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PAGE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1917. THE OBSERVER An Independent Newspaper. Published Daily nnd Weekly at Lb Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. , j J. D. MEYERS, President, II. B.l LEITSR, Vice President, CLARKE LEITER, Editor and Publisher. l Entered at the Poatoffice at La i Grande, Oregon, as second class ! matter. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street On Sale in Other Citiea: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial Hotel News Stand, Portland. CSty Official .Paper, - Member Preaa Associations.'-', r; United Our SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Daily, single copy 5c Daily, per week 16c Daily, per month 65c Daily, per six months in advance $3.50 Daily, per year in advance ... $7.00 1 By Mail j Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00' Weekly Observer-Star, per year j in advance $1.50 The Observer carrier boys are in-' strutted to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting .Jtlfl 1 you on time, kindly phone the Observer, as this is tho r.nly way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following In-. struction. Phono MfcTn 37 before f:30 . Vclock find, ft paper Will be sent you by specfal messenger if the carrier , hap. missed you. j Sale Announcements Have Started Something, Hundreds of People Have Rushed in Here to Get Their Share of Bargains In Spite of the Heavy Selling There are Many Great Values Lelt, Enormous Stocks of 1st Quality Merchandise in the Latest Fall arid Winter Styles Marked Below Reg. Price. ; X. V Your choice of any Ladies' Coat or Suit une lot or sanies' uoats, Muts and Dresses, your c The season's newest styles in Dresses, reduced Your choice of any Skirt in the store, at 1 Clearance Prices on entire stock .Muslin Underwear, Sweaters All styles and most all colors, reduced 25 per cent Fur Sets, Muffs and Scaitfs, a hie selection 1-4 off Silk Petticoats, variety of styles and colors, reduced 20 per cent Clearance Sale of Kimonos, Bath Robes, House Dresses. v i-z price rv i nxu-e $i.9X rirrw i. i i i-i1! i i unp lot iren oyVthinV ou can increase the value of your dollars by buying your clothes now, entire stoc-K oi iien s 'SuitsNmd Overcoats, reduced :-.:Zi:.. ...25 per cent ine lotWen's Overcoats, values to $2o.UU, your choice 's Suits, values to $22.a0, your choice !tf.w Overcoats, values to $12.o0, your choice $4.y latest styles, newest fabrics Oil l - 1 T t TT.. 1 .lOOl O AAlli en irvs Jrn s ana isoys underwear, reuueeu oo i-o yci wui Stetson IlaflHv .. A ...$2.49 Gordon Hats , : $1.98 All Caps JSJf , 1-4 off Tmnks, Bags, Suit Cases at Sale Prices. Many Saving Prices in Every Department Throughout the Entire Store Advertising rates on application. TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1917 twsKSEEBMmrntn THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE .$1110,000 a year. He also proposes a ' moderate increase in the licenses of 'automobiles which he estimates wouU ! make available for state highway pur- Tho Observer prints in this issue poses $250,000 a year, which would the full text of the governor's mei- make available in the highway fund sage, this is well worth reading. It is a duty of every citizen to be famil iar with the state government, to know what activities the stae is carrying on, 'to scrutiru'ie the expenditures, so that an idea may be obtained whether the state government is economical or ex travagant. As one reads the governor's mes sage, he will be struck with the sin cere purpose that runs through it of doing the very best possible for the state, of doing away with unnecessary state officers and appropriations and of giving tiie people the very best pos sible service. The governor suggests having only one salaried tax com missioner, he proposes reductions in the. department of weights and meas ures, he recommends decrease in tho Appropriations of the legislature. Ail these are in the interest of economy and should be carefully carried out. The governor proposes two "ways of increasing state revenues, one by in creasing the inheritance tax and tho other by levying a two per cent grosa tax on insurance premiums. This would bring increased revenue of the total sum of $500,000 a year, The governor points out the needs of highway improvement and better facilities for housing the inmates at tho state penitctiary. Much of this work ho says could bo done by the convicts themselves. He also declares that there is need for giving the gov ernor complete power and complete re sponsibility for the management of affairs concerning the penitentiary. The governor points out that he is the head of tho state government, that he is looked upon to carry out tho will of tho people, iwhile in actual fact he is only one of a commission of three men in control of the state government and in many cases he is subject to tho veto power of the other two men. This is an evil of state government. If the peoplo expect to carry out their will through the governor as the chief executive officer of the state thay should give him ample power and hold him responsible. Minor state officers should not be allowed to ' veto the wishes of the people. Altogether the message of the gov ernor makes good reading, and it mer its the careful attention of every tax payer and also of the legislature. Cer tainly we all can agree with the gov ernor in his desires to promote ecoir omy and efficiency in state government. EDITORIAL COMMENT The La Grande National Bank Issues Booklet "BANKING MADE PLAIN" Educating the public in a (judical knowledge of the simple methods of banking is a mission to whittfa enterprising banks all over tho country nra more and more devoting fWmselvcs, nnd as a means of service to ihe continuity, one of the latest booklets aio.ig this line entitled "Biiitking Made Plain" is now lHmr distributed lv the La Grande Nation! Hank V using into a small space orniation, concisely yet oncise manner the pre- to deposits, ch-.vks, and he heading "Accounts", cks", fifteen sub-heads in headings followed bv ytTihafts", "Hanking by The boowM is noteworthy because otfeondo a really rennKftahic amount ot jiract tfcil mt reudamy staieu.um typographically attfactivi tffWImoklet gives in .nt Mi.-nikimi. in rilMi.i .-. , re fifteerrub-hends undcr inder the nrWing of "l lit ..e :.. .1 .v li: iumi junawiwicr III are ''IdentificatioTrW'O Emporia Gazette Office Secret From The Kansas City Star It may be interesting to Kansas ex change editors, as it was to us, to learn that a whole lot of the editorials from the Emporia Gazette commonly accredited to William Allen White were not written by Mr. White at all. Some wise ones who happen to know. now and then, that Mr. White is ouc of town, will attribute certain Gazette editorials to Walt Mason. And there is a whole lot of that kind that Mr. Mason didn't write, either. It has come to light that those not written by either Mr. White or Mr. Mason were the products of Mr. Elbert Sev erance, a Gazette reporter with an unusual capacity for writting editor ials. Practically all of the editorial matter which appeared in the Gazette during Mr. White's vacation in Estes Park last summer was furnished by this young writer, who now has de veloped a paragraph column of his own in that paper headed "Add Waste Basket," and signed "E. S." Besides his editorial and paragraph work, Mr. Severance "covers" the city hall and other important news "runs'" and if ho hns any time left after that he reads telegraph copy and loafs. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES The forepart hniinnry require accounts. There thirty sub-heads under tho headin various sub-tith Wail" and how u "Clearing House" open A few of the Sub-heads will serve to indicate the nature and scope of the booklet, as follows: "How to Open an Account", "Forms of Accounts which can be Opened", "How to Balance Your Account", "Bank Stp'.emciit", "lie posits for Collection", Deposits by Mail", 'Deposits of Husband and lj'ife'', "Death of Depositor", etc. We find more good information under ''Checks" such as "How to Draw a Check", "Altered Check", "I,ost Check", "Undated", "Post Dated'', "To Stop Payment", etc. The latter part of the booklet deals with what every borrower should know and gives a similar wealth of information nnd in . chides brief nnd adequate treatment of such subjects as "Notes", ;"Collnter:;l", "Discou-its", "Note Mado by Minor", "Note Made by Married Woman", "Negotiability" and many others. Under the head of 'Drafts" nnd "Bills of Exchange" are "Accept ance", "Acceptance for Honor", "Due Date'" "Joint Drawee", "Notice", etc. Then follows "Indorsements", riving an explanation of manv kinds nnd liability of 'ndorsers, following this up with the important sub jects ot Protest , "Collections', "Lost Paper , and some very use ful "Bank I Vn'ts". Any one who wishes a copy need onlv nnidv at tho bank where thev will be distributed free. Examinations for the first semester will begin next Friday morning and will extend over four lays. Thursday at 2:30 all students will report at the high school for their cards and on Fri day morning registration will begin for the second semester and will be conducted by the teachers in charge of the various assembly rooms. On December 19th the Oregon Trail Girls, a branch of the Woman's Ath letic association of the U. of O., was organized by Miss Tozier. The mem bership totalled sixty high school girls who work for points in folk dancing, 'basketball, hill climbing, swimming, wulking and keeping hygienic rules. The university awards pine to the member according to the number of points which they have won. Saturday, January 6th, Miss Toziei entertained the girls at her home. They were taught three kinds of ban daging and after these were learned a social time was enjoyed by all those present. The second game of the season for the girls' basketball team is a. return game with Pendleton to be played in the gymnasium Friday night. Details will be announced later. The young men on the debating team have been studying rebuttal in their work and on Friday afternoon will give the rebuttal of the question which they gave a short time ago. The question was, "Resolved, that Oregon should adopt a health insur ance law embodying the essential fea tutres of the standard bill of the American association for labor legis lation!" The Mimir will go to print during examinations and will be published immediately after. This will be the i second edition this yenr and will be a mid-winter number. The plan of pub- " i Mention this venr (liffnrs from t.hft nre- The Stroller wandered into The Ob- ceding ones. All the cuts are to be server office this morning to call for reserved until the last number which his mail and there was a nice fat of- j i,e jn tho miture of an annuai. ficial letter which looked as if it i The advertisers have supported the might bo from the President of tho issues liberally and the total of the United States tendering him a diplo- advertising money and the subscrip tnatic post as minister to Dahomey. tion money was enough to guarantee But it was not. It was from the the cost of printing before the first hoard of directors of the Navy League ; mimber was published. Following is of the United States all nicely en- ' ,.,0 staff: Editor, Geneieve Stoddard; graved it must have cost fifteen assistant editor, Amv Miller: business Picked Up By The Stroller -and the letter said that manager, Harry Moon; assistan: Uireeors Ot the Navy , R.,nh Paston: advertising manner. cents at least the board of League had oarelully and souitully Howard Piersonj assistant, Leal Kus ! considered the nomination of tr.e ; st.u; senior reporter, Fave McKinnis; j the hoard of directors of the Navy;jior, Dewey Glaze; sophomore. Mil League and had elected him in. It ton Roberts; freshman, Fave Wilcox. thanked him for his patriotic interest other departments are in the hand; ' in an adequate and well organized 1 t,f various seniors, navy nnd told him that a monthly 1 ; magazine "Sea Power" would be sent j Coach NiW basketball boys have nim- I entered t he Y. M. C. A. league and I All of which was quite interesting, ; wiu boKin playing Wednesday. Tho until the Stroller turned over to the ! ,,ril(.tice has been ret-nlnr nn) tW. The team has been shifted since the last page where was the dotted line: I m)gh nnd the work is progressing well. The business department of the high school has been doing excellent work this semester and two stenogra phers are working part time in down town officers. The classes have also been doing special work for business men this semester. A Burrough add ing machine is part of the equipment recently added to the department. The number of cafeteria visitors has now been increased to over a hundred a day. The class of domestic science girls has been divided into two groups working an alternate week. Each girl is assigned a week during which she manages the cafeteria. She plans the menus, buys all the material, oversees the preparation of the meal and keeps all the accounts. This new plan has been in force for two weeks and is working splendidly. The girls get a better idea of economical manage ment, ideas of prices and materials and the importance of this work can hardly be over-estimated. " Mr, Mason's carpentry class com posed of eight juniors and sophomores are working on a large cabinet for the domestic science rooms. Two new bulletin boards have been added to the library. The following hooks were recently purchased for tho library: "Public School Administra tion," Cubberly; "Schools of Tomor row," Dewey; "Types of Teaching," Earhart; "How to Teach the Funda mental Subject," Kenedall and Mer rick. Miss MacMillan's elocution class composed of seniors, will give a short program this afternoon, assisted byi the boys' quintet and the German classes. Following is the program: Music "Heidenroslein," "Die Lo relei" German Class Reading "Aunt Tabitha" Gladys Black Reading "The Ups and Downs of Married Life" Renwiek Clark Reading "Croquet". . .Helen Ransom Reading "Hats" Vinton Forbes, Reading "The Maiden and the Weather-Cock Marie Love Reading "From a Far Country". Amy Miller Music "Loch Lomond," "Love's Old Sweet Song" Boys' Quintet In Italian canneries tomato seeds are pressed into cakes for feeding stock. ' ' 1 Five different ovens meet about all the possible requirements of a new ; gas range. .' Song Recital Tuesday Evening, Jan. 30th V V Methodist Episcopal Church 8:15 Admission 50c. Tickets' cp Sale at Van Buren's And right below it was: M KM HEKSIIIPS : CONTUl BUTING MEMBER. $3; LIFE MEMBER, $50; FOUNDER, ?100. The Stroller was so overcome wit.i Union game though the exact line-up has not yet been stated. Five game-, have been scheduled a return game with Union, two with Elgin nnd two with Pendleton. Walla Walla has tho honor thrust upon him that he sked for a irame but tho exnenses , could read no further. His eyes grew : heavy and it is not fully decided :dim with tenderness as he wondered 'whether the game can bo arranged. , which one of his friends had nomi-(Tho following are trying out: Cen , noted him. jtPr, MacDonald, Roberts and Collier, j forwards, Stoddard. Iirsen, Rosen- i An African frog sounds a call under imum R. I,)mi,n m. Lvman; guards, water that can be heard for several Ash, D. Johnson, Reynolds and Che miles. nauit. A Player Piano brines 1 the home V leSmre iWi and musical education to all in Let us dcnic product of the piauo makers. We believe, and tin j i j i i , Tins is tne nest player we ask. Style P. W Style P. M ate our Em le Co.. the ihona Vv V Sk we-can SJ can bu X. I XJfeu Player. A1 orld's greatest iow you, that tor the price 1150.00 25.00 The Wiley B. Allen Co. R. F. PETERS, Mgr. Foley Hotel Bldg. Phone Red 451 4-
