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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1917)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1917 KiGE TWO GRAoWE EYENIM OBSERVER. LA EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER An Indencndent NewsDarier Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. J. D. MEYERS H. B. LEITER CLARKE LEITER President ' Vice-President Editor and Publisher Entered at the Postcl'fice at La Grande, Oregon, as second class 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. The Observer carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on t'i porches. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects gettT.g Che paper to you on time, kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instruc tions. Phone Main 87 before 7:80 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by pecial messenger if the carrier has missed you. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier, Daily, single copy 6c Daily per week 15c Daily, per month 66c Daily, per six months in advance.$3.50 Daily, per year in advance. .... .$7.00 By HaiL Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 Daily, by mail per six months in advance ...$2.60 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 Weokly-Observer-Star per year in advance $1.50 The Kaiser put it in writing. O Whenever anyone gets out of a job, he writes a book. i 0 Vice-President Marshall knows a good town; so he is coming to La Grande on November 5. -O- These are the days when the fisherman catches the fish and tells about it, and the fish keep on growing after they are out of the water. O The Home Guards will be organized tonight. They will take the place of Company M and the Hospital Unit, when the latter are called away. O ' ; , ' The K. of C. War Aid. they are either too large to dry quickly or are covered with a skin to prevent drying. Jn drying by artificial heat, expose the food first to a gentle", then "to a greater heat. This prevents the cut surfaces becoming scorched and hard, thus covering the juicy interior and preventing drying. Don't subject the food to a greater temperature than 143 degrees Fahren heit. Get an oven thermometer to keep track of this. It is very important and must be watched closely as the temperature in a drier rises quickly. The time required for drying varies. Some vegetables can be dried in two or three hours. Turn the food being dried several times to secure uniform dryness. When the food is sufficiently dry it should be impossible to press water out of the freshly cut ends. It should not show any of the natural grain of the product on being bro ken, but it should not be dry enough to snap or crackle. It should be leathery and pliable. Don't use a closed box. It will retain the evaporation from the food and cause mold. Certain products, especially raspberries, should not be dried hard, because if too much moisture is removed from them they will not resume their original form on being soaked in water. On the other hand, dry the products sufficiently or they will not keep, but will mold. Don't bake it or scorch it, but dry it uniformly, through and through. This point cannot be stressed too much. It is advisable to "condition" practically all fruits and vegetables after they have been dried. Do this by pour ing them from one box to another every day for three or four days, to give them a uniform moisture. If the material is found to be too moist it should be re turned to the drying trays for a short time. WHY BRITISH LABOR SUPPORTS THE WAR The effort of the Knights of Columbus to establish so cial centers for the Catholic soldiers at the various train ing camps is worthy of all praise, and should receive the enthusiastic support of the whole Catholic public. The experience gained by the K, of C. organization on the Mexican boundary in a similar work will undoubtedly prove of great value in providing for the larger needs of the present. The society is to be congratulated on its public spirit and is entitled to the generous co-operation of Catholics everywhere. . . , It is highly desirable that the work of aiding the soldiers in camp be unified as far as possible in order to get the best results. The Knights of Columbus through their nation-wide organization offer the best chance of unifying Catholic effort and eliminating waste. Let them be hearti ly supported. The Catholic Sentinel. PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF FRUIT AND : VE G ETA B LE DRYING. (By George Martin, United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, August 7. It is important that you read this article carefully because in it Uncle Sam tells you how to avoid failure and disappointment in your war con servation food drying. There are three ways to dry fruits and vegetables: sun drying, drying by artificial heat and drying by air blast. You may combine all three. To be dried quickly and properly all fruits and vege tables must first be cut into slices or shredded because Supporting' the Government This is a time for every citizen to support the United States Government and many 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 strength 10 the member banks and protection to their depositors. You can give your support to this great Govern ment enterprise and also obtain its protection foe your money by becoming one of our depositors. Member Federal Reserve System La Grande National Bank BY J. A. SEDDON. Introductory Note: Mr. J. A. Seddon is one of the best known and most 'influential of British labor leaders, lie has served as President of the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants a union which he helped to organize as Chairman of the Parlimentary Committee of 'the Trades Union Congress, and as President of the Trades Union Congress. This last office is the supreme honor organized British labor can. bestow. From 1906 to 1910 he was Labor Member of Parliament for the Newton Division of Lancashire. At the outbreak of war, in Aupust, 1914, Mr. Seddon promptly and unhesitatingly took up the national cause. He has since done notable ser vice. Previously he had been an outspoken opponent of militarism in any form. In the following he shows how the same fundamental principles which once made him a pacifist love of liberty, love of justice and a desire for the well-being of mankind today make him, and the overwhelming mass of British workers, stern supporters of war. I undertook a series of recruiting meetings on mv re turn to England. Time after time, when I described what had happened to the people of Belgium, whole audi ences were stirred as they had been stirred by nothing else. Men sprang to their teet volunteering to enlist 'and go to fight. They did not even wait to go home and talk it over with their wives. They were willing someone else should tell the Missus. The Englishman loves a scrap. That is part of his racial inheritance. "He is never against joining in a rough-and-tumble. But it was not love of a scrap that led him to join up now. He had had a rude awakening. A situ ation had arisen undreamed of in his philosophy. His dream castle of peace had tumbled about his ears. His sense of nationality, his sense of justice, his hatred of wrong united to arouse his slumbering passion. I t was in those days that British labor made up its mind that no sacrifice was too great, no struggle too long, no effort too mighty to settle this menace to the world. Everything that has happened since has srengthened our conviction. Prussian militarism must go or freedom must go. I may be told that British labor is not unanimous. 1111(11 Ul 11113 BLlltVCS UI1 UiC Vl.VUt;, clIlU. illJ JJClHUU, (Mill UJ- the labor struggle in South Wales?" I may be asked. These troubles were comparatively small, and were the work of a few well-known mischief-makers. Some of us would deal with these mischief-makers in much more dras tic fashion that our authorities do. I would send them to the trenches, under escort, to learn what war is. The trades unions did not recognize the strikes, and did their best to end them. Some of the men in them did not understand what they were doing. It is not always easy for a man working closely, over forge or in a mine to re alize the actualities of war conditions. I went to some of the men on strike. "You have sent your sons to fight," I said. "Are you going to leave them in the trenches with out cartridges or shells, to be shot down by the enemy? For that is what your striking means. Are you going to let them be put up to be potted without having a shot to send back?" "Ah!" said one man, "I didn't think of it that way!" The trouble-makers haven't had much success. The strikes have not lasted long. And surely the fact that there have been so few strikes, and for so short a time, is the best evidence of how British labor as a whole has worked for the war. What of the conscientious objectors the C. O.'s? What of the people in England who refuse to fight? There are not many of them, but there are a few. We trades union ists regard the conscientious objectors as national black legs. They accept the'protection provided by the nation, and the security established by our fighting men. They receive the benefits of our national organization, and are trying to escape from paying their fair dues. Trades un ions get rid of blacklegs. I would clear these national blacklegs out of the land. The course of the war is bringing about far-reaching changes in British labor, changes the full effects of which are as yet scarcely realized. All classes have commingled in the trenches, and have perhaps learned to understand one another better. The men of the Overseas forces, who No 02 jrf fcr-af FIDGET " 4 i mlHAU BUTTOfl 'f Not. 07, 08, 08M and 09 , Mad with al- I justable strap I "A" to keep I I shoulder strain from slipping I ' down. One pair in a box. f Hose Supporter The kind that are in demand. Fit up over shoulders and button across chest to keep in position no pins needed. Just the thing for the youngsters. 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