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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
THURSDAY, JAN UARY, 20, 1916'..
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the baby came we should assure him
the continuation of such care. The :
child we would make strong and I
graceful with games and dances. .
When the youth and . maiden were !
passing into manhood and womanhood, j
w should teach them the sacred mys-.
teries of life that should keep them- J
selves strong and pure to be fit moth-1
ers and fathers in their turn.- -And all I
the while we should establish and up-1
hold the social justice that assures ,
every father, ' mother, and child - the I
material well-being tghat is the found-'
ation oi. aiir .wnoiesoneness. . j
vvBii we ever come to wis i ur is ;
this a dream too idealistic to be real-j
ized ? Men. dreamed of making the j
automobile perfect and their dreams
were looked upon as, idealistic, ' let
they have produced the perfect auto
mobile. ' '.? . ; : .' -....
Address nil communications to THE
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PERFECT BODIES, FOR MEN AND
AUTOS.
The automobile shows have started.
Those who visit one or more of these
shows will note the beautiful bodies
that now enclose the motors. There is
nothing unnecessary; every part is of
some use and expresses that use in
its appearance. The big hood pro
tects the throbbing power within; the
long stream line tells you of air
cleaving speed. ' .
It has been less than a quarter of a
century since the first automobile ap
peared. Each annual reincarnation of
the machine has brought more perfect
co-ordination of parts, more unity
and simplicity and resultant beauty
of lines. Yet as you look at the per
fected model that is found in prac
tically all makes today you wonder
why the automobile was not always
' built so. The perfect model of the
automobile always existed in mind;
why did man ever make the gawky
' thing with useless dashboard and pon
derous, angular body ?
Then consider the bodies of men and
. women. They are not perfect, even
now, though the perfect model of the
human body was not only in mind,
hut was manifested by the Greeks
thousands of years ago. ; During the
' automobile's development, ' bxnf we
waited with keen anticipation for the
improvements in form and line that
were sure to be found In the next
RURAL CHURCHES.
Just to Remind You! To Visit West's
GlearanceSay;;
Again and jSecure More of Those Big Bargains Every-
4; body is Talking About. :
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Every Article in the Store Reduced i
. As a result of the first state wide
scientific tinquiry into country church
conditions ever made in the United
States, which is now being completed
by an Ohio State association, working
under the supervision of the Commis
sion on Church and Country life, some
rather startling facts are brought to
public attention. For instance, the
Ohio survey, still incomplete, shows,
that 83 per cent of the churches have
fewer than 100 members and 21 pe?
cent have fewer than 25. Only one in j
16 has an individual preacher and a '
large proportion of preachers get ;
about the same pay as a day laborer. !
Fewer than 40 per cent of the rural
population are church members and,
only about one-third are increasing in
membership. One church in nine has
been abandoned in recent years.
Recently a conference - was held at
Columbus, Ohio, attended by a num
ber of clergymen from all over, at
which some of the facts gleaned in
And please, bear in mind that our stock of all kinds are of the most
worthy, Honest Merchandise. Goods that are new and of actual use
right now. No matter what you need to wear, or for your home
YOU'LL FIND IT HERE AT A COMPELLING DISCOUNT- v
if MIJUMbM
and needs of a community, without add and spell correctly. The thing
sacrificing purely religious work. contemplated is the training of the
There has been much interest of student's mind to grasp the principles
late in a movement to establish social , and do the work of business institu
tions on the big modern scale.
The college aims to take the place
.. , . ' , i i. i. churches, without sacrificing tho pure
surveys be started in all of the states,
these surveys to be used as a basis for
a future extension campaign for
church and country life improvement.
All work will bo inter-denominational.
If the Ohio conditions prevail in other
states it would seem that it is timo
such surveys were made. J
The national committee in, charge
of ,the movement, a subsidiary body
of. the Federal Council of .Churches,
centers in the rural schools. It is a
field of work that might properly be
taken up similarly through the rural of the much vaunted, but now
trusted, "school of experience.'
ly religious work and in view of the
less
It
en have been content, generation after rural churenes include some of
generation, to bring forth jthe same
wrperrect models of humanity and
look for nothing better. ', i ;
Suppose that who have directed.
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ui evoiuuon qc automobile should
turn to the improvement of human
bodies. : Wis should think and teach
nothing but truth and faith;' knowing
that the material is but the expression
of the mental. We should permit no
future mother to dp the things that
would impair her mind or body. When
these interests; Federation of. several
churches in" each community, good
roads, public health, better farming
with special stress . on agricultural
college extension ' 'work,.' co-operation
among farmers for selling, bavin'? and
producing, consolidated schools, .pub
lic recreation and establishment of so
cial and recreational centers at
churches. Country preachers are to
be urged to educate themselves mow
thoroughly in the practical interests
wants to turn, put men fitted, after a
results of the Ohio church survoy ! little knocking about, to become busi
ness leaders and captains of industry,
just as it turns out in other depart
ments students fitted to teach Latin
or analyze ores or build a sky scraper
or survey a .railroad. '
' And all the big. colleges will come to
it before- long,, as j they -realize that
business ' just a honorable and re
quires' just is ;much; training and as
much brains as Irornari activities . or
dinarily thought of . as more: VinteJ
lectual.".. -V . ' : : v
something of this sort is essential to
the future of the rural church. The
k'ea of federating the churches ' of r
community,; so far as federating is
practicable, is one of the most.im-.j
portant of all the steps propo,itti.,T
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UPHEAVAL IN FAIR
REGRETTED.
BOARD
W4 mimM
The recent upheaval in , the state,
fair board, follo'ved by the reaigna
tion of N. K. West of Ia Grande and
. H. Booth of Roseburg, is sincerely
regretted by all Oregonlans who iakt
a pride in the annual exposition, a hi?
most every, citizen takes such a pride.
Jt is easy, to recall the deilcaCe con"'
dition that the state fair , was onc
in; when seemingly nothing was go-,
ing to save it from the grave of per
petual slumber that practically every ' ano artists.
county fair falls into. N. K. West ;
was appointed on the board and the,,
work of resuscitating the state child
was begun. How well this effort suc
ceeded can best be told by the extra
ordinary successful fair of 1915 and
the strong position that the state fah
now occupies in the hearts of the peo
ple as compared with a few years ago,
The trouble about-th fancy shirt3
Irt the store windows, where! the price!
is iow, is mat tneynever Have your
number. " .
America spends $225,000,000 a year
on music, lessons. (.. That doesn't in
elude the -phonograph and player pi
There is one thing in favor of our
own troubles, however. They don't
bore us like those that other people
tell us.
The man who swore off smoking tho
first is now wondering how he ever
had the heart to throw away a butt
This revivification was not brought I over an inch long,
about by political methods. All who! ... ...
are personally acquainted with N. K.
West know that lie does not play poli
tics. But lie possesses a heart for
I good live stock, good farming and all
that goes to make a state fair. He
has given part of his time and his
energy that the state might benefit
and wo repeat that it is a matter of
regret to Eastern Oregon that the bat
tle between the secretary of the fair
and the governor reached such a point
thnt it disrupted the organization anJ
will cause tho state fair to be placed
in the hands of men who must neces
sarily undergo training in order to
i.have tho experience possessed by
both Mr. West and Mr. Booth.
The probabilities are that the sick
ly, amaciated woman who never sees
a well day will outlive any fat man
in town.
Man's most distinguishing char
acteristic probably is his desire to see
how close he can skate to the hole in
the ice.
WHEN YOUR MONEY IS IN OUR BANK IT IS SAFE
FROM FIRE, BURGLARS AND YOUR OWN DESIRE TO SPEND
IT.
THE WAY TO HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK IS TO "PUT"
IT THERE, LET IT "STAY" THERE AND ALWAYS ADD TO IT.
JUST SAY, "I AM GOING TO HAVE MORE MONEY" AND
BANK IT. THIS IS THE ONE SURE WAY TO GET AHEAD.
PBNKWITHUS.
WE PAY PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS
I La Grande National Bank
PRACTICAL
COLLEGE
TION
EDUCA-
LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital J200.000.00 Surplus $50,000.00
Resources $1,000,000.00
Fred J. Holmes, President Q. C. Per.ington, Vice President
F. L. Mors, Cashier 11. Zuudol and H. E. CooUdgo,
Assistant Cashiers.
DIRECTORS.
Fred ". Holmes J. (J. Snoilgrass J. F. Conley
C. C. Penington II. S. Rrowutoa F. L. Movers
A. Blokland A. T. Hill H, E. Coolidge
It can't be charged much longer
thnt the colleges are "academic and
impractical." Their prosent tendency
is in tho other direction. Columbia
university, the largest institution of
Higher learning in the world, hns just
decided to open a school for business.
Not at nil a "business college" or of
the usual type, but a sort of gradu
ate school for business training, open
only to students who hnve completed
two years of study in college. Thus
it puts business formerly so de
spised by scholars on about the same
plane of scholarship as engineering,
medicine, the ministry and other pro
fessions. The instruction will include such
subjects as accounting, finance, manu
facturing, real estate, insurance, for
eign trade, the work ef consular and
diplomatic officers and many other
matters requisite for private enter
prise or public service. And in all
these hranches, it should be remom-barr-d,
tho studc will not be merely
leaning to do things in a mechanical
way, as a boy or girl learns to pound
the t;,etvrtter, or tsUe dictation or
The English cabinet seems to be do
ing more fighting than the navy.
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PECULIAR FACT5? ABOUT
i- WELL KNOWN PEOPLE. .J
I Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 20. -
'h An evening brim full of blood
i and thunder moving picture is
J- Governor Hiram Johnson's
f favorite pastime; and the blood
4 ier and thundcrier they are, the
better he likes them.
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Fats and Oils
(By Wilbur S. Forrest) j
London, Jan. 5. (Bv Maill Crent 1
Britain is expected soon to put fats
and oils on the list of absolute con
traband just as it did with cotton.
Scientists have been demanding that
this be done for some time, saying it
is the ignorance of government offi
cials concerning the use of fats and
cils in the manufacture of high ex
plosives which has loft this raw mat
erinl supply open to Germany this
long. Prof. E. B. Poulton of Oxford
calls it "the national neglect of science
"saying in part: " It is dangerous"
that a countsy which depends on !
science ior ira existence nnd prosper
ity should be ruled bv nn!it;-i-na nj
civU servants who. with hnrrflw M
exception, are luttarly ipnomnt of
science; Lawvcr -noHtlrinna -ftv-i,..
'.heir attention more shvidilo m A
v ni iiu-misnip innn uermcn def-at
hav0 permitted ti,e 'oort f--om Er.ir
land of materials f ir propnlsive am
munition fats and oiU" Cotton is
already on the absolute contrabanl
list, tins action having been taken
after ,a widespread campaign by
scientists who claimed that cotton
exported to Germany was merely so
much ammunition for the German
army. Sir William Ramsay leader of
the scientists campaign against cot
ton has begun a campaign against fats
and oils which he says, are vital to
German ammunition making. Sir
William declared today: 'One third
of German ammunition for heavy
?-uns consists of nitro-glycerine; and
fats are the source of glycerine. I
really can't understand the incredible
folly of going on providing the Ger
mans with means of killing, our men.
Untold thchisands of lives fend an
ever .growing volume of human misery
are a terrirjie punishment for the nee-
lec't of science. It is possible that mi
litary experts are mistaken- in think
ing the final decision in this war can
be reached hv fiff-htincr. 'It mnv have
to oe reacneo Dy economic and finan
cial pre sure." England's official .ig
norance of science as applied to war
has. lengthened the strugge.' Sir Wil- j
liam .declared,, continuing,: "If the
government had seriously 'considered
this x)ssibjlity at the outsat. , and
made preparations accordingly,',, ask
ing ior ana accepting advise on the
Subject, the war long ago would have
been over." Many well known British
scientists have joined Sir '(William in
his newest campaign against ;the ex
port of fats and oils. It is predicted
that the government soon will turn
over to the Navy the question of keep
ing Germany from getting these com
modities. .
' Does New York Like Horse Meat
New York, Jan. 20. New Yorkers
are not taking kindlv to the
meat diet the Board of Health recently
authorized the butchers to provide
them. About tihe onlv effect fhn
horse meat move has had on the pub.
lie is the revival of the good old gap
about "Neigh! Neich!" As revised fn
date it goes like this: Butch--
Can't I si?ll you some nine ihnrso
steak today? Customer:- Neigh!
Neigh!' At which the butcher's boy
is expected always to laugh. Sort of
a horse laugh you know. .The pub
lic officials have made some serious
efforts to get the horse meat sales
started declaring they believe it would
be a good thing economically. Health
Commissioner Emerson points out
that horse meat is cheaper than beef
and quite as lrutritious (though
slightly different in, taste and of
somewhat coarser fiber, it is as di
gestible as beef; tihat the horse is
less liable. to suffer from tuberculo
sis than is the cow and that the horse
is more discriminating in its eating
and drinking than is the cow. Ar
guments, from various sources
against horse as food for human be
ings, are that. the flesh is darker,
tougher and . less palatable than cow
meat: that inspection to' insure good
meat would be difficult to. establish;
that young healthy horses whose meat
mdght.be good to eat,, are worth twice-
as much, as', cattle that only' crippled,
ailing, aged or broken dolvn horses are
kep to put on the food market and
that, finally .the public won't overcome
its prejudice against horse meat any-
now. 'inere are some norse meet
sales, but the market is exceedingly
restricted and mighty few shops list
the item. Dr. W. T.. Hornoday of the;
Bronx- Zoo said-todav'.-tliat horsemeat
is impure and should r.oc be leaten by
human beings. Dr. Harlot Brooks
said horsemeat was- a bully idea. He
suid he ate lots of it in France and
liked it.
Katherine Boment Davis, secretary
to the State Pardons board, said ah
strongly favors tha horsemeat idea,
had eaten it in Hungary and Bohemia
and liked it, thougn it was "a little
bit tough." President Frederick Nath
an of the Consumer's league said he
didn't like thu idea. Sevei-il other
prominent New Yorker? said they
didn't like the idea either. "About
the nearest New York will ever come
to indulging in horse meat," said one
man, is a flying at the racehorse meat
at Sheepshead Bay; and many a man
will tell you he couldn't even get a
square meal from them.
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