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LA GRANDE
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Grande, Oregon, by La Grande Even-'
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y deviltry Tie of Thee, IomI LaiW
f Liberty.
Our Nick Is Spilling Ora
tory in Congress.
Speaking of Nick Sinnotl's recent
speech on Outer Luke the San Frun
cixco Bulletin remarks thut not since
the duy J. Proctor Knott dcllvorcd his
celebrated, albeit, too lengthy panegy
ric on Duluth, which although intended
as a slam at an appropriation for the
development of that great lake' port,
really proved the bent advertisement
the plnco could hnve hud, hits there
been anything recorded in the pages
of thut sterling, conservative publica
tion, tho CongrcHsionul Hocui'd, more
exciting than the recent npeoch by
Representative Nick Simiott of Ore
gon, in which ho described Crater Lake
'in the following language:
"Crater Lake, caulron-likc and cir
cular, 7000 feethigh, is perched amid
the peaks. Perpendicular sides of
slaggy Java rise over a thousand feet
from waters of indigo blue six miles
across and 2000 feet deep.
"To tho scientist, a mighty volcano
collapsed within itself, Mount Mur.a
ma, 15,000 feet high, telescoped.
"To the poet, 'the sea of silence,' 'a
lake of mystery.'
"To mo, a shall hole of a war of
' worlds who knows?
"Could tho groat blind "poet hnve
seen this marvol ero his pen hail Luci
fer and his host of rebel angels
Hurled hcndlong flaming from the
ethereal sky,
With hideous ruin and combustion,
down
in Mlltonic imagory hero he'd found
tho Impact."
This is certainly a graphic descrip
tion of "Where Lucifer Lit" and ir
Representative Sinnntfs effort can
not be described us putting apples of
gold in pictures of silver, refining
puio gold and pn'nling the lily, thou
there is no such thing as hyperbole, w
Will our own John 1). Raker of Mor
doc, with its majestic lava beds and
othor evidences of tho time when chaos
struggled with entity; ' Where long
ago tho Titans fought and hurled for
missiles mountains;'' will our own
Congressman Church, whose disliict
embraces tho wondruua osomite, pcrJ
nilt this to stand as the solitary trih-!
ute to only one of the nianv arena of1
I.,,.- !.... if. . ' i . 1
. im.- inn in- voilSL CHI1 I'OHSt.
or will theyagivo California its meed
of publicity through the same medium
and. by more graphic description of its
greater wonders draw attention to
their existence? Kan Frnnci.tco Unl
letin. To which the Klamath Falls Evening
Herald replies:
"There is only one Sinnott and ic
pnn has him and is proud of him. Our
California neighbors may coax their
onngrossnicn in "talk" about their
Yosemitc and their hu beds, but they
must worship at the Sinnot shrine for
a loijg time before they will lie able
to aniuire the artistic lipjch of our be
loved Nick."
SALE ENDS SAT
URDAY, FEBRU
11 ARY 1
.SALE ENDS SAT
URDAY, FEBRU
ARY .
24th
Annual Clearance
Sale
This Sale will soon be a thing olrthepast; shop now, so
that you will have no regrets for not having taken ad
vantage of the GREAT SAVINGS offered.
Worth -While Reductions in Every Department
of La Grande's Biggest and Best Store
THE: "TY-COBaTOF TKE LEAGUE OF NOTION j"
I let's 5Ee Your.
-si Wrk.'tVr--
taking a hand in the mt'iito.st 0f nil
profeHftinnn that of government. Wi
nn) drifting to aomu change, what it
will be, no one knows at present. But
there tnuat bo a change before many
years.
The national congress in eompoMMl of
mostly ordinary men tin things now
Ho fc show. We are Watting nway at
Washing n, getting no pe. The
president in still iu Kurope m,$l at
home the mice are playing. Slowly
but surely wc people of America an
nwakning toe frl that n i
a arrow loose jiomcwhere, and ituild
eeiOthat it in In th kind o'men we j
are 6mllm7 towpffb Thin Js not
meant in Jny personal way. but in g
gpral way. Tho.ne of us wlp Ki 1
om-e converted to a direct vote of th
people are bcimr confrrted with the,
faoi that the iO'P' whole will j
not voto; that officers are chosen by .
O minority voters: that thPablest are in
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rusmcdii aira fwiwiai cauin auurir
Let the people of Union and Haker j
counties beware else they will find
the hard-tiurfat-o state road running
si'Uth from lVndleton through liranti
county and east to the state line. Thi
ii no time to sit firmly back and await 1
for things to fall .to us. The road-!
building period is on in Oregon and ii
is up to Union and Haker counties to'
be on the watch every minute. We i
have had the inside call on tha through ;
hard-surfaced nmd due to work of
nomo of our citiicns, but ,wc will not:
fcold it unless we get busy and take
cnreof our own. Wallowa county
awoke to thr mix take it made by not
supporting the road measure when
He present a ttve Ashley wh in the
house JHid Wallowa county is regret
tinipitthp matter very much Oregon is
tif have roads. On we want to In.' in
on .he 'Psprovpn-nt or do we wa it to
nit oack and wait until the): go us?
into the water system high up in the
mountains. This would require sever
al miles of pipe line, but it would iiImi
insure water at all times ami an ex
cellent grade of water at that.
Balaries are not large, but there are
also thousands of people in business
and in other walks of life who have
had no benefit from war-time prices,
There is always recourse for the man
in office who believes he is worth more
money he can resign.
If Senator Thomas would get down
to sincere work in the legislature and
not try to camouflage his good roads
record of two years ago, some might
have confidence in his utterances. He
belongs to a very select few in Oregon
who are always looking for Bomeone
to jab in the rear, and he is disap
pointed because no one seems to take
tho time to do the jabbing. Probably
a sharp stick would hold the wily sen
ator. Anyway he needs something to
wake him up and make him under
stand thnt he is fooling no one but
himself.
The state legislature must brush up
a bit. Fine talk about "what yej
g'wine to do" is all right, but Oregon
as a state wants to see you do it.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels' son.
while a nlebe in the naval academy
at Annapolis, Md,, was severely haz
ed by first classmen. Hecently he j
resigned from the academy, and
hunted ud his chief nersocutor anO
gave him a beating.
A Chicago druggist fired a shot
gun at burglar who entered his
store putting the Intruder topflight
and thus saving about $175 in his
cash drawer, but smashing with the
shot a $250 showcase and $250
worth of bottles.
Prices you can afford to pay for
j your spring suit. New Novelty suits
j 18.50 to $25.00. Well known Royal
i Tailors will make you the new military
f suit for the nifty dresser. The Tog
gery. l-25-7t
MONEY TO LOAN.
On ImproTea
Dillon county
reat property In
No delays. Current
La G rande Investment Co.
i-2o-r.fc
The Parent-Teachers association
met yesterday for the first time in
many months, and its meeting brought
forth good. The meetings always do,
for the organization is a good one and
means a great deal to the welfare of
the city. Although Chief of Police
Christiansen already had regulation
signs ready to install warning auto
drivers to slow down in front of the
different schools, the advice of the as
sociation along that line will have a
tendency to strengthen tho movement,
and hereafter wo will have less fast
driving In front of school buildings.
The military police is getting an
awful drubbing in the legislature. But
at the time the military police was
formed the whole water front in Port
land was in jeopardy. Strange the
Multnomah delegation cannot remem
ber a favor granted them only a few
months ago. ' But such is life in the
selfish city.
Hiram Johnson will never be another
Roosevelt. Hiram is a big man, but
he can't say it with the punch that
Teddy could.
Portland will insist on wearing the
mask. Maybe Portland people will
feel better when taking Eastern Ore
gon money if th?y have a mask on.
If Portland would build better boats
she might have a steadier market for
them.
REWhKD
Reasonable rcVam given for return
of keys picked ua it postoffice Janu
ary 14th. Jack Other.
1-22-tf
OlJi) HATS
made to look ltkt1 new at Wilson Bro.,
new Foley huifying. g-1-.tt
Farming Dollars
"When you arc ilahtin your corn crop do you
jiliint whole cars? No! Grain by grain, hill ly
hill, it is dropped unU the entire field is planted.
.As vou raise corn, raise vour dollars. Plant thorn
as you get them, one'ihy one, in an account with
us." Now is the planting time for your money
crop.
SOW NOW FOR THE DOLLAR HARVEST.
having a bank account,
having one. $1 opens an
No one over regret
Thousands regret no
account with us.
La Grande National Bank
Member Federal Reserve Sjttom
The VtVwrver dj$, jpiot shan the be
lief of Rome ffcat adding Little lituver
ek to our city water supply ill
be sufficient. w remember Little
l!aver there is never cjjhtmgh water in
it to hftyo a community foot-washint.
What La Grande tcd and iriutft have
in a permanent Oter suppl)and theiv
are but two ways to acquire it W k
by immiOl stoQirw and the m't 1
by running the Grande Ronde river
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Here's to the O.-W. band. Those
When neottle tel! vou there can't, liula eim toot, h horn with h. murh ne-'
lie liatil times iiirnin, eull their ntton-; curacy as they run a lathe or cehaWli
I inn to history's pMes. There can lie tato n broken-down locomotive. I.a j
hard times and there will be hard. f ''node is K'ad to have this new or-'
times. This artificial means of keeping Kinmntion. You hre welcome, music:
up business is like kecpine; tho human "'"ke". welcome to every home in the
heart heutme; with artificial means. : Cl'
Sooner or later thine. must become N
natural or the patient will die. Sonne! I Hnnley says, "there ain't no use
or later thine will become natural in-hitehin' the horse before the eart.
a business way. Speeches and rosolu- 1'hesc parking trusts must be control
twns will never dn the work, There is ) bef.ire we ask the soldiers to raise
an did mistress of business called Sup- '"Iwli." AH ritfht. Bill, but there's a
ply ami Ocmnnd which will in (he end lot 1,f thmk have done very
K,ie.n and everyone had as well betrin ' wrl1 raising cattle and fighting the
to Kct his house in readiness for that I'nvkers at one and tho same time. j
time. It is sure to come. " " J
. . . , . . A little more snow, if it is all tie
All assistance possible :ihould be S he 'h' Hlner. De
itn thi ,-olieo department in its ef- il''otlM no supply means Ij flrande
fort to t?..p speeding within the city'"'11 1,0 "hort w,,kr ' :
limits. .The ib'm.-ers from fnst..iriving 10"n row wi" ' !,hort on wa',,r to
are so ,.p..'.cn Iluit.it woul.l seem fl"l his ''"n the Minam next
(jyeryone who has a car should us '0nnK" n
the utmost caution, lint w hen we have I o
with ;is th.se who will nnt'be careful It NVild loolofr.Wri many rt-
' vjul ol 'ive the ir.jiniices and laws irnttces assigned w .Setoi;; KViharil
me oniy
with the
msder.
y riH-urse'' is iinpmf, a ffc ion rMinj;.sAat the. fresijuig
e hope that it wif! act as a re-.officer' of tWe state senat knew
;ws a willing worker.
Q The P'.cnt gistwture li.ftimtl Clothing makers in national meet-;
go intojhe salary raisgiUMnea.si$ ng admit'tj that Nothing would s.-n
hich wi can assure every (9ieiijcr is b$chenHr. Why shouldn't .(f) You
a (langeiotQ thing ti start. T mo notice wool is down nnd IQ'or ion
enouh-n, mere are many omciaii these p entiful. -
It Pays To Read
vertisements
Ad
yOTJ'.VE often heard the saying, "It pays to advertise." That
is true. And it also pays to.read advertisements pays you.
If you react advertisements consistently for any length .of
time you will agree that this statement is also true.
' IT PAYS YOU IN MONEY SAVED. There are many real
bargaias offered from time to time ia the advertisements appear
ing in this paper. Yatch for them. , .
. JT PAYS YOU IN SATISFACTION.' When a merchant
. asks youto come to his store hi obligates himself to sU you qual
ity goods'" as advertised." Yi have a right to expect satisfa
Jjo?i i'tom what you buy and you get it e
IT PAYS YOU I NTIMS SAVED. When you know t-
ly what you want to buy and where you wait to buy0it, Vou dn't
, ubave to "'look aromid" and waste,, time finding it.
8 ..Don't YOU want to sivys money and time? Wouldn't you like
to e SAire ot getting satisfactory seryke and quality gooiia every
time you go to a sre? Then renfl thadvertfsewent and patW
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