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I'.Uilv J O L , FRIDAY, FKBHUAHY 1, 1918 LA (JUaMjE tiVEl OiJcsKltVJili LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Published Daily and Weekly at La Gramlo, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY. J. D. MEYERS II. D. LEITER CLARKE LEITER President Vice-President Editor and Publisher kntered at the Postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as Second-class Matter. Address All Communications to THE OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street. City Official Paper. Leased Wire Telegraph Report of United Press Association. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial News Stand, Portland. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier Daily, ungle cony 6c Daily, per month 65c Daily, per bix months in advance 3.50 Daily, per year in advance $7.00 By Mail r : i - nn uHiiy, per year in nuvance ?a.uu!f i .... . ..... . . Dnilv. ber aix months in advance 12.60 1. "u"m" ut,,'KS i,in oul 01 onreneas anu mmy deserving of the utmost i i j i vviimiuc.auuii nil Ull'ir lUllllH American standpoint the President's prudence was most wise and wholly sound. Surely, in the event of thu remaining the onlv nuestion undeter mined, nobody could reasonably expert the United States to continue fright-! J J ful warfare over a bit of disputed territory. That "the wrong should belli righted," yea by all means, but the President did well to stop there, although it is a singular symptom of public sentiment that this particular phrase, mis interpreted in the hearing as a demand for full restoration, evoked the loudest applause from Congress. , Hr.'tt. . a- n ... ... .. ... I vi-im respect 10 nussia, we cannot nut conclude tnat Mr. Wilson was i wholly right and Mr. Lloyd Gcorgo was wholly wrong. The latter, in a J word, indignantly and, to our understanding, quite peevishly proposed to J J let the distracted people stew in their own juice. The new government, such,! I as it is, had broken fuith with Britain the unpardonable sin from the view- i ! S point of a nation which ha3 been known upon occasion to be "righteously J arrogant" nnd as a fit punishment the whole country could go to hell. J Mr. Wilson took the opposite view, recoirnizine- the nliVht nf a irreat nmasii I I I I r. I. ..... i. .... i a. n. cnnHiinrhlinn fV.. hmi F....lf.. .... , 1. t . - i:u Lanv. mrce montns in nuvance. 20 .... .... ........ ,u,.ILa ,lw lul- uieir . iiiuauie conuuion. . Daily, per month 45c I Frankly, wo had not supposed it possible for Mr. Wilson, who has lone been The Saturday Evening Observer, by mail, per year in advance $1.00 ; regarded as distinctively stern and not altogether unforgiving, to stretch I I Weekly Observer-Star, my mail, per year in advance $1.50 ! forth a helping hand so frankly, so generously, so sympathetically, so pity- ! i nigiy, inneeu, to tne urotner wlio nail not only erred but persisted in .his , error. In any case, he did it and did it nobly, to the infinite credit and great I joy of the tolerant and kindly people for whom he spoke. . Thf npt ntlln.ltO f.f 111., fwn l-..nA..l...n I. .. 1 1 - 'I I - ... u. . v. niii.uiia in iiiui tvi many, yi iii'iiiur H tit "My Country 'Ti of Th, Swott Land of Liberty." The Observer carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porches IX the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting tho paper tc vn nn time bin, 11, r TU t. ............. Ul i. 1.. ....... ..... ...... .Int...--. mine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 37 j neollIc ' as a Iiaiserbund. now knows precisely where she stands; if she J before 7:S0 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the ! will neither fish nor cut, bait she can and will go ashore. All we ask of the earrier has missed you. . . , ! President is to stand to his gurus and he will have a solid country behind him, ready and eager to Htay till the uttermost depths shall be covered with ! ico so thick that no Hipiirming Hun beneath can hope ever to hack his way J J j through. It must lie a fine tiling lor a studious, 'careful observer!! ! to live at the . resent time in Washington. No doubt there ! ! ire at 1 inics cause for elation. No real true American can ! ! help feel roud when Mr. Wilson issues a state paper, '! makes a speech, or acts as spokesman for the Allies. lip!" rises, and he lifts the whole country with him, to heights ') moral grandeur; and the lofty spirit of the Revolution and of 'il is renewed in u. (Mhcr events are depressing, inch as tin; revelations of waste and incompetence on the uart of government officials, reckless voting billions by SOON IT WILL BE TO LATE! The advance in price of NEMO WONDERLIFT CORSETS goes into effect on Monday, February 4. You'll see the wisdom, therefore, of buying now. A corset bought now represents a real saving. BUY NOW AND ECONOMIZE YOU CAN SAVE $1.00 on any of these models: Nos. 55', 554, 555, 550, 657 and 658, to be advanced , FROM $3.00 to $6.00. You can save even more if you buy several. NEMO Self-Reducing Corsets Nos. 402, 403 and 405 will also be advanced. Now, $4.50; going up to $5.00. REMEMBER ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT Don't miss this splendid opportunity to practice economy. Anticipate 'your corset needs for time to come.' '.'' GEORGE HARVEY AND THK PKKSIDKNT -By far the most interesting war weekly that wo have seen or read is the North American Review's War Wceklv. edited by George Harvey. Mr. Harvey is by far the! c ongress, reciuess extravagance by the departments, ef- toi is on mo part oi: contempt inie business men to rob the government. But the latter are only incidents. As Mr. Root shvs, we must steadily pursue our wav in this war with our eyes on the goal; mistakes we will make. Incompetent and careless will fall by the wayside. But there is no question, with Mr. Wilson as a leader, but that we will get to the goal, and when we do it will be a goal worth fighting for, the freedom of all the peoples of the world. A new national ideal will be established as an actual fact. And Mr. Wilson's name will be established Irmly as one of the great men of history. . o Millions of women art! taking advantage of this opportunity. Why not you? Remember, Febru ary 4th. Feb. 4th' ?4$ Comets Feb. 4th I ablest writer and editor tnat we have in the magazine field today. lie is a Democrat, he has no particular reason to love the J 'resident, on account of his turn down while editor of Harper's Weekly, when Mr. Wilson disdainfully refused his support for the Presidency. But Mr. Harvey is like many others at the present time; he is neither a Democrat nor a Republican; he is a patriot. Mr. Harvey supports the I 'resident very ably and sincerely. But he will not be muzzled. He does not support Secretary Baker. In fact, his attitude toward the secretary is rather satirical. lie says of the week ending January 4: Nothing happened in the East during the past week. What may happen next week, or the week ensuing, we leave with moro hope than confidence to the prognosticators who formulate tho Monday morning bulletins of tho Secretary of War. - And again of Secretary Baker's War Council, wherein Mr. Baker undertook to heat Senator Chamberlain to it, probably realizing the demand of the people that the War Department he reformed, by appointing and creating a War Council of his own, inside his department, Mr. Harvey says: If tho War Council is really intended to be the means whereby tho war ca'be won.und not merely an added frill on a camouflaged screen to con ceal tho operations of tho War Department from public gaze, the Chief of Staff, already a much overburdened man, will cither have to surrender bio legitimate duties so as to devote all his time to the War Council, or he must try to perform the impossible and divide himself into two parts. There is a limit to all human endurance, arid when it is taxed beyond that limit it lo!!C8 value. Tho Secretary of War has, we fear, mistaken shadow for substance. A Council of War we believe to be absolutely necessary for tho proper prosecution of the war, but in that case it will bo a council not within the; War Department but outsido of it, to which the War Department, nnd cve.i j the Secretary of War himself, will yield obedience. Mr. Baker has simply created the machinery for greater delay. And of delay we have had enough. These two extracts from the War Weekly give an index . to Mr. Harvey's blunt speech when he runs across mis takes at Washington, where he has his headquarters and edits his weekly. But the tone of his writing with ref erence to the ('resident is genuinely patriotic, as witness the following: . The two noteworthy events of the week (week ending .January 12) were tho speeches of Mr. I.loyd George nnd the President. The Premier spoke first and spukc T.-ell, but Mr. Wilson's declaration was a veritable master piece, lie has never done, and we doubt if anybody living could have done, better. Wo liked particularly his definileneas. There was none of the ha; y rhetoric which sometimes characterizes his utterances and leaves the reader guessing, llis numerical summary of tho fourteen war aims was quite for eign to his usual method and, perhaps for that very reason at a time when the whole world was eager for something specific to take hold of, was tie mendously effective. Na'.ui'ally anil necessarily, the declaration.-, of the two lea.leis coincided in aU essentials, differing only in degree Willi respect to Alsarc-! .orrni" -and Ii'iSJin. d.loyd (ieorgo bluntly nss'rtrd that her lost provinces m'.::l be reot'.red to France, while Mr. Wilson insisted only that "the wrong should be righ'ed.'' It i.- cr.sy to understand that the llritish Premier felt a positive ne'cssity of upholding the French in their chief purposo, but from the COMMENT OP THE PRESS The Hoarded Dollar Frank A. Vanderlip hit the nail on Ihe head in a speech it Cincinnati, when he said that "a hoarded dollar is a dacker." Work for the war is necessary and of primary importance, but industry and business cannot be over looked without fatal results. The campaign against the enemy must be backed by industry and business going or to a great degree as usual, else the wherewithal to finance the war wiil.be ciiLoffTo sl()t.uiaiiufacturtng, trade and .transportation, to hoard is killing the goose, Money must VJkept, in circulation, and' let it be keut at home so thai 't will come back in the natural cycle of business dealings Tarde with intelligent discrimination,, that's always wise 'ut do not hoard. Denver Telegraph. ;' ffflT.T.nWA WHWaWflTlPa trln to I.ostine over Sunday. V AlAtJU V Y i JJ TV i.1 V 4. A-4 K I j J. C. Conley, county school Huper MImn Vinlt-t Osborne Kclnrns .Mrs, Oscar (YosM'ii Called to (irntitic ; Wiitlmvu to Have 1-vcciim Course. ! WALLOWA, l-'eh. 1. (i?p.M:l:i! ' Minn Violet Osl)Oi-n who was called Id Olympta, Wash., about a month : df;'o. on account of siekneHr. in hev : fathorA family, returned today and will roHunie her work in tho renior flans of the biph nchool. Misa KAUi OmstO;id of Knlorprise, attended tho Wallowa Knterprise banket ball Kme Sal urday niht. i'he was n fcuer.t of Minn Maitla l)oo- little while here. Hev. intendent Is making bifi yearly visit to our Hfhooly, Mrs. O.icar Croasnn was called to Li Grande today on account of the Miner. s of her mothor, Mrs. J. Mo C'au ley. Mm. Frank Miles and baby have reUin:ed (o Lust in o after spending Jhe. week end with her aunt, Mrs Davis. Mr. WalUM- Lowe of tho Hud path Lyceum bureau was in town Sunday and Monday nnd while hero placed a course for next year with tlio high school. Quite a change In the weather has Mr. AtkiiiH made his usual' taken place in the last day or two. COMEDIES OF CAMP LEWIS A fow Inches of snow has fallen with a falling temperature. WALLOWA WINS FROM LOSTINE IN DEBATE TWO HKill SCHOOr, TUA.MS 1)1'.' HATK CO.Mrri.SORY AI'.Ill-TltATION Tohlullt the Cllnmii(illsllil of Valley Will lie Settled Hetween Wallowa and liiterprise. WALLOWA, Fob. 1. (Special) Tho debate between the high schoois of Wallowa and I.ostine Tuesday night resulted in a victory for Wal lowa. The question under discussion war. "Resolved, that questions between cnpitnl nnd labor should be settled by legalized courts of arbitration." The affirmative side was upheld by Grace Hail and Ethel Hendricks, of Wall owa, while ttie negative side was up hold by Anna Eoyrsior and Albort. Daisely of Losline. Tho question was well handled considering tho subject and the nuo of the contest ants. A good sized audience list ened 'with interest to the debate and a sliort musical program. Tho Judges were: Hev. II. S. Hughes, Itov. S. K. Sibley, and Dr. Roberta, all of Enterprise. could never have done this and other work that I shall jus: ;.:uniio:i If it were not for the sewn years faithful work of their principal, Prof. Roy ConUltn and their former manual training maater, Mr. Train. It is a labor of love with Mr. Conklin who has seen the sehcol grow from noth ing, just two or thri'c pupils to a High School class of 132 in 1!)17. A school with a thoroughly equipped manual training ocpaitinent, a chem ical department, laboratory room, physics and botany room, domestic ai t ' room, domestic sc'.ence, steno graphy and typewriting class rooms und a well equipped businoss course room, with a regular bank in one end. I'll in it n io Jlnde Jly rnpilr.. Mind you, every bit of furniture in ail of these rooms, tallies, cliair3, benches, drawers, banking! depart ment, even the plumbing, partitioits and plastering in some of tho walls has been done by the pupils, yes and several hundred folding chairs for their gym. Why, even the frames of the looking glasses used fly the at tractive looking domestic science I classes wore made by the boys. training department, even to a gas engine. Domestic Science Department. Great credit is also due to Miss Maida Doolittle she has done much of the Domestic Science depart ment. Miss Doolittle is an O. A. C. girl and not only teaches her class but has taken In hand tho Camp Fire girls, lakes them on hikes, becomes one of tho girls, but never forgets to instruct nnd help her girls in a hund red different ways that a born leader of girls do. Miss Richards, another O. A. C. girl has charge of the business course and is making business men and girls out of her classes. Prof. Conklin lias also a night school and class In mathematics. There Is also a night school Tor older ladies in conserva tion, etc. .Many Hoys lOnlisl. Wallowa High School last year had 132 students; this year It has 8 5. Nearly all of the graduates of last year's class are in Uncle Sam's servico. Several of thorn are already in France and fighting for tho liberty of the world. Many of the vouth of Wallowa who would ho in high The physics table is a nartlcularlv i "-""' mis year are wonting op the fine piece of work. The domestic art i 'a, ms anrt 'domB thelr bil" ln otner room has four searing machines. The ' w:iys t0 ,leln tneil' c'mtiy win the domestic science room has eight elec- wal" an1 w,u f,ais:i t,,oir education trie plates and a range. The short- i Tlle"- manual training tcach- liand and typewriting room lias seven ' ?r ls blliI(lng ships to carry provis- At the same time Wallowa's nega-1 typewriters. These were about the; 3 our ys "le front. his tiv team met Lostine's affirmative only articles, apparently, that the ! suc('ess"1' ''as gone to tho front as team at Lostine. Guy Davis and boys and girl's wero unahl'e to make. I a aol'le''- There will be no manual Hazel Soden represented Wallowa. The hoys and girls have both good tj"ll'nlnB class this year in the Wal while Ethel Harris and Promise Me-, ,aih rooms and lockers in the High; , lowa H,Bh- Kenzio represented Lostine. Wal- they made the lockers. Lately thry I Wallowa is proud of her schools, lowa won at Lostine also, which en-' have leveled off their school grounds ' m'01"' "r "3 scholars and proud of lilies Wallowa to meet Enterprise, j iWid intend to beautify them with'"3 Sclio1 principal who has the winning team of the Enterprise-1 grass and flowers. Thoy will also i ma,l tlle school what It is, and Joseph depute. This contest will be j a ijtue later, put in a moving pict-t,llnp1 out classes of scholars that held tonight at Enterprise and Wal- : nre outfit in the gym. -Oregon is proud of mentally and lowa. This debate will determine i There are many other thing tliat ; physlcally- '.he rhanipionsliip of the valley. j the writer noted, such as handsome desk, a model bam, baskets tlie com- Bettcr than money because they Fifiy llelow J. L. Kline had a ! plete supply of tools in the manual : C!,rn moncy; "y a WAR-SAVINGS letter from his son, Douglas Kline who is on his way east with a de- j tachment of troops going to Macon, r Georgia, saying that he was in the ' Dukotas and that it was fifty below I zero. He recently visited his father ; and mother in La Grande. , STAMP TODAY. PALM BEACH SUIT OF l , ... bough silk: ,hor rfarri-fn-tif should do he l'VdiTnl Kvcry i;o(d citizen at this time IiN ."hare toward streiiytlicniuir ( lv.'.-en c I Jatikinii: System which mir (iovevn ir'cnl lias created with its billion dollars of ivsnr.ivi s to si and back of its member banks nnd all their depositors. Y";t 1-1:1 contribute directly to Ihe siren;;th of this system, and at the same time secure by depositintr your money part of every dollar you le poes directly into the new it is always readv for vou lis protection witii i:s. since posit with us system, where when wanted. Tii is is a surest ion for prompt action. Member Federal Reserve System La Grande National Bank 1 v-'' ' t t v . ' ..... -v'" .- . r,-.- f...--.'Vi( ''..I ,:'.'" -".'. ' v.,' "' mm m mm w "The Man From Puintrtl Tfist," at tlie Arciido Saturday und Sunday. 1 WAIXOW HKill srimoL t HAS HK.M HANK Some women are hard to fit in corsets; some just think they ate. "Naw, QiOftBlOt.". assoclatlnwitli a guy who has Ct'RMA.V (Continued from Paso 1.) j visit to tho Wallowa Hih pleased him. Hut there is ai. especial ivas- , on, posHildy, for the care and ntton- ! tion paid to their class roni.is ami the furnishings by the Wallowa pup- ; Us. They have heen trained that : wny and havt niitnufnetrred a very j large part of tho furniture used in many of the claws rooien haTe even ; plastered the walls, painted the wood work nnd partitioned off class room 5. ! Lot mo tell the readers of the Oh server some of the things I saw, and all work done ly pupils of tlie High, , largely by the hoys, but the girls also 1 have done their idiare. , 1'uill n (i.vninasiitpi. 1 The High School, ably ahs':;ted by the Wallowa graded school, has built a gymnasium !K) x T- t feet, a kviu with a large stage, balcony around three sides, di er.riii': r-Miins, scenery, and everyihing in fact that a gym. theatre and auditorium should have. , This is a solid su.tantial buildinn with no posts in it hut arch and truss construction, electrically liirht- j ed. fcotlighls on (he stage, switch I hoard and everything comph le. end J all built, wired and scenery even j painted by school buys nnd gi:lw, ar.d I all pad for by t lie yor.ngsrevs who have gi en entertainment;; ami in ! other way:' collected and earned the j money to pay for this building. It goes without say in;, of cotirre. that they luivo hem ably i.s.;t.M and h, irked by Wallowa residu.ls . who are mighty proud oT their stchool j and scholars. 1 IMr. t onkhn Hemes Credit. 1 Not all f (be cretUt can he gic:i . to the youngsters however. They r 1 , j S 1 'r ' ti n S 1 A p""t mm iV : i I Aw K " - 1 ' t In - 4 H For southern rpou wear and Tulm B?ach fnhlnns forecast tliiioO of tho northern Easter pa rade? the white suit of heavy slut or llffht wool la as popular as it is essential. Oyster white khaki kool, of which tho costume in the photograph ts made, has all tho char ni of a heavy rough silk which lends Itself well to semi-tailored lines, with a lightness of texture which fug;e3:3 summer materials. This ?ui. 13 ono of the saiartest designed for tho Palm JJeacii sea nil. . .. There arc certain types of fig ures, however full bmt and small lii;:s, small bust and large hips, short stout figures that require special designing in corsets. ln .".iODAKT Front Laced Cor sets there i.:e special sizes and models for just such figures. V'c can Rive any woman, of whatever size or shape, the kind of style and fit she should have. TP. . i. v 1 PAULINE LEDERLE
