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LA GRAN UK EVENING OBSERVER.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 191T.
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER y
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MILLION-DOLLAR CORN CROP.
Four years ago last Spring "Farmer Smith," agricul
turist with the O.-W. R. & N. Company, was peddling
about Yakima County little 5-yound sacks of seed com
and asking farmers to experiment with it. Many laugnea
at him, and said "this wasn't a corn belt."
This year half a million bushels of com matured in the.
Yakima Valley and what is more, the average yield is con
servatively estimated at 65 bushels to the acre, while many
farmers .report that their crops will run 100 bushels or
more to the acre. The average crop wield in the United
States is but 25 bushels per acre.
It is hardly probable that a single .ton of this great crop
will be shipped out of the valley; it won't appear in the
grand total of $20,000,000 or perhaps $25,000,000 which
will be received for crops grown this season, though if it
did the amount would be increased by about a million
dollars.
That million dollars, however, will be added .to the in
come of Yakima farmers in pi-ofits on hogs, sheep and
cattle; in the increased returns on hay sold which other
wise would be fed at home, and in various other ways, for
practically all of the com grown here will be fed to live-;
stock in the form of ensilage or otherwise. ' i
Successtul com growing is but one contribution to lak
ima prosperity, but an important one; it is an example of
the transformation o fthe district during the past five or
six years from a one-crop "country to one of diversified
crops and interests.
Farming as abusincss in the Yakima Valley is on a firm
foundation. '
"Farmer" Smith is one of the men who put it there.
Yakima Daily Republic.
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FOODS TODAY AND TOMORROW.
FIREMEN RAISE FOOD, AND SAVE IT TOO;
HERE'S ONE 0 KNOWS HOW TO CAW
f;ardPM8 this summer on plots
is' Having dune "their bit" it
Firemen of Wnsliiii'Mon rai:
irmiiiirl niliflppnt. to the lire Stilt lulls.
I ho garden way thev are canniii!; their produce. In tins picture I
riretnnn is slinwn ea'iiniiiK eoni which lie has taken to a CommunM
Center Canning Demons! ration for that purpose.
The savings of our people will win this war.
France came to our aid when we were struggling for lib
erty and how we are making ready to help lift the burdeus
of this great world war which have fallen to heavily upon
her.
. From every school district in this great State of ours,
comes the victorious results of the Hoover Food Pledge
Card Campaign; many districts going 100 per cent will
ours ? And I am beginning to see the window cards giving
out their glad message from every home in the rural com
munities as well as m the towns and cities. These are
homes shielded with patriotism; a patriotism which will
sacrifice gladly in this great crisis.
The savings of our people will in the aggregate not only
be represented by the millions of dollars in Liberty Bonds,
but more materially represented by the great reserved food
supply laid by because the American housewife has seen
the wisdom of substitution. Women of our great State, we
must decrease the use of these four foodstuffs, wheat, red
meats, sugar, and wheat flour to the minimum. But we
cannot limit the use of these foods without adequate substi
tution in food values. , .
Our soldiers and allies are greatly in' need of the red
meats and as a Nation we have depended largely upon
meats as a source of protein, Lei., tissue building food. Eggs
are expensive because of the. high cost of feed and it is
therefore necessary for fish, milk, cheese, and tissue build
ing vegetables to figure prominently in our menu as a sub
stitute for meat and eggs. ; .
The familiar term "war bread" means bread prepared
by combining a minimum amount of wheat flour with oth
er suitable materials for bread making, suck as cornmeal,
buckwheat flour, cooked rioe.ahd potatoes, w
On every hand is heard the demand for good, reliable
recipes using substantive foods. Our Agricultural College
and State Food Chemist have just turned out three bulle-j
tins: War Breads and Calmi; The Use of Dried Fruits'
and Vegetables; and Substitutes fur Meat; containing over
80 splendid recipes. -
If vou belong to the Home Studv Club conducted by
Miss Zoo Golden in this district you will receive these bul
letins, if not write; in to mv ol'i'ice at. La Grande. Thev
may be had for the asking.
The purpose of .the Home Study Club in our community
is to effiicently train the housewives in substituting food
values, the needs of the body and how to meet these needs.
That although "this war must he paid for out of (he sav
ings of our people," the Nation as well as the Arniv mav
be well fed. MAY MURPHY, "
"Emergency Home Demonstration Agent.
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PORK OETTLVO SCARCKK.
FROM THE HANDS--,
-OF MASTER TAILORS
Come these Coats and Suits for Fall and Winter.
And master designers created them before they'1
jached the tailors weeks of study were put on ''
each model to assure its authenticity. "'
To know our customers' preferences is a hobby '
with us and it dominates us when we select our
stocks so the garments we have gathered here are
sure to please you, and we know you can find your
favorite here now. - ,
A great variety in styles, shades, materials and
in prices.
NOW IS THE LOGICAL TIME TO SELECT
YOUR COAT OR SUIT
COATS FROM $15.00 UP
SUITS FROM $20.00 UP
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The Coming of Winter
Turns One's Thoughts
to Furs
For your choice and
approval we have as
sembled a varied and
complete showing of
the Newest and Choic
est Furs. Far from the
north from every fur-
, bearing section we
have Furs.
' We invite you to visit
our Fur Department
' and see these today. We
count it a pleasure to
" show them to you.
Your Gifts Must Be Off
for Europe By
Nov. 15.
You must be thinking
about your Soldiers'
Gifts now only 15
days more. Visit our
Men's Wear Depart
ment and you wilL find
many useful sugges
tions for him.
Let us help you
we'd be glad to offer
suggestions for him.
AVool Socks, Under
wear, Sweaters, Gloves,
Handkerchiefs, Etc.
Things that he would
need and greatly anpre-ciate.
It is interesting to know that in spite of high prices the
consumption of pork and hog products is increasing. We
are actually slaughtering, consuming and exporting more
THE OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE.
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MY FRICND. I AM
BoLiciTiNKS applicatiohs
IOR Trie I.IBCRTX COM
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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 hpve the
cash in the bank than in the home. Our spe
eial department for women will be glad to
jt information.
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dMGOtiY WrlO CAH AfrofZX) TO CCH-TIVOTC
A BLOSSOM LIKE THAT ON HIS IM03& OA
CCRTAIMLY Buy A FlPTY-1X51 LAI? BOWS
ON THC IN5TAILMENT PLAN !!'
pork products than we are producing. In other words we
are encroaching upon our capital. The human body craves;
fat. In what more tasty form does it come than in roast
pig? Or spareribs?' Or pork chops? So we are in this
dilemma.. Every time we eat pork we send the price Bail- '
ing. But we do not seem to worry about the high prices,
which would ordinarily lessen consumption. f-When it.
comes to pork, all economic laws are suspended. " We must
have our pork. Who cares about the cost?
Rippling Rhymes I
By WALT MASON
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.WALT MASDHt j
Pikers.
Beeswax & Blinken make
good soup, which soup - they
largely advertise; and when I
find my spirits droop, I buy a
can, and feel them rise. Bees
wax & Blinken spend good yen
to introduce their helpful
broth, and so, wherever there
are men, their product cuts a
good wide swath. I buv it bv
the dozen cans, consume it morning, noon and
night; I eat it out of bowls and pans, and al
ways find it strictly right. Sometimes when
I am needing soup, by Beeswax and his part
ner canned, I toddle to the grocer's coop, and
ask him for this famous brand. Sometimes -the
grocer says, "Oddsfish! I do not keep the
Beeswax line; I know it is a famous dish ','
but here is something just as fine." Oh, then
I pull the grocers' nose, and deftly stand hinj '
on his head; such piffle, as you mav suppose,
,wiil always start me seeing red. The adver
tiser strives to make his product's merit un- - i
deretood; then comes -the imitator's fake,' r
which he pronounces ".Tnsr. na rA whZ '
V..'. teysely advertise. is still the safest'
7T 8, J V ' mmen wn make U are lob wise
to lool their ; customers, you, bet. ,
La Grande National Bank
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