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KGE FOUR rr : LA CKRAHDE EVENING OBSERVER. FRIDAY, AUGUST. 17,4917. EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER i An Independent Newspaper. ' Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande. Oregon, by the GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING COl j D. MEYERS . II. B. LEITER CLARKE LEITER wintered at the Postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second- class matter. v , Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand. Portland; Imperial News Stand, Portland. City Of ficial Paper. Leased Wire Telegraph Report of ' . United Press Associations. The ObMrver carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on tUt porches. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects gett'ng the paper to you on time, kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only Vay we can determine whether or not the carriers are tallowing instruc tions. Phone Main 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. I Daily, by mail per in advance six FWtlv. pin rrl rnntf fic I AW . VflJIJ. UT 11IU.I Will. (HVUVtW D&flv tier week Daily, per month , 65c Daily, per six months in advance.$3.60 Daily, per year in advance. .... .$7.00 By Mail. Daily, by mail per year, in ad TUM vk. J'...''.'.'........ . 14.00 months ..$2.60 in advance A kl.2K Daily,' by mail per month ..... .45 The" Saturday Evening Observer Tier vear in advance S1.B0 Weekly-Observor-Star per year in advance fl.60 BUSINESS EFFICIENCY. EDITORIAL COMMENT. : The national government will probably come through the war, purified and cleansed. What it needs is some ordi nary, business efficiency. President Wilson has the great est opportunity of any -President that ever lived. George Washington was president when the American credit was at its worst. His first, task was to build up the finances of the country and he appointed an able man when lie ap pointed Alexander Hamilton secretary of the treasury. We remember many men in the history of the republic with gratitude, but rfone is more entitled to a high place than Alexander Hamilton, whose instinctive and acquired knowledge of finance was safe and sound. In the Civil War Abraham Lincoln had the services of Jay Cooke in floating the Civil War loans and no abler feat of finance was ever pei'formed. And it was dollars and resources just as much as men that won the war. McKinley had no difficulty in financing the Spanish-American War and President Wilson will have no difficulty in financing this one, for the wealth of the United State has grown so enormously that we try to think in billions instead of mil lions, and the human mind cannot conceive of such enorm ous masses of money, , But the difficulty with our modem WAT'S 1S finf. BrtVlmill tta Aiffimrftrr nf Kaicinn lwv mnTinir U is the difficulty of spending it and getting dollar for dol lar value for it. . It is safe to say as other writers have said, that the war will be won and lost in Washington. : If ; it is lost, it will not be lost by the President. Through out all of the very trying circumstances, President Wil son has preserved real discernment in picking his advis- ; ers. He has. not hesitated to go to Wall . Street for some of his most important lieutenants and be it said to the credit of the men of wealth and riches that they re , sponded promptly and patriotically to their country's call. President Lovett, of the Union Pacific, went to the resent u uie iteci uross. ho (lid Henry i. Davidson. Bernard Barueh, one of Wall Street';? ablest operators, went to Washington to take charge of the government's purch asing department when small men like Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels and their weak and inefficient de partments of war and navy collapsed under the strain. Herbert Hoover was called in to be food controller, when the Department of Agriculture fell down and had thrown the country into the edge of a panic by its hysterical economy program at the start of the war. So it was that the President leaned heavily upon the National Council Hi White Slippers Straps . . : Low Heels ; . Cuban Heels . Values up to $5.00 20 Per Ceent Off" SALE OF SHOES Children's' and Misses ' Button and Lace White Shoes, -Reduced,' 10 Per Cent We consider this one of our greatest eutsi: in- 8fcoesEvevtair of oWsummer shori this season. Some are the most popular, modes, iia.! footwear this summer, and will be good for fall and spring. ( . ;;v-: vV - ,:' -;-"1' y: y.V-'Jji , -.- - We are offering these splendid bargains, simply because we make it a- policy not tocirry goods over from' one season to the next. .:. .: ":?-;'ii .-;!!, vYpu find some great bargains here and at the prices listed below you will find them all real values; - v '' ; Genuine White Glove Kid ( ' Lace, formerly selling at ' $13.00, now -....,.$11.00 ; White New Buck Lace,' formerly selling at $6.00,. Now -T .'... $4.95 White Reinskin Lace,! formerly selling at $6.50, Now , ... $5.15 ; White Reinskin Lace,; formerly selling at $4;50,, Now . $3.60 White Reinskin Lace, formerly selling at $5.00. -Now ......l...r....... $3.95 Our Bargain Table Full of Qodh canvas shoes, slippers, white buck shoes and slippers patent and kid pumps and slippers. All at wonderfully reduced prices '. Your Inspection Invited ;aWhie Buck Sport Shoe. fornjerly selling at $6.00, Now.................... ... $4.95 White Buck English1 .Walk, formerly selling at $4.50, Now $3.65 ' -White Canvas Sport Shoe, ionnei-ly selhng; at $4.00,-, Nowt . ... $2.95 White Canvas Sport Shoe, formerly selling at $3.50, Now; ..::.....:.,,. $2.49 of Defense composed of the biggest business' men in the nation, who serve without pay, and who have saved the government millions of dollars in' a few months. Tf nrrml1 ha a -firm f runnr ifVia Troailonf wure orivori onfTimitr incf TiAm Ktr rfMiorTaca ronrorflni7fl "fliA TrilTl- ous departments of the national government, reduce ex r-P f wot an ioffiiianf JonaMfl niTroninf inn TtrifTi toq ! UUXllJJCLCXJb XI1C11 LL tlXC VaXlUUO JUDAtXUXia VI J.GOJJVALIQXP.XXXI.J , THE FOURTH PAYMENT. Loan Bonds purchased on installments was due on August 15th. The payments must be made before that date ac cording to the official statement of terms and conditions of the sale of Liberty Loan Bonds issued by Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury, at the time subscriptions to the frnm thd Troiisiinr fv -fWim'flia 'p'arlovol Pmotoo "RqtiVo rn tlirouch other hanks nr afrenfMAs it is imrnrtnTi trmt thflsn and succeeding installments be paid promptly. . ' vl--. A Son-of-a-Gun From Bitter Creek. i;x; . t r Supporting' the Government ThiB is a time for every citizen to support the , United States Government and many 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, financial stability and strength to the member banks and protection to their depositors. You can give your support to this great Govern .r. ment enterprise and also olitain its protection for . your money by hecoming one of our depositors. It is a matter of common .observation that the debates average Congressional spouter gets on .to a religious text, ur a iuuicu tupic,, iie lainy cmuiuies tue xuiciiinan who every spring bored holes in his cellar door, as he said, "to let the darkness out.." Thf latest. AvamnlA hf tha is Svnn - v . - - v - - tor Morris Sheppard, of Texas, who believes in pumping virtue into the people by legislative process. ' . He is as pious as Satan when rebukiner sin and as 01- thodox as Barebones himself. His theme is temperance; The constant activity of the liquor interests is a peril to free institutions, according to the Chinese statesmanship which would burn the house to roast the pig, while alco holic liquor is a menace-to the nation's health, morals and efficiencj-. Organized labor, cried the gentleman from Texai'kana. has been asked to orvnnsA -nrohihitirm hprnns bartenders and brewery and distillery employes are mem- 1 A 1 A 1 1 7 1 II i it uers vi unions. Ana men De oiatnerea tnus erated by state and national forestry departments with unusual diligence. P i Loss of timber by fire, with its attendant dangers to ause: enough at any tLe for Fui uj. tiioBB who penetrate the wilds. Now war has made timber of exceptional value, and to tha fabor ts 0f l0SS thTbxiSh forest fires is added that of Timber is in demand for government use and men are needed for constructive work. Expenditure of labor to overcome the carelessness of some sportsman is not con structive or productive. l .' Curtailment of t.hA 1 hardship to those who love the chase, but it is, curtailment ot a pleasure which has many substitutes. Most of the game of today will be alive another year if not bagged this, year. But why it is assumed that hunter are niore care less with matches, eigar..;$tubs ajid. smouldering -embem-than campers and fishermen-w6 are. not now prepaid t" say. Mormng Oregonian, Portland. - '- , Expert Nuisances. , .. . ; . . . One of the bis-e-est. rtiiisonaa A"li'' 'i'i! lilt so called, who eets out his TiAnfii a-nA mou. n .1 figures as towhat 1S going to happen in.Europe. A late rkTlO fT Kiel In sin Ani.u J. . Xl I II v-u Ir ; . '""aies xnat h tne Uennans keen up their submarine activities, and fiio hoioti J;1-ij does not increase its ship building-much more than it has in ! ' V, ,XiUW uoin, men tne. war must end in 1919 because England and the allies will be cut off from their food supplies. That is the way Germany figured it too; but the government report for the fiscal year ending June 30, shows our trade with the allies has increased greatlv in smte of suhmfirinno'nm'u n t Salem ' . vajjum journal, Works Both Ways! . " The fellows who won't enlist because they don't want to give up their jobs may have to stick to those samt- i-.bs when men with more courage, are getting better ones. Evening Tribune, Pendleton. , Only a Few Are Killed s i i-v - i i j i , i r rrM , . juauvr js asKUU in lmneni its vftrv pxisr.prip. rn Tflkf osa whn ontoi. thn n. . Tv . tood trom the mouths and clothes from the backs of men, J States are not necessarily eoim? to their eraves Tn f nt v, U'"U1U1,IU ouotam a. naiiio luettiuiig nuuger, au extremely smau percentage will be killed or woiinWl disease, uisamty and death for the masses while liquor . Therefore the loved ones of those who eo forth in barons live in luxury If the liquor traffic is to be eradi-. nation's interest should not mourn too much over the? cated, the aid of the lederalgoverimient must be invoked, departure though there can be of course no questioning llle TJartlinrshin hntwonil fhn innni trnffin a-nA tlio PoI.iti Member Federal Reserve System La Grande National Bank x ' X - V- llil.1V .X lllllj -L. jX eral government is one of the most frightful heritages of the Civil War." ., To a man of Senator rorris Sheppard 's stunted in- the danger assumed bv our soldiArs ; The best cheer on the subject of battle losses is pro vided in a report to our secretary of war by M. Andre Jiuaui s" uuuuuissioiier or me trench republic. The - v,r,v o uvn cuu, 111,11 uuiiiiiuoBiuuei- oi me jrencn renublip telleCtlial PrOWth anrl lnilM mpntnl viainn thn xrarrm vital -nnr-i- f o l j. , . . . the temperance lecturer hke the cackle of the little barn- ; Our strength in men, by reason of a better Sand yard hamlet where he lives when at home, seems the and of better methods of instmr-tior, t,!.ri S.d' f all the world. Men of his calibre learn nothiner. ; befrinnino- of thA wav .nncftu a . -i . noise of all the world. Men of his calibre learn nothiner But men of his environment the two-State wilds of lexarkana, where a gentleman who gets drunk in Ark ansas mav Sober UD in Texns. nnd vio a wrsn ooonino- tVin sheriff O feach vkinace the wliilA aoiiI nrofit WnotriiTio' he miffht read in the doubtful AVAnt. that ho owr voaA at - . .. v,v. an. csucii a person m the Senate of the United StatesJ itTiuis noinmar we can turn of exeAnt Mvs povrat's onoi- that thought the sun rose just to hear him crow. Obvious- K- ir.. ok i ii . . . . . . iv mil; oiieuinira is tiia ovifrin.o sori-nr-n-oriin trr.i Iittor Creek, high-up and north side! -Louisville Courier-Journal. No Forest Fires. Not in tell VCarS. nfc this RA.lsnn hnva tha fr,-octo ftf ftm. gon been so dry and the brush and debris so inflammable. Ihere is need that hunters observe the precautions enum- , . ... --.u, ouu vv jli, smuts lue beerinmnsr of the war. AOmtantlv A00T.ancr: j- . casualties (killed, missing and those taken prisoners) . The following figures substantiate this: Per cent of casualties in proportion to mobilized strength. Battles Charleroi anA Af th c a First 6 months of 1915 o qr Second 6 months of 1915 1 CO First 6 months of 191fi "' Second 6 months of 1916 " i '9 It will be seen from tbA forAtroino. tidot a- t ' 1916 the French armr lost Iaso than ti1vn ' . I .n j 4 vuvu UJJ1CC pel UC11I, Ul ItSJ men, m killed, wounded and captured. That is a remark-'1" able showing considering the fact the French have borne the heavy part of the fighting on the western front. Jn the future the allied losses should be redneAn stilT more because of their increasing predominance of strength, m men, munitions and aircraft. Morning Dem ocrat, Baker. 3
