WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1917;
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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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.
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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.
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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withdrawn.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. ;
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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
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"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
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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.
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that says
advertis
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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
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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
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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.
Some precedents have been merely (
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