La Grande evening observer., August 06, 1917, Image 4

MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1917.
GRAjXE EVENING observer.
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CONCENTRATION OF POWER.
So many things are so obvious about running a war
that it seems strange that Congress has not learned some
" of them. Some of the members were alive and kicking
during the Civil War, and it seems surprising that they
did not learn that it was the concentration of executive
power in Abraham Lincoln that won the war for the
Union. It is surprising therefore that a faction in Con
gress, probably ,the dominant Southern faction, sought to
tie the President's hands by making 4his acts ana tnose
of-his cabinet subject to supervision and revision by : a
Congressional War Committee. This was an obvious er
fort to "horn in." The members of Congress wanted to
have something to say about the letting of the millions of
dollars worth of war contracts; they wanted their own
committee to be on the job. It is apparent that mem
bers' of Congress resent the great work of the National
Council of Defense, a purely voluntary organization of
American business men, which is helping the President
run. the war. They see Congress supping back to a sub
ordinate position, so they hamper and block the Presi
dent whenever they, can, treasonable though their acts
inaj?,;be:V It is .to be noticed, however, that on every big
question, siren as the Hoover food control bill and on elim
ination of the Congressional war committee, the President
has won out. The reasons is simple. He has the people
with him. They make it known in certain terms that they
wjmt the President sustained. When Congress hears the
roar from the people especially their own constituents,
they line up and vote with the President. Too bad they
couldn't do it willingly. " V"
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August 15 is the date of the Cove Cheiry Fair.' Paste
. th'is in your hat. ' '.. ',....
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WHY AMERICAN HOUSEWIVES SHOULD
tablishment may be.
The importance attached to the plan by the Grand Old
Man of the Stars and Stripes is seen in his statement
that you are efficiently following the nation's food con
servation policy if you slice and dry so much as a single
carrot purchased when carrots are in season and cheap.
This first story is to tell why fruit and vegetable drying
at home is important. The other seven articles, all short
and to the pointj Avill tell' you principles1 and methods of
drying, how to prepare various foods for drying; home
made apparatus you need, detailed directions for drying,
precautions against insects, how to pack and store dried
foods and, recipes for cooking them tastily. ,.".'
Uncle Sam believes you should buy fruits and vege
tables and dry them when they are in season and cheap,
because they will constitute a reserve supply and cut your
food bill later when things are higher.
In Europe dried roods are one of the biggest items, of
food conservation All surplus fruits and vegetables in
city markets are dried in municipal drying plants. Other
government plants are built in the trucking regions. Itin
erant drying machines go from farm to farm in other sec
tions. . , ,'V ,
Dried foods are very good. Many housewives even to
day prefer dried sweet corn to canned. Dried pumpkin
and squash are excellent for pies. Snap beans strung on
uireaus ana anea aoove tne stove are line. -
This country is producing enormous .quantities of per
ishable foods this year which can be saved entirely if the
surplus is dried. You an help do this.
On farms, where root cellars and canning facilities are
better, it is better to preserve foods in those ways. The
drying methods apply particularly to town and city homes,
where storing facilities are scarce and cans and glass jars
expensive. :
Dried foods will not freeze and can be shipped more
conveniently than canned foods in winter. ' . '
With simple and inexpensive ,. facilities, - housewives
everywhere can save quantities of food too small to can.
A few sweet potatoes, apples, peas or even a single turnip
can be dried and saved. ' ' . ., ...
This would soon give you enough for a meal. Small lots
of cabbage, 'carrots, turnips, p6tatoes and onions, saved by
drying, can be combined 4r' soups and stews. ,- '...'..
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EDITORIAL COMMENT. .
UTZ and DUNN
PENGREE MADE- ;
QUEEN QUALITY for Ladies-
SHOES
J.E.TILT
and NETTLETON
Shoes for MEN
SOME NEW ARRIVALS
THIS WEEK
DRY
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
(By George Martin, United Press Staff Correspondent
JVashington, August 6. Uncle Sam, through his De
partment of Agriculture, today expressed the belief that
one iof the best ways American housewives can help con
serve our food supply is by drying fruits and vegetables
at home. '
His experts have prepared a short course in this food
saving system, so popular among grandmothers of the
American housewives of today. It is designed to suit your
kitchen, no matter how small or large your domestic es-
Milestones In History.
Sir Gilbert Parker, in an article in the New York Her
ald, asks if the world stop&rio think what would have hap
pencd if Joffre had not succeeded at the" Battle of the
Maine. ' 'If the. Germans, " he says, -" had got- to ParisJ
they would have got to Calais; they would -have got to
Petrograd. Italy would not have; entered the war;" the
Balkans would have been tinder the heel of Germany and
Austria, and the road to .Bagdad would have been open
to Germany." Emperor William had his eye on Eastern
empire, Turkey, .Asia, Persia; control of the Eastern
Mediterranean. He has been stopped in all that; he will
never get to Bagdad now. He had his eyes on Bagdad,
Petrograd, London, Paris and New York. . .
"HE WILL GET NONE . OF THESE BECAUSE,
ABOVE EVERYTHING . ELSE; 110 MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE W1IO HAVE NEVER BEEN BEATEN IN
WAR HAVE ENTERED THIS CONFLICT. I MEAN
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE." The Bache' Review, New
York. .
The Question of Indemnities.
NAP-A-TAN
BOOTS
For Ladies
A regular high-top mountain
boot waterproof. Something
for the lady who enjoys the
outdoor recreation Just the
thing for fishing. Made of
regular leather, with sewed
tongue lace.
We have them in two-colors
. a brown and a cream.
:' Priced at $7.50 and $8.50
Children's
Shoes
We have two new shoes for
children new fall styles with
cloth ' tops. One a grey
cloth -top, and one with
a black patent vamp and a
canary cloth top. See them
' in our window today. ' '
These are the newest cre
ations in shoes for the chil-
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' We also have a brown cloth :
.top and white cloth top and
kid top in children's shoes.
A New Fall
Shoe In
Narrow Widths
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We have 'just un
packed one of our
new fall shoes. A'
black vamp and grey
cloth top, and an all
block cloth top.
These two shoes arc.
some of the new cloth
top shoes they are go
ing to wear this fall,
and we have been able
to get these in narrow'
lasts.
We have A's double
A's and triple A's, "
and any of the wider
lasts.
You- who: wear the i
narrow last, and have
found it hard to get
shoes will find this a
splendid) - opportunity..:
to get a real shoe that "
fits Wvc low 'pri'ce:-- :r
$5.00 and $6,00,, .,
1
ing Germany's possessions for purpose of . indemnities
which she must pay, is in sombre contrast with her ambit
ions before the war arid the outlook for her before ther.
Battle of the Marne. The. Bache Review, New York.
Financial Strain in Germany.
Supporting' the
Government
This is a time for every cltir.cn to support the
United States Government and mnny are doing so
at considerable- cost or sacrifice to themselves
Wo have joined the Federal Reserve Banking Sys
tem established by the Government to give greater
financial stability and strciiRth 10 the momber banks
and protection to their depositors.
You can give your support to this great Govern
ment enterprise and also ohtain its protection for
your money by becoming one of our depositors.
Member
Federal Reserve
System
La Grande National Bank
If Germany is already bankrupt, how can she pay in
demnities? The London Statist discusses this and be
lieves that Entente powers should begin now to decide
what they will allow and what they will disallow if Ger
many represents to the Peace Conference that she actually
owes already five thousand millions sterling ($25,000,000j
000) ; There should also be considered, it thinks, and be
carefully studied out, what possessions of Germany it is
j reasonable to look upon as disposable for the payment of
all indemnities really duo. "For example," it says, "no
I body who has any regard for human justice or human pros
perity will seriously dispute that all damage done, say in
'the occupied provinces of France, in Belgium, in Serbia,
and so on, ought to be made good to the uttermost farth
ing. If Germany is'allowed to burn down private houses,
to massacre the inhabitants and to kill their cattle, then
future governments mediating a war of revenge will feel
that they may safely run the risk. If, on the contrary,
every penny that can be taken hold of, is used to pay to the
uttermost farthing all damage done, future governments
will think twice before they engage in a fresh war of
revenge."
It then suggests that one class of property might be
looked upon as valuable for paying indemnities namely,
the government-owned -railways, and these, it thinks, the
German governments should be made to hand over, even if
not a single mile is lett to them, to make good all the
losses inflicted upon countries like France, Belgium and
Serbia. It says the governments have other possessions
of considerable value,, like the government bank-r-the
Seehandlung, which owns vast property in lands, mines,
etc., and large investments in shipping. There are other
properties which could be turned in to help pay indem
nities, and the Statist thinks that special commissions
ought to be appointed by the Entente powers for the pur
pose of ascertaining what amount Germany is capable of
paying for the injuries she has inflicted upon all Europe
not merely in regard to property, but what is infinitely
more valuable in regard to life. This picture of inventory-
: Mr. A. E. Bradford, in the Sunday Times Magazine, has-:
an article on the desperate financial stress in Germany.
That Germany is in financial distress and that her distress
must increase, he says, is sure. "The question is. how
long can she endure the economic pressure fought off .thus
far by wonderfully skilled finance, which cannot keep the
totals. from rising to incredible sums." The first war
credit was for $1,250,000,000. The eighth credit, in 1917,.
was for $3,750,000,000. The total is now a little short of
$20,000,000,00079,000,000,000 marks. The Reichstag is'
at this writing demurring to the grant of a supplementary,
credit which would bring the total up to 94,000,000,000
marks. That is within 6,000,000 marks of the total which;
the president of the Reichstag has stated that Germany
could endure. "When Germany's interest charge exceeds
her annual increase of wealth, or about $2,000,000,000, her -collapse
is certain, for the strain would be unendurable.""
He adds that the interest alone on the public loans is $747,
000,000; more than the total taxation for the year before
the war, and that she has been borrowing part, .of her
interest the surest road to ruin known to finance. "The
German calculation of collapse is brought armreciablr
nearer by the certainty that the annual increase of wealth
is reduced by the war and the belief that there are cer
tainly several billions of floating debt." The Bache Re
view, New York.
Praise For Joseph. - ,
The people of Joseph, a thriving town in the north
eastern county of the state, are the livest bunch for a
small town we have seen in many a dav. The manner in
win. they handled the newspaper men showed that they
wcit noUnly progressive but were in the forefront of
the' Aato s most prosperous and ambitious communities.
003' Bay Harbor, North Bend. . , , ,. . .:v