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la Grande Evening Observer
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY.
BRUCE DENNIS, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as Second-class Matter.
Address All Communications to THE OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street.
City Official Paper. County Official Paper.
Evening Telegraph Report of United Press Associations.
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all news dispatches credited to it or not otlierwi.se credited in this paper and
also the local news published herein.
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Multnomah Hotel News Stand, Portland.
THIi VA1 FINANCE CORPORATION
The liiil recently introduced in Congress fur the crea
tion of the "War Finance Corporation" with a capital
stock of five hundred million dollars, all of which is to
be subscribed by the United States, should be regarded..
says Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, primarily as ajj!
measure to enable the "banks, both National and State!'!
banks and trust companies, to. continue to furnish essen-lj!
tial credits for industries and enterprises necessary oivj!
contributory to the prosecution o the Avar.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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The government has made and is 'makiiur throuah the!!!
Liberty Loans such large demands upon tho leiulable eapi- !
tal of the country that the banks often hava been pre-.'l!
vented from giving needed help to private enterprises,'!!
some of which are performing vital service in connection ! '
A Big New Line of
TAFFETA SILK PETTICOATS
IN THE NEWEST COLORS
' Such lovely silk petticoats as these are, you will be
charmed with them. They are of fine, soft chiffon taf
feta, made with flounces in a variety of styles; tucked,
ruffled and pleated. All have elastic waist bands. '
- Many new changeable colors.. Also plain colors. ,'
Come. in and see them in our Ready-to-Wear Dept.
The Observer carrier beys are instructed to put the papers on the porches.
If the carrier docs not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper tc
you on time, kindly phone The Ooscrver, as this is the only way we can deter
mine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phono Main 37
before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will bo sent ynu by special messenger if the
earner has missed you.
with the war.
The War Finance' Corporation is designed as a war
$5.oi measure to give relief: irom this condition tiriiur the
8$; KSArS! "? .-anl Secretary. M-Adoo asserts that the
.5Uc uieic cAiMciici- ui ine corporal ion woinu or liscir un so
much to maintain confidence that Ms actual aid would be
SI-50 necessary onlv in relatively few cases.
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McAdoo has taken the most expert advice available and
the nicthods adopted in the other countries, at war have
been thoroughly studied. The proposed law embodies
the basic principles of similar laws which have been tried
in Europe. Its purpocs is to attain tli most efficient use
of our country s tremendous financial resources for the
government and for
necessary to the wel
in this war.
NEMO
SELF REDUCING CORSETS
On account of its different, hygienic
service the Nemo more fully meets
present requirements than any other
corset.
Many Nemo Self Reducing CorseU
in stock a model for evory stuut
women. $3.50 up; f", I ilHM1
NEW LISLE; HOSE
Just arrived; silver grey, me
dium grey, blue, pink, brown,
tan, bronze, champagne and
putty. Price 50c
private enterprises, which are all'li
'are of the countrv and our success;! I
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Model Your Figure with a
M O d C 1 Brassiere
It completes tho service of a corset. It. moulds the figure about the
waist into a smooth "unbroken line."
'We, have a large stock of brassieres in many different models;
all sizes.
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"My Country Ti of Tht, 8wt Land
of Liberty."
WHO ARE SLACKERS?
There is a clipping in today's paper from an eastern
'paper making the inquiry, Are Farmers Slackers? In
this country they are not at least there is no special
. evidence -of it. They have responded equally ..well wjth
. persons of other' industries in the purchase of bonds and
-in answering any and all other demands made upon them
in the country's hour of need. -
It may be set down as a proposition that will work
S out in the end that there is no particular class of people
i! who can be set down as slackers. The inclination to shirk
! is an individual and not a class defect.
J he next loan drive will probably give a closer line
VIEWS VARY OX NEW LEAGUE
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There are numerous oinuicr.s beimr cxnresscd rcnafd-'!
ing the new Non-Fartisan League which is bouncing across
the West from North Dakota, with remarkable speed. .'lIZZIIIIIZZIIIIIZIII
Here is what Editor Lee Initio ol the Elgin Recorder
thinks about the organization:
At the present time considerable space of the Oregon
press is being given oyer to a discussion of the so-called
Non-Partisan League rather the press is exposing
rather than discussing. The Recorder has only a limited
knowledge of the organization, but if we are to judge by
what we read it is a good organisation for patriotic men
to leave alone. That the leaders of the organization are
attempting to gain a foothold in Oregon has been evident
for. some time. The. farmer is particularly appealed to,N
and is coaxed and baited with a lot of promises that can
never bear results through class politics. We are in
formed on good authority that tho Non-Partisan League
A New Shipment of SPATS in
Grey and Champagne, $2.00 pair t
AX EXPLANATION
lied Cross Workers In Imva District
, -Meet Itcgului'ly.
. than any effort that has yet been made to determine who! has been caught redhamk-d in associating-with the curse
(arc the ones who refuse to do what they should. Some
'! of the slackers may be farmers; some may be nianufac-
..!! turers or merchants or bankers. If it happens that there
;; are such 'people, and we' may look for a mighty few in
jjthis locality, they are going to he dragged into the lime
hjligbt. If there is a farmer, for instance, who has been
able to profit by the arbitrary advance in the price, of
,ihis products and he doesn't "come through," he will be
i! known. If he is a slacker in any other trade or occupa
!j tion, it will be found out. There will be ho escape and
! in the end it will be found out that the slackers will be
jj in a class by themselves, and a dejected, lonesome as well known to
as loathesome class at that.
LA15IES AND POLYGAMY
What happens when a government urges polygamy to
raise the birthrate is told bv the Rev. "liatns k'masl.
a German who has been touring (ieruianv for' six mouths,
and since his return to Switzerland has been publishing
the results of his investigations.
A vigorous campaign is being waged in many districts,
he says, bv the authorities, with "Dear a Child for the
Fatherland" as, its slogan.
Never mind just now the effects of this promiscuous
mating upon the adults -immediately affected and upon
society in general. (Jive your attention to the babies.
"I was credibly informed," says Mr. k'inast, "that
in Munich district alone there were 1 2,000 such illicit
marriages, resulting in 18,000 babies since the last: two
and a half years, while the authorities were not able to
save the lives of more than 4,000 babies, so far, begotten
by this method! , '
Talk about waste! Was ever product ion of anything
on earth conducted with such disregard of plain rules of
lnismess efficiency?
To the Observer: In your." Mt.
Glen" news items of, February 27
mention was made of a Red Cross
organization meeting wllli Mrs. B.
M. Biirland and under her direction.
This is an i'error in entirety.
The Iowa district ladles organized
a Red Cross sewing circle several
weeks ago and have been meeting
each Thursday at the home of Mrs.
of the I. W. W. and various unpatriotic and destructive i n. m. Dm-iand and devoting the en
forces. That the organization lias practiced sedition andltlre uay to Red Cl'089 W0lk- ThcIr
joined with unpatriotic ami anarchistic- forces seems t(, .work I. don. in connection with and
.. , .. ! , I tnidiv the supervision of the I.a
l)C well established. ' i Grande Red Cross organization and
Many Oregon publications are alarmed at the attempt) much enthusiasm is' shown, by each
of the organization to'-beciVmo a 'power intliis state. ' 'The ; nnd every one of the iowa', district
ulnrtri may be well founded, but we are iucjined to believe j workers, b. m: durland.;
tliat the movement win not make any great strides in
Oregon politics for the simple reason that we do not be
lieve that the farmers of the state are going to be coaxed
into linkimr themselves with auv organization that is
o tied up with the I. W. . At any rate, we
should be on our guard and see to it that the politically
urogressive state of Oregon does not become a spawning
bed for the so-called Xon-Partisan clique. '
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For the least bit of heedlessness on your part in food,
conservation someone somewhere in tho world must suffer
privatjon. The Pood Administration has mastered the
problem of America's food in such a way that every
ounce of food conserved and ke).t in the currents of trade
goes to the empty stomach of 'someone in Europe who is
iroinir to keenly anpreciat." it.
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j hour limit contest, will start about
i 10:15.
Uoth wrestlers are in fine eon
! ditinn and a splendid contest is in
prospect. Popular prices will pre-
' vail.
They Fly to Church to Get Married
Farmers!
You Should Keep a Bank Account
Farmers, as a rule, keep no books or accounts. Their bank
deposit 'books afford them a complete record ol cash re
ceipts, while the stubs of the check book nre a perfect
record nf expenses and payments. Your returned chocks
aro tho best receipts in the world, because th poison re
ceiving them must endorse it, and tioiiiR returned to you by
the bank, they can be easily preserved.
Money deposited in a hank is not so easily "fouled H'.vay"
as when carried around in one's pocket.
Try the experiment for one year of keeping a bank ac
count and see if it docs not pay you.
A larjrc number of the best farmers have accounts
with us.
No clmrire for chock books.
Wc lire desirous of having farmers' ni roiiiits. even though
small, for in this locality, where mixed farming is preached
and piaclircd, their accounts are sure to crow larger.
MAKE Ol'It HANK YOUR HANK
Member Podcral Reserve System
Jack O'.NcUl will n-rcrce.
O'.N'oil In llanillrap.
Peter Iiuzukos, the San Francisco
wolterweight caiue to town last
Tuesday- and challenged O'Neill for
a finish match. O'Neill is not in
very good condition but he insists
he call beat Buzukos in a handicap
match, and last night an informal
afrair was arranged in which" O'Neill
agrees to throw Biinkos ill thirty
minutes. This bout will be staged
In connection with the Thye-Laiu-bert
match, making a doublo card
for tonight.
La Grande National
Bank
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This ts a wedding picture!
iLiout. Lnwronce U. Sperry
and his fiancee. Miss Wini
fred Allen, nre shown hero in
lliolr bridal clothes just as
they arrived for the wedding
at (;overnor8 Islnnd. Lieut.
Sperry, navy aviator, was sta
tioned at Mnssapcqua, L. I.
He could cot away for only a
few hours, so they made the
trip to the island by airplane.
Army officers gathered around
the chapel and set up a round
of cheers when the bridal
couple came flying down and
nliKhtrd near the church
stops. Tho weddliic took place
a few minutes later
HOW TO (iKOW TOMATO KS
The tomato Is one of the inosl
' satisfactory of all the garden crow
and one that Is found in practically
I every vegetable garden. No mutter
' how small the garden f.naoc nvnll
' able, It is always ndvisable to liavr
. a few tomato vinos.
Toiutoes will grow in almost unv
good soil, but the soil should nut
i bee too high In nttrogano'is nint'er
j us this Will cause the plants go
, to vino, rather than to fruit. The
: plants should be started In tho win
dow box or in tilt hotbed, soino si
weeks before time to set them in
the open. For best results they
: should be transplanted at least once.
. It Is possible to secure a crop much
sooner by carefully growing inc.
plants indoors iu pots and trans
planting to tho open ground as soon j
las conditions permit. They should
i not be set in the open until about
; two weeks after the last killing ;
frost. If sot sooner than this they I
j should in all cases bo proloctod
j from frost with a muslin cover oi j
: with boxes covered with glass or by ;
other moans
' The pot-grown plants are ospor ial-
' ly desirable, as they may ho brought
to the blooming period by tiio time
: it Is wnrni enough to plant then
In tho garden. If the plants are
not to be (ruined, but allowed to lie
on tho ground, they should be sot
about 4 foot apart each way. If
trained to single stalks and tied to
slakes or a trellis, they may he
planted in rows P. foot apart, and
IS inches apart in tho row. If ti.J
bo used for table purposes only
23 plants under good conditions
i will supply the nvoiago family. If
for canning from 50 to 100 plunts
will be necessary. One hundred
plants should supply sufficient to
matoes for present use, nnd enough
to can at least 100 quarts.
Under favorable conditions, to
matoes will continue to grow und
bear for the entire season, nnd It
should not bo necessary to set a
late crop. U.. S.' Department of
Agriculture.
IF YOU'D-BE SMART
WEAR PL A TPS,
PIUC'E McAl.lSTKIt DHAO
Sens Itecelvcd of Former (irande
ltondo Itcsident's Dcuth.
Mrs. U. G. Couch, of Island City,
received -word this morning of .the
death, of Price' McAllster. at the
latter's home at Twin Falls, Idaho.
The deceased was a native son of
Grande - Ronile.l but- he Jias been j
away from here for a number- of
years und has lately been a resident
at Twin Falls. His wife was for
merly Miss Linna McCall, also a
native Grande Ronder and a sister
of Mrs. Couch. The age of the de
ceased was about 45 years. Ho
loaves besides his wife, three child
ren, two sons and a daughter, all of
whom are grown. One of the sons
is in an aviation training camp in
Texas. Other near relatives here I
are two sisters, Mis. S. B. William
son and Mrs. C. D. Huffman; a
brother, James McAllster,, now liv
ing in California; and an uncle,
Hon. D. A. McAlister.
Mrs. Couch and her mother, Mrs.
F. E. McCall, will leave today to
be present at the funeral which' will
bo held at Twin Fnlls Sunday after
noon. Other relatives will probably
leave for Twin Falls tomorrow.
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No bit of feminine wear is more
up-to-the-minute, and Is easier to
make or wear than the separate
vest built of many materials'
but preferably ,plaid. Not only
something plaid, but something,
silk should be the law of the vest,
for a large part of Its reason for
existence is the saving of wool..
This checker-board confection is
of heavy silk or satin In dull blus
and white plaid. It Is uncom-
promisingly severe and buttons
close up to the chin with white,
bone ball buttons in an effect,
that Is a cross between the mill
Vary and the Jockey air.
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your Want
Main 37.
Ads to tho
."Why Not
Have a Salt Mackerel and a Baked Potato for
Breakfast? - A Keg of Boston Beauty
Mackerel Just In.
We have the Wisconsin Swiss and Brick Cheese.
Also L'mburger and Tillamook Cream Cheese.
Pickles in the Bulk of All Kinds, and
Home-made Sauerkraut .
A Full Line of Vegetables in Season.
City Grocery
, Ballery
The Hqpie of Fancy Groceries.
E. Polack, Prop. phone Main 75
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