La Grande evening observer., May 25, 1918, Image 4

SATTfltDAY, MAY 2., 1918.
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"My Country TIs of Thi, Swtet Land
of Llbof' .
' STIMj a menace.
Promi'-r. Lloyd-Gcojgo was right
nliuut the matter in his address at
Edinburgh when ho said that the)
submarine is still a menace, but not
a peril. That is probably the most
succinct way of explaining the mat
ter. By a singulnv coincidence news
comes of the torpedoing of n British
ship en route to France with ovci
fifty American soldiers on board who
nro .missing. More than four hun
dred other Americans and prcsuma.
bly many British were '.also on. tho
vessel who escaped. loss of
fifty, if surh proved to bo the case'
ia to bo deeply '.regretted, but in pro
portion to the naibet -who enenped
-H could have been much worso, The
illative loss from the torpedoing of
tho TuschiiIii was' light, but it is
with burning .'Indignation', over the
methods of the Huns that the report
of any loss of life through the sub
marine is : received,' The losses so
fur through the torpedo has been on
British vessels, which is probably n
mere coincidence, but it Is evident.
thut the English channel is a moro
dangerous zone' . than tho , coursi
which -American transports take di
rect to the ports of France. No one
except those who have made the
trip really know , whut courso jp
. taken, but all the clrcumstancep
point to the fact thut tho Area around
tho British Isles is the most danger
. ous. .:'
'But. with, the slight losses that
Iikvo thus far happened to troop:
ol. their way to Franco, the word?
of the Brit. !i premk iro coirec!
that tho -subniurimi is, utter all, not
a peril. Tho loss of life has beei
much smaller (hnn miidit have been
expected. It is ns"ivt- that there
will be n mill. i America
in Frame wi 'ew dnyn
ar.d the lossi to Tus-
cama and the Moldavia are an Infin
Itesunnl percci tiige of the grout
number of men who have safely ar
lived nt their m'stinntion.
But .L.ie luus of n single life
through this moth' 1 one too many
mid justifies thv 'lute resources
and the righteous resolution of the
lmtcd tSutcs to stamp out the.
Truss., i menace or peril, whatever
it may be.
Ihoro will be n fierce reckoning
for 'it nil. Such Incidents will only
speed up tho movement of America,
troops to the front, will result in a
iiuiekcr response .n the part of thj
people to buck the war program iv '
make the world a more decent ph
in which to live.
L
iitirr in Ai'AitATou nuudkd
Editor Observer: . . i,
I would like to make a suggestion
to the apple and prune growers of
Union county. The government has
niade both eppfea and prunes a part
of the army ration. While "hipping
Is so scurce. neither can be carried
to Europe except in the dried fruit
or evaporated state, but both are
('ringing a v iry high price now and
will evidently Increase in price as
the American army In Europe in
creases In size, with the consequent
Increased demand. It Is now the
best clothed and best fed army the
world has ever seen and I do not
doubt that It will prove Its effi
ciency commensurate with the of fl
clent rationing. A hlK evaporating
plant, ought to be built at La Grande
which will be able to take care of
all tho apples and prunes that may
bo offered and the government .will
doubtless take the whole . product
at a good price The government
last year paid as high . as 15c a
pound for evaporated apples, but
California got most of the business
because ' Oregon and Washington
wore 'not extensively evaporating
apples. I hope it may be different
this year. , ; .:'..
One of the largost plants In the
northwest for canning and other
wise presorvlng fruits and vegetables
is located In Spokane in what was
formerly . the largost brewery here.
It Is now doing a larger business and
probably more profitable business
In the line of fruit and ,. vegetable
products than it ever did as a brew
ery. The people of Grande Bond:
Valley need such a plant at La
Giando "which .will. Insure them good
profits on their orchards and I hope
that tH' will act accordingly. -.
' . TUItNEB. OLIVER.
Spokano, Muy 23, ,1018. ,;
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:Cbc Bookioctmii
Books Tor all interests are to be
found In the newest additions to the
shelves of the public library. '
War books continue to head the
Ik! In popularity. New ones Include
"'"Blftcles to Ponce, (McClure.) An-
' fa No. 10, (Duswell.) Women
BlUm: ' Turning Tragedy to
Triumph, (Kellogg.) With Serbia
into Exile, (Joucb. ) : Germany and
Tho Next War. This book by Gen
eral yon Bernhardt Is the revelation
of the doop-lald plans by which tho
German military class hoped to win
world supremacy. . t
Of Interest In . connection . with
present events '' are' ?te hlstorj? of
Franco, and its language... Adam's
"Growth of the French Nation," is
ono of the best and simplest his
tories for tho yenerul reader. Two
book's on the French language are
small manuals entitled "SoldloiB'
Spoken French," and "First Lessons
in French for men in Military Soiv
Vlce."
Tho rising popularity of the Span
ish languuje will bring Into use a
new copy t Cuyas' Spanish-English
dictionary.
Often the Case.
Aflcr a mnn of sedentary pursuits
roaches n certain age ' buckwheat
enko with which ho come In contact
Is transformed within approximately
half nn ' ir after tnklnx from an
Inspiration to hlcher anil better thine
to n deep and apparently permanent
regrrt. Ohio State Journal.
For technical men. hooks on wire
less telegraphy have been purchased.
The most reliable Is said to be that
published by the U. S. Naval Insti
tute at Annapolis, entitled ''Manual
of Iindlo Telegraphy."
The library has a completo set of
Klrkman'a ' "Sclouoe of Railways."
Oilier hooks on railroatUug are
Wood. Principles of Locomotlvo
Oporntlon and - Train Control. Wil
son, Elements of Rullroad Track
and Construction. Sinclair. Loco
motlvo KiikIiio ltunnlng and MuiiHgu
mont, Sollew. Railway Mulnton
iineo und M'uiiHgomont. llluckull.
Up-to-dut-iili-brake Ciiteclilsm. .
New volumes of poetry which nro
popular uro Rhymes of Our Vulloy,
by Antbonv Euwcr of Hood Ulver.
Ou Whore the West Begins, by
Clinpmun. Poems, by Alan Seegar.
American who was killed In the
service of France with tho Foreign
.I'Kion. Tho Broken Wing, by
SaroJInl Niildu. Those who heard
sumo of those poems read by Mrs.
Hill In the library, will be glad to
see. Him collection.
Miscellaneous volumes, chiefly
bought on request ure l.otters of u
Woman Homesteader, by Ellnore
Stev r .. God. the Invisible Kluc,
by II. G. Wells. In Tunc With tho
Infinite, by Trine. Passing of the
Great Race, by Madison Grant.
Costumos and Scenery for Amateurs,
by Constance Maekoy. Infancy of
Animals, by l'ynraft, Origin and
Involution of Llfo, by Osborn, Tho
Romance of Names, by Weekley.
Food for tho Workor," Is a new
work highly recommended. While
wbeiitless bread continues tho most
vital problem to the home cook,
ninny women are still interested In
tho iteneral problem of getting the
" ' meals for tbair monoy, a need
. this lMKk Is designed to fill.
. Copies of Rnso's "Feeding the
Family," are to be found In the
library. Mlss Milam, who lectured
hero Tuesday, considers this a most
excellent work
I'ltl.K
Fly hoof given away for largest
trout caught between Muy 25 and
June lt. See our window.
THY THIS ON YOUR AUTOMOBILE
JPOrV
200r;
I00r
50f
25 rr-
i I ii ii i
At speed of A car
'' should
trtopin
10 milegpCThr. 9.3 ft.
15 " - " " 20.8 "
20 " " " 37 ?
15 H " 58 w
30 " " " 83.3 "
35 104 "
40 " 48
50 " " - 231 "
mm
2rV,
333jft
1 , ( 680 fl
"-jftMJh
604 frill I
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m.p.K:.. 10 b2035 30354045 50 55 60
': : 'THERMOIDBRAKElNSfCYlON'CHA
( The up-to-date motorist must
know in what space he can stop his
'car. The average motorist, experts
. say, tiseB his brakes from 20,000 to
.80,000 times a year. Two-thirds of
: 'the motor accidents, they say, occur
,when cars are traveling less than 12
miles an hour. Bad brakes are said
to be the cause of most of the acci
dents with which the motoring world
ia charged. Out of these conditions
has come a nation-wide movement to
hve motorists inspect their brukes
at regular intervals, so as to be sure
they ore in perfect condition.
,4 In connection with this movement,
a.cliart has just been cdmploted by
,, experts, who liavo ' been testing
hydraulic compressed brake lin
ing, , regarded as the best kind
for general use under varied condi
tions on account of its moisture-re
sisting qualities.. This brake lining
is now in use on many of the Amer-i
ican war cars and trucks in France.
Will Your Car Do This?
(The chart represents, experts say,'
the first scientific calculation of ex-j
act distances within which a car
equipped with proper brake mech-j
nniam should come to a stop under,
average road conditions. It shows
what a car should do if its brakes
are right. I
The average lining for automobile
brakes is made up, simply of strips
of woven tape which are easily af-:
fected by moisture, gasoline, oil and'
the dust of the road. The kind pro-!
ferred by particular motorists Is
made of asbestos fnbric impregnated,
with what is called grapnul, and then!
subjected to 2000 pounds to the,
square inch of thermoid hydraulic
pressure for one hour's time.
COMRADES TAKIO XOTIt IJ
All inouibers of the G. A. R. and
VV. R. C, und all who participate, 111
the memoiliil service for our soldier
sailor dead at tho park will meet
at K. of P. Hall, Sunday, May 2G,
at 2 p. m
nlsh automobiles for G. A. It. and
W. R. C. ' ' . j
I. W. Faulk, Conimunder G. A. R.
Jessie 1 Nelson, President .of
W. R. C.
also those who will fur-1 suits.
Observer advertising will bring re-
"The. Wolf at the Door"
; 'A iioititliy, robust srivinf;s account
1 keeps the "Wolf from the Door."
jit's a harrier against many of the
evils which Bcsbt people with small
, incomes. . . ;, ' . , '
' How is it with you?
Do you keep a savings account? '
'A savings account at our bank ena
hies women, clerks, mechanics and
others to accumulate a reserve that
will be available in times of need.
"We always stand ready to help, you
-in your effort to. save money with
which to keep "The Wolf from' the
Door."
Member Federal Reserve System
La Grande National Bank
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