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y Country nrii ef Th
Land
Codification of the States'
Child Labor Laws.
In
sovrntoen alatts of the union
rommissioMa uru incpnriiiK to coilify
their chilil welfare lawn. It honeil
tliat the laws may he unified and har-l,, hnivest men in the world, for at
monized, inakiim it lossilile to enforce I wm,t l'"'nt l'"('H f"""'!? uecomc stuti
thim anil pavinx the way for the pass-i'",rn determination? Auk the Belgians,
ins of additional lawn, protectiiiK llicjtnc French, our own marines of Cha-
' child. itenu Thierry.
This is oniy n step, but it Is taken T,,c l,cm0 cmifcrence is to right
In the riifht direcllon. Thur. are '"y iiaeient wronit. Perhaps it
still too many slates that are doing W'H 'e''ue the noble mulo from the
practically nothing to conervo heulth'",'fma "f tmit KwMa motlo, "Hee,
ami education for the child. And in"w." w,lilh nin with unde-
; the states where such welfare laws iscrvcd ilerhiion, nnd bring him into his
have been passed, they arc frequently jow". where all the grateful nations
confusing and ruiiliaiiii-Luiy. Theys,'n" l",int ,lim wi"' P1". and cry
have been passed ut different limes i"" Hauled!"
with no uttention to uniformity or co
ordination. The Kentucky luws are an example
of such confusion. That state bus one
law providing that all normal children
between and Including tlio ages of 7
n ml 1
shall ntlend school regularly
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uiiuuKiimi niw ailiimi in IN llll iCd. :
tntiH'ht ut home. There is (mother law
forhiddiiiK the employment of children
under M yenrs of ui:e. Tho 1IJ year
old child, therefore, is left mtfruurded.
lie cunnot work, hut he need nut nt
tend school. So fnr iih the win to is
concorned, apparently he is free tofhlanie for the plunj;in of this heavy t
ru.i the Rtreets. ' car twenty feet from a hridjro over a
The Teas lawn are In a similar , creek. Pilings alotur the bridge eautrhl
mudille. There is a mother's pension, the car before it went completely into
law supposed tv enable children of the water, but the front' part was sub
needy parents to remain in school up 'merged. ''The motormnn, who was
to tho ajje of Ifi. Hut the labor law both shocVed and burned, revived when
issues workinjr papers at I I, tlmsjhr fell into the icy water. He brol.c
thwnrtinp; the honest working of the tho Kha door of the vestibule with
pension law. In New York state h hi fist and irot out. lie then walked
boy may become an itinerant bool-ialonjr the siile nf the car, ripping the
black at any ajre, though he cannot l. ! screening from the windows. He
nn established boolhhiek under I I. lie pulled four passenjrers to safety
may peddle papers at t'J, hut can ped- (through the windows Itefore he lost
die no other line under 1(1. consciousness again."
While tho very laws designed to Not all t'he stories of heroism comes
protect the child are no nt variance it ; from the fields of Km nee. If Wilhcrt
Is little wonder that the HelfUh andjlwis dies of burns, exposure, shock
irrnaping employer should exploit and almost superhumnn strain, he
childhood to the limit. Uniform nndjwill have lost his life for his fellow
enliglitetied state laws will help to men jut as truly as the boys in khaki
clarify public understanding of the .have done,
sitiuitinn ar.d its r.eetK Knliirhteued
inibllc opinion will hasten the dny of
uniform intei stale or national laws.
Making Good Loss of Sail
ors on the Sn Dieeio
There will be tale vf the Fen to suit
the imagination of 'everybody, when
the full Uny of the war Is printed.
And the claims ruining from sen disas
ters will be among the mi difficult
to act tie, for the sea does id rn nice
Ihinys.
Among the inle resting ue;tnins
.iow before ongiess is the decision ns
to wijit cour should be fuirmied w'.th'
M-jfaJd to flW.IHH) worth of Liberty
boaila lost by the pieii of the I'nitidt
States cruiser San iJicjr-' hrn that
vet. el wa-! mink bff V -lnnl WU
tt.fMtrcif In convoy dut-y.
Tie in nn provision ef hiur .tuthi)-1
riifi tt i.je of dtiplicu? in l eu
f lost coujmn Itnitls, wnVs -iei-
git-t Buaees aome pravtaiati tua of -1
fii and sudors will lose the- money
they hve invetcd in the cawr.c of bL
crty. - ' r 0. (
ci'hey newej to take' the bonds
through t i-'itn l-'rnnci'ico bnnk, niul
payment was nlfen from their uftv
ings. len fusued a year of wapder
ii t ,n ud it ws not possible t diiiver
the Ixmds to the men wilil t1, San
n'eg- .- entered ?ew Hork harbor
twelve niifufhsjater.
Convi.v duW i exactffc g. and the
posit his bonds. Nuri'oulil thijy lit
muiltiil mi'tly, fur tha ghiu hi3
registration -i-viee. Tor six mcnth
jtdi'ori'Oi weie (niL'd oft board oh ip
Lm, (hlJl c ,nft th"0 thief in the night
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A submarine or floating miM ol
thu JSun iVieco, own she went. HiK
jbrav to th lheir
. Aru lhe r(!,t os Q tff(.jr be!orinK-s
iiW,lltl;,tf the homht
NuW, unless eonnrexn comes t thi
j r,.BuUB, it will have cost 'these men
$100,000 for ervJnijtheir country in
her 4i(no of need. Of course the nec-
eniiary Ictfhdntion will prevent suih a
!,.r.l.1Ulrt,(m Kot U uti..nl.f onma u.n
There, is too much talk riht now
about what the nation owes its hoI
diers, and too little concrete evidence
of iU intention to pay.
Stigma of Laziness Not De
served. The American army mule has been
mentioned in the ltriti;:h war records,
and honorably mentioned, too. His
staying powers, his courage, his phleg
matic performance of duty though
stormed nt with shot and shell, have
all been commented upon.
There is an epidemic of awards for
faithful service, as there should be,
for this war has been characterized
not by single conspicuous acta of bra
very but by thousands of them. We
honor our soldiers, our pallor, our of
fieers, our privates, our civilians, our
boy scouts, our airplanes, our guns,
our horses for heaven's sake, why not
our mules? Why not k!vg these stur-
ly deft riders of thuir country's honor
a decoration ami a title worthy of the
service they have performed? A
leather medal, say, neatly stamped
with a design of a lifted hind leg and
hoof, and embellished with the motto,
''nobody shall pass,' might be appro
priate. The mule has been derided too lonj.
He is considered the acme of stubborn
ness, yet he shares that quality with
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HerOlC DeeOS Not All From i
Across tha Water.
''There were twenly-flve persons on
tho car, and with one possible exeep-
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a di.sputch about an intern rbii n
trolley accident in un Ohio town. "The i
posHjtiio exceiilton ih Wilbert J.ewis,
'niolortuan, who was seriously hunted ;
ahout the face, shoulders and arms." I
were- tol
Peace Prices Making
Hard for .the Mines.
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N'o industry has been hit harder
than mining in the process of read
justment to a peace basis.
The lottnm was literally knocked
out of this industry over night.
The government had been takic
virtually the entire output of the
mines for war purposes on the one
hand and on the other hand restrict
ing all building operations requiring
use of metal products.
As a rev.i't building operations wen
at a standstill.
Hence the mines were left with pro-duct-on
at a maximum and consiiirp
tiou at zero.
.'lives o metal have fallen while
wiurei h;ive' remained nt war levels.
and tV mines have not tried to re-
o them.
(tjjcmtois nr pursuing n
rovii''' iii'd t tuiir it eocmv waiting for
industrial activity tft get Its stride.
t'l )rx lMen necessary to cut pro
tl.i. tien much as ;"H fer cer.t in lro.!
wctteio States. '
Notbiru: bus been f?one to antago
nie jji'xn '.d lab, t edently utider-ltand-i
t)e sitiiati.m.
j Inteiliretit ro-opera! ion now not
nidi, iili'nj. will s:ce ti' dav in the
rimm: tnuusuy
ii.k -t i u
as W'ii all J-i!Vr
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THIS IS NO SPECIAL PURCHASE FOR SAEE
LEFT-OVER STOCK.
$25.00 SUITS vd
$30.00 SUIT3 and
S33.M SUITS.and
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Tt Is pntent, too, Unit the more ma
chine guns the American unity has, tho
more (Jcrninu mueliiuu guns It will
capture.
Any oprlghlly citizen who gets Into
the army under the furty-flve-yeur lim
it will feel as pruud as a registered
bullpup.
Talk about this being the age of
young men tho American army won't
accept us volunteers men under forty
flvo years.
It Is evident from the German press
that a lot of Germans nt home don't
perfectly understand tho art of a vic
torious retreut.
In odd moments nf lefc . tt la jnst
iiH welt to remember that the boys
over there nlwaya need tobacco. Not
for poultices, either.
German scientists arc naturally ex
pected to pretend that the "Irreduclblo
minimum" is ns hard to understand us
the "fourth dimension."
The Idea Is for every man who han-;
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I CHARGE ACCOUNTS IN- Jjjf Q
1 JiUVIMl
(lies a toid In any essenttul Industry j can war, has b?en an.de judge advo
to put ns much Into his work as does: cate of the Departmei t of the North,
tho lud who goes over the top. I east, succeeding MaJ. Philip H. Stoll.
Colonel Punn entered the army in
Ilaselmll Is Ihrnugh fur the duration 1898 after graduating from Washing
of the war, hut wo may llnd that the : ton university the same year.
baseball shortage Is almost as ensy to
undergo as the miuur shortage.
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Some nf those American hnya who!
passed physical examinations Hplen-'
dldly became suddenly denf when uuy
Bugge-stlon of retreat was inndu.
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Tho aWerVnen III IliVestlgMtlnna Ik tliaf 1 See lr. 11. W. Snook, optometrist jitu
Bmiic arrho at a conclusion and then lors, Foley hotel building. idv:
mwmble evldenee, while others wither
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conclu-
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to tho man who thought that If ho
would furnish the ground It would he
rnHy to ll!ro fion'hody to work tho
War (,'iirden.s ilouhtless made mn
terlnl contritiittlnns to the fund nupply.
What prices would huve hecn limit
them Is a mutter beyond humnn cal
culation. A classified ad will hrinc result
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PLANNING FOR PLANTING
In planning for the planting of your crops you
are very careful to put the right crops in the
right place- You don't close your eyes and put
any kind of old seed in any kind of old worn out
soil. You get the best seed you can find and put
them into the soil and have the soil in good condi
tion. you try to get everything in shape for good
results.
But how about the place you are planning to
plant your dollars? There ia as much difference
in some banks as there are in some soils. This
bank studies the needs of its customers is a
bank of personal service and a dollar deposited
with us will thrive. .
La Grande National Bank
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The goods that have made our business a success
and tuable'd us to guarantee them to you are
Charter Oiik Ranges, Ftent Hiiateft, White
Sewing Machines, the Harmoir M.ittress, Sim
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OVERCOATS $28 $40:t!0 uCIIS and OVERCOATS
Buy Now'for your future requirements
COL. GEORGE M. DUNN
Col. George M. Ounn, one of the
"Rough Riders" in tt.-! Spanish Amerl.
hoik has been started on a seven
mile railroad, Klamuth Kails to Ho
nan.a.
iHMecttvo eye muscles cause many
nervous bieak-dowm and poor iuialth.
PIANO Tl'MNti
Kxpei t tuning nnd repairing,
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1C.00 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. Night
classes 7:30 p. m. to 9:0 p. m.
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Public Accountant. v
Income Tax Advisor.
J- 611 Main St., Pendleton, Oregon
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ACQUIRING A
PERFECT FIGURE
Most women who have perfect
figures did not have them orig
inally. They have acquired them.
A woman gradually takes the
shape of her corset su the corset
produced by the moat urtistic
designer ii the rigl t one to wear
to secure a perfect figure.
FVpixt Laced
are ino.st symmetrically and ar
tistically designed. They ure
comfortable, stylish and grad
unily mold the figure into those
beautiful lines that every wo
man admires and desires.
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BRITISH THERMAL UNITS
The standard jnoasurcifjcnt of licat usi'd by hcat
int; en.'iinci'i's in working out liousu-liratiiif; prolj-
li'ins.
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wliy worry about fonmilas? Leave tliein to lis.
We are." Heating and Ventilating Engineers,
and design and install any and all kinds of heating
and ventilating plants' in accordance with 'scien
tific and up-to-date methods.
Do vou wish a new heating plant in vour residence,
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i li Phone Red 3681
CRESCENT is tha -life, conomlcal
t poking powder. It is made of tha
purest ingrtdienta -in correct scientific
proportions. Crescent raises first when
moisture is added in the mixing bowl, and
then again when heat is applied.
Thus yon can depend absolutely upon
Crescent to produce the most wholesome,
light and easily digested biscuits, cukes
and breads. - Write for Crescent Cook,
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OBSERVER ADVERTISING will bring results.
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the most out of it
EVERY YEAR you spend a large proportion of
the money you get. So much for clothing. So
much for shoes. So much for things to eat, house
furnishings, garden seeds and tools and what not.
There's one sure way to get the most for your money.
Know what you want before you go to buy. '
READ ADVERTISEMENTS. The advertisements
you read will tell you what is new tnd good. 'They
will give you the latest ideas and improvements.
Thfy will help you to live better and dss bUer at
less Cost.
If you tliink of it, you'll be surpmeij it the v.'orld of
iiiterest and . the wealth of p.ew ide;w yeu'U'fiud in
reading advertisements. e o .
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Aavert;seinetats are the daily record f pigresS.o
They are the rejxjj't to yoifof the manufifibturftfs, and
merchants who work for" you, telling vli has bcetf1
tfccomplisltod for ;pjur Iwaseflt.
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