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:j StXDAY. AUGUST 10. 1919 Tn2 SunuAY I1 0 jn I w u 0 is 5 x; it v jy S The Queston Just now there is con fronting tli winery serious con ditions. Living lias rciu-lied a point ;flinost past f-ndSr-iiiicc. Muefl is said ol'.tli'1 'i'ol'it'cr and mdoiiMcdly lie docs exist, for on every hand a genei';. rise cxpen-iK-Pif whetlm- conditions justify it or not. In times like these the American drain is required. Intellect is needed. 'The man fviti hald .statements demagogue nwd is as much to be (headed as is the big bus inesse concerns which exact the pound of flesh nearest the heart. This is surely a time when co-operation is needed, and that'co-opj'i'ation must reach further than it ever has he fore. Everybody must live and a sense of justice and fair ness must arise in this nation that will supplant the self ishness which is now so apparent. The statesman who can lead us out of this chaotic con dition will he the big man of the generation, and the way he will do it will not he by violence, nor threats, nor sub terranean methods, but by a square deal to all. tie must curb the greed that is running rampant and force a realiza tion that every person lias a right to live. Yet, it is a big task, but America is successful in hand ling hig tasks and there will be a way out. The best wayall must admit, would be for the United Slates as a nation, to become closer associated with the old hook called the Bible, and from its teachings find the proper way out. It is the one remedy for greed and self ishness the one remedy for correct living. The coming winter is dreaded in this land of plenty bv the people, not heeause there is not sufficient to go round hut because of the poor distrilmt ion. Money has ceased to function and the handling of money no longer means much. What we need is to get, things down to earth. Quit living in the air and liecome resourceful and producing citizens who have respect for each other. The problem is a hig one, hut wit h united wisdom and a desire to do right, it will come out in good shape. MONEY CANNOT Just now many people, who in the past have thought if they only had lots of money are coining. 1o realize that there is little to money. The present dollar, shorn of its purchasing power by a large percentage, jingles away and is not the coveted article it once was. That is what clie.ip money does for a nation. It is possible to cheapen money so that it ceases to be of very much value, and that is what lias happened. Tin outlook now is for a continued pro cess of inflation and cheapening, which if kept up will put the United States money on a par with Villa's Mexi can money, where it requires .fli.") to buy a ham and eggs. AVhen conditions reach such a point the country is a joke nnd all securities are but scraps of paper.. There is too much common sense among the people of this country to let money remain cheap. All securities in the past have been based on a dollar with a hundred cents' purchasing value in the dollar. Interest rates are based upon the old values. To change the monetarv sys tem now would mean to wreck all that has been doiie for the past two generations. And besides no one wants it eliangcd. Every man you meet today will say he will hail the day when prices of commodities come down and he would he willing less, if his wages bought what thev used to 1)11 V. "We are boosting ourselves by our boot-straps and we must come down. A COMMUNITY NURSE 15y an act of the executive committee of I.a firande Chapter, American Wed Cross, a community nurse is to be employed for Union county by the year. ' She is to he furnished by the k'ed Cross 'headquarters and speciallv trained in community nursing. Her duties will be to make a survey of the county and advise and 'see that pro per nursing is given to those in need of it. Her office will be the information bureau t tilling how to take care of peo ple. She will inspect the school children of the count v ami make recommendations to the parents and teachers. ' " 'icu v loss oi i nion and her expenses. Wallowa this chapter, wilt likely employ a nurse fortluU j ininty. This is a movement along the lines of modern ami pro gressive living. Other counties that have had the com munity, nurses are so abundantly pleased that Union county di.l not hesitate to take the step. It is something the Xciuhhorhood dub of I .a Crande lwis long wanted to accomplish and at dil'lVrent times has endeavored to bring about the result iov obtained. The nursing committee which will direct the woVk un der supervision of the executive committee of the Red Cross eonsistS.f Dr. liaeon.. state health officer, A. C Hampton, superintendent of the" puhli,? schools' J 0 .Siiodgrass, of the A.1 Club, Mrs. Albert llnnter,' of ihe Neighborhood dub. with Mrs. TJay Logan as chairman of the committee. - ' Every citizen ?Untercsled inJIiis wort. an,f , ,.,.. fioiis that ci.rlio up jM tli(. iffiswcrt'diiv tli i-.mftuittco. How's liojiinjr foiisiri'ss 1 ' 's i . i 1 . Army Imeon at .'51 conts a caiiad fo Ln fJraiul!-. 2 O o Doii't forct-Plicrc 09 O O O o Is How To Live tending to incite trouble is a REMAIN CHEAP. FOR UNION COUNTY. couniy is to pay lor the nurse count v. which is a unit of luhxU .f tlu i.c.f. s 4 3le will be iHmcs a ton slriko i ill hf iiiL!it: 0 0 . giiiiil sounds "oml o a Tew warm davs vc o due us. o o I e o- Visions-'. "s 0 0 3 ! ' - o cIL-' i I 1 1 a ........ o 1 t i , , ! sS" '''' BV . .? fart " : W I (Ovpirrlttift FOOd Administrator Is ' .Needed, President Wilson hns the prenf fac ulty (if exphiininjr conditions in a way Ihnt is undfistandaUe. He is .!uik-no-l:cian. although anyone could iis i!y loic-h the deduction that the world is in tangled condition ns a result of the vorld war. The Preiid-'nt tells vhy there should be legislation to cure some ?f the trouhk? and why pjience ."huii Id he used to show the 'Vount:y mc'.tle" There is no direct and quick-netiop way to reach the hih cost of living, except one and that is through the ap pointMiint of a food administrator, elVhcd with all the power and author ity of a food dictator. He would be worth mere to the country just now than whole libraries of economic tde oi tin1:. 'I lu iv is one man who knows mora about the production, distribution and v:i!uo cf food than anybody else in the world. That man is Herbert Hoover. ll'i p'cVed his ability ns hea l of the Helcian relief commission, as food ad minitialor for the United States and. ieter m food administrator for the .iilied ptwers. He has had unequalb'd expenence. luvently he resigned h's tn'-ernn-, tlonal job because he was not neoded any lender, and wanted to attend t.-J his rivatc affairs, which had neglected for several years, 1 It is likely that Mr, Hoover wo'.:M heed nrother call, as he heeded piev j oih calls, if it were made pl iin '.ha'. ; the lalinn needed him. I Ci rtainly the nat:on neeils smeho ly i y.ith the native ability, acquired knnvl edge and delegated authority to han die the eent food situation. All soils of public authorities, from Pre.-i-ilmt Wilson and congress down to tlv rumors anil councils of small towns, are try ng to do something to mov:i ' state's expense. These suinnie'- s.u r a dst ni l's mure smoothly nnd econom dents represent the most progresiv,' iially from producer to consumer, to class of rural teachers, eliminate extortion and waste and re- The idea was original, d by the state liuco the cost of living. Most of those I o'.iorncd are running nrouiid In cir les nn,l n-ellinir into each others wav I The present situation is as eritin' is that which existed during the war Why should not congress, or tlv I'resiiUnt with the consent of con gross, appoint some big man to eo -ailinate the work of investigation and adin;iiistiatiun, and suggest what nev legislation is needed? If there is any other man available who can do it belter than Mr. Hoover let that nmn be put in charge. If t..' why not stup fooling around and ge' Hoover on tbf job again? The public Vnows him and has cor, faience jn him. Consumers are ac ;stomed to taking'h s advice and ac cipting his wold Tor tiring. Dealers. 'tent teachers rrqu're lar better saiar; have a. wholesome respect for him. If ies than have been pail in the vcut, i' he were'to say" that cheaper living ( . tl'.ey are to remain t-emneteri-ni ssible, and pi opose means of attain I -,-a - r ing it, his word would carry Weight', irj, ': v-,m. f.4. tr0 WviiU l"oe mere announcement of his ,ap "r 1B P.P U.IVUU poiitmcnt to the job would help to C.p. quiet the dangerous unrest among the - ' 'people. J Tne C.-.l'tt Paf;ds Ga-ott . t l! of , -J l.i family mat cam o Ma'ti sU-'i Mwiy, The PMctioar Side cf Pro 1 1; v: " V ' . . . fi'.Ti'ly. There nti father and ui.'-ir nibltKMl. - iDwniK nFlS Pamm children. T!.e " i!any Knglia'l publicists are tanitly iifraid 'fiia dry A.tiu-rica less it Watched with a i ley Britain. There ' religious or moral question 'V- t-1 at all, but simply o:t $ :'ficien. v It has become evident that the ah staining workman more lti'icVn,. Itii the tlrinker. The dry moyeenl wnsecarried toits complet:on in - count not by moral emotion, but by .. -i T..yi.. rart- i.. . , t,.t .v,-. i ti'iv . ' ioseti its itoeiw to tne uiniKing .u-uu.i...- . . -.,..1.1 .tm. i. This K-Om iH-eiiiUy true ns ma chtiHMY canu into ciutnnt ue. in- 3) i .i. v ....... r.mpi.'mr. ot me Rrwii monu- rn r na. tu put ly but a ste;J inU st equen.- KithU'd m.TTi. The prx-ntr EDITORIAL PAGE- eidont cnnic nfter a holiday when 41 l i - e t i the men had, many of them, a drop too much. The danger to the mar himself, to his fellow-workers, to the machinery and its delicate processes wp.s too great to be W.-ked. Kmpluy ers everywhere tightened up their rules. The nation came to believe that the only way to comfort, health nnd prosperity was the sober way. Therefore it voted the country dry. Now, say these frightened Kngiish mcn, Americans will so far excel the British worker in skill and output that England will, in self-defence, have to follow the example. It is certain that if our prohibition really prohibits, we shall be at a great advantage over the rest of the world. And England, with its sodden drunk enness in industrial centers, no doubt needs dryness more than the countries which have never gone much beyond the light-wine stage. Prohibition, if it comes in othc countries, will no be the result of zealous moralizing. It will conn be cause other nations, finding America successful, will need the weapon of sobriety to maintain their places in the trade of the world. Rural Schools Need Teachers. Good Maine, like every other farmru state, has iU rural problems aban doned farms, shortage of farm help and the tendency of the boys and girh to leave the farms for the cities. In vestigators studied the problem md doo'ded that one reason for the-o dif ficulties lay in the poor rural schools This summer the state is conduclh;: what is called a 'School of leader'' One hundred carefully selected yonnr; women, teachers from country selnols, nn studying at summer school at th superintendent of schools, lie nope , Jin this way to begin to-raise the stand lirds Of the. rural schools to tne ?5PH' i ..1 Hw, ..It.. c..fn..1.3 T.iFi.'tinrs If, I to be better iiialified for their work and are to he trained to act ns com munity leaders ns well as teachers c' the farmer's children. - It is an interesting plan. It has been recognized In many parts of the country that rural schools need iin prov.ng in many regards. The school houses themselves in the m-st few years will be bettor- constructed, wi'.'i better heatinn, lighting and so"itai v arrangements. To insist iipon.fiidy qualified teachers is an jmporUnt step. It should be remembered., tec in Mainr and clsmvVfA', that roripv jjWrre conspicuous on the;r' av ,a.,sP ,,f lm.j,. n;c the ii ' -tlM s of tl eltWigue and nia:v;cr?. uD i th'i llr-y h:ii ic) s tiuii: o to a on. , ,' li.it they esti :l The ; i ,i ,,.,( w-,rk C.2 .Jv , Ti.co other dav k9 fa.' It ik' flL biir cne. a'oi!' I"- i ftt --I cies. is n givat d.i 1-eVe i ..... W11V ,), vj,,-j thev first r : . . - r. . .' "i. uv pai.i !'. ior w js,, n.ntei'rm, vta'." it . o .... o ... . it nweicss. t'i'i. A esenleo. Tei n ip it k. K-,9fi, ,MrNi ,i,.i lei-enjrl .A the -n' .ft o . " n,,,-,, tnA"T liTo rtnimc fs' - ,Th. - 0 ll anlcrs so. m to have .0.; t vc renters a DnO.m good examp'e. 'Germans Figure the Human Cost of War. German stntisci:if s have been com pleting their estimates of the human cost of the war. They find that dur ing the war there was a net decrease of 2,000,000 in the population of th? German empire, instead of a normal increase of more than twice that much. According -to Dr. Fritz Iiurg doerfer, the net effect on the empire'." population was 800,000 marriages not made, 4.000.000 babies unborn, 1,000, 000 soldiers killed and 700,000 civil ians dead as a result of poor nourish ment. This reckoning ignores the hundreds of thousands of soldiers des tined to die later from their wound? the millions more wholly or partiallv :ncapncitatcd by injuries and the mill ions of civilians permanently weakened by war privations and the disease bred by them. There is agitation in Bavaria in ri vor of a "child-bearing strike." Th? rallying cry is, ''No more children." In the face of theso facts, German statesmen and writers are calmly di cubing and planning for ''the next war." Unauthorized Strikes Lessee Prestige. While the statements were made that the present shoirmen's strike win uiiautho; iited it was in a way doubted, but now Pre-idont Wilson comes out SMuarelv and tc'ls the strikers they are act ng without vested authority from their head officers and therefor? there is nothing binding on anyone to recognize such a stiike. When men deliberately quit wovk' and strike without a stiike order from I headquarters they act against every princ'ple of organization and take away the prestige of united effort, supplanting it with individual will. They, by acting independently, do a-: injury to the very cause they are earnestly contending for. According to the President, that is the civ o in the present shopmen's strike, and La (Jrande railroad people are to be commended for their decision ;o await orders fi-nm headquarters. The Oie--nian his 'taken a poll of the country p.ress on choice for R publican president, with h result thfr' Taft has a wabbling majority of one in the number reporting. That war. always the trouble wilh Taft hist work oi fir.-t base was so close that tiiB liu'pi'.'e could not cpnscient ously rive him a dec'sion. Would it not be v. ell row for th Oreponinu to come out squareiy av.J answer its own ques tions ' propoi'n.led to the country ess? We may be a little rasn m asking the h. paper this quest on, 10 he 'Vjccrvcr was n:otie lho. lcfus ing to play the Oregonian's nniufc ment game this time- The prciHctwn that shoes will he ?:'l a pair 'xt ' year ,-rnay be all wroi'ir. Some 'of the s''emnnuia' tunlfc nvi be in 'jail and a few whole saVrs ar.l jol tvers-1 i-vy be il. p o'. 'i.led.. wgress goes thre-ug w th what it s'eys it will. a o hrterests cvid.MlyW-i Co ..'ml kin;- r tii. -. that laid them' .t' An egir. VhWbc liccnsiiif '.'; ' ie:n is put pr.icti- f , on p.'. c-tinv d-is. it i- tlouotiui wm me. .'V.iisK - nsAnwh. Jhen h?0 O c - i'.n t the President i.t mtiV ..' I s.Vlll v. is nirdmg II'C .O . ,i.,M- Wf I .osl. It st question '.Tie tne nation G O 0 Maybe vhn A 'Uiobilrs in there r a-9, few iiro ifi u.n .AlS t'-'Y, ill 1 r li agr-iH-meii. a:out h. . O prvnunc n of QTaragi1. The Shrine. o "Snr.d Prints," of Oriental Temple thus answers the questionnaire that i:'- in0lhe mind of the j)n5nectiji' candi date for the honors of sflrinodom'ac- cordine to Al Kader It) .sit, which i' tiw'disiiO: by Mark.Woodi-uV, in Port fand. . Who would call the Shrine the hiirh est dejrree in .Masonry? It is nol.fla snnrv. Yet no ne ran hca Shrine' who is not a 32 decree Mason or a Kintrht Templar. The Sh:ne is not ?he playground for Masonry, but Is a j)!ayx"ound fitf Ma-.cns. It makes old men young and serves a boneficent purpose. It em phasizes Masonic fraternity. IW is the Masonic smile, the Masonic sunshine society. Its principles ,nre Pleasure without intemprancc. Hospitality without rudeness. Jollity without coarseness. The Shrine is called .an Arabic or der, but Shriners do not cease to be Masons, believing in the Deity. A mis ; onarv once complained that the Shrine in North America Rave encour agement to their enemies in Moham medan countries where we were taken rnou:;ly as Mohammedan converts Ju.-t think of it. That Oriental bunch Mohammedan converts. Tne?e complaints end misconcep tions are honest, but they are pure misconceptions nevertheless. The un initiated cannot be blamed, however for not understanding the true object of the Shrine, when Shriners them selves often take themselves too seri ously. We are Arabs "just for fun"; we worship Jehovah, the Cod of Love, not Allah, the god of brutality and im morality. Of all the so-called gods Allah is the most abhorrent, represent ing nothing that we love or respect The alleged attributes of Allah are re vealed in the Koran and exemplified in the life of his alleged prophet as transmitted to us by his contempo raries. We can neither respect, re vere nor love a god revealed in such gibberish as the Koran and exempli fied in the life of so contemptible and despicable a character as Mohammed. No Arab either loves, reveres or even respects Allah; he fears him, but is not even reverential. The Shrine is purely a North Amer ican creation. The Pr'nce of Wales vetoed its introduction into England because it made fun of so many of Her Majesty's subjects. Masonry i3 serious; it is religious: I 1 it emphasizes the Fatherhood of Godjur. D. E. Grant, an insurance and the Brotherhood of Man. That brotherhood connotes sociability and intensest friendship. Such friendships. naturally lead to relaxation. North j American Masonry developed thci Shrine, devoted to relaxation pure clean fun, and the intensifying ofinie tour for hill climbing honois. good fellowship. That is the Shrine; that is its dom- innnt object; it has grown so rapidly and its influence has become so great that the oiutor justly said at Atlanta before the Imperial Council: "If there had been a Shrine in 18(11 there would have been no war." We cannot con ceive of the parts of the United States and Canada being separated today, bound together as they are by 14," Shrines. Whv did we assume the fez and paraphernalia of the abhorrent Turk? Just for fun. Why do we address God as Allah when we all believe in Jehovah and take the Bible, not the Koran, ns our rule and guide in faith 1 oouUl be stopped Ily some mistake and practice. Just for fun. We know j iWD automobiles nnd a sunrey wero that the Koran is false theologically, allowed to .start down-hill just be impure morally, and stupid as litera- j fore he took off at the foot of the ture otherwise we wouldn't poke fun at it. Oriental garments and extrava gant Orientalism in speech lend them selves readily to the fun-making of fun-makers of mature yenrs. We ape the Oriental splendors of ancient Hag dad Just for fun. Likes the Grande Ronde Valley Well Enough to Spend Last Days Here Dr, F. H. Huron, whom La Grande justly claims ns a 'citizen because she hns been adopted by .him as his j home, intends leaving about Vhe 10th I of the month to nttand the national IG. A. R. encampment at Columbus, O., which opens iif ptember 8. He wll go ; by wsy tf Los Angeles nnd will be gone about W days. Dr. Huron, who i is a retired physician,' has been a resi dent of La Grnn-rt but a year. Hej ! . ,,, , ', K; gathering in' Toiand last year, ',1'uvini a Tonnd trip ticket. He han !ncd to stop (Ti Ij G ramie on his , way back east, however, nud the bal ance of his return trip ticket was nev ' er used. This is the nicest valley a n-mi couTd wish for in which to t;io his last p'i'iires from '.& earth, he Way, and although he w.M go htu-k to I see his old fr'ends in DanviUt lie will u. i...i, ; i f:j. K.,r...- ter sets in. o 5-3 a 4 c nIti(j OK lmtAVit -itiwtni. 0 j Q ma rec j n nlim Pmn ire nlOPark- I nn- inunii Chorus Sing. ,j The thi dof thi-rle of l.M:vleoi fwhlelGlocaV churches art "Vio ilinf at tho Riverside Park will Cheld IhisQ vening in the pavilioiO w- ,t, Rev. Jemes Aik'a Syvth tlie - A r In charge. Ke . Mr. Smith, s istor of O will use O s ht subjet Van. Ahoy." As the sub- P ... l...llnPt. hlo .nimnn tVlll hft &I1 JCt I JIIUH ill Miw - hls serni special appeal to young men. '1110 singing will be led uy tne t-uni-munlty Chorus, as Ot the previous Meeting, and for a special number tl0v will use a s;red seltf-tion.by their leader, lof. L. D. Edwards. "1 Know That My Redeemer Liveth." Tli( minister of the several congre gations engaging in the sen-ices noe to see the pavilion, well filled to night. Itev. Smith Is truly e nuin wih a message and what he will Uvo to Bay is bro tojie found valu:.do by all. A large shipment of loose-leaf Ko dak Albumsr at reasonable prices, at Newliii Book & Stationery Co. 8-10-3t ANNUAL ELECTION OF 6 NEW Y. M. C. A. v DIRECTORS SOON The annual meeting of the La Grande YouilR Mens Christian as sociation will be held in the association building on Wednesday evening, Aug ust 13, at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. At this meeting report will be made of the work of the past vear, and six members will be elected to serve on the board of direc tors for a period of three years. The directors whose term of office expires with this meeting are F. J. itolmes, G. L. Larison, S. D. Crowe, G. H. Cuney, E. 11. Selder and J. Y. Walnum. At the regular meeting of the board of directors in July a nominating com-n-ittee was appointed to propose a list of candidates to be voted on r.t the annual meeting to be held on Aug ust 13, and that committee proposes ,the following gentlemen for election at ;he n unal meeting: Messrs F. J. Holmes C!. L. Larison, S. D. Crowe, llruce Iitnris, A. T. Hill and I.. L. Mc Keiinrr. The election is purely demo cratic aid members may votj for any other candidates if they choose. MAXWELL IN CANADA BEATS 23 LARGER COMPETITORS IN RACE In a drizzling rain and dirlven by private owner a Maxwell has fust captured the moat coveted prize in Canadian motoring circles. Just three weeks before the an nual Ottawa Journal Reliability .. .. '""""u agent, purchased a Ma tut. uiiJiit- ii. u uewueau oi 111H car mid the fact that many exnert drivers and mo'e powerful cars were entered agr.inst him Mr. Grant had such oonMdcnco in the Maxwell ti'at he challenged overy entrant on On the Lake Placid Road six miles below Malono ho drove his Maxwell lover Chasm Falls Hill in what was !cven better than a perfect score. Hla - Maxwell time was 50 and four-fifth-i seconds and the official perfect score had been p:0viously nnnounced as oi)o minute nnd 55 seconds. There wors 24 car3 in the contest and at least twenty of them cost more and were larger than the Max well. It was a 'dangerous day for a bill climb with a steady drizzle making the otookod winding incline slippery nnd diffcult. As a further handicap Grant mis understood the official signals and Iwa out afl.T the record hofore bo hill. But on and on the Maxwell rushed iif. nose toward the summit. One hy one it twisted around tho three vehicles, downward bound and around the dangerous turns it whirl ed with liuid and rnin splashing everywhere Finally tho Peak was In sight and judges and spectators apprd the Maxwell goat took ono. i:st spurt around tho hair-pin tu'. a at the top. WILL FIGHT FOR . PUBLIC OWNERSHIP (Continued from Pas l) tative ?.Iontague particularly wanted to knew if in buying the ruilroids th government would pay for tracks and i lines out of. profits. Plumb said it ! would not. Representative Pwalt in- .1 quirod if the'Plumb pbtti was lending to Socialism. Plumb said it was not. Representative,. Merritt wanted to know if the plan would be ttnded to gas plants, trolley lines and tae lights, a-Kl Plumb said it would. rinmh cited th ease of t govern ment postuffico, "the only (nat in dusf.y politienlly manated,' tmd said its t-U'ciency would la (Neatly in cre;, d if the employes hd a foice in its management, "or if it wer operat ed w r the democratic Driciolcs of ill's hill It would be aluurd, he d- ia:. to ,.-get thM farni mijilt ome forward with a" toa r tri- p.v;V'!e control, but f 1ey ntd it ana ti e r.fuhlif ak:H m. m.m . ?.i Q hv. if ' ' "1'iting the case of railway0 -tivesho W ?lMOlired f-. t : a: to.0Montagiie asked Pl:Bh IX ha Qhad found evi fence und Hi repO-s- 1 '' whil'h uld halt the upwafti ""n under Sn. PIum'eiCTnt- ' cd emp -ves to pat)5n a man's ?ht to go hither t'ljimb tm ;the arnOo riany able officers but the-f were there would have been . I... A..0 been given oa voice in their fViection. VlltllUT Co - O o 0 o o w o o