La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 15, 1919, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text4 - - -O- U fiRMDE 'lilc"OBSHS( Published 'Dully and Weekly at Li Grande, Oregon, by La Grande Even ing Observer Publishing Company V.UUCR DKNKIS. Publifce fciiturcJ at the iWof fire at La (Ii wl Priori, as Swuwl CIim MtttUr. Address iU CuftiftiunicMions t The 01eni; 1710 Sixth Stre. City" and County (Hfiefct! Vufum. Evening Telegraph Refjtwt X Uitd PresH -Association. On Sile hi Other Cities Ou-ori Hotel Nflwa Stand, Pin-ttiind; Imperial Newi SUnd, Portland; Muifnumuh Hotel News Stand, Portirnd, Oregon. 8UHSCRIPTION RATES ily Carrier Dally, per month 654 Daily, per three month. 91-90 Daily, per six monthB in advance $.1.75 Dnlty, per year bi udvance $7.50 Dui!y, single copy . Gi Ily Mail Daily, per year in advance $5.00 Daily, per six months in advance $2.5 Daily, three months fn advance. .$I.2i. )nily, per month Tho .Saturday Kvening Observer, hi mail, per year in mlvnnce Sl.fit Weekly Observer-Star, by mall, pei year In advance .$1.5( Soon hia money in P""". If he wfi j KSpfttg FJth to u.'iwgiiiin jjfie count l yunn, most buys do. after tiPidrQ-xper! "( they fcjnd ltel rooms cost rr.'s mj-als are lit; price I. . a , : Wheat Is tlight. iSgarJKng Kstimnts iIIh cost to the irovern- Thn au'Jier f r,n I.a tli-and vi-jtsmcntof maintaining the fixed priii 'enitieton, where he nu., a eon. for the entire wheit rip of the pies-' md thia mnv vcrv likely r.e the con- wit year ore interesting, Jmt thev ire only jfiicsses ml not ulways alr'ewd As the obligation is one of h.nor, it is R Country Tie of Tha.. Ian Simple Story of Roosevelt's Funeral Means Much. Wo have just finished rcadlnif the New York World's detailed account of the funeral and burial of Colonel Koosevelt. The remarkable simplicity carried out in the services, and the simplicity of the World's report, strikes deeply to the heart of every Amortcan who loved the colonel and shared his belief that tho one great danger confronting our nation is fabulous wealth, which begets false notions of happiness and nourishes pomp and parade. Tho World relatos the story of tho Hnosevelt funeral just as the small town weekly newspaper tells of the passing of a prominent cltlsen. Men-! tion of the two Oyster Bay constables, tho school superintendent and post muster, all of whom were near friends of tho colonel, indicate the great mis take many peoplo nuiko In forsnkim: the small community when fortune fu vors them. The colonel, it must be admitted. I nk' versation: ''Hello, Old Top, how foes it "Not murn dulnsr." ihardly decent to engage preniaUrrcly , "Did they iiiusa over you any when .In lamantations over tV expense, savs, you got back?" !the New Ymk World) . j "Nope. Wouldn't cure fir that, but We know that we are' pl Iko-1 toi I'm broke and nothing in sii;ht." I pay on the basia of $;i.2li at I'h'c.ijro, Then it is possible the boys will live .hut what prices will prevail through-' it all over ugain and wonder to each out the world between n6w and mid-' other if there's not a cog loose some summer, lfii'O, is wholly a mu'.ter of lilace or they would soon catch on ui speculation. While peace has liber civil life. " ated some wheat not available in war,: This is exactly whit causes our ,it is to be remembered that in the. boys (o drift anil drift -perhaps into 'greater part of Kurope slocks arc ex-; n meeting of the MoMuvik, Not he- .haunted and that the demand is 'v.r- ' cause they favor lawlessness, not be- gent. I cause they are wronij in thought, hut ! Ureal Mritain haa a fixed price and because the gates aro not left open for " h Canada. Russia cannot he J the boys who come home. jmurh of a competitor this year, and Soldiers are visiting l.n Crande Argentina's crop is not great. There nowadays and The Observer earnestly:' better reason, therefore, to assume recommends that the Y. M. C. A. be that the average world price of wheat fitted as n barracks for these boys, for two years to come will be very! Let It be known that I,n Onmle has a ;high than to hold that.it will fall to j soldiers' hotel at the "Y" where all of anything like the unte-war level. i Uncle Sam's men are welcome without I'.von if the Ujuted States, purchas charge, until they ''find themselves." inK our entire crop on the busis of There would be no charily in this ?2."0 at Chicago, should bo compelled movement. It would merely permit to dispose of part or all of it at lower I.a firamle people to bow in a small prices, the cost to the government way the gratitude felt by every cili- ( woulil be small in comparison with the zen for the ''boys who went.'' saving already made by price-fixing. It is probable, furthermore, that if re- nriilifit "Prinr-inlnq" Tin-istrlctions were removed from the Chi cago wneac pit tne patriots wno op- CamQ WarpeU anU iWlSiea crate there and who two years ago had wheat at $:l.25 would soon estab- Victor IlciL'er. former conirressman lish ""'"'' famine market. fiom Milwaukee, convicted of violat- we are un"-''" boml 10 tMo hungering MEP.CHAMDISE ' DELIVERED. CHARGE AC COUNTS INVITED EVERY ARTICLE IN THE STOUE REDUCED. Buy Clothes Now at our Clearance Sale Tho Fall and winter goods we are offering at reduced prices would cost us much more to duplicate now Next year they will be worth still more.- lric es reduced on what we paid for the goods not what they're worth now due to rising markets. . .... - .t.. it.&l' Your choice of any suit or overcoat "at - a reduction of 20 per cent Unusual values in every department. One lot of boys' shoes, lace and button. Values to $6.00. Your choice at our Clearance Sale . ?3.o0 One lot of boys' shoes, calf, heavy soles. Values to $4.00. Your choice $2.50 Boys' heavy fleeced union suits best quality. Sale price - : $1-25 Men's beavy fleeced underwear best quality. . Sale price $1.18 WOMEN'S COATS, SUITS, DRESSES, NEWEST STYLES. YOUR CHOICE ONE-HALF PRICE ing the federal espionage act through conepiracy to obstruct the govern' ment's war program, declared in court: ."I have done no wrong, I have been living up to the.-.e principles for thirty-seven years those principles the jury has seen fit to condemn. 1 cunnot account for the verdict." Here we have another evidence, more striking .than u-ual, of the strange blindness which seems lo have democracies of Europe as well us to the farmers of America who have re sponded to a national pledge. Perhaps we shall lose some money by keeping faith, but nothing else will be sacri ficed. Cootie Death Toll Put Above Million. Hardly possible to conceive of such come over so many Socialist leaders n condition, yet the facts justify the during tho war. belief that the louse is declared autho- Mr. Ilcrgor has repeatedly defended ritatively to be one of the most dend- the sinking of tho I.usilania. He ro-:iy unemies of man nnd to it is charged garded it as ipiile justifiable, appar- the death of at least a million per cntly, for Germany not only to take sons. up nrms against her neighbors, but to 'imt however, is only a rough es'i- nssnssinato helpless non-coniliatants ,, The toll probably was infinite when the German government happen-... ),iKhor, fr (n Serbia alone tvphus, ed to consider them as standing in tho n louse-borne disease, Infected nearly way of accomplishing Ms military pur-1,,,,,, miiin ,! killed BOO a day in poses. And yet lie. .has insisted that it ,)nwv, while 21)0' of Ihe' l'JOII medical was wrong for the United States to joff;,.t,,.s wcr0 vi,.tim9. This disease raise an army to defend itseir against s.,,m ovor JUissia, Austria, Germane such German attacks on American mi, ilt, liulUnns. properly, right:) and lives. j These figures arc vouched for in a publication prepared by Lieutenant could have lived in any city of his The absurd conflict of h rie in such .....e. ,ie cuu.u nave nau uaiiy llie; tt,tu,le is evident. 'I he curious ,,,,.,, fnil,f cnt0mologist in northern pomp nnd parade in most infleloil tliiiiK nbout it is that Socialists, of all Rhodesia. He says: foim. He could have been attended 'men, should have thus championed. oTy,t,',s , entirely due to the ne- ujr .".in 01 seivanis, ami ma no.r.5 ,ierman llggresslon and violence, ii.,:,;,,. ,,f lice. The same remark no- Needless to say, neither Victor Merger :pics to ri,,Bint (cver. Trench fever nor liny other Socialist of any repute ',, ,.,.,.dited to tho louse." could have been a bee hive for nota bles, all trying to ape and niinii': him. Ho was not that kind of a mini. preached for a generation before tile! ii rm,lrb, however. Hint, "one -f At no place in Ills wholo caret:- dal'war, the right and ju li.e of such acts , f(.w BOm, t,(l;l)t!, uml inw,.t. his genuineness show forth stronger jas the invasion of I'.elgium mid the ,lnn)C (,ilK.llaPS js ,,. nrc preventive than .it his funeral, plans for which Linking of the l.u.-it..niu. Iif p,.om, measures nro taken and he made years ago. - Socialism made headway precisely - ,h,u(,h!v carried out." (.olunel Roosevelt eouhl have been jhecnuso it reached n gospel of, i happy had he lived on the' hills near brotherhood, justice, peace and good (iTtrirrinri?" Tlkf T.ifn VaRV Medical Springs, and Dunham Vt rigid will to men. It is one of the strangest .. Savs Madden. Is Representative Madden of'Illi- woulil have been his boon comiiaiiionlflll.ts in political history that such v because happiness and conluniir.ent j movement, in tin ory so idealistic reigned in the Roosevelt brens!. No!hiiui, have been suddenly perverted palaces nor Iliglrpowcrcd'automuUlcs, ' ;n this and various other countries, to nois possessed of n grouch or hns le no costly gems nor priceless li.iuu v.-us'n inaclical champinnship of a tiei man jthe right hunch on the way things an necessary in the life of this gr ind, jsystem of political and military ag- going in the nntional cnpitnl when h ii ue, nooie, generous A mo-can. iirresslon which is tlie d enietneal op- savs: . Let us all try and emii'.i'e the life 'posito of what Soiiali-m has always of him, who gave so much to civil'sa- iirofessed to repnsent. lion, who re-es!alilished i'l this nation I STeialism as a theoretical plan for principles of freedom so plainly set : reconstruct ing society still ex forth by our ancestors, and wlu.se icominnnds suppoit anionc lust act was to impress upon u all thinking men as one possible solution ;duties at the departments, but their the emptiness and folly of worshng fr political and economic problems. 'duty was not Important enough to c;et Wealth, which worship automatically . i:ut any intelligent eon Socialist must jthem out of the nest until nftec 10 brings loss of self -respect nnd :if Iho wonder how men h.ildilur such views Vclock." (food frien.ls acquired by living simidy as those of Victor lb-rger mid other ill a small comiounity. like-minded Amei icaiis can still call themselves m n r- "&m 7i'A,'-A.f jl nn ruKuiri The Place Where Everyone Has His Say. ItOYAL KTKJL'E'ITE. ' late himself in the "favor royale" by Editor Observai-: l.t a very rccont I attemntino- even li.ri,t .ia r,. edition of The Obnerv. r the editorial! milinrity. page contained aai art: lo on the fre-1 I haven't Written this, Mr. Editor, quent uso. which President Wilson ' in any defensive manner towards their made of "Sir" when addressing his j ideas over there, but just to sny that majesty, King George, at a state ban- President Wilson knows all the ''tricks piet nt Buckingham palace during theiof the trade' whilst, hnhnnnliln.r vj'.ih President'a visit to Knland. The edi-lthe biy folks "over there." Yours truly, CHARLES E. KING. HOIL mtlNKINC WAT Kit Owintf to the Khortnc of water at I Heaver creek it is now neccsnary to tyet part of the supply from the 'rnnrli IfnnHc rivpr ll water nt-Hl esiiient Wilson did just;fw. drinking purposes should he hoilcd torinl gives the impression that Presi dent Wilson, knowingly or unwitting ly, broke all precedents by not con tinually addressing tho Hritish mon arch as "Your Majesty" during his speech in answer to King George's pledge lo the health of his guest of honor. Now, sir. ,A'"" 1 ' !lt as a precaution against germ or ron- ordmg to rules of etiquette whilst ,amin.lli()n whi(. tht, condi,ions a, addressmg the r.r.tish royal person-,, rivcr are much imllrovi ovcr for. le' I mer vcars, there being now little or Those, not r.r,., vln ere in the im- nn rhn,e for -nntimin,,iion from ih,. nuihate enlou:.:ge of h s majesty, orim(.,l( cmpIn-'s plant, the cily health who had oc.k to r.dilress him, i ,onr(1 ,ir(t,s hailing of drinking water would be correct in only at first say-!us a precautionary measure. . ing to him, "our Majesty," but on JOHN COLLIER, each subsequent occasion during the ; nty Manu"cr. siune speech would he expected to use; the word "Sir" and not'Vour Majts-1 ty." accordimr to court etiquette. I Curwl at a tost of 25 Cenls- I diil notice, in a renort of the ores- Light years ago when we first idoiifs speech cabled from nn English moved to Mattoon, I was a great suf- nress associa ion. that he commenceil ""r iw"i ""l"e his replv lo King George's felicitntion :. writes Mrs. Robert Allison, Mat with the winds. "Your Maiesties," and t0n. "I "l frequent headaches Hiierwanls invurinhlv used tho more and dizzy spells, and there was a feel lemoeratic title of "Sir." in the whole '"K "c hvy weignt pressing on teni'th of bis snoeeh my stomach and chest nil tne time, i I haven't the slightest doubt thai miserable. Every morsel of food Pfeiidoni Wilson is in. lo" or coni-i distressed me. I could not rest at zaiit of all those many little subtleties "- let " wrn ouc an and fine piunts of rhethods of proce- "' 'ime- Une bottle of Chamberlain's "Five government-owned nutom.i-1 ,un) which are considered "au fait" in; laoicis cureu me ami i nae .suae ivii biles, with five soldier drivers were hiirh c ass comnnny, and he aotod,"e n o mnio pr..n. waitine at 111 o'clock this morning be- strictly "acconllng to Hoyle" in nd- TAl'S! Ily .lob n T. Troth Eddie, an Jim, an' Squint-eye Joe. Barefooted, freckled, an'tuancd. Lay nn their backs,-with their nioih oalen pup, In the warm .September glow; An' told what they'd be when they growod up Eiidle, an' Jim, an' Joe! Eddlo, an' Jim, an' Squint-eye Joe Eddie's ambition a judge's wig Were bound to ho rlcbor'n kings! Jim would explorin' go, An' Joc'd be a iicicr, when he got big Edide, nn' Jim. an' Joe! Eddie, an' Jim, an' Pouint-eye Joe Lie on the shell-torn earth! Jim drags Joe to a crater's brink, Where Eddie, dyl'.i' below, Beckons, an' gives 'em his last drop to drink Eddie, an' Jim, an' Joe! Eddie, an' Jim, an' Squlnt-eyc Joe Lie on their hacks, asleep"; Their Great Adventure has come, and passed. And crosses three, in a row, Toll that they're richer than kings, nt last Eddie, an' Jim. an' Joo! The finest stock of hot water bot- , ties and combination syringes that j money will buy is what you will find 'at dl-14-tf r? FAMILY DRUG STORE LA GRANDE.OHCGON. HAIR i,K. Ladies' modern hair work done, new switches made to order. Comii.ngs made to order. 1-1U7 Washington St. l-i:i2-i:! Butter Wrappers printed at the Observer office. Be Strong THE strong find vigorous man or woman is envied by 1cm fortunate humenity afflicted with aches, pains, infirmities and ailments. Tho sufferer ays to himself, "If I could only be wcil, how happy I would be," for health is more essential to the jo of living than it wealth. The kidneys almost literally wush the blood nnd kfep it clcen and free Irom impurities. W hen the kidneys are out of order, they fail to filter out thii waste And poll en on i mutter. It remains In the yMem to cause Inckuche, rheumatic pains, core ' lusclet ami tir-lp the system eliminate this poitcnous wntr. 'fhey tooitit, trenatthen tuxi lieat lore, weak mid it. J )::.1ney ar.d bladder. When the titir.ry art working prupcrly. an petite rvturo, rcircsbiiti tie cn is potiilc, aud health and Birc3ih coie adain. C. W. Smiih. 130S- No. 4th St.. Sallna, Ka.. vtites: "1 bin vtry much pleased with Foley kidney Tilts. I am Working in a coal yard and Inve bei-n very much trout led with my back. 1 li:iv takm cevfrnl doses ot Foley Kidney Hills and t!.-y l.uvo iilrut.ily l.tlpcd ue, La Grande Mattress Shop And Weaving Works Mattress Making and Repairing, Feather Mat tresses Made, Feather Renovating, Carpet and Fluff Rug Weaving. All Work Called for and Ileliwred CJIAS, KDWARDS, Prop. ONE BLOCK EAST OF VLOVF. MILL PHONE '.RED 132 Is ii ml, fore one arTnrtment house in this city :iressing ivinj; vieoiice m ni's'""" - mime1.. ..rri,..ipB in lloir inmovtnnl i "Sir. l eisonauy, i mom inifc .-n-Joys the democratic sido of Knpdisn royal life, if such n paradox ean hi; more so, even, than the Into Kintr Enward, who. althoutrh such an nll around Rood fellow, was at times o.uit u stickler for court etiquette, especial ly if some , snob attempted to -.nprati-' Build a Wall Between Our Soldiers and Bolshovihi. Roosevelt Highway Would Be Proper Tribute. (bserve tttlts. ndxurtlslntt will brinR ra 1' III' MR. RAILROAD MAN The surirestiim th.it a c-i.it na: "li a hiiiliVNov ! i i : u . ; . . I lor 'liucd-ri ltoocvvll is timciy an 1 aliin npt iute. j The need of c-cl bi!:hw.i, is t.-c oirni.cd more tod:y tii:m ecr bet . -re. j 'c hac jji.t nd of tho oi.l ni'tion that i more ' Th, ! 1' Sho.-Uiojr is tile news that twenty sol-lii-M in unifonu participittcd in , Hol-ln-ik mcetiiiK at lVitlalni n few liiK'it '- :K"- It is difficult to vi-uali.e one of I'ncie San's men ;it such n place. Itut befoie we blame the soldiers, lei us iook at conuuion!, sipurety with ,, ,,m. thuu: of lit iin andravor to search out a reason for lornl tnti-ii-it nc 1 v.ii, such a eomUlion. Ki-wih of H'.-i.-i'o-toii--n n. We sent our hoy Ui war am d tK, cl oinu m of t1 c :i. phonta mikI hyttaha; aini.i an-uiain-e !if nll,,t n--,t. U h.ivc i.r ii! ' ui aiinsnnn; am'.fl plrdi-e. of pivp- tr). l,i,;hw:,y to i ir lei'onnition up-m their ivtmn. Kv- ,.,,, 1;u-, ,!,;,, vx, ( cryone mi-nt whol he ud. We are li arniin: t iit ttia aiu fmiJ ami (hr be are terms nut of (be t, ctiiiij'K hsidit. Stnluaiiy i. not aiisoth in, ,,f nu, stotc n iiijf thi m as railty lis we all had V nlia.i.l- h..- ljitl, 4Ui to 1 KIJ l.llliid. Miile wny." I "CM .1 o ! mi- Aiv not atifii. ti.t-ir tlniiy puia.iits nv, f,t ii. a.-nn' t confer any shoWi-r l.f ,raise and ;r , -. , 1 1 t i -. ; i f a rafihiile -,.ifi our fifc-M:i. men. 'Ai n'.h.r n.1 i-.i-. - ')ViMc'fi! it, bat Itry m not y itir m-i. -s tin' toiflU ' - ... 'w. ifh unci.-1 1 t'u ' iWhal i the IWtltt? "" jtical V ;y I hi n i!i ; A piiv-te surlier is disi hai .-ed with to. l! imif-l n!.,i liltle tnoney. He t(rts homo-on Iheneinoi '.d t,u. a yt -,ls nd j i-f I!,.. id. ,.f r. h,r- and V.Mn. '1 M- ,-! ..li-f iy i.ti.Uh i HI w.uii.l be i. y in a jo :n' y. - T 1 nni.sJm: i' ft. a filiinc train Hint eartss aiAidiia-nieal din-' mu.-h lo,i. ne(a-(iiiiiiy "jtood soldier caiv'ii rmtri: Rr& olwo w li 'enl and al'VfHrrj')- 'gether In (fi r. "I ifi I I i.tf-W ! p vWtorn re lii K.rsvt ii'id west I .ml - pit it. Don't Let it Drop! Many people start a bank account and let it go at that. They make no effort to keep it on tho increase. Start your account with this bank and s to it that it increases evory month don't let it drop! Your success in your undertakings will be meas ured by your effort to increase your Dank Ac count. If you bank money while you cam it,' you Will hare money when you can't earn it. La Grande National Bank Mmhr r'rawral Reverie System- lJfAisrtiatod ilK:pisiiMi'yiif t lit VitedcSit;t K'J Ciov'cnitMcnt ' w 1 9 1 9 t i 1919 Model 4-90 Price $845.00 1 9 1 9 -.Will you and your family ride or walk net sumriie? TOMOREOW'IS PAY DAY. Come in right now and see us at out one of these cars. Our special easy winter terms will make it possible for you to own one. Also: One 1918 Ford. Perfect condition. Priced right. , . ' . - W. --H.5 B.OttN-ENKAMP CO. GOODYEAR TIBES OOSS NO MOPE oT0 'COODYEAS TfRESr, ,wstfi.vaimi i II i u' ' r i i i "i.. 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