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OF FRUIT PITS
BIG SHIPMENT LEFT LA GRANDE
, YESTERDAY.
Three Schools of This City Furnish .a
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Total of S90 Pounds Sent
to Hood River.
" A'. II, Prance, principal oflbe Cen
tral school, had in his possession yes
terday a shipping, receipt for 1150
pounds of fruit pits which have been
gathered for war purposes, principal
Jy by the school pupils of La Grande..
Ihe contributions were as follows:
Control school, 630 pounds.'-'
Greenwood school, 17a pounds.
Kiveria school, 85 pounds. .-
To the above amount was 260
pounds which were delivered to the
Bed Cross. - .,-.'.'
This shipment was sent to - Hdod
Stiver .which; is the assembling point
for fruit pits gathered. -in. hastern
Oregon. .
. While the season is nearing the end
for this year, the public is still asked
to contribute all fruit pits to tho Red
'Gross salvage department.
BEWARE OF MAD DOGS
Bilhld Coyotn Killed on Bedhead
Farm West of I .a Urailo: ,
A fow. days ago Mrs.; J. W. Rod-
head had a rather unusual and ex
citing experience. - Sho-was n the
garden on tholr farm Just west of
town wihen out ot the corn came
a- coyote, staggering and whirling,
weaving Hi om side Ho side, then go
ing In a: circle. Evidently his
sight win a affected as he was only
a few feet from Mrs. Redhead but
'did not seem, to see her. . -: : W
She Immediately called Mr. Red
head who -dispatched lio intruder
with a shot gun. , . -
There Is Httle iiuestloa but that
itbe animal was mad. - I'ei-hnps he
did jujt come lu contact with any
dogs, and on the other hand, he
may have. Fortunately, Hedhoad's
do not Iceep a dog for In nil prob
ability if they ' had one It would
havo attacked the animal and be
come innoculated, Unknown to the
owner. . '
Keep on the look-out as rabid
dogs have caused at least four
different people In the town of
Union to undergo treatment . HiIb
summer, - : '-;,--; . - . .'
To Complete Hlstoi-y of Soldiers,
Miss Cornelia Marvin, state Ur
brian, has boon appointed by the
state, council of defense to serve
as stite historian for the purpose
of compiling a permanent official
record of , Oregon's ; participation
In the war, including the military
and naval career ; of all Oi ogon
inns. To facilitate the work, Miss
Marvin will appoint county lils
torhtn tor enoh county in the
state. The matter has been sub
mitted to the losnl library board
but has not yet been acted upon.
, The Observer furnishes end prints
Butter Wrappers. ' ' -
Dean of T.IIwra 1 Arts. At Vnl-
GUnon other fields-; into which
the newspaper extends Into in Its
influence, it is agreed among em
Ihent oritics that, . -whether for
good or bud, is the oouunon
speech of the' -people,- With its
cardinal .virtues, of, lucidity and
force, newspaper JCngliah ; is. stu
died by all up-to-date - classes lo
English -eonxposlUon. . The ' local
high school students under the su
pervision -of Miss Naomi William
son h-is taken ' up this form of
composition and the following iff.
a prize "story written by .Miss
Floi-once Thompson. ..'
The Great Question with Amer-
ca Is -money value." The world
wunts people ' who , get results,"
the Dean jald to b meeting of
High . School' students in the aud
itorium last Tuesday. -..''
'.'Don't waste valuable time try
ing! to find out-why a black hen
lays a, white egg," ho. continued,
"but. go ahead. And to go ahead
you must have a . college .educn-
Professor Straub provod why it
is worth while, in money value
alone, to go to college.; The aver-
age earning capacity of tt gradu
ate, of the eighth grade is two
hundred and fifty dollars a year;
of a High ' School graduate one
thousand .and of a collego gradu
ate, two thousand
But, as he pointed out, going
through college does not always
mean it ; college . education. "You
may cheat your -teachers, "( he snid,
but you oaB't tool the world. The
suction of a large class may pull
you through graduation, but It -will
not bold you up, after you are out
of sciiobl. ' -
You must put an twenty years
of hard work,-' sometime in your
life, why not when you are . young
and - strong, instond of wiben you
are old and tired?"
Tho noan believes that after the
war, there will be only two class
es, the educated and the unedu
cated. And It will be a disgrace
tot a man to be extremely weathy.
unless he can show how he obtain
ed Ills money. .
He pointed out that the man
who trains his brain, fixes his own
prices; but in manual labor, we
choose the cheapest.
In conoluslon, he declarod that
today anyone can go to college
who sets his mind to It, and Im
pressed upon his audience the
words, "Go to college.
The students .enjoyed his lec
ture very much, and it is certain
they received an Inspiration from,
his words.
FLORENCE THOMPSON. ,
Social ahdJ
j Personal
lWMiBliaRniiPHMaaM
Harry. Stone of North Powder
was in La Grande today.
Dale Hawkins is in Portland at
tho bedside of Ins sister, who' is
orltlcnlly 111, . . . a . . ''
- Mrs. W, M. Nichols 1 vlsltinx:
with bor sister, . , Mrs. T. Turnip-
soa of Vincent, today.
h fiili. A . .! 1
BED : CROSS DKTJQ
, STOEE '
Miss Minna B. Pierce,: who has
been in Morrs, Illinois, fur n month
returned houie Monday morning.
Mr. aud Mia. M. ' Handy left
this morning to -visit if or. an Indef
inite time with relatives at Baker
C. "H. Gaiiset,;-'local 'blacksmith
wont to Rle'.h, today., to fill a sim
liar place there for a fow days.
Mr. and Mrs. H. TV.- Smith who
have been visiting in Jewolsburg,
Colorado, tor about throe weeks,
returned home today. i, - ,; ;
NO HEED GIVEN
'PEACE PLEAS
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a.afniW'H is superior to
any other front laee corset,
for without the VnZiCr
features no corset can pos
sibly be just as good. It
contains the'niaster touch of
scientific construction.' "
You do not sacrifice corn
fort for style and you do not
sacrifice style for comfort
when you wear '
A complete line always on
hand, priced at $2.50 up.
Mrs. Robt. Pattison
Corsetiere
Phone Rod 3221 Kes. 1702
Oak Street.
ing a retreat of the enemy in the big
salient north of Laon antl are threat
ening to cause the collapse of the en
tire German line eastward through a
fast turning movement. American
troops have been thrown into the line
near Rethel and have advanced nearlj
mile and taken numerous prisoners.
The German war office admits tii
success of the thrust of the French
between the Oise. and Serre rivers,
saying that the German lines were
Withdrawn Sunday night to a front
est of Guise and east of Crecy.
Long RangeIuns Blasting Trail.
In connection with this general
movement the Americans northwest
of Verdun have begun an operation
which .possibly may bnve import ant
results. For the first; time since the
Americans entered the war they have
pened fire against the back lines of
he enemy with then new long range
guns nnd are heavily bombarding
Longuyon, some 15 miles distant from
the American first line positions. It
s'over the territory 'through which
the American guns are throwing their
shells that the Germans have been re
inforcing their lines eastward, and
should the blasting process; prove ef
fective in blazing a traH along the
Meuse for a quick advance 'by the
Americans, it is not improbable that a
German retreat) from the region east
of St. Qncntin, northeastward to Lux
emburg will be necessitated.
PAY CASH AND SAVE."
As announced before, November 1
is the date when we shall transform
our business into a strictly cash one,
(We make this second announcement
to prevent any possible misunder
standingin the matter, because we be
lieve all customers will co-operate with
us in making It a success when they
realine that we adopt the cash system
because we know it willl enable us to
better promote the interests of nl
who trade with us.
, It should also be understood that
the adoption of the cash system has
no individual bearing. We have in
the past extended credit to everybody
we thought worthy whether they were
financially responsible or not.
In changing to the other jilnn, we
must, in justice, be equally unbiased
and decline credit t every one, no
matter how ample their financial re
sources may be.
' No one can take any exceptions to
a rule that applies to everybody alike
and we ask all customers to kindly
bear this rule in mind afler Novem
ber 1, and not ask for credit, and
oblige.
Those having accounts with us will
please call and settle same, as ,we
wish to close our books as soon as
possible:.
LA GRAN'PE PHARMACY.
lO-M&t.'' ' ' r ' ' r '"
Fred Low left this morning, to
visit for , ob indofinite timo vwlth
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L,
Low at Pleasant Vulloy. !
Train No. 17., was delayed ovar
an hour and halt .this morning
due to failure oft a Union Paalflc
train to make' oonnootlon:
Mr,, and Mis. .Gaston Hoaton ar
rived -yesterday jevenlng from Pen
dleton to visit at 'the. a. T. Cable
home. , They may locate) hero.,
I JJrs. J. T, Bowman, who has
been visiting with relatives In Los-
tlno far tho just month, returned
home to Bailor yeserday evening,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Spencer and
children who hava boon visiting
with rdlmtlvoa In Lncia, Iowa, for
tho. past ..month returned home
this morning. , . ,., ..
Mrs. . C. B. Millor, : mother of
Walter McFaU who was tried for
murder in the .circuit court . -Inst
week, loft for Pendleton this morn
lug. ... ... ; .. ; .
Mrs. : C. R. Dya returned home
to Enterprise this -'-morning afte
thrsa weeks' visit with 'hex
daughter, Mrs. W. - M. Lewis of
Portland. .
Mrs. Charles Purcell who has
been visltng with ' relatives : In
Cusick, Washington for thp past
mentn returned 13 her Jiome, at
Vincent today. . -;
Miss May Stevens who, has boon
visiting relatives here, for a few
days (returned '-homo .to Portland
loday. Miss Stevans resided here
a number of years ago.
f
Mrs. Mable Kennedy, has re
ceived the news that her son,
Harold, who has been training In
the aviation service lias been pro
moted to the rank of Corporal.
, Mrs, , C. C. Holmes who .has
been visiting with her daughter,
Mrs. O.- M. Estea ; for tho past
two days returned home to Imbler
this morning. ' She was ''. accom
panied by flier two children, Edna
and Everett. '
Mrs. Walter Krwln of Baker
returned home this morning after
visiting for a week with Mrs.. W.
M. Pattorson. Site was acoom-
panied on her return homo by
Mrs. Patterson. ' -
A number of local teachers,
Misses Mary Klrkwood, Enid Swit
zer, Mosslo Mattie ana Lena Fosi
ter are wrapping United States
war work posters and mailing
them to district campaign mana
gers. Yesterday, literature to be
used in tho 'house to house can
vass by teachers was mailed out
to the nineteen districts.
Frank Noble, formerly of Buhl, Ida
ho, but who has purchased a 320-acro
ranch near Spokane, visited between
trains yesterday evening, at the J. L.
Kline home. Mr. Noble has disposed
of his Idaho property and will move
to his new location sometime this win-
iNEWTpDAYj
FOR RENT Thursday, large, warm
sleeping room, with bath; close in.
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ter. ...116 states' that although very
dry,- yet the weather around Spokane
has been , generally, favorable to the
wheat crops raised there. .
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' Several days past a newspaper stpry
describing 4n glowing trms the diioov
ery, of a rich vein of ore in the Mor
mon Basin and which Was to make
immediate' millionaires of several La
Grande prpspectors, was published as
a clipping from a sister town paper.
Perhaps to learn the details, perhaps
to sec how the work, was progressing,
vv. 11. Bohnenkamp, M. B. Donohue,
W, R. Jones and L. Av McAllister, who
have boon financing the development
o'f the mine for the pnst year, spent
the, last week-end in investigation.
Thoy returned yesterday evening hut
their chief enthusiasm is over the
splendid conditions of the roads, af
fording a very pleasant trip. They
state that nothing more than usual
was found , at the mine than that .a
large number of Baker City sight
seers were visiting the .plaee.! A shaft
is being constructed, two men being
employed for the work. ' .
3. F. DONALD ARTHtJ'R. -3.
F. Donald Arthur, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Arthur, died Sunday af
ternoon At Hot Lake Sanatorium at
the age .of 10 years and eight months,
succumbing to an attack of osteomye
litis femur. He leaves a mother, fath
er and throe sisters and two brothers.
The remains will be shipped to Yam
hill, his birthplace,, fur burial
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. 'Dies Knom -Heart failure -.Charles
..a. Lae, 38, .. of, Boise,
Idaho, -succumbed to chronic heart
fttllulre at the Grande Ronde hos
pital yesterday evening. He had
been In tta hospital at Boise for
about one : week . before being
brought , here for treatment about
two weeks ago.. Ho leaves a wife
and two children, both 111 . hero.
Tho .jroinalns will bo shipped to
Boise us soon as Mrs. Leo Is able
to .leave.
Mr.. Lee had served during the
PhllllpLne "war.
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EXTRAORDINARY OFFERINGS in
. Ijodeirfvyesiir'
- i t i " ' -For
Men, Women and Children
' At The , Golden Rule Company's
Closing Otat
Sale
i
Ono lot Women's Black
Oofctoa IJwse, spociuli
' 2 puir for 25 !
, Sister Ionhlas Dead
Rev Sister Loonidas, aged twon
ty-tlve years .'and a former teacher
the Sacred Hearts Academy,
died at. St, ..Francis academy in i
Baker early,, yesterday, . mornjag.
Tlie cause of. dealu was Influenza i
pneumonia. . .Sister Leonldas was ,
one of tlie youngest and most ae-1
ompllshed teachers of those aca-1
demies and hor young lady pupils i
both in La Grande and aBker wlU ;
be grieved over her death., ,
Kcw Manager , Appointed ;
At a meeting of .tlie direotorsi
of the Eastern Oregon Light land i
Power company held' to iBakar J.i
P. Lottrldge was elected as man-1
agor or the company 10 succeuu
the lat Frank. A. Harmon. Mr
Lottrldgo is . aulte well known in
La rando whore -he has .made fie-
uent visits on business for the
company.
Frl.uold Kiuicral Tomorow
The funeral services " for John
. Frizwold .Will - be .held at 1
'clock tolnorrow aftornoon. This
is-a change from tthe announce
ment published In an earlier edi
tion of the Observe.-.
One lot Women's Cottoii
Jlose, regular 35c val
ue, in black, white or
tan
25 pair.
One lot Bovs and CI iris
Blark 12'ibbed Cotton
Horn, a'egular 25 vilr
ues, all. sizes, for - j,
19 pair j
One lot Women's Cot
ton llceco Liiitid Un-
dor Vfiets and I'luatsl
regular garj-
incuts, on sale at
08 each.
One lot Worucn's Cottoa
Jleeco Id'nod , Union
'Kuits,'uU sizes, sjwicitil
for 1 i
. $1.50 Suit. '
One lot Woiiien',8 Wool
Union Jiiits, slioi't or
ltng sletjves, vaJues up
to itaiiCC on sale for
$2.68 yult.
Ojw lot Boys'. Cotton
. . Meeccd JJ-ntsd Under
'Shirts' ami Urawiers,
; ,!. regular 75o value,; on
sale, per iraxiuojit
Ono lot Men ?s Army
AVooIKok, f(!l-flaviiliie
for
79 pair.
Ono"; lot Men's Cotton
Kloocod Under Kliifl
and Drawers, worth
, $1.50 jv garment, on
sale for ' -'
98
One lot' Meal' Cotton
, Kox, in M&ek, tan or
navy, 2oe values, for
' 19 jmir.
Ono lot Ohildr(!n''s
,' Heavy Hibbed, Wack,
Jotton Ilose,' regular
35c value, all sizch, for -25
jrnir,
CJiildi'en's Cotton Hoec
. ed Union Huits and
..Separate .. (lamiextts,
on sale at dosing out
-, prices.
The Gbldeii Rtale
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Gompany
I
Optimistic. Thought :
Crnvery to contend for a good cause
Is noble; to suffer for it, heroic . -
You will find a pre ty line of Hul
lowe'cfn decorations at Silvei'thorn's
fAMILY DRU4 STORK
JUA SRANDCORCO'ON.
The Observer furnishes and prints
Cutter Wrappers. ; ' .,
Observer .advertising will bring w
suits.
14.14 Adams.
10-KI-tf
FOfl SALB Rome Beauty Apples,
price J1.00. I'hone lied 3:171."'
( 10-2910t(pd
Beginning November 1, last deliv
ery will be made a 4:00 p. m. Mer
chants' Delivery Assn. . 10-29-3t
LOST A boys' overcoat, between Ia
Grande and Imbler. Finder please
call Red 3:j92, and receive reward.
10-29-3tpd
WANTBD Five room, modern, fur
ni.ihcd bouse, close in; family of
thrfce, all grown. Call at SUvcr
thorr's Drug -Slc-re. , 10-Z9-3t
STRAVED OR STOLEN' A Coolie
dog, 6 months old, with white
breast and collar. Finder call Mrs.
T J. Scroggin, 1810 Fourth Street.
10-20-St
FOUND Illai-k silk muffler with the
name J. W. Harris, in white. Party
can have same by paying for this
' ad. CaH Oliserver Office: "iQJWt
Chase & Sanborn s
COFFEE
When buying coffee, it will pay you to buy a
brand that is known. Chase & Sanborn's is al
ways tlie same and the prices are right.
40c
.35c, 3 lbB. $1.00
Circle Brand, per lb. -30c
Diamond-25 Brand, per lb..' . 25c
SeaL Brand, per lb.
Crusade, per lb .,
We guarantee every pound of our Coffees to
please, or your nioin'V refunded.
Phone Main 43
J. G. Snodgrass
Relative Food Value of 1 Pound
. of Blue Mountain Creamery But
ter Compared With Other Foods
Approximate Analysis of One Pound of Butter:
Fat
Moisture ,
Ash ...
Protein .....
..81 per cent
-15 per cent
- il per cent
:. 1 per cent
One pouud of l.luc Mountain Buttej', measured
in calorics is '.--- - . yr
; Calories
1200
1130
1 385
415 V;
One pound wliifc Ij'read
' One 'wound beef stealc ,J
One pound potatoes
One pound macaroni ,
One pound green string beans .
:rr
... 195
" :-' : ;. : ' 3325 :,
Caloi'ies aro tlie beat -units by wliiek food
value is measured. This proves that Clue Moun-
lain Creamery butter is NOT a luxury, but au ,
economical necessity, j . ' jv;
There is NO REAL substitute for BUTTER.
DON T overlook the TOO D VALUE in MILK
csjiecially fox children. ; ' -v. t ... ? '
Per order of the Federal Food Administrator
we are not allowed to sell whipping cream, also
the use of cartons on our butter (after October "
31st.) ' ' : - v- ' . j
'As a conservation of MAN POWER, liffht and -heat,
we will close at 5:00 Pi M., beginning Oo
tober 28th. ,: .;';.
Blue Mountain Creamerv Co.'
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