East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-18
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Now that the move is underway let
everybody put their shoulders to the
wheel and help with
Just What the that swimming pool
City Needs. 1t is so good move
Il should not be al
lowed TO fail.
A natatorium Of this sort is eactly
the right sort OF thing for Pendleton.
II will strengthen the city at the very
point where we are weak. It will be
a community asset forever to come
and 1t will easily pay for its own main
tenance after II is established.
But that is not all. Such an estab-
lishment will be a wonderful thing for
the local boys and girls in particular
II viii provide a safe clean place in
which they may swim Every person
should know how TO swim. II is not
only splendid exercise but mans life
or the life OF friend may sometime
depend on his being able TO swim.
Therefore swimming should be en-
couraged. There are some schools
from which a student cannot gradu-
ate without knowing how 10 swim.
II is not bad requirement.
or course the proposed natatorium
will not be merely for boys and girls.
II will be for adults also and it will
be appreciated by a very large ele-
ment OF grown-ups. No doubt about
that
The natatorium will be worth its
cost: boost it along.
With prospects for a larger crop
than usual. as far as the whole coun-
try is concerned. it
Justice for should be gratifying TO
The Farmer. the farmers TO know
the, present treasury
department is alive to the necessity Of
ample money for crop moving pur-
poses and furthermore has nerve en-
ough TO act and act decisively when
there Is any deed of action.
Here is recent statement from
Secretary McAdoo:
The new federal reserve banks
should be in operation in time to ma
terially help the crop movement
Whether they are or not the treasury
IS ready and can extend all the aid
that may be needed. The financial
condition Of the country IS so excep-
tionally sound now and money is SO
easy that no concern whatever need
be felt about the immediate future
You have not heard this year. for the
first time in many years. anything
about tight money this fall or any ex-
pressed fear Of inability % handle the
big crops that are in prospect
The federal reserve banks viii be
ready for business much sooner than
expected. An immense amount Of
work has been done that does not ap-
pear on the surface. When the fed
eral reserve board organizes 81 will
find comprehensive information col
lccted and prepared by the Reserve
Bank Organization Committee. and
reports made by a committee OF ex.
perts, composed OF II Parker Willis
chairman; Edmund u. Fisher. An
drew A. Benton. A. Howard Wolfe.
Joseph A. Frederick. Ralph Dawson
and stephen II. Fsrnham Of New
York. on system OF uniform &C.
counting clearing house functions
commercial paper. &c. Also briefs
from important clearing houses and
commercial bodies on the definition
of commercial paper. The reserve
hoard will be able 90 get down 20 bus
mess quickly and expedite the final
steps IN the organization OF the
hanks"
Every Intelligent farmer knows the
meaning OF ample money al crop NOV
ing time II means Just prices 20 ths
grawer A tight money market al.
ways, means forced sales whether pri.
cos are riFht or not and the farmei
loses considerable margin OF profii
witch Is absorbed by tho men whc