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, : LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
MONDAY,' JANTTART 3, 1916.,
Started Today! Now In Full Swing! West's 18th Great
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Anwii January
earaiice Sale
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EVEK ACTCLE ON TOiDS STORE MDJUCEgJ
Entire Stock of Women's and Misses
1-2 PRICE
SUITS, COATS
DRESSES
$8.00 vaiucs go at ;'' $4.00.
$10.00 Values go at ., .$5.00
$12.50 Values go at $6.25
$15.00 Values go at $7.50
$17.50 Values go at -.. $8.25
$20.00 Values go at ... $10.00
$22.50 Values go at ........ - $11.50
$25.00 Values go at . $12.50
$27.50 Values go at $13.75
130.00 Values go at ..$15.00 '
Entire Stock of Childrens Coats 1-2 Price
Entire Stock of Furs to be Sold at Cost
One Lot of Over 100 Fine Over- 1 O PRIPP
mats tffir M-n. flrw-irl
coats for Men, Good Styles
$12.50 Overcoats go at $6.25
$15.00 Overcoats go at $7.50
$17.50 Overcoats go at $8.75
$20.00 Overcoats o at ..
$22.50 Overcoats go at
$25.00 Overcoats go at .....
$10.00
$11.25
$12.50
25 off on Finest Stock of Men's Suits
'' "Society Brand," "Benjamin" Suits, "Hii-sch-Wickwire" Suits, Fidelity
Suits. Perfect fitting Guaranteed satisfaction.
$15.00 Suits go at ......
$17.50 Suits go at ....
$20.00 Suits go at
$11.25
$13.15
. $15.00
$22.50 Suits go at $16.90
$25.00 Suits go at . ......$18.75
$27.50 Suits go at'.: $20.65
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THE OBSERVER
BRUCE DENNIS, Editor and Owner.
Bntered in the Poatofflce at ' La
Grnde, Oregon, aa second clasa
nutter. .
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r. J. -NOW FOiR -BUBJPifSi?,, '.,
V " ' The holidays are over--and such
' f holidays as they were few people
i hf ive experienced such good times,
Loch complete relaxation, such 'devout
; , celebration and commemoration of
the 'best time of all the year.
Yea, all the celebrating has past
into history and now it is up to every
individual to get in and work. By
work we mean, it is everyone's duty
to try and increase the business ol
the city and community, to use all
fair-means: to attract people to' La
Grande and the Grande Ronde Valley,
to vigilantly watch for opportunities
to push the community forward, and.
in; general way to exercise "team
work" in order that La. Grande may
be a better place to live in; that busl-
nesg may be- remunerative, and that
there may be in evidence toe reeling
of brotherly love and neighborly af
fection. All join in to make 1916 the great
est year in the city's history.
One good guess of an abnormally
extra-hazardous occupation in this
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PftNttWrPtUS. ,
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La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON "
Capital $200,000.00 Surplus 60,000.00 .
Resource $1,000,000.00 : ' . M v.
Fred J. Holmes, President
F. L. Havers, Cashier
Q. C Penmgton, Vice President
& feudal and H. E. iCoondge,
Assistant Cashiers.
Jfred . Holmes
OftC PeatagtoB
ATBlekland
. DJItEOKata
J. G. Snodgraat
H. 8. Brows toa
A. T. sin
J. F. Conley
country is to take a contract for sup
plies for the allies.
SPECULATION AS TO THE
TUBE
FU-
There is much speculation in re
gard to what will happen to our in
dustries, with the close of the war.
Will peace bring a severe reaction ?
Discussions show that opinions differ
'greatly on the subject. j tj-
Most agree that Europe' will suffer
from acute depression when tjje
enormous spending of money by govf.
ernments ceases.
But whether America will be injur 'J
iously affected, or will, without inter-,
rupuon, continue to march along the
path of prosperity, are points in ro-1
gard to which the best authorities
differ.
The more optimistic reason that."
when the war ends, Europe will im-'
mediately begin the colossal work of
industrial and commercial reconstruc
tion. This will call for large quanti
ties of materials in this country, not
ably articles needed for building,
agricultural implements, etc., as it
will take quite a while to beat the
foreign swords into plowshares, and
the .fpears into pruning hooks.
Taxes will have to be so heavy to
meet the war-debt burdens that the
cost of production and the rate of
wages in Europe will be much higher
than they were before the war. Our
politicians do not seem to realize
that heavier taxes here will also be
an industrial drawback.
Of course, taxes here will Le
smaller than in Europe, and moreover
the United States will have practically
unlimited supplies of money and cred
it, and ought to be more than able to
hold its own with tax burdened Eu
rope. Fortunately this country is in the
most satisfactory position of any
leading nation on earth, and with our
presents the dispassionate view of a
text book and it is a Scholarly piece
of work.' ; It ttustj became a' standard
reference book for those ydio' : are
studying the results of popular gov
ernment in Oregon; Jimmy Bamett
is another of the long line of success
ful men, who as boys had their child-
Ttood inspiration from, this town. If
we could have known then how fani
ous and useful they would be, how we
, ' 'should have deferred to these boys. v
"MOTHER, A WORD THAT MEANS
' THE WORLD TO ME."
(Copyright, 1915, by Leo Feist, Inc.,
- Fiest building, New York. Inter
national copyright secured and re
served, London, Aschenberg, Hop
Igood & Co., Limited.)
I've been around the world, you bet,
But never went to school,
Hard knocks are' all I seem to get, -
' Perhaps I've been a fool;
But still, some educated folks, sup
posed to be so swell, -"
Would fall, if they were called upon
;.'.', a simple word to spell.
Now, if you'd like to put me to a test,
There's one dear name that I can
spell best:
CHORUS.
"M" is for the million things she gave
me;
"0" means only .that she's growing
okl;
'"IT' is for the tears were shed to save
me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light
shining,'
"R" means right, and right shell al
, , ways be;
Put them all together, they spell
"MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.
When I was but a baby, long before
I learned to walk,
While lying in my cradle, I would try
that had been planned in the public
mind to take place 'Friday night
and Sunday morning, there was little
drinking and very little intoxication.
ay proof it is snown tnat most oi we
saloons quit before midnight. In
stead of streets being crowded with a
jostling, blear-eyed mob it was crowd
ed with perfectly sober people out to
see the fun the "drunks" would make
The "drunks" did not show up and
Ut a reasonable hour everyone went
nome in a way disappointed, but n
most cases happily disappointed.
If every town in tho state got along
as well as L Grande did Friday ,a
there will be little lawlessness to re
port. -.1 .
her new state prohibition law, for a
long, lone: ritie. New Year's cafe nar-
l t.ioo read significance in the signs
posted everywhere, even during the
day: No drinks served after midnight.
How about the boy who used to eat
onions to keep his mother from
smelling smoke on his breath is he
still with us?
' Today's Oddest Story.
Denver, Colo, Dec. 31. With the
arrival of the new year at midnight
tonight, Colorado will mount the wat
er wagon, via the Btepping stone of
: .Indians Feast on Jackrabbits.
Pendleton, Ore, Dec. 81. The In
dians ' on the reservation will ' enjoy
their annual feast tomorrow and
more'ihan 300 jackrabbits will furn
ish the principal part of the menu.
Several of the red men have been
hunting the last few days in the west
end of- the county and returned this
morning with eight hackloads of rafo-
bHs'.:-'i! ' rl-l'liOf; '
-Afhilny, N. Y, Dec. 81. Sarge
canal completion contracts, calling for
the expenditure of $8,243,861, shortly
will be awarded. State . Engineer
Williams made this announcement I
here today. Of this amount $2,001,
85.1 wilj be paid out of the $27,000,000
bond" issue, authorized by the Novem
ber electorate. Settlement of the re
mainder will be covered by old canal
funds...- -' ' '
my best to talk; v
excellent banking and currency sys- It wasn't long before I spoke, and all
tern, there seems to be nothing in the n eighbors heard,
sight to check our unparalleled growth My folks were very proud of me, for
more than temporarily.
OREGON MAN FROM EMPORIA.
Thirty years ago in Emporia
black-eyed, keen-faced boy roamed !
the fields and woods around Emporia
and played up and down the alleys
and over the vacant lots, says William
Allen White's Emporia Gazette.
About fifteen years ago he went to
Leland Standford University as a
teacher. Now he is Dr. James D.
Barnett, professor of political science
in the University of Oregon, and his
book, "The Operation of the Initiative
and Referendum, and Recall in Ore
gon," is a sincere attempt to tell the
story of those "fads and ismsj" not
from the standpoint of the partisan,
out from the standpoint of the scien
tific observer of facts, with no thesis
to prove. .,,
' The book "is' published by the Mae-
rolllan conar-ans.u 1$ fa, carefully
worked out study of the election re-
"Mother" was the word.
Although I'll never lay a claim to
fame,
I'm satisfied that I can spell this
name:
CHORUS.
"M" is for the mercy she possesses,
"O" means that I owe her all I
own,
"T" is for her tender, sweet caresses,
"H" is for her hands that made a
home;
"E" means everything she's done to
help me,
, "R" means real and regular, yoo
tea, ' ;,
Put them all together, they : spell
: "MOTHER,",' ' "' " ;' .';
' A word ithat means the world to me.
j DRY NEW YEAR IN LA GRANDE
Apparently ,"ell sums and Dredic-1
raons i&u mary weataer.-.vi; -t,
ir JXMs coUJ5 very aptly be . saM re
tarding the first dry New Year's ga?
in La Grand --
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FOR
THE
DOCTOR
Symptoms signify the approach of some dis
ease what disease few can tell. It takes years
of study and experience to do that. Send for one
who does know your doctor. He will diagnose
.the case and write for the needed remedies'. And,
by the way, these remedies should be exactly
right pure and accurate to the fraction of a .
grain.
Bring Your Prescriptions
to Us
and you'll get what the doctor orders. It's as
important to have your medicines put up by our
experienced pharmacist as it is to employ an ex
perienced physician. '
We have the experience; we have pure drugs;
we hare perfect service.
La Grande Pharmacy
A. NEWLIN ' Matiaorpr
j . West-Jbeott-Building Opposite -BohneB
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