La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 24, 1918, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPA vf 0 LA GRANDJE WEEKLY OBSERVER-STAR 1 "L;. 1latllitfilajlWIia)le Hannelette Blight Gowns Men, Women's Children's Flannelette gowns have, a soft warmth that means cooifoi't. ..They keep you warm without irritating the skin. The kind we have are of extra good quality and full cut.' . Plain white op fancy stripes.. Moderately Priced Hills Department Store mm inn COUNTY QUOTAS ' , .IN V.R CAMPAIGN Chairmen of Organization Also ' " Given Herewith. Following nro tho official quotas of each county in the United War Chest Campaign, wook of Novomtier 11; chair Bun of eacb county and his address: I Bakor county, 118,060, J. P. O'Bryant,' linker, Oregon; Benton county, $10,600, ,W. H. Kylor, Corvallis; Clackamas oountr a6,700, A, C. Howland, Oregon ,City; , Clatsop,. ao,600, B. BV Stone. 'Astoria; Columbia, (.10,350,, Charles LWbeelor, St, Helens; Coos, $18,160, Charles Hall, Marsliflold; Crook, 14, 0,, W. King, Prlnavllla', Curry, $2,650, Hardy T. Stewart, Port Orfordi Doschutos, $0,600, T. H. Foley,, Bend; Douglas, $18,400, Hon. O. P. Coshaw, Roaeburg; Oilllara, $6,600, D, R. Parker, Condon; Grant, 10,600, C. D. Tyloiy , John, Day; Harney, $6,600, I, S. Goer, Burns; Hood Ulver, $6,800 Leslie BuU lor, Hood River; Jaoksom $20,860, Win. O. Talt (NortbJ.Medford, H. Vt Carter, '(South), Ashland;?, Jefferson,; $8,060, iloward -i W. Turner,,, Madras;;- Jose phine, $7,100, George, B. Lundborg, Grants PasB; Klamath, $10,800,, A,, B, Unperson, Klamath. Falls; .Lake, $6, 350, J, F, Burgess,, Lakoviow; Lane, j $29,800, Richard S. Smith,, Eugene; , Lincoln, $4,650, B. F. Jones, Newport;, Xinn, $22,500, P. A. Young. Albany; Malheur,' $11,400, W; W: Wood, On tario; Marlon, $37,660, W; I. Staley, Salem,'; Morrow, $0,760, M, D. Clark, Hoppner; Multnomah, $306,060, Dr. H. Or Flxottv Morgan Bldg., Portland; Folk, $12,700, H. I. Ponton, Dallas) Sherman,;. $5,250; Geo, D, Bourhill, Moro; Tillamook,, $8,660, & J. Edwards,- Tillamook; Umatilla,. $81,200, M. 11. ChesnmaQi Pendleton; Union, $16,160. George Palmer. La Grande: iWallowa,; $0,800, Wade Slier,; Enter prise; Wasco, $18,260, H. O. McCoy, The Dalles; Washington,, $21,560, J.. H. Garrott, Hlllaborq; Wheeler, $3,050, C. O. Portwood, Fossil; Yamhill, $18, 650, WvB. Dennis, Carlton. BRIGi GEN. J. L MAHONEY Butter ' Wrappers printed . at the Observer office. ; VOTERS of Oregon.,; . Justice) F. A. Moore, of tho Supreme Court, died last month, too late for the name of any candidate to succeed him to bo placed on the Ballot. This condition makes it necessury to write in the nume of your candidate. ' This is the most Important position in the Judicial system of the State. 'It is esHcntiul to choose n mnn of extensive legal training, of high character,- nnd of broad vision. We com mend for your consideration and vote J. U. CAMPBELL ., OF OREGON CITY, Resident of the State 30 yearst law yer for 25 years; veteran of Spanish American War and Philippine Insur rection, having served with 2nd Ore gon, Regiment; member of Oregon legislature in 1007 and 1900 sessions; Judge of the 6th Judicial District 9 '4 years. In sit these positions) he has mode good. His record ns a private citizen and public official has tieen above criticism. Write in his name at the General Election Nov 5th. Brig. Gen. John E. Mahoney la. one of the colonels of the . United States Marine- corps who have been given generalships,,. General Mahoney has seen active seryioo In the Spanish American war, In the Philippines, Mex ico, Haiti and San Domingo. He was appointed second lieutenant In 1883,. first lieutenant In. 1090 and captain In- 1899. He Is now stationed at Guan-. tanamo Bay, Cubs, .- , NOTICE.' I,, tho owner of tho purse lost night of October 18, give last notice to par ty that found it,.- Call at 1707 Jeffer son street or phono Black IB 42, or im mediate steps will bo tiken to recover sumo. Full description will bo given for same to party when returned. : 10-24-lt,pd. Sidney i.ylo, tho pinnd tuner, is ut the Hotel Foley. , 10-24-Iltp, ; -,(; A WANT AD will do IV 1 NEW RAILROAD AJ1KIU04N . J;iI.T TKAFFIO LINK IS AltCTIO, nmimtic Tale Of Howl Built In Ulghlwii Mi.iitlis Why Tiio (iomiaiiH, Cunnot lliuik. , Tho, allies' wore (co "months ngo, marching Into, Runslt from tho noi th. They wore already far. south of Archangel, whoro our mar ines joined: them, And, - from the hub,, tho now Murmansk, ral)road, paialelling; tho Finn'tli border, na, it doos for, almost-, ttu entira.. length,: seems to offer tho most vulnerable of open flanks, ' ' ' ' But 'he Oertitana thoinaolvas knew bolter , thnm that. , The Mur mansk, railroad is about as far ( as possible from belni; an open flunk. And Just now thero Is at least one man in America who Is in a posi tion, to tell, why. That Is Vladimir (loi Ittchkovsky, tho big Kusslan cn Klnoer who built It. It was built in loss, than, eighteen months whon, urtor nearly two years of war, Ttns Hla found tho absolute need of hav ing an lc.e;froo por; on tho Arctic. Gorlachkovsky W03 chosen for the Job- because , he was an engineer who. had already B'jlvod many pro bloms his. last work hud , been.: a railroad' along tho loot, of- the, Al tai mountains and ' it was known tlmt t tho Murmanslt , would ; be road of many problsms. And when If was planned and located never for a niomont .wiaH. lt forgotten that It wan. a railroad, which, sooner - or later might be, a would-bo objoot of attack. , Diillvoi'les On. R('boiluI Time. But, first, to look: at it only as a tallroad. It iruns from Svnnka, the main-line, junction east ' ot Po trograd,,,' six hundred ! tulles . north of Kola. , Ita last .- two hundred mlllos Is within tho Arctic Circle, and Kola Is tho-world's- only Airctlc railroad tprmlniis..;- ,To build ; the Murmansk.. In a, your and a half, It was finished in November, 1917, IO'OiOOO men and 15,000 horses wsro , put ; tq workv , And in; one sonse It. Is an , American railroad.. For It was built with. Amprlcan ma terials., - '-.' ,.i'' ij :'.' Three years before the marines reached the- White Sea, our ships and our freight handlers ;woro go ing thoro- wlth. rails, and construc tion- machinery. . When - no , plok would open tho frozen . ground, groat fires Woro built" to; thaw It for brigades, of. Ainsrican. steam, shovels.. When it . was, found lm- posslblo to get supplies-, through from tho construction camps, Am erica, was drawn upon for the need ed : flour and: ba.'on, And, from first, tp last, ltv was found possiblo to lot everything rost and depend upon- Amorlcan business system. In this way; 1 " - 1 r When- a railroad.. i to, be built In record time, work must hegln simultaneously along almost the whole line. And , the tools and rails, tho bridge, work and supp .-s must bo dollvered as nosr as Is In anywise possible to tho particular section for wlhch , thny are doslgn od. Well, when tho .rinhl-nf-wny was located, It was found that at various points on ths road t?iero wore adjacent . poin's on the coast of Kola Bay rill tho White Sou where It might bo poml'ile fur ships to. make, a luiifiing If they could; do It, and muko i:lr dolivcries x- iiclly us per a .porviMisiyj'ariinugiMl scncuuie, wiioiB luiinius coum uo ved. And our ships did It. De spite German submarines waiting for them outside, and Icebergs Im peding traffie within, they made their deliveries as per schedule. Not, a day . was, losU, nor a meal. The bacon and, the steel arrived, togeth-, er. It the, Murmansk now , prom-, lues to be one. of the most useful, roads on earth, America can claim at least a part of the credit for its being there. j 1 Ituindoon : Trails Anil I Mnrohes, But wbycan 'It not. be finnkod and cut from Finland? The answer, lies la the nature of the country. It is , absolutely, wild' and, virtually, impassible. If is much like uorthr westerns; Canada. There 18; , the same amount 'Of game. When' our boys are not fighting they can -fish and shoot. There is the same -lack of all roads. Tho sparse reindeer trallsrolndeer, sledded In (the, first Flench, ammunitlonr are 'the , bent the Germans will; find In, that re spect.. Born, Lako Onega, north there are the same lakes and marshes. For hundreds of" miles Indeed,, the;- marsh, belt , between, the railroad and Finland Is virtual ly unbroken. 5 "And p marsh," said Hunniba), two thousand yeai-s ago,, "is of all, thlpgg aocursed ;lu,,warlf' Where, in those Russian marabou there, ore a; few labyrinthine cause ways; onlyj the , wolves ' seem able to thread, thcm And the. wolyes ubound, To protect i their horses and cattle in . summqr, the. natives hard 'them on the Islands found In, tho,.'hlggor flakes; 'And when, dur ing;, the, building, of tlioj road, cer tain, Gorman - prisoners, usedi in the construction -gangs, avallodt them selves pf their-; working liberty to run for It; In general two days, or at most three proved enough to bring, them, baok; again,! -' Whnra Tlio Iro In. Itail,. All this, however,' Is true only of the Bummer. ' In fact, south of Lake Onega It 'isn't, true at all. What off the wonlor, when ( solid Ico should, furnish, road, beds? ' . In both' cases the. railroad Is vulnera ble. But, as will scon be seen, it is a vulnerability tlMt need give us llttlo Cause to worry. " y' The Murmansk Is sub-arctic only In a gpographical sense. , The last reaches of the Gulf Stream' modify the ' climate, and there Is moro snpw than ice. On the large lakes the gradually accumulating weight of snow often forces the Ice be neath the water, which, cannot make for,, the, best of military, thorough- lare. liven ill the, marshes., half the invading airmy would be kept busy digging out the other half. And' finally, even if- a German army did' get through, it could stay only for the. winter. From,, Febr,ur ary to -Novembar Its , connection With Us base would be severed. ab-. soluLely, During; tho. months of. lce sleddlng It might ot course ulle up supplies and ! munitions, enough, to carry. It through the rest , of the yoar. But under the strain and drain ,of ; modorn fighting that is unlikely. Henceforward,, ' too, the Prussian military imagination . will it probably be less sanguine than prevously has been. -' So much for the regions north of Lake Onega. What of th country to- the south of it? From Petro sovosk on the lake, . the line con tinues south to. Bvankn,, 114 kilome tres east of , Petrograd. -Between junction and capital .all' is one open plain, . and the, Germans - may ,- now, reach Petrogrr.d at any time. Could they get across the Murmansk road from there?' The 1000, Ton Barge To The Rescue They., could not.;; Foiy again, ex tending miles below. Lake On ago there are ; marshes. Furthermore, onoe we and the-allies reafh, the lake, we shall no , longer 'need rail; transportation, Frim r the, eastern i-the prpteoted-Id'j'. of.f Onega opons. the first of Russia's great Interior oanals. Their huge steel bdrges have always been-her main .freight carriers. ' They ire ; among these., things,-, which evolutions do not destroy. They, are . almost- as numerous as . American coal and ore gondolas. , And whore the latter carry tholr fifty tonB, ' Hussla!s barges carry a thousand. All are solf-powered,. , too, They ; may , be. easily arrned.,. Tho. canals on, which, they reach' all' Russia, from the Gulf of Finland to, the ; Black Sea and the Caspian. We may yet road that Company , , ot the United. States Marines got upon the enn my's fls(nk, wjth . terrific 'effect by arriving, suddenly a; high-speed" In, its armored bargp, from the dir eotlon, of Od,-issa.. , -i, , ! . , In.,the.meantiinei the Marlnos. aro somewhere in'northein Russia, and should bo hoard of first from there.. GERMANY'S NEXT MOVE' IN TOE WAR: (Continued from Page One) Ho reminds, the Germans that the powen of', the. king cf Prussia (the kalBer) to control, tho policy of the empire; la' unimpaired, and con cludes with, the, warning that If this power Is to be deal! with,, the -United States and ; the .'elites . can, , de mand nothing but surrender. - As the note was dispatched, Se cretary, Tumulty . at the, White House, gave emphasis to the as surance given by nil members of the government that no Interrup tion of rthe . military program is contemplated, by making public cor respondence between Secretary, Baker. and. President Wilson,, shpwi lng that mora than- ?, 000,0110 Am erican, soldiers have embarked, for the war overseas.: ', " ' Officials 'Approve - Note. Approval , of, the persident'a.; ac tion, was, voiced , everywhere among officials, who declared that ' the note demanded, the suirender upon which America and ,tlie allies in" slst,. and. at.'tho' same, time held, up to the Gerpaan people a picture of their situation in- a way likely to hasten; their; rise p throw out the kaiser and his war loards completely. All Washington was surprised by the news that the noto had, been JUST RECEIVED New Crop Soft SheJl-- TheFmcy, Kind Harris! Grocery EhoneMin,70.and 7Tj FarmeraBlaok l9a. , 408 NORTH- FIB, , V ACBOS8-TH(! TBACBV - "TThited States Foo,jl' Administration License No. GB0255." ' sent-r-pried.. in., thfi etnseta. by.y the, newsboyB with, extras shortly after 9- o'clock Wednesday,, night; justi 11 hours eftar the,. official .text ,ofc the last German ; communication, had been-delivered by Frederick Oeder lin, the Swiss charge. During the afternoon. it-.nfttU.bet .autIloritaye ly stated, that , there , would - be no announcement of "tho, president's de cision before Thursday, and the un derstanding that exchanges between Washington, London and Paris still were proceeding. ; About midday there was ajflmw of'.'lntarest when Secretaries Lansing-,- and., Daniels, and, GBneral Match,, chief' ofr staff, werej oalled - to,, the. White,. House, bufc 'ifi tho; deoiBlon-was, , communi cated. ;theh,; these, officials kept the secret well. "', ' . ' Allies In Batlra Accord;; ' How the- note, Is received 'by the people, of; the alllB'I countries, will be awaited with the greatest -Interest. . Sa. far , as , the allied gov ernments are, concerned, it Is as sumed; that they; have heen- Inform ed., and, are In, entire, accord with, the. culminating st') of the- presi dent's- policy.- Exchanges.. have, been. going, on since, the wireless vereion of the , German, reply to . thp presi dent was picked up Monday. AIJ.IKO POWEIW WIL 1MXR.MKD ON TERJI9. LONDON, ; October, 24 Reuter's Limited i learns , that the, allied , go vernments as a result of continual communications , are perfectly- acquainted-with and agreed, upon the terms under which, H-w-Ill. be possi ble to enter, into negotiations for an ari'inisticei It should; ba. observed that naval questions have, never 1 11 S been dealt with in any-; negotia tions between the .Uuited, States and Germany and they nie of first Im- VortanDe.,fromi the, allies'; viewpoint. "The idea of freedom of the seas as , understod , by Germany," says the., Reuter , dispatohi . lsnot a mat ter that -any allied government can accept at all. It would appear that the conditions precedent to an ar-' mbxticet must include, the, question-, of sea,, power as, well, as, of,, land power,' but hitherto,. Germany has -always limited' her remarks to laud power. , "America,- Great Britain, France and Italy owe so much to.soa, pow-', er. in. canrying; on, the, war and In' national' development that they can hot omit ': consldaratlon of sea power from the discussions con cerning the armistice. "The president' never ' assumed thatTits eondltions would be. limited;- to- the evacuation of" occupied, territories,- as, 'the Germans always urged. He put a number of - ques tions to . Germany after receiving the first note, as preliminary to Placing- the matter before, tlio allies,"-.: ' Lots.- Better.. It's n, darned sight better to be ablo to laugh at life than to have It laugh- , In' at j'ou.T-Bultlmore Sun, Combs and tooth brushes of all kinds, and; manufacture., in . lai-ro tmnn- tities, are, now, in stock: and. at pricos, that wllli fit your. pQcketbook; at Sil- venthorn!s.. ' ' 10-24-18 FAMIUY DRUG STORE; LA QRANDCOREQON, For Justice of, the. Supreme Court to fill, vacancy caused, by the death of Justice Frank A, Moore, Vote for. One Write the iamo at J. U. Campbell -in the above, spare and, place an. X In front of his name. - . (J, Ui Campbell for Supreme Court rnmpnign Com., Oregon City, Oregon J; 1, Butlor, Secy, Paid AUv HOOVE R1ZE " YOU WILL, IF YOU BUY YOUR FURNITURE FROM HARRIS FURNITURE CO.-BY SAVING TIME ANP MONJKY, NUF SED Harris Furniture Store II. a HARRIS, Proprietor 406 FEB 8TRKET PHONIC: Red 8171, SaaaJaaaaVaaaaaaaa H Y S SUCK ARM J The stMilird Army Shoe made from top-grade materials by top-notch work men under expert supervision. All the more reason why you should insist on the Buckhbcht Army Shoe and accept no other. Worn by thousands of men, in all Walks of life Office Moo, Hikera Attorney Formers Phyucluis OrdurdUt ) : Look foe the name Buckhbcht tamped on the sole of every Shoe. ECHT Mutonntt Conductor HimUrt. SHOE iljj ww If not obtainable from your dealer, send name ami your order direct to BUCKINGHAM & 1IEC1IT Manufacturers ban Francisco $7.00 to $8.00 A Few of the Many Reasons Why Governor Withy combe Should Be Re-Elected i u- Heialoyallyi patriotically American. ' - 1 He hajs faithfully cooperated with the President in every war time actniity. He wa foremost of Governors for preparedness and has. earnestly-supported a vigorous prosecution of the war. ,' He has stood for and insisted upou a square deal for both labor and capital, industrial development of the state and suppression of V W.isnt He has for more than 20 years earnestly supported.-: and, vigorously advo cated yroman suffrage and prohibition and: has. stood: for a. better, audi cleaner state.. . - ' , He did not assist in organizing the Non-Partisan,' League: iit Oregon neithr. er was he ever a worshipper at the shrine of Populism and other organizations of doubtful purpose and loyalty. He has conducted his office patriotically, fairly and eoonomicallyr always , has he placed patriotism and efficiency in. the public, service above, party pot . ' itiCS. -';-... ,.;'..,...'-' He has. given his. earnest consideration and substantial effort in-promoting the happiness and comfort of the boys in the service of; their, country, andi lastly He has a record for a sound, business administration and loyal.and' earnest effort in the nation's present crisis that should command the approval and sup- port of the whole people. . . . i . .. 1 . - ' , - , 1 , ,--' Re-Elect Withycombe Why Experiment? .('Paid Adv.) REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE; JolmAV. Cochran, Secy., Morganj Bldjp;, Portland, Ov;