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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1919)
6nirisiv,KV!i.isfii OiTO RF.ft jsio via n nn n uf THREE 0 e a 0 . ft " O. 'V-uuium x itciil i.ilJii Shortage and Brices .are iaiajea to iusenmir men tombing nch other might iio.voi.u.r. t. ii. o.t. 4 ny Mall) llonoli.lu Is threatened with e a illl; fainlne'.uid an ndan from the present price of fit teen cenlti a ni:u-t Is being demr.ndtd.liy dis tributors to conponsate them for increases required by the produc ers. Stutisths compiled show a tie crease in production In the last year of more than one thiiiHuud tluarts a day in the Honolulu, district. Condeninatiaii and killing of many cows because of thhcrculoMs has been n large factor In the decreased proiliicutlon and ninny . dairymen have Jieen turning to tup raisins of beer catlto a.r more profitable than cmildn t possibly go that night. He dairying. Co-m of leedstuffn aresai,i; "Well, grandma, can't you put high in Honolulu because of trans i nie In a box and send tue parcel post I" portatlon ch'irires.' For five coupons and 50c you can get the History of VOR A COMPILATION OF THE WORLD'S TRAGEDY, GIVING . ABSOLUTE ACCURATE HISTORY OF EVENTS . BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS OF WAR SCENES, NAVAL SCENES, EUROPEAN POINTS OF ACTION, AND A COR RECT HISTORY OF EVENTS FROM WAR'S BEGINNING TO SIGNING OF ARMISTICE. . . fil ftcandt, r? . tlarfisd this coupon and fdwetlfjs, together for hiclf send "History of th "Vorld War," fo: Our Dtttmmt Y"rtH JZ' ",,uod !"." dou,a t"f"Mit lj.eo,0",l mass bleach wliBow. Thus o- " uuiwni sceny s rea Oi$an. a green city, blijj? fields, and .flov mountains. A rare num. wight clloib to the top of the domo ami nee Hie wb.le circle of th landscape under the while light of a pure atmosphere. I!ut most of us look through one win dow, each upon a different world, each world eolnre by our own Individual Ity. Itohert S. Barrett. Bobby's Suggestion. Boh wns out vIsltiiiK his aunt at a lake with Ida grandma. One rening lie suddenly decided that he wanted to go home to mother. His grandma told him there were no trains and ha LD WAR "Following the Boys Thru France" Picture showing President Making Famous War speech, April 12, 1917. Annapolis and West Point r " Maps of the World as it was before war. Scenes of our troops on both sides of the ocean. Map of United States, showing location of National Army camps. Maps of Europe, the western battle fronts. Maps of Italian battle front and the Balkan state at close of the war. . . .. . - Poland, Russia and Ukrania republic depicted. For Five Coupons and SO Cents .flm-raire. Laftsej-fulr uieujni letting (ffong; o general iculiilerfereue itth Individu al freedom uf actl.rn ; the let-alout L principle of policy of he government and political cceiioin: The ttm ju: Hist used In Krunci.to deslgiinte the principle o ptdltlcul economy which would leave Industry and trade ahs-i- lutelji free from taxation and resti Hon by government exiept so fur as required by public peace unit order. It Ikis since been extended to Include noninterference with any tulltlesa ex ercise of the Individual will. Sea's Depth Told Bomb. For measuring sen depths u Massn- rhusctls doctor has Invented a dyna mite tioiuii wnicn expitules nn striking the bottom, the distance being esti mated by measuring the time It lakes the sound tu remit the surface uf the water. Job printing, Th,e Ooaenrer, wain !t'i The o with 50 cents; encjosed, FeAKHEREC4)R0SS fages mi-nm War Task Not Finished-Public Health Problems Must Be . Solved By Red Cross The American Red Cross, nccVtling 'o a stnteni.'"' Just issued tftnn Wash n:;ton, D. t.. believes that Its first luty Is to flnisli its war task, one hun dred per cent. The lied V'oss must ulso continue to carry on even more iffectlvely than in the pint, its nsfub llshed system of National and Inter national relief, In' niltittatliiK the suf fering caused by famine, fire, floods, ind gretft ualfcual calamities. It must tlso render every necessary service '.o the Army ami Nuvy, and must con tinue the work undertaken prior to die war lu' the field of nursing and hirst Aid. The responsibilities of the lied Cross nrc greatly Increased as a result of the lessons taught by the war, the ttutcment continues lliftlter stand ards of responsibility have been set to prevent needless sintering and loss of itfe. The lied Cross, with its tradi tions and Its established organization, will aid in maintaining these stand ards by co-operating with all recog nized agencies engaged In conserving human life and happiness. Activities already authoi-lzed include the en couragement anil suiiort of Public Health Nursing, educational classes in dietetics, home care of the sick, ami First Aid, thu extension of Hod Cross Homo Service, an increased Junior program, antl co-operation in develop ing community health centers. W ar time developments have given every community in the United States a recognized "1 organised center of Red Cross activity through which thu people of that community may, If they wish, serve themselves, with all iho advantages of national leadership, na tional standards, uatlouiil ami inter national contacts. It rests with thu peo ple of every community to determine for themselves Just how fully they have need of a movement which under the associated Ued Cross Societies Is to express the effort of tho peoples of the world to frco themselves from needless death and suffering through neighborly cooperation and service. - You're In mighty good com pany when you bailing, to the Red Cross. ., Bo long as there's sickness, suffering, disaster, tho lied Cross must stand by! The II. C. of L. hasn't lilt Red Cross memberships. They're still a dollar. If nlnn million youngsters be llovo in the Red Cross, it must have tho right .Idea. Dr. I.ivInHlon KiirramL th ivrciil i'Kt Authority on (mhli: h-:itth in Aiixt tea, sfrved in France an Uhj ht-jnl of tho fifht nuiiinst luhiTciiloHla. Uv. now iuecMHids llimry I'. DuvIkoii an Jn-utl i jf Uio American lied Crons. Ir. Far rand rocrtiitly viHllfd Hcattli. H)f itane and Portland and cotitVrr-d vltji rf urem'iitnt Ivch of lied Croan 'hai ('m uf AiHriVta. -Idaho, (Jrcfton and Watthlnxtnn. "Tlio Ki-d Vrmn frvn problems In tin? jjot war period more ("rioo. tf poHhililt'. than tho prohlfinn (jf the war Itm-If. Not a Kr':t amount of money, but th menih ruhij) ftitd hi-ar eo-oiition of ivery A rir 'i rttlzen wh.tr-la H ' il to U4i06 Kcd t'roa to wilve th"m whlcTi threaten our n:loi!l iiillty, aifd whl'. unl'-ftt lvf, rift uf the liij'tB of viiury," riuid f. tr o rnd. "The Hi-3 Cos U tho (JoHpcjflu 0o o 0 o c ,"Good Night" Is T&PLonq. ' ne coutitr.vio:iOH Hw tlo?" rG How be?" 1 (.uieliissi-d by the London :itin ti ' o "'r' fir ;, :lis,rco" omiii4 th' "night" ?md Sie moiiilng." London ('hnli-le. I S I" ' I V ' '''' mV- J - l-:'V.V1-:'s,l-; g V Af Vt-r N 111 i W r l T ' h : -.. ' t;- f-i 1 1 v K I A ' - '; Close Relationship. One day when our Insurance manj came In he asked how- old the dog was, ami wlten lie was told he turned around to ask lo.vr tdd my little sloer was, and before my brother hatl a chance to answer him my sister Mild, The di g Is 11s olil 01 me. llo and Mm twins." Kx.iange. Thefliinel Carnegie. Ma. Carnegie shared an nlnuwd unlipie honor whh the Kiepress Ku; genie in htivin a planet named after him during his lifetime. Two of the renmrknhlo family of minor planets situated between the orbits of Juptt'r and .Mars were mimed t'urncgic' and Kugenlu. Westminster (iasette. Remarkabla Change Newspaper Article. "Hi allowed himself to be drawn, ns If by some .supernnfitnil ceiitrilugal force, to ward the center. . . ." Cen trifugal forte luted In Just the oppo site manner when we were studying but, of course, everything is upset now adays. lictUou Transcript. Jade Favorite Gem In Chin. Light green Jade Is the favorite gem of China, and it Is dlllleiilt to get thu stone in uncut form even in that coun try. Some! hues a rich Chinnuuin's es late will consist In part of a lump of Jude. Sometimes It can be obtained in pounds. Hut even the leading Jewel ers of Hongkong usually obtain it In cut form. "Stay In School." Poos It pay to continue ymn sludlest Kilmatlon means a success ful and useful lltel It pays the Indi vidual. Ktlucutlon means efficient workers; It pays the nation. Show this to your parents and ask theni what they think about It. Slay In school. Colormlo Agricultural Col lege News Notes. IMItHITANCK C)l .'THK IIKillWAV IS NKXSKO IIV UOVKHXMICNT I'nlon County liny In Iho Lead of All Counties With Her lloail I'rogram. It Is gratifying Indeed to know that Union county Is lending lb" northwest, if not tho tntlre United States, lu her road program. On ev ery hand can bo hoard commendation S3 e I The High Cot of Living ' jj for tliM' Veiiiarkaftly ' luy-augl? man lier which the work lu tlib coun ty has been planned, the entfe'o j,9 nnlna of which was endorsed by a IiiS vote of trie people. The eravitv of tiie rltuatlon per taluliiK to highways is "plainly set eorlh by Chulrmu'.i Williams of the Federal I'muicil wiio receutly vlslt- d Portland, i ''I'ntil we get busy at boll) ends uf trie highway jofc national an tvnll as state and county we will continue the almost criminal poliev of lessening the vrofila of industry mid Increasing Iho cost of living h.v millions of dollars annually. "Heads today are more than local institutions." "Creating a federal highway cum mission, and the construction of na- tioiial trunk lines Is but another stop in the principle of co-operation I w'llch now exlsta between state aiid nation.'' These wore some or Iho stuto liicuts made by S. M. Williams, chairman of the federal highway council, beforo members' forum of the Portlund Chamber of Commerce. I-Vderul Houi-d Is Atlvocatcd Mr. Williams arrived in l'm-tlnnd today on a lour of the I'acltic Coast In trie Interest or the Town send bill which provides for a fed or'i highway commission of three members nppolntcd by the president which will tako over the manage ment of all ihlghways from the de partment of agriculture, and build up a system of federal highways extending through every state in tho country to link with the statti highways. It provides for nn ex tensive plan of co-oporation be tween the federal and stute gov ernments in constructing and main mining good roads, - One of the vital provisions of the Townsend bill, uccortltug to Mr. Wllllums, is the one which provides ti nt no fewer than two or nioro than four federal hl:'-iways Bhall bo built in each slalo affording Ingress ant, egress from ot.ch state, ut not leas than three points and connecting with Ihighwcys forming part of the nutlvnul liigliwny system, in adjoin ing Htates. Two Itnads for Kach State. Hcfora this program is complet ed there shall first bo constructed or placed under contract two of Hie selectd highways in nch slato, run ning generally 1 oppnsllo directions Is a greaproblem The Shortage of RAGS is ano The La Grande Evening Observer is in dire need of clean cotton r.iKs miitulile far dunning ma chinery. Curpet rngs.'ljice Cuilains, Ovcr.illa nnd socks are not ncccplnblo. PRICE Per Pound . o iierore any edditioniil hlffhway are und rt;rlteu in other slides. This will give ei'4iiltuble distribution- In the construction of fedenil high ways in each atate. 'Sumiiiinif up," the apenker con tinued, "the Townsend bill proposes to enlarge and ooucnntrulB tiie ad ministrative powers of tho govern ment In its relation tp rocd build lug. It proposes to do this by creat ing a special Imdy having exlcuslvo clvirgq of the administration nt fed eral hlihway affairs. It proposes to concentrate this enlarged power by laying out n certain deflnlto pol icy of hlo'nwiy construction anil setting the newly created power to the sccompllihmcnt of that task. It lu mt an expedient. It Is framed to provide for the fill arc All States Must Co-operate. "It recognizes the fact that th Increased use of ti'ie public high ways of the united States hii brought about a condition which retiuires all hands on the Job not one wailing for the other, but earjt assigned to a certain definite part of tho lor.leai connections nt tho boundary lines of each state, and the state highway departments on the ov ier hand developing the main market llnea within state Jttrlsdlc Hon. "It propor.c.i to clothe the fedcr.il highway i-ommimlon with Initiatory powers in ortlcr to Insure the eco nomical locatloii mid fjfcvelopnreuk or the nntlonul highway eystcm. This commission will he in no wny do Pendent upon factors outside Itself. In the locution of proposed national lines, It will take counsel with thn states. Having taken counsel, it' will proceed with the construction of the systoin along lines that will render tho greatest good to tho greatest nuuihor. .Modern Ilemtinds Kssential "The one groat purpose of tho Townsend bill 1b to got somewhere In fitting the ronds to modern use in response to luodorn demands. It reeks to get tihe work done and put the cost reducing roads Into full operation throughout the entire country at tho earliest dutfl possi ble.' Present nt the luncheon were members of the state highway com mission, county and city officials and good roads supporters from all nections of tho state. Mr. Williams spoke under the auspices of the Ore gon State Chamber of Commerce. of Today ther ob Printintu The Utiaerrer, Main 37
