GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1917.
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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
Entered at the Postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second-class
matter.
Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St.
MILITARY PREPAREDNESS.
Moving of heavy gun carriages and heavy loads of mu
nitions and army supplies, necessitate better roads than at
present are available in Oregon. ,
Our state is exposed to attack; the railroad facilities are
not as well adapted to carrying heavy guns as are im
proved highways; and it is up to Oregon to get its through
trunk roads in shape to facilitate the movement of sup
plies. Should the railroad centers become too congested, owing
to war burdens; or should they fall into the hands of an
enemy; the through roads would be the only means of com
munication left to get supplies from place to place in the
interior. Farmers would of necessity depend upon the
through roads for marketing their crops. Every resident
of Oregon will see the necessities of the situation once
.this is called to his attention, aud will see the bearing this
has on the road question to be voted upon June 4.
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HOME PREPAREDNESS NUMBER THREE A MIL
LION WOMEN TO THE FIELDS.
BY CARL VROOMAN
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Member National Emergency Food Garden Commission
(Written for the United Press)
. Washington, April 9. Can we enlist a million American
women to do men's work this summer on the farm?
I ask this question because it is possible that this sum
mer the United States may be in as great need of farm
laborers as of soldiers and munition makers. But whether
the actual opportunity comes this year or not, preparec
ness of the individual for war or for peace demands that
American farm women be ready for every possible em.-rg-ency.
It is well within the bounds of probability that the avail
able farm labor of the United States will be materially re
duced by the calling of many men to other and more haz
ardous duties than sowing and reaping.
It is physically possible for the farm women of America
to aid our economic preparedness in the event that a war
summons an immense army to the colors. To handle
.modern farm implements is not necessarily beyond a
. woman's strength. With a good team and a riding culti
vator equipped with a sun umbrella, plowing corn is a deal
more pleasant than washing. The spring seat of a binder
compares favorably with the comfort of a piano stool. Few
household duties are more fun than riding a hay-rak-'.
Even plowing with a sulky plow is not too heavy a strain
for some American women.
Every farm girl and woman should proceed at once to
master the elements of practical scientific farming. Those
who can should attend short courses in agricultural schools
and every one should ask questions, observe, and read bill
letins.
ine department or agriculture lias issued a concise,
simple, practical primer of scientific agriculture for tin
middle west Fanners' Bulletin No. 70-1 which can be
obtained through Congressmen or directly from the agri
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culture department. Mnniar mil let ins lor other regions
are now under preparation.
Every farm girl and woman, moreover should, bv all
means, take a hand in actual farm operations so as to
handle tractors, horses, and farm implements readily and
skillfully. Those who do so will not have to prepare
AFTER the fighting has begun, to do their "bit" for their
country in time of danger. They will know how to plant,
cultivate, and harvest the crops essential to our national
welfare when saving them depends upon the services of
women in the field.
Let the million women step forward.
Call For Convention
Issued To Members
The Cattle & Horse Raisers' as
sociation has issued the following call
for convention, enclosed with which
is a handsome invitation to the mem
bers from the citizens of La Grande:
Buker, Ore., April 3, 1917.
To the Members and All Stockmen:
Call is hereby made for the 4th
Annual Meeting of the Cattle & Horse
Kaisers' Association of Oregon, to be
held in La Grande, Oregon, on April
24-25, 1917, opening at 10 o'clock a.
m., on Tuesday, April 24.
All railroads operating in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho haw published
for this convention 1 1-3 fare for the
round trip on the certificate plan,
dates of sale from April 20 to 25th
inclusive with return limits of April
24 to 27th inclusive. Purchase your
ticket to La Grande at regular rates
Kind take a Certified Receipt, and upon
presentation of said receipt a return
ticket will be sold at 1-3 the regular
fare.
Many subjects of interest to live
stock growers will be considered.
Among the speakers who will be pres
ent are W. B. Webster, of Kansas
City, Missouri; T. W. Tojnlinson, of
Denver, Colorado: Gov. James Withy
combe, of Sulem, Oregon: Geo. C. Mc-
iMullen, of Kansas City, Missouri;
Prof. E. L. Potter, of Corvallis, Ore
gon: e.pnnam Barnes, oi tne u. .
National Forest Service; A. D. Dunn,
of Wapato, Washington; Dr. W. H
Lvlle. of Salem, Oregon and J. F.
Blanchard of Prinevillc, Oregon.
The La Grande Commercial Club,
and the stockmen of Union County are
in charge of the arrangements for
this convention and the entertainme-'
ef the members, delegates and visi
tors. Special entertainment has been
provided for the ladies, and everyone
u assured a good time.
One feature of the entertoinment
will be a free exhibition of pure bred
livestock which promises to be both in
teresting and instructive.
Reservations for rooms can be mA.de
by writing the La Grande Commercial
Club. Ample accommodations have
been made for all who come,
suitable for this position.
WM. POLLMAN, President,
Attest:
S. 0. CORRELL, Secretary.
Our Executive committee urges nil
stockmen to attend this convention,
and the citizens of La Grande enclose
'you an invitation.
The term of office of all county
brand inspectors expires June 1, 1917,
Please have the cattle and horse grow
ers of your county recommend to our
association an experienced stockman
f &? 4 !? $? 4? 'iff? ? 4? 4 J? i? j t J 4? frr"4?4?X
I Get A Gold Medal I
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There is a contest on nt this Bnnk whereby you can
earn a Gold Medal thnt is worth twenty dollars. AH
en enter. It isn't necessary to be a horo to enter
this content, but is is necossnry to have the "back
bone" of a, horo, ami "stick -to-it-iveness," for it takes
nerve to quit spending and save.
WE GUARANTEE YOU A GOLD MEDAL
All you hnvo to do is place one dollar on deposit
now, and another next week and so on, for about
eighteen moro weeks, and nt tho end of this timo
you will havo a "A BIRD" of a mednl, with an
American Eagle on It.
IT'S WORTH A TRIAL
YOU CANT LOSE
ThiR Resolution looks good to mo,
And to keep it will surely pay;
"I will start for myself a savings fund.
And bank the first dollar today."
$ La Grande National Bank
Bread that will keep fresh two
weeks after it has been wrapped in
paper and sterilized has been invented
by a Paris akcr.
Thumbnail Sketches
Of The Men Who
Run The U. S. Navy
Washington, April 13. (United
Press) The man who puts the teeth
in the Navy's drcadnaughts is Ad
miral Ralph Earle. Chief of the Bu
reau of Ordnance.
His task is the task of building and
installing the giant guns for the
fleet. Ho it is who must keep abreast
of the ceaseless struggle of the na
tions for the "Out-ranging gun.
Striving for the fraction of ord
nance power which mny mean success
or failure to a fleet, Admiral Earlo is
installing in the Navy the biggest
guns now known to nnvnl warfare.
Rumor has it that he is even now
planning to reach into the future with
bigger ones.
The ordnance bureau, Under Earle
has taken rapid strides in naval de
velopment Tho Navy Department
briefly reports, "he has discharged his
duties in a most satisfactory manner."
"Most satisfactory," indeed, they
must be, that he is retained in charge
of this vital bureau during this period
of national preparation.
Kilal "I'M"'"' t-nwi;3
The Week End Brings Renewed
Opportunity to Choose
THE NEWEST MODES IN MISSES'
APPAREL
More and more young women are coming to the realization that Spring is
here, and that much in the way of appar el choosing must be"" accomplished.
These sections are ready for them. SUITS, they can choose from $20.00 t
,o $55.00 and find many modes at each price
The Season's
Newest
The season 's newest modes
in SILK SUITS, Just Re
ceived. Many charming
ideas to choose from.
Prices range from
$32.50 to $55.00
See Our Window Display
Just Received
The season's most favored
colors in coats, such as
tans, mustard, greens, ros.c
and the rookie shades.
Ranging in price from
$12.50 to $37.50
en to the mountains, a gasoline power
saw which will tackle the "biggest"
log to be found in the Blue Mountains,
After regular services at the M. E.
church Sunday evening the audience
exnected to hear n missinnnrv Wtnro
but the speaker failed to reach his
appointment owing to the passenger
train being so late.
Misses Ella Childnrs . anA Rtnlln
Newbill, who have been in the Middle-
west for several months, have recent
ly cone on to New York Citv to hp-
come nurses in a hospital. . These two
young ladies left this vicinity last fall
for New York end have been in Kan
sas Citv since that timo. awnitinir nn
opportunity to get in some New York
nospitai. wniie in Aansas Uity they
ware working in a hospital..
Helen Williams is out of school at
present on account of having the
measles.
Another harbineer of sDrino- the
tennis rackets are again in "service."
Mrs. J. B. Knight is here from Pen
dleton visiting her brother John T.
Witty.
vSTALLIONS
All Draft Breeds, Imported and Home Bred
YOUNG AND EXTRA GOOD
One Standard Bred 16-hand Trottting Stallion,
weight 1,300.
One Imported Ooach Stallion.
ALL PRICED TO SELL
If you have a stallion that you cannot use longer, I
might exchange
On Sale at W. H. BEGGS' LIVERY STABLE
Telephone 38 Resort St., back of Baker Theater
J. R. JUSTICE, Importer, Pendleton Oregon
DR. C. B. PROEBSTEL, Sales Agent, Baker, Oregon
BAKER, OREGON
IMBLER NEWS ITEMS.
Bert Fields leaves for Boise Cream
Shipments from Inibler Increase
Albert Keefer Is Recovering
Misses Childers and Newbill Be
come Nurses in New York Hospital.
Imblor, April 11. (Special) Bort
Fields, who recently sold his orchard
tract and homo to George Marshall,
left Sunday evening for Boise, Idaho,
to begin canvassing as agent for pub
lications of the Seventh Day Advent-
lsts. Mr. Field will make Boise his
headquarters and intends sending for
his furniture and family as soon as
he finds a suitable h;use.
That the Grande Rondo vallev is
rapidly becoming a dairy region is
given additional proof by the rapid
nerense m cream shipments from this
point. A present the local O.-W.
igent is shipping a daily average of
seventy-five gallons, the shipments on
some days being more than a hundred
gallons.
Albert Keefer is slowly re-covering
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There's
Protection for
You in the Collegian Label!
In the new Collegian Spring Suits and Top
coats for 1917 the fit, style, quality of materials
and tailored workmanship are unusually good
at the price.
ADLER
Collegian Clothes
If the name "Collegian" did not protect their quality
the prices would justify your being suspicious of
their real value.
So don't you men and young men risk
your money in clothes you are in
doubt of. Look for the Collegian label
it's a guarantee of clothes satisfac
tion quality personal fit that's
why ui e sell them.
16.50 to $35
BC3
ASH BROTHER
John Keown has purchased and tak-
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from his recent illness.
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