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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1917)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1917. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. PAGE THREE 1 f Just Keep This In Mind When Your Eyes Bother You. i We invite you to visit our up-to-date Parlors and Shop where you will find everything obtainable in the latest scientific instruments and equip ment to give you first-class service. " f WE SURFACE AND GRIND OUR OWN.LENSES Broken Lenses Duplicated " ( J. H. PEARE (& SON Mfg. Opticians Registered Optometrist II i j NO wise man would carry a gun which would hesitate about going off when you pulled the trigger. You've got to be able to depend on a gun. With cigars when you put your hand in your pocket, you want to draw out one you're sure of. We've been trying to tell you that you can depend on the mellow ness and uniform flavor of the OWL. Will you do us the favor of testing the OWL? Suppose you invest that nickel today 1 THE MILLION DOLLAR CIGAR , A. GUNST BRANCH OKHCIIAL CIOAH CO., INC. PUBLICITY IS GHEAT HELP T II WIN WAR BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY ARE NOW WORKING CORDIALLY WITH THE PRESS BRITISH ESTABLISH INFORMATION BUREAU At First Correspondents Were Dis trusted But Later They Were Al lowed at the Front Now They are Permitted to mite Anything Ex cept Things Valuable to Enemy Great Britain Plays the Game With the Daylight Turned on and Cards On the Table. Note: Its recent action in creating the Department of Information headed by Col. Buchan signalized the British government's final and complete re cognition of the part played by pub licity in war. Since the American government has yet to pass through some of the processes that brought the British government to this realization, the United Pa-ess asked Col. Buchan to MARKET NEWS Sugar Cane or Fruit, $9.86 Fruit. Bananas 35c40c per dozen. Oranges 2660c per dozen. Lemons 40c per dozen. Loganberries 10c. Green Apples 3 lbs. for 25c. Bing Cherries 55c per gal. Royal Ann Cherries 35c per gal. . Pie Cherries 30c per gal. Blackcaps 2 for 25c. Eed Raspberries 2 for 25c. Dewberries 2 for 25c. Cantaloupes 10c, 8 for 25. Watermelons 3c pound. Vegetables. Turnips, beets and carrots 6c lb. Spinach 8c . Rhubarb 6c Fresh Tomatoes 15c and 20c. - Celery (California) 15c. Crcen Peas 10c, 3 for 25c. Green Peas 10c rv.r.i;f1nrAi 1 Fwv 9(V anA 2fi ; Cucumbers 10c. ' ' ' '" : ''"'- Radishes 3 for 10c Green Onions 5c; 3 for 10c. Lettuce 10; 2 for 15c. New potatoes 4c and 4 1-2 lb. Cabbage 5c. ' Honey 20c Dry Onions 4c and 5c. White beans 22 l-2c Beans Colored 17 l-2c Green Beans 8c lb. r Butter, Eggs and Honey. ' Butter Fancy creamery, 50c; $1.00. Ranch butter -45c; 85c. Eggs 40c. Honey 20c. -$3.15. Flour and Feed. Bluestem Flour $3.20. Royal Patent $3.15. Jersey Cream $3.15. Best of the Best (patent) Invincible $3.20. Snowdrift $3.60. ,Upper Crust $3.45. . None-to-Equal $3.16. Sea Foam $3.10. Best of the Best (straight grade) $3.10i Flour in 10-lb. Sacks. Graham, Germs, Whole Wheat and Eoyal Patent SOc .. Yellow Corn Meal 75c. ... Rye 65c. 101b Oats 75c Chickens and Fowls Ducks Live, 10c and 12c. Turkeys Live, 18c and 20c. Geese Live, 10c and 12c. Hens Live, 12c Cattle Best heavy beef cattle 7.008.00. Ordinary to good cows 4.006.00. iBull 4.005.00. Best light beef steers 77.008.00. Best beef cows 5.006.00. Beef heifers 5.006.00. Calves 5.006.00. Stocker feeder steers 5.006.00. Stocker feeder cows 4.006.0O. Hogs Heavy packing $14.50 and $14.95. Best light $14.60 and $14.75. Rough heavy $14.00 and $14.60. Stackers $12.10 and $13.35. Sheep Best lambs $9.00 and $10.00. Weathers $9.00. Ewes $6.00 and $8.00. Goats $3.25 and $3.50. Spring lambs $12.50. The Mammoth Grocery 1211 Adams Avenue Phone Main, 82 WATERMELONS, ORANGES, BANANAS, CANTALOUPES, PEACHES, APRICOTS, CHERRIES, PLUMS NEW CABBAGE, CUCUMBERS, ONIONS, NEW CARROTS, BEANS, LETTUCE, NEW BEETS STRING OUR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARRIVE FRESH DAILY WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE write the story of tha British govern ment's struggle with its modesty and suspicion. Col. Buchan is fitted for the undertaking becauso, not only of his service at the front, but of his work as author of "The Battle of the Sorame," "Nelson's History of the War," etc. By L. T. COL. JOHN BUCHAN (Written for the United Press) London, June 30 (By Mail) Every specialist is, at first, wary of publicity. Sooner or later his opinion on the subject changes. He learns that he cannot do what he wants to do unless the public understands. This is true of specialists whose work may be termed only semi-public, such as men in medical or other sci ence; it is doubly true of the special ists in the science of wtrafare,- the hoads of our armios and navies. In the British army and navy the dis trust of publicity has always existed, but in recent years this distrust has been" 'broken down. Now, perhaps, the relation between the men who fight and their day-to-day historians probably is more cordial in tha Brit ish army and navy than in any other. At the opening of the war Great Britain was without a press censor ship organization or, certainly, any thing approaching that of Germany. With our traditions of free speech and free press it was to be expected that we should handle the matter awkwardly. The expectation was realized. At the beginning the matter was handled mechanically; rules 'had to ba made and applied and sometimes the strict application of rules led to incidents irritating to the press and harmful to tho government. Despite occasional mishaps and the fact that most of the thought given to publicity ihad to do with ways of suppressing it, the British army furn ished tho world with more details of its operations and occurences, vastly more than the German army did. For one thing exceedingly full dispatches were given to the press. General French even mentioned the fighting units 'by name a thing that has since been discontinued for good military reasons. Complete casualty lists were published immediately, though this has not yet been done by the French army or the Russian. But the underlying distrust of cor respondents bad not abated; it re mained at the high point reached in the Russo-Japanese war. To meet tho obvious need of reporting to the 1 - - B 1 1. . i 1. pian oi tne kusso-Japanese war was tried, that of the "Official Eye-Wit-ness." This plan broke down in short time. In the spring . of 1915 a complete change took place. First, correspond' ents were allowed at the front; a press chateau was established and press of ficers detailed to assist the news papermen. The correspondents, how' ever, were allowed to relate only what they could see for themselves and that I wasn't as much as it might have been. A year later found the correspon dents thoroughly established in the confidence of the army and their pos ition entirely changed. It had been discovered that far from doing harm they were doing great good. Before the Battle of the Somme they had "dug themselves in" beyond the pos sibility of dislodging them if any military man had so desired'. ' They were told everything, they saw cap tured documents, they were taken to the best positions for observations and allowed the greatest latitude in their writing. The correspondents may write practically anything that is not of value to the enemy. The result of the changed attitude toward news is that the fighting fronts have the following channels of publicity: First 'Gen. Haig's dispatches, sur- passing those of any other commander for detail of information contained. Second Two daily communiques. Third The British newspaper cor respondents, oil distinguished men in their profession and the representa tives of the United Press and the As sociated Press, stationed at the Press Chateau. Representatives of the al lied and neutral press also have a chateau. Fourth Special articles by well known writers, such as H. G. Wells and Arnold Bennett, and by repre sentatives of individual newspapers permitted periodically, to visit the front. On other fronts of the British armies the same general plan is car ried out on a less extensive scale. With regard to the fleet, largely be cause of physical reasons, the com muniques and official dispatches have to furnish most of tho news, though many visits have been arranged for newspaper representatives. This growth of an appreciation of publicity was not confined to the army and navy. The need began to be understood in other governmental branches and men were detailed to handle the work. As part of the present Prime Minister's overhaul ing of the government, a Director was created for the business of propogf .nda and publicity. The decision as to what can be published about the fight lies ultimately in the hands of the War" Office and tho Admiralty, but just as it is the business ol the Trea sury to watch all other departments to promote economy, it is tho busi ness of their office to watch all other departments.to moke sure that inter esting information of value to the Allied cause is issued without delay. In the fog of a great war the pop ular mind is ofton apt to lose its sense of proportion and forget the main issues. It is the business of the De partment of Information to try, as far as possible, to keep before the SPECIAL For Saturday WHITE CROWN MASON JAR CAPS Fit any Mason Jar, sanitary. Your fruit will not come in contact with anything but glass. - Regular Price 30c Saturday 15c This Price Includes Rubbers ft Special on 1-2 gallon Schram Jars 90c Dozen. Watermelons on Ice Fruits and Vegetables CALL MAIN 35. HUG'S GROCERY l SEVENTH ANNUAL GOVE CHERRY FAIR AUGUST 15, 1917 , Something doing all day' Has Cove got 'em Well, you come and see ! mind the essential questions of the war and the true position of affairs. It is very difficult for the lay mind to grasp the princibles on which army and navy authorities exercise censor ship. It must be remembered that the success of their operations and the lives of their soldiers often depend on these things. 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