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Vi "0 FCTDAY. FEBRUARY -21, " " la' grant"? EVExryg observer THIiKH ADDRESS TO. ' THE TEACHERS JMtOTKCTION OF, 'ltll.lltKN XKXT Dl TV OF STATU. lliiek to Sihool Drive Is Headed hy Hi Stuie and Comity Superiu tendentK .of Oregon. Mrs. Frnd O. Schllke, of I.a Crumle, slate cliatrman of Child Welfare, Council vf lvfen'se, has ent out thi following address to the tenchera of llio stats; President WIIbod haa said: "Next to duty of doing everything possi ble for the soldiers cat the trout, there could be, it poem to mo, no more patriotic duty than that of protecting the clitldien, who consti tute one-third of our population," The tt-aohers of the nation have responded to every call marie upon them for the service to llio noble men who so gull.inlly Kve tholi services, many or them sacrificing their lives, to inaUa the world safe for democracy. Tho war is over and we nre con frontins our "l-.oxt" duty, which is the protection or the cbildivD. As rait of the great rucorstruitiiii wave sweepina thioiiKh the country, we are asked to see that eevry boy !nd girl between the ages of 9 and Hi. who, for various reasons, left school during the ponod of the war. be returned, and every, effort made 10 adjtmt them to their proper class es. Much license has been granted to children in this time, on account or the need of labor, and now the lure of wiiges will ha a stronK temptation to many or them. f can ill afford to sacrifice the education and health of our rtiture citizens to satisfy tlicso who might profit by their la bor, and unless we meet, the situa tion immediately, some children will bo viol- ting School Attendance laws and many will be violating Child I.ahor laws. Tho returning soldier will also need many of these posi tions. " t B!!EAKVHKKI, rK CAR ej An automobile driven by Mrs. CaJ mile Calrhlna el" this city skidded on the slippery fravAneta ou AdV.nis ave- rtue this marntng ana bumped into the I 'curb at the corner where the Bohnen I ,kamp hardware store stands. Vfrs. I jCnlchina had been driving hr car biv la short time and was unable to nego- Iti,tiate the turn Ht the corner w.th the sttt-ets in the slick condition In which the fresh snow had "placed them. A front wJv?el Vas smashed off the car F' H a - - o f Airre T.NTt TTTWfi' icons ierably les? tiOie than did tffvlbullot ins thnt trance hiui li pK'HM ! InvtM will toui the chorals of pity fiii' j vy ; f. ' If igilar coiifrui- held in tho efgM-iP lVtliiiti W-f. u-;Wf HoVim.- I'snj year heart, to"sed "The TWildcat of Tffi ' ' b k J'i k'j- Anth and earlier -part of the nine- ; Wlame The cm k d.1- I'uris'. at. the Star theaiie. on Sutur-MJjiU M mu tnfenoe!'olol'st fcidiaaliv .a , 1 . r ih. I.;,.; I, ,-.l!rrl .!,! ! 2W. IP Loss snSMui at farm. o teenth centuries. ; , . ' sion of the kaiser hail been solect Thai is probably to be accounted for i to take Paris. The Paris uutliontu-T : , ' . ' . - . 'by the fact that travel and commuiii-1 called upon the dro;ed, apache: j MONEV OX CITY PROPERTY o WASHINGTON, Peb. Sl.AThe firtt cation are muoh mora rapid than in "You have fought us for years, j .i, olive has money i will loan that President Wilson is coming home; the earlier days, before the fast rail'. was the word sent to the underworld. L.. c:,v oroiieMv, -n very easy terms. does not signify that the peace con ! ways and steamships, the telegraph. I "now go and fight the Hermann -for j l-ll-80t rerence is near the end or its delinera- ithe teleptiJTie ar.d- the wireless, and i ranee. tions und conclusions. If the ejjd of'even the airplanes, have beun em- When the apaches hurled Hum- They are just right those hot the conference now in session in.Pnris p.oyed in the diplomatic service. selves on Uernmn bayonets at the drinks ' and chili con carnes, esrha- Silverthorn'si 2-20-: were to be reached tvithin a few wfeks j So there is reason to expect that gates of tbe city and sent the kaiser's ! hides, hot tamalcs, at It would ba contrary to ail precedent, jthe present peaca conference will bcicrack division ye'piug home ! 1 'ols- fountain. t ! and the-front axle was badly twisted for similar conferences in the past ' shorter than its many predecessors ncnt of which approached the present .to which may b added the. hope that FSSEX'OUT OF .CONTEST.' WASHINGTON, ' Feb. 21. Repre sentative, Ejsex, chairman ui the Re publican campaign committee, tonight announced his. withdrawal from the Republican contest for the. speaker jship of the house in the next congress. I H;s action left the rnce between Rep resentatives Mann of Illinois hud Gil : Ictt of Massachusetts. TOMMIES TRIM YANKS' OUTFIT The Yanks were completely snowed ui.iler last mprht hy the Tommias to jthe tune of :t8 to 1, and the Devil I bogs put it over the Blue Devils S7 :to lit in the first basketball games of :the high s-.hnol boys' gymnasium tour 'nament, whkh is being held every' Monday and Thursday evening at 7 o'clock at the Y. M. C, A. The leaser, for the Yanks iieing so completely outclassed was that their best players I were absent. Consequently they now tiail in the rear. The standing of the lieras is ns follows: Pcvil Dogs 11V.., .Elue Devils Ml'.i, Tnmmiis 8, Yiinks 4 ' The Tomm'cs were the greatest, point winners last night. Ted Hciden rt ;ch of that team won the standing . hl-oad jump out of a field of twenty itv o others. His jump was 7 feet 8V4 . in.'hos. Orson Brandt cf the Devil i Dugs was second with a leap of 7 feet 1 2 inches, and Roy Wilson third w th n i jump of 7 feet Hi inches. The Tom n.!es were in the cellar until last night, ; On Monday nijrht the Itlue Devilr, i will play the Tommies and the Devil j bail find tho four teams will try their (skill at climbing an 18-foot rope hand over hand without the aid of feet or legs. conference in stee or.' importance, al most invariably occupied a longer pe riod than has the present great gath critg of the diplomatic representatives of nearly all. the. world. The great congress of Vienna, vvliieh urdertook the task of rearranging the map so ns to look as H did before Napoleon obliterated boundaries will have mora lasting effect MUNICIPAL COAL STORES dam they were led by Collette. If you would see how she saved France as. a second Joan of Arc and if her great sacrifice for the man she ST. LOUIS, Fel(. 20 Eight muni cipal coal selling stations have been opened here. They are in charge of S1 1 employes' of tho nark department. set up new kingdoms, hold its first .coaI is being sold on a cash, und carry session in September, 1814. Six , basis of twenty cents for a bushal of months later, on March 1J, 181fi, Tal-1 eighty pounds. This is the second year lcyrand, the French representative, an-'the city has sold coal to the poor at nounoed that the emperor had escaped I the minimum rate possible. Last from Elba, With, one accord, the mem- Ivear's D"c was sixteen cents a bush el, and the city lost $4000 on the stile of 97,039 bushels. I. W. W. AtilTATOH AliltKSTKl) bers broke into a roar of laughter their work of. months was rendered useless. Disregarding this interrup tion, which ended at Waterloo, when Napoleon, was finally defeated, the te-tal length of the congress of Vien na was from. September, 1814, to June. lSlTf about nine months. Peaee of Utrecht.. The peace of Utrecht, which hrouirht to a close the long war of the Span'sh succession,, was signed after a confer ence lasting from January 29, 1712, to April ti, lYiif, neaiiv uiieen mi'mus 1 iTnitpd States in all. as a result oi me long ne'iinvi- tje3 ations, the belligerents gained noth- j Kpn,,,ij. w.. taken Into custody inc mo than could have been peace- h). c K All(rows. immlgatlon In nbly ceded hy a conference in l.KlS.'gpector In chaise of the district the year in which the war was start- jroiniirisiiig Montana and Idaho, ed. .-Srfnd by Immigration Inspoctor Phil Another notable peace cnTifercnco in imrtwn llo iH uritlsh subject which, nearly all of the nrin-ipal and has boon In the United. States nUTTE. Feb. Joseph Kon- nedy, hr.incli secretary, of the Metal Mine Workers' Industrial union No. HO", I. W. W., ore of the organiza tions that declared n strike of min ers In Butte on February 7, was taken Into custody Wednesday by immigration author!- Lest We Forget rAMILV ORU7t STORK Star Theatre Saturday and Sunday ! that the job for lib- pleted that our boys tbft 1 ones who have re- i turned and those still overseas will be watching our re , - -i, f . e ' -. . . . i LOST BATTALION HERO Mt. .Sterling, Ohio, Is Put on the Map by a Soldier Son. FOL'NO. t US HOME WITH VICE PRESIDENT - JIT. STERLING, 0., Feb. 21. Ue-p-iu-dless of its past, Mt. Sterling iB now on the map not the Ohio map I necessarily, tut the map of the en tire world. Corporal Lowell Holllngs worth, the lad who carried the German command of ''surrender" to Lieutenant-Colonel Whittlesey of the "Lost Battalion," which brought forth; the justly famous reply of "go to hell," resides in Mt, Sterling. Everybody in Mt. Sterling can and will tell you the story. The story of how Corporal Hollingshead, with seven companions, volunteered to penetrate the Hun lines and bring re lief to the "Lost Battalion," the boys ef the !)08th: of how four were killed and the remaining three wounded; of how Hollingshead, though shot through the leg, was sent back by the Huns with the command to surrender; of how he delivered the message to Lieutenant-Colonel Whittlesey and then fainted from loss of Wood and exhaustion and of how Whittlesey tcld the Hons where to go and then stuck it out until relief arrived. Meanwhile Mt, Sterling is impn tiently awaiting tho return of it hero, and what a reception there wil be! - .1 Observer nrls nre Tvhlelv rend. .fifty -7;" 'ft ..v. , ;14 yell's. IH has never applied for 'citl.ens papers, Dcccrding to the ; imiiiigratiiro officials. ' UNDERWORLD filRL BECOMES PRi:SE.T-l).V JOAN OK ARC Prihcilla Dean, as Collette, Leads the Apaches lo Victory Over (iermans. IFuropean powers participated, was I the congress of Ax-l-Chanpollc. i which biwupht to a conclusion the wars of the Austrian succession. The conference was begun on Mnv 18. 1748 and peace was signed in October, 1749. This conference lasted about seven teen months. Convng down to a later dnte, the neace of Camno Forcno, between France and Austria, was signed in October, 1797. the conference having hogtin on April 18, 1797, thus lasting six months. Electricity Speeds Parleys. History shows that few peace con ferences in the past have concluded ihpir work short of six months, while many of them have been strung out girl. ' j over a much longer period. It is I one flayed him with scornful laugh gratifying to note, however, that the tor when he begged her to pose for pence negotiations of later years, in-, him hut, womanlike, she agreed when ciuding those ending the Spanish- j she saw that "Tho Toad," "her man," American war, and the war between was furiously jealous of the stronger. Russia and Japan, have occupied I 'llien enme tno insolent Herman SAT V ,H L ' -r ' u i e . it " ' j V c aifitwii rail tttti ;m i In ' fa Vi b ; 1 V e R-kdr S 1 aVrf One oVA? ikriii:A 9rsni the Seniiiil that our duty as it is clearly outlined before us calls for further effort Let us prepare NOW for the next Liberty Loan. Summon your dol lars together wait ing your country's call in a savings ac count in, this insti' tution. l!. f t it ii 1 1 i iiii i iir i 1i i nil iii via iimntww CJUn v,,i-. olio oni-otr'l-l ollA olow Vlllf. Mrri TTliftll Sh lnVP.S.' can Rovel, a young artist, left his " ( , , , studio in the Latin quarter to go into i she is ti ulv 'The Wildcat of Paris.' See this ama3ing play. It's different from anything you've seen in years with SOME Wildcat. . the depths of the Tuns underworlil for a motlcl. It was surely a hU-hiiu ptiifu.to seek Mmlonrm-like houuty. yet h" found it in Collette. an upache FtndiiiK love. i homo, happi ness and health all came imo tne cxiPOi-iHiioi of tins litile tot two years ago. He was adoi'tod at 'that tune by Vice President, and Mrs. Marshall, a very (rail hoy, half of ttvins. His iijii.c is Morri son .Marshall. aaartifisfirt sstasf nfssffiili rnafn ttf isf t W I ifTir nf Our Walnuts Are the pick of Califor nia's finest Crop PRICE 40c A POUND . Fresh spinach today at, per pound IS Libby's S-oz. Deviled Meats at 2 for 25 New today, Bartlett Pears and Sliced Peaches,' per can 25 . California Grape Fruit at 3 for 2." ALSO LLOYD COMEDY. iirTsiiNWiii'''i'iwBam4anM f United States National Bank La Grande, Ore. 6?) m Mocha and Java Coffee in bulk at, lb. Buckwheat cakes with sausage! Um-m! Moke this wonderful old'time breakfast the easy. Aunt Jemima way! Full line of Karo Syrups Red and blue labels. Oranges according to Bize, dozen (JO Swann's Angel Cakes, each v 25t Today the finest pfied Onions we ever had." Holsum Bread is back to before the war quality. NO EXTRA CHARGE FpR EELIVERY EATTISOM BROTHERS .GR0CEPY ft o Buclrwhcat calces with sausage I Oh, how tliHt combintiin does tempt the pptite on u wintry February morning! . Ferhaps, you've. been" formatting how "powerful good" buckwheat C!i:ca rtally arel. Give yourself a ircfat vmbrrow see what pleasant memory the first taste brings back! JwVooma cf ell sJrf erf hthy out l(r thirfs hickory smoke carling' j upward in thin blue wLnrps skating on the old' pond, coasting dowt Mie big hiliiato drifts ofsnoi fi It's the simplest Ung. in tie world to make buckwheat cakes -if you moke them the easy Aunt Jemima wy ! ' AU you need in n pneknge of Aunt Jemima Buckwheat Flour you add 'nothing but water. Everything necessary to make the b;:,t buck- , wheat etikes you've ever tasted is already miked in the Hour. t Order package of Aunt Jemima Buckwheat, (iii the yellow package) from your grocer ant giveyour hus- lind thi3 wcjhticrful jldHiirij treak fast tomorrow! Aunt Jemima Mills Company, St. Jo.wph, Miia'juri? G a O !) V Ml W,1 "Vse iff tov.ii. Money!" . Am nt JeMiMA. Bijskwh EftT Flour . () Hi f) vVff.l lileml uf bucKlntt. euro tnj wht O .i . O o - - '-- i.i 0 0 0 u m GO ' O Q o s o -e"-"
