La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 10, 1918, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextO O G O O & fATH four 0 . woMi:n tiO ai:k thiV !i!f,A Tk ..".' L:.iK ... L? t:..i LA GRAN 0 E L V E N I R U OByjiunJs divided into more than three lun- Ao Independent Newipiper Kuaic, quite unintelligible 10 $ichf ,ny untP(j irt.SB) rr t& . other. Theer is hii(hljow Knirlith. I.ONW.IN, Nov. J. (By Mall) Published Daily and Weekly at U,, , Enii, w.w Vn,v.wiiwS!Co' Wn.t Krowln reacbd If. ' i.i,,!, 1m.... . ,.. . . and Slang. Kiir ?Ioes this meid.n that curious dialect or jarifon of which Mr. Anson gives n 8Mftf.li', BuslneKF. MllRlih. " fe If there is onlySone Eni'llnh, anil ! i 4.' ,lthat can be dialled into only two Itlasses, gooi! and bad, it mirt be a Grande, Oregon, by La Grande Even ing Qlwerver Publishing Cwnpany. B R I JCE DBNN18, Publisher "Untcrcd at the I UtoffiS! at La Grande Oregon, as Second Class Mall Matter. AddKs all Communications to OThe Obaopvej X710 Bixth Street. C City and County Official Papert Kvening Telefcraph Iteport of United l'ress Association. ' oirhale in Other Cities Oregon Hotel News Stand, l'ortlanil! Imperial News Stand, Portland; Mulftiomah ljotel I News Stand, Portland, Oregon. hlilt fevel jiiHt before the armls-l tlcn waa slKnoL . I FooriHtUffH iwmt. nor nAtmd m t .I- I lows: , Meat r..3. x Potatoes . . 40 HilKar'-: 1.6 . I'lour, ,!. Living In Hi iihhuIs ma niore man: in limes et; tnenslvo as .In Lon-i goon plan ror the average Ametnan , to analyse his ordinary speech for 'Wo,:U BAN SITU NAM K.s" A "SIIEKNY" AND "WOI week or two, decide which class liii SUI1SCR1ITION RATES By Cwxler Daily, peraionth 45c baily, per three months..,. $I.U5 Daily, per six months in advance 1.75 Daily, per year in advance 97.50 gle copy oc Daily, single copy By Mail Dally, per year in advanc specclj is In, and which class hc 'would like to muto his permanent vehicle' WASHINGTON, flee. 10-(United iTrsj Ilia (lepartmcm of the hMei lor, bureau, of education, is trying to ' expression. It Has Come to j Stay. Ijiicouiagc the una of ni4tnnmes c- pecjally designating ceil.ail'. elaksxa ' ,.r r. : i , . -.ui njieiKn-iiurn Americatit. iijy Kug", niKv, nop, measer, .Wick, P,.,l,l i-i , .. . : The good roads .e;tion is no long-Jar names make no bit with the bu- i or a mere fad and a means of pro- rt'lm or education, which maintain mole lines of cleavage bet wean thr rv.ilt. Ihpnd mnailht 'n hH vnnrA . . S I V.1 I . i n H i . I v nor in nth ' " ... " ' " naa.exnnui.t- American born and Amerlranizcd for T.g fiRAVPfi EVF,Na OBSERVER - ' ' T" VKY. VT.ZvMTsVn Xm H Christmas, ,v. ' -f The Saturday Evening Obvvr, by Itsulf Trom that kind of piotest, due mail, per year in advance.... $l.Bnmoitt up to tnu fuU hlln(,re(1 . r Weekly Obsorvar-Star, by mill, per year In advance $1.B (" '""n tho ct that nearly every- " body now own a' car of some kind. My Cwaky Tie of rtmm, t Ulrf There's Only One Eng . lish. eign-born persons nni grouris. The bureau is sending out a siitf gisttd form for a pledge to refrain froin the use of such names. School? and factories will be supplied with the 'Vhen almost everybody wntita a thing 'V!u"ei1 V'K'ge. .so" th.it American , ,., ., . ,., , (children and adults may stop to think Unit thing will most likely come. f th, unAVslrabilily of making sport That is the new turn that is' now Ini0' anyhody huause he was not born sight for the volution of th. itoodin thiil """,tr'; roads .movenienta. Hut it is not the nutomobila alone that nicdi the im proved roadway. It is the tractor truck as well. In man? parts of the IP IT'S H.( IIKH, w II V (fly Unlloit I'raSM) l.ONKON, Nov. ll (jjV. Mall) The war has shown that Khun a wonmn Is irood lit figures nht ts country thr are plant now im the IsomntlHUia a real ffi mils at them. me ncicieif or Inroi porated Audi tors and Aftrountiiut'! ias rHcot- "Thcre is only one stnadard of Kng Jish. Surely thcra shoulii Ue no mean ing to the phrase 'college English' as distinct from 'practical bitllsa.' If there is, the fact is iHit only a charf e against the ncwpaier and magazine nnil" Iho business letter; it is alao'ln too many cases a charge against the claixrooni. There is only otie Enf lill,.iunl It is properly divided lute ) to great divisions, good English and mr.i English. 'Yours received anil contents notcd would say in reply U same, linvo billed as of above date should reflect Just as much discredit upon the business concern hs It does Upon the, olas room." Ro said Rurges Johnsbn, msgajlno writer and- professor trt journalism at Vassar college in -a paper read before a Modern Language association. . Mr. Johnson speaks of a young man applying for a position as leather of college English who stM Txther sli or seven years of practical journalis tic work might bo accepted in lieu of sdvanc1 university study. The doan replied, "No! The standards of jour m.lisric. nnd newspuiier English at so low that there can lie no relations.liip between them and ctillcgo English, and thc.li: the class room' has to do wilh the present-day practical Eng lish of the world outside, the better.' v . Mr. Johnson believes that the stand ards of, the class room will not be lowered, but broadened, the standards o! ecryday English be raised, by clcser assoi iatiun'. lie wants ndver ti::omcnls, Hews stories, editorials, n well ss pnems nnd essays, brought into the class roomi and reminds his lr. beams that "tlte search for and np-prai.- al of words to- fit a twenty-Word advertisement differs only slightly from the process of polishing a, son net." Irvin Cnbl- remarks in n recent win .-.ilitlc that he speaks tbrec lnngu .ps, English. Had French ami Pro- way when a truck scrvie thriughmtt all the country diatrirls will lie al most as common as the "jitney" ser vice in the cities. A very large per centage of tho rural mail deliveries is made by auto. A good deal mori tfcaa half of the cream and milk ts de livered In La Grande In cars.' The auto and the truck nre coming into use that Is almost, universal. Then, why should there not be a demnnd fiir improved 'hifhwayi?. It will soon be thnt there will lie no one opposed to highways; no complaint against roads that are passable at practically all seasons. It is a demand, flow, and not a theme of protest and a matter to bo kicked at and objected to, so the road program ia on the wny and It has "come to stay." ninxl this by deciitins that wnmnn shull bo admitted to membership on liicr same tonus and conditions as men. Them was a big majority In favor of the proposal. According to tho manager of a groat ban, a third of the women who have come Jnto the business of (Inures during tho' war havn proved unsuilablo, and another third- might bo graded as medio cre, but tho remaining third . are "real winners" and are Indispens able after the .wtti-. SiEW GAS NON-KXl'LOSiVE Nay CroWe Element Which Elimi nates Fire Haiard, Tho Iing I sin ml City prophet who prophesied that tho ksiaer would com mit aulciile on August 15th Inst modi n slight error in his calculations. Hut ilement . r I, . , v . w-i I eliminate the hazard of fire and tho chances are dollars to doughnut! 1 , , av i i t " explosion Inat always has acconipan- jut th same that tho kaiser wishe ied tmlloon operations where hydro- hv had fulfilled the prophecy. ha '"' U3ci1 to inflate the gas nags. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Discov ery of an inert, non-inflammable gas designed for use in balloons, dirigibles And other lighter than air craft was revealed by the navy department Monday in a statement explaining ex penditures now being, made jojutly with the army. for its production. The department said the use of tlus new officially termed argon CAItO lK 11IAVKS. Wo wish to "ipress our dorp tuieclulloii . of ih.i kindness unit miiiiiij enii'noeii to us ana es pecially to tho llnilheihood or Lo comotive lOiiKlneois In our recent liereovetnent. ' MK'H. VKHA .l.tSI'EU.SON . AND FAMILY. 'ltl OF THINKS YOU WILL FIND - AT THI3 STOEE THE ARTI CLES YOU WANT AND IN A QUALITY THAT WILL MAKE YOUR GIFT A LASTING ONE AS WELL AS A WELCOME ONE. NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO BUY OUR CHRIST MAS STOCKS ARE HERE, WE'RE READY TO TAKE CARE OF YOU. DON'T BLOCK THE MAILS OR EXPRESS BY WAITING UNTIL THE LAST MO MENT TO SEND YOUR GIFTS. SHOP AT THIS STORE YOU WILL FIND THE GIFTS THEY WANT AND IN THE QUALITY YOU WANT FOR THEM klfeyvJ&fJ' -fV "' 'rLs ;v .f- i From Natoral lias. I Tkn ...i.:u ;. ..v.. ' II tained conies from wells nt Pctrolia, Texas, owned by the Lone Star Cos ctiiripnny, the statement ' said, and a Ill-inch pipe line which. cost J l.nr.O.DuO, is being luirl for.n distance of ninety four miles from the wells to a plant at Noi-th' Fort Welch, where the gns will be -compressed into cylinders for shilmient to the balloon fields. Hinh proof gasolino is obtained in : r.iin cnnv.-rsational illspnrnci-inent of a ratio of about five gallons per loop I tliei's, and in rcstsrnnce ie. halilts of Miss' Ilessle llnelile r and Mrs ! cubic feet of gas, it was said, and af- L'mli nnd undue relfdndulgrnce In llliclilcr wish to thiiiik thele mv Jf the 1 per cent of "argon" is ro- irlvnte life thnli In the pi lfomuim friends for' the kiiuiiiess an, I bean- moved, by agreement with the I.onc.'f d'enl pul'llc duties under the tlful floral vAVrliius In tholr late ! l-r company, the, mnabidrr of the ivmiilon of imilUtudea. iMoi'iivomeut. 1 -IO-lt-nti. ' gas is turncil into-he city mains of hurt Worth anil Dallas. fluild f'lon.lOfl I'lant. The department estimates thnt the plant at North Fort Worth, designed ...... ..m why -co man li s lunger than liy the navy bureau of yards nnd man Is lie: ause she doesn't pay any dorks, and which will cost $11110.000. 1 .mention to atntlatli. '.w'.l'.s Kews. li-. .(JeorK'i It. 'an Wnteis of : willbe comileted by nct April I. ' I'i 1 land I TO BUY OUR CHRIST- A W U'JOV - m m mm l v, iwssm i a J ' gsaaaga! 'II n toyrijht J'JIS Han itlLinacr & NIsrx : ... II Charge Accounts la- j um UT 1 Rlt? AT" tlrTN Satisfaction Guaran- j I Vited. Merchandise ; H sfiii&w gAli teed With Every Pur-! I 1 S Delivered; . j . ' I tit I chase. ' ill L ; ' i . bj TtiiTt Is upt'i Uil yilft rcqul- limi ln:i ii ' f;st In v:it' liful iTSt t't-niM''' In little htmlmM's nixl Imlilt ctl at(cti(V ;-t limix', in ahst Incnro oli- Oaily Thii(iht Fonr tint, lent eit('it't clnsip yoti. arrount nnd mint' shall know tl.c IM;,; nr. more. Tin ctcrnnl Siil:l fnmi Hint bowl luts poured a ntlHimi hulilMos and will pour. Omar. When you want. to hear the Vord's irreatept artists the ViotruJa. - 12-T-tf Your kodak litetures anvl films .and ! tlie nevelopinif of films antl printing v nlwayn reeflvinK' attention et . MONEY TO I-OA.V. On Improvofl real property In L'nion cnunty. No delays. Current fttea. la Grande , Investment' Co. lie. I'm. Thl ller IV 111 I'AlMlltlK.. I Music furnished for nil on a sluns. Pames. receptions, prhate patties. Thone Arcade theatre 01 Itf-s. Ked :i!01 12-l't-tf FAMILY DRUG STORE I.A GRANQt.ORECON. dll'-4-tf Early Declines. Tf tlie .null cmi!d 1-e dlscoverei rridnild' It would le f.nilid Unit one tao t:etiiiriil iiilnHjiinary (if Eastern Orecon will linld Korvlcefl in St. l'utel'a KplHCiipal clmrcli .this eveiiluR. Kveiyluidy roidlnlly In-vlied. Illpiindi inn" vaudeville, tl tie, Wctued iv nlelit. Arcade 12 lH-11 ; i.-va i Only f.lirco wrcks li'l't witliin vliii to fnlv (lie Wur Savings Staniis fur which you uiinlc youi' ilciluc to Hit' iovt'l iiinclit. l'nion Ciiiinty must purchase make tier iiu.ita. r-"iiUHH) more t Wi' liae madi? a splendid wnv reemd: don't let us fall down m this. Use War Sa?iBg8 Stamps for Christmas prei- ia Grande. National Bank ( ibmlMr Federal Ihwnt Sva & Edison's New Creation is a Human Instfume&t So faithful, so identical with the original, is Edison's re-creation of the human toice taut audiences of musicians in every music cen ter of the United States have expressed their astonishment. Edison simply naks you to hear his re crea tiou of the human voice. Come in and hejir Edison and Victor records on this wonderful inrtruiueul. JfewEn Bool; & Stf tiaaer j Ca, FresK Mince Bulk Mincemeat, lb 1- lh. glass jfirs 2- lh. ffliiss jars llalf-frallon jars None Such, yer Micka.Lre Kresli Shrediled ('ocoauut, Hi. Fancy Hulk Olives, pint .Fresh Sweet Cider, gallon - Dill Pickles, dozen Sweet Tickles, quart - Ltirffe Fancy llananas, doen .. Florida Grape Fruit, each Liinrc Oranges, dozen Medium Oranges, dozen Fresh lluckleherric, quart Delicious Apples, pM' box King t;tid Apples, pi r box Homo IVaiity Apples, per nx Dieese. per lb. L:k.. Fop '"Hi, pel' 1K i .S..... 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