La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 12, 1918, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text0 ISI-..iipqFy;3ngy iiSiiwfaGa PAGE FOUR LA' flRA"NDK r EVENING OBSERVER MONDAY. AT'CI'ST 12. 1f18 l! i VI- u 3S 1 v". 3V tU ! 3Sl 3 f 1 The Observer An Irtopendeiit Newspaper ' Published Dally and Woekly at ' , La Grande, Oregon, La Grande Evening Observer Publishing Company. BRUCE DENNI3. Publisher. Entered at the Postoffica at " La Grande, Oregon, as Second-class Matter. Address All Communications to The Observer, 1710 Sixth Street. City Off iciul Paper. County Official Paper, Evening Telegraph -Report of United Press Association. On Sale In Other CItlfS Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland. Imperial News Standi Portland. ' Multnomah Hotel News Stand, Portland. SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Carrier , : . Dally, per month .65c Daily, per three months.. ...... .$1.95 t Daily, per six months in advance $3.75 Daily, per year in advance..,. ..$7.50 ' Daily, lirtglu copy. .'. . . . . . . . .6c ' : . i By Mat) ....; . . . Daily, per year in advance. . . . .15.00 Dailv. Der'six months In advance $2.50 rtiiClu thwui mnntha''n nrivfiriPft .. Sl.23 1 Daily, per month.. .. . . ,0c The Saturday1 Evening Observer, by I mail, per year in aavance. . . . .i.ou Weekly; ObServer-Star, by mail, per year in wuvame "'""i "My Country TIs of Thee, tweet Land f Liberty." THE AMEKICAN ENGINEEH. in the nature of things it is tho man In the forefront of battle who gets'all the glory. Scarcely a thought is given to tose behind the scenes who made victory possible There is seldom a word for the man whose efforts In the rear sustain a prolonged offensive. ';,.. . j. . While details of the present advance b;r the allies are not to hand, past ex perience warrants the conclusion that the engineers who come behind with rails and bridges and highway repairs are doing a wonderful work. From the' fact that there has been no halt In the drive caused by delay in bring ing up , guns, ammunition and sup plies, it is deduced that the superior methods of tho American engineer arc effective. . tho rapidity with which Americans . lay down tracks is not only amazing ; to the-allied forces but It Is counting heavily.'. Germany is being beaten as much by the American engineer as he is by American infantry and artillery, says the Oregon Journal. ' The thought is admirably expressed by Atneliu Josephine Bum ''We build tho roads wherc others march to glory. Brothers in danger, weariness and . . ' cold. ... '. ' They lire tho heroes of a world-wide story; Ours is the story thnt is never told." CHURCH UNIONS. Consolidation of Protestant church es is a much mooted topic. La Grande is face to fuco with a crying need for seme solution and many have ad vanced tl-,e idea thiit consolidation should take place hereIn fact that seems the only tangible solution, if the consolidation be made on broad, liberal lines. An article in the Oregonian today has a doubly. interesting aspect; first because it advances the other side oT the issue, and, secondly, because it pertains to a movement begun by Dr. Boyd, who spoke here Inst evening. Tho article, which Is limply printed herd ns a matter of interest and not necassiirily reflecting the Observer's editorial policy on this question, says: Discussion of the feasibility of a union of churches called for in the challenge issued recently by Dr. John H. Hoyd, pastor of the First Presby terian church, was rife in the sermons of several Portland ministers yester day though with a mnifest diversity of opinion on the manner in which it should be brought about, if at all. Rev. R. H. Sawyer, pastor of the East .Side Christian church, says that i the union of churches is not possible. "There is but one church there never . has been, und never will be but one church,' ho said "Honest men may lay aside their speculative philoso phies, human creeds anil doctrines and seek mid find the church, the body of Christ, but to bring their docl-ines into the church and be in harmony is an utter Impossibility. "Church federation has been tried for the past 2.1 years and it has al- ; ways failed. In towns where two, four or half a doscn congregations' have united, the stronger has 111 time absorbed the weaker." In speaking of Dr. - Iloyd's chal lenge, Hev. h. C. Constant, of the Highland Congregational church, said I that the esteemed clergyman is to be nom mended for his outspokenness . and catholicity of spirit, but, if cor jrectly reported, -he fails to present any solution or the aimcuiiy or plan oi union. . .-' " . " ' "His presentation of the attitude of the church which he' represents is gratifying iinil certainly admirable as far as it goes," declared Rev. Con stunt. "That attitude, however, ac cording to my observation, is not one iota in advance of that of certain oth ers of the so-called evangelical bodies, Wo need something more than an ex pedient for wartime a plan which will be permanent and far-reaching in action." At last night's services at the Cen tral Methodist church, Itcv. C. C. Ra rick, pastor, discussed Dr. Boyd's challenge. ' . ''Is the time at hand or even re motely approaching when air religion ists will follow one broad creed?" he asked. "I do not thing so. Denom- inationariam is largely a matter of detriment. As long ns human beings differ in temperament, so long will they differ in their religious denomina- itions.. "Theology is not a fixed science, as is mathematics. Like astronomy with bettcl. jnstnlments for setting, nw stnrs are revealed in our theological sky. But even with the same instru ments, and viewing the same sky, a temperament gives each of us our own peculiar eye, and wo reach different conclusions. "If wo nre wise enough to take into consideration t'ie personal equations as they do in astronomy1, church tin ions might take place. Dr. Boyd has hud his dream, and I am afraid it is only u dream. However, It Is a step jn the right direction, but orgnnic union will not take place for many, years to come." j , . . IN THE BIG CITIES New York street railways talk ot raising fares; New York city In one month arrest ed 1,485 outo speeders. Poukhkeepsle, N. Y in seven years has gained 8,0JIO inhabitants. . ' Frankfort, Ky state fish hntchery has been completed and dedicated. New York's 1018 tnx budget calls for $2i0,7nfl,l 10.44, owing to Increased cost of labor. . ; Madison, Wis;, university reports nearly 50 per cent drop in number of studentB of Orinnn and correspond ing Increase In study of French. Brooklyn (X. Y.) wnmnn has found ed nn Order of Godmothers to "tnko an Individual and parental Interest in our soldiers, sending letters to them and little gifts of remembrance and keeping track of them throughout the war." , rne Hadre ticoret. Now and again n guy will take me off to one side and tlx It up with me to wrlto his girl or bis mother after he Is humped off, promising to do tho same for me. Yet they Joke about It, too. Pop sain to the chaplain today: "You won't forget that little matter, padre, will you?" VWhat little mutter Is tlint?' asked tho chaplain. . "Why, my tombstone I" The chaplain looked surprised. "You never mentioned a tombstone to me, he protested. "Sum I dldl Don't you remember? A nottie or rum at head nml feet I" Hut the chaplain came back at him.' "No," ho sold gravely ; "for then you wouldn t lie qulot." Oeorge Putullo In Saturday livening Post. Flour Little Hurt by 8ea Water. It Is a widely known fact among sailors that Hour will not only Host after Immersion lu sen water, but suf fer very llttlo damage. To ascertain tho actual dmnngo n linker In New South Wales submerged n bag of flour In the ocean ond left It In tho water 07 hours. A OS-pound weight was nec essary to sink n Jno-pound bag, which would have supported 75 pounds on top of the wntor, It Is estimated, or half Its own weight. When lifted and weighed, the hng scaled 155 pounds. It was dried for four days and yielded I'JO pounds of perfectly dry flour, tho bag and waste weighing 28 pounds, naked Into bread, It gave perfect results. Use Common Seme. In a desire to help food conservation many women go to ridiculous extremes. Children and growing youngsters .should bo well nourished, war or no war. Mr. Hoover wants us to use coni juion sense In -our conservation. Put ting youngsters on half rations Is very ; fnr from common sense. If you cut j down their butter or sugar. Increase ; their consumption ot milk. People's 'Uonie Journal. MEN CLASSIFIED Hero One that goes with her and 111 its with nil the cash girls. Martyr One thnt goes with her, but fulls asleep In tho store. Patriot One who goes with bis wife to buy a lint nud en joys himself. i Coward The sneaky charac ter that always remembers he has nn engagement. v WH ERE TH E BKITISH ft wmwr.vrmtmxm-ZKMMitm. - : v u8 . Itiitlsh troopers ore resting on the ponttionj hrldgo 'which tlio Urttls! forces campaigning in the Holy Land used to oqoss tlie. Itlver Jordan at El Ghoranlych. In the foreground at this historic spot a Tommy outside his (lnE tent Is enjoying his rations. . V ' HOME ECONOMICS , i Quick suppers for Out-Door Work ers. Have you joined the land army that works in tho back yards every where? If so, you will want us 'much of the daylight for gardening as pos sible. Here arc some quick suppers suggested by the United States Food Administration, which will take you only half un hour to prepare. .; Scrambled eggs, hashed brown po tatoes, sliced tomatoes, corn bread, sliced peaches. Creamed left-over meat and "pota toes, cucumber and cabbage, raspber ries, oatmeal cookies. Hot spinach and sliced eggs, corn flour baking powder biscuits, blueber ries, tea. ASK AXYO.VK WHO HAS I BRD IT Thero are families who always aim to keep a bottle-of Chamber lulu's' Colic, and Diarrhoea . Remedy lu the house for use in case it is needed, and find that It Is not only a good Investment but saves them no ond of suffering. As to Its rollubillty, ask anyone who has used It. ' IN A NUTSHELL According to Josephus the walnut tree was formerly. common In Pales tine and grew luxuriantly around the Sea of Tiberius. Tho output of manganese ore In thin country in 1010 amounted to 27,000 tons, which was threo times the pro duction lu 1015. A Kentucky mnn has written to a Connecticut mayor please to find him u stepmother, "not too fat," for his fcur daughters. , Vibration Is almost entirely eliminat ed from n new reciprocating pump In which cams are used Instead of cranks to drive, tho pistons. Boston has tried successfully the ex periment, of having open-air moving pictures, which is an advance !n con serving tho public, health. Although England's meat Importa tions nro very heavy coming from Aus tralia unit Nbrth and South America, 00 per cent of the supply Is grown lit home. ; Tho productlon'of fuel briquettes In the United States last 'year exceeded 12)5,000 tons and was the greatest on record, being all Increase of 311 per cent from tho year before. Tho codllsli has the reputation of be ing the goat of the sea. It will cat anything, and there are many records of It having performed some marvel ous feats of swallowing. yi . , Fedor F. Foss, mining expert on the Russian mission to the United States, has requested that firms making labor saving machinery for use In mineral Industries send catalogues and descrip tive literature to him. All of tint European armies hnve shoes without linings, nud the- new service shoe of the United States Is made that wuy. It makes a better shoe, more sanitary, more eoinfortuble and less likely to cause blisters. ' It Is possible that some disciplined relleetlon may take place while a woman Is dressing her hair or n man Is boklng for his studs. When a woman gets Into trim for letter-writing she Is In the condition of a species of moral Intoxication ; she will go on and on whipping herself with her own verbosity. From Sir William Ulrhiaiind's "The Silver Chain." Really Serious. The Newlywcds had unwittingly chosen their abode In the neighbor hood where scandal was rife. One liinrulng one ot the neighbors sent a hoarse whisper over to her chief confidant : "What's the trouble between the Newly weds" "Her husband tried to keep some thing from her." "tih. that's not serious! Men will have their little secrets." ' "Ah, you don't understand ! This Is , serious. He tried to keep a dollurwnd j a quarter of his last week's pay." CROSSED TH E,J OR BAN . 1 y YOUR CHANCE . Quit wtorrylng over lost opportuni ties and become alert to new ones. You nre)'golng,'to huvo nlore chances to, mnko good. 5 Tho old'' saying that opportunity knocks but once at your door is a fal lacy. ':-. , ' ." Don't be so pernickety thnt you Im mediately begin lu wonder If the quo tation" about , "opportunity" was cor rectly quoted, and so lose sight of the lesson whlchjlt Is sought to drive lu. From experience you know you have had already more than one chance to Improve your present position. Don't allow yourself to think the big 'chance Is going to hunt you up. Indeed, It will skip you n-Ilylng Jf there Is a disposition on your part to be sought, and then coaxed, and then Implored. Opportunity Is looking for sonic one who Is ready and waiting to grab It,-. Don't lose a second In catching on to opportunity any more than you want to lose a beat of that wonderful music by making u false step in the danco you enjoy. , HIT AND MISS , Some folks Hud n happy com promise in building houses of rock on the sand. A great deal of criticism of kissing comes from those who arc seldom exposed to It. In many Instances It takes a heap sight nibre courage to let go than It docs to hang on. We nre charitable enough to think thnt the man who found a bit of ground glass in his breakfast food and blamed It on the kulser was going a little too , fur with his imagination. " SOME OBSERVATIONS 1 The western lie is brutally a He; It has no decoration, no urtlstry, no craftsmanship. ' Next to the German, your western ized Oriental Is as big n scoundrel as the world produces. v It needs an unscrupulous ns'well as a clever man to make nn Intelligent woman waste her capital upon him. The best nnd most healthy mo- incuts 'In life nre when wo forget civil- j lzatlon nnd cities and become human j nnlmnls. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE Officials of the Chicago public II brary have banished from the shelves the book "What Is Back of the War?" by Albert J. Beverldge, former senator i from Indiana, because of Its praise of the Halter's character and conduct and assertions that charges of brutal treatment of French women by Ger man soldiers are "gross error." i - L. S ""ij 4 ! .'8 ' As to Declaration of War. There Is no s,'t form for a declara tion of war and it has even been ques tioned whether n formol declaration of any kind Is necessary. An Ameri can writer 'on International war says: "An act of hostility, unless It be done In the urgency of self-preservation or by way of reprisal, Is in Itselt a full declaration of Intention;' any sort of previous declaration therefore is an empty formality unless an enemy must bo given tline nnd opportunity to put blmself In a state of defense, and It is needless to sny thnt no one asserts such, n thing to be obligatory." Formal declaration of war preceding the beginning of hostilities was more common In ancient times and In the middle ages than In modern limes. In vestigation has shown that of US wars between 1700 and 1872 less than ten showed declarations of war prior to hostilities. . , ABOUT PERSONS ; John Taylor of Crystal Springs, Miss., has IS sons In. the United States army. General Vorkhovsky, Into Itussinn war minister, 12 years ago was a chamber page to the csair. Joseph P. Guffy, Democratic state chairman of Pennsylvania, has been appointed petroleum administrator, covering the purchnso of all oil for tbe j United Stntes during the war. Governor Whitman of New York was challenged by n sentry on a dark night and explained that he was gov ernor. The sentry replied: "I'm gov ernor, too. Put up your hnnds!" A corporal explained the situation. . The governor said to the sentry: "You nre a good soldier," and passed on. FLASHLIGHTS The fellow who only half tries usu unlly makes a complete failure. It takes all sorts of people to make up a world, but it took the kaiser to ureak up a world. PERFECT FIGURE ! Most women who have perfect figures did not have them orig inally. They jjave nrquired them. A woman gradually takes the shape of her corset so the corset produced by the most artistic designer is the right one to wear to secure a perfect figure. T)(foD.IRT ORSETS Front Laced are most symmetrically and ar tistically desighed. They arc comfortable, stylish and grad ually mold the figure into those beautiful lines that every wo mnn admires and desires. PAULINE LEDERLE I IF Economy and Your Boys Clothes In buying Boys'-Clothes,, us with anything elso,: .economy is not Bu.niuch u 'matter of priw pitt as' valuo receivwl. ' .' ; -Come in and gee- the splendid values in our new , lint s of Boys' npp(ivcl. Kxtrngm! Suits and Owr- coat?, $6.50 toS20. ' .. BOVS- ' -.'"..m's BOYS .'. Miickinaws ...... $5 and up , Hats ;..:..$1.25 to $1.75 Underwear ...r, 83c to $3 Caps 50c to $1.50 Sun and Tub Proof , ' . - T,, .!-:.&;- Gloves 15c to $1.25 . Blouses 65c up , v Pants ..........75c to. $2.75 Stockings 20c and up Boys' Shoes, all leathers, lace and buttons, A to EE .. widths; '.2.50 to $00 A Union Store- LOST Somewhere in this currency. Liberal reward Ads similar' to the one above appear in most every paper. Yet some people will , continue to carry large sums of money around. Why not carry a aheck book, and if you lose it there is no great loss; that's the only practical way , to carry money. -. Start' a checking account today with us, and pay by check. " Ybu surely know that we havo -' - a safe place to keep your money. ' ' f : ' Don't wait 'till, you , havo lost n wallet to start your account, but put it in- this bank tomorrow miyning. Member Federal La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON SPECIAL Economy Caps 25c per dozen As long' as they last Harris Furniture Store II. B. HARRIS, Proprietor 00 FIR STREET T,,. PHONE: Red 8171. mm BARGAINS!-: A "A I MAJESTIC STEEL RANGE, 1 MONARCH STEEL RANGE, 1 ROUND DINING TABLE, 10-ft. extension, 1 PRINCESS DRESSER, 1 MACY SECTIONAL BOOK CASE, 1 WIAiRDROBE, 1 LOUNGE, 1 CHINA CLOSET, 1 BUF FET, 1 MUSIC CABINET. These nre all used goods, as good as new and at ONE-HALP PRICE. Furniture Black 1241 E. J. DONOHUE Best Prices Paid for Used Furniture, or will Exchange for New. . . -i ADVERTISING IS INSURANCE An advertiser's advertisement is his volun tary agreement to do certain things. Good business policy, law avid public opinion re quire that an advertisement-agreement be fulfilled. This serves as a protection to the buyer of advertised goods. If, by chance, you have an experience with the deceptive soiling practices or mislead ing advertising, please report it to us. Union Store city, n purse, containing $7fl in if returned to XXZ, this office. Itcserve System Exchange Fir and Jefferson ..... ...MMWwWbMA..M,.,k .-.1 . . ........ f i - ,. , . ... i l ttmmy ' ' ma ---vt