TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1917;:.
PAUE FOUR
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
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THE ART OP PUBLIC SPEAKING -
Public speaking is an art, an accomplishment and also a
gilft. Some men have" it others acquire it. Wt have
known men who at the start of their career were diffi
dent and timid who have become fluent, public speakers.
Oh the recent trip of the editorial association the writer
heard many public speakers. Two better speeches than
those delivered by Edgar B. Piper and Prank Irvine are
seldom given. Mr. Irvine paid a most beautiful and elo
quent eulogy to the flag. Mr. Piper took as his theme the
duty of awakening America to a realization of the death
struggle in which we are now engaged with German au
tocracy. His speech was well thought out, direct truth
ful and delivered wTith real eloquence, sincerity and power.
Walter M. Pier'ce also delivered an eloquent speech at
the meeting here; remarkable for its directness and brev
ity. A young man studying public speaking should learn
this lesson: Have something to say and say it.. When in
doubt sit down. How we wish some of the bores that in
flitet themselves on their audiences could learn this. The
thing that makes speeches memorable is earnestness and
sincerity. Some speakers do not have these. If the
speaker is not natural or genuine, the audience soon de
tects a false note. But the best asset of all a successful
speaker can have is brevity;' Blessings on the man who
knows when to sit down.
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OREGON'S RECORD CLEAR.
The statement has been made that Oregon is at the foot
of the list m responding to the country s call. We. do
not agree with this. Oregon stood first in mobilizing its
militia. Oregon surpassed its" quota in the Liberty Loan
bonds. Oregon has given with more than generous liber
ality to the Red Cross. Under able leadership Oregon was
one of the first states to start in the food conservation,
home gardening and food raising campaign. We defy
anyone to show one single, solitary respect in which Ore
gon has failed to respond to our country's calll. Oregon's
record is clear, and unsullied. Our last great achievement
is to raise nearly all of our army quota, saving about 700,
by voluntary enlistment. If the conscription act had not
passed, we would have raised all these by volunteering.
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When the first Protected glass bottle was made in
Pittsburgh the maker "charged it up on his books as hav
ing cost him $30,000, but the second glass bottle he turnoi'
out cost him just one cent! Result: Glass bottles be-
Frank Augustus Scott is chair
man of the General Munitions Board
of the Council of National Defense.
Since the 14th of August, 1914, lie
has been in the thick of the Allies'
buying enterprises in this, country.
More than one German defeat can be
credited to the efficient organization
for supplying the Allies with muni
tions -which Scott had built up.
When the United; States entered the
war, Scott answered the call and
came to Washington where he immed
iately reorganized the buying system
of the Navy and Army.
Without any official authority,
without any help fiom the govern
ment he eliminated all competition,
all waste of time and energy, until
now, if Secretary of War Baker de
cides the Army needs 500,000 new gas
masks he .phones Scott of his needs
and forgets about the matter. In a
few days he receives a message that
the new masks have been ordered.
He is saving the government mil
lions of dollars each. day. He has- ar
ranged for enough rifles to supply a
million men, and has also taken
charge of. such matters as - artiljory,
gun . carriages, machine guns, muni
tion wagons, and anything which the
Army has to buy.
Office hours irf Washington- usually !
begin at 9 o'clock and close at 4:30,
but 8 o'clock in the morning and 8
o'clock at night usually find Scott on
the Job.
Montana Crops Burn.
A -nartv returning from Montana
report the crops to be damaged con
siderable in sections of the northern
state owing to the exceptional winter
and the rapid summer change. Crops
were seeded late and have either not
attained full growth or are being
burned.
Let us print your rarm sale bills.
Copyright Hart Schaflner& Mane
The Home of HART
SCHAFFNER & MAFX
CLOTHES
What an Employment Manager
Says About Clothes
A certain employment manager ia a vv'
nationally known. firm can size up an .." '
applicant's ability at a glance. ... . .
"How do you do ittw-'t somebody '
' asked. . ' " -v;" ? .,
"A fellow's appearance goes a'iohg '
way with me," he said, "if he doesn't
want a position bad enough to get him-'
self together in the best style-. possible, j
I know the position doesn 't want hiia. " " '
; : We have a fine selection of : ; . '
' HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
Suits in all colors and models. They
certainly put a fellow on the map for
looking up-to-date. - .
Every day is our showing off day.
We would like- to have ' you see how ,
these new models show you off. 1
mu pi numu wm
came cheaper under Protection than they had ever been
under Free-Trade. American Economist.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Prohibition Submarined.
I
IN THE CIRCLE
OF FINANCE
OUR BANKING INSTITUTION OCCUPIES AN ENVIABLE PO
SITION. OUR SERVICE TO DEPOSITORS IS SECOND TO
NONE, OFFERING, AS WE DO OUR VAST EXPERIENCE AND
FACILITIES. WE CAN ACCOMMODATE YOU WITH ALMOST
ANYTHING WITHIN REASON IF IT'S IN RELATION TO A
SOUND BANKING SYSTEM. WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT.
La Grande National Bank
(Congressional Record, July 2.) :
Mr. Vardanian. Mr. President, I wish to ask permission
out of order, and I think it is pertinent at this time; to have
a telegram read, addressed to me from the Anti-Saloon
-r n - r ! 1 1 J.1 i.
league or. jviississippi, auu my repiy ituereiu.
The Vice-President. : Is there objiection? The Chair
hears none, and the Secretary will read asr required.
The Secretary read as follows: , .
Jackson, Miss., July 1,1917.
Senator J. K. Yardaman, ; '
Washington, D. C.':
We are depending on. you to do your best for a bone-dry
war measure. . Do not exempt beer and wine.
Mississippi Anti-Saloon League, . .
' 'V 'i,1 , Per T. J. Bailey, Superintendent.
Washington;!). C:; July 1,1917.
Rev. T. J. Bailey, .,,.! : - . .. .
. Superintendent Anti-Saloon League, Jackson, Miss.:
Your telegram received.
The good old ship Prohibition, heavily loaded with the
hopes of millions of consecrated women and men for Nation-wide
prohibtion, sailing with fair winds and good
prospects to the port of victory, was submarined day be
fore yesterday by the President of the United States. It
is now lying on the bottom beneath about 40 fathoms of
beer and wine. With one whole side knocked out. , lam
afraid some of the officers of the crew deserted before it
wrent down. Will do my best to save the(wreck. But it is
my deliberate judgment that no power on earth except the
people can raise it.
James K. Vardaman.
Big Man Needed At Tokio. i
(From the St. Paul Pioneer-Press)
Probably no post at the disposal of the President is
more important at the present juncture than that of am
bassador to Japan. The relations .between the United
States and Japan are of an unusually delipate nature, and
it takes no prophetic power to foresee still more critical
situations arising from a conflict of interests in China and
elsewhere in the Pacific. A single blunder might entail
serious consequences; any man at Tolao who has not a
comprehensive grasp of the situation will be a puppet in
the hands of Japan's astute statesmen, who know what
they want and also know exactly how they intend getting
it. ,
It is a job for an experienced diplomat, or at least a
man who understands the Orient and is familiar with the
peculiar problems of the Far East. ,
Our next ambassador to Japan should be one of the big
gest minds of the nation, and he will find plenty of prob
lems to test his intellectual powers. There is every rea
son to believe, however, that President Wilson is not un
mindful of the paramount importance of this place and
that his appointment -will reflect credit upon himself and
the nation and his choice prove capable of ably conducting
the difficult negotiations which aa-e certain to result.
The Party Tide In the By-Elections.
No good student of American politics-overlooks the by-
elections. They disclose changing atmospheric condi
tions. Such an election in the first New Hampshire dis
trict a few weeks ago doubtless lost some of its barometrie
value by reason of the prohibition issue. The Republi
cans saved the district, but by a decreased vote. Now
comes Indiana.
Last Tuesday the sixth congress district of Hoosier
dom, extending from the Ohio line to Marion county, which
contains the staite capital; went into its voting booths. As
a district it has been slightly Republican. : In 1908 it went,
that way by a plurality of 828; in 1912, when the Roosevelt
mv -tvepuuuean party, tneuernocratic canr
by only 3500. In 1916, on the presidential vote, the Re
publicans reclaimed .the district by a plurality of 978.
Now what hapened on Tuesday? A Republican candi
dated, quite unknown to fame, carried the district by 2800
votes oyer Finley II. Gray, a veteran Democrat, who has
represented the district, in Congress conspicuously, if not
with distinction. This result shows a rapid increment of
Republican strensrth. Mnh
.fill n. . , , J ""rfV" me CJ-UA
of tiie first half of 1917 and November of 1918. But from
sucn indications as these the country, will be disposed to
entrust its affairs to the G. O. P. Boston Herald. .
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WHY--
The Business Man and .
The Banker should encourage and
The Farmer should practice :
Diversified Farming
XT Z. " im,ica i e i euz ninju irOITl left Utisinpft
Chronicle" of Seattle, Wash., by. permission of the publisher Thet is
peared in senor form in that publication, Feb. 24 to April 21, 1917. A cod v '
may be had by addressing the Union Pacific System.) copy
Don't Waste Energy Feeding Mature hay during its entire life than is re-
.. ej h i . .
Stock Get' it to Market Quickly
Baby beef raising is one line that
may be follo-A-cd with profit. Despite
the high prices Drevailinar for orain
and hay during the past two years,
Daoy beer producers have been mak
ing fair profits, much better profits,
in fact .than did those who fed ma
ture stock, whether such stockwas
home grown or from the range.
With a 3-year-old or 4-year-old
range steer in the feed lot, from 2
to 25 tons of hav and one ton nf
grain per head is considered necessary
to finish a 1200 to 1500-lb. steer. On
the other hand it has been demon
strated that a well-bred calf, kept
growing thriftly up to 18 or 20 months
of ace can be finished in condition
to top the market with less grain and
quired to finish the 4-year-old steer.'
And still the 2-year-old is better beef,
weighs as much as the steer and sella
for as high a price per pound. .
In cheapening1 the cost of beef it
Will lift tlUMlBBnl, 4- A 1-- .
of such facts as these:
The younger the animal, the less
feed it takes to make a pound of
gain.
The greater the variety in the ra
tion, the greater the gain per pound' ,
of beef, therefore the less will be the
cost per pound of meat made.
The animal, old and young, uses,
the proteids and carbo-hvdrntpn in n ob
tain proportions; more or less of eith
er tnan the animal uses is waatAi;
therefore, the nearer the ration 13
compounded to ranke a ihalnnrpd m.
ticn, the less waste there will be.
FREE CONCERT AT BAP
TIST CHURCH THURSDAY
Ben C. Crow, a singer, will give a
free concert Tuhrsday July 19 at the
Baptist church. Ho will be accom
panied on the piano by Mrs. H. L.
Ford. Mr. Crow is a fine singer. The
public is invited. The program fol
lows:
(a) "O Du Mcin Abend Stern"
(Tannhauser) Wagner. . -
(b) "Daddy" Behrand; "O Fond
Dove" Catty. "Rock of Ages" Rem-
ick. "Just as I Am" (Rosary) Nevin.
(c) 'Caro Mio Ben" Giordani. "Jai
Pleural En Reve" Hue. "Elcgie" Mas
senet. "Bon Jour, Suson" Pessard.
(d) "Temple Bells" A. Finden.
"The Tjist Hour" Kramer. "Will -the
Red Sun?" A. Finden. "Sweetest
Flower That Blows" C. B. Hawley.
"When Song Is Sweet" San Souci.
The Weather.
Portland, July 17. (United Press)
-The U. S. weather forecast: "Fair."