WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916.,
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE jDENNIS, Editor and Owner.
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BAND PICNIC? SURE!
What's the matter with a rousing
Union county band concert at River
aide Park?
Nothing that we can see.
In fact such a scheme has so much ;
ot merit in it that the Observer feels
justified' in saying that it is but a .
matter of shaping the details to en
compass successful fruition. There
are good bands in Union county, and
vhy not let them all get together at
least once a year for a day, bringing
their friends with them for a genuine
picnic, well supplied with music and
good cheer? Supposing every man
and woman in Union county who can
blow a horn or tap a drum meet at
a given point for a picnic; let each
community send in a generous quota
of visitors. The combined band of
Bay 50 or 60 pieces would not, only
enjoy itself but the public would
likewise share in the amusement. El
gin's crack band, the Elks' band at
La Grande, the Union band, Thomp
son's band at Island City, the Olsen
family at North Powder, and all the
individuals of the entire county who
can play an instrument would form
a mighty good united band, we think.
Then 'here is another and by no
means meagre feature of such a day.
Union County people are unneighbor
ly as a rule. Why not cast off the
old garments and acquire new ones?
Why not have a day of this sort, now
fa La Grande, next in Elgin, then Un
ion and bo on down the list of towns,
in which neighbor meets ileighbor
in neighborly fashion? Let's all be
neighborly! We can think of no bet
ter means toward the end than a
rousing band concert.
Such a function must not be a
one-ring show. It must have three
full-grown rings a sure enough
good picnic; full blast, no hanging
back variety. On numerous occas
ions during the year the towns in
termingle but it is usually upon an
occasion when conditions make it
necessary to charge admission of
some sort, and the entertaining town
is too busy with other matters to be
neighborly. These conditions can't
be helped on such occasions, but the
Observer proposes that for once a
stunt be "pulled" where there is no
admission and where "Hello Neigh
bor" is the password and only fee to
the portals. We venture the guess
that if this scheme were tried once,
it would instantly become a lasting
practjee, sure to cement the county
tighter socially and positive relief for
present unneighborly rushes after a
living with no time to say "Hello" to
Elgin, Union and the rest of them.
A united band might hit an un
true note during a concert of this
sort but it would be neighborly music
for a' that and a' that. Over in Wal
lowa County last Sunday, several
bands met under such conditions and
it was a great stunt. A few weeks
ago the Union-Wallowa counties' K.
of P. band at the Portland conclave
found itself one day on an excursion
boat with a K. of P. band from' Hub
bard. In a jiffy the two were play
ing under one leader, and we don't
mind proclaiming it fine music.
Talk it up! you band men, and let
commercial clubs of the county sup
port it, and Tom, Dick and Harry get
in the band wagon to inaugurate an
annual custom distinctly and solely
purposed to promote greater democ
racy and friendship one with another.
THE CENSOR PROBLEM.
There is a fresh outbreak of censure
for censors. As the allies seem to
be taking the offensive into their own
hands, the people of France, England
and America demand, with varying
degree of insistence, the truth. Brit-
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1 J.l.l.Yl?llll kJ 1 LinVLi - Street
Soft Drinks and Confections
Fresh, fine line of Tobaccos
Best Bowling Alley in Oregon, also Card Rooms and cozy Loung
ing Quarters
MILLER'S LUNCH COUNTER
In connection with the above facilities, Charles Miller serves
clean, sanitary short-order l unches featuring Home-made Pics.
Finest Coffee In the city.
All these features are housed in a brand new building on De
pot street. Come down and meet us.
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THE "FEDERAV. RESERVE" SYSTEM OF BANKS, OF
WHICH OUR BANK IS A MEMBER, WAS THOUGHT OUT BY
THE BEST BRAINS IN THE BANKING AND BUSINESS WORLD.
THIS SYSTEM DEMANDS THAT A BANK BE SOUND BE
FORE IT CAN BECOME A MEMBER BANK.
WE CAN TAKE CARE OF YOUR BANKING BUSINESS, AND
SHALL BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU COME IN AND "MAKE YOUR
SELF AT HOME."
BANK WITH US
Ub newspapers complain bitterly tfcat
they cannot give the people good
news or bad because of the indiscrim
inate smothering of information from
the front.
It has been said that if business
men were to be as free in discussing
their plana as have the leaders of the
British army, failure would be in
evitable, yet the plain stories of troop
movements and of trench fighting are
not permitted to be told in the past
tense with any detail.
The people of nations at war re
quire news if they are to feel that
they are vitally concerned with the
success or failure of military opera
tions. : If they are kept in the dark
for no good reason at all, they are
likely to become disinterested, sullen
and indifferent. Great Britain's frank
excuse has been that intelligent men
were needed for other military of
fices and that the censoring has been
left to those whose willingness to
slash' news wholesale is their chief
qualifications for the post.
'Censorship in the United States
army is delegated to high army of
ficers. For every other military duty,
men are specially trained and there
is no duty more vitally important to
the success of a nation at war than
that of sorting news material so that
the home country may have news
swithout profit to the enemy. Why
not a censor trained in the rudiments
of news handling? It is not too late
for England to do away with silly
blunders in that department.
HONESTY IN FOREIGN TRADE.
"Above all, the highest standard of
business morals should be adhered to
in all trade relations with the people
of this republic."
That is the advice given by Con
sul Henry M. Wolcott of Havana.
Evidently it would not be offered if
it were not needed by the Americ'h
exporter.
Similar injunctions come from oth..
er consuls of Spanish America. They
say that importers complain that
goods shipped from the United States
are not according to sample. They
say that substitutions are made in
their orders without their consent.
And as the American merchant often
demands cash before delivery, the im
porter is unable either to refuse or to
withhold pay for it.
The United States is now engaged
in trying to secure a larger share of
the trade of the Spanish-American
countries. It is succeeding slowly.
The tonnage to South America for
the last fiscal year was 12 per cent
greater than in 1914, in spite of Eu
rone's heavy demands for our ex
ports and the tremendous high freight
rates. But to gain and keep a larger
portion of South America's trade, our
merchants must so conduct them
selves that these consular warnings
alwut honesty as the best policy will
be unnecessary.
Vocational Courses Proposed.
WE .'PAY H PER CENT INTEREST
, 6V2 Money for Improved FarmTLoansj
lia Grande National Bank
j ,:. LA GRANDE, OREGON
Capital $200,000.00, Surplus $50,000.00, Resources $1,000,000.00
Frsd J. Hoi mas. President; C. C. Penington, Vic President; F. L,
Cashisri E. ZunWl and H. E. Coolidge, Assistant Csshlsrs.
J '!( DIRECTORS
Frsd, i. Holmss, J. G. Snodgrass, J. F. Osolsy, C. C. Psnlmrtoo, H.
ft Brvwttton, F. L, Msywa, A. Bloklaod, A. T. HW, H. E. Cool Wo.
Washington, Aug. 23. Uncle Sam
will put u vocational course of train
ing in every high school in the coun
try if a bill has just passed the Sen
ate also passes the House of Repre
sentatives. Indications today are that
the bill will become a law soon. The
hill was introduced simultaneously in
both houses by Senator Hoke Smith
and Representative Hughes, both of
(corgia. It is an elaboration of the
federal aid system by which the
United States government annually
contributes nearly $100,000 to each
state for the maintenance of agricul
tural colleges and experiment sta
tions, as well as four million, one
hundred thousand dollars to curry on
the rural extension system of voca
tional instruction for farmers
throughout the country. The pro
proposed law is the result of a stead
ily growing conviction that the pros
pective farmer, or, nowadays, scien
tific agriculturist, should be extended
the opportunities of an agricultural
school at an early age and not be
compelled to attend the agricultural
college education and need high school
Ci-edits for college entrance anyhow.
Eighteen states now extend aid to
their highschools for courses in agri
culture, the mechanic arts and home
economics. Minnesota annually ap
propriates $300,000 for this work. To
standardize and nationalize the high
school nid work the Smith-Hughes bill
provides that the United States shall
share in the payment of salaries to
state teachers, inspectors and direc
tors in state high schools. It nlso pro
vides for a Federal Hoard of Voca
tional Education. This board, which
would consist of the Commissioner of
Education of the United States as
Chairman and four members to be ap
pointed, (not more than two from any
political party) by the president.
inis ooam amt state educational au
thorities would cooperate in outlining
courses. The States Relations service
of the Department of Agriculture has
pursued the system still further bv
preparing a comprehensive system of
courses in agriculture. These have
been offered to the states for use in
their grammar schools, in the rural
districts. Alabama, Mississippi, Wis
consin, Maryland and Vermont have
installed the course in nil their ele
mental schools since the initiation of
the plan a year or so ago.
New Arrivals At The
N. K. West Store
NEW LARGE COLLARS
Cape, Sailor,: Fichu and Shawl Styles
The styles are as new as just-minted money the Autuinnest.of -Neckwear!
.Voile, Organdy, and 'other materials trimmed with
laces and embroidery or plain finished or in frills. . Large capc-j,
sailor, fichu and shawl effects. We do not buy neckwear by thy
gross. We pick it piece by pi?ee, getting styles different and.
distinguished. Priced ' 25c and 50c
Another Shipment;
JAPANESE LUNCHEON SETS ;
Women will be delighted with these blue print Lunch Cloths
with napkins to match, of the best grade, double printed, ideal
for luncheon arid breakfast. Real Japanese designs including,
bamboo, eherrv. chrysanthemum, maple, wisteria, daisy and iris
with white or solid blue borders. Eifchler round or square cloths...
Specially priced, for sets ..75c, 85c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50
BEAUTIFUL NEW LaCES
Gorgeous Metal Laces! Shimmering goW iand silver- and ef
fective Irridescent Laces New Valenciennes, Torchon, Ftlet, .
Beading Insertions, Cluny, Alio vers and Venise Laces. Our
showing of these Jiandsome new Laces 1s incomparable All
moderately priced considering the beauty and newness. ....v,..,
111 J W 411HU1I! L. ! ..
1.13 inmMiiw
about the quality of SWEET CAPO
RAL Cigarettes.
The representatives of the manu
facturer are making this quite un
necessary. Special demonstration
crews full of pep and enthusiasm are
in town and it is only necessary for
you to listen to them before you be
gin to experience a desire to try this
old-time cigarette.
SWEET CAPORALS were first
manufactured in 1873 and one of the
arguments used by the demonstra-'
tors is the fact that these cigarettes I
have stood the test of 40 years. A
most interesting talk is given by the '
demonstrators. They show you first;
for your inspection the actual tobac- 1
co used in the manufacture of this
cigarette, and maybe they don't know
all about their product from A to Z!
Their confidence in the quality of
swutT UAPUKALS almost convinc
es one of its merit and a trial does the
rest.
Great stress is laid by the manu
facturers upon the sanitary condi
tions under which the SWEET CAPO
RALS are made. It is the demon
strator's boast that if the smoker
could only look into the SWEET
CAPORAL factory and see for him
self the high grades of tobacco and
paper used and the care in manu
facturing this cigarette, he would nev
er cease to be a SWEET CAPORAL
smoker.
In connection with the manufacture
of cigarettes, Mr. Alfred McCann, the
pure food expert, of the New iork
Globe has written a long article con
trasting the sanitary methods used in
the making of cigarettes and the mak
ing of food. He tells of a trip
through a factory of The American,
Tobacco Company, in New York
where the greatest care is taken to
secure cleanliness, where the hand
ling of the tobacco itself is done by
scrupulously clean machinery, is en
tirely opposite to the rumors which he
had heard concerning the conditions
of the tobacco factories.
BUT SAY The demonstrators arc
in town Go see them yourself and be
convinced. Adv.
sore. At times, it was all I could do
to keep going. When I got down in
a stooping position, I could hardly
straighten up. I felt played out all
the time. My kidneys were in a very
bad way at times and the action was
very irregular. The first few doses
of Doan's Kidney Pills put my kid
neys in working order and relieved
that awful misery in my back. One
box stopped the pains in my back and
made me feel like a different person.
Since then, when I have noticed anjr
signs of kidney disorder, I have taken
Doan's Kidney Pills for a few days
and they have never failed to over
come the trouble."
' Price 50c at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same tiiat
Mr. Brazel had. Foster-Milburn Co,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
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Special Sale
On all Granite Ware
Also closing out several patterns of Dinner
Ware at great reductions. New assortment of
Dinner and Nippon Japanese Ware at
Sale Will Continue All of August
J. MELVILLE
Adams Avenue
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C'iRarettes Made I'nder Most Modern
Methods
Prom all indications it will be but
a short time before the smokers of
!. Grande will cease to "ASK DAD''
When You Have a Cold
Give it attention, avoid exposure, be
regular and careful of your diet, also
commence taking Dr. King's New Dis
covery. It contains Pine-Tar, Anti
septic Oils and Balsams. Is slightly
laxative. Dr. King's New Discovery
eases your cough, soothes your throat
and bronshinl tubes, checks your cold,
starts to clear your head. In a short
time you know your cold is bettor.
It's the standard family cough syrup
in use over 40 years. Get a bottle at
once. Keep it in the house as a cold
insurance. Sold at your druggist.
Over the Mountains
to the
TILLAMOOK
Beach Resorts '
Where surf bathing is unexcelled '
Over the beautiful Coast Mountains where towering '
trees and roaring mountain streams invite, you to
leave the train.
Season Fare
$17.10
ACT QITCKLY.
Delay Has Been Dangerous in La
Grande.
Do the right thing at the right time.
Act quickly in time of danger.
'In time of kidney danger Doan's
Kidney Pills are most effective.
Plenty of La Grande evidence of
their worth.
E. S. Brnsel. 2203 N. Birch St., La
Grande, eays: "I went around for sev
eral months feeling as though my
back was broken. I couldn't straight
en up, as my back was so weak and
Daily trains from Portland
7:45 A. M. 1:40 P.M.
Observation car on afternoon train,
"Seashore Special"!
Ask local agent for information or
write for booklet "Tillanook County Beaches"
JOHN M. SCOTT. General Passenger Agent
Southern Pacific Lines