iVX' (iiiXA DK WE'M OBSERVER
- ! ! 'MONDAY, OCTOBER 58. WIS
Gnoosing an
Overcoat
' For the daily walk to the office,
for the automobile ride, for moder
ate weather and for the coldest-;
For any Overcoat need the right
garment is here
$17.50 to $45.00
Hills Department Store
MUSTREPOR
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GASES OF FLU"
MISTAKE FOR FAMIMKH
HIDK D1SKAHK
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New
run Are Plentiful Coun.
. y -Him Hod Two
Deaths. .
MIS" ABE
SHOW LIFE
GAMUH SAID TO I)K ON
, VKKY QUIKT WAV.
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Old-Tlmors Who Know.' Conceal
j ment Ilollr-vort, to be
. . . -. Chiefs.
On the pages of history to be
turned ' back, ito tho days of the
"tin horn" gambler In Eastern
Oregon? Has present prosperity
-and high wages actually been
the cause of opening of the card
. games , behind closed doors to
workmen who are getting good
salaries and making plenty of
money? : 1
" These are a ' few questions that
people are beginning to ask and
coming at a time,, when a city
election Is on, there .Is some spec
motion i&a to how long these gen
tlemen gamblers will continue
without running straight Into the
rms of the law.
Night prowlers of late have
been spotted end it is the opin
ion of those . who are Investigat
ing that gambling Is going on In
Lb Grande. Whether It 4s la the
down town districts behind clos
ed doors, or whether It is' re
moved to a secluded spot in the
. residence section la not specifi
cally known. . But the flip of the
card is taking the time of some
of the men who Imp-pen to be on
tho street late nt night, Is- the
bellof. " ,., . 1 : -.,
Y.M.C. A. LEADS
' !N EDUCATIONAL
ooMMnnriAii olahhios fill
nkku not otiikhwihk mkt
OTHICK I'LACICS
It Is a serious mistake not to
report cases of " Influenza when
they develop. This has been
found to be the case In several In
stances In I.a Ornnde and the
health authorities Insist that tho
offense be not repeated. When a
member of the family becomes ill
eport it at once to City Health
Physician Richardson. It does not
matter whether a doctor is ever
called In the homo or not, this
disease Is of such a nature that
ail cases must be known to the
health departments
Today ' there aire many , new cas
, but none of them a-re appar
ently very severe. . North Pow
der has two new cases but In a
general way conditions are much
better in that section. Imbler ta
ints that no cases , have yet been
found and a .request - has been
made that the sclrools of that com
munity be permitted to convene.
This has been taken up with tbe
stato health department.
Thus far but - two deaths have
occurred In Union county from the !
Influenza ono at North Powder
and ' the death of Mrs. Houghton
last evening.
MENTAL' RELIEF OF
SOLDIERS IS GIVEN
y. m.
Few
C. A.
tlonal
0. KdMoutioiml Department.
people think of the 'V. M.
as one of the great educa
Instltutlons of the' country,"
WAB A VICTIM OF INKI.l KNZA
It, C. Mrl-ono, Former La drande
Itosldcnt Died in l'yrtlund.
' Word has beon received., of . tho
death: In l'ortlend, of It. C. ;Mc
Laln -following j an ' attack of
Spanish Infliienta. The - docoas
ed was for a number of years a
rosldont of La Grande and leaves
to mourn his loss a wife and two
..children. Ha was thirty-three
years of age. For-, a couple of
years or more Mr. McLain was
an employe of ' tho Palmer Lum
ber Company. Later he was con
nected with the local express of
fice and wns in tile eiuailoy of the
express compuny ns a messenger
at tho tlnio of his death. He was
transferred from la Grande to
Portland last spring.
Private funeral sol vices will be
held . at Die Dolmcnkamp chapel
tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon at
3 o clock. Tho Interment will be
la the M-teouic cemetery. .
says J; . L. Cramer, General Sec
retary of the local Y. M. C. A.,
"yet during the year 1917 over
82000 students were enrolled In
the educational classes of , tbe
North American Associations and
la addition to this vast army of
young men who were being en
couraged and helped : to places or
greater usefulness and of higher
UdlTidual efficiency, the War
Work branch of the Y. M. C. A.
was giving instruction to tens and
hundreds of thousands of our
soldier boys. Several hundred
thousand men hnva been engaged
In the various cantonments In the
study of French and the languages
of others of our allies. The as
sociation Is maintaining an ".Olive
Drab" University attended by many
thousands of soldiers and sailors,
who are studying subjects running
from "English for foreign speak
ing men" and -primary grade sub
jects through the entire currlculm
to college and post graduate work.
Tho cost of maintaining these
war work schools Is paid out of
the funds provided by the War
Work Drives.
Tbe La Grande Y. M. C. A has
thoroughly organ lied vocational
school and is nt present teaching
classes In telegraphy, abort hand
typewriting. Three teachers - are
engaged In this work and some
12 or 15 young men and women
are preparing themselves to as
sume greater responsibilities and
they are assuring tbomaelves an
Independence wJiich comes from
knowing bow to do some, one thing
well. i - . ':; . . '
Yblir support and encourage
ment of the - local ' association
makes sura the continuance of , its
work and helps nl.io the immense-
Important work the associations
are doing with the enilstod in on
who are going forth to fleht Mm
battles of humanity and freedom.
VICTOR
GIRLS ORGANIZE
WORK ACCOMPLISHED
DIFFICULTIKS
I'NDKIt
Mrs. v Ivanlioe Takes "t'linreo of
County and Kiipeiinkindent
v:. Hampton of City
HUD ' CKOHS HOMK ." SEBVIfK
MRS AT FHONT IfiltFOHM
INU UllEAT WOKK
"With each division of American
soldiers in France is a Bed Cross
home service nun. When a soldier
become worrned as to the welfare
of his family, whether it be financ
es or sickness, he reports his
worries to this Red Cross, worker
who cables or telegraphs partic
ulars to Washington, and we lmme-
dutely get In touch with the borne
not vice bureau appropriation in
the vicinity of tho family. Ab
soon as roller is given tne reasur-
Ing news is flashed back to the
soldier and - his anxiety removed.'
This Is the explanuttton given
this morning by W. Frank Per
sons, director general, department
nt civilian relief, American Red
Cross, who is In the city . for
visit of one day. He Is accompa-
nttd by F. P. Poise, Northwest
director of civilian relief, i with
headquarters In - Seattle.
"Hotter than giving the soldier
chance, to worry, our . trained
workers try to relieve ; the stress
and straighten - our .- problems
of the home folks before be has
chance to become anxious," be
continued. "Our borne service men
also are ' established among the
men. in training In this country
and laat month the minds of trios-
ands .of soldiers were relieved as
to home conditions." '
Mr. Persons reported that he
established at least '60 home ser
vice men among the - American
boys fighting for democrcy In or
der that they may, feel there is
democracy taking care of their
people at home." About 175 such
men are established In this coun
try.
Mr. Persons assorts that Red
Cross work will only Increase with
the declaration of peace, for many
of the men will be kept In ser
vice for some time after the close
of the war, and the longer they
are away the greater need of civ
ilian relief among their families.
The problem of tbe returned crip
pled soldiers also will be a large
one. . ; ,' .
FRENCH PICTURES RECEIVED
Poster Work By Paris Children's Bu
reau Sent to La Grande.
A WANT AD will do It
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause Take Dr.
Edwards' Olive Tablets
That's what thousands of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead ol
taking tonics, or trying to patch up a
poor digestion, they are attacking the
rnl cause of the ailment clogged liver
and disordered bowels.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets arouse the
liver in a soothing, healing way. When
the liver and bowels are performing their
natural functions, away goes Indigestion
and stomach troubles.
If you have a bad taste In your
mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor,
lazy, don't-caro feeling, no ambition or
enerpy, troubled with undigested foods,
you should take Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel. j
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tahlcta am a
purely veritable compound mixed with
olive oil. You will know them by their
olive color. They do tbs work without
griping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime for quick
relief, so you can eat what you like,
it XSc and 25c per box. All druggists, l
' Mrs. P. G. Schilke, of the Child's
Welfnre organisation of this state, is,
in receipt of several colored posters
executed by the children's bureau of
Paris'. Accompanying the posters is
a number of pamphlets and also the
French Red Cross magazine. While
all the printed portions are In tho
French language, they are neverthe
less interesting as an exhibit of the
work that is bclnR done by the French
people. The posters as well aa the
pamphlets and the magaxine will be
turned over by Mrs. Schilke to the
public library, where they will be on
exhibition when that Institution Is re
opened.
Under the direction of A. C.
Hampton, County campaign man
ager for the Victory Boys and
Victory GUIs campaign in connec
tion witn tne war chest cam
paign in Union county, a group of
teachers this morning sent out to
the school teachers of Union coun
ty the, material with which to
make &, personal house to house
distribution of liteiature 1 for , tbe
entire county. ' Because of the in
fluence there can be no speaking
to Btlmulnte enthusiasm, and tbe
touchers of tbe - county have re
sponded to the call for help In
the way' noted. This particular
work will be carried to a complete
frultltlon by the teachers and pu
pils, but at tbe same time they
are scattering lKernlure for the
entire Wo.r Cheat ' campaign.
"Every boy and girl in Union
county is going to be given an op
portunity of contributing to this
war chest drive," said Superln-
dentent Hampton, this morning."
The contributions are to be strict
ly voluntary, but as in so far as
possible, we want them to do
nate $5 each," ho continued.-
In La Grande Miss Naomi Wil
liamson Is in,- charsq of; ' the dis
tribution. '"''MVi i-1 f;
Mrs. Cochran AsMrtant '
Mrs. George T. Cochran.; has
been named aaslalunl County Cam
paign niannRor for the main o-.nn-palgn
nnd in Uiat capacity will al-
act for the state organization
of women who are banded togeth
er to help with tbe campaign.
Walter A. Goss, stato campaign
manager for the Victory Boys am!
victory Girls writes to campaign
manager Kiddle tl.at be is ad
miring the Union County way' of
handling all matters pertaining j
to his particular department. "You
do things in a business-like wav" i
he says In speuklng of the work -
already launched. i
Biblical War Bread. " ""
The Scriptures give us many lessons
In thrift, according to a writer In
Thrift. Magazine. ' Ezeklel warned tho
children of Israel that during the siege
nf Jcrusulem they would have to be
thrifty. He snlil: "Take thou also unto
thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and
lentilcs, nnd millet, ana (itches, and
put thcra In one vessel, nnd make thee
bread thereof." Ezeklel 4-9. The Bi
ble shows tnnt Ezeklel ordered the
children of Inruc! to eat their ment by
weight; nnd, even thus only "from time
to time." ?
WANTED Clean White Cottoa
Regs at the . Observer Office; 3c
per lb.
JIMMY STODDARD
AGAIN PROMOTED
First Lieutenant Milton A. Stod
aara, or just plain "Jimmy"' as we
all know blra, passed through
La Grande early, this morning
on his way to France. His tele
gram from, Fort Stevens, . where
be bag been stationed, Indicated
that the troop traia would arrive
In La Grande between six and
nine o'clock.
i The young man received the
commission as second lieutenant
several months ago and was just
recently pronroted to first lieuten
ant.. xnis advancement : is very
gratifying but there is no part of
Jimmy Stoddard's career ' that will
reach la his estimation th im
portance or being actually on the
wuy to tbe field ' of action. le
was one or tne very first to vol
unteer when war was declared,, be
ing at that time a student at the
University of Oregon., He went
through a training course aqd at
tended en eastern encampment
from which he received his first
commission. He was then detail
ed to Fort Stevens aud It beiran
to. look like he was destined to as-
sums a minor part In- the war at
some home station. In view of
the fact ' that so muny others whose
time of entering the service waa
many months subsequent the situ
ation looked to Jimmy to be dis
couraging. ' ;
Put ho is now on his way and
mere ifl not one out ' of the four
millions . of men in the service
who is more anxious to be at the
front than ip . Lieut. Stoddard.
REPUBLICAN
LEADER REPLIES
(Continued from Page One)
country knows it. You
thatt The
know it.
A more ungracious, more unjust,
more wanton, more mendacious ac
cusation was never made by the most
reckless stump orator, much less by a
x-resiaenc or tne United States for
partisan purposes. It is an insult, not
only to every loyal Republican in con
gress Dut to every loyal Rcnublican
in the land. . It fully merits the re
sentment which rightfully nnd surely
will find expression at the polls.
Mr. Wilson trrudginidv odm ts the
Republicans have been 'pro-war.' Then
why does he demand their defeat? Be
cause they are still pro-war ? Hardly
that No. It is because they are for
peace, though, not without victory; be
cause they do not believe lastinc neace
can be obtained through negotiations;
because they consider that 'U. S.'
stands for unconditional surrender as
well as for tho United ' States and
Now is the time
to make your
FRUIT CAKES
We can supply you with the ingredients, as we have'
Just received new . crop Citron, Orange, and Lemon
Peels, new crop Raisins and our line of Spices and
Extracts is complete and of the highest quality.
FULL , LINE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
PHONE YOUR ORDERS' EARLY.
Harris' Grocery
' ; Phone, Main 70 and 77; Fanners, Black 192
i08 NORTH FIB STREET ; ACROSS THE TRACK
' ."United States Food Administration License No, G00255."
Uncle Sam. The Democratic consrress
does not Mr. Wilson does not. There
ii the issue clear as the noonday sun.
The country will decide. .
' Mr. Wilson wants only rubber
stamps, his rubber stamps in congress.
He says no. No one knows it better
than Democratic congressmen. He
culls for the defeat of pro-war Repub
licans and the election of anti-war
no longer satisfied to be one branch of
Democrats. He, as the executive, is
the government, as provided by the
constitution. Republican congressmen
must be defeated and Democratic con
gressmen must, as they would, yield
everything. That is evidently his idea
the idea of an autocrat calling him
self the servant but bidding for the
mastery of this great free people.
''Republicans in congress have
seemed to him good enough when they
assented, as they did assent with high
est patriotism and sometimes against
their best judgment, to his proposals.
Republicans at home have seemed to
him good enough to send fully a mil
lion of their sons into battle,' to fur
nish at least half of the army and far
more than half of the money for win
ning of the war.
"Mr. Wilson forces the Republican
party to lie down or fight. I say,
fightl Answer with your votes!'
"'. ', - Sour Stomach.
. Eat slowly, masticate your food ;
thoroughly, abstain from meat for a
few days and in most cases the sour
stomach will disappear. If it does
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.
Our Hallowe'en line is in and on
display. Come in early. Newlin
Book & Stationery Co. . 10-21Lf
Miss Gladys Miller will meet piano
pupils at 1206 Spring street. Call
Black 1271. 10-18-6t,pd
NOTICE.
I will not be responsible for bills
contracted by my son, Herman Kra
mer, BEN KRAMER.
, 10-26-6t,pd
mm
You will find a pre ty line of Hal
lowe'en decorations n. Silvcrthorn's
'.H'rl.Wfr?
rAMIUY DRUG STORK
i-A SRANOCOREe'ON,
it
ECONOMY
. It is truly astonishing what we do with an old
suit, by Cleaning and Mending produce in ap
pearance the original suit; how little it costs. Try
it. We also have the best lines of Tailoijid Suits.
Zwiefel Tailoring, A. B. Rogers
Foley Hotel Building, Adams Avenue.
MILS. MlXLK.VJl'E DKAD
Deceased . Was .
I'nwv of
Formerly ' (Inru
Ia (Irundo i
IS NOW CAIT. ALL F.N
Word Contradicting Reports Concern
ing Company M Soldier,
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Ritler are In re
cfplt of a letter from Mrs. Allen, wife
ot tJeut. Alien, of Company M, for
merly stationed for a period pf several
months St La Grande. The letter is
particularly interesting from the fact
that it sets aside the reports that have
been in circulation to the effect that
Mr. Alton was seriously wounded In
action. On the contrary, he has been
engaged for a long time ss an instruc
tor in machine Run work and in the
meantime has been promoted to a captaincy.
Butter Wrappers
Observer office.
printed at the
Mrs. B. J. Mulleague, formorly
of this city and known a Clara
Prow, died at her home In North
Yakima Friday: Sho leaves be
sides her husband two sons, Roy
and Ray. Sho also leaves a sis
ter, Mrs. Geo. Hough, of La
Omnde; a sister. Mrs. Lucy Bar
low, of North Yakima; and two
brothers. Will Trow, of - North
Bend, and James (Jerry) I'row.
of Qulncy, Cal. Tho funeral will
be held from the George Hough
home at 1806 Adams avenue to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock
The services at the residence will
he private. Tbe Interment will be i
in the Sumnterville cemetery end
will be under tho directions of
the W, H, Bohnenkamo comnsnv
STEAMER WATEIt-LOGCED. I
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 28 tRv !
United Press.) The steamer Manda- i
lay, lumber laden, went on the rocks
near Crescent City, off the northern ,
California coast this morning, but Is!
now floating -water-togged. I
giaWssfsjsstaajSisiJgtosfcshaisl
A Few of the Many Reasons Why
Governor Withycombe Should
Be Re-Elected
,t He is loyally, patriotically American.;'"'"'""'"' ''":,f';' . ;' ' " ' ' "
He has faithfully cooperated with the President in every war time activity.
v He waa foremost of Governors for preparedness and has earnestly sup
ported a vigorous prosecution of the war.
He has stood for and insisted upon a square deal for both labor and capital,
industrial development of the state and suppression of I. W. W.ism.
He has for more than 20 years earnestly supported and vigorously advo
cated woman suffrage and prohibition and has stood for a better and cleaner
state. '
He did not assist in organizing the Non-Partisan League in Oregon, neith
er was he ever a worshipper at the shrine of Populism and other organizations
of doubtful purpose and loyalty.
He has conducted his office patriotically, fairly and economically always
has he placed patriotism and efficiency in the public service above party pol
itics. He has given his earnest consideration and substantial effort in promoting
the happiness and comfort of the boys in the service of their country, and, lastly
He has a record for a sound, business administration and loyal and earnest
effort in the nation's present crisis that should command the approval and sup
port of the whole people. , ,
Re-Elect Withycombe Why Experiment?
.(Paid Adv.)
REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
John W. Cochran, Secy., Morgan, Bklg, Portland, Or.
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