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SUNDAY, APRIL fi.1flin. FOUR THE SUNDAY MORNING 0 B SJl'k V E R W. 'Jl'.W l-.Ul is The Place Wheri Everyone Ha Hjs Say. 't.l.l.n IT A MIHANCI-: To iliu.Kdliortofiii-) Observer: Th. d.tmi. for people to keep fC. chick.-... in. l."Blr fcurk-y., I iS l.-lp offset the High co. of living! l. In some parj. f .he rteveH op. Into ' d.tv.Mldo nuisance In that, some people insist on WK n.,,1 annoyance of Iholr. hel(;hl,or: are seatl-rod over luprW. this ,n,y riot l,e no no!.!,.,,.,!,., hut close In. whoie .hern Is a faiolly living on i e.y -fifty foot lot I, can be readily; llll.'ll'ilH'fl Willi I. H ('illh'IIIDlllltn Tlllif. ' nco it 1h lo have one'H rest and shim herH diBturbcd by u lot of crowing JOOHtOIH. V huvo bad nick urns and deat'iH In Min-city thin winior mid any fair minded person can vi;r Vendlly. uu doiHtuml Mm annoyance to u pernor 011 a Hiikbt.-d being' h. rnnjed and die trended by a lot of howling roosters tbut Homo tuought'f-HB neighbor lit BlHtB on keeping. It Itt hard lo understand the men tal attltudu 'f nny onu who innltUfi on keeping u niilu'incu of this kind u-bun jiorliupn next door there lu (iino one H('k with a fuvur, porhnpri ONE 1 DAY SICHV1CB ' IN DEVEUH'IN'O ' AM) PMNTlXn Urfne'or semi us ynnr ticgntlvo:. hofure I) in tlto n.orni.iK ami wo will have your pictures ready before II that evening Spring Is We Are Ready to Kodaks I. " 'i-X 'J'WitX !I''5iy!:yr I M0'" ""'iiks: It Is an exiilanie )K" lV A Hon and U lleatlon. Family onus STORE For, as General I'elKhillg' puts II : L. A OBANDCORrdON. "III Mill li.lll e tilt's flinime, pt-l'lll it . I lit III Let Us Show You I II Oiii-1!) .icwcli'il IlliiH.is is,;i -i'-yf;ir I'iisc II nl $'AW). Sir v;ir tax. This fjiii lit' lifiiii'lif (Vniii 11s liy t'tisy pny- l incuts if yon wisli ami it is ji time ktvp- I t I'- Wf Villi l'('-(illlincll(l. . U I G. S. Birnie I Jeweler and Optician. j I ' f . .-. m ,:..' iMslrv luirf'S ' the charing .is.v lor yre.;. - - I I? . 1 ' UF 1 '- . see. where we eau . nact ' ii-neli io II . f. -iVM'j.9 V i ,': A apna us vn.tr vvnn i ... ; ,i,,i . i -. t. ? . j- . - - " - - J . . vi f ' 1 Till'll , . ir.LllllK mi llillC ,S j.-. ,j ! , t I' tiui.ji i:i' LJVII WHV. Hlf - - - .-j. .... .. '0 FiUM . - i' 1 everything. ,,-, nr...,,,-: wl: .!-" ,,;.,,v, ., . tv jV yj ., ' , " ; . ' Mil' - ..- n-.l l,nr,',l .,1 -.-r.- ... r. s. .'.... i, e-.id- o VVj ' J' V ' I -r - I'or i. in I nlon ,i ' , " - " ki.iiimi.v co M - , . . 1 , V, , 1 W. II ru t ,, ,., ' !'! "'": t" e;,,,..;- tnd.lV II (0 i .... - I v.. . 1:, ion their death bed, vol ilioio r. people ho profess to bo (.'nrltliuis, " "V ,m" "",u """!'' e'iuotod t fc ."o,?'! "r" M "' m "' " ?",'". . f !I".P'' j '' " ""l """" H,' 1,1 " "'i ". - "'" ' 'f,8'6 ' heavenly giusic " ,' 1. "" '"""'f?, , "T"'""1 " " ' " ' " '" """"" ",C. k"CP ' '? ''i' n the congested .ru C. II. 1). GENERAL PERSHING AND THE Y. M. C. A. editorial From The Philadelphia Public Ledger.) TI.oko com mn .idem "at the front" know hunt what want on tueic, and of all thciio n.Oat American wil1 agroo that Uonnrnl John. J. Perilling Is no minor authority Hence, whn tho leador of shs American eiprdl tlonary force la Fru'1311 In rellevii.K tho Y. M. C. A. of 110 canteen and pont-oxcnai.no work expresses his thanks for what that organization did under untoward conditions, the praise and t ho approval mean some thing. It is to bo romo'nered, moreover, that It was bocauso tho Y. M. C. A took over thin eanto-n work so that tho nrmy would not have to divert of fleers and oi.l.sted men from "para mount military dutlcB and functions of training And fighting," that Its re lations to Ihe men wore both mls l.n'luriuood and grossly niisrep.e sented. That the Y. M. .0. A. did a grent and patriotic duty In accepting thl burdensome, nnd d.fricult ..KHUrn ...etit must be adn.lttf'd by the caudhl liM''sllg:itov, tu.t If there be any who still lutvo any' do.uhts they must mel. away In the fact of Guueral Persli' In's endoi-se.nnnt. The final purae.'..p!l of th.ls should j be re;id r.l.d re-read by all who are Iryli.K 10 e.Mt at the fncts concerning '1 (tie 1 . M. V. A.. Mtneo li Is more th:m npte of ilMiuUs; it Is an explana tion and 4'A llcatloll. l-'or, iis (ieiier.il rerKhiiia' pain It: "In 11 1 n Is .1 1 1 1'. tllt'M f'oiime, pel-llllt. 1 lit Here! Here! make house 1 ,V ' 'r'fl ' ' -' I'M- to thank you for the. valuable ser vices and uxfibHanec which tho Y. M. C. A. has rendered '0 the American xpedltlonuiy force lu handling these exchanges. Handicapped by a short age of tonnage and land transporta tion, the Y. M. C. A has by extra exertion, served the 111 my better, than would have been expected, and you may be assured that Its aid has been a large factor In tho final accomplish ments of the Amerlcrn army." Ono can easily read in between the lines here and see how the Y. M. C A., patriotically taking over Unfa miliar and possibly uncongenial re Hponslblllties, was forced to bear the brunt of critic'sni for those things for which It wus In no senso blainable. Like tho mall anil pack'sgo service and other much criticized suhslsteni features of our rapid mobilization on thD other side, the Y M. O. A. suf fered silently for conditions that were' part of the army system In which ,it had no voire except the voice of obedience to orders. . General Pershing's words, there fore, ought to set.tli this phase of the Y. .M.'C. A. controversy beyond all possibility et dispute, since he knows what the lasl.s of the various ithan iiiie iniilirm w.iee eari.ers; and, army departments were and how the liieicfoie, i.i ..ih-.o interested In the Y. M. C. A. actually Mnd the d iy , wellure-and success u labor, by taking oyer thes.i clerical dntieii Associated with tile Highway In I tint enalileil the arniv ui:der his com- durrh s Association are mure tiian jmind to concentrate Its attention ou:t;t)0 chainlieis of commerce, hoard-, lighting to Hie confusion of the en-!uf trade, national ami state org..ni- my 11 I'd th hliorlnliif. of tin wiir. ri:i:ss iu i,i.i:ti The iinnotincciiKMil by tlie iudu-i-i-(rial itc kli'nl rottiiiilsslon iii.it cm- plovers and ciuplo.1' 'S npt'i ntii'U ltd- - dor tho workmen';: rmip,is;il'(!i ; law will be exempt from pnvn-rn : inln tli.' rtitul for th mniil'is of April. .l;i ami June come at a m vr up-J portuiH tilli". It t-t.-iteves O.i ui., 1 ml list ry f mtn a luird-'ti Hi' 1tu' I ;d : roadJUHtment period. lh i exemp. J lion Ih imihs 1 1 1 In w iMn of it rMTT'in' lllai Kci'iitntilated In the fund f.-ir-ln Hie p.ist year. T'"i exeinptlm' of -I Ills th roe-111 on , 1; c-m hut Ml ni"an that no payments will buve, ljten made Into I be fund by eri- ; pliyi it nnd empbo fdv peven nr. Ividvo nionlliH of the flseal year end-' inn June IH!. The olleot (if these; exempted months i t reduce the rale ot payment made by employe, upon i heir payrolls to .five-twelfths! of the b;ie rnto. The xempti" S"'" declared by the rommlSKion will re-1 Iteye employeis from the payment of j iipprntinmtely $(')00.joo no into thej t i r.. II.. nf Aiiril tr.V and June, tho commission liuvmtt ".' recognized the, necessity of. co sufficient funds on hand to pay nil jopenitlon for the one Important task claims dtiilnn Hid period. Juliead of It, but we have won the The recent legislature, at the sui:-j'nr. Kt'HIlim of the cuininli sion, amended I The experiences of the army op the compensation law. cnuimuiK ino i method of oScniptloa so lis to pro- vide an annual credit refund to enn ployein Instead of the monthly ex emption system. .Under the old law Hie employer Imd to have continu ous payrolls to ho entitled to the exemptions ns they, were declined, hut under Ihe new law the employer will be piven.rredit nt the end of the ir for the proportion his payments I Into the fund hear to the. entire I amount. I .Since the workmen's compensation law beriime effective 111 1!U4. the-; industrial accident commission has received 'from all sources Sfi.llO'.OS 1 which It has diMmrsed In the course , f I'ust-ess ill .an admlntstrntlve e-no-'so of (lii.lv i'i.IT ne. cent, the hal aiu e being availaMe for the pay- J MM.ntu if ,1,1), ,if Itio.vn In lin e.l ' i n pi- ' . IN:' uf 111.'. u-culeiitH beini: fatal. ' 'I ''ail. s'ahor. 1 do "l o' ' 1 j I . ik . inp'Wnrk frorA Airolane on 1 :m airp.ane as pitt o! t farm flq'iip.iifcni In now a reuiit". It lat.c Ita appp;-.rant'e at ha-dtn. ' M .itrana, on tho v. beat ranrii OH-ijed and co'-oliod by John I'ii'jiior-t hlo,iTi iinil otbr Ksw YotTK capituliHtifc. i:!iardt s.-hniiti, foi uir American !rm; r, i.'.ior, luw been einploytfi to opemu tht mn chine. Hla Uu'ln are to curry the ranch manorrr from one part ci the 100,000 tT wheat raticlj DRMAND FOIl IIKIIIWAYH I IHJKXT. IS Hut lletter Itonds Aiv eedeil Sloi-e ns Kcunomic Than liiiifer Kliiploynient. I)y 8. M. '.Villlaiiis. President, Highway Industries Asso By S. M.- Williams. President, Highway Industries Association. The Highway Industries of tho United Hiatus buliovo that It is their patriotic duty, rather than a selfish privilege, to urge the development of highways in the lnlrest of and as fusentlnl to the iiwlons's lire. The Highway Industrie.! .;oHatlon also repiesents the ciiipleyin'-lit of more ziitiorn. rotary ehibi. travelina men's iissoelat ii'tis. imd si;ite ranr;eH. Theso -iTani.athi: y are nbnj nruiiiK not on iy a "Mo-aheud" iroKiam In Hiybw.iy eoiisirin-tion. but fsinve tho middle of December they, havv- innsed tosrI u Hons In their different organization: to that effect. Stop That l.evs on Your lioad In vest men ItepivsemiiiK thi' business inter' ema uf Hie eonntry In hlfitnv.iy do eloHlieit, our Kt m v of this sub Ject has been from :Iic standpoint of industry, and by industry 1 mean commercial agriculture and labor. While I am In yniinl hy with the idea of turnli.p to ro-d buMrtliiK a:, a Miuft'er" ' employment for labor, road ImU-diux has a far Kieater claim upon labor than from the "buffer" Wewpolni. I'or more than two years hif:V way construction of tho I'nited Klatoc was at a standstill. -Highway offieinbt were ntit preveoted " from prn-l'-rly tuaintaintni; the uatls atreadv eonstrucjed. with tho result lh.t': many of your states suffered hea, iiw-s in nmnway Inv.-stnient. Kvery eleiiient of tnv;.i m-,... ""iiin u-ucks in a;- parts of tho mUM1 states awoke the people to both the advantases or highway transportation and the handicap surrounding it. duo to a lack of pro perly constructed highways. It Is ilso brousht a realization that our highways should no longe he developed' ns simply a local con ventenre. but from a broad vleiv- point of building connected rather man disconcerted systems., so that communities might oe Joined togeth- ''r and demonstr.u, d tht. necessity. for highways si'tv Ing mid not mas tering transportation. We were five' years reaching th. present basis of prp-es and w can not return to former prices, and conditions Inn few tnorths. I douh! f e.iv.'in to o h -.ck' entirely ever If - it were. posMliI. ' ' vimi co , ler tiv.it at )p s' "' nv'il con s ins i i.n . if, m the ..h d .-ail. see- where we eau our! inn in -o..ii t): UNCLE 51 10 PROVIDE WORK Mofgan Farfti 10 .:.if; f'eids. A w?ro:es tele phrne In the Mrpli-.e sr.iVles the imuhKer -.0 xeep in -jn.tnnt com- nrjuichiion with the ranch head Gtiaters I. ! : federal aid was -ih.it u would en irouiage the suites io 1:0 ahead 1 11: I mediately with their lo.id building programs by tuslstliiu tlieni in mect- ing the higher cost of construction. nun 10 uccompiisu mat, the original feder.il aid law was amended. by in creasing from $10,000 to 120,000 Ihn cost per mile, for federal aid partic ipation. .note man any oincr nation on earth we stand In need of good roads and thousands of miles of them The adjustment uf prices to what may be nornr.il levels can bo accom panied by "prosperity just as groat r.s we havo hud -during the raising of prices providing we keep right on doing business. DESERTER TURNS INTO HERO Rfeks His Life to Save Wounded Un der Heavy Fire in Verdun Region. Washington. Though under nen tence of death for deserting In the face ot the enemy, to escape combatant service, Richard L. Stferheln, a private In the Seventy-fourth division and a conscientious objector, ' deliberately risked his life to rescue wounded sol diers under fire lb 'the fighting In th6 Verdun region shortly before the arm istice was signed. A review of Privutc S?tlerhcin's record, with a report bj General iVrshiiiK disapproving the death sentence, and directing that he he Tot u rued to duty for combatant service, has been made public by the war department. Accord inn to bis testimony at the court-martial be sought to be classed us a conscientious objector. After reaching Krnnce he deserted with the Intention of making his way to Spain nnd there belngjntorned. lie was np prohendod and sentenced to be shot. Pending llnal approval of the sen tence, Htlerheln was returned to bis company as a prisoner and was held In the rear of his company till It went into fiction In tbe Wrdim rp'fnn whim the wounded betrnn coming in he vol-1 unteerod as a litter bearer, and the record shows that until the fighting stopped he risked bis life time and i again to save wounded men and to carry water to the wounded and dying on the bnttlellcld. . The night of November 3, the report shows, he carried back to safety un assisted three wounded . comrades through shell and machine-gun lire. MONEY ON CITY I'kOPERTY Jack Oliver has money lje will loan m city property cn very easy terms. l-11-S(it The Economical Corset THE WAR HAS TAUGHT US THE MEAN ING OF TEUE ECONOMY When the government nrged conservation and economy. It recom mended the buying of quality articles that would give the maxi mum wear. . The mistaken idea that economy meant Ihe purchase of cheaply made articles was removed forever. .are hieh l?i'!: vTitr,1V AM - J' Wf'til t.-. U. . mm ' r.hVvA.J S?al9 touest fc ft jrtal gifting iiteour corset irpaX&&S.l i cti yiuming your Spring clothes !j prof&ston DiiStory I 3 w njliui. T Cochran di ioiod k. r.uerui Attonfcya. dU Grande National Bank Building. . -it It. J. USClVn, "CJ o- .. Vracnce in all a'-aite and federai courts.. Offiee LS uranao riauooai Ixmk UuildiiiB. :RAWFOHD. EAKIW T. . Craw ford; and RoDert a. Easin, Attor neys a law. 'Practice lo. all the courts of the uttta and tie UnUod tftatea. Office, Weat-Jacobaon Bldg., rooms 9-10-17, La OrawJo, Ovtfgoa. AiunaiTECTrs . E. MlLLBn'-Arcnit6ct. room 27, New I'Oiey Bldg. Phone Red 1871. .MKCIIAXO-THKIIAPY DK. A. N. MAYVlLfcE .Mechano- Therapy Physician. Chronic diseases my specialty. Physical and mental science, dietetics, hydrotherapy and French massage. Phone. Brick 2311. Rooms 1, 2, 'J, Coolidge building, op posite Star theatre. PIANO TUNER. JAS. M. DALY Piano Tuner. Ref erences, Mrs. G. S. llirnie, Mrs. R. J. Green, Miss Miller. Phone Mrs. R. J. Kitchen for appointment. Will be in La Grande in May. 2-4-lm,p OSTEOPATHIC. )R. MARGARET INGLE, Osteopath! Physician Specializing in disease of women and children. Hours 10 to 12 a. m., 1 to 6 p. m., and by ap pointment. Phones Office Red 1761, residence, Black 1231. 87 New Foley, building. VKTKIKRAKT OR. H. W RILEY- Graduate Voter tnirlan Hospital. 1409 Mad'.so v State Ht.illloii Inspector ao'r inspector of Btncs foi Ahtpmenl rlonie Independent Phone Blaen 41: Farmers Co-nperatle Phone Main 112 EDUCATIONAL REMEMBER COODINO COLLEGE. Gooding, Idaho Pratlcal busi nuss courses, review aubjectd, rcpular college wort and bu ra nter school. 12-19-tf DHWiW Rub Musterole on Forehead and Temple3 A headache remedy without the dan cers of ''headache r.xdinr.e." Relieves headache and that miserable feeling from, colds or conception. And it acts at once I Mu.-terole is a clean, white ointment. made with oil of mustard. Better than mustard piaster and does not blister. Used only externally, and in no way can it attect stomacn ana ncart, as some in ternal medicines do. Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralpia, con gestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, all pains and aches of the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains frosted feet, colds o the chest (it often prevents pneumonia). 30c and 60c jars; hospital size $2.53 fs I .'.v. 1 Vv P'r r .-v I, AS mitde from carefully selected, - erade materials only. MOD- ART Jxmin.tr, doth, threiyJ. tape all are quality materials. The boning fi particular that factor upon which the. style and shape of a corset so much depend is,, made espeoii-.Uy for tHe Mndart Company from clock sprint; sterl the mtil 1 pfff-t bn"fir evpr n-oHui-eH. It " ' .. .. - , : ,,, ; I. - .. ..-rn-.-r- e 1 V- !. ;T t'ir -et ;ri' es Jili'iil d p ee of :itifaton in wear anil shape- MOPART Corsets lace in front I'liciHipi1 front ndju''nent means ,ij. The absence of a, the cif-.ll v ik giV" f.'-m and h':-."s.--i;i g wn fif-o fi: r cnvicc-i. You have1 nut on n I'.'ll.V.T to sc its le and feel its c.ifo-t.' S.lvle 'id comfort nv not 'Iaii;v!.(5 0 ii.ej-'x- 0 Fraternal Directory. f VOODJJEN OF THE WORLD La e Grande Caiy Ho. ty9 meets eve J first lind third Monday at Eagle Ball. &I1 visiting neighbors wel couie. Dues payable at the off ce of te clerk. New Foley Bldg., in., t5 5 p. m. J. J. MtlRCHlSON, C. Q - E. J. KITOHEU Cleric JODEUW WOODMEN OF AMFJIICA La Uriy.de Caip No. 77Q3 uieti on the first and thtrd Thursday evenings of each month In the tL of P. Ball. VlBlUng neighbors welcome. . Jf I. (iHAIUST, V. C. JAKE KOSTOCK, Clerk. REBEKAHS Crystal Lodge No. E0 pieets every Tuosday evening In the ' I. O. O.'F. Hall. All visiting mem bers are Invited to attend. ' " I.ETTIE McGOLDRICK, N. G. LUCIA HALEY,.Rec. Sec. Kv of L. or Becurlty ML Bmily Council, No. '246, meets the. second and fourth Monday evening at 8 o'clock at Eagle halL Visiting members are welcome. ABE HARRIS, Fin'l. See. , J. K. FITZGERALD, Pres. ROYAL NEIGHBORS Iris Camp meets every second Friday after noon and every fourth Friday even ing, every month in K.- P. ball. All TiBltlug members cordially welcom, HENRIETTA OHARST, Oracle J. L. KOBERTSON. C.C. PELILE GREEN. K. of R. 8. MARY L. WEST, Recorder. P. O. EAGLES, AERIE, NO. 259. Meet every Friday night, at Eagles Hall. Visiting members welcome. Z. LILLY, W. P. A. J. LARM, Sec. 0. B. S. Hope Chapter No. 13, O. H. 8. holds stated communications the second and fourth Wednesday of eacb n.onth. Visiting members cor llallv welcomed. FLORENCE BACON, W. M MARY A. WARNICK, Sec. I. i.i o. M. La Grande Lodge No. K 50. Loyal Order of Moose holds eituiar meetings every-Wednesday night at 8 p. in. In Eagle ball next to Bibs' Bldg. on Washington Ave. Vlaltois always welcome. Dues pay 'Ne at Young's Sweets. W. C. HANSEN, Die. HARRY &WART, Bee. B. P. O. B. ELKS, La Grande Lodge No. 433. Lodge meets each Thurs day evening at 8 o'clock. Home and club privileges cheerfully ex tended to all Brother Elks. R. J. GKEEN, , Eiraited Ruler, A. B. CHERRY,. Secretary. i. F. ft A. M. La Grande Lodge No. 41, A. F. ft A. M. holds regular meetings first and third Saturday at 7:30 p. m. Cordial welcome to all Masons. C. M. HUMPHREYS, W. M, ' A. C. WILLIAMS, Sec. KNIGHTS OF PYIBTAS Red Croat Lodge No. 27 nicctB every Monday night in Castle HalI(K. of P. hall) ' A Pythlun welcome to ill visiting Knlghta. i-i' u ' I ra.ivr . . is superior to any other front lace corset, for without the VetZi&r features no corset can pos sibly be just' as good., It contains the master touch of ientif'ic ponsti'iiction. on (In n.it .ii'riri.-(!' 1'ntu- ' t ' i'.'.t -t 1. ,i!:il vnii .,, nil) A complete line always pn hand, prif-od at ?2.40 up. Mrs. Robt. Psttison 9 ,f Corsetiere : phone Bed 3221 ,jrtes. 1702 Oak Street. CHICHESTER S PILLS fc. .tiirmnniniRRi-t. a S3 a e . 4 " 0 WiliUmhftMttiJU... o- o o'- ""-X 5"'"- WIT, .-. . - , , o 0 . v 0 - - . . ... ., V, - ...!. oe c? o o o o 0 o? - - i - ' """ I,,.a '' I iar -s !- maal mmf m ' m t-m"s'.i.w