La Grande evening observer., July 13, 1917, Image 4

FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917.
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GET TIRED OF SCOLDING.
We all get tired of scolding and being scolded. Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw, chairman of the 'committee of women
of the Council of National Defense, is one of them. She
says she is tired of hearing the women lectured all the
time about economy.
; "I find that women are eager to work and most
.interested in finding out how best they can serve their
country, she says. "There is a growing sentiment,
(however, against being scolded by everyone in regard
to saving. Women are much more economical than
'men. The soldiers have written back to us that they
want tobacco. Well, I say let the men economize on
tobacco and give the boys in the trenches a smoke if
it is going to make them happier or more comfortable.
If. each man would put, aside one cigar eaten day, the
- soldiers' ' could have a great time smoking. We'll
eat Indian, corn to give them bread; let the men also
inAke a! sdprifi.ee. And the Government would do well
to look after the machinery of transportation and the
milling industry as well as the women in the kitchen.
Th6 women will economize. They are eager to.
They want to' do. everything in their power to help.
Theyknowj'too, that barley is just as good in soup as
it is hr beer." i ; '.. . "
lliere is; work tor all to do. But some people maybe
ine eauors are among tiiem want to do their bit by tell
ing other people what to do
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! THE. KIND OF SECRECY THAT HURTS.
A new Ivory kid boot. The
newest idea in an Ivory
made of genuine glove kid
' leather.
Prlce'$11.50
Also a cloth top Ivory kid
N boot. One of the new ideas
for fall.
Price $8.50
Cheap Shoes are Not
Economy
You may be able to buy cheap shoes at
pritees .that mislead you into thinking
that you are saving.
You will actually lose money if you eu
deavor to save by buying prices rather
than quality. Good shoes costmoney
but they are the best economy after all;
manufacturers who put good materials
into their .shoes must get more money
for them, so considering the increased
cost in everything today? these shoes
are priced low. , ,
SKE 1 i I ,1 CI abb 'Ja. A.-1 SPKi
This is a new silver grey,
genuine glove kid, button
shoe. One Of the new fall
styles we have just received.
A guaranteed shoe that -will
satisfy in every way.
Price $11.50
Gen. Gpethals, general manager, of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, has issued the following:
To. whom it may concern:
( - As. a. war measure the Government has found it
Accessary to ad6p.t the policy of discouraging, in every
reasonable. way, the publication and dissemination of
information in regard to merchant-marine ship con
struction that might aid or influence the military
plans ot the enemy in the present emergency.
; To conform to .this policy the United States Ship
ping Board" Emergency Fleet Corporation hereafter
will not be able to give out for publication or other use
any information relating to the number, size, and
oharacter of vessels under contract, the place where
they are being built and by whom, the percentage of
completion, date of final completion, etc.
This is the kind of secrecy that hurts. It is not founded
on good public policy.
It is the kind of police in government affairs that pro
motes graft waste and extravagance.
With the German spy system, the German e-overnment
will have the data on file which General Goethals is trying
to conceal from the American people.
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THE PRESIDENT SWINGS THE BIG STICK.
A Commercial Bank
When it comes to swinging the big stick, President Wil
son has a pretty fair grip himself. His call upon the busi
ness men of the country to show patriotism and not to
charge the government excessive profits is very much to
the point. As a matter of fact many of the biggest busi
ness men of the country are assisting the government in
every possible way, many of them neglecting .their own af
fairs in order to be of service to the nation. You will find
all kinds of men in all kinds of times. In the Civil War
there were the army contractors who sold worthless goods
and worthless ammunition to the government. In the
Spanish-American War we had our embalmed beef scand als.
Let us hope that we will go through this one without
creating a new breed of grafters and scalpers. Let us
show to the world at large that we can run one war with
out some tavored classes trying to fatten off the nation's
extremity. -
One good way to purify thinsrs would be for the Presi
dent to convene Congress for a session in some clean, west'
ern city, where Congress could breathe, fresh, pure air.
:and where they would not be so close to the speculative
atmospnere or Washington, D. U, and New York Citv,
A ret urn to democratic simplicity, to eating two-bit meals
and sleeping m four-bit beds, and forgetting about spend'
ing seven billion dollars a minute Avould be srood for" the
statesmen. Then it the Government would commandeer
all materials and pay for them what they were worth, the
ouzzarus would not be so trequent nor so persistent.
We are not surprised that the President has spoken
We are sorry that he had to speak. We are sorry that
Congress has not given him power so that he could buy
the supplies he needs for the army at a fair price. Some
one will have to run the war. The question is, shall we
give the President the power to run it or shall we resian
ourselves to seeing it conducted by the village debating
socicrv.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
subscribed as liberally as others.
The united spirit of the American people, the solidarity
of the Nation, made up as it is of people from all nations,
have been demonstrated.
A second loan is contemplated within the next few
months. The same things that made the initial loan, of
$2,000,000,000 a success will operate to make the new one.
equally successful. In fact, the information regarding
government bonds and finances now possessed by the peo
ple of the country will make the placing of the next issue .
of bonds less difficult. Those subscribers of the first
issue who were not allotted their full subscription will
give the new -issue a start of more than $1,000,000,000
since it may be regarded as certain that they will not lose
the opportunity to obtain the amount of government bonds
desired. The Official Bulletin, Washington, D. C.
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
GERMANS TOLD AMERICANS
TORTURE PRISONERS
New Loan Contemplated.
The Liberty Loan of 1917 was a great success in what
ever aspect it is considered. The Govrrnment, enllerl fnr
$2,000,100,000 and over $3,000,000,000 was subscribed for
by more than 4,000,000 people. This large subscription
and this great number of subscribers were obtained, af
ter a short campaign, from a nation .that as a people were
not accustomed to purchasing government bonds. It
should be remembered, too, that the bond issues of other
nations were sold when the foe was either on their terri
tory or at their very gates. Our bonds wore sold when
danger was far from us. There was no duress, no hysteria.
The bonds were, bought in the calm exercise of patriotism
and sound business judgment after a campaign of educa
tion and information.
Richmond. Vn., the old capital of the Confederacy,
bought a Liberty Bond for every five inhabitants. Mon
tana, in the far west, largely exceeded its quota of bonds.
Little villages all over the country exceeded their quotas
as the metropolis of the cuontrv greatly exceeded its.
I nere was hardly a state, citv, or community that did not loontro1 of ms machine. He hurriedly
do the same. Poor crop conditions, a recent great fire.and IS tTeV'n
O aer local cailSCS resulted 111 tWO districts fajlmg a little .hind the French lines. lie could have
below their allotments, but the large oversubscription jensi,y maneuvered in such a manner
everywhere else more than made up for' this unavoidable asrch iha:m vs i" .safety.
Anr,; . Ti- .,, , ' i i stoT " German airman's
delieiency. Cities with large foreign-born populations ! fear developed when he was question-
WHY-
The Business Man and
The Banker should encourage and
The Farmer should practice
Diversified Farming
(By Kenneth Gilbert. These articles are reprinted from the "Business
Chronicle" of Seattle, Wash., by permission of the publisher. They ap
peared in serior form in that publication, Feb. 24 to April 21. 1917. A codv
may be had by addressing the Union Pacific System.)
Madam Cow Must Measure Up to the Test or Go to Market No Loafer Cow
Wanted.
The annual yield of butter fift per cow f6r all cows beine- milked in the
Pacific Northwest is less than 200 pounds. The poorest cows, therefore, yield
much less than this, and there are a great many cows producing two and
three times this amount.
A profitable dairy cow is an individual, not a hreed. There in insfc
as wide a "Variation between individuals of the same breed as between the
various breeds. In the selection of individuals it is true, however, that
those breeds that have been fed. handled and hred for nnv nniwifta nnmnsa
than individuals from families fed and bred for other purposes.
Too many farmers make no attempt to find out whether they are .
boarding a lot of comparatively worthless dairy cows. Such farmers follow
a custom that would never be tolerated in a well-regulated business house
that of not knowing which employe was producing and which was not. And
so it frequently happens that a farmer
cows which are more ornamental than useful.
It is here that a business man mav. htr nriiiiniia aAyAno aA n, f,v.
to correct this fault. . '
A farmer in a Northern WnsViin
"Farmer" Smith, agriculturist of O.-W. R. R. & N., asking about the Bab
cock milk tester, which has an unerring faculty of detecting the loafer cow.
i A hardware merchant asked me Hi nthnr J T o i..t..
wrote the farmer. "I told him 'No'.
me the same cmestion. Than.
after speaking of what a fine-looking herd of cows I had, asked me if I
had ever used a tester.
I concluded that it was about time I invested in one."
ed by his French and American cap
tors. He explained that, during the
combat, his machine gunner had hid
den in the body of the biplane too
much afraid to look at -the attacking
i French machine. Before leavine thciv
BY W. S. FORREST
(United -Press Staff Correspondent)
Paris, June 30. (By Mail) Ger-
m?n aviators are beine- tnld W tlioif I , yB
- . aeroorome ootn nad been impressed
superior office that capture by the 'that they would be doomed to hideous
b rencn or Americans means torture, i physical airoiiv if captured. Thev
Evidence comes from the front to.
day of the enemy's growing lack of
air morale and the fear with which
he enters combat.
Near thejheadquarters of the Laf
ayette Escadrille, Aviator Gailer,
French flyer of an escadrille wnrlcinrv
in conjunction with the American
hirdmen, attacked a German biplane.
Twenty-five well placed shots wound-
ed the enemy pilot in the arm. T!i.
latter, obsessed by fear of capture be
came so friclitencd that he almost lost
were accordingly relieved when told
that a prison camp with better food
than they might expect in Germany
was the worst they could expect.
Today's Thrift Thought.
Are you wondering how you can use
that left-over fish, Madam House
wife ?
Scalloped Fish and Hominy Place
in a baking dish alternate layers of
boiled or steamed hominy (hulled
corn) seasoned to taste, and minced
fish with thickened milk sauce. Have
a layer of fish on top and spnnklo
over it bread crumbs. Place in over
to healthoroughly and brown the top.
Rice, macaroni or potatoes may be
used in this recipe in the place of
hominy.
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