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RTX T.9 nnAXDE EVENTS'O OBSERVER FRTTUY. .TANTARV 17. 1010.. o' . , i ( 1 I .'I r.; fQ O LA GRANJE EVENING OBSERVER f An iimociMienc .-ewspnucr Published. Onily and Weekly lit I.a Grande., Oregon, by fh Crsnde Even ing Observer Publishing Company IHUCK DENNIS, Publisher. l.nlered at ibe I'ostof fice Ht l.a Grande Oregon, as Second Class Mail Matter. of vovh trade was launched the; lest man with is new found wing-steam-diiven vessel for ocean t$if fie. , 'bill wrest froyi thcrf t$-ir recd It was in IK18 that the .SnvanT.ah if or lunf? anil speedy flight. Pcih:ip- planned i'V loniel lJi.nl of Virginia ' the laws doatincd r their protection and built in N. Yjjk by lurict wefle not in vain after1 all, and c j l-'ickel, sailed from Nt York to Ha-. tinue sufef bna bred returning ror . vunnali and ihie to lvcrpool, thtf fidiftce. fhi ocean 'iner. llrll k'. - a. ' li ) In any event their reappearance v.il! At that time wld tile wai iSti .be hailed with deli);' by a nation muted at iil;tiul,S2,00.'lMi,lwi. In Hii jcmninV. though slowly, to an anprvt-i , Addrrw ail Communication! to it atood at a value of "iO,H'WI,lj((0,OtlO.''ationof the value of its bird citizens. ' The Observer, 1710 Sixth Street. e nipidity of ilif iruwth in. thc lastjnnd thej? protection no.v ll be us' Citv and onr. Official Pas.. " ""'"J"'1 j8-'1" t,hc,!K1ro.t " T "f "ubl '"' - : '- temhip, thr u feit rudr;ad .and tele ! th'ir fjrmr cl3 truetion w:i j of pi'b-, Evtnmg TrluBmph Report of Vrn'M j,,.,!) Mt,, telephone line, and lust lie neglect. VtVM AHHOriHtiOK. jl.,,. fmoi l..if.. tit i.-tallir.biiu.nt i ' ! M'l banking Un tsuiit in iKUvt (,'itien Uic'kou lUti.1 1 of ftouml-firuiiK' Now:; Stand, Portland; Imperial Newsityrna. Stand, Portland; Multnomah IfoUl Newa Stand, Portland, Oregon. fty-s'Xeep 6hacj and Inefi'ujcncy. Away From Railways. It is hard "to p-al'ze lh:it the past huTidred veara have s'en more devel- , "" npment in. world trade than all the WTiatevw pcnji to the rai!t.:dSl previous time in the history of mnn;i,mt' tht" ift w'in: They mu.U n.t and that much of thn devoom. nt U j ht; to ffu had; to the old m'-.ss. in lata, sut-n a uui: is xu.-t.iy pu.s wihle. ... . HUIISCUIPTION HATES Iiy Carrier Dally, per month 6fx Daily, per three months $1.90 'duo to inventionx which ai the prod Daily, per six month in advauc $3.75 ivt f)f th(! r,rp(.nt rnfrtion. Daily, per year L advance $7.60, ... .WtV1.r it P,tjl:n. ,n Laiiyi sinifie copy &c . , . ' , , . nlc ii.. u.. ii ! tr-tn;iti(injil m-:icc im vita . lor noon it!' ' Daily, per year in advance IS.OO hunt into mitiunal trade and thu wel- Daily, per nix monthi in advance $2JU furr, f in world. ' I)ailyt three months 'n advunce. .$1.25 j M aily, per monlh 60t ' , The Saturday Kvenins Oinerver, bvjJLOSt Var UOntraClS Uram mail, per year in advance $1.50 Weekly Observer-Star, by mall, per year In advance fti Hy Cutnr Tli of Th Lan I ing the Springs of Business The chief obstacle now standing in ith way of American prosperity seems !t be the hulilinj; up of $l,MH),fH)l),)00 ti;f chtimn bayd on informal war con tracts. Owing to a lack of technical uuthority for the payment of theHe claims by the government, the con- I tractorH are unable to pay the nub- contractors and the Bub-contniclors are unable to pay their hills for labor. and materials. JANtTAHY CLEAR- ANCE SALE S'VEHY ARTICLE , EEDUCSD JANUARY CLEAR ANCE SALE EVERY ARTICLE REDUCED Anierivan are a lonjf auffiiniK jieo- They have stood for abuses in public utilities which it seems incred ible that any people .should stand who have in their own hands the power t lemt-dy them. ISut when they finally awaku from lethare;y on any huuject, they awake to jfood purpose. Then they hustle and they dig and they ;ive evidence of the American virtues of speed and aution. The chaotic duplication it station-i and exprews companies whhh was al lowed to ko on bcsiilo the equally cha otic lack of stations am) express fa cilities is finally bcinif atraiirhtcnol; out under irovernment control. ( Two bits of experience have none- ,U:ml w:u' whut opportunity tinted the bruin of the average Amer- for P" P' r.tion .:,.,! io.r....A ..... un v.i n This drams the spnriKs of buxmevs. '., ,, ., . ,,,,,. , ;! whom they came in contact. .Those who auppliod the raw materials. ... ... ' .,, ar,'v', .,,,,, trm y r I tv. tonte!aion f Bill Smith, whose inirly bo without. Hut he had.it at A. h'timlers were f:J Ity of blunders I feet it deterred from straying, should Keen' Judges of Values . " Do not go by prices; QUALITY MERCHANDISE is not built down to a pricb, but up to a standard. This store makes no compromise on QUALITY. That is why our CLEARANCE SALE offers such attractive sav ings to buyers of seasonable , merchandise. Prices reduced in every department, on what we paid for the merchandise, not on what it is worth today due to rising markets. it had to learn as it yr.d learn in many cades by to tell that would thrill the heart of the courtesy, the bravery and the gen osity of the Y. M.' C. A. men with IfUaraiHCeing , Jtllgn XTIOeictmnot pay thair labor. Employe are mm rm,- i it.. it int.. frt . 1UI xvij v licuv. "' ' l"y " rn '", , ' , tl-e.xpenseof tremendous waste. Dor- lien o!v,,, before thev fully learned be heard, as well as the indignant , ,7" , iP" '",n'm '",w, r w rt'W '"'' . ;nK thc war Bnd ilnmediaUly fti- their soldier Siincss. Yet who would ' avowal of Bob Jones that he needed M:yhe everybody has been wrong ered.t Is tKrhUned. Workmen lo-e; r , , , watchine-. il.-.l ..M,,l,-,ll ,l u.1,.,,,1 Iliidr iiilm Kn Ih'ioru l,.,t I m tl,,iv ; ' " ...... j. ... ...j .... ...... uui in Jr ........ I , , , .. ... , cn-oporation m freight trafftr m ot aiitee, joe new I in K Tvorio is nuite . "'-wo. jov wo'-o iiuy ounou hi nr . . , .. . . . . 1 , I 7. posd to the ev.b; of competition. ,,u, ,y,a, . p. ,u- . ....... , too, he will never nirain be willii,- t: r,.l .. ...... .....I 1..... . I 1... . . VI Airluioi.i llir l.ii.l 4-1 r.fr li'.f 111. 1 1 ' h;?:h sta.ulj.ifb; and the success of Us i . The real character of its problems This, .ureal nuij'iriLy in maintaining' them ? personal and financial should be un. Urfuie the Y. M. 0. A. is adjudged : derstood before decisions are made. it; entitled to a fair lieiirinK, - BONDS WANTK1) Blank books of all kinds as well as Will pay $95 for Liberty bonds of typewriter paper. Envelopes of all last issue. Must have them soon If , kinds. School supplies and ink of all at all. Address by letter, telling huwjkinds in any quantity, at many yon have and when they can be (.f j ,m .JLSW&JWP delivered. -Money is ready. Uom.-. F livlil 3 iL-LjJcJf care Observer, La Grande, Oregon. 1-17-4. p ! FAMILY DRUG STORE LA CRANOCORCCON. i-n;-tf Obaerve- n1ts. advertising will bring : Observer ads nre widely read. . gumy r!i!u if mi r nnJ nnvt nclld ! 1 1 4 1. W 111' 11 filir IirtllV It I It i Mir1 (! K "What prices will prevail through-i mbili.d and the ,oldi,rs come homo! Jui,t.w'l '""" " ".'".t- the L-.timony of all the thousands President Wilson is fortunate that out the world between now and mid-joM-timr to drop into paying vlMW 1 n ttn" C J' -'VV f"M"'1 "T T ' '""t"0 "0t "1Way" ceomP" cltl" .summer, 1 1120, is wholly a mutter of in a busy industrial system. !,,', " iT"! ' 1 h'"" wh" nave , tone, renship. . specu'ation," .ays the World "While I No duty of the Kver,,ment, tjiere- kiWw, (o ,.un bll.kwan, into cfHin. p.-.. .- no, nocueu so,e w,.euL n.u .n ....... ..,.,.. ... . eximvairanco and inefficiency. Thev available In war, it is to be remi m-, Pompt nnndimu; and settlement ofl ,,,,,, ,,,, .,. i , .. i.i ,i,.r t'lese ijaims. The interests concerned! '. 1 ty niai enocuve service. I rred Hint In tho greater part of Ku- t'iee ia:ms. The interests concerned lope's stocks nre exhausted and the'e justified in ilomnnliiiK that roll hrmiTid is urgent. jgress provide the reipiisile inithniizn- "Or(?7it Ilritaitl has a fixed price, jtlon without delay, and that the exec nnd so has Canada. Hussla cannot lie utive departiptnts check up the claims much of a competitor this year, and Argentina's crop is not great. - There is better reason, therefore, to nssume that thc average wo.'.d pri.- for wheat'. for two "years to ceinc will bo very li'uch tlian to hold that it will fall to nnythinir like the nnte-war fevel." The American fnrnier, then, may For Unjust Criticism of the Y. M. C. A. and pay off tlmc that nre obviously legitimate ax promptly as possible. It I L no time for redlnpo. Atmt'J emima The Passenger Pipeons long May They Live. To the great mass of thinking peo- ipie' in this country, the attacks upon thc service of the Y. M. C. A. abroad will be a matter of Indignation and j regret. 'Hint, the Y. M. C. A., belli jhcie, and iivcr'oas, rendernl a tte-i Apparently authentic reports are i niendous service to our boys 1s un- not be so legitimate a subject for envy connng. to public notice that paen- 'l"eslioni'.ble. , n.i some of the experts hnvo represent- Pr ,igcons have been seen recently1 course there were mistake:-, and ed. He may not get uny more for Iiiu j flii;ht, or i sting sufficiently nenri"'n"' undertaking was a colossal wheat with Uncle Ram's guarantee of for ou. n!nei ver,4 to determine without wn mistakes may loom up with 2.1i a bushel than ho would have gnt'm.'i.stinn thai, thev were specimens of .P'oportionate bigness. Il'it like every elherwlso, In the open market, in com- ,at long has been mourned petition with tho world. He may not vanished race. git so much. The nation may' be the The annihilati m of the passenger benef eiary rather than thc farmer. pigeon is one or the blots upon our Anyway, there Is m) reason to get history. It ranks with the ilcstrm exiltcd about the mutter, What, is tion of our wh to pine forests in tin done Is done, and what will be will lie, anrly lumbering days as one of the so far as wheat is concerned. We,,olossal blunders rented in ignorance can wait nnd see, secure in the knowl- nlu f,torcd by greed, with which edge that the present arrangement l die history of new lands is too often ploliabiy fair enough, nmi neither pro- tUnincd. ducer nor consumer can lose much by it. other institution in this ccuntry, it LULI Get Dr. Edwards' Olive Tables A Century of Growth in World Commerce. That la tho joyful cry of thousand? ' since Dr. IJdwarda nicd'JCcdCiive Tabk'ts, The folly ef their destruction was : the substitute (or calomel. ,. , i, i , r ,i , . i i ur. iittwanis, n practicing physician tor erognm d too late for the tardy game ycar8 J, dd-lime cn ;,ny, lnws to do any good. Attempts were clinrnverad tho funucla f:u- Olive l'i:, ,.i:'s jthen made to breed the birds in cap-j while treating potkmu tor chronic con- h" '"I' , --nHaMy chit- j JlcMot. do ,t iiicn m tne open ami perisneu nimosi contain calomel, but a Itsslinc soo."-.inj The world is nnioiii to get back us swiftly under man's nurture ns un-1 vegetable laxativo. to business. Kverv .wintry is Strug- der his gun fire, the last known pair ,. a srtpinR b tho 'keynote" cf these ,. , , ,. . , hi. . little sugircoatcd, olivc-colon-d tabKts. gbng with its domestic trade problems dying In 1!U4. -r,y rau3B thu bowc!3 and liver to act while it awaits impatiently thc nsscm- Kcwnrds offered since then for thc j normally. They never force them to bling of the peace conference nnd the discovery of passeni'er pigroji have ! unnatural action. , .. ,. ,. . . , . , , '., f. , , .. If you have a ilark brown mouth" riw .results of its finding, which will go gone unearned, and until this latest ., then a bad breath a dull, tired hi far toward establishing a basis foinows revived it, hope .that they still -Ireling sick headache rotpid liver ard international trade relations. lexistcd had been abandoned. ' I are cnnsti;lt;d. you'll fliid ctuick, sure ard j only pleasant results irom one or two in ancalles FIIUMO'.AND NOURISHING, AS THEY COST; ONLY ONE -THIRD AS MUCH AS EGGS OR MEAT It c!c: ;'r.ot noem possible 'that such rich-flavored f-pi'sfyii cakes can be so inexpensive but they arfc.1 "Ihey are iuexpensive because every ) ::aj ?a ready mixed in the flour sweet milk in j owdcred form (saving the hcusewife the cost of milk); rich ground cereals; salt and all other in gredients. Just add cold water, have a hot griddle ready, r.nd in two minutes you have delicious pancakes. In four pound sacks 55 PHONE MAIN 80 hav indeed tlcn W IMmunU'DliuA 1'li1..ta nf Killing In view of the proo-nt Hituation it j IVilnw they i intvi (;( M'it to icview a- little the bieedine in some seYret haunt, an haw Thousnnda take me or twoevervrfriiit orl.l rmmnfivi'. to re- lMtii i-luim.d. uml now mo v.MitiiYinir Jt to keep tivht. Try them. 10c auJ call tbyl jusl hmc hundred yt'ars ajrn, forth, trmpted by whi-pers of world . the hi enti'.'.t f.t' tor in tlw devetopmeut idi.sunnunHMit or stirred by ji-alous.v ' PATTISON BROTHERS GROCERY Dried fruits Fancy California Figs, per lb. G0 Falncy White Mission Figs, per lb 50 Fancy Black Mission Figs, per lb 50 Choise White Figs, per lb '. 30 Choice Black Figs, per lb 30 Fancy Prunes, 10 lb. box $3.25 Fancy Nectarines, per lb 25o Fancy Dried Peaches, per lb 25 Choice Dried Poaches, per lb 17 1-2 Choice Dried Apricots, per lb. 30t? Choice Dried Prunes, per lb 20 Fancy Seeded Raisins, two for .1, 35 NO CHARGE FOR DELIVERY Phone Main 43 J. G. SN0DGRASS ftc per box All druorists. . 'a T ! Don't Let it Drop! Many people start a bank account and let it go at that. TLcy m ike uo effort to keep it on the increase. . Start your account with this bank and Sfe to it tlut it inercaRes every month don't let it drop! Your sum-ess in your undertakings will be meas ured by your effort to inrrease your I!;uik Ac count. If you bank mor.ey while you parn it, you will have money when you can't earn it. La Cranio National Bank Mfmbe l"rrsl r,.n Ssuni ! r('inali.'iI't''I'i'iijf'Vry nf ti.ti I 1 1 ; t yvl Statra ( idVri'tmiriit. Ladies' Silk Hosiery Everwear Silk Hosiery givrs the bot of wear and looks the best. We h!tve the following colors: Mahogany, charior.gue, castor, black and white. Price, per pair : ?1.25 Ladies' Spats in light and dark gray. Prioe, per pair l.Soi .Ore lot Ladies'' Black Kid j.UIf.i .lioes in regular $5.00 and $.00 Tallies. Sp cinl.for 1 ! ' 1.15 On lot Iadies' Colored Kid Slices -just a few sizos left. -Vaiue p to 510.00 rrr nair. Price ' i !.." r-- . - : -- Come in and let ; rut uo v tips. on your larfs free of charge. . ' (Miiitiii i i l s- 7 ajr x -y t i A-'rA , sr. i t- s . III L IJ . fmidi : SHbev Co s,A;nrivp,se DELCOLIGHT 1 increases Farm Efficiency j Fifty thoinind Delco-Light plants in opera u'on on American (arms are saving at the most conarrvatit estimate, an hour a day each or over IS,000,000 work hours a year Thai t5 equal to on orm of 60,000 dm, working tm hourt a day for a ruif month. ' Delco-Li;ht is a complete electric light and power aUnt (or larms and suburban homes. " . It furnishes an abundance of clean, safe, crpnomnal . linht, and operana pump." chai r-, cream separator, washing macMne and other appliances. It is also hfhtinc rural sirm m.h. chuirkts, arnuols, mnr camps aniudl wa (tattoos. NATE ZWEIFEL La Grande0, Oregon 1 CM. 'j r 50.000 DELCO-UGHT PL-MI in Arh.rilrtQo h i 9 9 t .5 -- ( 0 W" Q ' o 0 Q Q e