La Grande evening observer., October 22, 1917, Image 4

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1917.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERV ER.
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
An Independent Newspaper.
Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO.
f, D. MEYERS H. B. LEITER CLARKE LEITER
.' President Vice-President Editor and Publisher
inteed at the Postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second
class matter.
CANVASS FOR FOOD AKMY IS ON
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schools, and the housewives will be
asked to sign the cards. I
The Pledge cards will then be re- j
turned to the schools. j
The family then will be given a
beautiful colored printed card, the (
present of the Government, stating )
that the family is a member of the
U. S. Food Administration. This card 1
is to be hung in the front window.
Another card is to be hung in the
kitchen which gives directions as to ;
how to save food in the kitchen and j
eliminate waste. I
Mr. Hampton emphasized the work !
and the co-operation that the students I
can do in joining and helping the
Food Army. j
Mr. McNeill followed and em-;
phasized what great results could be
obtained if each person would care
fully observe and devise ways of
eliminatilng waste of food.
The Observer carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the
arches. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglect gettng
h 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 37 before T:30 o'clock and a paper will be Bent you by
special messenger if the carrier hat missed you.
NOTICE 10 DEMOCRATS
There will be a meeting of the
Woodrow Wilson Club at the Y. M. C.
A. Tuesday, Oct. 23rd at 8 o'clock lor
the purpose of planning for our part
in the entertninment of Vice President !
Thomas It. Marshall when he comes
'Acre November 0th. All members are
urged to be present.
BY ORDER WILSON CLUB,
l J. HOLMES, president,
C. H. CONKEY, Secretary.
10-22-2t.
Wool Dresses
Another shipment of Wool Dresses received by today's express.
Those Dresses are the newest styles, braid and embroidery trim
med, as well as plain tailored. Prices $16.75 to $22.50
Gray SilK Hose
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We received Saturday a delayed shipment of Silk Hose, all shades
of gray, brown and champagne, these shades are scarce. If in
terested don't delay.
STUDENTS WILL DO THEIR BIT.
The sudents of the Public Schools of Union County have
asked to help in the work of enrolling volunteers in the
U. S. Food Army. This work will be done under the direc
tion of T. J. Scroggin, chairman of the Union County Coun
cil of Defense, and County School Superintendent 1 vanhoe,
City School Superintendent Hampton, U. G. Couch, Miss
May Murphy and the County Food Conservation commit
tee. This is a big task. The students will take to their
homes the pladge cards which the housewives will be ask
ed to sign. An effort will be made to get every family in
Union County enrolled. Surely we should be successful in
enlisting 100 per cent. Those who do not enroll should be
asked why. Are they with, us or against us? The pledge
cards will be distributed this week, they should be signed
promptly and given to the students to return to the
schools. If you have already signed, sign again. It will do
no harm and help keep the county records straight. Let's
make Union County's record clear in this just as we are in
the Liberty Pond campaign.
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REAL GERMAN OPINION.
That there arc vast numbers of persons in this country
who have taken the oath of allegiance to the United States
in full appreciation of its lofty significance, and are at this
time as hostile to the Berlin government as were the Eng
lish colonists against the British government in the period
of the Revolution, has at all times been believed. The er
ror which Germans who are true Americans have made
has been in keening silent, when the times demanded fear
less utterances of loyal sentiments, in courageous condem
nation of the savagery of Hohenzollcrn military caste.
, The following opinions are gathered from well known
men:
Victor G. Blocde (born in Dresden), chemist, Baltimore,
Md. I am in favor of a continuance of the war which we
have entered until the German autocracy and militarism
are smashed beyond the hope of restoration no matter
what the cost may be.
' Elias K. Hies (born in Baden, Germany), inventor, New
York City I may say that I am doing everything in my
power to bring the central powers to book.
Otto H. Kahn (born and educated in Germany and serv
ed one year in the German army), banker New York City
I do not hesitate to state it as my solemn conviction that
the more unmistakablv and whole-heartedly Americans of
School girl wishes a place to work
for room and board. Phone Red 8:jl.
10-22-tf.
E.liE. RIRTLEY
German origin throw themselves into the struggle which Spencer, Phil Metschan, Jr., and Charles E. Cochran
this country has entered in order to rescue Germany, no .there are hundreds of others too throughout the state
less than America and the rest of the worm, lroni tnose ; give up uieir time in uraer lo prumuiu uie mu ui mo
sinister forces that are, in 'President "Wilson's language,
the enemy of all mankind.
Max F. Meyer (born in Danzig and educated in Ger-
Liberty Bonds. Men like the members of our local com
mittee give up their time, leave their business in the hands
of others. Our local banks are doing advertising, book-
mnnvl iiiiivpi-sir.v i.i-ofessnv Universit.v of Missouri. Co- keeping, turning tneir wnoie organizations over to tne
lumbin. Mo Jf this Nation had not accepted the ehal-', Government without pay. When they enlist so willingly
lemre when she did. it would not only have dishonered it-'m the service of the Government, they are soldiers, too.
self, but would have committed political suicide, and would j
have destined itselt to be a llohenzollern dependency.
II. O. Hofman (born and educated in Heidelberg), uni
versity professor, Cambridge, Mass. I approve of the en
trance of the United States into the war.
Otto Kirchnor (born in--Germany'), lawyer, Detroit,
Mich. 1 consider this a defensive war forced upon us by
ilermany by a series of provocations suffered by us with
unexampled forbearance and wisdom.
Dr. S. Adolphus Knopf (born and received preparatory
education in Halle-on-the Saale, Germany), physician,
New York City 'It was an absolutely just and sacred duty
for America to join the allies in this war.
Charles E. Moldenke (born in East Pruessia), author,
Watchung, New Jersey I am intensely American a
three years' sojourn in Gennany has filled me with disgust
for German militarism and supereillious conceitedness.
The Chronicle, New York City.
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BOB FITZSIMMONS.
They deserve the gratitude and applause of the people
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IIONOR THE VICE-PRESIDENT.
When the Vice-President comes to La Grande on Nov
iember 5, let us give him the welcome his position entitles
him not a "royal" welcome, but a reception marked by
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A BLOW TO PROHIBITION.
The hardest blow prohibition has received recently was
given it by Iowa Monday. According to the returns from
80 to 99 counties in the state announced late yesterday the ''
wets have carried the state by a majority of 2288. Iowa
has been dry for two years, and the return to the wet col
column is an unexpected jolt to prohibition advocates. It
is also a bad omen for National prohibition should that
amendment to the Constitution be submitted. Salem Cap
ital Journal.
The
Woman
Who
Pays
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 paid
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.
Bob Fitzsimmons is dead. He was a prize fighter. But
he traveled his road straight. He fought fair and in the
open. 1 le didu 't lie down, or sell out for money. He wasn't
a liar, or a sneak. Many who sneer at prize fighters could
pattern their lives after Bob Fitzsimmons.
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A DUTY.
"Food saving is a duty of necessity, humanity and hon
or. As a free people we have elected to discharge this
duty, not under autocratic decree, but without other re
straint than the guidance of individual conscience." Her
bert Hoover.
Rippling Rhymes
By WALT MASON
TliOOPS
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BONDS.
The fact that the American troops at the front in France
have bought several million dollars' worth of Liberty
Bonds shows that the boys know what the success or -the
failure of the Liberty Loan means. They are right where
fhev know that bullets of gold are just as powerful as lead
or steel.
HOW TO HELP,
"In no direction can American women so greatly as
sist as by enlisting in the service of the Food Administra
tion and cheerfully accepting its direction and advice."
Woodrow Wilson. . . i
Enroll during "Pledge Week."
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STUDYING HISTORY.
What a great opportunity the students who are in school
have to study history. There is so much to be learned. The
best thing a student can do is to start a scrapbook. Articles
by Mr. Gerard and Mr. Morgcnthau can be wisely clipped
out and saved. Some of the spirited poems of war times
will also be worth preserving. The habit of keeping a scrap-
hook nas almost passed awav. Kight now would be a good
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The Old Complaint.
I have to buy my Winter duds,
and Winter coal and Winter
spuds; I have to lay in flour
and cheese and many other
things like these. So manv
things' I have to buy, I view
the prospect with a sigh. For
every plunk I have in store,
I'm needing 17 or more:
for I must buy my wife some
rags, and purchase bunting and some flags,
and weatherstrips and wool and wax, and pay
a most unholy tax. And still the passers of
the hat come smiling to my humble flat, and
bone me for a hard-earned yen to help some
poor and needy men. "Old Gaffer Johnson's
needing aid; we want to buy him marmalade;
and Gossip Smith is in the hole we'd send
him half a ton of coal. Oh, loosen up and glad-.
ly dig, to buy the Widow Skate a pig." The
gaffer, and the gossip, too, refuse to work
when skies are blue, and when the wintry
tempests roar they come for handouts to your '
door. And you, who work to beat the band,
..must greet them with an open hand, respond-
cnes.witn soupbones,-
mg to their doleful
time to revive it. : ... '::- - -'it' ,,V
sandwiches and pies.
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