La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 10, 1919, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Texto CO '..TWO1 . (SI . Si) i o ...TitUT;!' .Y, ATM W : iriT'-f'iin mmi: :rm n ?v: ;T&U. 'I!MH,- ...9 ,, - , , , .:- it - 9 r 1 u a ' 'New ; Millinery : HAVE YOU FOUND THE NEW EASTER "BONNET" YOKJ HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR? A NUMBER OF NEW ONES ARE READY FOR YOUR IN SPECTION IN THE MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Both tail ored and trimmedall colors and styles imaginable. You'll like them. . . ... 0j Youths' and Children's Hats Hera you will find a large assortment of new hats just the one you have been looking for. Cloth hats in plain colors and combi nations. All styles and sizes, 50c to $1.50. Hill s Department Store fWEKi; DESTITUTE ISi-lli-f ft-oiri Allli'fl SmcPK Ki'n 6iip Ton Hnim. Was WANTS 8 HOUR DAY P.4IS,-. fiy Mail.) Utter mia- 'rv. B'urvutlon an-lfi denpair prevail ed In tne rjewrepubli of Czerho- SJOCKHOLM. .'.TSy Tlall) An' eiifht-hour bifl for nil claMfs of. SvOdlsh labor in now ready to be in-' trodied int Parl'tM-e. Special UtKittulioiti will r eeentsa ry for seu-ni'-n ondcfor "worker 'n milieu. The' proposals, if punned? v. ill come into and elapse I'o- Hloy;-,fcia bfoi lh Allied . tovei . menu bjin to ship fond supplies to;rore Junee'- i-'-" fills country in tin Iff nor part of j"noor a i, February , 1 Tbe nnteUtaftj effect or the pro- , It 1b not known hor whether tlil i bill. is an cnormouH' fall. in th nil Hntion has been laret exler.t bt flour, milk and oilier HuPpNeH havn I ninke it impossible for Swedish fac- Kineo been forward! to I'r.Riie and jtoiKn.to con'mtre production. n ner wnomer t n if i n w-j ...- ...... . sen relieved to any l,r'f'R f Htoeks, a nu nnfactur'irs as- la'e shipments oi sfn 1l,at wases n'- being paid will; J additional food si tit is were in Trii'si awaitiiif: transport yuon to the iCzcho-U'VaiiH. Hlioe manuf icturers have decified lo clone down their works on April' Ifi. . Others are contemplating sinj- liar measurei which by the spring; 1 1 An finneai ny jr. AJice u. ansarvK. i (i .lighter of J.'!fid"iU Mnfcitrykt ami i'Jy "i-ow nunurea-s oi iiiou.anus oi Iwad of "the Czecbo-Slovnk Heu i workers out or empieyment. OrOHs, wltten on February 20, pic tures tliH condlilons In her country as a terrible one. Aineilcaji, Urit ish nnd Frenfh a'ttiioritles are en deavoiing to respond, i It is Minted that , uuI-kk help .ar rived quickly, a million children un der nix yenra old were (loomed to The economic and political pro-1 sped in considered very pesnfmisiH'' - and In order to avoid placing misses! of laborwr on the unemployment j j list, the government Is Heiiously conlJ side-ring the prohibition of imports! of certain articles until industry as- i siimes a more normal condition. . ' i f H " 1 I CANADIAN PRIVATES I RETURN WITH MONEY (lie; that 2,u0n,oo0 clilldn-n up to j Among the first ai llclos mcntionpil lo 14 ycai-H wnre weak from itndcrfcetl-! be bared from Import are AmerlR'n: ItllT ollfl tll:lt Dm in . li :i IK v iimi.iiii I (in 'llOfK tlT.d HOaP. I 1 olt and f(!cblp Wis api.alllnK. ScparattMl from tin; alllod lerrllor im on three stdf-s by Germany and : Austria, tho C'zocho-Slovak republic !w;m, Oven before it'd birlb, nilhleHsly and K.VHleiiiatir.'illy dennded by tin: ; AiiHtr limiM of all foodKturra and sup- WIXXU'EO. Man., April 11. ipllnn. V'lien lioUililen were su- sCanadlan privates aie returning Lspei, d(.,l, I he re was in C.eoho-Slova i f rem Kurope with coiiHderablo mon- kia no corn, meal, clotblnE or iuedi-!y. wliilo many oriloers are reaclilng eines. The aciinly weekly ration or their homes praetieiUy penniless, an- a iiound of flour lo eaeh person In icarding to provincial otticials. sz WAS LOST TO WORLD" n II IN! Hilton's Garage Prepared to give good service and please all. I'lin't. lie.si(a(e. Come in us if your car needs re pairing. Let us iake out; that terrible knock, the missing, overhaul your cur and put il in eel enndjl ion. t e are lierr to se' K'ive satiHl'action. Call .Main 7l ; j.ei am I'Vc Villi our service car will meet you, ready to relieve yon of all your troubles and bring your car to the garage. .We have secured the lies), of equipment and mechanics and do work on all kinds of cars' Our laliiir charged on all work is very rea sonable and I'Yird labor is done by the sched ule. Vmi know what it will cost before we begin the work. CALL AND GET ACQUAINTED Cnplain Succeeded , raping; (lie War, ! HIDNRY, -Australia flly Mall) Konrad Metzler, a "lennnn nrniy en gineer who hud been hiding In th New ftuinea Jnnfrl'f for years . 01 Hhico the beginning o'f the war haif,n0 eomo buck to civilization and now is in nn Inlernmenl cnnip in Aus tralia. Dotzler's slory is on a pur 'with other romantic incidents of the. war us It affected the South Sen. Detttler holds :i raptain's com mission. When tlui war began be whs Hurveytmr the boundary line be tween the then KjvsfT1 WHtrt-lmtTn'd, or (lermnn New Ciiinea, and 1'npiia. or llrllish New flulnen. lie decamp ed inlo the bush. This wan a risky act, for the btishmen prefer humni llesh nbnvo ftH othe kinds. When tn An st nil Ian force occupied Kaiser Wilhelniland, Petzier was overlook 'i. For more than four years Detzler lived in Iho bush nenr Mismls. He had n iihoigun but il was nut lour; lief nre he ran out of cart ridges. Thereafter he lived on yams, tarn and kan (a variety ot sweet pota to) in common wish the native, and upon -birds ai d animals which he ciiutht by means of snares. SnvcJ'.il t lines th;i A ust nilianr searched for bhn but Detzler manag ed I o elude I hem. He might have slaved Indefinitely In the jungle, hut missionaries told the Papuans of the nruiixth'e and Ihey in turn told him. Thereupon he surrendered to near est A u si V'llian officer. Wli ite liv ing throughout the war at Mismls I VI zler wore enly a la va lava (na tive kilt.) The retjull is that he In almost, us bfown. as a . Papuan. IU imtf Wi'nrs n Clermau uniform. I'l'iigue, tho capital, ceased on Feb irmiry 20. Two-thirds of the cattle jand pigs of the countiy already have heim slaughtered and tne kick oi ! fat Is extreme. The supply of mill: iwas ojily one-thirHoth of normal. :.ioie liian SO per ten' of the babi' H (f Pr.igue were rachitic, anaemic or j consumptive. . More than half the patient -4 In the children's hospital Idled of consumption. In tho mining districts the condi tion ns reporltd hero, Is still worse. At Klndno, 1Hi of the l(i' babies born in 1!I1S died of consumption, liirtlis throughout tho country have decreased one-half and deaths have inci o.'scd 50 per cent. Almhousos, ' maioiniiy hospitals and other charitable Institutions can no longer feed their Inmates.. Nine teen per cent of the infants under :ir In Pils-m, the formerly nourishing tlty. of treweries and ar senal workers died list year from lack of nutrition. Trices of house hold commodities have risen 700 to SO0 per cent .while wages have in creased 200 io ftOO per cent. Cloth ing costs ten times more than former ly and sewing cot i in is 100 time:' .dearer than.booro; ihc war.( These reports show that Profes sor Tlnmns Ci,. Masnryk, the first preldiMit of tlte new Czech o-Slovnk republic, who went from New York last winter to as-mme his duties, faces a herculean task, writing to J.ndy Muriel Paget rn February 10 t lie president 's daughter told her. "father said lo hoprfl yon would come. Po riMiir and help us." l ady Paget n.'is obtained from the French govein'ment, 10 trucks which (he American lied Cross has fllle: with medical supplies for the Ci'erho Pl'ovnks. and plans tr. I ike to lio heieta 20 ton of rice. Recent in formation, however. states that freight traffic to Itolu mia is disorga nized and tho fear Is expressed thit the . Austrttin thren. "if we are to loss Hohemia, we slfill loae her its i corpse," may become a tenible treality. Mc-st of tho soldiers had approxi mately $500 to their ci edit when they left England, only a portion of the amount being given to them before embarkation. Thd privates spent most of I heir leisure at recreation camps where 111 tie money is needed. Officers, on the oilier hand, fol lowed their inclination to "live" and with Kriti.sh and American oft-i-cpm helped fill the London hotels, according to return''d officers. They my I bat fraternizing with American ofi leers proved rather costly as Amer ican officers proved rather costly as Americans receive'! higher pay anJ spent It freely. "Thousands of Cair.iUnn privates will return with far more money than they paasesseJ when they en listed," one officer said. . Special . 'BANANA' . .. SALE Nice Ripe Bananas 35c cloz. Harris Grocery Phone Main 70 and 77, Farmers Black 192 408 North Fir Street . Across the Traclt feigBiaBtyasa i giijqw;crciwirowifri i Very fine candy in boxes anil in I ! V -J -I- "i bulk nice and fresh at 4-7-:lt -I CECIL COSI'EII ! j m ,uum ij.)LMy -U'UJBLUl JL'jLit'ff 1 Public Accountant. t y fi fi 4 ft fffijt&'j'' I Income Tax Adviser " i rfi (tkdm m And A J I it a I n . 6)4 Main st ied(.It0n, Oregon TAMIt-Y DRUG STORE '., . . .j. A .j. .j. .j. .j l-A GRANDC.OPEGON. - RBS, U.S. PAT. OFF. I-AHMY HOS Eighteen Oregon high schools In cluding four In PoVlIand were Ac credited by the commission on ac crediting at the inland Empire Teachers' association convenlen in Spokane last week. For the man who is on his fect all day a more comfortable shoe was never made. Hence the widcr-prcatl popularity of the Buckhkcut Army Shpt: among business and profes-iiona! men, sportsmen, outdoor work ers, miners, farmers, mechanics,- etc. A good, practical Shoe for everyday wear! Built for comfort and service built for you! Remember the name Buckhecht stamped on every shoe tor your protection. Get a pair today ! Ac principal dealer on the Pacific Coast. If your dealer is nut supplied, order direct from BUCKINGHAM & HECHT Manufacturer San Francisco wis -J! BLACK GUNMETAU' MAHOGANY CALF OR INDIAN TAN CALF $6.-50 to $S-E0 The annual front fighting opened In the I'teiue Uiver Mnndav morning, v. hen the tsiomett'l- readied L'l i;b,ve ?"i Professor M isaryh was in the Pnited States in Oetolter last when j he was elected president of the new republic of Ci crVo-Slm nkia, On re reiving ihe hoiieti of 'his. election be. iwent to Pramie and was Inaugurat-j jrd pve-idi'nt late in lecembei. I:i I '.isiiu Hie htlei part of M.irch il was re-1 alley ported that he had resigned. "but this' thci- was officially deni 'd by the Ozeeho-. Slnvnk tissinn in Wnsh intrf on . SATURDAY and MONDAY Matinee and Night The Wonderful Alaskan Romance 4 .7 'I J.- '0 X- r " ! ! Tor ' I HE, ft "TMF Jr'" ( BY REX BEACH ' Yoi have all ready this thril ling story of Alaska Now is your opportunity to see the, , ptory on" the screen played by rm .all star oast. Sepea .reels if ctioa ni tiirlla.:, ,-11 VM HI TT' 0 1 o li'fi will ()oii its ilimi's tn the juililic fur business siinultaiiooiislv with tlii' I I'lovj-i'izcd ( irnccry, in its new stand. 1 1;i vinir lu i'i: wilh tliO Ooldcu I ? 1 1 1 1 l'nr !" years and learned duviui tlia time I lie needs and wants ' the ienile I ;un nienin;;' up witii a eotiipjete line of hardware , ulass and crnekery ware, tin, alumi num and enamel ware, dn-irs and windows, - mini si. nils and var" nislies; notions of all descriptions, includiiiy; ladies and eliildren's underwear, rililmns toilet artii-les and everyl l.iini;- the housewife needs every day i.o heautit'y and assist in Ue'eiiiuL- the home up. d. in THE POLICY will tie. AVe liuv wilh cash we ell l'nr rash. WE WILL GIVE The lii,m est ; ,"ri-ie-!i-y in service, tlie host ipiality in nierchamlise and we will sell the . . Lowest in Price . YOU WILL SAVE ON EVERY PURCHASE Il'yoii Ret atiy artii-le that isn't rii;h let u's kut.w. WE WILL MAKE IT RIGHT REMEMBER 'e wa'nt you to make our store your home.' VoU a ic interested .in iuakm.tr your home t-inl 1 1 in cf'iiil'ort', deiin a,i servjee: then, help us fu niaki" our store the saTue. WATCH for our ad. with Jlu I hiovei i:-'.el irocerv in 1 lie People's Market Place r THE GOLDEN RULE Cp.'S OLD STAND - ANDREW'S VARIETY STORE The Plicff to Buy Anything You Want, Every lay .t sjpjdse 3 ' o '"uwauuon-f, 0 U SG Cfl ri rir7. . "0 w O o 00 0 w 1 1 . : L nQ . . . A A. 11 if - - w w -: jfc ri . r.rm. .n . . . . l-j r,. ft) 8 m ...