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(treat AntafVlie euniineft mcjtilizeu
fothe henefit of man.
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It is well to listen very rrilirally I'
any hard bir. tale told by a'uniforr.'d
peddler. In fart, any'xian in wiMier'r-
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Daily, per month GOcffind
.Weekly Observer-Star, by mail, per I at all. They have
Yar In advunre...
.SI no
n riii!r H uniform who rorw3 :
dnnf vondinjf lmtlon or nny l.i-r
potty ccirnmodily, wliVLlyr h hu-, u
tale of woe or not, ih Iuiiim; Ut hi:.-'
piclon.
The federal lalior ileparlr.if i:t tin
been invention ling this sort of lu..j-
1 nesfl In many cities, and renin i.s that
it has not. found a' flinjrle cut a of
uniformed man sellini'" tiling i on thtf
streets because he was forced to do to,
Many of these men, the liciia' tiiKp:
have never been in trie -'emeu
bought the uniforms
Obc oBookufonm
Nothing
country
inlerpi-i'lM the real life of
like
the lives itaecitcwe should posn.ly never lve been ei
zens. The life of Kunxia in its period
of apparently hopeless strue;e;le is de
picted in "The little grandmother of
the fvolutio; reminiscences of C'a.S
erine Ilrohkuvsky," .Memoirs of H
Revolutionist,' by Prince Kuropatkin.
and ''i.ife Story of a Kusian Kxile,"
By .Ma.' ie Sukloff.
To contra t wiih these, we havg the
lives of citizens of our own country I
one of the mo o brilliant ngn in a9e-
markahle family. A reaP railroa
administratnr; if hifitt ((!; am..
sis of American railroad condition
had been appreciated in the fievent.es $
-o a-
taiu;led in the ilif ficultits of S.dern
transforation prol.lems. The othtf
i th. life of Julia Ward He, by hee
dauxhtcrs, Mr faura K. Kicl rds
and Maude Howe Klliolt. If America
ccjjjld he said to have an aristocracy
-Mrs. How would belong to it, from
her fuvnily, her wealth, l r nairriae
her public work or her literal ability.
The acocufit of her life covers u wide"
'iciiuaiiflance with the most, prominent
Americans and foreigners of many
whieji picture a totijly different mv-'V1'5. "d ork for w'ciiil uplift
ironnu.'iit. While each m the illu-ira-i l(lrouf' tw or (,'enerations.
lir.ii of it different, type of American, i vo'l'ICH OI.' imiiwi.'i '
HI'IIIOUT IMf'KOVUMUVr
"My f.'oiinlry Tin of Thee,
Land of Mh. lrly."
Resources of the Arctic
Region.
Tho An'tic regions srem to hnvo
been miKiiiulerstood. They nro won
derfully fruitful, or may be made ho
by a little of tho cure which man Iuih
lavished on other parts of the earth.
No less nn authority than tUefanxon,
the scientific explorer, Kays that tho
Arctic and sub-Arctic lands can pro
vide fjrejit quantities of food, partic
ularly wool, ment and milk. He has
gone so far as to hiy before the Cana
dian parliament a plan for introduc
ing and domesticating on a big scale
the animals necessary for this pur
pose. They arc the reindeer, which fur
nishes milk nnd meat, and the musk
ox, which furnishes wool. -There nre
from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 square
, miles, he says, in Arctic North Amvr
iru, where ordinary cattle cannot live,
but which can provide grazing ground
for these animals the year around.
He says that Arctic Canada alone will
support 7,000,0(10 renideer, which
number would produce ns much ment
every yenr as 14,000,000 sheep.
It Is no untried theory that Mr.
KtefnnsNon submits. . The United
.States government introduced more
than 1000 reindeer in An tic Alaska
20 years ago, and they; have been in
creasing rapidly ever since, tlie herds
doubling their numbers every three
years under Kskiino care and every
two years under the earn of white
men. There is a herd of lfi.OOO rein-1 J
Ieer m Kapiand owned ny a group oi
American capitalists. Vrom thijs herd
there were sold last year in the Amer
ican market liiOOO carcasses of lf-0
.pounds each, at p'ices considerably ' J
higher than were paid for domestic J
beef. I
The Canadian government seems to : i
be much impressed with the idea. Tho
railway men say that transportation J f
1 for the purpose. .Most ov lii .f: who
fare actually discharged KMi?"s oi
sailors arc men who were dom.; the
same sort of work before they entered
the service. Among them aie s.'i.l t"
be "crooks and fakirs of every class.'
They nre shamelessly cap'it liririu' th
uniform, which ought to tie p. birred
as the flag, for their petty or nefar
ious traffic. They make 'i icoH th!nj
out of it, too. Many men aneUd l
the military authorities h:.ve been
clearing 9 10 to $25 a day.
Protesting to the Last
Minute.
foi
As the final hour nppronches
the (Ionium . representatives tu han.i,
in a decision as to whether they will
sign or not sign, comes in the report
today the "definite idatemenl" that
the peace covenant will be rejected
in itH present form. That attitude
will be maintained up to tin- last min
ute, and a rule that is as good as any
to go by is that whatever tiermany
leclares she wfll do. she will not do,
und the thing which she now says ia
impossible will finully be found pos
sible. The ''reverse hunch' is the rule
by which to judge (iermaii diplomacy.
It is declared by reports received
yesterday that no argument will be
permitted and no extension of time
will be given. And Marshal Koch is
ported as"saying that everything is
ready for action in case (jet-tunny docs
not accept.
The limit of time will be up tomor
row, and . twenty-four hours more
should give a definite Hue on just how
far liie bluffing program will yo be
fore recognition is taken of the 'dot
ted line.
11 have in common
Americanism.
the quality of
. Notice Is heitiliv irivcit In nil wm.
Hegilniing with the still entertaining r.-rned and to William Millet and
nun practical ucn rrunKiin, arid enu-
ing Uth the transplanted Mary Anl.u.
we find them all eager tu take advan-
A. K. Huisten, Ihut the City of
i.a (J r undo intends and purposes to
construct at tho cxir-nm; i,'t Kih r.n..
Uige of tht- opportunities offered inmrty to he uffevied wooden side
this United States. Hamlin (iarland'.-i walks In nceonUiieM with tlv) pluns
"A Hon of the Middle Border," is an fund hiieeif icatioas .heiefor adonr(,(i
an now on III will, the city
i J Q V $ ?? V V V '
f,Trf, t
nne(u:dlcd description of the hard
shins of life in the middle wc( suf
fered by the American pioneers who
pushed through to the free land of
each new frontier.
Thayer's "Life and Letters of .7 (dm
Hay," contains comment on American
political and diplomatic affairs from
I hi civil war to the administration or"
lioosevejt, while the aubdiiogr aphy of
Andrew I). White covers an even long
er period of public service.
Helen Keller's ''Story of My Life"
and Honker T. Washington' '"Up
I' rom Slavery," could have been writ
ten in no other country. ' Honest
Abe," by Alon.o Rothschild, and hi?
Lincoln, Master of Men,'1 nre some
of the many works on particular traits
of Lincoln's many-sided character.
'The Life of Mary Lyon," by Lcth
Bradford Gilchrist, is part of the story
of the struggle for the education of
women begun by the establishment of
Ml. Holyoke seminary.
John Muir's "The Story of My Boy
hood and Youth," is popular with high
school students. This is the story of
Scotch boy who emigrated to the
United States with his parents. Other
tories of adopted citizens which have
become popular, are "A Far Jour
ney," by A. M. Kihbany; Steiner's
"I'rom Alien to Citizen," nnd Jacob
Riis "The Making of An American."
Anna Howaril Shaw's "The Story of
a Pioneer" is another account of edu
cation and successes acquired under
pionecj- conditions.
Lovers of "Tom Sawyer" cannot but
he interested in the three volumes of
Albert Bigelow Paine, "Mark Twain;
a Biography."
Turning from the lives of those
who have struggled w-ith poverty nud
other hardships, we conic to two biog
raphies which have been taken from
the library but .once, although they
give us a portrait of the best and fin
est in American life. One is the auto
biography of Charles Francis Adams
conler. along tho
North ojrtii Mret
0. " And X, hlftck Z
ciou and south S'?
block 1, Hel.'iom'.i
Grande, Or. That
be affected and b"
Improvement , iio
thereof and estini.ii
Httiitttion is as foil
and X of Block 2 Iti
lo La Grande. Or-..
Mrs. A. V.. H. listen
$70.00. South Kl
Block-1 of Hi tsoni-.:
i e-
we.it side or
t, abutting Jo'ts
Riverside Addi
! left of lot -1'.
Addition to Lr.
the property M
'neflled hy said
repined mvn-r
,fd cost of eon
;ws: Lots ii, 7,
iceivide Addition
, reputed ownei
estimated (Mist
feet of lot 4,
Addition to La
Grande, Ore., repni'd owner Wil
liam Miller, (tiiii::i"d cost $-17.00;
That the Com mission of said city
will meet on Wednesday, the 2sth
day of May, at the Commis
sion room in the city building in
La Grande, Ore., at S o'clock p. in.
and hear and determine all objection.-.,
remonstrance and claims of
grievance by any persons interest
ed and that the preliminary assess
ment for said inunovement is now
on file with the eiiy reeoider.
Dated this May :tiih, l'H!.
J. L. STKARNS;
Recorder of the city of La Grande.:
Daily May 2 1-22-2't -2a-2rr27.
Pure Ice Cream Is what makes fire
Ice Cream Sodns and Sunl ics. at
Silverthorn's Fountain you can al
ways depend on getting the best. They
use only the best best of everything.
Their chocolate, sundaes and sodas are
very fine. In warm weather they al
ways have elegant sherbet. Ti-lStf
FAMILY DRUG STORE
LA GPANDC.ORCGON.
tomorro'
SKE OX
forfJ.'EW SI'KCIA1.S !m
,lnnrtmenri: watch toa.rruw and he sute
KriiSy ar. Saturday.
tKs week-end, in nil
.., visit our sfire
RENFREYf; .
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For. Kids- Wash'"
.' .Clothes' "
The best, most dum!le-a fahrie thai stai.iit the strain; once
..,! nnvllr ehanee,l:.it will outv.-e.tr Calatea, and eosts no more.
NEW!
Under this heading we try
each week to tell you of the
newest arrivals at this store.
Sometimes it "is hard to select
a few from so much that is
new and Springlike; however
here .are a few items on the
newest arrivals.
N K W SUM M KK VOILES.
Six new patterns came in
yesterday, very pretty in col
or and design; some of them
you will see in our window
today, others- are awaiting
your inspection inside; very
good quality Verlaine Voile.
Very pretty patterns combin
ing light blue, pink, green,
tan and dark blue, with white,
dot:', checks and stripes are
featured with floral stripes.
Price nOc yd. .
MOIRE BAGS.
Tho:;e very popular Moire
Silk Bags, different styles
and sizes; very pretty. No
doubt you'll notice them in
our windows. Prices
sri.no and ?(!.00.
. niARMKUSE. .
Jn black and taupe; one of
. season s
ss fabrics.
most popular
Price $'J.50 yd.
NEW JET. BEADS.
With silver chain or solid
jet, (Hfferent styles. Also
Victory red beads and other
colors. Prices 50c to .?LoO.
Durable, wdihle,.euomimkal yarn dye
plain; 1S2 inches wide. Ask abuiit it. x
New .'
Moire
SILKS
Perhaps the most poijular and mot
stylish dress fabrics of the moment
are the new Moire Silks, in black and
colors. We have it in black, blue,
light grey and dark grey a beautiful
material for skirt or dress. Price
Yl'.OO yd. Call and ask to see them.
plaids,,, stripes.
and
Black Cat Hosiery for
Children '
New stocks have ar
rived in that popular
hoe for children; black
cotton, in light, heavy
nnd course ribbed a
complete stock now in;
sizes Mi to 11. Prices
range from 40c to Toe.
Black Patent Pumps $6.00
7rtAT,Ar-j;'A!:Chii
A perfectly jdain pump, Jn
high 'Louis, covered heel, turn
sole. Price S'UMi.
Same Pump, in Military leath
er heel. Price .'n00.
. A patent Military heel, welt
sole, .very small' patent bow in
front. Price $4.50.
Patent' high
Colonial front!
heel, welt sole,
Price So.OO.
OXFORDS-Miljtary and High Heels
in Military heels, lic.-t welt soles. Price
rrico .$7.
lllaek, hrown and white.
?l.r0 and ?.(i.00.
'Clack kid, hit;h Louis. heel, lonpc narrow vamp; very new.
ran he nrrailKed. There will surely
he no difficulty nhout the refrigera
tion problem. We mav vet kcp the j
vhole Ar'lic reirion, and nmut of the
Cleveland 'R wild to lie fdiort
li!,ii(KI men for war work.
Tobolsk proviai e, Slherln; lian
nn urea if HKIjhki munre injlen.
London, l':nuland. before Ibe
war nbeltered Ho.UUO (lerinan
MIlbJeetH.
!
riilllpiilno Island 1W7 eportx j
W.'1'O valued 111 S'Xi.lilll.lHKI. 'I'll.-
Hulled Stales received ?l'.:'.,'j:io.-
CHHI ,,f I lie total.
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YOU KNOW HOW
YK KNOW HOW In (rive ymi a
e,ood sbine mid how to cletin
shoes of any color, (live us a call
Diamond Shoe Parlor
Foley Bldg., Adams Av.
M. F. Mitchell, Prop.
Make A Record
(if every, transact i"ii 1 y slat'lini; a-li.inj;
Jinil iayinu: ly check. 'This, will
value (o vnli when I'llrle Sam i;;
statement i.Tji-ii ritiii's .'iipI expenses
LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK
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. May 15th.
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Use our National TIiiiMcrs' lVureau . .
t shows the Mans; It tells the Cost. :'
It takes Hie many .tnnihles out ol" liuililiii";
JJrinE'your wife, your contractor, and ytmr 1'rien.ils
iurd look our -120 dilTerent jirnpusil ions over .
JVc can surely please you. . , $t
The Grande Ronde Lumber Co.
Corner Greenwood and Madison
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j;rain. 'lievo is the hiliet rofjnomcni
vi (he natural drink l primitive man-
thvitctrtdlIrhiko isioclprii America-
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