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THE SUNDAY MORNING OBSERVER
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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.
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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
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: yet been discovered the
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,(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
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. 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
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whole country must depcm
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r 1 11 lb -i l,.ll,w.t ..,- .lit.
limui ... -w ... n...
ealth"
something tho
Will' i
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coin
by prison sentence,
a cJiecessities. The
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(v nvvlird.
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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
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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
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HK SAW OKKIKIN IX
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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
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"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
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DAB GIRLS
.WILL BE HERE
Ali K9IIKICS OKIKNTAI.S TO
witmouo on Tim asphalt.
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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.
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bids lli t.. I, Ix.i by the r;l-
mis-., ,m of the 9i':la jof Oiniule.
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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.
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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
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thev ever did liel'ore- nA.
of nut, 4,.; I,
of Nobles to acenipanvsthu
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