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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1916)
. THURSDAY, DECEMBKK 21. 191(7. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE FOUR THE OBSERVER r Here Is a Store Just Brimful of Christmas Goods An Independent Wewspaper. i Published Duily and Weekly at La 5 Grande, Oruon, by the 1 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER s PUBLISHING CO. J. D. MEYERS, President, H. B. LEJTER, Vice President, CLARKE i LEITER, Editor and Publisher. 'Entered at the Postofiice at La Grande, Oregon, as second class ' matter. . On Sale in Other Cities : Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial Hotel News Stand, Portland. ,' Advertising rates on application. ; Telephone Main 37 ;ity Official Paper. Member United Press Associations. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. By Carrier. iDally, single copy 6c ; Daily, per week 16c Daily, per month 66c Daily, per six months in advance $3.60 Daily, per year in advance . . . $7.00 By Mail Daily, by mail per year, in ad- - vance $4-00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year in advance $1.60 The Observer carrier boys are in structed to put the papers on the . porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly jihene the Observer, as this is the f.nlj way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following in struction. Phone Main 37 before 7:30 ' o'clock and a paper will bo sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1916. THE FEDERAL FARM LOAN ACT. There is no question about the de mand for money from the farmerR. The announcement of the location of the twelve Federal Farm Loan Banks will soon be nude. Already applications for loans of $160,000,000 have been received. The . first issue of bonds will be about $10, 000,000, which will be rapidly in ! creased as the machinery is speeded , up in operation. But this all takes time, i The whole scheme hinges upon tha sale of the bonds which will bear j from 4 1-2 to 6 per cent interest. I; The big investors of the people's . money are the life insurance compim i.ies. There is a question whether these insurance companies, which have mil lions loaned to the farmers at 6 to 7 per cent, will immediately invest in the farm loan bonds. But eventually they will have to, because as their mortgage loans ma ture, the farmers will borrow from their farm loan associations. Union county, through its agricul tural council, will be one of the first counties in the state to have a farm . loan association. ECONOMY IN FOOD. i i m -a u mm v w - - ar -m Shop Early at the Early Closing Store - We Close at 6 p. m. - Open Sat. Night Handkerchiefs For Men and Women Women's sheer linen initial handkerchiefs, plain script initials, also fancy embroidered in all white and colors - - 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c Women's linen handkerchiefs, a large assortment of patterns 15c, 20c, 25c, 35c Men's Handkerchiefs Men's all linen handkerchiefs :25c, 35c, 50c Men's linen initial handkerchiefs 25c, 35c Men's silk handkerchiefs, plain, initial 50c, 75c Children's novelty handkerchiefs, 3 for 25c Interwoven TOE AND HIIL Soclis Interwoven hose, the one silk hose that wears white, black, tan, gray. 35c, 50c Men's neckwear, exten sive variety of newest weaves and patterns. 25c, 50c to $2.00 Gifts For Men Our men's department is the place to shop for men, where you get r$al men's styles and best values. Extra quality silk shirts ...$4.00, $5 00 to .$7.50 Men's and Boys' sweaters, turtle neck, Jersey coat, all colors .lr$l,50 to $8.00 Combination sets, handkerchiefs, tie and hose to match, also suspenders and garters to match . 1 $1.00 to $2.50 Silk and knitted mufflers, black, white, grey ...75c up Collar boxes $1.50 to $2.25 Belts 50c to $1.00 Military Brushes .' ,.- ,...41.50 to $3.50 Toilet Sets ,.. . $3.50 to $10.00 Footwear Footwear novelties in the popular materials and com bination colors. $3.50 to $10.00 Christmas Slippers, for men, women, children. 'Fur and ribbon trimmed ,all colors- $1.00 to $2.50 Men's leather slippers, black and tan. variety of style. $1.50 to $2.75 Women's silk hosiery, all colors 50c to $1.75 Daintv Neckwear, for gifts 25c to $1.50 Umbrellas, fine assortment, newest styles, carved and tipped handles $1.50 to $7.50 ( J loves for street and dress wear, black, tan, wQiite, brown, extra qualitv $2.00 to $4.50 Silk kimonos $3.50 to $12.50 Bath Robes $3.75 to $18.00 Women's Munsing Knit Underwear -All styles in wool, wool and cotton, wool and silk $1.00 to $4.00 Italian silk gowns, combina tion suits and corset covers. $1.00 to $600 : Pil.-fi-Jix-'5. ...... shipping alone is said to be worth $200 a ton or $000,000,000. It would be surprising, indeed, if the mistress of the seas felt the tight ening of the hunger belt. EKIC. ALLEN GIVES IDEALS OF JOURNALISM Why the British find it necessary to curtail the food consumption of their people may seem something of a puzzle, but there are several rea sons for it. The high cost of living has some thing to do with it. All of England's food supply is shipped in and must be paid for. With tho trade balance dis , Appearing on account of its huge pur chases of munitions, the less it buys the less money Great Britain will have to borrow in the United States. With the Federal Reserve Board frowning , upon the purchases of allies' bonds by Amorican bunks, it is getting more difficult to float loans in this coun try unless supported iby gilt edge collateral. ' The U-boat warfare has destroyed a great nmount of shipping and car goes. The German reports are that their U-boats havo sunk 3,000,000 tons of hostile and neutrals shipping, carrying contraband of war. The Dean of School of Journalism of Uni vcrsity of Oregon Speaks on Three sided Preparation Necessary. Missoula, Mont., Dec. 21. (Spe cial) Journalism is not altogether a profession, and the universities have no right to give a young man a pure ly literary and professional training and turn him out to grapple with the problems of the newspaper world, ac cording to Eric W. Allen, dean of the School of Journalism of the Univer sity of Oregon, who gave the presi dential address at the opening session of tho Western Association of Teach ers of Journalism which began its an nual two-day convention here last Fri day. Besides being a profession Mr. A len maintained that pournnlism is on one hand, a business, and on the oth er, an opportunity for public service. The rood to tho highest places in the newspaper world is barred, he main tained, to the man whose training The Wneel That Squeaks the Loudest is the One That Gets the Grease Tho same assuredly applies to you and me, as well in order to get anywhere in this world, we must attract the at tention of the big men. Now listen, young man! Nothing helps a young man more in advancement in business than to be known as one who keeps his bills paid, meets his obligations, has a bank account, and pays his bills by check. You know that. You will receive tho same courteous attention with a dollar deposit as you would witlh a hundred dollar one. cCa Cjrande JYational gank and experience is limited to only one or two of the three phases of tee work, and he reported that Ihc last ten years have demonstrated that the schools of journalism can fili a defi nite need by providing a thraj-sidud preparation which it has been diffi cult for a young man to get in the old wuy in the newspaper office itself. Journalism, like Gaul, is divided into three parts. The universities, like Caesar, must try to put 'it to gether again, said Mr. Allen. Train a young man exclusively as a writer and what happens? 11-j gels a good salary and leads a most inter esting life but when he gets to bo 35 or 40 years old he finds that promo tions are few and money reward sta. tionry. He sees small hope of a lei surely and comfortable old age. A man with a purely business training will do no better. He is not equipped to direct this peculiar in stitution, the newspaper. He will cast his fortune into a bottomless pit to join the wasted money of mony able financiers from Jay Gould down. And a newspaper run solely and purely as a business is a pretty dis agreeable sort of a business at that. Nor is the social idealist much use in journalism, unless he can ha'.'k up his ideals with professisonal ability and fortify his independence bv meet ing his payroll, paying his bil's, and having a little margin left ovjr for svlf-confidnce. i It is the duty of the School of Journalism to weld these thica abil ities, and nt the present stage of our development the most ursont of theso is business. There is nr. occupation today that furnishes the opportuni ties thnt the newspaper is offering the man who understands news, busi ness monngement and honest com munity leadership, nil three. It is just because this threc-si li'd develop ment is so rare that one can now buy a small newspaper chonp, and if he knows how, can in a few ytiari turn it into a valuable proper y and a power for good. Journalism has tho highest ethics and the hardest to live up to of any of the professions. The newspaper man trying to do right gets little sympathy and no understanding out sido of his own profession. The other powers thnt make for right eousness are often found with per fectly clean consciences but imper fect knowledge urging him to do what ho alone knows would be wrong. "Pitiless publicity" is more popular J I in theory than in practice. I dare say that there is scarcely a prominent which is our ideal. And the paper is then excoriated for "attacking" the church, the college, or the reform movement. The newspaper of the future, the newspaper we are working toward, will be financially strong, paying good wages and high salaries, and maintaining its independence; strong in its news, telling the truth without fear or favor; strong in its leader ship, working for the economic and spiritunl welfare of the common man and boldly standing up against the forces that would demoralize his mind or exploit the products of his labor. I former in tho land who has not at I ' nnmi, fimn 4n A'wetrt amt nAtva. I i paper from that even-handed justice EDITORIAL COMMENT The Lumberman's Problems. (Eugene Register.) With lumbermen from all over the United States gathered on the coast, it is evident that the best brains in the country are being brought to bear on the problem of what to do to make the lumber industry more profitable. Un deniably, it is a problem that needs the country's best brains for the lum ber man has been in a bad way for several years. Caught between the upper millstone of a decreasing mar ket and the nether stones of growing carrying charges, he has been sadly put to it to escape being ground to pulp. Some have not escaped. To the question, what is the matter with the lumber business? there are so many answers as to be confusing. Too much waste is one answer that has re ceived a great deal of attention re cently. Compelled to market their pro duct on the narrowest kind of margins in recent years, the lumbermen of the Northwest have had little time, to de vote to caring for their by-products. The best they have been able to do in the way of eliminating waste is by re ducing labor cost through modern ma chinery, equipment, ' and in many places notably at Springfield this method of economizing has been car ried to remarkable lengths. As yeV hewever, little has been done in the way of utilization of by-products. Another handicap under which tho lumbermen have been laboring is lack, of Organization in selling. This cannot pf the men who are directing the in dustry, for they have long seen tha lack and have done what they could to fill it. But they have been hampered by absence of clear understanding of the anti-trust laws and by fear that if they went ahead and did the things the things they saw were needed they would get into trouble with the gov ernment. An effort is now being made to remedy this situation, and it ia pos sible that it will succeed. Our Want Ads bring results. 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