12 Iiead 3-year olds; 24 head 2-year olds; 14 head of yearlings; 8 head of colts; 6 head of mules 16 head of work horses. Also 2 milk cows. New Machinery Wc have installed .(i()00.00 worth of new machinery; we make bread ready for tlie oven, 18 loaves a minute Complete lino of Home-made Pies, Cakes, Doughnuts, Snails, Coffee Cakes and Cookies. ' All made according to government regulations.' DUTLI BAKERY "317'N0RT1I FIR ST. ' JUST ACROSS THE TRACK i"f' "f- .-.,- i; :'- . ' , . 1 Perrifk -5 Header Roxcs ' 4 Sets of Nets 1 Deering 15'mtler 2 MeCorniiuk Rakes 3 MuC'ormick Mowing Machines nearly new , 2 . 'Walking Plows 3 Gang Plows 1 3-Bottom Disc Tlow 1 Alfalfa Disc - 2 6-Si-ction Drag Harrows and carts 1 18-Hoe Monitor Drill ' 1 Double I lis.! . - 1 1 3-Seetion Spring Tooth Harrow G ' Wagons, a 1-4 2 . SUu-k Racks 1 Flat Rack 1 Hay Rack 1 G-Horse Gasoline Engine with v Wood Saw attached 1 'Feed Roller ' 3 Jackson Forks 1 3-Section Wood Roller . 1 Watering Trough 1 Vitroling Trough 4 Trail Tongues 1 Buggy : 4 Gasoline Drums 1 : 2 1-2 Horse Gasoline Engine 1 GO-Gallon Vat with Furnace 1 Set Blacksmith Tools, 5 Sets Harness - 2 Fanning Mills Many other articles too numerous to mention . FREE LUNCH AT NOON . TERMS OF SALE All sums of S10 and less, Cash; for sums of over $10, six-months' notes, with interest at S per cent will be accepted. All stock and implements offered at Unsanction must be sold. . I T. J. SCROGG1N, Clerk. MIRES & CLARK, Owners. F. A. MeMENAMlN. Hr-nniipr f)r Aimf innnr Salo conducted under the auspices of The Farmers' Exchange of the Inland Empire, : lleppner, Oregon 1 IT
