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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1914)
THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner. Entered in the. Poet Office it U Grande, Oregon, as f second . elasa natter. Advertising rates on application. . Ail copy, for, display advertising -must . react the office the day before the " ad appears. -A Address all communications to ' JTHE OBSERVER, 1710 Sijxth Street. wv. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Daily, single copy ............ 6c Daily, per week .............. 16c Daily, per month 4 J, XX . . . , . 66e Daily, six months in advance. .$8.60 Daily, per year in advance. .. .$7.00 Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance .;. ..$4.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year r In advance ; . . :'. $1.60 HOW WAR RUINS FARMING. In the-current issue of Farm and Fireside ''the 'national farm 'pa'pw published at Springfield, Ohio, David StSwr Jordan, president of Lelahd Stanford University, publishes : a moat interesting article entitled "The Farmer and the War" in which he how in the path of armies the pro ducer becomes helpless. He com pares our peace-loving and prosper ous middle Western farming country with Macedonia which was physical ly endowed as well as our middlo West, but which unfortunately has been for 2,000 years ' in a position where war has constantly interrupted its development. In the following ex tract taken from his article Doctor Jordan gives a picture of Macedonia "There were no homes standing along the road. Everybody lived in the villages, even though the lands were ten miles away. And the vil lages were crowded just as closely as houses could stand. . - And the . farming was not very good. ' The ground was barely scratched by the plow. Often in good land one would see strips covered with blackberries and wild floors. . Other tracts are overgrown with scrubby oaks and sometimes with wild lilaca, although not a big tree was left standing to make a forest Vhe Turks once held Macedonia, and it would seem that they hated trees. The Chinese have a proverb that 'where armies quarter thorns and thistles grow,' and armies have quart ered in Macedonia for twenty cen turies. Anld for this reason there can. be no good farms.. .The, cattle are dwarfish and give out little milk. They are used, with the primitive European buffalo, as beasts of bur den. Horses are few and small and mostly vicious. The sheep, the same breed they had in , Judea ' in lrible times are handsome and active, but carrying very little wool; a couple of pounds a year would be a big average. "There would be no use in improv ing the stock when the' soldiers ma; come any minute. And between bands of soldiers come , the : bands of bri igands. A brigand in Macedonia, as ,in Mexico, Korea, and . China, is a larmer wno has quit. If he can't make a living on the farm, or if .someone has seized his farm he be .'.comes an armed tramp. a "The farmer who is rich and pros perous today may, have to leave the 'country tomorrow on two hours' no tice, by the light of his blazing house, with whatever he can carry on his back." jVease, it must be ao'tteef'that the business effect of the conflict is be ginning to show on this side ' of the ocean. As a starter the following or ders from European countries . have been received by American manufac turing concerns: ' ' v ... v Two hundred thousand rifles, call ber, .303, from the Remington Arms company. . . v:'. : .,;. . Two hundred T million cartridges from: the Union Metallic. Cartridge company. Two hundred thousand, rL'les, cali ber .303, and 200,000,000: cartridges from the Winchester Arms company. .' Total output of artillery cartridge cases of the Union Metallic Cartridge company. Four million pounds of powder from the Du Pont Powder company.' Fifteen' hundred machine guns from the Colt Works. . (Large orders pending.) ' v'- '' '.:. i ,"'';','. -I Fifty thousand revolvers ' from the Colt Works. :. H.v- Two hundred armored, motor-cars with machine guns, from the Autocar company. . ; ,.' Five hundred thousand rifles, cali ber .22, and ammunition for drilling purposes from the Winchester Arms company. - .'" ; Nine hundred 6-inch howitzers, de livery within eighteen months, from the Bethlehem Steel company. V Shell cases for the howitzers from the same company. Seven) million pounds of powder , from the Dupont Powder company; One hundred thousand Remington rifles, caliber 7 mm., and 13,000,000 cartridges. About 3,000,000 cartridges per weik are being shipped from the United States to France. . . Forty to fifty large guns, 9.2 inch caliber, from the Bethlehem Stead company. Two thousand tons of powder for artillery and infantry cartridges f roi l the' Du Pont Powder company. One hundred thousand carbines, caliber 30-40, from the Winches Repeating Arms company. One hundred million cartridges fo the above carbines. Aeroplanes from various firms. ' Fpur million .aerial arrows. Artillery ammunition, . estimated value $12,000,000, from the Crucib Steel company.' This can mean but one thing lo America more business. While the lines are now ' confined i to weapon ammunition and motor cars, it is very likely that many other lines will vtt- fit from European orders. ' J , : ' ; Card of Thanks. ! We wish to thank all neighbors and friertds and members nf t.ha Christian Church who were so kind during our Jate bereavement I. W. CRAWFORD and FAMILY. Adv. . 12 29 1t B. DAVIS IS STILL OBDURATE COMMENCES CAMPAIGN TO GET Noted Durkee Woman ' Has' Gone tr1 Portland to Get Children, ,:. HEAR IN LA GRANDE., ' How Bad Backs Have Beeo Mado Strong Kidney Ilia Corweted. . All over 'La Grande you hear it Doan's Kidney Pills are keeping up the good work. La Grande people are telling about it telling of bad backs made sound again. - You can believe the testimony of your' own towns people. They tell it for the benefit of you who are suffering. If: your back aches, if you feel lame, sore and miserable, if the kidneys act too fre quently, - or passages -are ainf ul, scanty and off color, use Doan's Kid ney Pills, the remedy that has helped so many of your friends and neigh--bors. , Follow this La Grande citi zen's advice and give Doan's a ch.mei. to do the same for you. . Mrs. Ella Lyman, 1307 Madison: Ave.. La Grande. -says: "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills several timed for back and kidney trouble with the best results. I have also .noticed thoir dgooeffect in another case of kidney have MONEY FROM THE WAR. ' Greatly as America regrets the European war, and gladly as she would be to make sacrifice in order that the fearful carnage might Notice of Stockholders Meeting. TTie annual meeting of the stock holders of the State Bank of Imbler will be held at the banking rooms on January 12, 1915, at 2:00 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meet ing. SHERWOOD WILLIAMS, Cashier. Dec. 18-26 Jan. 1-8 A ftmall railroad operating an oil burning locomotive on the Tahoe na tional forest, California, had a break down during the pa-st summer and burned wood instead of oil for one day On this day fifteen fires started along the right of way. During the precea ing year, only one fire occurred near the railroad and it was not thought that the engine was responsible for that one. An Honorable History FOR 27 YEARS THE. La Grande National Bank has ministered to the wants of clients through good times and through hard times, doing its best always t render substantial and efficient service. Its reputation for solidity and progres siveness has attracted a powerful clientele. You are invited to identify yourself with us as a depositor, and grow with us. La Grande National Bank La Grande, Oregon, Designated Depository of U. S. Gov ernment Postal Savings Depository. Capital $200,000.00; Sur plus, $50,000.00; Resources, $1,000,000.00. FRED J. HOLMES, President; C. C. PENINGTON Vice-president; F. L. MEYERS, Cashier; EARL ZUNDEL and H. E. COOLIDGE, Assistant Cashiers. Baker, ' Dec. 29. A mother's love impelled Mrs. Florence Davis, a week ago destitute and adjudged' incapable of providing properly for her iMi- dren, to' make a strenuous aDneal to . weakness in mv family. " We ohnrfctahiv' imlinml iwuni in Rata' never found anything: else that act- at.he.might.obtain funds. Hli.&fk her four children, of ages from seven price ' 50c, at all dealers. Don't to 12, now at the Boys ana uirls Aid- simply ' ask for a kidney remedy- society. Mrs. Davis suekeededMn hof'fv9 Doan's Kidney-Pills the same r o uti....,.!. . '-.mas airs. layman - naa. r oster-Mil quest for fund, getting enough from b c Pr y the chanty funds of the W. C, T. U: ";' ' ana the Christian church to take her to Portland. She left last night B.T' ker county authorities pointed but today- that,: Mrs. Davis' quest for her children at Portland ' will probably prove futile inasmuch as the rules , of the aid society are such thpt parents cannot: see the children .who ' have been taken away from them. Mis. Davis and her four children were rei' moved from a brush hovel near Dur kee a short time ago. '. . A TEST FOR LIVER COMPLAINT Mentally Unhappy Physically, Dull The Liver, sluggish end inactive, first shows itself in a mental state unhappy and critical. Never is there joy in living, as when the Stomach and Liver are doing their work. Keep your liver active and healthy by using Dr. King's New Life Pills; they empty the Bowels freely, tone up your Stomach, cure your Constipation and purify the Blood. 25c at Druggist Bucklen's Arnica Salve excellent for Piles. Adv. Distress in the 'Stomach.' . There are many people who hove a distress in the stomach after meals. It is due to indigestion and 'easily remedied by . taking one of Chamber lain's Tablets after meals. Mrs. Hen ry Padghan, Victor, N. Y., writes: "For some time I was troubled with headache and distress in my stomach after eating, also with : constipation. About six months ago 1 began taking Chamberlain's Tablnts. They regu iatea the action of my bowels and the ; headache and other annoyances ceased in a short time."" Obtainable everywhere. Adv. How to Prevent Croup. It may be a surprise to you to learn that in many cases croup can be pre vented. Mrs. H. M. Johns. Elkla, Ohio, relates her experience as fol lows: "My little boy is subject to croup. During the past winter I kept a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem. edy in the house, and vdien he began having that .croupy cough I would give him oneor two doses of it and it would break the attack. I like it bet ter for children than any other cough medicine because, children take it wil lingly, and it is safe and reliable." Obtainable everywhere. - I Good Goods ';S-T7 Goods Semter-1 X 1 - ''.v. ";';::,''Yiv"'!"''"';;',':'' ;,r;; ';;.yV;,.if M' m " ' Successor to'-w s I It :i Ouminings & Black : c . r'!v 1 1 f 1 i a Good things to eat a specialty !)-,VC-',' - I Fruits, Green, Canned or ' . - -ii' 'C i '. intil- fti-f etables, Fresh and Canned Our line of good eats for the Holiday season will please WVl' you. Call and see or ' ring us up Phone No. Main 16 " K01 SES WANTED BY W. D. Grandy, S. B. Sweenej and J. D. McKennon : for .v,;-;- W. L Russele Contractor ' 'A""- - ' . ..t ft , t. (.1 - ... 1 J. ' ' . ' . ' ... V ; We will receive horses at La Grande Fair Grounds. Horses to be from Five to Twelve years old, heavy built. Weighing from 950 to 1300 and 15 to 16 hands high. . FREE HAY; AND STRAW - ' . ,, . ., i For all horses shown by us. Bring all horses one day before inspection to insure them being shown; ;s i i Is J m i I Date of Inspection FRIDA Y JAN. 1st. - i? up r
