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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1917; PAGE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER EDITORIAL PAGE OF LA GRANDE OBSERVER An Independent Newspaper. Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, y the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. J..D. MEYERS President H. B. LEITER Vice-President CLARKE LEITER Editor and Publisher Entered at the Postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second-class matter. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial News Stand, Portland. Save The Babies These are uuthc-ntic quotations from the pamphlet on babies prepared by Dr. L. Emmctt Holt of Columbia university and Vi: Henry I K. Shaw of Union university. City Official Paper. Ix-ased Wire Telegraph Report of United Press Associations. ; The Observer carrier boys are in structed to put the papers on fie 'porches. If the carrier does not do t his, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phon e The Observer, as this is the only way we can determine whether or n ot the carriers are following instruc tiorns. Phone Main 37 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has w issed you. AMERICA'S SPIRIT. In a La Grande theater the other evening a picture of the American flag was shown. As if shot from a gun, a man one man in that whole audience came to attention. He was a military man. On first thought this incident would seem to indicate a lack of patriotism on the part of Americans. It would seem .to indicate that the hired soldier was the only real citizen. But second thought assures that this is not so. America makes no fetish of nationality, yet America is patriotic '76, 'Gl and '98 prove it. The Amercan citizen doesn't pay as much attention to symbols and officials as the citizens of older and more autocratic governments but American citizens are not wanting in love of country. When men are needed, American men will be ready. When President Wilson, or any other President) calls, from the melting pot of American frecdam will spring a race of warriors. Americans are people of peace, yet people who know how to fight and die. 0 CONGRESSMAN SJNNOTT MAKES PROGRESS. Congressman X. J. Sinnott of Oregon, has been suc cessful in the first step towards passage of each of his twin bills for permitting entry on reclamation and power site withdrawals subject to the right of the government to retake the lands or such parts thereof as it may later be necessary to use Tor the purposes for which originally withdrawn. The committee on Public Lands of the House of Representatives authorized Air. Sinnott to report for it favorably on both these bills, and they are now on the House Calendar awaiting their turn to be considered on the floor of the House. entry on water power sites the congressman called atten In his report on II. R. 7:il, providing for a homestead tion to the desirability of giving relief to hundreds of set tlers throughout the counry who had entered upon lands in good faith when the records of the local land office did not at the time of entry show the withdrawals. He states that many of these settlers have spent time, money and labor on such entries, and done so before being in formed that they had been withdrawn from entry. Further, that his bill would enable the Secretary of the Interior in his discretion to allow such' entries to be per fected, reserving the right to the United States to retake the land whenever necessary for power site purposes. In commenting on Section Ten of the Ferris Water Power bill which covers substantially the same ground as the Sinnott bill Secretary Lane said: "Section 10 of the bill is also important, in that it will permit in many instances a dual use of the land, or a part thereof, providing that the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion, allow entries or claims under appropriate land laws for areas reserved for water power sites where the water power development will not be injured. A nervous, overworked, underfed woman cannot expect to have a strong child. Expectant mothers: Get plen ty of sleep,' with the windows open. Don't climb stairs. Don't run a sew ing machine too much. Expertise in the open air is better than any medi cine. Avoid violent exercise. Bathe daily. Drink lots of water. Watch your digestion. Wear loose clothing, hung from the shoulders ONLY. Eat simple wholesome food, not highly seasoned, nor rich, nor fried. Tea nnd crackers will not make milk and strongth. ; Beginning October, 1917, Lei and The Only Thin Sock That Really Wears- Thin, gauzy, transparent socks that keep out f the darning bag longer than an- others you ever wore. Toe and heel interwoven, sole and ankle reinforced wear resisting fabric at every point. Interwoven Socks cost you no more than the common kind. I TOE HEEL J 1 MOST ALL COLORS IN COTTON Cashmere and Silk 25c, 35c, 50c Stanford University will be open the I year round. , 4 From France corner a two pronged hatpin, the prongs being so shaped as to act as spring.; to hold it in place. There are many cases where the dam, reservoir, or conduit Jthe steps of the thrones and kneeling i wil oecupv on v a part of n legal subdivision, and this presents to n.s majesty . pn.n- ... . l , ,. , , ' rp, :ment roll whereon a speech carefully Will permit tlie agricultural use Or me oaiance. J Here 'prepared for him by Lloyd George and ' are other cases where .there is now timber upon the sur- his fellow cabineteers, but by pleasing j face, which niav be disposed of under appropriate laws, !fictio know? as the king's speech,, . ' , , , , . . 1 1 was inscribed. King George read the cut, and removed before the land is required or utilized r or ;midress in clcar( firm tones- j power purposes." At the conclusion of the speech the, The report on H. R. 17085, permitting homestead and kine and uee" left the chamber and j desert land entries on land withdrawn for reclamation returned by the same route to. the. palace. Meantime the commons were as-; purposes endorses such bill for similar reasons. Realizing that the passage of these twin bills will be of (sembiing in their own hall. Some of. 11 i-i i j. ci v a 1 m lne memuers naa appereu as tuny as great benefit to many parts of his district, while in no way ieight t0 register tn7ir claims for fav. . retricting the ultimate development of any of its resources Vabie seats for the session, by piac- Uongressman Sinnott will use everv efiort to get action on imR tne,r nats tnreon- ere anotnei them as soon as possible. Owing to the congetsed coiuli- iJShefTouS tallfS tion of the House calendar and the short time remaining before adjournment it is doubtlul, however, it they can be reached during the present session of Congress. ARGENTINE PRESIDENT 'modified by the war. For example, FORESTALLS REVOLUTION 'the king, instead of wearing his gor- jgeous field marshal's dress uniform, Buenos Aires, Jan. 16.(United Press PPeared in khaki. Also the proces f,v fnil a vnrt nn rovniu. sion from Buckingham to Westmin- tions for he himself spent a large Ster was considerably simplified. part of his life as a conspirator and majesties rode in the usual state revolutionist President Jrigoyen has oacn- DUt 11 was arawn py six oiacK Kn nmofK- tnlin nv-i,tiQ horses instead of the eight cream- prevent any" governmental overturn- colored Hanovonans formerly used on some entirely new devices for raising ing during his own six-year term. And such oasions. There wasn't the cus-1 funds for the conduct of the war will he did it so cleverly that only now is toma"ly large outtuming of the popu- appear. Just before the close of the most sacrilege to appear at any ses sion, especially the opening day of pMrliament, in any other headgear than a top hat. Today there was a considerable sprinkling of derbiea, soft slouch hats and khaki caps for a liberal percentage of the commons are now in the king's army. More Taxes Faced. It is not expected that much legis lation of importance will be forthcom ing until Easter time, when the gov ernment will present the new budget of taxation wherein it is likely that 4 "Where There's a Will, There's a Way." There's no tAik too great to undertake if you have the will. If you will to save money, you can do it You don't neoesearily have to b "short" to save just bauk a part of your earn ings at this bank, each week or month you will be surprised at the rapidity of its increase. Then you are ready to tackle the larger things in life. Show your will, and determination to win, by starting an account with us today. And Stay With It! MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK La Grande NationalBank the Dublic beirinninir to realize it. !'ace a'ng tne route. There have been predictions that his King and Queen Greeted. radical program would lead to a revo-1 Arriving at the entrance to the lutionary outbreak. Revolutionary house of lords, the king and queen methods have been openly advocated were greeted by the officers of state in connection with some of the recent and conducted to the robing room, strikes in Argentina. whence after donning their royal The president's theory is that he robes they proceeded to the thrones, can hold his own while the army is escorted by the usual heralds, trum with him. On a peace basis it is only peters and court officials carrying about 17,000 strong but even this is their regalia. not bad, in a country of 7,000,000 to j The floor of the chamber was pack 8,000,000. population." ; ed with members of the nobility, while Long ago, when he was an anti- in the gallery were pcereses, society government conspirator, Irigoyen won leaders, representatives of the diplo to his views the rank and file nnd'rnatic corps and other distinguished lower grades of commissioned officers, spectators. Government after government, how-! The gentleman usher of the Block ever, took pains to see that Irigoyen- ' Rod was despatched to summon the ists were not promoted. So when he "faithful Commons." Of the latter, assumed office as president, Irigoyen only about sixty were able to squeeze found the army top-heavy wttn men in in and crowd around the bar of the the chief commands who were his po- .house, litical opponents. Nobody noticed it at first, but he had hardly taken the oath of office before he began detaching these offi cers from positions where they really controlled any men and landing them in clerical positions in the capital or assigning them simply to "await or ders." In their absence their under lings were lifted into the higher ranks, either by means of out-and-out pro motions or as "acting" commanders. King Reads Address. A conspicuous figure in black robes, gold chain and full bottomed wig, the new lord chancellor then advanced to last session a new vote of credit for four hundred million pounds ($2,000,-, 000,000) was passed, so there will ' probably not be another until later in , the spring. i 1 One of the biggest pieces of legis-: lation to be tackled this session will be the general election bill, upon I which a special speaker's committee ' is now sitting. Under an ancient sta- ' tute no parliament can live longer than seven years, so unless this is : modified, a general election must be j held next fall. There is considerable agitation in this connection with ref-' tion. The military authorities object largely on account of the bother it will entail, and partially because it will necessarily distract the troops from what is considered more important business. It is possible, as a solution, that an other venerable precedent may be shat tered, by allowing the present parlia ment to continue for the period of the war. 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 Py- 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. "I Switzerland imposes auto imports. a tanff or. STREET PEDDLERS MUST TAKE THEIR BATHS La Plata, Argentina Feb. 7. (Unit ed Press) Periodical baths for street peddlers have been decreed by the Ia Plata city government. For violation of the rule the penalty is th revoca tion of the offender's license. To in sure that the baths are thorough, it is ! provided that they shall be taken in s municipal establishment under the dl- i rection of a sanitary inspector. J Two bridges irt a city in India are Supported upon large metal tanks, I which float upon the water and ac-1 commodate themcralves to its rise and ' fail. MM; GEORGE GIVES ADDRESS (Continued from Page One.) GRAFONOLA $110.00 EASY TEEMS emn'y nosing around through the I commimioa'ing trenches and dugouts 11 beneath th-i legislative chambers. j Not until theso "Reefe&sters," m . VA . .v. r ' wip jwuiru ul uic uiunj & i c popu larly termed, had formally reported to the sergeants-at-arm of the lords and commons that diligent search had fail ed to disclose the presence of sny lurking ttssaseina, ' gunpowier, Ger man spies, high-explosive bombs, suf fragettes or pobon-gas tanks, ar.d this information had been ceremoniously ' convoyed to Buckingham Palace, did the king and queen prepare for their journey to the house of parliament. 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