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KOKTIIKIt.V I'AUT LEFT I.N TITI
ABLE CONDITION 11 Y HUNS.
l-ood. Cliches and Houses Needed
Iluover tallies Industrial Life Is
Paralyzed Pillage Complete
cj owdjfj t a heart-breaking degree.
Navy Volunteer Helping
I "In order to remedy this situation to'
Home extent the Commission for Ra-i
iief injiflifium has obtained the er-
:vice of 150 volunteers from the Amer
ican navy and itang over a'large
amuuiii en econa-and DarracK ma
terial fromthe navy and army. Those
barracks are in course of erection ad
jaccntto the destroyed villages under
the superintendence of the navy vol
unteers.
"A large amount of boots and shoo
and war clothing has been taken over
from the quartermaster's supplies and
are being distributed to the people. The
French frnvprnmnnf in amlsDunHnir fn
- R-licf obtain some catUe from Switzerland,
" .. . norscs Irom the various armies
We have every kind of razor
In a Btraight or safety blado,
" And feel sure that we can please you
For we've every kind that's made.
See our line of Shaving Sundries
With variety complete,
You will find them inexpensive
And our prices hard to beat.
WASHINGTON, Jan.
work being carried on in
France by tho Commission for Relief !whi,h ty.nth- ;k .v.. ..
in Belgium and the pitiable cond.t.on-ip,y of asr;cuitufal fmrjements, may
of the 1,500,000 inhabitants of that! ,,,, the population t0 get j ome
section who escaped the German in-portion of next year8 , , ,uch of
vasion, are described in a cablegram !the8e area. a. ar. not too b.,,v de.
stroyed by battle.
German Vandalism' Vicious.
"The entire industrial life of the rc-
Igion has been destroyed by the Ger
mans. There is scarcely a single fHC-
lury inHi can ue operaieu wiinuut a
received at the headquarters of the
commission here from Herbert C.
Hoover at (Paris.
Mr. Hoover's message, made public
.Wednesday night, revealed that the
work of relief and rehabilitation in
nance win tail more neavny on tne vrv nortion nf new enuinment.
ocen cxpcctcu.Th .... , totnllv acatrovedi
Turn' the Corner aild Turn
. the Leaf :'.
You SaVe Money by trading at Qur Store Pay "Gaslr
Stop the Leakage.
MEN'S SUITS, NEW PATTERNS, BEST OF MATE
RIALS A GUARANTEED SAVING OF 25 to 35"
PER CENT.
Our prices $12.50, $14.75, $17.50, 18.50 to $32.50
: commission than had
Mr. Hoover said relief wor.k must in
elude not only food find clothing, but
imV housing over a considerable area.
I jn enlarged organization 10 nanoie
the situation is being built up and
; supplies have been obtained from the
Uiuatterrnuster's department of the
i American army.
Industrial Life Paralyzed.
Industrial life in the invaded, re
gion has bec'n almost completely para
lyzed. Mr. Hoover Baid. Railroads
and the network of railways in this
region has been rendered almost hope
less of reconstruction for many
I months. The German method of de
struction was to bend every single rail
by exploding a hand grenade under it,
rendering it useless for all time.
"The relief is based upon the allow
ance of food to the value of about H.5
cents per day to the destitute, those
having any resources or employment
being required to pay. The whole ex-
Men's Overcoats
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hve been rendered almost hopeless of tent of (icstHution k' not yet known,
reconstruction for many months. Thel,)Ut Bppenn to be fu,ly Q0 per cent of
jcoal mines have been destroyed antije nc0pe
jthero is scarcely a single factory thntl J .
WILLIE'S LAST
FIELD LETTER
INTKIIBSTING COMMUNIQUE OF
UX-CKOWN PRINCE WHIT
TEN ON THE RUN.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
'lleforo using this nrepiirntion for n
cuuirh or cold you may wish to know
v.lmt it has done for others. Mrs. O.
Coolt, Mucon, III., writes, "I have found
it gives the quickest relief of any
cough remedy I have over used." Mrs.
James A. Knott, Chillicothe, Mo., says
''C hamberlain's Couith Remedy cunnot
lie bent for coughs mid colds." II. J.
Moore, Oval, Pa., says "I have used
Chamberlain's Couirh Remedy on sev-
can be operated without a 'very large
portion of new equipment.
Hill "The Commission for Relief in Bel
gium, said Mr, Hoovers message,
j"had hoped to surrender the task of
relief of northern France to the
French government immediately upon
the German retreat. It has been found
'impossible, however, for the French
government to undertake the food sup-
' " ' nlv of this area for some months to
oral occasions when I was suffering come, and upon the urgent request of
wnn a settled cold upon the chest nncl
it has always brought about a cure.''
Some one has kindly left at The
-Adv.
pitttorns.'at
(hat government, the commission hadi"UMI;.er a coPy 01 ono "f tnu
decided to continue. ,.,st, f'.ol,1 loters Wlittn UV Prince
"After the four years of the pnraly-ll're'k'r,,t'k Wilhelm. It is to his dear
si of wholesale and retail business, !''"Pa" dcr mmr, ami is written "on
Mirrors, brushes, combs of all kind: with the destruction of the principal ,ln lun.' somewnere in i-ranee, cvery-
a largo stock of them. Also hundi towns and shops, these trndos havcwncro m r ranee, all the timo. Ho
bags and hand purses. All of latest disappeared and tho people are today "BJ"!
l-4-!Hdepcnncnt upon a ration issued direct- " v1,,',,1k u"
ly to them, just as bcroro the German I ' u",v" B"ou soiiuurs
evacuation. Until transport and trade umlor command haf not scon dcr
can be rehabilitated, the present bvs-: linl,,le ,for " lo"8'' dllt hllt Btart
tem must irn nn. for tho French dis- back dat way, and of course I nm
tiilmtion i Hnnn bv the trndoa. These Koill(f niit dcm. .Oh papa, deio haf
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.arrangements necessitate some rcor
jgnniziilion of the relief work, and its
entile separation from Belgium.
"Twentv members of the Commis
sion for Relief in Belgium who joined
the American army as officei-3 have
jboen released by General Pershing to
lundeidike this work.
Rx'fugeeji Anxious to Return.
"The population of this area at the
i moment of the retreat was about
i l.fiOO.OdO, there being also about 11(10,
(KiO refugees in Belgium who arc re
turning and some 000,000 refugees in
France, all of whom nro anxious to
rrtMi'n to their native soil.
! "The destruction of sonic twenty
iviiicipal towns and literally hundreds
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prices $12.50, $14.75, $16.50, $18.50 to $26.50
OUR EVER INCREASING BUSINESS IS THE BEST EVIDENCE OF
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been some offel dings happened here
in I' ranco. .
"First I started my big offensive
which was to crush dcm fool Amer
icans but dey know so little about
military tactics dat dey vill not bo
crushed ehoost like I vnnt dcm. I sent1
my men in dcr fight in big waves, undl
ven dey got to dcr Americans dey a
say "Boo" as loud as dey could hol
ler. .But vot you t'ink? Dcm fool
Americans domt know nodings about
war, und instead of runing dcr oiler
vay, dey came right towards us. Some
uf dem vns singing about "Vo von't
DEMOBILIZATION OF
KNITTERS COMING
"Cease knitting." This order went
out from Red Cross headquarters this
week to tho three thousand eight hun
dred fifty-four chapters of the organ
ization and as a result thousands of
women who have turned out millions
of sweaters, socka, mufflers, helmets
land wristlets for our soldiers and sail
ors will stack their needles.
An inventory of the stocks of knit
ted nrticles in reserve at the Red
Cross division and camp warehouses
shows there is a sufficient quantity
on hand to meet the needs of Amer-
aom odder foolish nnJ. n,l ,.f(!ca Wng men in this country and
of villages renders the return of these!80 iniiit. .Hut dey aro offel reck-
dem vero laughing like fools. Dey iss
so ignorant. .Hut ley aro offel reck
less in it der guns und ven dey come
Europe and those of the Red Cross
commissions engaged in civilian re-
l:rf wni'lr ii brand. Honce tho order to
refugees n stupendous problem. Every I '" '' Runs una ven (ley come n...,.iotic womcn of America to
effort is being made to restrain them ""'l "3 it vas den my men took a J .nkttctiv ue,
from goiiur back until some svHteiiiii'i "'l'" I-' vniitt-.l to go back to der ',s"1 nut. V kn Umpr nclme3'
pZwo, "to, U I .lr old Rhine. .Ve don't like der1"11,"'1 Brt'cc n,W "T?? f " "
bliUbev'e!: 11of?Wl uSgs ami d"'.y IW.H. Maine river anyhow, n.l.l?'' ""KtTehT
ti... - i. - i! . oh i'ana. liem Anienrnna n.m such nrtn " 1 "
of these pitiable bodies. ThousandsiaKuage. . IK y know noddinga uf kul-
of them reach their .villages to fin,tt"' sny surh offet ilings right be
eviu'.v vestige of shelter destroyed, and
finiiUv wander into the villages fur
ther hack from the acute battle nre:i
whirh nre tht'mseh'i'W alrradv over-
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.10Q pound sack t : . ;
Less" quantities, per pound. . '. . .'
Genuine Eastern Oyster Shell per 100 pound sack ' ' '.
Grajiite Gritt, per 100 pound suvk
We carry.a full line of poultry supplies, includiiiR SieP, Grouml Boue, Blood
Meal, Fu'h Meal, Sunflower Seed, Etc. All at umumr.ily low Jii'iccs"
Use our delivery service we provide it at ct' ,.!() delivers au.y size order."
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No. cmii.
ters which have been instructed to is
jsuo no more yarn to workers. Wool-
fore us. .Und dey talk blasphemy, too.e" prnvoieu oy u.e.ess
Vi.t vntl tinlr Hi.,, i.fkf i f.. ... 1 RCl 8 OI SmPrHllS WUMIUI1 ilimm
r r,.,' v.... i,i i,.,Jl... r tnrinlly
a blaee dey call Missouri, he saitl: (oh
I'npa, I hate to tell you vot nn offel
dinir he said but 1 can't help it) "To
hell mit der kaiser!' I id you efer hear
anydinjrs so offel? 1 didn't link any
body voulil such an offel tine do! It
mr.de me so mad, I vouldn't hear such
to the comfort of the coun
try's defenders, especially durinir the
period following the mobilizution of
our fijrbtine: forces.
Practically every mnn that went
overseas as well ns those who re
mained in the country's training camps
was supplied with these comforts.
pany's check for $2533.03 was in tho appetite went back on me and my
United States National bank of Latoiiiach got In such a bad fix that
Grande, ready for delivery. If this islnotbins 1 would eat .seemed to do
a sample of the company's promptness me any Kood. My food would som
as a general rule, the policy holders 'soon after meals and keep mo belch
may congratulate themselves for hav-jii'B up sour aas for hours. I silt
ing connection with such a company, furod terrible pain about my Btoin-
aeh all tho time and at times I
.. CAN YOU HKI.r? would turn so deidly sick that I
A request cornea from tho Rod (could hardly retain a thing I had
Cross community kitchen thatjeaten. I dropped oft twenty-seven
lancbors near tho city bring them In pounds In weight and hardly had
iliiantttloB of fresh milk, to help strength to' raise my hands, and was
along their work of mercy. Iso nervous for almost six weeks that
There is atso a call for tho use of I hardly slept at all. I finally got
down fiat on my back in bed could
n't tako a bit of nourishment ex
cept a little milk nnd for Ave
weeks I thought sure I would never
pull through.
"I was stopping with my neph
ew In Taeoma (It thi3 time, and as
he had seen Tanla: recommended
(larilrk Cuius Slvteen I'oilnds In so highly ho went down and got
lrfws Than ill) Days by a bottle for mo. Weil, sir, by the
Taking Taiilnc. I time I finished my first bottlo I was
William Carrick, for many years ion my feet and feeling liko a dif
a resident of Tacoir.it, Washington, j ferent man. My appetite picked up
is now a citizen of Hunter, Missouri, right away and I soon got so I
While enroute to his future homo in 'couldn't get enough to eat. and
Hunter, recently, Mr. Cirilck call- ever since i finished my second bot
ed at the Owl Drug storo in Kansas 'tie I hive been feeling strong and
City, purchased two bottles. of 'Tan-1 line as you please. , Tho sourr.ess
lac and made a statement reg" dlng I gas and pain lias left my stomach
his experience with tho medicine entirely and nothing is barred from
that will be of Interest to all suffer- i my diet. It was about tho closo of
Ing people. : spring when Tanlac straightened me
nutoniobiles to bo volunteered.
"I Have Never Seen
Anything Like It,"
-. J f liiion SU.te
SAM IIAKUlS?l'ltui'KICrO&
Nexl)oor to Hill's DepaiWiit Store.
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an offed ting, so" I turned round und ! Muro, than ten million knitted articles
run me mit der odder boys. Vas' iT'T trnI out by lied Cross worker,
right vat?- j"1 ' seventeen months preceding the
Taps dear, you know dem breast si':"'"g of thp armMcB
hlatt's vot you sent us; can you scnI "
its some, to put on our backs? You QUICK AC1 ION.
know ve aro pointr der odder vay now The Idaho Stato Life Insurance com
urn! breast Mates isa no pood, forjpany. through its special representa
dose cowanlly Ainericnns are shoot-) tivc, L. W. Weeks, has set a record
in it us riRht in dcr backside. .Some uf for the ffuiclcpnymont of life insur
otir boys took off dcr breast Mates a nee. The company was notified Sun
and put dem behindt, but dor fool; day, January 5th, of the death of Kl
Amerirans arc Maying der 'Star-lmer II. SpeckhaH, and by 10 o'clock
spangled Rainier' mit machin-p fruns in the forenoon, Jnntmry IUh, the cm
on dcm blntes. Can't you help us?j - - -
iou remeniner in your speecn yo said
noddinps could stand before der brave
Chcrmnn. soldiers? Oh, Papa, I don't
believe dem ignorant Americans ever
read your speech, for dey fun after us
like ve vas a lot of rabbits. Vat you
tink tif-iTnt ? Send dem some yf your
speechr Tiuht "ava-. Ili don'4 know
lnw deri i'i'- ve nre. Can't you moef
my nauy bark to RtBium vere ve
vnn nil our clory? Mvmen can vin
al der vimmrn and Vhililrcn drm !el
jjirtna can bi inp u but der American1
nre so nuih and iirnraiit. Ve can t
m:'ke dim und'ustnntt det vt nre iler 5 j
create it soldier on earth fi-o en f
"smiit 'lenthlar.d uber Aides' dey
laiiKh lif e a lot uf monkeys. RutMVe
are (fetdlip der best of dvf Americans
ve can out run dcO. unyvay. Papa.'
if ve are not dcr best fighter, ve nre
sure dor best G unners. Nobody enn
keerup n.it,u-i ven vetink of flier dear
old rthine undmy urnry never did -&
of dat dear old river so nu( as just
now.
''lUea-'e let me know vat to do by
return postoff ire.
July CO times. Cl.OWV TKTNCE '
WILLI K." w
"I have never seen anythinR,"
said Mr. Carrick, "sell like Tanlac
is selling out on ilv-. I'acitlc coast,
around where I lived. A friend of
up and I worked every day this
summer, at my trade as carpenter,
and have felt fine all the time. I
don't believe I ever enjoyed better
mine actually -went seventy-live j health than I do now. I have por
mllos one day to get a bottle and sonally recommended Tanlac to
knowing what I do shout it now, I i hundreds of people and as I was
believe I would do tho sinie thing, (passing through hers today, I stop
rather than be without it. When ijpod In to get two bottles to carry
first started taking It I had little :down to Hunter with me, because 1
idea it would do me any pood, but jdo::'t w;mt to ho without it."
when I tell you I have gullied six-j Tarda is sold in La Grande by Sir
teen pounds in iesS than thirty days j vei thorn and Richardson "Drug
and am able to work for the Ilrst ) stores; in Union by L. A. Wright;
time In months, you can understand ; in North Prtwder by L. A. Itussel
why 1 talk like I do about about It!" and In Elgin, by Stott E. llai'ria.
"Somethine lilte year ago myi Adv.
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