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SATURDAY, FEI3U UA K V ?, 1917. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE FOUR EDITORIAL PAGE OF LA GRANDE OBSERVER An Independent Newspaper. PumMmxI Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. J.D. MEYERS Preside-) t II. B. LEITER Vice-President CLARKE LEITER Editor and Publisher .Entered at the Postoffiee at La Grande, Oregon, as second-eJass matter. Addra all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth. St. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; ' Imperial News Stand, Portland. City Official Paper. leased Wire Telegraph Report of United Press Associations. The Observer carrier boys are in structed to put the papers on the porches. If the carrier does not do thin, misses you, or neglects gett:r.g th paper to you on time, kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instruc tions. Phone Main 37 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has m issed you. PRESIDENT WILSON ACTS. President Wilson, after thoughtful and prayerful study of Ger many's action in starting unrestricted submarine warfare, has decided to break off diplomatic relations with that nation. President Wilson, in this action, will be sustained by the ieople of this country. The United States hates to break off the friendly relations that have existed for many years with a great and powerful nation. But that nation in the desperation brought on by a war, whose ferocity and bitterness has never been equaled in history, has notified the United States that it will suspend international law and forbid our citizens and ships to travel upon the world's high seas. President Wilson, in his correspondence with Germany, has stood for the rights of humanity, he has' protested against un bridled suhinariiie warfare, he has protested against the destruc tion of American lives in the sinking of the Lusitania, he has pro tested the sinking of American ships. It may be that our recall of our ambassador to Germany may not mean war, but at this writing thcsituation is serious. While we do not want war with Germany or any other nation, we must realize that there are limits beyond which we cannot allow our national rights or our national honor to be trampled upon. Better war than national disgrace. The United States, while a peace loving nation, is not yet a nation of mollycoddles, and if it comes to a necessity, in order to preserve our rights to travel upon the high seas ami to protect the lives of American citizens, that we go to war. the country will sustain the President and Congress. It may be that we will merely cease our friendly relations with Germany, that the onus of bringing the. United States into the Allies' camp will lx placed entirely upon Germany. In that event we would not be drawn into the conflict except, upon Ger many's desire. The war would then anno only upon the performance of an act of war by Germany, such as the sinking of an American ship or the destruction of American lives. 0 THE OBSERVER'S EXTRA. At nine o clock this morning the Ubserver received the ilis pateh tht President Wilson had decided o break off diplomatic relations with Germany. Less than an hour later The Observer press was running off an extra edition for the benefit of the peo ple of La Grande. The Observer believes in giving the people of this territory the best possible news service, and when it comes to covering big national events, it will spare neither money nor labor to give this service. o A DOLLAR TRAVELS FAST. Did you ever wonder through how many hands a dollar had passed before it got to you? It has probably been used to buy thousands of items and has boon turned, as the expression is, literally thousands of timea. At Marietta. Ohio, during National Pay Up Week, the Chamber of Commerce printed a large check, two feet long by eight and a half inches wide. Several of theso checks were issued for one dol lar each, with instructions typewritten on the back to keep the check moving all through the week. At the close of the week, the checks were all turned into the bank and a careful notation made The man that says advertis ing doesn't pay is like the man who burnt one match under a ten gallon kettle of water and said that fire would not heat water. Some ad vertising doesn't pay, but that doesn't signify that it can not be made to P;'.V- The OBSERVER with its superior circulation is the paper you need to reach the most buyers in Union and Wallowa Counties at the least cost. New Spring Styles in Footwear . i For Men and Women St vies and oualitv that auwal to the most criti- ! 1 ,. , i i ! 1 Ur.evr ! cal. e were lortumue m ouymg sura the great advance in price. Our prices on all shoes represent real savings as compared to stores that have felt the pressure of rising costs. . 1 1 nil Men's velonr dress snore uu-e anu uuuun, widths - $3.50 to $5.00 ' - r . ' . T.",w..,.,. CHinno oil clPC SiO.UU m'Il ! JVilIlf;cliou ijuuiii, ti" f t Men's Mahogany English Shoes $7.00 ' WmAM Extensive showing ladies' street and (tress snoes in all the new lasts ana coiuns. an 1?5 widths m stock w ?xv.w We fit the children's feet with shoes that nave style and that give real service. 14 II, Fruitdale Woman Breaks Leg. Mrs. A. B. Blood of Fruitdale fell yesterday and broke her leg. Distinctive candies for those who want the beet. Supplied fresh each week. Levy-Vogel Drug Co. 2-1-tf Big dance Wednesday night, Feb. 7, at Rex hall for the benefit of Elks band. Everybody come. Good music. 2-3-lt of how much each check had paid. One of these had paid more than S-10, another 24. Every one of the checks had covered many times its value in payment of bills. This illustrates probably better than anything else the principle of National Pay Up Week and how effective it is in passing prosperity around. $30,000.(1 MATERIAL FORTIFIES mm BERNSTORFF Those big companies which foresaw the possible shortage of materials due to the astonising demand for motor cars, and fortified themselves against tht shortage are congratulating them selves today on the fact that they were not caught totally unprepared to cope with present market conditions. The Willys-Overland company, the second larcest automobile manufac turing organization in the world and j the greatest producer of medium and SAYS "AM ONLY PRIVATE high-priced carr; was perhaps on, uf f) me least auecicu oi uu oy mis up- CITIZEN. heavr.l in the material market. While Washington, Feb. 3.-(United Press)-German P-'Tt, bassador Bernstorff announced the Swiss Minister would the Toledo concern had token the pie represent Germany hereafter. He refused to answer ques- caution t0 ProtH-t it3e,f in a measure tions saying: "I am only a private citizen." Ambassador it-S shoot isernstorff was handed his passports at one fifty-seven skyward, the wniys-oeriand com- p, xtl. jpaiy had tucked away in its store j rooms r.nd sub-cellaro huge quantities I of raw materials. Today it has more STOCK MARKET BOOMS WALL STREET is'th!in 0,000,000 worth of part on PATPTflTTP I hands, fully 50 per cent of which was JrAllxlU ! bought at before-war prices. Npw Vnrt "Fori H TTnito1 Tvfloo Tl, cl, nUt i This preparedness policy on the ' Trvnrt. at th TnlpMn ennpnrn its rnsnAn. , . W W . - ...,..1 will be either too weak or too brittle. If the samples undergoing inspec tion come up to the required specifi cations and pass successfully the tests of the metallurgical and chemical lab oratories, the cars from which the samples were taken are accepted by the company. If the samples come through without an O. K. the car or cars are rejected on the spot. Some of the scales used in the Over land laboratories measure accurately to one ten-thousandth of a gramm. The slightest defect in physical stuc ture of a' sample of steel can be de tected by microscopes that magnify many thousands of diameters. The local dealers for the Overland and Willys-Knight automobile are (ialloway-Rees company. Doomed. The unexpected turn caught German houses selling short in anticipation of a severe break. Wall Street is flat- bedecked. A whirlwind of patriotic enthusiasm prevails. FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BOND ISSUE BILL INTRODUCED. Washington, Feb. 3. (United Press) Senator Thomas introduced a resolution authorizing a five hundred million dollar bond issue. This is to enable the government to prepare to fight. I National Thrift Day i 4 ft9 yH Among the many other Na tional Holidays, February 3d hu been sot aside an a special day, dcroted to thrift, through out the United States. This day being sot aside to give you an incentive to nate your earn ing. Savin little by little i the only way by which large sums of money ran be accumulated. Don't wnit for larger aunts to start saving; show your ability to save from small savings. Too are invited welcomed here. and wel- La Grande National Bank 4- U. S. OFFICIALS INSTRUCTED TO HALT BOMB PLOTS Washing-ton, Feb. 3 (United Press) State and justice departments are cooperating to halt jaomb plots. Officials conferred today and instructed all federal district attor neys to watch suspects. Organize Branch of Tacoma Loan Company J. W. Wethcrell, representative of the Pacific Building & Loan associa tion of Tacoma, is in the city to or ganize a La Grnndn hrnn-ti nf tV sible, it is said, to a large degree for company. The folloung men have the high standard of quality which the been obtained bv Mr. Wetherell to act factory has been able to maintain in as n bnnr.1 of nnn ;,., i. pany: J. D. McKennon, H. E. Dixon, If. E. Coolidge, Dr. G. L. Biggers, J. G. Snolgrass, Han-is F. French, A. T. Hill, J. A. Russell, Charles A. Ed wards, Fred J. Holmes and J. D. Sla ter. Three loans of $12,000, $10,000 and ?2")00 have already been asked from the company, says Mr. Wethcrell. its 1917 production, without any ex traordinary advance in its selling prices. And. although material such as t.teel is hard to get a: any price these days, every carload that arrives at the Overland plant is no rigidly inspected as it was when conditions were nor mal. In order to protect itself and Overland and Willys-Knight owners, the company employs a staff of ex pert chemists and metallurgists to test carefully each batch of raw ma terial delivered for use at the factory. rnese cnemists Know that a certain Card of Thanks. We desire through the columns of The Daily La Grando Observe to ex press our sincere thanks in token of our heartfelt appreciation of the help- "fill cm-fi)na tKAwl. . t proportion of carbon, together SS certain quantities of other elements. ins bv -ninth. niWo friends throughout the sickness, at the when united with pure iron produces a steel that will stand certain strains. They also know that if the propor tion of nickel, manganese, chrominum or other elements vary even as much as a fraction of one per cent, the steel death and burial of our beloved one, rseilie Foreman. W. D. FOREMAN AND SONS. M. W. BLOOM AND FAMILY. January 30, 1917. 2-3-lt Elks Give Dance For Snowbound Travelers Stalled Train Folk Enjoy Informal Hospitality of La Grande People. There was a veritable city around the La Grande O-W. depot yesterday and last night a population on wheels Throe trains with their stalled pas sengers were in the ynrdsi Nos. f, 18 and 4. O-W, officinls were working night and day to clear the main track and cars for the population that had suddenly been thrust upon them. Up at Union Junction Superintendent W. Ballons and fiO men, some volunteers, among them 30 La Grande high school boys, wcro working to clear the engine and snowplow which had bcn buried in the slide yesterday morning. ljRi night tho Elks gave a dance j for the train population. All day the ' club's lodge rooms had been open to I them. Town people were hospitable, j FOR RENT SIGNS For sale at The Observer office. RICHEY PIANO HOUSE K.NABE 1VERS & POND POOLE SOHMER EMERSON CABLE BUSH & GERTS SCHULZ HADDORFF STERLING HOME INSTITUTION rjRW HIGH GRADE PIANOS A SPECIALTY t'-- I HERE FOR 32 YEARS iwx r," 1 v OTHER STANDARD MAKES THE MACHINE THAT PLAYS ALL RECORDS. CALL IN FOR A DEMON STRATION. INVESTIGATE TTIE PA THE BEFORE BUYING. I Investigate the above makes. Some makes of pianos snl.l in ii:j ever before the factories were established, and were manufactured Wo w. - n " ag0' none- how" from town to town as we are no annex thus you save Tlfl lL tl " hawkcd direct from the several factories, thus eliminating chances of bStaTwSS J ed over goods. h unices or being loaded up with second hand work- RICHEY PIANO HOUSE PIANOS DIRECT FROM FACTORIIN 'rn n cTAuun . v, v v j i vr .n faIV OPPOSITE SOMMER noUSE RICHEY BUILDING
