La Grande evening observer., March 27, 1916, Image 4

MONDAY,' MARCH ! V, 1916.
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REV. EDWARDS LIFTED LID.
We have all heard about the lids
being tight and the lids being lifted
in municipal, county and state affairs.
Well, last night at the Methodist
church Rev. Edwards, the regular
pastor, lifted the lid off the church
and with a sharp pole he did the most
systematic job of prodding of those
whom he termed "the man or woman
who only has God Almighty, on his
calling list."
He spoke with all the earnestness
that a man who has grown gray in
the ministry could muster, and his
illustrations were of the kind that
should make the church-goer look
. carefully about, and make the full
fledged sinner tremble.
Billy Sunday at his best never threw
out sharper fanged sentences. He
broke shells over the heads of the
large number of church people "who
merely go to church but can give no
proof to the world that they are
children of God."
Calling attention to Barbara Heck
when she kicked over a card table and
demanded that a sermon be preached
instead of a card game played m the
early day it. Rev. Edwards 'reviewed the
existence of the Methodist church,
which was organized for the purpose
of having' some method in the wor
ship of God, hence the name
Methodist.
It was quite a. treat to hear Rev.
Edwards as he called out facts and
figures; demonstrated problems in
human existence; shattered the folly
of building churches, paying preach
ers, electric light and furnace bills
in the belief that the "church will tide
you over;" demanded from those who
call themselves Christians to show to
the world tfhat they have been saved.
DAN BOYD FOR DELEGATE.
I ret in full assurance that Boyd will
act as representative of Oregon Re
publicans in the national convention
; in a clean, honorable way.
i He is the kind of a man for Ore
gon to get into' public life and keep
i in public life for he knows the dif
! fere nee between right and wrong and
ever, tries to be right.'
WHAT DID WEST SAY?'
hl the Portland pap-
iers carefully for the full speech of
ex-Governor West when he landed on
C. C. Chapman as a man working in
the interest of predatory wealth, but
the metropolitan press only gives the
story, refraining from printing West's
words. '
The state would like to know what
was said. There is a lurking suspic
ion that some forms of "big business"
are overworking this sympathy
that fhco ore whackini? away
! rwl minilntinn nnd that regula-
Ition without just cause, and all the
I f inriA Viol H rTKT lin to the Dublic a bal
ance sheet showing tney are losing
money in operating their business.
This form of "public sympathy"
may be overdone and we would like
to hear what West said to .Mr. Chap
man Also, was Col. Hofer present
with his wail about protecting busi
niuc nnrt WAX Bob Smith of Rose-
burg' in attendance with his Tax Lib
erator?
Print it all, brothers, print it all.
Eastern Oregon wants the information.
It is hoped that every Republican
'will keep in mind the importance of j
Rending men as delegates to the Na-!
tional convention who are known to'
be square, and who are not addicted J
to the "tricky" habit, ; , ,
Daniel Boyd of Enterprise la a can
didate for this honor and Dan Boyd
i a "square shooter." He proved
that in 1012 for he was a delegate to
the national convention at that time.
There is nothing shady in his make
up; he has a conscience and his acts
are such that his conscience is never
stultified. ' There is no connection be
tween Dan Boyd and ringster politics
and everyone who votes for him can
PEOPLE USUALLY CARELESS
One trouble 'with people is that
they will not take time to look at
figures. They prefer to trurt to im
pressions. It is easier, and , as every
body is doing it, why bother? for
example, when the mule is mentioned
everyone thinks of the state of Mis
souri, says the Country Gentleman,
rhe Missouri mule is a phrase that
is rooted into general consciousness.
Therefore Missouri is the state that
has the most mules. Probably nine
out of ten Americans think that. But
the statistics show that Texas has
twice as many mules as Missouri ac
that Georgia has almost as many
mules as Missouri.
There is " a general idea that the
southern states are the great pro
ducers of com. It is hard to find how
this impression could obtain even in
a limited area, for the gre:.t Corn
Belt of the Middle West is certainly
far famed. Of course, those who look
at the figures need not be told that
in corn production the great corn
states are Illinois and Iowa, and that
except for Missouri, which is the third
they are more than two hundred mill
ion bushels ahead of the others.
When we go to New York and take
in some of the shows we are regaled
with hayseed jokes and caricatures,
which geographically are always
from the West or South. Why import
them so far? New York State is the
greatest raiser of hayseeds in Amer
ica. No other state holds a candle to
it. Its hay lands reaeh 5,000,000 acres
and produce $80,000,000 worth of hay
a year. The hay. crop .covers almost
twice as much as the grain.truck nnd
fruits combined, and is worth almost
twice as much as all the cereals and
three times as much as the fruits.
Just now Southern Oregon towns
are going wild on the "bonus" game.
The city of Roseburg i-ecently voted
$300,000 to assist in building a rail
road but ' the Supreme court very
kindly came to the people's rescue
and killed the bond issue. Now Med,
ford, the usual gambling Medford,
wants to vote a large bond issue to
lay some rails into the mountains. If
those towns will stop for a moment
thev cannot feelp but
conclude that with as much idle money
as there is in the country at the
present time any commercial enter
prise that is worth while " will be
financed in their midst wrtfiout th
people bonding themselves.
Secretary Meacham of tfce Baker
Commercial club has issued a folder
on "co-operation, that is really of
interest On the front of the folder
he has a bunch of calves. They are
apparently not well fed calves, but
wintered poorly. Hay crop short tn
Baker county, you know. Two calves
are tied with a rope' and they pull
apart until the tail of each calf sticks'
straight into the air. They then trot
loosely together and finally get their
heads togeher and eat from the same
bucket. - The story would be fine if
Wialter had only selected some calves
like Ed. Cole raises instead . of those
that went through a hard wihter with
little feed. - - .
Our old friend, Joe Buckley of
Baker, says he has found the famous
Blue Bucket mine which has been
known only in story for the past Jialf
century, but which - makes tn most
thrilling story of mining and sud
den wealth that one ever listened -to.
Here? hoping Joe has found it for
we would like to see him worth two
million dollars before he dies.
A.
4& laatl MM) 9 wriak SkoA
a. Canddyvm. cwul put it Vn.
A SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX IS NECESSITY AND A CON
VENIENCE. IT IS A SAFE PLACE TO PUT YOUR VALUABLE
PAPERS AND JEWELRYi YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHERE THEY
ARE; YOU CAN ALWAYS GETTHEM WHEN YOU WANT THEM.
THIS RELIEVES YOU OF WORRY AND YOU ARE FREE FROM
DANGER OF FIRE, OR BURGLARS, OR OF LOSING THEM.
BE A CAREFUL MAN AND COME IN TODAY AND RENT
ONE OF OUR SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES. IT WILL ONLY COST
YOU W.0O PER YEAR.
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital (200,000.00, Surplus $50,000.00, Resources $1,000,000.00
Fred 1. Holme, President; C C. Penington. Vice President; P. L
Meyers, Cashier) E. Zundol oad H. E. Coolidge, Assistant Oaohiar.
-. DIRECTORS . ''
Fred J. Holme, J. G. 8nodgrms, J. P. Conley, C C Penington. H.
8. Brownton, F. L. Meyers, A. Bloklaad, A. T. Hill, H. E. Ooolidre.
liaaMM
Jess Willard had no trouble in de
feating Moran Saturday evening in
New York. Another demonstration
that a lad raised on a wheat ranch,
acquiring his muscle .by good, honest
toil is very liable to hold the title of
championship much longer than the
man who follows the primrose path
Umatilla county now has a chance
to build two electric roads by taxation.
Nothing like it. Jim run says when
the nation, state or county wants any
thing it buys it and gives its note, so
probably Umatilla county feels that a
couple of electric railroads would be
very nice toys for a while at least.
Yes, times are getting better. East
ern Oregon has more town lot sales
men and stock salesmen at work now
on her people than at any time for
three years. When times get better
you are sure to see this . form of
investment put up to the people.
.Gus Moser has announced his can
didacy for re-election to the state sen
ate from Multomah county, but it ap
pears that Gus will have to fight
harder this year than he has ever
foujrt before.
Felice Lynn seems to have been the
big card in grand opera at Portland
last week. And La Grande smiles
with considerable pride.
Villa is cornered, according to the
news dispatches. Yes, he is cornered
in a canyon 200 miles long; what do
you think of that?
THE FORUM
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MR. CARTER WRITES
Deals With Good Roads Bonds From
His Viewpoint
Sandridge, March 27. (To the
Editor). In the Observer of March
22d, tlhe tenor of Dr. Hall's communi
cation appears to be that there has
been no advancoment made in road
betterment in 25, 30 or even 50 years.
When the first sctlers came here thev
found a valley where all the low
lands were subject to overflow, these
bottom lands could not be crossed
for tlhe purpose of hauling loads in
most yeurs until about the first of
July, the question of a few dirt roads
that could be traveled the major por
tion of the years was a mammoth
one. The first important step to im
prove the situation was the digging
of the state ditahi across the Sand
ridge about forty years ago.
This was a .rather small affair at
first, but the hieh water of mnnv
years has washed lit wider and deep-
er until now at carries the principal
part of the river' water. Individual
interests have dug otlher ditches of
like character but of less importance.
Lvies have boon built along the riv
er
Now will you stop nnd ponder for
a moment over the task that confront
ed the people a valley subject to
overflow where the streams meander
ed all over it; bridges to., be built.
and high grades to be built across the
low lunds in order to cross. Stand
ing on the mountain top even thirty
years ago, during high water the val
ley looked as if there were oniy a few
patches that stuck out above the wat
er. Can you girsp the magnitude of
the situation that Union county was
up against? The dmmense amount of
work or money, or both, that was nec
essary to even make any kind of a dirt
road. It was nothing uncommon in
those days to wado wator two foet
deep from the Sandridge to Phy's
point. At the Morelock bridge at the
north end of the valley. I have
mired down in more than two feet
of water and had to unhitch to keep
from drowning the 'horses; took my
wagon to pieces and bor.teti it to the
bank in a skiff. I have.sven people
put four horses on a hacfc in order to
pull through the Sam Booths lane
(now Walter Pierce's) and the road
from Moss CJuvpel to telaad City was
SimplyCharminglBeautifulIAttractive, Dainty Styles!
iriKiiig' vuiiiuiiictuuiib: lkubto,.iiw v.w..-.r,r
sortment that has been shown this season!
The New. Blouses
Just Unpacked. Fresh from New York
Priced $1.25, $3.25, $4, $5, $6, $7.50 to $10
l; There are so many different models that we can't begin to describe them all,' ' ,
Beautiful styles in combinations of silk lace and chiffons
Georgette crepes and crepe de chines in the new shades; the white, flesh, and maize ;
crepe and silks are particularly splendid. One we're thinking of is a white .Georgette
crepe embroidered in a black and white effect. not "fussy" but a blouse that. shows,
good taste. Other new crepes are draped, val. lace trimmed and touched with eyelet
hand-embroidery and still other crepe blouses are in a tailored; effect suitable for:
business and every day wear.
Pussy-willow taffeta, chiffon taffeta, etc.. in plain shades and new stripe- effects ..
such as a white ground with narrow black stripes or cross stripes.
. Also, there are dozens of new dainty styles in bastiste, voiles and other sheer ma-.
terials trimmed with laces, tucks, hemstitching, ruffing and touches of hand-embroidery.
; We mvitft.your, inspection, the range of styles is . so large and varied . that every :
want can be satisfied." Pick your Easter blouse-now. While the colorings in these new
blouses, just received are the prettiest we have even shown, later on because of the dye..
1 " situation they will be scarce and hard to find. Also prices will be much higher.'
little better, until we got the gravel good pennies for them. Does this form
road. This may not meet the approv- of thrift )io longer appear fwdWh
al of Mr. Howland, but to one who while?
has braved the terrors of the Sam It may be that the paper makers,
Booth lane it looked mighty good. As like many other industries are up
the country settled new roads were against "war condition" and prices,
opened, pew (bridges and grades were Powder concerns are said to be paying
built, and so on down through the in- seven cents a pound for all the cotton
tervening years, until today when they rags they can get.
are grading, draining and dragging ln any case the Department of Com
the .roads all over the county, trying merce points out if housewives every
to give an equal show to all and where will give a little more attention
special privileges to none. to the saving of rags and papers and
To one who has known and expert- get m touch wth those who buy them,
enced the road conditions from thirty it will mean "genuine relief to the
to forty years ago and understands paper industry." Also it may turn out
the improvement of the roads of tho torbe a not altogether contemptible
present, the chnnge is wonderful for.h j household economy,
the bettor. 1 l
M. L. CARTER.
I
PRESS COMMENT
Mavbe it would be worth while to
send those nervous members of the I
.OLD AGE IN CIVIL SERVICE
(Minneapois Journal)
The United States is the only im-
i . i .11 it .
SL.me 'warmers-Indiana-, to ""1 iS-
in one measure, perhaps the entering
wedge proposed, by the organizations
of postal employes would in the end
bring about the much needed reform.
LEISURE CLASSES TAKE TO WAR
(San Francisco Bulleton)
The leisure classes of Europe have
had a good deal of credit for their
willingness to get themselves killed.
It seems a handsome thing to do, es
pecially if one overlooked .the possibil
ity that without the ltsisure classes
there would be no war. In peace, it
might be admitted they were a nuis
ance, but in war they are a necessity.
A less glowing theory is suggested
by Will Irwin, who in this war has
proved himself the equal of any war
correspondent that ever put pencil to
paper or longed to assasinate n cen
sor. Irwin writes of war as a nelenum
Dolis Nerws. . . ' servants" without Drovision for their I
lu v.... .ffArf t in... r. airas,
The civilization of Haiti has begun. ' gress to establish some adequate re-
Americans have been granted a con- tirement system has failed.
cession for a soap- factory. Post- ! Kind-hearted chiefs usually decline
Standard. " ' to turn aged clerks without resources
out into the street, and the civil list
Thbse who sav this countrv can't nortaiW civilized country in the world
raise a big standing army never saw is cluttered with men who have be
our liapid-transit system about 6 p. m. ' come quite incompetent. At the pres-
Boston Advertiser. sent time there are in the civil service
' ' - 137 persons over eighty years old, 462
Senator Stone's idea of the interna- over seventy-five, 1,663 over seven-
tional situation & that St. Louis, ty, 4,357 over sixty-five and 6,816 over
Mo., is one of the largest German sixty. A large percentage of these are
cities in the world. Boston Trans- ,of little or no use to the government,
crirt.
The Republicans are
whether they should run
Uolonel or irom 'nun.
Times-Union.
SAVE THE RAG
(New York World)
Have the American households lost
the thrifty habit of eaving and selling
rags and old papers? .
The Department of Commerce comes
to the aid of the paper manufacturers
bv callinir attention to the se-ious
shortage of raw materials needed for
the manufacture of paper, niteen
thousand tons of paper of various
kinds are produced in the Urtrtld
Startes every day. Much of it can be
used over again to make more paper
of one class or another. But the public
nowadays nppeurs to burn its old pap
ers or lot them go to waste.
The same with rags. The time was
when every family saved its rags and
every now nnd then the ragman came
around to weigh them and exchange
and yet there is no retirement system
I that assures their comlort in ola ago.
worrying In these circumstances the postal
after the service has undertaken to insert the
Florida ; first wedjre by a measure of its own.
offered in the Senate by Senator Pen
rose and in the House by Mr Griffin.
I;- provide that the postmaster gener
al may grant in definite leave of ab- j
He does not embrace the con
tention of the stay at home militarists
that war is a healthy re towrd noble
ideals"; to him "it is precisely like the
action of a voluptionary who, a little
faded from ordinary stimuli to his
sensations, tries a wholly new stimu
lus like hashish." "This is the rea
son," he concludes, "vhy the leisure
class which has the monoply of arti
cial means of intensifying life is the
class which takes the greatest, inter
est i-n the war."
If this diagnosis is correct it ac
counts . for some truly American
symptoms manifested upen the At
lantic coast and especially in Hhe
borhood of New York..' ' . x
STUDENT WAITERS A SUCCESS
: (Springfield Republican)
The establishment of student wait
ers in Princeton University is now.
sence to anv superannuated postal! according t0 college authorities, an
pmnlnve with an allowsnca of six t assured success, lhe students Iwho
hundred dollars a year. Boards of re
tirement are to be organized to rec
comend such action, which mr.y be
taken with or without the consent of
the employe.
It is estimated that the cost of put
ting such a measure into effect would
be $362,250 the first year or about
three-tenths of one per cent of the
salaries of employes who come under
its provisions. There would be a sav
ing to the government in lower sal
aries of those appointed to places
thus made vacant, and in the increase
efficiency of the service.
A comprehensive civil retirement
scheme would be much wiser, but since
that seems impossible of achievement
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have received the innovation natural
ly, the student waiters eaimjing a,
large part of their college bill, and
the universtiy prides itself on having"
better table service than ever before.
All of this has been done under the
direction of the college bureau of self
help, which occupies what is probably
a unique position in its particular
field. Unlike most American univer
sities, Princeton is not situated amid
the business activity of a large city,
and the problem of financial cid for
the students is somewhat harder t
solve. It is sedom that the Princeton
is able to pay all of his bills out of
his earnings, but there are about 250
students enrolled with the, gtddent
bureau of selfhelp. Practically all of
these are partially self supporting and
in their efforts they have exhausted
practically every moneymaking opp
ortunity the town or the university
can offer.
COMFORT FOR CONSUMERS
(Chicago Herald)
Despite the unprecedented foreign
demand for foodstuffs the last year
the government crop report for March
shows unusually large stocks of food -grains
stil remaining on the fanners
hands. A little more than three
fourths of the wheat and a little less
three-fifths of the oats and corn, have
passed on from growers toward the
consumers. We go into anew crop year
with about 90,000,000 more bushels of
wheat still in reserve than a year ago.
and other grains in proportion.
A man wiil eat things out in com-
pany that if served to him at home
would muse him to turn ivn h in nose
ana quarrel with his wife for forget- -.
tm his gastronomic likes and dblikosj.
Maeon News. . -,; ,, . -.
In order to remain neutral a.na-
'm 1:1.. t i ... t ...
' " a.nv nil I1IUITIUIUU,- .9 WUfJIN
refuse' to consider seriously a large
amount of disingenuous roMTO.
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