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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 19171M
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1917
THE EVACUATION OF MEXICO
(It is with a feeling of relief that
we read the plan for the evacuation
of Mexico by General Pershing.
We have been uneasy ever since this
expedition entered Mexico. In the
first place it was too small. It was
not well planned from a military
standpoint. It was not well equipped.
To accomplish its object the cap
ture of Villa would have required
600,000 men, will equipped with caval
ry, aeroplanes, machine guns, artillery
and automobiles.
We have no such army, no such
equipment.
We should have but we haven't.
Therefore since we are not a mili
tary power, since wo have no army,
nor the necessary equipment for one,
and since we do not care very much
whether we capture Villa or restore
peace and order in Mexico the best
thing we can do is to get out of a
country where we are not wanted and
where the presence of a handful of
American soldiers is a constant irri
tation and a possible cause of war.
Under the present circumstances we
heartily approve of the evacuation of
Mexico as a prudent and wise act.
We hope that we will not cross the
Mexican border again with American
troops unless we do so with the full
intention of restoring order in that
unfortunate country and with some
realisation of how difficult that job
will be and how many men end how
much treasure it will take.
Our $100,000,000 jaunt of the mili
tia to the border should give us the
basis for an estimate at least.
GENERAL WHITE
CIRCUIT JUDGES SALARIES
The editor of The Observer notices
that some peanut legislator is trying
to make a name for economy by in
troducing u bill to cut down the sal
arics of circuit judge from flOOO a
year to $,'!00.
Ho is the kind of an ass that gets
into the legislature ind brays to the
disgust of till.
There is no clumor for this law.
Circuit judges in the state of Ore
gon command the respect of the peo
pie. They should be well paid. They
give up their private practice when
they take these positions.
They should be elected for life and
during good behavior as the federal
judges are appointed for life.
Wo hope there are enough sane men
in the legislature to vote down this
foolish bill which is contrary to all
good sound public policy.
CONSOLIDATION
Representative Brownell is right
when he says ihat the people of the
state ere watching the legislature and
demanding economy and efficiency.
The people want useless state com-
mLnsions wiped out and other commis
sions consolidated. We will not' go so
far as to say that they want the
boards of trustees of the state uni
versity and state agricultural colloge
combined. They are reasonably well
satisfied with the management of
these two institutions. But the gov
ernor's recommendations for economy
should be carried out. There are too
many state officers, too many state
inspector. The way to start in econ
omizing is to start in consolidating.
A GOOD BILL
Representative Stott has introduced
a bill in the house appropriating $33,
000 to pay the members of Troop A
and Battery A, now in the service on
the Mexican border, at the rate of 75
cents a day from September 1 to
March 1 or Until the time they are
called home.
The purpose of the measure ir, to
show the boys on the border that the
state of Oregon lias some substantial
appreciation of their service and to
encourage future enlistments.
This is a worthy bill and should be
passed.
The state of Oregon should show
our soldiers that we are grateful for
their patriotic services.
Clean-Up and Clearance Sale
Reductions in Every Department
, Throught the Entire Store . . . .
. LADIES' DEPARTMENT MEN'S DEPARTMENT
Your choice of any Ladies' Coat or Suit in the Clean-Up Sale of Men's Suits and Overcoats .
store, at .... - .............$6.49 $15.00 Suits and Overcoats .. $10.00.
Silk Dresses, Wool Dresses, the season's newest 17-50 Suits and Overcoats $11.65
styles, all sizes and most all colors, at a reduction $20.00 Suits and Overcoats $13.35
of 33 1-3 per cent $25.00 Suits and Overcoats ..$16.65
, "" '" - 50.00 Suits and Overcoats .,...,: ,.,.,.,$20.00
OneJotof Ladies' Coats, Suits and Dresses. Your ';. , '
choice - $1.98 : ? Oae Wt Men's Sitft$ and Overcoats, yc
',. I 1 1 i? a -r 11 Ae ' ' Small Sizes, values to $22.50, vour hice $6.90
Lntire stock of Skirts Reduced .....25 per cent Your ohoice of any Boy8, Suit at Reduction of
Silk, Lawn and Crepe de Chene- Waists, the latest 33 1-3 per cent
winter styles at ; ..r....:...i;.,..':..:..l-4 off - ' ' Broken lines of Underwear, reduced 33 1-3 per cent
Entire Ladies' Shoe Stock at Reduced Prices
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Picked Up By
The Stroller
the sale of intoxicating liquors, it will duty to them which he had undertaken
bi but a step to prohibit the adver- ! to do.
tising of tobacco, of underwear, of j To say this calls for no voico of
stockings or of any other commodity ; prophecy. It is but to reason from
in which a large portion of the pub- 'these 3imple trmhs that are evorlast
lic is interested. It would almost ap- ing and that shall not perish unleaa
pear that a law so drastic in its ope- 'faithfulness and honor, peace and law,
ration would be in contravention of and all those things which together
we call civilzation, shall perish too,
Adjutant General White took a
leave of absence to go to the front as
captain of the boys of Troop A, Ore
gon cavalry. No sooner hnd he gone
than a cabal of National Guard poli
ticians whom he hnd offended becnuse
he had exposed their official delin
quencies, peculations and embezzle
ments began to wage war on him with
a1 . 1 1 r . r i, .
lne ' c"m"Vl lne Pniron Vashon (Wnsh.) News Perhaps
press. General White is an able man. QewxtA ,Vl.shin(, nas ht.0I1 is,,.u,,0,i
a conscientious officer and a patriotic u, f . whal ,le WM wnt ufUM. 0r
citizen. He demonstrated his ability 1 )0sslblv he ,ms ,, ,, ,he ..waU.h.
and won credit for Oregon by the rap- ! fll, n-,i,.vwilitin,r r,lr Vill,,
' 'I'm looking for the man who put
the "pep" in pepper.
Some one asked me what "Aesthetic
dancing" wns end I told her it was
dancing without stepping on your
partner's dress or feet.
Some one says, "A kiss without a
squeeze is like a pie without cheese."
A cirl once told me "A kiss from a
man without a muitache is like an egg
without salt. I didn't wear a mustache
in those days.
It's too bad to make senators and
congressmen walk right up to the
rack and vote on the wet and dry
i&sue. Why can't the people leave us
statesmen alone? What's the matter
with 'em anyway.
' Senator Milton A. Miller, U. S. col
lector of internal revenue, is sending
out letters to all his friends and cor-
porntion8 and others urging them to
kick in with their income taxes or go
to jail. The senator didn't send me
one, I'm pleased to be able to relate,
although I wished he had been able to.
I wouldn't mind paying the tax and J
think I would be just as good a citi
zens if I were a plutocrat.
the constitutional guarantees to the
press. Not because the bill in ques
tion relates to advertising of alcohol,
j but for the broader reason that it im
, pinges upon personal lights, members
j of Congress should study the meas
! sure seriously before committing
themselves to its support. Cin
nati Enquirer.
We set it down that no public offi
cer who dies in the performance of
duty dies in vain. Collier's.
VOICE OF THE PRESS
Rochester (N. Y.) Evening Times
A domestic science writer advises
housewives to clean silk with raw po
tatoes. Might better buy new silk if
they wish to practice economy.
The White Paper Crisis.
White paper is the newspaper's raw
n-aterial. It is like the leather of
the shoe manufacturer, or the lumber
of the furniture factory. The news'
paper takes the white paper, stamps jt
with ink, divides the product into
packages and sells them. This blank
ptper is by far the biggest single item
in the cost of producing a newspaper
of large circulation. Consequently
the unprecedented and enormous ad
vance in the price of white paper has
made an acute crisis in the publishing
business.
A newspaper like the Star, for in
stance, that uses twenty-five thous.
and tons of white paper a year, is now
confronted with a white paper cost of
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
excess of that of last year. Kansas"
City Star.
The White Paper Crisis.
White paper is the newspapr's raw
material. It is like the leather of the
shoe manufacturer, or the lumber of
The famous congregational clergy
man editor of the Outlook, Dr. Lyman
Abbott, vigorously supports the uni
versal military training idea in a
letter to Senator Chamberlain of Ore
gon. Dr. Abbott says that universal
training would "promote a spirit of
real patriotism. Union Republican.
ment to trap his men. Regular eolfee- capacity. "After March 1, those wh
tions were made, he said, Saturdays come within the meaning of the law
and Sundays and on Monday nights and who do not declare their incomes,"
the spoils would be divided. says Mr. Sweek, "v.-ill be searched out
It was Monday night, January 8, and punished."
when Costello, Heitler and Skidmore ,
were arrested in a raid by Hoyne's j Notice.
men on costello s ollice while the:
Canadians Vexed. .
President Wilson s peace note is
r.ommentd on bitterly by Canadian
press. Toronto Evening Telegram says
note will do more harm to future of
United States than to the allied cause.
3nd adds that "the President has ex
hausted the mischief-making possi
bilities of his interference in Ger
many's game to secure peace at any
cost." Toronto Globe says proposals
will not be received with greater cor
diality than the efforts of Von Beth-
mann-Holweg. Boston News Bureau.
CHICAGO PROBES SCANDAL
(Continued From Page One.)
police sergeants and lieutenants and
underworld gangsters, has operated
with a mapped and card indexed rec
ord of brothels, dives, saloons and fly-
three were engaged, Hoyne, says, in
dividing $1000 in bills on the table be
fore them. Several of these bills,
Hoyne says, were marked and traced
"from the brothels from which they
were extorted, to the table before the
trio."
Hoyne also claims he has evidence
showing that Costello has more than
once been trailed to Healey's home.
A book taken from Lieutenant
Whie, who was arrested at the table
with Costello, Heitler and Skidmore,
listed practically every resort in Chi-
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.
18-13
THE WHA T-yO U- MA y
COLUMJV
Hats.
The' hat is an ingenious contract
"Three ways." 'Can be raided."
INCOME TAX MAN IS . HERE
cago under the headings: "Can't be tion Invented by man to give the top '
raided." "Can be raided," "Find out" of his head something to do. ..;
"Chief's places." Hotels were listed: i But its usefulness doesn't stop
there. A. man can get a Jot of fun,
out of his hat if he just knows how.
Some men have reduced their hats
to a science. They make them drs-
Thad Sweek, of the internal revenue time, exercise and emnlovmenL Thav
department of the United States gov- take them out windy days and chase-
ernment, will remain in the city over them. Or mix them up at restaurants,
tomorrow to assist any Union county . and fight about them with strangers,
citizen who wishes information in re- And when they have nothing" else to- '
gard to the income tax law and the do they use them to talk through.
recent amendments to the law. Mr. ! The hat is what some men always.
Sweek is here purely in an advisory pass and no woman ever does.
the furniture factory. The newspaper j by-night hotels thieves, gamblers and
L ...L .-i ;t :.L ' -.1 J iL . i t ... a.
takes the white paper, stamps it with
ink, divides the product into packages
and sells them. This blank paper is
by far the biggest single item in the
cost of producing a newspaper of
large circulation. Consequently the
unprecedented and enormous advance
in the price of white paper has made
nn acute crisis in the publishing busi
ness. A newspaper like the Star, for in-
other crooks, and that his income from
his "business," which Hoyne says was
run on a strict efficiency basis, has
been not less than $20,000 a year.
In the spectatcular midnight catch
in Hoyne's carefully cast net there
were brought to the surface of Tues
day morning's daylight, in addition to
Chief Heal ey:
Tom Costello, alleged to be the man
behind the police chief and himself an
stance, thnt uses twenty-five tons of . active collector of bribes and erraft:
white paper a year, is now confronted William A. (Billy) Skidmore, called
with a white paper cost of hundreds, the "King of the West Side Levee":
of thousands of
that of last vear.
dollars in excess of
id mobilization of the Oregon troops
nt a time when we all thought we
were going to war with Mexico. While
he was gone the copperheads contin
ued their work and they are still nt it.
Now that the governor has recalled
him to nresent the needs of the Ore
gon militia to Dip legislature, they
m ill try to make it appear that by go
ing to the front he surrendered his
right to hold the office of adjutant
general. General White is not depend
ent unon the state of Oregon for n
job. With his experience he could get
a commission in the regular army, and
ho can always make as much by his
pen as he can in the service of the
state. But he is a soldier by instinct
and profession, and the state of Ore
con r"pnt afford to lnsn liis services.
The legislature should listen to Gen
eral White's recommendation and
Tote to sustain the pevernor's military
administration which has reflected
credit upon the state.
If the legislature would pas the
bone-d'y bill, tha rural credits hill and
ndionm the people would heave n sigh
if relief.
to call on him.
Omaha liee Expert calculators as
sert there is enough gold in the onun-
tt. l mvn ......U ,on.. Mr. .....1 1.41A
$17.50. Well, who is obstructing the !lu,bl: the fceHnR of the true south re
K'nuiii uit i. m uin evil. IV In tnt
distribution ?
"Mike the Pike" Heitler, who for
years has been levee king and said to
operate a string of gambling joints
j Adam Hood of Fairfield. S. C. .and brothels;
j I'nder the title "He Has Not Died Lieutenant Martin White, corn
in Vain," the State of Columbia, S. ' mander of the Iake street station.
l. printed last month an editorial ' Also since arrested or to be arrested;
which to our mind expresses very Lieutenants Edward Grady of the
West 1.1th street station, Lieutenant
g me lynching evil, it is the John Hartford, North Halstead street
Tnterson (N. J.) Call
tiling that the war was brought on by I
the school-book trust in order to sell
geographies.
i more worth noting because of the 'station and Sergeant John Naughton,
Some people i . mawKisn sopnisiry wun . rieaiey s comment ral secretary.
The La Grande National
Bank Issues Booklet
"BANKING MADE
PLAIN"
Educating the public in a practical knowledge of the Bimple methods
of banking is n mission to which enterprising banks all over tho country
are more and more devoting themselves, and as a means of service
to the commuity, one t-f the latest booklets along this line entitled
"Banking Made Plain" is now being distributed by the La Grande
National Bank
The booklet is noteworthy because of condensing into a small space
a really remarkable amount of practical information, concisely yet
readably stated, and typographically attractive.
The forepart f this booklet gives in a concise manner the pre
liminary requirements of banking in relation to deposits, chocks, and
accounts. There are fifteen sub-heads under the heading "Accounts"
thirty sub-heads under the heading of "Checks'-, fifteen sub-heads
unacr me neaaing o: ueposits" and other main headings followed by
various sub-titles are "Identification". "Overdrafts" 'norb; k;.
Hail" and how a "Clearing House" operates.
"Bar.king by
Ho something to help the public li
brary along. H is one of the best
moves started in Prairie for soni?
time. Grant County Journal.
The Portland Woman's dub is 21
yenrR of a"P. It's about time to (top
having birthdnys.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
which mob lnw is often defended in All the warrants ehnrce oonsnirncv
all parts of our easy-going republic, i to commit extortion, bribery, and to
1 lie State says: ! open disorderly houses and gambling
Some day the history of Fairfield j houses,
county will be written, and when it is I This clique, according to Hoyne,
written the story of Adam Hood, sher- made a business of ence a week col
iff, who defended his prisoners with lecting bribes from brothels, thieves,
his life, who. wounded to death, car- i gambling men and other crooks,
ried in his arms the mortally stricken amounting to $1000 n week; also from
negro charged with a heinous crime saloonkeepers for not interfering with
and laid him before the bar of justice, illegal liquor sales; also from police-
wiii tie told in it, and the school chil- men desiring promotion from the i
dron of Fairfield will he taught to 'ranks of lieutenants desiring promo- i
honor the name of this officer as sym- tion to captaincies; also from proper- j
bolizing the unflinching courage of ,ty owners desiring tax reductions. j
the Anglo-Saxon race and the linfnl- ' TT.ivno rhnrcmd notice lffi.nra tvlin
m.rs of the I incmnati Advertisers j termg loyalty to law.-: that the people 'objected to the system were intimi
( lub to the Randall advertising bill ; make that has made it a free r:i,-e ' l,v l.eint. trnsf..rrerl f mm their
pending in Congress is timely and among the peoples of the earth. That home sections to undesirable precincts
sensible. Dim measure, if enactwl in-j the prisoner was a vile and miserable far out in the suburbs.
law will establish a precedent wretch accused of the nmt .Wed of it,.., !., ,.w. ii ni
..-.j ;i ,i.i l ..... , , ........ .... ,.,..h. (..,-
.i..r,., ,,, ,.., ,.i, n-.m n runes win ine more v iiointcl to na aA n ir.K t ...Miir.-,1 oil r.r,,n ,n i
govrrninei-tal o -nsoi-.-hip .f : 11 : illustrating the heroism of the sheriff t-nt. nt 1h'm' w iw TTW '
who died in defense of the trust I were appointed warden. "
placed in him by his people and the Hoyne chose the psychological mo- 1
Why Not Regulate Everything.
Opposition of the Hoard of Cover-!
hi oh quickly and
printed matter. If it becoiiios unlaw
' 'il to publish advertising relating to
A few of the Sub-heads will serve to indicate the naturj 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 Statement" "De
E?8,11? Collection", Deposits by Mail", 'Deposits of Husband and
Wife' , "Death of Depositor", etc.
We find more good information under "Checks" such as "How
n P,?W.?rChfk"'Altere?Cheek"' ,,Lost 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 and in
cludes brief and adequate treatment of such subjects as "Notes",
"Collr.terd", "D.scounts" "Note Made by Minor", "Note Made by
Married Woman", "Negotiability" ai.d many others.
Under the head of 'Drafts" nnd "Bills of Exchange" are "Accept
ance , Acceptance for Honor", "Due Late'" "Joint Dravee". "Notice"
etc.
Then follows
and liabil
jects
;n follows Indorsements", giving an explanation of manv kirn
, .V ?f '".r?- Ilow;lnP this UP with the important su
of Protest", "Collections ', "Lost Paper'', and some vcrv us
ful "Bank Don'ts".
Any one who wishes a copy need only apply at the bank where they
will be a:stnbutoc free.
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