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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1917)
MONDAY, .JULY 2, 1917. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. PA GE FOUR EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER a Tnripnpnrlfint, NewsDaper, PnWishPfl Dailv and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the s 1 GOOD BUS I N E$ -r J. I). IVlliX WW r- ... . T,.-. flnd Publisher v li.r.-1 icaiuciiu -- - Proairlpnt the Postolnce at La urauue, uivu, Entered at class matter. A,lrlrps all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St. , i Ctj. nSle in Other Cities: Oregon notei incyvb ot! V Portland; Imperial News Stand, 1'ortiana. ' V ,.. T.nri Wivo HVWrai)h Report tf City umciai x-aiJci. - o--x - . , United Press Associations. ' ll ATI t.li . ST K.Dm carrier boys are inntructed to pus w pi ' w If tKrier doel not do this, misses you, or neglects gett-ng yorches. If th kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only VTZ KmiTer or not the carriers are following instrac So'L' Pone 7efore 7:30 o'clock and a paper wUl be sent you b, STi'al messenger if the carrier has nmsed you. r SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Dairy by mail per six months .n:.. rlc loc uuujr, 11 y Daily, per month ...... Daily, per six months In advance.J3.50 Daily, per year in advance 7.00 t By Malt Daily, by mail per year, in - in advance Daily, by mail per mont The Saturday Evening .r per year in adai. Weekly-Observer-Stu. ii in advance t1- UNCLE SAM'S TREMENDOUS BUSINESS. TTnele Sam's tremendous war business has already be- fcrted campaign undertaken by the railroads to induce the shippers not to waste an inch ot car space. Estimates bv the New York Journal of Commerce indicate that 04, 000 freight cars will he needed to haul construction ma . terials to the 16 cantonments which will house the new a,.; nvm'r Thus cloos not include cars that will be needed to move troops nor ti-.e 3,500 to 5,000 workmen who will be attached to each military city. Then, too, it must ' be remembered thai; many of. these cantonments will be located where' no terminal. railroad facilities exist, and i these will have to be constructed before work on the can-j-nnmnnts themselves can sUrt. Figures given out by the War Department indicate the tremendous burden that will e placed upon the railroads. Concrete work in each cantonment is estimated to re quire 4700 barrels ot cement,. 1400 cubic yards of sand, nrnn o f Ktvtlron utiiXie OT SCiet'lu-U IflwuA, " "J1 2500 'kerns of nails, 5,600,000 board teet ot boa ids, 7.BUO, KKt of dimensU stuff, lTMWfert of 4x4 inch timhflf. 2.S00:000 feet 'flooring, 1,200.000 icet ot siding a i Ann nnn w n? ,,'atchcd boards. These figures vary ,-w, wi,n,..i onri southern states to allow for climatic adaptions. The norths states will require more lumber than, given above. ; . . . . Estimates of the tal requirements of electrical equip ment o."vcn military cities amounts to J0,0(),UU) reef of insulated wire, 200,000 feet of lamp cord, 125,000 key sockets, and about the same number of shades; 150, 000 cleat receptables, 22,000 snap switches, 27,800 com bined switches and plug cut-outs; 75,000 plug fuses; 3,000, 000 pairs of, unglazed porcelain tubes, about 7,000,000 1 1-4 to 2 1-4 Why wood screws; 9,600 pounds of friction tape, 4,000 pounds' of solder; 'and other items on a similar scale. In order to extinguish fire in these cantonments about 8300 fire extinguishers, 5000 water casks, 120,000 Avater pails, and 380,000 feet of hose will be on hand. The plumbing calls for about 1,600,000 feet of pipe, 10, 000 closets' arid tanks;. 50,000 shower bath heads, and tre mendous quantities of pipe fittings, sinks, boilers, etc. JJenr in -mind that while the railroads are hauling all this load for the 'government over tracks and into termi nals that they have been compelled in many cases to build especially for the purpose, all the factories of the country must be kept supplied. with fuel and raw materials, the hugeicrops must: be moved to market, and the greatest .industrial traffic the country has ever known kept moving mt A II w CLOIHtsVsyfOB BOYS ' 1. It's economical to buy good boys' clothing XTRAGOOD ' means eveiything that h! covered by its name. Style and good looks are as im portant in boys' clothing as for older boys and for men. The inside working of the shoulder, the front of the coat and the lining pre vent the coat from sag ging. Every seam is reg ularly made and perfectly in place. The sewing is strong and durable. The style is per fect. Buying the best is a better business proposition than buying the cheap article. Prices $5.00 to $15.00 fYT'oTi'u! I ..-.-: --y 1 ft: 2 :&&msZMEfo Biniothly day and night. patriotism of the American people will have to be indi cated by making maximum use of freight cars in the hi-turP- Perhaps the greatest economic waste of toil ay is in failure to utilize freight car capacity. Averages shew that but 43 per cent of car space is used. Increased loading ij an1) obvious necessity if the government is to be supported prpperly. All this big business spells general prosperity l TILE STRIVING COUNTS. . After all what we expect of Christianity is that it shall affect the daily lives of its followers. The world it-!elf is iut so much concerned with the question of the future life as it is with the character of the people living on it. i The question of tlue success or the failure of Christiani '. vi !1 depend not so much as to whether certain forms of t : cion are followed as to whether the precept of Jesus 'iiViSi. "Love Thy Neighbor as Youreelf " has sunk into the mi id.-, and lives of its professors. We believe that such is the case. We believe that all but a few conscientiously nukt the effort to follow Jesus Christ. True the fleash is ve;'k, few succeed, but the great thing is the striving, the strug gle to be better. Tis better to have tried and lost, than never to have tried at all. O "Let every freight car do the work of two," is a good slogan like making two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. O- govrn.moiit iu its wf.r pio'oir siblci iSu-a!'.'M- tilings than this Have hapjn jix by racing .1) the It'll pos- 111 '!) W' !I1C present war. Pciidk-ton Eas.t A v-ay Yith Daydreams. There will bo no early wssati.'ii of war. There is not Likclv in be dis".'vvr il :i'iv miraculous device to destroy v.ic suimi.ui-liie.' Ci..'riiiuuv' A-rill; Jiot-''b" starved irtlo'su"!5!-- mission, it wili probably bo a loi time beeomes au efficient force in the struggle is perhaps iu.s.t beerinnng. England and meet the onslaught. Pendleton Tribime. before Russia The. real war America must A Commercial Bank is' a great business convenience. Every check you draw in payment of a bill is its own receipt. It makes your bookkeeping simpler, and gives you a sense of security. We shall he glad to have your account. : La Grande National Bank The test of real forbearance and real patriotism will now come to the Prohibitionists. Will they still support the President loyally since he is opposing total and drastic prohibition? O- The state highway commission is driving ahead. The counties which' help themselves will get help. O "Speed 'Em Tip"' would be a good motto for Congress. -O EDITORIAL COMENT. Go or Sidewalks. A great deal ; is said arnl needs to be said about good. ro?uK But one 'seldom hears of many campaigns for good sidewalks. And yet for every man using the road, then .ire half a dozen who use iu. w;-.lks. These are the great, d '!!!' r-erati' thorough f?. re?, over which the toilers of life pass every day. If these walks are rough, walking be comes wearisome and a burden and a town is made to seem slow and unprogressive Pendleton Tribune. To The President. Who Knows? Virginia Arnold, who was in Oregon two years ago to fight Senator Chamberlain, professedly in the interests of suffrage, was among those arrested in Washington for un patriotic work yesterday. As to why the White House pickets have persisted in their semi-treasonable stunts there is mystery. There was niysterv as to why the so-called congressional union sent Miss Arnold and others to Oregon two years ago, having according to their own announcement the sum of $15,000 to expend in opposition to our senior senator. Their work then was not good politics for Mr. Pooth: it was not good politics from the standpoint of suffrage for Oregon was in the suffrage column and Senator Chamberlain had been a life long supporter of the cause in this state and in Congress. Ts it possible the explanation of the suffragette cam paign against Chamberlain two years ago lay in the fact some force, foreign or American, wished him defeated because he was chairman of the Senate committee on mili tary affairs and committed to a program of preparedness by this country, including compulsory military service if it should seem necessary? Who knows but the money used against our senator in 1014 came from Herman sources; who knows but the suf fragette pickets at Washington arc the dupes of parties who strive not to advance the suffrage but to hamper our We have fought you, Mr. Wilson, just as hard as e'er we could; t We have lined tur pens against you and we've told you where we. stood; We have criticized your actions, and -we've tied a lot of hay ' For to trip you and to grip you, as you've run along your way;" . We've opposed your re-election, and we've jested now and then On the subject of your doings and the products' of your pen; But we want to tell you now sir, in this moment full of dole. We are with you yes, we're with you! We are with you heart and soul! And the past, sir, is forgotten, just as though it hadn't been Just as 'twere a bit of writing on a slate washed wholly clean; All the things we depreciated, all the thingse we didn't like, They have vanished from our vision like a pacifist on a strike; .' A remembrance of your "waiting" and its brother "watclif ulness" Has gone tumbling to the discard in this moment of your stress; And we want to tell vou now, sir, when vou come to call the roll. You will find that we are with you yes, we're, with you heart and soul! There's no Elephant or Donkey on the Yankee pike today, And the Bull Moose stops his bulling on the broad starry . way: All the animals of party in our over-varied zoo Are united Mr. Wilson and are standing back of you; From the sands of San Diego to the rocky cliffs of Maine. From Atlantic to Pacific, out and back and back again: So here's to you. Prexy Wilson, mav Hod speed you to the-, goal! We are with you yes, we're with vou! We are with voir heart and soul! Exchange.
