TTEDNEftDAY, .TA!07AKT t. 1010-
TWO
1J fJRAXDE EVFXTXO OBSF.RVER.
L GEM
While the Stores
"OUR CHILD LIFE
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c
Closed
I ... I 1 lair ,WH lrO-
CONSERVATISM OF ELEPHANTS SCdRE ; " S3"JK XrTrttoM :.
'aSriNNIPECJ'b50LKS9te1e.l the buiWins he v.as in ami
i:;.::::i:sili4i.i:;::l;' -I Oshfld' Mm lliroua.l in "i" S
WASHINGTON. D. C Jnnl WINVIWY!'.' 'Min' 'iw. ST.' ' taat
.That the new nutlonal con'-iusni I, fphant fought here to perform in
of children's netl developed by;a vau(jevlUc theatre this v.ck"br.il:ej
jttfiuarens year nis oesun 40 siio-w :Bway from their keepers Monday and!
DKMOH1I.IZATIOB COM- permanenta lesull in Indicated In 'ma(je Winnipeg their playground for
SUIS r'OnVKl'ROI'E i1"0 annual report ol the chlir s (hree h,ferg, 0ne of tne anima'S be-:
.. v... iTFcvt-L., i " -'.. 8. departmental labor. cam we1(B, d betwtenrfwo houses and
1 r.iran.r.i. which ha iust been made, public. ,,.. . -u. .n. .. u.ith
ABROAD TO UK KCTUKXKI) ATTtl .r.mpan was iauKur,.ed Ven pnli .formal visit Ho the I
(INC'IiTO AMKKICA. . with the beginning of the se.nd . no.ital DOWer house, broke1
We will do everything possible to
take care of your phone and mail'
orders. .
THSPARTACIDES
WHO THEY ARE
(Krom ThB Library Ulnest) j
.A mystOous Kroup of Gorman;
Dolsheviki huvo recently made theiri
appearance in the cable dispatches;
from Germany, which must have puz-i . VAf,
zica tne Amenn resuer. mis si MISSION
o. r::-most m
U...1 me a ai a
extreme Socialists, lid by Dr. I.ieb
uecht and Kosff Luxemburg, kI'.o
O ish t(v see a proletarian autocracy
replace the old miliary autocrucy 111 j WAHLVGTON, Pec.
the fatherland. I he limt, they tell .Secretary Franklin D. Roosevelt, ac,
us. Is derived from the fact that early ccinpaniid by 'fc J. Spellacy, former
in the war Dr. I.iebkneeht issued u linked Htnt.-s ,lit Pi i-t ntlirnpv (if
number of anti-war pamphlets sigptd Connecticut, and Commander John M.'cUm
tha ngftiiilnnum " K na rt :ttt The II., ,., II l t"M . I 4CCUiH
with the pseudonym "SpartifrW" The Hancock, U. S. IV "f e bureau of"""" of national k Tei
choice of this name, a corrtpo-jdenL Supplies and accounts, left here Mon-I,,"Hslb7, Mi"fl , , "
of the Manchester Guardian avers, is ,ay for. New Yo;ft, where they
AUtnf babies' vct and to raise the stand
urua or health, education, ana worn
of older chlfRfc'ii. Th work has
been donJ in co-oprratiofi with the
welfare committees of the
national )( Tense. "It it
C. Lathrop.
-hi:f of the Kihildren'fl bureau,
will1
HiiFs Department
Store
,bie to the fatf that the revolutionists sail thc i.cvi..lhan sl,t.iar writ.. to apeaK wun mi en
.1 1KB ... .,rHlii fnr .Urnin-.: . i i i.n:....!.. . apprectitlon ui t n potver 01 tins
.,.. nom-Vil.f. with r... c u u fircat body of volunteers.'
iiiwii nuii;..-. . iiiipa, tui i.uiitjit;. ii,UM.-viriL
..l...Dunl numoa n hiiblt which the ,..-..Duf..l l... .t.. ,1.,1,:. "et
I Ut , t.... ,nv 1 M l: I I 1.1 I ' VB "-
l,,l-llll,li:vi.i. p,..ru. .... ,lA,,i,i,,i ii,,iuI1 M.lllll UC Vllli'llllU III
nrliflnal Spartacus, it will be recallel, two months.
by the, Romans, reduced to slavtry.j )UI inB the war the -navy made
by Ihc Romans, reduced to lovcry., many contracts abroad anil
and trained as a itladintnr. He es- Koosevclt will close these with the
MORE "MOVIES"
FOR THE ALIENS
SEATTLE CREATES
J'lniiM of niirnllxii(oii Itureau for
Uiliicnfloiiiil rU'tuttv (Jrcatly
IjilnrMnl.
Iletween six tmtl Hevn million
welched and
measured. Many lucal eom in itt ees
have succeeded in providing follow-
..n ...nu..t...a I.. U In nurnnlu I-
Mr. '
cape, v-f-rj? T8si,"e ''--n ;,r-, .sr0"m
slaves, raise.! a powerful army ar,J wli act as speca feKal adviser. . for , .f th(J. chil(lren wnoiM
several times defeated the Roman j Navai .personnel on shore abroad, cxamlnatin, n(llruled lhat the,
consuls who were sent asramst hi..0XCept naval attaches and their aa-. undernourished. In a nuni-
An unhappy adjeury fr the ' """ess si.stat!,, wii be recalled to this coun-i ,,,.. of , !)llc fuI1(l3 hitvi
oi nr. i.ie.m.iu .. "" "" as ruinoiy as ine movement rai.,bee apPrp, luted for pormancnl
loiiowcrs lies in uie .i. w.i. - ,)0 arranitci. . :wo,k f)r chu,.on as a result of th
Kpartacus tam. B n.s ue.eu, ,...; ; clii I1 ten's year, and many hoalih
deatn in H. l,. M xnrouKn uise.iniu .-. rviy mrtrt centers, parental clinics, traveling
an.onK his followers. . , I IN !UUOJ!i JJAiS, 1UU and ljke mc.18lir(ill for ,,.
i better care of children have been
IcHtublished.
t Through the weiKhlnst and nieiis
li
huB for the first
lime been drawn to the needs of
the child of pre-nchuol ae, lmu
known as the "neglected aKe." Tin
The Berlin correspondent of the
Kolnlsche Zeitunif draws a Kranhic
picture of the terrorism exercised
Herlln by the "Spartacus Rans."
DIVORCE PR0CT0Rjwritt,:
"Dr. l.iciiKtiecnt nimseii, wn. se .... ,, y f pi,-vr, , a roBllent ot
8EATTI.K, Wash., Seattle has B11 ! prisonment has obviously clouded his Wurwlck has duic up some interest-om.-lul
'idlvorcn piortor" whose I formerly keen intelligence, and pro1.- n(, li!llo,.y Khortly arter the
duly It Is to make semchini? lines-! ably turned his brain, spends his tim? ,.,MO r lhe wr , ,M2 a celebra
tlKutlun Into every separation casoii" visiting barracks ill Berlin, Span-;t)(JI1 WHH ,(., i,(.r(, t,v the AVasblllK-
and who, officials say. Is slowlnn 'Inu, and elsewhere, and lncillliK ""- ton llonevolent so.Ules, und these
up the dlvorco inill.i hero by the ' men to refuse to allow any istinc-;lHllsl(1 wore vrolmm,:
blocklni? unworthy actions and Hons even of non-commissioned raiiK 'j-1B navy ot tiia i; 11 1 1 c-d States.
iiiaklnK quick and e.sy decrees lin-lor to accept anything resembline: or- -pile lei:iinnto ofTsprlui; of federal-
liosslbltt. dcrs from officers or under-otlicers gm Afler l.avlni; been denounced
WARWICK, Mail,, Dec. 27.(IIy
United I'tess) To prove that do-
,.,.,u, ,liUu..iHl,.u ... tt.o nlr,u nt a
,. ,., ,,, ,, ,i,i,i luring tests, tlio report points out
consequences of seeming wartime ; Kane' 7'""
Rn n'nll Iiiib (I.a nlun ttt .ha Tl,,w.
euu of Naturullziillon for education- hurles C. Dullon. former assls- ;or to admit them to tne local counci.i..,)y democracy as "worse than use
i:l inollon nietlirei for allu.-s been "'at slain altorncy-Keuer'al and lat- i His chief of staff, Dr. Levy, who, be-1 u-sa." she has proved her title to
received that it baa beBn Kreatly en-'"r 'armor of Kent, Wash., n.virjforc the war, was his business part-"favor by "loukliiK down opposition.'
lamed. Instead of a single series"1". the present proctor. Ho- .ncr in his lawyer s oiiice. is prencu. ..t, t .r,.edoni of the press and or opin
of historical films tho bureau will
present two series.
The first series will be introduc
tory, showlnK the development of
the nation and of lis Industries
from tho early days down to the
present period of after-war readjustment.
When tho ullens have been Klvn f"r
a irem.:-!.! Idn nf fhi trri.nl.ti.Ha ..flllolier.
lhe country they have adopted as
their own, they will have a second
aeries of pictures showing; them ex
actly lhe opportunities provided
tlioni In particular trades.
l''or luntiuice, there will be a film
allowing how a nuturi.llzod citizen ! wrong,
roro Colonel" Dullon, as lie Is fanaticism in Herlm to all anil sun.w . ; ,0n.
known, must go nppiicanta for dl-l "Thc word Spiirtiuus trees through ,md
vorces lo tell their real reasons. ,the citv like a bogy, fivilians. sol-:novcr tamely surrender
"Colonel" Dallon's list of lines-1 diers, employes, capitalists, nil feel to "gov ernniental mobs."
lions has been likened to the draft jlhcmsck'cs equally threatened. A s:t-! The minority in the last congress,
iliiestionulies . sent out by tho gov-iting of thc Prussian lower house had with vlgllanco and fidelity they
ornuienl during tho war. It is said 'to be niliourned bccnuse it was feared pel formed their duty; but "the
few applicants can wiibhnld many tiint. thc Snartncus gang was poing light shinesth In
claims of Infants and tho needs ol
mothers for belter parental and
confinement care have been giver,
wide publicity by local cnnii.iilee!
working for a healthier childhood.
Tho older children have been
given special attention. In order to
afford older children opportunity
, to gauge their physical development
'tests of physical efficiency were
I made part of the recreation drive.
The safeguards of our civil nein 11. ure ............. i..u. ...
religious liberties. We wl, Icluded jnany other features planned
them even ",e Purpose ulkouc ".'"
i girls a chance to develop w holesome
interest and play ur.der healthy, de
cent conditions.
The present drivo of children'
darkness, and the '" "e back-to-school eampalgn
vital faciH fioin the ciuoh-
It is now RoitiK forwnrd in Il'I states
and ig an effort to get out of indus
try and -back to school tho many
to peize the building. aii iunjin coiiipreiieniwin u not.
' Th T.nknl AnxeiL'er has scornl , The executive of the United
mtnr .,n . Kitt-n i " j tlmon failed io appear, n '""'1'"-. - : ,.,1V nn(I who 1(lft l)e
court, "Colonel" Dalton sayH: of rt,ieiltca efforts hv the Soarta, greas. ' They a,o like the troubled '" tirn,
"Home lawyers neem to think the ,,,, tn r. ?p it Cnreful hurirhera s n. wIioko water cast up mire nnd tauae Ul Wdl "''""!-
anil it dirt. .May they in p ace relro from:
people say nmen." jyUKTll JJAJVU 1 A
trnni to St' 17,0 IT.
proctor has nothluK to do but med- l..iini,. u their house
took over onin land and started aCflH,',,
fruit faini, how he Millt it up, how
lie made for hiutHclf a good iivlnK,
built u house and tuised his fnmlty
In comfort under the protection of
tho Kovernment.
Another pleturo will show how the
jiewcomer may ko Intp, say, the
Hhoemnker's trade. The pieces of
machinery URt-d and the parts of u
shoe will be thrown on the screen,
with the name or each object In
KtiMllih find In the native ton k no of
the foreigner. Thua he can leirn
the uiiine und the use of every ar
ticle ho will have to handle when
)ts enters tlm shop. In order to Im
press them on his irind, the teacher
will repeat the names and then
have tho cMmm repeat Ilium, until
every man knows (he lesson by
lioa it.
This extended plan Is the result
of a conference between Raymond
V. Crist, d 'puly ccmmlsHloner of
naturalization: David K. Niles, cin
ema expert of tho information and!
t'ducattmial sMVlep, II. 8. depart!
liieut of labor, and motion picture
producers.
The films will be shown to nearly
2,000 classes for aliens In all purls
of the country. The pupils will ad
journ fn the local motion picture
houses to sep the pictures, with
their teachers nttetuliuK to explain
rVerythiitK:.
In a little more thiin three months
since its UHtabllshment the Invest I
Hitiou and Inspection Service of the
department of labor bus Invest lKt
i'd .end reported on 1 Jt' fuses. T.'l
Is, an unusual lecord, m'-vtrdlni1; to
the n venire of ucn;np' ;shinenl In
this dlffleult line of ):( The fac
tories and workshop to which at
tention wiiM pl en were distribute.)
iver.ul pjtrls of the VnKed States,
special Kenln of (he Kevviee heltiK
test to fitlM esht. wtMt, nwth and
Ite m I h.
Heraa of tli conMentlsl chsr
Rrler of Its wnVk, which Is to cny
on InvestiKHtltHis riesliefl by other
Services or divisions ttf the depirt
Inest of lKitr, dennlis tnfot mat Ion
hoiit hpcctal actH it v eUlnin rsn
be c l rn nut. Iurliii; tin- tarimirh
ltrn-.if IliU ot-cial StHiMh of lhe de
psrtiu ot ., tn(H it.?' War l -dulit'
boaia, hich fifi-nd (o
It K;i (Miri Tile oMlce oT the sie
vt Imim rtiu.tv4 A 2 in is
tifIIio,4 ti'4 tte CtMvri y niiide
fuf t'. ;:.i.'u.yiiu'tit seiicc.
th Woih'fti; "t'omlitiont S.riee,
h V Inr r;,il( ics lUmtd nA
tho JM'tt'tw nf Nejtto Ki-oiuunit .
titni'fl.
dlo in every divorce case nnd try 1 wnld be well if tho steadier elements office and all th
to defeat every action. That is Lr - .vn,.Lmrn nnd soldiers would
rhnin un the . door of their
Wo always help worthy!
Seattle's Jdeti of a divorce proctor
came from oast. Two years
i-KO the snpuiior JikIko, elerKymen
and others nppeah'd to tl:a county
eomiiilssloiners to cento I lie posi
tion of proctor In air effort to stop
a divorce evil, which the applicants
sit Id was becoinluK a blot on lhe
city. Bluco the cre;ilion of the of-
nifninst the murderous and
Mens of thc Snnrtacus kuhk
l.pntvitn forcible transformation into an ln-
suicidal terr.ationaie, bat h.ia ro-e.-nc.frsd from
ils crisis hh the Dcul.chc A'.ljr
ALL NON-PARTISAN
The SDart.aci.les seem to have a par-jZeitunir,
ami aitriounccs that it will
before. This
TIISMARCK, N. 11., Jan. 1. With
ni'inc .., .nmifln,. nf tho no nerl.it (Mnli'l.t
of schools, every stuto olTicer taliiliM
licular predilection for eniinrnissinir:connnue us pum-y as .ic.o.e. ...... ti,e nI,ti, or cfl.ro here tills atler-
the newnapers. in rder, we are told,, means that the Spartacus group has;n0011 waH enclosed by the Non-pnr-lo
terrorize one or other of them i"t.oistill no newsjiapcr of its own." ,(.,, i.caBm,.
bncnniinp a Snnrtacus organ. Thnl Having failed to keep the I.okal An-; ,naugurnlon of the govornor
Miineeh'stur (luardlnn writes: jJ.eiger, which they seistcd, the Sparta- ami BtatH ofiiceis was devoid
'li enema lhat the Merlin newsn.t-, .."' ......ui u ........ ""f,inns. -j no inau
years
was devoid ol
urn! b.ill, which
.... . , . t , t.ior.r wn.i'n mihi.-u trie iiii.i.i. inpv tiiivt v...,...u u-o .1... u.,i..i u u,ii.;.
lice Ilia blot has almost disappeared, w,-it intr of thelr'leading article! is l the Anzeigcr when in their hands invent of tho year was abolished
constant'" being interrupted by the,'"" "". "". ' .two years ago ar ...e ii-.ii.i-i.. u. v..m.
.,rriv..l ..7 .. handful of unscrunuleu:-! .Lynn J. Krazier.
lo.iki,, bandits with a machine cru 1. ' Presidential Succession. , In the roll of officials takln
It must not bo supposed, hnweve-. that, The law. of '.he presidential sueccs- oath at 2 p. m. today, there w
.1 ... 1...I..,,,, , it.. Indcnen i Bloil, passed In I SOU, expressly states only 6 new mines. All others w
lent Socialists, who recently formed '""' 'i uie oeaiu ol ih.iii pre
in the door with a gentle rap and ad
vanced in a ii
Increasing Love of Hone.
I presume the propcrhiennsvf ln
creasing the love bear our nnllvo
country Is to resi.lB some time 111 a
foreign one. Shenstone.
Mrs. lsley's Utter.
In a recent letter Mrs.l. W. Isley
r.t i.t.-MM. 111., savs have used
Chamberlain's Tablets
for Misorders
riendly fashion to mecti , , . inxative, and
Engineer J. Krai, who was in charge. n. k.k ani ,ure
Krai rubbed his eye. and disappeasrd. Rre ruul,lc,, with ja
The animal I scraUhed her back on the constipation these tablets
switchboard.. reducinB it to twisted 8 ' ou - d i.A(lv.
metal. The four truants were finally i ? --
1918
reeti
1919
nas
HAPPY
TITE I'nOPRTl'
NEW
From
I'Oll AND
of tho
YEAR
NALKS VOUCH
Harris Grocery
Phone Main 70 and 77, Farmers Blade !)2
408 North Fir Street
Across the Tracu
1
it is said.
I
To 8 Frlendi Again. '
One of the best ways of healing n i
quarrel Is to ask a favor. If we at
tempt to do a kindness to a friend
who Is alienated, she will pndialdy , ,..,1:1;, in V(.rnmfdt wltk the So
uspeet mir motive and rej.-et It. Hut i ... tu h- M.ilnritv Social-! sl"n RlmU
If we ask u service of her, the barrier ; jst" Th , hvUmK CHSentiliv to the
of inlsundershiudltik' will melt like Vlm,.,,1(lW ,,,.. sm,,n collection of
Hi.
ent and vie
snowflakes In the sun, and the way will
bo opeuvd for us to be Irion 1 npiln.
Getting Rid of It.
Mary Kllxidieth bad been sitting -h?
her nioiher for a full hour trying with
nil her ml it Id to make u dress for bet
dollte Suddenly she heaved n tlcep
sigh, and when her mother asked her
why she did so she replied, "oh, I
desg Just to let the tired get out."
! extremists, led by I.iebknecht and
lton Luxemburg, who hail little or
no following at ull before the revolu
"tiun.. Tho group had few membeis,
no newspaper, und only n mysterious
connection with thc Holshevik Isvcc
tiya since the Russian revolution.
"Not only is any newspaper to be
provided with n .military guard
against its forays, but the Spartacus
pople have also been relieved of an-
other newspaper that thev had seized.
The Observer furnishes and prints Likw lni? Ijokn Anzeiger. th Xord-
'deutsche has not mdimitted tamely
i president the sucees
to the members of the
cabinet, beginning with the secretary
of state, hut only "sueh as tire eligible
to the oflice of president under the
Constltutluu." If the secretary ol"
state was fore!j'n bor.i, therefore, the
succession would pass over h'm and
u to the socrt'tury of the tvtury.
fre-etected. The roll Include!;: Gov.
Kynn J. Frazler; l.lut. Gov. H. IJ.
Wood; Secretary of StaU1 Thomas
llall; Attorney General V.:tlfam
Lunger; Treasurer Obert dnon
i Auditor Carl K. Kosltsky; Railroad
Couimissionrs Frank .Milhni.ind. IV
jC. lepuis and refer Aondahl; Su
preme Court Justice Ha:ry A. Ilror.-
json; State Supei inteud; nt of Schools
iMtnnln J. Neilson.
ltutter Wrappers.
o m:i i kas suns lioxi s
Th; l.s (Jtande thapter. Ameri
can RX CrosR, h.i'i'e co!Vlled and
hlppid to hadiU.rers, four-t)oe
fyf pajiittliMi. one ' ox':' of propejly
bat.
and ujrts dieM-s slid ore
Tliis'v shipment
bo
W.lff
w of HWt alui s
liwV.tt tlu frnt nf Ihn W.'ck. T.'V
ln0ci nd sj.cpeil to hiU.ied
$d bv pfttlcoats and five hund
red and fifty phiits, to the bPiincliea
flnlKtiwI
With the Com-
of the
Season
From JoeFs Grocery
pliments
GREETINGS
:
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1 - a
ill B
A New Era
New Opportunities
New Responsibilities
New Things to Think About
New Reasons for Thoughtfuhiess
New Ventures
New Endeavors
New Resolutions
New Evolutions
New Visions From Out the Past
New Hopes for the Future
A NEW YEAR FULL 01
PROMISE
United States National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
1
Wish You
HAPPY NEW YEAR
GREETINGS
1 iii'iin i i'wiii iimm minimum in m mn'i n 11 ui .uut
ll is
frifiuls
iu 1!M!,
our siiici'iv isli Hint all our .nttMns aiul
may Tij..v tin- liapit'st of all N't'w Vf-ai
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Wo tliank you for all favors of (lie ast, aiul
suli.'itiiii,' a i.'oiitliiuiuif.c of your iatroua!;t', ro
liiain, . 0
YOURS WITH 35EST WISHES,
JOEL'S' GROCERY
City Grocery
and BaKery
c" ANNA II. P0LACK, Pro?. VJ
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,'hor.e Afcjin 7tJ. The,, Home of Fancy Groceries
To Our Many Friends
and
Patrons
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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