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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1917)
. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1917, PAGE FOTJH LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER - EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER w 1 1 " M An Indenendenfc NewsDaner 1 - - - - - j t Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. J. D. MEYERS H. B. LEITER CLARICE LEITER President Vice-President Editor and Publisher Entered at the Postoffioe at La Grande-, Oregon, as second-class matter. ' ddress 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... q Personal Mention George Furgeson of Union is in the city on business today. Hr. H. C. ,Ball, mailman who was 'operated on recently at the hospital, is progressing rapidly. . Mrs. C. L. Joel left last evening for Eugene where she will visit iher sis ter, Mrs. Marx, for a couple of weeks. The Observer carrier boys are Instructed (to put the papers on t'je 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 37 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has iLinsed you. SUBSCRIPTION. RATES. By Carrier. Daily, by mail per six months Daily, single copy 5c in advance $2.60 Daily per week 15c Daily, by mail per three months Daily, per month 60c Dally, per six months in advance.$8.50 Daily, per year in advance $7.00 By Mail. Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 in advance $1.25 Daily, by mail per month 45c The Saturday Evening Observer, per year in advance... $1.50 Weekly-Observer-Star, per year in advance $1.50 COMMISSIONER ADAMS WILL VISIT UNIOiN . COUNTY. . E. J. Adams, highway commissioner will visit La Grande and other cities of Union County .this week. He is a brilliant and logical orator and an able man of affairs. Every voter in Union County should hear him. The people are to vote on a $6,000,000 bond issue for good roads on June 4. Mr. Adams is one of .the trustees who "will spend this big fund if it is voted. Everyone should hear. Mr. Adams tell how this money will be expended if the bonds are carried. Even if your mind is already made up as to how you are going to vote, Mr. Adams should be given a courteous and respectful hearing. i "' " " ' V" : 'A WISE SELECTION. " General George W. Goethals has been made president of the government corporation which will spend $50,000, 000 upon building wooden ships. 'No . better selection could have been made. General Goethals is a big man. His Panama experience has taught him how to do things, how to unravel government red tape. We believe that General Goethals will get the ships built. We also be lieve thai he will do the fair, square thing by the Pacific coast. ine snip ouuumg yarns oi me Joiumoia xtiver should be humming right now. No doubt they will be Mrs. Jesse Nelson, wife of August P. Nelson of this city, left the hos pital this morning after a stay of three weeks. ' Miss Janet Jones was among the week-er.d visitors at Baker returning home yesterday. She was visiting with Miss Jessie Hindman. Mrs. W. Hall left for her home in Portland this morning after spending the past month visiting at the home of Mrs. Oliver of this city. Howard Pierson, student of La Grande High School, who recently discontinued his work with the high school is- working on a farm near Perry. Hart Schaffner Marx Clothes Miss Eleanor Claggett, of Enter prise, leaves the Grande Ronde Hos pital today after a stay of three weeks. Her health has improved rapidly. Boon. -flu i' " - THE NAVY. We expect to see the United States navy distinguish it self in this war. New inventions may assist in war on the submarines. The history of the navy is full of heroic exploits. The war of 1917 will develop j ones ', Farraguts, Perrvs and Deweys. " O : Joseph has sent 71 young men to serve the nation. This is a wonderful showing. There are 71 mothers tlior whose hearts are beating loynllv and prayerfully. : b BUSINESS AND ADV KliTISING IN WAR TIME. War conditions will nut bring palsy upon American business. They will stimulate many lines of industry and trade r they will bring disaster to none. A nation which abandons industry and trade when it engages in war soon finds itself forced to abandon war as a loser. The strength of armies at the front, of navies at sea, is based upon the strength and vitality of the country for Avhich they fight on its resources, upon which they may draw interminably if necessary. "I1.-, onir -flnnf rmcirwK i it nrwirwl flinf vnln ia frv J J Cl M J . V .'-' J l.) V ' VVV., I'.l.lU b( UVIV ILU ..... active, that enterprises are to prosper during the period of the war is to assert the potential strength of the nation under stress of trial. Unemployment will cease to be a 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 Imnk not only affords a safe place for your money, but pays interest as well. Ix us explain our methods to you. La Grande National Bank Dr. Mark Emery and wife of Union drove over yesterday in their car and spent the day. They left for home last evening accompanied by Gus Lewin of this city and Roy Phillips of Union. William Muir a pioneer miner from the head of the Grande Ronde river is in the city today on a business trip. Mr. Muir is very well known among the older residents of this city hav ing teen a regular visitor in the city at intervals from his claims for a number of years. . ..j.j ,. Attorney and Mrs. J. A. Burleigh,! of Enterprise, spent last night in the i city en route to their home from Pendleton, where Mr. Burleigh has been attending Supreme Court that convened in that city yesterday.- A Careless Man. , (Boston Transcript.) , . "''v. He Wrinkles don't worry me, "'' She Of course not. A man Who is as careless about his clothes as you are naturally doesn't mind whether his skin fits him or not. -' j BKIB.IIMIU'lMi.HH-X ' ' ' 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. Nothing 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. Variations 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 Ooprrltht Sirt Bohnffnor Mm 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 factor in our industrial life.' There will be more work to do than there are workers available. There will be uni versal employment, at remunerative wages. Women will enter many industrial pursuits,, to fill thp places left vacant by the men at the front. Men who would not be an asset, but rather a liability, to the na tion as soldiers, through- physical unfitness or age limi tations, will usefully serve at home in keeping the wheels of industrial humming, the processes of commerce active. The hope of the nation's defenders in the battle lines will be based upon the nation's prosperity upon its abil ity to support all needed militaiy enterprises. Thus busi ness will prosper. If business and industry should be stricken through our entrance into the war for world freedom, then the ultimate victory of our forces would be jeopardized. It is the duty the sacred, imperative, patriotic duty ot all business men, of all men charged with industrial and commercial tasks of usefulness to exert more than peace time, energy and aggressiveness. Advertising will play its part will contribute to the nation's strength by helping to keep the nation's business healthy and prosperous. The business man who predicts calamity in the face of present conditions is an enemy to the cause of the great republic in this crisis. Optimism, faith, energy, liberal business policies these are the duty and creed for all good Americans. There is to be no paralysis of busi ness and there must be none to preach such disloyal doc trine. O Good Roads For Oregon By E. J. ADAMS, State Highway Commissioner There is nothing that can be done in Oregon today of such vital import ance in the growth and development of the State ns the intelligent con struction of good roads to meet pres ent day traffic conditions. It is true that Oregon, as all other States, has been opened up by railroads to a great extent, but with the coming of the auto truck and automobiles, the high ways of the State become of even greater importance than the railroads. We have been building roads in Ore gon for upwards of sixty years. First the footpath over which the early pioneer packed upon his back pro visions for himself and family; then a better trail, over which he used the pack mule or pack horse; then came the primitive wagon roads, which were by degrees improved until we learned the necessity of drainage, which is of importance in the construction of any road, whatever be its type. . Since then we have been able to construct a great many miles of good gravel and macadam road, which would be as good a type of road as we would ever need for the steel-tired horse-drawn vehicle, but within tho last ton year the automobile has very largjly taken the place of the horse upon the road, and we are just now enterincr. to a creater docrrpe than I ever before, upon the use of auto . . 1 . . i ... i i , mums in jjmiu 01 me a rail norse. j ... i Auto a Vacuum Cleaner. I With this condition prevailing, and bearing in mind that 80 per cent of , all the traffic of the State is carried over 20 per cent of Uie road, we must face tho problem of building roads .that will resist the wear Bnd tear of the motor vehicle. The macadam road and the gravel road does not meet this demand for the very simple reason that every 4 80 per cent of Traffic 4 J is carried over . 4 20 pen cent of Road 4 wheel of the automobile is a vacuum cleaner, pulling the dry binder out of the road where it is transferred to the ditches and fields alongside, and becomes filled with pockets. The cost of maintaining this type of a road under heavy traffic varies from 150 to $900 per mile, and even at that the road is more than half the time in very bad condition. Upon our main roads we must, therefore, put a hard surface that the pneumatic tire cannot loosen, and underneath 4 Present Maintenance Cost 4 $150 to $900 Per mile .J. this hard surface, whatever it may be, we must provide a base of gravel, stone, crushed rock or concrete of suf ficient weight to bear the heavy loads that will pass over it. ... Explains Federal Aid. The Federal Government, under the terms of the Shackleford bill, has pro posed to aid the various States in the construction of post and forest roads, Defines "Post Road." The post roads are to ibe built by the State Highway Department, ac cording to specifications provided by the Federal Highway Department. Any road that now carries the United States mail, or that may hereafter carry it, is denned in the bill as a post road. And "Forest Road" The forest roads must be built wholly within, or partly within and partly without, national forests. These roads are built by the Federal High way Department and the only part the btate has is to agree upon the Dro- jects, and amount to be expended and contribute its portions of the cost. Auto Fees Have Been Doubled. We now have available for con struction of roads on State account a 1-4 mill tax uponi the property of the State, which produces, on our present assessed value, approximately $220, 000 per annum. . The last Legislature doubled the j motor vehicle license fees and diverted these funds from the counties where the autos paying the same are owned, to the State Highway Fund. ... Matching Federal Money. To be certain of providing funds sufficient to match the Federal Gov ernment, dollar for dollar, In the con struction of cost and forest last Legislature passed a bill known as the Bean-Barrett bill, or H. B. 21, which provides that after the Depart-' ment has used all available funds in the State Highway Fund to match the Government in the construction of these post and forest roads, should' there be a deficiency, or lack of funds,, the bonds under the Bean-Barret bill may be issued to secure funds suf ficient to make up the deficiency need ed to match the Government. THIS IS THE PRESENT CONDI TION OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN THIS STATE. The $6,000,000 Bonding Bill During the closing days of the ses sion the Legislature passed a bill known as H. B. 550, providing for an issue of $6,000,000 of bonds to be is sued at the rate of not to exceed $1, 000,000 the first year, not to exceed $2,000,000 the second year and the re maining $3,000,000 at the option of the State Highway Commission, as necessity might require. These bonds are to bear 4 per cent interest and be paid off at the rate of 1-20 each year, commencing with the six year. Need $500,000 to Finish Grades. Out of the proceeds of these bonds, the State Highway Commission is au thorized to finish the grade in four counties, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River and Jackson, for the reason that each of these counties has done its best, by way of taxation, for road pur poses, and has issued bonds to the full limit of their ability in an attempt to. build roads of State import in these wu.iv.i., mm cc nub UUIIU aUie W finish their grades. Therefore, this, provision is made to complete their roads. From the best information we can get, it will require between $400,000' tnd $500,000 to do this grading, and the larger part of this will be needed 4 4- 4- 4 4 4 .J. 4 4 4 For finishing grades $500,000 For paving $5,500,000 4- 4 4 4. 4 4 4 ir Hood River County because of the difficult and work necessary, but this road is of viiai importance as a connecting link between the northern mart nt Rnatom Oregon and tho Willamette Valley. The balance of the S6.000.noo. or approximately $5,500,000, is to bo used for paving. (To Be Continued.) Her Part, Not His. (Boston Transcript) "John," whispered his wife, "I'm- thoroughly convinced that there is a burglar downstairs." "Well, my dear," replied her hus band sleepily, "I hope you don't ex pect me to have the courage of your convictions."
