La Grande evening observer., May 13, 1916, Image 3

SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING ' OBSERVER
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CAMP FIRE GIRLS III
LA GRANDE DILIGENT LOT
La Grande has seen much and heard
more about Boy Scouts but that La
Grande has a thriving institution
loi own as Camp Fire girls is not so
generally known. At the request of
the Observer, Mrs. Alvin Duryea,
guardian of the organization in this
city, sets out the following concise
facts about this commendable insti
tution which has its firmly rooted
organizations throughout the United
States:
"Camp Fire Girls is an organiza
tion of girls and women to develope
the spirit and make it dominate the
entire community.
"it is a means of organizing a
.girl's home life. It shows that ro
mance, beauty and adventure are to
be found on eveiy hand and in whole
some ways; that the daily drudgery
may he made to contribute to the
beauty of living. It deliberately in
tends to promote happy social life.
Honor Beads for Attainments ' ;
"It uses .beautiful ceremonies, has
an appealing ritual and bases rank
and honors upon personal, attainment, i
There are attractive cermonial cos'
tumes; honor beads and decorations.
Founders Well Known People
"The Camp Fire Girls was first
organized in the Spring of 1911. The
motive was to find something to do
for the girls such as the Boy Scouts
had supplied for the boys. Amont
those who were active in organizing
it were Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton,
Miss Lena Beard, Dr. and Mrs. Lu
ther GAilick, Prof. Mary Woolman,
Mr. Jas E. West, Mr. Wan. Chauncy
Langdon and Dr. Anna Brown.
"Active work began in thii winter
of 1911 at New York City.
"Otsego Local Cognomen
"The Otsego" Camp Fire was or
ganized in February 1916. The firsi
meeting we organized with eight girls
and now our Camp Fire consists of
thirteen, (the average Camp Fire
consists of ten to fourteen). Right
here I would like to explain why wc
have to limit our number and also
how other bodies can form work under
our head. Our work calls for team
work and in order to get the best re
sults the Guardian, who is the res
ponsible head of a Camp Fire, has to
know each girl ana understand now
to work the various talents etc, to
gether and if the Camp Fire is too
large this is impossible; but if an
other group of girls wish to organize
in tho same community they can do so
but the first Guardian organizing, has
to sanction it and acts as Mead Guard
ian. In order to be a member one has
to be twelve years old. Our Camp
Fire consists of girls of the ages of
12 and thirteen.
"Each Camp Fire has what ever
officers they wish; wo have a presi
dent, vice president, secretary and
treasurer. But our meetings are held
in such a way there is little for thorn
to do.
Indian Names For Members
"Ostego" is an Indian name mean
ing "Welcome Place." Each girl also
has an llndian name with some beau
tiful meaning to which she tries to
live up to. They are: Dorris Bennrtt,
"Wampago"; L'ucile Toohey, "Wapo"';
Meryle George, "Miona"; Virginia
Lincoln, "Lola"; Myrtle Hoyt, "Wan
nka;" Mildred Hoyt, "Loyenta"; Mary
Frawlev, "Ogin;" Dorthy Denster,
"Minnehaha;' Mary King, "Satinka;"
Norma Mayger "Spokane;" Edith
Pierce, "Nenachce;" iBeth Hesse,
"Rainbow;" and the Guardian "Loy
esta." "We meet every Friday afternoon
at the Guardian's' home.
: Standing Pine" Symbolic
The standing pine is the symbol of
membership. It means strength and
simplicity.
"Wohelo" is the watchword. It h
made up of the first two letters of
Work, health and love.
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Family Dr. says:
Bring lis prescriptions
to US
by all means.
The Camp Fire has three ranks:
Wood Gatherer, Fire Makers and
Torch Bearer.
"Weekly meetings are held to out
line the work for the week ar.d to
teach them new activities, such as
home work, entertaining, sports, and
ousiness. iwe also are to take mkee
as soon as the weather makes it pos
sime. .
"Our girls are planning on having
work on exhibit at theTair this Fall
and of course all arc hoping to take
some prizes.
Highest Motives Adopted
We try to do a kind deed everv
day and strive to live up to our Camp
i' ire ww wiifcn is; h ' i
"Seek beauty" "Give Serviee""Pur-
sue Knowledge" "Be trustworthy"
-fioia on to Health' "uiorilv Work
"Be happy"
vvnicn is tne Motive ot the Camp
Fire in a nutshell. Who could do
more?
SAVING MONEY
FOR DAD
Willard Outcalt in His High School
Suit
Cincinnati Mav 13. Ten Cincinnati
.high school boys who have come to the
conclusion that their clothes have cof'
their fathers altogether too much
have formed the Dress Reform Lea
gue, and this picture shows Willard
Outcalt. one of the leaders, in the new
costume. It is made up of corduroy
trousers, gray flannel shirt, with col
lar attached sweater for a coat and a
flowinr; silk tie and cap.
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IlumettQUS Citizens Express
NO HARM INTENDED
Mr. Small Disclaims Any Intention
To Impugn Motives of Mr. Currey
La Grande, May 12. (To the Edi
tor.) Lust Monday's Observer con
tained an article by George Hunting
ton Currey, one of my competitors for
the office of representative. In that
article Mr. Currey epoke of the first
paragraph of one of my letters to vot
ers as betitg "cowardly and libejous."
At first I thought I would not Uaiswor
Mr. Currey's charge against me, but
I have decided to lay the. facts before
tho voters and let them judge whether
or not my letter was "cowardly and
libelous." Tho paragraph of my let
ter to which Mr. Currey objected reads
as follows: "In order that voters may
know who tho candidates are, I find it
necessary to correct an impression. I
have been told that it is generally be
lieved in certain localities that Geo. H.
Currey, Senior, formerly a newspaper
man and now a real estate dealer, is
in the race for Representative. This
is not true. My competitors are George
Huntington Currey, Junior, (who is
about 24 years old) and Pat Foley."
Mr. Currey's article in the Observer
objects that my letter implies an in
tention on his pant to try to win votes
on his father's reputation.- I had no
thought of impugning Mr. Currey's
motives. I was not concerned with
his intention but only with the effect
ox his advertising in his statement to
voters. I can say that since I have
gotten actively into my campaign, I
have been exceedingly careful not to
say one word against either of my
competitors.
Respectifully,
CHARLES ALBERT SMALL.
WHAT OF THE AUTO?
After Trip Through California, Writ
er Is Moved to Cogitate
La Grande, May IS. (To the Edi
tor). The visitor to our town needs
but walk down the main street on anv
Saturday afternoon, and he will be
struck with sudden wonderment, at the
great mass of automobiles standing
on eitner side of the street, as well as
those running to and fro. He will be
compelled to say "Business must bo
very brisk in this little town of La
Grande." And he will note that the
smaller machine is almost a thinir of
the past. People are now demanding
the real car. . What I have seen of the
country, has, led me to believe that
there are very few towns the size of
La Grande with so many autos.
There is no doubt as to there be
ing some money in La Grande, or
tnere has at least been considerable m
the past few years.
Cam we reialize the vast amount of
money spent each year for the auto ?
And can we always withstand this
awtul drain .' Is our production and
income anywhere eaunl to our ex
penditure and out-go? One , promi
nent man of La Grande made mention
tnat it was the cream of the country
that was being spent for the automo
bile. Our money is leaving the coun
try. Are we going to be able to re
gain at least part of it? And how?
How about our much-talked-of can
nery, our syrup factory ? We are now
using canned products, fruits land
vegetables put up at New Bridge, Ore.,
a very small place. Our valley should
be able to produce all of this.
My recent visit to Oakland, Calif.,
caused me to think of some of these
tilings. Oakland is growing wonder
fully. She is beginning to produce
tne goods. Ihe Iareest soan factoiv
in tne world is now unuer construc
tion by Peet Bros. It covers six citv
blocks, and will, when in full opera
tion, employ 4800 people.
J-he Chevrolet automobile factory,
the construction of which is now em
ploying BOO men, about equal to the
O-W pay-roll of this city, will,' ac
cording to last Sunday's Oregonian be
ready for operation by July 1st. There
are now leim Toute toward Portland 25
carloads of these machines from the
east. Note what these things mean
for Oakland. And they are just what
the west must have.
What can we do to encourage some
of our men with means to invest in
factory lines in our town? If the
cannery in New Bridge is a paying
proposition ilt should be here. A few
of these things will increase bur ac
cumulations as well as decrease our
expenditures.
L. H. BRiAMWELL.
HUGHES IS EXTOLLED.
Writer Points to Dignity of Office
Seeking the Man.
Portland. May 12. (To the Editor)
May I claim a little space in vou:-
columns to urge upon your reador-i
the reasons why the Honorabl.;
Charles fc.. Hughes should receive thi
endorsement of tho electors of Oregon
for President of the United States?
Oregon is the only State in the
Union in which the ncme of Mr.
Justice Hughes appears on the pri
mary oaiiot. it he shall receive the
endorsement of the people of Oregon
at the approaching primary the Ore
gon delegation will be the natural
leaders of the Hughes delegates in the
Republican National Convention. In
my opinion they can sscure fliis nom
ination and thus perform an import
ant service to the party nomination
and the country.
With an office so exaltedns that of
President of the United States it is
fitting and dignified that the ofTk'e
slhould seek the man rather than the
man the office. Mr. Hughes has nev.;r
been a candidate for public office.
When he was first nominated for Gov
ernor of New York in 906, he was in
Europe and on his departure for Eu
rope he had publicly stated that he
had no political ambitions. He was
elected Governor of New York by
67,000 majority, although the rest of
the Republican ticket was beaten in
1906. He put forth an effort to -
cura his renomination in 1908, but the
Republican State Convention renom
inated, htm by a vote of four to one.
He was re-elected by 69,000 majority.
' While Mr. Hughes has never
sought the party nomination he has
never declined a nomination tendered
him and it is believed that if the
nomination for President of the
United States be tendered him by the
Chicago Convention h will accept it.
When nominated he has always made
an uggressiva campaign. He has no.
superior in the United States as a
campaign speaker. If he shall be the
nominee of the Chicago Convention
and shall resign his present judicial
I position and accept the nomination he
inn vviliiuui. uuuui, umiw a vii no, ok-
gressive, and in my opinion successful
campaign.
Mr. Hughes hus more strength with
the people than any other man in tho
Republican party. Ho. is free from
antagonisms and would be able to
poll every Republican vote. .
The public serv.ee which he has
rendered up to this date has been ba
yond all criticism. It would be hard
to over estimate the public service
performed by him in conducting the
investigation of the " Lifo Insurance
companies and safeguarding the sav
ings of the people of which these
corporations are trustees. As Gov
ernor of the great Stato of New York
and as Justice of the Federal Su-
preme Court ho has been industrious,
attentive to the interests of the peo
pie, disinterested, courageous, and
discriminating. iHis character is
without a stain. He stands for pro
tection to American industries and
for all. of the principles championed
by the Republican party. The follow
ing public utterance of his, . though
delivered many years ago, is pertinent
to one of the issues which will be
pressed upon the attention of the peo
ple in this campaign:
"We are devoted to the interests of
peace and we cherish no policy of ag
gression. The maintenance of our
ideals is our surest protection. It is
our constant aim to live in friendship
with all nations and to realize the
aims of a free government, secure
from the interruption of strife and
the wastes of war. It is entirely
consistent with these aims, and it is
our duty, to make adequate provision
for our defense and to maintain the
efficiency of our army and navy.
.And this I favor."
Mr. Hughes is a mun of fifty-four
years of age. He is in his intellectual
prime, is physically sound, and able
to sustain the strain incident to the
discharge of the duties of President of
the United States. He is a big
American and under his administra
tion the title- of American citizen
would mean something on the high
seas and south of tho Rio Grande.
WALLACE MECAMANt
LIKES THE ROADS
Drainage und Crown Pointed to as
Saving Features
Ladd Canyon, May 13. (To the
Editor) I am, one of those people
who believe that Union county should
have us good roads as it can afford.
From present appearances the work
being done by the new road machinery
seems to answer the purpose very
well. The grades are made with suf
ficient "crowning" and there is evi
dent care in the matter of providing
for drainage. Fop dirt roads this
work appears to me to be about the
proper tr.iing.
I balieve that altogether too much
stress has been placed on this road
question as to the benefits that will
be enioved by the farmer not that 1
am inclined to underrate the best in
tho way of troads that can reasonably
be had. But the principal part of the
hauling and marketing that is done
by thB average farmer happens at a
season ot the year when a suustan-
tiul dirt road is about all that is
needed. In the seasons of the year
when the roads are in thseir waist con
dition is just the time of the year
when farmers have nothing to haul,
or at least not anything of much con
seauence either in the way of their
own supplies or in getting their farm
products to market.
1 think if this road making con
tinues as it has started and then later
a coating of sand and gravel is ap
plied as it can be afforded this coun
ty will soon have a system of roads
not to be ashamed of and at tho same
time the work will be paid for. Res
pectfully, GRANGER
GOOD ROADS DISCUSSED
Mr. Stackland Deals With the Road
Question as He Views the Issue
Cove, Ore., May 12. (To the Edi
tor) It gave us great pleasure to read
in a recent number of your paper
about those satisfactory roads made
by the new road machinery and that
you could feel it your duty to ex
press in glowing words the amazing
fact that it was joy to behold and
ride over them, at least at tho pre
sent season when all our dirt roads
are at the best. As an imitator of
the Chief Bull Moose I will use his
elegant phrase and ask the editor of
the Observer if these lovely roads
"will stay put' now, really, will they
stay put? If so our joy will be per
petual, we will join l.he Observer in
fighting any other kind of perman
ent (?) construction to the best of
our ability.
Dear Editor, were not the days of
the oxcart, when our forefathers could
travel to church and market without
encountering any bridges, any grades
or in short, any disturbance of fie
terrain as nature left it nature it
self in its conglomeration of expres
sions, the most enviable of all ? It
must fill our souls with regret that
we no longer can be satisfied to take
our families out on a Sunday ten or
twelve of them, put them all into
a nice, big oxcart hitch up Tom and
Jerry and mosey along, jolting nnd
fretting for some hours to go a few
miles.
N "Those good old days," they seem to
be gone forever, all the obstructionists
i.l every nook and corner, notwith
standing. , . ' ;.: - ;, .. . -
"The World do move," does it not?
It is great, is it not? We are in the
procession, are wo not? .
During the past winter the people
of this county have been stalled thou,
sands of times in the mud holes, wo
have enjoyed spending as much as 11
hours to go from Cove-to La Grande
with a real good team of horses and
an .empty wagon; we have known
teams working from daylight till dark
to take a light load from Cove to Un
ion and we have been manv hours on
the road to La Grande fighting mud in
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an automobile. Wo have enioved all
those things immensely, but while we
are geiinig oiuer, ieei as tnougn we
have hud enough of that one good
thing and now, before our allotte
time Bhall coma to end, at least for a
fow years, we should like vory much
to forsuke this great pleasure and be
contented to ride and drive over some
hard surfaced roads, just for a
change.
Of course, some of you expect to
live around here forever and there
for you propose to postpone getting
any of these modern roads for a long
time. Perhaps you would say that you
will be ready in two or four years from
now and would not cull that a long time
oven if I should remind you that two
years amount to the same to your
life as six or seven mills would to
'your taxes. Now is not that some-
thing of an item ? And if you will re
flect on thiB thing a little bit more
you will have to admit that it would
ba
better to puy three mills or more
taxes annually as interest, alone, on
money secured lor anything you want,
than to wuit one year for H. Still
you get up in arms fighting imngin
ery fiends when a good friend men
tions getting enough money now, this
year, to secure a certain obiect when
both -the interest and one tenth of
the principal would amount . to less
than the time itself would be worth,
just because the name of the paperMiy
which this money can be so secured
happens to be spelled bonds.
It is the most umazing thing to con
template that a large number of oth
erwise intelligent people can stand up
without blushing and say, that they
are in favor of thq road projected in
Union county and at the same timo,
that they are opposed to bonds. It
is tho most incongruous statement
possible, so outrageous to all reason
and logic in face of all our experi
ences that it i simply painful.
But, do they mean it can they
muan it? It is hardly possible as it
must be some undefined and unde
finable opposition and the poor inno
cent bonus are made the excuse. .
What arc bonds the kind contem
plated' for the road measure? Would
not a definition like the following ex
press it? An agent by which we may
convert a part of our credit into cash;
and like a desirable Bervant available
for our wants, at the sums time, in
our case, furnishing us this money on
our credit at a fur lower rate of in
terest than the homo capital is worth
and commands, thus adding a consid
erable benefit, direct and indirect.
Can anyone doubt the correctness of
this annulogy? Is it not one of the
greatest facts in finance that dearer
money replaced with cheaper is a self
evident profit and also that,- lif a
certain amount of easy money is add
ed to the local volume it embraces the
financial conditions in every line; in
other words, it helps wonderfully in
making good times locally. Where is
the person in Union tounty, worth
considering, who would want to bor
row money and pay -8 par cent in
terest on it when he or she can get
it on equal or better terms ut 4 per
cent, or the person now receiving or
able to receive 8 per cent for his or
her money, who would use that for a
side purposs when other money was
available at 4 1-2?
Who wants "to go as you pay,"
("pay as you go") and pay more when
you do it ? If any' one really feels that
way let him stand up and make a
noise so as to be counted.
It is marvelous how many people
are swayed in their judgment by pre
judice as long as thoy have had no
time or opportunity to examine a
question. It is sadly deplorable, but it
is common and when common it be
comes respectable, as ihey can always
say "there are lots that think as 1
do," even if most of them sometimes
will admit that they have omitted
most of the thinking and let some
other fellow do it for them. It is
that way with all new undertakings
and hns always been so it comes
hard for some people to move along
with the times: they have to be drag
ged along, it has always been so and
alwnys will toe.
Union county has been vory slow
about getting modern roads. Since
the first settlement there has been
nearly $2,000,000 in work and money I
spent on patching up our dirt, dustj
and mud and we nave no ennnco to do
in the front rank of progress, as we
have to hustle if we don't get near the
tail end in this matter.
The road project now before the
voters of the county, is admittedly
well planned, conservative in every
particular and calculated with due
consideration of avery factor so a to
make it the most .icccptame to the
largest possible number of people; it
was deliberated upon in the most
careful manner and can scarcely be
improved upon as n trunk line consid
eration.
We need these roads, wc want these
roads, we must have thase roads, we
will have these roads, assuredly, and
We want them now without any un
necessary delay.
We can get these ronds just one
way and that is by voting bonds for
Un ,mtnnf Ihm-A mill ho nn -hnt.t.nr
way if we wafted la hundred years; i
i.nere is every kiiiu ui nuvunuige .'n
doing it now in tho manner proposed
Why everybody is doing itl To de
lay is a decided loss, in fact nothing
can possibly be gained by turning
down this project for gome other one
in U -?iinta t,Arn uliAilIrl lin rt Hmlht
of that if you will but stop and think. J
If you are in favor of tne projected I
roads is it possible that you know of I
QpinferiG
some way in which we can get them
cny quicker, get thenv for less money,
or for cheaper money, or so it would
be any easier to pay and in any man
ner .so that the advantage or disad
vantages would in any way compen
sate for the time lost? -
You must realize that the kind or
kinds of road construction can not be
definitely determined upon until af
ter a thorough survey of the proposed
roadbed and when all bids with ac
companying specifications will . be
available, so that you can not reason
ably urge delay on- this account,
' Less than ons mill annual tax will
puy the interest on the proposed bonds ;
und should think it a mighty poor '
.'itizen who would bo unwilling te
3tand that for these trunk line roads.
Outside of the O. W. R. & N. Co.
ind other corporations who pay about
iO per cent of the total taxes, the as
sessed property averaged about $4,000
Dor tilYmiVAi- nnl if. umnlil rti Mm
$4 per year for the interest on thus
n.,.J n . . XT '-' 1 J 1
muiicy. nuw ib wuuiu ' oe very
interesting if he would set down with
hlA f H m i 1 7 nnil dm, Iimu V m ,:fA J
children could get $4 dollars worth of
benefit,, per year out of these roads,
direct and indirect, automobile or no
automobile.
You women who Hvo around this
beautiful valley, what benefits can
you figure for yourselves and families,
economic nnd Awrv nt-.h .. notMT
Would not the fact of greater accessi-
Diuty, less isoikiicnn, improved en
vironments and tho generally . n-
hanced mnditinnn. nlnrw. 4u vjvmH-J.
the cost many times to you?
iou mDorer, ,wnere can you lose!
iou mercnant :
You Everybody ' Else, what is the
matter with you, what are you really
waiting for and wont H be 'beneficial
to all, excepting tba poor Railroad -companies,
who, also might play ei
in the end?
Come now, let us make it win!
KARL J. STACKLAND.
WHAT PEOPLE READ
Fiction Seems to be Required of Lead
, ing Magazine Nowadays
' La Grande May 13. (To the Edit
or) Magazine readers are a queer
lot. Our standard magazines are be
ning forced to change their produc
tions and the type of their produe-
In the passing of Harper's Weekly
is further evidence of the American
public's present reluctance to support
a serious political weekly, tin other
quarters the same conditions are to
be seen. The Nation, staunchly true
to its old standards of taste and in
dependence, during the last ten years
has declined in circulation. In the
struggle to maintain its hold on pub
lic favor, Collier's is compelled to
give first attention to fiction. The
New Republic, well written and em
inently judical ' in its treatment of
topics, appeals to a limited class and
is still in the experimental . stage.
The Outlook and Independent, once
religious publications, have been com
pelled to widen their scope, use illust
rations and seek to 'make themselves
entertaining to casual readers. ;
Y-at in England the old Saturday
Review and Spectator and the newer
Outlook and Nation still persist in
following their chosen paths. - If they
have not known prosperity, at least
they have found no cause to abandon
their mission of serious discussion of
current affairs, politics literature and
the -arts. ' V ' -
By right Harper's Weekly was en
titled to occupy a distinct place of its
own us an American weekly. In the
hnnds of editors like Curtis and
Schurz, it was a great power in the
land, lif afforded room for Thomas
Nast to exercise his vigorous talent
for arousing popular feeling. Tfcero
is nothing like it today, and apparent
ly nothing like it is desired by the
wider circles of readers tl-.nl have
come into existence. . '
READER
E. M. Shutte of lone, Ore., has sold
26 head of his highly bred Holsteins
to J. H. McGmley of Council, Idaho.
Mr. McGinley was a former darymnn
of Western Nebraska.
Two sacks of wool valued at $200
wore otolen from a ranch near Merid
ian recently. Tho wool was purchased
for the Stanfield company ami seems
to have vanished completely. -
m TURKISH
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Even the package
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Arode ditare'tcs o use a com
mon 9one.in.-penelvepack(i
fte valum i h; thmct'garettoa.
They'm comfortable to throat
ondtomtue. And no irman after
effect they let you stnoita m
you'd Itke to smoke.
ASens&leGgaiette