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PAGE FOiJR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER MONDAY, JULY 3, 1916. j.: THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNIS. Editor and Owner Entered in the Postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second class ''. matter. " SUBSCRIPTION KATES. ; Daily, single cop; 6c Daily, per week 15c Daily, ner month 65c Daily, per six months in advance $3.60 Daily, per year in advance .... $7.00 Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year in advance $1.60 Advertising rates on application. All copy for display advertising must , reach the office the day before the ad appears. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street. NOISE. Spasmodic attempts to curtail noise, are being made' from time to time all over the country, while some cities have anti-noise associations with more or less influence. Physi cians insist that noise hns disastrous effects on the nervous sytem. "Hos pital zones of quiet" have long been established in large cities. But we still have with us many sources of noise which are unnecessary, annoy, ing and destructive. Among these are the horn of the lazy automobilist who will not leave his car long enoughi to ring a door- fcell, but warns the .family of his presence by repeated honking; the cry of the vegetable vender; factory whistles which violate the law, motor cycle ' maniacs, whose engines can' make more noise than a freight train; and the man who plays ball with an excited dog at 6 o'clock in the morn ing, before going to work. The amount of temper which has been lost by these annoyances would be sufficient to keep the nation out of war for a thousand years. Thought lessness is behind some of this noise; carelessness of. the feelings of others, indifference, selfishness are also fac tors. Noise is a relic of barbarism; quiet, the sign of achieved culture. THE LAWYER'S FUTURE. understood that the class struggle is j at the basis of a growing demand for j the services of lawyers of power and ; vision. i Other influences which will create 'a field for the exercise of legal talent ! are the war, which! promises to bring up many issues of international law 'and connect this country with the i problems of Europe, and the rights 'of the people in natural resources, i The law is often looked upon as merely an accumulation of preced ' ence. Tradition and established form- ality are regarded as its mainstays. ' The modern spirit at work in this pro fession is expressed by Dean Bates' closing suggestion: ' We have entered upon a period of social reconstruction perhaps un equaled in the extent, variety and fundamental character of the changes taking place. In the constructive and reconstructive processes of society, the lawyer always has been and al ways will be a peculiarly necessary 'factor, but to realize fully his great ! opportunity he must properly train land equip his mind and carefully I guard the purity of his motive and ' conduct." ! . " ! REDUCING WAR TO MECHANICS. Dean Henry M. Bates of the Uni versity of Michigan law school re recently outlined for "The Michigan Alumnus" the changing character of a lawyer's calling. Opportunities for the successful practice of law have become less, Dean Bates explains, through the working of new institu tions, such as public commissions, the evolution of industrial and commer cial combinations, a distrust which business men have acquired for the law as a means of settling their dif ferences and through the legal ser vices rendered by banks and trust companies. To offset these factors, Dean Bates refers to the newer functions of the lawyer and mentions the specializa tion of Louis D. Brandeis in illustra tion. New questions are arising out of the conflict between police power and the constitutional rights of indi viduals and the dean makes it clearly "The war of the future will not be a war of soldiers but a war of ma- I chines. The new soldier will not be a soldier but a machinist; he will not ' shed his blood but will perspire in the .factory of death at the buttle line." ' So says Thomas Edison. The mas ter inventor bases his claims on the developments of the European war and adds that America is the greatest machine country in the world. ,i The soldier then, will never see the man he kills. Great guns that will not look like guns, but like machine shops, will be surrounded by mechan icb who at a given order will press a button, pull a lever and 20, 30 miles away hundreds, maybe thousands of men, will be torn to pieces. All the glamor and glory of war gone, no longer the clash of plumed knights, no longer such charges as gave Pickett immortality merely a question of mathematics and machin ery. Perhaps then a sense of humor will save the world. A commander will wirless his opponent: "I have such and such a machine as against your dinky contraption. 1 have you checkmated. Will I press the button and send your mechanics to oblivion or will yoi surrender?" A board of efficiency experts, work ing as neutrals could then compare rival mnchino shops and decide which one would blow the other up first if the battle went on. Dummies could take the place of the machinists if thev wnnted to try out the machines to test the rival claims. The silliness j of it all would finally appeal to some one and the machinists ana master mechanics would he sent to the fac tories to make lawn mowers, tractors, rocking chairs and baby cribs and other things worth while. WASTING A SHEET OF PAPER. "In the practice of economy there must le reason and due regard to rel- SEE THE MEN WITH THEIR CHESTS OUT AND THEIR HEADS ERECT, WITH INDEPENDENT WALK AND CONFIDENT AIR. THEY ARE INDEPENDENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS. WHILE OTHER MEN WASTED THEIR TIME AND MONEY THEY WERE PUTTING SOME INTO THE BANK. MAKE YOURSELF INDEPENDENT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. BANK SOME MONEY NOW. BANK WITH US WE PAY PER CENT INTEREST 6J Money for Improved Farm Loans La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON Capital $200,000.00, Surplus $50,000.00, Resources $1,000,000.00 Fred J. Holmes, President; C C Penington, Vice President; F. L. Meyers, Cashier; E. Zundel and H. E. Coolidge, Assistant Cashiers. DIRECTORS Fred J. Holmes, J. G. Snodgrasa, J. F. Conley, C C. Peninjrton, H. S. BrowDton, F. L. Meyers, A. Blokland, A. T. Bill, H. E. Coolido. Sales Two Important July Clean-up The Biggest and Greatest Saving Opportunity of Many a Season The prices of woolens, trimmings, silks, etc, are swiftly mounting skyward. To buy' the '.material alone today would cost more than the sale prices on these fine men's and women's garments. : ? HALF PRICE Our regular high grade Spring and Summer stock Garments which arc of the best sort materials; every one new this season. The big reductions on them will be the greatest kind of induce ments to all women because of the fast advancing prices. The clean-up prices on these Suits, Coats, and Dresses will by no means pay for the materials aloneNot one single Suit, Coat or Silk Dress Reserved all go at just one-half price. the Grand Big Cut which the July Clean-up Sale Brings on our Entire Stock Women's and Misses' SMARTLY TAILORED SUITS f STUNNING NEW COATS CHARMING SILK DRESSES Regular $10.00 values go at . ; $ 5.00 Regular $12.50 values go at ... ., $ 6.25 Regular $13.50 values go at . .i .$6.75 Regular $15.00 values go at : . $ 7.50 Regular $17.50 values go at .$ 8.75 Regular $20.00 values go at ,. .( .$10.00 Regular $22.50 values go at $11.25 Regular $25.00 values go at 1 $12.50 Regular $27.50 values go at .$13.75 Regular $35.00 values go at , $17.50 Your Unrestricted Choice of any Man's Suit in the Store at 20 REDUCTION Unquestionably the Biggest Men's Suit Stock Reduction Sale that any store will offer this Season Woolens and other materials are way up in Price. All the stores that have placed their orders for Fall Clothing have invariably paid a big advance. This means that suits next Fall will cost nearly double these sale prices. We would never do this if we didn't have to clear our stock for every man's suit in the store is worth more than its original price but then even if we do make this big sacri fice, you will become a steady customer of this store if you get a bargain like this from us. Regular 15.00 Suits now Regular $17.50 Suits now Regular $20.00 Suits now ..$12.00 $14.00 ..$1600 Regular $22.50 Suits now $18.00 Regular $25.00 Suite now $20.00 Regular $27.50 Suits now $22.50 The largest stock in Eastern Oregon to select from all the country's best brands represented. Every suit iruar anteed. light weights, medium weights, heavy weights Sizes to fit aM men the biggest saving opportunity of the year ACT NOW 3 ative values, for in the saving of a little there may bo the wasting of much. For instance," says the Amor- ienn Bankers Association in one of its tnlks on Thrift, "a certain bank president drawing a goodly salary, spends a great deal of time cutting euvelojes for use as scratch paper. He is wasting his time, for if he is worthy of being president of a bank, his brain value is of so much greater worth than the paper value he is try ing to save, that he is penny wise and pound foolish. Ho should be thinking out the problems of his bank, not try ing to save it a few sheets of paper. On the other hand, it would be good economy for a largo department store, burning hundreds of lights daily, to pay a man ten dollars a week to watch for needless waste of light and turn cit those not in use." The same author.ty says: A ci-rtain man dropped a nickel at a railroad station. In his endeavor to And it, he lost his train, lost his tem per, missed a business engagement that held up four other men, and caused confusion all round, and had to spend a quarter for a telegram to hold the engagement for his late ar rival. That was poor economy. The point to be emphasized in all such endeavors is to impress upon the individual who wastes that if all were to do as he docs, the loss would be enormous; and if all we re to do as he should, the saving would be great. We are both careless and thoughtless. We leave our lights burning when they do no one any good. We leave the water running, forgetting that the meter is on its job all the time, and every turn of the wheel means money to some one, if not us. It is I all very well to say: 'It's included in j the rent, yes. but the landlord has probably figured that out when he I fixed the rental. You pay, not he. for j every hour you burn a useless light, or let the water run to waste. A certain school teachjr, wide awake to impress these things upon ' her pupils, got her great chance one day. A little girl made a few figures on a sheet of paper and threw it away. The teacher asked why she wasted that sheet of paper, and the pupil replied that 'it was only a sheet of paper, and besides, it was fur nished by the board of education free. Calling the class to order, she asked them to take out their pads and count the number of sheets. Then she told them what the pad cost and asked them to calculate the cost of one sheet a fraction of a cent She then told them how many pupils attended the schools of the city on an average of 180 days a year, and asked them to figure the cost if each pupil wasted hut one sneet a day. J he total was a surprise. "It's not the cost of a single sheet of paper, a single hour of useless light, a match, a cent or two. that counts it's the cumulative totals that make the astounding losses. "There is such a thing as being mean and niggardly with yourself, eating only enough to keep body and soul together, wearing clothes until they are a mass of patches, and liv ing a life of strict denial to all the bodily comforts. That is not the point; you ought to live well, dress decently, and have wholesome pleas ures, but be careful in your wasting, lest you be one of a great army, wast ing maybe but a mntch a day, but if a million others are doing the s-ame thing, we bum up a lot of wood to no useful purpose." TERSE SENTIMENTS. W. H. Taft I fihrint "frxm cai! m my views in print King Constantino I have always Colonel House President Wilson is a great man. i Sl!riki H.owe11 Bryan will not work Lindley M. Garrison-J shall not mako myself vocal. Lillian Russell Life Is ono long round of masquerading. Henry Holt-ilt takes at least a year to write a good novel. Edwnrri V. Mlthnll Tk ,11,,1, I. not extinct like the dodo. Congressman Cary A "dry" na tional capital would lie a menace In society. George Ado You can lead a boy to college, but you can't make him think. Wbodrow Wilson I hope every man in rjuhlic lifp unll r?nt i..t ; , 1 ..... r " m . h v
