La Grande evening observer., January 12, 1916, Image 4

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; LA GRANDE EYENING OBSERVER
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY J.916.
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CANADA'S HYPHEN PROBLEM,
. ; It is not surprising that with Can
ada so close to us and its people made
op, las is the case in the United States,
; of citizens of all other countries, the
Dominion should have a hyphen prob
lem. The Ukrainians in Winnipeg
and Manitoba, who constitute consid-
erable settlements, have been stirred
up recently to demand that their lan
guage, variously known as Little Rus
sia, or Ruthenian, be put on the same
footing.; as English. ; At present
: bilingual teaching in the schools is
provided for by law, but the law was
not enacted, with the iea that it
would be used for the manufacture of
, hyphenated Canadians.
As the Manitoba Free Press says:
"Canada's varied problems of growth
and development are such that '' the
. bond of a common language is abso
lutely indispensable." Give that, and
it can do no harm for the different
racial elements to .keep up their sep
arate cultures. It is altogether like
ly that the new conditions brought
by the war may compel a reconsidera
tion of the language question in Can
ada, .,:..- !... w.;rx::.;.:,
PIGURES AND CIPHERS.
4 When the war begaty the estimates
of the economic experts to-the cost
varied widely, butj.ihestimate i most
generally accepted was ($40,000,000 a
vday.;, For a year that -would come to
about ''$ltoOO,OQ0th& It'wi .'not
generally assumed I thkt so tremendous
a drain could be kept up, so long.
. Standards of cost ; have , changed
greatly since then.' After 16 months
of the war it was announced by Mr.
Asquith that Great BritWn alone had
spent $8,300,000,000 and that its daily
, expense, was rising to nearly $25,
' 000,000. : -
fThough no other . nation is spend
ing .in lavishly, it is certain, that the
cost of the war has already far ex
ceeded the early estimates; the three
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years of it predicted by Lord Kitch
ener would not leave much of Europe
except the shell.
If the war. were to stop tomorrow,
the tremendous .. expenditure ' would
not be lessened to any marked; ex
tent.'-' Great Britain, for instance,
would .have to pay greater attention
to the welfare of its human wrecks
Their future is a responsibility of tho
I empire. According to information
that comes from Canada, where some
specific instances are noted, it is a re
sponsibility that has ' not yet beji
lassuined with soriouanessV'Ydung
Canadians who went to the front in
t the ower of manhood and returned
complete and permanent wrecks are
known to .be receiving pensions of less
than $100 a year. This cannot be
continued as a policy when the. war
ends, nor can it be continued long un
der "tony other' circumstances, or en
listments are likely to stop. There is
a limit even to patriotism.
PUTTING
THE SCREWS
CHINA.
ON
a Ration i.otQ0)0.Q!PP ,Chinamen.,intd
a. Japanese, colony and, thus . multiply
ner own power ana prestige incaicul
.ably. As for the industrial and com
mercial development of China, ."that
has meant little as yet but will be of
vastimportance lit,the future, per,
ticularly: to ;oW Pacific coast. 1
It behooves 'the American people to
keep an eye on Japanese maneuvers in
China, and stand firm for Chinese and
Americbn rights. v
TAFT FOR SUPREME JUDGE
O - " - - " wmwkv Mnv wtirw iMCVVVn KDl'IUOi OWUm Wl
ut cut rate for them on ice cream or f "ritated ' tiirosit: mid. allays mfhuHma-
sodas ition. searcn as yon win, yon cannot;
- . : . I find a better cough and1 cold remedy.
' I It use over 46 years Is a gnarantee of
If peace w declared by the Nation-! satisfaction. ' . ,.
jal, American and Federal baseball
leagues, ending the 'European war
ought to be an easy matter.
the
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START RIGHT NOW TO LIVE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
RIGHT. ARE YOU FACING AN OLD AGE OF POVERTY?
IF YOU ARE EARNING MONEY PUT AS MUCH OF IT AS
YOU CAN IN THE BANK EACH PAY DAY. YOU WILL BE
HAPPY WHEN YOU SEE YOUR BALANCE GROW AND SEE
YOUR MONEY PILE UP SO IT CAN REALLY "PROTECT" YOUR
OLD AGE. . ;. .
; START RIGHT NOW. :.' ": ' ,:- .' ' '
' "" ' BANK WITH US. ;t ; , .
WE PAY PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS
La Giraridei National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
.Capital $2Q0,0O0.OQ . - Surplus 160,000.00''
Reeourcoa $1,000,000.00 t - ,
i'i"
Fred J. Holmes, President
F. L. Vreirs, Cashiet
C, C Penington, Vice' President
E. Zundel and H. E. Coolidge,
Assistant Cashiers.
Fred . Holmes
C C Penington
A. DloUsnad
DIRECTORS.
J. G. Saodgrass
H. S. Brown toa
A- T. Hill , ,
i. F. Conley
H. E Coolidge
F. L. Meyers
Japan protested against
nese republic reverting to an em
pire. The empire has now been re
established nevertheless, under Yuan
Shi Kai. But Japan has not given up
her efforts to keep the Chinese nation
from attaining independence under
whatever form. . : , i
According to a newspaper account
from Tientsin Japan before she will
acquiesce in the new monarchic re
gime insists on these concessions:
China must proclaim' Japan as "the
most favored nation," and recognize a
more or less definite Japanese pro
tectorate; Japan must have more rep
resentation in the collection of the
Chinese customs; Japan must get
China's foreign orders for war muni
tions; whenever the Chinese govern
j ment : employs foreign advisers for
any purpose, they must be Japanese;
group five" of the Japnnese demands
forced on China last spring, the only
group not definitely accepted, must be
taken up again for consideration, t
As matters stand,' Japan with the
concessions gained recently - by
threats of military compulsion, has a
pretty firm grip on the Chinese gov
rnment and Chinese industry, trans
portation and commerce. She evinces
a double purpose of keeping China
irom developing genuine government
al efficiency and keeping other na
tions from doing isny business in
China.' ' '" i; " ' ;
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Both of these . purposes are con
trary to our own Chinese policy. , as
created by John Hay. We, in con
Junction with other nowera. aia nntt.
posed to be guaranteeing Chinese
autonomy and the "open door." -
Both duty and Interest should! impel
us to maintain this policy. It is ear.
tWnly-not for the best interests of
.the United States to have Japan tarn
The New York World. Democratic.
says the death of Justice Lanlar has
naturally excited conjecture as to
whether the President would offer the
UAMni Ban. T O .1- A -
chj' ex-President Taft, not alone on "the
tground of his conspicuous fitness but
as in the circumstances the man in
public life logically best entitled to
the honor. The fact that Justice La
.mar, a Democrat, owed his appoint
ment to Mr. Taft would make the
)atter's appointment by a Democratic
President an equally happy subor
dination of partisanship to public
policy. , The same editorial co
tinues: .
Some grip medicine
the grip itself. .
is worse than
ijn the Presbyterian church and out
side it there is gratification that Rev.
G. L. Clark is going to stay in La
Grande. Men of his calibre are hard
to get. ' The fact he recently was an
easterner cant be charged against
himlv He has adopted ' westernisms
readily and we doubt you could drive
him back with a dub..
Mr. Taft'a competence for anv ju
dicial office needs no encomium. When
Frederick N. Judson published . in
1905 his treatise on the Interstate
Commerce Law, he dedicated it "to
Honorable IWilliam Howard Taft.
L. L. D., sometime Judge of the Cir
cuit Court of the United States, whose
name Is written large on the pages
of the judicial history of interstate
commerce." If that hitfh tribute was
deserved at the time, the eleven years
that have elapsed have fully con
firmed the estimate of Mr. Taft's 'fit
ness for the highest judicial duties.
To his earlier fame as an unricrht.
just and progressive Judge Jie has
since added the experience of 'Gov
ernor General . of . the Philimines.
Secretary of. War and President of the
United States. . Probably no living
American has axipro'foundert ac
quaintance with the administration of
the law in all its aspects..? .
Mr. Taft's qualifications for a Su-
ri erne Court Justiceshm. are so i oh.
vious that the question would seem to
be less one of his appointment than of
nis acceptance. Certainly the name
or no other man occurs whose selection
would accord as well with the dignity
and trafjit'oqs'..of the' world's greatest
ttere are 60 persons in the'united
States who have a $1,000,000 income
annually, land probaHy some of them
Jie awake nights thinking about that
six per cent tax thoy have to pay.
A lower rate is usually charged on
ladies' tickrts to a dance, hot no drug-
Ever observed, though, that a good
looking woman doesn't have to take
lessons in art to draw a man's atten
tion ? ..
IMr. Taft has developed a keen in
terest in college athletics. Gee! what
a fullback he will make.
And you never realize the hardness
of the world until you step on a ba
nana skin.
; Are you. enjoying your la grippe or
just grouching through ?
Bad Habits.
Those who breakfast at eight o'clock
or later, lunch at twelve and have din
ner at six are almost certain to be
troubled with indigestion. They do
not allow time for one meal to digest
before taking another. Not less than
five hours should elapse between
meals. : If yon are troubled with indi
gestion correct your habits atnA tnlra
Chamberlain Is Tablets, and you may
reasonably -hope for a quick recovery.
These tablets strengthen the stomach
and enable it to perform its functions j
naturally. Obtainable everywhere.
Little News O The Day
' Montreal, Janv.T0Gambling ma
chines ihuilt like giant cash registers,
shipped here from Chicago, and placed
on street corners here and throno.
out the Province, on which rich and
poor alike may nlace their het
any one of six current sporting events
started business today, under, govern
ment Charter: This" murks the be-
iruinimf vi unopposed open nmh n
in Canada. '
Today's Oddest Story. -
Cincinnati, O., Jan. ; 1L "I was ex
pecting a visit from the stork. Judge,
and was in a hurry to get home," said
Audrey Abraham, when arraigned her
fore Municipal Judge Fox, charged
wiln speeding.
'.''Have you ever been arrested be
fore?" asked the Judge. :
"Yes, about two years ago for the
same offense., and I had the same ex
cuse." ' -
"My, that stork is keeping you
busy," said Judge Fox. with e. smile.
"Costs suspended." ' .;..';,..' . v
Help Your Body 4
To Resist Disease
"I and Foley Cathartic Tablets to
tie tho most delightful cleanolng cath
artic I have ever taken. They are
Just the thins." G. W. Robeson,
Wichita Falls, .Tex.
Uso Foley Cathartic Tablets to co
operate with nature in her efforts to
resist disease. They keep your bow
els regular and active, and they pre
vont poisons from lodging In' your in
testinal tract, thence being absorbed
by your blood Into your systom. Thoy
relievo constipation over night.
There is no unpleasant nausea or
griping In the use of Foley Cathartln
Tablets. Instead, there is freedom
from headaobes, biliousness, sluggish
dull feeling and nervous irritability.
There Is for you encrev ana ambition.
I ability to enjoy your work and your
Pleasure. They relieve the unpleas
l nnt, gnsoy, full fooling and give you
cum-.ortaoio clean feeling Instead,
stout people do so enjoy them. ; .
How to Cu Colds. . ...
Avoid exDoaure and itr - uvt
ngnt. - lasw ut. Kimr s' New Diwnv-
ery. It is prepared from Pine Tar,
' and mOd laxattaa.
Dr. Kiars New DiseoverT Ub skd
A MOTHER'S GRATITUDK
Many a Mother in La Grande Will
Appreciate the Following.
1 Many a strong men . and many a
healthy women has much for which,
to thank mbther. , The care taken dur
ing their childhood brought them past
the danger point and made thorn
healthy men and worn rt. Thousands
of children are bothered with incon
tinence of urine, and inability to re
tain it is oftimes called a habit. It
is not always the child's fault in
many cases the difficulty, lies with the
kidneys, and can be readily rjghtod.
A La Grande mother (ells htfw she
went about it j.
Mrs. Wl M. Andis, 1602 vi-Ave.,
La Grande, says: "I have naod Donn'c
Kidney Pilbi with the best of results,
and' have Use' given therp to our little
girl for weakness of the kidneyei She
had complained a grtut- deal, but
Doan's Kidney Pills soon strengthened
her kidneys and benefited her in every
way." ' .!'
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't -simply
ask1 for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. AjmKs had. Foeter-MIRmrn Co..
Props;, Buffalo, N. T. -J.i..-