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LA ORAHDE EVENTS G OBSERVER. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1.917. EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING; OBSERVER PAGE FOUR An Independent Newspaper. ;i . Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the IA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO; J. J). MEYERS H. B. LEITER CLARKE LEITER President Vice-President Editor and Publisher "fcitered at the Postoffice 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Daily, single copy 6c Daily per week 15c Daily, per month 65c Daily, per six months in advance.?3.60 Daily, per year in advance $7.00 By MaiL flaily, by mail per year, In ad vance $5.00. Daily, by mail per six montha in advance $2.50 Daily, by mail for three mouths in advance $1.25 Daily, by mail per month 45 The Saturday Evening Observer per year in advance $1.50 Weckly-Obscrvar-Star per year in advance $1.60 The Observer carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the parches. It the carrier does not do this, misses you, or MjglecU gett:r.g -he paper to you on time, kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only ay 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 upecial messenger if the carrier has missed you. Personal And Society S ,: ; i ? Ed Kiddle went to Baker on business, today Mrs. G. H. Rush and son returned this morning from Baker. I Miss Theda Bollons went to Baker this morning for a short visit. The division of the Safety First Committee met at the O.-W. Club rooms. C. D. Emahiser left today for Hot1 Lake where he will take treatment for ! rheumatism. The Catholic Auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. J. F. Corbett on 1 Second Street today. i The Thursday Bridge Club will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Vincent Palmer. i Born to Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hancock of Cove, a 9-pound girl at the Hospi tal. Mrs. Hancock is a daughter of Mrs. C. E. George of this city. Mr. Gradski, secretary of the cen tral committee of safety first, is in La Grande today. GOVERNMENTAL IDEAS OK HONOR President Wilson on several occasions, notably in his War Message of April 2 and in his reply to the peace note of the Pope, has called attention to the fact that no peace can be maintained with the Imperial German Govern ment; that no autocratic government such as it can be trusted to keep, faith; that only free people can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common need, and prefer the interest of mankind to any narrow interest of their own. The President was only restating a difference between two systems of governmental policy, two different gov ernmental ideas of national honor, that has long existed. The quotations given below show the American idea of a nation's honor from the inception of tliis Government down, to the present day and the idea of national honor held by the German government since the days of Freder ick the Great. "The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality. There exists in the course of nature an indissoluble union of virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between honest policy and public felicity. The smiles of heaven can never be expected on a government that dis regards the eternal rules of order and right, which heaven itself has ordained." Goorire Washington, President of the United States. April, 17W). "Wctare at the beginning of an age in which it will be insisted that the same standards of conduct and of responsibility for wrong done shall be observed among nations and. their "governments that are observed among the individual citizens of civilized states." Woodrow Wilson,-President of the United States. April, 1917. "We are now in a state of necessity and necessity knows no law. Our troops have occupied neutral Luxemburg and perhaps already have entered Belgium territory. This is a breach of international law. The wrong we hereby com mit we will try to make good as soon a.s our military aims have been attained, lie who is menaced as we are, and I is lighting lor his highest possession, can only consider how he is to hack his way through." The German Chan cellor Addressing the Reichstag, August 4. 1914. The German Chancellor was simply following the key note given by Frederick the Great speaking in 1740: "The question of right is an affair of ministers. Take what you can; vou arc never wrong unless vou are obliged to give hack.'" ' Contrast the American and the German standards Miss Hazel Taylor of Garfield is visiting at the L. Harland home. CAMP LEWIS NOTES Camp Lewis, Tacomn, Oct. 17. A City covering 100 acres, with every modern clean amusement device from moving pictures to chute-the-chutes, will be built here immediately for the entertainment of men in training. This city of joy will be run by P. Westby Smythe and H. F. Proctor, but all amusements must be passed on by Major General Greene, command ing the camp. Under the present arrangments, a percentage of the profits will go to a fund for the benefit of the soldiers. "Chewing gum is all right when chewed under the right circum stances," opined M. Girard today. He spent five hours on a woodpile because an officer caught him chewing gum in the ranks. Andrea Bollentti, San Francisco Italian, raised himself on the should ers of two companions and looked over the parade ground, containing 30,000 soldiers. He exclaimed: "My God! Kaiser fiill-a Good Bye." So say others here who believe the Germans can't stop American troops. Walter S. Goodnight, of Oakland, Calif., vows he will put nightcaps on seven Germans before he bids them goodnight. GORDON AND STETSON HATS Did you ever no tice what a change a New Hat makes in a man's appear ance? Notice one of your friends when he wears his New Hat the first time you'll notice a won derful change in his appearance. The m a n you meet and want to i in p r e s s doesn't sweep you with a glance from foot to head, but from head to foot. He starts with your Hat. WEAR A GOR DON OR STET SON. Feel confident that you own a thor oughly dependable Hat, the style pre possessing and correct. 1 !: i i m V W Iff j. ja. xiiii Aau i NETTLETON SHOES ' Do you know what a good Shoe is? Do you know when you're getting a Shoe that is worth every cent you are paying for it? It's good business to wear Shoes of this kind the qual ity is sure, and we know how to fit you. We absolute ly guarantee every pair of ,T. E. Tilt or Ncttleton Shoes to give entire satisfac tion to make you know you're get ting your money's worth. Do you know of a better b usiness p r o p o s i t i o n in Shoes? You have not anvtliing to lose in trying. Let us prove what Ave say. The U. S. Department of Agricul ture urges fanners not to sell brood sows. Business Men! - In your profession you know how important it is for you to wear good Clothes. Its a business asset that pays dividends. But you're a busy man, you don't want to have to think very much about style and fit. Neither do you relish sp ending several hours in a day at your tailors. Hart Schaff tier & Marx Clothes Are the Clothes for you to wear. You c an see them on you before you buy them. They're all wool, of the finest quality. Best of all, you'll save money. We think so much of these Clothes that we'll guarantee them to satisfy you in every way. If they don't, we'll refund your money. Isn't that a good business proposition? It's a safe experiment. Come in tomorrow and let us show you some of the new styles. Your Country Needs Your Support Buy a Liberty Bond Help Win the War. The Woman Who Pays FT1 IE 4ft by check instead of in currency escapes a lot of worry about money matters. She has an accurate record of where her money goes and a receipt for every penny she has pail out. Besides it's so much safer to have the cash in the bank than in the home. Our spe cial department for women will be glad to give information. La Grande National Bank of national honor. The honor and good faith of the Ameri can Government from Washington's day to Wilson's are back of the Liberty Loan Bonds. Well may they be called the safest investment on earth the nremier se curity of the world. o A PATRIOTIC OFFER. And now comes an offer from the United States Na tional Bank to sell any and all La Grande people Liberty Bonds at $1 down and $1 a week. Think of it! for $1 a week and without the payment of one single cent of inter est you can purchase a $")0 Liberty Bond. More than that, from the moment you pay the first $1 you begin to draw interest on your investment at the rate of 4 per cent. Now what could be fairer than that? The bank takes all the responsibility and you get all the benefits. All you are out is $1 a week, a sum you would scarcely miss, and in less than a year you have a Liberty Bond bought and paid for. The offer is made to you. are you going to take advant age of it? welcome, proving its patriotism at this time as it done many times before in the past. Rippling Rhymes By WALT MASON COMPANY L. Company L is none. Their going leaves manv of us with little sore spots in our hearts for many of the boys we will probamy never see again, many of them will prob ably never return from the "somewhere in France" for which they are headed. r They were not here long but they were here lnnr enough to win many friends. They were good boys, all of them, aim we miss them almost as much as if thev were our own. We all wish them the best of luck and" a safe return and hope that someday they will all find their way back to our little city. o TDK RIGHT SPIRIT Ben Selling is a Portland man. who is showing the ritrht spirit, lie is selling Liberty Bonds at sfl.00 down and $1.00 a week and charging no interest. The buver irets four per cent interest on $50.00 from the minute he pays the first dollar. There is no excuse for anvone not buy ing a Liberty Bond on these terms. The offer is open to everyone in the State. All that anyone needs to do is to 'send in the first dollar to Ben Selling and agree .to pav one dollar a week and he will do the rest. - r La Grande gave the Liberty Loan speakers a cordial' Free Instructions. I'm rather tired say, aren't you? of folks who tell me what to do. They used to bore me in the past, before we heard the war trump's blast; they told mo how I should behave, where I should spend, where I should save, what I should eat, what I should wear, how long I ought to have my hair. Since war has come it's getting worse; advisers have become a curse. If I don't do just what they say, and by their blue prints go my way, if I don't spend where they elect, and help the cause they deem correct, I should be backed against a wall and punctured by a rifle ball. I am a traitor, punk and foul, if I don't heed them when they howl. I should be fried in rancid lard if I don't come to their back vard, and have them tell me what to do, what paths lo walk, what rags to chew. Now, I'm a pa triotic man; I want to help the best I can; I want to chip in, left and right, to help our arm ies win the fight; but all these bluffing, noisv men should leave to me the how and when. I'll gladly dig my final wheel, when comes the courteous appeal. But I am growing tired aren't you? of all the loud, abusive crew. (Copyright 1917 by George Matthew Adams.) has
