THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1917.
PAGE FOUR
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
An Independent Newspaper.
Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by tfie
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO.
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DOES YOUR BOY
NEED TO
OPENED?
HAVE THE DOOR
By Airs. Max West
Child 's Export of the U. S. Children 's Bureau
; (Written for the United Press)
Thin arms and legs, putty colored skin and listless man
ner in a child usually indicate that he needs ,to have the
door opened for him. He needs to play in the sunshine.
He ought to have some pets chickens, or pigeons or
rabbits; he should have a garden plot and tools all his own,
with some one to show him how to use them. He should
have a swing, a teeter hoard, a sand pile, a ladder to climb
if there are no trees available.
He should play out summer and winter, in the rain and
in the snow if he wants to. He is starving for fresh air
and exercise and if you will open the door to liSrn you will
do more for him than any doctor in the land could do. His
appetite will come up.
You must give him plenty of good food to eat, and let
him sleep till he wakes, put his bed out on the porch if
there is one, and if not perhaps you can have one built. ;
Give him a good bath all over with warm water and
soap at least twice a week, and nib-down every morning
with a towel wrung as dry as you can make it out of cold
water.
If you do these things for a year you won't know him
for the same boy.
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OUTLOOK GOOD FOR CATTLE AND HORSE RAIS
ERS' CONVENTION.
Baker, Oregon, March 7.
To the Editor La Grande Observer: Enclosed find clip
ping from the Idaho Fanner, of date March 3, 1917.
I am pleased to report that practically every stockman
whom I have been able to sec, or from whom T have re
ceived a communication states that he will be at the An
nual Meeting. T firmly believe that you will have a very
large gathering of people.
Your truly, S. O. CORRELL.
Secretary Oregon Cattle and Horse Raisers' Association.
The clipping follows:
Already the indications are. that the annual meeting of
the Cattle and lloi-se Raisers' Association of Oregon, to be
held at La Grande, Ore., April 2-1 and 25, wiTl be a great
meeting. Secretary S. O. Correll has the program prac
tically completed. 'The speakers will include T. W. Tom
linson, secretary of the National Live Stock association;
Professor E. L. Potter, animal husbandman of the O. A.
Farmer,
but No
Farm!
i
f
Did you ever hear tell of a farmer
; without a farm?
Did you ever hear tell of a successful
business man without a bank account f
Success is just as likely to come to you
without a bank account as it is to a
tanner " ithout a farm.
This bank nicety vour needs fits your
case, and is a bank of persona' service.
The same heart v - re for
the man who opens a small account,
as the man who opens one with more,
La Grande National P nk
O'Neill Trains Daily
For John Berg Match
Jack O'Neill is working; out at the
Y. M. C. A. gymnasium every evening;
in preparation for his match here with
John Berg, March 23. The lack of
heavyweight wrestling material in
this community serves as a handicap
to O'Neill's training; for he should be
mixing with some big gTapplers in
stead of playing with the lighter boys
who have volunteered their services
to the training camp.' Pat Foley, 210
pound local strong man and admirer
of O'Neill, is wrostling with the cham
pion every evening and seems to be jj
picking up the finer points of the ,
game readily as it was pretty difficult
for O'Neill to solve Put's style in the
earlier trials on the mat. But in last
night's workout Pat lost the first two
falls in just three seconds.
O'Neill and Jack O'Neill Jr., the
clever 15-year-old 'rope spinner, are
members of the local Y. M. C. A.
! A Beautiful Showing of Ex-
V '
May Ship Auto By Express.
Alpha Christly of Baker, Marmon
agent for Eastern Oregon, has token
up with the American Express com
pany, the matter of shipping a Mar
mon exhibition automobile by express
to the La Grande auto show.
11 GIRLS ENTER STYLE SHOW
(Continued from Page 1.)
appeared in. The merchandise that is
arriving daily muke3 one gasp with
astonishment, its beauty is positively
captivating; and the girls, I just can't
say things too nice about them."
Men Not Overlooked.
Even the men have not been over
looked. Director Allen and the local
stores who are participating in La
Grande's first annual show have been
on a still hunt for men models "to
make a background for the beautiful
girls" as one of the merchants ex
pressed it. Every good looking young
man in La Grande has been approach
ed and five have accepted the invita
tion. So, this afternoon, both the young
ladies and the young men will re
hearse. The girls who have one day's
lend over the men, nre expecting to
have a lot of fun, but the men declare
that they will fool them. Some of the
youiig lndcs suspect that the men
have had secret rehearsals with Mr.
Allen. Everybody is awaiting the ap
pearance of the men with expectancy.
Campaign Is Organized.
When rehearsal was over Wednes
day night the local girls immediately
started out to organize their ciim-
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elusive Millinery at
Moderate Price
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New Showing
ttce
Every shape, height, width and novelty ef
fect correct for spring is represented in our
glorious display. In the opinion of compe
tent critics our showing this season is the
best the store has ever had. You are at
liberty to view our showing at your pleas
ure with no thought of making a selection.
the Season's Newest
Waists
It
in Georgette and Crepe de Chene Waists that should be judged by the reliable
materials, good workmanship and fine styles rather than the price. All sizes
in gold, old rose, bisque, white flesh, nile, at $2.50 to $6.00
paign committees in the contest for
the most popular local model. Friends
and acquaintances who were responsi
ble for nominations wore notified that
they would be held responsible if ev
ery candidate did not win. It looks
like there will bo a merry 'battle. All
of the girls entered are favorites in
La Grande and have a wide circle of
friends. And every girl wants to win
the complete spring outfit that will be
C; George C. JMcMullen of the live stock commission firm
of Withei'spoon-jMcMullen, Kansas City, the man who sold
more cattle last year than any other man in America; W.
15. AVebster of the Kansas City stock yards; A. D. Dunn,
the silver-tongued orator and Shorthorn breeder of the
Yakima valley, and Ephraim Barnes of the United States
forest service. Governors Lister of Washington and
Alexander of Idaho have, been invited, and are expected
to address the meeting, and. Governor Withycombe of Ore
gon will be in attendance during the entire session. Let
ters received indicate a big attendance. La Grande citi
zens will have charge ot the entertainment features. Two
given to the most popular young lady
by the merchants who are helping to
make this Style Show a success.
Merchandise Is Arriving.
Merchandise for the show is com
mencing to arrive. Every train from
both east and west brings huge paper
boxes addressed to the local mer
chants and marked "Rush." This
morning one of the merchants was.
happily surprised when' he received a
big shipment of beautiful new silk
afternoon dresses that have been or-,
dered for more than three months.
He had despaired of receiving them
before the Style Show, but they came
in. . ' " . .
And there is such a wealth of mer
chandise on hand for the showing.
New spring shoes, coats, sport cos
tumes, suits, dresses and frock, lin- i
gene and millinery. . Everything that
will interest milady in selecting her
new spring outfit will be show at the
Style Show on next Monday and Tues
day nghts. And evory garment that
will be shown will be Correct. They
will represent the last word in this
senson's style.
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! Fine Watch !
and jewelry
iring
j Is Our Specialty
Repa
thousand dollars has been guaranteed for expenses, and! Trtoniy ,7 .wme. me."
, . i , i i i iii I , said Director Aiten this morning, "is
gigantic plans have been made. Probably a cowboys' that I cm afraid wo will not be able
breakfast wil be given the second morninir. movinrnic-!to take care of the crowds in the Ar-
tures and othrv entertainment will be provided, and
(nrlo tlwnfi A t Snlnm In erf taW wa
tl ! 1 .. i. .V 1 A.
.,. 4- ...ill 4.1. 4.:., T" uur trnuw ul une u tile Ulgest
""1"" tMl' "" 'i-H"1- win uiu iiiueiuiK. xesuies , houses and people had to stand m
this, a purebred stock show will be given and the fine beef , front of the doors for two and three
cattle and horses will
Hi on parade.
II. A.
THE EA1 LROAD SITUATION.
The average freight rate per ton per mile on the rail
ways of the United States was lower in 1916 than it ever
was before and the average wage per employee for the year
was greater than ever before, says the Railway Age" Ga
zette in an editorial. .
"The preliminary summary of returns for the roads
eavning over $1,01)0,000 a year just issued by the Bureau of
Railway Economics, for the fiscal year ending June o0,
10!(i, shows that the average receipts per ton mile were
7.07 mills, as compared with 7.22 mills for the million
dollar roads for 19lo, and that the average compensation
per employee, excluding officers, was $840.62 as compared
with $813.17 in 1915. The returns, which are compiled
!'fom the annual reports of the roads to The Interstate
Commerce Commission, represent roads having approxi
mately 89 per cent of the entire railway mileage of the
country and 97 per cent of the operating revenues. The
average receipts per ton mile for all of the roads in the
country will slightly exceed the figure for the larger roads, !
K l.i... -I':.- 1. . 11 n ! . i t
uiu, mi: coiiijiieie j inures can naruiy iau to snow .an ap
proximately similar reduction. In 1915 the average for
all roads was 7.32 mills, which was lower than for anv other
ecent year exceji 19'.:, when the average was 7.29 mills.
In 1906 the average was 7.4S mills. The decrease is prob
ably to be accounted fr by a giv. r proportion o.' low
ratio commodities, because there was an increase in the
tonnage of products of mines from ."07.000.000 ii, if, .-( to
00.000 in 1916. while the increase in other classes of
tonnage was far less in proportion. This doubt loss rep
recsnts the increased movement of coal. The average wage
per employee has, of course, been steadilv increasing for
scev ' cars."
The people pay the bills. They are glad and willing
to s'0 the railroad employees well paid. "
We will make your
"Watch keep time.
Old Jewelry made like
new
hours. At thnt many were turned
away. Only last week, in Pendleton,
hundreds of Tiennln wpr fnrroA i
stand in front of the big Temple J
theater for nearly two hours in order '
to get into the theater. Everybody in
La Grande seems to be enthused over
this show. They are all interested, j
Our girls are clever. The merchan-1 J
diso is wonderful." I
I Siegrist Co.
Largest Jewelry Store
in Eastern Oregon
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