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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1919)
-.THREE r T-ffinimrirrtTwiwuiiim i A mi;-",,: - t -i , COJVj-E .TO WALTER STfllNGHAM'S STORE IMBLER, OREGON $T&,0QO Vkr arts of. General Merchandise 'is feeing Slaughtered La ilia DEV GOODS, SHOIS, aieCXi, IllSVIM, DISHES, PAINT, ETCARE BFNG. sold, in many instances, at prices far below their present cost ; , AT WHOLESALE -GREAT OPFOSTUNITY TO REDUCE T?IE PRESENT HIGH COST OF LIVING. ,A Cf'R A S lie: h ,M N . OkisKkYTk - - , I it? T' SA Jlavc you viTsitf-l tin- great (''losing Out Sale of the Walter Si rir.gham store at lmliler, Oregon? Jf Von have not, you should do ko iiiime.liately you will lie able to liuv Drv (io.xls, (iroeeries. , "V s' ' y'd war.eti'., at prices far lielow tlieiv aotuai value today, in fact in a great inany in.staiires we arc offering them :it less than their present wholesale cost of today. We have, been in hi neaiivu wars and when we say we ale closing out our stock in order to iuit business for good, we want you to know that we are sincere in our efforts and the prices bargain. Thousands of people all over the Grande, liondc Valley have attended this sale and the yom things are not for one day only, but will e titinue every dav until business fn Tibbler for ( tjiiotc are genuine we arc i liiallv sold out. Extraordinary bargains arc offered Saturday, come and get your share of rem never aga;ft will you buy Shoes, Dry Good.,.., etc., it the price? we are setling'tliem. Let nothing keep you away. yBELOW WE QUOTE A FEW OF THE TH OUSANDS OF WONDERFUL BARGAINS TO BE HAD. , You can buy Men's heavy Work or Dress" Shoes, worth up to ijS.O(), during this sale for $3.98 We offer Women's Dross Shoes, all kinds, at less than wholcsiile cast, choice of lot $3.50 One lot of Girl's Shoes, all kinds, worth up to .t'l.OD, choice of lot $1.98 We offer a big lot of Troy's Shoes, school or dress styles, all kinds, choice of lot $2.98 You can buy best quality drcs per cales, sold any place at I0e on sale per yard. 29c We offer one lot of Outing Flannels in while and fancies worth lllc, on sale per yard 29c , ""iT""'" Tu'! ' ii jjr"T"". " i7"Tn-i - - ' - i 'i tt'- ""ir"-""'T-!-!. TTm v v ' YouVan buv No. 1 Galvanized "99" brand fresh roasted Coffee is I TMPkCDIIC 1 WashVibs oil Saturday at being sold at, per pound UlN ULK VY LAK Sl.l9 39C Underwear for men, women and '. .- , , children is being sold at prices less We offer f( Saturdav, ." I irs of II We offer No. 2 size canned Toma- 11 than wholesale prices today V I r.ob White sjp for toes, regular 20c value for, per can ". 25r i . 15c " Ivory Soap Flakes, regular 15c Z r We offer standard canned corn No. value, special for Saturday, per 25c 15c 10c A SALE TO QUIT BUSINESS FOR GOOD. WALTER STRINGHAM'S STORE IMBLER, OREGON A SALE TO QUIT BUSINESS FOR GOOD. HAS TALE OF, WOE Uncle Joe Fell Among Weil, Say . , Profiteers. Charged $1.50 fcr Cni of the Absolute Necessaries of Life, He Ha6 Re nounced 'Yankees and All Jhtir Works. Anyone who lias ever hml the mad dening ('Spent nee of heliuj stunt:, stripped, rubbed or mulcted of a good ly sum can and will sympathize with Uncle Joe Ilowsli-y, a K-'ntk-mnn from the Lnne Star st:iie, who came Kust on a little summer trip and fell among thieves, us lie lews the iiialter. Vnclc Joe Is an export on watermelons, know ing the frntt from sttm to hlmv end like a book. lie is alo familiar with watermelon ei!pictio, so Ms experience proved shock im; In more ways than one. A writer in a l'ltlshm'h paper tells the stury ay follows: Uncle Joe owned a five-acre farm down In Shacklef-tnl county, Texas, until A few months are. Ho then, thronph the. will of n hni;.n fate and the uctivltles of an oil company, ceased beinrr the owner of a farm and been me an oilniun with an Income of several thousand perfect !y s.kh, .i.ilhirs a month. As a convquence, the wander lust struck l.'m le Joe and he aeeord liiKly .hied himself nortlnvnrd to ex plore unfamiliar lands. Now lie is going hack to ;1'k country, u'l'id, snli, that the un familiarity lr.stfd for the years It did. Pown In Uncle Joe's laud the nee tar known as the wniornit'Inn is a fa vorite form of dirt, and Uncle Joe is j one of the epicures ho when in his j "part of the world pnr'eok of the treat j daily. Iovn there a un ion of a size tliat would tax a man's strength to j tote, suti, Could he puvliaed for a five- cent piece. Or, If a Ih-ld whs ut hand j wherein irev the foe 'f the god, the j taking thereof witho..lr;lie knowledge of the Held'- oun.r wus coii-jldcred no breach of the law. It Is not itranjfe. therefore, that on rtrollhig ahotit a city to view Its sights, when 'X'nele Joe's" eyes fell upon n restaurant In the M.dow of which were dUi.tayed mimootis Inviting rc and gi ei if melons, life tofk on an Jn terest that It hixl Dot felt since dil train hgd pasm-d over the liuand,iry of the (irand ld Ma;e. , "'iict Joe" liiiti'nid in!de and csdltd for watenr. loii. After what eetnd mvh tim, a; $ll.-er ulihh "Incle J.h:" will testify1 whs i.ot more thtin twi Py mx Indies, j waplaeed tiefore turn. MI ictid 'WHienntion' : not a h'. ! placed before him In MISMful Ignorance of the outrage that was about to be perpetrated upon him. Then came the check I. Watermelon, $1.30, suhl It wum't necessary to Rend In a riot call, hut for a time it looked as though It might he. As H was, "Uncle Joe" stamped from the den of thlevea, vow ing vengeance against alt Yankees In general and one Yankee restaurant In purtlcular. UiIUHi Hill Will lull W ii S ill EMIIIHiHl'H Mil P till IHWIMWI M4i HI Mil Willi Willi III llllllllll IW1 IHUI I HI W IIITlTPWMBffBWpTWnBHBWMWIWIilWil IHnllH 1 H "'Mimi illtljpjj. p, JLJUM-trnmMmmmm ELDERS TAKESECOND. PLACE u"1 icceptlon rooms ui Spanish hotels swarm with screaming, I'rollek- Muit Keep Climbing. You can never let down the hnrs when- you want to become grout. , The price Is eternal vigilance. Even when success h assured you must keep on pang. Men who become great by spurts usually sink into insignificance the same way. Besides making up your mind that you are going to suc ceed, you must see to It that you real ize what's In your mind. Talking about what you expect to do will never bring it to pass. The un-hlll Is always before you. The only- way to reach i - - . Writer Asserts That Spanish Children Ars the Worst 6pollcd Young-' stcrs on the Earth, V. n. Trltes, a writer, who recently returned from Spain, was talking In riiilndflphln about Spanish children. "Xpnnl-di children." said he, "are the worst spoiled, and Spanish parents (he tiios' indulgent, in the world. The din ing, fighting children, but, the XpitnUh g'uests smile indulgently. A child of six eats as much as it Ukey of every thing on the table, and accompanies Its parents everywhere. At three or four o'clock in the morning, the usual hour for Spanish entertainments to co tn e to an end, Innumerable tiny tots, exhausted, are bundled into waiting carriages by loving parents. If you For Fail Motoring Automobiles ad r l :ar. We have Tlie skulls anil bum' weTe nauij dn-uyril, hut the twth wefc in fairly f.xxl condition. Charcoal In large quantities found In the vicinity of the boiii'H, which Indicates that the place wns an Indian burial pyre, old residents eay. It Is believed that beneath tin mound iay he f.nd many more hoiliep, but the workmen merely re moved the top earth and, with the ex ception of a few bones which were pithcred by souvenir seekers, the skeletons were iigu.in burled. ! 1 r W A n No Doubt of That "Of course, you know that whisky is poison?" "Yes." replied Uncle Bill F.ollletop; "any kind yu cau buy Dow Is islghty likely to be." Mlativa Values. Ths summer boarders will soon bs going home." "I'm gldf it" ai Knniier'Cftni tnstI. Tm gVtttln kind o' tlrd of glvln up II this precious fowl Jot mere nmis-y. r ask them wny iney oiun't leavo tne poor babies at home, they Flung their shoulder and unswer, helplessly: "I'hey wanted ;o come "I suppose the only reason one does n't seo Spa nUli babies seated at the cafes behind glasses of beer oV whisky Is because they prefer their sugary sir ups." Mr. Trltes smiled. "An KuglNh newspaper correspond ent," he continued, "strolled through tho reception room at the Madrid ho tel at which I stayed, when a Hpnnish mother said to n friend beside her: "'That KiigllKhinan doesn't like chil dren.' "'ifow do you know?' wild her frlvnd. "'lb-cause, was the reply, my little Carlos went Into his room yesterday, while lie was out, to luive a little fun with bis typewriter. The ehild only played with lite ma bine and sharpen ed the pewits on hi de-dt wiih a razor that whs (here. And yet I indie that whenever the KnglMimuu se-s t'arlos now he looks cio.--s,' " ed that a eerllllcnte or deposit would he better. He has made u fortuno In Panama hats and Is going to Hong kong to estublbh a new agency.' k Find River Jordan Unclean. Hathlng In the Uiver .lordau, famous In sacred history, has lost Its popular ity as tho result of tho diseovery by American physicians that It Is a dan gerous disease germ carrier. (tne ofMlio llrst steps taken by the American Ited Cross unit reaching that region was an analysis of the river water, Ited Cross headtpmrters here has been Informed. It was found lad en with the germs of skin diseases and other maladies. Thero has never be fore been restrictions on bathing In the stream, regardless of tint physu-al conditions of the bathers, hut the rev elations of danger lurking In the .Inr- dan's walers caused the local author j Hies to place a ban on the uniestrlet ; ed bathing. suh," ho anuotitteed cuttingly. wl(jnphls aniar.eiiMiit at the noignini'tf if tv.a i thing h- fore btm ha ! flidicient 1.....:i..Al,n 1rt A;Or much arganivi.t, .o made tl'' beu lld r.( UK.' any lue.ii S'TM-.i Kim u luud Hint nly On.. A little (frihad a wln brother and iter. No' she was umh! to the cat thovinit klttyna and nnly one ait th kitt. family belin Kept. MixwfD h"r l.ah.-r brnuKht the twin, down to how her jje (razed t thein earnest;)8 tir a tmll Kn.c of time. Oien said. any Kent..iOHn ! s rv.Ti v.,ni l"VJ , . K.. ,h.. To shade the eyes or not to shade the eyes, that Is the quuttlfin to be decided when the quest Is for auto bonnets for full motoring. Tnere are serenil requisite that the successful bonnet or hut or cap must 1111. KiN of all it must stay on'; no rmiUer what winds may blow or how much the driv er manages to exceed the peed hlmlt. To wobble about or come off is the uiv forgivable sin in a plere of motor head ear. lies Ides this indispensable fea tureand ciUnlly i in i nm tant the djiti net must measure up to itH wearer Ideas o beoinlngness. Comfort in all one np;nrvl H nn at trilmte that (it almost gos uhU-Mit (Savins) Is required of It tod:iy. Near ly all the lists and bonnets for mo toring have jnmli brims, or visors at tjiej fro,t for aliadjiiff tlie eys, but there are som turban and cujn fltut are briudess. They sre In tlie nd 9 e . Cadillac- Wild Animal, in Banff. Allhouli UmiiIT. AIIpitIii, lj! a liiillln vtllnue dining the sniiiiiier mid is thronged with I'mrlsts. wild deer from the mounliiiiiN are to he seen dully on the Hirei'is mid ut nlaht sinlely elk leap from the muds 111 (lie bushes to cxrnpo llpprnurlillif: lltltoniolilles. If a lIunfT counter eiecis to eut his own "Cordon truck" he builds a deer -proof fence around his p:ileh. The grounds of Itrott hospital me open from Hie street and tho oilier nlclil a hiitf-dozen mule di'cr nuide n ruld upon the (lower trnrden. IlautT Is the ciiplliil of Kocky MiMiutaln park, and Miootlnj; j;iiuie v.llliln the park limits Is (orhldilcn by law. The der. Iielnjt unmolested, have become very liime, nmt evi-n n bear now and 1 1j -it pays 11 fi-iemliy visit to the village. Not loni; nk'o a bicyclist, spi-edinif down one of ihe Coffins Rented In Moscow. ruolllclal advices to the slate de partment slate that prnctloilly nil stores in Moscow have been munlclp,il 7.im1 as u rub without eompeii.ation to owners. Km! nr quoted nt 1 1 ru bles and mutches nt four rubles n Iiot. I i i i 1 1 v 1 . 1 i i i I coffins are reported to be no humor used, but are being rented out. The mortality sole Is very hlch, n-ltli typhus, urlp and i-ryslpelns bclm expccliilly inevalciit and overcrowding Hie hospitals. Good Word for Pussy. Brnvp Utile Hob has received many Injunctions to he . "manly," the word helnir used o mean to bo about his business bravely mid quietly nnd In a self-respcctliin manner. Jhe other day Hob's pet cut waa suspected of soma wcnklliiir tnisdcnieanor and Mob rose to the rescue In a hurry. "I'm mirq she never did It, nuinunn," he ex. eh lined Imllirnmitly. '"She'd never think of nctlnit in auch a manner. She Is a very manly cat." , Sijipfa tiopuri4ni;e oi uoob rteaitn. flood hciillli of llseir, to be snre, does not sum up the whole secret nt peiKomillty. I'.in It Is a most Impor tant element, ns you will presently appreciate when you adopt rules of llvlim that result In a distinct bet tering of your health. You will ho liln to feel more Hell'-confideiit. You w ill at lack business problems more masterfully. You will find It far easier to sway others by your fiersonal Influence. II. Addlngton liruce, In f'hlciiKii News. I HUlory of the Melon. Melons were first extensively cul tivated In Trance early In the seven teenth ccnlurv, but were known to Ihe ! undents from lite commencement of ( our era. 'I'll" Kto'ptlnns grow them. They are t:iir to have been carried to America by Ihe Portuguese. Need American Machinery. Th. -re is a hiiKo demand In ('.recce f.ir murine entities of from U0 to 'J'h) horsepower. In the past luileli of (lie Intel Island trade was carried (Ml by ii iii 1 1 snlllnc .vessels, willed were not equipped with auxiliary motors. Meaning of "8elah." The word Hclnh. which occurs sr frequently In tin- I'snlms. is usually be. Ileved to be a lllrecll.ill fll the mil slclnns who clninted the I'snlms In the temple. Mnitheson; the ment mitslcnl critic, wrote n hook on the snhjer. In which, after rejeetlni; a number of theories, he came to the conclusion that It Is equivalent ,to the modern "dn capo," ami Is a dlrccllon that the nlr or song la to he repeated from Hie mm- side streets at iiUlil. hit a dink object ly as a French soldier to a .Sammy, nndi ami ninied a somer-iiult or two before withstand shocks of wind and weutlel he hit the niio-ndiim. SiltltiK up. he er wlihout betriiylilf; their punishment, j looked around .and illseovered a 1'ienr It Is for youthful wenrerK and sliadliuci hiillni.' the trail for home as fust us the eyes is not n mutter of concern foiin'les could curry I, i in. Although wiih It. , There are veils and jrogKlca j taiae mid soni.M lint obtrusive, the fir that If shadlni? I neeibsl. Thif deer, elk and bear do not relish loo to in. nuido of silk, appears at the left1 close nn inqiiiiliiliince ultli mini, mid of the tttn tilWiirioi. 1 l...... ..,.,.,.,t i l.,.,i,k,.Ks l l. t.,.l ..! it the rittlit Mo-re Is n corduroy boil-! ',.,-ireq.ie hut perreuiy sufe neiKle j "'' " '.""'t to the part hcr tlie word not clearly of Dutch bonnet Insplra- j bora. j ' J,ln'',"l. e lion, 'll has a becoioInK Urooiilm; brim i . f i all about the face, but a brief hrimlcs Wat Qui of Small Change. fcpuie ims the back. Hero Is a bit fhen l id I nt, v,lil,y ( liinese Im of iratery which Js successful In keii- porter mid cjioi ier of Tnnntnii and lng the bonnet op the Lend. A short,! Ibakoi. -...s short of sS nil chain: si1,,i,.' estic finnst la act Iii' the bnsiv, when bo p,... d to Kettle for tlie i.f the crown at tbt polflt and Its ten-, iraiisp,,rinii. hi of himself, w ife and sloii makes tho bonnet Inn; ihe le nd, three9 children, who I,; 1 as ,-n hook mfor the 'Irleyt lle tendered a Making Billiard Ball;. i experience has shown Tn tlie mitktnc of bintnrd balls that, as II dries, Ivwy shrinks, so ttiey ure lnr,d In lie rou$h and kept ie u warm room f, a lontr 1 1 in.- onetimes twyears I ! Then after shrink i iey are turned? acnlti. " Op'.ioiittlc Thought What a i'l.ii ie creature was he who first d! ven-d toluieco. Fielding. Pletiitt. Tills religions.. sect was -also called "Sepnrlsts." Ii was n sect of the Lutleran chuieli which preferred private to public worship. The found er wn Spencer of I.eip.slc and his aomo wns called "t'olteiiln I'ielns," becanse his disciples met there. Ordained elemyineii Lad no marked precedence and iiii.li, lie was permitted to address ihe assembly, ns nniom; Quakers: e '1- The cnujvn Is neilli- and tl boiin.-t tn h ave S.in l;V:ne is a u..rt llnlrii, W e.ll Klorri.n.i ! .... ,1... I , 'I kiiowji th.ei iidiilinr qiuiBiy uf cordu-! ft-rtll'ted i j , k for ?nM,ili. When ' JOIIffeON BEGINS roy iifal this mmiei will surely coni-i General Ias,enf..r Akciii II. N' Thom- I m.l Itself I B motorlstS. X amull as asked If that i tlie onlv jror? of ; flillt. !!, Kathered over an (Jastlc ! chnnte he hn. Chen evhlbi a I ano'fter I ...Hi .hi, .i,,h i 4w.n ni ta. j i. ,.i i A vfrA .... r.. is. i I .SA&iK.M, () . .1. t .whence us.ji a. i!,,,in It ibl nv to t'b.e t lu ,.,..r s,ii,.,i i. ,tat ' son, confessed murdeier of Mis. Free LIFE SENTENCE Mill' I.I S l.criiiorn's fountala sei-ved .lohn- I niiid. his lienefiictress, tiHlay bewail Jf Ik ' ""i'1 w"ul'1 4"u ,""1' wh""9 ",,''vi"K 0 life "otencr. , IWWtei ,f.r men sl.rteC , pM a MR truck ; 3 y -m Ofr, ti, iiaS; of fantofr; men dew.l. Obscrvfioa!rvertlln will brine re r .-rvr I e o Uum. Nfll MKMi At "'tween fa, i. in. ntl'i 1 p, 111. HoL chill con came ..25 ('ream of Tomato soup ..15 Hot tannics - 23 Chick, i? b.Oilllon , 15 lleef boiflllon v . . ..IS Hot crUieoi.n with whip cream?. IS ('ofOe and wafc-: I f, 10-IS-tf. TAfclLY DRUG STORG ua aaANocoecaON, History Repeats Itself. Itrii.'i:s nnd Fowler wer.? talking o? ihe u'rent 'wars foncht In the days when the world waf considerably soiinuer. "You know," said Hrlpirs "It always seems to mo that those old, warriors vcro very much like our modern finrtnelefsV' "What do you mean?" asked Fowler." "Well tlsy were alaays Investing some one else's .ap:.il, wci.e't Wieyl" 1 ' i : where tl:ev know how to serve It. 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