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M Independent NewQiaper
'published Pall i tMj at I-
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oven be ardently desired, when tfjfeac
co will go the wny Wf booz. But njan
kind m note yet eilved to the requl-
Mite utilise of enliKhtenftent nndsef-
TititIP rVVTh!IO T..klii.l...
Enteaed at the Postoffics at La Grande
Oregon, s Rewind Class Mall Matter,
Address all Communication! to
The Olise'rver, 1710 Sixth Street.
City and County Official Paper.
bveuing Telegraph Uenort of Udued
What a Strong Man
Can Do.
Press Association.
On Sal in Other Cities Oregon Hotel
Ncw Stnnd, Portland; Imperial News
Stand, Portland; Multnomah Hotel
News Stand, Portland, Oregon.
SUBSCltll'lTON KATKS
By Carrier
Daily, per month ,
The conditions in .Seattle nrc rupid
ly ht'ttliiiK down to somethiiiK like ol
der principally because there ii i
virile, red-blooded man in the mayor's
chair in that city, file llanion la that
jniuri. Ills atnnd ia not to be con
strued an a direct alup nt orunniaeri
labor or anything of that nature, but
it 1h a couriiKeous defiance of the ele
mert which Is anxioUK for a row, re
gardless of the matter of involving
Daily, per three months... 'VSv'tae rights and privileges of those who
pry m " re
Daily, singl copy . , .. .5' question, but who were threatened
i By Mall jwith ineonvcnlenees and hnriinhipi
Dally, per year iji advance f-00 while they nro in no way connected
Daily, per six month. In advance $2.60 h f e,lh ,1hor m
Daily, three months 1 tdvnnce. .Jl.zri ... , , , , .
IibIW r mfinih 60t ilul in the ubstmet sense or in Ita di-
The Saturday Evening Obsorver, byjrcct relationship wilh the mechanical
El. fill
mnll. ner vear in advance
Weekly Oliserver-iitar, by mall, per
year In advance $1.80
H CmvMwy Tl o( Th LenW
Calls It the "Thanksgiving, upon
trades. The mayor declared most em
phatically that the ordinary municipal
functions and necessary business for
the safely of the people of Seattle
must be permitted to proceed, and
from all accounts this dictum car
ried the day.
In one other way Mayor Hanson
showed the rlnht kind of stuff. He
was promised full federal aid if neces
sary, and this he has declined and cie
clured auch a course to be unneces
sary, because he has the confidence
that he can do it himself u,nil, there
fore, outside uid has not liven called
Loan."
Cal ler Glass, secretary of the treas
ury, aays that the foithioniinK Vic
tory loan niiilit well be termed tho
"ThanksKiviiijf Ixinn," because if ever
a people had cause or thanksgiving,
we nrc the people.
It Is a happy thought. And while
The principle of union labor Is not
nt stako In tho Seattle trouble, for the
strike ia not wholly approved through
out the country particularly the
"sympathetic" part of it. Many of
the Btrongest and best manned
branches of organised labor are di
rectly opposed to the precipitation of
this turmoil in Seattle. Tho principal
agitators are mining thoBe who would
tic.
it would hardly profit to change ita nbolish wages altogether and maintain
official designation, tho loan may well In, E principle that there la tint one
be nnilerlaken in a genuine spirit of 8i,0 to the question and that Is against
mi t i u mil thanksgiving. the man or set of men who have u
The war Is over, far sooner than dollar. To them a strike and trouble
any reasonable American could have j8 what they feed on. Hy them auch an
expected. The cost in men and money nff uir ns was started In Seattle Is
Is far mailer than could have boon 1 heralded as the beginning of the
expected. Congress is now, as the sec-ihnppy period when nil property rightB
rotary says, "writing off the books jwIM be destroyed and all government
the fifteen billions of dollars' expen- w )c abrogated,
dituru which had been nuthorl.ed, and Such dortriiio does not make much
which . would have had to lie spent, jbeailwny in tho face of BUch deter
wlth billions more, If the war had gone, mined men ns Mayor Hanson of Seat-
on another year. In tho now loan
the government will only ii"k for
about one-third of thnt saved fifteen
billions.
We have more capital nvnilable now,
whether for public or private pur
poses, than ever before. In every wny
wo are In far better Bhapo than any of
our allies, and of course in inimons
urealily better shape than the ene
mies whoso criminal alms we have
foiled.
The war has ended in complete vic
tory, nnd the victory is now being con
summated at Paris in n constitution
of pence nnd n league of nations that
may be expected to prevent any re
currence of the tragedy.
It ouirht to be easy to raise the. next
loan. It will be, if our people nrc
not hopelessly ungrateful for their
blessings and blind to llielr opportunities.
"Luxury Tax Faces Hig Fight." Of.
course! "W o can get along wnnoui
nceenHnriea; but when it comes to lux
ui ies, It's tho sacred right uf every
fiee-sotiled American to stand up and
hcwl.
MONTHLY WAR STAMP QUOTAS
. FIXED FOR TWELFTH DISTRICT
Tlin Treiifmry Department 1ms Assigned to the Twelfth Federal
Reserve J)jtrift the following montiily quotas to b! raised in Wur
Savings Stamps during JlM'J:
Jniiuary
February .
Mareli
April
May
June
July
August
September
..$ 4.200.000
.. 4.8O0.OOO
.. 6.400,000
.. 6.000,000"
6.HOO,000
..'7.200,000
.. T.mo.am
.. 8.400.000
P.fiOO.OOO
October 10.800,000
November 12.000.000
December 13,200,000
Totnl
$00,000,000
The total to be raised throughout tho country is $1,600,000,000.
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; Tift BOOKWORM
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The arrival In tills couittry or
Madame Uresliovsky, tho "l-fcitle
givindniolher of the I'.ussian Rncf -J
lion." suggests the roudlng uf h r
I life writien by Alice -Stone IiijcK-i
-.well. The Vook ia oopu'ar In li:e
; public library, and anyone wb i wi.i;-'
lea It will have to ask u h'vu ii. ru
jserved ahead. In ispi'; of the de
jacrlptlon of hardships and suffer-'
Inga undergone by Catherine ISresh
Ikovsky, the book ia neither depress
ing nor pessimistic, but oa the con
trary, full of lively and hopeful in
terest. 1
Tt:. Corset.
Make the
Beautii of Your Gown
FUEL BY WEIGHT
MEXICAN ALLIANCE FOKMF,)).
Not
Political Parly, but Will Work
for Kiiding of Disputes. ,
l'i resleiH Say Healing Value Does
Not Depend on . Hulk.
WASHINGTON, D C. Feb. lfl.
Wood for ruol should be aold by
wrlght Instead of by cord measure.
for the heating value dopenda not
upon the bulk uf the wood but upon
Its weight, aay fiireamrs of the Unit
ed Stales department of agrieuluro
in Hulletln 75.1, recently published.
Pound or ury wooi of ono Bpecles I f,.(ln in that ennntrv in th hone
lias about as much l.eullng value Klof BtabliBhing a government which
u pound of any oilier apecloa. but wji be recognized. The new organi
se cords may vary 100 per cunt lu2ation. htta taWtn the ame Alianza
their value for heating. 1 1 :i,,l M.l,. M.vlc.n I ihernl
ii is ine cuaioin to sell hard woodn Alliance)
Enrique C. Uorente, eonfidential
agent at Washington of the provision
al Mexican government in 1814-15, an
nounced yesterday the formation of a
new organization of Mexican citizens
in thlg country and Mexico whose ob
ject' ia tq. unite the - liberal political
Heretofore, there has been no
medical library available to citizens
of this part of the state, Arrange
ments have rocently. been made
whereby books from the University
of Oregon medical school may be
lent to public libraries through the
state library. Nurses or others act
ually In need of professional litera
ture may use the books not in con- i
slant use iu the library. Tins- Is of
course very technical literature, and
not popular works on hygiene, child
care and prenatal care, which are
of Interest to the general public,!
and which are to bo found in suiull
libra ilea. !
Oregon Is- to conduct no further!
organised campaign in collecting1
books fur soldiers, but there is still"
u demand for popular fiction and
new books and magazines for hos
pital, troop Iralns, etc. Uring books
to the public library and they will
be shipped to Portland and distribu
ted. Now magazines should be taken
to the Red Cross for cantoen service. '
"I'm-thru-enza" Is roported to he
The movement was beirun . 1 ""UT . Jusl nuw: 1 ue
and soft woods at slightly dlflerent llBt November by prominent Mexicans f' ' T rm'"": "e
Pileea because of differences i;in thiB et,., thc aiunc, now "''"i f "e"P W
heating values. This Is only a su- hn, ten chapters in the United States, ich L,, , r e ,,"I1Ka,Zlne8
perfielal classification, however, as "We are extremely desirous " said1Rh the poHl rfl0e Uurleson
two species of bard ood , nay have! Mr "Xp m T',n" " T"
I.eatliiK values wldelv differ,.,,. I "uJ L . P-7 .1. J"st a n" ever; and more than
.... . ' " - I III 1 HUB Ul Lilt) IJBUIJIU Ol LIIV UIIILCU . ,.
Wlmre hard wnmlw nnd snif wn.iu!,.. , ... tri
nro mixed toKvthr without i-nuni ' 7ltti " i . .V:ii- lnc P-to-daie. Send not only the
- uuiiiicui puny mm tiiwi. win nut
to the proportion of each, tl.o values tol.te any effort to form such a
may bo sc. difforeul that one man t either to ,u portl or to opposc
may for the same money, buy twice !the nt t -me ; Mexic0. 0ur
as iliiirb boating vnlno as another, v . ;.
Tho shape and Blx.e of the sticks may I infuonc, to bH bout conlition of
alHfl rilllHn Cfttfll Vilfl-itlnn in I in nnl. . ....
. , lM i il. -l!fi,.l , u e Arte in Mavinn iri i .... - . ..
ual ainount of Wood substance, nnd -"- men in ine army man out oi it,
,.,,..,,.,,, , ,, , , ' put an end to factional disputes oi any
therefore of fuel. If we at it wei-e ther ...... -
.,...,..,... ,, , t , sort that may react to me injury ot
iiioiiBiiro. tho species, shupo, and size!,. . ' i
of sticks would make little dlfror- " , J,? p 1 ah- i.
once, provided the wood wore tho,- J1)' A'c,xlc"" 1 -bTd Alhance has
ougbly seasoned. It would bo nec-! "ubm,"e,d lha An"r" .leA"a;
essary, however, to fix certain ! t,on of. fbor 8 memorial urging that
standards as to time of seasoning of ev7, 'f ba oxxKht to bear to
wood, the BpocrullHts Bay. . ""''"' -
Tho bulletin Points out Hint there lclHl f10UP iVP'""ote a sentiment in
HniiK' wompii pay liigh primps
for their -gowns yet never look
stylishly drpsscd". Others pay
modest prices nnd their dresser
or suits have a smartness and
fashionable appearance that is
admired wherever they ro.
Better Style Is Sure to Follow
the Wearing of a
NEMO SELF -REDUCING
" CORSET
It massages away fat, improv
ing the figure and the health
For the woman who desires
extreme reduction all. around
'..Brc,Ht below the waist line, this is a
. perfect model.
'
.' Another Model of Great Importance Is the ,
wonder Lift
The Wonderlift has inside a semi-elastic bandlet,
which fits snugly under the abdomen, taking all
strain off the abdominal muscles and the back.
It's a perfect health and fashion corset.
355
the iiiaKazinos should be fresh
cheap ones you would not keep any
way, but the high class expensive
magazines. Don't assume that
'Snappy Stories" is the limit of the I
army intelligence. On the con
trary, there are more above-average
Grant county, with no county li
brary or other collecting agency,
sent nearly twice as many books for
soldiers to Portland than La Grande
did. They paid postage on them too.
Pnrents and teach'irs are invited to
exnnilno the library copy of "Els
, Store iim.vnHk,tAA4i!w&r Store '
NOW IS THE TIME
to think about your car. The Stand
ard Aulo Repair shop, corner AdanH
and Fir, is doing very satisfactory
work. KI) CYU, Prop. 2-Mm
MONEY TO liOAN.
On Improved real property In
union county. No delays. Current
ates. La Grande investment Co.
l-20-5t
DAY AND NIGHT j
2.11,000,000 which Is estimated to
use aiuiunlly IS. 000. 000 tons ot coal.
A cnnsldcruhlo proportion of these
fuel ukoib will find wood available?
clnsn enough to their own neighbor
hood to inako long freight hauls un-.iiccosaiti-y.
Hut turnliiK to wood thoy
I will .not only conserve the fuel sup-
!ply and relieve transportation, but
comes buck,,,,.,, likely to contribute to tho nros-
nnd pei ity of their own community. Fnr
ail ine (tieeiis lau lor nun. iiiesn i
it beat the deuee!
la apueiul opportunity for greater
uso of wood for fuel In Now England,
New York, New Jersey, VciiiihvI van-
la. Ohio. IiKllann. tlllnnlu. fnum Mlu.
Bonn, and the Lake Hlntos, whoro I "V tne American nation, ine niunnce
llioro Is n rural population of about
favor of American armed Intervention ! belli", by Margareth Muller, before It
in Mexico, t . .
"In view of the vast program of
reconstruction now being undertaken
Is destroyed. II has been dlS',:ocre 1 i
to be a particularly objectionable :
piece of German propaganda; writ-';
ton with the deliberate. Intent to rid-
fcels that it has every right to hope leule Abcrlcnn Institutions as con,
for certainly the moral support of 'the i pared with German. The tnnjorityi
people of the United States in all at-! of so-called pro-German books which
tempts to reconstruct the national life I have been temporarily retired Con
or the Mexican people. This work of jt'iln nothing which is very convinc
reconstruction is havinir its beitinning I tug to nn American adult, but this
J. C, HENRY
Rcsidekoe Undertaking Parlor ,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
LICENSED
AND
lEMBALMER
Fhone Call Main 62 '" Day and Night
The government Is plnnning to use
poison gas to exterminate tho flu
Well, if it worked with tieriniins it
ought to work with germs.
Why get all wrought up about
telegraphing to Mars? Isn't the ser;
vice on this enrth bad enough without
taking on any more trouble?
No Prohibition for
Tobacco.
A prnfi'Hsor in Syracuse university''
is naiil to have oriraniml a Tutmcco
J, 01 tune if A me i ion, not, ns the numr
niijtht hukk"Ii to mnke cvt'ryhody
HiJiokc, hut to olilntn a national pro
hibition to stop cvi'iylmily from uniok-
'injr, Tho pivsi.l'.'nt of tlie W. C. T. U.
in CI,t'V'l;inil is (piolcJ as saying that
)wr otaiti.at ion "is p'anninK to con
durt an in'Iivc nnti -naivot ic campaiKii
in thc county this year."
Such acta nnd ultcianccs naturally
tend to arouse indignation in tin
hearts of smokers. IVssihly too much
U heitrt: nuufe of (hem. Ijnmf lemper
nntO wttrkcTs chai'6 that this wave
of nitti-tolmtco puhlit-ity is a doUher
ale altenipt on thc part of th liquor
. men to discredit prohibition.
, Dr. Clarence T. Wilsoji. jfcnernl sec-'
rctary of the board of emperaiirr,
prohibition and publfc' morale of thc
Method Kniscopal church, ti kes this
view. Ho condemns ''the dcsptraV
effort of tlte outlawetl litrnor traffic
to make cre.lulous people bflieve that
'ictcious proniiuiionisia yow e
iitand a constitutional amendment
nualnst tohyeco. not to mention dan
ciiiu and fuilure to attend 'eiiiuday
evening prayer nTciing."
While iiainlinff that the((oburco
habit is a Imd one. pafficularly for
younr people, and that its evil jrecU
shouM be brought homo to the yoiifli
of the nntiofi, he dischiini!i all doire
to prohibit O, because not
so fd(i itSgfffetC ns utcohol.nd
the tobacco iumeas nan noi
eP politics, bought Joumnlijm, trie.l
irt reiiwke the country in the biRe
Oof GoiTfiuny or allied itself wiros
titutlon 0:0010 nthe,f,beer
bu.sinesfi d:(J"
It ii well that this nanurann
When an aviation ''ace
home, the men call him a King
ono thing, tho opportunity to sell
wood fuel would tend to encourago
tho Improvement of farm woodland
by proper thinnings.
An increased market for wood
fuel ahould open up good opportun
ities for operators of thrasher and si-lo-cuttlng
outfits or others who have
gimoline or kerosene engines to do
custom sawing during the winter, ac
cording to tho bulletin.
Tho bulletin rontaiua many sug
gest ions as to how to develop and
handle the woodtot. to best advan-
This reconstruction business would ,t-1- l Produce wood, how to
sen ii, nun now in use u nio nil
through n campaign of education
Tho work of' the chapters already
formed within Mexico is being largely
aided by the w'.di .hapters In the
United Sta'' "."
Invitations have been sent to the
lenders of tho other political groups
in Mexico by the alliance, nuking
them to reconcile the divisions in
I their parties. Mr. Llorentc said he,
as executive omcer oi ine i-cw iui
chapter, hnd received many tnlhusi
astic replies. , ,?!T
move along better if congress would
begin by reconstructing Itself.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
"Not KiilHy" t" nn innocent remark.
Todny's worry Is tho result of yes
terday's neglect.
A honnttfu! girl n ono who Is pretty
and doesn't know It.
Yet the wny of some transgressors
Is altogether too smooth.
About nine-tenths of what people
i any UoeNii t amount to ni.)thlR.
Kfrry old tady likes to tell how
beautiful she as when vlie was a
sin.
If ft married mail admits he. Is a
fool it Is his nife'a duty to agrve with j
mm.
Av egotist Is a man wo expects a 1
woman to marry him for- himself
alone. j
i JkJifiT tne cow jumped ots tlx m"
i she prxbuhly wandered oVvn ts wllft?
Mamr ft man flrmly fiellevf ttt !
rlase is synouytnoiiH wtxh iSlierin)
detltrttion )l war.
If jlre ta anytblna: pn !srS
inor'thnn another It Is a apeakltui por
trait of lifin wlfet moTitT.
When a jn-unr man t-IU a tiff that
he'Movt'S her for htM-selX alone XV
Mlulv:ilont to JR'jiiit'iViQ ujtnlnl
covered in ft practical way.
Now is the time of year when hand
and face lotions and creams are much
needed. The violet cream that Silver
thorn s sell ia very nice and will please
ynu. They also prepare nnd sell
many creams and rubbing- creams
thnt are fine. Their eompholstrum for
burns, sore lips and sore thront is a
fine preparation. 2-10-flt
FAMILY ORUC1 STORK
LA ORANOS.ORCSON.
ICS. t
ve. Bo
We have bow fine imported blue
screes. Thev will not turn purple.
They nrc good for three years' wear.
Cost very littls more than tne reany
innde suits and will outwear two. The
Toggery. i 2-10-7t
For Skin Tortures
Don't worry about eczema or other
skin troubles. You can have a clear,
healthy skin by using Zemo, obtained
at any drug store for 35c, or extra, large
bottle at $1.00. i , ,
Zemo generally removes pimples,
blackheads, blotches, eczema and ring
worm and makes the skin clear and
healthy. Zemo i a clean, penetrating,
antiseptic liquid, neither sticky nor
greasy and stains nothing. It is easily
applied and costs a mere trifle for each
application. It ia always dependable!
The E. W. Rosa Co., Cleveland. O.
III III
Tko M.n Who Rrnurn
the re J, of the fiimlly.
i $
lve;the label, which Ct .lj0fot
fa working conditii'iis, put on our
ji'ti plliig.-1 I ne inisri-v is omol,
the two liops in town observing union
prineip'W. J'itoi'.e Main ;I7.
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TJit1 ni.'Hi wlin dues, lijisincss with n Sfowl
tlocsn't ilo iniii'h liusiiicss tines ho? Wlion
cvt r villi have hiiMinrss ili'iih'n.ss with anyone
.yuvi n refer tlnse who lutike you welecune
niake you feel "you are welentne. Vt? wel-
. mine you here "with a wholesome, hearty ,
weli'onie. It'is not measured bvhe iise of
voiir hank yeeount.' The weleome is. for vou.
, (Mil men or young nutiwonietf or ehiltlren
will Itiul a otH'ilinl giN-Hni awaiting them
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i " We are a IUnk of Pernal Service.-
La Grande "National Bank8
a o r,9 w 9
l Ti
J Member Krrl Rwenr System
tr
Ih tho real pro-Oorman material. j lljrPS
SKIIVU'KK AT NT. IMCTKlt'S
Uev. Van Waters will onduct ser
vices at St. Peter's Episcopal
church on Tuesday evening, Febru
ary 1 1, at 7:110 o'clock.
Getting Kid of Cohh.
The easiest and quickest wny to fret
rid of a cold is to take-Chamberlain's
Cough Kemeiiy. This preparation has
been in use for many years and it3
value fully proven. Xo matter what
remedy you use, however, care mn.-i
be taken not to contract a seon l cnld
before you have recovered from the
first one, and there is serious darker
of this. A man of middle aire or older
should ro to bed and stay in bed until
fully recovered. ,lt is btteer to sUiv
in bed three days nt the start than
three weeks later on. adv.
La Grande Mattress Shop
And Weaving Works
Mattress Making and. Repairing, Feather Mat
tresses Made, Feather Renovating, Carpet and
Fliiff Rug Weaving.
All Work Called for and Delivered CHAS, EDWARDS, Prop.
ONE BLOCK EAST OF FLOUR MILL PHONE RED 132
SSSSMhtSMlilSlISSISU
It Pays To Read
Advertisements
yOtf'VE often heard the saying, "It pays to advertise." That
is true. And it also pays to read advertisements pays you.
If you read advertisements consistently for any length of
time you will agree that this statement is also true. ,
IT PAYS YOU IN MONEY SAVED. There are mny real
bargains offered from time to time in the advertisements apptr.
ing in this paper. Watch for them. .
IT PAYS YOU m SATISFACTION. When a merchant
asks you to pome to his store he obligates himoelf to sell yeu qul-'
ity goods "as advertised." You have a right to expect satisfac
tion from what you buy an$ you get it e ' ;
IT PAYS YOU I NTIME SAVED. When you lenow exact-0
ly what you want td'buy aid where you want to buy it, you don't
have to "look around'sanS wast tiw finding it.
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Don't. YOTI want to savp mntipj and timp9 XtnM.it .ja i:w
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to be sure of getting satisfactory 3-sTvend quality goods every
time you so to C storoj Then rea$ t advertiseeioiits and ifo-on-
wc sivn-a mia i.ui bune vuu ueiit
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