La Grande evening observer., January 27, 1916, Image 4

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LA GKADE EVENING OBSERVER
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27; 1916.
THE OBSERVER
England never had any such discus
sion of preparedness As is sweeping
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, , . '" . the people counts, and the people aw
BKUUK DENNIS, fc.aitor ana uwner. aiready talking over plans for meet-
the
Grande, Oregon,
matter.
as gecono class ",UITI
. i . Nevertheless, we are grateful to
, Lord Norcliffe for the prod. It re
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Daily, ty mail per year, in ad- 'but he heping te impregS them up
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'V IMBLER'S COLT SHOW.
, The puWic in general may well doff
their caps to that energetic bunch, al
though only a few of them, who re
side in Imbler and vicinity and who
have done as well as they have In
promoting the local colt show. Their
work has all been gratuitous and for
(Prom., Farmers' Bulletin 493,
Department or ; Agriculture.;
The English sparrow ' was ' intro
duced into America: a little more than
60 years ego, and now it . is dis
tributed' over nearly all of the United
States and Southern Canada. The
English sparrow among birds, like
the rat among mammals, is cunriing,
destructive and filthy. Its natural
diet consists of 'seeds, while much of
its fare consists of waste material
from the streets.'' It destroys fruit,
as cherries, grapes, pears and peaches.
It also destroys buds and flowers of
cultivated trees, shrubs and vines. In
the garden it eats' seeds ais they ripen
and nips off tender young vegetables,
of nests, shooting, trapping and pois
oninc Of these, trapping is unque9
tionably the best. English sparrows
are good to eat, and their use as food
is recommended because of their nu
tritive value and as a means or re
ducing their numbers. ' r '
Laundry Marks In Europe'
Laundry marks vary greatly in Eu
rope. Those used In Britain consist
if certain small letters or figures stitch-
td lu red thread. Not all continental
laundries are so considerate. In some
parts of .France linen is defaced by
having the whole name and address.,
of the laundry stamped upon it And an
additional geometrical design totlndj'
:ate the owner. .j
la Bavaria every piece has a number
tamped on In: large characters. . In.
other parts of Germany a small Vottoa
label is attached by means ofva wa
terproof (hot) adhesive, In Bulgaria
acta laundry has a Jarge number . of .
ttamps engraved with designs, and la
Russia the laundries mark linen, with.
threads worked in arrow shapes.; ?? . '
In aome. Russian towns the poUca pe
riodically Issue regulations fot1; tann
ines, while In Odessa books of marks
tre furnished' annually to the laundry '
proprietors, and .these marks and no
others may be used. By this 'system
criminals and . revolutionary agitators
are often traced. London Mall. '
-ai nf th. hfl familv heifin- 8Pciwy peas ana lewuce, as iney
. 7 , " , r . appear above the ground. It dam
ning with the colt. In the horse to- ages thftt and .Qim Kmin8( whether
dustry, fof which the great Grande I newly sown, ripening or in shocks.
Ronde holds very conspicuous fcon-IA a flock of 50 sparrows requires
crs, it is important to look after the da''y equivalent of a quart, of
' . ,. .. wheat, the annual loss caused by these
welfare of the colt. This is what the w,0 ...,... T( ,,i0
Th Bulldog. I '
The bulldog, unlike the majority of
tog, very seldom barks. Ia faot ow
ing to the construction of bit throat
bis attempts at barking are more like
burlesque of the real thing. He
wades into a fight without any vocal
warning, and tho only sound he emits
Is bis heavy breuthlng. His courago
is astonishing, and the largeness of bis
Tlckfoeld TickTock! f
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The Minutes, The Hours, The Days,
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West's 18th Annual January Clearance
Sale Will Soon be Over-- i
managers of the Imoler colt show are number of some our most useful and opponent never acts as a deterrent
jn sucn an unueruiiung u :hj-muvo hulivo i ima. aa vne viue- when hostilities are imminent Still, as
a f n : birds, housewrens. swallows, etc.. bvl,. , u
after.
antiifiiunm finl ounnnW flf flll
. . J destroying their eprirs and youne and
county is necessary. usurping resting places.. It attacks
There are indications that the forth-( ether familiar species', as the robin,
coming colt show will be more ex-jvireo and catbird, causing them to de
tensive in every way than the shows sert parks and ashady streets of towns.
u i - .Ja i,tf t, i Unlike native birds they are vituper-
that h ave been held heretofore. It'ative. It defiIe8 bM(VlB and 0a.
will be the best that can be had if mental trees, shrubs, and vines with
the horsemen at Imbler have ' their its exiscmcnt and with its bulky
way, and all they need is the backing nestis.
and encouragement of colt-owners in 1 Tne evidence against the English
other sections. Lot everybody stick
like a brother with Imbler in the ef
forts to further boost ilhe Grande
Ronde horse.
ONE BIG DIFFERENCE.
Lord NorthclifTe, one of the few
British journalists having a big rep
utation in this country, says that af
fairs in America are not unlike thosa
in England before the war. "You
are eaten up with commercialism and
pacifism as wo were," he warns us.
"You have lota of money, few soldiers
und comparatively few sailors. Yet
I doubt if the jjnited States will
really prepare for any war. Thera
will be an immense amount of talk,'
as there was with us. ' One day the
Laplanders or. 1!h Greenlanders
change the names as you chooser
will notice that you are rich and pa
cifist, and will come and take what
they want.", v :
And then again they . may not
sparrow is on the whole, overwhelm
ing, and the present unfriendly at
titude of tho public towards it is re
flected in our state laws. Nowhere is
it included among protected birds.
The most effective method of pro
venting tine increase of sparrows in
a locality is to destroy their nests at
intervals of 10. or 12 days throughout
the breeding Benson. In a town of
4,000 inhabitants, where this method
of attack has been practiced during
the past four years, 20,000 egps ha"e
been destroyed and the number oT
sparrows greatly reduced. This work,
(however, should not be entrusted t
boys or persons unfamiliar with the
native species, as otherwise valuable
turds may be destroyed under the be
lief that they are English Bparrows
By concerted and continuous efforts
to destroy every nest after the eggs
are laid, the numbers of English spar
rows in any locality may be .rapidly
reduced. ' '
English sparrows are abundant in
inost towns in the United States and
in many suburban districts. They
are noisy, filthy and destructive. They
drive native birds from villages and
homesteads. Practicable methods of
dealing with them include destruction
he is not a quarrelsome clog, he very
rarely Indulges In street brawls, and.
as be is exceedingly good nntuied, It
takes a lot to rouse htm.
The modern bulldog is undoubtedly
a different looking nnluinl from his
bullfighting ancestors. The most con
spicuous "Improvements" introduced
by tho present duy "fancy" are large
ness of head, width of chest, heaviness
of bone and more typical tail.
taataaiai)aa
Take, a, CaXttui tyuxyi&
What the Peruvians Believed.
A unique idea of tbe future state
was that of the ancient rcruvlans. As
the disembodied soul winged its way
to eternity It encountered two rocks,
upon one of which It must needs rest
The choice was determined by the
morality of the life In the flesh.
rested upon the left hand rock It was
Instantly translated to "Po," or ob
livion, a state analogous to the Nir
vana of the orient If through early
misdeeds, however, the unhappy spirit
wos guided to tho right hand rock It
entered Into a purgatorial hell where
fiends grated uwuy tho flesh from all
the bones In succession, after which
tho skeleton was reclothcd and sent
back to earth for another try. There
was no hnsto about this grating proc
ess. It took something over 10,000
years.
.. Tfce. advantage of the last days of the Clearance Sale and suvplu- aU'youf needs
, at genuinelJainngThinga you need Things you want-things foriyoti ib wear?-
. thmgs for your homeyery article, during January Clearance Sale at worth whue reaw-
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daynd to set Aside this, a special
day on which the attention of the peo
ple will be called to the individual,
neighborhood 'and national benefits
that will flow from a more intense
cultivation of the thrift habit.
Probably a movement of this char
acter could accomplish much good if
its proponents would pay a little more
attention than they have heretofore
done to make their program palatable.
Most of the preaching and teach
ing done on this line begins and ends
with the same advice saver your
money instead of spending it. A
good many people do not appreciate
or even understand advice
of this character. Moreover, as a
practical matter, they find that they
get the greatest amount of good out
of money when they spend it. And
their view is rierht enoueli. Savinu- as
an object in itself is not praiseworthy,
The only real punpose of saving of
any kind is that it may' enable one to
have a larger and better use of his
income. For instance, .if one should
wish to have the pleasure of owning
his home or an automobile, he must,
Antiquity of Soap.
In spite of the uutlquity of soap,' as
evidenced by a soup shop still to be
seen in the ruins of l'ouipeil, tbe
chemistry of soupmuklng was not un
derstood by us until about a century
ago. Since thcu soap and armaments
have become Intimately associated
with each other. For a long tlmo soap
makers made no profit out of their
"lyes." Now they extract from these
byproducts glycerin, which. ' besides
being a drug, food and "toilet requi
site," enters into tbe manufacture of
nitroglycerin and Is the basis of dyna
mite and other high explosives. Lon
dou Spec til tor.
YOU HAVE HEARD ALL YOUR LIFE THAT "YOURMONEY
IS YOUR BEST FRIEND".
IF YOU ARE LETTING YOUR MONEY SLIP AWAY FROM
YOU, STOP IT.
YOU CAN STOP IT IF YOU IWILL. !YCU WANT TO BE
INDEPENDENT. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BECOME SO IS
JO BANK YOUR MONEY. ,
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-1 WE PAY PER CENT INTERESTION TIME DEPOSITS
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE, OREGON , '
Capital 1200,000.00 Surplus $50,000.00
Resources $1,000,000.00
Prod J. Holmes, President C. C. Penington, Vice President
F. L. Mveri, Caahier E. Zundel and H. B. Coolidge,
Assistant Cashiers.
F-od T. Holmes
C C. Penington
A. Blokland
DIRECTORS.
J. G. Snodgras
H. 8. Brown ton
A. T. Hill
J. P. Conley
P. L. Meyers
II. E. Coolidge
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Mucilage to Stick on Tin.
Whosoever has tried to stick a pa
per label on a piece of tin knows how
difficult it is. Here, however, is a
reclpo for a imicllnge especially de
signed for this purpose and published
by Nature: In 100 cubic centimeters
of boiling water dissolve twenty grams
or gum trugacauth nd add a paste
made of sixty grams of flour and ten
grams of dextrine dissolved In forty
cubic centimeters of water. Dilute the
whole with 200 cubic centimeters of
boiling water and add ten grams of
glycerin and ten grams of salicylic
acid. Boll for Ave minutes, stirring
constantly.
of course, save and for a certain
period forego some enjoyments for
tbe greater enjoyment which the home
or automobile may afford. In early
life1 one may save by keeping down
expenditure in order that as life ad
vances and he rises in the social scale
his style of living may be raised pro
portionately. On the other hand, one
who had been accustomed to living
well would be moved by the dictates
of prudence systematically to save
something so that his standard of
comfort be not reduced through the
diminished earning power liable to be
experienced as the years go by; or,
in extreme cases, that one should not
encounter the danger of becoming a
public charge.
Probably, as a matter of fact, the
average person does not like to be
told that he is extravagant, nor can
he be much frightened by holding up
to him the sad fate that besets those
who neglect to save a part of their
income. Horrible examples are not
much to the purpose. But if men in
modest circumstances, and who are
dependent upon others for employ
ment and wages, can he shown that
by the exercise of thrift that is, by i
the prudent expenditure of 'so much
of their income as ie necessary to
maintain themselves and families in
reasonable comfort and the laying
aside of the remainder they may free
themselves from this dependence and
step from the ranks of employes into
the employers class; or that this sav- -ing
will enable them, by careful in
vesting, to add to their own scale of
comfort, here will be arguments of
more compelling force than all tho
horrible examples of extravagance
nd squandering that can be brought
forward to frighten the unthrifty.
True enough, saving does at some
time imply sacrifice and self-denial
but not in the long run. . On the con
trary, it usually and perhaps always
means that by saving a little today
we may enjoy the more tomorrow,
and that the average, of our joys
will, on the whole, be considerably
greater.
Too much emphasis has been laid,
in our opinion, on the unattractive
side of economy and thrift that is a
kind of penance imposed upon us as
a part of the original decree that
man. should eat his bread in the
sweat of his face.
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Cutting Up Old Furs.
There is a knack of cutting up old
furs with which all women are not
familiar. The pelt should be turned
wrong side up and tbe skin slowly and
carefully cut with a sharp penknife,
the blade penetrating the skin only
and not touching the long hairs, Cut
ting fur with scissors destroys the
beauty of the hair and wastes much of
the pelt that might be saved y the
penknife process.
Not All Fer Leva.
Little Plorrle-Oh. aunty, dear, don't
you go yet, please. Annt But I mast,
darling. I should like to stay longer,
and It is sweet of you to Iot your
aunty so, Florrle Oh, please,' aunty,
don't go yet Mamma said she'd whip
tie as soon as you went
. Turkestan Lever. ; "
In Tut; estan every wedding engsgo
roent begins with the payment of a
substantial consideration to the girl's
parents. If a girl Jilts ber lover the
engagement gift has to bo returned
unless the pnrcuts havo another daugh
ter to give as n substitute.
Interest In Thrift Day.
Bankers, educators and citizens gen
erally in Union County are receiving
invitations to participate in the ob
servance of February Sd a Thrift
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