La Grande evening observer., December 18, 1916, Image 4

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LA GRAMDE EVENING OBSERVER
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well for them to be employed in use
ful work during vacations, to got an
inside view of business life, to work
in the mills or on the farms, so that
when school days are over they will
have some idea of what they want to
do.
Colleges and universities, technical
schools, agricultural colleges receive
with open arms boys and girls who
want to work their way through col
lege. No loy or girl should be dis
couraged if their fathers or mothers
are not wealthy and able to support
them in luxury while getting their
schooling. The boys and girls who
work their way through college ap
preciate their advantages, apply
themselves seriously, and frepiently
outdistance in later life the ones who
went through college or university,
jingling dollars in their pockets.
A good magazine for an ambitious
boy or girl to read is The American
Magazine, which frequently runs
practical articles telling of the causes
that lead to success.
Never were the opportunities
greater for ambitious, clean young
men and women who have learned to
do what they do well, to drive them
selves to their work with energy and
application.
The world is in need of workers
and doers.
Dronfl need not apply.
THE AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL.
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OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1916.
CHOOSING A VOCATION.
Choosing a vocation is something
that every boy and girl must consid
er for himself or herself.
Parents should bo consulted and
listened to with respect and judg
teit, but after all, the choice must
made by the individual.
It is his life that is to be lived.
Everyone must have some useful
work to do, but the work that is
agreeable, that is enjoyable, that har
monizes with one's ambitions is the
work to be chosen.
High schools now teach manual
training and domestic science and
some of the useful arts; colleges do
the same.
Agriculture is becoming a profes
sion, and surely the life of a farmer
should be attractive to young folks,
and should not be passed owr lightly,
for it offers independence and many
rewards that lire missing from many
f the professions.
A choice cannot be made too early,
or then the efforts and energies of
youth can be thrown into preparation,
and less will need be done in later
years to master the difficulties that
are to be met in any occupation.
Magazines of the day are offering
correspondence courses and aids, so
that it may be truly said that the
whole field of occupations and pro
fessions is open to everyone.
But it is never too late to mend.
The editor knows men who made the
choice of their life work late in life.
Mayor Taylor of Sun Francisco, was
a practising physician, over 40 years
of age, when ho began the study of
law, and so rapidly did ho advance in
his now profession tlint ho became in
a few years dean of the Hastings Ijiw
school and n member of San Fran
cisco's charter commission. A prac
tical printer went to college when in
the thirties, studied to be a mining
engineer and won success in his new
profession. A life insuranco manager
in Portland rwently resigned n
JfiOOO n your salary to enter college.
Hut it is well for young peoplo to
It ik a big work that the Agricul
ture! council of Union county is un
dertaking to do to bring the press,
the educators, the scientists and the
farmers and agricultural colleges to
gether to help the farmer work oat
his problems.
Much good has already been ac
complished in making nil classes of
society realize that they are more or
less interdependent, that the success
of one contributes to the success of
all.
The county agricultural agent ia
here to stay; he is of great benefit to
tho farmer and city man as well.
The agricultural council proposes
to inatitute rural credits associations
in Union and Wallowa counties and
to bring about closer associations
among the farmers of this section, so
that when a program is decided upon,
every one will put his shoulder to the
wheel and drive it through to accom
plishment. The fact that agriculture
i." to be introduced into the schools
will also be one of the things in
which the council will co-operate. In
its work it should have the support
of both farmers and business men.
A GENIUS.
For some time we have been
watching the work of a young poet,
Mary Carolyn Dnvies, a Portland girl
who wns discovered by Hugh Hume,
editor of The Spectator. We have no
hesitation in pronouncing her a gen
ius end we predict that she will be
come one of the foremost literary
women of the United States. We
congratulate Mr. Hume upon his dis
covery. That is one of the pleasant things
about newspaper work and a big
newspaper, if its proprietor has a
heart, can do much to encourage gen
ius. And genius needs encourage
ment, inspiration und sound, practical
advice. Most of tho poets we have
known needed nil that und a meal
ticket, too.
In the same issue of The Spectator
wo rend with pleasure of the success
of Louise Bryant, another Portland
girl, who has gone to Now York and
made good as a playwright. She was
a discovery of our own and we
bought many manuscripts from her. I
Literary life is a hard uphill rood,,
but when the rewards do come there
is nothing more gratifying or satis
factory. WIDOWS' PENSION LAW.
The county judges and commission
ers have urged the reiieal of the
widow's pension law. It is too early
yet to suggest this. The law should
be given a fair trial. If tho widows
The Wneel That Squeaks the
Loudest is the One That
Gets the Grease
The same, assuredly applies to you and
me, as well in order to get anywhere
in this world, we must attract the at
tention of the big men. Now listen,
young man! Nothing helps a young
man more in advancement in business
tli an to be known as one who keeps
his bills paid, meets his obligations,
lias a bank account, and pays his bills by
check. You know that.
You will receive the same courteous
attention with a dollar deposit as you
would with n hundred dollar one.
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them up to be useful citizens the
counties can well afford to pay the
pensions.
A BLOW TO THE ARISTOCRACY.
The British board of agriculture
has been empowered to seize vacant
estates and to cultivate them for
food. This is the first blow of Lloyd
George against the uncultivated land
ed estates and aristocratic game pre
serves that have held back the de
velopment of agriculture in England.
This is. one , of the difficulties of
bringing .about peace, to harmonize
the conflicting interests of the allies.
RUSSIA FOR WAR.
Russia votes to keep on the war.
HUGO MUENSTERBERG.
Harvard lost a brilliant psycholo
gist and Germany a loyal son in the
death of Professor Hugo Muenster
berg, chronicled in The Observer Saturday.
Great Britain's answer to the peace
proposals is to vote $2,000,000,000 to
continue tho war. Already she has
voted $18,759,240,000, and she is
spending $27,97,700 daily to maintain
tho conflict.
Beautiful
CEDAR CHESTS
Genuine Tennessee Cedar Chests. (Not
chests made on the Pacific Coast of
Shingle Cedar. ) With or without tray.
Several Sizes, ranging in price from
$1500 to $30.00
Many Beautiful and Useful Gifts in Our
FURNITURE DEPARTMENT
Oop tlcl" Holt Brimmer Mm
W. H. B0HNENKAMP
COMPANY
Be Sure His
CHRISTMAS GIFT
Is Right
Gifts from this store stand for more than
merely the thing itself they speak your
good taste and your quality ideas. You don't
have to hope it will be right, you can be sure.
Every man is glad to see our label on his
goods it stands for the best quality.
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Here Are Some Suggestions
Neckwear 50c to $2.00
Half Hose 25c to $1.00
Handkerchiefs
25c to 75c
Gloves ...$1.50 to $5.00
MufWers ...75c to $2.50
Suspenders
50c to $2.00
Leather Novelties
$1.00 up
Smoking Jackets
$4.00 to $12.50
Path Kobes
$3.75 to $18.00
Sweaters
$1.50 to $8.00
Underwear
...$i;00to$7.50
Shirts $1.00 to $7.50
Slippers $1.25 to $2.50
Shoes $2.50 to $7.50
Hart-Schaffner and Marx Clothes
$20.00 to $30.00
Other Makes $15.00 to $17.50
TDM IWIMUUIWIH ?
A fine looking lady called at The
Observer office, paid her subscrip
tion, und told Mr. Leiter she enjoyed
reading the paper very much. And
the Stroller noticed he smiled for an
hour afterwards.
The Observer got
compliments on the
tion.
a good many
Christmas edi-
Harley Is Elected.
F. C. Harley was elected mayor of
Astoria Wednesday over George M.
Hyland by a landslide majority, his
margin being 974. Harley was
nominated at the primaries on the
Republican, Democratic and Progres
sive tickets. Two weeks ago Hyland
was put on the ticket at a citizens'
mass meeting and made his race on a
closed town platform.
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Courtesy
ncss.
Don't forget Dad in the shuffle.
Picked Up By
The Stroller
Pat Foley and Tho Stroller took in
the sights Saturday night and saw
some very pretty show windows.
Ben Okott, Secretary of State, had
the 1917 tags painted green to please
Pnt, and ho was successful.
YOU GET NEW IDEAS AS YOU LOOK THROUGH
OUR HOLIDAY STOCK
It is a practical demonstration of possibilities in gathering under one roof
nearly everything to make people happy at Christmas time.
v onie m and let us show you our iinmen:
be ditlicult to supply each member of
gifts.
use stock and you will find it will not
the family with suitable Christmas
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cCa CJrande National ank
Which would you
rather eat a 1
Chinese ej:g?
cold storage egg or a