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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1917)
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1917.. LA GRAHDE EVENING OBSERVER. 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 Livestock Notes t A CIV. TTTITTT). ?lN IMPORTANT MILLINERY EVENT Including a Special Dsphy Six cars of livestock were sent out of Echo on Sunday night. Four cars of cattle and a car of hogs which were purchased by Barton and Co., of j Seattle, and one car of hogs belong-1 ing to Willard and Co., of Portland.; Entered at the Postoffioe at La Grande, Oregon, as second-class matter. , Mr. Perry Gould of Echo accompanied the Seattle shipment. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth. St. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial News Stand, Portland. 5 A ' 'jK Qser IMC City Official Paper. 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Unless all signs fail, says Henry Clews, the famous New York banker and publicist, we have reached the beginning of the end in the world's greatest tragedy. Turkey is practically beaten; Austria is almost impotent; Germany is retreating, and her submarine and Zeppelin methods of warfare are a practical failure. Not a few well informed authorities maintain that Germany is anx ious to end the war, and rumors of peace are once more in the air, while evidences of grave internal dissensions among the central powers multiply daily. At the same time the allies are increasing their ascendancy every day. Great Britain is at the zenith, of her power; Russia has been invigorated by the revolution; the French spirit is higher and stronger than ever, and Italy, too, seems to have taken on new energy. Of course, Germany may be able to maintain the struggle longer than expected, but only at the cost of more serious consequences to herself; and the entry of the United States into the war will cer tainly hasten the end. Our own government must at once decide just what part we shall play in the great struggle in winch we are about to participate. There is no alternative we must co-operate with the allies, individual action being impractical and inadvisable. The most effective lines of co-operation for the United States would be, (1) a suitable and active use of our fleet, which ranks third m the world (2) furnishing financial aid and munitions on a liberal scale; and (3) the preparation of such an aim v as we may be able to create and utilize before the conflict ends. Tn all probability, peace will be attained before we could make and transport an army of any considerable strength across the Atlantic. O- AUTO PA YS TI 1 E BONDS. "That $0,000,000 is a large sum to take away from the taxpayers," is an assertion being made a good deal in com menting upon the pending road bond issue. The assertion is based upon a prevalent misunderstand ing ot what the act involves. Nothing in the act requires anv increase of taxation in order to get the $(5,000,000. It is the automobile which pays the monev. Auto license fees have been doubled, and with a normal increase in the number of machines owned in Oregon, the fees will more than cover the interest. and the sinking fund payments to retire the entire bond issue. Should (here be no increase at all in the number of autos used, it would still be unnecessary to raise taxes, for the extra money needed would come from the present quarter mill road tax. Supporter of the road bonding measure will do well to correct the misunderstanding. r - a ft LIKE AM AIRSHIP. Over a tight fitting tirown of white satin is built this butterfly, airship, Normandy cap affulr of headgear, gold metal lace being tlie material. The drop of lace over the eyes adds an ori ental toucb. Easter Millinery at Practical Prices We've put the smartest and handsomest Hats within the reach of the modest pocketbook. Visit our exclusive Millinery Department where the output of our own workroom is shown. You will no longer wonder why we do the larg est millinery business in this town. Beautiful Waists An unusual showing of the season's newest models in Georgette Crepe do Chine and Lawn, their quality is high , The price low at $1.50 to $12.00 Footwear We are now showing a wonderful variet y in the newest Footwear. Moderately Priced at - $4.00 to $12.00 - KI.HI.UIktfJItAl.-IA JI BE FAIR. I Get A Gold Medal J There is a contest on nt this Bunk whereby you can j cam a Gold Medal that is worth twenty dollars. All J can enter. It isn't nooessnry to be n'hero to cntor this contest, but is is necessary to have tho "back- bono" of a hero, and "stick-to-ii'-ivencss," for it takes j norvo to quit spending and save. , ,t WE (iUARANTEK YOU A GOLD MEDAL 4). All you have to do is place one dollnr on deposit J now, and another next week and so on, for about j. J eighteen more weeks, and at the end of this time , l you will havo a "A HIRD" of n medal, with an American Eagle on It. t IT'S WORTH A TRIAL 4 YOU CANT LOSE f $ This Resolution looks Rood to mo, And to keep it will surely pay; j "I will start for nivself n savings fund. ' And bank tho first dollar today." "V 4 f ... th La Grande National Bank J -I 4. 5 -f f f "f f f f x In Pendleton, and doubtless elsewhere all over the coun try unfair and untrue stories have been circulated as to utterances or behavior on the part of certain citizens of German birth. Justice calls for caution in accepting such stories without first verifying them. If you know of treasonable action or talk on the part of anyone report the facts to the sheriff or the police, so they may keep tab on the men in question. But be careful in circulating hearsaj- stories bearing upon a man's loyalty. Do unto others as jou would have them do unto you under similar circumstances. As a matter of fact the United States will have no trouble with the great mass of German-born people in this counuy. They will be Joyal to Uncle Sam, as they should be. Jiemg such they will be entitled to the rights and privileges of American citizenship. Let them have them. Pendleton East Oregonian. O Although the Wisconsin senate refused to entertain motion condemning Senator La Follette for his part in the recent filibuster by which the armed ship bill was de feated in the United States senate, it has made its dis approval of his course even more impressive by adopting unanimously a resolution pledging the loyal support of trie people ot Wisconsin to the national government with out mentioning Mr. La Follette 's name at all. The people ot v isconsm will resent Senator La Follette s vote 311st as the people of Oregon will resent Senator Lane's. : 0 Don't forget to take a trip one of these nice spring days on the new motor car. O Why not get a name for the weeklv business men's luncheons? How would the Knife and Fork Club do? Or La Grande's Live Wires? O HOME PREPAREDNESS NUMBER. ONE WOMEN AND TILE FORAGE LINE. (Following is the first of a scries of articles on Drerjartdness in homo gardening by Mr. V'rooman, an expert who has studied the question from a national standpoint and who is in a position to know. Ed.) BY CARL VROOMAN Assistant Secretarv of Asrricnltm-p Member of the National Emergency Food Garden Com. (W ntten for the United Press) Washington. Anril i. Nntiminl nwraiwlnocB n-n,. - o- ' l ....... . .iv,n.u,n.0lj XVt has ceased to be the theme for argument. Congress and other Federal agencies are now occupied with questions of v:i VS mill nm.'iiw 1 Inwovor rmlnv fnn H nntiA,, of individual preparedness, about which little has yet been .uu, i.iui nmucu is as nai a question as tne other. TWit is not nnlv n mnttm nP nriiDnnuvlni. :i- , , - v....., i t,uiij'iiiuu l turn ivuu ; il l.s just as nmch a matter of food and forage. Comparatively iew are in position 10 serve tueir counrrv m actual tiruv l:.... 1...J. ! i i n ' . .. me uiu iiieru is no man, woman or iiait-grown child, wlio can not serve on the toraire line. iF nnh- hi- tmin o uj or ereon vegetables. Sncli service nwr .-f i,n ...... ni'i ... itjii, mav not seem clonous vet in the Inn usetul as the service of the man who dies for his count rv on the tieki ot battle. 1 1 is not inconceivable thnt the timi. mav come when such humble service Livlli- rllisnnd mil battle line, may turn the balance upon which hans our Wo produce more than enough food for ourselves but m war there will be danger tliat unnnlr. ,, 1. . . our food reserves are m remote elevators and storage plants and our railroads are too busv handling troops and munitions to carry food to the civilian poiuilation Tims the government would be embarrassed bv the ,roblem of meehng loc, shortages of food at a time when all it, en ergies shnuld be focused upon national defence Jwi dentally, from time to time prices of some necessaries ot life may become prohibitive, even though food be avail able, ilence it is as imperative that the individual meet, the problem of home food supply as that Congress should, look to national food preparedness. Individual preparedness in cities should take from th5s; spring by the planting of hundreds of .thousands of door yard gardens, where before there was only sod or bare earth. In file country it should take the form of more in tensive cultivation; even by a measure of training on the part of women and girls that they may be prepared to ride the sulky j)low or the binder if the worst comes. Every where it should take the form of scrupulous care in the pro duction use; and conservation of foods. Picked Up By The Stroller What has become of the man who invented perpetual motion? The editors -have their troubles these days. "If they view with alarm" they are pacifists. If they unfurl the flag "from Greenland's icy mountains to India's coral strands" they are jin goes and exciters of war. These are the days that try men's soul's. I can see from the glint in certain women's eyes that spring house cleaning is about to start. And May 1 is moving day. m m A beautiful young La Grande girl asked me why all the good-looking men were married, and I told her they couldn't resist the good-lookinsj women. Why is it I always say tie wrong thing? I didn't have the heart to watih them pour out those quarts into tae gutter. It must have been a trying ordeal. Pageant at Eugene. Eugene, Ore., April 5. (United Press) Preparations are well under way for the Oregon historical pageant to be given on the University of Ore gon campus as a feature of com mencement week in June, More than two hundred university undergradu ates and others will take part in the performance, which will symbolize the history of the state from the time of the Indian to the present Produc tion of the pageant will be under tho direction of A. F. Reddie, head of the department of public speaking. OLD PAPERS For sale at Observer office, 25 cents a bundle. The I &7M ArUUKJLii !Lc M MS RICH GMT ! flv?-- lv FROM THE PLAY 5Y h ELEANOR GATES j ' J f i&t:& DIRECTED F3Y I, Ml flfV MAURICE TO0RNEUR jj PSp! MARY' Pmi IN HER LATEST V Vn AND BEST Mil j ' ARTCRAFT PICTURE ' ARC AHP" lon& Tues., April 9-10 1
