La Grande evening observer., October 24, 1917, Image 4

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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the'
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WHAT WILL YOU HO?
If you saw a little child lying on your doorstep dying of
hunger, would you pass him by and go in to your own
abundant meal i
Or would you leave him there because you thought some
jme else in. your street would probably feed him as much as
he needed?
Or, perhaps, because your husband is very particular
about his food and the child might require something that
ho wanted and he would be cross?
Or, just because it wasn't your child, anyway, to why
think about itf
The idea, even, of such cold-hearted conduct would bring
ft Cry of protest from the women of the United States.
Yet, that is substantially what many of you are doing.
The fact that the -hild is not actually on your doorstep
docs not alter the principle. Realize him! Visualize him
and all his tiny, suffering brothers and sisters in Belgium
and Northern France.
Jlfjylizc also that from America must come the food for
them.
. tiie pledge card of the United States Food Adminis
tration and be comforted with the knowledge that your
thought and self-denial are helping to feed the babies
across the sea. -
' 'r' ZACH. TAYLORS SYMPATHIES. '
Mr George Creel, chairman of the committee on public
information-, prCs'enUnl in the "Official Bulletin" for Oc
tober 16 some records of the administration of Zacharj
Taylor. Tavlor was President in 1848 when the German
people were'trying to overthrow Prussian autocracy. Tay
lor had his Secretary of State write our envoy at Berlin
SUMMERVILLE, Ore., Oct.. 23.
(Soecial.) Cone (Becker: owner of
the Summerville Meat Market, is one
of the most "tought after" men in
town, and he is like a flea he is
there, and yoi look again and see
only the dust of his lightning speed
Ford. ' '
It's apple picking time in Oregon
and at $2.50 a day for women, its not
a bad time.
The annual Hallow'ecn Bazaar and .
Social by the iadied' Aid will be on
(next Saturday evening in the hall.
I You will bo sure to find something
you will want to wear or to eat, and
above all, you ore sur-J to have a good
time. Come.
Choate and Uale have good squash
for sale.
Mr. Enos Fisher, a hearty man of
79 years, and one of our old pioneers,
drove to Imbler the fore part of the
week and invested in a good sized
Liherty Bond.
Four of C. W. Oliver's children are
unending school here.
Miss Delia Slack visited the dental
parlors at Dr. Brown's of Elgin last
Saturday.
Billy Bay and family have moved to
the Pleasant Grove district for the.
next school year, so that if the snow
nomea "three or four man deen" next
winter the girls vont have t 3tav!5?
i. n't i:..r .t.. rt -
ml iiuuiu. xjiey ure living in me Q u.
Ficklin home, just north of the school
house.
Mr. D. L. Sanderson and family
were Elgin visitors last Saturday.
Mr .and Mr.i. Leo Niederer motored
to La Grande a few days ago.
The Sion boys and thoir families
from Perry, Oregon, motored to
Pumpkin Ridge last Sunday, to visit
...:.u .ni..i:..A..
Cieorgo McOonald intends to close J "I
his threshing season within about a t
week.
It is reported from a reliable source
that Miss Oral Oswald and Mr. John
Williams are henceforth to be known
as Mr. and Mis. John Williams. Long
life to "Yes, mo hearties."
Mr. Harlen ll.ilfmnn and family of
Elgin motored over a few days since,
bringing with them Mrs. L .Fine, who
had been visiting with relatives and
friends over tier and on the Flat.
Mrs. Conrad Nilderer from La
Grande was a passenger on the stage
6n lis ,rcturn fron Imbler yesterday
morning.
Prof. Starr and family had a little
grief mixed in With their joyride last
Sundry;
The ybuile folks Blijoycd a "wcinie"
roi;f,k ftiUu.rIay night.
frank Ott is having his house re
modeled. Cha'lie Tamcris is the car
penter and architect combined.
. Mr. Stein uid some papering and
painting at F. Slack's.
Many potatoes from hero and viru'n
ity are being stored in the warehouses
at Imbler and the Ott iBuilding here.
The Eastern Stars and Odd Fellows
met in reguhr session in their re
spective halls last Saturday evening.
A strong sermon on "The Golden
Age" was preached by our pastor last
Sunday evening.
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Rippling Rhymes
By WALT MASON
Heartrending.
It must be trying to the soul
to do at home one's peaceful
stunt, and hear each day the
query droll, "Why aren't you
fighting at the front?" Per
haps the stay-at-home can
spring a reason why he spills
no gore, but it must jar like
everything to tell that reason
i'ALTMaspnl.,vi- aIui 0'(,r. The matrons
l
To stint your usual buying to prac
tice senseless "economies" is to h- lp
bring about poor business conditions
from which all would suffer. It is a
time for sanity not for following the
impulses of fear and baseless appre
hension. The country U highly pros
perous. Money is plentiful will he
more plentiful as the months go by.
Buy what you need.
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Your Duty
To Your Country
From cut of the smoke of the
battle tere comes to us tnis
Fall, the most fascinating de
signs in Ladies' Coats and
Suits it has ever been our pleas
ure to exhibit
Quality is conspicuous in
every thread of fabrin and fin
ish. They look what they arc,
the masterpiece designs of the
great French Couturiers.
Visit our exclusive ready-to-wear
department and see these
new Co-its and Suits. We have
them in all prices
Coats from $15.00 up Suits
from $20.00 up.
i ii mi iiii nun
A
fit" 22?
WAR!
Cannot Dim French
Supremacy
Comes first then to yourself.
You must be careful in buying
your wearing apparel, the same
as anything else, your clothing,
shoes, and dry goods.
When' we guarantee our gar
ments we mean that we will
absolutely refund your money
if they do not give entire satis
faction, Do you know of a better busi
ness proposition?
Neckwear Just In
Your Tailored Suit will be twice as
smart with one of these JABOTS
High-crushed net stocks with fluffy
Jabots attached. All daintily lace
edged. Very trim and smart!
Come in and look them over. We
have a fine new line of all kinds of
collars.
Prices
SHOES
Have you seen them? Surely you
have not seen them all every shade
and color combination, in cloth top
and kid top. We want to show them
to you whether you buy or not.
They're not all in the window.
Gray, taupe, brown and ivory are
leading shades now. Many combina
tions of these,
.
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Party Gowns
A most gorgeous line of New Party Gowns
are here for your inspection today.-'
. We want you to. see them while the stock is
complete. ' " ' ' " ' r "" -: w ..
See our window display and then come in and
we'll show you the rest.
New Party Slippers
Just in! A new shipment of Slippers. See
them in our window come in and try them om
We're glad to show them to you.
Genuine White Glove Kid Pumps, plaiih
Price ......v ...uiau $6.50
White Satin Pumps $3.55 and $4.50
Black Satin Pumps v. 3.50 and $4.50
J&ack Kid Pumps $6.00
White Satin, Silver Cloth quar. Price $6.50
AW Silver Cloth Pumps . . : .$7.50
view him with disdain, as for the soldier boys
they knit ; their glances say, "Your life is vain
why don't you try to do your bit?" The
blooming damsels coldly gaze upon the friend
less, outcast wight, and sigh, "We'll have no
truck with jays who stay at home when brave
men fight." The children see him pass their
school, and cry aloud, a ribald horde, "The
corkscrew is this slacker's tool, while other
young men ply the sword." 1 le may have rea
sons good as wheat, for staying home and bal
ing hay, while martial neighbors go to meet
the prune-fed rrussiaus in the fray; but who
will listen while he tells the reason why he
ItWrh't. tm Men bay- "If vou'd be wearing
bells, you ought to satyonr'country's 'oe,'.'.
that "all the sympathies of the Government and of ihe
people of the United States," were with the movement to
overthrow autocracv. The great Americans of the past
I woidd oppose the present war.
THK M KRCIIAN'rs OPPORTUNITY.
Merchants know that, in spite of war conditions, many
commodities have not advanced greatly in price.
They know that some things are costing far less than
the economic conditions might warrant.
They know that the average man and woman have an im
pression that "the high cost of living" applies to all things
needed in living.
Thus the merchants have an opportunity to tell the
truth in detail to their customers. They may explain the
rising of some necessities, and the slighter increases in the
costs of many other commodities.
Particularly may the merchants emphasize, in their ad
vertising, the strange fact that a majority of so-called
package goods, nationally advertised products, have not
advanced at all in selling price, even while manufacturing
costs have greatly increased.
The manufacturer of a widely advertised article or com
modity, the selling price of which has beeu fixed in the
public mind through long years of familiarity, must now
rely upon a larger volume of sales than usual if he is to
avoid serious manufacturing losses.. The merchant should
help him win this larger distribution, thus serving at one
the public interest and the interest of the manufacturer
who prefers to stand by Ids peace tune prices for his com
modities., - - '-- ' .
If advertising had performed no other service for the
people than tEis service of having made .it possible: for
manufacturers to maintain moderate prices under war
conditions, advertising would,:have fully .Justtficfl itself.
"Advertising, in these days, tehouldliarry'pij tiejfhat
has in it an element of good cheer. Such news will be wide-'
ly and eargerly read, and will have an important pant in .
safe guarding the country from the dangers of a period of
needless and senseless "economics." For while it is true
now, as in peace times, that WASTE IS CRIMINAL, it is
equally true that to deprive oneself of needed things is a.
species of false economy which has no justifieation ih eith
er logic or conditions.
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 hfve the
cash in the bank than in the home. Our spo
eial department for women will be glad to
give information.
La Grande National Bank