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LA RAiiTDE EVENING OBSERVER.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1917.
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER 1
. An Independent Newspaper.
Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO.
J. D. MEYERS H. B. LEITEIt . CLARKE LEITER
President Vice-President Editor and Publisher
record, in line with all the other patriotic endeavors which
these two counties have already made. If Union and Wal
lowa Counties had been given credit for the men who en
listed in the U. S. Navy and in the U. S. Marine Corps as
they properly should, there would have been no draft
necessary at all. As it is only seven men in about a thous
and will go to the front as the result of the National lot
tery v'ystem. 1 ,
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. THE FIRST LESSON. .
The first thing that our soldier boys must learn when
they go to the front and they will soon be going now is
obedience. This is the first lesson of military life. In a
way this is .the difference between democracy and autoc
racy. In a democracy the people argue matters, questions
are put up for discussion and debate, finally votes, are
taken and the will of the majority prevails. In a democ
racy a part of the game is to bow to the will of the ma
jority and not to go off half cocked and to start running
around starting revolutions merely because your own pet
scheme was not carried by. the vote of the people. In a
4 democracy the people rule or do so theoretically; they
have the right and privilege of the ballot whether they ex
ercise it or not. If they don't go to the polls and vote it is
their own fault. In an autocracy the people do not argue,
reason or debate, except among themselves and then in
great danger. The people entrust the government to one
man, or a group of men. When they speak, their word is
alw. The people submerge their own personalities and
follow their leaders, blindly, no matter where they send
them, into the jaws of death. A military nation is usually
under an autocracy. For this reason: In order to insure
.success ?n military operations, it is necessary to exact im
pJicu obedience on the part of soldiers and sailors. War
involves sacrifice. A company of soldiers may be sent on
a ionorn nope, The whole companv may be lost but the
general may gam nis point, tienerais do not think of in
dividuals but of campaigns to gain ' certain objectives
General Grant conceived .the idea of cutting the Oonfed
eracy into two. So he launched the Mississippi eampaiem,
and while not ruthless at heart, he drove ahead until
ne nad accomplished his plan. The men he sent out car
ried out nis; orders, blindly without a whimper. This is
wht the boys will have to learn, not to ask questions, not
w qiop 10 argue, out to drive aliead where their leaders
send them, to do what they are told, promptly. Let us
hope that their leaders will be competent and' not sacri-
nce inem needlessly. To defeat a military autocracy, we
will, have to adopt modern military methods, to fight the
.,. j-"c annuel- we uu-ii, me more periect a
military machine we build up, the sooner the war will be
vver.
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BOTH COUNTIES MAKE SPLENDID RECORDS.
Only eleven men will he drafted from Union County.
Only thirteen from Wallowa County. This is a splendid
Senator Jim Ham Lewis and the Constitution,
The Illinois Senator is very much misinformed about the
spirit of public opinion in the United States if he thinks
that it will approve of his description of the Constitution
as "an obsolete paper." It is not .obsolete, and the peo
ple will see that it does not become so. -
The Civil War made amendments to the Constitution
necessary, and they were made accordingly. But the
body, of that great document was retained. It has not be
come, obsolete. It remains today a great source of our
strength as a nation. The present war may make other
changes necessary. It may be that there must be a re
distribution of certain powers in case of emergency. It
may be that there, should be some provision for. the un
usual and the abnormal But that is for the future to de
termine. What of change the great war upheaval, will
bring in its train no one can now tell. Whatever is neces
sary will be done at the proper time and in the proper way.
The present is essentially a time when the Constitu
tion should be respected, not discarded. This is the per
iod in which to hold fast to the anchor that has kpnt the
nation from dangerous drifting for a century and a half,
and in spite of fast-flowing tides and eddies which have
oeen a part or our nistory.. It is a time when the Consti
tution should not be spumed by men in high pla'ce in the
nation, n snouia not be the object of slighting speech nor
insinuation. It should not be held up to the unthinking of
the country as a document that has outlived its usefulness,
or as something trat is not adapted to time of National
stress. It should not be attacked by a Senator of the
United States who in his oath of office swears to pay it
reverence and to uphold its provisions. Philadelphia
Press. - , .. , - - :.. ,. . 1 &" te'5'iSf -Stf W
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 ITS IN RELATION TO A
SOUND BANKING SYSTEM. WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT.
La Grande National Bank
Future Not Rosy.
The I. W. W.'s seem .to forget they are monkeying with
the Federal Government when they attempt to tie up the
camps and lumber industry. If they should be successful
trie state snipbuildmg program would fall through. Uncle
Sam will stand about so much and then .take drastic ac
tion. In England hundreds .who have done exactly what
the I. W. W'- are now trying to do have been quietly stood
up against a wall. The future looks anything but rosy
for the Won't Workers if they continue to agitate and
make trouble. Roseburg Review. , . ,
ANY
SUIT
975
. ANY.
COAT
Any Suit or Coat in our entire stock reduced to this extremely
low price." "These are all new springsuiss in the lawsst styles
possible, end we are putting themat this figure simpiy iw-
i ...
cause we cannot carry these over next season. ,. .
it
All
Silk
and
Wool
Dresses
Reduced
3312
SHOE
SALE
A large line of Shoes
and Pumps; white,
black and some two
tone colors, all reduced
20 per cent.
All
Skirts1
Re
cluced
BR
J Your inspection invited 20 jfQ 1 j
A look Ahead.
If we win the war we will have plenty of new heroes
and sufficient brand-new presidential candidates to sup
ply all our political parties" for several campaigns. There
will be glory enough for all. Anaconda, Standard.
A Hymn for Sweden.
When a U-boat attacks a Swedish vessel, the crew of the
latter ought to line up on the deck aiid &'ner. triainlv.
"Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You." Cleveland
Plain Dealer. . ...
Neptune's Daughter are advertised as
two sensational as well as unique at
tractions. The Miracle Top O World
and Honeymoon Trail are unusually
interesting as is Gowdy's Museum
and the Igorotte Village, while the
Silo Drome and High Life with the
other attractions are sure to thrill
and entertain you in a manner un
known bef re.
; The Whip, the latest and most sen
sational of all riding devices and the
Galloping Horse Carousal, together
with the Lofty Ferris Wheel will car
ry the laughing crowds of humanity
and on next Monday night, behind a
curtain of fire the myriads of multi
colored lights on the Joy Zone, the
Worth am Shows will make their gal,
lant charge on the amusement-loving
public of this city and vicinity and a
complete victory is assured.
Chamberlain's Colic and
Remedy.
Diarrhm.
Cause of Despondency.
Despondency is often caused bv in
digestion and constipation, end quick
ly disappears when Chamberlain's
Tablets are taken. These tablets
strengthen the digestion and move the
bowels. Adv.
Now is the time to buy a be tie of'
this remedy so as te be ''irepared to
case that any one of your family
should have, an attack of colie or diar
rhoea during the summer months..
It is worth a hundrxi times i'js cost .
when needed. Adv.
The Pinery'
; Minam, Oregon.
GOOD FMHINQ
Tents, Beds and Saiklle Horses
for Rent. Pack trains to all to
mote points
Guides Furntehvd
Fsr-rs Phone 16T
WHY-
The Business Man and
The Banker should encourage and
The Farmer should practice .
Diversified Farming
i
inimmrsimiimaam)
(Bv Kenneth Gilbert. These articles are renrinted from th "Riinaa
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 Sjstem.Ji
Study the Balanced Ration Carefully and Eliminate All Waste. -In
beef makinir. as in other lines of manufacturinir. cost nf nrndnrhinn
is reduced by the elimination of all unnecessary waste.
Alfalfa hay alone is not a balanced ration, therefore it is not ppnnnmv i
to mnlrino. hent nn alfala t.nn .Un. f I . .! -I
grass hay and some grain if you we to make the largest gain for each
pound of feed.
It costs less to keep an animal growing than to start it growing again
after it has etonoed. Once an AnimAl in stunt-jut fnr lnik nf fnA nA ni.n..
feeding can entirely remedy the damage. It always takes more feed to
make a pound of gain on on animal that has once been stunted than on one
that hnu Hoa. Lm HAH.nn.l.. -'
w.uv ....a .i luiis va.,1 ,iy grUWHIg.
The food of maintenance is an expense account. Therefore it requires
much less feed to manufacture 1500 pounds of meat in 24 months than it does
to take 48 months in which to do thr wrk.
T. chRPn 13,0 C0Bt f beef production, so that beef may be grown on
cultivated lands at a profit, will require well-fcred animals, economical feed
ing, continuous growth, ejtr'.y maturing and early marketing. Range stock
or range methods applied to tbr, uKxiern farm will result in loss and dissatis
faction. The comibination of t-olentific knowledge with practical experience and
good judgment, are nc.-essaiy for a full measure of success. To scoff at I
scientu ic knowledge, balanced retinna ntan0; HT,t: n i i .
L?iCaI-reriT-e' m observ"t'on ar.'-i good judgment is, todav at least,'
oneTf thcIeftout '' distance either factor or facors with any
BIG TIME STARTS
NEXT MONDAY
All arrangementB are now conclud
ed for the "Mid-Sumtiwr Jnv
and the Wortham Shows which :11
furnish the nttrjictinnt n.m bWawL
edgwl by Press and Public as a clean,
novel ana interesting midway organ
ization. Their midway of amuse
ments, will be set up on the Circus
C.-ounds, the only place large enough
to accommodate tnem, and will be
comprised of a varicdline of attractions.
Among the attractions i the Royal
CirCUS &Mi MenAtrpHA. U'fcnT-A linnfl !
tirfer. bear Ann nt.HF frnnifal -fatttti '
are made to perform wondrous feats. I
nmuimi .llgUtO ,5, HiU W 31
bcuucifiil Oriental show in America,'
while the Monkey Auto Races and
I hay
a some
odd
of
The Car's Weight
presses the Vacuum Cups tightly
against the pavement. A vacuum
is thus formed. The tire rolls
forward, gently lifts the cup edge
wise, and releases the suction
grip without retarding the speed.
That's why Vacuum Cupa are
fuaratileed not to skid on wet,
lippery pavements, else return
able at purchase price, after
reasonable trial,
Pennsylvania
VACUUM CUP
TIRES
are tuarantttd - per warranty
tag for
6,000 Miles
Tires kat are
Nlw Stock
whtek i will
cS "z mi at
10 Off :
Hilton Garage