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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1917)
fry FOUR L2 ORAKDE OBSERVER. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1917. r EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ' n ' 1 ' " . L- 1 1 i ' 't 1 ' ' ' T; ; An Independent Newspaper. i Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the XA? GRANDE EVENING ' OBSERVER, PUBLISHING CO. J. 15, MEYERS H. B LEITER GLARKE LEITER ,; President ;' ; Vice-President Editor and Publisher Entered at the Postoff ice at La Grande, Oregon, as second t : . ' ' class matter. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St. Otf Sale in Other Cities:1 Oregon Hotel News Stand; Portland ; Imperial News Stand, Portland. City Official Paper. Leased Wire Telegraph Report of United Press Associations. i: The Observer carrier boyi are instructed to put the paper on tlie porches. If the carrier dot not do this, misses you, or neglects getttatf the paper to you on time, kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only My we can determine whether or not the carriers are tallowing Instruc tions. Phone Main 87 before T:30 o'clock and a paper will be tent yon by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Daily, single copy 6c Daily per week 16c Daily, per month , 66c Daily, per six months in advance.$3.60 Daily, per year in advance $7K By Mail. Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4-00 Daily, by mail per six 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 $1.60 Weekly-Observer-Star per year in advance $1.50 THE PEOPLE'S BARGAIN. "The annual increase of our wealth is estimated to he fifty billions of dollars. The American people are not asked to give anything to their government, but merely to invest a small percentage of the annual increment of wealth in this country and take in return from their gov ernment the strongest security on the face of God's earth ; to receive in return for the money lent 3 1-2 per cent per annum, both principal nd interest exempted from all tax ation except estate or inheritance taxes, and with the filrth'er provision that if the government should issue any other bonds during the period, of this war at a higher rate of interest the purchaser of a Liberty Loan Bond may turn it in and get a new bond at the higher rate of interest. "In protecting the credit of the United States govferri ment you are protecting your own credit, you are protect ing your own business, you are protecting every interest you have in life and property. In doing1 that you are rendering a patriotic service in supplying the sinews of war to your country." William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury. I.' SCHOOL WILL SOON OPEN. School opens September 10. These are the days that the mothers will be thinking of getting the children back from the camps and the mountains. The boys and girls will be broAvn as berries. We hope that all the news papers in the country will not spring that old chestnut about the boys and girls creeping to school like snails. We will never forgive Shakespeare that exaggeration. Our experience is that boys and girls like to go to school. They cry for it. It may have been different in Shakes peare's time, Perliaps Shakespeare wont to some school like Squecrs', where the boys were underfed and beaten for even showing any spirit, Our boys and girls will ho;), skip and jump to school merrily and joyfully. Their teachers will if they are wise 'encourage this happy joy ful spirit; we do not want too much repression. 'What is merely animal spirits is often mistaken for meanness and badness. The doctrine of perversity prevails in some schools. The modern idea, which prevails here uiubr City Superintendent Hampton, is that the school child shouhhiot he kept sitting at desks too long. Physical ex ercise is mixed in: the children get up and walk about the room; they sing and dance. We. are glad that the schools are so conducted now days that happiness, jubilant spirits, and merry laughter are not regarded as a crime. White Slippers Straps Low Heels Cuban Heels Values up to $5.00 20 Per Ceent Off SALE OF ::SHOES f'r ( ' t ' - ' ' ' ' ' -'hiidren's'-aiid MisIeV Button and LaceWhite Shoes Reduced ' 10 Per.Cent V: We consider this one of our greatest "cuts in shoes. '-" Every pair of our summer shoes reduced AH' are1 new ", this season. Some are tfieihost popular modes in .footwear-this summer, and will be good for fall and-'" spring. .;-v";;- : v-?i5vAOV-Oi We are offering thesesplendid bargains, simply because we make it a policy, not to cany goods over from one season to the next. ; . . . , Vv , -,. , You will find some great; bargains here and at the prices listed below you will find them all real values. Genuine White Glove Kid , ' Lace, f ormeryseUing at $13.00, now $11.00' White New Buck ., Laeev formerly selling :atr$6.00, Now ....'. $4.95 White Reinskin vLace, formerly selling at $6.50, Now ,.. . $5.15 White Reinskin Lace,, formerly selling at $4.50, Now ...1 $3.60 White Reinskin Lace, formerlv selling at $5.00, Now '. $3.95 Our Bargain Table Full of good bargains, in white canvas shoes, slippers, white buck shoes and slippers patent and kid pumps and slippers. All at wonderfully reduced prices. '.:'..,. Your Inspection Invited iMg.iiMi.tfn-i.f if y White Buck Sport Shoe, formerly selling, at $6.00, .Now ..'. ..... $4.95 White Buck English Walk, formerly selling at $4.50, Now .,i.....-$3.65 White Canvas Sport Shoe, formerly selling at $4.00, Nbw, ; $2.95 White Canvas Sport Shoe, formerly selling at $3.50, Now $2.49 Men like Dunham Wright don't grow on every bush. O EDITORIAL COMMENT. Success To This Strike. HOGS ADVANCED $2 IN WEEK. Chicago, Aug. 18. (United Press) Hogs sold at nineteen dollars a hundred weight. A two dollar ad vance in' a week. . The Weather. . Portland, Aug. 18. (United Press) The U. S. weather forecast: "Fair". P. J. Driscall of La Grande was registered at the Imperial Hotel, Portland, Tuesday. . With whatever fortitude heaven has given us, we shall endure the horrors of the hunger strike begun in Ellens- J 4 burg, Wash., by 61 members 6f the pestiferous I. W. W. ! These rascals were arrested for intimidating workmen in Ellensburg, and having been housed in a temporary prison, were served with food. They declined to eat, and have informed Sheriff Garrison that as long as they are kept in jail, they will keep "up the hunger strike. They have let it be known that they intend to starve themselves to death, so that civil and criminal suits may be brought against the Sheriff. ' ' ' " '' : . With extraordinary equanimity, Sheriff Garrison views the efforts of the vicious I. W. W. to "get the law on him." He says if their heirs sue him for damages, he will set ud 4. 1 : J j. j ?e v . ! - . , u cuumurciuiiu ior room rem; ana 11 ne is cnargea wim murder, he will be able to prove contributory negligence. In the meantime, he is thinking of having the gang engag ed in the hunger strike arrested on the charge of trying to commit suicide a crime which, while not serious enough to merit capital punishment, is yet great enough to earn a term on the rock pile. There is grave fear that the villiahs in jail in Ellens burg will not carry out their threat. Already, four of them have broken away from the control of the hunger strike Headers, and are eating heartily and obstreperously . It would a L lord the peaceful, law-abiding citizens of the Pa cific Coast a deal of satisfaction to see this strike carried to a successful conclusion. Portland .Suvuiur. LET US DESIGN BUILD AND ERECT YOUR MONUMENT OR MARKER Vermont Marble & Granite Works Corner Cove and Jeff. Ave. Phone Red 61 Supporting' the government The Fcpe's Propose This is n time for every citizen to support the United States Government and ninny nre doing so lit considerable cost or sacrifice to themselves. We have joined the Kejerul Reserve Banking Sys tem established by the Government to give greater finanoi.nSistaliility and strength o the member banks and protection to their depositors. You can gie y.w support to this great Govern ment enterprise w'. : e!.(a:n its protection for your money by hi coining one of our depositors. The Kaiser will be found ready to accept Pope Bene dict's proposals for pc::ce. The Prussian war of frilfc fulness with its utmost disregard for tin; canons of civi lization, was checked at the Ma rue, baffled at Verdun ana is doomed to hopelessness by the rising of nearly all the nations of the world now joined in resistance to the ter rorisiu of the outlawed absolutist. The terms are undoubtedly offered in good faith, but in the very nature of things, they would, if accepted, leave l!ie Prussian military power in position to remain a future menace to a peaceful world. They do not even propose n;i lennntv tor the crime of Pclffium. a crime that, in the conscience of mankind, should be paid for by the junker dom that committed it. It will be difficult for the allies to consent to' negotia tors on the the terms proposed. Oregon Journal, Port land. Member Federal Reserve System La Grande National Bank Niiticnal Cleanup. Plihu Root declared in a speech tint there nre numv persons in tins country traitors in deed and word, who ought to he taken out and shot. Root is right and what is more if the war continues for a year or two and the cou-.try gets tlo.wn to real serious business on account of it this very thing will occur. There will be the greatest cleaning up a nation ever saw. Editors of seditious pub lications and labor leaders, mostly of foreign birth and under Prussian or T. W. W. influence and pay, will be given short trials and swift sentences that will' end their activity for all time to come. There is either an American nation or there is not and the test will come within two years jf the war continues. When peace comes again it is to be hoped that the idea will have been driven lining that when a man takes the oath of allegiance to the United !J State ho understands all the obligations that act imnoscs. 5 i 'any t ,'apiTa! .lourna!, tSalem. !J ft PLEASED Sure you will be pleased with . our way of cleaning your dainty summer woolens and silks. We have the equipment and the know how" which make for excellence of output. Dry Cleaning Department Standard Laundry Company Geo. Gilbert, Manager Phone Main 56 La Grande, Ore. 1 ii W bj l VM M tri r 4- rj- V 4- s- i'ft .fx iji .y. J hjj iji iji if, V ,5i V
