La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 15, 1917, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextLA" GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER MONDAY, JANUARY L, 1917.' . THE OBSERVER An Independent Newspaper. Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. J. D. MEYERS, President, H. B. LriTER, Vice President, CLARKE LEITER, Editor and Publisher. .11- nwwwpi w i Great Annual Clearance Sale Ends Wed., Jan. 17 1 Entered at the Poatoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second class matter. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street. PAGE FOUR f L Y:i M tfjm df II II A II rJk On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial Hotel News Stand, Portland. Sty Official Paper. Member Press Associations. United SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. ally, single copy 6c ily, per week 15c ally, per month 65c ally, per six months in advance $3.50 aily, per year in advance ... $7.60 By Mail aily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 eekly Observer-Star, per year in advance $1.50 Read Items Below Attend This Sale Take Advantage of These Wonderful Bargains i Positively the Greatest Suit Buying Opportunity Ever Offered te Observer carrier boys are in structed to put the papers on the forth. If the carrier Joes not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phne the Observer, as this is the inly way we can determine whether r not the carriers are following in fraction, phone Main 37 before 7:30 'clock and a paper will be sent you y special messenger if the carrier ia minded you, vertising rates on application. MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1917 OUR SUPPLY OF GOLD lold is pouring into the United tei in such huge Hums as to worry financiers of the nation, "he remedy, says Thomas W. La nt, of the Morgan firm, is to lend o the foreign nations. Tub gold is received in payment of supplies and munitions of war we selling to the Allies. In other d we are keeping our factories y and shipping out the products of farms and receiving gold there It in a question which is more table the products of labor and , ns or the gold. Juat now the era All $15.00 Suits, Sale Price -.- $ 7.50 J All $20.00 Suits, Sale Price $10.00 All $25.00 Suits, Sale Price ....$12.50 4 All $30.00 Suits, Sale Price $15.00 1AU $35.00 Suits, Sale Price $17.50 U$JO0Q.&iiita, Sale Price $20.00. $50.o4Suits. Sale lYice $25.00 All Kinds Drosses at 1-4 Off You Ever Bought at Sale Prices Sale of Ladies' Coats, The Finest Garments Regular $10.00 Coats, Sale Price .. $ 5.00 regular $1L'.UU Uoats, Sale Price .. $ 6.00 Regular $15.00 Coats, Sale Price ..$' 7.50 Regular $20.00 Coats, Sale Price $10.00 Regular $25.00 Coats, Sale Price $12.50 J Regular $30.00 Coats, Sale Price . $15.00 Regular $40.00 Coats, Sale Price . $20.00 " . A Quick Clean-Up Offering of Our Entire Men's Clothing, Your Choice 4 Off t Silk Waists. Lawn Waists, new styles, all colors 1-4 Off Silk Petticoats, Reduced 20 Per Cent Clearance Sale Prices on all Kimonos. House Dresses, .-Skiptd; Blouses,. Sweaters, 'Toques, Rain Coats. Entire Fur StockJteduced 5 j- ;jf r- r f f "f 'i v "i v v 'i rF' v v "5 'J" Hi 5 "ir it New York to cneoura;.;e South Amer ican trade, and trade with neutral na tions as they are doing and also to start an era of internal improvements, canal building, improvements of wa terways, railroad construction and ir rigation development. These are all concerns which will occupy American labor after the war and develop the country. Now is a good time for a big statesman-like program of inter nal development which will increase the efficiency and prosperity of the country both in times of peace and war. THE GRAZING HOMESTEADS they will make it again. It will not all be easy sledding, there is land to be fenced, hay to be raised where pos sibe, but the whole movement means more livestock and more wealth. MINIMUM SCHOOL TERM Forty-four states have established by law a minimum term of from 60 to 180 days term of school for each organized district, according to a bul letin just issued by the department of the interior through its bureau of edu cation. J. C. Muerman, who compiled the bulletin, points out that four states, Louisiana, Alabama, Rhode Is land, and Georgia, have no minimum requirement laws, but that one of these, Rhode Island, has for over 10 We believe that the new grazing hnmpfftaArl hill will bp of use in the ... j . i i . ( " - yeurs iimiiibuiiieu uic juugvni. average high prices shows that gold is development of the west The bill term in the United States. While the ip. Loans to the foreign nations probably insure a balance of e in our favor after the war is , which supplemented by a pro ive tariff will probably insure thq ility of our manufacturing. If we in the meantime build up trade Jons with South America by mak 'oons down there we will probably i a position to keep things mov ers is no doubt that the huge i of gold in financial centers like York are likely to encourage : market gambling, e remedy Is for ths financiers of was recently printed in full in the minimum number of davs reauired is columns of The Observer. It will amoet invariably much less than the means that thousands of acres of land, ; actual average number of days in the not suited for intensive agriculture term for siate a majority will pass into private ownership. En- iof the 8tate8 still report many schools tries will be passed on and inspected unable to meet even the low minimum by the interior department. Timber ! requirements. Within past three land, agricultural land, mineral land'yearSi n states Arizona, Colorado, will be excluded. It is good to see an Idaht)i Kansas, Maine, Nebraska, Ne old time land rush at La Grande. It vada New York, North Carolina, shows that land hunger still North Dakota, Vermont end Wyoming exists, that there are still peopw.have added from 10 to 60 days to with the courage and determination to tlM) ega requirement of a minimum aiicmpi lo get aneau vy inuig on wra school term. entering upon puwiojand. . These, are, Picked Up By The Stroller EDITORIAL COMMENT Mexico's Frightful War Bill. A Suggestion For Economy. the people who made the west, and "he La Grande National ask Issues Booklet "BANKING MADE PLAIN" ttdocating the public in a practical knowledge of the simple methods baikiag is a miswion to which enterprising bunks all ever tho country I more and more devoting themselves, and as a moans of service the commuity, one of the latest booklets along this lino entitled anking Made PUiin" 1h now being distributed by the La Grande itional Bank Hie booklet is noteworthy because of condensing into a small space really remarkable amount of practical information, concisely yet xlably stated, and typographically attractive. Tie forepart if this booklet gives in a concise manner the prc inary requirements of banking in relation to deposits, chocks, nnd ounts. There are fifteen sub-heads under the heading "Accounts", rty sub-heads under the heading of "Checks'-, fiftetn sub-heads ler the heading of "Deposits" and other main headings followed by ious sub-titles are "Identification", "Overdrafts", "Banking by il" and how n "Clearing House" operates. i few of the Sub heads will serve to indicate the nature and scope he booklet, as follows: How to Open an .Account'', "Formsof Account, which can be. neu , Jiow to uniunce Your Account :piia. iiatement 7ie- its for Collection", Deposit by Mnil" wnftmS W M'nKnrilLa"l nl e", "Death of Depositor", etc. KW W-S Its find morn good . informatin-undr 'KfcrcXs&uojR as 4U1Bj. Jraw a Chock", "Altered Chock", "Lost Check", "Undated", "Post ed", "To Stop Payment", etc. be letter part of tho hook lot deals with what every borrower lid know und gives a similar wealth of information nnd in ea brief nnd adequate treatment of sueh subjects ns "Notes", llntbrr.l", "Iiscou'its", "Note Mado by Minor", "Note Made by ricd Woman", "Negotiability" and many others. nder the hend of 'Drafts" and "Bills of Exchange" are "Accept t", "Acceptance for Honor", "Due Late" "Joint Drawee", "Notice", - 'ill len follows "Indorsements", giving an explanation of many kinds liaiJllRy OI nuorsers, jonowing mis up wun uiu iinpurutni sun- i of "Protest , "Collections , "I-ost Paper , and some very use- Bank Don'ta". iy one who wishes a copy need only apply at the bank where they be distributee irec. f " Some of tneTWtors that have oper ated in favor of a longer school term, aside from the general awakening of public sentiment, are the phenomenal growth of the public high schools; the development of state financial aid for weak districts, equalization funds, and penalties for not maintaining a mini mum term required by law. The STOwth of the rmblie hieh schools has tended to lengthen the term in the elementary scnoois oy setting up standards of admission by certificate or examination which can ordinarily be met by grade schools with a term of at least eight months. ) "Lack of provision for adequate funds is perhaps tho greatest hin drance to a longer school term," de clares Mr. Muerman. "A majority of the states have fully realized the ne cessity for more state financial, as sistance and have enacted laws giving state aid to weik districts to enable them to maintain a minimum school I The Stroller strolled into The Ob server office the other day, thinking that he might make arrangements with the boss to get on the payroll regular. Mr. Leiter was talking to two stunning looking society ladies. Mr. Meyers and the petite bookkeep er were reading proof. Mr. Dinneen was telling the society editress to dot her "i's" and cross her "t's" so the Stroller strolled into the composing room and watched Mr. Miltenberger doing some A No. 1 presswork, saw Mr. Millard and Mr. Crawford pound ing away on the two linotypes ma chines, Mr. Denny busy setting up a classy ad, Mr. Humphrey feeding the big press, Mr. Jonas and Mr. Phillips trying to put one column of type in half a column hole, while Milton Price was hustling at his work like the ef ficient apprentice he is. Altogether it was a hive of indus try. Everyone seemed to be working as if they liked' it. Really you ought to see it some'day. It's a busy institution and I like the spirit that pervades it, hard work and efficiency,"'a 'gooof hearty loyal spirit. J strolled back into the front office, saw the society ladies smile sweetly and leave, and Mr. Leiter called me in and gave me a local cigar, he believing in patronizing home industry. And as I left he gave me a copy of a book telling how Rockefeller is spending his millions on the Rockefel ler Foundation fund. I strolled out and I really didn't have the heart to ask to be put on the payroll. . So I went to my room at the hotel where I live in single blessedness, and listened to the radiator sizzle, and smoked my cigar, which was very good, and read how the Rockefeller fund was chasing germs in Korea, and waging war on the hook-worm in the south, and sending a million to the starving Belgians. And I wondered what 'I would do if I had all that money. I know one thing I 1 help out some Great lirkian has $5,250,000,000 in vested south of the Rio Grande and in the West Indies. Her investment in Kexico alone is over the $2,000,000,- According to a dispatch from Salem, 000 mark. The United States has Secretary of State Olcott in his forth- , investments in Mexico approximating coming biennial report will recommend , the same figure. Many of the mines that steps be taken toward securing a i ana on wells of American interests constitutional amendment and legis lation that will eliminate numerous el ections and result in throwing all municipal and school elections on the sj.me day as general elections. Figures compiled by the secretary of state's term. A wise provision in most of I country editors that I know and give these laws makes the levy of a speci fied minimum rate of local taxation necessary nnd provides for a certain i specified standard of school before aid becomes available. These laws are, as a rule, intended to help only those who first help themselves. The necessity of greater local cooperation nnd aid is urged in the 1912 report of the state superintendent of public instruc tion for Georgia. This report calls attention to a tendency to lean too h('itoWjWWid, and citi .Uiefi a county levy of not less than! afi In answer to an inquiry from the commissioner of education, over one half of all the stato snperintendents haxe expressed a willingness to co operate in securing a uniform 160 days' term for all Bchools, including rural schools. This would represent considerable improvement over the present average of 137.7 days. If Union county is to have n rural credits nsociation, now is tho time to start it. The Governor has done well in re appointing Harvey Wells insurance commissioner. He is an able and ef ficient state official. one of 'cm ment. at least a liberal endow- The Stroller met Clint Van Fleet tho other day and found him a nice, clever, genial fellow. At a banquet the other night Mr. Leiter said red was a very pretty color and Mr. Larison said "Thank you for the compliment." office show that during the years 1913 and 1914 elections cost taxpayers a sum of almost half million. If Secretary Olcott's suggestions are acted on, we belive that a great eco nomy can be worked. And perhaps a greater interest can b created in mu nicpal elections if they fall on the same day as the general elections. At least, a larger vote will be polled. The municpal elections of Hood River for from the standpoint of electors visit ing the polls, have been farces. Hood River Glacier. Wasting Time. Many who have been following the reports of the hearings of the New lands commission on railroads must have had the impression forced upon them that the inquiry thus far has ta ken the form more of a dispute be tween interests having divergent views than an investigation of the general railroad situation. The fea ture of each day's news of the pro ceedings is the report of a sharp and cften acrimonious and sarcastic de bate between the witness for the car riers and examiners. The purpose of some of the questioners seems to be to hold the railroads up to public scorn. The longer that present meth ods of inquiry are persisted in, tho further will the investigation become removed from its object and from the likelihood of constructive benefit. Tha inrlii.nta.1 mirnnu nf fVio in. nnint ic tn atunilfitn Vi c nunornl iiil- I road situation of today, not to rattle eld skeletons and engage in disputes as to why there are such skeletons and why they rattle. The report of the Newlands commission, upon the conclusion of the inquiry, will be ex pected to reveal, without special char acterization the evil ns well as the good in railroad financing, adminis tration and operation of the presei.t time. But a verbal trouncing of tho carriers is uncalled for. Constructive, not destructive, effort is what is need ed. Financial American. have been closed down as a result of the watchful waiting policy. Consider able foreign property has been confis cated. There are literally thousands of smaller bills against the Mexican gov ernment for destruction of stores,. banks and other property and the un lawful taking of life. The whole bill against Mexico finally is likely to to tal closer to $1,000,000,000 than $500, 000,000. The foreien claims alreadv ijaicu jeacii uie enormous xotai 01 -$400,000,000. The claims of Great Bri tian alone will reach to $100,000,000,: while the claims of the United States -amount to $125,000,000. Spain probab ly will be next in line with a bill of $75,000,000, while Germany, France and other countries will divide the bal ance. Mexico, as a result of the watch ful waiting policy, long since gone in to bankruptcy. Thomas F. Logan, in Leslie's. The Whisky Influx tt'a Ai-initelm' nmnvinfr. hftW TnAnV -' - ' - ' . , rety red-headed" girls there are in Cirande. If Salem were not so far away I'd stroll down there and watch Walter Pierce and Albert Small and Senator Barrett and Fred Ashley mnke some laws. Strolling is help pay the night all right but it don't landlord on Saturday Tod Leiter says a boy told him his Unrher told him that it was two months until spring and three months more till summer. If s wonderful how news travels in this town. Tendleton is aluo talking about holding an automobile show. Tho records of the transportation companies disclose remarkable fore sight among thirsty Oregonians. They are laying up stores of wet goods for the coming dry season. There would be a melon cutting like the old days in the directors' rooms of the big ex press companies were such activity manifest all over the country. Tho harvest will be short and the rush is necessary. The closed season on booze is near. If the result of the new law shall be a better condition in the state there are none who will longer doubt, but while tho state may abolish the 6loon and regulate sale of intoxi cants, there are certain personal right" which cannot easily or safely be de stroyed by law. There is a limit be yond which the majority cannot go and that limit is determined by public sentiment If bootlegging is rampant when the Legislature cloes the door to importations, there is danger to the tamperence cause. Pendleton Tribune. The Passing of the Real Wild West. With the death of Col. William F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," tho real Wild West passed for he is the last of the great recognized lead ers and heroes of the plains. All others that are left are merely baskers in the reflected light cast by them as the exemplification of the West before ' it had become tamed. With Cooper, Bret Harte, Crockett and the many who breathed the glorious air of the nature of the West while it was un defiled by artificialism and carried it before the rest of the world in story and actions, Col. Cody lias passed. Hereafter the world outside must learn of the olden times from the gen eration that followed the pioneers fiom Round Ups, from Harold Be'l Wright's from Broadway blonde Bar bara Worths, that believe that the western girl's biggest qualities are the carrying of a revolver holster, a swag ger and a husky voice, or from mov ing pictures "artists" whose idea of the pioneers' hardships consisted in falling off a horse. The real Wild West was an inspi ration because it was sincere. It was nature untouched, nnd nature untouch ed is great and inspiring because it is Fincere and without attempt at imita tion. That was why the Wild West was great and why its exemplifies were welcomed. The people want to know the truth and when that truth is about the undefiled they welcome it. The imitators that are now appear ing will always be doubted because the people know they are not the real peo ple of the sincere Wild West. Baker Herald. Complaints, affidavits and legal blanks of every description for sale at The Observer, 1710 Sixth street IU) TOME i ENDS CATARRH, ASTHMA, BroDchitit, Croup, Cough and Cokh, or money bcL Sold and guaranteed by LA GRANDE PHARMACY La Grande, Ore.