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

LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 191C.
PAOP FOUR
THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner.
Entered in the Post-office at La
Grande, Oregon, as second class
matter.
Congressional elections of 1914.
I The Republican vote of Indiana in
1 1914 was 233,140, the Progressives
j casting 90,040 and the Democrats
275.892. Dividing the Bull Moose
1 strength on the basis of seventy and
I thirty per cent, respectively, to the
1 Republicans and the Democrats, the
I vote of Indiana this year should be:
I Republican, 290, 1G2; Democratic,
102.904. The margin is too small for
on cither side; and inaiana
'SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Tlnil' einclo rnnif . .. . ff?
nD;i,. -...ob- in comfort
Daily; per month C5c must remain as ngnung ver, . u-
Daily, per six months in advance $3.W jtil tho votes ore counted The Pro
DailVper year in advance ... $7.0Q gressivesaided, it is said, b Dem-
W ma., per year, in ad- 'r" ZLxO WA
vunee a.yu .,v., -- - ; :T i
JVeelfly Observer-Star, per year I tent observers believe that Irom to to
jn advance $1.50 9 Pef eent of the Moose will vote for
ii ( Hughes and that the number who win
ArfvoiKin,, rates nn implication. All support Wilson are negligible. Upon
potVr for disDlav auvertisinE' must w. fey
LANGUAGE AMD THE BIBLE.
The Book That Standardized All tha
Dialects of Britain.
Before the printing of the Bible there
was no English language. It was the
Bible that standardized all the dia
lecta of Britain aud that bound them
together Into a living speech, and It
was the Bible that was the foundation
of the education and culture of Eng
land. As the English historian Green
says. 'The English people became a ,
people of a book, and that book was
Correct Corset Style for 1916
for
the oft daY brfre the,"-es and Fairbanks by nearly 30,.
ad appears.
nnn.
I The seventy-thirty division applied
to Kantas would give that state to me
"Address all communications to THE ReDUDic8ns bv the following figures:
OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street. j RpuUi"n, 240,21 5 ; Democratic,
HUGHES' PROSPECTS. j 2MaW the result would be: Re-r-
mst I publican, 72,888; Democratic, 6ti,071.
The' RfpUblickn Publicity associa-. ln Nebraska the figures should
!j nuntw Yiny- Republican. 113.376: Demo-
gave ' out the following statement at
its Washington headquarters:
If the country votes at the presi
dential election this year as it voted
at the Congressional election of 1914,
Hno-hiw will earrv California. Colo
rado,. Connecticut, Delcware, Idaho,
cratic, 113,820. inis is anpmer
line of demarcation but there is no
Bull Moose ticket in Nebraska this
year; and while the contest will be a
hard cr.9, the indications are that
Hughes will carry the state.
Tho cm division of the Progres
sive vote in Ohio would produce fig'
Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michi- urea .for 191o m tnis wise: n.puu,..,
gan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hamp- 511,038; Democrat
shirei New Jersey, New Mexico, New i , " '?. therefore.
a fair u.tnption
York North Dakota, Oregon, Penn-. that, in addition w
sylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, "ates wnicji a"s "f"'
Utah,. Vermont, Washington, 'West 1 plurality in l4" and which as
Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. 1 re a majority of the electoral col-
TW states have 28C votes in the lege-the Republican ticket will this
electoral college, a majority of which year gain Kansas, Maine and Ohio
ia nnW 9fifi .without question and get for Hughes
is ony tw- !and Fairl)ank a toUi of 326 out of
Infeach of these slates, two years h VQtes m the electoral college
ago, j, the Republican Congressional ; fa more than a fitting chance to
ticket received a clear plurality of dd thg 23 vot8 of jndian'a Ne.
votei. In these states combined the fa fe th t number making 349,
Republican candidates for congress maioritv of 167
receded 4,075,157 votes while the w not be a minority
Democratic candidates for congress ' reBijent
receded only 3,132,568 votes the to- . Th fi which the ongo.
tal ficpubhcan plurality being 942,- jn(f u bged n taken from the
589-;j "World Almanac."
Inl each of these states, in 1914, 1
therA was an organized Progressive j prabubly the hifrhest explosive in
camnuiirn excent in Nevada. North- ' r-. n. xt..
, Tr. , , ,. , nurope is Maximilian nuruen. nvw
TlaltAtu ITtnh nnrl WiupnnHin. nl. .
though in Utah there was a Fusion
ticket running in opposition to the Re
publicans. The total Progressive
vote1 in these states was 746,341; and
the combined Republican-Progressive
plurality over the Democrats was 1,
688,930. Ttfo years ago there were five
states Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Ne
braska, and Ohio which are fairly to
be classed as normally Republican but
whero the Democratic Congressional
ticket received a plurality of votes
ranging from a beggardly 3G5 in
Maine to an impressive 42,752 in In
diana. But the Progressive vote in
each of these five states was far in
excess of the difference between the
York Sun.
Hughes should abandon trying to be
"human." He should be just natural.
Buffalo Enquirer.
Too bad there is no national conven
tion to stop the favorite-son move
ment at VerdunCleveland Leader.
Have primaries eliminated the
wicked ibosses or are the wicked
bosses eliminating the primaries?
New York Sun.
I One advantage a baseball-player
has over a railroad man is that it
takes three Btrikes to put him out.
Republican and Democratic totals, and ; Washington Post,
ranffen from M.lll in NohrflRktt t.n Sill..
040 in Indiana. Hn Kansas the Pro- 1 Agent Buying Munitions Here for
gressive vote in 1914 amounted to Venezuela. Headline. Probably
To a large degree the same Is true of
Germany, but It Is not necessary to go
back to th middle agei to find the
Bible forming a nction'i culture and
Qxlng ltt language.
On many of the mission fields, espe
cially ln Africa, the language of the
natives had never been reduced to writ
lng until tbe missionary provided them
with an alphabet in order that the
Bible might be translated into their
tongues. The Bible bas then become
botn the language textbook and the
spiritual guide of these African na
tions. In mission schools the world
over the Bible Is the language text
book. Tbe people of the mission lands
want their children to learn the west
ern tongue, and they send them to the
school. They learn the missionary'
language, but ln tbe learning they find
the missionary's God. Christian Her
ald. EGGS IN HEATED RICE.
merely preparing for a Presidential
election. New York World
74,441; in Ohio it was 47,981; and in
Maine it was 17,985.
These five states will cast 63 votes "
in the electoral college. How will The shade of Moses must look down
thev vote this vear? i with keen interest upon the latest
Hopeful Democratic statisticians Sinai expedition that is followed by a
estimate the division of the , former ,ine of waU?r pipes. Cincinnati
Progressive vote upon different pro- Times-Star.
portions in each instance, however, 1
giving the long end of it to the Re- After these political orators finish
publicans and in no instance claiming the campaign and are all through
that more than 30 per cent of the Bull telling the public what they really
Jloose will support Wilson. Upon this think of one another, they shouldn't
extreme hypothesis, let us examine complain if a lot of us fail to vote for
the' vote of the five states where a any candidate. New York Morning
Democratic plurality was found in the Telegraph.
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4 NYKMhU .K,'fWS RC5f&vr
A Way th Chin Hav For Hatohing
Duck and Chicken.
The Chinese method of batching as
many as 500 duck and chicken eggs ln
one sitting bas not yet been adopted ln
this country.
Unbusked rice Is used for the pur
pose, and when this baa been roasted
it Is either cooled by a fanning process
or the wind Is allowed to blow through
it until it Is lukewarm.
Tbe breeder then sprinkles a three
Inch layer of rice ln tbe bottom of a
wooden tub, and on this surface places
about 100 eggs: another layer of rice
about two Inches thick Is spread over
them, and on thla layer eggs are also
placed, and tbe tub is filled in thla way
until there are six layers of rice and
five of eggs, making COO eggs ln all ln
the tub.
Every twenty-four hours the rice has
to be heated, and for this purpose the
eggs have to be removed, the bottom
layer this time being placed on top and
the other layers one row lower down,
the eggs that occupied the central po
sition ln the tub now being placed at
the edges.
There is some difficulty ln gauging
the exact time at which tbe eggs will
hatch, and unless care is taken some
of the young ones are likely to be
smothered. This Is, of course, the point
at which the ability of the expert Is
shown. St Loula PosfrDlspateh.
Economical.
A good story Is related of an Eng
lish theatrical manager who by thrift
and bard work had amassed a fortune.
Previous to the production of one play
the stage carpenters had to repair a
trap, and the head carpenter went to
the manager and Informed him that it
conld not be done ln tbe dark.
"Well, lad, thee won't have t' gas,"
answered the manager. "Here, tak"
this and buy a candle."
And be banded him a halfpenny.
The carpenter pleaded that they
wanted two ln order to get sufficient
light
"How long will t' Job take thee?"
asked the manager.
About ten minutes," was the reply.
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Marquis Ukuma says it was not
Commodore Perry, but a Russian en
voy, that opened Japan. But we were
speaking of the front door. Boston
Herald.
The followers of Hughes, who agree
that it is a crime to give offices to pay
political debts, undoubtedly base their
hopes wholly on the ground of fitness.
Newark News.
Apparently, when a German drops
a bomb, he hits only women and chil
dren, while an Allied aviator can
throw one into a crowd and never
touch a soul except soldiers in uni
form. Indianapolis Star.
Max Harden is unpopular in Ger
many, Shaw is unpopular in England,
Romain Rolland is unpopular in
France, the offense nf enrh hpinc that
Then cut V candle in two," was tbe he is unwilling to believe that the
consciously deviates into the truth.
And then again the Oregonian may
be wrong. Often it is studiously in
error. The Oregonian has closed the
political accounts of a good many men
who are still carried as live assets on
the party ledgers.
If it were not for the Oregonian's
superior news service the Oregonian
would soon be a closed account, too,
as far as real influence is concerned.
If I were a candidate for poltical hon
ors in Oregon I would rather be kicked
than kissed by the Oregonian.
The Oregonian is a great newspaper
and has been a power in Oregon in
the past. But it has so often used its
prestige wantonly that it has degen
erated into a sort of scamp Jupiter,,
whose superstitious vogue is a thing
of the past.
Sometimes I feel toward the Ore
gonian as Shem felt toward old
Father Noah when he found him
drunk and in disgrace: I want to cov
er it up with something until it re
covers. I read the Oregonian's editorials
for the same reason that I read the
Congressioal Record: for the culti
vation of a sense of political humor.
ANDREW R. MARKER.
FETCHING LITTLE GOWN WORN BY MARY THURMAN,
ANGLE-KEYSTONE PLAY
IN TRI-
answer.
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rri J. Holmaa, President; C, C. Penington, Vic Pridnt; F, L
Mayers, Cajhlar; E. Zundel and H. E. Coolidge, Assistant Caahlara.
i. DIRECTORS
v wna . nounai, j. . anoagraaa, j. f. Uonley, li C Fenlngton, H.
ft. Brown ton, r. L. Meym, A, BloaW, A. T. Hill, H. E. Ooolidga.
Milton and Aerial Warfare.
Milton had a prophetic vision of war
aeroplanes and Zeppelins when be
wrote:
The lowers of heaven are filled
With armed watch that renders all access
Impregnable: oft on tho bordering deep
Encamp their IckIohb, or with obscure
wlriK
Bcout fur and wide Into the realm of
nlKht.
Scorning surprise.
What If this firmament
Of hell should spout her cataracts of Are
One day upon our heads?
Modern war Is a very apt exnrable
of fitting after events to a prophecy.
The Chippawayan Woman.
Ideals may vary, but It seems that
the Chlppewuy Indians also lind a
well rounded conception of "woman's
sphere." "Women were mnde to lnbor,"
an old chief told the traveler Ilea rue.
"One of them ciin carry or haul as
much as two men can do. They also
patch our tents and make and mend
onr clothing-In fai t, tliore Is no such
tiling as traveling any considerable dis
tance without their assistance."
A Change.
"We must economize," ho said per
emptorily. "I'm so Rind!" his wife escliilmed.
"You tnko the announcement more
goo.) nntiiredty than usual."
"Yes: It's pleasant to hear you ooe
the plural pronoun. Ordinarily when
I hero Is any economizing needed you
eiiwt me to do It all."
present enemies of his country are al
together iniquitous, altogether de
serving of complete destruction, root
and branch. A man pays for his abil
ity to be a citizen of the world by los
ing out in his own voting precinct.
New York Evening Sun.
Farmer Is Missing.
John Lowe, a prominent farmer of
Independence aged 50, has been miss
ing from his home since last Saturday
night.
Auto Hurls Woman Through Window.
A lunaway auto truck in Seattle
struck Mrs. W. D. Swan and hurled
her through n plate class window. It
was found that no bones were broken
and enly slight bruises inflicted.
V
THE FORUM
Wishing Them a Safe Voyage.
"Mabel and lii-orce after much quar
rellng over the arrangements for their
honeymoon have divided to take the
trip In an airship."
"Well. 1 trust that when they get
above the clouds they won't have a
falling out"
What makes us discontented with
otir condition is the absurdly exag
gerated Idea we have of the bapptnea
of others. French Proverb.
As to the Oregonian
La Grande, Aug. 26. (To the Edi
tor of the Observer). The Oregon
ian says that a certain citizen of La
Grande is a closed account, political
ly, because he has dared to follow his
convictions out of the Republican
party.
It takes a wonderful amount of self
conceit to sustain the Oregonian in
its role of Supreme Arbiter of Po
litical Righteousness. But the Ore
gonian is quite equal to it.
As a monument of editorial ego
tism, the Oregonian overshadows Mt.
Hood. Mt. Hood is content to keep its
place in the landscape. But the Ore
gonian insists on being the whole
landscape. j
The Oregonian thinks so highly of.
itself th:it it tips its hat every time ;
it mentions its own name.
With all of its intellectual preemi
nence, it ha' never come up to Lin
coln's superior good sense when he
said: "I do not impugn the motives
of those who do not agree with me."
The Oregonian's greatness has gone
to its hesd. The only way that it can
account for one who disagrees with it
is to question his motives.
The Oregonian may be right in this
particular instance. Sometime it un-
This delightfully youthful evening
gown is worn by Miss Mary Thurman
r, a Triangle-Keystone comedy soon
o be released It is of pastel blue
affeta, entirely covered with pink net
hat is edged with pink taffeta rib
bon. The only decorative treatment
is the ingenious use of pearl passe
menterie trimmings on shoulders,1,
sleeves and front of the bodice. The
becoming hat is of pink taffeta,
faced with pink and blue figured taf- :
feta. Pink satin slippers and pink -stockings
complete the outfit.
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