La Grande evening observer., October 23, 1919, Image 4

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U GBA?TO EtfEKIKG DBS ERVEB
4a ImltfMttiUmt Kmp
-uitibt)0 Uail) and Weekly at La
Grande, Oregon, by La Grande Kvetr
n Observer Publishing Company
BRUCE DhN'NIS, Publisher.
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hay the
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frki.J of 0'.t absolutely certain way of bringing tni$
danger i5 ' nation ti ruin, of pn.O -nting all posui
y tu ui all. Hi said: j bility of its continuing to be u nation
x.th her: whether 'at all, would be to permit it to becam'
Theodore
immigrant
now become vis;
m'Ary man who
he e a 'Jcrmuri, a Slav, an luihiin, u a tangle of sfjiiabblinj.nationalitii, an
ti.aa irum the lV:f:.-!i J.Oandj, or th- intrude knot of iern.an-Americans,
S 'ir-'linavian vi-wiui a-h, or any ont Jrish-AmerirariM, Knuliah -Americans,'
cVe, if he b';ii:'S a citi.Ji at all French-Americana, Scandinavian-Ar
(tther commit t nrrjtjry or t'Kc be eriians, or Italian-AmericanK, tad
comes an Amf-iP-an, and only an Am- pn'servinir it separate iationality,
enran, and -rwificaliy foreswtara all each at heart feeling mon wympathj '
allegiance to hi former cuVit!-y rid1 with Kuroneans of that nationality
its r-iU-r. Ki'her he has ro'nniiUe . than with the other citizens of thf !
perjury, c'e lie has eeased to H j. ( Arm-riran republic. The men ho tU
firman, or up Knirlishman ai'noi become Americans and itothinif I
ui-ltm .'i r i. Slav, or a Kfuhnn. j fl-e, are hyphenated Americana, anO
t.l
A Uig.Timr I'lan To Atlrnd ir-W'lfTl1aagBi3gPr J U Ori,
M Country Tl of Tlire,
LanJ of I.llx-trtjr."
Sweet
Americanization of Foreign
ers Was T.R.'s Plan.
;md has beforne m American, and
an A merit an. He mu-'t adopt the in
itliuticns of the United States, ai.d
.hcrefore, he mur adopt the jaru't:;::'
1 .vhkh i row the i. alive tongue of jur
people, no matter what the f rsl
;.trfu;.d of blood in our veins m.y be.'
TI.ese vw.-d nr..' worth wc','hii:p.
tui iinmijrratio-i practice1' cnv;(
v C; he b.:;inin. lh wr but fT
t!ic d -ade Ivfnre 11 the forejo' r
who came to our Vfinrfr wen from !(;
competent raceh than thoiv? of the pre
((dine t'ent-nition. Vi have today a
vast nr;d undie-te'i frroiip of alien
who domwiat mi:' V of our vital
tries iron, nr.d h t ': 1 , coal, jack?!!
U-xtilc, oil refining un.l othfi.
! have ben li: we have not, u
fjuote Ko:-eveH a-rnin, feer. that "th"
vu.-est and tjuickevt wiy to American
ixe tlu ifnmiran m make hit;,
under -t:w:d that hi -o in Ameri-a vr
( have at lHtt wakd un to : ur need.
and that 'nenccf'.rth every man
whethur born here or it!ro; l, owes thu-1
country Die fulfil sern-e of body n;i:' j
of soul.''
Jjince underhtandinj:, symintliv, ap j
pretiation, fellow-fireltng ard n-al in- I
turret Jul OitiinJ S-l imposiMe to r
nuip who dues nl :nti 1he hinfftinyc
rthe codntrv irf which he livc, p' rs
OREGON CITY WOOLENS
there oujrht to be no room for them in
this country. The man who calls him-
j self an Anericarf citizen and who ye
ihow.n ny ts actions teat ne is pn
manly the citizen of a foreign land
plays a thoroughly- mischievous par
in the life of our body politic."
And thin is precisely what we an
facing today.
We have quoted Theodore Roosevelt
for two reasons, first, lecause he saw
in full perspective and in clear detail
.he real problems of our unrestricted
immigration policy. And second, be
"auso he saw the solution, which is not
nd jf-' tnt' r(":tr'('ti'n of immigration, but the
ontrol or the immigrant after he
ome here.
Eternal Youth Who Wants
it? :
If the seemingly impossible is ac- j
cpted as true, and we are to believe in
the reputed discovery of a Paris phy- ;
sician that the aged may have their!
youth restored by the grafting of cer-j
tain glands from young monkeys, what
of it? Who wants to be young fur-
We. have lost Theodore Roo.'velt,
the cleat est thinker and the greatest
American of his lime. W retain, by our mi k r fault hat. been in no!
however, his memory, his ideals and : compelling the immigrant to learr
hi lovi of country. Taere is u na-1 Knirli h within a reasonable pc-rio.
tion-wid campaign to do him honor, j after '.lis arrival here.
The week of Oetob. r 20 7 will. Ik-i We have let him i-ol;ite himself i
given to that purpose. Wh'-n we think ' tu plums of r.ur cities,, getting hit
of him, we can do lielter than express i tp wr fi-m his foreign-la nguairo news
i. tu ,,j,..;,v.t v 1 i u ..,,int fmm th--
l.,.,wt Un ,.,. I, t Vi t .. i. ...... ' , .1 i t i .-1 -i .1 u n.v iitM.n him I '''' ''g
w;tH clone to hi- heart. Part of this Hi has had no opjMtrtunity to learr. j
work was th- Atnericaniz-ition of ilu;vh:it the Unittd States is, what our
immitr?ant. In serving him we rm1- id'-als and standaid.-; are
ourftelve.-i. j ilitions and apimtions. lp.m his ar
We liave permitted the immigratioi. 1 rival Vie, may have had a keen desire tc
of millions of men and women fronl, "ban an American." TIiib d- iie fader
the less liu-rato countries; southern for la( k of ti;n'ili'.tion, and he sinks to
Ku-sia, the Halkan sUitvn, Austi.ia and jin inai-ticjlate di: .-atisfaction with hf
urroumlings. Any agitator, nppiai
ing to him in his own tir?iii-, can
move htm, nnd any agitator can le;
him untruths about our government
for he knows no lietter.
In a word. KooM-velt hit at the -hear,
of th" trouble when he nid: "The nr
r Many a man and woman will answer i
1 iii-tantly that they rlr. But are they'
j not deceiving themselves? The quest
I for a fountain of youth is older than
Ponce de Leon, older than Hippocrates,
j the father of medicine, older than his
j tory. (lut is.it not based on hopes
Ithat are foolish and ill-considered?
j There is no sadder charter in liter
, attire than that of the traditional Wan
Jew, tm represented in Iu
Wallace's novel, "Thi Prince of India,"
condemned to live on generation after
n MADE IN OK EG OX CITY We have thtir. all-
New
Party
Frocks
We have just received ev
eral new and exclusive crfta-
xiona lor the cominfr seajiy
Beautiful frocks in combinal
uiuiiiic, batiu. silver
and jrold too numerous to
describe here.
We extend a very cordial in
vitation to the ladies of I.a
Grande to visit our ready-to-wear
department with the
express purpoe of seeing
these exclusive creations.
Pumps, hosiery and acces
sories to match will be found
in their respective departments
Indian Blankets
We can safely say that thoy are the most beautiful you've ever
looked at. The coloring are rich. All of the better ones are firm
ly bound in felt. You'll see them on display ' few da's UUl
come in and let us show them to you now.
AT WOXDEIUTIXY 1-OW" I'klCES
These blankets were bought nearly a year ago at prices which
cannot be duplicated again.
$10.00, $12 50 and $15
j.OO
Auto Robes
I.iV all Oregoi Citv products, they are of the purest wool jauru.
MaV up in delWhtful patterns with fringed edgts. Can be used
very ttractivclt for couch covers, most rcasoiwuiy .
$10.00 and $12.50.
Buckles for Your Pumps
A most cxclu.-jvc and by far the most varied assortment of beautiful
pump buckles ever exhibited in l.a Grande. Buckles suitable for anv
sort of pump. There are buckles of silver, bronze, steel and covered
black and brown. A few are genuine pressed steel. Prices range from
85c to $10.00
ten's Overcoats
Of the finest wool fabric, made especially for us by Oregon City
Woolen Mills. In good, snappy styles wonderful values made
right here in Oiegon and of Oregon wool. Those who have worn
them in the past knuw their value and worth. The fact that we buy
them direct from the manufacturer, where every detail in the
manufacture is completed under one roof. Priced
$25.00
iJHMU d
tMMithcrii Italv; v;' have
th' m the opp-.rtti.iitM-s of our
i-'npk, j-tut, ard he fitult is much
our own uk their., Ihcy have in nu true
n nte of the word ln-'-orm Aiiutu mis,
hey have rein:i ned alien rac.al
-it-
rfeaters .
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and our tra i nu .1 in o.n.
lfivei niies parsed away, group n
irn up, leaving him ever alone to face v '
new and changing world.
It is n familiar fact that the young
and even the middle-aged desire to
!";( pfine old ng hut the really a get ,
air usually resigned to death. Along
wi'h tlnir waning powers, the people,
v. ho m- .I'd must of life to them have
1 "TP. ard they feel like helpless in-tri't'-r-
at the threshold of a stranrr
'. They have lived their life. Death
Imioiim' as natural as life was, and
-t-n as desirable. All things are good
in their own time, nnd easy of accept
nnee. Thus they are content to go.
Perpetual youth would he tolerable
mly if it included one's relatives and
friend. If everybody were kept young
it would not bo so bad. Itut even then,
would there not be a dreadful monot
ony in everlasting youth, just ns in
everlasting mimmer or everlasting
winter?
Bath Robe
Blankets
Ready to be made into very attractive bath
or Jounging robes. Cords to match for
waist and neck also buttons and frocs.
See them on display at our store. Prices
$1.75 up to $6.50
a
Munsing"
Ladies i'll-wool union suits
Ioiilt sleeves, ankle Ieiiirtli. Kx
tr;i lc o'l values in old time
(jnality.
CHILDREN'S BLACK
COTTON HOSE.
35c
Of (iiality, euai'se or fine
rildied. Sizes ti to 8I0. Odds
andends J'roin om- entire stock
while anv remain, at
35c
New and Used Coal and Vood 15i and
Small-Short and Tall fro.111 $3.00 to $G0.00
I'se your
Heaters.
tiood
Judi
inenb and
luv our
furniture Exchange
J''ir and JelTei-so
I'hotie Ulack TJI1
't st prices
Ld. li.mol!
paid for 11m
chan:
I'd Fundi tire
for new.
Fx-
1 11
The Ax for Dead Trees in
Public Places.
A ninn walking throniM) the park in
his native town unticed how many dead
trc
II
uiera wno could not find other cm-, to me ax. is one of them. He is stirred to activ
ployment mi(rht be riven jobs by the 'f unemployed soldiers are not to be ity by the knowledge that if he is de
town, chopping down these unsightly ' f"""1' who will undertake the joli, the linquent, that fact will be made widely
objects, and cutting them up into cord-; (,'t' authorities could wish it on the known.
wood. The sale of the wood, he fel j ''Hers who decorate the f trect corners, When this measure was adopted the
sure, would bo far toward paying the r Kive the work to honest men who public had but recently theretofore hail
wages of the men who did the work. ; nllve looked in vain for employment, at before it a wholesome example of the
The unemployed soldier is not Bs lheir own ,r;ul''s. 'here are any such , effect of publicity on other matters of
frcum-nt in most localities as he was. I perons lofl' delinquency. The duty of those who
but the dead trees are to be found! Fu,''1 thls wlnt'T " ''f both scarce were able to subscribe to liberty loan.,
pretty much everywhere in goodly i h'Kh- Pi'rk' nd along streets was patent. Some sought to evade
numbers. For the sake of beautv. the! s " ""I'P'y wmi" snould not be over-1 that duty. The names of a few slack-
better growth of the living treen
there were disfiguring its In-auty around tiiem and their value as fire
urirt-ted thut the returned sl- wood, all these spectres should be pM
should not be over-
,'lookeil. Private groumls and bits of
1 woodland might lie looked over with
1 the same appraising eve, with a view
' to beautv.
sibilities.
improvement and fuel pes-
CHERRY'S
01
ill1! '
CALL AM
NFW STOCK
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5
is a supply which
ers were published with the promise
that more would be printed if neccs-.-sry.
None but the first publication
was necessary. The mere prospect o
publicity was enough.
Publication of delinuuent t.iv list- Some fellow dm.. ; ti... h..ii.
Tax Delinquency Invited by',-n51ts rul,i nothing. It is paidjniscoveredtnat the millers of thecoun
Preseilt System i r','T,- by th'' ,,1,lin,lu'nt- But large 1 try are in a combine to crush the pro-
. I dehmiuency in taxes in the long run ducer; that the consumer is the oW
is costly to all of the public. This and in order to have things adjusted
jumps 5(1 per cent over the preccdinc
year. It is not difficult to reason
from cause to effect.
the fact that the Japs work nnd savo
their money. You can't find a Jap
who comes over to this country rich
seeking investments.
The Oregonian relieves the tension
caused by the grapevine stories telling
of the removal of all railroad manage
ment to Omaha as soon as the rail
roads go back to their private owners,
for that paper says there is nothing to
the statement and that Portland will
be coast headquarters of the O.-VV.
These shocks about moving railroad
headquarters are rather severe.
insukct on;
NKYV CiUF.EXlIOr.SKS.
ITS
BASKE
Uld
F KKNS AT Till STOKF
Foley Hotel Building
Iist November there was adonted
by vote of the people a law which
eliminated the publication of delin
quent tax lists, says the Portland Ore
gonian.
1day Multnomah county faces the
largest tax delinquency in its history,
and this at a time when there is prob- j
ably better ability to py than eve: j
before.
Over in Boise the teachers are de
manding greater pay. After all, the
teachers are about the last on the list
to ask, and the work they are doing is
As pointed out by those who op-!'K to mould the mind of the com
ing generation into citner Bolshevlki
or 'pood citizens.. The teacher i?
worthy of his or her hire.
po.--ed the measure adopted last No
vcmber, there is more than oih pur
poe in the publication of the delin
quent tax lists. The spurring of the
property owner who would othenvise
neglect promptly to pay his quota to
ward the maintenance of government
ngnt there must be new legislation
passed. Say, he is a regular Colum
bus. Portland's soap boxers have been
talking in advance of him for ten
years.
Hood River is alarmed over the
amount of land being Acquired by the
Japs. And it is best accounted for bv
When Holland Banned Orange.
There wos n time when Holland for
bade the snie of r,ln!l,8 al crm,
Orsnee was the color of the ntadt
holders family, nnd when the demo
cratic feeling against this family was
at It. hplshi the fruit or on.nKe color
was taboo.
Rutter Wrapperi
Observer office.
printed at
the
Andrew's Variety Store
Only a fcrv of t'lo.-c Mil; ,ii- is ,u:,! . , ;!, ai-l
left ill our lar;Miu 'ni'-!" at
-SPECIAL PRICES-..
Mi-.-e.s (im.uliam Drc-sn '. IS
CljiMniiVOiiipiain.lir,.. -, . $1.25 to S3.4S
I5l;t. k Satin :i"nners ... ' ... oSc tOoOSc
.Mrli's Heavy Ullle Chexi.il. Vm fi . . . '.''0 .
Men's Jlcavv Flic k Sateen Suhi-4 $1 23s
F..t 's II-mvv lla.'kSate.'
F.os'.l'( a.
ises
Ladies' 1'le Illii'F Ue Kijif.n.is
-1,11) eo
13c, 80c ..
. . $3.?S9 o '
Meats
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I I'yoti Vnt the liest in meats at tke lowest prices
-kw to ns at flie lloevcr market.
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