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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1918)
-nnTwsnAY. OCTOBER 29, 1918 PAdE EIGHT LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER SI! Why- Not Save On Drugs? Fay cash and save from 25 to 35 per cent on every article in our store, ex cept patent medicines. We sell strictly for Cash after November First. Wc find, for a variety of reasons, that it will be necessary for us to discontinue the credit system. Therefore, after No vember 1, we shall sell strictly for cash. In adopting the latter plan we will '-make no exceptions, as plain'justice re quires that if we decline to give credit to one we should do' so to all. Wo fell confident our customers will -readily adapt themselves to the new" system and believe that we will in due season be ablo to give them practical .-evidence that the casli plan is best for everybody concerned. . . La Grande Phannacy Quick Delivery Phone Main 40 Lu Grande, Oregon E 61 DOCTOR HUN' AWAITS CALL Itl'MIt KKCEIVKH LfliU TKNAN'T COMMISSION " lilglu School llenuln Cloned Ouo New t'awc of Influenza - I . . ltepoiled., 1 . . i .. -. rt an n i .. i n u. F. nosoman arrived homo last : -77 Kf!d Ck tyfy tK:Z the; rfa ulapt '.troesj . 9t,JluPr pom that erwr member 'of his clans shonld plant his or. her favorite nut tree. Let u see how many varieties of hats, we would nave. We will be gin at this end of the class." Wal nut, beechnut, chestnut were named Id rapid succession, but when It come Mary's turn she winkled her brow and thought for a long minute before she answered: "I believe rd plant a doughnut treeV-Cleveland Plain Dealer. " week went for . admittance uriny surgeon. from. Bpokine to take the where he examination to the service , He . passed sue- NEAR DEATH "l had not eaten food for 10 dnvs and was slowly starving to death. .Given "tin by five doctors, I tried a bottlo of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, which Rave relief at once. I am 76 years old and would have died but for your wonderful medicine. The jaun dice is all gona and I am 'gaining np potilo und strength every day." It is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allavs the inflam mation which causes practically all stomach, liver and intcstlnul ailments - including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refunded. Adv. Kxprciig ilato Increnso Opposed Salom, Oct." 28. The Oregon public sorvlco loiniiilbslon . Ib . pro paring ; to request the Washing ton and Idaho commissions to Join with It in filling complaint with the . Inte'stuto commerce commis sion o gainst tho latest 10 percent Increase , in express rntoa, which was announced Sunday.':'. ; Chairman Miller , of , the Oregon "commission pointed . out . that tio percentage Increase works a hoavy discrimination Against the west, whore distances , are : long and rules are correspondingly high, Tho same as did tho pa contngo In- ciunso In freight lulus. This , Is Iho second 10 por cent Iiickkbo wlilch has been . mudo In oxpioss rates. ' , . cossfully and 'expects to be called fur active service In-" a few weeks A letter from Ben Bush to his mother states , tint he was made 2nd Lieutenant September 30. The day he received his commission be ing . his twenty-fifth birthday. He Is with the A. C. 3. Engineer Sec tion In France. r - Mrs.. Ed. Workman And daugh ter Mugglo of La Grando spent Tuesday In Elgin visiting friends. .ft is. E. M. Houston of Tacoma, Wash., is visiting with her sister, Mrs. S. 8. Hooper. . Miss Vera Hug wont 'to La Grande Friday to begin 1 training for a nurBe at tho Grande. Ronde hospital. Miss Hug Is a graduate ofv the Elgin high school, 1918 class. .''--'''".". -;" Otto : Klnglumme.r, Walter Kllng- hammer and Dill , Cross, returned from Portland Sunday where they went a few days ago to see about entering the service. '.' The Elgin schooU are still olbsr od but will begin as soon as ad visable. A now case of lnfluen- waa . reported Sunday at the Morrison home. ; Figures Never Lie. It Is amusing, though, how much printed figures can lend the Imagina tion astray. Cr.o good lady nimo to sell q quite modern coffeo pot, with tho cntnloguo .number, 11.11, stumped on the bottom, Now, It might have been worth, perhaps, a dollnr and, a half, and she asked five hundred for It be rmise It was made "befora Columbus (Uncovered America." Allco Vnn Leer CurrlcU, in the House Beautiful. Mount Vernon Hotel. Wlint wus reputed at that time to bo tlio largest; hotel In . tho world, tho Mount Vernon, at historical Cnpo Mny, K. J., wus destroyed by flro the night of September 5, 1&T0, the proprietor and four other parsons losing their lives In the flume. The dining room accommodated 8,000 people, -' ' " ' ' "; Ityouwould like to hav Union County Man for Governor of Oregon, vote for e a Historic Windsor Castle. King Edward- III assessed every county of England to send him a cer tain number of masons, stone work ers and carpenters and thus Windsor castle was built on the gronnd on which. It Is related, King Arthur used to sit surrounded by his knights. Dur ing the reign of George IV. It was Im proved and restored by the court archi tect, Sir Jeffrey Wyattvlllo, and Queen Victoria spent nearly a million pounds In restoring and perfecting It. Wind sor Is an Ideal spot and Its castle Is surrounded by more than 1,300 acres of park and forest ; ' ;";,':- .";).:'; " Oiling the Wheels. No one can afford to let another poi son exceed them in politeness, nnc there Is nothing in the world that wil oil the wheels of life like, tho lulirl cant of courtesy, Try It In your dall life and see, . No one will chide yoi for not being In good form, even li yon should slip In a few obscure terms For In this busy ago each one Is an arbiter of fashion oneself. It woulc be ;a , refreshing tiling to Introduce s few of the old-fashioned variety oi social amenities at least It would bf. . refreshing to the elders of some ot the boys and girls of tbe period. lix change. :.. '' V' Concerning Patents. The length of time It takes to obtain patent depends partly on the nature of the application, that Is, tho thing to be patented, und partly on the skill with which the case Is presented. There are forty distinct divisions In the patent office, each division having in charge a specific 'class or variety of work. Each application Is examined In tho order of filing and some of tho divisions are considerably behind In their work. An application muy be acted on promptly or only utter weeks or months. : - . . i Do Yom Know? The greatest advance on all Furs in the history of thei Fur trade is now taking place. We urge those who contemplate the purchase of a Fur this year, to make your selection at once, ' ; A Most Beautiful Gift for Christmas STOLES, OUR PRICE .. .... 1...:, : . MUFFS OR NECK PIECES, OUR PRICES..! $0.90, $9.90 to $14.75. MATCHED SETS, RARE VALUES, OUR PRICE . ,$16.50, $19.50, $24.75, $3G.50, $29.50. '. A flnaLV Deposit Now Will. Hold Fur Till'Needed $5.90, $8.90, $7.90, $8.90 $4.98, $5.90, $12.50, If You Love Your Wife, Buy Her Creosoted Trestles the Safest Creosoted railroad trestles ore more nearly fireproof than those built of un preserved timber, as their sound sur faces do not retain stray sparks. NO TRUTH IH -THE REPORT S : i Formerly the United Store - I : Kcscnt I'loselytlng Kxpvdition I.J. !J?.J. . .f. 4. . .J. .J. .J. . I . MONKV TO LOAN. Portland Miss CHra Wold, ren- A ' ' . A ' ' rescntative of tho National worn- A- NUHSES MUST REGISTER. i '-' ' ' ' - : ' a a Fur I Wehave 1 Buyers in I New York, M jMl"" St. Paul, AiSmtv St, Louis. (Continue! from Fage 1.) widely sp ead, to Uie ntltsos or nlcdicul officers been oxecuted at the stage hour of unriso, for spending Influenza pneumonia gorins , among sol- dlors. 'There have: been no medical iOf- f leers, nurses, or anyone else exo duted at any'.cnmp In tho United States or abroad for any such causa.- ' ' "The roports aire ridiculous and without tho ' slightest foundation on fact. Theyy nave, tukon many forms, - buf through thorn all has run Buch a significant likeness or texture that it Is not unlikely that they all. orlgniated from the sum! source, tho '.Gorman . propaganist. Unfortunately, as is so frequent ly tho case, thoso behind the base loss roports have been and are be ing aided In tbe nefarious dissem ination of thorn by many thought loss persons who have not taken the time 'to fnvesttgnto before pass ing the iroports on." Kcscnt 1'ioselyting Expedition ; Portland Miss Clara Wold, rep resentative of tho National wom un's party arrived in Portland Tuesday to campaign against for mer Governor- Oswald West for United States senator. ' "Teachers" Cl'om tho oast have been sent on offect that severul different occasion . to In-' have istiuct Oregon yomon In the Intel ligent, use of the -ballot and has datii time awakoned hot resent ment among the loaders of the iitnto women's puty.'-. Indications aro that Miss Wold's commission libro will . bo very unsuccessful. Monument for Slackers Albany Liberty Loan .officials are planning tho - erection of a monument which will boar tho names of well-to-do citizens who have refused to -subscribe to lib erty bonds. ' . ., t John Day llond Approved - .1 Sulom, Oct. .28. The state high way department . today ; recolved no tice that tho United States depot: t 'raont of .igriculnro has approved the proprosed post road .project fbr the improvement of the. John l):iy highway,- running , out from Prairie Cityt Grant county. Tho iroad Is now -being used extensive ly for hauling cliromo ore. The proposed project covois 7.4 miles, wtilch will be graded and gravel ed at an estinuto coot of $150,000. f wlilch the state will pay half qnd the government half. ' . ' .S , Y. M. C. A. , - . , Educational Department, Short hand and typewriting. Day classes, 1C.-00 a. m. to' 3:30 p. m. Night classes 7:30 p. m. to 9:30 p. m. ' ' 10-7-lm AAA NUHSES MUST REGISTER. A ' Tho Nurse Survey Commit- l tee of the ited Cross asks, that v 4 nil women experienced in, nurs- A 4 ins respond at once to the War ! A Department's call,- Women who A 4 ore not now following the pro- 4 4 fession are requested to at once 4" A enroll. 4 4 Voluntary enlistment will save A 4" time, for all nurses are requir- J 41 ed to register, by order of the 4 government.: Please cull Main 4 A 73 or Black 22 and get in touch A 4 with proper parties for regis- 4 tration. , 10-2B-3t,pd. -A 4 4 .4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 On Improved real property In Union county. No delays. Current ir&tos. La Grande' Investment Co. Adv. - 10-17-tf ' Our Hallowe'en line is in and oh display. Come, in early. Newlin Eook & Stationery Co. i 10-21tf Don't Xbn 'Kced 0o Now. There ore times when 'every per son Uoeds an old fashioned physic. Indigestion, biliousness, bad breath, bloating, gas, constipation or othor condition arising from a mass of undigested food In the stomach needs Immediate attenMon. Foley Cathartic Tablets are mild and gen tle, but euro In action. They cause no griping pain or nausea. They cleanse the bowels, . sweeteo the stomach and tono up the liver. Give stout people a welcome light, free feeling. Sold everywhere. ' JOHN S Fop Justice of the Supremo Court to Fill Vacancy Caused, by the doath of Justice Frank A. Moore" 8 sure to WRITE THIS NAME and X In the right place or your vets . v . . will NOT MUBt v. - . Now serving tenth year as Circuit Judge. : " Paid Adv. HORSES WANTED ' Am newcomer. Want separately or all together, four horses with harness, wagons and farm Implements, at Wul ter Woods place, two miles north of Summerville. Ho insure attention; price separately, describe fully and give directions ns to how to go from Summerville to find you. - " Will buy some horses and winter others for their use. . , ; V LA WHITE R. F, D., Summerville, Ore. Walter M . t lerce He needs no introduction here MAKING GOOD 1 AT SIXTY-FIVE Don't worry about old aire. A sound man is good at anv ace. Keen i your body in good condition and you can be us hale and hearty und able to uo your nit '. as when you were a young fellow. Affections of the kidney and bladder are among the lending causes of early helpless age. Keep them clean, and the other organs in working condition, and you will have nothing to fenr. Drive the poisonous wastes from i the system and avoid uric acid ac cumulations. Take GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules periodically and you will find that you are ns good ns the next fellow. Your spirits will be rejuvenated, your muscles strong and your mind keen enough for any task. GOLD MEDAL Hanrlem Oil Cap sules will do the work. But be sure to get the original imoortcd GOLD MED AL Haarlem Oil Capsules. They are reliable and guaranteed to help voa or your money will be refunded. For snle by most druggists. In sealed packages, three sizes. Aav. Paid Adv. HARVEY STARKWEATHER, Broa'dway Bldg. Portland, Oregon. If you want a pound package of writing paper that is extra good, you will do well to drop in at Silver- j thorn's and buy it. You get a good ' quality at 50c and 75c. They also 1 carry beautiful initial paper; als Crane's high class stationery, $1.00 ' and Highland linen, at 7.1c. A better , line will not be found in the larger I cities. 10-24-18 ; fAMILY'DBUO STORC ' LA OKANOCCIRtttON, The Hobverized Store LA GRANDE'S REAL CASH GROCERY and MARKET it 13 your co-operation that makes it possible for this store to continually reduce V . prices in the face of rising markets. The Store that Strives to be' of Service and Value to the'Community. Our lnwt Creamery Butter, 2 lbs Armour's best Oleomargarine, 2 lbs. Armour's best Milk, large ean . tarnatiou. Jhlk, large eiui Fresh (Iround Peanut Butter, 2 lbs. FUKSir EGOS, dozen Sweet Pie Pumpkins, pound Sweet Hubbard Squash, 'pound 1. , odtisii. two-pound bnek $1.16 ..S5 .12 14r -.65 ...,:....2 -2 . : . 45d Folgers. Koyal, aud Shillings Baking Powder, 1-lb.- eau..:45 United States Food License No. G5026S. Hopverized Grocery SAM HARRIS, PROPRIETOR Neit Door to Hill's Department Store. Union Store Open 8 a.m. Close ( p.m. Saturday ' open ' nntO 8:30 p.m. Tut AH'. I -