La Grande evening observer., April 06, 1918, Image 5

JJATTIiriAY, ArIULrt,ldl8
LA MUXDE OIEllVEU
J.
How much is an arm worth An eye A leg Two eyes Yea,
a life? 1
We'll agree there is no adequate pecuniary compensation. '
Nevertheless, does the soldier of any type or character, declare
" I can't give an arm, a leg, my eyes or my life to this cause
it isn't fair to expect me to make these terrible sacrifices?" Of
course not! His personal safety isn't considered for a moment:
In crossing No Man's. Laud, .individuality, fc.a, negative equation....
As a matter of fact lie ; does sacrifice priceless limbs, and life
itself, to the great necessity victory.
There are Americans who catalogue themselves as true blub
and who in their misguided honesty feel it impossible to buy '
bonds.. . "I am too poor," is the skulking post they hide behind. ;
They lack a true vision of the situation they can't put their ao
called convictions to the acid test. , '
..Here's the crucible, here the chemicals that know no wrong
analysis:
Assume, if you will, that every man in Union county poor ac
a church rat. or as rich as John D. had to face the fact of los
ing a limb, an eye, or even his life unless he bought a bond.
Poor though he might be, don't you suppose he would find a way
to sacrifice enough to buy a bond and save his own life or avoid
a maimed body? Of curse, he'd get the bond and get it quickly.
Necessity will find a way. The picture may be far-fetched, at
first reading, but is it?
The soldier abroad willingly offers himself to the losses in
mind. Even as the Lowly Nazarene unmurmuringly climbed to
Calvary 1918 years ago this week, so the gallant soldier goes to
his death or physical disability.. .If the soldier performs all these
heroic gallantries, shouldn't civilians at home, well fed, comfort
ably housed, surrounded by loved ones and security shouldn't
they find a way to buy Liberty Bonds, even though poor The
answer is, Yes! A thousand times Yes. No man, able to do a
day's work, dares gainsay it.
LIBERTY
MMITTE!
P.S. WON'T YOU PLEASE VOLUNTEER YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AND THUS RELIEVE THE COMMITTEE OF
A TASK WHICH STILL WILL BE ENORMOUS.
This ..nr-c juiid fur by
E. Polack, City Grocery and Bakeiy
La Grande Grocery Co.
W. H. Bohnenkamp Co.
PAGE JlYlin