PATR TTVO
NEW MODELS
GOSSARD CORSETS
FIRST SHOWING
fee 1 aCf
G O
ere
SOLD
HILL'S DEP'T STORE
SI
IS FORECAST
(By AMnoctftted Irosi)
. SALEM, Mar 21'. There will be n
shorUigu of labor in Oregon within
two or three months, C. H. Gram,
state labor commissioner, predicts.
With the passing1 of the peak-of the
unemployment situulion, Mr. Gram
ays conditions are rapidly improving.
, During tho Intttr part of January
approximately 17,000 men were out of
employment In the state, Mr, Gram
aid.
VATS I)YNAMITE1
LINDEN, Tex., Mar. 21. Thirteen
dipping vats in th eenstern part of
Cuns county wore destroyed by dyna
mise Inst night, according: to report
reaching here.
LABOR
iURTAGE STRIKE IP
LOOK
Ih Our
X
Genuine Auto Strap-Razor
for
Ask Ua About Them
PUTMAN'S DRUG STORE
THE REX ALL STORE
Just Arrived
A Full Line of Ladies' Union Suits in Sizes from 31
to 50, V 69c to $1.19
Children's Unions, . .V 69c
Children's Atholetic WiiistuJnions, 89c
Children's Pearl Waist, V.....V 45C to 50c
Ladies' Ever Ready WateWW Aprons, 98c
Children's Rubber Aprons 25c to 48c
Children's Rubber Capes, $3,20
Leather Shopping Bags, $1.25
Andrew's Variety Store
Physicians and other scientists have given
a new meaning to the words "preventive
medicine." We may not be far removed
from the time when we will adopt the
quaint Chinese method of paying the doc
tor a fee only so Jong as he keeps uawelL
NATURE needs help at anyj
age, and proper corsetry in
early years often correctsj
error of. balance and unfortunate
figure tendencies that mar the beauty
in later life. '
Our expert corsetieres have made!
some most interesting and success
ful studies of this problem withj
S S A
Front Lacing
R S E
R D
T S
are some new and special
modeU in these original front-lacing
corsetsMo pliaWe and' so skilfully
and natural moJklled that you are
unc4)nsciousorSWr support except
for a comfortable feeling of well-being.
A visit to our corset department may
save you hiter the discouraging, task of
attempting to regain lost figure lines.
BY
(By Aflaoclated Preas)
CrtASS VALLEY, Calif. Mar. 21.
ritty years uko this month the
miners of Grass Vnlley dlstrlet de
rtnred a strike as a protest aitaliiHt
the introduction of -giant powder
for blustlnu. They declared that
tho new explosive endnngenU their
lives, and a solemn pledge was tak
en that they would not return to
work until the use of blnck pow
der wna resumeVI.
Tho strike fulled after a few
weeks and glnnt powder has been
In use In the mines here contin
uously ever since.
Highest price paid for clean, large
aiaed cotton rags
Wjnd'ow
CENTURY AGO
TA "OTiAKDF ' EVEN' f NO OTEl! VETT
IMPROVEMENT
DueipNm
TCiiiplovinoiit Pii-kiriir t'p In 'n benefits.
Throe Western States Is', Tv.1' TJ'l1
U. S. Lnlmr Doimrtmoilt
Tioport.
(fly Assoclstid Press)
SAM .FRANCISCO, Mar. 21 Km-
ployment conditions on the Pacirie
coast during Fehruury showed a
might general liniirovement ovor the
previous month, according to the
report of J. A. Kelly, acting district
director of the c mnlnyment division
of the I'nlti'd State department of
labor, made public here today.
nillldlllK Is especially active. In
spite of adverse weather conditions
In many districts, mid as u result
lumber shown a marked Improve
ment. On the other hand, mininii.
the manufacture of food stuffs and
textiles, and shipbuilding are still
ueiow normal.
Mr. Kelly's report, covering the
states of WashliiBton. Oregon and
California, follows:
WASHINGTON Conditions show
gra,luiil Improvement with coming
of spring. Large municipal Improve-
calls from the wheat district should
absorb 'a majority of those
n,,W
Idle. Crnys Harbor section reports nvii ( onBl8tft, nl()3ty f food
1 ok if I lie: lumhnr nt'tivltit'K full ca-' . . . . ... . .
' "
bm at Home points. OptlmiHin pre
viiJIh and much bettor conditiotiB
are looked for In thn npxt thrp
months. Considerable activity mani
fest In Alimka fishing.
"OTiKOON HousIiik Bltuatlon
welt in hand. At tho conoluHlon of)
tho rainy season much building f
contemplated. The berry crop will
bo good. Lumber mills and logging :
ramps especially active. Number of j
unemployed becoming lesn. Fish-j
Ing and cunning will start about
May lf with good prospects. Klour
milts report operating below capac
ity, and two report temporary shut
down. "California Employment condi
tions Rhow a slight Improvement
over Inst month, dospite weather
conditions, which, have retarded
early demands fop farm workers.
Severe weather conditions have like
wise interfered to a degree with
building, although this Industry
still very active, and Indications!
point to a greater ImpeAus hs soon
us tho weather permits. Saw mills i1-"8" newspaper., wearing a lop nni
and logging operating about 50 per"1"1 hoariuB a beautiful leather va
cent. Planing mills, sash and door!"sfi' Pres,'n'l himself at the' Ilronie
factories are oooratlng to caoncltv. l.Gttte wh'.n: tl,e:. crus,V w"8 at ,t8
Ia the food Industry, meat packing!
unci riour mills operating at nor
mal. Rice mills reported below nor
mul and. In some Instances mills
jiliiit down. Steel and metal show a
little Improvement, but still far be
low normal. Shipbuilding; reiuulns
at a standstill and very little re
pair work being; done. Lelither In
dustry reports subnormal conditions.
both In the tanneries aud finlshe I
products. Mining below normal. Oil
shows no Improvement. Transpor
tation dull both lu freight und pas
senger traffic."
(By Associated Press)
! HOME, Mar. 21. A burly Irish
.sailor who had arrived at Naples
on a shir, from New Yark paid a
visit to .Rome the1 other day and
soou found himself "broke." Call
ing upon tho Reverend Father
O'llagen. acting rector of the Amer
ican rollege, he said:
' Father, I am herd among Protes
tants, broke and hungry. Could you
give me the loan of a meal?"
Father O'Hagen smiled but he
did not tell the uailor there nre
7l0,0ii0 Catholics In Rome's popu
lation of 750.0HO and that there ure
several hundred Catholic churches in
Rome, as compared to eight or nine
for all other denominations. In
stead the rector led the way to the
kitchen.
( Hv Aftrluird Pre.")
l.ONlKJN, Miir. 21. Mui'ft than
7 2.0UH portions m Loudon nre ilo
iMnU'iit nn ohl nP allowance, ne
tordinK to fimires just announced.
In ndtlittou nbnut lo.OOO septuuKcn
arltins are In workhouses or hos
pitals rec-1vliiR free medical treat
ment nud clothing, or under tho
rare of the guardians.
More than two-thtrda uf the 0I1I
nt;e pensioners nr women. The
IRISHMAN liilD
ICR TO III
DEPENDENTS IN
ENGLAND 1NY
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
MACHINHOP AND FOUNDRY
All kinds of maclmiery, Butomobilet and trictort r
PHired, overhauled and rebuilt.
Ascetylene weldingr Vf a 1 kinds.
Cylinder boring: andovi rsiza pistona,
Crankahafta, Pistonai i Piston Pins repni
Gveh a trial
D. F1TWJERALD, Prop.-
totals show H considerable, decrease
over 1!UI, although there Is a
innikeit Increase In the number of
women.
A iiiuxlinum of 10 shillings week
ly In granted under the pensions
net. Tlio minimum la one shilling
u week. All Incom. of 50 pounds
a year disqualifies from tho pen-
the open. From 1HH, when
hundreds of homeless Londoners
slept nightly nn stulrosea and un-
ler arches, the flKiire has declined
" "' case here und there.
(P.V Aenclrte! Pres.)
CON'STANTIXOl'LK, .March 21.-
Ilorlblaw Kouilish, Russian Soviet
(Trade commissioner in Constant! -
nople, says that Russia is exporting
(Wool, timber, furs, skins, silks and;
other Hooda In exchange for food.
.-,,,, i,,,,,.,. ,,r, .
nl, I18tnnants whlrh 'are , Kreat
. iui.,
; .,.,, . . ' . ,., .
I ,, ,, .,,, ,, .v,h
,,, ., llo ......,, ..Teniv.riv
ships went through the Straits of
the Dosnhorus in -November on their
,vlu , ,..t. In ll, IVi..,n Th.l.
sums ami nricuuurai jinpu.'mpiua,
'Our export trade is far from
attaining the normal, not because
we lack raw materials, hi which
Russia bounds, but because our ex
port operations can only be estab
lished on a bayig of sound agree-
unouts with our neighbors and with
the rest of Kuvope und America
ROME, Mar., CL The hard arrf
fast rule of Cardinul Canparri, In
flexibly enforced by the . Swiss
Guards, that no 'photographers were
Ui be allowed Inside of Saint Peter's
on the day of the Coronation of
Pope I'lu:, the! Eleventh, wub broken
at least once. . .
The staff photographer of an En-
'So. cameras allowed In,"' the
huge Swiss guard informed ti I in, hi
a tone of finality. '
'"Camera, nothing." -respond! the
photographer haughtily, "this is' a
medicine case, .ploase let m pass
that, I may render old to the ln-jured-lnslde."
"Piisa right in. dooiyir," tho Swiss
guard sd, humbly. -
Ten pounsVif lard $1.50 at People's
Market. PhVle Main 747.
P.AGS Wanted at The Observer.
s
Pots li ds
in short rme
MASTING ,
Vitamon Tablets
Now Used By Millions As A Nat
ural, Quick ond Easy Way To
Help Increase Wht and Energy
So ti 'mnrknhlp. the notion of
M.VSTItf-S VITAMiV.' TABLETS In
hflpiiitf U lncr- as; Y4e nourishing
htntltb v'H'nff i'iwr
wltilt Y'Mt lt.
tly trained Ul
lur Tiftr.
Wili, ttiV mn-dcln men Rod
women pvortfa'herc viliraa or tin-lt-ninur!8iimri
ore oHlii nmnzed
0 tliL tmtinil--liiff lmpm vom.'iit lu
their bcaltli, wt t, metial alert nt
nml iippiMranr Xit'-r my a short
couro of l'lTAMON
TAItt.KTS. X
MAsriNS vitamTytaht.ets
coiitnln nil three vltamlnes, true or
ptmlc Irou, tho nvisnry llmo an ltd
und nttivr Vltj,ll7.iti(f ctomt'Tttw whk
Nature trovlihs. ftir iMrfwt vlw" f
toily nnd iui:nl, and to build up that
IrtvuTful Ivtt:itio vhlch hr!p to
if u. trrt ymi flgaJust tho germ of
(1! !! ff 1
I'nly by niakimr tho test Tonrvlf
ran yon full-. nv.ilo how MASTIN'3
VITAMON TAKLKl'S lulp to fvd
(itmI UourUU tho ilirunKt;ii thmu,
litil.l up reui'Wi'd nerve forci.
ctri-nut.hrn tho tT.Mre tlilire nud
iui'iiujil triu-t iiiitl tii'lp put on llrui
!id ilt-sh iu tho placvg where It 1
luottt IlntUnl,
I'or your prn se.fttf snd protec
tion n.iiiut chenD suhtitnti' and
Indtarlnum 1n!t wpnn MAHTIN'R to
P't t-ho orlitlnul VITAMON TAR
l.KTS irunniuNvd To nlve sutltfarllon
or mnmy rvl'uudud, At ftll gvoj
druggist.
tHt wieiNM. .1Iivyir' NrA?t
aso Wi 'Vitamin
-
RUSSIA ffl
rvnnnTP nininii
r AH n i .H
L U 1 i U UU
PHOTOGRAPHERS
(EOF LUCK
nuniRrnmp
IlLll UlilLUIUII
j OFJLS. MINT'
Xfcwjii'dsliip of
WwM'n (UM
Third
l'U.,.,
i. infill
Hands Today; Texan Nue
eeeus Maker.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 21 Trustee
ship for a third of the world's (fold
supply changed hands tL!aiy when F..
Ei Schobey of Sun Antonio, Texas,
succeeded Raymond T. Baker as direc
tor of the mint. Gold assets of the
mint service institutions asrfrrefrute
$.'1,000,000,000. The world irolil sup-
U,P'yi"''''''t approximately $1),-
000.000,000.
Mr. Schobey assumed sunsrvision
t .
itions und tons of precious metals, bum
1 of gold and silver and coins of all de-
nominations
will como under his
charge
According; to a report completed
Sunday niirht by Mr. Ilaker for hi
successor, the total assets of the mint
service institutions approximate $3,
670,000,000, stored in the mints at
Philadelphia, Denver und San Fran
cisco, and the United States assay of
fice at New York. . Much of the,
enormous stock of g;old is accounted
for by the tremendous influx of thai
previous metal into this country since
the war. i ;
Summarizing his five years teim
as money maker for the Boernment.
Mr. Baker said that the coin demand
upon the United States mints was
larger curing the calendur years 1917
to 1020, inclusive, thaii during any
period in the history of the service.
During the war period, he said, ap
proximately 2,(ilW,000,000 separate
coins were struck off by the mints at
Philadelphia, Denver and San Fran
cisco, while the output for the calen
dar year 191!) alone was 8.'!9,COO,000
Pieces, or 44(i per cent larger than
'in n normal pre-war year, such as
1915.
Mr. Baker reported that during the
tar five years all of the mints hav;
been remodeled and modern machin
ery installed, including electrical fur
naces which melt a ton and a half of
silver at once.
S
' '(By Associated Press)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Mar. 21.
Julian Gitesple, commercial attache
of the American High Commission,
who has returned from nn extc'n-
WISE
nd put
Shelby lmzdaLamp3
in everXs016
L8L-DR06G0.
Exclusive Agents for
La Grande
HIM HANSEN
t'onbactor nnd lluilder
Stone, Tile mid
lncreto Work
Keniodellnjt and
enernl con
trnrttnfr. lo Job
too largo,
o wnr-tiine
experience.
none too sninll.
prices. a." l -ewrs
See no bet Are jl
u let your
nnd 5th.
work.
1(H) 2 St. coVnej
Day and Nifffft Service
Kejusonable Distance I2"c
Phono l:H-.l
r.
NAT ONALST
ARE FRIENDLY
1
.3
f
'I
Ajfe
TMI i
I 0
v
Furniture Exchange
COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHER!
ED JrNOHUE, rrop.
Phone, Black 1811
slvu triii throiiiili Anatolia. (Turk
ish natlonallHt area), nays tie round
.1 .....l1.lllt 1111111
111 ;NHllOIIHII.
llavoraliln lo American rapllaSlsln
anil business men.
They wert willing, ho an Id, to
place 111 Urn liandH of American
commercial internals, rights f'.' the
development of minerals ami . other
.-ip national resources, the builUliiK or
.rallroaus, lacmuis lor irraui..,.,L(.vtli Knglnnd. will receive prize.
, . .. installation of hy- , r. ,, u ..i, r,r ih.. .mit
- 'UroeUwtre plants.
(By Associated Tress)
STOCKHOLM, Mar. 21 The Rus-
continue io export large
lamounts of gold. In one week Sill
. .. , , ,
leases Ol gOKl coins arnveu neie
from Iteval while In another week
u ii Estbouian Icebreaker brought
51'9 cases valued ut $22,000,000.
It is understood that these par
cels of gold only pass through
Sweden on their way to America.
CONTRACTORS. ATTENTION
Contractor leaving town and will
sell all his property consisting of:
Three-room house with bath and
plumbing; warehouse and shed; Ford
truck; wo cement mixers and other
equipment too numerous to mention.
Everything, in good shape .ftnd clear
of debt. No other contractor in town.
The price $1700, is less than one-third
of value. This is an exceptional
chance for one who is starting con
tracting. $1100 will handle. Osca:
Oberg, Owner, Enterprise, Ore.
. - 3-20-2tp
Jlf ?( Si W "tk JK
THRIFT SHOP OPEN.
The Red Cross Thrift Shop is
open daily now in the New Foley
Building, off the Chestnut street
$ entrance, Thursday will contin- St
ue to be Thrift Day and on this
day all who have donations for
$ the shop are asked to have it It
ready to be delivered, that be- i
iti ing the day collections are made. s
12-16-tfp
Exide Batteries
Itntteri
stock.
Ititf tOPlkti fill
Kent.
HatteriiV Itec
linrired
Hntt4rtt4 Watered l'ree.
HnttcrtefA of Jtl makes ltepalrctlt
Strouibera I'urbiiretur Service.
i. & t.
BATTERY STATION
Fred Burgess, Prop.
In Leighton's Machine Works
jR.unyan'sj
Sign Service
Auto Painting
1 i
The mddern kind
ina lasts
I A Guarantee With Etery Strnk. ni I
the Bruslarl tfie Guar- !
antcel GOoiL
Runyan
A-New-Hat
f. o--;
HAT BRITE
and
COLOIilTE
TheL.&LDrugCo. j
REDS EXPORT
0
Tiip?.Iiiv. Mvb 1. 1922
Innnrn ron
GLEAKLINE5S
(By AfMocliitfd Press)
I LONDON, lnr. 21. Women or
jand best-kept housu in that dls
Itrlct by the will of Kdward 1. 1M
Ivis, an eiluciitor, who lias Just died
I there. Mr. Davis lictiuealhed l.onil
'pounds, tlin Income of -which is tu
i be divided annually In 6- pound
'prizes to widows, wives or spinsters
whose, homes aru neatest.
IS A IlIGir UVF.lt,
fFy AssocliUud Press)
NEW YOKK, Mar. L Counsel for
Mrs. Edith Kelly Gould, divorced
wife of Frank Jay Gould, Wednesdn.'
J,. i, ,.,:,. mi,....
ivn oupieni; vu,i. unt.vu .,vnuu,K'
'it that his client needed ?1",00( an-
nuiilly for living expense.
For Sale
5-i'oom niodern lumen, full base
mrnt, with jwrupo; splnnilld pluml)
iiiB. This place has 21 iutm with
a good barn, chicken house ami
the soil is the rich sandy river' bot
tom loam. Located 2 miles from I.a
Grande. Trlcu $S0I)0. Terms' $500
annually and interest ut 7 per cent.
12 1-2 acres, will improved, close
to La Grande, 53m.iO.00. I ,
-''','. ;! ": i
7 -room house, modern,").? ,lip ' lots j
flOxllO, close to Mfdi FclJoo!. irap
k3000. $500 cash, ?:J0 per mouth,
eluding interest.
hhvo several frond lota Hated
ijre priced riKht.
adre tract, clown to school, tho
Vitoip' highway is running past this
plaieJ The soil ia of, the best. 7
rooftv house, chicken house and
small barn. Trice $2200.00,
6-room house, modern, icloso to
hiKh school, 2 1)Ik lots GOxllO.
Price J2900.00.
It you have a sninll car and wnnti
to trade It as a first payment on a
small place come in and see mo.
Geo. H. Currey
Phono 200J
Reah' Estate
Insurance
La Grande
IATTRESS SHOP and
UVEAVING WORKS
MVtHcsscs of all kinds clean-
edViild rebuilt. Feather Reno
vating. Rag Rugs and Fluff
lilies for sale.
larpet n:nl Rug Clennl: ;;
x 1 a, l.."ill nml up
Chas. Kdwards. Prop.
Diane 253-W
LFORD & GEORGE
Main 44
Hide with n roliipany that Is
hontlcd. , iOvery driver and
every car bonded for your
protection with the very best
of service,
CALL MAIN' 4i
Snodgrass
and
iimmerman
Funeral Service Par-
lor, Liccnt'ed Knibal
mer, Ambulance Ser
riee. Day Thone
Main (i2, Night
Phone, Main 743.
Io03 Fourth St.
La Grande, Oregon.
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