FOUR'
LA fiRAXnrt EVENING OBSERVT:R'"'7'! f
FRIDAY, .TOTAKY 24, 1919.
U GRANJDi EVENING OBSERVER
An Ihaoiiendcnt 'Newspaper
Published Dally and Weekly at La
Grande, Oregon, by La Grande Even
ing Observer Publishing Company.
BRUCE JENNIS, Publisher.
4"
THE BOOKWORM
J j
whatever from immigration, eietl the unbeatable figiitin qualitfe:
and others of whom insist that thu!r.rOQrKmen, but the German general
country is about to be deluged and tiiff was moved a.ik fur peace for
ruined by a Rrat Immigrant wave, (an additional reason, ffl
unless remedial legislation is $Jii-yyj As a final cure for German vicious
adopted. There aig those Oivho want rhesa l i J J we hud sacmbltd ready
t) keep some immigrants, and those for the coming1 (ampaiKi
u)a An tint u'nt tt kcfii them nil out ' t (n nf fur evt ton the Ger-
Entered at the Postoffice at La Grande p,rd those who want to deport all rcai- mans cluld make-a tank for every Publ'f. 11 'rary:,the local -?ty
Oregon, a. Swnd Claa. Mall Vattor. ;,,,nt ai0, who hav. not ppM tor MVeIlty.five feet ,f fiKhtinjf front; ""r P"' Publications.
ueyou following the work of the
state legislature?- A parSJof the vari
ous reports whh confront the legis-
i.re than'lators havo been distributed through
tie state, and copies are on file at
Addresa all Communications o
The Observer, 1710 gixth Street.
City and County Official Paper.
Charge
Ac
counts Invited
c.tir.en;;liip and many other shades am ba.tenea by the W..uonds, where we . ..K , K.n.nHit,.
i varieties of '.." As for Wiends of j had but one beforef aeroplanes in the j (Buc(fet) am, the rt of thg con.
i the immigrant, they are few and com-jBamc proportion and millions ore jsolidution-commission, recently discus-J
naiO,tiveIv silent. !men readv to start for Benin. Buticp.) in the newicnanpr 1
Evening Telegraph Report of United 1 Tne one sure thing is thatot of all j this cure that Jud been mixed withj A fairly complete file of previous :
Press Association. this discussion and emphatic insist-! the pestle of determination in the report "may also be found at the li-j
On Sale 7Jiher Cities Oregon Hotel ,'cncc there is going to come a more jmertar of American industry became brary, with a check list showing quick-1
News Stand, Portland; Imperial News drastic regulation of immigration than erevention. . ,1V just what is on hand.
Ktand, Portland; Multnomah Hotel we havt had heretofore. j The German general staff knew! ' j
News Slmd, Portland, Oregon. That fs the only natural, logical 'more about this cure than the Amer-' ? "? '"f. ' th P-Pu'ar
-- ; ,. ,, ,, . ., , , ', ,,. .. . . ... 'books?' This question so often asked
mm?. ...e u,m.-, cm..,., n. .-,... Ahe librarian requires a different an-i
ford to be made a dumping ground for dose with the proved ab lity of the , ,ifferent timf, Duri ' th.
when th- men who were to administer it u-, the lihrarv short on
staff that it wnsIH.w fiction, some of the stand-bys of.
political disturb- quitting time. ' ' 'pant years enjoyed a heavy run. Owen,
Dorothy ,
and the'
lack i
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Bv Carrier
D"t, per month 65e, hurnpc a human wreckage, when th" men
llnlly, per three months Sl.tJ5Wnr is over. It cannot afford to wcl-lrided the German
Inl y, per si months In advance WZ.omo the sodnI and political disturb-'
iii..' s'crs to ply thrir menacing trade here.! By endine the war In November, ; Winter's "The Virginian,'
Hv'il.Yi'" . I It dues not want men and women from 1!H8. instead of in Irtlrt; more than aiOnfied "The iPent Twig,'
Dsilv. ner vear in advance io.00 1 enemv ennntries who ouirht to be!half million Amei-ican lives were ' vorks of Mark Twain, Kinlirlg.
Daily, peri months in advance 12.50 Klnyil)K at home and working out theirjaaved. The coming Vietr.ry loan is to, London, Zane Grey, and Mrs. Dolnnd
& tT''r::! of nU.. retribution. But U pay for saving these live, and the tZJJZ STjLT.t
.The Saturday Evening Obs'-ver, by !U hard to know where to draw the that the bill will be heavy is because ' d movi vcrsion of ,
mail, per year in advance. .. . .91.50 , In-. the pound of cure became a pound of ; . (lc.mnni for th- book, such as
We can hardly bar everybody, even .prevention, instead of an ounce. tyictor Hugo's "Is Miserabies " of
i temporarily, lest we offend all othcrj Everyone prefers to pay for preven- 'which the library has four copies iifi
nrtions and Invite industrial stngnn- tion, esneciallv where it saves 500,000 : conytant use.
tion through lack ut labor. It is niand that's why there will be one1 ' f I oilet creams, cold creams, rubbing
I delicate business worthv of the best 'more Liberty loan. i wth one exception, all the booki in -creams and campholalum for burns,
'thought that congress and the public! ; the Ute teachers' rcadinc circle! for croup, for chapped hands, for
The Farmers' Ni.nnart san eai'ue 1 1" "" i i,ire vou win lino
' Janualry Cleafance Sale
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY B0Y3' SUITS AND OVERCOATS This
Clearance Sale offers extra good values in smart models all from selected
fabrics warranted for good wearing qui lities. .
Worth while reductions on all boys clothes
$ 7.50 SUITS AND OVERCOATS 9 COO
$10.00 SUITS AND -OVERCOATS ? 8.00
$12.50 SUITS AND OVERCOATS $10.00
$15.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS $12.09
$20.00 SUITS AND OVERCOATS $16.00
Every article in the store at a reduced price
Weekly Observer-Star,
year In advance
by
mail, per
U0;
Chamberlain's Tablets.
4
cr.ciL
My Gauntry TIs ef ThM, wm Larvtf
f Liberty.
A Lyihuig Which Circum
stances Perhaps Justified
Community Salvage Plants1
for All Large Centers.
Some A liberie.1! us hnve always main-
can eivc it.
irc-Juses to le Mil out ol ousincss in
iMiile nf mii'-h uilvorKp rritVism. The How
, league declares that what it is after l Wllr ' Kussl;11 Conwell. con
i primarily is the iK-tterment of the''"""1 insoiration for others than sol
ir.rmer. ,.vn thmftrh .nmo of the diers. The author of "Acres of I)R-
,, , . , . ... , headers go too far. in working in sel- j monds" is a specialist in inspirational
The salvage work done by allied , .... ,, i n literature
... , ' , . i fish politics the members generally ""-ralure-nrm.es
in the war tone has served to e jn (hc t.iKuc wUh intentjons
open many eyes to the value of savin-; puoblo Indicator. Any organization) New war boolts are "Ladies From
small things on a large scale. In thc'lrat trii,g to hitch up the farmer withi"1'"'' ''V '-oug!as Pinkerton; "High
IntornaUonal socialism on one hand I Adventure, by J. N. Hall; , 'Bullets
and radical laborism on the other is!nn1 Billets,' by Bairnsfnther; . "The
not doinir much to better conditions I Kca Watch, by Currie.
ror the farmers. As for the league
having "good intentions,'' that is said
to be she muterial the road to hell is
paved tvith.
f bunions,
large amount in stock at Silver-
Soldier Mav Succeed After, thorn's.
CI
4
FAMILY DRUG
LA GRANDbORKQON
WANT Af wm On It
When you ere ti'Au'Oicd Tith ind-
gestion o;- constipation, take Cham. :
lit-lntii' T)llnl Thr.u ...nnn,knn
il2"'1 stomach e.nd enable it to perform its '
iitiic-iiuiis nuiuraiiy. ,ncuge3llon is
usually accompanied bv constmation'
STORE and is aggravated by it. Chamber
lain's Tablets cause a gentle move-:
ment of the'bowels, relieving the con-i
stipated condition. Adv.
C O S P E It
Public Accountant.
Income Tax Advisor.
G14 Main St., Pendleton, Oregon
4-
army camps at home and abroad, noth
ing was considered too little or too
I worn to be examined in the salvage
tallied that "Ivneh low" was rlirht and plants.
wise in some cases. If this principle Akron, 0 has now started what
is ever to bo granted, the lynching of believed to be the first big co-opera-Karl
Liebknncht ami Kosn Luxemburg j live city salvage plant in the country,
in Berlin is probably a case in point.! The ,arKe manufacturing concerns in
Their death seems so great a bless-! Unit city have always maintained snl-'Pray. yo ver think who brings
ing for Germany and the world thatS-'K'' departments of their own wher?;you llcbt, and power, and phone,
most of mankind will little question'1 big quantities of waste material! and things;
the method nf ihelr i,,lri., rf i were handled. But even these lnre .aim ieep" in orci -r an your iir.gs:
Rightly, of course, the present Ger-; Wants were obliged to let a great clc a'
man government should hnve seized: of small waste go because it wvh tcu
those two firebrands that threatened ! "light in amount to pny them to han
to start a political conflagration iii'dla i' individually. And the imi'll
central Europe. It was no longer ,stoies and thops could do nothing v ich
uuestion of free snoec-h. It was a nues. their waste mnterial for the sam-j rca-
tion of publishing traitors and mur-;8,in. I
durers. It was a case of self-oresec-l Under the co-oporntic arrangement I )'ou ring and
t .1.. -.. 1 iihmit 100 fttnro nnrl fiielnrins.
..' ...I. III. I. ln .l.ir mn-lWI'"- tl,Cn- " J"h" ny-OB-tlie-SpOt ?
jnhiii(f uut oi rvcuMBirui'iionf ui mer"1
fcufety of all Kurope. jteriul over to a mutual snlvnge estab
The Kbert (rovernment delnyed and i lament. In thia way scraps of m?.- with coil on sliuuldui-H. spurs on feot,
dallied with 4b u peril. Fiimlly fwwl 1 M wnntc pnpor, all the things thntiny fy. by nhl, In mom. and let.
to fiirht. iU l)ccjiiiie more stern. Per!1' "imply Rmnll rubbish and UNunHyiS'ho ellnibH the poh:!, from struct to
TIIK liTXKMAX.
The Lineman.
Who fs it rushes around the town.
Whin winds have Mown the wires
down.
And hurries at your l eek and frown?
The Llnoinan.
"Central" answers not;
bitfi ,ur Khta ko out, il makes you hot.
, men. is jon
The I.inuinau.
haps
heap.
it would have arrested those nuraoti or dumped into an nan
"lied" leaders before lonjr, or slabr'a colleeted. They snon. amount t-i '
them in fnir fiirht alnnc with thiir jlHripe quantities well worth conserv-j'If
deluded followers if they had stood in mK-
the open. Hut anyhow, the job is done Government officials are watching
and after a little natural raving ntulj4 Akron experiment with intere.r
f-.j-minjc at the mouth the Berlin Bol-jlf 't works as well as it is expect
areviki are likely to submit. The ?ov-tU, it will probably serve as the model
ct -iment 8 hands are strengthened, and i f"" national salvage system,
affairs look more hopeful. A community salvage that includ-
The incomprehensible thing is tVrtlC(I in iu operations the waste matc
I.i'rine and Trotzky are not vet i riwI from Privftte homes, such as suit
street?
The Lineman.
is the man who fills the hill,
Come, ono and all, your k hisses fill.
Atid tnnst him with a right good
will!
The Lineman.
Gold Hill district votes on $K
irrieation honds Kehrunry 11 th.
,000
Other volumes purchased at the re
quest of individual patrons are:
"African Game Trails," by Theo
dore Roosevelt.
"Ghost Stories of An Antiquary," by
James.
"The Life and Literature' of the An
cient Hebrews," by Lyman Abbott. !
"The Columbia River," by W.1).
Lyman.
'"Edith Bonham," by Mary Hal lock
Koote, is a novel whose scene is laid
in Boise some years ago. :
Quick ("lire fur Croup.
Watch for the - first sympbom,
hoarseness, uud give Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy at once. It is prompt
and effectual. Adv.
PLNO TUNING
Expert tunyig and repairing. Leave
orders with Mrs. R. J. Kitchin. James
M. 'Daly, tuner. l-22-(ltp
MONEY ON CITY PROPERTY
Jack Oliver has money ne will loan
on city property on very easy terms.
Ml-30t
Y. M- C. A.
Educational Department. Short
hand and typewriting. Day classes,
10:00 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. Night
clastfv 7:.1tl p. m. to 9:"0 tv m.
lynched.
ihoxes, paper, rags, bottles, cans, etc..
seems to have possibilities not offered
America's Attitude Toward '',7. the o1,1 ! -ur"inK " few
" things over to the twuc-a-year rag
European Immigrants. I peddler and burning the rest.
The Reason Why of the
Coming Victory Loan
The immigration committee of the'
houi-'e of representatives is undertak
ing to work out a new policy. Its
piescnt. hearings have to do particu
larly with Chairman Iliirnctt's bill to! Those who have paid small atten
piohibit immigration for a period of I tion to the methods of the United
four years after the signing of the 111'-' government in financing the
peace tjenty. The discussion will not,"'"1' nla.v nt e exactly clear iu their
be confined to that measure, however. I "u'n minds as to the why of the next
'J'hc whole subjec t is to be thrown widej Liberty loan, which will be called the
open. ! Victory loan.
And a complex, difficult subject it No one was planning on the Ger
is. The committee apparently does mans quitting in UHH instead of tak
not kn.. where it stimds. Neither it g the knock-out punch in 1!1!I. All
does coi'i1,.ss as a whole.' Neither our preparations were made for a
d.'.-s the nation. 'girat l'.M!) finale. The. stage was set
The counu y is full f -expel ts," and the properties were ready. The
SMirioof wh-.m in,it that there is io Germans in the front line had di-cov-
DODGE BROTHERS
- MOTORCAR
PINK BEANS, PER LB 10
We have a large stock of colored beans on hand,
and in order to reduce this stock we are making
this low price of ten cents per pound. ....
10-lb. Box Fancy Mission Layer Figs, at $1.00
.Phone Main 43
J. G. SN0DGRASS
ACQUIRING A
PERFECT FIGURE
-1
AW
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 so the corset
produced by the most artistic
designer is the right one to wear
to secure a perfect figure.
Tbr.RT Corsets
, U , C Front Laced
Front Laced
are most symmetrically and ar
tistically designed. They are
comfortable, stylish and grad
ually mold the figure into those
beautiful lines that every wo
man admires and desires.
PAULINE
LEDERLE
-- ' . - -1
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
Boil. You Ret the best sed you can find and put
thein into the soil and have the soil iu good condi
tion - you try to get everything in slnjie for good
jvaults.
But Low about t!w place you are planning U
your dollars? There is as much difference '
. hi kim bank'? as t'aore are in some. soils. This
brik fctudiar, the iitcds of its customers --is .i
Uiii of person a service and a dollar deposited'
, wills ttf will thrive. b , .m
La GranrJe Natiboal Bank o
Mrwoer federal ilntrti SKem
UNUSUALLY LOW UPKEEP
Place your orders now for Spring Delivery as'the de
mand will greatly exceed the number we will be able
to get.
L. C. SMITH
. Distributor for Union and Wallowa Counties.
i
The goods that have made our business a Mccas
rud enabled, us to guarantee them to yu are
Charter Oak Ranges, Patent Heaters, Vtiit?
SewinjC Machines, the Bajmon Mattress! Sim-C
inons Beds, Kenny "Rome Springs, Smitlfc,Rugs.
Furniture Exchange
UK AND JKKr'tlOX l'liON't: BLACK f'-Uf
U--tOl'rices for I cd Kurnlture, or Vill Krhirj:e for Ne.
-W.. . ,---
l i 1
. i
I ! !
ft I 1
Youll Spend the Money
most out of it
Get the
EVERY YEAR yoii 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
yon read will tell you what is new and good. They
will give you the latost ideas and improvements.
, They will help you to live better and dress better at
less cost. .
1 ft s
If you think of it, you'll be surprised at tlie world op
interest and the wer.hh of new ideas you'll find in
reading advertisements.' ' ' .
' a o e' e
Advertisements Tare tt.e .tlaily record of progress.
They re the repcrt to you of the -manufacturers arid'
merchants vrtio work, far you, te'iirig what has been
accomp,sr.a loryir ueneut.
e e i
w S
iiiiii
c
m
J y
Q I
O
o
CO
o o
o