THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1915,
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE TWO
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Our Specials for Cash
FRIDAY
Phesant coffee, per pound - 20c
'Golden Star soap, 7 -bare 25c
Snider's catsup, per pint bottle 20c
All we ask is to give us a trial, and we will save
you money.
HOME MADE MINCE MEAT.
WHITE'S GROCERY
305 N. Fir Phone Main 42
jects: First, to deter others jsecond,
to punish him; third, to reform him
if possible. The first object, to our
mind, is by far the most important.
To the "modern penologist" the third
seems to be the chief object, and the
first is in danger of being quite over
looked, i
HOW EMERGENCY MEN ARE
MADE
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TAKING UP THE BURDENS OK
THE SHIRKERS.
Desertion of families by fathers is
one of the persistent Bocial problems.
Its causes are easy to discover, but
its cure is difficult. "Desertion is
sometimes premeditated, somettimes
drifted into by men going out to look
for work; it is sometimes due to in
temperance or moral weaknessess,
sometimes to temperamental .infirmi
ties of husband or wife." runs a re-
port of the Springfield Survey, De
partment of Survey and Exhibits,
Russel Sage Foundation.
The report puts particular empha
sis upon the social influence exerted
by each case of desertion. "The
spectacle, for instance, of rewarded
desertion that is, of the husband
temporarily relieved of his responsi
bilities, the family in about as good
shape as before he left, or in fairly
good shape soon after his departure
may tend toward irresponsibility
among other men wavering upon thu
border."
But "social influence" can work in
several ways. One form of it call
make desertion mighty ." unpopular.
This is the form of pronounced pub
lic contempt. .The man who desert!
his family leaves them to be sup
ported by the other men who make
up the commpnity. He makes his
family a charge upon the man next
door and the man across the streef,
and upon his neighborhood and city.
He throws his responsibility upon all
who pay taxes and no one escapes
; some form of tax. '
j "When the hard working independ
jent citizen realizes that he is bound
i to assume the burdens of all the
shirkers, he will soon see to it that
fewer men get the chance to shirk.
Imprisoning a man has three ob-
One of the biggest financial men
in the country is reported to be look
ing for an "emergency man" who will
be capable of handling in detail that
man' affairs. It's a big job and tho
"emergency man" who fills it must
be everything that the name im
plies. The "emergency man" is the
latest development of the business
world. He is the man who must
meet the sudden "ordeal, whether a
commercial house faces bankruptcy
or a train is wrecked. In both cases
he is developed in the same way.
What is his secret? "Hard grind
ing work," is the answer' given by
Prof. Stephen W. Gilman, addressing
a body of students in a western uni
versity. ''When I tell you to work,
I do not mean work which is delirious
and the result of a wool gathering
and flabby mind. I mean intelligently
directed work." y
This kind of talk is good to hear.
It is the dependable man who keeps
at his job in an even, forceful, normal
way who . suddenly finds himself
equipped for all emergencies. - Tho
reward is worth effort.
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.
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La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON
. Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $50,000.00
Resources $1,000,000.00
Fred J. Holmes, President C. C. Penington, Vice President
F. L. Mvers, Cashier E. Zundel and H. E. Coolidge,
Assistant Cashiers.
Fred Holmes
C. C. Penington
A. BloMand
DIRECTORS.
X G. Snodgrasa
H. S. Brown ton
A. T. Hill
3. F. Conley
H. E, Coolidge
F. L. Meyer
During the month of October this
country shipped to South American
countries exports to the value of $15,
463,259 which is about three times
the value of exports for the cor
responding month last year. The in
crease has been of steady growth, and
it is generally felt that but for the
extraordinary market in Europe at
the present time, the value of exports
to South Amenca would by this time
have been much greater. There
seems to be no doubt in the minds of
American exporters that the South
American market is all that it has
been represented as being. American
exporters have been accused of neg
lecting a field which as soon as peace
in Europe is concluded will prove of
great value to them and to the coun
try, but this charge fails to take into
consideration the nature of the de
mand for American goods. Europe is
willing to payv the price, and it is
getting the goods.
Although somewhat late to take
advantage of the openings made by
the sudden withdrawal of European
ships from -the South American trade,
American merchants, it appears, have
finally settled upon a definite policy
toward South American exporters.
Representatives Of New York banks
have for some time been engaged in
perfecting a chain of branch banks
in leading South American centers
with the intention of arranging a
system of credits similar to that
which the Germans had in good work
ing order before the war. Several
trade societies have sent representa
tives to SoutU America to lecture on
subjects pertaining to commerce with
the United States, and the govern
ment, through its commercial agents
and special representatives of the De
partment of Commerce, has con
tributed its full share to the move
ment. That results should be slow in man-"
ifesting themselves is only natural.
Considerable emphasis has been
placed on the fastidiousness of South
American buyers, and with their cus
tomary readiness to adapt themselves
to conditions as they find them,
American salesmen are making cap.
ital of a trait which at first appealed
to them as somewhat foolish. If a
South American buyer wishes to
make a social function of a business
transaction he will be accommodated.
He will pay for it, of course, but the
cost is an' item of secondary import
ance. But the main result to note is
not so much the method of acquiring
this business, as the extent to which
it has been acquired, and in this re
spect, everything considered, Ameri
can exporters have done well. An
average daily sale of half a million
dollars is by no means a small item
when the tremendous pressure of Eu
ropean business is taken into consid
eration. .
A LEADER AGAINST
LEADER.
THE
The democratic administration faces
a peculiar situation. Claude Kitchen;
the representative from North Caro
lina, holds the title of leader of the
democratic majority. He is the head
push and all the other fellows must
bow to his will. Mr. Kitchen, how-i
ever, is diametrically opposed to tho
real leader of the democratic party.
President Wilson. Mr. Wilson is for
a program of preparedness while Mr.
Kitchen is an ultra-consorvativo. He
lend g away backward against the
scheme of putting this country-on a
basis where it will be ready to meet
all comers. .
Judging' by the sentiment ox
pressed by a majority of the mem
bers of the house of congress, . Mr.
Kitchen is ndt to find much support
regarding his views on preparedness.
Like Mr. Bryan he is at odds with
the rest of his party.
There is an opportunity for a
warm scrap in the majority party by
the attitude of Kitchen. If other
members are in a resentful mood,
they will not re-elect Kitchen, but
President Wilson is not in fvor of this
drastic treatment of a man who is
honest in his opinions. Mr. Kitchen
may be wholly right in. his peace
ideas, just as Mr. Ford may be
wholly right, but the sentiment of the
country' appears to be against them.
If the people of the North Carolina
district from which Mr. Kitchen
comes are opposed to strengthening
the country's army and navy forces,
then it becomes Mr. Kitchen's duty
to work and vote in accordance to
their wishes. He is their representa
tive and should represent them hon
estly and without regard to his per
sonal opinion. But if, on the other
hand, his people are in favor of back-1 ""
ing up President Wilson, and . he
fails to represent them in that aspect use of slang,
of the case, he is not doing his duty sensible. It
as their agent in the house.
President Wilson lias not fully out
lined his wishes on the question of
preparedness. . His position will he The Oregonian of Sunday contains
stated in the message which is now , the following editorial paragraph:
in the hands of the printer. It may ; Pat Foley keeps a hotel in La
so turn out that Mr. Kitchen and Grande and it goes without saying
some others of the conservatives will that it is a good house; but hotel
feel that the president is not far out keeping is only an item of the day's
of the way and will turn In to sup-' work -with him. His specialty is to
port his plans. 'go into the highways and byways of
Fortunately the question of, pre- his city at holiday time and see per
paredness has not been thrown into sonally that every youngster under
the political hopper. It is a non- Hi is not forgotten. This year he will
partisan issue. The president will i distribute 600 pounds of candy. There
NEW NAVEL
ORANGES
SUNKIST BRAND
4 sizes 25c, 30c, 40c, 50c per dozen.
Sweet Japanese oranges, 20c per dozen.
' Try a sack of
SNOW DROP FLOUR, per sack .. ...$1.45
' There is nothing better.
" PHONE MAIN 70
HARRIS GROCERY
408 North Fir Street, Cross Track
It is neither logical nor
crowds out the refined
and the elegant and brings the lan
guage to a level not desirable.
praise of a pleased ' customer, and
there are hundreds in La Grande today
praising Mi-o-na because it does what
it is aairestised' to do. A few months
ago they could eat nothing without
wondering what the result would be.
Since using Mi-o-na, they eat what
they want and when they want with
no fear of suffering. Newlin Drug
Co. 11-9-5
I
find some of his warmest supporters
among the republicans in both houses
ofcongress.
ARE THE SEASONS CHANGING?
Every once in a while people will
tell you that the seasons ar echanging.
They say it is warmer longer in the
fall, warmer in the winter, cooler in
the spring and that there is more
rain and coolness in the summer.
Doubt Jjheir word and they will point
to Alaska, which they say was form
erly so cold and cheerless that notn
ing would grow there. Now it is quite
different. Even the United States
government believes Alaska can be
made an agricultrual country. At
least it is going to find out the fact3,
for it has established four agricul
tural experiment stations up there
and is going ahead with the work in
a way that will be of benefit to every
body. '
The experiments are of course not
complete. It is not as yet known just
to what extent crops can be ,grown,
nor is it certain what are the best
crops to plant. But the results this
year show conclusively that Alaska is
not to be despised as an agricultural
region, and the department state3
positively that even at this time there
is no reason why enough produce
should not be grown to supply the lo
cal dema,nd. . .
But however much Alaska may be
boosted as an agricultural state, and
however much the government may
ought to be a Pat Foley m every
town and city in Oregon.
Mr. Taft has reiterated his chargvw
that the Philippines are not being
governed' properly. " There is a sus
picion that Mr. Taft believes that the
best government the islands had was
that over which he presided.
' Moving piotures according to one
of their sponsors, have revived the
lost art of love making, which will
be news to the hosts of young persons
who had not before been aware that
the pastime had died out.(
Norway and other European na
tions say they do not want Mr. Bry
an. What then in view of this coun
try's three time verdict, is eventually
going to become of him.
Two dead and 10 wounded as a re- j
suit of a. battle between Bulgarian i
and Serb miners in United States, j
,War correspondents should , "see
'America first."
It is to be feared that the ventilat
ing experts who built the capital
building at Washington never fore
saw the amount of hot air that would
be emitted therefrom.
France asks Uncle Sam to coin for
her two million metal discs a week.
It looks as if a charge on the enemy's !
gum machines is contemplated.
It is necessary now to
see thefr
learn about crops and how to grow faces before classifying them as
them up there, the country is going 'to little girls "with skirts at their shoe-
be a mining camp rather than an j tops."
agricultural section. Agriculture
may help out; it may and unques
tionably will in time, be of a great
ueept
urye
LENSES
Are designed especially to re
lieve all forms of eye strain and
to correct more perfectly errors
of refraction. A few of the ad
vantages of. Heacock deep
curve lense3 are, Clearer Vis
ion, Wider Field, Greater Com
fort and Improved Appearance.
My work combines that of both
oculist and optician. I pre
scribe, grind and fit my own
glasses. The responsibility is
mine the comfort and satis
faction is yours.
You only have one pair of eyes;
take them to the best specialist
in La Grande. That's Heacock.
HEACOCK
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
Office 3rd flooi of New
Building.
Foley
benefit to the inhabitants. But the
money to be made in Alaska will be
from mining, not from growing crops.
OUR EXPANSIVE LANGUAGE
Language undergoes many changes
with the passing of time and many
words, have been introduced into ths
English language which were once
slang expressions. The O. K. of busi
ness is of such long usage that no
positive explanation can be given as
to its origin. A recently coined
word is jitney, which is the equivalent
for a five cent piece. It is now ap
plied to the automobile bus and has
been largely used, without quotation
marks or explanation, in magazine
and newspaper articles. If the jit
ney buses survive the word may
fasten itself in the language and in
a few years find regular place in the
dictionaries.
' For the determination of a new
object there is no real objection to
the introduction of such word. Lan
guage is for the purpose or communi
cating thought and if the word jitney
conveys the meaning exactly what is
the use of a number of words to ex
press the same thing? It has been
said of the English language that it
is the most convenient because it em
ploys no useless words. It employs
shortcuts and expresses thought
quickly and decisively. There is
nothing, however, to be gained by the
Much Adler-i-ka Used in La Grande.
It is reported by C. D. Putman that
much Adlor-i-ka is sold in La Grande.
People have foi(nd out that ONE
SPOONFUL of this simple buckthorn
bark and glycerine mixture relieves
almost ANY CASE of constipaton,
sour or gassy stomach.' It s so pow
erful that it is used successfully on
appendicitis. ONE MINUTE after
you take it tho gasses rumble and
pass out. It is perfectly safe to uSe
and cannot gripe, Adv.
EAT A SQUARE MEAL
NOT FEAR WEST!
There are hundreds of people
in , La Grande who were not the
least bit surprised when they
read in the Observer that the
Newlin Drug Co., is selling Mi-o-na
on a guarantee to refund the money
in case it did not relieve. This re
markable dyspepsia remedy will re
lieve the worst case of Indigestion,
headache, dizziness, or the general
played-out condition that afflicts
every one suffering with stomach
trouble. Mi-o-na does not simply re
lieve, it. nimn tn Miro. J
Newlin Drug Co., can tell you of!
many well known people in this city!
who this remedy has restored to
health, often after they have tried
many other methods of treatmen
with little or no benefit. No other
dyspepsia remedy has made so large
a percentage of cures as Mi-o-na. It is
so large that Newlin Drug Co., stands
reaay 10 reiuna tne price - to any
customer when it does not help.
The best kind of advertising- is the
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The one perfect front-lace
corset with that exclusive
VENTILO back, and VENTILO
front shield. A model for every
possible figure and a price for
every purse. $ 2.00 and up.
MRS. ROBERT PATTISON
CORSETIERE.
Other models at $2.00 up.
Residence 1702 Oak
Phone Red 8221
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