PAV3E FOUR
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self 'capable in the way of suhciu
lut' Hie worm Una come to pass,
with the possible exception of Rus
sia, and that' Is a matter that Is
not by any meaiis fully settled.
And among all the blunders the
one which has been attempted all
along is a systematic way of cov
orlng up the true condition of the
military, und In tills manner : at
tempting to fool the Gorman peo
ple as well as the people with wlioiu
they i are at war.
But the direct conclusion is that
all Is a blunder because 11 is ali
wrong, and being wrong funda
mentally and primarily it must
como to an end, and that end is In
sight.' ' ' i
ri'ltTAIl.MKXT XUKOIOI).
My Country TIs of Th, 8w..t Land
, . of Liberty." . ... ;
HMM)KrHPTION.
..-. The world has learned one thing
and that It that Oorman Imperial
Jam is fooling itself and the Gor-
: nmn people more than they are de
ceiving, others. J.
The Ioniser's nnny has repeatedly
fooled itself in its' estimation of
what it would be able to do, :- It
would seem now In order to cancel
all further dates for the entrance
Into Paris. The horalded viBlt is
already . about four years .overdue
nnd this Is btit one result of how
the kaiser and his generals have
fooled themselves and the German
people.' : " "'t ,
They thought they could nnvl
gato the air better with a balloon
attachment, and this the airpluno
hnB not. only practically overcome,
but has demonstrated its own sup
eriority. They believed that their
submarines would put a blockade
girdle around the, sea, but, they
haven't Interfered enough with
American transports to Btop a con
tinuous stream of men and - sup
plies for France.
But the supreme blunder has
been in their 'assumption that they
could supplement the work of their
Invading armies ' by a scries or
hideous outrages that would make
the. world afraid of them. This
wan the biggest all down or all.
Would not the, slinplost process
or reasoning demonstrate to the
Gorman monster that people would
sooner die than to bo held In per
petual terror? !
An ngod woman, writing to the
Observer says: "1 know this much.
Death comes but once, and I would
snoned dlo than to bo under, the
hideous, heathenish power of the
Oorman military autocracy."
None of the things of which the
Gorman military power conceived It-
Secretary McACoo, ns director-
general ot the railroads, has given
out word that the passenger train
traffic is to ho reduced a million
miles this year. To ... tho general
run of people it Is not apparent Just
how much of a reduction in service
tills moans, but It must bo con
siderable. At the same time the
demand of tho people to. go about
from one place to another, will nol
likely be seriously Interfered with
nnd thero will' be a great saving
mado in fuel, wear and tear, and
man power that can be dlverred in
directly toward the war. This will
mean but little If any sacrifice tri
the public but a great deal to the
government, . .
It Is tho sanio way in other af
fairs. The use of substitutes, for
inslanco, Is supposed to help aug
ment the available, food nupply for
our: noyn over mero anu mo al
lies as well. This Is Inconsiderable
In comparison with what people
Und to make sufficient In the early
settling days nnd In' many' periods
where plagues and drouths have
made the food supply short. .:
There aro , prospcctB ahead for
further curtailment1 of Supplies and
tho usual conveniences. But it can
all be met without especial hard
ship, and, . perhnps, In many cases
with benefit to those whose fan
cied necessities " stand in greater
need of contraction than expansion.
The people ot the United States
have not commenced to . reel any
of the hardships of war as coin
pared with the countries In Europe
that aro in the direct course or
the war demon. We should all
therefore, cheerfully accept what
ever" may bo further required that
will holp tho great caUBc of a per
manent peace.
v. Ill take Just one week to get hero
If we are beaten. Tbey have :r.ufle
up their mluds that America shall
pay.
Is there a farmer who will stand
forward now and say, "This war does
not concern Die?"
you have money lhst you do not
j need at present. Loan It to the Cov
I eminent at good Interest: when you
j.wuit the money hack 'again, yoti. can
borrow on your bond, or sell it. Vticle
Sam will take eare of your money
until you need It and pay you Interest
on it., '
Go and buy a Liberty Bonil to
morrow. .
Don't be a slacker, and don't fool
yourself with the Idea that you are
loo far away from the war for It to
hurt you. Remember 1914. when the
Germans upset the world's shipping,
and you took what you could get lor
your producte. ,
Think of the twenty years starva
tion prices ahead of you, in case we
are beaten.
This is your war, and if you won't
get in it you deserve to loso your
American Citizenship.
Call in at the bank tomorrow, and
talk it over.
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ear lor
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with your needs in' mind. The new creations for spring embody r
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within their realm of prices,' Our canvas shoes have only the best
grade and the lightest weight possible.- .
Come in and look these over while the weather is warm and
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A white kid, lace boot,
T.ouis ' covered . heel.
Price $9.50'.
High Heel Reinskln, lace,
covered heel, Queen Qual-
' ity make. Price $.(l
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High Covered Heel, laco
boot, Red Cross make.'
' Price . J3.00
PATRIOTS
it is an nppal to all to forgot what imPse taxation upon you which will
has happened. . It is the course ask- r,lp"18 J?" ff V".."!!" t"en'y 'ea'S:
mi iv.,' i,, ii . , Worse than that, if the GernianB got
ed to, by the man to -whom puh-5ver !l(!re, thev wl!1 treat 5.0ll , Just
no sentiment strongly .turned f oi jthe same way as they uavo the tarm-
lils action on the library hoard. ers ot Fronce, Belgium and Italy. .In
It Is splendid advlco. It 's 1 1. -these sections farm houses have been
The following were elected ward
ens and vestrymen of St. Peter's
church Sunday morning: Senior
warden, L. H. Russell; junta wnrd
JeiT, HaiTy Zurbrick; vestrymen,
; Messrs, J. D,. Slater, W. R. Jones nnd
i A. C. Hampton. Pursuant to recent
action of the vestry, S800 of trust
funds have been invested in the Lib
erty loan. -
spirit, that nmkos for national
strength, the strength out ot which
shot to' pieces, crops wasted and
burned; even fruit trees chopped
.Tn... n.HU .....I MnM
I I...- . .I r,. . -UUVWI, HIC VUILIU nu'icu, IIIO IIIVU OVIIV
to Hang tlio Stars and Stripes overling i ,n,i, fnr r..,.
masters, their women ill-treated in
ways that cannot bo talked of In
Mil. WOOMVAlin AM) Mil. AVMI!
(By OUKtiON JOURNAL.)
"We want to win Win war. Wo
want everybody's help. We must
have no divisions at home. We
must pull no good American down.
Let us penult no loyal worker for
tho causo to feel that his endeavor
Is unappreciated. If unkind words
have been said, let us all forget
them. Wc must wln this war."
This was the spirit In which W.
F. Woodward talked yesterday to
The Journal. The words are, In ef
fect, his words. Tho thought Is
his thought, the prayer his prayer.
The utterance ranio from him on a
bed of pain In his home, where lie
Is confined with an attack nf lumbago.
The rereronce Is, or course, to
tho controversy ovor the Hunt case.
RUNNIN' RISKS!
Despite the prevalence of robbery, a few continue (oJu'cp
money about their homes. In thus doing they are not only
risking ihe loss nf the money, hut nlso their lives.
How much safer and better it would he if these people
would bring their money to this hank.
You're not running this risk are you?
Never despise a small beginning.
Remember, "The 1-efty Oak From a Small Arorn Crows."
Member Federal Reserve System
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
the towers of Berlin. ; ' ' '
In tho heat and excitement ovor.
tho' Hunt- case, thero' have boon
caljs for Mr. . Ayor to retire from
his position in the war work. Mr.'
Woodward's statoment Is a fervent
ippeal for these suggestiors to Ik
forgotten.
And when wo nil stop to think
about It, howiasy It Is for us to
see that Mr. Woodward is again
sound In his advice and wise in his
counsel. From the' first, Mr. Ayer
has been an earnest and devoted
worker in the grent cause to which
wo all pledge our lives, our. foi
times und our sacred honor.
' Alt,- Ayer was the man who led
Oregon's drive tyr ih-i Bed "rosii.
The deep feolir.f:. with which he en
tered Into llii't iirlii. ia struggle,
the fiulot but devoted earnestness
nnd endless toll with which he
worked are Well remembered by
all those associated with that me
morable struggle. The results that
camo ot the effort aro proof of
how well the drive was captained.
, This it? but a small fraction of
tho war work ot Mr. Ayer. His
time, his means nnd his cnereglos
have been, from the begiuning of
tho war. his country's. His tire
less endeavors 'and exacting sacri
fices as food administrator are
other responsibilities fully met,
other gifts laid at tho feet of his
countivmen. I
It would 'be but n poor requital,
because of difference over a fool
ish woman's fad, Jnr Mr. Ayer to be
seriously asked fo (ult Ills post , of
duty, to drop out of the ranks in
this l'i;;lit against kalserdoin.. If
nothiiiK else, It would he bad strat
egy t Irtst so good a fighter and
so loyal a citizen when every fight
ing man. every atom of our re
sources, and" every ounce of our
:Hroii;nli is needed to boat the Hun.
FRED S. STANLEY WEDS.
print, their little children havo had
their hands chopped otf In order that
they may nover flght or do any more
useful work again. 1
You may say "such thlng3 will not
happen here." They said this in
Franco, in Belgium and In Italy. Such
things will happen here just us sure
as you are alive, unless we smash
the Germans, so utterly that they are
unable to reach this country. The
Herman fleot ami tho German army
Bride Is Widow of Former Portland
Lawyer.
The Oregonian reports the marriage
of F. S. Stanley and Mrs. Mabel Hous
ton Flanders, of Portland.
Mr. Stanley is well known in thi?
section, being for years the secretary
of the Grande Ronde Lumber com
! pony, nnd nlso legislative representa
i tive from Union county. He has been
; a resident of Portland n number of
i years, but now lives at Bend, where
he is president of the Central Oregon
; Irrigation company. Mrs. Flanders is
ithe widow of the late J. Couch Flan
jders, for years a prominent lawyer of
'Portland.
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Directory
OSTEOPATHIC I'lIYSICIAN
DR. J. L. INGLE Osteopathic phy
sician. Third floor New Foley
Bldg. Hours 10-12 a. m.; 2-5 p.
m., and by appointment Office
phone. Red ,1701, residence Red
881.
DR. MARGARET ,INGLE Osteo
pathic physician. Diseases of wo
men and children and obstetrics.
M I :CH ANO-TH UltOPY
DR. -A. N.
Therapy;
specialty;
Sclonco.
MAYVILLE Mechano
chronlc diseases ' my
Physical and Mental
Hours: 1:30 to 4:30
p.m., 700 to 8:00 evenings.
Phone Black 2311. Rooms 1 and
2 over Coolidgo Paint Store,
Adams Ave.
VETKItr.NAItY
DR. H. W. RILEY Graduate Veter
inarian. Hospital, 1409 Madlso-i
A. Stato Stallion Inspector ano
Inspector of stock for shipment.
Home Independent Phono, Black
41; Farmers Co-operative Phone,
Main 112.
ATTORNEYS
CRAWFORD & EAKIN T. H. Craw
' ford and Robert S. Eakln, Attor
neys a law. Practice In all the
courts of the Btate and the United
States. Office, West-Jacobson
Bldg., rooms 9-10-17, La Qrande,
Oregoii. i
COCHRAN & EBERHARD Geo. T.
, Cochran and Colon R. Eberhard,
Attorneys. La Grande National
Hank Building. '
GREEN & RUDOLPH Attorneys,
R. J. Green and L. G. Rudolph,
Attorneys at Law, La Grande Na
tional Bank Building. .
AIICTHTEOTS
C. E. MILLER Architect, room 27,
New Foley Bldg. Phone Red 1871.
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.Sizes 8 to 11, price .'.
White Canvas, 1 Str. rubber sole, sizes 8 to 11,
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Fraternal Directory
ver would have permitted" (ho Hunt
elu-e to stir us so deeply. When
this cruel conflict is over we will
all look back on the incident, and
wonder how it could have happened
to uroih-e so much feeling. Then
we will remember the appeal of Mr.
Woodward to rorget the unkind
words. In guard ourselves against
weakening division at home, nnd to
clap hand as brothers nnd win
this war.
If v.e hadn't been at war' we ne-L. O. O. M. La Granoe Lodge No.
850, Loyal Ordor or Moose Holds
regular meetings every Wednesday
night at 8 p. m. In Eagle hall next
to Elks' Bldg. on Washington Avo.
Visitors always welcome. Duos pay
able at Young's Sweets.
GEO. YOUNG, Die.
HARRY SWART, Sec.
FARMERS! THIS IS
YOUR WAR. BUY
LIBERTY BONDS
Success of Teutonic Arms Spells
Duspoliation for Ameri
can Producers
Let us think tor a while how the
ar concerns the farmer.
We went to war with Germany
partly because the rulers . of that
xmntry refused to let ns send to
Kurepc our ships laden with 'grain
ind cotton. They sunk tho ships and
smelly murdered bur sailors. Now
upi're we allowed them to stop all
jur shipping, where would you be?
N'ono o( your goods would be sold
n forelcn countries, with the. result
:hat "you would get nothing like tho
nrlccs which you get today. This war
s being waged pnrtly that yon1 may
jMnln fair prices for your goods.
What is going to happen If
oso tli!t Karl I'rlees or farm pro
Mce will drou; the Germans will
B. P. O. E. ELKS, La Grande Lodgo
no. u;i. i.ouge meets cacn rnurs
day evening at S o'clock. Homo
nnd club privileges cheerfully cx
tendod to nil Brother Klks.
It. J. GREEN,
Exalted Rulor.
A. B. CHERRY, '
Secretary.
A. F. & A. M. La Grande Lodge No.
41, A. F. & A. M. holds regular
meetings first and third Saturday
nt 7-.no p. m. Cordial welcome to
all Masons.
ROBERT S. EAKIN. W. M.
A, C. WILLIAMS, Sec. '
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Cross
Lodge No. 27 meets every Monday
night In Castle Hall(K. of P. hall)
A Pythlia welcome to ill visiting
Knights
C. K. McCORMICK, C. C.
DELILE GREEN, K. of R. & S
K. of L. of Security Mt. Emily
Council, No. 246, meets the second
and fourth Monday evening at S
o'clock nt Englo hall. Visiting
members aro welcome. i
, J. K. FITZGERALD, Pres.
ARE HARRIS, Fin'l. Sec.
FLORENCE I111YANT. Rec. Sec.
i REBEKAIIS Crystal Lodge No. 50
meets every Tuesday evening In the
I. O. O. F. Hall. All visiting mem
bers are Invited to attend.
SARAH McCLURE, N. O.
MATT1E GOLDEN, Rec Sec.
0. E. S. Hope Chapter No. 13, O. E.
S. holds stated communications tho
aeconil and fourth Wednesday of
each n.Mith. Visiting members cor
dially velconisd.
SADIE E. GIVEN. W. M.
MARY A. WARNICK.Sea
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
La Grande Camp No. 7703 meets
on the first and third Thursday
evenings of each month In the K.
of P. Hall. Visiting neighbors
welcome,
L. J. MDNHALL, V. C.
W. P. ASHMAN, Clerk
Mr. Grain Farmer:
Are you prepared to handle your grain in bulk? Do not
wait until Spring nnd Summer when you are buried with work
and worried with labor shortage, but build your graneries now.
You can buy the lumber and roofing paper for a first-class
1000 bushel portable granary for $54.58 and it will last for
years. Sacks for the same amount of grain .will cost you
$125.00 nnd this would be a dead loss against this year's crop.
A granary of thfs size can be moved anywhere and can be
filled directly from the thresher, doing away with high priced
labor handling nnd sewing sacks.
The boys in the trenrhes need tho sacks for sand bags for
the protection of their very lives and perhaps your boy is
among them.
Spend your money in your own valley by buying lumber
manufactured at home. When you buy sacks part of the
money goes to India.
BUILD YOUR GRANARIES NOW
Be prepared by building them before the farming season
opens up. Be sure to get good lumber, well seasoned, ns low
grade lumber will give you trouble in n few seasons. Don't
Uso green lumber.
Save money keep what you spend at homo pvevent loss
and damage from exposure to weather leave the sacks for our
boys in the tenches; help win the war by building granaries now.
Portahle granaries of this type nre universally used in
other sections. One trip with a good team will haul the ma
terial for one granary For particulars as well as prices on
Union County lumber for nil farm purposes, see
The George Palmer Lumber Co.
LA GRANTEE, OREGON
i vVoodmi::; of the world La
Grande Camp No. 1G9 meets every
flrrt nnd third Monday nt Eagles'
Hall. All visiting neighbors wel
come. Dues payable nt the orriee
or the clerk, New Foley Bldg., 9
a. in., to 5 p. m.
J. J. MCRCIHSON. C. C.
R. J. KITCHEN, Cleik
ROYAL NEIGHBORS Iris Camp
meets every second Friday atter
noon and every fourth Friday even
. Ing. every month In K. P. hall. All
vlsltlug members cordiallv weleom
HENRIETTA GHARST. Oracle
NELLIE V. VINACKE, Ree.
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