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S Jif H8HT WaB; ama Ssrgeatlt Gives Graphic DeSCriDtiOn nf thA Hnll ' of War. DIG .BATTLE ASKS SAW IT Inferno of Noise, Confusion and Death '. Barrage and Gas "Gott" With the Germans' but Ameri cana With French. tion of a big battle as It Impressed It- 'eP, me,nM colurs aro to bc eeorated self upon the mind of SergL Lawrence- w,th the Crolx de Guerre the f r;nch .Hopkins of Oxford: war crors. ' ; "They're off 1 . ''This is the day after Thanksgiving. "It sends a thrill through you as We hud a very good dinner yesterday, you hear their cry and rise up and: but would have enjoyed it far better find yourself lu a crowd of men j paus- jut home. Ing a moment to light our pipes or j ''I have been in five active cam cigarettes and we are hurrying for-!paigns and on two great fronts. 1 ward with glistening steel lu our hands i guess that is enough for the old Sec to meet the foe. ond division. This is the division that i "If It were not for these other men the marines are with, so if you look taiovlng along heavily laden to keep : over, some of the old papers you can pace with the barrage one might well see what wet have done. I have see.i stand lu amazement at a wilderness our name in many of thc papers you Suddenly become crowded with sway- havc sont tn mein The observer, lng humanity, bravely attempting to j ... cnn tell you that I am very glad Wt;:!,l''if he urlous;rra- j that it is over. It is no joke to havo The big guns roll like heavy than- Fritz throwing shells at vou about the v., mo imitr otriu uuueiiea uubwer with a bifrk, shells screum, whistle, bowl, according to their moods. r Death Is Everywhere. ' ' ! "The quick staccato couchinc of machine guns goes ou unceasingly all around you and is swallowed up In Its echoes. There Is a spatter of ride bullets as they whlz by you and you wonder that you are untouched. Barbed wire tears our clothes to pieces; mud sticks them together again. Birds fly. nt our feet and from the sky winged airplanes swoop down. Spitllro tanks plod on behind, crushing und crushing; burning, boil ing oil sends flames leaping to the clouds; molten phosphorus is poured Into dugouts. There Is gas to blind and choi:e you. "There are laughs and cries; the laugh of a comrade as he struggles on, cr the cry of another ns ho drops his rllle and n.ts his hand to his heart his lust try. There Is the yell of the hunter,, the Hd-crylng despair . of the hunted. The plank of the mor- tars and the burst of tac bombs odd to the tumult of the storm. j "Stretchor bearers rush to and o, ' running zigzag across the battlefield with their messages. Then I d.-..p Into , a shell hole, the cold sweat ringing off my face, and breuthe. Tuke ity compass out,' get direction ndjusted . and when the barrage lifts I dive Into the tornado again and so on. Ger mans are scarce ; lliey are down below. Moppers up' behind will deal with them. Over broken trenches and torn ground, slipping, falling, sprawling, 1 'go for our objective. As the curtain 1 of fire and smoke misses over the vil lage we make the final spurt forward j States. ' and dig like h 1 "I 'hink tlle l?Pltttl mt ls not fnr Germans Fear Americans. 'f h"e as they were right behind "The noise increases, the guns get s in Luxemburg. The old brigade more angry, shells nnd showers of 'leiWhis way nnd I hope it leads across mud and dirt, are falling all around the pond. , ' ' , you. The devil seems to be raking I "Ths eompaay was the fifth cont ent his furnaces, the sky seems to j puny in the column on the hike, crash down on you, then my head j "One battalion of marines was swims, my arms fall to my sides, my ahead of us. We crossed the river legs grow limp and I drop down as I ! with the first battalion of the Ninth hastily don my gas mask. And when , infantry. This is the only division I open my eyes nnd find myaelf I amj tho marines are in, so when you see on a stretcher and someone with a in the papers the marines mentioned ismlle all over his bronzed face offers t),at mcans that a part of the Second me a cigarette. j Engineers were there, too." j "Yes, we ran the Huns for six days i c0 McDowell passed through La land five nights, and I did not want i , to eat or sleep. I tell -you It was grand, and if I hadn't been gassed I feet like I could still be running them. We started. In on the 24th day of July, my birthday, and, mother, dear, I took no prisoners. ' ' "A German officer said to his men: Why do yon run; is not Gott mlt you?' And the German soldiers an swered: 'Yes, but the Americans are mit the French.' " 1 INVESTS INSURANCE t IN BONDS AMD STAMPS Dnlton, Gn. Left ?10,000 ln a stirance by her son, Amos Har-' din, who died from a wound re al ceived In action in France, Mrs. J Mary E. llardiu turned the en r! tire amount into Liberty bonds i and War gpvlngs stamps. Mrs. n Hardin says she t:d;es tliis melh- T od In helping the .government and to avenge her son. Iter ,(. g husband,' Ell J. Hardin, gnvo his life in order to save a fel- low workman endangered from ? noxious gases in a well. For tlds net Mrs. Hardin received a 4' C irnegle hero medal and a pen- jf sion. . . OFFERS TURKEY FOR COAL I Mini:-.g Mr-nagac Plana Christmas Din nr for Working Force Making 'Lary:rt Qutput j t - . i Green!:-. Tis b. Ciristmai dinner i-!he prise offered by James S. j Amend, district coal me.nauer here for i the working free that produces the tartest amount of coal foreth? month i of NoveMii'-r. Tfc 're are 'jm a'.nint ' O-tlT!'' - e. 0 pew ti. i -Tict. pr'ntiiW promptly f.Cat Si!1. thorn s 1 2-s-st e, dak dep:iTiier,i I Leo McDowell, son of Mr. and Mrs. 10. L. McDowell of La Grande, writes! j "Dear Hither and Mother: I will! 'tell you a little-of where I have been, i i aj in inaieau i merry in June anil jup to July 10. I was in the drive at iSoissons July 18, lit and 21), and on the .St. Mihiel ealienf drive that stinted September 12. I went onto the Cham pagne front October 1 and" stayed there until the 25th, going direct to the Ar gonne and was in the finish tliere when the armistice tvas signed. "Since then we have crossed part of Belgium and ure now in Luxumhurg on the way to the Rhine, but hope to get back to the old U. S.. A. soon. Our hsize of a rain barrel. While we havo been on the move up here we have iseen many released prisoners going toward France. They seemed very glad to get back. I asked one English man how long hp had been in Ger many and her sad) Must six months too denned long'.- mid I ftues he was right." A second letter, dated December IS. is written from Neuwied. Oormniiy: ' "I have arrived on the Rhine river, or the far batik. We err".ed on tho 1 1.1th at Remagen, about fifteen mil.'s below here. "We have traveled 220 miles W- November 17th and tlint lrtonns hiking all the way with' n fu'l pack. I have ;no idea how long the allies-will ocrtinv (Vs tevritarv. I tru'-rs you co'ilil te'l m"ore 'about it. than I could. We had vp, - y good weaether the most of our hike. "Ves. 1 have been at Nnncy, but it was cloe to Tool where I saw Rev. r;ir, It was when we were coming back from the St. Mihiel drive. We .v(M.p aroun,i i,in,ev and Thiacourt, but nnt cloe to Grand Pic. ..The (;e,.ma people are not at nil hsMe t0 the Anierienn troops, but ,, f .,. ,. ,,,ry. .Us. niher way. We nave oeen niueieo in many private houses and they cannot do too I much for us. F.ven thc d:schnvgoi soldiers, of which the country is full as they seem to have sont the most of them home, are the same way. "Rut talk about kids thero arc moTe children to everv house here than in a whole block in the United Granne March Z, 1018, from Camp Lewis, going direct to thence to France. England anil February 10th last day to pay wnter rent without a penalty. 2-7-2t new waxer neater. A fireplace prate made of tnhlns through which water can he circulated to distribute-' heat about a room has been patented by nn Inventor. Observer nris are wIHpIv ron'l. II lliUHs MI,'CT"-A'JWJ't'JT''".J'''"t 'mma''mtmmmc,m.''Tjif'ii-Y,k y 4Don't movi, Daddy you look DAddy certainly does look wants to see objects mors are in the same "fix." combine NLAIf an FAU 'ifcion liirfkucii the ujwer part you can h. Sf.d even, ?hich give thin tht K It i I'TOKS (pronounred nrVr-(op siiuinting or fussing J. j v- Suits and Frocks t?. Sm -MV M !. 4 o-- cX.-J J'"- I t . i : v;- '? r. -,t- r pi ' r I N s ,!1 ' : If q ' c Tl T , ; , X , 1 . i 111 aJLwv " . ujj' Lines tlint give nn effect of sleuilor Cess make the plainest frocks or suits ilileu.soly .Inleivsliiu! to women whose fliMircs have lost Ihat h ri;:i d-foi- nt tr'hute of yoiiih. Uric iin.l quality they are the lirst consideration in the American gellllewoaian'd clothes ufler she hi'. rem lied "ihe age of i!Kiri'lkm" and becomes ceverely ('NiTiiiilnatiug. Site Mill lukl tile simplest aflair in street frock or suit, if It possesses what she requires in those regards, ami tone It nit to a hijJi decree of dis tinction by menus of a bit of m ck wear, a turplece, and a hat that matches It In trlumess. Designers oc cupy tlieni!-i'lvesln working out eloihes that ure to give to the MlHiv long und very graceful lines and their artful achievements compel us to admire them. The suit shown In the picture ahovo ls a case tn point ; liuilt on almost straight lines anil plain even to the exclusion of buttons. The skirt Is nar row nnd a trllle longer than has been the rule In suits. It has barely enough Width to allow h comfortable stride In walking and ls finished with a flve-bieh hem. The coat has a long waistline, indteateil )y u narrow belt made of the cloth and crossed nt the front. It has pockets of (he sort that are not A HI ThexTelephone j ! I j Don't Waito Write j j Home Independent ' Telephone Co. 'BByWiSn't'3g;3 OBSERVER ADVERTISING will bring results. funny peerirg ovar his reading glasses every time he ihan a few feet a-vay. Thousands of men and women Thy to3, wear gla es for near THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS ojie lens. TKrouth the lowvr rnrVi di-lant olie:'lH wioi: eti'i.d ele:i-neK'. apiH - aranee nf beinij rinf;l-vi, ion va?r". ' r a f'rip-toks) renot-r tWtemif tier g'tntln-jat remorini; of jrou ttUm tm witlMi&o nairf. Thiy kit;) ynur s yotini; in loos i.s well an in uful-i th Peate & Son TA'fi RANDK- E YENTXO OBSERVER for r.lature' figures j noticeable, merely slits at each sldo that don't Interfere with any Und which is pursuing its straight-down ward career. The ever present fur col lar and eulTs, In tills purlieuUir In stance, ure of Hudson soul, the collar o;i" of those long convertible uifalrs tliut can be brought up close about the throat. ' Collars by the Way are one of tho means of achieving lcngih of line. Made of the malerlal of the coat or frock or blouse, they creep up about the chill nnd lire fastened b.v buttons at the end of a long , row on I ho gar ment. It Is Impossible not to follow this slim line of buttons that attract and hold tho eye. Panels, vide, and narrow, Hint hang from neck to hem, made their Instant success because of their long lines. For the sake of variety designers huve added nnrrow flouting panels td one piece frocks and have curried out the idea In ninny ways on both frocks and suits.- Even blouses have taken on the distinction of panels that fall from the' shoulder and fnr below the limits of the waist they embellish, -II so funiiy" vision only: youf can read the nnayrxt riV,: 'I heir Fl:rf:ie' are rlear, ammi imjLi. rtumji rtfiii ,iin at uafiiiiuvi- ......0, i", V : The Qfeerverls '.. v I'XilftiM.tC MlkcefUiimus I'Olf SALE (til 1'UADK tlood wheat farm, about COO a? res. In crop. Wilt take La Crando prop erty fh part or full payments Ap ply at once, Den Huty, Hot UJfo- 3-6-4P FOR SALE flood bled whit strw, $11 a ton delivered; one week only. .I'aone li. 0-. 2-titp l'OH SALK See "Mis. Zuber. Real 2-G-f.p estato Is Eoli.g fast. FOK SALE Reasonable, four R. C. ' R. I. Red cockerels. 2S03 North De pot street. Telephone Red !Hfj2. 2-u-S'.p FOR SALE White Leghorn eggs, $1 per setting, 15 in setting. Mrs. John Shaw, La Grande. . 2-1-titp ' EGGS VOU HATCHING From pure bred BufK Wyundottes. Prize win ners. HeaVy layers. Choice table fowls. Twoneps,' eggs $2 and $1 per setting. -Ira R. Aldrieh, 707 Fourth street. . l-20-24t FOR SALEV-Tbat monument you want for iVeolation day is ready for immediate ilelivery. 13. M. M. & G. Co.. 1502 S avenue. 1-17-U THE WALESADIINO MACHINE COMPANY nts n high class, part 1PANY wvits n high class, part resident !iVen, to handle local tory and iislph branch, on mission bnsiV i f'late qtialifien !. Address. 1A. Fisher, Mgr., time territory commission tiona. 508 Alaska Hldg.Afcenttle, Wush, 2-4-7t, ; 1jbD$aT(aoi;sr,T5; ! V l r-oirxt Lacod Why ook Older Than You Aro? It in women tonihiing how many link of atten- tion arc anhg corHcU that Kive a mm mature appear- unce to tlu- fi ufc than it nhould have and (jpiently they ap' pear to be five or ten years old r than they are. It 1h pOHHible to readily im prove that condition If you will ciime to our comet department and Ret a trial fitting of the MODAHT front laced corset. See for yourHelf the youthful and graceful linen this famous cornet will give you. No expenuc to you do not buy uiiIchs there a de cided improvement then you hhould. PAULINE, JLEDERLE Have the label, wtiich stands for fair working conditions, put on your job pintinjc. The Observer is one of the two shops iti town obnervin union principles. Phone Main H7. Hi I thlkiugl sV Lft Grande Mattress Shop And Weaving Vcrks Mattress Kakingyuid tepairinfj, Feather Mat tresses Made, Fealher Eeaovuting, Carpet and " Fluff 'Rug Weaving. i All Work Called for and OelWered CIIAH, I'.DWAKIIS, I'rop. O.VK UI.OCK EAST OF r'l.QUK Mll.t. 1'IIONH KKI) .132 The goods that have made o.ur business a success and 'enabled us to guarantee them to you are i s ii ! i ! I I 9 Charter Oak Ranges, Sewing 'Machines, tire mons Bcls, Kenny Rone Springs, SmiVJi Rugs ' j ft e a Furniture A'fM Ikllt lfT.'L'f.Mlrirtif li AND .y-I-FEjllSON I mm I "Classified A(h! t, , WANTKD G jvomun to assist o Hoiide hospit-2-ti-tf in kitchen, J al.. V.VNTKD Second-hand half-horse motor. Apply A. 0. TNash, quick. . . 2-B-ltp IOST AND FOUND FOUND Red spotted steerbranded J on left houlder. Ear mark crop, swftllow fork, irnderbit yi right ear. H. W. Pirk, Summerville. i-3-5tp LOST 2-ycar-old light 'Rhone heifer, branded conjoint K L on left shoul der, lower crop out of left ear. No tify W. K. Lindsay, Pox 2H, Lu tirande, Ore. 2-1-Otn KOH HUNT FOR REN'l Fir: ni.ihed hnusekeep- Vhino fruck KU. lng rooms. 2-11 f FOR RENT Store room, steam heut ed, good location tor grocery or otlr er business. VhiVp rent and Ion:; lease to light pVlfr. H. C. Lawyer, -l-tr l-mrilino uoiei. FOR RENT- EN'r-liy furnished. Phono I H Hit 2-ll-tf FOR RFNT- - Fin uisliod rooms 8171. .' n-2rtf. liouo Red FOR RENT -nJo $12 up. r,yo i-nscy rooms ftom Adiunrf, Thono 1 1 5 ;.. ' jf- vrrfrT.''..;-.--. ila. (MixliW- is superior to any other front laee corset, lor. .without the HsrUZh features Vio corset can pos sibly be ust as good. It contains tli ina.c;tcr touch of scientific ')iistiW'tion. You do iio siiV'i'il'ife com fort for style VikI you do not sacrifice styl fir comfort when you we, aflfl l A complete line always on hand, priced at $2.50 tip. Mrs. Robt. Pattison Corsetiere Phono Rod :J2'.!1 lies. 1702 Oalc Street. FER S PILLS It IIIEA Ml. A SOlOBVDRLCfilSTStVtliVWlltl'' Patent Heaters, Whitf Hrm(in Mattress, Sin; If Etfchanqe flllnl'tl III ;V V , , . , : I'llNE lU.M'.KM RHICHESf I V lIAUOVI liit.-si I'M. I -r ' V - . t xi ' Professional ' Directory ATTOnKKTS COCHRAN ft BBEHARD Oeo. T. Cochran and Colon l. Eberbard, Attorneys. La GraXde National Jlank Building. R. J. GREEN, Attorney at Law Practice in, all a'.aW) and federal courts. Office La Grande National Bank Builjiig. CRAWFORD ft EAK.IM T. H. ClU rcrd and Robert 8 Bartm, Attor neys a law. Practice to all the courts ot the state and the Unite.) States. Office, West-Jacohson Bliig., rooms 9-10-17, La Grande, Oregoo. , AKC'ItlTKClT 0. hi. MILLER -Arcnltect, room 17, New Foley Bldg. Phone Hed 1S71. PIAXO TI'NKH. JAS.'M. DALY Piano Tuner. Ref erences, Mrs. G. S. Birnie, Mrs. R. J. Green, Mies Miller. Phono Mrs. R. ,1. Kitchen for appointment. Will be in La Grande in May. 2-4-lm,p OSTUOPATHIC. DR. MARGARET INGLE, Osteopathic Fhysician Specialising in disease of women and children. Hours 10 to 12 a. m., 1 to tl p. m., and by ap pointment. Phonos Office Red 1701, residence, Black 1231. 117 New Foley ; building. VKTKIUttART OR. FI W Rll.ny - (liniliinto Voter inirl.Mi Riisolta), nil!) Maillain Av. Plato Stiilllnn Inspeeior ana Injector nf stnett tor Mhlpmout Honm Inilenonneiit - Phone, Hlack 1 : Farmers Po-opoi-fttlve Phona, Mnln 111. KIMX'A I'lO.N'AL RKiMKMliF.lt OOOU1KO COLf.FOE, OoiMllug, Idaho. l'ratloil busi ness courses, rovlew stihjncta, regular culloge .work and sum mer school.' . 12-1 9-tf i Fraternal Directory. J i iTOODMHN OF TIE WOIIU1-U Orande Camp No. lf.il moots evory rirst and third Monday at Eanleu Hall. All vIsltliiH nclKhborB wel come. Dues payable at the off'ee ' ot the clerk, New Foley Dldg., U m., to 6 p. m. J. J. MUnCHISON, C. C ; R. J. KITCHKN. Clark iODHHN WOODMEN OF AMERICA La Urando Camp No. 7708 moets on the first atd third Thursday avcnlnKS of eaeh month la tho K. of P. nail. Visiting neighbors welcome. L, J. MHNHAI.L, V. O. . W. F. ASHMAN, Clork ). E. 8. Hope Chapter No. 13, O. H. ' B. holds stated communications the second and fourth Wednesday ol each n-onth. Visiting menibora cor dially welcomed. 8AD1B E. OIVEN, W. M. UAR7 Jl. WARNlCK.Boo. K. of L. or security Mt. Emily Council, No. 146, meets the second and fourth Monday evening at 8 o'clock at EiiKle hall. Visiting members are welcome , ADIQ HAItlMS, Fin'l. Sea. J. K. FITZGERALD, Pres. 1. F. 4b A. M. La Orunde Lodge No, 41, A. F. ft A. M. holds regular meetings first an 3 third Saturday at 7: HO p. m. Cord'al welcome to all MuDorts. ROUERT 8. EAKIN, W. M. a. c. Williams, sec. F. O. EAGLES, A El! IE NO. 2M. Meet every Friday night, at Englos Hall. Visiting metuliera welcome. Z. LILLY, W. I'. ' A. J. LAHM, See. REBEKAHS-Crystal LoilK SO meets every Tuesday evening In the I. O. O. V. Hall. All vlnltlng mem bers are Invited to attend. ItOSA OLA S3, X (1. LUCIA HALEY. Rec. Sec. L. O. O. M. La Granne Loflltfi No. Hii'). Loyul Outer of Moonti holds roeniar uieetl;.:ii every Wednesday ntitht at 8 p. ni. In liulu Tiall next to Elks' Milt;, ou WaaniiiKton Ave. Vhiituis iilwuys weleome. Duos pay able at Young's Sweets. W. C. HANSEN. Die. IIARIIY SWAItT, Peu. 8. P. O. B. EI.V.8, La Ornnde Ixioge No. 433. Lodge meets each Thurs day evening at 8 o'clock. Home 'j and. clou privileges cheerfully ei--: tended to all Brother Elks. I R. J. GHEE.N, Eialted Ruler. A. B. CHEKKY, . Becretary. HOYAL NBIGIIUORS Iris Camp meets every second Frlin after noon and every fourth Friday even ing, avery nipnth in K P. hall. Alio vltfftlng members cordfnlly wolcoai. WEbiRlErrA OHAIl.ST. Oracle MARY L. WES'S, Recorder. o KNIGHTS OF PT t ITT AD Red 9jrost Lndee No. 27 meets ev.oy Momlu nlst lo Cnstle IU1KK. of P. ftalll A Pythlin welcome to ill vtsltli.g Knlgbf J. L. riOHEHTfON, C.C e.o PW.ILE GREEN. K. of R. A 8. OITOMETRISTS AND JEWELERS I.ir;itAM)E, OKEtMN i t . . I .7z:::::z:: tSRANO":.'"'' m m t m m m fm m m m m soaoO A via is ivied ad w.'ll brtn g rfi.Htiits, O o e 6? o o o So 1 f. .1 ajr Jr-i iO ap. r. I MUM -r--tyr 1 f VmmmmaynmWmVMXrtmmmmmmmmWKMmm , " 8 G i m i ' in' 'l ' . iiataa-aMrawtataw'1' 11