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!''
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0
pew
ti. i
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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 !.
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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-
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i", V
: The Qfeerverls
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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
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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
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"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 , , . ,
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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
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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.
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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.
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