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LA eRAjfbE EVENING 'OBSERVER. v
SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1917, ;
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Too Many Commanders.
Complaints are beginning of too many First Chiefs of
too many Grand Armies in the forces of preparedness.
Everybody is organizing something .to "meet the emerg
ency" and often organizing it indepondentty. Co-ordination
and subordination are lacking. Decentralization and
consequent disorganization may threaten the state and
national activities through popular enthusiasm for seiv
vice.. mv, .' ' '' '." r ;
Almost every state has its committee oh public safety,
or similar organization, officially charged with directing
the efforts of its citizens. Associated with this central
body '"are i the necessary sub-committees, arid working with
and under them the county organizations, under which in
turn are the local officers and committees. The plan. is
simple, inclusive and expansible. " ' . ' ' '
Few, matters "calling" for. concerted action, but fall with
in the province of the head committee or its branches. Tho
multiplying of other organizations," lacking 'resources and
machinery themselves, yet not associated with the.offic.ial
committee, fiften means merely the dissipation of energy,
without commensurate results. 1 .' ' '
In union there is strength. We do not want our civilian
armies;- in "their enthusiasm for industrial, food produc
tion and conservation service, to break up Mexican-fashion
into go-as-you-please bands under an infinitude of lead
el's. Boston Herald.
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Industrial Expansion Predicted.
W& are 'in the midst of great prosperity, and that, pros
perity should be encouraged and stimulated and not de
stroyed. The issue of an enormous war loan and the expenditure-
of the billions of dollars that it calls for among
our own' people for ammunition and supplies of leather,
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SHOES
A new Ivory kid boot. The
newest idea in an Ivory
made of genuine glove Kid
leather. " ,
.. Price $11.50
Also a cloth top Ivory kid
boot. One of the new ideas
forfall.- -
. Price $8.50
Cheap Shoes are N6t!
Economy ? r
You may be able to buy cheap shoes at
prices that mislead you into thinking
that you are saving. ' i :
You will actually lose money if you eu- w.
deavor to save by buying prices rather .
than quality.- Good shoes cost money .-'
but they are the best economy after all; .
manufacturers who put good materials1
into their shoes must get more money '
for them, so considering the increased
cost in everything today, these shoes
are priced low.'
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This is a new silver grey,
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shoe. One of the new fall
styles we have just received.
A guaranteed shoe that will
satisfy in every way.
Price $11.50 ...
gunpowder, tents, blankets, food, ships, and all the other
requirements of an army and a navy must inevitably lead
to a great expansion of our industries, to increased de
mands for the products of the farm and factory and the
maintenance of profitable and possibly still higher prices,
though the riso seems to have almost reached its apex.
"Jasper" in.Leslie's.
' Food Control.
. The House of Representatives has done' its worst once
again in passing the madcap food control law in its most
madcap shape. Once again the members show their total
lack of sense of responsibility and their reliance upon the
Senate to save the country from the consequences of their
recklessness. " t
Perhaps in one sense this wildness of the House has
some advantage; it probably has a sobering effect upon
even those Senators who are1 ordinarily inclined to run. t.o
extremes. When they have.,to face a state of facts, half
accomplished and depending wholly upon their votes for
full realization they are more likely to think twice before
plunging into the (Maelstorm of socialistic experiment..
On the whole, in spite of or perhaps because of the blind
fold plunge of the House, there is room for hope that the
food control measure when finally passed will be much
Saner than its original draft i-both less "drastic" and more,
workable. ' " ' ' - v 1 -
:'. In the meantime it is amio'iihced in that mysterious way
that things are announced in Washington with no par
ticular backer for the utterance, that the new food admin
istration is about to reduce the price of bread from one -third
to oiKhalf "all over the United States". : Prices of
meat and sugar will be foi'ced to drop along with those of
bread and breadstuffs. This is good news, if true. It
will make bread from one to three cents a loaf cheaper than
it was before the United States went into the war. Truly
ye live in an age of miracles.
Every one' is bursting with curiosity to' know how the
feat will be accomplished especially the millers and bak
ers. Incidentally we observe not without amusement,
that the British Government's intervention in meat prices
results in the sale to consumers at 32 to 48 cents of the
beef and mutton which are "delivered at the quay" in
London from Australia at 13 or 13 and a fraction cents the
pound by private purveyors and shippers. There are
some queer kinks in State socialism. N. Y. Evening Sun.
Society and Personal
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
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Social and club news for this 4
department should be given to
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4 wise, during the forenoon. Such $
4" news turned in after 12 o'clock, 4
4 noon, will frequently have to be 4
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The members of the Eastern Star
Social Club will meet at the residence
of Mrs. W. H. Bohnenkamp next Tues
day.' ' "-!-.! - ...
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! Mabelle Conley, of Alicel, is at the
Savoy. ,.;'::,!"''
! W. J.; Henry, of Elgin, is at the
Sommer. .
E. H. Shaw, of Union, is staying at
the Savoy. .....
Miss Pearle Pepper, of. Elgin, is reg
istered at the Foley. ,
Miss Rose Wheeleof Pendleton, is
registered at the Savoy.
Miss Zilpha Funk, of Enterprise, is
staying at" the Sommer.
L. E. Caul and W. iR. Gillesby, of
Baker, are at the-Sommer.
G. W. Harries and C. 0. Alexander,
of Elgin, are at the Savoy.
Chas. N. Foster and Roy Foster, of
Enterprise, are staying at the Foley.
W. L. Powers and T. A. H. Teeter,
of the 0. A. C. faculty are in the city
registered at the Foley.
Enterprise residents at the Savoy'
art: .F. N. Young, Clex Young, C. A.
Jones, G. A. Usher and F. F. Cqrnoll'.
State Fire Marshal Harvey Wells
and Deputy Jay Stevens were dinner,
guests of Mr. and .Mrs. Frank Harris
while in La Grande on business. "
Attorney E. W, Eastman returned
last night from Caldwell, Silver City
and other Idaho points where he has
been on legal business for the last
five days..
New Appeal To Women To Conserve Surplus ,
Foodstuffs; Canning Centers Are Urged
Washington, D. G.-'Ju'ly 14. (Spe
cial) The womanVV-fMnmittee of the
Council of National Defense is urging
women to can the .summer's natural
i wastage of fruits and vegetables. Dr.
' Anna Shaw has sent the following let-
ter to the chairmeit. df all state di
visions of the woman's committee:
I "To the State chairman:
"Although we have asked you t.o
j postpone the appointment of a chair-
j man of your department on food con
State and National Department of. Ag
riculture full information can be se
cured regarding the process above
mentioned, or we will gladly secure it
for you. We are sending under sepa
rate cover today certain bulletins re
lating to these methods.
Use of Preserved Foods.
"The question of the use to which
such preserved foodstuffs shall be'put
naturally arises and is one which must
be decided by each community. It
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 copy
may be had by addressing the Union Pacific System.) ,
Quality of Milk, Rather Than Quantity, Should Be the Deciding Factor.
The building up of a dairy herd begins, of course, with the selection of
individuals for the foundation. Cave must bo used in selction, and atten
tions such as supplying good food and water and proper shelter must be
carefully given. Then comes the testing and weeding out.
By weighing the milk of each cow each day and keeping a record, tho
owner may soon determine the exact quantity of milk that each cow gives.
Quite as important as quantity is the matter of quality, however, as quan
ity is no index ft quality.
The test will infallibly show whether the cow is producing. If she does
not respond to enre, thp sooner she is sent to the butcher, the better. The
dairy farm is no place for a cow. that has no purpose in life save to consume
many tons of feed each year.
Business men niny do well to inquire among their farmer acquaint
ances nnd customers who nspire to be dairymen as to the methods they
employ in keeping tab on their business. Such inquiries are pretty sure
to give a fairly accurate insight into the farmer's chnracter, generally. It
may prove productive of dollars and cents to the questioner.
servation until Mr..; Hoover is ready mny be sold at a minimum price to
to act with us, yet there are manyitbe poor in the district, it may be'
things which your -county and local I turned over to a social-service agency
I organizations may .well undertake in to distribute during the hard winter
i the matter of food conservation, even months, or it may be held for some
though no chairman'hns been appoint- months as the property of your local
ed, and which, if they are to bring committee when later developments
resultsmust be undertaken at once. will determine the wisest use to make
' "We learn that garden products are , of it.
being wasted because of the absence "It may be possible that some per
from home of the owners of the gard- ' sons in each community will be glad
ens, the oversupply for the individual to have their surplus foodstuffs can
family, the lack of transportation fa- ned at such a community center for
cilities to ship where the foods could their own use for a reasonable sum.
be used, and various similar reasons. Your committee might wish to under-
Community Center for Canning. j take to do this in order to secure funds
i "To meet this condition and save , to further the work of the committee,
rtiis waste we suggest that a com- j "The important thing now is to save
munity center be established in every this waste before the food has rotted
community for the purpose of drying, and decayed.
canning, or preserving ' such surplus.! "We consider this work imperative
j Where school kitchens are already es- at the present moment and urge you to
tablished they would be a natural cen- take the matter up at once with your
I ter. Where no school kitchens exist local chairman, and urge you also to
' a church kitchen or private Jcitchen give the fullest possible publicity in
'can be surely secured. your newspapers throughout the
i "The committee in charee of such state. The plan has been submitted to
, a center should thoroughly canvass Mr. Hoover and has his approval."
its community or the district assigned
to it, asking for contributions of all jl Recipe For French Artichokes,
. surplus foodstuffs from housewives,
: gardeners, and markets. 1 ' Pick off. from the solid green globes
"The new processes of drying and the outer touch petals. Scoop out with
dehydrating food eliminate in large .va sharp pointed knife the fuzzv cen
mensuro tho problem of containers in ters. leaving the soft base, which is
; which to can and preserve, but when .the luscious morsel. Cut each arti-
containers are necessary your com-, choke in halves, wash, drain, and fry
mittee must be able to meet that prob- j brown on each side in olive oil. Make
lem by securing contributions of jnis. a tomato sauce and cook thirty min
or money to buy containers. From the jutes. Then serve hot.
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