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PAGE FOTJB MONDAY, DECEMBER. 19151;,. )?;, LA GEANDE EVENING OBSERVES , i ' - . - ' 4 : " ' M A N I IF' AiTFI RKK'S SA V P . ; 0 VVilliam H. Miller & Co., of Detroit, Mich. One of the IrgestTur Manufacturers of America has consigned to us, for one day only, their entire stock of f ur sampies,,amounting in value to over $20,000.00, and we will i ,, conduct a "Xmas" fur sale at extremely low prices. At these prices you-iwill save at; least 1-3 . to (1-2 by buying now; This Sale Is For One Day Only, ,i ; WEDNESDAY, . - DECEMBER 8th Furs at the prices quoted at this sale are not a luxury but an investment. Take advantage of the bargains offered at this sale. Come and be convinced, seeing is believing. ; ' ajS?'wmv . , .' . At the close of each traveling season this mammoth fur manufacturing company has on hand an enormous amount of samples, consisting of fur sets, muffs and coats, of all the latest styles, novelties and creations made from Ermine, Bulgar- . ian Lynx, White Siberian Fox, Russian Fitch, Blended River Mink, Black Lynx and Wolf, Hudson Seal, Brilliant Seal, Patagonian Fox Leopard, Kolinsky, Chinchilla, Australian Opossum, Civit Cat, Red Fox, Natural Opossum, vSitka Mink, Vicuna, Jap Mink, German Mhrtin, Pointed Fox, Beaver, Black Pony, Marmot, Blue Flying Fox, ; .; - f .1-' ! TV '. t , t t! It is fortunate for us and the people of La Grande and vicinity, that this store 'was able; to arrange for a sale of this kind, . . " as the N.-K. West store will be able to sell furs during this sale at from one-third less than their real value; besides being able' ' - to furnish furs in a great variety and quantity as one' could find in the larger cities. Really, it will do your heart good to , ,' ,.' see this great extraordinary exhibit, whether you are in need of fur$ or not. Mr. S. J. Foster, a special representative of . . - ' tiiis company, will be here to assist in arranging and 'conducting this sale. -' ' . ; Fur Sets from $2.00 to $300 Fur Coats from $25 to (Remember the Date and the Place) '".' I', $400 Buy Furs Where You Are Sure of the Quality. ' I . ' : A MIS MIMHIHY We Stand Back of Every Article :"' We Sell. ' THE 'OBSERVER BRUCE DENNlS.'Editor and Owner. THE SHORT CUT TO SUCCESS. One of the wonderful things about the advanced knowledge of 'the day is its availability. It can be had in concise form and at prices that every body can afford. For example, here is a book entitled, "Full Instructions on How to Write Short Stories and iWhere to Sell Them." Former price mm n 9 VV0YVfiAV YOU HAVE SEEN MEN LIKE THIS ARE YOU GOING TO BE ONE OF THIS KIND? IF YOU DON'T COMMENCE NOW PUTTING MONEY IN THE BANK AND PREPARING FOR YOUR OLD AGE, YOU WILL SOME DAY BE WHERE THIS MAN IS. OLD AGE IS BOUND TO COME UNLESS YOU SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IN YOUTH. DON'T YOU THINK YOU SHOULD START A BANK ACCOUNT? BANK WITH US. ' " V WE PAY H PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS La Grande National Bank t LA GRANDE, OREGON , : Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $60,000.00 RaitniiA 1 fuu AAA Ask - ' Fred J. Holmes, President C. C: Peoington, Vice President F. L. Meyers, Cashier E. Zundel and H. E. Coolidge, ,1 ' tf..' V.v '.'rt.t, -:-St-: .'..',. 'Assistant Cashiers." DIRECTORS. Fred J. Holmes 3. G. Scod grass j. F. Ooq)v ViC.. C. uPentngtoo H. S. Brownton H. E. CoolidVe gA. Blokland A. T. H1U p. Cvin Pim iLiiJl.l'i ni.iM $1, but now reduced to 10 cents. Al most anyone, it might seem, wanting to make a few thousands a year itt spare time, could afford to invest lj cents in a book as complete and as helpful as this. It leaves nothing to be desired, for it not only Instructs the reader as to how a short story should 'be written, but what is more important, how to sell it when it is written. ' It wastes no time, cither, in laying bare the secret of the trade. "The plot,' it says, "or scheme of the story is what the most successful authors work on an outline first, securing a synopsis, and aim to have something happen every 300 or 400 words." Then it cautions the student to "remember that the editor is going to decide, in reading your manuscript, according ito the first sentence. It, therefore, must be striking remember that ac tion is essential. Every line must be gripping, if you would ge t good money for your work." vy way oi example ot an opening that is boinid to .rivet the attention of .the wary editor and clinch the sale ithen and there, the book gives this: "Mack Aimswwth looked sorrow fully from the golden curls of' Alice Norworth to the bent head of her father, and he realized that he was to be weighed in the balance and that upon him depended their happiness and future." This is good excellent, as Polonius might say and illumina tive, and if any one doubts that it has the virtue of selling stories let jiim cast his eye over the magazine fiction of today. Somehow, we fancy, ,he will detect some "first sentences" not a bit more striking than this 'and not very different, either. In short, from first to last, cover j to the cover, the book is valuable. Wihat it can do and will do for men or women who want to write short 9 ' r-t : V . . : , n , i . . , I oiwi rea is iruviuus. r rum mui point of view its merit cannot be ques tioned. From the point of view of .those of us who are more readers ot short stories, its vaut is 1rv ap- en im ib lens ua pimmy wnere many of the popular authors of our times learned their craft ji "Hereto fore we have wondered and snoru. THE QUESTION OF ARMAMENT. It is hard for military experts to understand why their views should not be accepted without question, and on the other hand it is hard for civil ians accustomed to forming opinions off-hand on all subjects to realize how little value their, views have on tech nical questions to which they have given no thought. There is need on both sides for more . discrimination and less of what President Wilson calls pride of opinion. The opponent of increased arma ment only weakens his case and makes himself absurd when he reck lessly discusses as a novice matters to which men have given a lifetime of hard study. On the other hand, the expert needs to remember that his views, even if as a matter of fact un biased, cannot possibly be relieved of the suspicion of bias. He can give information; he cannot be left to decide. Defense is but one of a nation's .functions, and it has to be harmonized with all the rest; the political expert has to be consulted quite as much as the military expert, and a good sol dier may have a quite extraordinary ignorance of his own people and what they want. This is where the military expert often goes astray; he regards "preparedness" as something that can be worked out ideally in the closet and imposed on the people. Prussia . managed .to do that to the Germans; it cannot be done in Amer ica until it ceases to be the America we know. has not been attacked as to its as are we, by the killing of ah Ehg- . validity. .' , lishwoman by the Germans. Chival- . I rous .people, good sports, don't do. wfti QAin ;such things. ' ; WELL SAID. We aiways wondered if there wera , " ' any basis of fact for a line in'ai'olU '; Editor Piper of the Portland Ore- song you may remember: ;. gonian has focused the whole politi-l "They're hanging men, and women, cal situation into the following lines : to?: . . "The trouble with the Republican "ISeT Y7k "n, ZZT ' T party is that, though the Progressive j -Newi York Evening Sun. Editorial Elysium party is practically : dissolved the I sentiment, which ornvn it. Vioirn otill I prevails almost if not quite, as ex- j aXdtepS l tensively as it did m 1912." we were pleased, -v Said it was. a good ' That is the whole thing briefly ! paper, and we were glad. Said it told. I was more than worth the money to And the Republican party in the 1 f0""..? nation and the state should heed Mr. the town, and we were supertickled Pino'o 1 ; . v o : .1 ;A i 1. . . L i . i x o wpniiuii cjipies&eu in me iu it. whs me greatest ooosier anu above paragraph. The hopes of the Allies may not be .sinking under the onslaughts of the Teutons,- but their steamships are. Besides, a man always loses more money through the top of his pocket ' than through a hole in the bottom. ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. Although the news dispatches stat ed when the report was issued re garding Washington's Supreme court declaring the late prohibition law enacted by the people of that state unconstitutional, that Oreeon has a similar law, the. statement is hot justified by a comparison of the two measures. v Washington people initiated a law to make the, state dry, but Oregon people voted -. for a . constitutional amendment empowering the legisla- )giiiature did and , ,thu .fa 'the Sf the most reliable townvbuilder and de veloper in this whole community, and we yelled with joy. , Paid for his pap er, and we slid gently to the floor : in blissful unconsciousness. Nature had reached its limit." Altoona Tri bune. A Fearful Occurence . A gentleman farmer tells of a city . lad who once worked for him. Since men are being supplanted bV . The lad was called one winter morn- , . . ... rr , mg before dawn and told to harness; women in so many positions, the real ih mule to the dearborn. eligible fellow of today is the guy I The lad was too lazy to lig-ht a who understands housekeeping. i lantern and in the dark he didn't no tice tnat one oi tne cows wo ui me Bethlehem steel company is in for a great future. When it gets through making war munitions, it will be framing steel bridges and structural iron for European countries. If any material gain has come to the Allies from the entrance of Italy into the war it is not visible to any alarming extent. J. .J. ..t. 4. 4. .j. 4. THE SPICE OF LIFE. 'h 4 4 4 4 4, 4; 4 ! Unfit ...-v-'i "What brought you to house-breaking, my man?" "Lost my job as a baseball pitcher, judge. ;' i "Well you were ollto1i,itoeo Into burglary, if you are poor at locating the plate." Louisville Courier Jour-, nal. Jv, .' 1 1 in Kngtirti ere jasnmnf eooetne stable with the ' mule. The, farmer, impatient at the long delayv shouted' from the house: "Billyl Billy! What are yoti doing?" "I can't get the collar over the mule's head," yelled back the boy. "His ears are frozen. 'Collier's Weekly. ' - Misfit ' Ad in a New York paper: "Wanted Bookkeeper and salesman. Must have one leg shorter than the other." ' Wb were about to telephone this' . opportunity to a friend, when we sud-" denly remembered that what he had was one leg longer than the other.., -Boston Transcript ; , VTarm loans! Reasonable Rates 1 ; ! SFAfffnr MNP 6 Sfl IINGS 1 'V. Ml it -JtgJ V, ' fry .e I:
