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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
FRIDAY, .TANUARY lii'lOlSi'i
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A FEDERAL WEEKLY.
Not content with the publishing
business for himself, and not entirely
i satisfied with the Congressional
Record, Win. Jennings Bryan now
proposes to have the government go
' into the newspapor business or the
j magazine business or whatever else
' fee would call the proposed publication.
t: He thinks the nation ought to publish
some sort of a weekly bulletin that
should contain matters that somebody
1 thinks would be of interest to the
f, public. Jn a recent statjemSnt at
. Wiaehington, he said:
I "The public welfare demands the
I publication of a digest of the govern
I ment's work in the form of a bulletin!
i" published weekly, or at such other in-
tervals as may be foundbest, and sent
S free to all postmasters, state, county
I and city executives, libraries, collegos,
high schools, newspapers,' periodicals
and other public centers of informa
tion. It should also be' furnished at
cost to such individuals as may desire
to subscribe for it, as the Congres
sional Record now is.
He went farther than this. The
bulletin should be bi-partisan, he says,
and he suggests that a'certain amount
f space be left for. editorials to be
furnished by the parties jn proportion
to their strength in.'congresB. The news
column of the biilleins are- to soiu:
lain law's passed by:congress, 'digest
of less Important things done br tan-
'''iptn ahf by the' yarious departments
Of the goveritment, reporting the im-fortamfc-i
speeches delivered and fur-
staking yoterr with the: information
necessary to pass'inteJllgen judgment
I. on the acts of , their public service,"
rt and he adds,'. "congress could from
I time, to time direct what should be
I put into the paper and what should be
a left to the discretion, of the managing
'board."
We have one fine example of a con-
fresslonally directed publication in the
t congressional record and we fail to
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is" to Visit .West's stoj-e during, tlc," JanuryCJearance Stile," and pick up a high .'grade Tailored,.Sui
ywve $5,00 .to $G.pp on it. "Benjanun,'?. "Society ' azidt aiitl -5a0U fe1"
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"OUR BEST
lliMEli
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15.00 Alen's Buits at( .......
..:;?17.50jeu,p Suite at ll
$20.00 Men's Suits' at
..-...$13.15
.15,00
which ia all that need be said a
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-,.v$22.5a Men's Suits at
Suit and
With
them.
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$25.00 Men's Suits at
;.$27.50 Men's Suitsat ..:.
$16.90
$18.75
Vl,f
Small Boy's Suits V
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The very newest styles fine ma
terials of velvet, worsted, check and
plain serge combination, corduroy and
serge combination Ages 2 1-2 to 6
years.
Regular 4.00 Suits Clearance . .$2.00
Regular $5.00 Suit Clearance.
Regular $6.00 Suits Clearance . .$3.00
Boys' Russian
Blouse Suits Values
to $5.00 all Wool
Clearance 98c
Men's Its at Cl
4 mk
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... Fine Serges, (JheVoits, Worsteds, ;n tegukr pan,ts cloths, woven . es
pecially for wear -also heavy woovinter pints for work. - ? -
$2.00 Pants now' . : $l.$n
$3.00 Pants now j,::-.....;...$2.25 '
$4.00 Pants now .............:::;.,.u............$3.00 .
$5.Q0sPants now .......$3.75
$3.00Dordurov Pants nowSZJB
Boys' jPants 25 per cent off.
Your Needs for Cold Weather at Big Reductions
Men's Fur Coats 25 toercent off,
$5.50 . Mackinaw Coats . (.;;. .'Ji . .$4.15
$6.50 Mackinaw Coats . . . ,Y. ; . .,.$4.90
$7.60 Mackinaw Coats $5.65
Logger Shirts reduced 25 percent.' 'I.
A No. 1 Work Shoes the best in town-nfull
Btock uppers double soles of ; oak tanned
leather double leather toe caps, sole leather,
heed counters extra well made, Clearejice
. ; . , . i. ; ; . i $3.15
Men's heavy work Sox, Clearance 19c and 39c.
Flannel Shirts reduced 20 percent.
A large assortment .pf mn's winter caps
with fuif ear flaps-50c caps at 39c; 75c at 60C;
$1.00 daps at 75c ... .,. v . ''
Clearance of Men's Swer.ters at 25 percent
off..,.. ; .. ., ' .
Men's fine soft cashtnere 'S6x in mttural.
black or gray at 22c pair"' ,' '"',!
$20, : $22.50, and $25.00,. Overcoalsr enyoii
and "Benjamin", makes your choice of any in
the.stpre at $9:90. . -1 ' V-; .
All $10 and $12.50 Oyercoats ohehalf jprlce.
Ev,rtice
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see how the plan of Mr.
afford very much of an improvement
over this. There is no doubt that
pnoipcrly edited publication, devoted
exclusively to th work of congress
and of the departments of the govern
ment would be extremely valuable. It
would give facts about tho conduct
of affairs at Washington that it is
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yan would irnpossible to glean from the congress
ional record. .. It would necessarily
have a somewhat restricted circulation
fpr .dt would not he of very' wide pop
ular interest, but it would be invalu
able to those it served. But there is
little doubt, either, that Mr.-' Bryan's
suggested method would hot 'supply
such a publication. A digest of the
things done by congress would be of
value only. if it was fairly, imparti
ally and intelligently made. A diifest
made by one party would be sided, in
complete and practically valueless. A
paper run 'under the direction of con
gress would not fill the need that
exists, because the things congress
wants the public to know and the
things the public wants to know may
not be the same at all.
Of all the Impostors masquerading
under the name of "food," the dough
nut iprobably is the most flagrant.
If a man isn't married by the time
he is 30, tho women believe it is be
cause he has been "crossed" in love.
START RIGHT NOW TO LIVE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
RIGHT. ARE YOU FACING AN OLD AGE OF POVERTY?
IF YOU ARE EARNING MONEY PUT AS MUCH OF IT AS
YOU CAN IN THE BANK EACH PAY DAY. YOU WILL BE
HAPPY WHEN YOU SEE YOUR BALANCE GROW AND SEE
YOUR MONEY PILE UP SO IT CAN REALLY "PROTECT" YOUR
OLD AGE.
START RIGHT NOW.
m BANK WITH US. r
WE PAY PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS
La Grande National Bank
!, , i, ' LA. GRANDE, OREGON ;
. ',, 'vU Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $66,000.00 , ; ,
Resources $1,000,000.00 '
Fred J. Holmes,' President CJ. C Penington, Vice President
F..L. Wvers, Cashlor E. Zuadel and H. E. Coolidge,
'l- '' . . Assistant Cashiart.
DIRECTORS. v. -i.
Fred . Holmes J- O. Snodgrass J. F. Conjey !
Cs C. Penimjtoo H. S. Browntoa H. E. Coolidr ' '
Unless it is something she wants,
a girl considers it improper to accept
a present from a man to whom she is
not engaged.
FOREST SETTLEMENT.
Policy Is to Make Valuable for Settle
ment Lands Chiefly for Farming.
The followinc extracts from thn to.'
iport of the Secretary of Agriculture
l(niir fiscnl year ncl'K June 30,
1915, indicate the department's policy
with retrard to lands in tho nntinnd
forests which ore chieflv valuable for
farming: :
"It is the department's policy to
mane avauatile for settlement all
lands which are chiefly valuable, for
farming, in order to open such areas
n careful Classification ds being made.
."" iracis iounn to de valuable for
ngriculturo or unsuited for permanent
forest purposes are eliminated. During
the last five yenrs about 14,000,000
acres have been released.. In addition,
individual tracts are classified ,nd
opened to entry upon njpplieatrion of
homo seekers. Since the work was be
gun more than 1,900,000 acres have
been wade available for the benefit
of 18,000 settlers. . .
, "In short, lands with in Asm -4 a
renlly adapted to agriculture are be
ing occupied as homesteads under
favorable conditions. While the lands
suited to settlement are Msr.i
opened to entry, those which ore not
chiefly valuable for agriculture nre
retained in public ownership. Tho
alienation of timberlamU under condi
tions that Will lead m fn
ue hoMwgs of private timW owr.m-1
would defeat tiie;yery' purposes, for
whieh the forests were established. "
"The real agricultural problem with
in and near the forests is to make pos
sible the successful occupancy and de
velopment .of the lands that already
have been opened to entry of actually :
patented. . The mere (private ownership
of land ' does not insure successful
use of it. ' In Oregon and Washing
ton alone there are about 3,000,000
res of logged-off land, ntarh of it
agricultural in character, now laying
idle. In this condition crmecula.trirn
noiamg or tne land for higher prices
plays a large part. .. Another cause is
the lack of transportation facilities.
A settler may clear land and raise
crops upon it, but he is helpless if
he can. not market them. There are
great areas of fertile land unused to
day on this account. In hianv sections
near the national forests pioneer condi
tions sun exist. The population is
small and Che task of road building
is beyond the means of the residents.
There is little or no demand for tiTnt
ber, and the receipts for the forest
which go to the community nre small.
The fact that the public property is
not subject to taxation makes such
communities feel, and very justly, that
tne torests are not: contributing
enough to local development. j
"This situation should be changed. .
anuiiiu ue iiven in tne
building of roads to ibrjng into (produc
tive use the resources of such m-
gions. Therefore the suggestion con
tained in the last annual ronort. is
repeated, that upon a showing of pub- !
iic necessity appropriations be made
i or specitic roads and similar improve
ments, to be charged against the
State's future share of receipts from
the foresls. Such action would pro-
mhi ioi-hi development of agri
culture and other resources.
"To secure the maximum use of the
lands still remaining in Federal owner-
snip further legislation is needed,
ucie must oe a constructive pro
gram which will promote develop
ment mm saieguara public interests.
The aim should be to make these oron-
I ei ties more useful, available to great
er numDers, ana effectively instrumen
tal in building up industries."
The Habit of Taking Cold.
Witftr many people taking cold is a
habit, but fortunately one that is easily
broken. Take a cold sponge bath
every morning when you first get out
of bed not ice water, but a tempera
ture of bout 90 degrees F. Also
sleep with your -window jip. Do this
iuiu j-ou win seiaom take cold. When I
you do take cold take Chamberlain's i
-ii t oiiu (ci, na oi it as
where. c't uPa,mabie evwy.
Seaside Has New Postmaster.
Van Camp 's Pork & Beans'
-Large eain Oysters;.:..:.' j.rV,l-,-.
Small can Oysters l!ll!il...l:;.i
Chiradellis Chocolate, pound can .'..:..............Z
Golden Rod Naptha Washing Powder .. II"
. 6 Bars Crystal White Soap -
106
...206
...10$
.30
.206
Joel's Grocery Store
Corner Cedar and Washington, '1
Main 759 Our Own Free Delivery.
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A NEW AND COMPLETE LINE OP
LEDGERS, JOURNALS, AND OF
FICE SUPPLIES.
LETTER AND BOX FILES
BOOKS AND STATIONERY
Seaside. Or:, Jan. 13.F. h. Ufeh-
ton nas oeen appointed postmaster-'
to success E. S. AhhnW ir. t.iJ i
"v,?! stat? $ Seaside and" I
AkCJ: C ln" P0"1" 5 mayor. Mr.
2? ben PonFter for the
past eight yaar--.--'j m
ml l lxt. Family nEI
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