. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1917,
PAGE FOTJH
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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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.
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the paper to you on time, kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. -'
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BKIB.IIMIU'lMi.HH-X
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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.
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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
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mums in jjmiu 01 me a rail norse.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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For finishing grades
$500,000
For paving
$5,500,000
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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."