La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 06, 1917, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextSATURDAY, JAN (TAR V 6, 1917. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE FOUR THE OBSERVER I Extraordinary Opportunity to Save Money on Quality Merchandise During This January Clearance Sale - Money Saving Prices Throughout the Entire Store An Independent Newspaper. ; " 1 1 , .., Ill ITT1 - "" " " mmmm Pm Published Daily and Weekly at La ; Grande, Oregon, by the tA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. J. D. MEYERS, President, H. B. LEITER, Vice President, CLARKE , LEITER, Editor and Publisher. j Entered at the Postoffice at Lai Grande, Oregon, as second class I matter. Address all communications to THE ' OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street. On Sale in Other Citieo: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial i Hotel News Stand, Portland. bty Official Paper. Member ,' Press Associations. United SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Daily, single copy 6c Daily, per week l&c Daily, per month 66c Daily, per aix months in advance $8.60 Daily, per year in advance . . . $7.00 By Mail Daily, by mail per year, In ad vance $400 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 j tho paper to you on ume, Kinuiy phone the Observer, as this is the ! enly way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following in struction. Phone Main 37 before 7:30 o'clock and a papor will bo sent you by special messenger if tho carrier has missed you. SATURDAY. JANUARY 0, 1917 OREGON'S IRRIGATION PROBLEM Long Cloth, 36-in. wide, vard 13 l-2c, 16 2-3c Princess Nainsook, vard 13 l-2c, 15 3-4C, 18c, 20c Meiwi-ized Nainsook. 42-in -wide, vard 13 l-2c to 22 l-2c India Linen, Extra Quality, yard 13 l-2c to 16 2-3c Dress Oingrtoms, New Patterns, 1st qualty, yard 11c to 16 2-3c Outing Flannel. Extra Heavy, plain and fancy patterns, yd. 11c Cretonnes, a big selection, yd 13 l-2c, 18c, 22c, 27o Scrims, yard ' 12 l-2c, 15c, 20c, 22c Turkish Towels, full bleached Turkish Towels, full bleached Turkish Towels, full bleached Turkish Towels, full bleached Turkish Towels, full bleached -16x34. each 10c loC 45c 17x38, each ........-loc lx.Jpacn,r oovir, PSi(h 22c23x4o, ea Turkish Towels, colored ends 20x42, each L .!....-.. . 18-in. All Linen Crash Toweling, yard - 16c, lc, ZVC 18-in. Cotton Iluckaback Toweling, heavy weight, yard lie 18-in. Unbleached Union Crash, extra quality, yard He 64 -in; Extra Fine Mercerized Da niitsk, yard Wi-iu Loom Heavy Weight Damnsk, yard 2-in. All Linen Satin Damask, 1st quality, yard 54c ..6712c 81c Oregon has a big irrigation problem and outside of the Oregon Irrigation Congress there is no body of men in Oregon who are doing much witn it. j With the wutcr available for water- , jug three or four million acres of tho state, it is strange that more atten tion is not paid to it. The United States reclamation de- j partment is overwhelmed with re quests for the investigation of new i Your choice of any Ladies' Suit or Coat in the styles, newest fabrics. Your Choice store. Latest 1-2 Price Kntii-e Stock Waists. Dresses, S kirts .1-4 Off 64-in. Extra Ilcavv All Linen Satin Damask, yard $1.12 l-2c 72-in. Extra Fine, 1st quality, all linen damask, yard $1.57 l-2c Entire Stock Wool Dress Goods, Silks and Velvets Reduced , Entire Stock -Men's Suits and Overcoats, Reduced 25 per cent Your Choice of any Boys' Suits or Overcoat 1-4 Off Sheep-Lined Coats, Ma-kinavs, M alone Pants 1-4 Off ONE CAUSE OK FAILURE Congressman McArthur is to be commended for making a fight for the national guardsmen. Congress ap propriated four millions of dollars to ts and it fun ds so tieplctd of dependent guards J ' . ... mon hut. fVip wnr Hennrtment was so slow that the wives and babies almost that it can hardly mn'iage to take cars of its existing project" , The fact of the inntter is t(mf the present national and state reclama tion systems were started by indirec tion. The national system was start ed from the proceeds of the sale of national public lands; the state sys tems by the donation to the states of arid land, provided that the stales would .eeiaim it. What is needed is a national recla mation system, whereby funds arc raised by the sale of national bonds. This money should then be carefully expended upon the irrigation works, which should be built for all time. After the irrigation works are com pleted, the land should be made ready far settlement so that the settlor would not have to spend three years in an uphill fight to clear his land of sage brush, build his houses and barns and raise a little crop. In Australia the government assists settlers in this preliminary work, and as a result tho settler has a hotter chance to suc ceed. Here we say to the settler, here's n piece of land. We'll bet you tt dollar and a quarter an acre you can't make a go of it," and we go off blithely on our way and let the settler toil and sweat and go crone. ,..., ,,,.,.(,.,...,., K- . v Too much help is bad. But if wo srAlfc I RLASURKR h. want to get our western country set- I State Treasurer Kay has aroused tied m and producing, we can at l" opposition ui w. inrnws oy tie lnt ,l mn.-h f.,r our own noonW laying the operation of as the Canadian government can to , entice some of tho best of our Amor- ienn farmers away, that is make it I reasonably possible for settlers to win . out when they tako up government i land. This means that they should j not he ovcriiunionen wnn too nenvy starvefl before they got any help and then as a rule they got it from pri vate ,-chnrity. No wonder the, boys at .the 'front wanted to come home. If wo over have a real war, we will have to devise some scheme of feeding the women.and children left behind by the boys'who go to the front to fight their' country's battles. "PARLOUS" TIMES What a contentious lot we arc, ho hard to get along with. Hero is Villa on a rampage,' Allies refusing pence, Lawson fussing about an alleged leak from Washington to Wail street, Colonel Roosevelt open ing his adjective box, a row in the senate over the endorsement of Pres ident Wilson's puce note, Carrnnza refusing to ba neighborly, Colonel House butting in on the world peace movement, Sena.jr Lodge denouncing foreign entangVnants, Senator J. Ham Lewis ..unslinging his 42-centimeter voice against money madness. Representative Wood repeating hear say and scandal about Secretary Tu multy. Truly these are "parlous" times. Island near St. Joseph, Mo.; $600,000 at the Omaha shops and terminals; el-out $200,000 at Grand Island for new power house, coaling station and terminal improvements and the re mainder will be distributed through the various divisions for terminal and motive power improvements. This is good news. We hope that some of this money will be spent at La Grande. ! . CHANCE FOR LA GRANDE BOYS. There is a chance for two bright Ln Grande boys to go to West Point. The examination will be held here February 1 at the postoffice. The examination, which will be the same in tvery city, will be written in form, and wil embrace the following subjects: Algebra, English composi tion and English literature, geography, plane geometry, history, and English grammar. Usually there is but one vacancy at a time for each district at West Point. The increase in number of cadets mak ing two at this time furnishes to the toys of Eastern Oregon the best op portunity to get in the Academy ever c ffered to them, with several weeks in which to prepare. Any one thinking of entering the contest can .get full information about the Military Acad emy and sample questions by writing to Congressman N. J. Sinnott, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. the state iTrnl credits amendment. At Corvallis the following resolu tion was adopted: "Whereas, The people, on November 7, HHli, amended the constitution of the state of Oregon providing for n i:stem of rural credits, and EDITORIAL COMMENT STILL HERE TO FACE CUSTOMERS . 32 YEARS IN LA GRANDE KNABE IVERS & POND POOLE BUSH & GERTS SCHUMANN SCHULZ HADDORFF BENNETT WE ARE NOT TRYING TO BORE A BIG HOLE WITH A SMALL AUGER. HOWEVER, WE ARE HERE WITH THE GOODS. THE BEST LINE OF PIANOb Kfcl KtJ.it,v i We are nQ annex tQ any Portland n0USCi thU8 you do not have ANY ONE FIRM. THIS IS (0 contribute to outside houses, nor do you have to accept of WHY WE STAY WHILE OTH- culls from other towns, or worked-over second-hand pianos. We ERSCOME AND GO. ' do not open' up and close out so often, that we do not know . whether we are opening up or closing out. WE INVITE COMPARISON WITH ANY LINE FOR PRICES AND QUALITIES. This is what appeals to the customer making a life-time purchase. Buy of the dealer that is here to stay. Others claim to stay, do they? Call and examine goods, find fresh goods from the different factories, thus eliminating chances of being loaded up with goods that would discredit an y house. , , . . RICHEY PIANO HOUSE OPPOSITE SOMMER HOUSE KNABE , IVERS & POND POOLE BUSH & GERTS SCHUMANN SCHULZ HADDORFF BENNETT SEVERAL. OTHERS must be devised, or all posterity will be paralyzed with debt. The method proposed is so revolutionary as to make conservitive Englishmen, rich and poor alike, gasp in amazement. It is the use of the same methods to re- interest payments for the first five years and should not make any pay- incuts on the principal for several j yenrs. The settlers should be aided with ; soil tests, marketing advice and j should be helped in every possible way j until community spirit and co-opera- j tive enterprises developed. Oregon hr.s no need to look to the federal government for very much aid in solving its irrigation problem, j nn.l uin.'n wn hnve lis a stllto not tllk- I "Whereas, The state land board was ('i signaled to can y into effect the provisions of said amendment, and "Whereas, There are now on hand i.niiieious applications for loans under Ire provisions of this amendment, and "Whereas, The stale land board up t ) the present time has made no ar :angeinents for taking care of such loans, nor for the sale of bonds as provided in said amendment, to the retriment and financial ""loss of tho whole people of the state of Oregon; refore be it 'Resolved, by a The Two-Sided Shield A friend comes to me and says: I ion, these playgrounds, and soup kit don't believe in all this-socialized rehg chens, and institutional' churches ! Christ emphasized the individual spir i itually, the community will take care of itself." Another one says: "This individual ism in your churches, this ilotiona! business, prayers and singing hymns. does not. anneal lo me. i nnsunniry Favor Bulk Shipments. defense, his attorney waived argu- Oregon Agricultural College, Cor: 'ment, and the case went to the jury vallis, It.', Jan. .(Special) A de- at noon. The first ballot taken was c'ded impetus was added to the move- unanimous for conviction. The jury's ment for the general adoption of the deliberations covered two hours. Life bulk system of handling grain imprisonment will be the sentence pro- cruit wealth that Lord Derby so sue- throughout the Northwest yesterday, nounced by Circuit Judge Davis Mon- cessfullv used to recurit men, not con- ;vhen resolutions were unanimously day morning. ! scription, except as a possible last re-: adopted by those in attendance at the sort but all those other metnous or monnwesi grain convention ueing huki milieu oi uie oca. shaming "slackers" and "shirkers" I at the Oregon Agricultural College I which were employed after all the this week, declaring that hereafter in : I am tired of streets and pavement, millions of volunteers were enlisted all grain transactions all quotations Crowds and lights, and smoky inns and still more were needed. 1 of wheat prices in the, Northwest shall And the smileless stares of strangers. If life is given freely else vio- be considered to be for bulk grain For my heart is in the winds. lentlv commandeered, why sliouia ; unless oisuncuy specun-u uincmiw. culled wealth be merely loaned nnd at five I Realizing that rules relating to grain , 1 here's a sweetness in the sea breeze per cent per annum, reckoned at com- trading are generally formulated by , That is blowing in to me. pound interest? That is the search-J merchants' exchanges and boards of There's a Gypsy in my thinking ing question that War and Peace very , trade, the resolutions committee dis- j That has sent my thoughts to sea. iw.rtinont.lv nsks in view of the recent . tinctly declared that the producer has instance of a large contractor of title i 2" equal authority to establish rule3 And those white gulls in the harbor and good social standing, who, having . -,.111,1 kuwi nwii should be a service. Jesus went aheul 0fflire,i nt the opening of the wnr to doing good, i ne community, noi inn individual, is the thini; for religion.'' Thus we have two distinct and dif ferent views as to what Christianity should be and do, one aimed at tlu individual, the other at society. en much interest in it, there will prob- ....... 1 " 1. ,vflvi..l l.v it i-niiliii'iini'ti nhly tie notnmg none. . - i ,,nd inavers. but takim? his leaves ff , ...,.;.. , ic..r.!,, intn This is what we want; not the lonely individual staying in the gard.u amongst his flowers of spirituality such as these. Batholomew Is Convicted. build huts nt bare cost, later asked "" V , ' L . . , " " X". " "a CI Portland, Ore., Jan. 6. (Special) cunt iiifui: owiuwiiiK uuuucoi inu ua - , . , , . . - . , . . i , i f mn nnn nM,nAu I Edward Batholomew was convicted of -The Christian Herald. m',rer f ,"cnd' " ,L lyesieiuuy, uy wie iuiiuiu ii inu mum I With their white wings drooping low- Are the heralds of the harbors Where my heart has bid me go. Percy Boatman, U. of O. Protection of Utilities Urged. Saiem, Or. Jan. 6. (Special) Re striction of competition for pulm." The same old scandals will develop land will he sold to settlers without water, and the net result of our sy- ; tern of irrigation management will ba to discredit the state. The solution is: First to odurnte the j people of the state that it has an ir- ' rigntion problem and to get the best minds of the state working on it. j Second: To support the national campaign for a federal reclamation system adequately financed. Third: To start in n small way, under n state board, to finance meri torious irrigation districts, by the pur chase of irrigation districts bonds by the state, and to suprevso the cor.- 1 truction of irrigation district work by state officers. In this way we might make some progress toward solving (bis vexu question of ru.nl legislation nt Cor- vallis. this, the thiiV dnv of January, oiem. me community g.cs we 1017, that we urgo that the state lr.nd iM nd nieamng to our spintup-1.,-ard shoul 1 not delav longer the put- powers. The life of mercantile traf t:ng into effect of this amendment." fo gets overgrown with indifference. State Troasuror K'av'fl explanation 1 it lacks the "twelve manner of fruits" should lie beard before condemning ; which the individual brings out of hi? him for bis stand in this matter. I quiet meditation to reanimate it. Ik' who points his prayer-life, not i invar I RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS. to his own troubled heart, but outwni 1 healing and covering the nations with (hc presi.nt public utilities law . the 'Public Necessity and Convenience Clause," is a move championed by H. II. Corey, newly-elected Public Ser vice Commissioner from the Eastern Oregon district. Such a clause, he declares, is now included in the pub lic utilities laws of nt least 25 states in the United States, and while they differ widely in phraseology as they President K. E. Calvin has an rounced that the Union Pacific will si end ?U.1SO.OO( on improvements tbis year. Of this amount $1,000,000 will go t. templet the double track in Wyom ing, making the road a double track road throughout. Eight hundred thousand dollars will be spent on a . now bridge on the St. Joseph & Grand to the healing of the town and tV.o ,(,nte to the different utilities, never nation, is the Christian. The Chri- theless all have the same intnt. tian Herald. j Under the clause in question, Mr. ( on v explains, the intent is round to Berlin, Jan. 6. (United Press) Now is the winter of the taxicabby's discontent. Recently imposed retru- of his manufactured story of the slay- l.-.tiotiH provide a fine of $15 for per- mg to fit circumstances surrounding sons using tnxies for pleasure and the crime. ibnt includes theater trips, the driv- He did not take the stand in his own ti's old-time source of his revenue. Patriotism at Vive Per Cent To be sure, economy and giving up posters, nnd extravagant dress n lu.uries arc urged every where on posters: but this can accomplish little. Some revolutionary method prevent ruinous competition oelween ltilitii-s, by requiring that new sys tt ms or extensions of old ones first obtain from the Public Service Com mission a certificate that public ne cessity and convenience reouirc such new system or extension. SEE OUR WINDOW January 8th ALL ONE PRICE COATS $4.75 Jones & Rabone tiromem. j 'v-'.y,'