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- SUNDAY, AUCiUSTn.-lmff' VOUK THE SUNDAY MORNING OBSERVER EDITORIAL PAGE ' , . C -a " n Where Else Will 'The Grande Ronole valley. Props l?ave hat is a matteiof record It waexpected fiiat almost a op failure woukl overtake the vjillcy this year, vet there re a number of ronciier, tbresliSig thirty-five uni fotv jshels'to the acre. Fall gi'ain, wlerc it isToiwid oplani'fth-''ountry who Mom .not know, and fOi.t''lyfiU'incd, is yielding i ad no moisture from the skies, is jitjding much better ian anyone had dreamed it could. Where else will you find a country that can anil docs roduee "crops without a dropif raiij during the growing i-sonflnd without irrigation? RACI RIOTS REFLECT UNREST. The race riots in Chicago do nut mean a race war; .eiJLlier do tliey mean that the time lias come when the l.;cks must be sent to an island to live-alone, as njany ve advocated since the days of civil war which freed I e . There has always been now and (hen an occasional t -reak between whites and blacks, bill the seriousness i' u.is event at Chicasro would indicate that 'it reflects '. e terrible state of unrest which prevails throughout the r 'i ted States and the world. 1 - i is' to the credit of Chicago's mayor (hat martial law j :;ld off, that the situation should be dealt with at: i ; g to usual custom, thus not giving room for any j v : ei.sation than is absolutely necessary. The unrest ; tid feeds upon sensation. The most drastic rules i . drastic action on the part of some people. A police j .. .vlio has the habit of pulling a gun on slight offenses turn finds that the people he deals wit h are aware of hi.' j ciisational methods and act accordingly.- Ihit tin; officer ;-o never pulls a gun until there is occasion to use.it gets . ong far better. It is so with state and city govern j ents. Too much threat is bad. AVbcn action' is neces j iry take that action and say nothing about it. j t would seem that Chicago is handling the race trim ; s in that way, and if such is the case this city adminis j ; i 'ii of Chicago is to be highly commended. i ' j TJ.E COAL SUPPLY, AND WHAT IT MEANS. j 'mere is somewhat of a mystery about the coal situa ; lion. Everybody is talking about the prospective shr.rt age of eoal next whiter.. The National Coal association has given warning of a big deficit. -Coal dealers even j where are echoing the warning, and urging people to buy .tncir winter supply now. It is advisable, as always, to get in the winter's coal 'during the long period of fine, weather.. Hut even if this j to. done, so fully as it ought; to be, why should there be an inevitable shortage so great as the coal men prophesy?- ;-. A man who professes to' be pretty familiar with the coal mining situation says that at many mines, especially in the eoal fields of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the miners are working only about half time. That, appar ently, it is all the work there is for them. And that despite tile fact that, as the National Coal association says, li),000 f-rcign-bfirn miners are returning to their native homes. If there is a deficit threatened, why do the operat ; not keep the men at work digging coal f steady employment, too, might keep those foreign o rn miners from leaving the country. "What is the real trouble, anyhow I Will sonu.' cxperf '.ear up-the mystery? GASOLINE. . ju jua realize now much you depend upon gasoline? ..v.,. o mug as i in; storage iaiiKs are lull and you can run ,,uur ear into a garage and have it filled with power, xueie is little occasion to worry when convenience is such i uie wneels go around all the time, and you have no -w.oion io pointer over the gasoline sil nation. , ui a eiiy run short for -a "day, as l,a (irande did the j..ioi eek, and see what it .... u:u a w ecu we would have ...e power is praetieallv all . ill i -n. car wouiii nav.e-ocen idle ami many industries, , , , t , . I ii I or optical glass or surgical instru- ,u i.ave collie to a Standstill. . I menu,, but with children's toys. -..0 illture of tile nation is propped Up with gasoline.' ''"he secretary of the toy ninnufac . .... f,iiiiiithiiili--is! I',,mi,,1 . t. ii.. ,.1 .,...1 ... 'tiircis of the United Slates announces - n ' " : yet been discovered the .1. i - i t ' ,(11 I1IC L1.IS WIUK. Willi' 11 ,. m il empty is a pcsT. ' . ihe search for more oil is the biggest: thing in the u , States today. It, is commanding attention of the t n.en and the fortunes That are being made from ( Mii ds ace large. Oil is the last fortune producer. If ..iiest.rikes it, the battle for wealthjs over, and hesidos the l.r-oduction means' .not only a great thing in dollars and cents but it also means an aiUlii iuii of j,oer f,,V industrc and transportation,. " . Yes, .gasoline is as Important as bread, amf'the .i ileitis llKU Wl lie iroll'j if w,rld s wheat fields, and theysvill make, people w 'Vai'se nicy Will produce lylled to 4iave 9 & punisl Tt's going to beea rime o '0 cxorlitjLmt profit ovuoriniienr hoo v,,,r,il.,( ...I it trv its hand on lvrnliy inu' it - w w . (s) . . aio:e aint sheep ,Tre raemg io Gown wan? levels iiiekest. wilPhej), even if the potato ci-q ? ouoFincMt? 9 e liifil e no rSin. well, aftd sprjjig grain which does seen now . if that condition hai a M illed tOWll. .1 lie lllO-j bv trasoline and without ii ' ' i . . ii.-. , ,iiiii iviiiui: whole country must depcm .. . . r 1 11 lb -i l,.ll,w.t ..,- .lit. limui ... -w ... n... ealth" something tho Will' i 0 . coin by prison sentence, a cJiecessities. The on 1 1. : i . vi-"- "i 'w..v, v' il. (v nvvlird. S set w 1) toll reach Mori-of and nn.CtoS 1101 i. Can thetonsumer ShSke the Profiteer? Fed h Oscwives have patience do read lengthy columns of testimony and denials and Occusnticng and counter-accusations and technical evasion? and statistics and details generally about government inve.O.igo'.ions. But there is haiwly a housewife in wiiu linn nub nuo,vii lur nionwia, mm sumetlvng was ratlically wrong abou the meat situation. Tied up closely with the meat situa tion is the shoe situation. There manifestly no excuse cither for the rtail price of meat or the retail price of shoes. That both should rise as the dollar drops is natural. But when it conies to paying ten to thirteen dol lars for white canvas shoes, or CO cents or more for a pound of lamb in the lamb season why, the value sim ply is nut in them. The difference be tween the cost plus honest profit and the retail price is simply a holti-up and there is no sauve explanation which will satisfy the victim. During the war wonderful things were accomplished by concentration of the public mind upon one point .after another. The nation was able to save food ir an astonishing manner because ' the whole nation put its mind at once to saving food. Other things were done in the same way sweaters were knitted and shells were made- and ships were built and camps sprang ur like mushrooms. This matter of profiteering in ne cessities is just as important as any of those matters were. And it is just as needful that it be settled now and once for II. If we let this slip, we are in for it, with no recourse. The absolute concentration of the public mind upon the profiteering Bit- nation, the determination that some way must be found to deal with peo ple who try to grow rich upon the fundamental needs of the people, is im perative. If every individual will make it plain to his senator and congressman that he wants an effective check put upon the greed of the packing industry and thee lothing shoeing and other vital in dustries, something will be done about the present situation. This is not vaguely up to some com mission. It is a matter definitely up to ( m h man and woman in the United i'tntes. The 10C0 Per Cent Com munity. Which community will score 1000 points and prove to be the Utopia of the Alleghany mountains? That is what i'l communities of I West Virginia arc trying to find out j I lie system was started two years ago to encourage a higher standard of life! n the rural districts. The points I cover nino general headings: His itnry, government, business, farms. c, .tits, ' honies, schools, churches and health. The scorirg if, done by members of th community themselves, acting with representatives from the Stnte Department of Schools and Health and the .Sunday School Association and State University. A year ago the highest score reach ed by any community was 7:14 points, so it can be seen that even communi ties struggling toward definito stand ards of perfection still fall sadly short. Hut the effect of such . a contest as this upon the life and habits of a peo ple surely has a value beyond any pos sibility of mathematical expression. 'An Infant Industry Self Sustaining. The United States, through this war has achieved full independence in many ways never contemplated when the war started. It is well known that I economically the nation is better able j to stand on its own feet than ever bc- foro. 0,, of the victories in this field, and far from the least of them I.nd I., .1.. ,..! u-lth i,,IIoi ilvn m- ilriur that "American toy-ninking establish ments have doubled in number and output, and as a consequence the coun try is independent of tho rest of the w'l'Id in supply toys to boys and girls'." In th's fact' the nation .Clin take more than mere business satisfac tion.. II means that we shall not only lm M the t,i0 we need for ouP children, but we shall hjive American t fur then Playthings, which play so.big a paiiii the mental and moral training of children, will 1o adapted to Aineiii-an ideals ami will serve a v holcioWo, useful, frenUvc furpost'. The Aiiieri,-! nianufiuturcrs will not flood the nurseries w.t'ligleaden sol di s, nvlhv Ctern t,-makers did o s o Private Stock Safe, But Not Irreducible. e A go,,,! ninny people w eathe ii ,,,.. , cnnvT'css tnatri'iivale sliK-Kst-? Itouor isnsn not uc .'A laid unlawful. a llieie uie a good many oollnrtt in I till C mntiy whoro thrvsorvo clnsot j H largely g vou a'vct to alcol 'i pitw and Vere would tQ. e -cil and tniishlnc of teeth surs OuSlli:Whd tll.-s? Inl !...., .l.wl.r. cd subject to search and seizure. But they are safe for the uQcsent, anyway, the'ojily stipulation obeing that their use shall be confined to nPmber of the family nd "genuine m,.,l. That theB habit of bing a genuine guest vill be cultivated from now on croe without savinv. uKQie unv fat.- grown man would gladly offer himo-if i for adopon by any one of a number of his friends who laid.i abigger stock than hedid. Lare families of grown children may become quite po-i ulas. Nor need the a.rdent champitin of prohibition champ unduly aUthis pro tection of individual stocks o( liquor. At the rate most of them.B.e disap pearing it will not h long before all men have joined the ranks of the mourners, sorrowing -as those wh have no hope, and all cellars once more will boast of perfect drainage. Deaf Mutes Ca.n Read the Films'. Movie actors had bettor bo careful what they say before the camera. Nut that the camera cares, but it may tell tales. Somewhat of a scandal has been caused by the discovery that a "Pil grim's" film is full of profanity. There had been previously much criticism of the strong language char acterizing many American produc tions, based on the frequent occur rence of profane phrases plainly print ed on the films. But nobody suspected the depravity concealed in that pious version of the heavenly Pilgrim, until it was shown to the inmates of a deaf mute institution. They could read the lips of the actors, and what they read on the lips) of the man portraying the part of "Talkative"1 filled that asylum with excitement and indignation. lit developed that the actor in ques tion, who was told to converse freely during tho .filming, in order to make the picture life-like, became exasperat ed over something or other, and filled the place with lurid and picturesque profanity, all of which the camera un failingly treasured up for subsequent revelation.. Movie patrons as well as acte may derive a lesson from this sad tale. Don't be too sure that the hero is murmuring words of love or that tho heroine is liko a perfect lady Learn to read lips, and see what they arc really saying. It may shatter some fond illusions, but it will add a new element of interest to the movie 3hows. Speaking of the house shortage, there are :!0,OU0 people homeless in the city of I.ens, France. Three thiju sand of them nre camping out in cor rugated iron huts left liy the British army. Better think again before you complain about the rent. Cove's baseball team promises to sit high in local fame, and it is up to I .a Grande to take one or two games of the after-league series away from them-provided La Grande is able to do so. Ono eye-witness, lately returned from France, says: "The English sil diers walked about Paris as if they owned it, but the American soldiers walked about Taris as if they didn't gi"e a (i.imn who owned it," Let the government get at this high cost of living. It is tardy in its ef forts, but better late than never. When a rancher expects to thresh ten bushels to the -acre and his crop turns out thirty-five, how does that rancher feel? . Seven drops of rain by actual count have fallen in the Grande Konde valley this week. Wheer is the old-fashioned fellow who used to wail about "d,g" days in August? The social whirl -is confined to the swimming hole these days. Are you getting ready for the Ijibor Pay celebration? The good 'marching on. roads movement goes J I I I I I HK SAW OKKIKIN IX A IX IIKK (il.Olty. I l" -r I b H ! & K. . UiMvintrcr mado oiu tho most oomplt'to'ti'Uis of Oitkoii f any I'tfion county oitiKons whon ho fitwshod a. fv days iijro ami said to him.vtf, "I Mivo soon tho sfito." Holi'ft (Iranilo in his Sfthlohakor ami wont to tl coast, then woui.ci arouml through ovcry siH'tioit of the stato. not nc tho oh nip nsd tho hospitable ptvplo wh ivo ift the different sections. Ho kopt log of his trip ami anySio who ci - n - toinplatos twkinjr a tonj? motor tnj could protit by inteiiew9.g Mr. Her-1 singer, lie was so well pleased ithi the journey that he admits he annot We why ,Wier0pcoi seek other states f.ir nninvm.ml . w "AUhoL!f I eJiave livoti m (roiron i for6? lonp lime,"' saM Mr. Horiiniftr "I was amaxotl at thoumlovoIiHMi ' rUfry, tho opMrtuni offorotl for mi w no win wotk, aim I wan; that I saw no place that looked go,i to me as cJiuoii QLti .i(,o.h- t . .. !!..:. Al'..ll count. ci. w 'tn e3 DAB GIRLS .WILL BE HERE Ali K9IIKICS OKIKNTAI.S TO witmouo on Tim asphalt. I Women of Kasti-rn Oivgun Advised j to Watrli.Tlielr "llllslmmls' ' oil KOplemlHT 0. ! Al Kador's daneng girls iire com, ing to La Orande ou September Kth. and the chief of police has been ask j ed for a 8.quad of officers to gtad. tho Bpecial car In which they wil'l : travel while 'it Is parked down by clear wheji they show up in tbv parade and to assure their p:cl lion when they begin their Oriental wriggling mi the asphalt. It is probably tli.it nooiu of t!i6 most dignified of a Grahdc'n t citizens, as well as carefully select-1 ed rtiprOHentativos of other cities i In lViBtern Oregon, will be foen 1 with ono of these cbarmres on their arms when the piu:ade starts thru tho principal streets. It niay be, that the dancers will be scanty of of attire, but they will be lair of lace and with figures that would do for modem models of Venus. And can they dance? Oh, b-h-o-y! When tho time comes for them to do their turn the) aforesaid dis tinguished citizens will be charged with the duty of swinging the fans made of pcucock plumage and tf keep their lady' guests from be coming overheated. Tho Al Kader dancors are said to have been the, big hit of the recent pilgrimage of Indianapolis, where Portland captured the 1920 session of the Imperial Council of tho Myseic Shine. Afteir si-enig them perforin the whole country .-wanted to visit a town and a slato where, such damsels were a'llowed to run loose. The, dancers are from the huretns of the f:ur Katrn country from which Slirinedom gets so much of its sense dind Its nonsense.- They have danced before ci owned heads, and olhr ho-ids that havo though! to get funny with them have fre quency bf,en crowned with bricks and clubs. They arc a precious .possession of Al Ivador, and the of ficers of that temple aio constantly woi Tied because, of the responsibili ty for their s,fo keeping. Other coast temples are conslanlly trying Ho get possession of -these, dancers, .and many have been the attempts to kidnap tliein. Tho dancers finnish one reason why so iii'iny STirlnus from tho in leriw of the state like to drift into Portland on tho fourth Saturday of tho month, the meeting night for Al Kader temple. They know that the, light-toed ladies will be there, reclining on their conches of silk, smoking their cicuiettes and pass ing out others totlieir admirers. Thole Is s-.iid to be a lot of j( alollsy among Portland meil about these dancers. It crops out between Noble Kobort Krolui and Noble Robert S. Farrell every little while. Both of tlio.ni aro diieetors of tho dancing !:Vl3:rera,'!..!"i"o:'i!:!!d'serts for our aid and succor. Thev'die in itrnorai.ee. like to see- the othor tossed out the ha:em window. Krohn has the dancing skill and Itad.if ship thai enables him to teach tho girls new steps, but Far. ell has tho money that enable I'1"1 t0 lo"k ftcr 1,1 ', comfort of tho dancer Thu dancers feel that both are necessary. There, you ar. So It's up to tho good, women of Eastern O-egon to look out for Hie safety or those liusnnnus ui- mens. 2 j. g . j l'or.ND for.M'RY nor AM) DUV. I ! -I--I-!--I--I I--I--I--!-!- mjghtv Caravan. ' Mrs. Harry Tut tier and her mother. ic,,,.,! .. -t i , ,i , , , Mrs. S. S. Nye. who lately returned I Alul ilH tlll T, it IS til'dd'ed that CVCl'V Noble Cast of tilt from an extended visit 'to New York, Caseadus prepare, well for -the pilgrimage to the .Mecca Philadelphia,- Dayton and Springfield , ' Eastern Oregon', thel'C to'l'Cllew VOUl' VOWS ill tllC Teill- Ohio, state they have never seen the . i ( ,, .,, ; ,i, ,. ,, . c,. ., . , , . . . east ami middle west s,. dry. ah: l'1"' '- the salt ol tlw Chief Sheik' and til join in wel- thr,ig4i the journey homeward thel coining t lie NovitTS wllO will lfiake'tllc jourutt' OVCl" tilt! heat was intense and lhey were dc-'ot Sands. ",'.' lighted to he back 1n Oregon, although j . ,, . . . it is- admitted this is the driest and '('d wtjl your racing camels, so that thev uiav travel hottest season this state has evef had. Mrs. Turner, who is one who ob-! serves conditions of the country while traveling, gave the refreshing newsj that there is some building being done in the cast :nul a great deal of rcmixl- j cling of old structures. She says the state of I Ihio probably show s more ht'-v tivity than any place else which th ,sit..,l . j v ewisi, t., t!,anK on.- many; .rli nils ;!.! esilc Villv th l!i ol tier-l,.i Knsilt,,r, tyY f(ir inK" oll. -Kir.-tiua nd, It.e I di-s' Auv- ess to us dur-'ni'-iy aiur'al.so il ol f, riiii:s. Mi;, .w.n t. juxm T.AT1VKS. AXU liK- I o The Observer furnish W.$ tl- i utf Wrappors. 0 NoTit'i-: to him i!i-nu:s N'oltce is hci,-l4 Awn th.it s.-.i bids lli t.. I, Ix.i by the r;l- mis-., ,m of the 9i':la jof Oiniule. ife'toa. u a to 7:V',jl,k p. m. , iii,-sii;o August :itii. l:U!i I.ocobiolH ?,n.1 .lol llicS l rei'. nt r,I toe the l,?..uitifiit iTii construction of O coucrc I, "f . " . " i l ' . ' M' ; ' 1 - i - r ' ?'t b : wf : .' ' 1 I V " v . r ' t'i ' ': t :i I ' V k . -" - I - , ' . -3 ' NOBLE W, J. H0FMANN, Illustrious Potentate. .. PROCLAMATION ! Es Salaniu Alcikuin: ' J Unto the Nobility of the Oasis of La Grande and of East ern Oi egon,.l'ai-e,.lIapiiiiess and Prosperity. ' jNlay the blessings of Allah be oil you and yours; may I the descendants of your llarenis be as plentiful as the sands, and supply you with honey and smoking tobacco in j the wintry days of your old age; may you be cootied with money, and may your whiskers lengthen and luxuriate as does the alfalfa in your noble fields. A, ..I ....... ,.. 41, r. 'I',.,, n 1'ote and get ye busy with the command that is hereby made a mandate. -, K H is my will that on September the Sixth, the day be ing Saturday of the first week of that mouth, the Nobility whose tents are pitched in the district bounded by Pendle ton on the North, the state line on the East, Ontario oh , j the South and the Cascades on the West, gather at a ilos i lein feast and jubilee to be held at the Oasis of La (Jrando between the hour of davbreak on that date .-nid the next crowing of the rooster; there to do those things to a band of degenerate dogs and infidels who will be rounded u.j for salvation as may seem to you requisite to their purification. Of course it may take longer, so if you think best to choke the roosters it is all right with me. ' it .Hut it is not pleasing in the sight of Allah that regen eration be withheld from those who cvv aloud from rim and their souls will be denied the paths of .glory, if we heed not their 'lamentations. So perk up thine ears as the jackrabbit, give heed to benefitting thy neighbor by putting the hitch of the hog tie around his ankles and bring him before us, a strong rope in his hand, the inazuina in your pocket, and much faith in his heart. Do not deny the privilege of Slirine dom to any whose feet arc fit to approach the sacred city, but rather smear the tanglefoot of happiness where the denizens of your fair country will step and stick. We , need a lug class ot .Novices, and it is my hope that all of ; the r'aithl'iil will miuul un enousrh at La (J rande tn mnl.-e i fai'tlli'l without a 'drink than that they may have the strength. 'to land you iu the fair Oasis of K;isiern Oregon with. a sliced thatnvilj make thv coyote blu'sli for shame. lie there without fail, w command! .' , It may be a long t im before Al Kader again jonnievs to the Eastern half of the state. c This time wo' want tn meet and greet all ottlie l-aitlitul and to smoke a ggai" vt .vo ns w? watch tlwlHK'ii!9rJS and listen to the 'i i it i .X re.olllir f lie ir ,u i,w We expect a largo number ilivan from Poitlan,! The yc'ea The pea.' ion slinulit lic allpiiy oif. if Allah unto you and vours W. .1. 1101"MANr, illustrious Potentate.0 "Ill walk oaloni? ''I- sW !$, of M. .'eJenoe UA'il, i ll .-,ir w io .Mll t umA J!.K c.-t de of.'' . V Ni co fil. inn MnffjroiJr M. AvvviMr. ar- . . ffia . : ' 1'i.Mis .inn s nations ' il,-l 'r. f 'i !.l'rtT , fo . , Lids must tieccomoanied by ul l,ie iiy uc-1 L'oifl, l,.,o,. 41,,. .,.,lt- J. Pw.,,,. thev ever did liel'ore- nA. of nut, 4,.; I, of Nobles to acenipanvsthu . 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