La Grande evening observer., November 13, 1918, Image 2

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LA flTHANDE EVEXTKO OTlftERYEI?.
Serges and
m
Women's
Dresses
viat&mttfti,tuhtt$mtMMit;$QmtHb NEW. iM WARFARE
Parly 4f H lohlanderrf1 Repelled Cer.
man Attack, but at Terrible Cost;
t They Loit Their "Parlteh."
A wounded nflicer denrrlbeii tlie
novel way in which a small party of
HiirprlHcd Ulnh)nnder mot an unex
pected enemy uttuck.
"The (iiTiuiins got further Into the
trench," hi writes. "Ho fur, Indeed,
Hint they Kiirpriscd n party of IIlsli
lundcr in the peaceful occupation of
porridge iimklni; for u section due for
nlKht duty. Tliu imrrldgv maker hud
no time to Seize Weapons. lllHtClid
they seized their precious pot of pnr
rldijo mill Mime; It (11 I he face of t lit; ad
vancing f"p. There were yells of niKw
lis the pruldliiK pnrrhluo foil timonir
the soldiers of tlio kulsor. One of
thu funniest eights of Ihi! whole war,
I am told, whs to see n German olll'
cor trying to Jook dliutlllfd before Ids
I men In h uniform covered with por
! ridge. Tho method of repelling the
attack was novel, hut effective. It
; was more deadly than liquid lire, I
fancy, for It put nn end to tho attack
. In that quarter.
' "When we relieved the Highland
porridge makers we found them In a
terrlhlu funk, they didn't mind facing
: tho worst nttaek the enemy could
, make, hut they were quaking at the
prospect of explaining to hungry coro
, rode what had happened to the por
ridge. I tried to console the man with
whom this hrnlny Idea originated by
i telling him lie ought to have the V. (1.
! He would have none of my cnnsoln
; lion. Th:tt may he he answered, 'hut
! what nboot Wee Jock ' pur-
; lteh7 Jle'Il hammer h out o' me
when he conies hack and finds It's a'
wasted on they German devils!'" ,
. Rare Combinations of Grace,
Style, Distinction and Attrac
tive Pricings mark our new
Season's showing of Serge and Satin Dresses.
' Dresses which will delight the woman who
. desires practical, seasonable apparel of charac
ter, for immediate use.
One model of a kind, and the largest selection
we have ever shown. Moderately priced,
$15.00 TO $39.50 '
Hills Department Store
Store Thoroughly Fumigated Every Day.
PICTURE FROM : fiEHEND THE "GERMAN . LINES
si -ft -mum!
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Try a package of
EGG SUB
It is unsurpassed in cfonoiny and convouience-Foi'u.seiiia'lbaldiiffandciM'ki".-
'.
30c Package Equal to Three Dozen Eggs
. Trw a. Package
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Ci'lcrv
.Pickling Onions
TomotodS
Eiig i'huit
Sweet Spuds
('abbage
Oniolis 'f ;
Green Peppers
(irane Fruit
Prunes
(I rapes, iralaga
drapes, Tokay
Oranges'
Bananas
Crapes, Concord
j WITH THE COLORS!
AMIKirr (1'Hltl.V WIIITKH
Tho following letter in from Al
bert Ctirrey, son of Mr. nnd Mrs.
George H. Currey, lu active service
In France: . , ' . ;
Dear Kolks: I am still on the
same old Job of herding an old
army Jodne abound. Today I had
more of H than anyone would care
for. I started on a short trip this
afternoon and l.om two o'clock to
four 1 had live punctures nnd sev
eral revival meetings. The 'punc
tures were all caused by hobnails
which are as thick aa German pris-
oners. Tho roads are nil full of
thorn. Tho prhione'-s are coming
In so fast that it looks like the
whole German army hnd surren
dered and were coming over to
visit us awhile and have a siiuare
meal. Most of them look almost
as intelligent as, any south Afilr;ui
ttlthought by their actions they d'j
not show it. The more, that I reo
of them the more possible I think
that the nvoingo monkey, cau he
easily civilized.
Tho offensive that the .Americans
are now starting looks lllto thyy
mny reach Germany proper and If
that happens Had, .you may as well
buy a rutted eiiir for tho prod's 're
turn. Since I left ' the old compnuy
soven weeks ago 1 have not re-
mm hero that I -am most anxious to
I hear about Is my wnudivlug broth
er. I am eiirluus to know .wheth
er he has distinguished himself us
a general or a buck private In IiIh
favorlto bianch of service, the in
fantry, lie will know what ren
work means once if he Is signed up
In that parth iiliirr blanch. My pay
is mure slow In coming than my
mall. The next lime l am yaid
I Bhall receive Ihreo months . a'!
ut oncQ. "with all Unit money I
um going to buy Germany and
start for that green and iuli t val
ley In tho Iilue mountains of Ore
gon. In a lew weeks things will
come out all night, one way or the
other that Is if I get my trunsfor
or not.
Tlie plnoe that I um 1jmv sii
tloned is too good to be true
There In a fine bath h-iiue in the
same ground that I werx and for
pnee I am getting cl.e.n The
food hn:o is of excmt'onal ;nnl
ily for army grub and all hern live
moro than contented. Gas oil anil
tires are all fuinirflierl It co unit
about all that it would takn to
make tho wholo day a perfei.; joy
is a real American girl. (Over
bore tbero ain't no such animals')
so that part ran wait until "apres
le Guerre." That, expression is al
most as common . us the always
open conversation "what, we will
do when we get haek home."
Suy wbnt I won't do when I do
get liack there will not 1111 u very
large book. 1 have a small book
with inn full of things that I am
NO COUNTRY' FOR POOR MAN
j:i i'i:( ts ok kkau
Astoria
J'aper Sees
ijiitauiou.
'wise
Brazilians Are Compelled to Pay Ex
traordinarily High Prices for All
the Necessaries of Life.
Jtlo de Janeiro, the most wonderful
ly reconstructed city In the world, was
also, until recently, one of the most j
plensuro loving. Today the president i ' "e Ast()l i:! 'ludget of recent
Is endeavoring to instill war ecomimy " """'wiub inoory in
Into ihe nation biifore it feels the brunt I l'"1-'1"''1 " contaglo'i the substance
of war n bv no menns ensv insk. 01 editorial comment:
Kconomy Is not easily nreaclied in u ln tl,ls of enllgbtinent it. Is
eoiintrv where state lotteries are nr!lm"e than passing strange that Is
dully, and public holidays of all too!111"" s'enia to be understood ro-
frrqucnt, occurrence. Tho most popu-1 8 '""ing me laws governing contu
lar of (he latter Is the carnival, which iBbm. The iiandling of Uie pres
occuples the four days preceding Ash! out epidemic would be little short
Wednesday. of criminal ' were It not that It
Ilrazlirans who complain of the high : 111 llst bo laid to (ho door of lgnoi
enst or living will probably wish to see jance.
wnr economy continued In times of, To teat human beings as so
peace, it costs about ?7.'0 a day to; much inert matte'' regardless of
live at all comfortably In Itlo. Some the human mind docs nyt spc.ik
manufactured articles lire noiv dlflleult
to -obtain, nnd the cost of everything; ,,.,timr,n, sinmniui? - - -
"owing to the war" and the colossal ,Yt INTER COSTUME - !
men anu smart
This picture, Just received from the land of the Huns, by way of a
neutral nation, shoW3 a development that has hitherto not been told In
accounts of Oprmnn life the digging of trenches about the Buhurbs olf
Ucrlln, kalserdom's capital, and the arming and training of civyiana
against tho day of tbe world's reckoning. Officers of the Germao ro
. serves train these civilians. Notice the elderly professional men la tu
foreground, apparently bankers or retired physicians. ' '
culvnd any mull from any olio. I going to do the llr.it tiling, and II
passed tho hospital the othor day
and they had sent my null to me.
They did It In the ti no military
tuannor and sent it to the wrong
address. Suiiio day 1 shall receive
all of It and have several contin
ued stories of Intense Interest to
spend the lonely night hours. The
' ' ,U' '' A-V',. il
ia.ut)Ufi" is superior io
. any other front lace eorset,
for without the lynZ&r
features no eorset cau pos
sibly be just as good. It
contains the master touch of
scientific construction.
You do not sacrifice com
fort for style and you do not
sacrifice style for comfort
when voti wear
would take ten years toulo most
any ono of thorn. The one big
thing is to get full of tlioae bis
cuits Just like mother used to try
to make. I. wish that you could
seo somo of IheHo ' that wo get
now. You would give ntu up lor
dead and think thai. I rnulili never
carry the enormous weight around.
The heavy artillery ran out of
uiiiiuiinltlon and at tho critical mo
ment our cook played the heo
act and made them hoiiio of bis
army bread. lie is now wearing
a 1). S.' C. for killing more Ger
mans than any ono man in France.
I meet Clark finite often, he
will always have a friend In me
nnd It is a real honor to know
man in his piul'ion. 'lie is in
charge of the spiritual work of
fifteen divisions. Slop mid think
what that means. 'That is a
mighty Inrge Job hat. he will soon
outgrow that for In him Is an
everlasting supply of eiuvgy.
It Is now cloven o'clock and 1
prolecllvo tariffs, is such as to make
unaccustomed English folks feel faint
with terror. A rohdy-nuiilo drill Jack
et, though cheaper In buck streets, will
he commonly priced at $10.81) In shops
on the Avenldn ltlo ltraneo. A tullor
innilo man's suit will cost nbout ?.rK).
From tho United States Naval Insti
tute l'roceedlngs.
Almost Lost Precious Card.
One of those "absentee registrants"
signed up ut tlie city poslolliee one
day last week, nnd received bis reg
istration curd for transmission to his
local bourd ln his home town.
This man must have heisi an absent
minded registrant as well, as the so
und will show, lie calmly placed the
registration curd in nn envelope, ad
dressed Ihe envelope .to his local
hoard, put on the stamp, nnd walked
out Into the street.
As he passed u trash box he dropped
Hie letter Into Hie opening and went
his wuy with n clear conscience of
having iliini! Ids first duty under the
man power law.
Luckily for him, a postman coming
out of the building saw the mistake
he made and rescued the letter from
the trash. Ity this time the registrant
had boarded n ear, so tho letter cur
rier dropped tho letter containing tho
precious card Into the letter hex.
Washington Star.
Slt j?
well for modern enlightenment.
Kven 'our great grandmothers were
wise enough to avoid the minute
descriptions of disease before sos
ceptiblo minds .recognizing the
tendency of people to "catch
things" from su;rstioii. If any
are prone to doubt that disease Is
Impressed upon Jioojo through sug
gestion and fear, a simple experi
ment may suffice to' show how
quickly tho majority yield to a
mental suggestion. Go into a crowd
and start an exaggerated yawn and
observe how immediately one af
ter another struggles io suppress
tho tendency to follow suit. So
much for suggestion. Now ask
any ojao of the bettor class of phj -siclans
just what cliect fear has
upon the body. What it does to
the heart, the .lecretioiis of ihe
stomach and bowel.?, and how llio
temperature ulses through fear's
effects. Then reali'e how great a
part fear and suggestion together
must play in ihu spreading of such
an epidemic as tlie . pp-sent one
and we must admit that a higlie
degree of intelligence might hive
governored Its. handling. As a
matter or fact everything Hint could
inflame Hie feur of the public
has . been done; everything that
could spread the mental -picture of
symptoms has been tlrown hrotd-
cast, till everyonj who lias been
attacked by ven ! simple cold has
had It inflamed by fear .and h:s
sutTered from the icsults of fear
in rising tempoi-ai.mo., which in
turn is fed by'' the - men '.it I picture
ciirried. Certain It Ij that no hu
man - emotion -controls the minds
of people lllore.th'jl fear, nnd It is
time that effects npoji the hndy
were token iito consideration.-
j Harris' Grocery
Fhone, Main 70 and 77;.Farmera, Black 192
I 408 NORTH FIR STREET ACROSS THE TRACK
I "United States Food Administration License No. C 50205."
Japanese Conjugal Etiquette.
When American neoiile iudge the tie-
i pree of utl'ectlon between a Jnpnniua
husband and-wife by their 'conduct to
each other they muke a great mistake.
It would be as bad form for n'luiiu to
express npproval ot his wife or chil
dren as It would be for him to praise
any other part of himself, and every
wife taltes a pride in conducting her
self according to the rigid rules of
etttinette, which recognize dignity and
humility as .the virtues tllat.'rellcct
greatest glory on the borne. of which
sue is mistress.
Plants Travel by Air.
I In Torto Itlco, where tho atmosphere
Is moist nnd balmy, nlr plants often
'lodge In the most unusual places nnd
! produce somu weird effects while grow
ing. Frequently theyv establish them
selves on telephone and telegraph
; wires. The Insulation rots In places
j nnd tho plan's take root, grow and
j thrive. , .
'.
The leather purses and shopping
'bags of the latest patterns. You
will find them at Silverthorn's.
i Dally 11-9-tf.
FAMILY DRUG STORE
! L.A GRANOE, OREGON.
An Old Man's Stomach
As we grow older nntl less active,
less and less food is required to meet
the demands of our bodies. If too
much is habitually taken, the stomach
will rebel. When a man reaches the
advanced nge of 85 or i0, you will
find thut he is n light cater. Be as
careful as you will, however,' you will
occasionally eat more than you should
and will feel tlie need of Chamber
lain's Tablets to correct the disorder.
These tablets do not contain pepsin,
but strengthen the stomach and en
able it to perform its functions natur
ajiy. They also cause a gentle move
ment of the bowels. Adv.
-I; v
NUKSES MUST Ii EGLSTER.
J The Nurse Survey Commit- J
I tee of the Red Cross asks that
all women experienced in nurs
I intf respond at once to the War
I Department's call. Women who -
i aro not now following the pro- J
I fession are requested to at once J
enroll. l
-I Voluntary enlistment will save J
i time, fori all nurses are requir- !
i cd to register, by order of the
J government. I'lunse call Main
J 7: or Mack 22, and jret in touch J
with proper piirties for ntristra-
tion. 10-:u-:it,pd
-j. ; ? i- .j.
st.T:vji.L':-cx'.. .-.t-rT.v .
Blrdmen's Patron Saint
Tlie 'nrtllnal nrohhlshop of West
minster, who has Initiated the (iiiild
of St. Michael for Airmen, Invites nil
ltonuin Catholic nlrnien "to place
themselves under the protection of St. '
Michm-I by joining Hie guild." No ;
one could desire a doughtier champion, !
am going to bed. 1 always pray I remarks a London paper, but the j
that you are well nnd happy and I choice of the ltiissian airmen, who In 1
I shall return soon- in the same, the early days of tlie war decided ou I
:-..--Vi-r"r-, tfiv-jj-
W x.st i
4
Origins of Military Titles.
Commodore ami commander are
forms borrowed nnd corrupted from
the Spanish enmondndor, a knight, a
commander, or the superior of u nion
nstery. The French have the word
comrlianileur, the Italian comanilatore.
Commandant, however, meaning tbe
officer of a fortified town's gnrrison,
etc., comes from the medieval Latin
comnmndatnr, n conunhnder, and com
nuindnrc, to commnn(.
V
oiidltlou.
I.ovt
to all.
Al.llKKi'.
Protection From Live Wires.
For the sure protection of linemen
handling live wires a pair of gloves
inside and one outside of the rubber'
gloves have been roeotnmondtsl. The
woven fabric inside glove dikes up per
spiration and shields Hie rubber from
the finger nails and u leather gauntlet
over the rubber gl-iv- protects from
outside mechanical ioiury, nltls In
grasping tools nnd Keeps the hands
warm lu winter.
Klijnh as their patron saint,. Is per-
hniis even more plausible. It Is, nt till
events, plain that these days havo
given nn entirely new Meaning to tho
phrase,, "prince o tlie powers ut the
air."
Everv Sensation.
The following Is from a letter writ- I
ten by a member of the United Slates
tank forces lu France: "I ran Hie
gamut of nil Hcnsutlons from fenr to
hatred, nnd the hitter was what I car
ried away. Any nation that tills the
bodies of the dead with bombs In or
der to kill tlie chaps that t'omo nut to
bury them, hits no consideration from
me, nnd (hut is what the Germans do,
among other things,"
Hero Is a wlntor costume to "de
light the eya, with Its rich, effec
tive simplicity. . Its general line ,
suggests tho ever-popular persoy, ;
with its close-fitting bodice and ;
the new tight sleeve. The gown is
constructed of dark velvet and the
lavijh brnlding Is done in.silvor
soutache. ' '
Historic Island.
Blennerhnssett's Island Is n sninil
Island In the Ohio river nbout two
tulles below I'arkorslmrg, W. Va:,
which figures In history. It gets its,
name frtun having been once owned
by Ilirnin Dlennerluissett, n wealthy
, Englishman, who built Q fine residence
ion it. While living there he became
financially Involved ln Aaron Hun's
visionary and treasonable schemes,
nnd they proved his ruin.
SIOXLY TO I.OAX.
On improved real property In
Union county. No delays. Current
ates. La Grande Investment Co.
1 'Hftffi" SHOE - POl-'SH
Luij(iuii.iriifjjiiinrffiifirftirMfiififii" " -''----'--
A complete lino always on
hand, priced at $2.50 up.
Mrs. Robt. Pattison
Corsetiere
riionc Ttn 3221 Res. 1702
Oak .Street.
, Cruelty to Actors.
"Your only npphiuse," iiii' lh a star
of the movies. "Is liie ellrU of the I Fire Clay Substitute.
camera." obviously, an Instate of i The great resistance io l.nf nf nr.
cruelty to nctors. Invention t ''.old dinnry con I nsli Ims suggested (, S1.
I come to the rescue nnd eipilp e,. ry of this material for fin' bricks In place
j in .vie studio with nn applause ma- f ., clny. It is claimed that a sult-
.bi'ie, c.uislstliig of n pair of east-lr.ci 1 ni.ic, binder has been provided In n
j hands and nn endless string of percus- ; , w process, ti ml seivrnl thousand ox
,sioii nip. Film Fun. perlnientnl btiiks nlretol.v nuole are
In lug tested, both as n fireproof build-
To Conserve Fircwcod. '" " " f""'".-.- lining
In buruitig wood In a fionaee bui!.
for coal the firebox ste.n'd ilrst I
lined with llrelirb k or sheet Iron, so. Liberty Before All Things.
as to cheek the draft, otherwise, tin)! ninndlslinicnN will not fascinate us,
wood will burn too rapidly. n"r will threats of u butter Intimidate
. Us; for, under Cod. we are determined
V:t, whatsoever whensoever or how.
Wo haie a big lino of all wool mever we shall be called to make our
nincklnaws, ." to fl2. rxlt, wo will die free men. Josiuli
11-13-31. TOCiimtY. wun-y.
New Directory
'
j to be issued soon. Any
j changes desired should
j be reported immediately
j Home Independent
Telephone Co.
I ARGE quantities of ShinoiA are"pur-(
. chased by the Government to be sold
to the Soldiers and Sailors.
We aim to make ShinoiA cost tbemerf
serving their country and the public
back of the men, as little as possible.
!War conditions turn men's heads to
profit making. "We believe friends
and users are more valuable than the
profit of the moment That is why
you can buy ShinoiA at the same price
as always.
BLACK TAN - WHITE-RED - BROWN
PRICE AS ALWAYS (3I5
TEN CENTS