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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1918)
'ATiTjWV ir cJ&aM&E fer" BsMosBsti tsJlssaJ VOLUME 0, NO 47 RICHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1918 $1.50 A YEAR An order issued by tlie stato coun.il of dofenao and to ho un foreed by tlio War Industrie Poatd and Unitod State Govern nu nl, v. ill go Into oiled in Oregon on Tuesday, Oct. 8tli, 1 In- order specfiea that all sale of merchandise at any time on Fui. day; after 0 p. m. on Satur day or after G p. in. on nnyothor das 'f the week, shall be dlacon liim d i.uring the continuance of the u ar. The order prohibit the Hr'i.i.ir of KMsoline, distillate and 1 11. i i.atin oils at garage and P'l' '.ic filling places, in faeL the n.ile of all articles, the only ex. crption being meals at hotels or restaurants and the filling of pre emptions by druggist. 'I'm- order meets with the gen eral approval of the business men of Richland, and will ba carried on' I: ore. They Have Given Their All. Herewith is given an extract fi m a letter received by Mrs. J. M. t'ba.se fron. her son Story: "We are in somo town here; it ii in the south and it nets good aii'! hot but fie nights are justi riht lorsicep. me noi wwuner U wod for tiio grapes and they will soon be ripe and that will help some as itkliard tojret fruit here; you "t$i &"4tnui:tt poin d .or pears or apples and thev are only culls then. If the people over there could see how this country has given thev would not try to keep their bo at home or refuse to buy I ioerty Bunds or W.S.S. Mother, they have given every thing they had. You see old ,idi h going out in the morning to work in the fields and they don't come back until late at nighr. They cut all of the grain by hand and thrash it out .vith a cUib. It sure looks funny to see them bring it in on a two-wheel cart drawn by a couple of milch cows. You can sec how far they are behind the times." but only at long range. Therefore, if you bought a small Liberty Bond when you could afford a larger Bond, your con science will remind you for the rest of your life that you failed to do your duty toward the Eagle Valley boys in Service. wrnm the TOP c;i,..,E $200 All Must Pay in Advance. St'ilementa have been mailed to every subscriber on our list wIioho time has expired, but the returns are coming in slowly. It has been customary in the past for a great many patrons to pay when tho year was up and not in advance; a plan which has worked quite satisfactory since wo have bad charge of tho News, but we are not allowed to do that way any longer. Therefore it is up to you, dear reader, for if your subscription. i3 not paid in advance the paper will stop, for we must comnly with the order or go out of business. Wo just receivod a sample line of Dnndylino pkirta and dresses which we will havo until Satur day. Come in and look them over. 13. & W. Chandler. ad Buy your Flashlight Batteries tit Richland Drug Store. ad E Barber j WCJasper Latsst reports are to the effect j JamosCBowen JtfWk tho. StyJja&M auota for tb Fourth Liberty Loan is already pledged in spite of the fact that Eagle Valley, Baker county, and u few other communities failed to make good. Remember you still have time to buy bonds, and if you have, bought but feel that you can buy more do so now. Fourth Liberty Bond Buyers List made up to yesterday rioon any further sales will be reported in next issue. As we are but human and liable to make errors, we will be pleased to have any mistakes or omissions reported so that wo make can correction. $500 lo $1000 Thos. Scigel $1,000 Geo B Saunders 1,000 Peter Sass 800 Sas3 & Schnau 800 C II Brooks GOO lanthus Chandler COO Noblo Holcomb 500 Edw B Augustus 500 L L Simonis 500 Paul Knoblauch 500 Joseph Hartley 500 $250 to $400 JnoMcLood '100 J no B Perry 400 E A Bonnchoff .100 Bert Rogers 800 ,Jno W Densley 300 L C Holman 300 Rebecca B Cover 300 Win B Martin 300 DT Allen 300 George Mike Moody 300 B E Holman 300 W C Tuttle 250 CIuib A Harvill 250 James Arthur 25') L E Allen 250 I N Young 250 Wm A Wyott 250 Lyda Jasper HenryT Babcock OrlaJ Howell Mikpjwni ChaaSStimmans CluusPSnss JRoscoeLee B. Cooper. 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Buy your Tobacco and Cigars at Richland Drug Store. ad BUY AT HONE ID SAVE New Bridge, Ore., Oct. 1, '18. Editor News: During the past week we wer$ 1 yisited by a representative of Parks Bros., a grocery firm of Portland, who assured us he could save us from 25 to 50 per cent oq a grocery order, in fact, that ha 'o "could sell us goods cheaper than onr merchants could buy them." ', One of the first things he as sured us was that raisins were selling in here at 40c lor an 11-oz package, when, as a matter of face, they are selling for 14c a pound in bulk or 15c in package. Now, the freight rate from Portland to Robinette is $1 per hundred.lor a cent a pound. Af ter reaching Robinette it must still be brought to this Valley. , We have personally investigated ;' the prices charged by our local stores and find that he cannot ' save us one per cent, let alone 25. to 50 per cent, and when we. quoted him Eagle Valley prices he assured us we were the first to prove to him that HE COULD NOT save us money on groceries. His final defense was, "Well, - they can't buy things for those prices in Pine Valley; Tom Estes ' bought a bill of goods from me for $59.50 and when he asked N. D. Brown what it would cost to. fjl.l the gam erdec, .he said 512$ Ic seems to us that anyone who stops to figure for a moment would see the great advantage in patronizing "home merchants" . when I he price is so nearly the same as in these things, (and in some articles really lower here.) When we have a Liberty Bond or W. S. S. quota to be raised it is our home .merchants who help, not the Portland firms; when we are "short" or want credit, it is the local store that carries our account. The out-of-town firm demands cash. When you have farm products to sell, the travelling agent will not ac- cept them in exchange for his goods. This agent argues that some of the Eagle Valley merchants own autos that we' help pay for he 4 was not travelling afoot. He says we must assist in paying clerk hire here. Who pays his salary and hotel expenses? And the house he represents must be a small one, indeed, if there are no clerks or bookkeepers employ ed there. i Yours truly, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bo'wen.' . COMING! M. D. Fleming, Optometrist, of Boise, will bo at Richland Hotel Thursday and Friday October 17 and 18 Ho is rogistosod in both Idaho and Oregon, has had 20 years ox porioneo, guarantees to fic your glasses cxaetly right, and givos special attontion to ohildrou.j Ono pair of oyos is all you will ovorhavo. Bo fair -with thoiu. i.