MONDAY, MAY 21, 1917.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
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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.
i n MrcvTrns II. B. LEITER CLARKE LEITER
'' ' President Vice-President Editor and Publisher '
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ROADS IN WAR TIMES.
It is argued that war time is no time to build roads or
to carry on public improvements or internal development
That is not the experience of other countries. Germany
today is building just as usual highways, railroads and
canals that are useful for commerce as well as war. Rus
sia is building railroads. The fact is nothing must stop
in war times, people must carry o ntheir normal lives.
State and nation must go on building, so must individuals.
So in the case of road bonds. The people should vote them.
They should rely upon tho wisdom of the State Highway
Commission to spend the sum wisely. The Commission
has announced that it will not enter the labor market in
(iompctition with the farmer. Let us take .these men at
their word and prepare our highway machinery so as to
build for the future. Let us not apply this dangerous
"Do Nothing", policy to our public or private affairs.
Where is the man who ever tried, it and made a success?
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S. BENSON.
Mr. S. Benson offers $10,000 to anyone who can pro
duce proof that he has or had. at any time any connection
with any paving trust, corporation or contractor; Such
charges are so false and so ridiculous that they hardly
need answering. But .they illsutrate why so many able
men shun politics and public life. A man may want to
servo his state but he must be as thick-skinned as a rhi
noceros if ho does accept a public trust because he must
expect to be vilified, traduced and lied about from morning
.till night. 'Mr. Benson has the confidence of the majority
' of the people of the state and it is to be hoped that he will
pay little attention to the snarling at his heels.
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FOLLOWS SCRIPTURE.
With one hand Mr. Eastman indites an attack upon
the road bonds because they are bonds and with the other
he clicks out on his typewriter an epistle in favor of bond
ing La Grande for a municfpal light plant. Air. Eastman
is thus carrying out the scriptural adage of not letting his
left hand know what his right hand is doing.
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BELVA LOCK WOO I).
Belva Lock wood is dead. She was one of the first
women to practice law in the United States Supreme
Court. She was one of the first women to urge women's
suffrage. She was the only woman that ever ran for
president of the United States. How time rolls on! How
well we remember the ridicule with which she was assailed.
But her cause has triumphed!
A BANK'S
STRENGTH
is known by tho statement it
issues for the benefit of the
public and its stockholders.
How it accumulated its great
strength and turned liabilities
into assets is done through wise
and judicious methods. Read
over our statement. It tells
how we did it.
Report of (he Condition Of
La Grande National Bank
AT THE CLOSE OF IUSINESS MAY 1, 1917
Resources
Ixinns and Discounts $S4t5,871.25
U. S. Bonds 112,000.00
Heid Estate, Furni
ture, Etc 50,294.00
Stock in Fed. Reservo
Bank ,. .. 7,200.00
Cash Assets
Due from
Banks 2'.K,769.79
Due from
U. S. Treas
urer . 3,000.00
Cash on
Hand 11G.302.23 410,072.02
Total $1,436,037.87
Liabilities
Capital Stock $200,000.00
Surplus 40,000.00
Undivided rrofits .. 5,228.99
Circulation 72,000.00
Deposits
Individ
unl .$1,072,605.79
School Sav
ings 837.07
Hanks 30,731.40
U. S. De
posits 14,634.62 1.118,808.88
Total $1,436,037.87
Sommer.
(Saturday guests.)
Mannie Sarkin. Now York? .T
Clapsdel, .1. H. Bristow, H. Than
hauser, J. G. Broadway, W. M. Pow
ell, A. E. Brown, C. B. Prewitt, J.
B. Winstancly, Jack Marshall, H. A.
Vincent, W. Nelson, Portland; H. A.
Williamson: E. H. Cumminus? T?
Whitehead, Seattle; R. B. Wade, Kan
sas City; Clay Grahcm, Elgin; A. R.
Cope, Elgin; R. M. McGcen and wife,
cpoKanc; Mrs. f . House, Vincent; A.
Gallen, Pendleton; Roy Kinkead; A.
A. Mitchell: A. J. Rand:
guests) Chas. Smith, Culen Friswold,
Alicol; J. C. Gardner, W. A. Cog
gerhall, C. II . Cook, H. E. Gruf
fins. Wm. Hartford. Portland- V. A
Stephens, Arlington; John E.- Claw-
son; Mrs. C. K. Fyles, Enterprise;
rars. J. w. Stevenson, Pilot Rock; R.
N. Hallenbeck. II. H. Dickerm Tin;.
W. C. Jackson and wife; R. S.'
Grayson.
Savoy Saturday and Sunday Guests.
Henry Schaffer. Wnllw. t t
Davis, Wallowa; R. H. Barbur
urooKiyn, n. y.; j. b. Cox, A. H.
Leland and wife. W. iB. PnrWi. anA
wife, C. D. Johnson, Enterprise; J.
L. Foster, W. B. Workman, Elgin;
. cj. venanie, Pendleton; E. Hcry
ford, Cove; L. A. Harvey, Portland;
D. D. Randall and family, Corinne
Bue, Portland; H. 0. Akers, Astoria;
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Anderson, City; E.
T. Caton, Athena; Mrs. W. H. Stev
ens, Pullman. Wn E. W n,f
Jas. Kinney, Joseph; Jack Dockmierj
noy acnaener, Wallowa; Josie Smith,
La Grande; M. E. Stoop, La Grande;
H. StoOD. La Grnniln. ft A T !
Walter Mathews, Aliccl; E. E. Smith
ana tamuy, Baker; Raymond Rey
nolds, La Grande; E. Cooper, Island
City; E. H. Bloomer, Baker.
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JUST RECEIVED!
Foley.
Gua Rowder, W. J. Applegate, Miss
B. Bmley, E. Lesser Cohen, G. H. Vin
cent, Mr. and Mrs. H. Mirror, C.--L.
Campbell, O. W Parkinson, W Ray
Cox, W. B. Kidd, Portland; Thos.
Mason and family, Santa Barbara,
Cal.; P. M. Jcnlss and wife, San
Francisco; G. A. McCoy, City; J
McVerncl; J. A. iBittel, Chicago; A.'
These two new
styles in foot
wear. The latest
thing we can
:show you.
Note the new
Cuban heel, a
real "common
sense" shoe, and
in fashion's last
word for shoes.
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Black kid vamp with grey upper,
Cuban heel. Price ; $8.50
All black kid, Cuban heel. Price ......
' $8.50
Also, we have just received a new dress shoe with the high heel, black kid
vamp with grey buck top. Price $9.50
Ladies' Bedroom Slip
pers in old rose, and
blue colors. Cloth,
with soft soles.
Price $1.65
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A new line of comfort
shoes. Black kid, no
tips. Price ......$3.75
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B. Snuder; A. L. Nick; M. H.
Nichols, Western Electric; Geo., Fox;
Thos. Duncan; Irvin Powers; Thos.
Harris, F. E. White, Cove; Bridwel
Sisters, San Francisco; Louis Z. Zie
sel; L. F. Templeton, Pendleton;
Mrs. Abbie Mayfieldi Elgin; H. Klu
per, New York; J. D. Wintris; R. A.
McKinn, Spokane.
THE TRUTH WILL OUT.
Occasionally some one arises and tells the truth so simp
ly that it w eloquent. Addressing New York publishers
recently Pomeroy Burton,f the London Daily Mail, said
it was unfair to ask a publisher to give away his adver
tising space. .
"It is precisely like asking the baker .to give away his
bread, or the butcher to give away his meat," he said.
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BOOKS AS A BLESSING.
What a relief it is to the mind to pick up a book like
Cranford" or "Plain Tales from the Hills" or "Penden
nis ' ' and get away from the alarms of war? We have just
re-read the "Valley of Decision" and have peacefully
wandered through Italv with Odn Vnlr.on m-,i fnnA
at the same time his spiritual wanderings from the ques-
. . 11 vuin t iiie acquirement or reverence and
faith in old age. Of the reading o fbooks there is no end
but how pleasant it is to cm to sWn with vi;
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mind ot strange lands and meet and mingle with the in-
terestiiur j iconic that are (found 111 f1lOH!10VC nf miK Pmrnnf-k
authors!
BUILD UP A PORT.
Portland will make no mistake voting bonds for docks
and grain elevators and for shipping.' The movement to
put the "Port" in Portland will receive the approval of
all the farmers in the Inland Empire.
United States Battleship Minnesota
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Photo by American FresB Association.
There nre four twelve-Inch mul elht eight-inch guns In the mnln battery
of the Minnesota. This battleship displaces 10,000 tons and Is -HiO.3 feet In
length. She hns a speed of 19 knots, and her ollleers and men number 800.
Society and Personal
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
Social nnd club news for this
department should be given to
tho Observer by phone or oUier
wise, during the forenoon. Such
news turned in after 12 o'clock,
noon, will frequently have to bo
held for publication the follow
ing day.
.J. . .J. .J. .J. . .t.
tored over from Union Saturday.
C. I. Jones, of Chicago, is visiting
with his father, Joseph Jones of this
city.
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Harvey Dickson, of Union, was in j
the city yesterday, returning home j
touuy.
Mrs. Dora B. Schilke, head of the
Eastern Star, hns returned from in
specting various chapters of the
state. She believes she has found in
Mrs. C. Chipmnn, of Corvallis, the
oldest Eastern Star in the world.
Mrs. Chipmnn was initiated in lSt2
nt Strawberry Point, Iowa, by Robert
Morris.
A musical and dance will be given
for the beneHt of tho blind soprano,
Miss Margaret Carney, by tho Cres
cendo club nt the Multnomah hotel,
June 5. Miss Carney, who is from
La Grande, hns a rarely sweet and
sympathetic voice which was heard
to great advantage recently nt the re
cital given by her teacher, Mrs. Rose
Coursen-Reed, nt Oie Hoilig thentre. !
Mrs. Reed is director of the Crescen-j
..v. uuli mm nirs, vicvrv Y, JOSepn
is secretary. The Portland Journal.
Roy Hcnnigh, of La Grande, was
registered at the Hotel Portland,
sunuay.
Maude L. Hannn, of La Grande,
was registered at the Hotel Pendleton
Saturday.
Louisa Roush arrived in the city
from Chicago where she has spent
ine wmier.
Mrs. Fred Johnson arrived home
Friday evening after a pleasant visit
in walla Walla and Spokane.
C. H. Starr, factorv rpnrncnnfivA
or tne WH nrd Stornco n-ittnr- rv.
was m tne city baturdny on business.
Miss Alice Doane, of Pendleton.
arrived in La Grande Saturday for
a two weeks' visit with ft.sab and
relatives.
NINTH ANNUAL EXHIBIT
UNION
Live Stock Show
UNION OREGON
June 13th, 14th, 15th, 1917
THIS ANNUA T. SHOW ; .,,M,.i, j
tv, ,i. V .t '"'"(.'"'mii as a success, and
this year will 1 be P'"CS year W1" be no excePt'on. A new feature
$2,000 In Cash Prizes
To be awarrloH fnv hnrsoo nnA .o ft t
stock exhibits, which are better with each succeeding vear, will'be the
usual track nnd arena program not excelled in the northwest
Personal Mention S
The Rev. Upton II. Gihh nn.i M
Gibbs of La Grande nre gvfsts of
.Mrs. tharles ymnney at l'erdlcNin I
for a few davs.
I .urs. rt. A. iamwrt, of The Dalles,
the is visiting her son, P. A. Lambert of
I this city. Mrs. Ijunbert is on her
H. Ij. West was a visitor in
city from Union, Saturday.
Everybody Invited to See This'Big Show
The people of Grande Ronde Valley and tributary country are asked
to take a day off and see this splendid exhibit of live stock and enW
a day's real sport on track and arena. d enjoy
Stockmen are urged to compete for the cash nri j
beautiful souvenir ribbons tha't will be given"? 0
The slogan for the Union Live Stock Show Associtaion is
"The Best We'll Breed for America's Need"
FREE FREE FREE
FEED SHELTER ENTRANCE
FOR ALL EXHIBITS
Come To The Stock Show
I way nome from an extended trip in
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wright mo-; tho East.
tiA U.ME AWAITS YOU