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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1917)
MONDAY, MAY 7, 1917. PAGE Fotm LX GRAUDE 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 Eatered at the Postoffioe at La Grande, Oregon, as second-class matter. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial News Stand, Portland. City Official Paper. Leased Wire Telegraph Report of United - Press Associations. The Observer carrier boya are instructed to put the papers oa tlie porches. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects gett'-r.g 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 87 before T:80 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. (Daily, by mail per six months Daily, single copy 5c in advance $2.60 Daily per week 15c Daily, per month Ooc Baily, per six months in advance.f8.ou Daily, per year in advance $7.00 By AWL Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 Daily, by mail per three months in advance ..$1.25 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 MAKE TILE POWDER FREE, TOO. The government is receiving liberal and patriotic sup port from, the newspapers, hey are running all gov ernment advertising free. Other concerns should be eauallv patriotic. One is the Dupont Powder Co. Its dividends in normal times are $5,000,000. In 1915 they were $60,000,000. In 191G, $83,000,000.. Since the young men of the country will give their lives free, we suggest that the Dupont Powder. Company give its powder tree, that the steel companygive steel free, that the rifle com panies give guns free. No one should make excessive profits from war. The newspapers have set a good ex ample. O- TILE SUBMARINE MENACE. Every germ has a destroyer another germ that can eat it up. Every toxin has an anti-toxin. The Merrimac had its-Monitor. The torpedo boat has its torpedo boat destroyer. The submarine will have its submarine destroyer. It is up to the American navy and the American inven tive genius to destroy the undersea menace. .; Just now thousands of keen American minds are work ing on the problem. ' , . . It will be solved but speed the day. Our own idea is: First to invent a submarine detector that will detect the approach of submarines. These should be put on merchantmen and steamers. Second fight submarines (with submarines; build unT dersea destroyers; more powerful than the Germans', and cruise after the enemy and fight them under sea. Jules Verne dreamed of the submarine. An American invented it and sold it to Germany. An American will in vent the submarine destroyer. O The (Telegram prints an anonymous interview with a Portland banker "hollering" about the government's way of handling the war loan. Why doesn't The Telegram print his name? An anonymous interview is of no value. Newspaper shouldn't print them. A man who will not sign his name to an interview is a welchcr. Why do news papers permit themselves to be imposed upon? Senator Borah has offered to join Colonel Roosevelt's division if it goes to France. This is the real type of patriot as opposed to the La Follette type. O TRAITORS. Tt is reported ammunition has been smuggled from the United States to Villa. The men who did this are traitors and should be shot. THE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN uses the commercial bank extensively. Business could not exist without it. If you're not a client of ours there are many reasons why you should be. Our bank not onl affords a safo place for your money, but pays interest a well. I-cS. us explain our methods to you. La Grande National Bank Personal Mention Henry T. Hill was in Baker Saturday. Harry Kennedy was a week-end vis itor at Baker. F. A. Briges, of Alicel, was in the city yesterday. Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Mrs. Mildred George of La Grande was a Baker visitor Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. French, of Cove, were visitors in the city Sunday. Edgar Miles and wife were (Week end visitors in the city from Lestine. Carl D. , Shoemaker, state ' gante warden, is in the city today from Portland. Mrs. J. P. Alumbaugh, of Wallowa, was registered at the Imperial hotel, Portland, Friday. ' Miss Stella Blackmon, miliner of this city Rpent the week-end in Baker visiting her folks. Attorney D. W. Sheahan, of Enter prise, is among yesterday's business arrivals in the city. Water Superintendent Geo. T. Coch ran is in Baker today in connection with water business. . Mrs. Persis Gardner is demonstrat ing Golden West Coffee at the City Grocery and Bakery. Jay H. Dobbin and Carl Roe, of En terprise, were in the city last evening en route to Portland. G. L. Larison, manager La Grande grocery, loft for a business trip on the branch this morning. J.A. Burlicgh and wife prominent residents of Enterprise, were among yesterday's visitors in the city. Mrs. J. R. Neer departed for Safem this morning after spending some time visiting her husband Captain Neer of this city. Miss Christine Camel left this morning . for Wheeler, Washington, where she will make an extended visit with relatives. Clare J. Scriber has returned to his Wallowa county homestead, after spending the winter in the logging camps in this county. I r ,. . ... . M- J. H. Peare is in Portland, having gone down Saturday evening to at tend to K. C. meetings yesterday and to remain a few days on other business. Ceprrlf kt Hut HoteOaK 4 Mui mi r r f - f Sport Suits Have The Call ; All sport suits, as they are called, have belts; some are all-'round, some half belt ; some have a belt that can be taken off if you choose; single or double breasted. Xothing is more becoming to the average young American figure. . Trim, care-free, informal, sty lish, all-wool just a few of many good things you can say about these breezy suits. Men, young in spirit, like them, too. Valuations to please every one. JUSTIN We have just received a limited number of beauti ful ties. They are in com binations of red and black, green and black, yellow and black, purple and black, and black and white diagonal stripes. See our window. Price 75c Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes : Ooprrlffht Hut Bohcflnw A Marl CLOTH HATS Are you still wearing your felt hat. When the hot days come, you will want one of those cool cloth hats. See our window. : Price $1.50 - County Commissioner Frank Rich ardson and daughter, of Council, Ida ho, are in the city visiting his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Rich ardson of this city. He Overwashed. for Eleven recruits bound for Seattle to enter the navy and from all points east stopped off in La Grande this morning a few minutes and gave sev eral yells in honor of Uncle Sam. (New York Herald.) Teacher Why are you late school ? Pupil Please, teacher, I must have overwashed myself. . Attorneys Colon R. Eberhard and C. H. Finn have gone to Pendleton to attend the supreme court. A delega tion of other attorneys having cases coming up tomorrow goes over this evening. Logical Inference. Child! The heathens had a god for everything, didn't they ? Mother Yes, dear Child Then who was the" god that ruled over the kitchen? - ..- Mother 1 don't remember precise ly, but I think it was the great god Pan. Mrs. H. L. lovnn of lower Cove, who was operated on Monday by Dr. Dora Underwood, is doing nicely. She is nt the home of her son 1106 Spring street, but she hopes to be home in a couple of weeks. Picked Up By The Stroller Dr. Harry Bouvy is in Portland at tending clinics of Dr. Otto Freer, of Chicago. Dr. Freer is professor of Laryngology at Rush Medical College and was a classmate of Dr. C. T. Bacon of this city. F. E. Dubois, L. L. Gummow, L. H. Newell, Fred Roberts, Thos. Hopkins and R. U. McCoy, representatives of the Standard Oil Company are in the city from San Francisco for the pur pose of carrying on an advertising compaign. The patter of the rain on the roof is sweet music. In my strolls I see much gardening. The soil looks rich, the men and wom en gardening happy. One of the re wards of gardening is health, and that tarings happiness. That was some "ad" that .Snodgrass & Miner had in the Observer Satur day. Mrs. Dora B. Schilke, of La Grande, Grand Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star, paid a visit to the local chapter last Tuesday night The initiatory work of the lodge was put on, re freshments served and a very instruc tive evening passed Joseph News Items Young Men Join the Coast Artillery Parents' Day a Success Much Ice on Wallowa Lake Flag Raising Tuesday, May 15. Citizens to Raise Hotel Fund. Joseph, May 6. (Special) Spriner as announced last week has "kame and has not only done the coming act but has stayed with us with only an -- ...... .wn? nnn nrnnir f-iiW-o.n TAnH accompanied from Baker by Mr. and hnve evcn felt a faint (?) rf '"" """ spring fever. ' I Cn TiV; ,1.. .. U O- TT 1. r -1 Attorney Hodgin left this . morning Vjotaft. cZKmZy and on r Pendleton whore he will attend n- nv . l. ' ,u,u on Supreme Court. He was accompanied s'haveV 'a former M! So?in e Hote o EnSse Burlc'Kh Jennings. Wilmer Scott, a high school or t-nterprise. student, Pete Colo and Thee Biggs al- Mn .T. D. MrKomm, nf thi . . jvin ui oast Artillery, ihe for L J??. " " "i "7 others boys who have left from Josenh which is quite a boost for Wallowa county. Robert Clark, a former student of our school, is reported to have passed the examinations end is now in the Coast Artillery. The upperclassmoni of the high school held a weiner roast on the School house hill on Friday evening. ' All report a fine time. The Elgin Forwarding Co. have just received a car load of Studebaker au tos and report that another car .is on the road. Parents' day in the Joseph schools was a big success. ' The parents were invited to come with the children on "Friday morning and stay all day. Regular school work was done until about 11 o'clock when the parents and pupils were free to examine the ex hibits of the different rooms. Then came dinner; it was estimated fully five hundred parents, teachers, chil dren and friends of the children were fed. After dinner a program of mu sical numbers, dramatizations mid pieces was given. Celebrations of this kind help Joseph to appreciate the school. Guy Davis, Arthur Rudd and Miss Lexie Stranhen, the coach, will leave Thursday for Eugeno where they will debate Silverton. The house which is occupied by J. W. Rumble and wife was moved back from Main street and in its place Mr. Rumble will build a new, up to date bungalow. Mr. Warren Knowlton has the contract for this house as well far the Johnson and Parker houses. uscar JPafcrieks was iniured verv seriously by chopping himself with An axe while cutting wood for Mr. Ham mock. Mr. Patrick is now at the Mitchell House. Mrs. A. J. Richardson has iust nr.. dergone an operation for appendicitis at tne josepn hospital and is now resting easy. Mrs. William Newby is iu a patient at tne hosn tnl. Grandpa Grimes, aired 77. Hied Rim. day morning. The work on the new dam which is being built at the foot of Wallow pane is being pushed very fast and win re completed as soon forms ate off. Much ice can still be seen on, Wnl. Iowa Lake despite all of our glorious spring, The date set for .TosnnV fln :.. high school are now at Vancouver and ling is Tuesday, May 15. Besides the weeks visiting friends and relatives of .u" rin Tt Z . . VvLT , ; speaKing, a parade and program will that city. Mr. McKonnon was with tSS. mt of th , be gnven by the schools. Joseph in- returned Saturday evening from Port lnnd whore she had spent the past two her but on a business trip but returned homo last Wednesday, While in Port land they visited the home of Mrs. MeKcnnon's sister, Mrs. J.. M. Berry. Punch bowls of molded ice, with delicate flowers incased therein, are examined the Wallowa county bunch being turned out for social functions say that as a wholo thev are the best fcy some ice manufacturers. and most healthy that they have seen high school. The boys say that about seventeen hundred are at tho Bar. racks that were made to only accom modate six hundred which makes things rather crowded, otherwise fSM' $E;,J?e.I Pe M new resUurant sunoay, .May 6, by a big dinner. vites towns of Union and Wall own counties to be with us on that day and help celebrate. Shin Jim. tho restaurant man who was burned out in the Joseph hotel D. Bnughman and son renort. mfnrA sales the past few days as they are holding a bfg' sale... .l.,r; A citizens' mass meeting was held Monday evening to decide whether Joseph needs another first class hotel. After a very warm argument it was decided that they did and so the Com mercial club will have a petition cir culated to ask that a special election be held to decide whether to bond the city for 40,000 or not A meeting of the city council was held Tuesday evening and committees were appointed to carry on the busi ness of the city for the coming year. The big twenty foot flag has come and so has the big sixty-five foot pole upon which it will be raised. On the same day that tho flag raising (al ready mentioned) the high school will give their annual carnival. It is hoped that the carnival will be well patronized as the money is needed to finish paying for the Jo-Hi annual. The following Joseph men are on the Panel of Jurors of the May term of court: Hugh Wilson, J. H. Buchan an,, S. P. Williams, G. C. Gowing, Waldo Chase. These men with the rest of the jury will meet at Enter prise on May 14. Miss Katherine Coleman became the birde of Mr. Leonard Hammock the first of this week. After a short honeymoon the couple Teturned to thror home near Joseph. On Sunday, the 6th, the parents of the -bride gave a dinner in their honor. Miss Lucile Parent and Rose Piffe- ler of Enterprise were Joseph visitors on Thursday of this week. Every now and then a boy or group of boys leave for either the army or navy as they are doing m the other towns of the valley. Wallowa county is truly doing her part. Joseph's common and high schools will close tho second semester of school work on Friday, May 18th, and will enjoy a vacation which will end on or about September 1st. Many ac tivities are connected with the end of , I school and although many of the "icuiucis ui uie scnooi nave gone to war the ones that are left will carry out the forms as best they can. On Sunday evening Mav 13 Rev. Sihlev will preach the baccalaureate sermon to the senior class. On Tuesday even ing the high school's annual carnival will be given at the school house and on May 18 Rev. Doney, president of Willamette University, will give the commencement address. Dr. Mount was called to Imnaha to attend the child of Cleve Lloyd who is in witn pneumonia. The Joseph Concert band is hold ing regular practices every week and are getting in some good work. They expect to hold a big dance soon.
