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PAGE FOUR LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1917. EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER An Independent Newspaper. Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. J. D. MEYERS II. B. LEITER CLARKE LEITER President Vice-President Editor and Publisher Suinmerville J'OHtmaMter Examination. Entered at the Postoffioe at La Grande, Oregon, as second-class matter. Address all communications to TIIE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St. On Sale in Other Cities: Orogon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial News Stand, Portland. City Official Paper. Leased Wire Telegraph Report of United Press Associations. The Obserrer carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on t'ie porches. If the carrier does. not do this, misses you, or neglects gett'ng the 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 missed you. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. j Daily, by mail per six months Daily, single copy Cc in advance $2.50 Doily, per week 15c J Duily, by mail per three months Daily, per month 65c Daily, per six months in advance. $3. 50 Daily, per year in advance $7.00 By Mail. Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 in advance $i.:o Daily, by mail per month 45c The Saturday Evening Observer, par year in advance $1.50 Weekly-Observer-Star, per year in advance $1.50 THE JUNE EEEOTJOX. A special state election wil be held on -June 4. The fol lowing proposals will be submittted to the people for their approval or rejection: State issue of .$6,000,000 in bonds to begin construction , of a comprehensive system of roads and highways embrac ing entire state. . Direct expenditure of $100,000 a year for four years to build a new penitentiary at Salem. To raise pay of legislators from $15 a day to $(i a day, extend legislative session to 50 days and limit number of bills that can be introduced by each member and each eom mitttee. To authorize assessors of Western Oregon counties to restore Oregon & California grant lands to tax rolls. Requiring municipalities to hold their primary and gen eral elections on same day state primaries and general elections are held. To provide for classified assessment of property with graduated rate of taxation on property of different classes. To enable Port of Portland to build or to subsidize steamships and operate line of steamers to foreign and domestic ports. To prevent repeal of any parts of state constitution by implication. AH acts of the legislature against which the referendum is invoked also will be on the ballot. These proposals are all important and merit thorough study. It is to be hoped that the people will take a progressive stand upon the good roads legislation and make a start toward building up a comprehensive state highway system. Otherwise Oregon will lag behind its sister states, Cali fornia and Washington, and lose business which should come to us. O HE WAS RIGHT, TOO. Now and then there comes into a newspaper offieo a man or woman, boy or girl, who teaches more in a minute or two than his beard's had learned in a corresponding number of years. For instance; today a man paid a bill at The Observer office and incidentally he said he was moving away. "I lost my wife four weeks ago and it was a hard blow," he said. If inflect ion and other subtle voice shading could be translated into print and a master of prose or verse were present the world would have a lesson today. In a few words this man condemned the divorce courts with their full calendars and the domestic tragedies all round with The United Statai Civil Service comminison announces that on March 10, 1917, an examination will bo held ut l.a Grande, Ore., as a result of which it is expected to make certifica tion to fill a contemplated vacancy in the position of fourth class postmas ter at Summervillo, Oregon, and other l vacancies as they may occur ut that office, unless it shall be decided in the interests of the service to fill tho va 'cancy by reinstatement. Tho com pensation of the postmaster at this offico was $390 for the last fiscal year. Akc limit, 21 years and over on the date of the examination, with the ex ception that in a state where women are declared by statute to be of full ajce for all purposes at 18 years, wo men 18 years of ace on the date of examination will bo admitted. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by the postoffice for which the examination is an-nouncod. Tho examination ia open to all citi zens of the United States who can comply with the requirements. Application forms and full informa tion concerning tho requirements of the examination can bo secured from the postmaster r.t Summerville. Ore.. or from the U. S. Civil Service com mission, Washington, D. C. Applications rhould be pronerlv ex- eveuted and filed with the commission at Washington at least seven days be fore the date of the examination, oth erwise it may he impracticable to ex amine the applicants. Our Want Ads get replies. Are You Completely Satisfied With The Corset You Are Wearing? Have you convinced yourself that it gives you the utmost style, comfort and wear possible to any corset? Are you free from all pains and aches for which corsets are frequent ly responsible? Is the corset you are wearing accomplish ing some good effect either of style or health? If the answer to any or all of these ; questions is NO come to our corset department 'and let us show you the many ' models in Nemo and Henderson Corsets. We have them in A ffvoat variety of styles and sizes. Priced $1.25 to $5.00 J ust Received Silk Hosiery. In all the latest colors in plain and fancy stripes 60c to $1.75 III inrMlhV MiKOrld a condemnation stronger than a book's length nient. A Washington or a Lincoln or a Wilson would have loved to hear this man say the few words it was The Ob server staff's pleasure to hear this morning. O It was to be expected that Congress would not grant an extension of power to the President to act in any wav that might involve the country in war bv using the army and navy to protect American interests dining adjourn ment of Congress. Congress is very jealous of its preroga tives and, if war is to result, will want to lie consulted before it is brought about. Of course, President Wilson does not want war. No one does. But if any unforseen incident does arise in which the rights of the United States are mtringod upon, a special session of Congress will be necessary. ....mo vi. iicai, wicnmuiil, liiit m reality such a deficiency does not exist. One They are making a lot of.fijss and feathers about Mrs. Alexander Thompson, the woman legislator 'from The Dalles. J -0- iinion will Jiold its livstock show in June. This will be one of the best shows ever held, and La Grande will turn out in force. O Sooner or later an American ship will put its head in the lion's mouth. Then what will we do. -O- Flappers Are Evidently Girls Who "Flap". La Orande, Feb. 23. (To the Editor) What and who are "flappers"? question asked bv the Stroller in Thurs day's issue of The Observer. Mappers" an English term for girls between four teen and eighteen. Probably suggested bv the way girls of the unformed age flap around in walking and carrying themselves generally. When I left England thirty-five years ago the term was not in use. I don't think it has neon used more than ten years, and onlv recently have T seen it in American papers. Tt Avill probably become quite common as it is vcrv expressive. UPTON IT. CJTBHR. appropriation made by the legislature was for $10,553.58, to be used m repaying money which was borrowed from .i local name to take care ot the flax industry. This appro priation, however, was made with the string tied to it, that as soon as the flax on hand is sold, the money accru ing from the sale of such flax is to be returned to the gen eral fund. Hence a seeming deficiency of $9,578.93 is turned into an apparent balance of $974.65. Constructive Legislation. Among very important pieces of constructive legislation which have been placed on the statute bonks mav ho rmmK. ered the insurance code, the irrigation code, the rural credits bill, the military and fish and game codes. AH represent much hard work and will go a long way toward simplifying and bettering our laws. The men who worked them out deserve great credit.- - ? . Road Bills Important. The road program consisted of six bills of prime import ance. I here is one known as a procedure code which pre scribes methods for the opening, laying out and vacating- ... nuauiujo un-ee umerent processes have been available and they have promoted more uncertainty and confusion than good highways. The three systems have by the procedure code been revised into one workable system. There is also a county code wVnnTi Vine a . .... .v. '"W W W 1 ILL tJJ- penditures of county funds and administration of county road work. It does away with the time-honored super vis,;r system, and provides for appointment of a county road master instead. In other words it centralizes au thority in county road work and eliminates the haphazard and expensive system so long in force in Oregon. It also ppc cifienlly repeals by section numbers many conflicting road sections m the codes and session laws. " " Highway Code Notable. J Mere is. further. ;m niiihif ii-mu i , ... ' , ' "icimnnj Known as uie state highway code Its object is to provide procedure for construction of hard-surfaced highways ami for co-opera- Where There's a Will, There's a Way." There's no U.sk too great to undertake if you have the will. If you will to save money, you can do it. You cion't necessarily have to be "short" to save just bank a part of your earn ings at this bank, cadi week or month you will le surprised at the rapidity of its increase. Then you are ready to tackle tho larger things in lif. Show your will, and determination t win, by stort'ng an account with us today. And Stay With It! MAKE OUR BANK YOUK BANK La Grande National Bank Salem, 1-Yb. 1':!. (Special) It is impossible vet to se cure the exact text of the road bonding bill, the road code, or any other of the important measures passed bv the legislature. This is due to the fact that many changes were made during the discussions that preceded the pass age of these measures and their amendments do not ap pear in the printed bills. When these measures are final ly engrossed it will be possible to secure copies of the bills no l..t- I Al... ' ! ....... t II , 1 , w3 juiivrit, uui i lie main icaiures oi an nave already been given the widest publicity. Consolidation Fails. ( As usual consolidation of commissions and officers failed, the tax commission being alone wiped out. A com mittee was appointed to consider the consolidation ques tion for two veal's and report a plan at the next session of the legislature. Hundreds of bills were passed of really small conse quence. Money Left Over. In sp'te of the six per cent tax limitation law the leis- laiure ieu me slate with an. apparent balance of $974.6." over and above the amount allowed for it to expend under the intent of the limitation amendment. Resume of Work Done bv (Won Tll ,xl SL"1" .88"' ttion of what are know O ..o ow.iv i.lli;u,l. j.l dlSPCHSCS With tho nio Iv ,,v.;ii. n rt - t . n i ni-n,, ,, ..,. i.:...i . UVj """"""s uelSlclLLTS UUnng deSSlOn JUSL UlOSeai";.,; r c . y'nnmiii 'composed of elected v-iiuAi.i mu minim's TOP !irmmntnn,-, ai. i M.unjllUiL 11V I II' .u VPr. - r" -e iiom eacn congressional district. It severs the h way engineering department from the state engineer's lice, and gives appointment of a highway engineer to new highway commission. This bill carries an emc . ... tl -uim commission ot three, one member to be irom each congressional district. It severs the Wh. s ot to the nmni'ir. ney clause. H A measure known ;i :in .i.t t i.nm,in. j. i , " "-K"'i'te moior venicies is. ,n its main effect, a road law. It doubles the present ill'ocecds t'' c 'T,S XWTd deteS the wMe Ss pio.euls to mad work under supervision of the state highway commission. The old law required 'that n.ntor velucle hcense taxes and devotes the wl ole Inch they were collected after payment of the cost of .cense tags ami other incidentals of state admhifstrat on ' '"-'" i-. i niier me new aw the n,,tr..v,,;i.-... into of such the state The grand total of appropriations made was $6.niP, OSI.75, and the grand total of revenue available under the est iniatcs prepared in the budget was $6.r09.;"n",.S2. This would indicate a seeming deficiency on the iurt of the legislature of $9,578.9. not taking into consideration un expended balances and the greatly enhanced estimated vi 1 pay,on the bas.s of the existing number '1IIMII'l III I ll'IM I 111 M WMit n l f ... ... .Limn .7vuu,wuu a vear read fund. v Still another road bill is the Boan-limvtt bonding net 1 Ins is a contingent or omevgeiiev m.-as,,,,, it J i " f,i issuance, n, ev ;nt revenues from established sources are t su hnent o ,r,eet allotments of government l a. t equivalent to the deficiency. , " i . X" ' ' il" emergency clause, and in. ;,"'""im1' wreiron of the entin for post roads and forest roads a: money as is requirul bv the f , U,. t, ,. , .uir 10 ,a'" V,.t,l' mad bond inures ex- govenunent allotment 1 equal sum T state ..1 act. This assurance a special election June 4.
