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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
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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
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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
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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
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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, !
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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
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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
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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.
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