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STAY 1NJE UROPE o
(BECOMES TEDIOUS
Hills Dep't Store
WASHINGTON, Ularch 6. Naval
aUtimm and yanTt were direOd kyi
Secretary Iianh'1.9 Wednesday to re-
stre to ha forrrr position. 0Pn dis-"'A JKA NDK Uli:it, WHITING
0cvery man who left nonconv'
..... ..I, ..., , t'lttVit ill irf
char;
hatant work to entO a fighting
branch of the Hervire . .
Kver effort will be mifte, r.
Danklti said, to take cure of tfte re
turning veterans without Jeavtngftjob-
HOMK, KXFRKHHftH BKLF IX
UXMISTA KAI1I-K MA X XEIl
Sergt. Homer E. Barbour, one of
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, IIA.MI'KIIS GKIMIAN CLODS
fMNTON, Mann., Mulch 6. With
fully flUU.UOO invented in the four
hulls mniMtuincl hy the (iormnn bo
eieties, tho Turnverein, the Schiller
Voroin, Lichlonstoin Jodjre of lluru
tari nml Washinnlon luiltfc, Hons of
Hermann, in 'thin town, there is much
speculation aiming menilK'ifl ami citi
zens ns to whut is to ho the fiiUfof
this property under national prohibi
tion. The officers of the organization
nrlmit they lire enabled to keep the
ust tlie
Hfintrfni
sdriroVfor
thought! Ul.eco
nomiclfolk. InsteritPjosium
a delicious
cored evera$e
hulls open nml maintain the property
only from the prrjfitH from sales of
bctir.
INCREAHKH BANK Simi'l.US
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FROM ABROAD IN
THE STATE.
legs other men who, orrthe call or me, La crande's BolUlers wio is still
Kvennniit, entered the naval est.o.- ;0veiseas, acquaints his friends here
lihmenf switinl industries. Hejwlln g dell ln Annitftioa, with
asked that anyone who knew of a re- ,lle' continued stay of the American
turning sold er or sailor failing to L- Addiwra In Kurope in a rery expres
'ti.ln his old position under the navyjV8 manner. Ho sent'liome a pro
dipartnient, to report the fact to him Kmm issued . by the "Merry Medical
personally. IMen," who, iwtlli headfuyirtr at
: Khrenbrcltstoin, Germany, are
WILD DrtllltOI.'COM FOUND "barnstorming ovor the intornatlon
A,l.r'l'.Kl,,Me., March . A .wild i circuity France, Belgium, Luxem
douroucoli is at larue in Raccoon burg and Gornmny," la tholr first of.
ly. A predatory little animal whien f0nlve of two hours of "mirth, mus,
has been slayinc barnyard fowl and )c and minstrelsy." On the baek of
niakinir the nii;nt hineous witn a the program Is the following "refln-
sound which is a )mhinatinn of Uie;e,i version" of Silver ThreadB Among
bark of a hyena and the battle cry of the Gold:
a tomcat has been thus "identified by 'Darling,.! am coming back,
John Jay, an amateur naturalist. Now that peace In Kurope nears,
Frightened farmers who have seen silver threads show with the black,
the beast say it is a foot and a haljm be home In sovea years,
long, of (treat courage and can climb j '
trees. The douroucoli theory arous-J'n drop livon you some night.
ing much interest, for the douroucoli 'With my whiskers leng and white.
belongs to lira.il.
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Yes, the war is over, dear.
And we'ro going homo, I bear.
Amendment of Reserve Art Affects
Federal Institutions.
WASHINGTON, March 6. Amend
ment of the federal reserve net by the
congress just udjourncd has resulted
in increasing from !fJ2,7:i:i,!H)0 to $!!,
.1I!8,:M0 the combined surplus of the
twelve federal reserve banks, said a
reserve board statement 'Wednesday.
The law before amendment provid
Littlo progress Ir. the cmo of
James Fiillerton, indicted by the
counts for criminal llbol against the ! l;pose of Uiking part in the rea.l-
Ilnlvnmhv of nrnirmi nfrii-l.iU nnill'"""" ""'""
students, was made Monday.
TAUSSIG TO IIFLI' MAKE
CO.MMICUC.TAL TKKATIKS jHome again with you once more,
. Say by nineteen-twonty-four;
WASHINGTON, March G.-j-Dr. F. Once I thought by now I'd be
W. Taussig, chairman of the tariff .Sailing back across the sea.
commission, hns been directed by the '
president to proceed to Tans for the I Back to rwhere you sit and plrhe,
Hut I m stuck here on the Rhino;
Word has been received this week
of tho death of Ilert Saundnrs in
France, wiillo In action on Novem
ber 4. Mr. Saundors was one of tbo
od that after payment nf expenses nu! ! f I rat boys in Grant county to offor
similar problems.
Kurope at once.
He will leave fur
cotton si:i.i:i) in civil waii
MACON, Cia., March !. For cotton
confiscated in IKliu by the federal gov
ernment a claim for $HS5 has just
lividends one-half of tho net earniriirs his services to his country. Ho Is been adjusted in tiie court of claims
of tho banks should bo paid to thfa son of Mrs. Sabina Saunders of j in Washington, 1). C, and the money
government as a franchise tax, and - IM no creek,
the reniiilninir one-lfalf, up to 10 per
cent nf their paid-in capital, could hv Climbing througii a broken sash; staple
retained by the banks as surplus As,lu a window In an upper story and
ill be paid over to the A '.ex. McDon
aid estate of Fort Valley, .fin. The
was seized jltiring Shermans
You can hear the gang all curse.
War Is hell, but peace is worse.
When the next war comes around
In the front r.inks I'll bo found;
I'll rush In again pell me,
Yes, I will, like (you know well.)
PAROLED- YOUTH TAKES
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SUPERIOR
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Our
We specialize in them. The result : ' Quality, Service.
watchword: "Prices Always Kigni
PHONE YOUR ORDERS. Our delivery service combined
with your ph one makes our store very handy.
HARRIS GROCERY
108 NORTH FIR STREET ACR0SS TBACK
"United States Food Administration License No. G50525a
Just arrived shipment of Bosen
magnetos. Special Ford magnetos
Hamilton Garage, corner Fir and Jef
ferson. 3-5-tf
amended tho law permits the federal falling 14 feet to the ground below
reserve, blinks to retain as surplus iwnnoui injuring nimsnir 10 slien nn
their net earnings, including 'hose for extent ns to awaken from bis sloop
HUH. un to 100 per cent of theil lub-1 ls lhe thrilling stunt pulled off by
scribed capital and 10 per cent thereafter.
Ilio r-yonr-old son' of Mr. and Mrs.
M. C. Uobblna of Cuttago Grovo.
While thorn aro Indications of tho
Chester Thomas, 17 years old, who
was brought up in the juvenile court
March to the Sen," and shipped tojnliput ten days ago and paroled under
New York, sold and the proceeds were j the care of E. Wy Eastman, stole a
placed in the federal treasury. horse last Monday from a man at
I Wisdom s mill, near Elgin, and made
WATFHMFI.ONS IN MIDWINTER his escape. Young Thomas had bee i
FULTON, Mo., March fl. Clarence : sent by Mf. Eastman to work at the
Craighead claims the honor of grow' mill, and he was promised a good job
ing watermelons in Missouri hnt will and good care. The first night he wne
Kodaks, films, kodak supplies of all
kinds, developing and printing prompt
ly done at rf-.l-.i
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ripen in
midwinter. Recently he'
approach of spring in Powder River , br,mnt twn watermelons to town and
Valley, Mow continues to pllo 'P ,,r.lvaht,m lo fricn,l. Mr. Craighead
In the mountains and tho lato rains
also had home grown ripe tomatoes,
mas dinner.
nave pace u so, y, tn oirerinc , st am, p0.l8 for his rhrist.
in h flood wtioa touctnul hy tlie rayfi
-of old Sol. FnrmsrH aro, hifihly'
olah'd over tho prospartB of a wood
inlu'tit inn Koasnn and will put every
iivall.ihlo aero of Kio'iiid ln crops.
Rpiito':c of 1 5 months tit Mc
Noil'ii island was fuijir,&t-d against
Fred V. Hoi. I::, nmr I ii'.t of llnn
uitii, Klamath county convTet'd of
vioIatlniT b capIoo;iKO aot. Miiong
Mm seditious remarks attrihiitrd In
Roldn, who is of lOnglhth descent,
was tho fltuteoient that tho Hihlo
proved tho' Oermnn cuuso, that tho
Tied CroHfl was a graft and that
America was In (ho war nt tho bid
ding of tho munltlon-inakers.
KOOI SHORTAGE MAKES
TOU ISTSA N W ELC'OME
Tomatoes!
Corn!
, WASHINGTON, March G Tho aer
jious food situation in Switzerland and
( the scarcity of coal, resulting in only
; a few trains buing operated, nro given
in cable advices to the stato depart
I ment Wednesday ns reasons for urg
i ing the department to further dincour
j age travel of Americnns in Europo nt
I this time.
OLE HANSON IS NOW
NEW IDOL OF WEST
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'A new idol has appeared on lh
western horizon of this nation. It
In Vrtyur Olo linnnon of Seattle.
WesiiinRton, who proved a man
Mr enough for the pi co he held"
In tho prompt action ho took to
snppretw tho recent strike 'Vhfch
thruatenotl blooduhtd.
there, however, he rigged up a aaddb
and bridle and he and the horse have
not yet been found. Though Lhv
theft occurred last Monday, the mat
ter was not reported to the police here
until last night. Thomas was an Ida
ho youth who rode the bumpers into
La Grande and then got. into trouble
at the Palmer mill.
( IIAIUiK I li Al l) I Kl ;i IS
PATKNTIXU Oil TiAXOS
The Well-Dresse
Woman
Shedding
The
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a of
WASHINGTON, March 6. Argu
ments in proceedings brought to
cancel patents held by the Southern
Pacific company to GOOO acres of
California oil lands, located ln naval
reserve No. 1, which tho government
claims were obtained by fraud, wera
heard Wednesday by tho supreme
court.
lu seeking annulment of the pat
ents tho government alleged that
which oil had not actually been dis
covered on tho lands, they were
known to be mineral in character be
fore patents were Issued. The fed
eral district court sustained the gov
ernment's contentions, but the deci
sion was later reversed by the clr
cult court of appeals.
The postoffice and Erickson's
store at Mulino (were looted Sunday
night, tho robber getting away with
about 135 in cash, a chock and a
watch.
Pota
ocs!
THE 1919
MAXWELL
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m and donning the
garments of peace
(g) many returned
soldiers are seeking
and finding
their particular
places in the com-
merciai ana maus-
At trial world.
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A. & L. Tomatoes, per case ?.-$Ti.!l)'
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Libby's Solid Pack, per case
Thrfe C's, per case
wv.v-t( i.iioe f
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itosaoci ftxTra i any Uprn, per cxe
Homeskad Corn, iervsase
Potatoes, per hundred
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lil n (r.isnliiic lixlii y. Willi iii ( u-ovfiia'. iivcr;iy;iiiy; l!)'(-lt)
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Mawvi ll lii iuu's iiiHic immrv in l"niin fUiit -ijrf'lIu ont'ii "inarkct. than anv otli
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Harness and Implemcnfa Wanted
WANTED ll-imh. two-hottnm plow, with p?"aftachiiieiit,
if imviihle: alio IB'inch mlkey plow; alsnj heavy double har
ness. Drscritw fully and price rverTrticle. Have nearly new
ainsle and double drivinir harnoaiid walking and side hill
plows to trade. What have yvr
KA. WHITE
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La Grande Mattress Shop
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.M.ttres3 Making r.r.l Rtjairing, Feather MiC
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