WliUXlisDAY, MAUC'II G, 1913
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la Grande Evening Observer
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Published Daily and Weekly at La Crande, Oregon.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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fitfui-ed that the fanners in a wheat j)i'oduein,ij area ot j11Ionwealth Ue ,UKg,.sU.d that their
six miles square ean )my lie cost of an elevator and also jconveDtlon be opened with prayer
provide themselves with suitable granaries '' tanks for after a vacation of three days, dur
farni storage purposes from the savings. thev mav make'ine which time the men of different
in two seasons. This mav he putting the proposition in'""'8 woul" ,ulk ,0 the"'
...... ninni ,,.,....,- i.fim,.. ... ,, . i... ...v. . . .., ,,,. If thev could
come to some conclusion by which
this federation might become a civil
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will he thoroughly tried out and it will not he long until
farmers will have all thoy will require to know as to the
practical side of the change in grain handling.
But regardless of the advance in sacks, the old way
of handling and re-handling of grain in sacks is hoth a
haek-hreaking and time-killing process 'and is a rut to get
out of if the elevator system will do here What it has
proven to have accomplished in other sections.
o
The Eugene Register observes that not only is Oregon
at the top in enlistment record and high in bond buying
and Red Cross contributions, but when the first trial
orders for ship lumber were given to Oregon and the
south to see which locality could cut the lumber and
deliver it in the east most quickly, Oregon won. And now,
with all the sabotage and obstruction by Germany's hire
lings on the coast, the emergency fleet corporation comes
here for Oregon fir to take the place of southern pine
which is failing to arrive on schedule time.
o . .
Hardly does the agricultural college at Corvallis grad
uate its young engineers before the . government snaps
them up. There is speedy use now-a-days for every tech
nically educated man. Jn the agricultural colleges of the
country we see'preparedness at its best. They are. ideal
institutions inasmuch as they prepare students equally
well for war and peace, imparting an all-round capacity
to serve mankind. Oregon Journal.
MMy Country 'Tis of Thoo, 8set Land
of Lib.rty."
WANTED A PRICE CONSERVATOR
I Patriotic Address to Old Soldiers
The housewives have had the opportunity of gaining
a very fair insight into the matter of the various uses
of corn as a substitute for flour. As a matter of fact
there are a great many people of this part of the country
jwliy are not so far away from the time when corn was
ithc main staple in the way of bread supply. In sections,
in the great corn belt the use of corn bread was for many
years so common that it was popularly supposed to be
' conic a part of the intellectual as well as the physical
characteristics of the people, and this gave rise to an
'encomium, particularly in use in Missouri, and especially
'applied to a person as having "corn bread sense.'' To
!these people the various recipes and demonstrations as
'to the use of corn meal seem redundant. What is looked
;f'or now is some -'means by which rorn meal can be had
jat a price somewhere within the price range of flour, as
long as corn is a prescribed substitute. Even when rated
jxvith the price of wheat the retail price of corn meal shows
that between the producer and the consumer there is from
! three to four hundred per cent that doesn't reach the
'issues. ., , - . . '
J ; Corn, at its very best price, should not exceed two cents
ja pound, but the price of the finished product in nine
; pound sacks is eight and one-third cents. The enormous
j expense of manufacture and distribution does not Jie at
the door of the local dealer but somewhere back along
ithc line there are war profits on corn food that makes
! the big packing houses look like drivelling amateurs in
1 the grab game.
o :
BULK HAXDLIXil OF GRAIN
A number of members, their fain- turn down and his dominion driven
illea. and friend were present at j aerora tho gea. ' ,.
J,o patriotic meeting of the KiKhi; WIiJiiBU.., Army
of I'ytliluii in the lodgo hull, Tues- u , ,
, , .... ' Now that bell has been tine, ng
day evening, and enjoyed a pro- "
... , , .. .Liberty for HI years throughout
Brum or readings, music, talks and , , , , . ,, .7
. , , , . r i.i. m ll'e land and to all we inhabitants
a stirring address by Dr. Lli Mc-
, , , , .,., u i 1 1,,,,, 'thereof. 'Die first iiestlon was,
vice tnanccuor u. j. rieiuiiiK ore-
.- .The farmers of A Heel are putting up Jfi.OOO on tin !
proposition of handling grain bulk. Farmers of North j
Powder are doing the same thing, only on a somewhat1
lighter scale, and there are other communities and asso-j
ciations of farmers who are about, up to the point of !
launching in the bulk handling system. In till the eastern i
.country grain handling in sacks is as rare as the handling I
without sacks is in this part of the west. It is said'that
" as soon as the elevator plan once gets under way in this:
country it will become practically universal. Hut that!
. time may lie several years yet to come. It is certain, how
ever, that bulk handling was the system from the start!
in the eastern or central states and it has never been
abandoned,
I The advance in the price of grain sacks has jtliiiust
; everything to do with the elevator movement, hut there
arc other advantages in the way of greater economy e
1 pected from bulk handling of grain. Screening nrnl grad-'.
i ing arc some of the advantages while even the excess nf
.dded at tho meeting.
The story of Damon and I'ylhias
was fittingly told by Mr. T. J. Huy
lnr and Miss Agnes Hamilton gave
some excellent readings. A 'trio by
Mcsdames Howell, Price and Mo-
Gum proved excellent and wes well
received. Dr. . G. Crawford, a!
member of the K. of i order for
many years, gave a touching pat
riotic reading.
'foils of tirimth of Liberty.
The address by Dr. MnClbih told
the story of the beginning and
.growth of freedom and -democratic
government from the first ringing
of the old Liberty IJoll down to the
present great world's war, in which
titanic struggle that government by
the people may be spread through
out the world, is fieing waged. The
sound of the Liberty Hull one hund
red and foriy-one years ago has
spread until today its ring is hoard
in every clime.
In part I la. McClish fa id:
Liberty Hell I'li-M Itimg.
"According to the records. 111
yearn ago tomorrow afternoon at 4 1
o'clock the old Liberty Hell was!
first rung. . It had an ent-'ravinK
around the base of the boll pro
claiming 'liberty throughout the;
land to all the Inhabitants thereof.'!
'The delegates from the colonies!
to the convention uh to whether
thoy should adopl the Declaration
of Independence had been discuss-!
i.l the subjort. It was a very ser
ious mailer. The liver, of two of
tiio member:-, had boon tin ealcni-i
by I be king of Ureal lltitain. John
llanroek was ono of tboin. Uo wrote
his name good and large. Alio: the
discussion John Adams arose and
naitl: 'I am in favor of Ibis dedaru
lion. ir it wore revealed from
heaven Oiat '.l!t!l men out or every
Iimio would perish and only one,
mi'ii would enjoy more of liberty
and happiness than '.'!i!l slaves.'
ould the bell continue to ring?'
Washington came out 'to lead the
army. lie was willing to do what
i he could. They felt be must be
the leader. He said, 'If I know
! my own mind I would offer my-
self as a willing sacrifice Into sav
age butchery for the sake of my
people.' With that sort of a spirit
he went into the war. His army
was only partially clothed and was
poorly armed. He seemed constant
ly on the retreat, but constantly
popping up somewhere to the great
surprise of the British officers. At
the end of seven years-these United
Colonies were permitted to go .free.
I suppose Great- Britain hail so
much to do on the 'other side that
she could not stay on this side. It
was still u problem whether this
little Itop'iblic could live as a -free
republic. ,
No envedont for Government
"Alter the Revolution they wrote
government. ;
Agree on Washington. j
"After the tecess they held prayer:
and discussed the question, and fin-I
ally decided thul if George Wash- .f
ingtou would bo the first president !
they would agree. They knew he
did not want to use power for liliu-i
self. Both sides agiecd to the con
stitution. They drew It up and he
accepted the first presidency and ;
stayed there eight years. Of this
.unstitution, William K. Gladstone, '
,ine of England's greatest statesmen, ;
.aid: -I regard it as the most won
derful document ever struck off at'
one time by human mind.' j
Lincoln llef'incs Government.
"Abraham Lincoln defined our
government as being 'A government!
of tho people, for the people and by
cl.e people.' Washington was look- i
;ng for just that kind of govern- j
nient to be established in the inter-j
est of the'people. A lot of men said, i
'You cannot trust the people to do j
that.' Thomas Carlyle said, 'That :
is a fine theory, but whtjt are you j
going to do when you put into the j
hands of Judas Iscariot and Jesus
the same trust, and when the Judas
Iscarluts get in the majority?' But
men like Lincoln did not believe:
men like Judas would ever get in
the majority. j
Seamen Impressed lly Kiigiund. ;
"Wo went on until 1X12. Then we
iwoke to the fact that England had
hoarded our ships and taken off :
over three thousand of our citizens:
and impressed them into service, i
Americans said, 'American men on
American ships flying the American
flag are on American soil. Let no I
one dare take one of our men off:
our iihips.' We went to war with i
the greatest nation of the world that '
day. England finally either had ,
her judgment convinced, or her'
heart changed, or something wasj
done so she decided that under the
American flag, on an American ship,'
an American sailor was a free man
anywhere iu the world. In fact the'
tables were turned so that when wei
.ouk Sidel and anothev man off an
English ship during the Civil war.
we ware vividly reminded of former
daysvuntl'wo 'grtcef ully -paid dn ln-il
drmnity. That War. 'of 1812 was
simply proclaiming Liberty through-;
out the land and to all the Inhabit
ants thereof. :
"SomewhereinFrance"
and all over America, the Stetson service hat
is worn.
Von men who need a Service Hat, want one
that wiil stand service. That's what you expect
of a service hat. Here is a fine one, a Stetson,
made of fine fur, despite the scarcity of high
grade fur in America, and up to the famous
Stetson standard in every point.
quality of fur, blocking, the fine rows
of fast color silk stitching round the brim,
the four enamel ventilating eyelets, high
quality heavy rep-silk band, improved
sweat band and genuine silk "tie on" luces.
A hat to stay by you -oik; to he proud of.
The finest hats in the world today are
Stetson's made in America.
LARGEST HAT STOCK IN LA GRANDE
The Civil War.
"Thou came our Civil war. l
was stil! a question, . "Can a great
nation govern it;:elf.' 1 do not knowl
the Constitution. It was not an easy what we would have done if we had i
job to w rite a Constitution for a lot had the loader wo bad. Secession I
commonwealth that had on preced- j carried in Its own boso'm death and '
on t. Greece had a democracy with- j 'iestruotion. Lincoln , said 'This ia
out a representation. They wouldj lot an it-sue political but an issue:
drive tho people out where Demos,
thonos delivered an oration, and
then decide a question, but tbey
never had a federal government. I
think if wo could go into the his
tory of Washington the farmer, after
he had retired from the, army, we
would find an answer to the ques
tion. Alexander Hamilton thought
senators ought to bo elected for
lite. Others t;oii!;ht a president
ought to bo elected for life. Wash
ington said. 'Snt this government
is to whetbe" the people can govern !
themselves.' Or, if at any time a
minority or she people opposed to j
.he majority can withdraw from the!
;cnernl government, then free gov-
.Mnmonl o,' tho people on the earth!
must perish.' Ho brought it. home
to the government that this Is a
free government. Secession from
.he northern elates logically meant
:!:e right for cuicb nouthern state to
secede from all Ihe others should it
o decide. This would destroy any
must eor.io bark on t lie shoulders j permanent government of the world,
o! the peoi'lo fo:- their authority. No The soldiers of the Union fought to
loan slioul I ho elected for life. The I make those I'nited ' States one and
pei-pte are supr. iae. Lot tlie senat-: :nseperah!e iorever. .Mr. Lincoln
oi s
the
tin:
::o 01 ninelit.'
WriCm; lite Constitution.
Well finally lliey called a Con
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Your Check Stands Guard
against the loss and oftentimes the useless spending of
5tiur money. A check on this hank will many times prove
of imiih more than mere convenience. It will save you
from possible loss. Ask us to illustrate how.
Member l'cderal Reserve System
La Grande National Bank
la (iKAMM-:, oim;oN
Tlii'.v finally iUtuIimI and pU'lj.il(l t't"tion;il -m.vntlmi. I il not
1 hoi i lits, honor and rvccyihiuB Know how Ions tlu-y dobutod that
they h;id. Thru inry st.-pprd for- l .1 ion ir 'Ho a- to wrlto u connti
wiiid anil .si.unod the I Hm-Iui al ion. tnlton,' TJhtc vore two srls ol
and old John llan-o.-lt was writt n t"1'. I' d " Thuniau JoflVr-
ia :iiii'v iHirrs for lilt king a:s in lawn or u stroni; nov-
fjoiiti: lu kill hint anwvay! Whon 'frmrriii. Auolln-r stt was in avot
thry siunvd it and InoUtil into our."'' v;h.it wo voiild rail a Ioushi- form
aim! lH'i's f:tvs Urn. Franklin said: "f "01
If uc do not han u tnm-ilHM, vr will 'l w'
limm singly. i;illnr hant; touctlu-r .'
anhfii. in- slnly l.y tin- kin;: ot P0"'
Fn:;land ' (Je.'i k
l.ilx'K) li-tM laiintMl.
"An idd man had waitvd at tiu
l.ih;M ty iti'U din iim tin- ii'ornin
honi, then during (h aftrnionn
liom until four o'clork. The ponplr
h:td u.itiu'ird in the Mnvt of l'lnla-
ho the poopleV servants, for said on tho tiold of Gottysbnr,? tin.'
p.'Mpi.-, aftn l'.II, mv.-M curry 01: fiustiou v;ts whether 'a jjo orn '
siiL'iH of thj pt ople siionld perish :
from thf earth.' K was tnorounnly
Heltk'il. ,
l have ,i :pl-ndid friend wlio:o
I'athnr sinned tho ordinance for so;
e:-siun. His wife's grandfather:
-Uniod the Declaration of Independ-I
once. In addiesfdiiK a law Kather-1
mc thir. Mend said: 'Gentlemen, -'here
will never he another state
secede t'ioin this Tnion. Wc tried It.
This Fnion is one and liifoperahle. 1
i It is the prople';; covernnieiit. i
:ii
l.Io
tht
Wr
(Je.M'M1 III.
look I'l-.1 i'lt'.r
make a
T!wre was nr
This et wan afraid
i .tro;K KOelliinent
pM'sident too nnieh
on ll lme another
;'or;:e Washington
' ; ide and said. 'Let
r 1 1 on -i Kovcrniuent.'
d of unity, ni'icaniza-
freedom? Ladies and gentlemen,
the time had come when it was
necessary, If wc wore to be true to
the traditions of the past, to Inaist
that the high seas belong to the en
tire world, and not to the Kaiser.
We are in this war in the name of
human freedom. We hardly know
we are in it, but we are In it most
intensely. You do not know how
many boys of California and of the
United States will be slaughtered by
those German guns before the war
closes. Cut they arc going into this
war as much for-human freedom as
Washington did at Valley Forge, or
as did the Union soldiers at Gettys
burg, and Lookout Mountain and
Mission Ridge. It is in the name
of the great, flag of human freedom.
Kaiser ami God.
"Ono hundred and forty-one years
ago this land signed a document.
We believe it Is true that tfovern
meTits derive their jtisl. powera .from
the consent of the governed. Tho
Kaiser tells us that he governs by
the grace of the Almighty, and I
notice that the king of Greece to get
consolation said, I govern Greece
by the grace of Almighty God.'
M ay he t h e K u i se r will sa y , ' O f
course, you did govern by the .'nice
of God, but really, in the last an
alysis, God and managed it for
you.
"Well, this tiling has been getting
our president and his wise messages
on the minds and hearts of the peo
ples of the world. Thoy are being
quoted, with those oT Washington
and Lincoln, by the nations of the
world. Urazil has made the state
ment that 'Any act on the part of
'fVmHnucd on Paire Revn
y , T
preparedn
ess
I.EAKN THE TKUTH ABOUT
CORSETS Ah We Arc Learning the
Truth About War.
(lot Acquainted With
..iOQ.
IUt Tl. H iiitn. u. a Pat. OOCO.
j ihe Front l.ace Corset with tin
! fENTlU) Hack and Front Shield
There's a I.a Camillc Style That's
' llest For You.
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Priced at $2.00 up.
j MUS. U0I1T. PATTISON
, Corscliere.
Ken. 1702 Oak Phone Red 3221
'Mpln.i .mniiul Inil, peml.-iHi' II. ill
to sir Mint ihe (lelii::ilc: wmiM cln.
Till' ulil itntn sulil "riH' IU'T wiil
'I" I'. ' A Utile liny thut had l.i ..i ln a
::itii.tH'il ti slve the hIkiuiI tlicn i.m lh":i.
linn iii.il i jsi. iii. Wa-hliiiMnii Imil
iliHi-i.M'U-il ii, the Ki'Milntinn thul
ii'it- n.lnnj pa'.i trihtile ami anotlu'i j
nut
rrmilJin !;lKs Mi.:uesti(iii.
I'l-eent War one l-'ur l-'i-eeilom.
''.o-,v, v.-e h.ive cnnie uii until the
riul it Inns i'lnl sentiment i of Wash
ington. . i.ini'oin. t ; ii i r i i .1 and our
Hiipit-im' com t all have been in on,.
Jirerliim, that a saivoinmcnt of the
people shall he a miverniiwnl Tor
Ihe world. lint utter Decatur and
I'eny and McDonald had accom
plished their wonderful work for
human freedom we wore informed
l'liiilly in t he debate Hen Krnnk- thnt on and n It or a certain day of:
lie
He
id:
out and shouti'd: 'Itin! iiiaud.:i.
ltiii: llilli:! They tlone it" And
that bell sounded out Its glorious
piO'laieatton of 'l.lbelly thio;;i.l..it rule., I
the land and In all the inhabitant, not m
Iheieol. ami It Clossed liom c:l
'" oily and shore lo shore until
all the Colon).- knew that l.lbelly
had been pi oi liiiiit, d. and the im
am's and ficuic of C.olce III. w.-ie
II "Id iiu'h.
ud l in..' ,
was ail old mint the week and mouth boats could not
tienl Ionian, I am n avers,, ihe ioluIih- paths of the
the longer I live , -en without special permission of
I obsene. the more j the Kaiser. Has It come to fhu
'b .I'll!.- cnn.ineed 1 i.iu that Hod j that the wo:k of Washington and
ihe ati.iii of men. We do , 1. inc.. In are set nt iinuhi i,, a i,,.
not s, el. . lo be icachini: any con- barn. is autoi-iat w ho would dictate
.I'isioii M, n have taken fides andjwhvie on tin- !uuh seas an American
leiu.nn. .1 there. I am not sure but ship with an American tlas can
we liav e trade one mistake by open-j tia.l- What about our tradition
in: out i-,,ne;,tu.n without pray.-r. i .ml past liisloiy and the blood that
If it i tiue that i:rept the I.oid.has been pouicl out for human
the home drink
Besides its popularity at drug stores, fountain.! and
restaurants, Bevo Ims found a welcome place in tha
home. A family hcvcraRc a guest offering a tablo
drink that goes perfectly with all food.
As a mneeztion for Sunday supper Street red or
(Jreen puppnra stuffed with cream cieesa and
chopped nurs or olives, served on lettuce leaves.
French dressing Cold meat. Toasted crackers.
Bevo for everyone. A bevcrnp,c that tastes like no
other soft drink. Pure, wholesome and nutritious.
Bevo the ell-year-'round soft drink.
Sold in botfe, only and bottled exclusive!- by
ANHEUSER-BUSCH ST, LOUIS
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