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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1919)
FOUR ' LA" filfANDFi ' E VEXTXG OBSERVER rrnvr.r,r)AY. ,TAXTtat;Y 1. mm "U GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ' An Independent Newspaper r 0 , Pnl.li.tieH Dullv anft VuAk at l l Granda, Oregon, by.a Grande Evdff- i could Wave dreamed would find America !oy. home? Jt hen IngTSy the thousu, and th Published Dally ana Wetfcljk M W . , ri ,.f ih,.l-. " n..i.i:ui r iwar. will have to Hhare honors wfi ' thi?t this year. who hi'.n become a mcb'sr of ttio in-oxp(?:-tin her fctitution prouder of th fact, th-y are com- ne Wur overseas was simply won 1,1 vp-ir denul, th home service, tor the sol- A ih excellent, ;rj by tvervS. and the canteen i; e,UMt a it BIUJCEDEKNIS.JPubli.har. th newWhOfc lr.m-& f f e 9 hcafU united. ut tU P.ut.ff if nt f.n flrundd . . . h.oy he. should FORUM WAXTH l.lti:lt Knlercd at Ike Postoffice at La Grande Oregon, an ftccond Class Mail Matter, Address all Communications to The Observor, 1710 Sixth Street. t'iU and County Official Paper. Evening TeW'graph fieport ofUnit! Prcsa Association, fcsi Sale in Other Ciljea Oregon Hotel ilews Stand? Portia,!'!,," Imperial Newa .Mind, Portland; Multnomah, Hotel ' Ntw Stand, Portland, Oregon. las yc.-f There is in- for .-e (-iSU- UMCKIJTION RATES BT Carrier . S'vX-t. er aaontk Baily, per three montha $1.95 Tlnil.. ! mnnlli. tn aAvunrm Stt7K Daily! per year I- advance. .. ...7.f(l t0 completion, Daily, single copy 0c The nant four vears have be voted tobreaking history. T l?(o nee the mnkinK of it. ' nceii for (ji;.niint, for the staying of unpiin'truijn cin. The world must be about its T-'nth-er's business of heeii-, tt-ii'-hir:, building up, and has no lime for the violent or the merely fault-findlntf. ( Itich with possibilities for Hie j-di-viclual us f ir the notion, the new yar beckons us anil v.-e nui:1': follow. Our curiosity may be n'l awa! but ciwhil we watch devflnrimcn.i we must do our share in bi-ingint: them l.iit the man and wife who have be come ill anil itiow that tfieir are not receiving the proper foonwv,0i rejoice inwarffiy to hear that Uric vnrk ban started whereby a telephone or der will lifing to their doors the nuch needed foods. Mr;. I-:. P. Milkman has co-enU'd to toko charge of the kitchen ii: hei ebi-ity is too well known to nee.- com mendation. KheewilJ see that.t.hi'!c;s are properly prepared and no ':nif: of Vie work will be onritted. I.a (;ianit- c an on this New '-''i: day Kit tlianks for many hies ings, the least of which is not the Red Cro.-T. by any means. I-Milnr Obsei-ver-0 I'leaae allow me space Devour columns. In rea.gd to U.e O n and iiuaranilm I ililnk H is a ood tliinu Eoni'Al.in to . .a.. .... -i i... ..... . .. . a iia'iii. '-in him ll i-i.'Hiii-u oisease. inn llltlimi,,. ,, ,Ti..(.,,u ,-,,,. ,i, law 'and sue that tb' town was kept cleaner, especially Die allots, tbii wlsu idoa as -well. a ;:kaiji;k. I'l'M'11 Iflnl. Pantinw T?.n5r,nV(!P5 Af! advance jri.ooj'" Dallv. per year in Daily, per six months in advance 12.50 Cnily, three months 'i advance. .$1. 2D nily, per month 60c The Saturday Evening Observer, by mail, per year In advance.... . $1.50 Weeklv Observer-Star, by mall, pci year In advance $1.50 Very Powerful, Cour.tr Tie of TKm, l-l LanW Llborl,.' No Danger in Clothes if the Mind Is Right. The l-'ugene Register, which Is ably edited by a man who knows humanity very well, heads an editorial, "Girls Will lie Girls,' and then he argues the present condition of the growing girl in ,tho following very sensible munner: "A 1 eeont speaker whose remarks found a place on many front pages laid irreut stress upon the immodest diets of the young girl of today as a prime cause of juvenila delinquency. "We daughters of old-fashioned mothers knew very little of the present causes of delinquency. Wo dressed The latent r.-pmt of the fe-ler.-.l controller of the currency cives an impressive picture of the pm. perity of the American people. The lii'uic.s cover only the national b.oik:., v.-ho'ie combined resource'! are les i than those of the state bank-, and trust companies. They show that, on No vember 1, the date of the hint, call, the resources of these I units amount ed to almost $2(.om,OM,(0. Thin ii. .1.777.(!i.'fl.0iii more tn-in the banks' resources on Aujr.i.H showing an astctiHiinic ra'e of pain thruuifh the fall months. I he depos its during that twii-mouth ARKANSAS" ".THOMAS SCATS'" .. R. Chick says ho linn been nd-v.'-ii'il to "believe only half lie hcnrV but be doesn't know which lialf. would be NKW EAR'S POEM. The following (xjem was sent to The O;orver by i-ne of its readers: All alone in n.y yiiamber tiiiii.ht I watch th tjiN.r take his flight; Tko mo-ments pas and leave mu s.rffli-, in;; for v,'i-h the year what hopes ate dying! Strange thoughts are flitting throsh my li.rain, 'l'1-.ey crowd' my hpnd -it can't con-: tain Theni all at nine and so I'll writ! And eae;e them ere they take their . flifht. ; . .'. -1-1! ' " ' ; ir " w : h o J . .. m , O . ' . ... . . tj i 'i. .i r" ii l i f teiepnone qraers'-camuiiy selected and -promptly, delivered . A S'oiilh Tint Springs woman Is f?o jr nluiis slio in;i)coft her hiishnn'! h'j'.vn din r-il,. tin.tK it Iim.mA ti Iw.n Iia ifime -. " ' " - I or nit; out lit iilf;nt. J With enje spor ) time passed away, The unflefHred yeur kuha slrem(th 'Hie infant y-ar came to my armi j lUfcuilinj me with winning charms, . I tff;i;ht I saw v.ui'h p!cauie there t surely brourht no care. The flermans nro forced to wonr pa per midenvenr and eat inullen-Ief iotip.Mi'mplilH C'ommerelal-AiiMcnl. Well, t III m Is their war. Clearance aie iiiai Starts Saturday, January 4, Ends Jan. 31 Every Article in the store at Clearance Prices increased $l,l(ir,,m0,m. 'J his, Urn, at a time when the people were mak ing heavy payments on Liberty bonds. During the presuit year, it is stat ed, there has only been one ttr.'.i&nnl bank failure in the coua'.f.-, a small institution in (.'idifornin. There has been n larger growth in the last five years than in the pre ceding twenty-five years, and our own war demands have not -Ii t the ac cumulation. The gains are i!i ib'ite.l pietty uniformly over t!m ennntry. The total banking-power i-eprrsent-ed may be imagined from the follow ing comparison: The resources of the national banks of the Dulled Stale? now exceed the combined resources of lie of l-,ng- Nor- . i it ii i i way, Sweden, ticumaii;, u nian i mu Japan. And this Is nothing to th" i imineiin power we may wield after a few yea'-'-nf constructive pea'-e. Notice! Anyone bringing In three paid-up subscriptions to the Thomas Cat one year will get n free ride out ;;1 j to the cemetery and buck. i In n Hot Springs rustanrnnf the oth- : .lnv IIiih.a C th,. .,-mia Vn,..-W.,l v''l Iho rnlTee. lull- wo (liin't liellevA ert each day A ltd passed with Hire; and now L GOColNG FRENCH WAR LOAN hear The cooings of mother year. TUi rrone, and as it p.".s-:ed it sent Forth mystic hands .chich straight- 'way went i Into the garden of my heart. And from it ere he would depart. ever beard a complaint on tea. differently,' Haiti she. "There Is good reason to deplore the L the national banks of i: extreme dress in which some or tne i.,.,,1 nvnnce. lltwv. Go-man young girls of today indulge, It Is true, and possibly tho speaker could buck her lamentations with facta and fig ures. Still, much can be said in fuvor of modern feminine dress as any phy sician or physical culture expert will testify, lietweon the smart "hoiVQeorge Chamberlain Is Not sunt lis opposed to mo long, streei sweeping one of the former genera tion the choice is plain. Tho girl of today, iincorseted or corseted so light ly that every muscle moves with healthy freedom, is aurely more sen sibly clad than tho girl of yesterday who went locked up In steel. The mod em blouse, open at throat, permits the freo circulation of the blood in a way Only rearlcas, ;ut Right. The attii'-k on the war depm-l men1 by Senator Cliamln i -lain i t only n forerunner of what is to come. The open attack on pacificism whi. h hurls at President Wilson his early nt'.HmV in the late war is ri:'bt and propel and .Senator Chambeilaia will have Hope's fairest flowers he rooted out, Upturned the soil, and subtle doubt flow should one address that new Crept in and scattered there the Feed woman Juiltro the president lias up-!of discontent, that bitter weed, pointed tn Washington "your honor-j ess," "your bonorlne," or "your lion- I cast it out it sprang afresh olette?" jl mourned the weakness of my fle:'h, A rid knew not what, to do, when lo! To Pessle Fltizzlo: If yoti nro RjTwna whispered: "The Gard'mr will' ".lentous woman," why employ a "prl- know." vote detective?" You can Imagine ns . much In n nilnuto us lie can discover .TwaR trU(, 0n ni,;n m.. ilr,p(.., wur0 1,1 " J"1'"1"- j stayed. . ,, , I owned my weakness; asked His 1 hero nre not many dlvorcPR tn Ihp. i n. , He heard, nnd 'flowers of peace He sent IF; lifirnes In whleli mother spends more time over the cook hook than who does over "The I'lisslonate I'ups" or some other bent Beller.' Olieer np! Maybe If yon hud ,Tnwn Dee Unckefeller'R millions and Mh Mm much yon would be Rind to be poor nirnln nnd be equipped with the rtd reliable hash digester yoti now pos Hess. When n married wnmnn conprntn bilrs a bride, she says: "I. Impw you will lie us happy as I am." A married wnmnn nlwayn makes a bold front and hopes no one will suspect tho roal truth. In the SiuiKtown rlrcuit court the other day old John Ituddy, who was up for n divorce case, was asked by the Jtidtfe what he wanted. John replied that "some six months aco lie em harked on the sea of matrimony nnd nnw wl-hes lie hud missed the boat, To take the piece of discontent. it. . ' t r? rc - i f-'t t ' '1 ii in 1 1 1 um will bo charged for when meters are read in the spring. J. D. MeKKN'N'O:;, President City of l.a Grande. JOi.W COI.I.IDH, . Itecorder City of La Crande. Y. M. C. A. Educational Department. Short hand and typewriting. Day classes, 10.00 a. m. to IL-:t0 p. m. Night classes 7:30 p. m. to 9:o0 p. m. A WANT AD will do it. Now rests no care wiihin Save how to please the best. He bears for me my every woe, And none save Him my sorrows know. l ..-rv .il- trfftr-NATlUWft. P.vo staiucs at the enirunce of the mv hrei'.r.t ; Tuileries gardens have been protected Card'ncr l;u"1 ,)as bn'O hist winter. Now they have another coat of some thou- I sands of captured German helmets to i silimilute tlie French war loan. During the Period we are closed telephone your orders and we will be glad to make deliveries- Well, Knowledge Is Power. Jl lie had been to tho cieiitlt to t a toolh pulled. A few days later friend of the family, a man whoe had presented an extremely hnrefooi. jl appearance, called at .Jlmmie'i; m1-''1. .Ilmnile squirmed aroiiuil invhlte id IhillllY ashed: ".Mister Itrown. did burl inueh wl-en ya potehor hair :llled'i" i Cau3e of Roar of Waterfalls. The roar of a waterfull is produced .lmost entirely by tile bursting of mil. iona of air bubbles. Newlin Book & Stationery Co. I .lob Print int ()TU 10 TO W.VTKIi. ISTJItS I Owinir to the cold wo.ither and other conditions incident to w'nter I weather it Is not practicable to read lall wati r motet's dnrilti; the winter iniontbs, bet as tlu supply oT w.'.ter jat Heaver Creek !s llmtted. it Is llhetel'ore hotiby t.ntilted tint all .wat.-r n;;ed in excess of the minim- I iuiposi'ibki lo the days of high-boneiljtho country with him wain ft he Itadj collars and stiff-necked dresses nnitjit before when li- dan d t ra-t. res . p when the'-.e blouses came In headaches, i)H, Ram-tity of the Hcniocratic party '! and tell the truth. Unpreparoiincss i.i net o-dy went out. "To he strictly honest, girls nf the li'.if lamented Past dressed as they did. wo nlwavH have coat becau-e it was the style. Times undjit is iipparenl that, we styles have changed, but girls have learn nothing from rpi not. changed so very much. The glrljthe senator snya "We of today scants just what girls luivolparod to cuter the war; n'ways w anted to look pretty and unprepared to bring our tylirh. In Ibis desire good girl nnd! Yes, aiid we are ll:i!.- delinquent share alike. ing for them when we i "The immodestly dressed girl needs ;and we m e unpivpiin pot an old-fa:diioned mother, but ajthem and their dependent rood one - not one who will deny her 'meagre pay as n sol. Her., the right lo her modernity, but who Put what could be evp" ntitunj e. AJ , ' K !! !! ' '' " ' ! ' - ' -" NEW READINGS A coaled cellar makes a warm house. It's a Fhort lnno that lienra no sip. ! v.?- ' eve unpre-j ,' are new; y", heme." red in r:u'-j !le:il liepie i Truth is pood lletlon. not Htrnnger than not i-Miid thou;;!its nre best, sfciid haiiil ihotuhiH. r-tii tlu-ti tn ted wi'.h will tcttch her wvt to miapt it wimdy wnr secretary sue .The Now Year Great as It Is. elnrv Ih wo have had ignorance and dtii u iH' ha ; ro rnuntry both in life and in tn,. It is decidedly iei'ti-H.: to that an Oregon seniitor hi- tin njro to Kpeak vli;it he Lumv- m truth. Atul we dare ray tlut whojn ho hits ut !-:iv will h: in ;t:uu'C , luse h as Uaker? !'i to her Uri No livo plrl could be incident Wilwon hns tie snor.cmmM tercsted in old-fashioned, stothry never letting n man jro when .ne, ,-l(1tl.,w. l.ut inti'M.dfM run be accoin-! hooka up with him. In It pHshed by making a pirl understand that her favorite movie actress nffoctn riim-ile, modest styles for the street. 'Peliiupiency and moral Houndncss depend init upon fashions, but upon ioeals, and the successful parent or social eiie worker in tho one who unn oiesent itlealii which nre within it,., .,..,..,..,...,.,... f (i, vminir. nnd h"Wr time convin.'i.or the p- of n port to nroiiM their interest." j The proverb ibofit the pen be i liif' iniiiitier than the sword fa ! temporarily canped. l.llt'W ' CiUT lie the iho.-e much harder time nrnvi pU- they were vii;hf, hush has been t'tk- e mouths, lhn ietr. hr luin attaek it was u':m tenet for anyone tn sp STATISTICAL NOTES "N'ew York has mere than 070,000 reg istered women voters. Vnlted States In 1017 Used 3,100 tons of peat In stock foods. I'nlted Slates last year produced 1, ".Hi.SKi pounds of sheet inlea, j Pennsylvania railroad now employi 0.:'..it woiuen to replace men. Ih. ! .5 DAYS MORE Buy ycur Var Savings Stamps according to your pledge. It is a patriotic tlut-y and a binding olli-jation. La Grande National Bank Meniber. rcccral Reserve System l.)i'sit;Ti;itt'(l Depository of t Ho Unitt'd .States (iovernmeiit ll Attended to promptly during the time the stores are closed. Christie & Amsden Variety Store PHONE RED 3991 SKATES SHARPENED AND HOLLOW GROUND 30 PER PAIR AT THE HARLEY SHOP H'il Observer advertlsmR wlli bring re- i, K evlr. Business Man- illut there has lie. 'then and the lea icratic party feitmi out in jstood with the p- The aiualiraniatisl hits of the entire eveild wilt have to lie lak.n off to Ih old ycei-. He did more things to tlii .,1.1 .,.lh utwI am ll...... 'lu.l... Il,a any of his late lamented pi 1ccessnrs. jDocidedly til C Pl'O lie has iiImi giviyi us nji chamt'itgnej 'q EstiO'l tliirst for cxcitemWit "air then takcrt! 8 ,,'v hi. b. (L.ii.oi , ,i the Pi V"' -'' cur war away aed left ua with a beer! . ,,..!- I.....1. . I'i'vii, Kui-i. - ucive lot lie I r....l ...e ,1.1.. ever did the world stand on tip-!ls the bt-d tliitu- in a ' toe to meet a coining year ' it docs;has been prnjccttd f.n f.rhis on The world seethes withi At the pitm nt m..in pi'sstbilitics. There may be a nicojihes in la (i!el; f .iily peace in atotv'wilh a major I They n. f to.w . p luu'ue to lO'k up, or there may were obtainable, but be the feggrxt war yet. 8 ;f,ie of si.-k tef.m he. TO re Is possible fin intcriu&uinnVjineatu- lit "p. SnSn y ndjiistmeitt which wiM advance the all the,, tune ,.! it 1 brotherluiod or mini 'y generation, get hei. wh.Xvi and there eipinl Hisj5kilitie for the iek and iiffi th.il (,.!-.' 1' i. the most colossal display of greed the Tln Ib-d t 0 world litis ever seen. tO.cn a ' ' ?ltP tii: "" nil1 Netted Gems and Peerless . Potatoes "Finest" grade, every sack guaranteed,,, " ' Delivered to your home. . Phone us your ordcr---Red 1781 Clyde - liiclclle As a matter of economy" you . should ' qonsult ' the Obser- ' ver's Job Department before placing your, printing -we I are satisfying- La Grande's jeaclingj firms p-ut iis on yur caJling 3istu Phone Mairr' 37. 0nlVeHighclass Printers "are,;eniplod. 9s a 1 " J (J) () At the beginning of Inst year who, a "It lb. o , . , G G 0 0? 0
