TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917.:
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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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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.
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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.
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' 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.
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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.
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