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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1917)
vMvfl'' :. ' Kf mA&m evening observer. ' ' '- WEDNESDAY, ATCGUST.,15,-1917 .w p EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE UV GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ' .. .....;'. J . ... i, .' .. : .. .,v : .... I ::'..' : ' An Irideofendent Nfcwroaper. Published Daily and Weekly at taUrande, Oregon, by the. GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. town betterment? J). MEYERS Hi B. LETTER CLARKE LEITER f yice-President p'f Editor and Publisher Osgood, roads, why should hot the farmers cooperate, in itered at the Postoffice of La Grande, Oregon, as second- class matter. H-fjTT Address all communications to .THE OBSERVER, 1710, Sixth St'. Sale : in. " Other 1 Cities : Oregon Hotel News .Stand.. Portland; Imperial News Stand, Portland. f . . ;y Official Paper. Leased Wire Telegraph Report oi United Press Associations. x '.. The Observer carrier boys are instructed to. put the .papers., on tHe Mwebes. If the carrier doee not do this, misses you, Or neglect gett-r.g che-naper toyou on. time, kindly phone The Observer, ai this is the only Jmjr we can. determine whether or not the carriers ere following instruct Bona. Phone Wain 87 before T:80 o clock and a paper will be' sent you by pedal -messenger if the carrier has missed you. ' ' . , SUBSCRIPTION RATES. . ' . By Carrier., . 1 OsJly, single. copy ...... 6c Dally per week 15c Daily, per month ..... 65c Daily, per six months In advance.$3.60 Dally, per year in advance...... $7.00 ,. By BU1L Dally, by mall per "yea, mad" ,vanee ...$4.00 Daily, by mail per aix months ' in advance ....... ... ... ...$2.50 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 Weekly-Observer-Star per year in advance ...$1.50 THE BOYS ARE GONE. Cove has the In many a home, in La Grande today there' is a feel iig of emptiness. The boys are gone. It was a hard task . to say goodbye to them. They are good boys; no "one can take their place. . , . V' 1 "i o -r '-' :-n THE COVE CHERRY PAIR. V The ' Cove Cherry Fair is a' classic event, oherries and best of all genuine hospitality. It is pleas ant to go there, to meet the Cove people and to enjoy with them their fine fair, their beautiful cherries (where are here any finer?,) and to see everywhere the evidences of thrift, prosperity, and patriotism. .We doubt if there is . $ny community irt the country that can equal Cove's rec ord per-capita for enlistments, for Liberty Bond subscrip tions, and for Red Cross donations. TheCove people are proud, of their community. The state should be proud of it; too. ! ' " " .- I 'i j V .EDITORIAL COMMENT. ' I."''"'"' Community Cooperation. 1 ! ' Any American .farmer who is worthy of the name likes to be associated .with a good, clean, up-to-date, enterprise The "fact is6 that itJie rural town is alarming town and depends ji6i;.onlyf upW the production of .the . farmf with iri'its territory forks' 'own success, but-' this rural town is of itself an index to the farmers, who. lite itWn its terri tory, j ..,.::,'..,''',.. !; ,v : -fft- .y--''.'-'v '-- .:o. I.--. Community cooperation" community development, ' means that the f ami women, join with the town women as members. of the, commercial club, as they'do in Garfield, Whitman county, Wash.; it'means a community coopera tion in earing for and beautifying the local -cemeteryj as at Oakesdale, in the same county ; it means that the town people unite with the farm people in the community club house, as at Orbville, in Okanogan county, Wash,; it means mat tne larmers ana tne townspeople unite m making an institution of the annual picnic, as on the irrigation jpro ject a few miles out of Caldwell, Idaho; it meansithat the townspeople and the farm people unite in that marvelous institution, the children's fair, as at McMiunville, Ore..' X Wherever you find the farmers cooperating: with the townspeople you have a good, town, and, when you have a good town you are pretty sure to find good people living on tne farm around that town. You can not build up a suc cessful social life without community effort.' Good stores good churches, good schools,; good roads, good farm orga nizations must nave the cooperation or the farmers as wel ( It 1 1 1 1 rf-V -wm as or me towns-peopie memseives. uregon Jbarmer. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DRYING SERIES MODEL YOUR Fl&tJRE WITH A Model Brassiere It' suitresses a possible bt)lkiness, softens .. an angle to a cuiTe, models thefigure to correct proportions and gives the .wearer the utmost comfort, . Styles-for 'every type of gowrij 'from simplest tc . the raost'.elaborate," . 50c to $7.50 ' (By George Martin, United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, August 14.-7-There's a lot of complicated and expensive machinery tor truit and vegetable drying, but Uncle Sam says you don't need to let that worry you, TJi re are cheap and effective methods that do just as well. - Sun drying is about the, cheapest and most effective method for housewives practising a little war economy at t ;a j ij. j ' s.i ' . i lUMiiie. iu us sunpiesi iorm sun arying consists or simpiy spreading the sliced or chopped food on sheets of clean paper, or, it it sticks, on pifoe,s of old, though clean, mus 1m. weighted down with stories. Choose bright, hot, sunnV days for this. See that no rain or dew wets the product; ; Throw a mosquito bar over 11. i - l. fJ vi it . . . ii ro Keep on mes ana lnseeis. v. ' :r hrir the slices and turn them. Over once or twice & day. iaiie out tne mm ones, wnich dry first. :. . ?.. ..You must be particularly careful about flies and1 in sects. If they lav their eees in. the drvine .product, thev will hatch later and riddle your dried foods, rendering tlifm" unfit for "the table!' V xr.r.?.:; ;- svt v; ; If you can afford, trays.' ijse "them. ' Then Ybu can stack the trays at night and cover, them with oilcloth.: canvas or rooimg paper aunng wet weather or at night. '. '. .-.-, Ti-m vm4 v' iAnM' i3:xll 1 ..-xry - inff business town as his postoffice and trading center J ,K L y "y-J. It's an asset to the' farming community to have good I a e ' it you nave a handy man around me 7 . r ' ha vuuaa. v uw V UllU VX T . V JUX O that way. It will utilize all the hot air. given 'off by any Kina or a stove.' churches, good schools, a good commercial club, and good business houses withm easy reach, The growth and prosr ' perity and service which such a town can render to: its country neighbors depends much more largely upon the ' farmers themselves than they are apt to think;' The more j yo.utrade with the town merchant, the better stock, ho ' fcajl'keep. The more' you help out the creamery or the ijfcSese . f acWrjjbJ; ' $W grain ! warehouse company or the grange or the farmers' union, or any other organization that is helping out the town and country alike, the better .town you will have. ' " '..T . ,,SYbur town is.sure to have some sort of a moving pic ture show. It is far better .that you should have a good, lPn'table movie than a low-class picture show. Farm fathers and mothers can exert a great influence in the matter of clean amusements in the town. If the town has a public library, it can double its value and efficiency, by. the cooperation of the surrounding farming families. . . If the business men of the town,, help out in the matter JX '' l'ki Sup jtf ting the Government , ThU is a time for every citizen to support tha United States Government and many are doing so at considerable cost or sacrifice to themselves. " "We havo joined the Federal Reserve Banking- Sys ' tern established by the' Government to give greater, financial stability and strength 10 the member banks and protection to their depositor!,. , You can give your support to this great Govern ment enterprise and also-obtain it protection; for '; your money by becoming one of our depositors. r in Member Federal Rascrre .' System , j 'V. ft. . mm pl .... 1 'IfilJlllliltl.'.t SJm.-l La Grande National Bank Still -another home-made,:drier is the cookstove hveri Bits of food, especially left-overs can be dried on nlates in a very slow oven in connection with, other cookiner or on J 1 1 . A.. " tne oacK ot the cookstove and preserved tor winter use.:" , it the oven is very warm me door may be left ajar and the temperature of the oven often noted. You can. also us- small galvanized iron trays, in the oven. ; There are such small driers on the market. ' v "::-c :u v : : ..mi J.1 11. 1 i n " ' ' "'? k'' xnen mere is tne eiectnc tan. it you. own one, fniits and vegetables, in long : trays, about 3x1 feet and stacked in two tiers, end to end before the; fan, can b.e dried within 24 hours. : ,.i V : Sliced string beans and.' shredded sweet potatoes will dry. before a fan running atvmoderate speed within a few. hours. . In many cities the fan will use about 1-4 of a cent an hour in electricity. Place the fan close to the stack and do not fill them so full thatthe air cannot pass freely all aroundthem. .. . ' The big advantage of the fan method is that the food keeps cool all the time, thus tending, .to retain the' .color ana prevent spoilage." Your Local Newspaper. Your local newspaper is! in no sense a special "child Q? vum-iiy. xt eai-ns every, aouar it receives and is .second to no enterprise m contributing to the upbuilding-and bet terment of the town and community. Its patrons reap far more benefits from itspages than its publisher arid in calling for the support' of the community, it asks no more than -what in all fairness belongs to it. Patronize your nome paper as you would any other enterprise, as a mat ter of business, because it directly or indirectly helps you, ima as a matter ot chanty. U. K Miller w. Apache (Okla.) "Review. , ... " , . . .".r. !:AxlvAppetizer. The v.Frencli .ajre planning a -great sham fight for the Sanimies. arald to belieVe that the Sammies will pM. 'ant soon. : This is probably only Herald. - .'v.-- 11 il -V ujj..iue jrea,i ngnongrnev w an appcr.The-Balter oria'MQ Speed." The laws allpw Vrelsona)bieys'peledM iri rjfmg'aritor mobile, and reasonable sgebdvitK'TXSuallj &ig)L&;.g& Ptt tbewmeKveningTTibune ;. si. .17;,-! r.-i 4 I .. : nroMkcre , Henderson and Nemo , Corsets Give yourself ease, com fort and a stylish figure and your dressmaker a chance to do herself jus tice by wearing the par ticular model amoig these corsets, that best '.' suits, . yu- ":: Neatness . has a lot to do . with the effect of the sum- w mer costume. And these" corsets help a great deal towards " obtaining'- the right result. ' ? ': Summerville News I S ,,, , Savoy Hotel Arrivals; V. ' Anderson,' La Grande: "L. W. ; Summerville, Ore., Aug. 14. (Spe- Dixon-, G. W. Jorris, Enterprise; Mrs. ciall Heading and threshine is the W J- Anderson, Mrs. 'lhos. Hutchi- order of . the day. Haying is-still un-l so.n, Cambridge, Ida.; .Mrs. W. H Meech, Gold Butte,' Mont; J. R. Bed-' ed. - There is some fall wheat yielding klinr' Arthur -CaTitrel,': Cixon.-tMont;'' der Way, and binding just fairly start- 40 bushels per acre. 'Rev.- and Mrs. .W. A. Winters were guests at the parsonage last Sunday and Sunday night. As he always ' is,, Rev.-Winters was very interesting in his sermon. Rev. Archer's work was highly commended by him. Preaching here next Sunday even ing by our pastor, - ' Miss Mabel Hue. assistant tele phone operator, was' taken to the hog-' pital last Saturday evening . and a few hours after was operated on for appendicitis. It is reported that she is getting along nicely. There were many huckleberriers out last Sunday some returning with glowing accounts, while others came discouraged. Consider, yourself for D. b: Howard, ,-Toola Davids G-- Glass, ;Pendlpton; R. F., Walls, Pat terson,, N.. J.j.J. A- Lankford, Frank' Willman, Elgin; w. L. McGeorge, Eu gene; C G... Burt, and wife, . Salem; Amons I. Burt, Cambridge,; Ida.; W. W.. Poague and wife; Mrs. , C. M. Gleen, Durk'ee; C. E. Nelson, Vincent; Virgil Miller, Pendleton; W;, -Brid-well, Emmett, Ida!; Clarence L. Booth and wife; Mrs.' W? W. Thomp'soni En terprise;' Isis Belereus, Wallowa;" Ay F. Talcott, Caldwell; Glenn Graham, Clay Graham, Wmi. Miller,, Elgin; Foley ,o(;el Arrivals ' J. V. Burke, La ' Grande; Victor Moon. Sookane: H. C. Sevmour and tunate just to get to go to the moun- wife,. A. Grace Johnson, O. A. C, Cor- tains where nature reigns in all its grandeur and majesty. J. M. Choate,. who" particularly de- testa, old looking buildings and bro ke walks, has put in a new,, walk in front of . his store. ; r ' Much fruit shipped from the Cove came here. Raspberries predominated. Loganberries were also quite plenti ful, also apricotB. . , A.- large' load of ' peaches was brought across the mountains by Frank -Ott and they were certainly delicious. ; ' Fire Warden Williamson was In town, on the 13th inst. ; Clydie Ott, little two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ott, broke his collar bone the other day by falling out of a swing:. Dr. Gilmore', of Imb- ler, was called and -the child is now getting along nicely. vallis; H. D. Copeland and son, Walla Walla; Thos Duncan, R. L. Call, Port land;' Charles B. Elder, California; Harold Christensen, New York; Ralf Harper, W. C. Witherspoon Portland; G.. A,-Sandberg, Chicago;" John Ie Carty. Enterprise; W. Nuce, M. Leyin son, Portland;. H. W. Laughlin, North Powder; Valter S. Martin, San Fran cisco;. Wm. McKenzie, Portland; Pet er, Mclntire; G. K. Fargo, Portland Mr. and Mrs. R. L..Wrighi Baker.' . R. L. Beath killed a rattlesnake, the) other day on Fox Hill below tho snw mill'' It was 4) feet long and a "vici ous brute". Mr. Beath presented the rattles to The Observer. : Miss Anna Jane MacMillan accom panied Miss Miriam Smith to the mountains yesterday: on horse back. . .LET US DESIGN BtflLD AND ERECT : YOUR MONUMENT . OR MARKER Vermont Marble & Granite; Works Corner Cove and Jeff. Ave. Phone Red 61 I,.-. j-. .ruiv jl vir, o,i3ii,eT" -v. 'i m wye - oi &even arassenger oood As New A Great Bargain Inquire at IMPEftlAEiHOTEL '.mone Black 641 snuvby'h
