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Pubftshcd Rally and Weekly at La
Grande, Oregon, by La Grande Evi
ing Observer Publishing Cominy.
BRUCE Pr;NNIS. Publisher,
Entered at the Pontof f ice at La Grande
Oregon, ai Second Cla Mail Mntier.
Address alt Communications to
The Olnerver, 1710 Sixth Street
City and County Official Paper.
vuiug Telegraph Report of United
. Press Association.
On Sale in Other Cities Oregon Hotel
Nows Stand, Portland j Imperial New
Stand, Portland; Multnomah Hotel
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Br Carrier
Dally, per month 65c
Daily, per three months $1.1)5
Dailv. ner six months in advance $3.73
Daily, per year iu advance...... 17-50
Daily, single copy 6c
liy Mall
Pally, per year in advance $5.00
Daily, per six months in advance $2.00
Daily, three months 'n sdvance. .$1.25
Daily, per month ..60c
The Saturday Evening Observer, by
" mail, per year in advance $1.50
Weekly Observer-Star, by mall, per
year in advance $1.50
giinlzatifflis as Its Commercial club,
and it is 0iat same kind of organiza
tion which vfill "put over" the things
that are now to be done.
The weekly luncheon of the lfainess
men is ulso a great thing for corns
munity benefit. The old-liie spirit i
in evidence, and things are going to
move.
My Country Tie of The IomI Lmni
f Liberty.
Homeopathic Remedy for
Bolshevism. ''
Out of Germany comuH what a New
York paper aptly culls a "homeopath
ic remedy" 'fur. Bolshevism. It is a
siriko of the "capitalistic class"
ogulnst the "laboring class"; or in
more approved Socialistic terminology,
strike of the ''bourgeoisie" ngains'
tho 'proletariat."
It .happened .In .Dusscldorf. The
Spurtncuns, or Gorman liolsheviki,
had started a reign of tenor there,
and threatened with their usual nrro
roganco to "tio up everything." It
looked bad for DuesseUlciif. Then the
leading business men of the city got
together and decided to give the
"ItedsV n dose of their own medicine.
t;iTho bankers, merchants, mnnufne
luror,'liiwycr, doctors, public offi
cials ami school teachers all stopped
work.' They refused to open their of
fices "or do .any work. Immediately
cr.vtliiiir. jn the city hud to shut
down light. Then was no business
transacted, public or private. Even
,tl(c restaurants and theatres Were
closed. Tho stagnation was more com
plete thnn any the Spartacans had
been nblo to effect anywhere.
i Result The "Reds" yielded in short
order, stopping their terrorism and re
suming their usual places in the eco
nomic organization.
It was a spectacular demonstration
of the fact, familiar to every level
headed man, but ignored by the radi
cal Socialists, that the men whu work
with their heads arc just exactly as
necessary to the economic system as
the men who work with their hands,
and that "labor" cannot get along
without "capital" any more than "enp
ili.l" can get along without "labor."
i'ossibly this points the way to n
real solution of the ltolsbevlst prob
lem. Itnlshevisni or Kpnrtuennism or
I. !V. W.-ism could hardly survive a
similar di-oinnslration anywhere. Why
not apply the plan, as a curative oh-
jeet lesson, in any community whrre
the situation gets hm! enough to call
for heroic remedies?
Publicity for Child Con
ditions. The first step in the back to school
movement in every locality should be
publicity. Not publicity with regard
U the campaign alone, but1 with ro
gard to the state and local legislation
jwhich either helps or hinders the move
ment.
Every man, woman and child in
every state in the union should bo
made familiar with locul school and
child labor laws. The newspaper, the
pulpit, the school and that great pub
licity medium, tho moving picture
screen, should all present frequently
to the public what is being done to
educate and protect its coming citi
zens. If the laws are good but not cn
forced, not only a few welfare work
ers, educators and truant officers
should know it, but every father and
mother, every preacher, every voter in
the community. If the laws are poor
they should be treated to the same
blazing publicity, as should those who
opposo their, hettei ment. In no de
partment of human affairs is it truer
that "men loved darkness better thnn
light because their deeds were evil,'
thun in the exploitation of the -child in
the ranks of labor before he is fitted
for it by either bodily development or
education.
Publicity for the reasons for edu
cation, publicity for tho laws enforc
ing it and for the laws of health in
s parable from the others this we
must have if the back to school cam
paign is to nave any real or insung
value.
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DEM AN ittSG ' IRiAL F ' it AISEII
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The demandor the triaVthe kais
er is given new iiftpetus by tl pro
duction of one of the letUtll he wrote,
and which fa in his own handwriting.
Iht letter is in the hands of the al
lies and is as follows:
'My siul is torn, everything
mus be put to fire and sword, men,
womcn,children and old men must be
slaughtered, and not a tree or hou
be left standing. With these meffiods
of terrorism, which are alone capable
of affecting a people as degenerate
aa the French, the war will be over
t in two months, ' whereas,, if I admit
humunltiiriurr Considerations, it will
last years. In spjte of my repugnance
I have therefore been obliged to choose
the former yntra."
Premier Clemencoau and Lloyd
George hold that a criminal is a crim
inal, whether he be a private .soldier,
a'military commander or a king, and
is subject to the same code of luws.
They do not believe the're is "a di
vinity that doth hedge about a king."
Thuro has been nothing definite in the
dispatches to indicate what the peace
conference will do with the persistent
demand for a trial of the kaiser.
OBITUARY
YOlNSTKItS KNEW WII.SO.V
Tho . President and Mrs. Wilson
slolo off by themselves one day in
Paris to do n Ilttlo chopping. On t!ic
Moor thoy thought thoy would not
bo recognized. Thoy lost lliolr wcy.
Wishing to remain unknown, they
liuiiilrod of two r.igKod fitilo
"goiulns," jr street boys. If they
could toll wboro the Ruo de rtivolf
was. Instantly tho two small speci
mens camo to the position of mili
tary saluto and answored, 'Oui, oil!.
Monsieur lo President! " Aftor giving
tho Information tlui hoys politely
Inquired In French, "Might ono
sh'.iko hands?" Tho President nnd
Mrs. Wilson iaughlliigly shook hands
will) tlieiu and wished them a happy
new year.
m ii:i.i:iv nil. i, witioiiT
Died At Denio. Oregon, Feb. 14.
jl!il!l, Mndilnln IIIU Wright, beloved
iwiro of Irwin 1). Wright of Union,
Oregon.-
I , Madeleln Louise mil .wns horn nt
Belllngliuni, Wash., April 14,tb,'lX02.
Hhn lived Hie grout ur part of her life
'at Union. She was (lurried to Irwin
il. DwImIU December 18. 1!H 2; They
I spent four yivirB In Kstucada, Oregon,
moving from' thoro to Pernio, the
fall of 1017. Sho was a most lovable
jchanicler. and leaves lo mourn her
loss, her husband, her parents, Mr.
jnnd Mrs. K. H. lllll nnd sister, liar
Iriolt, besides all who knew her.,
I This remains woro brought to Un
llon and laid to rest in Hie Union
cemetery.
I Tho funeral wns hold at -homo of
Mrs. Belle Wright, l'.ev. Van Waters
of tho Episcopal church preached
tho sermon. Tho pall bearers were
l.en West, Pete Dlcksoni Kenneth
MeCornilik. Clarence. Irwin, Will
Vogol and Ed Cline.
Vourth Liberty loan bonds are ready
; for delivery. United States National
!b.-n'k. 2-21-tf
! eEVlDfSTE I.V THE CttSE.!' J
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Experienceof onfe hundred men at
age 25. .utistics how the following
fucts when they reach sixty-xive:
Thirty-six will betleal;
One will be rich;
Four will be wealthy
Five will stilt be supporting thcm-
selves 'by vsork;
Fifty-four will be dependent upon
friends, relatives, 'or cfearity. ,
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More than 80 per cent of people
who die leave nothing at 1ll; 95 per
cent leave less than $1000, and only
five per cent leave more than $1000.
Eighty-seven and one-half per cent
of all estates left for administration
conaist only of life insurance.
"The records of the surrogate's of
fice of New York county, covering a
period of five years, showed that the
average number of deaths among
adults for those years was 27,011."
Twenty-three thousand and fifty-
one, or 85.3 per cent, left no estates.
One thousand, one hundred seven
ty-one, or 4.3 per cent, left estates at
$:i00 to $1000.
One thousand, four hundred twenty.
eight, or 5.3 per cent, left estates at
ISKIOO to $5000.
Four hundred seventy-five, or 1.8
per cent, left estates at $5000 to $10,
1 000.
Four hundred ninetv, or 1.8 per
cent, left estates at $10,000 to $2.5,
000.
Three hundred ninety-six, or 1.5 per
cent, left estatos at $25,000 or more.
A similar Investigation of the rec
ords of the probnte court of Allegheny
county, including the city of Pittsburg,
l gave almost iuentical results.
F.ighty-five per cent left no estate.
imeiy per cent leu less inuii ?n"'i.
Ninety-five per cent left less than
i $5000. ,..v
I The field of the uninsured is still
I very large and there is no lack of ma
jterial for the life insurance agent.
I Take this whole country over and no
doubt tho uninsured outnumber the in
Isured, notwithstanding the fact that
iit is universally admitted that every-
:one should carry some life insurance
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MOXfcl TO LOAN.
On Improve!! Mai property lit
nion county. Nd delays. Current
ates. La OianUe Investment Co.
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Elllih KUigpifiri was born, March
6, 1856 In Iroquis county, Illinois.
Ho died In L'cloB, Oregon, Feb. Hi,
1919, age' 62years, 11 months and
1 1 da s. ,
Left an orphan at an eauiy age, his
father dying in the Civil war, h
was raised by an unclo, Mr. Joseph
Belt in Illinois, who still lives.
In 1875 he was married to Josle
Spray, to this union six children
wero born, two dying In Infancy,
those surviving are. Arch C. of North
Powder, Fred E. and John A of Un
ion and Charles S. of Homestead,
Oregon. "
He came to Oregon In 1879 and
settled In tho Willamette valley,
then In 1880 he moved to a 'farm!
near Pendleton. In 1882 he came to
Union.
He crossed the plains to Schuyler,
Nebraska, in 1883. where his wifo I
died in March 27, 1885. After the!
death of his wife he returned to'
Union. In 1891 ho was married to :
Alma Spray,-to this union four cbil-:
dren were born, Mrs. Ituth Turner i
of Arbon. Idaho; Mrs. Mubol j
Bauchet of Portland, Misses Rose:
Spain of Portland and Maude Spain j
of Union.
In 1911 he moved to British Col-;
umbia. but again returned to Un-i
ion in 1914. i
He united with the Methodist
church of Union In 1915, and was
formnrly a member of the Christian I
church. . j
For hIx years Mr. Spain, was In .
poor health, in spito of paralysis
gradually Happing strength nnd
stouping an active career, he had
a cheery word for bis many friends,
and since his joining the church and
while confined at home lie tried to
do the work of an evangelist with
those with whom ho came in con
tart. He died in tho falili of the Sa
vior. The remains were shipped to
Schuyler, Nob., to be laid by the side
of hfs first wife an 1 was accompan
ied by his sons, John and Fred Spain.
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rovfcfl wt r&eived some new
Bates street silk shirts. These
are allin striped patterns of
various colors. Come in and
see them. .
$7.5-59 AID flCr
J0H1TB. STETSQ .
HATS'
Vnu -mmrt whn tMnk
XWU Aiw
t-wice about the style of
vnur fiats will find solid
satisfaction in having
this .complete line of
Stetsons to select from.
Then, too, there's the matter of '
quality, which everyone consid
ers. It pays to spend a little
more and get a really good hat
Stetson quality means that your
hat will hold ita ihapc, style and .
color.
STETSONS FOR SPBING
Come in and sec them.
Style-Xplus Clothes
This line is a newone. in La Grande, although it
is one of the most popular among the young men.
We have some of the new spring Styleplus suits
in now and we invite your inspection of these
PRICES $35 AND $ 10
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Developing and printing of films
nnd enlarging of pictures in the kodak ;
department at Sitvert horn's keep them I
2-20-3t ;
FAMILY DRUG STORE
LA GRANDC.ORCG'ON.
A classified ad will bring result1!.
ihi;uitan i: tax iu c.k oxio
Frotu a hIiikIo nt;ito. thnt of tho
lute Mth. Mary Lily IlinKhain," tho
Httite of Kontucky will collect an In
heritance of over ?4,f00,000. Thin
Ik enutiKh to pay tho entire Hl He
dtht and leave a balance of more
than $1,000,000 In tlte Httite troiiH
ury. Mr. HiiiKliuni, before her sec
ond marriage, wih tho widow otlu
Mlandard Oil millionaire. Henry M.
Flagler who did ninch to build up
the rallrond and hotel Hymmns or
Florida. He left numt of litH prop
erty to her. Her etitato ban been
valued for taxation ut $ 1 00.000.ftoo,
lacking a few tlioiinindB. ITnliko
inont lai'BO eHtutes (IiIh on proved
to be lni'Kv'i' than public reports had
made tt,
Same Old Story
The majority of our patrons tell an! unvarying
story of satisfaction regarding our banking ac
commodations. And. this impels us to suggest
that you also would be pleased with our service.
Accuracy and promptness, safety and liberality
are the marked featuresjjf our business:
We .Invite You to Try Us.
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Te!epliosie Co. '
OBSERVER ADVERTISING will bring results.
Ready for Peace-Time
Drive. '
The outstanding feature if the gath
"'eiing of tiuiiu'SH nu-n yeMuidny vn
the rnninnm feeling among nil assem
bled that the tune is r.pp to begin lu
cn' pioiihiticn vviti k at the place whole
such activity was broken off by the
vo i hi ar. This s in reality w ha',
is how represented by the comprehen
sive teirn "i econl ivution." This cov
. ei.i a bioad field of varied activities
'1 he i n forced attention to the great
ti.'k of u inning die war has .side
tuuked other effoit both tndividu.Mly
nnd cidlcetivcly.
It is now fell that tr.e overshadow
li g task if so nearly fniilud tli.it at,
tt nlioiv should be turned to home mat
t is which are litcially tiowdnj: fo;
utteution.
A utarl hm been made. In a te
adtiy La Crande will h-M an iuiport
nnt mei'ting to see what t to iy done
In highway imprmement. Tli i the
inotft in'orlant of the ''leeonni t m
tii" ipiestions now before the pmpU.
The whole slflte in now piaetu tIK t
versed on theVoiid propo.tt nd the
clamor and rnthu.ijusm for good rends
in nn9Htri)'4 now ns wns the npposi
9.on but a vey short time back in the
Jf.Ht.
, There isiothing of this kEn-of conr
munity worlthat can be really mroin
jdiKhed in the right way w ithout unity
of purpose ami determined ffort
There are plenty -ofexamples of
what La .Gnmdtt citi havo wra;
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Member I'Mertl Resei-Te System j I
Obarrrur advoillslng will brlug ro- I) J i
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"Where Arc My Reading Glasses? v
Mischievous daughter has pick?d Daddy's pocket and watches him gleefully as
he searches in vain for his reading glasses. If Daddy wore Kryptok Glasses.'he
would be freed from the "off and om" nuisance of the two - pairs.- of - glasses
bother, because Krytoks (pronounced Crip-tooks) would give him, in one ptir
of gjasses, the necessary correction foKboth reading and distance.
, . 1HD irVlblULE U( OCALS .
pive him this inconvenience without Ilia!, drawback of ot,her bi(ocal-tke
spicuous age revealing seam or hump. -
They are crystal clear their surfaces smooth and even. They caniia i
tinguished from single-vision lenses. That's why Kryptoks are t.ll4 "
invisible bifocals." eos e 0
We are coiiipetont to meet the optical nocdsand tastes of tfc mct eSscting
I'atron. CalUt youi; cftuvoniiyice. a o o c
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That is liternllv fnm rf T.olW.T.li '
It bften does help one man do thevork.of two men.
And m less time, probably, thao tw! men culd do the same job.
The electric power is one of the big features of Lalley-Light which no farmer
should overlook.
It .is a decided comfort and convenience to Jiave electric light on the place;
ana tne ngn nlone is worth the investment in the plant.
The power nl ways ready and always ampre-for any job within its capacity
doubles the fain value jt Lalley-Light.
There is never ftny doubt alxnit its reliability and safety; or about the fact
that it is a real saver of ime and labor.
A demonstration cot Lalley-Light at your first opportunity will go a long way'
toward convincing you that it is an actual farm necessity and economy.
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