La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 28, 1916, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1916. 1'AGE TWO LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER X X;1: D .tUTrti, iA tutf DU 11 BUSY YEAR FOR PRESIDENT (Continued From Page One) these dangers when Germany prof fered peace to the world. Dramatic Scenes at White House. m. ...i tt , . , The White House itself has housed some of the most dramatic scenes in ; its history. Full details may never i fce told of the dramatic conference ! between the President and administra-! t;nn lonro in the Ul.rnrv of t.h P. . ecutive mansion when it appeared in evitable thata the United States would be drawn into war with Germany. It was then the President told Sen ator Stone of the Senate foreign re Intions committee that if another American life were lost as a result of, ''violation by Germany of her pledges to this country on submarine warfare, the only course left open to him, was t sever diplomatic relations with Germany. And questioned as to whether or not such action would mean war, the President replied he had been told it would. It was a stormy conference in which the minds of the President and his faithful lead ers were laid bare'. It was followed by an effort to pass resolutions in Congress warning Americans off armed ships a meas ure fought to a successful finish by the President himself. Later he ap peared before Congress, notifying that body of the virtuul ultimatum sent a. -ii .1. n I me ivuiser, xouowing me Sussex sinking. There was another dramatic ference in the White House. The Gold room, famed for its spectacular j social events during years gone by, Iras opened to a conference between the President and five hundred rail .d trainmen in an effort to ward j ff a nation-wide railrord strike. This was followed by the appearance of railroad executives, representing mil lions of dollars of capital, and for ays the conference went on to no i Tail, Wields His Big Stick. Immediately afterward the Presi dent wielded his "big stick" over Con gress and forced the passage of on ight-hour law, averting the strike. Then came tho election. The ex siting scenes of uncertainty surround ing the climnx of that struggle, were transferred to Shndow I.nwn, where tho President was spending his va cation. The President himself tells an interesting story of tho tweiity ft4ir hours from Tuesday evening un til Wednesday evening when the re turns gave the result first to Hughes and then to Wilson. During Tuesday evening he stnyed with Mrs. Wilson and his (laughter, Margaret, in the library of tho man sion hearing the returns. They wore a dubious lot of returns and ufter all the New York papers had awarded the victory to Hughes there seemed little hope for him in the outlook. "I retired about 12:30',' the Presi dent says, tolling of his feelings, "and nt that time tho situation could not le termed encouraging. I was shav ing the next morning when my dnugh ttr, Margaret, who had risen enrly ir. order to catch a train for New York, came up and informed mo I was lected. Surprised At His Election. "'Oh, pshaw,' I said to her, 'what do you mean ? Let's have some of tho details.' She then told me that early reports received over press associa tion wires in the executive office In dicated the change. However, I went on shaving. Details were not very complete. They, of course came lat r." The President that day played an exceptionally good game of golf. Mrs. Wilson's confidence in the out come already had been indicated when she planted tulip bulbs in the front yard of the White House m order to enjoy them next fall. Eternal vigilance is the price of moral and physical safety. All The Store Selling Xtragood Suits For lias its reputation back of every garment and every item. You can look the city over and not find more stylish suits to satisfy the little fellows. Suits with one and two pair Knickers $3.69 to $12.00 Suits with two pair of full lined knickers an extra value at $4.50, $5.00, $5.50, $5.75 and $8.00 ANYTHING YOU NEED FOE THE BOYS New Sweaters, Shoes, Shirts, Blouses, Hosiery, Underwear, Mittens, Gloves,. Hats, Caps, Neckear. HILL'S DEPARTMENT ST0RS Quality & Service SHERRY'S Shorrv'a ToJ.-xv Vy " i,,f' ; if you want to see Jui'G Caprice in , . " . ' ui, Yralls' ?" L8 T Prln tre wh.le "The Ragged Pr.n.. WiUiam Fox's new picture, is running, e PhotoPIay bc&ln8 a of tyi0 aays tnere toaay- June has to wear overalls to get a job as farm-hand with an old man of the fields. She has run away from the orphanage where she was raised, and milking is about the only pursuit I I . i i t !J . 1 i;i 'f.1 Jen "or- " '.'Ke8 0118 farm' because Harry Deigan works there. (Harry Deigan is play ed by Harry HUliard.) 'But June is compelled to leave the farm, and she finally gets to the home of a big rich man, who is wicked. He adopts ine ntxie gin. men Marry Deigan learns that the bad man is his own half-brother, and he goes to the city to investigate. A search proves that the rich man's property really be longs to the orphan girl, and Harry confronts his brother with the truth. Everything ends happily, with June looking at Harry and Harry looking at June. Twn I ration I There is no time like winter to.Bn(1 drivers, $9.49; for extra men, study road problems in Oregon. In $6.25; for whitewing, $8.75; for lum the 8ummer we can gee rcgultS( but in tne w;nter the causes that are respon- eon-,sible for these results are laid bare (so that everyone who travels the BLUI the roads may see them. One of the lessons hammered in on every person who drives out at the present time is that a good grado is It tKt I Wherever a good grata has been built ' and drainage properly looked after there is a good road, and where a prnde in lackinc tha rnnd ih mUrr. able. This fact is so plain that he who rune particularly if he runs a motor car mny read. v Another lesson of the winter season is that systematic maintenance is ab solutely necessary. Just no han- dreds of little chuck holes are to be found in every mile of :ond, and these will keep on growing with startling persistence if they arc n"g'ectcd. Even on roads that have a good grade ruts form under the poundinir of the wheels, and these ruts fill with water. Soon the foundation i. softened nnd a mud holo forms. Qf wo are to hnve good ronds and there is no mistaking tho demand for them we must uafinitsly decnlj to do two things. We must build right in tho first place, and then wo must see that the ronds are givj.i proper main tenance. Eugene Register. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that there aro impounded in tho city pound the following stock: One bay horse with stripe in face, wire cut on left shoulder. Branded a square on right thigh. Shoes on hind feet. This ani mal will be sold after 10 days from the first publication hereof unless idenified and expenses paid. J. C. Ardery, Chief of Police, 12-26 tf MONEY TO .LOAN Private money to loan on city or farm property. Reason able Rate. Fire Insurance & Real Estate Phone Black 2171 Henry T. Hill Room 23 West Jacobson Bldg. Boys CITY COMMISSION MEETS (Continued From Page One) Grande, Oregon, Gentlemen: Reports of the various city officials as follows: City Treasurer's Report for the Week. Receipts: Water rents .$ 422.53 Int. on assessments 305.09 Yearly instal's on assess 573.07 Electrical permits 2.00 Popcorn licenses 25.00 Disbursements: Contingent warrants 254.69 Water warrants 52.2P Park warrants 1 50.00 General warrants 6.50 Int. on general warrants .85 City Recorder's Report for the Week. Receipts: Fines 130.00 Salo of 2 stoves to J. E. F.. . 25.00 From E.O. L. & P. Co. for cleaning Mill Creek 20.60 Disbursements: City Treas. for moneys rocd. 1st to 23rd, inclusive $ 345.76 Issued warrants as follows: For bills allowed, $1926.89; Int. on im provement bonds, $365.88; park ex pense voucher No. 81, $50; coal pur chase by J. E. Foley, Mgr., $100. Street Superintendent's Report for the Week. TT. l!i P 1 1 TT l rxpenuuureB as iouowb; r or teams ber and bolts lor basement, Jfi.bb; swept Main street and ran the snow off of walks, cleaned out gutters, plowed out gutters on main streets, and placed timber in basement. Water Superintendent's Report for the Week. Expenditures as follows: For 12- inch sewer Second street crossing, $32.36; for leak in Beaver Creek pipe line, $23.50. Chief of Police Report for the Week. Six arrests made of which five were for drunkenness, and 1 for gambling. Fines amounted to $130; forfeitures of bail, $29.15 (paid to Recorder follow- ing week). Served 4 meals, hnd one sleeper; one special officer on duty. Fire Chiefs Report for the Week. Number of fire calls, none. Respectfully submitted, J. E. FOLEY, General Manager. Y. M. C. A. at the Front El Paao, Texas, Doc 28. (Special) ihe field headquarters of tho Army Young Men's Christian Association hc-t reports unusual activity nt the Association centers in tho military ciirips between this city and St-n-Dicoo, Cnl. There ore nineteen Y M. C. A. buildings in the camps of this district and tho attendance of soldiers l'o" ;he month of October, just tabu In' cd, is 643,970. Reports from seer laiios give a total of 446,212 letters iiun in the Association buildings duimp the same month. Other fig ures j-ro as follows: Attendance, Entertainments. . 15l',2'7 Attendance, lectures 18.263 l':ces of Rending Matter Distributed 4'?.!'44 Visits to Sick V 2 -i.iC Attendance, Religious meetings, v . . . 5i.5!)l At'.o-idnnce, Bible Classes 2.1 2 Portland Trooper Shot Portland, Dec., 27 (Special) Scott Redfield, of Troop A. Oregon cavalry, formerly a salesman with the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, was shot and probobly fatally wounded in an argument with a Mexican at Calcxico early yesterday. The message gave few details ex cepting to say that Redfield had been 1 1 shot in the abdomen and it was feared , his wounds were fatal. Kedricld is a son oi u. u Redfield of Covington, Pa., and had lived in Portland several years. Ho was a member of several clubs here and 'was popular socially. The railroads are the country's Irrgest taxpayers. They paid $129, 191,880 in taxes in 1913. Scientific Farming SOIL CONDITIONS FOR ALFALFA Difficult to Succeed With This Crop In Moiit Climates. Prepared by Unltod States department of sericulture. While alfalfa has shown a remark able ability to adapt Itself to various cUmutes and conditions, It Is injured by blgu temperatures combined with much moisture In the atmosphere. It Is not easy to succeed with this crop In moist climates, such as the eustern Uulted States, except where soil conditions are favorable. Marked success has been obtained in certain sections of the south where the average rainfall ex ceeds flfty Inches. To aid farmers who wish to raise al falfa east of the ninety-fifth meridian, which runs from about the middle of Minnesota to the line between Texas una Louisiana, II. L. Westover, one of the forage crbp investigators of the bu reau of plant industry, United StateB department of agriculture, and II. D. ALFALFA KILLED BY STANDING WATER. Heudi'ick, assistant In agricultural edu cation, states relations service, have prepared the following suggestions dealing with tho requirements of the crop in this section: A deep, fertile, well drained, nonacld soil is required. Loam soils with open subsoils are best for alfalfa, but it may be grown on soils of almost any tex ture, from sandy or gravelly loams to heavy cluys. The proportion of fail ures, however, Is apt to be consider able on deep, porous sands or suuds underlaid by gravel. It Is highly es sential In any case that the soil be well supplied with decaying vegetable mut ter and plant food. It is practically useless to sow alfalfa on thin soils where the bedrock approaches the sur face, on land which is underlaid at comparatively shallow depths by hard pan or In locations where the subsoil Is so compact that the roots cannot lene trato It, It Is of prime importance also that an alfulfa Held shall be located where the slope Is siifliclent to carry oft the surplus water and that the wa ter tabic shall remain at u sulllelent depth from the surface. In porous soils that conduct water readily stand ing water at four or Ave feet is some times injurious. The fornintiou of ice on the surface of fields Is fatal to alfalfa. This condi tion is most apt to occur on fields that are level or that contain pockets. Rich river or crock bottom lunds are often well suited to the crop, provided tuev aro well drained. Prolonged overllows are nearly always harmful, but are least Injurious If they occur during winter or early spring, when growth Is practically dormant. Clay hillsides of considerable slopo nro frequently wa ter soaked nnd poorly drained because of the close texture of the soil. Seep age areas from outcropping rocks or other causes often occur on hillsides also, making underdrntnage of such areas necessary. In examining a tract of land for nlfalfa frequent borings should bo nmilo with n soil auger to determine the character of the soil and subsoil us well as the drainage condi tions. This Instrument will usually be of greater value In determining tho adaptability of n particular tract to alfalfa than a chemical analysis of the soil. A common one and one-quar ter inch auger with a sbnnk length ened and a suitable crossbar for a han dle is practical for this use. Limestone soils In general are particularly- well suited to alfalfa, but even such lands are frequently acid and require liming. When nlfalfa Is once stnrted under favorable soil conditions, weeds, includ ing perennial grasses, will likely prove Its most dangerous enemy. This Is one reason why sod land Is not recom mended for this crop. On account of the danger from weeds, It Is usually best to precede tho alfalfa for one or two years with a clean cultivated crop, such as truck, sugar beets, beans, po tatoes or corn. Where late summer or fall seeding Is practiced, canning peas, early potatoes, early sweet corn and early varieties of soy beans, when cnl tlvated. furnish an opportunity for re moving a crop in time to seed alfnlfa the same season. Where crimson clover Is used as a cover crop, following a cultivated crop, the soil Is usually In good condition after harvesting the crimson clover the following spring for hay, or when needed the crimson clover may be turned under for soli enrich ment, after which the ground may be prepared for alfalfa. -"twiPw JKAT . - i r- IT'S NOT HARD TO KEEP THE FAM ILY IN GOOD HUMOR IF YOU HAVE GOOD WHOLESOME THINGS TO EAT. YOU CAN SELECT A DELIGHTFUL LOT OF GOOD THINGS HERE. THEY ARE THE NICEST AND BEST SPECIALTIES OF THE SEASON- THE QUALITY MAKES THEM A PLEASURE OUR PRICE MAKES THEM AN ECONOMY. Harris Grocery PHONE MAIN 70 FARMERS PHONE B. 192 408 North Fir Street, Cross Track ARCADE Fanny Ward Coming. j "I just love spooks," exclaimed ; dainty Fannie Ward, the Paramount j star who will be seen at the Arcade on Friday and Saturday in the thrill-1 ing photodrama "Witchcraft," pro-1 duced under the direction of Frank Reicher for the Jesse L. Lasky com. pany. "Witcncrait was seieciea as uninaman are good prospects lor lire the prize winning photoplay in the insurance agents if the latter arex Columbia University-Lasky contest, 1 good fellows, if persona non greataj "Once I actually believed I saw they can have the finest protection some, and insisted for several days proposition in the world to offer and that I had seen a witch on a broom- they will be met only with an indiff stick pass my window. I can readily erent shrue of the shoulders. understand how the imagination of a child could set a gossiping commun- ity to gossiping, and worse, by tell- ing of their imaginations. In fact, they tell me the whole witchcraft scare in New England in the early days, was caused by children who would imagine some impossible story and tell it to their parents, and seeing the excitement they created, exaggerated their tales. "Dr. Reed shows very clearly in this play of his, how the superstition could be started by children, and see- ing little Peggy George telling a story during rehearsals, I could easily see how it affected the children's minds.'' "We have all kinds of spooks in this production. They climbs up chim neys, fly through the air and do all kinds of wierd tilings, so I really had my childish desire fulfilled of seeing a witch. . "Now I have got to go and be photo graphed flying up the chimney on a broomstick, so I cm a real witch my- self, you see. . , ' , With this she jumped off the table, where she had been sitting and xcam- pered away. Work of the Y. M. C. A. New York, Dec. 23, (Special ) The Army Young Men's Christian As sociation is now operating forty-one large frame buildings in twenty-two camps of troops on the Mexican bor der. There are, in adition, six large tents and a traveling equipment con- sisting of an automobile truck, which is used to transport supplies to the of TexaPs Work is also carried on in hospi- tnls, with troops on practice marc'ies, n f 4 ariraf .nniraa anl .riaifo .. winHn regularly to the camps of patrol de- ttchments, at intervals of five or six v ZperlUT ,:ifnm?tortr? carries 1. M. C A. supplies to thrc m rf r.enornl Pminmn,. i Mexico. The work is in charge of 1 r.O . he P8?8. awBV" secretaries, who are assisted by com-1 We a al illustration of this af mittecs of officers and men, and is'ter returning to the office before supervised by two field secretaries, lunch when a young Chinaman, hi San Antonio and the other at face alight with smile came in, and are in New Yor "quarters said with an air of great joy. My Abont 130,000 National Guardsmen 'fath" died ta7 H,e was the and regular troops are served and the. teneficary under the policy. cost of maintaining the work is ?1")00 a any. up to .December 1st, 90 ron3 if wmmg paper and 80 tons of magi znips had been distributed. Each cen ter has a circulating library. Everj many nave pianos, rirty phono graphs are in use and 30 motion pic ture machines in operation. A navei age of 60,000 letters a day are writ ten arid mailed in the Association build:ngs. Tht-re are lectures, concerts and en tertainments in the evening. A retra l:ir educational program is being car ried out, the courses including mathe matics, English. Spanish and otntr I rhr.ches. Gospel meetings and Biide classes are held regularly and are well attcndid. The buildings are head qua' ters' for the social life of the ?amps nnd ore visited bv thousands .if men daily. Wins Turkeys for the Poor. Lou Rayburn, night officer of the police force, is a crack shot and a number of families in meager circum stances have reason today to be thankful for that fact. At the turkey shoot yesterday in this citv Rayburn secured nine turkeys and three geese as a reward for his prowess, and these he turned over to Chief Gurdane to give to families who cannot afford to buy birds for the Christmas din ner. Pendleton East Oregonian. Our Want Ada bun result. I ChinamenTake To Life Insurance American Representing Life Inspr. ance Company in North China, Writes Business of Million Dollars a Year. , , .By Clarence Axman ., Editor of the Eastern Underwriter New Y'ork, Dec, 21 (By Mail) t Barnes Moss, formerly of Atlanta, and representing a life insurance compaany in North China, has a reputation in Shanghai of being a. good mixer among Chinese banker, and merchants, which may . account for the fact that he can and does write a million dollars of life insurance business in a year, t spent half a day with him while ' i he solicited risks. The first thing did was to go to a bank and pay a death claim on the wealthiest China- man m Shanghai who had died a short time "before. "The Chinaman loves prompt pay ment," said Moss, "and we make It a point to pay the claim in the quick est possible time because of the im pression it makes." We entered the bank, went directly ... - - ; beneficiary Barnes shouted so that all could hear him; "Boys, I've got the check." A crowd of the insured's' former associates gathered around, all ' smiling as they witnessed the signling of the recejpe and we were out ia j jve minute. "I'll tackle that whole bunch for life insurance inside of a week,"said Moss. They have all had an object' lesson in life insurance. Going into an ivory store Moss wrote an income policy by showing the- proprietor that on his great birth days from sixty up, a laarge sum or money will be due mm each year, "Over in America there is only cme way to sell life insurance," said Mosa- ..and that is by talking of the protect ,tion to the family-the widow and the childen. But that kind of talk hera would make me starve to death. Tha f 1 K 1 n !1 TT1 tl Tl ia intaMtetait in lim.nll in the family. He is interested ia what he is going to get out of thepro-' P8ition- and doe3 not "y ; . - .. , K0In& to OHie of hlS family whe lne DC,st llfe insurance solicitors ia ' onangnai are or the white race. It is difficult to find native talent to solicit life insurance, as the Chinamen regard insurance soliciting as depart ing. It makes them "lose face," something undignified. Chinamen of the better class are long-lived, but the insurance men must keep th closest kind of watch on their livers because the Chinaman starts eating 'When he arises in the morn ing and keeps it up until he retires at night Also he doesn't take any ex cise, rides in chairs always, and thinks only servents should play athletic games. An interesting sidelight on the sit uation is the fact that a small amount of opium smoking is permitted by ex aminers of the life companies. Opium smoking days are numbered, however, and its death knell will come sometime in 1917 by government agreements. It's easy enough to make a China man sign an application for insurance1 if you know how, but no one living can make him satisfied with the term of settlement when the policy mature. "Be a company ever so generous the1 Chinaman can show when he should get more," said Ma3s. "He is th quickest man in the world at figures, a and the shrewdest." b (