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

"WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1916.
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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THE OBSERVER
LARKE LEITER, Editor and Pub.
iiflher; J. D. MEYERS and H. B.
IITER, Owners.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1916.
A DUTY TO OUR CHILDREN.
A recent investigation made by the
U. S. Public Health Service in con
nection with studies of rural school
children showed that 49.3 per cent
had defective teeth, 21.1 per cent had
two or more missing teeth, and only
16.9 per cent had hud dental atten
tion. Over 14 per cent never used a
tooth brush, 58.2 per cent used one
occasionally and only 27.4 per cent
used one daily. Defective teeth re
duce physical efficiency. Dirty, sup
purating, snaggle-toothed mouths are
responsible for many cases of heart
disease, rheumatism, and other
chronic affections.' The children are
not responsible for the neglected state
of their teeth. The ignorant and care
less parent is to blame for this con
dition a condition which hampers
mental and physical growth and puts
a permanent handicap on our future
citizens. School teachers can and arc
doing much in inculcating habits of
personal cleanliness on the rural
school child but this will fail of the
highest accomplishment unless par
ents co-operate heartily and continu
ously. This is a duty which we owe
our children.
ON STRAW VOTES.
A straw vote by uny other name
would lie as fast. , '
The beautiful thing about a straw
vote is that it pleases the man who
takes it.
Read one newspaper and you are
certain your favorite candidate is al
ready installed in office. You then
pick up another and Bee a straw vote
which knocks your hopes in smither
eens. . ' -.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
. What Our Boosters Are Saying,
"-. New faces are appearing in large
numbers in Sumpter, and while this
docs not mean a boom, it does mean
new blood in the district, and this
means new life and progress for
Sumpter. Blue Mountain American,
Sumpter.
Steamer Aground in Fog.
Seattle, Oct. 25. (United Press)
The Pacific Steamship liner Governor
was gounde'd off Point Gray while en
tering Vancouver sound in a fog. The
vessel is harmed but little and there
were no passengers aboard.
Officers expect to float the steamer
at high tide. The local company of
ficials received telegraphic reports
from Victoria, B. C, that the vessel
was undamaged and tugs are standing
by,;ready to pull to safety late this
afternoon. The Governor will return
to Seattle and sail for San Francisco
October 27, carrying 400 passengers.
For Medecine Only. .
As is generally thought, liquor can
be obtained in Maine is a medecine on
ly and ostensibly. As a New York man
was purchasing . a toothbrush in a
drug store in that state, a big, rak
boned fellow entered with a four-gallon
demijohn. He slammed it down on
the counter in front of the druggist,
and, handing him a bit of paper, said:
"Fill her up, Henry; baby's took bad."
UGBANDEIS
JOIIilliG MOVE
GOVERNMENT SURVEY FOR
FOREIGN-BORN ASSISTED ; BY
SCHOOLS OF LA GRANDE 1
Government Bureau Will Assist in
Educating Every Alien in United
States for Full Citizenship.
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) The long nail of success bM
been hit squarely on the head by
Kathlyn Williams' hammer of tal
ent and ns a result alio Is one of
the moat popular stars In lllmdom
today. When recently she tiled
to hit a nail that would perma
nently afllx a shingle to her ga
rage roof, however, fair Kathlyn
was not ao successful. True she
hit the null but a glance nt this
picture Is enough to convince any
one .that she hammered tho wrong
nail. All of which tends to prove
that the ability of an actress and
that of a carpenter are separate
and distinct. '
Although she Is not a suffra
gette, Miss Williams believes In
occasionally doing a man's work
In a man's way, especially when
It Involves the renovation of any
part of her pretty home In Los
Xngelos. Attired In a shirt orig
inally Intended for masculine wear
and a pair of regulation overalls
the Morosco-Paramount film fa
.. vorlte may be found pottorlng
around her bungalow most any
morning prior to her departure for
the day's work at the Btudlos.
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Washington, Oct. 25. (Special)
The great nation-wide campaign in
which the public schools of the coun
try, in co-operation with the Bureau
of Naturalization of the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor, are preparing foreign
born residents for the duties and re
sponsibilities of citizenship, is re
ceiving additional support daily. La
Grande, Oregon,' which last year failed
to provide for the instruction of its
alien population, has now joined this
tremendously important movement
for tho betterment of civic conditions,
both locally and nationally, and-reports
that night classes will soorf.be
established.
According to the census of 1910 the
total population of La Grande was
4,843 of which approximately 390
were foreign born. The foreign born
whites of voting age numbered 285 of.
which only 121 had been naturalized.'
Of the foreign born whites 10 years of
age and over three were classed as il
literate. ;
In 1910 the total population' of
Union county was 16,191 of which
1,250 were foreign born. There were
784 foreign born whites of voting age
of which only 399 were naturalized,
while 13 foreign born whites ten years
old and over were classed as illiterate.
These figures indicated the pressing
need for alien instruction and the
movement has the cordial support of
public; spirited citizens generally. .
The IBureau ot ' Naturalization will
assist in every way possible the public
school authorities of the United States
in this campaign for citizenship pre
paredness, which has been so success
fully launched and vigorously prose
cuted. Jt will furnish a textbook for
tho instruction of candidates fortit
izonship and adult aliens generally,
based on material supplied by teach
ers who have been engaged in the ed
ucation of foreigners.
Cards bearing the names and ad
dresses and other necessary informa
tion concerning all candidates for cit
izenship and their wives are to be
transmitted to tho respective school
districts. Similar blank cards will al
so be forwarded for recording the
mimes of .adult foreigners who enroll
but whose names are not sent by the
bureau. Public school teachers will
be supplied with preliminary natural
ization forms for the purpose of as
sisting present and prospective candi
dates for citizenship in properly fill
ing them out, and for such other pos
sible educational purposes as may de
velop. The bureau will continue to
send personal letters to all candidates
for citizenship and their wives, urg-;
ing upon them tho vital importance! of
attending the public schools.
The bureau will also continue to
furnish advice to the public school
teachers based on its experience and
knowledge concerning naturalization,
citizenship preparedness and educa
tion, both direct from the Washing
ton headquarters, in the Department
of Labor, and through its field of
ficers located throughout the country.
In a word, every public school
wherever located, if engaged in alien
instruction, will be fully equipped by
the Bureau of Naturalization for this
great and constructive work.
Stop the First Cold.
A "NEST EGG"
Misfortune is liable to overtake you
in money matters. Then it is that a
Rood sized "Nest Epff" in the Bank
comes in "powerful handy."
Over and over again have we seen
comforting relief eome to those who
had accumulated a fund in this bank.
If you haven't started an account,
now is the time to do it.
In seasons of prosperity, place a part
of your income in our bank. Some
day this fund may carry you over a
rough and rocky road.
Ja CJrande JYational gank
A cold does not iret well of itself.
The process of wearing out a cold
wears vou out, and your cough be
comes serious if neglected. Hacking
coughs drain tho energy and snp the
vitality, for 47 years tne happy com
bination of soothing antiseptic bal-
soms in Dr. King's New Discovery has
healed coughs and relieved congestion
joung and old can testify to the ef
fectiveness of Dr. king s New Discov
ery for coughs and colds. Buy a bot
tle today at your druggist, 50c.
Capital and Surplus .
Deposits
$ 2:0.000
$1,000,000
Rurnl Credits,
liy HKCTOR MACl'HERSON
Corvallis, Ore. Oct. -28. This bill
provides for the establishment of u
ftate system of credits to farmers.
That is, the state will use its credit
to borrow money which it in turn wiil
lend to farmers for productive pur
poses upon farm " mortgages. The
borrower will pay enough to reim
burse the state for all expenses con
nected with the system, and in ad
dition will provide for a reserve fund
which will protect tho state from loss
and ultimately build up n large in
dependent Rural Credits fund which
may be used in any line of agricul
tural development. It will insure tho
farmers 5 per cent money without
costing the state or taxpayer a single
cent.
Need of State Measure.
It has been object ed that since we
have the federal farm loan act, we
do not need a state measure. I claim,
however, that we still need a state
measure almost as badly as ever.
i j We ought to have a law in Oregon
which will mnL'A it nnaaiMn f. an
1 honest enterprising family to get a
J piece of land on which to dwell and
make a living. To put into operation
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Copyright Hut Schmffmr il Mux
Between forty and sixty
YOU know him: established, prosperous, a
little heavier at the waistline: and very
busy. .
His time is too valuable to spend on clothes,
so he ought to know that Hart Schaffner &
Marx have developed a suit model that ex
actly fits his figure (an entirely new idea).
It is called the medium stout.
The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes
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such a progressive policy is the busi
ness of the state, and can never be
taken care of by any federal law.
To , be sure, our Rural Credits
Amendment does not make much of
beginning toward this progressive
policy. It docs, however, make a
conservative beginning, and if we
piove to our own satisfaction thnt
this beginning is perfectly safe, and
without any cost to the tax payers of
the state, we shall have taken a step
which will make it very much easier
Oregon farmers are under a mort
gage debt of about twenty-eight mil
lions of dollars bearing an average
rate of over 8 per cent interest. A
saving of 3 per cent on this indebet
edness will mean an annual saving
tf $840,000 to the farmers of the
state.
2. Idle Farm Land is Oregon's Dis
grace: Oregon has enormous unde
veloped agricultural resources as
occupied are not paying an average
of one dollar a day wages per family
in addition to 2 per cent on the in
vestment. This low production is
largely due to the lack of equipment
and backward development on the
farms. Cheap money wisely invested
should almost double our average
farm incomo.
6. Farm Prosperity .Means Business
luniit-rn.-; greater prosperity on
compared with other states. Our j Oregon farms will mean more traffic
tillable lands are variously estimated for the railroads, more business for
to emer upon tne iuu program oi from twentv-thrra m nn .ncr,. tn i our hnnkni-s m ,.i,
levelopment. Hence, we hope thnt thirty million aces. But of this im- ! our stores, and better m.irVota f. !,
mense area less than five! million output of our factories and mills,
acres are under cultivation, so that 7. We Must Solve Our Own State
ever 80 pv-r cent of our potential farm Problems: The Federal Rural Credits
wcrlth is s ill lying dormant. ,h these
inr-rmous resources belonired to an
Australian state.thev would be de-
the voters all over the state will sup
port the Rural Credits Amendment.
Chance for Confusion.
We might also call attention to the
difference between the Rurnl Credits
Amendment, and the full rente! land
tax amendment. The latter is single
tax in the most radical form in whjch
it has ever been framed into a bill,
nd should not be confused with the
Rural Credits Amendment, df peo
ple want single tax, they should vote
for the full rentnl value tax amend
ment. If they want to enter upon n
policy which will make the recur-
once of such bills impossible in tho
future, then vote for the Rurnl Cred
its Amendment.
By taking this step the state will
do more toward bringing prosperity
to our commonwealth than could pos-
bly be accomplished by any other
piece of legislation thnt has ever
been enacted in Oregon.
Reasons Why You Should Vote For
The Rural Credits Amendment.
1. Exclusive Interest Unnecessary:
Bill is a good measure and will take
care of a large percentage of the
mortgage credit needs of the state.
veloped and made fruitlul m a decade. "Ut we have development problems
Let us start a policy that will bring j in Oregon which no national measure
our idle lands under the plow and put will ever be able to solve. They are
new life into Oregon. i state problems due mainly to our
3. Lighten the Tax Burden: The j distance from markets, and from the
(assume ui tne nurai reaits Amen.l- money markets of the world.
menu, ny encouraging tne development
of land that is now paying little or
no taxes, will lessen the tax burden
for the whole state.
4. Relieve the Unemployment Sit
uation: The passage of the Rurnl!
Credits Amendment will eneouraze I
TT-.p
Oregon Rural Credits Amendment is
the first step in a state wide pro
gressive pr-licy, for the development
cf our enormous agricultural re
sources. 8. The System Simple. Safe Cost
less to the Slatr Th
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some of our surplus city population rural credit system is simple, inexpen
........ ... ln.H v ana pertectly safe. It has already
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employed, and creating better times
for those who remain in the cities.
5. Increase Farm Incomes: It ha3
leen estimated that the farms now
wen tested over a long period of
years in the loaning of our school
funds with very beneficial results,
r.nd with no loss to the state within
the past ten years..
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