TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1917.
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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
Ail Independent Newspaper,
j ' Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO.
T MTCYimS II. B. LEITER CLARKE LEITER
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President
Vice-Preaident Editor and Publisher i
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100,000,000 DOLLARS WHY?
Oregon, outside Portland, must subscribe $400,000 of
..the $100,000,000 emergency Red Cross war service fund
' during the week of June 18-25 in order to meet the expec
tations of President Wilson who 'has appealed to the na
tion for this fund.
Prompting the President's appeal are the thousands
of Red Cross ambulances on the firing line that must be
maintained. Other thousands of ambulances must be
built and sent to the front. Forty-five base hospitals al
ready have been established and their work must be sup
plemented, with thlat of many more hospitals in order to
i treat the wounds and save the lives of thousands of
soldiers, including our own home boys.
The force of Red Cross physicians and nurses must be
greatly increased and kept on duty.
British, French and Belgian soldiers can be sent home
, when, under hospital care, thev have commenced to re
cover1 from wounds or sickness, but for Uncle Sam
soldier boys convalescent hospitals must be built by the
Reji Cross.
Mothers and wives who have given up sons and hus
bands and who hWve no other support must be 'cared for
by the Red Cross organization. - -
Vocational schools for soldiers incapacitated by wounds
for ordinary work must be organized and financed.
From the front line trenches to the mothers left at
home the Universal Service of Mercy must maintain a
vast organization and spend tremendous sums in order
to meet anahnost overwhelming emergency growing out
oil? United States participation in the World War. Nor
can the work be delayed one day. Bullets will not wait
on tardy dollars. The man who offers his life op the
battlefield for the defense of his country must not be left
.to. bear the burden alone.
Why does the government not finance this relief work?
The question is often asked. The American Red Cross
is ranked as a neutral, as long as it is maintained by pri
vate subscriptions. The administration of the Red Cross
cannot be carried on as are the national naval and mili
tary operations.- Relief work, also, must cut red tape,
must be promptly ready for every emergency, must ba
governed by humanitarian principles and quick decision's
and must not be hampered by the restrictions of govern
mental machinery. At the same time the Red Cross is
the only relief agency formally authorized by the govem-
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ABOUT A:
Don't call your summer outfit complete without a new Hat. . We
have the particular hat for your head Gordons and Stetsons
Hats that never look "weather beaten", because they'ire made
to wear and hold their shape and color in all sorts of weather.
$3.00 and 1.00 No Morel No Less
Straws, in all shapes, light and
dark colors 50c to $1.00
White Hnts, plain, with checked bands,
gray and white, and blnck and white.
Checked and plain. All shapes in
dark colors. Prices 50c to $1.00
CLOTH HATS
These new hats will interest every man who is tired of the
heavy headgear of the past months. Lightweight fabrics
in all shades plaids and plain.
You'll get the spring feeling when you see the hats we
have. Price . j $1.50
Off with the old On with the new. Smart Straws -are
now in order. Our hats in the latest shapes each a
masterpiece of workmanship, quality, and tasteful trim
ming. Come in today and get the style that will just
suit the shape of your head and purse. -
Prices
.$1.25 to $5.00
ment. Its head is the President of the United States. Its
accounts are audited by the war department. It is char
tered by Congress. President Wilson declares:
"A large, well organized and efficient Red Cross
is essential. It is both a patriotic and humane ser-,
vice that is rendered by every citizen who becomes ;
a member of the American Red Cross."
Red Cross subscriptions need not be paid all at one
time. One-fourth will be due July 1; one-fourth, August
4; one-fourth, September 1, and the balance,' October ;1.
A task as great as "that of getting the subscriptions is
to inform every man woman and child of the purposes
and emergency character of the campaign before Red
Cross Week, as proclaimed by the President," which begins
June 18. Community'; committees are urged to have a
forceful speaker present at every gathering ' whether
small or large. Newspapers are called on for liberal space.
Ministers are asked to present the subject to their: con
gregations. Let every patriotic citizen speak .of thejeam
paign to every other person, he or she meets. .. . .
In this world war some must give their lives, others
their money. Nq patriot at home could' bear to think
thlat a patriot bled to' djpath on the battlefield because he
or she failed to contribute' his dollar to -the Red Cross:
You have no right to say you are patriotic, unless you give
your utmost in service.no matter what it may involve in
personal sacrifice. V
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1 AMERICA'S HIGH DUTY.
Support The Government!
At this critical period in our history
our manufacturers are offering their
mills, and our young men are offering
their services to the United States
Government.
Do your bit by subscribing to the
Liberty Loan. This bank can furnish
Bonds in denominations of $50, $100,
$500 or $1000. You can pay for bonds
in installments.
Come In and Talk It Over
La Grande National Bank
(By John Sharp Williams, United States Senator from
Mississippi.)
The United States has entered upon the great world
conflict, which is to decide whether Democracy shall have
a safe place in the sun on the earth, or not. There is
hardly any duty higher than that which ought to actuate
each citizen to help furnish' a part of the money which
will be necessary for that purpose.
It is true that a man may be able to lend his money out
at G, or 7, or 8, and in some places even 10 per cent, but
he might well forego Tor the space of two or three years
.the higher rate of interest while he invested in 31-2 per
cent bonds of the United States. His principal would be
safe. The bonds are exempt from taxation, except the
inheritance tax, and exchangeable for later bonds of a
higher rate of interest if the United States during this
war issues such, and are specifically freed from any war
taxe that may lie levied.
Our men cannot get to France or Belgium in any con
siderable numbers for a year. The Government's money
received from the subscriptions to bonds may get there by
iwire, the credit based upon it may, which is the same
j thing, and, after getting there takes the form of clothing
; and food, munitions, rifles and cannon, and may help our
I Allies to win. Next to the immediate duty of chasing sub-
marines and sinking them wherever they can be found,
thereby re-opening the avenues overseas for the world's
! commerce, there is nothing that can do so much good as
lending the government your money. And even in that
respect the man who subscribes to a bond, putting what
rcadv money he can into it, has the satisfaction of know
ing that his money has helped build a destroyer, or buy
an armed yacht, which in its turn has destroyed a sub
marine. .
The American people' are not a money-loving people in
the sense that a miser is. Their money getting takes moro
the form of a game, 'which is' enjoyed because of its skill
and the clash of wits, and their love of the possession of
money is based more upon the use to which the money can
be put in elevating themselves and their children and their
neighbors and the community in which they live than upon
the inonev itself, or the imputation of having it.
Ave are the wealthiest people in .me woria; tins weaiui ,
ought now to serve the country. It will be a shameful;
thing that those who are not fit for military service should '
allow those who are fit to go to the front and be maimed ,
and mangled, and perhaps killed, while they stay at home;
arid refuse to do even so much as to loosen their, purse
strings. " !
(Editorial Not(! Senator Williams of Mississippi was
the first member of either house of Congress to subscribe
for liberty Loan Bonds, investing several thousand dol
lars in them.)
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TERMS OF A LIBERTY LOAN BOND.
Liberty loan bonds of the first issue of $2,000,000,000
are to bear date of June 15, 1917, and to run for 30 years,
except .that the government reserves the right to pay them
15 years after date. If this right is not exercised by the
government 15 years, from date the bonds will run th,e full
30 years. These bonds bear interest at. .3 1-2 per cent per
annum, and the interest is payable, semi-annually 'on the
loth, day of December and the 15th day of June, in each
year..,,, .... '.'.';'."''"" .v" A-
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t FOR.
A fine niano. in excellent condition. Cost $400.00.
.!,' Sell for $200.00, in payments; liberal discount for
cash. .
A $55.0 Edison Phonograph. ' Records thrown in.
A fine Quartered Oak Record'Caae-r snap..
' Will sell .furnished if desired;
No Phone, Call at House.
F. D. HAISTEN
1202 N. Ave & 6th St.
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Fresh Berries and Veg
etables Every Day
The first of the Elgin Tomatoes are in. They are
fine, per pound 25c
3 Bunches of Radishes 10c
3 Bunches of Green Onions ..10c
Cucumbers, each 15c
3 Heads of Lettuce . 25c
Oregon Peas, 2 pounds 25c
New Potatoes, 2 pounds 25c
Asparagus 2 pounds ...25c
Turnips, a bunch 5c
OREGON STRAWBERRIES, 2 BOXES 35c
There will be one delivery at 8:30 on Thursday,
June 14th. The grocery stores will close at 9 :30
a. m. and will be closed for rest of day.
The City Grocery
& Bakery
The Home of Fancy Groceries
' PHONE MAIN 75
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