La Grande evening observer., June 26, 1913, Image 4

LA EVENING OBSERVER,
T1EURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1913.
PAGE FOUR
THE OBSERVER
.v BRUCE DENNIS. Editor and Owner
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LA GRANDE'S OPPORTUNITY.
the guard anslrr thus proclaimed w.i3
velccmo. New it onlv serves to in
Cx'zta the rroud Latins. ,
The s.iiuil rountriea which chroni
cally disturb iho peace on this su!.s fi
the wo Id r-rht be corrected m i
msily, in 1'iof.' Bingham's opinii;', l y
concerted action on tn part of the
United Status and the lending South
American countries. By an allimvra
of this kind w would i.ssume tn su
periority ove our negbors ami :V
Accepting equality would be in a nuni'i i
letiet position.-to r.i!;intnin 'ihtfit
ftien&hip and pood will. He rcai
ri.ut Brazil today ha the ' inrirtf
dreadnoughts in the world as evvdenj
that, it is ' .AOT.tev.-hat 'absurd f;r us o
pose as it- jnwdian.' The enormo'j'-. 1
trade which these countries transact j
with Europe every 'year is cited ij5 !
proof that instead of , cpmentujn. j
llit-IKlOftiJ.' CUV niriUHIi ...... .MV-
has .served to sever it.
' The Monroe doctrir
a !-!ui!!;sr article in tl
fession cf faith that today it is heil
as a cardinal principle. Vet rece
events in Central America nave open
ed the country's eyes to some of its j &
nis.Kivnmiigvs.
i' i I iR
re ha? been surji fi
the-national cul-jSj
As the comnlicntio!,
The state organization 6f '
j nr
; arising from its applications thicke
e.mnv ho C'-'s ready to constdr
Farmers Union, which also includes 'adjusting it to cm-.ngea conditions.
Southern Idaho, has decided to meej
"in l a Grande next December in annual:
session. This will bring to this city ;
4he prominent ff.rmers "VhiTare today :
working early and late with uieir.
DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
Buy Your New Suit during
Menmdeling
And save one fourth to one half the price. :' Every new style" and pattern included. -Not
one suit in the store reserved.
f
Benjamin Suits
$3o. now - $ 1 5 to $22.50
r.i
Society Brand Suits
$27.50. now $15 to $20.65
Fidelity $Ij5 Skits
$11.25
At the Remodeling Sale
al! reduced to
IOO Men's l and Young Men's i High Grade Suits, now' HALF PRICE
' . " " ' 1 ii i
Women's Suits and Coats all reduced to 50 Women's Tailored Suits that p p A
wholesale cost and below None reserved, sold up to $25; all reduced to - -. p v 5 v
TKe great work to b? done in th
interests of School children was nevet
more apparent than it is made through ,
statistics gathered for the interna?
tional congress of sehdol hygiene, t
of their pronounced efforts is to solve
the problem -'.of marketing produce
crown on the lands. This problem is
Prougntiortn in a swonp manner nenj be he)d jn Buffalo in August
t-traint of trade such as happened in It s declared that of the 20,000,000
Prrtlnnd not long ago. It is only then ' school children enrolled in the United
that the farmer and people living in ' states, fully 15,000.000 are in need of
the smaller cities like La Grande begin ftttention on account of medical de
to realize the robbery that is and has . Tr , . ,
teen perpetrated on the producer for'- Ir- Thomas H. ood, profes-'
vears in the nast. ! sor of physical education at Columbia'
At the Union's meeting this sub-' university, has made the
a: 1 r : -i . . " "- : !S
xxr . i Bargains Like Above Throughout The Entire Store- ,,T ,
Watch, , ;;.', .,. : . - Watch I
r ik West's ''i&iiT - ia i West'; I
wind0ws west s Kehiodeiing Dale - .Ads. . j
forthcoming congress. It Is hoped that he must forget a large part of
that this congress will advise meas
ures which will be th basis of re-
followine
ect will be discussed by men who have ; .i.:.: ... on aaa nnn
made " earnest re3o:rch and the fine- ....
ings will be laid before the co.iven-.cnlllren:
tion. J About 5 per cent or 1,000,000 have
It is La Grandes opportunity to t ti-Jspinal curvature, '.flat foot or some
other moderate deformity serious &M community.
nothing too good for the producer, and nb t0 atwiere to tome : degree
the privilege cf 1 .ng them here with health. ;
rurely wilt instill la e:ery citizen a d- i About 6 per cent, or 1,000,000 have
aire to make event the hn-geV. defective hearing. About 25 per cent
VR Z?t'??JfTn'T 5,000,000 have defective vision!
C" JnWm SlnCCtWaSr!al"'"'i- (About 25 per cent or 5,000,000, are
COST OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE sufferinR malnutrition' in many
. , , cases due in part at least to one or
more of the other defects emimerat-
what he has learned before there is
room in his brain for 'the knowledge
form shortly to be caf-ried into all the -that will prove of value, to his em
individual communities of the United ployer. The school training that he
States, if not indeed to all those coun- has received has practically all been
tries of the world in which special at-! preparatory to a college training and
j tention is being paid 'to the welfare j proportionately only a few of even tSe
high school pupils eventually ft) to
college.
Vocational training would be of far
greater benefit to them. An- insight
I into business or the trades would put
; VACATION OR VOCATION
SCHOOLS? ,.vv
Tbia ffiiintrv u-nnlil do well, acron).
ing to a writer in the June number of e
the AUantic Monthly, to notify the Over SO per cent, or 6,000,000 have
world that it no longer holds to the enlarged tonsils, adenoids, or enlarged
Monroe doctrine. The man giving this cervical glands which need attention,
unusual advice is Hiram Bingham, a Over 50 per cent, or 10,000,000 (in
member of the faculty of Yale uni- some schools as high as 98 per cent)
versity, and an authority on th-s econ- have defective teeth, which are inter
omics, politics and geography of South fering with health.
Amer!ca. The amount or tame lost oi eauca-
His view is that the Monroe doe- tors in attempting to teach these chil
trineonly has brought on us the dren regular lessons; the danger to
hatred and distrust of Latin America, which these children are exposed and
Our motives, he says, ars openly the danger to which all children are
questioned. In fact, the alliarce of exposed in the class rooms through
the Argentine republic, Brazil and contagious diseases, the constant suf
Chile, popularly known as "tie A. fering of this enormous number of
B. C group," has for its definite pur- school children from 'defective vision,
pose opposition to what is accepted defective hearing, from defective
as this country's policy of self-ag- breathing and from other ailments;
grandizn-nt The pride of Central the great injury which is resulting
and South America, he says, is wiund- from bod seating, from poor lighting,
ed by the American assumption of poor ventilation, and bad sanitation
suzerainty. In the days when Eu- these are a few of the topics which
repoen aggression was at all likely will come up for discussion at the
tainment and display. Many who happens to Senator Jim fm
The United States bureau of educa
tion in a recent bulletin predicts hat their life work and would at least in
children in at least 150 American cit- a measure equip tliem to face a world
ies will continue sroins to school dur- that is none too kind. Vocational;
ing the summer months this year, training has been making advances but
Clarence Arthur Perry, in a publica- not with such strides as it should. A
tion issued by the Russell Sage foun- few cities Ifave made it a part of the
dation, finds that 141 municipalities cmriculom of their schools but is a
reported vacation schools in one or " iss'tfe rather than a prir.cipa'
more buildings in 1912 and that -un- btanih of schorl work,
doubtedly there would be more this; I- t the vacation schools go on They
year. There is a movement on foot in. wi' 'fill 8 hur-anitaria.i need in keep
New York City to have all night col- '5 children of the city streets and
leges and the evening schools ha-e ws the orit;".i.iJ purpose" of i' i
come to be looked upon as essential "rroi.ioters, but in prepr ring the ro j-.f
to every weTl regulated system of pub- f srbjects to he taug!-1 let some heed
lie schools. The scramble for knowl- e J-'ven to th? efficiencies of th reg-
eujre is constantly gaining impetus .-ii:r courses f .id provioe the nsu g
would be healthier and stronger for of that state.
walking a mile or so to the place of'
employment take street cars. Fami
lies that would be stranded if wages
stepped for a week fritter away count
leas nickels and dimes in theatres, mo
tion pictures and excursion. '
We want to stand well with our
friends and neighbors and we fool
ishly think the way to do it is "to
keep in the swim." But incomes are
not like rubber bands; they wont
stretch. And in trying to please e
erybody we please nobody. . The right
kind of friends do not call one stingy
for trying to live within one's means.
An Illinois farmer lost all of his
hair and whiskers by lightning. It is
to be hoped nothing of the kind ever
New Jersey man sbx-t at a crow and'
brought down an 'Agle, but that is
nothing for a New Jemeyite. One of
them shot at th governorshin and
brought down, h presidency.
Paris hB a hotel without servants,
which seras to be the only way to
solve the tippihg problem.
The Wilson administration certain
ly believes in boosting the business of
the grape growers.
Ever buy books on contract? Never
got settled up, did you ?
Who steals our cubist picture steals
trash.
The Test of Time
Time determines whether the pol!cle under which a bans Is oper
ated are safe.
Tola bank ha bee a la business twecty-e!x years.
It ha grown stead'.ly until it has become one of the strongest and
most prosperous financial Institutions In the West.
The soundness pcdlctee Is attested by the long list cf conserv
ative business a.en : transact their business here; also by an
earned surplus of the wort ot time and tie res-tit ot
. conservative manageowu.
Tola bank has facilities to? takln care ot more fc'-sa fraie Vir
tues and offers r-.s services t o those who appreciate the bst In
basking.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
Capital, tlOO.OO&W Surplas. $ISO,(W.OO Resources, UC.0VC
btSIGXATin DEPOSITOR! OF T51TED ST1TES G0TERM1T.
1 OTTED STATES POSTAL SATIXGS DEPOSITORY.
and ene wonders where it will all end
Will the time come when men of let
ters must supply the vacancies
by the laborers who have dropped
their shovels to acquire the higher ed
ucation? Some of them even are fin
ing it now. If all of the people re
to be:ome gans intellect is'! whe
will pe.-" i th i- ?.ial tasks if not a
fair sharj !
giants"
But inn who luve earned thei'
bread the sweat of their Vow are
averse 3 having t-ttr child? n "o!icf
in their footsteps. Realiin-; t;.i.i
own shji'tciunings. they work a little
generation w tn .n insight into V:
is before than ui VS-. and ho-- o
i pt with it.
KEEPING IN THE SWIM.
The fear of being called a "tight
wad" colors the whole life and dic
tates most of the actions of the aver
age American, says Col. Henrv Wat-
tl.c?e same m ;llectual terson.
The truth of his assertion no one
can dispute. Few of us can deny a
share of the general weakness. We
are afraid of being suspected of sting
iness. Consequently we buv thines we
don't need and do many things
Money to Loan
The undersigned represents the NETHERLANDS AMERICAN
MORTGAGE BANK, and Js prepared to loan money in any amount
on improved wheat, alfalfa and dairy farms. Rates 7 and 8 per cent
No delay.
Phone Main 5.
FRANK R. ATKINS,
Pendleton, Oregon.
550 Main Street i
longer and a little harder each dav n j '
pnng may be sap
with knowledge equipping them
i"m UMlT onsprmg may oe sap? lied ; our neighbors do.
we ,
just because '
i nfiE "Thv xc-iu ear" u- th,4itiM. ;
lighter tasks. The second generation boo in many a home. Yet what do
; goes a step farther and looks forward ; "they" do for one? When the strain
to a professional rarwr f ,tr tfc- :- . c-n..ll
-' - i rvc l'hij, u y nyKumuwzs l.liailji
dwn and thus the movement gv-s no. : r.vrses bankruptcy where are the;
jThe professional men cf today are friends of days of plenty? Somewhere ;
working in an overcrowded field and, else.
while two decades ago the profession1 It would be good for all of ns if. J
I itself wa$ a sufficient guarantee cfjWe thought less of "they" and more I
success in life, today it is only the ex-, of plain "us." This is not sel-shnes. I '
ceptier.al man in the profession, who -It is eom?iion sense. We are p--t in!
can aflTord the luxuries. The others this world tc live our own lives in ou.'
; peg along, satisfied to be merely exist- own way provided that in cVir.g so! !
ir.g, or Wave their professions for we disu;rh no one else in the sair.e'J
! which they are trained to sek wealth, right. By bowing down before this
in eM? for which they are untrained. fa!fe ki.il cf they ' we shackV o-.r j
In nine out of ten instances the par-; !---es '.i t.e most galling cf chain..
ent chooses a career for the child a-d Pecaue wtt thv will sav" so I
a career to the much an '-r.wr.tten !i in thi coo:':-1'
we si1 t sr.-t little people who'
it is not oftentimes
latter's likirg. In the ter.th i-sta-.-e
the child chooses a career of whi.H
he Srtow? htte until he has gee too fortabte if the- ltd within
, .ar to turn rack. means anything but happr.
ouJ K pe-fect!v happy an! com- I
the:r
Families
There is large room for dr.il t as ca $25 -or $?. a week aspire to own !
; to tr.e wdem of the present Kethod automobu'.
c.f ecjcaitrg the chiwren. The v:h bavinsr hotr.e belor to
Men who oujrht to be !
ashior.able
c tcsiay who leave the high s,Kv! ch-ls. Wcrren well able to do their
is
:es ad so little practical irfortr.at:on5 try to esalate the very rich in enter- !,
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