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ere themselves. - . i: ' lluiiyarfl Kipling
Ail Independent Newspaper I c if ,i.,n i a,. Acrcss a wor.d who all men grieve
f11 i m I, ... . . . ., ! 1 And grieving strive the moro,
Published Dally and Weekly ,PU I , thcPr0rt,,M' "l" 'Tho groat days ran,,, 4k. ds a,
Brand, Omm by I.a Grande Even- btr of ' j leave
! Obsorvcr Publishing Company. P'""'"'n- , Our dead on every shore.
URUCE OFNNIS Publisher- m American fftnplj attacked the, Heavy the load we undergo
2 '. UL ' ' ' ,"dope'' iii&7 such nirit as this Anil our worn IiuikIh prepare,
nwwaaviMroawrneaiii.raniijlht.rCeWu, gool, he 110 mijrtl ,.,,,,., , If w have parley wllli the foe
I'lvon, us raecoim class man lal"r,nbout J(
Address all Communications to i
The Observer, 1710 Sixth Stfect.
t iPy aesi County Official Paper.
Firing the Cook and the
Chamber Maid.
.Evening Telegraph Keport f United
r a :-i
I Hou-es wilhimt Kitchens and houses
Vu baki la Other Cities Oi oii Hotel .without dining "rooms are discussed Ir,
Ncsrsltand, Portland; Imperial Nejv.;,w0 ,rtic,M ; , furrcnt marine.
inni, I-ortl-ndS ".""j011 llotC' iThat cooking three lime. 0 .lay I. no
Newi Stand. Portlund, Orero. , .. - ., . .
jt J; Monger a necessity of the private home
jj? the argument of the first. It pro-
Tlio louJ our bohh immt bear.
liiffgr.i we lootte tho word
That hid now woildi to birth, '
Needs must we Joohcq first tlio hwokI !
Of JuHtlre upon eurth; j
Or ne ull ehe Ib vain
. Hlnco life on earth began, j
And the upent world sink baric ,
twin tw j
IIopoluKt) .of God 9 nd man.
A people and their king '
Through finelnnt sin grew strong,
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HUBScrtimo! ratm
My Cooler Ipofcs that cooked food be .broUKhtD(.caue they feared no reckonlm;
Ba-My, p&r motith 65c fioin a central kitchen operating for Would Hot bound lo wrong;
Daily, per thcea months... S I.S5 ! whola i,iot.k oml mnhilains that no. Hut now their hour U paat.
uauy, per six momns in aavancs .i-'a . . , ., . Ami whn hovn it ntwi
. i . I- ... house needs anv more of a k tchen An41 "0 wno ooro it una
vmiy, per year lii auvance. . . , . . .ou
Daily, single copy , .6c jlhwn a tiny stove for unt in illnena
By Mail or emergency.
Dai y, per yaar in advanea 3.00 1 pan nfls been tried succe-
n: if,' ZL."': IT fully. There is a club in n New Jcr
flnily! per month . .. id iy 'own which servon cooked meals
to members, and which has been run
ning long enough to have passed the
stage of experiment. A central kitch
en has been started by a young wo
man in Now York who, ut lust ac
counts, was being forced to enlarge
her plant and put in branches.
IThat the house servant of the pnst
will no longer he nvailablo in the fu
ture seems certain. In many commu
nities she has all but vanished, her
place to a large extent having been
taken by machinery. When the kitch
en goes out of the house, tho last ex-
cusc for a servant for the ordinary
housewife will have gone with it.
Tho Saturday Evening Observer, by
mail, per year In advance. ... .11.50
Weekly Observcr-btar, by mail, per
year In advance $1J0
Country Tie of Thoo, ml tanf
Generous Motives of Amer
icans Misunderstood
Kvll Incarnate hold at last
To answer to mankind.
For agony anil spoil
Of nations beat to dust,
For poisoned air and tortured soil
And cold commanded lust,
And ovnry secret woo
Tho shuddering waters aaw -Willed
anil fullillcd by high and
low
Let them roloarii the law.
That when tho dooms are read,
Nor high nor low shall nay:
"My haughly or my humble head
Has saved mo in this day.'
That till I ho end of time,
Their remnant shall recall
Their fathers' old confederate crime
Avullud tllimi not at all.
That neither schools nor priests,
Nor kings may build again
Tho American army of occupation
in (iormnny started In with the de
clared intention of Interfering; with
German life and customs as little us
possible. 'The police work was, at the
best, distasteful to our troops. They
had no impulse to overdo it, as the
Germans have done wherever they
have been In authority over a foreign
population. There was no desire to
bother or humiliate, the natives un
necessarily, Tho motives and practices of thoso
Americans are u credit to them and to
their country.. Hut they have found
that Ihcir fine ideals would not work.
The German population did not react
to their tolerance and generosity as
on American, French or llelgian pop
ulation would have done. To the Ger
mans, tolerance meant laxity. They
decided that the., Americans were
"easy,1" and proceeded to take ml
vantage of them accordingly.
The rcHult has been that the Amer
ican army, has adopted the same strict
Made wlso concerning men.
Whereby our dead shall sleep
In honor uubotrayed,
And wo in faith and honour keep
Thut pnace for which they paid
Temporary assistance with very small I a people with the heart of beasts
children will always be necessary if
mother and children aro to keep well
and unruffled, but after the first few
years this is not required.
The house without a dining room
for a small number of adidts seems
to work very well; but where there
are children or irregularity about the
meuls, people who have tried it find
it moro bother than it is worth.
Houses in which bedrooms have giv
en pluce to sleeping porches with tiny
dressing rooms ure also being built
nowadays; Housing, like everything
else, faces a stern scrutiny. Prece
dents are being broken. The house of
OBITUARY.
ICLMICK HENRY SPKCKHART
The funeral services for Elmer Hen
ry Kpeckhart were held Monday af
ternoon at 2:80. lifv. Gano, pastor
ni tne Alltel M. E. church, conducted
the services, assisted by Itev, N. S.
Hawk, pastor of the local M. E.
church.
Elmer Henry Speckhart, son of John
the past.
the future is difficult to foretell, but!""" Josephine Speckhart, was born in
it will probably be more sensible and Q"'". Nome,r r 'f1' a',"1
less conventional than the house or-)' t of th life .' the ear y
years, 1 month and 28 days.
ills early life was spent with his
parents in Illinois, and he came with
them to this valley March 5, 1D05. He
was united in marriage to Abbie Loos
March llV-lHi:i.--The- young couple
Fighting Booze Via
Airplane,
aniiary
Sale
All Thrifty Shoppers will supply their needs
for months to come at
Clea.raece
Your choice of all men's suits -ait a reduction of 20
Your choice of all overcoats at a reduction of 20
Womens Coats newest Styles 1-3 off
Women's Suits, your choice 1-2 Price
Dresses, seasons latest styles and col
ors, silk, wool, jersey all reduced
33 1-3
Worth while reductions in every department at
La Grandes Biggest- Busiest and Best Store.
Airplanes are indeed mtuful In pcai'e
at) in war. Wuum-bc dry' rioriiin
rules enfoiTi-d by tho ocnijiyini; lirit-fron ,.wt.t WiXxiXil ulonjc the tiiilf.
i:;h and Fivnch armiei to irovern the .., , .,. ,i;u.1t,.K r.-,.,., i
pent moiit of their murned life on
the farm nouth of Alieel.
l.'l Ionia iltititur
bus been having difficulties with hia 'sho,.t ,if0i wla.n 12 vcura of lliC(.j
planes that bring liquor into the sluluj, ki , . , hl).se ni the f,,,.t. I
THE FORUM
The Place Where Everyone Has His Say.
Mli. RICHARDSON PI.EASHII
January 10th last day to pay water
rent without a penalty. l-8-2t
NOTH'K TO S'iOCKIIOI.riHltS
The annual meeting of tho Stock
holders of the La Grando National
Bank will be held al their bank
ing house in La Cranile. Oregon,
on Tuesday, January 14th, 1 1)1(1,
at 3:30 p. 'm. At this meeting a
Hoard of Direcbors will be elected,
to serve for the ensuing year and
until their su'-cessors are elected
and Qualify, ai 'd such other busi
ness will be considered as may
properly offer).
F. U. MEYERS, Cashier.
Dallv from LXec. 13 to Jan. 14.
German population. The German of
ficers, soldiers, railroad workers nndi
policemen arc required to salute all
officers in allied uniform in the Amer
ican 7.ono of occupa-tion, and the peo
ple are required to go home early and
oiti y olher rules far stricter than those
firat impotcd.
H is done, frankly, for the moral
effect on the German people. And it
will probably bo good for them. If
only Wilhelm, llindcnburg and Tirpitz
were (here to salute tho boys in
khaki!
China, Risoii Above Her
Slavery, an Example.
son, Miss., staling that the govern
ment is using military planes to locate
moonshine distilleries. One moonshine
outfit was located recently by a scout
ing plane. Very shortly afterward the
Illicit distillery was raided by officers!
of tlio law. The entire equipment and
2o0 gallons of mash were destroyed.
It Is not stated In the dispatch
whether the airplane ohnerver used
tho wireless telephone to notify the of
ficers or whether the official raid was
In.. hv iiii-tiluiii. There lire mnnv
fascinating possibilities. And when Of whom may we seek for succor
"drv" pursuit planes go after the li- ..... '
which caused him to be unconscious To the editor of the Observer:
for a time. Four years ago, while un- rl,a,i Very carefully the clear am!
loading hay, he was carried Into the; lonKthy article to,.,ri': jtcl to your j.n
air about) thirty-five feet and then;,K,r a.st evening by t'Uy Commission
dropped "son his head and shoulder, (;,.,my .,,: am p:j;lst., to note
seriously injuring his spine. F.lmorjti,at 1C has had a change of heart and
made a profession of religion in 1910.no nKW ",rpB',ds tho ban as kids
uniting with the Methodist Episcopal j v nm understands fully the good
church ut Alicel. . .results accomplished while the ban
lie leaves his wife and his adopted,- -
daughter, Ida Mae; his father ami So He Had to Help,
mother, Mr. and Mrs. John Spockhnrt; "Rome fc.Vrs seem to Ihlnk It is
one brother, Herbert, and one Bister, "lmrt f,"'K''t ' mall the letters
Ite.tha, and a host of relatives r.nd I wlfl' '"""ls s'"" "'" "trl-
fri,,,ls iicinlal martyr, "hut I hud my loswin.
, i,ii r n , ..- i j.-ih 1 forgot to mall one my wife wroto to
but; "-""! ii.-uuiiK io iistioi:o ner
I Mslt till we got our lioiisoeleiinin'
AViille ihe United States is becom
ing seriously concerned at the growth
of the "liope'1 evil, and vjiUiully con
fessing inability to cope with the prob
lem, it is nsitui'tlve and inspiring to
note what China hart been doing about
opium.
Thanks to the courage of the Chiu-e.-e
coveiiinu nt ami the eentiul mo
rali'.y of tlu: Chim-.o pcoiilc, China, so
long til
The ithu nine: lu-t of th
'was the purchase and il
i.'-lmn.,hai, of KMM) chests of opium,
wi.rlh f 1 1,0011,0110 in the open market.
il.- n. . i.....nH : 41,.,
quor-carrying flying machines, the rest milrlllllB. ,,n,, ,vonin eomes
of us mortals down on the ground jon vg Rre cut (,own ((1 RO t() our
lone.'
!vas on.
I .Speaking from the experience of my
own practice, I have not had a new
icase of influenza for the pa?', foiu
days and quarantine curds are hciai;
j taken down five times more rapidly
J than they are being put up.
Can anyone question such results r.f
ithe late pan or is it still kid.' piny?
Very respectfully, '
I A. I.. RICHARDSON.
lubber aviation may stilT be uncom
mon enough to appear to demand ex
traordinary men, but there are not!
enough of that sort to supply the de-
mand for piloU. The beauty of tho
training now given is that it can take,
the average man nnd make him worth ;
Ills salt in the air. . ;
may see some air battles almost as
thrilling as those of the western front
Tho suggestion is made that ill the
progress of reconstruction many of
our returning soldiers will feel them
selves perfectly capable of holding
public office. Very well! Why not
givo some of the present Incumbents
those farm jobs that are going beg
ging, and try (he soldiers in their
inlaces? It might be to the public
lave of opium, is now free, advantage, even if it shouldn't be
fair to the tarms.
I ruction.
Illiteracy is said to be to blame
for the liol.-hcvik tenor in Russia.
long home from whose Imurne no trav
eler ever returns.
(Contributed.)
Hie puppy fields are now given over! since this same liriiorance will prevent
to (he produition of food. The Ihor-jihe liolshcviki from reading the hand
ouch going way in which the elimhm-. writing on the wall which is now fore
turn of the destructive opium traffii jtelling Ihcir downfall, it may be hoc
wa ; ' accumplUlu d may lie Inferred ;essai y to employ the objective method
from the following measures, enforced luf instruction ith plenty of hemp
and steel used in illustration.
There has been a lot of talk about
''what the country owes its soldiers.''
la several l luncse provinces:
1. If the opium dealer be a shop
keeper, all the hunt; and money shops
shall ri fuse to have anvlhine to do
with him iii money 'mailers, so thai he lb fore indulging in any more oratory
will have to ch ny lux &hwp f(,r lack of , on the suliji ct the cou'itiy had bottec
fui.ds and bandog facilities. The thow a link' concrete c.i.lcnce of in
Chine j have lung known -the efficacy , U nlion to pay wlut it owes.
of the" boycott: lloth the (Jailed!
'laics niul Jiipan have fill id force i A vo:hui wiitcr declares that eoinc
!.' If lin employe of a shop dcar'"seul mates" me married to each olh
:,ir opium Ihe shopkeeper shall dismis.-. cr Isn't that dii'iulfullv iinV-ulal'T
I'ne man, whose name will he publi!ivol 1 '
in the new.papevs, so that ho will not Who ' "'" whether a chevron be ail-
be able to fiti.l BMiphtyment elsewhere A''-r or '!d if tinder the jacket heats
F -A. if a V-enlthy man be discovered hl'"" f schl.crT (
Scaling in oium, his naioe shitll br o o '
oJtiven to th.elrter uf his fmily w;ih MM So Deep. "
'I't) request that the guilty , pet son bt' An elderly lady who was trtmnMo
t out fnifn ha family lone of .the AllunUe for, Ihe first time
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p, 4. l,u)i, Uyrds nnd landfav lies .fhall .jery deepW
er.., IfQiiey do, Ihey will bc
Wlnieil by a, nervmiii nellilmtr f
langi-f ( f the 'VtciiI divi." ".Cweel.
iweel," kIih reidlnl, "It's I n a difl
Wminer. iiu.l t think 9lu sen'll no lie
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dealt; jh Printing, ThAhwrvitJ Mi.in
Everything All Right.
Nellie was happily nntlclpatlnc
Simla Claus' visit. It was Chrlstmat
eve, and raining furiously. A friend
happened In and said: "Santa Claus
run't come tonight hecuuse It Is ralie
lug." Nellie IhouKht seriously a mot
meul and saWi "'h, yes he an; In
hits his reindeers."
Cold Storage.
Refrigerator cars cooled by niumo
ila machines operate.! by internal
rombustlon engines iillllzing petro
eum for fuel are being built for a
Jernian railroad.
'AVERAGE MAN" CAN" 1'l.Y.
January lOlh last day to pay water
rent without a penalty. l-S-'It
. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Before-using this preparation for a
cough or cold you may wish to know
whut it has done for others. Mrs. O.
Cook, Macon, 111,, writes, "I have found.
it gives the quickest relief of any
cough remedy 1 have ever used," Mrs.
James A. Knott, Chillicothe, Mo., says
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cannot
As military aviation is growing outl1'" bcat "d ",''!?' JJ
,jil ;. ,i , i, ,,; iMoore, Oval, Pa says "I have used
m.cs,..'v f,,.. I. ran 1. ,imii,..l.lChaniberlaln,a Cough Remedy on sev-;
Allied brains have organized method-.-'"4' occasions when I was suffering
or instruction that seem to be turningi"""4 sf"1"i ",ld uPon 1,6 ld,cst Bm,
out capable aviators now with muchjh' ' bought alwut s cure,
the same inevitable reKiihirity as nun Adv.
ecllejfca confer dejrroe. To the jrround
HAS ANYONE
Died Had a Fire f
Eloped Had a Baby
Divorced Had a Party r'
Embezzled- Sold a Farm
Left Town Been Arrested .
Come to Town ... '
Had Twins or Colic
Sold a Cow or Lost an Auto ' ' .
Laid ia a Stock of Whisky
Stolen a Do?; or His Friend's Wife
Committed Suicide, or Murder.
Fallen From an Airplane or
Fallen Into a Coal Hole or . ' ' r
Fallen Into a Legacy?
THAT'S NEWS!
Phone or Mail It to the
Evening Observer
"Nerve" and ''Spunk"
Unhappy in the condition of a man or woman
who has no desire to rhe. .
Still, their ciu is not altogether hopoles. If
they will just take ou a little mere nerve, a little
more spunk, they can lift themselves out of the
nit, of eaniing and squandering. 9
The banking h.ibit, when tvao to its mission, as
sists men and woman in their effort to rise.
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