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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1918)
MONDAY, NOVEMTVTCT?, 1 1 jgiiR ; LA' GRANDE KVTCNTNO OllSERVFJ: "" TREES SPARED CY LIGHTNING WOMEN AS FORESTERS ks mmmmmmmmtttiKtKmmmttmmmmmmmmmmmmmamKKK: ' Btltt Seem to Pick Out Specie for Destruction, and Leave Their Companion? Untouched. The lightning sce.ma to have Its favorite victims among the trees. I have never known It to strike a beech tree. Hemlocks and pines are1 Its favorites In my woods. In other regions the oak and the ash receive Its attention. An oak on my father's farm was struck twice In the course of many years, the last bolt proving : fatal. The hard, or sugar muple, Is frequently struck, but only In one instance have I known the tree to bo Injured. In this cuse a huge tree was simply demolished. Usuully the bolt comes down on the outside of the tree, making a mark as If a knife had cllppod oil the outer surfaces of the bark, . reveullng the reddish yellow Interior. In several cases have I seen this effect. But a few sum mers ago an unusually large and solid sugur-niaplo In my neighbor's woods received a charge that simply reduced It to stove-wood. Such a scene of utter destruction I have never before witnessed In the woods. The tree was blown to pieces as If It bad been filled with dynamite. Over a radius of 60 or more feet the frag ments of the huge trunk lay, scat tered. It was as If the bolt, baffled so long by the rough coat of mall of the maplo had at last penetrated It and had taken full satisfaction. The explosive force probably came from the Instantaneous vaporization of the sap of the tree by the bolt. Century. ACHIEVEMENT DUE TO WILL is jzx . . wj '-gfm-a n ............................... English women foresters are taking the. place of the men, at the front Here are two of the land workers en gaged in putting a sharp edge on their ojj for tomorrow's toll. These women are showing themselves to be worthy successors of Britain's lum bermen. , The felled trees In the back are a proof of that D'ANNUNZIO GETSVEN Poet-Airman of Italy Raids Pola in Reprisal. KIDDLE-FARTHING WEDDING. An event which came as much of a surprise to the many friends of the-f couple, was the wedding on Wednes day' evening of Lyle B.- Kiddle, of Island City, to Miss Helen Farthing, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Only imme diate relatives attended the coremony and Mr. and Mrs. Kiddle left imme diately for thoir new home in Imbler, Mr. Kiddle being in business there. m m lltANK CLARK ENTEHTAI.VKD Frank Clark, who was the guest it the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Richardson, the fore part of the week was pleasantly surpriseu on Monday , evening when a num- hr of friends met In his honor. Light refreshments were served af ter an evening of dancing ana an Informal social time. . Mr. Clark, who Is now In service in the information .bureau of the United States Naval Station at Seat tle, waa very popular among the Determination to ' ' Succeed Is Far More Powerful Factor Than the r ' Possession of Ability. Charles P. Stelnmetz, the $100,000-a-year consulting engineer of tho General Electric company, tells us that men don't do big things until they grow discontented, remarks a writer In American Magazine. He quotes an old Turkish proverb that tho world belongs to the dissatisfied. No truer word was ever spoken. There Is another fact that ought to be brought out In this connection : ' The big differences between human : beings do not lie in ability and in telligence. People come nearer being equal In brain than we Imagine. The really big variations lie In force and ambition. One man achieves a thou sand times as much as another not because he is a thousand times as smart, but because he Is a thousand times more determined. On no other theory can you explain man. Yet we see It all the time. Look around your neighborhood and you will find plenty of cases. The "ordinary man" who begins to rise nt unprecedented speed docs so be cause he suddenly gets a vision, de velops a desire, sees a goal. Having done this, he begfns to travel at a pace which he has never shown before. . Jap Islands Made In a Hurry. It is said In the Ainu folklore that the Island of Yezo, in Japan, was mado by two deities, a male and a female, ' who were the deputies of the Creator. The female had the west coast al lotted to her as her portion of work, and to the male deity were assigned the south and eastern parts. They vied with each other In their tasks to see which ' should get through first. But as tho goddess was proceeding with her work she happened to meet the sister of Olonino and Instead of attending to her duties, stopped to have a chat with her, as Is the general custom among" women when they' meet. While they were thus talking the time sped until tho male deity, con tinuing to work away, nearly fin ished his portion. Looking up and seeing this, the female became very much surprised and frightened, and Is order to hasten matters did ber work hurriedly and In a slovenly manner. Hence it is that the west coast of Yezo is so rough and dan gerous. ' What Is Cowardice? However many phases there may be of courage, bravery, valor and fear, there seems to be but ono of actual cowardice. It is moral panic an ab solute destitution of courage. It comes about through surrendering to tho Initial fenr and letting it demoral ize one. Panic quickly follows and one flees in terror, oftentimes in ter ror of something that does not exist, something purely Imaginary and born of a fear-crazed brain. The cause of the original fear often becomes insig nificant In comparison to tho Imagined one. This state of panic Is contagious. This Is best Illustrated by a flock of sheep when one of them becomes nlnrmed and bolts. The others rush pell mell after it, bleating and terror stricken, not knowing why, or of what they are afraid. Physical Culture. Another Kind of War. ' The warfare between man and his Insect competitors is only to a small degree waged at the point of the bay onet; It is generally a struggle for the means of subsistence. Man has many times been benten by locusts devour ing his pastures, meadows and grain. Crawlers on the ground end buzzers in the air, moths with wings like silver down and caterpUInrs with brilliant regimental stripes flutter about the gardens and orchards and march np and down the trees and shrubs, either devouring as they go or planting eggs from which .future devourers will spring. As London Sees It The . American Rainbow 'Kainbow regiment is at the front an augury, of course, that the present reign will soon be over in Germany .London Austrians Having Attacked His Quart . ters, He Drops Bombs on Their - Naval Arsenal. - By WARD PRICE. . Italian Headquarters at the Front MnJ. Gubrlcle d'Annunzio, Italy's pnct-ulrman, who led ' the raid on Vlcnnai - bus carried out an adven turous personal reprisal for an Aus trian night air raid duriyg which ono of the enemy machines dropped a bomb literally" within yards of his sleeping quarters. The bomb did not explode, but Its Impact knocked over and broke a glass from which d'An-nunzio-had drunk an hour before. The soldier-poet gnyly started off in the afternoon with Ills pilot in a now typo of a fust, weight-carrying land ma chine, flew about one hundred miles straight across tho Adriatic sea to Polo, the Austrian naval base, dropped 14 bombs on the arsenal and re turned safely to his aerodrome. I was waiting thero when ho ar rived amid a round of cheers from his squadron. "There was a heavy barrage fire," be told us, "and once I thought our trail had been struck. But not a single one of the Austrian chaser ma chines got up nfter us. The Austriuns were very keen to get me, but they missed a good chance this afternoon." D'Annunzio will wear henceforth In his 'flights an ivory-hlltcd dagger. This weapon Js- the distinctive mark of the Italian storm troops, and all the eight airmen who took part In the raid on Vienna have been named by their comrades "The Stortn Troops of the Air." HELPS MOTHER OF SOLDIERS Vank Takes Woman's Flowers, Col lects $40 for Her and Sends Her Home in Taxi. New York. A certain white-tiled rendezvous, famed for Its batter-cake icrobnts, was filled to overflowing early the other morning with the mot ley jlnklo-jumblo of night birds, seml rospectubles and tho ourlous. The place is all thnt is left of the pre-war night life of Golhn'm. A little whlte fnoed woman eddied Into tho place with Justin few bouquets, soiled by an evening of hnudling, which she shyly tried to sell. On her black blouse was s service pin with three . stars. An iffleer of the National army alone at i corner tublo washing down a sand wich with a glass of milk saw her. He did not hesitate. "Come," ho said, taking her gently by tho arm. "Selling flowers Is no occupation for the mother of soldiers. Let me have thcin." She gave them over with a look of wonderment. He went among the crowds and collected $40 for her for the flowers, then ho put her In a tnxlenh, paying tho fare himself, and Bhe rolled nwuy, leaving the 9fllcer at the curb with his head bared. WOMEN WORK ON HIGHWAYS Take Place of Men Called to War 8ervlce In Oregon Highway Department Salem, Ore. Women are replacing men culled to wor service in the state highway department of Oregon. They ire driving water carts used In wet ting down macadam roads before they ore rolled, and are employed as check ers and weighers nt the various gravel pits and rock bunkers. State Highway Engineer Kunn has issued orders that wherever practical they are to replace men, who will be discharged with or ders to get Into more essential forms of labor. Strike Big Gas Flow. Wnrren, Pa A gas well making 15, XXJ.OOO cubic feet a day was drilled in by the Pennsylvania Gns company at Hear Creek In Klk county. It Is the biggest well drilled In northwestern Pennsylvania in the Inst three years. Its roar could be heard for two miles. Ladies' Hats remodeled and made to order, at 'J203 North Fir Street ll-7-3t,pd Hemstitch machine work done by Mrs. L. II. Norton, 807 Pcnn. Ave. ll-2-6t,pd youngor sot and prominent in so cial ..activities during his school lifo here. , GAKN'Klt-DANA WEDDING One of tho prottlest weddings of the year was hold Sunday morning when Joseph Garner and Miss Viv ian Dasa were unltod In murriago at the Sucred Heart Acadamy, Rev. P. J. Driscoll officiating. The brldo was attended by Miss Kuth erlno Dana and tho groom by Ned Dotson. ' . r The brldo was attired in a gown of maize colored silk mallne trim med with goorgotte crepe. The latter material was also used In a veil which was elapsed with a wreath of pink carnations, The remainder of the day was spent in receiving friends and feasting after the time-old Italian custom. ... Mr. and M:s. Gamer will make their. 'home in La-. Grande, jr. tho present, New Waists ! We arc showing a line o Wo men's White Waistsust arrived yesterday, all sizes; priced nt each ,.;;;: ;." ?1.23 ' ! WOMEN'S WAISTS Women s beauti f ul fancy white 5 and striped Voiles, just nrrived, all sizes; priced at .. $1.98 ts1Wse1lsls1Wls1l COTTON BATTS Now is the time to buy Cotton Batt for quilts. ' We have a large assort ment of Cotton Batts, all pricod at Closing Out Prices Over the Top In Charge. I Dress Ginghams . A new showing of iWss Hint'-' haul, in a large assortment of pat crns,. eoinprising Plaids and Stripys, priced at, per yd 29. Sweaters We offer a big assortment of Sweaters for Men, Women, Boys and Girls, all kinds, all colors, at Prices to Please. Optimistic Thoinht It Is a sure lndlcutlon of good sense to be diffident of It. - Cables Improve With. Age. ' It Is found thnt the Insulation re sistance of telephone cables Increases with the age of the cable, when it lies In the ground, beenuse the moisture it possesses appears to be dried out ' . Nov. 11, last day to pay water real without a penalty. . Why Keep Sunday. ' , Ono reason for 'keeping Sunday Is thnt It hn a polishing and civilizing effect. We polish our shoes, clothes, body, mind and soul. Sunday wnsn't meant for lying and lazylag around. Trebles Hardnes' of Leather. A Norwegian engineer claims thnt he has dlseovercd a process by which leather .can be made two or three times as hard as It is normally, says Popu lar Mechanics Magazine. This Is of very special Interest in these days of high prices for footwear and other leather goods. While tho leather can be mnd3 as hard as wqod, It does not lose Its elasticity, it Is suid, nnd also acquires greater resistance to both heat and moisture. Beautiful boxes of fine , corre spondence paper "at prices to ploase all the buyers. Also pnpor by tho pound with envelopes to match. At Silvettliorn's. - FAMILY DRUG STOPS . la asANDCOnca'ON. Daily 11-0-tf. BACK LIKE A ' BOARD? SI'S YOUR BE?NlVS Y!sw,:." ': :r-'" There's no use suffering; from the awful agony of lame back. Don't wait till it "passes off.'1 ft only comes back. Find tho causa anil stop it. Diseased conditions of tho bladder or kidneys are unusually indicated by stiff, lame back, wrenching pains, lumbago, sciatica, norvousuess, sleep lessness, tired, worn-out feeling, puin in the lower abdomen. These are na ture's signals for help!' V Here's the remedy. When you feel the first twinges of pain or experience any of those symptoms, got busy nt once. Go to your drugirist nnd get a box of tho pure, original GOLD MED AL Haarlnm Oil Capsules, imported fresh every month from tho laborator ies in Haarlem, Holland. Pleasant mvl easy to tuke, they almost jnstantly at tack the poisonous germs thnt are clogging up your system nnd bring quick relief. For over two hundred years they have been helping the sick. Why not try them? Sold everywhere by' re liable druggists in scnlcd packages. Three sizes. Money back ifthey do not help you. Ask for "GOLD MKD AL" and be sure tho name "GOLD MEDAL" is on the box. . Adv. Heat Your Entire House From One Register SIMPLE WARM COMFORTABLE i Just this one large register. The hot air comes up throuch the center ' circle and the cold air goes down the other compartment between the circle and the border. It's right over the Quaker Pipek-HS Furnace. More heat and just where y6u want it always ready. To warm that cold room, just open the door. The r1 Pioeless VUaKCr. Furnace l . 'J! has no pines, no bulky cold tir return. Your wall are ; i Will bum any fuel. FtriiculartV adapt rd to tuft coal. Special humrdtfter kerrm the air always moist. The furnace built of heavy boiler plate ttrel, no remented .ointa to leak gas, dtm or toot. Fire poi linrd with hifth test fire brick, capable nf witlwtandi.iR S400 dejrreea at heat. An abundance of clean, pure warm air rnt to every room. Simpler than a itove to operate, cleaner, more saving oi fuel, and much more healihltil. SeUds heat to every room in the house. Ventilate as well a heats. Chan ires and purifies the air to every rnom. Keep the cellar cool for fruit and vegetable atorage. SPAETH & GOSS Beautiful Crepe Voiles Wc 'arc showing beautiful Mercerize!1 Crepes n, k vnriom aal assort nent of color, very miitabl' - Lr women's uiulerar- ")f incuts, worth 75c per yard; at closing out prices of, per yard..... av The Golden Rule Company Full of Cold, Had tho Grip This has bconuch a trying "car for sickness thnt many will be pleas ed to read how Lewis Newman, finn Northrand St., Charleston, W, Va., was restored to health. Ho writes: "I was down sick and nothing would do me any Rood. I was full of cold Had the prin until I ent two 50i! hot' tics of Fo'ey's Honoy nnd Taf. It i tl best remedy for grip und colds I ovpr used." Cood for grip, coughs, croup, whooping cough nnd common roles. Sold everywhere. Adv. ABERDEEN Utah Coal Its Clean Little Soot No Clinker Thoroughly Dry Wood 12 inch, 16 inch Lengths Hay Grai m Storage olmes MERCANTILE COMPANY Sawyer -H PHONE MAIN 17 Opinion.
