WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1,1917:
LA GRAWDE LTENllvO OBSERVER.
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EDITOmAiTl'AGEF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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PROTECTING OUR SOLDIERS.
One of the great uses of the proceeds of the sale of Lib
erty Loan Bonds is the protecting of our soldiers in France
protecting them by arming and equipping them with
every means of offense and defense and supplying them
with proper food and medical attention and everything
needed to make them powerful and effective.
This idea of .protection of our soldiers has been further
anlorcrn na fioovoinrv McAdnn now nronoses life and dis-
ability insurance for the men who go to the front, and ade-
quate provision tor the support ana protection 01 uieu
fnmilinu A fmitWpTiPA wns held in Washington lately
with representative insurance men of the country and it
seems that this insuring will have to be done by the gov
ernmnnf nnrJ will nnt. hp done bv nrivate insurance orea-
nizations. Here is another wise and just use of govern
ment funds that will meet with the approval of the nation.
. In a speech before the conference Secretary MeAdoo
in art an in- . i
.Tt is a crime for a great nation to take a man and send
him to fight for his country and refuse to make adequate
provisions for him and those who are dependent upon him
and leave them possioie oojects 01 tnc cuauLy. 01; .gener
" VVo iniit son in it. nnt nnlv that, everv American soldier
io nrmitvnnl w5li ihn hnci ihni Ainpvipnn mnnev. inowniitv
U 1,1 uijjivu Tl li ii ii.v uvuii i . . v J. .v .,.. ---- , o
and skill can provide, in order that he may fight with the
utmost effect and sell his life as dearly as possible for his
country, but we must see .to it also that every American
soldier shall go to the front with the comforting and su
preme satisfaction of knowning that his loved ones will not
be dependent upon charity, but that they are as much cn-
. titlnl in simrmmianT.irm fnv wYini tliov nrn sjiprifipino- 111 ni'd
HI 1,1V U UWIIIJIV- 111,14 V, 1 II A 1 ' II 1111 1, 11,11 I,, - -
. er that he may go to the front as he is entitled to compensa-
tion. lor.wnat ne aoes at tnc irom. -
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J A BRIGHT OUTLOOK.
- The labor situation in Portland remains at normal, am
there are no reasons outstanding for expecting disturb
ances in the near future. There is no feeling of unrest
generally prevalent among the mechanics of that city.
The ship yards are going ahead and if labor strikes can
be avoided, there is every reason to believe that Oregon is
entering on an era of prosperity that will not only last for
a p;riod of years, but will affect every section of the
stat.i.
Tn the minds of many thinkers it is believed that the
world will never again abandon wooden ships as commerce
carriers. A fleet of five wooden ships can be builded and
Supporting' the
Government
This is a time for every citi7.cn to support the
United States Government and ninny are doing so
at considerable cost or sacrifice to themselves.
We have joined the Federal Reserve Banking Sys
tem established by the Government to give greater
finnncial stability and strength 10 the member banks
and protection to their depositors.
You can give your support to this great Govern
ment enterprise uml also obtain its protection for
your money by becoming one of our depositors.
Member
Federal Reaerve
System
La Grande National Bank
Copyright Hart Schaffner & Mane
Advance Showing of
Hart Schaffner j& Marx
CLOTHES FOR FALL
We have just unpacked our first shipment of new fall clothing from Hart
Schaffner & Marx and are putting them on display now.
Many new styles and colors have arrived Some with belted backs and
others plain. Some have the belts all the way around, and some just across
the back ; others have the belt across the back, entering under the coat at the
side and button at the front inside. , , . ..
See our window display of these suits and then come in and let us show you
the rest of them.
"We count it a pleasure to show you these suits at any time.
operated for the cost of one large steel vessel. -If the de
mand for wooden ships shall continue the Northwest must
supnly the greater portion of them and in their construc
tion, a great army of men will be emnlm-ed. Up state dis
tricts will supply the food and clothing and other neces
sites for these workmen and their families.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Stage-Play.
It is impossible to conclude, from the events of the last
week or two, that any real progress is being made in Ger
many towards democratization. The resolution which has
been brought forward by the reform party for passage m
the Reichstag, and which is being opposed with apparent
bitterness bv the military party, might easily be the lat
ter's own proposition if they were honest with themselves.
There is in it the same pitiful pretence that Germany was
forced into the war and the same pompous assertion of
Germany's invulnerabilitv which has been the bombastic
claim of' the military partv from the very first. The reso
lution insists upon peace "without indemnities and with
out annexations." This will, before long, or at least m
the end. be the praver of the German government when
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 f the publisher. They ap
iwared in serior form in that publication, Feb. 24 to April 21, 1917. A copy
may be had by addressing the Union Pacific System.)
Better Farming, Beetter Crops, I -ess Waste, Larger Profit. Better Homes,
a Uinktav Oil liiv f CitixetiHhio and Patriotism.
The war has stimulated greater interest in the propaganda of bigger
crops, vet something like the present movement, vowaru greater proaucuon
would have occurred had war not been declared. From an economic point
of view, Business Chronicle, some six moiuns ago loresaw, in general
outline, the present situation. This scries of articles was born of that pre
science. If they have been helpful in any way in implanting a seed of eco
nomic forethoueht that will erow and bear valuable fruit in this momentous
i ho r, this newspaper will deem itself well repaid for its work.
These articles have dealt broadly, and more or less tneoretically, with
UW question of what business men, and especially bankers, may do toward
bettering economic conditions in farming communities. Within a few weeks
another scries dealing with what individual bankers and business men of
tho Pncific Northwest have done along this line will begin. This series,
givng the names and business connections of these men, will show what
may be accomplished in a practical way when business men, trained ob
servers of the world's progress, nndertake to wisely counsel that hard
working, but frequently opportunity-blind individual, the farmer.
it really asks for peace. But it will be a prayer that Ger
many be not compelled to pay indemnities and that none of
her territory, stolen from France, shall be annexed. The
Bache Review, New York.
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