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Pnxe Two
Notes On a Big For
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Sim Blacked Out, Smoke Hides Path
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l By ERIC W. ALLEN, JR
SALEM, July 18 (UP) Notes
ottcd down during a visit to the
.Wilson river forest fire in Tilla
nook county this week:
.First Impressions: The sun is
ilaeked out, lenviiiK only a dirty
elkow light. Smoke bjuws
icrosi tho road, sometimes limit-
n visibility to 20 feet, and mak-
ng you cough and struggle for
walh. The car has to go from
jne side to another of the road.
Ml around the earth is scorched
und black, and tall thin snugs
rise out of the smoke and dust.
A small blaze goes scooting .up
a hillside in a few seconds.
Everyone I see is dirty, tired
and in need of a shave. The
army veterans, who voluntiercd
for the job, look beat out.
Work Hard
? All here are serious about the
job, and work together well. Log
ging company men, federal and
state forest service officers, army
and navy men and high school
boys all work hard and cooper
ate fully.
; At headquarters: Negro troops,
just in from the fire lines, eat
chow out of their mess kits and
lie around smoking. An air of
ordered confusion at the radio
shack, with messages from one
point toa nother filling the air.
Men sleeping on the bunks with
out taking off their clothes.
Located
, Sleeping quarters are arranged
'for another 150 men, a guide is
H3MAKES
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ICE CREAM
Lorn -
Smo.lh
-No t.--Easy
Ha tct Cfviioli No cooking
f hipping No tcorchod flavor
lnBoni,v-20 mloii in each ls oVa.
PI.ei. tnd Ihil od for lr. full.lil. torn
pit ofltr, or buy Irom your grocor.
L0riD0nDT?RU
(rond Horn mod lc Cream
STABILIZER
UttMHMMT I IS N0WII0 MN tftlNttlCt J. WHf
ROYAL
CHERRIES
for Canning . . . Just Arrived!
MELONS!
TOMATOES! ,
COOKING APPLES!
170
J-00
Boy's Unrationed Shoes
Have heavy forest green can
vas u p p e r s with no-murk
toes. 1 jieed-to-toe style.
Sizes 1 to (.
Men's Kolilee Shoes (Rationed)
Official Hoy Scout Shoes
(Rationed)
foot
Piupvr
(KiSM'RY & FOW El A
buster bww snos store
Ernie
est Fire . . .
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provided to take them there. One
unit is transferred from a burned
out area to a new danger spot.
Methods: Primary job is to get
the fire located and plotted on a
map. Then organize the crews
and send them to the danger
aioas. When the men arrive, the
job is to "trail" the blaze, or build
a trail or fire break around it.
When the fire break is com
pleted, backfires are sot, going
away from unbumed territory.
Thousands of mattocks, axes and
shovels are used in the work, but
bulldozers arc the most valuable
tools. The big cals can circle the
blaze in a fraction of the time 50
men could. Many .men wear
back packs of water with a hand
pump attached. Some of these
oatiol controlled areas where on
the Salmonberry burn S5 or 40
miles of trail was built in less
than a week.
Dangers: Worst type of fire is
the "crown" fire, which can
6weep through the tops of trees
at more than 30 miles per hour.
It is also the mast destructive
type, because it kills growing
timber. No one has been killed
in this fire.
Fulling snags, rough terrain,
smoke and dust all incieuse the
hazards.
Oregon First in
Per Capita Sales
In E Bonds Again
PORTLAND, July 19 UP)
In P" capita E bond sales during
(he seventh war loan, Oregon
outdistanced the nation with a
pel-capita average of $49.96, it was
disclosed today.
Iowa was in second place with
$43.04 per person and northern
California third with $34.99.
Oregon has led the nation in
war bond sales constantly since
Pearl harbor, being bested once
for a short time by Connecticut.
Oregon's per capita purchase in
the fourth war loan was $37.50:
in the fifth war loan $38.37 and
the sixth war loan $34.99.
ANNE
Kingsley Grocery
(Formerly
1 .Adams
McClay's)
Phone fl"
Play Shoes
See Our Odette Sandals
You noed no ration stamp
for these! They've cool,
comfortable and good
looking. Stop in and buy
a pair for cool, summer
wear. We know you'll
like them.
Women's
Well Worth
wmRT
sluw fitting is ussureJ
by our X-Kay rna,i'lum
shows how the shoe. fits.
It
IU-rglund. Manager
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LAKE LINER BURNS, HURTING 200 Greal Lakes liner Harmonic after it caught fire at Port
Edward, On!., with 225 passengers aboard. Small boat shown in foreground stands by to lake off
survivors. Fire spread to vessel from the 1000 foot long freight docks which were leveled by blaze
Married, Single or
Otherwise, Fireman
Entitled to Pension
SEATTLE, July 19 (UP)
Corporation counsel A. C. Van
Seelen decided today a .man's
marital status has nothing to
do with fire department pen
sions. The attorney was asked to
issue -a ruling by the firemen's
relief and pension board of ad
ministration. The case involved
a city fireman who left his
wife, ran away with another
woman and is the father of
throe illegitimate children,
Ven Soelen said the fireman
is eligible for a fire department
pension.
Visitors To Get
Liguor Privileges
PORTLAND, July 19 (UP)
Steps to give visitors in Oregon
the same liquor-purchasing privi
leges as granted regular residents
were taken by the Oregon state
liquor commission today.
Out-of-staters will be given
pel mils upon application and
proof where they reside and they
will be able to buy their rationed
liquor immediately in state
stores, liquor commission offi
cials said. The ruling will go
into effect Monday.
Previously, the applicant had
to wait for his liquor rations.
The permit fiist was mailed to
his address in his home state.
COMMON COLDS
Scientists say that the common
cold lasts only three or four days
and gives immunity for three
months. Longer illnesses are due
lo secondary infections.
Ked
lllaek
While
licize
Air - Steps, too.
a Ration Stamp!
A New Shipment of
Women's Stetson
LEATHER CLOVES
Black! Brown! Tan!
Also u fine assort
ment of Stetson f ali
ne, jrloves in assorted
colors.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON
Mrs. Rodney Miller,
Union, Will Make
Home in Tacoma
UNION, July 19 (Special)
Miss Teresa White and Mrs. J.
H. Tingay moved Wednesday
fiom the Board apartment to the
Baxter cottage, which was re
cently vacated by Mr. and Mis.
Frank Blizzard who have moved
to La Grande.
Mrs. Wayne Ferguson and little
daughters Mary Ann and Kay
left Union Wednesday for a visit
with relatives at Dayton Wash
ington. Mrs. S. E. Miller, who huS been
visiting her son Rodney at Ft.
Lewis, returned home on the
Tuesday evening train. Mrs. Mil
ler, with her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Rodney Miller had spent
some time at Ft. Lewis. Mrs.
Kodm;y Miller secured living
quaiters in Tacoma so will re
side there to be near her hus
band, who is stationed at Ft.
Lewis ana is at present confined
to the hospital with a broken
ankle.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward CJriggs
left Union early Widnesday
morning for Ox Bow ranch,
wheie they will visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Richards, parents
of Mrs. Griggs. They will return
to Baker Saturday and Sgt. Jean
Ann Griggs will take the Port
land Rose Sunday at 5 a.m. and
return to her official duties in
Washington, D. C. Mr. Griggs
w ill return to his home in Union.
Dr. D. D. Hill of the farm
crops department of the Oregon
Slate college of Corvallis spent
Wednesday at the easters Ore
gon experiment station inspect
ing crop varieties aTid looking
over the station, and certifying
se.d grain for farmers in this
vicinity.
Miss Doris Busick, who has
been away on a two weeks vaca
tion will return to her desk at
the office of the Eastern Oregon
experiment station Thursday
During her absence the post has
been filled by Miss Harriet
A vci y.
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Ingle of La
'Grande entertained Sunday with
a dinner for Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Avery, Miss Harriett Avery and
Miss Kowtz, sister of Mrs. Avery.
Miss Margaret Callahan return
ed to Union Friday for her sum
, n r vacation. Mias Callahan's
mother iesides in Union and Miss
Callahan is a teacher in the Ore
gon City schols. She has just
returned irom Oakland, Califor
nia where she spent two weeks
: attending the Institute of Inter
national Relations at Mills col
lege. Mrs. Elizabeth Vogel, her
daughter, Mis. Charles Earl and
little Barbara Earl traveled from
Oakland to Portland with Miss
Callahan via the beautiful Rcd
, wood highway. Mrs. Vogel re
imained in Portland for an indef
inite stay.
The many friends of Mis.
Rachel Bidwell will be glad to
know of her return to Union.
Mrs. Bidwell has been confined
to a La Grande hospital for mam
weeks, but has been dismissed
and is now at the home of her
friends. Mis. Alpha Danforth.
Dr. George Hoffman, his wife
and daughter Jean of Salem,
passed through Union Tuesday
enroute to Boise for a short visit
with relatives. The Hoffman's
formerly lived in Union and have
many friends wlo unjoved a
short visit with them and antiei
I'ale alonger one on their return
next week.
Soldier Says Armt
Guards Beat Hint '
LONDON, July Hi ,VP Al,
American combat infaniryiv, n
charged, in a letter to the armv
newspaper Stars and Stripes, to'-
lie ana oilier soldiers,
of them wounded veterans.
many
wore
f.nen and clubbed
by American guards
repeatedly
at the Ultii
replacement depot in Emilnn.l
'.mci. wnose name wjs
witnheld. xu.l he was clubbed on
j l.mr separate occasions by Amer
ican officers and noncoir.s for
i-.inor '.miacti.ras of guardhouse
te-gtl! itior -
An ... -v. -t-,,kesr.:an t Vii the
t ntted Fiess the heating chaises
: vv'"'1' a'"eady Iw l'.g offwtallv in
' vcstig.itvj by the ;ivl),vt,,r'gen
! eral's office No charts will he
! made until the invc!ii..tion i
oomph ti-J.
Tl... .1 j.
S. Sgl. Robert McClay
arrived here yesterday for a 30
day furlough at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mc
Clay, after 20 months overseas
service in England with an air
corps service group.
: He returned to the United
States on the Queen Mary, the
largest passenger ship in the
world, making the trip across in
five days, along with the 8,000
American troops and the 7,000
Canadian troops abroad.
At the termination of his fur
lough he will report to Sioux
Falls, S. D., for reassignment.
Naicy Chase Bohnenkamp and
Fayc Andrews,
both storekeepers third class,
WAVES, stationed at the Puget
sound navy yard, Bremerton,
Wash., are in La Grande on 10
day leaves, visiting their parents.
Miss Bohnenkamp is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Chase Bohn
enkamp and Miss Andrews is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
W. Andrews.
Lasius Niger, a species of ant,
builds covered highways, con
necting ant-communities.
WouliyoolryaoM
utens'tls if you could 9 it?
You can get it. It's SoFENATE.
One feature alone makes this
product outstanding it is very
stable. That means the same solu
tion can be used more than once.
This gives you economy over tho
hypochlorite solutions (they have
to be made up fresh every time).
Sofenate is a powder that you
mix with water. One pound will
make 24 gallons of effective ger
micide solution. Sofenate is highly
effective in destroying bacteria and
germs.
You've been expecting new prod
ucts. Here is one we have in stock
right now
WE RECOMMEND
VETERINARY
BACTERINS
VACCINES
SERUMS
House and l?arn
Fly Spray
Flit, qt 45c
Bif.qt 45c
Shell Tox qt 43c
MASTITIS!
I'se Ahhotfa
Sftlvetil
RXMfmcndl Treatment
$8cc 50c
Hospital Notes
Grande Ronde hospital:
Admitted: Wanda and Jimmy
Marsh, Union, Mrs. Guy Bay, Hil
gard, Helmer Freiburg, Starkey,
Red, White, Cove, Friendly
Barnes and Mrs. Cecil Hoffman,
medical; Marjorie Swiger,- Half
way, surgery; Sam llallgurthi Un
ion, accident.
Dismissed: Jimmy and Wanda
Marsh, Mrs. Rachel Bidwell, Un
ion, Arnold Arends, La Grande,
Mrs. Agnes Ramsey, Reno, New,
Mrs. Charles Martin, Huntington,
Mrs. Emma Coffinbcrry, Half
way, Mrs. Lloyd L. Burkenbine,
Ileppner.
St, Joseph's hospital:
Admitted: Eugene Counsell,
Mrs. Harry Fulton, Asa Mcintosh,
Patrica Rivers, Keith Graham,
La Grande, Mrs. Eugene Fuller.
Elgin, Newton Ashby, Wallowa,
medical; Mrs. Louis Stillwell, La
Grande, minor surgery.
Dismissed: Carl Stoddard, Un
ion, Mrs. Ed O'Mohundro, Meach
am, Mrs. A. L. Williams, Pendle
ton, Mrs. David McGill, Losline,
Mrs. Ray Searles, Fred DeBoie,
William Warnstaff, Jim Harrison,
Mrs. Oscar Metsker, Mrs John i
Conrad, Martha Streit, Frank j
Seward, Henry Turner, Mrs. i
Lloyd Chandler and daughter, 1
Mrs. Roy Swart and son, La I
Grande. I
( biff
Farjisers! Save
extra trips to tow 1 by buying a supply of veterinary
necessities to havr 0:1 hand for an immediate need.
You save moiioy, too, by purchasing them here. We
have evcrythii..r you require for poultry, stock and pets.
REFRIGERATED BIOLOGICALS & SERUMS
STOCK
Epsom Salt
Best Grade
5 lbs 39c
For Stock!
Hess Slock
Tonic, o lbs
95c
Hess Udder
Ointment. 8-0..
Hess Dip
Quart
56c
CUTTER'S K-R-S
Makes ideal horn paint.
Repels flies & matri'ots.
Won't melt $inj.-10
off. Quart W
For Poultry!
Hess Pan a-Min 9."c
Lee's Tonax Tonic, 2 pounds 7,ic
HeH 100 Bird size Nico.ine Powder 90c
Perch Paint (Nicotine Delouser) Soc
Ie's Pick Paste (Prevents Poultry Cannibalism) 2:
First Child Born
In Klamath Dies
KLAMATH FALLS, July 13
(UP) Funeral services were
being arranged today for Mrs.
Belle Skeen, 73, reputed ,to be
the first child born in Klamath
Falls; when it was the little town
of Linkville. She died at the
Klamath Indian agency hospital
Tuesday.
Mrs. Skeen was the daughter
ef Henry Clay White and his In
dian girl bride, Katherine Dikon.
For two or three years, relatives
raid Mrs. Skeen was the only
child in the town and was the
pet of the rugged pioneers who
lived there.
SHOP AT
WARD'S
During Our July
Clearance
We must dispose of hundreds of odds and ends,
broken lots and slightly soiled or marred merchan
dise. This means that big savings are offered in
every department, from the basement to the mez-'
zanine. It will pay you to shop here and take ad-
vantage of the low Clearance Prices. Shop . early
. . . shop while assortments are most complete.
Have You Been Looking for
Oil Cloth?
A Shipment
PLAIN WHITE
RED, BLUE AND
GREEN PATTERNED
Montgomery Ward
HESS
Livestock
FLY SPRAY
2 Gals. . . $2.40
Hess Medicated gjc
Powder, 4-oz trnrH
Robert's Cow gc
RX 47 Otf
Bag Balm fitlc
Carton OtF
LEE'SV BLITSPRAY
Kills lice on stock
and Poultry $" .25
Quart J.
Hess Louse Powder
30c
Thursday) 'July 1$ 1915"
Building Starts
At Oregon VV '1 -
EUGENE. July 19 (UP) Con struction
has started on a tew
physical plant shop building on
the University of Oregon cam
pus, the first building project on
the campus since Chapman Hall
was finished in 1939.
Cost of the new building pro
ject will reach $50,G)0,
Horace J. Nelson
Life - FIRE - AUTO
Quality Insurance Service
Tel. 351-W 703 K Ave.
La Grande, Ore.
Has Arrived!
45C'
Yd.
FREE
BOOKLETS ON
POULTRY AND
STOCK
AILMENTS
DIRT EATER
When this specimen has hunger
that acorns and roots won't sat
isfy, he cats dirt That's his hit-and-miss
way of getting tht
minerals be needs.
For domesticated swine pro
duced for a profit, it's better to
make sure they get the minerals.
That's one reason for adding Hog
Special to the ration.
There are two more reasons tat
using Hog Special. One, tonics
tonics that stimulate appetite and
promote better use of feed. Two,
vitamin D that helps prevent
rickets. We believe we nave given
you three profitable reasons for
adding Hog Special to the ration.
I itch
I icratch, I rub, I
look lousy, tod 1 ua
lousy, ...
TherVi ilmplt
rraedy tor your con
ditiona box of D
Hiss Powdikio
Louss Kjllxh. It'i
a powder that can
b readily uied winter and summer. Rub
Louse Killer down next to the tain.
It give off fumet that dattroy lice. Kill
these blood-sucking pests now. 2tAb.
box of Louse Killm for only 65c.
ER
EFFECTIVE
and EC0I8MICM
Always popular
for small flocks
1-O.Uc 2 Ihs.Sfc
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