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LA ORAfJOE EVENING OBSERVER.
.. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1917:
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! THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
The organization of a public safety committee for Union
County is. proper. It is well that the forces of law and
order should be organized against the forces of sedition
and .treason. All good citizens will cooperate Avith this
committee which will be a branch of the State Council
of Defense with well defined duties. The National De
fense Council communicates its desires to the state, the
state-to its county organizations and so the work of orga
nizing the people to respond to the national necessity will
go on. These are war times; the citizen who stays at home
has his duties, which are just as important, and as difficult
as those that fall on the men who go to the front. LET. US
NOT BE SLACKERS OR LAGGARDS.
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Elthu Root and the American commission to Russia is
soon to return. They feel that they have accomplished
.their mission to establish firm and lasting friendship be
tween the United States and Russia and to insure Russia's
continued participation in the Avar. From the reports that
are'.coming daily from the Russian front, this seems true.
Elihu Root is a big man. The people of the United States
should delight to do him honor in his declining yeai-s.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Harvey Wells, State Fire Marshal, is to be commended
for his interest in protecting the fields of the farmers from
fire' The value of the crops and their importance at this
Aime entitle them to the protection of the state.
NEBRASKA HORSE DEALER
ACCUSED OF. EMBEZZLEMENT
Portland, July 12. (Special) W.
L. Marks, a Nebraska horse dealer
and known as a frequent La Grande
visitor was arrested on July 8th by
Detectives Vaughn and Hill upon in
formation from Chief of Police Wier,
of Spokane, that the man was wanted
there for the embezzlement of $5800
from his employer, Ben Franklin, a
large dealer in war horses in Sioux
,City, Iu. Marks was traced to Port
land by Arthur Cohn, another employe
of Franklins, who had been detailed
to locate Marks and obtain an account
irif from him after it had been charged
by. Franklin that Marks was several
thousand . dollars short in. his ac
counts. Marks returned with the detectives
to Spokane where he has to give his
final accounting. He says that he is
not guilty and that he has no fear of
the results.
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'. MRS. L. A. FULLER.
Prices May Go Higher.
Prices of many commodities are
high, and going higher, It is predicted.
J3ut ADVERTISING is doing all that
can be done to keep, prices down and
'you should profit through that fact.
BIG SALE OF-
BOYS WASH SUITS
Boys' White Hats for
Summer. Some in plain -white,
black and white,' 1
. and grey and white.
: Checks, plaids and
plain.
: Prices 60c to $1.50
Also a complete line of,s
Caps in all shades, .
light and dark.
These wash' suits are of the best quality and are in all ,
colors and combinations. Just the thing for him to
play in Clean, cool and comfortable. You should
... not pass this chance to lay in a supply. HX: A
EVERY SUIT AT HALF PRICE
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"J i Buy now as. the supply is limited .-vs ;. du
; ' Prices 50c to $1.25 - .r-V'.
We also carry a big line of Boys' "Wash
Suits and Palm Beach Suits at regular
prices. Every tning that is new you win
.'find here. ;
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They are in blues, browns, and white
also ta .combinations of these colors.
Prices $1.25 to $2.50
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that the North by reason of its superior enterprise, and
progress, .by its up-to-date ideas, and its broad principles
is lar ahead or the South in all that makes tor prosperity,
hut even that fact does not excuse the tax exemption. A
premium should not be put upon lack of thrift, race pre
judices and retrogression. Humboldt (Cal.) Standard.
What Is the Matter With the South.
The South has not been covering itself with glory, or
even credit of late. Since it has come into power with the
jidverif of the Democratic party in Washington, it has de
manded everything in sight, lias fought everything that
it should have supported, has opposed the very man who
was giving it everything it wanted, and while demanding
till the 'jobs, and all the honors has shown itself to be a
.iectioii of Slackers in every direction. ,
The latest evidence of the narrowness and lack of 'pal.
xiotism displayed by. the South is the shout that has gone
: ,up against a tax of half a cent upon cotton. At a time
,whe.u the whole country is being taxed, the South has op
" -enly and systematically insisted upon putting all the bur
den; upon the North, and keeping all the jobs and salaries
, 'for itself. It has favored taxing everything that the North
raises and keeping free from taxation everything that it
is interested in and the Senators of the Mississippi caliber
Jiave stood loyally by that program. It is true of course
A Commercial Bank
is a great business convenience. Every chock,
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 be glad to have your
account.
I,a Grande National Bank
For a Stronger Cabinet.
Mr. Denning reports from administration sources that
the president intends to take action restricting the activ
ities of the advisory commission of the council of national
defense, who, it is intimated, are n.iug to get 'iancy
prices for the war supplies furnished by their own and
other companies in each line or business."
The report is interesting. No one but Mr. Wilson him
self is responsible for .the personnel -of the advisory com
mission, and we should be sorry to find that, because his
selections were poor, 11 they were poor ,-we must find our
selves at the very beginning of the, war, when cooperation
and harmony are so necessar3' plunged into an inter
governmental row promising .a. maximum of demagogic
opportunity, sensational charges, injustice, and perhaps
destructive legislation. ' .. .
.. So far as can be inferred from what has escaped into
print the row is . between Mr. Wilson's cabinet heads,' or
Mr. Daniels only, perhaps, and the advisory commission.
The council, or part of it, in other words, does not like, the
advisers Mr. Wilson has given it.KWe must wait for f urth
e renlightenment, but in the meantime we are not inclined
to $ide in advance with Mr. Daniels or other members of
Mr. Wilson's cabinet against the advisory commission se
lected by Mr. Wilson, even though somof them or all may
be, industrial magnates. Mr. Wilson is in the unfortunate
position of having surrounded himself with an official
household by no means up to the, standard required by
these tremendous times, and we hope that, he will not en-'
gagz in a domestic quarrel in his own official family when
he can probably correct whatever" evils 'have -arisen and'
confidence by strengthening his corps of advisers.Chi
cago Tribune.
' Aided by the Press. ; .,;
(From the Boston Globe) . ' ,
Secretary McAdoo pays tribute .to, the great assistance
of the press in making the Liberty Loan successful and
Secretary Baker is thanking the press for what it has done
in helping recruiting and registration. In return for these
services Congress can hardly restrain itself from passing a
censorship bill and also proposes to tax newspaper re
ceipts. .,
Cooperation Is Necessary.
As a matter of preparedness, the organization of the
Baker County Public Safety League, whose membership
will be composed of a large majority of the people of Baker
county, is a timely movement and will insure a practical
solution of many matters that may arise .in this critical
moment of the country's unrest. It will go a long ways
in maintaining order and will provide that co-operation
is necessary to materially assist the farmer, lumber man
and other business interests. Baker Democrat.
The Cost of Transporting Food.
The investigations of 'the experts in regard to cost of liv
ing emphasize the high transportation charges. Not mere
lv is freight a large item, but with labor costly, the truck
ing charges, by the time articles have gone through several
hand, have added very appreciably.
Years ago farmers used to sell more direct to the cities
and towns in their immediate neighborhoods., and trucking
and freighting was not so much of a factor. Now more busi
ness is done through jobbers and wholesalers, and one
charge is piled on top of another."
The farmer sells to the wholesaler because it is the esi
est way, with the least bother and time required. Manv
times by displaying some enterprise and particularly by
advertising in the newspapers, he could develop a line of
nearby customers that would take a part or perhaps all of
his product. Where this can be done, it gives the farmer
a better return, and should give the consumer a lower
price. Pendleton Tribune. ,
Why .Unfairly Burden the Press?
' No class of American business men has been harder hit
by war conditions than the publishers of newspapers.
Their increased expenses for white paper,-for labor, for
news collection and other "overhead charges" have not
been compensated by increased receipts from circulation
or advertising. The newspaper pays with other enterprises
its income taxs, its corporation taxes, its realty taxes. It
seeks no exemptions from common burdens incident to a
time of war. But when it is singled out for special tax
ation, those engaged in it feel that they have a right to "pro
test. ; . ' , '
Wh)r should the Senate finance committee, going over.
the war revenue bill, single out the industry that enlight- "
ens the American people for taxation burdens beyond
those imposed on manufacturers in general? The pro
posed special tax of rive per cent on newspaper profits and
the proposed raise of twenty-five per cent in postal charg
es on second-class mail matter look like unfair imposi
tions to the members of the American Newspaper Pub
lishers' Association, and thev feel that the public as well
as themselves is concerned, for the reason that the news
papers are on the whole a very important benefit to the
public, and give more freely than any other industry with
out receiving direct returns. Their voluntary assistance
has enabled the government to sell its war bonds ami
to procure recruits for the army and the navv and has been
influential in the campaign to secure contributions for the
Red Cross. .Where would the food conservation movement
be; without the uncompensated help which it has received
troni the newspapers? Let it be remembered that the pro
posed tax on newspaper profits is not restricted to excess
profits so-called, but applies to all profits derived from
newspapers, no matter how small they may be considered
with relation to the capital invested. Milwaukee Eveniner
Wisconsin. ;
WHY-
The Business Man and
The Banker should encourage and
The Farmer should practice
Diversified Farming
(By Kenneth Gilbert. These articles are renrinted from the, "Rusincsa
Chronicle" of Seattle, Wash., by permission of the publisher. They ap
peared in serior form in that publication. Feb. 24 to Anvil p.i.-iai7 a .on
may be had by addressing the Union Pacific System.)
Ihe Uairy la the farmer's Surest Crop.
Every farmer should have one or several cows, if for nn nthnr rpnsnn t.Vtnn
to supply him with milk and butter. But the
ones that involve the economics of agriculture. The dairying community is
invariably prosperous. Dairying is a crop that does not fail, because the
element of speculation is limited.
In the farmer's acquiring a dairv herd, the hnsinnas mntifho .Mint
banker this time has an opportunity to supplement good advice with some-
lUIll mule JIIUIITMU.
And it is really the dutv of the banker
industrious fanner to obtnin the results that dim 1o pn)inrl in' r tv,o ,oi.
fare of the entire community.-
A farmer came to his banker to ask for n loan of $500. The banker knew
the man s farm was mortgaged to tho limit. vt n
farmer had had money enough to purchase his place and put some in the bank
besides.
"Your system of farming must be wrong," the banker told the farmer.
I know it is, replied the farmer, "but I know of no other way."
Tell you what,' said the banker. "I'll mnlto (W lnnn smnn inQtonJ nf
$"00, if you will do as I toll vou."
And the farmer hesitatingly agreed, after he heard the banker's plan.
Today, the mortgage has been lifted from his farm, and he has money
earning interest in the bank of his friend whose business astuteness read
aright the reason why his farming ssytem did not pay.
The $1000 went toward the purchase of the nucleus of a dairy herd and '
the pppurtenances necessary to operating a model dairy. A little applied
business efficiency in maintaining only real producing cows, and the result
Wa.t ferPsh&dnWrvL Thn tarmn nnl r.nln KAnnfU,4 K..4- 4-I.a 11.A 1
ccivcd his reward.
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