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O O o ," ; ; TWO s: wrMT) w .TAM'.MtVt. imn.; v rsmvmstt'ZSZ&P&tvm assy . earance and-Real Clearance Sale Prices l;KIftI flCfS jUU TIN .Y-IfMf ;.f U sale . IK BAD SHAPE iS,V;LIIi SEED NEEDED - 3 !! i I ! ! i i i i I !.Mntii:isT.s iiavh imp to siiii' ;i'xhsh(;i:i: is tih: iiiint nivci: jnuitfov I'lsomrr said to iii:' S TIIKIIt All. I KTC.IKH STAttTT'II IAX. 1 IM'VMVf: ikhvv ! WPfl CALL CM f, . P Ladies? Coats, Suits, Dresses, Waists, Petticoats, and Boys' Suits, Overcoats, Hats, Sweaters, Neckwear. Men's, Women's and Children's Underwear You will do well to look through oir store thero v. money in it for you. llffilFs Dept. Store 11 WHEN YOU BUY "KANTLEEK" Rubber Goods You Get Service as Well, NO SEAMS NO PATCHES r , NO BINDING i NO SPLICES ? ' TO GIVE WAY ' Neck, sides, bottom and every part is moulded in one piece. "KANTLEEK" means universal guaranteed Satisfaction. Putman's Drug Store "store SHERWOOD WILLIAMS I IS STILL IN FRANCE (The Klgiu Kecorder) I Friends of Hht-pvu:l WVlllams, for- j mer Ciishier tif the ltnbler State j bank and a well known Union conn ly yoiin man. will be glad lo learn ' t hat he Is making rood in France, lie wis teceiilty ,;len the commls sloti of a llrst lieutenant and is now chief auditor of the lied t'rivw can-: t mo iou iiopenatne Get laccompnsnecvior your nenemv- ?. I r. teeiiH in one of the lare.est .ones in France. His headquarters are at Tom s. IJeiitenant Williams has no thoimth of an oarly return and it t raveling eomlit ions will pei mi it . he will nrraiiKu so lh.it Mia. Willi, tins and Helen and Jeai in iy join him some time during tin summer. Itutte Observe W rappers office. printed .,t the 1 1 the most out of it EVERY YEAR you spend a largo proportion of the money you get. So much tor clothing. So . much for shoes. So much for things to eat, house furnishings, garden seeds and tools and what pot. Thorn's ono sure way to get the most for your money. Know what you w:nt before you go to buy. READ ADVERTISEMENTS. The advcrtiemonts you road will tell you what is new and guod. They will give ytm the latest ideas ami improvements. They will help yon to live better aiul dross better at less cost. If yoti think of it. ymi'll lie surprised at the world of interest and the wealth of new iieas you'll find in reading advertisements; s Advertisements ari the didly record of progress. They ar the report to you of the manufacturers ad merchants who work for you, ttllin;; what ha.; been Kaim-la Ncliool District Ulecls Xciv lliri-rfoi'H and I ')r(t I Ci'tl Truss Turns In Tri Sweaters. rnuiK uaiuen a'l Wiilltr Inror-l .i were In I.:, firJU.l M...,.!!,-. rl t...raM ..Uoivlllo. wa n I.a (iramlc II... fl-Ht r tl, week, jlnoliMit,' alter u car of hay. .Several nuli.H iiuvn been Hhluiiod nom I,.,;-,. week. Tho roada , , v ery b.,,1 al.,it a mile oat of .own land r....il.... to bo o until they -:l, h Mearham. I Til.- pr. si.l.-nt of the lied Or. i.lr. I'au .:! In ten knit sweate 10 ibe l.a Cran.le . hauler thin week. , MImi- flar:i Craft went to I.a fl.an.lo Friday lo Bi.end tho week end with her paientu In that plaro. j Mi n. Violet Morcan and son, Ce - eil, of I.a (Irande, spent Friday Willi ,lrn. l.eltey .Moik-au I Mr-. Will .dt"it and dmhier :.lo:ni, went lo I.a Cranile Friday. ! They vill ko on to Knlerprlsn Sat- .nr.litv tiioriiinir wher.. Kiev will vIhII ! '::t the home of .Mrs. l'ldcoik's moth-; Ahead- It Is uald 1 niimbor of t he I To improve the quality of stock h?.s er for an lndolinitn time. jdlslricls served ar- running sliort of ( been one of the aims of the onreni-.:;- .Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Cross are in'-suPPes and freight wagons druwn tion of the Orcfron Potato Iicnlers' a l.a flraade sboppinx today. by six horses have been attemptin. j sociation. In Scott andI. Ci-oss wore in T.a ! t f supply in part some of tho most (nii:d tiiklim In the city toiiay. Jlinpor! A kcIiooI meeting wan lii'ld Fridnyj T!m aiicrnoun at tr.e nan Tor the purpose Krt cumhIdk s.-rionn Iorb and eom tif electing two diieetors mid a clerk. I nluints. it in Httttffl that thn Siitn- V. V. (iulhrlo and Leo Fault were! ducted directors ani Mrs. J. 1). Fontaine ms elect pU clerk. ( Mr. and Mrs, Kdituind.sou are vl.;- it I ii k Mr. and Mrs. L. Fans. INCREASED TAXES ON CIGARS AND TOBACCO roitTI.AXI), Jan. IS. The pend ing revenue mea.-uivo which will prohably 1o p.isHed within a very short tlinn provides Increased taxes nn cigars, tobacco and cIk trette.i. Nvery dealer in these coiniuoditU-H will be i mj iiivd to Inventory his slock on the day following the pas sage of the net and to piy addition al tax cm Hitch slock rov'Tinsr t he dltferencu belween the t.ix paid un der the present act and that provid ed 'by the new act, Them will be. certain exempt ions allowed, but Ihls aihtler, da well as the new rates, has not yet heen def hilely determined. The Mul. To our mind the one breathing thing to creation that has been the most cruelly maligned Is the mule. No more hard-working creature walks the earth; none with a inure faithful past record; none now more in demand in tt?e world's service. What would wo do fn this war without the mule? Want run we do .without him after the war Is eer? Still lie Is despised and kick ed around worse than though he were n h'uiiid dog. It is a shame. In the readjustment of things,, let us right tills wrong Sad. if we have anything to say face to the mule, let us say It to his . which is wiser than saying It to lends, Log. Angeles Times. his : A Drawback. MAn nutnmuhil has u big advantage i over a horse, ys It never gets fatigued." i "Perhaps not, but Its wheels are, i olv ilJS tirnl." Money i - Towns on Idm lU-pnrfrd to He Cint iiliitf SIhm-J til Supplies; Mi ii Olleu'd Old Positions. wnn.n, jaii. 13. 1 nu rounpier !ylly Kullro.ul ran a paenKor """ l . I r y 'ly ''"". 1W I "'" Ort train 11" Parry 11 H.soug,ir tunro the strike i waH railed January 1. Tho train ! w.. mano.id by a combination of of - 1 "clal,, of thu road, and by employe. I This w.m done only after a two- Ha.v' io betw.- I). C. Keel., l.r.Mldent of I ho Humptor Valley, and tlm slrlk.-ra, In wblrli the latlvr were ;"He.,d their old no-itions ut the : '!" foinierly ro- lived. . I'resldent V.r.oU-n in inaklnB nn a t-! jlemi.t to open the road, ax It Is r.ot 1 tlioiipht the Rovuriiinent Intends to itake my aellon whl-h n.lBht afford : I ho road relief, and a 'so bora use ap- !al an. balnK made by eo un. - He the lino nerves lhat the closing 1 potato producers of Oregon have nev llH "ad for so Iouk a period isjcr chvneed their seed sinfc they start c.i usinK rc.i t silfforl:i and distress, led in business. Unit necessities. interrupted iikiM service is al- ter Valley ofi'ieial.H are ciuite willing j ro have the old nwn reinstated but (hat if tluy refuse to ko buck to woik in attempt will be made to set ollu-r men to resume traffic in full on the road. I ,E- c- PLASS OF ALICEL IS DEAD After years of suffering from chronic ailment, Tt. C. Tlass, or AlU-cl, one of t fie substantial men of the v.ilby passed away this morn !tiK at liis home. The Immediate can - of dent h beinj; pneumonia. Mr. l'b'S fame tt this valley from Karspas many years auo and has been a man who always stood for the bet ter tilings, lie is the father of the I'lass ISrolhera at Wallowa and Mrs. OhaileH I'l iyle nf this city. Funeral services will lm anonnced later. The body !a at the llohnen kninp chapel. DROPS DEAD WHILE HAULING HAY AT FARMj A. Prell. an old gentleman who resided ne:r Morgan Lake, dropped dead this forenoon while h:iulin hay ut bis ranch. He had recided in tho Morgan Lalro country for some time and was well known to many I,u (Jramlrt people. Coroner Iloh nenkamp is caring for tho remains this afternoon and determining the o :ct caase of death. si:n atok contkst it kmc WASIIIN'CTdV, Jnn. IS. In takinv up Henry Kuril's jietition contwtini! the elei tion of Truman 11. 'ewhetry to the- seikitc from Mii-hiiran, tho senate elri'tions i-oniniitlee deriileil yesterday lo hear all eviik'tice in open session. A . -luirp ronfliet: i level. ipoil over the ritrht. of the eonmiittce to decide n con test for a sent in the next serrate, tll-airninii rmiieienc. said the question viuiil'l Imve lo be settled later, and dis .11 -siiili' n'roreiMv'd. Alfred l.ueli:!!?. ?Ir. Kord's counsel, declared tho a, knowlcdt-ed expendi tures of SlTfi.oOi) in Mr. Newberry's mpniirn were ''only n frartion," and ( chargt d tiii!t they 'about S.MiO.imij, actually reached ! CURRY I Ft.JSl.ATOR IS DKAD ' SAI.FM, Jan. IS. J. R. Stannard. 'elected renrei'iitativo from Coos ami Curry counties at the lat general elec- ; t will m er subscribe to his oath nf office or take his seat, as Speaker , bines receive! a letter yesterday an nouncing the ih-ith oL Mr Randon. Death was cnusfd by pnoMmorin. Poor lelcLTiapliic facilities caused word tti be sent out 1-v courier and post. Mr. Stantiavd was f rmerly county clerk of Cuitv county. ORD1K OK (JUKSTIONS. PARIS. .Ian. '8. Today saw the be i!nnifg of fc-r i al discussions of inat ttrs bef.ire the pence conference. The Titst throe iiae-'.ion to receive cenh! eralion w it 1 v the f&Uowing: Kirt. he Rus-'ian si: tuition; secomi. terH toria! ae.d iruli iv nit y claim; third, the economic c n.iiion of Germany. The iVttUh and American' delegate? ludii to tiie vi w that iU is better to settle t cu iTitters n w ,and peace af tot wind, tnlk Kwtv.T,n:BI,K l. (I HV KF.W YOIIIC, Jn. IU. A railway 1:1,0 ha-i i en called in t'uha and, t ar.-portation fsilities in the Vian.. ate practical iiarii'.vied.iccordinc to i flem tho .tnte departuicr.t d here t!ijf alien tl Wil l. Ill ft l!V Al l, MI N Alii V;, vc illi:.ti.' .Inn. 1 it - Tr;', 'iinibeis of Hi AiMcrienn Kxped (ouaiv f,'j aiiroul win oe r,Mue- ,1 to the lswst ro?ioTt' nunibi ,oni-'iv!i with ori"l!'? tl Ions I r-I) l.nl.,n-'.i-s." t'ier.vT Wireh-hlef of siatf, dcclarca ncro today. State Has Fine Soil, but Planter:; De pend Too Much IT pun Nature, Leaders of Trade Slate i)aiti ivn t., iq tu.. n 1 tato rower!,,nM.,'n ,',, ...Jcte rmn.:c ' i opinion r-ot.t ly e-c- , tlle Kl,k, , , 'J" . ' i 'J'.,.'..' n 1 , v. ,1. 1 ,rc"" " tl h.w ! mo9t won.Jerful potato (rrowinK sod, M' 7 ' U?u "ml',t,n"'"1 . tl:e !rola,ntr'-st,U It ha bn oiir.1 nn.,s- except under tho m.-.l fav.jrnole !con' lt,OM for1tho st:lte '" . I,""1,,r j really top quality potat,, m M.Jn i- i"".' " . , Orciron potato Erowers hnvo be?n I'lepc-nding -entirely tuo much iimj nn- ti"e nt enough upon themselves. other leadmK potato frmv.im; slate? 't - nanc ineir seeo every irw years, mil it Is stated that some of tho hiitcer ELOPE, THEM DIE TOGETHER Chief of Police and Neighbor's Wife Carry Out Suicide Pact j I Hochester. N. Y. Klmer FIpIi, chief ! of iollce of Maccdon, and Mrs. .F.lue r ' Phelps, who were found shot to death In the wcads near Spencerport on . i Thursday. left their homes on July S. j Fish, his wife and their two small children lived opposite to Mr. and Mrs. I I'helps iu Macedoii. Fish represented j the Standard Oil and I'helps is a bare canal operator. Mrs. I'helps w:is a l're ! queut visitor to the Fish home, al though Mrs. Fish protested against her visits. Mrs. Phelpa was driving Fish's au tomobile on July 7 and crashed into another machine. Fish took the car to Palmyra and wanted to have it repair- I id Immediately. As tlda could not be j done, he and Mrs. Fish relumed to j Mncedon. lie and Mrs. I'helps left ' there on the trolley at four o'clock and nothing was heard from them until tho tludlng of their bodies. Mrs. Fish and her children have gor.o to the home of, her father in Clll'tou Springs. A---..-v.-l,-.v-vr-(-i HERE'S GREAT CHANCE V 1 run Wttri rnUrl 1 Ll.!1o V it Manchester. Conn. .Tames Mnr.ehrstor, Conn. .Tanie: A Velch has ll hen which lays T freak e?cs once n worlc. They i uro usually of larm: si".e. The lntest one, n doulile eirir. meas ured iVj Inches hi ciri'jnifcr- I ence n ml .'I'.c'.cs around the center. In the center of tic larger eci.wns n simpler one, the sliell of which w;i.s balder than the one outside. f I 1 I Arctic Cold. Beards do not freeze exe f t where the moisture from the breath 's con verted into snow ; but thi color Kbtrids are rendered somewhat torpid by the cold, and dark bear.ls pra dually become lighter, until after a while they seem entirely-chanted In color. Another curious fact about the cold ct the Arctic regions is that when n person stops walking or working in any way whereby the fest get exer- I else, the sole of the foot lusr all seuso of feeling. Iu all extremely cold Iambi, the moisture, exhaled from the body con denses Into small, hard crystals which make quite a bit uf uoise us one wuikj about. FARMINC OUTFIT I Iirge sied Rumicy od j-tdl, v. f l'J plows, separator, ' c t-- i t'.'t-iM' Stannard at outfit, price $:;0m(UM. Mi":.t l.ji. -good lV'idenre in town, : i p,iy difference. Ilox iM't, I.a liraiiiic. i I-IS MONEY ON CITY -PROPERTY -j Jack Oliver has money he will loan on city property on. very ca-v t-'rp-.s. ' UM.'t'.t : FINE FOR RHEUMATISM! Musterole Loosens Up T!io: e i Stiff Joints Drives Oat Tain j You'll know why tlvjusr.fi,'s use Rfu, t terole once you cxptfricxicc thi gtad re- licl it Rives. j Get a iar ot Aice from the nre;t ; druistor. It is a clc.in. white intmit. made with tho oil of tr.ust.ird. liclier i an ll niusturd pls-i m Snd does n,.t u ki.wr! Muster. is reco 't l bv many d vtois and V,'jr'-c.i. e'.i.liOi..i-M -jif aa- used annually lor bnv-,;htns. u hi necx.? astnma, neurai .ij. pi.n.-, r.., u m.ftsiii. lunibaj j. rn -iad ,e.-;t :r.o back or joim J.Viaiivv. re niu.., lirWva, chuekuns, troitcl t' it. i cii:- ot tl cliesiitit olren pie-njnts pti.'i : ; JOc "d COc jars; hrepnal .:c s : jj p. ffi No? f frsttxi.i I BY CALLING MAIN 70 Irou can order from the most staple groceries, fruits and vegetables. PHONE YOUR ORDER EARLY Pi-jces AlwaVS Lowest . ; By ordeilllg from US J'OU are ket offers OUP.. DELIVERY SERVICE COVERS HARRIS PIIONK MAIN 70 AND 77; FARMKIi.S, P,I,ACK 1 !2 IDS NOItTH FIH STKKKT. A( ItdSS TIIK TRACK "United States Fowl Adrntnis tr:.tion Licence No. (;."M."'J.""" 1 1 1 hlMMmmmAm 3 La Grande Mattress Shop And Weaving Works Mattress Making and Repairing, Feather Mat tresses Made, Feather Renovating, Carpet and Fluff Rug Weaving. All Work Called for and Delivered CHAS, EDWARDS, Prop. ONE BLOCK EAST OF FLOUR MILL Pi ION K KKL) j:r I : U ( n - i necu A!il P" HATS vejjiilar prices ?:.on, $:!.", ices $1.00, S1.50, $2.50. THK TOtiCICKY. Y Our lino of lox candy, Hoeffler r Ccnteuniuls, Johnson's chocolates, M i: Donald s chocol:t.tes, Xeison's ch I 'latcs, Voffan's chocolate Also a nice assort nvnl ot home-mane canny, inesi: i?" vou w ill find at tho I'alace Confc tho Pnbice (inft- tioiter l-l7-:tt x r Lalley-Light Economy Lallcy-Light is en invest ment and an economy, not on expense. It furnishes better light and power than you can get otherwise, on a basis of lower cost. It sayes labor for the farmer and his men; for the wife and family. It makes fewer steps in the barn and house. It makes . better work in the hours when daylight is gone. It protects farm property from fire. It increases the value of farm property. Truly, Lalfey-Light is un economy. See it in operation fori'our self. Let us give you in p'.ain figures costs that will prove v.hnt we sny. . Galloway-Ressfo. 131M.1M JEKKKlfSllV ST l;MM.1lt JEKKKlfSlIX ST. M-777. V E C I I. I' I) s r EJl Cublic Accountant, Income Tax Advii lVndlelon. : -. b & ;- complete stock of fancy ; l'J Quality Always I-iign est n;..l, Hint H.arnv getting the bSSt tlllb tu3 in season. THE CITY GROCERY 1 '?r 7' '"i fa .5 An Flonora- ' bSeDis chars (TiP I if: fr ICS) 115 has been ranted 4 ) m a n y industries sry ' '?) from war-time sor- vice. C") They ( thei M duty, gladly did r war - time and, with the i" 3 of peace, i'';) d ?'.) will linn firs W ir rvm. f'"i resent the 'nation ( '0 C) t h r o u e hout the f world in j:eace en- f 7 cieavors, ( .- l r. This will pro institut' : i e rax effec tive ally for any r.r.d all of these indm- (f tries. . ffj m ft- . m if) United States Niticnaf Bank ' ' a) V) P. .j J La a l'.illdt' Ore. O At - & & u m 6 i i i mmi i in hi i 1 i i i A WAOf All will do u. e & O