La Grande evening observer., January 10, 1914, Image 4

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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1914.
PRICES TAKE. ANOTHER BIG DROP MONDAY
West's 16th - Annual - Clearance - Sale
Absolutely Every Garment in Our Ladies
Ready - to - Wear Department Must Go
Look at These Prices That
Go Into Effect Monday
Q QA Take your Choice (Q ((
yy.yy) of any Tailored Suit
in the store-none reserved-Values up to $40
to select from .
Alt - Coats - at - Half - Price
Nota garment in the entire line re
served. Includes all newest styles for
Women, Misses and Children. Come
early and select the coat you want
Three Lofs of Coa's at Less Than Cost of
Materials ... . . . . .
LOT 1 Consists of Ladies Coats that
sold up to $1003 baginning djl in
Monday your choice for .tplltF
LOT 2 Consists of Ladies Coats and
Dres333 t iat sold up to $25 dl OQ
B3gi.uiing.Man. yaur chshe pJJ
LOT 3-Consists of Childs and Misses
Coats that sold up to$10. Be- Qr
ginning Monday your choice H
ONE Lot Ladies Dress Skirts that
sold up to $9.00. Beginning djl Q
Monday your choice PIlt7
VI Broken Lines Ladies and Children's Shoes Reduced Still Lower
rpi7 RCFTD FTD men wfl0 nave a certain work to per- of this city could be induced to put
lllLj WDoLitx V LilY form are parsimonioua with the time in one hour each night of self im
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner, allotted for its performance. In provement the result in the course
every walk of life every man spends 0f 0ne year would be so marked that
t i t a i. a m. A V
janerea in me posi-mce v j.u hourg an(J hourg dong nothwg that j outej. attractiona would cease to draw
urunui-, vrrcKU", s occunu twoo , ,, , . .
matter. -
playing ping pong? Could anyone
wrestle with huge mental problems
by devouring a dime novel?
will add. For these the complaint: j them. When young people leave
. '. "nothing to do, is a silly utterance, school it usually means that they are !
Advertising rates on application. All It's a bad habit to drift into be- done with their books. This is just
copy for display advertising must cause the gins that out 0f idle- the time when they ought to do sori
reach the office the day before the thinga m!gW. be ,oug
( done to perfect the mind are worth It must constantly be brought' to the
Address all communications to pondering over. One of the main mind of young people that self im
THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth Street, results of this practice is the one provement is of great value in any
M-hich ends in the inability to enter- . walk 0f life. It will broaden their
tain one's self . This class must rely horizon of intelligence and assist
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily' per week . . . . '. '. '. '. . . . . . . . . 15c upon 8ome outsiJe entertainment, and . them to climb the ladder of distinc-
Daily, per month 65c nowadays this art has been left to tion. The laws of the mind are
Daily, per six months in ad- professional entertainers who in a parallel to those of the body. If one
vance $3.50 "great many instances do not enter- feeds the body with sweets the re
Daily, per year in advance $7.00 The demand ;3 ao consistent suit is usually a bad stomach, poor
vonce' ,K'r eaF " " $1 00 tna' 10 are constant'v confronted resisting qualities and no stamina.
Weel lv Observer Der vear in vtth the necessity of seeking eome- If the mind is fed on cheap novels
advance $1.50 thing that is new and exciting.
" r r? phe history of the correspondent
THE WASTE OF TIME. Schools is full of anecdotes that show
Some men who have become en
thused over a certain subject, are
siirgy with their time. Business
how thousands of men who employed
spare moments at night rose to high
positions. If young men and women
THE TELEPHONE
By furnishing quick service in com
munication multiplies a man's capacity
and makes it possible for the business
man to traniactmore business.
EVERY TELEPHONE A LONG DISTANCE STATION
HOME INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE SYSTEM
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it never acquires the strength for
hard and constant concentration.
So many people thing they are
thinkers when as a matter of fact
they are consciously or unconsciously
following the opinions of someone
else. To be able to think one must
cultivate the habit of thinking and
comparing. And this does not come
from reading alone. It might be
well to call the advice of Roger Ba
con, who aid "reading mnketh a
full man, writing an exact man, and
conversation a ready man. Every
body would think it absurd for a
sprinter who sought to cultivate good
wind and endurance and hard mus
cles, by lying on the sofa and pour
tag oyer huge books on how to bo
come a sprinter. A wrestler usually
engages some husky, muscular fel
low who will be fit match for htm
self and then takes all the. punish
ment he is able to administer. Could
anyone become a football player by
FIGHTING THE LOAN SHARKS.
An organization of public-spirited
men began actual business operations
in Portland recently, along entirely
new lines for western cities. They
have gone into the' business of mak
ing short-term loans. Their object
in business is to put the loan sharl:
out of business and it is likely that
they will succeed.' The Russell Sage
foundation has demonstrated the prac
ticability of such an association in
New York and there can be no doubt
of the enormous amount of good that
it will do. It has been shown ' to
those who are victims that the loan
sharks of Portland have been exact
ing interest from them ranging from
10 to 50 per cent a month, because
of their devious methods, particular
ly with respect to the renewal of
loans. It has been shown to them,
too, that the loaning of money on wage
assignments can be done profitably at
a three per cent a month interest
rate or even less, and it is upon
the three per cent basis that the new
organization has been begun.
The purpose of this new organiza
tion !h not to make a profit, although
it is expected it will do so. As it
hns a special legislative license
which restricts its dividends to six
per cent annually upon its capital
slock it has no incentive for making
a great amount of money. Its pri
mary object is to prove that loais
U wage-workers can be made at a
rate of interest which is not ex
orbitant and thus to bring the wage
earners' loan business into the hands
of reputable men and to place them
upon a sound economic basis.
There are many times when wage
workers are desperately in need of
temporary financial assistance, no
matter how thrifty they may be.
Sickness and other misfortunes very
quickly dissipate the savings, and
when the h&rrower comes there is
no recourse for the most honest of
men and women other than an ap
plication to the loan shark. . With
out the honest men and women who
must necessav!ly patronize them the
loan sharks could not exist. But
that usually means the beginning
of a highly ingenious form of eco
romic slavery lasting over a long
period of time. It is the system
that has made peons of the Mexicans,
though the system there is, of course,
more elaborately conducted.
The new organization announces
that it wii! tak? into consideration
to a great degree the object to;
which the loan is required.' If it
c'oes so it should be of vast benefit
to thousands of detwving folk and
should be the leaven which will wont
a great improvement in the economi:
conditions of the workers of Portland.
Bakery Luncheon at Dntlis'
ery.
bak-
La Grande National Bank
Organized in 1887.
"KSIOTlTEB DEPOSITORY OF TMTED STATES GOTERjnTKJiT.
miTKO STATES POSTAL 8A VIJiGS DEPOSITORY.
Capital $100,000.00
Surplus ., $140,000.00
Total Resources $1,000,000.00
For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weatker, we kave
successfully entered to the monetary wants of the people ef La
Grande and the Grande Ronde Valley.
VTe respectfully solicit yoor business.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon