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Fit are Injured
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SQUIRF.HL SEASON IS HERE
G'nai'aiitecd s'juii rel poison and plenty ol'stvycli
nine, at !
Putman's Drug Store
The ecaM Store
BUTLI'S SJ
1)17 NORTH Kill ST.
fllftllllliNlllllllla
The Clothes We Clean,
Press and Repair Rep
resent Painstaking Effort.
Our .work must he so well done
it will please the erit ie.
That's Work Well Done
May We Do It For You?
Wilson Bros. Tailors
Ln Grande Mattress "Shop
And Weaving Works
Mattress Making and Repairhi,, Feather Mat
tw.sses Jitide. Featljer Renov:linjj, Carpet and
Fluff Rug Weaving.
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All V'rk ill.-l for and IMi.fr.d i fit S, rpWAIMIS, l'uv
ONE BLOCK EAST OV Kt.Ol It Mil l. riluNK K1H 1 ::
lor a Bad cold. ' '
Q Take l'h:iiibeilain' CoukR llentcdy.
" J,U lm lofx the test iO time anil 9a?i(
O. il'jMnM upon. mlPo
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Front luee corsets. They Arc sold
and fitted by a trained eorsetiere
whose service costs you nothing
extra, (lossard Coi'sets meet all
the. refiiii'(!iients from tlie slatid-'
)oint of iiality, comfort, hygi
ene and style, (lossard Corsets
are seasonably priced at . y
$3.00, $3.50, $4.50, $6.50 to $j.2;'00
Hill's Department
Store
REAL HOME HAKLNfi
of the kind lhat we do In rare.
Our vnrfely of delicious
viands with the genuine
home-made flavor leaves
nothing to he desired.
I IF WE DO YOUR HAKINt;
you can have something dif
ferent and always fresh ev
ery day without any of (I e
hnther, nnnoyniue and woi'a
yourself. ' . ( ,
Order here indny.-' "
BAKERY
JUST ACKOKS THE TIIACK
Not a suit, skirt or overcoat leaves
this place without our knowing thai
it is 0. K.
that j
C,.'':iiiiiig, Pressing and ILtt Elock
tg. JNew 'Foley Bklg., La Ginde, Ore.
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PROGRESS
SB MAE
SATISFACTION FArf.KS.WIt IIV
Y. M. C. A. fAMPAICNERH
Ouluide Conimltleeii Urged to Inrrrtthe
Aclivitir and Olijortiye F.xpn-t.
td Reachrd Saturday.
The work in the Y. M. C. A. local
.eumpniK'i for funda to meet the op
erating expenses of the "Y" building
ia thawing near to completion this
wfck, uL't'ortiinK to (j. 1 4, Lurisoii, who
chairman of the finance coniniitlee.
.lr. J.nriKon stated today that if the
U'itms 'Working in the' outside district
complete their canvass immediately,
the objective- of the campaign will
i easily bu reached by Saturday.
! The canvass ' is being conducted
through the ninety-one districts into
'which the city was divided for war
i work, and while Home obstacles have
been met, mostly in the way of secur
ing a sufficient number of workers,
the guttural progress of the campaign
U very satisfactory.
A meeting of the Y. M. C. A. board
(nf directors will be held this evening,
to hear the reports the various team
captains have to make.
L,r:irHi is captured.
LONDON, March 12. German gov
ernment troops have captured Leip
zig, according to nn Exchange Tele
graph dispatch received from Zurich
this afternoon.
GOOD FEELING
IN GRAND FLEET
I
! lYsH.ige of Friendship llxrliauged
' Itoluecii Aittrrlcaii and Ui-ilisli .
of Ihe Ken.
I.ON'DON. Mnri'li 12. Offlcm'B
.mil rii.in of llm (Inillil Flunt iiiIhk
llii'ir cvimiiKicw of tho Auuuli-an lint
lliwhlii siniiulrnii which ahuml Ihn
ir MiKil or t lit ihiilnh navy. The
li'Xt junt mailo nubile or the nnw
mui's i x. liiiiined ijy Uio two lorcii
wlion the Aniciii'j.i shllm . (lunarti'd
l)IH
moor 1. allows bow mIi-oiik waa
the triondsbii) belwem them
As Iht!- American dreudnauhts
sl.'aiiied-uw.iy, the llrltlsh coninian-diM-ht-chier
uigiiiilled: ...
i '.'Ytuin '. oomrad'-'B of 1-h.n , Grand
: Mmi iriiHnmj .wtr . i-piww.We
-H uivr this -Ih- only temporary, and
that the Jntercluins. of squadrons
from the two gro.it fleets of the An-
(gbi-axon race may lie repeated.
; Vi wish you goodhy. good luck, and
lhat you will, have a K'hhI tiuio and
come back soon."
In reply came tho following:
j " Vourfriondly and brotherly slu-
I rial of Cod-speed l:i deeply Jippreci
ated by the officers and men of
your .Sixth .Datllo Squadron. We
will never forum the hospitality,
which luw niado us feeT a part of
your big family, tuv.l wo Intend to
maintain that relation for all. time
We jtll liopo to Serve under your
coumiand."
Tho use of tho word "your" was
lost upon no one In the Grand Fleet,
Iwmt of all Admiralty Uealty.
Another message was Immediately
sent:
"This Is Indicited of the inliiiml
brotherly unity mid sympathy which
exists on both sided of that greatest
(eeiiii hlghwiiy, the Atlantic, and. as
It Is siuit Joined by hind, is kept
v., rm irt id allvo largely, by men of
1 1 he sa."
'io which the mtiican squadron
Hirtde answor:
"The ofllcers and men of the
SKth ' liatthMilp Siiuadron appre-
i.ite more th ji can be expiated the
ntvii -ending hospitality of the tiffi
i.'is and men of the (Irand Elect.
We leave with close recollection or
our h:inp stay In tr'tese .waters, a ul
w i( h Impe that e m i. v. soon retiHu
It ' , r i i hip Hi it " pawn
tip anui'f.iit us.
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Tin
Kill...
riip.il chiiri-ll ronl.1 lloili..-
s 1,1 s l.tir.T.TU tin- tin.
f ll:i i'li'r,v;:vim.l tlirnui:li
li.'iis'o.i. fnnil. Tliln va .
111 trw n yi-a
pr .li" ti.'-n i
I'm- i-liiil.-li
III." JIIMllDlll (if (III- IIS-.1-.S1IHMIIS Piliil
ilil'-ll'i' lii;nl liy rhlllrh.K I ll r. Ill jli
."II lll i,i;iiir,.y .: I !. ,1,,.;,. f nt,
In. i ii'.H:. i.l i.p. i:ilii a Jiinl imiiIi-iI.
.M.'iH ll S' M'1, sn-ii-laiy anil ma; a
nl 'Mi,' rliiii.-li p.-nsuin Itdnl, nn
in.ililr.it ll:at HiIm loli.l of fj.im,-
.7.7''. was ! 1 ' - or i-i-iil. nf nil
l .. .il. I.- it- h... Mni'lil i pjvalili- (u th.-it.'i'i-i
of ' l:iti,-op..l r! jyi-ymfn In
I lhi. l'iilli-( Slali-s a:iJ "foloii ii mis-
i-.ii n ('"I.l S -Mn an. I o- i--ti.ill
" ' ' il! .ihi i lil.-ll Is llio
. . --in, nt i. no. voulil annum! lo
ft. lH"l..for I ho tV4i .;,ir poiloil.
I In- iliur.1? immi 'ul'l lllll.l ll,.l',;l
oln-riiloii .,n Ma-i 1. l',H7. vkilli
SV7U'. I. nil r;ii,il ill i o:lnp.ilrll for
r,...ii,l,liiiii i,, i;.i.il,.,,tl.l,.i t!:iniO;l
."'' IMI'l'illi'l H-Utli-IOil IhliMU.IlOul
tho I nl!,.,l St .in ami foroij-.a nii-i.
oi. nir f;..;.l-i. an ipoio than. 7..lli"i
4 ' .T y." 1 on w tiro r-rntoi-t.-.l ,y ,m
n nV-s", it.ilii nlliru- mrrs
an. I .. h-Hts fo-ihotr itlow.Si.aT;.
i.rn'u n . . , : 9 e . q
notl, 4 wil'h !i Jnt hoon
i'"t lo all tif.-ul.iiituH.rof tho t-liuli
iu tho I'pil.'J SMIos. .f. Siiio
pohm il out iKit tll- alii ilintpye, ll
ini.il ar.iiiU ll. l fiinilimko it ono
Ajllilir llOKoW lr,M. IK-nnIlM
k it.i poJ lona ol lli.y.ul '.ilkn '
8. OUGHBOYS LIKlf
Itfofts OF LA GRANDE
(Continued Prom I'ai' 1.)
&
rgicln:3, where they itot -teach the
men, Thre wi- Siie oX thi j
then In (J any hesfi.ir.ey about e&t
or tcSiklng the ISM coffee and
ehoeolate that w.ts theirs for tlio
taking. Jloyn IJUe (he Hand
The ..soldiers word appreciative of
(he irHnfo of tho band. I-a
(Inimlo was the f i k t plaee since
they ai Hived In New Yoik, they
said, where music wiiu provided to
cheer Hum on thdr way, although
they AcUu'ed they h.:d been treated
royally till along the route. Tho
men wert mainly from the 1 1st di
vision, with (ioiiia frifiii tho- second
division, and a few Company M men,
of tho old Oregon Third were also
on buanl. Kvery mau on the' train
had been wounded, and one of
them, a Shuttle num. wore a dlH-
tlnuinhod servico .mis. They wen?
iich -r
all a fine, clean loiAlu
men, and th'y Boon mli'led freely
with tho crowd, xhlliitl;i souvenir
of their life nl the frmit, either in
tho shape'nf wounds or of trophies
ut the fight. One ihhii kui.wn hero
wus Carl Ackerman. who va In La
I ' - I .. .... n nvl.,nln U1IO1 fftllininV
JKllllli; UO r"""' n n
M, whon th it unit was tatIonod
hero, and who received promotion
to tho runk tf soreant-mujor dur
ing his period of sorvtao overseas.
Ilnive Deed Won IK H. C.
The wearer of tin distlnuRuished
servico ei os.i was Sergeant Nat
Hinltli, of Heittlo. Tellliig of the in-
ident which won l lm the decora
tion, he said that he was one of
party of six men who raided a
German trench and c;une out with
three maehlno guns and nineteen
prisoners. Four of tho prisoners
wore officers. Tho lieutonant who
conducted tho raidhif.; party pushed
im ahead of his men, farther than
ho had boon ordered to go, and came
back badly scratched up. Hergt.
rinilth, himself, was severely wound
ed iu tho scrap. The lieutoant was.
also awarded tho cross, but he was
killed later and Sorm. Smith is the
only man In his cuiniany who weaiu
(lio deeiiratlon. . .
II.ii.t M.ill Ahoaid ,
V. II. Uluipol, of lli'iner. was oni,
of Mm men Totiirnlnii on tho Iniln
Ho had served
.Ulvbdon.
wilb tlie Suimlilnii
A Ua (Irande boy wan 1-opnrtcd to
iie on tho train, but Iris identily
Cotild not be- discovered. If l her,
was one he likely hied hlmseir ofr
t iiultit KjMit with sweetheart or wilh
i elatives, not concerned with niak
mis' his presence generally known.
Speechless From CIhn
There were a few pitable enses of
efi'mv Itlen on tho train. They were'er Incident of the horrors of tho at
men, some of them, who scenuMl to.
be in the best of.lie.iUh, and tfjout:h
exceed! up I. lad 'to be hntiiw iluMn
t liey !ould not voice their pleasure.
Huh had mi do thim dumb.
After a stay hero of about a half
hour, the order w.ia given the men
to get aboard again, i: ltd then with
the end of their long bomoward Jour
ney In si;;ht. they left La II ramie, be
hind. That they wen pleased with
t ht'ir reception hero vau not
ceded. As the triin left, one m;n
shouted: "Si'.y.eouM- you get a u
turned soldier a Job in this town?
I'd (ike to come b ick."
The homes of nrtst of tho men rp
the tnil n were In Washington yiid
i:i tho western pnrt of this statT
Fourth Liberty loan bonts i
for delivery. United State
bank.
SPECIAL
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13 ARMY0MASCSTf .
Wt-ais Wounds S.rlpea and itvIco ,
K?fijn- and Ts tmitleI to tho
J)is(inction.
I'ARIS, March lii. A youngster
,of 10 created a ftem.fUion - In th
reading jooin of tho Knights of Col
ItimbuH Club u Varls recently by
iupftaailtiK before" th ' ns:iilttrrl
Yankee kgMM-h sailed 'in the luil -
form pi Jin American marine, with
two wotmd Biripes and tree service
stripes oa his sleovcs.
More than u y?ar ago sfmift the
marines weru Htviiji:ed lii a littio
Erench vfllagn when a litte Ilelgian t
boy came to their camp, lie was r
ceived with open nrinst mid whoa
he told them the story, of how his
mother and rattier, nau passed away,
they adopted him tin tlie mascot of
the regiment. Ju:ui Aloyoaux hafi
' ',won witli ln0 il:rlucs evory mo
IN Hill HlllCH lli:il liiiy WllUIi' tuo illllO
refugee, hungry and lonesome
reached the camp.
During two engagements the little
IlolKfan hoy was wounded, nnd one
of his little Iokh is crippled. lift
v.'alks with a limp, btit he always
l,,,. it,., ...tit ann.nllmn l.n
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rtnrn,. ni,,.
the corporal. Tho corporal adopt
ed the youngster, and oon ho' was
loved by every member of tho 13th
regiment. Ho Is a clever youngster
jund ln tho p.iBt yt ftr h(lg ienrned
much of the ways of tho Americans
A Knight of Columbus secretary
gave toe little soldlei some candy,
and plied the refuses with u,u?stiona.
"Me no Francals, me Helgo,' said
the younster. "Me like Ameticaine.
Sposo Corporil say, me go to Amer
ican wilh la regiment. Me no talk
boaeoup Anglias. Mq understand
beac-otip." Frr.iii head to foot tho
young Ilelgian was garbed In tho
uniform of Marines. On his ;u
lie carried a Utile rain' coat, and ho
proudly displayed I he numerals
which allowed that he was a mem
ber of the g.ill int i::th.
One of tho young men at the
Kninhls of Ciiliimliiia elub nakeil him
L.iy , ot have Bcn;f':H!t 's
!i,.iK,s. ('ri,al n- lliaku inn r.'in
i nlform ,low fr nrnnicnade. Wlion
. ... O1111..lmi0 I110 wear- niTi-eatif;-
L uif Tl(. uin boss. Corpnr il. My :
ladder a;l.d mod-lei' mort . nnv:. i
I'lii poral ho fadder lo inc. Will n
to America with Marines.' . ;
There we're t.oirs fn the eyes oT ;
many of the sildier boys w
ratheted at th Kni'-htr. of Coliini-1
bus club. They" had bec.n throuirb j
much, but this little flmiic' with;
the two wound stripes I'lid the'
I warped limb pave thenujust
lacks in Fiance nnd Ilejglum.
LI tie Jean Mnyoiuix will go to
the rnrred --9tntn with his corpora
;ind marines. Tlie eayita-tn loves me
little youngster. And every man in
the regiment would fiht. for tin f
Belgian boy who htyi Jimrr" S '
love, and who ha:? learned to Jrtfmv ;
tho American - soldier as hyrea'lly '
(s. X
NOW IS TIIBrrlM K
to think nbout yoirrtar. The Stand
ard Aulo llepair shop, corneryAdams
and Fir. Is doing very syfisfactory
work. ED CYU. Prop. . 2-1-1 m
MONKS TO1.0AV.
On improved rrfa' property 1r.
;iilon county. No delays. Current
ateH. La Grande Investment Co.
'Nationnll - fl
2-21-tf 1 A clnssifled nd will bnnpr r!iilU.
V'e doubt whether a Clievrolet cir will 11m
.IN LA
Chevrolet owiwrs are averaging from 22 to
any other car owners are doif.g any el ter.
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We havtf one 1014 tord Chevrolet ajpd ti isr? Jords. On -
APPLES
AS THE SEASON TS LATE FOR' APPLES
AVE J1AVE A LIMITED QUANTITY' Ol?1
COOU APPLES AT'
ij
$2.75 Box
. ORDER YOUR OXTON SETS NOW THFY
AUK TIIK COOiyKIND. PIIOXK YOLK ou-
DEHS
Harris
Phone Main 70 and
408 North Fir Street
All kinds of toilet creams for the
hnmls fnr phnna fnf fhe rnmnlpxion.
also campholatu ro.'or burns, for sore
throat ori any Jtind of trouble that
ointments ;may' be used for, you will
find at ' 3-12-3t
?k it, A i i i i 1 t A A
FAMILY DRUG STORE
' LA GRANOE.ORCGON.
Observer ads ore widely rend.
(HIGH
Blue Stem
Sea Foam
(STRAIGHT GRADE)
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: WHEAT; GERMS, GRAHAM AND WHOLE
WHEAT FLOUR
THE GUARANTEED FLOUR
THEY ARE GUARANTEED BY
La Grande Milling Co.
WHOSE GUARANTEED IS GOOD
Handled by All Dealers.
40.7 mile; on a gallon of g.volir.e ln Georgia
GRANDE
24 miles on a gallon of g.iso!in. TV (16'il t ;-(
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AMP, COMPjmv I'
NOW.
Grocery
77, Farmers Black 192
Across the Tracu
EI.FXTIUCAC WORK.
I am now ready to do any and all
kinds of electrical work.
(.an mam
nd 3-10-3t
1021. C. E. Duffoy,
Try This for Sour Slomacfi.
Eat slowly, mitsticntc youf food
thoroughly. Eat but little-meat and
none at all for supper. It you are still
troubled with sour stomach take one
of Chamberlain's Tablets before going
t.. bed. Adv. . ..
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