La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 11, 1917, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextLA (mJLSVE EVENING OBSERVER THURSDAY. JAXUATiY 11. 1917. THE OBSERVER EDITORIAL COMMENT PACE FOUR An j!.opi-:.cie:.t New ! yt.pw tt ljk Cirfc!iie, OiHjt'jr., iy '.'j LA tiKAXUi: jiVfc'NJNG OBh'tBVJtJK ; . 'ovir t'o territory that oar bureau - JT twfifl tit ,Jt Tlii buru w j . paper, nnd when w find ; Jk 1 Ca fStdr in Otir Cities: Orgw HAt lrtatur. Jt always brit-irs - ' T JKw Jfio4, HjIA hews Jitaud, ywiLmxi. j. i. mevj-jbs;. K',iiwi. a. b. LEJTJUB, Vic Present, CLABilE LKJTJk-K, Jiditur x.d Pur.'liniie.r. i.1 BJt H !be Mail Older Houne WvrL ''J'it- i.ciw-r iMi'j.' ni.Tikre.1 .r tit' i - tiuii! order hout in w rJ .rt.'fM.'v mac a s.poe' h before an u i . jfrtaniiy '!yt ju -which jf fciid i.om ' ' thir.g vtiM ni'i',v aiui.1 ry iDe"-htm in ; lit- iioilhw etn ought to -Lear. Jie n j;' We it v i. uurei.u vhoM- on, y it ii Vj . read, ti'.'i) wetfc, lii country newsp-..-i pers from ui) 0 r tut country. Tbere oot a Jikpfr of any 4'o;iM'jut'iee jt. 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TJR'ICHIMy, JANfAKV 1), J'J17 hat a f?''!i;iK of pity jruijj'iKl with eon- i tifrnpt. Ari'i y?t th niiiiiviidf.-d ori'.-v tt.it only tryi'iK V live U'yond thfrir Mjrri- who ar; in the .Ias reftrrfl ti, oncidtr it mlly and irivxx'.usaijit; and 'yet that m i.'xai.t!y what w th pwp! jof Jryon are trying to do. We are ernulatirjir in our expenditure the ! ktMte with three V, reven or eijrht Ixiwri-rxe Ji. iinneri has U?.'n ai jV.mUl city flitor of Trie Ohservcr, i times our population and many tirni. uor'iin)f Mr. A. W. Nelin, who re- (our wealth. tlrl In order to y into hunineau for The iitate of ()rn"' a laric as ihiwiiseif. Mr. Nrlii' place wan a the Ktate of New York awi i'enriKy! hard on to fill, and it was with re-1 vania .ornhir-l. It lian a population rrt that Tim Observer aaw Mr. .Vei- S well up toward 'JlX),IKXl. New 1 oj 1; r) leave the paper ufter eleven yearn ' ha more than lO.OOU.OW, and I'en- 4 faithful and efficiiut isrvic. Tho nuylvania anoul i,uw,ijiw. ditor of Th Obnervt-r (rave the we- Amonif the expense Incurred in lei-tlon of Mr. Nelson' uceeiMr care- runniiiK the Stat that of huildirnr and fol Diouirht. and finally offered the m.-lntairiiriK road lis one 'A the larjr- ulac to Mr. Oirim-en. on of the nt iU-mn. yet we hav as lrve an younx men who he lnul hlpd train i area for which to nupply roaiii as both in Ih wrwHjjaper huiiinesn. Mr. Oin- theM (rreat and deruely populute-J neen ia a irnuiuula tA the I 'niverxit v UtaU with hundr?is of times our So orta nd to the Point THIS SALE And This Advertisement ! .... ,. .. We have enoraous stocks of Fall and Winter Merchandise left. Our entire stock is first quality, newest styles, and -always the lowest prices. We could hold this mer chandise over until next year and sell same at higher prices as all lines are advancing rapidly. But we are merchants not speculators and would rather give you the bene fit of this merchandise now so we have reduced the prices to induce you to clean these stocks up in a hurry. Our profit comes in the new friends we make the good will we create in serving your interests first. Reduced Prices Throughout the Entire Store 4- Or lions are confronting u. We have woundreb, each of whom ravaged ' quistion to those -who are holding mass tit Oregon. He studied Journalium there and Uien worktxi on tiie Oregon JoartM of I'ortland, urxler Mr. IeiU!r, and also under Circulation Manager D. If. Kmith. He then worked a lo c& T"inirUtr and outaide man on the IJfillaa Olserver, cme of the best pa am in the Willamette valley, In oriler to get out-of-town xpru-nce. Mr. Iinnn is a live wire and will be fourul anxious and willing et all times to get the local news und to cooper ate in all nvvement for the (jencfit of tiw rity and county und its civic insti tution. We bespeak for Mr. Dirunen a cordial rwption In hie new home. a weivhil ttateir.rea wealth. This is but an example of what as a state we are up agairust, and shows why we cannot have roads and other things similar to those in the rich and thickly populated east. New York has a population of more than 200 to the square mile and Pennsylvania has alxiut 180, while Oregon has less than 10 . Besides this, one-sixth of Ore gon is within national forest reserves and conarjuently cannot be settled up on or made productive. This vail area pays no taxes and build but few roads. In other lines the same condi- The La Grande National Bank Issues Booklet "BANKING MADE PLAIN" Mii' iitiiig the public in a practical knowledge of the simple method of bunking in a mission to which enterprising bunks nil over th" country lire more and more devoting themselves, mid us a means of service In the loinrmiil.y, one i f the Intent hnoklelH itlimg Ibis line entitled "llankiiig Mnile I'lniri" in now being distributed by the 1 ji (iriunle Niiliomil Bank The InMikli't is noteworthy Ihi'Iium of condeiiHing into a kiijuII spaiN' a really reiniiikubb- amount of prurtlcal iiiforinutioii, com i-ely y. I rendiilily stilled, and lypognipliicjilly attractive. The forepart f thin booklet gives in n concise manner the pre liminary requirement:! of banking in relation to deposit.!, clicks, and iircoiints. There lire fifteen sub heads under the heading "Accounts", thirty mb heads under the heading of "('hecks'', fiftein sub-heads under the heading of "liepoi ils" mid other main headings followed by various niib-litlcM are "Idcnt ificat ion", "Overdrafts", "Hanking by Mail" and how a "Clearing limine" operates. 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 Jutland1 Your Account", "Hank Str'.ement", "De posit1! for Collection", Deposits by Mail", 'Deposits of Husband and Wife", "Death of Depositor", e.tr. We find more good information under "Checks" such ns "How to Draw a Ch k", "Altered Check", "Ixjst Chock", "Undated", "Host Dated", "To .Stop J'aymcnt", etc. The letter par, of the booklet deals with what every borrower ahould know end gives n similar wealth of information nnd in cludes brief nnd adequate treatment of such subjects us "Notes", "CoIIi'.Uti.I", "DiHciiuntn", "Note Mado bv Minor", "Note Made by Married Woman", "Negotiability'' and mimy others. Under the head of 'Drafts" nnd "Hills of Kxchnngo" are "Accept ance", "Acceptance for Honor", "Due Imtn" "Joint Dravec", "Notice", Notice. Anyone desiring to purchase or lease Wallowa Lake Park write or call immediately. Good proposition for immediate acceptance. Doctor orders change of climate for my wife. J. F. Egensperger, Joseph, Ore. 1 8-lSt teen extravagant and ere still so, be. cause we are trying to have things as good as our more wealthy neighbors. They are none too good fr us, but they make an eternal gain on the taxpayer! to keep up appearances. We want good roads and need them. We want good schools, just as our rich neighbors have and they are a necessity. V e want many other things thnt we think wtt cannot ret alon? without, and perhaps should not, but jthe Bame sPot; 11 had been improved the customs money drawer at each in .meetings to encourage the continu- turn came into shortlived power. ance of their boycott. It makes it "The entry of the United Slates ( very convenient for them in serving Marines ended this sorry story. With j this dogfish as a substitute at their the wonderful facility nnd adaptabil-j butterless, eggless and potatoless ity for which the Marines are noted, j luncheons. To those who are afflicted these advance agents of Amricanby the high cost of living, Mr. Moore civilization so changed Haiti, that 'says that our government has come after they had been there four months j to their rescue by acting as godfather when I went on my annual visitation ( in rechristening the dogfish, and for to me isjana i naroiy Knew it to tie a substitute selected gray fish. The they ure a heavy drain on our re sources and if we are to kep up ap pearances and have them, we must ex pect to pay the bills. The worst feature of the matter is that in order to have these things we must make our tax rate so high that it deters industries makintr the state their home. It prevents the growt'i and development of our state and the utilizing of our water power and other vast resources. There seemc no way of avoiding this condition for like the woman the legands tell of who was given to the firrt man; "we can neither get along with or withoul them." i beyond my wildest hopes. Sanitary (y tems had been installed, the towns had been cleaned up, former idlers and bestowal of this new name signifies that the quality is also improved. As substitutes are the order of the iday and it has been found that fisher- revolutionists were working happily 'men make good substitutes' for farm- lor living wages and a new spirit was lers, who will be clever enough to dis animating the people. The United j cover a substitute for the genuine States Marines quietly were at their money that -will reduce the high cost tasks as reconstructors of a nation (of taxes that will soon be required to and efficient guardians of the Monrce pay the increased salaries of all our dectrine and peace makers of the. federal commissioned officers? It 13 Americas. "I want the American people to re- lize -what a big work is being dime there. Too little is known of it and the men who are doing it deserve the praise and gratitude of the nation. I: isn't a pleasant task to teach the people how to govern straight, and ..... ... . . ithe Marine Officers and men realize Ihe County a New Judes lW... . ... at if ... . . ..c As a public offical, our new county an(J hijfh courage jy i.u?h at the judge, L. N. Blowers, is not new to the j narkhips of the life It u their duty peopic ui ijj "n. and their motto is "Semper Fidelis.' . in ... . .. j . l JUUge uiowers mane an ouicieir. ujju j successful mayor Kiver. This may "The teamwork of the Marines is of the city of Hood i munificent and ,hoy provide a stand f not, however, -e th t : mili,i.rv ,.ffiriPncv ruiA known to the newer resident or tnc j0 tne 'nn pwe,.. ciyt and valley. Yet all Hood Kiver :arc rtlv intercsl tary efficiency raised Naturally, they irreatlv interested in the rwor. men know Mr. Blowers to be a careful Ionization of the Corps under recent honest, conservative business man. I e(fj.slation and olnr improvements Mr. Blowers proposes to work toward .instituted bv Major Gerenal Barnett, liMwieirnrig inai an oj us desire in noou who the j,i0i f thj evcrready fight jBiver, a harmonizing of the different j force. lacuonai eierneius trial nave made im-, "There are great possibilities :possn,ie constructive action in the past; Haiti. It is a country blessed with few years. If he succeeds he wi'l manv natural advantages. Its people ;have accomplished much, and while it! are a simj,e( well-meaning folk too , ..iy ue mui rie was not tnc choice -if easily led for their own (rood but n I every one, it behoove all to get be. jder such wise supervision as they arc bind the new judge and help push . enjoying now they are capable of nr.. ins out of the old rut that ham- contributing in large measure to the pere, the effect of our work at homo well-being of the West Indies and to m,.i iu.ii.au. nood liner Glacier. almost certain that they will not be very enthusiastic about taking dog fish as a substitute for heir pay. Tt will require something of a higher value in quality even if our govern ment can r christen it with a more at tractive fishy name. Mrs. Harriett Stilwill in the Portland Telegram. Drs. Darland, over Putatan's. Adv. f v r .1. .j. . nmmi whipp Song Recital Tuesday Evening, Jan. 30tb Methodist Episcopal Church. 8:15 P.M. etc. A Ittl Then follows "Indoihenwiits", giving an explanation of many kinds and linbility of 'ndoriers, following this up with the important sub jects of "Protest", "Collei-tions ', "Ixmt Paier' , and some very use- f Vi 1 ful "Hank Don'ts". Any oni) who wislo-s n copy neti only iiniilv nt the bank where thev will e illstribut; free. Marines' Work in Haiti I'raised the material prosperity of the Ameri ' cr.ns." Washington Post. THE FORUM Dogfish for the Milium I "The reconstruction work of tho United States Marines in Haiti pro jvides one of tho most thrilling and gratifying chapters in coritemnorane. ous American history," said the lit. ! (Kev. Charles Hayney Colmore, bishiV j ,of Porto Rico und Haiti, who has been jut tho Willard for several days on his I Ui Grande. Ore., Jan. r..-(To the , way home to Porto H.co from the con. j Editor of the Telegram.) In a recent vent ion of the Kpiscopal Church re- cent issue I observed that Mr. Moore, ......j, ,., ,xuis. our United States deputy fi.h cnmU- Anioricans can hardly visualize the 1 sioner, is muking a puiii,-ity cum, .lign awful squalor, suffering and chaos in our Pacific coast slatos trying to that existed in Haiti before its oc- educate the people to cat dogfish, bc cupancy by Admiral Caperton," con- cause they are a cheaper food than the inucd the bishop, "nor realize the ex-' farm products are. I thin he ought tent of the regenerating laUns of the to be informed that the people, of Ore I'liited States Marines during the gon are obliged to pay a license to months they have liecn on duty thetv. ' catch suckers, and that the dogfish be I ho Marines have literally taught ing a memtier of the shark frniilv, the Haitians how to live decently. II,-i are particunrly fond of swallowing fore their coming sanitation save in I suckers. And if he succeeds in edu the crudest and most unsatisfactory 1 eating the people to eat the 100,000. forms was unknown; fevers and epi-1 000 pounds of the combination of demies were ns plentiful us revolu- j sharks and suckers, as he says they turns, n press gang was in vogue and ough to do annually, to reduce the the country was the victim of continu-1 high cost of living, his new dogfish ous uprisings engineered by political ' discovery will surely prove a great ac- A ESTHETIC AND SOCIAL DANCING 5th Floor Foley Building For Information Telephone Mornings Black 1282 Afternoons Main 89 MISS LEON A NEW LIN .;. ... ! ! T V Admission 50c. Tickets on Sale at Van Buren's A Player Piano brings pleasure and musical education to all in the home. Let us demonstrate our Euphona Player. A product of the Cable Co., the world's greatest piano makers. We believe, and think we can show you, that this is the best player you can buy for the price we ask. Style P. W. Style P. M - .-...$450.00 $525.00 The Wiley B. Allen Co. R. F. PETERS, Mgr. Foley Hotel Bldg. Phone Red 451 4-