La Grande evening observer., May 11, 1918, Image 4

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; As for St-wfield, he contends that
such campaigning Is amusing, for it
harks back to ti e days of long-ago-days
which havt Bince ' passed and
with them passed not only the cus-
tern, but most' of the people have died
ftm old ago , who practiced ;such
tilings, v; Salem still iclings to such
methods and those are the methods
that Charles N. McNary, the medio-,
ere corporation attorney, the bosoni
fiicnd and appointee of Oswald West,'
is permitting to be used in his cam
paign to retain a' scat in the United
Slates, senate, which an Oregon gov
ernor, in a moment of seemingly ab
sent-mindedness, presented to Mc-
Nary, . - . ' -
Election of McNary will mean re
tention of a small man in the United
Stntes senate. It will mean the
sr.'nll town councilman has been sent
to Wanhingtpn by Oregon to do a big
man's 'jab. It will mean that
Oregon has a senator who lucks quali
fications for the place and one who
has not grown in public life.
Stanfield represents tho big Oregon
country. He is a man who will grow
the inoment ho' enters congress and
will arise to the needs and demands
of a state that is sorely in need of
representation in the donate from the
Republican side of, the house. 1 - l
"ifty Country Tit of That, Sweet Land
. of Liberty.'' - ,' . " .
S'liE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN
irig 'to W aUiimpcr all tho Allied
powers have awple cause for rejoicing.
Wheat is a decided factor in this great
conflict, and if America's groat wneat
producing section Is blessed with a
fcrop along with Hoover to save it,
there will be plenty for some time to
come. . .. .''
; fifty more wooden ships have been
Awarded to the Pacific Coast and tho
concrete boat is yet to be heard from.
Dr. foster, of Reed College, is tak
ing nn; advanced step when he urges
erection of hospitals for the returned
wounded.. The returned boys need
advanced, preparations right now be
fbre they get here, for we will Tiave
them.' No war of this size can be
waged without our percentage of loss.
"' Wtyit will women doaftcr the war?
The elevator, girl, tho messenger girV
the street car girl, tho taxi girl-whnt
will become of them when male labbr
settles dowi) to normal conditions?
Don't worry There never was a, girl
who' would let a taxi, an elevator pr
a street car stand between her and a
good homo. -;
. Get; ready for the Red Cross drive,'
Oregon will give ?iu0,000 ana every
county must do its part quickly. And
evorv county will do it. Have no fear.
'ALL FOR THE CAUSE.
RED CROSS
Needs Your
Subsc'rption
'The .,
DESIGNER
; lor June,
is here.
;, Store
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Saturday
.9 p.m.
Are You ,
Subscribing
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quality,-.;
, Brown,
La
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in
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pagne, fawn,
pearl, green
and -black and
white
Also brown,
olive drab,
(b)at,tl8 ship
gray and ,
black . - and
J whltn. In fihrfl
t. Silk. -f '
. Brown, tan, :
. putty, . pink,; and '
eftumpagno in Lisle.
Prices range from 30c to
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Pretty Blue Serges
That are
Distinctive
. .-, A. Choice Selection of Serge' Suits, ,
the very last word .in style and dis
tinctiveness. The ' materials are se
lect, the workmanship' perfect. '
. We know that you will be interested
in these suits, and suggest tht "Jou
come in now while the line iscom-,-plete.
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They await your inspection or. set
ection in our Garment Department.
Prices "range from $25 to $60. -
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Men's j
Hose j
If we knew ;
of a better J
wearing, bet-
tor quality of
. : , l,i
Hosiery . ww
, INTERWOVEN we wouldn't
hesitate a moment to give it'
a place in our stock, but we
believe there is no better on
the market today a trial will
convince you of the same.
; We. have it in cotton, lisle, .
silk and lisle, cobweb, gauze
and silk, ranging in', prices
from '
: 25c to 75c pair.
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! Your summer underwear Get ready
for the hot days. We have it all styles J
J weights, qualities and prices. Better be a
l early than late. . J
. ' ' $1 .00 to $5.00. "h 'm A i
- Chance never made kny great success
Buy merchandise you know.
J year. , .We have them in stripes now, too, i
If war was not the allabsorbing top
ic , Baker's "church" hole campaign
would snread throughout ' the state.
Every advocate of good roads cannot
but favor the movement. .' ft ,is; sane
1 iWa wAnntv fha rnnf
before if falfs to pieces, we hlf-nl ' p ' ffT)TO.tnr.r,r.r.rTTr.r.r(-r.r.r.r.r-r. rr-1--mm.m.mm,m,mlmrT,vt,immmmmnm mmmmuiMtiMImmlVi
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! Some more of those nifty knit ties have
z : i Ti.n..va u ih rn this !
i call and look them over.
J , ' $1.50, $2.tf9 and $tS
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r Finally the cruif of the fight for
Ri'iublican nomination ' for United
States senator is -oh And K- N. Stan
in Id and Charkis N.'McNar are hot
ly contesting that nomination.
' This particular political fight por
tmys the- Eastern Oregon 'spirit and
,tli Snlcm spirit, . The' Stanfield
Iciunpnigir is along broad, construe!
'jtiva lines, free from snobbishness and
inmbcious attack open and fair in
jevory way just as the great Eastern
id egon country is open and fair in
(u'l affairs of life. AVhile'the McNary
- 'campaign is one contemptuous line of
jb.ick biting, scandal mongaring, petty
(whining, such as 'only can emanate
.from Salom. ; ' '5i-! . .'.-.' ' .
j . . McNary, through his Skiffs : and
'o'.hcr mouthpieces, shouts 'Profiteer"
. ut Stnnficld liecause Bob has made
jsc.nie money in tMi last , few years.
jTnty do not, also . say, ''but he has
.done .the fair thing in asking the go
vernment to : take his wool at x any
4bmo since the war bogah."; They do
. Jliot aay a word about profiteering in
'iilnp-builrtlng no, hush, .must ' not
mention such sacred profits as, those
.S or thoy fall into the laps of sonic
K.ilcm people. ' ; ;, ; . '
, Then comos forth a well-organized
l:mi of scandal-mongers who1 uso the
hackneyed old expression, "thuy . do
.:.sny," and among' this larray of fine
Itnlent is some of Por'J-nd and Sal
em "prominont"'' ' v ',;' en.' These
are the stormi'ri -vo until
lhto in lb,e cam; 1 -aront-
....V it is their duty i.i c. . V . :k-out
. ?, One after another the McNary ijns
; shells and a,tink ,'romlis come along
oi ly tQ react and cause people of
merit and worth to .first frown at
,'bi.ch ridiculous charges and then
l:uiish at tlie folly of the whole Sal
ciifc uwvepient.
Communities as well as individuals
are becoming more und more imbued
v ith tho idea that private as well as
community efforts should be turned
chiefly In the directioh of helping win
V"'- -rtland Rose Show, which haB
heretofore been made on event for
the boosting' of Portland a . matter
that is perfectly right and proper
v ill this year turn the occasion to ad
vantage in aiding tho Red Cross fund,
Instead , of the usual rose festival
there wilj be a " battle of the roses."
A local contest wih be staged between
the '".rods'" und "whites",, (roses) and
the scheme is to develop a merciless.)
struggle between the two forces for
Red Cross Wiors.'
So tho peaceful rose, once an in
signia" of , the' most bitter rivalry in
warfare, is to be made to do its part
in sustaining, the allied forces in a
struggle1 of .:' r more moment to the
world than that of tho houses of
York and Lancaster in the historic
"buttle1 of the roses." . . . -
nn r shoes before they censo to be of
value, but in the past we nnvc indlv-j ;;;;;--;.-vi";mi';.ir.iV
fdually and collectively-refused to re-j, -.' ' ' '
pavs'B road, until the hole was so nig r. fOQKlPOFIll ,
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FRIENDLY CHAT
v i',.. . (By Bruce Dennis.)
It is a disappointment to 'think that,
only half a million American sgldiers
are now in France. From the Secre
tary of War's statement, however, it
may bo possible there two many moro
than that for he was careful to say ho
could not give 'exact figures, but as
sured the Country that a half million
of ou.r boys are. "over there." ' Let
us hope there is nearly twice that
number rondy for duty in Franco. ,
We havo been told by such military
that the 'road, was ' jmpassiblG.' With
tho' ."chuck"' hole club and "chuck"
hole education miles and mUes "of
Eastern Oregon roadB in the summer
months could be driven at thirty miles
an hoflr in safety. In the state of
Washinirton a system of road tenders
has been established and when a road
begins to wear a mail with some gra
vel appears and fixes it. All of which
is the right plan an,(l is in , Keeping.
witK . Baker's , "chuck" hole campaign.
Only Washington state did not coin
ar catchy a name for the work as has
Baker. '-.-,,...''
Governor Withycombe is coming to
the front. The moving pictures start
ed his sudden burst of popularity for
in manv of the shew bouses there is
a picture running that shows he Go
vernor with the Oregon troops.- The
picture is one of continual cause lor
applause from the f iust to the last and
through it all the Governor is seen
bowing and saluting. He has been
iivn the title of war governor and
this film carries oulifiualte'venCIrsH;!
More Withvcombe sentiment has been
heard in the last few days than all
through the campaign and the picture
in which he appears is often mentioned.-
Senator Pat Olsan, who has the
governor's campuign in charge, is sure
of the chief executive's renorninntiph,
and if, Pat were a betting man, which
of course ho is not, it is quite likely
he -would put 'up some money on his
judgment. f . - - y
Thore'." 1b in tho library a very
beautiful and attractive book ot
present interest. ."Mont-Snint-j,
Michel and Cliartres," by Homy
Adams is 'first a book on France.
It,, is also a book) on architecture,.
containing fine description ot de
tails !' of -some of .the trench ca
thedrals. , H also Interprets the
mUldlo ages- to quoto the editor,
"To say . that tho book was a
revelation is inadequately, to ex
press a fact; at ouce all the
theology, . philosopfiy, and mys
ticism, the politics, socilogy,' and
economics, the romance, literature
and ai t of the greatest . epoch of
Christian civilization beca'ine fused
In. the 'alembic . of an unique in
Hiulit and . : precipitated, by - the
dynamic force of a -persqjial
distinguished stylo." The
Is finely Illustrated,".
this eternally popular story.,,
- The books will be received late
in the BUinmor, In time for tho
busy season In tho fall. . ' . :
WANTED Clean ;, White ; Cotton
Hags at the Observer Office: .3c
and
volume
Echoes which Asomblo sonorous
tones from tho state house indicate
the truth of 'Olcott's disappointment
and contempt for Jiis wild and wooly
hrnthorin-law. Oswald West. Olcott
probably realizes that West's, camli-,J
dacy will not do him (Olcott) any good ' I
and besides West has "jimmied" the ,
whole parade by entering the game.
The Secretary of State made state- i
nu-nts early in the campaign bnsAl on J
the presumption that his brother in ;
law. West, was posscsseu ui Hume hi.
L.JTatrlDysuuis tho Biibiect 'of most
6T the "hW children's uooKs wmcn
are being ordered for the public
library. Adopting' the suggestion
from tho work of the publio schools,
a special effort 1s being made to
buy an adequate supply of books
on American history and biography.
There should be enough copies of
the popular books so that no child
need ever be turned away who asks
for the life ot Washington, Lincoln
or other great patriots. Eleven
copies of Hale's '"The man with
out a country," will be none too
many to supply the demand for
Are you holding down a job at
the bottom of the ladder How are
you 'any different from the expert
whose services are always In de;
mand? The difference 1s that he
knowa more than you do.. One
way : to 'be an expert is to study
from books. No one is too poor
to borrow, books from the 'public
library. Tell the librarian what
line you aro Interested in, and
books will bo borrowed" or purr
chased for you., -..'. -'.-,. ,i
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A good many people cojno into
the library to look at the book-
sholvos, but looking at the outside
of the books will not make you an
export. If it did, librarians would
be skilled in a hundred trades.
Tuke tho books homo and work
on them. - If you want them more
than two, weeks, the time will . be
'extended.' If. ' ytfil ' still need " the
books for serious study and other
people want them, top, the library
will get more copies.
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authority as ex-President Taft that.jij. jC(trec 0f fairness and that West's '
word was good politically, inow ui-'i
cott is forced to admit that somo ot
tlie things he has told his friends and
the pulilic generally were based upon (
hU expectation of West's action, but J
that expectancy did not materialize, ! a
for the bfolncr in In'w spilled ' tlio 1 J '
beans', becam"crfice'tnii-sty arid but- i
ted into the?tofit:Wfl "giimo ' without'
warning or consultation. t
five million .men will be necessary and
England and Franco havo repeatedly
stuted that, thoy could hold tho Gei
inans untifwc got therp with nt least
two and a half million men.
But let us be cheerful even though
our number on the' fighting line; in
not what we hoped for. Nothing can
be gained from criticizing, and criti
cism at the present timo is very dan-'
geroui from many angles. Doubtless,
the next few months will see tremen
dous numbers of our boys on the way
now that tho big machine is organized
and running. .
With the winter wheat crop prnin!n
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.to its payment. For the check is a receipt that cannot be
repudiated. Checks are easier and cheaper to send than
cash too. Tlieso are only two of the many benefits of
having an account here.
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