La Grande evening observer., February 25, 1916, Image 4

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 191
LA GKAKDB EVENING OBSERVER
tAGE FOUR
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner.
Entered in the Postoffice at La
Grande, Oregon, as second class
matter.
almost endless procession of a pros
pering people.
. TRIBUTE TO MR. YEON.
John B. Yeon, of Portlund, was
greeted last night with a large crowd
of interested people when ho address
ed Union county folks on the good
roads question.
It was a proper tribute to a man
of state size who sincerely ibelieves the
road question is the vital one of this
commonwealth. Mr. Yeon is serving
as county road master in Multnomah
county (without pay hence his position
may be clearly understood.
Our people were pleased ' to meo;
the road advocate and were very glad
to hear his ideas concerning a sub
ject which is now of vital importance
from coast to coast.
I Union county may not follow Mr.
- J Yeon's advice regarding road building,
MATERIAL SATISFACTIONS OF.but everyone who attended the meet-
ffcAtb. in was delighted with the oppor
tunity of meeting John B, Yeon be-
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money-getting, speuiw w --j
thfi United States!
The UniMd States has broken all
previous records during the past six
months in the volume and value of its
foreign trade, and its domestic trade
is also feeling the upward impulse.
The exports from New York alone
in a recent week amounted to over
$07,000,000. Is there not more sat
isfaction contemplating these figures
than there would be in spending that
Bmount of cash in a week of war?
Especially when we are told that
the pay rolls in the industrial dis
tricts of this country are
breaking in the number 'of persons
employed, and in the average pay of
the great army of workers.
Our transportation companies never
before had such a to.al of men em
ployed, never operate I si many enrs
as now, never carried such tonnages
of freight, no er equu in props
or net earnings so .iv money as
i.e the firt of Sr;utj",.bei'.
The farmers of the 'Jiil.-I States
never before had such sums of cash
aa will be at their disposal when their
Walt Mason, tine celebrated rhyme
writer, refused fifteen hundred dol
lars from a cigarette factory a short
time ago. This sum was offered to
him if he would write some catchy
verse advertising the cigarettes. Walt
thought the matter over and decided,
inasmuch as the schools of the coun
try were fighting cigarettes, states
were passing laws against their sale
and the general public seemed to be
against them, not to accept the money
and wrote his refusal to work. That
is conscience for you, for Walt Mason
record .m)i ,ave earned trial fifteen hund
red dollars in three hours.
LOW BROW AND HIGH BROW
Wjhen David Starr Jordan exclaim
ed with all his might, "there are too
many 'low brows' ", William Allen
White listened attentively and then
wrote: . . .
If you are a low brow do this:
Buy a Lit'ry magazine, read the
dope on books, and talk books.
Read the theatrical notices in 'the
crops are, sold; and the mines of the 'papers and talk show.
country gold, silver, copper, lead, . Get a phonograph - and play the
ainc and coal never before yielded to i classical pieces, and talk music.
their owners such large returns from
The financial affairs of the nation
are in prime condition, and for the
first time in its history, the east has
not been called upon to furnish money
to help move the crops.
The farmers have tho call upon the
cash of the world from the yields of
their acres; the manufactures have
the demand of their own country,
and many of them a huge demand
from foreign countries, for their prod
ucts. The (most optimistic would not
have believed, a few months ago, in
euch a rapid transformation from de
pression to prosperity, if they had
been told of it, and the most pessimis
tic ore' silent' in the presence of uu
Justice Hughes declined to be a candi
date for the Repubican nomination to
tiho presidency. He did not say he
TOuld not accept the nomination. He
hardly could say such a thing before
it k offered to him. '
He maintains a perfect silence on
the subject except when forced to
answer questions, and in this silencs
many believe is consent.
The letter to the Virginian proves
! little and what he will do when the
I convention is in session is yet to bo
known. -
Judge - Lowell of Pendleton, nev-r
could be rightfully caiiea a pessimist.
He sees the silver lining .of every
cloud. In the Astoria rate -decision
he folds .sobbing Portland 'in' his arms
and with a pretty lullaby gives as
surance that there :U room, for all as
sea ports, and that very shortly there
will (be wharves and docks from Port
land to Astoria.'
SUFFER LITTLE. CANDIDATES.
This is the way a middle states
newspaper puts up its political sign
board for 1916: This is the year
when we will take the announcements
of all the candidates of all the parties.
; Time was when we took only the Re
publicans. This year we are going to
! enlarge our sphere of influence and
take Democrats, Socialists, Prohibi
tionists and Independents. We have
, no , desire for tainted money. But
j there is only one taint about the five
Taint enough, '.
Hon. Joe Hinkle, representative of
Umatilla county, has traded for the
Bohnenkamp home on Second street
and the Grande Ronde valley extends
the hand of fellowship and the hail
ing sign of welcome to this man if
he decides to live among us.
Constable I. W. Faulk, who has
been constable in La Grande since
the days of yore, hastens to correct
the initials in his announcement for
re-election. Really he does not need
initials to his name to run for con
been constable in La Grande since
habit of voting for him whether he is
on the ticket or not.
Get a dictionary and read it back
wards, and people will think you are
talking philosophy.
And then who will know but what
you are a high brow ?
It has been tried a million times and
never has failed.
The Charity ball to be given to
night is an event of merit, as the en
tire proceeds of the evening will be
turned over to the Salvation Army for
relief of the poor. Those who attend
are assured of a pleasant occasion
as well as contributing to a. good
cause.
DOES SILENCE GIVE CONSENT?
Recehtly in a letter to a Virginian
vil . y.vs
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE
SYSTEM OF BANKS
THE FEDERAL RESERVE" BANKING SYSTEM, OF
WHICH OUR BANK IS A MEMBER, IS THE BEST BANKING
SYSTEM EVER THOUGHT OUT.
THE MEMBER BANKS HAVE PUT 187 MILLIONS OF GOLD
INTO THE U. S. TREASURY. ON THIS GOLD THE GOVERN
MENT ISSUES MONEY.
WE CAN GET MONEY WHEN WE WANT IT BY TAKING
OUR SECURITIES TO OUR DISTRICT FEDERAL RESERVE"
BANK.
YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU WANT IT WHEN
YOU ARE A DEPOSITOR IN OUR BANK.
, ' LET'S DO BUSINESS. COME IN.
BANK WITH US.
La Grande National Bank
s LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $50,000.00
; , BtaourcM $1,000,000.00
Pred J. Holmes, President C. C. Penington, Vice President
v L. Movers. Cashier E. Zurdel and H. E. Coolldge,
J. P. Conley
F. L. Meyers
H. E. Coolidg
jPred Holm
A. BtofcUod
DIRECTORS,
J. G. Saodgrast
H. S. Browtiton
A. T. Hill
- The old Virtue mine in Baker coun
ty is to be re-opened this year. This
goes to show that idle money is seek'
ing the investments of the west once
more, for Bakeis mines are one- by
one working.
The Germans are at it in earnest
onco more on the western front Thev
know what they have to go againtit
this time and it looks like tihe
bloodiest (battle of the war is to be
fought within the next few days. .-'":''
Swift & Co., will put 10,000 cat
tle on a ranch in Umatilla county.
This is probably just a small experi
mental farm the packing company is
trying out.
'A North Dakota farmer is storing
wheat in his parlor. This is maintain
ing the old custom of keeping the
parlor for the best.
Nothing makes a millionaire con
tributor more tired than to have a
reformer keep up the habit after he
is elected.
Ike Stephenson now claims that
Senator LaFollette was the largest
item of his patriotic campaign muni
ficence. 1 1
What nn auto looks like coming.
and what it smells like going, are
two different things.
Are not the satisfactions of peace
vastly hotter than any possible sat
isfaction of war? .,
Wheat dropped six cents yesterday
-a matter of some regret.
SWISS BF.ST DEFENDED PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD.
Proportionate to population the
Swiss arc the best defnniiivl nmnln in
the world. In two days they can mo
bilize a trained citizen army of 200,
000 men; within a week 800,000 more
every man ot the fUU,U(in trained to
shnnL to mnrch to ninnpiivm nnA 4v
enro of himself in the field.
Yet the Swiss are intensely nonmi
litaristic, intensely devoted to love of
justice ana peace. Their consti
tuton expressly prohibits the main
tenance of a standlnir nrmv. muwifl.
cally forbids a war of aggregation.
rhoy are essentially armed and train
ed for defense and peace.
With what poignant regret must
the unhnDDV J'.cJiri.'itm nnw limut
that they put their trust in treatios
or peace instead of their own .dof en
sive prowess! Wit!h approximately
twice the nrmnlnttnn of
could have thrown 1,000,000 trained
dofondors upon her German frontier,
and history would record a different
and less tragic story of this war.
lwi!n. 41.,. o, : 1 1 . .
I o wi, sicivii- aim ucierminea
I' array the German armies would not
have marched to strike at France.
They would have deemed it wiser to
Just Received
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NECKWEAR
for the Spring Season 1916
A largo express shipment right dire ct from New York, of, smart, new.,
styles for Women and Misses See them, you will want several of these.
Chic, Fresh, New Spring Collars. '
The New Styles center, chiefly on the large flat collars of the Spanish,
cape, sailor and Puritan order, also there are a large number of small col- :
Jars in new styles! Dainty Embroidery trimmed effects and pretty Lace
trimmed neckwear, etc. All kinds of Collars, Vestees, Collar and Cuff
Sets in a word every new style that will be worn this Spring. . See the '
new "Chevilies" Collar. s' We specialize on moderate prices. . ,
Collars, Vestees. and Sets, 'all priced at 25c and 50c
New Goods are Coming in Rapidly
Every day we are busy unpacking new goods New Suits, New Coats, -New
Dresses, New. Wash Goods, New Underwear, New Silks, Men's
Wear, Etc. Come in and see the New Arrivals. . .
move directly against the French on
the Franco-German boundary.
Belgium stands today a frightful
warning against the folly of inade
quate defense. It had been hotter for
the Belgians if they had maintained
no army at all, for then a futile sense
of honor need not have driven them
to throw their weak forces against the
mighty German military machinu.
They could have saved their country
from ruin by yielding to Berlin's offer
to treat them well and compensate
them for a granted right of way.
The danger of inadequate defense
hangs over the United States inade
quate defense and a false sense of
security springing from an ignorant
belief in many minds that we are big
enough and rich enough to whip any
other nation' on the globe." '
With our present preparedness we
are not. Grandiloquent Fourth of
July orators and certain office seeking
politicians have declaimed that error
until many of them 'believe it, and
too many voters are authority on mili
tary matters, and practically every
officer in the army and the navy,
knows it to be foolish and false.
A century ago President Jefferson,
apostle of democracy and peace
glimpsed the republic's need of pre
paredness approximating the Swiss
plan. Though European armies then
were small, Japan a hermit nation
with no imperial designs and the
United States far more secure in lso
lation than now, Jefferson urged the
maintenance of a citizen army with
only a twentieth of the population of
today ana not a fiftieth, of its present
.wealth. Proportionate defense now
would mean a trained force of 6,000
000 men.s
Don Caps and Gowns. I a wonderful advantage to be able to
i climb at an angle of fourteen de-
I Roiror Voh OA Aptinc as tailor's i (rrees. Many aeroplanes, even of
I models for the edification of the mem- lighter construction or .build,
! bers of the high school senior class.
;Jack Coyne and Miss M'adge fowell
would
onnoaofl in llnCS TTlftfitinCF held VCS-
terday afternoon wearing caps and j dny was the hardest he has made
have stalled at this angle."
Skill of Flyer Shown
Smith said that the flight yester-
,r ii.aa -flia l.nilact Via Viae maAa
o-nwna sprit to Baker for the aoroval ' i,;,. uf .. i
of the gmduates-to-be. tjon game. The sliding around of
j Caps and revbes are of a smoky gray the big plane compelled him to con
'hlue, and were generally liked by the tinually work the control wheel, and
I seniors. While the matter has not : he was very tired when he landed
been definitely decided, the class ex-' at 1:10 o'clock. In spiraling to the
pects that the school boara win oe-; water he pointed the nose of the
fray rental expenses. I hydro straight down and never
Seniors are now wearing the offi- j straightened the machine until
cial 1916 class rings, which are being within less than 500 feet from the
used this year in place of pins. The I bay. It was a wonderful exhibition
emblems 'bear in raised letters, the j ot shun, and army aviators were not
numerals of the class, with the let- slow in extending their .praise when
ters, "B. H. S."
Non-Suit Motion Denied
he brought the machine up to the
hangars.
Another Record Aim
Smith said last night that Glenn
Martin, builder of the hydroaero
planes which bear his name, is de-
Circuit court is concerned today
with tho rfamnce case broueht by
! Dryman Buck for the loss of a horse signing an aeroplane with which he
last year while crossing the track in : hopes to bring to San JJiego soon
non-suit was denied by Judge alone now held by Heinrich Oelrich,
Knowles.
UNION COUNTY BOY.
Convicts 111 With Smallpox.
Salem, Ore., Feb. 24. Discovering
that three more cases of smallpox
had developed at the penitentiary,
Warden Minto yesterday afternoon
ordered the prison physician to vac
cinate all tlhe prisoners and to take
every precaution to prevent the
spreading of the disease. Although
the prison has not been Quarantined.
no visitors will he admitted until the
epidemic is over.
The disease was introduced at the
institution several weeks aeo by a
convict who lhad violated his parole
and had been returned from Albany.
At that time Warden Minto was in
the East, and Deputy Wardep Sher
wood ordered all prisoners who had
come in contact with the sick convict
vaccinated.
Farmers to B Guess.
Montesano, Wash., Feb. 24. Mon-
tesano is to (have a real "at home"
for the farmers of the county, Sat
urday. . it is to start at noon with
a fcand concert, musical program
and dinner, and is to last the balance
of tho day. Eldridgc iWheeler will
be toastmaster and President Mock,
of the Chamber of Commerce, says
that as the town people lhave been
telling the farmers how to run their
business for years, and have even
sent out of the state for "little tin
experts" to tell them how, the farri
ers shall now have a chance to get
back at them. Tho visitors are to
be invited to tell the Montesano
business man how the latter should
run their town to make it a better
one. Everybody, including picture
shows and bowling ollefys, will be
freo to farmers all the afternoon.
They are to be guests of (honor and
their money will not bo honored.
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a German aviator, who ascended
26,242 feet. Smith will pilot the
machine on this flight, and if he
succeeds in smashing the German's
record he will perform the! wonder
ful feat of smashing four world's
records within a year. Martin also
is constructing another fast military
biplane with which he hopes to fly
more than 1200 milea in ten . or
I eleven hours' consecutive flicht
the World's record . nnar
held by Jules Vedrines, a French
monoplanist.
The world's altitude rwnrA for
land aeroplanes for pilot and three
North Island military aeordrome
yesterday morning by Floyd Smith,
chief pilot of the Martin Aeroplane
Company, when . he ascenaea souo
feet with tnree passengers. ; iiw breaking
hvdroaeroDlane weighed, with - its ; ,, . ?
pilot, three passengers, fuel and oil,
3300 pounds. . ;
CaDtain Arthur S. Cowan, head of
. i , :.. . : 1 ,l ,
ine signal turps uvmiiuu av.nuu omu . . . . - .
Aero Club of America o-epresenta- S0nrgeJ? Smh?l,Sy
n nrnnonnrod the record officia aY".T' ,von ossi, who ascended
St Paul Minn. Feb. 25. School
children of St Paul have $90,386
39 in the keeping of their teachers.
This is twice aa much as they had a
year ago. Every school teacher is a
bank cashier who tenches frugality
and assists ty taking care of the
youngsters' savings. Approval of
the state banking department tor this
plan has been given.
after examining and calibrating tho
barograph strapped to Smith's sea
plane. Smith's' flicrht' yesterday stamps
him as one of the greatest air pilots
in America. He now holds the '
world's seaplane altitude records ,
for pilot and passenger, pilot and i
two passengers, and pilot and three:
nnnnnnwi nnil 4-Viio TmorlrnViln I
string of records was made in less
than a month.
January 16 Smith, piloting a Mar
tin hydroaeroplane and carrying
Donal Douglass as passenger, as
cended 12,362 feet; last Friday he
soared in the same type of machine,
carrying Robert Blair and O. E.
Strahimann as passengers, 5o4
feet Yesterday Blair, Strahimann
and Corporal Albert Smith of loop-the-loop
fame made the flight with
Smith. -
Flight Made Over the Sea
Ascending at 10:50 a. m. Smith
found the air above the city and
harbor too puffy for rapid climbing
and headed fifteen miles out to Sv.a.
Here the air was swirly and puffy
in spots, but Smith kept the huge
hydro pointing skyward. He made
the first 8000 feiet while climbing
at an angle of eleven degrees. The
last 900 feet was made at an angle
of fourteen degrees.
Smith said that the terrific wind
pressure on the wings at 8000 feetj
caused the seaplane to roll around
in the air like a bobsled in slushy
snow. The terrific driving power of
the Hall-Scott motor proved too
much for this resistance, however,
the plane continuing to mount sky
ward at every thrust of the pro
peller. "These flights have demonstrated
that the United States leads the
world in seaplane construction," said
Smith. "There is no machine of'
this type in Europe that can equal I
the flying ability of this hydroaero-'
plane nor carry the load per square'
foot. of supporting surface. It was!
at Trieste June 27, 1914, to an alti
tude of 15,650 feet.
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