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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917.: v. Mm FOUR EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER LA GRGE EVENING OBSEBVER. i An Independent Newspaper. Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING 00. J!d. MEYERS H.B.LEITER CLARKE LEITER President Vice-President Editor and Publisher Entered at the Postcffiee at La Grande, Oregon, as second- cJass matter. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand. Portland ; Imperial News Stand, Portland. City Official Paper. Leased Wire Telegraph Report of United Press Associations. Union News Items The Observer carrier boyi are in utructed to put the papers on tfie porches. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects geWr.g the paper to you on time, kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only way we can determine whether or npt the carriers are i'ollowing instruc tions. Phone Main 37 before T:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has n, issed you. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Dally, single copy 6c Daily per week 15c Diily, per month 65c Daily, per six months in advance. ?3. 50 Daily, per year in advance $7.00 By MaiL Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 Daily, by mail per six months in udvunce $2.50 Daily, by mail for three months in advance $1.25 Daily, by mail per month .45 The Saturday Evening Observer per year in advance $1.50 i Weekly-Observor-Star per year in advance $1.50 Union, July -23. (Special) Miss Slocum, of Weiser, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Williams this week and is delighted with East ern Oregon and especially the Grande Konde. Miss Slocum is well known in school circles in Western' Idaho. H. L. West, recently operated. on for appendicitis, at Hot Lake- is ex pected to return next Tuesday. ; ; J. C. Turner, of Medical Springs, was in the city Sunday after having attended Speed 'Em Up. An experiment was recently made of hauling lumber down from the Jac obs saw mill by auto truck and proved entirely successful. They will add a trailer to the truck and bring six thousand feet each, trip, and make three trips a day. Norman Compton came down from North Powder Sunday to visit with relatives. He is employed by Homer Bidwell. Catherine Creek is a favorite out ing place for many parties from all over the valley and each Sunday finds the creek lined with autos. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bidwell are spending a few weeks at one of the popular beach resorts with Mr. Bid- j well's mother and sister, Mrs. Clark. Miss Margaret Callihan returned a Th SOXGS AND TIIK WAR. in I i i i. ! J.1 e soinr writers are imouiiitf me coumrv wmi war few days ago from a several months' visit to the Caldwell country. Miss Callihan graduated from the normal school at Ellensburg, Wash., and will teach in Washington during the com ing term. Ted Scibird left last evening for Portland where he enlisted in an en gineering corps. His company will shortly be sent to Palo Alto, Calif. A brother of O. K. Mudge, who has been taking treatments at Hot Lake, is visiting in the city at the Caspar home. Mr. Mudge is from Echo. Mrs. Mabel Eaton McClain, of Eu gene, is visiting her parents in this city. Mrs, McUain nas tor a num vorsity of Oregon. Students Meet. Missoula, Mont., July 24. Twenty two states are represented among the 250 students enrolled today at the summer session of the State Univers ity of Montana. New York, Georgia, Tennessee and Wisconsin are among those reji resented. poetry set to music. Much of it is very cheap trash. Most of it is slangy, taking as a theme "Can the Kaiser,' or dealing vaguely with the "War for Democracy." The war is certain to bring out some great song or poem like the Battle Hymn of the Republic or some catchy song 'iilo '.'.Marching Through Georgia." There is real oppor- tunity here for some one, who can either rise up to the brr of yenrs bceH iii,rarian 0r theUni- great height of writing a real poem or deltly condense . intg verse the light-hearted care-free spirit with which "America is entering the var. But tlie judges as to who wins the great national prize song contest will be the soldiers themselves. They will pick some catchy tune like "Tipperary" or "Dixie", and when they all get to singing it then it will be passed on to the people back home. The real war songs that live are those sung by the soldiers themselves while marching or resting about their camp fires. " .-' . tfp;:.'"' O " n '' j- THE LA CIRANDE BOYS. Today the La Grande boys who have joined Oregon Field Unit No. 1 mobilize to enter the service of the state and a few davs later will be mustered into the service of the' nation. This is a serious day for both boys and ! parents, wives and sisters, brothers and sweethearts. When we realize that eighty-five of the young men of this vicinity are to change from civil to military pursuits, when we think yf the preparations that they have made, what this change means to each of their homes, we" begin to realize what devotion to 'country means. The La Grande boys are a fine body of young men, they have an able commander, they have important work to do. Ours is the duty to aid and assist them in every way possible, by co operating with the auxiliary which has been formed to look after their wants so far as we can. La Grande takes pride in her young men who have enlisted, many of them under military age. La Grande will see that her boys at the front are just as well looked after as they would be at home. O ' EDITORIAL COMMENT. Billy Sunday a Fast Traveler. The Rev. Billy Sunday has been noted as being a fast traveler. With the throttle wide open and the muffler cut out his speed against sin and sinful has boon prodigi ous but. the motorcycle cop hears not neither does he see 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 ANO FACILITIES. WE CAN ACCOMMODATE YOU "WITH ALMOST ANYTHING WITHIN REASON IK IT'S IN RELATION TO A SOUND BANKING SYSTEM. WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT. La Grande National Bank Bake 5000 Loaves Daily. Port Royal, S. C. July 24. (Spe cial) Over five thousand loaves of "bread like mother used to make" are produced daily by the Marine Corps bakers in their giant bakery at the Recruit Depot here. This amount is required for feeding the recruits un dergoing the "two-in-one" Marine Corps course of intensive training for modern warfare. "First to Fight" :.lso means "First to Eat," say the Marines, and they belivo their "chow" is fully as im portant ar. their military education. DO YOU KNOW--- Of a better line of shoes than these? Answer that question carefully, honest ly yourself. If we knew a better line we wouldn't hesitate a .minute to change. . You will find in these shoes, the best materials that can be used in making good shoes. We can actually guarantee these shoes to satisfy. Look At This Line and Decide For Yourself. A Stylish Shoe Correctly Made ututMi Mr 4 For Ladies and Misses UTZ & DUNN SHOES for Women and Children The Shoe of Quality QNM-MAjJp For Women & Children No Better Made - - TILT SHOES For Men Play Shoes-NOYES -NORMAN -for Children Also many other lines - A trial will convince you JUST RECEIVED just unpacking 4 brand new shoes different from anything ever They are the new fall cloth-top shoes, black vamps with ivory, grey or white tops low heels leather or rubber soles. Prices ' $4.00 to $6 00 We are shown. CAN KILL TYPHOID IN RIVER WATER Chloride of Lime Will Do the Work, Declares Cily Health Ollicer, f Purchase the chloride of lime put .up have finished reading this magazine, in tin cans, and not in cardboard place a 1-cent stamp on this notice, casa3." Spokane Chronicle. hand same to any postal employe and it will be placed in the nanus ot our Pendleton Property Owners Warned, soldiers and sailors at the front. No wrapping, no address.1' Pendleton, July 24. (Special) The publications will be carried un To Regulate Junk. Following investigtlticns that convince dcr parcel post classification at 1 cent the officers that several rooming each, regardless of weight. A con- houses of the city are bcinir used as ccntration station has been designated A means of beating the typhoid' pUCes of prostitution, Chief of Police in each state for assembling of the bugs in the river is contained in a j ai Roberts has served notice upon the reading matter. message published today by city i owners of three of the buildings' that Health Officer J. B. Anderson. Di-; they will be held ans werable under reetion for making a solution which, ! the city ordinace making them equal when added to river water, renders it y responsible for such practices with harmless, also nre given. I the lessees of proprietors of the place. Says the health chief: I . "That rivor water may be rendered j harmless, the following directions are i given: r)ne Cent Carries It Or Newspaper to "Take a level teaspoonful of pure Some Soldier, chloride of lime and rub with a small ' Washington, July 24. Magazines GIVE HIM YOUR MAGAZINE. quantity of water to consistency of cream and until the lumps have dis appeared; then add a cupful of wnter: mix this thoroughly and dilute with three more cupfuls of water and, when thoroughly mixed, put into a stoppered bottle. "This can be kept as a stock solu tion for use. A teaspoonful of this solution added to a two-gallon pail of water and well stirred up will destroy., all typhoid or other diarrhoea produc ing germs in 10 minutes and will mako the' water safe to drink. This stock solution will keep for a week, j and newspapers bearing 1-cent stamps Portland, Ore., Ju'y 24. (United Press) The federal government will extend its long arm even to the regu lation of scrap iron and old metal of all kinds, according to the opinion of junk dealers here today. The price of scrap iron has ad vanceed 450 per cent in the last three years. Metal worth no more than $5 a ton before the war "now brings $22 hereafter may be posted unwrapped a ton at Scattle ronmK mils. .inn j T dea crs, while discussing prices than publishers and will be forwarded '. , j , H. , ,, ... . A . . with no particular enthusiasm and bv postal authorities to American sol- . : , , ,,,. . llrt- nn- V ' D . outs am. , u.u.a m ,u uF. w., ,.- fc . skyrock nounc.ng today plans for gathering y f material quotations. Alumi- , . . , r , ' ,.. ' num and ami 1ICL1UII UU Lilt? uuyj tunumi. j uav master General Hurltson suggested that magazines print the following in the upper righUhnnd corner of their front covers: "Notice to the Reader: When you anything but his duty even in the case of a world famous soul saver. Perhaps HiUv thought he had wings. Baker Herald. I' copper command record pTices with junk men, bringing 33 and 27 1-2 cents a pound respectively. Some exceptions to the general rule, however, appear. Waste paper, for instance, does not command the high price of a few years ago. Mag azines and books are in poorest de mand. Old newspaper prices con tinue firm. Old rubher is much lower than a year ago, due to the fact that it is im possible to ship it to Germany, Ger man manufacturers, it is said, are in possession of secret formulas for util ization of old rubber stock. Presbyterian Synod Meet. Eugene, Ore., July 24. The Pres byterian synod of Oregon opened at the University of Oregon hore today with over 100 Presbyterian ministers attending. The synod ends July 28, and next week pastors' interdenom inational conference will open here Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, noted evange list, now moderator of the general as sembly; Dr. William H. Foulkes, sec retary of the ministerial relief and sustentation board; Dr. Velvin H. Flrench, of New York, chairman of the college board; Dr. George S. Mahn, secretary of the committee on' evangelistic work, and Dr. Guy 'Wads worth, of Los Angeles, western secre tary of the board of temperance, are on the synod program. Talking of Haying. Kumpter Yalley farmers are beginning to talk haying. Some say crops will be good. Others are not so optimistic. Rest assured there wiil be lots of hay. Blue Mountain American, Sumptcr. WHY - Reform In Germany. The Oerman nation has been neatly hog-tied by the constitution in which it formerly took such pride. The (ierman empire is a federation not of the people of its 23 states, but of the royal houses of those states, with the lloluw.ollern family at the top. Political i-eform in Ger many must begin at the top. The Dalles Chronicle. We Will Win In The Air. If the war goes to a "finish fight" it will be won in the air: and the achievement of victory will develop upon the United States. Evening Telegram. 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.) The Pig Is a Master Harvester Let Him Do it When PracUcable. Careful investigation on many farms shows that the average cost of harvesting a crop equals the cost of growing it up to the time of harvesting. It h.is also been demonstrated that the pig can do the harvesting of various crops without wasting any food material. It follows logically, therefore, that np to the extent that the pig can do its own harvesting, here is a saving of 50 per cent on the cost of each pound of meat produced from an acre of ground where the pig docs the harvesting. However, it is seldom practicable to produce pork at the least cost by having the pig harvest all of its feed, but to the extent that the pig can do th; harvesting satisfactorily, it is decidedly profitable to let the pig do it- The nixive are hut a few of the most important practices to be adhered to in the sucessful production of hogs, and which, if followed as wisely and as economically as common-sense and some knowledge dictates, makes hog raiaing one of the most profitable phases of agricultural endeavors. They are known to the successful hog-raiser. If they are not known to the hog raisor who is hopelessly struggling with adverse fortune, they should be. i '
