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LA GRAxVDE EVENING OBSERVER.
MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1917.
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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! An Indenenrlfint, 'MAwaTu.nfii'
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO.
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THE CONSCRIPTION BILL.
The Senate and the House have passed the selective
conscription bill advocated by the War College, the Army
General Staff and President Wilson. While it seems that
it should be unnecessary for a nation to draft anyone if
patriotism really prevailed, that is not the basic idea of
selective conscription.
Modern armies and navies require many trained men;
wars are today largely a matter of machinery. Only in
the last resort do generals resort to man power and send
their forces into hand to, hand battles. Annies need
skilled mechanics, chauffeurs, gunners, chemists, electric
ians, aviators, telephone engineers, railroad executives,
telegraphers, and a thousand nnd ana nt.bors nf snnpi'nl
training. The army under its new organization will pick
the men it needs, put them in positions where they are
qualified, and avoid the thousand and one mistakes' that
have been made in past wars. Annies of today are ef
tfective Organizations; they do not luave their Braddock's
defeats or modern Bull Runs.
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The young men of the country are going to the front.
All of the newspapers arc chronicling the names of the
j-oung men who are volunteering. It is a fine thing that
neither wealth nor rank count in the American army,
navv or marines. ' Marshall TTi'filrl TTT nlin hKr
est young man in the United States, has enlisted as a pri
vate although married and exempt from the first call.
Secretary Daniels' son has enlisted as a private. The
rich and the poor are rallying to Uncle Sam's aid.
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AN ARfrTTMTKT pop rip.xrsnpsTTTP
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Certain newspapers of the copperhead order criticise
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vvMu.uui xvuuseveii oecause ne wants to otter nis services
and his life to his country. It seems strange that these
newspapers wouut criticise an American patriot for his
devotion. If there are many more such newspapers in
the country, we fear the rest of the patriotic newspapers
will uiivu io suuiiiu to an ignooie and mgnominious ccn
s6rship. And we wouldn't blame President Wilson if he
suppressed .tn em.
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HOW THE RED CROSS WILL PREVENT TURMOIL
AND WASTE.
Washington, D. C, April 29, 1917.
Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the new National Food
Board, recently created by the Council of National De
fense, and who since the outbreak of the war has been
.head of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, urges the
American people to profit by the mistakes made abroad
in administering war relief.
For Women's
Convenience
Some women are just a trifle timid about goto to a
bank to transact business. Why? Simply because
Vkey are not familiar with the rules of banking.
This bank is calculated to be of special conveni
ence to women; a place where they can coma and
.feel at home. We aim to make every transaction
bo clear and so plain, that dealing with our bank
soon becomes to them an easy habit.
We appreciate tho patronage of women. Their
.business with us is already large and steadily
creasing.
.If you are not already a patron, then please con
aider this an invitation to become one.
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La Grande National Bank
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In a letter to Eliot WadsAvorth, Acting Chairman of the
American Red Cross, made public today, Mr. Hoover
pleads for prompt organization and centralization of "all
volunteer civilian effort connected with the comfort of
tnose in trie service or the Army and Navy," under Red
Cross Supply Service as the "only, possible solution" to
prevent an "enormous lot of pain, turmoil, and waste."
"Every country in Europe," declares Mr. Hoover, "has
crone through
the multiplication of thousands of committees, and tons of
umvxuuo, xuapiufuo, anu wiuugiy ueoiineu material.
"In , England and France,'' 'especially,1 the erect'ioilif
cnnntnl nnl inlniAivilnvii - I .1 i ' JJJLf
ojyi.iaj. anu. muupciiueuu vr suini-uiut: uuiiuem committees
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nas uuL-u iiuuiiu oi me most extreme aimcuities, until
they accept direct control, after which they have become
of the utmost use and purpose."
To TWP.VfiTlt t.llft wnef.it.inn trine a mictnlraa in rim
United States, "Red Cross Supply Service," with a chain
ul wureuouses m tue principal cities, nas been organized
by the Department of Military Relief of the American Red
Cross. This Supply 'Service, with branch headquarters
in New York, Boston, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans, and
oan x ituicisco, win cooperate witn patriotic and reiiet so
cieties in the forwarding of all soldiers comforts and hos
pital supplies.
As n. means nf plimin.itincr tho wnsto flooTilinrl Vtt Mt
Hoover, agents of Red Cross Supply Service are to be
stationed in every military training camp and at every
army base. These men will supervise the distribution of
supplies arriving from Red Cross depots. Calls for hos
pital supplies made by chapters and organizations affili
ated with the Red Cross as far as possible will be filled as
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oruers at a iactory are tinea.
Mr.' Hoover's letter, outlining the necessity for such
wont as tne (supply service will ao, is as tollows :
"As t.rlfi result, nf t.ho nnnt. 9 1 .9 Trenra' avnoinanna nf -mov
all European countries now know the vital necessity for a
4.Mli i. ' a XI- vft j r .
tutai teniraiiza,tiuii imuei wie xvea uross executive oi tne
whole of the volunteer civilian effect connected with the
comfort of those in the service of the Army and Navy. '
"Every country in Eutope has gone through an era of
disintegrated overlapping effort, the multiplying of thous
ands of committees and tons of useles, inapropos, and
wrongly destined material.
"There was a long struggle on the part of the military
ana itea uross omciais to get tnose matters on to a syste
matic and effective basis. ?
"In the end they have come to one form of organiza
tion in every country in Europe, by which the Red Cross
executive centralizes executive control of all such activi
ties and decentralizes its various phases into local chapters
and these again are divided into division for the provision
d? money, of surgical and, medical supplies, of nurses, of
base and convalescent hospitals, the creation, collection,
transportation, standardization, nnd rp-distrihiitinn. pto
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ui an sorts ox supplies.
Ihe grouping of .these various divisions must bo varied
Hrfll Tm invwil nnlnooiftr A nr Ai .... 1. : 1
""u uuuvuoi utuuuoiy, uupciiuiny ujjuii guuyrapiiies ana
transportation questions. The work of the women, which
is a very large factor in ! Red Cross work, must be co
ordinated through the central
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ur tuu wuimui in .mat, central agency nias proved tne only
effective method of securing this.
"In England and France especially, the erection of
special and independent or semi-independen women's
committees has been fruitful of t.h mnst. o-B-twrno Aitti
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culty until they accept direct control, after which they
have become of the utmost.
nn,v Vkw AMV 14 J. 4. VUVl V
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eatauusaeu women's organizations or various kinds can
find their best tnirnosA in instmctino' thpir infai v.rHoc. tn
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rl n in au nnlnnH .hI.'-.I.. .1 l1. . 1 n -
jjich.0 uiicmocivca eutneiy at me aisposai oi tne local chan-
"In general, the one fnndflinp-ntiil fnftnv
mzation irenerallv is cpntmlizntinn nf
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centralization cannot be pffpeted if tlipvo avn n lnf
tional semi-independent Boards or organizations operat
ing outside, or partially outside of the direct control of the
Red Cross executive.
"In anv event the o-PUPral nrinpinln nmcf l-n lin
tf - O I 1.. AL(.fcJV. MVy 111IIL HIV!
invi vjiuos 1W5UJ1 is me centralizing executive operating
by intense decentralization of its nroduetivp .md rliatrJi.
uting functions, and this has been arrived at as the oulv
possible solution after an enormous lot of pain, turmoil
and waste. . '
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) HERBERT HOOVER." '
To " djr' To
May :t May1
No Shopping Tour
Gan be Quite
Complete
Without a Visit to Our Corset
Department
We have just received a new lino of NEMO corsets to show you.
The new SPORT CORSET will interest you. Made especially far
the active woman who plays tennis, golf, etc.
EEK
The woman who visits our
Corset Department this week
will learn more about corset
comfort than Bhe ever dream
ed of before.
The now models '.u tne Nemo
Lastikops Corset System are
simply wonderful in style and
ease. Entirely new effects! A
Nemo for every figure.
- We'll expect you THIS WEEkI
There has been marvelous improvement in the corset during the
recent years. There has been remarkable advancement in even the
present season. The new SPORT CORSET will interest you. It
is made for the women, who love, recreation; play tennis and
golf and want io feel perfectly free and comfortable.
The providing of corsets with tho virtues for more popular sale
was a hard problem, but the enormous measure of success ii this
attainment is illustrated today by the superb collection which are
made for us by one of the best manufacturers in America.
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SELL
UilflJIHlHSHM
TO
,eSrto7 t Saturd"
ooys.
lot 3, all in block 1 West Union
Sprains and Strains Relieved.
Sloan's Liniment ouir.Mv
pain out of strains, fmrnina iHi-nfooo
and all muscle snrennaa. A nU
clear liquid easily applied, it quickly
eneiraies witnout rubbing. Sloan's
the soldier
The Y. M. C. A. Security league,
composed of the senior membership of
the association, are taking military
training under the leadership of Ser
geant Zinn and Cni-noi V! j. r.
boys realize that when the call comes:
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Warranty Deeds.
$70,000 deed 68-188 Charles R.
Frazier et al to Charles A. Playle.
SE 1-4 SW 1-4 and S 1-2 SE 1-4 and
S 1-3 of NE 1-4 of SW 1-4 of Sec 13;
Nl-2 NW1-4 .El-2 SE1-4.NW1-4 El-2
NE 1-4 SW 1-4 of Sec 24; all of NE
1-4 Sec 24 ( ess 2 acresi SE 1-4 Kv
24 (less 2 acres) and S 1-2 SW 1-4
6oc Zi; all in Tp 2 S R 38 E W M.
(About 650 acres.)
$50 deed 68-189 heirs of Hn,Trint .T
Stnhl, deceased to Alexander Camer
on. E 1-2 of lot 2 block 7, Sommer's
Aim to fclgin.
$700 deed 67-356 Alfred Harvey and
wf to D M Hunt. Lots 9 10 11 12 and
13 in block 18 Fviverside Add to La
Grande.
$1 deed Louis C. Coleman and wf to
Fannie R. Hall. S 1-2 of lots 3 nnd 4
in block 5 Arnold & Dray Add to La
Grande.
$1 deed Cordelia Coopor to Amos
Davis. Block 2 except lots 1 and 8
North Union.
$1 deed S. fi.
Thomas D. Todd.
of SE cor of Stevenson Add to Elgin;
thence E 295 ft; thence S 111 1-2 ft;
thence W 295 ft; thence N 111 1-2 ft
to 'beginning.
'. $1 deed Thomas D. Todd and wife to
S. G. Hudson, NW 1-4 NE 1-4 and E
1-2 WW 1-4 and NE 1-4 RW 1.1
23 Tp 2 n R 39 E except one acre and
o i ooi strip on south side.
$1 Frona B Weathorspoon and hus
band to John Graham. N 1.2 NTW 1.
ISec 35 2n 39 and commencing at SW
cor oi ow i-4 see 28 an 39; thence E
lou rods; thence N 24 rods: thence W
160 rods; thence S 24 rods to betrin-
nmg.
$1000 deed estate of Twl n r..n
aecensen to Amos Davis. Commenc-
, niuiuui luuuuiir. oioan s .L i , . , " vu comes.
t j A . ,t . . . that it ir ihaffo. i A . ..
vuuuucui, uues not stain tne skin or. f T trainea than
clog the pores like mussy plasters or ,"ntrained- On account of tho eonven
ointments. For chronic rheumatic m"? of the Modem, Woodmen which
aches and trains, neumlirln. o-f a :W1U mako the Y. M. C. A. their
lumbago have this well-known rem-! ?"arters Tuesday and Wednesday,
edy handv. For the muna r.r ' erQ will be no drill on 'TuASfW r,)o.i,j.
and following strenuous work, it gives , f n?t dfi11 .bcin n Friday night."
. Dusinoss men's volleyball'
tournament has been made history by
I its closing (recently. ' Volleyball was.
i cieariy the reigning sportin the Y. M.
omick relief.
Adv.
At all druggists, 25c.-
ine 50 feet N of RF. mr f
North Union: thence N inn ft. tKo.,
W 200 ft. thence S 100 ft; thence E
200 ft to beginning. Also commencing
150 ft N of SE cor of mi,.
thence N 50 ft to NE cor of said block
thence W 200 ft thence: S Krt ft.
thence E 200 ft to betrin ninn.
$10 deed C. E. iRwsmsn tn p a
Easloy nnd Lulu I,. Ea-sley. E 1-2 NW
. , . !- SW 1-4 N 1-2 SE 1-4
Hudson and wf to and SE 1-4 SE 1-4 of Sec 18 1M0
Com. 152 1-2 ft S $10 deed Frank L. Waller end "wife
Y. M. C. A.
SHRAPNEL
Knowieagea as the great physical
tonic for the business man. The re
cent tournament was a walkaway for
signs Of helixr onut j
I JT0,;. he mrtng members
All contestants in tho mi ?" to ;thfa victory:
contest are requested to bT - 11'0-
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The Boys Potato club of the Y. M t? iM 'l discntinued dur
. A. have been given a lot on Second wlJfl and. Wednesday of this-.
'Spring by Mrs. Molitor for their th Tr L e t)u,ldm? being
im.i.ti.. Li-i. . .. . tne headauartera tv. w.j
mo luooHrri'
C. A
and
bit in lowering the high cost of living wl!a.dqURrters. for
" ":Trf"c" mention, the gymnasium
w used as the general meeting
tlon Will nlsn io V.u ii..
Tho Y. M. C. A. is now in a nn.'t;
. . .. ... u UOI.IUU
to accent membershina fnr tv.o tj
- .' - -" . 1KU
Cross; any member of thn
can join and receive the receipt at the
ouiiaing. ah members are urged to
join
A team renresontinc aovernl nf tv
departments of the "Y" nlnvoH
hall game with the Company M base
ball team and wan drfontl i, v.
SCOrc Of 17 to 11. it hoinir tu
' P. v..v, mob
game ot the season. Many of the
players are soortini?
look, because of the soreness resulting
- '"cm tnere. The
c asses affected by this ohan
Ijidmo a Iv , businessmen, the
helunfo' heT,,S', th juveniles
tne JUniors nnA oil i
od to take noUce. KqUesU
There is n ifn -j .. . .
today's vZXZ e;sement ,n
( . r increase your
2Z 'IT3 in PaPtfaSS
store. Adv. 4-9, 16, 23, 30. tf
Our want ads bring results.