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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1919)
00 o e o o. & U GRANDE EVEH1HG OBSERVER An Indep&adent Newapaper Published Dally and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by La C ramie Even ing Observer Publishing Company. BRUCE DENNIS, Publisher. Enttirod at the Pustuffice La Grande Oregon, as Second Class Mall Matter. Address all Communications to Th Observer, 1710 Sixth Street. City and County Official Paper. On Sale in Other Cities Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial News Etand, Portland; Multnomah Hotel News Stand, Portland, Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION' RATES By Carrier Dally, per rnpnlb i ....... . 65c Daily, per three months...' $1.1)5 Daily, per six months in advance J3.75 Daily, per year ia advance $7.50 Daily, single copy By Mnll Dally, per yenr in advance $5.00 Daily, per six months In advance $2.50 Daily, three months 'n tdvance. .$1.25 want to. give up their W'sk the mo ment hc wur i.Povcr. And thug is noon L'oniinK, in the opinion of the lu bor experts, when the available workers will be ritcded1nien and wo men friliko. For the "uncertain qires ent, it is beWer to make place for the returning soUliern by undertaking pub lic works .arid artificially stimulating .industry than to, provide for them by any wholesale turning of womeit out of their jobs. Facts Regarding Army Sickness. 0 O C 0 CP oo 0 wo o " . . ' 9 ' " ' . . o ' .. ; . y' ' 9 : '' . ' TA' OftANofl ' jfr&ilXft obimV7!Zt '""'If- --'m ' ' T)lfosi.Y,' FEBmf AfrV 27l. r w 91 9 , a a T"Z" " ""Io- f 8 PCMSOft GAS T'Jm'' - -rt ' 71 'I INTERWOVEY'I 1 . ' f. ! Hosiery for Men. WW ' i I No Better Made. ' &MSEEimr . JjimJ ' There has Ieon some criticism of the medkal d?art rneitt of the army, htctiue of the hitfh inortitlity from dim-use. Uii'iuestioimlily the sickness n, the training camps hns been n entire of unxioty am! alarm. H 1 wi-ll, 5c!hdWevcr, to keep a proper perspective on the matter. Records show that in our Civil wur tint dhicase death rate in the federal army was fifi per I0no. In the Span- lid per 1001). 1m the bitilv. nor. month 6i Weekly Observer-Star, by mull, per-inh w:ir it wits year In advance $1.50 present war it ha Wen reduced to 17 I per 1000. Ky Country Tla of Yha, f Liberty. m Lmnd One Way to Make Oregon Conspicuous. Furthermore, the hitf majority of d meant.! fatalities have resulted from the influenza epidemic, for whose ntv ajcea the medical rorps, to nay the least, cannot he held whully responMi hlo. Jh'upitc the extreme handicap cauKed 1y the chno living quarters of j the men in the camp, the influenza mortality seems not to have heen much higher than among any similar number of civilian in any smitten onimnnity, with all the comforts and , U'lnulm; ut the 1-aliM Meus In JV1 iTV cnnvenicni'i'S of home treatment. The real surprise, for ni'ist pcnnlo. comes from a comparison or batlP' death rates in the Baine Ihrco wh'.., Senator Walter Pierce was quoted Kor the numbers engaged this war was in a Portland paper as saying in oppo. far more deadly lo Americans than sltion to the road bonding question either of 'the others. In the Kpari.di that he wanted to have this state an war only five men were killed in bat i ! 1 ! J i - 4 s ' -V I II ! " " 1 I II Mil ? v INTEEWOVE Hosiery for Men. No Better Made. Chance never made any great success It is not chance that's responsible for the style', fit and the- wear of Flor- . sheim shoes. It's years and years of knowing how and striving. . You think of the best when you buy clothes. You should think of the best : when buying footwear. We try to carry only the most up-to-date and most satisfactory lines we can secure. That's why we sell J. E. TILT AND FLORSHEIM SHOES This shoe' in a black calf val.; also in mahogany. Priced at .... .$10.00 EFFICIENCY LECTURE Kelail McrclHtiidi-dnK. tic out or every 1000. Jn the Civil war, there were U' deaths per thou Maud; In the present war, U7 per thou sand. . President Khert, with his million marks a year, is one Ceiman who might honestly he called a man of mark. I.'Oeuvre, n Paris newspaper, snyn that over 40 per cent of the Paris an girls want American hushands. Why not choose American bachelors? The United Statea has 10,000,000 unnaturalized aliens. Ik-re are ten million reasons for Americanizatiau M'hoola. exception, nu oasis in the desert of bonded indebtedness being piled up by other states of the union. In view of what is being done over the country for roads if the state of Oregon keeps out of the movement, it will be one way by which the stale would be made conspicuous. A short compilation of reports from other sections of the country shows the trend of the road movement. The annual postoffice appropriation bill, as revised and reported out by the senate postoffice committee pro vidvs for appropriations of $00,000, 000 within the next three yenra for the construction nnd maintenance of roads. To the house hill providing $:t 57 ,7 82,000 the Bonnie added Senator Bitnkhoad's Ml 4 appropriating $1)0, 000,000 this yenr and 75,000,000 for I20 and $75,000,000 for 1921, Kaunas hns under consideration n hard surface program that eventually will cost $00,000,000. This contem plates severnl thousand miles of high way connecting all the market centers and county seats in the state. Th chairman of the state roads commission of Maryland has " an nounced that $(1,000,000 will be spent on the roan's of the state, beginning the end of February, provided theM'Uhher to form dm weather ii favorable. Illinois has nn-;"fo "r vy-H, proved the issue of $('.0,000,000 of bonds to he used in the next five years for the construction of 4S00 miles of good roads. Utah is interested in go ing on wilh work stopped by the war, $1,. 100,000 being available. Greatest of all are the demands for work in New York "tatc, where State llighwny ComnmsuMier Kdwin 5. Uiif- AX AKTinciAIj ICYK I'iiwhc Wan Among Ffint to Adopt New Methods of Sljiht. AnancementH havo been comput ed lo bring la this city, on Tuesday evening at elcht ' o'clock, In the hlph school Auditorium, the noted lectnrn and motion pictures, entitl ed. -Tho TrouhlcH of a Merchant and How to Stop Them." The lec ture and pictures will bring to tho merchant, clerk , and professional niHii, one of the most fascinating stories on retail merchandising nnd store efficiency ever presented. Mr. (i. V.". Hulley will be the lecturer, and by moving pictures nnd stereoptlcon views, will show nnd explain somo of tho latest and best methods on storekeeplng arrangement oT goods, window display, how to wrlto news papor nds and how to get best re sults therefrom and many other In teresting things relating to retail business. The feature of the evening will be HINTS TO CAR DRIVERS Somo I nI-OoIn That Will lie Appre ciated by OuiieiN Who Care Dragging bi it ken cause American iiwilnrfntM In tiiiM'nt liti-i-n norm it hi rv losses every year. When either enter-I gency ir Her vice set has continual contact between lining and drum, it means not only needless consump tion of power and fuel, but exces sive wear on the entire driving mo cha n tain of the car, to say nothing of the damage dono to the brakes and their linings. You can easily learn If your brakes SI llilll All lasts in Tilt or Florsheim shoes. We invite your inspec tion at any times. . . PRICES $4.00 UP TO $12.00 Open Saturday Until . 8:30 V. ,M. WAR FINANCE SHOWS WORLD POWER OF U. S. Victory Liberty Lean Will Clinch America's Position and Prestige one at a time, and turn them -over by hand. If they give forth a rujl)in or scrapping' sound, or if they turn with unusual difficulty, they are dragging. The remedy Ilea In ad justing the bruke 'affected so that the wheels turns easily nnd without friction between baud and drum. At a three-reel Kssanay film, showing I the time see that the brake takes "The Troubles of a Merchant" the mistakes that usally occur In tho av eriiRo store, the Indifference among clerics on account of lack: of proper supervision, bad system, poorly ar ranged stock which resulted In losses and leaks In the business, nnd flnuLly caused the merchant to be come disheartened nnd about to give How are artificial eyes made? liefoie the war tho only country to take up the Industry seriously was Oermany. A few .other countries have "made eyes' notably France, which pro duced ft type made of India-rubber, tho Iris being painted under the piece of rounded glass fixed on the eornws. The J however, was foid to be coii';her.iMy r-horted j Hi ni Ihitf of the glass eye. which will naturally retain Hh hrb;bl im-is ' and uiifinalncss Tor about two e;irs. in making class eves the raw ma- j inispfc'S of rhifmber of 'Conm lei tal consist or cr.si, ghu.s 1 nit-( ;,r,Is f Tn..., M-ichants' - Iiik and thin glass sticks of color ; Hon-, and other business on:;i hit: uiittler. A It nj-1 It of lube Is stt inaiiMMiliili'd over a Ihune tl;;;; ' u built forms at its (Ht inHy. Ileat- up the struggle. The Merchant's shiny In addition to removing all career changed, however, after he ; dirt. A motor cur engine Is exposed! adopted a system that gave him n J tu more severe operating conditions proper check on his goods and mon- than a steam engine. Dirt, road dust ey, rearranged his store and goods! and mud mix with oil, forming a bo that they attracted customers. andUummy mavs. WIiah this mixture tiiUKht his clerks how to become 'of oil arid dirt reaciub working parts moro efficient through being cuurte-it bus the eff". t t, emery. It is det oua nr.d attentive to the trade. The 1 rlmental to magneto, distributor, nnd lecture and pictures bring out many citthunvitor operation and lso ini olher ideas of Interest lo the tiler- pirs the efficiency of the cooling chant, and nr instructive as well as .vstem of tin? engine eventually. rlittn uh;hm. 'I'luvm pictures hav'e been shown hi'toio se-nie of the h-i pest stale ittid nal ton.il coin entbet;, under t tii The Treasury Department m a re cent review of American financial con- t dltions gives somo data which may lire dragging by tho following aim- well make the cynics anC half-hearted pie process. After placing the gears Americans, who' are shaking their In neutral. Jack up the rear wheels, ' heads over tho Victory Liberty Loan, take notice. The figures bring out the latent but tremendous wealth and in vesting power of America. They fol low: A bond mnrket which had less than 300,000 customers two yearB ago had, at the close of 1ft 18, be ween 20,000,000 ' and 2&.000.000 buyeru. ' . This army of American bond buyers absorbed during 1918 alone $11,165,- : rG5,8G0 worth of Liberty Bonds bil- , lions, not millions, mind you. r'or the loss-than-two-year war pe rtod In Its entirety the American pub-1 lie bought $16,974,39.Sj0 in Liberty ! Bonds. And despite all this, right now bond ; dealers report a lively demand for all ' aorta of municipal, school and Indus-1 trial securities such a lively demand that those dealers are looking about the country for new Issues to market. All this has one meaning. The Vic? tory Liberty Loan ia nn assured suc cess. The American people are going ! to absorb this last Liberty Loan. They are Rolng to prove that the patriotism that brought a $l.000.ao0.t00 over subscription In the Fourth Loan was a solid patriotism the kind that- sticks lo the end; not the "hurnih" kind that ilicT-.ers to sordid cni 1-m when the bind stops playln:; and the euns cool. MOt'XTAIN I.IOTTKIt ItO.XF'H. In the Alps there i ne letter box at an elevation of nearly ten thou sand feet above the sea level from which there are collections four time a day. Thei'e are several let ter receptacles' . at on elevation be tween six thousand and seven thous and feet. Ohio State Journal. Fourth Lil-orty loan bonds are ready for delivery. United States National bank. 2-21-tf . .j. .? ? .T. .J, -T, CECIL COS FEU Public Accountant. J Income Tax Adviser 4 til I Main St., FcndtUon, Oregon hold firmly, when In operation .Must Ito Kept Clean. Too frequently motorists are sat isfied t keep thuir engine s free from carbon, but do not attempt to keep tho exterior of their power plants clean.. They should take a lea son from the steam engineers who keep their machinery bright and tho nelii !.i i-hest fy sees I ho need nf a vnv expenditure !' " " 11 n " "'niper uure me iouiiil 'no hi mis otun oeenioctt Opiiieseent in niMitioii to the $7:,0t)0,nim appro priiition noy being ued. (hio is to spend mom than a inillieii In thlrly ncvcn mih'H of stMe aid vo.uls. Keeping Women in Their Jobs. and ee; tnai or ihe e e. Thru, by i of the rtdur thread like Mil! i i lite "white e ,tis or the skilful u.se :.tlrl;s, in a kind of icle nf figure eights. There is imuli siyiiifi.aute iti the statement of Ur. lleorge Kirrlnvcy, New Voik state threetor of llie federal emplovment servitic. tliat he cxiteet:. hs thnn li pw ei-nt of the woimn w ho have held positions during' tin war to loe them nov ih: ihe war in over. He is ipioted as saying: "We arc not advising employers to release their women workers. We want them'io make mom fur soldiers, but at the same time 'to retain its many of their pieM'iit workers as pos Pible." This looks like a Miund pdi y. There .arc inanv case, of euise, hetea WDinan ought togive way In a relum ing soldier--'nrt instance, where, lb woman hns defini ly taken some sol dier's jnh with the iindnlandiiig that Fhe win a substitute, and that the jm should be his ngati nn his titutit. Hut it would be nu uniiinuHf l1'"'! I : latter the lib; is formed. A deft tomh of blak in the center and the pupil rcvenh, Ih-elf, All thin time the ar- liMtn's eves haveMjeen intently wateh jlnt; the hirudins oi' llie tadial Unh- i of the iris om he oer the flume of h t ions, ami h tve received com iiifiitlai iim and ei.tl-M Meinet . The b-et ore and phi u i es h . e been s.'enied tli!Oii';'i the enu'-1'';V of of the N.ilhui.il Ca.iit lU';:utcr Com p:iny, of Diyton, Ohio Tbe-r vi'I lie ini hiii'( o f-ir admi: d'Mi, in (1 eiy mert h:i:it nnd eh rk in the ci' will, no doubt. I.'ik i,dvan1n::e of Ii'" o)ipui lunity otl'ered and intend. Tl-li;en lUdis Wlieii Cnsteady 1 iien a cr will 0'U bold tho road e. n at iihi- sate hjh-ch .nnd requires co' Mant j"i;lini; of tlu; steering wheel to i. ,) jt traveling in a -HMi! ht Hit.-, it is generally due to 1oo.seiM- in the st,"rin pear. To' remedy this, the frnnt wheels should! be jiie.( l up and testefl for loos: j Ik- i i by I. thing hold of the upjcr it ml lower spokes and shaking. If . t!u e Is precept ible piny, the adjust-! i .. corns bhould be listened. Thei im; l:m)( kU sidndle bearirj-'s i: ml dnii: link connect ins may lie tested for play In a similar manner j Thm the sdrr'tig mar itself should. Some People Lose Money By concealing it about their person; by stowing it away in mugs, jugs and jars; by sewing it up in skirts and ticks; by tucking it away under couches and carpets, in cupboards and bureau drawers. These are some of the ways by which people lose their money, and sometimes their lives. Every person who is desirous of laying aside something for a "Rainy Day" should open an account with our bank. . . LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK Member Fedora! Reserve System "If you u fit Id know, llie vnluo of money go and try to borrow souim; for lie that goes- borrowing goes a-sor-rowing." Poor Hl.-hard. Getting the Thrift hahit Is simply nritter of buying your first striinp. Try it. Stevo Urodle took a chance. SM M'l l TOO I I, vr km; cakk IMMHilt I ION Al Ti:it TIIK V.I I Stutlsiles of 1 m hi rV, rati' ilished bv the federil den:trnue'-,t of lute's the bulbiior nnd tho bure.nt of immic rat inn lamp, for upon Lni:iii soimUes. Dmini: the the ctn reel variathm of t enipei at mo i u r mil, i.,. . in, ;ntn thiw nnnirv lerji.-ed steadily and rapidly, be te-ied by turniim Ihe wheel slow ly and watching th diop arm. If tho wheel moves an appreciable dis 5ust pub-jt.uico belt. re the arm is affected) While Motion i I nscioua plained. catling w!!h her h i!d was t,i en a cuke. In ecsiaey "lh. I just love mother a piece of she- ex-. chocolate cerylhlnn ilepeads. I'resetily the ptociss has re t-u;e at which tho htilh formation ' iched i emu potent studenls of tho quest ion is haimed by concent ratltiK the t la m n u poa "hat jot t ton of It near oM to the tube Kirst it assumes the shape someuh.it resemdiug a small mushroom with a long stem. Then the Jalt,r Is melted oil ;iud the aen- eiu, lotnutuon ao.i ituenor ui u.o ,hilt during this period the eye hear Ihe app.aiane of a shell ...i.i, Wll. r.viche.l espcetcd It would. In the two months of July and August. IM1S, only ir. Oon, i-.i ried. as a.nr.st PO.Otiil feu the same months in I'.ilil. I'roni April I, 1 f I T . to September :i0. :i total of Ii$,;iti2 r.trived at and l-t.llTtt, departed from our' pots, so lowest wit It e ilie.itis i ettted we;i: er it u 1 ti p.tits thickened by f special lottb to foi III a pat irranueinettt, .euahhtig the to coniiol the eve and to ! general, in itii'itde tti insist that hen .htt t ,b t.,b. i.t ;bt t.. .ruf K,ils . . ' . .tiuisln'tl. tl the men merely became tney arcowo inovw it in pei feet unison with the action nf ihe real one. Ity tliis n.eans the eye is com plete with the eeeptton of the corrtea and ttte eiy fine eius (to he nb-serw-d jn inoit 1i.iuti.il eyesl. TUe former Vonshu of a sKtllfullT of eb'itr lass, nnd the pot on with tiny threads imilar to that used tu the tti.- The eve a r.o ihiii: liuished. llie t,i.Mittiirn h: ;n ut half ;n hour. - .ln ak- llte'e is 'phiy in the lower end of th near which must be taken up by iul Jum ments provided. There should be just a trifle of play In the steer' ing wheel to prevent stiffness. .ohllng a Skid. When eiporiencod motorists foci ihe tetr wheels of their cars skid dirt sideways, they don't apply the brakes o- open the trottle. They t row off t ho clutch and turn the freiit wheels t lie v. ay the car is skidding, letting tho driving wheels turn slowly as possible. When driWtig on a wet road without non- ln the last four years the new ur-;sktd chains, it is advisable to keep rivals came ilmo:it entirely front' one pair of wheels on rough pave (iteat lt 1 1 a fit. Ireland. Italy nnd the. ments or dnt wherever .possible, Scandinavian countries. Kconoiplc j ,- , . - , and mlltary condiU-uli In Kurope KI.Ol'K KKKrS 1" W TKR lurally enough account ior this fact. Hut, while th past cap h v plained without difficulty, the futur of the tide of mUraiion is mat ter of much anteT nnd icnlstUni. What ill hapi'n to hum;''1 Ion after the t-ne treity ta ined and shipiung is ft eeil from r-4trlctlon.t? Wilt (he VlA'.td SlU he tlirtMteil ed with a huitin flinij, a inant frar. Will it i t morr winsers tfisu it iU tr u.Kt. n frlmit In tettis h.lion A.ltls.'Me ti teafii Imjni(r.i- cake! It Is nwTully nice." "t'htrtta." her mother eorrocted, "you do nnt love cake, yon like It. Nice is not the proper word in that eon nee t ion, .mil 'awfully is absurd. You should have u;-.ed 'very pood.' 'Oh,' and 'just' are red u nil art, aii(i should have been omitted. Now- say the sentence correctly " Ohtiita, who was used to such cor rections, said "meekly, "I liko choco I'te cake; it is very good. She seemed so miserable, how ever, that the html ess, came to her rescue with "What Is the matter, dear? You said It quite "irrsetly." "Yes. I know." the child replied, "but it sounded as though I was talk ing about bread." Everybody's Mngazine. Ladies bring, vour hudiand to jw ll i a widely known fact among ("For Husbands Only" at the Arcade s-ilota that flour will not only float Wednesday and Thumb. 8-24-41 atter unnieision m aea water, bul 1 uffr very little damage. To a seer- Our offic will 1 nuintaiw.l h ta.n the a.-tual daniag a baker ia j u ms ,0 the ttort..a r!lillfr t e outh Vlxlii fubmvi acd a ta ;of flour in tt.f iicean and left it in tae i water silly-seven hours. A it-iunj ei(ht nev-rsary to sink st150 yiiind batf, which iulJ rt tipivtrt td 71 pnumls wti tep of the waitr. it otiir3td. or fialf ita own gt. like to have all who f.fe n,rifi t- xikJ c4tW Ivfbre Mh ilth RuU Co. Adv. 2 ' Vitmet-n yeTow dent, .Tlima, ; w -. . jm - nam ' e it r c i I ' o rO a ' it c i . . . . .... . Tor r. h IB r ti wrtirui. a iifiuiii iif - i a,i unVn.at.lo r.Rl.t to iH-onon.ic .,,,.! . . o .. u,iiiit Vfaid ! ''. 1 - 'urJ , ' ' An ,j . .mo.Ua,l !! ) V J" . .! ' r with mn. It only fair to thf.S1 KI.!H N. l'.K - tl,tk-,a , I,,,, v .. .d f r uprnil Imr.I- ,flil'r ,"''' ,,,',M ,? iw'''ls of ,1- Cran.le o " ,'-- p i l" to give them their chance. And it gwau well--wrliiw tl.ey o.loh t Krutlon K..ltr for two or litre.- K! '"y C'U'. t Uf nd waste ' mn I ,1 urcly best for the ..munity a. u.ler..,1n,-.h,,e Kt.t wta. n.arry trt.-l(,ilea,laUy .. i '' " !.fc,' tSh,.p vo.. w,,t e.B.lvTtV O 'r., A in the lonK r. that emph " " -"'"". et " " ami fre.h the Im-,1 ,.e 1 d,oul.l he determined by the o ! I ..7 "jr'T". .na V..AWKat ifSctu! y. . ll ie.rf y , . I worker r.lSier than by,, a..., ' .. . ' fi W 1 , " Y.. . . .. ' , :!... it . r ?- - 0 ........ .Miij n-MiHic,,iu,,jt)t5,. I.. ... wii(l(f iei mnruiv ii, ii.ituii(fitt w-rvree will no new in ic.naf r n iS' s whole, nbili4vif t'n thc Oorier-. fex : ost of the women who lvc.ricn to j-eonomh' inclefiniloneo throtiprh op portuiiilies alQrrdcd by tliwaPdu not i.tv .....ii... l'J... i-... ... 1... ...... te. . to. i ' '."'rJWMWf.r r ... I nil. ..!.. r'uiii.Li m, irili.ll. n'li.ini w loved. U.M.ii aifii ni.tltu-.l L.i ntnifh...- v.llu.'A niori. ttftin ft (AiH. i...M.t Tor id doiuir. (3iiiiiii-l(r.MA'ln.ilh ..f ...i.r.lti.u (4,.t'M will .Mn.lH..,l tltfinfrt. ! .ii.k.Aillli ..nriilttpn Ifnl'af.i.rnnfll. ' this city ha, .-eiiiiireti-d:h:r!;ed ito In the rnunty court ft tt.iltno All tueml.'.-'ia an) friends CI t with biKOiny. lib county. U-hureh are lnvit..fc ;o tkisei vlo ocg jviore or tig JL-aivci Yon Love Out there, where the narrow- . in road disappears in the sky line,are"mystery mountains,". lon winding canyons, tumb ling enters and brpad valleys of fcolden fruit that you have never seen. . Why not o this year. Trawl over nature's- payround vith a . Harley-Davidson TKl choice of tha outdoor man turdy. dopenJabl, Blway.? ready to fco one mile or five liundrcti? Any road is a ooJ read to a Har!' Davidson lon mule, rceaa only liltasant minute. s Talktd Abit$" a lta?eSe4v?&oQ Mcfe f f AMI tY d(BUQ STOOIg t 'Is 0.n a e ,Q p rgg o o cN vit- pe,. lass lid rop. Q ; 8 o e O 0